Pristina
Kosovo
“A good city to live in, but not a good city to sightsee in,” the owner of the hostel told me. I respectfully disagree. As a backpacker, I’ve grown to crave these soothing, calm cities where not much happens and where local businesses don’t revolve around tourists, unlike on the Albanian or Croatian coast.
A magnificent Neo-Romanesque church stands at the end of the main street, and a beautiful modernist library—specifically late Yugoslav modernism—offers great photographic opportunities, especially from high vantage points like the church’s east tower.