How to Flirt in Croatian: A Beginners Guide | Croatia Travel Blog

Written by Mateja Horvat (who happens to be our awesome language teacher)

Croatians are generally very friendly and open. However, “breaking the ice,” starting a conversation with a Croatian for the first time, might not be such an easy task.

As I began to travel, especially with my female friends to countries like UK, Spain or France, we were always genuinely surprised how many guys would hit on us on a daily basis in all kinds of random situations – like on the street, in a supermarket, on the metro, even on a zebra crossing! At night those numbers would just multiply! Before those trips abroad, we thought being approached so openly only occurred on TV, but nope, it actually happens in real life!

But NOT in Croatia.

On the other hand, many of my foreign friends and students’ (especially girls), self-esteem takes a huge nose dive when they visit Croatia because guys are not approaching them. It rarely happens!

They wonder “what’s wrong with me?”

Nothing is…