When it comes to tourism, Bratislava could be a relatively inexpensive destination compared to Vienna. I often see many Austrians visiting the city on weekends, riding their bikes along the Danube promenade. It's cheap for them, but not necessarily for Slovaks. Many tourists tend to visit Bratislava after exploring Vienna. They often take a bus ride to the city center for a couple of hours or even go on a boat journey along the Danube from Vienna, sailing to Bratislava, and perhaps continuing further south to Budapest. This city has a lot of potential, which is still undiscovered.
@@kdavid022 Literally no country in the world calls Bratislava "Pozsony" except that one country who lives in the delusion that Slovak land is legitimately theirs 😜😜😁😁
It's weird that I love Slovakia, I'm going there quite regularly (I'm from Hungary) and must say Bratislava is ok, but there are so many amazing places to go (Tatras, Domaša, Širava, Spišský hrad). Also the nature is amazing around Bratislava, but that's true for basically every Slovak city. If someone loves mountains, lakes and forests Slovakia is a really good choice.
I agree, you need maybe like 1 or 2 days for Bratislava. You can make lot of trips to beautiful places outside of Bratislava and it doesn´t take too long. You can make it to the other side of the country in one day and to the most places there is quite good conection by bus or train.
Slovakia has been on my top 5 must-visit list for a long time. It seems awesome. Pozdrav z Chorvátska, bratia!🇭🇷❤️🇸🇰 By the way, Czechs always get lost in our mountains as well. Gotta love them!😂
Awesome I live in Bratislava and I’m going to Croatia today. We can swap the places haha. 🇭🇷🔁🇸🇰 Ah those Czechs we must look after. It’s very important to keep them alive because they are the only ones who can make a great beer.
The first time I left Bulgaria, Bratislava was the westernmost point I ever visited. I spoke to a french guy there that for him it was the easternmost he's ever been to.
@@WretchedRedoran I've never left Europe, which by your standards is about 2-3 provinces big. Even here, there are still a lot of countries to tick off the list - prinary goal is all of Scandinavia, France and Portugal. I regret not doing a day in Helsinki when I went to Tallinn earlier this year. Also did the longrst flight ever from Sofia to Dublin, just under 4 hours. I see that Toronto Calgari is just over 4 hours and that's relativley short for there I guess 😂
I just realized that i’ve been using Slovakias 🇸🇰flag for Slovenias🇸🇮 since time immemorial. And no Slovenian ever corrected me. I think they’re so used to being mocked by the rest of us, that they thought it was on purpose.
Slovensko je krasny štat, pozdravy zo Srbska 🇷🇸❤️🇸🇰 Navštivil som Košice, Spišsky hrad, Poprad, Štrbske Pleso & Predne Solisko, Banska Bystica, hrad Strečno, Bratislava a Devinsky hrad. Bryndzove halušky su top👌🏻
@@alexbayer2365no mám, they are fasisst, 80 % west slávs are fasist, they say for Russians that they are mix with asians, and us.serbians gypsis and turks. So mán dont leave in a lie, slávs are Bad people mán, they will sold you fór litle
UA-cam suggested this video for me, for whatever reason and I have to say that as a Slovak, I laughed my ass of. You sire, deserve a medal, not only for doing a proper research of historically accurate facts, but also for delivering them in a fun and educative manner. Achievement unlocked: New Subscriber
The amount of positive comments, really… it’s just amazing. I’m from Slovakia and I’m glad everyone likes it so much. One of my clasmates says Slovakia is a fraud, but I don’t listen. I’m proud for my country.
Dw my polish friend said the same thing and make jokes all the time, i just remind him of when we invaded poland and won (with nazi Germany and ussr) 🤭
It's weird to see a video about Slovakia as a slovak who never went to Slovakia, Because of the religious conflict Janos mentioned in the 1800s a bunch of slovaks migrated to Vojvodina to flee religious prosecution and ended up in the modern Serbian state
@@drasel_ thats easy my friend, when people moved from a home country to another country they can call themselfes as citizens of that state but they are ethnically still members of their home nation because they keep the traditions and speak their native language in their household. you have many examples, the Slovak ethnic group of the Protestant faith emigrated to Vojvodina and now it is a region in Serbia where 80 thousand Slovaks live. a similar example is the gypsies in Slovakia, they came to us from India and are often defined in the population census, even though the majority of their population no longer speaks their native language, so they still preserve their traditions
hello, im a slovakian thats living in slovakia, as long as you avoid the more eastern parts slovakia is cool i guess. Not my city tho, Roznava is right next to kosice but we dont have shit here lmao.
I've visited Slovakia many times as a country that I only drove through it from Poland to Hungary or Austria. But there were those 3-4 times when I travelled directly to Slovakia, those were parts around Tatra mountains, Štrbské Pleso, Poprad, Starý Smokovec and well, slovak part of Tatra mountains. 10/10, would recommend.
Absolutely crazy as a Canadian that you can just drive through countries. Where I live, you can drive for 12 hours straight on the road and not even leave the province you're in. For reference, I'm from the province of Alberta.
@@WretchedRedoran For me its crazy that you have places with long straights of nothing. Lots of times i see videos from parts of America, NO mountains, just flat. I now know why so many people in America belive that the world is flat...
@@WretchedRedoran lot of people from Slovakia drive for summer vacation to Croatia, it used to be low budget holiday option. You just pack your family in the car and drive to the sea :D Also bus trips to other countries were very popular, my mom went to Italy, Bulgaria, even Greece by bus in 80´s - 90´s. I visited US and Canada this year and when we drove from NYC to Toronto I realized how truly big these countries are, comparing to our small Europe... love both tho :)
@@deepseatofucreature4204 I've never been to Toronto, as I'm from western Canada, but from what I've heard the trip from NYC to Toronto is generally considered to be rather short. Very interesting perspective, thanks for sharing!
as a slovak im happy that you said we are CENTRAL europe and i hope you will have nice wisits here and if you are planing to come to slovakia ever again please come to nitra
dobrý toto je vidieť slovenský veci na youtube takéto! lived in Slovakia for 2 years, just got back to America this January. such a beautiful country with amazing people!! so glad i got to learn its language and culture 🥳 mám ťa rad slovensko! 🇸🇰
@@timfrost2089 Coincidentally, I found him by his Slovakia video. Considering I had little basis of Slovakia before hand, now the main thing I associate the country with is him, haha
Quite a lot of mistakes in that Slovak text, but its ok, Slovak is hard. I would have said it like this: "Je dobré vidieť takéto slovenské veci na youtube!" What you have said is something like this: "Good this to see slovak things on youtube these!" But again, Slovak word order is hard.
Michael Maus, ist sein Name!! Ungarn? Noch nie gehört, das ist alles Österreich! Sehen Sie, Humor. Wir besitzen ihn sehr wohl. Den wir nennen ihn auch Micky und nicht Michael.
Went to Bratislava for 3 days a few years ago. Great city and the people are honestly fantastic. I'm Irish and was blown away by how cool and friendly everyone was.
Austria has a similar design if you think about it. I think it is mainly because these countries have a lot of mountains and there is only a limited flat area where bigger cities usually appear.
Normally, all of the investments go around capital city. But given the place in the corner of the country, eastern parts of Slovakia are utterly left behind...
@@Ordo1980 If you look at the old Austrian empire, Vienna was very center to that. Also, Bratislava is situated so close to Vienna, because as a Hungarian capital it was useful to be close to the court. Slovakia inherited this and just rolled with it.
I have relatives in Slovakia, I am Slovak on both sides of my family Mother and Father! My last name is Muraida, but in Slovakia it's spelled Murajda! When my grandfather came to America, they change the last name by taking the "J" out and put in an "I" because someone there said it looked more American! They used to do things like that a long time ago to people coming into the country! I would really like to go to Slovakia to see my relatives there and my family history that is there!!!
Besides Bratislava, I also visited Banská Štiavnica, a UNESCO world heritage site. Loved it, especially the old castle and new castle where you had a wonderful view over the small city. Greetings from Romania/Holland🇷🇴🇳🇱
I'm Slovak working for German company. And our German colleagues visit Slovakia sometimes. I can confirm they love Tatratea, too. :D :D :D In winter we also drink hot medovina, you can commonly buy it on Christmas market. Medovina is an alcohol made of honey (med = honey) and around Christmas we serve it hot in small doses (100-200 ml). I don't know the origins of that drink, but it's delicious. :D
Yaaay, we were mentioned on the internet! But serioiusly, thank you for visiting Slovakia and hope you had a good time, you should go visit other Castles, as they have a lot of legends and stories such as a woman dracula living in one
Báthory is cool, her name even made it in to Warhammer Fantasy, as the name for an ancestor of Isabella Von Carstein. God damn I love Warhammer fantasy.
Mickey Mouse, the emperor and admiral of the Great Hungarian Empire had me laughing. As a hungarian I must, with the greatest pride, say that we must forget our previous wrangles and live peacefully.
I am really impressed with the effort you put talking about our history and the capital Bratislava. I am happy that videos about Slovakia are created more frequently
Slovakia has beautiful landscapes and amazing food, totally worth visiting. I worked in a multinational company and the Slovakian colleagues were very friendly. They initiated me to hockey and it was more fun than football 😂. One time I remember they asked me to bring national drink (țuică). They were disappointed and told me it’s a nice “tea”. So they opened a bottle of homemade slivovitz which probably had around 90% alcohol. Needless to say after a couple of minutes one of the guy passed out and the other was dancing without music. Best time of my life! Greetings from Bucharest!
I am from Austria and I visited Kosice this march. When i first tried Tatra Tea I swear it was like being reincarnated. If you are there please try it, people! (yes I bought 10 bottles because it's cheap af)
@@antonischatz.2133 idk the brand he shows witch also is the one i drank like it was water is just called "Tatra Tea". They might have a website or something I've also seen an add on Instagram.
Aaah and he likes to make a lot of cooking videos of slavic food eh? I'll keep his name a secret. If you want tatra tea, be prepared your mouth will burn and you'll wake up elsewhere. Not sure if we ship it or if it's legal.
I was getting back by bus from bulgary vacation to slovakia i woke up and i said "we're finally at home" then i realised im in middle of hungary :) i feel like home in hungary too, we were 1 nation for 1000 years and im really glad for sharing our history together :)
Being a Hungarian, I always feel shameful when "Ultra Hungarians" bring up the topic that "Slovakia doesn't exists, it is Upper-Hungary" or "Trianon".... For Fuck's Sake, History is history, leave it be, and rather crying cause of the past, we should all focus and work on a better future.... I have friends literally in all of the neighbouring countries, most of them isn't even Hungarian Origin, so like Serbs, Slovaks, Romanians, Slovenians and so on.... and guess what whenever we meet, we have fun times, and don't give a fuck about "Ultra Nationalism" or whatever those boomers call it.
@@MajkaLajka je nás zopár ako ja, našťastie. ktorí chcú len žiť v mieri s ostatnými. a nestaraj sa o minulosť. prepáčte za zlý jazyk. Na preklad z angličtiny do slovenčiny som použil Google.
Dude i was so happy when i discovered internet and learned that not only we Serbs dream about claiming "our old land" but every other nation and their mother around us is doing it as well. I felt such a great relief because i thought only we are stuck in the past! This gave ne hope that we are not the only ones in perpetual war cycle.
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As a Slovak I would happily drink with you :) and eat som goulash :D
Igen de elég szomorú a múlt szóval nemszabad elfelejteni, főleg azt nem hogy szerintem sokan ismernek olyan olyan magyart akinek családja deportálva lett Csehszlovákiából 1945 után, vagy csak simán megöltek oket.
I mean Bratislava is nice, but other parts of the country are gorgeous. Slovak countryside is simply magical, and I believe thats Where the tourist should Pay visit. To truly experience the slovak culture and uniqueness.
The brief overview of history was pretty solid! However, I do have some notes: 1. Avars actually settled the area alongside Slavs, even conquering and ruling over them. Also Samo Empire collapsed almost immediately after Samo's death and later principalities like Nitra and Moravia had nothing to do with it, other than their majority Slav population. 2. Great Moravia actually collapsed at the begining of the 10th century, it's just that it took untill the 11th century before Magyar tribes consolidated into the Kingdom of Hungary. 3. There were plenty of castles in Slovakia as far back as Middle Ages, it's just that most of them didn't survive the age of gunpowder. They were either abandoned for fancy new homes that were closer to the city/village of a noble's choice (which mostly did survive), or wrecked by the canons of whichever army happened to pass by and also abandoned. 4. Hungary didn't "suddenly" wish to secede. Hungarian nobles (oversimplifying a bit, some of them did side with Habsburgs from the start) fought with Habsburgs since the counterreformation really kicked into gear, then manage to play nice just long enough to kick the Turks out, then went back to fighting Habsburg, at which point they were finally made to fall in line. 5. Okay, I know this is an oversimplified overview, but seriously, you just. Left out Maria Theresia and Joseph II.?! For shame. 6. The 1848 revolution happened about a century and a half after the Turks left and had some actual democratic goals, so I wouldn't call it ingratitude. That said Kossuth was about as nice and sensitive to the rights of minorities as all Hungarians at the time, so he kinda had that one coming. 7. Booh! For shame! Using a Russian song when talking about Rusyns! (Seriously, dude, in 2023? After the 2022 invasion?!) 8. The 1968 revolution wasn't anticomunist per se, it was mostly about introducing capitalist elements into the economy making the totalitarian regime less awful, which Moscow didn't like, so they sent their army to strongarm local communist party into recanting their heresies.
You should visit Košice and Prešov since they are beautiful cities and very close to each other, they are also close to the 6th largest castle in world the Spiš castle.
I visited once Slovakia... by mistake. Phone went to sleep and when I opened Google Maps, it re-routed us through Slovakia, into Austria, without realizing it - after we realized it, we loaded up on fuel there and yeeted right back into Hungary. We then proceeded to enter into a big OMV oil refinery in Vienna(stopped at the gate by a guard), in the middle of the night, in search for a petrol station(Google Maps recommendation, again) but that's a different story :)
@exogen211 average slovak-hungarian interaction. As a czech I am required by law to sit by and laugh at you both while drinking an entire keg of beer. 🇨🇿 🇨🇿 🇨🇿
I’ve actually been to Slovakia 3 times, but I’ve also never been to Slovakia. The first time was spływ dunajcem in Poland where the river partially cuts into Slovakia, the second time was when I was on a sleeper train from Poland to Hungary going through Slovakia when I was asleep the whole time, and the third was basically the first but 16 years later.
Hello I am from Slovakia and I restore antique buildings for living. And I worked almost on all you showed in this video. We try to preserve our cultural heritage as much as we can. Also really good and funny video.
I am glad you listen to my request 😊, i am from Slovakia BTW from the second biggest city, Slovakia as pros and cons. But its a okay country, i hope you enjoyed your visit in Slovakia.
As a Slovakian from Prešov in which lives 88 000 people, I recommend to visit the historicaal center of city while bad whether and fog and you'll feel like in a city of ghosts. But you said everything about Slovakia perfectly. Nice and funny video.
Maria-Theresa was never the Queen of Austria. She was first the Queen of Hungary (well technically she was King of Hungary), then 2 years later she also became the Queen of Bohemia and with Hungarian support she could defend her claim to be the Arch Duchess of Austria while installing her husband as the Puppet Holy Roman Emperor.
12:32 when you look at the Radnica building in the middle of the frame (the Townhall, tall yellow building) you can see a little black dot next to the first tall window, that's a cannon ball from the Napoleons time and his siege of Bratislava. On that same building, there is a line at the bottom which marks the water level during the great flood of 1787, this is pretty far from the river Danube, so most of the city was flooded at that time.
it was so nice to see Bratislava again - I lived there for about 6 months during my internship and in Banska Bystrica for another 6 months, so I sometimes miss it and miss Slovak food. I recognized each of the streets shown on the video and saw that they finally finished Michael's gate renovation 🤣it was closed last year when I visited it.
When in Slovakia, you should first read about, and then visit, Banská Štiavnica. You'll see an amazing place plus you will see actual Slovakia (Banská Štiavnica is in the middle, instead of the capital city lying at the very edge of the country). Cheers from 🇸🇰!
2 advices that might save your life: 1. If you're not a seriously seasoned drinker, don't try to keep up with drinks with the locals. I'd recommend drinking every second round at most. 2. If you decide to visit our crown mountains, Vysoké Tatry, make sure to buy map in Slovakia, not in Czech Republic, Poland or anywhere else. Every week there is some foreigner that needs rescuing because they bought shite map.
Would love to see more Slovakia videos. Always wanted to visit that country. Had a good friend from there that was a foreign exchange student, we got along with him really good.
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you can check many videos on youtube... like these guys... they spent few days in Slovakia and make very nice videos... one advice ... dont stay in one city or one part of Slovakia... you can find everywhere something nice or interesting a little bit different
Well, I'm delighted to let you know that there is a small lake in our capital that you share your name with. Go google it, I'd say your family will like the fact too :)
Despite our history, I love Slovaks and feel no hatred towards them. They fought alongside us during the Revolution and we are connected by our history. I'm sorry that our crappy communist government of the time intervened in 1968. 🇭🇺♥️🇸🇰
Props to you, sir! Thanks for providing us with astonishing amount of Slovakian history, which I, as a Slovak, really really appreciate. To be honest, your pronunciation is really great too! It's not easy for foreigners to pronounce our cities' names correctly.
Thank you for your content, always makes me laugh out loud. :-D Nice to see my country on your channel. Love the animations and the food commentary, I was giggling for 5 minutes. :-D
As a Slovak, I'm sorry you had to suffer our country, but I'm glad you did the number 1 thing on everyone's top 10 list: leave. Jokes aside, I'm glad to see someone give it the time of day. Your grasp on our history is surprisingly detailed and in line with the general perception of our people. Great video, we'd surely welcome it should you visit again (and urge you to leave before you see the worst of it ^^).
Slovak here. U made awesome satiric video and pinpointed the right things. I learned something about history and it is breathtaking how much you researched. I would just pinpoint a little more about the food itself and less about the restaurants.
If you want to see something outside of Bratislava I recommend Oravsky hrad (castle) and Spisky hrad (casle), cities Banska Stiavnica, Banska Bystrica, Levoca, Bardejov .. there are others.. And if you prefer nature Tatras > Rysy, Rohace, caves, Slovensky Raj, Sulovske skaly, Muranska planina
There are actually many Romanian influences on Slovakian culture as much of the Tatras were settled by Romanian ("Vlachs") herders migrating along the Carpatians with their herds. This is why the Slovak national white cheese is called Bryndza which comes from the Romanian word Branza (white cheese) - a word that's not Latin in origin but from some long lost Balkan language. Other cheeses elsewhere have a Romanian derived name like the different Balkanic Kashkaval cheeses or Bosnian Vlasic cheese) - because the Vlachs were expert cheesemakers amd that's why traditional Slovak cuisine was cheese based historically. The Vlachs didn't stop in Slovakia but also migrated up to Poland where they merged with Slavs and became the Goral people, they also settled in present day Czechian region of Moravian Wallachia and probably further. The Romanians didn't retain their Romance language though but merged with the local populations present.
As a Slovak your pronunciation of the cities was super great! Also appreciate the fact you researched our country's history love from slovakia💖💖💖🇸🇰🇸🇰 Slovensko je velmi zaujímavý štát
Random fact about Slovakia Čachtice Castle which Elizabeth Báthory was imprisoned in is only 105 km north east of Bratislava, if you dont know who Elizabeth Báthory is google her
I live on the hungarian and slovakian border in Komárom so I can go to Slovakia whenever I want :D I laughed so hard on the Mickey Mouse memes and the scene when you freaked out that slovakians eat everything with paprika and sour cream (hungarians do it too and more frequently) 🤣🤣🤣 it was hilarious XDDDD and what you said in the video is absolutely true. Bratislava is a very nice city it is very similar to Buda with its old buildings and cobbled pedestrians only streets. Thank you for the visual tour :)
As someone who lives near the capital, I love this video with all my heart. I sent it to my friend who plans on visiting me sometime in the future so he knows what he's getting himself into. Beautiful video. Thank you so much for this!❤
Well unless he been to Bratislava or Tatars those places are decent) or at least far west. But in general more east you go, the worst it gets here (I am not that crazy because I live in west but still for normal peoples who been even here I recommend therapy) BUT DO NOT GO TOO MUCH WEST or you will find creatures we call "záhoráci" with mean something like peoples behind the hills and I am so glad that hills are there because I live close to them. Some peoples says that we are also part of them but that is lie! But when you see sign "Česká republika" than you are saved because that mean Czech republic.
Where dead men lies I'm paralyzed, my brothers' eyes are gone And he shall be buried here, nameless marks his grave Mother home, get a telegram and shed a tear of grief Mud and blood, in foreign land, trying to understand Where is this greatness I've been told? This is the lies that we've been sold Is this a worthy sacrifice? Great War And I cannot take more Great tour I keep on marching on I play the great score There will be no encore Great War The war to end all wars I'm standing here, I'm full of fear, with bodies at my feet Over there in the other trench, bullets wear my name Lead ahead, as the captain said and show them no remorse Who am I to understand? What have I become? I do my duties, pay the price I'll do the worthy sacrifice I know my deeds are not in vain Great War And I cannot take more Great tour I keep on marching on I play the great score There will be no encore Great War The war to end all wars And feet by feet We pay the price of a mile here Though men were falling, we see heroes rise We face the heat As we are fighting until the dawn So follow me and we will write our own history Great War And I cannot take more Great tour I keep on marching on I play the great score There will be no encore Great War The war to end all wars
My foreign teacher, who has lived in Slovakia for quite a time said that the most impressive tjing is that slovaks can make alcohol out of any destilated fruit. And I cannot agree more on that lol
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Hey, I was wondering what insipired you character. Was it the "Belokranjska narodna noša". Cuz it reminds me of it but i am not sure.
At least we know the sponsor before hand
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9:03 song name?
As a Slovak, I appreciate your effort you took to search up the history of our country.
all of it is taught in Hungary, or at least it was when i was in school
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Slovakia is probably the most overlooked country in Europe. I should visit Bratislava. Actually very good historic looking place
Because people confuse it with Slovenia all the time.
bro epretroll, hi
also, as czech i recommend bratislava, its better than prague
I'd recommend visiting more than Bratislava.
Because they don't participate in Eurovision. 😭
When it comes to tourism, Bratislava could be a relatively inexpensive destination compared to Vienna. I often see many Austrians visiting the city on weekends, riding their bikes along the Danube promenade. It's cheap for them, but not necessarily for Slovaks. Many tourists tend to visit Bratislava after exploring Vienna. They often take a bus ride to the city center for a couple of hours or even go on a boat journey along the Danube from Vienna, sailing to Bratislava, and perhaps continuing further south to Budapest. This city has a lot of potential, which is still undiscovered.
finally a youtuber that can pronounce names of Slovakian cities properly
not true. He called it Bratisava, not Pozsony as this true name
@@kdavid022just shut the fuck up people like you are the reason there is hate between our peoples.
Probably because he is a slav himself
@@kdavid022 its Bratislava Pešťbudín person
@@kdavid022 Literally no country in the world calls Bratislava "Pozsony" except that one country who lives in the delusion that Slovak land is legitimately theirs 😜😜😁😁
It's weird that I love Slovakia, I'm going there quite regularly (I'm from Hungary) and must say Bratislava is ok, but there are so many amazing places to go (Tatras, Domaša, Širava, Spišský hrad). Also the nature is amazing around Bratislava, but that's true for basically every Slovak city. If someone loves mountains, lakes and forests Slovakia is a really good choice.
❤️❤️❤️ Thank you. Hungary is amazing too 😘
Finally a Hungarian who is respectful to Slovakia 🇸🇰🤝🇭🇺
I agree, you need maybe like 1 or 2 days for Bratislava. You can make lot of trips to beautiful places outside of Bratislava and it doesn´t take too long. You can make it to the other side of the country in one day and to the most places there is quite good conection by bus or train.
You are welcome.
Why would it be weird. Hungary is a great country too.
Slovakia has been on my top 5 must-visit list for a long time. It seems awesome.
Pozdrav z Chorvátska, bratia!🇭🇷❤️🇸🇰
By the way, Czechs always get lost in our mountains as well. Gotta love them!😂
As an Czech i must agree :D
Awesome I live in Bratislava and I’m going to Croatia today. We can swap the places haha. 🇭🇷🔁🇸🇰
Ah those Czechs we must look after. It’s very important to keep them alive because they are the only ones who can make a great beer.
@@m4rtinbugar Beer? You have seen nothing yet! When you come to Croatia, try Ožujsko, Karlovačko, Pan or Osječko. I promise they are all great!🍻
@@doctoremil2678 im not Czech but.... well, Pilsen beer is on another level than any other beer in the world, its hard to disagree with that.
Thanks for your sea, brother. XD
The first time I left Bulgaria, Bratislava was the westernmost point I ever visited. I spoke to a french guy there that for him it was the easternmost he's ever been to.
the eastern mose place i have been is bermuda
Crazy and true ❤ I like the thought of this
The most eastern place I've ever been was Saskatchewan, a Canadian province that directly neighbors mine. I'm just not much of a traveller, I suppose.
@@WretchedRedoran I've never left Europe, which by your standards is about 2-3 provinces big. Even here, there are still a lot of countries to tick off the list - prinary goal is all of Scandinavia, France and Portugal. I regret not doing a day in Helsinki when I went to Tallinn earlier this year. Also did the longrst flight ever from Sofia to Dublin, just under 4 hours. I see that Toronto Calgari is just over 4 hours and that's relativley short for there I guess 😂
@@GeorgeDelefufayete Mine was ho chi min city
I just realized that i’ve been using Slovakias 🇸🇰flag for Slovenias🇸🇮 since time immemorial. And no Slovenian ever corrected me. I think they’re so used to being mocked by the rest of us, that they thought it was on purpose.
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Not cool man
Glad you learnt something from life.
@@u2beuser714bruh your country is just germany's bitch how tho?🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
Tbh you should apologize to them
Slovensko je krasny štat, pozdravy zo Srbska 🇷🇸❤️🇸🇰 Navštivil som Košice, Spišsky hrad, Poprad, Štrbske Pleso & Predne Solisko, Banska Bystica, hrad Strečno, Bratislava a Devinsky hrad. Bryndzove halušky su top👌🏻
Respect Serbia 🇷🇸 And Slovakia 🇸🇰
From Russia 🇷🇺
We are brothers.
@@alexbayer2365rus nie je moj brat , kym sa nezbavi fasistu putina , alebo je rusky narod fasisticky sam ?
Thanks 🇸🇰🤝🇷🇸
@@alexbayer2365no mám, they are fasisst, 80 % west slávs are fasist, they say for Russians that they are mix with asians, and us.serbians gypsis and turks. So mán dont leave in a lie, slávs are Bad people mán, they will sold you fór litle
@@alexbayer2365 BRATIA na veky... lublju kak jugoslavjanov tak matku Rus
UA-cam suggested this video for me, for whatever reason and I have to say that as a Slovak, I laughed my ass of.
You sire, deserve a medal, not only for doing a proper research of historically accurate facts, but also for delivering them in a fun and educative manner.
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The amount of positive comments, really… it’s just amazing. I’m from Slovakia and I’m glad everyone likes it so much. One of my clasmates says Slovakia is a fraud, but I don’t listen. I’m proud for my country.
Dw my polish friend said the same thing and make jokes all the time, i just remind him of when we invaded poland and won (with nazi Germany and ussr) 🤭
It's weird to see a video about Slovakia as a slovak who never went to Slovakia,
Because of the religious conflict Janos mentioned in the 1800s a bunch of slovaks migrated to Vojvodina to flee religious prosecution and ended up in the modern Serbian state
you should come sometime it’s beautiful and we’d welcome a brother from serbia here 😊
Bro I am also Slovak from Serbia
How are you a Slovak if you never been to Slovakia?
@@drasel_ thats easy my friend, when people moved from a home country to another country they can call themselfes as citizens of that state but they are ethnically still members of their home nation because they keep the traditions and speak their native language in their household.
you have many examples, the Slovak ethnic group of the Protestant faith emigrated to Vojvodina and now it is a region in Serbia where 80 thousand Slovaks live.
a similar example is the gypsies in Slovakia, they came to us from India and are often defined in the population census, even though the majority of their population no longer speaks their native language, so they still preserve their traditions
hello, im a slovakian thats living in slovakia, as long as you avoid the more eastern parts slovakia is cool i guess. Not my city tho, Roznava is right next to kosice but we dont have shit here lmao.
I've visited Slovakia many times as a country that I only drove through it from Poland to Hungary or Austria. But there were those 3-4 times when I travelled directly to Slovakia, those were parts around Tatra mountains, Štrbské Pleso, Poprad, Starý Smokovec and well, slovak part of Tatra mountains. 10/10, would recommend.
Absolutely crazy as a Canadian that you can just drive through countries. Where I live, you can drive for 12 hours straight on the road and not even leave the province you're in. For reference, I'm from the province of Alberta.
@@WretchedRedoran For me its crazy that you have places with long straights of nothing. Lots of times i see videos from parts of America, NO mountains, just flat. I now know why so many people in America belive that the world is flat...
@@WretchedRedoran lot of people from Slovakia drive for summer vacation to Croatia, it used to be low budget holiday option. You just pack your family in the car and drive to the sea :D Also bus trips to other countries were very popular, my mom went to Italy, Bulgaria, even Greece by bus in 80´s - 90´s. I visited US and Canada this year and when we drove from NYC to Toronto I realized how truly big these countries are, comparing to our small Europe... love both tho :)
@@deepseatofucreature4204 I've never been to Toronto, as I'm from western Canada, but from what I've heard the trip from NYC to Toronto is generally considered to be rather short. Very interesting perspective, thanks for sharing!
I've been to Bratislava twice - a very well preserved city that also has a modern business district that punches above its weight. Love from Romania.
Almost very well preserved. The Jewish historical quarter was torn down in favour of building a bridge.
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I mean, Bratislava is kind of a joke in some parts of Slovakia
@@cavejohnsonlover69 Why?
You are the best youtuber and i love slovakia. Love from hungary❤🇭🇺🤝🇸🇰❤
as a slovak im happy that you said we are CENTRAL europe and i hope you will have nice wisits here and if you are planing to come to slovakia ever again please come to nitra
dobrý toto je vidieť slovenský veci na youtube takéto! lived in Slovakia for 2 years, just got back to America this January. such a beautiful country with amazing people!! so glad i got to learn its language and culture 🥳 mám ťa rad slovensko! 🇸🇰
Have you watched PPPeter?
@@cerebrummaximus3762 actually no! i’ll go look them up fsfs 🫡 thanks for the tip!
@@cerebrummaximus3762 just watched one of his vids on it, 10/10 would recommend 😂
@@timfrost2089 Coincidentally, I found him by his Slovakia video. Considering I had little basis of Slovakia before hand, now the main thing I associate the country with is him, haha
Quite a lot of mistakes in that Slovak text, but its ok, Slovak is hard. I would have said it like this: "Je dobré vidieť takéto slovenské veci na youtube!" What you have said is something like this: "Good this to see slovak things on youtube these!" But again, Slovak word order is hard.
As a Hungarian i laughed my ass off, Miki egér really nailed it...good job János🤣
And also Love Slovakia🇭🇺❤️🇸🇰
V4 Stronk!!
Reminded me of my dad actually :D
Michael Maus, ist sein Name!! Ungarn? Noch nie gehört, das ist alles Österreich!
Sehen Sie, Humor. Wir besitzen ihn sehr wohl. Den wir nennen ihn auch Micky und nicht Michael.
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Me too 😂
0:09 song lps
You forgot to mention that there are two countries inside Slovakia: Bratislava, and the rest of the country.
true asf
way too true
Correct...Libtards at capital and other normal people on the rest of state :D
As one of the few native Bratislava specimens, I can say this is true.
Paštikáros
As an Italian I love Slovakia! 🇸🇰❤️🇮🇹
And we love Italy and pizza 😂❤️❤️❤️
For me as a Slovak, Italy is my favorite vacation destination ❤. Coming every year.
I'm Slovak and I'm moving to live in Italy because weather in Italy is much better.
As someone who lived here the past 15 years, Slovakia is a beautiful country!
Went to Bratislava for 3 days a few years ago. Great city and the people are honestly fantastic. I'm Irish and was blown away by how cool and friendly everyone was.
glad to see u have great time here!
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I had the same impression in Dublin. People were so chilled and lovely
Love Slovakia from Czechia 🇨🇿❤🇸🇰
Love you bro ❤️❤️❤️ we love you
@@frederikaz5085 when we are not having a hockey game against each other might I add :D
The amount of confidence it takes to place your capital that close to the border is ungodly
Austria has a similar design if you think about it. I think it is mainly because these countries have a lot of mountains and there is only a limited flat area where bigger cities usually appear.
Ir always looks a bit embarrassing to me with every country I see it.
Normally, all of the investments go around capital city. But given the place in the corner of the country, eastern parts of Slovakia are utterly left behind...
@@mikjak It'd seem here in Eastern Europe, it's the capitals that have countries... :(
@@Ordo1980 If you look at the old Austrian empire, Vienna was very center to that. Also, Bratislava is situated so close to Vienna, because as a Hungarian capital it was useful to be close to the court. Slovakia inherited this and just rolled with it.
Hungarian Mickey Mouse was something I didn’t expect to see today
I have relatives in Slovakia, I am Slovak on both sides of my family Mother and Father! My last name is Muraida, but in Slovakia it's spelled Murajda! When my grandfather came to America, they change the last name by taking the "J" out and put in an "I" because someone there said it looked more American! They used to do things like that a long time ago to people coming into the country! I would really like to go to Slovakia to see my relatives there and my family history that is there!!!
As a hungarian, your hungarian mockey impression was god damn good. I dunno how you did that, but it was gold.
His name is Janos
@@Xellosakm ... He made an entire video about the hungarian language and how he doesn't get it as a proud serbian... checkmate
@@europ_everi_nice He is, half Hungaryan i belive, and we never playd chess...
Can you explain why the Mickey Mouse???
@@Throwaway-kg7ft it's simple. When I heard it, I thought that it was the real Mickey Mouse. This why I was so surprised.
Ah yes straight Slovenia
Slovakia also is memed as femboy in some places tho
@@KartingRulesyeah but only because of Slovenia
slovakia is so straight that 2 gays were gunned down in streets of bratislava few months ago :/
@@ZupaRupa as slovakian i comfrim this
@@KartingRulesno it's not
Besides Bratislava, I also visited Banská Štiavnica, a UNESCO world heritage site. Loved it, especially the old castle and new castle where you had a wonderful view over the small city. Greetings from Romania/Holland🇷🇴🇳🇱
Unfortunately there was a big fire recently that destroyed a lot of old buildings
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I'm Slovak working for German company. And our German colleagues visit Slovakia sometimes. I can confirm they love Tatratea, too. :D :D :D
In winter we also drink hot medovina, you can commonly buy it on Christmas market. Medovina is an alcohol made of honey (med = honey) and around Christmas we serve it hot in small doses (100-200 ml). I don't know the origins of that drink, but it's delicious. :D
as a Slovak i love that you made a video abaut slovakia becaus theres not much on youtube
Yaaay, we were mentioned on the internet!
But serioiusly, thank you for visiting Slovakia and hope you had a good time, you should go visit other Castles, as they have a lot of legends and stories such as a woman dracula living in one
Correction : A Hungarian woman Dracula (I am sure the omission was an innocent mistake on your behalf).
Báthory is cool, her name even made it in to Warhammer Fantasy, as the name for an ancestor of Isabella Von Carstein.
God damn I love Warhammer fantasy.
@@taboulefattouch4744oh yeah, sorry forgot about that but eh, its just a small mistake
@@1234kalmar excuse me but, how is someone who killed young women and bathed in their blood cuz she belived she would become younger "cool"
those were only legends and rumors by servants and others. @@slovakvillageboi5635
as slovakian i am exeited to see this
Výborná angličtina
@@jesperhandsome267 viem
@@jesperhandsome267 angličtina 10/10
Ja som tiež Slovak 😉
Môj anglický je tiež tak, my English is the same dude 😒
Mickey Mouse, the emperor and admiral of the Great Hungarian Empire had me laughing.
As a hungarian I must, with the greatest pride, say that we must forget our previous wrangles and live peacefully.
the "parody" basically said the exacty same words my dad and his friends usually bring up. Which was hilarious and saddening at the same time.
@@1234kalmaryep, sadly there are so many people who would like to go to war with the whole world just to have a Greater Hungary. Nonsense
Miklos mouse is your average hungarian uncle once he’s had too much palinka on a empty stomach
We love you especially here in Košice… Hungarians are great people ❤️
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I am really impressed with the effort you put talking about our history and the capital Bratislava. I am happy that videos about Slovakia are created more frequently
Slovak with niko pfp!?! Never seen that besides myself back when i had a niko pfp
Slovakia has beautiful landscapes and amazing food, totally worth visiting. I worked in a multinational company and the Slovakian colleagues were very friendly. They initiated me to hockey and it was more fun than football 😂. One time I remember they asked me to bring national drink (țuică). They were disappointed and told me it’s a nice “tea”. So they opened a bottle of homemade slivovitz which probably had around 90% alcohol. Needless to say after a couple of minutes one of the guy passed out and the other was dancing without music. Best time of my life! Greetings from Bucharest!
I am from Austria and I visited Kosice this march. When i first tried Tatra Tea I swear it was like being reincarnated. If you are there please try it, people! (yes I bought 10 bottles because it's cheap af)
A certain Adidas tracksuit wearing Slav from Estonia made a video about this "Teleporting tea" as he calls it. Where can I order this?
@@antonischatz.2133 idk the brand he shows witch also is the one i drank like it was water is just called "Tatra Tea". They might have a website or something I've also seen an add on Instagram.
Aaah and he likes to make a lot of cooking videos of slavic food eh? I'll keep his name a secret. If you want tatra tea, be prepared your mouth will burn and you'll wake up elsewhere. Not sure if we ship it or if it's legal.
@@alyctro8158 Thanks for the heads up
@@alyctro8158 The main character in Skyrim drank some tatra tea and that's how they ended up on the cart.
The Grassalkovich palace was built by a Croatian count Antun Grašalković.
Milujemé vas, Slovensko 🇭🇷❤️🇸🇰
Bratia Chorváti! 🇸🇰
Pleast post in Egnlish :-) ROTFL
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Bro used the Croatian flag 💀
@@MonkeB0i Cause he is from Croatia? LoL
6:50 it’s not worth eating unless it’s red and has been soaked in paprika
as a Hungarian me and my whole family we visit Slovakia, beautiful mountains, it feels like home of a centuries. We also wear Mickey mouse t-shirts
I was getting back by bus from bulgary vacation to slovakia i woke up and i said "we're finally at home" then i realised im in middle of hungary :) i feel like home in hungary too, we were 1 nation for 1000 years and im really glad for sharing our history together :)
As a hungarian, I very much liked the Mickey humor, despite of the historical inaccuracy of the highlights against hungarians.
No historical innacuracy we were there long before you and invading us doesnt make you ultimate owner of land
I VISITED NORTH KOREA SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO when?
My dad visited North Korea
But this channel is only about europe-
@@Kebab_guy0051 Lets say a earthquake moved the korean peninsula to say, the atlantic ocean
@@ThePanEthiopian So sorry for your loss.
I mean... the living quality might be similar but how is that Eastern Europe?
Being a Hungarian, I always feel shameful when "Ultra Hungarians" bring up the topic that "Slovakia doesn't exists, it is Upper-Hungary" or "Trianon".... For Fuck's Sake, History is history, leave it be, and rather crying cause of the past, we should all focus and work on a better future.... I have friends literally in all of the neighbouring countries, most of them isn't even Hungarian Origin, so like Serbs, Slovaks, Romanians, Slovenians and so on.... and guess what whenever we meet, we have fun times, and don't give a fuck about "Ultra Nationalism" or whatever those boomers call it.
🇸🇰💞🇭🇺 konečne normálny maďar 😊
@@MajkaLajka je nás zopár ako ja, našťastie. ktorí chcú len žiť v mieri s ostatnými. a nestaraj sa o minulosť. prepáčte za zlý jazyk. Na preklad z angličtiny do slovenčiny som použil Google.
Dude i was so happy when i discovered internet and learned that not only we Serbs dream about claiming "our old land" but every other nation and their mother around us is doing it as well. I felt such a great relief because i thought only we are stuck in the past! This gave ne hope that we are not the only ones in perpetual war cycle.
As a Slovak I would happily drink with you :) and eat som goulash :D
Igen de elég szomorú a múlt szóval nemszabad elfelejteni, főleg azt nem hogy szerintem sokan ismernek olyan olyan magyart akinek családja deportálva lett Csehszlovákiából 1945 után, vagy csak simán megöltek oket.
Thanks for visiting our brothers ^^ 🇨🇿🇸🇰
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I mean Bratislava is nice, but other parts of the country are gorgeous. Slovak countryside is simply magical, and I believe thats Where the tourist should Pay visit. To truly experience the slovak culture and uniqueness.
The brief overview of history was pretty solid! However, I do have some notes:
1. Avars actually settled the area alongside Slavs, even conquering and ruling over them. Also Samo Empire collapsed almost immediately after Samo's death and later principalities like Nitra and Moravia had nothing to do with it, other than their majority Slav population.
2. Great Moravia actually collapsed at the begining of the 10th century, it's just that it took untill the 11th century before Magyar tribes consolidated into the Kingdom of Hungary.
3. There were plenty of castles in Slovakia as far back as Middle Ages, it's just that most of them didn't survive the age of gunpowder. They were either abandoned for fancy new homes that were closer to the city/village of a noble's choice (which mostly did survive), or wrecked by the canons of whichever army happened to pass by and also abandoned.
4. Hungary didn't "suddenly" wish to secede. Hungarian nobles (oversimplifying a bit, some of them did side with Habsburgs from the start) fought with Habsburgs since the counterreformation really kicked into gear, then manage to play nice just long enough to kick the Turks out, then went back to fighting Habsburg, at which point they were finally made to fall in line.
5. Okay, I know this is an oversimplified overview, but seriously, you just. Left out Maria Theresia and Joseph II.?! For shame.
6. The 1848 revolution happened about a century and a half after the Turks left and had some actual democratic goals, so I wouldn't call it ingratitude. That said Kossuth was about as nice and sensitive to the rights of minorities as all Hungarians at the time, so he kinda had that one coming.
7. Booh! For shame! Using a Russian song when talking about Rusyns! (Seriously, dude, in 2023? After the 2022 invasion?!)
8. The 1968 revolution wasn't anticomunist per se, it was mostly about introducing capitalist elements into the economy making the totalitarian regime less awful, which Moscow didn't like, so they sent their army to strongarm local communist party into recanting their heresies.
You should visit Košice and Prešov since they are beautiful cities and very close to each other, they are also close to the 6th largest castle in world the Spiš castle.
And he should introduce himself and the audience to the Rhutenian/Rusyn culture
>Košice
>beautiful
Choose one
@@nettraveller81 Košice slander much ?
@@krunoslavkovacec1842 no, I've just been there and it's terrible
@@nettraveller81 average Bratislavčan
I visited once Slovakia... by mistake. Phone went to sleep and when I opened Google Maps, it re-routed us through Slovakia, into Austria, without realizing it - after we realized it, we loaded up on fuel there and yeeted right back into Hungary. We then proceeded to enter into a big OMV oil refinery in Vienna(stopped at the gate by a guard), in the middle of the night, in search for a petrol station(Google Maps recommendation, again) but that's a different story :)
Oh yes Slovakia! I'm glad you're visiting my favourite country!
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@@hungary356 🇷🇴 🇷🇴 🇷🇴 🇷🇴 🇷🇴 🇷🇴 🇷🇴 🇷🇴 🇷🇴
@@hungary356 Slovakia is NOT hungragy
@exogen211 average slovak-hungarian interaction. As a czech I am required by law to sit by and laugh at you both while drinking an entire keg of beer. 🇨🇿 🇨🇿 🇨🇿
@@hungary356 very funny
Lived in Bratislava for one year... It will always have a special place in my heart! Love from Spain!
i am Slovakian and i am happy that you visited my country
The Hungarian mouse was hilarious
Hungarian Mickey is the best part of this video.
I’ve actually been to Slovakia 3 times, but I’ve also never been to Slovakia. The first time was spływ dunajcem in Poland where the river partially cuts into Slovakia, the second time was when I was on a sleeper train from Poland to Hungary going through Slovakia when I was asleep the whole time, and the third was basically the first but 16 years later.
It looks like everyone needed to hear this story.
@@aumento3069 yes, even the bus driver clapped
I feel your hype 😂
Hello I am from Slovakia and I restore antique buildings for living. And I worked almost on all you showed in this video. We try to preserve our cultural heritage as much as we can. Also really good and funny video.
As a czech im glad you visited our brother Slovakia 🇨🇿♥️🇸🇰
Brothers? You, czechs hate all nations around.
Nice samozrejme aj ja vás😊
I am glad you listen to my request 😊, i am from Slovakia BTW from the second biggest city, Slovakia as pros and cons. But its a okay country, i hope you enjoyed your visit in Slovakia.
As a Slovakian from Prešov in which lives 88 000 people, I recommend to visit the historicaal center of city while bad whether and fog and you'll feel like in a city of ghosts. But you said everything about Slovakia perfectly. Nice and funny video.
My mother comes from vranov nad toplou. There in presovsky kraj or presov (I don't know can I request to look up my (since 2010) dead grandpa's will?
Went there, some parts are really nice, while other feel like you will get murdered by gypsies/wannabe gangsters the moment you step foot in them
@@v3es473gotta love the racism
Maria-Theresa was never the Queen of Austria. She was first the Queen of Hungary (well technically she was King of Hungary), then 2 years later she also became the Queen of Bohemia and with Hungarian support she could defend her claim to be the Arch Duchess of Austria while installing her husband as the Puppet Holy Roman Emperor.
I'm an American and I *love* Slovakia! I have been there 3 times. The video is hilarious. Nicely done!
12:32 when you look at the Radnica building in the middle of the frame (the Townhall, tall yellow building) you can see a little black dot next to the first tall window, that's a cannon ball from the Napoleons time and his siege of Bratislava. On that same building, there is a line at the bottom which marks the water level during the great flood of 1787, this is pretty far from the river Danube, so most of the city was flooded at that time.
it was so nice to see Bratislava again - I lived there for about 6 months during my internship and in Banska Bystrica for another 6 months, so I sometimes miss it and miss Slovak food. I recognized each of the streets shown on the video and saw that they finally finished Michael's gate renovation 🤣it was closed last year when I visited it.
Have you tried traditional Slovak
Kačica and knedľa? because if not I recommend trying it.
When in Slovakia, you should first read about, and then visit, Banská Štiavnica. You'll see an amazing place plus you will see actual Slovakia (Banská Štiavnica is in the middle, instead of the capital city lying at the very edge of the country). Cheers from 🇸🇰!
2 advices that might save your life:
1. If you're not a seriously seasoned drinker, don't try to keep up with drinks with the locals. I'd recommend drinking every second round at most.
2. If you decide to visit our crown mountains, Vysoké Tatry, make sure to buy map in Slovakia, not in Czech Republic, Poland or anywhere else. Every week there is some foreigner that needs rescuing because they bought shite map.
As a Slovak, Im so happy that somebody finally made a video about us and was not from Czechia or Slovakia.
God bless you good man. Slovaks will pray for you for doing such a good job with this video. Again, god bless you!
Would love to see more Slovakia videos. Always wanted to visit that country. Had a good friend from there that was a foreign exchange student, we got along with him really good.
you can check many videos on youtube... like these guys... they spent few days in Slovakia and make very nice videos...
one advice ... dont stay in one city or one part of Slovakia... you can find everywhere something nice or interesting a little bit different
my great great grandfather was Slovakian he immigrated to America when he was 8 years old
(sorry for bad english im American)
Well, I'm delighted to let you know that there is a small lake in our capital that you share your name with.
Go google it, I'd say your family will like the fact too :)
Laughed my ass off each time Miki egér appeared on screen, would be cool if someone made a compilation out of this video😂
Despite our history, I love Slovaks and feel no hatred towards them. They fought alongside us during the Revolution and we are connected by our history. I'm sorry that our crappy communist government of the time intervened in 1968. 🇭🇺♥️🇸🇰
You're the same people lol
Props to you, sir! Thanks for providing us with astonishing amount of Slovakian history, which I, as a Slovak, really really appreciate. To be honest, your pronunciation is really great too! It's not easy for foreigners to pronounce our cities' names correctly.
Slovakia, most based national anthem of Europe. It has lightning over mountains.
Thank you for your content, always makes me laugh out loud. :-D Nice to see my country on your channel. Love the animations and the food commentary, I was giggling for 5 minutes. :-D
As a Slovak, I'm sorry you had to suffer our country, but I'm glad you did the number 1 thing on everyone's top 10 list: leave.
Jokes aside, I'm glad to see someone give it the time of day. Your grasp on our history is surprisingly detailed and in line with the general perception of our people. Great video, we'd surely welcome it should you visit again (and urge you to leave before you see the worst of it ^^).
Slovak here. U made awesome satiric video and pinpointed the right things. I learned something about history and it is breathtaking how much you researched. I would just pinpoint a little more about the food itself and less about the restaurants.
The fact i live in Slovakia is so ironic +THE PRONOUNCATION IS JUST *Cheff kiss*
If you want to see something outside of Bratislava I recommend Oravsky hrad (castle) and Spisky hrad (casle), cities Banska Stiavnica, Banska Bystrica, Levoca, Bardejov .. there are others.. And if you prefer nature Tatras > Rysy, Rohace, caves, Slovensky Raj, Sulovske skaly, Muranska planina
This video inspired me to visit Bratislava, I just returned from there today and it was great.
There are actually many Romanian influences on Slovakian culture as much of the Tatras were settled by Romanian ("Vlachs") herders migrating along the Carpatians with their herds. This is why the Slovak national white cheese is called Bryndza which comes from the Romanian word Branza (white cheese) - a word that's not Latin in origin but from some long lost Balkan language.
Other cheeses elsewhere have a Romanian derived name like the different Balkanic Kashkaval cheeses or Bosnian Vlasic cheese) - because the Vlachs were expert cheesemakers amd that's why traditional Slovak cuisine was cheese based historically. The Vlachs didn't stop in Slovakia but also migrated up to Poland where they merged with Slavs and became the Goral people, they also settled in present day Czechian region of Moravian Wallachia and probably further.
The Romanians didn't retain their Romance language though but merged with the local populations present.
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yeah they migrated to paris too or england or canada and probably futher.
Vlachs also meant shepherds, so no not romanians settled there but slavs like rusyns gorals slovaks poles.
Romovia nie su rumuni. Think you meant gypsies not romanians
Nu mai vorbi de branza ca mi se face foame!
Love Slovakia from Poland 🇵🇱❤🇸🇰
As a Slovak your pronunciation of the cities was super great! Also appreciate the fact you researched our country's history love from slovakia💖💖💖🇸🇰🇸🇰 Slovensko je velmi zaujímavý štát
This video make my day, I'm very happy that you liked our country and after watching it I made plans to visit monuments in Bratislava😊
As a eastern slav living in France, I absolutely love this shit
Finally video about Slovakia! Finally someone who can spell "Košice" properly
Edit: Why did I subscribe??
this is better than an ad from Slovak national board of tourism :D
Bro summoned the whole slovak nation.
Random fact about Slovakia Čachtice Castle which Elizabeth Báthory was imprisoned in is only 105 km north east of Bratislava, if you dont know who Elizabeth Báthory is google her
as a Slovak citizen i appreciate the effort
I live on the hungarian and slovakian border in Komárom so I can go to Slovakia whenever I want :D I laughed so hard on the Mickey Mouse memes and the scene when you freaked out that slovakians eat everything with paprika and sour cream (hungarians do it too and more frequently) 🤣🤣🤣 it was hilarious XDDDD and what you said in the video is absolutely true. Bratislava is a very nice city it is very similar to Buda with its old buildings and cobbled pedestrians only streets. Thank you for the visual tour :)
the part about paprika and sour cream was actually about hungarian cousine, not slovak :D
@@drxmsk then it's more funny because yes we DO eat EVERYTHING with paprika and sour cream XD and it's f**king delicious
Ďakujeme za krásne video o našej krajine!
(Thanks for amazing video about our country!)
As someone who lives near the capital, I love this video with all my heart. I sent it to my friend who plans on visiting me sometime in the future so he knows what he's getting himself into. Beautiful video. Thank you so much for this!❤
We got a new Mascot of Europe.
Hungarian Mickey, aka Mihály Móösz.
Slovakia !?! My prayers for you !!😭🙏😭🙏😭🙏🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰
Why? We are chill except for the shit pokiticians
He ain't comin back
You okay?
I live in Slovakia (the worst in this series so far trust me)
Well unless he been to Bratislava or Tatars those places are decent) or at least far west. But in general more east you go, the worst it gets here (I am not that crazy because I live in west but still for normal peoples who been even here I recommend therapy) BUT DO NOT GO TOO MUCH WEST or you will find creatures we call "záhoráci" with mean something like peoples behind the hills and I am so glad that hills are there because I live close to them. Some peoples says that we are also part of them but that is lie! But when you see sign "Česká republika" than you are saved because that mean Czech republic.
Nice, 90% of your video footage shows my daily route from work. Good job!
As someone from Slovakia, great video 🇸🇰❤️
Where dead men lies I'm paralyzed, my brothers' eyes are gone
And he shall be buried here, nameless marks his grave
Mother home, get a telegram and shed a tear of grief
Mud and blood, in foreign land, trying to understand
Where is this greatness I've been told?
This is the lies that we've been sold
Is this a worthy sacrifice?
Great War
And I cannot take more
Great tour
I keep on marching on
I play the great score
There will be no encore
Great War
The war to end all wars
I'm standing here, I'm full of fear, with bodies at my feet
Over there in the other trench, bullets wear my name
Lead ahead, as the captain said and show them no remorse
Who am I to understand? What have I become?
I do my duties, pay the price
I'll do the worthy sacrifice
I know my deeds are not in vain
Great War
And I cannot take more
Great tour
I keep on marching on
I play the great score
There will be no encore
Great War
The war to end all wars
And feet by feet
We pay the price of a mile here
Though men were falling, we see heroes rise
We face the heat
As we are fighting until the dawn
So follow me and we will write our own history
Great War
And I cannot take more
Great tour
I keep on marching on
I play the great score
There will be no encore
Great War
The war to end all wars
Hungarian Micky had my dying 😂
My foreign teacher, who has lived in Slovakia for quite a time said that the most impressive tjing is that slovaks can make alcohol out of any destilated fruit. And I cannot agree more on that lol
The intro music perfectly sums up today's mood in Slovakia before elections 😀
I am from slowakia and i see this as an absolute win