Belgrade city guide

It’s quite simple – imagine a house 150 years old, a hidden backyard with walls decorated by large paintings, a bar in the corner and dozen of wooden tables around. And even when it’s crowded it still preserves some warmth and quietness.

Cafe gallery Blaznavac is a new spot opened in June 2011 and will hopefully exist for many more years to come. Its main comparative advantage to me is the lovely backyard being one of the nicest summer bars in the city.

During the winter, the cafe life moves inside the house, on the ground and first floor. Drink offer is conventional, the emphasis is on cocktails. Among few types of desserts, I like the one named “Blaznavko”

The name Blaznavac belongs to one of the politicians from the turbulent Serbian 19th century who built this house. He was actually a defense minister. It’s funny to me to think about issues that occupied him and his friends in their conversations and me and my friends in our discussions today, all in the same old house.