Situated in Vojvodina, north Serbia, close to the border with Hungary, Subotica enjoys influences of various periods and cultures. Delicate architecture from Central Europe meets modernist socialist architecture of Balkan Yugoslavia, decorating the town’s pleasant streets.
The bus station is a modernist welcome to Subotica
but a couple of minutes walk towards the center, you fly into a majestic kingdom
where legendary creatures decorate facades
and enchanted windows
and doors
take you to Subotica’s famous Hungarian Art Nouveau scene
Inside architect Ferenc Raichle Family Palace
A fairy tale is unfolded
A shrine of peace and tranquility
The restaurant at the courtyard is properly inspired
but I choose this carefully designed cafe on a narrow pedestrian street
With a neoclassic facade to the right
and a dramatic facade to the left
Just around the corner back to public modernism
and private modernism
I prefer the more modest version, one which respects corners
and those simple functional yet aesthetic residential facades, in human scale
Speaking of life, these doors and windows seem to be dancing
and what happened to Lijana Luric who died so young?
Is she now looking at our world as if it was a homage to Magritte’s Castle of the Pyrenees ?
Back at the city center, admiring the beautiful ceramics of the blue fountain
No words can describe the City Hall, designed by architects Marcell Komor and Dezso Jakab
Till the tour inside the building starts, I visit yet another creation of Komor and Jakab – the Synagogue, probably one of the most beautiful synagogues of Europe (See this post dedicated to this synagogue).
It’s time for the City Hall tour.
Colorful ceramics dominate the building, representing here various professions.
Wall paintings
and stained glass
lead you to the main council room
where you ask yourself how people conduct meetings here with all this distraction.
when you need service from the municipality, you cannot get angry while waiting here
Climbing some stairs
peeping through the windows
up to the clock tower to get a beautiful view of the city in green
Time to visit an interesting suburb, with this modernist building on the way
Palić is located 8 Kilometers from Subotica’s center, and this place is a real version of a cartoon, where simply everything can happen.
This is known as a water tower, but I’m sure it’s full of ice cream (The heavy door was locked, so I couldn’t verify).
The Grand Terrace is open for everyone
while I saw also men in the Women’s Lido on the lake.
Another room with a view seems to be on that princess palace
but apparently the view is now blocked
as opposed to yet another abandoned house nearby
Back to reality, this fountain is a reminder to get back on the ground
With its big brother supermarket near by
or its small brother – one of the K67 kiosks, a wonderful creation designed in 1966 by Slovenian architect and designer Saša J. Mächtig.
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