Surviving Belgrade

This guide is partly based on and inspired by Jennifer C. Brown's 1998 original "Surviving Belgrade". It is a funny and in many way sad portrait of Yugoslavia in the bad days of the 90s. Serbia and Belgrade have both changed radically in the intervening decade. Some things are no different mind you, like Belgrade's cockroach problem, and that makes some of Jennifer's work still highly pertinent to contemporary Belgraders.

Serbs and the rest of the Balkans Ethnic stereotypes in the Balkans Parlor Games - astrology, numerology, channelling, the I Ching, black magic, voodoo etc Share My Fire - Smoking and smokers Car - the relationship-saving device : cars and motoring in Serbia (incl. Buying a car) Going Straight West - Sport in Serbia Hope you are well - Health and healthcare in Serbia A year to experience, a lifetime to understand - The good and bad sides of Belgrade Meeting Vuk - Politics in Serbia Cultural insensitivity - Serbian touchiness and understandable sensitivity Sex in Serbia - Sex and seduction in Serbia Buvljak experience - Serbian markets and piazzas What's news in Yugoslavia? - Media and how journalists and their media organizations operate in Serbia Trust issues: Serbian Banks - banking and finances in Serbia Hosting, Serbian style - Hospitality and socializing in Serbia Flat-hunting - How to buy and or rent somewhere to live, and what to watch out for (neighbours, roaches, nearby clubs) Staying legally in Serbia - Visas and permission and other official business in Serbia Weathering Belgrade - How to survive in a city whose temperature ranges from -20 to +45 degrees centigrade (includes waking on snow, what to do if the heating fails and poor man's airconditioning) Welcome to Belgrade - Tourism in Belgrade