Exit occupies an eighteenth-century fortress above the Danube, and no festival on earth has a better venue: stages tucked into moats, tunnels and ramparts, with the Dance Arena running until well past sunrise — the 6am fortress views are the festival's true headliner. It began as a student protest in 2000 and keeps a political soul. Stay in Novi Sad's old town rather than camping, and budget a day for Belgrade.
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