Zagreb, Croatia, Arena (July 25, 2010)

[Okudzhava]

woah!!

Thank you Jarkko, thank you Tom
Thank you LEONARD

... and of course, thank you Okudzhava.

Haw... just kiddin'. Have a great time, susedi.

Edit: wotcha, Paul! I've missed to meet you in Belgrade, but who knows, maybe I'll get lucky in Zagreb...

[cohenfreek]

Zagreb, Arena (opened in January 2009), capacity: 20,000 seats. It's on the outskirt of New Zagreb, near the state highway exits, link to airport, and it has 900 parking places.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_Zagreb
http://www.zagrebarena.hr/
Map at the English pages: http://www.zagrebarena.hr/default.aspx?id=122

According to their calendar, Leonard's show will happen two days after concert by ex-Yugoslav band Plavi orkestar, and three days before the German band Rammstein.



Photo gallery at http://www.zagrebarena.hr/default.aspx?id=61

Lucky Zagreb -- I wish I could be there; Leonard Cohen (my favourite active solo artist) and Rammstein (my favourite active band) in the SAME WEEK!!!!!

(how is that for "eclectic" musical tastes! )

[tomsakic]

Zagreb City - Tourist Office: http://www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr/?l=e (English pages)






How to Get There

By Air
Zagreb Airport is located 17 km from the centre of the city, or 20-25 minutes by bus.
http://www.zagreb-airport.hr/en/
The Zagreb Airport bus terminal (bus stop) is at the Central Bus Station on Marin Drzic Avenue. Goes every 30mins.

By Train
The Main Railway Station is located in the centre of the City (at Kralj Tomislav Square 12, a ten minutes walk from the central city square).
International schedule: http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml (Note: the schedule changes at December 15, so it's not the March schedule).
There are daily trains from Ljubljana (2h), Vienna (4h), Budapest (5h), Belgrade, Venezia (night train, 8h)...

By Road
Main international roads are: Trieste-Ljubljana-Zagreb; Graz-Maribor-Zagreb; Klagenfurt-Ljubljana-Zagreb; Budapest-Varazdin-Zagreb
The Central Bus Station is located on Marin Drzic Avenue, a few minutes by tram (line number 6) from the central city square. http://akz.hr/En.htm

[tomsakic]

City of Zagreb: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagreb




(Huh, this is from late 80s...)





and nice gallery here: http://www.world66.com/europe/croatia/z ... ib/gallery

[tomsakic]

Today's Jutarnji list, one of two leading Croatia's daily newspapers:

"Spectacle in Zagreb: Only 10,000 luckiest will see Cohen in Arena"

http://www.jutarnji.hr/na-leonarda-cohe ... ka/332906/

The title suggests that *only* 10,000 tickets will be available as Arena has to be seated (seats will be placed on the ground also) so only 10,000 people will be in luck to see one of the most prestigious live shows on Earth today.

SPEKTAKL U ZAGREBU
Na Cohena u Arenu ide samo 10.000 sretnika



Autor: Martina Kuterovac

Cijene ulaznica za koncert kreću se od 300 kuna za mjesta na gornjim tribinama, do 450 kuna za mjesto u VIP dijelu partera, a za mjesta u loži bit će potrebno izdvojiti 700 kuna.

ZAGREB - Kanadski glazbenik svjetskoga glasa Leonard Cohen, nakon brojnih koncerata održanih diljem svijeta, prvi će put nastupiti u hrvatskoj metropoli, i to u zagrebačkoj Areni, 15. ožujka iduće godine. Ulaznice za prestižni nastup moći će se kupiti već idući tjedan.

Koncert će biti presjek njegovih najvećih hitova. Riječ je o sjedaćem koncertu pa će i na parteru biti postavljene stolice. Stoga je broj ulaznica ograničen na 10.000, a sve će se pustiti u prodaju 9. studenoga - objasnila je Sanja Ajdinovski iz Lupa Promocije, organizatora zagrebačkog koncerta glazbenog umjetnika.

Cijene ulaznica za koncert kreću se od 300 kuna za mjesta na gornjim tribinama, do 450 kuna za mjesto u VIP dijelu partera, a za mjesta u loži bit će potrebno izdvojiti 700 kuna.

Radi se o vrhunskom glazbeniku, a s obzirom na to da je rasprodao koncerte diljem svijeta, vjerujemo da će i u Zagrebu biti rasprodan - kaže Ajdinovski.

Iznimno utjecajan glazbenik i kantautor Zagreb će posjetiti u sklopu svoje turneje “2010”.

[mydoglorca]

What a beautiful city
J

[tomsakic]

Thank you.

As you see, I am starting the campaign. After I went to meet-ups in Lucca and Venice and gathering in London, I think that it would be nice if some well-known Cohen fans would come to Zagreb in mid-March.

I do hope that the tour amazement isn't over now. All and final European dates are now known, and I don't see any rush as before... and all tickets are going on sale these days.

[Okudzhava]

"I think that it would be nice if some well-known Cohen fans would come to Zagreb in mid-March."

Thanks, man. I'll try.

[tomsakic]

What a wonderful surprise when I was sure I had seen Leonard for the last time!!!! I assume, Tom, you are organising a very large poetry evening to go along with this small concert!?!

Absolutely. You can see by the pictures here that the campaign has started, especially this is one of just NINE European dates! But so far: Jarkko doesn't know (busy part of year), Henning will see, Andrea is not sure... I guess it's too early;)

[tomsakic]

"I think that it would be nice if some well-known Cohen fans would come to Zagreb in mid-March."

Thanks, man. I'll try.

Of course! From your PM, I was afraid that you are not coming, what's out of the question:)

[ciaran]

... I think that it would be nice if some well-known Cohen fans would come to Zagreb in mid-March.

I hope there'll be room for us lesser known fans as well! I'll be there, staying for a couple of days, then catching the train up to Ljubljana. Can't wait.

BTW I notice that you have to register on the Zagreb ticket site before you can even enter the number of tickets you want (or see the seating plan). Easiest way for me (anyway) was to pretend to buy tickets for Backstreet Boys; I then got an English language prompt to register... And no, I didn't go the whole way!

Ciarán

[tomsakic]

It's always like that. I registered to the Italian website, and I still get spam from them and couple of Italian websites. I also registered to eventim.hr to buy tickets for shows I never visited. The system will not let you use the credit card etc. if you're not registered member, for protection.

If you are on Eventim in your country, I will check after November 9 if the Croatian Eventim selling tickets. If yes, you can use your local Eventim account, methinks.

[tomsakic]

It's Monday, I checked. I will probably take free days, and also go to Ljubljana, when it's close & cheap. (Ljubljana-Zagreb is two-hours train, 10 times or so daily:) It also means that Friday-Tuesday I will be available for gatherings and sight-seeing tours through the city:)

[Okudzhava]

"I think that it would be nice if some well-known Cohen fans would come to Zagreb in mid-March."

Thanks, man. I'll try.

Of course! From your PM, I was afraid that you are not coming, what's out of the question:)

Cheers Tom! Looking at your campaign now, I feel a bit embarrassed now about the lack of any campaign for the Beograd event; anyhow, some of those pics remind me very much of Novi Sad, the lovely orthodox church (home of metropolitan Jovan of SPC, the Diocese of Zagreb-Ljubljana) and the monumental Roman Catholic cathedral...

[Okudzhava]

P.S. I wonder if all 10.000 seats will be sold? Judging by the number of Croats for the Belgrade concert, probably! (just next to me were sitting couple of fans from Zagreb; behind me couple of fans with a heavy Dalmatian accent, etc...)