{"id":1122,"date":"2017-05-08T07:35:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T05:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.belgrade.wordcamp.org\/?p=1122"},"modified":"2017-05-08T10:00:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T08:00:08","slug":"belgrade-survival-handbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belgrade.wordcamp.org\/2017\/belgrade-survival-handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgrade Survival Handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1383 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/2017.belgrade.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/05\/image_14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belgrade.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/05\/image_14.jpg 900w, https:\/\/belgrade.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/05\/image_14-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/belgrade.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/05\/image_14-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/belgrade.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/05\/image_14-500x283.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Welcome to Belgrade! The city of lights, culture, entertainment, great people, tasty food, and fantastic drinks awaits you \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Before we see you at the WordCamp, we want to make sure that you are comfortable with finding your way around Belgrade and that you have a basic survival kit with you. 21st-century basic survival kit &#8211; the internet \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">At the airport<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">You&#8217;ve just landed. Hurray! Before you get to the hotel, make sure to exchange a bit of your cash for the Serbian currency &#8211; dinar (RSD). The exchange rate varies but these days, \u20ac1 is worth approximately 123 RSD. Make sure to check the current <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xe.com\/currencyconverter\/convert\/?Amount=10&amp;From=EUR&amp;To=RSD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">currency exchange rate<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">You&#8217;ll find <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beg.aero\/en\/strana\/9491\/exchange-offices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a couple of exchange offices<\/a> at the very airport in Belgrade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Next stop &#8211; let&#8217;s get you to the hotel!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Get a Transportation to the Hotel<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">You&#8217;ve got two options here &#8211; bus or taxi (there&#8217;s also a third option but it&#8217;s only available if you have a friend in Belgrade who has a car \ud83d\ude00 ).<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">Bus<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">You can take a\u00a0bus number <strong>72<\/strong> which stops directly in front of the main entrance to the airport. This bus will drive you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.rs\/maps?q=zeleni+venac+mapa&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiWiuaGhs3TAhVLFSwKHYB3CfcQ_AUICygC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zeleni\u00a0venac<\/a>\u00a0which is near the city center. From there,\u00a0you&#8217;re connected to every part of Belgrade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Pro tip: Make sure you have <a href=\"https:\/\/moovitapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moveit<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.me\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maps.me<\/a> apps installed on your phone. They will make your life so much easier \ud83d\ude09<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The bus ticket costs 150 RSD if you buy it from the bus driver or 89 RSD at a\u00a0kiosk.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">Taxi<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Before you exit the airport, you&#8217;ll see a booth where you can order a taxi. Tell them the address you want to get to and you&#8217;ll receive a piece of paper with your desired location on it. When you exit the airport, just take the first taxi in line, and give the paper to the driver. Relax and enjoy the view \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Note: The price\u00a0depends on\u00a0which part of the city you are headed to. If you&#8217;d head to the venue directly from the airport, the price would be 1800 RSD.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1126\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1126\" class=\"wp-image-1126 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/2017.belgrade.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/05\/you-talkin39-to-me-meme-35758.jpg\" alt=\"Are you talking to me?\" width=\"600\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belgrade.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/05\/you-talkin39-to-me-meme-35758.jpg 600w, https:\/\/belgrade.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/05\/you-talkin39-to-me-meme-35758-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/belgrade.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/05\/you-talkin39-to-me-meme-35758-396x300.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All taxi drivers in Belgrade are super friendly.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Get Data<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">You are in a foreign country and one thing that you&#8217;d really like to have is, of course &#8211; data. Let&#8217;s get that covered!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">You can get a sim card with 500MB of data starting from 300 RSD. There are a couple of different mobile internet providers in Serbia and we included them here. Pick one nearest to you with the package that suits you best:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vipmobile.rs\/en\/about_vip\/sales\/point_of_sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vip<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telenor.rs\/sr\/privatni\/podrska\/telenor-prodavnice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Telenor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mts.rs\/privatni\/poslovnice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Now What<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Before the WordCamp starts, you still have time to explore Belgrade a bit. Yes, you should! In our next article, we&#8217;ll focus on places and things that shouldn&#8217;t be missed when you are in Belgrade! Stay tuned \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Spoiler alert: You&#8217;ll also learn the best places to get food and drinks in town. Cheers<\/em> \ud83c\udf77<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Belgrade! 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