This city of statues cannot be real! SKOPJE, North Macedonia
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Hi everyone! This is the
Hi everyone! This is the fifth video in my Balkans series.
The capital of North Macedonia, Skopje, is definitely not your average city. The government recently delivered on a controversial project called "Skopje 2014" with the aims of boosting tourism and building national pride. It might have cost a lot of money, but from a selfish tourist perspective, the statues and buildings that were erected are aesthetically pleasing.
In this video, I talk to some locals about Skopje 2014 and some of the statues, whilst also visiting the remains of the house where Mother Teresa was born.
Finally, I stumbled across the old railway station, featuring the clock stuck at 5:17 - the time on 26 July 1963 when a massive earthquake changed the fate of Skopje forever.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Name of the city
1:18 Tourist information
2:21 Alexander the Great
4:32 Statue of the Intellectuals
8:01 Along the river and Skopje 2014
9:53 Pirate ship
10:42 Bridge with statues
12:48 Other side of the river
14:31 Stone Bridge
15:44 Back to Alexander the Great
16:46 Mother Teresa
18:15 Arc
20:04 Park with statues
22:17 Old railway station
23:17 Closing remarks
The capital of North Macedonia, Skopje, is definitely not your average city. The government recently delivered on a controversial project called "Skopje 2014" with the aims of boosting tourism and building national pride. It might have cost a lot of money, but from a selfish tourist perspective, the statues and buildings that were erected are aesthetically pleasing.
In this video, I talk to some locals about Skopje 2014 and some of the statues, whilst also visiting the remains of the house where Mother Teresa was born.
Finally, I stumbled across the old railway station, featuring the clock stuck at 5:17 - the time on 26 July 1963 when a massive earthquake changed the fate of Skopje forever.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Name of the city
1:18 Tourist information
2:21 Alexander the Great
4:32 Statue of the Intellectuals
8:01 Along the river and Skopje 2014
9:53 Pirate ship
10:42 Bridge with statues
12:48 Other side of the river
14:31 Stone Bridge
15:44 Back to Alexander the Great
16:46 Mother Teresa
18:15 Arc
20:04 Park with statues
22:17 Old railway station
23:17 Closing remarks
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