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1st and 2nd January - New Year;
7th January - Christmas Day;
15th February - Constitution Day;
1st and 2nd May - International Labour Day;
Eastern, From Good Friday till second day of Eastern;
Religious holidays in Serbia and Montenegro are celebrated according to calendars of different religions, but officially Eastern and Christmas are celebrated according to Julian calendar, and that is the trap. Orthodox calendar is "late" 13 days.
So, don't forget. We start to celebrate "our" New Year in the night of 13th January. Probably, on the 14th everything is close or open latter on. Christmas Eve is very important for us and everyone is with own family at home.
We have holidays name "Slava". It's the celebration of family patron and it is the most holy day for Serbs. The biggest are Saint John - "Jovanjdan" (20th January by Gregorian calendar), Saint George - "Djurdjevdan" (6th May), Saint John - "Ivanjdan" (7th July), Saint Archangel Michael - "Arandjelovdan" (21st November), Saint Nicholas - "Nikoljdan" (19th December)? and people which are not celebrating one of that days, they are guests somewhere. So, maybe, again, everything will be close or latter open. Leave a Comment
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 photo by Andrija Ilić by AuroraeLeave a Comment
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Little quiz. What number is greater:
a) the total number of civil war/NATO campaign victims on all sides in entire ex-Yugoslavia during infamous 1998-1999 years
b) the number of people who died in traffic accidents last 2 years in Serbia
You guessed correctly. Recently it was announced, soon the fines will be increased tenfold (see also Hungary). There will be a unique Serbian "innovation": the foreign driver's license WILL be ruined by the police and/or the court by punching it through and writing on the IDL (international driver's license). No other country does the invalidating the foreign DL (yet). The DUI limit is 0.05%, but will presumably drop soon to ZERO as it did in Croatia and Romania. It was always zero in Hungary.
An other oddity: the same DUI limit applies to both driver and front passenger. Ouch.
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I can't think of any danger here, unless NATO decide overnight to drop a few bombs while you are visiting. You realy never know with NATO, they may get offended with a new hairstyle of our President and, well, you know what follows in that ( for NATO members very dangerous) situation.... Leave a Comment
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 Belgrade Nis highway by goga4444
Be careful where you leave your car, do not park in dark streets, and do not leave a car unlocked! You better use official parking space, you have to pay for it, but it is not much …
Speed limits are 120kph (75mph) on highways and 100kph (62mph) on other roads,in inhabited places 60 kph or lower . Road signs may be poorly marked.And watch out of the holes on roads .. Leave a Comment
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 past times by ChamsaLeave a Comment
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I dont have any warnings for you. All I can say is that the people are amazing. They are more than willing to help you out. Very friendly and kind. It is poor so maybe watch out and keep your wallet safe.
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you don`t have to pay that much any more and most of the countries don`t need visas since last month. Leave a Comment
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 by Prasnjavi
Serbian cuisine is synonym to sinking your teeth into meat. Lots of it. The so-called "national" restaurants in Belgrade do roaring business, catering to people looking for a classy, old world atmosphere, with lots of wooden beams, bumbling penguin waiters and live musicians. Don't even dream of having a quick meal here - dining in here is a celebration of the best things in life: women, wine, music, smoke and grease. After observing tables being surrounded by podgy musicians, leaving the embarrassed diners wondering whether to ignore them, to stare or softly sing or nod along, you may want to opt for an insurmountable table in a corner.
Vegetarians, take cover!
If you don't have to, don't declare that. Being vegetarian here is like being homosexual. Someone will say: "Look, he doesn't like meat?, and it looks like: "Look, he doesn't like women", what is, in this style of life, not acceptable. Everyone is crazy about woman here. Leave a Comment
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This photo was made just for VT. Leave a Comment
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