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# Prishtina

Pristina is the capital and largest city of Kosovo.

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## Every way there

- Ilinden → Prishtina 83 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · $8–12 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ilinden-to-prishtina) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ilinden&to=Prishtina)
- Niš → Prishtina 93 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · din640–860 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nis-to-prishtina) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Ni%C5%A1&to=Prishtina)
- Podgorica → Prishtina 158 km · quickest by road, 4h 51m · $20–27 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/podgorica-to-prishtina) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Podgorica&to=Prishtina)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Prishtina, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Prishtina](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/prishtina)

What Prishtina has

- Y Scheduled flights Prishtina (PRN), 15 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 1 timetable feed for this country, 0 with real-time
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

42.667°, 21.167°

It is the administrative center of the eponymous municipality and district.

Get in

## Getting to Prishtina

1. Pristina International Airport
2. Pristina Bus Station
3. Pristina Train Station Tirana St (near the end of Garibaldi St.).
4. Fushë Kosova Train Station Apart from the highway to Albania and the modern one to the border with Macedonia, the connection with other cities is fairly close but roads are not well maintained and traffic can be heavy at times.

See

## Worth seeing

1. The National Gallery of Kosovo
2. Kosovo National Museum
3. Pristina Ethnographic Museum
4. Independence Museum Enver Zymberi (beside Tiffany’s restaurant).
5. Pristina Prison Museum
6. Museum of American Art Zija Prishtina St., fax: +383 38 544472, info@stacion.org.

Do

## Things to do

Climb the Mother Teresa Cathedral. Climb or take an elevator up the cathedral for a magnificient view of the city. If you are bold, head up 5-10 min before the full hour, to enjoy the bells at first sight. €1.50. Hike to the Bear Sanctuary through Gërmia Park. It is a good 8 km from the city but with rewarding views on a good day.

1. National Theater of Kosovo
2. Dodona Theatre
3. ODA Theatre 111 (Luan Haradinaj?) (next to City Stadium), fax: +383 038 246 555, oda@teatrioda.com.
4. National University Library of Kosovo
5. Sunny Hill Festival Bërnicë e Poshtme village (From center of Prishtina, head 10 km towards Mitrovica).
6. Best Mid-Sized Festivals

Eat

## Where to eat

There is a variety of restaurants with something for everyone's taste. Radio taxi drivers will know the location of most major restaurants frequented by internationals. Try a traditional qebabtore (you can find one anywhere), or a Turkish doner shop (best ones around the corner from Pejton Place, near UNDP) for a real taste of the local food and great value.

1. Aurora Xhorxh Bush (across from RTK tower).
2. City Bakery Përmendorja e Nënës Terezë?, Bulevardi Nënë Tereza, 41 (Centre),.
3. Sarajevo Fast Food
4. Piccadilly – Burektore
5. Burektore Dini Crispy burek; cheese burek is especially good.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pristina) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Pristina), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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