In the city, tourists can visit one of Tirana’s museums, with Bunk’Art 1 and 2 top of most travellers’ lists. Housed in the city’s former bunkers, each museum delves into aspects of ...

The couple has visited 47 countries and moved from San Diego to Tirana, Albania, in 2023. Together, they run The Passport Couple, a travel-advice blog.

It’s impossible to visit Tirana without meeting memories of its Communist past. Not far from Skanderbeg Square, known as the heart of the city, is an underground Cold War bunker. Bunk’Art 2 ...

Back in 2014, a five-storey nuclear bunker near Tirana, originally built for dictator Enver Hoxha, was transformed into a tourist hotspot and art exhibition space, showcasing artefacts from World ...

Shimon Peres Square in Tirana, dedicated in 2018, honors the late Israeli president and prime minister, who in 1994 became the first Israeli head of state to officially visit Albania. (Larry Luxner) ...

The bunkers were abandoned following the dissolution of the communist government in 1992. While a few were used in the Insurrection of 1997 (widespread civil unrest due to economic issues) and the ...

On an exploratory stroll through Tirana, I passed several bunkers. The dictator Enver Hoxha was paranoid and lived in constant fear that Albania could be attacked by capitalist countries.

Another landmark of Hoxha’s legacy here is the Cold War Tunnel Museum which, unlike Tirana’s manicured Bunk’Art venues, has remained largely untouched since the communist era. The underground bunker ...

The Grand Park of Tirana may be beckoning with its large, man-made lake and waterfront bars and cafés, but the Dajti Ekspres – the longest cable-car experience in the Balkans at 4.7km – is ...

Tirana, the capital of Albania, is undergoing a remarkable transformation fueled by an ambitious vision for the future outlined in the Tirana 2030 (TR030) Master Plan.