Spomenik PT.2
 

Hi Folks! :)

This will be my part 2 of the Spomenik/Brutalist trip across balkans (and more).
Leaving from Italy on October 2nd, anticlockwise through Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, (Maybe Romania) Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and back through Croatia. Some 300kms per day, for a grand total of circa 6k in roughly 20 days.

I ride solo mostly with tent (wild and established camping) and stove but I enjoy some good sleep in a nice room.

Looking for hints, tips, not-to-be-missed roads, pals to ride along, sofas to sleep on in change of some chitchat ;-)

Ride safe!

Massimo

Hi Massimo,


if you are heading out for Spomeniks you might know


www.spomenikdatabase.org



if not, this is THE Spomenik guide.


Must see in Bulgaria is the Buzludzha Monumet.


best regards
Bernd

Hi Bernds, and thanks for taking care :)
Yup, the spomenik database is my bible!

...and of course the Budzludzha Monument is a huge POI in my map :)

Have you avere been round there?

Hi,


we just returned from a 4 week Balkan 4wheel trip with focus on Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo and North Macedonia.


Personal highlights were:
Petrova Gora monument ,Petrova Gora, Croatia
Monument to the Revolution, Podgarić, Croatia
Bogdan Bogdanovic’s concrete flower and Jasenovac memorial site, Jasenovac ,Croatia
Battle of Sutjeska Monument, Sutjeska National Park, Bosina-Herzegowina
The Ilinden Uprising Monument or Makedonium, Kruševo, North Macedonia
The massive Kadinjača Memorial Complex, Užice, Serbia

There are also plenty of Brutalist buildings. A good database is
www.sosbrutalism.org


our highlights
National Library of Kosovo, Prestina, Kosovo
Youth Centre, Prestina, Kosovo (there is a carpark in the arena if you find the entrance, very cool)


Skopje is a bit of a wannabe Ashgabat and Disneyland capital but Telecommunication building and University are great sights for brutalist fans.

Have fun and watch the boarder queues. We spent 7,5 hours at the Serbia Croatia boarder. None of the internet times were correct.

Best regards
Bernd

Hi Bernd!

Thanks for your contribution. Those are exactly the spomeniks I went for two yrs ago (except the Makedonium, which is on my radar for the "southernmost" spomenik pt2.
Thank you for the concrete highlights (Yes, I'm into brutalism too :D)
Will surely take note!