Imagine spontaneously buying your new home on a Dalmatian island that had never heard of 2 days before your purchase, whose name I still can’t pronounce properly 20 years later, only to find that this was a magical island, often acclaimed as one of the most beautiful in the world.
But leave the beaches and the nightlife to one side for a moment if you can, for this is an island of incredible depth, tradition, culture, wine and, well, just some pretty far out stuff.
Here are 10 things that blew my mind about my adopted Croatian island home, where I lived for 13 happy years. Want to learn more? And do stay around for the bonus at the end.
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Video thanks
Igor Duzevic
The fabulous Hvar TV
Hvar Tourist Board
Video editing by Miranda Milicic Bradbury, filmed by Igor Vuk
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Great video, but Hajduk is not the oldest football club in Croatia. Zagreb has a much longer football tradition, its just that communists disbanded the clubs, an some other towns and cities too… Even the Yugoslav football federation was founded in Zagreb.
Ja živim na Hvaru 🙂
Puhijada is a God dammned lie, it is present only recently on the Island, about the time you moved in, it is also an event of only a minor intrest, no locals, with the exepction of those who sell them, eat those
You didn't choose Hvar, Hvar chooses you.
Thank you for presenting Hvar so well through great communication skills.
hajduk nije najstariji nogometni klub u Hrvatskoj. Segesta iz Siska je. klub je osnovan 1896god. znam za tu maslinu ali poprilicno sam siguran da u Lunu na Pagu ima vršnjaka toj maslini….još uvijek nisu našli najstariju u Lunu
This is quite amazing.
Thanks for these information.
The story with the lavender is really cool
Fantastic!!!!! Thank you Paul 🥰
Thanks for a beautiful video of Hvar! Croat from island of Pag who lives in London . So happy for you . Whenever I am in Croatia never do I miss London. Our lifestyle is great and food , nature and so! Wishing you all the best.
Look, I work there, in emergency, my family has nautic business, and it is huge touristic something because it is the island for drugs and prostitution. Korcula, Vis, Mljet, Mali Losinj, Pag, Brac, they all have the same or better things to offer if it were for tourism.. also, I am not buying this random Hvar picking. But I find your videos interesting.
It is actually lavandin, it is not true lavander. Fine lavander grows in France, in Alps, above 500m.
You can find better vines in Peljesac, IMO, and ofc Grk from Korcula is the best white wine that I tried , and I like good Posip a lot and Zlahtina (island Krk, quite common white vine, one of the best sellers).
According to tradition, most footballic island in the world, regarding the number of clubs, area and population.
Sve što ste ispričali je interesantno i lijepo.Nikad nisam čula da hvataju puhove i grilaju ih kao specijalitet.I još neke podatke nisam znala .Vi ste bolje informirani nego rođeni Hrvati.Cijenim to.Bravo za vaša videa Hvala
Excellent 👌
prodaj didovinu za judine škude..
wOW thank you Paul,what a lovely promotion for my favourite island Hvar ,enjoy and Sretan Bozic
Great show Paul , i am Croatian myself and didn't know lots of the facts 👌
There are 2 or 3 older olive trees , some in kastela and one in omis background. but spot on for the rest
Paul is an emotional character, he even looks like an Croat.
We moved 15 years ago from Germany to Istria and never regret it. But we aren't naive about the obstacles. The locals are quite conservative in life style and politics. Family is always on the first place, even if the intelligence ratio performs low. In our region the grandma is the ultimate authority. One can just hope that she is clever; otherwise one have to be patient.
The mindset of an average Croat matches the mindset of an far right voter in Germany. Those unshakable simplicity is creating the charme of rural life in Croatia. In fact, the Protestant mindset of northern Europe is too formal and too complicated in order to be worth of a role model for Croatia.
Historically seen, after WW II, almost the entire middle and upper class of Croatia was erased because they fought against Tito's communism ideas. During the socialist times the working class, the majority of the population, has built up self-confidence and a funny life style. Laws and rules deteriorated to recommendations. That's the key for an relaxed lifestyle over here.
Thank you Sir
I love my Croatia!!!..I grew up in Aussie🙄wasted time…I'm the only one of my family who managed to return …had my own family not worrying what would/could happen to them because this place is incredibly SAFE!!..Thank You Lord for CROATIA!!!
Hvar has most suny hours in year in whole croatia and (best weed )
Beautiful Hvar ❤