With nearly two million residents living within the greater metropolitan area, Belgrade is Serbia’s largest city and is home to almost a quarter of the country’s total population. It’s also Serbia’s capital and is located in the north-central part of the country on a large tract of land near the junction of the Danube and …
Since the days of the Roman Empire the city of Niš has been at an unofficial boundary between East and West. One man who bestrode that divide was the Roman Emperor Constantine, who was born right here in ancient Naissus and went on to found a “New Rome” at Constantinople. The Ottomans had control of …
When central Serbia broke away from the Ottoman Empire in 1818, Kragujevac was chosen as the reborn nation’s capital. Since then the city in the Šumadija region has been associated with one man, Prince Miloš Obrenović. The head of state lived in Kragujevac and ordered sophisticated buildings in the Central European style. A little later …
It’s easy to tell when Subotica in the north of Serbia had its golden age. Because this cultured city is bursting with playful Art Nouveau halls and palaces from the beginning of the 20th century. The tour de force is the City Hall and its 45-metre tower, but this is just one of many masterworks …
Serbia’s capital city in medieval times is in the Rasina Region at the centre of the country. Scattered around this modern urban centre are lots of clues, both new and historic, that point to Kruševac’s former power. In the middle is the Archaeological Park, which encompasses what used to be Prince Lazar’s city in the …
With a name meaning “Royal City” in Serbo-Croatian, Kraljevo is where the nation’s medieval kings were crowned. This ceremony was performed at Žiča, a glorious 13th-century monastery on the edge of the city decorated with original frescos. If you have a penchant for medieval art and history you’re in luck because the fairytale Maglič Castle …
In the fertile farmland of the Leskovian Valley, the southern city of Leskovac gets national attention every October for its ” Roštiljijada”. This festival is best described as one enormous barbecue, wafting the aroma of charcoal smoke and searing meat over the city’s central boulevard. Carnivores from all over the country come down to feast …
Even though it’s just minutes outside Belgrade, Pančevo is normally ignored by visitors to the capital. But when you scratch this city’s industrial surface there’s a lot to like about it. The Balkans’ oldest brewery is in Pančevo, and there’s a museum about Weifert beer, which is served across Serbia. The centre of Pančevo has …
A young, cosmopolitan city on northern Serbia’s Vojdovina Plains, Zrenjanin leaves you in no doubt that it’s a regional capital. Exploring the plush city centre, you’ll be pleased with how easy it is to get about. In the 1980s much of the old quarter was pedestrianised, so you can go in your own time and …
The city of Šabac is in the northwest of Serbia, a little way from the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Despite being rather modest in size, this city has produced many of Serbia’s most important historical figures, from acclaimed authors to, to artists, to psychiatrists, and even Einstein’s first wife Mileva Marić. Šabac has also …