My snapshots from Belgrade

The brutalist Genex Tower is the official welcome to the city.

Social housing everywhere in the suburbs

Depressing remains of Socialism


But passing-by the center of the city remnants from the brutal Nato bombing of the city is on full display


  This series of photos are from the  Army Headquarters complex

this is how it looked before 1999

Military stuff usually give me the creeps.  

In Greece today is remembrance of one of the most brutal moments in the history of  youth culture of the country. Check here what happened on 17th November 1973 

(source wikipedia)

Although I loved this military building in the perifery of Belgrade

This is a Hospital serving still the vigilant army.

Entrance is not permitted to foreigners

This is one of the craziest buildings I saw with a great view of the Danube river. Built in the early 70's, initially was a restaurant called the Danube Flower.

Unfortunately there are no info who initially designed this building. 

I did not go inside because it heard it has been recently rennovated and it's kind  of 
disappointing.

Splendid views of Danube

A bunker-like water tower by lake Ada.

And next there is this nice stone sculptures. 

Monument to letter A?

 

I visited the Museum of Yugoslav History- a building from the communist era.

A sculpture/fountain in front of the museum

   

This is the mausoleum a.k.a "House of Flowers" where Marshal Tito "rests"

 

A strange connection: Royals meet a Communist,

Marshal Tito visiting Athens' Royal Palace in the mid 50's

 

A beautiful black and white bosnian folk uniform that maybe Tito wore

Patriotic romanticism, part of the museum contains gifts given to Marshal Tito

Playful sculptures in the museum alley

 

I also visited the Nikola Tesla museum one of world's greatest inventors

This is the closest you can get to him now: his ashes 

This is the entrance of the closed Museum of Contemporary Art

which is scheduled to open soon.

The post-modern building of the National Bank of Serbia

and its disorienting entrance

and rich suburbs full of remains of failed capitalism.

(Thank you Nikola )