Truth be told, Gjakova was not on my radar when I made my initial plans to visit Kosovo. I did hear of it, and I read some articles saying that it was a must visit. I was not impressed with what I heard or read. However, when I came across a pizzeria in Gjakova on […]
A difficult past, a complex present, and an uncertain future. This is what Kosovo is all about. While there are many cities in this beautiful region that demonstrate these hardships in their own ways, it is hard to find a place that shows it more starkly than Mitrovica. Divided by the Ibar river, two different
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Kosovo’s inter-city and urban public transportation left me impressed, and that is putting it lightly. Kosovo being so small was, to a certain degree, the reason for this. If you cannot travel at any direction for more than two hours, you will not necessarily find the time to be annoyed by the bus that you
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Pristina is home to a decent selection of affordable eateries that dish out anything from tasty pizzas to flaky bureks, and a bit more. While it is not a destination I would recommend travelling for food alone, it nevertheless delivers enough diversity for even a longer than usual stay for a city of its size.
Pristina, while certainly not being for everyone, is a highly underrated city in my humble opinion. It does not have the Ottoman-era charm of cities like Prizren, no Serbian Orthodox marvels like the patriarchate at Peja, and not that many brutalist pieces of architecture to gaze at like in Belgrade or Skopje. However, it has