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Hello everyone.
I've never been a fan of fairgrounds, theme parks and the like, but I may be converted:
Ananova:
Town plans potato park
Officials in a Croatian town have started work on a new park dedicated to the humble potato.
It will include potato plant flower beds, a potato themed play park for children with swings and slides shaped like potatoes, and information plaques explaining about the different varieties of potato for visitors.
The potato was chosen as the theme of the park in Belica after it was nominated by the powerful local farmers' union.
It beat off competition from war heroes from World War I and II, as well as the The War of Independence.
A potato monument has already been erected. It was unveiled by local mayor Zvonimir Taradi who praised the vegetable for its role in supplying food and wealth for locals for generations.
He said: "Families in Belica have been living from potatoes for years, and when it came to a choice of what to dedicate the new park to, it was an obvious selection."
The three feet high monument in the centre of the village dwarfs the nearby monuments to the heroes of WWI, WWII and The War of Independence in Croatia.
Daily newspaper Vecernji List said villagers plan to start work on the rest of the potato park once the harvest has finished.
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