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How to get here and get around, emergency numbers, doctors and hospitals, police, post office, cash machines and local offices, each with a directions link.
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Getting here and around
Bus line 77 (GSP Novi Sad) · Bus line 78 (GSP Novi Sad) · Ferry Beočin – Futog
Rakovac lies on the regional road between Novi Sad (13 km) and Beočin (4 km). From Belgrade it is about 95 km by road.
Bus line 77 (GSP Novi Sad)
From Novi Sad (intercity bus station MAS, platforms 13–14) to Stari Rakovac; stops at the monastery. Only a few runs a day: see the timetable below.
Bus line 78 (GSP Novi Sad)
From Novi Sad to Beočin Selo along the main road through Novi Rakovac (stop at the traffic lights on the main crossroads). Runs marked SR go through Stari Rakovac and also stop at the monastery; the others do not.
Ferry Beočin – Futog
Across the Danube to Futog and Bačka, every hour, but call before you go: it does not always run. Timetable, prices and phone.
Bus timetable
77 · 78 SR · 78
Departures of GSP Novi Sad lines 77 and 78 from their first stop: the Novi Sad bus station (MAS, platforms 13 and 14), Stari Rakovac or Beočin Selo. The bus reaches Rakovac some minutes later.
- 77 77: Stari Rakovac, stops at the monastery
- 78 SR 78 SR: through Stari Rakovac, also stops at the monastery, on to Beočin Selo
- 78 78: main road through Novi Rakovac only, on to Beočin Selo
Valid from 01.10.2026
Monday to Friday
From Novi Sad to Rakovac
- 10:35 78 SR
- 11:45 77
- 12:10 78 SR
- 14:20 78
- 14:45 77
- 15:10 78
- 16:00 78 SR
- 17:00 78 SR
- 18:30 78 SR
- 19:40 78 SR
From Rakovac to Novi Sad
- 04:35 78 SR
- 05:20 77
- 06:10 78 SR
- 06:25 77
- 11:30 78
- 12:30 77
- 13:05 78 SR
- 15:10 78
- 15:25 77
- 16:00 78
- 16:50 78 SR
- 17:05 77
- 17:55 78
- 19:30 78
- 20:40 78
Saturday
From Novi Sad to Rakovac
- 07:00 77
- 08:20 78
- 14:10 78
- 17:00 78 SR
- 18:00 78
- 19:20 77
From Rakovac to Novi Sad
- 06:40 78
- 07:40 77
- 09:10 78
- 10:40 78
- 15:00 78 SR
- 15:15 77
- 17:55 78
- 18:50 78
- 19:40 78
- 20:00 77
Sunday
From Novi Sad to Rakovac
- 08:20 78
- 14:10 78
- 18:00 78
From Rakovac to Novi Sad
- 04:45 77
- 06:40 78
- 09:10 78
- 11:55 77
- 15:00 78 SR
- 15:15 77
- 18:50 78 SR
- 19:05 77
Checked against gspns.co.rs on 05.10.2026 · Official GSP timetable
Fruška Gora National Park: fee for cars and visitors
Information Centre on Iriški Venac · Fruška Gora National Park management, Sremska Kamenica
Since 5 November 2026 the national park charges cars electronically: 100 dinars for up to an hour, 300 a day. Residents of 20 nearby municipalities, Beočin with Rakovac among them, do not pay and need not register. Prices, exemptions and how to pay: Fruška Gora park fee.
Information Centre on Iriški Venac
Closed for reconstruction (2 November 2026); for now the fee is paid online only: details and photos.
Fruška Gora National Park management, Sremska Kamenica
Advice in person about the park fee while the Information Centre is closed. Monday to Friday 7:00–15:00 according to Google Maps.
Emergency numbers
112 – general emergency number · 192 – police · 193 – fire brigade · 194 – ambulance …
Calls to these numbers are free. 112 works from any mobile phone.
112 – general emergency number
Works from mobile phones; being rolled out across Serbia alongside the numbers below.
192 – police
193 – fire brigade
194 – ambulance
1987 – roadside assistance (AMSS)
Breakdown and towing service of the Automobile and Motorcycle Association of Serbia.
Power, gas and water: faults and outages
Electricity: Elektrodistribucija Srbije, Novi Sad · Gas: Novi Sad Gas · Water: JKP „Beočin“, water plant (Fabrika vode) · JKP „Beočin“: office
Report a power cut, a gas leak or a burst water pipe to the company that runs the network. If you smell gas, do not use light switches or open flames: leave the building and call from outside.
Electricity: Elektrodistribucija Srbije, Novi Sad
Power cuts and faults on the electricity network (the former Elektrovojvodina). National free number 0800 360 300; second Novi Sad number 021 421 068.
Gas: Novi Sad Gas
Number for gas emergencies and leaks. Free customer line: 0800 021 025.
Water: JKP „Beočin“, water plant (Fabrika vode)
Faults and interruptions of the water supply. On-duty mobile: 064 80 17 920.
JKP „Beočin“: office
The municipal utility company: water, sewage and communal services. Desanke Maksimović 52, Beočin.
Fuel
MOL BS DODO Rakovac (filling station) · NIS Petrol, Beočin
Two filling stations: one in Rakovac itself, one at the entrance to Beočin.
MOL BS DODO Rakovac (filling station)
Petrol station right in Rakovac, on the main road at the eastern end of Novi Rakovac.
NIS Petrol, Beočin
Filling station on the road into Beočin.
Doctors and hospitals
Apoteka Rakovac (pharmacy) · Dom zdravlja "Dr Dušan Savić Doda", Beočin · Dom zdravlja Novi Sad – Sremska Kamenica · Hospital on Mišeluk (Nova opšta bolnica) …
The nearest health centre is in Beočin, about 4 km west. For hospital care, the large clinics are in Sremska Kamenica and Novi Sad.
Apoteka Rakovac (pharmacy)
Pharmacy in Novi Rakovac.
Dom zdravlja "Dr Dušan Savić Doda", Beočin
Health centre for the municipality, including Rakovac. About 4 km west.
Dom zdravlja Novi Sad – Sremska Kamenica
Health centre in Sremska Kamenica.
Hospital on Mišeluk (Nova opšta bolnica)
The newest large hospital near Novi Sad: built during the COVID-19 pandemic and opened in September 2021 with more than 600 beds. Since 2023 the University Clinical Centre of Vojvodina uses it for dialysis, imaging (CT) and the wards of several clinics. People in Rakovac often see ambulances bring patients here, even from Novi Sad.
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases of Vojvodina
Specialist hospital for heart and vascular diseases.
Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina
Specialist hospital for lung diseases.
Emergency Centre, University Clinical Centre of Vojvodina
The main hospital emergency department for the region, in Novi Sad.
Emergency Medical Service Novi Sad (Hitna pomoć)
Emergency medical centre in Novi Sad.
Police
Police station Beočin
Police station Beočin
The police station responsible for Rakovac. In an emergency call 192.
Post office and cash machines
Post office 21299 Rakovac · ATM Erste Bank, Beočin · ATM Banka Poštanska štedionica, Ledinci
We have not found a cash machine in Rakovac itself. The nearest are in Beočin and in Ledinci.
Post office 21299 Rakovac
On the main road in Novi Rakovac, with parking on both sides of the road.
Opening hours listed as Mon–Fri 8:00–14:00. Please check.
ATM Erste Bank, Beočin
Cash machine at the Erste Bank branch on the main square.
ATM Banka Poštanska štedionica, Ledinci
Cash machine in Novi Ledinci, about 3 km east.
Local authorities
Mesna zajednica Rakovac (local community office) · Municipality of Beočin (Opštinska uprava) · Fruška Gora National Park (JP "Nacionalni park Fruška gora")
Mesna zajednica Rakovac (local community office)
Municipality of Beočin (Opštinska uprava)
Rakovac belongs to the municipality of Beočin.
Fruška Gora National Park (JP "Nacionalni park Fruška gora")
Manages the national park: trails, picnic areas, rules.
Local groups online
Раковчане-Односельчане :) — Telegram · Раковац – моје село — Facebook · РАКОВАЦ — Facebook
Where neighbours share news, ask for help and sell things. Know another Rakovac group, a Viber community or a page? Send us the link by e-mail, Viber or WhatsApp (+381 63 801 5320) and we will add it.
Раковчане-Односельчане :) — Telegram
Russian-speaking community of Rakovac.
Раковац – моје село — Facebook
Serbian-language group; private, ask to join to see the posts.
РАКОВАЦ — Facebook
Public Serbian-language group of the village.
Weather forecast
Wind, rain and temperature for Rakovac hour by hour for the next days, from the ECMWF model via Windy.com. Handy before a walk on Fruška Gora or a trip on the Danube.
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Air quality
Hourly, not yet verified measurements of the Serbian Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) at the station Beočin Centar in the centre of neighbouring Beočin; the index has six levels, from good to extremely poor. When the morning air is very poor or worse, or SEPA issues an alert, a short warning appears in the news.
Danube water level
Official daily reading of the Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia (RHMZ) at the Novi Sad gauge, downstream of Beočin. The level is counted from the gauge zero (71.73 m above sea level), so a minus means low water. Flood defence starts at 450 cm, emergency defence at 700 cm. When the river is very low the Beočin ferry may stop.
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