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Pristina
Capital and largest city of Kosovo

Pristina

Pristina is the capital and largest city of Kosovo.

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

Get in

Getting to Pristina

  1. 01
    Pristina International Airport
  2. 02
    Pristina Bus Station
  3. 03
    Pristina Train Station

    Tirana St (near the end of Garibaldi St.).

  4. 04
    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. 01
    The National Gallery of Kosovo
  2. 02
    Kosovo National Museum
  3. 03
    Pristina Ethnographic Museum
  4. 04
    Independence Museum

    Enver Zymberi (beside Tiffany’s restaurant).

  5. 05
    Pristina Prison Museum
  6. 06
    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. 01
    National Theater of Kosovo
  2. 02
    Dodona Theatre
  3. 03
    ODA Theatre

    111 (Luan Haradinaj?) (next to City Stadium), fax: +383 038 246 555, oda@teatrioda.com.

  4. 04
    National University Library of Kosovo
  5. 05
    Sunny Hill Festival

    Bërnicë e Poshtme village (From center of Prishtina, head 10 km towards Mitrovica).

  6. 06
    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. 01
    Aurora

    Xhorxh Bush (across from RTK tower).

  2. 02
    City Bakery

    Përmendorja e Nënës Terezë?, Bulevardi Nënë Tereza, 41 (Centre),.

  3. 03
    Sarajevo Fast Food
  4. 04
    Piccadilly – Burektore
  5. 05
    Burektore Dini

    Crispy burek; cheese burek is especially good.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.