The renowned circus troupe, Cirque du Soleil, which has entertained worldwide audiences, will perform a total of five shows at the Zagreb Arena between the 17th and the 21st of November. Judging by current announcements, these shows will certainly attract large numbers of spectators to Zagreb’s Arena.

Between the 2nd and the 11th of October, aficionados of contemporary dance are in for a treat: the 11th Young Choreographers Platform. This event will feature numerous Croatian and foreign dance troupes, as well as choreographers from all over the world, all united under one roof in Zagreb.

For the third year in a row, between the 16th and the 26th of September, Bundek Lake will be the venue for the large music and entertainment event, Rujanfest (Septemberfest). Aside from numerous attractions, there will also be a diverse culinary selection, which will certainly appeal to the hundreds of thousands of expected visitors.

This year’s “25 FPS – International Festival of Experimental Film and Video” once again offers an attractive programme that will feature the best films from all over the world, as well as an array of other concurrent events.

Known names from the world of music, along with a performance program, installations, urban actions, and lectures will mark the third Zagrebi!Festival. The festival, organized in several locations throughout the city, will also feature the first ever Croatian performance by the German group D.A.F.

To mark one hundred years since the maiden flight of the first Croatian aircraft, built by engineer Eduard Slavoljub Penkala, an exhibition “On the wings of a large butterfly: Neptis lucilla” will be open at the Technical Museum until October 31^st.

The third Photo Marathon, which will take place in Zagreb in September, will once again attract a large number of competitors who will have the task to take 24 photos in 12 hours. In 2007, Zagreb joined the photography contest that started in Copenhagen and subsequently conquered numerous cities worldwide.

A large outdoor exhibition of undersea photographs from the Croatian Adriatic, entitled: “Incomparably Blue”, is now open to the public on the banks of Bundek Lake. The exhibition’s opening coincides with the European water polo championship and the exhibited works are by eminent underwater photographers from Croatia, Slovenia and Italy.