Belgrade - Beograd

"It is no Rome or Paris, and therein lies its appeal -- no matter that it is battered, ragged and faded, Belgrade's charm is simply irrepressible. ... It [Belgrade] is a city where you can dance until sunrise seven nights a week, where hospitality crackles in the air, and where looking good is a birthright and a religion in one."

("24 hours in Belgrade" by Tom Owen, CNN Traveller)

Belgrade (Beograd) is the capital city of Serbia (Srbija).

It is located in the south-eastern part of Europe, near Greece, Italy, and Hungary and it lays on the confluence of two big rivers

Danube (Dunav) and Sava, and nine hills (117m above see level).

The river waters surround Belgrade from three sides, and that is why since ancient times it has been the guardian of river passages. Because of its position it was properly called "the gate" of the Balkans,

and "the door" to Central Europe.

If you want to find Belgrade on the map here are the coordinates:

44 49' 14" North latitude / 20 27' 44" East longitude

It has continental climate with four very distinctive seasons.

Belgrade is the only city, beside Constantinople,

dedicated to the Mother of God.

Dusko Radović, one of Belgrade's most loved poets, once said:

"Ko je imao sreće

da se jutros probudi

u Beogradu,

može smatrati da je

dovoljno postigao u životu.