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Belgrade Weekly Phone Photo #36

I snapped a hurried shot of these advertising boards from a tram I was travelling on in New Belgrade the other day. The black sign with the white text simply says ‘BE’ in Serbian. Anyone have any idea what it’s for? You can also see from the photo that summer has moved over for winter [...]

The Dangerous Streets of Belgrade

From the title of this post, you probably thought I was going to talk about crime, gun warfare or gangs making the streets of Belgrade a dangerous place to be. But no, what I’m referring to is ice. Apart from today, it’s been pretty darn freezing across the Balkans – Belgrade being no exception – [...]

So Long Summer

Photo by dottorpeni
It seem that summer is well and truly over. After a weeks and weeks of bright sunshine, clear blue skies and temperatures ranging from 30C to 40C, it was quite a shock to the system at the weekend. Cloud. Rain. 9C-10C.
At first I thought it was just a ‘freak’ day – and was [...]

First Snow of 2007

The first snow has fallen in Belgrade! Quite unexpectedly as well. I had some friends over to the flat for drinks and then  went off to xLagoom for some progressive house clubbing. Everything looked normal, a bit of light rain and an icy chill, which enticed us to take a taxi to the club. A [...]