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The five 'Star's Stars'
26.12.2017

The five 'Star's Stars'

Soccer club Red Star (Crvena Zvezda) has had the tradition of bestowing the title of 'Stars star" to the players who greatly influenced the club's history and who made the club famous around the world...
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Medicine of prehistoric Belgrade
24.12.2017

Medicine of prehistoric Belgrade

The time of colds and viruses is upon us! Whether you watch your health or not (whatever that may mean) you can't escape flying germs, simply because we are social beings who exchange quite a bit of c...
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Who was the first to discover Jazz in the Balkans?
22.12.2017

Who was the first to discover Jazz in the Balkans?

„You travel all around the world - where exactly can you find jazz and swing? In specific places? “ „No“, says Louis Armstrong, also known as 'Sachmo', "Jazz is wherever you find it." Any average m...
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20.12.2017

Belglrade subway is a story that's been going on for over 70 years now. By the end of the 70's and at the start of the 80's of the 20th century, there was even an initiative to begin construction, but...
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"Meet me at the Horse!"
18.12.2017

"Meet me at the Horse!"

  Among the oldest buildings in Belgrade is the National theatre, which made the square once known as Republic square known as the Theatre square. It started work in 1868 when the theatre building wa...
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"Ko nekad u 8" when we listened to 'slager' songs
15.12.2017

"Ko nekad u 8" when we listened to 'slager' songs

To set the mood, we need a song in the background: “Devojko mala, pesmo moga grada, sto si mi dala srce puno sna…” We all know this song, and that means that it survived 57 years. One of the most...
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The short and exciting history of Serbian robotics
13.12.2017

The short and exciting history of Serbian robotics

Did you know that the term ‘robot’ came from the Czech word “robota”, meaning – work? This term appears for the first time in 1920, in the R.U.R drama (Rossum’s Universal Robots), written by the Czech...
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How many gates does Belgrade have?
12.12.2017

How many gates does Belgrade have?

The story of Belgrade gates is the story of Belgrade through the century. It isn’t easy to find a city with such a turbulent past as Belgrade. The clearest proof of this probably lies with its gates...
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New Belgrade's number mystery - who, when and why named the Blocks with numbers?
10.12.2017

New Belgrade's number mystery - who, when and why named the Blocks with numbers?

Geometry, integrals and high mathematics fall defeated before the simple question of “How were New Belgrade blocks numerized?” Where is the connection between Block 50 and 6 and why are they next to e...
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The history we never learned happened in taverns
09.12.2017

The history we never learned happened in taverns

You descend into the basement of a stone building, down a musty set of stairs. Your hat is soaked with rain, but you don’t take it off because it goes with your suit too well. Your way is just barely...
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Belgrade, the city atop 31 hills
07.12.2017

Belgrade, the city atop 31 hills

“The Serbs built their house on a road”, were the words of the famous Serbian geographer Jovan Cvijic. Still, when it comes to Belgrade, Serbs mostly built houses on hills. 31 of them, to be exact. Th...
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Tropical home for lizards in the middle of Belgrade
02.12.2017

Tropical home for lizards in the middle of Belgrade

Among the steep and quiet streets of Savski venac, in the area connecting Dedinje and Senjak there is a small tropical oasis. It is the home of dozens of fish, lizards, rodents, turtles and some birds...
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Belgrade public transportation history - from racing horses to validators (pt. 3)
30.11.2017

Belgrade public transportation history - from racing horses to validators (pt. 3)

After WWII ended, there were 4 tramway and 3 bus lines operating around Belgrade with a total of 58 vehicles. The capitol city was in ruins, but on the wings of post-war optimism the first trolley was...
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Ivan Mestrovic before Belgraders
29.11.2017

Ivan Mestrovic before Belgraders

One of the greatest sculptors of religious renaissance was born in Slavonia. He worked as a stone-cutter’s apprentice in Split and obtained an education in Vienna, where in 1905 he organizes his first...
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The first elevator in Belgrade
28.11.2017

The first elevator in Belgrade

If you are a tenant at an average multi-story building in Belgrade and you’ve spent decades living there, then chances are you already know your neighbors and furthermore see them as a part of your ex...
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The history of public transportation in Belgrade - from running horses to validators (pt. 2)
27.11.2017

The history of public transportation in Belgrade - from running horses to validators (pt. 2)

The idyllic times were suddenly interrupted when the First World War began. In the devastation of Belgrade, inevitably the public transportation along with its electrical central and network were dama...
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Millennium tower: the royal pearl on the "earth city" slopes
26.11.2017

Millennium tower: the royal pearl on the "earth city" slopes

When you have an enormous empire of over 200,000km2 and you’ve built and guarded it for almost 1,000 years, you are sure to be very proud of it. Your influence and power will inspire all. But, there w...
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When "Zeleni venac" was the lake of Belgrade
25.11.2017

When "Zeleni venac" was the lake of Belgrade

Very rarely favored by Belgraders, Zeleni Venac has been equally important over the centuries, but changed purpose several times. In the place that we know today for its car noises and crowds we fran...
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The history of public transportation in Belgrade - from racing horces to validators (pt. 1)
23.11.2017

The history of public transportation in Belgrade - from racing horces to validators (pt. 1)

“Driver, we’re getting off!” was said in public transportation in Belgrade for the first time on 14th October 1892. On that Wednesday, the “driver” shouted “yeehaaw” and the two horses pulled along a...
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Do you know where is the Home for those parted with mind?
21.11.2017

Do you know where is the Home for those parted with mind?

This isn’t something we think or talk about much, but the cruel and inhuman treatment of mentally ill people is historically much closer to us than we’d like to admit. On the other hand something we c...
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Who was "baba Visnja"?
20.11.2017

Who was "baba Visnja"?

An embarrassing confession: I once imagined – as did many people I talked to – that in Vracar, decades ago, there used to live a lovely little granny who selflessly gave children cherry pastries, milk...
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City history in the eyes of an alligator
19.11.2017

City history in the eyes of an alligator

“Do not cause excess noise near his habitat, that won’t get him to move.” Try to imagine yourself reading this warning. Where are you in that moment? Who is that stubborn lazybones? Let us help you...
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The first cinema in Balkans - night in Belgrade Paris
17.11.2017

The first cinema in Balkans - night in Belgrade Paris

It was around the end of the 19th century when a certain gentleman from France arrived to Belgrade, presenting the brothers Lumiere. Mere months earlier in Paris, they presented to the world a technol...
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Ruzica: Church with a view of the war
15.11.2017

Ruzica: Church with a view of the war

The temple dedicated to the birth of St. Marie, Ruzica Church, is considered one of the oldest Belgrade churches, even though it’s not fully known when or who built it. Still, the data we have is enou...
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