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Winter hike – weekend in the mountains

Winter hike – weekend in the mountains

“Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory” was written by famous high-altitude mountaineer Ed Viesturs, the first American to climb all 14 mountain tops higher than 8,000 meters in the world, in...

Matka Canyon

Little Mount Athos, the land of butterflies, the most beautiful canyon in Macedonia guarding one of the deepest underwater caves in Europe. This is Matka Canyon in one sentence with so much left unsaid. The...

HIKING, FOOL MOON, AND GOOD MUSIC. THE UNIVERSE LISTENS AFTER ALL!

HIKING, FOOL MOON, AND GOOD MUSIC. THE UNIVERSE LISTENS AFTER ALL!

While I was drinking my morning coffee, I was thinking about mountains, forests, and when I was cooling myself off from the intense heat my phone rang. Huh, My friend invited me to play music...

Matka – embrace of nature!

Balkon3 takes you on a boat ride through Matka Canyon, down the Treska river to Vrelo cave. The canyon is situated only 15 km from Skopje and Vrelo cave is one of the deepest underwater...

Radusa – where Bosnia ends and Herzegovina begins

Radusa – where Bosnia ends and Herzegovina begins

Scorching temperatures suggest that summer has arrived early this year, but these recent photos of Radusa mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where snow still persists at an altitude of nearly 2,000 meters, claim the opposite....

Czech giant slalom in Macedonia

Czech giant slalom in Macedonia

What could possibly make two young adventurers from the Czech Republic pack their bags and plan a trip round Macedonia in just a few days? The answer is simple – snow, snow, snow … Ondrej...

Kozuf – Extreme skiers’ paradise

Kozuf – Extreme skiers’ paradise

Sunny Saturday morning in late January. Two teams, one from Macedonia another one from Greece, hastily pack their skis, prepare their cars and take cameras ready to capture every moment of their adventure. They race...

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