The sounds of classical, traditional and jazz music will again resound across different venues during this year's Zagreb Summer Evening’s Festival. Opera enthusiasts are in for a veritable treat with the performance of Don Pasquale, a comic opera in three acts, on St. Mark's Square in the Upper Town.

Many of Zagreb’s theater stages, as well as its streets and squares, will again come alive as puppeteers from around the world descend upon the city during the 42nd International Festival of Puppet Theater, which this year is dedicated to the marionette theater.

The Stone Gate, the most important shrine in Zagreb, is also one of the most popular attractions of the Upper Town. The formidable gate is a must-visit for most visitors, as well as an ideal starting point for a walking tour around the old part of Zagreb.

Among the impressive offer of souvenirs available to tourists in Zagreb, everybody is bound to be able to find something they like, something that will serve as the perfect memento of the rich traditional and cultural heritage that has been built over the years, a memento of a civilization and its achievements which have shaped the area into what it is today.

Until the end of August, the Tuhelj Spa will provide busses that depart from Zagreb’s central bus terminal towards Tuhelj every day at 10 a.m. The fare includes a day pass to one of the most attractive wellness centers in continental Croatia.

If you wish to taste one of Zagreb’s traditional specialties, have breakfast or simply have a cup of coffee, the new-old City Café has reopened its door in the very center of Zagreb. Zagreb’s citizens of older generations remember the atmosphere of this cult place with nostalgia. It is now there for them and also for many new visitors who will find its ambience an excellent match to its impressive offer.

A retrospective exhibition in early July will be staged in the exhibition pavilion which was first opened in 1891, to mark the remarkable 120th anniversary of the Botanical Garden, one of the symbols of the city of Zagreb.

Some fifty domestic as well as foreign performers of electronic and rock music will appear in Zagreb between the 19th and 21st of June, at a festival of urban culture, “Ideš 2009”. Soon afterwards, the biggest open air festival in Croatia, the T-Mobile In-Music Festival, will be held at Jarun Lake.