You could live in Belgrade all your life and still not appreciate the city’s history. Located on the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers, Belgrade has been a settlement since the fifth millennium BC. It has gone back and forth between various peoples of the world and has always been a meeting point for the world’s great cultures. It is a city that has seen more than its share of war, burning to the ground no less than 38 times only to be built again. It is a city that has been influenced by many.

Modern day Belgrade is a reflection of this history. It is a city that is both dark and light. It is both warm and cold. It is inviting and distant. It is a city that is rapidly changing but that hasn’t changed in hundreds of years. Belgrade is an enigma wrapped in puzzle wrapped in a mystery. In other words, it is the perfect city for the adventurous traveler to go wander around and to try to figure out.

You can fly to Belgrade on any number of airlines. [1] Austrian Airlines features some nice deals to Belgrade and to the other capitals in the Balkans.