mkivinen

As I was doing site-scouting for a future event in Skopje (thank you Culture Moves grant!), I also got a glimpse of the city's architecture in general.

There was a major earthquake in 1963, which destroyed a great deal of the buildings, which means that 60's and 70's flavour is prominent in the cityscape (even some newer buildings, I think). Also, brutalism. None of which is used for luring tourists, which I wonder.

#architecture #CultureMoves #Skopje

Apr 29 at 9:16pmWeb
Show threadmkivinenApr 29
A Skopje speciality were the abandoned malls. Here's one with a concentration of wedding dress shops and... nothing.
Show threadmkivinenApr 29

The museum of contemporary art of Skopje is amazing!

Not that there was anything to complain about the present exhibition, but I could imagine the museum as a site of a major exhibition of some big shot media artist or something, audience flocking there in masses. Which, unfortunately, was not the case in present.

#architecture #contemporaryArt #ArtMuseum #Skopje

Show threadmkivinenMay 1

Another architectural and atmospherical point of interest in #Skopje is its Railway station. Yes, there is one. Tucked on top of the coach station. Not too many trains, though, nor too many people. I did spot one clerk and two passengers, asking me directions to the coach station.

#architecture #brutalism

Show threadmkivinenMay 1

Even though the hallways of #Skopje railway station are a tad murky, the platform area is quite airy, with a view to the city.

#architecture #brutalism

Show threadAlan GrantMay 1
@mkivinen
Brings back memories. I once spent 5 hours hanging around those hallways waiting for a train to Thessaloniki that had gone missing somewhere south of Belgrade. Even 20 years ago train services through N Macedonia were barely hanging on, and that train station was already in poor shape.
Show threadMatinoitunut RutkustajaMay 1

@mkivinen

Like a video game scene

Show threadPedro PiñeraApr 29
@mkivinen I remember being there a few years ago and feeling puzzled seeing the emptiness of that mall.
Show threadmkivinenApr 30

@pedro Indeed! And still, it seems most of these almost-empty malls have some boutiques left, usually of a high-end side. Like there's a super creepy hallway and next to it a shiny diamond store.

#Skopje