Healing in Croatia: Zagreb

The posts on this blog are based on my personal experience and are not medical advice.

Zagreb might be where you have your layover, but it’s probably not on your itinerary. The beach cities like Dubrovnik and Split seem to get all of the love. An acquaintance stopped by for four hours during a layover and told me that she felt like she’d seen everything. I had to tell her it’s one of the rare cities that gets better with time.

I’ve been to most of the Balkans. Most of the cities still have the memory of war. I did not feel that in Zagreb. It’s far more Vienna than it is a Sarajevo or Skopje. 

Here’s what surprised me:

Elegant English. Like German/Scandinavian level English. Better than France, Italy, or Spain. 

People are woke. Taxi drivers were telling me about their meditation experiences. Yoga class was awesome. Most of the people I met seemed very centered and thoughtful. I can’t think of any place I’ve been that rivals this. Maybe Copenhagen.

Food. Italy it is not. But the food is good. And for the size of the city there is a surprisingly high amount of organic/homemade/slow (San Francisco style) food places. I ate extremely well. 

Healing. Per capita, there seemed to be a very, very high number of Burningman/healing types.