Kosovo by campervan: food and supermarkets
Where to buy food in Kosovo, which supermarkets to use, opening hours and practical tips for eating on the road. What to know before you go.
Published 18 September 2026Last checked 19 September 2026
Currency
Euro
EUR. Used in Kosovo, which is not part of the euro area
Language
Albanian and Serbian
Both official under the constitution
Driving
Right
Motorway 130 km/h, most other roads 80 km/h
Insurance
Bought at the border
A European green card does not cover Kosovo
Power
230V, type F
Same two-pin plug as most of Europe
Emergency
112
Police 192. Ambulance 194 from a mobile, 94 from a landline
Food and shops
Food and shops
Kosovo eats early and eats a lot of bread. A bakery is open before anything else and is where most of the country starts the day, and the green market in each town is where the fruit, vegetables, cheese and honey are, in the morning, for cash. Markets close through the afternoon and are largely done by lunchtime, so an afternoon arrival finds the good stalls packed away.
Where to shop
- Best value: Viva Fresh or ETC.
- Full range: Viva Fresh hypermarkets.
- Camper access: Use large suburban Viva Fresh or ETC branches rather than city-centre stores.
What eating out costs, reported
- Cheap restaurant meal
- €5.00
- Draught beer, 0.5 l
- €2.00
Reported range 2.50 to 10.00, Numbeo September 2026, from 64 contributors. Thinner data than the countries around it
Reported range 1.00 to 3.00, Numbeo September 2026. A macchiato was reported at 1.47
Stocking the campervan
- Go to the green market in the morning. It is cash, it is better than the supermarket, and it is finished by early afternoon.
- Supermarket chains here are local. Out-of-town stores have car parks a van fits into. Town-centre branches do not.
Eating out
- Cafes open early and stay full. Macchiato is the default order and costs a fraction of what it does in western Europe.
- The grill is the main event: qebapa, pleskavicë, suxhuk, served with flatbread and raw onion.
Altitude changes what is open. The mountain villages above Peja and around Brezovica run on a summer season, and a restaurant that is busy in August may be shut and shuttered in October. Stock up in the valley town before driving up.