Wandering around Belgrade
4:34:00 PM
First of all, happy International Women's Day!
I don't have much time today, so i decided to take you for a walk around one of my favorite places (if not the favorite) - Belgrade.
It's a city in south east Europe. According to many, it's not a pretty capital, and i say, well, you're what you see. Here's how i (and the camera of my phone) see it:
This is one of my favorite pictures i took recently. It's captured while i was waiting for the bus after exhausting but great visit to the gallery. It was my favorite part of the day, something between day and twilight, when light is soft and sky is becoming pink-ish (although the effect may changed colors a little bit).
Since we started talking about the light and the colorful sky - here's one of the most majestic sunsets i've ever witnessed. I was at university and i couldn't focus on lesson because daamn the sky was on fire. Note: it looked better live.
Oh hello it's me. Belgrade (Beograd on serbian) means white city (beo - white, grad -city) but sometimes it's rather gray. You probably couldn't tell, but this is an area with some of the fanciest restaurants (and river view is really beautiful). Fun fact (i became so informative all of sudden): Belgrade lays on not one but 2 rivers, Danube and Sava, which s great because we don't have a sea.
Here's the view from one splav (or splay, or floating club basically). It was summer, around 1am, party just started and i, naturally, had to capture everything pretty i see. If you ever want to experience nightlife here, don't miss splavs, it's a cool experience.
If you're more into fancy night-outs, here's how National Theater in Belgrade looks. I was watching Velika Drama (i think it can be translated as The Great Drama) by Siniša Kovačević. It's one of the best things i've ever watched, it's incredibly sad but it's also very funny (i guess you'll end up crying either way).
On the highway (not to hell, to airport). I don't know, i just love sunsets.
So me and my friends had the phase when we really wanted to find a cool chilling spot on the roof of a building (we still do though, if you know any tell me) and we managed to snuck into one and enjoy the lovely view.
I love this place, it's a gallery near my university so whenever i have spare 20-30ish minutes between lessons i go there. And apparently sing Spider Pig (as i wrote in the caption).
Winter, smell of waffles, my huge warm scarf and musician of the street playing the song i like.
At the end, it's probably not the most beautiful city you'll ever see, although you can find a lot of beauty here. As i mentioned earlier, the best thing about it is it's soul. For some people, including me, the feeling of being here, like a big hug. After all, you can come and see yourself.
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Have a great day x
59 comments
nice post.. got to know places..
ReplyDeleteThis is really good. The pictures are really nice.
ReplyDeleteThank you
DeleteWow. Your pictures are beautiful. I love the scenery! Happy International Women's day to you too.
ReplyDeleteI love when you talk about a place and have a lot of pictures to show us where and what you are doing. It was cool to see it through your instagram pictures, too!
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteThank you for sharing. I followed you Instagram and liked one of your photos and also left a comment. Great photo captures. ;)
ReplyDeleteLove your pictures. Would love to travel there one day - even if just for the 'soul' xx
ReplyDeleteThank you! Actually that's what a lot of places lack, so a lot of people fall in love with Belgrade because of it :)
DeleteBeautiful pic..it brings the place alive
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI just returned from Nis, Serbia the other day and had a similar experience. Everyone said it will be ugly, but the people there - they were truly amazing. So warm, calm and happy, despite the obviously difficult economical situation there. Cities are not just the buildings. They are the soul of a nation, the history and so much more...
ReplyDeleteThank you for this beautiful post!
Ooh i love Nis :) I'm glad you liked it too! Whole Serbia is beautiful
DeleteWow! Your photographs are beautiful. I would also love to travel there someday.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope you will :)
DeleteWow. After looking at your photos I don't see how anyone can say Belgrade isn't a beautiful city. Plus, that sunset is incredible.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It really was :)
DeleteLovely pictures. Yes 2016 should see me in Belgrade if everything works out.
ReplyDeleteWould be great to add this lovely place on http://www.iamvagabond.com
Thank you! That's great, hope it will :D
DeleteYour photos are amazing!! I would also love to visit Belgrade someday.
ReplyDeleteThank you! x
DeleteThat is a beautiful pink sky and just a gorgeous view! What a good idea bringing us for a walk through photos! <3
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
DeleteHappy International Women's day to you! This must be a very rewarding trip and you seemingly had a great blast! That ceiling with a very intricate details is simply mind blowing! It was such a very an amazing "Instagram-Worthy" pictures! This is indeed a beautiful city and thanks for iving us a quick tour with your photos
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! But it wasn't a trip, i live there haha
DeleteYou take great pictures.I love the night lights! I hope someday I could visit this with my family.
ReplyDeleteThank you! i hope you will, there are a lot of things that are great for families :)
DeleteWow, beautiful photos. Happy International Women's Day to you from Bismarck, North Dakota, USA.
ReplyDeleteI love the photo of the twilight the most. I hope to visit Europe one day.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteWho says it's not beautiful! Such a fascinating place it is. Your pictures and description have made me crave for more. Would love to visit the place someday.
ReplyDeleteHaving never been to Europe, the next best thing is to see it on movies. Belgrade happens to be one of the cities I liked. It would be really really nice to have the opportunity to see it in person.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like it :) I hope one day you'll be able to visit Europe!
DeleteHope to visit this place too!
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I also hope you do! :)
DeleteBelgrade,
ReplyDeleteI love you so much!!!
Belgrade loves you back ;)
DeleteThank you! Glad you like it
ReplyDeleteThe architecture is breath taking.What a beautiful lace to visit.How is the food?
ReplyDeleteThank you! Our national cuisine is delicious (unless you are vegeterian / vegan because it's mostly based on meat), but even if you are you can find something for yourself because we have wide variety of restaurants 😊
DeleteWow, these photos are BEAUTIFUL!!! :)
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Thanks Janelle xx
DeleteBelated happy international women's day! I am hoping to get to Belgrade later this year, so thank you so much for the information :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! If you have any questions about Belgrade, feel free to ask me :)
DeleteThanks for this lovely post ! To me it is still just Jugoslavia , even that it's not anymore . What a shame , got some kroatian and serbian friends , they go on so well . Shame , what happened to the country , but that's a different story . Really enjoyed a great reading , thanks again :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Sadly, a lot of bad things happened here, Yugoslavia breaking apart is just one of them :/
DeleteHappy International Women's Day!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely adored looking at your images, Belgrade is so beautiful! You have a really good eye for noticing colours, shapes etc, do you use a camera or your phone? :)
Thank you! Yes, i used iPhone 4 or iPhone 5s (depends on the picture)
DeleteBeauty truly is where you find it. Even though you don't think your city is the most attractive, you've managed to capture some very lovely images.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteThe city looks so similar with Bucharest, wow! I've only passed through Belgrade once, had coffee twice at the train station cafe while changing trains, but I do remember crossing a really impressive bridge over the Danube.
ReplyDeleteI've never been to Bucharest, but i'm sure it's pretty :)
DeleteI find Belgrade a bit gloomy by looking at the photo. Not the gloomy kind that will make me sad but the one that will remind me to just take things slow.
ReplyDeleteThat's cool, i love how everyone sees different things 😀
DeleteDunja your love for the city shows in the photographs. Also I loved the sunset picture, very very dramatic
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteBeograd is definitely a beautiful city! I've been there twice already. However I just can't get enough of it; the city, the people, the atmosphere... :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it! Yes, it's great :)
DeleteBeautiful pictures! I would love to explore that place one day. Maybe you can help sneak me into a few rooftops as well so I can take cool pictures, too. lol I'm surprised I've never heard of this place before. It's beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
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