A walk along the Sava coast - Port Authority

I walk both in the rain and in the snow, when it's cloudy, warm or cold, but I like to walk the most, when the weather is nice and sunny and when the temperature is not too high, when the day is just like this Wednesday, ideal for #Wednasdaywalk

I found myself near the Galerija shopping mall, on the Belgrade waterfront, but I had no desire to stay there. I wasn't even attracted to the crowds in the cafes, where people were sitting like some lizards and basking in the sun.
I had a desire to walk, for, after a long period of cold weather, rain, and snow, I felt out of shape and longed for open space.

I was attracted by the sounds of music from a terrace on the new promenade - it was samba.

The sounds of beautiful music were accompanied by several couples who were dancing, not paying attention to the other walkers and all of us who were photographing them.

Only when I saw both flags, it was clear to me who they were and why they were playing here.

The sky was beautiful, clear and blue.
After passing under the Brankov bridge, I approached the fishermen who were patiently looking at the tip of their rod.

While I was circling around them, taking pictures of the river, the sailboat that was sailing peacefully on the river, the bridge and the children's playground, neither of them caught anything.
"Maybe I scared your fish," I told them, "I'm going for a walk, happy catch."

After a few hundred meters, I found a bench on which I sat down and unlike this girl in black, who turned her back to the sun, I turned my face to the warmth of the sun's rays.

When I continued my walk, I took a picture of the top of the Cathedral, as well as these interestingly colored stairs, over the roof of a longer building.

I am approaching the Port Authority building, the most interesting building in this part of the Sava coast.
Perhaps it would be complicated to discern the role of this building, if it were not located only 50 m from the Sava river bed, and if it had something to do with ships, it is also revealed by an anchor placed near the entrance.

The Port Authority building was built in the thirties of the 20th century and, unlike the vast majority of buildings on the Belgrade coast, survived the bombings in World War II.
This building was the administrative heart of the city, because it represented the point where the goods brought by the Sava were unloaded and placed in nearby warehouses (today popularly called Beton hall, which I will write about separately).
In that building, various administrative tasks were performed, boarding permits were issued and customs were carried out.
Today, the building is under protection as a cultural monument within the Sava Port complex, and it is the first thing that hundreds of tourists who come to Belgrade by boat see every day.

Right in front of the harbor master's building, there is a sculpture, a monument, erected by the coastal workers, to their friends and colleagues, the coastal workers, who died during World War II fighting against the occupiers.

The monument with the building is the most interesting detail of my walk today and a great introduction to further research of this part of the Sava coast, which, unlike the newly formed Waterfront, was very important and visited throughout the twentieth century.