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Bus 72 to Zeleni venacorTaxi, fixed City price to the center?

The short answer

For one traveler the Bus 72 to Zeleni venac is cheaper by RSD 3,500. That does not change up to 8 travelers.

The Taxi, fixed City price to the center is quicker: 30 min against 1 h. The Bus 72 to Zeleni venac varies between 50 and 70 minutes.

Bus 72 to Zeleni venac: 04:50–00:00. Taxi, fixed City price to the center: Runs all night.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in RSD. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersBus 72 to Zeleni venacTaxi, fixed City price to the centerDifference
1RSD 0RSD 3,500RSD 3,500
2RSD 0RSD 3,500RSD 3,500
3RSD 0RSD 3,500RSD 3,500
4RSD 0RSD 3,500RSD 3,500
5RSD 0RSD 7,000RSD 7,000
6RSD 0RSD 7,000RSD 7,000
7RSD 0RSD 7,000RSD 7,000
8RSD 0RSD 7,000RSD 7,000

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
bus · City of Belgrade, Secretariat for Public Transport (a contracted city line)Bus 72 to Zeleni venac
From
The "Aerodrom Nikola Tesla /dolasci/" stop outside the arrivals level
To
Zeleni venac, the bus terminus and market square just below Terazije, 400 m from Republic Square; Brankov most and the Novi Beograd stops on the way
Luggage
An ordinary city bus with no racks; it makes 31 stops and fills with commuters at Ledine and Studentski grad.
Runs
04:50–00:00
Journey
50–70 min

It is free, and that is the city's decision, not a promotion. If a driver or anyone at the stop asks for money for this bus, they are not the City. The only bus from this airport that sells a ticket is the A1.

The airport says 30 to 40 minutes; the city's timetable schedules 50 to 70 — expect the longer figure. Thirty-one stops through Ledine, Studentski grad and Fontana are what separate it from the A1, not the fare.

Every 25 minutes all day, every day. The last is 00:00 and the first 04:50; the 72N covers 00:30 to 02:30 and nothing public covers 02:30 to 04:30.

Zeleni venac is the end of the line and the bottom of the center, not Republic Square itself: 400 m up the hill to Terazije, a kilometer and a half to Slavija.

It leaves from the arrivals level. The night line and the A1 use the same stop.

The free fare rests on a resolution that the City could revoke with another; the gazette shows none as of 4 September 2026, and the timetable it rests on is valid to 31 December 2026.

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See the airport's line 72 page
taxi · Licensed Belgrade taxis at the airport rank; price set by the Mayor of BelgradeTaxi, fixed City price to the center
From
Take a fixed-price certificate from one of the four e-kiosks — three in baggage reclaim, one in the arrivals hall — then the first car in the rank outside the arrivals terminal
To
Any address in the zone printed on the certificate; the center is zone 2
Luggage
Included in the fixed price, within what the boot holds.
Runs
All night
Journey
30–45 min

Get the certificate before the rank. The fixed price exists only on the City's certificate from the e-kiosks; without it the ride is on the meter, and the airport tells you to hand the certificate to the first car in the queue.

The center is zone 2, RSD 3,500 — Not the cheapest zone. Zone 1 at RSD 2,700 is Novi Beograd. Republic Square, Terazije, Slavija, the old town and the main station are all in zone 2.

Four passengers at most, by the City's seat cap and the airport's rule; five people are two cars and RSD 7,000.

No authority states a taxi journey time. The 30 to 45 minutes here are the airport's own figure for its express minibus over the same road and the City's scheduled time for it, not a taxi figure.

Between 02:30 and 04:30 it is the only thing that leaves, at the same RSD 3,500; the price does not change at night.

Complaints go to the City, not the airport: the Secretariat for Inspection, [email protected], or 11-0-11 from a local line.

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