Bucket List 196: Kosovo!
The Road Travelled · Tales From Kosovo · Photos
Country 67/196: Kosovo. Undoubtedly, Europe’s most controversial nation, through no fault of her own, Kosovo has long polarised opinion with absolutely no sign of any contention slowing down. Despite the odd flare-up along their shared border with Serbia, the embryonic nation is equally as safe to visit as any other Balkan country and locals are very encouraging of those that do so. Take in pretty Prizren as well as the copious Brutalist buildings in the capital that sit alongside modern skyscrapers and other signs of a nation newborn. Is the National Library of Kosovo uglier than Newport train station? You decide.
The Road Travelled
Tales From Kosovo
Criss-Crossing Kosovo
October 5th, 2023 The final chapter of our tour of the Western Balkans started in one of the ten Serbian enclaves of Kosovo, never thought I’d be writing that. As touched upon in my previous post, Kosovo and neighbouring Serbia have a complex and fraught relationship that only becomes more complex and fraught inside a majority Serb area,…
In Pristina Condition
October 2nd, 2023 Undoubtedly Europe’s most controversial nation, not through any fault of her own, Kosovo has long polarised opinion with absolutely no sign of any contention slowing down. A slim majority of countries around the world (52.3% to be exact) recognize her sovereignty including the UK, USA, and most of the EU although notable exceptions include Spain…
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Kosovo
Country: 67/196 Visited: Winter ’22/’23
