© Suradnik13 · CC BY-SA 4.0Stadion MaksimirMaksimirMaksimir Stadium stands in the Maksimir district of Zagreb, Croatia’s capital. Built in 1912 for the city’s first proper football ground, it replaced a wooden stand that seated 6,000. The stadium sits beside Maksimir Park, once owned by the Zagreb archdiocese. HAŠK club opened the ground with friendly matches between… read moreOpen place
© VitVit · CC BY-SA 4.0Zagreb CathedralZagrebThe Zagreb Cathedral stands in Kaptol, the old church quarter of Croatia’s capital. Built in Gothic style after earlier Romanesque and Gothic phases, it is the tallest sacral building in Croatia and the most monumental Gothic church south-east of the Alps. The present Neo-Gothic form came after the 1880 earthquake,… read moreOpen place
© Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0Croatian National Theatre in ZagrebZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb stands on Republic of Croatia Square in the city centre. Its bright yellow façade makes it one of Zagreb’s best-known landmarks. The building opened in 1895 after a decade of planning and construction. It houses theatre, opera and ballet under one roof. As the country’s oldest… read moreOpen place
© Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0Croatian National BankDonji GradThe Croatian National Bank stands in central Zagreb, occupying a grand building designed by Viktor Kovačić. Completed in 1927 for the Zagreb Stock and Commodity Exchange, it later housed the National Bank of Yugoslavia before becoming the National Bank of Croatia after World War II. The building reflects early… read moreOpen place
© Branko Radovanović · CC BY-SA 3.0National and University Library in ZagrebTrnjeThe National and University Library in Zagreb stands in the centre of the city as Croatia’s national library and the central library of the University of Zagreb. Its modern cubical building was completed in 1995 after centuries of moving between Jesuit halls, Dominican cloisters and royal academies. The library’s… read moreOpen place
© Jorge Franganillo · CC BY 2.0St. Mark's Church in ZagrebZagrebSt Mark’s Church stands in St Mark’s Square in Zagreb’s Upper Town. It is one of the oldest buildings in the city and was first mentioned in the 13th century. The church mixes Romanesque and Gothic styles, with heavy stone columns and ribbed vaults inside. Its most striking feature is the tiled roof, laid with… read moreOpen place
© Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0Croatian Academy of Sciences and ArtsZagrebThe Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts stands in the heart of Zagreb, its main building facing Zrinjevac park. The academy began in 1866 under the name Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, founded by Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer to unite South Slav scholars. Sixteen members started the institution; today it has… read moreOpen place
© Branko Radovanović · CC BY-SA 4.0Arena ZagrebHrvatski LeskovacArena Zagreb is a large indoor arena in Zagreb, Croatia. It sits in the Lanište district of Novi Zagreb, on land that was once neglected fields and modest homes. Nearby stands the Arena Complex, one of the city’s biggest shopping and entertainment centres. The arena hosts sports like handball, hockey and basketball,… read moreOpen place
© Waerfelu · CC BY 3.0Museum of Broken RelationshipsZagrebThe Museum of Broken Relationships stands in Zagreb’s Upper Town, occupying a 300-square-metre space in a building that once housed a private collection. It grew from a touring exhibition started in 2006 by artists Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić after their own break-up. The museum’s collection now holds about… read moreOpen place
© Nick Savchenko from Kiev, Ukraine · CC BY-SA 2.0Ban Jelačić SquareZagrebBan Jelačić Square lies at the heart of Zagreb, just south of the old cores of Gradec and Kaptol. The square sits on the crossing of Ilica and several smaller streets that fan out in all directions. It forms the centre of the city’s pedestrian zone, where no cars are allowed. A notable feature is the Manduševac… read moreOpen place
