Belgrade, Serbia
Unkool treats us with some exceptional photos of how Belgrade used to look like before it was destroyed multiple times. My estimate is that the majority of the photos are from the thirties, but I could be wrong. The photo of a haystack in front of the Federal Parliament building
The Art Fag City site has a long and detailed history of all the weird sculptures appearing in the Balkans lately. Highly recomended! See also previous Belgraded articles on some weird Serbian monument tributes.
The Economist features this brilliant article about the awkward situation ex-Yu former enemy countries are now in – forced to trade mostly with one another, because of the huge, 23 million people market. It’s a good development, nevertheless, and it’s awkward only for the nationalists anyway. And you know what
This is a relatively new development, but a lot of Belgrade’s cafes today have free WiFi (wireless internet) coverage. See the full list (constantly updated) at the Retro(bel)grade blog.
There’s a new blog in town, about the town. The town of Belgrade. Meet Retro(bel)grade blog. So far: several promising posts and a condensed history of Belgrade for you perverts out there who like that sort of thing.
From AlternativeChannel.tv: A new short film produced by Bankwatch and Serbian partner CEKOR, “Bridging the Gap” brings together three perspectives on the resettlement of Roma communities living beneath the Gazela bridge in Belgrade. Watch the short film at the Alternative Channel website.
Via Popkitchen: [...] a person named Winston Kofy Ahman, performing under the moniker K.O.F.Y., who claims to be a crack dealer from Lagos, Nigeria, which he fled (after apparently sharing a prison cell with Fela Kuti for engaging in anti-government activities) to Jamaica, then Miami, Basel, only to settle in
After B92 ran a story on it, I’ve come to conclusion that this has got to be one of the least visible monuments in the world, which is even more accented by the fact that it’s not exactly small, and that it’s located in a busy street. It’s as if
From the Schlechte karten blog: “This is an experiment, compilation started half year ago, when I participated in a trip with a self-assembled raft on the river Sava with some friends (starting near Banja Luka with final destination Belgrade). There the idea crossed my mind, to collect or gather some
Belgrade just got three new murals by famous artist from this field. Making of murals was made under the patronage of BELEF, Belgrade music summer festival. First, an abstract city portrait by M-City in Durmitorska street 16: photo by Vandalog. See more detailed photo’s on M-City’s own website. Than another
I’m Serbian and I got the paper to prove it
How to name your bridge
Bojana Stamenov – she’s got talent
Dobrica Cosic Gets Fake Nobel Prize for Literature
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra stirs controversy
