Since its opening in 1925, The Regent Esplanade Zagreb has been one of the city’s trademarks. Apart from travellers from the legendary train, the Orient Express, throughout history the hotel has been visited by members of royal families, great statesmen, artists and musicians from all over the world.

Once again, this year, the Zagreb Tourist Board is organizing an abundance of interesting events, based on stories from the city’s rich history under one name: “The Zagreb Time Machine”, which will take place on the city streets and squares until the end of September.

Apart from classic tourist tours, Zagreb is offering tourists some less orthodox programs; visitors can get to know the city on two wheels, from the air, by train, or simply through interesting historical stories…

For the third year in a row, every day until the end of September, Zagreb’s guests and citizens will have an opportunity to see how the famous lace of Lepoglava is made. Spectators will be able to witness the techniques that are implemented to produce this lace, which is one of the seven Croatian phenomena of Intangible Cultural Heritage protected by UNESCO. This daily presentation will take place in front of the Croatian Cultural Heritage Gallery, which is located at the base of the Zagreb funicular.

This year’s Mars Festival, which will take place on May 28th, will feature the Croatian premieres of the legendary British alternative punk-rock band, Skunk Anansie, as well as the American musician, Bradford Cox, also known as Atlas Sound.

After a detailed renovation according to world standards, and the installation of the most contemporary multimedia equipment, the Krapina Neanderthal Museum has become one of the most impressive museums of prehistory in the region.

Zagreb’s jazz aficionados are in for a real treat this April with some superb upcoming jazz events; on April 11th, the great Japanese jazz star, Toshiko Akiyoshi, will perform at the Teatar ITD, while between the 13th and the 16th of April, the small stage of the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall will be the venue for the 20th Spring Jazz Review.

The fifth T-Mobile INmusic Festival will take place on June 22nd and June 23rd on the Island of Croatian Youth at Jarun Lake, where more than forty foreign, as well as Croatian, musicians will perform on a total of six large stages. The festival will feature the mega popular band Massive Attack who could not resist the invitation.