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Theme: History, Up to 1 hour in Serbia — page 2

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 m...

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Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

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.

Checked 2026-08-25

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

Seasonal closures come from recorded opening hours.

  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. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·