For the people with jobs that have regular working hours most work from about 8:30 am to about 4:30 pm. Like many jobs today, the schools in Croatia have fairly regular school hours. Schools are off from about June to August and during this time many Croatian families like to take an extended vacation, either in Croatia itself (often times along the coast or on the islands) or abroad. Again, most vacations are focused on family.
During shorter periods of free time, such as evenings and weekends (Saturday-Sunday), time is again often spent with family. This may just mean staying home with the family for dinner, getting outside to play sports, or anything else. Going out to restaurants and bars is a growing trends, particularly in Zagreb, but again this is just one of many choices on how to spend one's free time.
Identity
The Croatians view themselves as Croatian and that is defined, almost exclusively, by being Catholic, but is also attached to the ethnicity, language, and other aspects of the culture. Being very similar, ethnically and linguistically, to the Serbs and Bosniaks, the Croatians see their ethnicity and language as being distinct from these other two groups, although the greatest differences from one group to the next is religion, food, and other small aspects of the culture. The Croatian identity is extended to include any ethnic Croatian, no matter where he or she lives, as it is not truly a politically-defined identity.