Denar

When Yugoslavia broke apart and Macedonia became independent in 1992, it also gave up the Yugoslav dinar and introduced a new currency: the Macedonian denar (MKD). A denar is split into 100 deni (from the Roman Denarius coin), but you don’t need to memorize this: the deni are not circulating anymore. Instead there are coins with the value of 1 to 50 denars and banknotes from 10 to 5,000 denars. They show animals and historic buildings from Macedonia.

You shouldn’t worry too much about paying in Macedonia. First of all you can’t get denars at home as they are not available in exchange offices in Europe. You can get some at the airport, either by exchanging them against Euros or US dollars. Or you can simply withdraw them there from an ATM. And these ATMs are conveniently available in major cities. But probably you don’t need them in urban areas. Credit card payment is very widespread, much more than in Germany. In museums and restaurants it is nowhere a problem to pay by card. That might look different when you’re in the rural countryside.

Скопје / Skopje
North Macedonia