{"id":38900,"date":"2022-08-29T09:34:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T07:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitdistrikt.rs\/?p=38900"},"modified":"2022-08-29T09:34:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T07:34:14","slug":"is-danube-street-the-oldest-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitdistrikt.rs\/en\/2022\/08\/29\/is-danube-street-the-oldest-in-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Danube Street the Oldest in the City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every city has its own unique street whose rich past determines its historical, social, and cultural significance. For Novi Sad, it is certainly one of the two oldest streets in Novi Sad \u2013 Danube Street (Dunavska ulica). Whether it is, in fact, the oldest, or is it the Zlatne Grede Street in the immediate vicinity, we\u2019ll probably never know… Danube Street connects the Danube riverbank and Zmaj Jovina Street and is one of the favourite promenades of the people of Novi Sad and tourists, who also like to stop by the Danube Park<\/a>. At its top is the famous City Library of Novi Sad, and in addition to it, it is also adorned with the iconic Irish Pub, souvenir shop Souvenirs, beautiful pastry shops, a monument to Ja\u0161a Tomi\u0107, as well as three museums \u2013 the Collection of Foreign Art of the Museum of the City of Novi Sad, the Museum of Vojvodina, and the Museum of Contemporary Art. And you will probably only hear from Novi Sad residents that this street is pronounced \u2018DunAvska\u2019, instead of \u2018DUnavska\u2019. And that is something that is typical of Novi Sad. We bring you the story of the origin of this important street in Serbian Athens.Kako je nastao naziv Dunavska ulica?<\/strong><\/p>\n

How Did the Name Danube Street Come About?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The street came to be at the beginning of the 18th century in the former town of Racka (the old name for Novi Sad), connecting the city centre with the Danube. At first, it was called Petrovaradin Street, because it led to the Bridgehead and Petrovaradin, and then Auf den Brucken<\/em>, i.e., the Bridge Street. It was actually an embankment or a dry beam between two ponds. By the end of the 18th century, with the strengthening of the economic power of the citizenry, the first buildings made of solid material were erected and the street took its shape. Its Serbian name Dunavska ulica<\/em> or Dunavski sokak<\/em> originates from that time, i.e., Donau Gasse in German, or Duna utca in Hungarian.<\/p>\n

Danube Alley<\/h2>\n

Before the 1848 Rebellion, this alley resembled a Turkish town with a pronounced oriental spirit. Among others, Novi Sad was founded by merchants and artisans originating from the Turkish regions of the Balkans. Here they built houses of a typical oriental\/Balkan type, with shops or craft workshops on the street side, which was overlooked by \u0107epenci \u2013 eastern-styled windows with shutters. The one-story courtyard buildings stretched behind the store along the courtyard and people lived and stored their goods in them. The streets were narrow and winding, covered with eaves of houses almost touching in the middle. When it was raining, you could walk the entire length of Danube Street over dry ground. Mihajlo Polit Desan\u010di\u0107<\/strong>, a famous politician, journalist, and writer writes in his \u2018Memories\u2019 about Novi Sad: \u2018It was a semi-oriental and patriarchal town. People sat on benches in front of houses, writers argued their points there, merchants and artisans sat in front of their shops in oriental clothes, with shallow shoes on their feet and pipes in their mouths, speaking in Greek<\/em>.\u2019<\/p>\n