andy townend captures the life and soul of belgrade, serbia
this post was inspired by two things the first was a wordpress post which spoke about Earth Day the second was a tweet from livinginbelgrade which spoke about the Super Natural Festival the ada huja area is a fitting place to think about our relationship with our planet an area of waste, pollution and neglect … Continue reading ada huja…super natural
for this week's post I have returned to savamala, the district that runs along side the sava gritty it may be but it teems with life sadly the area is currently used as a transit route for heavy trucks, taxis and cars busy going somewhere else yet the road holds many surprises night clubs, cultural … Continue reading braće krsmanović
i hope to get out on the streets and return to my blog's theme this weekend yet I couldn't let the weather of the last two days pass me by without some comment twice in succession this week belgradestreets were blasted with powerful storms involving huge black clouds, fierce winds and torrential rain...and at almost … Continue reading stormy weather…
today has been an exciting day... i finally decided to dip a tentative toe into the world of publishing and have just placed a first collection of images from belgradestreets on the blurb online bookstore thank you for visiting belgradestreets more streets to come soon always looking for new inspiration and suggestions for streets to … Continue reading belgradestreets on blurb
This is my third set of images, captured this weekend in Tašmajdan Park. Perhaps not the most conventional views. There are plenty of those I feel? These images capture a side of belgradestreets that will one day disappear. It may not be the most attractive, yet the street art tells its own visceral, powerful, moving … Continue reading tašmajdan unseen
This post is in memory of those that died at this site in 1999. To others who died at that time. To all those who lose their lives when relationships break down, humanity is lost, and the gun, the bomb, the missile are all that remain. It is not a value judgement on who was … Continue reading 1999
This weekend, I walked up Resavska towards Tašmajdan intent on capturing a set of images for this week's main post. Walking up Resavska, the church of St Mark, Crkva Svetog Marka, dominates the scene with its striking red and cream coloured brickwork. On arriving at Tašmajdan, I was struck by the contrasts on offer. Approaching … Continue reading crkva svetog marka
only a few weeks ago the temperature fell to -24C, the Danube and Sava froze solid... today, Spring arrived on belgradestreets as the temperature flipped to 25C... Serbia no longer has a coastline, but it does have Ада Циганлија... an oasis in Summer, a place this weekend full of laughter, smiles, sunshine and hope that … Continue reading Ада Циганлија
my journey to work each day takes in some of the best of belgradestreets... i remember when i first moved to Sydney I was advised to take the public ferry from Circular Quay to Manly to get the best views of the Harbour for a fraction of the price of the tourist trips... well, when … Continue reading dva
a post inspired by a tweet that announced "...Metropol otvara vrata u maju" -- Metropol opens in May... Designed by Serbian architect Dragiša Brašovan, the hotel Metropol Palace opened in 1961 on Bulevar kralja Aleksandra, a long, wide, shop and cafe filled street to which I will return for a future post A well-known symbol … Continue reading metropol
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