Fodor's Expert Review Hrvatsko Narodno Kazalište Ivan Pleminiti Zajc

Designed by specialist Viennese architects Fellner and Helmer, Rijeka's National Theatre opened in 1885. In high summer the theater plays host to a Festival of Summer Nights, held beneath wonderful ceiling paintings by Gustav Klimt and emerging from behind a stage curtain decorated by Croatian artist Oton Gliha. It's worth it to buy a ticket to a performance to experience Croatian culture and see the inside of the theater.