I don't know, if you read the original post and stayed on topic, you would have found that it it was a positive thread, and more importantly about visiting Serbia as a tourist destination.

Well, you could also have chosen to stay on topic yourself. Perhaps by calling your thread simply 'Exit Festival in Serbia Review' rather than with the rather misfortunate question -- 'Does anyone like the Serbs?'

You see, saying that you enjoyed a festival in Belgrade, had a good time and a lot of cheap booze is great. Extrapolating from that that everything there is roses and that the whole nation is awesome but somehow strangely misunderstood is a different story.

First of all, greetings to everyone. I am from Bosnia, I live in the city of Bijeljina (1 km away from the border with Serbia). How much time I spent in Bosnia, I spent so much time in Serbia. I am a Serb and I am not ashamed of it. I have read a lot of positive comments here and of course I'm glad. Here was a war. A long time ago. If you haven't live here, you can not know anything about it. Newspapers, TV, tell everything, to be marketed better. But in any case, if you want to know something about Serbia, here are a few words. The monthly earnings in Serbia is 300 euros. One bread is 0.70 euro, juice (Coca Cola 0.50) 1 euro, a large pizza 5 euro (or less). Here or anywhere in ex-yugoslavia LOVE music. If you came with positive attitude, you will leave ex-yu with more positive attitude. If you ever decide to visit Serbia, you will not regret it.

Natasha, one big hellooo for you.

Welcome to the EF. Nice first post. I have never been bored and always enjoyed company of good Serbian folks. Time to explore the country as well na zdrovie! Ziveli!

Re: Does anyone like the Serbs? (Exit Festival Serbia review).


Yes, I do!

Just wanted to say I work with a few Serbs, and they are actually, ALL, really nice people. Very funny, great characters, hard workers and unlike some others, not up themselves....

It was a few years ago and I was travelling from Zakopane to Krakow by coach. There was a lively group of Serbs on the board and I ended up spending the entire journey talking to an amazing Serbian man called Vlad. We broached a lot of subjects: lighter (Star Trek The Next Generation, the Exit Festival) and more serious ones (well…). The two hours passed much too quickly. I should add that my shoes were completely wet because I had been walking in the mountains with some friends that day and we’d ended up in a stream.Anyway, I didn't seem to notice that physical discomfort.

Anyway, I still hold very fond memories of that journey. We parted our ways and never saw each other again…

1EUR beers and you think they ripped you off? that is actually cheap for serbia and how much you would pay in a grocery store. in cafes, expect to pay around 3EUR.regarding wars etc., all sides are to blame so i do agree that serbs get unfair treatment by the western media.

Speaking of Serbia... who wants to go to see Metallica in Belgrade?! They have a gig in March I think...

Tickets are so cheap that it's worth to drive over, at least the AC/DC ones were!

I'd be in, crash here then go by car or train.

Tom

The thread title is a little odd but I fall very heavily in the pro-Serbistan camp. I went to Exit fest in 2007, to Gucha festival (Balkans brassband music) in 2009 and another time in mid winter.

Exit festival is pretty sweet - the setting isn't your usual openair in a field / racetrack / air force base but in an old fortress. Next to a river. In a country with reliable mid 30s summer days and not a drop of mud in site...and the locals do indeed love music and a good time.

It probably helped a lot that 2 of 3 times my Serbian flatmate's friends were showing me about, but even the other time where it was just random strangers it was a lot of fun.

Good food, good people, low prices and good times. My Swiss-ified digestive system took a few days to adapt to the 80ish-% meat diet (and the irony is in the summer they have the nicest veggies and stone fruits I tasted in years), but no complaints. Well worth a visit.