FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 Alert! City under masks The big Advent party has not properly settled and we’re into more fun – this time it’s the carnival. Masked para- des are strolling the city and its surroundings, Masters of Festivities are taking over the rule in each district, ne- ighborhood and street... The masks fall down by St. Valentines Day but some parties keep going, like Moovanje along street every Wednesday; see its superheroes below. INSTAGRAM*

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TALKABOUT 1094 construction begins FIRST BELIEVE IT OR NOT, - its highest highness especially if you ask a 1217 Even with a number of business MINUTE local, construction work Romanesque towers sprouting across Zagreb, cathedral on the new like the one on Strojarska street, Zagreb’s best is ahead of schedule. the Cathedral still keeps the 1242 height record. The only thing sugar highs Wavy roof, glass facade destroyed by that’s 4 cm higher than the and air portals are already the Mongols In this month dedicated to there and looking great. north belfry is the south belfry love, dive into Zagreb with a 1254 – rising 108,20 meters above The end is in sight: late restoration street level. First built in the dessert. Walk into the Vincek 2016, with the first flights begins Romanesque style, it kept patisserie (Ilica 18) – the city’s planned for March 2017. transforming until it was finally sweet palace – and try one @zagreb-airport.hr 1500 restored as a Neogothic church of their time-tested treats: by the Zagreb architect Herman VIKTORIJA, a 20-year- construction cream cake with chocolate of Bollé. A living memento of old student of economics, fortifications Croatia’s history, culture and topping, melt-in-the-mouth is the youngest Zagreb and towers architecture, the Cathedral chestnut puree or the rich Majorettes’s leader ever. is open to believers and Sacher torte. In their newly

1641 visitors, welcoming She was chosen out of Renaissance opened Vis à Vis (Tomićeva 620 girls who auditioned belfry built up to 5000 people 2), you can feast on equally at mass. Soon there to be part of the team, will be an elevator sumptuous gluten-, dairy- which won the - 1880 and sugar-free delights. restoration all the way to the an Champion title. She’s following the top, for the best been marching the streets Zagreb city vista. 1902 1990 of Zagreb since the age of earthquake Neogothic ongoing begins cathedral restoration seven. @mazoretkinje.hr WORD

EAGLES OF DEATH MET- 30 YEARS old, still study- Krafna AL play on Feb 19 at Tvorni- ing and living with parents (Krahf -nah) ca, three days following the in . According to Doughnut, Krapfen, Donut, Paris gig, a return after the a social study, this is the life Buñuelo, Ciambella, terrorist attack at Bataclan. of an average Zagreb citi- Rosquinha, Zagreb is the fifth city on zen. In 2014, Zagreb had a their sold-out tour. higher birth than death rate, ドーナツ @inmusicfestival.com but divorces also went up. 도넛 甜甜圈 Holjevac became the 6th honorary citizen of Zagreb in 2008, joining the company of Mother Theresa, WHAT Margaret Thatcher, Janica Kostelić... MONOVIEW WHERE Best for visitors to WHEN Zagreb? A stroll through the city streets BITTERSWEET PLEASURES ZAGREB YOU’RE AN AMBASSADOR OF A luxurious treat for the SUPERHEROES KRAFTERAJ. TELL US MORE ABOUT IT. lovers of bittersweet is The legendary river crossing It’s an excellent new the 5th edition of Coffee 60 years ago a decision changed the face of project that tries to revive and Chocolate Festival Zagreb forever: the Mayor instructed that the be relocated south of the something which has been held Feb 11–14 at Josip river. His name was Većeslav Veco Holjevac. neglected for a long time in Jelačić Square. Get ready Đelo During the time he ran Zagreb, from 1952 to Hadžiselimović, Zagreb -- artisan producti- for the best Croatian and 1963, the city experienced a renaissance: Novi Long-time editor on. Each month at the Blues international brands of [New] Zagreb began sprouting; university at the Croatian & Booze Bar (Tkalčićeva the two black golds. You’ll buildings and a new city hall were built; and National TV, 84), it features the city’s works on the Sljeme cable car began. In 1994, known for his taste the latest in coffee the city honored Holjevac with a statue near best artisans. So far we’ve gastronomy, experience superb selection introduced outstanding Most Slobode [Liberty Bridge]; it shows the of documentaries the magic of chocolate Mayor making the first step across the Sava. people who make things artistry and see mean co- like custom bikes, knives, coa experts at work. THE ROUTE signature guitars and shoes. @zagreb-coffee-choc- YOU’D SELECT: ZAGREB IS BEST EXPERIENCED... ofest.com through a simple walk as GREEN the city’s unique activity. HORSESHOE Start with the Green Hor- VIA THE UPPER seshoe, climb to the Upper ANJA MUTIĆ Town and finish with the Author of Lonely Planet Croatia, writes for TOWN TO New York Magazine and The Washington . These Post. Follow her at @everthenomad MIROGOJ are the nicest parts of Zagreb. CEMETERY THE BEST DOCUMENTARY ABOUT Traveling ZAGREB WOULD BE ABOUT... the Za- greb people, those who have without lived here and left a mark. CINEPHILE’S DELIGHT It’s the people who make a Zagreb Dox – self-dubbed city. Zagreb has had remarkable individuals, as the documentary film moving such as the writers Tin Ujević and Miroslav festival for everything fall in love with places easily. I Krleža, and some amazing sport people. new and intrepid – is a Ialso get bored easily. A part of WINTER IN ZAGREB IS ALL ABOUT... cinephile’s dream come me craves routine, and another visiting parks. There’s nothing more beau- true. Head over to Cine- part screams against it. And so my tiful than snow-covered parks. My favorite plexx Kaptol (Feb 21–28) unexpectedly prolonged stay in walking trail includes the Tomislav Square, for the finest selection of Zagreb turned into quite a journey. the Zrinjevac park and all the way along the international and regional I love my daily wanderings in the streets to the Croatian National Theater. documentaries. Their Fall neighborhood where I live. If I don’t MY FAVORITE ZAGREB RITUAL IS... in Love with Documen- get out, I feel stuck. waking up in the morning and popping to Eli’s taries warm-up program oving a place, just like a person, Caffee for the best coffee in town. Then off (Feb 12–14) will make a Lis about rekindling that state of to the Club at Draško’s for marenda [snack perfect Valentines ‘dinner wonder. Being surprised. Learning before lunch]. It’s a members-only place, so if and a movie’ night out. something new about it. Or simply you’re not from Zagreb, go to the observing what you already know @.net pub (Ilica 49) instead. They have the nicest but with fresh eyes. So on a rainy A LOVE SONG FOR THE terrace in town. CROATIAN NATIONAL Friday around lunchtime, I left the cheerful studio where I work THEATER out weekly and headed out to for a The spectacular building HIDDEN ZAGREB dose of the new: to check out Lapo that houses the Croatian Lapo, Zagreb’s first street art studio National Theater cele- Zagreb’s best-kept (see page 4). There, I chatted with brates its 120th anniver- Bare of Pimp My Pump, and almost clandestine courtyard sary. To experience its walked out with the Tesla chair he architectural glory from hand-painted. It felt like a whiff of agreb loves to keep low profile so its best- the inside, head over on Berlin in Zagreb – you walk into a Zkept secrets hide away from well-- Feb 7 at 8pm for a unique courtyard and find a tiny spot where pled routes. Perfect example: Cafe u Dvorištu performance dedicated art happens. I then strolled to my fa- (in Croatian, it means ‘cafe in the courtyard’). to love. The line-up of vorite vegetarian restaurant, Zrno, Enter an arched passageway off Zeleni top Croatian singers and followed by social media catch-up Val (a leafy street that intersects Zagreb’s dancers evoke the syner- over a cappuccino at Cogito. center), subtly marked with a small sign on gy between love and art rom the moment I had left the the façade, and you’ll find this funky café through the world’s best- Fstudio, Zagreb felt like another in an unassuming low-rise building in the known theater pieces. city. The only new discovery was back. More than a café, this hub for the city’s @hnk.hr Lapo Lapo but it was my perspective creative set hosts poetry jams and literary that had shifted, somewhere along readings inside a low-lit interior with eclectic Ilica. I walked through the streets of furniture and Persian carpets. Their Cogito Zagreb as if seeing them for the first coffee is roasted on site and the selection of time. Traveling without moving. fair trade teas among the city’s best.

ART ON THE MOVE The Moving Eye: Languages of Italian Kinetic Art exhibition is perfect for those who want to expand their experience of art. Highlighting the Italian kinetic art from the 1950s to 70s, it features an eclectic mix of artworks, from paintings that seem to move to glam fashion lines by Fausto Sarli, whose clothes were worn by Elizabeth Taylor. On till Feb 14; Museum of Arts and Crafts. @muo.hr IN NEARBY : Best for visitors to Anything goes if you wear a mask Zagreb? A stroll f you’re visiting Zagreb Zagreb’s kids have the head to Samobor, a morning-to-midnight through the city streets Iin February, you got most fun. You’ll see them charming baroque town fun. Think street enter- yourself a pretty good veiled by colorful masks 30 minutes west of tainers, satirical theater deal. There’s Zagreb as and costumes, walking Zagreb. You’ll arrive to a shows, kids workshops usual -- classy and poised from door to door place that’s temporarily and lots of foodie deli- -- and there’s its counter- trick-or-treating. And as run by the Masters of ghts: sauerkraut with part -- the foolish, anyt- the carnival time knows Festivities, whose goal is sausages, doughnuts, hing-goes-under-the-ma- no rules, kids get to eat as to tempt you to eat, drink Samobor cream cakes, sk carnival republic. many doughnuts as they and break rules. From and bermet, a local sweet Both at the same place. please. January 29 to February red wine. During the last week To get to the hub of 9, the Samobor carnival Don’t miss the final day before Shrove Tuesday, the carnival republic, throws some serious on February 9 when the Robert Anic/PIXSELL Carnival prince is tried and sentenced to burn at the stake. But not so quickly; he’ll first try to defend himself with jokes and pranks. Don’t hold your breath because the symbolic puppet ends up in the fire every year. And you should rejoice too, because all the last year’s evils are cleansed and forgotten as the smoke fills the air.

Tip: Doughnuts are the typical carnival treat, but once in Samobor, don’t miss the dessert this town is famous for. Head to the Livadić patisserie for the fluffy Samobor cream cake.

QuiZG Day & night at The biggest and most modern is 1 If Kožarić’s Sun is landed in the museums MSU (Museum of Bogovićeva street, where is Contemporary Art), ANDREA PISAC Planet Earth? with the permanent Global anthropologist and Zagreb writer with a) Tkalčićeva Need inspiration for a collection that a twist. Follow her at @travelhonestly.com b) Margaretska Valentine’s gift? Museum features the best of c) Varšavska of Broken Relationships in Croatia’s contempo- the Upper Town will deliver. rary art, plus a giant Honestly, follow 2 The railway bridge across the Housing a unique collection slide and a video Sava, known as the Green or the of mementos from failed wall. @msu.hr the Zagreb Hendrix Bridge, was built in: relationships, this place is a) 1929 therapy for anyone’s broken kissing trail b) 1939 heart. You can even make Zagreb mummy t’s that time of the year – the Febru- c) 1949 your own donation. @Bro- has been in the ary love talk. I so love romance; it’s kenships, open daily till 9pm. I Archeological the hype around St. Valentines Day that 3 How many Museum on Zrinjevac parking spaces do Zagreb for the last 150 years, ruins it for me. Planning a perfect meal garages have in total? Technical Museum among 460,000 out, finding that special gift, setting the a) 2704 Nikola Tesla in Savska other exhibits from scene just right so the sweetness can b) 2470 street is a must-see, all periods of time. flow in. Let’s be honest – no one enjoys c) 2407 especially for kids. Don’t miss The Museum’s park is The Planetarium, The love on demand. decorated with Of course, you should do something BONUS QUESTION 68 cm of Apisarium, Tesla’s Cabinet, Roman era snow, the most in the last 150 and the current show sculptures. @amz.hr special in the month of love. But let’s years in Zagreb, was recorded in: Car – the Culture of Mobility make it spontaneous, even a bit poetic. a) 2013 all for only 15KN. A simple walk in Zagreb’s Upper Town, @tehnicki-muzej.hr b) 2014 Sport is show- especially at dusk, has all the ingre- c) 2015 cased at two mu- dients. You can lose yourself among seum locations: ANSWERS: charming alleyways, lit by the soft light MUSEUM HOPPING Museum of Sports cascading from street lamps. Peep 1 c. Planet Earth is in Varšavska in Praška street and 9, 193.7 meters away from the The last Friday in Dražen Petrović around a random corner and you’ll Sun. Mars is in Tkalčićeva street, January, more than 30 Museum near the discover a meandering staircase lea- Mercury in Margaretska and Venus museums and galleries open Cibona sport court, ding to an intimate park or a tree-lined at the Jelačić Square; 2 b. The their doors - at night. The 11th Green Bridge, made of steel, was house of the local promenade. At every one of those spots Night of Museums, by now a and global sport you’ll want to stop and fall into your built in 1939. Zagreb’s first railway traditional event taking place bridge dates back to 1862; fame. In the former, loved one’s embrace. Locals have long 3 b. in more than 100 Croatian There are 2407 parking space you can see the known of the special romantic forces cities, began in 2005 with only winning outfit of the across seven city garages. The at work here. You’ll find them holding first ones opened in the the early six museums. In case you’re NBA’s Steph Curry, wondering, the museums stay 1990s. BONUS The record 68 cm a gift to Dražen hands on a bench and amorously gazing of snow was measured in 2013 on open until 1am. @nocmuzeja.hr Petrović’s mother. into each others’ eyes. There’s nothing Sljeme, but also in Park. commercial about these Zagreb kissing spots. Anyone anytime can tap into their magic. Tip: Brunch at Kava Tava (Britanac 290 -27,3 1 million Square) & ask for the map of Zagreb’s kissing spots – it comes as a paper pieces of artwork from the degrees Celsius is tourists visited Zagreb mat. Or visit Zagreb Honestly’s post Museum of Arts and Crafts can be the lowest recorded last year - this is the on Romantic Zagreb to get the kissing viewed on the Google virtual walk temperature city’s record spots trail. COOL TURE POLITICS EXHIBIT ALEX CREVAR BY THE ZAGREB Travel writer from the United States. His ILLUSTRATOR work has appeared in The New York Times, MILAN TRENC is National Geographic Traveler and on till Feb 28 at the Outside magazine @AlexCrevar Museum of Arts and Crafts. Catch up with the recent work by Alone & free Trenc, who is famous for his Night at the Holidays in the States taught me two Museum comic book, things … both I’d learned before. First, which became a it is not a great idea to drink the amount Hollywood hit. of bourbon I consumed and then speak @muo.hr with family you haven’t seen in a FIL(M)HARMONY while. The issues beneath the surface AT THE EUROPA shouldn’t be dug up with a 100-proof CINEMA screens glass in your hand. Second, relation- two classic silent ships with other people—for me—can’t movies. Chaplin’s compete with being on the move. The Kid (Feb 24, Sad? Yeah, probably. 6.30pm) and he latest incarnation of this sadness Keaton’s The Thappened on January 1. The corks General (March 23, had barely shot from their respective 8pm). Both shows champagne bottles when the woman I are accompanied was seeing gave me a puppy-dog look by the Zagreb that turned into a drunken tigress. philharmonic. “So, are you leaving again?” she asked, @kinoeuropa.hr changing the evening and starting our I RECOMMEND 2016 with a bang. VODKA is Paulina “Seems likely,” I said, knowing that Jazvić’s first solo “yes” would have been the more honest exhibition opened answer. at until Feb “Then let’s just call it off now. I am not 7. Head over to see interested in getting more and more sad 20 large paintings as you get more and more excited about portraying everyday your move.” modern life. “Can we finish the evening?” @lauba.hr “I don’t think so. It’s sad really. I wish LADIES TAKE you were as interested in me as you are OVER ON in escaping. Where you going anyway? SATURDAYS at the Don’t tell me. It doesn’t matter.” Lisinski concert hall. bought my ticket for Zagreb the next Ksenia Kogan on Iday. I leave next week. Alone. Sad. But piano and Soyoung free. Yoon on violin, accompanied by Pro tip: Visit the Museum of Broken Re- the Croatian TV lationships (brokenships.com) to lament symphonic, play past loves and take solace in the fact that Mendelssohn, Krieg somebody has had a breakup worse than and Wieniawski. yours. March 5, 7.30pm, @lisinski.hr NEW IN TOWN ZGBLOG Zagreb’s first ZAGREB IS street art studio ILLUMINATED Cody Zagreb’s street art scene is on the rise. Brown, an In a courtyard off Ilica, right by Swanky American Mint Hostel, Lapo Lapo was kick-start- in Za- ed by two street art veterans, Miroslav greb, fondly Petković (known as Modul) and Boris known as the Croa- Bare (part of the Pimp My Pump col- tian son-in-law, has a lective who pimped about a hundred funny way of teach- pumps around town). Pop in to find out ing you how to be a “who’s who” on the Croatian street art foreigner in Croatia. scene; on display are works by about For Cody, Zagreb 30 artists, ranging from calligraphy, is where the lame stencils, typography, acryl- becomes illuminat- ic drawings, jewelry made ing. Intrigued? Look of recycled materials, and for more of his sharp hand-painted skateboards. and witty comments Hours are sporadic; check in his bestseller their FB page. Chasing a Croatian Girl and the popular “We have some cool workshops Zablogreb blog. coming up and a new “art park” zablogreb.blogspot.hr project up by Stross,” Boris Bare YELLOW PAGE Horse-drawn tram 1891 Electric tram 1910 Zagreb got its first public Horse-drawn shared tram transport in 1891. Horse-drawn tracks with the electric ones only trams operated on the 8 km-long for a year. In 1922 Zagreb got network. its first home-constructed tram. There are currently five models of 8 14 the Zagreb blue tram. 4 6 12 11 5 7 11 13 2 1 1 17 Low-floor 9 tram The 12 make of tram 9 was introduced 3 in 2008; over a hundred of them 13 ride through the city. The make 5 is exported to 14 several European 17 7 2 3 6 8 cities.

Zagreb tram gets you anywhere, your wedding included Zagreb trams have been around for one costs 2200KN per hour. The 125 years: from the horse-drawn, latest tram trend is renting one connecting Savska street with for weddings on Saturdays. Last Ilica, to the electric ones creating year 20 newlyweds had tram a 120 km-long parties on their special day. network. Zagreb’s blue tram is the city’s emblem. More than half a million people ride them ever day, TIPS&TRICKS which means 200 million people a year! Trams follow city routes ZAGREB TAXI HELP marked 1 to 17 (10 & 16 don’t exist) during daytime, and four routes +385 1 1777 112 at nighttime. You can even rent a EXCHANGE RATES, tram: The oldie from 1924 goes for (BUY RATE, JANUARY 26, 2016) 1500KN an hour, while the modern € 1 7,68; $ 1 7,10; JPY 100 6,00 FOR CHEEP BEER... Finding cheap beer in the You’re officially city center isn’t easy. But allowed to be skip the center and you’ll find great neighborhood haunts. foolish in RijekaN Our pick: Krivi Put on Savska. You’ve heard of the GET TIED UP Rio and Venice car- Croatia is the homeland of nivals, but did you the tie (cravat). Buy this 90 min original Croatian product know that the from Zagreb in Croata salons, located at carnival was listed Kaptol 13 and Ilica 5 (inside among ‘501 must be the Oktogon passageway). there events’ by The Sunday Times? Imagine a month of cheekiness, FOR RAINY DAYS... The Šestine umbrella is one of when the Master of Festivities takes Zagreb’s most recognizable over from the city’s Mayor. Don’t souvenirs. Grab yours at one of miss the closing parade’s grand the souvenir shops on display of masks and the ceremonial Bakačeva street, below burning of the ‘Pust’ – a scapegoat the Cathedral. for all the past year’s wrongs. WINE TIP Tip: To turn the volume down on the If you like white wine, try carnival excitement, head to nearby graševina, the most common – a jewel seaside town once Croatian white grape variety favored by the Austro-Hungarian or Istrian malvazija. If red is your thing, go for plavac mali, elite – and have a long stroll on the especially great from the Dingač sun-kissed promenade. and Postup wine regions.

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Register at www.nextbike.hr for only HRK79, sit and ride! UP FOR SOME SKIING? LET’S MEET IN 15! LAST Even with the New Year’s Slalom Ski World Red-white-blue Cup canceled, don’t give up on skiing. Zagreb’s As the most famous, the Red Descent MINUTE ski season opened the same day as the not-destined- measures 975 m, covering 300 m of altitude. The White and Blue Descents Sweet sips to to-be . Locals rushed up to one are more than a kilometer long, while of five ski descents, together four the Green Descent and the White remember kilometers long. Providing the cold-enough weather Meadow are half their length. and efficient fake snow technology, there will be The best way to know skiing until the end of March. and remember a country Sledding for free is through wine, so make A day ski pass is 50KN for children and 100KN for adults. Skiing at night Vintesa wineshop (Vlaška (adults only) costs 70KN. Sledding at 63) your last stop. You’ll ZAGREB the Činovnička Meadow is free, but be wowed by more than Snow Queen forbidden at ski runs. Tomislav 180 types of hotel Željezničar hotel mountain hut Činovnička Skiing at night from all regions. Look for meadow Sljeme vista Sljeme skiing resort is typical Croatian sorts: the open daily – weather permitted – from 9am red plavac mali and teran, to 4pm. On Tuesdays and the white malvazi- and Thursdays, from ja and graševina. Can’t 7pm to 10pm, you can go skiing at night. The make up your mind? The Beans ski lift takes three and sausage extra-friendly staff will Even if you’re not people at pick a perfect bottle to fit a time. lodging in the Tomislav or Snow Queen your taste. hotels on Sljeme, you can pop in for some bean stew with sausage or pork knuckle. Snow cannons and giraffes These winter treats are also served in When there is no snow and the temperatures hover around 0°C, the other mountain huts – Izviđački, Puntijarka Red, White and Green Descents get extra flakes from snow cannons or or Runolist – at 30KN a portion. ‘giraffes.’ Sljeme normally gets 40 cm of natural snow in winter months. 4am Photo: Vesna Holjevac STEAMY MIAMI WEEKEND IN FEBRUARY

Hot in Zagreb in February? Weather-wise maybe not but there are plenty of steaming hot parties. Modeled on the famous Florida festival of electronic music, Winter Music Conference arrives on Feb 20 to Hypo Center. Catch one of Europe’s best DJs Jay Lumen followed by Zagreb whale shored up Marko Nastić and a host of other spinmasters, among the world’s best murals kick-starting at 10pm. he giant whale painted on the run-down gallery building in Gradec (Upper Keep it going at the TTown) first wowed Zagreb’s locals and then the rest of the world. A street after-party at Taboo club, intervention by the French graffiti artists Etien, created in Zagreb during the 6am–3pm the following Rendez-Vous festival last September, was listed among the top 10 world murals day. Early-bird tickets according to the Mural Festival in Montreal. Find out more about Etien on from 40KN to 120KN for etien.fr and see the whale and other murals on muralfestival.com. VIP access. @wmccroatia.com TASTE OF ZAGREB happily imported from our neighbors in the past Big Brother powered by include chocolate or Smile! Zagreb’s Big Taste of Croatia cocoa, like Sacher cake or Brother is watching Black Forest cake. you on 354 cameras All things What else to choose from spread over more Zagreb’s chocolate box? than a hundred chocolate The pride of Kraš, Croa- city locations. The agreb loves chocolate. tia’s biggest confection- last 69 traffic and ZWhat better proof ery company based in parking cameras than the fact we choc- Zagreb, is the legendary are being installed olate-coated a popular Bajadera nougat praline, MORE INFO this year, sending traditional dessert – the a must-try. Their Choco The coolest, healthiest and most affordable transport in Zagreb! information to the Samobor kremšnita Bar in Ilica is a good place police and intelli- (custard cream slice from to feed your chocolate gence agencies. nearby Samobor) to get frenzy. If you appreciate Show them Zagreb kremšnita. Try handmade pralines and your best self. it at Vincek patisserie. chocolates, check out Many treats by Bagolo, a small 360 favorite local craft chocolate degrees is the cakes maker, sold at Vintesa. surveillance APPS camera’s angle, Don't waste paper. Use it or . set up on all . . major city crossroads. Meet in Zagreb Zagreb Zagreb be There Places Fold & save Carnival Map The carnival parties are in full swing and masquerades are parading the towns across the Zagreb County. So put your masks on and hit the streets. Zelina carnival, Feb 6 Kids carnival Feb 2, Drenje Brdovečko Zaprešić 6th Kids carnival Feb 9 20 km Vrbovec little carnival Feb 9 Samobor ZAGREB (center) 190th Samobor carnival till Feb 9

Sveta Nedelja Ivanić-Grad Kids carnival, 40 km Kids carnival Feb 9 Adult carnival (Željko Bebek & Band) Krašić Feb 6 107th Turopolje carnival, Feb 6 (Psihomodo Pop) Križ Carnival in Jaska Kids carnival Feb 5 Feb 7

Pisarovina *Few people know that during the Samobor Carnival Republic, the Carnival prince is impersonated by the retired Darko Kupres. His defender Štef Fiškal at the ritual trial is the local radio host Mislav Maroević.

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3 wine routes The Carnival Circular 9 cities he Carnival has swept Zagreb and its in Velika Gorica, Jaska, Ivanić and Zaprešić. Tsurroundings. Parades of cheerful people The Carnival time may be the funkiest, but manor under masks march all across the Zagreb real fun in the Zagreb County kicks off in 12 houses County. And the map spreads from Zagorje to spring. Why? Because whichever direction Prigorje, from Žumberačke to Vukomeričke from the city you take, in half an hour you’ll hills, from Turopolje and Pokuplje all the way reach pristine natural beauty combined with 25 districts to Moslavina. The Samobor Carnival is the amazing cultural heritage. More about each most famous, but festivities are also booming dream-come-true destination www.tzzz.hr. 318 thousand inhabitants 2015 – the record tourist year and growing Just like the city of Zagreb, the whole Zagreb County breaks 100.000 tourist records. The two-digit growth rate – resulting in 100,000 1759. nights and 60,000 visits – looks even better for 2016. Two thirds the year it was of the guests are foreigners, mostly from , and founded by the nights but also India, Korea and South Africa. empress Maria Theresa BRDOVEC, DUBRAVICA (www.pisarovina.hr) (www.turistickazajednica-dib.hr) CARNIVAL IN PISAROVINA, best mask contest KIDS CARNIVAL Feb 2, Drenje Brdovečko Feb 6, Pisarovina hall MOTTO-CROSS March 28, Pepačev breg, Brdovec SAMOBOR (www.tz-samobor.hr) EASTER FAIR 190TH SAMOBOR CARNIVAL March 29, Dubravica till Feb 9 COSTUMED DANCE WITH BOOKS IVANIĆ-GRAD (www.tzig.hr) AS DISGUISE, feathery surprise guest BEST MASKS PARADE AND COSTUMED DANCE Feb 3, 4PM, Samobor town library Feb 9, 10AM 4TH SAMOBOR To enjoy sumptuous local food and fun festivities head to the town of Vrbovec. RITUAL CARNIVAL TRIAL HUMANITARIAN BALL AND COSTUMED DANCE Feb 20, Hotel Lavica 107TH TUROPOLJE Feb 9, 5.30PM school lobby BATTLE OF SAMOBOR CARNIVAL PARADE LITTLE VALENTINE’S FAIR March 6, Vugrinščak Feb 6, from Školska street Feb 13, 9AM–1PM, by the Maznica 12TH SAMOBOR SPRING FAIR to Dr. Franjo Tuđman Park market King Tomislav Square LITTLE CARNIVAL THE SPORTSPERSON 29TH SAMOBOR SALAMI FESTIVAL Feb 7, 11AM, Dr. Franjo OF THE YEAR Samobor Sport Center Tuđman Park Feb 25, 6PM, Sport Club 3TH SNOW DESCENT IN OGULINEC Žeravinec SVETA NEDELJA – skiing and sledding contest (www.svetanedelja.hr) Ogulinec, Moj Buševec community CARNIVAL IN SVETA NEDELJA CHILDREN CARNIVAL CHILDREN FOLKLORE FESTIVAL Feb 6, 11AM, Ante Starčević March 6, Gorica Hall Square ADULT FOLKLORE FESTIVAL ADULT CARNIVAL - CONCERT: March 13, Gorica Hall ŽELJKO BEBEK & BAND INTERNATIONAL Feb 6, 5.30PM, Ante Starčević TUROPOLJE RACE Square March 20, www.mkvg.hr DANCE OF THE HEART 11TH TUROPOLJE – St. Valentine’s celebration SAUSAGE FESTIVAL Feb 12, 7PM, Bestovje town hall March 19, www.turopolje.hr 442TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE Jaska invites you to visit the wine routes and the local carnival parade in PEASANT UPRISING AND THE VRBOVEC (www.tz-vrbovec.hr) February and March. BATTLE OF KERESTINEC Erdödy Castle, Kerestinec MUSEUM KITCHEN – exhibition of the traditional Vrbovec cuisine by Sanja Prijatelj & Mirjana JASTREBARSKO (www.tzgj.hr) SVETI IVAN ZELINA Ivanuši (www.tz-zelina.hr) Feb 3, Library Jelkovec KOLARIĆ WINES & WINTER MOUNTAIN LEAGUE JAPETIĆ ZELINA CARNIVAL VRBOVEC LITTLE CARNIVAL Start: Mountain house Kolarić- Feb 6, 11AM, Ante Starčević - costumed children parade Sveta Jana (Ivančići) Square Feb 9, 10AM End: Terrace of the Japetić EASTER CUSTOMS mountain hut VELIKA GORICA (www.tzvg.hr) – kindergartens and schools Feb 7 & 14, 10AM decorate Petar Zrinski Square

ZAGREB QUARTER CONCERT March 23 CARNIVAL IN JASKA Feb 2, 7.30PM, Feb 7, 2PM, Strossmayer Square Galženica Concert Hall EASTER FAIR, Strossmayer Square ZAPREŠIĆ (www.zapresic.hr) 6TH KIDS CARNIVAL KRAŠIĆ (www.tzokrasic.hr) FEB 9, 4PM, Ivan Pavao II Square STEPINČEVO – commemoration of NOCTURNO U NOVIM DVORIMA the death of the blessed cardinal Feb 13, 7PM, Matija Skurjeni Alojzije Stepinec Museum Feb 10, 11AM, mass at the Holy COSTUMED BALL Trinity Church Feb 13, 7.30PM, Noble Youth CHURCH FAIR, PARISH OF community ANNUNCIATION (VIRGIN MARY VALENTINE’S DAY 2016 SHRINE), Feb 14, Ivan Pavao II Square March 25, Pribić ROAD TO CALVARY March 13, Spiritual and KRIŽ (www.opcina-kriz.hr) educational center ‘Mary’s House’ Lužnica 5TH CHILDREN CARNIVAL ‘WHO Velika Gorica hosts a well-known AM I, WHAT AM I’ carnival party, including the special kids THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST Feb 5, 4–7PM, School Sport program and the concert of the popular March 20, Novi Dvori Jelačićevi Center, Križ Croatian band Psihomodo Pop. [Jelačić Palace] Explore Zagreb county (www.tzzz.hr) Info: Zagreb County Tourist Board Preradovićeva 42. Zagreb +385 1 4873 665