Once again, a great number of visitors are expected to attend the 21st Samobor Salami Day, which will be held on March 11th. Everyone there will have the opportunity to taste a variety of this specialty with a brand.

The Zagreb Fair has teamed up with the tourist industry in preparing the launch of the tourist and business fair, Crotour 08, which is to take place between 7 and 11 May. It is the organizer’s ambition to develop this new event into the most significant international fair in the region.

At the IMTM Fair held in Tel Aviv, the Zagreb Tourist Board held a very successful press conference at the beginning of February, presenting the tourist potentials of the capital of Croatia to an audience of over a hundred journalists from the Israeli media and representatives of tourist agencies.

The collected works of William Shakespeare, translated by Croatian translator Mate Maras, have been published by Matica Hrvatska in four volumes on a total of six thousand pages. This unique achievement crowns a two-hundred-year period since this master’s work was first translated into Croatian.

An exhibition at the Modern Gallery in Zagreb featuring works by the great Croatian painter Josip Račić will mark the 100th anniversary of the painter’s premature death. During his short life, this well respected portraitist authored some anthology works and left an impressive artistic portfolio.

For 170 years, the Stari Puntijar restaurant has kept its rich family catering tradition alive. Through its offer of specialties based on home cooking and wild game dishes, it tells the story of the wealth of the Zagreb and Croatian cuisines.

Boasting one of the most beautiful interiors made in the classicist style, the Illyrian Hall represents a very important place in the life of the city. The significant events that took place there in 1848 turned the wheels of Croatian history.

The host of its restaurants, coffee bars and boutiques, which continue the tradition of Zagreb's craftsmen and merchants, reflect the spirit of old Zagreb which pervades through Tkalčićeva Street, a street which is a magnet for tourists who can be seen there throughout the year.