Time zone: GMT + one hour (London 12:00, Zagreb 13:00)
Water: Tap water is safe for drinking.
Electricity: 220 volt.
Currency and exchange rate:
- Kuna (100 lipa); 1 EUR is approximately 7,5 Croatian kuna (HRK).
- ATMs are available throughout Croatia. They will accept different bank cards, credit cards (Diners Club, Eurocard/MasterCard, Visa, American Express etc.) and debit cards (Cirrus, Maestro, Visa electron etc.).
Eat and drink:
- Turoš cheese with red paprika; cone-shaped and dried
- Orehnjača rolled cake filled with walnut cream
- Međimurska or Prekmurska gibanica; Međimurje County layer cake with apple, poppyseed, walnut and cottage cheese fillings
- Cheese with cream; often spiced with red paprika
- Mlinci (special pasta) with turkey
- White and black sausages, known as čurke; served with sour cabbage
- Meso z tiblice; dried meat which is stored in a small, wooden barrel called tiblica
- Pasta filled with cheese called štrukli; cooked or baked
- Rakija; type of brandy which can be made of plum (šljivovica), grapes (loza) or other types of fruit and aromatic herbs
- Pelinkovac; bitter herbal liquor
- Various beer and wine sorts
Useful expression in Croatian:
| Hello | Bok |
| Goodbye | Doviđenja |
| Good morning | Dobro jutro |
| Good day | Dobar dan |
| Good evening | Dobra večer |
| Good night | Laku noć |
| Yes | Da |
| No | Ne |
| Please | Molim |
| Thank you | Hvala |
| You are welcome | Nema na čemu |
| Excuse me | Oprostite |
| My name is… | Zovem se… |
| What is your name? | Vaše ime? |
| Pleased to meet you | Drago mi je |
| Do you speak English? | Govorite li engleski? |
| I do not speak Croatian | Ne govorim hrvatski |
| I understand / I do not understand | Razumijem / Ne razumijem |
| Where is the…? | Gdje je…? |
| information | informacije |
| money | novac |
| bureau de change | mjenjačnica |
| exchange rate | tečaj |
| post office | pošta |
| tourist office | turistički ured |
| accommodation | smještaj |
| doctor | doktor |
| hospital | bolnica |