Today was my last day and I had one Serbian Orthodox Church left south of Pristina. I had tried to ask cab drivers last two days but was getting overcharged, having language problems, and not sure of timings if it would still be open after taking a cab to get there.
I was having boiler issues and a mostly cold shower as you have to switch the boiler on which I confused with room lights and had turned it off.
Waiting across the road was a taxi so I decided to see how much he would charge to the town of Gracanica just in the suburbs where the Serbian church is. He said 15 Euros which was a drop from the 30 Euros I had been quoted previously. I still knew from the internet this was too much but I was short on time today so said fine.
We also used limited communication to try arrange if he would take me to the airport next morning at 3am for my early morning flight. I think we came to an understanding but I still would not know until next morning if he was going to show or would decide to sleep in .
It is maybe a 10 min drive on the highways are there are buses that come this way but taxi is probably better as there are no bus stop and you would have to try to flag an intercity bus
This seemed to be a Serbian enclave with many Serbian flags. I thought the church opened 9.30am according to google so I waited in this morning creating a late start, though I probably could have came earlier.
On arrival the morning service was taking place so they said I could come inside but could not take pictures. The church was full and I'm sure the locals would notice a non local.
It was a musical service with the congregation responding "ah-meen" similar to Islamic prayers. There were many murals inside similar to other Orthodox churches.
I could only take pictures of the outer doors due to the service taking place so best to check my previous entries in Peja and Decani to see better examples of Serbian Churches.
There is also some Serbian monument outside but I"m not sure who. My cab driver then drove me to the Pristina bus station and hopefully he will be waiting for me 3am by my apartment to take me to the airport
See also Vlog of Kosovo [Pristina - Decani - Peja - Gracanica - Gjakove - Prizren] (36 mins) - https://youtu.be/hgjHvoR_7KQ
2025-05-22