Visit to the factory of hats in Zrenjanin
Saturday’s walk with friends took us to the factory of hats in Zrenjanin. This family manufacture from 1919 has grown into the largest factory “Begej” in the former Yugoslavia. In seventies, factory produced sleeves, hats, berets and it had 500 employees. These hats were made of high quality wool or rabbit hair and used to […]
Saint Valentine or Saint Tryphon
On 14th February Catholics celebrate Valentine`s Day, while Orthodox traditionally celebrate Saint Tryphon. Saint Valentine was a holly priest in the 3th century, who had perished when Emperor Claudius II in ancient Rome banned marriages for young men, potential soldiers. Valentine began performing marriages of young Christian couples in secret, until he was discovered and […]
Top 5 places to visit up to 100 km from Belgrade
Avala mountain stands at 511 meters (1,677 ft) above sea level and it is located 16 kilometers south-east of Belgrade’s downtown. Here you should visit the monument dedicated to the Unknown Hero, a World War I memorial and Avala Tower (204,5m), the tallest tower in Serbia and the Balkan region. Observation deck from Avala Tower offers a magnificent […]
Why Serbs celebrate New Year three times
If you are confused and you don’t understand how it is possible, we`ll try to explain in following lines. Serbs are known as a nation which likes to celebrate, so it isn’t surprising why the ritual of countdown 10,9,8,7… 1 “Happy New Year” is repeated three times. Actually that isn’t the only reason why it […]
Medieval Manhattan in Serbia
Sensational discovery was found in Serbia recently, near the small town of Rudnik. The discovery revealed a city in which elites lived, both local and foreign. As a key proof of this revelation are the remains of a large medieval town and a major mining center of lead and silver from the 14th and 15th […]
Camp Balkan Mountain 2013
Five years ago in the Eastern Serbia group of young enthusiasts took an interesting and useful initiative whose motive was to gather people from natural sciences faculties who had an ambition to learn, to change, help and to explore. It seems that they have succeeded because this year it will be sixth time for this […]
Tourism, wine and delicacies under the Fair dome
If you missed your chance to visit The International Fair of Tourism in Belgrade which was closed yesterday on 24th of February then you definitely should feel regrets. Under the domes of Belgrade Fair 1000 exhibitors from 45 countries made their best effort to present their offers in most tempting way. In the same venue […]
Wet Highland and Shargan Eight
Preparations for exciting tour to Mokra gora (Wet Highland) are on. Here you will experience unforgettable ride on a most attractive narrow railway in Europe whose route between Mokra gora and Šargan Vitasi creates unusual path in form of number eight. Passing through 22 tunnels, over several bridges and viaducts this railway overcomes elevation difference […]