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It came as a shock.
Reliable sources have informed us there is life beyond the Sava, even beyond Slijeme for that matter.
Having come to terms with this harsh reality, ZagrebList switly adapts.
From this issue onwards there will be a page devoted solely to weekend leisure.
The idea is this: if it’s Friday morning and you have nothing planned for Saturday and Sunday, you’ll now have a new place to turn to for inspiration. ZagrebList will bring you a comprehensive list of things to do should you chose to spend time outside of Zagreb.
This three-hours drive radius includes Slovenia, Graz, Budapest, Slavonia, Zadar, Biograd, Istria and Trieste.
There are a variety of cultural institutes in Zagreb that have already agreed to share their events with ZagrebList. Adding to this list, the Official Travel Guide of Slovenia gave ZagrebList official permission to make its content available to readers.
If you have been to a bed and breakfast, festival, restaurant that merits attention, please let us know. ZagrebList will publish independent, unbiased reviews generated by readers for the benefit of our community.

Wahyd Vannoni
Editor and Founder

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Croatian Wines, an Overview.
The highest quality white wines made in Dalmatia are from the Po!ip grape variety. In it you will find the perfect combination of sugar and acidity which make a wine with an alcohol content of about 13% which provides a full bodied midpalate, while also
retaining a refreshing acidity. This is a rare occurrence in warm climate wines and makes Po!ip a very pleasant complement to Dalmatian fish dishes.
The wine Po!ip is made from a grape indigenous to the island of Kor"ula. Its wine perfectly reflects the climate and ambience of that island. In it you can recognize the aromas associated with the Dalmatian south: rosemary, heather, pine and anis. All these herbs infuse the air during the summer, and you can recognize them in a well made Posip wine. For more info, download the PDF file.
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This week, the Minotaur comes to the Zagreb courtesy of the Greek Embassy.
A lecture titled “Crete and the First European Civilisation, Uncovering the Bronze Age Minoans” will take place on the 27th.
In honor of this event, here is a bit of a refresher.
Ancient Crete is most likely to be associated with the Minotaur.
This man-bull creature lived and was confined to the “labyrinth”, constructed for King Minos by the architect Daedalus.
Crete itself is considered the cradle of European civilization.
It is thought that Crete was inhabited from the 7th millennium BC onwards. The fall of Knossos (the Zagreb of Crete) took place circa 1400 BC. Superb palaces, houses, roads, paintings and sculptures remain.
Many famous figures have referenced Crete through the ages: Homer, Dante, Picasso among others. The Minotaur itself has been featured in various monster stories and fables over time.
To understand more about the event, you can read an interview with Dr. Helena Thomas, coordinator of the conference, on page six.

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Croatian Television and the Croatian Chamber of Commerce have once again this year, for the tenth time, held the event called “Tourist Flower”, which evaluates the quality of Croatian tourist destinations.
In the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Cavtat won first prize in the category for the best tourist place with up to 5,000 beds on the Adriatic, while Dubrovnik came in second as the best tourist place on the Adriatic with over 10,000 beds.

An estimated 7.9 million tourists visited Croatia from January to August, almost double its population of 4.4 million and an increase of 2 percent over the same period last year.

The government predicts that tourist arrivals will increase to the 11-million level by 2010, with the industry's contribution to economic growth rising to 29 percent.

"Croatia has definitely moved away from the image of a destination for cheap holidays, offering sun and sea only, to a destination of quality tourism, offering high-quality accommodation," said the secretary for tourism, Zdenko Micic.

Most tourists - mainly Germans, Slovenians, Italians and Czechs - are attracted to the coast, which offers more than 1,100 islands and islets. But in the past few years some hinterland regions, notably the picturesque northern Istria Peninsula, have started to develop agricultural tourism.