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Bukovac, Zagreb

Bukovac or Bukovec (kajk.) is a neighbourhood in the northeast of Zagreb, Croatia, within the Maksimir district.

Bukovac, Zagreb
Bukovac, Zagreb · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Bukovac or Bukovec (kajk.) is a neighbourhood in the northeast of Zagreb, Croatia, within the Maksimir district. The area of the local city council of Bukovac has a population of 6,658.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Bukovac, Zagreb

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Stadion Maksimir

    Maksimir Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Zagreb, Croatia. Named after the surrounding neighbourhood of Maksimir, it is one of the largest stadiums in the country with a current seating capacity of 25,912 and a maximum possible capacity of 35,423.

    2.3 km · stadium in Maksimir, Croatia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Zagreb Cathedral

    The Zagreb Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in Kaptol, Zagreb. It is the tallest sacral building in Croatia and the most monumental sacral building of Gothic architecture southeast of the Alps.

    3.7 km · cathedral in the town of Zagreb · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St. Mark's Church in Zagreb

    The Church of St. Mark (Croatian: Crkva sv.

    3.9 km · church building in Zagreb, Croatia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Museum of Broken Relationships

    The Museum of Broken Relationships is a museum in Zagreb, Croatia, founded by artists Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić. It grew from a traveling exhibition revolving around the concept of failed relationships and their ruins.

    4 km · specialized museum in Zagreb, Croatia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Ban Jelačić Square

    Ban Jelačić Square is the central square of the city of Zagreb, Croatia, named after ban Josip Jelačić. Its official name is Trg bana Josipa Jelačića and is colloquially called 'Jelačić plac'.

    4 km · main square in Zagreb, Croatia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Mirogoj Cemetery

    The Mirogoj City Cemetery, also known as Mirogoj Cemetery, is a cemetery park that is considered to be among the more noteworthy landmarks in the city of Zagreb. The cemetery inters members of all religious groups: Catholic, Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish, Protestant, Latter Day Saints; irreligious graves can all be found.

    2.1 km · cemetery in Croatia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Zagreb Zoo

    Zagreb Zoo is a 7-hectare zoo located within Maksimir Park in Zagreb, Croatia. It is one of three zoo parks in the country.

    2.1 km · zoo · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St. Mark's Square

    St. Mark's Square (Croatian: Trg svetog Marka, abbreviated Trg sv.

    3.9 km · square located in the old part of Zagreb, Croatia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Croatian Museum of Naïve Art

    The Croatian Museum of Naïve Art is a fine art museum in Zagreb, Croatia dedicated to the work of naïve artists of the 20th century. The museum holdings consist of over 1,900 works of art - paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints, mainly by Croatians but also by other well-known international artists in the genre.

    4 km · Art museum in Zagreb, Croatia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Banski dvori

    Banski dvori is a historical building on the west side of St. Mark's Square in Zagreb, Croatia.

    3.9 km · building in Zagreb, Croatia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Bukovac, Zagreb

Airports
Zagreb Franjo Tuđman (ZAG), 12 km · Ljubljana Jože Pučnik (LJU), 127 km · Rijeka (RJK), 132 km
  • Rijeka(Omišalj) → Bukovac, Zagreb
    132 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · €17–23
  • Pula → Bukovac, Zagreb
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Zadar → Bukovac, Zagreb
    201 km · quickest by road, 4h 26m · €29–41
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Bukovac, Zagreb

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bukovac, Zagreb. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundBoth buses, trams and the funicular are operated by ZET.
  • Get aroundA historic funicular railway (uspinjača in Croatian), one of the steepest and shortest in the world, operates between the lower and upper towns with a travel time of just one minute.
  • Get aroundThe funicular operates every 10 minutes, but for a fee of (in addition to regular tickets for everyone on board), an immediate ride can be purchased.
  • Get aroundFunicular Fare {| class="wikitable" |Funicular fare – one-way | |- |Emergency ride fare​ | |} ZET operate city buses, trams, funicular & Sljeme cable car.

From Wikivoyage: Zagreb, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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    Cinque TerreIT

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  5. 05
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

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Around it

Next door to Bukovac, Zagreb

Bukovac, Zagreb is 4 km from Zagreb, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.