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Zagreb is an old Central European city. For centuries it has been a focal point of culture and science, and now of commerce and industry as well. It lies on the intersection of important routes between the Adriatic coast and Central Europe.

Zagreb County [ "Zagreb ring" ] surrounds Zagreb and is a separate territorial unit. The county is an attractive, year-round recreational and sightseeing destination in the green outskirts of Zagreb.


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Car Rental Zagreb

  Sixt   -    

  Holiday Autos   -    

Hotels Zagreb

  Booking.com   -   Hotel Guide Zagreb

  Hotel Esplanade/Regent

Tour Operators 

 Kuoni

  G Adventures



Travel Guides Croatia / Related books 

  Dorling Kindersley   -    

  Zagreb (Bradt Travel Guides
Sarah Parkes (Author), Piers Letcher (Author)
With its old-world Austro-Hungarian feel, lively street cafés and beautiful setting, Croatia's capital is the perfect short-break destination. The city's compact size and unspoilt charm make it an ideal weekend break, with a sparkling cultural scene offering everything from affordable world-class opera to free summer concerts.
Paperback: 256 pages; Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides; 1 edition (11 May 2007); ISBN-10: 1841621897.

  Zagreb (CitySpots)
This is the savvy city breakers' pocket guide to seeing and doing more in the Croatian capital - with a fun -seeking and cost-conscious slant. It provides practical accommodation, restaurant and nightlife listings to suit varied budgets and tastes. It features: imaginative suggestions that reveal each city's hidden gems; compact format that quickly locates the top must-see and do attractions; 6 full-colour maps and 35 photographs; and, foreign language phrases on inside front and back covers for ease of use.
Paperback: 144 pages; Publisher: Thomas Cook Publishing; 2nd Revised edition edition (25 Jun 2009); ISBN-10: 184848139X.

Transport / How do I travel to Zagreb 

  Zagreb Airport Ltd [ ZAG ]  8.5 km from city centre

  Maribor International Airport [ MBX ] 79.3 km from Belgrade

 
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  Airline Tickets Croatia / Bargain Flights
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  National Express Eurolines
Travel by bus or coach to Zagreb.


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  Zagreb   -   Capital City Croatia
Zagreb offers its visitors the Baroque atmosphere of the Upper Town, picturesque open-air markets, diverse shopping facili­ties, an abundant selection of crafts and a choice vernacular cuisine. Zagreb is a city of green parks and walks, with many places to visit in the beautiful surroundings. 

  Apisarium
  Archaeological Museum
  Arena [ Stadium ]
  Arts and Crafts Museum
Botanical Graden
  Centar Kaptol  [ Shopping area ]
  City Centar One [ Shopping area ]
  Croatian Natural History Museum
Holds one of the world's most important collection of Neanderthal remains found at one site.
  Dolac Market
  Golf & Country Club Dolina Kardinala [ Golf course ]
  Gothic Cathedral
  Jarun lake [ Park ]
  Lotrščak Tower [ Landmark ]
  Maksimir Park
  Maksimir Stadium
It is primarily the home of Dinamo Zagreb but also been used as a venue for some large concerts.
  Mimara Museum
  Museum of the City of Zagreb
The Museum deals with topics from the cultural, artistic, economic and political history of the city spanning from Roman finds to the modern period.
  Planetarium
  Technical Museum
The museum exhibits numerous historic aircraft, cars, machinery and equipment.
  Trosjedežnica [ Ski lift ]
  West Gate Shopping City
  Zagreb City Zoo
The Zagreb Zoo is situated in the more than 200 years old Maksimir Park, almost in the city centre. This makes it the city's favourite place for relaxation and entertainment. Visitors can see many species of animals from almost every continent – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and invertebrates. Additionally, the Zoo participates in many endangered species protection programs, offers its visitors various educational programs, organizes events, and offers everyone information about the animals and nature itself.
  Zagreb International Fair Grounds [ Convention centre ]
  Zagreb Fair [ Convention centre ]
  Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor [ Train station ]

  University of Zagreb [ Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis ]
The University of Zagreb (1669) is the oldest and biggest university in South-Eastern Europe. With its comprehensive programmes and over 50,000 full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students the University is the strongest teaching institution in Croatia. It offers a wide range of academic degree courses leading to Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees in the following fields: Arts, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Engineering, Humanities, Natural and Social Sciences.

  Zagreb County Tourist Board
The Tourist Association System of Zagreb County is made up of 9 town and 4 municipal tourist associations.

Cuisine  -  Gastronomy

  Zagreb Gastronomy
Zagreb cuisine is the combination of rich heritage reflecting the troubled history. Citizens of Zagreb were always attentive to what they ate. In the medieval Gradec there were already 90 craftsmen related to food. It is worth mentioning that Zagreb citizens like home-cooked dishes, generating numerous traditional gastronomy events with presentations and ratings in the town and its vicinity.

History of Zagreb

The oldest settlement in the urban area of Zagreb was a Roman town of Andautonia, now Šćitarjevo, which dates back to the 1st century AD.

  History City of Zagreb

Music, Art & Culture, Events in Croatia

  Zagreb Philharmonic

  Croatian Museum of Naïve Art
The Croatian Museum of Naive Art holds more than 1,850 works of art – paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints – mainly by Croatian artists. The permanent display of the Museum was established according to the maxim: Naive Art as a Segment of Modern Art. The focus is on Croatian artists – of the celebrated Hlebine School, and a few of the more highly-valued independent artists.
  Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb
Has a rich collection of Croatian and foreign contemporary visual art.
The Museum of Contemporary Art is the present-day name for Zagreb Municipal Galleries, which formerly consisted of the Contemporary Art Gallery, the Centre for Photography, Film, and Television, and the Benko Horvat Collection, Library, and Documentation Department. Prior to its separation, the institution also included Atelier Meštrović (today's Meštrović Foundation), the Primitive Art Gallery (Croatian Museum of Naive Art), and the "Jozo Kljaković" Collection (now managed by Centre for Visual Art Education).
  Modern Gallery [ Moderna galerija ]
Holds the most important and comprehensive collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings by 19th and 20th century Croatian artists.

  Culture in Zagreb

  Croatian National Theatre (HNK)
The history of the oldest and the central national theatre institution, the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, commenced in the 1830s in the context of political and cultural ideas of the Croatian national revival.
Throughout its history, the theatre has never departed from what it had deep down in its artistic-repertoire canon - the Croatian language and the Croatian artistic creativity (literary and music works of Croatian authors, both inherited and new, actors, dancers, singers, directors, fine artists and conductors...).

  English Language Theatre (ELT) of Zagreb (Kazalište Mala scena)

  Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall
Large concert hall and convention center and named after Vatroslav Lisinski, a 19th-century Croatian composer.
  Zagreb Fair

  Animafest   -   World Festival of Animated Films [ takes place every even-numbered year ]
  Day of the City of Zagreb [ on November 16 ]
Celebrated every year with special festivities, especially on the Jarun lake near the southwestern part of the city.
  Festival of the Zagreb Philharmonic   -   see Zagreb Philharmonic
  Music Biennale   -   international festival of avant-garde music [ every odd-numbered year ]
  Zagrebfest   -   the oldest Croatian pop-music festival
See Wikipedia
  Zagreb Summer festival in Bundek [ Lake ]


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