Snow Queen Trophy
Ladies night slalom (http://www.zlatnimedvjed.hr/): zagreb is the only capital in the world that hosts a ski world cup race. the slalom event - known as the "snow queen trophy" snjezna kraljica - usually takes place in january. it is the most expensive race on the women's world cup tour and an exceptionally popular sporting event in croatia that attracts a crowd of around 25 thousand people. as of 2007 best skiers in men's competition are also expected to compete on mount sljeme that overlooks the city. if you fail to secure your ticket, you can watch the whole event on a giant screen in the ban jelacic square.
The University of Zagreb combined with the Croatian Heritage Foundation Matica Hrvatska offers comprehensive Croatian language courses for foreigners. The courses occur in the fall and spring semesters along with an intensive one month course in July. All courses cost around 600 Euro. More information can be found by visiting the University's website.
Many universities in Croatia accept a small group as international students every year, who stay in dorms and learn Croatian.
FER Fakultet elektrotehnike i raÄunarstva, trans. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing is a globally-appreciated school of computer related learning. It is part of the University of Zagreb and accepts around ten international students a year.
For creative types, Croatia is occupied by some street performers and many stands selling jewelery or other hand-crafted products, so the populace has an open mind to casually buying things from an interesting stand near the main square or dropping a few coins into a musician's case.
Cinemas
Kino Central
Petrinjska 4; 062-100-100 within croatia.
Kino Tuškanac
(http://www.filmski-progra...). showing much more than just european filmography, alternative and older films, sometimes for free, usually costs about 10 hrk 1.5â¬
CineStar Novi Zagreb
Avenue mall, avenija dubrovnik 16. (http://www.blitz-cinestar.hr/). a multiplex cinema 9 screens in the vicinity of the museum of contemporary art.
CineStar Zagreb
Branimirova 29; ticket reservation +385 1 46-86-600, (http://www.blitz-cinestar.hr/). a multiplex cinema 13 screens in the vicinity of the sheraton hotel. the website is in croatian, but can be understood using a croatian-english online dictionary.
Kino Jadran
Ilica 42; 062-100-100 within croatia.
Movieplex
Nova ves 11; +385 1 48 60 777, (http://www.movieplex.hr/). a multiplex cinema 5 screens within the kaptol shopping center situated to the north of the cathedral.
Kino Croatia
Katanäiäeva 3; +385 1 48-13-711.