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Trying to convince everybody to come to Zagreb [ ] here are some sights and stuff to see.


For the first post: this Christmas Croatia got brand new Museum of Contemporary Arts. Forum members coming with Jarkko for the mid-March meet-up, will get free tour on March 14 by the curator /Cohen fan/.

http://www.msu.hr/#/en/

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Paul Zagreb wrote:Here is quite a good guide to zagreb (not as good as Tom of course!) which people might like to have a look at before they arrive:

http://www.inyourpocket.com/croatia/zagreb

Zagreb City - Tourist Office: http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?l=e (English pages)






How to Get There

By Air
Zagreb Airport is located 17 km from the centre of the city, or 20-25 minutes by bus.
http://www.zagreb-airport.hr/en/
The Zagreb Airport bus terminal (bus stop) is at the Central Bus Station on Marin Drzic Avenue. Goes every 30mins.

By Train
The Main Railway Station is located in the centre of the City (at Kralj Tomislav Square 12, a ten minutes walk from the central city square).
International schedule: http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml
There are daily trains from Ljubljana (2h), Vienna (4h), Budapest (5h), Belgrade, Venezia (night train, 8h)...

By Road
Main international roads are: Trieste-Ljubljana-Zagreb; Graz-Maribor-Zagreb; Klagenfurt-Ljubljana-Zagreb; Budapest-Varazdin-Zagreb
The Central Bus Station is located on Marin Drzic Avenue, a few minutes by tram (line number 6) from the central city square. http://akz.hr/En.htm

City of Zagreb: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagreb




(Huh, this is from late 80s...)





and nice gallery here: http://www.world66.com/europe/croatia/z ... ib/gallery

THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS BEAUTIFUL AND USEFULL INFORMATIONS.
We look forward to our mini event and thanks for arranging the weekend
See you soon
Andrea & Marco

I am actually waiting for the miracle to come.....one more concert ...

Archaeological Museum Zagreb exhibits the world most famous Etruscan manuscript and the mummy > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liber_Linteus

Website: http://www.amz.hr/home.aspx
Location: downtown, by the main square

One of the truly phenomenon of the Croatian culture is its naive art.

The Museum of Naive Art is located in upper old town, near the St Mark Church and the parliament building. It waits for its new building, so the exhibition is small, only few rooms.

Website: http://www.hmnu.org/en/default.asp

The Zagreb City Museum exhibits the complete history of the city from prehistoric era to the 1990s, with special accent on the medieval town (actually two towns) founded in 1092.

It's located in upper town, and needs couple of hours to be seen.
The museum is open:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Thursday 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Saturday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Website with virtual walk thru the museum: http://www.mgz.hr/en/

Sundays, on the British Square ("Britanac"), which is very near the main square, Zagreb has its antique market. (It's very expensive.)

Website (Croatian only, but good gallery): http://www.udruga-libertina.hr/dogadaji-britanac.html







The actual flea market is out of downtown, more like the Balkan-style bazaar. Located at Hrelic (a.k.a. Jakusevac). Open also Sundays. Go there with the bus from the central train station. It's VERY cheap (prices couple of Euros).

Pictures from the Zagreb main (farmer's and vegetables) market Dolac, located behind the corner of the main square.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolac


This picture shows traditional Zagreb products of wood, which are good souvenirs for your kitchen;)

The main square - Ban Jelacic [Yelachich] square.

Zagreb actually has two old upper towns, Gradec (Gornji grad = upper town) and Kaptol (the Capitol). The first was citizen's town, the second church town, bishop's centre, back in the medieval time.

Entrance to the Upper Town: Stone Gate (Gate/Church) and St. George (dragon is dead bellow his feet)


The main square at the Upper Town: left is the government palace, right is the Parliament, in the middle St. Mark Church.


Kaptol: the Zagreb cathedral

Place to see is also Medvedgrad, Zagreb's old fortress in the hills above the city. Zagreb has its own mountain ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medvednica ) which serves as the park, and its 30 mins walk to the burg. There you can find good pub for eat and drink:)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medvedgrad

And one of the best places to eat Croatian food and drink THE BEST (home-made, traditional) BEER IN CROATIA is the pubs which is also titled MEDVEDGRAD (after the city fortress in the hills).

Also, very affordable prices, even cheap for the standards of Croatian restaurants.

http://www.pivnica-medvedgrad.hr/index-eng.html

Locations:
Tkalciceva Street 36, named "Mali Medo" (Little Bear) - very small, in Zagreb's cafe street


Ilica 49 - named "Medvedgrad", very spacious, plus enormously big Summer garden, near the main square (on Zagreb downtown's main street Ilica), highly recommended


Very similar (actually it used to be the same company but they split) is "Zlatni medo" (Golden Bear), located in Savska, in enormously big space, few stops from Ilica / main square. > http://www.pivnica.hr/ Also traditional dark and light beers for cheap prices, and traditional meals (that means meat, sausages etc.)




Another good place for eating, popular among the tourists, and affordable, is NOKTURNO, located in Skalinska, small street which connects Tkalciceva and the cathedral. Prices few Euros and very good, plus cheap beer.

http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?id=99 ... 6&solo=767

Here's my photo, you can see pub's Summer terrace.

Ignoring previous post, beer fans have to try VELEBITSKO, one of - they say - Europe's best beers. It's hard to find, but the Socialist-looking bar in Bogoviceva street, near the main square, has it. The bar is called "Pushlek" or "Cvjetni".

http://www.inyourpocket.com/croatia/zag ... trg_46704v

Opposite Bulldog, there is a different kind of café which offers an entirely different experience. A socialist interior attracts plenty of visitors, especially intellectuals and students. In case you’re lucky to get a window seat, you can enjoy the slapdash of Zagreb street life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velebitsko_pivo
http://www.bottledbeer.co.uk/index.html?beerid=2013



(Of course, do not take bottled in the bar, but from the barrel.)