The first guests have already praised the first stage of the renovations that have just been completed at the largest hostel in Zagreb. The works to renovate the remainder of the hotel premises are scheduled to continue in the second half of this year.

Between 6 and 25 May, Zagreb will be the host of the 10th International Exhibition of Graphic Design and Visual Communication. The main organizer is the Croatian Association of Applied Arts.

How to present Zagreb to younger generations? Students in Zagreb certainly have interesting and original ideas on how to do this. Of the 11 competing teams, two teams shared first place. One winner was a promotional brochure featuring famous characters as tour guides (authors: Purger Team -Petra Mironović, Zrinka Kovačević, Gordana Vranješ, Goran Rađenović) and the other winner was a practical guide through the streets of Zagreb with an accompanying CD (Imation Group - Andrija Sabol, Siniša Topalović).

The number of conventions that take place in Zagreb is steadily growing for a number of good reasons: the activities of the Convention Bureau of the City of Zagreb, the professionalism and skills of the hosts and the charm of the city and its surroundings.

Within the next few years, Zagreb should witness the building of a thermal spa in the area where a geothermal field was discovered in 1976. The estimated cost of the spa's construction is around 50 million Euro and the expected number of visitors is half a million a year.

Cream cakes have been Samobor's trademark for a long time. Towards the end of May, the town will stage interesting events devoted to this sweet delicacy which tourists will certainly find attractive.

The end of April appearance of the leading Israeli dance ensemble, Inbal Pinto Dance Company, announced the 25th Dance Week Festival which will take place at venues in Zagreb and Rijeka between 26 May and 3 June.

A very impressive cultural program has been prepared for the jubilee 10th St. Mark's Festival which will take place between 25 April and 18 May and will feature many prominent musicians.