--- title: "Orizari – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Orizari, North Macedonia: Šuto Orizari, often shortened as Šutka (Шутка), is one of the ten municipalities that make up the City of Skopje, the capital of…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/orizari" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/orizari.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/%D0%8F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B0_%282%29.JPG/1920px-%D0%8F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B0_%282%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Municipality of North Macedonia · Grad Skopje # Orizari Šuto Orizari, often shortened as Šutka (Шутка), is one of the ten municipalities that make up the City of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia. ![Orizari](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/%D0%8F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B0_%282%29.JPG/1920px-%D0%8F%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B0_%282%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Orizari · This illustration was made by Rašo. An email to Rašo would be… The place Šuto Orizari, often shortened as Šutka (Шутка), is one of the ten municipalities that make up the City of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia. Šuto Orizari is also the name of the urban neighbourhood where the municipal seat is located. It consists of a council and mayor. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0uto_Orizari_Municipality), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Orizari 4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Scupi Scupi is an archaeological site located between Zajčev Rid and the Vardar River, several kilometers from the center of modern Skopje in North Macedonia. A Roman military camp was founded here in the second century BC on the site of an older Dardanian settlement. 3.7 km · archaeological site in Macedonia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scupi) 2. Skopje Aqueduct The Skopje Aqueduct is an aqueduct and archaeological site located in the neighbourhood of Vizbegovo, 2 km northwest of central Skopje, North Macedonia. The Skopje Aqueduct is the only aqueduct in Macedonia, and one of three largest and well preserved in the former Yugoslavia along with Diocletianus Aqueduct near Split, Croatia and Bar Aqueduct in Montenegro. 2.1 km · bridge in Macedonia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje_Aqueduct) 3. Skopje Zoo The Skopje Zoo is a 12-hectare zoo near City Park in Skopje, North Macedonia. It is home to 500 animals representing 85 species. 3.9 km · zoo in Skopje, North Macedonia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje_Zoo) 4. Mother Teresa University in Skopje Mother Teresa University in Skopje is a public university based in Skopje, North Macedonia. Studies in this institution are conducted in Albanian and Macedonian. 3.2 km · Public university in Skopje, North Macedonia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa_University_in_Skopje) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Orizari **Airports:** Skopje (SKP), 19 km · Priština Adem Jashari (PRN), 67 km · Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle (OHD), 111 km\ **Stations:** Brazda Airport, 3.2 km\ - Ohrid → Orizari 164 km · quickest by road, 4h 25m · $23–31 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ohrid-to-orizari) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ohrid&to=Orizari) - Prishtina → Orizari 134 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · $16–22 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/prishtina-to-orizari) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Prishtina&to=Orizari) - Niš → Orizari 164 km · quickest by road, 3h 17m · din1,300–1,730 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nis-to-orizari) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ni%C5%A1&to=Orizari) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Orizari) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Orizari Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Orizari. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Instead of wasting your money, you could try hitch-hiking but first take a train/bus as close to the border as possible (Kumanovo/Palanka or Kjustendil) and try from there. From [Wikivoyage: Skopje](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Skopje), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Thasos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/thasos) GR 10 ways of moving, 17 sources 308 km 2. [Mount Athos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mount-athos) GR 9 ways of moving, 21 sources 321 km 3. [Mljet](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mljet) HR 9 ways of moving, 28 sources 330 km 4. [Korčula](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/korcula) HR 9 ways of moving, 33 sources 366 km 5. [Hvar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hvar) HR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 421 km If you know how people move in Orizari – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Corizari&title=Orizari&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Forizari), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Orizari Orizari is 5 km from [Skopje](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/skopje), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Vizbegovo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vizbegovo) village in Macedonia 2.4 km - [Radišani](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/radisani) village in Macedonia 3 km - [Butel](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/butel) neighbourhood in Skopje, Butel Municipality, Macedonia 2.3 km - [Šuto Orizari](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/suto-orizari) settlement in Šuto Orizari Municipality, Skopje, Macedonia 1.1 km - [Dolno Orizari](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dolno-orizari) village in Šuto Orizari Municipality, Macedonia 300 m [The place page for Orizari](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/orizari) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on North Macedonia](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-MK) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/orizari, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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