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Zeleni Venac is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade. It is located in downtown Belgrade, just few minutes away to the east of Terazije, the designated center of the city.

The name of the neighborhood means the green wreath. Venac is usually used in Belgrade's geography in term of a round street (Obili?ev Venac, Kosan?i?ev Venac) or a rim of the river (Savski Venac, Dunavski Venac). However, in this case, it is used in the word's initial usage, meaning wreath. On the location of the present McDonald's restaurant in the Brankova street, for decades there was the kafana Zeleni venac whose logo was a green wreath. Belgrade historians still debate whether the neighborhood was named after the kafana or the opposite.

The major feature by which Zeleni Venac is known today is the open market of the same name, one of largest in Belgrade. Also one of the major terminal stations of the city's public transportation, with almost 20 bus lines beginning there, is located next to the market.