Vajska
Bačka · Danube · 45.41° N 19.11° E

A Danube village in Bač municipality

Vajska

A village by the Danube in Bač municipality, western Bačka. News and practical information for residents, the history of the village and trips nearby: Lake Provala five minutes away, Bač Fortress a quarter of an hour, Bođani Monastery, Slovak Selenča and Sombor.

  • 2,834residents (2011 census)
  • 6 minto Lake Provala
  • 15 minto Bač Fortress
  • 23 Aprilkirbaj, the village feast
Illustration: a village church on the Bačka plain by the Danube, wheat fields and a swan
Photo: vajska.rs, ilustracija / illustration

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The village of Vajska has its own site: news, practical information, history, feasts and trips nearby, in Serbian, Croatian, English and Russian.

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Nearby · About 6 minutes by car

Lake Provala

The deepest lake in Vojvodina, left behind by a great Danube flood: beach, campsite and fishing.

About 6 minutes by car (2.8 km)

Nearby · About 15 minutes by car

Bač Fortress, the Šiljak Gate and the Ottoman Bath

The best-preserved medieval fortress in Vojvodina, the Šiljak city gate with its Gothic double windows and the remains of an Ottoman bath: history and tips for a visit.

About 15 minutes by car (10.2 km)

Calendar of the village and around

Feasts and festivals

The kirbaj in Vajska, the Epiphany swim at Lake Provala, the kulen festival, Strawberry and Honey Day, Ciklo Bač and the Days of Bač: what is celebrated when in the village and Bač municipality.

Editor of the site

Svetlana Morozova

Svetlana Morozova, editor of the site: a journalist since 1999, author of the book series “A Culinary Journey through Southern Russia”, lives in Vajska.

Explore Vajska

The village The village, the church of St George and the kirbaj, Labudnjača and Živa Nearby Provala, Bač Fortress, Bođani, Selenča, Plavna, Sombor Festivals Kirbaj, the Epiphany swim at Provala, kulen festival, Days of Bač Kitchen Recipes of Vajska and Bačka Useful Emergency numbers, roads, weather

Where Vajska is

Vajska is a village in Bač municipality, South Bačka District, near the Danube (Wikipedia). Its territory also includes the separate settlements of Labudnjača and Živa. Bač is about 10 km away, Novi Sad about 75 km by car.

For residents and visitors

We make this site for the people of Vajska and for those who want to come: what is happening in the village, whom to contact, when the feasts are and what to see nearby. For a holiday at the lake there is a separate site, provala.rs.

Sister sites

rakovac.rsRakovac on Fruška Gora: the first site of this network provala.rsLake Provala: swimming, fishing, stays and nature

Map of Vajska and around

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