Situated in\u00a0Vojvodina, 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.<\/p>\n
The bus station is a modernist welcome to Subotica<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n
but a couple of minutes walk towards the center, you fly into a majestic kingdom<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n
where legendary creatures decorate facades<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n
and enchanted windows<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\n
and doors<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_4_placeholder\n
take you to Subotica’s famous Hungarian Art Nouveau scene<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_5_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_6_placeholder\n
Inside architect Ferenc Raichle Family Palace<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_7_placeholder\n
A fairy tale is unfolded<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_8_placeholder\n
A shrine of peace and tranquility<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_9_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_10_placeholder\n
The restaurant at the courtyard is properly inspired<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_11_placeholder\n
but I choose this carefully designed cafe on a narrow pedestrian street<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_12_placeholder\n
With a neoclassic facade to the right<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_13_placeholder\n
and a dramatic facade to the left<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_14_placeholder\n
Just around the corner back to public modernism<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_15_placeholder\n
and private modernism<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_16_placeholder\n
I prefer the more modest version, one which respects corners<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_17_placeholder\n
and those simple functional yet aesthetic residential facades, in human scale<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_18_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_19_placeholder\n
Speaking of life, these doors and windows seem to be dancing<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_20_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_21_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_22_placeholder\n
and what\u00a0happened to Lijana Luric who died so young?<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_23_placeholder\n
Is she now looking at our world as if\u00a0it was a homage to Magritte’s Castle of the Pyrenees ?<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_24_placeholder\n
Back at the city center, admiring the beautiful ceramics of the blue fountain<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_25_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_26_placeholder\n
No words can describe the City Hall,\u00a0designed by architects Marcell Komor and Dezso Jakab<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_27_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_28_placeholder\nngg_shortcode_29_placeholder\n