| Serbia |
Facts for the Visitor
Visas| US citizen: | Between April 1 ~ September 31 (tourist season), tourist passes with a 30-day validity are issued at the border for 6 Euro. Outside these dates, a visa must be obtained before arrival at a Yugoslavian Consulate. Hotels do required police registration. |
| Japanese citizen: | No visa required for a 90-day stay. Hotels do required police registration. |
| Many people in tourist related industries speak English. Learning the Cyrillic Alphabet is needed to read bus destinations and maps. |
| None. |
| US$ 1 = SBD 61.775 (Serbian dinar) on September 19, 2002. Moneychangers at bus stations, train stations, and heavy pedestrian areas change US$ and Euro into Serbian dinar. Hotels and restaurants accept payment in Euro at a slightly worse rate than the moneychanger gives. |
| 220V, 50Hz. Electrical outlets are for mainland European parallel round pin plugs. |
| International Certificates of Vaccination are not required. |
| Round bills up. |
| Belgrade has 56 kbps connections for SBD 60 per hour. |
| Below European standards but clean and comfortable. |
| Belgrade city buses and trams are SBD 10 for any distance. Long-distance buses are clean, comfortable, and inexpensive. The only train runs from Belgrade south through Sofia to Istanbul and from Belgrade north through Zagreb to Zürich. |
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