Dreaming about visiting Sinj? Or dreaming about being in Sinj again? In both cases, we have something to help you count those days until you are able to experience the city yourself. Take a virtual tour!! There are several of the most popular places, like Kamicak, or the Alka race track. So, get a comfortable chair and of you go..

Tomorrow at 20.00, after the Holy Mass, at the Church of Our Lady of Sinj, a concert will be held by the renowned Japanese pianist Yoko Nishii.

 

On the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the birth of Dora Pejačević, this Japanese artist recorded her entire piano works on a double CD album. Amont many cities and towns in Croatia, Sinj will have the honor of hosting Yoko Nishii tomorrow (September 22, 2015).

According to Ferata.hr, prof. fra Blaž Toplak is explaining why the date of the concert was chosen very specific to be on September 22.

With this concert, we will start a one-year program for the Great Jubilee, which will be celebrated exactly on September 22, 2016. After the great victory over the Ottomans, the commander of the city Zorzi Baldi suggested to the soldiers to make a voluntary donation to thank Our Lady in a way. Collected were 80 coins and in Venice a crown was made for Our Lady´s image, which was blessed by the Split Bishop on September 22, 1716, explains Toplak.

The Equestrian Club Alkar at the occasion of this year´s Gallop Event, sent a press release that the Ferata.hr published and we bring it to you translated in English.

 

The Equestrian Gallop Club (KGK) Alkar Sinj continues with the long-standing tradition and re-organize the traditional gallop races on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at the Hippodrome in Sinj. This year there will be three races, from which one a traditional race called Alase, where the horses owned by local breeders participate in the competition.

The third race will be held in honor of the recently deceased mayor of Sinj, late Ivica Glavan. Mayor Glavan has provided generous support to the KGK Alkar and we will be expressing our gratitude for all he has done for the club to be able to continue in his existence after almost 50 years in Sinj.

The opening ceremony program, which will be magnified by the excellent Sinj Majorettes and begins at 15:00 and at 15:30 is the start of the first race. The next two races will be at 16:30 and 17:30. With a special cultural program, a wide range of food and drinks, for the ticket cost of 10kn per person, the visitors will be participating in the prize lottery and the lucky winner can win 500 kg of grapes.

As we already reported, Sinj and Alka were promoted through a major article in one of the most influential French magazines - Le Figaro Magazine thanks to a successful cooperation of the National tourist board, the Tourist board office in France and the Sinj tourist board, who invited and hosted the French journalist during this year´s 300th Alka in Sinj.

The Sinj tourist board shared the pages from the Le Figaro Magazine about the Sinj Alka through their FB page. Here they are:

There has been an upward trend in overnight stays in Sinj in the past three years, as Sinj has doubled the number of overnights in this year compared to 2012. The current average length of stay is 2,4 nights, which compared to 1,9 nights in 2014 (1,6 in 2012) is a positive sign of tourist staying longer in the region rather than stopping in Sinj just for one night on their way to their final destination.

Well done, Sinj, keep up the good work!!

After great promotion of the 300th Sinj Alka in the U.S. and Brussels, the French Le Figaro reports about the Alka in the last edition of its Magazine issue on 10 pages. Great cooperation of the Croatian National Tourist Board, Tourist Board office in France and Sinj tourist board to host the journalists from France.

The Croatian National Tourist Board informs about the reportage on its website:

"Journalists of the Le Figaro present Sinj Alka as the oldest knight tournament on the European continent with a long tradition of unbelievable 300 years. The report says, it is an important social event, which makes all the inhabitants of the region very proud and which is being broatcast by the national television.

Reporters point out that this significant event has nothing to do with organized folklore for tourists, but is an old knight´s game dedicated to the patron of Sinj - Lady of Sinj, which according to tradition helped defeat the Ottomans. They add, that Alka is an eternal reminder of the heroism of the ancestors and an eternal vow of loyalty and respect.

Le Figaro Magazine is one of the most influential magazines in France, with 2 million readers and more than 400 thousand copies sold. Commercial price of one-page ad in the magazine is more than 37 thousand EUR.

You can watch a video of the Le Figaro TV informing about reportage (in French):

The atmosphere of a green market is always special to me. Those sounds and smells, textures and colours.., beautiful.

According to Ferata.hr, the Sinj green and fish market is still in its summer atmosphere with some drinking coffee and reading newspapers at the nearby cafes, while others present their produce at the market.

(photo: ferata.hr)

As usual, a line built up at the fish stand as the fresh sea aroma revealed the richness of the fish offer. And although the offer on fresh fruit and vegetables was as impressive, only few choose to buy, as it is too expensive, they say. Times changed, as those parking spaces in front of big shopping centres get filled up quickly and the fresh market stays empty. But the time will come and it may be sooner than you thing, when people realize the value in those fresh home-grown vegetables and fruit, only to be found at the green market.

An interesting video made by the Croatian National Television (HRT) - filmed by a tiny camera secured on the rider‘s body while training for the Alka tournament. Watch the video below to see how the rider sees hitting the "middle".

And for more videos on this year´s Alka, visit the this website of HRT.

After a 6-day touring through Germany, France and Austria, the Sinj Majorettes (Sinjske mažoretkinje) and the Sinj Town Orchestra (Gradska Glazba Sinj) are back home.

According to Ferata.hr website, together, they were performing in Munchen, Paris, Lille, Comines, Bruay-sur-I´Escaut and Salzburg and received many new invitations for upcoming festivals. Here are the pictures from their tour and performances (all photos: ferata.hr)