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.

Between the 20th and 29th of September, Zagreb will be host to plays from several countries during the Sixth World Theater Festival. The Festival will kick off in a somewhat unorthodox way. Instead of a theater performance, the opening act will be a concert by the well known hip-hop group TBF from Split.

The 41st International Puppet Festival kicked off on the 29th of August and will end on the 5th of September. The festival, organized by the International Center for Providing Services in Culture (MCUK) has gained a strong reputation all over the world. Since its very beginnings, it has been open to all forms of puppetry expression, techniques, genres and topics. In addition to a fairly standard program, this year's PIF features several puppet and animated films.