NSK closing for the memorial day in honour of Vukovar, Škabrnja and all the victims in the Croatian Homeland War

As part of Croatia’s nationwide commemoration in honour of Vukovar and Škabrnja, the cities symbolising all the victims of the aggression against Croatia during the Croatian Homeland War, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be closed.

After closing its doors on 17 and 18 November 2025, the Library will resume its regular opening hours on Wednesday, 19 November 2025.

In 2019, the Croatian Parliament declared Vukovar Remembrance Day – which after 1998 Croatia marked as a memorial day for the victims killed in the battle of Vukovar, the most bitter armed conflict of the Croatian Homeland War – the day of remembrance for all whose lives were lost in Croatia’s 1991-1995 struggle for freedom and independence.