Detaljer fra Kalemegdan

Dette er et av ca 100 bilder paa utstillinga ’Verden sett fra lufta’ som er paa Kalemegdan frem til 1. september. Og dette bildet er fra Norge! Det er en del av Folgefonna som har blitt foreviget, fra Soerfjorden. Tror jeg fikk tatt bildet det eneste sekundet det ikke var noen som stod foran eller i veien; det er alltid masse folk som er ute og ser paa bildene.
This is one of appr. 100 pictures that constitute the exhibition 'The World Seen from the Air' which is currently on the Kalemegdan fortress here in Belgrade, until 1 September. And this particular image is from Norway! It is the Folgefonna glacier, seen from the fjord 'Soerfjorden'. I probably managed to shoot this picture the only second there was no one else around; the exhibition is very popular and there's always lots of people.

Dette er Kongens port, den veien han kom inn naar han skulle inn i Kalemegdan-anlegget. Porten er for tida under rehabilitering. Paa hoeyden bak porten staar et monument som heter ’Til Seierherren’. Det ble satt opp i oktober 1918 paa tiaarsmarkeringen av ’gjennombruddet i Athen i 1908’. Vet ikke helt hva dette gjennombruddet var, men jeg gjetter paa at serberne sloss mot ottomanerne og vant en seier. Eller noe. (Kommunistene avskaffa monarkiet i forrige aarhundre, saa naa er Serbia republikk med president i stedet. Jeg skal skrive mer om det en annen gang.)
This is the King's Gate, the one he'd ride through when entering the fortress. The port is currently being refurbished. Behind the gate you can see the monument 'To the Victor'. It was erected in October 1918 at the ten-year anniversary of 'the breakthrough in Athens'. I am not quite sure what this breakthrough was, but my guess is that the Serbs fought the Ottoman Turks and won a victory. Or something. (The communists abolished the monarchy in Serbia last century, so today Serbia is a presidential republic. I will write more about that another time.)

Fra Kalemegdan-parken. I paviljongen man kan skimte blant traerne var det et band som spilte jazzmusikk da jeg tok bildet. Det er ofte musikk der. For noen uker siden var det politiets brassband som spilte. Det virker som om folk setter pris paa underholdninga, og jeg syns det er bra det skjer noe her. Folk har tatt parken mye mer i bruk naa enn foerste gang jeg var her, og det er bare fire aar siden!

From the Kalemegdan park. In the pavillion under the trees a jazz band was playing when I made this picture. A few weeks ago the Police Brass Band was playing. People seem to enjoy the entertainment, and I think it is great that there is a lot going on now. People overall use the park(s) much more now than the first time I was here four years ago.

Detalj av Kalemegdan, elva Sava og paa motsatt side: Hypobankbygget. Det var denne skyskraperen NATO ikke klarte aa treffe skikkelig i 1999. Det er ogsaa paa den sida av elva jeg bor, et stykke utenfor hoeyre bildekant.

Detail from Kalemegdan, the river Sava and on the opposite bank: the Hybobank building. This was the scyscraper NATO did not quite manage to hit properly during the air strikes in 1999. I also live on that (northern) side of the river, a bit out to the right of what you can see here.

I bakgrunnen ser du hovedpoenget med dette bildet: Sava (inn fra venstre) og Dounau flyter sammen! Paa serbisk heter dette punktet Ušče (uttales usjtsje). Det betyr ’stedet der to elver flyter sammen’. I forgrunnen er hovedomraadet for oelfestivalen. Ikke saa mye folk, men det var enda tidlig ettermiddag. Og bare en time senere var det tre ganger saa fullt der. Paa kveldstid er det tettpakket her, for rett utenfor venstre bildekant er hovedscenen.

In the background you can see the main point of this image: the River Sava (from the left) flows into the Danube! In Serbian this point is called Ušče (pronounced 'Ushtsheh'), which means 'place where two rivers converge'. In the foreground you can see an area of Kalemegdan where there was a beer festival recently. Not too crowded, but it was only early afternoon. Just an hour later it was packed - and even more so later in the evening. The main music stage is just outside the left edge of the image, so this is the central festival area.

Dette er Viktor. Han ser paa nymaanen. Vises best i stort bildeformat, klikk paa bildet for aa se det stoerre.
(Liten skrift: Det er faktisk monumentet ’Til Seierherren’, som er beskrevet overfor.)

This is Victor. He is looking at the new moon. It is easier to see in larger format; click on the image to see it in a larger version.

(Small print: It is actually the monument 'to the Victor' as described above.)