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Audio walk · Zagreb

Gornji Grad (Upper Town)

Put your phone in your pocket and walk. Your phone reads each stop aloud, then waits while you walk to the next one; tap “I've arrived” to carry on. Everything it says is written out below, so the walk works without sound too.

3 stops · about 4 min listening · about 9 min between stops

Before you start

Voice and speed

The script is in English. On-device voices keep working with no signal once this page is open or saved.

Transcript

Everything the tour says, in order. Read it instead of listening if you prefer.

  1. Before you start

    Welcome to the Gornji Grad (Upper Town) audio walk in Zagreb. 3 stops: Museum of Broken Relationships, St Mark's Church and Square and Lotrščak Tower and Strossmayer Promenade. Morning cluster on the hill: cobbled lanes, St Mark's Square and a small museum; steep from the lower town, so take the funicular or start early.

    Upper Town: St Mark's Square, Stone Gate and the lanes between the Lotrščak Tower and the Dverce lane. Underfoot: cobbles and stone; slope: Steep at the funicular edge; flat on top; shade: medium.

    Zagreb began as two rival hilltop towns, Gradec and Kaptol, that spent centuries as neighbours before they joined and grew a flat Lower Town below. The city has been a bishop’s seat, a free royal town, a piece of the Habsburg empire, a Yugoslav republic’s capital and, since 1991, the capital of independent Croatia.

    Before you start: Cobbles are slick when wet; wear shoes with grip. Keep your eyes on the street, and pause the audio before you cross a road.

  2. 1. Museum of Broken Relationships

    Muzej prekinutih veza

    Stop 1 of 3: Museum of Broken Relationships. Locally, Muzej prekinutih veza. Arrival point: Walk up from Ban Jelačić Square or ride the funicular.

    A small indoor museum on the Upper Town hill: about an hour, air-conditioned, good at midday; check the opening hours for your date.

    Zagreb’s museums are often small and personal, and the best known is the Museum of Broken Relationships.

    Groups mid-morning; quiet after 16:00. Shoes on.

    Walk:Next, stop 2: St Mark's Church and Square. It's about 3 minutes on foot. Route: Walk on. The tour waits here. Tap I've arrived when you get there.

    Museum of Broken Relationships: hours, tickets and rules →

  3. 2. St Mark's Church and Square

    Crkva sv. Marka

    Stop 2 of 3: St Mark's Church and Square. Locally, Crkva sv. Marka. Arrival point: Walk up from Tkalčićeva by the steps at Kamenita vrata, or ride the funicular from Tomićeva and walk five minutes.

    Look at the tiled roof from St Mark's Square in the morning, and go in only if the doors are open: 20 minutes, outside is the point, and the square is also the Parliament and Government square.

    No photos during services; cover shoulders and knees if you go in. Quiet before 10:00; tour groups late morning; the square is roped off on official days. The roof tiles show the medieval coat of arms of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia on one side and the Zagreb coat of arms on the other. The church is open at set hours and often closed to visitors between services; confirm on the day. The square is also the seat of Parliament and the Government, so expect security and occasional closures.

    Walk:Next, stop 3: Lotrščak Tower and Strossmayer Promenade. It's about 6 minutes on foot. Route: Walk to the tower. The tour waits here. Tap I've arrived when you get there.

    St Mark's Church and Square: hours, tickets and rules →

  4. 3. Lotrščak Tower and Strossmayer Promenade

    Kula Lotrščak

    Stop 3 of 3: Lotrščak Tower and Strossmayer Promenade. Locally, Kula Lotrščak.

    Climb the tower for a rooftop view over the Lower Town, or just walk the shaded promenade beside it; go before noon for the daily cannon shot, 30 minutes.

    Note the noon cannon at the Lotrščak Tower, a tradition since 1877, and the funicular, which has run since 1890.

    Stand well back when the noon cannon fires: it is loud. Small groups; a noon crowd gathers for the cannon. The tower is a 13th-century gate tower on the southern edge of the Upper Town. A cannon is fired from it every day at noon, a tradition going back to the 1870s. Entry to the tower is by a small ticket; hours vary by season (confirm). The funicular next door is one of the shortest public transport rides in Europe and costs a small fare. The tower has narrow stairs: no big bags.

    Lotrščak Tower and Strossmayer Promenade: hours, tickets and rules →

  5. End of the walk

    That's the end of the Gornji Grad (Upper Town) walk. To carry on, Kaptol, Dolac & Tkalčićeva is about 10 minutes away (walk down and east). To carry on, Ban Jelačić Square & Lower Town is about 10 minutes away (walk down the funicular or steps).

Built from this site's place pages, walking times and city deep dive; nothing is added that isn't on those pages. Opening hours, prices and rules change: check each place page before you go. Walking times are typical (median) and assume a steady pace.