Engaging space 201
One floor up, the old town gathers.
A red neon 201, a long table, a terrace over the rooftops of Stara Varoš. Coffee in the morning sun, wine after dark — and, most weeks, a film, a set of records or a conversation with it.
The same room, four times a day.
Engaging space 201 sits on the second floor of the hotel, above reception and one flight below the guest rooms. It opens early for coffee, keeps the plants watered through the afternoon, and by evening the lights come down and the neon does the rest.
It is not only for guests. Neighbours, students and people from the old town come up the stairs too — which is exactly the point. Whatever is on, there is always a table free and someone behind the bar.
Everything served upstairs also comes down to the hall on level −1 when there's an event there.
Espresso, quiet tables, the terrace in the sun.
Coffee and work, talks and readings.
Wine, records, screenings, the neon on.
A bar that doubles as a small venue.
Engaging space 201 runs its own programme through the year — sometimes a film, sometimes a set of records, sometimes an exhibition that started two floors below.
Screenings
Films and video work projected on the back wall, chairs pulled into rows.
Book launches
Literary evenings and book promotions, with the author reading at the long table.
Talks & panels
Afternoon conversations, campaign nights and interviews.
Exhibitions
Work hung through the rooms — Port of Trust reached this floor too.
Above the rooftops
Warm nights, low light, old tiles below.
The terrace runs along the front of the building, looking out over the tiled roofs of Stara Varoš towards the hills. In summer it is the best table in the house — strung lights, a slow breeze off the Morača, and Sahat Kula just out of sight around the corner.
Open to guests and to the street, from the first coffee until the last glass.