Antun Augustinčić – State Sculptor
One of the most significant Yugoslav sculptors of the 20th century, Antun Augustinčić, was born on May 4, 1900, in Klanjec. From 1918, he studied sculpture at the School of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb under Rudolf Valdec and Robert Frangeš. When the school was transformed into the Royal Academy of Arts and Crafts in […]
Belgrade Book Fair – a Cultural Institution
The International Book Fair in Belgrade was first opened in 1957 in Hall 3 of the newly opened modern fairground. It was part of the larger cultural manifestation “Book Month”, and the organizers emphasized that this is the only fair in Europe dedicated exclusively to books. However, the first Yugoslav book fair was held at […]
Krempita – Cream Slice
Krempita – Cream Slice The Bled Cream Cake is a variation of the cream slice that is exclusively made in the pastry workshop of the Park Hotel in Bled. It is a type of cake, a dessert, a cream pie that is neither just a cream slice nor a cream puff, but rather both […]
Tristać – The Car with a Thousand Lights
The Zastava 1300, popularly known as the “Tristać,” is a car that citizens of the former Yugoslavia remember for its timeless beauty and grandeur. They were primarily used as taxis and were also utilizedby the police due to their maximum speed of around 140 km/h (with a 1500 cm3 engine, they could reach speeds of […]
The Brčko-Banovići Railway
The Brčko-Banovići railway, a railway in northern Bosnia, was created as a result of the first youth labor action in Yugoslavia. 62,268 young people from all over Yugoslavia and more than 1,000 brigadiers from abroad worked on its construction. The idea of building a railway that would connect the rich coal deposits of the Banovići […]
Red Kiosk – Symbol of Old Belgrade
Anyone who had the opportunity to grow up in the 1970s and 1980s in Yugoslavia surely remembers one of the symbols of that era – the red kiosk that served various purposes, from grocery stores, newsstands,and pastry shops to cable car stations in the mountains and even border police booths. However, the most famous use […]