Where Can You Find Friends If You Are New to the City? Zagreb Residents Offer Ideas

For people new to Zagreb, meeting others may begin in places built around shared interests. One Reddit user suggested gyms and other settings where people naturally gather around sports or hobbies.

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If you like those kinds of things, cultural centers and similar institutions organize a lot of completely free educational workshops, so you can kill several birds with one stone: spend quality time, learn or make something fun, and meet people.

Another user recommended cultural centers and their workshops. These activities can offer several benefits at once: spending quality time, learning or making something, and meeting people. She said she knew people from their early 20s to their late 80s who had formed entirely new groups of friends through workshops and continued spending time together outside them.

The suggestions did not stop at organized events. One woman said she had recently looked after someone else’s dog for a week and made five new friends among people walking their dogs. Neighbors, shared hobbies and ordinary encounters can also create opportunities for conversation. She said even opening a car hood in a parking lot could attract someone interested in cars and start a discussion.

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I recently looked after someone else’s dog, and in that one week I made five new friends among the people who walk dogs.

A user who had moved to Zagreb only two weeks earlier offered her own example. She said she was already having coffee with a colleague, attending acting and dance classes, and meeting relatives.

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I arrived as a newcomer two weeks ago. I am already having coffee with a colleague from work, going to acting and dance classes, and I also have relatives here.