Belgrade Webcam – Watch Terazije Square and Hotel Moskva

The Belgrade Webcam looks down on Terazije, the broad square at the center of the Serbian capital, from a rooftop high above the street. It is a moving camera streamed by the Belgrade website beograd.com, and it swings between several views: the stone Terazije Fountain on its paved plaza, the cream and green tiled front of Hotel Moskva behind it, a long view down the boulevard past the hotel’s rooftop sign, and a steep look onto a pedestrian street lined with shops. Cars queue at the traffic lights, buses run along the boulevard and people cut across the plaza all day. In the morning the sun lights the fountain side, while the long view faces into the light and often looks hazy.

About Terazije in Belgrade

Terazije takes its name from the Ottoman era. Towers were built along an aqueduct here to raise the water pressure, and the Turks called them “water terazije”, a word meaning scales or water balances. They stood 3 to 10 meters (10 to 33 feet) tall. The square was rearranged from 1911 to 1913 after a design competition, and its present look was largely set after 1947 under the architect Nikola Dobrovic. Terazije Ridge stands 117 meters (384 feet) above sea level, in a city of about 1.2 million people at the 2022 census.

The fountain in the camera’s closest view is the Terazije Fountain, a drinking fountain built in 1860 on the site of the old Turkish water tower to celebrate the return of Milos Obrenovic to power. The sculptor Francesco Franco Lorano carved it. During the 1912 reconstruction it was taken away to Topcider, and it only came back on 12 December 1975, set slightly closer to Hotel Moskva than before because of the underground passage built beneath the square in 1967.

Hotel Moskva appears in most of the camera’s views. Work began in March 1905 and it opened on 14 January 1908 as part of the Rossiya Palace, to a design by Jovan Ilkic in the Secession style. The facade is faced with yellowish ceramic tiles and green ornaments from the Zsolnay factory in Pecs, which is why it stands out so clearly on the stream, and a maiolica relief called “Glorification of Russia” decorates the upper facade. The five-story hotel at Terazije 20 has 132 rooms and 6 suites, has been under state protection since 1968, and has hosted Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein and Ivo Andric. Krsmanovic House, also on the square, is where the union of the South Slavic lands was proclaimed in 1918.

Weather and Climate in Belgrade

Belgrade has cold winters and hot summers. Under the 1991 to 2020 normals from the Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia, January averages highs of 5°C (41°F) and lows of -1°C (30°F), and the city sees about 33 days with snow a year, which can leave the plaza and the fountain basin white. Spring warms quickly, and April brings highs of 19°C (66°F) and lows of 9°C (48°F) as the trees along Terazije come into leaf.

July is the warmest month, with highs of 29°C (84°F) and lows of 18°C (64°F), and the record of 43.6°C (110.5°F) was set on 24 July 2007. October cools to highs of 19°C (66°F) and lows of 9°C (48°F), and by early November the trees around the fountain have turned red and gold. The city gets about 699 millimeters (27.5 inches) of precipitation and 2,020 hours of sunshine a year. The coldest reading on record, -26.2°C (-15°F), dates from January 1893.

Things to Do Near Terazije

Knez Mihailova Street, the city’s main pedestrian and shopping street, runs northeast from Terazije to the Belgrade Fortress. The fortress and Kalemegdan Park are the historical core of Belgrade, on the right banks of the Sava and the Danube, and the oldest architecture in the city is found there, along with the view over the point where the two rivers meet. Kolarceva Street leads from Terazije to Republic Square, and King Milan Street runs on to Slavija.

Hotel Moskva’s cafe has served the Moskva snit since 1974, a cake of almonds, sour cherries and pineapple that is still a house staple. On the square itself, the Theatre on Terazije, founded in 1949, is the only theatre in Serbia that stages musicals alone, from Broadway titles such as Chicago to Serbian works. Through the Bezistan, a covered passage off Terazije, you reach Nikola Pasic Square, the direct extension of Terazije, where the House of the National Assembly stands at number 13.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What can you see on the Belgrade Webcam?

The camera moves between several views of Terazije. The closest shows the Terazije Fountain on its plaza with the tiled front of Hotel Moskva behind it, and traffic turning around a small island with an ornate lamp post. A wider view runs down the boulevard past the hotel’s green roof and rooftop sign toward a dark tower block on the skyline, and other positions look across the rooftops or straight down onto a pedestrian street. The stream runs around the clock, so after dark the picture depends on the street lighting.

Where is Terazije in Belgrade?

Terazije is in the center of Belgrade, on Terazije Ridge at 117 meters (384 feet). Knez Mihailova Street leads from it to the Belgrade Fortress, Kolarceva Street to Republic Square and King Milan Street to Slavija.

Does the Belgrade webcam show the National Assembly or Slavija?

No. The House of the National Assembly stands on Nikola Pasic Square, the direct extension of Terazije, but none of the views on the camera’s tour include it. Slavija, at the far end of King Milan Street, is not one of the camera’s views either.

Can you see the Danube or Belgrade Waterfront on this webcam?

No. Terazije sits up on its ridge in the city center, and the camera’s views stay on the square, its rooftops and the streets around it. For the rivers, walk down Knez Mihailova Street to Kalemegdan Park, where the Belgrade Fortress stands above the confluence of the Sava and the Danube.

What is the weather like in Belgrade?

Winters are cold, with January highs of 5°C (41°F) and about 33 snowy days a year, and summers are hot, with July highs of 29°C (84°F). The camera shows conditions on Terazije right now: wet roads, snow on the plaza or haze over the skyline.

What is the fountain on Terazije?

It is the Terazije Fountain, a stone drinking fountain from 1860 built to mark the return of Prince Milos Obrenovic to power. It spent more than six decades in Topcider after 1912 before it was brought back to Terazije in December 1975.

Is Hotel Moskva on the Belgrade webcam?

Yes. Hotel Moskva, at Terazije 20, appears in most of the camera’s views: its tiled facade behind the fountain in the close view, and its steep green roof and rooftop sign in the wide view down the boulevard.

Source: Beograd Com