The ULTIMATE guide to ADVENT in ZAGREB, Croatia! (Christmas Market highlights)

The opening weekend of Advent in Zagreb did not disappoint! There was so much good food, different kinds of drinks, lots of people and a joyful atmosphere. One of the highlights is definitely the ice park down by the train station, with all the little pathways to skate around. Join us as we explore all of the locations of Advent to catch a glimpse of how it all looks this year!
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[@eijit7582]

Merry Christmas 🎄 to you and your family 🎅🏻㊗️ from Tokyo Japan 🙏

[@eijit7582]

@@ptsd888 Japanese Christmas 🎄 eat Chicken 🍗 and Christmas cake 🎂 , Main Street illuminating 🎄very beautiful 🤩

[@tallisinwonderland4724]

When I have money to travel I keep going back to Croatia. I’ve become one of those people that go to the same country all the time 🤣 I just love it and love the people too. Never met a nasty Croatian. I also love Croatian TV, it’s so cultured with the concerts and classical music. Oh and the food ….. best off everything! and great coffee too. ❤❤ and the most beautiful scenery. I keep editing this comment as remember something else I missed 🤣

[@ankicapehar8174]

I just ABSOLUTELY adore Sara's love for her adapted city 😘

[@zinavejzovic9247]

Jao tak mi fali moj Zagreb vec 10 godina nisam bila u mojem rodnom gradu, predivan grad, predivna mjesta za posjetiti i Gornji grad mi je posebno u srcu ❤️

[@nena273]

Ja isto😢

[@miracle23us]

Looking forward to seeing this with my family this Christmas! Coming back to Croatia in winter after 26 years.

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

Enjoy!!! How exciting!

[@d.v.9679]

Greetings from Punta Arenas, Chilean Patagonia. This year for Christmas I will make Pršurate and I also have Kaštradina.

[@lukaszlewczuk]

This is so magical! My friends from Ploće (Neretva valley) come to Zagreb to visit the Christmas Market every year and they always say "Oh man, this is gorgeous!" I will have to come there and see it all with my own eyes :-) Thanks a lot for the lovely video! Thumb up - always :) P.S. Greetings from Wroclaw in Poland!

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

Thanks!! Greetings from Zagreb :)

[@dusantesanovic3905]

Dosli smo iz Leskovca.odlicno

[@kimkisla2999]

Just beautiful! 💚❤️💚

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

Thanks 😊

[@ericurrutia7163]

Thanks for the video! My wife and I will be there New Year’s Eve weekend

[@rmrnvc]

izgleda odlicno! pozdrav iz svicarske👍🏻🇨🇭

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

Pozdrav iz Zagreba :)

[@BarbaraForrester]

I was there visiting from the uk friday - monday. Really loved it but after seeing this video realise a lot was missed. I guess I will have to go again next year to explore further! Great video as always guys!

[@na1di1a1]

The christmas markets in Zagreb always look so magical and fun!✨ It's definitely on our bucket list!😊

[@mitsa1]

Wow that looks so amazing and like so much fun!! My cousin just left for Zagreb for three weeks to experience it for the first time. I'm literally salivating at all the amazing food options!! Yummy 😋🙂🎅🌭🍧🍷

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

It was all so delicious!!

[@angiebabic2243]

Well done you two gorgeous people, thank you ❤❤

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

Thank you!!

[@nevenkosic6698]

Being from Velika Gorica and being proud of my fav city, thank you for making this video ❤

[@apartmentsmiroslavvojnovic3302]

Always charming! Great to be in December there 🥂🎄

[@matkocupic5242]

I like you guys, beautiful spontanious videos.

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

Thank you!

[@speakcro]

We love your work, Sarah and Ivan! :)

[@hanings]

Hope you enjoyed! Coming in a week or so with the kids before heading off to Slavonija to visit Dedas and Bakas.

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

Thanks! Hope you enjoy, too!!

[@bg1548]

Sooo beautiful , thank you

[@vicmiklausic5415]

Amazing! Love it. I recognize all the places your guys were at. Damm I miss it. I need to get there next year.

[@borjanahrkalovic771]

❤️

[@mc01968]

Love your videos

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

Thanks :)

[@mc01968]

@@RoyalCroatianTours my family home town is Tribunj maybe visit that place or next small city Vodiče

[@j.k6002]

Very very nice ji

[@johnthesaint4132]

I love Zagreb Advent not because it is the most beautiful, there are more beautiful ones especially in Germany. But there it is only on one square, here in Zagreb it is varied and in several places. And for that, he won the award 3 times, diversity, not appearance, and that's the beauty of Advent in Zagreb

[@Lily-cv1ds]

Pozdrav it's beautiful 👍

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

Thank you very much 🥰

[@eltonsalvador7620]

I was enjoy watching each european city go out on their best for their christmas decorations every year

[@silviaschmid3991]

Thanks for the great video, I live near Varazdin and will visit Zagreb soon. I'm from Austria, Germködel is an Austrian national dish and has already made it to Zagreb 😂

[@Ardnasper]

There’s quite a lot of Austrian influence in Croatian cuisine - it remained from Austro-Hungarian empire era 😉

[@YourD3estinY]

Yes, some Austrian foods are common in Croatia for example krafne/krofne (from the Austrian/Bavarian: Krapfen) or štrudla/savijača (Strudel).

[@Belamarimages]

@@YourD3estinYinace u Zagrebu se nekad govorilo KRAFN (roden sam tu i mama mi je cista zagrepcanka), dok nisu dosli razni doseljenici i poceli sa krafna/krofna, strudla, snicla itd. Samo izbaciti taj A i eto ga!🖖🏻

[@HladniSjeverniVjetar]

Considering many other cities in Europe are canceling their advent fairs....Zagreb might get few more people this year. But could have visited some of the churches as well to see the decorations.

[@gosnfrenki]

Im in Osijek but I just need to go on Advent in Zagreb really 😂

[@Aida-jn3oy]

thanky guys this is really helpful

[@albertlozano343]

Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤❤❤

[@albertlozano343]

Dobro jutro dobardan👍

[@zvonimirleko2131]

Very nice, thank you

[@Bioterorist]

It is very expensive for Croats.

[@robertrauter8459]

bourne in Zagreb in 1968 Zrinjevac park I accualy saw the building where I grow up....I left when I was 20 aaa good memories..P.S.back then fritulice was dalmatian thing we had krafne

[@Lioness754]

Thanks for a great guide. I just arrived home (Canada) last night after visiting Zagreb's Advent markets. I wish I saw this earlier. I heard today that #1 Advent Market in Croatia is in Varazdin, #2 ranked was Zrinjevac. I wanted to just let you know the tiny dough balls are called "Fritule" not Fritulice.

[@syedsamsuzzaman7312]

nice moment dear sister and brother

[@goranjelica3572]

Lijepi pozdrav iz Utrina

[@lavina58]

Awesome video 😊🙌👍👌🍀💞🙏

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

Thank you very much!

[@Martina1192]

I will arrive 6/1/24. I hope it still looks nice that weekend 6-7/1. :)

[@trishaevergreen5114]

❤️❤️❤️yummy🥰🥰🥰

[@joepusic4238]

She is good Canadian just my old lady Croatian living in Texas

[@doppel5627]

If you wondered what happens with the dough from the holes in american donut - it becomes fritule

[@j.k6002]

❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@trishaevergreen5114]

❤😊

[@osmaks1518]

Nice video! How long did it take you guys to go trough all the locations? Could it be done in one evening (3-4 hours)?? What time do the lights come on anyway? I would have to drive 2 hours one way to get there, that's why I'm asking.

[@shieldshockerwot]

Yes, you can do that in one evening (from 4th generation Purger)

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

Yes, it took us about 3hrs I'd say!

[@marijamandic4020]

🎉🎉🎉❤

[@kristinaspanovic7538]

👋💪

[@apscoradiales]

Fritulice = Croatian version of Timmies Timbits. You miss those?

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

Yes I do!!!

[@zdude4988]

Is Fritulica like Tim Hortons Timbits? I wonder who invented it first Croatia with Fritulica or Tim Hortons with Timbits. I think I know the answer to this one, lol.

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

Hehehe! But yes, they are very similar... just not as sweet as Tim's :)

[@jansobieski6240]

Super ali za nekog sa plaćom od minimalno 3500€

[@l.z.2315]

Ma to je samo bling bling festa za izvlacenje tesko zaradjenog eura radniku.Ljudi cak jedu preskupe kobasice stojeci. Valjda po uzoru na advent iz holivudskih filmova😏

[@tomislavb.5470]

Ond prestnit bit sirotinja. Ili bi ovi ljudi koji rade na adventu trebali radit za kaj? Besplatno možda? @@l.z.2315

[@fit_cho6008]

Pošto su germknedle? 🍪

[@RoyalCroatianTours]

6eur

[@fit_cho6008]

@@RoyalCroatianTours Punoooo

[@vladogts]

@@fit_cho6008 ove godine su poludili sa cijenama

[@samkitty5894]

Who's watching the kids?

[@doppel5627]

The stand owners always blamed late mayor Bandić's corruption for overpricing the food but now se see it's pure greed. I don't feel like going to the city centre any more because it has been gentrified and the prices are same as in London (as my English friends confirmed).

[@myflyingkidney]

guys they are called fritule. i know you can call them fritulice as a nickname or a term of endearment but the food is called fritule. when you say so many times in such a short video it doesn't sound very good any more. i haven't personally herd anyone use that word before as an official name for the dish only if they are unusually small. but the ones you are eating here aren't small, that is the normal size. i am glad you have your own name for them but if you are making a guide for other people to enjoy advent using proper names for food will be way more useful for people who may want to try fritule at Zagreb advent and aren't from croatia. just saying.

[@matijakumaric4851]

Ne zovu se ni fritule to je tovarski naziv za njih pravo ime fritula su Uštipci

[@myflyingkidney]

@@matijakumaric4851 Pa ne znam čemu pogrdna imena kao tovarski, ali dobro. Fritula, ako ćemo sad stvarno ulaziti u lingvistiku regionalnih govora, dolazi od talijanskog frittella, koja pak dolazi od fritto (u značenju pržen) a taj pridjev pak dolazi it latinskog frictus (pržen, pečen) ili frigo, frigere (peći, pržiti). S obzirom da su fritule regionalna hrana Dalmacije i Primorja prihvaćen je i regionalni naziv jela koji precizno opisuje oblik, veličinu i vrstu jela za razliku od riječi uštipak koja opisuje sve vrste jela od prženog tijesta kojih u Hrvatskoj a i izvan nje ima dosta. Zato je u ovom kontekstu turističke promocije dobro i važno jela koja promoviramo nazivati točnim nazivima. Također, ne znati cijeniti raznolikost regionalnih govora i narječja u Hrvatskoj i istodobno nekoga ispravljati u jeziku je dosta blesavo.

[@vesnagerber7799]

Prodavačice loše volje…… kao i u restoranima Personal 😢

[@user-hu6nd8gb8v]

Disappointed! No handcrafted things to buy, everything from China ! Is there no arts and crafts in Croatia? Food extremely overpriced and quality is absolutely horrible . A pity! This Christmas market has no soul, no magic! Only the lightning of the city is nice to see.

[@jeanfis]

Not all is amaizng at Avent. The food and the drinks are super expensieve. They use the cheapest wine and Germknendle don't taste good. There are some good food, but way overpriced. The atmosphere is cute, but it is very, very cold so moving around is a must. Music is usually so so, depends on the day. Just to be real. :)

[@statebriga8527]

Well you can find negatives everywhere you go. Life is short focus on nice things. Every single establishment uses the cheapest ingredients possible, so not really an issue with advent. They're not gonna user premium wine to cook it 😂😂 oh and cold, it's freaking December, what do you expect? 25C? 😂😂

[@lukataurustaurus]

Every year advent is worse and worse...

[@milenagospic7126]

Tomašević is the reason.

[@l.z.2315]

To je zato sto dovoljno jednom da vidis te svjecice i popijes vino s nogu. Poslije vise nije interesantno

[@statebriga8527]

A sta bi trebao advent bit? 😂 da cijeli grad svijetli? Ne kuzim sta hocete

[@user-nc4su8qc3o]

Sabase. Ti. Sanlzis.sa.ddisenim.mrezama Setej,te. Pygiti.mejil.fas.ko.ov.a.klmetar Sta.xlce.viebjy.novac. Pokrady.

[@janjapalac684]

Advent nisu fritule i lampice.Adveni ili Došašće je isčekivanje i slavljenje rođendana Isusa.Pokažite gdje je Isus,gdje je štalica gdje je rođen?Tko je za mene i za sve Nas Isus?Recite što slavimo?Puno priče,a istina je samo jedna,a istina je dijete Isus .

[@lendway-nv7dm]

Bravo ...lijepo napisano...BOG vas blagoslovio .

[@crobog01]

U zemlji gdje 95% ljudi su katolici nemoj se pravit pametna i učiti ljude vjeri. Hvala.

[@ekek29]

Ok jel to sad znaci da ljudi ne mogu uživat, pojest i slusat muziku? Ne glupirajte se, sta vi mislite da mi to ne znamo

[@tomislavb.5470]

Ne seri.

[@vjc4964]

Janja je veći vjernik i od biskupa 😅dobro da nam je objasnila, sigurno će ona u raj👍lijepo je vidjeti da se ljudi ugodno druže, osmjesi na dječjim licima griju❤tko ne želi ovdje ići može biti doma ili u crkvi po cijele dane👍izbor je vaš 🤷‍♀️hvala za ugodan video🙋‍♀️Advent u Zg🤩💙

[@nevenkabozic3745]

Advent PRAVI bio je prije Tomašević. Ovo je jad i bijeda i turista ne može ništa ljepoga doživjeti. Sramota za grad.

[@jerinkvr]

i dont feel any special in this advent when compare with other european countries this advent absolutely normal

[@stephaniestefanac5938]

A lovely video but very disappointing not to have seen a nativity scene anywhere remember there would be no Christmas without Christ . Praise and Glory to our Lord Jesus Christ. Very Disappointing on the Croats for not embracing Christ .🙏🏻

[@annann4786]

I was there last Christmas time, it was pathetic, don’t bother. 👎

[@ausiedeli]

don't be so negative

[@nouredine5047]

Rijetko dosadne osobe !!!

[@floyd-ej5zp]

i ti to gledas za razonodu ili,,,,,, idi gdje ti nije dosadno npr u Sabac na vasar hahahhhahhah

[@nouredine5047]

@@floyd-ej5zp..na klipčecima o Šapčanskim karniwalskom panagjuru nuje zamijecena ovako euforična i prenaglašena voditeljica ! ..Veze, plete ne zaklapa..A kobaje 'vake, a krafnice 'nake, mozza curi, crijeva krče..s'Esplanade na sličuge, udri Bilju po vitilju 🤣😄[ Un abrazo desde Šabats ✋]😁

[@tsggk]

I am from India but I love Denmark ❤

[@ivansalic4594]

Well done guys.poz iz NZ

[@tsggk]

Very beautiful ❤