Studentski Grad (Belgrade)

Studentski Grad or colloquially Studenjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Студентски Град or Студењак) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd. It is the largest dormitory in Belgrade, originally constructed to accommodate nearly 5,000 students.

Studentski Grad is located in Novi Beograd's Block 34 (and some smaller parts of Block 4), bounded by the neighborhoods of Bežanijska Kosa on the west and Fontana on the east. The area is encircled by the streets of "Tošin bunar" and "Narodnih heroja", "Boulevard of the AVNOJ" and the Belgrade-Zagreb highway (or the "Boulevard of Arsenije Čarnojević").

Studentski Grad, as its name points out (Serbian for "student city") is actually the University of Belgrade's student residence. It was constructed in period 1949-1955 and a massive and long reconstruction was conducted 1985-1997 after which Studentski Grad gained its present appearance.

Studentski grad includes not only students rooms and restaurant, but also two libraries, gallery space, cinema and theater building, spaces for conferences and podium discussions, an open stage for summer concerts and happenings and one orthodox chapel.

Studentski Grad is divided in four blocks (I, II, III and IV) and each block is further divided in two sub-blocks or wings, F and G. F wings have buildings seven storeys high, while G wings comprise buildings with six storeys. Altogether, Studentski Grad accommodates 4,406 students and the surrounding local community had the population of 8,491 in 2002.

References

* "Beograd - plan grada"; M@gic M@p, 2006; ISBN 86-83501-53-1
* "http://www.dksg.co.yu" Dom kulture Studentski grad (Cultural Center of Studentski Grad)