{"id":8153,"date":"2017-06-17T16:17:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T16:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2017.europe.wordcamp.org\/?p=8153"},"modified":"2017-06-17T16:19:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T16:19:22","slug":"belgrade-serbia-to-host-wordcamp-europe-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2017\/belgrade-serbia-to-host-wordcamp-europe-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgrade, Serbia to host WordCamp Europe 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"We are happy to announce that Belgrade, Serbia<\/strong>, will host WordCamp Europe 2018<\/strong>. The capital of Serbia, Belgrade, is an old city in the centre of the Balkans with fantastic food, culture, nightlife, and most importantly \u2013 an incredible WordPress community<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Every year a different city and country host WordCamp Europe. Our European journey started in Leiden<\/strong>, Netherlands and back then we couldn’t imagine the impact this event would have in the European WordPress community. We were in Sofia<\/strong>, Bulgaria in the second year and the year after in Seville<\/strong>, Spain. Some of you were with us last year in Vienna<\/strong>, and a lot more this year in Paris<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Belgrade <\/a>
Belgrade city centre and a look to National Opera house <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Saint <\/a>
Saint Sava church is the biggest orthodox church in the world <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Hotel <\/a>
Hotel Moscow is one of the landmarks in the city centre <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Authenthic <\/a>
Authenthic Italian ice cream shop \u2013 in Belgrade <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Skadarlia <\/a>
Skadarlia street also know as the Bohemian neighbourhood offers a variety of different food choices <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Belgrade <\/a>
Belgrade offers a lot of chillout opportunities <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Kalemegdan <\/a>
Kalemegdan fortress is surely a place where you will enjoy Belgrade sunsets <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

We try to make the event accessible to every person out there, not only in Europe but also globally<\/strong>, now that WordCamp Europe is more and more becoming a global event. During the past few days, we heard a lot of people asking where the next WordCamp Europe will take place, some of them afraid of the growing cost of traveling to one European city after another. And that’s fair. After Bulgaria, WordCamp Europe wasn’t hosted in any other Eastern European city, but that is changing now.<\/p>\n

Global lead for 2018, Jenny Beaumont<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cWCEU was created to bring us together across borders, discover and share our cultural richness. I am excited to discover Serbia and the beautiful city of Belgrade with you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Serbia, a country often seen as a crossroad between east and west, where different cultures collide. The Serbian WordPress community is one of the younger ones and is the perfect example of what WordCamp Europe means to people across the continent. Starting after the first event in Leiden, today the Serbian community hosts meetups in several cities across the country, some of which get more than a hundred people in attendance. Every time.<\/p>\n

Local lead for 2018 will be Milan Ivanovi\u0107<\/strong>. \u201cWe are all so happy to have this opportunity of hosting WordCamp Europe next year. For us everything started at the first WordCamp Europe in Leiden \u2014 that was a spark that lighten up the entire community” says Milan Ivanovic, WCEU 2018 Local Lead. “Having this global event in Belgrade will help our community grow even more and we will do everything we can to make everyone feel welcome in Serbia.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"WordPress <\/a>
WordPress Meetup in Novi Sad <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"WordPress <\/a>
WordPress Meetup in Nis\u030c <\/div> <\/div>
\"WordPress <\/a>
WordPress Meetup in Belgrade <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Everyone here at WCEU2017 organising team is also thrilled that WordCamp Europe, now a global event, will take place in Belgrade next year. Belgrade is accessible with direct flights from the biggest European cities and airport hubs<\/strong>. Serbia is also less expensive than (probably) any other country that hosted WordCamp Europe so far. With that in mind, we believe it will be easy for people to travel there.<\/p>\n