Novi Sad competes with Belgrade as the capital of Serbia in art, architecture and culture. This is a city where literally every door and cobblestone on the pavement is saturated with the atmosphere of travel. It was created for an ideal tourist day: in the morning you will visit the noble fortress Petrovorodin, then fill your stomach with meat in one of the kafans and end the day with a party on the club street Laze Teleckog. You will visit the churches, galleries and museums of the city, gain energy in beautiful parks, open-air bars and the beaches of the promenade. You will walk along the main pedestrian street of the city with pink, yellow and blue spots of Austro-Hungarian houses. And this is the whole Novi Sad.
To get to Novi Sad, you first need to get to Belgrade, and from there take a bus or train. Belavia offers direct flights to the capital for € 250. You can save money by choosing a route with a transfer in Moscow or Warsaw. Then tickets will cost € 200-220.
Another option is to go to Budapest from Minsk (€ 160 for LOT) or Warsaw (€ 70-100 for Wizz Air, you can transfer in Stockholm or Liverpool). From Hungary to Novi Sad you can take a bus (€ 19-27) or a train (€ 13-20). And you will save money, and you will see several cities.
If you guess the dates, you can get to Belgrade from Vilnius on Turkish Airlines for € 135. Wizz Air will take you directly to the capital of Serbia from Warsaw for € 130 with a stopover in Dortmund.
A bus from Belgrade to Novi Sad will cost € 3-5. There is a problem with electronic booking in Serbia, so the time and cost of the trip should be checked with the cashier. Fortunately, most of the capital's workers understand English. Also keep in mind that in Serbia you have to pay about € 1.2 to enter the platform. You can also get to Novi Sad by train, the trip will cost € 3. However, trains in Serbia leave much to be desired, so we recommend choosing a bus.
By the way, Serbs also actively use BlaBlaCar. If you are coming from Ljubljana, Zagreb, Sofia or Podgorica, a bus ticket will cost approximately € 30.
Novi Sad is a small city, all sights can be walked around. However, you can use public transport - the driver sells the ticket (€ 0.4). Taxis are cheap: on average, the trip will cost € 1.6-2.5. It is better to choose companies such as Pan, Vojvodjani, SOS, Delta, Novus, Naš, Vip, Red and MB. The rest can rip four times more from you.
Renting a bike is a great idea. Some hostels offer such services to their guests, so always check with the reception. As a last resort NS Bike will help. Renting a bike costs € 0.8 per day, but you have to pay for a card (€ 4) and a deposit (€ 41).
You can rent a car with the help of the company Sixt... Prices start at € 31 per day. A more budget option offers Europcar... The cheapest car will cost € 23 per day. In both companies, rentals are only available to people over the age of 21.
Novi Sad is a tourist city, so finding an inexpensive and decent hostel is not a problem. But if you want real Serbian hospitality, book a place in Tesla Art Hostel (Safarikova 7) ... Accommodation 5 minutes from Freedom Square, three-meter ceilings, a coffee machine and designer chandeliers - everything is available for € 15 per day. A separate bonus is the friendly owners who will gladly recommend the best places in the city and treat them to local wine.
Varad Inn (Shtrosmajerova 16) ... The name speaks for itself - the building is located near the Petrovaradin Fortress. The hostel has its own patio, and there is a cafe on the ground floor. A great option if you are going to visit the EXIT music festival. If this is not included in your plans, then for the same price (€ 15 per day) you can find an option closer to the center.
For example, a hostel Kutak (Jevrejska 22) ... Everything is close here: Freedom Square, the Danube Park, and the synagogue. But you have to walk to the beach and the fortress. From the outside, the building looks like a nice little white house with a balcony: it feels like you're not checking into a hostel, but visiting a friend. The hostel itself is small, and near the reception desk, photo wallpapers with birches are pleasing to the eye. A night in a common room will cost you € 10.50, and for a double room you will pay € 36.50.
Another budget option is City Hostel (Radnicka 21) ... An overnight stay will cost € 10 for a dorm and € 26 for a double room. Visitors are greeted by neat flower beds and "Welcome" in 28 languages. In the living room you will find table football, PlayStation and UNO. Disadvantage - there is literally nowhere to turn around in a double room.
Are you planning to check into a hotel? Stop the choice on Fontana (Nikole Pasica 27) ... For € 34.30 (single room with double bed) you get a central location (100 meters from Freedom Square), breakfast, underground parking and a spacious room. If you're lucky, maybe even with a balcony. All rooms are decorated in light colors and well lit. This is important, because during the day the Serbs hide from the heat behind impenetrable roller shutters.
While finding a good hostel in Novi Sad is not difficult, things are not so colorful with hotels. You either pay for cramped rooms with red Soviet carpets, or you have to live on the outskirts. Not a bad option - boutique hotel Arta (Heroja Pinkija 12) ... It is located 3 km from Freedom Square and 4.5 km from the Petrovaradin Fortress. The rooms are spacious with modern design, parking spaces are recorded behind the hotel. Pay € 40 for a single room or € 48 for a double room.
The most popular tourist destination in Novi Sad is Petrovaradin fortress (Tvrdava 4) ... If the sun beats down slightly, you can spend more than one hour there. The castle houses a city museum, catacombs, art studios and art spaces, several clubs and restaurants, an observatory and a planetarium. The observatory is open only in clear weather, and the planetarium can be entered on Saturdays from 19:00 to 12:00 at night. If you want to get on an excursion, reserve a place in advance - they are snapped up instantly. The entrance to the fortress is free. You can get to it on foot or by bus # 3.
Opposite the Fortress, on the other bank of the Danube, there is an embankment. During the day it is empty, but in the evenings there is nowhere for an apple to fall: all the local youth flock to the water. If you want to make new friends among the locals and ask for a house party, the first step is to go there.
One of the most beautiful sights of the city - catholic Cathedral of the Virgin Mary (Freedom Square) ... The building looks very impressive: it is made in the neo-Gothic style, with a high bell tower and a sharp spire. Inside the cathedral there is a tomb, organ, painted altars and carved sculptures of saints. It is located on Freedom Square - in the heart of Novi Sad. From there, streets with restaurants and shops diverge, the most important of them is Zmaj Jovina Street.
If you are attracted to stately buildings, turn to Synagogue on the Jewish street. Now it is not used and most of the time it is closed, it opens only for special events. However, it makes sense to admire at least the facade of the building.
If you have a day off, visit the mountain Fruška, which was once an island in the now evaporated Pannonian Sea. Today, its gardens and vineyards make up a national park carved out by a network of hiking trails. The hill, also known as the Holy Mountain, contains sixteen monasteries.
Another popular activity in Novi Sad is hiking. Mountaineering clubs Naftaš and Železnicar (Trg galerija 4) organizes hikes to Mount Fruska and the vicinity of Novi Sad every weekend.
About 15 km south of Novi Sad, near the main road to the village of Irig, is Novo Hopovo (southern slope of Mount Fruska, near Iriga) - a picturesque monastery with a Byzantine church. Two more monastic churches of the 16th century are located nearby - an elegant white Krušedol (Krusedol village, Fruska Gora National Park) and Vrdnik-Ravanica (Fruska Gora, Vrdnik) ... Keep in mind that you cannot get to the monasteries without a car.
For cultural enlightenment go to City Museum of Novi Sad(Safarikova 7) ... It contains the largest collection of foreign art objects in all of Serbia. In 1996, Dr. Branko Ilic donated his art collection, consisting of 136 paintings and 279 sculptures, antique furniture and other objects of applied art. As you can imagine, now there is something to see there. The exposition is represented by works from France, Germany, Italy and Austria. The exhibition is open from 10:00 to 18:00, entrance fee is € 0.8.
For beach adventures, go to Strand... In summer, the beach is paid, entrance fee is € 1.5. There are many people there, but there is always a chance to find a company for volleyball. And at the entrance, be sure to try Thai ice cream. The prices at the beach cafe are biting: be ready to pay 3 times more for a cocktail.
If you want to do yoga in a relaxed atmosphere, take a look at Danube park (Dunavska) ... A sea of \u200b\u200broses and swans in a pond - what could be better for calm meditation? True, it's better to come early in the morning: the park is popular among the locals, so a horde of screaming kids with ice cream will start running around you by noon.
In July, crowds of music lovers flock to Novi Sad to attend the largest music festival in Central Europe - EXIT... Melodies are played for every taste: from rock and reggae to techno and house. The festival boasts famous performers: this year Alan Walker, Robin Schulz, Foreign Beggars, Rag'n'Bone Man and others have come. Another bonus: EXIT is located in the Petrovaradin Fortress. So prepare yourself for the sounds of electro house in medieval walls.
If you want a quick and inexpensive snack, bakeries are here to help. They are in Serbia at every turn. A huge slice of pizza will cost you about € 1. Plus, you can find traditional Balkan pie burek, all kinds of rolls, puffs with sweet and savory fillings and citrus lemonade.
Finding a good Balkan restaurant in Serbia is not easy. Most often, acquaintance with local delicacies occurs in bakeries and small eateries. And yet there are a couple of restaurants where you can catch the spirit of Serbia.
One of them - Lazin Salaš (Laze Telechkog 5) ... Their kitchen is home-like, without any special frills, but with huge portions. The place itself is designed as a village house, on the tables there are ornamented napkins, and in the evenings guests are entertained by tamburaši - musicians performing folk drinking songs. On the menu you will find stuffed chicken with mushroom sauce, goulash, homemade sausages and šnenokle dessert (we call it "The Floating Island"). For drinks, try medovača - honey brandy.
Another place with Serbian food is a bar-restaurant Piknik (Ribarac Bb) ... From the local it is worth trying veal in horseradish and uštipci (deep-fried balls of dough) with all kinds of fillings.
For beer and delicious meat you need to go to Krilce I Pivce (Futoska 42) ... In addition to the popular Kozel beer brand, they also offer craft beer (you can even take a couple of bottles with you). Order a plate of chicken wings for him. It seems that Krilce I Pivce want to crush you with a variety of flavors: here you can find wings with honey and pepper, pistachios, curry, chocolate, parmesan and parsley, barbecue and garlic sauce.
If you want to have a luxury evening with smoked tuna, halloumi with olive marmalade and a glass of spicy red wine, go to Project 72 Wine & Deli (Kosovska 15a) ... The high prices are offset by the interesting presentation, the extensive wine list and the unusual interior, which combines traditional wooden elements with modern design.
Novi Sad has its own "bar" street - Laze Telečkog... It is there that most of the city's drinking establishments are located. One of them - Marta’s Pub (3 Laze Telečkog) ... People come here for companionship, which is facilitated by sweetish rakija, aromatic mead and other Serbian liqueurs. And of course, Serbian beer - Jelen, LAV and Zajecharsko.
If you want a beer menu, as in the best bars in Vilnius, go to Larger & Wine (17 Svetozara Miletića) ... With its dark and elegant appearance, Larger & Wine is a favorite destination for all drink lovers. This traditional Serbian pub delights with beer from both large factories and small local breweries. If you're looking for unusual flavors, check out Young's Double Chocolate Stout. A large wine list is included.
Gastro pub Camelot (9 Skremska) is located near the Petrovoradin fortress and is stylized as the Middle Ages. According to local assurances, this is the best beer place in the city. A dimly lit interior, good burgers and rich craft beer tones are the ingredients for a pleasant evening after a tiring excursion.
If you are not a fan of alcohol, we advise you to look into Wake up juice bar (12 Milete Jaksica) ... The institution specializes in juices and healthy eating. Fresh fruit, natural biscuits and ice cream are all about Wake Up. Here they gladly accept those who in Serbia, with its love for meat and brandy, have a hard life - vegetarians, vegans and those who do not drink alcohol. And even if you don't belong to any of these groups, take a moment and try their blackberry cocktail.
Arriving in Serbia, first of all go to splavori- night clubs on the river bank. And be sure to rock out with turbo folk - traditional Serbian music mixed with techno. For these two national characteristics, head to Ribarsko Ostrvo - it will not be difficult to find a suitable establishment there.
KC Utopia (43 Svetozara Miletića) is one of the most popular clubs in Novi Sad. On the ground floor, you can enjoy Serbian and Middle Eastern cuisine. And on the second floor, inveterate partymakers come off to the sounds of electro house. All this is flavored with effervescent colorful cocktails and the lights of fluorescent lamps - here's the recipe for a great party.
Another popular place with electro music is the pub Škripa (Jevrejska 1) ... The locals praise the good ale and the warm atmosphere (how warm it can be given such musical preferences). The pub hosts events every week attracting young Serbian DJs.
If electro, house and techno don't appeal to you (and they are very popular in Serbia), then take a look at
Novi Sad, the second largest city in Serbia, is located in the north of the country on the banks of the Danube River. It was founded by Orthodox Serbs in 1694, and already in the 18th and 19th centuries it became a cultural capital and an important trade and production center, for which it received the nickname "Serbian Athens". Its name, translated from Serbian, means “new plantation”. During the revolution of 1848-1849. and after the bombing in Kosovo in 1999, the city was badly damaged, but rebuilt each time.
Today Novi Sad is a part of independent Serbia and has regained the status of the cultural capital: it is here that all the cultural treasures of the region are concentrated: museums, art galleries and architectural monuments.
How to get there
The nearest airport is in Belgrade - 70 km away, so it is most convenient to get from the capital to Novi Sad. This can be done: by bus, car or train.
- By bus
The bus is the most convenient and budgetary way to get from Belgrade to Novi Sad. Thanks to its convenient location, Novi Sad is connected by bus services to all major cities. Buses leave from the city's main bus station (the bus and train stations in Belgrade are nearby).
It is not necessary to buy a ticket in advance, buses run every 10-15 minutes and often leave half empty. You will have to spend about 1.5 hours on the road, the fare is from 350 RSD. The first bus leaves at 3:50, the last one at 23:59. The prices on the page are for November 2018.
- By train
Trains and commuter trains run between Belgrade and Novi Sad. The trains run 6 times a day, the first one leaves at 7:35, the last one - at 21:40. Travel time is about 2 hours, fare is from 388 RSD. There are night trains, but it is better to buy tickets for them in advance on the website of local railways, the train ride will cost a little more.
- By car
The E75 highway, which connects Budapest and Belgrade, is 5 km from the city. This route is paid, and it will cost you about 250 RSD to get to Novi Sad.
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Weather in Novi Sad
Novi Sad's climate is temperate continental, with warm and sunny autumn, short and mild winters, rainy springs and suddenly coming summer.
The best months to travel here are April-May and September-October. At this time, there is no stifling heat, but there is no rain either (only 2-4 rainy days a month), and the air temperature is comfortable for long walks: +18 ... + 23 ° C.
Hotels in Novi Sad
The hotel business in Serbia has been in a state of stagnation for many years and has begun to revive relatively recently. In big cities (including Novi Sad) things are going faster than in small ones, but there are still many old "Yugoslavian" hotels that have not seen renovation for a long time.
There are enough hotels of a completely European level in the city, but the stardom does not always correspond to the declared one. Some "treshki" in terms of comfort and service are superior to hotels of the 4 * category, and the prices in five-star hotels are lower than in 4 *, and the quality of service is the same both there and there. So, when choosing a hotel, you should only be guided by photos and reviews of previous guests, and not by the number of stars. A double room in a 3 * hotel (some of which correspond to 4 *) will cost about 40-50 USD per day. You can spend the night in a 5 * hotel for 70-80 USD, and a 4 * hotel in the “expensive and rich” style can cost 150-170 USD per day.
As well as throughout Serbia, in Novi Sad there is a system of roadside motels along major highways and at the entrance to the city. Their advantage, in addition to the price (30-35 USD for a double room), is their novelty and a good level of service, but they are convenient only for those who travel by car.
Shopping in Novi Sad
In Novi Sad, as in the rest of Serbia, it is worth buying clothes and shoes of popular European brands - prices here are 10-20% lower than in Europe and Russia, especially for shoes made of genuine leather. Pay attention to local brands, most of these shops are concentrated on Zmaj Jovina and Dunavska streets. The city has a large shopping center - Big Shopping Center, where you can find foreign and Serbian brands, mostly democratic: Springfield, Women'secret, Mango, Koton, Sportina, Lindex, Bata, Quiz, 7camicie, dm-drogerie markt, Link Donna , Timeout, Gigatron, Djak Sport, etc.
Shopping in Novi Sad is not considered complete without visiting the markets. The most popular market in the city is Futoshsky. It opened at the beginning of the 20th century. on Jewish Street and is located there to this day. Here you can buy the freshest farm products - vegetables, fruits, fresh meat, homemade cheeses, as well as ceramics, clothing and leather goods. Prices are lower than in stores.
On the right side of the Temerinsky Put is the curious Nylon flea market, which is loved by both tourists and locals. On Fridays and Saturdays, antiques are brought here from old German village houses and mansions, and on weekdays you can literally find everything: furniture, firewood, agricultural machinery, firewood and even livestock.
Cafes and restaurants in Novi Sad
Authentic Serbian cuisine is best tasted in traditional kafans - establishments with simple "rustic" interiors and live music. In Novi Sad and other large cities, they are not easy with them, so you will have to catch the Serbian spirit in bakeries, small eateries and a couple of traditional restaurants that are still there.
There are bakeries in the city at every turn, and each one is tasty and cheap: a large slice of pizza costs about 100 RSD, you can also find all kinds of Balkan pies, sweet rolls and other pastries there. Everything trendy and hipster has come to Novi Sad, so there are a lot of burgers here. The best burgers in town are served at Toster Burger, which also has decent craft beer.
As for restaurants, it is worth visiting Lazin Salas - a homemade Serbian restaurant, decorated in the style of a village hut. Local hits are stuffed chicken, sausages and honey brandy. Piknik Bar-Restaurant serves excellent veal with horseradish and other Serbian dishes, while for beer and royal meats you need to go to Krilce I Pivce - here are the best chicken wings in Novi Sad and a good selection of craft beer.
For something chic (and expensive), choose Project 72 Wine & Deli. There are rustic interiors, but exquisite cuisine, a rich wine list and delicious smoked tuna.
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Entertainment and attractions
Architectural monuments
Petrovaradin fortress - a powerful fortification, which is also called the Hungarian Gibraltar - was founded in 1692. The Austrians captured Petrovaradin (a city on the territory of modern Novi Sad) during the Great Turkish War in 1687 and began to build modern fortifications in place of the old ones. It was here that the decisive battle between the Turkish and Austrian armies took place: the Austrians won, thereby ending the Turkish threat to Central Europe. The fortress was completed for almost 100 years and, in addition to the outer walls, has 16 km of underground tunnels. The city museum, observatory (open only in clear weather) and planetarium (can be visited on Saturdays) are open here.
Since 2000, every summer the State of Exit music festival has been held in the Petrovaradin fortress. It usually lasts 4 days. Eminent performers and popular groups in various musical genres perform at the festival - the organizers deliberately rely on any musical taste. On this stage, you can hear pop hits as well as metal, EDM disco beats and hooligan punk. In 2007, the festival received a British Festival Award in the category "Best European Festival".
Old town of Novi Sad - a place of concentration of churches and temples built in the 18-19 centuries. Among them there are Orthodox churches, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Uniate churches, synagogues and mosques. The main Orthodox church in the city is the Church of the Great Martyr St. George, erected in 1742, and the Catholic Church of the Holy Virgin Mary is rightfully considered the architectural dominant of the city center. It is easy to recognize by its characteristic Gothic style. Alternatively, you can visit the building belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the magnificent synagogue in the city center.
The city's rich historical heritage is preserved in museums and galleries, among which the Vojvodina Museum and the Brvnara ethnic complex, the Novi Sad City Museum in the fortress and its collection of foreign art, the Vojvodina Theater Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Zivanovici Cultural Museum stand out.
Novi Sad is the capital of the autonomous region of Vojvodina, the second largest city in Serbia and the second most popular tourist destination in this country. In general, the Belgrade-Novi-Sad situation is somewhat similar to the Moscow-Petersburg situation. Until the end of World War I, Novi Sad was the administrative and cultural center of the Vojvodina Serbs, who at that time were one of the many minorities of Austria-Hungary. Since the level of development of culture and education in Serbia, which was an appendage of the Ottoman Empire until 1830, and in Austria-Hungary was incomparable, many Serbs from the "mainland" also gravitated to Novi Sad, which at that time was called "Serbian Athens" ... With the liberation of Serbia and the annexation of Vojvodina to it after the First World War, Novi Sad is gradually losing its leading role, but to this day it remains an important cultural center of the country.
Novi Sad has everything that tourists love so much: the gingerbread architecture of an Austro-Hungarian town, an old fortress, beautiful nature (Danube and Fruska Gora), and the historic center can be walked around in just half an hour. At the same time, the abundance of cafes with live music and a rather rich cultural program will not let you get bored.
I decided to divide the story about Novi Sad into two parts. In this post we will "walk" through the city center, and in the next we will look at the Petrovaradin Fortress.
The first thing you pay attention to in Novi Sad is low-rise buildings. The second is the bike paths. We will see bicycles later.
There is a grandiose synagogue on Jewish Street, which leads to the center. Before World War II, there was a large Jewish community in Novi Sad, but now there is practically no one left.
On the way to the main square we will pass the National Theater (if you did not know that the theater is called "shame" in Serbian, this is a place for laughter). Despite the new building, the Novi Sad theater is older than the Belgrade one. The first troupe of the National Theater in Belgrade consisted of actors from Novi Sad.
And here we are in the main square. The cathedral rises to the left. Since the Catholic community in modern Novi Sad is also small, it is almost constantly closed. For at least 7 years, I have visited it 1 time. A hotel from the period of socialist Yugoslavia (on the right) spoils the overall impression a little, but overall the architectural ensemble of the square is very good.
There is even a building with knights.
Opposite the cathedral is the city hall, now the mayor's office. For some reason I didn’t have a photograph of her, so in this picture you can also see my brother with the national fast food - pleskavitsa.
Vojvodina has many national minorities - the legacy of the Habsburg patchwork. Therefore, the city hall has signs in several languages. And there is also a list of Novi Sad's sister cities nearby.
The central pedestrian street is Zmaj-Iovina.
It rests against a building called Vladicanski Dvor (the residence of the lord), and in front of it stands the bronze Jovan Jovanovic Zmay, the poet of Serbian romanticism, after whom the street is named. On the left, you can see the dome of the Orthodox church. Because of its architecture, many people mistakenly consider it Catholic.
Cafe tables stretch along the entire length of the main street.
Other streets diverge from Zmay-Yovina.
As in Belgrade, Novi Sad has a complex system of courtyards. In such courtyards or passages between streets, which are called passages, a huge number of clothing stores, souvenir shops, photo studios, hairdressing salons are hidden, and sometimes, sometimes, a whole cafe is "lying around".
A whole square is hidden behind the cathedral.
Lazy Teleckogo Street dotted with cafes is a trendy place like Strahinic Bana Street in Belgrade.
Graffiti on one of the houses kindly suggests that Laza Telečki was a Serbian theater actor and a prominent member of the troupe of the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad.
Summer veranda of one of the cafes, I liked the decoration.
In general, in my subjective opinion, there is a rather creative atmosphere in Novi Sad. Walking the streets, you can see this.
And so.
And even that.
There is also a lot of handmade stuff here. For example, in this store they offer to see, learn / learn something and buy something.
Several still lifes with bicycles from the streets of Novi Sad.
In the center of the city is also Matica Serbska - the oldest cultural and scientific organization in Serbia, founded at the time when Vojvodina was part of Austria-Hungary. At that time it was an academy of sciences in miniature, and today Matica Serbska is engaged in the humanities and remains an extremely authoritative organization.
This church is interesting for its gilded dome, completely uncharacteristic for local architecture. It is a tribute to Russia and its culture. The fact is that the parishioners here were Russian emigrants who fled from the October Revolution. This church was shown to me by a Serb friend, a specialist in Russian, unfortunately, I cannot tell you more about it and I don’t even remember the name, if someone in the know tells me, I’ll be glad.
Danube Street leads us to the Danube Park.
On the site of the present Danube Park, there was once ... a swamp. The swamp was drained (only a lake in the center of the park was left of it), the surrounding area was ennobled, and a nice green island in the center of the city turned out.
There are two swans living on an island on the lake. True, they have to share their home with hordes of turtles.
On a hot day, there is simply no overcrowding.
In the Danube Park you can often meet newlyweds, apparently, this is their obligatory point of a wedding photo shoot.
The stone sculpture on the left represents Sergius of Radonezh. A gift from a Russian sculptor.
A couple of hundred meters from the Danube Park there is a bridge over the Danube leading to Petrovaradin. This is the view from the Petrovaradin Fortress to the center of Novi Sad. As you can see, it is quite small. And about the fortress itself - next time.
Where exactly Varlamov needs to go is to Novi Sad.
From here you can make an ideal post of a good / bad city and no one will reproach that he saw something wrong somewhere.
Because in Novi Sad, well ... and beauty has absolutely clear boundaries, like a rotten apple. On the one hand, a juicy ruddy side, and on the other, an unpleasant brown rot.
If you visit only the juicy side, you will say that you have been to the most beautiful city in Serbia. Will bring only on the rotten - you will write that the dirtiest city in the country has not seen. And you will be right both in one and in the other case.
Don't believe me? See for yourself.
2. This is the picture that Novi Sad greets anyone who enters the city on a toll road from Hungary (I must say that the entrance from the opposite side looks and smells no better)
Honestly, when I saw this disgusting garbage dump right by the road, I immediately began to draw in my head an impartial picture as a whole. 
3. Moreover, the picture being drawn was only confirmed by what we observed from the car windows as we approached the center of Novi Sad.
Here are some people, outwardly resembling refugees or gypsies, move a huge bicycle cart with belongings in a direction only known to them. 
4. On the sides of the road there are some unfinished buildings and wrecks, everywhere there are mountains of construction and other rubbish, unpleasant-looking and unkemptly dressed people walk, and goats and cows graze in the dirty grass ... 
5. Another unfinished structure and another fetid dump where children play with a ball 
6. Closer to the center, roadside buildings become denser, there are fewer mountains of rubbish, but the buildings look so neglected, shabby and shabby that it does not become happier from the absence of garbage.
Also, the girls are sadly gnawing seeds ... 
7. Well, what is the beauty here? Who, and with what fright, wrote in travel guides and forums about the soulful and beautiful Novi Sad? 
8. Shameful Bargaining ... Indeed, shameful 
9. But suddenly .... At one of the turns, it was as if we entered a completely different city or even a country.
VZHUH, and you are no longer in an ass, but in a beautiful European city. Between them some 50 meters. How does that happen? I do not know!
This is Novi Sad. Its very center, after walking through which tourists write flattering reviews, and call this town the most beautiful in Serbia 
10. The main square with the cathedral, town hall and beautiful old buildings is really good!
Here you want to take a leisurely walk, look at the architecture, people, look into street cafes and restaurants and enjoy the pleasant summer sun after the chilly June Moscow-2017 
11. Straight front picture. But the girls in the photo turned out to be somehow unsuitable for this picture. Moreover, in general, girls in Serbia turned out to be very much even nothing! I will devote a separate post to them. 
12. An ordinary military man. With a bouquet of color and a battle wound. Probably from a bandit bullet. At least for the lady to whom he is in a hurry, this version will be the most romantic. 
13. Cafes and restaurants. Not many people, after all, it's a weekday.
I had lunch in one of them. Very tasty and very cheap! Less than 400 rubles for a delicious pleskavitsa and a good alcoholic mojito. 
14. A little more beautiful Novi Sad 
15. A bit of architecture 
16. But ...
But one has only to deviate a little from the center, by the same 50 meters and ... the picture becomes completely different.
Somewhere along these streets and lanes is the very border between the beautiful Novi Sad and Novi Sad - an ass. 
17. It's still pretty good here ... 
18. And here it already begins, too, what happened to observe when entering the city 
19. That's it, beauty is over. Another beauty that Makos loves so much begins 
20. Did Lovygin draw? 
21. Here it is - a real Serbian contrast! Not only Novi Sad, but Belgrade, and other cities, and Serbia in general.
Glitter and poverty. Dirt and pretentiousness. White and black. And a little blue 
22. Directly opposite the street of boutiques and expensive cars - the street of penny hairdressing salons, a wanking salon and old cheap cars. 
23. By the way, Serbia is also distinguished by a certain middle substance between polar states - some sweet soulful things, memorable fragments and unexpectedly pleasant places, like this restaurant in an old tram car on the border between the most beautiful city in Serbia and a complete asshole. 
24. But let's go back to a good city. I can't help but show this rather strange building right in front of the cathedral and the main square. 
25. I can't help but show an occasional cuteness at the entrance to an expensive clothing boutique. 
26. I can't help but show the mannequins from the wedding salon. 
27. I can't help but show my grandmother selling wildflowers right under this salon, five meters from the parking lot with Porsches, Range Rovers and Mercedes ... 
28. How can I not show the press in such an understandable and native Cyrillic alphabet. Moreover, with the active use of the word "Russian". 
30. This is how it is - unusual and contrasting Novi Sad. In which antagonisms are mixed and manage to coexist with each other for a long time. 
31. Well, then ... And then you sit in the car to continue driving and again find yourself in a completely different dimension. A completely different Novi Sad - dirty, unkempt, rummaging in a garbage container and living in a box under the bridge. 
32. We leave further, towards Belgrade. For new emotions, impressions, unexpected discoveries ... 