Belgrade 2.0

Belgrade 2.0 Linkage

Balkans

• A 22 year old bundle of contradictions blogs about Bosnia.

• Anthony is ready for his Balkan Break.

• Bill Gates in Sarajevo (via Bosnia Blog)

• Show business, ethnopolitics, and sometimes both at once: Illyrian Gazette.

• There's a new blog in town: Impressions from Kosovo. So far it's got only one lengthy report, but check it out, it looks promising.

• Another good blog to keep track of: Luna returns from Belgrade to Kosovo and she's got some cool pictures to share with us. via GVO

• Macedonian and other Balkan vines finally discovered in the west... "Good morning, Columbus." Found it on Yahti

• Our man in Tirana writes about the preparations for G.W. Bush visit.

• Very informative site and blog about Sarajevo. Check it out!

• Another blog from the region, with frequent tips for travelers. Well worth subscribing to.

Belgrade

• An interesting new hostel in Belgrade - boathouse ArkaBarka. Check it out!

• Belgrade fair hosts many exibitions and events throughout the year.

• Besides Carine's superb guide to Belgrade in French that we mentioned earlier here, Owen points us to another fantastic French blog about Belgrade - Le Belgradois for all you French speaking crowd out there.

• Useful internet guide to Belgrade and an accompanying book - "How to Conquer Belgrade".

• Fetish club party at an unknown club in Belgrade (NSFW).

• Carine a écrit un superbe guide, ne manquez pas d'y jetter un coup d'oeil: Trivago guide de Belgrade

• If you wish to experience the city of Belgrade through running and cycling, Hermes can offer advice and company.

• While we wait for the guys from In Your Pocket make a new guide through Belgrade, take a look at their good, but old Instant guide through Belgrade, saved here on Scribd.

• Eniac points me to a great Belgrade souvenir suggestion - Pobednička kecelja

• Lucy aka Lucija blogs on various topics from Belgrade.

• Metro: Hip Belgrade deserves all the buzz.

• Official Belgrade site

• The very best interactive Belgrade map there is - you can find it on Plan Plus website (previous version of the map is right here)

• Enjoy Belgrade with an experienced guide.

• Belgrade Car Show 2007 starts on 23rd of March at Belgrade fair and will last until 1st of April. You can see some photos here, made by Dinke.

• Tourist Organization Belgrade

• Yankee in Belgrade - a compelling photo-a-day blog in browsers near you.

• Another site/blog that ends up in our blogroll: Zofona - lots of info on Belgrade and Serbia from a Dutch family.

B/H/S Blogs

• Nune

• Biljana Srbljanovic

• Jasmina Tesanovic

• Biznis blog

• Mracni

• BM4BP

• Yahti

• Ivan "Burek" Minic

• Latest Serbian blogosphere buzz: new video by BS - here, here, here, here, and here. And here.

• Check this out: Dejan Bizinger's interview with Bruce Sterling where he makes all sorts of connections between technology, future, internet and Belgrade. Food for thoughts.

• Blogowski BlogSessions (sr).

• Samo malo

• Belgrade 2.0 in Serbian language is on.

Culture

• Rapper 50 Cent will perform in Belgrade Arena on the 6th of November, ticket prices 1800 and 2000 din (22 and 25 EUR).

• Aleksandra Kovac wins MTV Europe music video award.

• Wanna own a piece of history? The excavator that became one of the symbols of the October the 5th revolution in Serbia can be yours for only ninety thousand euros.

• Beastie Boys and Wu Tang Clan confirm their Exit Festival gigs in Novi Sad, Serbia.

• Belgrade Design Week will be held from 7th-12th of May this year.

• Need a rock concert manager in Serbia? This is the man you need. Read also what it's like to tour Serbia and do 15 gigs in 16 days.

• Charlestone and Vendetta trailer. Via Doba nevinosti

• After a month-long break, one of the best clubbing sites in the region is online again.

• Looking for contemporary Balkan music? CrossMIC is the place for you to explore. via CrossRadio

• Nikoleta Markovic: Making Dorcol prettier, one elevator at a time.

• Little bit about the hip hop scene in Belgrade.

• Visit one Indie-Go! night in "Ana 4 pistolja" on saturdays and you are hooked for good.

• Juliette and the Licks in Belgrade 31st of May, SKC.

• Kool & the Gang performs in Belgrade Arena on the 7th of November, ticket price 1800 din (22 eur).

• Dusan and Kata are making Belgrade a more beautiful place.

• Find out what's hot in Belgrade when it comes to music.

• It'll be interesting to see Lost in Transition documentary once it is finished. Follow the production blog here.

• Iron Maiden ready to rock Belgrade, March 14th. Ticket sales for Belgrade Arena from January 24th. Price - 2600 din (~33 EUR)

• Seems like Kostunica made it to at least one song - he always wanted to be rememberd in history though, so this is a good start.

• Queeria 2007 calendar Friends: Prijatelji

• If you are in Amsterdam between Dec. 13-15. , you might want to check out A Rough Guide to Belgrade presentation.

• RHCP confirm their Serbia concert scheduled for 26th of June in Indjija. Ticket price: 1990din (25eur) for the first 15K people, 2790din(35eur) later, 3990din (50eur) on the day of the concert. You can buy or order tickets from 4th of March on Ticketline or Exit festival site.

• Belgrade Book fair will be held from 24.-30. October

• Internet bussiness conference and expo is being planned in Serbia.

• 
  First skate park in Serbia is about to open in Zajecar, 6th of July, more info here and here on Skate Serbia.

• Serbian slang dictionary in web2.0 style: Vukajlija. Found at Blogowski

• It seems as if this time it's for real: Rolling Stones set to perform in Belgrade, Serbia on 14th of July (The Hippodrome). Rumors say they will play in Budva, Montenegro on 9th of July (Jaz beach). Ticket price:2850 and 4350 din for Belgrade gig and 50 EUR for Budva concert (not confirmed yet).

• Net food delivery service Donesi.com just started working.

• Making Belgrade prettier, one trafo at a time. Thanks, TKV!

• Lots of great Belgrade street art on Transgresor's photo album. If you understand Serbian check out his great blog too.

International Blogs

• Alex is thinking about Belgrade a lot these days.

• Help Chris Farmer find book-ends in Serbia.

• Heading to Ljubljana? Inform yourself first about all the perils at Carniola

• Chiara writes about her experiences in Belgrade and Sarajevo.

• Two more Frenchies: Carnet de bord des élections serbes and Blog de veille sur les droits de l'Homme en Serbie. via Alen

• Rosemary at her new B92 blog writes about sites pointing to various funny facts about Serbs and gets tons of various funny facts in comments.

• Week-end à Belgrade - 1ère et 2ème partie. (By Gaylor, in French language)

• Another one hits the blogroll: Prle i Tihi (or just one of them) blogging about Belgrade and Serbia all the way from Brazil.

• Pengovsky analyzes the Kosovo situation - check out this Slovenian blog for more good regional insight.

• Scot Pollard's not blog, but journal (remember, not blog!) from Serbia.

• Why is this news? I'm sure you can buy that at any fleamarket in the world.

• John Fitzgerald's exclusive tennis in Belgrade blog.

• Two more international non-English blogs about the Balkans region: Cafe Turco and Sipi and Timi. See if you can understand something over there. If not, at least most of the pictures are great. (found them via Anegdote)

Photoblogs

• Alan Grant made a lot of photos during his trips through Serbia. Check it out.

• Hunderds of great Belgrade photos on Andrej Filev's flickr.

• More Belgrade pictures by Biliana Rakocevic

• Some incredible photos by Boogie. Check 'Belgrade' and 'Protest' sections.

• Izzeta sends a friend to Belgrade and he makes some photos

• Christina and Daniel's pictures from Balkan

• Two great daily photo blogs of Belgrade: Belgrade Daily Photo and Jedna fotka na dan. Add them to your feed reader!

• Two sides of Belgrade at Danica's flickr - on & underneath the surface.

• Red Star - Partizan derby picture collection by Jon Hall.

• Street still life in Belgrade, captured by Escapista on flickr

• Another good photoblog with pics from Belgrade, and some other Balkan cities, made by Garrett.

• Bunch of great photos from the anti-independence protest in Belgrade at liduss' profile (via Media Mix)

• Take a look at the great Marinowski photo blog, with pics mostly from Palic, Vojvodina. (via Dragana)

• Another cool gallery of Belgrade and Serbia by Maxivida

• Some incredible photos of Belgrade by Nikola Mrdalj.

• Belgrade photographer Goran Tomasevic wins 1st prize at Reuters best photo competition. (found at Personalmag.)

• Red Star - Hajduk Kula football riot with a short report on Johndoe40's flickr

• Sara's Belgrade photos and travelogue.

• Check out another great "from the hip" photoblog: Shooterama - amateur and proud of it.

• Ninetynine great Serbia photos and counting - at this flickr gallery by svetslike

• Another flickr gallery that looks interesting - Ivan Todorovski. You can check out photos of Belgrade in the left sidebar of Belgrade 2.0 updated in real-time on flickr.

• See all Belgrade photos on TrekEarth.

• Belgrade is one of the most surprising cities I've ever met, says Ricardo.

Serbia

• 43 Places - Serbia

• Amber and Matthew's adventure in Serbia (and Slovakia).

• B92 News from Serbia in English

• Tons of usefull info for tourists on Backpack Serbia website.

• Want do some backpacking accross Serbia? Try contacting the Backpackers' association for more info.

• Balkanfile blog description says it all: Adam is a graduate of Serbian studies and fell in love with Serbia during his year abroad. He is a self-confessed 'Serbophile', obsessed with Serbia and the rest of ex-Yugoslavia (plus Albania for good measure).

• If you are planning to go camping in Serbia, than please visit Camping Association of Serbia before your trip.

• Novi Sad guide with reviews of all the cafes and clubs and restaurants - so far in Serbian only.

• Winter season starts in Kursumlija's spas.

• Short comparison between Serbian and American healthcare system.

• A Brit “gone bush” takes an amateur look at mountain biking in Serbia

• Serbian cuisine page updated with a short video of Novak Djokovic guiding you through national cuisine and customs.

• Besides great new site design, Pescanik now has a section in English.

• Check out another blogroll-worthy effort: Rosemary Bailey Brown writes about life in Serbia, business opportunities, and of course, shoes.

• Sandra is demystifying Serbian design one post at a time. (via Global voices)

• Jonatan of Limbic Nutrition blog discovers such a trivial connection between Serbia and Ireland that you gotta love it.

• Great tourist info on Serbia's northern province, Vojvodina

Transportation

• First Serbian low budget CentAvia announces first flights.

• If you're traveling by train to Serbia you might want to consider Interrail pass - saves money.

• Another low budget airline, Norwegian Air Shuttle announces new route: Oslo - Belgrade.

• Sea travelers can come by ferry to Montenegro or Croatia.

Travelogs

• So...this is Serbia - LA times, June 2006

• Belgrade rocks! - The New York Times, October 2005

• CNN Traveler - Belgrade in November 2003

• The Observer - Belgrade in November 2004 & April 2005

• The Independent - Belgrade in May 2001

• NY Metro - The 10-Point Escape Plan: Belgrade

• Movement Magazine - A brief History of Belgrade

• Lee Abbamonte's brief encounter with the law enforcement in Belgrade.

• Balkanbaby Belgrade travelogue - May 2006

• Expedition360 buzzes through Serbia on bicycles.

• Michael has some advice on how to avoid being ripped off by Belgrade taxi drivers.

• Jonatan wonders if Michael Palin's visit in November will have a significant effect on number of tourists in Belgrade.

• Michael's middle east journal from Belgrade - lot's of first impressions.

• Belgrade - A view through a rear-view mirror (pdf).

• 25 travel and photo blogs from Belgrade on this page.

• Triton travelogue de Belgrade - part un et deux.

• Short guide to Serbia for beginners by Benjamin Cunningham at Viator

• Xtraveler gives some advice on how to spend 8 hours in Belgrade and make most of it.