Advantages: A worthwhile way to spend time; easy to get to Disadvantages: Not brilliantly presented
A short walk north of Nis’s busy bus station is the Crveni krst (Red Cross) Camp Museum, the site of a World War Two concentration camp. This small museum is open to visitors daily, except for Mondays. The camp is set back slightly from the main road ...
Advantages: Cheap, kids may like mildly gruesome aspect Disadvantages: A bit underwhelming really
...spooky review for hallowe'en...
The Skull Tower or ‘Cele kula’ in Serbian, is one of the most popular attractions in Nis; clearly there are a lot of people out there interested in the darker side of life – or, in this case, death. In 1809, just a ...
Advantages: Cheap, well presented museum, great guide Disadvantages: All exhibition in Serbian
...Metallurg Krasnoyarsk, Lokomotiv Moskow, Hajduk Spilt, Dinamo Bender: I have long found the names of some of eastern Europe's football teams exciting and romantic. Perhaps because of my fascination with things Communist, my two all time favourites are Red ...
Advantages: A fitting tribute to a great man, a quirky and interesting museum Disadvantages: None at all
Every year in early December I am faced with a dilemma: what do you buy the man who has everything? I’m talking about my dad. He’s never been a wealthy man but with a big family he does very well at Christmas and birthdays, nor does he deny himself someth ...
Advantages: Lots of good things happening. Disadvantages: Not quite to everyone's taste.
For those of you that remember one of my previous reviews, a number of years ago I went out to what is now called Serbia for some time to help to take some aid out to many of those people who were displaced as a result of the war that had been taking plac ...
