Southeast Europe
Video Chat with People from Serbia
Belgrade, where the Sava flows into the Danube, is the city you'll probably hear about most, but people from Serbia might also be chatting from Novi Sad, Niš, Kragujevac or Subotica near the Hungarian border. Serbian is the national language, and it's unusual in using two alphabets, Cyrillic and Latin, which you'll often see side by side on the same street. English is widely spoken, particularly by younger adults, many of whom grew up watching subtitled films and series.
Serbia runs on Central European Time, so late evening in Belgrade is late afternoon in New York and early morning in Tokyo. Chat topics with real staying power: ćevapi and pljeskavica from the grill, homemade ajvar when peppers are roasted every autumn, the river rafts (splavovi) along Belgrade's banks, the EXIT festival at Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, and basketball, tennis and water polo, all sports Serbians follow closely. Our Serbian page covers more phrases if you'd like to go further.
Serbia at a glance
| Flag | 🇷🇸 |
|---|---|
| Official name | Republic of Serbia |
| Capital | Belgrade |
| Region | Europe · Southeast Europe |
| Official language | Serbian |
| Currency | Serbian dinar (дин., RSD) |
| Calling code | +381 |
| Time zone | Central European Time (Europe/Belgrade) |
How to say hello
A few words of Serbian make a great first impression, even if you switch to English right after.
| Language | Phrase | Say it | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbian | Здраво! | ZDRAH-voh | Hello! |
| Serbian | Ћао, како си? | chow, KAH-koh see | Hi, how are you? |
| Serbian | Добро вече! | DOH-broh VEH-cheh | Good evening! |
Tips for chatting with people from Serbia
- Your partner may type "Kako si?" or "Како си?"; both are Serbian, just in different alphabets, and most people read both easily.
- Learn the easy reply "Dobro, a ti?" ("Good, and you?"). It turns a greeting into a real exchange.
- Friendly debates about food and sport are part of the fun; asking where to find the best ćevapi can fill half a conversation.
- If you speak Croatian, Bosnian or Montenegrin, try it: speakers of these closely related languages understand each other with little effort.
Only meet people from Serbia
Omlet matches you Worldwide by default. To meet only people from Serbia, use the country filter, the only filter Omlet has:
- Open Omlet and press Country on the control panel.
- Search for Serbia and select it.
- Press Start. Press Next to meet someone else from Serbia, or switch back to Worldwide any time.
Your first day is free: you add a card through Stripe to start it, and nothing is charged that day. When the 24 hours end, the country filter costs $3 one time, charged to that card, unless you cancel before then in Settings (if you cancel, you can still pick a country until the day ends). It's not a subscription, and it stays unlocked on that device and browser. It doesn't carry over to other devices or browsers, and clearing your browser data removes it. There's one free day per device, home network and card. Payment goes through Stripe, so Omlet never sees your card number.
The filter works both ways, and matching can be slower when fewer people from Serbia are online. Chatting itself is free, and Worldwide matching never costs anything.
Your own country is detected automatically and shown to the people you meet as a flag.
Neighboring countries
Serbia borders 8 countries. Curious about the people next door? Meet them too: