{"id":1302702,"date":"2026-09-26T18:49:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302702"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:35:14","slug":"serbia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/serbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Serbia country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Serbia","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"Belgrade goes out harder than anywhere in Europe and costs less than most of the EU. Behind it: monasteries, mountains and a Habsburg city on the Danube.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302704","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a city | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac10 | Dorm bed, from\r\n\u20ac2 | A beer\r\n2 | Rivers meeting at the fortress\r\nDawn | When Belgrade goes home","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"A capital built where two rivers meet","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Belgrade sits on a ridge where the Sava runs into the Danube, with a fortress on the point that has been destroyed and rebuilt more than forty times. It is not a pretty city in the way Prague is \u2014 it has been flattened too often for that \u2014 but it is one of the most alive, and the nightlife is genuinely without equal in Europe.\r\n\r\nThe splavovi, floating clubs moored on both rivers, run from spring to autumn and until dawn. Savamala and Cetinjska, a former brewery courtyard, do the bar side. None of it costs much: a beer is \u20ac2 and a night out is what a round costs in Vienna.\r\n\r\nOutside the capital, Novi Sad is calmer and Habsburg, with the Petrovaradin fortress above the Danube. Further out, the Tara and Zlatibor mountains, Drvengrad, and a set of medieval monasteries that are among the most important buildings in Orthodox Christianity.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Language | Serbian, written in both Cyrillic and Latin script. English is common with younger people\r\nCurrency | Serbian dinar (RSD), not the euro\r\nEmergency | 112\r\nTap water | Safe in Belgrade and the main towns\r\nTipping | 10% in restaurants\r\nScripts | Signs appear in Cyrillic and Latin, sometimes both on the same street\r\nHow long to stay | Four days for Belgrade and Novi Sad, a week with the mountains\r\nBest months | May, June and September","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Buses cover the country cheaply, and Belgrade to Novi Sad is an hour.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Belgrade | A fortress over two rivers, floating clubs, and the best value night out in Europe. |  | 1302705 | I travel often internationally, but Belgrade is special because of the culture and friendliness of the people. Prices are budget friendly. | \nNovi Sad | Habsburg, calmer and prettier, with the Petrovaradin fortress above the Danube. |  | 1302706 |  | \nNi\u0161 | Southern, Roman in origin, with an Ottoman fortress and a jazz festival in August. |  | 1302707 | City of Nis is a hidden gem of Balkans. Great location of the city - just of 2hours from Belgrade, Sofia, Skopje and Pristina. Fortress of Nis is the best preserved fortress in Serbia dating from 1710s. Skull tower was amazing, Nisava river and city vibe is great. | \nSubotica | On the Hungarian border, with the most extraordinary art nouveau architecture in the Balkans. |  | 1302708 |  | \nZlatibor | A mountain resort of hiking, skiing and the \u0160argan Eight narrow-gauge railway. |  | 1302709 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Serbia is a nightlife country first and a mountain country second, and both are cheap.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"Nightlife | pink | nightclub | Splavovi, courtyards and a city that does not close. | A floating club on the Sava; Cetinjska courtyard bars; Rakija with strangers | Savamala; Cetinjska; The splav strip | Belgrade; Novi Sad | nightlife\nCity break | blue | city | Four days across Belgrade and Novi Sad. | Kalemegdan fortress at sunset; Skadarlija's cobbled restaurant street; A Danube walk | Kalemegdan; Skadarlija; Petrovaradin | Belgrade; Novi Sad | city-break\nCulture | purple | culture | Orthodox monasteries, Ottoman forts and Yugoslav history. | Studenica monastery; The Museum of Yugoslavia; Subotica's art nouveau | Studenica; Kalemegdan; Subotica | Belgrade; Novi Sad; Subotica | culture\nBudget | teal | coin | Cheaper than most EU countries, and not by a little. | Burek for \u20ac1.50; \u20ac10 dorms; A full dinner with rakija for \u20ac10 | Belgrade; Ni\u0161; Novi Sad | Belgrade; Ni\u0161 | budget-travel\nAdventure | green | backpack | Mountains, canyons and a narrow-gauge railway that loops over itself. | Ride the \u0160argan Eight; Raft the Drina; Hike in Tara National Park | Tara National Park; Zlatibor; \u0110erdap gorge | Zlatibor; Belgrade | adventure\nFood | sunset | local-markets | Grilled meat at a scale that has to be seen. | \u0106evapi and pljeskavica; A kafana dinner with live music; Burek for breakfast | Skadarlija; Zeleni Venac market; Novi Sad centre | Belgrade; Novi Sad | food","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Serbia","hw_hub_country_do_body":"Kalemegdan fortress is free, sits where the Sava meets the Danube, and is where Belgrade goes at sunset. Below it, Skadarlija is the cobbled nineteenth-century street of kafanas with live music, which is touristy and still worth one evening.\r\n\r\nThe Museum of Yugoslavia, with Tito's mausoleum, is the best place in the region to understand the country that was, and it is neither nostalgic nor dismissive about it.\r\n\r\nOutside the capital, Novi Sad's Petrovaradin fortress looks over the Danube; EXIT festival, held there every July for 25 years, left Serbia after its 2025 edition. The \u0160argan Eight is a narrow-gauge railway that loops over itself through the mountains, and Studenica and Sopo\u0107ani are UNESCO-listed monasteries with frescoes from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Kalemegdan | Free, and the best sunset in the city\r\nMuseum of Yugoslavia | The clearest account of the country that was\r\nSplavovi | Floating river clubs, spring to autumn, and free to enter at most\r\n\u0160argan Eight | A narrow-gauge railway that loops over itself. Half a day","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Serbia","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Serbia","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Serbian food is grilled meat in quantity. \u0106evapi, pljeskavica \u2014 a large minced-meat patty in flatbread \u2014 and mixed grills arrive in portions that defeat most people, and cost \u20ac4 to \u20ac8.\r\n\r\nBurek is the breakfast: a coiled filled pastry with yoghurt on the side, about \u20ac1.50 from a bakery, eaten standing up.\r\n\r\nKafanas are the traditional taverns and the right place for an evening: a full dinner with a carafe of wine or a rakija runs \u20ac8 to \u20ac14, usually with live music after nine. Rakija itself is homemade fruit brandy, offered constantly, and considerably stronger than it tastes.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"\u0106evapi and pljeskavica | \u20ac4\u20138, and the portions are enormous\r\nBurek | \u20ac1.50 with yoghurt. The standard breakfast\r\nKafana dinner | \u20ac8\u201314 including drinks, usually with live music\r\nRakija | Homemade and strong. Sip rather than shoot","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Serbia","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Serbia","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Belgrade's reputation is deserved. The splavovi \u2014 barges moored along the Sava and Danube, converted into clubs \u2014 run from spring to autumn, most charge nothing to get in, and they go until the sun comes up. Different barges do different music, and the crowd moves between them.\r\n\r\nIn winter and all year round, Cetinjska, a former brewery courtyard, holds half a dozen bars in one space, and Savamala has the clubs and galleries.\r\n\r\nPrices are the other half of the story: a beer is around \u20ac2, a cocktail \u20ac4 to \u20ac6, and nobody starts before midnight. Novi Sad has its own scene, smaller and student-driven.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Splavovi | Floating clubs on both rivers, spring to autumn, usually free entry\r\nCetinjska | A brewery courtyard with several bars. All year\r\nPrices | A beer around \u20ac2, a cocktail \u20ac4\u20136\r\nTiming | Nothing starts before midnight, and it runs to dawn","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Serbia","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Serbia","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"Buses are the network and they are cheap and frequent. Belgrade to Novi Sad is about an hour and \u20ac5 to \u20ac8; Belgrade to Ni\u0161 around three hours. The main bus station in Belgrade has moved in recent years, so check which one your ticket uses.\r\n\r\nTrains are limited but the new high-speed line between Belgrade and Novi Sad is fast and cheap where it runs. The \u0160argan Eight and the Belgrade to Bar line through Montenegro are journeys rather than transport.\r\n\r\nIn Belgrade, buses and trams are inexpensive, and the centre is walkable. Taxis should be booked by app \u2014 Yandex Go and CarGo are used locally \u2014 rather than hailed near tourist spots.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Belgrade\u2013Novi Sad | About an hour, \u20ac5\u20138, very frequent\r\nBus stations | Belgrade's main station has moved. Check your ticket\r\nTaxis | Book by app rather than hailing near tourist areas\r\nBelgrade\u2013Bar | The railway to the Montenegrin coast is one of Europe's great rides","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Serbia","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Serbia costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Serbia is cheaper than most EU countries. Dorms start around \u20ac10, a grill dinner is \u20ac6 to \u20ac10, a beer is \u20ac2, and a night out that would cost \u20ac80 in western Europe costs \u20ac20 here.\r\n\r\nBelgrade is the most expensive part of the country and still inexpensive. Ni\u0161, Novi Sad and the mountain towns are cheaper again.\r\n\r\nThe dinar is the currency, not the euro. Cards work in cities but cash is still common, and exchange offices \u2014 menja\u010dnica \u2014 are everywhere and give better rates than banks or hotels.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac10\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac30\u201340\r\nA beer | About \u20ac2\r\nMoney | Dinar, not euro. Use a menja\u010dnica rather than a bank or hotel","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Serbia","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Serbia","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Serbia is safe for travellers and Belgrade is comfortable to walk around at night. Violent crime against visitors is very rare and the hospitality is genuine.\r\n\r\nTaxi overcharging around the bus station, the airport and outside clubs is the main nuisance \u2014 use an app, and agree a price before setting off if you cannot.\r\n\r\nFootball rivalries produce occasional trouble around match days, which is worth avoiding rather than fearing. Politics, particularly around Kosovo and the 1990s, is a sensitive subject and best listened to rather than debated. Large anti-government protests have taken place across Serbia since late 2024; they have been largely peaceful, but avoid them and check current advice.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 112\r\nTaxis | Use an app. Airport and bus station taxis overcharge routinely\r\nMatch days | Avoid the areas around derby fixtures\r\nPolitics | Kosovo and the 1990s are sensitive. Listen rather than argue","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Serbia is not in the EU or the Schengen area, so time spent here does not count against the 90-day Schengen allowance \u2014 which makes it a common reset point for long European trips.\r\n\r\nEU, UK, US, Canadian and Australian citizens enter visa-free for 90 days in a 180-day period. Passports should be valid for the length of the stay.\r\n\r\nForeign visitors are technically required to register their address with the police within 24 hours, which hostels and hotels do automatically \u2014 keep the white card they give you, as it is occasionally checked on exit.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Not Schengen | Time here does not count against the 90-day EU limit\r\nVisa-free | 90 days for most Western passports\r\nRegistration | Hostels register you. Keep the white card they issue\r\nCurrency | Serbian dinar. Exchange offices give the best rates","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"Spring and autumn are the most comfortable, summer is when the river clubs and festivals run, and winter is cheap and grey.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Belgrade, which is continental and gets properly hot in July and August. The floating clubs run roughly April to October.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 4 | 2 | Cold and cheap. Orthodox Christmas on the 7th\r\nFebruary | 7 | 1 | The quietest month\r\nMarch | 13 | 2 | Spring arriving. Splavovi start to open\r\nApril | 18 | 2 | Pleasant and quiet. Good value\r\nMay | 24 | 3 | Excellent. River clubs in full swing\r\nJune | 27 | 4 | The best month. Warm nights and long evenings\r\nJuly | 30 | 5 | Hot. Belgrade's river clubs at their busiest\r\nAugust | 30 | 4 | Hot and quieter than July. Gu\u010da trumpet festival\r\nSeptember | 25 | 3 | Superb. Warm, cheaper, and the clubs still open\r\nOctober | 18 | 2 | Cooling. Beer Fest and good value\r\nNovember | 11 | 1 | Grey and very cheap\r\nDecember | 5 | 2 | Cold, with an indoor bar scene that does not stop","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person, at Serbian prices.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Prices are in dinar locally; these are euro equivalents. Big festival weeks run above these figures.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4\r\nMiddle of the road | 17 | 18 | 4 | 10\r\nComfortable | 30 | 32 | 7 | 18","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"One of these involves several hundred trumpeters, and none of them costs much.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"serbia","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Serbia","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/serbia\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Orthodox Christmas | 7 January | Nationwide | Bonfires of oak branches outside churches on Christmas Eve. |  | \nNo Sleep Festival | April and November | Belgrade | A large techno festival from the EXIT team, in a hangar at the Port of Belgrade. |  | \nGu\u010da Trumpet Festival | August | Gu\u010da | Hundreds of brass players, enormous quantities of food and drink, and no obvious end. |  | \nBelgrade Beer Fest | August | Belgrade | Free entry, several hundred thousand people, and a week of concerts. |  | \nNi\u0161ville Jazz Festival | August | Ni\u0161 | Jazz in an Ottoman fortress in the south. |  | \nBITEF | September | Belgrade | One of Europe's longest-running international theatre festivals. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Serbia","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels in the country, live from Hostelworld. Belgrade has most of them, and many run their own bar crawls to the river clubs.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Serbia","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/serbia\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"246","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Serbia travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"Is Belgrade really that good for nightlife? | Yes, and it is not a marketing line. The splavovi \u2014 floating clubs moored on the Sava and Danube \u2014 run from spring to autumn, mostly charge no entry, and go until dawn. A beer is \u20ac2 and nothing starts before midnight.\r\nIs Serbia cheap? | Cheaper than most EU countries. Dorms from \u20ac10, a grill dinner at \u20ac6 to \u20ac10, a beer for \u20ac2, and a full day around \u20ac30 to \u20ac40.\r\nHow many days do you need in Serbia? | Four days covers Belgrade and Novi Sad. A week lets you add the Tara or Zlatibor mountains, the \u0160argan Eight railway and a monastery or two, all of which see very few foreign visitors.\r\nDoes time in Serbia count towards Schengen? | No. Serbia is outside the EU and Schengen, so it is a common place to spend time while the 90-day clock is paused.\r\nDo I need to register with the police? | Technically yes, within 24 hours, but hostels and hotels do it for you automatically. Keep the white registration card they give you, as it is occasionally checked when you leave.\r\nIs Serbia safe for tourists? | Yes. Violent crime against visitors is very rare and Belgrade is comfortable at night. The main nuisance is taxi overcharging \u2014 use an app. Avoid areas around football derbies, and treat Kosovo and the 1990s as sensitive subjects.\r\nIs EXIT festival still held in Novi Sad? | No. After 25 years at the Petrovaradin fortress, EXIT held its last Novi Sad edition in 2025 and has moved abroad, citing political pressure. Its team still runs No Sleep Festival in Belgrade.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across Serbia \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_country_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Serbia | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/serbia\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_country_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_country_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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