The rise and fall of Montenegrin Manchester

The sound of machines, shifts of workers and smoke from factory chimneys were once symbols of life in Bijelo Polje. The textile industry fed thousands of families and shaped the identity of the city. Today, the silence in the abandoned halls bears witness to a time that has irretrievably disappeared.

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Photo: TV Vijesti
Photo: TV Vijesti
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The companies from Bijelo Polje that have successfully survived privatization can be counted on the fingers of one hand today.

For decades, Bijelo Polje was synonymous with the textile industry in the former Yugoslavia.

Thousands of workers entered the plants of factories like Vunka, Jekon, Lenka, and Mladost every day, creating products that were exported all over the world.

Today, all that remains of the former industrial giant are abandoned plants and memories of the time when this city was nicknamed the Montenegrin Manchester.

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