Algeria has a metro! It was a complete surprise for me. I randomly spotted a sign on the street and there it was. It looks kind of like the Paris metro (which makes sense). The stations are really deep. Not all of them have escalators. So at the entrances, up at street level, you can see plenty of out-of-breath passengers who just climbed down a whole bunch of stairs. The fare is cheap—just a quarter euro.

They started designing the subway back in the 1970s. They only finished construction and launched the system in 2011. But even 40 years is noticeably faster than Belgrade's pace :)

Above-ground transport is trickier. I couldn't find any route maps or schedules online, nothing. Moovit and Google Maps just suggest walking. The stops themselves have no information either. I'd just go up to drivers and ask if they were going to where I needed. I managed to guess right the first time a couple times and heard "yeah, get in," but once I had to switch from a big bus to a minibus. Lucky the other passengers told me, or I'd have gone the wrong way. But at least the fare is half the price of the metro.