Okay, I don't have much of a comment on this one either way, other than that I found it to be quite an interesting story, and thought some of you might appreciate it as well. It's all about Serbian plums and nostalgia. Well, sorta: "Plums are the quintessential Serbian fruit, they occupy a special place in the collective memory of the ...

Nic and Jon Bardgett followed their dream of going on a big cycling trip. And, as the British couple quickly realised, Serbian hospitality isn't as much a myth as everything else: "What a delight to arrive in Serbia... The one thing we have found out about Serbia is that people are so helpful! Cycling through the towns we have been ...

Over the summer, we wrote about Fabian McKenzie, an assistant with the Canadian development women’s basketball team, having an amazing meal in a restaurant in Skadarlija (Belgrade’s Bohemian quarter). "What an amazing meal in an amazing environment." The latest example of a foreigner enjoying Serbian cuisine comes from Anna, an Australian women, visiting family and friends in Serbia. "And after a ...

Maja was the first of a few of you to send in this amazing blog post detailing the history and evolution of a production company based in Belgrade called 1984, which is specialized in commercials. The story is fascinating for a variety of reasons, and well worth reading. It highlights the fact that doing business in Serbia isn't something that ...

A French guy from Rennes, put up a blog post over at Atractivoquenobello, talking about the few days he spent in Belgrade. He highty recommended Belgrade "Belgrade is an essential stop. Sure might not be as touristic as Zagreb or Dubrovnik … but it has just as much charm and many more bars." First, he pointed out its first impression of ...

aLLeYNe & tEMuS are a hip hop black group from Toronto. Christopher Rudder ”Alleyne” (pronounced ahhh-lean) recently visited Belgrade. It seems that Rudder likes Belgrade: "After leaving his stop over in Rome, Italy, aLLeYNe arrives in beautiful Belgrade. The sights, the sounds are all new as he's never been there before. He walk's through Knez Mihailova street and visits Kalemegdan ...

Earlier this year, I wrote about a man named Wade, who had ventured through over 40 countries on five continents, claiming that Belgrade was very much welcoming and overtly friendly. In fact, never in nearly all of his travels he received so many smiles in response to his questions and requests than in Belgrade. The latest example comes from a ...

It looks like another newspaper is recognizing the power of Belgrade. The West Australian, a daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia, is running an editorial by Steve McKenna 'Gritty Belgrade full of pleasant surprises': "Belgrade is full of surprises. A few blocks from its polluted and rundown side streets is a neat Viennese-style pedestrian mall lined with shops, cafes ...

Rosemary Bailey Brown, an American woman married to a Serb, has a funny blog post about her husband paying its new car in cash (in U.S). Moving abroad and starting a new life is a fantastic time to change old bad financial habits, but apparently not for a Serb. Here's a short excerpt, but it's worth reading the whole thing: "The ...

A few years ago, Laure Guilbaut, a French girl, wrote a well-worth reading article talking about Belgrade and its Silicon Valley. She went on to compare Belgrade to Barcelona "Belgrade: Barcelona of the Balkans". Now, reader Frédérique Delalot points us to a blog post from a French girl. "New York of the Balkans". She's also talking about Belgrade's Silicon Valley, Strahinica ...