Everything you need to know about Kosovo
Explore Kosovo from Pristina and Prizren to the Rugova gorge, medieval monasteries and the Sharr Mountains. Place sixteen cities and towns, discover sixteen sights, read ten illustrated topics and begin Albanian or Serbian.
Read it, then make it stick
Plains and mountain rims in the Balkans
Kosovo is landlocked in southeastern Europe, bordered by Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and North Macedonia. The Kosovo Plain lies in the east, while a broad western basin is often called Dukagjin in Albanian and Metohija in Serbian. These names carry different historical and cultural associations. Pristina, also written Prishtina or Priลกtina, is the capital; Prizren sits below the southern mountains, and Peja, also called Peฤ, stands at the mouth of Rugova gorge.
Know the shape of the country
Place sixteen cities and towns in two rounds across the plains and mountain foothills. These are settlement pins, separate from municipal boundaries. The Mitrovica pin marks the city centre south of the Ibar; North Mitrovica is a distinct municipality.
Places worth visiting
Essential ยท Fortress
Prizren Fortress
The hilltop fortress overlooks the Prizren Bistrica and the old town. Its successive building phases introduce the strategic importance of the valley.
Discover sixteen places across Kosovo: medieval religious art, Ottoman quarters, ancient ruins, modern architecture and mountain landscapes. The first eight are starting points for learning; priorities are editorial, and visiting arrangements vary. Essential is our shortlist for a first trip, and worth a detour goes further. Select a pin to read about a place, then play the map and find them all.
Take Albanian with you
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on.
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