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IlliricumSacrum · August 2nd, 2005, 05:23 PM

These are the same posted at the Pristna impressions thread.

Sarajka · August 2nd, 2005, 05:32 PM

Not nearly as bad as I expected, in fact, I'm surprised. The city is looking as beautiful as Pristina could be expected to look. Far cleaner, colorful - I suppose it's been getting more attention now that it's a de-facto capital.

The mosques need a good coat of paint - but I suppose paint is banned under their newly radicalized Islam?

Overall, I'm pleased. It reminds me of Zenica; still a hideous, industrial city that will never be a destination for domestic or international tourists - but improved enough that, for those who live there and love it, it can offer a good quality of life in fairly beautiful surroundings.

Thanks for sharing, Illiricum!

Sarajka · August 2nd, 2005, 05:34 PM

You took special care with the photos of Mother Theresa and the Orthodox Church.

Are you a Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Christian - or do you prefer to think of yourself simply as Christian, or Spiritual, or some other wider label?

EDIT: One more question - when you were photographing the church, how did you feel? Were you nervous? Did you check to see if anyone was watching? Has you impression been that bad?

Kommandant Mark · August 2nd, 2005, 05:39 PM

Weird city...after seeing these pics, i wonder, is it really in my country? Its got kind of a dusty look, and I bet many would mistake for a city in Central Asia(Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, etc...maybe Tashkent) rather than Europe.

I like that library building though (i think it is library, right?) , its kind of unique.

IlliricumSacrum · August 2nd, 2005, 05:45 PM

My mother is half Bektashi and half Orthodox. My father is half Catholic and half Muslim. As a consequence I am 25% of all religions present in Albania.

I have been only once to a mosque. I have been many times in the Catholic and Orthodox church. The camera was pissed off. But the picture you mentioned managed to come out good. The camera zoom was a shame and so was the way it managed colors. Having no post processing tool with, I had to post them crude

IlliricumSacrum · August 2nd, 2005, 05:53 PM

:edited by IS:

branko_kockica · August 2nd, 2005, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kommandant Mark

Weird city...after seeing these pics, i wonder, is it really in my country? Its got kind of a dusty look, and I bet many would mistake for a city in Central Asia(Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, etc...maybe Tashkent) rather than Europe.

I like that library building though (i think it is library, right?) , its kind of unique.

Ma ajd čoveče ko da nikad nisi bio na Kosovu i Metohiji.. Znaš koliko je tamo odvratno i ružno... Jedino mi manastira žao što će stoka to da uništi, ali što se tiče gradova, arhitekture i mentaliteta sadašnje većine, neka im je Bog u pomoći ... užas i zbog toga bih i voleo da budu nezavisni...

Sarajka · August 2nd, 2005, 05:58 PM

"I blamed them, but most of the real damage - I did to myself."

Sounds like Pristina is in the middle of a third tragedy.

myzeqari · August 2nd, 2005, 07:20 PM

It is not bad as a city. It has great potential. In fact this is Yugoslavia after war. Serbia,Bosnia is not different this way. The architecture and the system is the one that Yugoslav cities have.

Although i saw that banner liricum "Freedom of Movement, is a human right, respect it" so the people in Kosovo are really trying for a democratic society.

yugoboy · August 2nd, 2005, 07:23 PM

Thanks for posting these pictures!

Pristina is a very Strange place. Although there seem to be some nice new Projects, I still feal looking at those pictures it is far from a normal city.

After reading how you felt taking a picture of the Church in Pristina, I feel really stupid having any hesitation (which I did) taking a picture of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Sarajevo.

What other cities are you traveling to in Kosovo?

The Poonman · August 2nd, 2005, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by myzeqari

It is not bad as a city. It has great potential. In fact this is Yugoslavia after war. Serbia,Bosnia is not different this way. The architecture and the system is the one that Yugoslav cities have.

I disagree, it clearly looks a lot different than any other city from any of the former Yugoslavia countries. It's hard to explain why, it just seems different. It also seems more "communist" if that makes sense. If I saw a picture of Pristina but didn't know it was Pristina, I would never mistake it for Zagreb or Novi Sad or Sarajevo.

Of course my knowledge of what the Balkans look like is limited to pictures people post here so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about.

Anyways please continue taking more pictures!

myzeqari · August 2nd, 2005, 09:07 PM

poonman

Pristina is a yugoslav creation. It has a different system then lets say Greece or even Albania. All the funds and studies done to the city back then was again yugoslav. The only way it looks different now, its more old and no progress since then.

lindenthaler · August 2nd, 2005, 10:19 PM

If pristina wasn't "yugoslav" creation, you would have 1 floor "buildings" overall like in middle Africa. I just cann't get it, the people built whole city to have proper living place and now you re complaining about it ?!

And Pristina looks totaly different than average city i saw until now in ex-Yu. Good job IS, first own made Pristina pics thread here

myzeqari · August 2nd, 2005, 10:38 PM

Quote:

If pristina wasn't "yugoslav" creation, you would have 1 floor "buildings" overall like in middle Africa. I just cann't get it, the people built whole city to have proper living place and now you re complaining about it ?!

And Pristina looks totaly different than average city i saw until now in ex-Yu. Good job IS, first own made Pristina pics thread here

Okay but if you dont like it? What does that say? You dont like your own creation...? And i saw a thread about albanian typonyms on roads and stuff in Belgrade. You know what an offense that is to Kosovars? Those typonyms Skanderbegova and Palace Albanija are nothing but a payback of Serbia getting a piece of Albania in 1912 and in return they made few names, Ridiculous!!! We know you guys are not that nice!!

Medofish · August 2nd, 2005, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kommandant Mark

Weird city...after seeing these pics, i wonder, is it really in my country? Its got kind of a dusty look, and I bet many would mistake for a city in Central Asia(Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, etc...maybe Tashkent) rather than Europe.

I like that library building though (i think it is library, right?) , its kind of unique.

I onda se pitaš zašto su se Srbi iseljavali iz Prištine...e moje Kosovo, šta ti uradiše

Indexi · August 2nd, 2005, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kommandant Mark

Weird city...after seeing these pics, i wonder, is it really in my country? Its got kind of a dusty look, and I bet many would mistake for a city in Central Asia(Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, etc...maybe Tashkent) rather than Europe.

BosRoker · August 3rd, 2005, 01:11 AM

I'm surprised. I was actually pretty impressed by the skyscraper with the square in the front. I wouldn't mind having something like that in Sarajevo.

IlliricumSacrum · August 4th, 2005, 11:16 AM

I just replaced the photos with the ones that were postprocessed by EE Forum superstar (for newcomers I am talking about Sarajka). Thanx again. Life without photoshop/psp is a miserable one. I will post more pictures. Today it is a rainy day in Pristina and light is not on my side but if sun rays start playing around I am sure I will be make nice photos. On the other hand it is more comfortable this way cause it is not hot

IlliricumSacrum · August 4th, 2005, 05:17 PM

More pics... It was rainy day and you could bet you were in mid autumn as it was a lil bit cold. Light was not on my side but the pictures are good replicas of what was infront of me. I will buy a new camera now and hopefully I will post more qualitative pictures.

The Poonman · August 5th, 2005, 03:10 AM

How long are you staying in Pristina and which other cities are you planning to visit?

The quality of the pictures looks pretty good to me. I don't think you need a new camera.

August 2nd, 2005, 05:23 PM	#1
IlliricumSacrum Incendia Astrum Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tirana Posts: 631 Likes (Received): 0	PRISHTINA deri 2012 \| until 2012 These are the same posted at the Pristna impressions thread. Last edited by rene1234; January 11th, 2013 at 12:34 AM.

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Sarajka Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,313 Likes (Received): 0	You took special care with the photos of Mother Theresa and the Orthodox Church. Are you a Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Christian - or do you prefer to think of yourself simply as Christian, or Spiritual, or some other wider label? EDIT: One more question - when you were photographing the church, how did you feel? Were you nervous? Did you check to see if anyone was watching? Has you impression been that bad? Last edited by Sarajka; August 2nd, 2005 at 05:43 PM.

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lindenthaler 0,6 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: ケルン大聖堂 Posts: 4,448 Likes (Received): 2	If pristina wasn't "yugoslav" creation, you would have 1 floor "buildings" overall like in middle Africa. I just cann't get it, the people built whole city to have proper living place and now you re complaining about it ?! And Pristina looks totaly different than average city i saw until now in ex-Yu. Good job IS, first own made Pristina pics thread here __________________ Rofloid Megaloloid

August 3rd, 2005, 01:11 AM	#17
BosRoker Tomorrow comes today Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Posts: 607 Likes (Received): 0	I'm surprised. I was actually pretty impressed by the skyscraper with the square in the front. I wouldn't mind having something like that in Sarajevo. __________________ "People are not little stones, or keys in someone's pocket, that can be moved from one place to another just like that... Therefore, we cannot precisely arrange for only Serbs to stay in one part of the country while removing others painlessly. I do not know how Mr Krajisnik and Mr Karadzic will explain that to the world. That is genocide." - Ratko Mladić, May 12, 1992

August 2nd, 2005, 05:32 PM	#2
Sarajka Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,313 Likes (Received): 0	Not nearly as bad as I expected, in fact, I'm surprised. The city is looking as beautiful as Pristina could be expected to look. Far cleaner, colorful - I suppose it's been getting more attention now that it's a de-facto capital. The mosques need a good coat of paint - but I suppose paint is banned under their newly radicalized Islam? Overall, I'm pleased. It reminds me of Zenica; still a hideous, industrial city that will never be a destination for domestic or international tourists - but improved enough that, for those who live there and love it, it can offer a good quality of life in fairly beautiful surroundings. Thanks for sharing, Illiricum!

August 2nd, 2005, 05:39 PM	#4
Kommandant Mark BANNED Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Zemun, Land of Tesla & Pupin Posts: 1,707 Likes (Received): 0	Weird city...after seeing these pics, i wonder, is it really in my country? Its got kind of a dusty look, and I bet many would mistake for a city in Central Asia(Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, etc...maybe Tashkent) rather than Europe. I like that library building though (i think it is library, right?) , its kind of unique.

August 2nd, 2005, 05:45 PM	#5
IlliricumSacrum Incendia Astrum Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tirana Posts: 631 Likes (Received): 0	My mother is half Bektashi and half Orthodox. My father is half Catholic and half Muslim. As a consequence I am 25% of all religions present in Albania. I have been only once to a mosque. I have been many times in the Catholic and Orthodox church. The camera was pissed off. But the picture you mentioned managed to come out good. The camera zoom was a shame and so was the way it managed colors. Having no post processing tool with, I had to post them crude

August 2nd, 2005, 05:58 PM	#8
Sarajka Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,313 Likes (Received): 0	"I blamed them, but most of the real damage - I did to myself." Sounds like Pristina is in the middle of a third tragedy.

August 2nd, 2005, 07:20 PM	#9
myzeqari BANNED Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fier,Albania Posts: 173 Likes (Received): 0	It is not bad as a city. It has great potential. In fact this is Yugoslavia after war. Serbia,Bosnia is not different this way. The architecture and the system is the one that Yugoslav cities have. Although i saw that banner liricum "Freedom of Movement, is a human right, respect it" so the people in Kosovo are really trying for a democratic society.

August 2nd, 2005, 07:23 PM	#10
yugoboy Emperor of Unitic Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 569 Likes (Received): 1	Thanks for posting these pictures! Pristina is a very Strange place. Although there seem to be some nice new Projects, I still feal looking at those pictures it is far from a normal city. After reading how you felt taking a picture of the Church in Pristina, I feel really stupid having any hesitation (which I did) taking a picture of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Sarajevo. What other cities are you traveling to in Kosovo?

August 2nd, 2005, 09:07 PM	#12
myzeqari BANNED Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fier,Albania Posts: 173 Likes (Received): 0	poonman Pristina is a yugoslav creation. It has a different system then lets say Greece or even Albania. All the funds and studies done to the city back then was again yugoslav. The only way it looks different now, its more old and no progress since then.

August 4th, 2005, 11:16 AM	#18
IlliricumSacrum Incendia Astrum Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tirana Posts: 631 Likes (Received): 0	I just replaced the photos with the ones that were postprocessed by EE Forum superstar (for newcomers I am talking about Sarajka). Thanx again. Life without photoshop/psp is a miserable one. I will post more pictures. Today it is a rainy day in Pristina and light is not on my side but if sun rays start playing around I am sure I will be make nice photos. On the other hand it is more comfortable this way cause it is not hot

August 4th, 2005, 05:17 PM	#19
IlliricumSacrum Incendia Astrum Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tirana Posts: 631 Likes (Received): 0	More pics... It was rainy day and you could bet you were in mid autumn as it was a lil bit cold. Light was not on my side but the pictures are good replicas of what was infront of me. I will buy a new camera now and hopefully I will post more qualitative pictures.

August 5th, 2005, 03:10 AM	#20
The Poonman BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 35 Likes (Received): 0	How long are you staying in Pristina and which other cities are you planning to visit? The quality of the pictures looks pretty good to me. I don't think you need a new camera.

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