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more” poznatoga hrvatskog pjesnika Slavka Mihalića. Taj šum mora
česta je pojava u ušima Zagrepčana, jer mnogi su od njih s juga, iz Dalmacije,
došli u Zagreb studirati i potom nastavili ovdje živjeti . I koliko
god se glavni gradski trg s banom Jelačićem na konju smatra “centrom”,
toliko je baš ovaj park “središte mandale” u mašti svakog Zagrepčanina,
pogotovo onog sretnika sa stanom na Zrinjevcu. Šetati parkom, a ne
posjeti ti Arheološki muzej sa zanimljivim nalazima neolitskih grobnica
iz okolice grada, mumijama i ostalim neophodnim arheološkim
parafernalijima, ne bi bio potpun doživljaj. Kao ni zaobići stare majstore
u Strossmayerovoj galeriji i moderne u njezinoj posestrimi, Modernoj
galeriji.
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DOLAC I RAZGOVOR S “KUMICAMA”
Gotovo da nema neke važne osobe na proputovanju Zagrebom, a da
ne svrati među šarene dolačke kišobrane i ondje ne popriča s kumicama
(žene sa sela koje kao da od početka brojanja vremena dolaze
u grad prodavati domaće namirnice, sir i vrhnje, cvijeće). To je toliko
uobičajeno da smo kadrove s Dolca navikli redovito gledati na TV-u, pa
nam je gotovo čudno kad nam se nekoliko dana zaredom s ekrana ne
osmjehne lice neke dobrohotne bakice. Ali, to ne znači da je gradska
tržnica “službeno” mjesto za obilaske. Ona je inti mna točka svih koji
vole tu neodoljivu kombinaciju zvonika katedrale, malih pečenjara u
sjeni svake kuće, brdašaca voća i povrća, a uz to i narančasto-ružičaste
kakofonije cvijeća. Subotom se na Dolcu pojavi gotovo svatko tko
drži do sebe, a poriluk, blitva i ti kvice tek su pozadina malih gradskih
razgovora.
A journey beyond chocolate...
Zagreb since many of them have come from the South, Dalmati a, to
study in Zagreb where they conti nued to live. And although the main
city square with a centrally located statue of Ban Josip Jelačić on a
horse is considered the ‘’centre’’, this park is the “centre of mandala”
in the fantasy world of all people living in Zagreb, especially those lucky
ones who have a fl at at Zrinjevac. The adventure would be incomplete
if one is to walk around the park without deciding to visit the Archaeological
Museum with interesti ng exhibits from Neolithic graves around
the city, mummifi ed corpses and other fascinati ng archaeological
fi nds. The same goes for the famous painti ngs exhibited at the Strossmayer’s
Gallery and the Modern Gallery.
DOLAC OUTDOOR MARKET PLACE
Almost everyone who visits Zagreb stops at Dolac and under the colourful
Dolac sun-umbrellas has a chat with the kumice - women from
the surrounding villages who have been coming into the city for centuries
to sell home-grown fruit and vegetables, home-made fresh cheese
and sour cream and fl owers. It’s become so normal to see scenes from
Dolac on TV that we fi nd it almost strange when we do not see the
good-natured kumice smiling to us from the TV screens day aft er day.
This doesn’t mean that the city market is an “offi cial” sight-seeing
locati on; It is an inti mate spot for all those who love the irresisti ble
combinati on of the Cathedral’s bell tower, small barbecue bars in the
shadow of every house, small piles of fruit and vegetables, along with
the orange-pink cacophony of fl owers. On Saturday every self-respecting
poseur appears at Dolac to see and be seen at the informal social
event that is Špica, getti ng involved city gossip and, of course, coff ee
against the background of leek, chard and aubergines.
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