Local portal · Community Zapadno.hr your neighbourhood, in one place
What is happening in town, when does the bus leave, and what is on this weekend? Zapadno.hr brings together news and practical information for Samobor, Sveta Nedelja, Zaprešić and western Zagreb. We have been developing our own portal since 2023. Its 2026 redesign connects local journalism with services people can use every day.
Explore more on the official project website.
Local stories, on every screen.
01The challenge
Local life needs more than a news feed. Readers also look for a concert, a water outage notice, an on-duty pharmacy or a connection to work — often across different websites. The challenge was to bring these needs into a clear, mobile-friendly portal that the newsroom can maintain every day.
02The solution
We redesigned the reading experience and connected the news with local services, transport timetables and an events calendar. Classifieds, polls and story submissions give readers ways to take part. Behind the portal, an editorial tool supports article preparation, live coverage and managing contributions from the community.
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areas: Samobor, Sveta Nedelja, Zaprešić and western Zagreb
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local information services
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reading themes: light and dark
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2026
portal redesign
03Key features
What Zapadno.hr does
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Stories from your neighbourhood
News, sport, culture and neighbourhood life. Photos, video and live updates bring more context to each story.
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Today in town
The local information hub brings together power and water outages, pharmacies and doctors on duty, with sources and update times.
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Find your next departure
Bus and train timetables, route listings and saved destinations. Regular journeys are easy to find without repeating the same search.
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Make plans nearby
Concerts, sport, fairs and workshops in one calendar. Browse by location and category, then open the event details.
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Neighbourhood classifieds
Sell, rent or give something away with free classified listings. Search by category and location to find what is nearby.
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A voice for the community
Readers can vote on local topics and send their own stories to the newsroom. The portal makes room for what neighbours want to share.
04Inside the product
A look inside
A portal that goes with you
Catch up on the news.
Find what you need.
On a phone, readers move between scanning the homepage, reading a story and looking up a specific answer. The redesign connects these moments with a clear layout and a choice of light or dark theme.
Your news, your way to read.
A dark theme, clear sections and neighbourhood stories designed for a phone screen.
The same portal. A lighter view.
Switch to a light theme with the same news layout and familiar navigation.
From news to a useful answer.
The local information hub connects power and water notices, on-duty services and timetables, with sources and update times.
Screens from Zapadno.hr. News and service information change daily.
05Behind the daily stories
Keeping the newsroom moving.
Alongside the portal, we develop a workspace for the newsroom. Editors prepare articles, photos and galleries, preview stories before publication and manage live coverage. Polls, reader submissions and classified reports each have a place in the same tool, connecting the public portal with the daily work behind it.
Discover more about Zapadno.hr
Find more details and product features on its official website.