Subject: Living in Beograd

Hello people :)

I hope writing in English here is OK.
I'm thinking about moving to Belgrade (I got a job offer there). What can you tell me about the city? How much can it cost (basic stuff) for a single person to live there? Will people have patience with my zero Serbian skills? :P
I only spent 3 days (slightly more than 1 "net" day) there before, so anything you can tell me would be useful.

Thank you all!
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You will not have problem with English cuz almost everyone know to speak.
For rent a place You need 200-300 €.
Average meal in restaurant with one drink and coffee will cost You from 5 to 25 €, depend which one You choose.
If You need to know something specific feel free to ask.

Welcome!

.. and you can always drink rakija with us and come to our sokker meets!

Thanks! That kind of info helps :)
I think I'd be better off learning some serbian eventually, but it is good to be able to survive with English at the very beginning :P
Any estimate on what the overall "living" monthly costs can be? I mean, buying groceries, taking buses, and paying utilities mostly (then if there's something left we can discuss going out :P).

@majti_orion
I think I tried дуњевача during my short stay - at least, it was some quince brandy :P
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=)

Well, about monthly costs, it depends of a life style, I mean, how much do you eat, and WHAT ... :)) Bakeries are nice places to eat burek, pizza and other meals like that (breakfasts mostly), and restaurants are for lunches etc. Utilities, well, that depends on apartment, I mean how big it is, but that shouldn't be more than 100 euros, and yeah, bus, some 20-30 euros on monthly base ...

On the other side, dunjevača is 9 euros, loza 10 .. (1l) xD

living costs?

Living costs is like in any other European country: bills for that kind of apartment is around 200 eur ( electricity, cable TV, internet, mobile phone... ) and that mean the total cost of your future apartment is around 400 - 500 euros. For food you will pay some average European prices : 1kg of meat - around 4 euros, milk 1l is around 0.6 eur, and bla bla bla...In short cut - if you wanna wake up alive - you need another 500 euros. So, 1000 euros per month will be just fine...
Welcome and good luck!

just to know average Serbian live with 300 euros per month, everyone use internet, mobile, cars, goes to shopping and holidays, no one know how.

So, 1000 euros per month

Oh come on, his wage wouldn't probably even be that much.

Graz: http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=Austria&city=Graz
Consumer Price Index (Excl.Rent): 92.01
Rent Index: 36.52
Groceries Index: 85.86
Restaurants Index: 73.28
Consumer Price Plus Rent Index: 71.93
Local Purchasing Power: 100.26

Belgrade: http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=Serbia&city=Belgrade
Consumer Price Index (Excl.Rent): 58.47
Rent Index: 17.88
Groceries Index: 43.46
Restaurants Index: 45.83
Consumer Price Plus Rent Index: 43.78
Local Purchasing Power: 32.24

So Graz is considerably more expensive than Belgrade and I'm doing decent with 450 euros.

Jel ti to onako, da oteraš čoveka ili si ubeđen da je tako? Meni je kabl i net od 12mb/s 30 ojera (zajedno), struja nikad preko 50, a mobilni 15 ... A to da je život skup kao u većini Evropskih, pa neće da bude .. Kapiram ja da pljuju da je skuplji od x velegrada, ali druže, ne da si ga pretero, nego ihaaa. Ako negde u evropi možeš, o vlastitom trošu, i to u klubu, da se balsamuješ za 20-30, e jbg, odo' tamo, tuđe je bolje znaš kako kažu!

Al sam ubo u šrosek utilities-a, za 3.5e preko proseka! xD

Mine bill per month in summer (Internet, Cable TV, Electricity, Mobile Phone) is about 60 euros.. in winter, bill is about 110 euros (becouse of gas).. I'm from Novi Sad, and my appartment cost me 150 euros per month.. Appartments are more expensive in Belgrade, and you will need about 200 euros per month for it.. all other stuff are almost same..
So, when you get used to life in Serbia, you will learn that with salary of 500-600 euros, you can live like a king :D
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And somehow spend more than a double of that! xD

You need a psychiatrist

there. you've got some basic info and if you decide to make that step , there are a lot of us from sokker community willing to help. ;)

pa vidi sad druze, ja u stanu u NS-u za kojeg bi platio rentu oko 170 jura ( da nije moj ) placam 17 tauzenki racune sa mobilnim, netom, ( bez vrtica i tih kuraca ) a on kao samac ne bi platio manje od 15. Rentace stan u Bgd za 200-300 jura, i vec smo dosli do 450 jura bez da je pojeo kiflu. Drugo, on moze covek da jede burek danas, sutra prekosutra, ali on dolazi u Bgd da zivi, morace da pojede nesto sto ce mu iskliznuti iz dupeta ( bez da mu oci ispadaju ), morace nesto da obuce, pa i da se balzamuje za 30 jura. Idi jedan mesec na pijacu - kao ono laganica krompir, salata, paprikica, riba, meso...neces izaci sa pijace bez 30-40 jura ostavljenih.
Sa rentanjem stana on moze da se navuce ko i mi svi ovde sa 750-850 evra, ali buduci da nije naviknut na srbija survivor - bez tauzenke ce mu biti tesko...

Hahahaha 17k ti normalni računi za samca!? xD Ide bre jaksa! :))
Ae da nemam gajbu u NS ...