The Google homepage in Croatia celebrating Independence Day on October 8th. The ornamental interwoven design is the "Croatian wattle", taken from the historic Baška tablet
Source: www.gadgeterija.net
These days Google Doodle has a tradition of marking significant historical or current actual events on their search page in different countries. Depending on the market, users see a localized version of Google Doodle, and today the search giant has a message for customers from Croatia.
If you visit today. October 8th, you will be greeted by a Google.hr Doodle dedicated to Croatian Independence Day.
Thank you, Google;)
A Google Doodle featuring Croatia during the 2006 World Cup.
This is not the first time however that Google had on its home page something "Croatian". We recently had a birthday Doodle dedicated to a character from a story written by the great Croatian writer, Miroslav Krleža, as well as a 2006 Doodle with the Croatian National Football Team theme, which can be seen below.
(Note - During the 2010 Winter Olympics, Microsoft also decided to put Ivica Kostelic on their Bing search engine page after his strong showing and 2 medals. You can see that one HERE
Krleža's character Petrica Kerempuh resting in the shade, a scene from one of his stories.
