Belgrade Shopping

As you enter the Kalemegdan fortress from Kneza Mihaila, you’ll find a pathway lined with souvenir stalls and kiosks selling ice cream/drinks. It looks like an ideal place to pick up some local stuff, if shopping is your thing.

I’m not a souvenir hunter, so I can’t help with prices. However, I did buy a small bottle of water for 50 dinar. A small Serb girl was buying exactly the same thing right after me, and when the vendor asked her for 50 dinar she looked at me and (I’m guessing) gave him a torrent of abuse for trying to charge her the tourist price!

So, be warned. Of course most stuff is so cheap it hardly matters.

What to buy: Souvenirs, ice cream, water...

What to pay: Varies! Depends what you buy...

Hi

Typical souvenirs from Belgrade

What about some rakija šljivovica which is a local brandy (plum!)

Or an item of traditional folk clothing - a Sajkaca (traditional mans hat) or opanci (cool funny looking shoe things with curled up toes, i got a pair of them) or the traditional womens aprons are cool, as are the woolen socks - you can get all of these at Savez KUD Beograd on Dobračina 2.

also good are the local baked sweets, cookies etc which you can buy in a box to take home, try Candy shop Bosiljčić on Gavrila Principa 14

Enjoy!

If you want to get a truly Balkan feel, why not visit a local farmer's market. It may get hot and stressful but I guarantee you will find the best fresh fruit and vegetable here and you can really get in touch with the locals!

This is a business card from the Sky Mobile Phone store.

The people are very friendly and knowledgable.

What to buy: I bought my piece of crap phone here in 2003.

It was the cheapest one that they had. But, hey, it works!!! That is the most important thing.

What to pay: 50 euros for the hunk of junk I have. I am sure they don't even make this model now.

If you want to buy some souvenirs, gifts in Belgrade there are some addresses for shops:
ANTIQUES SHOPS
DE ANTIQUE SHOP, Knez Mihailova 52, Phone: 622-275
EPOAVE, Hotel "Hyatt Regency", Phone: 311-1234
NOSOROG, Cara Uroša 12, Phone: 627-994
SANOS, Vuka Karadžića 7, Phone: 185-347
AMBIJENTA, Nikole Spasića 2, Phone: 624-561
DEDINJE, Vladimira Gaćinovića 2c, Phone: 665-599
BE.A.K., Makedonska 34, Phone: 3221-852
RESTART, Strahinjića Bana 58, Phone: 624-535
PRESENTS
ANĐEO, Nikole Spasića 3, 622-693
BEOGRADSKI IZLOG, Knez Mihailova 6, 631-721
D.O. SHOP, Kneza Sime Markovića 10, 328-3936
GROF, Čika Ljubina 8
PICCADILLY, Makedonska 5, 633-920
SOUVENIRS
BEOGRADSKI IZLOG, Knez Mihailova 6, 631-721
ETNO MAGAZIN GRAL, Zetska 13, 3246-583
ETNOGRAFSKI MUZEJ, Studentski trg 13, 328-1888
NARODNA RADINOST, Studentski trg 7, 635-707
NARODNA RADINOST, Zeleni venac, 631-423
SINGIDUNUM, Knez Mihailova 42, 185-323
TD "ZEMUN", Zemun, Zmaj Jovina 14, 192-094

What to buy: But in my opinion "Belgrade Brandy - Slivovitza" is an exclusive and the best gift.
We called it rakija – sljivovica.

What to pay: 5-10 EURO

The shopping on Knez Milhailova is varied and mostly expensive. We were fortunate to hit a sale at this Slovenian children's store.

What to buy: Jutranjka has really attractive nicely made children's clothes.

What to pay: Too much, unless they are on sale!

Los Angeles "Times", "Pravda" from Moscow and many other newspapers wrote about these unique ties. Hand made silk ties, designed by Neven Vrgoc, owner of the shop, are sold in Neven's shops in Europe. Even, in Beverly Hills, California.
Neven is noted in the "Guinness Book of Records" for the fastest knotted tie, 0.75 of a second in 1985!!!!

This is a shopping and exhibition area with a variety of offers. A shop where Belgrade souvenirs, made of different materials, practical, designed by well-known designers and artists, are represented occupies the principal place. The selection of goods in this gallery store is often inspired by important happenings and cultural events in Belgrade, and in such a way culture is permanently popularised.

Opening hours: from 9:00 to 20:00, every day.

What to buy: "Beogradski izlog" is, also, an important place where, apart from exhibiting and selling culture books, art books, fiction, magazines, cartoons, monographs, maps and postcards, other activities concerning books, authors and publishers take place, such as book presentations, literary evenings, meetings with writers and book-signing, exhibitions of certain publishers and editions, to name but some. A special place is reserved for foreign books and periodicals and more and more attention is paid to them.