Get to know Belgrade

An idyllic September day was suddenly filled with screams when a sudden bout of storm caught the ship “Nis” on the line Belgrade-Zemun. The ship bearing 150 passengers was pelted by rain and hail whil...

What today we call the City hall and the presidency of Serbia used to be the Royal court. A majestic structure surrounded by a garden, small lake, tulips and sculptures, while inside its walls there c...

The story of Belgrade’s marketplaces begins in 1824 when the St. Andrew’s marketplace was founded in Student square, soon to be dubbed ‘Velika pijaca’ (the Big Marketplace) by the people. As per agree...

He has the best view in the city, greets ships and overlooks the joining of Sava and Danube. He’s proud and over a century old. Above all, he is the symbol of Belgrade. It’s not well-known that in its...

Beloved for decades and often in the top of music lists, favorite of young and less young. No you’re not wrong – we’re talking about “Generacija 5”. Officially founded in the middle of 1977 in Belgra...

If you could choose one street in Belgrade to show to a friend who is only here for an afternoon, where would you go? From Sava to Danube from the I to XXI century, one of the oldest streets in the c...

Is it Nebojsa’s Tower or Tower Nebojsa? Those who aren’t familiar with the history of our capitol might think about this question for a while and then conclude that there’s probably not a big differe...

The denizens of the Serbian capitol have been passing down the legend of Branko bridge curse for generations. It is a curse so dark, so powerful and so malevolent that Branko’s bridge has been attract...

On the 1st of September 1808 in Dorcol, more specifically in the corner of Gospodar Jevremove and Kralja Petra streets, a group of boys and their families had gathered to hear what the elegant gentlem...

Imagine yourself walking through the “Darol jihad” – the house of wars as the Turks used to call Belgrade in the days of the Ottoman Empire. One foot after the other, you’re on your way to Tasmajdan....

The year is 1932. On the edge of Belgrade, behind Vracar, there is a hill known as Veliki Vracar, the large, mysterious, forested area which at the time belonged to the so-called “Fifth region” (third...

One of the principles of Communism in the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia was that the national production should be independent from foreign producers. This meant strict import regulation...

On the very border between Belgrade’s municipalities Vozdovac and Vracar spans a broad street with a memorable name. Not only does the word “gospodar” (master) give it an archaic-elitist ring, but it...

Like a wall which separates Westeros from the Far North in “Game of Thrones” in the New Belgrade’s Block 21 the “Meander” building boldly reaches up into the sky. This residential titan of over 1,000m...

The band “Partibrejkers” (Partybreakers) was founded in the summer of 1982 and had their first performance in the fall that same year, in Dadov Youth Theatre where many other legendary rock bands bega...

“The “Bijelo dugme” concert has certainly moved many borders – everything was full. I remember that after the concert Goran Bregovic was in a hurry to get to an interview and when he arrived he said t...

Skadarlija. It is a curving street which exudes the spirit of old times and the piled up footsteps of bohemians, actors and poets who are drinking deep into the night still echo down the cobblestones...

From Kosancicev venac to Knez Mihailova down Dorcol towards Cara Dusana street, goes one of the oldest streets in Belgrade. The street called “Kralja Petra”. This route existed from the days when Belg...

The history of Belgrade resembles the bridges which adorn it. No matter how many of them there are, the residents will always want to build more. The history of “White city” began a long time ago. It...

Ako krenete od čuvene Palate Beograd niz ulicu Kralja Milana ka trgu Slavija i nastavite šetnju ulicom Svetog Save, za samo petnaest minuta naići ćete na drugi veliki arhitektonski simbol Beograda – H...