Transportation
 
 
Travel to Novi Sad
 
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina and the administrative centre of the South Backa District. The city is located on the border of the Bačka and Syrmia regions, on the banks of the Danube river and Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal, and facing the northern slopes of Fruška Gora mountain.
 
Novi Sad has good transport connections with nearby cities thanks to its great position. It is located about 80 km to the northwest of Belgrade, about 300 km from Budapest, 424 km from Ljubljana, 309 km from Zagreb, 548 km from Podgorica, 150 km from Timisoara (Romania), 100 km from the border town (with Hungary) of Subotica and about 100 km from the Romanian border town of Jimbolia.
 
 
By plane
 
The city itself doesn't have an airport and the closest one is Nikola Tesla International Airport, near Belgrade (about 70 kilometers). There is no easy bus/train connection, but some taxi companies run regular cars between Belgrade Airport and Novi Sad, as well as between nearest international airports, e.g. Autoturist, http://www.autoturist-ns.com/transferi/, e-mail: autoturist@eunet.rs, tel. +381 63 504 587; Kiki doo, http://www.kiki021.com/, e-mail: kiki021@neobee.net, tel.: +381 21 446 670, +381 21 446 640. Other useful airports with low-cost flights might be:
 
  • Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, (247 kilometers from Novi Sad, serving numerous low-cost airlines, the best way to get to Western/Northern Europe by plane)
  • Osijek Airport (96 km from Novi Sad, serving Ryanair flights)
  • Timisoara Traian Vuia International Airport (126km far, serving Wizzair)
 
By car
 
E-75 highway that connects Belgrade and Budapest is passing by some 5 km from Novi Sad. Toll fare for passenger cars coming from Belgrade is around 3 Euros (payment in RSD). Prices for other types of vehicle (bus, truck) are higher. If you want to go in the direction of Zagreb, Ljubljana take E-70 highway which is some 40 km south/west of Novi Sad.
 
The bus station for long-distance trips is "Old bus station", at Bulevar Jase Tomića 6, near the train station. Within Serbia, Novi Sad is connected by bus to all other major cities. The most frequent route is the one from Belgrade, with buses leaving every 15 minutes during peak hours and a total of nearly 100 journeys each day in each direction. Internationally, the city has frequent bus connections to Budapest in Hungary, Zagreb, Vukovar, Osijek in Croatia, Sarajevo and Banja Luka in Bosnia and Hertzegovina, and Budva, Tivat, Podgorica, Herceg Novi in Montenegro. It is also reachable from Germany and Austria.