Westgate Shopping City
Zaprešićka 2, Jablanovec, 10298 Donja Bistra, Croatia
The ultimate shopping experience – WESTGATE opens
Croatia’s largest shopping centre is opening on 12 November with a mega event lasting several days
With a magnificent, four-day opening event WESTGATEShoppingCity near Zaprešić, west of Zagreb, is opening this week.260 shops, 32 restaurants and bars, a 4,000 m² children’s fun park and many other attractive offers for the whole family guarantee the ultimate shopping experience.
Zagreb, 11 November.After a record construction time of only 15 months, the mega mall WESTGATE is opening with a celebration lasting several days.During the spectacular opening days from 12 to 15 November, everything will revolve around the centre’s diversity and strong focus on fashion. Visitors can expect fantastic fashion shows, game shows with top prizes and a comprehensive programme of events for children.
3.3 km of shop windows
Ernst Kirchmayr, member and spokesman of the owner and investor group, says the following about the unique mix of shops at WESTGATE:“Walking along 3.3 km of shop windows, customers will find a real who’s who of international and Croatian brands.”As well as flagship stores such as Zara, New Yorker, P&C, Marks&Spencer, C & A, Humanic, Drogerie Müller, Intersport, Technomarket and Mercator, the brands Massimo Dutti, Stradivarius, Parfois, Högl, Coin Casa, Crocs, Sportina with a multi-brand store and also the children’s fun park HABI PARK will be represented for the first time in the Croatian market.Many popular local brands will also be found in the centre.
Perfect infrastructure
“As well as the wide choice of brands and the attractiveness of the shops, we also want to offer the customers outstanding service and the perfect infrastructure,” says centre manager Robert Petric.This includes an own exit on the A2 motorway, 7,250 free parking spaces (with 2,500 of these roofed-over), a rail connection with shuttle bus and an own bus terminal.Long opening hours, a wide range of food and drink establishments and entertainment and, not least, a huge children’s fun park make WESTGATE a world of leisure for the whole family that is unparalleled in the entire region.
Top food and drink establishments & entertainment
Before, during and after shopping, WESTGATE visitors are offered a wide range of culinary delights from a total of 32 restaurants, bars and cafés – including Croatia´s first running sushi restaurant, local dishes with a Mediterranean flair and cool, highly stylish cocktail lounges.In the mall, chill-out zones provide visitors with comfortable seating so they can have a rest.Natural stone floors, fountain landscapes, vital greenery and natural daylight give a real feel-good atmosphere.
An absolute magnet for children is the 4,000 m² HABIPARK, a very special kind of fun park. The indoor playground provides its young visitors with attractions designed to encourage them to exercise and therefore promotes the health and motor functions of the kids.Other highlights are a – free to use – 400 m² indoor ice rink with state-of-the-art technology, a bowling centre with 12 alleys, and an Admiral automated casino.
Mega opening days
From 12 to 15 November, visitors in the three main squares of the centre will be presented with a highly-varied programme of events for all ages which will tell them more about the wide range of shops and services available at WESTGATE.Every hour between 11.30 and 20.30 hrs, catwalk shows will be held in cooperation with the centre’s fashion stores; the shows will be presented by TV lady Ida Prester.People taking part in the WESTGATE game show – presented by the popular TV presenter Mario Petrekovic – can win many prizes from the shops and also WESTGATE vouchers.The radio station 101 will also be there broadcasting live from the centre.While parents check out the shops in the new centre, children will be provided with the perfect entertainment:games & action are available from the kids entertainment professionals at HABIPARK.
3 x BMW X1 cars to win
A huge red box in the design of WESTGATE set up in the best city centre locations in Zagreb (Cvjetni trg and in front of the railway station) has announced in the last few weeks that the opening of WESTGATE will be accompanied by a fantastic prize draw.On the first Sunday (15 Nov.) and on the two following Sundays (22 and 29 Nov.) visitors can win a brand new BMW X1 on each of these days.The three lucky winners will therefore be among the first BMW X1 owners in Croatia.
WESTGATE Press Office:
Premisa, Marija Jelić
Heinzelova 62a
10 000 Zagreb
Direct: +385 1 2357 812
Mobile: + 385 98 462 498
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