Everything you need to know about North Macedonia
Explore North Macedonia from Skopjeโs bazaar and the Vardar valley to Ohridโs lakeside churches, the ล ar Mountains and the vineyards of Tikveลก. Place sixteen cities and towns, discover sixteen sights, read ten illustrated topics and begin Macedonian or Albanian.
Read it, then make it stick
Mountain basins, three border lakes and the Vardar
North Macedonia borders Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece. It has no coastline. The Vardar runs through Skopje and the central valley before entering Greece, where it is called the Axios and reaches the Aegean Sea. Its valley links a series of basins rather than forming a single broad plain. Pelagonia around Bitola and Prilep is another important agricultural and settlement area.
Know the shape of the country
Place sixteen cities and towns in two learning groups: western valleys and lakes, and the capital, central and eastern basins. These groups are separate from municipalities and statistical regions. Pins mark approximate settlement centres on a generalised country outline; zoom in to distinguish nearby places.
Places worth visiting
Essential ยท Historic town
Ohrid old town
A lakeside town of layered church, civic and domestic architecture within the wider UNESCO region.
Explore sixteen sights from Skopje and Tetovo to the Ohrid region, ancient cities and mountain landscapes. Essential and Worth a detour indicate learning priorities. Landscape pins are representative locations, separate from visitor entrances or hiking routes. Check local opening and access information, and respect active places of worship. Select a pin to read about a place, then play the map and find them all.
Take Macedonian with you
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on.
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