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Expat activities
New expat arrivals and any stray foreigners that find themselves wandering Tirana are welcome to mingle with Tirana's small but active group of expats....
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Driving & Surviving
Driving in Albania could be the ride of the lifetime - though it could easily be your last ride too. Until 1990 it was only the elite that was allowed to use the total of 600 cars that were in Albania....
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The Bektashi sect
Albania is often characterised in foreign media as a majority Muslim country, despite being rather secular in practise and also having significant numbers of Orthodox and Catholic believers....
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Café talk
May I have a... - A mund të kem një...espresso - kafe ekspresturkish coffee - kafe ...
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No smoking
With one of the highest levels of smoking in Europe and cigarettes available on every street corner, many people were sceptical when the government announced a complete ban on smoking in public places from 26 May 2007....
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Drink ujë, not aqua
Order a bottle of mineral water with your meal, and chances are that you'll get sparkling water that was shipped all the way from France, Italy or further away – usually at a high price for both the environment and the diner's wallet....
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Table talk
Welcome!Mirëseerdhët!What do you recommend?Çfarë rekomandoni?I would like... do të preferoja... May I have a....
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Where to find Tirana In Your Pocket
Full 52-page print copies of Tirana In Your Pocket (500 lek, €4) are available at the following places in Tirana....
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Traditional dress
Albania's rich and varied cultural heritage is perhaps best demonstrated by the incredible range of traditional clothing....
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Headstone
The Commonwealth Military Cemetery in the park is marked by a large block of polished red granite. Look closely and you can just see three small holes above the second plaque....
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Southern Albania
Most Western visitors to Albania travel for business, and unfortunately don't see more of Albania than the road from the airport, and Tirana's bllok area....
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Tirana In Your Pocket staff
Tirana In Your PocketPublishers Gazmend Haxhia, Jeroen van Marle, ScoEditorial management: Rentapocket....
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Albanian adventure sports
Apart from the lovely people, Albania's main attraction is the magnificent mountain scenery. Unfortunately, with bad information, roads and signposting and few travel agents organising trips into these wild places, it's not easy for foreign visitors to get the best out of the country....
Welcome to Saligrad
The slogan ‘Welcome to Saligrad’ can be seen sprayed on walls across Tirana, accompanied by stars – a pun on Sali Berisha (the Albanian prime minister) by some rascals with too much time and paint on their hands. Just like in the classic scene in Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian’, when Roman soldiers correct the bad grammar of the Judean People’s Front activists, the hoodlums who were painting the Saligrad slogans were approached by policemen who commented that they had spelled ‘Stalin’ wrong.
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