Mighty Nora from B92 blog posts a great project - Belgrade pictures in mirror surfaces all over the city. Entitled "Backwards visual travelogue", it's a really great idea and effort, also check it out here it B92 loads too slow. (comment on Belgrade in reverse)
Daniella Vechi of the BounceMag explores the street basketball courts of the world. Here's the lowdown on Belgrade: "right now at Kalemegdan the local ballers play hard. Some rash tourists try to take a stab at the court, but the level is very high and some of them are punctually posterized." "The older [players] are nasty, dangerous elbows and intrinsic toughness are on their side, together with great fundamentals and superior b-ball IQ. The youngers who face them try to do a sort of flying circus on the court, but no way, the olds win, again and again and again. (comment on Street Basketball on Belgrade courts)
Nice little Belgrade snow globe - great as a souvenir or New Year present - first of its kind made especially for Belgrade. via Miss Cybernaut (comment on Winter Belgrade souvernir suggestion)
The cheap tickets for the Exit Fest 09 are already sold out. Here are the first rumors for the 2009 lineup, if you hear something else let me know: Daft Punk, Klaxons, Radiohead, Justice, Thievery Corporation, Moby, The Ting Tings, MGMT, Hot Chip, The Killers. Anything sounds good to you? (comment on Exit Fest 2009 rumors)
Ana writes about the traditional Open Heart Street day in Belgrade and posts some photos from the event. (comment on Open Heart Street, Belgrade)
Start with the Republic square in Belgrade and work your way around the site. A phenomenal 360 degree panoramas of many world cities created by Aleksandar Janicijevic. (comment on Awesome interactive city squares site)
Ieishah receives a political advice from her Serbian friend. (comment on Political experience)
Serbian National security operatives have this to say about Ratko Mladic in their latest leaked report:
- "a ticking bomb that could easily take innocent persons from his surroundings to death with him"
- "moving silently in woolen socks when inside apartments,
not allowing loud conversation, and maintaining a high level of hygiene
due to fear of illness and hospitalization".
- "he insisted for a long time that members of his family visit him, watched television and even played chess on a regular basis"
And I thought I was good in making weird articles! With this description they have narrowed it down to almost every grumpy retired granpa in the world.
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The infamous "Woolen Socks" tactic)
One new blog to recommend: Belgrade Dispatch by Vanja Petrovic. Only three articles so far, all three excellent. Hope there will be more in the future. (comment on Belgrade Dispatch)
Loads of interesting photos from all over the Balkans and the world on Tim Judah's flickr profile. (comment on Tim Judah on flickr)
Sarajevo, the multi-cultural metropolis in the middle of the Bosnian mountains – Bosnia and Hercegovina
The most famous tourist attractions are the city square where you will
find the Serbian-orthodox, the Roman-catholic church and a mosque side
by side, the Turkish market Bascarsia (where you absolutely have to eat
the typical Sarajevo meatballs Cevapi and afterwards the Turkish sweet
Baklava), the eternal flame (WWII
monument) or the national library that after having been damaged in the
1992-1995 war is about to be renovated. All those attractions are
situated around a crowded pedestrian street that leads through the
whole old town. Sarajevo lies in a long valley in the middle of several
mountains, along the Bosna river. In the “tunnel museum” you may visit
the tunnel where people and goods were smuggled under the airport into
town centre during the Sarajevo siege by Serbian troops from 1992 until
1995. The museum lies outside of town, behind the airport; is reachable
by tramway and bus, and is too expensive, but worth a visit. You may
save the money you’ve spent for by staying in probably one of Europe’s
best Youth Hostels with double rooms with your own bathroom (about 12
Euro by person), just some minutes foot walk uphill from town centre;
it makes part of the Bijelave student dormitory.
In the winter, the Jahorina Mountain next to Sarajevo attracts ski tourist.
Travelling to Sarajevo from Belgrade is a mess, as bus
companies think they have still to fight a war against Bosnia instead
of serving their customers. Several daily and night busses are stopping
in irrelevant places like the mountain village Pale, but instead of
driving to the central bus station, they go round the city and arrive
after about seven hours trip in the so-called “Srpsko Sarajevo” from
where you can reach the town centre only difficultly.
photo by Wili Hybrid
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