Country Info
- Skopje
- Capital
- Denar (MKD)
- Currency
- 2,046,209
- Population
- MK
- Country Code
Skopje Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Skopje, Macedonia
Skopje
This is a top pick! ... for god knows what. oh - there are the ruins of a fort too which has been made into a park. And we went into a church which was built half underground because at the time churches couldn't be higher than mosques. Skopje - You're not missing ...
Macedonia
This is a top pick! ... river and the old stone bridge. The bridge is over 500 years old and has witnessed some of the greatest events in Macedonia's history over that period, including the execution of some famous Macedonian hero in the 15th century, who was hanged over the ...
FYROM
This is a top pick! ... . Well, it was cheaper recovering the jacket than replacing it. So that was Tetovo. I am now a familiar face at their bus station! Skopje, Macedonia - The city of Skopje is dissected by the river Vardar. I enter the city at dusk and cross a lion ...
Not much to see
This is a top pick! Skopje - Not much I can really say. It is up there with Milan as being a right shithole. I only went there as it was on the way to Lake Ohrid. But there is only a Turkish bridge, an old feudal tower, a monument to Mother Theresa, an old fort and a market, ...
... I DON'T NEED A VISA
This is a top pick! ... would give him work. He didn't get the visa because he didn't have land or property in his name. He left me in Skopje, Macedonia, pop. 500,000. In the city's center, white stone sidewalk led beside a flushing river and over a pedestrian bridge. ...
Rough diamonds in Skopje
... west, and Serbians to the north and east. A long history of struggle between competing external powers had left Macedonia a distinct territory without any particularly coherent identity. Settling on the monicker of Macedonia – a term borrowed from ...
Macedonia
... beautiful Macedonia is and also contact his sister. The town Ohridis situated on a lake that is the border point between Albania and Macedonia and is surrounded by mountains. Our hotel was in part of the 'Old Town’ which is on a small mountain ...
Night Train to Greece
... at 2 AM, followed by the Greeks at 6 AM. The interesting thing was, the Macedonian border guards were not entirely convinced we were Americans. In fact one guard thought we were Australians. I guess few Americans take the night train through ...
Canadian Foreign Ambassadors
... 's actually pronounced Makadonia, so somewhere along the way the C was put in the spelling and it messed everything up. Macedonia is an interesting region. The rural areas felt more poor than Serbia's did. However Skopje feels more westernized than ...
Leaving my earthquake stricken city
... machine took me to an entry by the most proliferate uncle_davros or whatever is his name. He packed his impressions of Skopje, mainly four-letter words and other crap. I was in Australia and can imagine the frustration people from DownUnder experience ...
T minus 2 days.
Been shooting alot the last however long. Lots of locations. Sometimes 3 per day. Its pretty crazy. Albert has stopped coming to set and Boyan isnt the most attentive person so I end up doing alot of the work myself. ...
crazy
... factory. The plan was to demolish it but we ran out of light. Safety is not a big priority in general in Macedonia it seems, and I was less than excited to find out that our demolitions expert had a near fatal accident not too long ago ...
Is this the end? or Side project time!
... haev imagined and wonderful. After turkey town and some other fancy places we went to dinner up on a mountain overlooking Skopje. It was traditional macedonian food (strong cheese, meat stuffed with cheese wrapped in bacon, etc), and some ...
MK : Macedonia
Drove straight through. What odd landscape. And absolutely nothing anywhere… except for toll booths that don't take Convertible Marks (Bosnian money) and let you pass through for free (we had absolutely no cash money on us) Actually at one toll ...
Statues, Statues and More Statues...
... in my new passport, grrrr. After the border crossing we travelled for another couple of hours until we arrived into Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. After arriving at the hotel where I will be sharing a room with Kirk, myself, Ben, Cheryl, ...
serbian Macadonian borders 3am
Never hitch at night in Serbia, so we ended up hitching strictly at night somehow and crossed the border at 3am and then hitched directly to Athens without sleep. Macadonian serbian border cheapest place I have seen or been to so far in Europe. ...
It's a long road
Okay, NOW it's my last day in Skopje. I did one last tour of the city and packed my stuff together and I was on the bus at 8pm making my way to Kotor. Lots of border controls! I think partially it was because we went through Kosovo, but really, I have no ...
Sun and cement in Skopje
... is in modern day Greece and Bulgaria - which is why the country is currently called FYROM = Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Greece think that a name change to Republic of Northern Macedonia would be more appropriate. I think it has something to do ...
Dubrovnik to Skopje
... Montenegro, stayed there a day with some Serbian Christians that had given us a lift over the border, before making tracks for Macedonia the following day. Four lifts in quick succession landed us in Podgorica - still in Montenegro, but at least aiming in ...
Day 3
... come up with ideas in his sleep because hes always excited to see me and puts me straight to work. Luckily, the people in Macedonia are fairly resourceful. We were able to get a dolly and a handheld rig built in about 3 hours of the DP deciding ...
When it rains, I eat (and drink)
Today it rained on and off all day. It worked out really well because when it rained I'd go in a café or a restaurant and have a drink, or lunch or something. Worked out well…enjoy the pictures. Ok seriously…I think Macedonians subsist on ...
A few more days
Not much has happened the last few days. Met some people at a coffee shop, but havent hung out with them since. We text a bit and might in the next few nights. 5 more days of shooting. Leaving for switzerland on the 5th. Maybe to ...
Capital of Macedonia
Hallo zusammen und Gruesse aus der mazedonischen Hauptstadt, Skopje. Die Strecken hier sind nicht besonders gross, dennoch hat der Bus fast vier Stunden von Bitola nach Skopje gebraucht. Habe hier meine erste Nacht in einem Hostel auf dieser Reise. ...
Day 6, or D-day
Woke up super early today. Exercised a tiny bit then packed up the van. about 30 of us carpooled in these old scary little vans. The location was up in the mountains, something like 18,000 meters up (no idea how many feet that ...
uneventful
lots of almosts: 17th: shot a big scene with alot of extras. 100s of kids and some guns. Somer performances. Heres a photo that really doesnt show anything but i like it. pretty standard stuff for here. ...
Your Daily Trivia
... tearing out the insides of the vacant space and burning it. In just a few weeks a gang of these lowlifes has invaded Skopje and were out and about harrassing everyone for some money. Roma gypsies are are found all over the area and if you ...
Off to Athens or so we thought
So we catch the night train to Thessaloniki where we then catch a day train to Athens.. pretty simple.. 1 day travel right.. ummmmm nooo.. Australians need a visa to be issued on there passports before they set foot into Macadonia.. which we didn't ...
Day 4
Day 3: went out with vitcor ana and albert. Spent alot on wine, but I had the first red one that I actually thought was really good. Also had italian food, which was so-so. The restaurant was right on the river and a really nice atmosphere ...