Belgrade – a Lyon in the Balkans?

A work trip to Belgrade – my first time in Serbia – and there were surprisingly a lot of reminders of Lyon.

Belgrade is at the confluence of the river Sava and the Danube – just like Lyon with the Rhône and Saône.

The old docks area has moved and is now a trendy-ish place to eat. Sound familiar? There is even an old piece of docks equipment left on show.

There are a lot of moored boats that have become bars. Just like les peniches au bord du Rhône.

Belgrade’s Roman name is Singidunum, Lyon’s Lugdunum

There are even murals in Belgrade too.

Ça suffit? Non? OK – there’s even a Paul!