Serbia - 100 Days and Nights

50 Days of Winter: The Balkan Pandemic Edition

Vito ValentinettiApril 22, 2023

This is part of a series of articles called 400 Days of Pandemic, my one year and a month of writing, photography, and adventures during the COVID outbreak of 2020. This final chunk of 50 days takes place from February 16-April 19, 2021. Bulgaria...

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The Art and Architecture of Novi Pazar, Serbia

Vito ValentinettiAugust 23, 2021

I'm on the run, fleeing Montenegro before rising COVID-19 cases result in another lockdown. Nearly a year into the pandemic crisis, it has become easier to guess when the tide will turn. As nowhere in the Balkans is safe, I'm making my way to Kopaoni...

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100 Days of Aimless Wandering

Vito ValentinettiFebruary 15, 2021

This is Part 4 of 400 Days of Pandemic, my accounting of living and traveling across Europe during the first year of the pandemic. We have now arrived at the fourth chapter of the pandemic season where I lose all direction, sense of place, and motiva...

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Photo Gallery: It’s All About the Trumpets @ Guča Festival 2019

Vito ValentinettiAugust 17, 2019

For one weekend in August, several hundred thousand revelers descend on the tiny village of Guča in Serbia for one of the largest free festivals in Europe. The Guča Festival is dedicated to all things trumpet, with professionals rubbing elbows with s...

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100 Nights of Summer: The Guča Trumpet Festival 2019 Recap

Vito ValentinettiAugust 16, 2019

Every summer, the tiny village of Guča in central Serbia becomes the epicenter of brass music culture in the Balkans. The legendary Guča Trumpet Festival welcomes 600,000 festies for a week of camping, dancing, and of course, lots of trumpets. Da...

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100 Nights of Summer: The EXIT Festival 2018 Recap

Vito ValentinettiJuly 12, 2018

EXIT, one of Eastern Europe's landmark music festivals, is a feast for the senses. An ancient fortress overlooking the Danube River finds festies partying inside moats and along the castle walls. Electronic may the soul of EXIT, but the festival find...

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Photo Gallery: Storming the Fortress @ Serbia’s EXIT Festival 2018

Vito ValentinettiJuly 11, 2018

Starting life as a student protest in 2000, EXIT has evolved into one of Eastern Europe's landmark music festivals. The ancient medieval fortress that barely contains the festival has hosted 2.5 million wild festies over the intervening years. From m...

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100 Nights of Summer: The Belgrade Beer Fest 2017 Recap

Vito ValentinettiAugust 31, 2017

Day #79: Festival #16 -- The Bonus Festival! Look, not everything goes as smoothly as I would like on the 100 Nights of Summer Tour. And this year proved to be even more problematic with a simultaneous breakdown of my visa, my passport, and various ...

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Photo Gallery: Swept Off Our Feet @ Lovefest 2017

Vito ValentinettiAugust 21, 2017

This week I sailed into Lovefest, set in the lovely spa town of Vrnjacka Banja in Serbia. With temperatures rising above the 100F (40C) mark, most festies spent their time at the all-day pool party, retiring in the early evening for rest and food. Bu...

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