Osijek Travel Guide

Introduction

Osijek is just 35km (22 miles) from Dakovo and 29km (18 miles) from the Hungarian border in the northeastern corner of Croatia. It is the largest city in Slavonia and the 4th largest in the country. More than 10 years after the end of the Homeland War, Osijek is finally recouping some of its former vigor. For the first decade after the end of the war, Osijek concentrated on repairing damage from the hostilities, but now the city has finished a $10-million face-lift of its main square while rehabbing older properties and building new ones. During the war, all but 15,000 of Osijek's 80,000 citizens fled the city and sought shelter with relatives in other parts of Croatia or in foreign countries. Many -- but not all -- have returned to their hometown, a sign that the local economy is on the upswing.

Osijek is also known as a "green city" because of the parks and tree-lined streets that link its three centers and shade its stately mansions. Osijek's western skyline, however,...