#Kolašin

[lelejskagora]

Forrest between Berane and Kolašin, Montenegro. By Michael Hummel.

[jontycrane]

Bjelasica Mountains - Kolašin to Katun Vranjak

Montenegro is home to some of the most mountainous areas in Europe, and the Bjelasica Mountains are a great example of stunning scenery that very few hikers visit. They’re easily accessible, only a couple of hours north of the capital Podgorica, via the spectacular Moraca Canyon. Travelling through this on the bus was an unexpected bonus, though trying to take photos from a moving vehicle in…

[vivamundoreisen]

Zum Ende meines Recherchetrips ging es dann tatsächlich in den Schnee, nach Kolašin ins Hotel Bianca. ⛷️⛷️⛷️ Hier kannst Du alle Arten von Wintersport betreiben. Das 4 * Hotel Bianca ist mega-gemütlich, viel Holz wurde hier verarbeitet und überall wurde liebevoll rustikal dekoriert. 🌲🌲🌲 Leider blieb für den schönen Spa keine Zeit- beim nächsten Mal 😉 Mit einem guten Rotwein verabschiedete ich mich von Montenegro- wir arbeiten bereits an neuen Programmen 😘 #frauenreisenweltweit #frauenreise #frauenreisen #frauenreisengemeinsam #montenegro #montenegrowildbeauty #montenegrophoto #instamontenegro #kolašin #winter #wintersport #skiing #spa #hotelbiancakolasin #reisen #reisenmachtglücklich #reisenistschön #reisenistleben (hier: Montenegro) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoZCAtatxkx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gorskivijenac]

Serbian women from the Jeftović family, village Svinjare, vicinity of Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia. Photographed by the Austrian occupation in the First World War. Bildarchiv ÖNB.

[profesors]

◾Serbian girl dressed in serbian traditional clothes from Ibarski Kolašin, Southwestern Serbia 🇷🇸

[matthiasheiderich]

Memorial and Cultural Center, Kolašin, Montenegro. Photo: Matthias Heiderich, 2022.

[iseo58]

Serbian traditional clothes from Ibarski Kolašin, Kosovo

[zvetenze]

Traditional dwelling (kuća)

Kolašin, Montenegro

Kolašin is an important town in the Morača region of northern Montenegro. This region is mountainous and wooded, and this house is largely of timber construction (apart from modern roofing), upon a stone basement. The cellar is a storage space, with living above. At the left, the vertical planking encloses an entrance gallery, covered by an extension of the roof. (photo 1988)

[worldsandemanations]

Kolašin, Montenegro

[lelejskagora]

Halloween in Kolašin, Montenegro, 31.10.1919.

[safereturndoubtful]

Katun Vulića, Komovi Mountains - in the high life again..

Wednesday 18th October 2023

I decided to spilt to the journey over to the Accursed Mountains into two parts, each of about 90 minutes, in theory..

The roads are slow, but that is quite understandable. I’m following Montenegro’s scenic route 1, and it really is an incredible drive. I began at the Croatia border, the section through to Zabljak I have described before.

From Zabljak it descends about 900 metres to the Tara Canyon. Parts of the canyon are spoilt by tacky tourism, zip-lines, jeep safaris and suchlike, with shacks seeking souvenirs and nasty brandy. There are signs of this changing though; certainly there is considerably less litter around than when I was here five years ago.

The canyon gradually becomes a steep-sided valley, and now opens up to some impressive countryside, quite Alpine in character. The tourism here is more geared towards Nordic skiing in the winter, and hiking and MTB in the summer. There are a few campsites and I chose well, with a family site up into the hills a kilometre or so. It had rained gently all morning, but the cloud was lifting.

No sooner than I had settled in the young daughter of the owners fetched me over a welcome, and free, local beer. Later in the afternoon the owner herself brought me over some freshly baked bread with local cheese. I was the only van there, and for 12 euros, and with excellent facilities, it was really good. Pictured below.

This morning I discovered two Dutch cyclists had stayed also, and we had a long chat. I was to pass them on the road several times during the day. They were a young couple on a break from work, six months into a year’s travelling on their bikes, and heading into Albania then across to Italy.

After a couple of hours hike at the back of the campground I left to complete the second section of the journey to the Accursed’s.

At Kolašin I was held up though, by a two hour road closure. The Dutch cyclists passed me with no problem, and I locked the van up and wandered into town for a coffee.

I tend to avoid towns and usually blame it on Roja when really he quite enjoys them. Really it’s me that is uncomfortable in them. The delay forced my hand into sitting in a town centre cafe on the square and both he and I watching as schools finished for the day, at 12:30 and chatting in very broken English with a taxi driver on his break.

Scenic Route One continues, though the road is in pretty poor condition as it heads over the Trešnjevik pass, at 1573 metres. I suspect this road closure won’t be the last of the off-season. At the pass I had researched a place on a rough road a further 7 kilometres away, and up to a height of 1800 metres. This was above the tree-line, and so with tremendous views of the surrounding mountains. These are the beginnings, approaching from the north, the Komovi range, of the Accursed Mountains, or otherwise called, The Peaks of the Balkans, or the Albanian Alps.

I’ve found an incredible place to stop over, at just above 1800 metres. There’s a few summer cabins around, but no people, other than a Russian female hiker I met and chatted with. Roja and I took a walk at about 5 pm, just as the sun, went behind the mountain. After the mist lifted this morning it had been a clear day. We were out for an hour or so, at that time when the temperature drops rapidly, this afternoon from mid 20s to 6C as I wrote at just before 8 pm.

[strangeauthor]

#1. monument to the revolution of the people of moslavina - ww2#2. bubanj memorial park - ww2#3. spomen dom kolašin commemorating the national anti-fascist council of the peoples liberation of montenegro and boka#4. ilinden commemorating the ilinden uprising against the ottoman empire#5. kadinjača#6. jasenovac (stone flower) commemorating the victims of the jasenovac concentration camp for serbs romani and jewish people#which. there are no words to describe the feeling while standing in front of that monument#7. kosmaj memorial complex#8.sutjeska monument at tjentište commemorating the fallen fighters of the battle of sutjeska#(one of my favorite monuments hopefully i'll get to see it again this year)#there you go

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These structures were commissioned by former Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960s and 70s to commemorate sites where WWII battles took place, or where concentration camps stood. They were designed by different sculptors and architects, conveying powerful visual impact to show the confidence and strength of the Socialist Republic. In the 1980s, these monuments attracted millions of visitors per year, especially young pioneers for their “patriotic education.” After the Republic dissolved in early 1990s, they were completely abandoned, and their symbolic meanings were forever lost.

25 Abandoned Yugoslavia Monuments

[georgemcginn]

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[profesors]

◾Serbian girls dressed in serbian traditional clothes from Ibarski Kolašin, Southwestern Serbia 🇷🇸

[matthiasheiderich]

Spomen Dom, Kolašin, Montenegro. Architect: Marko Mušič. Photo: Matthias Heiderich

[iseo58]

Serbian girl dressed in serbian traditional clothes from Ibarski Kolašin, Southwestern Serbia