Article Archive for July 2009
“I didn’t know you could play trumpet that way” – Miles Davis, a Guca Festival visitor.
Guca (Gucha) – Wild Trumpet Festival is held every August in small central Serbian village Gucha. It has begun in …
EXIT Noise Summer Fest is music festival which in just 10 years, made a way up from local student movement and anti-Milosevic activism to most popular and most visited European festival. More than 40000 people …
Belgrade is a capital of Serbia, situated at confluence of Sava and Danube rivers. With population of 1,576,124 it is political, cultural, administrative, economy and university center of the country. Celtic tribes, Romans, Byzantines,
Turks, Austrians …
Between the massifs of the Kablar Mt. and the Ovčar Mt., in the central part of Serbia, the river Zapadna Morava has cut an imposing Ovčarsko – Kablarska Gorge. There are other, deeper, longer, and …
The Special Nature Reserve “Uvac” is positioned in southwestern Serbia, and it encompasses the gorge of the river Uvac and its tributaries Veljušnica, Kladnica and Tisovice.
This very attractive gorge has many unique meanders and high …
Marble Cave
The Marble cave (Mermerna Pećina) is positioned in southern Serbia, at the eastern edge of the Kosovo basin, in the village of Donje Gadimlje near Lipljan. It was formed in the massif of the …
Djavolja Varoš, an erosive widening, is located in southern Serbia, in the hearth of the Radan Mt. More than 200 soil pyramids, towers, and turrets with andesite caps on their tops, make it unique. The …
The Zlatibor Mt. is an exceptional wide natural morphological unit, positioned at the far southwestern part of Serbia, between the mountains Tara and Zlatar, in the zone of Stari Vlah.
It is a gently undulated mountain …
Šar-Planina Mt. is positioned in the area of Kosovo and Metohija and it represents the high southern rim of Serbia, 85 km long. The National Park “Šar-Planina Mt.” was proclaimed in 1993 within the temporary …
National Park “Kopaonik” comprises the highest and most preserved parts of the Kopaonik Mt., which is positioned in the central part of the southern Serbia. It was established and proclaimed in 1981, covering an area …
The National Park “Fruška Gora” is positioned at the southern ridge of the Pannonian Plane, along the Danube riverbank. It represents the dominant orographic unit of the Vojvodina plane, and it is the oldest National …
The Tara Mt. is situated in the westernmost part of Serbia. It is a mountain area encircled by an elbow-like course of the river Drina. It was proclaimed a National Park in 1981, over the …
The valley of the river Pčinja is positioned in southeastern Serbia. It comprises the river Pčinja and foothills of the Kozjak Mt. and Starac Mt., which are separated by the river Pčinja. The central part …
Prokletije Mts. are positioned at the rim of the Mediterranean region as the largest individual mountain mass of the Dinarids. They are composed of around 40 mountain units divided between Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania. In …
Koviljsko – Petrovaradinski Rit is positioned in the southeastern part of Bačka, downstream from Novi Sad, near the settlements of Kovilj and Petrovaradin. It stretches along the left and right banks of the alluvial plane …
The watercourse of the river Zasavica is positioned in the area of the northern Mačva, to the east from the river Drina, and to the south from the river Sava. The length of the watercourse …
Stari Begej – Carska Bara is an authentic mosaic of lake-fishpond, river, pond, swamp, meadow, salt marsh, steppe, forest, and arable field eco¬systems, with an exceptional richness of species and ecosystems.
It is positioned in central …
The National Park “Đerdap” is positioned in the northeastern Serbia, at the border with Rumania.
The Park was protected in 1974, and it comprises 63,000 ha.
The prime attribute and the most remarkable aspect of the relief …
There are 110 fish species registered in Serbia, or 51% of all European ichtyofauna. Freshwater ecosystems in Serbia comprise large basins (Danube with tributaries), macroaccumulations (Djerdap, Vlasina, etc.), microaccumulations (larger number of small accumulations for …
Tamburitza is tradicional bohemian five-string, guitar-like instrument from Voivodina (north region of Serbia), Slavonia (north-east part of Croatia) and south Hungaria. It is very popular traditional music usually played by a octet band. …
