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Tourism related information is available from Monday to Friday from 8.30 to 4.30 pm on +385 1 455 6455 (Croatian National Tourist Board head office).

Information in foreign languages

Radio news in foreign languages during the tourist season: on the Second Channel of the Croatian Radio along with regular news, HAK (Croatian Auto Club)) will be giving reports on road conditions on English, German and Italian language and several times a day also information for boaters. Also on the Second Channel of the Croatian Radio, every hour on he hour news and reports on the condition of the roads are broadcast in alternation directly from the studios of the Third Programme of the Bavarian Radio, the Third Programme of the Austrian Radio, RAI Uno and the British Virgin Radio.

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Most accommodation and catering facilities have satellite TV. All films on TV (three national programmes, al least one local) are in original version with subtitles only. The same is in cinemas. In opera houses all operas are sung in original version (Italian, German, French). Popular foreign magazines and mostly read newspapers are available in biggest hotels and major newspaper stands. All major languages are taught in schools. English is widely spoken among younger generation, Italian and German among the older (Italian along the coast and German in Zagreb). All travel agencies and hotel staff are fluent in foreign languages.
If you have a language problem, approach a younger person (teenagers/students) as they all speak some English and will more than eager to help. Among all generations Italian is widely spoken particularly along the coast while German is spoken in the cities in the continental part of the country and in tourist destinations along the coast.