Where To Go in Zagreb
27 places across 9 categories — the landmarks on the postcards, the observation decks, the museums, the parks, and the neighborhoods where the city actually lives.
Landmarks
TODO — what landmarks in Zagreb are actually worth the time.
Zagreb Cathedral
The tallest building in Croatia, rebuilt after one earthquake and taken apart again after another.
St Mark's Church
The tiled roof everyone photographs, on a square you can stand in but not linger on.
Ban Jelačić Square
The main square, the meeting point under the clock, and a statue that has been turned around twice for political reasons.
The Funicular and Lotrščak Tower
Sixty-six seconds on one of the shortest funiculars in the world, and a cannon fired at noon every day since 1877.
Mirogoj Cemetery
Ivy-covered arcades by the architect who rebuilt Zagreb, and every faith in the city buried side by side.
Museums
TODO — what museums in Zagreb are actually worth the time.
Museum of Broken Relationships
Objects donated by strangers, each with the story of the relationship it survived. Far better than it sounds.
Mimara Museum
A vast donated collection with a genuine question mark over how much of it is what it says it is.
Museum of Contemporary Art
The biggest museum in Croatia, across the river, with a working slide down the side of it.
Croatian Museum of Naive Art
Paintings on glass by farmers from a village in Podravina, and the only museum of its kind in the world.
Archaeological Museum
The longest Etruscan text in existence, written on linen and then used to wrap an Egyptian mummy.
History
TODO — what history in Zagreb are actually worth the time.
The Stone Gate
The last surviving gate of medieval Gradec, and a working shrine inside a road tunnel.
Grič Tunnel
A wartime air-raid shelter under the Upper Town, reopened as a public passage and permanently about fifteen degrees.
The 2020 Earthquakes
What you are looking at when you see scaffolding, and why so much of central Zagreb is still propped up.
Parks & Outdoors
TODO — what parks & outdoors in Zagreb are actually worth the time.
The Green Horseshoe
Eight squares and parks laid out in a U around the lower town, and the best free walk in the city.
Maksimir Park
The first public park in south-eastern Europe, opened in 1794, with five lakes and a Swiss chalet.
Jarun Lake
The city's beach, its rowing course and its summer nightlife, all on one artificial lake by the Sava.
Food & Drink
TODO — what food & drink in Zagreb are actually worth the time.
Dolac Market
Red parasols on a terrace above the main square, and the reason Zagreb calls it the belly of the city.
Tkalčićeva Street
A covered-over stream that used to be a border, now the busiest bar street in the city — and priced like it.
Zagreb Coffee and Špica
A weekly ritual in which the entire city dresses up, sits outside, and makes one coffee last three hours.
Culture & Music
TODO — what culture & music in Zagreb are actually worth the time.
Shopping
TODO — what shopping in Zagreb are actually worth the time.
Day Trips
TODO — what day trips in Zagreb are actually worth the time.
Neighbourhoods
TODO — what each part of Zagreb is like to walk around, and who lives there.
