Things to see and do Kočani

Established in 2012, this ministation (Ски-Центар Пониква) is located south of Osogovo. It extends from 1,300 to 1,650 m above sea level with a chairlift, a tug, 1.3 km of slopes, accommodation and a rental equipment company. The ski conditions are uncertain (the snow cannons have been sabotaged) and, when there is snow, it is crowded on weekends. On the other hand, it is nice in summer for hiking. There is even an airfield using the Kočani road as a runway.

This 4.2 ^km2 artificial lake (Езеро Калиманци) was created on the Bregalnica River in 1969 to irrigate the vast rice fields of the Kočani region and to power a small power plant near the dam to the south. Located at 510 m above sea level, it is 14 km long and about 300 m wide. It is not developed in any way, but one can swim in it in summer (the water is 20 °C then) on the way to Delčevo. In the northern part, the town of Makedonska Kamenica/Македонска Каменица (about 4,000 inhabitants) offers beautiful views of the lake.

This small museum (Музеј на Град Виница) belongs to the town of Vinica with a population of about 8,500. Founded in 2006, it is worth a visit for its amazing collection of terracotta objects from the nearby fortress and other sites from different periods. In particular, it possesses very rare Christian terracotta icons from the^{5th to the7th} centuries. But the most famous of these "Vinica icons", which represents the Old Testament characters Joshua and Caleb, is in the Museum of Northern Macedonia, in Skopje... and on the 200 denar banknotes.

This site (Виничко Кале) houses the ruins of an important Byzantine fortress of the ^5th-7th centuries. It is located on a hill, 450 m above sea level, and overlooks the town of Vinica from 70 m high. We can see the bases of 3 m thick walls, numerous buildings and a Christian basilica. The place was occupied before the Byzantines and again after them. But it is the Byzantines who left the most significant traces here, in particular the famous "Vinica icons" in terracotta, discovered in the necropolis of the fortress in 1978.