The central Belgrade streets are equally alive by night and day, as one would expect of a large metropolis. They are also equally safe by day and by night. After spending your day touring the sites or shopping in the busiest streets, you will certainly want to spend the nights in the nearby side streets where there are countless places to enjoy a night out.

Knez Mihailova

This pedestrian precinct and main city street, now protected by law, is one of the oldest and most valuable city environments, with a whole range of impressive buildings and town houses which sprung up at the end of the 1880's. It is generally believed that as early as Roman times this was the centre of the settlement of Singidunum, while during Turkish rule the streets wound through the gardens, fountains and mosques that stood in this part of town. Today it is the main business area of Belgrade and the headquarters of many national institutions (such as the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, Belgrade City Library and the Belgrade Cultural Centre).

Belgrade City Library
(Knez Mihailova 56)
It was built in 1869 in the Romantic style as the "Srpska kruna", then the most modern hotel in Belgrade.

Marko Stojanović's House (Kuća Marka Stojanovića)
(Knez Mihailova 53-55)
This was built in the Neo-Renaissance style in about 1889 as a private house belonging to the solicitor Marko Stojanović. It once housed the Academy of Fine Arts, founded in 1937, but today it is the Gallery of the Academy.

Row of town houses (Knez Mihailova 50, 48, 46)
This was built in the 1870s and marked the beginning of the break with traditional 'Balkan' architecture. All three buildings are of unique construction and are in a style that marks the transition from Romanticism to the Neo Renaissance.
- the Kumanudi family house (No. 50) was built in 1879. The building once housed the Franco-Serbian Bank (Francusko-srpska banka), followed by the Belgian and British Consulates.
- Krsta's Inn (Krstina mehana), (No. 48) was built in 1869 as an administrative and commercial building in which the Krstić brothers opened a hotel of the same name.
- Veljko Savić's house (No. 46) was built in 1869 as a town house with merchants shops.

Nikola Spasić's Bequest (Zadužbina Nikole Spasića)
(Knez Mihailova 33)
This was built in 1889, designed by the architect Konstantin Jovanović in the Neo-Rennaissance style. The Belgrade merchant Nikola Spasić lived in this house.

The Building of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts (SANU)
(Knez Mihailova 35)
This was erected in 1923-24 in the Academic style with elements of the Secessionist style, and is the work of Dragutin Đorđević and Andra Stevanović. The building houses the Academy's Library, one of the best stocked in Belgrade, as well as the Academy's Archives, which contain a rich body of material covering the history of Serbia as well as, on the ground floor, the Academy's gallery which possesses a separate lecture hall, bookshop and antique shop.

The Delijska Fountain (Delijska česma)
(Knez Mihailova)
This was built in 1987 at the corner of Đure Jakšića and Knez Mihailova streets, near the place were there was once a fountain which formed part of a Turkish monument demolished by the Austrians.

Albania Palace (Palata "Albanija")
(corner of Knez Mihailova and Kolarčeva streets)
This is located at the spot where during the 19th century there were a number of small houses, bookshops and the well-known Albanija inn, which gave its name to the palace. This was designed by the architects Branko Bono, Milan Grakalić and Miladin Prljević from 1938 to 1940. It was the first sky-scraper in Belgrade.