Gourmet products local specialties and wines Skopje

Located north of Stara Čaršija, the Pit Pazar (Бит-Пазар, Bit-Pazar) is the country's largest market: 15,000^m2 (a small part of which is covered) and over a thousand stalls. You'll find everything: fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, cheeses, honey, rakija, ajvar, infusions, clothes, telephony, household appliances... Also on site: cafés, small restaurants and pharmacies. Although its name is of Turkish origin ("flea market"), it dates back to the Byzantine period, with a fair organized from the ^11th century onwards around the St. George monastery, which disappeared in Ottoman times.

This large, partly covered market (Шутка Пазар/Šutka Pazar, Sutka Pazar) consists of four aisles where all kinds of cheap products are sold: fruits and vegetables, kitchen utensils, telephones... and especially clothes, many of which are low-end copies of big fashionable brands. As a result, people from all over Skopje come there to do their shopping... but only those who speak Romani get the best prices! There are several small restaurants around and the main mosque of Šuto Orizari stands just south.

This store (Сакам Пиво) sells almost all the country's craft beers: those from Skopje microbreweries Gorska Voda (gorska.com.mk), Old Town Brewery (see "treat yourself") and Pivolabs (facebook.com/pivolabsmk), Bakrevski Pivara (facebook.com/bakrevskipivara) in Bitola, Craft House (facebook.com/100067646683176) in Veles and Kožuvčanka (kozuvcanka.mk) in Kavadarci. The store also sells American, Austrian, German, Belgian, Spanish, Italian and Dutch craft beers.

Founded in 2004 around a chateau-like cellar, this estate is well organized for visits and tastings. It boasts 17 ha of vines planted with Vranac, but mainly with French and Italian grape varieties. The range includes reds (merlot, carménère, cabernet sauvignon, syrah, montepulciano...), whites (chardonnay, sauvignon, pinot gris, gewurztraminer, moscato giallo...), rosés, effervescents, "orange" wines and some organic wines. The owners have a store in Skopje and the Hunter's Lodge Kamnik hotel-restaurant.