Today is the day that the saint “Ognjena Marija” is celebrated, in Serbia they call the day that a saint is celebrated a “slava” andRead More
We always wanted to go to Israel, the Holy Land, and now finally we went ! It was a fantastic experience and to quote myRead More
A year ago the main railway station of Belgrade was closed. The leader of Yugoslavia (yes that country which collapsed in the ‘ 90), JosipRead More
Yugoslavia’s most iconic car was by far the Zastavo Fica (Fica 750) . The country doesn’t exist, but the car still does.The car even playedRead More
The Belgrade-Bar is one of the most scenic railways in Europe and it is becoming every year a more popular train trip. I wrote earlierRead More
This weekend Easter is celebrated in Serbia according to the Julian calendar. Traditionally people who live in Belgrade go to visit family in the countryside,Read More
The summer season is starting and this means also that there will be extra international train services to / from Serbia. I get a lotRead More
The border between the Austro-Hungarian empire and the Serbian Kingdom run until 1918 through the Sava and Danube rivers. Bežanija and Zemun (Semlin) were partRead More
Arius van Tienhoven was a Dutch doctor who served during the Balkan wars and the First World War in several Red Cross missions. During theseRead More
When socialist Yugoslavia rose from the ashes of WWII it did not want to be part of any political bloc like the COMECON or NATO,Read More
