The white city
by SoulFisher
If I am not wrong, Belgrade means "The White City".
It does have a lot of white. However because white is a colour that makes the dirt quite visible, it gets rather greyish in many areas of the town. Seen from the other side of the River Sava, the white, not-so-clean buildings, and the sketchy look reminds of some Portuguese cities.
The hill of old Belgrade reminds me of the town of Coimbra, Portugal.
White town
by ivana302
Beograd means white town . Well not so much white , but stil beautiful.It is 2 millions citizens city with lots to be seen.Don't miss Kalemegdan,Skadarlija Street with great restourants . For sure go for a walk near rivers Danube and Sava , if you come during summer you should go by boat to see how wonderful it looks from river...
The facts
by Prasnjavi
Belgrade has more then 2,000,000 citizens and its territory covers an area of 322,268 ha (inner-city area covers 35,996 ha), and it is administratively divided into 17 municipalities:
Ten urban
2. Voždovac
3. Vraèar
5. Zvezdara
6. Zemun
9. Novi Beograd
11. Palilula
12. Rakovica
13. Savski venac
15. Stari grad
17. Èukarica
and 7 suburban municipalities
1. Barajevo
4. Grocka
7. Lazarevac
8. Mladenovac
10. Obrenovac
14. Sopot
16. Surèin
NATIONAL MUSEUM
by Christianne
Founded in 1844, it is the oldest Museum in Belgrade.
Its establishment was attributed to Jovan Sterija Popovic who was minister of education at the time the museum was opened. During the years the museum the museum changed its name and place many times.In 1915, during the First World War it was bombed and many valuables were destroyed. It took the name of National Museum in 1950 and moved the to the building of the ex-Mortgage Bank (Republic Square=Trg Republike)
MUSEUM WORKING HOURS
Monday closed
Tuesday 10.00-17.00
Wednesday 10.00-17.00
Thursday 12.00-20.00
Friday 10.00-17.00
Saturday 10.00-17.00
Sunday 10.00-14.00
Jewish Religious Community
by Prasnjavi
Here are addresses and contacts so people belong to Jewish Religious Community can organize their religion needs.
- Jewish Commune of Belgrade, Kralja Petra 71a
tel. 624-289, 2622-449, fax 624-289, e-mail: jcb@drenik.net
- Federation of Jewish communes of Yugoslavia, Kralja Petra 71a
tel. 624-359, 2621-837, fax 626-674, e-mail: savezjev@infosky.net
- Jewish Historical Museum, Kralja Petra 71a, www.jim-bg.org
tel. 622-624, fax 626-674, e-mail: muzej@eunet.yu
Working hours: every day except Mondays, 10:00 - 12:00 AM
- Sinagogue, Marsala Birjuzova 19, e-mail: rais@eunet.yu
- Jewish cemetery, Mije Kovaceviæa 1, tel. 768-250