Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
You can reach the upper town Gradec in Zagreb by walking over from Kaptol (including some stairs to take; have a break at one of the bars in Ulica Ivana Tkalčića) or by the funicular bringing you to Lotršcak tower. From there it is a short walk to the main square: St. Mark’s square (Trg svetog Marka). The building with the multicoloured roof is St. Mark’s church (Crkva svetog Marka).
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The Cathedral of Zagreb (Katedrala Uznesenja Blažene Djevice Marije i svetih Stjepana i Ladislava) on Kaptol hill is a must-see. You can start on the Ban and walk over the Dolac – if you turn to the right you’ll first see the cathedral square and behind it the cathedral dedicated to Virgin Mary.
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When it comes to traditional Croatian restaurants in Zagreb, the variety is small but only a limited number of locations are mentioned. Often the Starij fiaker (Mesnička ul. 6) is named, but it was closed during my visit. The best restaurant I tried was Kerempuh, close to the market place Dolac.
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If you need to meet someone at the city center of Zagreb, Croatia – do it at “The Ban“. The central place of the city is easily reachable and is a good starting point for discovering the city center, Gradec and Kaptol. It is named after emperor (ban) Josip Jelačić.
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The city center of Zagreb is divided into a lower town (with the railway station and the “green horseshoe”) and an upper town including two twin cities: the clerical town Kaptol in which you’ll find the market place (Dolac) and the cathedral – and the town of the citizens (Gradec), which includes the parliament, the seat of government and the Lotršcak tower.
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One of the few sights away from the city center is the museum of contemporary art. To get there, you have to walk southbound, cross the railway tracks and the river Sava – and then you’ll discover the difference between the European style city center and the place where people actually live.
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The “green horseshoe” is a wide green corridor at the lower town of Zagreb, Croatia with the shape of a “U”. Along this green area the most important museums, the botanical garden and art galleries are located.
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What is not obvious while walking through Budapest, Hungary is the fact, that it is a spa town. There are over 100 thermal springs producing water with a temperature between 21 and 78 degrees celsius. Therefore one definitly needs to try one of the spas; the most famous being the Gellért spa and the Széchenyi spa. And after walking around so much in this town this is always a great idea.
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The liberty statue (szabadság-szobor) is a memorial located on Gellért hill (Buda side) in Budapest, Hungary. It is a 14 meters high woman holding a palm leaf and it is honoring the soldiers that liberated the country during World War II. Together with the resting place made of stone it is about 40 meters high and therefore visible from nearly every point of Budapest.
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What to do if times change, political systems drown and the streets are still filled with statues that don’t seem to fit anymore? In some countries these stone and steel giants have been destroyed, in Berlin the head of Lenin has been buried underground in a wood. In Hungary they decided to show these icons – in a place called Memento Park, close to Budapest.
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