Posts from ‘April, 2009’

The BBC has written about the opening of a new SOS Market branch in Belgrade. The first of these social supermarkets, which sell groceries at lower prices, opened around a month ago. They aim to make life that little bit easier for Serbia’s poorer residents who are feeling the pinch of the global economic crisis.
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Spring has definitely arrived in Belgrade. This is Trg Nikole Pasica (Nikola Pasic Square) on a beautiful spring day with tulips and greenery everywhere. Belgrade really springs to life with colour once winter subsides. The fountain in the centre of the photo is most welcome when it becomes hotter as the spray cools you down [...]

It was unusually quiet and tranquil whilst walking around Belgrade city centre yesterday. Many of the main streets were free of the usual bumper-to-bumper traffic because earlier in the day there had been a marathon and the roads were still blocked off. This is a photo of Kralja Milana street, which is a large thoroughfare [...]

Straight to point shop sign in Belgrade.
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First of all, Happy Easter to those celebrating it today! This is the Temple of St Sava (Hram svetog Save) located in Belgrade’s Vracar neighbourhood. It’s one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world and dominates Belgrade’s skyline. Designed by architect Aleksander Deroko, construction began in 1935 but was halted because of World War [...]

This is the second post of a ‘mini-series’ dealing with the advantages and disadvantages of living in or visiting Belgrade. Click here to read the Top 5 Good Things About Belgrade.

You’ve seen what I consider to be the main good things about Belgrade, so what about the disadvantages of living in or visiting the Serbian [...]

This is the first post of a ‘mini-series’ dealing with the advantages and disadvantages of living in or visiting Belgrade. Click here to read the Top 3 Bad Things About Belgrade.
After reading a survey on the likes and dislikes of Belgrade’s foreign residents, I thought I’d write about the things I personally find good and [...]

This is the lower part of Bulevar kralja Aleksandra (King Aleksandar Boulevard), more commonly known as Bulevar revolucije (Boulevard of the Revolution) or simply Bulevar. This is also my new view and neighbourhood, which I’m very pleased about!
The Bulevar is 7.5 km long and runs from Trg Nikole Pasica and the Serbian Parliament, which are [...]

Thanks to @markowe for linking to the survey on Twitter
A new survey [in Serbian] conducted by the Tourist Organisation of Belgrade and the Belgrade Statistical office has shed light on what Belgrade’s 7,000 foreign residents think is good and bad about the city. Here’s a quick rundown of the results:
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Kalemegdan
the Danube and Sava riverbanks
Skadarlija
Ada Ciganlija
Kosutnjak
the [...]