Essential info

Feel free to explore Belgrade, to wander its streets, and approach locals. They will speak to you, help you in many ways, and most probably make friends with you.

You really can’t say you were in Belgrade unless you tasted “pljeskavica”. It’s minced meat, something like kebab, but pretty much different. Unless, you are vegetarian. Then you can eat something without meat, also on street. As a matter of fact, there is probably everything you can imagine to eat on streets of Belgrade, and in most cases one meal will cost you no more than 3 EUR, and even less. 

We, people of Belgrade, love to eat street food, and if you see good smelling, crowded place, don’t hesitate to try it out. 

You can use your credit or visa card, in most places, but if paying in cache, you can pay only in serbian dinars. Two exchange offices that we recomend are Pirana and Mićko. They always offer the best rates. Good thing, there are no big differences on exchanges rates among any offices in Belgrade, so nobody will hustle you, like they do in Prague, for instance.

We all drink tap water, so you don’t need to waste money on bottled water. If you still want to buy water we recommend Vlasinska rosa, Aqua Viva and Prolom.

Electricity voltage in Belgrade is 220V. Electrical outlets are standard European. So if you use other kind of outlets, be sure to bring proper adapters. 🙂

In Belgrade we have buses, trams, and trolleybuses. Although they are not precise like Japanese, you can get from one end of the city to another in 30 – 60 minutes. And, it’s pretty cheap, compared to other European cities. Check prices here.

You can try speaking your own language, but almost everybody in Belgrade speaks English – waiters, cab drivers, people on street, really almost everybody.

Our language is Serbian, it’s similar to Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, and somewhat similar to Russian. Also, we use two alphabets, Latin and Cyrillic.

You will be surprised on how many shops are working 24/7 – grocery stores, bakeries, cafes. Belgrade is always alive and awake. 

Still, most of the shops and shopping malls are working from 8 or 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day. 

Also, most of Proper Belgrade apartments are located in city downtown, so you don’t need to worry about closed shops, there is always something working. 

P.S. Some banks are not working on weekends, and on working days they usually work till 8 p.m. However, there are always some cache and exchange ATM’s working 24/7. 

Belgrade and Serbia are in the CET (Central European Time) zone, same as most of Europe (Excluding Britain, Portugal, Romania and Greece) – UTC+1.
In summer the Daylight Saving Time (DST) moves it to CEST – UTC+2.