Tirana, the capital of Albania, is one of the only capitals without a McDonalds!
Albanian buses (called furgons) have no timetable, they depart when they are good and ready – or full.
Mother Teresa is the only Albanian to win a Nobel Peace prize, which she won in 1979 for her work helping the poor in Calcutta, India.
Albania is in Eastern Europe, with a population of 2.8 million people. Its capital is Tirana, and the currency is Lek. They speak Albanian.
They celebrate many holidays including:
- New Year’s Day (Jan 1-2)
- Summer Day (March 14)
- Nowruz (March 22)
- Catholic Easter (Date Varies)
- Orthodox Easter (Date Varies)
- May Day (May 1)
- Eid al-Fitr(Date Varies)
- Mother Teresa Day (Sept 5)
- Eid al-Adha (Date Varies)
- Independence Day (Nov 28)
- Liberation Day (Nov 29)
- Youth Day (Dec 8)
- Christmas Day (Dec 25)
Want to learn more? Check out Albania’s tourism website!
Also check out its National Gallery of the Arts and the Albanian National Museum.
It has four world heritage sites:
- Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
- Butrint
- Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
It also has 14 national parks including:
Fun activities to do
