Ribnjak ( sr-cyr, Рибњак) is a small

neighborhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...

of the city of

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

, Serbia.

Name

Its name is derived from the Serbian word "" ("fish" in English). In

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

, the word "" means

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Geography

The neighborhood is located on the

Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...

river, in the

Syrmia Syrmia ( sh, Srem/Срем or sh, Srijem/Сријем, label=none) is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia and Croatia. Most of the region is flat, with the exce ...

n part of Novi Sad, between Liberty Bridge and the

Petrovaradin fortress Petrovaradin Fortress ( sr, Петроварадинска тврђава, Petrovaradinska tvrđava, ; hu, Péterváradi vár), nicknamed "Gibraltar on/of the Danube", is a fortress in the town of Petrovaradin, itself part of the City of Novi Sad ...

, overlooking the

Štrand Štrand ( sr-cyr, Штранд) is a popular beach on the Danube river in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. It is located near the Liberty Bridge, in the city quarter known as Liman. History Štrand was built back in 1911, as a beach for local peop ...

and Liman neighborhood across the river. Ribnjak is situated on the

slope In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a line is a number that describes both the ''direction'' and the ''steepness'' of the line. Slope is often denoted by the letter ''m''; there is no clear answer to the question why the letter ''m'' is use ...

hills between the

Mišeluk Mišeluk ( sr, Мишелук) is a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad in Serbia. Geography Mišeluk is located in Syrmian part of Novi Sad, between Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica. Administratively, Mišeluk is regarded as part of Petrovaradi ...

and Trandžament neighborhoods in the east, the river

in the west,

Sremska Kamenica Sremska Kamenica (Serbian Cyrillic: ''Сремска Каменица'', ) is a town and urban neighborhood of Novi Sad, in Serbia. Name In Serbian, the town is known as ''Sremska Kamenica'' (Сремска Каменица), in Croatian ...

in the south, and the

in the north. Because the neighborhood is located on a slope, this area is subject to

landslides Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of environments, ...

, but they are not severe and are very slow in progress. There are two main roads in the neighborhood, the Lower and Upper Ribnjak Roads. In spring, when the waters of the

river rise, the Lower Road and a few houses near the river get flooded. On the top of the hill (the border of Mišeluk and Trandžament neighborhoods) is a road which connects

and

Petrovaradin Petrovaradin ( sr-cyr, Петроварадин, ) is a historic town in the Serbian province of Vojvodina, now a part of the city of Novi Sad. As of 2011, the urban area has 14,810 inhabitants. Lying on the right bank of the Danube, across from t ...

. In the lower part of the neighborhood, a road links Donja Kamenica and Kamenički Park under the Liberty Bridge to

and

Varadin Bridge Varadin Bridge () is a bridge on the Danube river in Novi Sad, Serbia. The bridge was built in 2000, after the previous bridge (Marshal Tito Bridge, renamed Varadin Bridge in 1991) at this location was destroyed during NATO bombardment A bo ...

Features

Although it is prone to landslides and flooding, Ribnjak is an attractive neighborhood, thanks to its close distance to the city centre of Novi Sad,

and

. It also has beautiful scenic views of Novi Sad. There are approximately 500 people living in Ribnjak, all in residential houses.

Transportation

The upper part of Ribnjak is connected to the rest of the city by bus line 70, which goes from the railway station, through

Banatić Banatić ( sr, Банатић) is an urban neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Its name means "a little Banat". Borders The southern border of Banatić is Bulevar kralja Petra I (King Petar I Boulevard), the eastern border is Bulevar osl ...

Adamovićevo Naselje Adamovićevo Naselje ( sr, Адамовићево Насеље) is an urban neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Borders The northern border of Adamovićevo Naselje is Futoška ulica (Futoška Street), the eastern borders are Ulica Vojv ...

, Liman, Stari Grad, Petrovaradin and up to the

Sremska Kamenica Institute Sremska Kamenica Institute is a Serbian university and hospital in Sremska Kamenica, one of the neighborhoods of Novi Sad - the capital of the Serbian province of Vojvodina. Institute complex The whole complex is divided into a couple of building ...

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{{Novi Sad Novi Sad neighborhoods

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