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About Belgrade

       

 Belgrade is one of the oldest cities in Europe.
 Because of its position on the intersection of
 roads, on the place where civilisations clashed,
 it was completely demolished 40 times, like
 no other capital. The name of Belgrade means
 “White City”. It was also called “the mount for
 thinking”, “the house of wars” and “sin city”.
 Besides Constantinople, Belgrade is the only
 city dedicated to the Most Holy Virgin.

 Belgrade is the capital of Serbia and has about
 2 million inhabitants. It is situated in south-
 eastern Europe, on the Balkan penninsula, at
 the crossroads of routes that connect Western
 and Central Europe with the Aegean and Black
 Sea, Turkey and the Near East. Time zone is
 Central European – CET (GMT+1 hour).

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 Climate is mildly continental. Official language is Serbian, Cyrillic script,
 although Latin script is equally used. Political system is a parlamentary
 democracy. Main religion is Christian - Orthodox. Serbian Orthodox Church
 has been autocephalous since 1219.
 

  
Buildings
 
 

  The face of Belgrade is marked with scars from past wars. The city was
  completely destroyed many times and that is why you will not see a
  building more than 250 years old.

  Still, here and there, you can find some beautiful houses which miracu-
  lously managed to avoid fire, bombs and man’s stupidity. They keep the
  memories and the smells of the past in their hallways.
 

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 Belgrade is built on the banks of two international rivers – the Danube
 and the Sava. Down the Danube and the channel Rhine-Main-Danube you
 can get to Belgrade by ship from the North or Black sea. Even 588km of
 international waterway on the Danube run through Serbia. Video

Sava riverBrodić

People

 

 Belgraders are very warm and friendly. They do not have prejudices against
 foreign citizens (no matter where they come from) or other races. You can
 make acquaintances or friends (yes, true friends) even on the first day of
 your stay. Everyone will be glad to help you with the directions in the city,
 and it is not unusual for someone to invite you for a coffee or lunch at their
 home.

Belgraders

 Being late is a usual thing. If you are fifteen minutes late, it means that
 you are on time. Almost no film or theatre premiere, exhibition opening or
 concert starts on time. The visitors use the opportunity to say hello to their
 friends and gossip about their enemies, so they ignore the bell calling for
 entrance for a long time. Rock concerts are usually more than one hour late.

PeopleBelgrade girls

 The bill in the inn is not shared. The one who invites you to have a drink or
 lunch pays the bill. If there was a chance meeting that ended in the inn,
 friends are known to start a fight about who will pick the tab (everybody
 insists on treating the others). Swearing is a usual means of communication
 and there is a great variety of swear words (they often consist of a couple
 of complex sentences). Even friends swear each other. Only in intonation
 and the look will you see whether someone is swearing because they are
 threatening you or they are glad to see you.