ZEMUN
Mnogo je labudova na Dunavu, a svi dolaze na užinu do keja There are many swans on the Danube, and they all come to the quayside for brunch
ZEMUN
and grow indigenous forests. Rising silently above the rooftops of Zemun’s houses and the Church of St. Nicholas’s bell tower is an impos- ing brick and mortar structure, one of the last remnants
Here time flows more slowly
of the once powerful Austro-Hun- garian Empire on the territory of today’s Serbia - Gardoš Tower or, as Zemuners like to call it, Sibin- janin Janko’s Tower. e heart of Zemun is right there on Gardoš, from where you’ll see the lights of the city in the distance, beyond the bridges. But that’s not the reason most Belgraders bring their foreign guests here. Rather it’s because on Gardoš, just like at the restaurants beside the river, the best tamburitza players perform, and women’s high heels can be heard striking the cob- blestones until late into the night. One must inhale, smell and expe- rience Zemun.
Zemun is the place where it is said that Belgrade hid part of its soul, and jealously guards it, sleeping slightly beside the expansive Danube ZEMUN IS A CITY OF FISHERMEN, TRADERS, NARROW cobblestoned streets, tamburitza players and bohemians. Zemun is a place where time flows more slow- ly on the Pannonian plain, and where song and joyful chil- dren can be heard at any time of the year on the quayside that follows the route of the river along its entire length. Floating in the calm Danube waters are swans and boats of river fishermen, while somewhere on the other side, on Great War Island, live rare birds untouched by man
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