Bulevar
Bulevar (Cyrillic: Булевар, English: Boulevard) is an urban neighborhood of Novi Sad, Serbia. Its name simply means "boulevard" in Serbian. Bulevar is not a traditional city neighborhood; it is rather an informal neighborhood that include parts of several traditional city quarters that are situated around 3 km long Liberation Boulevard (Serbian: Bulevar Oslobođenja), the main street in Novi Sad.
Location
Bulevar include parts of the following traditional quarters: Banatić, Sajmište, Grbavica, Rotkvarija, Stari Grad, and Liman. Neighborhood is situated between Freedom Bridge and city train station.
History
Liberation Boulevard was built between 1962 and 1964. In that time new boulevard cut through the old housings establishing major communication lines. Until 1991, name of the boulevard was Bulevar 23. oktobra (23 October Boulevard), in honour of October 23, 1944 when Novi Sad was liberated from Axis occupation.
Today, every bus line in the city (except bus line 1) pass through Liberation Boulevard; making it most important and most busiest street in Novi Sad.
Features
Bulevar is also regarded as an informal city centre. Although, most of the important political and cultural institutions are situated in the traditional city centre known as Stari Grad, Bulevar is a main place in the city for business and fun. Almost every bank in Serbia has its offices in Bulevar; while headquarters of some important companies (for example Oil Industry of Serbia and Elektrovojvodina) are also located in this area.
There are also many bars, shops, restaurants, and one market. Bulevar has a couple of recreation spots, the Stadium of Vojvodina, tennis courts and Liman Park.
