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The Runner of Prizren
The earliest and most famous archaeological find in Prizren is the Runner of Prizren (Vrapuesja e Prizrenit), a bronze figure of a running girl, which may have been attached to a vessel or a utensil.... -
Bus routes to Albania
The new highway leading from Prizren to the Albanian coast has dramatically cut travel times and makes several interesting travel routes possible.... -
About Prizren In Your Pocket
Prizren In Your Pocket is the first English-language city guide to Kosovo’s cultural capital, and is part of the acclaimed Europe-wide In Your Pocket city guide series.... -
Prizren specialities
Prizren's traditional food is characterised by its great taste and rich use of spices and oil. The famous sweets sold at the ëmbëltorjet (confectioneries) are often made using age-old family recipes.... -
Prizren history
Situated below a strategic hill on the border of a fertile plain, Prizren was always at the crossroads of important trade routes from the Adriatic coast into the Balkans.... -
Filigree art
Filigree, known as filigrani in Kosovo, is an ancient craft that uses fine, mostly silver and gold thread to produce astonishingly intricate and beautiful, lace-like works of art, painstakingly assembled with thousands of tiny soldered joints.... -
Prizren travel basics
AlcoholAlcohol in Kosovo is relatively cheap and drunk in moderation. Beer is widely available, the most well known local brand being Peja, a light beer from the city of the same name in the western part of the country.... -
Public holidays
1-2 January New Year7 January Orthodox Christmas17 February Independence Day24 April 2011 Easter ... -
Street smarts
Street names generally start with rruga (Rr, street) or sheshi (square). In Prizren, street signs are written in all three official languages: Albanian, Serbian and Turkish.... -
What's in a name?
Known as Theranda in antiquity, this city has since been documented as Prisren, Prisrenum, Presarin, Prisarano, Prisreno, Prisori, Pristren, Prisarini, Jorsaim, Prisdriana, Prezren, Prizorian, Tarzerin, Perserin, Prizerin, Zerin, Prezren, Prizrin, Prizdren, Prezdrin and Prizren.... -
Purchasing power
How far does your euro, pound or dollar go in Prizren?Espresso €0.50Glass of local beer (0.5 litre) ...
About Prizren In Your Pocket
Prizren In Your Pocket is the first English-language city guide to Kosovo’s cultural capital, and is part of the acclaimed Europe-wide In Your Pocket city guide series. The guide aims to help foreign visitors independently plan trips to the city and the region by providing reliable information. This guide is available in print as well as online at www.prizren.inyourpocket.com or www.chwbkosovo.org, where all texts can be browsed for free or downloaded as a free printable PDF guide. Prizren In Your Pocket is produced by In Your Pocket in partnership with the Swedish Foundation Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB) - Kosovo Office, supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kosovo and other local partners in Prizren.
About CHwB
The Cultural Heritage without Borders Kosovo Office (www.chwbkosovo.org) works to preserve and promote endangered cultural monuments by using integrated conservation, restoration, capacity building of heritage institutions and raising awareness about cultural heritage. Apart from collaborating on the production of the guide, CHwB will distribute 5,000 copies of the print guide in Prizren and Kosovo.
Prizren In Your Pocket
© Albania Experience Sh.P.K, Rr. Papa Gjon Pali II, pall. 11/1, kati 6, Tirana, Albania
Tel +355 4 225 17 84, Fax +355 4 227 19 60
prizren@inyourpocket.com, www.inyourpocket.com
ISSN 2078-0826
Printing Evropa92, Kochani, Macedonia. Published 10,000 copies annually
Sales & Circulation
Manager Vullnet Malazogu (vullnet.malazogu@inyourpocket.com, tel. +377 45 59 50 01)
Publishers Gazmend Haxhia, Jeroen van Marle, Sco
Editorial
Editorial management Rentapocket.com: Jeroen van Marle, Sco
Project coordinators Nora Arapi and Enes Toska
Research and fact-checking Nora Arapi
Contributor Lawrence Marzouk
Layout & Design Vaida Gudynaitė
Photos Rentapocket, CHwB, Shannon Rice
Maps Prizren Municipality
Cover photo Sinan Pasha mosque, by Veton Nurkollari
Thanks
The Prizren IYP team would like to thank Sali Shoshi (Head of Office, CHwB Kosovo Office) and all others at Cultural Heritage without Borders for making this city guide possible. We also extend thanks to the Municipality of Prizren, especially the Directorate of Tourism and Economic Development, the Institute for the Protection of Monuments in Prizren, the religious communities, local NGOs, the local community in Prizren and to the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, who have all contributed in important ways to the realisation of Prizren In Your Pocket. We thank Mr. Sc. Afrim Topqideri for his contributions to the history section of the guide.
About CHwB
The Cultural Heritage without Borders Kosovo Office (www.chwbkosovo.org) works to preserve and promote endangered cultural monuments by using integrated conservation, restoration, capacity building of heritage institutions and raising awareness about cultural heritage. Apart from collaborating on the production of the guide, CHwB will distribute 5,000 copies of the print guide in Prizren and Kosovo.
Prizren In Your Pocket
© Albania Experience Sh.P.K, Rr. Papa Gjon Pali II, pall. 11/1, kati 6, Tirana, Albania
Tel +355 4 225 17 84, Fax +355 4 227 19 60
prizren@inyourpocket.com, www.inyourpocket.com
ISSN 2078-0826
Printing Evropa92, Kochani, Macedonia. Published 10,000 copies annually
Sales & Circulation
Manager Vullnet Malazogu (vullnet.malazogu@inyourpocket.com, tel. +377 45 59 50 01)
Publishers Gazmend Haxhia, Jeroen van Marle, Sco
Editorial
Editorial management Rentapocket.com: Jeroen van Marle, Sco
Project coordinators Nora Arapi and Enes Toska
Research and fact-checking Nora Arapi
Contributor Lawrence Marzouk
Layout & Design Vaida Gudynaitė
Photos Rentapocket, CHwB, Shannon Rice
Maps Prizren Municipality
Cover photo Sinan Pasha mosque, by Veton Nurkollari
Thanks
The Prizren IYP team would like to thank Sali Shoshi (Head of Office, CHwB Kosovo Office) and all others at Cultural Heritage without Borders for making this city guide possible. We also extend thanks to the Municipality of Prizren, especially the Directorate of Tourism and Economic Development, the Institute for the Protection of Monuments in Prizren, the religious communities, local NGOs, the local community in Prizren and to the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, who have all contributed in important ways to the realisation of Prizren In Your Pocket. We thank Mr. Sc. Afrim Topqideri for his contributions to the history section of the guide.