Dolac () is a

farmers' market A farmers' market (or farmers market according to the AP stylebook, also farmer's market in the Cambridge Dictionary) is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers. Farmers' markets may be indoors or ...

located in Gornji Grad - Medveščak city district of

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. Dolac is the most visited and the best known farmer's market in Zagreb, well known for its combination of traditional open market with red umbrella stalls and a sheltered market below. It is located above

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, between the oldest parts of Zagreb, Gradec and Kaptol. The daily market, on a raised square a set of stairs up from Jelačić, has been the city’s major trading place since 1930. Farmers from surrounding villages come to sell their home-made foodstuffs and very fresh

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and

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. In the covered market downstairs are butchers, fishmongers and old ladies selling the local speciality sir i vrhnje (cheese and cream).

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and lace are also widely available. Alongside, the renovated fish market (ribarnica), sells fresh produce every day but Monday.

References

Sources

Dolački vremeplov

Karlo Vajda i Vjekoslav Bastl: Izgradnja tržnice na Dolcu u Zagrebu, 1928.-1936.

External links

Tržnica Dolac

DOLAC: Najveća, najpoznatija i najvažnija tržnica u Zagrebu
Gornji Grad–Medveščak Culture in Zagreb Food markets Farmers' markets Agricultural organizations based in Croatia {{Zagreb-stub