Yuri Gagarin Street, Belgrade
Yuri Gagarin Street (Serbian: Улица Јурија Гагарина, Ulica Jurija Gagarina) is a major street in New Belgrade, named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space.
The Jurija Gagarina serves as an informal boundary of the north and south Blokovi neighbourhoods of New Belgrade.
Buvljak, Belgrade's largest flea market is located in Jurija Gagarina street. Officially named "Open Trade Center", it is colloquially called Buvljak, a generic short term for that type of markets (Serbian: buvlja pijaca).
The market is located along the north side of the street, stretching to the New Belgrade Railway Station, in the initial section of the street. It occupies the southwest corner of the Block 43. South of Buvljak, across the Yuri Gagarin street, is the neighborhood of Savski Nasip, while the Block 42 on the west separates it from Belville. The market is partially encircled by the above-ground access road to the Ada Bridge, and the adjoining interchange.
Buvljak was opened in 1994 and with an area of 43,000 m2 (460,000 sq ft) was the largest such facility in Serbia. For the first year and a half, the marked basically worked only on weekends. In 1997, the row of shops was constructed to follow the rim of the market, while the plateau inside was equipped with 1,000 market stalls. By 1999, due to the Sanctions against Serbia, the flea market accommodated over 300,000 customers during the weekends. A special bus tours were organized from all over Serbia to specifically bring customers to Buvljak. After the Chinese Shopping Mall was opened in the Block 70, the revenues fell by 30-40%. When the construction of the access road to the bridge began, the central plateau was reorganized in 2010 and now has 787 stalls on 23,190 m2 (249,600 sq ft). Though all sorts of commodities can be found (food, plastic products, car gear and spare parts, consumer electronics, dishes, household items), the most abundant are the stalls with cloths and footwear.
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