Museum of Frogs in Lokve, Croatia
http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9774/1/Museum-of-Frogs-in-Lokve-Croatia.html
By Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic
Published on 04/8/2009
 | In the village of Lokve in the region of Gorski Kotar in Croatia there is a unique museum devoted to frogs, called Muzej žaba - Museum of Frogs. Regular competitions are organized in frog jumping, which are very popular, among children as well as among grown-ups. Competitors with their frogs arrive from all over Croatia. |
Annual competition in frog jumping
The Museum of Frogs in Lokve, Croatia
| Museum of Frogs Address: Muzej žaba Šetalište Glubinjak 50 51316 Lokve Croatia Working hours: 12-19 every day Proprietor of the Museum of Frogs: Ratko Gašparac mob. 091 3831 278, +385 51 831 278 Contact: info@muzej-zaba.hr Internet: www.muzej-zaba.hr   The village of Lokve is near the town of Delnice on the Zagreb-Rijeka highway. Internet: www.muzej-zaba.hr  |
One of the champions in jumping, and his proud proprietor... Spectators in full concentration...
Official results of XVIth Frog Jumping Competition in Lokve, organized already in 1990. Twenty competing frogs, with their exotic names can be seen in the second column, and the names of respective proprietors in the third column. Note that the last frog is nicknamed Wolfgang, and the proprietor is Amadeus. Mozart would not mind.
A local beauty, called gatalinka.
Village of Lokve.
A souvenier frog from the Museum.
A detail from Muzej žaba - The Museum of Frogs.
Village of Lokve.
A souvenier frog from the Museum.
A detail from Muzej žaba - The Museum of Frogs.
One of the halls of the Museum of Frogs in Lokve.
About a hundred meters from the Museum a paradise of natural beuties (not only for frogs) awaits you - Forest park Golubinjak:
Prayer of Nature.
Map of the Forest Park Golubinjak near the village of Lokve.
Pleasant morning haze.
Clean and lovely place.
Croatian Coat of Arms
Entrance into deep forest of Golubinjak.
Paradise for children.
About a hundred meters from the Museum a paradise of natural beuties (not only for frogs) awaits you - Forest park Golubinjak:
Prayer of Nature.
Map of the Forest Park Golubinjak near the village of Lokve.
Pleasant morning haze.
Clean and lovely place.
Croatian Coat of Arms
Entrance into deep forest of Golubinjak.
Paradise for children.
Formated for CROWN by prof.dr. Darko Žubrinić
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