Properties for sale - Rijeka

Rijeka is Croatia's third city and the only major port city on the Kvarner, which gives it a character no other coastal market has. People do not buy here for the season but for work, the university, the hospital and the port, so flats are let by the year rather than by the week. The city climbs steep slopes above the bay, so its districts are separated by elevation as much as by distance: the Korzo and the centre with their Austro-Hungarian and Italian architectural legacy; Sušak across the Rječina; Trsat high up beside the castle and the shrine; Zamet and Kantrida to the west; and Pećine to the east along the water. The stock ranges from buildings raised when Rijeka was Hungary's main port to housing blocks from the 1970s. Rijeka was European Capital of Culture in 2020, which kicked off the conversion of industrial buildings such as the Benčić complex and brought back some appetite for living in the centre itself.

Buyers who live and work in Rijeka, the students and professionals who sustain the long-term rental market, and families who want a flat closer to the sea than continental cities allow. Investors here count on steady year-round tenancies rather than seasonal peaks.

Neighbourhoods: Centar, Trsat, Zamet, Kantrida, Pećine, Sušak