About Belgrade

Come to a city where you will feel at home

Pobednik

This is not a tourist slogan but the truth. We are not bearing in mind the well know Serbian hospitality that seems to grow with the number of kilometers our guest has made to come to Belgrade. Belgrade is an unusual mosaic built up by centuries of overlapping civilizations in which everyone finds at least something that reminds him of home, obviously wrapped up in the inimitable Belgrade charm.

There is no place in the world with such a natural combination of oriental passion and European finesse. Having stood on the path of many conquests going both from the East and from the West, Belgrade has been repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt, and has not the continuity of style and the elegance of similar European big cities. On the other hand, it has abundant vitality, sense of humor, curiosity. That' s why you will never get bored in Belgrade!

Climate

The Belgrade climate is moderate continental, with four seasons. The average annual air temperature is 11,9 0C. Autumn is longer than spring, with lengthy sunny and warm periods (Indian summer). Winter is not particularly harsh, and averages 21 one days with below zero temperatures. January is the coldest month of the year with an average temperature of 0,4 0C. Spring is rather short and rainy. Summer starts abruptly. The hottest months are July (21,7 0C) and August (21,3 0C).

Belgrade has a characteristic south-eastern and eastern wind called "košava", which brings fair and dry weather. It is most frequent in the fall and winter, lasting for 2-3 days. The average košava speed is 25-43 km/h, particularly when there is a high air pressure over Ukraine and Bessarabia, and low pressure over the Adriatic Sea.

Belgrade, has an annual average of 139 days with precipitation, including 27 days of snow. The most intense precipitaitions are in May and June, and in February they are the least. One-day rains are most frequent. The annual average of precipitations is 667,9 mm. The snow blanket averages 30 to 44 days, and its average thickness is 14-25 cm.

Time Zone

Belgrade lies in the central European time zone CET (GMT+1 hour).

The summer daylight saving time is from the end of March to the end of October (GMT+2 hours).

Working Hours

Banks and post offices

  • working days 08.00-19.00
  • Saturdays 08.00-15.00
  • Sundays only those on duty

Groceries

  • working days 06.30-20.00 (some also until 21.00)
  • Saturdays 06.30-18.00 (some also until 21.00)
  • Sundays 07.00-11.00 (some also until 13.00)

Markets

  • every day 06.00-17.00

Shops in shopping malls

  • working days 09.00-20.00

Department stores

  • working days 08.00-20.00
  • Saturdays 08.00-15.00
  • Sundays closed

Drugstores

  • open 00.00-24.00

Holidays

Holidays - non-working days:
1 & 2 January - New Year
7 January - first day of Orthodox Christmas
15 February (Visitation of the Virgin - Sretenje) - Serbian Statehood Day
1 & 2 May - Intl. Labor Day

Orthodox Easter - from Good Friday to the second day of Easter
On non-working holidays only shops and institutions on duty are open.

The are entitled not to work on their religious holidays, depending on their religion.

The Serbian Orthodox Church counts its Christian holidays according to the old - Julian calendar, differing from the Gregorian calendar by 14 days.

Holidays but working days:
27 January (St Sava) - Spirituality Day
9 May - Victory Day
28 June - St. Vitus Day

Currency

Currency

The official currency is the dinar (DIN) and 1 dinar consists of 100 para.

Coins: 50 para, 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 dinars
Paper bills: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 and 5000 dinars.

Currency exchange is performed by:

  • all the banks
  • all the post offices
  • exchange offices

Exchange rate:
1 EUR = 82 DIN
1 USD = 52 DIN


Express mail

PTT, Express mail service, Takovska 2, Tel: 9809
DHL, Omladinskih brigada 86, Tel: 318-1844

TNT, Cvijićeva 60, Tel: 769-232
FedEx, Autoput 22, Tel: 3149-075

Area codes

The area code number for Belgrade for national calls is 011.
The country code for Serbia and Montenegro in international communications is 381.
To place a call to Belgrade from abroad, the 0 should not be dialed, i.e. the area code number to dial is 381-11.
To place an international call dial 99 first, then the country code, then the area code for the city, and finally the phone number of the subscriber.

Mobile phone networks

Internet access numbers without account and settings, charged on the telephone bill

  • 041-910-910, username: 041, password: net
  • 041-555-555, username: 041, password: 555555
  • 041-912-912, username: any word, password: any word
  • 041-921-921 , username: 041, password: 921921
  • 9819 , username: beograd, password: bgd

Important phone numbers

  • Police - 92
  • Fire Department - 93
  • Ambulance - 94
  • Exact time - 95
  • Telegrams by telephone - 96
  • Long distance calls (national) - 900
  • Long distance calls (international) - 901
  • Malfunction of the phone line - 977
  • Automobile Club (AMSJ) road assistance - 987
  • Information - phone numbers (Belgrade) - 988
  • Wake-up calls - 9811
  • Information (various) - 9812
  • Medical Center Emergency Room - 3618-444
  • Belgrade Airport - 209-4444, 209-4000
  • JAT ticket reservations - 311-2123
  • Central Train Station - 2641-488, 2645-822
  • Belgrade Bus Station - 2636-299

Electric Current

  • Voltage 220 V ~
  • Frequency 50 Hz

Water

Tap water is safe and pleasant to drink.

Prices and Tips

The usual tip in Belgrade is up to 10%.

Taxi

  • BEOGRADSKI, Tel: 9801
  • BEOTAXI, Tel: 970
  • LUX, Tel: 328-4444
  • ŽUTI, Tel: 9802