Belgrade in the eyes of great Vogue: The life like this on the rivers is unique! They smoke and drink out of hobby, but they are happy! (PHOTO)

An interesting text appears every day in some world media about Belgrade; this time it was American fashion magazine "Vogue" which wrote about the capital of Serbia in an article - "Is Belgrade the New Berlin?"

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"No city makes you feel more like a New Yorker than Belgrade. In Belgrade, people don’t walk, they amble; lunch spans the course of 3 or 4 hours; and drinks are sipped, never knocked back. Despite the slow pace of life, there’s still an unmistakable energy that bursts through the city. Walk the city streets, past towering Communist buildings, graffiti-lined blocks, the banks of the Danube, and bands playing along the main drag, and you’ll feel the city’s pulse. But it didn’t always move with this ease of liberation."

If you’re not familiar with Serbia’s turbulent history, reminders of the country’s tumultuous past are everywhere: from the bomb-blasted government buildings to the post-war Communist blocks that dominate New Belgrade.

But today, a sense of liberation can be felt in every nook of the city: inside the restaurants where diners smoke, drink, and dance to gypsy bands until the early hours, and on the splavs (nightclubs on boats), which have turned the city into a nightlife destination. What some might consider vices, Belgraders consider freedom.

Foto: Tanjug/Rade Prelić

In Serbia, smoking is a hobby (you can smoke everywhere) and drinking is a way of life. After 500 years of Turkish rule and 50 years of Communism, can you blame them?

It’s in this moment of emergence that Belgrade should be visited. It’s a moment where attractions are plenty, but tourists are few."

Mary Holland, the author of the text, who is obviously well informed about Belgrade, then recommended places to visit in the city, and which hotels are the best to stay in.

Of course, she recommended Serbian food, visiting various museums, as well as tasting different beers and at the end the visit to splavs... 

(Telegraf.co.uk)