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District guide · Belgrade

Stari Grad

Stari Grad is one of three central municipalities of Belgrade, encompassing some of the city's oldest urban sections. The Beograđska Tvrđava fortress, Narodni m...

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Editorial responsibility: Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

Stari Grad is one of three central municipalities of Belgrade, encompassing some of the city's oldest urban sections. The Beograđska Tvrđava fortress, Narodni muzej Srbije and Vojni muzej stand among its catalogued places. The district contains significant historical monuments, religious sites and cultural institutions that reflect Belgrade's layered past.

Checked 2026-09-04

Practical information

Language spoken
Serbian
Written in both Cyrillic and Latin; English is understood in tourist districts
Dialling code
+381 11
Belgrade landlines; drop the leading 0 of 011 when calling from abroad
Currency
Serbian dinar (RSD)
Euros are not accepted; cards are widely taken in Belgrade
Emergency number
112
One number across the country; 194 reaches an ambulance directly
Plug type
Type C and F · 230 V
Standard European two-pin
Tap water
Not recorded
No verified national source in the dataset

Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

  1. National Museum of Serbia National Museum of Serbia
    02 2 hr 30 min

    National Museum of Serbia

    Народни музеј Србије

    The National Museum is the oldest and largest museum in Serbia, and it was shut for fifteen years. It was founded on 10 May 1844.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  2. Belgrade Military Museum Belgrade Military Museum
    03 1 hr 30 min

    Belgrade Military Museum

    Војни музеј

    Belgrade Military Museum occupies a distinctive building on the upper terrace of Kalemegdan, within the Belgrade Fortress grounds. Its setting is part of the experience: the museum combines indoor historical galleries with heavy weapons displayed outside around the building.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  3. Princess Ljubica's Residence Princess Ljubica's Residence
    04 1 hour

    Princess Ljubica's Residence

    Конак кнегиње Љубице

    Princess Ljubica’s Residence is an 1830 house commissioned as a representative court for the Obrenović dynasty. Hadži Nikola Živković, Prince Miloš Obrenović’s official builder, designed and supervised its construction.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  4. Ethnographic Museum Ethnographic Museum
    05 1 hr 30 min

    Ethnographic Museum

    Етнографски музеј

    Belgrade’s Ethnographic Museum is a focused introduction to everyday culture in Serbia and the wider South Slavic world.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  5. National Theatre in Belgrade National Theatre in Belgrade
    06 45 min

    National Theatre in Belgrade

    Народно позориште у Београду

    The National Theatre opened on Republic Square in 1868, modelled by the architect Aleksandar Bugarski on Milan's La Scala and Moscow's Bolshoi rather than on a local precedent, at a time when Serbia was asserting itself as a modern European…

    • Must see
    • Art and culture venue

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·