Galenika, Zemun

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A street in Galenika (2007).

Galenika (Serbian Cyrillic: Галеника) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Zemun.

[edit] Location

Galenika is located on the north-western outskirts of Zemun. Elongated mixed residential-commercial-industrial neighborhood, mostly bounded by the roads of Batajnički drum (Батајнички друм) and Novosadski put (Новосадски пут), borders the neighborhoods of Goveđi Brod on the north, Gornji Grad on the east, Zemun Bačka on the south-east, Altina on the south, while in the west, the industrial zone extends into the directions of Zemun Polje, Kamendin and Batajnica.

[edit] Characteristics

The neighborhood consists of several parts, including old Galenika section, the new Nova Galenika section and the surounding industrial and commercial areas. The neighborhood of Galenika originated from the 1960s as a separate neighborhood, outside of Zemun's urban tissue, as a settlement for the workers of the neighboring pharmaceutical factory "Galenika". Due to urban expansion, the neighborhood became became integral part of city during 1980s.

Original residential section was shaped like a rectangle. Galenika, older part on the sides of the rectangle, consists of individual houses, and newer, sky-scraper section, Nova Galenika, is in the central part of the rectangle. Galenika is a peacefull neighborhood on the edge of the city, with several parks with playgrounds for children, and numerous recreational sports terrains (basketball, football, volleyball...). There is also nice walking path going around the neighborhood. Major retail chains have its supermarkets (Rodić, Maxi, ZIG, etc.) here. Galenika is very well connected with the rest of Zemun and Belgrade with public bus transportation lines: 84, 707, 17, 704, 706, 73. Population of the local community of Nova Galenika was 12,533 according to the 2002 census.

Galenika oversaw a recent rise in property prices and projected future growth. This is a result of the planned construction of the new bridge across the Danube (Zemun-Borča bridge), as the river is less than 250 meters away from the neighborhood, sperated from it by the neighborhood of Goveđi Brod.