On the right bank of the Danube, in southeastern part of Srem, there is Zemun Municipality, formerly a separate city, and today a romantic part of Belgrade. With its cultural and historic heritage, typical Vojvodina architecture and special charm, Zemun is the real “city within the city“. Its inhabitants carefully nurture this noble spirit. Gardoš […]

History has recorded legendary leaders, heroes and prophets, great poets, three uprisings, priests and educators – but it has recorded few of the insignificant, forgotten and sometimes still extant „Three legends of Belgrade“. Let us now rescue them from oblivion, perhaps even sanctify their memory. Phantom For seven days in 1979, throughout Belgrade, stories circulated […]

In Belgrade every day is treated like Friday – people think nothing of clubbing through the night and going straight into work the next morning. That may sound unimaginably hedonistic to people from a nation where almost everything shuts at 11pm, but Belgrade’s all-night bars and clubs and very cheap booze. Serbs never go out […]

As we have mentioned in some of the previous articles, most of Serbs are Serbian Orthodox Christians. Serbian Orthodox Church still follows old tradition – same as the Russian Orthodox Church. This means that Serbs don’t necessarily celebrate Easter on the same day as Catholics or Protestants. However, although some of the Orthodox Churches  – […]

Stari grad Municipality (Belgrade Old Town) reflects the history of Belgrade more than two millenniums long. The main pedestrian zone, Knez – Mihailova Street, is protected by the state as one of the oldest and most valuable monumental units, with a series of representative buildings from the late 1870’s. The Belgrade Fortress, a unique historical […]

Serbs love to eat so much, and Serbian kitchen is mainly based on meat. Yes, we are carnivores; and so do our guests become when they taste our meat specialties. However, the unbreakable part of Serbian cuisine are the fresh sidedishes and dips for which we have one name – „salata“. Although it’s usually used […]

So, we have mentioned „Shumadian Tea“ several times before. This miraculous drink wins the hearts of all the people who taste it. We consider it omnipotent cure for cold and flu; it is very powerful antidepressive and an extraordinary catalyst in making new friendships. We drink it during the cold months, we drink it in […]

Yes, the winter has started recently, and Serbs are preparing themselves for the period of enjoyment. Days are getting shorter, and the favorite pastime among Serbs is socializing with friends and family. We have already mentioned Slava – authentic Serbian holidays – and the season of holidays has arrived. Very soon it will be Christmas […]

We have mentioned the importance of family to Serbs several times now, so we have decided to entertain you with a closer look at Serbian family relations. Serbian family tree and relations are among the most complex in the world. In the most of the West European cultures only direct blood lines are recognized with […]

I hope that we’ve made quite an interesting picture of Serbia so far. You never know what to expect from Serbs, so here’s a little trivia for you: The most common name in Europe is John Smith. But do you know who’s the runner-up? Believe it or not – it’s Serb called Jovan Petrović. You […]

It exists for more than two thousand years. Not for one day was it abandoned. Can you imagine a structure which keeps and is the very history of one city? That’s what Belgrade fortress actually is – a keeper and a true heart of Belgrade history. It changed dozens of names – Celtic Singidun, followed […]

„Where there is Slava, there is a Serb“ – Serbian proverb Majority of Serbs are Christians, and Christianity came very soon after the settling of South Slavs in Balkans. Byzantine missionaries and brothers St. Cyril and St. Methodius are considered to be the founders of South Slavic Christianity. It was a very cunning way to […]

“Burek” is for many people one of the most popular foods. It is ideal as a breakfast, but also as a dinner. It’s just unthinkable back in time on the weekends and do not come with the team at burek in the bakery. We agree that we all love pie. But we don’t know how […]

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 […]

Serbian dishes are made of quality ingredients, fresh and succulent meat, seasonal fruits and vegetables, whose genuine scents and flavours are never smothered by sauces and heavy spices. Genetically modified food is banned in Serbia. The usual food preparation techniques include boiling, stewing, simmering, frying, roasting, grilling, baking, and some restaurants use the traditional methods, […]

Like any other cosmopoliten city Belgrade is full of great restaurants.  Whether you would like a sushi restaurant, an American steakhouse, an Italian restaurant, a Thai eatery or exotic Cajun cuisine – you will find it all. Off course, most of restaurants serve Serbia traditional food, that is hearty and tasty, with lot of meat. […]

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 […]