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I wrote about the crypt of the Saint Sava church for the first time in 2018. The crypt was the only finished part of the church and was open for visits. I updated that post in 2020, while I stayed in Belgrade for six months during the corona pandemic. At that time, they were finishing the mosaic, but I left Belgrade before I could see the finished church.
I went back to Belgrade after approximately 3 ...
When I saw a building in the main photo of this post, I asked myself: "Is this Belgrade"? Well, it is. Undoubtedly, it's one of the most recognisable buildings in the city centre that everyone living in Belgrade knows. But it looks completely different right now, which you will see later. However, after approximately 90 years this iconic edifice will return to its original glory.
But let me explain first ...
I was in Belgrade in the last week of April. It was my first visit after 6 months that I spent there back in 2020, during the corona time. I remember returning to London in January 2021. Then, I didn't travel anywhere in 2021 because of Covid related travel restrictions. Some people got Covid vaccines in order to travel, but I didn't. I didn't want an experimental medical treatment injected into me for that ...
So, how did my stay in Belgrade go? It's time to have a look at my six months in Serbia last year. I arrived to Belgrade at the beginning of July 2020 and left at the beginning of January this year. I went there for several reasons. First of all, I did some major dental work. For that, Serbia is really the best place. You can get the best dental treatment at a very affordable price, much cheaper than in ...
Is Serbian food healthy? I will try to answer this question, although it will be my personal view, based on my recent experience. I was in Serbia, in Belgrade, for six months last year. That was the first time in 30 years for me stay there longer than two weeks, as I live in London.
But such short periods of time can't really give us a proper insight into nutritional habits of a place that we are ...
I was not sure whether to write this post about National Museum Sabac. I already know that not many people will read it. It's a small, niche museum, also there are more famous museums in Serbia, with bigger collections.
In the end, I decided to do it for two reasons. First of all, for myself. In the future, whenever I want to refresh my memory about this place, I'll simply come back to this post. Right ...
After Smederevo, I decided to go west of Belgrade, to Šabac. But first let me explain how to correctly pronounce the name of this city. Š is a letter for the sound sh in English language, as in shoe. Also, the last letter c in Serbian is pronounced ts, as in tsar. Serbian is very easy to read, every letter depicts a distinct sound, the language is fully phonetic. You don't need to learn how to spell Serbian ...
I went to Smederevo to see the magnificent Smederevo Fortress. I also wanted to visit a city that I've never seen before. However, it's really the fortress that stands out as the most important historic site, especially as there isn't really much else to see there. But let me set the stage for this post, to put the fortress in its proper historic context. I think that this fortress is probably one of the ...
After Zrenjanin, I decided to go to Pancevo. In reality, it's really Pančevo, but there is no a letter č in English alphabet, so all English language websites refer to it as Pancevo. I'll do the same. In Serbian, the letter č is for the sound ch in English, as in chair. Every Serb will look at Pancevo and will read it correctly. So, this short explanation is for foreign readers, to know how to correctly ...
After Novi Sad and Sremski Karlovci, I went to Zrenjanin. I could've easily done these three places at the same time. They are all in Vojvodina, close to each other and also close to Belgrade. Zrenjanin is approximately 55km from Novi Sad. But, as I'm in Serbia for a longer period of time, I decided to take it easy and do one excursion per week.
Travelling in Serbia is cheap. There are regular intercity ...