TIME ZONE

Belgrade lies in the central European time zone CET (GMT+1 hour).

The summer daylight saving time is from the end of March to the end of October (GMT+2 hours).

WORKING HOURS

Banks and post offices:
- working days 08.00-19.00
- Saturdays 08.00-15.00
- Sundays only those on duty

Groceries:
- working days 06.30-20.00 (some also until 21.00)
- Saturdays 06.30-18.00 (some also until 21.00)
- Sundays 07.00-11.00 (some also until 13.00)

Markets
- every day 06.00-17.00

Shops in shopping malls
- working days 09.00-20.00

Department stores:
- working days 08.00-20.00
- Saturdays 08.00-15.00
- Sundays closed

Drugstores
- open 00.00-24.00

HOLIDAYS

Holidays - non-working days:
1 & 2 January - New Year
7 January - first day of Orthodox Christmas
15 February (Visitation of the Virgin - Sretenje) - Serbian Statehood Day
1 & 2 May - Intl. Labor Day

Orthodox Easter - from Good Friday to the second day of Easter
On non-working holidays only shops and institutions on duty are open.

The are entitled not to work on their religious holidays, depending on their religion.

The Serbian Orthodox Church counts its Christian holidays according to the old - Julian calendar, differing from the Gregorian calendar by 14 days.

Holidays but working days:
27 January (St Sava) - Spirituality Day
9 May - Victory Day
28 June - St. Vitus Day