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Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia, set where the Sava River flows into the Danube. It is famous for Belgrade Fortress and Kalemegdan Park above the rivers, for the vast Church of Saint Sava and for its lively cafe, kafana and river nightlife.
Belgrade is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe. The Celts named it Singidun, and it became the Roman city of Singidunum before passing between Byzantine, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Ottoman and Habsburg rulers. Its name means white city, and it later served as the capital of Yugoslavia.
Start at the fortress with the Victor Monument, Ružica Church and Nebojša Tower, then follow Knez Mihailova Street to Republic Square and the taverns of Skadarlija. The Nikola Tesla Museum, the Museum of Yugoslavia and Gardoš Tower in Zemun fill another day. Spring and early autumn are the best seasons.
Belgrade Fortress rises above the confluence of the Sava and Danube in central Belgrade and is the historic core of the city, with its Upper and Lower Towns set in Kalemegdan Park. It is the most visited sight in Belgrade, drawing over two million visitors a year. Come at sunset for the river views.
The Victor Monument, or Pobednik, stands in the Upper Town of Belgrade Fortress and is a famous symbol of Belgrade. The 14-meter monument by Ivan Meštrović, a bronze figure holding a falcon and a sword, was erected in 1928 to mark Serbian victories in the Balkan Wars and the First World War.
Ružica Church is a small Serbian Orthodox church in the Belgrade Fortress, tucked below the walls between the Zindan Gate and Jakšić Tower. First built in the early 15th century and rebuilt in 1925, it is known for chandeliers made from bullet casings and swords. The Saint Petka spring is close by.
Nebojša Tower is the only surviving medieval tower of the Belgrade Fortress, built in the 15th century near where the Sava meets the Danube. Its name means fearless. Long a key defensive tower and later a dungeon, it became a museum in 2010. Reach it by the path down to the riverside.
The Church of Saint Sava on the Vračar plateau in Belgrade is one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world, built where the relics of Saint Sava are believed to have been burned in 1594. Begun in 1935, its exterior was finished in 2004 and its mosaic interior in 2020. Step inside.
St. Mark's Church stands in Tašmajdan Park in central Belgrade, near the National Assembly, and is the second largest church in Serbia. Its red and yellow banded walls copy the medieval Gračanica Monastery in the Serbo-Byzantine style. A small Russian Orthodox church stands next to it in the park.
The House of the National Assembly on Nikola Pašić Square in central Belgrade is the seat of the Serbian parliament, a grand domed building that has housed the assemblies of Yugoslavia and Serbia. It faces the Old and New Palaces across the square and is striking when lit up at night.
Avala Tower is a 204.68-meter TV tower on Mount Avala on the southern edge of Belgrade, famous for standing on three legs with a triangular cross-section. The first tower, finished in 1965, was destroyed in the 1999 NATO bombing and reopened in 2010. Its viewing deck looks out across Belgrade.
The Nikola Tesla Museum in central Belgrade is dedicated to the life and work of the inventor and holds his ashes in a golden sphere. Founded in 1952 in a 1927 villa, it keeps over 160,000 original documents, and its Tesla archive is on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. Join a guided tour.
The Museum of Yugoslavia in the Dedinje area of Belgrade tells the story of Yugoslavia and of Josip Broz Tito, who is buried with his wife Jovanka in the House of Flowers on its grounds. With about 120,000 visitors a year it is the most visited museum in Serbia. Allow two hours here.
The National Museum of Serbia faces Republic Square in central Belgrade and is the largest and oldest museum in the city, founded in 1844. Its collection holds more than 400,000 objects, from prehistoric finds to medieval Serbian art and foreign masterpieces. Allow at least two hours here.
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade stands in Ušće Park in New Belgrade, near where the Sava meets the Danube, in a 1965 modernist building by Ivan Antić and Ivanka Raspopović. It shows Serbian and Yugoslav art since 1900 and reopened in 2017 after renovation. Walk over Branko's Bridge.
Knez Mihailova Street is the main pedestrian and shopping street of Belgrade, about one kilometer long and lined with mansions from the late 1870s. It follows a main road of Roman Singidunum and leads from Republic Square to Kalemegdan Park. Stroll it to the fortress, pausing at its cafes.
Skadarlija is the old bohemian quarter of Belgrade, a short cobbled street just below Republic Square, often compared to Montmartre in Paris. After the fortress it is the most visited sight in the city, known for traditional taverns, or kafanas, with live folk music. Come for dinner.
Gardoš Tower crowns a hill in the old core of Zemun in Belgrade and was built in 1896 to celebrate a thousand years of Hungarian settlement in the Pannonian Plain. It stands on the remains of the much older Zemun Fortress. Climb it for views over the Danube and the red roofs of Zemun.
Ada Ciganlija is a former river island on the Sava in Belgrade, now a peninsula with a lake, beaches and sports grounds, nicknamed the Sea of Belgrade. On summer weekends up to 300,000 people come to swim, cycle and relax. Rent a bike to ride the lakeside path, or stay for a drink at a beach bar.
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