Belgrade, Serbia
Here we go again, this time we continue with some even more offbeat things to do in Belgrade than the first time, before we reach the next couple of installments with final sets of tips for tourists, expatriots, foreigners, but also for the locals in Belgrade. Ice skating is big
It was funny when it happened for the first time, and it’s still funny as hell: Thousands of miles away from their native countries, after sipping on their expensive cool beverages and enjoying their pricey stadium burgers and fries, after paying couple hundred Aussie dollars to watch two high profile
Wandering around Belgrade streets starving at four A.M. after a night of clubbing? White City magazin has some excellent recommendations where to eat good in wee hours.
Gatalinkica posts detail-photos from Belgrade and other places with interesting comments to go along with most of the photos. Lots of tiny and hidden bits of info to learn about Belgrade. Plus, she just joined flickr couple of weeks ago, so expect more good stuff from her.
Slavenka Drakulic writes about why she can’t visit Belgrade:“How many times in the past 17 years had I been invited to visitBelgrade—by friends, my publisher, the organizers of variousconferences? Every time I found a way to refuse their invitations. Whyhad I not visited for all of these years?”
Thanks to the Bulgarian ambassador in EU you have probably all heard of the art installation Entropa by the Czech artist David Cherny by now, and you have all probably heard that Bulgaria’s piece of the puzzle is represented by the Turkish toilet. First of all, kudos to the Bulgarian
Heritage uploads the annual list of economic freedoms in the world countries, this is the Serbian page:“Serbia’s economic freedom score is 56.6, making its economy the 109thfreest in the 2009 Index. Serbia is ranked 37th out of the 43 countriesin the Europe region, and its overall score is below the
Jorge uploads a series of Serbian related photo posts on his blog – on a train to Serbia, in Novi Sad and last, but not least, from the capital.
A splendidly well written anthropological research by Mattijs van de Port. A great insight into Gypsy music, Serbian ‘otherness’, war traumas and getting wasted.Teaser: “Don’t expect to understand the ways of Dionysus while standing aside, watching, remaining unscathed and pristine, quietly plucking away on Apollo’s lyre, is what the man from
Another old joke/parody, from 2006 I believe. A good one to show why there are no terrorist attacks in Belgrade, but also serves well as a counter-guide to Belgrade for unsuspecting tourists, i.e. “what not to do in Belgrade”. Serbian original at Deda’s blog. Here’s the spoof story, edited and
I’m Serbian and I got the paper to prove it
Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter on the cover of old Serbian biology textbook
Proper Serbia promo video – “Soulfood Serbia”
A hidden comedic gem
Dobrica Cosic Gets Fake Nobel Prize for Literature
