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EN: Another one from the 3D series using anamorphosis effect (see “Pimp my Pump: 3D Rubik's Cube” cache). This time, PmP team depicted one of the most famous Zagreb's symbols – St. Mark's church. With its colored tiles on the roof and the croatian and Zagreb's coat of arms, it is THE most prominent feature of Zagreb's old town.
Here, the church is painted on the floor in abovementioned anamorphosis technique, while the pump itself represents the church's clock tower.
This pump is placed inside of a Zagreb's Fair. There is not much going on in there, a lot of empty pavillions, but some of them host some free time sport activities, so people regularly go in. The closest entrance is „West 3“ (on Waypoint 1), and you can get in with a car, taking the parking ticket which is FREE if you leave the premises in less than half an hour. I suppose this is more than enough for you to find the cache. Main entrance to the Fair (Waypoint 2) is also fine, there's a parking there, but you have to continue on foot. So, the cache is NOT available at night, after the Fair closes. On another matter, I was stunned by the state of distruction and neglection in which I found Velesajam (Zagreb's Fair). You will see for yourself.
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HR: Još jedna iz 3D serije koja koristi efekt anamorfoze (vidi cache “Pimp my Pump: 3D Rubik's Cube”). Ovog puta, PmP tim je prikazao jedan od najpoznatijih zagrebačkih simbola – crkvu Svetog Marka. Sa svojim obojenim crijepovima na krovu koji između ostalog prikazuju hrvatski te zagrebački grb, to je najznačajniji simbol starog Gornjeg grada.
Ovdje je crkva naslikana na podu gornjespomenutom tehnikom anamorfoze, dok sama pumpa prikazuje crkveni toranj sa satom.
Pumpa je smještena unutar Zagrebačkog Velesajma, na kojem se ne događa bogznašto, samo gomila više-manje praznih paviljona, ali u nekima od njih se treniraju sportovi (badminton npr.), pa ljudi normalno ulaze na Velesajam. Najbliži ulaz cacheu je „West 3“ (Waypoint 1), i tamo možete ući i autom, uzevši parkirnu kartu, koja je besplatna ako ne ostanete duže od pola sata. Vjerujem da je to više nego dovoljno da nađete cache(ve). Možete ući i na glavni ulaz na Velesajam (Waypoint 2), gdje postoji parking, no od tamo morate nastaviti pješke. Kako je Velesajam zatvoren preko noći, cache je dostupan samo danju.
Kad smo već kod Velesajma, šokirao sam se stanjem uništenja i zapuštenosti u kojem se trenutno nalazi. Vidjet ćete i sami...
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