Sopocani Monastery
Sopocani Monastery We take you to the south of Serbia, where nature created exceptional sceneries. At the Raska region Sopocani monastery is situated and we`ll tell you more of its history. In the 1160s, the Great Zupan Stefan Nemanja consolidated his power on the throne in Raska. Although Nemanja’s sons got the title of king…
Sargan Eight
Sargan Eight Do you remember the train named „Ćira“? The fairytale landscapes through which Ćira passed to form a unique narrow-gauge railway complex “Sargan eight ” („Šarganska osmica“) and represent a true masterpiece of Serbian industrial heritage. Bridging the height differences of 300 meters of a total length of 3.5 km, exactly 100 years ago,…
Stories from Kovacica
Stories from Kovacica We are quite sure that your curiosity and love for art at least once took you to the center of the naive, Kovacica. This time we decided to spend a sunny March day in this picturesque village where we enjoyed the hospitality of the locals, the unique naivety and all the beauty…
His puff pastry majesty – Burek!
His puff pastry majesty – Burek! The story of food has sweetened us these days, and in the new blog, we bring you a text about another I-can-freely-say specialty characteristic of this area, burek! There are serious debates about who is responsible for the fact that we enjoy burek today and that burek has become…
World Wildlife Day
World Wildlife Day Each March the 3rd around the Globe the World Wildlife Day is being celebrated. On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 3 March – the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in…
It’s time for boxing
It’s time for boxing Last night Kragujevac city was a host of a boxing spectacle. Our friends from Boxing Club Radnicki Belgrade came to settle a score with their great sports rivals and national squad colleagues from the club with the same name – Radnicki (from Kragujevac). As usual, boxing spectacles like every other sports…
Sauerkraut unites us!
Sauerkraut unites us! Sarma, podvarak, and svadbarski kupus (literal translation wedding cabbage) are just some of the dishes characteristic of the countries of Southeast Europe, and especially of the countries of the Western Balkans. Recipes and traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation for centuries have become so characteristic of this afternoon…
Lepenski vir
Lepenski vir On the right bank of the Danube, next to the Đerdap gorge, lies one of the most important Mesolithic and Neolithic archeological sites. It spreads through the central part of the Balkan Peninsula. Lepenski vir was named after the Danube whirlpool, which was the center of one of the most important known prehistoric…
International Mother Language Day
International Mother Language Day International Mother Language Day is celebrated on Sunday, February 21. 21 years ago, at the General Assembly, UNESCO passed a provision marking the International Day of Languages as a remembrance of the unpleasant event from 1952. Namely, in Dhaka in eastern Pakistan, on the territory of today’s Bangladesh, a rebellion of…