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Ohrid

Ohrid is a town in southwestern North Macedonia on the shore of Lake Ohrid. A town of vast history and heritage, it was made a UNESCO heritage site in 1980. Wikivoyage

Population 38,818 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in North Macedonia

Visas and entry What your passport needs for North Macedonia

Getting there

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Still gathering the markets around Ohrid. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Ohrid Summer Festival

    July – August

    The Ohrid Summer Festival is one of the largest and most important music and drama festivals in North Macedonia. The first concert took place in 1961 in the church of St. Sophia, with its exceptional acoustics.

    Official site

  2. Ohrid Swimming Marathon

    July

    Each year, in the second half of July, the swimming elite throughout the world gathers in Ohrid and, starting from the monastery St. Naum, they swim along the Lakeshore to the town harbour, approximately a 30-km route.

  3. Ohrid Calling

    August

    This electronic dance music festival first began in the early 2010s and has grown each year, drawing some of the biggest names in the genre such as David Guetta, Afrojack, Martin Garrix, and others.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Ohrid); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

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Getting around

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