Archive for category 1. About Belgrade

“Whoever had the luck to wake up in Belgrade this morning, could consider that for today he/she achieved enough in his/her life. Any further insisting on something more, would not be modest.”
- Dusko Radovic from “Good Morning, Belgrade”

Belgrade is the capital and the largest city of Serbia. The city lies on two international waterways, at the confluence of Sava and Danube rivers. With a population of 1,630,000, Belgrade is the third largest city in Southeastern Europe.

It is one of the oldest cities in Europe with archeological findings tracing settlements as early as 6th millennium BC. Belgrade’s wider city area was the birthplace of the largest prehistoric culture of Europe - “Vinča”.

Belgrade has a moderate continental climate. The year-round average temperature is 11.7 °C, while the hottest month is July, with an average temperature of 33 °C. Autumn is longer than spring, with long, warm, sunny periods. Winter is not excessively harsh, with an average of 21 days below zero. January is the coldest month with a mean temperature of 0.10C. Spring is short and wet and it starts in March, while autumn starts in September.

The city has an extensive public transport system based on buses, trams and trolleybuses. Taxi is very cheap and safe, and can be hailed in the street.

British Times proclaimed Belgrade as Europe’s best nightlife city. Here every night is nighout. There are many restaurants, cafés and pubs in this city. The most recognizable nightlife features of Belgrade are the barges spread along the banks of the Sava and Danube Rivers.

Prince Michael Street is the main walking street in Belgrade. It is a pedestrian zone and shopping center with lots of cafes and fancy shops, protected by law as one of the oldest and most valuable monumental complexes of the city. It has a large number of impressive buildings and mansions built at the end of the 1870’s.

There are also many shopping malls in Belgrade. Delta City and Usće are the largest ones in the Balkans. Clothes prices are the same as in other European city, i.e. a pair of Diesel jeans will cost you around 150€ (50€ on sale).

Belgrade has many hotels located in the city center with an average price 120€ per night. You can also rent very nice apartments for a daily price of 60€.

There are also plenty of excellent restaurants in Belgrade and what is mostly important is that you can find them on every corner in the city. Most of them serve national food, but there are lots of those who offer international cuisine as well. The average meal price in a good restaurant is 8,00 €.

On a cultural side Belgrade is very busy trough out the whole year:
FEST is an International Film Festival – where the best awarded films of world are shown as well as the winners and other entries from other festivals. It takes place from the last Friday in February to the first Sunday in March;
BELEF – Belgrade Summer Festival – The International Summer Festival stages musical, theatrical, dance and multimedia performances ( we must mention last years concert of Cinematic Orchestra as mind blowing ). the festival is held in the surroundings of Kalemegdan, Ada Ciganlija, Belgrade streets and squares, theatres and other halls in the city. It takes place during July and August; Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival;
BITEF – Belgrade International Theatre Festival;
The Summertime Jazz Festival – with performances by many international stars is usually in late June – early July;
BEMUS – The Belgrade Music Festival and many others.

Balgrade has in total 21 theatres and two opera houses, as well as many foreign cultural institutions.

As for the music scene, Belgrade is also alive 365 days a year. Since Serbia only recently opened to the world, famouse bands and musicians and DJ, are coming all the time.

The architecture of Belgrade is a mirror of different cultural and historical periods, influences and styles. From the presence of old Oriental influences (Zemun), across baroque architecture (Belgrade Cathedral), secession, academism and neoclassicism (National theatre), socialist and industrial features from post WW2 period, to modern architecture and layout of New Belgrade with wide boulevards. New York-based architect Daniel Libeskind, master planner for the World Trade Center in Manhattan and the Jewish Museum created a master plan for the development of the Port of Belgrade on Danube River which is to be completed by the end of 2020. 

Belgrade has many beautiful parks. The biggest one is Kalemegdan, with an old fortress, comprising remains from Ancient and Byzantine times to Turkish and Austro – Ugrian periods.

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