Novi Sad, Serbia

July 29

We started our day with a 3-hour walking tour of the town. The guide told us stories of when the city was ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire as well as pointing out notable sites and buildings.

Zezelj’s Bridge

The green market was mostly closed since it was Monday, but a few vendors were set up.

We then had a food tasting. We started with their uštipci (fried dough balls), I imagine they would have been good, but they were grease soaked. (think of something like a donut hole) We chuckled since the guide’s strong accent made it sound like "fried dog balls". They were good with the plum jam.

The next table had more meats, cheeses, bread & plum jam and more dough balls. Hard to get photos as the group swarmed the tables like they hadn't just had breakfast on the ship.

the swarm was at the first table until they discovered this one

We then continued through the main walking street passing the statue of Serbian poet Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, the Grand Cathedral and many cafes, shops & restaurants.

cute dog looking out of an upper window

Name of Mary Catholic Cathedral

At the Novi Sad Synagogue, we had a short concert performed by members of the local Jewish community. Singer and a violin player and one playing the viola. We then made our way back to the ship for lunch.

Novi Sad Synagogue

concert

Jews from Novi Sad killed in the Resistance against fascism 1941 - 1945

from this building on Aprill 26th, 1944 Novi Sad Jews were deported to Nazi extermination camps

Novi Sad Synagogue from the back

Danube Park

at the ship

After lunch we set out to explore on our own. We started with finding gelato and got some better shots of some of the buildings without the Viking crowd. I scouted magnet choices and bought some of the hot plum jam.

gelato shop

gelato stop

inside of The Name of Mary Catholic Cathedral

We then walked across the bridge to climb up to the Petrovaradin Fortress. Petrovaradin translated means “city on the rock as firm as faith”. The 214 steps weren't hard. The clock at the top has an unusual feature, where the little hand indicates the minutes, and the large hand indicates the hour. It was designed this way so fishermen could see the time from the Danube.

Nice views in all directions and we walked the walls around it before stopping for a cold drink and some more gelato. There was a museum close, but it was closed on Mondays.