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As a romanian I can confirm the stealing stereotype. Last year I've been to Turkey with Erasmus and me and the other romanians made a contest who can steal the most.

Some years ago I had a foreign student from Albania and I praised her people for being known as the best drug smugglers in the world. She took the compliment (it was intended as such) as a compliment and responded in kind, telling me that we, the Bulgarians were famous for being the best car stealers. Frankly I was flattered, I knew we were good but I didn't know we were famous for being the best. We both felt warm and Balkany inside after this exchange. PS. For a VERY long time I actually thought that "shipter" meant "albanian drug smuggler" and not simply an "albanian". I had ALWAYS heard "shipter" in the context of drug smuggling.

“It’s not racist to hate on gypsies if you live in the balkans, especially if you’re romanian or bulgarian” - every balkan can agree

You forgot the Romanian tourist motto: "Visit Romania, your car is already waiting for you here"

A story from my military service here in Serbia. An ethnic Hungarian, who didn't speak Serbian very well, went home for the weekend. When he came back we asked him how it was. He said it was great, and that he met a girl. When asked what was that girl like, as the Hungarian language has no grammatical genders he mistook the pronouns in Serbian, and added "Great, I fucked him". The whole dorm fell to the floor laughing.

as a Hungarian I can confirm that the reason why we are different is that we, the Homo Hungaricus actually came from the Sirius Solar System 1000 years ago with 8 ships (we tell others it was 8 nomad leaders, but they were actually colony space ships)

I'm a bulgarian and love Bulgaria and our people, mostly. I have been in Romania twice and can say that I don't like Romania as a territory, don't like the buildings and overall nothing, but the people were something else. One time, when I was 20, I was running to catch the bus in Bucharest and fell, I missed the bus, so I stood up and sat on a bench waiting for the next one. Seconds later elder people gathered around me and started talking to me. I didn't understand what they were saying, but they looked concerned and I could tell by their tone that they were asking me something. A man took a napkin out of his bag and handed it to me. I was confused and just stood there with the napkin in my hand and then they pointed at my knees. I was wearing a dress and my knees were bleeding from the fall, but for some reason I didn't feel pain yet and didn't know I was hurt. But the romanian people saw it and came to me to help. I will never forget this.

It's hilarious reading the comments in which people tell about their bad experiences with rude people in Bulgaria, and under every one of them is a Romanian going "idk I had a nice time there" lmao

I never thought about how the western stereotype that the Greeks are poor looks to the rest of the Balkans...

As a Romanian I’ll have to recite a quote to justify the “stealing stereotype”: “My friend, we don’t steal. When times are hard, we adapt.” -F.O.C.A. 2012

As a Bulgarian, I can confirm our people can be quite rude to foreigners, but they are also rude to other Bulgarians as well 😂. So yeah, doesn't matter who you are, some bulgarians will always be rude to you 😉

My dad used to work on construction projects in Romania and Bulgaria, and said that he absolutely loved Romania and would consider retiring there. Then I asked him about Bulgaria and he said "I'd be okay if I never went back. The people were not very friendly." Lmao now I know it's a Bulgarian stereotype.

As a Bulgarian I can say that we are in fact naturally rude. How hard you end up getting trash talked depends on where in Bulgaria you find yourself. In the civilized parts of the country we only curse at family and friends, in the uncivilized parts everyone shits on everything.

I like watching your videos. 63 year old American here. Lived in Europe during the 90's. Interesting to hear about new stereo types from new generations of Europe. You do a great job blending facts into your narrative. Keep up the good work.

After visiting Greece, I came out with more stereotypes than I had before entering

Your editing has improved lately. The visual gags are top notch.

As a Bulgarian I feel like you dropped the ball with us, there are much worse, much more varied, and other widespread stereotypes you could've talked about.

5:45 As an Albanian, I can safely say that this stereotype has become really old. Now we sell weed and cocaine instead of kidneys.

My Romanian friend, who is half gypsy, said she would be nervous to come to Sweden because she was unfamiliar with our laws and customs. I told her that it isn't that different from Romania and as long as she doesn't murder people or steal things she'll be fine. She responded "I'm a gypsy, how tf do you expect me to NOT steal things?" I thought she was 100% joking but a little while later I found out that she regularly shoplifts. I asked her "Frate, WHY would you do that, you earn enough money" and she just responded "idk, im gypsy 🤷‍♀️"

As a bulgarian i feel like is my duty to let you know that Serds attacked us first in 1885 when we declared reunification with East Rumelia. From that point on Serbia in our culture is seen as villains.

I know a Bulgarian missionary and theologian, he is the most brutally honest, direct, and abrasive person I have ever spoken with, and I love it. If you're his friend, he will flat out call you an idiot if you're wrong. That pushes a lot of people away, but it takes an enormous amount of courage and love to not sugarcoat things and genuinely want to see your friends improve. In that way, he's the kindest person I know. Btw his main area of focus is evangelizing to the gypsies in Bulgaria; he said they absolutely deserve every bit of hate they get, but he loves them enough to want them elevated out of their laziness and theft and ignorance. Imagine a Balkans where the Bulgarian Gypsies are the most decent and wholesome people around, it's mind boggling

I’m an Irishman with a Romanian gf. We love watching your videos and now I can make Balkan jokes with her. Cheers mate

My experience as a western tourist in Bulgaria was actually quite nice and welcoming ☺️

I never knew I could love a place more than myself. Throughout my teenage years I pickedup on Balkan meme culture and it has improved my life and gave me a thick skin.

As a Romanian I can confirm, when I went to Germany omw back to România they stopped me and wanted to arrest me for stealing a car. Yes, ofc I stole the car but what bothred me is that they assumed I stole it 😔

As a Hungarian Slovak, I laughed so hard I almost spilled my tea. The jokes about us being yellow-skinned and riding small horses is still alive and well in Slovakia. And oh, the joke about us not learning languages is so true; my great-grandma spoke only Hungarian and German (she was born in 1914). She knew like 4 words in Slovak and always spoke them with such a thick accent no one understood her. Thankfully, my area used to have fairly strong Hungarian-speaking population.

As a Romanian and Transylvanian myself, I can say you forgot something: the Vampire stereotype. Maybe outdated and only local to the Carpathian region of Transylvania, its still one of the things I get called the most. And tbh, I prefer that stereotype.

As a Romanian, my experience in Bulgaria was very nice. A guy (a little crazy?) drove us (my girlfriend and I) for free around town, and told us if we put some money for gas (we didn't pay him until then) he will show us more of the area. We were for the first time in Bulgaria and this was for us ... wow! :) Also, in other year, different place in Bulgaria, I got stuck with my bike on a hill and I called the hostel to tell them I am stuck, and they sent a truck to pick me up. For 5 euro!? Some people try to "warn" me that Bulgarians are such and such... I repeat them my experiences. :) My experience in Hungary differ: in my first day in Budapest they were trying to cheat me when I was buying food, selling me the cheapest food for the price of some expensive food. When I showed them THEIR pictures of the food in THEIR menu, the lady become aggressive. So... yeah. If any people from any country read this: if you want people to think nice about your country, just take into consideration that maybe they are for the first time there - as in "first impression". For me, nobody will change my first impressions about Bulgaria and Hungary. Sorry. --- Also, I AM AMAZED how the seaside is developed in Bulgaria compared to our seaside. I almost didn't recognise Varna, 8 years apart! :)

Hungarians are actually closely related to Finns and Estonians linguistically wise, though for a long time they settled alongside Scythian and later Turkic tribes who left a huge impact on their culture

16:00 I'm done 💀 Translation: Hey, oni-chan. Did you know gypsies make out 9% of the polulation (of Hungary), but they commit 2/3 of the crimes? But that overrepresentation! Yes, that's big, oni-chan!

As a romanian, I can confirm, I have a friend who steals by instinct and even if I don't like to partake in this tradition, I still have the instinct of feeling any wallet on the ground in a 2km radius

My father-in-law, a proud Hungarian, got angry at me for saying Hungarians descend from Finugric peoples and are therefore related to the Finnish. He claims they are full-blood Huns and (in full seriousness) that they built the Great Wall of China. Slowly but surely, while integrating in this family, I start to replace my lexicon with a more Hungarian-approved one, to the point where Hungarian words come so automatically that I don't realise non-Hungarians don't understand them. A few days ago, I was telling a story to a non-Hungarian friend, when he stopped me to ask: "but this place Felvidék you're talking about, where in Hungary is that exactly?"

I love the fact that you covered me country - Romania - and as someone said once about the Balkans, we are united by memes. One way or another.

I would like to visit Hungary 🇲🇳 one day

As a hungarian I think technically we are not the part of the balkan, but if you only look at the state of the country or the people, we are more Balkan/Eastern European. But the video was kurva good!

My boi b rockin dat Yugoslavian war crime drip. Great video as always. Can't wait for more.

As an American I felt way more joy and hope for the future when I visited the Balkans than any day in the US 😬

Ah yes, my beloved BalkanTuber has uploaded a good video. 🇮🇹

Love your balkan videos. You keep them as neutral as possible and that‘s very exemplary! Funny as hell as always

As a romanian, I waiting for a vampire stereotype 😂

0:41 Montenegro: Felt a little devious, decided to form a *Empire*

Proud Bulgarian here💪💪🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇲🇳🇲🇳🇲🇳🇨🇳

your videos are really cool and something new I didnt watch before so much. I look forward for more videos to come! :D

You explained the context behind romanian stereotypes so good. 👍

Your videos genuenly inspire me and brighten my day Hvala brate, srećno sa putovanje u nemačku

Bulgarians are known in Romania as car thieves, given that a great number of romanians spend their summer vacation in Bulgaria it's pretty well known that you run the risk of walking back across the border

Irish here….. it’s so funny watching these videos about countries that I’ll prob never visit, but then again would visit just because of this video 😂

The best Christmas gift, a new balkan stereotypes video. Thanks from your bro from Bulgaria : )

Another thing I noticed about Albania (and even Romania) is that in pop music there are a lot of Albanian stars and Romanian music trends, Bebe Rexha,Dua Lipa,Rita Ora, and Ava Max. 2010-2012 having a sort of Romanian House trend with In The Dark by Dev,Mr Saxobeat,Glad You Came,We Don't Speak Americano, and the most famous being Stereo Love by Edward Maya (sampled Lambada by Kaoma), which got sampled by Jennifer Lopez's "On The Floor".

Really enjoy your videos!! Cheers from Romania bro!

Hálásan köszönöm Jóuram! A magyarok Istene áldjon meg tégedet!

Really enjoying your videos! You're reuniting the balkans with humor.

Man, you are absolutely amazing, smart and eloquent. Smooth like laser!

Man I was watching this for fun and laughing a bit and somehow my inner Balkan still almost got triggered when you got to my country. That is how you know we are true Balkans. Our salt unites us.

Fun Fact: KARA BOĞA sounds simular to russian "кара Бога", which means "God's judgement"

Honestly idk how long I have been watching you for but it would’ve had to of been for over a year by now and the quality of you videos keeps on getting better and I feel like o comment this on everyone of your videos but keep up the good work, and I hope you continue to improve into the new year.

"where am I?" "You don't know where you are? You're in Bulgaria" *cries* that cracked me up

Somehow in a video about Balkan stereotypes and jokes, a Chilean meme is found in the mix I love it

Thanks for mentioning us Kara Boğas 💪🏿🇹🇷

lovely video, love seeing how different people view each other. a video on how the Balkans view other slavs would be cool.

Haven't laughed this hard in a long time. May this video be blessed by the algorithm and get yourself some extra ad revenue.

I appreciate how you tried to do this in an impartial fashion, not bad at all

Damn, You're videos keep getting better and better. Love the content, Keep it up 🧿

At least in the US, Albanians also have the stereotype of running the best pizzerias too. Better than the Italians in most cases, ironically.

As a Spanish (clearly Balkan) I just can say that Ж is the best letter ever

I would really like to see a video of the Visegraders. Kepp it up!

Everyone is happy when living ironically in europe posts a video. Lets gooooo our favorite gypsy🤣(ljubi te brat)

Difference between Romanians and Albanians is that one wants your wallet and the other one wants your kidneys.

That Romanian meme about who'd reach the wallet first is hilarious xD

It's kinda weird how there are localized counter-stereotypes like how Greeks view Turkey as more "gay" based on historical reasons (which one can easily argue are also legit) and Bulgarians view Serbia as backstabbers, mainly because of the serbo-bulgarian war of 1885 and the First Balkan war (which one can easily argue are also incredible backstabs).

As a Hungarian I reject these stereotypes. They are simply the truth.

Balkan memes are Savage 😂 good presentation of them 👌

As a semite I find these stereotypes extremely funny and lucrative

For a Hungarian who doesn't speak other languages I find intriguing the book in Romanian behind you, on your shelf.

Dziękuję dobry człowieku

I love how the hungarian Rem poster about gypsies overrepresentation in crimes commited has a part in it which could alter the meaning of the whole sentence, just because of a coma: Bizony, az hatalmas Onii-chan, could mean: Yes, it is, Great Onii-chan! It could be misinterpreted as Rem calling her Onii-chan Great, instead of the intended: Bizony, az hatalmas, Onii-chan: Yes, it is great, Onii-chan. I love linguistics, and love you all neighbours!

Really enjoy your videos. Also love the Transylvanian flag you have in the background ❤️

I swear to fucking god this channel is the best one ever existed on internet by far. Btw ottoman empire and turkey section is totally accurate 😂

Thanks for putting Romania last to talk about, also that tank video was funny as fuck dude

I speak a language that is actually related to the hungarian language (finnish) and I can only understand very few words of hungarian. The hungarian grammar however is similar enough for me to at least get how it works.

As someone living in Romania i can confirm that we have an unstoppable hunger when it comes to anything thats made of iron or any other metal.

as a Bulgarian I do not claim the "rude" stereotype created by chicho Gosho and chicho Vanio's racism 50 years ago

As a Bulgarian I disagree that we are backstabbers. In fact while we were under Ottoman rule, the Turks loved us most (after themselves of course), because we were honest and hard-working. About that in the 2nd Balkan War, Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria made a very stupid mistake, which the average Bulgarian was against. Also in Bulgaria we see the Greeks as backstabbers, because they are represented as the clever, dishonest guy, who is waiting for others to be weak and stab them in the back. Unfortunately today, we are not as friendly and are poor and miserable to some extend due to the communist regime. Also Macedonia is Bulgarian!

As someone whose sense of humor when talking to other greeks consists 70% of doing an Albanian accent, I can confirm that it is indeed peak comedy also the baker thing, got an albanian bakery like right outside my house. Lovely ladies, make great koulouri (and cheese pie, which they give to me for free half the time)

As an Albanian-American I can confirm that Albanians are in fact good bakers (There is also one other stereotype that all middle age albanian men own coffee shops which is also 100% true)

You now need to do a video on the Balkans' stereotypes of the Western World and beyond.

here in the balkan triangle investments don't disappear, they land in politicians' pockets

Not first 😎

Very funny video! Loved the Transylvanian flag on the wall, by the way! My flag as well! Keep up the good work!

Petőfi behind you omg. thats melt my hearth

Bro I am Romania and my dad looks like the guy from the bacteria vs romanian meme 💀

I am from Bosnia and Herzegovina and seeing a Serbian talk about Balkan stereotype's is peak comedy

Its always fun to watch ur videos! My mom is serbian and we always laugh about ur videos. Greetings from Germany! :)

Good content! As a Hungarian, I'm kind of sad that we are the butt of some jokes, but I guess we kind of deserve it. Keep beating each other! 🙂

Köszönöm e gyönyörű videót jóuram! 🇭🇺❤️

There is a term "Gremo jest k šiptarju" which means going to buy food in bakery(or fast food in general) as most bakers are albanian.

Merry Christmas from Bulgaria my friend! I always love watching your videos as they are on a topic not many people discuss. And to my brother Bulgarians stay strong and keep on driving the VW Golfs :)

As usual great Balkan content, also surprised of no Vampire mention in partea cu România

Just like Hungary, Slovenia has a lot of different accents and other ways of speaking considering where in the country you live, approximately 40 ways broken into 7 larger groups.