Whenever I am travelling abroad, I like spending time in local bookshops as I am always eager to know better the country I am visiting through the taste in books of its people. Belgrade was no exception to this little pleasure of mine. While exploring the shelves of several bookshops on Knez Mihajlova, amusing myself of the funny way foreign ...

There's a fascinating, and well sourced, essay over at Balkan Anarchist by Alan Jakšic, a Croatian Serb living in the UK, suggesting why Serb immigrants have had so much trouble adapting to life in the UK. Here's a snippet: Living my life as a British Serb has so far been an experience full of contradictions. As detailed above: you have Serbs, ...

Maria Almeida, a half Brazilian, half Portuguese girl leaving in Brazil, put up an excellent post talking about her favourite place in the world: Kalemegdan and Belgrade Fortress. It's worth watching her beautiful pictures of Kalemegdan. You can read an excerpt from her blog post below, but it’s worth reading the whole thing: My favourite place in this world: Kalemegdan. Before ...

Jeff is working with the Marine Corps Embassy Security Group (MCESG) and currently creating a 3:00 to 5:00 film and spots which will remind Marines that they are the ones who defend U.S. embassies abroad. Jeff recently went to Belgrade, Serbia, and his shoot went really well. It’s well worth reading/watching Jeff's post about Belgrade in full. Jeff went ...

Kate Kelso, a native Floridian and a first year law student at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C., moved to Serbia, Belgrade, ten days ago. It seems she likes Belgrade, and Serbian people. Kate Kelso even found the Serbs to be genius. This is Kelso's video about the ingenuity of the Serbian olive-maker: What else? Read Kate Kelso's blog. ...

Ludmila moved to Serbia, Belgrade in August 2009. She recently decided to go to downtown Belgrade like a tourist. She took her camera, and the end result is amazing. It's well worth reading/watching Ludmila's post over at Creamylife.com in full. Her pictures describe so well the atmosphere of Belgrade.

Adam Daniel Mezei, a Prague based writer and freelance journalist born in Canada, writes "Whatever you knew about the Former Yugoslavia or the '90s war era down here in the Balkans...you can forget about all that! After 48 hours in the Serbian capital, I've made an almost 180-degree turnaround in terms of what I know about this noble folk and ...

Adam, a Dutch who is backpacking through Europe, spent a few days in Belgrade recently. It seems Adam likes Belgrade, its people, food, and women: I found Belgrade to be a very nice and interesting city. The people are very friendly, and there is a lot of night life there... The food is delicious in Belgrade, and it might just be the ...

Fashion designer and Executive Director of DC Fashion Week, Ean Williams, likes Belgrade cool shops, gorgeous fashions, and Serbian food.

There's a fascinating article over at Mens Bicycles about a guy who decided to spend his summer holiday in the land and villages of his ancestors: It has been more then 20 years since the last time I was in Serbia. A few months ago I read in some magazine an article about Serbia and its national parks, cultural heritage and ...