Berovo

Berovo is a small town in the easternmost part of Eastern North Macedonia. It has about 7,000 residents, while the larger Berovo Municipality, consisting of eight surrounding villages, has a total population of under 14,000. It is a primary settlement of Maleševo Mountain, shared with Bulgaria. It is just 10 km (6 mi) from the small town of Pehčevo, which is also covered in this article.

Get in
The city can be entered only by a car, because there is only an asphalt road leading to it. Berovo is 165 km from the capital of North Macedonia, Skopje, and 142 km from the airport “Aleksandar Veliki”. Berovo is 335 km from the city of Ohrid (including Ohrid Airport). There are three entrances into Berovo: Kočani-Vinica-Berovo, Kočani-Delcevo Berovo and Strumica-Berovo. If arriving from Skopje you should take the highway towards Veles, and then continue towards Stip.

There is a daily bus line (five times / day) from Skopje via Veles, Stip, Kocani and Vinica to Berovo, and from Skopje via Delcevo to Berovo (two times / day).

One can reach Berovo from Republic of Bulgaria as well, using the border passes at Delčevo (45 km) and Novo Selo near Strumica (76 km).

Village churches
The villages of Berovo Municipality are old and contain excellent examples of Macedonian village architecture. These villages each contain one or two churches, primarily from the 19th century, some of the more interesting of which are listed below.



Pehčevo Municipality
Pehčevo is a small town very close to Berovo. There aren't very many sights in Pehčevo Municipality but it sits in beautiful nature and features some old villages with historic architecture.

Eat
Some local specialities include: pecheni kompiri (baked potatoes), ovcho sirenje (sheep cheese), bulamach, kachamak so rebra, domashna pita, and selsko meso (village meat).

Drink
This part of the country is renowned for their plum brandy (slivi rakija)