Bimex Skopje

Zeleznicka 45b Skopje, Macedonia

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Rough diamonds in Skopje

A travel blog entry by rootsandroutes

... in origin, mimicking the monuments of liberation that might otherwise have been. After Macedonia’s peaceful breakaway from Yugoslavia, the government set about building a near-mythical national history for a people – or, more accurately, a group of peoples – with little historical or ethnic coherence. They were a land made up of ethnic Slavs, Greeks and Turks, with large Albanian populations in the north and west, and Serbians to the north and east. ...

Seriously, a blank clock?

A travel blog entry by eastin80

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... to a meter, so when a third took us aside to specifically tell us he had a meter we went with him double checking with him verbally that indeed he had a meter. When we got in we asked where's your meter. 'Yes' he said. 'Where' we said. By this time he had screeched off at a great pace and pointed at his clock which he had turned off and told us it was his meter. Yes, his clock. I asked him how much it would be ...

BALKANTOUR - Macedonia-Fyrom 1st part

A travel blog entry by vinkor

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... bridge on Vardar river with the statues of Kiril and Metod and a national heroe. All the area is under process of reconstruction in the tentative to give the Macedonian capital a more impressive aspect, rebuilding some giant buildings as the Headoffice of the National Bank and even a new project on the river to create the shape of an eye in the waters of the river.

On the other side of the bridge the Makedonia Plostad (Square), center of ...

Wine and war zones

A travel blog entry by jordanblair100

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... now head to Pristina on the 2pm bus, Rina and I set out to explore Skopje instead. The two of us made our way to the old Turkish area before winding up the pedestrian streets towards the city's castle. Like Ohrid, the castle had sod all in it. We walked along the top of the walls in hopes of great city views, but even that failed to inspire. I soon got bored, and began to really feel the effects of hammering red wine the evening previously.
Leaving the ...

Skopje, Macedonia - A Tale of Two Cities

A travel blog entry by cessna152

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... walls even tighter and slithered after the Imam as he led us around to the other side. With each step I took, I felt less secure. My legs were literally shaking.

Just when I thought we had done a complete circuit of the tower, we came to a gate blocking any further travel. "Now we go back around!" said the Imam. "But you will get more of a view, yes?"

Back on ground level, I told Michael I needed a drink to settle my nerves and so we sat in a bar overlooked by ...