Posts Tagged ‘photography’

These are posters for events and concerts coming up in Belgrade. They’ve been posted onto a metal barrier around a construction site. You can see that Enrique Iglesias, AC/DC, WWE American wrestling and DJ Marco Carola, as well as the homegrown Bora Dugic, will be entertaining Belgraders (and people from elsewhere in Serbia and the [...]

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 [...]

This is a typical kiosk or trafika, which can be found all over Belgrade and other towns and cities across Serbia. They’re essentially mini newsagents or convenience stores from which you can buy newspapers, magazines, mobile phone credit, cigarettes, public transport tickets, sweets, crisps, alcohol, juice, coffee, tissues, lighters and sometimes even DVDs. There are [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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, [...]

I went to the post office this morning with the little card the postman left yesterday to pick up a parcel which was waiting for me. It was my copy of the recently published Belgrade Belongs To Me: Photographs By Boogie. It’s an engrossing photo book by one of Serbia’s best photographers, Boogie, who captures [...]

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 [...]

It snowed almost non-stop for several days last week in Belgrade, covering the city in inches upon inches of clean, white snow. Unfortunately, it’s not so pretty when it becomes slushy and dirty.
This is photo was taken on Saturday afternoon at Republic Square (Trg republike). It’s one of the main meeting points for friends before [...]