If interested in what Zagreb once looked like, which were its landmarks, or what made it different to other European cities, one must visit Zagreb’s Modern Gallery. It is here that the large exhibition, “An iconography of the City”, will reveal popular city motifs as seen from the perspective of the most significant local artists of the 20th century. This iconographic exhibition will be open until April 4th.

The sixth edition of the region’s largest international festival of documentary film, ZagrebDox, will present some 140 documentaries in various categories. These films will be shown over an eight-day course: between February 28th and March 7th. The official programme will also feature other attractive contents.

The legendary British hard rock band, Deep Purple, will hold a concert in Zagreb in June, which will be a great overture to another summer in Zagreb that will, once again, feature several attractive open-air festivals.

Between March 20th and March 31st, a multicultural festival, the Passion Heritage, will take place in numerous locations across the city. Organized for ten years now, this event will feature an abundance of cultural and artistic programs related to Easter.

The Culture Factory has announced performances by numerous music stars in March. Concerts include those by Croatian musician Jura Stublić, British songwriter and guitarist Hugh Cornwell, the undisputed queen of Roma music and a great humanitarian Esma Redžepova, as well as many other names from the international music scene.

As part of their world tour, the Japanese Yamato drummers will hold a concert on March 19th at Zagreb’s Dom Sportova. For seventeen years this act has been attracting and entertaining millions of fans across the globe with their energetic performances and dominating two-meter drum.

The late afternoon and early evening hours of March 8th are reserved for popular science. Once again, the Biology department of Zagreb’s Faculty of Science will open the doors to its laboratories as part of an event called the Night of Biology.

Who could tell better stories of Zagreb than the schooled tour guides who know absolutely everything about the city’s history, culture, architecture, and lifestyles of its past citizens (as well as contemporary ones) and all of this in 17 languages?