Sport Activities in Belgrade

The most popular place for free of charge outdoor swimming would be Ada Ciganlija and its lake, which is quite nice though certain parts of it could get overcrowded if you come between mid June and the 1st of September. For those who don’t mind swimming in a river that flows through several metropolitan areas there are two popular beaches on the Danube: one is Lido facing Zemun, the other Bela stena on the way to Pancevo. By far the best solution are many sports centers, featuring both closed and open-air pools, and which can be found in almost every neighborhood. Sports centre Tasmajdan is very central and has been fully renovated a few years ago. A monthly pass here costs 5,000 dinars in summer and 7,500 dinars in winter season. For day tickets you will have to pay 250 (summer) and 300 dinars (winter). Others centraly located sport centres are Milan Gale Muskatirovic on the Danube below Kalemegdan Park and «Pinki» in Zemun Park.

Cycling in the centre of the city or leaving it on a major road can be a challenging experience. Since Belgrade south of the rivers lies on many hills, you will need a good bicycle and a lot of stamina.
On the other hand the parts of the city across Sava and Danube are almost completely flat.
On top of that, the whole of New Belgrade has bicycle lanes on its broad sidewalks, which makes it easy and safe to navigate.
Nevertheless, the most popular places for cycling remain on the banks of rivers Sava and Danube. There is a cycling route eading from Donji Dorcol to Ada Ciganlija, and another one from Zemun to Staro Sajmiste. Once you’ve reached Ada Ciganlija you can take a 9km long route around the lake as well.
Many people cycle along the banks of Sava in New Belgrade from Blok 70a to Blok 45, while more daring ones continue off-road further along the embankment to the Ostruznica Bridge.
If you don’t own a bicycle of your own you can rent one in places such as "Markoni" that has one of its outlets in the "Gale Muskatirovic" sports centre on the Dorcol quay and the other on Ada Ciganlija, or "Pirana" on the bicycle track behind the Fairgrounds.

Of course, one can jog almost anywhere, but most people prefer to do it along the rivers or in larger parks such as the Hajd Park or Topcider.
By far the most popular one is Kosutnjak where you will also find a decent trim-lane.

If you love to dance, want to be fit and require workouts to be fun then Zumba is the perfect choice!
This exciting and efficient method of exercise is also very straightforward and easy to follow. It seems to have been created entirely by accident as a Colombian fitness instructor forgot to bring music to an aerobics class and decided to play Latino music from his private collection. Moved by the Latino rhythms the class had great fun and a new, revolutionary Zumba fitness program was born!
Dynamic dance and great fun actually tones and shapes your body while simultaneously burning a lot of calories in the process. Zumba fitness blends red hot international music and since 2001, when it was created, has become the most popular global dance-fitness program with more than 12 million followers.
You can find Zumba fitness classes in a number of locations in Belgrade. Our suggestions are:
   Stari Dif, Deligradska 27
   Fitness klub Teretana, Bulevar umetnosti 27, (New Belgrade)
   Plesni klub Calypso, Osogovska 25, (Banovo brdo)
   B Fit studio, Dobracina 30.

There are plenty of small local gyms in Belgrade but almost all of them cater to local youngsters. Here is a list of those with a higher quality and variety of facilities.
   Yoga Gym 49, Kosovska 49
   Extreme Gym, Venizelosova 21
   Sculptor Gym, corner of Luja Adamica and Aleksandra Dubceka streets (New Belgrade)
   Wellness centar Park, Njegoseva 4
   Musculus Lux, Doktora Milutina Ivkovica 2 (Autokomanda)
   Sky Wellness, Tadeusa Koscuska 63 (Sports Centre “Milan Gale Muskatirovic”).

City spas are a new thing in Belgrade but are becoming highly popular. Most of them are fairly small but all offer massages, saunas, relaxing body treatments and tubs, while many have their own fitness centre, beauty parlor or even a small swimming pool.
In our Health & Spa Section you can find our recommendations.

If you are staying in Belgrade during the winter you shouldn't give up on sports. Get your ski gear ready and head to Belgrade's lone ski piste in Kosutnjak. The piste is about 100m long and has a modest ski-lift but is good fun.

Popularity of tennis in Belgrade has boomed with the great successes of Serbian tennis players in the last years. From improvised tennis courts in backyards to Novak Djokovic’s tennis courts next to the "Gale Muskatirovic" sports centre there are more and more places to around the city to play tennis.
Though still not a cheap pastime, there are now many moderately priced places as well. For those who prefer squash the place to go is "Squashland" located in Pionirski grad in the middle of Kosutnjak park.

Belgrade’s only golf course with nine holes is to be found on Ada Ciganlija. The course has also a practicing ground and two simulators (available only for club members).

There are several horse riding clubs based at the Belgrade Hippodrome. You can learn to ride there or, if you already know how to, you can join one of them.

Presently, the two best (and most frequented) places for bowling in Belgrade are located in the two new shopping malls in New Belgrade, Usce and Delta City, both tenpin bowling.
Other facilities with more popular prices are the bowling lanes in "Coloseum" in Zemun (an excellent tenpin with dedicated hosts), sports’ centre Rakovica, "Jezero" in Ada CIganlija (ninepin). Bocce/petanque is played out in the open, mostly as a way of recreation of elderly population; do feel free to join in, especially if you’ve got your own balls.

The best venues to get armed with paintball guns are "Arena" or "Pobednik" in Ada Ciganlija or the abandoned garage in New Belgrade’s Blok 44. The places can be rented by the hour and include a hundred balls.

For other fun activities the best place to visit is Ada Ciganlija. Apart from the sports already mentioned you will also find there a 15m tall artificial rock for free climbing, adventure park and a track for water skiing. In winter time a number of sport venues turn their fields into ice skating rings.