Founded in 1694, Novi Sad is the center of Serbian culture. Today, Novi Sad is a large industrial and financial center of the Serbian economy.

Novi Sad means "new planting" in Serbian. As a meeting place of cultures and peoples, Novi Sad came to have many different names in various languages.

Only a few buildings date before 19th century because the city was almost totally destroyed during the 1848/1849 revolution. Around the center, old, small houses used to dominate the cityscape, but they are being replaced by modern multistory buildings.

The best known museum in the city is Museum of Vojvodina, which houses a permanent collection of Serbian culture and history. Museum of Novi Sad in Petrovaradin fortress has a permanent collection about the history of fortresses. Gallery of Matica Srpska is the biggest and most respected gallery in the city, which has two galleries in the city center. There is also The Gallery of Fine Arts Gift Collection of Rajko Mamuzić and The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection, one of the biggest collections of Serbian art from 1900s until 1970s.

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Belgrade is the capital and the largest city of Serbia. The first settlements in the area emerged in prehistoric Vinča in 4800 B.C. The Slavic name Beligrad means White City.

Belgrade has the status of a separate territorial unit in Serbia, with its own autonomous city government. Belgrade spreads over 3.6 percent of the territory of Serbia, and more than one-fifth percent of the Serbian population lives in the city. It is the central economic hub of Serbia and the capital of Serbian culture, education and science.

There are many theaters, the most prominent of which are the National Theatre, the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, the Zvezdara Theatre, and Atelier 212. The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts is also based in Belgrade, as is the National Library of Serbia.

The most prominent museum in Belgrade is the National Museum, founded in 1844, which houses a collection of more than 400,000 exhibits, including many foreign masterpieces.

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Nis is the third largest city in Serbia. Situated at the crossroads of Balkan and European highways, Nis is one of the oldest cities in the Balkans and has from ancient times been considered a gateway between the East and the West.

Nis is a university center. There are about 30,000 university students at the University of Nis. Nis is also one of the most important industrial centers in Serbia, a center of electronics industry, mechanical engineering, textiles and tobacco industry.

The city's early name under the Roman Empire remained Naissus, which is the Latin name derived from its original name Naissos ("city of the nymphs"), a Greek colony founded in antiquity. The etymology of the original name Naissos was derived from a mythical creature of Greek mythology, Naiad, who was the nymph of freshwater streams, rivers and lakes. At the time the Greek colony was founded, the local residents believed that the numerous surrounding ponds, bogs, and the moor on the left riverbank were inhibited by nymphs.

The Skull Tower is a monument to 19th-century Serbian rebels. It is situated in Nis, on Zoran Dindec Boulevard, on the old Constantinople road leading to Sofia.

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