Novi Sad

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Novi Sad (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Сад, pronounced [nôʋiː sâːd] ^ⓘ; Hungarian: Újvidék, pronounced [ˈuːjvideːk]; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia after the capital Belgrade and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Bačka and Syrmia geographical regions. Lying on the banks of the Danube river, the city faces the northern slopes of Fruška Gora.

Novi Sad Нови Сад (Serbian) Újvidék (Hungarian)
City
City of Novi Sad
Clockwise from top left: the Name of Mary Church; Petrovaradin Clock Tower; the Our Lady of Snow ecumenic Church; Petrovaradin Fortress; Liberty Square; Novi Sad Synagogue; bishop's palace; building of the Matica srpska; and Town Hall
Flag Coat of arms Logo of Novi Sad
Nickname:  Serbian Athens
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Coordinates: 45°15′15″N 19°50′33″E / 45.25417°N 19.84250°E / 45.25417; 19.84250
Country	Serbia
Province	Vojvodina
District	South Bačka
Settled by Scordisci	4th century B.C.
Founded	1694
City status	1 February 1748; 275 years ago (1748-02-01)
Government
• Mayor	Milan Đurić (SNS)
• Ruling parties	SNS/SDPS/SPO–SPS/JS–SVM
Area
• Administrative	702.7 km^2 (271.3 sq mi)
• Urban	129.4 km^2 (50.0 sq mi)
• Rank	36th in Serbia
• City proper	106.2 km^2 (41.0 sq mi)
Elevation	80 m (262 ft)
Population  (2022)^[1]^[2]
• Administrative	368,967
• Rank	2nd in Serbia
• Urban	306,702
• Urban density	2,400/km^2 (6,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	21000
Area code	+381(0)21
Vehicle registration	NS
Website	www.novisad.rs

According to the 2022 census^[update], the population of the administrative area of the city totals 368,967 people,^[3] while its urban area (including the adjacent settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica) comprises 306,702 inhabitants.

Novi Sad was founded in 1694, when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin Fortress, a strategic Habsburg military post. In subsequent centuries, it became an important trading, manufacturing and cultural centre, and has historically been dubbed the Serbian Athens.^[4][5] The city was heavily devastated in the 1848 Revolution, but was subsequently rebuilt and restored. Today, along with the Serbian capital city of Belgrade, Novi Sad is an industrial and financial center important to the Serbian economy.

Novi Sad was the European Youth Capital in 2019 and the European Capital of Culture in 2022.^[6] It became a UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts in 2023.^[7][8]

Name

The name Novi Sad means "new plantation" in Serbo-Croatian. Its Latin name, stemming from the establishment of Habsburg city rights, is Neoplanta. The official names of Novi Sad in local administration are:^[9][10]

Serbian: Нови Сад / Novi Sad Hungarian: Újvidék Slovak: Nový Sad Rusyn: Нови Сад (transliterated: Novi Sad)

In both Croatian and Romanian, which are official in provincial administration, the city is called Novi Sad. Historically, it was also called Neusatz and Neusatz an der Donau in German.

In its wider meaning, the name Grad Novi Sad refers to the "City of Novi Sad", one of the city-level administrative units of Serbia, which includes Novi Sad proper on the left bank of the Danube, the towns of Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin on the right bank and the extensive suburbs of the left bank. Novi Sad can also refer strictly to only the urban areas of the city (Novi Sad proper and the towns of Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin), or only to the historical core on the left bank, i.e. Novi Sad proper excluding Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin.

History

Main article: History of Novi Sad

Older settlements

 

Roman golden helmet, Museum of Vojvodina

Historical affiliations

  Ottoman Empire 1526–1687
  Habsburg monarchy 1694–1804
  Austrian Empire 1804–1867
  Austro-Hungarian Empire 1867–1918
  Kingdom of Serbia 1918
  Kingdom of Yugoslavia^[11] 1918–1941
  Hungary 1941–1944
  SFR Yugoslavia^[12] 1944–1992
  FR Yugoslavia^[13] 1992–2006
  Republic of Serbia 2006–

Human habitation in the territory of present-day Novi Sad has been traced as far back as the Stone Age. Several settlements and necropolises dating to 5000 BC were unearthed during the construction of a new boulevard in Avijatičarsko Naselje.^[14] A settlement was also identified on the right bank of the river Danube in present-day Petrovaradin.

In antiquity, the region was inhabited by Celtic tribes, most notably the Scordisci. Celts had been present in the area since the 4th century BC and founded the first fortress on the right bank of the Danube. Later, in the 1st century BC, the region was conquered by the Romans. During Roman rule, a larger fortress was built in the 1st century, named Cusum, and included in the Roman province of Pannonia.

In the 5th century, Cusum was devastated by Hunnic invasions. By the end of the century, the Byzantines had rebuilt the town and called it Petrikon or Petrikov (Greek: Πέτρικον) after Saint Peter. Slavic tribes such as the Severians, the Obotrites and the Serbs (including the subtribes of the Braničevci and the Timočani) settled the region around Novi Sad, mainly in the 6th and 7th centuries.^{[15][unreliable source?]} The Serbs absorbed the aforementioned Slavic groups as well as the Paleo-Balkanic peoples of the region.^[15]

In the Middle Ages, the area was controlled by the Ostrogoths, Gepids, Avars, Franks, West Slavic groups, again by the Byzantines, and finally by the Hungarians. It became part of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary between the 11th and 12th centuries. Hungarians began to settle in the area, which before that time had been mostly populated by Slavs. The earliest known mention was as the Hungarian variant Peturwarad or Pétervárad (Serbian: Petrovaradin/Петроварадин), derived from the Byzantine variant, found in documents from 1237. That year, several other settlements were mentioned as existing in the territory of modern-day urban Novi Sad.^{[citation needed]}

From the 13th century to the 16th century, the following settlements existed in the urban territory of the modern-day Novi Sad:^[16][17]

• on the right bank of the Danube: Pétervárad (Serbian: Petrovaradin) and Kamanc (Serbian: Kamenica).
• on the left bank of the Danube: Baksa or Baksafalva (Serbian: Bakša, Bakšić), Kűszentmárton (Serbian: Sent Marton), Bivalyos or Bivalo (Serbian: Bivaljoš, Bivalo), Vásárosvárad or Várad (Serbian: Vašaroš Varad, Varadinci), Zajol I (Serbian: Sajlovo I, Gornje Sajlovo, Gornje Isailovo), Zajol II (Serbian: Sajlovo II, Donje Sajlovo, Donje Isailovo), Bistritz (Serbian: Bistrica). Some other settlements existed in the suburbs of Novi Sad: Mortályos (Serbian: Mrtvaljoš), Csenei (Serbian: Čenej), Keménd (Serbian: Kamendin), Rév (Serbian: Rivica).^{[citation needed]}

An etymology of settlement names reveals that some designations are of Slavic origin, which indicates that the areas were initially inhabited by Slavs, particularly the West Slavs. For example, Bivalo (Bivaljoš) had a large Slavic settlement dating from the 5th–6th centuries.^[16] Other names are of Hungarian origin (for example Bélakút, Kűszentmárton, Vásárosvárad, Rév), indicating that the settlements were inhabited by Hungarians before the Ottoman invasion in the 16th century.^[17] Some settlement names are of uncertain origin.

Tax records from 1522 show a mix of Hungarian and Slavic names among the inhabitants of these villages, including Slavic names like Bozso (Božo), Radovan, Radonya (Radonja), Ivo, etc. Following the Ottoman invasion in the 16th–17th centuries, some of these settlements were destroyed. Most of the surviving Hungarian inhabitants retreated from the area. Some of the settlements persisted under Ottoman rule and were populated by ethnic Serbs.^{[citation needed]}

Between 1526 and 1687, the region was under Ottoman rule. In 1590, the population of all villages in the territory of present-day Novi Sad numbered 105 houses, inhabited exclusively by Serbs. Ottoman records mention only those who paid taxes, so the number of Serbs who lived in the area (for example, those that served in the Ottoman army) was likely larger than was recorded.^[18]

Founding of Novi Sad

 

Habsburgs prohibited Orthodox Christians to settle in Petrovaradin. That policy pushed Serbs to form the Serb city which later became Novi Sad. The city was proclaimed to be a free royal city by Maria Theresa by 1748.

Habsburg rule was aligned with the Roman Catholic doctrine and, as it took over this area near the end of the 17th century, the government prohibited people of Orthodox faith from residing in Petrovaradin. Unable to build homes there, the Serbs of the area founded a new settlement in 1694 on the left bank of the Danube. They initially called it the 'Serb city' (German: Ratzen Stadt). Another name used for the settlement was Petrovaradinski Šanac. In 1718, the inhabitants of the village of Almaš were resettled to Petrovaradinski Šanac, where they founded Almaški Kraj ('the Almaš quarter').

According to 1720 data, the population of Ratzen Stadt was composed of 112 Serbian, 14 German, and 5 Hungarian houses. The settlement officially gained the present names Novi Sad and Újvidék (Neoplanta in Latin) in 1748 when it became a 'free royal city', in German language it was called Neusatz.

The edict that made Novi Sad a 'free royal city' was proclaimed on 1 February 1748. The edict reads:

' We, Maria Theresa, by the grace of God Holy Roman Empress,
Queen of Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Rama, Serbia, Galicia, Lodomeria, Carinthia, [...]
cast this proclamation to anyone, whom it might concern... so that the renowned Petrovaradinski Šanac, which lies on the other side of the Danube in the Bačka province on the Sajlovo land, by the might of our divine royal power and prestige...make this town a Free Royal City and to fortify, accept and acknowledge it as one of the free royal cities of our Kingdom of Hungary and other territories, by abolishing its previous name of Petrovaradinski Šanac, renaming it Neoplanta (Latin), Új-Vidégh (Hungarian), Neusatz (German) and Novi Sad (Serbian) '

In the 18th century, the Habsburg monarchy recruited Germans from the southern principalities of the Holy Roman Empire to relocate to the Danube valley. They wanted both to increase the population and to redevelop the river valley for agriculture, which had declined markedly under the Ottomans. To encourage such settlement, the government ensured that the German communities could practice their religion (mostly Catholicism) and use their original German dialect.

Habsburg monarchy

 

Serb uprising of 1848–49, Serbian patriarch Josif Rajačić is giving a blessing to the army of Serbian Vojvodina in 1848.

For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, Novi Sad remained the largest city inhabited by Serbs. The reformer of the Serbian language, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, wrote in 1817 that Novi Sad was the 'largest Serb municipality in the world'. It was a cultural and political centre for Serbs (see also Serbian Revival), who did not have their own national state at the time. Due to its cultural and political influence, the city became known as the 'Serbian Athens' (Srpska Atina in Serbian). According to 1843 data, Novi Sad had 17,332 inhabitants, of whom 9,675 were Orthodox Christians, 5,724 Catholics, 1,032 Protestants, 727 Jews, and 30 adherents of the Armenian church. The largest ethnic group in the city were Serbs, and the second largest were Germans.

During the Revolution of 1848–49, Novi Sad was part of Serbian Vojvodina, a Serbian autonomous region within the Austrian Empire. In 1849, the Hungarian garrison, located at the Petrovaradin Fortress, bombarded and devastated the city, which lost much of its population. According to the 1850 census, there were only 7,182 citizens left in the city, compared to 17,332 in 1843. Marija Trandafil and her husband paid for some of the rebuilding including two churches.^[19] Between 1849 and 1860, Novi Sad was part of a separate Austrian crownland known as the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar. After the abolishment of this province, the city was included into the Batsch-Bodrog County. The post office was opened in 1853.

Following the compromise of 1867, Novi Sad was located within the Kingdom of Hungary, the Transleithania, which comprised half of the new Austro-Hungarian Empire. During this time, the Magyarization policy of the Hungarian government drastically altered the demographic structure of the city as the formerly predominantly Serbian population became one with a more mixed character. In 1880, 41.2% of the city's inhabitants used the Serbian language most frequently and 25.9% employed Hungarian. In the following decades, the percentage of Serbian-speakers decreased, while the number of Hungarian-speakers increased. According to the 1910 census, the city had 33,590 residents, of whom 13,343 (39.72%) spoke Hungarian, 11,594 (34.52%) Serbian, 5,918 (17.62%) German and 1,453 (4.33%) Slovak. It is not certain whether Hungarians or Serbs were the larger ethnic group in the city in 1910, since the various ethnic groups (Bunjevci, Romani, Jews, other South Slavic people, etc.) were classified in census results only according to the language they spoke.^[20]

 

Postcard of Novi Sad with a picture of Lajos Kossuth Street (early 20th century)

Similar demographic changes can be seen in the religious structure: in 1870, the population of Novi Sad included 8,134 Orthodox Christians, 6,684 Catholics, 1,725 Calvinists, 1,343 Lutherans, and others.^[21] In 1910, the population included 13,383 Roman Catholics and 11,553 Orthodox Christians, while 3,089 declared themselves as Lutheran, 2,751 as Calvinist, and 2,326 as Jewish.^[22]

Serbia and Yugoslavia

 

Great Assembly of Serbs, Bunjevci, and other Slavs proclaimed the unification of Vojvodina region with the Kingdom of Serbia in Novi Sad in 1918.

On 25 November 1918, the Assembly of Serbs, Bunjevci and other Slavs of Vojvodina in Novi Sad proclaimed the union of the region of Vojvodina with the Kingdom of Serbia. From 1 December 1918, Novi Sad was part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes; and in 1929, it became the capital of the Danube Banovina, a province of the newly named Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1921, the population of Novi Sad numbered 39,122 inhabitants, 16,293 of whom spoke the Serbian language, 12,991 Hungarian, 6,373 German, 1,117 Slovak, etc.^[23]

In 1941, Yugoslavia was invaded and partitioned by the Axis powers, and its northern parts, including Novi Sad, were annexed by Hungary. During World War II, about 5,000 citizens were murdered and many others were resettled. During the three days of the Novi Sad raid (21–23 January 1942) alone, Hungarian police killed 1,246 citizens, among them more than 800 Jews, and threw their corpses into the icy waters of the Danube.

 

Monument dedicated to the victims of Novi Sad raid, which took place during the Hungarian occupation in WWII

The total death toll of the raid was around 2,500.^[24][25] Citizens of all nationalities—Serbs, Hungarians, Slovaks, and others—fought together against the Axis authorities.^[25] In 1975 the whole city was awarded the title People's Hero of Yugoslavia.

The Yugoslav Partisans of Syrmia and Bačka entered the city on 23 October 1944. During the military administration of Banat, Bačka and Baranja (17 October 1944 – 27 January 1945), the Partisans killed tens of thousands, mostly Serbs, Germans, and Hungarians, who were perceived as opponents to the new regime.^{[26][better source needed]}

Novi Sad became part of the new Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Since 1945, Novi Sad has been the capital of Vojvodina, a province of the Republic of Serbia. The city went through rapid industrialization and its population more than doubled in the period between World War II and the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.

After 1992, Novi Sad became a part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Devastated by NATO bombardment during the Kosovo War of 1999, Novi Sad was left without any of its three Danube bridges (Žeželj Bridge, Varadin Bridge and Liberty Bridge), communications, water, and electricity. Residential areas were cluster-bombed several times while the oil refinery was bombarded daily, causing severe pollution and widespread ecological damage. In 2003, FR Yugoslavia was transformed into the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. These two states separated in June 2006 (following the May 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum), leaving Novi Sad part of the Republic of Serbia.

Geography

 

Dunavac and Fruška Gora in the distance.

The city lies on the meander of the river Danube, which is only 350 meters wide beneath the marking stones of Petrovaradin.^[27] A section of the Danube-Tisza-Danube Canal marks the northern edge of the wider city centre. The main part of the city lies on the left bank of the Danube in the region of Bačka, while the smaller settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica lie on the right bank, in the region of Srem (Syrmia). The section situated on the left bank of the river lies on one of the southernmost and lowest parts of the Pannonian Plain, while Fruška Gora on the right bank is a horst mountain. Alluvial plains along the Danube are well-formed, especially on the left bank, and in some parts 10 kilometres (6 miles) from the river. A large part of Novi Sad lies on a fluvial terrace with an elevation of between 80 and 83 metres (262 and 272 feet). The northern part of Fruška Gora is composed of massive landslide zones, although they are largely inactive with the exception of the Ribnjak neighbourhood between Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin Fortress.^[28]
The total land area of the city is 699 square kilometres (270 sq mi), while its urban area spans 129.7 km² (50 sq mi).^[27]

Climate

Novi Sad has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa)^[29] closely bordering on humid continental climate (Dfa) with a January mean of 0.7 °C (33.3 °F). The city experiences four distinct seasons. Autumn is drier than spring, with long sunny and warm periods. Winter is not so severe, with an average of 22 days of complete sub-zero temperature, and averages 22 days of snowfall. January is the coldest month, with an average low of −2.5 °C (27.5 °F). Spring is usually short and rainy, while summer arrives abruptly. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Novi Sad was −30.7 °C (−23.3 °F) on 24 January 1963, and the hottest temperature ever recorded was 41.6 °C (106.9 °F) on 24 July 2007.

 

Panoramic view from the Petrovaradin Fortress

The east-southeasterly wind, known as Košava, blows from the Carpathians and brings clear and dry weather. It mostly blows in autumn and winter, in 2 to 3-day intervals. The average speed of Košava is 25 to 43 km/h (16 to 27 mph), but certain strokes can reach up to 130 km/h (81 mph). In wintertime, accompanied by snow storms, the winds can cause large snow-drifts.

Climate data for Rimski Šančevi, Novi Sad (1991–2020, extremes 1948–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	18.9 (66.0)	22.4 (72.3)	30.0 (86.0)	31.5 (88.7)	34.2 (93.6)	37.6 (99.7)	41.6 (106.9)	40.0 (104.0)	37.4 (99.3)	30.1 (86.2)	26.9 (80.4)	21.0 (69.8)	41.6 (106.9)
Average high °C (°F)	4.3 (39.7)	6.9 (44.4)	12.7 (54.9)	18.4 (65.1)	23.1 (73.6)	26.6 (79.9)	28.8 (83.8)	29.2 (84.6)	23.9 (75.0)	18.3 (64.9)	11.5 (52.7)	5.1 (41.2)	17.4 (63.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	0.7 (33.3)	2.3 (36.1)	7.0 (44.6)	12.4 (54.3)	17.3 (63.1)	20.9 (69.6)	22.5 (72.5)	22.4 (72.3)	17.2 (63.0)	12.0 (53.6)	6.8 (44.2)	1.8 (35.2)	11.9 (53.4)
Average low °C (°F)	−2.5 (27.5)	−1.7 (28.9)	1.9 (35.4)	6.6 (43.9)	11.4 (52.5)	14.9 (58.8)	16.1 (61.0)	16.1 (61.0)	11.8 (53.2)	7.3 (45.1)	3.2 (37.8)	−1.2 (29.8)	7.0 (44.6)
Record low °C (°F)	−30.7 (−23.3)	−28.6 (−19.5)	−19.9 (−3.8)	−6.2 (20.8)	−0.4 (31.3)	0.2 (32.4)	5.4 (41.7)	6.9 (44.4)	−1.6 (29.1)	−6.4 (20.5)	−13.8 (7.2)	−24.0 (−11.2)	−30.7 (−23.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	38.9 (1.53)	36.4 (1.43)	38.6 (1.52)	46.6 (1.83)	77.3 (3.04)	92.2 (3.63)	68.1 (2.68)	59.7 (2.35)	58.8 (2.31)	58.6 (2.31)	51.5 (2.03)	49.1 (1.93)	675.8 (26.61)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	12.1	10.5	10.6	11.2	13.4	11.1	9.9	8.1	10.1	10.1	10.8	12.9	130.8
Average snowy days	6.4	5.8	2.7	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.9	4.9	22.2
Average relative humidity (%)	85.5	80.2	70.8	64.4	67.9	69.7	68.2	67.4	72.5	77.1	82.1	86.7	74.5
Mean monthly sunshine hours	67.9	100.6	164.1	205.8	257.3	284.8	316.2	298.9	207.1	160.9	94.7	59.4	2,217.7
Source 1: Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia^[30]^[31]
Source 2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)^[32]

Settlements

See also: List of buildings in Novi Sad

 

Liman Towers, tallest buildings in Novi Sad since 1990

Novi Sad is a typical Central European town in terms of its architecture. The Town Hall and the Court House were built by Emmerich Kitzweger (1868–1917). The city was almost completely destroyed during the 1848/1849 revolution, so architecture from the 19th century dominates the city centre. Small, older houses used to surround the centre of town, but they are now being replaced by modern, multi-story buildings.

During the socialist period, new city blocks with wide streets and multi-story buildings were constructed around the city core. However, not many communist-style high-rise buildings were erected. The total number of apartment buildings, with ten or more floors, remained at about 50, the rest having mostly three to six floors. From 1962 to 1964, a new boulevard, today called Bulevar oslobođenja, was cut through the older neighbourhoods, establishing major communication lines. Several more boulevards were subsequently built in a similar manner, creating an orthogonal network which replaced the primarily radial structure of the old town. These interventions paved the way for a relatively unhampered growth of the city, which has almost tripled in population since the 1950s. Despite a huge increase in car ownership, traffic congestion is still relatively mild, apart from a few major arteries.

Neighbourhoods

Main article: Neighborhoods of Novi Sad

 

Zmajeva street

Some of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city are Stari Grad (Old Town), Rotkvarija, Podbara, and Salajka. The areas of Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin, located on the right bank of the Danube, were separate towns in the past, but today belong to the urban area of Novi Sad. Liman, as well as Novo Naselje, are neighbourhoods built during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, with contemporary style buildings and wide boulevards (Liman was divided into four sections, numbered I–IV).

New neighbourhoods, like Liman, Detelinara and Bistrica, emerged from the fields and forests surrounding the city. Following World War II, tall residential buildings were constructed to house the huge influx of people leaving the country side. Many old houses in the city centre, from the Rotkvarija and Bulevar neighbourhoods, were torn down in the 1950s and 1960s, to be replaced by multi-story buildings. Since the city has experienced a major construction boom in the last 10 years, some neighbourhoods like Grbavica have completely been transformed.

Neighbourhoods with single family homes are mostly located away from the city centre. Telep, situated in the southwest, and Klisa, in the north, are the oldest such districts. Adice and Veternik, both located west of the downtown area, have significantly expanded during the last 15 years, partly due to an influx of Serb refugees fleeing the Yugoslav wars.

Suburbs

While Novi Sad's urban municipalities, which include Petrovaradin, Sremska Kamenica and Novi Sad proper, have a combined population of about 277,000, its suburban areas have approximately 65,000 inhabitants. Some 23.7% of the administrative city's total population resides in the suburbs, which consist of 12 settlements and 1 town.^[33] The largest numbers live in Futog (pop. 20,000) and in Veternik (pop. 17,000) to the west. Both places have grown bigger over the years, especially during the 1990s, and have physically merged with the city.

Suburbs like Futog are officially classified as an 'urban settlement' (town), while other suburbs are mostly considered to be 'rural' (village). Ledinci, Stari Ledinci and Bukovac are all villages located on Fruška Gora's slopes, with the last two having only one paved road. Stari Ledinci is the most isolated and least populated village belonging to Novi Sad's suburban areas.

Towns and villages in the adjacent municipalities of Sremski Karlovci, Temerin and Beočin share the same public transportation system and are economically tied to Novi Sad.

 

City of Novi Sad:

  City Municipality of Novi Sad

  City Municipality of Petrovaradin

No.	Name	Status	City municipality	Population^[33]
1	Begeč	Village	Novi Sad	3,325
2	Budisava			3,656
3	Bukovac		Petrovaradin	3,936
4	Čenej		Novi Sad	2,125
5	Futog	Town		18,641
6	Kać			11,740
7	Kisač	Village		5,091
8	Kovilj			5,414
9	Ledinci		Petrovaradin	1,912
10	Rumenka		Novi Sad	6,495
11	Stari Ledinci		Petrovaradin	934
12	Stepanovićevo		Novi Sad	2,021
13	Veternik	Town	Novi Sad	17,454

Demographics

See also: Demographic history of Novi Sad

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1798	6,890	—
1848	18,530	+168.9%
1900	28,763	+55.2%
1910	33,089	+15.0%
1921	39,122	+18.2%
1931	63,985	+63.6%
1941	61,731	−3.5%
1948	69,431	+12.5%
1953	76,752	+10.5%
1961	102,469	+33.5%
1971	141,375	+38.0%
1981	170,020	+20.3%
1991	198,326	+16.6%
2002	216,583	+9.2%
2011	277,522	+28.1%
2022	306,702	+10.5%

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1948	111,358	—
1953	120,686	+1.62%
1961	155,685	+3.23%
1971	206,821	+2.88%
1981	250,138	+1.92%
1991	265,464	+0.60%
2002	299,294	+1.10%
2011	341,625	+1.48%
2022	368,967	+0.70%
Source: ^[34]

Novi Sad is the second largest city in Serbia (after Belgrade), and the largest city in Vojvodina. Since its founding, the population of the city has been constantly increasing. According to the 1991 census, 56.2% of the people who came to Novi Sad from 1961 to 1991 were from Vojvodina, while 15.3% came from Bosnia and Herzegovina and 11.7% from rest of Serbia.

In the 1990s and 2000s, the city experienced significant population growth. According to the 2011 census,^[35] the city's population is 231,798, while in its urban area (including adjacent settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica) there are 277,522 inhabitants. Novi Sad's administrative city limits hold 341,625 inhabitants.^[33]

Ethnic groups

The ethnic composition in the city administrative area (last three censuses):

Ethnicity	1991^[36]	2002^[37]	2011^[38]	2022^[39]
Serbs	173,420	225,995	269,117	289,119
Hungarians	20,245	15,687	13,272	9,792
Slovaks	8,165	7,230	6,596	5,458
Croats	8,848	6,263	5,335	3,877
Romani	1,133	1,740	3,636	3,321
Montenegrins	6,226	5,040	3,444	2,225
Rusyns	-	2,032	2,160	1,836
Yugoslavs	32,803	9,514	2,355	3,465
Muslims	1,737	1,015	1,138	886
Macedonians	-	1,144	1,111	819
Romanians	902	860	891	706
Gorani	-	358	709	821
Ukrainians	-	-	484	454
Germans	-	-	429	294
Slovenians	-	-	412	365
Albanians	-	-	356	476
Russians	-	-	329	2,766
Others	18,211	22,416	31,861	44,287
Total	265,464	299,294	341,625	368,967

All of the inhabited places in the municipalities have an ethnic Serb majority, while the village of Kisač has an ethnic Slovak majority.

Religion

See also: Religious architecture in Novi Sad

 

Name of Mary Church, tallest building in Novi Sad between 1894 and 1990

According to the 2011 census, the population of the administrative area of Novi Sad (comprising both municipalities) included 270,831 Orthodox Christians, 21,530 Catholics, 8,499 Protestants, 4,760 Muslims, 84 Jews, and others. The city is the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Bačka, the seat of the Bishop of the Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia and of the Muftiship of Novi Sad of the Islamic Community in Serbia.

Culture

 

Serbian National Theatre

In the 19th and early 20th century, Novi Sad was the capital of Serbian culture, earning it the nickname Serbian Athens.^[40] During that time, many Serbian novelists, poets, jurists, and publishers had lived or worked in Novi Sad at some point in their career, including Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Mika Antić, Đura Jakšić and Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, among others. Matica srpska, the oldest cultural-scientific institution in Serbia, was moved from Budapest to Novi Sad in 1864, and now contains the second-largest library in the country, the Library of Matica srpska, with over 3.5 million volumes. The Serbian National Theatre, one of the oldest professional theatre among the South Slavs, was founded in Novi Sad in 1861.^[41]

Today, Novi Sad is the second largest cultural centre in Serbia, after Belgrade. Municipal officials have made the city more attractive with numerous cultural events and music concerts. Since 2000, Novi Sad is home to the EXIT festival, one of the biggest music summer festivals in Europe. Other important cultural events include the Sterijino pozorje theatre festival, Zmaj Children Games, International Novi Sad Literature Festival, Novi Sad Jazz Festival, and many others.^[42] Novi Sad also hosts a fashion show twice a year, attracting local and international designers. Called Serbia Fashion Week, the event also features the works of applied artists, musicians, interior decorators, multimedia experts and architects.^[43]

In addition to the Serbian National Theatre, other prominent playhouses consist of the Novi Sad Theatre, Novi Sad Youth Theatre, and the Cultural Centre of Novi Sad. The Novi Sad Synagogue also houses many cultural events. Other cultural institutions include the Detachment of the Serbian Academy of Science and Art, Library of Matica Srpska, Novi Sad City Library and Azbukum. The city is also home to the Archive of Vojvodina, which has collected numerous documents from the Vojvodina region^[44] dating back to 1565.

Novi Sad has several folk song societies, which are known as kulturno-umetničko društvo or KUD. The best known societies in the city are: KUD Svetozar Marković, AKUD Sonja Marinković, SKUD Željezničar, FA Vila and the oldest SZPD Neven, established in 1892.

National minorities express their own traditions, folklore and songs through various societies such as the Hungarian MKUD Petőfi Sándor, Slovak SKUD Pavel Jozef Šafárik, and Ruthenian RKC Novi Sad.

Novi Sad was chosen to be the European Capital of Culture for 2021,^[45] however its mandate was moved to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[46] From this mandate, the industrial zone in Liman neighborhood was repurposed as an artist quarter known as Distrikt. Due the continued efforts of local artists, the city became a UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts in 2023.^[7][8]

Cuisine

Typical Serbian food can be found in Novi Sad, including traditional dishes like ćevapi, burek, kajmak, kiseli kupus, kiflice and pasulj, as well as fish dishes, local cheeses and charcuterie.^[47] Restaurants and farmsteads offer fresh produce from local farmers and also regional vintages from Fruska Gora's wineries.^[47][48] Modern alternatives are available at some of the city's top restaurants, which prepare traditional fare with an updated twist.^[49][50] Pastry shops serve local specialties such as layered cakes made from ground nuts and cream, referred to as 'torta' in Serbian. Desserts also often include raspberries, one of the region's largest exports, and historic Dunavska Street is home to many ice cream parlors.^[51][52]

Index sandwich, named after university student index books, is a popular local street food since the 1980s.^[53] It is made out of a bread roll stuffed with melted cheese, ham, mushrooms and lashings of sauce.^[54][55][56]

Museums

 

Museum of Vojvodina is an art and natural history museum.

The city has several museums and galleries, both public and privately owned. The best known institution in the city is the Museum of Vojvodina, founded in 1847,^[57] which houses a permanent collection of Serbian culture and life in Vojvodina since ancient times.^[46] The Museum of Novi Sad, located in the Petrovaradin Fortress,^[58] has a permanent collection featuring the history of the old fortress.

The Gallery of Matica Srpska is the largest and most respected exhibition space in the city, with two galleries in the city centre. Other museums include The Gallery of Fine Arts – Gift Collection of Rajko Mamuzić and The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection, featuring one of the most extensive collections of Serbian art from the 1900s until the 1970s.

Tourism

 

Petrovaradin Fortress during the Exit festival

Since 2000, the number of tourists visiting Novi Sad each year has steadily risen. During the annual EXIT music festival in July, the city is full of young people from all over Europe. In 2017, over 200,000 visitors from 60 countries came to the festival, attending about 35 concerts.^[59][60]

Other events include shows and congresses organized by Novi Sad Fair, a local management company, bringing in many businesspersons and entrepreneurs to the city. Every May, Novi Sad is home to the largest agricultural show in the region, having attracted 600,000 attendees in 2005.^[61] The tourist port, near Varadin Bridge in the city centre, welcomes cruise boats from across Europe that travel the Danube river.

The most recognized structure in Novi Sad is the Petrovaradin Fortress, which dominates the skyline and also offers scenic views of the city. The nearby historic neighbourhood of Stari Grad has many monuments, museums, cafes, restaurants and shops. Also in the vicinity, is the Fruška Gora National Park, approximately 20 km (12 mi) from the city centre.

Economy

Novi Sad is the economic centre of Vojvodina, the most fertile agricultural region in Serbia. The city also represents one of the largest economic and cultural hubs in Serbia.

Novi Sad had always been a developed city within the former Yugoslavia. In 1981, its GDP per capita was 172% of the Yugoslav average.^[62] During the 1990s, the city, like the rest of Serbia, was severely affected by an internationally imposed trade embargo and hyperinflation of the Yugoslav dinar. The embargo, along with economic mismanagement, led to a decay or demise of once important industrial combines, such as Novkabel (electric cable industry), Pobeda (metal industry), Jugoalat (tools), Albus and HINS (chemical industry). Practically the only viable large facilities remaining today are the oil refinery, located northeast of the town, and the thermal power plant.

The economy of Novi Sad has mostly recovered from that period and grown strongly since 2001, shifting from an industry-driven economy to the tertiary sector. The processes involved in privatizing state and society-owned enterprises, as well as strong private incentives, have increased the share of privately owned companies to over 95% in the district, with small and medium-size enterprises dominating the city's economic development.^[63]

The significance of Novi Sad as a financial centre is already proven, by being home to the national headquarters of numerous banks, such as Erste Bank, Vojvođanska banka, and Crédit Agricole;^[64] as well as the third largest insurance company in Serbia, DDOR Novi Sad. Furthermore, the city is home to major energy companies like Naftna Industrija Srbije oil company and Srbijagas gas company. It is also the seat of the wheat market.

 

Petroleum Industry of Serbia

 

Novi Sad Fair Convention Center

 

Aleksandar Bulevar Centar

Novi Sad is also a growing information technology centre within Serbia, second only to Belgrade. As of September 2017, Novi Sad has one of 14 free economic zones established in Serbia.^[65]

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):^[66]

Activity	Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	1,276
Mining and quarrying	980
Manufacturing	22,551
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	1,888
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	2,259
Construction	7,952
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	26,357
Transportation and storage	8,424
Accommodation and food services	5,811
Information and communication	8,886
Financial and insurance activities	4,483
Real estate activities	662
Professional, scientific and technical activities	10,147
Administrative and support service activities	7,785
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security	8,117
Education	10,807
Human health and social work activities	13,463
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3,397
Other service activities	3,556
Individual agricultural workers	777
Total	149,578

Politics

Main articles: Politics of Novi Sad and List of mayors of Novi Sad

 

Banovina Palace, seat of the provincial institutions of AP Vojvodina

Novi Sad is the administrative centre of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, and as such, home to Vojvodina's Government and Provincial Assembly.

The city's administrative bodies include the city assembly as the representative body, as well as the mayor and city government defining the executive bodies. The mayor and city assembly members are chosen through direct elections. The city assembly has 78 seats,^[67] while the city government consists of 11 members. The mayor and members of the city's assembly are elected to four-year terms. The city government is elected by the city assembly at the proposal of the mayor.

As of 2022, the mayor of Novi Sad is Milan Đurić of the Serbian Progressive Party.^[68] While his party holds the majority of seats in the city assembly, the Socialist Party of Serbia, the Democratic Party of Serbia, as well as other parties and groups, are also represented.

The city of Novi Sad is divided into 47 local communities within two city municipalities, Novi Sad and Petrovaradin, which are separated by the Danube river.^[69]

City holidays

1 February	On this day, in 1748, Novi Sad gained 'free royal city' status.
23 October	The partisan forces from Srem and Bačka entered and liberated the city from occupation on this day, in 1944.
9 November	Troops of the Kingdom of Serbia entered the city on this day, in 1918, led by commandant Petar Bojović.
25 November	In 1918, the Assembly of Serbs, Bunjevci, and other Slavs of Vojvodina (Banat, Bačka and Baranja) in Novi Sad proclaimed the unification of Vojvodina region with the Kingdom of Serbia.

The city commemorates the year 1694, when it was established.^[70]

Coat of arms

The design consists of three white towers placed in the centre, set against a blue sky. A white dove holding an olive branch flies above the larger middle tower. All three structures have rooftops with crenellations, as well as opened windows and closed gates. Below the towers lies a green background, with a wavy white line depicting the Danube River.

Society

Education

Main article: Education in Novi Sad

 

University of Novi Sad

 

Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Gymnasium is one of the oldest educational institutions in Serbia.

Novi Sad is one of the most important centres of higher education and research in Serbia, with four universities overall and numerous professional, technical, and private colleges and research institutes, including a law school with its own publication.^[71] The largest educational institution in the city is the University of Novi Sad, a public school established in 1960. As of 2012^[update], it has 14 faculties, 9 of which are located on the main university campus.^[72] It is attended by more than 50,000 students and has a total staff of nearly 5,000.^[72]

Business Academy University and EducoNS University are private schools also located in the city.^[73][74] Other educational institutions include Novi Sad Open University, offering professional courses in adult education, and the Protestant Theological Seminary.

As of 2022^[update], there are 37 elementary schools (33 public and 4 private) with about 26,000 students.^[75] The secondary school system consists of 25 vocational schools (12 public and 13 private) and 4 gymnasiums with almost 18,000 students.^[75]

Media

Novi Sad has one major daily newspaper, Dnevnik, and among the periodicals, the monthly magazine Vojvodjanski magazin stands out. The city also houses the headquarters of regional public broadcaster, Radio Television of Vojvodina (RTV), and municipal public broadcaster, Novosadska televizija,^[76] as well as a few commercial TV stations such as Kanal 9,^[77] Panonija^[78] and RTV Most.^[79] Major local commercial radio stations include Radio AS FM and Radio 021.^[80]

Novi Sad is also known for being a publishing centre. The most important publishing houses are Matica srpska, Stilos and Prometej. Well-known journals, in literature and art, include Letopis Matice srpske, the oldest Serbian Journal, Polja,^[81] which is issued by the Cultural centre of Novi Sad, and Zlatna greda, published by the Association of Writers of Vojvodina.^[82]

The city hosts an annual literature conference, Book Talk.^[83]

Sports

Founded in 1790, the 'City Marksmen Association' became the first sporting organization in Novi Sad. Founded on 28 March 1885, VK Danubius 1885 is the oldest rowing club in former Yugoslavia.^[84] A more widespread interest in competitive sports developed after the Municipal Association of Physical Culture was created in 1959 and when the Spens Sports center was built in 1981. Today, about 220 sports organizations are active in Novi Sad.

Professional sports in Novi Sad mostly revolve around the Vojvodina multi-sport association. Having won two championships in 1966 and 1989, the FK Vojvodina football club represents the 3rd all-time best team in Serbia, right behind its two Belgrade rivals, Red Star and Partizan. With 13 championship titles, OK Vojvodina is the top volleyball team in the country. As for handball, RK Vojvodina has won the national championship on multiple occasions.^[85]

Athletes from Novi Sad had the honour of participating in the first Olympic Games in Athens. The largest number of Novi Sad competitors, to participate in the Olympics, was at the Atlanta Games. Eleven athletes won 6 medals there. Three also competed at the 1980 Moscow Games, while two participated in the 1976 Montreal Games and the 1956 Melbourne Games.

 

Spens Sports centre

 

Karađorđe Stadium

Many national and international competitions are held in the city. Novi Sad played host to the European and World Championships in table tennis in 1981^[86] and the 29th Chess Olympiad in 1990. It also welcomed the European and World Championships in sambo, the Balkan and European Championships in judo, the 1987 final match of the Saporta Cup in European basketball,^[86][87] and the final tournament of the European volleyball cup.^[86] Furthermore, Novi Sad co-hosted the 2005 European Basketball Championship, as well as hosting the 2017 Volleyball World League matches.^[86][88] The year 2018 saw the city welcome the Senior European Fencing Championships and the European Senior Karate Championships.^{[86][88][89][90]}

The city also holds traditional sporting events such as the Novi Sad marathon, international swimming competitions and many other events. The very first 'MTB Petrovaradin Fortress Cup' took place in 2018, allowing national and regional cyclists to compete. It is also the first mountain bike competition to be held in Serbia.^[91]

Club	Sport	Founded	League	Venue
VK Danubius	Rowing	1885
FK Vojvodina	Football	1914	Serbian Superliga	Karađorđe Stadium
RFK Novi Sad	Football	1921	Serbian League	Detelinara Stadium
FK Slavija Novi Sad	Football	1926		Stadion Salajka
FK Kabel	Football	1932	Serbian League Vojvodina	Stadion FK Kabel
VK Vojvodina	Water polo	1938	Serbian League, Regional League A2	Slana Bara Sports center
OK Vojvodina	Volleyball	1946	Serbian volley league	Spens Sports center
KKK Vojvodina	Kayak and Canoe	1947
KK Vojvodina	Basketball	1948	League B	Spens Sports center
RK Vojvodina	Handball	1949	Handball League of Serbia	Slana Bara Sports center
FK Proleter	Football	1951	Dissolved in 2022, merger with RFK Novi Sad	Slana Bara Stadium
HK Vojvodina	Ice hockey	1957	Serbian Hockey League	Spens Sports center
FK Mladost	Football	1972	Serbian First League	GAT Arena
ŽFK Fruškogorac	Women's football	1998	Druga Liga Srbije Sever	GAT Arena

Recreation

 

Štrand, popular beach on the Danube river

 

Fruška Gora National Park

Novi Sad's inhabitants engage in a wide range of recreational and leisure activities. With regards to team sports, football and basketball have the highest numbers of participants. Cycling is also popular due to the city's flat terrain and the extensive off-road network, found in nearby mountainous Fruška Gora. Hundreds of commuters cycle the roads, bike lanes and bike paths daily.

Proximity to the Fruška Gora National Park attracts many city dwellers on the weekends. They enjoy the numerous hiking trails, restaurants and monasteries located in and around the mountain area. Occurring on the first weekend of every May, the Fruška Gora Marathon lets hikers, runners and cyclists take advantage of the many hiking trails.^[92] During the summer months, citizens from Novi Sad visit Lake Ledinci in Fruška Gora, as well as the numerous beaches situated along the Danube, the largest being Štrand in the Liman neighbourhood. There are also several recreational marinas bordering the river.

Transportation

Main article: Transport in Novi Sad

 

Liberty Bridge

Air transport

Novi Sad currently does not have its own civil airport. The city is roughly a one-hour drive from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, which connects it with capitals across Europe. The small Čenej Airport to the north of the city is used for sporting and agricultural purposes. There are plans to upgrade it to serve for cargo and small-scale public transport,^[93] but the future of this initiative is uncertain.

City transport

 

City bus

The main public transportation system in Novi Sad consists of bus lines, operated by the public company JGSP Novi Sad. There are twenty-one urban lines and thirty-five suburban lines, with the main bus terminal being at the northern end of the Liberation Boulevard (Bulevar oslobođenja) next to the Novi Sad railway station, in addition to a smaller terminal in the town center. There are numerous taxi companies serving the city.

The city used to have a tram system, but it was decommissioned in 1957.^[94][95]

Rail and road transport

 

Novi Sad's main railway station

Novi Sad lies on branch B of the Pan-European Corridor X. The A1 motorway connects the city with Subotica and Hungary to the north and the capital city of Belgrade to the south. It runs parallel to the Budapest–Belgrade railroad, which connects it to major European cities. On 19 March 2022 the "Soko" (meaning "falcon") high-speed line between Novi Sad and Belgrade opened and runs with 18 departures daily. Its maximum speed is 200 km/h and the 75 kilometres between Belgrade and Novi Sad are covered in 35 minutes. Novi Sad is connected with Zrenjanin and Timișoara on the northeast and Ruma on south with a regional highway; there are plans to upgrade it to a motorway or an expressway, with a tunnel under the Fruška Gora shortcutting the Iriški Venac mountain pass.^[96][97]

Three bridges cross the Danube in Novi Sad (as of 2020): Liberty Bridge (Most Slobode) connects Sremska Kamenica with the city proper. Varadin Bridge (Varadinski most) and Žeželj Bridge (Žeželjev most), connects Petrovaradin with city centre, and used for railway and heavy truck traffic. Many bridges also span the Danube-Tisa-Danube canal, running north of the city centre.

Water transport

 

Danube–Tisa–Danube Canal

The Port of Novi Sad is located on the outskirts of the city on Danube river. Since May 2019 it has been owned by DP WORLD from the UAE. With over a million tonnes of load turnover, it is the largest cargo port in Serbia.^[98]

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Serbia

Novi Sad has relationships with several twin towns and twin cities. One of the main streets in its city centre is named after Modena in Italy; and likewise Modena has named a park in its town centre Parco di Piazza d'Armi Novi Sad. A city square near the Varadin Bridge is named after Dortmund in Germany; and likewise Dortmund has named a city square Platz von Novi Sad.^[99] The Novi Sad Friendship Bridge in Norwich, United Kingdom, by Buro Happold, was also named in honour of Novi Sad. As of October 2023, there plans to establish twin city cooperation with Klagenfurt and Busan.^[100]

Novi Sad is twinned with:^[101]

•   Alexandria, Egypt (2021)^[102][103]
•   Budva, Montenegro (1996)^[104]
•   Changchun, China (1981)^[105]
•   Cleveland, Ohio, United States (2023)^[106]
•   Dortmund, Germany (1982)^[107]
•   Gomel, Belarus (2013)^[108]
•   Ilioupoli, Greece (1994)^[109]
•   Istočno Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021)^[110]
•   Kumanovo, North Macedonia (2019)^[111]
•   Modena, Italy (1964)^[112]
•   Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (2006)^[113]
•   Norwich, England, United Kingdom (1989)^[114]
•   Pécs, Hungary (2009)^[115]
•   Taverny, France (2020)^[116][117]
•   Timișoara, Romania (2005)^[118]
•   Tivat, Montenegro (2023)^[119][120]
•   Toluca, Mexico (2015)^[121]

Partner cities

Most frequent cooperation is done with Budva, Dortmund, Taverny, Timișoara, Tivat and Ulm in the fields of culture, tourism and sports.^[100] Besides twin cities, Novi Sad has many signed agreements on joint cooperation with other cities, some of which could potential lead to twin city agreements. (see also: Politics of Novi Sad).

Novi Sad has signed agreements on joint cooperation with cities:^[101]

•   Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)
•   Corfu, Greece (2017)^[122]
•   Enghien-les-Bains, France (2020)^[116]
•   Frunzensky District, Russia (2003)^[123]
•   Gothenburg, Sweden (2002)
•   Kranj, Slovenia (2004)
•   Krasnodar, Russia
•   Lviv, Ukraine (1999)
•   Nant, France (2002)
•   Osijek, Croatia (2002)
•   Oryol, Russia (2017)^[124]
•   Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, France (2020)^[116]
•   Shiraz, Iran (2023)^[125]
•   Szeged, Hungary (2001)
•   Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002)
•   Ulm, Germany (2000)^[126]

Novi Sad is an associate member of Eurocities.^[127]

See also

• List of people from Novi Sad
• List of places in Serbia
• List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina
• Clinical centre of Vojvodina
• Festival of Street Musicians

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External links

• Novi Sad – Official website (in Serbian and English)
• (in Serbian)
• Virtual tours through Novi Sad
• Novi Sad 2022 – European Capital of Culture – Official website (in Serbian and English)
• Visit Distrikt Novi Sad – Official website (in Serbian and English)