This is our first time in Zagreb. We're really having a great time. We won't be able to see the coast, but we'll get some rest and walk around the city...
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Visitors of the most popular Belgian blog, Steden Tripper, have included Zagreb’s main Square of ban Josip Jelačić among the 20 most beautiful squares in Europe.
At this year’s Zagreb Wine Gourmet Festival, visitors will have an opportunity to taste several hundreds of specially selected wines from 130 to 140 winemakers from Croatia and abroad. The Zagreb Wine Gourmet Festival will take place on the 25th and 26th of February at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
To commemorate the 800th anniversary of the arrival of the Franciscans on the Croatian coast, the Klovićevi Dvori Gallery will feature a representative exhibition of the artistic heritage of the Franciscan province of St. Jerome. The exhibition, entitled “The Grace of Encounter” will remain open to the public until February 20th.
A cooperation contract has been recently signed between the Croatia Express travel agency and German Rail to offer Croatian passengers cheaper travel packages. Moreover, apart from connections between Germany and Zagreb, trips to and from other European countries can also be arranged.
As part of his European tour, Roger Waters, the founder and bassist of Pink Floyd, one of the greatest rock bands in history, will hold a concert at the Zagreb Arena on April 13th, in which he will once again, after 20 years, tell the story from the band’s cult album “The Wall”.
Between January 29th and February 7th, Zagreb will once again be host to the world’s best tennis players, who will participate in the PBZ Zagreb Indoors 2011 ATP tournament at Dom Sportova sports hall
Elton John, one of the world’s greatest pop-icons, will hold a concert at the Zagreb Arena on July 3rd. After his performance in Pula, two years ago, this will be Elton John’s second performance in Croatia.
Šime Strikoman is the photographer who captured the Millennium Photograph of “The Liveliest Christmas Tree in the World” in front of the Zagreb cathedral. Several hundred people took part in creating this photo by forming their bodies into the shape of a Christmas tree with letters spelling out “Zagreb”.