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Gems of the Balkans: Beauty amid the scars
Part of the former Yugoslavia, North Macedonia layers a storied past with modern glamour
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I hear midnight revellers from a far shore across Lake Ohrid, popularly pictured as a freshwater "sea" in North Macedonia because it is vast and deep.
The lake is a natural amphitheatre that magnifies sound so that the distant merrymakers and live music seem strangely within earshot, which adds to the magic of stepping into a new city.
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on March 24, 2019, with the headline Gems of the Balkans: Beauty amid the scars. Subscribe
