What is it Really Like Living in Belgrade Serbia?
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- I'm a Canadian living in Belgrade Serbia for 14 months. Over the last year, I've gotten to know the city well and decided to put together a list of the pros and cons of living in Belgrade city.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
Best things:
1:19 Live to work work to live
2:43 Lots of coffee shops
3:42 Focus on family and friends
4:39 Serbian culture
Worst things:
6:11 Smoking
7:34 Garbage and air pollution
8:53 No online shopping
9:40 Takes forever to get things done
11:03 Outro
I am from Germany and i moved to Serbia 2019. Best choice of my Life so far
I love that for you! Congrats on making the move 🥳 I feel the same way
what are you rolling?
@@Burevestnik9M730 lako im je kad su stranci, Srbija voli strance vise od svojih.
Nicht so schlecht man
Gute idee
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I am from Cuba and i have been living in Serbia for the last 5 years. So glad I did it!
I’m glad you’re also loving it here! 🥰
Hello ! And what you do for work ? Is it difficult to find a job ? Thank you
нек си ти нама жива и здрава сестро ♥
Hvala puno 🥰
I grew up in Serbia and you nailed it ! I miss that place its so strange how the world is cold outside of it.
Mmm yes I know exactly what you’re talking about! Hope you’re able to visit soon 🥰
”How the world is so cold outside of it” very well put! I have zero roots in Serbia but have been here 6 years. I used to travel around a lot, lived a nomad life, have experience from 90 countries and now I just don’t traveling so much anymore as people everywhere seem so cold.
Since im living in Belgrade my whole life, I completely agree with ur list.
I would personally add to the list that I like the number of green areas and parks, but I don't like the bad organization of the city (large crowds of cars) and the lack of parking spaces.
Great video btw! :)
Ahh yes! I do love the parks that are dotted in around the city. Ada is also a nice treat!
The traffic is only getting worse I think 😂 thanks for watching!!
Само ниси био у Британији и Канафи да видиш како је тамо горе. Све мане које је госпођа споменула су врлине у односу на англо-саксонски систем. Тамо је бирокрација још гора. Смеће пи свуда, и петком и суботом је све у центру градова поразбијано од всндализма. Има ужадно пуно вандализма. У Србији су људи као опуштени и нерадни, а у Великој Британији 65% људи живи искњучиво од социјанле пимоћи и кући су по целе дане, 7 дане недељно.
Што мислиш, да ли Београд има већу или мању полуцију упоредно са неким канадским градом са 3 до 5 већом попзлацијом?
Код над људи пију из културе и забаве, ради дружења. Тамо пију из очаја.
@@LazarIvanda Sve to stoji, ljubi te brat, al kakve to veze ima sa mojim komentarom? 😂
I love Beograd❤ My favorite city. Born in USA although my parents are from Yugo, I would definately live there and cant wait to visit. You are right no place is perfect not even USA but BGD has my 🤍 🙌🏼❤️🇷🇸
I feel the same way 🥰
Pozdrav iz Slovenija i Balkanija
Everything is so true! 💯
I’ve gotten to know this city pretty well 😂 thanks for watching!
I'm a Serb working for an American company and was looking for this kind of videos (expats talking about their Serbian experiences) to show my colleagues because they were asking me what's it like :) and I can say that you nailed it
Ah thank you so much! 🥰
I've spent the past few summers in Belgrade. Serbia is awesome. Sure, it's not perfect....but what other place is? Your cons I agree with 100%. The indoor smoking is an absolute killer, in my opinion. Coming from NYC, my plan is to move to Serbia one day. The people are amazing, and I love the old-school values and morals of the culture. My thoughts right now are to try to do my banking as much through the US as possible, since customer service and ease are already there. I rarely need cash in Serbia, so I don't see that being a huge problem. As for things I can't get there? I'm thinking 1 or 2 annual trips to the US will be worth the time and money to buy the things I can't in Serbia...or save on things I can, like a new iPhone or other gadget, etc. Really looking forward to year-round cafes and great Serbian food!
Yes! Totally agree with everything you said. Sounds like a great plan!
Very on point. I completely agree with everything you said, both on Canada and Serbia. When I am in Canada, I miss the going out and having coffee and just chatting. And when I am in Serbia I miss online shopping and the friendships. :). Good luck. Nice video.
Love to hear that everything resonates 🥰 thanks for watching!
Word perfect, nailed it! 👌🙂
Thanks so much! 🥰
WELCOME AND ENJOY!!! I agree completely with your list, we need to change that ASAP
Thanks for watching! 🥰
The best analysis I've seen. Thank you so much! I am thinking about moving to Serbia, but to Kraljevo...Belgrade is just too much at the moment...and after seeing your video, I think I will do it.
Awe thanks so much! I agree about Belgrade being too much 😅 I think your kraljevo plan is perfect
I’m so glad to see you back on YT.
I’m Australian but we have the same ‘industry’ background until I met my Serbian husband. I love travelling to Serbia and hope I can convince him to move back one day. Love your videos.
Awe no way!! That’s too funny how similarly our lives have lined up 😂 hope you do come back and message me for a drink when you do!
All true! Air polution is alarming!
It really is! I’ve never seen anything like it before. Air purifier is a must
@@Isabel-Maria why did you choose belgrade? its worst Serbian city. People suck, and crime is high.
Serbian people are targeted for disappearing from the face of this planet so will be all foreigners who stay in Serbia long term as a collateral.
@@Isabel-Maria If the developed world wouldn't consume electronic devices more than necessary (for ex. 3 cell phones at once), an air purifier wouldn't have to be a must in Acra, Ghana, either. And remember, we all breathe the "air" which is only one all over the globe. and winds do their job.
I've randomly found your video after looking for info about Belgrade and loved everything you've mentioned. My family left the country during the war and I'm a digital nomad too, so if you're up for coffee I'll be staying in Belgrade for a few weeks from mid April :) Cheers!
Love that! Leave me another comment when you’re in town if you remember 🥰
This video was randomly suggested to me and I love the points you make here. I‘m from Germany and also have basically no connection to Serbia and moved here 2 months ago. Is there any way to get in touch? Best of luck in Serbia and with your channel and enjoy your time in this beautiful country!
Nice! Yeah we’re definitely the odd ones here 😂 you can shoot me a message on IG @theisamariaa
I completely agree with you about cons, especially air pollution :( You "read" us so so so well
Ah thanks for taking the time to comment! Glad the video resonated 🥰
Hii I just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed your video! Stay cool and calm, hope Belgrade is nice to you
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to leave a comment! 🥰
Warmest welcome 🇷🇸 liked and subscribed, such a pleasure watching your video. It can be tough learning at the start but you already sound like locals 🎉 be fluent soon for sure
I hope you’re right! Thanks for watching
Can't tell you how glad I am to come across your channel. Almost committed to relocate to Novisat but not anymore after watching this. Second hand smoke and air quality sealed my decision. Thanks for sharing and the least I could do is subscribe. ))
Glad you found this video helpful 🥰
Heyyy Isabel just want to wish you a very Happy New Year 2023 and I hope you are doing well ♥️♥️♥️😊😊😊.
I left Serbia, actually Yugoslavia in 1992. I am visiting Belgrade lately quite often. When I get back all my clothes smell on tobacco. That is true, as well as rubbish everywhere. You do not seem to drive, but roads seem to be the same like in 1992 - full of holes. People are behaving very aggressively in the traffic.
But people are relaxed, enjoy a company of each other and always have time! Believe me in 70s and 80s was like so even more. We would be getting out every single day of the week, because the working hours were 7 AM to 3 PM. Then you really had a lot of time for family and friends.
Espero que continue a gostar do Belgrado!
Lol seems like not too much has changed! Thanks for watching 🥰
I am from Serbia and I agree with your list 100%!!!
Thanks for watching! 🥰
Great choice! I love Serbia 🇷🇸
Me too 🥰
@@Isabel-Maria I watched your video again, and you mentioned Cafeteria. My goodness, I was there last summer. I remember it well. I have so many fond memories of Belgrade and Novi Sad. I wanted to buy an apartment there, but this war in Ukraine started, and the prices got too expensive. My Father was born there. Some family moved to Canada and others to the US. Isabel Maria, I want to return to Serbia again soon. It calls to me.
Good for you, learning Serbian.
Working on it but definitely not there yet 🙃
Im from Serbia and totally agree with you with all the points stated - both positive and negative! Enjoy your stay here and P.S. try to travel throughout the whole country ;)
Working on it! I’ve done some exploring but definitely have a lot more to see 🥰 thanks for watching!
I couldnt agree more. I wish our authorities could take this video as a reference of what should be done to make Belgrade (and the rest of Serbia) more appealing to smart, educated and civilized people like you, which will, in turn, be beneficial to our country..
So sweet! Thanks for watching!
As a Serbian I agree, it’s sad, pollution is a big problem here. I’m a Serbian living in australia, talking to my parents in Serbian every day and I still make lots of errors when I speak it. It is hard…. Hahahaha
Yeah I’ve basically given up on ever speaking proper Serbian 🙃 but I’ll try! Lol. The pollution is the saddest tbh
Been living in Serbia for 3 years and still not able to comfortably speak with other people on a daily basis, at groceries shops, gas stations, etc it's fine. But actually make friends or participate in other friends conversations by speaking Serbian is super hard!! Agreed with pollution and air quality, also online shopping.
Bank accounts and those things do take lots of time, especially for foreingers. 3 years in Serbia and still no bank account (well, technically I do have an account but can't have my bank card bc I'm not a resident yet)
Yea my Serbian is more or less the same! I can get by but I’m nowhere near being able to comfortably have a conversation.
What bank are you with?! I got a bank account (including a card) a couple months after I moved here!
@@Isabel-Maria I’m with Banca Intesa, I tried multiple times in the city where I live and in Belgrade as well but they all told me the same, you need first to be a resident in order to get a card, which doesn’t make any sense to me. What bank are you with? And did they ask you any proof of residency?
I have temporary residency right now! But I had to open a bank account before opening the business that I used to apply with. My account is with raffeisen
@@Isabel-Maria thanks for the info. I went to ask in Raiffeisen and basically they said the procedure varies depending of the person’s country 🤷🏻♂️
I love you girl, I'm from Belgrade so I'm looking forward to getting to know you ❤️
Awe thank you so much love!! 💗
I am coming to Belgrade in few months!😀 Excellent video
Enjoy!! 🥰
@@Isabel-Maria Thanks! I will 🥰 I can't wait to go to Serbia!
It’s such a vibe honestly! I really love it. Think you will too 🥰
@@Isabel-Maria Thanks Isabel. I am happy for you. I am glad you enjoyed the atmosphere in Serbia. I can't to experience in spring 2023!😀 I appreciate you for making this video. Your channel is amazing!
Awe you’re too sweet 🙈 thanks so much for watching! Enjoy #springinbelgrade2023 🥳
Omg smoking is the worst!!! Personally what I do is whenever there's no dedicated spaces for non-smokers I'll leave a review on Google Maps, Facebook etc. Since cafes/restaurants are usually eager to accommodate their customers, they'll try to fix things if possible - so I recommend raising your voice when they ask for feedback "da li je sve bilo u redu". I never argue, I say it politely and one café in my neighborhood actually did improve the situation by allocating a separate space for non-smokers 😍 I'm starting to think that they're just unaware it's that big of a deal and so if we tell them... things *might* start to change for the better 🤞
Ahh that’s so smart actually! I will also start doing the same 🥰 thanks for the advice!
I'm Serbian living abroad for many years. Things that to dislike are on my list as well. One tip. Explore Serbia's nature in all seasons and you'll inhale full-scale Serbian magic.
Thank you for the advice! Hope to get the chance to explore more of Serbia soon 🥰
Volimo te❤️
Lol thank you 🙈
I don't think people in Serbia realize that renting a 1 bedroom in Toronto costs $2500 a month lol there is no worse place to live.
But they also think money in Canada grows on trees so they don't see high prices as a problem 🤦🏼 They also look down on us who actually live in Canada as stupid, lazy and incompetent when we tell them how hard, expensive and brutal Canada is.
People from around the world fantasize about ‘living the American dream’ in Canada or America. It’s not until they get there that they realize it’s not a thing 😂
@@XYZOxyz I just bought Tim Hortons coffee for 1.16EUR downtown. The same coffee costs whooping 2EUR on Kalemegdan in the f. belgrado downtown. Go figure. belgrado was good in early 90s when I used to pay 12EUR per month for my apartment and all prices were in pfenings (cents). Espresso at hotel Moscow was 10 cents, and half liter Jelen beer a bit more. nowadays Serbia is 30% more expensive than Canada
@@Burevestnik9M730 Bilo pa prošlo 😂😂😂😂😂 Em je to bilo pre 30 dugih godina em je sada Srbija "deo Evrope" a ne pod sankcijama i u ratu 😉😏 I u Kanadi si nekad mogao da živiš od prosečne plate i kupiš kuću, a sada soup kitchen ne gine. Poštedi me glupog primera usrane Tim Hortons kafe, i to u evrima! Srbija je mnogo skuplja nego ranije, ali kad najobičnija kuća bude koštala $2.5-$3 miliona, iznajmljivanje jednosobnog stana $3500-$4000 i kilogram piletine $25, javi se da pričamo o "30% skuplje".
@@XYZOxyz pa tope gledaj druge vloggere sta kazu o cijenama u glupom belgrado-u. I nije srbija nego cifutija ebp te Wuchs i Birnbauch i dr kriptocifuti uprkno. cush 2 eura uzrana kafa, hej. a ja placo 12 eur apartman mjesecno. gofno od kenjade imo platu $10000 a placo $4 kineski obrok sa 2 side dish sredinom 90-ih. sad je plata $5000 a isti obrok $12 znaci osiromasio sam ugrubo 6 puta. pa sam kivan na gofno od kenjade.
al pogledaj uzranu srbiju. od 12eur apartman skocilo na 1200eur. znaci skocilo 100 puta, pa dje to ima. kenjada me nagooozila samo 6 puta a srbija 100 puta. to nema ni u Tunguziji. sve mi jeftinije 30% u uzranoj kenjadi sad ovog momenta. ocemol po zelenom vjencu, walmartu, hugo boss odjela, biraj artikl ima na doope da padnes. jedem bizonovo meso, jelena, divlju svinju za par eura po clanu porodice. a jeo sam ja srneci gulas po paprenoj cijeni u hotelu slavija. a jeo sam i ramsteke u klubu knjizevnika dok sam dilo devize 90ih. kostalo me 0. a sad? ko dolazi u belgrado to su mladi glupi tupi i neiskorisceni. omladina. udisu kancer od vazduha, dzidze. piju kancer od rakije
nego u uzranom belgradou. jer i od goreg ima gore i zove se belgrado ili cifutgrad naqrcu ane na vodi.
nema rupe u jugi dje nisam zivio decenijama ni rupe u kenjadi.
Orthodox Christian countries are awesome. I would love to go back in time and visit Byzantium-Constantinople during it's peak
Would have been an interesting time to be alive, that’s for sure!
Sory is not bizantin.Eastern Roman Empire is.
God bless you 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Fully agree about the air pollution, lack of recycling and indoor smoking. The rest is improving, even the bureaucracy, can you believe? :)
I’ll believe it when I see it 😂
Hi,from Mississauga CA,im from Serbia and god lucak😇
Hi from Belgrade 🥰
Yep, air pollution is bad. I have left Belgrade 5 years ago and in that time it was not so obvious as today is. On the lighter note, I was dj-ing in 2013 in Serbia with my small laptop, and every time I've finished a gig my laptop turned into grey mass courtesy of 'light' smoking inside.
Ahh that light smoking will get ya though 😂
All true :D except maybe online shopping, especially after COVID, online is now a must. Also it boomed from both sides, business and consumers. Even my parents are now paying invoices via mobile phones. But I agree that ordering from other countries is a nightmare because of the fees and waiting.
Yes! It’s just getting stuff from different countries that’s a pain. Thanks for watching!
Recycling:
most of plastics for example aren't recycled even in "first world countries". Dig into that topic, you'll be amazed. Rich countries just export most of their garbage elsewhere
Yeah that’s something I already discussed on a previous comment 🥰
I was looking at Canada for a decade, planning to move there some day 😅 Eventually I've discovered Serbia and now I'm in the process of moving there. I don't have any friends nor job and it scares me. Actually it's my first trip abroad on my own, because of life-death circumstances🇺🇦🇺🇦. I'd love to settle in Belgrade, but air pollution and rent prices hmm..🤔
belgrado was good in early 90s when I used to pay 12EUR per month for my apartment and all prices were in pfennings (cents). Espresso at hotel Moscow was 10 cents, and half liter Jelen beer a bit more. nowadays Serbia is 30% more expensive than Canada
@@Burevestnik9M730 everything gets more expensive in almost any country. But have you seen the prices in Canada? Don't be ridiculous 😂
Yeah I’ll be honest the rent prices here right now are insane! But there are still some affordable places as long as you’re willing to take the time to find em. The pollution I don’t love I’m ngl 🙃 but I’d still recommend moving here. It might take you a few uncomfortable months to get settled here! But I found Belgrade to be very welcoming
Belgrade is not the only city in Serbia that's all I gonna say....
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Your voice is sooooo
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Thanks 🥰
I absolutely agree relax lifestyle being one of the best things in Serbia. People do work hard, but career isn’t the number one thing in their lifes. I came to Belgrade in 2017 for a month, and I’m still here. Though I should be leaving soon and it’s not easy.
Six years later and still loving it, super happy to hear that 🥰 why not just stay?
@@Isabel-Maria we’d love to but we have personal reasons to go at least for a while to our native Finland. But yes, it’s so hard and so sad to leave Belgrade ❤️
Ahh I see I see! I’m sorry that difficult life circumstances are taking you away and hope that you get to come back sooner rather than later 🥰
@@Isabel-Maria thank you ❤️ there is time and place for everything and there are reasons for everything in life ❤️
Can you tell me please the name of that German company for shipping items? Im buying a lot from abroad but shipping gets difficult to find. Thanks a lot, great video!
This is them!
deprevoz.com
Thanks for the video! I think, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to compare Belgrade and Vancouver, most expensive city in Canada. Vancouver is overpriced, but it doesn’t mean that Belgrade is cheap - that’s the most expensive city in Balkan.
Cost of living - but what about salary? Just compare salary of software developer in Belgrade and Canada. Some people live in cheap countries and work remotely in expensive countries- kind of live hack. But for the most people, who can’t (or don’t want) to use that hack - life in Belgrade is far from “cheap”. If you had children, you would want to give them international education- Cambridge school costs 8-12K EUR per year (but free in Canada).
The huge plus of Serbia (vs Canada) - is healthcare. No need to wait for an appointment several months. One more: it’s safe to live in Serbia (if we forget about Kosovo).
I didn’t compare Belgrade to Vancouver and I intentionally never include talk about cost of living in my videos because it’s - understandably - a sore spot for most Serbians!
Definitely agree about the point about safety! And anyone can work online 😉
Thanks for watching!
I really liked your video. I have visited Canada for a month 10 years ago. I was in Toronto and Montreal, but I can understand your point of you. I only disagree about one thing. I think the attitude working for living is correct. Same as eating for living. And believe me I am opposed to work places where people don't do almost anything and get payed for it. And that is the case in public firms and institutions.
I said that I like how people here work to live instead of live to work 🥰
Intresting. Ye as developing country and with havy relations with the west that keep us in bad situation we are developing slowly we simply didn't have time to pay attention toward clean air and recylcling, we had a country to rebuild. But that is going to change soon i hope. Everything you said thought is true, and i think this will be really good hidout from the shitstorm that is going on in west on cultural and economic stand point! My advice to you is to get a house when you get a chance instead of flat! Trust me trafic here is worst than in NYC
Absolutely. Serbia is about 10 year behind the rest of the world, but in most ways I love it 😂 nice to be hiding out here for sure. I’d love to get a little piece of land outside of the city!
@@Isabel-Maria Well North America and Europe are not the whole world. I believe we are somewhere in the middle. Not poor like some African and Asian states, and not rich as some European or American countries.
I hope you like smell of the air especially in the evening walks.
Thank you 🥰
idd, pretty much sums it up
I’m American and have lived in Belgrade for about a year. Do you guys know of expat meetups in the city? It would be awesome to meet other foreigners!
I know that the fb group ‘Belgrade foreign visitors club’ arranges things periodically!
@@Isabel-Maria I'll check it out! Thanks :D
No problem! Good luck 🥰
There’s also another meetup happening quite regularly like every two weeks on Wednesdays in Cafe Bre (Vracar), called Bleya language club
At what time?
isabel maria, you can buy an air purifier that ionise fine particules.
You could visit city of Niš in this year.
I think the red bull obstacle course thing in in nis this and I plan to do it with my bf so we’ll be swinging through 🥰
about smoking points around 7:33 the restoraunts themselves are allowed to ban smoking, allow smoking, and have it split with smoking and non-smoking area. smoking is just such a big thing in this country that youd probably lose costumers if you disallow it. i dont smoke or like it either but its is what it is
My friend was telling me that serbia passed a law requiring restaurants to have a smoking and non-smoking section but no one listened, classic Serbia 😂
I found a cafe with a non-smoking session so I’m just hanging there for the winter 🥰
@@Isabel-Maria yeah that law was passed when i was a teenager im 24 now. the law in question was followed for a while but than they all suddenly stopped lol
Lol I didn’t know that! Too funny
@@Isabel-Maria yeah i remember seeing a lot of places having the smoking forbidden sign on their doors, and than it silently changed to smoking allowed. however, any bigger cafe or a restoraunt has both smoking or non smoking area.
agree with you on the smoking an air pollution. i don't go out anywhere in the cold weather there because of indoor smoking and it even bothers me outside depending on which way the wind blows. and the pollution. i don't know what to say. they don't have as much money as the west, and so air quality always gets put on a back burner. if the people mobilized for clean air they could make it more of an issue. for instance they have no emission controls there. that would be a good start. electric cars in belgrade could make it the best city in the world.
Yes! That smoking is a real bummer during the winter. I have a smoke-free cafe by me luckily, so I spend most of my time there. And air pollution is a big problem! Not even just emissions-wise for cars but I also feel like the govt here lets foreign companies come here n pollute the country without restriction. Nije dobro
Where were you in this couple months??? 🤔🤔🤔
Rakija conecting people😉
Does a great job of it 🥰
Glad you're having a wonderful time! Great video :D DM me if you wanna have some english chats lol :D
Thanks so much for watching 🥰
All true !
Thanks for watching 🥰
So Anglo-Canadian. As a French Canadian from Montreal, Quebec, we have a culture, you don't. And we keep fighting for it, like the Serbs say: Only Unity Saves the Serbs! I am looking forward to my PR in Serbia. Learning Serbian? I hope that you did try to learn French in the past as the 2nd official language of Canada. I speak 4 languages: French, Spanish, English and Japanese. Next is Serbian.
Spoken like a true québécois. Good for you 😂
Totally agree with smoking inside. Cannot enjoy cafes filled with smoke. Pollution is also a big issue, recycling doesn’t exist. Not sure about online shopping, and yes, everybody wants to live well, but work little😂 I am Serbian living in 🇨🇦
Oof girl the smoking gets me! And yeah, I hope that Serbia dedicates more resources to keeping the country clean some day. Thanks for watching 🥰 Hope Canada is treating you well!
Aleksandra, don't reproduce the banal lies. 😉 The official European statistics is showing that the average annual labour hours in Serbia are among the highest in Europe, especially high compared to Italy, Germany, France, Scandinavia... And people in Serbia also have shorter paid vacations and less free days compared to the mentioned countries. This is especially the case in the private sector. Actually, a lot of Serbs are shocked when they move to the mentioned countries - as they are used to work much more, and they expected to experience more intense and harder work in the mentioned countries... especially those in the private sector, as I said. And it's not a mystery why Serbian construction workers, plumbers or electricians are often preferred by the employers in Germany and Austria. Therefore, it's definitely not about "working less", but about the organisation, infrastructure, and of course - it's also about the priorities in life (e.g. such as that thing "work to live"). Sure, I don't know how it is compared to Canada, as the American capitalist system and labour culture is totally another story...
I agree with the smoking and pollution issues. When it comes to recycling - it's not that "recycling doesn't exist", but definitely the recycling system and the rate of recycling in Serbia are among the lowest/worst in Europe... So I agree that this definitely should be more developed in terms of infrastructure, organisation, and should be more widespread. However, let's also not forget that Serbia produces much less waste per capita than Canada - which actually has the highest rate of waste production in the world.
@@withoutshadowww I live in Canada, no time to read or write such long posts. You obviously never left Serbia to compare
@@aleksandradzomba8105 Oh poor you, I am sorry to hear that you lack time even to read a post...
And I don't live in Serbia, but in one of the main European economies... where people work LESS than in Serbia (according to the statistics and my personal experience). You obviously have no experience with the European welfare states.
Hey! Thanks for taking the time to reply, but I’m not really about people arguing on the comment section of my videos. Aleksendra said nothing that deserves you to be combative so we can just leave it at that
Is the air pollution only in Belgrade or also in other cities ?
All throughout Serbia
Air pollution: most of times people freak out over nothing. You walk out and can't see more then 100 feet, well its called fog and we get a lot of it here in winter. When you get outside and you can smell smoke, that's called smog and it really doesn't happen very often.
Also, not living in city center helps, less people, fewer vehicles, more space on between buildings, plus rents are way cheaper.
I'm a 4th generation of my family in Belgrade and I moved out to a village 20km away, now practically a suburb.
Air pollution can get serious near Smederevo because of huge steel mill there, around Obrenovac where huge coal plants are, and sometimes in very center of the city because of traffic.
Some other cities have smog problem, like Užice and Novi Pazar for example because those are in valleys surrounded by tall mountains and there's often temperature inversion so not much air movement plus there are no central heating plants like in Novi Sad, Belgrade, Niš.
For example in Belgrade whole city center is on central heating system which is basically one huge natural gas burning plant and it spews out of it's chimneys lots of water vapor and co2 and nothing else.
In suburbs, most houses are individually heated by burning wood, pellet, gas but density of buildings and population is way lower so there's no real air pollution problem.
If I lived in Canada right now I'd move to Serbia, or Russia, or South Korea, Japan... I've had enough of the UK and the West in general, it's not the same place I grew up in.
Yeah I definitely agree that Canada has changed a lot over the last couple decades
How often do you bump into foreigners who moved there?
Not too often, honestly! Might be different if I lived in the city center though. But I’m getting more intentional about creating groups and attending events where I can meet other foreigners/digital nomads
I’m collecting garbage (beverage cans) thrown on streets of Belgrade and give it to people to recycle. It’s only thing I personally can do. I collect 1-3 kilograms per one small walk through my neighborhood.
Awe I love this! Small action but will probably make a big difference 🥰
I am living here, at least 36 years.. I mean, I am born here :)
@7:31. I agree. Cigarette smoking is gross. But why move to Serbia if it grosses you out that much? It's like people from California who move to another state to escape their madness, but then they vote in the same politicians that destroyed the very place they fled.
Have some Slivovica. Is niice!
I prefer rakija 🥰
It really struck me when you said Canada in comparison is kind of cultureless - I really feel that living in Toronto. I've been saying I feel like I'm living in an intl airport, like I'm nowhere. Other places I've lived, like NYC, Shanghai, or back in Serbia as a kid or visiting, you feel the place has its own very specific and strong vibe. In Toronto I feel like where am I, what is this place 😂 And also this may be Toronto specific cause I didn't feel it when I vacationed in Vancouver but in To I'm really having trouble finding those nice Canadians, especially out on the street as a driver or pedestrian, it's kind of hostile, people are on edge and just looking for the next one to take it out on. In the other video you said about driving in Belgrade, like stopping at a busy intersection with blinkers etc. - yeah that's Toronto, plus maniacs tailgating you on 401 highway etc, I found in Serbia and Europe in general drivers so much better trained in disciplined compapred to here.
Anyway glad you're enjoying it in Serbia and I like your videos.
Mmmm I so feel that, I’ve been Toronto a few times and honestly hated it 🙃
also how long would it take to be able to work and live in serbia? weeks or months?
I moved here with no job, place to live, or residency. And it took me around 6 months to feel well set up
@@Isabel-Maria reason I'm asking is because i move there february 1st and I need to be legally able to work, or at least stay until then. Wondering if you have some advice, or think 3 months will be long enough to be legal (you mentioned gov service wait times)
Want me send me an email and we can discuss this in greater detail?
@@Isabel-Maria you can delete this comment, I've emailed you
I moved from Russia to Serbia last year and I'm thinking about staying here. It's funny how many serbs like Russia and want to go there, but for me almost everything is better here
Amazing! Glad you’re loving it so much 🥰
The thing that sometimes reduces visibility is called fog. The air isn't so polluted that it reduces visibility.
You gonna make easy friends :)
Yes already have made quite a few 🥰
I am also in Belgrade
How do you like it? 🥰
@@Isabel-Maria feel the same @ana_grigoryeva_
Hi, oh I think you are being very gentle and polite with criticism. Pollution is awful and everybody here knows it and hates it, yet still votes for the same people. People not getting things done is mostly imo when it comes to government workers. Private companies are not as bad maybe, still not as good as western.
There is a lot of toxic "serbian nationality" syndrome, how a lot of people hate western culture and just everything about the west. So there is that as well...
Anyway hope you enjoy good side of Serbia.
Serbians are entitled to resent the NATO countries that bombed the country for 78 days straight.
I actually haven’t really experienced any ‘Serbian nationality’ when it comes to hating the west. And wouldn’t blame em if they did 😂
All the pros of living here definitely outweigh the cons so I’m not stressin. Thanks for watching! 🥰
Tako je, bravo, seri po svojoj zemlji u svakoj prilici!
@@djape1977 Ne moze covek da bude bolji bez malo kritike. A mi smo toliko ponosni na nas da mora sve da bude savrseno. Tako da. Seri narode. Drugacije ne mozemo da se opametimo.
What do you do for a living?
I’m a copywriter!
I totally agree with you in regards of smoking in indoor places, I was born in Serbia and I have moved to Vancouver when I was in high school, and yeah I love to visit Serbia, like food, people and weather is amazing, but the fact that everyone around you smoking is disgusting. I was visiting Serbia in January this year and I felt that I had to shower every time after going to visit someone because my hair, my clothing my skin smelled like cigarettes, and as you said you will have sore throat for like 5 days after. Smoking is just horrible habit to have.
Yeah I completely agree! One of my least favorite things about living in Serbia for sure and it’s just generally terrible for you 😂
serbian is language ;), serb nationality- and no, most of us do not want to move to canada- simple to cold and too much snow ;)
I feel the same way about the snow 😂
I am a smoker that dont smoke at home, i dont want my kid to inhale that shit, i go on the balcony when i really need a smoke. But when i go to a pub, a go there to smoke and drink beer with my friends, and all of my friends are like that. If u drink coffee, or rakia, or beer, tobacco is a must. What kind of a pub doesnt allow smoking, their business would go to shit
A pub or kafana that allows smoking is fine, it’s the restaurants and especially cafes that get me
@@Isabel-Maria it is understandable, i think there is wine bars that is smoke free,starbucks also... kafeterija maybe... but for regular places it is not good business to ban smoking, nobody would come
A law passed a few years ago that made it so every business would have to have a non-smoking section and a smoking section, which would be 👌🏻 but as you’ve said, there are a few places with no-smoking zones so those are the ones I frequent and jebiga
Im moving in sept 2025 🙏🏻
Hahaha, no joke... papuce are must!
I would be lost without my papuce! 😂 and I’m all about my water filters 🙈
belgrade is the place the 1905 best restaurant very safe. city I love Serbia very good looking women
You are right. People should stop smoking because that is not natural and others should not support it. If you want to smoke just get out and smoke. Garbage and dirty streets also. We don't have rules for that. If you make people pay they will change. That is the difference between us and others
Definitely agree about the smoking! Thanks for watching
Is air pollution in Serbia so bad ? I had no clue.
It’s definitely not the best!
Great video, you said everything... I definitely agree with smoking 🚬 part 😉. I'm one of rare Serbian who doesn't smoke, in fact i can't stand smoke, but here we are, i hope somehow we will survive 😁. Everything else is fine here. West is losing it's tradicional values, they are spiritually dead long ago. And what you think about current political situation, are we going in war against Nato, again?
Good! Save your lungs ☺️ depends how badly serbia wants to keep kosovo!
@@Isabel-Maria Well, i will try 😁. It's not about whether we want to keep it or not, it's about whether we want to exist or not. Over time, one occupier replaced another, in our Jerusalem. Thousands of our Orthodox churches, (many of them destroyed), nearly a thousand years old, remain to testify that we once existed there.
Yeah I totally hear what you’re saying. As someone living in Serbia I’m sure it’s easy to guess where I stand, but there are certain countries that would greatly benefit from Kosovo no longer being a part of Serbia and tend to be bullies so… who knows 🤫
@@Isabel-Maria You speak very well, you could definitely enter politics 😉😁. Yes, some countries would like to profit, the whole western world plus Turkey. There is a saying in the Serbian people; God is high, Russia is far. But there is another saying and that is "let the fight be continuous, there is no surrender"😉 Sometimes i think we should be North Korea 😁😎🇰🇵🚀
Hahahaha yeah Serbs are always ready to get in another fight 😂
For the online shopping stuff. Do it from local stores, abroad stores are also fine but you will pay 20-35% of it in TAX. We hate it also :)
There’s just some stuff that’s so difficult to find here!
@Isabel Maria Vlog you've got Voden filters, local company, for the mentioned shower head :) they are super great
while you were talking about smoking indoors, i was smoking a cig in a cafe lmaoo
One of the best things of serbia for me hahah
😂😂😂 lol that’s too funny
Yeah all of my friends that are smokers looove this about Serbia
Easy on rakija girl.
Spot on. I am domestic that have lived abroad and I can't stand the smoking inside and crappy air. God forbid one have to deal with the bureaucracy but in that regard I'd say pretty much everywhere it is shitty, but in Serbia it reeeeeeeeeeally sucks. For instance I needed to translate some official documents and they insisted that the apostile had to be put not only on translated documents and/or copies, but on ORIGINAL DOCUMENT as well! Another thing is that the public transport in Belgrade S U C K S BIG TIME. No metro, shitty trams and overcrowded buses pheeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww. Another thing, no railway lines within the country (or snail-speeded ones). I am still here but I might be packing things to other places.
I wanna go to Belgrade but I don’t know nobody over there
Serbians are really nice! I’m sure you’ll make friends
Be brave. Digital nomad touring Europe, love meeting new people
Is they unskill work in Serbia
I don’t know what you mean
Not to burst your bubble on recycling, but even in Canada most of the stuff you put in a recycling bin ends up in landfill, particularly since China has stopped accepting Canada's garbage. Only about 9% of plastics are recycled.
Really? That’s honestly so sad 🙃
you should try croatia, its like serbia but with online shopping
Lol I love Croatia ngl
digital nomad. what do you do to make money online from serbia?
I’m also a digital nomad! Copywriter
💪🇷🇸😎
Aye! Thanks for watching and commenting 🥰
Don't wanna destroy your snowman, but there are personal views and there are the facts, and regarding waste management - the situation is much worse then you think.
So, lets check on facts:
- Serbia, underdeveloped country with only in last century (to avoid further back situation) few big setbacks that Canada and most of the world never ever in the history experienced, pumped with loans for mass consumption (easy money, hence the fact regarding so much people around doing nothing in coffee shops), had boom in waste generation in last 22 years. We jumped to annual waste per capita of 8.9 tons and in total 62,269,603 tons per year. Only 0,8% of that waste is recycled.
- Canada, high developed country, with much more resources, population, territory and living standards and much easier war-less history. Waste generation in Canada is sadly first in the whole world. Canada citizen generates astonishing 36,1 tons per year, in total Canada generates 1,325,480,289 tons of waste each year. Recycling level is on 20% (only, since it is so called 1st world country).
So, what is the difference that gives so wrong personal feeling regarding situation? Well, we here in Serbia still in average don't have enough money to pay high costs of proper waste management. On other hand, system in Canada is great of making people believe that everything is in order and that they participate in the "solution".
Sad reality is that quotes on word solution, as main question is wrong, so solution is wrong too. The question is not and should be not "How we can solve the problem of waste?", but "Why the hell do we generate so much waste?". Answer is connected to the state of the mainstream structure of the society, where small rich part of the population push consumerism as way of living, burning down enormous amount of resources and making it waste to us and money for them, while majority living in or fairy tales or mutual hatred regarding any question except who has the money and power.
i would say welcome to Serbia, but you are ours now, so no need :)
Hope no hard feelings regarding this comment. Cheers! :)
ps. And yes - get your boyfriend to move your asses and go around the country. There are so much nice nature and history places to check, with nice food, not just sitting in that damn Belgrade. Or you are now locked in paradigm of "sit and make money" while investing and losing the main resource we all have - the time on this planet.
You should try Italy if you can, it has all of the pros of Serbia and none of the cons except for the "taking too long to get things done", which is worse than it is in Serbia lol
Lol I believe that! I definitely want to check Italy out, maybe not to live, but to enjoy some delicious pasta 🥰
Meh, i'm from Serbia but living in Italy since i was a kid cause my parents moved here. Now i'm seriously thinking about a plan to go back to Serbia OR to migrate in some country where it's really worth it to move in.
The more the time passes and the more i see how Italy is backwards in so many aspects compared to even poorer countries such as Serbia, and it's slowly becoming a shitshow. I actually started to hate life here these last few years, for me it has way too many cons and i for sure don't plan to stay here any longer.
@@kornishoni5266 ионако се враћају браћа и сестре све више...какав црни запад, содомија и џендерологија...не хвала
It sounds like it’s time for a change! Serbia is always a good choice!
@@kornishoni5266 same situation here more or less, except I now live in a third country for my academic career. I agree that it's a shitshow (especially now with Meloni) and that people can be a lot more backwards than Eastern Europe in some respects (mostly because Serbia, being a small country, is exposed to a lot of foreign influences, and Italy is big enough to stay relatively isolated from anything except its own ignorance, but also because Italian culture is kinda inherently more macho than Serbian culture), but based what she cited as positives and negatives in particular, it could be a good choice for this particular chick.