{"id":1454,"date":"2017-12-12T13:08:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T13:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.europe.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=1454"},"modified":"2018-02-13T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T08:20:00","slug":"getting-to-belgrade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/europe.wordcamp.org\/2018\/info\/location\/getting-to-belgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to Belgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can easily get to Belgrade by airplane<\/a>, train<\/a>, bus<\/a> and\u00a0car<\/a>. \u00a0There are direct flights<\/a> from most major European cities and Belgrade is also connected by direct flights from Asia, Africa (Tunis) and North America (New York).<\/p>\n

For those closer, there are frequent trains from other European capitals \u2013 Vienna, Budapest, Zagreb and Sofia (to name a few) \u2013 so you could combine your journey by travelling to a nearby European capital by\u00a0airplane, and then continuing to Belgrade by train.<\/p>\n

Those who like travelling by road can choose between coming to Belgrade via bus or in their own car.<\/p>\n

Traveling to Belgrade by Airplane Return to Top<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (IATA: BEG) is 18 km west of the city centre<\/strong> and can be reached in 40-60 minutes by car or bus, depending on the traffic. \u2022 Belgrade airport is well connected to major European cities by direct flights<\/strong> (see a list of cities with direct flights to Belgrade<\/a>)\u00a0from major airlines, as well as some low-cost airlines. It can be reached by\u00a0direct flights from both Asia<\/strong> (Beijing, Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Istanbul), Africa<\/strong> (Tunis) and North America<\/strong> (New York).<\/p>\n

Belgrade airport\u00a0has been recently renovated and new facilities have been opened as it is becoming a regional hub. Major airlines<\/strong> that fly to Belgrade are Air Serbia, Aeroflot, Qatar Airways, Turkish, Lufthansa, Austrian, Alitalia and Swiss International.<\/p>\n

Discount and no-frills carriers offer a modest number of flights. Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air<\/strong> has direct flights from London, Eindhoven, Memmingen, Gothenburg, Malm\u00f6, Charleroi, Stockholm, D\u00fcsseldorf and Dortmund to Belgrade. Istanbul-based Pegasus Airlines<\/strong> flies from Belgrade to Istanbul’s smaller Sabiha G\u00f6k\u00e7en Airport with great connections to many European and Eurasian cities. Germanwings<\/strong> does have a number of less expensive flights to cities across Europe and Norwegian Air<\/strong> is another low-cost airline operating in Belgrade, flying to Oslo and Stockholm. EasyJet<\/strong> flies from Milan. For travellers from Asia and the Middle East, the low cost airline FlyDubai<\/strong> offers cheap direct connections from India, Sri Lanka and other destinations to Belgrade via Dubai. Good connections for travellers from Asia\/Middle East are also offered by Air Serbia<\/strong> and its partner airline Etihad<\/strong> via Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n

Air Serbia operates direct flights from Belgrade to New York’s JFK International Airport<\/strong>\u00a05 times a week.<\/p>\n

Transfers from the airport to the city centre<\/h3>\n

Cheapest solution is a regular bus<\/strong> (take Line 72), which takes up to 60 minutes and costs around 1 EUR<\/strong>. More convenient solutions are minibuses<\/strong> or taxis<\/strong> which take from 30 to 40 minutes, depending on the traffic. A minibus costs around 2 EUR<\/strong>, and taxis cost around 15 EUR<\/strong> for a transfer to Belgrade centre.<\/p>\n