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What A Job: Making Sure People Know There Are Four Seasons In Serbia

By now, you’ve probably not seen the latest video of the National Tourism Organization of Serbia titled ‘Serbia – Through the seasons’. It’s been seen by around two hundred people, and the number just keeps on growing, just not very fast. Amusingly, I’m noticing that the video is not available on the National Tourism Organisation [...]

A Yugo, A Serb, A Croat, A Road Movie Through Balkan History

Late last year, we wrote up a story about an upcoming documentary film titled as ‘The Long Road Through Balkan History’ where two writers, a Croat, Miljenko Jergovic, and a Serb, Marko Vidojkovic, shared the driving in a Yugo through Balkans’s history. The trailer looks good:

And the film is amazing. ‘The Long Road Through Balkan [...]

Luke Holland: ‘The real joy of Belgrade is just walking about and soaking up the atmosphere’

Luke Holland loves traveling. After a short break back in the UK (losing elections, getting married – usual stuff), Luke Holland, who headed up Britain’s Labour Party media operation, and Louise, are now back on the road as man and wife. They recently spent a few days in Serbia, and found Belgrade to be a [...]

Pablo, A 20-year-old Student From Chile Wants To Live In Serbia

Pablo Hormazábal Acevedo, a 20-year-old student journalist living in Los Andes, a Chilean town of 80000 inhabitants, is fascinated by Serbian culture and traditions. In fact, Pablo likes so much Serbian culture, he wants to live and work in Serbia, and to write a book about Serbian culture:
In Serbia, I will do anything. Principally, I [...]

Need No Reasons To Return To Serbia

We recently wrote about how Patrick St-Denis, best known for running Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist, had a great time in Belgrade. Patrick St-Denis was pleasantly surprised when he discovered our story, and went on to explain that he will have to return to Serbia for a lot of good reasons, including the beautiful Serbian women, of [...]

Another Look At The ‘Where Should I Travel Next?’ Question

Timothy Skaggs, a web designer living in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, asked recently on Twitter “Where should I travel next? Europe? Canada? South America? I need some help. #suggestions”. David Hoffmann, founder of Davidsbeenhere.com, a virtual travel guide that follows the perpetual backpacker to cities across the globe, answered Timothy’s question. He told him that [...]

Canadian Writer Lori Dyan: You Might Be In Serbia If…

Lori Dyan, a Canadian writer currently querying her first novel while simultaneously raising two young children, is married to a Serb.
My husband, the Serb, is in many ways my opposite: he speaks five languages; spends more time on his hair than I do; and has the kind of temper and ability to hold a grudge [...]

Visiting Friends & Relatives In Serbia Can Be Fun

Mary, a girl from Switzerland, used to go to Serbia on summer vacation every year to visit relatives and friends. Well, to say that “she had fun this summer in Serbia” would be a huge understatement.

And yes, Mary went every year to Serbia on summer vacation. Mary’s video of 2009.

Yes, Americans Are Welcome To Party In Serbia With U.S. Flag

Set up in the UK in 2008 by a group of close friends and serious party enthusiasts, Into Exit, strive to get more music into American’s people’s travels. They had various venues and parties around Novi Sad during EXIT Festival 2010, and DJs played tunes all day long on the popular hostel Milka roof terrace:
This [...]

UK Travelers In Serbia Say Serbian People The Friendliest In Europe

Lorna and her boyfriend, Mark Newbold, a musician and song writer from Birmingham, UK, have quit their jobs to travel around Europe in a motorhome. They spent a few days travelling around Serbia (5th – 11th July 2010), and Lorna just put up a blog post talking about their Serbian adventures. They had preconceptions of [...]