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Another great video I'm so pleased someone has put this on TH-cam I went to Belgrade years ago and went to house of flowers but I was unable to find his train I was well gutted 😢

I really appreciate the comment! It's a DJI Pocket 2.

@@RevolutionaryRoads1984 Thanks man. Looking forward to videos from Albania and Bulgaria soon I would imagine. Ever Hoxa was very interesting and I have seen some interesting videos from where Todor Zhivkov use to live 👍

Thanks for watching. :) Unfortunately, I only had time on my visit to see Genex Tower from a few blocks away. Next time I'll make sure to explore it properly and check out that amazing mural and more of Novi Beograd.

@@RevolutionaryRoads1984 If you need any tips, do let me know. Your videos about Bishkek and Almaty really helped me with my visit about a month ago. Keep up the good work!

I agree with you. I left yesterday Belgrade yesterday with temperatures of 34 C. It was slightly rough in terms of filming, but I think I managed ok considering. Kafana SFRJ was absolutely incredible!

I really appreciate this comment. :)

Thank you for the words of encouragement. I have no doubt it! :)

Thanks for watching and for commenting! I was born in Heidelberg, West Germany in 1984 and lived in West Berlin between 1986 and 1993 (of course, from 1990 it was no longer West Berlin) due to my father's job working for the U.S. armed forces. I have memories of crossing the wall as a young child and seeing much of East Berlin, which I will likely share in future videos. I think there are many important points to address about the wealth disparities - then and now - between east and west. It's important to recognise that the Soviets never wanted Germany's division, with Stalin adhering for months after the creation of the FRG in May 1945 to the idea that Germany must be a neutral buffer between the western countries and the USSR. Ulbricht and Pieck were pleading with him to set up a mini socialist Germany, but Stalin persisted for quite a while before giving in. The west was always much more industrialised even before the division, whereas the east had mostly rather poor farmland. In terms of resources it possessed brown coal, but that was about it. The GDR paid reparations to the USSR, while the FRG economy benefited tremendously from the Marshall Plan aid that it was receiving from the U.S. The economic miracle would not have been possible otherwise. There's also the small matter of the Hallstein Doctrine, which was effectively an embargo against the GDR that made trade or diplomatic relations with the little Germany very difficult. This definitely sabotaged East Germany's economic development. This isn't to ignore or downplay the very real shortcomings and serious problems in the GDR, many of which were homegrown, but I think some context is always needed - just as I think it's important to recognise that 34 years after Germany's reunification, the east still remains much poorer, and the notion of two Germanys really still persists.

Good to hear from you! This was filmed back in March, but I'm off on the next journey at the moment. :)

I realised that as soon as I saw the train was actually heading as far as Wien Hbf. Next time!

Yes indeed. I knew that, but I suppose I didn't say so during the video. :) Thanks for watching!

Thanks for that! Looking forward to you joining me on future journeys.

But why? Transnistria just mean over the Nister river, which is indeed the location of the "country" if looked from a Western perspective. Why is it an insult to use the English term for it? Should German people be insulted when we call their country Germany and not Deutchland?

@@RaduRadonys The Germans have no reason to be offended: both names of their country are historical and do not contain any political overtones. With Pridnestrovie the situation is completely different. "Transnistria" is not a geographical name, it's not an English term. This word originally emerged as an insult during the Moldovan-Pridnestrovian confrontation of 1989-1992. This word is a direct borrowing of the name of the occupation regime that Romania created in the territories of the USSR when it invaded here along with Hitler. Large-scale crimes, including genocide, were committed here. It was the desire to repeat these crimes that was hinted at by the use of the term "Transnistria" in relation to Pridnestrovie. Even if we discard this context (which, of course, is impossible), then as a geographical name this term is completely incorrect.

@@Pyc... Ok, that might be true, but nobody knows these details (I mean nobody from the Western world), they just know that the country is called Transnistria on Google, Wikipedia, etc and they don't intend absolutely nothing negative when they use that term. It's just a name of a country. You should be happy that people are talking about your country, not impose this unsolicited negative twist to it. Another thing is that Pridnestrovie is really hard to pronounce/remember by non-Russian speakers, while Transnistria is super easy. Don't get mad, that's how I would fell if I were a citizen there.

@@RaduRadonys ​Well, let's be honest: 99% of the Western world has never even heard of this region. Therefore, the word they will use when they suddenly learn something about Pridnestrovie depends entirely on the context and source of information. Of course, if they use propaganda sites like Wikipedia as a source, they won't even know that the word "Transnistria" is purely an insult and in no way a name. By the way, I talked to many native English speakers: for all of them this word sounds just as ug|y as for Russian speakers. I can't imagine why it seems simple to you.

@@RaduRadonys Would you be happy if you, your family and people were denied the right to life? This is exactly what the word "Transnistria" means. By the way, I have repeatedly communicated with native English speakers: the word "Transnisria" sounds just as uglу to them as it does to Russian speakers. I don't know why it seemed simple to you.

That's the belief but there's no real evidence of that being true since the Chancellery never had red colored marble.

Hi, there, you could have taken the EN 472 Ister departing at 1815 from Bucarest an arriving in Budapest at a more convenient time at 0850.

We all owe the Soviet Red Army a debt that can never be repaid. Thanks for commenting!

Haha, no disrespect intended whatsoever! :) Just felt like having a bit of a silly moment in an otherwise fairly information packed video.

@@RevolutionaryRoads1984 Yes I know that, it was a joke comment too :)

This is not a Pridnestrovian guy, apparently he just makes money here on the so-called "tourists" (fools who themselves do not know where and why they are going). A real Pridnestrovian would be very offended if he heard the word Transnistria addressed to him.

@@Pyc... Andrey mentioned almost immediately to me (including in this video!) that the name of the country is Pridestrovie. He obviously wanted to make this point abundantly clear.

I never did that, though I have to wonder if you actually finished the video if you thought it was boring from the beginning. I think I made pretty clear that this train was a remarkable experience despite being an 'old school' ride to Bucharest. Honestly, it was significantly better than riding an Amtrak train in my native country (the United States). If I wanted to make fun of terrible infrastructure, I didn't need to look further than the U.S.

Good Lord, noooooooo. ;)

Is this 89 percent in the territory governed by the Republic of Moldova, or also including the territory that is de facto independent (Pridnestrovie)? Either way, it's the first time I have seen this 89 percent number. It's quite possible that you know better than me, in which case I'm quite pleased to be educated. That being said, the statistics I have seen for the Republic of Moldova (ex. Pridnestrovie) seem to show around 75-80 percent of the population being ethnic Moldovan/Romanian.

Glad to see a comment from someone who remembers it!

Thanks for the comment! I agree, they are remarkably comfortable.

Yikes. I made sure to take this journey in March, given how many videos I had seen online about suffering passengers over the summer months. I feel for you!

It used to be Soviet

I use the old Radio Moscow interval signal for all of my videos from the former USSR, just as I use the Radio Berlin International interval signal for my videos from the former East Germany.