The most romantic day of the year, St. Valentine’s Day, was marked with a special concert last night by the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra. The one-hour program features classic film theme songs and opera music and was held in the atmospheric Marin Drzic Theatre in the very heart of Dubrovnik.

The orchestra were led by British conductor Colin Metters and Dubrovnik maestro Đelo Jusic and romantic poetry of Dubrovnik author, Luko Paljetak, completed a wonderful evening. The concert was organised by the Dubrovnik Tourist Board.

Photos by Zeljko Tutnjevic

Sometimes it takes only a word to make your pressure jump and your nerves tremble, however, the question is – is there a universal sentence that can infuriate almost an entire country?

Just for fun, users on Reddit initiated a discussion and made a map of Europe with provocative statements attributed to different European countries that are expected to make angry the majority of a population of listed countries.

According to this map, Croatians will be most irritated if you call them ‘’Catholic Serbs’’ and Slovenians if you call them ‘’Alpine Serbs’’. On the other hand, something like ‘’Muslim Serbs’’ would get angry citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whilst a statement ‘’Tesla was a Croat’’ can make the blood pressure of majority of Serbian people jump very high.

Creators of this post, which quickly went viral over the internet, wrote that they did not intend to offend anyone or make anyone angry, but they just wanted to have some fun.

Amazing video was published on Valentine's Day by Red Bull. It shows wingsuit flying over Galesnjak, famous heart shaped island in Croatia. 

- Happy Valentine’s Day YouTube! We love you. We’re in love with you. And to prove it, we sent our gal Amy Chmelecki and her buds Marco Fürst and Marco Waltenspiel to the Croatian Coast to bring us all together on Galešnjak, the heart-shaped island of love. Grab your wingsuit and meet us there? We’ll be waiting – it's written in the caption of the video.

Don't miss this special video and once again – happy Valentine's Day!

Robin Hood is making changes all over the Old City as the set keeps growing bigger every day. Construction of the set started back in December and it's now really intense, since the filming is supposed to start in six days. 

One of the biggest differences nowdays can be spotted in the Old Port. As you can see from the photos, almost all the boats have been moved because of the filming. It's quite strange, since this part of the City is usually overcrowded with boats.

                 View without Robin Hood

                  View with Robin Hood 

In the last three years consumption in Croatia on Valentine's Day has increased by 27 percent, mostly at restaurants (almost 80 %), whilst the most desired destinations for this day were Venice and Ljubljana, according to various surveys on the so-called ‘sentimental consumption’ on the eve of Valentine's Day.

The “MasterCard Valentine’s Day Index” on shopper behaviour in more than 200 countries around the world, including Croatia, showed that in the three-year period from 2014 to 2016 global consumption increased by almost 50 percent.

The fact that Croatia also follows such trends was confirmed by data that in the same period the consumption in Croatia rose by 27 percent, whilst the number of credit card transactions increased by 67 percent, particularly in the last minute like everywhere else in the world i.e. on the 13th of February.

On the other hand, there was a slight decline by 15 percent in the sale of flowers and cards in comparison to the same period three years ago, whilst restaurants recorded almost 80 percent bigger interest than in the previous years.

''Even though the way we say ''I love you'' has changed over the past years, to express love on the 14th of February has become more popular than ever before'', commented Sanja Zigic, the director of MasterCard Croatia, adding that despite the growing online shopping, almost 95 percent of shoppers made purchases in-person.

When it comes to romantic travel destinations on Valentine's Day this year, the latest data from the FlixBus company show that the number of romantic travels has increased by almost 30 percent compared to last year, mostly to Venice, Ljubljana, Budapest and Vienna.

Today is a beautiful day for romance. Not only because it is Valentine's Day, but because it is also sunny and warm. A perfect day to relax and take it easy, especially with your loved ones. Many tourists and locals decided to take a walk or sit by the sea. Some of the ladies were happy enough to get roses. But most of all, everybody seemed really happy – and that's the point, isn't it?

The Japanese are so delighted with Kali, the famous fishing village on the island of Ugljan, that they not only took over the Kali tuna factory but have even decided to built another one this year, announced the CEO of Jiro Kamba.

Kali Tuna is the first and the largest tuna factory in Croatia. It uses a specific farming technology; they catch tuna of 8 kilograms in weight, which is then farmed for two and a half years to gain fat, and it seems that this is a winning combination that the Japanese love.

So far, almost all of the tuna has been exported to Japan, but the new factory would enable processing tuna to the final stage in Croatia thus supplying consumers from sushi restaurants to shops not only in Croatia but also throughout Europe.

Robin Hood:Origins set seems to grow bigger every day! Something new pops up every time we walk pass it. All those who were commenting that the movie could be filmed anywhere because growing instalations that seem to cover the beautiful City can now be pleased – it seems like the set is slowly starting to mimic Dubrovnik stone. 

Surely there will be much more surprises, since the set should be finished in the next 7 days. We'll see what tomorrow will bring!

Just a reminder – Dubrovnik will be Nottingham in the newest Hollywood blockbuster. The Leonardo DiCaprio produced Robin Hood will start filming in Dubrovnik on the 20th of February and is expected to last for two or three weeks. We are impatiently waiting for celebrities such as Oscar winning Jamie Foxx and Fifty Shades of Grey superstar Jamie Dornan. Robin Hood: Origins is set for release in the U.S on the 28th of March 2018.