23 June 2025

Overtourism • Dubrovnik (2,764 km)

(Dubrovnik, 21.06.2025-22.06.2025) The Dalmacija, originally christened Oslofjord sailed in Scandinavia, now sails from Bari to Dubrovnik in glorious sunny weather and calm seas. In August 2024, the German newspaper taz reported on "Overtourism in Dubrovnik - The Malaise of the Clone Cities". Statistically speaking, each of Dubrovnik's 41,000 inhabitants, including babies, is visited by 37 tourists every year, a total of over 1.5 million; a good proportion of them - it feels like - have already been there today. For fear of drowning, I don't let myself be swept away by the stream of people flowing down the valley towards the old town and stay safely above the city. Dubrovnik is also very attractive, especially when viewed from above. That's enough for us and we're off again, quickly away from the coast and up over the mountains to...?!


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