Lifestyle: To Live Like a Citizen of Zagreb
The Zagreb lifestyle has always been recognisable, and a warmer period of the year gives it a special charm.
Many visitors, as well as inhabitants of Zagreb, enjoy its recognisable atmosphere so it is no wonder that it ranks high on the list of benefits that draw you to this city.
A respite between two tours of famous attractions, a prelude to a theatre play, or just a relaxing day for your soul; all these moments provide you with a chance to get to know the other side of the city, and to simply live like a citizen of Zagreb, at least for a second. In the same way as citizens live with their city and its events.
This atmosphere as well as the unquestionable safety and excellent traffic links are the very reasons why many foreigners also chose this city as a permanent residence for them and their families.
The Zagreb lifestyle has always been recognisable, and a warmer time of the year gives it special charm. In this period, activities are transferred to outdoors, to the streets, squares and parks and are intertwined with the relaxing rhythm of the city. To many, the best invitation are open-air concerts and festivals in the city’s recreational zones, theatre stages in the open but also everyday life that makes this rhythm especially appealing.
Encounters with an inevitable cup of coffee during which, when they can allow themselves this luxury, exact time becomes irrelevant and the ambience is perfect for relaxing conversation and street bustle. A lot of visitors will choose one of many pastry shops with an excellent offer of cakes and ice-cream flavours for this moment of respite or a meeting. At restaurants and diners in Zagreb, visitors have a chance to choose between Croatian or international dishes, between simple meals or ones in several courses with ingredients from the region or seafood which will trick them into thinking that Zagreb is located at the seaside. Café bars, pastry shops and restaurants often enter public space with their terraces and enhance the impression of a relaxed life and intertwining of dynamics and relaxation.
On your stroll through the city, your attention will be drawn by a rich offer in stores, which is a chance for a perfect day in Zagreb to leave a mark in your everyday life, until you meet again.