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Serbia is so close to Russia cause of Kosovo split, which they think was due to US intervention. Basically there was a civil war, after that Kosovo declared itself independent from Serbia, and US helped Kosovo. think something like this. annd all other reasons..
Hello just about flags. It was state flag with an eagle and peoples flag just with stripes. Same stripes. If you turn serbian flag opside down you get russian. Ok have a nice time!!!
In our darkest times (1980s), in Romania was no food in the stores, no gas for the pathetic cars we had, just few hours of power per day in our houses and apartments, two hours on the only TV channel we had and those were full of cult of personality dedicated to Ceausescu. You had no option to visit other countries being a Romanian, you were isolated in your own country. That was a nightmare and the definition of the purest communism. In those times, our friends from Yugoslavia had almost everything. Food, clothes, chocolate, Pepsi (oh my God!!), bananas, oranges and tons of other goodies. It was a miraculous convention signed between the Serbian and Romanian governs who allowed to the citizens who lived at 50 km from the borders to travel on the "other side" for 50 km few times a year. It was called the little traffic. When my parents asked me what I want for my birthday I simply tried impossible and I asked a vinyl disk of Iron Maiden or Metallica. The only person who could've accomplish the mission was my beloved grandmother who had her house near the Serbian border. She traveled on the other side, and entered in a music store, full of metal long-hair heads who stared at my granny with strange eyes. She asked the person on the counter for an Iron Maiden disk and she received a negative answer. Her words and her appearance had nothing to do together, she was just an old lady from a small village of Romania. A strange silence hit all the metal heads inside the store. Then, with half of the voice she asked about Metallica, and the guys went all crazy, laughing, throwing Serbian words and raising their eyebrows. My granny became their hero in just few seconds. Some of those guys went at their homes and brought a lot of vinyl disks. When my grandmother returned to Timisoara, she delivered the best heavy-metal collection I could ever imagine. I was in heaven!! Steven, this is a definition of the Serbians. They are naturally proud and stubborn people but when you got inside their soul, you'll discover the human nature at its best. Serbians are truly friends!! With a delay of 40 years, I will thank those guys from the bottom of my heart, here and now.
This is the most beautiful story that I've ever read on internet. Not just because I am a Serbian, not just because I am a metal fan. But because of your grandmother. And yes, we in Serbia know how Romanian people suffered under Ceausesku regime.Many people escaped to Serbia over Danube river. My father went to Romania once in 1988 to Arad and Temisoara and after he came back he told us how terrible it was. Dark everywhere ay night, no electricity, only 4 hours a day, no food, no gas...imagine Romania with many oil fileds has no gas. Terrible stories. And than Lepa Brena came to Romania. :D :D
WOW this comment was so great. Thanks for sharing this! We had some comments about how things were great under Ceausescu but the museum we visited really made it seem like things were much better under Tito. But anyway we aren't too political usually on our channel, just relaying our experience at the museum. Thanks for sharing your story though. Very compelling
My parents have been going to Romania selling things like spices and jeans over there and then they would buy food and bring it to Belgrade (it was cheaper). I am talking about 80s of course.
the destroyed building is not from the yugoslav war, its from the NATO aggression on Serbia 20 years ago. The attack lasted 3 months, killed thousands of people and caused economic damage of over 100 billion US dollars
Respect for Serbian people. I'm from Romania. I remember of Starina Novak, your National hero, hero in Romania, knows as Baba Novac, He was captain of Michael the Brave army.
When it comes to friends, I think most people would say one of four countries: Montenegro (same people, same language, same religion, a lot of intermarrying, never fought against each other and were often allies), Greece (same religion, fought together against the Turks, they don't recognize Kosovo, they were against the bombing of Serbia and a lot of Serbs go on vacation there), Russia (same religion, a fellow Slavic people group, they helped Serbia in many wars) or Romania (same religion, one of the few neighbours that they never fought against).
Divine , Roumanians are not russian friendly, on the contrary...so, don t call us best friends, since you 're so close to Russia from all point of views... You re also closer to Bulgarians, almost same language and very close to Russia too... Sorry to décieve you, but that s the real truth...globally speaking...
@@michaelahass2695 so what? Why must we be enemies? Genetic studies have shown that Serbs and Romanians are 99% same people(together with North Macedonians). We have the closest genetics out of all other nations in the Balkans. We are traditionally friends. Why should we spoil that friendship? I love Romanians. I have a Romanian aunt and she is one of the best people I know.
@@serbsrb That s great, it s OK , just don t forget our big differences concerning Russia, who invaded Roumania, bringing us sooo much evil, imposing us communism and Stalin' s ideology. We were a kingdom, our King had to abdicate etc etc...look up in Roumania s history and you ll probably understand our great resentment against Russia ...that s all.
@@michaelahass2695 And Romania joined NATO that bombed our country to the ground. We had to run to the woods to save our lives. We had no gas, food, water, electricity... So what? Should we hate our Romanian ortodox christian brothers because of the politics of the great powers? That's just stupid in my opinion. We are neighbors, christians, Europeans and friends and we should't be so stupid to let anyone ruin our cultural conection and friendship.
@@michaelahass2695 Stimata doamna imi cer scuze dar ne se intelege din ce am scris, ca as include pe cineva decat pe mine insumi. Imi cer scuze daca v-am deranjat din greseala.
@@georgecoman5342 Nu este nici un deranj, dar nu prea vad marea prietenie serbo romana ! Poate ptr cei de la granita, etc etc...dar politic nu prea avem mari afinitati ! Ptr Dvs a fost o sansa si va felicit 👍 O seara buna din Paris 🖐
Canada had a central role in demolition of the building at 3:25. It has nothing with ex-yu war, only with NATO bombing Belgrade with radioactive bombs in 1999 without UN permission and against all international rules. So, that ruin is a memorial of your country's ex government actions. p.s. I had to comment, because sometimes observations, like that in the vid, can cause mis-washing of the history.
@@vickoslavkovic2593 Canada was one of main initiatiors of bombing in 1999 and had a great deal in action planing along with USA, UK & Germany and some other NATO countries. But, these four were the loudest and insisted the most, although they didn't get UN permission. From whose airplane the bomb fall doesn't matter, the organizatiors are still guilty.
Only can happen in Serbia 🤣 fun fact, I am Serbian and I live in Belgrade for 10 years now and I also got ripped off once. Taxi mafia in Belgrade is on another level 😭
As for the sites in Belgrade I could recommend for tourists, those are definitely the districts of Zemun and Belgrade Waterfront. Other than that, if you like nature, you should also check Ada Ciganlija, Košutnjak forest and Topčiderski park. Finally, there is a small mountain near Belgrade (you have a city bus line to there but it would take you an hour) - the Avala mountain. It has a very nice hiking track (not very difficult) and nice monuments and views at the top.
Great looking city!!! Love all those fresh fruit and veggies at the local market there!!! Lunch from that bakery looks amazing with those sliders and crunchy pies etc!
historically, serbia was always a friend of Romania, in all wars. even when the americans ( nr 1 romanian ally) attacked yugoslavia, romania refused to help and even recognize the newly created states. Also, i think they smuggled fuel and food over the danube to help in the war ( or to survive). Some say that americans negociated with russians and had a plan named Yugoslavia plan (to cut the state) that was initially put for Romania but the popular revolution of 89 saved Romania and moved the plan to Yugoslavia. There is a book written by noam chomsky
Ionut Popa, Yes, historically, Romania has helped Serbia as it has helped all the countries around it, and not only. But Serbia was an aggressor against Romania in 1918 and today it has a policy hostile to the Romanians living in Serbia and even to Romania propagating ridiculous historical untruths. Those who do not know history tend to repeat it.
@@strictlyunreal Yes but we also sold them gas illegally, breaking the NATO imposed embargo. We couldn't have refused the Americans because that would have hurt us in the long run, also please remember what shitshow the 90's were for Romania and what absolute poverty and insecurity we had to endure. Turning the Americans into a potential enemy was the last thing we needed.
@@boicerdiegio1709 And where are hundreds of thousands Serbs in Romania, with ići on the end of surname and what about Serbian toponyms all around Romania.
It was likely just a Serbian flag without coat of arms, the flag has colors reversed compared to the Russian one, they are similar but even the color tones are different. Either that or there was a Russian diplomat visiting that day. We don't fly other country's flags otherwise, not even Russian one :). Serbia as well as former Yugoslavia is in the crossroads of East and West, people have similar feelings 50/50... though since 90s most people don't look kindly towards West for all the things that have been done to us. Even so, it usually goes like this, the mind favors West while the heart favors East :).
Only place I've visited in Serbia is Nis. I remember the road to that town....We passed by a village and the image that got stuck in my head, is the smoke that went out the chimney of each house....it didn't go up, it wouldn't dissipate in the air....it would float around the houses, creating a very foggy and ghostly image of the village. I asked my dad about it and he said that the hills sorrounding the area creates a "pot" effect. Then we arrived to Nis and the first person I saw on the streets was an old man with a huge growth on his neck. The air in Nis was unbreathable, the lack of clean air gave me a headache. We would stay in our room with the windows closed. Parts of the town were nice, but other parts were in ruins. I've read a comment here about serbian men and indeed they look quite tall and strong....it must be from all that delicious food, cause I remember the meat and bread....was something like I've never tasted before.
Like I already commented already in one of your previous vlogs, it was or still is an european cyclone and the entire south part of the continent suffered more or less. Athens seems the most, but floods everywhere, even in the southern rural Romania(it rained in Bucharest also for at least 7 days in a row), so its not the usual weather in Belgrade or anywhere in the region for this period of the year, but sorry for you though.
At least no more wet raining, soggy clothes for a change...Nice to walk around and explore the city. You'll get to see lots of stuff in the local market of different countries you visit that you normally don't see in your own backyard...Stay safe, be vigilant. Actually , there was content creator named Syifa Adriana. she did a trip around Serbia recently .. You might wanna check out her channel ...( BTW, to Ivana, Syifa is an Indonesia.. )
Great video. I keep searching for recent videos from Belgrade so I’m glad you published this. I’m thinking of spending a week in Serbia, as it’s one of the only countries in Europe that is cheap to get to and has few restrictions. From what I’ve gathered from my research, there’s really not that much to do in the city other than have a cultural experience for a couple of days. The food seems great - fresh and amazing, locally grown produce. I feel like a week would be overkill though?
Yeah, you might be right about a week being enough. We are trying to find a local guide who can help us out. Surely partying and chilling is great in Serbia, but that isn't really our style, so we are looking for help.
if you come to Novi Sad, you will be my guest! I can fill you up with many questions that you apparently have. Thanks for promoting our country nonetheless!
Guys, I think the small water melons are only intended as pickles after staying in water and salt and other spices for a while. Haha, Im curious if they were any good eaten like that LOL
We haven't opened it yet, maybe we will try to pickle it. I keep hearing pickled watermelon is awesome, and we both love watermelon, and pickled stuff, so it sounds delicious :)
@@JetLagWarriors Sure. You can buy it already pickled from local produce markets, but maybe later in the year, like nov-dec, and they are delicious indeed, but usually the best part is the green one u never eat in the summer time and u throw away the most riped part, that with the seeds, because its too mushy ;)
The collapsed building you saw was actually a military headquarters building which was destroyed in 1999. NATO bombing, and it was actually deserted because it was “a legitimate military target” so they knew it was gonna get hit, and it was evacuated before t happened.
Nooo...that's not Russian flag ....Serbian flag with amblem of two head eagle is the official Serbian flag whereas Serbian flag without two head eagle is the National flag of Serbian Unity and Freedom which we celebrate on every 15th of September!!!
It probably wasn’t a Russian flag especially on a government building, our flag is reversed colors Russian flag so it’s easy to mix them up, but there’s a state flag with the crest and then there’s people’s flag which is without crest, just a reversed Russian flag (Slavic colours in fact).
Our best friends are Greece, Montenegro, Russia, Belarus and Romania. North Macedonia is not our friend politically, but the people are very close and very friendly. Slovakia could also be considered as a friend maybe.
i've lived in serbia all my life, worst thing about it is that garbage is everywhere.. it really bothers me that we're so dirty everything else i would say is pretty good
6:03 Haha, I would say their temper could be quite dramatic and unpredictable sometimes. The "resting Bxtch" face pretty much happens throughout Eastern Europe and Slavic countries. But once you know them better, they could become some of the best and loyal friends that you could ever ask for, along with a very good sense of humor. I would say they are more truthful and direct when expressing themself, you don't have to smile in public all the time to be considered as "normal". Best people to hang out with.
On the Second Graffiti it is written: "I didn't lose my eye I left it there, when all other reasons disappear If only I had a reason to return to Kosovo and Metohija and look for an eye"
I recommend two restorants in Zemun - Mićina domaća kuhinja (in English would be Michael's domestic cuisine), and Vagon (in English train), by the river Danube, with great view of the river Danube. Greetings, and enjoy!
Dragi prijatelju..., Da bi preporucio Zemun trebalo bi svojim opstinarima reci da obnove sve fasade starog grada, jer kako sada izgleda je sramota. Lepo mesto, ali do zla boga zapustano i doslovno vizuelno izmasakrirano graftima. To je gore od brazilskih favela. Hajde uredite to lepo mesto pa onda pozivajte ljude kao turiste, ne sramotite nas sve.
You should visit Smederevo, city / town on the Danube river, not far from Belgrade with good BUS connection (1.5 hrs driving distance) fortress, Danube, wineries, churches...
Serbia have one of the best basketball teams in Europe along with Slovenia who did amazing in the Tokyo olympics and maybe could have done better, if Luka Dončić hadn't been injured. I love the markets like that, so much quality produce. All of the items in that bakery looked amazing. We have had cheese bureks rolled in spirols like that before, delicious.
@@JetLagWarriors Luka plays for the Slovenian national team. His father is Serbian though, so he is half Serbian and he speaks the Serbian language and has been known to sing Serbian songs and such. The current NBA MVP Nikola Jokić is fully Serbian though :)
@@divinezebra3748 His father is Slovenian, of Serbian decent. Born in Šempeter pri Gorici near the Italian border. I would say most Slovenes speak Serbian as the language is so similar. Slovenes are actually very good with languages with nearly all speaking at least 2 or 3 depending on their locality.
I disagree with you that there are not many places to visit in Belgrade. On the contrary, there are many things to do and see in Belgrade, including visiting the museums, parks, walking along the rivers, artistic districts, etc.
Russian flags were there because some Russian politician was in Serbia on his official tour, but we don t keep Russian flags on official buildings, it would be weird.
Russia is not only our best friends, but younger brothers. Same people, same culture, same religion, tradition.. You name it. We are close to Romania, we have strong ties, but Russia is in our bones and souls 😉
That bombed building was the military HQ before NATO bombed it back in '99, they say there are still bombs inside that didn't explode, and that it is too risky to even try to do something, so that's why, 22 years later, they still haven't done anything there.
Best friend of Serbia is Serb Republic (in Bosnia and Herzegovina), which with their power of veto makes the whole country of Bosnia “friendly” or at least neutral to Serbia. Serb Republic never looks at Serbia from a geopolitical point of view. Also, Serb people love and respect Russian people. Let’s never forget nation who freed us from Nazis. And in recent years with their power in UN counsel they are making world geopolitics more balanced. So yeah, Russian flag is always welcomed in Serbia, Serb Republic or anywhere where Serbs live.
That's not Russian flag next to a Serbian flag. It Serbian ethnic flag which is just red, blue and white without coat of arms. State flag has the coat of arms on it. So, they are both Serbian flags.
5:43 & 6:26 stevie~~~ you are checking out the ladies.... Ivana, how about the men? the young ones~ do they look stern too? 16:04 there you go~~~~ can~~ can can~~~ 🤣🤣🤣 17:45 i am surprised too.... it works!!! the last one (that works) i saw is in a chinese primary school, in 2018 or 2019.
Man litar gas was 1.5 euro because that was taxi expensive. 1kg flour was 0.5euro because that food was cheeper. Average salary in Serbia was 400 euro...
Great video, guys. *I'm looking for a $200 to $350 studio or 1BR apartment walking distance (within 30 minutes) to central Belgrade (that walking promenade / bars / cafes / clubs). Any leads or recommendations on specific units or real estate agents or sites would make a great video*. It seems AirBnB are very expensive. There are local listings sites but using translation tools does not yield great translations. Thanks.
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Serbia is so close to Russia cause of Kosovo split, which they think was due to US intervention. Basically there was a civil war, after that Kosovo declared itself independent from Serbia, and US helped Kosovo. think something like this. annd all other reasons..
Hello just about flags. It was state flag with an eagle and peoples flag just with stripes. Same stripes. If you turn serbian flag opside down you get russian. Ok have a nice time!!!
If it was russian ,that means that somebody from russsia came to serbia,than we put guests flags beside ours.
In our darkest times (1980s), in Romania was no food in the stores, no gas for the pathetic cars we had, just few hours of power per day in our houses and apartments, two hours on the only TV channel we had and those were full of cult of personality dedicated to Ceausescu. You had no option to visit other countries being a Romanian, you were isolated in your own country. That was a nightmare and the definition of the purest communism. In those times, our friends from Yugoslavia had almost everything. Food, clothes, chocolate, Pepsi (oh my God!!), bananas, oranges and tons of other goodies. It was a miraculous convention signed between the Serbian and Romanian governs who allowed to the citizens who lived at 50 km from the borders to travel on the "other side" for 50 km few times a year. It was called the little traffic. When my parents asked me what I want for my birthday I simply tried impossible and I asked a vinyl disk of Iron Maiden or Metallica. The only person who could've accomplish the mission was my beloved grandmother who had her house near the Serbian border. She traveled on the other side, and entered in a music store, full of metal long-hair heads who stared at my granny with strange eyes. She asked the person on the counter for an Iron Maiden disk and she received a negative answer. Her words and her appearance had nothing to do together, she was just an old lady from a small village of Romania. A strange silence hit all the metal heads inside the store. Then, with half of the voice she asked about Metallica, and the guys went all crazy, laughing, throwing Serbian words and raising their eyebrows. My granny became their hero in just few seconds. Some of those guys went at their homes and brought a lot of vinyl disks. When my grandmother returned to Timisoara, she delivered the best heavy-metal collection I could ever imagine. I was in heaven!! Steven, this is a definition of the Serbians. They are naturally proud and stubborn people but when you got inside their soul, you'll discover the human nature at its best. Serbians are truly friends!! With a delay of 40 years, I will thank those guys from the bottom of my heart, here and now.
This is the most beautiful story that I've ever read on internet. Not just because I am a Serbian, not just because I am a metal fan. But because of your grandmother.
And yes, we in Serbia know how Romanian people suffered under Ceausesku regime.Many people escaped to Serbia over Danube river. My father went to Romania once in 1988 to Arad and Temisoara and after he came back he told us how terrible it was. Dark everywhere ay night, no electricity, only 4 hours a day, no food, no gas...imagine Romania with many oil fileds has no gas. Terrible stories.
And than Lepa Brena came to Romania. :D :D
WOW this comment was so great. Thanks for sharing this! We had some comments about how things were great under Ceausescu but the museum we visited really made it seem like things were much better under Tito. But anyway we aren't too political usually on our channel, just relaying our experience at the museum. Thanks for sharing your story though. Very compelling
Ai dreptate.....Sarbii si croatii is oameni foarte faini :)
Great story and funny, thank you for sharing. I can only imagine faces of those guys at the music store when your granny asked them for Metallica ☺☺☺
My parents have been going to Romania selling things like spices and jeans over there and then they would buy food and bring it to Belgrade (it was cheaper). I am talking about 80s of course.
Romania = best friend
Montenegro = younger sibling
Russia = older cousin
Croatia = ex-wife
wow lol
This is good ! :))
@@piconi89 Yeah the newest addition.
You meant younger sibling for Russia. Serbia is 400 years older.
Belgrade is a great city and the people there are awesome 🇷🇴🇷🇴 ❤️ 🇷🇸🇷🇸
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Best friend of Serbia is Romania 🇷🇴🇷🇸
No way ‼
Romania is Serbia's friend for sure we love them. :) Lovely video guys, lots of love from Romania
Except for the fact Romania allowed Nato to use its air space to bomb their neighbours
Love serbia from romania. Never been to serbia but i will defenetly go there one day and drink beer and eat cevapi
the destroyed building is not from the yugoslav war, its from the NATO aggression on Serbia 20 years ago. The attack lasted 3 months, killed thousands of people and caused economic damage of over 100 billion US dollars
It happened in order to stop this terrible neverending civil war in the ex Yougoslavia.
@@michaelahass2695 no, at that time the yugo war was already over. That happened becouse of kosovo. A state of serbia
@@michaelahass2695 It always amazes me, when people with very little knowledge, publicly make a fool of themselves. congrats 👏
@@mlamar1
Enjoy your amazement ! 😃
@@michaelahass2695 enjoy your own stupidity
Romania is the best friend 🇷🇴❤🇷🇸
Respect for Serbian people. I'm from Romania. I remember of Starina Novak, your National hero, hero in Romania, knows as Baba Novac, He was captain of Michael the Brave army.
Your best friends are russians. That s the truth...
@@michaelahass2695 Don't make me laugh!
@@michaelahass2695 What's wrong with being friends with Russians??!!
@@frostflower5555
You can guess yourself...can t you ‼
Serbs are a wonderful people
No they're not
Thank you I'm a serb
@@marijaponjevic421 i ja sam 😂
@@cobex6653 Hahahahah kralju. Samoljublje at its best.
When it comes to friends, I think most people would say one of four countries: Montenegro (same people, same language, same religion, a lot of intermarrying, never fought against each other and were often allies), Greece (same religion, fought together against the Turks, they don't recognize Kosovo, they were against the bombing of Serbia and a lot of Serbs go on vacation there), Russia (same religion, a fellow Slavic people group, they helped Serbia in many wars) or Romania (same religion, one of the few neighbours that they never fought against).
So true.
Divine ,
Roumanians are not russian friendly, on the contrary...so, don t call us best friends, since you 're so close to Russia from all point of views...
You re also closer to Bulgarians, almost same language and very close to Russia too...
Sorry to décieve you, but that s the real truth...globally speaking...
@@michaelahass2695 so what? Why must we be enemies? Genetic studies have shown that Serbs and Romanians are 99% same people(together with North Macedonians). We have the closest genetics out of all other nations in the Balkans. We are traditionally friends. Why should we spoil that friendship? I love Romanians. I have a Romanian aunt and she is one of the best people I know.
@@serbsrb
That s great, it s OK , just don t forget our big differences concerning Russia, who invaded Roumania, bringing us sooo much evil, imposing us communism and Stalin' s ideology. We were a kingdom, our King had to abdicate etc etc...look up in Roumania s history and you ll probably understand our great resentment against Russia ...that s all.
@@michaelahass2695 And Romania joined NATO that bombed our country to the ground. We had to run to the woods to save our lives. We had no gas, food, water, electricity... So what? Should we hate our Romanian ortodox christian brothers because of the politics of the great powers? That's just stupid in my opinion. We are neighbors, christians, Europeans and friends and we should't be so stupid to let anyone ruin our cultural conection and friendship.
I love Serbian people. I escape the communist regime from Romania to Serbia, then in Austria.
You mean Yugoslavia at that time.
@@horiastoica7300 Da exact asa se numea atunci, iar acum se numeste asa cum stie toata lumea. :)
George,
Este povestea ta...dar nu ne include pe toti....Serbians are much more closer to Bulgarians & Russians !
@@michaelahass2695 Stimata doamna imi cer scuze dar ne se intelege din ce am scris, ca as include pe cineva decat pe mine insumi. Imi cer scuze daca v-am deranjat din greseala.
@@georgecoman5342
Nu este nici un deranj, dar nu prea vad marea prietenie serbo romana ! Poate ptr cei de la granita, etc etc...dar politic nu prea avem mari afinitati !
Ptr Dvs a fost o sansa si va felicit 👍
O seara buna din Paris 🖐
Canada had a central role in demolition of the building at 3:25. It has nothing with ex-yu war, only with NATO bombing Belgrade with radioactive bombs in 1999 without UN permission and against all international rules. So, that ruin is a memorial of your country's ex government actions.
p.s. I had to comment, because sometimes observations, like that in the vid, can cause mis-washing of the history.
Canada have Tomahawks?
@@vickoslavkovic2593 Canada was one of main initiatiors of bombing in 1999 and had a great deal in action planing along with USA, UK & Germany and some other NATO countries. But, these four were the loudest and insisted the most, although they didn't get UN permission. From whose airplane the bomb fall doesn't matter, the organizatiors are still guilty.
3:22 This is the building of the General Staff of the Serbian Army and was not bombed during the war in Yugoslavia, it was bombed by NATO in 1999.
I appreciate you honesty about "what to do". Your presentation was down to earth and more spontaneous than most.
The story about the "honest" taxi driver ripping you guys off was hilarious in a weird way....
Only can happen in Serbia 🤣 fun fact, I am Serbian and I live in Belgrade for 10 years now and I also got ripped off once. Taxi mafia in Belgrade is on another level 😭
Its called Serbia's Honest Thief !
As for the sites in Belgrade I could recommend for tourists, those are definitely the districts of Zemun and Belgrade Waterfront. Other than that, if you like nature, you should also check Ada Ciganlija, Košutnjak forest and Topčiderski park. Finally, there is a small mountain near Belgrade (you have a city bus line to there but it would take you an hour) - the Avala mountain. It has a very nice hiking track (not very difficult) and nice monuments and views at the top.
Great looking city!!! Love all those fresh fruit and veggies at the local market there!!! Lunch from that bakery looks amazing with those sliders and crunchy pies etc!
historically, serbia was always a friend of Romania, in all wars. even when the americans ( nr 1 romanian ally) attacked yugoslavia, romania refused to help and even recognize the newly created states. Also, i think they smuggled fuel and food over the danube to help in the war ( or to survive). Some say that americans negociated with russians and had a plan named Yugoslavia plan (to cut the state) that was initially put for Romania but the popular revolution of 89 saved Romania and moved the plan to Yugoslavia. There is a book written by noam chomsky
I remember that Romania let NATO bombers through its airspace in 1999 in exchange for membership.
Ionut Popa, Yes, historically, Romania has helped Serbia as it has helped all the countries around it, and not only. But Serbia was an aggressor against Romania in 1918 and today it has a policy hostile to the Romanians living in Serbia and even to Romania propagating ridiculous historical untruths. Those who do not know history tend to repeat it.
@@strictlyunreal Yes but we also sold them gas illegally, breaking the NATO imposed embargo.
We couldn't have refused the Americans because that would have hurt us in the long run, also please remember what shitshow the 90's were for Romania and what absolute poverty and insecurity we had to endure. Turning the Americans into a potential enemy was the last thing we needed.
@@Hal-rn2qm We had the balls to do it. We have fought the greatest power(evil) of all time and survived to tell about it to this day. 🙂
@@boicerdiegio1709 And where are hundreds of thousands Serbs in Romania, with ići on the end of surname and what about Serbian toponyms all around Romania.
Love walking with you through the streets and local market. Keep safe, healthy and happy.
It was likely just a Serbian flag without coat of arms, the flag has colors reversed compared to the Russian one, they are similar but even the color tones are different. Either that or there was a Russian diplomat visiting that day. We don't fly other country's flags otherwise, not even Russian one :). Serbia as well as former Yugoslavia is in the crossroads of East and West, people have similar feelings 50/50... though since 90s most people don't look kindly towards West for all the things that have been done to us. Even so, it usually goes like this, the mind favors West while the heart favors East :).
The mind favors the west, while the heart favors the east! This is such an interesting phrase. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for your first impressions on Serbia. Wonderful exploration in Belgrade.
Only place I've visited in Serbia is Nis. I remember the road to that town....We passed by a village and the image that got stuck in my head, is the smoke that went out the chimney of each house....it didn't go up, it wouldn't dissipate in the air....it would float around the houses, creating a very foggy and ghostly image of the village. I asked my dad about it and he said that the hills sorrounding the area creates a "pot" effect. Then we arrived to Nis and the first person I saw on the streets was an old man with a huge growth on his neck. The air in Nis was unbreathable, the lack of clean air gave me a headache. We would stay in our room with the windows closed. Parts of the town were nice, but other parts were in ruins. I've read a comment here about serbian men and indeed they look quite tall and strong....it must be from all that delicious food, cause I remember the meat and bread....was something like I've never tasted before.
good observation. Unfortunately, corruption is the reason for bad air quality.
Glad you came to my country and city. Feel welcome 🇷🇸😀
Shout out to all you Serbian subscribers 🤟🏻
13:46 Both Serbian flags are on state buildings. The state flag is with the coat of arms, and the national flag without the coat of arms.
Ah!! This helps out a lot. We thought it was Russian and it was very confusing! Thanks again
The market looks interesting. L9ve the stuff from the bakeries. LOL Steve picked up Msian " can, can" and havent forgotten its usage😙
That small watermelon is used for mixed pickels( very tasty) this time of the year
At least in Romania :))
These cakes at green market,
Red filling is , probably, strawberry.
Brown is walnut.
Black is a poppy seed.
All are tasty.
Guys u need a friend over there I am sure is a lot to see !!! It looks beautiful Belgrade 🥰 they have their hiden gems for sure 🥰🖐
Like I already commented already in one of your previous vlogs, it was or still is an european cyclone and the entire south part of the continent suffered more or less. Athens seems the most, but floods everywhere, even in the southern rural Romania(it rained in Bucharest also for at least 7 days in a row), so its not the usual weather in Belgrade or anywhere in the region for this period of the year, but sorry for you though.
I'm planning to go there for the new year's eve 🇷🇸
At least no more wet raining, soggy clothes for a change...Nice to walk around and explore the city. You'll get to see lots of stuff in the local market of different countries you visit that you normally don't see in your own backyard...Stay safe, be vigilant. Actually , there was content creator named Syifa Adriana. she did a trip around Serbia recently .. You might wanna check out her channel ...( BTW, to Ivana, Syifa is an Indonesia.. )
11:27 I think those small watermellons are for pickling.
Great video. I keep searching for recent videos from Belgrade so I’m glad you published this. I’m thinking of spending a week in Serbia, as it’s one of the only countries in Europe that is cheap to get to and has few restrictions. From what I’ve gathered from my research, there’s really not that much to do in the city other than have a cultural experience for a couple of days. The food seems great - fresh and amazing, locally grown produce. I feel like a week would be overkill though?
Yeah, you might be right about a week being enough. We are trying to find a local guide who can help us out. Surely partying and chilling is great in Serbia, but that isn't really our style, so we are looking for help.
@@JetLagWarriors Visit Zemun,Gardos tower....Basketball game on 22 october in Stark Arena Crvena Zvezda-Alba Berlin
Best to go during warmer weather! It's dreary during winter time as is in any place that has winters...
Look forward to watching it later. TQ.
Belgrade is gorgeous 😍
The best day for green markets is Saturday, they are busiest, richest and most beautiful then.
I love all the floor towards the marketplace
if you come to Novi Sad, you will be my guest! I can fill you up with many questions that you apparently have. Thanks for promoting our country nonetheless!
i love romanians, my wife is half romanian . During the 90 we all drive on romanian gasoline :)
Guys, I think the small water melons are only intended as pickles after staying in water and salt and other spices for a while. Haha, Im curious if they were any good eaten like that LOL
We haven't opened it yet, maybe we will try to pickle it. I keep hearing pickled watermelon is awesome, and we both love watermelon, and pickled stuff, so it sounds delicious :)
@@JetLagWarriors Sure. You can buy it already pickled from local produce markets, but maybe later in the year, like nov-dec, and they are delicious indeed, but usually the best part is the green one u never eat in the summer time and u throw away the most riped part, that with the seeds, because its too mushy ;)
they aren't tasty but they are edible.
Nope, they are ripe and sweet, can be pink or yellow Inside. We used to grow them before, old type and not so common these days.
The collapsed building you saw was actually a military headquarters building which was destroyed in 1999. NATO bombing, and it was actually deserted because it was “a legitimate military target” so they knew it was gonna get hit, and it was evacuated before t happened.
Ciuperci And Zacusca.....:)). Love you guys
You should go to Kalemegdan fortress, Belgrade waterfront and Ada Ciganlija ( belgrade beach ) 😊
They are not Russian flags, but Serbian ones only without a coat of arms
Nooo...that's not Russian flag ....Serbian flag with amblem of two head eagle is the official Serbian flag whereas Serbian flag without two head eagle is the National flag of Serbian Unity and Freedom which we celebrate on every 15th of September!!!
It probably wasn’t a Russian flag especially on a government building, our flag is reversed colors Russian flag so it’s easy to mix them up, but there’s a state flag with the crest and then there’s people’s flag which is without crest, just a reversed Russian flag (Slavic colours in fact).
Our best friends are Greece, Montenegro, Russia, Belarus and Romania. North Macedonia is not our friend politically, but the people are very close and very friendly. Slovakia could also be considered as a friend maybe.
Sorry, but didn't NATO bomb Serbia? The countries you mentioned are not Serbia's best friends, but ONLY friends. Big difference.
i've lived in serbia all my life, worst thing about it is that garbage is everywhere.. it really bothers me that we're so dirty
everything else i would say is pretty good
6:03 Haha, I would say their temper could be quite dramatic and unpredictable sometimes. The "resting Bxtch" face pretty much happens throughout Eastern Europe and Slavic countries. But once you know them better, they could become some of the best and loyal friends that you could ever ask for, along with a very good sense of humor. I would say they are more truthful and direct when expressing themself, you don't have to smile in public all the time to be considered as "normal". Best people to hang out with.
Great comment! :)
On the Second Graffiti it is written: "I didn't lose my eye I left it there, when all other reasons disappear If only I had a reason to return to Kosovo and Metohija and look for an eye"
serbian are good and strong people
Bravooooo❤❤❤❤
on the paperbag is written pekara which means pastry
pekara means bakery;)
It says : Skroz dobra pekara
It is a name of a company and literal translation would be "totally good bakery"
@@Smitzart that's what I meant haha
thanks
You should visit Zemun. It's a part of Belgrade, on Danube river. You can also see many old buildings, and try excellent food.
will do!
I recommend two restorants in Zemun - Mićina domaća kuhinja (in English would be Michael's domestic cuisine), and Vagon (in English train), by the river Danube, with great view of the river Danube. Greetings, and enjoy!
Dragi prijatelju..., Da bi preporucio Zemun trebalo bi svojim opstinarima reci da obnove sve fasade starog grada, jer kako sada izgleda je sramota. Lepo mesto, ali do zla boga zapustano i doslovno vizuelno izmasakrirano graftima. To je gore od brazilskih favela. Hajde uredite to lepo mesto pa onda pozivajte ljude kao turiste, ne sramotite nas sve.
Oh, there is so much to see in Belgrade, it's far from just good food and clubbing. Explore!
And Rumunian and Serbian is very good friends
Beautiful different places supper cool photo
13:24 Gospodja kaze "tenkju vama", a ispod automatski prevod: "tenkju Obama" 😅
Serbian letters was 1 sound 1 letter we have 30 sound and some more don't write but we spoke in some part of the country. HVALA ХВАЛА
the flags were together probably because it was the russian embassy building. but i am just guessing
you were in our online news :D
You should visit Smederevo, city / town on the Danube river, not far from Belgrade with good BUS connection (1.5 hrs driving distance) fortress, Danube, wineries, churches...
Serbia have one of the best basketball teams in Europe along with Slovenia who did amazing in the Tokyo olympics and maybe could have done better, if Luka Dončić hadn't been injured. I love the markets like that, so much quality produce. All of the items in that bakery looked amazing. We have had cheese bureks rolled in spirols like that before, delicious.
Ooh Luka is Serbian! Wow. I forgot about that! Good one
@@JetLagWarriors Haha, no Luka is Slovenian. But Serbia do have a fine basketball team. So worth going to a Match.
@@JetLagWarriors Luka plays for the Slovenian national team. His father is Serbian though, so he is half Serbian and he speaks the Serbian language and has been known to sing Serbian songs and such.
The current NBA MVP Nikola Jokić is fully Serbian though :)
@@stanian2 ...and Melania Trump is Slovenian too...Just saying!!
@@divinezebra3748 His father is Slovenian, of Serbian decent. Born in Šempeter pri Gorici near the Italian border. I would say most Slovenes speak Serbian as the language is so similar. Slovenes are actually very good with languages with nearly all speaking at least 2 or 3 depending on their locality.
I disagree with you that there are not many places to visit in Belgrade. On the contrary, there are many things to do and see in Belgrade, including visiting the museums, parks, walking along the rivers, artistic districts, etc.
Her name is also very common in Serbia - Ivana!
Nice pro tip Steve... But what happens when you reach the bottom of the popcorn? You put your whole head in? 🤣
No, you tip it back and pour it all over your face by accident! :)
@@JetLagWarriors lollllll 🤣🤣
Fold the bag? Khaby Lame where are you?
Russian flags were there because some Russian politician was in Serbia on his official tour, but we don t keep Russian flags on official buildings, it would be weird.
love it guys
Did you visit Belgrade Waterfront? Kalemegdan? Ada Ciganlija?
Russia is not only our best friends, but younger brothers. Same people, same culture, same religion, tradition.. You name it.
We are close to Romania, we have strong ties, but Russia is in our bones and souls 😉
6:25 that's so true 😅🤣🤣
That bombed building was the military HQ before NATO bombed it back in '99, they say there are still bombs inside that didn't explode, and that it is too risky to even try to do something, so that's why, 22 years later, they still haven't done anything there.
Best friend of Serbia is Serb Republic (in Bosnia and Herzegovina), which with their power of veto makes the whole country of Bosnia “friendly” or at least neutral to Serbia. Serb Republic never looks at Serbia from a geopolitical point of view.
Also, Serb people love and respect Russian people. Let’s never forget nation who freed us from Nazis. And in recent years with their power in UN counsel they are making world geopolitics more balanced. So yeah, Russian flag is always welcomed in Serbia, Serb Republic or anywhere where Serbs live.
3:30 it's not from Yogoslavin war, it's from NATO bombing 1999
Serbian best friends are Russians and Greeks...injoy our country
It seems to be a country that returns to normal after the disasters of the 90s.
That's not Russian flag next to a Serbian flag. It Serbian ethnic flag which is just red, blue and white without coat of arms. State flag has the coat of arms on it.
So, they are both Serbian flags.
i am from serbia,belgrade good food
You should do many many things if someone local was with you.
5:43 & 6:26 stevie~~~ you are checking out the ladies.... Ivana, how about the men? the young ones~ do they look stern too?
16:04 there you go~~~~ can~~ can can~~~ 🤣🤣🤣
17:45 i am surprised too.... it works!!! the last one (that works) i saw is in a chinese primary school, in 2018 or 2019.
LOL your timestamps are the best :)
@@JetLagWarriors *blush*
Above my expectations. I may become your subscriber.
Download cargo and use for rides. It is like Uber and that is all we use when we are in Belgrade.
Man litar gas was 1.5 euro because that was taxi expensive. 1kg flour was 0.5euro because that food was cheeper. Average salary in Serbia was 400 euro...
How much flour and gas you can by for average salary in USA and Canada?
Great video, guys. *I'm looking for a $200 to $350 studio or 1BR apartment walking distance (within 30 minutes) to central Belgrade (that walking promenade / bars / cafes / clubs). Any leads or recommendations on specific units or real estate agents or sites would make a great video*. It seems AirBnB are very expensive. There are local listings sites but using translation tools does not yield great translations. Thanks.
Check out classified ads, you sound realistic and I have no doubt that you can find what you are looking for.
I am from Belgrade , yours video I s good, but you need the Serbian friend to show you foods and everything else. If you need help, I am here
oh nice, thanks!
Man you was so accurate about Serbian girls. I have dealing with that hole my life.
Nice video
Nah, this time of the year weather is usually nice and sunny, this year is a bit strange... Generally we have a nice weather almost all year round...
What about restrictions, pass, jabs etc? Italy, France etc are kinda crazy now and Germany is not that better
I suggest that you visit ADA CIGANLIJA.
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Tito was not a Serb... Thruth is that Tito was really bad for Serba, but very good for other in Yugoslavia...
Miss my time in Serbia
Destroyed building is not from Yugoslav wars, NATO did it.
Ajvar is much better than zacusca. It is mostly paprika with garlic. I almost cried with happiness when I first tried it.
It is personal taste. I bought a jar and is still sitting uneaten in my fridge.
Taxi u BG se zavrsava sa TX :)
what happened to the view numbers?
14:07 more than friends with Russia, brothers actualy. Same blood.