Posts Tagged ‘Belgrade’

United States Vice President Joe Biden is finishing off his one-day visit to Belgrade and will soon be tucked up in his hotel room before heading down to Kosovo tomorrow. He arrived at Belgrade Airport just before 10am and was met by Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and was then given the red carpet treatment by [...]

Photo by Andy Mettler
On Wednesday, United States Vice President Joe Biden will visit Belgrade – the most senior US official to do so in 30 years. According to the US, the visit is an opportunity to “reset” US-Serbia relations. Of course, security is going to be extremely tight. Here’s a rundown of some of those [...]

This is a notice on a kiosk looking for new workers. What was interesting for me was finding out how much the kiosk workers earn a month. The notice says that the monthly pay for the day shift is 28,000 dinars, which is around 295 euro, while the night shift (the kiosk works 24/7) pays [...]

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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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 [...]

This is a shot of 29th of November Street (Ulica 29. novembra). Here you can see an example of Belgrade’s mish-mash of architecture, which may not always be pretty, but it certainly makes the city interesting. The shop on the left is a travel agent, the middle one sells sweet and savoury pancakes (palacinke) and [...]

Belgrade’s transport infrastructure is not one of the city’s finest features. The trolleybuses, buses and trams can get very crowded, sweaty and hot at peak times – and the regular traffic jams in the city only help to lengthen the torment. There are lots of new, modern air-conditioned buses and trolleybuses, many kindly donated by [...]

This beautiful church is the Church of St. Gavrilo the Archangel (Hram svetog arhangela Gavrila). It’s located on Humska street in the Dedinje area of Belgrade, opposite the Partizan football team stadium. I just had to stop and take a photo as it was a pleasant, and very tranquil, contrast to the dozens of police [...]

Delta City is a large shopping and entertainment complex in Blok 67, New Belgrade. The first ‘real’ shopping centre in Serbia, it opened its doors on the 1st of November, 2007. The complex, spread out over 3 floors and 87,000 sq metres, has some 130 stores, including a Marks & Spencer and a supermarket, 15 [...]

This is a picture from inside the Chinese Market in Blok 70 in New Belgrade, where I went yesterday on a mission to find authentic noodles – unfortunately the little shop which sold them was shut! You can get virtually anything and everything here from clothes and bed linen to toys and mobile phones.
The centre, [...]

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Thanks to Beogradoholik, whom you can follow on Twitter @Beogradoholik, for pointing this out.
Have you ever wanted to see what’s happening in Belgrade but can’t because you don’t live there? Perhaps you just want to conduct a bit of spying on the city’s residents? Well, thanks to strategically placed web cameras at Trg Nikole [...]

This photo was taken from the window of the newly-renovated Beograd department store on Terazije square. Terazije is officially considered to be the very centre of Belgrade. The green and yellow building is the Hotel Moskva (Moscow Hotel). Built in 1906, it is one of Belgrade’s most recognisable landmarks and is famed for its restaurant [...]