BELGRADE, SERBIA: Hanging out with Serbs and Russians
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- I visited Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, and met up with some friends. We visited an Island in the Danube, explored the Serbian nightlife, and I even bought a deck of 'Most Wanted Cards'.
There are great people all over the world and I hope these videos of the Balkans make a few people come here and experience these beautiful countries!
The only genocide in Bosnia was against Serbs. Three times in one century. Everything else is crocodile tears.
Geographically very slightly off-piste but relevant - I spent a few days in Sarajevo in 2023 and found it one of the most intriguing places I've been to yet. Did all the usual 'touristy' things including Mostar bridge, Kravica waterfall, Počitelj etc and met some pretty wonderful people. You learn a lot from a tour guide on an 8 hour minibus journey especially when you mention Tito in a passing comment without truly understanding how he fits into the story in this part of the world. Always been intrigued by this part of the world but it was completely by chance that I recently met my girlfriend who happens to be a Bosnian Serb now living in Norfolk. She was in Sarajevo during the war and worked as a translator for the British Army and I when I listen to her experiences from that time it takes me back to that minibus tour but with a newfound appreciation of what it must be like to live through conflict and chaos. Great videos BL, keep it up.
Is about Freedom and generosity to enybody and everybody who came and, Rusan because similar Religion we are Ortodox people
The Serbs know why they love Russia very well. Thank you very much.
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Actually, the Kalemegdan fortress or fortress is an extremely old place, entire underground cities are located in the tunnels under the fortress, which means that many civilizations built there. I live not far from Belgrade and this place always haunts my mind. A very interesting rabbit hole.
Btw Mihailo Obrenovic the guy on the horse in the middle of the town, didn't just build stuff around he was also a Prince of Serbia at the time. Prince Mihailo's greatest achievement was achieving a complete withdrawal of Turkish troops from Serbia in 1862.
That is an impressive feat!
Thank you so much very Nice vidéo. Vive la Serbie 🇷🇸 🇷🇸 🇷🇸
Thank you for watching! I loved my time in Serbia!
Russian here, Britt has to be careful talking about the war. He has pro western picture of the events. He doesn't know what really happened back then.
Why Serbians like Russians? Because, in the time of the tzars and kings Serbia was in great need and Russians helped. Serbia remember! Everything.
I have a book about the history of Serbia which I am going to read when I get home, so I will learn all about it!
@@BritishLandeurThe Same reason American's Like UK or Austrians Like Germany...
@@Darkdarkdark123ahahaha a ameri ratovali sa britancima...dobro ti je poređenje😉.
They also let Serbs go to live in Russia (present day Ukraine) - I think it's to help them fight off the Mongols. The old provinces were called Slavo Serbia and Novo Serbia.
@@frostflower5555 It is a Long History.We all know that Imperial Family is mixt whit Serbian Nemanjic dinasty....Russia helpt Serbia to fight Ottoman Turk's and then WWI and in the end WWII .... Plus Nato agresion make Serb's Anti Nato pro Russian.
I spoke about our hospilaty right ? Nice to have you around !
Срби и Руси су заједно јаки. ми никада не постајемо непријатељи.
Nice to see you enjoying Belgrade my friend. That's awesome, there is so much to see. Wh ydidn't you go to visit that Londoner who has records shop basically in the heart of Belgrade, he's almost the beating heart of the British ex-pat community in Belgrade. Enjoy the Belgrade and Serbia my friend!!!
I didn't know he existed! I left Belgrade about 10 days ago, and only saw the comment on my previous video after I left.
I wish I had seen it before I left because I absolutely would have gone to find him!
Still had an amazing time in Belgrade - I was only meant to stay in Belgrade for three days, but stayed for six. Same as I was only meant to spend 15 minutes in Vlaesnica and stayed for eight days. Wherever there are Serbs, I stay too long haha.
There is a British expat community in Belgrade? I lived there for a year and only met two other Brits! Very rarely heard people speaking English.
The Second World War had more heinous crimes than the 1990s because the Independent Satellite State of Croatia got rid of 1/3 of Croatian Serbs, converted the other one-third to Uniates (like the Roman Catholics did in Western Ukraine) and sent one-third to Jasenovac camps for Serbs (where 700,000 perished, conservative figure), Jews (28,000 victims, conservative figure) and Roma (80,000 victims, conservative figure). After the war, Tito (being a Croat and Slovene) did not prosecute seriously the Croatian and Slovene crimes. The Serbs who fought on the side of the Old Order
(God, Country and King) had to flee to the West.
Yep, in WW2 they had a camp just for Serbian children. Truly awful. I don't hold any of that against the current people in Croatia of course. But weirdly a lot of people hold grudges against the current people in Serbia.
Everyone I met there was cool. I love Serbia and the Serbian attitude to their country and their culture. I think it's a really beautiful thing that many Western nations have totally lost.
@@BritishLandeur Indeed! I hope you make lasting friends there. I was born in North America but my people come from Raska (Stari Ras). Serbia was called "Raska" and also "Zeta" long time ago, that is.
youre welcome to visit agean, glad you liked Serbia
You know I'll be coming back to Serbia! Such a beautiful country and a beautiful people too. Thank you!
Russians in Serbia do not have the right to feel other than being at home. Among my first memories, when I was a kid watching partisan movie, I didn`t understand what they were saying, and mom explained to me that there are people like us, who are called Russians, and that we, Serbs, exist thanx to them. My grand-grandpa, who fought WWI, later told me why Russian Tsar is Serbian saint. There are only two types of Serbs those who believe Serbs and Russian are brothers, and those who believe that Serbs and Russians are one and the same. Other types are not considered Serbs by these two types of genuine Serbs.
I'm confused so do you like the Russians or not like the Russians? Because all the Russians I spoke to were pretty nice. I think they're very welcome in Serbia, no?
@@BritishLandeur I`m confused that you are confused and couldn`t draw a right conclusion. What made you suspicious about my love for Russia? Is it what my mama taught me, or my grand grandpa, or something else?
@@BritishLandeur Unlike the British, I would ban them from entering Serbia.
@@ivangoran4461zato volis djilasa i mandriku😂🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇺🇷🇺
@@mitarpop4209 Па и Ђилас и Румуника раде за Жвалвог јер им је амбасадор Хил заједнички газда. Срам те било
The blond, seems like trouble, the fun kind of trouble. 😉
Your face though, when she sucked her vape 😂 priceless.
She's a sweetheart, I'm a big fan!
Wow. Serbia looks insanely fun.
Cool place, man. It's not perfect and a lot of people struggle financially, but they go out and socialise with each other, so that's something.
Very welcoming of me too, all the Serbian people. Which surprised me a little as Britain bombed the hell out of Belgrade a couple decades ago.
It's interesting though that Bosnia is just next door and everything is way cheaper in Bosnia.
Beautiful video!
Thank you so much!
What regiment and rank you were in .
Says that most people do not know who the guy on a horse is (which is a lie). Then when asked why is he famous, responds: “ermm umm errrr duurrr he built like stuff yeah” What a plonker
Hey bro, I feel you, but she knows more about her history than most Brits would be able to do if you stopped one in London.
The meaning of the banner is about WW1 (56% of Serbian men died in a war), WW2 (ustashe genocide) and Balkan wars (almost all Serbs cleansed from Croatia and Muslim-Croat part of Bosnia). Compare 16% of Muslims in Serbian part and 4% of Serbs in Muslim-Croat part). For every Serb, at least those employing their brain, Srebrenica war crime is a politicised and overblown event misused for political objectives of Western Powers/NATO (a side in a conflict). That's the context of the banner, and all truthful. Of course, an Englishman didn't hear any of it, he heard only the NATO interventional version of events.
If you think you know it better from your TV then we from our soil then thats your point of yiew ! We were a boiling point of all different hikes in all imaginable directions since folks walked the earth ! In serbia for example we practice hospilaty as something natural . We love visitors and guests in our middle . We are well educated and open people and whoever wants to deal with us we are straight .
Big love to my place , familie and country !
100% - very kind people everywhere and very beautiful country. You are right to be proud of Serbia!
Šta ova priča da većina građana ne zna ko je na konju,šta lupeta?
@user-lc6kp3hg6iне зна ни она сама, каже да је био градоначелник и грађевинац🤣, а лепо јој пишу градови које је ослободио!
pa ne zna
At the end of the video:
-Thats a beutiful building *points at the ministry of defence
-I wish i visited it
-And that one *Points at the main government building that was built in 1928 as a Palace of Ministry of Finnances in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. 😄
Maybe good I didn't just walk into the Ministry of Defence then! They might not have been too happy with me!
@@BritishLandeur They would be polite im sure, but the other one, where the presidents office is... Im nnot so sure about that 😅
Russian guy don't know about general Vrangel and " White Russian's "? Because they were fighting for the tsar, they lost then flew from USSR Lenin's comunism to moustly Serbia and rest of Europe. You have general Vrangel grave in the Russian church, behind St. Marc church in Tashmajdan park. Fun fact the Russian princes Anastasia ( you know the story ) should merry the, princ of Serbia at that time, king Alexandar I Karadjordjevic of Yugoslavia.
Lovely video! Enjoy your stay! Such a pity that the Russian guy from the video is so ignorant of the history of Serbian-Russian ties and lives in Belgrade. I would be curious at least. Russians who came here after the Revolution in 1917 were of a different, much nobler kind. That's how it seems to me and most people I know. I hope we are wrong and I'm sure there are beautiful exceptions among current Russian immigrants if we are not.
Well, I can only speak to the Russians I met in Belgrade, but they were very polite and noble. I have tremendous respect for both them and Serbs!
There was no genocide in Bosnia - revenge war crimes YES. Neutral source would be the infamous Norwegian documentary on youtube ("Srebrenica, the town betrayed") depicting true events so don't apologize to anyone for your opinion!
West Balkan (and Balkan in general) is very complicated place - politically and historically. It is continuing to be complicated politically , because elites (trough media) constantly reheating old griefs , hate and other negative things , which has sole purpose to keep them in power (while masses antagonize each other - division is a beautiful thing , when you are a ruler). Of course , major "powers" in Europe (+ USA) benefit from those tensions. Governments in Balkan are ALL on a globalist (WEF) band wagon , no matter what they are talking publicly . Some people fall for the narrative , others do not. The truth is - we are , mostly , south Slavs and (except Slovenians and Macedonians) we speak the same language (different dialects). There are minorities (I mean non Slavic) .
Princ Michael (knez Mihajlo Obrenović) , the man on the horse (monument) in front of national museum and across the street from national theater , was ruler of Serbia in two occasions . He built these institutions (before mentioned) and he took over the Belgrade from the Ottomans after some incident (after which the Ottomans bombed the city from the fortress). There is a Wikipedia page about him.
Girl in the video tried to explain some things about the Nemanjić dynasty (Rastko Nemanjić - St. Sava) , but the facts were wrong (I believe that she mixed up things). He lived in 12th and 13th century and he was a prince , but he chose to engage in diplomacy and church. He was first Serbian Archbishop , and he gained independence for , what is now known as Serbian Orthodox Church and king's crown for his brother Stefan (from Roman Pope) - by which he made Serbia a kingdom and mostly independent (still under the Byzantine influence). He died in Hilandar (where he and his father built some monasteries) and the temple of St. Sava was built in a place , where Ottomans burned his remains , after Serbian rebellion in 17th century (there were a lot of rebellions here). The temple is built to look like St Sofia in Istanbul and it is one of the largest orthodox churches in the world (largest by volume) and it is not a monastery. You should visit it next time you come back (and you can record video in there). If you visit it - don't miss the crypt (stairs are near the entrance).
External display of weapons in the fortress is a part of military museum permanent exhibition and the missiles exhibited are the same ones that shot down the F 117 B "nighthawk" - stealth bomber (invisible) , in NATO aggression of 1999. The only one that was shot down in the world , ever , and our anti air forces made excuses after that - they weren't aware that it was invisible... 😁
The conclusion of the video can be applied to this whole region - Balkan is the black hole for talent , creativity and ideas . For the most part , talented people from these parts are recognized only after they leave and make it somewhere else , like Tesla , Pupin , Milanković (or the athletes - both lists are veeery long) ... I believe , that there is a historic reason for that kind of mentality (constant wars and struggles) , but that is for debate...
I like your videos , because of "open" approach to places and people. Of course , you are young , but it is commendable that you didn't just gave in to western media propaganda and decided to check things out for yourself. Don't pay too much attention to hateful comments and keep up the good work.
The best comment I have ever received! You should be a tour guide!
Politicians these days seem to be determined to create divides and stir up anger to keep themselves in a position of power. Very dangerous behaviour, you are right. Far better to try to seek peaceful resolutions and focus on improving the lives of your citizens.
I bought the book that she was talking about, but I have not had time to read it yet. I hope to learn a lot more about the history of Serbia so that when I come back I will be more educated.
I should have explored more of Serbia, but I really struggled with the heat. Some days it was almost 40 degrees centigrade - in the UK we consider 30 degrees extreme heat. This made it kind of difficult to be motivated to go and see more, but I did spend just under four weeks in Serbia just speaking to Serbs and enjoying this beautiful country.
@@BritishLandeur You aren't the first one who suggested to me to become a tour guide , or a history teacher 😃 But , I'm over 50 and I hate to walk in the heat ... Seriously , things I know about history and general culture are consequence of my early education in Yugoslavia - education system and great teachers (though , I'm trained in machine science , being maker most of my life) . From that time and considering the turmoils that we went trough - I've kept inquisitive and analytical mind and , in general , most of us (relatively educated , middle aged people , from around these lands) can "smell" BS propaganda from far away. Though , there is a lot of tribalism too .
Best time of year to visit these parts is end of April and trough May (hopefully , the weather should be as it used to be - sunny and not too hot). If I may - I suggest to dedicate more time in order to see more stuff and meet more people and to find a "base" from where you can go places. If you find sponsors for your videos - it'll be easily financially viable .
I wish you happy and safe travels.
First human settlements on Belgrade teritory is about 8500 years ago.Roman- Singidunum,1900 years ago,etc,etc.Which makes Belgrade one of oldest towns in Europe.
P.S.Serbia has not more then 6 million inhabitants.And by Russian stats ,there are about 500 000 thousands Russians in Serbia.
Тенкови у Војном музеју су из 1.Светског Рата, осим тих ракета, оне су 1999. обориле Ф117 у току агресије Нато Пакта
Probably seems like quite a long time ago now. My cousin was in British MI doing WC investigations in Vitez. He came back, resigned and had a breakdown because of what he saw. My Serbian friend could tell you some things...he denies nothing, talks quite proudly about what he did.
Bad people everywhere. Recently saw that the SAS, our boys, have been found to have committed WC. Doesn't reflect a whole population.
@@BritishLandeur No one said it did and it's a different generation now but your comment was about 'denial' of something (by all sides) we all saw at the time, which draws parallels with 'denial' used for other historical events... I do find it a shame that you sank to the depths of using whataboutism, comparing SAS WC allegations with what happened in the 90s, I can only guess you know nothing about it otherwise you wouldn't even make that klnd of comparison. FYI, they used to 'pave' the road outside their compound with croats so they could drive over them every day, told to me with some pride...I guess with feelings like that the area will get f*cked again. Oh, go watch Warriors (if you haven't already). I always found the Serbian view of the world is an interesting one...
Vitez was Croat-Muslim fighting (Croat-Muslim war) and the British soldiers were stationed nearby. Croats claim the British had something to do with the fighting.
"The Vitez massacre was the killing of eight Bosnian Croat children by the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) on 10 June 1993, during the Croat-Bosniak War."
@@LoremIpsum1970 Vitez was Croat-Bosniak war. The Serbs were ethnically cleansed by the Croats and Muslims from the beginning of the war. A British mercenary, John MacPhee, who was sent to join the Croats against Serbs, but ended up fighting the Bosnian Muslims in 1993, was most shocked by what her personally witnessed the Bosnian Muslims would do - they would deliberately mutilate the Croats civilians and even the animals. He never witnessed nor mentioned Serbs doing that - it was mostly regular fighting with the Serbs, though he himself admitted to shooting girls and women, both Serbs and Bosnian Muslim. Usually it was when someone was walking too close to where he was hiding and he didn't want to take chances show he'd shoot them only to find that it was an unarmed young woman (who turned out to be the daughter of a Bosnian general) or unarmed elderly woman (Serb) trudging in the snow.
@@LoremIpsum1970 Wasn't "Warriors" about the Croat-Muslim fighting mainly? Seems you are ignorant that the Bosnian Muslims and Croats had a war with each other in places where they had already ethnically cleansed the Serbs. It took US pressured and the brokered "Washington Accords" to force Muslims and Croats together again, as the US wanted them to fight Serbs, not each other.
there is a pretty good pizza place with same name like that book in belgrade. well, translated, majstor i margarita.
Btw, that monastery Hilandar, where women can't go, that is on Mount Athos in Greece, and the whole mountain is closed for women since the medieval times. it has some 20 ancient orthodox Christian monasteries with monks basically dedicating their lives to praying. Hilandar is the only Serbian monastery there.
Yes, I believe Dado was telling me about this. He really wants to go and visit. He told me most of the monks will speak English too, it makes me want to go for sure.
Coz Russians are Serbs 😂😂😂
When travelling through the Balkans,refrain from making any political statement,especially if you are from a war-mongering country like England,US or Russia....
Didn't make any political statements.
Briton, you have no right to mention anyone's genocide, because you and yours carry at least 150 million souls, creating an empire where the sun never sets.
I didn't do that. Thanks for playing.
@@BritishLandeur You are not, but you enjoy the results of genocide and looting. If it weren't so, you'd be kneading thin cabbage soup right now, you wouldn't even know where Belgrade is.
What you know about histry ??? England is the worse about that for all time
A little bit.
Pay atention what you speek in Serbia ! You dont know history of balkan ,if you talk nonsense some Serb might pull your ears of your head . Welcome litlle boy.
For saying what? Expressing a fact about what some some Serbs believe?
Okay bro. I feel perfectly safe in Serbia, very welcomed by its people and honestly blessed to have visited this country. Never felt threatened or unsafe in anyway.
It's true, I don't know the full and very complex history of the Balkans, so I don't make my own comments or express my own opinions, only talk about what some graffiti means.
@@BritishLandeur God for you litlle british boy. Your Serbian war vet. from Belgrade .
Just explain then what I have possibly done to annoy you?
@@BritishLandeur don't mind him, this is some idiot thinking he is some patriot by saying stupid things online. I'm also from Belgrade.
Don't worry, I have met enough Serbs now to know that Serbian people are proud but kind and welcoming to visitors. I am just genuinely curious how I seem to annoy everyone in these videos, haha!
Engleski provakator
Buduci radnik MI6.
I'm a real life James Bond. You got me.
@@SrdjanBasaric-w2s I'm devastated that I cannot pin this comment.
samo si nam ti falio.....
Was great to meet you mate! I look forward to seeing your videos on here. ;)
@@BritishLandeur he said you're just what we needed right now(In sarcastic term).