Skopje is the capital and also the biggest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, social and economic hub. To me, it is hands down one of the most beautiful Eastern European capital cities. The massive architectures built under the redevelopment project 'Skopje 2014' (a €560 million controversial makeover in a country whose one-fourth population is unemployed and one-third lives below the poverty line) focused on reshaping Skopje to attract foreign investments has left the city surprisingly beautiful but non-Balkan.