{"id":90234,"date":"2026-01-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?p=90234"},"modified":"2026-01-27T21:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:37:58","slug":"inclusive-belgrade-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/inclusive-belgrade-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"This Belgrade\u00a0cafe\u00a0changes lives, one Serbian coffee at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>As part of a new experience for 2026, Intrepid travellers in the Balkans can now stop and recharge at Zvuci Srca, a cafe where staff with developmental disabilities are finding creative outlets, new skills and a sense of community.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Serbs, the cafe is an intrinsic part of life \u2013 as fundamental as food and sleep. It&#8217;s not just a place where you can catch up with friends and gossip over leisurely cups of coffee \u2013\u202falthough that&#8217;s an enormous part of its charm. In this immensely sociable country, the cafe (kafic) is like a second home, and a day isn&#8217;t complete until you&#8217;ve checked in with your friends and reinforced those social ties that keep you together. Stroll for ten minutes from Belgrade&#8217;s most magnificent landmark, St Sava Temple, and you&#8217;ll find a cafe that puts even more heart than most into this time-honoured ritual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zvuci Srca (Sounds of the Heart) has been offering valuable work opportunities to people with developmental disabilities since 2019. Fifteen of its 27 staff have learning difficulties or neurodevelopmental conditions. Here among the cafe&#8217;s brick-lined walls, comfy seats and cosy banquettes, customers chat over cups of strong Serbian coffee, cappuccinos, espressos or soft drinks. And when they leave, there\u2019s no obligation to pay \u2013 they can donate as much or as little as they like. Intrepid travellers can experience it for themselves on the <a href=\"\/croatia\/explore-balkans-167050\">Explore the Balkans<\/a> trip, a new inclusion for 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery alignwide is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:55.16802%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Merch-1920x1766.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Merch-1920x1766.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Merch-1920x1766.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Merch-1920x1766.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Merch-1920x1766.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Merch-1920x1766.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1920&#038;ssl=1 1920w\" alt=\"A merchandise of tote bags and mugs at Zvuci Srca, Belgrade\" data-height=\"1766\" data-id=\"90244\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?attachment_id=90244\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Merch-1920x1766.jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Merch-1920x1766.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 3 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:44.83198%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-exterior.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-exterior.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-exterior.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-exterior.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-exterior.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-exterior.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1920&#038;ssl=1 1920w\" alt=\"Looking through the window into Zvuci Srca, Belgrade\" data-height=\"1080\" data-id=\"90245\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?attachment_id=90245\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-exterior.jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-exterior.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 2 of 3 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-neon.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-neon.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-neon.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-neon.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-neon.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-neon.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1920&#038;ssl=1 1920w\" alt=\"A neon side inside Zvuci Srca cafe, Belgrade\" data-height=\"1080\" data-id=\"90243\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?attachment_id=90243\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-neon.jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-neon.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 3 of 3 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018It\u2019s OK to be different\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Walk through the door of <a href=\"https:\/\/zvucisrca.rs\/o-nama\/\">Zvuci Srca<\/a> and one of the first things you\u2019ll spot is an enticing display of tote bags, T-shirts, mugs, badges, magnets and assorted trinkets. Their eye-catching designs and slogans, many written in Cyrillic, reveal another side to the cafe \u2013 it\u2019s also one of the six work centres across <a href=\"\/serbia\">Serbia<\/a> run by Decje Srce. This organisation, whose name translates as Children\u2019s Heart, works to bring people with learning disabilities into all facets of society \u2013 and is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2026. The cafe\u2019s staff members not only serve coffee, but also work behind the scenes designing and making these products, with all profits from their sale going directly back to Decje Srce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social worker, Ana Zlatkovic, 32, joined Decje Srce in 2016 and sees the cafe as a \u2018very good context [in which] to meet people with disabilities and [start being] more open about the differences we have.&#8217; But it\u2019s been a journey to get here. \u2018In 2001 in Serbia, society was full of prejudice,\u2019 she explains. \u2018[People with disabilities] never went anywhere. They were [stuck] in their houses and [taught to be ashamed of] who they were.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that time, Ana says, there were only residential accommodation services for people with developmental disabilities and few daycare centres. Decje Srce\u2019s co-founder, Goran Rojevic, who was working in special needs education at the time, could see there wasn&#8217;t enough being done to prevent people from becoming institutionalised, and wanted to keep children in particular within the family and the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018That\u2019s why Goran came up with the idea of increasing the visibility of people with disabilities in society. He started taking them to exhibitions, concerts and various events in Belgrade,\u2019 she says, so that people would learn that \u2018it\u2019s OK to be different.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea eventually spread to other cities across Serbia, with work centre-cafes opening in Subotica, Pancevo and Nis. In Serbia\u2019s second city, Novi Sad, there\u2019s only a cafe so far, but Decje Srce has plans to expand it to a work centre too. In the mountain resort of Zlatibor, Decje Srce runs a School of Life for young people with learning difficulties, where they can develop skills including cooking. But they also have sports activities, creative workshops and even disco nights. \u2018We have such fun with them,\u2019 adds Ana. \u2018The main goal of School of Life is [to build] social skills, life skills, because it\u2019s important for them to be independent.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Read more: <a href=\"\/adventures\/the-goods-new-experiences-give-back\/\">10 new ways to travel with purpose<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery alignwide is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:38.98725%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nemanja-portrait.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nemanja-portrait.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nemanja-portrait.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1081&#038;ssl=1 1081w\" alt=\"Nemanja serving coffee at Zvuci Srca cafe, Belgrade\" data-height=\"1920\" data-id=\"90247\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?attachment_id=90247\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nemanja-portrait.jpg\" data-width=\"1081\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nemanja-portrait.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 3 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:61.01275%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-workshop.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-workshop.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-workshop.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-workshop.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-workshop.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-workshop.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1920&#038;ssl=1 1920w\" alt=\"The workshop at Zvuci Srca, where staff make products to sell to customers\" data-height=\"1080\" data-id=\"90248\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?attachment_id=90248\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-workshop.jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-workshop.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 2 of 3 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-shop.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-shop.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-shop.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-shop.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-shop.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-shop.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1920&#038;ssl=1 1920w\" alt=\"The souvenir shop at Zvuci Srca cafe, Belgrade\" data-height=\"1082\" data-id=\"90253\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?attachment_id=90253\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-shop.jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zvuci-Srca-shop.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 3 of 3 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harnessing special talents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirty-one-year-old Nemanja Jovic, who is autistic, has been working at Zvuci Srca since the very beginning. His week is a busy one: he lives in Pancevo and works one day a week in his local branch of Zvuci Srca, but spends four more days here in Belgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zvuci Srca gives him the chance to put his immense creativity and artistry to good use while developing skills such as printing and design. In fact, many of the cafe\u2019s products were designed by Nemanja, and the working environment suits his personality. \u2018I like to work in peace and quiet, and slowly,\u2019 he says. \u2018I must be able to concentrate fully.\u2019 Even in his free time, Nemanja is still creating things, making decoupage boxes, magnets and earrings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he\u2019s behind the bar, he enjoys seeing the world coming through the door. \u2018We have people from all over,\u2019 he says. \u2018Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Germany, America, Canada. It\u2019s good. We also have Serbs from Australia.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Read more: <a href=\"\/adventures\/the-goods-new-europe-trips\/\">13 new European trips and experiences<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery alignwide is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:38.94357%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nemanja-at-work.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nemanja-at-work.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nemanja-at-work.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1080&#038;ssl=1 1080w\" alt=\"Nemanja making coffee at Zvuci Srca cafe, Belgrade\" data-height=\"1920\" data-id=\"90250\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?attachment_id=90250\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nemanja-at-work.jpg\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nemanja-at-work.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 3 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:61.05643%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JAK_1215-2.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JAK_1215-2.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JAK_1215-2.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JAK_1215-2.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JAK_1215-2.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JAK_1215-2.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1920&#038;ssl=1 1920w\" alt=\"Some of the Zvuci Srca team posing in their Zvuci Srca aprons\" data-height=\"1080\" data-id=\"90254\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?attachment_id=90254\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JAK_1215-2.jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JAK_1215-2.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 2 of 3 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/REM-1-1.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/REM-1-1.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/REM-1-1.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/REM-1-1.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1500&#038;ssl=1 1500w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/REM-1-1.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1800&#038;ssl=1 1800w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/REM-1-1.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1920&#038;ssl=1 1920w\" alt=\"A waiter prepares to serve coffee at Zvuci Srca cafe, Belgrade\" data-height=\"1080\" data-id=\"90255\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?attachment_id=90255\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/REM-1-1.jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/REM-1-1.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 3 of 3 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inclusivity at all costs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zvuci Srca\u2019s donation policy means anyone can come in and have a drink, regardless of how much or how little money they have. Menus have lists of hot and cold drinks, but no prices. This gives the place a feeling of solidarity, says Ana. \u2018People sense that it is inclusive for everyone.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost all customers will leave a donation, of course, even just a few hundred dinars. But the lack of obligation takes the pressure off people who might be feeling the economic pinch. \u2018It\u2019s like no other place,\u2019 says Ana. \u2018It\u2019s a place where everyone can feel welcome. This is the one place in the city where you can come and be totally relaxed and have a hug with our waiter, and they will say that you are beautiful; it is a totally honest place. [Neurotypical people] have all kinds of filters when showing emotions to others. And our colleagues don\u2019t have a filter. If I\u2019m beautiful to them, they will say that to me, or if I\u2019m not beautiful, they will also say that, and it is fantastic.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cafe\u2019s warm atmosphere is infectious, and Ana is keen to see the concept spread even further across Serbia. \u2018My hope is to include as many people with disabilities as we can,\u2019 she says. \u2018[I\u2019d love] every big city in Serbia to have a Zvuci Crca, to have some place that people can gather. 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