Dimitar Vuksanov: Belgrade, love it or leave it

 

Things I love about Belgrade:

– I love the trolley-buses for the sound they make and the fact that they’re not polluting. 
– The girls in Belgrade are beautiful, especially in the summer. 
– I’ve been on great parties here, so many I can’t remember! 
– This city newer sleep, it’s full on for 24 hours a day. 
– I love the bakeries when coming home late at night. 
– Nobody is busy, there is no rush and everybody is chilling. 
– I love the fact that if you get caught doing graffiti, the fine is just € 25,– and no signs for a criminal record. 
– Smoking is allowed everywhere! 
– Also, using a mobile phone at any place at any time is completely normal. 
– The latest Hollywood movie pirate DVD’s are available on every corner. 
– Nobody is checking your ID when you go clubbing.
– They don’t ask for age when selling alcohol. 
– It can be fun sometimes how nobody is normal here. 
– The city is constantly growing. New buildings arise and more people are coming in. 
– I love all the trees and how green they become in spring. 
– Belgrade is the coolest place on Balkan and I live here.

Things I don’t like about Belgrade
– Trolley-buses are so slow and tend to break annoyingly often. 
– I will never understand girls with so much make up and dressed like they’re going to anOscar ceremony at 7 a.m. in the morning.  And no, they are not coming back late from party, trust me I know.
– Parties and clubs are getting more and more commercial; underground culture is dying. 
– Belgrade is always noisy; it doesn’t care if you want to sleep. 
– Not all bakeries are open all day and there is nothing worse than closed bakeries, especially when you are drunk and hungry. 
– Nobody is doing anything. Get a job, people! Do something! 
– It’s great that graffiti tickets are cheep, but as a result walls are full of stupid ugly things. 
– Everybody is smoking everywhere, and I quitted… 
– People just do not know when to turn off their mobile phones. 
– Pirate movies are often from such a poor quality. 
– Because of all the kids in clubs, I feel so old there, although I’m just 23.
– Too many drunken kids are doing stupid things. 
– Most of the new buildings are ugly. And more people equals less parking space. 
– In May, the whole city gets allergies because of the flowering trees. 
– I can’t go to any other big city without a fucking visa!