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Kafana at palace Albania, Belgrade, 1910s. The first coffeehouses in the area appeared during the Ottoman expansion in the 16th century, popping up in Belgrade, Buda, Sarajevo and other cities under Ottoman control. Further west, in Zagreb, the first coffee-serving establishments were recorded in 1636.
White Bear Tavern (Serbian: Кафана "Бели медвед", romanized: Kafana "Beli medved") is a former kafana in Belgrade, in the municipality of Zemun.First mentioned in 1658, it is the oldest surviving edifice in the territory of modern Belgrade, not counting the Belgrade Fortress. [1]
Zlatna Moruna or Golden Beluga (Serbian: Кафана "Златна моруна") is a kafana in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Today considered a "historical kafana", it was a gathering place and an unofficial base of the members of Young Bosnia revolutionary movement , prior to the 1914 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ...
Night view on Belgrade, from the Sava river Bohemian quarter of Skadarlija.With its mix of old-style kafanas and modern clubs, it is the second most visited tourist attraction in Belgrade after the Belgrade Fortress Typical appearance of the splavovi, barges and houseboats adapted into the kafanas, restaurants, clubs and cafés, central venues of the modern city nightlife One of the clubs on ...
The kafana was built in oriental, Turkish style, with yellow façade and its original clientele included Ottoman seymen, merchants, hirelings, Serbian guardsmen, etc. [9] The clock in front of the kafana was the first public clock in Belgrade. [10] As such, it became the most popular meeting point in the city. [4]
Grčka Kraljica or Greek Queen (Serbian: Грчка краљица) is a former kafana in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Built in 1835, the building is located on Knez Mihailova Street, the commercial hub of downtown Belgrade. For decades, it was one of the favorite kafanas in the city, but it was closed in 2007.
The building in which the kafana is located, was built in 1823. It was built by the diplomat and merchant Naum Ičko (son of Petar Ičko), on orders and with funds provided by the Prince of Serbia, Miloš Obrenović I.
After 1945, the Vltava kafana, for example, became known as the gathering place of Belgrade's lawyers, Mala Vltava of the former political prisoners from the Goli Otok while the more affluent citizens gathered in Trandafilović. [8] The entire area surrounding the modern park was described as "one vast kafana, open all hours". [9]