Wrong opinion about Serbia and Belgrade

Since our blog is pretty much visited by visitor from USA and GB which i want to greet and thank for reading.I want to educate people that things they see on television are absolutely false and just unnecessary propaganda against my beautiful country and city.
Serbia is very old culture in middle of Balkan peninsula. It was mentioned in old scriptures about 1300 years ago!
First ancient houses appeared in Vincha(north Belgrade) 4800 years before Christ. First city name was Singidunum and it was funded by Romans,  3 centuries BC.
When Serbs populated Belgrade, they renamed it in Beograd, which if we would transalte it directly would mean WHITE-CITY(BEO-GRAD).
Politics which i don't want to talk about too much is largely responsible for global wrong opinion about or culture, people, and everything.
My people are aware of how old our culture and traditions are, and therefore do not allow any foreign interference, which produces a bad relationships between Serbia and other countries.
First question that you will ask, i'm sure is: Are Serbia and Belgrade even safe?
-Because of bad propaganda and all incorrect things you heard, it's quite normal to ask that question. My family lives here about 150 years, and they never had any problems.Crime is on low level and demonstrations are not constant..All things you hear are rumors.
Why would we travel to Belgrade, there are more interesting places?
People that come to Belgrade, never come once..they always come back, why? Because of all things i mentioned in earlier posts and because all things i'll mention in future, all theaters, concerts, parties, movies, good people, cultural heritage, exquisite music, and all positive things they have been to.
Once again, thank you all people who read my blog, i hope you will continue! :)
It is about a month i run this blog with my friend, and i hope that we will progress more.

New year in Belgrade

***NEW YEAR***

New year in Belgrade will be quite fun.Whole city will be in fireworks mostly on Ada Bridge, skyscraper "Beogradjanka" and great St. Sava Temple.

Of course i have to mention all parties that are going to happen in center in clubs such as "Stefan Braun" , "Club Colective" , "Blaywatch" , "Club Tash", "Teatro Bar" and a lots more.

Whole city is in new year mood, and every time i have beautiful memories from every new year.

Recently I have got information that Belgrade is rated as one of best places in Europe for parties.
Here we make a lot of types of parties like foam parties, scoreboard parties, heart parties, water parties, white sensation parties and many more. 
Experiences that you see here will always stay in your hearts.

Welcoming people will always give you advice where to shop, go on a party or have nice meal.

Spectacular thing is that in center of city, in new year night you can hear counting from 10 to 0 when these last seconds part you from new year, and than of course, fireworks, music, and people happy everywhere.

Unlike other people, we, Serbs are hedonists and we can't live without a good party and music, and there are many rafts with private parties and if you know somebody that is making party there i suggest you to instantly agree to come, because you will definitely have time of your life.

Fame period of year

It is november which means that is period of serbian orthodox "fame" or as serbs say "slava".
It is religious festival that exists only in serbian culture.
Celebrated all over Serbia, Republic of Srpska(Bosnia), Montenegro and Macedonia.
There are several saints in whose name we celebrate, and each family celebrates one.
Traditionally friends and family members gather at home, light a candle, have huge lunch with a lot of Serbian traditional food and drink, chat and pray to God to be with them.
Males from family take round cake, pour it with wine which is symbol to Jesus Christ's blood, and than tear it in few parts which is Jesus's body.
People in Belgrade never miss their fame, all shops in Belgrade lower their prices on food, milk, and alcoholic drinks(whine and beer are often very cheap).

Rival football teams in Belgrade

Serbian FOOTBALL

FC Red Star and FC Partisan are rival teams, and also 2 best football teams in Serbia.The "Eternal Derby" is name for their match is always monitored by a lot of fans of both teams and media.

Matches are always uncertain until the very end and tension is always in air.Both clubs have stadiums in Belgrade, very close to each other.

Red Star's stadium is called "Marakana" while Partisan's stadium is"J.N.A."

People are divided about supporting clubs, bud R.S. has a bit more supporters.

This is FK RS stadium which can support about 40,000 people and North part is always popular for Red Star's supporters.

Red and white are symbolic colors of this football team.

They were formed in 1945 and are slightly more successful.

About 40% people in Belgrade support this team.

This is FK PARTSAN stadium.Symbolic colors of Partisan is black and white, it can support about 32,000 people.South side of  stadium is always their place.
This football club was also formed in 1945 and from then they were always excellent on the ground.
About 30% people in Belgrade are supporters of this team.





Rivalry between these two teams are going for years and it's always exciting to watch their match.
If you are football lover, I think you will love to see this competition between them.
The fans of both teams are numerous, but always in spirit of sport, with dignity accept to win or lose.

Prince Mihailo's Street

Knez Mihailo's Street

Prince Mihailo street is one of the most popular places you can go to while in Belgrade. It has a lot of shops , restaurants,  cafes,  hotels  and so on.  It is 1 km long and it starts on Terazije(center of Belgrade) and finishes in Kalemegdan(Park with fortress) . If you can find tourists in Belgrade you’ll find them there. It has a lot of street performers, acrobats, magicians, signers, dancers and all kinds of performers.  About 200 years ago it was a prestige neighborhood to live in, only the richest people in Belgrade lived there. 
While walking on footpath, on your side are numerous shops, selling most popular brands for clothing, souvenirs, snacks...
This street can be considered as one of the oldest in Belgrade and in Serbia.




There are a lot of old houses, fountains and passages. It has a beautiful park at the end of the street( Kalemegdan side) which has one of the most beautiful views in Serbia. You can see river Sava flowing into the Danube and enjoy in it for hours. I personally like sitting on the bench, watching the water and listening to music.  Trg republike(Republic square) is also a part of this famous street. It has a theater, a museum and there are a lots of events that are being organized on the Republic square, such as political rallies.
In the middle of Republic square is big statue of prince Mihailo, pointing to south.Its interesting that on the sides of the statues are names of some Serbian cities.These cities were on the south, under Turkish occupation and prince Mihailo was pointing on them, saying that tey are next to be liberated.
Behind the statue is National Theatre. Hundreds of theater performances are played every year!
People call Belgrade "Buried gold of Europe", so if you like meeting new cultures, old for hundreds, of years, i recommend you to start from PRINCE MIHAILO'S STREET.