Things To Do in Varazdin

Built by the Jesuits between 1642 and 1646, this Baroque cathedral originally incorporated both a church and a Jesuit College. The interior is adorned with frescoes and woodcarvings, and focuses on a monumental main altar, decorated with gilt, marble, statues, and a painting of the…

Set in a green park just a 5-minute walk from the center of town, Gothic-Renaissance Stari Grad is Varaždin’s top attraction. Built on the site of an earlier medieval castle, Stari Grad as you see it today dates largely from the 16th century, when the round towers were added to…

Although it was originally founded in 1773, in 1905 the town cemetery was given a complete makeover. Planted with some 7,000 trees, including ash, birch, cedars, cypresses, magnolias, maples, and red beeches, it would be more like an arboretum than a graveyard were it not for the…

On the main square, the Town Hall dates from 1523, and is one of the oldest continually serving buildings of its type in Europe. Through the centuries its appearance has been modified, with its most striking feature, the central clock tower, added in 1791. From mid-May to…