Jelen Brewery in Apatin

The most popular beer in Serbia comes from Apatin

Scenic the way from Mohacs to Apatin is very varied.
Between the Danube and the dike on which I drive, mostly alluvial forest with partly swampy terrain, from which you can hear the frogs croaking. On the other side of the dike is mostly agricultural area. The campsite just before Apatin is a disappointment.
There is no one there, a shepherd barking all the time in a kennel and I have not seen any showers on the small area. In addition, the place is absolutely lonely in a floodplain without shopping and no network and Wi-Fi.
After the long, lonely trip, I did not really feel like a lonely evening. I would rather have some company. So I drive the 8 km further to Apatin.
After some searching on the internet I find in the small boat harbor of Apatin then a room for 16 €. Great!!! Blown out and parched as I was meanwhile after 94 km, I went to the small harbor restaurant and there sat to my surprise, the three guys with the homemade catamaran, which I had met in Baja.
They immediately invite me to their table with much jubilation and it was a very nice and wet and happy evening. Suuuper !!! Much better than a lonely evening in a tent.
Incidentally, the beer we drink that evening comes directly from a brewery in Apatin. The Jelen beer is exported worldwide. The brewery was founded in 1756 in Apatin, which at that time still belonged to the Habsburg monarchy.