The great exhibition of Croatian design, which will be organized at Zagreb Fair from October 6th to 23rd, will feature a large number of works that will present a cross-section of domestic designers' productions over the last two years.

The Zagreb Tourist Board is the first in Croatia to offer a free telephone line to tourists. Updated tourist information may be received by dialing 0800-53-53. At the same time, the Tourist Board’s internet pages, which are published in as many as 13 different languages, have undergone a major overhaul and now offer more user friendly access to information.

A majority of Zagreb’s guests arrive from Germany, but according to statistical data, during the first seven months of this year, the highest numbers of recorded guests were from the United States of America and Japan.

Zagreb has Olympians! Students of one of Zagreb's grammar school are on a roll. They recorded new successes at the most prestigious international competition in informatics for high school students under the age of 19. While the much more popular Olympic Games were taking place in Beijing, the 20th International Olympiad in Informatics was taking place in Egypt. Croatian grammar school students returned from it with as many as four medals under their belts.

A new theatre season has started with a handful of good shows on the programs of Zagreb’s theaters. The Croatian National Theater has announced no less than 10 world premieres and the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall will not disappoint either as it promises to bring prominent international musicians and orchestras as guests at their traditional concert cycles.

The 84th Zagreb International Fair will take place between the 16th and 21st of September. Products and services will be showcased at a number of specialized exhibitions organized during the biggest fair event in south-east Europe.

Zagreb’s night life gains momentum in September. Unlike museums, galleries and cinema theatres whose audiences do not dwindle during the summer months, most clubs and theaters reopen their doors when it becomes a little cooler – which means right now! Attractive events vie for visitors…

On 4 September, the Klovićevi Dvori Gallery will open its doors to visitors of the heaviest exhibition ever. The gallery had to rent a 23-ton hauler to transport massive medieval tombstones – stećak, all the way from Dalmatian Zagora to Zagreb's Upper Town in order to prepare the first exhibition of the last resting places of the dead.