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'''Novi Sad''' ({{langx|sr|Нови Сад}}, {{IPA|sh|nôʋiː sâːd|pron|NoviSad.ogg}}; [[#Etymology|see below]] for other names) is the [[List of cities in Serbia|second largest city]] in [[Serbia]] and the administrative center of the autonomous province of [[Vojvodina]]. It is located in the southern portion of the [[Pannonian Plain]] on the border of the [[Bačka]] and [[Syrmia]] geographical regions, lying on the banks of the [[Danube]] river, and facing the northern slopes of [[Fruška Gora]]. {{As of|2022|alt=According to the 2022 census}}, the population of Novi Sad city proper stands at 260,438, its contiguous urban area has 325,511 inhabitants, and the population of its administrative area totals 368,967 people.<ref>{{Serbian census 2022|p=44}}</ref>
It is the fifth largest [[List of cities and towns on the river Danube|city on the Danube river]] and the largest that is not a national capital.

Novi Sad was founded in 1694, when [[Serb]] merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the [[Petrovaradin Fortress]], a strategic [[Habsburg]] military post. In subsequent centuries, it became an important trading, manufacturing and cultural centre, and has historically been dubbed ''the Serbian Athens''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbi_wzu7QAMC&pg=PA278 |title=We, the people: politics of national peculiarity in Southeastern Europe |last=Mishkova |first=Diana |pages=277–278|isbn=9789639776289 |date=1 January 2009 |publisher=Central European University Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.novisad.rs/en/content/history-of-novi-sad |title=History of Novi Sad |publisher=Official Website of Novi Sad |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719035628/http://novisad.rs/en/content/history-of-novi-sad |archive-date=19 July 2011 }}</ref> The city was heavily devastated in the [[Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas|1848 Revolution]], but was subsequently rebuilt and restored. Today, along with the Serbian capital city of Belgrade, Novi Sad is an industrial and financial center important to the [[Economy of Serbia|Serbian economy]].

Novi Sad was the [[European Youth Capital]] in 2019 and a [[European Capital of Culture]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/culture/esch-kaunas-and-novi-sad|title=Esch, Kaunas and Novi Sad to be European Capitals of Culture in 2022|publisher=European Commission}}</ref> It became a [[UNESCO]] [[Creative Cities Network|Creative City]] of [[City of Media Arts|Media Arts]] in 2023.<ref name="UnescoCCN">{{Cite web |title=55 new cities join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network on World Cities Day|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/55-new-cities-join-unesco-creative-cities-network-world-cities-day|access-date=31 October 2023|website=www.unesco.org}}</ref><ref name="euronewsCCN">{{Cite web |title=Novi Sad u Uneskovoj Mreži kreativnih gradova sveta: "Srpska Atina" prva u ovom delu Evrope na Media Arts listi|url=https://www.euronews.rs/kultura/aktuelno-iz-kulture/103696/novi-sad-u-uneskovoj-mrezi-kreativnih-gradova-sveta-srpska-atina-prva-u-ovom-delu-evrope-na-media-arts-listi/vest|date= 31 October 2023|access-date=31 October 2023|website=euronews.rs|language=Serbian}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
The name ''Novi Sad'' means "new plantation" in [[Serbian language|Serbian]]. Its Latin name, stemming from the establishment of Habsburg city rights, is ''Neoplanta''. The official names of Novi Sad in local administration are:<ref>{{citation |chapter-url=http://www.skupstinans.rs/images/stories/doc/StatutGrada.pdf |title=Statut Grada Novog Sada |publisher=Official Gazette of City of Novi Sad |date=22 October 2008 |language=sr |chapter=6 |quote=[...]In the City are also in official use Hungarian, Slovak and Rusyn languages and their alphabets |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231030259/http://skupstinans.rs/images/stories/doc/StatutGrada.pdf |archive-date=31 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.puma.vojvodina.gov.rs/mapa.php|title = Jezici i pisma u službenoj upotrebi u statutima gradova i opština na teritoriji AP Vojvodine|publisher=Pokrajinski sekretarijat za obrazovanje, upravu i nacionalne zajednice|access-date = 10 August 2014|language=sr}}</ref>

*{{langx|sr|Нови Сад}} / {{lang|sr-Latn|Novi Sad}}
*{{langx|hu|Újvidék}}
*{{langx|sk|Nový Sad}}
*{{langx|rsk|Нови-Сад}}

In both [[Croatian language|Croatian]] and [[Romanian language|Romanian]], which are official in provincial administration, the city is called ''Novi Sad''. Historically, the city was called ''Neusatz'' and ''Neusatz an der Donau'' (translated as 'Novi Sad on the Danube') in [[German language|German]].

In its [[sensu lato|wider]] meaning, the name ''new plantation'' refers to the "City of Novi Sad", one of the city-level [[Subdivisions of Serbia|administrative units]] of [[Serbia]], which includes Novi Sad proper on the left bank of the Danube, the towns of Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin on the right bank and the extensive suburbs of the left bank. ''Novi Sad'' can also refer [[sensu stricto|strictly]] to only the urban areas of the city (Novi Sad proper and the towns of Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin), or only to the historical core on the left bank, i.e. Novi Sad proper excluding Sremska Kamenica and Petrovaradin.

== History ==
{{Main|History of Novi Sad}}
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=== Older settlements ===
[[File:Casque orné 4ème siècle Musée Novi Sad Colisée Rome Italie.jpg|thumb|upright|left|''Roman golden helmet'', [[Museum of Vojvodina]]]]

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Human habitation in the territory of present-day Novi Sad has been traced as far back as the [[Stone Age]]. Several settlements and [[necropolis]]es dating to 5000 BC were unearthed during the construction of a new boulevard in [[Avijaticarsko Naselje|Avijatičarsko Naselje]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtv.rs/sr_lat/vojvodina/novi-sad/arheolosko-nalaziste-na-cetvrtoj-trasi-bulevara-evrope_322804.html|title=Arheološko nalazište na četvrtoj trasi Bulevara Evrope|author=Javna medijska ustanova Radio-televizija Vojvodine|work=Radio-televizija Vojvodine|access-date=18 March 2015|language=sr}}</ref> A settlement was also identified on the right bank of the river [[Danube]] in present-day [[Petrovaradin]].

In antiquity, the region was inhabited by [[Celtic tribes]], most notably the [[Scordisci]]. Celts had been present in the area since the 4th century BC and founded the first fortress on the right bank of the Danube. Later, in the 1st century BC, the region was conquered by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]]. During Roman rule, a larger fortress was built in the 1st century, named ''Cusum'', and included in the [[Roman province]] of [[Pannonia]].

In the 5th century, Cusum was devastated by [[Huns|Hunnic invasions]]. By the end of the century, the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] had rebuilt the town and called it ''Petrikon'' or ''Petrikov'' ({{langx|el|Πέτρικον}}) after [[Saint Peter]]. [[Slavs|Slavic]] tribes such as the [[Severians]], the [[Obotrites]] and the [[Serbs]] (including the subtribes of the [[Braničevci]] and the [[Timočani]]) settled the region around Novi Sad, mainly in the 6th and 7th centuries.<ref name="Sava S 1998, page 36">Sava S. Vujić – Bogdan M. Basarić, ''Severni Srbi (ne)zaboravljeni narod,'' Beograd, 1998, pg. 36<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref>{{unreliable source?|date=April 2013}} The Serbs absorbed the aforementioned Slavic groups as well as the [[Prehistory of Southeastern Europe|Paleo-Balkanic]] peoples of the region.<ref name="Sava S 1998, page 36" />

In the Middle Ages, the area was controlled by the [[Ostrogoths]], [[Gepids]], [[Pannonian Avars|Avars]], [[Franks]], [[West Slavs|West Slavic groups]], again by the Byzantines, and finally by the [[Hungarians]]. It was a part of the medieval [[Kingdom of Hungary]] from its foundation in 1000 until the Ottoman invasion in the 16th century. Hungarians began to settle in the area, which before that time had been mostly populated by Slavs. The earliest known mention was as the Hungarian variant ''Peturwarad'' or ''Pétervárad'' (Serbian: ''Petrovaradin''/Петроварадин), derived from the Byzantine variant, found in documents from 1237. That year, several other settlements were mentioned as existing in the territory of modern-day urban Novi Sad.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

From the 13th century to the 16th century, the following settlements existed in the urban territory of the modern-day Novi Sad:<ref name=Curcin>Branko Ćurčin, [[Slana Bara]] nekad i sad, Novi Sad, 2002.</ref><ref name="Borovszky">Borovszky Samu: Magyarország vármegyéi és városai, Bács-Bodrog vármegye I.-II. kötet, Apolló Irodalmi és Nyomdai Részvénytársaság, 1909.</ref>
*on the right bank of the Danube: ''Pétervárad'' ({{langx|sr|Petrovaradin}}) and ''Kamanc'' ({{langx|sr|Kamenica}}).
*on the left bank of the Danube: ''Baksa'' or ''Baksafalva'' ({{langx|sr|Bakša, Bakšić}}), ''Kűszentmárton'' ({{langx|sr|Sent Marton}}), ''Bivalyos'' or ''Bivalo'' ({{langx|sr|Bivaljoš, Bivalo}}), ''Vásárosvárad'' or ''Várad'' ({{langx|sr|Vašaroš Varad, Varadinci}}), ''Zajol I'' ({{langx|sr|[[Gornje Livade, Novi Sad|Sajlovo I]], Gornje Sajlovo, Gornje Isailovo}}), ''Zajol II'' ({{langx|sr|[[Sajlovo]] II, Donje Sajlovo, Donje Isailovo}}), ''Bistritz'' ({{langx|sr|[[Bistrica (Novo Naselje)|Bistrica]]}}). Some other settlements existed in the suburbs of Novi Sad: ''Mortályos'' (Serbian: ''Mrtvaljoš''), ''Csenei'' ({{langx|sr|[[Čenej]]}}), ''Keménd'' ({{langx|sr|[[Kamendin, Sirig|Kamendin]]}}), ''Rév'' ({{langx|sr|Rivica}}).{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

An etymology of settlement names reveals that some designations are of [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] origin, which indicates that the areas were initially inhabited by Slavs, particularly the [[West Slavs]]. For example, Bivalo (Bivaljoš) had a large Slavic settlement dating from the 5th–6th centuries.<ref name="Curcin" /> Other names are of [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] origin (for example Bélakút, Kűszentmárton, Vásárosvárad, Rév), indicating that the settlements were inhabited by Hungarians before the [[Ottoman invasion]] in the 16th century.<ref name="Borovszky" /> Some settlement names are of uncertain origin.

Tax records from 1522 show a mix of Hungarian and Slavic names among the inhabitants of these villages, including Slavic names like Bozso (Božo), Radovan, Radonya (Radonja), Ivo, etc. Following the Ottoman invasion in the 16th–17th centuries, some of these settlements were destroyed. Most of the surviving Hungarian inhabitants retreated from the area. Some of the settlements persisted under Ottoman rule and were populated by ethnic Serbs.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

Between 1526 and 1687, the region was under [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] rule. In 1590, the population of all villages in the territory of present-day Novi Sad numbered 105 houses, inhabited exclusively by Serbs. Ottoman records mention only those who paid taxes, so the number of Serbs who lived in the area (for example, those that served in the [[Military of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman army]]) was likely larger than was recorded.<ref>{{cite book|author=Đorđe Randelj|title=Novi Sad slobodan grad|year=1997|language=sr}}</ref>

=== Founding of the city ===
[[File:Kaiserin Maria Theresia (HRR).jpg|thumb|[[House of Habsburg|Habsburgs]] prohibited Orthodox Christians to settle in [[Petrovaradin]]. That policy pushed Serbs to form the ''Serb city'' which later became Novi Sad. The city was proclaimed to be a free royal city by [[Maria Theresa]] by 1748.]]

Habsburg rule was aligned with the Roman Catholic doctrine and, as it took over this area near the end of the 17th century, the government prohibited people of [[Eastern Orthodox|Orthodox faith]] from residing in [[Petrovaradin]]. Unable to build homes there, the Serbs of the area founded a new settlement in 1694 on the left bank of the Danube. They initially called it the 'Serb city' ({{langx|sr|Srpski Grad}}, {{langx|de|[[Rascians|Ratzen]] Stadt}}). Another name used for the settlement was Petrovaradinski Šanac. In 1718, the inhabitants of the village of [[Almaš]] were resettled to Petrovaradinski Šanac, where they founded [[Almaški Kraj]] ('the Almaš quarter').

According to 1720 data, the population of Ratzen Stadt was composed of 112 Serbian, 14 German, and 5 Hungarian houses. The settlement officially gained the present names ''Novi Sad'' and ''Újvidék'' (''Neoplanta'' in Latin) in 1748 when it became a 'free royal city', in German language it was called Neusatz.

The edict that made Novi Sad a 'free royal city' was proclaimed on 1 February 1748. The edict reads:
{{blockquote|' We, [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]], by the grace of God [[Holy Roman Empress]],<br />Queen of [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]], [[Bohemia]], [[Moravia]], [[Dalmatia]], [[Croatia]], [[Slavonia]], [[Prozor-Rama|Rama]], [[Serbia]], [[Galicia (Central-Eastern Europe)|Galicia]], [[Lodomeria]], [[Duchy of Carinthia|Carinthia]], [...]<br />cast this proclamation to anyone, whom it might concern... so that the renowned Petrovaradinski Šanac, which lies on the other side of the Danube in the [[Bačka]] province on the [[Sajlovo]] land, by the might of our divine royal power and prestige...make this town a [[Free imperial city|Free Royal City]] and to fortify, accept and acknowledge it as one of the free royal cities of our [[Kingdom of Hungary]] and other territories, by abolishing its previous name of Petrovaradinski Šanac, renaming it Neoplanta ([[Latin]]), Új-Vidégh ([[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]), Neusatz (German) and Novi Sad ([[Serbian language|Serbian]]) '|sign=|source=}}

In the 18th century, the Habsburg monarchy recruited Germans from the southern principalities of the Holy Roman Empire to relocate to the Danube valley. They wanted both to increase the population and to redevelop the river valley for agriculture, which had declined markedly under the Ottomans. To encourage such settlement, the government ensured that the German communities could practice their religion (mostly Catholicism) and use their original German dialect.

=== Habsburg monarchy ===
[[File:Donau-Ansichten- Ungarn. Stadt Neusatz (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Lithograph of Novi Sad in 1826]]
[[File:Patrijarh Rajacic blagosilja vojsku.JPG|thumb|left|[[Serb uprising of 1848–49]], Serbian patriarch [[Josif Rajačić]] is giving a blessing to the army of Serbian Vojvodina in 1848.]]
For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, Novi Sad remained the largest city inhabited by Serbs. The reformer of the Serbian language, [[Vuk Stefanović Karadžić]], wrote in 1817 that Novi Sad was the 'largest Serb municipality in the world'. It was a cultural and political centre for Serbs (see also [[Serbian Revival]]), who did not have their own [[Nation state|national state]] at the time. Due to its cultural and political influence, the city became known as the 'Serbian [[Athens]]' (''Srpska Atina'' in Serbian). According to 1843 data, Novi Sad had 17,332 inhabitants, of whom 9,675 were [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]], 5,724 [[Catholic Church|Catholics]], 1,032 [[Protestants]], 727 Jews, and 30 adherents of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian church]]. The largest [[ethnic group]] in the city were Serbs, and the second largest were [[Germans]].
[[File:Petrovaradin Fortress - 1920s.jpg|thumb|right|Novi Sad panoramic view, 1920s]]
[[File:Petrovaradin Podgrađe - 1920s.jpg|thumb|right|[[Petrovaradin]] Podgrađe (Petrovaradin Inner City) and [[Petrovaradin Fortress]], 1920s]]

During the [[Revolutions of 1848|Revolution of 1848–49]], Novi Sad was part of [[Serbian Vojvodina]], a Serbian [[Autonomous area|autonomous region]] within the Austrian Empire. In 1849, the Hungarian garrison, located at the Petrovaradin Fortress, bombarded and devastated the city, which lost much of its population. According to the 1850 census, there were only 7,182 citizens left in the city, compared to 17,332 in 1843. [[Marija Trandafil]] and her husband paid for some of the rebuilding including two churches.<ref name=nreview>{{cite web|title=Национална Ревија - National Review|url=https://www.nacionalnarevija.com/en/tekstovi/Br%2022/07%20Dobrotvori%20-%20Marija%20Trandafil.html|access-date=2021-07-18|website=www.nacionalnarevija.com}}</ref> Between 1849 and 1860, Novi Sad was part of a separate Austrian crownland known as the [[Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar]]. After the abolishment of this province, the city was included into the [[Bács-Bodrog County|Batsch-Bodrog]] County. The post office was opened in 1853.

Following the [[compromise of 1867]], Novi Sad was located within the [[Kingdom of Hungary]], the ''[[Transleithania]]'', which comprised half of the new [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian Empire]]. During this time, the [[Magyarization]] policy of the Hungarian government drastically altered the demographic structure of the city as the formerly predominantly Serbian population became one with a more mixed character. In 1880, 41.2% of the city's inhabitants used the [[Serbian language]] most frequently and 25.9% employed Hungarian. In the following decades, the percentage of Serbian-speakers decreased, while the number of Hungarian-speakers increased. According to the 1910 census, the city had 33,590 residents, of whom 13,343 (39.72%) spoke Hungarian, 11,594 (34.52%) Serbian, 5,918 (17.62%) German and 1,453 (4.33%) Slovak. It is not certain whether Hungarians or Serbs were the larger ethnic group in the city in 1910, since the various ethnic groups ([[Bunjevci]], [[Romani people|Romani]], Jews, other [[South Slavs|South Slavic]] people, etc.) were classified in census results only according to the language they spoke.<ref>Triva Militar, Novi Sad na raskrsnici minulog i sadanjeg veka, Novi Sad, 2000, p. 320</ref>

Similar demographic changes can be seen in the religious structure: in 1870, the population of Novi Sad included 8,134 Orthodox Christians, 6,684 Catholics, 1,725 Calvinists, 1,343 Lutherans, and others.<ref>Triva Militar, Novi Sad na raskrsnici minulog i sadanjeg veka, Novi Sad, 2000, p. 317</ref> In 1910, the population included 13,383 [[Roman Catholics]] and 11,553 Orthodox Christians, while 3,089 declared themselves as [[Lutheran]], 2,751 as [[Calvinist]], and 2,326 as Jewish.<ref>[http://mek.niif.hu/06700/06758/pdf/revai18_3.pdf Újvidék] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405101026/http://mek.niif.hu/06700/06758/pdf/revai18_3.pdf |date=5 April 2023 }}. ''Révai nagy lexikona, vol. 18.'' p. 612. Hungarian Electronic Library. (in Hungarian)</ref>

=== Serbia and Yugoslavia ===
[[File:Velika-narodna-skupstina-1918.jpg|thumb|right|Great Assembly of [[Serbs]], [[Bunjevci]], and other Slavs proclaimed the unification of Vojvodina region with the [[Kingdom of Serbia]] in Novi Sad in 1918.]]

On 25 November 1918, the [[Great People's Assembly of Serbs, Bunjevci and other Slavs in Banat, Bačka and Baranja|Assembly of Serbs, Bunjevci and other Slavs]] of Vojvodina in Novi Sad proclaimed the union of the region of Vojvodina with the [[Kingdom of Serbia]]. From 1 December 1918, Novi Sad was part of the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes]]; and in 1929, it became the capital of the [[Danube Banovina]], a province of the newly named Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1921, the population of Novi Sad numbered 39,122 inhabitants, 16,293 of whom spoke the Serbian language, 12,991 Hungarian, 6,373 German, 1,117 Slovak, etc.<ref>Agneš Ozer, Život i istorija u Novom Sadu, Novi Sad, 2005, p. 15</ref>

In 1941, Yugoslavia was invaded and partitioned by the [[Axis powers]], and its northern parts, including Novi Sad, were annexed by [[Hungary during World War II|Hungary]]. During [[World War II]], about 5,000 citizens were murdered and many others were resettled. During the three days of the [[1942 raid in Novi Sad|Novi Sad raid]] (21–23 January 1942) alone, Hungarian police killed 1,246 citizens, among them more than 800 Jews, and threw their corpses into the icy waters of the Danube.
[[File:Prince Tomislav Bridge in Novi Sad - postcard.jpg|thumb|left|[[Prince Tomislav Bridge]], destroyed on 11 April 1941 by the [[Royal Yugoslav Army|Yugoslav army]] during the Invasion of Yugoslavia. The bridge was replaced by the Marshal [[Tito]] Bridge in 1945 and later Varadin Bridge in 2000.]]

The total death toll of the raid was around 2,500.<ref name=Cesarani>{{cite book|title=Genocide and Rescue: The Holocaust in Hungary 1944|author=David Cesarani|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HrK8B0VpFBkC&pg=PR7|page=13|publisher=Berg Publishers|isbn=978-1-85973-126-0|year=1997|access-date=4 August 2009}}</ref><ref name=Sajti>{{cite journal|title=The Former 'Southlands' in Serbia: 1918–1947|author=[[Enikő A. Sajti]]|url=http://www.hungarianquarterly.com/no181/9.html|volume=XLVII|date=Spring 2006|journal=The Hungarian Quarterly|access-date=4 August 2009|issue=181|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606021020/http://www.hungarianquarterly.com/no181/9.html|archive-date=6 June 2009}}</ref> Citizens of all nationalities—Serbs, Hungarians, Slovaks, and others—fought together against the Axis authorities.<ref name=Sajti /> In 1975 the whole city was awarded the title [[Order of the People's Hero|People's Hero of Yugoslavia]].
[[File:Petrovaradin i žrtve racije.JPG|thumb|right|[[Monument to the victims of the raid in Novi Sad|''The Family'']] by [[Jovan Soldatović]], Monument dedicated to the victims of the [[Novi Sad raid]], which took place during the Hungarian occupation in WWII.]]

The [[Yugoslav Partisans]] of [[Syrmia]] and [[Bačka]] entered the city on 23 October 1944. During the military administration of [[Banat, Bačka and Baranja]] (17 October 1944 – 27 January 1945), the Partisans [[1944–1945 killings in Vojvodina|killed tens of thousands]], mostly Serbs, Germans, and Hungarians, who were perceived as opponents to the new regime.<ref>Večernje Novosti, Utorak, 9. Jun 2009, strana 11, mapa masovnih grobnica u Srbiji</ref>{{better source needed|date=June 2016}}

Novi Sad became part of the new [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]. Since 1945, Novi Sad has been the capital of [[Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina|Vojvodina]], a province of the [[Socialist Republic of Serbia|Republic of Serbia]]. The city went through rapid industrialization and its population more than doubled in the period between World War II and the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.

After 1992, Novi Sad became a part of the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]. Devastated by [[1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|NATO bombardment]] during the [[Kosovo War]] of 1999, [[1999 NATO bombing of Novi Sad|Novi Sad was left]] without any of its three Danube bridges ([[Žeželj Bridge]], [[Varadin Bridge]] and [[Liberty Bridge, Novi Sad|Liberty Bridge]]), communications, water, and electricity. Residential areas were cluster-bombed several times while the [[oil refinery]] was bombarded daily, causing severe pollution and widespread ecological damage. In 2003, FR Yugoslavia was transformed into the [[Political union|state union]] of [[Serbia and Montenegro]]. These two states separated in June 2006 (following the May 2006 [[Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006|Montenegrin independence referendum]]), leaving Novi Sad part of the [[Republic of Serbia]].

On 1 November 2024, the canopy of the [[Novi Sad railway station|main railway station]] in Novi Sad collapsed, [[Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse|killing sixteen people]]. The incident sparked a series of [[2024–2025 Serbian anti-corruption protests|mass protests]] against government corruption.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thousands protest in Serbia to mark three months since deadly roof collapse |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/1/thousands-protests-in-serbia-to-mark-three-months-since-fatal-roof-collapse |work=Al Jazeera |date=1 February 2025}}</ref>

== Geography ==
[[File:Trg Slobode nocu.jpg|thumb|Novi Sad, [[Stari Grad, Novi Sad|Stari Grad]] (Old Town) panoramic view, 2022]]
The city lies on the [[meander]] of the river Danube, which is only 350 meters wide beneath the marking stones of Petrovaradin.<ref name="GeoNS" /> A section of the [[Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal|Danube-Tisza-Danube Canal]] marks the northern edge of the wider city centre. The main part of the city lies on the left bank of the Danube in the region of [[Bačka]], while the smaller settlements of [[Petrovaradin]] and [[Sremska Kamenica]] lie on the right bank, in the region of [[Srem]] (Syrmia). The section situated on the left bank of the river lies on one of the southernmost and lowest parts of the [[Pannonian Plain]], while [[Fruška Gora]] on the right bank is a [[Horst (geology)|horst]] mountain. [[Alluvial plain]]s along the Danube are well-formed, especially on the left bank, and in some parts {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=off}} from the river. A large part of Novi Sad lies on a [[fluvial terrace]] with an elevation of between {{convert|80|and|83|m|0|abbr=off}}. The northern part of Fruška Gora is composed of massive [[landslide]] zones, although they are largely inactive with the exception of the [[Ribnjak, Novi Sad|Ribnjak]] neighbourhood between [[Sremska Kamenica]] and [[Petrovaradin Fortress]].<ref name="UrbNS">Завод за урбанизам: "Еколошки Атлас Новог Сада" ("Ecological Atlas of Novi Sad"), page 14-15, 1994.</ref>
<br />
The total land area of the city is {{convert|699|km²|0|abbr=out}}, while its urban area spans {{convert|129.7|km²|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="GeoNS">{{cite web | url = http://www.novisad.rs/en/content/novi-sad-in-numbers | title = Novi Sad in numbers | publisher = City of Novi Sad | access-date = 12 October 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007011404/http://novisad.rs/en/content/novi-sad-in-numbers | archive-date = 7 October 2010 }}</ref>

=== Climate ===
Novi Sad has a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: ''Cfa'')<ref name="Climate-Data.org">{{cite web|title=Temperature, Climograph, Climate table for Novi Sad|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/1020/|website=Climate-Data.org|access-date=4 November 2017}}</ref> closely bordering on [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfa'') with a January mean of {{convert|0.7|°C|1|abbr=on}}. The city experiences four distinct seasons. Autumn is drier than spring, with long sunny and warm periods. Winter is not so severe, with an average of 22 days of complete sub-zero temperature, and averages 22 days of snowfall. January is the coldest month, with an average low of {{convert|-2.5|°C|1|abbr=on}}. Spring is usually short and rainy, while summer arrives abruptly. The coldest temperature ever recorded in Novi Sad was {{convert|-30.7|°C|1|abbr=on}} on 24 January 1963, and the hottest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|41.6|°C|1|abbr=on}} on 24 July 2007.
{{wide image|Novi_Sad_-_Gigapixelna_panorama2.jpg|1200px|Panoramic view from the [[Petrovaradin Fortress]]}}

The east-southeasterly wind, known as [[Košava (wind)|Košava]], blows from the [[Carpathian Mountains|Carpathians]] and brings clear and dry weather. It mostly blows in autumn and winter, in 2 to 3-day intervals. The [[Velocity|average speed]] of Košava is {{convert|25|to|43|km/h|0|abbr=on}}, but gusts can sometimes reach up to {{convert|130|km/h|0|abbr=on}}. In wintertime, accompanied by [[Winter storm|snow storms]], the winds can cause large snow-drifts.
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| url = https://www.hidmet.gov.rs/ciril/meteorologija/stanica_sr_novisad.php
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220415191235/https://www.hidmet.gov.rs/ciril/meteorologija/stanica_sr_novisad.php
| archive-date = 15 April 2022
| title= Monthly and annual means, maximum and minimum values of meteorological elements for the period 1991–2020
| language = sr
| publisher = Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia
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| url = http://www.hidmet.gov.rs/eng/meteorologija/stanica_sr.php?moss_id=13168
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220129035014/http://www.hidmet.gov.rs/eng/meteorologija/stanica_sr.php?moss_id=13168
| archive-date = 29 January 2022
| title = Monthly and annual means, maximum and minimum values of meteorological elements for the period 1981–2010
| language = sr
| publisher = Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia
| access-date = 25 February 2017
}}</ref>
|source 2 = Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)<ref name = meteoclimat>{{cite web
| url = http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/index.php?page=stati&id=1959
| title = Station Novi Sad
| publisher = Meteo Climat
| language = fr
| access-date = 5 November 2017}}</ref>
|date=August 2010
}}

== Settlements ==
{{See also|List of buildings in Novi Sad}}
[[File:Kule na Limanu.JPG|thumb|upright=1.0|right|Liman residential towers, city's tallest buildings]]

Novi Sad is a typical Central European town in terms of its architecture. The Town Hall and the Court House were built by Emmerich Kitzweger (1868–1917).<ref name="andora">{{cite web |title=Novi Sad |url=https://all-andorra.com/novi-sad/ |website=all-andora.com |date=25 March 2025 }}</ref> During the [[revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas|1848/1849 revolution]], the town was heavily bombed. One third of all houses were destroyed and the city's population was reduced to half.<ref>{{cite document |title=Novi Sad: Guide to Culture and Tourism |page=2 |date=2023 |publisher=Impressum}}</ref> Architecture from the 19th century dominates the [[Stari Grad, Novi Sad|city centre]].<ref name="andora" /> Small, older houses used to surround the centre of town, but they are now being replaced by modern, multi-story buildings.<ref name="live">{{cite web |title=Novi Sad, a city to remember |url=https://www.livetheworld.com/post/novi-sad-a-city-to-remember-rafk |website=livetheworld.com |date=23 November 2022 }}</ref>

During the socialist period, new city blocks with wide streets and multi-story buildings were constructed around the city core. However, not many [[plattenbau|communist-style]] high-rise buildings were erected.<ref name="live" /> The total number of [[apartment building]]s, with ten or more floors, remained at about 50, the rest having mostly three to six floors. From 1962 to 1964, a new [[boulevard]], today called ''Bulevar oslobođenja'', was cut through the older neighbourhoods, establishing major communication lines.<ref name="uns">{{cite web |title=About Novi Sad |url=https://plpr2018.uns.ac.rs/index.php/about-novi-sad |website=uns.ac.rs |publisher=University of Novi Sad}}</ref> Several more boulevards were subsequently built in a similar manner, creating an [[Orthogonality|orthogonal]] network which replaced the primarily radial structure of the old town. These interventions paved the way for a relatively unhampered growth of the city, which has almost tripled in population since the 1950s.<ref name="database">{{cite web |title=Data Collection in Novi Sad |url=https://im4stem.eu/en/data-collection-in-novi-sad-july-01-2024-july-05-2024/ |website=im4stem.eu |publisher=Erasmus}}</ref> Despite a huge increase in car ownership, [[traffic congestion]] is still relatively mild, apart from a few major arteries.

=== Neighbourhoods ===
{{Main|Neighborhoods of Novi Sad}}
[[File:20230429.Ansichten in Novi Sad.-015.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|Dunavska street in [[Stari Grad, Novi Sad|Stari Grad]]]]
[[File:Petrovaradin, Novi Sad, 05 11 2023.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|Beogradska street in [[Petrovaradin]]]]

Some of the oldest neighbourhoods in the city are [[Stari Grad, Novi Sad|Stari Grad]] (Old Town), [[Rotkvarija (Žitni Trg)|Rotkvarija]], [[Podbara]], and [[Salajka]]. The areas of [[Sremska Kamenica]] and [[Petrovaradin]], located on the right bank of the Danube, were separate towns in the past, but today belong to the urban area of Novi Sad. [[Liman, Novi Sad|Liman]], as well as [[Bistrica (Novo Naselje)|Bistrica]], are neighbourhoods built during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, with contemporary style buildings and wide boulevards ([[Liman, Novi Sad|Liman]] was divided into four sections, numbered I–IV).<ref name="database" />

New neighbourhoods, like [[Liman, Novi Sad|Liman]], [[Detelinara]], and [[Bistrica, Novi Sad|Bistrica]], emerged from the fields and forests surrounding the city. Following World War II, tall residential buildings were constructed to house the huge influx of people leaving the country side. Many old houses in the city centre, from the Rotkvarija and [[Bulevar]] neighbourhoods, were torn down in the 1950s and 1960s, to be replaced by multi-story buildings.<ref name="database" />  Since the city has experienced a major construction boom in the last 10 years, some neighbourhoods have completely been transformed.<ref name="database" />

Neighbourhoods with single-family homes are mostly located away from the city centre. [[Telep]], situated in the southwest, and [[Klisa, Serbia|Klisa]], in the north, are the oldest such neighborhoods. [[Adice]] and [[Veternik]], both located west of the downtown area, have significantly expanded during the last 15 years, partly due to the influx of Serbian refugees fleeing the [[Yugoslav wars]].

=== Suburbs ===
Some 43,000 inhabitants or 11.7% of the administrative city's total population resides in the 11 rural settlements, outside its urban area.<ref name="census">{{Cite web| title=Age and sex - Data by settlements | url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/Pdf/G20234003.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525103423/https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/pdf/G20234003.pdf | archive-date=2023-05-25}}</ref> [[Ledinci]], [[Stari Ledinci]], and [[Bukovac, Novi Sad|Bukovac]] are all located on [[Fruška Gora]] slopes, with Stari Ledinci being the most isolated and least populated village. Towns and villages in the adjacent municipalities of [[Sremski Karlovci]], [[Temerin]], and [[Beočin]] share the same public transportation system and are economically tied to Novi Sad.
[[File:CityNoviSad-map01.PNG|right|thumb|300px|Novi Sad and its suburbs]]
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Name
!City municipality
!Population<ref name="census" />
|-
| [[Begeč]] || rowspan=2|[[City municipality of Novi Sad|Novi Sad]] || style="text-align:right;"| 3,005
|-
| [[Budisava]] || style="text-align:right;"|3,107
|-
| [[Bukovac, Novi Sad|Bukovac]] || [[Petrovaradin]] || style="text-align:right;"| 3,636
|-
| [[Čenej]] || rowspan=5|Novi Sad || style="text-align:right;"| 1,942
|-
| [[Futog]]  || style="text-align:right;"|18,011
|-
| [[Kać]] || style="text-align:right;"| 11,067
|-
| [[Kisač]] || style="text-align:right;"| 4,511
|-
| [[Kovilj]]  || style="text-align:right;"| 5,151
|-
| [[Ledinci]] ||  Petrovaradin || style="text-align:right;"| 1,864
|-
| [[Rumenka]] || Novi Sad || style="text-align:right;"| 6,300
|-
| [[Stari Ledinci]] || Petrovaradin || style="text-align:right;"| 985
|-
| [[Stepanovićevo]] || Novi Sad || style="text-align:right;"|1,848
|}

== Demographics ==
{{See also|Demographic history of Novi Sad}}
{{Historical populations
|type =
|1798|6890 |1848|18530 |1900|28763 |1910|33089 |1921|39122 |1931|63985 |1941|61731 |1948|69760 |1953|77197 |1961|103600 |1971|144637 |1981|174111 |1991|192426 |2002|253791 |2011|294976 |2022|325551
| source =<ref>{{Cite web| title=Age and sex - Data by settlements | url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/Pdf/G20234003.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525103423/https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/pdf/G20234003.pdf | archive-date=2023-05-25}}</ref>
}}
Novi Sad is the second largest city in Serbia, after [[Belgrade]], and the largest city in [[Vojvodina]]. Its contiguous urban area (which include Novi Sad proper and adjacent settlements of [[Petrovaradin]], [[Sremska Kamenica]], [[Veternik]], and [[Futog]]) has population of 325,551 inhabitants. Population of the administrative area of the city of Novi Sad stands at 368,967 inhabitants.

Since its founding, the population of the city has been constantly increasing, and in the last three decades in particular, it experienced rapid population growth. According to the 2022 census, 50.8% of the population of Novi Sad was not native to the city: 30.3% migrated to Novi Sad from rest of Serbia, 17.1% came from countries of former Yugoslavia (predominately Serbs from [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]], and [[Montenegro]]), while some 3.4% came from other countries.

===Ethnic structure===
Urban area of Novi Sad and all settlements in the city administrative area have an overwhelming ethnic Serb majority, with the exception of [[Kisač]], which has an ethnic Slovak majority. The ethnic structure of population of Novi Sad administrative area (according to the 2022 census):<ref>{{cite web|title=Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2022. у Републици Србији|url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/Popis2011/Nacionalna%20pripadnost-Ethnicity.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=Republički zavod za statistiku|access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Ethnicity
! Population
! Share
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Serbs]]||align="right"|289,119
|78.3%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Hungarians in Serbia|Hungarians]]||align="right"|9,792
|2.6%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Slovaks in Serbia|Slovaks]]||align="right"|5,458
|1.4%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Croats of Serbia|Croats]]||align="right"|3,877
|1%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Yugoslavs in Serbia|Yugoslavs]]||align="right"|3,465
|0.9%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Romani people in Serbia|Roma]]||align="right"|3,321
|0.9%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Russians in Serbia|Russians]]||align="right"|2,766
|0.7%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Montenegrins of Serbia|Montenegrins]]||align="right"|2,225
|0.6%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Pannonian Rusyns|Rusyns]]||align="right"|1,836
|0.5%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Others||align="right"|7,799
|2.1%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Regional identity||align="right"|4,072
|1.1%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Undeclared||align="right"|14,585
|3.9%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Unknown||align="right"|20,652
|5.6%
|}

===Religious structure===
{{See also|Religious architecture in Novi Sad}}
Religious structure of population of the Novi Sad administrative area (according to the 2022 census):<ref>{{cite web | url=https://data.stat.gov.rs//Home/Result/3104020301?languageCode=en-US | title=Dissemination database search }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Religion
! Adherents
! Share
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]]||align="right"|282,829 
|76.6%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Catholicism|Catholic]]||align="right"|15,822
|4.3%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Protestantism|Protestant]]||align="right"|6,567
|1.7%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Islam|Muslim]]||align="right"|4,870
|1.3%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Judaism]]||align="right"|66
|0.01%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Atheism|Atheist]]||align="right"|10,945
|2.9%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|[[Agnosticism|Agnostic]]||align="right"|1,260
|0.3%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Undeclared||align="right"|19,461
|5.2%
|-
|style="background:#F5F5DC;"|Unknown||align="right"|24,156
|6.5%
|}

== Culture ==
[[File:Serbian National Theatre, January 2022.jpg|thumb|[[Serbian National Theatre]]]]
In the 19th and early 20th century, Novi Sad was the capital of [[Serbian culture]], earning it the nickname ''Serbian Athens''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jelena Sredanović |first1=Jelena |editor1-last=Noyce |editor1-first=Richard |title=Critical Mass: Printmaking Beyond the Edge |date=2010 |publisher=A & C Black |isbn=9781408109397 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=36oRGNvIfpkC&pg=PA86}}</ref> During that time, many Serbian novelists, poets, jurists, and publishers had lived or worked in Novi Sad at some point in their career, including [[Vuk Stefanović Karadžić]], [[Mika Antić]], [[Đura Jakšić]] and [[Jovan Jovanović Zmaj]], among others. [[Matica srpska]], the oldest cultural-scientific institution in Serbia, was moved from [[Budapest]] to Novi Sad in 1864, and now contains the second-largest library in the country, the Library of Matica srpska, with over 3.5&nbsp;million volumes. The [[Serbian National Theatre]], one of the oldest professional theatre among the [[South Slavs]], was founded in Novi Sad in 1861.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nagy |first1=Peter |last2=Rouyer |first2=Philippe |title=World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Volume 1: Europe, Volume 1 |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781136118043 |page=951 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=klGvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA951}}</ref>

Today, Novi Sad is the second largest cultural centre in [[Serbia]], after [[Belgrade]]. Municipal officials have made the city more attractive with numerous cultural events and music concerts. Since 2000, Novi Sad is home to the [[Exit (festival)|EXIT festival]], one of the biggest music summer festivals in Europe. Other important cultural events include the [[Sterijino pozorje]] theatre festival, [[Zmaj Children Games]], [[International Novi Sad Literature Festival]], [[Novi Sad Jazz Festival]], and many others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novisadtourism.org.yu/FMCultural.aspx?id=7&jez=2&selection=5&podselection=0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928082957/http://www.novisadtourism.org.yu/FMCultural.aspx?id=7&jez=2&selection=5&podselection=0|title=Festivali, manifestacije, kulturne, cultural, music, muzicke|archive-date=28 September 2007|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> Novi Sad also hosts a fashion show twice a year, attracting local and international designers. Called [[Serbia Fashion Week]], the event also features the works of applied artists, musicians, interior decorators, multimedia experts and architects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://novisad.travel/en/events/serbia-fashion-week-2/|title=Serbia Fashion Week|website=TONS}}</ref>

In addition to the [[Serbian National Theatre]], other prominent playhouses consist of the [[Novi Sad Theatre]], [[Novi Sad Youth Theatre]], and the Cultural Centre of Novi Sad. The [[Novi Sad Synagogue]] also houses many cultural events. Other [[cultural institutions]] include the Detachment of the Serbian Academy of Science and Art, Library of Matica Srpska, Novi Sad City Library and [[Azbukum]]. The city is also home to the Archive of Vojvodina, which has collected numerous documents from the [[Vojvodina]] region<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vojvodina.travel/en/historical-archive-of-vojvodina-novi-sad/ |title=Historical Archive Of Vojvodina - Novi Sad |publisher=Vojvodina Travel |date= |access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref> dating back to 1565.

Novi Sad has several folk song societies, which are known as ''kulturno-umetničko društvo'' or KUD. The best known societies in the city are: KUD Svetozar Marković, AKUD Sonja Marinković, SKUD Željezničar, FA Vila and the oldest SZPD [[NEVEN Serbian Craftsmen Singing Society|Neven]], established in 1892.

National minorities express their own traditions, folklore and songs through various societies such as the Hungarian MKUD Petőfi Sándor, Slovak SKUD Pavel Jozef Šafárik, and Ruthenian RKC Novi Sad.

Novi Sad was chosen to be the [[European Capital of Culture]] for 2021,<ref>{{cite web |title=Novi Sad to be European Capital of Culture in 2021 |url=https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/representations/items/35705/en |website=ec.europa.eu |publisher=European Commission |date=14 October 2016}}</ref> however its mandate was moved to 2022 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="sustain">{{cite web |title=Novi Sad: European Capital of Culture 2022 |url=https://www.sustaineurope.com/novi-sad-european-capital-of-culture-2022-20230110.html |website=sustaineurope.com |date=10 January 2023}}</ref> From this mandate, the industrial zone in Liman neighborhood was repurposed as an artist quarter known as ''Distrikt''. Due the continued efforts of local artists, the city became a [[UNESCO]] [[Creative Cities Network|Creative City]] of [[City of Media Arts|Media Arts]] in 2023.<ref name="UnescoCCN"/><ref name="euronewsCCN"/>

=== Cuisine ===
Typical [[Serbian food]] can be found in Novi Sad, including traditional dishes like [[ćevapi]], [[burek]], [[kajmak]], [[Whole sour cabbage|kiseli kupus]], [[kifli]]ce and [[pasulj]], as well as fish dishes, local cheeses and charcuterie.<ref name="coolhunting.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.coolhunting.com/travel/novi-sad-serbia|title = Word of Mouth: Novi Sad, Serbia|date = 17 April 2018}}</ref> Restaurants and farmsteads offer fresh produce from local farmers and also [[Serbian wine|regional vintages]] from [[Fruska Gora]]'s wineries.<ref name="coolhunting.com" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://noizz.rs/noizz-travel/cnn-preporucio-americkim-turistima-11-destinacija-u-srbiji/x17sgle|title=CNN preporučio američkim turistima 11 destinacija u Srbiji|date=4 May 2018}}</ref> Modern alternatives are available at some of the city's top restaurants, which prepare traditional fare with an updated twist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/295040/serbia-a-country-full-of-surprises|title = Serbia: A country full of surprises}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/serbia/articles/the-10-best-restaurants-in-novi-sad/|title = The 10 Best Restaurants in Novi Sad, Serbia|date = 2 May 2018}}</ref> Pastry shops serve local specialties such as layered cakes made from ground nuts and cream, referred to as 'torta' in Serbian. Desserts also often include raspberries, one of the region's largest exports, and historic Dunavska Street is home to many ice cream parlors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/2017/09/02/news/danube-city-novi-sad-is-the-jewel-in-serbia-s-crown-1123565/|title = Danube city Novi Sad is the jewel in Serbia's crown|date = 2 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/lifestyle/249884/An-essential-guide-to-Serbias-coolest-city-Novi-Sad |title=An essential guide to Serbia's coolest city, Novi Sad - TV3 Xposé |access-date=21 July 2018 |archive-date=21 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721221725/http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/lifestyle/249884/An-essential-guide-to-Serbias-coolest-city-Novi-Sad |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Index sandwich, named after university student index books, is a popular local street food since the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jovanović|first1= Aleksandar|url=https://www.mojnovisad.com/vesti/istrazujemo-gde-se-u-gradu-jedu-najbolji-index-sendvici-foto-id22753.html|title =ISTRAŽUJEMO: Gde se u gradu jedu najbolji Index sendviči|work=mojnovisad.com|date = 4 July 2018|access-date=23 September 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref> It is made out of a bread roll stuffed with melted cheese, ham, mushrooms and lashings of sauce.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Natošević Milovanović|first1= Ljiljana|url=https://www.mojnovisad.com/vesti/omiljeni-zalogaj-novosadjana-10-lokala-brze-hrane-u-kojima-mozete-da-pojedete-index-sendvic-id46856.html|title =OMILJENI ZALOGAJ NOVOSAĐANA: 10 lokala brze hrane u kojima možete da pojedete index sendvič|work=mojnovisad.com|date = 1 May 2022|access-date=23 September 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Natošević Milovanović|first1= Ljiljana|url=https://www.mojnovisad.com/vesti/omiljena-fast-food-hrana-evo-sta-novosadjani-vole-da-jedu-kad-ne-kuvaju-id49598.html|title =OMILJENA FAST FOOD HRANA: Evo šta Novosađani vole da jedu kad ne kuvaju|work=mojnovisad.com|date = 19 September 2022|access-date=23 September 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/storyworks/travel/experience-serbia/10-reasons-why-novi-sad|title =10 reasons why you should visit Novi Sad this year|work=bbc.com|access-date=23 September 2023|language=English}}</ref>

=== Museums ===
[[File:Museum of Vojvodina in Novi Sad - street view.jpg|thumb|[[Museum of Vojvodina]] is an [[art museum|art]] and [[List of natural history museums|natural history museum]].]]

The city has several museums and galleries, both public and privately owned. The best known institution in the city is the [[Museum of Vojvodina]], founded in 1847,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popović-Živančević |first1=Mila |title=Condition of the Cultural and Natural Heritage in the Balkan Region: Proceedings of the Regional Conference Held in Kladovo, Serbia from 23th to 27th October 2006, Volume 1 |date=2007 |publisher=National Museum Belgrade |isbn=9788672690903 |page=242}}</ref> which houses a permanent collection of [[Serbian culture]] and life in [[Vojvodina]] since ancient times.<ref name="sustain" /> [[City Museum of Novi Sad|The Museum of Novi Sad]], located in the [[Petrovaradin Fortress]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Natural Resources and Beauties of the Socialist Republic of Serbia |date=1973 |publisher=Eksport-Press |page=104 |quote=..the museum [of Novi Sad]  organizes exhibitions in the hall of Topovnjača in Petrovaradin Fortress where the Museum itself is located..}}</ref> has a permanent collection featuring the history of the old fortress and the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Музеј града Новог сада – Званична интернет презентација |url=https://museumns.rs/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |language=sr-RS}}</ref>

The [[Gallery of Matica Srpska]], established in 1847,<ref>{{Cite web |title=О колекцији |url=https://www.galerijamaticesrpske.rs/o-kolekciji/ |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=Галерија Матице српске |language=sr-RS}}</ref> is the largest and most respected exhibition space in the city, with two galleries in the city centre. Other museums include [[Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina]], [[The Gallery of Fine Arts – Gift Collection of Rajko Mamuzić]] and [[The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection]], featuring one of the most extensive collections of [[Serbian art]] from the 1900s until the 1970s.

=== Tourism ===
[[File:Fireworks_at_EXIT_Festival_2018.jpg|thumb|left|[[Petrovaradin Fortress]] during the Exit festival]]
Since 2000, the number of tourists visiting Novi Sad each year has steadily risen. During the annual [[Exit (festival)|EXIT music festival]] in July, the city is full of young people from all over Europe. In 2017, over 200,000 visitors from 60 countries came to the festival, attending about 35 concerts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44697302|title=Music festivals: What's the world's biggest?|work=BBC News|date=4 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eng.exitfest.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=17&Itemid=99|title=EXIT Adventure: EXIT Festival, Serbia, 9 – 12 July 2015 / SEA DANCE Festival, Montenegro, 16 – 18 July 2015|work=EXIT Adventure: EXIT Festival, Serbia, 9–12 July 2015 / SEA DANCE Festival, Montenegro, 16–18 July 2015|access-date=18 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210172015/http://eng.exitfest.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=17&Itemid=99|archive-date=10 February 2012}}</ref>
[[File:Belvedere ENI 09948010 P Novi Sad 18-09-2024 (2).jpg|thumb|right|River cruise ship in Novi Sad, on the [[Danube]] river.]]

Other events include shows and congresses organized by [[Novi Sad Fair]], a local management company, bringing in many businesspersons and entrepreneurs to the city. Every May, Novi Sad is home to the largest [[agricultural show]] in the region, having attracted 600,000 attendees in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nsfair.com/live/Kalendar_sajmova/2006/Medjunarodni_poljoprivredni_sajam/Vesti?contentId=1873|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928084527/http://www.nsfair.com/live/Kalendar_sajmova/2006/Medjunarodni_poljoprivredni_sajam/Vesti?contentId=1873|title=Novosadski sajam – News – Međunarodni poljoprivredni sajam videlo 600.000 posetilaca|archive-date=28 September 2007|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> The tourist port, near [[Varadin Bridge]] in the city centre, welcomes cruise boats from across Europe that travel the Danube.

The most recognized structure in Novi Sad is the [[Petrovaradin Fortress]], which dominates the skyline and also offers scenic views of the city. The nearby historic neighbourhood of [[Stari Grad, Novi Sad|Stari Grad]] has many monuments, museums, cafes, restaurants and shops. Also in the vicinity, is the [[Fruška Gora]] National Park, approximately {{convert|20|km|0|abbr=on}} from the city centre.

According to the data of the Republic Institute of Statistics of Serbia, a total of 234,708 tourist arrivals were realized in the territory of the City in 2023, which represents an increase compared to the same period in 2022 by 7.2 percent. Also, last year a total of 567,926 overnight stays were realized, which represents a growth of 1.2 percent.

== Economy ==
Novi Sad is the economic centre of [[Vojvodina]], the most fertile agricultural region in [[Serbia]]. The city also represents one of the largest economic and cultural hubs in Serbia.

Novi Sad had always been a developed city within the former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. In 1981, its GDP per capita was 172% of the Yugoslav average.<ref>{{cite book | title=Atlas svijeta: Novi pogled na Zemlju | year=1984 | edition=3rd | publisher=Sveučilišna naklada Liber | location=Zagreb | language=hr | editor1-first=Radovan | editor1-last=Radovinović | editor2-first=Ivan | editor2-last=Bertić}}</ref> During the 1990s, the city, like the rest of Serbia, was severely affected by an internationally imposed [[Embargo|trade embargo]] and hyperinflation of the [[Yugoslav dinar]]. The embargo, along with economic mismanagement, led to a decay or demise of once important industrial combines, such as ''Novkabel'' (electric cable industry), ''Pobeda'' (metal industry), ''Jugoalat'' (tools), ''Albus'' and ''HINS'' (chemical industry). Practically the only viable large facilities remaining today are the oil refinery, located northeast of the city, and the [[Thermal power station|thermal power plant]].

The economy of Novi Sad has mostly recovered from that period and grown strongly since 2001, shifting from an industry-driven economy to the [[Tertiary sector of the economy|tertiary sector]]. The processes involved in [[privatization|privatizing]] state and society-owned enterprises, as well as strong private incentives, have increased the share of privately owned companies to over 95% in the district, with small and medium-size enterprises dominating the city's [[economic development]].<ref name="pkns2">{{cite web|url=http://www.rpkns.com/eng/oregionu.php?opstine=7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112194104/http://www.rpkns.com/eng/oregionu.php?opstine=7|title=Regional Chamber Of Commerce Novi Sad|archive-date=12 January 2008|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref>

The significance of Novi Sad as a financial centre is already proven, by being home to the national headquarters of numerous banks, such as [[Erste Bank Novi Sad|Erste Bank]], [[Vojvođanska banka a.d.|Vojvođanska banka]], and [[Crédit Agricole Srbija|Crédit Agricole]];<ref>[[National Bank of Serbia]] – [http://www.nbs.rs/english/banks/index.htm List of Banks]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} operating in Serbia.</ref> as well as the third largest insurance company in Serbia, [[DDOR Novi Sad]]. Furthermore, the city is home to major energy companies like [[Naftna Industrija Srbije]] oil company and [[Srbijagas]] gas company. It is also the seat of many farms for wheat production and [[trade]].
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Novi Sad is also a growing information technology centre within Serbia, second only to [[Belgrade]]. As many as 900 IT companies operate in Novi Sad out of a total of 2,500 registered in the territory of the Republic of Serbia with over 11,500 employees. As of September 2017, Novi Sad has one of 14 [[free economic zone]]s established in Serbia.<ref name="srbeconomiczone2017">{{cite news |last1=Mikavica |first1=A. |title=Slobodne zone mamac za investitore |url=http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/388105/Slobodne-zone-mamac-za-investitore |access-date=17 March 2019 |work=politika.rs |date=3 September 2017 |language=sr}}</ref>

The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2022):<ref name="stats2023">{{cite web|title=MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA, 2023.|url=https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/PdfE/G202313050.pdf|website=stat.gov.rs|publisher=[[Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia]]|access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref>
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! Activity
! Total
|-
|Agriculture, forestry and fishing||align="right"|1,633
|-
|Mining and quarrying||align="right"|749
|-
|Manufacturing||align="right"|25,675
|-
|Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply||align="right"|1,474
|-
|Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities||align="right"|1,769
|-
|Construction||align="right"|10,624
|-
|Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles||align="right"|28,527
|-
|Transportation and storage||align="right"|8,904
|-
|Accommodation and food services||align="right"|7,229
|-
|Information and communication||align="right"|13,086
|-
|Financial and insurance activities||align="right"|4,717
|-
|Real estate activities||align="right"|845
|-
|Professional, scientific and technical activities||align="right"|13,115
|-
|Administrative and support service activities||align="right"|6,902
|-
|Public administration and defense; compulsory social security||align="right"|8,080
|-
|Education||align="right"|14,068
|-
|Human health and social work activities||align="right"|12,752
|-
|Arts, entertainment and recreation||align="right"|3,928
|-
|Other service activities||align="right"|3,899
|-
|Individual agricultural workers||align="right"|578
|- class="sortbottom"
|'''Total'''||align="right"|'''168,556'''
|}

== Politics ==
{{Main|Politics of Novi Sad|List of mayors of Novi Sad}}
[[File:Kompleks Banovine.jpg|thumb|[[Banovina Palace (Novi Sad)|Banovina Palace]], seat of the provincial institutions of AP Vojvodina]]

Novi Sad is the administrative centre of the [[Subdivisions of Serbia|Autonomous Province]] of [[Vojvodina]], and as such, home to Vojvodina's [[Government of Vojvodina|Government]] and [[Assembly of Vojvodina|Provincial Assembly]].

The city's administrative bodies include the city [[Deliberative assembly|assembly]] as the representative body, as well as the mayor and [[Local government|city government]] defining the executive bodies. The mayor and city assembly members are chosen through direct elections. The city assembly has 78 seats,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://skupstina.novisad.rs/o-gik-u/|title = О ГИК-у &#124; Скупштина Града Новог Сада}}</ref> while the city government consists of 11 members. The mayor and members of the city's assembly are elected to four-year terms. The city government is elected by the city assembly at the proposal of the mayor.

As of 2025, the mayor of Novi Sad is [[Žarko Mićin]] of the [[Serbian Progressive Party]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-02-24 |title=Жарко Мићин нови градоначелник Новог Сада – испред скупштине инциденти |url=https://www.rts.rs/vesti/politika/5659359/novi-sad-skupstina-kordon-policija-gradonacelnik-ostavka.html |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Radio Television of Serbia |language=sr}}</ref> While his party holds the majority of seats in the city assembly, the [[Socialist Party of Serbia]], the [[Democratic Party of Serbia]], as well as other parties and groups, are also represented.

The city of Novi Sad is divided into 47 [[List of local communities in Novi Sad|local communities]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.novisad.rs/lat/mesne-zajednice-u-novom-sadu|title=Mesne zajednice u Novom Sadu &#124; Novi Sad|website=www.novisad.rs}}</ref>

;City holidays
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|1 February
|On this day, in 1748, Novi Sad gained 'free royal city' status.
|-
|23 October
|The partisan forces from [[Syrmia|Srem]] and [[Bačka]] entered and liberated the city from occupation on this day, in 1944.
|-
|9 November
|Troops of the Kingdom of Serbia entered the city on this day, in 1918, led by commandant [[Petar Bojović]].
|-
|25 November
|In 1918, the [[Great People's Assembly of Serbs, Bunjevci and other Slavs in Banat, Bačka and Baranja|Assembly]] of [[Serbs]], [[Bunjevci]], and other [[Slavs]] of [[Vojvodina]] ([[Banat, Bačka and Baranja]]) in Novi Sad proclaimed the unification of [[Vojvodina]] region with the [[Kingdom of Serbia]].
|}

The city commemorates the year 1694, when it was established.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.novisad.rs/lat/dan-novog-sada-0|title=Dan Novog Sada &#124; Novi Sad|website=www.novisad.rs}}</ref>

;Coat of arms
The design consists of three white towers placed in the centre, set against a blue sky. A white dove holding an olive branch flies above the larger middle tower. All three structures have rooftops with crenellations, as well as opened windows and closed gates. Below the towers lies a green background, with a wavy white line depicting the river [[Danube]].

== Society ==

=== Education ===
{{Main|Education in Novi Sad}}
[[File:Univerzitet u Novom Sadu.jpg|thumb|[[University of Novi Sad]]]]

Novi Sad is one of the most important centres of higher education and research in Serbia, with four universities overall and numerous professional, technical, and private colleges and [[research institute]]s, including a law school with its own publication.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mp.gov.rs/ustanove/visoke.php|title=Ministry of education, list of private universities and faculties|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516070558/http://www.mp.gov.rs/ustanove/visoke.php|archive-date=16 May 2010}}</ref> The largest educational institution in the city is the [[University of Novi Sad]], a public school established in 1960. {{As of|2012}}, it has 14 faculties, 9 of which are located on the main [[University campus in Novi Sad|university campus]].<ref name=uni>{{citation |url=http://www.uns.ac.rs/sr/o_univerzitetu.htm |title=O Univerzitetu |publisher=University of Novi Sad |year=2012 |language=sr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528085001/http://www.uns.ac.rs/sr/o_univerzitetu.htm |archive-date=28 May 2012 }}</ref> It is attended by more than 50,000 students and has a total staff of nearly 5,000.<ref name=uni />

Business Academy University and EducoNS University are private schools also located in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studyinserbia.rs/en/institutions?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q%5Bby_title%5D=&q%5Bby_type%5D=1&q%5Bby_field_of_studies%5D=&q%5Bby_education_level%5D=&q%5Bby_city_or_location%5D=150&q%5Binclude_public%5D=0&q%5Binclude_private%5D=0&q%5Binclude_private%5D=1&q%5Benglish_programmes%5D=0&q%5Bwith_additional_opportunities%5D=0&q%5Bserbian_programmes%5D=0&q%5Bforeign_languages_programmes%5D=0&q%5Bdistance_education%5D=0 |title=Institutions &#124; StudyInSerbia |publisher=Studyinserbia.rs |date= |access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://stomatoloskifakultet.rs/en/university/|title=University business academy in Novi Sad|access-date=7 July 2018|archive-date=7 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707035835/https://stomatoloskifakultet.rs/en/university/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other educational institutions include [[Novi Sad Open University]], offering professional courses in [[adult education]], and the [[Novi Sad Theological College|Protestant Theological Seminary]].

{{As of|2022}}, there are 37 elementary schools (33 public and 4 private) with about 26,000 students.<ref name=stat>{{Cite web|url=http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/axd/pok.php?god=2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225154800/http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/axd/pok.php?god=2005|url-status=dead|title=Serbian statistical office|archive-date=25 February 2009}}</ref> The [[High school (upper secondary)|secondary school]] system consists of 25 vocational schools (12 public and 13 private) and 4 [[Gymnasium (school)|gymnasiums]] with almost 18,000 students.<ref name=stat />

=== Media ===
Novi Sad has one major daily newspaper, ''[[Dnevnik (Novi Sad)|Dnevnik]]'', and among the periodicals, the monthly magazine ''[[Vojvodjanski magazin]]'' stands out. The city is also home to the headquarters of regional public broadcaster, ''[[Radio Television of Vojvodina]] (RTV)'', and municipal public broadcaster, ''Novosadska televizija'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://novosadska.tv/|title=Новосадска ТВ|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> as well as a few commercial TV stations such as ''Kanal 9'',<ref>[http://www.kanal9ns.com/ Kanal9ns.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024112044/http://www.kanal9ns.com/ |date=24 October 2010 }}</ref> ''Panonija''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panonija.tv/|title=RTV Panonija|website=www.panonija.tv|access-date=17 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211065836/http://panonija.tv/|archive-date=11 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''RTV Most''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtvmost.co.rs/|title=TV MOST|access-date=18 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318003455/http://www.rtvmost.co.rs/|archive-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> Major local commercial radio stations include ''[[Radio AS]] FM'' and ''[[Radio 021]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.021.rs/|title=021 – Novosadski informativni portal|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref>

Novi Sad is also known as a publishing centre. The most important publishing houses are ''Matica srpska'', ''Stilos'' and ''Prometej''. Well-known journals, in literature and art, include ''[[Letopis Matice srpske]]'', the oldest Serbian Journal, ''Polja'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://polja.eunet.rs/ | title=urednik POLjA | publisher=POLjA | access-date=4 January 2013 | author=[[Laslo Blašković]] | language=sr | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712014844/http://polja.eunet.rs/ | archive-date=12 July 2012 }}</ref> which is issued by the [[Cultural Center of Novi Sad|Cultural centre of Novi Sad]], and ''Zlatna greda'', published by the Association of Writers of Vojvodina.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dkv.org.rs/|title=Drustvo knjizevnika Vojvodine – Íàñëîâíà -|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref>

The city hosts an annual literature conference, [[Book Talk]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/magazine/ci/kulturno/story/3149/vest/3976383/book-talk-novi-sad-konferencija.html|title=Конференција "Book Talk" крајем септембра у Новом Саду|website=Radio Television of Serbia}}</ref>

=== Sports ===
Founded in 1790, the ''<nowiki/>'City Marksmen Association''' became the first sporting organization in Novi Sad. Founded on 28 March 1885, [[VK Danubius 1885]] is the oldest rowing club in former Yugoslavia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.danubius1885.org/istorijat/ |title=Историјат, danubius1885.org |access-date=31 December 2010|language=Serbian}}</ref> A more widespread interest in competitive sports developed after the ''Municipal Association of Physical Culture'' was created in 1959 and when the [[SPC Vojvodina|Spens Sports center]] was built in 1981. Today, about 220 sports organizations are active in Novi Sad.

Professional sports in Novi Sad mostly revolve around the [[SD Vojvodina|Vojvodina]] multi-sport association. Having won two championships in 1966 and 1989, the [[FK Vojvodina]] football club represents the 3rd all-time best team in Serbia, right behind its two Belgrade rivals, [[Red Star Belgrade|Red Star]] and [[FK Partizan|Partizan]].  With 13 championship titles, [[OK Vojvodina]] is the top volleyball team in the country. As for handball, [[RK Vojvodina]] has won the national championship on multiple occasions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rkv.rs/?page_id=8490|title=Istorijat – Rukometni klub Vojvodina|language=en-US|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref>

Athletes from Novi Sad had the honour of participating in the first [[1896 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] in Athens. The largest number of Novi Sad competitors, to participate in the Olympics, was at the [[Yugoslavia at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta Games]]. Eleven athletes won 6 medals there.  Three also competed at the 1980 [[Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow Games]], while two participated in the 1976 [[Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Montreal Games]] and the 1956 [[Yugoslavia at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Melbourne Games]].
[[File:Spens.jpg|thumb|right|[[Spens Sports Center|Spens Sports centre]]]]
[[File:2009 European Athletics Junior Championships.JPG|thumb|right|[[Karađorđe Stadium]]]]
Many national and international competitions are held in the city. Novi Sad played host to the European and World Championships in [[table tennis]] in 1981<ref name="Најзначајније приредбе">{{cite web|url=http://www.spens.rs/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=40|title=Почетна – SPENS|website=SPENS}}</ref> and the [[Chess Olympiad|29th Chess Olympiad]] in 1990. It also welcomed the European and World Championships in [[Sambo (martial art)|sambo]], the Balkan and European Championships in [[judo]], the 1987 final match of the [[Saporta Cup]] in European basketball,<ref name="Најзначајније приредбе" /><ref name="Cup Winners’ Cup 1986-87">{{cite web|url=http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c2/C2_87.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227195518/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c2/C2_87.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=27 December 2011|title=Cup Winners' Cup 1986–87|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> and the final tournament of the European volleyball cup.<ref name="Најзначајније приредбе" /> Furthermore, Novi Sad co-hosted the [[EuroBasket 2005|2005 European Basketball Championship]], as well as hosting the 2017 [[Volleyball World League]] matches.<ref name="Најзначајније приредбе" /><ref name="wkf.net">{{Cite web |title=53rd EKF Senior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 10-13 May 2018 Bulletin Nr. 2 |url=https://wkf.net/imagenes/campeonatos/ekf-senior-boletin-53rd-ekf-senior-championships-novi-sad-serbia-may-10-13-001.pdf |website=[[World Karate Federation]]}}</ref> The year 2018 saw the city welcome the Senior European Fencing Championships and the European Senior Karate Championships.<ref name="Најзначајније приредбе" /><ref name="wkf.net" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurofencingns2018.com/index.php/en/ |title=Senior European Fencing Championship &#124; Novi Sad 2018 |access-date=21 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113164331/http://www.eurofencingns2018.com/index.php/en/ |archive-date=13 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/fencing/44191342|title=Britain's Kruse wins Shanghai title|work=BBC Sport}}</ref>

The city also holds traditional sporting events such as the Novi Sad marathon, international swimming competitions and many other events. The very first 'MTB Petrovaradin Fortress Cup' took place in 2018, allowing national and regional cyclists to compete. It is also the first mountain bike competition to be held in Serbia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mojnovisad.com/vesti/foto-odrzan-prvi-mtb-petrovaradin-fortress-cup-id22704.html |title=FOTO: Održan prvi "MTB Petrovaradin Fortress cup" &#124; (Vesti - 02.07.2018) Novi Sad |access-date=7 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109161820/http://www.mojnovisad.com/vesti/foto-odrzan-prvi-mtb-petrovaradin-fortress-cup-id22704.html |archive-date=9 January 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Club
! Sport
! Founded
! League
! Venue
|-
|[[VK Danubius 1885|VK Danubius]]
|[[rowing (sport)|Rowing]]
|1885
|
|
|-
|[[FK Vojvodina]]
|[[Association football|Football]]
|1914
|[[Serbian Superliga]]
|[[Karađorđe Stadium]]
|-
|[[RFK Novi Sad]]
|[[Association football|Football]]
|1921
|[[Serbian League]]
|[[Detelinara Stadium]]
|-
|[[FK Slavija Novi Sad]]
|[[Association football|Football]]
|1926
|
|Stadion Salajka
|-
|[[FK Kabel]]
|[[Association football|Football]]
|1932
|[[Serbian League Vojvodina]]
|Stadion FK Kabel
|-
|[[VK Vojvodina]]
|[[Water polo]]
|1938
|[[Serbian Water Polo League A|Serbian League]], [[Regional Water Polo League|Regional League A2]]
|Slana Bara Sports center
|-
|[[NIS Vojvodina Novi Sad|OK Vojvodina]]
|[[Volleyball]]
|1946
|[[Serbian volley league]]
| [[SPC Vojvodina|Spens Sports center]]
|-
|[[KKK Vojvodina]]
|[[Kayak]] and [[Canoe]]
|1947
|
|-
|[[KK Vojvodina]]
|[[Basketball]]
|1948
|[[Basketball League of Serbia B|League B]]
|Spens Sports center
|-
|[[RK Vojvodina]]
|[[Handball]]
|1949
|[[Handball League of Serbia]]
| Slana Bara Sports center
|-
|[[FK Proleter Novi Sad|FK Proleter]]
|[[Association football|Football]]
|1951
|Dissolved in 2022, merger with RFK Novi Sad
|Slana Bara Stadium
|-
|[[HK Vojvodina]]
|[[Ice hockey]]
|1957
|[[Serbian Hockey League]]
|Spens Sports center
|-
|[[FK Mladost Novi Sad|FK Mladost]]
|[[Association football|Football]]
|1972
|[[Serbian First League]]
|GAT Arena
|-
|[[ŽFK Fruškogorac]]
|[[Women's association football|Women's football]]
|1998
|[[Druga Liga Srbije Sever]]
|GAT Arena
|}

=== Recreation ===
[[File:Strand_Novi_Sad.jpg|thumb|right|[[Štrand]], popular beach on the Danube]]
The inhabitants of Novi Sad engage in a wide range of recreational and leisure activities. With regards to [[team sport]]s, [[Association football|football]] and [[basketball]] have the highest numbers of participants. Cycling is also popular due to the city's flat terrain and the extensive off-road network, found in nearby mountainous [[Fruška Gora]]. Hundreds of commuters cycle the roads, [[Segregated cycle facilities|bike lanes and bike paths]] daily.

Proximity to the [[Fruška Gora]] National Park attracts many city dwellers on the weekends. They enjoy the numerous hiking trails, restaurants and monasteries located in and around the mountain area. Occurring on the first weekend of every May, the ''[[Fruškogorski maraton|Fruška Gora Marathon]]'' lets hikers, runners and cyclists take advantage of the many hiking trails.<ref>[http://www.psdzeleznicarns.org.rs/frmaraton/fruskogorski_maraton.htm Fruška Gora Marathon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318001729/http://www.psdzeleznicarns.org.rs/frmaraton/fruskogorski_maraton.htm |date=18 March 2009 }}</ref> During the summer months, citizens from Novi Sad visit [[Lake Ledinci]] in Fruška Gora, as well as the numerous beaches situated along the [[Danube]], the largest being [[Štrand]] in the [[Liman, Novi Sad|Liman]] neighbourhood. There are also several recreational marinas bordering the river.

== Transportation ==
{{Main|Transport in Novi Sad}}
[[File:Most Slobode - Мост Слободе - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Liberty Bridge, Novi Sad|Liberty Bridge]]]]

;Air transport
Novi Sad currently does not have its own civil airport. The city is roughly a one-hour drive from [[Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport]], which connects it with capitals across Europe. The small [[Novi Sad Airfield|Čenej Airfield]] to the north of the city is used for sporting and agricultural purposes. There are plans to upgrade it to serve for cargo and small-scale public transport,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.danas.rs/vesti/srbija/novi_sad/betonska_pista_i_toranj_neophodni_za_sletanje_aviona_.40.html?news_id=151159 |title=Betonska pista i toranj neophodni za sletanje aviona |publisher=Danas |date=20 January 2009 |language=sr |access-date=21 March 2011 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923230438/http://www.danas.rs/vesti/srbija/novi_sad/betonska_pista_i_toranj_neophodni_za_sletanje_aviona_.40.html?news_id=151159 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but the future of this initiative is uncertain.

;City transport
[[File:Wiki.Vojvodina III Transport in Novi Sad 360.jpg|thumb|right|City bus]]
The main public transportation system in Novi Sad consists of bus lines, operated by the public company [[JGSP Novi Sad]]. There are twenty-one urban lines and thirty-five suburban lines, with the main bus terminal being at the northern end of the [[Bulevar|Liberation Boulevard]] (Bulevar oslobođenja) next to the [[Novi Sad railway station]], in addition to a smaller terminal in the town center. There are numerous taxi companies serving the city.

The city used to have [[Novi Sad tram system|a tram system]], but it was decommissioned in 1957.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtv.rs/sr_lat/magazin/prohujalo-vreme-novosadskih-tramvaja_118629.html|title=Prohujalo vreme novosadskih tramvaja|last=Vojvodine|first=Javna medijska ustanova JMU Radio-televizija|website=JMU Radio-televizija Vojvodine|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnevnik.rs/novi-sad/novosadska-hronologija-9|title=Новосадска хронологија|website=Дневник|date=25 June 2016 |language=sr|access-date=18 June 2020}}</ref>

;Rail and road transport
Novi Sad lies on branch B of the [[Pan-European Corridor X]]. The [[A1 motorway (Serbia)|A1 motorway]] connects the city with [[Subotica]] and [[Hungary]] to the north and the capital city of [[Belgrade]] to the south. It runs parallel to the [[Budapest–Belgrade railway|Budapest–Belgrade railroad]], which connects it to major European cities. On 19 March 2022 the "Soko" (meaning "falcon") high-speed line between Novi Sad and Belgrade opened and runs with 18 departures daily. Its maximum speed is 200&nbsp;km/h and the 75 kilometres between Belgrade and Novi Sad are covered in 35 minutes. Between Belgrade and Novi Sad there are a total of 60 departures per day. There are three types of trains in total. "Intercity" (SOKO), "Regio-ekspres" and "Regio". On 8 October 2025 the "Soko" high-speed line between Belgrade (via Novi Sad) and Subotica opened and runs with 9 departures daily. Its maximum speed is 200&nbsp;km/h and the 108 kilometres between Novi Sad and Subotica are covered in 45 minutes.
Novi Sad is connected with [[Zrenjanin]] and [[Timișoara]] on the northeast and [[Ruma]] on south with a regional highway; there are plans to upgrade it to a motorway or an expressway, with a tunnel under the [[Fruška Gora]] shortcutting the ''Iriški Venac'' mountain pass.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.b92.net/putovanja/vesti.php?nav_id=423315 |title="Poluautoput" Novi Sad – Temišvar? |publisher=B92 |date=9 April 2010 |language=sr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Vojvodina/192755/Tunel-kroz-Frusku-goru |title=Tunel kroz Frušku goru |publisher=Blic|date=7 June 2010 |language=sr}}</ref>

Three bridges cross the Danube in Novi Sad (as of 2020): [[Liberty Bridge, Novi Sad|Liberty Bridge]] (Most Slobode) connects [[Sremska Kamenica]] with the city proper. [[Varadin Bridge]] (Varadinski most) and [[Žeželj Bridge]] (Žeželjev most), connects Petrovaradin with city centre, and used for railway and heavy truck traffic. Many bridges also span the Danube-Tisa-Danube canal, running north of the city centre. Currently, two bridges over the Danube are being built, along with two new railway bridges over the Danube-Tisa-Danube canal.

;Water transport
[[File:Kanal DTD - panoramio (1).jpg|thumb|right|[[Danube–Tisa–Danube Canal]]]]
The [[Port of Novi Sad]] is located on the outskirts of the city on [[Danube]] river. Since May 2019 it has been owned by DP WORLD from the UAE. With over a million tonnes of load turnover, it is the largest cargo port in Serbia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rekordna godina Luke Novi Sad – U 2016. pretovareno 1.180.000 tona robe |url=https://www.ekapija.com/news/1635759/rekordna-godina-luke-novi-sad-u-2016-pretovareno-1180000-tona-robe |access-date=27 March 2019 |work=ekapija.com |language=sr}}</ref>

==International relations==
===Twin towns – sister cities===
[[File:Novi Sad, Serbia - panoramio (1).jpg|thumb|[[Modena]] street in Novi Sad, 2010.]]
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Serbia}}
Novi Sad has relationships with several [[Town twinning|twin]] towns and [[Sister city|twin]] cities. One of the main streets in its [[Stari Grad, Novi Sad|city centre]] is named after [[Modena]] in Italy; and likewise Modena has named a park in its town centre Parco di Piazza d'Armi Novi Sad. A city square near the [[Varadin Bridge]] is named after [[Dortmund]] in Germany; and likewise Dortmund has named a city square Platz von Novi Sad.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gradovi pobratimi: Predstavnici Novog Sada u poseti Dortmundu, trg u Novom Sadu nosiće ime Trg Dortmunda|url=https://nsuzivo.rs/novi-sad/gradovi-pobratimi-predstavnici-novog-sada-u-poseti-dortmundu-trg-u-novom-sadu-nosice-ime-trg-dortmunda|website=nsuzivo.rs|language=Serbian|date=27 May 2022|access-date=6 June 2020}}</ref>  The [[River Wensum|Novi Sad Friendship Bridge]] in [[Norwich]], United Kingdom, by [[Buro Happold]], was also named in honour of Novi Sad. As of October 2023, there plans to establish twin city cooperation with [[Klagenfurt]] and [[Busan]].<ref name="2023twincities">{{cite web |title=ТЕМА "ДНЕВНИКА": САРАДЊА КОЈОМ СТВАРАМО ИМИЏ У СВЕТУ Нови Сад има 24 побратима, ускоро још три|url=https://www.dnevnik.rs/novi-sad/tema-dnevnika-saradna-kojom-stvaramo-imid-u-svetu-novi-sad-ima-24-pobratima-uskoro-jos-tri|website=dnevnik.rs|language=Serbian|date=7 October 2023|access-date=6 June 2020}}</ref>

Novi Sad is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref name="NSinternational relations">{{cite web |title=Međunarodna saradnja|url=https://skupstina.novisad.rs/medjunarodna-saradnja/47/?lang=lat|website=skupstina.novisad.rs|publisher=Novi Sad|language=sr|access-date=6 June 2020}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Alexandria]], Egypt (2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gradovi pobratimi: Potpisan sporazum o saradnji između Novog Sada i Aleksandrije|url=https://www.021.rs/story/Novi-Sad/Vesti/285419/Gradovi-pobratimi-Potpisan-sporazum-o-saradnji-izmedju-Novog-Sada-i-Aleksandrije.html|website=021.rs |language=Serbian|date=21 September 2021|access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=УПОЗНАЈМО ГРАДОВЕ ПОБРАТИМЕ НОВОГ САДА – АЛЕКСАНДРИЈА|url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/upoznajmo-gradove-pobratime-novog-sada-aleksandrija-28-07-2022/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=28 July 2022|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|MNE}} [[Budva]], Montenegro (1996)<ref>{{cite web|title=УПОЗНАЈМО ГРАДОВЕ ПОБРАТИМЕ НОВОГ САДА − БУДВА|work=Најновије градске вести Нови Сад &#124; Градске инфо |url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/upoznajmo-gradove-pobratime-novog-sada-budva-22-01-2022/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=22 January 2022|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian |last1=S |first1=S. }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Changchun]], China (1981)<ref>{{cite web|title=УПОЗНАЈМО ГРАДОВЕ ПОБРАТИМЕ НОВОГ САДА – ЧАНГЧУН, НР КИНА|url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/upoznajmo-gradove-pobratime-novog-sada-cangcun-nr-kina-15-11-2021/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=15 November 2021|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Cleveland]], Ohio, United States (2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Srpska Atina nastavlja da nižе pobratimstva i to sa tri kontinеnta! REKORDERI U JAČANjU SARADNjE: Grad Novi Sad ima čak 24 grada pobratima, poslеdnji u nizu Klivlеnd koji ima jaku srpsku dijasporu|url=https://www.dnevnik.rs/lat/novi-sad/srpska-atina-nastavla-da-nize-pobratimstva-i-sa-tri-kontinenta-rekorderi-u-jacanu-saradne-grad-novi-03-11-2023|website=dnevnik.rs|language=Serbian|date=3 November 2023|access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Corfu]], [[Greece]] (2017)<ref>{{cite web|title=Нови Сад и Крф побратими и пријатељи|url=https://www.dnevnik.rs/politika/novi-sad-i-krf-pobratimi-i-prijateli-21-05-2017publisher=dnevnik.rs|date=21 May 2017|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Упознајмо градове побратиме Новог Сада – Крф|url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/upoznajmo-gradove-pobratime-novog-sada-krf-06-10-2024/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=6 November 2024|access-date=2 June 2025|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dortmund]], Germany (1982)<ref>{{cite web|title=УПОЗНАЈМО ГРАДОВЕ ПОБРАТИМЕ НОВОГ САДА − ДОРТМУНД|url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/upoznajmo-gradove-pobratime-novog-sada-%e2%88%92-dortmund-30-11-2021/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=30 November 2021|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|BLR}} [[Gomel]], Belarus (2013)<ref>{{cite web|title=УПОЗНАЈМО ГРАДОВЕ ПОБРАТИМЕ НОВОГ САДА – ГОМЕЉ|url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/upoznajmo-gradove-pobratime-novog-sada-gomelj-30-04-2022/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=30 April 2022|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GRC}} [[Ilioupoli]], Greece (1994)<ref>{{cite web|title=УПОЗНАЈМО ГРАДОВЕ ПОБРАТИМЕ НОВОГ САДА − ИЛИУПОЛИ|url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/upoznajmo-gradove-pobratime-novog-sada-%e2%88%92-iliupoli-10-01-2022/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=10 January 2022|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Istočno Sarajevo]], Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021)<ref>{{cite web|title=Upoznajemo gradove pobratime Novog Sada – Grad Istočno Sarajevo|url=https://vojvodinauzivo.rs/upoznajemo-gradove-pobratime-novog-sada-grad-istocno-sarajevo/|publisher=vojvodinauzivo.rs|date=3 September 2022|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|MKD}} [[Kumanovo]], North Macedonia (2019)<ref>{{cite web|title=Kumanovo i Novi Sad postali gradovi pobratimi|url=https://www.danas.rs/vesti/drustvo/kumanovo-i-novi-sad-postali-gradovi-pobratimi/|publisher=danas.rs|date=10 November 2019|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Modena]], Italy (1964)<ref>{{cite web|title=УПОЗНАЈМО ГРАДОВЕ ПОБРАТИМЕ НОВОГ САДА – НИЖЊИ НОВГОРОД|url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/upoznajmo-gradove-pobratime-novog-sada-modena-07-11-2021/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=23 February 2022|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nizhny Novgorod]], Russia (2006)<ref>{{cite web|title=УПОЗНАЈМО ГРАДОВЕ ПОБРАТИМЕ НОВОГ САДА – МОДЕНА|url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/upoznajmo-gradove-pobratime-novog-sada-niznji-novgorod-23-02-2022/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=7 November 2021|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Norwich]], England, United Kingdom (1989)<ref>{{cite web|title=УПОЗНАЈМО ГРАДОВЕ ПОБРАТИМЕ НОВОГ САДА – НОРИЧ|url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/upoznajmo-gradove-pobratime-novog-sada-noric-27-12-2021/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=27 December 2021|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Oryol]], Russia (2017)<ref>{{cite web|title=Potpisan sporazum o saradnji sa Orelom|url=https://www.kanal9tv.com/potpisan-sporazum-o-saradnji-sa-orelom/|publisher=kanal9tv.com|date=1 February 2017|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Pécs]], Hungary (2009)<ref>{{cite web|title=УПОЗНАЈМО ГРАДОВЕ ПОБРАТИМЕ ГРАДА НОВОГ САДА – ПЕЧУЈ|url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/upoznajmo-gradove-pobratime-grada-novog-sada-pecuj-24-03-2022/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=24 March 2022|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|IRI}} [[Shiraz]], [[Iran]] (2023)<ref>{{cite web|title=Novi Sad uspostavlja saradnju sa iranskim gradom Širazom|url=https://www.021.rs/story/Novi-Sad/Vesti/345091/Novi-Sad-uspostavlja-saradnju-sa-iranskim-gradom-Sirazom.html|publisher=kanal9tv.com|date=27 June 2023|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Нови Сад: 14 братских градова на три континента|url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/517954-01-02-2024/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=1 February 2022|access-date=2 June 2025|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Taverny]], France (2020)<ref name="Frenchtwincities2022">{{cite web|title=The Ambassador of France Visits Novi Sad|url=http://www.novisadinvest.rs/en/ambassador-france-visits-novi-sad|publisher=novisadinvest.rs|date=25 May 2022|access-date=5 November 2023|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Novi Sad – Serbie|url=https://www.ville-taverny.fr/novi-sad-serbie|publisher=Taverny|language=fr|access-date=2023-05-12}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Timișoara]], Romania (2005)<ref>{{cite web|title=УПОЗНАЈМО ГРАДОВЕ ПОБРАТИМЕ НОВОГ САДА – ТЕМИШВАР|url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/upoznajmo-gradove-pobratime-novog-sada-temisvar-05-02-2022/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=5 February 2022|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref><ref name="Frenchtwincities2024">{{cite web|title=Француско – српско пријатељство на новосадски начин|url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/francusko-srpsko-prijateljstvo-na-novosadski-nacin-30-07-2024/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=30 July 2024|access-date=2 June 2025|language=English}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|MNE}} [[Tivat]], Montenegro (2023)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Luković|first1=Siniša|title=Pobratimili se gradovi Tivat i Novi Sad|url=https://www.vijesti.me/vijesti/drustvo/664394/pobratimili-se-gradovi-tivat-i-novi-sad|publisher=vijesti.me|date=7 July 2023|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Upoznajmo gradove pobratime Novog Sada – Tivat|url=https://nsuzivo.rs/novi-sad/upoznajmo-gradove-pobratime-novog-sada-tivat|publisher=nsuzivo.rs|date=16 July 2023|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Toluca]], Mexico (2015)<ref>{{cite web|title=УПОЗНАЈМО ГРАДОВЕ ПОБРАТИМЕ НОВОГ САДА – ТОЛУКА|url=https://gradskeinfo.rs/upoznajmo-gradove-pobratime-novog-sada-toluka-12-06-2022/|publisher=gradskeinfo.rs|date=12 April 2022|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
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===Partner cities===
Most frequent cooperation is done with [[Budva]], [[Dortmund]], [[Taverny]], [[Timișoara]], [[Tivat]] and [[Ulm]] in the fields of culture, tourism and sports.<ref name="2023twincities"/> Besides twin cities, Novi Sad has many signed agreements on joint cooperation with other cities, some of which could potential lead to twin city agreements. (''see also: [[Politics of Novi Sad#Twin cities|Politics of Novi Sad]]'').

Novi Sad has signed agreements on joint cooperation with cities:<ref name="NSinternational relations"/>
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*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Banja Luka]], Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)<ref name="Banja Luka twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.banjaluka.rs.ba/front/category/64/|title=Градови партнери|accessdate=9 August 2013|work=Administrative Office of the City of Banja Luka|language=Serbian|trans-title=City of Banja Luka – Partner cities|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917132032/http://www.banjaluka.rs.ba/front/category/64/|archive-date=17 September 2011}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Enghien-les-Bains]], France (2020)<ref name="Frenchtwincities2022"/><ref name="Frenchtwincities2024"/>
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Frunzensky District, Saint Petersburg|Frunzensky District]], Russia (2003)<ref>{{cite web|title=Vučević: Saradnja Novog Sada i Sankt Peterburga|url=https://rtv.rs/sr_lat/vojvodina/novi-sad/vucevic-saradnja-novog-sada-i-sankt-peterburga_1245313.html|publisher=rtv.rs|date=3 June 2021|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg Municipality|Gothenburg]], Sweden (2002)
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Jinan]], [[China]] (2025)<ref>{{cite web|title=NOVI SAD I ĐINAN PRODUBLJUJU SARADNJU: Stiže novi pešačko-biciklistički most preko Dunava! Mićin: Siguran sam u opipljive rezultate saradnje između dva grada|url=https://nsuzivo.rs/novi-sad/foto-novi-sad-i-djinan-produbljuju-saradnju-stize-novi-pesacko-biciklisticki-most-preko-dunava-micin-siguran-sam-u-opipljive-rezultate-saradnje-izmedju-dva-grada/|publisher=nsuzivo.rs|date=2 June 2025|access-date=2 June 2025|language=Serbian}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|SLO}} [[Kranj]], [[Slovenia]] (2004)
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Krasnodar]], Russia
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Lviv]], Ukraine (1999)
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nant, Aveyron|Nant]], France (2002)
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Osijek]], Croatia (2002)
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Saint-Leu-la-Forêt]], France (2020)<ref name="Frenchtwincities2022"/><ref name="Frenchtwincities2024"/>
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Szeged]], Hungary (2001)
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Tuzla]], Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002)
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ulm]], Germany (2000)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kadrić|first1=Milana|title=Sporazum o saradnji Novog Sada i Ulma|url=https://rtv.rs/sr_lat/vojvodina/novi-sad/sporazum-o-saradnji-novog-sada-i-ulma_796543.html|publisher=rtv.rs|date=1 February 2017|access-date=5 November 2023|language=Serbian}}</ref>
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Novi Sad is an associate member of [[Eurocities]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurocities.eu|title=EUROCITIES – the network of major European cities|publisher=Eurocities|access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of people from Novi Sad]]
*[[List of honorary citizens of Novi Sad]]
*[[List of cities, towns and villages in Serbia (A-M)|List of places in Serbia]]
*[[List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina]]
*[[List of cities and towns on the river Danube]]

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
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*Agneš Ozer, ''Petrovaradinska tvrđava – vodič kroz vreme i prostor'', Novi Sad, 2002
*Agneš Ozer, ''Petrovaradin fortress – a guide through time and space'', Novi Sad, 2002
*Boško Petrović – Živan Milisavac, ''Novi Sad – monografija'', Novi Sad, 1987
*Branko Ćurčin, ''Slana Bara – nekad i sad'', Novi Sad, 2002
*Branko Ćurčin, ''Novosadsko naselje Šangaj – nekad i sad'', Novi Sad, 2004
*Đorđe Randelj, ''Novi Sad – slobodan grad'', Novi Sad, 1997
*Jovan Mirosavljević, ''Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745–2001'', Novi Sad, 2002
*Jovan Mirosavljević, ''Novi Sad – atlas ulica'', Novi Sad, 1998
*Milorad Grujić, ''Vodič kroz Novi Sad i okolinu'', Novi Sad, 2004
*Mirjana Džepina, ''Društveni i zabavni život starih Novosađana'', Novi Sad, 1982
*Petar Jonović, ''Knjižare Novog Sada 1790–1990'', Novi Sad, 1990
*Petar Jonović – Dr Milan Vranić – Dr Dušan Popov, ''Znameniti knjižari i izdavači Novog Sada'', Novi Sad, 1993
*Radenko Gajić, ''Petrovaradinska tvrđava – Gibraltar na Dunavu'', Novi Sad, 1994
*Veljko Milković, ''Petrovaradin kroz legendu i stvarnost'', Novi Sad, 2001
*Veljko Milković, ''Petrovaradin i Srem – misterija prošlosti'', Novi Sad, 2003
*Veljko Milković, ''Petrovaradinska tvrđava – podzemlje i nadzemlje'', Novi Sad, 2005
*Veljko Milković, ''Petrovaradinska tvrđava – kosmički lavirint otkrića'', Novi Sad, 2007
*Zoran Knežev, ''Novi Sad : Priče iz prošlosti'', Novi Sad, 2017
*Zoran Knežev, ''Vojvodina : Hronike i legende'', Novi Sad, 2018
*Zoran Knežev, ''Novi Sad : Kafanoloija i prostitucija'', Novi Sad, 2018
*Zoran Knežev, ''Novi Sad: Prošlost u pričama'', Novi Sad, 2019
*Zoran Knežev, ''Turistički vodič kroz stari Novi Sad'', Novi Sad, 2019
*Zoran Knežev, ''Vojvodina: Kazivanja i sećanja'', Novi Sad, 2021
*Zoran Rapajić, ''Novi Sad bez tajni'', Beograd, 2002
*Zvonimir Golubović, ''Racija u Južnoj Bačkoj 1942. godine'', Novi Sad, 1991
*''30 godina mesne zajednice "7. Juli" u Novom Sadu 1974–2004 – monografija'', Novi Sad, 2004
*''Enciklopedija Novog Sada'', sveske 1–26, Novi Sad, 1993–2005
*''Sveske za istoriju Novog Sada'', sveske 4–5, Novi Sad, 1993–1994
*''Ustav za čitaonicu srpsku u Novom Sadu'', Novi Sad, 1993
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.novisad.rs/ Official website]
* {{Webarchive|title=City Assembly|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202154937/http://skupstinans.rs/|website=skupstinans.rs|date=2 December 2016}} {{in lang|sr}}
* [http://www.360virtual.org/novisad/zoom2explore.html Virtual tours through Novi Sad]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813031743/http://www.360virtual.org/novisad/zoom2explore.html |date=13 August 2013 }}.
* [https://novisad2022.rs/en/home-page/ Novi Sad 2022 – European Capital of Culture] – official website
* [https://visitdistrikt.rs/en/ Visit Distrikt Novi Sad] – official website
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