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LANGUAGE REMARK
In Serbia, two scripts are in use traditional and official Cyrillic, and also the Latin consisting of 30 upper and lowercase letters, some of which are non-standard in the English alphabet. They either contain a diacritical mark like caron ( ) or haek, acute accent ( ), or a stroke ( ), or are simply digraphs a pair of characters used to write one phoneme or distinct sound. Following is the list with approximate pronunciation: , like ch in change , somewhat like the ch in chew D, d like the j in jump , similar to the j in jet [sometimes also written as Dj, dj] Lj, lj like ll in million Nj, nj like gn in cognac or ny in canyon , like sh in sheep , like the s in treasure

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Belgrade
the white city
- The largest town in Serbia and its Capital - Located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube Rivers - Population of over 1.5 million - City of the Future of South Europe

Did you kn ow ? In its seven thousand ye history, Bel ar long name more grade has changed its th being named an ten times! From Belgradeos Singidunum, Singid Nandor Fej Poleos, Alba Graeca, on, Bulgarica, Ber var, Nandor Alba, A ul-Jihad, Caselgradum, Bjeligrad, lba D Weissenburg telbianco, Griechisch ar long way to , Belgrad, it has gone Belgrade, th come to its present n a ame: e White Cit y.

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The Unique Spirit of Belgrade

The ancient spirit of Belgrade it is Kalemegdan Fortress with its romantic view of the confluence of the Sava and Danube Rivers and its renowned symbol of the City, the monument to The Victor. It is also Kosaniev Venac with its cobbled streets and Princess Ljubicas Residential Palace, where the centuries meet in all their glory. And across the river, its the city of Zemun with its Gardo Tower and narrow stone streets which keep their secrets only too well. The royal spirit of two Serbian dynasties: the Obrenovi Dynasty in the Old Court Palace (which is today the Belgrade Town Hall) and the Karaorevi Dynasty in the New Court Palace (which is today the seat of the Serbian President), and the White Court Palace it harbours the memories of the noble life at the court in the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.

The cosmopolitan spirit is in walking down the Knez Mihailova Street and meeting friends at Trg Republike (Republic Square) where the monument to Prince Mihailo Obrenovi, after whom the street was named, is located. Adding to the European spirit of this ambience are the splendid facades of the National Museum and the National Theatre.

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s Temple Saint Sava e worlds f th one o hodox largest Ortchurches and Christian hallmarks of one of the skyline. Belgrades

The cultural spirit of Belgrade is its most precious asset across 17 municipalities, Belgrade lives through its streets and squares, in about 40 museums, 30 galleries, and 20 theatres, in almost 80 libraries and more than 50 annual events! Every step across Belgrade has a cultural echo. The bohemian spirit lives in the inns (kafanas) of Skadarlija, Belgrades Montmartre, including Tri eira, eir moj and Ima dana. Here, everything has a hint of wine, old city songs, and poetry. The out & about spirit pulsates in nearly 500 clubs, raft-style restaurants and cafes, in the rhythms of dance music house, dance & techno, pop & rock, salsa and tango. The sports spirit is present in bungee jumping, water skiing, and golf at Ada Ciganlija, football and Belgrades Marakana, jogging in the parks, ice-skating in Pionir Sports Hall, and the championships in Belgrade Arena! The business spirit in New Belgrade hosts approximately 5000 companies, congress centres and first-class hotels.
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top 10 museums
National Museum www.narodnimuzej.rs Ethnographic Museum www.etnografskimuzej.rs Museum of Applied Arts www.mpu.rs Museum of Contemporary Arts www.msub.org.rs Military Museum www.muzej.mod.gov.rs Nikola Tesla Museum www.tesla-museum.org Museum of the Yugoslav Cinematheque www.kinoteka.org.rs Aeronautical Museum www.aeronauticalmuseum.com Museum of Science and Technology www.muzejnt.rs Museum of Yugoslav History www.mij.rs

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Kragujevac
The Hawk City
- 130 km south of Belgrade - First capital of modern Serbia - The fourth largest town in Serbia

The Progressive Spirit of Kragujevac

An industrial spirit and industrial heritage are Kragujevacs trademarks. The most famous is a car produced in Zastava automobile factory, the YuGO. Exactly 794,428 of these cars were sold and, although it is no longer produced, it can often be seen on the roads of Serbia! The YuGO boasts an impressive film career too: it appears in almost 10 Hollywood box office hits (Drowning Mona, Die Hard 3, Inspector Gadget, The Nutty Professor...). WEB www.kragujevac.rs
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iss! Do not m bar 21. Okto Memorial arice ar II um World W Park: the l to the nearly memoria pils, teachers 7,000 pu r citizens who and othe d at this spot. were kille

Did you know ? The City of Krag uje many firsts in Serbvac is home to century it was alreadia in the 19th of the modern Serb y the first capital ian in Krag ujevac that th state; it was first grammar schoo e first court, the as the predecessor ofl and the Lyceum Belgrade were found the university in first theatre Knjaesed, as well as the tar and the first ne ko Srbski TeaSrbske, the first cas wspapers Novine t can electric power-station nons, the first gallery, and the first , the first art librar y.

Ni
- 240 km south-east from Belgrade - One of the oldest towns in the Balkans - The third largest town in Serbia

The Fairys River City

The MagnifIcent Spirit of Ni

This city is a microcosm of the Balkans. In Ni, the paths of history, tradition, lifestyles and viewpoints interweave, creating a magnificent spirit of the City. The monuments, museums and archaeological sites (Mediana, Ni Fortress, ele kula Skull Tower...), along with the promenade, the music and entertainment add up to an absolutely authentic experience! WEB www.nistourism.org.rs www.ni.rs

Did you know? As a city, Ni was founded by the Celts in the 3rd century B.C. The city got its name after the Niava river (Naissa) which the Celtic precursors called the Fairys River (Navissos). Throughout history the name of Ni has been recorded many times and each invader added something of its own to the name: Roman Naissus, Byzantine , Slavic Ni, Turkish Ni, German Nissa... Roman Emperor Constantine the Great was also born in Ni!

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Do n ot m iss! The natu Ni Spa sprin rally hea these famo gs have ling hot time us since been Emp s of the R the ire. oma n

Did you k now ? Todays ci ty on the b Danube w anks of th names of: as formerly known e Racka Var b stadt, or S o (Raitze y the Petrovaraderbian Town) and ntook the n inski anac. Altho am several nam e of Novi Sad inugh it in official es for Novi Sad ar 1748, u Sad in Ser se : The City of Ne still Hungarian bian, jvidk Vro ovi Slovak, an , Mesto Nov Sad s in Romaniand Gorod Novi Sad in in .

The Wine Grape City

Novi Sad

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- 80 km north-west from Belgrade - The city called the Serbian Athens - The second largest town in Serbia - The capital of the Province of Vojvodina

The Multicultural Spirit of Novi Sad

The city, in which Albert Einstein used to live, stands with dignity on the Danube, being both traditional modern. Its multicultural spirit spreads from Trg Slobode (Freedom Square) and the City Hall, with its Zmajeva and Dunavska streets, towards the monumental places of worship: the Cathedral, the Synagogue, and the Orthodox Christian churches Nikolajevska, uspenska, and Almaka. The city harbours its cultural treasures in the edifice of Matica Srpska, Vojvodina Museum, and the National Theatre. WEB www.turizamns.rs www.novisad.rs

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Cultural Time Machine

In Serbia the fragments of history fit in a mosaic of such complexity and workmanship that it takes breath away! Its cultural heritage, ingrained in the European culture, was rightfully granted a place of honour here. It safeguards the collectively developed ideas upon which the cultural identity of Serbia lies.

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Mitrovica) was one the four capitals of of th Roman Empire (Rome Milano, Nicomedia e, , Sirmium), the city in vicinity several empe whose were born and whererors celebrated Marcus Authe relius used to live.

Stop 1 Sirmium (Sremska

Stop 2 unum Singid Fortress

The Roman Journey

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As many as 16 Roman emperors were born in the territory of todays Serbia! This is the path treaded by Roman legions in their conquests of the Barbarian tribes on the banks of the Danube.
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(Leskova the birth c) is Justinian place of Emperor and a refl the supre ection of the ma me achievementsof n who bu Greek an d Roman ilt on the legacy.

Stop 7 Iustinian Cariin g a Prima, or rad

(Kostolac near Po the major city an arevac) was the Danube fleet d the port of most important , one of the in general. A pl Roman cities with surprise anace fraught d fascinating discoveries!

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in erdap is visible from the river, fromonly ship or a boat. Here a can see what remain one s the road and fortificatof built by the renowne ion Emperor Trajan as hed the great conquests led of the Barbarians.

Stop 4 Trajans Table (Tabula Traiana)

(Ni) this is the birth Constantine theplace of Emperor man Emperor w Great (the Roho Christianity as an recognized of the Roman Em official religion land is covered w pire). The flatas a remembran ith lavish mosaics the population ce of how wealthy of Roman city once the formerly used to be.

Stop 6 Naissus and Med iana

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Religious Journey
The spiritual landscape of Serbia embraces an immeasurable treasure of more than 200 Christian Orthodox temples with monumental architecture and fresco-paintings. Here, at the meeting place of the East and the West, the construction schools from the Ras School to the Morava School, from the Byzantine to the Romanic influences there arose the pillars of faith that resist the transience of time. These monasteries are at the main routes of European cultural heritage (Transromanica): ia, Studenica, Gradac, Sopoani, urevi Stupovi, and the Church of Saint Peter and Paul. From one temple to another, a pearl string of Serbian spiritual heritage is made: Deani, Graanica, Manasija, Mileeva (with the White Angel fresco), Ravanica, Ljubostinja, the Patriarch Residence in Pe... New centres of pilgrimage are in Fruka Gora where as many as 16 monasteries are located! What makes religious travels in Serbia even more precious are the mosques in Novi Pazar, Ni, and Belgrade with opulent ornaments, as well as synagogues, cathedrals...
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Did you know ? Serbian icons are representations of Jesus Christ, the Mother of God, and different saints, painted on wood or canvas. They can be found in all Christian Orthodox temples and homes of Orthodox Christians who celebrate their familys saint day.

Do not miss! The Church at Oplenac: a whitemarble mausoleum to the Karaorevi Dynasty.

TOP 5 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST

Stari Ras and Sopoani complex: Medieval Town of Ras, Sopoani Monastery, St. Peters Church and Monastery of urevi Stupovi Studenica Monastery Deani Monastery
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Medieval monuments in Kosovo: Patriarchate of Pe Monastery, Church of the Virgin of Ljevia and Graanica Monastery Gamzigrad Felix Romuliana, Palace of Galerius near Zajear

The Danube Journey

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The beautiful blue Danube is the widest as it flows through Serbia! This journey is 588 km long, from the Pannonian flatland in the North to erdap, the largest river gorge in Europe. Travelling down the banks of the Danube you will see a number of prehistoric settlements, the Roman and Medieval border fortifications, monasteries and churches, as well as many modern cities.

know ? e Did you ne of tha ina is o dy of V amples of Vinodies The La mous s it emb most fa oric culture a penhist oman with eeply pre w ,d a seatedl face and large ng nose. tagona d eyes and a lo ational engrave e seen at the N It can bm in Belgrade. Museu

. Bezdan the Danube enters Serbia Apatin a new modern moorage . Sombor a city of tamburica players and chariots . Sremski Karlovci a gemstone city of European heritage . Novi Sad the Petrovaradin Fortress . Belgrade the Kalemegdan Fortress . Panevo the Deliblato sandlands

. Smederevo the walls resembling the Constantinople fortress . Golubac massive towers in the rock . Lepenski Vir in the erdap Gorge the prehistoric culture
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. The Trajans Table and the bridge in erdap . The Iron Gate . Kladovo . Negotin

Science
Back to the Future
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Nikola Tesla with regard

to the alternating current system, rotating magnetic field, the transformer, and radio-signals.

Mihajlo Pupin with regard

to wireless telegraphy and telephony, radiology and electro technique.

Milutin Milankovic is
famous for his ice age theory.

wife, was a mathematician of physic-chemistry.

Mileva MaricEinstein, Albert Einsteins first Pavle Savic was a professor

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Theatre

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TOP 5
National Theatre in Belgrade www.narodnopozoriste.co.rs Atelje 212 Belgrade www.atelje212.rs Yugoslav Drama Theatre Belgrade www.jdp.co.rs Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad www.snp.org.rs National Theatre in Subotica www.suteatar.org

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From the traveling theatre companies to modern theatre, the theatre as the mirror of life was and still is an inseparable part of the dynamic city life in Serbia. The theatre festivals and carnivals in Serbia transform city squares into a stage and venue of a truly authentic experience!

books

TOP 10 Serbian authors: 20th century classics

Ivo Andri, Nobel Prize winner, /The Bridge on the Drina Milo Crnjanski, the cosmopolitan author/Migrations Mea Selimovi, the novelist/Death and the Dervish, The Fortress Jovan Dui, the poet and diplomat /The Tsar Radovans Riches Vasko Popa, the poet and member of Art Academy/The Circle of Omens Desanka Maksimovi, the poetess /Smell of the Soil, Anxiety Dobrica osi, the writer and the politician/A Time of Death Danilo Ki, one of the most often translated authors/The Sand Clock Borislav Peki, the novelist and screenwriter/The Time of Miracles Milorad Pavi, the writer and the expert for baroque/Dictionary of the Khazars
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FILM

TOP 5 Film festivals

FEST in Belgrade www.fest.rs Cinema City in Novi Sad www.cinemacity.org European Film Festival Pali www.palicfilmfestival.com Film Encounters in Ni www.fsnis.org.rs Kustendorf Film Festival www.kustendorf-filmfestival.org

TOP 10 Serbian fIlms

Feather Collectors (1967) by Aleksandar Saa Petrovi Who Is That Singing There? (1980) by Slobodan ijan The Marathon Runners are Running the Honourable Round (1982) by Slobodan ijan The Elusive Summer of 68 (1984) by Goran Paskaljevi When Father was Away on Business (1985) by Emir Kusturica The National Class (1979) by Goran Markovi We are No Angels (1992) by Sran Dragojevi The Underground (1995) by Emir Kusturica The Trap (2007) by Srdan Golubovi The Tour (2008) by Goran Markovi

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Did you know ? Kovaica village art metropolis inis a naive context. Vivid co a global local motives ep lours and authentic expresitomize an contributing to sion, and cifically made anit are the sped little fig ures so ch painted of Slovak traditi aracteristic on.

Art

Subversive, socially engaged, conceptual, or simply decorative, the art of Serbia has always made its mark. Thus, important Serbian painters such as Sava umanovi, Petar Lubarda, Milan Konjovi, Nadeda Petrovi, Mia Popovi and Milena Pavlovi Barili, through their works of art have brought the European capitals to Serbia. Today, across Serbia is being spread artistic and creative spirit that inspires.

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TOP 5 Art events

BELEF, Belgrade www.belef.org The October Salon, Belgrade www.oktobarskisalon.org Art Biennale, Panevo www.bijenaleumetnosti.rs Marble and Sounds, Aranelovac www.mermerizvuci.com International Cartoon Salon, Belgrade www.skc.org.rs

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Serbia is among the most exciting countries that are now fast joining creative industries match!

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FASHION
Do not miss! Belgrad www.be e Fashio lgradefa shionwe n Week ek.com Fashion S www.fas hionseleelection ction.rs

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Music

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The music in city clubs, the music at great festivals under the open sky, the music in perfect acoustic concert halls, the music in front of the fireplace at a countryside home, the music on the river banks, the music in the church everything has a touch of music in Serbia!

Did you know ? The most important composer of artistic Serbian Stevan Stojanovi Mmusic, the author of famou okranjac, (choral rhapsodies), s Rukoveti that the abounding took care fol tion of Serbia was rec k tradiconserved. The choir orded and tion The Days of M competitakes place in Nego okranjac tin, his birthplace.

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TOP 5 Music festivals

EXIT in Novi Sad www.exitfest.org Gua in Dragaevo www.gucasabor.com BEMUS in Belgrade www.bemus.rs Guitar Art in Belgrade www.gaf.rs Niville in Ni www.nisville.com

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Clubs & bars

AMSTERDAM, Kej osloboenja bb APARTMAN, Karaoreva 43 BITEF ART CAFE, Skver Mire Trailovi 1 BOX, Karaoreva 9 BRANKOW, Crnogorska 12 CENTRAL BAR, Kralja Petra 59 CINEMA NOT YOuR DADDYS CLuB, Graanika 18 ENERGIJA, Nuieva 8 FABRIKA, Despota Stefana 115 FRANCuSKA SOBARICA, Francuska 12 FREESTYLER, Savski kej Tramvajski most FRIDA, Karaoreva 2 HAVANA, Nikole Spasia 1 HuA/HuA, Ada Ciganlija bb KAFANA PAVLE KORAGIN, irila i Metodija 2a KC GRAD, Brae Krsmanovi 4 KLuB 20/44, Savski kej Brankov most KLuB GuN, Miloa Pocerca 10 KLuB SVETSKIH PuTNIKA, Bulevar Despota Stefana 7/1 KONTRA BAR, Strahinjia bana 59 KuLTuRA BAR, Kralja Milutina 4 MAGACIN 3 Karaoreva 2 MLADOST, Karaoreva 44 MR. STEFAN BRAuN, Nemanjina 4 ONA A NE NEKA DRuGA, Grobljanska 9 PLASTIC / MINT Takovska 34 POVETARAC, Brodarska bb PTICA, Cara uroa 19 RAKIA BAR, Dobraina 5 REKA, Kej osloboenja 73b RE:SAVA BY ANA 4 GuNS, Resavska 24 SALVADOR DALI, Hilandarska 20 SINDIKAT, Savski kej Tramvajski most SuNSET, Ada Ciganlija bb SuPERMARKET, Vinjieva 10 EER, Svetogorska 17

IPRAJE Golsvordijeva 13 KD, Gospodar Jevremova 7 SOHO REPuBLIC, Pariska 1 TEATRO BAR, Sarajevska 26 THE TuBE, Simina 21 VANILLA LOuNGE, Studentski trg 15

Novi Sad
AMNESIA, Sutjeska 2 AVA, Petrovaradinska tvrava EFIKA, Preradovieva 33 GIARDINO, Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 1 IRISH PuB RED COW, Zmaj Jovina 28 LAZINO TELE, Laze Telekog 16 LONDON, Laze Telekog 15 MuZEJ, Petrovaradinska tvrava RST, Bulevar despota Stefana 5 ROuTE, Bulevar despota Stefana 5 SKOCHKOS BAR, Zmaj Jovina 21/1 STERIJA, Pozorini trg 1 TAPAS BAR, Laze Telekog 28 THE PuB, Lasla Gala 2

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Entertainment and nightlife

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Did you know ? The Museum of Bread Peinci (42 km west in fro Belgrade) exhibits 2,0 m bread-related items 00 about 100 types of and ritual bread.

The irresistible tastes of Serbia

To eat:
grill, beans, gibanica (cheese pastry), ajvar (red pepper spread), sarma (meat-stuffed cabbage rolls), goulash, fish chowder;

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To drink:
natural fruit-juice, slivovitz (plum brandy), quince brandy, wine, beer.

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Pure Nature
In all seasons of the year, Serbia keeps nature in all its glory: the hills are bathed in turquoise lakes, dense conifer woods keep watch over them and the rivers unswervingly keep their course...

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ks al par ation five n g the most t n a has Serbi h are amon ope : Mou aonhic ul in Eur nt Kop w u n if plent a gora, Mo, erdap or Fruk ount Tara er and a ik, M anube Riv the Dnt. Mou

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Villages
Villages are the guardians of Serbian tradition: from the rural estates in Vojvodina, the hamlets in Kosjeri and Ivanjica, all the way to the Sirogojno ethno-museum under open skies. WEB www.selo.rs

Do not miss! Kosidba na Rajcu, in mid-summer, when th mountains valleys are e being mowed, accom nied with the sounds paof traditional songs.

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Did you know? d) in Obedska Bara (Obed Pon list Vojvodina is on uNESCOs ant of the worlds most import bird with approx. 220 wetlands, , 13 species, 50 mammal species spetile amphibian species, 11 rep ut 180 cies, 16 firs species, and abo cies, species of fungi, 50 moss spe cies. and as many as 500 plant spe

Natural Attractions
Let the adventure begin! From the Deliblato sandlands which was once a desert and is now a green oasis, through the Resava Caves with its mineral jewellery and passageways, to avolja Varo (Devils Town) a wonder of nature with stilts and caps on their tops. These and many other natural monuments are so beautiful that they simply take the breath away!
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TOP 5 Camping
Sremska Mitrovica ZASAVICA Bela Crkva BELA CRKVA and BELA CRKVA LAKES Veliko Gradite SREBRNO JEZERO Zemun, Belgrade DuNAV Bajina Bata PERuAC Camping Association of Serbia www.camping.rs

Did you know ? Backpackers in Serb ia are young, creative an free-minded people d ambitiously change who life on travels. Pack everyday yo rucksack and off we ur go! www.backpackers.or g.rs

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TOP 5 Active Routes

Skiing at Kopaonik, Zlatibor, Stara Planina, Brezovica Camping on the Danube, near Veliko Gradite, in Ovar Banja, at Pali Hiking at Golija, Fruka Gora, Rudnik, Homolje mountains Bicycling along the Danube, on Mokra Gora, near Manasija and Studenica monasteries Rafting on the rivers of Drina, uvac and Ibar

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In almost all sports, from tennis and water polo, basketball to volleyball, all the way to football, Serbian athletes have become a world and European champions. The sports spirit, the spirit of victory, is strong in almost all parts of Serbia.

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Travel documents
Citizens of the Eu, Switzerland, Norway and Island need only a valid identity card. For other countries a valid passport, and for some countries, a visa is required.

Transport
Jat Airways +381 (0)11 3114 222 www.jat.com Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport +381 (0)11 209 4444 www.beg.aero Serbian Railways +381 (0)11 3614 811 www.zeleznicesrbije.com Belgrade Bus Station BAS +381 (0)11 2636 299 www.bas.rs

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Money
The legal tender is the Dinar (RSD)

Telephone codes
For Serbia +00 381, for Belgrade (0)11, for Novi Sad (0)21, for Ni (0)18. For international calls from Serbia: 00 + the number of the country you wish to call + the number of the city

Important telephone numbers

Police 92 Fire brigade 93 Medical emergency 94

Mobile phone operators

064 and 065 MTS-Mobilna telefonija Srbije www.mts.telekom.rs 063 and 062 TELENOR www.telenor.rs 060 and 061 VIP www.vipmobile.rs

TOP 5 Belgrades hostels

Happy Hostel +381 (0)11 3619 414 Belgrade Eye Hostel +381 (0)11 3346 423 Chillton Hostel +381 (0)11 3441 826 Hostel In Old Shoes +381 (0)11 2183 650 Hostel Mr. Walker +381 (0)11 3038 100

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SERBIA FOR THE YOUNG AND CURIOUS

Publisher: NATIONAL TOuRISM ORGANISATION of SERBIA ika Ljubina 8, Belgrade Tel. +381 (0)11 6557 100 Fax +381 (0)11 2626 767 E-mail office@serbia.travel www.serbia.travel For Publisher: Gordana Plamenac, CEO/Managing Director Editor: Dejan Crnomarkovi Author of the text: Ljiljana Roga Design: Marijana Markoska Prepress: Marijana Markoska & Nina Todorovi Photographs: Dragan Bosni, Dragoljub Zamurovi, Neboja Babi, Vladimir orovi, Patrik Lages, Branko Jovanovi, Sran Veljovi, Slobodan Bibi, hiishii, Luka Kneevi Strika, Family Sport (Sran Stevanovi/Pea Milosavljevi), EXIT photo team, NTOS Archive Printed by: Komazec d.o.o. Circulation: 10.000 7th edition in English language Belgrade, 2012 ISBN 978-86-6005-224-9
CIP - , 338.48(497.11)(036) ROGA, Ljiljana, 1981Serbia for the young and curious / [Ljiljana Roga ; photographs Dragan Bosni ... et al.]. - 7th ed. - Belgrade : National Tourism Organisation of Serbia, 2012 (Inija : Komazec). - 54 str. : fotogr. ; 15 cm

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