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Vračar | Belgrade Neighborhood's Names

Vračar | Belgrade Neighborhood's Names

Despite the small area, Vračar has its own numerous neighborhoods whose borders are not clearly defined, but they live in the consciousness of the residents of Vračar, especially the older ones.

Aleksandar I Karađorđević | Origin of Street Names

Aleksandar I Karađorđević | Origin of Street Names

King Aleksandar I Karađorđević (1888 - 1934), recorded in history as the King of Knights or King the Unifier, was one of the most significant, but also the most tragic political figures in the history of Serbia.

Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandi | Origin of Street Names

Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandi | Origin of Street Names

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948) is one of the most important statesmen in the history of perhaps the entire human civilization.

Unusual Belgrade Associations of the 30s | Old Belgrade Stories

Unusual Belgrade Associations of the 30s | Old Belgrade Stories

Among the many Belgrade associations and unions, we single out some unusual ones, which were popular among Belgraders in the 1930s.

Belgrade Parks - Green or Concrete Oases?!

Belgrade Parks - Green or Concrete Oases?!

Belgrade's destiny is such that each new generation of rulers has less and less understanding for the city's greenery, so almost every government after the Second World War destroyed one valuable green part of Belgrade.

Agatha Christie | Origin of Street Names

Agatha Christie | Origin of Street Names

Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (1890 – 1976) was a famous British writer, best known for her detective novels, which sold more than two billion copies worldwide.

Ivan Meštrović | Origin of Street Names

Ivan Meštrović | Origin of Street Names

Ivan Meštrović (1883 – 1962) was a Croatian and Yugoslav sculptor and architect, and one of the most respected European sculptors of the 20th century.

Neil Armstrong | Origin of Street Names

Neil Armstrong | Origin of Street Names

Neil Alden Armstrong (1930 - 2012) was an American aeronautical engineer, military pilot and astronaut, recorded in the history of human civilization as the first man to set foot on the surface of the Moon.

"Haunted" Poet Jaša Grobarov | Old Belgrade Stories

"Haunted" Poet Jaša Grobarov | Old Belgrade Stories

If there was a hierarchy of "legendary" Belgraders, the poet Jaša Grobarov would undoubtedly be at the very top.

Laza Telečki | Origin of Street Names

Laza Telečki | Origin of Street Names

When Laza Telečki Street is mentioned, the first association is usually - nightlife in Novi Sad. And not without reason, because dozens of nightclubs and bars are located in this street, which is only 200 meters long.

Georg Weifert | Origin of Street Names

Georg Weifert | Origin of Street Names

Georg Weifert (1850 - 1937) is probably the greatest Serbian industrialist in history. This Pančevo "Schwaba" is an offshoot of the German Weifert family, which settled in the middle of the 15th century.

International Mud Day | Funny Holidays

International Mud Day | Funny Holidays

Since getting dirty during play is common to all children of the world, one Australian and one Nepalese established a specific holiday in 2009 - International Mud Day.

Six Poplars Swimming Area | Old Belgrade Stories

Six Poplars Swimming Area | Old Belgrade Stories

Can you imagine the time when the Sava in Belgrade was so clean that you could drink water from it and nothing would happen to you?!

Velimir Bata Živojinović | Origin of Street Names

Velimir Bata Živojinović | Origin of Street Names

Velimir Bata Živojinović (1933 – 2016) was one of the greatest Serbian and Yugoslav actors in history, a legend most famous for his roles in "partisan" films in the 60s and 70s.

Aleksa Šantić | Origin of Street Names

Aleksa Šantić | Origin of Street Names

Aleksa Šantić (1868 – 1924) is one of the greatest poets at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and the creator of perhaps the most beautiful love and patriotic verses ever written in the Serbian language.

The Urban Plan of Emilijan Josimović | Old Belgrade Stories

The Urban Plan of Emilijan Josimović | Old Belgrade Stories

In 1864, Prince Milan Obrenović made a decision that, with the departure of the Turks, the streets in the city must be given names.

Petar Križanić | Origin of Street Names

Petar Križanić | Origin of Street Names

Petar "Pjer" Križanić (1890 - 1962) was a Yugoslav painter and graphic artist, best remembered as one of the pioneers of newspaper and satirical cartoons in this region.

Mirko Sandić | Origin of Street Names

Mirko Sandić | Origin of Street Names

Mirko Sandić (1942 - 2006) was a long-time water polo player for Partizan and the Yugoslav national team, one of the greatest of all time and a kind of phenomenon - a man with literally the biggest heart in the world.

Miljan Miljanić | Origin of Street Names

Miljan Miljanić | Origin of Street Names

Miljan Miljanić (1930 – 2012) was a legendary Serbian and Yugoslav football coach, long-time national team selector, lifetime and eventually honorary president of the Football Association of Yugoslavia.

Savamala Today or What is Left of the Former Center of the Serbian Capital?!

Savamala Today or What is Left of the Former Center of the Serbian Capital?!

The term Savamala returned to active use only in the last ten years, when the first cultural centers and clubs began to open on the site of neglected houses, warehouses and workshops, in a rather unremarkable part of the city.