Ribnjak ( sr-cyr, Рибњак) is a small

neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...

of the city of

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...

, Serbia.

Name

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

Geography

The neighborhood is located on the

Danube The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest sou ...

river, in the

Syrmia Syrmia (Ekavian sh-Latn-Cyrl, Srem, Срем, separator=" / " or Ijekavian sh-Latn-Cyrl, Srijem, Сријем, label=none, separator=" / ") is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is div ...

n part of Novi Sad, between Liberty Bridge and the

Petrovaradin fortress Petrovaradin Fortress ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Петроварадинска тврђава, Petrovaradinska tvrđava, ; ), nicknamed "Gibraltar on/of the Danube", is a Bastion fort, bastion fortress in the town of Petrovaradin, itself part of the City of ...

, overlooking the

Štrand Štrand ( sr-cyr, Штранд) is a popular city beach on the Danube river in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. It is located and the edge of Liman neighborhood, with the Liberty Bridge passing above the beach. Name Its name derives from the Germa ...

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

slope In mathematics, the slope or gradient of a Line (mathematics), line is a number that describes the direction (geometry), direction of the line on a plane (geometry), plane. Often denoted by the letter ''m'', slope is calculated as the ratio of t ...

hills between the Mišeluk 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 as ' ...

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, rockslips or rockslides, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows. Landslide ...

, 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-Cyrl, 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 the m ...

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

and Varadin Bridge.

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 () is an urban neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Its name means "a little Banat Banat ( , ; ; ; ) is a geographical and Historical regions of Central Europe, historical region located in the Pannonian Basin that straddles ...

Adamovićevo Naselje Adamovićevo Naselje () 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 Vojvode Knićanina (Vojvoda Knićanin Street ...

, Liman, Stari Grad, Petrovaradin and up to the Sremska Kamenica Institute.

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{{Novi Sad Novi Sad neighborhoods

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Geography

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Transportation

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