Even though you won’t find Zagreb on the European music connoisseurs’ and record buyers’ map as an important location for getting records of any kind, for the local vinyl enthusiasts, there is one street that’s particularly important: Tratinska.

If you walk from the Center of the city towards the Trešnjevka area, you’ll have to pass Tratinska. On the right side of this street you’ll find two different, but somehow complementary music shops: one is Spirit of Music and the other, about 50 meters after it, is the Free Bird Music Shop.

The first one (photos on the right) offers a relatively vast selection of new and old CDs and vinyl – mostly indie, 80′s, jazz and soul. Place is extremely tidy and well sorted, so you won’t have problems browsing through any specific genre of your interest.

Free Bird Music Shop (larger photo) is slightly different. Seemingly chaotic and much heavy on the vinyl side, it is offering almost indefinite number of second-hand records. You’ll find all sorts of stuff there – from classic funk and disco records, often obscure but sometimes quite rare house and techno to kitschy ex-Yugoslavia folk and schlager scene.

However, pay attention to records of the new-wave and romantic period of Yugoslavian eighties. Also, check some Yugoslavian or Macedonian jazz records, they sound great and are very collectible. Don’t hesitate to ask staff for some help – even though the place seems quite chaotic, they are pretty aware of the stuff they stock.

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Spirit of Music & Free Bird | Music, Shopping | Vinyl from Kn 10.00
Tratinska 30 | Tresnjevka | +38515509904
Mon – Fri 11:00 -19:00, Sat – 11:00 – 14:00

I must admit that there aren’t many good pizza restaurants in Zagreb. Call me overly critical but I can’t remember more than a few places where I can eat a really tasty pizza with quality ingredients.

However, if you ask a random person which is the best pizzeria in Zagreb, he or she would probably tell you that that is Karijola. Karijola definitely stands out of the „ordinary” pizza places because it serves pizza (and only pizza!) with ingredients such as an excellent smoked ham, olive oil, rich mozzarella, garlic, cherry tomatoes, rucola, oyster mushrooms etc. Its base is really thin and crusty, baked in clay oven. It is the closest you can get to Italian style pizza in Croatia.

But, when it comes to quality ingredients, it usually means that you have to pay a higher price than usual. Prices range from 42.00 Kn for a „plain” Margarita to 60.00 Kn for specialty of the house – pizza Karijola (on photo). You can also choose between a few varieties of beer and home made red and white wine.

The service is good, the interior is suitable for a highly dynamic restaurant as this one and the terrace is open during warmer months.

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Pizzeria Karijola | Restaurants (Pizzeria) | Pizzas from Kn 42.00
Kranjčevićeva 16a | Tresnjevka | +38513667044
09:00 – 00:00 daily