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The Leskovac Grill Festival, , also translated as "barbecue week", is a yearly grilled-meat festival that is organized in Leskovac
, Serbia
at the beginning of September. During the event, the main boulevard is closed for traffic, night and day for five days, and all its way there are grill-stands constructed, to create many temporary restaurants. Many visitors from all over Serbia and many tourists from abroad come to Leskovac to enjoy a good grill and entertainment. The organizers hold competitions, such as in making the World Biggest Burger - the Pljeskavica
. The festival is the highlight of the season in Leskovac.
To attract tourists from Serbia and abroad, the tourist organization organizes every year attractive concerts, Fashion shows, Carnivals, Miss Election in the period of Roštiljijada Festival. So far a lot has been done by raising quality, organizing a festival modeled on the Oktoberfest
in Munich
, such as a media presentations and good marketing which resulted in a very successful festival. According to the City Tourist Board, the number of visitors is one of the top touristic events in Serbia
. In 2009, a record number of 500,000 people visited the festival.
In addition to guests from Serbia, a large number of visitors from abroad visiting festival as well mostly from Slovenia
, Bulgaria
, the Republic of Macedonia
, Greece
, Hungary
, Romania
and France
.
. The giant burger weighs 49 kilograms (105.6 Lbs), has 128 centimeters in diameter and is 8 centimeters thick and made by the great grill master Bojan Cvetkovic, who previously held the World record for his hamburger which was a tough 44 kilograms (96.8 lbs).
Around 1200 people take part in the carnival, of which one third come from abroad.
The city government considers to have a separation of this event in 2010, as a special tourist event which is going to be introduced as a special offer of the city.
Leskovac
Leskovac is a city and municipality in southern Serbia. It is the administrative center of the Jablanica District of Serbia...
, 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...
at the beginning of September. During the event, the main boulevard is closed for traffic, night and day for five days, and all its way there are grill-stands constructed, to create many temporary restaurants. Many visitors from all over Serbia and many tourists from abroad come to Leskovac to enjoy a good grill and entertainment. The organizers hold competitions, such as in making the World Biggest Burger - the Pljeskavica
Pljeskavica
Pljeskavica is a Serbian patty dish popular in the Balkan region of Southeastern Europe.Pljeskavica is eaten in Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia and Croatia, and can be found in Romania, and Bulgaria. Traditional pljeskavica is made from mixture of ground meats...
. The festival is the highlight of the season in Leskovac.
To attract tourists from Serbia and abroad, the tourist organization organizes every year attractive concerts, Fashion shows, Carnivals, Miss Election in the period of Roštiljijada Festival. So far a lot has been done by raising quality, organizing a festival modeled on the Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest, or Wiesn, is a 16–18 day beer festival held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, running from late September to the first weekend in October. It is one of the most famous events in Germany and is the world's largest fair, with more than 5 million people attending every year. The...
in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, such as a media presentations and good marketing which resulted in a very successful festival. According to the City Tourist Board, the number of visitors is one of the top touristic events in 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...
. In 2009, a record number of 500,000 people visited the festival.
In addition to guests from Serbia, a large number of visitors from abroad visiting festival as well mostly from Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
World records
In September 2009, Leskovac celebrated a world record in making the World's biggest burger - the pljeskavicaPljeskavica
Pljeskavica is a Serbian patty dish popular in the Balkan region of Southeastern Europe.Pljeskavica is eaten in Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia and Croatia, and can be found in Romania, and Bulgaria. Traditional pljeskavica is made from mixture of ground meats...
. The giant burger weighs 49 kilograms (105.6 Lbs), has 128 centimeters in diameter and is 8 centimeters thick and made by the great grill master Bojan Cvetkovic, who previously held the World record for his hamburger which was a tough 44 kilograms (96.8 lbs).
International Carnival
In 2009, Leskovac officially became a International Carnival city, admitted by The Association of European Carnival cities, which has over 50 members from Europe and America. The Leskovac Carnival is held in a time of the Roštiljijada festival.Around 1200 people take part in the carnival, of which one third come from abroad.
The city government considers to have a separation of this event in 2010, as a special tourist event which is going to be introduced as a special offer of the city.