Lipov Lad is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

, the capital of Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zvezdara

Zvezdara

Zvezdara is a hill, forest, urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.- Location :...

.

Location

Lipov Lad is located between the right side of the Bulevar kralja Aleksandra

Bulevar kralja Aleksandra

Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra , with length of 7,5 kilometers, is the longest street entirely within the urban limits of Belgrade, capital of Serbia...

 and the left side of the Vojislava Ilića street, being on border of the Zvezdara and Vračar

Vracar

Vračar is an urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade. With an area of only , it is the smallest of all Belgrade's municipalities, but also the most densely populated. Vračar is one of the three municipalities that constitute the central area of the...

 municipalities, 2,5 kilometers south-east of downton Belgrade (Terazije

Terazije

Terazije is the central square and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade municipality of Stari Grad.- Location :...

). It extends into the neighborhoods of Lion

Lion, Belgrade

Lion is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zvezdara.- Location :...

 on the east and Đeram and Crveni Krst

Crveni Krst (Belgrade)

Crveni Krst or colloquially just Krst is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipalities of Vračar and Zvezdara.- Location :...

 on the west.

Characteristics

It constitutes the mesna zajednica, local community of the same name within the municipality of Zvezdara, with a population of 5,162 in 2002. The area is residential, mostly built in the 1960s, with lawns and children playgrounds between the buildings, and some commercial facilities. The most distinctive feature in the neighborhood is the famous kafana

Kafana

Kafana , kafeana , kavana are terms used in the former Yugoslav countries for a distinct type of local bistro which primarily serves alcoholic beverages and coffee , and which sometimes also has a live band.The concept of a social gathering place for men to drink...

 Lipov lad (Serbian for 'lime tree shade') which gave its name to the entire neighborhood.

Peti Park

Peti Park (Serbian for "fifth park") is a small green area in the north-eastern corner of the neighborhood, on the corner of the Stanislava Sremčevića and Despota Olivera (formerly Toneta Tomšiča, name still largely used by the reporters) streets. In the mid 2005, city government cut trees in this area for the purpose of building a commercial complex. Local population protested, trying to keep the green area while city government claimed that the area was designed for construction in 1980s and that mini-park was just a temporary solution. However, local population gained a popular support among Belgraders and celebrities for their cause, as at one point even police was involved to make the construction possible. In January 2008 municipality of Zvezdara re-planted 31 fir

Fir

Firs are a genus of 48–55 species of evergreen conifers in the family Pinaceae. They are found through much of North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, occurring in mountains over most of the range...

s in circular pattern in an effort to keep the park.