Why Are People From CANADA & USA Moving To CROATIA? 

As a Croatian born Canadian living outside of Toronto, I'm on Krk island right now, I'm done with Canada as well. As soon as my mortgage expires next year, im not renewing it and im gone.

Moved back to Croatia and never going back to North America.

As a Canadian expat who much, MUCH prefers Croatia, I'm with you 100%. When in Canada I cannot wait to return home to Croatia. My list of reasons is very long but basically it's about traditional values and freedom (not to mention the hundreds of perks such as history, real food, the sea, slow pace...). Thanks for this.

In the 1960s and 70s, my parents and some of their friends left authoritarian Yugoslavia for Canada. Now, some of their children have left Canada for the same reason. I personally know at least 10 people who have moved to Croatia permanently in the last few years.

Alot of my friends came back from canada back to croatia.. 😄

Im a Croat who grew up in Holland and i just moved to Croatia

Another Croatian in diaspora, living in LA for over two decades and dreaming of the day when I'll be packing my things for good. Yes, corruption exists everywhere, but the level of crime, insecurity, and homelessness here is unreal and steadily getting worse. I was born in Germany, grew up in Croatia, and now half of my life in LA. While yes, there are things that can certainly be improved in Croatia, there's way more to fix in the US. Grass is not greener here.

My grandparents were from Zagreb and I applied yesterday for citizenship. I live in South Africa which gets a bad rap but I can't wait to move! Appreciate your insightful videos;)

We have been visiting the North of Croatia for over 20 years and have owned a house (kucha) for 10 years, 2 years ago we applied for and received a right to reside which is valid for 10 years and renewable after that or the opportunity to apply for citizenship. As we are both retired and represent no financial burden on the state, we dont try and exploit the tourist industry and as such we are left alone to live a peaceful life. Whilst not the cheapest place to live the quality of food is exceptional the health care superb and in line with the NHS but with no abuse that the UK system suffers from. In general we love it and are considering making the permenant change when the chance comes.

Croatia is good for living our standars are geting better and better. We are affected by local media controled by western birocrats. Only croats who are lefting for right reason are slavonians(poor region) but others are just affected by propaganda.

Damn. I miss Croatia so much. I LOOOVE Croatia. Im croatian but not born there. People move to Croatia because it has it's special charm, delicious food and loving atmosphere.

Absolutely agree! We are with you! Fellow Croatian here.

Thank you for your perspective. As a native, I tend to see the negative side more than the positive, but I stayed here because I realized how important the sense of community is for me, and safety. I lived in London, and although a great city, I came back knowing and feelin I made the right decision.

Hi, I've been watching your videos. My parents are Croatian. I grew up in New Zealand and have been living in Melbourne, Australia for the last 20 yrs. I hate it here, everything has gone to the shit, I agree with all you are saying and I constantly dream of living in Croatia. My mum lives alone in NZ. My dad lives in Podgora with his new family, which is near Makarska in Dalmacija. We went last year for a trip and loved it. When i come back I feel miserable here downunder (Melbourne had the most lockdowns in the world btw).... Over there you feel like you are truly living life. I felt like the Adriatic sea was so therapeutic. From the skywhen you fly in Croatia is beautiful, I feel its calling me 'home', its the closest to 'home' my soul could know. Here you feel suppressed in the matrix. I've been super awake and aware for a really long time, including spiritually, I totally know what's going on and I appreciate your videos. I wanted to connect and say hi and Thank you.

Dusan, my name is Jay, I was born in china, but living in USA for 24 years already and I am US citizen. I Went to Croatia couple weeks before for my vacation and I completely fall in love with your country specific natural beauty and safety. Just like UK, US is crazy now. I am also US military retired and my retired pay is around $3000. So I am interesting to move to Croatia for better quality of life just like you. I looked at internet and found out the house price in Croatia is almost same as US, however, the average of Croatian salary is 3 times lower than American. So, I am just curious how Croatian able to survive? Is most of Croatian can’t afford their own house? Also, another strange thing I find out that the housing rent price is much lower than US. A lot of people said Croatia is a country good to visit, but rough to live. Is this true? Is this because I only look at split, Hvar and Dubrovnik, other place may be cheaper? My goal is to buy a house in split or other neighbor island, buy a fancy boat to run my own tourist business. Please give me some advice. Thank you so much.

I live in Croatia and have house buy for 50k e and solar and my water and food.only 40e montly pay all my bils.free helthcare,for kid got money and pay 1 year off job,for 3 kid 3 years pay and money for all kids.no woke shit.no kriminal,robery,mafia,kiling noting!!!!

More vids please 😀 this vid def resonated with me, my parents left for Aus for a better life in the 1950's, I can see all those benefits you mentioned!

Today I came across your channel and look at some videos that you have posted, I am happy that you found where you belong what happened to me last year when visiting Zadar my home town, I said to myself finally place where you can breathe. I am saying this because last time I was there was 31 years ago, I lived there until my 15 th and moved to Canada. Looking forward to be back soon 😢

In 1988, I left my home and family, went to work and live in Switzerland. The reason was the political system. This twisted system is slowly coming to Switzerland, and the time to return to the Dalmatian hinterland is coming soon.

Most beautiful Country on this planet! 🇭🇷👍

👍 I agree with you. Change for the better is so slow here... but so is the change for the bad....so maybe we can skip some of those cycles. But you can bet we got as close to real freedom as you can get in any country. By the end of the video i see we are literally on the same page. :D I think we might be going back to bartering with skills and products....

Hi Dusan, it is true the world is very much upside down, it's actually falling apart. Human beings everywhere are suffering from oppression, suppression depression. Freedom and individualism of western thought didn't bring the happiness that was assumed. Neither did nationalism that Croatians assumed? ? We have become excessive and divided consumers. Division and consumer culture is it's own cancer...

I’m Argentinian from Buenos Aires. My grand grandfathercame from Croatia before WWII with his family. I carried out an exchange in Italy 2 year ago and came back with his Rodni List (I went all the way through Zagreb to Ðuđevac) and rn I’m waiting for my citizenship while learning the language. It’s really difficult for a Spanish speaker but I’d truly love to live there at least for trying having a peaceful life in that beautiful region of the world where my roots are from. Hvala ti!

Good to hear from you again, Dusane. I thought we lost you. Been a while. Cheers, Nick

4:49 That guy is Paul Bradbury, “uhljeb tax” founder. Great personality, he shows me beauties of my homeland like no one another….. cheers Paul, cheers Dušan

they forced us to have covid needle in Australia or we couldnt work. i might go live in croatia one day soon. i applied for citizenship.

Looking for a place safe to escape Canada. Tired of the dictatorship that Canada has become with Castro Jr.

Great video! Thinking about the same.

My uncle is back to cro from sydney

There are many reasons but the US specifically, has many positives but the negatives are quite harsh. Gun Violence would be number 1 and the general disregard for your neighbor. Secondly, if somebody has a home in the US or Canada, and is able to sell for a great price...why not? 3rd, if you have earned a pension in the US or Canada, you'll make more than the average person working in Croatia....you only live once anyways so enjoy!!!

I wanted out of the U.S. as a 15yr old, back in the 1960's. Because it was very obvious to me, watching all the adults around me very closely, seeing how unhappy, angry, depressed they were, I could never understand how they could keep saying, we live in the greatest country in the world, everyone wants to live here. I thought to myself, they really don't realize, the lies, illusions they are living. Or do, and push it all aside, as this is the only country they have. So must stuck with it no matter how bad it gets. I didn't want to live my life that way. I also have a moral compassion that most Americans lack. So, they are fine screwing each other, and anyone abroad to get ahead. After visiting more than thirty countries, living in some long term, I decided to settle in the Balkans. This region fits my personality the best, why I'm so happy, and content!

Paul Bradbury was the gentleman you were referring to when people expect to change Croatia.

i just wanted to give a headsup to anyone moving to Croatia from bigger cities ect. I was born and raised in Croatia, but lived in many countries in my twenties and come from a well off educated family...i have found myself living on one of the Croatian islands during covid and as a Croatian i was shocked at what i have went through from the locals. If you are choosing a place to live and have never lived here or spent short amonuts of time please do not idealize it. The small towns and villages during the summer as a tourist are cute but living there among the locals the whole year is something else. Many locals are extremely narrow minded, very mean and do not like foreigners outside of tourists giving them money. One quarter of Croaita lives in Zagreb and even for us locals in the south are crazy. What they sell you in the summer is not who they are. They do not see you as an equal, they will try and scam you in anyway possible. They are very agressive and behave like tribes. Be careful when choosing a place and my adivce is to stick to bigger cities and north in general as the quality of life is better. The coast is ok in the summer for two months but you will see that for other ten months you are stuck at a remote place with people that are hostile and will not accept you while pretenting to be friendly and trying to scam you for money or clout. Its a different mentality. They are cruel to animals and have not developed culturally since the time your gradparents left. Many of the diaspora had to leave certain places due to hostility, and political reasons and ask your family before going back why they left. Life in Croatia is great,Zagreb, parts of Istria, Rijeka are all cool...south is for vacation and summer trips. You will get dissapointed since on the coast in small towns there is corruption and a lot of jelaousy towards people of higher status. Before investing spent time in a place but as a Croatian from Zagreb with a lot of international experience and american diploma i have roots in the south after what i went through i would not reccomend living there to anyone long term. this applies to all places between Split and Dubrovnik and especially the islands! People there are savage and do not let their nice houses that they built in the last few years convince you otherwise. Read up on the history of what happened in many places after the ww2 and why many of your families were forced to leave. Many horrific crimes happened and no one was held responsible and their children are still alive and think the same. Stick to big cities and Zagreb. I welcome you back home, we have been waiting on your return 🎉🎉🎉

Korijen problema "lack of entrepreneurship" se moze povezati sa socijalistickin sistemom bivse Yugoslavije, gdje je sve bilo drzavno i jednostavno nisi mogao kao individualac nista vise napraviti nego ici na posao i odraditi svojih 8-10 sati. Posto je takav sistem bio, i odgoj narednih generacija je bio takav. Uci skolu - nadji posao - penzija. Ja sam sa svojim roditeljima stalno bitke vodio oko toga jer se nisu slagali sa mojim nacinom zaradjivanja. Zadnjih par godina se to lagano pocelo mijenjati, ljudi mijenjaju navike dosta tesko na ovim prostorima, ali za mozda nekih 10-15 godina ce biti skroz druga prica. Tada ce standard zivota naglo porasti, ali nazalost i cijene, pa je upitno kako ce se to dugorocno odraziti na kvalitetu zivota. Sve ima svoje pozitivne i negativne strane, ma da mislim da vise mozemo dobiti nego sto cemo izgubiti.

I like the fact you came to Croatia and it makes me happy people from other parts of the world build their new home here. But I do take issue with you propagating corruption as something positive just because in Croatia everyone has access to it. Corruption is not a public utility and it makes a lot of people here sick to the stomach what people can get away with due to corruption. There are parts of Croatia where you can't build a house without paying off the right people. You should have made a firm stand in your video against corruption instead of painting it in nice colours. I have a feeling this wasn't your intention, but a lot of us are sensitive to corruption because there is too much of it and it is perceived as #1 reason we are not progressing as much as we should, both economically and as a society in general.

Stumbled upon your channel and this video. Interesting take and perspective. Thanks..

In some ways coming from UK to Croatia was like moving back in time but I'm OK with that. I've not tried to start a business here but I'm pretty sure it is harder than starting a business in UK. I had hoped I would meet someone with whom I could create a partnership where I provide the technical knowhow and they handle the paperwork and interaction with customers, suppliers etc. That didn't happen and I'm now so close to pension age that it is not worth bothering. In UK I had a sole trader business and it was extremely easy to set up.

Completely agree! 👍

Canada is falling apart as is the US.

Nice information

Dobro došli, doma!

I am living in Sweden. Bus driver. If I move to Croatia, how will I survive??

Put your thinking caps on. How can goods and services cost more in Croatia than in Slovenia? They can't and shouldn't. So, what is going on? Higher prices means higher tax receipts. That simple. The country is over-regulated and over-taxed.

my husband heritage is Canadian Croatian and is so proud of his grandfather Mr Stjepan Bacvar born july 11th 1904 in Bosiljevo village his dream is to come home

Interesting video. I am born and raised in Texas, my girlfriend is Hungarian and her dad has a yacht service company and does work on a few marinas by biograd. We visited last summer and fell in love with the what we experienced. I’m about to sign up for the plumbers union here in Texas but recently he asked if I wanted to go work for him at the marinas… decisions decisions…

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Welcome all! However, I somehow do not have the same impression, but ok, if you say people are moving to Croatia, then I guess you could be right. Probably I just don't get into contact with them.

Great :)

nice one

Wow nice 😮

Lots more are going back.... Good.

this is croatia gagagga

I worked this summer in Croatian tourist industry. Payment was shit,working was heavy,nobody gives aa shit about you. Take some (real) sick days-you are done. Fired. Wben i started working, there were many Phillipinos and Nepalese workers. Not anymore, they didn't travel few 1000s miles for bad paycheck

Many emigre/diaspora croats from Korcula returned to Australia after they spent a few years of the ' lifestyle ' It is very difficult to adjust to that Balkan mentality and life style after living in the West . Croats are very very intolerant of minorities of any type .

I was there during the winter but everything was closed. Then I visited again during the summer and all I saw was Germans and other tourists. Croatia is more like a theme park than a country. You can't live there during the winter because everything is closed up and you can't live there during the summer due to overcrowding because of millions of German tourists

Dobar video. Ja jos par godina u Kanadi, okolica Toronta, i onda mi se selimo u Spanjolsku. Zasto Spanjolska, zbog medicinskih stvari. Sunce u okolici Malage sija preko 320 dana u godini i fakticki nema zime. Suh zrak cijele godine..

I wanted to retire in Croatia, unfortunately it's now far too expensive. Once they adopted the Euro, prices skyrocketed and I do not own property in Canada so I wouldn't have the kind of cash required to buy property in Croatia. Property in Croatia is being scooped up by the wealthy, which is driving the prices up and is hurting local Croatians which is why the young are leaving the country. The Canadian dollar against the Euro means our standard of living would be worse in Croatia than it is here. As for your woke comment - woke means NOT being a racist, bigot...very disappointing to see so many young people adopting Nazi values under the guise of 'freedom'. Diversity is what has kept the human race going and advancing, inbreeding is a dead end.

I have friends and relatives in USA,they have no intention to return. They may have Croatian blood, but let's be real, they are Americans

There is a huge difference if you are living in Canada or USA! Europe has a huge problem with illegal migration right now. I would never ever move to Europe at this moment. Living in a country like Croatia is not sitting in a café and having a holiday feeling, you need to work, earn money, pay rent, visit a doctor, go to school, college etc, and live like the Croatians do. This romantic idea just to move to a country, that you visited once or twice, is not a good idea.

“Agendas” lmfao your kids will be miserable.

Who goes out should stay out.

As Croat born in Croatia, they will be disappointed , price, salary, corruption, neglected law jurisdiction, police, hospitals, neglected most of country,only good is tourism and only ones with House at sea part can make some profit.. In less of 15years milion croats left country, mostly young but people with 40-50years leaving also, not to mention country with smallest number of newborn kids

nebih rekao da je WOKE preoblem nego vise da ekonomija u drugim drzavama nije TOLKO bolja od nase dw

Ime i prezime ti sve kaze. Kakve ti veze sa HRVATSKOM imas?? I kako nijedan Ante, Dujo, Josip ne daje nesto takovo nego Dusan 🤣. A hrvateki nasjedaju uvjek.