Bus from ŠID to MARIBOR
See timetable and Buy TicketAbout the station ŠID
Sid is a city settlement in the municipality of Sid, in the Srem district, located on the slopes of Fruška Gora.
The altitude is 104 m. It is the seat of the westernmost municipality of Srem, and is located between the Danube River and the slopes of Fruška Gora in the north and the Sava River in the south. The area on which Sid is built is a fruit-growing vineyard with a large wine cellar. Within the agriculture, food industry, in particular grain processing, a modern industrial slaughterhouse (which is closed as well as most large companies after democratic changes in 2000) and a factory for the production of edible oil as well as textile industry and knitwear (also closed after democratic change of the 2000s).
In the town there is a memorial house and gallery of the famous painter Sava Šumanović. According to its position, the municipality economically engages Bačka Palanka as a major economic and cultural center in the immediate vicinity.
Here are the Railway Station Šid, the Tourist Organization Šid and the Cultural Education Center Šid.
There are a number of institutions of cultural significance in the City. The most important Orthodox temple is the Church of St. Nicholas. Here is the Church of the Holy Virgin in Sid and the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Prince Lazar in Sid. The Croatian Cultural Society "Sid" is established in Sid in 2010.
About the destination MARIBOR
Maribor is the second-largest city in Slovenia with about 95,500 inhabitants, it's also the largest city of the traditional region of Lower Styria and the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor.
Maribor was first mentioned as a market near the castle Castrum Marchburch ("March Castle") in 1204, and received town privileges in 1254. It began to grow rapidly after the victory of Rudolf I of the Habsburg dynasty over King Otakar II of Bohemia in 1278. Maribor withstood sieges by Matthias Corvinus in 1480/1481 and by the Ottoman Empire in 1532 and 1683.
Maribor has a humid continental climate, bordering on oceanic climate. Average temperatures hover around zero degrees Celsius during the winter. Summers are generally warm. Average temperatures during the city's warmest month (July) exceed 20 degrees Celsius, which is one of the main reasons for the Maribor wine tradition.
Many historical structures stand in Maribor. Of the remains of city walls surrounding the old downtown, the most prominent are the Judgement Tower, the Water Tower, and the Jewish Tower. Maribor Cathedral was built in the Gothic style in the 13th century. Maribor Synagogue was built in the 14th century, and is the second oldest synagogue of Europe. Today it serves as a centre for cultural activities. Other prominent Medieval buildings are Maribor Castle, Betnava Castle, and the ruins of Upper Maribor Castle on Pyramid Hill. Town Hall was constructed in the Renaissance style, and the Plague Column in the Baroque style.
The city hosts the University of Maribor, established in 1975, and many other schools.
Every June, the two-week Lent Festival (named after the waterfront district called Lent) is held, with hundreds of musical, theatrical and other events. Every year the festival attracts theatre, opera, ballet performers, classical, modern, and jazz musicians and dancers from all over the world, and of course many visitors. There is also mime, magic shows are being held and acrobats perform during the festival.
Maribor is known for wine and culinary specialities of international and Slovene. There are also many popular restaurants with Serbian cuisine. The Vinag Wine Cellar (Vinagova vinska klet), with the area of 20.000 m2 and the length of 2 kilometres, keeps 5,5 millions litres of wine. The house of the oldest grapevine in the world (Hiša stare trte) at Lent grows the world's oldest grapevine, which was in 2004 recorded in Guinness World Records. The grapevine of Žametovka is about 440 years old.