Balkan community in Pittsburgh

A guide for people from the Balkans living in Pittsburgh, USA: where the consulate is, which community organisations exist, what is happening and what is worth seeing. Balkan Nexus brings together people from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia and North Macedonia.

What to see

LandmarksDuquesne InclineA historic 19th-century funicular climbing to Mount Washington. The observation platform at the top gives the finest panoramic view of the city and t…MuseumsThe Andy Warhol MuseumThe largest museum in the United States devoted to a single artist, spread over seven floors. It holds a rich collection of work by the pop art icon,…MuseumsCarnegie Museums of Art and Natural HistoryA complex of outstanding museums under one roof in the Oakland district. It includes one of the world's best dinosaur collections and a gallery of mo…Parks & naturePhipps Conservatory and Botanical GardensA grand Victorian glasshouse from 1893 with fourteen separate glass rooms. It is known for its seasonal flower shows and glass sculptures.LandmarksCathedral of LearningThe imposing Neo-Gothic skyscraper of the University of Pittsburgh, the second-tallest university building in the world. It is famous for the Nationa…Parks & naturePoint State ParkThe park where the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers join to form the Ohio. It is marked by a great fountain at the very tip and the remains of a hist…MuseumsMattress FactoryA contemporary art museum and laboratory in a former mattress factory. Artists from around the world build room-sized installations here.RestaurantsStrip DistrictA lively district known for its open-air markets and specialty food shops. Ethnic delicatessens, cafés and street vendors fill the streets, and Satur…Parks & natureNational AviaryThe only institution in the United States dedicated entirely to birds, home to over 500 of them. Visitors walk into spacious enclosures where the bir…OtherPNC ParkHome of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team, on the bank of the Allegheny river. It is often called the most beautiful ballpark in America thanks to…