The start was spectacular. The croatian city of rijeka kicked off its new harbor with a spectacular "opera industriale" featuring dancing cranes, a punk orchestra and rough choruses in the harbor basin on january 1, 2010. February into the european capital of culture year.

The ambitions were high. The artistic treatment of the themes of water, work and migration, which have characterized the town for centuries, was intended to provide inspiration for the post-industrial age.