An exhibition, organized by the Croatian Association of Artists of Applied Arts and the Croatian National Theatre, will be open until January 22nd in a total of four locations. The event will take place to celebrate a hundred years of Croatian costume and set design.

In an array of concerts planned for this year, the Zagreb Arena will host a performance by the renowned German band, Rammstein, on March 18th, while the globally-popular, German teen pop-rock band, Tokio Hotel, will perform there on March 28th.

On January 21st, world-class dancers and ice-skaters from the renowned St. Petersburg State Ballet on Ice will perform “Swan Lake” in a unique musical spectacle at the Dražen Petrović Basketball Centre.

For the fifth time, Zagreb will host the PBZ Zagreb Indoors, 2010 ATP Tournament, which will take place between January 30th and February 7th at Dom Sportova Sports Hall. Along with the best Croatian tennis players, the tournament will feature many other world-famous players.

The new building of the Museum of Contemporary Art will be officially opened on December 11th. On this date the first visitors will have an opportunity to view the permanent exhibit from the museum’s rich holdings, which consists of some twelve thousand works by foreign as well as Croatian artists, created since the 1950’s.

Along with many indigenous dishes and specialties of ever-expanding global cuisines, the citizens of Zagreb and their guests can now taste exquisite delicacies from truffles, which are being sold at the recently opened store on Vlaška Street, in the heart of the city.

Two structures in Zagreb, the Arena and the new Emergency Terminal, both completed and opened this year, have recently been proclaimed as best in the world, each in their own category. These recognitions were awarded at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona, where a total of 630 architecture projects from 81 countries were competing.

Between the 11th and the 18th of December, the Jewish community Bet Israel will be celebrating the 5770th Hanukah at their centre on Mažuranić Square. Anyone interested can participate in the organized workshops and learn about Jewish customs and culture.