Letter to the Balkans

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Letter to the Balkans

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Күн бұрын

N. Macedonia be like 🤨
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@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

What's your favorite Balkan country?

@adambashaxd420 Ай бұрын

Balkan

@saroar. Ай бұрын

Greece

@ChrisFan890 Ай бұрын

Serbia 🇷🇸

@karlo125 Ай бұрын

Croatia no im not biased

@kingpotato1857 Ай бұрын

Croatia

@bababababababa6124 Ай бұрын

Coming from a non-European looking in, how Bosnia is still a semi-functioning country to this day is actually very impressive

@hh7426 Ай бұрын

As someone who lives in a country bordering bosnia with cultural/historic ties to bosnia, and has visited bosnia, i agree

@bakuryukenji3802 Ай бұрын

Im from Bosnia and Serbia, living in Switzerlandand yes. Its sad

@RefikDelic Ай бұрын

It's because of the Dayton agreement. Nothing can be done if not all three sides are for it.

@justafan3335 Ай бұрын

Thank you, I'm Bosnian, we exist and can live freely

@GiovannaIwishyou Ай бұрын

Coming from a person living in Bosnia and Herzegovina atm, I'll take that as a compliment 😅

@kama99ify Ай бұрын

Balkan without the politics is a gem. Im glad that you have discovered the truth of general peace between people here. I am from Serbia but live in Macedonia now with many members of my family living all over the Balkans and that is quite common for many people here. Other countries feel like home to me as much as my own, and I'm thankful for your time here. Hope to see you soon again!

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Yeah honestly it's all just ... "Balkan" lol

@RosTheXD Ай бұрын

🇧🇬❤️🇲🇰☦️

@Yiannis2112 Ай бұрын

Nah..You live in Monkeydonia

@kolobara08 Ай бұрын

Ohh nooo my friend... Balkan without nationalism is a gem. Politics is a mere reflection of it. I'd add corruption, bribe and nepotism to that list. If it were only politics, Balkan the way it's agile, would easily deal with "politics".

@christos3280 Ай бұрын

north macedonia. macedonia is in greece.

@cactusjuice1055 Ай бұрын

Gledam ovo i sve vrijeme kontam: jedi to jaje, hladi ti se. Great vid man. Glad you had fun in our weird little corner of the world

@vatri357 Ай бұрын

Me too lol

@miovicdina7706 Ай бұрын

A ja dok pravo taj sendvic: Jesi taj "Kuhn" noz dobio povoljno kad si skupio nalepnice u Maxi-ju? I know I did. 😁

@danilomitrovic3954 Ай бұрын

Ahaha!! Istina! Jos uvek nisam zavrsio video , madam se da nece pojesti 😅😅

@soggybanana4757 20 күн бұрын

bkv brate 🤣🤣🤣

@kungpaochicken89 Ай бұрын

I love how he always cooks some random food at the beginning for no reason

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

I mean, who doesn't like food/ drinks?

@Wadihanhalal Ай бұрын

@@GeographyNowi like kelupis, ambuyat, sandwiches, pizza, burgers,

@SiPakRubah Ай бұрын

@@Wadihanhalal Bruneian? Salam dari Malaysia

@Wadihanhalal Ай бұрын

@@SiPakRubah awu ba

@carstarsarstenstesenn Ай бұрын

and the stupid faces while pretending to type 😂

@woochitelj Ай бұрын

I was born in Croatia, settled in Bosnia, but lived in Serbia for 7 years. All I can say is thank you for this video :) Please come and visit each of the countries individually, there is so much more to unpack, you barely scraped the surfcace! You could even make a mini series about the Balkans and probably bring peace to this area :) Great job man, and thank you once again ^^

@UltraPickleMan Ай бұрын

Bro lives in Yugoslavia 😭

@YourD3estinY Ай бұрын

This might be a too personal question, but were you displaced during operation Storm in 1995? I've always wondered, how and if their right to return is implemented. Is it that they just don't want to live in Croatia (i.e. nationalist reasons), or is the climate for Serbs in Croatia this bad?

@woochitelj Ай бұрын

@@YourD3estinY Well, yes, we escaped Croatia during the operation Storm. I was 11 back then so I (unfortunately) remember everything. Return of the people is a pretty hard thing to achieve if it is not done immediately. People settle and create lives somewhere else and it is so hard to come back to the empty town/village that is led by the people that wanted you out (and many of them wanted you dead). Serbs in Croatia, before the exodus, lived in the areas that were 90% populated by Serbs, so return cannot and couldn't work if everyone or the majority didn't return. The same thing happened in Bosnia. The funny thing with me is, my father is Croat and my mother is Serb. They divorced before the war and I lived with my mother. My father was in the Croatian army during the war and I managed to finally meet him again only in 2009, almost 20 years since we last saw each other. Now we have a great relationship and we see each other regularly. I can just tell you, war is a horrible thing without winners where each side does horrible things and where the innocent suffer and politicians are getting richer.

@YourD3estinY Ай бұрын

@@woochitelj That is why cycles of violence are always vicious, as they can be used to justify violence, while remaining within in the role of the victim. It is good to see that most of the region has been pacified and was able to break this cycle, though there are still remaining issues. From what I read, it seems that especially in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, there is a lot of work to do in this regard. How would you describe the situation there. Is it getting worse? Would joining the EU help, like it did with Slovenia and Croatia? Do people even have faith in joining the EU?

@woochitelj Ай бұрын

@@YourD3estinY People are sick of tensions and ethnic quarells. The problem is that all these tensions and talks about war and ethnicities are artificially pushed in the media by politicians. They benefit from it because the BiH is the money laundering machine of the International community. They have to keep tensions up so the money for various projects and the international forces and organisations within the country can flow. Regular people are living peacefully, trying to push through financial and general existential issues. They do not have time nor will for hatred and fighting. Joining the EU, while it might resolve some issues, would certainly bring many others. But that is an extremely wide topic to start here 😀

@CatWeirdYes Ай бұрын

23:05 There is no way you actually ate Pašteta with a spoon without bread 🤢🤢🤢🤢

@Serlavian Ай бұрын

Yeah i eat it with bread and sometimes add mayo too

@CatWeirdYes Ай бұрын

@@Serlavian With mayo damn well that's new

@Serlavian Ай бұрын

@@CatWeirdYes it is I'm from rural Serbia by the way

@laur4a768 Ай бұрын

I do that too cause I can't eat bread xD

@CatWeirdYes Ай бұрын

@@laur4a768 dang that sucks😞

@Harun-hr4em Ай бұрын

As a Bosnian now I can say you have truly experienced a Bosnian delight

@tamara_d8989 Ай бұрын

You ate pašteta the wrong way🫣🫣🫣

@boricuadetorontocanada Ай бұрын

Still looks good 😮

@ey4d.. Ай бұрын

🤓

@tamara_d8989 Ай бұрын

@@ey4d.. ?

@mihailoaleksic3330 Ай бұрын

At least he tried it, I ate it like twice in my life being a Serbian teen

@antedieente9030 Ай бұрын

I didnt think people would eat it raw.

@cvikachy Ай бұрын

Like Serb who is born in Yugoslavia (today Bosnia), and live in USA, i really enjoyed in this episode. Thank you 😊

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Haha glad it connected with you!

@BadComedianFr 7 күн бұрын

Tri u jednoojj

@Boatbrew Ай бұрын

Props to Croats. One time my bike tire got pierced on the highway. I parked in a village, where at one cottage house they let me in, phone a friend to seal my tyre, all the while they got me drinks and snacks. Same another time. I had troubles to get a hotel on the go. Some family took me in, and prior to that we had a huge dinner with a few families. Serbs do same. Bosniaks do same. Slavs are about hospitality. I lived in the North for many years, who got many other pluses I dearly respect, but Slavs are about community

@tram_collections Ай бұрын

This video came as a great surprise, as I have just visited Bosnia & Herzegovina a week prior. Been to Mostar, Blagaj, Jajce, Kravica, Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Višegrad. It was an amazing experience, greetings from Hungary! 🇭🇺 (And fun fact, we also have a city called Visegrád in Hungary.)

@rubendavies3642 Ай бұрын

If your eastern European country doesn't have a Visegrad, it ain't Eastern Europe...

@mishko79 Ай бұрын

Of course, in 16 century half of Hungarian population was Serbian by origin. Balkan’s are all mixed people DNA them 😊

@dopey473 Ай бұрын

Hope you enjoyed Banja Luka it's quiet boring but it's always nice to see visitors, the art and punk scene is cool too

@tram_collections Ай бұрын

@@mishko79 Not really Serbian, more like Western Slavic.

@SculptExpress-gv8jp Ай бұрын

And fun fact that I found out recently - Zoltan (common name in Hungary comes from Sultan. Lots of Turkish influence in Hungarian language from Turkish, right?! !

@maxk2249 Ай бұрын

I traveled to Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia to get my US student visa renewed back in 2022. It was a very stressful trip for a lot of personal reasons but, I look back on it very fondly. To this day, I cannot stress enough how gorgeous The Balkans are. I am studying in the PNW here in the US and Bosnia looks exactly like the Cascades with all the pines and alpine lakes! I took the same exact route between Sarajevo and Belgrade as you did as well as, got to see Herzegovina on a separate day. Truly the hidden gems of Europe!! 💚

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Seriously one of the most underrated drives (Although a little complicated since it isn't a huge road)

@FiredAndIced Ай бұрын

Man's making "Letter to..." series like he's going to other regions for friends' social events but he turned it into a Lonely Planet/Globe Trekker series. Edit: 6:40: "We're now entering Bosnia and..." "CONTINUE STRAIGHT TO STAY ON M-4!!!"

@brunnomenxa Ай бұрын

And that was the initial intention according to what he mentioned in some videos. It's great to see it has been a success for the channel. I'm really enjoying this series.

@AWSMcube Ай бұрын

@@brunnomenxa same, this man has so much passion in the stuff he produces

@milicaradakovic8098 Ай бұрын

I never expected I will see Barby driving next to my building on this channel. You need one entire life to explore the Balkan :D

@Hocuspocusjebigamodus Ай бұрын

He didn’t get kidnapped by us Yaaaaaay

@DelvingDeeper Ай бұрын

Spoken like a true Albanian!

@Hocuspocusjebigamodus Ай бұрын

@@DelvingDeeper im no Albanian btw People just always remind me that I look like one 😭

@HKPBanuka Ай бұрын

Where u from

@Hocuspocusjebigamodus Ай бұрын

@@HKPBanuka Thats the big question in the room now. Let’s just say im a group project

@HKPBanuka Ай бұрын

@@Hocuspocusjebigamodus Haha 😂

@Peccony94 Ай бұрын

Paul I have been your fan for nearly ten years. You have always kept an eye on everything. You always took into account all viewpoints. You are truly amazing creator.

@vladimirgeorgiev7193 Ай бұрын

Hi from Varna, Bulgaria, what an interesting journey indeed! Seems like you and your mom had a blast! Next time come visit Bulgaria (I know you've been here), perhaps Romania, Greece, Turkey. Best regards!

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

I LOVED Plovdiv. SUPER underrated place

@Jayphillips1988 Ай бұрын

first off, breakfast in the opening scene looks amazing. Secondly, I absolutely love how you keep your mom by your side at all times. Your video in memory of your dad after he passed was one of the most heart felt pieces I have ever seen. It is awesome that you actively keep her involved in all that you do (except when you abscond to Afghanistan for a bit, lol)

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Haha I appreciate it, -1. who doesn't like breakfast? 2. Yeah I mean she would never want to go to Afghanistan lol

@tantan2908 Ай бұрын

I'm excited too see the video of the footage you got in North Macedonia! This video was pretty good, and it entertained me Hello and ♥️ from 🇲🇰!

@Wozza365 Ай бұрын

Stayed in Skopje for a few days last year. Lovely city, people are really friendly. Watched my team win the European trophy and the guy next to me paid for our food and drink that night to celebrate. I would love to visit Ohrid as well sometime soon.

@EchelonIV Ай бұрын

@@Wozza365 Dude you should. Ohrid is amazing.

@GeoHdReal Ай бұрын

Каурски Северџан

@cistamakedonija8210 Ай бұрын

Macedonia **

@aleksa_mladenovski Ай бұрын

Love from Belgrade to our Yugo and Balkan friends 🇷🇸❤️🇭🇷🇧🇦🇸🇮🇲🇪🇲🇰🇦🇱🇧🇬🇬🇷🇷🇴 I don't care what polititians say or do, I love all of you! Sidenote: 17:00 is probably popeci or some form of mini Karadjordjeva snitzel, either way pretty cool

@Niko-lm3mb 27 күн бұрын

Meni pre liči na Karadjordjevu zbog kajmaka

@carsonw8223 11 күн бұрын

You forgot the Kosovo flag 🇽🇰

@Niko-lm3mb 11 күн бұрын

@@carsonw8223 No he isnt.

@theroadtosunrise Ай бұрын

Sometimes I wonder if Geography Now should get a Nobel peace prize nomination just for the fact that Barbs adresses tensions and conflicts in our world in a professional manner that often forces us observers to see each sides perspective instead of just jumping to one side immediately based on bias. Pluss forcing us to see beyond politics and see the people, with their own lives, struggles, culture and beauty that others across the border will find unique.

@excentrik5725 Ай бұрын

I agree, it is a breath of fresh air when he covers a controversial topic and presents both sides equally, honestly, with no bias. You can see how in the comment section most people are civilized. On the other hand, most documentaries on TV and youtube have a biased agenda and the comment section is a hellhole. Hmmm, i wonder if there is a connection there...

@theroadtosunrise Ай бұрын

@@excentrik5725 Favouritism

@theroadtosunrise Ай бұрын

@@excentrik5725Favouritism

@MrWAZZUPJoey Ай бұрын

Relax, it´s a youtube video.

@dioritbajrami8283 Ай бұрын

Yeah not really, he didnt even mentioned even once Kosovo since he knew what it would start. Honestly Serbs don't care about Croatia, N. Macedonia, or Montenegro, they care about Kosovo. And the fact that Barbs shows Kosovo as an "part of Serbia" which if he visited Kosovo he would see what Kosovo really is ^^

@vasilzahariev5741 Ай бұрын

As a Bulgarian, nice T-shirt!

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

one of my favs

@lindemann316 Ай бұрын

@@GeographyNow Speaking of which, you omitted the balkanest country from your letter 😂

@ice9232 Ай бұрын

@@lindemann316bulgaria?

@lindemann316 Ай бұрын

@@ice9232 exactly

@alexanderdinkov8002 29 күн бұрын

@@lindemann316 yep. Can't have a Balkans video without "The Balkan" (mountain).

@jurtrypik Ай бұрын

Hey Barbs, I know you were unsure about how to continue with the channel after the Zimbabwe episode, but this new concept is really fun. Your production skills are getting better with each episode. It is fun to watch, and I appreciate your objectivity on political topics that are not always easy to discuss, as well as your outsider's perspective. You are not like every other KZfaqr/traveler searching for sensationalism; instead, you provide a valuable geographical point of view. Keep up the good work!

@itskylebhiro Ай бұрын

Barbs, I just wanted to say, one of the most honorable things I’ve seen and love most and admire about your travel videos and your channel in general, is how you include your mom in a lot of the things you do. Cheers to you my friend. 👍

@cvyatkomitov7774 Ай бұрын

And in the episode, you are wearing a Bulgaria shirt with the Glagolitic alphabet script. Greetings from Bulgaria, love and respect to all my balkan neighbours.

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

haha I just really like that shirt

@cvyatkomitov7774 Ай бұрын

@@GeographyNow it is a great shirt. And i am not saying it because i am Bulgarian.

@tomislavtomic7184 Ай бұрын

I am from Croatia live in Bulgaria for a year now in Sofia. its good here to. Reminds me on Zagreb a lot

@usmanmustapha24 Ай бұрын

Barbs is one of the most informed American citizen about geography but still harbours lingering negative connotations about places he visits, it's very good he intends to go around these places, learn for himself and also in the process educate and inform the American public and the public the general. but it's somewhat sad a nation pushes its citizens usually through mainstream media and hollywood to have a certain view about places which doesn't truly represent it Imagine if everyone else thought of the U.S. as this place with school shootings, police brutality, drug abuse, homelessness, poor healthcare structure and questionable foreign policy, it would be an injustice to the good things it has like pro American sports, NASA, MIT, Google the several nature reserves and more.

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

EXACTLY👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@imanuelcaushi4711 Ай бұрын

Does he actually try to fight off these preconceived negative connotations that he harbours though? He considers Albania to be the black sheep of the balkans, providing virtually 0 reasons why this is (he did say he grew up around Serbians so I'd say that's a reason right there). He also purposely avoided Kosovo in this trip even though it was right there along the way and he could have included it seeing how he visited every country in the balkans. So yeah... He may try to hide it, but if you're from this region you can easily see the bias ;)

@NandiCollector Ай бұрын

*BRAVOOOOOO!!!!! I just commented something similar for the Albanian part, that was really disappointing from Barbs. Kudos to you mate.*

@NandiCollector Ай бұрын

@@imanuelcaushi4711 SPOT ON! Very biased Barbs.

@ivanmladja24 Ай бұрын

@@imanuelcaushi4711 Don't start with that nonsense, if he grew up around Serbs then he would know exactly what happened in Kosovo to the Serbian people. The whole point of the originall comment is how he's trying to go against mainstream media who completely manipulated the information in your benefit and hide the atrocities you did to my people. It's like defending what Turkey did to the Armenians or what Israel is doing to Palestinians right now.

@niceguy3823 Ай бұрын

85% of the mountain Balkan after which the whole peninsula is named in Bulgaria, our bro skipped it… I guess we should be happy with the Trace episode😅 (Nice T-Shirt btw)

@obiwanbul Ай бұрын

Times are changing, man. We are not Balkans, we are 'Southern Europe' ;)

@Arvidus89 Ай бұрын

He has been to Bulgaria in a previous video; "Geography GO! The THRACE RACE (Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey)"

@recep2939 Ай бұрын

@@obiwanbulnah you guys are definitely Balkans. But being Balkan doesn't mean you could not be South European. In the contrary actually, Balkans are also the part of Southern Europe, both culturally and (obviously) geographically. Majority of the things Barb showed in this video also suggests that.

@petyrkolew9319 Ай бұрын

toi dylji izvinenie za bulgariq epizoda😭😭

@lol-hk5tz 29 күн бұрын

Next video will be about Bulgaria bro

@PrawnAddiction Ай бұрын

I love these "Letter to" videos!

@Amogumogu Ай бұрын

we witnessing the begginings of barb's cooking channel

@beocly Ай бұрын

Hello from Serbia!! 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Hey! Hope you liked the "Serbia" part of this episode!

@darkobonovil521 Ай бұрын

@@GeographyNowi as a mixed guy ( half serbian and half croatian) did enjoy it . Thanks for schowing the world that serb are not monsters and that you can have an excellent time in serbia . I wished you had more time there . Would have loved to show you around as well❤

@anderporascu5026 Ай бұрын

Balkans aren't Putin or Jong Un so no you guys are far from monsters. Perhaps a family who doesn't always see eye to eye at the dinner table, still no monsters here.

@georgios_5342 Ай бұрын

Greetings brother 🇬🇷❤️🇷🇸

@vanai2359 Ай бұрын

I like how at entering Albania with BG licence plates, they casually put USA flag on the windshield 😂 17:52

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

you know of the strategy…😂

@SerbAtheist Ай бұрын

@@GeographyNow Barbs: [Balkan blame game] doesn't hold much relevance in today's societal structure. Also Barbs: Puts an American flag in a car with Serbian plates so it doesn't get vandalized in Albania. Yeah, that thing which 'doesn't holds much relevance' is our day to day lives, especially for Serbs living as minorities in Croatia, non-RS part of Bosnia and Kosovo.

@stefan2serb Ай бұрын

@@SerbAtheist 🎯

@laurentiueana5129 Ай бұрын

Serbia is Romania's brother from another mother! Cheers Barbs again for a great video! From a Romanian living in England

@kolobara08 Ай бұрын

Serbian prince, Marko Kraljevic, died alongside Turks in Ottoman conquest of modern day Romania, in the battle known as Battle of Rovine.

@samvimes2061 Ай бұрын

much love, Romanian brother ❤

@reiu-xl1ib Ай бұрын

they have no genetic relations but if your talking about being friends you are correct

@samvimes2061 Ай бұрын

@@reiu-xl1ib how can you not be a brother with someone you have so much shared past with? We are brothers of battle, and that means more then blood or genetics.

@majamaja3660 Ай бұрын

We love our best frends, Romania!

@maggied.4163 Ай бұрын

omg you ate pašteta by the spoonful ahahahaha we usually spread it on bread

@ivvan497 Ай бұрын

Greetings from Croatia! Barba, you haven't seen much of Croatia. Theres way more to see, especially non coastal areas lmao

@vald9698 Ай бұрын

He said he`s been there before (around 9.45 mark)

@chacuaco69 Ай бұрын

I agree. Croatia is wonderful, and all countries in the region have so much to offer. Greetings from Serbia :)

@samoodustani5198 29 күн бұрын

lik je prosao kroz sve zemlje al ustvari nije ni jednu video kako treba 😄

@datszalami8689 Ай бұрын

Thank you for providing subtitles for the video. We're not always able to listen to what you say, but always ready to see it 💪

@tidusfantasy Ай бұрын

Im asian america, ive been to probably 80 or so countries in the world, the balkan is my favorite region to visit. I know western and north europe looks more polished and "wealthier", but i just like how the way it looks in the balkan. And i love the people, they were nice to me, not so much when i was in western and northern europe due to the anti-immigrant sentiment. Asians were often "disliked" in the world, even we dislike each other lol, so it's nice for once that the people actually are nice to me, and the beauty of this region doesnt hurt either, oh croatia, sooooo gorgeous, imma move there

@XY-uc1tw Ай бұрын

As an Asian-American you have no idea about Balkans! do you know why so many coutries exist there?

@tidusfantasy Ай бұрын

@@XY-uc1tw Very well aware. But is youtube comment section really the place for me to spend my next 30 min to list out the things i know and the things i want to discuss? Who's gonna read them after we r done talking?

@oo0OAO0oo Ай бұрын

@tidusfantasy there are actually many Chinese in Serbia nowadays. I also was surprised.

@Kassap.72 Ай бұрын

Seeing this video is so fun. Even saying the word "Balkan" is controversial Welcome to the most "peacefull" place on the planet

@tamjansan1154 13 күн бұрын

I Yet Balkan is more peaceful in war time than US iis in peace time.

@filipablakov2350 Ай бұрын

Love to all from Macedonia❤❤ all Balkan countries are beautiful and warm!

@TabbedOut_ Ай бұрын

You mean FYR or FYROM?

@Liakos-dl8tp 10 күн бұрын

@@TabbedOut_ He mean Vardarska Banovina

@gangsteroldguy3965 Ай бұрын

OMGGG NO WAY i am a Macedonian fan and have been watching for so long! WE"RE GETTING OUR OWN EPISODE THIS IS INSANE i love you Barbs 🇲🇰🇲🇰

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Haha Yep! ... Just don't know when just yet....

@petarninic5453 Ай бұрын

Pls go to Prdejci, it's my favorite part of Macedonia from 🇷🇸@@GeographyNow

@allstarlord9110 Ай бұрын

You are a West Bulgarian fan*

@TabbedOut_ Ай бұрын

You are not Macedonian Macedonia is not a country it’s a city

@Stef2245s Ай бұрын

Macedonia is a region in Greece and it has been so for 3000 years. You are NORTH Macedonian, stop the cultural appropriation and history of the Hellenic peoples

@milanaleksovski2712 Ай бұрын

Love from Macedonia, we love all the neighbors ♥️

@nadeemabbasi5340 Ай бұрын

Bosnians Hospitality is phenomenal & exemplary

@miranblazek5303 Ай бұрын

And a hypocricy

@ajdoshka Ай бұрын

@@miranblazek5303 bosnians are wearing a white vest they never did anything bad to anyone the only people during the ex yugoslavian wars next to the slovenians who fought for a multiethnic state grounded on specific values

@miranblazek5303 Ай бұрын

@@ajdoshka the bosniak, muslim discrimination over croats in federation is unbearable.

@bosniakedisniksic Ай бұрын

@miranblazek5303 what discrimination? I've been all over the federation and the republic. There are biases and prejudices held by all three groups but no discrimination from what I can see. I even see a spread of Croatian and Serbian nationalist sentiment yet both groups are given positions of power in business and politics

@dandaratramadol3007 26 күн бұрын

@@miranblazek5303You are deluded. Wish you a speedy recovery.

@lennaertboelens2720 Ай бұрын

So much fond memories of the west balkans. Bosnia and in particular Sarajevo stole my heart. The people, nature, the different cultures, the food, the language and ofcource learning more about the tragic historical events that happened here (and are in a way still happening right now) really made an impact on me. I absolutely wanna come back soon! It’s a quiet beautiful and underrated country with a LOT of caracter.

@jusuftopic8469 Ай бұрын

Sarajevo is a multicultural gem. There is no place in Balkans like Sarajevo.

@PeoplecallmeLucifer Ай бұрын

8:50 Just noticed the glagolitic alphabet T-shirt

@vedamiki Ай бұрын

Bulgarian*😂❤

@teodorsvetoslav1948 Ай бұрын

Bulgarian one *

@PeoplecallmeLucifer Ай бұрын

@@teodorsvetoslav1948 while, yes it says Bulgaria on the T-shirt the alphabet/the script is glagolitic. which was used from Todays Czechia to Russia among Slavic population before being displaced by the chirilic script and only holding out in Croatia the longest (as a liturgical script all the way to 19th century in some areas)

@zolux9603 Ай бұрын

I just went to a balkan trip to the same places that Barbs went one month ago and now I can understand why North Macedonia deserves it's own video JAJAJAJA your're gonna love it

@doresweep Ай бұрын

Hello from Albania! Thank you for visiting us Barbs!

@inelouw 26 күн бұрын

I can't wait to see your video for North Macedonia! I'm from the Netherlands originally but have lived in Macedonia for nearly two years now, and I love it! Yes, the Balkans are a strange, dysfunctional family, but they have the best food and the best drink and the sense of community here is unbelievable, even if they all say they hate each other.

@AlexiosPerchanidis Ай бұрын

I enjoyed my Greek frappe while watching this beautiful video about our neighborhood down in the south of Europe. Great work; thanks for making this! Greetings from a Greek man, born in Georgia, raised in Greece, and living in the Netherlands.

@ello592 Ай бұрын

Hello from Bosnia!

@lynnettegort4582 Ай бұрын

Love the new “letters” style and the in person footage!

@trainofzion Ай бұрын

this series of letters is just sublime

@gocesamardziev8450 Ай бұрын

As a Macedonian myself, allow me to pay you thanks for not only visiting the Balkans (potentially the most culturally rich place on the planet), but also for taking the time, patience and effort to make a separate video just for my country ❤🇲🇰 Macedonia in general (outside of geopolitical tensions) doesn't really get much media coverage, but it DAMN WELL deserves it. I've been to plenty of other balkan countries (Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Slovenia and Serbia) and i can say from my personal experience that we, like everyone else, have multiple layers of complexity to our historic and cultural heritage. Even the slightest mention or attention towards us is appreciated in showing the world what we have to offer. Everything from The Struga Poetry Nights, Galicnik weddings, Falconry fishing in Dojran, The Tikvesh Wineries, Matka Canyon and it's hundreds of caves and everything in the East and it's picturesque mountains, gorges, valleys and forests can bring any enjoyer of nature a smile on their face. And that's excluding the food, the meana culture, Oro dances, among other things. I hope you enjoyed your stay in the balkans, Barbs, as well as our little piece of heaven that we like to call home 🦪🇲🇰 Cheers! or as we say in Macedonian: На здравје одмор! Се гледаме друг пат!

@TheRealEpicNoob43 23 күн бұрын

North Macedonia is the most underrated balkan country

@majkati Ай бұрын

Hi, I'm from N. Macedonia, I'm glad you had an amazing time here! This was a great video and I can't wait to see ours!

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Stay tuned!

@Wozza365 Ай бұрын

You missed out not going to Tirana in Albania, honestly the most slept on capital in Europe imo. Stayed there for 2 weeks a couple of years ago and I loved everything about the city. For anyone in Europe wanting a cheap lively city break I highly recommend it. You don't really need 2 weeks, we did that for other reasons, a long weekend would be enough to see most things

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

we briefly passed by it on the way to N. Macedonia. to be honest though Durres was a REALLY good choice and we loved it

@Wozza365 Ай бұрын

@@GeographyNow fair enough, I didn't particularly rate Durres personally, as far as coastal destinations they do have some excellent ones further south. Ksamil close to Greece is beautiful and there's a couple of cool old ottoman era cities worth seeing too in land

@ndnsjensbsuiajs7514 Ай бұрын

It’s just down to personal preference. South Albania was my absolute favourite including cities like Tepelene, Gjirokaster, Vlore, and Permet. The South just has a different vibe to it which I can’t explain. I didn’t really like Tirana and Durres.

@2712animefreak Ай бұрын

I don't think Croats are as much "water people", as you think they are. While we do have a large coastline and flex it upon neighbours and tourists alike, only about a third of Croats actually live even close to the coast. The most populated part of Croatia is Central Croatia and that's where the most "basic" Croatian culture is. No tentacles involved. I'd say that, on average, Croats are an "arable, more or less hilly areas with large rivers people".

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Sure, but even your "inland" Croats still love water polo lol

@YourD3estinY Ай бұрын

@@GeographyNow Sure we kinda go with the sport trend. Sometimes we are a football nation, handball nation and now we are a water polo nation as the world champions in water polo.

@lea88pu 29 күн бұрын

We who live by the sea can't agree 😂

@sinkatasin Ай бұрын

Great to see you visiting the Balkans man, can't wait for the Macedonia episode :))

@reeddiereed Ай бұрын

I live in montenegro right now, but I am not montenegrin. please come again to the sleepiest place on earth, it's incredibly beautiful and you haven't seen even the 1/4 of it :D

@Pero-zl4jp Ай бұрын

Let me guess Russian or Ukrainian

@YourD3estinY Ай бұрын

I agree, its a cheaper and less touristy place than Dalmatia and especially Istria. But it has the exact same charm.

@SNORBIL Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for visiting the balkans and giving my country its own video🇲🇰 I hope you had a great time there. Make more travel vids!!!

@SeriousGamer753 Ай бұрын

Ayyy, greetings from Croatia! But seriously man, you ate the pašteta like an animal.

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Don't care. It's good so I'll eat it how I want

@SeriousGamer753 Ай бұрын

@@GeographyNow We're telling you this because when you put it on a good piece of bread it elevates it to another level. But you did pick the best there is (argeta) so good job there

@seustaceRotterdam Ай бұрын

Paul, you made me feel “homesick” for my Balkan buddies. Zdravo/Bok svima nadam se da vidimo se uskoro! Volim vas!

@Simsunggineus Ай бұрын

As a croat, i highly recommend visiting continental croatia too, especially osijek and vukovar.

@EarthWalkerMan Ай бұрын

Yep, whole Podunavlje region (both Cro and Srb) is nice to visit and have a lot of hidden gems with some Hungarian mix. It's really underrated region. Greetings from Slovenia

@kfair3331 Ай бұрын

5:00 looks like that alcohol is still kicked in!

@sunled5602 Ай бұрын

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BIG BALKAN. RESPECT TO YOU FOR VISITING US AND SHOWING OUR CULTURE OUR NATIONS WHAT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS BUILT AND BLED FOR TO THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. MACEDONIA GETTING A SEPERATE VIDEO ?? LETS GO. RESPECT, BIG BALKAN UNITED BALKAN.

@КГБКолДжорджКостанца Ай бұрын

Oh serbia....yugoslavia, sometimes i wish i grew up during those times But history happens, do not stay in past

@Hayastantzi92 Ай бұрын

Letter to the Caucasus next?

@barbarian92 Ай бұрын

I was in Bosnia years ago, and it's honestly one of my favorite countries I've been to! As you yourself witnessed, it's gorgeous, and I'd recommend going whitewater rafting there if you have time

@NickAndriadze Ай бұрын

I love these letter videos so much, I really hope you make a ''Letter to the Caucasus'' at one point.

@ByronLina Ай бұрын

Nice. Last summer we (family, in-laws) drove Romania - Bulgaria - North Macedonia - Albania - Montenegro - Serbia - Romania. Great trip!

@bn0372 Ай бұрын

Please continue with this series! Its awesome seeing all the different culture, architecture, and civilizations all crammed into this tiny region of Europe. You should totally visit all if the other Balkan countries you missed out on!

@nikoladrca5324 12 күн бұрын

As a Serbian from Croatia, I'm glad you enjoyed the trip and you're always welcome to come back to the Balkans 😊

@IMA321 Ай бұрын

My father lived in Yugoslavia in the 70s and had his first child there, and he still speaks the language fluently. I always wanted to visit the Balkans and will do someday Insha allalh

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Do it! Go to the motherland

@ProjectExMachina Ай бұрын

@@GeographyNowNope. In Yugoslavian languages it is referred as the fatherland - otadžbina

@Kokolo-ze2cp Ай бұрын

What language exactly?

@nosmokejazwinski6297 Ай бұрын

⁠@@ProjectExMachinaNope, in Yugoslavia languages it’s referred to as homeland (Domovina)

@IMA321 Ай бұрын

@@Kokolo-ze2cp I'm embarrassed to say not sure exactly but it's either Serbian or Bosnian. He lived in Sarajevo, Zagreb, and Belgrade

@dimitrijem9356 Ай бұрын

Damn Barbs,great video,i been watching you for 6 years and now its time to subscribe,its never to late :) greetings from Serbia

@urdadurmom9036 Ай бұрын

im from macedonia i screamed when he said an entire video thanks barbs 🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

oh it's going to be good...

@allstarlord9110 Ай бұрын

You are from West Bulgaria*🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬

@frfras7 23 күн бұрын

Macedonia?😂

@ayaanz350 Ай бұрын

love these new style of videos. Feels like the natural prgression of where'd your content would go man. nice!

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Thanks, yeah! Definitely going to focus more on travel documentaries

@EPMTUNES Ай бұрын

Barbs I gotta say I love this series. I love how you preface what was your brief assumption of what a country is like before then showing what you saw and felt there. Especially with the Balkans, its easy to just loop all them together, but this really shows that they each have their own culture and food. Great video!

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Yeah I mean there's only so far "superficial research" can go. I want to see it for myself

@Nikola-gd4dy Ай бұрын

I have to say Barbs, I love this new format of episodes. When you finish all the countries for original series, you could possibly do continue with this stuff. Looking forward to that! Cheers from a fellow Serb who adores rakija xD

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Thanks! Really appreciate the support!

@MariniFacey Ай бұрын

You're so awesome and cool! I'm grateful for you and your humor! 🎉 I love when your mom is in your posts!

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

She's like my secret weapon

@MariniFacey Ай бұрын

@@GeographyNow Awe, I absolutely love that! 🌟✨️⭐️🌟✨️

@potentiallyunfunnyguy9716 Ай бұрын

Barbs, Mate you're doing a bang-up job when it comes to showcasing countries. 'haven't really been there' my arse. You interact more with the locals than a lot of international tourists, you go to locals for pointers rather than take what the tourism bureaus say as gospel. That alone is respectable as all hell. With how many countries there are, cultures to experience and interact with, there's just not enough time for most people. You're doing fantastic work, for humanity as a whole. Providing a window into other countries.

@shakeelali20 Ай бұрын

Having gone to school for nearly 13 years and being surrounded by Serbs, Croats, Bosnians etc has taught me one thing. The Balkan brothers are truly the most dysfunctional group of nations in history. Even compared to places like India/Pakistan, the Korea's etc they never cease to amaze me with how much they can both love and hate their neighbours. One thing they will all agree on (even the Muslims), Rakija is the one unifying force for all Yugoslav people's!

@ajdoshka Ай бұрын

i just want to add that muslims historically never really stopped drinking alcohol bosnia is actually the best country to witness what real authentic historic islam is as it was hundreds of years ago when those long bearded salafists didnt exist

@aleksplavcev8044 Ай бұрын

Thank you for visiting my beautiful little country 🇲🇰 I am very excited to watch your next video 😊👍

@electricVGC Ай бұрын

My favourite thing about these is always what we see of your relationship with your mum. Thanks for trucking on.

@maxf.7467 Ай бұрын

Perfect video for a chilled Sunday Love your work

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Thanks! Enjoy!

@LOEKASH Ай бұрын

I can't express how much I love to see you travel! It inspires me to visit these countries even more than the episodes themselves.

@TheRealPog1 Ай бұрын

This needs more views

@presidentforlife1732 Ай бұрын

When living in another country, people from the former Yugoslavian countries + Albania seem to get along very well. Atleast where i live, people who came here as refugees during the Yugoslav wars get along very well with eachother, even if they're were from the opposing sides.

@petarristovski8530 Ай бұрын

Thank you Barb for visit N.Macedonia i hope you liked you are wellcome anytime

@concretejungledreams Ай бұрын

Hahah man so happy we finally saw each other in person! And this video is so much fun to watch great job! Come again 😊🙏❤️

@Digitron0898 Ай бұрын

Thanks for visiting. Greetings from albania 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

@sahanadeshmukh695 Ай бұрын

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Balkans also includes Romania, Bulgaria, most of Greece and a bit of Turkey

@valentintapata2268 Ай бұрын

You're wrong (and the video is also wrong). There is no Balkan pennisula, only the Balkan mountains and they are only in Bulgaria and Serbia.

@kenmasters2034 Ай бұрын

Balkan is the Turkish word of what the ancient Greeks were named as Aimos land (land of blood), and they were referring to the lands out of the north boarders of Macedonia (the real one 🇬🇷)

@valentintapata2268 Ай бұрын

@@kenmasters2034 Haemus (possibly from Thracian word for mountain), balkan means a hill with forest (or something like that). Slavic name for this mountain range is Stara planina.

@zachv Ай бұрын

@@valentintapata2268 where do you get this nonsense from?

@valentintapata2268 Ай бұрын

@@zachv Geography & history, you should try to read some.

@libertas5005 Ай бұрын

This was a great watch! I know you were on a time crunch, and I'm glad you visited Bosnia but if you come back, make sure you spend at least 3 days in Sarajevo and a day in Mostar (at least) to get a better glimpse of the culture there.

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Oh that sounds like the perfect plan

@libertas5005 Ай бұрын

@@GeographyNow I'm in the US but I'm from Bosnia and I wish I could be there to be your personal guide for free :) In any case, glad you enjoyed that trip. All the best to you and your mom!

@annanotintunerightnow 25 күн бұрын

Honestly as a Macedonian I am super interested and excited for the Macedonia video! Loved this ❤

@lukapaunovic7943 Ай бұрын

LMAO AT 7:41 that is not Bosnia my bro, that's Šabac Serbia, I litteraly live like 3 minutes from that place, it's where Janka Veselinovica street meets the Sremska street, I was watching this but didn't expect to straight up see my neighbourhood

@koya7273 Ай бұрын

Mild confusion,. he must have 300 small videos that need to be packed together ...

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

DAMMIT You knew!! LOL Yeah I just needed some B-roll footage of what "appeared" to be Bosnia for the "Driving scene" but I didn't have enough footage from ACTUAL Bosnia, so I had to use some from Serbia- (and I mean with all the "Serbian flags flapping around most people probably wouldn't pick up on it) BUT YOU DID !! 🤣🤣

@lukapaunovic7943 Ай бұрын

@@GeographyNow it is actual Serbia, Šabac is a city in Serbia

@Annaeus Ай бұрын

I'm surprised to see that someone actually liked Bosnia THAT much 😅 Thanks for visiting!

@SanelMemisevic1986 Ай бұрын

I started watching your channel from 🇦🇱 episode and I learned alot from you. I'm originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina and im glad you like balkan countries i keep telling people wherever I go how amazing balkan is. Thank you for this video now I don't have to talk anymore I can just show them this. Thank you for everything ❤

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Glad you've enjoyed for all these years !

@KillaTehquilla Ай бұрын

Hello from Zadar, Croatia. I can't believe you mentioned my city. I have been watching since Bangladesh episode. Your videos are on point. I love them. Don't stop

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@infuriousgamer1505 Ай бұрын

Greetings from Albania 🇦🇱 I have been watching you since the Albania video. You have come a long way I’m proud of you 👏🏼

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

your country genuinely surprised me! Loved it (although I just wish my credit card was accepted in more places) lol

@zelena.pupavka Ай бұрын

This makes me emotional as a Bosnian.... your amazing video is awakening yugo-nostalgia in me 🥲

@GeographyNow Ай бұрын

And I know there's a lot more than just Sarajevo but yeah I was genuinely impressed!

@SirShtrumz Ай бұрын

Cliffhanger!? Dang it! “You’re killing me Smalls!(Barbs)” 😆 But truly I’m looking forward to when you release your experience of North Macedonia. Much love from N.C. 😌👍