Rare video footage of Albania in 1978

These are some rare video footage in color of Albania as it was in the year 1978. I wish I could say that I remember it then, but I was a year later.

The interesting things to see are how widespread was the communist propaganda and how leveled was the economic status of majority of the people from the way they dressed to the few possessions that they had.

As far as I could recognize the video had footage from Tirana, Durres (beach area), Fier, and some other city which I am not completely sure at this point. The source is Del Bianco Documents

Day trips from Tirana

Want a day out of the city, planned for you?

Esther, our tour partner, plans day trips to Berat, Kruja, Durrës and Dajti Mountain, with certified local guides on site. Tell her your date and group size, and she replies personally, in English or German.

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Elvis Plaku

Elvis Plaku was born and raised in Tirana, Albania. He has been blogging about Albanian culture, travel and everyday life since 2004 — one of the country's longest-running English-language blogs. By day he runs the web agency Sfida.PRO; here he writes as a local, sharing the Albania he actually knows.