ABOUT ZAGREB

- Important telephone numbers
- Time
- Climate and Weather
- Public Holidays

IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Internationalcountry code for Croatia: +385
Ambulance:194
Fire Brigade:193
Police:192
Roadside,vehicle assistance:1987
When calling from abroad or by mobile phone, call: +385 1 1987
National Centre for Search and Rescue at Sea: 155.
Unique National number for all emergency situations: 112
General information: 981
Information on local and intercity numbers: 988
Information on international numbers: 902
Weather forecast and road conditions: 060 520 520
Croatian Automobile Club (HAK):
+385 1 4640 800, +385 1 4640 800, +385 62 777 777

A good tip is to write out your adress and telephone number in Croatia and keep it by the phone, just in case you are faced with an emergency and are connected to someone who does not understand English.

Emergency help Hitna pomoć

Help! U pomoć!

Danger Opasnost

In the event of an accident, phone 112!

If you need:

Emergency medical assistance,

The assistance of fire fighters,

The assistance of the police,

The assistance of the Mountain Rescue Service,

The assistance of other emergency services and operative search and rescue forces.

This number can be reached any time, day or night, regardless of where you are in the Republic of Croatia or in the European Union.
Calls to this number are free of charge.
Calls can be made through all operators and all telephone devices by dialling 112.

Health services

For further information, please contact the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance.
Tel: +385 1 4806 333, +385 1 4806 333

TIME

Croatia is on Central European Time. In winter: GMT + 1 hour and in summer: GMT + 2 hour.

CLIMATE AND WEATHER

Inland Croatia has a continental climate, warm in summer, could in winter. In Zagreb the temperature is often 32 C+ (90 F) in high summer (late June to mid-August) and the city centre feels oppressively hot. September and October are usually settled and warm, giving way to colder, foggy weather in November. December and January are the coldest months, with heavy hoar frost, snoww and temperatures as low as -14 C (6 F). In the mountains it is even colder, often with heavy snow. From early March temperatures start to rise, although April and May can be wet. The coast is typically Mediterranean with mild, rainy winters and long, dry summer.
In winter, when the snow starts to thaw, it is liable to slide off roofs and crash onto the pavement. If you see a piece of wood propped against a building and blocking the pavement, give it a wide berth; it means there's unstable snow on the roof above!

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

1 January: New Year's Day

6 January: Holy Trinity or Epiphany

1 May: International Labour Day or May Day

22 June: Anti-Fascism Day

25 June: National State Day

5 August: Homeland/National Thanksgiving Day

15 August: Assumption

8 October: Independence Day

1 November: All Saints' day

25 December: Christmas

26 December: St Stephen's Day

Easter Sunday and Monday (N.B. Easter dates change each year. Good Friday is not a public holiday).
All holidays are taken on the date shown, regardless of the day of the week on wich they fall.