Country guide

Serbia

Serbia is landlocked, 88,499 square kilometres, about 6.5 million people, and its rivers explain it better than its borders do. Belgrade stands where the Sava meets the Danube, and the fortress, the old town and the river traffic all gather at that junction. North of the capital, Vojvodina is flat farmland with Novi Sad and its own fortress on the Danube; south of it the land climbs into hills, monasteries and spa towns that see far fewer foreign visitors. The country is crossed in a few hours, so Serbia is usually visited as Belgrade plus one more thing.

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

Cities

Every city catalogued in this country so far, ranked by how much there is to see.

Belgrade
Photograph · Vladimir Nolic · CC BY-SA 4.0

Belgrade 1,817 places

Practical information

Language spoken: Serbian; Written in both Cyrillic and Latin; English is understood in tourist districts
Dialling code: +381; The country code; each city adds its own area code
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