My favourite had been the concert events in Lotrščak – Muricas News

I've lived there for 45 years, and I used to be born three blocks down in Zvonimirova. I've many reminiscences of Gornji grad and I don’t know which one I'd single out. All lovely and pricey to me. Gornji grad is both cherished or not, that’s simply the best way it's, however we prefer it right here. Now we have our peace, it’s not as busy as down on Trg or Ilica. The air is healthier and it’s simpler to breathe, particularly now in summer time on this warmth, tells us Božidar Cakić, who opened a gallery in Gornji grad in 1984, after which the cafe Cinkuš, which has the identical identify because the group wherein he performs.

A few of his fondest reminiscences are the gigs he had round Gornji Grad.

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– In these years, we at all times performed someplace, there have been additionally a whole lot of dancers… In the present day we don’t play even a fifth of what it was again then. My favourite gigs had been in Lotrščak, but in addition in Zrinjevac. There may be nothing higher than taking part in in your personal metropolis – says Božidar.

He additionally provides that on the time when he moved to Gornji grad there have been nonetheless natives residing, a lot of whom have sadly both died immediately or their heirs have moved away.

– Then you possibly can hear the true outdated Zagreb speech, numerous Hungarianisms and Germanisms. Till immediately, there was a change of residents, so sadly such speech is not heard. It's written in dictionaries, however it could be good to listen to it once more – says Božidar.

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Within the first 12 months when the Dvorište occasion began, he helped collect individuals, and their want was to revive the Higher City and entice individuals, which they succeeded in doing.

– I contacted about twenty individuals, 5 of them responded then, however individuals actually preferred it, so over time the response turned even larger – stated Božidar.

Quite a few artists, poets, actors have handed by way of Gornji grad… He likes to recollect the photographer Marija Braut, whose illustration can also be displayed on the entrance to the cafe.

– We had a photograph along with her within the bar, us Cinkuši. She got here to us usually. Such circles of individuals largely used to hang around there – recollects Božidar.

Like different residents of Gornji Grad, he's aggravated by fences and blocked streets, and jokingly says that he would favor to maneuver the politicians some other place. Nonetheless, he wouldn't change his life up there, and he hopes that it is going to be restored as quickly as doable and that life within the Higher City will return in full swing.

– Some new youngsters are coming now. They wished one thing fashionable, however I hope that the authenticity of Gornji grad might be preserved – concludes Božidar.