Interliber 2026: 10 to 15 November, Croatia's book fair, free entry

Interliber is the international book and teaching-aids fair of the Zagreb Fair, and in Croatia it is simply the week when books are bought. The 48th edition runs from Tuesday 10 to Sunday 15 November 2026 in the pavilions on Avenija Dubrovnik in Novi Zagreb, and entry is free, as it has been for years. Every publisher in the country takes a stand, from the university presses to the one-person houses, and the fair discounts, often a third off and more on the last day, are the reason the halls are full from the first hour. Around the stands runs a programme of readings, presentations, debates and a large children's section that fills school mornings.

When to go and how to get there

• Tuesday to Thursday mornings are the calm hours; Saturday is the busiest day of the year at the Fair, with queues at the checkouts of the big publishers.
• Sunday afternoon has the deepest discounts, as publishers would rather sell than pack; the choice is thinner by then.
• Tram 7 and 14 stop at Velesajam, fifteen minutes from the main square; by car, parking on the fairground is charged and full on the weekend.
• Opening hours are published by the Fair with the programme; in past years the pavilions opened at ten in the morning and closed at eight in the evening.

Bring a bag that closes and a budget you are willing to exceed. The same week has the Zagreb Film Festival in the city's cinemas, and two weeks later Advent opens on the squares, which makes mid-November the cheapest and most crowded-indoors time to see the capital.