RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL, KOPRIVNICA, 24.-27.08.2017.

Renaissance Festival is a tourist-historic and educational event, the biggest spectacle of "living pictures" of the past in this part of Europe, and has its base in historical facts.

Most of the content is related to the 15th century, and especially with the 16th century, when the Renaissance occurred fortifications. Renaissance festival brings together over 700 original costumed participants from home and abroad (Slovenia, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic). Huge area of the city walls covered with medieval tents, camps, siege towers, and imposing scene really works. Duration of the event and into the night, as many participants remain in their camps, and is especially impressive night attack on the city, which is enclosed in hundreds of torches, pokers and possibly moonlight.

Apart from the scenic views of medieval life, chivalry, siege, music, dance, buffoonery, visitors can enjoy the flavors of medieval dishes that are made on the spot and it uses the original recipes from the long prohujalog vrememena the late Middle Ages. With capon meat dishes, wild boar, venison, saved and delicacies from nettles, seemingly nondescript plant Koprivnica which owes its name.

Two-day event 2011th year visited 50-odd thousand people, and the trend is growing bigger every year. Programs take place for four days and nights with a constant supply of food and beverages. Renaissance Festival is already last year was awarded prizes for the best event in 2010. year, which is an indication that it is indeed a high quality and original project, and with this project was recognized by the European Union, and it is funded for the second year in a row.