Ivan Živković works as a hairdresser in Sombor. Until he decided to go on an adventure. He has signed on the cruiser „Queen Elizabeth” for nine months and sailed almost all around the world. In the new post on the blog you can read what he experienced there and why he is now back at home. When I need a new haircut in Sombor, I have been going to the salon Žika at Sonćanski … [Weiterlesen...]

New year, new tactics, new try: The activists around the self-proclaimed president of the fictive republic of Liberland, Vít Jedlička, don’t want to give up. For the first birthday of its foundation there is supposed to be a party in the Serbian-Croatian borderland. The Czech harshly criticized the post on my blog where I had discussed the Liberland idea and its implementation … [Weiterlesen...]

Maja Gligorić has a mission in Sombor: she looks for little, good news that sometimes go under or are missed in the rush of everyday life. The situation is not simple in Serbia: the unemployment is high, the average income low and the end of the economic crisis is not in sight. The news is full of topics that offer headlines for classic “bad news”. In 2014, Maja already … [Weiterlesen...]

It is supposed to protect the EU external frontier, instead it exacerbates the refugees’ drama on the Balkans route and also separates people in Serbia and Hungary: The 174 kilometres long Hungarian border fence is almost ready and ends in Sombor. It is a rainy day at the end of a long summer in Sombor. Today, my friend Tibor and I want to take a look at the lately … [Weiterlesen...]

„Sombor may not die” – with such radical words they boil their aim down to the essence. Nine activists and supporters founded the initiative „Fabrika” (factory) in order to stop the slow death of the city. Their aim: Sombor should get back some activism, creativity and innovation. Things, the multicultural city in the tri-border area had been famous for in the years before the … [Weiterlesen...]

While even today things that separate are often put in the foreground on the Balkans, people in Serbian Sombor take another path: in the village of Bezdan Serbs, Hungarians and Croats looked for things they have in common and built a bridge of friendship last weekend. In Bezdan, which is part of the municipality of Sombor, this is already a tradition as the village is situated … [Weiterlesen...]

Whoever is trolling the streets of Sombor, will someday inevitably come upon his name: Milan Konjović. Among the artists, he is the greatest son of the city. Today, the crown jewels of the city are the painter’s artistic legacy. A treasure that could come to even greater international fame, if it wasn’t located faraway in placid Sombor. Today I’m on my way to learn more … [Weiterlesen...]

The sun is shining in Sombor: the weather is ideal to show you a bit of the city. After we had recorded our first dashcam tour on Sombor Blog in winter darkness as a test, now we were on the road in spring. Surely the city lights are also charming, but the blue sky and the green trees instantly make everything look a lot more pleasant. On the map below the video, the starting … [Weiterlesen...]

A mouldered shed, old steam locos and a symphony in rust: while the heart of train lovers is either bleeding or beating faster, photographers can find a charming photography location at the old engine shed in Sombor. On this spring day, fresh greenery already pops up with all might and forms a wonderful contrast to the colours of rust that shine here in all varieties. Bush … [Weiterlesen...]