Cultural Centers & Embassies

Embassies, consulates and cultural centers of many countries are there to offer any information or help. Most of foreign diplomatic missions are located in Belgrade.

Cultural centers

There is no place like home, that is true, but we assure you that, once you visit Serbia, you will have a second home. For many people from abroad this is a place close to their hearts, so it is no surprise Serbia has found numerous friends in countries that have opened their cultural centers here as a sign of mutual friendship and cooperation.

The first foreign cultural center in Serbia was opened in Belgrade over a century ago. The majority of these centers are located in the very center of the city, in the pedestrian zone, in buildings representing a cultural heritage of the nation’s capital.

We like to believe that Belgrade has been a welcoming host and that other cities in Serbia have also followed its reputation, judging by the number of cultural centers opened around the country.

The first cultural center in Serbia was opened in 1920. It was The Society of Friends of France that with time became the L’Institut français (The French Institute).

The Institute is located in one of the most beautiful buildings in the central pedestrian zone in Belgrade – in Knez Mihailova Street. The Institute also has their offices in Niš and Novi Sad.

Traditional friendship among Serbian and French people has brought numerous activities in the center that today, besides the French language and culture lessons, organizes student exchange programs, scholarships for the most talented students, as well as exhibitions of French artists and literary evenings.

Strolling down Knez Mihailova Street you will reach the Goethe-Institut – the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is the member of the grid of institutions promoting the culture and achievements of Germany in the world.

The Institute has a library with around 12,000 titles, while German newspapers, publications and magazines can be read in the library. The Goethe Institute organizes the German language courses, lectures from the field of science, literature, film and music.

Belgrade was among the first eight cities in the world that had the offices of the British Council opened in Belgrade in 1940. Till this day, this is the right place for everyone who wants to find out something more about the Great Britain and its cultural heritage. It is a non-profitable organization supported by the British Government, promoting its culture, customs and values and building strong connections between two nations.

The American Corner has its offices in Belgrade, Kragujevac, Niš, Novi Sad, Bujanovac, Vranje, Novi Pazar and Subotica. The idea was to offer the visitors the possibility to read books and magazines from the United States in order to improve understanding, cooperation and exchange between two countries. Lectures, literary evenings, English language courses and different entertainment programs, including the programs for the youngest ones, are being organized at the American Corner.

Istituto Italiano di Cultura Belgrado has been working for decades. Its primal goal is promoting culture and cooperation between Serbia and Italy in all spheres from scientific exchange to cooperation in the field of music, literature and film. The Institute organizes different events in order to promote the cooperation, with special emphasis on promoting works of Italian artists in Serbia.

Instituto Cervantes is the cultural and historical landmark of Belgrade and it is located in the very center of the main pedestrian zone, near the Goethe-Institute and L’Institut français (ex. Centre culturel français). Instituto Cervantes works on promoting the language and cultural heritage of all Spanish-speaking countries. The Institute organizes numerous events and has rich cultural program. Here you can learn Spanish language, learn about Spanish-speaking countries, discover their culture and customs…

The Russian-Serbian friendship is well known. Thus the importance of Русский дом в Белградe российский центр науки и культуры в Республике Сербии (the Cultural Center of Russia). It is one of the oldest foreign cultural centers in Serbia. Russian emigrants who fled from Russia during the Revolution and settled here came up with the idea to open this kind of center.

Today this is a modern and well equipped center that offers visitors the opportunity to discover Russian heritage in this region, as well as to learn about Russia, unofficially considered the most beloved country in Serbia. The center has the concert hall where concerts of Russian music and exhibitions of Russian artists are organized. Although the center has changed several names over decades, it has never changed its purpose – this is the place for all the lovers of Russian culture who want to learn something new about this country.

The “Confucius” Institute in Belgrade promotes the culture of the People’s Republic of China. The Institute organizes the courses of Chinese language and the institute owns the rare library of Chinese books in Serbian language. This is one of the latest institutes opened in Serbia and it was opened with the aim to bring together people interested in this far and mysterious country and its representatives in Serbia.

The Österreich Institut aims to promote the culture of Austria and bring together the two countries through mutual understanding and cooperation. Besides numerous lectures and exhibitions, the Österreich Institute organizes the manifestation “Days of Austria” bringing together primarily younger generations and presenting its culture.

Hellenic Foundation for Culture strengthens the traditional Greek-Serbian friendship. Despite being opened just a few years ago, the Institute organizes Greek language courses and numerous cultural manifestations in cooperation with cultural and educational institutions in Serbia.

The Cultural Center of the Republic of Iran was opened in Belgrade over two decades ago. The center aims to present the accomplishments and the culture of this ancient civilization by organizing the courses of Iranian language, exhibitions, the Festival of the Iranian Film. The center also has a significant publishing – here you can find both classics and works of modern Iranian writers. The Center also hosts the manifestation “The Days of Iranian Culture”.

Addresses in Belgrade:

L’Institut français, Zmaj Jovina Street 11, telephone: +381 11 3023 600

Goethe-Institute, Knez Mihailova Street 50, tel +381 11 2622 823

British Council, Terazije 8, tel +381 11 3023 800

American Corner, Makedonska Street 22, tel +381 11 3227 694

Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Kneza Miloša Street 56, tel +381 11 3629 435

Instituto Cervantes, Čika Ljubina 19, tel +381 11 3034 182

Russian Cultural Center, Kraljice Natalije Street 33, tel +381 11 2642 178

Institute “Confucius”, Studentski trg 3, tel +381 11 3284 595

Österreich Institut, Kneza Sime Markovića Street 2, tel +381 11 3336 500

Hellenic Foundation for Culture, Kneza Miloša Street 14, tel +381 11 3625 206

Cultural Center of the Republic of Iran, Nake Spasić Street 3, tel +381 11 3672 564

Foreign press

If you can’t stand a day without your favorite newspapers or magazine or you just want to be well informed, numerous foreign press can be found in Serbia.

Foreign magazines, primarely fashion and interiour design magazines, can be found on every bigger newsstand or on some better equipped gas stations. Here you can find „Vogue“, “Glamour”, “Elle”, but also magazines like “Brava casa”, “Art&Decoration”, “Casaviva” …

Daily newspapers and reference press from some countries can be found at Cultural centers of those countries (the French Cultural Center, the Goethe Institute, the Institute Cervantes…)

Embassies and consulates

Most countries have their embassies or consulates in Belgrade, therefore foreign tourists can get all information or assistance in offices of their home land in Serbia.

All information about embassies, working hours and contacts, can be found at the web site of the Ministry of Inner Affairs – www.mup.rs

Albania

Embassy of the Republic of Albania

Address: Kneza Aleksandra Karađorđevića boulevard 25a, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3066642, 3066643

Algeria

Embassy of the Algerian People’s Democratic Republic

Address: Maglajska 26/b, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3671211

Angola

Embassy of the Republic of Angola

Address: Vase Pelagića 32, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3690241, 3693270, 3693271

Argentina

Embassy of the Republic of Argentina

Address: Knez Mihailova 24/1, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 2623751, 2623569, 2622541

Australia

Australian Embassy

Address: Vladimira Popovića 38-40, 11070 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3303400

Austria

Austrian Embassy in Serbia, cultural center, embassies

Austrian Embassy in Serbia

Embassy of the Republic of Austria

Address: Kneza Sime Markovića 2, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3336500

Belgium

Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium

Address: Krunska 18, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3230018, 3247587, 3230016

Belarus

Embassy of the Republic of Belarus

Address: Deligradska 13, 11000 Belgrade, Srbija

Phone: +381 11 3616938

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Embassy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Address: Krunska 9, 11000 Belgrade

Bhone: +381 11 3241170

Brazil

Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil

Address: Krunska 14, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3239781, 3239782, 3239783

Bulgaria

Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria

Address: Birčaninova 26, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3613980

Burma (Myanmar)

Embassy of the Union of Burma

Address: Kneza Miloša 72, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3617165

Canada

Canadian Embassy

Address: Kneza Miloša 75, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3063000, 3063039

Chile

Consulate of the Republic of Chile

Address: Tomaša Ježa 16-20, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 459974

China

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China

Address: Augusta Cesarca 2v, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3695057

Congo

Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Address: Moravska 5, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3446431

Croatia

Embassy of the Republic of Croatia

Address: Kneza Miloša 62, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3610535, 3610153

Consular department:

Address: Sime Lozanića 11, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: 3670078

Cuba

Embassy of the Republic of Cuba

Address: Vukovarska 3, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3692441, 3692689

Cyprus

Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus

Address: Generala Save Grujića 18, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3620002

Czech Republic

Embassy of the Czech Republic

Address: Kralja Aleksandra boulevard 22, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3230133, 3230134

Denmark

Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark

Address: Neznanog junaka 9a, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3679500

Egypt

Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt

Address: Andre Nikolića 12, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2650585

Ecuador

Consulate of the Republic of Ecuador

Address: Graničarska 8/3, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3440135

Finland

Embassy of the Republic of Finland

Address: Birčaninova 29, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3065400

France

Embassy of the Republic of France

Address: Pariska 11, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3023500, 3023561

Gabon

Consulate of the Republic of Gabon

Address: Lomina 48, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3626147

Germany

Embassy of the Republic of Germany

Address: Kneza Miloša 74-76, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3064300

Consular department

Address: Birčaninova 19a, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 30064400

Ghana

Embassy of the Republic of Ghana

Address: Đorđa Vajferta 50, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3440856

Great Britain

Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Address: Resavska 46, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2645055

Greece

Embassy of the Republic of Greece

Address: Francuska 33, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 322652

Consular department

Address: Strahinjića Bana 76,

Phone: +381 11 3241507

Guinea

Embassy of the Republic of Guinea

Address: Ohridska 4, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3444840

Holland – The Netherlands

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Address: Simina 29, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3282332

Hungary

Embassy of the Republic of Hungary

Address: Krunska 72, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2440472

Consular department

Address: Vladete Kovačevića 3, Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3691972

Iceland

Consulate of Iceland

Address: Arsenija Čarnojevića boulevard 54a, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2098100

India

Embassy of the Republic of India

Address: Ljutice Bogdana 8, 11040 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2661029

Indonesia

Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia

Address: Kneza Aleksandra Karađorđevića boulevard 18, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3674062, 3635666

Iran

Embassy of theIslamic Republic of Iran

Address: Ljutice Bogdana 40, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3674360

Iraq

Embassy of the Republic of Iraq

Address: Neznanog junaka 27a, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2662681

Ireland

Consulate of the Republic of ireland

Address: Fruškogorska 1/2, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2183581

Israel

Embassy of the State of Israel

Address: Kneza Aleksandra Karađorđevića boulevard 47, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3643500

Italy

Embassy of the Republic of Italy

Address: Birčaninova 11, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3066100

Japan

Embassy of Japan

Address: Vladimira Popovića 6, “Geneks” apartments, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3012800

Korea

Embassy of the Republic of Korea

Address: Užička 32, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3674225

Lebanon

Embassy of the Republic of Lebanon

Address: Diplomatska kolonija 5, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3675153, 3675154

Libya

People’s Bureau of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Address: Sime Lozanića 6, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2663445, 2668253

Lithuania

Consulate of the Republic of Lithuania

Address: Perside Milenković 4, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2653290

Macedonia

Embassy of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Address: Gospodar Jevremova 34, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 11 3284924, 3284967 (consulate)

Malaysia

Embassy of Malaysia

Address: Krajiška 2, 11040 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2662736

Mexico

Embassy of Mexico

Address: Ljutice Bogdana 5, 11040 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3674170, 3674171, 3675012

Montenegro

Embassy of the Republic of Montenegro

Address: Užička 1, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2668573

Morocco

Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco

Address: Sanje Živanović 4, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3690288, 3691866

Nambia

Consulate of the Republic of Namibia

Address: Boška Buhe 220, 11306 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 1111450

Norway

Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway

Address: Užička 43, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3670404, 3670405, 3670481

Pakistan

Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Address: Kneza Aleksandra Karađorđevića boulevard 62, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2661676

Palestine

Embassy of Palestine

Address: Maglajska 14, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3671407

Philippines

Consulate of the Republic of the Phillipines

Address: Zidarska 8 11/22, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 63 356320

Poland

Embassy of the Republic of Poland

Address: Kneza Miloša 38, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2065301, 2065318, 3616585

Economic-Commercial Department:

Address: Vladimira Popovića 6, app 401

Phone: +381 3112340

Portugal

Embassy of the Republic of Portugal

Address: Vladimira Gaćinovića 4, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2662895, 2662894, 2662897

Romania

Embassy of Romania

Address: Užička 10, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3675772

Russia

Embassy of the Russian Federation

Address: Deligradska 32, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3611323, 3610544, 3611090

Protocol department: +381 11 3610192

Consular department: +381 11 3613964

San Marino

Embassy of San Marino

Address: Makedonska 24-25, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3223509

Seychelles

Consulate of the Republic of Seychelles

Address: Belgradeskog bataljona 42, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3547309

Slovakia

Embassy of the Slovak Republic

Address: Bulevar umetnosti 18, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2223800

Slovenia

Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia

Address: Pariska 15, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 303847

Consular department:

Phone: +381 11 3038470

Economic department:

Phone: +381 11 3282687

Spain

Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain

Address: Prote Mateje 45, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3440231, 3440232

Commercial department:

Address:Vojvode Šupljikca 40, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3406832

Sri Lanka

General Consulate of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Address: Žanke Stokić 21, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3690245, 3690244

Sweden

Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden

Address: Vladimira Popovića 6, 11070 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2223451

Switzerland

Embassy of the Swiss Confederation

Address: Birčaninova 27, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3065820, 3065825, 3065815 (visas department)

Syria

Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic

Address: Aleksandra Stamboliskog 13, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 2666124, 2666125

Tunisia

Embassy of the Republic of Tunisia

Address: Vase Pelagića 19, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3691961, 3690194

Turkey

Embassy of the Republic of Turkey

Address: Krunska 1, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3332400

Ukraine

Embassy of Ukraine

Address: Bulevar Oslobođenja 87, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3978987, 3978997, 2664896

United States of America

Embassy of the United States of America

Address: Bulevar kneza Aleksandra Karađorđevića 92, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: 011 7064000

Vatican

Embassy of Vatican

Address: Svetog Save 24, 11000 Belgrade

Phone: +381 11 3085356

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