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Serbia is a landlocked country in the interior of the Balkan Peninsula, bordered by Hungary to the north, Romania and Bulgaria to the east, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, with a disputed border with Kosovo. The northern region of Vojvodina consists of the fertile plains of the Pannonian Basin, while the terrain grows more mountainous further south; about 92 percent of the country lies within the Danube's drainage basin, and the river runs 588 kilometres through Serbia or along its borders with Croatia and Romania, with the capital, Belgrade, standing exactly at the confluence of the Danube and the Sava. The Belgrade area saw the Vinča culture develop as early as the 6th millennium BC, and after Celtic and Roman periods a powerful medieval Serbian kingdom and empire emerged before the region fell under long Ottoman rule, won independence in the 19th century, became part of 20th-century Yugoslavia, and took its present shape after that federation's breakup in the 1990s. Alongside Belgrade's fortress and river confluence, leading destinations include the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, known as the "Serbian Athens" and home to the summer Exit Festival, the fortress and Skull Tower in Niš, birthplace of Emperor Constantine the Great, and the UNESCO-listed Studenica and Sopoćani monasteries along with the Roman ruins of Felix Romuliana near Gamzigrad. Ćevapi, pljeskavica, sarma and rakija are part of the country's culinary identity. Under a continental climate, summers are warm and winters cold, while spring and autumn are milder for travel. The currency is the Serbian dinar, and the official language is Serbian. That said, current opening hours, prices, visa and transport details are not written without sourced verification; where details are missing, we honestly say we don't know. (Source: Wikipedia, Wikivoyage)
