Novi Sad, Vojvodina

Placed #3 on the Lonely Planet top cities to visit in 2019: elegant yet easy-going, Novi Sad basks in the limelight, defying its second-city status and boldly living up to its moniker. Serbia’s ‘New Garden’ hosts the rocking EXIT festival, whose 20th edition coincides with the city’s stint as the 2019 European Youth Capital. Novi Sad also gears up to wear another crown – that of the 2021 European Capital of Culture.