Zagreb
Zagreb is a city in Central Croatia and the capital of Croatia. The city has a charming medieval 'old city' with architecture and cobbled streets reminiscent of Vienna, Budapest, Prague and other Central European capitals. Wikivoyage
Population 767,131 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Croatia
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Zagreb City Museum Museum · 680 m -
Galerija Klovićevi dvori Museum · 700 m -
Museum of Broken Relationships Museum · 780 m -
Arheološki muzej Museum · 790 m -
Museum of Naïve Art Museum · 790 m -
Home of Croatian Visual Artists Gallery · 810 m -
Hrvatski povijesni muzej Museum · 850 m -
Croatian Natural History Museum Museum · 860 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Snow Queen Trophy
January
Ladies Night Slalom : Zagreb is the only capital in the world that hosts a Ski World Cup race. The slalom event - known as the "Snow Queen Trophy" (Snježna kraljica) - usually takes place in January.
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ZagrebDox
February – March
ZagrebDox is an international documentary film festival launched in 2005 which takes place in Croatia's capital Zagreb every year.
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Animafest Zagreb
June
World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb (Croatian: Svjetski festival animiranog filma), best known as Animafest Zagreb, is a film festival entirely dedicated to animated film held annually in Zagreb, Croatia.
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Zagreb Pride
June
Zagreb Pride (Croatian: Zagrebačka povorka ponosa) is the annual LGBTIQ+ pride march in the city of Zagreb, Croatia, which first took place in 2002, as the first successful pride march in Southeast Europe.
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Zagreb Marathon
October
The Zagreb Marathon (Croatian: Zagrebački maraton) is an annual marathon held in October in Zagreb, Croatia. It includes a marathon race, half marathon and 10K run.
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Zagreb Film Festival
November
Zagreb Film Festival (ZFF) is an annual film festival held since 2003 in Zagreb, Croatia. Focusing on promoting young and upcoming filmmaker, the festival is widely considered to be one of the most important and influential cultural events in Croatia.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Zagreb); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
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Dolac Market
Tržnica Dolac
- Monday: 06:30–15:00
- Tuesday: 06:30–15:00
- Wednesday: 06:30–15:00
- Thursday: 06:30–15:00
- Friday: 06:30–15:00
- Saturday: 06:30–14:00
- Sunday: 06:30–13:00
Times vary by day
- Monday
- 06:30–15:00
- Tuesday
- 06:30–15:00
- Wednesday
- 06:30–15:00
- Thursday
- 06:30–15:00
- Friday
- 06:30–15:00
- Saturday
- 06:30–14:00
- Sunday
- 06:30–13:00
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Tržnica Britanski trg
- Monday: 06:30–14:00
- Tuesday: 06:30–14:00
- Wednesday: 06:30–14:00
- Thursday: 06:30–14:00
- Friday: 06:30–14:00
- Saturday: 06:30–14:00
- Sunday: 06:30–14:30
Times vary by day
- Monday
- 06:30–14:00
- Tuesday
- 06:30–14:00
- Wednesday
- 06:30–14:00
- Thursday
- 06:30–14:00
- Friday
- 06:30–14:00
- Saturday
- 06:30–14:00
- Sunday
- 06:30–14:30
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 24 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- Kaptol 380 m
- Vončinina 400 m
- Draškovićeva 440 m
- Grškovićeva 480 m
- Croatian Nobles Square 580 m
- Ban Jelačić Square 630 m
Train stations: Zagreb Central Railway Station 1.4 km, Zagreb Zapadni kolodvor 2.4 km, Maksimir 3.2 km, Kustošija 4.4 km, Trnava 5.1 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.