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I visited Beograd for the first time last year, and I had a blast. As a black man, I have never felt so confused in my life. I had heard so much about intolerance to black people bla bla bla, but when I went there, I felt more welcome than the country I was born in(Norway). Just saying, Serbian people are awesome!
As part of our communist heritage and upbringing we are tought that all people are equal. Nobody in Serbia and especially Belgrade cares what is the color of your skin. After the ww2 we were the leaders of unalligned movement and we had many students from asia and africa coming here to study, Moammar Gadaffi being one of them. So you are most welcome to come and visit again
@@SuperGladijajator Thats exactly how it felt. I loved it so much there, I tell everyone i meet how good it is in Serbia. I am going this autumn again. And the architecture was also mind blowing. I took so many photos.
@@thacrypt223 I think most of racism stems from the fact that the west doesn't have any specific problems, so they latch on to fixing gender issues, racism, depression. In Serbia we focus mostly on money, surviving and a good life, and a common hardworking man in Serbia will not really care about the color of your skin.
@@thacrypt223 Thank you for the love, brother. Even if you do encounter racism it would probably be some kids that do it for the jokes. You are welcome in Serbia 😄
for Bulgarians and Serbs, Russia liberated these nations. For Poles, Russia occupied Poland for 123 years, after which the Soviet Union continued the occupation for the next 50 years. That is why Pan-Slavism never worked in Poland
Ja jestem Polakiem i lubię Rosję. Nic nie mam przeciwko Rosji. To już było dawno temu, a w 1945 wyzwowili nas od nazistów. Edit: Why i dislike ukraine - in 1943 ukrainians slaughtered 100,000 innocent Poles, and the ukrainian government calls the people that did this "heroes of ukraine". So literally the ukrainian government is calling literal nazis their heroes. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia
That is a educated comment. I always find it funny when people tell us Serbs that we should hate the Russians. It would be like us telling the Finns to hate the Turks because they occupied us for 500 years. I for example love Russian people but I would never like to live under a system which they are currently living under. But they are far from the only ones living under a shitty system and rule.
I am from Serbia, i worked in Russia for 6 years. I love Russian and Ukrainian people very much. This war is tragedy for our ortodoh slavic people. I hope and prey it end soon.
Typical Serbian nationalist 🤦🏻♀️ I'm Russian, and you know what? First of all, I have no idea how it is in Serbia (before the war I didn't know anything at all about Serbia but the Serbian film), but in Russia there are people of different races/ethnicities and different religions. Personally, I'm an atheist. So please don't talk this bs about "slavic" and "orthodox" people 🤡 Second, this is not just some kind of abstract "tragedy". This is an attack of one country on another country. Don't dare to equalize the participants in this war. There are the aggressor and the victim. Period. Saying this you're offending the Justice. Like I said, I'm a Russian and I'm aware of what's going on in Russia as much as it's even possible. There are dictatorship, propaganda, brainwashing, fascism and repression everywhere. Supporting Russia (to you understand, to be "neutral" is the same as to support Russia) means support dictator who hurt us, Russians, and support the genocide of our neighbors, Ukrainians. It's not about races or religions, it's about pure evil. Your comment pissed me off
A Serbian politician from the 20th century said about Russia: Russia is like fire to Serbia, it is close enough that you can warm yourself by it, but far enough that you don't get burned.
Serbs and their alliance with Russia is like a double edges sword. Russia helped Serbs against the Ottomans. and I really won't get into Yugoslav Wars because everyone was a victim and a criminal. so I won't blame anyone for genocide. all of you killed yourselves. Yugoslavia was a stuofu project to begin with. the people never voted for Yugoslavia. only the rich and powerful of that period deviced to create some artificial country with a Serb king ruling over the country.
I wonder which one told that since that is old saying for the fire so He doesn't seems like someone who's thoughts and sayings are original. Moreover some others told a lot of nice ones about west and their cheapo propaganda. Same as this brainwashed ''Russian'' kid and this wanna be Serbian dude who talk trash about things and people they don't understand.
@@alexsnow5092 I never heard that one in my life and i'm from Serbia . Anyhow people spread the wrong data over the YT in order to get likes etc as y know for sure. Reason why people support Russia is simple because we were under the attacks of NATO for 78 days and before + after they had ugly propaganda made from 90% of lies about us including the reason for that war was fake 100% and there is a movie made by one German media 20 years ago ''it all started with a lie'' that explains it well what is all about and then people might understand the reaction of majority of Serbian population. Moreover it's a question of human rights aka West made a huge mistake to violate those rights by cutting of Russian media, by attacking Russian students, products and by supporting the anti Russian hysteria were people trews bottles of vodka, cats even etc it 's crazy and it looked like it's 1940 again. In general Serbs support Russians right to protect their people in Donbas etc since that conflict started long ago. also the Russia is only force with China that guarantee the UN declaration about Kosovo and is our land, Terrorists have burned over 150 churches over there and monasteries during the 2004 and before that they did some war crimes by killing civilians and nobody cared about it from NATO.
Lucky you bro. When they are not trying to totally annihilate your people [Croats, Bosnians, Albanians], rape your women and pillage your homes, they are actually really fun people
Is Denmark not already like all that already?? Denmark literally has all of those things, and better. So I do not know what you are complaining about.....
@@nicklibby3784 Novi Sad is ultra vozy city, it also has 2nd biggest fortress in Europe which overlooks the whole city and is amazing place to hang out. Ok I sure Denmark is cool, but Denmark lacks in the weather department and you can not change that, sunshine hours you can not build, but we can have insane summer heats, maybe that some people don't like
As a Bulgarian this video is amazing . I have a Serbian girlfriend I have travelled to Serbia many times and it’s the only country that treats me like their own . They love and respect my country same way we love them and respect them . I am very happy we have dropped the past and have realised we are indeed very good friends 🇧🇬❤️🇷🇸
@@123skillax I love Bulgaria deeply. First Bulgarian Tsardom is one of my favorite nations ever to exist. Our common struggle against Ottomans is inspiring, yet i detest what we did 1885. I also hate the Secound Balkan War. I wish history was different than what happened, and that all of us shared this sentiment, but i will always hold Bulgarians in high regard!
@@nihil4361 with us 2 . We also did Serbia a lot of wrong . The one where we committed the genocide in Macedonia on Serbian soldiers and when we didn’t back you guys with the nato bombings and many more . I also really like Tito 😂 I think Tito was a very good proud leader (I know Bulgarians are probably about to question my decisions ) I also really respect how much Serbia is improving . I went to zajecar and the village on the ourskirts it’s so well done . The road is wide and not broken there’s lights on the street and for me that is quite good cause my village which is suppose to be very developed got enough potholes to completely kill your car ! One day o hope we are United in a Balkan Union and we grow together .
I've been to Novi Sad back in the summer of 2007. I met young people from all across Europe. It was one of the most wonderful times in my life. Remember walking where you were walking.
an interesting historical fact, do you know that the territory between Bakhmut and Luhansk was called Slavjano / Serbsk in the middle of the 18th century and Serbs lived there, and the main administrative center of this Serbian enclave was Bakhmut
Another Historical Fact. Vladivostok is newer then my house. it dont have a real russian history because its stolen from china and renamed and chinese people are deported. the same is for many fake russian citys. and belarus is a fake land too. most of belarus was over 1000 years polish or lithuanian area. russia stole it, like Kalinigrad fake city. russia stoled now krim, and try occupy more from ukraine. historical, turk tartars lifed longer on crimea then the city "moscow" on its today coordinates. (build 500 years ago). all putin wants is fake land and call it "russian". even his generals say poland and baltics and east germany belongs to russia.
Many places truly look like in Czech republic there. As a Czech I can confirm it. The reason is that Czech republic used to be part of Austria-Hungary aswell. That's why the architecture is very similar in many cases.
Only difference would be the amount of cars in the "commie blocks". In CZ you can hardly walk because of the cars everywhere. The communists never thought of the future, ironically :)
hey thanks for showing Novi Sad...I got stuck in Belgrade during the pandemic and stayed for almost 2 years. Serbian people are so nice and always willing to help. I have such good friends there now. I was just there 3 months but I have not been to Novi Sad yet and now there is a quick train between the two cities.
I kinda know Serbia from Belgrade upwards quite well. I think that is one of the most awesome regions in all of Europe. You have these small towns everywhere with cafés and restaurants, big parks in the middle, everyone riding a bike, and much less SUVs than here, in Budapest. Top-notch urbanism.
@@adamkovacs4368 ja and when you live in the center it is like a village. Never need any form of transportation....just walk everywhere! I also went to Bajina Basta and the drive over the mountains is amazing...endless vistas.
As a Prague resident I love the CZ geo jokes, they kinda fit. And I also love the paradigm description about putin/russia, because in local media i get worse feel about Serbia than it really is. Keep on doing what you do, even with the sick/worried laugh you put after anything deep. :) Love it!
@MU-ee9ro- it’s called propaganda...have you heard of it? It’s laid on extra thick in NATO Europe. There is no freedom without free thinking. Kudos to Serbia and its people for keeping free thinking alive in Europe.
Without russia winning in crimea and the uprising of the albanian ali pasha tepelena ultimately weakening the ottomans and the weapons and financial aid from russia liberation would’ve neven been possible.
@@soul8938you demonstrated that you have absolutely 0 knowledge on the events in Serbia and especially about Miloš' rebellion. With or without Russians, with or without imaginary albanian rebellions, outcome would've been the same.
That is like Turkeys voting for Christmas. The Russians are already occupying Moldova, which Putin intended to conquer after Ukraine and you would be next in line. I guess some Bulgarians, miss the Russians so much after the fall of the USSR, that they want them back.
No, we don't!!! 80% of bulgarians are behind Ukraine 🇺🇦, NATO, and EU. The other 20% are paid from raSSian propaganda or are just low-educated ignorant bigots.
I was in Serbia last year, in Novy Sad and Beograd. I didn't have impression that Serbia is Z country. Quite opposite. Quite normal. BTW I am from Slovakia. I was several times in Serbia. I like Serbia a lot. Serbia is definitely underrated country...
@@AdamBurianek92 In Slovakia same as in Serbia are many people which have sentiment to Russia but as said in video. Panslavic idea of brotherhood etc. However some Z supporters are kind of angry people. They even didn't know where Donbas is or who is Zelensky or Bandera. They are not happy with their lives they are jealous when they see some nice Ukrainian car etc. But in general peole understand that what Putin did is evil. Z supporters live in their paralel world.
Serbia is definitely a Z country. Probably even more than Russia. If you were not able to recognize the very obvious fact that Serbia is Z as fuck, you are the one who lives in a parallel world.
Novi Sad is an incredible city. I went to the Exit Festival in 2009 and remember standing on the walls of the Fortress admiring the contrast between churches and factories reaching to the sky...
lel kid ..you came to this beautiful country ..and where did u go? Canyon Uvac? Old Mountain? Morava river? Kopaonik? Kosovo's valleys? Nope Kid went to one of most s4tanistic festivals in world made for delusional young people to devastate their souls
My Grandmother was born and raised in Königsberg until the war started and they later run from the soviets. Sadly the soviets didnt cared for its heritage and destroyed the most iconic landmarks. At least her receipt for Königsberger Klopse found their way to us.
Я сам был в Кёнигсберге и я увидел там лишь руины старых крепостей, но все равно оставалось много различных построек со старых времён. Я конечно не намекаю, но город брали штурмом при массивных бомбардировках на уровне Дрездена, очевидно куча культурного наследия было уничтожено.
@@peterweiss123 They’re killing and destroying, then playing the victim card and claiming you’re just “anti-Russian” because you don’t like their killing and destroying It’s incredibly tiresome, how Russia’s leaders are just vandalizing the world we live in with their lies and death and destruction, then claiming it’s their divine, historic mandate to do so… Like, just f*ck off
Looks exactly like Slovakia... Including the historical centre, Danube and the commie blocks. I also knew the building was a school just by the way it looked... Glad to see you smiling and having fun Roman.
1999 NATO bombed Serbia and Montenegro accusing them of genocide in the Kosovo province. NATO fell silent when the central Ukrainian government started to bomb Donbass...so...what do you expect?
Wow, so Ukraine should have kept giving its territories away? First Crimea, then Donbass, what for and which region should be given away next? If it was the will of the people, then why Russia was bombing Chechnya instead of making a Referendum over there? By the way, why there were the Russian ruble (currency of russia) in circulation in Donbass starting from 2014?
Read again and come back to this answer. You might understand this time try to stick to the written words not your imagination. Read it already? Ok, continue reading this. I'm talking about coherence. Get it? There's clearly different approaches to similar situations and intervening in Kosovo in 1999 went against NATO's own charter. It seems to me, if I were to take your style of reading, that for you to bomb Serbian civilians and Ukrainian civilians in Donbass is ok
@@hernan5940 never it was ok to me to bomb nobody, don't you worry. It seems to me, that it is ok to you to bomb the entire Ukraine after 2022 just because of Donbass crisis.
Well being a Serbian person from Kosovo, it is important to state that the NATO situation two decades ago indeed did reposition the populations persective on western nations. While there were santions from those, Russians made sure people were actually apply to receive supplies. So it is not a pro Russian position per se as a "we dont think it is all bad" assumption in the black and white way western media paints the current situation. P.S. coming from someone who grew up with pictures of Tito at their home...
I think most Serbians support Russia because without Russia being able to stand up to NATO expansion who knows what happens with all the Serbs still living in Kosovo
@@Saulgud23 Bro nobody want to do anything to Serbians in Kosovo, why would nato want to start another war ? NATO even said Kosovo was responsible for the last incident in the majority Serbian region.
As a Bosnian i understand the relation Serb-Russo so im not surprised that people are mixed on this situation,and i would be thankfull that my country would relate with the USA so much or even at all,brings tensions where there arent any and i wouldnt like Russians influence for our country either
Ponosni hrvatski barjak, postavljas zajedno sa srcem i zastavom drzave koja je sve pokusala da se hrvatski barjak, nikada vise ne vije???? Danasnja djeca, strasno
@@alexandarm.9788 Zasto nije romanu objasnio, tko je na toj zgradi i sto je ta isprika od ljudskog roda cinila civilima, pa cak i u samoj vojvodini, gdje je na silu istjerao jako puno hrvata, a kamoli sto je radio po drugim drzavama???? Odjedanput kao ne zna, tko i sto je seselj
@@oskng Postoji punih 82 godina od kada se to dogodino. Nemamo više ni kunu od te diktature, bajo smiri malo sa tim. I da očajno je to što se dogodilo civilima, nije zaboravljeno.
You should love Albania more - the only country in mainland Europe to have MORE JEWS after WWII than before! We didn’t give up any Jews for slaughter and a lot of Albanians paid with their lives for that decision.
18:00 this is not the first time we did something like this actually, a lot of Russians fled here during the revolution in Russia when the soviets took over as well
I love the dynamic between these two, first, you have this confident loud russian guy, and then there is the pesudo-Hungarian Serb guy from Novi Sad just trying to add something in here and there. Best collab ever! Roman x János
It is exactly the same in Bulgaria. Some people support putin , most doesn’t. But the minority is way too loud. No one hate Russians in Bulgaria , we are welcoming them , but many hate putin and the war he create. Some are seeing putin as saviour of Christianity and family values and stuff but they probably don’t know (or don’t wanna know) that he was KGB member and communism doesn’t exist in colab with religion. I keep seeing more and more Russian registration plates on the Bulgarian roads (also Belarusians )
This is how I wish people would view most countries in the world. Too often you hear anti-American or pro-Z people act like the EU, UK, South Korea, Japan, etc. are just US proxies or puppet states, but that couldn't be further from the truth. I know it's hard for people who come from autocratic nations to imagine this, but there's such a thing as allies & cooperation while simultaneously being able to hold many different views independently of each other. You can disagree with certain stances & actions an ally takes, while still being friends with them. You can support ideals or principles of a neighbor, while also not becoming a "yes man." You can cooperate on economic & humanitarian values, while also having your own interests separate from your ally. You can oppose military intervention in one area, while still supporting it elsewhere. Relationships are complex in a free world, and "the West" isn't a monolith. Similarly, a government may act in one way, while its people overwhelmingly support the opposite actions. Serbian people seem to have a similar relationship with Russia, with some in support and others against. And I imagine even those who are "against" may be also be split, in that some are Pro-Ukraine in relation to the war but still support Russia otherwise.
I can confirm. I have a friend who is, or at least was in the beginning, vigorously the "Slava Ukrainii" type of guy. It also had something to do with the girl he was dating at the time (anti-Putin). But this same guy is also well-versed on history, he is also against the West, and is in fact pretty right-wing. But we are chill about it, since I don't care about it as well. Thus, we debated openly for hours about Ukraine, not even once feeling like it's driving a wedge between us.
That is a very naive view, people in the NATO bloc are as blind to the brainwashing they've been exposed to, as they are in pro-Z countries. While people everywhere have different opinions, only few have informed ones. THERE IS NO FRIENDSHIP IN POLITICS. It's a show for the masses. It is only about the interest of the powerful few and the others are just puppets. You can either join them and support their narratives, or suffer consequences.
If you are still in Novi Sad there are a lot of cool places to check out! Its a very student filled town so a lot of cool hidden places around I wanna recommend. For anyone visiting, Kafka is a nice and very cheap place to get some beer and play board games, there's Apsolut, Frida all nice hidden coffee shops. KClab, CK13 have cool themed parties and events all the time and Laze Telečkog is like the club street ❤ I'm glad you're enjoying your stay and I hope more people give Novi Sad a visit
I noticed this when I went to Serbia in January, met loads of Russians escaping possibly being drafted, saw the Gazprom logo everywhere and Z in graffiti in different places.
The Z stuff is mostly from government-adjacent football hooligans. Yes, we have that. It's a 6D chess tactic to appease Kremlin interests in Serbia, while also scaring the West into thinking that we could flip. The government sees Russia purely as diplomatic leverage, and the Kremlin knows this, but can't do anything about it. The people, on the other hand, have a genuine appreciation of Russian people and culture, but most Russian people, ironically, don't know this. Some of the propaganda does trickle down to politically uneducated people, of whom there are many, as in any other country, but the propaganda itself is of Balkan caveman quality, which IMO makes it less dangerous, but then again we are Balkan hotheads so it balances out. The end result is corruption money from both the West and Russia, and a confused and controllable populace. That is also the reason behind the constant brinksmanship against (and in cooperation with) Kosovo and other such theatrical performances, it's just a way to stay relevant. Ironically this is called 'stabilocracy'. Also, inb4 50.000 likes.
Of course hooligans. I mean that makes sense of nationalist problematic clubs , to be hooligans. Oh and the neutral country makes a lot if sense after a major conflict, in yout country.
Idk most people i know view Serbia as our bredren, kinda like Ukrainians used to be before all that crap. I hope we will never fight over anything, we can't afford to lose anymore friends Братья навек!
@@robb5828 Bingo, Latin American nations prefer Russia to the USA because Russia is very far away and has no reason to fuck with them meanwhile half of them have had their government forcibly changed by Uncle Sam lmao
The word you wanted I believe for pit around castle is moat, usually filled with water. Thanks for showing me what Serbia looks like. It does remind me of Prague too….such a beautiful city.
If I am not mistaken, at around 4th minute you overtook woman walking her daughter which is herself a daughter of the most famous song writer of Novi Sad, Đorđe Balašević. This guy was huge in ex Yugoslavia.
That mixture of European architecture and communist blocks can be found all over the former commy countries, not just Serbia🙂 As for why Serbs like Russia but not all Serbs are Z, from just meeting Serbs I think it’s more about what NATO did to Serbia and still does, so it’s more about hating NATO and the US rather than liking Putin. Maybe Roman’s generation are less like that because some weren’t even born at the time but the bombing of Belgrad left deep scars on many.
Wrong video in so many ways, over 90% of people in Serbia (including other nations in Serbia) love Russia and support it. The anti russian graffiti and pro ukrainian symbols are drawn by NGO that are so many in Serbia. They show up in media all the time even though they have only high school education. Russia never did harm to us, meanwhile west did, and they declared us as their enemies, not the other way around.
You are so wrong. 86% of people in Serbia support Russia. You showed pictures from the people that support Russia but in that picture we can only see 1% of people that were there that day. There were tens of thousands there that day. Be fair and show the picture with all people.
I love Serbia, thanks for sharing this. I have traveled there a few times and hope to return soon. Serbian and Russian men = the most handsome men in the world imo.
Holy shit timing lol. I'm binge watching Living Ironically In Europe for last couple days as preparation for my backpacking trip to Balkans and this just drops 😳😳😳
Few things to say 1) This was actually a good video 2) the main contributor was very desperate to paint russia as root of evil and ugliness, by constantly referring to everything “good and beautiful” as “European” The “commie” blocks - both contributors make no mention whatsoever that the soviets literally built FREE accommodation for average USSR citizens! Perhaps contributors should visit some USA/British/French council estates/banlieue - and see how “commie” the estates look! At some point, people really need to stop trying to identify history and geopolitics as “white and black” Also main contributor trying to reduce the NATO bombing of Serbia 🇷🇸 as “what not/ whatever” - therefore showing dreadful ignorance and bias! He doesn’t seem interested in scrutinising the Serbian relationship with the “west” Why on earth would Serbians “en masse” bow 🙇♀️ to NATO affiliated countries/power - in view of historical events? It is like expecting russia 🇷🇺 to bow to Germany in lieu of Stalingrad battle! Overall good video, however immaturity and desperation to identify with “Western Europe” appears to be the achilles heel of both speakers! Serbia 🇷🇸 has its history! The Balkans were once slaves and colonised by Austria-Hungarian empire, hence ww1! Both really need to read history books! Because you all seem to miss the reasons why Serbia has the attitude it has with regards to nato and Ukraine war! Lastly - NOT every Russian city is “commie”! Russia 🇷🇺 is doing a lot of work of building new residential apartments that resemble nothing like soviet Russia! You’re both clouded by western indoctrination - to be honest!
@MU-ee9ro- Agree! There’s a real naïveté amongst the younger anti-Putin Russians that shocks me sometimes. How could anyone drink the Western Kool-Aid so enthusiastically without a critical eye? Serbs have the benefit of experience ... it makes them more savvy and critical observers of today’s geo-political events.
I'm not even halfway through it but this is one of your best videos. Nuanced, intelligent, topic with a guest who knows what he's talking about and visually scenery plus live evidence supporting the discussed topic. Guest knows English enough to be clear to we English-speaking viewers. You understand how we think and presented this information very well. And in an entertaining way (and I'm not cooped up in a little room with a podcaster). Deserves a Webby award! Thank you! :) (I've been interested in this topic esp. with current news. )
Czech Republic was also part of Austro-Hungary. I as a Hungarian almost felt home in Prague when first visited, it is realy similar to Budapest or Vienna. Then it was sad to see the same buildings but in ruins in Bosnia. 19:36 that reminds me to Graz.
True,it really looks suspicious like the grazer clocktower. The canalisation more of viemna or hamburg. Through in vienna they pretty much closed the smugler ways, partly safety reasins, partly not enable robber. I even recognize old blocks. I think in vienna thete are still social state apartments in such blocks. Weird. I mean not really that were created for a social ok yet place effective building i guess.
@@stevemcgowen it also take hits but much less. However both city were rebuilded after WW2 and they all looks great. Vienna may not as good looking as Prague but (it may sound biased but you can check it) Budapest is one of the most beautiful and best looking capital city on the world. (Even if nature has a great role in it thansk to Danube)
@@StArShIpEnTeRpRiSe I like original cities, not re-built cities which look like a Disney set. I have been to all 3 and it's not even a question, Prague is nicer. When you factor in the people, Prague is much, much nicer...
good luck, roman, in serbia. as a czech, i am laughing through tears reading the nationalistic historic mess in comments. my ancestors were both, german & czech, i am rather feeling things culturally than nationally. i am central european 😊 enjoy the stuff
Jan dude try to clean your head from prejudice and at least in Serbia We can watch whatever we like and say what ever we like while in your country for a few words about Putin you end up in dam prison. What sort of democracy is that? But OK i get it, you have to kiss a ss to those who owns your puppet government and to this two YT bolids, one so called Russian who crays about evil Putin and another wanna be Serbian who know less about city He lives in then i know about Zgligdtut city in the middle of the road to the center of the Universe.
@@poki580 OMG how you dare to tell him the truth!? We live in this nice world were people are brainwashed by YT crap and other western media, so We have to became Muricans and adore our lord Biden and our demi Lord Urslua fon Der Leyen. If We don't became Muricans what will happen with us then??? Then the ''evil'' Russians will eat us 😭😱😩oh noooo Russsiiaannsss are at my doors i must call Supermen Biden to smell my hair and save me.
I'm glad you're out enjoying the city with good company of a friend. The beautiful European architecture really made your heart cheerful Roman. ❤ Much love from NY 😊
@@thevis5465 I'm a human. The USA 🇺🇸 is multicultural. There is no one way Americans speak. English is my first language, but for time sake I do type comments in poor English on purpose. But I'm not writing a college term paper for a grade, so I hope you understand professor 🦬😇
Serbia, what a juxtaposition. Looking forward to running into Roman when he's in SoCal. If Russia supported me during the Serbian War, I'd be pro-russian too. Easy to understand and kudos to people who can go beyond that and see the present reality.
Which serbian war you are reffering to? If some of the 90s i assure you russia did not support them at all, maybe in words and wishes only, but yeah they voted for the un declaration to legalise bombing of serbia, they also supplied croatia with tanks and jets when our western "allies" had an arms embargo upon us, russia helped us, for cash ofc, liberate our lands, but yeah you spund like some mouthbreather who knows nothing of actual history and just opens his mouth to enable his empty scull echo other motuthbreather's oppinions around.
If I were Serb, I'd still denounce Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Just because my best friend helped me all the time, doesn't mean I should support them committing cruel acts to others.
Yo’ what’s up Serbia… Nikola Jokić and the Denver nuggets are about to win the NBA championship today. Let’s keep our fingers crossed. Greetings from Denver Colorado USA! 🇷🇸✊🏽🇺🇸
I just returned from Serbia a few weeks ago! First time visit, very similar impressions - mix of comi/European architecture, tone of historical stuff. I wish I would’ve met you there, Roman. Would’ve been awesome !
You can definetely see people here wearing Z t shirts and russian flags, but absolutely nobody will even argue with you over it People tend to keep their oppinions to themselves, unless you're actively trying to provoke someone
in the 90es, Serbia "didn't attack" Croatia and BiH, similarly to the way Russia "didn't attack" Ukraine back in 2014. Little green man everywhere... So yes, it's not difficult to imagine many Serbians supporting Russia in attacking Ukraine today.
Serbia never had a war with croatia or attacked it at all. Last time Serbia and Bosnia fought a war was almost 700 years ago. Serbs who fought in both wars there were natives of the land trying to save themselves from the coming genocide.
Wars the US waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University.
Its reason i dont like USA ..its just cars ,even in heart off cityes ..even in very big cities you dont see many people ..only cars..feel soulless (yes i know USA has much bigger GDP)
@@allyourbrainnowbelongtous1777 most aren’t that size though; and when they are there it’s stuff like malls or lil parks between a bunch of sky scrapers , sometimes you’ll get a bigger park I guess but you don’t see big town squares like that nearly enough anymore
The "soviet blocks" doesn't look all the bad :) like Roman said "It doesn't look that soul less"; on point. Beautiful city! Reminds me a bit about Vidin (Bulgaria). Btw; I'm not slavic or eastern block, I'm Norwegian, but I love the Balkans!
@@slavkostankovic3247 Sorry. You are right. Former communist state in alliance with the Soviet - both economically, politically/deplomatic and defence/military-wise.
As a Greek I like Russia too. I don't like the government but the people are friendly. In schools we are being thought about Russophilia, and I am grateful that Russia helped Greece, especially in our Independence War against the Ottoman Empire. Thanks Roman for your videos, they always give me joy ❤🇷🇺🇬🇷, also lots pf love to my slavic brothers!
@@soul8938 name one Albanian that fought in favor of Greece in the independence war. Name one...... Albanians were turkey collaborators not only in Greece but in Serbia also .... They had privileges like Ali Pasha ... So name one Albanian.... Just one
Really good video Roman! Great commentary about history, architecture and some beautiful scenery. You seem genuinely happy in this video, and that makes me smile.
There's a reason Serbia is more pro Russian than many countries in eastern europe / balkans, look at what happened in the 90s. Important to know the historical perspective. They aren't just 'randomly' more pro Russian.
1. Serbs were the only nation on Balkans to liberate themselfs from Ottomans. There was support from Russia but we were not liberated by Russians. Love for Russia is more Pan-Slavic thing, Orthodox thing and also connected to Imperial Russia and Romanov family before and during WW1.
Never change, Roman. You're doing wonders for the east-west cultural discourse. I often forward your vids to people unfamiliar with the eastern euro mindset. Keep rockin'.
As a Serb ay em really really greatfull that you visited my country😊 You shoud visit Valjevo there is alot of cool places there to visit. And if you meet any people you just say that you are Russian and they will instantly like you,ay hope that you will have great days in Serbia😊👍
I will travel to 🇷🇸Serbia. But ay am afraid and scared if ay say that ay am American they will instantly hate me spit on me and attack me 😢😦😟😳😥😢. Should I cancel my plans to go to 🇷🇸Serbia? I really want to see the beautiful country but will Serbian🇷🇸 people want to make me leave because ay am American 🇺🇲🇷🇸
@@nicklibby3784 what😂😂😂 are you for real man? Don't worry we dislike american goverment but on the people,Serbs are on dumb we know you are not Bill Clinton just a random american guy that visted Serbia do not worry my friend nothing will happend with you. BUT if you are in Belgrade and you see people protesting DO NOT GO THERE just go into youre house or walk away.
@@nicklibby3784 as long as u don't speak politics you will be fine. If someone is being pushy about just bare with them, they most likely have personal experience so just withstand them
Legit every bigger west-slavic city has a gothic cathedral in it, at least we in Czechia do. Other than that, I absolutely love the vlogs from your journeys. Keep up the hard work man!
@@letecmig Considering that Novi Sad and Vojvodina in large were part of Ottoman Empire until XVIII century, gothic architecture would probably not exist here without Austrians.
@@aleksaradojicic8114 may be its just not a gothic architecture in Novi Sad then;) Just a second half 19th century 'pseudo neogothic' style ("Gothic Revival Style") popular back then in all Europe - see Houses of Parliament in London for example. Gothic architecture is something quite different
@@letecmigRoman thought about the orthodoxy, and he mixed the word with the “slavs” - knowing that part of the slavs aren’t orthodox, but western catholic. I count only 5 countries: Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia. The architectural style of “gothic” not existed outside of the western catholic world. Novi Sad as part of Hungary through centuries was mainly westren catholic, so don’t suprise a neogothic cathedral there. (Of course this is just “neo”, for original gothic things you need to enter Hungary)
We're an American family. We just returned from visiting Zlatibor, Serbia as part of our Balkan road trip. Some of my American friends thought we were crazy for going to Serbia. However, the Serbian people were super friendly and very welcoming. We had no problems whatsoever and we're very happy we visited. Seeing Putin t-shirts and coffee mug for sale at the street market was a little weird. However, that was the only odd part. American tourists are certainly welcome and it's ridiculously inexpensive compared to the U.S. Our only regret is that we didn't get to spend more time in Serbia.
Yes it is only inexpensive compared to US,but to serbian people its very expensive,the prices are probably higher than in Germany,but salaries are not even close.
@@frostflower5555 80% of the US population supports Ukraine. The minority of people that wouldn't be weirded out by Putin junk are far right extremists... kinda like Putin.
Both Novi Sad (Újvidék) and Bratislava (Pozsony) was part of the Hungarian Kingdom through 920 years. Definately they look same. The difference is that Bratislava was the capitol of Hungary through 350 years, and looks not so provincial as Novi Sad. Also Bratislava have real gothic churches (not neogothic as here), and it’s architecture more like “Viennese baroque”, in Novi Sad some provincial historism.)
I want you to know that a lot of people in Russia stand with Ukraine. Many people arrested, 400 000 left the country. BBC says than 80% of Russians support war, it’s not true. It plays more like propaganda😢
I’m ethnic Russian and partly Ukrainian and share your opinion. Met a few Polish people recently. We were silent, so they took me for Polish and I took them for Russians 😁
