The city government, court, police, health service, and a post office are part of the Samobor infrastructure.

Samobor has existed as a free royal town since 1242,[a] according to a document of endowment by King Béla IV.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Samobor was a district capital in the Zagreb County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

The town's beautiful surroundings and vicinity to the capital have supported this tourist tradition to the present day.

Shortly after this, the mansion was confiscated by the newly formed Independent State of Croatia and never returned to the Daničić family.

On Tepec hill, a 10-minute walk from the city centre, there are still-visible remains of the Samobor Castle fortress built in the 13th century.

The local men's basketball club is KK Samobor, who play in the Prva muška liga.