destinations
Korçë: A Guide to Albania's Most Underrated City
A pedestrian boulevard, a restored bazaar, Albania's oldest brewery, frescoed churches half an hour away, cool evenings at 850 metres. How to do Korçë well.
Xhiro
destinations
Albania's Evening Promenades: Where Every City Walks Its Xhiro
Every Albanian city keeps one street for the evening xhiro. This is the map of them all: Vlora's Lungomare, Durrës's Vollga, Korça's boulevard, and where Tirana walks.
culture
Xhiro: The Albanian Evening Walk That Every Town Still Does
Every evening, Albanians fill their town's main boulevard for the xhiro, a slow, aimless walk that is equal parts social ritual, fashion show, and way of life.