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Sightseeing
Must see in Novi Sad
Must see fortress! You can book a tour of the tunnels or content yourself with pottering around the citadel, which has a history museum and restaurants with views of the Danube to die for.
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Petrovaradin
Must see fortress! You can book a tour of the tunnels or content yourself with pottering around the citadel, which has a history museum and restaurants with views of the Danube to die for.
There’s no better jumping off point for an amble around the city. Novi Sad’s residents have been coming here to amble and meet friends for as long as the city has stood.
Dunavska
DunavskaThere’s no better jumping off point for an amble around the city. Novi Sad’s residents have been coming here to amble and meet friends for as long as the city has stood.
Novi Sad is at its most distinguished on this square in the centre of the city, almost entirely bordered by historic architecture.
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Novi Sad is at its most distinguished on this square in the centre of the city, almost entirely bordered by historic architecture.
The city’s favourite park was landscaped in 1895 where Novi Sad’s annual fair used to take place.
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Parc del Danubi
31 DunavskaThe city’s favourite park was landscaped in 1895 where Novi Sad’s annual fair used to take place.
This attraction in a stuccoed 19th-century palace on Danube Park documents 8,000 years of life in the Vojvodina Province.
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Museu de Vojvodina
37 DunavskaThis attraction in a stuccoed 19th-century palace on Danube Park documents 8,000 years of life in the Vojvodina Province.
A synagogue has stood at 11 Jevrejska (Jewish) Street since the 1700s. The synagogue is a fine monument to behold from the street, but you’ll need to make advanced arrangements if you want to see inside. Either that, or book a seat at one of the regular concerts, as the acoustics are superb.
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Sinagoga de Novi Sad
11 JevrejskaA synagogue has stood at 11 Jevrejska (Jewish) Street since the 1700s. The synagogue is a fine monument to behold from the street, but you’ll need to make advanced arrangements if you want to see inside. Either that, or book a seat at one of the regular concerts, as the acoustics are superb.
Also integral to any sightseeing trip in Novi Sad, the Bishop’s Palace is up there with the city’s most beautiful monuments.
Владичански двор
27 Zmaj JovinaAlso integral to any sightseeing trip in Novi Sad, the Bishop’s Palace is up there with the city’s most beautiful monuments.
Novi Sad’s sandy beach on the Danube is open all year, but really comes into its own from May to September.
This is when the string of restaurants and bars behind is open for business, and you can rent a deckchair or sun-lounger for the day next to one of Europe’s great rivers.
If you’re really daring you can also take a dip in the Danube, but there’s much more to do on dry land.
The park behind has a mini-golf course, several playgrounds for kids, sports facilities including a beach volleyball arena that stages international competitions.
During the EXIT festival there are also live sets on this beach.
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Štrand
Novi Sad’s sandy beach on the Danube is open all year, but really comes into its own from May to September.
This is when the string of restaurants and bars behind is open for business, and you can rent a deckchair or sun-lounger for the day next to one of Europe’s great rivers.
If you’re really daring you can also take a dip in the Danube, but there’s much more to do on dry land.
The park behind has a mini-golf course, several playgrounds for kids, sports facilities including a beach volleyball arena that stages international competitions.
During the EXIT festival there are also live sets on this beach.
This is Novi Sad’s main Orthodox church, although you wouldn’t know it from the outside.
The architecture is a kind of Baroque revival, as, like much of the city, the original 18th century building was torn apart in the 1848 Revolution.
While the outside is discreet, the interior is exuberant as it gets.
Your attention will be stolen by the iconostasis framing 33 icons and centred on two epic throne icons by the Realist Paja Jovanović.
You can also ponder the church’s frescos, painted by another prominent Serbian artist and member of the Munich school, Stevan Aleksić.
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Catedral de Sant Jordi
4 Nikole PašićaThis is Novi Sad’s main Orthodox church, although you wouldn’t know it from the outside.
The architecture is a kind of Baroque revival, as, like much of the city, the original 18th century building was torn apart in the 1848 Revolution.
While the outside is discreet, the interior is exuberant as it gets.
Your attention will be stolen by the iconostasis framing 33 icons and centred on two epic throne icons by the Realist Paja Jovanović.
You can also ponder the church’s frescos, painted by another prominent Serbian artist and member of the Munich school, Stevan Aleksić.
A must if you want a taste of Serbian art.
This gallery is run by Matica Srpska, Serbia’s leading cultural institution, and contains what is considered to be the richest collection of Serbian art anywhere.
These works are mostly from the 1500s to the 1900s and run the gamut from modern art and sculpture back to post-Byzantine icons.
The gallery draws on a vast archive of more than 7,000 pieces, so also stages new temporary exhibitions every few months.
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The Gallery of Matica Srpska
1 Trg GalerijaA must if you want a taste of Serbian art.
This gallery is run by Matica Srpska, Serbia’s leading cultural institution, and contains what is considered to be the richest collection of Serbian art anywhere.
These works are mostly from the 1500s to the 1900s and run the gamut from modern art and sculpture back to post-Byzantine icons.
The gallery draws on a vast archive of more than 7,000 pieces, so also stages new temporary exhibitions every few months.
Less than half an hour southeast of Novi Sad the right bank of the Danube becomes mountainous as you venture into pasture, woodland and vineyards, all protected by a National Park.
This is Fruška Gora, a massif interrupting the Pannonian Basin.
Riesling and Traminer grapes are grown on these slopes, which 90 million years ago were the shores of an ancient island in the Pannonian Sea.
Families head to Fruška Gora on summer days for walks, camping trips and barbecues.
You can also download a list of 15 orthodox monasteries, most from the 15th and 16th centuries, hidden in the woodland and ready to be tracked down.
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Fruska Gora
Less than half an hour southeast of Novi Sad the right bank of the Danube becomes mountainous as you venture into pasture, woodland and vineyards, all protected by a National Park.
This is Fruška Gora, a massif interrupting the Pannonian Basin.
Riesling and Traminer grapes are grown on these slopes, which 90 million years ago were the shores of an ancient island in the Pannonian Sea.
Families head to Fruška Gora on summer days for walks, camping trips and barbecues.
You can also download a list of 15 orthodox monasteries, most from the 15th and 16th centuries, hidden in the woodland and ready to be tracked down.
Another of Vojvodina’s prettiest towns is a few moments down the Danube and wrapped in vineyards.
Sremski Karlovci is a compact old town, easily tackled on foot and with churches, halls and palaces that survived 1848 unscathed and all have tale to tell.
You can get a taste for the local wine at caves like Podrum Bajilo and the Zivanovic Wine Cellar, which also has a museum to bee-keeping.
But Sremski Karlovci’s fame lies in its cultural institutions and Serbian identity.
The town became a centre for learning in the late-18th century, when Serbia’s first Gymnasium (Grammar School) was established here.
Cultural figures like the poet Branko Radičević were educated here, and the library has one of the greatest archives of the Serbian written word in the world.
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Sremski Karlovci
Another of Vojvodina’s prettiest towns is a few moments down the Danube and wrapped in vineyards.
Sremski Karlovci is a compact old town, easily tackled on foot and with churches, halls and palaces that survived 1848 unscathed and all have tale to tell.
You can get a taste for the local wine at caves like Podrum Bajilo and the Zivanovic Wine Cellar, which also has a museum to bee-keeping.
But Sremski Karlovci’s fame lies in its cultural institutions and Serbian identity.
The town became a centre for learning in the late-18th century, when Serbia’s first Gymnasium (Grammar School) was established here.
Cultural figures like the poet Branko Radičević were educated here, and the library has one of the greatest archives of the Serbian written word in the world.
Coffee shop
Čarolija Kafe
16A FruškogorskaThe best coffee in town
Loft Downtown, Coffee & Food Bar
2 NjegoševaGreat coffee and brunch
Кафетерија
21000 LovćenskaGreat coffee
Festival
Much more than just a music festival, EXIT began at the Petrovaradin Fortress in 2000 as a protest movement against the government of Slobodan Milošević, who was overthrown in October of that year.
As far as music goes, what began as mostly electronic has embraced every other genre, from hip-hop to folk, reggae, metal and alternative rock.
The roll-call of bands and artists to have played EXIT is staggering and includes Snoop Dogg, the White Stripes, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Morrissey, Patti Smith, Massive Attack and many more.
The festival lasts for five days at the start of July: There are three main stages, one for rock and pop, another for dance and finally one for hardcore and metal.
Side events, dj sets and acoustic gigs can be caught all over the city.
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Festival Exit
Much more than just a music festival, EXIT began at the Petrovaradin Fortress in 2000 as a protest movement against the government of Slobodan Milošević, who was overthrown in October of that year.
As far as music goes, what began as mostly electronic has embraced every other genre, from hip-hop to folk, reggae, metal and alternative rock.
The roll-call of bands and artists to have played EXIT is staggering and includes Snoop Dogg, the White Stripes, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Morrissey, Patti Smith, Massive Attack and many more.
The festival lasts for five days at the start of July: There are three main stages, one for rock and pop, another for dance and finally one for hardcore and metal.
Side events, dj sets and acoustic gigs can be caught all over the city.
Going out
Laze Telečkog
Laze TelečkogMain party street with a lot of pubs and clubs.
Food scene
Veliki Cafe Restaurant
24 Nikole PašićaTraditional Serbian cuisine. Top restaurant!
Local and international cuisine with excellent wine offer.
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Project 72 Wine & Deli
15 KosovskaLocal and international cuisine with excellent wine offer.
Цубо концепт бар и ресторан
16 StrumičkaAmazing international restaurant
Gondola
18 Bulevar Mihajla PupinaGreat Italian restaurant
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