[8] The cuisine of Northern Croatia includes dishes of a few local or regional cuisines (Zagorje, Međimurje, Podravina) which have their specific cooking traditions, characteristic for the area and not necessarily well known in other parts of Croatia, as well as dishes that can be found all across the country.

The Međimurska gibanica is one of the layer cakes popular in Northern Croatia, especially in the Međimurje region.

The north–south highway corridor provides access to the Adriatic, which is a geographic advantage to the other countries in Southern Europe.

Both of these episodes are supposedly shot in non-existent "Srednjaci" village railway station, while in reality, it is the city of Ludbreg railway station, a city between two major regional capitals - Varaždin and Koprivnica.

The availability of first-class human resources in a university in Varaždin has led to advances in software and game development.