On 14th February Catholics celebrate Valentine`s Day, while Orthodox traditionally celebrate Saint Tryphon. Saint Valentine was a holly priest in the 3th century, who had perished when Emperor Claudius II in ancient Rome banned marriages for young men, potential soldiers. Valentine began performing marriages of young Christian couples in secret, until he was discovered and […]
Read More...Top 5 places to visit up to 100 km from Belgrade
Avala mountain stands at 511 meters (1,677 ft) above sea level and it is located 16 kilometers south-east of Belgrade’s downtown. Here you should visit the monument dedicated to the Unknown Hero, a World War I memorial and Avala Tower (204,5m), the tallest tower in Serbia and the Balkan region. Observation deck from Avala Tower offers a magnificent […]
Read More...International film and music festival Kustendorf 2014
Famous director Emir Kusturica surprises us every year with something extraordinary at the opening of the traditional festival “Küstendorf”. This international movie and music festival will be held from 18th until January 23rd at Mećavnik. The opening ceremony will be in a carnival manner with disco music from seventies. Something unusual will be choreography that […]
Read More...Why Serbs celebrate New Year three times
If you are confused and you don’t understand how it is possible, we`ll try to explain in following lines. Serbs are known as a nation which likes to celebrate, so it isn’t surprising why the ritual of countdown 10,9,8,7… 1 “Happy New Year” is repeated three times. Actually that isn’t the only reason why it […]
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