Kevin Hicks, a manager at RBC Bank (USA), was in Europe for a month visiting Brussels, Copenhagen, Thessoliniki, Leipzig, Berlin, and Belgrade to learn more about issues facing Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe. Hicks wrote up a great article about why there are business opportunities in Serbia. First he talks about Belgrade. He liked the place: "Looking back on it all, ...

Jim Newkirk, a project management consultant and facilitator, was born and schooled (in both the US and Canada) and Australia, where he immigrated in 1975. Newkirk arrived in Belgrade in 2002, with no intention of being here more than a few months, but he's still here 7 years later, and he loves Belgrade. I have to admit that I've now read ...

Lila Miller, an American student participating in SIT study abroad's program, is sad to be leaving Belgrade. In fact, her first thoughts on entering Belgrade were “yuck”! About a month ago, she thought she was entering a typical example of a war-torn city "So I have made it to Belgrade. So far it is cold, and dirty, and gray." but ...

Normally Julie Buz, a girl from Prague, Czech Republic, wouldn’t write a blog post describing a place that she travelled to. Hopefully, she put up a blog post about Belgrade to revisit the place again in her mind. The whole thing is great, and is a must read. Here's one snippet: The beautiful people I was most enchanted by the people ...

Serbia is not usually considered a family travel destination. However, there are plenty of family friendly attractions in Serbia. Serbian culture includes a special place for children, making family travelers feel welcome in more places than they might expect. Here's the perfect example. It comes from John Paul Schutz, an office management specialist for the US Foreign Service. John Paul ...

Earlier this year, we wrote about aLLeYNe & tEMuS, a hip hop black group from Toronto. Christopher Rudder ”Alleyne” (pronounced ahhh-lean) had a great time in Belgrade. "Belgrade is very beautiful and was an awesome entry into Europe as a first time going. I can’t wait to come back (Next year). The people are amazing!!! The food is amazing!!! (Especially ...

Back in 2007, Rosemary Bailey Brown, an American woman married to a Serb, put up an interesting blog post noting that Serbian women are, on average, more beautiful than Americans... or Germans or Austrians or Hungarians for that matter." Yup, it seems to be true. An Indian man from Chennai working in software industry spent one week in Serbia. "Serbia ...

Kittie Howard, an American citizen, and her husband called Harry have visited over 100 countries and have lived in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and in Macedonia for a couple of years. They returned from a trip to Europe last month, and Kittie Howard put up an interesting blog post talking about the Balkans... and Belgrade. Here's one snippet: "Belgrade, ...

Earlier this week we came across an interesting tweet from @Daveidaho "Serbia - it's not what I thought it was" and a link to amazing pictures of Serbia. David Ryan is a Boise (the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon), Idaho based photographer. He has worked as a travel and stock photographer for over 40 years, ...

We keep talking about Americans who are visiting Serbia, and enjoying Belgrade, and it seems like every day we hear of more and more Americans happy to be there -- even as the naysayers stop by daily to insist it's impossible for such things to happen. It's a blast to see it happen more and more every day and prove ...