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  1. At a glance
  2. Where it is
  3. For and against
  4. What it's like
  5. The name
  6. History
  7. What to see
  8. Did you know?
  9. Everyday life
  10. Renting
  11. Nearby
  12. Questions
  13. Sources
The long Mamutica apartment building in Travno with rows of windows and balconies above a belt of trees.The long Mamutica apartment building in Travno with rows of windows and balconies above a belt of trees.

Neighbourhood guide · New Zagreb – East

TravnoAn estate around a big meadow, with Mamutica and the Kineski zid

Checked 25 October 2026 · 12 min read

Under the urban planner Miroslav Kollenz's scheme, Travno's buildings were to be named after wildflowers. Mamutica was meant to be called Tratinčica, the daisy.9,12

Travno at a glance

  • To the main square by ZET36 min
  • To the centre as the crow flies5.0 km
  • Residents, Travno committee (2021)28,578
  • Flats in Mamutica11,121,169

Where Travno is

Officially Travno belongs to the city district of Novi Zagreb – istok and is covered by a single local committee (mjesni odbor), Travno.2,1 The committee covers part of the settlement of Zagreb, so Travno is not a separate settlement.1 "Kvart" is the everyday word for a neighbourhood and has no official boundary; the committee's boundary runs along Ukrajinska ulica to the north, Sarajevska cesta to the east, Vatikanska ulica to the south and Ulica Savezne Republike Njemačke to the west.1

North of Ukrajinska lies Utrina (officially the Utrine committee), and south of Vatikanska lies Dugave.3,4 The Sopot committee touches Travno only at its north-west corner.5 According to Wikipedia, Travno borders Sloboština to the west and Jakuševec to the east.6

For and against: life in Travno

What's going for it

  • A large pedestrian green, Park Travno, sits at the centre of the estate, with the school, nursery, cultural centre and church around it.10,9
  • OŠ Gustava Krkleca primary school, Dječji vrtić Travno nursery on three sites and Knjižnica Novi Zagreb, the central library of the Novi Zagreb network, are all in the neighbourhood.31,19,33
  • Bus 221 runs straight to Glavni kolodvor, the main railway station. On weekdays it leaves Travno from about 04:35 until after midnight, every ten minutes in the morning peak.29
  • A new tram track has been built along Sarajevska cesta, the committee's eastern boundary, and the road opened to traffic on 2 October 2026. According to Zagreb.info, the City expected the first line 8 trams during November 2026.1,27,28
  • Kulturni centar Travno has a 276-seat auditorium and workshops from music and dance to folk and sport.22

What to expect

  • According to Zagreb.info, no trams were running on the new track yet on 24 October 2026. Until they do, the nearest tram stops are Središće and Utrina, on lines 6, 7 and 14.27,28,30
  • There's no market in the neighbourhood. The nearest city market is Tržnica Utrina at Barčev trg 16.34
  • The estate was built from 1973 to the end of the 1970s, so the buildings are around fifty years old.16,7,9
  • According to the site Bauštela, the four towers on Kopernikova ulica have only studios and one-room flats.7
  • In February 2026 the City announced that renovation of the Kineski zid plateau would start on 2 March 2026, with an eight-month deadline.39

What life is like in Travno

Travno is a planned 1970s estate. Its detailed plan was drawn up in 1972 by the architect and urban planner Miroslav Kollenz.8,7 The estate was built around a large central pedestrian green, Park Travno, lined by a row of public buildings: the school, the nursery, the cultural centre and the church.10,7,9 According to Joža Horvat, Kollenz's plan set aside as much as 60% of the land for parks.9 Bauštela writes that the buildings are tallest at the edges of the estate and step down towards the centre.7

Blocks of flats stand on just two streets, Ulica Božidara Magovca and Kopernikova.9,1 The first to be finished were the four residential towers on Kopernikova ulica, designed by Đuro Mirković and Nevenka Postružnik.7,11

Mamutica (Block 6), designed by the same architects within Kollenz's plan, is really two buildings joined by a pedestrian plateau: Mala Mamutica with three entrances and Velika Mamutica with six.9,12,13 The tallest parts have 19 floors, the building is about 60 metres high and it has 1,169 flats.9,12,11 Mirković told HRT in 2024 that the building's size followed Kollenz's brief to concentrate the required housing density in one block, so that large lawns could stay free.12

Census data from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics, cited by Joža Horvat, counted 2,245 people living in Mamutica in 2021. Horvat counts the often-quoted figure of 5,000 residents, which HRT also gave in 2024, among unverified claims repeated like a legend.9,12

Residents have nicknamed other buildings too. According to Horvat's study, the block at Ulica Božidara Magovca 12–24 is called Slušalica (the receiver) because from above it looks like a telephone handset, and the red-brick blocks at Kopernikova 4–38 are called Crveni mak (red poppy). The four identical towers on Kopernikova are named after the colour of their window frames and entrances, so three of them are the Red, Green and Yellow towers.9

The writer Svjetlana Lugar, who has lived in Travno since 1982, described it to HRT as "a neighbourhood for families with children".12 The Travno committee area had 9,960 residents at the 2011 census and 8,578 in 2021, about 14% fewer.25,2

Where the name Travno comes from

The name Travno means grassy ground or meadow, the same meaning as neighbouring Utrina.14,6 Boris Postnikov writes in Bilten that the estate was named after its grassy terrain.15 Before building began, the land was called Krčevine, meaning cleared ground. The school's chronicle and Wikipedia find the name on maps from 1930, while Josip Forjan, then director of the Međunarodni centar za usluge u kulturi, said in 2012 that cadastral maps recorded it from 1939.16,6,24 Once the area was urbanised, the name Krčevine fell out of use.14,6

The writer Gustav Krklec was given the task of naming the new Novi Zagreb estates.14,6 The architect Mirko Maretić recalled, as quoted in Bilten, that the names came mostly from old maps and plans.15

A short history of Travno

Kollenz drew up Travno's detailed plan in 1972, and building began in 1973. Until the school opened, children from the new estate went to schools in Sopot and Utrina.8,16 According to the parish's history, the first residents moved in in 1974.44 Mamutica was built from 1974 by Industrogradnja.7,9 The Kineski zid, two blocks by Ljubomir Perić, Emil Seršić, Benedetto Tardozzi, Neda Morsan and Ivana Zorić, was built by Industrogradnja in 1978, according to Bauštela.7,9

The parish of St Luke the Evangelist was founded on 1 July 1975 by decree of Archbishop Franjo Kuharić. There was no church, so the parish bought a flat at Ulica Božidara Magovca 167/1, which the archbishop blessed as a church on 18 October 1977.17 The nursery, designed by Radovan Tajder, was built the same year, and lessons began at the new school on 10 September 1977. It was formally opened on 25 November and named after Gustav Krklec, who had recently died.19,16

Knjižnica Novi Zagreb opened in Mamutica on 23 December 1986, and its first Glagolitic script courses began in autumn 1988.21 From 17 March 1991 Mass was said regularly in the school lobby, and during the war in 1991/92 the school took in more than a hundred displaced pupils.17,16 The main street, named Ulica Viktora Bubnja in 1973, was renamed Ulica Božidara Magovca in 1993.20

St Luke's church was built from May 2006 on the large meadow in front of Mamutica and consecrated in 2007.18,17 The first Dani Travnog neighbourhood festival was held in 2012.24 Work on widening Sarajevska cesta with a tram track began in October 2024, and the road opened to traffic on 2 October 2026.43,27

  1. 1972Miroslav Kollenz draws up the detailed plan for Travno.8,7
  2. 1973Building of the estate begins.16
  3. 1974The first residents move in, and work on Mamutica begins.44,7,9
  4. 1975The parish of St Luke the Evangelist is founded.17
  5. 1977OŠ Gustava Krkleca opens, and Archbishop Kuharić blesses a church in a flat at Ulica Božidara Magovca 167/1.16,17
  6. 1986Knjižnica Novi Zagreb opens in Mamutica.21
  7. 1991Mass begins to be said regularly in the school lobby.17
  8. 1993Ulica Viktora Bubnja is renamed Ulica Božidara Magovca.20
  9. 1995The cultural centre moves into a new building beside the Mamutica plateau.22
  10. 2007Cardinal Josip Bozanić consecrates the church of St Luke the Evangelist on 16 September.17
  11. 2012The first Dani Travnog festival is held.24
  12. 2026The widened Sarajevska cesta, with a new tram track alongside, opens to traffic on 2 October.27

What to see in Travno

The church of St Luke the Evangelist in Travno: a low modern church and a tall separate tower with a bell, a clock and a cross.The church of St Luke the Evangelist in Travno: a low modern church and a tall separate tower with a bell, a clock and a cross.
The church of St Luke the Evangelist, consecrated in 2007.

  • Mamutica

    According to the Hrvatska tehnička enciklopedija, Mamutica's 1,169 flats made it the largest building in Yugoslavia, and it was the first built with tunnel formwork. Mirković told Bauštela that one floor could be cast in a single day.11,7 In 2024 he told HRT it is still the largest residential building in Croatia.12

  • Kineski zid

    The "Great Wall of China" is the shared nickname of two long, stepped brutalist blocks facing each other across Ulica Božidara Magovca on the east side of the estate, at nos. 147–167 and 48A–70.9,39 Renovation of the plateau at nos. 147–167 was contracted for almost €750,000 before VAT.39

  • Church of St Luke the Evangelist

    On the western edge of the central green. The design by Roman Vukoja and Robert Križnjak won first prize in a 2001 competition; building began on 24 May 2006, and Cardinal Josip Bozanić consecrated the church on 16 September 2007.10,18,17 It is a centrally planned building in which the congregation surrounds the altar, with light slots and domes.10

  • Kulturni centar Travno

    At Ulica Božidara Magovca 17, beside the Mamutica plateau, with a 276-seat auditorium.22 It runs PIF, the International Puppet Theatre Festival, held since 1968, and the Zagreb International Folklore Festival.22 Its Centre for Traditional Cultural Heritage holds more than 36,000 pieces of folk costume from about 300 places.23 From 14 October 2026 a city info point for newcomers opens here every other Wednesday.42

  • The Mamutica plateau and Park Travno

    Work on new paving, benches and planting began on the square in front of Mamutica in October 2025, and the design for the central park was being prepared.38 The local council chair Matija Roglić said the amended city master plan (GUP) protects Travno as a "completed neighbourhood", and that no tall building can therefore go up on the big meadow.38,2

  • Dječji vrtić Travno

    At Ulica Božidara Magovca 10. According to the Arhitektura Zagreba site, it was built in 1977 to a design by Radovan Tajder, using the hexagonal "414" system that Rajka Rogina, Ivan Antolić and Tajder developed in 1975.19

Did you know?

  • According to Horvat, drawing on Valentina Gulin Zrnić, Kollenz's plan gave the blocks wildflower names: Jaglac (primrose) for today's Slušalica, Maslačak and Različak (dandelion and cornflower) for the Kineski zid, and Tratinčica and Ivančica (daisy and oxeye daisy) for Mala and Velika Mamutica. The idea was never fully carried out.9,13
  • Knjižnica Novi Zagreb in Mamutica is on the list of bearers of the intangible heritage of reading, writing and printing Glagolitic script.21
  • An HRT television series named Mamutica, after the building, ran from 2008 to 2010.41,9
  • During the 1987 Universiade, men's and women's basketball teams trained in the sports hall of OŠ Gustava Krkleca.16

Everyday life in Travno

The big meadow of Park Travno: a lawn and a band of trees, Mamutica on the left and a lower stepped apartment block on the right.The big meadow of Park Travno: a lawn and a band of trees, Mamutica on the left and a lower stepped apartment block on the right.
Park Travno, the big meadow in the middle of the estate.

Getting around

  • Bus 221 Glavni kolodvor – Travno. Under the timetable valid from 7 September 2026, it leaves Travno on weekdays from about 04:35 until after midnight, every ten minutes in the morning peak.29
  • Trams first crossed the Sava in 1979, on the Držićeva avenija – Most mladosti – Sopot line.26 According to Zagreb.info, on 24 October 2026 no trams were yet running on the new track along Sarajevska cesta, and the City expected the first ones during November 2026.28 Until the line starts, the nearest tram stops are Središće and Utrina, on lines 6, 7 and 14.30
  • The widened Sarajevska cesta, with a new 2.25 km tram track, opened to traffic on 2 October 2026. The City says the track gives 35,000 residents of Travno, Utrina, Dugave, Zapruđe, Hrelić and Jakuševec tram access for the first time.27 According to Zagreb.info, line 8 Mihaljevac – Hrelić will use it.28

Schools and nurseries

  • OŠ Gustava Krkleca, Ulica Božidara Magovca 103.31 Glazbena škola Zlatka Balokovića, a music school, holds some of its lessons in the same building, where it has a small concert hall.32
  • Dječji vrtić Travno has sites at Ulica Božidara Magovca 10 and 105 and at Kopernikova 2.19,6
  • Knjižnica Novi Zagreb, Ulica Božidara Magovca 15, inside Mamutica, is the central library of the Novi Zagreb network. It opens Monday to Friday 8:00–20:00 and Saturday 8:00–14:00, and in August 2023 held about 70,000 volumes on 386 m² over two floors.33,21

Parks and sport

  • Park Travno at the centre of the estate. The 2026 Dani Travnog programme names the Mamutica plateau, the park east of St Luke's church, Ragbi park west of Mamutica and the meadow by the boules ground.9,37
  • Ragbi klub Novi Zagreb, founded on 23 December 2015, trains in a sports park and school halls with the Travno local committee's consent.36
  • The City plans Park Novi Zagreb, about 70 hectares between Mamutica in Travno and Super Andrija in Siget. A public survey on the park ran until 22 March 2026 as part of a study that is the project's first phase.40
  • The local council and Kulturni centar Travno held Dani Travnog, the neighbourhood festival, on 25 and 26 April 2026, with concerts, a flea market and the Jurjevski krijes bonfire.37

Markets and shops

  • The nearest city market is Tržnica Utrina, Barčev trg 16, in neighbouring Utrina.34

Health

  • Dom zdravlja Zagreb – Centar, the public health centre, has sites in the neighbouring estates: DZ Utrina (Karamanov prilaz 4) and DZ Dugave (Kauzlarićev prilaz 7).35

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Questions about life in Travno

Which city district is Travno in?

Novi Zagreb – istok. The neighbourhood is covered by one local committee, Travno, bounded by Ukrajinska ulica, Sarajevska cesta, Vatikanska ulica and Ulica Savezne Republike Njemačke.2,1

Does the tram go to Travno?

Not yet. Sarajevska cesta and its new track opened to traffic on 2 October 2026, but according to Zagreb.info no trams were running on it on 24 October 2026, and the City expected the first line 8 trams during November 2026.27,28 Until then there's bus 221 to Glavni kolodvor, and trams 6, 7 and 14 from the Središće and Utrina stops.29,30

How many people live in Travno?

At the 2021 census the Travno committee area had 8,578 residents, down from 9,960 in 2011.2,25 Mamutica had 2,245 residents in 2021.9

Does Travno have a school and a nursery?

Yes. OŠ Gustava Krkleca is at Ulica Božidara Magovca 103, and Dječji vrtić Travno has sites at Ulica Božidara Magovca 10 and 105 and at Kopernikova 2.31,19,6 The writer Svjetlana Lugar, who has lived there since 1982, described Travno as "a neighbourhood for families with children".12

Where are the market and the health centre?

The nearest city market is Tržnica Utrina at Barčev trg 16.34 Dom zdravlja Zagreb – Centar has sites in the neighbouring estates: DZ Utrina (Karamanov prilaz 4) and DZ Dugave (Kauzlarićev prilaz 7).35

Where does the name Travno come from?

It means grassy ground or meadow, like the name of neighbouring Utrina. Before building began the land was called Krčevine. The writer Gustav Krklec was given the task of naming the new Novi Zagreb estates.14,6,15

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