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• Readers' letters

  I have been recently in Zagreb, and I must say I was very well impressed with everything I saw, in spite of the short time I had available....

• Photography

  
  ‘… the photographer is not simply the person who records the past, but the one who invents it....

• Market values

  Compare the list of daily necessities:1kg of beef                           65kn                      €8....

• Local beers

  
  Croatia is blessed with some pretty decent locally brewed beers. The brew you'll come across depends to an extent on which part of the country you are in, which is the local brewery and therefore the favoured local tipple....

• Country tourism

  
  The northern continental region of Croatia that comprises the whole of Zagreb County is becoming an ever-increasingly popular tourist destination....

• The Wooden Architectural Treasures of Turopolje

  
  In Your Pocket takes a tour of the Turopolje region in Croatia, where wooden architectural gems - churches, houses, town halls - stand waiting to be admired at seemingly every turn, and often in the most unexpected places....

• The European Museum of the Year

  What is the best museum on the old continent? Find out as 34 institutions have been chosen from 15 different countries with Zagreb housing 2 nominees (The Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Break Ups)....

• Traditional weddings

  On 18.09 at 3pm you can see a traditional Zagorje-style wedding from the turn of the 20th century at the  "Staro selo" Museum in Kumrovec....

• Funky professor!

  
  Baltazar is an ingenious, colourful cartoon professor much loved by generations who grew up in the former Yugoslavia....

• Ozalj

  
  Perhaps you know Karlovac as a town you bypass on the way to the sea. Perhaps you know it as the home of Karlovačko pivo – our favourite brewery....

• History

  7th Century Migrating Slav tribes – including Slovenes, Croats and Serbs – settle in South-Eastern Europe....

• Folklore

  
  Whatever downsides globalisation might bring, the fact that the world is getting smaller at least gives us the chance to meet the cultures and customs of nations all over the world....

• An architect before his time

  
  Stjepan Planić (1900-1980) a Zagreb-born architect, was struck by the poverty of the inter-war period, and became concerned with the social aspect of housing....

• Skate culture

  What do you do when you’re mad about surfing but are stuck on the city streets with not a wave in sight? Nail some wheels to your surfboard and – hey presto! You can sculpt your silky skills in style....