Landmines
During the Homeland War (1991-1995), millions of landmines were scattered along the conflict zone by both Croatian and Serb forces. The Croatian government has done a good job of demining the major tourist areas and the main routes to them. Unfortunately, the plans to make the country mine free by 2009 are a dream; some estimates now place the end of the job after 2050. Zagreb and the Adriatic coast are safe, but portions of some of the national parks in Northern Dalmatia and areas along the road from Karlovac to Plitvitce are still thought to suffer from mine contamination. The A1 autoroute from Karlovac to Split runs along the conflict zone for many miles, which should be kept in mind if you're tempted to get off the autoroute and explore a bit. Western and Eastern Slavonia also are heavily contaminated, especially places like Lipik and Pakrac in the former and Vukovar in the latter....
