andy townend captures the life and soul of belgrade, serbia
This week's post features images shot during a short walk along the banks of the Danube in Zemun. Perhaps not strictly belgradestreets but certainly within walking distance. Well worth the walk. Zemun is a world away from the bloks of New Belgrade. It is easy to spend time wandering its cobbled streets, peering into the … Continue reading kej oslobođenja
скадарска, in the heart of Dorćol lies the street also known as the "Bohemian quarter". On Summer evenings the streets is alive with Belgraders relaxing, dining, drinking, talking....and smoking. Music fills the air and flowers line the cobbled streets. As winter closes in the tables on the terraces are empty. Life continues unabated inside the … Continue reading скадарска
Today is my 300th day in Belgrade. As my flight brought me towards my new home a sea of fog hid the ground from view. The taxi journey to the city was eventful as my driver gave chase to a car that veered in front of him, stopped in the middle of the highway, gesticulating … Continue reading 300 days on belgradestreets
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
I love water. Rivers, lakes, seas, oceans. I have always enjoyed living close to water and have been lucky to live close to some beautiful stretches of water. The thrill of watching ocean liners pass Calshot Spit as a boy. The beauty of the River Severn serenely twisting beneath the gaze of the ancient Cathedral … Continue reading Бранков мост
A green market. One of the best worst kept secrets of belgradestreets. Visit most supermarkets and, from what I have experienced, you may be disappointed by the range and quality of fruit and vegetables on offer. Then you come to realise that you are looking in the wrong place. Or, and I am not very … Continue reading Бајлонијева пијаца
I think, and I may well be quite wrong, that this street is named after Vuk Stefanović Karadžić. If anyone out there knows better, please tell me. Anyway, assuming it is. His entry in Wikipedia states that he "was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for … Continue reading vuka karadžića
Images taken on a single day. Snatched on my iPhone and posted to instagram. No thought. No planning. Just images from a day. In this case, Friday, 7 October 2011. The final day of summer. Images snatched on the way to the office. Walking to meetings. Snatched moments. Moments that will never happen again. Moments … Continue reading one day on belgradestreets
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