Serbian folk dancing is an old tradition and a strong element in the Serbian culture. The traditional dances are of social function, bringing the community and families together at various important days such as weddings, Christmas or Easter. The dances can be part of performance art (theatre, i.e. part of historical events) and social life. […]

In Belgrade there is over 300 monuments, and 57 of them are considered monuments of exceptional importance to the culture of Belgrade, but also all over Serbia. They resemble the people and events that have marked our country and our capital city. Belgrade’s beautiful, historic city, which has seen many wars and crossing the hands […]

Serbs have centuries-old tradition of drinking black coffee, and it was a tradition inherited from the time of the Turkish reign in this region. The first “kafanas” (coffee houses) were opened in the East, and this “institution” was introduced here by the Ottoman conquerors. It is quite certain that over time Turks opened also the […]

Guitar Art Festival was founded in 2000 and today represents a professional and expert event that gathers classical guitarists of all kinds: amateurs, primary and secondary music schools pupils, students, as well as their teachers and professors and eminent guests, leading world guitarists.

Belgrade International Film Festival, called FEST, is an annual film festival held in Belgrade, Serbia since 1971. It was the only film festival in socialist countries that attracted big Hollywood stars such as Jack Nicholson, Kirk Douglas, Robert De Niro, Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda and famous directors like Miloš Forman, Francis Ford Coppola, Roman Polanski etc.

In the backroom of a small house in Pirot in southeastern Serbia, a handful of women are fighting to keep an ancient craft alive. Their dexterous fingers race up and down large wooden looms, weaving the bold geometric patterns distinct to Pirot carpets. Once celebrated throughout Europe for their beauty, Pirot carpets graced the walls […]

This astonishingly inexpensive country is one of Europe’s best-kept secrets. But get in quick: the genre-jumping Exit Festival – annexing a medieval fortress in Novi Sad each July since it began as an anti-Milošević protest – was awarded the Best Major European Festival title. Belgrade is being mentioned in the same panting breaths as Berlin […]

The Battle of Kosovo was neither a major victory nor a major defeat in the history of Serbian warfare, but it has remained one of the most significant events of the Serbian history. A great clash of the Serbian and Turkish armies took place on Vidovdan (15 June by the Julian calendar, 28 June by […]

“Nušićijada” is a collage dedicated to the great festival of Serbian literature Branislav Nušić. Program of events including plays, concerts of classical, traditional, electro, rock, blues and ethnic music, performances, exhibitions, interactive workshops and others. This year: five years of renewed festival, 150 years after the birth Branislav Nušić Accompanying program: The most massive reading […]

People in Serbia are warm, full of kindness, hospitality, especially towards foreigners. Serbia is a land known for warmhearted people, where hospitality is the dearest obligation of every host. As Serbian’s are good hosts they will call you to visit them at home. Every host will do everything to make the guest feel like at […]

Take a look at a video trailer about Guca Festival and Serbia culture, that was filmed by our friends from Greece during their visit in 2012. Every year in August the sleepy town Guca turns into a big party, the air is filled with the sound of trumpets and smell of grilled meat, streets with […]

Soulfood Serbia is a short promotional video of the National Tourism Organisation of Serbia representing autochthonous food and beverages. Gastronomic products featured in the video are an essential part of the country’s tourism offer.

15.09. – 25.09.2013. Belgrade, Serbia Founded in 1967, Bitef Festival has continually followed and supported the latest theatre trends, becoming thus one of the biggest and the most important European festivals. Transcending all political and cultural borders, in more than four decades Bitef has managed to keep its pace with a tumultuous evolution of performing […]

Exhibition “Constantine the Great and Edict of Milan 313. – The birth of Christianity in the Roman Provinces on the territory of Serbia” and Opera “Aida” by Giuseppe Verdi on May 18th at Vuiminacium On the occasion of the celebration of the Anniversary “Edict of Milan 313-2013, Serbia”, on May 18th, 2013, at the archeological […]

25.of April – 10.of May 2013. Every year in late April and at the beginning of May, the city of Kraljevo is the host of the event called “Days of the lilac”. It is held to commemorate the event from 13. century when King Uros I who was in love of the French princess Helen […]

18.05.2013. Belgrade and other Serbian cities Night full of art, history, culture and great fun! This year`s 10th anniversary of Museum Night promises unforgettable experience in Serbian capital of Belgrade and many other cities. Museum Night is art production group whose aim is to gather eminent artists, art historians, sociologists, culturologists and everybody else who […]

Slava is the celebration of the patron saint for each family in Serbia. Different families have different saints, handed down through the generations. The tradition is a centrepiece of family life – festivities last three days, and include feasts and dancing as well as religious ceremonies. The BBC’s Guy De Launey joined one family as […]