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 Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 2:59 am Post subject: SHOPPING IN MACEDONIA / MACEDONIA SHOPPING GUIDE |
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SHOPPING IN MACEDONIA
General
Nobody comes to Skopje for the shopping, but if you're here anyway, you might as well enjoy the increasingly improving shoppings scene. Don't forget to buy some Makedonki shoes for the wife and kids.
Found just east of the old train station (City Museum), Skopje's flower market offers a few kiosks selling flowers and plants for all occasions. Opening times vary from stall to stall, but you are guaranteed to find something open between 8 am and 11 pm every day.
At the far northern end of the Old Bazaar area, you will find Skopje's largest and oldest marketplace, brimming with fruit, vegetables, tabacco, herbs and plenty of Chinese items that falls to pieces the moment you switch it/put it on.
A fine bunch of stalls selling mostly edible products including fresh fruit and vegetables, dried beans, spices, cheese and the usual quota of Chinese rubbish, all of it found in a maze of concrete apartments immediately northeast of the old train station (City Museum). The green market also has a few cafés where you can stop and drink a coffee and generally watch the world go by.
Shopping hours
Mon-Fri 0800-2000 and Sat 0800-1500.
Banking hours
Mon-Fri 0700-1900; Sat 0700-1300.
Currency
Macedonian Denar (MKD) = 100 deni. Notes are in denominations of MKD5000, 1000, 500, 100, 50 and 10. Coins are in denominations of MKD5, 2 and 1, and 50 deni.
Currency exchange
All major currencies may be exchanged, but Euros are easiest to exchange.
Credit & debit cards
Very limited acceptance. Check with your credit or debit card company for details of merchant acceptability and other services which may be available.
Traveller's cheques
To avoid additional exchange rate charges, travellers are advised to take cheques in US Dollars or Euros.
Currency restrictions
There are no restrictions on the import and export of local or foreign currency. |
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