Occupying the former warehouse of a pharmaceuticals company (hence the name), this shrine to all things alternative grew out of Zagreb's anarchist movement...

Bakina kuća, or Grandma's House, is a great place to keep on the radar for at least a couple of reasons. First and foremost, it's brimming with everything...

The trendiest spot to open in 2009, in late October, Black Rock is based on the concept of cooking your own meat on a very hot piece of black volcanic rock...

On level two of the Kaptol Centar mall, between Tkalčićeva and Nova Ves, Bonkulović is one of the few true gastro speciality shops in Croatia. It's here...

Bornstein is the best wine boutique in Zagreb and potentially in all of Croatia. Vlado, the owner, is encyclopaedic about wines from every region of the...

Run by delightful twins and designers Morana and Martina, Boudoir has been open for ten years. It sits on the cobbled street running parallel to Tkalčićeva...

A short walk from the main square along Ilica is Britanski trg, where diplomats' wives buy their fruit and vegetables during the week. On Sundays, the...

This tiny storefront 'graperia, cafeteria and galleria' is the most underground place you'll find on the Tkalčićeva strip. The interior undergoes radical...

Croatia is widely regarded as the original home of the necktie, and this smart store in the Oktogon arcade (just west of the main square) is a successful...

Founded in 1995, this useful resource houses thousands of items relating to Croatian architecture from the late 1800s to the present day, though has no...

CroArt is part photo exhibition space and part café. Leather couches are set among display cases of old cameras (the door handle is also shaped like a...

A music store at its core, Dancing Bear is also a great place to shop for T-shirts, movies and music-video DVDs. Naturally CDs predominate, spread across...

Can too much interior design be a bad thing? The growing army of regular customers at Divas certainly doesn't think so. The place carries the name of a...

Since 1995, owner Boris Geza has been trading rock, jazz, blues and classical LPs, the stock in this secondhand store today numbering 3,500. He also has...