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A short movie by Belgrade's best supermodel, Natasa Vojnovic and her photographer, Barnaby Roper. Some scenes contain nudity.
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 people are preparing food for winter, (and here when I say food, I mean pig) - be warned though, pictures are very graphic. I remember when I was a kid at a countryside hanging around a pigslaughter, I didn't mind all that blood and guts, in fact it was very interesting to look at. Now I don't know if it would be so charming to observe... but I do still love a good pig roast.
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:
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.
Want to follow adventures of a young foreigner in Belgrade showing the city's gritty and sometimes not so pretty side? Than check out Radovan's blog, and grab the feed.
Belgrade is usually a lively city, but not on Sunday mornings. Shtikla puts up four great photos of this "Sunday morning ghost town" feeling.
Buses
As it turns out, the lack of subway is the only thing that gives something to write about in this section. If we had one, you wouldn’t be reading all these lines, but a short sentence describing the quiet, accurate and somewhat boring public transport. Instead of just having to read explanations, instructions and manuals on how to survive in Belgrade’s public transport system, you’ll also have to try it out for yourself. Only then you will know what we were talking about. Still, the situation today is significantly better then some years ago, with the oldest busses, trams and trolleys were taken out of the system, dissembled, and put away somewhere where they won’t be a threat to humanity. Donations and investments in the city’s integrated public transport have made it one of the worlds most diverse. Busses from Japan and Norway, trams from Switzerland and the Czech Republic roam the streets in herds, often with visible labels explaining how and why they ended up here of all places.
Belgrade bus drivers are a story for themselves, they always find a way to get through though – just check out this video:
Besides busses and trams, Belgrade still has those peculiar vehicles that run on electricity, but don’t need any rails – the trolleys. Since most of them are pretty old and often cause traffic jams, they are frequently being replaced by busses. If you never rode in one of them, do it, and do it fast, before the last one disappears. It won’t make your life any better, and it wont get you where you want to go any faster than a bus, but you will have something to brag about in front of your friends back home. Busses and trams operate with a great frequency by day, and it’s possible to reach all parts of city while riding one of them. For detailed route information concerning trams, busses and trollies, consult the official Belgrade public transport page.
photo by rudlavibozion
