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Podgorica
Capital and largest city of Montenegro

Podgorica

Podgorica is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.

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The city is located in central Montenegro, at the confluence of Ribnica and Morača rivers, where the southern foothills of Dinaric Alps meet the northernmost part of Zeta Plain.

Get in

Getting to Podgorica

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    Podgorica Airport

    Podgorica Airport airlines include Air Serbia, Austrian Airlines, Ryanair, LOT Polish Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and WizzAir.

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    Train
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    Bus
See

Worth seeing

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    Old Turkish

    A typical old Turkish "kasaba" (town), with narrow and curvy streets.

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    Skaline
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    Monument to King Nikola
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    Hercegovačka

    Hercegovačka street (in the city centre).

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    Trg Republike

    The central square of the city, a lot of life at the end of the day, when people finish to work.

Do

Things to do

While in Podgorica, one can enjoy the diversity of Montenegro's capital cafes and restaurants, check out the nightlife, or take a walk at some of the favourite picnic locations of Podgorica citizens - Mareza, Skadar Lake, or Gorica Hill. While strolling through Podgorica center, you might find the shopping area interesting, as there is a good number of boutiques.

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    Rogami Beach
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    Podgorica City Stadium

    Capacity 15,000, north side of city centre is the home ground of Montenegro's national soccer team.

Eat

Where to eat

Almost all fine restaurants in Podgorica are located either in the traditional city center, the new business district around the Roman Square, or along the Sv. Petra Cetinjskog boulevard that connects the two. There are dozens of pizzerias through city, and most of the cafes serve pizza, pancakes, etc. Most popular fast food in Podgorica is the regional hamburger variant pleskavica.

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    Pizzeria Calabria

    Napoli-style pizzas cooked in wood fire ovens, along with little sausages and things.

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    Restoran Radovce

    The restaurant also has a large glazed terrace.

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    Duhovni

    Cozy, small place, awesome crafty house wine.

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    Kaktus

    Nice little place on a cool street and in the shade of the trees.

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    Pizzeria Buongiorno

    43 Balšića.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.