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Zagreb County

The capital: an upper town, a lower town and many museums.

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The City of Zagreb is Croatia's capital and its museum city, from the medieval Upper Town to the green Lower Town.

Museums in Zagreb County

Look inside, then pay your admission straight to the museum.

Places in Zagreb County

The story of Zagreb County

Zagreb has more museums for its size than almost any European capital. In the Upper Town, see St Mark's Church with its tiled roof, the Museum of Broken Relationships and the Croatian Museum of Naïve Art. In the Lower Town, the Mimara Museum, the Museum of Arts and Crafts and the Strossmayer Gallery stand along a 'green horseshoe' of parks. Eat štrukli and buy fruit at the Dolac market.

  • 1242the Golden Bull makes Gradec a free royal town
  • 1094the diocese of Zagreb is founded

Zagreb County through time

The big moments, and where to see them today.

  1. 1880An earthquake damages Zagreb's cathedral, which is rebuilt in neo-Gothic style.See it: Zagreb City Museum

What to do in Zagreb County

  1. 01

    Museum of Broken Relationships

    Objects and stories of love that ended.

    Zagreb1 hour
  2. 02

    Croatian Museum of Naïve Art

    Paintings on glass from the Hlebine school.

    Zagreb1 hour
  3. 03

    Mimara Museum

    A large private art collection from antiquity to the 20th century.

    Zagreb2 hours
  4. 04

    Zagreb City Museum

    The story of the city in a former convent.

    Zagreb1 to 2 hours
Getting there

Getting to Zagreb County

From the airport to the city centre by public transport, then the trains and local lines to the museums.

Arriving by plane

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Getting around Zagreb County

Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.

On the map

Hidden story

The cannon at noon

A cannon fires from a tower every day at noon.

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Since 1877, a cannon has been fired every day at noon from the Lotrščak Tower in the Upper Town. Pigeons fly up, and people in the Lower Town check their watches. Legend says it recalls a shot fired at the Ottoman camp in the 16th century that hit a rooster the pasha was about to eat.