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SEP/OCT 2017 SEP/OCT Get into the fast lane − run! Sidewalks, parks, banks of the Sava…it doesn’t matter where – just run! Join the growing community of runners that dash through Zagreb daily. It’s not only morning joggers; long−distance racers now whizz through the city streets too as the season begins. All ages will take part in the #Mliječnastaza fundraising race slated for the second weekend of September. Save Sunday, Oct 8 for the Zagreb marathon that starts at the main square. Photo: Slavko MIdžor/Pixsell Slavko Photo: INSTAGRAM* LIMITED EDITION FREE COPY * Agram German exonym its Austrian by outside Croatia known commonly more was Zagreb Keep in touch! Download your free copy and share: on Facebook on Instagram zagreb4you.com Z on Twitter infozagreb.hr ZAGREB KNOWS ITS TREES Did you know that Zagreb has one tree per every five citizens? More than FIRST 165,000 trees grow in the city’s parks and lawns, covering over 14 million square meters of space. Zagreb also boasts 18,000 park benches, perfect MINUTE spots for a respite among the greenery. Out of 266 species, Zagreb has DIVE INTO THE OLDEST the most birch, maple and plane trees but you can find a few exotic kinds, too. Look out for Zagreb’s redwood, Mongolian lime, willow, Japanese ‘BOOK’ IN CROATIAN maple, laurel… Venture through Zagreb’s map of greenery to find your Croatian language uses the favorite tree, or take a stroll through the city’s parks TOP 5 TREES Latin alphabet, so even if or neighborhoods online. @gis.zrinjevac.hr you don’t understand what the words mean you can still TALKABOUT try to read them. But our 20577 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD won silver birch earliest writing features the by Sandra Perković inspired renova- (betula pendula) Glagolitic script. Peak inside tions of the city’s athletics hall at the the Croatian Academy of Sci- Zagreb Fair. Sandra says the space ences and Arts to admire the 6947 th is great but it’s still too small for her Sycamore maple original 11 −century Baščans- discus. #zgsport (acer pseudoplatanus) ka Table, the oldest inscrip- TKALČIĆEVA, Zagreb’s buzziest tion in Croatian, carved on a promenade, has the highest number 8888 monumental stone slab. of international restaurants. Cuisines London plane range from Turkish to Sri Lankan in (platanus x acerifolia) 13 eateries tucked between cafés and boutiques. #streetfoodzagreb WORD 100 KUNAS to spend a night in Za- 6673 greb? Yup, even in some of the city’s Black pine kišobran best rooms, just a stone’s throw away (pinus (kee−sho−bran) nigra) from the main square. Book a night umbrella, ombrello, at one of the city center’s top hostels paraguas, parapluie, online @zagreb.info guarda-chuva 5 KM/H is the new speed limit in town, starting September! Don’t worry — for now, the pilot project applies 傘, 우산, 伞 to Novakova, Medveščak’s dead−end street at Šalata neighborhood. 9916 1 @zagreb.hr Norway maple Redwood (sequoia sempervirens) (Acer platanoides) the oldest tree in town, planted at Tuškanac Park over 100 years ago ZAGREB WHAT SUPERHEROES MONOVIEW WHERE WHEN COME BACK TO READING There’s no better way to rekindle your love of books than to attend a live reading. Catch the 5th edition of the World Literature Festi- Katarina Džale & Rašeljka Maras The creative duo behind Croatia’s Unique Travel val (Sept 3−9) at Kino Set (www.uniquetravelset.com) that has taken the Europa, featuring events Warrior, statesman and poet world by storm with world−renowned Warrior, statesman and a poet too? authors. All genres are That’s right. Before his triumphs included, even graphic during Turkish invasions and the Best of all in fall? novels, comic books and revolutionary years of 1848 and movies based on novels. 1849 when he became Ban and Soaking up sunshine at @fsk.hr ended serfdom, Josip Jelačić Zagreb's cafe terraces wrote poetry. His A Moment of GO GREEN ON Memory collection was published Your fall favorites in Zagreb…. Taking JELAČIĆ SQUARE in 1835. This famous war gen- in the delights of Indian summer and gor- Join the 10th edition of eral sculpted on a horse (a gift geous fall colors that Zagreb bursts with. ZeGeVege Festival of from the Turkish army) spoke six A stroll around the Upper Town is great Sustainable Living. Hit languages: Hungarian, German, in autumn, as is a run around Jarun lake. Jelačić square (Sept 8−9 Italian, French, Latin and Croatian, And best of all, you can still catch some throughout the day) and the last of which he declared offi- sun on one of the many café terraces. meet local and interna- cial. In 1866, his statue was placed Your city hideaways… Vintage Industrial tional buffs of healthy on the main square facing north. Bar on Savska has a magical garden and a living. More than 100 Since the 1990s, after the fall of great repertoire of live music gigs, from stalls showcase a wide communism, he has again become jazz to rock. We also love A Most Unusual range of eco products, the centerpiece of Zagreb, his Garden, just steps away from Vintage. It’s including vegan treats. sword now pointing south. a great spot for gin & tonic; in fact, people @zegevege.com in Zagreb call it the “gin garden.” The cof- fee at Quahwa, a tiny coffee shop tucked SPARK UP YOUR away in a courtyard off Teslina street, is WANDERLUST really strong and roasted on site. For the 5th year in a If you’re seeking local designer shops… row, Zagreb Tourfilm Home studios are the best but if you can’t Festival (Sept 13−15) find those we recommend Etno Mara showcases the best ANJA MUTIĆ (Ilica 49), as they design cool clothing that films that promote tour- incorporates typical Croatian heritage, so ism and travel. Looking Author of Lonely Planet Croatia, writes for New York Magazine and The Washington you’ll find pieces with lace from Pag island for inspiration on where Post. Follow her at @everthenomad or historical and cultural motifs such as to go and what to do on Sinjska Alka. We also love Doll22 (Ilica your next holiday? Head 25), a small concept store with items rang- to the Mimara Museum ing from clothes to shoes and jewelry. and catch the crème de Fall for For best souvenirs to la crème of the genre. take home, go to...Take @mimara.hr Zagreb’s fall STROLL Me Home, a cute little AROUND THE store in Tomićeva street t is still steamy hot as I write (near the funicular) Ithis at a tiny café steps from UPPER TOWN with a great range of Zagreb’s cathedral. Summer is at handcrafted products its tail’s end and slowly I set my AND RUN by Croatian designers. gaze to fall. With September right AROUND If leaving Zagreb by around the corner, memories of plane, stock up on gifts sea salt, cricket song and pebbles JARUN at the Croatian Design will soon start to fade away. Superstore on the first And that is what I love in Zagreb, floor of Zagreb Airport the seasons in−between, those – it’s perfect for bye− shoulders that hold the other bye shopping. TREAT YOUR EYES seasons tight. One thing hasn’t TO FAB PHOTOS quite ended, and another has not This year, the Organ yet begun. It’s exactly during those HIDDEN ZAGREB of Sight international transitions in life that the most photography festival exciting things happen. teams up with the Mu- Zagreb does fall so well. The city’s Unique and bizarre in seum of Contemporary calendar gets filled with events Zagreb’s museums Art to present leading and the sidewalk cafes remain photographers, critics buzzy and packed. And those mong 3,6 million exhibits on display and curators. Head to scents creep in, of chestnut wood Ain Zagreb’s museums, three stand out. MSU (Sept 6−20) for and plane trees, with a hint of just Head to the Archeological Museum to the main New Citizens fallen rain. meet Rosie, the famous 2,500−old Zagreb program which includes t’s during fall that seedlings of mummy. In the Zagreb City Museum, look exhibits and workshops Iideas start to grow, and flourish for the list of 146 women accused of witch- or catch supporting hidden during winter sleep. An- craft. And at the Museum of Contemporary events at 11 other loca- other end, another beginning. And Art, track down the precious 1922 Pafama tions around town. that change of pace that befalls the painting by Josip Seissel, the first known @msu.hr city in the most beautiful of ways. abstract composition in Croatian art. NEW Plan D and Zagreb’s design boom agreb’s design scene is hot and happening, and hospital on Vlaška. This year, Plan D has stepped out Zthis fall brings another proof: the first edition of of the festival format for the first time and become an Plan D festival, slated to take place Sep 27−Oct 1 at international educational design platform, with a pro- the abandoned store behind the Nikola Tesla Techni- gram that’s active throughout the year. A brainchild cal Museum. of the Croatian Designers Association (HDD), the new What exactly is Plan D? It’s an updated version of platform has multiple goals – from training young de- D−Day, an international design festival that was held signers to promoting contemporary design practices. in Zagreb from 2010 to 2016 at various offbeat loca- The festival’s theme this year is Techno−optimism/ tions around the city, including the former military Techno−pessimism, which explores the complex Are you a techno−optimist or a techno− pessimist? Find out at this year's Plan D fest QuiZG A day of shopping 1.