As in everybody’s case, Novi Sad, as our hometown, is the most beautiful city to us.
On the map, made by Gerhard Mercator in the 16th century, in the place of today’s Novi Sad, there was a settlement called Bistriz. In its journal about traveling down the Danube river, Hans Christian Andersen mentions Novi Sad as the “water city”.
Novi Sad “sprouted” on the fertile ground, along the bridgehead across the fortress, some three hundred years ago. On 1st February 1748, the Austro-Hungarian Empress Maria Theresa awarded Novi Sad with the status of a royal town. It was then that Novi Sad was called by its today’s name. In that time, no man from the Fruška Gora could marry if he hadn’t planted a new seedling (Serb. seedling=sad, new=novi).
The city area covers some 130 square kilometers and has 235.000 inhabitants. The first ferry (raft), which connected Novi Sad and Petrovaradin, was put in the place in 1213 and the last one in 1999. Novi Sad is quite sensitive to its bridges. 134 pontoon bridges have been constructed from the 1720s until the 1920s. The history of these bridges is another story, a story so special that sometimes Novi Sad was called “the town where the river runs above the bridges”.
TOURISM ORGANISATION OF THE CITY OF NOVI SAD
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Jevrejska 10
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Saturday 09:00 – 14:00
+381(0)21 66 17 343
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Bul. Mihajla Pupina 9
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+381(0)21 421 811
In a restaurant “Alaska barka” (Fishermen’s Boat), the guests can enjoy themselves in the ambience of a renovated interior, as well as, in a great variety of tasty food. We offer dishes made of river and sea fish, the best barbecue specialties, dishes prepared under “sac” (a type of iron cover; dish is put below…
The Chinese restaurant “88” is situated on the very rush location on Bulevar Oslobođenja Street, right across the Mercator and NIS building. The modern and discretely decorated interior will relax you and occupy your senses while the low prices will surprise you. During the introductive talk and studying of the menu we recommend you rich…
The villa is situated in the very center of Novi Sad, in a quiet street near a central pedestrian area and just a few minutes’ walk from most of the town’s sights. Villa Mediteraneo was opened in September 2005. Although the main town street, Zmaj Jovina Street, is only ten meters away from the hotel,…
Car Royal Apartments is a new and modern hotel built in 2006 in Novi Sad. The hotel has exclusive and contemporary single, double, three-bedded and four bedded-rooms, as well as, the double-bedded suites with the panoramic view of Novi Sad. There is an underground garage with a video surveillance and a guard. The moderate-sized rooms…
The Archive of Vojvodina was established by the decree of the Ministry of police of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croatians and Slovenians from 05. August 1926. It was established as the State archive with the task to collect and study archive documents on the areas in Vojvodina in that time- Baćka, Srem, Banat and Baranja.…
The Historical Archive of Novi Sad has the status of the archive of some communities does the work on the territory of nine communities: Bačka Palanka, Bački Petrovac, Beočin, Žabalj, Vrbas, Novi Sad, Sremski Karlovci, Temerin and Titel. The map with the territorial competence of the archive in Vojvodina you can find here… In the…
The City Library of Novi Sad is situated in the building which is legacy of Anka and Arsa Pajević, publishers, patrons and benefactors of Serbian people. The library is working on the tradition of Serbian reading room in Novi Sad which was found on September, 23rd 1845. The first president was Jovan Rajić, junior, Novi…
Bishop’s Palace of the Bačka Eparchy, situated at the beginning of the Zmaj Jovina Street, was designed by Vladimir Nikolić during the time of bishop Mitrofan Dević in 1901. The palace was built in the Serbian & Byzantine style. The outer decoration, with the pseudo-Moorish plastic forms, was done by Julijo Anika, the sculptor. The…
The Branch of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Novi Sad was founded by merging the Vojvodina Academy of Sciences and Arts (founded in 1979) and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts on 29 July 1992, after the law on Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts had been passed. All members of…