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Debunking some visa-free travel myths

November 30, 2009
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I’ve been writing about the visa-free travel for some time now, but today it’s official – since December 19th there will be no more visa requirement for Serbian, Montenegrin and Macedonian citizens if they want to travel to the Schengen territory. There are several popular myths circling around in the comments regarding this news, as [...]

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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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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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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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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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Vegetarian in Belgrade? No problem

July 18, 2009

Can a vegetarian survive in Belgrade, Serbia? According to this blog post it seems that it is possible. Another blogger has kindly suggested several great options for vegetarians and their friends, together with veg restaurants addresses:
Slasta, (Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 17), Joy of Heart (Svetogorska 18), Fenix (Palmoticeva 5) and the old veg place by [...]

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No more Schengen visas from 2010…

June 16, 2009

... if we don’t fuck something up in the meantime, of course.

photo by lilit
The decision of the European Commision to allow Serbs to travel as tourists in European/Schengen area without visas seems more and more likely after yesterdays meeting, where, beside Serbian citizens, also Macedonians and Montenegrins are confirmed to be on the good track.
Even [...]

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JAT to change name to “Air Serbia” or “Serbian Airlines” – suggest a better one

May 26, 2009

B92 reports about JAT’s decision to change their name from JAT Airways to “Air Serbia” or “Serbian Airlines”.
Suggest a better name (if you can think of one) in the comments below.

photo by caribb
As much as it seems logical to do so from one side, it is kind of weird for them to change [...]

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Can you market a country like a product?

February 17, 2009

Serbian Ministry of tourism recently said that there will be only 135 thousand euros spent for re-branding of Serbia this year. This is admittedly not a lot of money considering some countries spend that much for the same purpose in a day. But, on the other hand, it is way too much money if you [...]

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More Belgrade Tips

January 23, 2009

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 in Belgrade when the cold days [...]

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Hundred things to do in Belgrade, Serbia: Tourist tips and travel guide for visitors, expats and residents

January 8, 2009

The first in a series of posts giving tips on a hundred things to do in Belgrade. Join the trip around town and give your own suggestions in the comments.

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A Critical Review of Serbia

December 2, 2008

Finally an article about Belgrade not examining it’s “vibrant nightlife”, “posh cafes” and “beautiful women”.
Irish Tribune brings a review of Belgrade that tries to examine the political and social situation – which is admittedly filled with negative trends and nationalistic tensions.
Unfortunately it seems as if the journalist was a bit too young, naive [...]

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Hens and Stags – Where Are They?

November 8, 2008

Since Belgrade is pretty cheap and generally a party city, where are all those stags and hens roaming the Belgrade streets and passing out drunk on them?

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The Party City

October 30, 2007

Sunday Times brings us a report on six world party cities of choice: Milan, New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris and – Belgrade. Do you see an intruder on this list?
I see five of them: Milan is the fashion city, Amsterdam is the weed city, Paris is the love city, Berlin is the wall city, and [...]

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Michael Palin in Belgrade

October 28, 2007

Mr Palin used his rather short stay in Belgrade to discuss politics with a local genius and a couple of beautiful girls – in a way, it is quite what you’d expect from a visit to Belgrade, come to think of it.

More info about Michael Palin’s trip to this part of Europe: New Europe, Palin [...]

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Serbia decides to build its virtual self

September 29, 2007

Looks like we decided to cut the crap with the real world and enter the virtual one. Ministry of Diaspora together with Marketing Srbija magazine bought a piece of land in virtual world called Second life, an advanced social network service allowing you to choose the looks of your virtual self, so called avatar and [...]

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Festivals on steroids

August 24, 2007

Is it just me or the festivals in Serbia are getting seriously big last couple of years? You can read it in the papers – every year a new ‘people who were there’ record is broken and every year it feels like it’s getting crazier and wilder? Let’s start from the beggining.
1. Exit 2007 – [...]

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Montenegro for dummies

August 15, 2007

So you thought you head on to Montenegro and relax for a couple of days, in peace and quiet and wild, beautifull, untouched and unspoiled beaches? Wrong. Montenegro is not a quiet place and most beaches are either too crowded or spoiled by terrible architectural solutions. Nightlife is virtually non-existant unless you love turbofolk or [...]

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Birdwatching in Serbia

May 31, 2007

At the beggining, a disclaimer: I have absolutely no clue whatsoever about birds, birdwatching, nor birding. But the article on pelican birds near Belgrade really caught my attention today, because, who doesn’t like pelicans? They are weird looking, have great beaks and they make all sorts of cool office stuff out of them.
Back to the [...]

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