Varazdin miniguide
Varazdin is located 80 miles north of Zagreb on the river Drava. 49,000 inhabitants live in the city which lies north of Croatia .
The town was granted city status in 1209, and was economic and military center in the northern part of Croatia because of its exposed location on the expanding Ottoman Empire. The city grew around a fortress and was surrounded by a ring-wall. Varazdin was the capital of Croatia under the Habsburg dynasty in 1756. Varazdin is rich in history and baroque buildings. A fortification from the 1300s are now museum. During the Yugoslav civil war in 1991, Varazdin is one of the first cities that were surrendered to the Croatian independence forces, without a fight. Old Town, which is mainly baroque style, is well preserved. Here are several churches, monasteries and palaces. Visitors can visit the fortress of Stari extent that such has an insect collection of more than ten thousand species, or Sermage Palace from 1750. Here is the old and new art.
Zagreb Airport is approx. 67 km from Varazdin.
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