NOVI SAD

GENERAL PRESENTAION

The town of Novi Sad is situated in Eastern Europe respectively the southern part of the Panonian Plain.

It is the second biggest town in Serbia and is the capital of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. According to the latest count the town is inhabited by 299 294 people. The town is situated on the border of Srem and Backa regions, on the Danube riverbank (all 3 bridges destroyed during the 1999 bombings have been rebuilt) and also on the banks of the Danube- Tisa – Danube Canal, at the bottom of the Fruska Gora mountains.

The earliest proof of Novi Sad existence can be traced back to 1694. Since then the town has evolved to being the centre of Serbian Culture being also called the Serbian Athens. Today the town is one of the biggest industrial, financial and economical centers of Serbia. It is also a big continuous building site, the town evolving continuously.

Even though the first historical mentioning about the town is quite recent, the territory has been inhabited by Celts (4th century BC), Romans (1st century BC), Byzantines and other migratory peoples such as the Huns, the Ostrogoths, the Gepidae, etc.

On of the town’s symbols is the Petrovaradin Fort, which dates back to Roman times under the name of Cusum. In the middle ages it was occupied by the Byzantines, and in the second half of the XII-th century it is taken over by the Cistercite monks. They had to build a fort to defend from the tartaric attacks. Starting with 1526 the fort has been occupied by the Ottoman Empire up until 1687 when the Austro Hungarian Empire conquered it. In 1692 the building of the fort as it stands today started. The building took almost 100 years to complete (1780). It was one of the most impressive military constructions of the time in Europe.

Twinned cities with Novi Sad:

Budva – Muntenegru
Changchun – China
Dortmund – Germany
Helioupolis – Greece
Modena – Italy
Lviv – Ukraine
Niyhny Novgorod – Russia
Norwich – UK
Timisoara – Romania

From an economic standpoint we can say that the city has been in constant development of the service sector starting with 2001. The privatization process has taken place so that today 95% of the companies in the town and region are foreign capital. Novi Sad is also an important economical and financial center. Important companies have offices here: Vojvodjanska Banka, Erste Bank, Kulska Banka, Meridian Bank, NLB Continental Bank, Panonska Banka, DDOR Novi Sad Insurance company, Naftna Industrija Srbije, etc. In march 2007 the gross average salary in Novi Sad was approximately 525 euro and the net salary was 375 euro. The Novi Sad region account for 11% of the Serbian GDP and the average wage in the region is 60% than the national average.

Novi Sad attraction points:

Petrovaradin Fort
Sremski Karlovci – a small town near Novi Sad, cultural and religious sanctuary of Vojvodina National Park of Fruska Gora together with the Fruska Gora monasteries
Ledenci lake
The beach on the banks of the Danube (“Ştrand”)
EXIT music festival
Children’s festival “Jovan Jovanovici Zmaj”
Matica Srpska
National Serbian Theatre

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