North Macedonia Travel Podcast with Stefan Trajkovski

This podcast follows Stefan Trajkovski as he gets to know North Macedonia the way a resident would, settling in one place and learning it before moving on. Travelling here means moving through a landlocked country of mountains, deep basins, and three large lakes that all sit on a frontier line. The range covers Skopje, the capital of 611,000 people; Ohrid and its lake; Bitola, with its Ottoman-era boulevard; and Kratovo, a former mining town in the east. He also follows the Vardar River, which bisects the country and ties these places together. Moving across the mountainous terrain is part of the point. The show unfolds across seasons, with winter snow closing high roads and summer heat drying the basins. Stefan returns to the same places months later, noticing what changes and what stays the same. Knowing North Macedonia properly takes that repetition, not a quick circuit. Every visit builds on the last. Stefan Trajkovski lives in North Macedonia and stays for