Nenad Stekić – “White Bimon”
What no one else had ever achieved in long jump was accomplished by the magnificent Nenad Stekić, who ranked first on the world lists for five consecutive years during the 1970s. The record he set remains unbroken by any Yugoslav athlete to this day. As a child, he used to jump over clotheslines at his […]
Miodrag Petrović Čkalja – A Born Comedian
On the very day the world celebrates humor, one of the greatest actors and comedians from this region was born – Miodrag Petrović Čkalja. “I was skinny like a stick, transparent, so from ‘čaklja’ (stick) it became ‘Čkalja,'” this unparalleled comedian explained the origin of his nickname. He began his career in the Drama Studio […]
Bijelo Dugme concert at Hajdučka Česma
On August 28, 1977, at Hajdučka Česma at Topčider, Belgrade, Bijelo Dugme held a concert, marking the peak of the tour promoting their third album. After nine performances in Poland in 1977, the rest of the tour was plagued by numerous technical and organizational problems. There were noticeably fewer audiences than before, and tensions began […]
Ivo Pogorelic – piano master
Ivo Pogorelić began his music education at the age of seven in Belgrade at the Dr. Vojislav Vučković and Mokranjac music schools and continued his studies at the Central Music School in Moscow in 1970. He enrolled at the Moscow State Conservatory, named after Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in 1975. In 1976, he began an intensive […]
Dragutin Šurbek, Table Tennis Player
He was born on August 8, 1946, in Zagreb. He started playing table tennis in Zagreb at the age of ten in the STK Poštar club, and since 1965, he was a member of GSTK Vesnik — Zagreb. By profession, he was a PTT technician. He started playing for the Yugoslav national team in 1966. […]
Brion – The Scent of Yugoslavia
Every morning, freshly shaved men in Yugoslavia would apply the famous lotion that is still produced today. Brion was famous not only for its scent but also because, with the right “recipe,” it could be consumed… It was known that in prisons and barracks, it served as a substitute for alcoholic beverages that were not […]
“Work is rest all day in Borosana shoes.”
Borosana has been on the market since 1968. It was developed over the course of a year by a team of experts led by Dr. Branko Strinović, an orthopedic specialist from Zagreb. Borosana was designed according to the anatomical features of the female foot, achieving successful support for all its key parts. It was created […]
Zemljo moja (My Land) – Tito’s Favorite Song
The song was written in the mid-1970s and was first performed at the “Vašem Šlageru” festival of entertainment melodies in Sarajevo in 1975, where it secured fourth place. This is one of the noblest songs that speaks about an individual’s love for their homeland. At the time of its creation, the song was dedicated to […]
Zdenka Vučković – Yugoslavia’s First Child Pop Star
Zdenka was born in 1942 and managed to win a children’s music competition at the tender age of six. She captured the hearts of the audience at the age of 15 when, in a duet with Ivo Robić, she sang the songs “Moja mala djevojčica” (remembered by many as “Daddy, Buy Me a Car”) and […]