Novisad

::: introduction :::

the city novisad, second-largest one of serbia, is located at the river danube, north-west of serbia's capital belgrad.
this serbian name means "new plantation" or "new setting".

in novisad are two large bridges over the river.

::: novisads's history :::

= foundation:

1694, by serbian merchants, at the danube, opposite to the petrovaradin fortress of habsburg.

= countries to which it belonged:

in the early 20th century, novisad looked like this.

= status today

novisad was named as the "european capital of culture" for 2022.

::: city views :::

novisad's two largest buildings are the town hall and the "name of mary" church.

many traditional buildings in the center show the city's wealth. the university of novisad is created in modern architecture.

none of all these buildings is famous - famous is novisad's tower with four clocks. unusually, the longer hand shows the hours and shorter one the minutes. this clock needs to be wind up every day!

::: wind-up :::

obviously novisad is an unusual city, so it is indeed attractive to visitors. and that the clock tower seems to be its core feature is somewhat surprising!