Slavonia: Places to Explore

Bjelovar (pop. 42,000) is the first major town you encounter east of Zagreb in what can already be considered Slavonia; a stopover here of either several hours or a night before you head on toward Osijek... Read more

Dakovo is a peaceful little town, where the din of bicycles and the dribbling of basketballs on a Sunday afternoon outdoes the roar of cars. The relatively bustling pedestrian main street is ulica Hrv... Read more

Far from where sea-spirited tourists typically tread—and surrounded on all sides by cornfields—Osijek is an often overlooked treasure trove of cultural and architectural attractions. Although... Read more

As you cannot fail to notice on the huge, user-friendly maps posted about town, Pozega's industrijska zona (industrial zone) is about the same size as the adjacent town center. And yet Pozega (pop. 21,000)—in... Read more

Tourists don't exactly flock to this once-lovely baroque city that was reduced to rubble in 1991 in one of the most notorious events of the Yugoslav war. On May 2, 1991, 12 Croatian policemen were ambushed... Read more