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ZIMS 3 will be held in Croatian Medical Association Šubiceva 9 and
Medical school, University of Zagreb, Šalata 3b, Zagreb, Croatia.
This is a biggest Medical school in Croatia, with about 1500 students per year, in six years course. It is situated on the hill called Šalata, with several sport facilities and few clinics (Dermatology, ENT, Orthopaedics). It is a centre for many medical Departments. Classes in first three years of medical school are almost entirely held here.

Summit regulations were generaly followed from EMSA Europe Congress guidelines (document VP96029h), Internal rules, chapter G. section V., with small changes and additions (download EMSA document from EMSA Europe website; 65 KB). You can check guidelines for ZIMS here(html) or download it (pdf). Please follow guidelines.

Deadline: September, 15th 2003.

This deadline is for abstract submission as well as for application. Applications made by fax will not be taken into consideration. Applications received after deadline date will not be considered. Any material accepted will not be returned. Please use online registration only. Proof of payment and visas can be faxed to the OC.

Electronic application form available HERE!

This is a breaking news on ZIMS 3; there will be several payment packages, enabling every student to decide which one will be most suitable for her/him. So, we are introducing:

MINI MIDI and MAXI package.

MINI package costs HRK 49,00 (cca. €7,00) and includes only attendance at lectures (basic programme) and is available for Croatian students only.

MIDI package costs HRK 99,00 (cca. €14,00) and includes full programme.

MAXI package is planned for foreign students and costs HRK 99,00 (cca. €14,00) + accomodation expenses (cca. HRK 100 or €14,00 per night) and includes MIDI package plus accomodation at University campus.

*MINI package available for Croatian students only!
**we can provide accomodation up to three nights which is 56€ in total.

Zagreb is the capital of Croatia, has a population of around 780.000 citizens and it is known by many beautiful parks in the very heart of the city; situated on sloopes of Zagrebacka Gora mountain (Medvednica); city comprises two big parts: Old city and New city, on other side of river Sava.

Zagreb’s University is the biggest in the country so many young people from all over the country get their education here. Therefore in the streets you can hear many different dialects of Croatian. Don’t try to understand them! It is hopeless.
Even though the war has finished in this territory many years ago people are still asking is it safe here. Zagreb is a SAFE city! Still we have to warn you that we have European prices in Zagreb and it is not cheap city to live in! But it has its charm. You’ll see! If you come:)

About Zagreb with lot's of multimedia.

About Zagreb's history.

Interactive map of zagreb is available on the net. It is very useful website, and contains list of streets as well as city map. This interactive map is good alternative to first one if you don't like it.

Zagreb live (24/7 live camera)

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Accomodation for foreign students wil be provided upon request at University campus near Sports & Recreation Center “Šalata”. Accomodation expenses (cca. HRK 100 or €14,00 per night). Additional information upon request.

Do I need visa to get in Croatia?

Citizens from some countries require visa to enter Croatia, while others do not. Please check if you need visa for coming to Croatia in your embassy, or check Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs here.

Weather

Croatia lies in the central-eastern Europe, with mild climate with warm summers and moderately cold winters. However, during spring and autumn times rain is not unusuall thing here. So, please, bring your umbrella and/or raincoat so that we don't have to write an article about ZIMS induced pneumonia. Middle temperature for November is 10C, but it can vary from 3C up to 20C. Be prepared!

CNN weather forecast for Zagreb

How to get here?

PLANE: AIRPORT ZAGREB Information: +385 1 62 65 222

If you have chosen the plane as your transport, you’ll arrive at Zagreb’s Pleso International Airport, which is located 17 km out of town. Both domestic and foreign arrival and departure areas are located on the ground floor. Croatia Airlines runs a bus service from Pleso to the bus station every half an hour starting at 5:30 till 19:30. The price is 25 HRK per person or cca. €3,5 . Of course, you can take a taxi. That pleasure costs around 200 HRK or cca. €27.
List of flight operators includes: Croatia Airlines, Lufthansa, Swissair, SAS, Air France, British Airways, CSA, Aeroflot, LOT, Malaysia Airlines and Austrian Airlines.

TRAIN: RAILWAY STATION Information: +385 1 45 77 704

Train will bring you to the Zagreb’s Main Train Station (Glavni kolodvor), which is located in the centre of town, Address: trg kralja Tomislava 12. From that location it is possible to use city transports (trams and buses) to reach every part of town. The Main square named Trg bana Josipa Jelacica, the very heart of town, is only 10 minutes away by foot or 2 tram stations in northern direction (numbers 6 and 13). Taxi to that location costs around 50 HRK or €7.

Train connections include: Munchen (Euro City Mimara), Vienna (Inter City Croatia, Cibalia), Venice (Inter City Kras, Simplon, Venecija), Budapest (Drava, Maestral, Agram), Paris and Geneva (Simplon), Graz (Inter City Croatia, Zagreb) i Moscow (Agram).

BUS: BUS STATION Informations about departures and arrivals:+385 60 313 333

Bus station is located a little bit more away from the centre (1,5 km) but it is connected with other parts of town by several tramlines; Address: Avenija Marina Drzica bb. To the Main square runs line No. 6 direction north (Crnomerec). Taxi to that direction costs around 70 HRK (€10).

Daily connections are: Graz(A), München, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Dortmund, Köln, Dusseldorf(D), Zurich(Ch), Barcs i Nagykanizsa(H), and once or few times a week you can have a bus from/to Berlin, Istanbul and some other destinations.

CAR: CROATIAN MOTOR CLUB Road service: +385 1 987

Info for drivers: +385 1 46 40 800

Using a car to get to Zagreb is easy if you know how to read a map. You can come from 4 main directions and it is not complicated to enter the town without lot of turning. Main road lines are:

Trieste-Ljubljana-Zagreb

Graz-Maribor-Zagreb

Klagenfurt-Ljubljana-Zagreb

Budapest-Varazdin-Zagreb

Problem is how to drive through the centre that has one-way streets and no drive zones.

How to move through town?

The most common way of transport in Zagreb is the tram. There are several lines that are connecting edges of city. Plan of tramlines is available in every tram station. Trams are driving since 5:00 until 23:30 hours. At that time starts night schedule of driving. There are 4 lines that are driving by night and scheme of their routes are posted at tram stations also. One ticket costs 6 HRK (€0.8) and is valid only in one direction. You can buy it in the tobacco shop or from the tram driver. The tickets are the same for trams and buses.

There are also daily tickets that cost 16 HRK (€2).
Buses are used sometimes as nightlines. Usually they are connecting city with the suburb areas.
Taxi is available at any time on every better-known location. Start of a taxi costs 15 HRK (€2), 1 km drive costs 6 HRK (€0,80), 1 hour waiting 40 HRK (€5,40).
Sunday and holliday drives as well as drives between 22:00 and 05:00 hours have 20% higher prices.

Map of the city tram lines

People
You will find out that citizens are very polite with strangers and that younger population knows English very well so you shouldn’t have problems asking for direction or advice.

Nightlife
In Zagreb there are a lot of caffe bars, pubs, nightclubs, casinos…Only, there is one problem! Most of them are open till 23:00 hours during workdays. Weekend is a bit better. Those called nightclubs work till 4:00. You’ll find Zagreb very much alive during weekend.
Espresso costs around 5-6 HRK (€0,7), various juices between 10-12 HRK, beers 0,3 dcl 12 HRK and higher depending on mark of beer.
In some places you will have to pay an entrance, but usually no more than 30 HRK (€4).

How to phone home?

Dial: 00 – code number of your country – code number of your town without 0 – your home number.

Mobile operators
In Croatia there are two: HTmobile and VIPnet! Both of them have roaming service with most European countries. It would be the best if you could ask your operators whom with are the roaming contracts signed and how much does that service cost.

Tourist Information Centres e-mail
Trg bana Josipa Jelacica 11, 10 000 Zagreb, CROATIA
tel: +385 1 48 14 051, +385 1 48 14 052, +385 1 48 14 054
fax: +385 1 48 14 056

Foreign newspapers and magazines are available at Algoritam bookshop, Hotel Dubrovnik; Address: Gajeva 1 (near Trg bana Josipa Jelacica)