Serbia pre-research tips

[Dirk]

Hello everybody!

As we're doing some pre-research for ETS2, we'd like to know your opinion on some of the things which we shouldn't miss in the game in our future planned DLCs - in this case for the SERBIA state.

Unfortunately it can be very easy to miss some key spots when planning a future road network. We can judge only from what we read or see, while those who live there, have driven there or visited there, can point us towards some famous truck stops, interesting landmark, points of interest etc.

So we'd appreciate any tips which could be helpful for us and that could easily work with in-game mechanics. Try to keep in mind that we're interested in places connected with trucks and roads. So if you have some tips, we'd be grateful. Don't be shy to add photos / videos of said locations (in better quality, so our graphics can use them as pattern).

Please be aware, that states listed here mean absolutely no promise of what's the next DLC or what states will come first. Also we can't guarantee that we'll use the research you give us - it depends on many aspects (which can't be all written here).

Cheers!

[Danculovic012]

Let's start with entering in Serbia from other states.

- Hungary - Serbia





- Croatia - Serbia





- Bosnia and Herzegovina - Serbia




- Montenegro - Serbia





- Macedonia - Serbia




Bulgaria - Serbia





Romania - Serbia

[Danculovic012]

Today, we are talking about two important highways in Serbia, those two are E-75 and E-70.

Highway E-75 starts from north with bordering Hungary.

This is location where highway starts in Serbia: https://www.google.com/maps/@46.1511323 ... 6656?hl=sr

Here you can see one example of sign which give us information about rest place and fuel pump: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.9712214 ... 6656?hl=sr

This is one type of company for oil and fuel selling:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.9679905 ... 6656?hl=sr

This is an example of signs which informs you about cities which will you approach on road and their current distance:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.9300802 ... 6656?hl=sr

Here is a river crossing sign, first line is written in Serbian cyrillic and second line in latin:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5507196 ... 6656?hl=sr

This is example of incoming intersection which connects highway with regional roads:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4549298 ... 6656?hl=sr

Here is a second example of company for oil and fuel selling:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.3297972 ... 6656?hl=sr

Now, we are approaching Novi Sad:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.3085427 ... 6656?hl=sr

Now, we are crossing bridge across river Beška:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.1716773 ... 6656?hl=sr

This is place where highways E-75 and E-70 are crossing each other:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8356748 ... !1e3?hl=sr


From this place in distance we can see Airport Nikola Tesla:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8334583 ... 6656?hl=sr

We are getting closer to Belgrade, capital of Serbia. This is a well known place "Zmajeva pumpa", or in English, "Dragons fuel station", it's called like that because in Serbia, there is a oil company called "Zmaj 1" and "Zmaj 2".

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.831482, ... 6656?hl=sr
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8312331 ... !1e3?hl=sr

This is first thing what you will see and what is main thing in entering to Belgrade:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.823652, ... 6656?hl=sr


This place is well known for citizens of Belgrade like Zapadna Kapija or Western Gate, this tower is importnat and it's called Genex or Geneks tower.:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8202093 ... 6656?hl=sr

This is very important intersection in this part of Belgrade:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8139783 ... 6656?hl=sr
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8133798 ... !1e3?hl=sr


This building is called Beogradska arena or Belgrade Arena, there is many festivals, concerts and other things:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8125273 ... 6656?hl=sr

This is main company fuel industry, it's in ownership of Serbian government, in English it means Oil Industry of Serbia, in Serbian is written like this, Naftna Industrija Srbije:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8089092 ... 6656?hl=sr

Now we are crossing river Sava, and this is special place, because from this point you can see panorama of Belgrade, at left side, there is a city center with important administration buildings, parks and others. There is a lot of bridges here which connects old part of Belgrade with new Belgrade, but it's the same city:

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8032835 ... 6656?hl=sr

For end of first part of trip, this is we are leaving slowly Belgrade and continue are trip to the South of Serbia:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.792188, ... !1e3?hl=sr

See you soon!

[Rankes25]

So i have a photo of whole Yugoslavia highways inc. (Slovenia,Croatia,Bosina and Herzegovina,Serbia,Montenegro and Macedonia).

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[tobrago]

We are getting closer to Belgrade, capital of Serbia. This is a well known place "Zmajeva pumpa", or in English, "Dragons fuel station", it's called like that because in Serbia, there is a oil company called "Zmaj 1" and "Zmaj 2".

They got the name Zmaj because there was once a large factory harvesters called the Zmaj.
And the company is called NIS (Naftna Industrija Srbije).
In Serbia there is another company for the sale of petroleum products. For an example Gazprom Neft, Lukoil, OMV, Euro Petrol.
I wrote this because my company where I work is supplying pumps across the whole of Serbia.

[BK Vissers]

Some economic info that is necessary to establish what industries the game needs to include:

One fifth of Serbia’s exports are agricultural. If one looks at Wikipedia one can see that Serbia is the world’s second largest producer of plums, second largest producer of strawberries, (most of these are ending up as exports) and of course it also produces and exports sunflower, sugar beet, soybean, potato, apple, pork meat, beef, poultry and dairy. (Source: Wikipedia)

The primary agricultural region is in the northwest, a duchy called Vojvodina. This is incredibly fertile land, mostly a very flat plain.

Agriculture is not the only industry in this area, a recent development is a fast growing IT sector. There is also Apatin brewery, which dates back to 1756. It is located in a town that would be interesting from a scenery and local flavour perspective:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatin

An exception to the relatively flat plains is the “mountainous”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruška_Gora

Which is the site of several monasteries dating back to Byzantine times. The area has a lot of vineyards and is known for its wine production.

A large urban Center is Novi Sad (pop 250k+) the second largest city in Serbia. Architecture from the 19th century dominates the city centre. Industry at this time (aside from serving the agricultural surroundings) is primarily and oil refinery, located northeast of the town, and the thermal power plant. Novi Sad has a vibrant and competitive financial sector. the city is home to major energy companies like Naftna Industrija Srbije oil company and Srbijagas gas company. It is also the seat of the wheat market.

Notable are the four bridges crossing the Danube at Novi Sad.

[tobrago]

When we mention the mountains, it would be nice to set up a list of mountains in Serbia.

List of mountains in Serbia

[Danculovic012]

This video is created by SAT Media Group, which is Serbian TV show about travelling across Europe, in this video they traveled from Serbia to Slovenia.


https://youtu.be/hHHY2b_4RMc

[tobrago]

A little about cities in Serbia Belgrade, Nis, Novi Sad and Kragujevac.

[oggich]

Let's not forget Fiat car plant in Kragujevac which is a part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles group

http://www.fiatsrbija.rs/i-am-fca/fca.pdf

https://www.fiatsrbija.rs/

And how it all started

https://www.fiatsrbija.rs/fiat-brend/istorija