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Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia.

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The place

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. According to the 2022 census, the population of Belgrade city proper stands at 1,197,114, its contiguous urban area has 1,298,661 inhabitants, while the population of the city's administrative area totals 1,682,720 people. It is one of the major cities of Southeast Europe and the third-most populous city on the river Danube.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Belgrade

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Belgrade

    The University of Belgrade is a public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia.

    100 m · university in Belgrade, Serbia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    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.

    2.4 km · church in Belgrade, Serbia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    3.9 km · football stadium in Belgrade, Serbia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Belgrade Arena

    The Belgrade Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Belgrade, Serbia. It is designed as a universal hall for sports, cultural events and other programs.

    2.8 km · indoor arena in Belgrade, Serbia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    National Library of Serbia

    The National Library of Serbia is the national library of Serbia, located in the capital city of Belgrade. It is the largest library and oldest institution in Serbia, having been destroyed multiple times over the last two centuries.

    2.4 km · library in Belgrade, Serbia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    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, which it is still colloquially known as by fans in the former SFR Yugoslavia.

    3.2 km · association football and track and field athletics stadium in Belgrade, Serbia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Belgrade Fortress

    The Belgrade Fortress is a cultural monument in Belgrade, Serbia in the municipality of Stari Grad. It consists of the old citadel and Kalemegdan Park on the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers.

    800 m · fortress in Serbia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    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.

    200 m · museum in Belgrade, Serbia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    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.

    500 m · Ottoman-era mosque in Belgrade · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    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.

    1.8 km · museum in Serbia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

The historic core of the city.

  1. 01
    Kalemegdan is
  2. 02
    Belgrade Zoo

    Popular, but with a lot of animals in a small space.

  3. 03
    Belgrade Cathedral
  4. 04
    Zepter Museum

    Heritage House (Кућа легата) is next to Zepter Museum at Kneza Mihaila 46.

  5. 05
    Ethnographic Museum

    Extensive display of Serbian costumes, tools, culture and everyday life in past centuries.

  6. 06
    Bajrakli Mosque

From Wikivoyage: Belgrade, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

For more on Serbian cuisine, see Serbia#Eat Belgrade has restaurants for every budget, from traditional Serbian kafanas and neighbourhood bakeries to fine dining, international cuisine and vegan cafés. Prices are generally lower than in Western Europe, although some of the city's top restaurants are comparable to those in other European capitals. Serbian cuisine is hearty and meat-heavy.

  1. 01
    Roll Bar

    Try the imperial chicken and feta chicken.

  2. 02
    Giros

    Balkanska 36,.

  3. 03
    Amigo

    Gastroteka, Balkananska 29 (100 m north of Amigo),.

  4. 04
    Jazzayoga

    Sandwiches, wraps, juices, and baked goods, relaxing ambience.

  5. 05
    Orašac

    A garden restaurant with trad Serbian cuisine.

From Wikivoyage: Belgrade, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Belgrade

Airports
Belgrade Nikola Tesla (BEG), 12 km · Timișoara Traian Vuia (TSR), 130 km · Tuzla (TZL), 143 km
  • Niš → Belgrade
    197 km · quickest by road, 3h 16m · din1,150–1,530
  • Timişoara → Belgrade
    121 km · quickest by road, 4h · lei34–46
  • Dubrave Gornje → Belgrade
    409 km · quickest by road, 6h 31m · €48–70
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Belgrade

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Belgrade. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inMinibus A1 runs between the airport and Slavija Square, stopping at Fontana (Novi Beograd) and the main bus station.
  • Get inCruises along the Danube sometimes call at Belgrade, but there are no point-to-point ferries.

From Wikivoyage: Belgrade, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    MljetHR

    9 ways of moving, 28 sources

    331 km
  2. 02
    KorčulaHR

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    337 km
  3. 03
    HvarHR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    365 km
  4. 04
    ThasosGR

    10 ways of moving, 17 sources

    567 km
  5. 05
    Mount AthosGR

    9 ways of moving, 21 sources

    607 km

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