Novi Sad - city of culture
Welcome to Novi Sad
The cultural capital of Vojvodina or Serbian Athens, as its citizens used to call it in the past, Novi Sad is a little big city. Even though it's relatively small, Novi Sad is tremendously charming, perhaps much because of this blend of traditional and modern ways that have coexisted in this city for a long time. It is also one of the reasons why many visitors come to get to know it better, have fun and sometimes stay for good.
Novi Sad is the city of theaters, museums, galleries, interesting cafés, unusual restaurants, little parks, business centers and the Fair which annualy holds around 30 international exhibitions.
The most famous locations in Novi Sad are Dunavska, Zmaj Jovina and Laze Teleckog street, the Petrovaradin Fortress, Strand - the most beautiful beach on the Danube, quay..
Cultural and historic sights
The City Hall, the Bishop's Palace, monument to poet Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj, the Orthodox Cathedral dedicated to St. George, Catholic Churchyard, the Petrovaradin Fortress, monument to Svetozar Miletic (former Mayor of Novi Sad, writer and politician), the White House of the Banovina, the Square of the Newlyweds, the Endowment of Orthodox Bishop Platon.
Events
EXIT - International Music Festival, NOMUS - Music Festival, Sterijino pozorje - Theater Festival, Novosadski Jazz festival - Novi Sad Jazz Festival, Zmajeve decje igre - Children's Theater Festival, Medjunarodni festival ulicnih sviraca - International Street Musicians' Festival.
Novi Sad surroundings
Petrovaradin-Kovilj marsh - The pearl of the Danube
Fruska Gora - National park with 16 Orthodox monasteries and 14 lakes.
Sremski Karlovci - a town in the close proximity to Novi Sad and former capital of Serbia, religious center with churches, castels and wine cellars. While also nearby Sremska Kamenica is the birth place of a famous poet Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj.
Salasi - The lighthouses of the Panonian plain and symbols of the traditional life in Vojvodina will make your stay in Novi Sad and its surroundings unforgettable.
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