Why are there chopped-off heads around the fountain? Is there some story to it?
Ugh I was there last week returning on Thursday. Just missed it 🙁
I miss Zagreb 🙁
Probably the best Christmas market I’ve seen. Those rakija stands…
Is that a dreidel ? It’s cool to see one in a christmas market !
When’s it closing back up again?
Where’s the market, lmao
Also, WhAt Is cOviD?!??
Is that a… christmas Dreidel?
This was easily the worst Christmas market I’ve ever been to but I think it really comes down to your tastes.
Basically, there is insanely loud music in most places and not Christmas music but more like party music. It’s not at all the feel-good style of normal Christmas markets. But also Serbia/Croatia (Balkans?) seem to love music that leaves your ears ringing. I’m just not used to it.
I also thought the food was really boring – every stand just sells a sausage.
The one I can recommend is the gazebo with live music and a bunch of regional specialty foods, which is in the middle of some green area, outside of the main centre. Not sure if they do that every year but it was there a couple years ago.
I hope I don’t get downvoted for this honest opinion but I wanted to share it because I saw some marketing hype about Zagreb having the “best Christmas market” and that’s why I went – but you might be super disappointed, if you are expecting a classical one.
If you want to hang out with your friends like you’re at a music concert and don’t mind eating only sausages, it’s probably a really cool experience. If you want a more classical Christmas market, go to the gazebo area or better don’t go to Zagreb. Ljubljana’s is much nicer!
That fountain looks a little sad. The rest looks awesome though.
Somewhat related but it’d be really neat if we all got and posted photos of our local Christmas markets, not sure how you’d avoid spamming the sub with them but I’d like to see how everything differs across Europe.
Ahhhhh I’ve been there this summer! Not my favorite place in Croatia but it was nice to walk around for a bit. Love the country.
Is that decapitated Tintins head with mustaches??
Those little clock guys would be awesome as a creepy time bomb in an action movie.
It might get an award if all the other european cities do a full lockdown
They still won’t the Christmas market in my city because of the pandemic bullshit.
What about the Crypto Christmas market?
What’s up with the sad clock man?
Seeing stuff like this makes me wanna travel so so so bad
Ahh yeahhh ….
Christmas markets …..
Just plain fun and laughter, buying decorations we mostly don’t need ….
Good plain fun, up to a few years ago, when some jihadi’s started targetting them ….
my town has the holiday lights already hanging(sinterklaas is a national holiday celebrated from mid/end november till 5th december and that is the time the holiday decorations get pulled out of the closet
In Czech Republic assholes of the government forbade them
Nema snijega?
Christmas markest here are closed becouse of covid. But mass events up to 100 people are allowed and farmers markets are allowed too. So some cities opened “winter farmer markets” and some have “mass events with small markets”. Closing Christmas markets (they are outside on fresh air) is stupid becouse inside shops are still opened.
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I’d love to see it at night.
I’d love to go here one time for Xmas
Why are there chopped-off heads around the fountain? Is there some story to it?
Ugh I was there last week returning on Thursday. Just missed it 🙁
I miss Zagreb 🙁
Probably the best Christmas market I’ve seen. Those rakija stands…
Is that a dreidel ? It’s cool to see one in a christmas market !
When’s it closing back up again?
Where’s the market, lmao
Also, WhAt Is cOviD?!??
Is that a… christmas Dreidel?
This was easily the worst Christmas market I’ve ever been to but I think it really comes down to your tastes.
Basically, there is insanely loud music in most places and not Christmas music but more like party music. It’s not at all the feel-good style of normal Christmas markets. But also Serbia/Croatia (Balkans?) seem to love music that leaves your ears ringing. I’m just not used to it.
I also thought the food was really boring – every stand just sells a sausage.
The one I can recommend is the gazebo with live music and a bunch of regional specialty foods, which is in the middle of some green area, outside of the main centre. Not sure if they do that every year but it was there a couple years ago.
I hope I don’t get downvoted for this honest opinion but I wanted to share it because I saw some marketing hype about Zagreb having the “best Christmas market” and that’s why I went – but you might be super disappointed, if you are expecting a classical one.
If you want to hang out with your friends like you’re at a music concert and don’t mind eating only sausages, it’s probably a really cool experience. If you want a more classical Christmas market, go to the gazebo area or better don’t go to Zagreb. Ljubljana’s is much nicer!
That fountain looks a little sad. The rest looks awesome though.
Somewhat related but it’d be really neat if we all got and posted photos of our local Christmas markets, not sure how you’d avoid spamming the sub with them but I’d like to see how everything differs across Europe.
Ahhhhh I’ve been there this summer! Not my favorite place in Croatia but it was nice to walk around for a bit. Love the country.
Is that decapitated Tintins head with mustaches??
Those little clock guys would be awesome as a creepy time bomb in an action movie.
It might get an award if all the other european cities do a full lockdown
They still won’t the Christmas market in my city because of the pandemic bullshit.
What about the Crypto Christmas market?
What’s up with the sad clock man?
Seeing stuff like this makes me wanna travel so so so bad
Ahh yeahhh ….
Christmas markets …..
Just plain fun and laughter, buying decorations we mostly don’t need ….
Good plain fun, up to a few years ago, when some jihadi’s started targetting them ….
my town has the holiday lights already hanging(sinterklaas is a national holiday celebrated from mid/end november till 5th december and that is the time the holiday decorations get pulled out of the closet
Christmas celebrations? Before 5/6 december?
[Croatia is now at war with Belgium and the Netherlands.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas)
Nice!
also: https://youtu.be/wikhFyM3mwc
In Czech Republic assholes of the government forbade them
Nema snijega?
Christmas markest here are closed becouse of covid. But mass events up to 100 people are allowed and farmers markets are allowed too. So some cities opened “winter farmer markets” and some have “mass events with small markets”. Closing Christmas markets (they are outside on fresh air) is stupid becouse inside shops are still opened.