THINGS TO KNOW Before Visiting BELGRADE | Serbia - Tips & Tricks

[@TravelsInSpace]

Throw a comment below if you have any additional tips for traveling to Belgrade, Serbia! If you don't have a tip, let us know your favorite Rakia flavor 😋

[@CubriloPetar]

Plum and quince

[@TravelsInSpace]

@@CubriloPetar We had plum (it was awesome), will have to try quince when we return.

[@CubriloPetar]

@@TravelsInSpace Quince is even better but beware of fake 🥸 once. Only best quality to look for.

[@srdjanvuletic1613]

Apricot is the best

[@tanjai2854]

Apricot and pear

[@sunshine20022]

Nothing can beat Belgrade’s night life 🥳🥳🥳 Greetings from Slovakia 🙋🏼‍♀️

[@victormansilla4356]

Been there twice, absolutely love Belgrade 🇷🇸🇦🇷 Reminds of Buenos Aires

[@GreatCityAttractions]

A lovely looking city.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Yes . Very similar. Both economies almost bankrupt...? 😂. PS . I love Serbia....!

[@Leonidas_Papadakis]

@@2msvalkyrie529 What I didn’t like about Belgrade is the nightlife. Everyone says it’s great, but it’s not. The scene is filled with criminals with bad attitudes, sitting at VIP tables, and gold digger girls trying to latch onto them. There’s no spontaneity. Nobody's dancing to actually have fun and relax. The nightlife feels primitive, with criminals glaring at people and girls with identical pumped-up lips-everyone looks the same. They’re all dressed like turbo-folk clichés, just trying to attract the criminals. Where are the real people who just want to have fun with friends? It feels like ninety percent of the clubs, bars, and cafes are like that. There’s no urban or artistic vibe, and if there is, it’s maybe in one percent of the places. On top of that, there’s no metro in Belgrade, making it a nightmare to drive. It doesn’t feel like a true metropolitan city without a metro system.

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

​@@Leonidas_Papadakis I've been in both Belgrade and Athens. I think Athens sucked and I don't recognize your description of Belgrade at all. Have you actually been there for real? Because you sound like you are describing a stereotype, which is bot reality. The only thing that sucks with BG is the heavy smoking, the remains of communism (brutalism) and perhaps grafitti.

[@Leonidas_Papadakis]

@IwillEndureToTheEnd No, I was in Belgrade and stayed for a couple of days, but I didn’t like it at all. The atmosphere felt off. A lot of the women had pumped lips and strong eyebrows, which made them look like hawkers or folk singers. There were aggressive mafia-type guys in almost every café and splav. It wasn’t relaxed like Greece, where people in Athens sing and dance freely. Instead, it felt snobby and pushy. You’d see guys with expensive cars and nice clothes, but their behavior was really aggressive. The women often behaved like hawkers, trying to find a wealthy man. As a gay man visiting with my partner, we couldn’t be open we didn’t feel safe at all. The city was also incredibly dirty. Every park was full of bottles, and even when we went to nature by the river, there was rubbish everywhere. It seems like people don’t have the habit of using bins and just throw things wherever they want. I really don’t see the appeal of Belgrade.

[@PavelFilko]

Ah, what a lovely place! I've traveled through all Europe, but Belgrade and Novi Sad is two of very few cities I really fell in love with. The atmosphere of the cities, taste of food, general outlook of streets, kindness of people. That's something unbelievable!

[@StellaAdler_]

The safest city i’ve been to in europe, or anywhere in general. No mugging, no homeless population, no tourist scams like in paris or any city in italy. Love this city!

[@charlesmartel930]

@macemasterIt’s more because there is almost non extra-European immigrant. In France we are invaded, all the cities suffering from massive immigration are now dangerous

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Good to know.

[@pinetworkminer8377]

Even safer than, for example, Budapest and Warsaw?

[@charlesmartel930]

@@pinetworkminer8377 I haven't been to Warsaw, but I have been to Budapest and Belgrade. Both are the same in my opinion.

[@pinetworkminer8377]

@@charlesmartel930 But did you feel like Budapest had more beautiful architecture than Belgrade in general? What's your take?

[@drazenvukovic3649]

I grew up in the west and this dude made visit my homeland

[@fischek]

Belgrader here, as other Belgraders have already said, these tips are spot on. Thank you.

[@Invest4Cashflow]

beautiful Serbia 🇷🇸

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Belgrade looks lovely.

[@syra9779]

Usually I loath vlogger travel videos, but this one has to be one of the best executed I've seen. Straight to the point, informative and not pretenious. Thanks for the tips!

[@bojan8978]

As a native Belgradian (Beograđanin) I can confirm the accuracy of all of these. Especially the part with the taxis. Companies like Pink, Lux, Gold and Beogradski Taxi are very reputable. And pay attention to the licence plates. If it doesn't have TX at the end of it, that ain't no taxi.

[@TravelsInSpace]

Thanks so much for the additional info!

[@bojan8978]

@@TravelsInSpace Nema problema 👍

[@Pavleone]

Nisam znao za to TX, zanimljivo

[@shailendrakhairnar6450]

I am a portrait artist and planning to visit Belgrade for an exhibition January last week.

[@poshpainting3585]

city of Belgrade rocks and so do people. Great video clip

[@GreatCityAttractions]

A nice looking city for sure.

[@MrYosief]

I have been for 10 daya in Belgrade what a beautiful city..

[@NemanjaGuitar]

As a Belgrader, I thank you for such a great presentation of my home town 👍🏻

[@vizyonok]

Except for the available parking slots the rest of the info is true for almost every Eastern/Central European city. We've to Belgrade a month ago (July 2023) and the info is still actual. Great job! ❤️👍

[@ivanazivanovic3960]

Have to say thank you for lovely and accurate presentation of our city. Živ bio sto godina!😊

[@yunusemredursun8823]

Hi I will come to Serbia this winter can we be friend I need to talk with someone in there :)

[@dimebagg1]

What a great video. Well done. I’m in Belgrade now visiting. Amazing

[@OrthoGoth79]

Short,informative and totaly corect. Professional work,bravo mister👍

[@TravelsInSpace]

Thanks!

[@lucyau6377]

Super informative and really helpful tips! Amazing job, adding Belgrade to my bucket list!

[@TravelsInSpace]

Belgrade was legit rad, I think our favorite so far this year. Will definitely come back when we hit Europe again.

[@TaraSpasenovic]

Me who lives in belgrade im so gratefull that someone Made a video about Serbia

[@tanjai2854]

One of the best "tips and tricks" videos I've seen so far! Come back to Serbia, there are so many things and places to explore!

[@Alex-vb3do]

With love from Belgrade ❤️

[@ЉВЈ]

Very good, very true, very concise and clear, great!

[@TravelsInSpace]

Thank you!

[@Brave2standalone]

Short and straight to the point; thanks for the lovely review!

[@TravelsInSpace]

Thank you!

[@stephendupreez6569]

One of my all time fav visits loved Serbia!

[@sospokemika1197]

I love Serbs. They remind me of New Yorkers, but without smug attitude and general hostility.

[@mmmgi6763]

This was real useful and very practical!

[@linglingrs3173]

Thats a wonderful guide to wonderful Belgrade, thank you very much sir.🙏🙏

[@marebalvan7963]

when it comes to tipping, it's not really as expected from people as in north america. i'd say traditionally it's been more common to round up the bill to the nearest clean number if the difference is less than 10-15%. for instance, if the bill was 800 and you gave 1000, it's completely fine for you to expect 200 as change, so essentially no tip. nobody would be giving you the stink eye for that. but if the bill is 950, you could be seen as cheap if you gave 1000 and sat there expecting 50 back (although i don't think anyone would raise the issue openly). overall, dinar is a small currency and nobody likes doing all that math with four digit numbers, so people tend to round things up

[@GreatCityAttractions]

An interesting video Travels in Space - well done.

[@MAMZIKI]

Thank you for such positive presentation.Belgrade Born person

[@scottcalnon6731]

Very good video. Been to Belgrade twice this year. On the subject of tips, I was able to tip by card on all then places I eat at in Beograd.

[@chetan_l]

Brilliant video, well made and covers diverse topics. Thank you!

[@TravelsInSpace]

Hey thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@AliKa-e2n]

Keep going; your video is easy, not cheesy!!

[@HOAFightclub]

Your videos are great! Thanks for the info! My husband and I have been traveling for four years and just arrived in Belgrade. We love Serbia and the people are amazing. We head back to Bangkok in September so I’ll check out your other videos for tips.

[@CA-LW1]

Thanks for this! Looking forward to my visit next month for a weekend away (including the Eternal Derby ⚽️)

[@albamariedesigns]

Fantastic video with so much great information. Thanks!

[@alexandramaric6040]

You may want to try the cities of Novi Sad or Nis...super safe, great food and lots of things to do!

[@roburbinati358]

I love practical videos like this - thanks!

[@flnance]

Great tips.

[@TravelsInSpace]

Thank you!

[@METR0941]

As a Native Beograđanin i approve of this video

[@chickenlover657]

Because as a native you're pretty ignorant.

[@emilpopovic6167]

I know it is hard to rank cities objectively but even though I have my roots in Serbia I am of the opinion that there is no other capital or similar sized city in Europe offering the same quality per price ratio as Belgrade. What do you think?

[@TravelsInSpace]

Since we just started our travels in January 2022 we haven't gone to enough places to compare it to. However, we can absolutely say that the price to quality ratio in Belgrade is phenomenal and Belgrade is a city I think we'll be returning to quite a bit.

[@scandmaster]

I live in Scandinavia my whole life, but I can confirm that Belgrade out beats all west European cities when it comes to price vs quality. And not to talk about social life, low crime rate, stores, shopping, restaurants, nightlife etc etc. No western city has a chance. Been in Belgrade two weeks ago with a friend From Stockholm( Swedish guy). He said he nevere ever felt this energy in Stockholm as he felt in Belgrade. 😎😎😎😎😁👍

[@emilpopovic6167]

@@scandmaster I am also born in Sweden so I agree with you. 🙂

[@TobyNomad]

I agree with you about quality to price ratio, if they would just fix the smoking inside restaurant thing! :)

[@emilpopovic6167]

@@TobyNomad agreed!

[@عاشقةالروايات-و5ر]

اعجبتني النصائح 👍🏻

[@Ivanhoo11]

Nice video 👍👋

[@TravelsInSpace]

Thank you!

[@micarsenijevic2313]

regarding foods, what are you Indian chefs ( who want to start a business ) waiting for? Vegetarian restaurants are badly needed! especially in summer. great video by the way!

[@4elovechishe]

Whats the weather like in Serbia in April?

[@ivanazivanovic3960]

It should be very nice, usually spring time,nature is waking up and so are the hormones 😂 April is the most romantic month I would say . kzbin.info/www/bejne/nl6Qc6Kcp7OBZrc

[@idk-xj6wv]

Last 3 Aprils have been terrible. But on average it's pretty good, May is the best month weather wise tho

[@rpshine]

great tips

[@vrckg3215]

Numb 13. is the 1st, only :) the best thing

[@konfadense]

How can I join the food tour

[@CubriloPetar]

Great video.

[@TravelsInSpace]

Thank you!

[@ShamanKish]

Actually there is a law about smoking inside restaurants, there must be a part for non smokers (bad compromise). But, like everything in Serbia, people don't care about restrictions and lose enthusiasm to obey pretty quickly.

[@TravelsInSpace]

Yeah, I heard about the law but with a lack of physical separation, doesn't do a whole lot to reduce smoke in the nonsmoking section.

[@flavor771]

Welcome to the land of the free, on the side of the smoking union😉, sorry but here we are still the majority, yes maybe sad but the truth, so you are from one of the lands of the free yes? Did you ask at home a countryman hum smoking if he fell free? To the point, welcome to the land of the free.

[@ShamanKish]

@@TravelsInSpace I'll tell you what I think. The tobacco used for cigarettes here is of the worst quality. It has no nicotine at all. I used to be a smoker so I know. They add some perfume and pack cigarettes in different packages, but they are all same. They put enormous price, excises, taxes and some such. They (government) collect enormous money from cigarettes just like that. It is a completely legal illegal tax and because of that they don't care about restrictions, which would diminish their loot.

[@raks1111]

Welcome bro ....

[@jiangc6704]

Is now a good time to visit? Is it too cold in January /February? I'm thinking of one week there. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[@TheLman77]

Haven’t seen Car go on Apple App Store?

[@paulwilliams2663]

Restaurant looks like lorenzo kakalamba, which is not italian, but international

[@LyraYT]

Btw, the unlicensed cabs are the ones with just a white sign and number on top. The legit ones usually have an actual name such as Lux, Pink, Beogradski, Gold, Alfa Bell etc… altho even the legit taxis are pretty expensive. I would recommend using public transportation with help of google maps. Its practically free, if a controller comes you just say “srednja škola” if you look below 30 or “izlazim na sledećoj” if older. And im not even joking

[@PaulDanciu]

There is any transportation card for turist?

[@aleksandrastojanovic6613]

Truffles 😄

[@AlexM-t6h]

Just a note for potential visitors: As of January 1, 2025, the public transportation in Belgrade is free for everyone, including visitors. Of course, we will pay for it via other means - through higher utility bills or from the budget to which we all contribute. But, for tourists it is free. Buses and electric buses, trams, trolley-buses, mini vans, and a limited train system to the outskirts of Belgrade. There is no metro (subway).

[@travelshad]

Wow, that’s insane (in a good way!)!

[@beograd07]

If you have trouble pronouncing local names (street names when asking for directions, food menu, shop names etc) use a simple rule. When you see letter J replace it in your head with letter Y or I and you will have way less problems reading or saying what you red. Everything else will be close enough.

[@LyraYT]

As a casual fan of linguistics this pains me a little bit. Its definitely more closer to Y than I, however there is something wrong about “replacing it in your head with another letter”. Its like trying to anglicize serbian pronunciations which is a little bit stupid. Rather, try to put in a bit of effort to learn how the letters are actually pronounced, so if you see “J” pronounce it as “J” because thats what it is

[@beograd07]

@@LyraYT Replacing letters in your head so you can get around in a hurry is not anglicizing Serbian or teaching Serbian language. Don't be rigid. This rule would help strangers not only in Serbia but also in Croatia, Bosnia and Monte Negro. Especially in those countries where they have a "jekavica" and "ijekavica" dialect with plenty of J letters in them. But it is more a hand tool to help tourist to travel through these countries when they get stuck and need a local help (when telling taxi driver the address, or asking for a public transport direction or asking for a street direction etc). This simple "tool" is not a permanent language learning tool but a help out tool to appreciate Serbian (and other above mentioned countries) their hospitality and friendliness and make it easier for both parties to interact. You dont have time to learn other countries language rules before visiting and also you dont know which source to turn to. So imagine yourself traveling through Hungary and you are in Budapest and have to ask someone where is Szigetszentmiklós. Can you pronounce this? Will the taxi driver understand you? Or you are driving through Hungary, and your car is broken down at the entrance of the Pilisszentkereszt and you call road assistant for help and have to tell them where you are. You are going to beat your self up why you didn't take time to learn some basics in Hungarian before the trip? There is a trick for Hungarian language too if you know where to look for it. Or I can just tell you here and save you some time. Or maybe Greece? Have you ever travelled through Greece and got stuck there depending of your pronunciation of their written words? And for Y being closer than I it depends what is before and after these letters so if you suggest Y only I have seen them struggling with Y too. That is why I offered both and in that order. At the end anyone who doesn't like this suggestion dont have to use it and can take time and effort to learn how to pronounce these letters in former Yugoslav countries. This is not mandatory.

[@TonyMurrell-g6r]

Bus passes are tricky to get hold of - you won't be able to get them from the kiosks dotted around the city as they say in the guide books. The only place you can get them is at 6, Kneza Mihaila, next to the Belgrade Cultural Centre. Go through the ordinary glass front door, then up the stairs to the second floor. We went there a few weeks ago and they didn't have any 3-day passes, only 1-day (which you can't buy in advance, they have to be used on that day), 7-day or 30-day. They 7-day pass costs 800 dinars.

[@BelgradeArch]

A 90 minute ride is now only 50 dinars (less than 50 cents), and you can change as many times as you can/need within the time - all sorts of public transport. Rides at night are free of charge! True, you cannot buy passes everywhere but you can individual fares. Moreover, you do not need any cards now, you can pay for your ride online. I'm not sure, maybe you can even buy the passes online as well!

[@bluedonkeyattack]

You can. There's a number to text on the bus stops. You can get a pass that way. Just get an MTS card at a kiosk@@BelgradeArch

[@visi_inspektor_besevic]

#1A Only cars that have license plates with TX as last 2 letters are licensed taxi car. #10A If you go to restaurant and wanna seat inside and want to avoid smoke then you can go to a restaurants inside big shopping malls because there is no smoking in shopping malls because of fire alarm system. :)

[@اسامةشداد-ظ2ه]

❤❤❤

[@محمدالحربي-ض5ش]

❤

[@تركيالغنيم-ن3ض]

🎉

[@Sam-pv7bd]

Is the public transport system easy to figure out? I don’t want to get fined for not paying correctly? How does the payment system work?

[@nikolamajkic303]

Mores ga ebat

[@BelgradeArch]

It is, and you can pay for a ride online. Even if you don't pay you won't get fined for it.

[@chickenlover657]

LOL, I'm a native of belgrade and I never payed for transport in my life. Because I can.

[@mkosmkoiu3483]

جيد

[@mrgodBG]

5:00 As someone who lives in Belgrade for almost 40yrs i rly advise you NOT to drink tap water! especially if you are staying for longer (not to mention if you decide to live here)

[@BelgradeArch]

I've been drinking tap water in Belgrade all my life, my family, friends, almost everyone I know. It is common knowledge that bottled water is more often than not of poorer quality than the tap one.

[@bluedonkeyattack]

I got really ill drinking tap water. My family not at all. They all come from Belgrade. I'm from London.@@BelgradeArch

[@AlexM-t6h]

This is B.S. Tap water in Belgrade is perfectly safe although tourists generally drink bottled water in foreign countries.

[@mrgodBG]

@@AlexM-t6h saying its PERFECTLY SAFE is A BS, don't listen to this guy

[@vanyo34]

@@mrgodBG Drinking it all my life, it's perfectly safe.

[@jovanarsenijevic8271]

❤️✌️

[@Lukas-jh4ok]

what an american thinks about in foreign countries: uber, uber eats, parking....

[@chickenlover657]

Yeah, complete irrelevance.

[@goransukovic8703]

It's easy if you , or couple of you , are cool af. Than, good time is secured in city like Belgrade. Wankers has good time, too , so it is a problem to have more of these... Damn. We must invent coolometer and stick it in all tourists and let in just a people like you...

[@TravelsInSpace]

The coolometer is a true dream...

[@jugoslavnamljidjiu9021]

Just to add a comment about smoking thanks good we are not america or europe union i consume tobacco and that is my right, but there are a lot of new fancy restaurant non smoking.

[@ventilatorbgd]

Its my right that you dont smoke near me. And im ex tobacco consumer.

[@jugoslavnamljidjiu9021]

@@ventilatorbgd naravno druže ja i ne idem na mesta gde je zabranjeno pušenje a amer može da ga puši.

[@TravelsInSpace]

I totally get it. I have no problem with people smoking where they smoke, just wanted to give a tip for those who want to avoid it.

[@TobyNomad]

Which restaurants are completely smoke free inside? I would keep asking for a list and no one ever has any :(

[@swatkabombonica4103]

True. Just wrote that tourists like Serbia because it doesn't have all those limitations. You learn how to adopt, accept others way of living, without imposing your own. Doing whatever you want, as long as you don't make problems. It should stay that way. We can't go around expecting people to change because we like something or not. Goes for all, not just smoking.

[@Razumist282]

Serbia is beautiful. Do people smoke weed there?

[@adrianakrstic3260]

AYYvar, not Adjvar

[@chickenlover657]

Ma mislis da je njega briga?

[@IwillEndureToTheEnd]

​@@chickenlover657Sigorno ne može da spava, da li je ayyvar ili adjvar ili akbar 😂

[@chickenlover657]

@@IwillEndureToTheEnd 😆

[@andreasl4507]

meat is the best. no tips do. they get salary just like me.

[@gorcrow]

bro ahahah whaaaat nooo don't say adzvar, say "eyevar" (ajvar)

[@TravelsInSpace]

My pronunciation is horrible, still working on it!

[@gorcrow]

@TravelsInSpace it's okay bro, it's very good that you are learning. I admire that! Serbian is very very cool for pronunciation because when writing, the rules are very easy. As is written, as is read! Not like in English with the hidden dipthongs and the letters that drop out and all that. Keep it up!

[@AndySmorg]

Ajvar, ahhhhhh, one of the top milestones of food innovations from the Western World. 😍

[@Wrowro666]

It's clear that this guide is made for American tourists. Everything is explained very simply, like for a child. And these tips are typical of American IQ. How do I order food via Glovo? Please...... When you go somewhere, go to a restaurant and discover the atmosphere. On foot.

[@2451Yvonne]

ajvar =eye-var

[@MateoFrugoli]

I honestly do NOT feel that you did Belgrade any justice!! I’ve lived here off and on for 4 years, and your “tips” are all super self explanatory except the smoking part… And no Serbians are NOT “happy to help” they actually sincerely frown upon you for only speaking English and not Srpski… However it’s a Slavic thing, AND I agree with THEM! We’re in their country we should speak their language… I hate to give a negative review but you definitely didn’t spend any time on the good parts of Belgrade… Also, Belgrade does NIT represent Serbia as a whole, the rest of the country is quite different … I’d love it if you’d do a 2nd short talking about the difficulties and issues being a non Serbian speaking / non Cyrillic reading person… MAKE SURE UOU HAVE PHOTO TRANSLATOR ON YOUR PHONE AND INTERNET SUCKS generally here but there are many “free WiFi zone” areas especially near bud stops. Also Public Transportation here is TOP NOTCH TAXI’s… Legit or not you don’t get ripped off and you get where you’re going And belgrade/Serbia is mostly dog friendly also!!!

[@Brave2standalone]

What kind of WORD-SALAD was that?

[@BelgradeArch]

You are absolutely the first and only visitor here who said that internet sucks in Belgrade. Literally everyone is actually surprised how good it is. A lot of vloggers upload their material sitting in cafes and without paying anything for it.

[@delphinahinneh4416]

Can i get a SERBIA fiancee here😊

[@shmoo-zd1yz]

globo wolf.... go skadrlija eat good food

[@2msvalkyrie529]

My tip when visiting Belgrade : do NOT wear a t shirt with Albanian flag .!

[@ericHHII]

You see any black people over there?

[@nkotur]

No man we dont have much of black people here. There is very small number of people who came to study here mainly from African countries 😊 Man race crated from Blacks and Serbs would be on some superhuman level stuff 😂

[@partysun3303]

you wont see as many black ppl in serbia like in western europe citys but in belgrade you´ll see alot, i personaly served serbian army in the year 2000 with a black guy whos father came to study from Ghana, if you are concerned about racism, we arent like that, in fact serbias constitution from 1835 was the most progresive in the world at that time, every human who put a step on serbian soil was considered as free man regardles of his race or where he came from, what we hate are colonialists. According to a 8 year Harvard study Serbia is the less racist state in europe. so if you question is if you are save as a black guy in serbia? you definetely are, ppl might stare at you but not in a bad way on the contrary because they are curious and interested

[@chickenlover657]

Why?

[@ranbyyw]

Too many smokers there 🤮

[@chickenlover657]

We like to smoke, it's our culture...You're welcome to NOT come.

[@nikolamajkic303]

Brate dodji u zrenjanin sto se vode tice.jbn sojboj

[@swatkabombonica4103]

Please tourists, don't complain about smoking, now they are trying to impose a new law to ban it, because tourists complain. And tourists like Serbia because we don't have a lot of those limitations, they can run to from time to time, it will lose its magic if we start imposing all the laws you have, and are used to. But really good video. Hope you enjoyed :)

[@ranbyyw]

I got sick from all the smoking there, it’s horrible