personal highlights

1. Transnistria: sort of independent Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
2. Tiraspol: capital of the unrecognized republic, officially in Moldova
3. Border: probably the only European border that is guarded with tanks
4. Bureaucracy: own currency, passports, insurance etc. for 0.5 mio people
5. Streets: probably the emptiest streets in an European capital

image sources

1. border within the country
2. fresh market on the road
3. 25 years of independence - sort of
4. roses for the independence war
5. random apartment block