WebVideo Live The secret at the bottom of the oldest lake in Europe – BBC Reel . The secret at the bottom of the oldest lake in Europe In the heart of Northern Macedonia, in the small city of Ohrid, 

Ohrid (Macedonian: Охрид [ˈɔxrit] (listen)) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording a population of over 42,000 inhabitants as of 2002. Ohrid is known for once having 365 churches, one for each day of the year, and has been referred to as a “Jerusalem of the Balkans”. The city is rich in picturesque houses and monuments, and tourism is predominant.  In 1979 and in 1980 respectively, Ohrid and Lake Ohrid were accepted as Cultural and Natural World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Ohrid is one of only 28 sites that are part of UNESCO’s World Heritage that are Cultural as well as Natural sites.