Kosovo and Metohija · Serbia
Ferizaj travel guide
Ferizaj is a city in Kosovo and Metohija, Serbia, home to about 181,000 people.
- Best months
- May to September
- Nearest airport
- PRN25 km · Priština Adem Jashari International Airport
- Currency
- RSDSerbian dinar
- Time zone
- Europe/Belgrade
- Language
- Serbian
About
About Ferizaj
Ferizaj was no more than a small collection of shacks and houses until the Thessaloniki–Belgrade railway was laid during the Ottoman era, in 1873. A local landowner, Firuz Agha, whose name was evolved to Feriz in local languages, started to run a hotel then, giving the town its name ("Feriz's"). The Serbian name of the town, Uroševac, was coined in honour of a medieval ruler of Serbia, Stefan Uroš, after the town was annexed by Serbia in 1913 despite heavy Albanian resistance.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Ferizaj
See
Ferizaj is neither a historical nor a particularly beautiful city, and you virtually have one attraction here: the church and the mosque that stand wall to wall. While not unique to Ferizaj, this is of special importance in a region where religious (and ethnic) tensions run high. On a purely artistic standpoint, though, the mosque is just a plain, square building that you wouldn't bat an eye if elsewhere, and the church, dedicated to Uroš, is not the most ornate one, and is somewhat dilapidated.
Do
- The Village
- Hiking
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When to go
The best time to visit Ferizaj
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Ferizaj are May to September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28 °C; May is the wettest, with about 74 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Ferizaj: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Priština Adem Jashari International Airport (PRN), about 25 km from the city centre in a straight line; Skopje International Airport (SKP, 60 km) and Niš Constantine the Great Airport (INI, 122 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Buses from Skopje to Pristina stop at the bus station here (one and a half hours from Skopje, including the border formalities). There are also dedicated buses from Pristina bus station (40 minutes). The reason of the town's existence in the first place, the train station welcomes trains traversing the Pristina–Skopje line. Both the bus and the train stations lie on Ahmet Kaçiku St, about 250 m apart from each other. You can go in Ferizaj also with bus from Gjilan it only costs US$1.5.
Getting around
Walk. The mosque and the church (roughly 300 m from the train station, and 500 m from the bus station) can be accessed from Ahmet Kaçiku St through an underground passage below the rail tracks. Before the center of the city in county of Ferizaj in village Sojeve is the biggest KFOR camp in Balkan.
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PRN · Priština Adem Jashari International Airport
SKP · Skopje International Airport
INI · Niš Constantine the Great Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Ferizaj
Eat
There is a great hamburger place in Ferizaj down the main street running through the city. They call themselves McDonald's but don't expect to get a Big Mac.
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Questions
Ferizaj: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Ferizaj?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Ferizaj are May to September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28 °C; May is the wettest, with about 74 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Ferizaj?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Priština Adem Jashari International Airport (PRN), about 25 km from the city centre in a straight line; Skopje International Airport (SKP, 60 km) and Niš Constantine the Great Airport (INI, 122 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Ferizaj?
Serbian dinar (RSD).
Nearby
Destinations near Ferizaj
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.