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Finding Belgrade: Exploring One of Europe’s Most Underrated Capitals

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Finding Belgrade: Exploring One of Europe’s Most Underrated Capitals
The Church of Saint Sava in Belgrade. Heikoneumannphotography/Shutterstock
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I approached through the Istanbul gate. For hundreds of years, this city was one of the westernmost prizes of the Ottomans, with a road that ran straight from here to the capital of the empire. The doors still bear the signs of conflict, bullet holes in the tough black steel.

“This city has seen 115 wars, and this fortress has been demolished completely more than 40 times,” noted my guide, Dragana.

Tim Johnson
Tim Johnson
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Toronto-based writer Tim Johnson is always traveling in search of the next great story. Having visited 140 countries across all seven continents, he’s tracked lions on foot in Botswana, dug for dinosaur bones in Mongolia, and walked among a half-million penguins on South Georgia Island. He contributes to some of North America’s largest publications, including CNN Travel, Bloomberg, and The Globe and Mail.
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