Why Zagreb is the Best Place I Have Ever Lived

I have been fortunate enough to have travelled quite extensively - some 96 countries so far (but only one new country since I moved to Croatia 20 years ago), and I have lived in 9 countries (UK, Germany, Russia, Georgia, Japan, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and now Croatia), where 14 cities where places I called home for a while.

And the best place to live from all my travels?

None other than Zagreb in 2023, a city I never used to think much of, but these days, I think it is a fantastic place to live and visit.

There are some raised eyebrows perhaps at my choice, especially after 13 years on Hvar and living in cool cities such as Munich, St. Petersburg and Hiroshima, but bear with me for the reasons why in our latest video, and find out why Zagreb is slowly becoming rather a very cool place to be.

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Video produced by Igor Vuk of Wolf Media.

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[pd]

Couldn't agree more. I lived there for 2 years and miss it greatly.

[JagLuksic]

Tvoja dobrota i plemenitost te dovela do nas.
Neka te čuva Milost, tebe i tvoju obitelj!

[damirhlobik]

hvala što zako lijepo govorite o mom gradu, purger
thank you for speaking so nicely about my city, purger

[lolgaming]

Thanks for speaking such beautiful stuff about my country i really appriciate it.

[samkitty]

It takes a foreigner to remind locals what a great city they call home.

[zoricamastrovic]

I also left my laptop in Zagreb, where I am living, and got it back intact!

[sanjar.]

...all the things we take for granted 🙃🙂 Thanks a million!

[damirurovic]

I've been thinking about moving back to Croatia, more precisely, Zagreb
Thanks for the video, Paul :)

[davorkasoldatic]

Thank you Paul for presenting our country in a positive way to millions of people around the word that trust you and like you like i do.

[hansbathija]

Paul, my wife, who is from Zagreb, just shared this with me. I’m a 54 year old well travelled Croatian-Canadian-Brit originally from London, residing in Toronto, who totally agrees with you. I was just mentioning to my wife after we returned from Zagreb with our young children three weeks ago that I could see us living in Zagreb down the road, she was shocked! But you sum up my views nicely. You missed though one thing that was new since our last visit there, Riverside Golf Zagreb! Would love to meet for a pint next time we’re back visiting the family in Odranski Obrež! - Hans

[crobrazilac]

Lived there for 7 years, now coming up to 7 years in london. And i agree, zagreb is a great place to live, not too big, great food, green areas. And the coffee culture and amazing craft beers, we simply known how to enjoy life and take it easy.

[mladbozic]

Hvala Paul. I ja sam dosta proputovao po Europi i uvijek sam tvrdio 'Pa sve to mi imamo u Zagrebu, još bolje, jeftinije i lijepše.' ZG u❤

[anacallow]

I love your presentations of MY beautiful city and in general my country, Croatia ! Thank you !👍🇭🇷🇨🇦

[igor_misic]

To be a walkable city this is the best feature that city can have.

[TrazomGV]

We are very fortunate to have you as you are the best promotor of our country we could ever imagine. Thank you for presenting us in such a detailed way!

[silviah]

yes, I lived in Zagreb in the late 80's, early 90's and have great went iceskating, swimming at midnight, ate fresh bread and yoghurt after swimming because bakers were opened 24/7, had hours of coffee gatherings, many of which turned into drinking me in a way it's a mini London

[HandleGF]

After my first visit (2022), I knew Zagreb was somewhere I'd visit at least once a year thereafter. In Feb '24, I was sitting near the bandstand in Zrinjevac when three young people set up a camera interview at a bench nearby. The interview was conducted in... Irish.

Only in Zagreb... kako se kaže. :)

[doriancroatia]

As a Croatian, I appreciate this video very much and agree with everything. That's why I only love to travel to North America - because more or less everything Europe has to offer I can find in Zagreb. Not a lot of people agree with me though but tastes are different.

[miroslavpendelj]

Zagreb in one word is - Charmy Zagreb. Prague is - golden, Rome is - eternal, but Zagreb is realy - charmy.

[antebabich]

The funny thing; I live in Zagreb and looking how to move with my family in hometown of my parents in Dalmatia since find it much better to live there. In last 20 year I met a Dane, 2 Englishman, American, German and French who said to me the same thing that Paul says. And the thing all of them were impressed with; how the people drink coffee everywhere and all the time. I lt was a bit funny to me what are they talking about. Thank you Paul for the video and all other videos