Its gently curving line follows an old stream, the Medveščak, which once separated the two rival medieval settlements of Gradec and Kaptol. The stream was covered over at the end of the 19th century, and the street was later named after the historian Ivan Krstitelj Tkalčić.
The low, colourful 18th and 19th-century houses now hold terraces that fill with people from late morning until late at night. Along the way stands a statue of Marija Jurić Zagorka, Croatia's first female journalist and a popular novelist. In the evenings and at weekends it becomes one of the busiest meeting places in the city.
Tkalčićeva starts just above Ban Jelačić Square by the Dolac Market and runs north below the Upper Town, so it is easy to combine with the Stone Gate, Dolac and the cathedral on a walk.
