Ultras World on Tour - Hajduk Split vs Dinamo Zagreb (Ep.2)
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It was late at night when we arrived in Zagreb, and one of our contacts that goes by name Kruno picked us up from the airport. Our apartment was close to the city center, and arriving so late at night we just couldn’t go to sleep, we wanted to see more of Zagreb and that’s what we did. We noticed that the city, even late at night it was alive. Kids playing outside on the square, cars and trams going back and forth. We already saw the presence of the ultras in town, as a lot of stickers and small graffiti all around the square. After a quick dinner, we went back to bed knowing that the following day would be a very long and busy one in which it was the day where Ultras World would meet the BBB of Dinamo Zagreb. On the morning we headed towards the train station where we left most of our belongings in the lockers because this was our only and last day in Zagreb. We had tickets at midnight with the night-train to Split. So we had to make the most of it…
After shooting some scenes, it was time to head towards to DZ Stadium. While at Maksimir, we shot some scenes and we saw the war memorial nearby which we paid our respects to the fans of DZ who fought and died in the war of independence. Before we knew it, we got a phone call and our contact from Futsal of DZ was waiting for us at the parking. Our first destination was unknown, we weren’t sure where we actually were, just things happened so quickly that before we knew it we were sitting down In one of the best bars in the city and had a champagne glass in our hands. There is where we met Marko and after a few drinks we headed towards the BBB fan shop. We decided to walk, so we could see more of the city, and we were just amazed of how beautiful Zagreb actually is. Before we knew it ... there it was, the bulldog sign hanging from one of the buildings, we knew we’d arrived. After having a short interview with Juraj, we headed towards our more important meeting. It was with the top BBB at their fan club. When we arrived, we met with them and our first feeling was that we were happy and honored to be there. They were very hospitable and after a few beers and smokes, we had a very interesting and long conversation.We talked about the past, and how things changed after 2006 when BBB first started to oppose Mamic. We also talked about an important period in 2010 when they started to boycott their home games, because of what Mamic was doing.They were mostly only interested in selling players, making money and stealing from the club. They put ex police men to work in the club’s board. They were involved also in many schemes such as fixing games, but the worst part was that they were destroying the club’s identity and they were trying to control BBB. We knew too that BBB had a lot of repression from the police especially because Mamic had a big influence on the justice system and in the police departments. So even though with all the repression, and some separations, the group was still able to survive all this bad period especially in 13/14. Their foundation of the Futsal club also helped in this – where a small idea turned out to be big organization today. We also talked with them about their golden period between 98 and 2008. It was one of the best days for BBB both home, where they made an extremely loud atmosphere, and on away games all around Europe were often troubles. They told us that BBB was always considered more as a hooligan group. They were a bit different from everybody else, even if most of them were on the ‘black list’, and not getting tickets for the Europe away games. We were interested also how in 2013 there was a unity between all ultra-groups of Croatia to get rid of the government plan to introduce the FAN ID, which would really destroy the ultra-culture in Croatia, and by this unity they won this war. We had a small conversation also about the famous 1990 riot against Red Star, and how this riot was a social indicator of what would happen next. The start of a war. One of the important figures of the riot was the player of DZ Boban, who kicked a policeman, a symbolic moment and this was also showed in the fan club as a graffiti. Lastly we spoke about the future, and what would happen if Mamic would be convicted, what we understood is that if Mamic is gone, the future is brighter and even if they have to go to the 3rd league, BBB will always stay behind the club. After about an hour, we decided to stick around for a few more hours to drink with the lads and play some billiards. We were honored in meeting with BBB and this memory will be inside us. Before midnight we knew it was time to leave because we had a train to catch, 8 hours by the night train to Split…what a trip!
Because limitations of YouTube we don’t have enough space to write about our days in Split, but you can read it up on our Instagram page where we will be posting about it. But one thing is sure, We loved it!
Skopje | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:09 1 Geography
00:03:18 1.1 Topography
00:05:06 1.2 Hydrography
00:07:59 1.3 Geology
00:10:03 1.4 Climate
00:12:09 1.5 Nature and environment
00:14:33 2 Urbanism
00:14:41 2.1 Urban morphology
00:18:21 2.2 Localities and villages
00:19:21 2.3 Urban sociology
00:21:36 3 Toponymy
00:23:22 4 History
00:23:30 4.1 Origins
00:25:14 4.2 Roman Scupi
00:27:48 4.3 Middle Ages
00:32:28 4.4 Ottoman period
00:38:46 4.5 Balkan Wars till present day
00:44:59 5 Emblems
00:45:34 6 Administration
00:45:43 6.1 Status
00:46:33 6.2 City Council
00:47:19 6.3 Mayor
00:47:41 6.4 Municipalities
00:49:16 7 Economy
00:49:24 7.1 Economic weight
00:50:51 7.2 Firms and activities
00:53:35 7.3 Employment
00:55:04 8 Population
00:55:12 8.1 Demography
00:56:48 8.2 Ethnic groups
00:59:48 8.3 Religion
01:01:57 8.4 Health
01:03:07 8.5 Education
01:04:35 9 Media
01:06:31 10 Sports
01:09:10 11 Transport
01:09:19 11.1 Main connections
01:11:34 11.2 Rail and coach stations
01:13:00 11.3 Public transport
01:14:27 11.4 Airport
01:16:04 12 Air pollution
01:16:38 13 Culture
01:16:46 13.1 Cultural institutions
01:18:21 13.2 Museums
01:20:12 13.3 Architecture
01:26:18 13.4 Festivals
01:29:31 13.5 Nightlife
01:31:42 14 People from Skopje
01:31:51 15 International relations
01:32:01 15.1 Twin towns – sister cities
01:32:13 15.2 Partnerships
01:32:22 16 See also
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Skopje (, US also ; Macedonian: Скопје [ˈskɔpjɛ] (listen), Albanian: Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic center.
The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; remains of Neolithic settlements have been found within the old Kale Fortress that overlooks the modern city centre. Originally a Paeonian city, Scupi became the capital of Dardania in the second century BC. On the eve of the 1st century AD, the settlement was seized by the Romans and became a military camp. When the Roman Empire was divided into eastern and western halves in 395 AD, Scupi came under Byzantine rule from Constantinople. During much of the early medieval period, the town was contested between the Byzantines and the Bulgarian Empire, whose capital it was between 972 and 992.
From 1282, the town was part of the Serbian Empire and acted as its capital city from 1346 to 1371. In 1392, Skopje was conquered by the Ottoman Turks who called it Üsküb, with this name also being in use in English for a time. The town stayed under Ottoman control for over 500 years, serving as the capital of pashasanjak of Üsküp and later the Vilayet of Kosovo. At that time the city was famous for its oriental architecture. In 1912, it was annexed by the Kingdom of Serbia during the Balkan Wars. During the First World War the city was seized by the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and after this war, it became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Yugoslavia becoming the capital of the Vardarska banovina. In the Second World War the city was again captured by Bulgaria and in 1944 became the capital of SR Macedonia, then a federated state of Yugoslavia. The city developed rapidly, but this trend was interrupted in 1963 when it was hit by a disastrous earthquake.
Skopje is located on the upper course of the Vardar River, and is located on a major north-south Balkan route between Belgrade and Athens. It is a center for metal-processing, chemical, timber, textile, leather, and printing industries. Industrial development of the city has been accompanied by development of the trade, logistics, and banking sectors, as well as an emphasis on the fields of transportation, culture and sport. According to the last official count from 2002, Skopje had a population of 506,926 inhabitants; according to official estimates, the city ...