Carriages, hackberries, picturesque architecture and squares: Sombor is the greenest city in Serbia

Photo: Ivan Strahinic

In the northwest of Vojvodina, at the bottom of the basin of the former Pannonian Sea, is Sombor, according to many, the most beautiful city in Serbia.

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Picturesque architecture that exudes the charm of the past, landscaped squares and endless tree-lined avenues are just a part of what enchants at first sight.

Sombor rightly took the title of the greenest city in Serbia. At every corner you will see plane trees, chestnuts, lindens, sequoias, as well as hackberries, a trademark of what used to be called Cobor de Szentmihdly, today the town of Sombor.

The planting of trees started in 1903 in order to deal with the dust that would engulf the streets in the summer months.

Thanks to the young mayor, Dr. Benjamin Cihas, hackberries arrived in Sombor from the wider Mississippi area - a tree that the people of Sombor started calling, "the American cherry." Today, there are as many as 7,500 of them, referred to as the "lungs of the city."

The District Building, the City Museum, the Milan Konjovic Gallery, the Grasalkovic Palace, the Old Catholic Church, the Monastery of the Holy Archdeacon Stefan, the Great and the Small Orthodox churches, the Pasa Tower, the Kronic Palace and Plebanija are just some of the sights to visit when you come to Sombor. Taking a ride in a carriage, and enjoying cheese, goulash and wine tasting goes without saying.

Photo: Ivan Strahinic

(Ona.rs)