andy townend captures the life and soul of belgrade, serbia
This is a special post for me. It records the first street that I lived in on my arrival to Belgrade in February. Then đure daničića was blanketed in snow. These are the first images of belgradestreets captured with my new Nikon D700. The emphasis is on windows and doorways, a bit of a recurring … Continue reading đure daničića
This week's (late) post features a street that I suspect many only see as they hurry through in their cars, trams or buses. Images I snatched between meetings, waiting for trams, taxis. Like all belgradestreets it pays to pause a while. Look, reflect, think, imagine, wonder. BIGZ, the Sajam Fair, retail outlets, apartment buildings, cafes, … Continue reading bulevar vojvode mišića
Beogradska is one of the streets that meet at the chaotic confluence that is Trg Slavija. I travel along the street most days on Tram line 2, which also serves as a great tram line to take a ride on if you are new to Belgrade as it circles the older part of the city. … Continue reading beogradska
This post is not a street. It is an extra. A random thought. Two things provoked it. First. A 20% increase in the tram fare from 50 din to 60 din overnight on 1 November, 2011. Second. A random memory of Margaret Thatcher writing off those poor souls who chose to travel to work on … Continue reading trams
Birčaninova runs parallel to Nemanjina in Savski Venac. Not often encountered by tourists unless they have business with one of the many Embassy buildings that line this and the surrounding streets. Like so many belgradestreets each building has something to reveal, each window, each doorway tells a story. Crumbling masonry on some walls sitting uneasily … Continue reading birčaninova
ulica rajićeva is another of those streets which run perpendicular to Knez Mihaila it encapsulates for me the atmosphere of belgradestreets as the autumn inexorably slides towards winter so the temperatures have plunged and gradually the cafes and bars are beginning to retreat indoors, although many still bravely march on with outdoor tables and heaters … Continue reading rajićeva
This week, vase čarapića, which runs parallel to Knez Mihaila and along the edge of the park in studentski trg. The area occupied by the park has variously see use as a Turkish cemetery, a market place, now a park and place to meet and greet, hail a taxi and ride a bus. I feel … Continue reading vase čarapića
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