Dea Cvetkovic
Belgrade, Serbia
Klasa Klasa
Klasa Klasa is a very popular store with Belgrade’s hipsters. They sell a lot of up-and-coming young designers. You can look for locally made clothing and jewelry here, most of it is designed in simple forms and made in nice pastel colors. Check for “Paspul” swimsuits here! You can also see a lot of what they offer on their Instagram profile. The store is right next to Choomich Design District,so you can visit them on your way here.
Meduza
Meduza is a beautiful café in the Dorćol neighbourhood. During the day you can go out for a cup of coffee here and see a bunch of people around you work on their laptops, but I’d also suggest going out here for drinks at night. The place has great atmosphere, they play good music and are almost always quite full. Also, they have a really good choice of gin and tonics, so try that!
Crna Ovca
Try the best ice cream in the world in the city centre of Belgrade in an ice cream parlor called Crna Ovca – meaning “the black sheep”. It will make you not want to eat any other ice cream ever again. They do have some regular flavors, but you should definitely experiment and try something like their famous walnut ice cream or the best ever chestnut-flavoured ice cream if you are visiting Belgrade in the autumn. They regularly change their menu, so you can always try something new and different.
Botanička bašta
Botanička bašta Jevremovac is the main botanical garden of Belgrade and it’s right in the city centre in Stari Grad part of the city. It was opened in 1889! It’s not too big so you can easily see all of it and it’s a great option if you need to get away from the city heat during the summer. Be sure to check out their greenhouse and take some photos there. There’s a cute little Japanese garden inside as well. And the entrance fee is pretty cheap, around 250 dinars (2 euros).
I feel like there’s a part of Belgrade I’ve just recently discovered myself – the party scene. I always knew it existed of course, and the city is very famous for it in general, but I didn’t take part in it really. I took some free time after I finished university and that’s when I started going out more, both to clubs, bars and my personal favourite: house parties. Especially the ones me and my friends throw. (They were the best ones, of course.)
I studied art history because I had this idea that I wanted to have a broad knowledge of art in general, but I also ended up doing photography along the way. I started that out when I was a teenager when I bought my first camera and I was playing with that a bit and then with the birth of social media and Instagram I started posting pictures online and some people really got into them. So I had my first solo exhibition in 2018 in Belgrade called Brioni Diaries which consisted of photos taken on a Croatian island called Brioni, which used to be Tito’s residence in Yugoslavia and it still looks very retro with an ultra chic sixties design that basically remained untouched.
I’ve lived in Belgrade my whole life. I was born and raised here. I travel quite extensively and I’ve always moved around a lot, but Belgrade was always the base.