Belgrade, Serbia
Euro sceptics and Euro believers, head for CZKD, Art bioskop or Dom Omladine today if you got time – there will be some interesting discussions. Sorry for not letting you know earlier, I somehow missed it.
I call this post “Saturday afternoon meat” in reference to Pengovsky’s great “Monday morning meat” series. In the same fashion, this one is not safe for work either. In addition it’s not for the weak of heart, nor for vegetarians. Especially not for vegetarians! David shows us how the Balkan
After a series of mutual genocide charges we’re going over to some news of a completely opposite nature. Fashion TV channel decided to start a special branch for the South East European market – that would say former Yugoslav countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro) plus probably some other,
The article from the Age is about the eternal mistery – the Belgrade apartment market situation. This line sums it up pretty good: “I have no idea how people who work for 400 euros a month manage to buy apartments for half a million euros”
Zuko manages to understand Belgrade even despite of having read way too much Momo Kapor:Belgrade squats above its own ugly-charming waterfront, the confluenceof the Sava and the Danube rivers. Belgrade is raffish and roguish,artistic, under-employed, ill-advised, scruffy, defeated, bleak andromantic. Belgrade is pretty much punk rock.
Next to the Slavija Square, the plateau with the huge park represents the place informally called Miticeva Rupa, or “Mitic’s hole”. This is one of the best locations in the city, and yet there is a park there instead of some shopping mall or a bank or even an apartment building – how come?
Next to the Slavija Square, the plateau with the huge park represents the place informally called Miticeva Rupa, or “Mitic’s hole”. This is one of the best locations in the city, and yet there is a park there instead of some shopping mall or a bank or even an apartment building – how come?
Winter is coming soon and it’s a good time to see a preview of the snowy Serbian landscape – photos from Jérôme Giraud’s last years journey through wintery Serbia show exactly that kind of imagery. Thanks for the link, Jerome! + gratuitous bonus link – a Yugo joke via miff.
NikolaT has really mastered the art of postprocessing good photos to near perfection. Take a look at what his dreamy version of Belgrade looks like in Belgrade Experience set, but please take your time to look at his other photos as well, it’s a time well spent.
Filip Zrnzevic’s photo gallery of Belgrade inline skaters doing their thing. Click, hit F11 and enjoy.
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