Orientation: Novi Sad has good transport connections with nearby cities thanks to its great position. It is located about 80km to the northwest of Belgrade, about 300km from Budapest, 424 km from Ljubljana, 309km from Zagreb, 548 km from Podgorica, 480 km from Sofia, 150km from Timisoara Romania, 100 km from the border town with Hungary of Subotica and about 100km from the Romanian border town of Jimbolia.
By car
E-75 highway that connects Belgrade and Budapest is passing by some 5km from Novi Sad. Toll fare for passenger cars coming from Belgrade is 240RSD or 3EUR. Prices for other types of vehicle bus, truck are higher.
If you want to go in the direction of Zagreb, Ljubljana take E-70 highway which is some 40km south/west of Novi Sad.
By bike
The cycling route EuroVelo 6 (http://www.eurovelo6.org/...) connects Novi Sad to Hungary and to Belgrade by following the Danube river. Novi Sad has dedicated cycle-paths along most of its avenues.
By plane
The city itself doesn't have an airport and the closest one is Nikola Tesla International Airport IATA: BEG (http://www.beg.aero/code/...) near Belgrade about 70 kilometers. There is direct bus connection from airport to Novi Sad (http://www.gspns.rs/aerod...), and some taxi companies run regular cars between Belgrade Airport and Novi Sad, e.g. Autoturist (http://www.autoturist-ns.com/) tel. +381 63 504 587, Belgrade Airport Transfer (http://www.belgradeairpor...).
Other useful airports with low-cost flights might be:
Budapest Ferihegy International Airport IATA: BUD (http://www.bud.hu/) 247 kilometers from Novi Sad, serving numerous low-cost airlines, the best way to get to Western/Northern Europe by plane
Osijek Airport (http://www.osijek-airport.hr/) 96 km from Novi Sad, serving Ryanair (http://www.ryanair.com)
Timisoara Traian Vuia International Airport (http://www.aerotim.ro/) 126km far, serving Wizzair (http://www.wizzair.com)
By bus
Using the bus is the most recommended option. The bus stations for long-distance trips are:
"Old bus station", at Bulevar JaÅ¡e TomiÄa 6 still much more used than the new one near the train station.
not in function since 2009: "New bus station", at the corner of Sentandrejski Put and Novosadskog partizanskog odreda, near "Novosadska Mlekara" Novi Sad's dairy plant.
Within Serbia, Novi Sad is connected by bus to all other major cities. The most frequent route is the one from Belgrade, with buses leaving every 15 minutes during peak hours and a total of nearly 100 journeys each day in each direction.
Internationally, the city has frequent bus connections to Sofia in Bulgaria, Budapest in Hungary, Zagreb, Vukovar, and Osijek in Croatia, Sarajevo and Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Budva, Tivat, Podgorica, Herceg Novi in Montenegro. It is also reachable from Germany and Austria.
For urban, domestic long-distance and international bus timetables in Serbian and English, visit the web site of JGSP Novi Sad, the city public transport company at (http://www.gspns.rs).