Traveling from Serbia to Bulgaria by train is difficult.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ย. 2023
- In this video we attempt to travel from Belgrade, Serbia to Plovdiv, Bulgaria via train.
#serbia #bulgaria #traintravel
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Stay safe always beautiful family 🙏🏽 thank you for sharing. Hugs for Hays 🤗
You have access to internet so you could have checked out for a bus directly from Niš to Sofia. Becouse there is one.
And the taxi driver from Dimitrovgrad knew that there is a train from Slivnica to Sofia but he has to earn for living, simple as that. 👋
i feel like the taxi driver "maybe yes maybe no" ripped you off
Serbia taxis are the worst ripoffs.
Hays ate all the chocolate with the babysitter! LOL🍫
you'll notice he had some more later though, haha
Danke!
You’re so kind! Thank you!
Something i found interesting was, when I went to Japan, my japanese friends were really shocked when I told them smoking indoors is completely banned in Korea. In japan its very much still normal!
Another great video c:
Note to self. Don't train in the bulkans lol.
Yeah it's always surprising for the first little bit when you visit places where smoking is still so common.
Serbia must be the most smoking.place in the world. I stopped eating out because I couldn't taste my food, just the smoke.
Belgrade air is toxic all winter and smells b/c they burn furniture to stay warm.
I think you may have just come up with a new "side-vlog" - The Hungover Traveler!!!
lol- “a night out in…” followed by “hungover in…”
What a great mid-week surprise. Hope this will continue. So glad Hays got some facetime, he was brilliant , but not enough of him. Wonder if this trip can make Guinness World Records for the longest motorized vehicle travel from Serbia to Bulgaria.
He has a starring role in Saturday's video.
60 euros for dimitrovgrad-slivnica… you could have take bla bla car to dimitrovgrad-sofia for 6 euros 😅
Welcome to Serbia with everyone trying to cheat a foreigner. I saw taxis at Belgrade airport charging €250 for a ride downtown.
Luckily, the Novi Sad-Belgrade high speed rail will be extended all the way to Niš. Traveling with the SOKO train will be much better 😁
Definitely! Though this was an adventure. :)
Yeah the rail section towards Bulgaria through Serbia is currently under construction/modernization. Thats why its all a little messed up currently. Cheers
That will start functioning in 100 -150 years. maybe?🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@krasimirmitrov9147 nah. In ~2 years everything should be finished towards Bulgaria. Serbia has been modernizing its railways for a couple of years now finally. A lot has been done & a lot still has to be done but its going in a good way.
@@gamps2771 let it be I am 59 years old long waiting I hope that I will be alive
do you know when will finish
How comfortable was it to travel from Belgrade to Nis in 2nd class, I've done the journey in 1st class and the seats were comfortable with unlimited legroom. The train isn't the best way to travel but as a tourist its nice to do it once at least.
there is train dragoman to sofia . so you are little bitttt take more journey :D enjoy car riding definetly better thnan bdz
Save yourselves a headache and go with Florentia Bus.
9:50 peso , turkish lira NO ONLY EUROOO :D
Trains in Serbia are currently like museums, yes 😁 But it’s slowly changing. Railway for speeds of 200km/h is being built in the north, from Belgrade to Subotica (border with Hungary), it’s almost finished, it will be completed by the end of 2024. Also Hungary is building their part from Budapest to the border with Serbia so it’s gonna be a fast railway from Belgrade to Budapest. They are also next year starting the part from Belgrade to Niš (where you guys went 😄), also for speeds up to 200km/h. And also it will continue to the border of Bulgaria and to Sofia, and to the border of North Macedonia. And also next year they are starting from Belgrade to the border of Croatia, also for speeds of 200km/h. So If u come back in a few years, it’s gonna be much different then now 😄 Great video! 😊
Great info! I’m sure we’ll be back- and with this news, it’s far more likely. 🙃 Thanks for watching and commenting such useful information.
Look out at the border. Often takes 7 to 12 hours to cross, no place to buy food, so bring some and be prepared. Do not cross this border by bus.
Yep but DISGUSTING WC in the 40km/h train will continue to be DISGUSTING in 200 km/h train. It is the problem. Ok, i know. I watched tons of videos from US, homelles people everwhere, trush everywhere. But AMTRAK trains are very clean, not so fast, maybe 80km/h in average but clean. Our trains are relatively new mostly swiss trains but every second WC is DISGUSTING alredy. So, it is not problem with money?. Almost all serbian trains at the moment are new trains, not older then 3 or 5 years max. Traiins are new BUT raill is slow and WC is DISGUSTING. Sorry because of disgusting english. Greatings from Serbia to all.
@@hypatiatv421 It's so true. Thanks for the warning ⚠️
@@hypatiatv421 What are you talking about, WC in 200km/h trains are quite clean.
One day, when they've cracked time-travel, I'm going on the Simplon-Orient Express (Paris -Serbia- Istanbul) with Ingrid Bergman (you've seen the movie, right? 😛) Still a great video Team Hays. I'd liked to have seen some Secret Police though 😎
I haven't seen the movie! I should check it out! Those police were so angry...
There is no service between Serbia and the south. You only can do it with a large detour the best via Craiova, usually via Bucharest and Giurgiu and Ruse and from there via Plovdiv to Kapa
If you know there is no train service is available, why do you try it? You can ride all day long in trains in Bulgaria from. SOFIA to the Black Sea or to Kulata next to the Greece boarder, or to Romania via Vidin or Ruse... Or catch the night train to Istanbul
We wanted to use trains to go as far as possible, which in this case was Nis. And we took the Sofia to Istanbul train next.
For travellers going from Western Europe to Bulgaria and onwards to Turkey by train the best route is currently via Criaova (Romania) and Vidin (Bulgaria). One train daily as well, but no bus connections needed.
Can I go sofia vidin craiova with train ?
@@vazovic No direct train, you have to change trains in Vidin. Timetable here: p.bdz.bg/www/p/t/ptev-mezhd-sofia-craiova-4052.pdf
But how I will cross the custom ? By a walk ? Or hitchiking?
@@vazovic Your are checked either in the train or on the platform. In Vidin the train has a separate closed platform. I posted earlier an answer - a link to the timetable - but it was automatically moved by youtube. Have a look yourself at the site of the Bulgarian railways. You have to change trains in Vidin.
Oh , I got it . I confused because of changing train. I will buy ticket in central gar , rest of easy. Then im planing to go тъмъшвар and serbia and go back sofia as cheapest way (probably train) . I will update this comment in future days.
bulgaria to belgrate train tiket how much
Stay in Bulgaria it's better
Oh look! It's this girl again. I heard that people can know which trains you have been riding just by following your spilled coffee tracks. Is this true?
guess so 🫠🤣
Answer to some of comments bellow:
Yep, we will build fast raill but DISGUSTING WC in the 40km/h train will continue to be DISGUSTING in 200 km/h train. It is the problem. Ok, i know. I watched tons of videos from US, homelles people everwhere, trush everywhere. But AMTRAK trains are very clean, not so fast, maybe 80km/h in average but clean. Our trains are relatively new mostly swiss trains but every second WC is DISGUSTING alredy. So, it is not problem with money?. Almost all serbian trains at the moment are new trains, not older then 3 or 5 years max. Traiins are new BUT raill is slow and WC is DISGUSTING. Sorry because of disgusting english. Greatings from Serbia to all.
Sorry to say, but (bare) feet on seats in public transport is not okay in any country 😵
Perhaps it’s not ok in Serbia so thanks for bringing it to my attention and for that I apologize, but to say it’s not okay “in any country” is simply not true. In almost every country in Asia, this is commonplace. But also a train employee came by and said as long as our shoes were off, that it was alright!
@@StephandPete I hear what you say but as a Western European I can only look at this with disgust. Sorry for that since you make fun videos but had to say this.
You’re always welcome to comment whatever you’d like!
Bulgarians ars so much nicer than Serbs. It worth it to get to Bulgaria even if you have to walk 🚶♂️
😂😂😂Let me guess u are Bulgarian or Albanian?😂
Yes, we saw and heard Bulgarian woman who was asked for information by someone.... This man hates Serbia for some reason
@@serbianwarrior385Nope, he is neither. Just another Westerner not treated well by Serbs.
@serbianwarrior385 I am not either of those but I visited Serbia, and Bulgaria. 😅
@ljubicaciric9145 For some reason? Like how Serbs attack other nations?