albania

Albania, with its wide historical background and Mediterranean to continental transitional climate, offers great variety of shooting locations still undiscovered in film and commercial production world: rugged mountains, rivers, lakes, national parks, ancient ruins, castles and fortresses, traditional villages, Mediterranean looks, beaches, mosques and churches. Albania offers mostly Albanian talent looks characterized by dark Mediterranean features. Its close proximity to Serbian, Greek and Croatian production centers allows easy access to creative talent, crew and needed equipment for top quality shooting in Albania.

Capital City: Tirana
Major Cities: Durrës, Vlorë, Elbasan, Shkodër
Population: 2.8 million
Area: 28.748 square km, 11.100 square miles.

Language(s): Albanian
Dialing Code: +355
Police: 129
Fire brigade: 128
Emergency medical service: 127
TV Standard: PAL

Local Time: GMT/UTC + 1h during Standard Time
                   GMT/UTC + 2h during Daylight Saving Time

Driving: Driving is on the right
Electricity: 220V AC 50Hz
Currency: Lek (ALL)
Notes: ALL: 500, 1000, 2000 and 5000
Coins: ALL: 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100