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Serbia

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Photograph · Damir Simovic · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

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

Planning a visit

  1. January: seasonal closure recorded
  2. February: seasonal closure recorded
  3. March: seasonal closure recorded
  4. April: no seasonality data recorded
  5. May: no seasonality data recorded
  6. June: no seasonality data recorded
  7. July: no seasonality data recorded
  8. August: no seasonality data recorded
  9. September: no seasonality data recorded — this month
  10. October: seasonal closure recorded
  11. November: seasonal closure recorded
  12. December: seasonal closure recorded

Top things to see

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

  1. Nikola Tesla Museum Nikola Tesla Museum
    02 1 hour

    Nikola Tesla Museum

    Музеј Николе Тесле

    Nikola Tesla Museum is a memorial and science museum at Krunska 51 in Belgrade’s Vračar district, occupying a villa where Tesla’s archive and personal legacy are preserved.

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • Belgrade
  2. Gardoš Tower Gardoš Tower
    03 30 min

    Gardoš Tower

    Кула Гардош

    Gardoš Tower, also called the Millennium Tower and Kula Sibinjanin Janka, rises 36 metres above Gardoš Hill in Zemun.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  3. St. Mark's Church St. Mark's Church
    04 30 min

    St. Mark's Church

    Црква Светог Марка

    St. Mark's Church is a Serbian Orthodox church on Tašmajdan hill in central Belgrade, built between 1931 and 1940 to designs by the brothers Petar and Branko Krstić, both professors at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Architecture.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
    • Belgrade
  4. Museum of African Art Museum of African Art
    05 1 hour

    Museum of African Art

    Музеј афричке уметности

    The Museum of African Art occupies a villa at Andre Nikolića 14 in Senjak, on Topčider Hill, and is devoted entirely to African cultures and arts.

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • Belgrade
  5. Princess Ljubica's Residence Princess Ljubica's Residence
    06 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
    • Belgrade
  6. Ruins of the National Library of Serbia
    07 15 min

    Ruins of the National Library of Serbia

    Рушевине Народне библиотеке из нацистичког бомбардовања 1941.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  7. Singidunum Singidunum
    08 30 min

    Singidunum

    Антички Сингидунум

    Singidunum is the Roman name for the fortified settlement that stood on the ridge now occupied by Belgrade Fortress, at the point where the Sava River meets the Danube.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  8. Semlin concentration camp Semlin concentration camp
    09 45 min

    Semlin concentration camp

    Сабирни логор Сајмиште

    Staro Sajmište was a trade fair before it was a camp, and people live on the site now.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  9. Prince Mihailo Monument Prince Mihailo Monument
    10 15 min

    Prince Mihailo Monument

    Споменик кнезу Михаилу

    The Monument to Prince Mihailo is a bronze equestrian statue standing at the centre of Republic Square, Belgrade's main square.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  10. Museum of Vuk and Dositej Museum of Vuk and Dositej
    11 45 min

    Museum of Vuk and Dositej

    Музеј Вука и Доситеја

    The Museum of Vuk and Dositej is a single-house museum in the Stari Grad district of Belgrade dedicated to two figures of the Serbian Enlightenment: Dositej Obradović (1742–1811), writer and Serbia's first Minister of Education, and Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864)…

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • Belgrade
  11. Residence of Prince Miloš Residence of Prince Miloš
    12 45 min

    Residence of Prince Miloš

    Конак кнеза Милоша Обреновића

    The Residence of Prince Miloš was built between 1830 and 1834 for Miloš Obrenović, the prince who led Serbia's second uprising against Ottoman rule and secured its autonomy, and it is one of the few surviving buildings from that transitional…

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • Belgrade
  12. St. Michael's Cathedral St. Michael's Cathedral
    13 20 min

    St. Michael's Cathedral

    Саборни храм Светог архангела Михаила

    St. Michael's Cathedral is the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Belgrade, built between 1837 and 1845 on the site of an earlier church destroyed in the Ottoman era.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
    • Belgrade
  13. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade
    14 5 min

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade

    Београдска надбискупија

    This building on Svetozara Markovića street is the Episcopal Palace, seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belgrade — the Roman Catholic archdiocese covering Central Serbia, with the Diocese of Subotica and the Diocese of Zrenjanin as its suffragans.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
    • Belgrade
  14. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
    15 20 min

    Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

    Храм Светог Александра Невског

    The Church of St. Alexander Nevsky is a Serbian Orthodox parish church in Belgrade's Dorćol neighborhood, standing on Cara Dušana Street in the Stari Grad municipality.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
    • Belgrade
  15. Railway Museum Railway Museum
    16 1 hour

    Railway Museum

    Железнички музеј

    The Railway Museum in Savski Venac is the national collection of Serbian and former Yugoslav railway history, founded on 1 February 1950. Its first exhibition, in 1953, was titled "Through the History of Yugoslav Railways".

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • Belgrade
  16. Co-cathedral of Christ the King in Belgrade Co-cathedral of Christ the King in Belgrade
    17 30 min

    Co-cathedral of Christ the King in Belgrade

    Црква Криста Краља

    The Co-cathedral of Christ the King on Krunska street is the oldest Catholic place of worship in Belgrade, a city where the Catholic minority has always shared ground with an Orthodox majority.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
    • Belgrade
  17. Hammam of Prince Miloš Hammam of Prince Miloš
    18 15 min

    Hammam of Prince Miloš

    Амам кнеза Милоша

    The Hammam of Prince Miloš is a Turkish-style bathhouse built in 1836-37, and it is currently a bath nobody can bathe in: OpenStreetMap's own record of the site, last checked 27 April 2026, lists its opening hours as switched off.

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • Belgrade
  18. Monument of Gratitude to France Monument of Gratitude to France
    19 10 min

    Monument of Gratitude to France

    Споменик захвалности Француској

    Twenty thousand people filled Kalemegdan Park on 11 November 1930 to watch King Alexander I, Queen Maria, Prince Paul and Princess Olga unveil a bronze woman striding forward with one arm raised — Belgrade's Monument of Gratitude to France, dedicated…

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  19. Tomb of national heroes on Kalemegdan Tomb of national heroes on Kalemegdan
    20 10 min

    Tomb of national heroes on Kalemegdan

    Гробница народних хероја

    The Tomb of National Heroes is a memorial in Kalemegdan Park at Belgrade Fortress. The public enterprise that manages the fortress dates the tomb to 1948.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  20. Ičko’s House Ičko’s House
    21 20 min

    Ičko’s House

    Ičkova kuća

    Ičko's House at 18 Bežanijska street in Zemun is one of the oldest surviving town houses in the Belgrade area, built in 1793 in a plain Classical style — and it takes its name from a diplomat who hid there…

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  21. Jevrem Grujić's House Jevrem Grujić's House
    22 10 min

    Jevrem Grujić's House

    Дом Јеврема Грујића

    The house known today as Jevrem Grujic's House is one of the oldest preserved civic houses in Belgrade's old town, built in the early decades of the nineteenth century, in the years after the Serbian uprisings when the town's Ottoman-era…

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • Belgrade
  22. Historical Museum of Serbia Historical Museum of Serbia
    23 1 hour

    Historical Museum of Serbia

    Историјски музеј Србије

    The Historical Museum of Serbia (Istorijski muzej Srbije) was established in 1963 as the national institution charged with collecting material on Serbian history from the medieval state through the twentieth century, distinct from the archaeology-focused National Museum next to Republic…

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • Belgrade
  23. Jewish Historical Museum Jewish Historical Museum
    24 1 hour

    Jewish Historical Museum

    Јеврејски историјски музеј

    The Jewish Historical Museum (Jevrejski istorijski muzej) opened in 1948, founded by the historian Lavoslav Kadelburg and colleagues under the Federation of Jewish Communities of Yugoslavia, and it remains housed inside the federation's own building on Kralja Petra street in…

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • Belgrade
  24. Manak's House Manak's House
    25 45 min

    Manak's House

    Манакова кућа

    Manak House is a timber-framed merchant house in Savamala, Belgrade, that now holds an ethnographic collection inside the walls it was actually lived in.

    • Must see
    • Museum
    • Belgrade
  25. Mehmed Paša Sokolović's Fountain Mehmed Paša Sokolović's Fountain
    26 45 min

    Mehmed Paša Sokolović's Fountain

    Чесма Мехмед-паше Соколовића

    Mehmed Paša Sokolović's Fountain is a sixteenth-century Ottoman drinking fountain in the Upper Town of Belgrade Fortress. Erected between 1576 and 1577, it is the only endowment of Ottoman vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović in Belgrade.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  26. Zindan Gate Zindan Gate
    27 45 min

    Zindan Gate

    Зиндан капија

    Zindan Gate is a mid-15th-century barbican at Belgrade Fortress, built as a small forward defence for the Eastern Gate.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  27. Čukur Fountain Čukur Fountain
    28 5 min

    Čukur Fountain

    Чукур чесма

    The Čukur Fountain is a monument in Dobračina Street, Dorćol, marking the spot where a killing in 1862 set off a night of street fighting and, two days later, an Ottoman bombardment of Belgrade.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  28. Keys Handover Memorial Keys Handover Memorial
    29 45 min

    Keys Handover Memorial

    Место предаје кључева Београда 1867.

    The Keys Handover Memorial is a compact outdoor monument at the entrance to Kalemegdan Park from Knez Mihailova Street.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  29. Zemun Fortress Zemun Fortress
    30 45 min

    Zemun Fortress

    Земунска тврђава

    Zemun Fortress is an outdoor heritage remnant on Gardoš Hill in the historic centre of Zemun, within Belgrade.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  30. Vozarev Cross Vozarev Cross
    31 45 min

    Vozarev Cross

    Возарев крст

    Vozarev Cross is a compact red artificial-stone monument set in a small urban park at the junction of Mileševska Street and Vojvode Šupljikca Street in Belgrade’s Vračar area.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  31. Memorial Park Jajinci Memorial Park Jajinci
    32 45 min

    Memorial Park Jajinci

    Спомен-парк Јајинци

    Memorial Park Jajinci is a wartime remembrance site in Belgrade’s Voždovac municipality, on the grounds of a former military shooting range. During the Second World War, civilians and other victims were killed here.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  32. Karamata Family House Karamata Family House
    33 45 min

    Karamata Family House

    Кућа породице Карамата

    Karamata Family House is a protected historic residence at Karamatina 17 in Old Zemun, Belgrade, rather than a purpose-built museum. The oldest part dates from 1763, and the complex was enlarged and unified in stages through 1827.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  33. Damat Ali-Paša's Turbeh Damat Ali-Paša's Turbeh
    34 45 min

    Damat Ali-Paša's Turbeh

    Дамад Али-пашино турбе

    Damat Ali-Paša's Turbeh is a compact hexagonal Ottoman mausoleum in the Upper Town of Belgrade Fortress, near the remains of the former Sultan Suleiman Mosque.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  34. Mika Alas's House Mika Alas's House
    35 45 min

    Mika Alas's House

    Дом Мике Аласа

    Mika Alas's House is a protected historic residence at 22 Kosančićev Venac in Belgrade’s Stari Grad municipality. Built in 1910, it was designed by architect Petar Bajalović for Mihailo Petrović, the mathematician and scientist known as Mika Alas.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  35. Belgrade Planetarium Belgrade Planetarium
    36 45 min

    Belgrade Planetarium

    Београдски планетаријум

    Belgrade Planetarium is a compact astronomy venue inside the Lower Town of Belgrade Fortress, near the Eastern Gate complex. Its defining feature is an 8-metre projection screen used for presentations about the sky and celestial objects.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  36. Monument to the Insurgents Monument to the Insurgents
    37 45 min

    Monument to the Insurgents

    Споменик погинулим устаницима 1806. године

    The Monument to the Insurgents is a memorial in Karađorđev Park, in Belgrade’s Vračar municipality. It commemorates insurgents who died during the fighting to liberate Belgrade from the Ottomans in 1806.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  37. Monument to Dositej Obradović Monument to Dositej Obradović
    38 45 min

    Monument to Dositej Obradović

    Споменик Доситеју Обрадовићу

    The Monument to Dositej Obradović is a bronze memorial in Academic Park, also called Studentski Park, at Studentski trg in central Belgrade. It honours Dositej Obradović, the Serbian Enlightenment writer and educator whose work shaped literary and educational culture.

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  38. Nicholas II of Russia in sculpture Nicholas II of Russia in sculpture
    39 45 min

    Nicholas II of Russia in sculpture

    Споменик цару Николају II

    Nicholas II of Russia in sculpture is a bronze memorial to the last Russian emperor in Aleksandrov Park, central Belgrade.

    • Notable
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  39. Monument to Archibald Reiss Monument to Archibald Reiss
    40 45 min

    Monument to Archibald Reiss

    Споменик Арчибалду Рајсу

    The Monument to Archibald Reiss is a 1931 memorial in Belgrade’s Topčider Park, erected two years after the Swiss forensic scientist died.

    • Notable
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  40. Monument to Josif Pančić Monument to Josif Pančić
    41 45 min

    Monument to Josif Pančić

    Споменик Јосифу Панчићу

    The Monument to Josif Pančić is a bronze memorial in Academic Park, beside Studentski Trg in central Belgrade. Created by sculptor Đorđe Jovanović and erected in 1897, it presents Pančić standing with a magnifying glass and a branch.

    • Notable
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  41. birthplace of Stepa Stepanović birthplace of Stepa Stepanović
    42 45 min

    birthplace of Stepa Stepanović

    Кућа војводе Степе Степановића

    The birthplace of Stepa Stepanović is a modest memorial house in Kumodraž, at Vrčinska Street in southern Belgrade. Built in the middle of the 19th century, it preserves the domestic setting associated with the Serbian military commander’s early life.

    • Notable
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  42. Menorah in Flames Menorah in Flames
    43 45 min

    Menorah in Flames

    Менора у пламену

    Menorah in Flames is a bronze Holocaust memorial on Belgrade’s Danube riverbank in Dorćol. Created by Yugoslav sculptor and Holocaust survivor Nandor Glid, it was unveiled on 21 October 1990.

    • Notable
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  43. Monument to Vojvoda Vuk Monument to Vojvoda Vuk
    44 45 min

    Monument to Vojvoda Vuk

    Споменик војводи Вуку

    Monument to Vojvoda Vuk is a 1936 sculpture by Đorđe Jovanović honouring Vojin Popović, the Serbian military commander known as Vojvoda Vuk. It stands in Park Vojvode Vuka, a compact public space between Ulica carice Milice and Topličin venac.

    • Notable
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  44. Karađorđe Monument Karađorđe Monument
    45 45 min

    Karađorđe Monument

    Споменик Карађорђу

    Karađorđe Monument is a 1979 memorial to Karađorđe Petrović, leader of the First Serbian Uprising. It stands on Belgrade’s Svetosavski Plateau, beside Karađorđev Park and near the Church of Saint Sava and the National Library of Serbia.

    • Notable
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  45. Monument to Vuk Karadžić Monument to Vuk Karadžić
    46 45 min

    Monument to Vuk Karadžić

    Споменик Вуку Караџићу

    The Monument to Vuk Karadžić is a seated bronze memorial in Ćirilo i Metodije Park, at the meeting point of Ruzveltova, Bulevar kralja Aleksandra and Kraljice Marije.

    • Notable
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  46. Church of St. Basil of Ostrog Church of St. Basil of Ostrog
    48 30 min

    Church of St. Basil of Ostrog

    Црква Светог Василија Острошког

    • High
    • Place of worship
    • Belgrade
  47. Building of the Patriarchate Building of the Patriarchate
    49 30 min

    Building of the Patriarchate

    Патријаршија Српске православне цркве

    • High
    • Place of worship
    • Belgrade
  48. Bust of Radoje Domanović Bust of Radoje Domanović
    50 45 min

    Bust of Radoje Domanović

    Биста Радоја Домановића

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  49. Obelisk of the Non-Aligned Countries Obelisk of the Non-Aligned Countries
    53 45 min

    Obelisk of the Non-Aligned Countries

    Обелиск подигнут у спомен прве конференције Покрета несврстаних земаља 1961. у Београду

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  50. Vavedenje Monastery Vavedenje Monastery
    54 30 min

    Vavedenje Monastery

    Манастир Ваведења пресвете Богородице

    • High
    • Place of worship
    • Belgrade
  51. Monument Railway Station (Zemun) Monument Railway Station (Zemun)
    55 45 min

    Monument Railway Station (Zemun)

    Споменик старој железничкој станици Земун

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  52. Spomenik herojima sa Košara Spomenik herojima sa Košara
    57 45 min

    Spomenik herojima sa Košara

    Споменик херојима са Кошара

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  53. Outer Sava Gate Outer Sava Gate
    59 45 min

    Outer Sava Gate

    Спољна Сава капија

    • High
    • Historic monument
    • Belgrade
  54. Svetotroična church Svetotroična church
    60 30 min

    Svetotroična church

    Црква Свете Тројице

    • High
    • Place of worship
    • Belgrade
  55. Crkva Svetog apostola Luke Crkva Svetog apostola Luke
    63 30 min

    Crkva Svetog apostola Luke

    Црква Светог апостола Луке

    • High
    • Place of worship
    • Belgrade

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·