Bucket List 196: Serbia!
The Road Travelled · Tales From Serbia · Photos
Country 62/196: Serbia. The heart of former Yugoslavia, Serbia still commands a great influence in the region although her deep cultural ties to Russia appear to be hindering her diminishing European ambitions. If baroque-brutalist architecture turns you on, however, Belgrade is certainly the place to go. Night club barges and coffee shop cruisers line the Sava River, the sign of a growing younger subculture, although don’t expect to find a replacement laptop charger anywhere in the country should yours expire. Belgrade Fortress at sunset is a must; visiting in winter is not.
The Road Travelled
Tales From Serbia
No Vax Djokovic
March 20th, 2023 Belgrade. Over one-and-a-half million people call this sprawling, baroque-brutalist metropolis home which comfortably makes it the largest city in the Western Balkans and one of the largest in South-eastern Europe. While not atop many holiday destination lists, it has gradually nurtured a vibrant and increasingly alternative subculture that has attracted a great number of youths…
Serb Your Enthusiasm
March 17th, 2023 If there is one country that influences, or at least attempts to influence, the Western Balkans more than any other it is Serbia. The beating heart of former Yugoslavia, it comprises many of the biggest cities of the erstwhile country as well as the largest ethnic population, not that that has caused any problems ever.…
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Serbia
Country: 62/196 Visited: Autumn/Winter ’22/’23
