From Balkan Anarchist Bookfair
Balkan Anarchist Bookfair
July 5-7, 2024
Prishtina, Kosovo
Friday, July 5
Location: Termokiss
10:30 – 12:00 – Brunch
Vegan brunch by Bukë për krejt collective
13:00 – 14:00 – Our own tech infrastructure in our own hands
A discussion about the need to develop and use our own tech infrastructure, including email, online tools, calendars, websites, servers, and more. The session will explore what technologies and services are currently available for the anarchist movement, what people are using, and what might be important in the future. This open discussion, will be shaped by the participants in the room, aimed at realizing our needs in fostering self-reliance and autonomy in our technological needs.
Presenter: Radar.Squat – European geographies
14:00 – 15:30 – Revolt in ink: The Operation and Significance of Anarchist Printing in Balkans
A discussion on the importance of anarchist-run printing operations in the Balkans, focusing on their role in the anarchist movement. The session will explore how these printing collectives manage their operations and the challenges they face, particularly in the face of state repression and limitations faced in the capitalist reality.
Participants: Druck Press Collective – Thessaloniki, Paigini Libere – Culj, Péntek Esti Kísértetjárás – Budapest
15:30 – 16:30 – Kill The Cop In Your Head – Committing To Liberatory Practices Within Anarchist Communities
A workshop on the praxis of transformative justice, a process that examines power and seeks to address the root causes of harm and violence by transforming the underlying social conditions that perpetuate them. Dismantling the state’s carceral system inherently involves building alternatives, and this requires applying anarchist and feminist principles like collective care, cooperation, and mutual aid. This is an invitation to explore liberatory practices which foster experimentation, adaptation and resilience – all essential for our movement to thrive in hostile environments. Our comrade which will facilitate this workshop, will also share her lived experiences and ideas on how to use anti-oppressive and trauma-informed practices in anarchist communities, highlighting the importance of fostering generative conflict towards safer spaces.
Facilitator: Pepel from Sofia
16:30 – 18:30 – Resisting Fortress Europe: Migration in Balkans and Anarchist Response to Border Control and Migration Management
Balkan is a crucial point in the passage of countless people en route to European cities. As a border frontier of Europe, Balkan countries have assumed a role of control over the movement (pushing back, robbing, beating, detaining, and even murdering migrants), all covered in the technocratic language of migration management, for the sake of “Fortress Europe”. In addition, the Balkans are also a source of migration, including intra-Balkan movements. This two-hour discussion will delve into the complex dynamics of migration in the region, exploring how anarchist movements have approached the issue of border control and violence against migrants, resisted racist anti-migrant structures, and created solidarity with people on the move. We will examine the role of Balkan countries in border militarization and control, the impact of migration management policies including the tendency of EU states to create own extraterritorial migrant asylum/detention centers in Balkans.
Participants: Assembly Against Pushbacks and Detention – Athens, Stop War on Migrants Assembly – Thessaloniki, Grupi Anarko-Sindikalist i Prishtinës (GASP) – Prishtina, Paula Tushi – Palermo, Anam and Tsüti – Independent activists working along the Serbia-Croatia border
Location: Komuna Social Center
19:30 – 20:30 – Self-Managed Abortion: A Proposal for Building a Support Networks in the Balkans
Abortion is an ancient practice, which transcends the formality of today’s political or medical institutions. Much of its history has been preserved through traditions, with community members passing down knowledge of abortifacients through generations, tending to each other in networks of care and promoting self-managed abortion especially early in the pregnancies. This presentation will discuss the importance of self-managed abortion and the creation of a Balkan-wide autonomous network to share information, provide emotional support, and connect individuals with needed assistance. This topic is crucial as legal restrictions on reproductive rights intensify globally, and accessing life-saving procedures is increasingly delayed by over-medicalization. The conversation will also host comrades from Las Kumpas, geography of Chile, who will share their experiences from an anarchist perspective. They will highlight the significance of SMA in reducing state control and promoting reproductive autonomy. Their insights will be invaluable for building similar networks in the Balkans, continuing the conversation in various communities after BAB.
Participants: Supporting Abortions for Everyone (SAFE) – geographies of Europe, Las Cumpas – Abortion Network of Andean geography of Atacama Desert
20:30 – 21:30 – Film Screening: “Keramidi”
Keramidi is a self-organized and self-produced film, recorded in April 2022, inside and outside of the Yfanet squat, as an attempt to trace through a fictional story the labyrinthine paths of a memory lost. It is a small contribution towards the liberation of all these forms of communication and wealth of expression, which seem to be handed over to capitalism.
After a screening, a Q&A with the Yfanet collective will be organized.
Saturday, July 6
Location: Termokiss
10:30 – 11:30 – Climate Crisis, Weather Catastrophes and Anti-authoritarian Responses
Climate change and extreme weather events have become the companions of our era, those phenomena are, among other things, expressed as a general warming of the atmosphere and in lower annual average precipitation, spread over extreme time frames. Such unstable environmental conditions affect virtually all segments of society, in both global and local contexts, in both urban and rural areas and call for appropriate societal responses. It is important to recognize that such changes have not occurred on their own accord, but that the state and the capitalist system, and their tendency to endlessly exploit people and nature, are largely responsible. Among a lot of crisis produced by the capitalism and state also this is an important one to address, since it affects all the society and our lives. The discussion will highlight the analysis and anti-authoritarian approaches to the climate change issues and how to address them on different levels – as a fight against the corrupted system, on the level of involving into discourse within the society and concrete responses in the time of the catastrophes.
Presentation: Zadruga Urbana – Ljubljana
11:30 – 13:30 – Lunch
Vegan lunch by Bukë për krejt collective
13:00 – 15:00 – Radical Kinship – Anarcha Queer Feminism In The Balkans
Queering anarchism means upsetting and questioning the structures that our communities are built on and uniting it with the struggle for self-determination against oppressive systems. Too often we see the same old patterns being reproduced in radical anarchist circles and spaces: cis male domination, reproduction of power and domination dynamics, modes of subjugation and exploitation, lack of care and empathy. In this discussion anarcha queer feminist collectives from around the Balkans come together to exchange their experiences and collectively envision ways to fight domination within their anarchist communities.
15:00 – 16:30 – Anarchist Media
The discussion will explore the various types of media anarchists can use to reach a wide audiences as well as act as an information hub within the movement. It will focus on how to create non-commercial media, navigate an overly saturated media landscape, and provide good and informative content. The discussion will highlight the role of anarchist media as couriers of news and repositories of knowledge and histories, addressing the challenges and importance of these platforms for the anarchist movement. This session aims to share insights and strategies for building effective and resilient anarchist media networks
Participants: Črna Luknja (Ljuljaba) / Anarchist and Antiauthoritarian Radio Network (Geographies of Europe), Anarhiva – Geography or Romania, Indymedia – Athens, Radar.Squat – Geographies of Europe
16:30 – 18:30 – Capital, State and War – Anarchist Response to Nationalism and Militarism in the Balkans
At a crucial time of capital’s accumulation crisis, the fires of war are ravaging across the world, putting us at the brink of a world war (some may argue its already happening), and the emergence of explicit form of fascism. The Balkans, being at the crossroads of different geopolitical, both local and international imperialist forces, is also having a revival of nationalism and militarist aspirations, with all states becoming more militarized, massing weapons and talking about introducing mandatory military service (those who did not do it yet), which coincides with shifts in capital accumulation. During the discussion the panel will explore how the above have been manifested in different Balkan countries through the lens of collectives from different Balkan geographies, as well as it will attempt to explore forms of resistances to local, yet intertwined, nuances of militarism and nationalism. Furthermore, it aims to shed light upon the triangle Capital-State-War that characterizes capitalist development and its reproduction, especially its ability to initiate crises and through the latter, expend its grip against populations.
Participants: Komuna / GASP – Facilitator – Prishtina, SENKA – Belgrade, Antipolitika – Anarchist journal from the Balkans, FAO – Geographies of Slovenia / Croatia, Black Cats – Ljubljana
18:45 – 19:45 – The revolution of the multiplicity – Discussion between the author Gerald Rauning and Artan Sadiku
How do the multiplicities of an-arche form a resonance that can open revolutionary cycles today? This is probably a question that many comrades and groups that do not want to conform to essentials and identitarian politics, talk and think often. When many groups and theories of the multitude have already distanced from the concept of community, one which always already encloses itself with identity thus becoming non-revolutionary, we are faced with the question of how to actualize a molecular revolution; how to create a revolutionary assemblage of minor voices. These and other topics will be discussed during the conversation of the author Geral Rauning with Artan Sadiku (Skopje) and the public, which aims to contribute to a wider existing ones taking place within revolutionary, autonomous, anarchist, queer and other groups that increasingly find themselves between two dangerous traps: that of the dictate of the community and the misery of individualism.
Location: ODA theater
20:30 – 12:30 – Concert
A music rock/punk/metal concert. Bands and DJ’s TBA.
Sunday, July 7
Location: Termokiss
11:00 – 12:30 – BSN Assembly
A closed assembly for the participants of the Balkan Solidarity Network
12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch
Vegan lunch by Bukë për krejt collective
14:00 – 15:30 – Anarchist Squats and the Squatting Movement in the Balkans
Squatting, a long tradition of the anarchist movement representing a direct action approach to reclaiming space and resources from the state and capitalist systems, is crucial for providing autonomous spaces for organizing, living, and fostering community outside the constraints of mainstream society. However, these spaces in Balkans face significant challenges, from state repression to internal issues. This discussion will delve into the necessity of squatting, its vital role for the anarchist movement, and the struggles involved in maintaining these spaces. It will cover various challenges faced by squats in the Balkans, including state repression and the contradictions within the squatting communities themselves. Participants will share their experiences, insights, and strategies for overcoming these obstacles, highlighting the importance of squatting as a form of resistance and a means to build sustainable, autonomous communities in the region.
Participants: Prosfygika – Athens, Postaja – Zagreb, Yfanet – Thessaloniki
15:30 – 17:00 – Creating Spaces: The Importance of Autonomous Social Centers in Balkans
Autonomous social centers are vital political spaces for organizing, radical education, and community building. These centers serve as hubs for engaging with a wide spectrum of society with anarchist ideas, offering a glimpse into what a non-hierarchical, mutual aid-based organizing could look like. However, social centers operate in a constant state of contradiction, striving to maintain autonomy within a capitalist society. This discussion will explore the necessity and importance of autonomous social centers, their role in fostering radical political and social ideas, and the challenges and repressions they face. Furthermore, it will discuss the struggle to keep these spaces open and accessible without compromising their autonomy, the difficulties of sustaining activities and paying rent, and the workload imbalance. Additionally, the discussion will address the internal contradictions and the influence of capitalist and patriarchal norms on these spaces and strategies to counter them.
Participants: Komuna – Prishtina, Okretnica – Belgrade, Dunja – Skopje, Kopriva – Sofia
Location: Komuna Social Center
18:00 – 19:30 – Presentation – Faz3a initiative and situation in Palestine
Alongside the genocide in Gaza, Palestinians in the West Bank are experiencing an unprecedented spike in violent attacks and abuse perpetrated by both Israeli settlers and the Israeli army, often working in cohort. The Faz3a (فزعة, pronounced faz’a), a Palestinian led initiative which tries to organize the international civil protection from Israeli violence, will present the situation in occupied Palestine, with focus on violence in West Bank, its goal and their plea for support.
19:30 – 22:00 – Documentary Screening: “Belkî Sibê – A Journey Through The Syrian War and Rojava Revolution”
Belki Sibe is a volunteer soldier’s film unfolding over the 18 month journey through war and revolution, in Rojava Kurdistan North East Syria. It depicts the military life and battles on the frontlines, as well as the civil life at the rear and the social transformation attempted by the Autonomous Administration.
After a screening, an online Q&A with the documentary director will be organized
How To Travel To Prishtina
By car:
Prishtina is easily accessible by car, that is if you don’t mind driving. Roads are fairly good, and there are no toll tolls within Kosova, even on highways.
Suggested roads and border crossings:
If you are travelling from or through the geographies of Slovenia, Northern Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, and Rumania:
We suggest you travel through Serbia, past the city of Kuršumlija, towards the border crossing of Merdarë (Merdare). From then on in Kosova, past the city of Podujevë using road M25 towards Prishtina. As an alternative crossing point, we advise the Mutivodë (Mutivoda) crossing, then towards Prishtina using the road 125. We highly advise against crossing the border at the points of Jarinjë (Rudnica) and Bërnjak (Tabalije) as they tend to close anytime there is some political shitstorm brewing. Note that June is a season when diaspora tends to come to the Balkans, meaning that there will be considerably more cars on the road and possible congestion in the border crossings, not only in Kosova, but also in borders between Serbia and Croatia and Hungary, therefore plan your trip accordingly. You can find the real time information on border crossing waiting times on the internet. Also note that when you input Prishtina in the google maps, it shows you the route through Macedonia. In order to fix that, search the crossing of Merdarë or Mutivodë, then when you cross navigate towards Prishtina. In order to understand why google maps shows you a long route, read the part below “Note on travelling through Serbia”
Some estimates of km and time towards Prishtina
Niš: 120 km – 3h
Belgrade: 351 km – 5h
Novi Sad: 447 km – 6h
Sarajevo: 451 km – 8h
Timișoara: 460 km – 7h
Bucharest: 697 km – 10h
Zagreb: 747 km – 9h
Rijeka: 905 km – 10h
Maribor: 859 km – 9h30’
Ljubljana: 883 km – 10h
If you are travelling from or through geographies of Southern Croatia, Montenegro, Albania:
We suggest to travel through Albania, through the city of Milot (E851), towards the crossing point of Morinë (Vërmicë). From then on use the highway R7 towards Prishtina. Although it’s a turistic season and tens of thousands of people cross between Kosova and Albania daily during summer months, there is usually no waiting time.
Some estimates of km and time towards Prishtina
Tirana – 260 km – 4h
Podgorica: 257 km – 4h30’
Mostar: 532 km – 8h
Split: 663 km – 9h30’
If you are travelling from or through geographies of Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey:
We suggest to travel through Macedonia, past the city of Veles (A1), towards the crossing point of Hani i Elezit (Bllacë). From then on, use the highway R6 towards Prishtina.
Some estimates of km and time towards Prishtina
Skopje: 91 km – 1h30’
Ohrid: 254 km – 3h30’
Sofia: 333 km – 5h
Thessaloniki: 320 km – 4h
Kavala: 456 km – 5h’30
Plovdiv: 489 km – 6h
Ioannina: 542 km – 6h
Athens: 790 km – 9h
Istanbul: 900 km – 12h
By Bus:
If you plan to travel by bus, there are some direct lines with cities around the Balkans. Furthermore, there are regular lines with some cities in europe (For ex. Brussels, Vienna, Stuttgart), and some of them pass by some bigger Balkan cities. Below you will find some basic information. In this site, you may find information regarding bus lines (note always try to double check the information as the sites may have some inaccurate information): https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
Direct bus lines (most of them daily):
To and from Tirana
To and from Skopje
To and from Podgorica
To and from Niš
To and from Belgrade
To and from Novi Sad
To and from Zagreb
To and from Ljubjana
Connecting bus lines:
If you are travelling from Bosnia and Rumania: Connect through the bus line that goes from Belgrade. Buses often will stop at some designated point in the highway (like gas pump or entry to a city), taken that you coordinate with the bus company where to pick you up. If you are travelling from Bulgaria and Greece: Connect through Skopje. If you are travelling from the EU: check the bus lines that may be passing through or close to your city.
By Plane:
If you plan to come by plane, Prishtina Airport is the most suitable one. Alternatively, Skopje airport and Tirana airport are a bit further away but are much better connected with flights, so consider both those airports as alternatives.
Prishtina Airport:
Distance and time: 30km – 30’
How to come from the airport
Bus line a1:
Every hour from 7am – 12 am. See the timetable at https://trafikurban-pr.com/orari-dhe-linjat
Price: 1.5 Euros (one way)
Taxi:
We propose that you call a radio taxi from Prishitna and not use airport taxis as they tend to overcharge (especially if you are a foreigner). You can arrange a radio taxi beforehand to pick you up at the airport (usually reachable through viber and WhatsApp).
Price: appx. 15 Euros
Some RadioTaxi numbers (also you can find others online):
Tesla taxi: +38344501501 / +38349501501
Golden taxi: +38344300300 / +38349300300
Urban taxi: +38344151515 / +38344151515
Skopje Airport:
Distance and time: 112 km – 2h
How to come from the airport
Buses:
There is no direct bus line from the Skopje airport to Prishtina. One way to do it is use the airport shuttle to Skopje and then take a bus to Prishtina. Note that the the buses from and to Skopje from Prishtina, start from appx 6am – 6pm, so, depending on the time of your flight, buses may not be suitable.
Bus from Skopje airport to Skopje:
Price usually about 3.20 Euro (one way).
Pay in cash only in local currency MKD, or with card
timetable: https://www.wtransporter.com/#timetable
Bus from Skopje to Prishtina
Price usually about 8.5 Euros (one way).
Pay in cash only in the bus (MKD or EUR), or buy a ticket at the bus station (only in MKD or card)
Timetable: can be found here https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
Taxi:
There is a possibility to take a direct taxi from Skopje Airpot to Prishitna. As the airport is often used, the taxis from Prishtina have some good prices overall (the taxis from Skopje or Skopje Airport are much more expensive), especially if you are coming as a group. Just make sure you contact the company beforehand to arrange to pick you up.
Price: appx. 50 Euros – 70 Euros (in July expect the higher price)
Some RadioTaxi numbers (also you can find others online):
Tesla taxi (cheapest offer): +38344501501 / +38349501501
Golden taxi: +38344300300 / +38349300300
Urban taxi: +38344151515 / +38344151515
Tirana Airport:
Distance and time: 240 km – 3h30’
How to come from the airport
Buses:
Buses that travel between Tirana and Prishtina pass by Tirana airport, so you may use those buses for travel to Prishtina. Note that buses start their shift from appx. 6am – 8 pm.
Timetable: can be found here https://travel.gjirafa.com/en
Price: usually 15 euros (one way)
Taxi:
There is a possibility to take a direct taxi from Tirana Airport to Prishtina. With this said, taxis from Prishtina are not that cheap, but still do the trick, especially if you are a group. Just make sure you contact the company beforehand to arrange to pick you up.
Price: appx. 110 – 140 Euros
Some RadioTaxi numbers (also you can find others online):
Tesla taxi: +38344501501 / +38349501501
Golden taxi: +38344300300 / +38349300300
Urban taxi: +38344151515 / +38344151515
Note on travelling from and to Serbia
As you know, we live in nationalist clusterfuck that makes everything more complicated. There is this curious problem that one may face, depending on the route, if you plan to travel in between Kosova and Serbia. This may seem complex but it’s fairly straightforward. So we will explain in bullet points and wider explanation below:
If you enter Kosova from Serbia: No problem
If you enter Kosova from Serbia and then go back through Serbia: No problem
If you want to enter Kosova from Serbia and continue your journey anywhere else but Serbia: No Problem.
If you enter Kosova from Albania, Macedonia or Montenegro, and after you want to continue to go to Serbia: Problem. You have to go through Macedonia or Montenegro.
So in short, as Serbia does not recognize Kosova, coming from Serbia to Kosova and going back presents no problem as it considers it the same territory. But if you enter Kosova from any other border and wish to continue towards Serbia (for example: you come from thessaloniki to BAB in Prishtina and want to continue to Buchurest), you cannot enter through the crossings between Kosova and Serbia, as Serbia considers that you have entered illegally to its territory. Then the only way is to go out of Kosova and enter through any other border. People usually go from Prishtina to Skopje then onward through Serbia.
Visa Requirements
In order to get to Kosova, comrades holding documents from Balkan countries can enter Kosova without a Visa, with exception of those with BiH documents which need a visa. With this said below you will find some country specific information for the Balkans and beyond.
In any case, if you need any assistance with the visa, information, or anything else feel free to write to us at bab2024@riseup.net
Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia
No visa is required. Entry is permitted with any form of national ID. However, comrades with Serbian documents should note that they cannot enter Kosova with a Serbian passport; only an ID card is accepted.
Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Slovenia
Entry without a visa is possible with a biometric national ID or a passport, for stays up to 90 days. If you lack a passport or biometric ID (notably for Greek comrades), please contact us at bab2024@riseup.net to see what we can do.
Turkey
Visa-free entry is allowed with a passport, with a stay duration of up to 90 days.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
A visa is required. Entry is permitted with a valid passport and pre-obtained visa. However, holders of an EU residence permit or a valid multi-entry Schengen visa can enter for up to 14 days without a visa.
EU countries
Can enter Kosova visa-free, using a biometric national ID or passport, with a permissible stay of up to 90 days.
UK
Visa-free entry is allowed with a passport, with a stay duration of up to 90 days.
Moldova and Belarus
A visa is required. Entry is permitted with a valid passport and pre-obtained visa. However, holders of an EU residence permit or a valid multi-entry Schengen visa can enter for up to 14 days without a visa.
Russia
A visa is required, entry is permitted with a valid passport and pre-obtained visa. Russian passport holders without an EU residence permit or a valid multi-entry Schengen visa are advised to contact us before deciding to travel.
US and Canada
Visa-free entry is allowed with a passport, with a stay duration of up to 90 days.
Other
The list of countries that can enter Kosova without a visa, can be found here https://ambasadat.net/visas/. If you hold a passport from a country that is not mentioned above, you will need to apply for a visa.
Accommodation
As we have no squats in Prishtina, we have no capacity to offer any free accommodation. We have only a small fund to help individuals, groups or initiatives who cannot afford travel and/or accommodation expenses. Therefore we ask you whether you manage to arrange your own accommodation in Prishtina.
Considering that July is the time when people living abroad come to visit relatives (in huge numbers), we highly suggest you arrange accommodation as soon as possible, as later they may be unavailable and more expensive.
We will update with page with any changes and any potential offers (discounts) we may negotiate, so make sure to check it from time to time.
If you need additional info, assistance or you need some financial support please write to us to bab2024@riseup.net.
Hostels, Hotels, Airbnb
We don’t need to get into details of why we hate Airbnb. Either way, they are fairly expensive, and so are hotels. If you prefer those, feel free to book as you wish. Make sure you check the reviews in the apps.
As the cheapest option, we advise hostels. Prices range from 10 – 15 euros per person per night (depending on the room). We have no opinions on which hostel to book, but check the booking. You can contact the hostel directly via WhatsApp or Viber or if they have social media, write them there to book a room.
For your reference, the venue where the bookfair will take place is the neighbourhood called Dardania (Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/24AZXEhR5XXk6oWm6). Even though Prishtina is not a huge city, and you can get everywhere by foot relatively fast, below we will list some information on some of the hostels, and their distance from the venue. By no means this is a full list, so make sure you do your own hostels best suit you online.
City Park Hostel, Location: Mahalla e Muhaxherve (City park) https://maps.app.goo.gl/acUXYd3y1KtokzLu7, Phone: 383(0)48656669, Email: cityparkhostel@gmail.com, Site: https://www.cityparkhostel.com, Distance from the venue: walking: 30’, Bus 25’. Distance from city Center: Walking: 5’
GOT Prishtina Hostel, Location: Velania (behind the city park), https://maps.app.goo.gl/UBimVk3Ukz7ixu6z7, Phone: 383(0)48140077, Email: no info, Site: no info, Distance: Walking 35’, Bus 35’
Bus Station Hostel, Location: Emshir https://maps.app.goo.gl/hZ3JPFgqdYWKExW27, Phone: 383(0)45629429, Email: no info, Site: no info, Distance: Walking: 5’
Hostel Tuba, Location: Aktash, Salla 1 Tetori https://maps.app.goo.gl/1h9cTpm3hKmMcbBt5, Phone: 383(0)44 955 855, Email: hosteltuba@gmail.com, Site: https://www.facebook.com/hosteltuba, Distance: Walking: 20’, Bus: 15’
Hostel Heimli, Location: Qyteti i vjeter (Old City Bazar) https://maps.app.goo.gl/eudGspeW3hzZNdxC7, Phone: 383(0)49560817, Email: no info, Site: no info, Distance: Walking: 35’, Bus: 20’
ODA Hostel, Location: Center (City Park), https://maps.app.goo.gl/HrJLUvXbvN1X86De8, Phone: 383(0)49888164, Email: oda.hostel@gmail.com, Site: https://www.facebook.com/hosteloda/, Distance: 30’: ,Bus: 25’
Hostel Prishtina Backpackers, Location: Vellusha https://maps.app.goo.gl/RtPiG1tTdCntYa3x8, Phone: 383(0)49910101, Email: no info, Site: no info, Distance: Walking: 35’, Bus: 20’
Alias Hostel, Location: Taslixhe (taukbashqe) https://maps.app.goo.gl/4E5nMeppVJj3nJQQ6, Phone: 383(0)44311022, Email: no info, Site: no info, Distance: Walking: 50’, Bus: 25’
Center House Hostel, Location: Center (Zahir Pajaziti), https://maps.app.goo.gl/W6HTd6SK4ze4oKKt6, Phone: 383(0)43547117, Email: no info, Site: no info, Distance: Walking: 15’, Bus:15’
Moon Hostel, Location: Center https://maps.app.goo.gl/pyhLqdcrmerH5jycA, Phone: 383(0)49196396, Email: no info, Site: no info, Distance: Walking: 15’, Bus:15’
Prishtina Center Hostel & Apartments, Location: Center, https://maps.app.goo.gl/w6sJScrXSuRmQb517, Phone 383(0)44967043, Email: prishtinacenterhostel@gmail.com, Site: https://www.prishtinacenterhostel.com/, Distance: Walking: 15’, Bus:15’
Newborn Center Hostel, Location: Center, https://shorturl.at/cpILP, Phone: no info, Email: no info, Site: no info, Distance: Walking: 20’ ,Bus:20’
Hostel Matteo, Location: center, https://maps.app.goo.gl/VCacWXZDhnQ5DmySA, Phone: no info, Email: no info, Site: no info, Distance: Walking: 20’, Bus: 20’
Hostel Dera, Location: center, https://maps.app.goo.gl/Rts2V2A4bvf7ivUL9, Phone number: 383(0)49 310 041, Email: hosteldera@gmail.com, Site: https://www.facebook.com/hosteldera/, Distance: Walking: 20’,Bus: 20’.
Moonlight Hostel, Location: Velania (Behind the central park), Location https://maps.app.goo.gl/juKpP3bfuATbsTmD7, Phone: 383(0)49480450, Email: no info, Site: no info, Distance: Walking: 40’,Bus: 30’.
FAQ
Is the City Safe from Fascists and Police?
It’s pretty safe. Fascists here tend to wear ties, not swastika shirts.
We don’t have organized fascist groups in Kosovo. Prishtina is a relatively safe city, but like anywhere else, it’s wise to be cautious, especially in the evenings if you’re walking in less populated areas.
Regarding the police, we don’t expect any major issues. However, having a bunch of black-dressed anarchists in the city is new for them, so we might see more surveillance than usual, but nothing unexpected.
Do You Have a Space for Children at the BAB Venue?
Yes, we’ll have a small area where children can hang out and play. An educator will be there to facilitate some activities.
Is It Possible to Pitch a Tent Somewhere in the City?
Wild camping is not regulated by law in Kosovo, so it’s a legal grey area. Within the city, it’s problematic as you need permission, and there aren’t parks in the area. Avoid private property and protected areas.
A recommended spot is Lake Badovc, about 7 km from the venue. People sometimes camp there in small groups without issues. However, it’s a secluded area, so be cautious about the safety of your belongings and yourself (from both people and wildlife).
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nAADAZaMhvihQMGx9
Research online for other possible areas and remember: Leave no trace behind you.
Is the City Disabled Friendly?
Unfortunately, the city is not well-designed for people with disabilities. Having someone to assist you can make a big difference. The venue itself is fairly accessible, except for the bathrooms, which aren’t wide enough for wheelchairs.
Do We Have to Pay for Books at the Border?
Books under the value of 300 euros per person are fine. Anything over 300 euros “should” be registered as a temporary import with customs. If you’re in a car with four people and they find your books, explain that these are personal books for each person, meant to be given away as gifts.
I Can’t Make It to BAB but Would Like to Send Books/Leaflets
Write to us, and we’ll see if we can accommodate your request with a table. Keep in mind that the costumes can charge import tax in it, but it’s good to indicate low price and/or as a gift. Also note the point above.
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