NOVI SAD

Novi Sad, is the city in the Vojvodina, northern Serbian province, is placed on the banks of river Danube, next to the national park Fruška Gora. Twenty percent of the entire Vojvodinian poOpatijation lives in Novi Sad.

What differentiate Novi Sad from other cities in Serbia is a wide diversity of nationalities, cultures and religions. Five Orthodox churches, Jewish synagogue and Catholic cathedral in the very heart of Novi Sad symbolize the multiculturalism of this city.
As the second biggest city in Serbia, Novi Sad is becoming the main cultural center in country and bears the name Serbian Athens. Some of the main cultural events that take place in Novi Sad every year are “Sterijino pozorje” (theatre festival), traditional “Zmajeve decije igre” (children's festival) and, of course, the famous “EXIT” – one of the best music festivals in Europe. We can mention with a great pride that Novi Sad was also a host of the European Basketball Championship in 2005. These and many other events largely contribute the image of Novi Sad, Vojvodina and entire country.
Novi Sad is a university city, a city of museums, galleries, libraries, theatres…It is a center of well developed journalistic and publishing industries, radio and television. Novi Sad is the seat of Matica Srpska and a city of fairs with many traditional and worldwide recognized international manifestations. It is a railway and road crossing on the main international railroad from Athens, i.e. Istanbul to Budapest.

The historic Petrovaradin Fortress is built high on the banks of the River Danube, offering stunning views over the city of Novi Sad. It is an ancient fortress site originally occupied by the Romans, and re-built by the Austro Hungarian Empire to defend against the Turks in the 17th Century.

Petrovaradin Fortress (Gibraltar on Danube) was finished after 98 years of works in 1780. The idea for its construction came from Marquise Sebastian Voban (a French army leader and architect). Tsar Leopold began work on its construction, but it was finished by tsar Josef, son of empress Maria Teresa. It received its first crew in 1702 (a regiment of Hungarian hussars, light cavalry and units of Serbian hayduks). During the first and the Second World War it was a military garrison and that is what it remained until 1951, when it was turned into a civilian object, used for cultural, artistic and tourist purposes. The Clock Tower (Sahat Kula), a monumental object on the bastion of St. Lui (Ludvig of Baden) dominates the whole military fortress.

Eastern Europe Destinations

Croatia
Zagreb
Dubrovnik
Split
Zadar
Opatija

Montenegro
Podgorica
Bar
Budva
Sv.Stefan
Kotor
Perast
Ulcinj
Cetinje
Durmitor
Kolasin

Serbia
Beograd
Novi Sad
Zlatibor
Kopaonik

Bosnia & Hercegovina
Sarajevo
Mostar
Banja Luka
Jahorina