Things to do in Belgrade
Top sights and attractions to build your days around once you know when to go.
Church of Saint Sava
The Church of Saint Sava is a Serbian Orthodox church in Belgrade, capital of Serbia. It is the fourth largest Eastern Orthodox church in the world and one of the largest churches in the world by gross volume.
Rajko Mitić Stadium
The Rajko Mitić Stadium, previously known as Red Star Stadium and also known as Marakana, is a multi-use stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, which has been the home ground of the Red Star Belgrade since 1963. The stadium is located in Dedinje, municipality of Savski Venac.
Partizan Stadium
The Partizan Stadium is a football and track-and-field stadium in Autokomanda, Belgrade, Serbia. The home ground of FK Partizan, it was formerly known as JNA Stadium after the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), which it is still colloquially known as by fans in the former SFR Yugoslavia.
National Museum of Serbia
The National Museum of Serbia is the largest and oldest museum in Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the central zone of Belgrade on a square plot between the Republic Square, formerly Theatre Square, and three streets: Čika Ljubina, Vasina and Laze Pačua. Its main facade is on the Republic Square and the official address is 1a Republic Square.
Bajrakli Mosque
The Bajrakli Mosque is a mosque in Belgrade, Serbia. Built around 1575, it is the only mosque in the city out of the 273 that had existed during the time of the Ottoman Empire's rule of Serbia.
House of Flowers
The House of Flowers is the resting place of Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980) and Jovanka Broz (1924–2013), the President and the First Lady of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It is located on the grounds of the Museum of Yugoslavia in Dedinje, Belgrade, Serbia.
Kalemegdan Park
The Kalemegdan Park, or simply Kalemegdan is the largest park and the most important historical monument in Belgrade. It is located on a 125-metre-high (410 ft) cliff, at the junction of the River Sava and the Danube.
Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade, Serbia
The Nikola Tesla Museum is a science museum located in Belgrade in Serbia. It is dedicated to honoring and displaying the life and work of Nikola Tesla as well as the final resting place for Tesla. It holds more than 160,000 original documents, over 2,000 books and journals, over 1,200 historical technical exhibits, over 1,500 photographs and photo plates of original, technical objects, instruments and apparatus, and over 1,000 plans and drawings. Very little is on display in the small ground floor exhibition space.
St. Mark's Church
The Church of Saint Mark is an Eastern Orthodox church located in Belgrade, Serbia. The church, dedicated to Mark the Evangelist is situated in the Tašmajdan park, near the House of the National Assembly, in the downtown Belgrade. Considered one of the most beautiful edifices of the Serbo-Byzantine style, its exterior resembles that of the Gračanica Monastery, after which it was modelled. Church of Saint Mark is the second largest church in Serbia, after the Church of Saint Sava. There is a small Russian Orthodox church, the Church of the Holy Trinity, next to the church.
St. Michael's Cathedral
The Cathedral of Saint Archangel Michael, commonly known as the Cathedral church, is an Eastern Orthodox church located in Belgrade, Serbia. It is under jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Belgrade and Karlovci of the Serbian Orthodox Church and serves as its cathedral church.
Singidunum
Singidunum was an ancient city which later evolved into modern Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The name is of Celtic origin, going back to the time when the Celtic tribe Scordisci settled the area in the 3rd century BC, following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans. Later on, the Roman Republic conquered the area in 75 BC and incorporated it into the province of Moesia. It was an important fort of the Danubian Limes and Roman Legio IV Flavia Felix was garrisoned there since 86 AD. Singidunum was the birthplace of the Roman Emperor Jovian. It was sacked by Huns in 441, and by Avars and Slavs in 584. At the beginning of the 7th century, the Singidunum fort was finally destroyed.
Pobednik
Pobednik is a monument in the Upper Town of the Belgrade Fortress, built to commemorate Serbia's victory over the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires during the Balkan Wars and the First World War. Cast in 1913, erected in 1928, and standing at 14 metres (46 ft) high, it is one of the most famous works of Ivan Meštrović. It is also one of the most visited tourist attractions in Belgrade and one of its most recognizable landmarks.
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