Croatia's capital and largest city, Zagreb is also the cultural capital of the region. The city boasts many museums, art galleries, orchestras and folk festivals. Today, outdoor cafes and city parks are full, dance clubs pump music into the night air and art festivals are popular.
Zagreb has several reminders of the Austro-Hungarian period, particularly the decorated facades and the deep yellow color of old government buildings.
The city can be divided into three areas: the upper town, or old town (the winding part up in the mountains), the lower town (the flat, gridlike section) and the new part (the surrounding plain covered with residential buildings from the communist era).
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