Zagreb shopping guide

A florist shop nominally, this is a spot where art and flowers intersect. For a tourist's purposes, Saša Šekoranja's shop is the best place to give your hosts a thank-you-gift flower arrangement that shows you both have an insider's knowledge of town and ample amounts of taste. You'll see the sign prominently above the door in the direction of Britanski trg from the main square. This is Šekoranja's flagship shop. The artist and flower magician also has a gallery, Velvet (at Dežmanova 9 – next to his café of the same name), which sells delicate design elements for the home: china, lamps, sculpture, etchings, and odd-but-welcome findings such as organic bowls made of roots, herbs and leaves.

Having celebrated its centenary in 2011, local chocolatier Kraš continues to produce everyone's favourite sweets, biscuits and wafers. This stylish store is its flagship outlet, and it's a short walk from the main square. Make sure you try some Bajadera.

Almost a century old and still in the family, this classic hat shop is a real Zagreb institution. Looking at Kobali’s artfully arranged salon display is a bit like leafing through vintage fashion magazines and being taken aback by just how individual, wearable and stylishly retro the millinery still is. Leopard-print caps (800kn) look like something out of a Seventies fashion shoot and will go down a storm at the disco; classic ladies’ straw hats (2000kn plus) come in natural colours or in black and can be swoon-inducingly elegant when paired with the right summer outfit. For the guys, a raffish linen flat cap will set you back 600kn. Note that the address is Ilica 5, but the salon is actually located just round the corner on Margaretska.

Croatian Ana Marija Brkić established her own fashion label for womenswear in 2002, quickly establishing a reputation for understated glamour and subtle chic. She is also one of Croatia's leading designers of spectacles and sunglasses. You can see her creations in her tiny but elegant, white-walled shop just a few blocks south and east of the main square. Alongside the current season's collection of casual and eveningwear, there are also handbags, belts and bracelets on display. Croatian Ana Marija Brkić established her own fashion label for womenswear in 2002, quickly establishing a reputation for understated glamour and subtle chic. She is also one of Croatia's leading designers of spectacles and sunglasses. You can see her creations in her tiny but elegant, white-walled shop just a few blocks south and east of the main square. Alongside the current season's collection of casual and eveningwear, there are also handbags, belts and bracelets on display.

Founded in 1924, family firm Bashota excels in the kind of filigree earrings and coral necklaces that are typical of Zagreb’s traditional jewellery scene. More recently they have become famous for their line of gold and silver brooches based in traditional Zagreb motifs such as red-and-blue stripe Šestine umbrellas, gingerbread hearts, and other folk symbols.