There are 15 squares in Osijek, each with a different personality. Visitors can amble through Gornji Grad's 19th-century splendor in the city's northwestern quadrant to see its architectural landmark buildings like the Croatian National Theater. Or you can go back in time in medieval-looking Tvra in the true center of town, where the fortress ambience created by walls and former barracks are being transformed into a hip university center with trendy restaurants and a lively nightlife. Donji Grad is the quietest part of town and the most residential. It is on the northeastern edge of the city along the Drava, and here you can visit the baroque pilgrimage church of Our Lady of the Snows.
Ernestinovo
Ernestinovo is a little town between Osijek and Vukovar that is known for its fall sculpture festival during which sculptors, most of them Croatian, descend on the town and carve large wooden figures that they place along the side of the road from Ernestinovo to Vinkovci. The rest of the year a few of these large wooden figures can be seen positioned curbside throughout Ernestinovo.
