HR · City of Zagreb · 45.81°N 15.98°E

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Hilltop old streets, café terraces and leafy parks in Croatia's inland capital.

Best time
April–June and September–October are mild and good for walking. December brings the Advent markets, with cold weather; January–February is grey and icy, and summer afternoons are hot.
How long
2 days
Getting there
Fly with one stop to Zagreb, usually via Dubai or Istanbul, about 15–17 hours all in. Airport buses reach the main bus station in about 30 minutes. Croatia is 6 hours behind KL in summer and 7 in winter.
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Dear group chat,Hilltop old streets, café terraces and leafy parks in Croatia's inland capital.— gowherelahTo: whoever’s drivingZagrebHR, City of Zagreb
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≈ 9,425 km from KL, as the crow flies
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Photo: Nick Savchenko from Kiev, Ukraine · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each.

Croatia's capital has a hilltop old town of churches and gas lamps above a 19th-century lower town of parks, cafés and museums. It's a relaxed first or last stop, and good in any season.

Makan

  1. ŠtrukliDough parcels filled with fresh cheese, boiled or baked with cream.Map ↗
  2. BurekFlaky pastry filled with cheese or minced meat, the standard bakery breakfast.Map ↗
  3. KremšnitaA thick slab of custard and cream between layers of pastry, the classic café cake.Map ↗

Things to do

  1. Upper TownCobbled lanes past St Mark's Church and its tiled roof, and the Stone Gate shrine. The gas lamps are still lit by hand each evening.Map ↗
  2. Grič cannonFired from the Lotrščak Tower in the Upper Town at noon every day.Map ↗
  3. Museum of Broken RelationshipsObjects donated by people around the world, each with the story of a relationship that ended.Map ↗
  4. Tkalčićeva StreetA lively pedestrian street of café terraces below the old town.Map ↗
  5. The Lower Town parksA horseshoe of parks and squares through the 19th-century centre.Map ↗

Good to know

  • Zagreb is the easiest place in Croatia for halal food: the restaurant at the Islamic Centre beside the Zagreb Mosque serves Balkan grills, there are Middle Eastern places in the centre, and several big hotels are halal-certified.
  • The railway station is at the south end of the Lower Town parks; the bus station is further east, a short tram ride away.

Last checked October 2026. Things change, so check opening times, fees and transport before you go.