On the corner of Makedonska and Dečanska streets, only a few steps from Republic Square, there stands a building that for six decades has reminded whole generations of Belgraders that the city belongs to the young as well.
The Belgrade Youth Centre — Dom omladine — opened its doors in the autumn of 1964, and from that day to our own it has remained one of those places where art, learning, and youthful restlessness are forever intertwined. It is here, on the 18th and 19th of September 2026, that the regional WordPress community will gather for WordCamp Belgrade.
Where it is
Dom omladine stands at Makedonska 22, in the very heart of the city, a stone’s throw from Republic Square. From its doors it is only a few minutes’ walk to Knez Mihailova street, to Terazije, to the old quarter of Skadarlija, and to Republic Square with its famous monument to Prince Mihailo. All around lie hotels, restaurants, taverns, and cafés in abundance — everything that makes a guest feel at home in this part of town.
Getting there
From the airport
Nikola Tesla Airport lies some eighteen kilometres from the centre, a drive of twenty to twenty-five minutes by car or taxi. As you leave the arrivals terminal you will find a taxi desk that issues a voucher with a fixed fare set in advance (roughly 2,300 to 3,000 dinars), which spares the traveller any unpleasant surprises. Those travelling more modestly may take the bus: the A1 minibus runs to Slavija Square, the regular line 72 to Zeleni Venac in the centre itself, and line 600 to Beograd Centar (Prokop) railway station.
By city transport
It is worth knowing that, since the 1st of January 2025, public transport in Belgrade is free of charge: buses, trams, and trolleybuses are ridden without a ticket (the airport A1 minibus being the sole exception). Nearly every central line passes through Republic Square, Terazije, or Zeleni Venac, from each of which Dom omladine is a gentle five-to-ten-minute walk.
On foot
Standing as it does at the very core of the city, Dom omladine is, for most visitors, most easily reached on foot. From Republic Square one need only set off along Makedonska street — and the building will soon appear on the corner with Dečanska.
We look forward to welcoming you, on the 18th and 19th of September 2026, to this very place.
A short history
Where Dom omladine stands today, on the corner of Makedonska and Dečanska, there once stood the celebrated kafana “Ginić” — a favourite haunt of Belgrade’s journalists, among them the reporters of the nearby Politika daily, and the very place where the satirical paper Ošišani jež was born. On this ground, so rich in memory, there rose in the mid-1960s a building of an altogether different spirit — one turned towards the future and towards the young.
The edifice was designed by the architect Zoran Tasić, with the support of one of Serbia’s most distinguished builders, Momčilo Belobrk, and with the collaboration of the architects Dragoljub Filipović and Husnija Kurtović. When it was completed, its eleven storeys rose a few metres higher even than the Albanija Palace, so that for a time it was reckoned the tallest building in the very centre of the capital. Below street level lies the great universal hall, praised in its day as among the finest in the city, given over to theatre and film, to concerts and gatherings of every kind.
