Historic sites

Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad

Serbia South Bačka Petrovaradin

Petrovaradin Fortress, Novi Sad
Photo: Bybbisch94, Christian Gebhardt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A huge 18th-century fortress on the Danube, called the 'Gibraltar of the Danube', with a clock tower whose hands are reversed, so that boatmen could read the hours. Tours go into the 16 km of underground tunnels.


Every July the fortress hosts the EXIT music festival. Across the bridge, Novi Sad's old town has a lively main square and cafés. The monasteries of Fruška Gora national park are nearby. Trains from Belgrade take about 40 minutes.

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