On a hot summer day, the water is where kids want to be. This list pulls together water parks with slides and splash zones, big outdoor pools, and a sandy river beach, plus covered pools that keep swimming going after the outdoor season ends. Some suit toddlers in the shallows, others suit older kids who want laps or slides, so check each card before you pack the towels.
The 11 April sports and recreation center, run by Sports Center Novi Beograd, has six pools. Indoors, the Vlaho Orlić complex has a 50 m pool, a 25 m pool and an 11 m learner pool, plus a parents' room with WiFi overlooking children's training.
In summer, three outdoor pools open: a shallow paddling pool, a school pool and an Olympic pool, with loungers and umbrellas on the deck.
A public sports center in Dorćol with three outdoor pools for summer: a 2 m deep Olympic pool, a 1.2 m recreational pool with a mushroom fountain, wall and central geysers, and a kids' pool 20 cm deep with a rubber floor. From September to June the indoor 50 m Olympic pool opens for public sessions. A small 30° pool hosts the swim school.
The Banjica pools belong to the Voždovac sports center, with an indoor pool hall and outdoor pools in a complex shared with a stadium, sports hall and tennis courts. It is the home pool of water polo club Partizan, which runs a water polo school for kids here.
The buildings are old and the main indoor pool has been out of use; the city has announced a rebuild.
The outdoor pools at Sports Center Olimp were rebuilt as a summer swimming spot, with rows of sunbeds and room for about 2,500 swimmers. Lifeguards and an on-duty doctor are there all day, and on hot summer evenings the pools open again for night swimming.
The wider sports center also has seven tennis courts and halls for futsal and martial arts.
An open-air summer pool complex at the Sports Center Košutnjak, run by Serbia's Institute for Sport and Sports Medicine. The headline pool is the Olympic one.
The complex sits inside Košutnjak, a park-forest that belongs to the largest stretch of green right next to the built-up city.
Tašmajdan is a public swimming center with two big pools. The indoor pool has Olympic dimensions and hosts recreational swimming, a kids' swimming school and aqua fitness. The outdoor pool, open in summer, measures 50 by 20 meters, with stands for 2,000 and sun loungers and shades for hire.
The outdoor pool is 2.2 to 5 meters deep, so it suits confident swimmers.
Lido is a small sandy beach on the northern tip of Great War Island, the protected river island where the Sava meets the Danube. Each summer the army lays a pontoon bridge, about 345 meters long, across an arm of the Danube from the Zemun quay, and visitors walk over to the island.
On the sand there are courts for beach sports and a few restaurants.
On a hot summer day, the water is where kids want to be. This list pulls together water parks with slides and splash zones, big outdoor pools, and a sandy river beach, plus covered pools that keep swimming going after the outdoor season ends. Some suit toddlers in the shallows, others suit older kids who want laps or slides, so check each card before you pack the towels.
The 11 April sports and recreation center, run by Sports Center Novi Beograd, has six pools. Indoors, the Vlaho Orlić complex has a 50 m pool, a 25 m pool and an 11 m learner pool, plus a parents' room with WiFi overlooking children's training.
In summer, three outdoor pools open: a shallow paddling pool, a school pool and an Olympic pool, with loungers and umbrellas on the deck.
A public sports center in Dorćol with three outdoor pools for summer: a 2 m deep Olympic pool, a 1.2 m recreational pool with a mushroom fountain, wall and central geysers, and a kids' pool 20 cm deep with a rubber floor. From September to June the indoor 50 m Olympic pool opens for public sessions. A small 30° pool hosts the swim school.
The Banjica pools belong to the Voždovac sports center, with an indoor pool hall and outdoor pools in a complex shared with a stadium, sports hall and tennis courts. It is the home pool of water polo club Partizan, which runs a water polo school for kids here.
The buildings are old and the main indoor pool has been out of use; the city has announced a rebuild.
The outdoor pools at Sports Center Olimp were rebuilt as a summer swimming spot, with rows of sunbeds and room for about 2,500 swimmers. Lifeguards and an on-duty doctor are there all day, and on hot summer evenings the pools open again for night swimming.
The wider sports center also has seven tennis courts and halls for futsal and martial arts.
An open-air summer pool complex at the Sports Center Košutnjak, run by Serbia's Institute for Sport and Sports Medicine. The headline pool is the Olympic one.
The complex sits inside Košutnjak, a park-forest that belongs to the largest stretch of green right next to the built-up city.
Tašmajdan is a public swimming center with two big pools. The indoor pool has Olympic dimensions and hosts recreational swimming, a kids' swimming school and aqua fitness. The outdoor pool, open in summer, measures 50 by 20 meters, with stands for 2,000 and sun loungers and shades for hire.
The outdoor pool is 2.2 to 5 meters deep, so it suits confident swimmers.
Lido is a small sandy beach on the northern tip of Great War Island, the protected river island where the Sava meets the Danube. Each summer the army lays a pontoon bridge, about 345 meters long, across an arm of the Danube from the Zemun quay, and visitors walk over to the island.
On the sand there are courts for beach sports and a few restaurants.
