Greece occupies the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula, where the European mainland breaks apart into a scatter of mountains and islands facing the eastern Mediterranean. Bordered by Albania, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria to the north and Turkey to the…
Albania sits on the western edge of the Balkan Peninsula, in Southeastern Europe, where mountainous terrain meets two distinct seas. This single fact — a small country wedged between rugged highlands and open water — explains much of how Albania…
North Macedonia is a sovereign, landlocked country in Southeastern Europe, sitting in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula. It shares borders with Kosovo and Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, and Albania to…
Kosovo sits in a stretch of the Balkan Peninsula where mountains do most of the talking. Two lowland basins, ringed by high ranges, have shaped where people settle, how water drains, and even how armies once marched through this part…
Montenegro is a small, mountainous country on the eastern Adriatic coast in Southeastern Europe, part of the western Balkans and the Dinaric Alps. Its terrain ranges from a narrow coastal strip to some of Europe’s deepest canyons and highest limestone…
