In California the regular food stores are much cheaper than the 'farmers market' (pijaca) - in Serbia is the opposite, farmers' markets are cheaper than the supermarkets.
i think prices are pretty high, especially for serbain salaries. in italy or in germany you basically have the same prices, but salaries are 3-4 times higher! very interesting video, btw
Price off food was much cheaper in Serbia before ,now in markets are same like in any west markets.What is still cheaper is services or communalities ,like i pay electricity monthly for 3 room apartment 15$ ,water 4$ ,home internet + mobile 25$ (i live alone) ,hair cut 4$,coctail in a bar 4$ ,beer 2$. I find that in Serbia is much cheaper to live on fast food then to buy in markets and prepare own food ,but its not healthier for sure. You can get cheaper prices if you go to "pijac "(or farmers market where people from villages sell directly ) ..like eggs there is 50% cheaper then in supermarkets ,also all other stuff like vegetables, cheese,kajmak etc ..just says how much supermarkets make on single products,its no wonder that there are supermarkets on every corner in Serbia
Yep but property tax is 4-5 times higher in western countries compared to Serbia. Food in retaurants also around 40- 50% higher prices. Apartments are 5,6,7 up to20 times higher prices(US and Canada). Parking, higher prices. In the west, almost no free stuff. If you want to visit fortress, you must pay. In Serbia, lot of things are free. Life in the west is better only if you have your own apartment or free living space. Yep. food prices in Serbia and Italy are simmmilar, the same with Germany, France,... Norway, Switzerland and Louxembourg, prices are higher for food.
@@hypatiatv421 I get what you say, but I’m from Italy and I’ve been to Serbia and I didn’t find so many price differences, tbh. Sightseeing in Italy does not cost more than in Serbia and rents in Belgrade are very similar to those in Italy (if you exclude big cities, of course). Only eating out was much cheaper, but I think that many restaurants are inaccessible for average Serbian salaries. Hotels were also pretty affordable. I guess that, despite high taxation (which, however, brings to you many free services) and high life prices, in the west you are able to save more money than in the east
@@dzonikg yeah, the lifestyle is way cheaper but when it comes to grocery shopping and eating in restaurants prices are not proportional to average salaries
@@francescamorrone4336 Comrade, my vilage is full of people who lives and works in Italy. 70% of them wants to comeback to Serbia but they can not because of work-pension. 40 square metter apartment in the city center in Milano costs over 900 euros per month to rent. The same apartment in Belgrade costs 500 euros. Coffee in the city centar in Milano costs 5 euros, in Beograde max 2. Also property taxes, for one year. For example. I have two houses, together 350m2, backyard=5000 m2, agriculture land 1.6 hect.. My properity tax, we paye it once in a year, is 20 000 - 25 000 dinars, less then 200 euros per year. In Italy, the same will cost you 1000 euros per yer minimum. Electronics, computers... are relatively cheaper in western Europe, iin Australia and US mutch cheaper compared to the Serbia. But US, Australia, Canada are ultra expensive countries compared to the Serbia. Our wages are 2 times lower then italian but costs of life are also 1,5 times lower.
Howdy Kseniya! You can't get a lot for a dollar anywhere these days. I got a 2.3kg. bag of potatoes at Meijer for a $1.49, it was a Thanksgiving sale. Regular price is around 3 dollars. I got 4 good white onions at Aldi for around $1.50. We have all kinds of good ketchup here, including Heinz. Sadly our state of Ohio had to just kill 1.3 million chickens due to a bird flu outbreak. That means eggs and chicken will go up in price again. We had this problem last year also. Of course we have all types of bread here too. Prices are finally starting to stabilize post covid. Inflation is bad everywhere in the world, I know Japan has one of the highest rates of inflation right now. I don't drink or smoke but alcohol seems to be reasonable here but cigarettes are through the roof at around 8 dollars a pack or more. My sister in law buys ciggies by the carton. She goes down into Kentucky, they are cheaper there. I remember back in the late 70's a pack of smokes was 35 cents. My oldest brother would send me to the store to buy him a pack. He's 11 years older than me. I was around 6 or 7 at the time. Things sure have changed over time. The prices are much higher and minors can no longer buy tobacco products. LOL. Say hello to Vlad and Daniel. Daniel is such a good little man. If he's in preschool, I hope your getting some "Me" time now. Love, Steve.
Comparing prices to Argentina (where i live) is insane. A pouch of wet food being 84 in Serbia, about 80 cents in usd dollar, that is about 800 argentinian pesos when converted. Here the same pouch is between 300 and 500 at the most expensive. Prices nowadays are bonkers
Every time I have been to Serbia I found the prices to be very inexpensive compared to the US. Of course you can overpay or go to places that cater specifically to foreign tourists that are significantly higher but in general your money goes a long way. I do have the advantages of having relatives in Serbia and Bosnia and can speak Serbian so I can get around like a local Serb.
the high prices are mostly due to the governments agricultural policy of subsidising loss making farnm to keep them from going out of business and stopping producing all together.just a guess based on french policies
Last time I was in Serbia, I relaized it is 50% more expensive then before. It now surpassed Western countries by far in pricing of everything almost. Also, local products are of soooo low quality, it's a waste of money buying a lot of them.
I just watched videoo about prices in Russia before two weeks. Prices in Serbia, in average are almost the same as prices in Russia at the moment. Something is cheaper in Russia something in Serbia. Serbia isnt super cheap country because we fight against inflation at the moment. And corruption, we fight against corruption from the begining of the world. But, in average. Serbia is still cheaper country for life compared to the western Europe. It is good and bad. Good because of lower costs of life, bad, because, rich countries are usually very expensive because people can afford high prices for good and services. Low rpices are indicator of undeveloped poor economy.
03:13reason is industrialisation and EU directives. Cows, pigs and chikchens are reserved for Netherlands, France and Denmarka. Plans for Serbia are auto and textile industry: cables, instalations, tiers, shirts, socks, ... Everything for what as a country we are not maked to produce. Nethelrands is last country in Europe which should produce food, milk, flowers... Denmark is bellow Netherlands, they almost do not have fertile land. But together with France, they are leaders in food production. Netherlands, 80 bilions of euros from agriculture every year. Serbia 10-15 bilions. But we have 10 times better land and conditions for agriculture. But. Netherlands prodeces food alredy and Serbia has no permision to produce and export food to the EU market. So,number of cows, peegs, chikhens in Serbia are drasticaly reduced in latest 10 years. For example, pigs, from 650 000 to 150 000. Sorry because of awful english.
@@SailorNom RUSSIA, JULY 2023. " Average Wages in Russia decreased to 71419 RUB/Month (730.402 USD/Month) in JULY 2023. The maximum rate of average wage for employees was 69278 RUB/Month and minimum was 0 RUB/Month. Data published Monthly by Ministry for Economic Development". SUMA=730 USD per MONTH SERBIA, SPETEMBAR, 2 MONTHs LATER, 2023. "Average gross salaries and wages calculated for September 2023 amounted to 117 472 RSD, while average net salaries and wages amounted to 88 066 RSD=730 usd/Month. SUMA=730 USD per MONTH WAGES are equal. BUT. It is not easy to compare two countries. Russia is in war, Serbia is not. Russia has huuuuuuge amount of natural resources like: oil, gas, diamants, uranium, coper, gold, wood, rivers, .... Serbia not so many. Russia is mutch biger country. Mutch stronger geopolitical influence Russia on world and world on Russia. Comapred to Serbia. We are small, non EU country. We must do what biger countries demands of us. Ruussia is a big country, it usually means big diferences in quality of life between central and provincial regions. Serbia is a small country, quality of life, infrastructure are almost the same in whole country. We laso have some remote mountian vilages without cable TV, ... But 99% of Serbia are the same in sence of quality of life. So. My recomendation. STAY THERE u ARE, AT THE MOMENT. LIFE in SERBIA isnt so BAD. If u think, life elsewhere is better or mutch better. You are WRONG. Compared to the world, life in Serbia is better then 75-85% of the world. WISH u ALL the BEST as a NEW CITIZEN of SERBIA and NEW SERBIAN GIRL.
I live in California for the last 30yrs and not all the farmer's markets are expensive as someone mentioned, you do need to drive to different stores to get different items it's what it is....also here in Southern California(Los Angeles County)we have food co-ops and you can get free organic fruits and veggies if you volunteer once a week..... Serbia unfortunately doesn't have this yet :-( . Somehow I do see a lot of the same pricing they have here in the states. The question is, who's following whose trend? khkhkhhahaha 🎉 One of the reasons the milk is very expensive in Serbia, is because the industry and the big companies are pushing the small farmers to bend backwards for free just so they can sell the norm....+new regulations....bla, bla, bla...
@@SailorNom I was simply stating a fact. If you take it as aggression.. well not my problem now isn't it? :) And its not "this kinda thing"... One thing is GREEK YOGURT and a totally different is GREEK STYLE YOGURT. Same as FETA... and BALKAN CHEESE I wouldnt also like to see someone called a Hamburger.. Pleskavica ;)
@@SailorNom I had a friend once that was ansering Yea yea yea yea okay okay okay.. he thought he was smart and sarcastic.. but ended up in a mental institute.. you probably know him :D Cheers Slava!!!
No joke, Serbia used to be so much cheaper 4 years ago. After that, prices have gone up 2 or 3x. Russia was a little more expensive at that time when compared to Serbia but now, difference is huge. Eggs in Russia for example cost 100-120 dinars when compared to 218 dinars in Srb.
So bourgeois... All these brands, even Serbian ones, are expensive because they are owned by western companies, since they bought all factories during "privatization and transition"... And all of the losses these companies incur of western markets, are partially recuperated here. Even if we don't have anything to do with it... Don't want to sound like shill, only store,(that i encountered), that has price/product ratio in favor of a consumer, here in Serbia, is Svetofor/Mere. Ohh the irony...
@@SailorNom Philosophy 😏 I mean, if man loves girl, he could buy her all that freely, so her cost would be 0$. So those are higher price, without Love 🥰
Who would you be in Serbia? Rich bish or brokie?
Well since i was born in this sh1thole im destined to be broke
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Hard question?Let me think 😀
In California the regular food stores are much cheaper than the 'farmers market' (pijaca) - in Serbia is the opposite, farmers' markets are cheaper than the supermarkets.
Totally agree.
Not always, for example,In city where Xenia and me live ,we have some special places for only fruits and vegetables,there is cheaper than on pijaca 🫣😁
Yes, grozd sell them cheaper :)
It always depends on a market and the store… something would be definitely cheaper than in the store, some not…
i think prices are pretty high, especially for serbain salaries. in italy or in germany you basically have the same prices, but salaries are 3-4 times higher!
very interesting video, btw
Price off food was much cheaper in Serbia before ,now in markets are same like in any west markets.What is still cheaper is services or communalities ,like i pay electricity monthly for 3 room apartment 15$ ,water 4$ ,home internet + mobile 25$ (i live alone) ,hair cut 4$,coctail in a bar 4$ ,beer 2$.
I find that in Serbia is much cheaper to live on fast food then to buy in markets and prepare own food ,but its not healthier for sure.
You can get cheaper prices if you go to "pijac "(or farmers market where people from villages sell directly ) ..like eggs there is 50% cheaper then in supermarkets ,also all other stuff like vegetables, cheese,kajmak etc ..just says how much supermarkets make on single products,its no wonder that there are supermarkets on every corner in Serbia
Yep but property tax is 4-5 times higher in western countries compared to Serbia. Food in retaurants also around 40- 50% higher prices. Apartments are 5,6,7 up to20 times higher prices(US and Canada). Parking, higher prices. In the west, almost no free stuff. If you want to visit fortress, you must pay. In Serbia, lot of things are free. Life in the west is better only if you have your own apartment or free living space. Yep. food prices in Serbia and Italy are simmmilar, the same with Germany, France,... Norway, Switzerland and Louxembourg, prices are higher for food.
@@hypatiatv421 I get what you say, but I’m from Italy and I’ve been to Serbia and I didn’t find so many price differences, tbh. Sightseeing in Italy does not cost more than in Serbia and rents in Belgrade are very similar to those in Italy (if you exclude big cities, of course). Only eating out was much cheaper, but I think that many restaurants are inaccessible for average Serbian salaries. Hotels were also pretty affordable. I guess that, despite high taxation (which, however, brings to you many free services) and high life prices, in the west you are able to save more money than in the east
@@dzonikg yeah, the lifestyle is way cheaper but when it comes to grocery shopping and eating in restaurants prices are not proportional to average salaries
@@francescamorrone4336 Comrade, my vilage is full of people who lives and works in Italy. 70% of them wants to comeback to Serbia but they can not because of work-pension. 40 square metter apartment in the city center in Milano costs over 900 euros per month to rent. The same apartment in Belgrade costs 500 euros. Coffee in the city centar in Milano costs 5 euros, in Beograde max 2. Also property taxes, for one year. For example. I have two houses, together 350m2, backyard=5000 m2, agriculture land 1.6 hect.. My properity tax, we paye it once in a year, is 20 000 - 25 000 dinars, less then 200 euros per year. In Italy, the same will cost you 1000 euros per yer minimum. Electronics, computers... are relatively cheaper in western Europe, iin Australia and US mutch cheaper compared to the Serbia. But US, Australia, Canada are ultra expensive countries compared to the Serbia. Our wages are 2 times lower then italian but costs of life are also 1,5 times lower.
3:15 when I was a kid, milk would spoil in 2 to 3 days and could be thrown away, but now it has a shelf life of a month
Absolutely same…
Very helpful video. Thanks a lot.
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Howdy Kseniya!
You can't get a lot for a dollar anywhere these days. I got a 2.3kg. bag of potatoes at Meijer for a $1.49, it was a Thanksgiving sale. Regular price is around 3 dollars. I got 4 good white onions at Aldi for around $1.50. We have all kinds of good ketchup here, including Heinz. Sadly our state of Ohio had to just kill 1.3 million chickens due to a bird flu outbreak. That means eggs and chicken will go up in price again. We had this problem last year also. Of course we have all types of bread here too. Prices are finally starting to stabilize post covid. Inflation is bad everywhere in the world, I know Japan has one of the highest rates of inflation right now. I don't drink or smoke but alcohol seems to be reasonable here but cigarettes are through the roof at around 8 dollars a pack or more. My sister in law buys ciggies by the carton. She goes down into Kentucky, they are cheaper there. I remember back in the late 70's a pack of smokes was 35 cents. My oldest brother would send me to the store to buy him a pack. He's 11 years older than me. I was around 6 or 7 at the time. Things sure have changed over time. The prices are much higher and minors can no longer buy tobacco products. LOL. Say hello to Vlad and Daniel. Daniel is such a good little man. If he's in preschool, I hope your getting some "Me" time now.
Love, Steve.
Hi! Yea well it’s America… salaries are higher, the country is bigger and stuff… but still it is expensive I guess
Comparing to Canada Serbia is very affordable , especially beer
How much for like Heineken in Canada?
@@SailorNom$2-4 CAD for beer
$3-5 for bread
From this video I realized how expensive food is here
It’s worse in the northern, more remote regions
@astronaut3696 yea well…
Comparing prices to Argentina (where i live) is insane. A pouch of wet food being 84 in Serbia, about 80 cents in usd dollar, that is about 800 argentinian pesos when converted. Here the same pouch is between 300 and 500 at the most expensive.
Prices nowadays are bonkers
Oh geeez yeaa…
Every time I have been to Serbia I found the prices to be very inexpensive compared to the US. Of course you can overpay or go to places that cater specifically to foreign tourists that are significantly higher but in general your money goes a long way. I do have the advantages of having relatives in Serbia and Bosnia and can speak Serbian so I can get around like a local Serb.
Sure, if you get US salary :)
the high prices are mostly due to the governments agricultural policy of subsidising loss making farnm to keep them from going out of business and stopping producing all together.just a guess based on french policies
Sounds pretty sad
Last time I was in Serbia, I relaized it is 50% more expensive then before. It now surpassed Western countries by far in pricing of everything almost. Also, local products are of soooo low quality, it's a waste of money buying a lot of them.
true bro,i remember times before covid life was so easy and cheap groceries rents bills,but now its hell
Hi Kseniya!,farmers markets are very expensive so i never use them,prices seem to go up every week and produce shrinks all greed nothing else
Yea, but it depends in a market and sellers, sometimes it’s cheaper, sometimes more expensive…
I just watched videoo about prices in Russia before two weeks. Prices in Serbia, in average are almost the same as prices in Russia at the moment. Something is cheaper in Russia something in Serbia. Serbia isnt super cheap country because we fight against inflation at the moment. And corruption, we fight against corruption from the begining of the world. But, in average. Serbia is still cheaper country for life compared to the western Europe. It is good and bad. Good because of lower costs of life, bad, because, rich countries are usually very expensive because people can afford high prices for good and services. Low rpices are indicator of undeveloped poor economy.
03:13reason is industrialisation and EU directives. Cows, pigs and chikchens are reserved for Netherlands, France and Denmarka. Plans for Serbia are auto and textile industry: cables, instalations, tiers, shirts, socks, ... Everything for what as a country we are not maked to produce. Nethelrands is last country in Europe which should produce food, milk, flowers... Denmark is bellow Netherlands, they almost do not have fertile land. But together with France, they are leaders in food production. Netherlands, 80 bilions of euros from agriculture every year. Serbia 10-15 bilions. But we have 10 times better land and conditions for agriculture. But. Netherlands prodeces food alredy and Serbia has no permision to produce and export food to the EU market. So,number of cows, peegs, chikhens in Serbia are drasticaly reduced in latest 10 years. For example, pigs, from 650 000 to 150 000. Sorry because of awful english.
I can agree, but you have to keep in mind that average salaries in Russia are higher than in Serbia…
@@SailorNom
RUSSIA, JULY 2023.
" Average Wages in Russia decreased to 71419 RUB/Month (730.402 USD/Month) in JULY 2023. The maximum rate of average wage for employees was 69278 RUB/Month and minimum was 0 RUB/Month. Data published Monthly by Ministry for Economic Development".
SUMA=730 USD per MONTH
SERBIA, SPETEMBAR, 2 MONTHs LATER, 2023.
"Average gross salaries and wages calculated for September 2023 amounted to 117 472 RSD, while average net salaries and wages amounted to 88 066 RSD=730 usd/Month.
SUMA=730 USD per MONTH
WAGES are equal.
BUT.
It is not easy to compare two countries.
Russia is in war, Serbia is not.
Russia has huuuuuuge amount of natural resources like: oil, gas, diamants, uranium, coper, gold, wood, rivers, ....
Serbia not so many.
Russia is mutch biger country.
Mutch stronger geopolitical influence Russia on world and world on Russia.
Comapred to Serbia.
We are small, non EU country.
We must do what biger countries demands of us.
Ruussia is a big country, it usually means big diferences in quality of life between central and provincial regions.
Serbia is a small country, quality of life, infrastructure are almost the same in whole country.
We laso have some remote mountian vilages without cable TV, ...
But 99% of Serbia are the same in sence of quality of life.
So.
My recomendation.
STAY THERE u ARE, AT THE MOMENT.
LIFE in SERBIA isnt so BAD.
If u think,
life elsewhere is better or mutch better.
You are WRONG.
Compared to the world, life in Serbia is better then 75-85% of the world.
WISH u ALL the BEST as a NEW CITIZEN of SERBIA and NEW SERBIAN GIRL.
I live in California for the last 30yrs and not all the farmer's markets are expensive as someone mentioned, you do need to drive to different stores to get different items it's what it is....also here in Southern California(Los Angeles County)we have food co-ops and you can get free organic fruits and veggies if you volunteer once a week..... Serbia unfortunately doesn't have this yet :-( .
Somehow I do see a lot of the same pricing they have here in the states. The question is, who's following whose trend? khkhkhhahaha 🎉
One of the reasons the milk is very expensive in Serbia, is because the industry and the big companies are pushing the small farmers to bend backwards for free just so they can sell the norm....+new regulations....bla, bla, bla...
Just one thing :)
Its Greek Type Yogurt not Greek Yogurt..
Greek yogurt would cost 1.5x more :)
Of course, it’s just a common phrase you use for this kinda thing. But I see you’re a smart ass :)
@@SailorNom I was simply stating a fact. If you take it as aggression.. well not my problem now isn't it? :)
And its not "this kinda thing"...
One thing is GREEK YOGURT and a totally different is GREEK STYLE YOGURT.
Same as FETA... and BALKAN CHEESE
I wouldnt also like to see someone called a Hamburger.. Pleskavica ;)
@dl8229 no geez no, no aggression! Always on the bright side 😁. Yea yea yea yea okay okay okay
@@SailorNom I had a friend once that was ansering Yea yea yea yea okay okay okay.. he thought he was smart and sarcastic.. but ended up in a mental institute.. you probably know him :D
Cheers
Slava!!!
@dl8229 have a day you deserve mate :)
0:46 😄
Хахахахаах
Can you find any souvenir/jewellery with 1$?
Ummm… well… maybe a little fridge magnet?
You remind me of a friemd of mine.
I will subscribe and watch more.
I bet your friend is hot, smart and goddamn good looking! 😁😁😁 just kidding, thank you very much!
@SailorNom
Ha ha ha!!
I guess so. When she comes and visits me, I get left alone, and people ask me about her when she leaves.
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Will $2,000 will be more than enough for monthly in Serbia?
It is definitely enough
@SailorNom Thank you! Great video. I learned alot from your channel. I appreciate you for that
You are very very welcome! I am happy to hear it :)
No joke, Serbia used to be so much cheaper 4 years ago. After that, prices have gone up 2 or 3x. Russia was a little more expensive at that time when compared to Serbia but now, difference is huge. Eggs in Russia for example cost 100-120 dinars when compared to 218 dinars in Srb.
Yea I know, my husband visited Serbia before and it was muuuuuuuch cheaper than now
But salaries in Serbia are also better than 4 years ago as well as availability of jobs compared to 4 years ago
So bourgeois... All these brands, even Serbian ones, are expensive because they are owned by western companies, since they bought all factories during "privatization and transition"... And all of the losses these companies incur of western markets, are partially recuperated here. Even if we don't have anything to do with it... Don't want to sound like shill, only store,(that i encountered), that has price/product ratio in favor of a consumer, here in Serbia, is Svetofor/Mere. Ohh the irony...
That a nice word to describe the situation… bourgeois…
posting banned?
Huh?
In short: nothing (maybe matches or lighter) 😂😂
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Not quite correct, since I can buy you much more for zero dinars
Not sure whatcha mean
@@SailorNom Philosophy 😏 I mean, if man loves girl, he could buy her all that freely, so her cost would be 0$. So those are higher price, without Love 🥰
Oh geez 😁
Можеш да купиш шта год хоћеш са ваше паре...
hahahahahahahahahahaha I wish this were true
We’re not some kind of IT guys or whatever 😁
Najlepše želje chocolate is not shitty