Rivers

7 Locations | Curated by E-ROUTES partners

The Rivers E-ROUTES tour is comprised of the following stories and places

The renowned Serbian author and travelogue wriiter Ljuba Nenadović (1826–1895) wrote the following observation in his travelbook Pisma iz Nemačke (Letters from Garmany): “... The Danube is next to its source tiny, weak, any child could jump across it; it is with the support of other rivers that get…
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Novi Sad and Neighbourhood Back to the Danube real and proper. Novi Sad was once the "Serbian Athens", a cradle of the cultural and political rebirth of Serbia. Today it is the capital of the Vojvodina. In the public offices and in Parliament there are five official languages…
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In the past, there were many swimming spots on the Danube, some are still well-visited today. Oficirac, Bećarac (also known as the pet-friendly beach), the former schwimmschule" (popular in the twenties), swimming spots where youngsters used to socialize... However, Štrand has remained the…
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Fish was not considered a delicacy in the past like it is today. Fishermen traded fish successfully in the spring and autumn, while they could not sell it in the summer, no matter how rich the catch was. According to an old folk wisdom, fish should be eaten only in the months containing the letter…
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The Danube is the narrowest near Novi Sad, and hence here it has been the easiest and most important river crossing in the southern part of the Pannonian Plain since ancient times. Permanent bridges of Novi Sad, as parts of land routes that bridge the Danube, have a much wider function than…
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