aiesec serbia reception booklet - welcome to serbia
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WELCOME TO SERBIA
Name of state: Republic of
Serbia
Capital city: Belgrade,
population more than
1,600,000
Autonomous regions:
Autonomous Province of
Vojvodina, Autonomous
Province of Kosovo and
Metohija
Geographic location:
Southeastern and Central
Europe, Balkan Peninsula,
Western Balkans
Area: 88,509 km2
Climate: moderate
continental
Longest river: Danube,
Serbian section, 588 km
SHORT INFO ABOUT
SERBIA
Highest mountain peak:
eravica (in the Prokletije
range), 2656 m
International dialling
code: +381
Official currency: the
dinar (RSD)
National Internet
domain: .rs
Population (excluding
Kosovo and Metohija):
more than 7,000,000, 83%
Serbs
Official language: Serbian
Official script: Cyrillic
Faiths: 85% Eastern
Orthodox Christian, 5.5%
Roman Catholic Christian,
3.2% Muslim
MORE INFO
Serbia is a country of many
nationalities, accents,
customs and ways. Country
of huge history and
tradition. From
sophisticated places of the
capital to unrestrained rural
charm; from the flat land of
the north to the exciting
scenery of the south; from
sturdy fortifications of the
Middle Ages to
postmodernist architecture
of today; from the flavor of
the East to the taste of the
West
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AIESEC Serbia
has eight local
committees in five cities.
In Belgrade, there are
four committees at the
universities: Belgrade
Banking Academy,
Singidunum University,
Faculty of Economics and
Faculty of Organizational
Sciences.
Furthermore, there are
also local committees of
AIESEC Serbia in:Novi Sad,
Kragujevac, Valjevo, Ni.
AIESEC IN SERBIA
BELGRADE
is the capital and largest city of
Serbia. It is located at the
confluence of the Sava and
Danube rivers, where the
Pannonian Plain meets the
Balkans. Its name translates to
White city. The city proper has a
population of over 1.2 million; 1.65million people live within the
administrative limits, making it one
of the largest cities of Southeastern
Europe.
NI S
is the largest city of southern Serbia and the th
largest city in Serbia (after Belgrade and Novi
Sad). It is one of the oldest cities in the Balkans
Europe, and has from ancient times been
considered a gateway between the East and t
West. It is the birthplace of Constantine the Gre
the first Christian Emperor and the founder of
Constantinople. It is home to one of Serbia's old
churches, dating to the 4th century, located in
suburb of Mediana.
In 2013 the city will host the celebration of 1700
years of Constantine's Edict of Milan.
The town was named after the Niava River, wh
flows through the city.
Vampire is the only
Serbian word which
was accepted
worldwide.
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NOVI SAD
is the second largest city in Serbia,
the administrative seat of the
northern Serbian province of
Vojvodina.
The city was founded in 1694, when
Serb merchants formed a colony
across the Danube from the
Petrovaradin fortress, a Habsburg
strategic military post. In the 18th
and 19th centuries, it became an
important trading and
manufacturing centre, as well as a
centre of Serbian culture of that
period, earning the nickname
Serbian Athens. The city was heavily
devastated in the 1848 Revolution,
but it was subsequently restored.
Today, Novi Sad is an industrial and
financial centre of the Serbian
economy, as well as a major
cultural center.
VALJEVO
is situated in western Serbia less
than 100 kilometers to the
southwest from Belgrade. The
downtown is situated in a
depression through which the
Kolubara River flows.
The town has a favorable
geographical position, which is
featured by the vicinity of a number
of important traffic routes, such as
Ibarska highway and the railroad
line Belgrade - Bar.
The city of Valjevo is one of the
prettier Serbian cities, of rich
Untouched nature surrounds the
city.
Valjevo Mountains, Divibare, the
canyon of the Gradac River,
Petnica, Brankovina, Valjevos
villages, hunting, fishing, and health
foodare the features of the tourist
offer of Valjevo.
KRAGUJEVAC
is the fourth largest city in Serb
the main city of the umad
region and the administrat
centre of umadija District. It
situated on the banks of the riv
Lepenica. the city has a populat
of 150,835 inhabitants, wh
administrative area has
population of 179,417.
Kragujevac was the first capital
modern Serbia (18181839), a
the first constitution in the Balka
was proclaimed in this city in 18
Further on, the first full- fledg
university in the newly independe
Serbia was founded in 18
preceded by the first gramm
school (Gimnazija), Printworks (bo
in 1833), professional Natio
theatre (1835) and the Milita
academy (1837).
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WHAT IS..?
INTERESTING FACTS:
GREETNIGS-When congratulate birthday, New Year or other holiday, we kiss the personon the cheek three times, so dont be surprised.
SERBSin general are open and direct. Personal questions showing interest in strangers life,politics, and money are sometimes the basis of conversation in Serbia.
SERBIAN NEW YEAR, We celebrate holidays under the old (Julian) calendar. This meansthat Christmas is celebrated 7th In January, we celebrate a New Year's twice- regular on
the 31.12 and Serbian New Year, 13 January.
SLAVA- This is the day when each house (family) celebrate its own patron saint. Bytradition, the glory is celebrated in small circle of people, with family and close friends.
SERBIAN CUISINE is famous because of heavy food. Our meals are pretty big and verydelicious. Serbia is one of the two countries on the world that producing kajmak (second
is Mongolia). Kajmak is the most similiar to cheese.
EXIT
Exit is an annual
summer music festival
in the Petrovaradin
fortress of Novi Sad,Serbia. It is staged
annually since2000
and usually lasts four
days in July or August.
Guca
Guca is BRASS MUSIC FESTIVAL
This festival is the most
important gathering of
authentic
folk art and amateur culture in
Serbia and the only event
dedicated to brass music as
an authentic folk art form
RAKIA
Our tradicional drink is raki
The glasses are oft
touched with the toa
"Ziveli!"
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kola Tesla
s a Serbian-American inventor,
ctrical engineer, mechanical
gineer, physicist, and futurist best
own for his contributions to the
sign of the modern alternating
rrent (AC) electricity supply system.
chael I. Pupin,
s a Serbian physicist and physical
emist. Pupin is best known for his
merous patents, including a means
greatly extending the range of long-
tance telephone communication
placing loading coils (of wire) at
edetermined intervals along thensmitting wire (known as
pinization"). Pupin was a founding
mber of National Advisory
mmittee for Aeronautics (NACA) on
rch 3, 1915, which later became
SA.
WE ARE PROUD OF
Vlade Divac
is a retired Yugoslav
Serbian professional bask
player and current s
administrator. Divac spent
of his career in the NBA. At
in, he played center and
known for his passing skills. D
was among the first grou
European basketball play
transfer to the NBA in the
1980s and was named o
the 50 Greatest Eurole
Contributors
Novak Djokovic
is a Serbian professional t
player who is ranked Worl1 by the Association of T
Professionals (ATP). He
considered to be one o
greatest tennis players o
time.
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USEFUL INFORMATION
TIME ZONE
Belgrade and Serbia are located in the Central
European time zone region GMT +1 and/or GMT +2as of the last week in the third month until the Saturday
prior to the last week of the tenth month.
ELECTRICITY
As in most cities of Continental Europe, the electricityvoltage in Belgrade is 220V. Electrical outlets are
standard European.
WATER
Tap water in Belgrade is safe to drink
CURRENCY
The official tender in Serbia is dinar,
abbreviated RSD. Money may be exchanged in all
banks and post offices, as well as in authorized
exchange offices. Dinar is issued in denominations of
10/20/50/100/200/500/1000/5000.
The area code for Serbia in international traffic
is 381.
IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Police192
Fire-fighters193
Ambulance194
Time195
Weather information19822
PUBLIC TELEPHONE BOOTHS
Public telephone booths (Halo govornice) a
activated by Halo cards worth RSD 200 or 30
each offering a free call credit of RSD 15. Th
sales price is written on the card, which is also th
value of the credit for making calls. Halo car
may be purchased on kiosks, post offices and
retail stores.
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BEFORE YOU ARRIVE...
AFTER YOU ARRIVE...
From airport- Belgrade Airport to Belgrade Bus/Train Station:
Belgrade airport is 15km from the centre of Belgrade. One bus stop is next to Terminal 1 and the
other one is in the front of the Arrivals entrance.
Bus line #72 runs twice an hour (quarter past and quarter to each hour) to
Zeleni Venac in the city centre, and costs 170 dinars (~1.50) from the driver
or 80 dinars from the shop inside the departure hall that sells food and
newspapers. The bus station for #72 is on the departures level. The trip is
around 45 minutes.
A more comfortable city-bus option is the A1 minibus, going from the airport
to Slavija Square in the city center, stopping at Fontana (Novi Beograd) and
the Main Train Station. The buses are comfortable and air-conditioned. The
fare is RSD 300 (~2.67) as of December 2012, which is paid on -board; be
sure to tell the driver what your destination is before departure. Timetables
can be downloaded here (serbian) and here (serbian and english).
Download line mapHERE and time tableHERE
Before entering the Bus find Exchange Office at the airport, and exchange enough money for bus
ticket (max ~5).
DOWNLOAD USEFUL ANDROID APPS
Serbian Basic PhrasesDOWNLOAD Belgrade Genie DOWNLOAD Belgrade City Guide DOWNLOAD Bus Plus DOWNLOAD
Train time table DOWNLOAD Serbia Destination DOWNLOAD Plan Plus DOWNLOAD
Fill reception formHERE
Print map of Belgrade Find contact of AIESEC person in
Serbia.
Buy return ticket Prepare your Passport
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Contacts:
Name City / LC Contact
AleksandarMicanovic
Belgrade/Singidunum +381628083922
Jovana Milic Belgrade/EF +381628030834
Jovana Mikic Belgrade/NIS +381693403250
Andrija Miljkovic Belgrade/FON +38166201349
Filip Djordjevic Kragujevac +381631050900
Mina Petrovic Belgrade/BBA +38163426540
Jelena Radovanovic Valjevo +381628083064
Nemanja Predojevic Novi Sad +38162339345