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• 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....

• 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....

• 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....

• Mozart and Zagreb

  Call the tenuous connections police! Although Mozart travelled and played music all over Europe, it seems he made the big mistake of missing Zagreb off his itinerary....

• Castle and Fortress Ruins in Zagreb County

  
  Croatia is dotted with hundreds of medieval castles, some intact but most in various stages of ruin. The area surrounding Zagreb is no exception....

• The Witch from Grič

  Have you ever noticed the bronze statue of the lady with the umbrella on the little lawn about halfway along Tkalčićeva? That’s Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873-1957), author of books which are certainly classics....

• Wines of Zagreb County

  
  Wine is one of hidden jewels of inland Croatia. Not so many people know (yet) that Zagreb County is a prolific wine producer....

• 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....

• A Parade of Carnivals!

  
  The flair, the glare, the excitement and the dazzling costumes are just some of the elements we consider to be a part of any carnival....

• Funky professor!

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

• 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....

• Zagreb Heroines

  When International Women’s Day was in full swing, with chocolate being scoffed all over the shop ...

• 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....