Gradski Park – Walking without a donkey

Photos of Zagreb

A blue and yellow theme.

Bundek / Gradski Park

Contemplation

wp-1541980784830..jpg — Gradski Park lake – the smart end

wp-1542058935798..jpg — Gradski Park lake – the wilder end

Avenija Dubrovnik and surrounding area

Graffiti

Spiders webs

Final walk

Where I stayed – thanks to LR

wp-1541980883962..jpg — View from the balcony

All Saints Day, 1 November 2018 – a walk to the centre, including King Tomislav and Nikola Subic Zrinski Squares.

wp-1541152045307..jpg — King Tomislav himself.

wp-1541152154643..jpg — Nikola Subic Zrinski Square.

I walked from Sopot to the centre for the first time, taking the straightest route past the Gradski City Park (details on Zagreb 1), over the fast flowing River Sava, and past the National and University Library (which was closed due to the National Holiday, and is where they are holding The First International Conference on Green Libraries very soon).

wp-1541152507582..jpg — Gradski Park, Zagreb.

wp-1541152460720..jpg — River Sava, Zagreb.

wp-1541152460672..jpg — A vista of skyscrapers, Zagreb.

wp-1541152460704..jpg — What a contrast between the old style red rooves and the new turquoise vertical swimming pool type!

wp-1541152096860..jpg — National and University Library of Zagreb.

I discovered the bus routes end point and underground Garaza shopping centre (also mostly closed) out of which you emerge in the King Tomislav Square (trg kralja Tomislava) by the Glavini railway station (Kolodov). This brought me to a whole other side of Zagreb I had not yet seen – national monuments resembling Vienna but less overtly grand, more comfortable somehow.