GirlGI | Girl Gone International Issue 8 | Page 22

Notorious Nightlife
Splav Hopping!
Belgrade is quickly becoming the
Balkan nightlife capital and my
personal hunch is that its due to
the seeming fact that Serbians
rarely sleep.
After a late dinner and plenty of
coffee, drinks and rakija and it’s
finally after midnight, it’s time to
head to the infamous splavs, or
floating cafes that turn into party
central on the calm, moonlit river
waters.
Not sure what type of music you
prefer? Not to worry, simply start
on one end of the river and walk
along the promenade, essentially
‘splav shopping’, until you find
the beats you’re craving. What?
Already tired of that one? ‘Splav
hopping’ it is!

Taking Back the 90’s
Grunge, rollerblading and
Ace of Base
As a typical almost-30-year-old,
my childhood brings on a case of
90’s nostalgia, but in Belgrade the
90’s, due to recent memories of
war and destruction, are not necessarily remembered favorably.
But the longer I’m in Belgrade, the
more I seem to develop the theory
that Belgradians are ‘taking back
the 90’s’ readily welcoming a resurgence of the enjoyable aspects
of this past decade.
Grunge street style is everywhere
and irresistible rollerblading is the
endearing sport of choice in the
summer months. This blast from
the past is making the kid in me
happy and it seems that the funloving citizens of Belgrade don’t
mind it either!