AIESEC Serbia reception booklet - Welcome to Serbia

7/29/2019 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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SEE IT, FEEL IT, TASTE IT


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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

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