andy townend captures the life and soul of belgrade, serbia
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
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
I prefer the charm and chaos of old Belgrade to the order and grid like layout of New Belgrade. The hidden away side streets with their surprising range of small shops and bars to the order and neatness of the shopping centres of New Belgrade that, once inside, could be anywhere in any Western City. … Continue reading a walk through history
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
This week's images were taken on the fly with my iPhone 4. The mood took me. No plan. I visited Serbia's Republičke agencije za telekomunikacije, РАТЕЛ. An ordinary street? In Belgrade there is no such thing. Since starting this blog every street is no longer a way to a meeting, rather an opportunity, a story … Continue reading вишњићева – višnjićeva
I first encountered this place when I took my car to be repaired at a garage just across the bridge in Novi Beograd. I was fascinated by the shadowy tower looming above a decaying circular building, grimy, gritty, forgotten. Casual enquiries, along the lines of "any idea what that is...?" produced not much. A quick … Continue reading sajmište
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