The Nutshell times wrote a beautiful blog about the ” plavi voz “, translated as ” the blue train ” which used to be the train of Josip Broz Tito, the leader of Yugoslavia. With the kind permission of the Nutshell times you will find this story as a guest blog here on my blog. Enjoy reading ! Inside ‘Plavi Voz’ – design lover’s dream train - by Srdjan Garcevic - the Nutshell times - Despite its long history, stretching back to 1885, the main rail station in Belgrade went out with a whimper in July 2018, however the only sense of occasion to this sorry (and poorly organised) event was provide ..read more

Serbs celebrate Christmas in real style – and with a variety of old and interesting traditions that were a true revelation to this incomer from the Netherlands. By Fabian Vendrig When the Dutch celebrate Christmas, they usually do so with family and friends, which is just the same in Serbia. But the Serbs celebrate Christmas very differently to back in my old home country.  When I celebrated my first Christmas with my Serbian family in Milocaj, a village near Kraljevo in central Serbia, I was fascinated by the customs and traditions of this holiday in Serbia. Before I came to Serbia, I ha ..read more

The year 2018 is almost over and I just want to share my nicest & unusual pictures I made here in Serbia during this year. For every month one picture and to click to enlarge January February March April May June July August September October November December January: Church in Cvetke February: Studenica monastery ( UNESCO world heritage ) March: On top of mount Rajac (alt 848 a.s.m.l.), place were famous WWI battle of Kolubara was fought. April: Evening view of Belgrade along the Sava river. May: Dangerous dog in Bezdan (Vojvodina). June: Staro Hopovo monastery in Fruška Gora moun ..read more

Here is another year review 2018, this time trough 12 panorama pictures I made. Enjoy watching ! Bologna (Italy) 2 January 2018Trieste (Italy), 15 July 2018Piran (Slovenia), 16 July 2018 Piran (Slovenia), 16 July 2018 Maglič , south of Kraljevo (Serbia), 4 August 2018Rajac, west of Gornji Milanovac (Serbia), 12 August 2018Edessa (Greece), 17 August 2018Kajmakčalan (alt 2528 a.s.m.l.), border Greece-Macedonia, 18 August 2018 Kajmakčalan (alt 2528 a.s.m.l.), border Greece-Macedonia, 18 August 2018 Beograd / Belgrade (Serbia), view on the Sava river, 15 September 2018Beograd, view from Kalemegda ..read more

It is almost the end of the year so it is time for the traditional year reviews. I start with an alternative 2018 year review for Belgrade, the dynamic capital of Serbia and the place where I live. When I captured the photo above I thought it was a historic moment: it was at one day at the beginning of this year when they started to remove the cars illegally parked in front of the police station at Savska street. Later it was clear why: a couple of cars with state officials passed. Not much later the cars were parked back again and never left….. The hope for returning of the rule of law in fr ..read more

Today I was at Krušedol monastery which is located near the Fruška Gora National Park, which is more or less halfway between Belgrade and Novi Sad in Serbia of course.The monastery was built in the 16th century. 22/12/2018: Krušedol , Serbia Afterwards we also visited the Grgeteg monastery, which is located 5 kilometres further,also from the 16th century. 22/12/2018: Grgeteg, Serbia ..read more

This iconic day on the calendar of most Serbs is a treat not to be missed –besides offering real insight into Serbian tradition and life. In Serbian Orthodoxy, each family has a patron saint who is passed down from generation to generation through the male line. Each saint also has his or her own day. When your family’s saint’s day comes round, you celebrate this day, which is called a slava in Serbian. A slava is an old tradition and is typically Serbian. It is not celebrated in other Orthodox countries, like Russ ..read more

Friday 14th December 2018 a presentation will be held in the Museum of Rudnik and Takovo Region in Gornji Milanovac (Sinđelićeva 7, Gornji Milanovac 323000) at 19h00 (link). The presentation and exhibition will be about the Serbian WWI soldiers from Gornji Milanovac who died in the Netherlands and from whom one survived. For the story on our website: click here (link ..read more

Đorđe Vukosavljević died exactly 100 years around 02h30 AM on 22nd January 1919 in a Prisoners of War camp in Nieuw-Milligen in the municipality of Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. He was a Serbian WWI soldier and captured in 1915 while the Serbian army was retreating towards the Greek island of Corfu. When we started to research the fate of the 91 Serbian WWI soldiers who died in the Netherlands we were grateful that we got in contact with the great-grand daughter of Đorđe. She shared pictures and letters with us with gave us an insight in the live of a Serbian WWI PoW. 30/06/1918: Dear L ..read more