Novi Sad, Serbia

 Novi Sad, Serbia

The name translates as New Plantation and is the European Capital of Culture for 2022.

                                        

Dawn as we sail towards Novi Sad and we moored during breakfast and then it was an optional walking tour of the city centre.

The library.

One of the many old buildings in Serbia's second largest city.

A municipal building. Many of the older buildings were destroyed or badly damaged during the 1848 revolution. The streets are wide to accommodate the stalls on market day.

The main square with more beautiful buildings.

The town hall, modelled on that in Linz.

The main church, not a cathedral despite Novi Sad being a city as there is no bishop living here. It is in neo Gothic style and completed in the late 19th century.

Another corner of the square.

A former hotel...

...and another hotel.

Just outside of the city is a seminary...

...the side v new of the main building...

...and the front facade of the main building.

The bishops palace.

A school for training teachers and languages. At independence teaching was in German or Hungarian and Serbians spoke Serbian and were generally illiterate so teachers had to write down and learn Serbian whilst also learning to teach.

The town hall.

An Orthodox church.

Inside the church, note that there are no chairs as worshipers stand and there are no musical instruments  and no statues.

A detail of the ceiling.

And then it was a tour of a local winery with samples of wine, honey, cheese and bread.

A view of the fortress on a hill overlooking the river and the town. It is the largest fortress in Europe and covers 112 hectares including ramparts, ravelins and moats but it was hosting a music festival and much of the structure was closed for the festival and so a reason to return in the future.

A former railway bridge support dressed up for the festival to look like a yellow submarine.

And that evening is was captains cocktails.