Flying to Skopje - First Impressions of North Macedonia
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We flew to Skopje in North Macedonia and here are my first impressions. Fun fact: this video was filmed in June 2018, so at the time of recording the country was still called Macedonia. They have now changed the name to North Macedonia!
This is the first episode from a trip I did with my Mum through Eastern Europe in the summer of 2018. I didn't publish them at the time because I wanted to catch up on my posting schedule and so I ended up skipping a whole bunch of videos. Now I have the chance to catch up and share them with you!
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This is from a trip I did with my Mum through Eastern Europe in the summer of 2018!
I didn't publish the videos at the time because I wanted to catch up on my posting schedule and so I ended up skipping a whole bunch of videos...
Now I have the chance to share them with you!
TheLifeOfJord cool video it really does give a sense of “simpler times” while we’re stuck in this pandemic...
TheLifeOfJord Your video is great ! Just one important fact, North Macedonia its not a part of East Europe (nor was ever Part of the iron curtain) .. its actually in South Europe :-) cheers! :)
Lots of Albanians in North Macedonia. Did you meet any? Next please go to Albania?
TheLifeOfJord how many Balkan countries did you visit
A tip if u travel to skopje know taxis over price torists and the buses want 2 pounds for a card u might only use once in ur life it was way better with the paper cards before
I went to Skopje this past year and the fortress was all cleared out. You could walk around everywhere.
It was much busier and was in August. Not extremely busy like an Amsterdam. Well worth it. We climbed the cross and it was a great lookout.
This reminded me of my time there. I am looking forward to Ohrid.
Have you been to the gate and I have a uncle that's a guard there and I've been there it's a broken kingdom
@grant where are you i want to know you man
Every video promoting beauties of Macedonia is a good video.
Greetings from Skopje❤️Thank you for visiting our country!🇲🇰
I’m glad you visited my county. Hope you and your mother had a great time! 🇲🇰
I loved Macedonia!!! Such a beautiful country and macedonian salads are sooo good! ❤️🤣
agreed!
thank you i live on skopje
I live in skopje like давид and macedonian salads ehhh probably due to no EU regulations on how to grow stuff etc when we join it then yeah rip food quality a bit
north macedonia ! not just macedonia !!! MACEDONIA IS A REGION IN GREECE and u have nothing in common with that country !
@@viktorvelichkov3816 calm down buddy you politics freaks are so cringe it's insane
I really love Skopje. It's an amazing city🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰
I'd actually really like to go back!
@@TheLifeOfJord you should when covid-19 pandemic is over
wow thank you so much i live there
@@ThePrinterCollectorGuy522 you're welcome.
Terrible city! The Disneyland of Europe. I don't even know what to say. Millions spent to make Greek heroes and Bulgarian heroes their own. The history of this cou try lies within the last 100 yrs. Ex Slavic nation trying very hard. Boring city!
Never north, only MACEDONIA !!!! ❤💛❤💛
Hahahahahahahaha pacient
Calm down son we will libirate or lovely ancient macedonia
🇲🇰❤️🇲🇰❤️🇲🇰❤️🇲🇰❤️🇲🇰
And greeks in greek macedonia dont want to live in a slav state, if you want our land, prepear to give your life for it, becouse the momend you attack us it will end! Stop this nonsense!
I know
Lovely trip bro, great to see have your mom by your side while traveling! 6:15 dark beer looked good.
Absolutely!
About it being an empty city, the people in Skopje are really dispersed throughout the city and very few actually live in the city center. The parts where you walked are the tourist parts and there aren't many tourists so. You could see more people in a local mall.
Aye I was in Skopje in December, loved it! I had the opportunity to tour much of the Balkans while I was studying in Croatia.
Jordan, this look like a wonderful trip with your lovely mum, glad you had the opportunity to spend time to see new sights and foods. Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching! Yes it was a great trip and glad I can share it now
I will visit Skopje soon. See you there Skopjeeeeeeee
I'm from Skopje, it's a beautiful city, have fun!
Macedonia the best place on Earth 🇲🇰
Best and cheapest food
People are so welcoming and nice to talk too
Intact nature and beautiful scenery
Strongly recommended ♥️
You mean *North Macedonia.
Macedonia is in Greece.
Cheers.
Mike 616 I exactly meant as i wrote. Macedonia. Undemocratic Greek stupidity i cant comment on this beautiful video.
Bulgarian 23 Ive been in 53 countries so far and Bulgaria is on bottom of my list.
@@staragurts141 i am from macedonia and i like bulgaria and greece but not sure why they care about history so much
North Morth North North North North North North North North! You 'd better get used to it if you don't want sanctions and starvation ...
Thanks for the video, Macedonia is an amazing place to visit and live as well, I lived there for 5 years and it was best days of my life, nice people and a lot of beautiful places to visit in Skopje and outside Skopje as well.
Mohammed Moubasher: Thanks, come in Macedonia again!
Its because you are coming from a very very small and ugly vilage...lol
@@exfa7094 rude
Have you tried kifli and burek
Mmmmm Now you're making me hungry I love zelnik, maznik, burek, kifli,palocenki(crepes),piperki,sopska salata,ajvar and all Macedonian food 🇲🇰❤😁
Nice fortress, the food looks good
Kim jong un likes north macedonia?!
Well it's time for north macedonia to become a juche country!
@@fitmotheyap decko ti od kaj si??
@@revolzyy mkd
@@fitmotheyap pa zs vikas north macedonia?
@@revolzyy da ne pocnat da me spamaat grci u komentar
Thank you for the vlog of Macedonia 🇲🇰 it feels like another age, when eating at a restaurant, walking around town and interacting with people was done freely and without restriction. Looking forward to your next clip 👍
you're right. It will all go back that way soon though ❤
TheLifeOfJord absolutely, can’t wait!
north macedonia ! not just macedonia !!! MACEDONIA IS A REGION IN GREECE and u have nothing in common with that country !
@@viktorvelichkov3816 How much do they pay you?
@@nikolastefanovski3343 nothing , there is no one that is supposted to pay me to say what is true what is not
Should have gone to lake matkaa and mount Vodno
You’re a good son Jord! Glad you both enjoyed traveling together.
In June is very slow in the city Skopje because everyone is on a vacation in Ohrid or the Adriatic sea , Montenegro or Croatia. September everything starts moving .. festivals, concerts, nightlife etc ..
Thanks for the honest review of the city I was born in. Some hotels need improvement in terms of the rooms the tourists stay in, but overall it's great. I also did ask a couple of football fans whether Skopje is good and they said that the city is decent to visit
Privet from Bulgaria ! Macedonia is a pretty country
Thanks dude love Bulgaria too
north macedonia ! not just macedonia !!! MACEDONIA IS A REGION IN GREECE and u have nothing in common with that country !
Viktor Victor you have nothing in common with that country only the fact that you and the Bulgarians occupy a region of it that’s all you both spoiled in the gains with the treaty of Bucharest the whole region of Macedonia is for the Macedonians like William Gladstone said why not Greece for Greeks and a macedonia for the Macedonians
VMRO SLOBODAILISMRT the whole region of MACEDONIA was a multy nationallities ! There was bulgarians, greeks, serbias, and albanians.... after few years you was created by bulgaria and serbia! Also your country was created and named by TITO ! There was always REGION OF MAKEDONIA! Which is the largest part took by greece in the war. And all the slavs who lived there was removed time by time... greek is not slavic country! That's why ! YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND that there is still REGION MAKEDONIA ! And your country cannot be with the same name ' makedonia ' like the region... that's why there is DISPUTE more then30 years .... you was ' srpska banovina' or serbian Territory ! You was yougoslavia which means you can't be from alexander the great! Because he was a ancient macedonia which there is NOTHING IN COMMON with republic of north macedonia or FYROM!
@@viktorvelichkov3816 what are you talking about man Tito is Yugoslavian
Your mom is very pretty I just lost my mom 6 months ago she was pretty as well
Marc s im sorry for your loss
Ohh poor you I so sorry that happend 😔😭❤️💖🥺
Alimi A thank you she was only 46 and left 9 kids :(
ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ thank you she was only 46:( I miss her very much think abt her all the time
@@marcs8991 🥺💖❤️ don't forget to smile thru everything !!
I live in Skopje and I actually haven't been in most of these places. Maybe it's because I stay home a lot ahah 😅
Zasto be brate 😂
@@itsmeagnes8921 ednostavno ne mi se izleguva 😂
@@gackpoid6741 i mene ne mi se izleguva ama sum bil na mnogu mesta stom zavrsi korona odi malce nadvor makedonija e mala ama ubava
@@fitmotheyap I toa planiram
I really appriciate that you visited our country! I mean from my expirience i think that our country has so much culture! Next time u should try our traditional dishes
my grandparents are from macedonia. they moved to australia after the war
Eyyy fellow macedonian xD
They were the lucky ones, i don't think if it was anyones choice he would choose to stay in this shithole..
@@GeorgeTelop stop pretending you are Macedonian You're from accross the border you imposter
Hi Jordan, these video is realy perfect, I miss Skopje. I'd been there. You and your mum's trip was great, Skopje Fortres and old bazaar are worth seeing.
It is actually pretty good, especially if you don't have money and can't go somewhere better like Greece, tbh even Greeks go there, very cheap vacations like Turkey
12:45 While Skopje is the capital and does get lot of tourists in the past 10 years or so, the center of tourism is actually in Ohrid with it's lake.
Thank you so much for visiting my country please like it i love it im from skopje fala
Interestingly, in this video minute 7:22 you havent noticed the old man with guitar which we called is (çiftelie) he is Albanian and playing an Albanian song because as matter of historical background in North Macedonia it has 45% of Albania minority residents and you should pay attention also to the history of these countries of Western Balkans which they are suffering from division and territorial disputes.
Exactly Skopje is Albanian and those mosques were made for the Albanians in the bazaar you can the Albanian flags and the Turks and gypsies speaking Albanian over 1 million Albanian in maceodnia ajd maceodnia have been influenced by Albania
@@infuriousgamer1505 Honestly you're so stupid. The mosques were built when the Ottomans took over (like 400 years ago). Also, the albanians imigrated to Macedonia during WW2 when Albania became a dictatorship
Actually they were around 20-25% but today are less than 20%. This is because many Albanians left the country, they live now mostly in Switzerland, Germany, Sweden looking for a better life that neither macedonian nor albanian politicians were able to offer them...
@@infuriousgamer1505.......
SKOPJE --- 25 CENTURIES MACEDONIAN TOWN ! ! !
How nice is this guy is, many of the vlogers these days are traveling with there friends and staff , and they but their families behind them . You are a unique person continue my friend
I hope you come back to visit again :)
Thanks. I'm glad we are finally getting to see this series! Please keep them coming.
Ohh! I thought its your new vlog..
Hi Jord from Philippines❤
unfortunately not! There will be new vlogs eventually but for now, these are videos that I didn't publish before
Did you eat ajvar and kjebapi? ❤❤🇲🇰
I think he did that's why he stoped uploading, probably dead or in a coma by now..
@@GeorgeTelop food coma is life
Lmao not even fyormian foods but okay
@@GeorgeTelop You are just annoyed coz you cant claim ajvar as yours LOL Go have a sook now
@@anitailievski4544 chill girl just joking.. in my country we make fun of all of our foods..
Зашто.... северна... Кога луѓето си кажуваат МАКЕДОНИЈА и само МАКЕДОНИЈА
Taka e
Така е зошто ние сме ќутливи и си го јадеме..
@@youraveragebedwarssweat5922 Ako ne znael sega znae
@aleksandar b е фала ти ми ги отвори очите
@@mrakstv6069 мислиш Бугарија е Македонска а вие сте настанати од што некој Македонец ебавал некоја татарка
My best trips were with my son. The familiarity made for such a relaxing holiday. If we didn’t want talk it was fine we didn’t have to small talk or Entertain each other. You will both cherish this memory together. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦🍷🍷🍷
the hotel you were staying at is close to where i live
Thats my uncels restourant 11:35
Cool 😎
hello there,Macedonian citisen here
First of all thanks for the good words and marketing of my country on youtube,second its not you that feels like that here almost all of the tourist that come and make videos about Macedonia speak the same things and comments,third thing is about the unfinished building at the castle.It was suppose to be a chirch but becouse of the multy ethnical conflict we had the construction was stoped and it was left like you saw it.Anyways thanks again for the good revew of Skopje and you are welcome anytime to come and visit :)
Next time you go to Macedonia, go to Bitola! Very small town, but beautiful! You have Baba Mountain, Heraclea, Bazaar, Sirok Sokak, Sv. Jovan (beautiful view of the city) Ciflik Winery, Sumski Feneri (restaraunt) Belvedere (another restaraunt) " the planes" which are up on a hill that you can see Bitola.
And cheaper than skopje
Zdravo
Ubavo e vo bitola ja sum od skopje cenite malce losi ama pak podobri od drugi drzavi posebno podobri od tie vo evropska unija
sekoe gradce si ima posebna ubavina 🙂
@@azbukatanamilaimonce1876 tocno
Omg the beans with that sauce stuff is called graf its sooooo good
Grav* ne pismen
Hello, I am from Belgrade, Serbia and I totally agree with you. Excellent food!
Did a quick trip visiting Skopje, Ohrid, Pristina & Tirana back in November of last year.. Great stuff. I also found that Skopje was really quiet for a capital city. But great city nonetheless, with Ohrid probably my favourite out of all of them.
Yes we did Ohrid and Tirana too! Actually really enjoyed Ohrid too, that will be the next video
@@TheLifeOfJord Got to go Matya Canyon & up the cable car up Mount Vodno to the Millennium Cross as well. Matya Canyon definitely worth making time for.
@@xDomz96 yes the canyon is good
I from Macedonia we love you
ima li ne makedonci
Good thing you liked Skopje. Hope you enjoyed Ohrid also. I've been to both of them this year. I loved spending time there, I wish a lot of people will discover North Macedonia, it's a very interesting place, with a nice mix of cultures and religions.
With a nice mix of cultures and religions
Reason: occupied by every single other country in the world
Lol
@@fitmotheyap they've been a crossroads of civilizations, I guess. You can't change the past, so let's enjoy what we have now. I don't understand why some people just can't accept religious and ethnic diversity.
Beautiful Macedonian City Skopje is great to SEE the best of the city Skopje Macedonian is the best place to visit 🇲🇰 🇦🇺 I am from Melbourne born in Skopje
Why you didnt come in cair😐😐😐
Nice video bro!
Skopje is pretty busy but since is Corona virus people are scared to hang out
Great video, really enjoyed watching
Come back again 🙏🏻
U should also visit Ohrid it's very good place and u can explore a lot of places :)
Poarno ohrid da otisol odkolku skopje, skopje polno so kafici
@@kikobog skopje nema so da gledas seto zgradi i spomenici 😀
Very sweet you jord, happy to see you travel with mommy ...
it was a great trip!
Iam glad that you like our country
Huh, 4:44 did you say greek?
We don't have nothing in common with greeks
Lil Ace Lol change your country's name then if you don't want to be linked to Greece, because Macedonia is a historically and culturally GREEK region, and everybody in the world knows that.
@S D if you ask any greek historian or historian from bulgary they will tell you that every country near macedonia took a part of her. So Solun was macedonian city not greek. So that means half of greece is macedonian. You see? Logics. Enjoy in your fake country greece
@@Dani-fx4ms Macedonians are Greeks. You are Slavs. So you are right, no connection at all.
@@PBandas Alexander the Great who was King of Macedon conquered the Greek cities like Athens and others. So yeah, they have no connection ur right
@@revolzyy you Slavs have defently no connections to Alexander the great
Your camera is so shaky
Hi, just a quick question? Are you in Greece or in North Macedonia? Its really confusing when in the video you say that you are in Macedonia...What Macedonia?
Did you know that big TV in the middle square of Skopje it wasn't working for 1.5 years
And you should go to Bosnia and Herzegovina and it's a beautiful country but I live in Skopje
Man, this corona virus made me feel anxious when I see a lot of people being close to each other.
I believe this video is from 2018!
Great work guys!
Bro the hotel you were staying at on god is like 50 steps from where i live i might've even maybe walked past you since I cross that path at the church and the giant horse statue very often.
Sidenote I don't like that hotel very much, I once went to their vending machine to grab a snack and it ate my 20 denars without giving me anything back and the owner was like whatever
Only Macedonia**without the north part🙂
Just skopia better for both sides
giannis braounis fuck off re malaka
νοτια SEPBIA !
Another thing. If you are rating the prices by meals, it is cheap. But the drinks are what really hit your pocket. Living in bitola, I some times spend about 30$ per night just for drinks. I drink whiskey and a glass of a decent whiskey is about 5 dollars, so if you want to have a good time, you better be ready to spend 1/5 of your monthly salary each month on alcohol.
thanks - so nice to see normal life again
Cool video,brother.It was published on my birthday.
Greetings! I am from Skopje and I just saw your vlog. I do hope you and your mother had a wonderful time here and that you would recommend Skopje to your friends and followers. Just like you said, Skopje is very cheap and the food is amazing. Unfortunately you have only visited a few attractions, generally in the city center. There is much, much more to see, like the Millennium Cross on top of the mount Vodno after a joyful 7 minute ride on the zip line that takes you there and the astonishing natural beauty of The Canyon Matka. Best regards.
ASSALIM Alikum everyone
❤
Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatuAllah wa berekatuhu
Macedonia (never north) is gorgeous thanks for visiting. Please note it has nothing to do with greece and the buildings do not resemble greek ones in the slightest
Is nothing to do with slavs to ,you are slavodon not Macedonian
Because you guys have nothing in common with Greeks or Albanians the worlds most ancient people your Slavic
@@infuriousgamer1505 another racist troll this time an albanian..epic!
TheGoose31 hiw is that even racist you guys are slavs a totally different breed
@@TheGoose31 we have a saying... you cont cover the shit with the piss . So even you dont lie your self a bout being Macedonian! So you are only slavodon .
7:15 skopje is 🇦🇱 rocky he is the best
Lina The Great Lina The Great Skopje was always ours from the existence of the city since was named Scupi when it was capital city of Dardanians (Illyrian tribe) till the earthquake of 1963 Skopje was inhabited by albanians after the quake the city started rebuilding and the only purpose of Yugoslavian regim was to fill the city with north macedonians giving them free apartments, plots etc.
@@kushtrimkusho6266
I think this land belongs to the apes
They were first
@@coasteyscoasteys.....
MAKEDONIJA BELONG TO MACEDONIANS.
I mean The Kale was for defending Skopje,not for decoration.Also there are houses on the kale too.You can’t imagine a whole Disney Land there😂
i never hear anything about north macedonia whatsoever, this is interesting
I am macedonian
Was it Anja apartments? I don't recommend them. I am a Macedonian myself and when I traveled back to Macedonia in January, we were staying in Anja apartments but in the center. We did see these apartments as well, and those in the center seemed better to us. I will never go there again. They can buy new furniture and especially new sheets. I will not even speak about housekeeping, the housekeeper was fine, except they didn't have a hoover. TV that didn't work, and often there wasn't water.
£25 for two days, what did you expect? Marble floors and kashmir linen 🤔
Hi Jord! I'm from Skopje, I got so excited when I saw the title of this video! I'm glad you enjoyed your stay here, if you ever return try to explore some bars and restaurants that are not in the city center, and don't miss Matka and mount Vodno as mentioned. 😊
I'd love to come back some time!
Whatever you need just ASK
make video on vodno
I love this country. North Macedonia is defentely underradet. Food, Peoplesand Nature is awesome. I aslo visite the beautiful Matka Canyon ❤️
seems like I should've gone there - next time!
@@TheLifeOfJord if you Come in Macedonia you are welcome. But in north... We don't like people Who call as North. 😉
You mean Macedonia?!!
Please dont say North 🙏
@@othersideofme8395 facts 💯
Hi Jord from Italy, Wish you and mom have great holiday !!!!
Thanks man! Stay healthy and safe!
@@TheLifeOfJord Thanks Jord!! take care and wish you and mom safe too!!
Hidden gem of the Balkans , Macedonians are the nicest people on earth . super cheap and natural beauty that will take your breath away .
The times when the fountain worked
I was able to go to Skopje a couple times while on US Army deployment to Kosovo in 2016-2017. It's a cool little place and I remember it was a bit cleaner than Kosovo.
Only a bit as u said, but at least skopjan are more educated, while in Kosovo u can't go out if u don't carry a bazooka..
Really wanna visit there someday to meet my boy 😍😍
Next time come too Gevgelija town in Macedonia 😊🍀☕🍮🍰🔟
Thanks for visiting, You would not get into trouble as a foreigner for riding the bus without a fare, we don't care. You are tourists. Enjoy it :D
Glad you're safe at home and have some work to keep you busy. I'm taking my time with everything I do and enjoying the process.Only one drinking day a week allowed so I will have something to look forward to and not make a bad habit.Hows the dry spell or are you doing something similar?
Still on the dry spell personally! For me there's no reason to break it right now, just keeping on with editing and on the fitness train
Why you don;t show the Skanderbeg Square of Shkup
Hey mate Macedonia 🇲🇰 is Beautiful country nice vid
Lol, I have been everywhere in Macedonia but it looks bad and all in this video. But it is actually better and beautiful if you have no plan just know to what city you go to sadly you went in June in august it is really good theater.
I'm from Skopje, Macedonia😊😊😊
Didn't know Greeks had this city.
SKOPJE --- 25 CENTURIES MACEDONIAN TOWN ! ! ! ! !
Check out Bitola aswell
Nice to see some of the least visited cities in Europe, thanks for your interest and effort to visit and share. And your mom is really sweet and literally a star!
For some unknown reason I have the sense that at least 113 Greeks came here.
Is this now during the pandemic how is the movement with all the Coronovirus crap going on
No. He said in the description it is from 2018
Such a shame you didn't go to matka canyon
Its a quarantine, thats why there are not much people on the square
im from Skopje North Macedonia Zdravo cite ako znaiete makedonski moshete ove dago vidite.
Aj trgni go toa north ziti majka