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Museum of Yugoslav History
Музеј Југославије
Museum of Yugoslav History is the former name of a Dedinje complex now officially called the Museum of Yugoslavia.
- Must see
- Museum
- Savski Venac
City guide · Serbia
Belgrade
Belgrade is 389.12 km² holding 1,197,714 people, and it stands on the point where the Sava runs into the Danube. That confluence is why the city exists and why it has been fought over so relentlessly: it has been battled over in 115 wars and razed 44 times. The name Beograd means white city. The administrative area holds 1,682,720 people across 3,234.96 km² in 17 municipalities. The part a visitor uses is a fraction of that — the old town on the ridge above the rivers, and the streets running down from it.
Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor
Practical information
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
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Set your days, your pace and the hours you actually want to be out. The planner works around closing days and travel time, and leaves room to eat.
Planning a visit
- Suggested stay
- 2–3 days
- Getting around
- Tram, bus and on foot
- January: viable with meaningful trade-offs
- February: viable with meaningful trade-offs
- March: good time to visit
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- May: best time to visit
- June: good time to visit
- July: viable with meaningful trade-offs
- August: viable with meaningful trade-offs
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- November: good time to visit
- December: viable with meaningful trade-offs
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- Good time
- Viable with trade-offs
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Sources
- hidmet.gov.rs Checked 2026-08-28
Top things to see
Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.
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32 places match
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Typical visit duration
Interests
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02 1 hr 30 minBoat to the meeting of the Sava and the Danube
Belgrade exists because of a corner of water. The Sava comes in from the west, the Danube runs down from the north, and the ridge where they meet has been fortified by everyone who has held it since the Celts.
- Must see
- Activity
- Savski Venac
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03 1 hr 30 minKnez Mihailova Street
Knez Mihailova Street is Belgrade's principal pedestrian and historic thoroughfare, forming an independent urban walk through the city centre. The street connects Republic Square with Kalemegdan Park and the Belgrade Fortress.
- Must see
- Historic monument
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04 1 hr 30 minSkadarlija
Skadarlija is a preserved bohemian quarter in central Belgrade, Serbia. The cobblestone street dates to the nineteenth century and developed as a gathering place for writers, artists, and musicians.
- Must see
- Historic monument
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05 2 hoursMuseum of Contemporary Art
Музеј савремене уметности
The Museum of Contemporary Art occupies a distinctive faceted building in Ušće park, New Belgrade, at the confluence of the Sava and Danube.
- Must see
- Museum
- New Belgrade
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06 1 hr 30 minBelgrade 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
- Stari Grad
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07 1 hr 30 minEthnographic 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
- Stari Grad
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08 1 hr 30 minRoyal Palace
Краљевски двор
The Royal Palace was built between 1912 and 1929 in Dedinje for King Alexander I Karađorđević, its construction interrupted by the Balkan Wars and the First World War and finished only after Alexander proclaimed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929.
- Must see
- Museum
- Savski Venac
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09 1 hr 30 minHouse of Flowers
Кућа цвећа
The House of Flowers is Tito's grave, and it was built as a greenhouse.
- Must see
- Museum
- Savski Venac
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10 1 hr 30 minBeli dvor
Бели двор
Beli dvor, the White Palace, was built between 1934 and 1937 in Dedinje as the private residence of Prince Regent Paul of Yugoslavia, who ruled as regent for the young King Peter II from 1934 to 1941.
- Must see
- Historic monument
- Savski Venac
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11 2 hoursAtelje 212
Атеље 212
Atelje 212 is a repertory theatre in central Belgrade, opened on 12 November 1956 with a staging of Goethe's Faust directed by Mira Trailović.
- Must see
- Art and culture venue
- Stari Grad
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12 1 hr 30 minMuseum of Applied Arts
Музеј примењене уметности
The Museum of Applied Art on Vuka Karadžića street holds over 37,000 objects spanning 2,400 years of applied art, founded on 6 November 1950. Its oldest pieces are Ancient Greek coins from the fourth century BC.
- Must see
- Museum
- Stari Grad
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13 1 hr 30 minKafana ?
Кафана „?”
Kafana “?” is Belgrade's oldest still-operating tavern, and it wears its name as a scar from a fight with the church across the street.
- Must see
- Restaurant or café
- Stari Grad
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14 1 hr 30 minMuseum of Ivo Andrić
Музеј Иве Андрића
The Museum of Ivo Andrić is a memorial museum in Belgrade dedicated to Ivo Andrić, the writer and Nobel Prize laureate whose work is central to Yugoslav and Serbian literary memory.
- Must see
- Museum
- Stari Grad
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15 2 hoursBelgrade City Museum
Музеј града Београда
The Belgrade City Museum (Muzej grada Beograda) was founded in 1903, when the city assembly voted to build a collection documenting Belgrade itself rather than the wider Serbian state.
- Must see
- Museum
- Savski Venac
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16 1 hr 30 minBelgrade Post Museum
ПТТ музеј
Belgrade Post Museum presents Serbia’s postal, telegraph and telephone heritage through historical equipment, documents and postal artefacts. The museum occupies the ground floor of the First Telephone Exchange building at Majke Jevrosime 13, at the corner of Palmotićeva Street.
- Must see
- Museum
- Stari Grad
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17 2 hoursYugoslav Film Archive
Југословенска кинотека
At Uzun Mirkova 1 beside Student Square, the Yugoslav Film Archive brings together a permanent museum exhibition and a working cinema institution.
- Must see
- Entertainment venue
- Stari Grad
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18 1 hr 30 minMemorial Museum of Nadežda and Rastko Petrović
Музеј Надежде и Растка Петровића
The Memorial Museum of Nadežda and Rastko Petrović occupies the Petrović family home at Ljube Stojanovića 25 in Belgrade’s Professor’s Colony.
- High
- Museum
- Palilula
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19 1 hr 30 minMuseum of pedagogy in Belgrade
Педагошки музеј
The Museum of Pedagogy in Belgrade is devoted to the history of Serbian schooling. Its permanent exhibition, The Ten Centuries of the Serbian School, follows education in Serbia from the 9th century to the beginning of the 20th century.
- High
- Museum
- Stari Grad
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20 1 hr 30 minHouse of King Peter I of Serbia
Кућа Краља Петра
House of King Peter I of Serbia is a historic villa in Senjak with a specific royal history.
- High
- Museum
- Savski Venac
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21 1 hr 30 minMuseum of Theatrical Arts of Serbia
Музеј позоришне уметности
The Museum of Theatrical Arts of Serbia is a specialist Belgrade institution that preserves the country’s theatre memory through objects, images, documents, and recorded material.
- Notable
- Museum
- Stari Grad
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22 1 hr 30 minMuseum of Paja Jovanović
Музеј Паје Јовановића
The Museum of Paja Jovanović is a compact Belgrade collection devoted to the Serbian painter Paja Jovanović.
- Notable
- Museum
- Vračar
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23 1 hr 30 minMuseum of Science and Technology Belgrade
Музеј науке и технике
The Museum of Science and Technology Belgrade is a specialist museum at Skenderbegova 51, devoted to the material history of science, technology and everyday technical life.
- Notable
- Museum
- Stari Grad
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24 1 hr 30 minMemorial Museum Jovan Cvijić
Музеј Јована Цвијића
Memorial Museum Jovan Cvijić occupies the Belgrade house where the geographer Jovan Cvijić lived and worked. At Jelene Ćetković 5 in Kopitareva gradina, the address identifies a personal domestic setting rather than a purpose-built museum complex.
- Notable
- Museum
- Stari Grad
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25 1 hr 30 minMuseum of Illusions
Музеј илузија
Museum of Illusions is an interactive attraction at Nušićeva 11 in central Belgrade, built around visual perception, balance and the ways the brain interprets space.
- Notable
- Museum
- Stari Grad
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26 1 hr 30 minMuseum of Chocolate Belgrade
Музеј чоколаде
Museum of Chocolate Belgrade is a themed museum devoted to the history, production and enjoyment of chocolate.
- Notable
- Museum
- Stari Grad
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27 1 hr 30 minMuseum of Genocide Victims in Belgrade
Музеј жртава геноцида
- High
- Museum
- Stari Grad
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28 1 hr 30 minMuseum of Draža Mihailović
Музеј Драже Михаиловића
- High
- Museum
- Zvezdara
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29 2 hoursNovi Bioskop Zvezda
Нови биоскоп Звезда
- High
- Entertainment venue
- Stari Grad
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Dino Park Kalemegdan – Jura Avantura 30 2 hoursDino Park Kalemegdan – Jura Avantura
Дино парк Калемегдан – Јура авантура
- Notable
- Entertainment venue
- Stari Grad
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Jazz Bar Sinatra 31 2 hoursJazz Bar Sinatra
- Notable
- Nightlife venue
- Stari Grad
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Queens Pub 32 2 hoursQueens Pub
- Notable
- Nightlife venue
- Stari Grad
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·
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Where to base yourself
District boundaries come from OSM administrative relations, so a district page holds exactly the places inside it — plus, for the islands and the coast, the nearest district by proximity.
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Stari Grad
- Places
- 571
- Across the district
- 35 min
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Savski Venac
- Places
- 222
- Across the district
- 1 hr 24 min
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New Belgrade
- Places
- 184
- Across the district
- 2 hours
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Vračar
- Places
- 135
- Across the district
- 40 min
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Zemun
- Places
- 127
- Across the district
- 4 hr 56 min
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Palilula
- Places
- 131
- Across the district
- 7 hr 42 min
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Zvezdara
- Places
- 116
- Across the district
- 1 hr 48 min
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Čukarica
- Places
- 95
- Across the district
- 3 hr 6 min
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Voždovac
- Places
- 87
- Across the district
- 4 hr 29 min
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Rakovica
- Places
- 60
- Across the district
- 1 hr 55 min
How the city is laid out
Two Belgrades, split by the Sava.
Old Belgrade sits on the ridge on the right bank, above the confluence. The fortress is at the point; Stari Grad, the old town, runs back from it; Vračar rises behind that with the Church of Saint Sava on top; Dorćol drops north towards the Danube and Savamala south towards the Sava.
New Belgrade is on the left bank of the Sava, built from 1948 onward on empty ground to demonstrate that Yugoslavia was at the forefront of progress. It is towers and boulevards on a grid and it is a different city.
Zemun, further up the Danube on the left bank, was a separate town under Austria-Hungary until the twentieth century and still reads as one — low houses, a hill with a tower, and the border of an empire running through it.
Checked 2026-08-23
Getting around
Trams, buses, trolleybuses and walking. There is no metro.
A metro has been discussed for decades and is not in operation; anyone reading about the Belgrade metro is reading about a construction programme, not a way to get across the city today.
The old town is compact and the walk from the fortress to the Church of Saint Sava takes about half an hour, all of it through the parts a visitor came for. New Belgrade and Zemun need transport.
Taxis are cheap by western European standards and are the usual way across the river at night.
Checked 2026-08-23
Common questions
How many days does Belgrade need?
Two to three. Two cover the fortress, Kalemegdan, the old town and the Church of Saint Sava. A third adds Zemun on the Danube and a look at New Belgrade.
Is there a metro?
No. Belgrade runs trams, buses and trolleybuses, and a metro has been discussed for decades without entering service. The old town is walkable and taxis are cheap.
What does Beograd mean?
White city. The name is literal.
Why is the city so scarred?
It stands where the Sava meets the Danube, which made it the frontier between empires. It has been fought over in 115 wars and razed 44 times.
What is the difference between Old and New Belgrade?
The Sava. Old Belgrade is the ridge above the confluence with the fortress at its point. New Belgrade is on the left bank, built from 1948 on empty ground as a demonstration of Yugoslav modernity.
Which districts should I stay in?
Stari Grad for the old town, Vračar behind it for a quieter residential base, Dorćol towards the Danube and Savamala on the Sava for the nightlife. Zemun is a separate town in feel and is further out.