Apartman is a funky first-floor spot on the corner with Teslina. Incongruously, it was the HQ of the local scouts' association, signified by a plaque and an...
Preradovićeva 7Very much the new kid on the block when it comes to ultra-cool but ultra-comfortable interiors, Blok Bar is arguably Zagreb's most aesthetically pleasing...
Tomašićeva 13
This tiny storefront 'graperia, cafeteria and galleria' is the most underground place you'll find on the Tkalčićeva strip. The interior undergoes radical...
Tkalčićeva 18
On the Ribnjak slope, this red-lit bar/club burned beyond recognition in 2008. Within two months the place was reopened with a new colour scheme: out with...
Ribnjak 26
It's been here for years, the 'Cultural Information Centre', but still attracts a loyal, bohemian following throughout the week. Some are drawn by the...
Preradovićeva 5Built in 1924 and still retaining many of its period features, the 500-seater Kino Europa is the oldest still-functioning cinema in Zagreb. The grand...
Varšavska 3Taking over the foyer of a former cinema (the main auditorium is currently being converted into a performance space for children's and young persons' drama)...
Jurišićeva 6
This small, red-brick basement bar is decked out in wry, kitsch-but-cool details, with a veritable solar system of tiny mirrorballs hovering above the bar,...
Amruševa 11
For a decade the soul of alternative Zagreb hovered above a former warehouse at Runjaninova 3, home to the first incarnation of the Mo_vara club in 1999 and...
Savska 14Located just two blocks south of the main square, Lemon is another spot that seems to illustrate a move back into the centre for the club scene. During the...
Gajeva 10
The intimate Masters is located next the clay courts of the Maksimir Tennis Centre and in a loft bedecked with wooden floors and a tree-house-style bar. The...
Ravnice
One of Zagreb's classic watering holes, patronised by writers and actors since the 19th century, 'Under Old Roofs' looks every inch the part, with its bare...
Basaričekova 9Sited atop the new Cascade shopping centre (by the Kaptol Centar at the head of Tkalčićeva), this is, as is plainly implied, a posh spot. Cocktails, in the...
Tkalčićeva 88
Formerly known as Spunk, this leading music bar and student hang-out has expanded into the next-door room to double its size, smartened up the decor and...
Hrvatske bratske zajednice
This two-room café-bar at the southern end of Savska cesta (near the Savski most tram terminus) is far from the cute exercise in nostalgia that you might...
Savska cesta 180