If you are interested in finding information about various tourist locales and you have a smart phone – your problems are solved because Zagreb now has smart QR codes at as many as 28 different locations around the city. By simply placing a mobile phone against the codes, you will automatically receive all the necessary information, images and video clips concerning the location you are interested in.

Judging by the preparations which are well underway and the fact that last year the men’s slalom race on Sljeme was one of the most viewed of all the Ski World Cup races, and that the women’s race was second only to the race in Semmering, the organizers of this year’s slalom race, which will take place on Sljeme above Zagreb on 3rd and 5th January, will certainly offer another true spectacle.

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, one of the greatest rock bands of today, will hold a massive open-air show at Zagreb's Hippodrome on 29 August 2012. This is part of their world tour during which they will promote their most recent album “I’m With You”.

From 2012 onwards, Zagreb will benefit from a direct airline connection with Qatar’s capital Doha owing to Qatar Airways. The airline has announced the expansion of its route network with the addition of seven new direct airline flights – two of them to Europe, more precisely to Zagreb and Helsinki.

In mid-October, the most attractive street in Zagreb, Tkalčićeva, received yet another attractive addition to the existing host of galleries with unique products. The Area of Manufacturing Freedom (PMS) is a place where patrons will be able to view and purchase handmade products made by up-and-coming local artists.

A representative exhibition “Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese; The Great Masters of Renaissance Beauty”, will be on display at the Klovićevi Dvori Gallery until 22nd January 2012. For the first time ever, anthological works of art commissioned by Croatian clients and painted by famous renaissance artists of the 15th and 16th centuries are being displayed in one place.

As part of their world tour, the Irish – American band Dropkick Murphys will hold their first Croatian concert at Tvornica Kulture on 22nd January 2012.

Again this year, during the period leading up to the Christmas holidays, the Croatian National Theatre will stage the ballet The Nutcracker, which has been enjoyed by many generations of Zagreb’s citizens ever since it was first put on the repertoire of this theatre in 1931.