Serbia has not been without its share of troubles but the legacy has left the capital Belgrade with a population of people filled with optimism and a fierce pride in their city, which although not the most charming of the European capitals is almost without doubt one of the most interesting and vibrant of them all.
Historical buildings and cobbled streets sit alongside impersonal tower blocks, green spaces are surrounded by concrete and the old ways have given way to a new hedonistic lifestyle of the free generation. Belgrade is a capital like no other and offers a city break quite unlike anything else, for somewhere completely different there really can be no other choice.