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Hello tourist du bist in Budapest, capitol of Hungary For a little money I will show you this beautiful city I'am a student I'am 23 I study sociology on the very famous Eötvös Lóránd science university Hello tourist on the right side, Hello tourist on the left side this is called Danubius wich is a river and also a radio that is a Bridge wich is called Lánc and also one radio to the right side you can see the Buda part wich is one half of the city to the left side you can see the Pest and the Parliament of Hungary Hello tourist on the right side, Hello tourist on the left side look at the hill there is a castel it was the old king's residency we have no more kings because Hungary is a parlemental democracy Hello tourist on the right side, Hello tourist on the left side I'am sure you are tired now you can to left now this ship Hapci if you liked the tour you can give me now some Hungarian money we will stop now you can go to casino bye-bye arrivederci I hope you enjoyed the sightseeing tour auf wiedersehen bonne nuit hello tourist on the right side, hello tourist on the left side hello tourist on the right side, hello tourist on the left side

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Hello tourist du bist in budapest, Capitol of hungary For a little money i will show you This beautiful city

I'am a student i'am 23 I study sociology On the very famous eötvös lóránd Science university

Hello tourist on the right side, Hello tourist on the left side

This is called danubius Wich is a river and also a radio That is a bridge wich is called lánc And also one radio

To the right side you can see the buda part Wich is one half of the city To the left side you can see the pest And the parliament of hungary

Look at the hill there is a castel It was the old king's residency We have no more kings Because hungary is a parlemental democracy

I'am sure you are tired now You can to left now this ship hapci If you liked the tour you can give me now Some hungarian money

We will stop now you can go to casino Bye-bye arrivederci I hope you enjoyed the sightseeing tour Auf wiedersehen bonne nuit

Hello tourist on the right side, Hello tourist on the left side Hello tourist on the right side, Hello tourist on the left side

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“At The Right” vs. “On The Right” vs. “To The Right”

It’s time to look into some prepositions to see whether you can figure out when they work right! There are some rules that you might need to understand that change the meanings of certain phrases based on which preposition is used. This article will help you understand them.

Is It “At The Right,” “On The Right,” or “To The Right”?

“At the right” works when something is an absolute value relative to another. “At” can also be used in reference to time or places. “On the right” is correct when referring to physical positioning. “To the right” works when something is given a relative positioning to another thing.

To help you understand what we mean, we can put them in some examples:

• It happened at the right time, to say the least.

Here, “at” allows you to give a definitive “time” when something occurred. It’s an absolute value that will not change.

• I saw him on the right of me, but I didn’t stop to ask why.

“On” works when someone or something is physically positioned on the right side of another thing.

• You need to place it more to the right.

“To” is a relative position. It may change based on the context, but it is used mainly as a guideline.

The three phrases are not interchangeable in all ways, though “to” and “on” can be considered interchangeable when referring to specific positions.

Is It “At The Right Side” Or “On The Right Side”?

“On the right side” is the most common phrase used when referring to the physical location of something. “At the right side” is not used by native speakers because it does not allow you to show an accurate representation of where something is located.

• Correct: On the right side of the road, you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for.
• Incorrect: At the right side of the street, you’ll see all the stores that are going to be useful to you.

At The Right

“At” refers to an absolute value. It is only used when referring to times or occurrences that are fixed and cannot be changed. It’s possible to relate the use of “at” to specific times or events.

• It will happen at the right time. You just have to be prepared for that time to take a while.
• I’m not sure this is set at the right temperature. We needed to double-check that before we went forward with this.
• Can you put it at the right time, please? My watch hasn’t shown me the right time for as long as I can remember!
• I didn’t think it was at the right moment. I was trying to think of a better time to mention it because I knew he was hurting.
• At the right time, you’ll understand what you need to say. If that time hasn’t happened yet, you can always wait.

On The Right

“On” is a more general preposition that refers to the physical location of something. It shows that it is placed “on the right” of whatever the subject is. “On the right” can also be synonymous with “on the correct” if someone is currently doing something that is correct.

For example, if you say “on the right of you,” it implies that something is located on the right-hand side of the person you’re speaking to. It’s an easy way to let someone know where they might be able to find something.

“On the right” can also mean “correct.” You might say, “you’re on the right track,” which means that someone is moving in the correct direction or following the direct ideas to come to a conclusion.

• It’s on the right as you go in. You’ll notice it because it sticks out like a sore thumb. Just try to pay a bit of attention.
• I don’t see it on the right side of the road. Maybe they moved it when they realized it was such a nuisance.
• You’re on the right track, but I think you still have more than you need to work out before we can take this any further.
• She’s not on the right path in life. I’m really worried about her future, and I’m not sure if there’s any way to save her.
• Are you on the right line? I thought I gave you a different number to contact if everything went wrong!

To The Right

“To” works to show the relative condition of something. It can work for a value or a specific position, but it is always relative to either the “right side” or someone or something or the “right way” to do something (i.e. “the correct way”).

“To” is relative compared to the absolute value of “at.” It allows someone to relate the position or correctness of something to another object in the sentence.

• The kettle is to the right of the toaster.

Here, we can see that “to” is used to position the “kettle” relative to the “toaster.” While this is a fairly dumbed-down way of looking at it, it’s still a great way to demonstrate how “to the right” works.

• If you place it a little more to the right, you’ll find that it works a lot better with the overall aesthetic of this room.
• It needs to be to the right a little more. That way, it’ll look much nicer overall, and I think it’ll bring the whole room together.
• It’s going to be set to the right temperature when we get to it. Until then, you’ll just have to trust that we know what we’re doing.
• We’re going to be sitting to the right of you. If you need anything more from us, just give us a shout.
• I want them to the right of me on stage. It’s the only way I can guarantee that I’ll get this right!

Is “At The Right,” “On The Right,” Or “To The Right” Used The Most?

According to Google Ngram Viewer , “to the right” is the most common choice of the three. “On the right” is also fairly common, but it’s not quite as popular as the “to” variation. “At the right” is the least popular, and it’s the one you’re least likely to come across.

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Why Does Japan Stick To The Left Side Of The Road?

Published: August 15, 2024

by Lani Jaffe

Have you ever wondered why Japan sticks to the left side of the road? This practice might seem unusual if you're from a country where driving on the right is the norm. The answer lies in a mix of history, culture, and practicality. Understanding why Japan adopted this rule can give you a deeper appreciation for its unique traditions. Whether you're planning a trip or just curious about global driving habits, knowing the reasons behind Japan's left-side driving can be both interesting and useful. Let's dive into the fascinating story of how this custom came to be.

Historical Roots

Japan's practice of driving on the left side of the road has deep historical roots. This tradition dates back to the Edo period when samurai warriors roamed the streets. Let's explore some key reasons behind this unique custom.

Samurai Culture : Samurai, who were predominantly right-handed, preferred to walk on the left to keep their sword arm free. This allowed them to draw their swords quickly if needed.

British Influence : During the Meiji Restoration, Japan sought to modernize and adopted many Western practices. The British, who also drove on the left, influenced Japan's decision.

Railway Development : British engineers helped build Japan's first railways. They designed the railways to operate on the left, which later influenced road traffic.

Practical Reasons

Apart from historical influences, there are practical reasons why Japan continues to drive on the left. These reasons ensure safety and efficiency on the roads.

Traffic Flow : Driving on the left helps maintain a smooth traffic flow, especially in densely populated areas. It reduces the chances of head-on collisions.

Pedestrian Safety : Pedestrians in Japan are accustomed to looking right first when crossing the street. Changing the driving side would confuse them and increase accidents.

Consistency : Consistency in driving rules across the country prevents confusion among drivers. It also makes it easier for tourists to adapt.

Cultural Significance

Driving on the left side of the road holds cultural significance in Japan. It reflects the country's respect for tradition and order.

Respect for Tradition : Japan values its traditions deeply. Sticking to the left side of the road is a way of honoring historical practices.

Order and Discipline : Driving on the left symbolizes order and discipline, which are important aspects of Japanese culture. It promotes a sense of unity and cooperation among drivers.

Modern Implications

In today's world, Japan's left-side driving has several modern implications. These affect various aspects of daily life and international relations.

Vehicle Design : Japanese cars are designed with the driver's seat on the right. This design is tailored to left-side driving, ensuring better visibility and control.

Tourism : Tourists visiting Japan must adapt to left-side driving. Rental car companies provide information and support to help them adjust.

International Trade : Japan's adherence to left-side driving influences its automotive industry. Cars manufactured in Japan are often designed for left-side driving markets.

Japan's practice of driving on the left side of the road is a blend of historical, practical, cultural, and modern factors. This unique tradition continues to shape the country's identity and daily life.

Understanding Japan's Left-Side Driving

Japan's left-side driving tradition has deep roots in history, culture, and practicality. This practice dates back to the samurai era when warriors preferred passing on the left to keep their swords ready for action. British influence during the Meiji period further cemented this custom. Today, Japan's adherence to left-side driving ensures consistency and safety on its roads. This unique aspect of Japanese transportation reflects a blend of historical legacy and modern efficiency. Travelers should remember this when visiting, as it impacts everything from crossing streets to navigating public transport. Embracing this difference can enhance your travel experience, making it smoother and more enjoyable. Understanding why Japan sticks to the left side of the road offers a glimpse into the country's rich history and thoughtful approach to daily life.

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Hello tourist du bist in Budapest, capitol of Hungary For a little money I will show you this beautiful city

I'am a student I'am 23 I study sociology on the very famous Eötvös Lóránd science university

Hello tourist on the right side, Hello tourist on the left side

this is called Danubius wich is a river and also a radio that is a Bridge wich is called Lánc and also one radio

to the right side you can see the Buda part wich is one half of the city to the left side you can see the Pest and the Parliament of Hungary

look at the hill there is a castel it was the old king's residency we have no more kings because Hungary is a parlemental democracy

I'am sure you are tired now you can to left now this ship Hapci if you liked the tour you can give me now some Hungarian money

we will stop now you can go to casino bye-bye arrivederci I hope you enjoyed the sightseeing tour auf wiedersehen bonne nuit

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This world map shows which side of the road traffic drives on. Green coloured countries drive on the right , orange countries drive on the left . As you can see, most former British colonies, with some exceptions, drive on the left side of the road, whereas the United States of America, Latin American countries and European countries drive on the right. Almost always, in countries where one drives on the right-hand side of the road, the cars are built so that the driver sits on the left-hand side of the car. Conversely, driving on the left-hand side of the road usually implies that the driver’s seat is on the right-hand side of the car. Below the world map you can also find the full list of all countries of the world and the side of the road the inhabitants drive on.

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Driving in Croatia: All You Need to Know Before You Go

If you are visiting Croatia for the first time , you might wonder what driving in Croatia might be like. Don’t worry about it! Here in this guide, you will find all information you need if you plan to drive in Croatia.

The best way to explore Croatia is by car. No doubt about that! The country is small, the roads are generally in good condition, and you can simply see so much even if you plan to visit Croatia only for a short period of time.

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What do you need to drive in croatia.

In order to drive in Croatia, you will need a valid driver’s license from your home country, unless your driver’s license is written in other letters but Latin. In that case, you will need an international driver’s license.

If you get pulled over you might also be asked to show your passport or ID . Keep it somewhere handy in case this happens.

Do you need an international driver’s license to drive in Croatia?

No, you don’t need an international driver’s license as long as your home country’s driver’s license is written in the Latin alphabet. In other words, if your driver’s license is written in any other letter but Latin (for example, Chinese, Arab, Cyrillic, etc.), you will need an international driver’s license.

Is it safe to drive in Croatia?

It is safe to drive in Croatia! The roads are in great condition, and when traveling from north to south, you can largely drive on multi-lane motorways.

Croatian drivers, especially in the south, tend to be impatient and look for the first opportunity to take over. This can sometimes make you nervous, but for the most part, you will be ok and feel safe.

On what hand side do they drive in Croatia?

In Croatia, we drive on the right side , and we follow the same common road rules as elsewhere in the world.

What are the speed limits on Croatian roads?

Generally speaking, the speed limit on Croatian motorways is 130 km/h, 90 km/h on open roads, and the inner-city speed limit is 50 km/h. There are of course exemptions to the rules on specific road sequences. Follow the signage and observe the speed limit at all times.

What are the rules regarding the headlights and winter tires?

You will need to have headlights on from November, 1st until March, 31st. A similar rule applies to winter tires (or having snow chains in the car): they are mandatory from November 15th until April, 15th on all winter road sections. In other words, you can drive in Istria and Dalmatia (from Zadar to Konavle) without winter equipment. In all other areas, you will need it. Here you can see the map of winter roads (those in blue and green).

Few other important rules

You will need to wear your seatbelt at all times. This applies to all seats in the car that feature a seatbelt, even for the backseats. A child seat is required for all children with a height of less than 135 cm. Children higher than 150 cm can use the front seat.

A hatched line means that you can take over, while a solid line means that passing isn’t allowed.

You can’t use a mobile phone while driving. You can use hand-free devices.

In the absence of other priority rules, follow the right-hand rule : this means that you need to give way to the traffic to your right. Observe the stop sign even when you don’t think it is needed. Speed limits are posted on the signs along the roads.

Roads in Croatia

Roads in Croatia are generally in good condition and quite smooth. For most parts, they are asphalted and without potholes. However, some roads, especially on islands, and off-the-beaten-track destinations, can also be narrow, windy, and not featuring the protective fence. The Croatian government continuously invests in the improvement of road infrastructure.

The multilane motorways run from the north to the south, and from the east to the west, with only a few exceptions. Exceptions include a road section between Ploce and Dubrovnik and a road section from Rijeka to Pazin in Istria. These sections feature modern, well-maintained wide, and fast roads, but with a single carriageway.

Croatian toll roads

The multi-lane motorways now cross-connects the different parts of Croatia, except Ploce to Dubrovnik, and the tunnel Ucka to Pazin in Istria (this part is under construction now and should be finished in 2024).

All multi-lane motorways in Croatia have tolls. The motorways are always marked with the letter A preceding the number of the road. E.g., motorway A1 connects Zagreb with Dalmatia (Zadar, Split, Ploce), A6 connects Zagreb with Rijeka, A3 Zagreb with Slavonia, etc.

These roads are easy to use. At the entrance, you take a ticket from the toll booth, and you pay at the exit. You can either pay at the automatic toll booth cashier, or with a toll booth operator. Some smaller exits only have an automatic cashier.

You have also frequent rest stops and gas stations all along the motorways. Restop Zir with INA gas station and restaurant Macola is the popular rest stop traveling from Zagreb south to Split or Dubrovnik. Traveling from Zagreb to Rijeka or Istria, Ravna Gora with Crodux gas station and Marche restaurant is the most popular rest stop.

The tolls on Croatian roads can be paid in Euro, as well as by debit/ credit cards.

Here is an example of toll rates on Croatian motorways:

• Zagreb to Zadar*: 16 €  (17 $, 14 £)
• Zagreb to Split*: 24 €  (25 $, 21 £)
• Zagreb to Ploce (Dubrovnik)*: 30 € (32 $, 27 £)
• Zagreb to Rijeka: 9,2 € (9,7 $, 8 £)
• Rijeka to Rovinj: 8,2 € (8,7 $, 5,2 £)

*From May to October, the rates increase by 10%.

Getting from Zagreb to Zadar, Split, or Dubrovnik

A1 motorway , popularly called Dalmatina , connects Zagreb with Ploce since 2011 when the construction of this motorway was finalized. This means that you can easily reach the entire Dalmatia via a nice, modern, multi-lane motorway.

From Ploce, you still have about 100 km to Dubrovnik , on a coastal state road D8 (ex E65). This road is in good condition, but it is mostly a single-carriageway road. At certain places, you will find a double lane on one side of the road (the ascending side), while a single carriageway remains on the other side (three lanes in total). This helps a lot when you are stuck behind a truck or another slow-moving vehicle.

This is also one of the most scenic roads in all Croatia. However, coastal road winds a lot, skirts along high cliff edges at some places, and passes through many villages, where you are highly advised to respect speed limits. This makes a trip a bit long and tiring.

There are other roads that you can take to reach Dalmatia from the north.

D1 road passes inland, through Plitvice Lake, and Knin, and then down to the coast where it joins the D8 road.

D8 (former E65) , also called Jadranska magistrala (Adriatic coastal road), is a coastal road from Rijeka to Dubrovnik. This is perhaps the most scenic road in all of Croatia, especially popular among motorcyclists. A part of the road from Rijeka to Zadar is the most dramatic with sharp curves and susceptibly looking protective fences, but it is also the least frequented.

Which road you’ll take depends on your budget and time . A1 motorway has tolls, but it’s also the safest and fastest way to reach the south. Road tolls from Zagreb to Split amount to 24 € one way.

D1 and especially D8 are both good roads, and viable options to reach Dalmatia from the north. And while you’ll save on tolls, you’ll spend more time driving (although not so much more). Since the motorway has opened, fewer people use state roads. This makes them less busy, and faster too.

Getting from Zagreb to Rijeka, and Istria

The A6 motorway connects Zagreb and Rijeka. The distance between the two is around 150 km, and the highway costs 9,2 € in each direction.

The multi-lane motorway ends in Rijeka and further west to Istria, you drive on a single-carriageway road. To get to Istria , you’ll pass through the Ucka Tunnel. After the tunnel, you continue driving through Istria on the main Istrian road called Istarski Y due to its shape. This is a partly two-lane road (until Pazin), and partly multi-lane road (from Pazin on). Istarski Y has tolls, and they amount to 8,2 € from the tunnel Ucka to Rovinj (exit Kanfanar), and to 9,4 € from the tunnel to Porec (exit Baderna).

You can also reach Rijeka and Istria from Zagreb using toll-free single-carriageway state roads.  These roads first pass through Gorski Kotar, over Jelenje to Rijeka. Then further west you can take a coastal road D66 . This road has been improved a couple of years ago. And while it’s curvy, it also offers some wonderful scenic views. It’s popular among motorcyclists.

Driving in cities and towns

Driving in towns and cities during the summer is absolutely crazy. In coastal towns, on a rainy summer day (yes, that happens sometimes) everybody seems to be heading downtown … with a car.  Please don’t be one of those people :)

Big cities like Zagreb, Rijeka, and Split are loaded with traffic at all times, especially Zagreb. While the real rush hour is normally from 7.30 am-9.30 am, and from 4.30 pm-6.30 pm, the rest of the day, traffic-wise, isn’t much better.

Zagreb is lovely to drive around in August as the town gets devoid of people. However, in big towns, you mostly won’t need a car except to get in and out of town. All the big towns have very good public transport. We advise you to use it.

Driving in the countryside

Village roads are really good everywhere in Croatia. And while they do get busier during the tourist season, they are still nice to drive on.

Roads off the beaten path are narrow, twisty, unlit, and don’t have a white line in the middle, but they are also devoid of traffic.

When driving in the countryside pay attention to small and big wild animals (rabbits, deer, pheasants, hedgehogs, foxes) you are likely to encounter. On these minor roads, you can also have tractors and other farm vehicles.

On those smaller roads, you will also often encounter cyclists . Even more so now that electric bicycles became more affordable and popular, especially among the older population. This is especially the case in Istria which is heavily advertised as a bicycle-friendly destination although the dedicated cycling paths are very few. People of all ages and skills end up cycling on small country roads, and it can get dangerous. Pay attention and be patient!

Drivers in Croatia

In Croatia, you’ve got two types of drivers: locals, and tourists. Although in a totally different ways, they are both equally dangerous on a road.

Croatians , especially in Dalmatia, tend to be fast, impatient drivers, who aren’t shy to cut, overtake (sometimes even on blind corners), horn, and swear at you if they feel you are slowing them down. Croatians also use a horn to greet friends and acquaintances they encounter on the road.

Tourists , on the other hand, are often lost and tend to take sudden turns as soon as they see something interesting along the road.

But, things are not as bad as they might sound. Most of the time you’ll have a pleasant time on Croatian roads. Just pay attention ( and skip that sudden sharp turn when you see a honey stand along the road ).

Tips for driving in Croatia

• Observe speed limits. The inner-city speed limit is 30 to 50 km/h ; on open roads speed limit is up to 90 km/h (but with lots of slower limits in curves, and other road conditions); on all major toll roads speed limit is up to 130 km/h .
• Like in the rest of Europe, Croatians drive on the right side .
• If possible, avoid traveling on weekends in the summer . Traffic congestion on the roads is common.
• Your country driver’s license will be sufficient to drive in Croatia. However, International Driving Permit, while not mandatory, is recommended.
• Road rules are similar if not the same as everywhere else: observe speed limits, don’t use your phone while driving, and wear a seatbelt at all times.
• Dipped headlights are mandatory during the daytime from November, 1st until March, 31st.
• The alcohol rule is somewhat complicated: the permitted blood alcohol limit for driving is 0.05%, as long as you don’t have any road accidents. Involvement in any accident stipulates immediate zero alcohol tolerance (a mandatory breathalyzer is required for any accident).
• Croatian Auto Club (HAK) provides road assistance , should you need it. They have English-speaking operators. The telephone number is: 987
• Stop signs are mandatory, and the right turn is only allowed if a traffic light is green.
• Traffic conditions are transmitted in Croatian, English, and German via HRT 2 (98,5 MHz) , and they also have news in these languages.
• Like everywhere in the world these days, the price of fuel in Croatia often changes. In Croatia, the new pricelist is published bi-weekly on Tuesday. At the moment of this writing, the price of fuel is 1,47€ per liter of diesel, and 1,33 € per liter of gasoline. Premium fuel costs more. The prices can slightly vary from gas station to gas station but in general, they are very much similar.

Useful resources about roads and driving in Croatia

• Croatian Auto Club (HAK) has a useful web application with detailed traffic information and condition, weather info, live webcam images, and more. Get it here .
• Plan your routes in Croatia with ViaMichelin and Google Maps .
• For more info about motorways and pay tolls, visit Croatian Roads (HAC), Motorway Zagreb Rijeka , and BINA Istra .

Gas stations in Croatia

We recently went to Spain with our camping car and were absolutely shocked when at the gas station in France we were charged two times 125 € when we actually took only 50 € worth of fuel. This was a pre-paid automatic gas station.

So to spare you from a similar shock, here is what you need to know about gas stations in Croatia.

In Croatia, you pay for the fuel you refill. You pay at the cashier inside the gas station. There are no automatic payment machines at the pump.

There is always an attendant at the gas station. They don’t fill up your tank, but they are there to help should you need them, and they are there to charge you for the fuel after you refill.

You can pay for the fuel in cash in Euro or by debit/ credit card. The cost of the fuel is about 1.33 € (1.41 $, 1.16 £) for unleaded petrol and around 1.47 € (1.56 $, 1.27 £).

Gas stations are modern and each has a small shop with everyday items like snacks, drinks, toiletries, and car items like windshield wash, AdBlue, motor oil, wipers, etc… The gas stations along the highway also have toilets, and a snack bar or restaurant attached to them. Many have a small children’s playground.

Further reading

• Ultimate Packing List For Vacation In Croatia
• Car Rental In Croatia
• Croatia Travel Budget: How Much Money You’ll Need In Croatia
• Croatia Travel Budget Tips
• Where To Have Local, Cheap And Delicious Meals In Croatia
• How To Choose Your Destination In Croatia
• A Complete Guide To Accommodation In Croatia
• A Complete Travel Guide To Croatia

We hope you’ve got a good idea of what to expect on Croatian roads, and what driving in Croatia is all about. As always, if you’ve got any questions, please leave them in the comments below. 

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Hi Frank I am now in split, but traveling to dubrovnik by bus, there I am picking up a car to drive for 3 days, I was wondering about pedestrian crossing s, when I was in split and the lights are green for walking across the cars still come on and drive through the green pedestrian lights if nobody is on the pedestrian lane, is this legal, as I am a bit scared in knowing what to do when I will be driving in sout off croita, I have not drivin in split at all. Thank you from shaun

Hi JK, 1. Yes, renting a car in Zagreb airport, is convenient and definitely preferred 2. You can pay road tolls on Croatian roads by credit card, in Kuna or Euro. 3. Most of the time, yes. Sometimes at the smaller junctions, at nighttime, you might only have automated booths. 4. Absolutely! It is possible to visit all those places in Croatia in 9 days, considering you travel by car. 5. Parking is convenient. It costs anywhere from 1 to 2 euro per hour. Dubrovnik is the most expensive and most difficult place for parking in Croatia. Enjoy driving in Croatia!

Hi Gerard, it is one of the most scenic drives in all Croatia, and I would dare to say one of the best in the world. The first part of the drive (from the airport to Ston), the road is in excellent condition, although a bit winding. It’s a mostly two-lane road, with a couple of three-lane sections. The road from Ston to Orebic is as scenic if not even more scenic. However, here the asphalt at the times is beaten up. It’s still pretty safe, you just need to pay a bit more attention. Enjoy it!

We are spending a week in Croatia, specifically at a house in Orebic. We will be renting a car in Dubrovnik, and we were wondering how the drive was from Dubrovnik airport to Orebic, flat, moutainous, etc. Do you have any tips or suggestions? The D8 seems to be the scenic route.

Hi Frank, I am traveling to Croatia for nine days in September 2019, and I am thinking to rent a car.

1. Is renting straight out of the Zagreb airport convenient and preferred? 2. How do you pay at the toll gates? Is is cash only? What is the preferred method of payment? Can you use Euro? 3. Is there someone stationed at the toll gate? 4. Is it possible to see Zagreb, Pula, Split Pltvic and Dubrovnik in nine days? 5. What is parking like? Does it cost a lot of money? Especially in Zagreb?

Thank you so much!

Hi Frank. Glad I found this post. Hoping you still check it. I’m renting a house later in August between Solin and Klis. The homeowner has been answering questions but after reading this post I’m confused. He said it’s better to rent a car than use a bus to get into Split and parking should be no problem. We plan to be in Split for a few days back and forth. You mentioned the roads and I’m assuming parking will be difficult & congested in Split. What would you recommend?

I would suggest including some advises about driving in Croatia not only with cars, but motorbikes too

Hi Frank and Vera! thank you so much for all the effort you’ve put on this site. It is my first trip to Croatia and I’m learning everything I need before getting there.

We arrive in Dubrovnik on June 1st and leave on the 8th. We rented a car for those days and our idea is to drive to Split, but I was seeing we have to cross Bosnia to accomplish that. Is there any other way to do that? because I’m not sure we’re allowed to do that with the rented car.

Yes, Frank! You drive on the right with steering wheel and pedals being on the left of the car.

I know driving is on the right side of the road but do the rental cars have the steering wheel and floor pedals on the left side of the car?

Thanks, Frank Tripi

Hi Bessie, yes, your Canadian driver’s licence is good for driving in Croatia and Bosnia.

Glad the post could serve you, Beth! The earlier the better. Enjoy Croatia!

This is a great article- thank you! My husband and I are travelling to Croatia on Tuesday 14th May, and are travelling from Spilt, to Hvar, to Dubrovnik. We paln to hire a car for one day while in Split to drive to Plitvice Lakes.

What sort of time of day would suggest we set off? We hoped to set off in the morning in order to give ourselves plenty of time to navigate our way there.

Any tips you have would be very gratefully received!

Just started researching on traveling to Croatia and find your blog very helpful. Thanks for the info.

We are traveling from Canada and will our Canadian drivers license good in Croatia and Bosnia?

Thank you, Bessie

with a border crossing I would definitely count in 4 hours

in August, you better don’t take any chances. just prebook your car in advance

small compact should be fine

Hi Frank, Many thanks for this excellenr article. I plan to drive from Zagreb to Istria ,down on A1 for Plitvice, Zadar, Sibenik, Trogir, Split, detour to Mostar and get back to Dubrovnik. This is my first time driving in Europe. I have some questions.

1 Can you please explain about payment at the toll gate?How do I pay for the toll fee? Cash or Credit card or ENC (is post paid ENC avaiable at renting car company?) Kuna or Euro or both? Is there a man-gated at the toll or is it an automatic gate? 2 I plan to go to Mostar. Where to cross border to Mostar and cross back to Dubrovnik?

Hi we are traveling from US to Venice (and Rovinj) for 10 day trip in August. We are renting car and traveling to a wedding in Rovinj for 4 days. Would you sugggest day trip to Pula with two young boys (6&9)? We are staying in Old Towne and returning to Venice to fly back home. Also, anything we should expect traveling by car from Venice to Rovinj?

Hi! I am trying to see if it’s economically more feasible to rent a car and drive to Montenegro from Dubrovnik rather than booking a group travel. I have read that my US driver’s license will suffice as long as I am not intending to drive for more than 3 wks. (which I’m not) but I have not had much luck in finding what other costs I need to consider. Do I need to purchase rental car insurance? etc. Any info/help is greatly appreciated!

Hello! Do you have any advice for driving from Rovinj to Split (we would then plan to catch the ferry to Hvar). Unfortunately, our travel days to not align with the flights on Trade Air so driving appears to be our best option. Google Maps quotes it as a 5 hour drive, however wondering if this is accurate. We would plan to depart Rovinj around 6 AM. Appreciate your insight very much!

I’m contemplating on whether to rent an SUV (for comfort) or a small compact car to drive for 9 days on the coastline from Dubrovnik to Pula… I’m also planning to visit Plitvice lakes. We are 2 in total and have each have a luggage. Let me know.

Hello Frank, I am taking a cruise around Croatia and was thinking that during my stop at Rijeka, I would like to rent a car and drive to Zagreb. Otherwise I will leave Croatia without visiting the capital. I see it supposed to take aprox 2 hours. Is that so? is is feasible? The cruise arrives at 8am and departs from Rijeka at 20hours. Look forward to your feedback. Regards,

Thank you for the all the really useful information. I seem to be doing things the opposite to most whereby I land in Dubrovnik would like to head to Split/Hvar (Q1: is there a specific way round I should do this? And do you know if I can go to Hvar directly from Dub if it was this way around?) and then rent a car in Split heading up towards Krka national park, pletvice & Zagreb where my return flight is.

Initially I was going to do the entire leg by car but after plenty of reading it seems it’s best to hire the car in Split and then take that up north? (Q2: would you say this is the best way?)

Any route recommendations for the trip this way round would be amazing!

HI Frank, Thanks so much for this blog, it is great!

Can you tell me anything about the tolls on the roads.? Can we buy a prepaid way of paying for them? Here in Toronto we call them a “transponder” in the USA they have “EZ Pass”. I would love to pay upfront and not have to stop, pay cash or swipe my Credit card. Thanks

Hi Frank!!!!!!

if i plan on going there August do i need to book a car prior?? or can i wing it and get it while i am there :)

How did your multi-day cruise from Split to Dubrobnik go? Would you recommend it and which cruise company did this please?

Hi Frank – We are flying out of Dubrovnik on October 20th at 1:30 PM, to return to London. We are planning on driving from Split to Dubrovnik that same morning, rather than driving back to Dubrovnik on Thursday. How long should we allow for our drive that morning in order to be at the airport for 11:30 am?

Thank you for the articles with regards to traveling in Croatia. These provide us with insights on Croatia and is extremely useful for travelers like me.

I’m planning to visit Croatia, arriving Dubrovnik on 16 nov from London, and will be flying out from Zagreb on 9 December to London, giving me a total of 24 days.

My traveling style: slow and steady with less traveling from one point to another so that I am able to maximize the local cultural value. My main objective of this travel is to experience life as a Croatian, hence not really into touristy area. I do enjoy going to markets, wines, foods, sightseeing hilly places, seas, more incline to nature.

I do understand that my traveling is during winter as I would like to spend my time in Zagreb for the Christmas celebration .

After reading recommendations from various posting online, I am still indecisive of where to go as there is so much Croatia can offers. After much of internal deliberation, I have come up with the following tentative agenda:

16-18: Dubrovnik

19-21: Mostar & surrounding

27-30: Trogir/Split/Zadar

1-5 nov: Istria

6-9 nov : Zagreb (main objective: Christmas market :))

I would appreciate your advise just in case my plan is too ambitious (I think it is, but I’m contemplating to drop any of the above place), also if there is any places worth visiting that I have missed out. My plan is still at preliminary hence I am open for suggestion (places that is worth and I can rearrange my time). Also, I’m planning to drive as this will give more flexibility to my partner (injured leg but still can walk, only slower). During my time in Croatia, will it snow? Will it be challenging for me to drive as I come from a tropical country, sunshine throughout the years hence I have no experience driving during winter.

Also is it worth to travel to Osijek?

Thank you and have a great day (sorry for being long winded :))

Cheers… Ernie

Hi Paul, October 8th is on Sunday, so traffic should just be as usual. October should be ok to get a car, but in any case, try to book it in advance, as many rental car companies return cars to leasing companies at the end of season. So while there is less demand, there are also less cars on stock. Different pick-up and drop-off locations within Croatia ar eavailable, they will just charge a fee for this service. Enjoy it!

Thanks for the info Frank. I’m leaning towards renting a car and dealing with the borders. Any tips on a good route to take and places to stay and visit? I so wish we had more time than 6 days :( We arrive at 4pm in Dubrovnik so was thinking we would need a 3 night stay there to be able to appreciate the city. So appreciate your input. As of today, we don’t have any accommodations booked. Looking at all the AirB&B type site….kind of overwhelming. Also trying to figure this out with me in California US and my friend in Manchester UK is making it quite challenging.

Hi Elaine, yes Bosnian territory cuts into Croatia in Neum. There are two border-crossings here: one into Bosnia, and after about 10-km back into Croatia. Queues can be long. Another way is to go to Trpanj on Peljesac peninsula, and cross with ferry to Ploce on the mainland, but at the end it will take you the same time, and it will be more costly. Just prepare yourself for some waiting at the border, but don’t get discouraged. As for island hoping with or without car, it all depends which island, and if you would like to visit only port town, or explore the entire island. If on the island of Hvar, you only wnat to see Hvar Town, or on Korcula, only Korcula town, then leave the car on the mainland.

Hi Gent, some things are available in euro, like accommodation, highway fees, restaurants, etc. There are hotels between Split and Zagreb, around Zadar, or Plitvice, you’ll have the largest choice. However, it’s only 4h drive, so maybe the best is to drive straight to Zagreb, unless you want to visit another place along the way.

Hi Frank, Is possible to pay with euro in Croatia? There are hotel from Split to Zagreb on the road. Thanks a lot.

Hi Frank, I will be arriving in Dubrovnik on August 30 – September 6 with a friend. We were hoping to rent a car and drive up the coast but another friend, who recently visited Croatia, mentioned that at some point we hit the Bosnian border and have to go through passport control which is a nightmare. I can’t seem to find anything on the web that mentions this. Can you give me any advice on this and, if we do rent a car, is it easy enough to get over to visit an island with a car or better to leave the car behind. Thanks

Hi Frank! Great article!

We are flying into Split and heading to Dubrovnik. From there we will head to Kotor and then back to Split to fly home.

I was thinking a car would be best as to not deal with buses and taxi’s. We have two children with us as well (ages 9 and 10) Will we be safe driving?

I know the views would be amazing but you mentioned it would be safer to take the A1? We are driving on a Tuesday morning. And driving back from Kotor to Split on a Monday. I planned to prebook a car to pick up at the airport.

Thanks for the great info and looking forward to hearing from you. :)

We plan to drive from Split to Dubrovnik on 8 Oct, which is Independence Day. Will using the coastal state way (D8) be ok – not sure if traffic will be congested.

For couple of days stay in Split and Dubrovnik will having a rental car be better option or just using it to drive from Split to Dubrovnik.

Is it easy to get a rental car during this period ? With pick-up at Split and drop-off at Dubrovnik.

Hi Tim, unfortunately seaplanes are still grounded, and as I’ve heard they won’t be operating in 2017. Thus, driving is your best option. Have fun!

Good post! I am flying into Pula and will be spending a few days in Istria before going to Split and then to Dubrovnik. I am wondering if you would recommend driving or taking a seaplane from Istria to Split? Any advice will be greatly appreciate! Thanks

Hi Frank we plan to drive up from Dubrovnik to Zagreb in mid October. Kindly suggest when should we book our car. pointers for the drive. We plan to cover this distance in 4 dyas, hence places to stop and spend the night. Also we are used to the right hand traffic hence drive on the left side of the road.

Looking forward to your inputs.

Hi Frank. Fantastic blog you have here. My wife and I are renting a car and travelling from Dubrovnik to Pula. We have 5 days to complete the drive. May I ask which is the most scenic part of the trip? Dubrovnik to Split Split to Zadar Zadar to Rijeka.

Hi Rose, since you’ll be traveling in April when tourist demand isn’t that strong, you should be ok with renting a car on spot when you need it. As for full coverage, you know how it goes, you usually don’t need it until you need it and then you are sorry not to have bought it :-). Hard to answer really. Have fun in croatia, and let us know if we can help with anything else.

Hi, Frank. I’m about to travel to Croatia on early April. I will start from Zagreb and make my way to Dubrovnik). I’m trying to decide between renting a car or using the bus for transport. If renting, should I buy the Full Protection that’s being offered (more like pushed) by the car rental company (Oryx, I think)? Is there a way where I can rent a car part of the way and also using public transport so I can save some money? Is it worth the hassle? I sure would appreciate your input. Thanks in advance. Great blog, by the way.

I believe we will be staying at the Hotel Boskinac in Novalja, so it looks like the ferry?

Which is fastest/best? I hadn’t gotten that far in my planning.

Hi Michael, I think you should be fine. There shouldn’t be much traffic at this time of the year. What way you plan to go – coastal road through Senj, then catching a ferry Prizna-Zigljen; or by motorway down to Zadar and then crossing the bridge?

We are thinking of driving to Pag from Rovinj for a one night stay before we head to Split to catch the Catamaran to Hvar. My travel agent says the road is only one lane with many curves. I am a good driver and adventurous and feel we would be fine. Any thoughts?

Dennis, nothing to worry about regarding driving along the coast. Most of the road has guardrails. You’ll be fine. Itinerary sounds good!

Hi, we’re thinking of driving from Zagreb to Plitvice National Park, then to Split, where we’d turn in the car and take a multi-day cruise to Dubrovnik and a day-trip from there to Montenegro. Does this sound like a good itinerary to you? I’ve driven along Italy’s Amalfi coast without any problem, but I’m a bit apprehensive about driving from the national park to Split on the coast road if it has no guardrails. How treacherous is it? Thanks,

Hi Cindy, definitely the drive from Split to Dubrovnik – awesome vistas!

We are driving from Zadar to Split to stay for 2 nights then drive down to Dubrovnik. Which drive would you recommend taking the coastal road versus the freeway? Zadar to Split or Split to Dubrovnik? Is the scenery very different of the two?

Thanks, Cindy

Hi Karen, thanks for stopping by. Yes, all towns have free and metered parking. However, free one is really hard to find in high season. A parking fee amounts from 5 to 15 kn an hour, depending on a town and a town zone (proximity to center).

Coastal road from Zadar to Dibrovnik is lovely, but since you plan on going back to Split afterwards, I would suggest you to take a motorway A1 from Zadar to Dubrovnik, and take a coastal road D8 (E65) from Dubrovnik to Split. Let us know if we can help with anything else.

Thanks for helping out, Natalie!

Hi Frank, Thanks for this article we will be hiring a car from Zagreb next week to drive through Slovenia and Croatia. What about parking, do you have free and metered parking? And is there time limits and are they well sign posted?

Also our longest drive is from Zadar to Dubrovnik, what route would you suggest? I was thinking the freeway as we have more time to explore the coast on the drive back to Split via Gradac, Markarska and Brac. Thanks again, Karen

If you do decide to drive, make sure you pre-book car seats for your kids asap. We booked our Croatian rental car months in advance and even the kids car seats and they forgot and had none to give us! (Fortunately we have family in Croatia who were able to organise one for us). I would also add with rental cars, that the majority are manual. If you want auto transmission, you have to book ahead. We were not able to secure an auto transmission car despite booking 4 months in advance.

Hi Sharon, thanks for reading!

Some companies will try to charge you cross-border fee, but you don’t need any extra insurance (cross-border included) as long as your hired car has a green card – a document recognized by European insurance companies that’s basically a guarantee that the car has a minimum insurance in a country where it’s registred. Bosnia & Herzegovina, as well as Montenegro are both part of this agreement. Besides, if you drive through Neum (a coastal town in Bosnia that cuts through Croatia, and splits it in two parts) is considered transit and no extra insurance is needed for this part. Whether you’ll rent car or no, depends on where you plan to go. If you’ll be hopping from one town to another (Zagreb, Zadar, Split, Dubrovnik), you can use public buses. If you plan to visit Istria, islands, and if you like road trips, car is the best way to explore.

Hope that you guys will have a great time in Croatia! Let us know your itinerary once you finalize it, maybe we can meet somewhere in Croatia.

Thanks for this article – it is very timely as we are currently working out whether to hire a car or not in Croatia.

We will be going to Dubrovnik. Can you tell me if its ok to do this with hire cars since you leave the country and reenter? Do you know if we will have to pay extra fees to do this? Thank you :)

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• Organs in the Right Abdomen
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Pain on the right side of the abdomen—the part of your body between your chest and groin—is relatively common and often not a sign of anything too serious. The pain can be a sign of gas or indigestion , conditions which tend to resolve on their own within a couple days. That said, if the pain is severe or persistent, a more serious issue may be at the root of the discomfort.

Among these more serious issues are appendicitis , gallstones , and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It’s important to understand the potential causes of right side pain to help you recognize when it might be serious and how it can be treated.

What Organs Are On Your Right Side?

To understand what causes right side abdominal pain, it’s important to know what body parts are in that area. Here’s a breakdown of the major organs found there:

• Liver: Sitting just below the rib-cage and about the size of a football, the liver helps with digestion and the filtering of blood.
• Gallbladder: Found below the lever, the gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ that stores bile, a liquid essential for digestion.
• Pancreas: Key for digestion and blood sugar regulation, the pancreas stretches across the abdomen beneath the liver.
• Duodenum: This part of the small intestine is a jointed tube that connects to the stomach. It aids in digestion by mixing food with bile and digestive juices.
• Right kidney: Found below the diaphragm and behind the liver, the right kidney is bean-shaped and, along with the left kidney, helps filter blood of waste and excess liquid to produce urine.  
• Ascending colon: The ascending colon is part of the large intestine, rising from its origin at the cecum (the pouch near where the small and large intestines connect) before bending left to cross the abdomen.
• Appendix: Connected to the large intestine, the appendix is a small, thin tube. Its function within the body is not fully understood.
• Right ovary: Ovaries are a pair of oval-shaped glands in the female reproductive system that sit on either side of the uterus. The ovaries produce and store your eggs.
• Right fallopian tube: Fallopian tubes are a pair of tubes in the female reproductive system that sit on either side of the uterus. These are the tubes eggs travel down when going from the ovary to the uterus.

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Right side abdominal pain arises when nerves in the organs send pain messaging to the brain. A wide range of conditions—from minor digestion problems to serious diseases—can cause this.

A common and often harmless cause of right-side abdominal pain is the buildup of intestinal gas. Bloating, or the feeling that your belly is full , and distention, when your abdomen swells, are among the symptoms. Bloating and distention can cause pain.

Gas arises for many reasons, including:

• Swallowed air, due to eating too fast, chewing gum, or drinking carbonated beverages
• The breakdown of undigested carbohydrates in the small intestine
• Lactose intolerance
• Gastrointestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine
• Constipation
• Celiac disease , which is an immune reaction to eating gluten
• Obstruction of the intestines due to colorectal cancer or other conditions
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

Indigestion

Another cause of right-side abdominal pain is indigestion, clinically known as dyspepsia. This is a group of symptoms that arise after eating. Along with pain, indigestion can cause burning in the chest, fullness while eating or an uncomfortable feeling afterward, burping, gas, and nausea .

Indigestion is usually not anything serious, though certain diseases can cause it. Indigestion can be brought on by:

• Drinking too much alcohol, coffee, or carbonated beverages
• Eating too quickly
• Consuming too many spicy, fatty, or greasy foods
• Eating foods highly acidic foods, such as tomatoes and citrus
• Experiencing stress
• Taking certain antibiotics or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), such as Motrin (ibuprofen)
• Having conditions that affect the gastrointestinal tract, such as gastritis or acid reflux

Appendicitis

Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, which can cause blockages in the digestive system. Pain in the abdomen, especially around the belly button, that gets sharper over time is one of the first tell-tale signs of appendicitis . The pain then tends to migrate to the right side of the abdomen, and other symptoms develop, such as:

• Loss of appetite

Kidney Infection

Also known as pyelonephritis, kidney infection is a type of urinary tract infection (UTI) that travels from the bladder to the kidneys. Kidney infections and other UTIs can be caused by bacterium. Besides right side abdominal pain, symptoms of kidney infection include chills, fever, and painful urination.

Kidney Stones

Kidney stones, or nephrolithiasis , occur when a solid, crystallized material forms in the kidney. The stones can sometimes pass from the body without incident. However, if the stones block the urinary tract and, in turn, urine, pain in the back or side can occur. The pain may be brief or long-lasting. It may also come in waves.

Additional symptoms of kidney stones include:

• Blood in the urine
• Fever and/or chills
• Cloudy appearance to urine, often with a foul odor
• Burning during urination

A gallstone is the formation of a hard material in your gallbladder. The condition might not cause any symptoms. However, if gallstones block the gallbladder's bile ducts, they can lead to a gallbladder attack . Sometimes referred to as biliary colic, a gallbladder attack can cause upper right abdominal pain. The pain can last for several hours and tends to arise after eating or in the evening. Nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, jaundice (a yellowing of the skin and eyes), light-colored stools (poop), and dark brown urine are additional symptoms you may experience.   

A hernia is a sac that can develop when organs push through weak areas or holes in tissues or walls. Hernias can happen in different places of the body, including the abdomen. A hernia can be a source of pain. It can also cause the following:

• Bulging or swelling in the abdomen
• Pain worsening with lifting, coughing, laughing, or straining
• A feeling of fullness

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Pain in the abdomen can be a hallmark of IBS. Since IBS is a collection of symptoms, you might also experience nausea, changes in your bowel movements, diarrhea, and constipation. The pain of IBS is often associated with your bowel movements and the changes to them.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Encompassing two conditions— Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis—IBD causes inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract. When the small intestine or colon are affected, right abdominal pain can arise. Other potential symptoms are nausea, cramping, bloody stool , weight loss, and fatigue.

Menstrual Cramps

People experiencing menstruation may feel a throbbing pain in their lower abdomen in the days leading up to and during their period. The cramps are caused by the tightening and relaxing of your uterine muscles. These muscles cramp if your uterus makes too much of the chemical known as prostaglandin.

Among women who have a menstrual cycle, 20% will experience pain on one side of their lower abdomen during ovulation . This pain can be felt on the left or right side. The side on which you feel the pain can change from month to month or it may stick to one side. The pain is known as mittelschmerz.

Ovulation is the time in the middle of your menstrual cycle when an ovary releases an egg. You can experience the sharp, cramp-like pain before ovulation, as the follicle where the egg is growing stretches the ovary's surface. Or, you can feel the pain during ovulation, when fluid or blood from the ruptured egg follicle may irritate your abdominal lining.

Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a condition in which there’s abnormal growth of tissue outside the uterus. People with endometriosis are 13 times likelier to experience abdominal pain than people without the condition. In addition to chronic abdominal pain, endometriosis might cause bloating, constipation, very painful periods , and infertility.

Ovarian Cysts

Ovarian cysts are fluid-filled sacs that develop in the ovaries. They usually don't cause any symptoms. If they do cause symptoms, you might have a dull pain in the lower abdomen on the side of the cyst. The pain may be sharp or dull, and it may come and go.

You can feel sudden, sharp pain if the cyst bursts . You may also have pain if the weight of the cyst causes the ovary to twist.

Ectopic Pregnancy

An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg is implanted outside of the uterus, usually in the fallopian tube. Symptoms can include abnormal vaginal bleeding and one-sided pelvic cramping. If there is a rupture and bleeding in the area around the area, you might then experience severe, sharp, sudden pain in the lower abdomen .

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

PID is inflammation in the pelvis due to an infection , typically a sexually transmitted infection like chlamydia or gonorrhea . PID can cause pain in your lower abdomen. Other symptoms may include fever, unusual vaginal discharge, and bad vaginal odor.

Ovarian Torsion

Ovarian torsion occurs when the ovary twists over its supporting ligaments and there is a loss of blood supply to the ovary or fallopian tube. The most common symptom is pain in the lower abdomen or pelvis. The pain may be sharp or dull and it may be constant or come in and out. Sometimes, the pain can move to higher up in the abdomen.

Testicular Torsion

Testicular torsion occurs when a testicle wraps around a bundle of tissues in the abdomen called the spermatic chord. This can cut off blood circulation to the testicle, which can cause severe pain and swelling in the scrotum. There might also be pain in the lower abdomen. A medical emergency, testicular torsion can also cause:

• Redness of the scrotum
• Nausea and vomiting
• Uneven testicles

How Do You Know If Right Side Abdominal Pain is Serious?

Since right side abdominal pain can be a sign of a more serious issue, it’s important to know when the symptom requires medical attention. If your pain last a week or longer or if your pain worsens over a day or two and is accompanied by nausea and vomiting, you should see a healthcare provider.

If you experience any of the following alongside your pain, you'll also want to see a healthcare provider:

• Bloating that lasts 48 hours or more
• Frequent urination or burning while you urinate
• Diarrhea lasting five days or longer
• Fever over 100 degrees Fahrenheit in adults
• Fever over 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit in children or infants
• Loss of appetite for a prolonged amount of time
• Vaginal bleeding for a prolonged amount of time
• Unexplained weight loss

Some signs imply abdominal pain is linked to a medical emergency. Get immediate medical help if you experience:

• Abdominal pain while having cancer treatment
• An inability to make a bowel movement, especially if you have nausea
• Blood in your vomit
• Dark, tarry, or red stools
• Sudden and very sharp abdominal pain
• Tenderness in your abdomen
• Rigidity in your abdomen
• Abdominal pain during pregnancy
• Abdominal pain alongside difficulty breathing

Since many conditions can bring on right abdominal pain, healthcare providers may employ a wide range of tests for diagnosis. Alongside taking your medical history and physical evaluation of affected areas, a diagnosis may include:

• Barium enema, in which an X-ray is taken of the intestines after swallowing a substance to assist with imaging
• Laboratory tests of blood, stool, or urine samples
• Computerized tomography (CT) scan
• Colonoscopy , in which a tube with a camera goes inside the colon
• Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), which tracks electrical activity of the heart
• Ultrasound , a form of imaging, of the abdomen
• X-ray imaging of the abdomen  

How Is Right Side Abdominal Pain Treated?

Depending on what’s causing your right side abdominal pain, you may or may not require specific medical treatment. For some cases, at-home management techniques are sufficient. Depending on the underlying cause of the pain, medical approaches might be necessary.

At-Home Treatments

Home management of right side abdominal pain can involve making dietary to prevent onset or a worsening of symptoms. This can include limiting alcohol, caffeine, or carbonated beverages. It might also mean avoiding acidic foods, such as tomatoes or citrus, as well as spicy, greasy, or fatty foods.

How and when you eat might also be able to make a difference. Chew your food sufficiently, and slow down your eating. Try to avoid late-night snacking. Wait one to two hours after eating a meal before exercising.

You can also implement some lifestyle changes to improve pain. This can include managing your weight, reducing your intake of NSAIDs, quitting smoking, and managing stress.

You can also try taking over-the-counter medications like antiacids, such as Rolaids or Tums (calcium carbonate). Proton-pump inhibitors like Nexium (esomeprazole) or histamine-2 blockers like Pepcid AC (famotidine) may also help.

Medical Treatments

Medical approaches to right-side abdominal pain depend on the specific diagnosis. The treatment may include prescribed medications or surgery.

You might be prescribed analgesic medications, or painkillers. NSAIDs like Motrin (ibuprofen) are not typically recommended for abdominal pain, so you may be prescribed opioids or tricyclic antidepressants like Elavil (amitriptyline) and Desyrel (trazodone).

If your pain is linked to bacterial infection, antibiotics like Amoxil (amoxicillin) or Biaxin (clarithromycin) may be prescribed.

Several conditions may require surgery as part of treatment. For instance, you might need to have your gallbladder taken out with a cholecystectomy or your appendix taken out with an appendectomy. If you had a hernia, you might need surgery to repair the damaged abdominal wall.

While surgery is an option for kidney stone removal, a more common treatment involves sending shock waves to the stones so they break up and are easier to pass.

A Quick Review

There are many reasons you may have right side pain in your abdomen. The pain can result from gas or indigestion or from conditions that might need medical attention, like kidney stones, gallstones, appendicitis, and inflammatory bowel disease. If you have concerns about your right side abdominal pain, or if you experience the pain for more than two weeks or it gets worse after a day or two, connect with a healthcare provider. Depending on the underlying cause, treatment can include dietary changes, lifestyle changes, medications, and surgery.

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Tourist Information Officer : Welcome to everyone here. I hope you enjoy your stay in our village and enjoy the local scenery. I’ll tell you a bit about the forest and mountain tracks in a minute, but first I’ll just give you an idea of where everything is in the village. So we’re here in the tourist information center, and when you come out of the center, you’re on Willow Lane just opposite the pond. Q11 If you want to get to the supermarket, fear supplies of food and water go right. That’s the quickest way. And then turn right at the top of Willow Lane. And it’s the second building you come to opposite the old railway station .

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If you’re planning on doing some serious climbing and you need some equipment, we do have an excellent climbing supply store. Just five minutes. Q12 Walk away, turn left. Once you’re outside the tourist information center, take Willow Lane all the way up to Pine Street. You want to go left along here, then keep walking and go up mountain road on your right until you come to the next, turning on the left head down there and you’ll come to the climbing supplies store . If you get to the small building that sell ski passes, you’ll know you’ve gone too far. You also need to head to Pine Street for the museum. It’s small but well worth a visit if you’re interested in the history of the village and the old gold mining industry. So Q13 when you reach Pine Street from here, you’ll see the old railway line on the other side of the road. Turn left into Pine Street and keep going until you come to Mountain Road and just past here, the museum will be on your left, just behind the railway line . Don’t worry about crossing over the tracks. The train stopped running through here in 1985. If you’re planning on following one of the easier forest walks, you might like to hire a bicycle. Q14 To get to the higher shop again, you need to head to Pine Street on the left-hand side of Pine Street. You’ll see the town hall go down the little road that you come to just before it and you’ll find a bike hire shop just behind the hall . They have a good range of bikes, so I’m sure you’ll find something that suits your needs. Last but not least, if you’re hungry after a long day’s trek, I can recommend our local cafe again. Q15 When you leave the tourist information center, turn right and follow Willow Lane until it joins Pine Street. And right opposite, on the far side of the railway tracks, is the cafe .

Okay, let me tell you a little bit about the different tracks we have here. All of them. Start at the end of Mountain Road and you’ll find a parking lot there where you can leave your vehicles. Let’s start with Q16 North Point track. It’s a gentle route through lowland forest, good for biking and probably the one for you. If you have small Children, there’s a wooden hut where you can stay at the end of the track . But be aware that it’s really just an overnight shelter, and you’ll need to take your own sleeping bags and cooking equipment. Another option is the Silver River Track. As the name suggests, Q17 you’d be following the river from most of the way, and you get to see some of our beautiful native birds. But the track also goes through a densely forested area. Unfortunately, the signposting isn’t very good in places, and you do need good map-reading skills to avoid becoming disoriented, which happens to visitors a little too frequently . Q18 I’m afraid Valley Crossing will take you through some stunning scenery, but there are several points along the way where you’ll need the level of fitness required to get over some pretty big rocks . Q19 Stonebridge is one of the shorter tracks, but very steep is it takes you up to the waterfall, and you do need to be in good condition to manage it . Lastly, Q20 the Henderson Ridge track will take you all the way to the summit of the mountain. Do bear in mind, though, that at this time of year, the weather is very changeable, and if the clouds suddenly descend, it’s all too easy to wander off the track. It’s best to check with us for a weather report on the morning . You think you want to go on the way to the summit. There’s a hotel which provides comfortable rooms and quality meals, so it’s worth climbing. 

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Why do we walk on the right side of the sidewalk?

Sidewalks are a key part of the infrastructure in most cities and towns. They provide a safe space for pedestrians to walk along roads and navigate urban environments. One unwritten rule of sidewalk etiquette that most people abide by is walking on the right side. This allows for the smooth flow of foot traffic in both directions. But why did society settle on the right side as the standard? The reasons behind this norm have roots in history, culture, traffic patterns, and human psychology.

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Historical Origins

The convention of walking on the right side of the road has its origins in ancient history. Back in the Roman Empire, Roman soldiers and chariots would march on the left side of roads. This freed up their right arms to wield weapons and engage in combat if needed. With the right side clear, civilians would walk on the right. The Romans also drove wagons with the driver sitting on the left rear horse so that their whip hand was free. This further reinforced keeping right. These old traffic customs ended up shaping modern practices. As vehicles became popularized in the 18th century, many places codified into law keeping right for consistent side of the road travel. Walking on the right carried over to sidewalks in many parts of the world as well. Places that drive on the left today, like Britain, tend to walk on the left.

Cultural Influences

Cultural norms and values also shape why we pass each other on the right. Many cultures view the right side as positive, strong, or clean. The Latin word for left is “sinistra,” which is where the English word sinister derives from. In contrast, “dexter” means right and is linked to dexterity and adroitness. Religion has reinforced the preeminence of the right side in many societies. In Christianity, Jesus sits at the Right Hand of God. Islam also favors the right – Muhammad said the angels of mercy are on the right while judgement awaits on the left. Asian traditions such as Confucianism and Taoism link the left with evil and death. This cultural symbolism translates into a preference for keeping right.

Traffic Flow

From a practical standpoint, walking on the right also matches overall traffic flow in nations that drive on the right. For example, in the US, vehicles stay to the right. Having pedestrians also follow this pattern means they face oncoming cars, bicycles, and other sidewalk users. This allows pedestrians to easily avoid veering vehicles or handle sudden conflicts. Countries like Japan that drive on the left walk on the left for the same reason. Maintaining this consistency between road and sidewalk traffic is sensible and safe.

Ergonomics and Human Factors

Interestingly, studies show a natural preference to pass on the right that may be rooted in our biology. Researchers have observed that when two people are approaching each other with no barriers, they will drift toward the right. This tendency is stronger in right-handed people but still present in lefties. Scientists think this instinct arises from our innate avoidance of head-on collisions and desire to protect our vital organs. Passing on the right allows people to keep their hearts further away from each other. Researchers also speculate there may be a preference for keeping our dominant hands closer to passing strangers. This subconscious orientation likely translated into how sidewalk standards evolved.

The Right is Just Right

In many tourist areas, walking on the right is not always the norm. With diverse groups of foreign visitors, sidewalk traffic etiquette can get muddled. However, people naturally get annoyed when blocked by meandering tourists or slow walkers obstructing their way. This reveals the inherent expectation to keep right that takes hold even in the absence of formal rules. Our instincts for organization and flow underlie why walking on the right just feels right. People walking every which way chafe against some deep human desire for order.

Exceptions to the Rule

While keeping right is the predominant norm, there are exceptions in certain locations and contexts. For example, in some dense urban areas, pedestrian volumes are so high that strict side rules become ineffective. Foot traffic ends up organically flowing in both directions on each side out of necessity. Parents holding hands with children also may naturally drift left at times for protection. And in many Asian cities, walking on the left persists in busy shopping districts since stores put their entrances on that side. So while right is the default, local customs and conditions create deviations.

Etiquette for Passing

When walking on busy sidewalks, there are other unwritten rules of etiquette as well. If you are slower, keep right and let others pass freely. Be aware of your surroundings and step aside if you suddenly stop. Pass with care and avoid abrupt zig-zagging. Follow any marked designated lanes if present. Alert others before overtaking them from behind. Say “excuse me” if unable to maintain distance. And be extra courteous in crowds, recognizing personal space. Keeping these tips in mind helps make sidewalks safe and navigable for all.

Why It Matters

At first glance, what side we pass on seems trivial. But this simple convention in fact has deep social implications. Our implicit agreement on the right allows crowds of strangers to flow smoothly together through public spaces. Without any discussion, we form an orderly system. This reveals the innate human capacity to collectively organize and cooperate. Sidewalk etiquette is a microcosm of the social contract at work. So the next time you walk on the right, recognize you are part of an ancient civic tradition.

The convention to walk on the right has roots across history, culture, urban design, and psychology. Our instinct for order and tendency to protect our right aligns passing on the right with natural human behavior. Keeping to the right also matches road traffic patterns in many countries for consistency and safety. And passing on the right may arise from an innate desire to avoid collisions. Together, these factors explain the origin and persistence of this unwritten sidewalk rule in communities around the world.

Mid Back Pain (Right Side): 6 Causes & How to Differentiate.

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The Short Answer:

Common causes of mid-back pain on the right side include muscle, tendon, ligament sprains, and strains, right renal colic, biliary colics, and right rib bone pain. 

Quick Summary:

The most common causes of right-side mid-back pain (and how to differentiate) are:

• Muscle and ligament pain : aching or stabbing pain on the mid-back right side that increases with movement and breathing. It worsens in certain positions.
• Bone pain (in right ribs) : constant pain with a tender point on one or more ribs. It may be related to recent trauma.
• Gallbladder attack (biliary colic) : a sudden attack of severe aching right upper abdominal pain radiating to the right side’s mid-back. It typically starts after a heavy meal and is associated with nausea. The attack lasts about one to three hours and recurs in most cases. 
• Right kidney or ureter pain: sudden onset severe pain in the mid-back on the right side. It may spread to the right groin. It lasts between a few minutes and a few hours, and it is NOT related to movement.
• Right pleurisy : Mid-back pain on the right side that is related to breathing and improves on holding your breath (muscle, ligament, and chest bone pains may also increase with pain.
• Other possible causes include liver pain, cancers in the liver, right kidney, right lung, or right pleura. Also, skin lesions, IBS, and other gut conditions may lead to mid-back pain on the right side.

1. Muscle and ligament pain.

Your back muscles and ligaments are frequent sources of mid-back pain. The pain can localize to one side (right or left).

The pain results from the affection of the muscles in the right mid-back by either:

• Muscle or tendon strain : pulling, twisting, or pulling of a muscle or its fibrous ligament.
• A ligament sprain is stretching or tearing a ligament (a fibrous tissue connecting  two or more bones).
• Repeated heavy lifting.
• A sudden awkward movement: leads to an over-stretch (strain) of your back muscles.
• Over-weight.
• Poor physical health.
• Lack of physical exercise.
• Prolonged sitting or sleeping (especially with low-quality chairs or mattresses).
• The pain usually improves with rest.

Symptoms (how to know it is a muscle or ligament pain): 

• Character : aching, shooting, or stabbing sensation in the mid-back.
• Related to movement : bending, standing up, or any move triggers the right mid-back pain. movement
• Worse in certain positions : the pain is more when you hold specific postures (such as standing upright or lying on the right side).
• In most cases, the pain heals after 1 or 2 weeks.
• Tender : touching or pressing the affected muscle or ligament exaggerates the pain.

Muscle and ligament-related mid-back pain are the easiest to detect. Its characteristic relation to movement and posture makes it easy to diagnose.

The affected muscles and ligaments include:

• The muscles and ligaments between the ribs (intercostal muscles).
• Big muscles of the back as Trapezius, Latismus Dorsi muscle, and others.

Your doctor has to confirm the diagnosis. Then, he will perform a physical exam and may require investigations such as an x-ray or abdominal ultrasonography.

If you get the diagnosis of back muscle strain, you can benefit from the following treatments.

• Avoid sitting or standing for prolonged periods.
• Avoid vigorous physical activity and workouts.
• Use quality chairs and mattresses.
• Ice packs on the affected area.
• Your doctor may prescribe an analgesic such as Ibuprofen (Advil) to help ease the pain.
• Muscle relaxants may also help.

2. Bone (rib) pain.

• Broken or fractured ribs (often due to recent trauma).
• Diseases of the bones such as osteoporosis.
• Swollen rib cartilage.
• Rarely, rib tumors (cancer commonly spreads to the ribs).

Symptoms (how to know it is a bone pain):

• History of recent trauma to the mid-back (right side).
• A trauma history is unnecessary if the bone pain is due to osteoporosis or other bone diseases.
• The pain starts immediately after the trauma.
• Like muscle strain, it increases with movements (even with respiration). It often hurts to breathe with rib fractures.
• The pain is usually more extreme than muscle strain, with severe tenderness on touching the ribs.
• The diagnosis is made easily by visualizing the fracture by x-ray.
• Your doctor may require additional investigations to diagnose other rib conditions, such as osteoporosis.

3. Gallbladder pain.

Gallbladder pain commonly radiates to the mid-back at the right side. 

The primary site of gallbladder pain is often the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.

• Gallbladder stones, gallbladder gravels, or mud.
• Inflammation of the gallbladder (cholecystitis): Most commonly affects people with gallstones.
• Functional gallbladder pain.
• Post-cholecystectomy pain.
• Rarely, gallbladder cancer.
• Risk factors of gallstones: obesity, being a female, rapid weight loss, fatty foods, family history of gallstones, and others. Learn more.
• The mid-back right-sided pain is often triggered by eating (large and fatty meals).
• The pain starts primarily in your abdomen ( upper right and upper-middle abdominal pain .
• However, with chronic cases, intermittent right side or mid-back right can occur without noticeable abdominal pain .
• The back pain also affects the mid-back between shoulder blades in some patients.
• The pain is associated with nausea after eating.
• The pain comes in attacks and lasts for a few minutes up to an hour (with an average of 10-30 minutes).
• The pain is NOT related to movement or posture. 

Your doctor often requires abdominal ultrasonography when your symptoms are consistent with gallbladder disease.

Gallstones require surgery in most cases. 

4. The right kidney and ureter pain.

The right kidney and right ureter condition manifest with right loin pain. The right loin pain commonly spreads to the right mid-back. 

• Right kidney stones.
• Right ureter stones.
• Infections of the kidney and urinary tract.
• Kidney inflammation.
• Kidney cysts.
• Rarely, kidney tumors.

Symptoms (How to know it is kidney pain):

• Right loin pain is the area between your ribs and hip. It is the typical site of right kidney and ureter pain.
• The pain can spread to the mid-back on the right side. Also, ureteric pain spreads to the right groin.
• Sudden onset: Food or movement DOESN’T trigger renal colics.
• Intense colic that lasts for minutes to a few hours.
• Sudden offset: the pain is relieved entirely after the attack. It tends to recur again.
• Movement doesn’t decrease or increase the intensity of pain.
• It is associated with intense nausea. Vomiting also occurs with severe pain.
• Change in urine color (turbid or bloody urine).

Learn more about renal colics

5. Pleurisy (inflammation of the membrane lining the right lung).

The pleura is a double-layered thin tissue that separates your lungs from the chest wall.

Sometimes, it gets inflamed, causing pain with respiration.

Inflammation of the right-back portion of the pleural can cause mid-back right pain.

• Viral infections (commonly, respiratory synthetical viruses and influenza viruses).
• Other types of infection: as bacterial pneumonia and fungal infection.
• Rib fracture or trauma.
• Certain medications. 
• Autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
• Less frequently, pulmonary embolism, lung cancer, pleural cancer (mesothelioma), and TB.
• The characteristic feature of pleurisy is its relation to respiratory movement. As a result, the pain worsens every time you breath-in or out. 
• The pain also increases with coughing and sneezing.
• Shortness of breath.
• Sometimes, fever and cough may be present.

Learn more about pleurisy.

6. Others (less frequent).

The causes listed below are rare or rarely spread to the mid-back at the right.

• Liver : liver inflammation (hepatitis), liver abscesses, or liver cancer.
• Cancers: liver cancer, kidney cancer, bone cancer, lung cancer, pleural cancer (mesothelioma), colorectal cancer, abdominal lymphoma, and others.
• Painful skin lesions:  painful skin lesions in the mid-back on the right side can cause pain. Also, a lipoma can cause pain when it is large enough.
• Colon pain:  localized gas or colon diseases in the right colon can cause pain that spreads to the right mid-back—for example, trapped gas, irritable bowel syndrome, IBD, and colorectal cancer.

When to see a doctor:

See a doctor when the right mid-back pain is associated with the following:

• Prolonged undiagnosed pain.
• The pain started after trauma or injury.
• Extreme or intolerable pain.
• Weight loss.
• Significant shortness of breath.
• Bloody urine or stool.

FAQs about mid-back right-sided pain:

What causes mid-back pain on the right side that hurts to breathe.

Mid-back right side pain that hurts when you breathe can be due to the following:

• Right rib trauma, fracture, or disease.
• Right inflammation of the pleura (a thin-layered tissue that covers your lungs).
• Muscle strain affects the intercostal or the right back muscles.
• Rarely, right lower lung diseases such as pneuma, abscess, or air bullae.

What causes right-sided mid-back pain that is tender to touch?

• Strain or trauma to the right intercostal muscles or the right back muscles.
• Trauma or fractures of the right ribs.
• Sports injuries.
• Vigorous workouts.
• Ribs diseases such as osteoporosis.
• Prolonged poor postures.
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Britain’s Violent Riots: What We Know

Officials had braced for more unrest on Wednesday, but the night’s anti-immigration protests were smaller, with counterprotesters dominating the streets instead.

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By Lynsey Chutel

After days of violent rioting set off by disinformation around a deadly stabbing rampage, the authorities in Britain had been bracing for more unrest on Wednesday. But by nightfall, large-scale anti-immigration demonstrations had not materialized, and only a few arrests had been made nationwide.

Instead, streets in cities across the country were filled with thousands of antiracism protesters, including in Liverpool, where by late evening, the counterdemonstration had taken on an almost celebratory tone.

Over the weekend, the anti-immigration protests, organized by far-right groups, had devolved into violence in more than a dozen towns and cities. And with messages on social media calling for wider protests and counterprotests on Wednesday, the British authorities were on high alert.

With tensions running high, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s cabinet held emergency meetings to discuss what has become the first crisis of his recently elected government. Some 6,000 specialist public-order police officers were mobilized nationwide to respond to any disorder, and the authorities in several cities and towns stepped up patrols.

Wednesday was not trouble-free, however.

In Bristol, the police said there was one arrest after a brick was thrown at a police vehicle and a bottle was thrown. In the southern city of Portsmouth, police officers dispersed a small group of anti-immigration protesters who had blocked a roadway. And in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where there have been at least four nights of unrest, disorder continued, and the police service said it would bring in additional officers.

But overall, many expressed relief that the fears of wide-scale violence had not been realized.

Here’s what we know about the turmoil in Britain.

Where has the unrest taken place?

Protesters over the weekend took to the streets of a dozen cities across Britain, most of them in England. Trouble broke out from Aldershot in the south to Sunderland in the north and Liverpool in the west. Belfast, in Northern Ireland, was also drawn into the fray.

In some cases, the protesters were merely unruly, but in others the violence was more pronounced.

Where arrests have been reported

On Sunday, rioters set upon a hotel that was housing asylum seekers in the town of Rotherham, in northern England, breaking windows before surging inside as the police struggled to control them. No guests were injured in the melee, the police said.

In Middlesbrough, a group of rioters, some masked, hurled bottles and rocks at officers. Cars were set on fire, and at least nine people were arrested. On Saturday, a library and a food bank were set ablaze in Liverpool as groups damaged and looted businesses, and in Hull, fires were set and storefronts smashed in the city center.

Dozens of police officers were injured, including some who required trips to the hospital.

What set off the protests?

The unrest began after a teenager wielding a knife attacked a children’s dance class early last week in the seaside town of Southport, which is near Liverpool. Three children were killed, and eight were wounded.

The suspect was born and raised in Britain, but online rumors soon circulated that he was an undocumented immigrant. To counter those false claims, the authorities took the unusual step of publicly identifying him. The BBC has reported that the suspect’s parents are from Rwanda. The police have not disclosed a motive for the stabbing attack.

But with migration a flashpoint issue in Britain, especially on the far right, the rumors were all it took to set off violence.

Extremist groups urged their followers to take to the streets, and on the day after the stabbings, they began to do so, starting in Southport.

How have the authorities responded?

The weekend riots prompted a heavy police response. Nearly 4,000 additional officers were deployed, a law enforcement association said. And a government order gave officers in some places special powers to disperse any gatherings or “antisocial behavior,” the police said in a statement .

More than 400 people have been arrested, and about 100 have been charged, Mr. Starmer said after an emergency cabinet meeting on Tuesday — the second in two days.

The prime minister, who has characterized the riots as “far-right thuggery,” encouraged prosecutors to name and shame those convicted to dissuade others from joining the violent rampages.

“I’m now expecting substantive sentencing before the end of the week,” Mr. Starmer said. “That should send a very powerful message to anybody involved, either directly or online, that you are likely to be dealt with within a week and that nobody, but nobody, should involve themselves in this disorder.”

BJ Harrington, the head of public order for Britain’s National Police Chiefs’ Council, said that online disinformation had been “a huge driver of this appalling violence.”

Intelligence teams, detectives and neighborhood officers, Mr. Harrington said, were working to identify the people fomenting the violence.

“They won’t win,” he said.

How are the authorities handling online incitement?

Social media has acted as an accelerant throughout the protests, with disinformation fueling far-right and anti-immigrant groups . Britain and other democracies have found that policing the internet is legally murky terrain, with individual rights and free speech protections balanced against a desire to block harmful material .

In his remarks on Tuesday, Mr. Starmer said that some arrests involved people accused of inciting violence online.

The first person to be convicted over online posts since the riots, according to the Crown Prosecution Service , was a 28-year-old man from Leeds who posted messages on Facebook about attacking a hotel that housed asylum seekers. It said that the man, Jordan Parlour, had pleaded guilty and been convicted of using threatening words or behavior to stir up racial hatred.

Mr. Starmer has called out social media companies over misinformation on their platforms, but holding them accountable could be tricky. Britain adopted a law last year that requires social media companies to introduce protections for child safety and to prevent and quickly remove illegal content like terrorism propaganda and revenge pornography. The law is less clear about how companies must treat misinformation and incendiary language.

What are the political implications?

The riots are the first political crisis for Mr. Starmer, who took office a month ago after his Labour Party defeated the Conservatives, who had been in government for 14 years.

While in power, the Conservatives tried to capitalize on public unhappiness over immigration, vowing to reduce it (though failing to do so). But in recent days they joined Labour in condemning the violent protests.

Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, now the opposition leader, said the unrest had “nothing to do with the tragedy in Southport.” The police, he said, have “our full support to deal with these criminals swiftly.”

Megan Specia contributed reporting.

Lynsey Chutel covers South Africa and the countries that make up southern Africa from Johannesburg. More about Lynsey Chutel

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Why The Tourist Should Be Your Next Netflix Binge–And What to Know Before Watching

T ake a break from endlessly scrolling through Netflix searching for something new to watch and just press play on The Tourist, the BBC series which stars Jamie Dornan as a mysterious Irishman who wakes up in an Australian hospital with amnesia.

The wry thriller isn’t necessarily new—it premiered on the BBC in 2022 and quickly became one of the U.K.’s most-watched dramas of that year—but it is a recent addition to Netflix, which acquired the exclusive rights to the series last year and started streaming it in February. (Season 1 of The Tourist was previously available to stream in the U.S. on Max.) 

At just six episodes, The Tourist is a low-risk, high-reward viewing experience full of twists and turns that are sure to keep you on your toes. Think Memento if directed by the Coen Brothers . Even better, if you like what you see, you can launch right into season 2, which is now streaming.

Here is what you need to know about your next great Netflix binge . 

What is The Tourist about?

The Tourist begins with an Irish guy (played by Dornan) making a pit stop at a gas station in the middle of nowhere, Australia. Nothing seems too out of the ordinary; he fills up his car, questions the gas station attendant’s bathroom key policy, visits the absolutely filthy restroom, and is on his way. But things get weird once he gets back on the road. He finds himself being harassed by a tractor trailer that seems hellbent on mowing him down. Just when it appears that he’s in the clear, he’s T-boned by the truck and left for dead on the side of the dirt road. 

When he wakes up, he’s in the hospital and has no memory of the accident or who he is. He doesn’t have a wallet or ID or phone on him to help jog his memory. This nameless man is now a tourist in his own life, struggling to understand who he was and why someone wanted him dead so badly. With help from a few kind, but not necessarily trustworthy strangers including Probationary Constable Helen Chambers (Danielle Macdonald), local waitress Luci (Shalom Brune-Franklin), and Detective Inspector Lachlan Rogers (Damon Herriman), he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that leaves him with more questions than answers about his dark past. 

Why it’s worth your time

Let’s start with Jamie Dornan. He played the leading man in the Fifty Shades trilogy and the Academy Award-nominated 2021 drama Belfast , but The Tourist feels like the first time he’s been able to truly show his range as an actor. It’s hard to resist that Irish brogue, but it’s even harder to resist his “ get you a man that can do both ” charm. Fans of the superbly silly Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar already know how funny he can be—not to mention, what a great singer he is. But The Tourist lets him show off his dry, dark wit, while also letting him show off his romantic side. By the end of the series, you’ll be left wondering why he hasn’t yet been cast in a good rom-com. (Sorry, not sorry Wild Mountain Thyme .) In the show’s most gripping action sequences, he manages to channel another amnesiac with killer instincts, Jason Bourne. But thanks to his hangdog expression, Dornan is also able to pull off the existential dread his character feels after realizing he’s not the person he hoped he would be.

Obviously, it’s hard to take your eyes off Dornan, but the scenery in The Tourist isn’t too bad to look at either. The show, set in the Australian outback—like way, way out back—was filmed on location in South Australia around Adelaide, a city known for its coastline. (Adelaide's North Haven Beach serves as the show’s stand-in for Bali’s Kuta Beach.) It was also shot in the Flinders Ranges , the largest mountain ranges in South Australia, and in Peterborough, a small town in an area near Adelaide known as wheat country, which stood in for the sandy outback scenes. (Season 2 takes place in Ireland, so prepare yourself for greenery as far as the eye can see.) Despite all the drama onscreen, The Tourist makes Australia look like a nice place to visit.

What to remember before watching The Tourist season 2

Whether you’ve already finished the first season and need a bit of a refresher or you’re planning to skip straight to Season 2, this is what you need to know before watching the second season. 

Warning: major spoilers for The Tourist Season 1 ahead.

The Irish guy with amnesia is actually Elliot Stanley, and he’s done some really bad things in his life. 

While in the hospital, Elliot finds a note in his pants pocket with an address for a diner in a tiny town called Burnt Ridge. It’s there he meets Luci (Brune-Franklin), a waitress who is actually his ex-girlfriend. She only chooses to tell him his name and their relationship to one another after they discover a man’s dead body stashed in an oil drum that had been buried. The man was Marko (Damien Strouthos), who, like Elliot, worked for Kostas (Alex Dimitriades), an international drug lord and Luci’s fiancé.

Luci isn’t exactly who she claims to be. She’s a scammer who stole a rather sentimental bag of money from Kostas in order to run off with Elliot. Now the Greek gangster is back to collect. But Kostas isn’t all that interested in the cash; a million dollars is chump change to a guy like him. This is about ego. Kostas, a maniac who spikes his water with LSD to be able to speak with his dead brother, wants to punish Elliot for successfully stealing his girl.

Kostas decides to kidnap the wife of Detective Inspector Lachlan Rogers (Herriman) in hopes that it will scare the decorated officer into doing his bidding. It does; Lachlan apprehends Elliot and kills a young sergeant in the process, becoming one of the bad guys. But is Elliot also a bad guy? Probationary Constable Helen Chambers (Macdonald), the ambitious cop-in-training assigned to his case, doesn’t think so. She believes the fact that he was willing to save her from being shot by Kostas’ henchman means there is good in there somewhere, even if he has done bad things. But Elliot isn’t convinced that someone can really change. 

After drinking from Kostas’ LSD-laced water bottle, he has visions that offer some insight into who he may have been. He sees his first meeting with Kostas, where he’s hired as his accountant. He is able to relive his meet-cute with Luci and sees how toxic their relationship was. He discovers where he buried the bag of money and dreams of laying in bed with Helen. He also speaks to a Russian woman named Lena Pascal, who he’s seen before in his dreams. She tells him she’s in Adelaide and claims that she can help him “fill in the colors” of his past. 

Elliot worries that what he has seen aren’t memories, but hallucinations. When he finds the bag of money in the same spot he had envisioned it though, he believes that Lena may be real, too. Unfortunately, he can’t go looking for her just yet. After Kostas and Luci are killed in a shootout over the million dollars, Lachlan lies to the police in hopes of saving himself. He claims that Elliot and Helen kidnapped him and went on a shooting rampage à la Bonnie and Clyde, killing the young sergeant. Luckily, Helen is able to access the CCTV footage that shows Lachlan transporting Elliot in handcuffs, catching him in his lie. It saves both her and Elliott from going to jail and allows Elliot a chance to speak with Lena, who was not a figment of his imagination—though after their chat he wishes she was.

When Lena comes to meet him at the jail, she reveals that he wasn’t just Kostas’ accountant as he had dreamt, but helped train the drug mules, mostly young immigrant women who swallowed bags of heroin to transport across the globe. Lena tells a story of two girls who died instantly after the bags Elliot gave them exploded in their stomachs. Lena lived, but not without literal scars. She shows him the long gash across her stomach where she was cut open to retrieve the drugs. She claims Elliot was the one who ordered her to be butchered, worried the heroin would go to waste. He apologizes for his cruelty, but she doesn’t absolve him of his guilt. “You have to live with yourself,” she tells him as she leaves.

Elliot doesn’t think he can and attempts to have himself arrested, but Lena won’t press charges. He then attempts to lose his memory again by getting into another car crash. He flips his car over, but unfortunately, it doesn’t work. He can’t forget what Lena told him and neither can Helen, who after learning the evil that Elliot was capable of decides she can no longer see him. But she can’t stop thinking about him and wondering whether he or anyone should be defined by their worst mistakes. 

Elliot wonders the same, but the guilt is just too much. He decides that he can no longer live with himself and attempts to take his life with vodka and pills. Laid out on his bed, waiting to die, he gets a text: a burrito emoji from Helen.

The burrito references a scene earlier in the show, when Elliot and Helen were eating together in a Mexican restaurant. Helen is his hostage, but the night plays out like a first date. Elliot can’t remember what kind of food he likes so she suggests they order everything on the menu so he can figure out his taste now. She encourages him to stop thinking about who he was and start becoming the person he is meant to be. He later tells her that he equates burritos with happiness and her text becomes a lifeline. He might not be able to forget what he’s done, but she believes he has the capacity to change. The joy on his face when he sees her message makes it seem as if Elliot finally believes he can change too. But fans will have to wait until Season 2 to see if he’s able to become a better person.

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Why some residents of European hot spots just want tourists to stay away

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For people who live in particularly picturesque quarters of charming European cities, the words “Instagrammable” or “Tik-Tok famous” can feel like harbingers of doom.

Or harbingers, at the very least, of intense annoyance.

Across the continent, this has been a summer of visitor-related discontent. The stresses of over-tourism sometimes spur irate displays directed at outsiders — such as attention-grabbing anti-tourist protests in Barcelona last month, with demonstrators wielding water pistols, or hostile graffiti popping up in places like Athens.

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In some of the more iconic way stations on Europe’s tourist trail — Amsterdam and Santorini, Prague and Bruges, Dubrovnik and Florence — the downsides of being all-too-well-loved destinations are becoming more and more apparent. At the same time, tourism projections point to an even more crushing influx in years to come.

Even in areas where the economy is heavily dependent on tourism — or perhaps particularly in such places — activists are increasingly vocal about travel practices that drive up prices , strain services, hurt the environment and erode the quality of daily life.

A big event like the Summer Olympics in Paris can sometimes have a paradoxical effect — drawing those who want to attend, but at the same time putting off others who fear inflated prices and unmanageable throngs.

With the Games ending this weekend, initial visitor tallies pointed to an overall bump, but thinner-than-usual crowds and last-minute price cuts in areas away from the main sports venues.

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When disgruntled feelings erupt, sometimes it’s the result of tourists behaving badly — in some cases, very badly indeed. But through sheer dint of numbers, even well-intentioned visitors can be a burden.

“There’s this phenomenon of all of us considering travel a right, of thinking, ‘Well, I’m allowed to go anywhere,’” said Charel van Dam, marketing director for the Netherlands Board of Tourism. “But there are obligations to fulfill that have to do with how we travel, and how we behave when we travel.”

The Netherlands, for example, expects around 60 million annual visitors by decade’s end — dwarfing the country’s population of about 18 million. Such lopsided numbers are common across Europe.

Grumbling about excess visitors is nothing new. In recent months, though, the local backlash has been making headlines.

The Barcelona protesters, incensed by skyrocketing rents linked to short-term holiday rentals, doused open-air diners in the famed Ramblas district — a gesture that tourism officials insisted did not reflect widespread public sentiment.

Elsewhere in Spain, street marches have popped up repeatedly on the island of Mallorca, where demonstrators brandished cardboard models of sleek private jets and cruise ships to decry the arrival of what they say are overwhelming numbers of visitors.

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Travelers’ affronts in Europe’s tourist zones are sometimes glaringly apparent: pounding music from late-night parties, or puddles of vomit on doorsteps in quiet residential streets. But the slights can be subtler as well.

“Sometimes, I feel like they think I’m just part of the scenery,” said Janeta Olszewska, a 29-year-old emigree from Poland who works in Amsterdam’s famous floating flower market. “It’s so strange when visitors can’t even say ‘Good morning’ before they begin telling me what they want.”

In some locales, the business of promoting tourism has morphed into brainstorming over ways to manage and contain it. In Venice, where the tourist tide is as much a hazard as the seasonal acqua alta, authorities began charging day-trippers a 5-euro fee (about $5.40) in April.

But critics protested that the $2.4 million in revenue the city took in over a period of three months only pointed up the magnitude of the overcrowding problem.

“It was a great failure,” Giovanni Andrea Martini, a Venice City Council member who opposed the program, said in an email.

“It was supposed to be a system for managing tourism flow, but it didn’t manage anything — tourists entered the city in greater numbers than on the same days last year.”

Some European cities, including Copenhagen, have embarked on a carrot-not-a-stick approach. A pilot program that began in the Danish capital last month, dubbed CopenPay , offers small perks like free ice cream to visitors who engage in eco-friendly behaviors such as picking up trash or using public transport.

Other venues are trying a dual track: Amsterdam, for example, is seeking to crack down on public drunkenness, discourage gawkers in the famous red-light district and curtail holiday apartment rentals — going so far as to inaugurate a “Stay Away” campaign aimed mainly at British stag partyers — while enticing visitors to venture outside the tiny confines of the city’s canal-lined center.

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“You do catch more flies with honey than vinegar,” said Van Dam, the Netherlands’ tourism marketer, citing the success of sustainability initiatives such as hotels giving guests a free drink in the bar if they decline daily room cleaning.

Industry professionals and municipal authorities acknowledge that tourism is a trade-off: often an economic boon, sometimes a social bane.

In heavily touristed parts of Amsterdam, access to ordinary goods and services tends to dry up up as the commercial balance tips toward the wants and needs of visitors. Want an Aperol spritz, some CBD oil, or a ceramic Dutch-clog refrigerator magnet? No problem. But residents say finding penny nails or laundry pods or a spatula can involve a tiring trek.

Sometimes, touristic obsessions are a source of bafflement. At central Amsterdam’s landmark Athanaeum bookstore, whose eclectic periodicals draw a loyal clientele from across Europe, customers and staff alike were briefly mystified by the long queues at a nearby koekmakerij — a cookie shop.

They quickly figured it out: The place was all over Instagram.

“It was only one particular kind of cookie, and at first we thought, ‘How can that even work as a business?’” said Reny van der Kamp, 59, who has worked at the bookstore for more than 20 years. “Well, we found out. They actually had to have crowd control.”

Eventually, the cookie purveyor moved to bigger quarters about a quarter of a mile away. On a recent summer morning, the line stretched out the door.

Often, the public-nuisance aspect of tourism is confined to a small area of a given city, but then creeps gradually outward. Amsterdam’s Jordaan district, within the central ring of canals but traditionally a quiet residential area, is now frequented by selfie-snapping visitors — many of them drawn by rapturous descriptions on social media of the neighborhood’s winsome domesticity.

“Now and then, people actually crane their necks to look into our windows,” said Ricky Weissman, 43, an American special-effects designer who moved to the Jordaan a decade ago with his wife. “And you’ll see someone peeing on the side of someone’s house — it’s like, ‘Why? You can find a bathroom anywhere!’”

But he considers such intrusions to be offset by the surroundings. Their daughter, born here, is 5 now, and speaks Dutch and English.

“It’s a fairy tale, really, living here,” Weissman said.

Locals’ cherished routines are often disrupted, however — sometimes in dangerous ways. Commuting briskly by bicycle one day, Nashira Mora, who works as a tour-boat booker, had no time to react when a pedestrian — a visitor, she found out — suddenly came to a dead stop in the middle of the bike lane, eyes phoneward, oblivious to approaching cyclists.

“I went right over the handlebars,” the 26-year-old said ruefully. “Luckily, no one was hurt. And my bike was OK. But …” she trailed off and shook her head.

In many tourist centers, the coronavirus pandemic was a revelation for residents. For all the stress and isolation of lockdowns, and the immense tragedy of lives lost to the virus, landmarks usually avoided because of visiting hordes were suddenly empty — and fully revealed in all their glory.

“It did perhaps make people think about what it would be like to have their own city back,” said Mari Janssen, a 25-year-old studying Russian literature.

Locals and tourists often lead separate but parallel existences, more or less ignoring one another’s presence. The two worlds bump up against each other in places like the Albert Cuyps market, one of Amsterdam’s largest collections of open-air vendors.

Some merchants — a cheesemonger, a produce vendor, a baker — said that they had long counted local householders as their main customers, but that picnic-sized portions for tourists yielded cash bonanzas.

The change in the market’s character, however, was wearing on some. At a stand selling stroopwafel — a sweet concoction of layered wafers held together with syrup — a small group of foreign visitors began excitedly shouting orders at vendor Sylvia Lassing, 63, even as she was handing someone else their change.

“It’s a lot, sometimes,” she sighed during a lull a few minutes later.

A flower seller, asked about the tourist trade, irritably mimed how some outsiders would manhandle his delicate blooms — brilliant purple irises and Van Gogh-worthy sunflowers — and then walk away without buying anything. But he understood, he said, that few would want to take a perishable bouquet to the airport or a hotel room.

As a visitor turned to leave after chatting with him, though, he waved his hands in an emphatic gesture to halt them.

“Wait, wait!” he said. “Here, have a daisy.”

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