Those Communist Era Apartment Complexes
by xeberus
These buildings have a bum rap. Are they pretty? Not really. But one has to take their history into account to appreciate them. The post-war period was marked by huge social change in Yugoslavia. Destruction during the war created a massive shortage of housing and industrialization was rapid creating an exodus from village to city. This meant that lots of cheap housing was needed in Belgrade and other cities in the country.
Most of the apartments in these buildings are small and there are hundreds and hundreds of units in areas like Novi Beograd (New Belgrade), Cerak and Medakovic. Though they may not be really pretty, they serve a purpose and the lower levels have shops and often caffes. There are usually parks and playgrounds withing easy walking distance. Additionally, almost every one of these apartments has a balcony. Novi Beograd is withing walking distance of the city center of Belgrade. Given the choice, I would prefer to live in one of these buildings than in some soulless suburb U.S. suburb where you have to drive to get anywhere away from your house any day.
The Cyrillic alphabet
by georeiser
The cyrillic alphabet is hard to understand for foreigners. How to pronounce...
А = a
Б = b
В = v
Г = g
Д = d
Е = je
Ё = jø
Ж = zh
З = z
И = i
Й = j
К = k
Л = l
М = m
Н = n
О = o
П = p
Р = r
С = s
Т = t
У = u
Ф = f
Х = h
Ц = ts
Ч = tsj
Ш = sj
Щ = sjtsj
Ъ = _
Ы = y
Ь = '
Э = e
Ю = ju
Я = ja
King Petar I vs Kaiser Wilhelm II...
by KonstantinII
The gallant sacrifice of the 233 Belgrade volunteers in 1915 gave the bulk of the Serbian army enough time to retreat, regroup and eventually win the war
By the time WW I ended, over one million Serbs had perished, a quarter of the country's prewar population About 55% of the nation's male population died That's as if over 70 million American males were to lose their lives defending their country. No wonder Secretary Lansing paid Serbia such a tribute
Nor was he alone Even the enemies of Serbia and America paid the Serbs a grudging tribute:
Having been informed that Bulgaria had capitulated and signed an armistice agreement in US in September 1918, the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, sent a telegram full of bitterness to his ally in World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Emperor, Karl:
"62,000 Serbs have decided the outcome of this war Shame on us!"
Terazije
by Aurorae
Pure heart of Belgrade! This is where all the roads are taking you to. There is an old fountain and the most famous and oldest hotel in the city - Moskva (Moscow). And naturally, the inevitable McDonald's! GRRRRR! Yuk! But, c'est la vie... Anyway, wherever you go, especially if you cross from one side of the town to the another, somehow your road will take you to Terazije...
internet cafe
by elsebeth
This is the place I went to check my emails the first couple of months before i discovered better places.
It's in the same building as the childrens library in a street off Knez Mihailova street.
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Bohemian quarter
fortress
books at Knez Mihailova
Kalemegdan fortress
