News on Rakovac

Fruška Gora fee: do exempt residents have to register, and where do charges come from?

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 09:55:00 +0100

Since 5 November cameras in Fruška Gora National Park record every car. In recent days Russian-language Telegram channels about Serbia have been writing that the exemption for residents of the 20 nearby municipalities works only after registration, and that people with plates from those municipalities are receiving charges anyway. We checked what the park and the Serbian media say, as of 9 November 2026.

Is registration needed?

Officially, no. The park’s acting director told Intermagazin that people with prebivalište in the listed municipalities do not have to file a separate request, and that the right depends on the permanent address, not on the letters on the number plate. 021.rs and Sremske novine also write that residents are exempt automatically. The list of municipalities includes Beočin, and with it Rakovac.

Fruška Gora park fee from 5 November: residents of 20 nearby municipalities do not pay, no registration needed

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 08:40:00 +0100

Update, 9 November: officially no registration is needed, but nothing is sent by post either: check your plate on the portal yourself. What is known about charges.

Electronic recording and charging in Fruška Gora National Park started on Thursday, 5 November 2026. The payment portal enaplatafruskagora.co.rs is now working.

Who does not pay

People whose permanent address (prebivalište) is in one of these 20 municipalities do not pay for their car: Irig, Beočin, Sremski Karlovci, Novi Sad, Inđija, Ruma, Sremska Mitrovica, Šid, Bačka Palanka, Bač, Bački Petrovac, Bogatić, Odžaci, Stara Pazova, Šabac, Temerin, Titel, Vrbas, Zrenjanin, Žabalj. That includes Rakovac, which belongs to Beočin. Some Serbian media write “21 municipalities”: in the official table Ruma is listed twice.

Information Centre on Iriški Venac closed for reconstruction: do not drive there to pay

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:35:00 +0100

Update, 5 November: the portal is working; residents of 20 nearby municipalities, Beočin with Rakovac among them, do not pay, and a pass through the park costs 100 dinars for up to an hour. Details.

On Monday, 2 November 2026, we found the Information Centre on Iriški Venac closed and fenced off on all sides. By phone the park confirmed that it is closed for reconstruction. A park employee on site said there is no reopening date yet and that a temporary container office is promised here during the works, also without a date.

Fruška Gora: cars in the national park charged electronically from 5 November

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 16:45:00 +0100

The national park has charged a fee for visits and for driving inside it since 2009. Until now the park’s nature wardens collected it on the road, mostly at weekends; neighbours say they took the fee for the car and did not charge the passengers separately. From 5 November 2026 vehicles in the park are recorded electronically (021.rs).

Rakovac.rs is now on Instagram

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0200

The site now has its own Instagram account: @rakovac_rs.

What you will find there:

the best photos of Rakovac, the monastery and Fruška Gora: ours and those that neighbours share with us;
local news from the village and around it;
new pages and photo albums on this site.

Posts are in Serbian, Russian and English. The full stories, maps and practical details stay here on rakovac.rs; the link is in the profile.

A rare map from 1877: Rakovac on the sheet "Neusatz und Peterwardein"

Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0200

Photo: Konstantin Stein (scan, own collection), Map 1877: public domain

The author of this site bought an original sheet of the special map of the Kingdom of Hungary at 1:144,000, edition 1877, folded in a cloth cover labelled in calligraphy “Neusatz und Peterwardein”. It was engraved in copper by the Military Geographical Institute in Vienna and sold for 70 kreuzer.

The Beočin–Futog ferry is running again

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:44:00 +0200

In the summer and early autumn the Beočin–Futog ferry stopped several times: the Danube was low, and a sandbank formed at the landing. Now the riverbed by the ramp has been dug out, with heaps of sand left beside it, and the ferry is back in service.

On Thursday 8 October the local Facebook group “Sve i svašta Beočin” announced that the ferry would start running the next day, with the first morning crossing from Beočin at 7:00 (post). The carrier is “Neptun”; the ferry’s phone is 064 28 13 481.

"Gorska ruža" on Vojvodina television

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0200

Chairwoman Tanja Ajeti and members of “Gorska ruža” were guests of an RTV programme, together with the author of this site. They brought pies and cakes, embroidery, paintings, old dolls and souvenirs from Rakovac. We will add the broadcast date and a link once the episode is out.