Novi Sad Fair is one of the largest fair

Fair

A fair or fayre is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. It is normally of the essence of a fair that it is temporary; some last only an afternoon while others may ten weeks. ...

s in the region. It's located in Novi Sad

Novi Sad

Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....

, Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

. It is place of one of the largest agricultural fairs in Europe

Europe

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, which visit approx. 600,000 visitors annually and approx. a million visitors during the whole year on many exhibitions and fairs.

Features

Total area of the Fair is 300,000 m²; 240,000 m² of open spaces and 60,000 m² indoors. Novi Sad Fair also has a newly built Congress building "Master Centre" of 2,700 m².

Novi Sad Fair is member of The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, International Congress & Convention Association, The Exhibition Association of Southeast Europe, World-Wide Business Centres Network, and Central European Fair Alliance.

History

Novi Sad was a popular place for traders, and due to its location on the Danube river and on the natural border between Bačka

Backa

Bačka is a geographical area within the Pannonian plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east of which confluence is located near Titel...

 and Syrmia

Syrmia

Syrmia is a fertile region of the Pannonian Plain in Europe, between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia in the east and Croatia in the west....

 regions, Novi Sad quickly became important trading post for many traders in the 19th century. Novi Sad, being in the most developed agricultural region (Vojvodina

Vojvodina

Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...

) in then Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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, was home to the first agricultural show in 1923, and from 1930 fair became international.

In 1958, Novi Sad Fair became member of International organization for fairs and gain the reputation as the most important agricultural show in then SFR Yugoslavia. Besides annual agricultural shows, Novi Sad Fair over the years had organized many fairs, in finance, computing, banking, cars, books, medicine and pharmacy, etc.

Exhibitions and Fairs

	Type of event	Season
1	Media Fair	March
2	International Fair of Furniture and Interior Equipment 'Ambienta'	April
3	International Fair of Civil Engineering	April
4	International Fair of motorcycles, bicycles and accessories "Moto Bike EXPO – Novi Sad"	April
5	International Book Fair	April
6	International Fair of School and Office Equipment 'SCHOOL & OFFICE EXPO'	April
7	International Exhibition of Art 'ART EXPO'	April
8	International Agricultural Fair	May
9	International Fair of Medicine and Pharmacy 'PROMEDIKA'	June
10	Exhibition of Dentistry Equipment and Scientific-Professional Gathering 'PROMODENTIS - NOVI SAD'	June
11	International Fair of Hunting, Fishing and Sport	September
12	International Fair of Nautical Equipment	September
13	International Fair of Horticulture	September
14	International Fair 'Eko-Svet' - Ecology, Medical Herbs And Water	September
15	International Fair of Tourism	October
16	Hotelkeeping and Catering	October
17	Gastronomic Festival	October
18	'Car Show - Novi Sad'	October
19	Fair of Finance 'Finmar'	November
20	Fair of Investment	November
21	Power Supply, Electronics and Telecommunications	November
22	Fair of Logistics	November
23	Fair of Entrepreneurship	November
24	International Exhibition of Jewellery, Watches and Optics 'SJAJ'	November
25	New Year’s Sales Fair of Consumer Goods	December