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"We arrived here somehow by accident and felt at home right away. On the second floor of an 1900 or so building we entered a flat with a wonderfull wooden floor, colorfull rooms, comfortable matresses and absolutely welcoming owners.
Tomorrow we are leaving with one tear in the eye. For sure we will come back some day to Novi Sad - a lively city."
- Angela und Roman, Germany - Switzerland, www.der-nase-nach.ch
"Forget location (which is brilliant), forget price (which is affordable even for the tightest backpacker), think hospitality and genuine friendliness from wonderful owners (including a few mates and colleagues who drop by). This is why we come here, this is what makes the difference, it's all about the people, not haggling over a Euro or some other minor problem: ok so there's no free breakfast or pub crawls but then again is it really that difficult to just walk out and get that for yourself? Spending time here is as much a part of my experience as visiting any museum or citadel, in fact the two days I was on the terrace meeting the guys painting the walls, friends calling round for a chat, people inviting me out to a gig and sharing their stories, honest, open, intelligent, warm-hearted people, this is my memory of Novi Sad, and I would never feel hard done by that I could have stayed somewhere else in order to save a little bit.
Good luck to you all at Downtown and thank you very much, I love your city and your country!"
- Stefan Farey, UK
Hostel inside 108 years old Iron Man Palace.
The building on the corner of the Liberty Square, in which the hostel is located, is best known as the "Iron Man Palace", because of the knight in armor at the top of the building. The palace was the home of the magistracy before the Revolution of 1848. During the bombing of the city, on June 12, 1849 the building was partially destroyed, so the magistracy remained here only until 1852. The "Iron Man" refers to the armor of a medieval knight found in the original two-storey building built on the Liberty Square during the 19th century. The original building was destroyed and a new one was built in its place between 1908 and 1909. The "Iron Man" was preserved and located in a special place at the top of the building. Both the original and the new building are known as the “Iron Man House” or the “Iron Man Palace”.
The “Iron Man Palace” is a two-storey building built in the secession style. It got its present looks in 1908. The ground floor is occupied by offices, and the first floor is the residential area. On the ground floor there is a line of simple, both single- and double winged windows. The first floor windows have a Gothic structure (single-winged windows put together to form a kind of bifora). On the corner of the building, near the top, there is a niche in which the “Iron Man” is located. Behind the niche there is a small dome.