Article list

17.12.2022.

Balkan Trails

How independent travellers discovered the former Yugoslavia

17.12.2022.

Bookpackers

Do travel books really deserve a place in your luggage?

10.07.2022.

Last Train to Kupari

Czechoslovakia's Shangri-la on the shores of the Adriatic.

06.07.2021.

Opatija Noir

It wouldn’t be a seaside town if it didn’t have a dark side

17.06.2020.

Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb

Višnja Vukašinović looks back at a classic modernist novel about holidays gone horribly wrong

24.06.2019.

Yugoslavia in the Year 2000

Throughout 1960, Globus magazine ran a series of articles about what they thought the country would look like in the year 2000. Casting their eyes over existing plans for concrete suburbs and high-rise cities, Globus’s writers were essentially saying that, thanks to socialism, the future was already here.

12.09.2018.

Journey to Russia

Miroslav Krleža’s masterpiece of mid-Twenties reportage is a compelling hybrid of travelogue, personal memoir and political essay

10.09.2018.

The Elusive Emperor

Few people are so central to the history of Split as Roman Emperor Diocletian. And yet it’s surprising how little we know about the man.

27.10.2017.

Vampire Holiday

The time is ripe for Croatia to regain its rightful place on the European horror map

14.12.2016.

Sachertorte, Sacher-Masoch

So what is it that makes Vienna the capital of sex?

14.6.2016.

Apoksiomen Superstar

One of Europe’s most breathtaking new museums is on the Croatian island of Lošinj

09.5.2016.

Rijeka Rock City

It was the port city of Rijeka that led the way when it came to Croatia’s relationship with the electric guitar, and it is Rijeka that preserves most in terms of rock and roll heritage today.

25.4.2016.

Zadar Modern

Although rarely celebrated, it’s Zadar’s rich stock of Sixties-era architecture that gives the city so much character.

12.4.2016.

Awesome Orson

So why is there a statue of Orson Welles in the Croatian City of Split?

9.4.2016.

Axe the Ex

Check in to Zagreb’s Museum of Broken Relationships for some partner-replacement therapy

2.4.2016.

A History of Zagreb in Ten Buildings

Forget the about the cathedral and St Mark’s Square, Zagreb’s real architectural strength lies is its status as a crucible of the modern

4.6.2015.

Brushed off

Parts of the mural-covered wall running along Zagreb’s Branimirova ulica were demolished at the end of May 2015. The news was greeted by a wave of public indifference, despite the fact that the wall is one of the city’s defining visual landmarks.

26.4.2015.

Fire burn, cauldron bubble

Home to the devilishly spicy fiš-paprikaš stew, the Baranja region is fast becoming one of Croatia’s prime gastronomic destinations.