Shkodër (definite Albanian form: Shkodra Macedonian: Скадар) is a city and municipality in northwestern Albaniaand the seat of the county with the same name. It is one of the oldest and most historic places in Albania, as well as an important cultural and economic centre.

During many different epochs it has retained its status as a major city in the Western Balkans, due to its geostrategic positioning close to the Adriatic and the Italian ports, but also with land-routes to other important cities and towns in neighbouring regions.

The present municipality, which now extends from the Albanian Alps to the Adriatic Sea, was formed at the 2015 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities Ana e Malit, Bërdicë, Dajç, Guri i Zi, Postribë,Pult, Rrethinat, Shalë, Shkodër, Shosh and Velipojë, that became municipal units. The seat of the municipality is the city Shkodër.

Shkodra,the city of bicycles.

Shkodra, Northern Albania (114.000 inhabitants), is renowned for its cycling tradition in Albania and in Southeast Europe. Its modal split is special: 29%¨cycling share, 44% walking and 3% public transport. There’s gender equity in cycling and cycle use is wide spread and popular over all ages. The cycling culture is well alive still and Shkodra is said to be a live laboratory for ‘shared space’ with mutual respect between road users. Needless to say that growing traffic levels are gradually posing a threat on the shared space and some cyclists are expressing their uncertainty in traffic. Modernization of roads , canalization and a first pedestrianisation scheme has been, for obvious reasons, the priority in the city’s development so far.