New Zagreb – WestFrom Kajzerica and Siget to Lučko, Odra and Mala Mlaka, south of the Sava

New Zagreb – West at a glance

• Residents (2021 Census)⁴³63,917
• Households renting⁴⁴8.1%
• Area⁴⁷62.6 km²
• Neighbourhoods in our guide11
• Local committees⁴⁸16

Rents are asking prices from active listings on NajamStanova; residents and renting come from the 2021 Census. Households renting are those paying a market rent.

Where New Zagreb – West is

The whole district lies south of the Sava, in the south-west of the City of Zagreb. Its northern boundary is the river's south bank, so across the Sava its neighbours are Podsused – Vrapče, Stenjevec, Trešnjevka – jug and Trnje.^4,1 To the east is Novi Zagreb – istok (New Zagreb – East); the boundary with it partly follows Avenija Većeslava Holjevca, the Zagreb–Sisak railway, Odranski prilaz, Velika cesta and the Mala Mlaka – Buzin road.^1,2,4

To the south is Brezovica, separated from the district by the Zagreb–Karlovac railway, local streets and cadastral lines, the motorway and the Sava–Odra relief canal; beyond that the line follows the City boundary, partly down the middle of the Lomnica stream.^1,2,4 To the west is Zagreb County. Here the City boundary crosses the Sava dyke and the Zagreb–Ljubljana motorway, follows the Brvnica stream and the Brezina and Gmanje channels, runs round Lučko airfield and along the Starča stream to the Zagreb–Karlovac motorway.^1,2,4 Besides part of the settlement of Zagreb, the district takes in the whole settlements of Botinec, Donji and Gornji Čehi, Hrašće Turopoljsko, Hrvatski Leskovac, Ježdovec, Lučko and Mala Mlaka, and parts of Brezovica, Odra and Odranski Obrež.^1,2,5

Neighbourhoods in New Zagreb – West

• New ZagrebA guide to all of Novi Zagreb south of the Sava, planned in 1962 for about 250,000 people and split into two districts.New Zagreb neighbourhood guide
• SigetTower blocks and large slabs opposite the Zagreb Fair, built from 1963, with six towers on Avenija Dubrovnik, Super Andrija and Park mladenaca.Siget neighbourhood guide
• TrnskoThe first Novi Zagreb estate planned as a whole, first occupied in 1961, with the Nama store and greenery on nearly two-thirds of the plan.Trnsko neighbourhood guide
• Savski gajOne of the first two Novi Zagreb estates, built from 1957, beside older houses on streets numbered I to XIII rather than named.Savski gaj neighbourhood guide
• KajzericaFamily houses and newer blocks on the south bank of the Sava, with Napoleon's guardhouse, the Hipodrom racecourse and the Zagreb Fair.Kajzerica neighbourhood guide
• LaništeA young estate by Jadranska avenija, with buildings from the late 1980s to about 2008, right next to Arena Zagreb and the Arena Centar mall.Lanište neighbourhood guide
• RemetinecA former Pauline estate and old village; in Remetinečki gaj the first blocks of flats of Novi Zagreb went up from 1956.Remetinec neighbourhood guide
• BlatoA village shown on a map of 1822, with the unfinished University Hospital, planned for 1,123 beds, and thermal water from boreholes.Blato neighbourhood guide
• BotinecPrefabricated houses put up after the 1964 flood for families left homeless, where almost every street is named from Croatian literature.Botinec neighbourhood guide
• Sveta KlaraAn old village of milk and onion sellers between the railways and the bypass, with a 1768 church and a new nursery for 240 children.Sveta Klara neighbourhood guide
• LučkoAn old village by the Zagreb–Karlovac motorway and the bypass, with a parish church from 1772 and a sport airfield in neighbouring Ježdovec.Lučko neighbourhood guide

District council and local committees

Novi Zagreb – zapad is one of the 17 city districts set up by the City Statute of 14 December 1999.⁶ The City Assembly fixed the districts' boundaries and seats in a decision of 26 February 2009, amended in 2017 and 2020.^1,3 The local committees (mjesni odbori) were founded in February 2009.¹⁰ The district's seat is at Avenija Dubrovnik 12, and its council has 19 members and was constituted on 24 June 2025.^2,8,7

The area's formal inclusion in the City began on 23 December 1949, when parts of the then local people's committees of Remetinec and Gaj were joined to it. Odra, Mala Mlaka and Turopoljsko Hrašće then belonged to the Velika Gorica district (kotar).¹⁰ The whole area later joined the municipality of Remetinec, part of the inner city area from 1957, and then the municipality of Novi Zagreb, which worked until 1990.^10,6

16 local committees (mjesni odbori) in New Zagreb – West: Blato, Botinec, Čehi, Hrašće, Hrvatski Leskovac, Ježdovec, Kajzerica, Lanište, Lučko, Mala Mlaka, Odra, Remetinec, Savski gaj, Siget, Sveta Klara, Trnsko.⁴⁸

People in New Zagreb – West

At the 2021 Census, 63,917 people lived in New Zagreb – West in 24,138 households. 1,956 households, or 8.1%, paid a market rent (Zagreb: 7.7%). The average household had 2.6 members.^43,44

The district covers 62.6 km², about 1,021 people per square kilometre (Zagreb average: 1,196).⁴⁷

Its parts: what is where in New Zagreb – West

Novi Zagreb – zapad is typical lowland by the Sava, much of it still pasture, meadow and arable land.^4,5 Only the smaller north-east is highly urbanised: Kajzerica, Savski gaj, Remetinečki gaj, Lanište, Siget and Trnsko. The rest is made up of settlements that were wholly rural until recently and are now growing fast and taking on an urban character.^4,5 In the 2011 land-use survey, agricultural, undeveloped and other land took up 48.6% of the district and forest 5.3%.^5,4 Ježdovec and Mala Mlaka hold one of the City's most important water-protection areas.^4,5

Before the estates were built there were about ten villages here: Sveta Klara, Botinec, Lučko, Blato, Čehi, Odra, Mala Mlaka, Ježdovec, Hrvatski Leskovac, Remetinec and Kajzerica. Parishes at Remetinec, Leskovac, Sveta Klara and Odra already existed in the Middle Ages.¹⁰ The Sava kept changing its course, so for hundreds of years there were no bridges over it, only crossings that were moved as needed.¹⁰

The city south of the Sava began to take shape in the 1950s. The Brodarski institut (shipbuilding institute) came first, the Zagreb Fair moved here in 1956, and Most slobode, opened in 1959, made Mayor Većeslav Holjevac's idea of extending the city across the river possible.^10,13 The first estates were Remetinečki gaj and Savski gaj in the late 1950s, and the first blocks in Trnsko were occupied in 1961.^12,4 The outline urban plan for southern Zagreb dates from 1962.⁴ Park mladenaca, laid out from 1964 to 1977, separates Siget from Trnsko.¹³ Farming and the food industry grew with the estates; the City gives the Klara factory as an example.¹⁰

In the 1990s the scattered settlements grew fast and mostly without a plan. The City writes that this, together with the many major roads that cut across the area, makes building utilitiesUtilities (režije)Housing costs on top of rent: electricity, gas or heating, water, waste, the reserve fund, the HRT licence fee and internet. The lease decides which the tenant pays.Source: Zakon o najmu stanova (NN 91/96 … 105/20), Art. 5, checked 19 Oct 2026More in the glossary and laying out the settlements a big challenge for the district.¹⁰ In Podbrežje the City had built four blocks with 608 flats by May 2025.¹⁴

Čehi

An old village, today the settlements of Donji and Gornji Čehi, which lie wholly in the district.^1,10 According to the City, the village had a special status because it paid a tithe to the Kaptol, and some citizens of Gradec bought estates here. Bus 133 Sveta Klara – Čehi runs here from the Savski most terminal.^10,19

Odra

An old village on the district's eastern edge; only part of the settlement belongs to the district.^1,2 The Odra parish is recorded in 1334, and after 1949 Odra, like Mala Mlaka and Turopoljsko Hrašće, belonged to the Velika Gorica district.¹⁰

Mala Mlaka

A village in the south of the district with Zagreb's largest water pumping field, which the water company Vodoopskrba i odvodnja lists among its most important.^4,40,41 The Zagreb City Libraries run a library station at Malomlačka ulica 91.²⁸

Ježdovec

A village on the City's western boundary, which here runs round Lučko airfield.^1,2 It shares a water-protection area with Mala Mlaka, and in June 2026 work began on sewers for Ježdovec and Lučko.^4,39 Bus 168 Ježdovec – Prečko runs through the Savski most terminal.¹⁹

Hrvatski Leskovac

An old village with a medieval parish and a station on the Zagreb–Karlovac railway, 11 km from Glavni kolodvor (the main station).^10,17,18 The contract of 17 April 2026 also covers the renewal of the Hrvatski Leskovac station building.^37,38

Where the name New Zagreb – West comes from

The south of the city has been called Novi Zagreb (New Zagreb) since 1963, and Trnsko was first known as the "Novi Zagreb micro-district" (mikrorajon Novi Zagreb).^11,12 Zapad means west; it is the western of the two Novi Zagreb districts.^1,4

Roads, rail and lines in New Zagreb – West

The main road junction is the Remetinec roundabout (rotor Remetinec), where Jadranska avenija, Avenija Dubrovnik, Remetinečka cesta and Jadranski most meet. The first rebuilt section opened on 26 January 2020, with two 280-metre tunnel tubes linking Avenija Dubrovnik and Jadranska avenija in both directions.¹⁶ Avenija Većeslava Holjevca runs along the district's eastern edge.^1,2 The A1 motorway to Karlovac starts at the Lučko interchange, and the Zagreb–Ljubljana and Zagreb–Karlovac motorways form part of the district's boundary.^21,1

On the Zagreb–Karlovac railway, trains stop at Remetinec, 6 km from Glavni kolodvor, and at Hrvatski Leskovac, 11 km from it.^17,18 On 17 April 2026 HŽ Infrastruktura signed a contract to rebuild the line and add a second track over the 44 km from Hrvatski Leskovac to Karlovac, due for completion in 2029.^37,38 The Zagreb–Sisak railway forms part of the district's eastern boundary.^1,2

From the Savski most terminal run buses 110 Botinec, 111 Donji Stupnik – Stupnički Obrež, 112 Lučko, 132 Goli Breg – Brezovica, 133 Sveta Klara – Čehi and 168 Ježdovec – Prečko, with stops on Karlovačka cesta, Brezovička cesta and Ježdovečka ulica.¹⁹ Bus 222 runs from Remetinec to Žitnjak.²⁰

Office, health, police and libraries in New Zagreb – West

Being built in New Zagreb – West

• A City building for social and affordable rent is going up in Podbrežje. Work began on 13 May 2025, and the investment is €42 million excluding VAT. According to the City in October 2026, the building will have 288 flats and is expected to open in mid-2027.^14,15 A nursery in Podbrežje, for 200 children in ten groups, opened on 17 June 2026.³⁴
• The foundation stone of the National Children's Hospital in Blato was laid on 26 October 2026, when a €237.5 million grant agreement for the first phase was also signed. The government expects 38 months of construction.^36,35
• Jarunski most, a 625-metre bridge with four traffic lanes, a tram line and walking and cycling infrastructure, will link Trešnjevka – jug and Novi Zagreb – zapad along an extension of Vrapčanska ulica. According to the City in May 2026, work should start in mid-2028.³⁵
• In early June 2026 work began on sewers for Lučko and Ježdovec: 31 km of network and 10 pumping stations for about 1,400 households. The €12.8 million project is being built in stages over three years.³⁹

Did you know?

• 1At the first systematic census in 1857 barely 2,000 people lived in the settlements of today's district, and in 1953 still fewer than 7,000.¹⁰
• 2In Napoleon's time the Sava was the border of French-ruled land. By the old Savski most, on the south bank, a building from that time still stands.^10,42
• 3Arena Zagreb was built in 2008 for the 21st World Handball Championship, and Zagrebački holding calls it the largest sports hall in Croatia.³³
• 4Lučko is named after a luka, meaning a crossing over the Sava, which was still in use in the 18th century.¹⁰

Renting in New Zagreb – West

Nearby districts

• BrezovicaDistrict guide
• New Zagreb – EastDistrict guide
• Podsused – VrapčeDistrict guide
• StenjevecDistrict guide
• Trešnjevka – SouthDistrict guide
• TrnjeDistrict guide

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