Jan 6, 2014

Cycling another round - Zemun

For this part a Serbian pop classic suits well:  Željko Joksimović Lane Moje
Zemun was formerly part of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia and therefore at the other side of the border to Serbia. The former border line is still visible by the architecture - Zemun looks like a typical small Austro-Hungarian town:
The main road through Zemun.
The most delicious bakery I have been.
By the way, I of course tried out everything I found in bakeries. And without an exception the food is delicious. I like especially the different types of filled dough. The dough is sometimes a kind of Danish pastry and sometimes Puff pastry and the filling ca be meat or vegetables. The pastries are rich in calories so that 2 of them are like a full meal. The typical Kifla are also quite tasty.

From the castle of Zemun in Gardoš only a few walls are preserved but from its hill you have a great view over Belgrade and the Danube. There are also nice restaurants while at the Zemun riverside you find mostly expensive tourist restaurants. At the highest point of the castle hill is the Gardoš Tower which is open and offers a nice view.
The Gardoš tower.
View from the tower towards the old town of Belgrade.
View towards Novi Beograd.
At the riverside of Zemun. The arm of the Danube is full of small boats and some people bath at the coast of the Great war island. The tower in the background is the Ušće tower.

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