Croatian culture and lifestyle
Learning the Croatian language is so much more than learning just vocabulary and grammar. It’s also learning about people, the culture, customs, everyday life, history… learning about seeing the world from another perspective. And diving deep is almost like living one more life.
We hope you’ll enjoy the stories that we have prepared about Croatian culture and lifestyle.
High schools in Croatia
Croatian educational system 101In the previous two blog posts, you could learn about the general structure of Croatian educational system (with its issues and good sides), and about elementary schools specifically. At the end of the blog post about elementary schools,...
In Slavonia it’s hard to be hungry (or sober)
The eastern part of Croatia is well known amongst Croatians as gastro-enological heaven. So, if you are a foodie, you should pack your stuff and go there. What can you expect there? Well, as I have already suggested, you can eat plenty of tasty food (in Croatian:...
Klapa Singing – the Sound of a Dalmatian Soul
If you’ve ever visited Dalmatia you must have heard of Klapa singing. If you haven't, then... well… you should. Even though these songs (in Croatian: pjesme) are usually sung in different dialects, hardly understandable even to Croatian people, the music is...
Elementary schools in Croatia
Croatian educational system 101 In the previous blog post on Croatian education, we presented a general overview of the whole Croatian education system and presented its good and not so good sides. In today’s instalment, we will present in more detail what Croatian...
What can you expect if you are invited to a Croatian wedding?
Have you seen the famous romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding? Did you think that it had to be exaggerated? I can’t say anything for actual Greek weddings, but traditional Croatian weddings aren’t that different. Although Croatia is a small country, there are...
Croatian superstitions: a few survival tips
I don't think any Croat would actually admit it, but if you spend more than a couple of weeks in Croatia, you’d probably start noticing that we are quite superstitious. Let me give you an everyday example right away. Just before I started writing this article, I’d...