Belgrade, town of two rivers
08/10/2015, Redazione
The avant-garde scene of the Belgrade youth, at the crossroads between past and future. By Filippo Bardazzi and Laura Chiaroni, co-published with Rassegna Est
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Ada-Ciganlija
Ada Ciganlija is an island of relax and amusement for the people of Belgrade. Throughout the summer, the island becomes an urban beach, attended by young people and families on the shores of the Sava river.

Katarina
Katarina Vlašić is the leader of the all-female punk band, the Replicunts

Waterfront
A couple of newlyweds inside the Eagle Hills headquarters, an Abu Dhabi-based company that will realize the Belgrade Waterfront. The building area plan will consist of offices and luxury apartments, 8 hotels and a huge shopping mall, in addition to the Belgrade Tower, a skyscraper taller than 200 meters. The project will take 3 billion Euros and 12 years to be completed

Balkanska
A view over the Balkanska, a residential street in the city centre

Kalemegdan
During a music festival in the Kalemegdan park

WWII
A young man showing the Serbian flag during the ceremony marking 70 years since the end of World War II in Republic Square

Squat
Inside the Zvezda bioskop. The legendary cinema was squatted by a collective of young artists in November 2014. They are struggling against the movie theatre being turned into a supermarket

Tanks
WWII tanks exhibited at the Military Museum in Kalemegdan

Europe
In 2014 Serbia started the negotiations on EU accession. The path towards the entrance into the European Union seems very complicated. There are several associations raising public awareness on this matter, but their efforts are often received with a general disregard

Beogradjanka
The city view from the Beogradjanka tower

Marija
Marija Stanišić is a young stylist. Her studio is located inside the Belgrade Design District, a fashion centre that hosts shops and studios of young Serbian artists and designers

Mikser-House
Mikser House is an important cultural centre in Savamala. Over the last few years, this old district of Belgrade changed a lot and now hosts new clubs and promising designers studios

Pink-TV
Recordings at Pink TV Stars, the talent show of Željko Mitrović’s broadcasting. Pink TV has 3 classic channels and 55 satellite ones, as well as 25 studios in Serbia, a record label and a private air fleet

Maja
The dancer Maja Pantić during a pole dance exhibition

In-disco
Throughout the weekend, private bus services carry young people to clubs and discos

Savamala
Graffiti on a building in the Savamala district

Jelena-and-Jovan
Jelena Miletić and Jovan Vesić inside their home studio. They are members of Inje, one of the main Serbian electro-pop band

Breakdance
Young break dancers performing in Knez Mihailova, a stylish shopping street in the city centre

Chic
Having a break on the Caruso terrace, the chic café of the city

Writers
The writers Barbara Dimić and Tijana Tripković posing in front of one of their graffiti in the Savamala district

Music
Young spectators attending a concert at the Drugstore Club

Faculty-of-Philosophy
University square is one of the most popular places among the young people of the city

Edi-and-Ivan
Brothers Edi and Ivan Bon posing with a few sculptures in their studio near the Danube river. Edi, astrophysicist at the University of Belgrade, and Ivan, sculptor, are members of MistakeMistake, one of the most influential bands of the Belgrade scene in the beginning of 2000. Their style has changed during the years and nowadays they are performing minimalistic music shows, sampling the “sound of the universe”

Hammer-and-sickle
At the ceremony marking 70 years since the end of World War II, in Republic Square. Behind the stage, the scaffoldings cover the National Museum of Serbia, closed since 2003 for undefined renovation works

Sava-e-Danubio
At sunset, a lot of young people gather on the walls of the Kalemegdan Fortress, the most famous viewpoint of the city
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