Zagreb's Low Emission Zone Is Still Just a Plan in 2026

No. Zagreb has no low-emission zone in force yet today, so no emission sticker, permit or low-emission fine applies to your car.

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The Zagreb funicular is a short, steep railway linking the Lower Town to the Upper Town (Gornji Grad), and at around 66 metres long it's billed as one of the shortest public funiculars in the world. It's a charming, quick way up to the medieval quarter with St Mark's Church and its famous tiled roof. You can also walk up the stairs nearby. Either way, you leave the car in the Lower Town.

Largely no. The Upper Town (Gornji Grad), the medieval hilltop quarter with St Mark's Church, the cathedral views and the cobbled lanes, is mostly pedestrian and access-restricted. It's made for walking. Park in a garage in the Lower Town and ride the funicular or walk up; the Upper Town is compact and best explored on foot.

Use a garage in the Lower Town (Donji Grad), the grid of 19th-century streets, parks and museums below the hill, then walk or take the funicular up to the Upper Town. Street parking in the centre is paid and zoned. The trams, which are extensive and cheap, cover the wider city, so parking once and using them plus the funicular is the easy way around.

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Not for the city — the trams, the funicular and a walkable centre cover it. A car helps for exploring inland Croatia — the Plitvice Lakes, the Zagorje hills and castles, the road toward the coast — driven out from a Lower Town garage rather than used in the centre. Croatia requires headlights on in winter and has tolled motorways.