The above area includes among other things, government buildings, pedestrian and shopping street Knez Mihailova (one kilometer long!), the cobbled bohemian street Skadarlija (once the gathering point of poets), the National Museum (under never ending renovation works) with the the equestrian statue of prince Mihailo Obrenovic' in front of it (famous meeting place for locals and tourists), galeries, fountains, parks, cultural institutions, hotels, you name it.
National Assembly of Serbia
Assembly of the city of Belgrade (Old royal Palace)
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Knez Mihailova street
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Institute, Zepter museum of contemporary art, and of course, shops and restaurants.
Delijska drinking fountain on Knez Mihailova
selling art on Knez Mihailova
me, a bit tired, contemplating the human flow
publicity event on the Knez Mihailova street
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National Museum of Serbia
statue of prince Mihailo Obrenovic' on the horse
The statue of the equestrian prince- famous meeting point in the Republik square- has stairs at its basis. On top of them, a bronze base supporting the statue, covered with bas-reliefs depicting scenes from serbian history.
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The cobbled street Skadarlija, home to some famous restaurants and cafes, as well as a few art galleries, is known also as the bohemian quarter.
waiting for customers; rich little stand of souvenirs
restaurant
statue of some notable bohemian fellow
pigeons like it here
statue resembling a tree trunk
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'Stari Grad' - two short words that have a nice ring, and 'cover' a lovely area of Belgrade.
Good thing you did not enter our National Assembly, that is where we keep our monkeys and orangutans in human form :)
ReplyDeleteKnez Mihajlova is probably the most famous street in the country. I like the dark marble in it, it used to have more affordable shops until Usce and Delta Shopping centres opened and stole the show.
Too bad you did not visit in spring, I think Skadarlija is prettier then with greenery and flowers. But I generally find Belgrade depressive with so many ruined, drab and dirty buildings, us up in Vojvodina are much cleaner and greener too :)
And if that's not enough , there's also a city Assembly across the street in the former Old Palace! That, in addition to the Town Hall, located somewhere else. The New Belgrade part also has a Town Hall, methinks. A lot of jobs for local politicians!
DeleteKnez Mihailova street will always be famous as it leads directly to the Kalmegedan fortress and park - the main landmark of the city.
I enjoyed your tour, thanks!
ReplyDeleteGlad you did. Luckily, the weather was fine. The sun, though, was very strong and sometimes interfered with my trying to take pictures.
DeleteIt's always wonderful to see pics of a place you'll never get to visit. So interesting...love the art and pretty things to buy along the way! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy pictures of places regardless of my chance to visit there.
DeleteAnd please, never say never. We don't know what Fate has in store for us.
I too enjoyed the tour. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI believe you, Jill, although I know you like the sea, and here there's no sea. Apart from that, what's not to enjoy:D
DeleteThis looks like a beautiful city and a fascinating one. I have a bit of a yen to check out this part of the world. Quite a different history than other spots we've traveled. Thanks for sharing it and thanks, too, for visiting me over at Marmelade Gypsy and leaving such nice comments!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful city with quite a rich history!
DeleteBelgrade is certainly less expensive than Paris where you've just been. Paris, however, performs better on many other levels including the cultural one.
It's nice to see the artwork there. Always, so many different styles, the colours are striking too. I see the artist has the cobblestone street as a subject... the exact one I too would have chosen to paint.
ReplyDeleteThe restaurant with the red flowers looks so inviting.
I like that photo of you "... contemplating the human flow". My term for that is "people-watching" ;D)
Once again an absorbing blog adventure to another place, thank you kindly Duta!
The cobbled street is nice, but not so easy to walk upon unless your shoes are flat and good for walking.
DeleteWhat caught my attention on this street were the statues and the gathering spot of the pigeons.
oh yes of course - perhaps even with flat shoes it may be a bit of a problem for someone not used to it :D)
DeleteVery much work has gone into the statues and the pigeons have it made with running water and, I'm assuming, an open area where tid bits may be thrown to them.
You're right both about shoes and about the pigeons.
DeleteOn both sides of the 'pigeon area' there are restaurants and bits of food are thrown to them.So, one can imagine the feast.
I didn't think about walking on the cobbled streets! I was about to say it LOOKS beautiful!
ReplyDeleteA lovely city, though. I like your comment about endless renovations!!! cheerio
The National Museum, a museum of great significance for Serbia, has been closed for 15 years (!) for restoration.
DeleteIts soon reopening - a great cultural event not only for Serbia but also for the whole of Europe.
That's the thing about renos: they are always overbudget, and take longer than one expects!!! I think one always encounters hidden issues, uncovered in deconstruction.
DeleteAs they say: 'you know when you enter a project, you don"t know how and when you get out of it'.
DeleteSo much history! I think I could make out how to say the name on that poster. Very similar to Russian, I am guessing? Only two of the letters looked different.
ReplyDeleteToday I had a blog view from Serbia. Don't see that very often!
You mean the poster with the young woman behind the statue. Well, these are cyrillic letters (you are probably of slavic descent if you can read the cyrillic alphabet).I've learnt some russian in elementary school (in Romania whose alphabet is latin not slavic), and I still remember the letters. It helps when you visit a slavic country.
DeleteHa ha...I think I am probably not even a tiny bit Slavic! We can trace our family back to Germany in the early 1800's. It looks like there is a fair bit of Jewish ancestory and some Polish also. (Maybe.) This is all based on records collected and many of those were lost in the various wars and through time. I should take one of those DNA tests, but I am suspicious and don't trust them! ;-)
DeleteI've studied Russian a bit. I like it, but their verb tenses are a cruel joke!
Polish are slavic people, and polish language- a slavic language like russian, czech, serbian etc...(there are some 14 slavic languages).
DeleteIf you've studied a bit of russian, then you're acquainted with their alphabet, and that's good.
You know...I wondered about that as I was typing my comment! Should have looked it up! So maybe I am a but Slavic afterall. ;-)
DeleteYou know, genealogy is interesting no matter how one looks at it. They say about the european jews (askenazim) that they're actually a germanic tribe which converted to judaism, How come? the yeddish language which is a germanic language, and the hatred of germans to jews which stems from the latter's conversion to another religion. I wouldn't dismiss this theory (by the way I speak yeddish, though not so well).
Delete"a germanic tribe which converted to judaism"
DeleteI have never heard that! Wow... I wonder what there is in history that we just don't know. I mean, we all come from somewhere and there is always a story. Everyone has one.
Where can I find out more about this?
Thrilling, isn't it? I can't direct you to a source. You can always google, of course, but the answers will be tendentious, biased and won't give you any clear picture.
DeleteSad, but true. I googled. You really have to filter things out.
DeleteI don't think I have ever seen pictures of Belgrade before. You have certainly changed that with this lovely post, such great photos that really shows the flavor of this part of the city.
ReplyDeleteWell, there's always a first time, isn't there? Europe is not only Paris, Wien, Berlin, but also Belgrade and other central/east capitals.
DeleteI'm very glad you liked the post and the photos on Belgrade.
calm and peace place.
ReplyDeletebtw... you look beautiful in the photos.
have a great day.
Thank you for your very kind words.
DeleteThe hustle begins in the afternoon hours. When I visited the place it was relatively calm and peaceful.
I did enjoy your post, reading your information and seeing your mix of photographs.
ReplyDeleteThis does look a fascinating city to visit, full of History and with many beautiful sights to see.
Thank you for taking me there through your photographs.
All the best Jan
You're welcome,Jan. I thought of buying a better camera because good photos are very important. However, a better camera is usually a heavier one, and weight is important to me, so, I'm still with my little old but light camera.
DeleteLove to see the city assembly Stari Dvor with nice flowers in front of it.
ReplyDeleteThe building of the City Assembly is very beautiful! The whole surrounding place (flowers, paths, benches, fountain, trees, shrubs) is nice and visitor friendly.
DeleteIt does look lovely!! I also love seeing all the flowers outside the restaurant and the scale of the small cobblestone streets. I know its far from Copenhagen, but I think of that song "Lovely old girl of a town, in the city streets, .." (something like that, from a Hans Christian Anderson song!), just the way you seem to be comfortable in a new city so easily too is so impressive!!
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed, flowers do make one feel at home in a new city. When away from home we tend to look for the little things we're familiar with, and which make us comfortable in a strange environment.
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