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Belgrade
is a crossroads
of Eastern and Western Europe,
which lead via the Morava-Vardar and Nišava-Marica valleys to the
Aegean coast, to Asia Minor and the Middle East.
Belgrade
lies on the Danube,
a waterway connecting Western and Central European countries to the
countries of south-eastern and eastern Europe.
With
the construction of the Đerdap artificial lake and hydroelectric
power plant, Belgrade became a river and a dock for river and
ocean-going vessels.
Its
harbour is visited by ships from the Black Sea, and with the opening
of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal it became a central point of the most
important waterway in Europe, that connectş the North Sea, the
Atlantic and the Black Sea.
Belgrade
railway junction is
an intersection where 7 main railway lines carrying international
traffic and 5 local lines meet.
The
two coach
stations (BAS
and Lasta) have a total of 80 departure platforms and 20 arrival
platforms, with a daily turnover of more than 1,400 coaches.
Nikola
Tesla Airport
is equipped to handle 5,500,000 passengers annually and is connected
via regular routes to 39 destinations worldwide, served both by local
carriers and by 18 foreign airlines.
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