Novi Sad
Novi Sad
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| Град Нови Сад Grad Novi Sad City of Novi Sad | |
Panorama of Novi Sad from Petrovaradin fortress Freedom Square | |
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| Nickname: Serbian Athens | |
| Coordinates: 45°15′15″N 19°50′33″E / 45.25417°N 19.84250°E | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Province | Vojvodina |
| District | South Bačka |
| Settled by Scordisci | 4th century B.C. |
| Founded | 1694 |
| City status | 1 February 1748 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Žarko Mićin (SNS) |
| • Ruling parties | SNS/SDPS/SPO–SPS/JS–SVM |
| Area | |
| 83 km2 (32 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 222.66 km2 (85.97 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 699 km2 (270 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 36th in Serbia |
| Elevation | 80 m (262 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| 260,438 | |
| • Rank | 2nd in Serbia |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 306,702 |
| • Urban density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 368,967 |
| • Metro density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Novosađanin (Новосађанин, m.) Novosađanka (Новосађанка, f.) (sr) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 21000 |
| Area code | +381(0)21 |
| Vehicle registration | NS |
| Official languages | Serbian together with Hungarian, Slovak and Pannonian Rusyn |
| Website | www.novisad.rs |
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Novi Sad (Serbian Cyrillic: Нови Сад, pronounced [nôʋiː sâːd] ⓘ; 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 Pannonian Plain on the border of the Bačka and Syrmia geographical regions. Lying on the banks of the Danube river, the city faces the northern slopes of Fruška Gora and it is the fifth largest of all cities on the river Danube. It is the largest Danube city that is not the capital of an independent state.
According to the 2022 census, the population of the city proper area totals 260,438 while its urban area (including the adjacent settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica) comprises 306,702 inhabitants. According to the city's Informatika Agency, Novi Sad had 415,712 residents in 2025.
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. The city was heavily devastated in the 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 Serbian economy.
Novi Sad was the European Youth Capital in 2019 and the European Capital of Culture in 2022. It became a UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts in 2023.