Things to do

108 Reviews Rising above the Kneza on Trg Republika is the National Museum which dates to 1844. It is reported to have one of the best collections in Europe with over 200,000 exhibits including the earliest...

217 Reviews Ivan Mestroviċ is probably the best known sculptor from Yugoslavia. Two of his works are found here in the Kalmegdan Park. Standing high above the Sava is Polvenik – Messenger of Victory....

77 Reviews Across the street from the Orthodox Cathedral is the Serbian Patriarchate. This is the administrative headquarters for the Serbian Orthodox, the second oldest Slavic Orthodox church in the World with...

47 Reviews Beograd is where it is because of its location at the confluence of the Sava and Danube Rivers. First, the Celts and then the Romans settled and built forts here. Huns, Goths and Avars then took their...

32 Reviews Dorcol is one of oldest parts of Belgrade. I love that part of town. For the start visit Church of Aleksandar Nevski. This church has interesting history. 1876 Russian come to Serbia to help their...

53 Reviews Rome has St Peters, Istanbul the Hagia Sophia and soon Beograd will have a completed St Slava. Echoes of the Sophia can be found within the huge dome of St Slava. The church is still unfinished with...

18 Reviews Red Star is the most popular team in town – I have seen figures that say something like 50% Red Star and maybe 30% Partizan. The team has been fairly successful in its time and won a UEFA Champions...

21 Reviews Old part of Belgrade, still having it's old spirit...best way to discover it is my walking around its streets...in case you get lost, people are friendly andthey will be glad to help you...as for the...

19 Reviews Not far east, off Trg Republike is the small street of Skardaška named in honor of the Albanian city of Shkoder from where many of the craftsmen living here hailed. They erected homes and businesses...

20 Reviews This is 1 of Belgrade's most famous squares, packed with shops, department stores, well-known restaurants, hotels and cinemas. It got its name from the old Turkish word for scales. The picture's...

41 Reviews The 2 bronze sculptures in front of the Federal Building, officially called 'Igrali se konji vrani' (Black horses are playing), symbolize the victory of a man over evil. The sculptures were designed...

19 Reviews Once the Officers' Club, built in 1895 with the financial support of King Aleksandar I Obrenovic, this unusual yellow building's been the seat of the Students' Cultural Centre since 1971. Here you can...

13 Reviews This church is the newest Orthodox church in Belgrade. The construction started in 1996 and the church was consecrated in 2001. It was built using donations of admirors of the deeds of St. Vasilije...

mtncorg Says: This little square along Aleksandra - the street running southeast off the Terazije towards the Parliament building - just north of the Parliament used to be...

mtncorg Says: Southeast of St Mark's is a large urban park popular with Beograd families. It used to be a quarry site for building material and a cemetery, though the graves...

mtncorg Says: The House of the National Assembly is home of the legislative branch of government for Serbia. The cornerstone was laid in 1907 but war delayed completion until...

mtncorg Says: Sitting behind the huge Sveti Marko is the little Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox church. This is the only Russian Orthodox Church in Serbia. It dates to 1924 and...

mtncorg Says: Built between 1931 and 1936 over the site of an older church, St Mark's is a larger model of the Garèanica Monastery in Kosovo. Inside the rather bare interior...

mtncorg Says: Facing Pionirski Park on the west side is two old palaces that were developed by the rival modern-day Serbian royal clans. To the north is the Old Palace of the...

mtncorg Says: Ivo Andriċ lived in the four rooms that make up this museum in this semi-art deco building just across the street from the New Palace next to Pionirski...

mtncorg Says: Serbia was able to resist Austrian attacks in the initial stages of WWI thanks to the grave threats posed by vast Russian armies in Galicia and Poland. However,...

iaint Says: At the northern corner of Kalemegdan is this lovely little Serb Orthodox church, which translates as the Rose Church of Our Lady. It was built between 1867 and...

iaint Says: Your wander around Kalemegdan may leave you thirsty and footsore - perhaps even hungry. If that happens, I recommend a pitstop in the cafe at the Kalemegdanska...

elsebeth Says: House of Flowers (Serbian: Kuća cveća Cyrillic: Кућа цвећа is the mausoleum of the leader of the...

planxty Says: Whilst walking through the Kalemejdan taking yet another photograph of a statue, a travelling companion came and muttered in my ear, "Are you going to take a...