Belgrade hostels map

November 30, 2009
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Belgrade hostels map:

Since Google decided to finally chart Belgrade streets on their maps, I thought it may be a nice opportunity to finally make maps of various useful things in Belgrade. We’ll start with Belgrade hostels, always useful for a low budget traveler. It is interesting to note that there are around fifty hostels in [...]

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Good Mourning, Serbia

November 19, 2009

Or should that be – good grief?
The late Patriarch Pavle was a modest man, often using the public transportation to move about.

His church colleagues, however, are not that modest. Being a priest in Serbia often means one enjoys life more than one’s profession recommends. Street reporters have managed to snap this photo of couple [...]

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Serbian Patriarch Pavle dies

November 17, 2009

Serbian Patriarch Pavle died yesterday, aged 95. What this means for Serbian Orthodox Church is that a new leader must be chosen in next three months, according to the Church’s law. For Serbian state, the first visible sign of Patriarch’s death is proclamation of three day mourning period, during which the Republic Broadcasting Agency decided [...]

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And so the wall fell… or has it?

November 9, 2009

The Berlin wall fell 20 years ago, and another one, our own private Balkan wall, is about to fall down – at least partially. On November 11th, the European Parliament will confirm the decision to cancel visa requirements for citizens of Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. The visa-free travel should start from 19th of December 2009.
This [...]

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Avala Tower (Avalski Toranj) ready for business

November 2, 2009

The Avala TV Tower (Serbian: Avalski Toranj), located on top of Avala mountain near Belgrade has always represented different things to different people. To some, it’s just a TV tower, a giant antenna which helps even the most remote villages in Serbia get their daily fix of Big Brother. To others, it’s an architectural masterpiece. [...]

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Another tourist ad for Serbia…

October 27, 2009

...technically speaking, of course.

[Ad by Saatchi & Saatchi]
What do you think? Personally I think it’s well done [also technically speaking] but I don’t get the point.
Edit: User Ivic of Parapsihopatologija forums has come up with a response to this Saatchi ad:

Update 2: Making of – explanation, story behind the ad etc.

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Red Star stadium “Marakana” to become – “Gazprom Arena”?

October 27, 2009

Here’s a news flash that could possibly shadow over that questionable love relationship between Russia and Serbia: Serbian media are all buzzing right now that one of the city landmarks, Red Star stadium nicknamed Marakana, could in the near future get a new, official name – Gazprom Arena.
Judging by the public outburst so far, [...]

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Terazije street time-lapse

October 26, 2009

Nice video made of pictures taken from web cam at Beograd.com over Terazije street in Belgrade:

video by Jazzva.
Another great link via @jazzva for you guys to check – 24 one-minute films depicting 24 hours of life in Belgrade. It’s a must-see.

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Medvedev in Serbia: Trumpets Galore

October 19, 2009

After the second most powerful American, it’s time for Belgrade to host the second most powerful Russian – Mr Dmitry Medvedev. He already was in Serbia once last year, but this time there’s a lot more fuss about his visit, presumably because we need to suck up to the East at least as much as [...]

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The Emo Has Landed

October 16, 2009

After the police managed to prevent a young girl from committing suicide [news in Serbian only] and after they announced afterward that she was an “emo”, here’s what the media managed to find out about this subculture (backed by police findings):
It’s an organization communicating mainly over the internet.
It’s a sect.
It’s a secret society.

Most of [...]

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“My Russia” – a new Serbian political party

October 12, 2009

As it usually happens, the best kind of comedy is the non-intentional kind. You can’t write stuff like this:

The program of the party is quite possibly unconstitutional because it suggests merging with Russia to be the party’s final and only goal, but you still gotta love the spirit and dedication. I am truly interested to [...]

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“A Belgrade Story”

October 7, 2009

War veterans, Roma, corrupt politicians, NGO activists, workers and shady businessmen are all involved in this musical/play describing problems of the contemporary Serbian society in the clash of false communism and false capitalism. Subtitles included, hit full screen to see them better.
Partisan Songspiel. Belgrade Story from chto delat on Vimeo.
More info about the production and [...]

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Belgrade Gay Pride Parade – Not Yet

September 20, 2009

Before I begin, just a quick not that I have heard of three separate cases where foreigners have been attacked in Belgrade and beaten up in the last three days, including one Frenchmen that’s in critical condition. It seems that the groups of ultra-right fascists are patrolling the city center targeting those that seem unusual [...]

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The Baggy Mystery

September 18, 2009

It seems to be a mystery for foreigners, but I must admit I never thought about this question until BEOGRADTV crew mentioned it:

Help them solve this ancient mystery by leaving the comment here or on the video’s youtube page.

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Tram number two against poor taste

September 15, 2009

Guest post by JJ Beba

An interesting promo tour was organized on Friday, 11th of September – in one of Belgrade’s trams number two. The organizer, famous rock journalist Peca Popovic, together with the Belgrade tourist organization and the City Public transportation, created a unique travel through city’s music history.
The tour started at the pier, where [...]

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Some useful Serbian phrases… in Serbian

September 12, 2009

It’s impressive that this guy has managed to get the pronounciation right in such a short time. His grammar, on the other hand, still needs some work, but overall, these several phrases should be helpful in about 75 percent of all Serbian conversations… in Serbian.

UPDATE
Here’s another Serbian lesson from Daniel Grozdic of Gradual Report:

True fact: [...]

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Invisible Terazije Monument

August 18, 2009

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 it’s fitted into a street [...]

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Three new murals in Belgrade by Blu, M-City and Valerio Berruti

August 15, 2009

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 one by Blu [artist most famous [...]

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Crossroad Nap

August 14, 2009

After a long drinking night in town you realize that: your wife won’t let you sleep when you get gome, your kids are still awake playing video games in the room next door, the neighbor’s dog is barking all night… and you’re so drunk that you can’t tell a car seat from a normal bed, [...]

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First European backup of Wikipedia – in Belgrade

August 12, 2009

Imagine if the whole of Wikipedia would collapse right now. Everything is gone, and you badly needed to learn something about banana production in Iceland. Sounds unrealistic that wikipedia could collapse, right? But, as we say here in Serbia, it is also unrealistic for Ivica Dacic to be the Minister of Internal Affairs, and he [...]

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