Comments on Balkanology Blog: New Kosovo guidebook

Well, the new Bradt Guide is certainly the first E...

2008-02-20T21:00:00.000Z

Well, the new Bradt Guide is certainly the first English language guide devoted entirely to Kosovo. Yes, the Blue Guide to Albania did indeed have sixty pages on Kosovo, but it was dreadfully dated, and focused on buildings at the expense of social insight. And of course, for historians of travel literature, Edith Durham's High Albania, published in 1909 had some splendid Kosovo material (interesting that Durham dismissed Pristina as 'hopeless looking'!). But the new Bradt Guide is a huge step forward. I have done no more than browse through its circa 300 pages but it seems a very fine piece of travel writing.
Nicky Gardner
editor
hidden europe magazine
www.hiddeneurope.co.uk

It is worth the effort Alan. It's a great site. Bu...

2008-01-08T09:00:00.000Z

It is worth the effort Alan. It's a great site. Business and livelihoods in the Balkans are far better served by websites like this than by nationalist rhetoric. Good on you.

Sara, it may be coming but it's not here yet. When...

2007-12-04T21:41:00.000Z

Sara, it may be coming but it's not here yet. When it does I will try to find time to reorganise the site, which happens to involve quite a lot of work. That is, if I decide to keep the site going. So many people write to complain about me being biased about this or that country, I'm starting to think it's not worth the effort.

alan, I find your website biased towards Serbia si...

2007-12-04T21:30:00.000Z

alan, I find your website biased towards Serbia since you have not included Kosovo in the menu on the left in the front page of your website. Republic of Kosova is coming..

Wim, I think that must be the Blue Guide to Albani...

2007-11-19T18:11:00.000Z

Wim, I think that must be the Blue Guide to Albania. As far as I know it was last published in 2001. But I think the Bradt Guide still qualifies as the first in English dedicated entirely to Kosovo.

Actually it is not the first Kosovo guide. One of ...

2007-11-19T17:56:00.000Z

Actually it is not the first Kosovo guide. One of the existing Albania guides defines Albania as Greater Albania and includes Kosovo, NW Macedonia, Ulcinj/Ulqin, etc.

I had it once, but I lent it to someone who never returned it. And I can't remember who was the publisher.