BBC: Is Kosovo's capital the ugliest in Europe?

Huso writes that he had never thought of visiting Pristina, but decided to move to Kosovo after a 10-day visit to Albanian alpets. After giving her a brief history of war to independence, she begins writing about her expectations in the capital.

According to her, communist-style buildings and dusty streets give Pristina a bad taste. While she cites several other media that have not praised Pristina architecture. She says many of the Ottoman constructions have been replaced with communist ones during the time that Kosovo was part of Yugoslavia.

Speaking of the National Library, Huso says it has been named the ugliest building in the world, but it has a beauty as soon as it enters. Internal architecture, she writes, testifies to Pristina's Byzantine and Islamic connection.

By stopping at religious sites, Huso says building the cathedral is a separate irony for two reasons, the first because the Vatican does not recognise the state of Kosovo, while the second 90% of the population is Muslim. However, it says that the construction of the cathedral “Mother Teresa” represents the desire of Kosovars to put the past behind them in conflict, more ethnic than religious.

Huso quotes her guide, Bekim Xhemili, who has said that the donor cathedral has been Muslim and Catholic Albanians who live in other countries, but the donations have largely come from exiles living in the United States.

From exiles, Huso writes that the country's economy also depends. Even the data presented to her writes that in 2015 the diaspora brought home 752 million euros. It also highlights the high number of unemployed.

The most wonderful thing in Pristina, Huso says, is the coffee culture. Makiato in Pristina, according to her, could rival even a machiato in Italy for taste. It highlights the high number of cafes, which according to it are 100 Sosh for 200,000 inhabitants. The cafes say it's a meeting place for everyone.

She then writes about “Newborn”, the memorial “Heroin”, which says rape of 20 thousand women during the war has been one of the most tragic events. Then it writes about the statue of Bill Clinton and the connection of Kosovars to America.

Eventually, Huso writes that Pristina does not look like Paris or Rome, but that if you remember the past and lose yourself in the present, you will find people trying to recover themselves and young people who are eager to write a new chapter. And this, for Jason, is a beautiful thing.