Early spring is an ideal period for a walking tour to Gornji Stoliv in the Bay of Boka Kotorska. Driving from Tivat in the direction of Prčanj and Kotor, you will soon arrive in the picturesque village of Stoliv, a small fisherman’s settlement from the 14th century that remained preserved over the centuries. Stoliv is […]
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FROM CETINJE TO RIJEKA CRNOJEVIĆA – THE OLD TRADE ROUTE
There are a lot of hiking opportunities in the surroundings of Skadar Lake. One of the less-known hiking trails is the old trade route that leads from Cetinje to Rijeka Crnojevića. Unfortunately, the weekend was rainy and so we could only make a tour by car with the intention to explore this trail in advance. […]
BJELOPAVLIĆI: BIKING THROUGH GARBAGE LAND
Our first biking tour this year had to be an easy one, as we needed some training. We decided to make a trip through the Bjelopavlići plain, taking the old road from Podgorica to Danilovgrad and then back along the other side of the Zeta river, passing by the Ždrebaonik monastery and further returning through […]
GORNJA LASTVA AND VRMAC – A HIKING PARADISE
This weekend was a good opportunity to make a hiking tour to the Vrmac hill. We had already explored this peninsula several times from the Kotor side, but today we decided to approach it from the Tivat side. The tour started from Donja Lastva where we parked our car (but you can also start […]
PODGORICA – MEMORIES OF SNOW
Next week I will finally go home, switching from hot and sunny Australia to grey and rainy Podgorica. Last year it was quite different. I was in Holland in the beginning of February and it was a shock to hear and read in the Dutch newspapers that Montenegro’s capital was brought to a standstill by […]
INDIAN SUMMER ON MOUNT LOVĆEN
The last weekend, warm and sunny, was an excellent opportunity to make a tour around the Lovćen National Park and enjoy the beautiful autumn colours of the beech forests and the spectacular view from the rotunda of Njegoš’s mausoleum on the summit of Jezerski Vrh. We took the road from Cetinje to Ivanova Korita and then […]
PODGORICA: SHADOWS OF GREY
Prefabricated buildings are perhaps one of the most widespread legacies of communism. Entering or leaving any city from Tirana to St. Petersburg, from Podgorica to Kyev and Odessa, visitors have to make their way through suburbs filled with unattractive grey concrete housing blocks. After World War II, panel factories were built everywhere in the East European […]
KEEP MONTENEGRO CLEAN – TAKE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY!
When I remember my life in former Yugoslavia, I have the feeling that solid waste management was at a high level at that time. The situation has deteriorated since then. Of course, things have changed: nowadays we produce much more waste, and plastic bags from the supermarkets have become an unavoidable part of the landscape […]
CAMPER TOURISM – A MISSED CHANCE FOR MONTENEGRO?
Traveling from Montenegro to Holland these days, I have seen HUNDREDS of mobile homes, i.e. campers and caravans on the highways in Croatia, Slovenia, Austria and Germany heading southwards, to the sunny countries around the Mediterranean. Many „pensionados“ from the northern part of Europe, age 60+, spend the winter – or at least a part […]
LET’S CLEAN UP MONTENEGRO!
Today I want to dedicate my blog to the ECO-WEEK that is organized on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the Declaration of the „Ecological State of Montenegro“. This awareness-raising campaign – financed by the European Union – will last from 15-22 September and is extremely important for the future of Montenegro. Why? Many […]