Croatia

Croatia, officially republic of Croatia is a country in the south-eastern region of Europe, it has a population of 3.9 million as of 2023. Croatia’s first language is Croatian but Bosnian and Serbian closely follow. Croatia includes the traditional regions of Dalmatia and Istria, located along the Adriatic coast, and Croatia-Slavonia in the northern arm of the country. Zagreb is the capital and largest city of Croatia. Croatia borders: Slovenia and Hungary to the north, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the east, Montenegro to the south, and it also shares a sea border with Italy on the west. Croatia is a member of the European Union, the Eurozone, the Schengen Area, NATO, the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the World Trade Organization, and a founding member of the Union for the Mediterranean. Croatia, which acceded to the EU in 2013, adopted the euro in 2023.

Hrvatske igraće karte - igraće karte Hrvatska

Playing cards are called igraće karte in Croatia and have a long tradition in Croatia. The most popular Croatian card games include Belot, Briškula, Poker, Rummy, Skopa, Šnaps, Tablić, Trešeta, and Trijumf. In Croatia you can find playing cards from international brands such as Bicycle, Dal Negro, COPAG, Fournier, KEM, Modiano, Piatnik, and Tally-Ho which we sell right here on our website! During the Yugoslavia period cards were mainly imported from Hungary. The Triestine pattern, an Italian-suited playing card design derived from the Venice pattern, was preferred on the coast and the German-suited tell cards were preferred in the rest of Croatia.

Grafika Grafoprint
Grafika Grafoprint, founded in 1971, is Croatia’s first playing card factory. In 1989, Grafika Grafoprint started producing playing cards and board games as the only playing card factory in the Balkans. In Grafika Grafoprint’s assortment you can find playing cards for Belot, Hungarian playing cards and French playing cards for Poker, Rummy, Bridge and Canasta, and Italian playing cards for Briškula (Triestine), and various children's card games.

At playingcardshop.eu we have a beautiful collection of playing cards from Croatia, which we send daily to Croatia with DHL. Discover all Croatian playing cards online at our Croatian playing card shop!