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Zadar, Zadar County, Croatia news

Zadar, Zadar County, Croatia

Today's news from Zadar, Zadar County, Croatia: 31 local stories, the latest on 12 November 2026, 0 community pins, live on the Mappit map.

Mappit's analysis

Geography & Setting

Zadar sits on a narrow peninsula jutting into the Adriatic on Croatia's northern Dalmatian coast, with the long, rugged island of Ugljan just across a shallow channel and the Velebit range rising inland. The old town occupies the peninsula's tip, a compact grid of stone streets enclosed by Venetian walls, with the newer city spreading across the mainland behind it. The surrounding archipelago, the nearby Paklenica and Kornati areas, and the lakes and karst country of the hinterland make it a natural base for sailors, climbers, and hikers.

History

Zadar's story runs for nearly three thousand years. Liburnian settlers held the site before Rome turned it into the colony of Iader, and the street plan of the old town still echoes the Roman layout. The forum survives as an open square, with columns still standing. In the Middle Ages the city passed between Byzantium, the Croatian-Hungarian kingdom, and Venice. In 1202 the Fourth Crusade, hired by Venice, sacked the Christian city, one of the strangest episodes of the crusading era.

Venice held Zadar for centuries, fortifying it heavily, and it later passed to Habsburg Austria and then Italy between the world wars. Allied bombing in 1943-44 flattened much of the old town. After 1991 the city was shelled and besieged during the Croatian War of Independence, and it has been rebuilt and restored since.

People & Demographics

Zadar is the largest city in northern Dalmatia and the seat of Zadar County, with roughly 70,000 residents in the city proper. The population is overwhelmingly Croatian, and the city hosts the University of Zadar, one of Croatia's oldest institutions of higher learning in origin, which gives the center a youthful rhythm during term time.

Economy & Markets

Tourism dominates, especially in summer, when ferries, sailing charters, and flights from across Europe bring visitors. Ferries from the port link the city to the islands, and Italian routes cross the Adriatic. The city is also known for maraschino, the cherry liqueur long produced here from the marasca cherry. The daily open-air market beside the old town walls sells local produce, cheese, olive oil, and fish, and is a good place to see the working city rather than the postcard.

Culture & Character

Zadar is a city of striking small-scale landmarks. The Church of St. Donatus, a round ninth-century Pre-Romanesque building, is the symbol of the city and hosts early-music concerts thanks to its acoustics. Two modern installations on the waterfront have become famous: the Sea Organ, which turns wave action into haunting tones through tubes beneath marble steps, and the Greeting to the Sun, a ring of solar-powered lights that glows after dusk. Alfred Hitchcock reportedly called the Zadar sunset the most beautiful in the world, and locals have never let the claim fade.

The pace is Dalmatian: long evenings on the Riva promenade, seafood, and a café culture that stretches well past dark. Zadar feels lived-in rather than staged, a Roman, Venetian, and modern city all at once.