The BALKANS Explained (Geography Now!)

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  • @GeographyNow
    @GeographyNow  5 років тому +2961

    ALRIGHT LET'S GET MESSY! You guys requested this, OBVIOUSLY I couldn't cover EVERYTHING That would take too long but for what it's worth I gave quick GENERAL overviews on the profiles and relations of the Balkan states. From there you guys can discuss your opinions (What could go wrong?)

    • @luxembourgishempire2826
      @luxembourgishempire2826 5 років тому +24

      Ok

    • @ichamdaboss5236
      @ichamdaboss5236 5 років тому +50

      Geography Now do a Syrian conflict explained video

    • @timornoscommovet1111
      @timornoscommovet1111 5 років тому +69

      Dobar dan 🇭🇷🤘🏼

    • @fvanderb
      @fvanderb 5 років тому +43

      A lot could go wrong or maybe not, looking forward for the Serbia episode in 2020 or 2021?😅😉
      Greetings from Germany from a part Belgian part Bosnian 😎

    • @nikolaskharroubi6559
      @nikolaskharroubi6559 5 років тому +4

      @@ichamdaboss5236 yeah i agree. Please do one!

  • @exudeku
    @exudeku 5 років тому +10674

    Others: we miss the 90's
    Balkans: *sweats*

  • @KickAndDestroy
    @KickAndDestroy 5 років тому +13514

    I'm half Slovenian and half Serbian which makes me 100% alcoholic.

    • @dekitesla9915
      @dekitesla9915 5 років тому +389

      KickAndDestroy like Luka Dončić 🇷🇸🇸🇮

    • @kukulroukul4698
      @kukulroukul4698 5 років тому +69

      please dont :(

    • @gabrielhampel7514
      @gabrielhampel7514 5 років тому +107

      Zoran Tesla Sta, Docic isn’t Serbian both his parents are born in Slovenia including him

    • @anette4090
      @anette4090 5 років тому +32

      -Congrats- Cheers

    • @dekitesla9915
      @dekitesla9915 5 років тому +215

      @@gabrielhampel7514 What ever helps you sleep at night little Croat. Let me guess Tesla isn't t Serbain ya. Give me a break haha

  • @mrzimcrnce
    @mrzimcrnce 5 років тому +4003

    Grandma:eat, my son
    Grandson:I am not hungry
    Grandma:ok, *eat without bread*

    • @ValiRada
      @ValiRada 5 років тому +19

      Country?

    • @davishurdha293
      @davishurdha293 5 років тому +128

      sounds like my albanian grandmother lmfao

    • @mrzimcrnce
      @mrzimcrnce 5 років тому +125

      @@ValiRada Serbia

    • @mrzimcrnce
      @mrzimcrnce 5 років тому +377

      @@davishurdha293 every balkan grndma is like that

    • @davishurdha293
      @davishurdha293 5 років тому +56

      @@mrzimcrnce big facts

  • @ivicaanic5213
    @ivicaanic5213 2 роки тому +154

    Balkans is not really geographical peninsula, it is a region. One that is on cross roads between different civilizations and powers, it is one of the oldest parts or Europe. It has extremely diverse topography and landscape that allows huge fragmentation and diversity. In short it has its own uniqueness, charm and identity that makes it quite special compared to rest of the continent. Greetings from one Bosnian

    • @Norfolkandchance886
      @Norfolkandchance886 7 місяців тому +3

      An amazing region. I will get back to mostar one day if it's the last thing I do.

  • @balbalblaify
    @balbalblaify 5 років тому +7895

    -Are you speaking the same language?
    -No, he speaks serbian, I speak croatian.
    -But do you understand each other?
    -Yes, its the same language.

    • @laurajuric5064
      @laurajuric5064 5 років тому +112

      Nome Inventado sounds about right

    • @fairboro153
      @fairboro153 5 років тому +134

      Formal Croatian & formal Serbian are both related to Shtokavian... which is actually of Bosnian origin. So, the similarities are obvious. Also even though the two languages have different ways of conjugating verbs, both are able to follow through the grammatical structure of sentences.
      Big problem comes in dialects. Some Northern & Southern Serbian accents are a little tricky. Also Croatian North Western (which is almost identical to Slovenian), and the Southern accent (which has a fair amount of Venet Italian nouns) have made it harder for the two languages to link up.
      Fortunately, formal Croatian has retained many similarities with Serbian, and regardless of the fact that Croatian youth have issues in reading the Cyrillic script (since Croatian is written in Latin), most Serbs do in fact understand & use the Latin script on a daily basis.
      Particular examples of this would be the Latin Script used almost exclusively in Montenegrin & Bosnian!

    • @khkrmdsr8026
      @khkrmdsr8026 5 років тому +82

      "Serbian" language have more Turkish words then "Serbian".

    • @MantraX049
      @MantraX049 5 років тому +34

      +Nome Inventado There are diffrences. Sceintist in Serbian is naučnik and in Croatian znanstvenik. There is also word naučnik in Croatian, but it means apprantice.

    • @balbalblaify
      @balbalblaify 5 років тому +85

      Since my comment got popular, a big shoutout to all my croatian brothers fron Ukraine.

  • @edgarallanpoe18
    @edgarallanpoe18 5 років тому +2297

    I must say, this is the most peaceful comment section on a balkans video I have ever seen. Congratulations brothers, I am proud.

    • @nonespecial200
      @nonespecial200 5 років тому +68

      I am guessing he didn't mention Tesla.

    • @esi4ever
      @esi4ever 5 років тому +3

      nonespecial200 rotfl

    • @claraelroy4828
      @claraelroy4828 5 років тому +9

      Lmao me too... I was even debating reading the comment section or not...

    • @bunbaka8423
      @bunbaka8423 5 років тому +6

      don't jinx it

    • @TheWolvesCurse
      @TheWolvesCurse 5 років тому +10

      Kosovo je Srbija. There Jugo... ahm you go.

  • @deiii_mos
    @deiii_mos 5 років тому +6360

    The funniest is how everyone claims we hate each other but if a Serb, Croat and Bosniak met each other in idk Germany or the US it's like: *best friends unlocked*

    • @Minija88
      @Minija88 5 років тому +116

      tinaa true that! ❤️

    • @Hrisii
      @Hrisii 5 років тому +62

      true like hello my brother or sth like this

    • @rifflebiffle7000
      @rifflebiffle7000 5 років тому +41

      What about Albanians and Serbs?????????😆

    • @Minija88
      @Minija88 5 років тому +183

      Riffle Biffle I’ve seen Albanians and Serbs getting along quite well while working abroad 😀

    • @Weeboslav
      @Weeboslav 5 років тому +197

      We rarely hate each others as people,mostly politics,not just of neighboring countries,but our owns as well...

  • @tedianimalbg8888
    @tedianimalbg8888 3 роки тому +264

    Respect of Bulgaria to all another balkan countries 🇧🇬❤️🇦🇱🇧🇦🇬🇷🇭🇷🇮🇹🇲🇪🇲🇰🇷🇸🇸🇮🇷🇴🇹🇷

    • @cvetanparashkevov2672
      @cvetanparashkevov2672 2 роки тому +1

      from all bulgarians thanks

    • @robertnagy5509
      @robertnagy5509 Рік тому +3

      You the get about Hungry, Ukraine and a country next to Ukraine and Romania Do not forget to get that country this is the flag of this country 🇭🇺🇭🇺🇺🇦🇺🇦🇲🇩🇲🇩

    • @shabagge
      @shabagge Рік тому +1

      ​@@robertnagy5509 they're not Balkan.

    • @BananLord
      @BananLord Рік тому +2

      ​@@shabagge our culture is very Balkan and we have Dobrogea in the Balkans

    • @besniksinani2872
      @besniksinani2872 Рік тому +11

      You forgot 🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰🇽🇰

  • @Skac01
    @Skac01 5 років тому +3634

    >Balkans explained
    >Video isn't 8 hours long
    >"Impossible!"

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 5 років тому +28

      But he made quite well

    • @nikolamilojevic8326
      @nikolamilojevic8326 5 років тому +8

      u arent old 8 hours

    • @Igyzone
      @Igyzone 5 років тому +26

      Yeah, if he included the conflicts between Croatia and Serbia or between Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina, there would be hell to discuss.

    • @ouralisacs3989
      @ouralisacs3989 5 років тому +7

      Perhaps the archives are uncompleted.

    • @civil_fellow2985
      @civil_fellow2985 5 років тому +4

      @@ouralisacs3989 Hello there

  • @shkodra1505
    @shkodra1505 5 років тому +4490

    Making a video about the balkan and nobodys is offended!? Somebody give this man a medal.

    • @malakies5
      @malakies5 5 років тому +27

      Je Shqiptar ?

    • @ellietessa5147
      @ellietessa5147 5 років тому +105

      Only an idiot would be offended by pure facts. And just cause this video is for educational purposes, there are no idiots in the comments.

    • @ivanskvorc8411
      @ivanskvorc8411 5 років тому +22

      He did say something that sounded like "Serbo Croatian language" which was basically a slightly edited version of Serbian that they tried to force everyone to speak so, as a Croat, I choose to be offended at that. Also, saying Kosovo is something other than Serbian legitimizes people moving somewhere en masse, having lots of kids and declaring the territory theirs through democracy. That might be offensive to anyone in W Europe who doesn't like Sharia law.

    • @tobivan3190
      @tobivan3190 5 років тому +32

      Not really offended, but i feel a need to correct the part about the Macedonian language. As a Macedonian, i can understand Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian and Bulgarian. In fact, bulgarian is the hardest one to understand when it's written because they have extra letters i don't know how to pronounce and also they have a low of weird words

    • @francek3892
      @francek3892 5 років тому +6

      @@tobivan3190 wait isn't Macedonian and Bulgarian the same? I heard that but am not confirmint that teory

  • @link5605
    @link5605 4 роки тому +2911

    Geography Now : talks about the Balkans
    Romania : *grabs popcorn*

    • @ThatCrazyKid0007
      @ThatCrazyKid0007 4 роки тому +250

      The greatest trick Romania ever pulled was to convince the rest of the world they are not a Balkan nation, at least according to this video. I went there twice and it's amazing how much we actually have in common, speaking as a Serbian. To put it in Barby's terms, they are kinda like your step-sister that you get along with really well.

    • @popacristian2056
      @popacristian2056 4 роки тому +131

      @@ThatCrazyKid0007 Indeed, Romania is in the Balkans, not only geographically. We are almost genetically identical to Bulgarians, Serbs or others from the former Yugoslavia and others around us like Hungarians and those in western Ukraine. I mean, like close brothers.

    • @tortellinifettuccine
      @tortellinifettuccine 4 роки тому +68

      @@ThatCrazyKid0007 we arent balkan at all, our culture and day to day life is more latin

    • @Bruh-xo1yn
      @Bruh-xo1yn 4 роки тому +73

      @@tortellinifettuccine no its not, our traditions are very slavic influenced, and bc balkans are mor slavic, we kinda are balkans, but still not very much

    • @tortellinifettuccine
      @tortellinifettuccine 4 роки тому +50

      @Levis. H I mean depends where in romania you go, in Bucharest or costansa everyone follows pretty much the same schedule as italians and French people. Going to a café in the morning, maybe going to the beach, thats kind of latin culture. Its hard to explain but I felt more latin culture than eastern culture in romania

  • @tihigreen
    @tihigreen 2 роки тому +56

    I was born and raised in Bulgaria. Moved to Croatia at 18. Lived there for 7+ years and have now been in the USA for 14+ years. 😃 Enjoy your videos!

    • @MagmaskyBG
      @MagmaskyBG 2 роки тому +1

      И аз мисля да се преместя в Хърватска или Словения, как беше? Вече съм бил по няколко пъти и в двете страни, но не бих отказал още мнения. След 2 месеца правя 18

    • @Chaos-Nyx-Erebus
      @Chaos-Nyx-Erebus Рік тому

      No way

    • @Shy-Shadow
      @Shy-Shadow 9 місяців тому

      USA? Alo Brate šta ti tamo radiš? Ja mislio tamo živi pakao?

  • @fgconnolly4170
    @fgconnolly4170 4 роки тому +5727

    There should be a new show called "keeping up with the Balkans"

    • @nikeraje247
      @nikeraje247 4 роки тому +69

      This is a cool idea tbh

    • @dorianbrlic8632
      @dorianbrlic8632 4 роки тому +6

      Yup

    • @voyance4elle
      @voyance4elle 4 роки тому +4

      😂

    • @dejandimoski6441
      @dejandimoski6441 4 роки тому +12

      U cant hahaja....u can just try

    • @cinnamiilk980
      @cinnamiilk980 3 роки тому +49

      Lots of loud shouting where people are on the brink of calling the police only to realise there not arguing but joking around

  • @pac-se2cl
    @pac-se2cl 5 років тому +5689

    How to understand friendship and hate in the balkans
    EUROVISION

    • @Guimaster127
      @Guimaster127 5 років тому +351

      I hate how accurate this comment is.

    • @kedrovasuma2857
      @kedrovasuma2857 5 років тому +89

      Wtf How Serbia started WW1?! Geeman and Austria started it.

    • @tomasalcorta7402
      @tomasalcorta7402 5 років тому +3

      I love it!

    • @takahashiueda3332
      @takahashiueda3332 5 років тому +27

      next week baby 😂

    • @takahashiueda3332
      @takahashiueda3332 5 років тому +95

      @@kedrovasuma2857 serbs killed the heir of austria. that started the war?

  • @sara23ra
    @sara23ra 3 роки тому +5735

    Fun fact about Balkans: we eat literally everything with bread

    • @theillyri8339
      @theillyri8339 3 роки тому +426

      I thought it was just us Albanian.
      A meal without bread is basically a snack

    • @alexchamov5961
      @alexchamov5961 3 роки тому +303

      My grandma literally offered me bread with pizza, that's how used we are to having it on the table.

    • @sara23ra
      @sara23ra 3 роки тому +224

      @@alexchamov5961 my dad eat bread with macaroni and potatoes 💀

    • @ognjenpetrovic8932
      @ognjenpetrovic8932 3 роки тому +56

      My dad almost always eat chilli pepper with everything.

    • @facereveal-pw4oc
      @facereveal-pw4oc 3 роки тому +9

      True

  • @dollarweeb4573
    @dollarweeb4573 2 роки тому +80

    I'm Romanian and i love and respect all my balkan friends and neighbors.I hope one day that all the drama and hate to be no more.I want to visit all the countries.

    • @1alexnumaiunul848
      @1alexnumaiunul848 2 роки тому +1

      Romania is noy balkan

    • @robertnagy5509
      @robertnagy5509 Рік тому +11

      Romania is a Balkan

    • @robertnagy5509
      @robertnagy5509 Рік тому +1

      I am is well from Romina da

    • @LelChiha
      @LelChiha Рік тому +14

      @@1alexnumaiunul848 geography wise, only Dobrogea is part of the balkans. But culturally, romania is very balkanic. That's why we're considered balkans

    • @NeaPiston7202
      @NeaPiston7202 Рік тому

      @@1alexnumaiunul848 de ce ma ca zici tu ?

  • @Ratsarerlycool
    @Ratsarerlycool 4 роки тому +2950

    How to start an argument:
    Step one: kosovo is-
    Step two:...
    Step three: ww3

    • @vlerathaci441
      @vlerathaci441 4 роки тому +223

      Step four: Rakija

    • @hristoskof1
      @hristoskof1 3 роки тому +63

      @@vlerathaci441 No, my silly little girl! Rakia (or rakija) is there every step of the way! Cuz' that's the *BALCAN WAY*!!!! (dramatic music playing in the background)

    • @klafta.xaralampe
      @klafta.xaralampe 3 роки тому +24

      No, it's step 3: balkan war 246104578

    • @crogmmp
      @crogmmp 3 роки тому +61

      Kosovo is Kosovo
      Am I gonna die now?

    • @lazarstankovic2505
      @lazarstankovic2505 3 роки тому +53

      Serbia

  • @SeattleSoulFan
    @SeattleSoulFan 5 років тому +3200

    “The Balkans produces more history than it can consume.”--Winston Churchill

    • @saralampret9694
      @saralampret9694 5 років тому +138

      He was a criminal so his words are worthless

    • @oza801
      @oza801 5 років тому +9

      Sounds right :)

    • @illyriandardanian2773
      @illyriandardanian2773 5 років тому +10

      @@saralampret9694 No Balkan(Illyria) was the Egg of Europe civilisation !!!! But the Politic was Kriminal !!!!

    • @TheJosep70
      @TheJosep70 5 років тому +10

      @Xaris Xeros And caused the Bengal famine.

    • @gsytalt29
      @gsytalt29 5 років тому

      Lol r u oversimplified fan

  • @Ersenoy_Lomak
    @Ersenoy_Lomak 4 роки тому +1348

    I always explain the Balkan like: Best friends but worst enemies.

    • @dorianbrlic8632
      @dorianbrlic8632 4 роки тому +16

      Never thought of that and nka when i think of it thats true......

    • @nawwafsudi9761
      @nawwafsudi9761 3 роки тому +37

      Who needs enemies with friends like these.

    • @kerruo2631
      @kerruo2631 3 роки тому +3

      Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

    • @simich1601
      @simich1601 3 роки тому +2

      no no no!! im half austrian and croatian. fck yuo serbia. serbia morelike stupibia!!!!! . long live austrian empire. long live bosnian empire. long live fransis i. serbia weak. serbia sucks. look at your gdp per captia. you poor hahaha. austrian duke will hunt you forever. hahaahaha . long live croatian empire. serbia should not exist. edit:kosovo best

    • @megasbaladoros
      @megasbaladoros 3 роки тому

      So basically you're saying we are family, bro 👍

  • @arsenijeknezevic2678
    @arsenijeknezevic2678 2 роки тому +25

    This is probably the best researched, scripted and well put together video about the Balkans I have ever seen. Congratulations!
    At the start of the video I was thinking: "You better be REALLY careful!", but you pulled through.

  • @vickoslavkovic2593
    @vickoslavkovic2593 5 років тому +1476

    Geographically, Balkan is one of the most beautiful place in the world.

    • @RexerYTRexer
      @RexerYTRexer 5 років тому +8

      Da da

    • @coys4712
      @coys4712 5 років тому +4

      Ма наравно

    • @jakajerman404
      @jakajerman404 5 років тому

      It is ivan

    • @christinakiki75
      @christinakiki75 5 років тому +7

      thats so true! ISTINA!!

    • @bensaidmahmoud9513
      @bensaidmahmoud9513 5 років тому +11

      Back at the 90's it was a mess but now I think they are trying to move on but they can't until they clear their country's from selfish butcher's

  • @rtyjyuvdfgfx6319
    @rtyjyuvdfgfx6319 4 роки тому +3463

    Do something easier, like quantum physics...

    • @krisiboss2931
      @krisiboss2931 4 роки тому +31

      Are u.........rude (: (Im bulgarian btw)

    • @borisminchev9224
      @borisminchev9224 3 роки тому +19

      Bruh we have to learn balkan history

    • @SparksBG
      @SparksBG 3 роки тому +11

      @@krisiboss2931 *АЙДЕ ПАК ВОЙНА* 😂 (ШЕГА!!)

    • @crogmmp
      @crogmmp 3 роки тому +14

      Što će se dogoditi ako ja budem pričao Hrvatski sada? Znam da ideš na prevoditelj. Nisi zabavan :)

    • @kokoskaijaje8630
      @kokoskaijaje8630 3 роки тому +9

      @@crogmmp Sad će zapadnjaci kao: "hahaha zapad ne razumjeti ovo poz iz zagreb"

  • @ultradeduct
    @ultradeduct 4 роки тому +1759

    balkans in the balkans: [loud arguing]
    balkans anywhere else: you are my only friend

    • @arjan5071
      @arjan5071 4 роки тому +68

      True i am albanian from kosovo one of my best friends is a serbian from croatia. She is very kind, I don’t understand people who hate someone just because of their ethnicity.

    • @chula5759
      @chula5759 4 роки тому +8

      Arjan Serbian from Croatia? Just say she’s Serbian what you said doesn’t make sense

    • @hemayetuddin4226
      @hemayetuddin4226 4 роки тому

      @@arjan5071 want Balkan area

    • @ThatCrazyKid0007
      @ThatCrazyKid0007 4 роки тому +49

      @@chula5759 it means she is a Serbian who was born and lives on the teritory of Croatia, makes perfect sense

    • @ranjanbiswas3233
      @ranjanbiswas3233 4 роки тому +14

      @@chula5759 There are many Serbians who live in Croatia.

  • @TininSkywithDiamonds
    @TininSkywithDiamonds 2 роки тому +22

    It really fascinates me, as a Croat, that you know all of these things which are really true and locally focused. You have done a great research, great job!

  • @Mikri90
    @Mikri90 5 років тому +2017

    This channel: The Balkans explained
    Me: The Balkans cannot be explained

    • @CHNO-kl9bn
      @CHNO-kl9bn 5 років тому +53

      Dysfunctional family is the best description possible

    • @Mikri90
      @Mikri90 5 років тому +3

      @@CHNO-kl9bn hahaha.

    • @ferratovic
      @ferratovic 5 років тому +9

      @@CHNO-kl9bn literally, we're all descendents of Slavs and we still hate each other and want others die of terrible disorder.

    • @bornaberic6811
      @bornaberic6811 5 років тому +5

      @@ferratovic true 😂
      Im croatian

    • @annoyingmoose88
      @annoyingmoose88 5 років тому +2

      True

  • @noranora4419
    @noranora4419 5 років тому +1123

    "aka europes most disfunctional family" wow i tried so many times to explain balkan and finally i found words

    • @iliaz7057
      @iliaz7057 5 років тому +27

      Aka -europe's- world's most disfunctional family

    • @somethingunknown6119
      @somethingunknown6119 5 років тому +7

      I use instead : The mess and war land

    • @dirtyyrat
      @dirtyyrat 5 років тому +8

      Balkans are basically the public toilet of Europe.... Lmao

    • @Ake-TL
      @Ake-TL 5 років тому +6

      @@iliaz7057 Africa is quite a battle royale

    • @a33-v4g
      @a33-v4g 5 років тому +1

      I'll take disfunctional family over the western European 'no family at all deal' everyday buddy..

  • @nisamlelo
    @nisamlelo 5 років тому +741

    the comment section is surprisingly wholesome

    • @azih8626
      @azih8626 4 роки тому +25

      thats what i though too, the secret is you have to read the threads in the view more sections under comments to see the real beef/drama lol. under one of the main comments that has like 9k likes theres a comment saying noone likes muslims and they shoudlnt be in the balkans, and me, a kosovor muslim married to a bosniak muslim is reading that like: 👁👄👁

    • @itsmenelson3010
      @itsmenelson3010 4 роки тому +3

      @@azih8626 😂😂😂

    • @tawgenal
      @tawgenal 4 роки тому

      Unless the topic is about turkey

    • @soccerruben1
      @soccerruben1 4 роки тому

      Then why the narrow likes-to-dislikes ratio, though? I’m sure they didn’t dislike it despite Barbs was just showing INFO. It’s crazy how much conflict the Balkans have gone through the years.

  • @matthewbenining9423
    @matthewbenining9423 2 роки тому +29

    spent a couple months in Slovenia and whenever the topic of the Balkans popped up… they offered me another drink 😂 much love to these nations man had a great time and yes they party hard!

  • @erionbezeraj2283
    @erionbezeraj2283 4 роки тому +3684

    So how complicated is your history?
    Balkans: yes

  • @abandonedchannel72929
    @abandonedchannel72929 5 років тому +1129

    Someone: **Talks about the balkans**
    Me: **Scrolls down to the comments section**

    • @shayatbenskeep2465
      @shayatbenskeep2465 5 років тому +11

      And Find All This Fights About Hate Or Love Turkey..

    • @83susanking
      @83susanking 5 років тому +1

      me too

    • @lan6139
      @lan6139 4 роки тому +2

      I'm looking at the comment section first. I'll watch the video later :D

    • @acat997
      @acat997 4 роки тому +1

      The comment section is a bigger battlefield than the yugoslav wars.

  • @manos6590
    @manos6590 5 років тому +908

    Barbs: Calls Greeks loud party animals.
    Barbs: Apologizes.
    Greeks: Was that supposed to be offensive?? *Resume partying.

    • @emeraldsroses0524
      @emeraldsroses0524 5 років тому +31

      Manos Alimpertis Hoppa! *hears Zorba the Greek playing in the background*

    • @thealex2971
      @thealex2971 5 років тому +59

      2004
      Greece won Euro 2004 held in Portugal and becoming the european champions for 4 years
      2005
      Greece won Eurovision with the song : You are the one my number one
      What a time to be alive as a greek back then

    • @oddpavlos0076
      @oddpavlos0076 5 років тому +3

      💯

    • @ekswfrenwn7
      @ekswfrenwn7 5 років тому +20

      @TheAlex29 Greece won the European Championship of basketball as well in 2005

    • @cornnflaekmakris3498
      @cornnflaekmakris3498 5 років тому +3

      add broke and we're good to go

  • @justannpc1866
    @justannpc1866 2 роки тому +4

    Bosnia and Herzegovina: i wanna go to the sea!
    Croatia: no.... okay just a little bit

  • @ellena606
    @ellena606 5 років тому +3204

    Slovenia: Can understand everyone but nobody understands them

  • @nonespecial200
    @nonespecial200 5 років тому +351

    "Wars,battles, music and rakija" ...yeah, that sounds about right.

    • @francek3892
      @francek3892 5 років тому +20

      Russia: We are the best nation we fought so many wars
      Balkan nations: Hold my rakija

    • @gg-ki3of
      @gg-ki3of 5 років тому +8

      and burek

    • @OsmanOsmanHan
      @OsmanOsmanHan 5 років тому +2

      king gamer Its turkish and its called BÖREK

    • @OsmanOsmanHan
      @OsmanOsmanHan 5 років тому +2

      nonespecial200 Its called RAKİ, and its turkish

    • @AlexanderKKolarov
      @AlexanderKKolarov 5 років тому +1

      As we say in Bulgaria "Бой, ебане и сръбска музика"

  • @rickkcir2
    @rickkcir2 5 років тому +521

    The hardest things to explain:
    Terminator timeline
    Meaning of Life
    How the universe was created
    The Balkans

    • @LIAuNXeNON
      @LIAuNXeNON 4 роки тому +8

      And how to watch the fate anime series

    • @skoomabuffer5665
      @skoomabuffer5665 4 роки тому +2

      @@LIAuNXeNON so true, who knows knows

    • @CoolnCarin5241
      @CoolnCarin5241 4 роки тому

      @@LIAuNXeNON so how do i watch it, i've seen some but now I'm confused which one to watch first? Aaaaah I'm going bonkers

    • @LIAuNXeNON
      @LIAuNXeNON 4 роки тому

      @@CoolnCarin5241 don't know I think a UA-camr did s how to watch fate video (I think it was mistychronexia)

    • @Iamtheliquor
      @Iamtheliquor 4 роки тому +2

      Got an answer for the meaning of life. It' 42! Just ask the super computer

  • @funfff
    @funfff 2 роки тому +14

    You dont have to apologise dude! The Greeks' being "loud dancing party animals" is actually our highest achievement. I seriously mean that.

  • @40kgtwink44
    @40kgtwink44 5 років тому +2070

    That's a cool trailer.
    I wonder when the 19 hour movie will come out.

  • @babatomori7215
    @babatomori7215 5 років тому +1097

    Love of rakia, and fear of Promaja. Nothing else matters.

    • @cuzimchichi6386
      @cuzimchichi6386 5 років тому +6

      and the fear od "Dedo Boze ce te karat"

    • @elvisp2202
      @elvisp2202 5 років тому +24

      Zatvori vrata! Uci ce promaja.

    • @lemmypop1300
      @lemmypop1300 5 років тому +4

      @Turkish Incel Brotherhood Actually, rakia (or arak, originally) is the Arabic drink and has nothing to do with Balkan rakia which is a fruit brandy, apart from the name which was borrowed via Turkish. As usual, Turks were just pathway between civilizations - European on one and Arabic and Persian on the other side, without really inventing anything, but claiming other's inventions as their own.

    • @lemmypop1300
      @lemmypop1300 5 років тому +4

      @Turkish Incel Brotherhood No, no, no, you got this all wrong. Turkish culture is just a poor imitation of Byzantine culture with an Islamic twist and a strong Arabic and Persian influence. The Balkans are a child of Byzantium, with Turks just being a continuation of that early relationship.

    • @lemmypop1300
      @lemmypop1300 5 років тому +1

      @Turkish Incel Brotherhood Yeah, maybe day to day you are still the horsemen from the Asian steppes. But the way your country is structured, backstabbing politics with frequent coups, despotic leaders, Constantinople controlling everything, kinda really religious but kinda not, music, art is just a ripoff of Byzantium, Arabs and Persians. And, by the way, when you stop criticizing and making the wrong assumptions about my culture, I'll stop doing that to yours. OK, Mustafa?

  • @gganbp
    @gganbp 5 років тому +517

    Video: "The Balkans Explained"
    * Video begins *
    Barby: There is no way to explain. Stay tuned, bye

  • @abelnicolaebaritone
    @abelnicolaebaritone 3 роки тому +9

    Dude.. this is not an "essay" you do for school. You really are going to base a youtube video on "some people I spoke to said this" ?? The first map you showed is wrong, at 00:37.. that is a WWII map. 00:49 "In modern day they're kinda a cool with eachother".. they DIED fighting eachother no longer than 20 years ago and Kosovo is still unrecognized. Bosnia and Herzegovina might split up in the near future!!! And the mistakes go on (Your channel is called Geography Now, for god's sake!!!).. Why would you do a video whose topic you know nothing about!!?!?!?!? Why.... Can you imagine a historian, when asked about greeks, for example, to answer " Yeah well... I spoke with some greeks" ..lol. Don't ever do this again.

    • @asdasdasdasdasd1596
      @asdasdasdasdasd1596 3 роки тому +2

      Shut up lol😘

    • @macallanvintage
      @macallanvintage 10 місяців тому

      Generally, dont believe ANYTHING that any American says about other regions of the world…unless he/she can show evidence that he/she has actually lived and worked there.
      Would you trust a poor Indian from a small town in Tamilnaidu who has never worked throughout the USA educating you on UA-cam about life in Mississippi?

  • @vherox3826
    @vherox3826 5 років тому +1791

    How to check unity on the balkans
    Tell us that Turks are attacking again

    • @lazarus8453
      @lazarus8453 5 років тому +166

      believe me balkan countrys much more destructive to each other than turks.

    • @marillavonmaurgistro8883
      @marillavonmaurgistro8883 5 років тому +27

      Muslims would celebrate

    • @imshooketh1500
      @imshooketh1500 5 років тому +51

      @melisal 35 Turks are minding their own business nowadays

    • @imshooketh1500
      @imshooketh1500 5 років тому +17

      melisal 35 not everyone unfortunatelly

    • @vherox3826
      @vherox3826 5 років тому +23

      @melisal 35 its the same to someone who fought them. Turkey is just a democratic ottoman empire

  • @mightydogg8031
    @mightydogg8031 5 років тому +2250

    How much alcohol you want?
    Balkans: Yes

    • @mijailo7696
      @mijailo7696 5 років тому +26

      No.. Maybe u think that but we do not drink that much i mean,i was once in germeny and they drink worse than us... They are always drunk.

    • @mightydogg8031
      @mightydogg8031 5 років тому +30

      @@mijailo7696 bruh im from Bulgaria... Personally I drink 3 gallons of rakia everyday

    • @mijailo7696
      @mijailo7696 5 років тому

      @@mightydogg8031 well bro but they do worse yrust me

    • @marcotraina9024
      @marcotraina9024 5 років тому +2

      The southern and the cost region don't for religious or cultural reason (they're muslims or they had not a strong eastern european bond )

    • @mightydogg8031
      @mightydogg8031 5 років тому +6

      @@marcotraina9024 Muslims can eat my pork sausages :3

  • @1stEB_steffen_of_frisia
    @1stEB_steffen_of_frisia 5 років тому +224

    the balkans are not only rich in beautiful landscape, but also in culture and history. greetings from germany!

    • @magicsalmon1803
      @magicsalmon1803 5 років тому +7

      And we love eachother, love from Bosnia

    • @ubisons6161
      @ubisons6161 5 років тому +3

      Their culture is like influenced a lot by the Ottoman Empire

    • @boltmix7294
      @boltmix7294 5 років тому +24

      A lot of the Ottoman culture was influenced by or taken from the Balkans, while the vast majority of the Balkan culture is still in tact even after the Ottomans came
      So saying that the Ottomans influenced them when it's the other way around is retarded
      Not that the Turks care about spreading missinformation

    • @stefanitaalexandru8132
      @stefanitaalexandru8132 5 років тому +4

      @@beplayinwow more slav then ottoman... even in the language slavic language had a big influence. But ottoman empire? Nope..maybe just in a few of the balkans .

    • @ubisons6161
      @ubisons6161 5 років тому +2

      @@boltmix7294 Have you not seen Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia, North Macedonia and Kosovo? I bet your scared ass never visited the Balkans. Half of the Balkans has Ottoman culture

  • @shadowxlink123
    @shadowxlink123 2 роки тому +24

    I’m half Romanian and all the dna tests I’ve taken says I’m half Balkan. So from a genetic point of view we are definitely Balkan

    • @Xxxtrenbolone
      @Xxxtrenbolone Рік тому

      Saying you are Balkan can mean way too many things

  • @anthonytsi8686
    @anthonytsi8686 4 роки тому +762

    nowadays the only wars in the balkans are fought with keyboards

    • @ΒασίληςΑναγνωστάκης
      @ΒασίληςΑναγνωστάκης 4 роки тому +11

      and politicians

    • @Demian_Garcia
      @Demian_Garcia 3 роки тому +77

      No matter where you go, if Kosovo is mentioned once there will be someone in the comments saying "kosova je srbija"

    • @uncle-kolyo
      @uncle-kolyo 3 роки тому +15

      You should see how to 2 drunk grandpas argue. Its the funniest, yet the scariest thing you can witness

    • @ntme-op2jj
      @ntme-op2jj 3 роки тому +18

      Exactly, I cant say I'm macedonian without people bombarding me with "macedonia is greece Macedonia is bulgaria Macedonia is albania"

    • @jakovginic842
      @jakovginic842 3 роки тому +3

      Or with fists

  • @zdravkocacanoski3030
    @zdravkocacanoski3030 5 років тому +617

    "Please do not start with politics and nationalism at the dinner!"
    "Don't worry, I won't."
    *4 glasses of rakija later there is a man explaining the history from the beginning of time till today

    • @Feex92
      @Feex92 5 років тому +45

      And at the beginning of time, there was Serb.

    • @vladob3
      @vladob3 5 років тому +12

      @@Feex92 Exactly! I have some friends who like to explain history to me. Well, from the beginning, when there were just amoebas and of course Serbs.

    • @ДушанРадин-ы3ю
      @ДушанРадин-ы3ю 5 років тому +5

      @@vladob3 No,we came BEFORE the amoeba's :-)!

    • @robertcneki2355
      @robertcneki2355 5 років тому

      Lol WOT serbs LEARN history and stay in school

    • @tobivan3190
      @tobivan3190 5 років тому +1

      @@Feex92 no, Macedonians came before time, do they even teach you anything in school?

  • @SinNombreBiH
    @SinNombreBiH 5 років тому +1858

    Balkan nations are like Game of Thrones.

    • @danboian2295
      @danboian2295 5 років тому +51

      Literally 70% of China's history: Am I a joke to you ?

    • @lisathemagnificentunicorn
      @lisathemagnificentunicorn 5 років тому +24

      In fact there is the theory that the writes took heavy motivation and influence

    • @galinakolara8283
      @galinakolara8283 5 років тому +28

      Did u know that the writer of the books actually took some inspiration from it.Mostly yes turks

    • @t1dra259
      @t1dra259 5 років тому +2

      Sooo... preety shitty

    • @dracarysbih1041
      @dracarysbih1041 5 років тому +2

      that's so true

  • @kremenamicheva1220
    @kremenamicheva1220 2 роки тому +7

    Spot on! I'm from Bulgaria and was biting my lips from time to time, but the video was an absolute gem! Just one small thing though - we understand most of the words/content of all Slavic languages pretty well (but it doesn't work so well the other way around). And Big Thanks for the names' pronunciation!

  • @ma.2623
    @ma.2623 5 років тому +1852

    Balkans, where everyone hates each other, but when it's time for Eurovision, they all support each other...😂

    • @amir6391
      @amir6391 5 років тому +66

      And FIFA

    • @luke342w
      @luke342w 5 років тому +90

      Old people hate each other, but also have fond memories that make them nostalgic about the countries that they say they hate. A weird smoothie of emotions. They'll curse the other folks from the Balkans in general, but if they meet anyone in person, especially outside of Balkan, the outpouring of love is immense. Younger generations are much more chill and less conflicted about that. We have most of the love that the older generations feel towards one another, but basically none of the hate :)

    • @Mia-so6pn
      @Mia-so6pn 5 років тому +15

      False, Macedonia gave Serbia 0 this year, and we gave them 12, smh

    • @naminami9600
      @naminami9600 5 років тому +5

      Shhhh, don't talk about that, let everyone think we hate each other.

    • @denisings3571
      @denisings3571 5 років тому +8

      Argjent Begolli so let me guess.. youre albanian hm?

  • @tudororza
    @tudororza 5 років тому +1395

    Romania for the Balkans is like the neighbour who watches all the drama from his front porch

    • @mihai_1114
      @mihai_1114 5 років тому +65

      @@duckling3615 is not our fault Bulgaria went mad to attack everyone

    • @mihai_1114
      @mihai_1114 5 років тому +5

      @@duckling3615 thanks , Bulgaria is also nice I been there twice, but he wanted to strengthen the relations with the other Balkans nations and wanted to take South Dobrodgea, that's why he joined the war

    • @norbertmiklos3646
      @norbertmiklos3646 5 років тому +7

      @@duckling3615 They stole half of Moldova, all Transylvania and Dobruja, all when these nations were down and fighting against much stronger opponents. You know how Romanians are now.

    • @randompersononthenet8548
      @randompersononthenet8548 5 років тому +42

      @@norbertmiklos3646 Who stole half of moldova? You mean the russians

    • @norbertmiklos3646
      @norbertmiklos3646 5 років тому +7

      @@randompersononthenet8548 sorry, I need to correct: Moldova was an independent kingdom till 1859 were they had an economic crisis so the Kingdom of Walachia leaders use the opportunity to trick them in a referendum to unite with them thus giving birth to the country of Romania (Rumânia check Djuvara historian), in WW2 Russia invaded Romania because it was a Nazi-allied country, after war it took half of Moldova till the Prut river (region known as Bessarabia). After 1991 the SSR of Moldova became the Republic of Moldova and a lot of controversies is around the region West to the Prut which is still under Wallach (Bucharest) control and the majority of the population is induced with stupid nationalistic false identity about a distant Celtic civilization who died out in the times of the Romans, maintaining so a dispute between Chișinău and Bucharest only for political and economic reasons. By the way, the region of Moldova and Bucovina (in Romania) is the poorest region according to an EU statistic on wealth in European regions.

  • @nataivankovic
    @nataivankovic 5 років тому +1311

    The Balkans aren’t a place. They’re a state of mind.

    • @petarm27
      @petarm27 5 років тому +10

      アレクサンドラ・ブラゴジェビッチ hahaha true

    • @martinsterle7955
      @martinsterle7955 5 років тому +3

      true and also romania is part gypsynpar balkan Im sorry for anyone that thinks otherwise...

    • @pauldraghici1095
      @pauldraghici1095 5 років тому +6

      @You Know 95%of The population is not

    • @panosalphaman6197
      @panosalphaman6197 5 років тому

      Ahahahah I liked this one

    • @justinian-the-great
      @justinian-the-great 5 років тому +25

      As a Serb, I agree. If you want to have real Balkan experience, you have to think like us! And, boy oh boy, is that messed up thinking!

  • @marjansimunic8558
    @marjansimunic8558 3 роки тому +6

    Thumbs up dude, one of the most amusing and funny depictions/overviews I've seen for the area and it's countries.

  • @matko-cro-can
    @matko-cro-can 5 років тому +606

    As a history major who specialized in the Balkans, I can't believe you did this in 13 minutes. My degree is worthless!

    • @milicaraseta5173
      @milicaraseta5173 5 років тому +11

      Good luck with our history. You'll need it

    • @matko-cro-can
      @matko-cro-can 5 років тому +3

      @NC Dave you want fries with that?

    • @anushmikael2540
      @anushmikael2540 5 років тому

      Whos saved europe from the arabs in 700s than

    • @puppy5463
      @puppy5463 5 років тому +3

      Anyone's degree about the balkans is worthless unless you are balkan, even us balkans dont understand our mess.
      I wish you good luck. I hope you can solve a little bit of our mess.

  • @gorazdhristovski4685
    @gorazdhristovski4685 5 років тому +522

    Imagine, you get up, call a friend, go downtown in a small city, you know everyone who lives there. Even if you are under 18 you go to the nearest store to get something to drink or you just get some homemade rakija. On the way you meet very friendly people and you initiate conversation, you get drunk with those random people and suddenly its 5 a.m. Its getting bright. Everyone dying for food you decide to go to the nearest bakery and get something good to eat for only 30 cents. Everyone happy you decide to go home. You remember that you have only 10 minute walk even if you live on the other side of the city. Without the fear of being shot or stabbed you go home and lie down on your pillow.
    This is how Balkan feels. You can go on and on making jokes about the Balkan but its the people that matter, I've been to many places, met a lot of people, but only in the Balkan you can find this much welcoming and friendly people . Much love from Macedonia

  • @lazar_krompir2453
    @lazar_krompir2453 5 років тому +1456

    Balkans literally every second: *peace was never an option*

    • @Zefiipiero
      @Zefiipiero 5 років тому +2

      😂

    • @progammistrysmith7464
      @progammistrysmith7464 5 років тому +10

      yes it was, Croatia didnt want war if we wanted war we wouldnt go through the trouble of declaring independence we would of just atacked and won like always, but it seems as if Croatians dont actually want wars and genocides on these areas.

    • @lazar_krompir2453
      @lazar_krompir2453 5 років тому +24

      That is a joke don't take it seriously

    • @eleniss6669
      @eleniss6669 5 років тому

      This is true for the whole Europe

    • @ihaveshittydays6239
      @ihaveshittydays6239 5 років тому +2

      Inace iz hrvatske sam ali živim u njemackoj

  • @5kovich
    @5kovich 2 роки тому +7

    I'm a Serb and this is one of my favourite videos now. The description of each country is so accurate it's comical lmao

  • @sohopedeco
    @sohopedeco 5 років тому +134

    Actually, unlike Basque, both Greek and Albanian are known to be Indo-European languages. They only don't have any close language relatives like Romance, Germanic, Slavic and Celtic languages among themselves.

    • @gillesdupouy8357
      @gillesdupouy8357 5 років тому +1

      Exactly, they just don't have close cousins

    • @quantumedbox4341
      @quantumedbox4341 5 років тому +1

      that is the point, but yeah, he said it roughly

    • @jesusizquierdo3831
      @jesusizquierdo3831 5 років тому +2

      are Hungarian, Finnish and Estonian indo-european?

    • @TheButterKing1000
      @TheButterKing1000 5 років тому +6

      Jesus Izquierdo no, they are Uralic languages

    • @sohopedeco
      @sohopedeco 5 років тому +1

      @@jesusizquierdo3831 No, but they are somewhat close relative among each other.

  • @drankinfn5313
    @drankinfn5313 4 роки тому +1451

    Everyone :
    Trying to understand the history of the United States
    **The balkans watching from the corner**
    PATHETIC

    • @voyance4elle
      @voyance4elle 4 роки тому +72

      "everyone"? You mean the Americans? 😂

    • @eister6058
      @eister6058 4 роки тому +2

      🤣🤣

    • @palmabolp
      @palmabolp 3 роки тому +13

      As someone from the Balkans i aprove

    • @muslim.jäger
      @muslim.jäger 3 роки тому +3

      @@voyance4elle 😂😂😂😂

    • @Kai-fz9oy
      @Kai-fz9oy 3 роки тому +1

      true

  • @redjaypictures4528
    @redjaypictures4528 3 роки тому +564

    History teacher: okay students, write an essay explaining the history of the balkans!
    Every single student: (switches major to engineering)

  • @lepavenoska8606
    @lepavenoska8606 2 роки тому +6

    Such a fun video. And pretty much accurate. All that happened on the Balkan is far from fun, even scary, but still you managed to make it funny. Good job

  • @goonersfanno1
    @goonersfanno1 3 роки тому +1659

    Yeah, politically and in terms of religion, we all "hate" each other.
    On the other hand, normal, simple people never have problems. We get along quite well.
    Especially when we meet in Germany haha

  • @jots2493
    @jots2493 4 роки тому +1263

    Balkan countries when they are bored: Let's start an argument over something that happened long time ago

    • @meritond2339
      @meritond2339 4 роки тому +18

      Not too long ago tho

    • @panzer682
      @panzer682 4 роки тому +17

      Sounds like my parents

    • @ranjanbiswas3233
      @ranjanbiswas3233 4 роки тому +6

      Yes 25 year is long time ago, freaking liberal.

    • @dorianbrlic8632
      @dorianbrlic8632 4 роки тому +1

      @Elalae La my Tesla xD

    • @veskotalisman
      @veskotalisman 4 роки тому

      @@arjan5071 hey i know your comment is old but i have to ask do kosovars care if theyre independent and if they do do they really want to join albania or its just toxic albanian kid propaganda and after telling me the answer the third question is why all of it

  • @konstantinagrivas2355
    @konstantinagrivas2355 3 роки тому +1821

    Love my Balkan brothers and sisters. We really are one dysfunctional family but in the end, we are also a loving family. Greetings from Greece!

  • @teraspa1332
    @teraspa1332 2 роки тому +21

    actually romania is also balkan part of it to be specific

  • @andrejvuk2751
    @andrejvuk2751 5 років тому +430

    Explaining the complexity of the Balkans and not starting a new war?!? Well done. And yes... rakija!

    • @theodorevogiatzis874
      @theodorevogiatzis874 5 років тому

      Politically is a powder keg

    • @Stamatis_Misirlis
      @Stamatis_Misirlis 5 років тому

      Greece is the defence super power of the balkans, and warranty the peace of the region.

  • @greKo27
    @greKo27 5 років тому +551

    This comment section:
    98% lmao lets watch the balkans fight
    2% balkan heart emojis

    • @marcnassif2822
      @marcnassif2822 5 років тому +13

      I'm glad actually :D
      A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one

    • @aleksanderpilipovic7248
      @aleksanderpilipovic7248 5 років тому

      Blame the politicians.

    • @doublem1354
      @doublem1354 5 років тому

      Oooo, kako si točan/točna....
      Ali da budem stopostotno iskren, katkad imam osjećaj kao da HDZ-ovci zaista žele ponovo vidjeti rat.

    • @josephcro2138
      @josephcro2138 5 років тому

      You are not looking hard enough.

    • @patstrabane2135
      @patstrabane2135 5 років тому +1

      Celtic nations next!

  • @costafinkel
    @costafinkel 3 роки тому +1375

    Kids in my country: I love history, math is too complicated
    Kids in the balkans: Math aint that bad..

    • @justsomeguywithahandlebarm2456
      @justsomeguywithahandlebarm2456 3 роки тому +88

      Y'all laugh but this is legit how it works
      we unironucalky enjoy maths

    • @vanjajusufovic4151
      @vanjajusufovic4151 3 роки тому +14

      Dude me too (Serbian)

    • @luvinqari8577
      @luvinqari8577 3 роки тому +7

      Im a genius at math and im 10,my mom is 37 and she says 100×200=2,000,nooo mum its 20,000

    • @monke3858
      @monke3858 3 роки тому

      @@luvinqari8577 ur country?

    • @luvinqari8577
      @luvinqari8577 3 роки тому +13

      @@monke3858 almost the whole balkan is good at math

  • @bcvijasiu
    @bcvijasiu 2 роки тому +4

    This is too good, too funny and TRUE!
    Thank you for putting this together.
    Živio (with a shot of rakija of course)!
    I am Yugo through and through. Love all my Yugoslavian brothers and sisters.

  • @nobodyinparticular6136
    @nobodyinparticular6136 4 роки тому +2745

    Say Kosovo is an independent country in the bathroom mirror 3 times and an angry Serb will appear.
    Edit: *how to start a comment war 101*

    • @elvissh853
      @elvissh853 4 роки тому +124

      Fuck you Kosovo is Albanian fuck serbia

    • @aubreypizarro2494
      @aubreypizarro2494 4 роки тому +61

      @@elvissh853 fuck you for saying fuck Kosovo

    • @nemanjagaric553
      @nemanjagaric553 4 роки тому +162

      @@aubreypizarro2494 He didint say fuck kosovo he said "fuck you,kosovo is albanian"
      which isnt true

    • @aubreypizarro2494
      @aubreypizarro2494 4 роки тому +43

      @@nemanjagaric553 oh well Kosovo fuck you Albania is kosovo

    • @melodikazazi5729
      @melodikazazi5729 4 роки тому +15

      💀

  • @minafrosbaboci7826
    @minafrosbaboci7826 5 років тому +800

    The Balkans
    Where we love drinking, hate working and complain about our miserable life all the time
    you nailed this video

    • @djwrox94
      @djwrox94 5 років тому +9

      That sums up Australia aswell

    • @theteamazingmike
      @theteamazingmike 5 років тому +9

      The Balkans
      Then: Wonce your having fun time drinking rakija, and then the second you know it, your being persecuted for hating a balkan country.
      Now: What you said.

    • @haruno21
      @haruno21 5 років тому +2

      Well no one likes working lol

    • @generalviewer8347
      @generalviewer8347 5 років тому +2

      exatly im bulgarian

    • @NjamNjam0
      @NjamNjam0 5 років тому +3

      Also we complain bout the goverments

  • @kaiservonpanzer213
    @kaiservonpanzer213 5 років тому +257

    Video: The Balkans explained
    Me: impossible

  • @rickrollconnoisseur1926
    @rickrollconnoisseur1926 2 роки тому +1

    it took me about 5 minutes before I realised that my history teacher from three years ago made me watch a few videos from this guy's channel

  • @gagoimaliu
    @gagoimaliu 5 років тому +1261

    Romania: not Balkan
    Also Romania: fought in the 2nd Balkan War

    • @raptorman420
      @raptorman420 5 років тому +42

      It didn't fought Romanian just took Dobruja Bulgaria

    • @dr.vikyll7466
      @dr.vikyll7466 5 років тому +7

      @@raptorman420 yes I understand

    • @Gamer-zn2oc
      @Gamer-zn2oc 5 років тому +42

      Is America Asian for fighting in the Vietnam war ?
      Sounds good but not a good example

    • @МаК3т0
      @МаК3т0 5 років тому +33

      Yea the bastrards backed us while we were at war with Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Ottoman empire.. They cant 1vs1 us thats why they did this.

    • @zashtozaboga
      @zashtozaboga 5 років тому +14

      @@МаК3т0 tutrakan? silistra? dobrich? romanians are a bunch of путьовци which fights with everyone after the first glass of beer

  • @daiatanasova
    @daiatanasova 5 років тому +783

    Balkan people - very warm, very loud, very passionate people, who may have a lot of issues but also amazing food, rich culture and traditions, and we love to party hard!

    • @dimifisher
      @dimifisher 5 років тому +2

      What do you mean issues!? 🤣

    • @cdchooone2554
      @cdchooone2554 5 років тому +23

      This is Sparta? No, THIS IS SVADBA!!!! (Gun point upward and start shooting)

    • @sramejlivko97
      @sramejlivko97 5 років тому +6

      @Turkish Incel Brotherhood just stay out of Europe, son

    • @annenkrdsm4115
      @annenkrdsm4115 5 років тому +1

      And know how to stole culture...yogurt,rakia,baklava

    • @annenkrdsm4115
      @annenkrdsm4115 5 років тому +1

      @Turkish Incel Brotherhood youre right my friend

  • @dimitrijerajkovic5882
    @dimitrijerajkovic5882 5 років тому +319

    We could talk about Balkans until end of our lives without stopping and we still won't say everything

    • @djordjekunarac5298
      @djordjekunarac5298 5 років тому +3

      *anything

    • @stefmyt5062
      @stefmyt5062 5 років тому +10

      @@djordjekunarac5298 no, "everything" is right because he means no matter how much we talk, no-one could cover everything about the balkans

    • @cochan7347
      @cochan7347 5 років тому +1

      @@stefmyt5062 no one could cover everything about anything...

    • @stefmyt5062
      @stefmyt5062 5 років тому

      @@cochan7347 Of course they could, think about this, describe your hand. After a long time, you will have covered everything about it, to the point where no one would be able to add something to that description.
      But I see what you're doing, you're trying to be poetic about this, but this is not the place for this.

    • @cochan7347
      @cochan7347 5 років тому +1

      @@stefmyt5062 No, I cannot cover everything about my hand. I don't know which gene generated its formation, I don't know why I have Paronychia (tho slightly), I don't know many reasons about the appearances on my hand. I even don't know when my hand got cut... I just realized that there is a tiny scab on my hand but I don't know when it get wounded. If you keep asking 'why' then there must be something you don't know. No one can cover everything.

  • @milketodorova6114
    @milketodorova6114 Рік тому +2

    As a bulgarian🇧🇬 it pains me to see he didn't show pre-ottoman balknas.

  • @nazaretnazaretian778
    @nazaretnazaretian778 5 років тому +609

    caucas: im complicated and dangerous region
    Balkans: hold my beer

    • @Alex-qd5hy
      @Alex-qd5hy 5 років тому +12

      Caucasus is more complicated than Balkans

    • @samurai_1179
      @samurai_1179 5 років тому +85

      *hold my rakija

    • @l1mi13
      @l1mi13 5 років тому +15

      Shouldnt it be: Hold my border?

    • @offlinecommando5839
      @offlinecommando5839 5 років тому +1

      if you compare the Balkan regions with other regions. It's actually the complete opposite. You are just one of the many dumb, and succesfull experiments. LOL

    • @MankindDiary
      @MankindDiary 5 років тому +3

      @@Alex-qd5hy Caucaus didn't start I World War y'know.

  • @andreasschafer6316
    @andreasschafer6316 5 років тому +519

    Trying to explain the Balkans in a 14 minute video is just not gonna work buddy

    • @alexandrub8786
      @alexandrub8786 5 років тому +6

      He left Kebab and the odd latins out so now is only countries that he alreadt made videos for each of them.

    • @jaggr1287
      @jaggr1287 5 років тому +3

      Yes, but wouldn't you rather he try to explain what's going on in a key region of the world rather than leave people uneducated entirely on the topic and controversies surrounding it?

    • @SillyhAsH
      @SillyhAsH 5 років тому +10

      14 minutes, 14 hours, 14 days, 14 month, 14years there will never be enough time to explain that. I gave up on trying to understand that mess.

    • @steva1212
      @steva1212 5 років тому +3

      yeah, but in 14 min, he did it fantastic, who wants more need to do research

    • @steva1212
      @steva1212 5 років тому +2

      @durgesh patel or Serbia :)))

  • @DRAKO9764
    @DRAKO9764 5 років тому +1291

    Visit the Balkan, you car is probably already here...

    • @fapmashina1
      @fapmashina1 5 років тому +10

      L. O. L. 👍👍👍

    • @mylist0song
      @mylist0song 5 років тому +7

      😂😂😂

    • @pivektv5041
      @pivektv5041 5 років тому +6

      hahahahahahahah and jewelry

    • @funksioni1689
      @funksioni1689 5 років тому +1

      DRAKO9764 hahahahahah

    • @pan9519
      @pan9519 5 років тому +1

      probably one of the best youtube comment i've ever seen.

  • @anneneville6255
    @anneneville6255 2 роки тому +4

    Mate, all ancestors basically came from Asian. Even the Slavs came from asia, since we are all EURASIA

  • @demetriosb5758
    @demetriosb5758 5 років тому +109

    “Greeks love being Greek”
    Yea that’s 100% accurate and I’ve heard that more than once in my life. I will say though that Greeks really love wine and and it’s a major staple in Greece.

    • @emeraldsroses0524
      @emeraldsroses0524 5 років тому +16

      Demetrios b and with Italians we always say "una faccia, una razza"

    • @spastheghost
      @spastheghost 5 років тому +1

      I thought it's all about that ouzo in Greece

    • @johnkl3566
      @johnkl3566 5 років тому

      No wine only rakja (tsipouro) at least in the North

    • @pyrrhocorax
      @pyrrhocorax 5 років тому +1

      @@johnkl3566 rakija in Greek is called ρακή(raki) or τσικουδιά(tsikuðia)
      It's similar to ούζο(uzo), but they aren't exactly the same.

    • @Ezio2713
      @Ezio2713 5 років тому

      @@johnkl3566 its also wine in the North

  • @Guimaster127
    @Guimaster127 5 років тому +319

    8:30 Lazy Olympics?
    Me, a Spanish person: Now this looks like a job for me.
    *_S I E S T A T I M E_*

    • @Charlzton
      @Charlzton 5 років тому +9

      Omggg siesta is the best thing ever though, the world would just be a better place if everyone chilled out for like an hour in the middle of the day

    • @roddy_ricch9392
      @roddy_ricch9392 5 років тому +2

      @durgesh patel u write that under every comment

    • @dqmir8706
      @dqmir8706 5 років тому +2

      Ahi estamos😂

    • @apostolosgoulas2009
      @apostolosgoulas2009 5 років тому +6

      @@ravys They are are tired of being tired.

    • @salva1622
      @salva1622 5 років тому +4

      @@ravys I wanted to tell you why Spanish are the laziest, but I'm lazy so I won't
      -Also a Spanish

  • @THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL
    @THECOMMUNISTCHANNEL 4 роки тому +669

    Anything: *happens*
    Balkans: *YOU HAVE PROVOKED A GANG WAR*

  • @VHOS-db1td
    @VHOS-db1td 2 роки тому +3

    Where is Romania from the Balkans map???

  • @freelanceauthority
    @freelanceauthority 4 роки тому +842

    Geography Now: Balkans explained
    Balkans: ✨💥⚠️☪️🕺🍻💣🥘☢️✝️💥🎶

  • @funkyfiss
    @funkyfiss 3 роки тому +1026

    "GREEKS LOVE BEING GREEK" As a Greek I can 100% confirm!

    • @boricuadetorontocanada
      @boricuadetorontocanada 3 роки тому +30

      So true, and you remind us every day

    • @megasbaladoros
      @megasbaladoros 3 роки тому +5

      @@boricuadetorontocanada indeed, so true and I wish I could say it any better.
      Apologies my friend 😊

    • @randomfacts9344
      @randomfacts9344 3 роки тому +8

      Greeks also loved to be romans

    • @christosmavromaras
      @christosmavromaras 3 роки тому +1

      και μην ακουω βλακειες... μια μακεδονια ελληνικη υπαρχει

    • @funkyfiss
      @funkyfiss 3 роки тому +4

      @@randomfacts9344 Yes and No. Mithridates would argue with you on that one.

  • @mrhilla1438
    @mrhilla1438 5 років тому +226

    Patch Amberdash has three people groups as well, Latvians, Lithuanians, and Estonians

  • @marinka1895
    @marinka1895 2 роки тому +2

    4:50 The Cyrilic was not created by Cyril and Methodius, the Glagolitic was. The Cyrilic was (probably) created in the Preslav literary school (according to another theory by Kliment of Ohrid but that's disputed) and named after Cyril in honour of him.

  • @Daniel-jm7ts
    @Daniel-jm7ts 5 років тому +719

    Croatia and greece be like: ***infinite islands unlocked***

    • @brunonovosel7846
      @brunonovosel7846 5 років тому +42

      • Daniel And Slovenia and Bosnia be like: *small coastline unlocked*

    • @honeycombcoma
      @honeycombcoma 5 років тому +23

      Oh hey, I'm half Greek and half Croatian

    • @urosprica8670
      @urosprica8670 5 років тому +7

      so your a serb

    • @sreckocuvalo8110
      @sreckocuvalo8110 5 років тому +2

      @@urosprica8670 damn, never realised this before.

    • @dusandjordjevic8556
      @dusandjordjevic8556 5 років тому +4

      And Serbia and Macedonia be like: "F... you!"

  • @bvucaj
    @bvucaj 5 років тому +467

    Im studying in Belgrade, im from Varazdin ( Croatia) near Slovenia and my best friend in Belgrade was montenegrian guy and ex girlfriend was macedonian
    We love each other, you shouldnt think politics can ever tear us appart :)
    Pozdrav svim ljudima, balkan je najjaci iako Varazdin tehnički nije Balkan :P

    • @1970DRT
      @1970DRT 5 років тому +10

      Nema veze ako nije samo ti imaj rakiju u kuci😀

    • @janmocnik6529
      @janmocnik6529 5 років тому

      Kaj studiras u Beogradu i kak to da nisi u Zagreb otisal

    • @bvucaj
      @bvucaj 5 років тому +15

      Jan Močnik medicinu, probao u Bgd jer ovde nema na prijemnom fizike koja mi je slabije isla i upao sam, 4 mesta mi falilo u zgb
      I ostao jer se zaljubio u grad, u drustvo, hranu i makedonku :) i eto ostao i zavrsavam

    • @nikolacvetic1863
      @nikolacvetic1863 5 років тому +1

      Balkan balkanskim narodima.😉

    • @todd5640
      @todd5640 5 років тому

      To radi kako za koga ali ok imaj zabave sa ljudima samo se nemoj iznenaditi ako nastane novi rat i odmah te napuste zbog pripadnosti zamlji

  • @EmaPoppy
    @EmaPoppy 5 років тому +58

    In your home country you can hear some bad things about your balkan neighbours, but abroad, in western Europe, any other balkan person you meet is immediately a good friend. Its just how it goes!
    A cool video, good job!! :)
    Greetings from Croatia!

    • @aminaderlic6241
      @aminaderlic6241 5 років тому +2

      Enemies in the Balkans but friends anywhere else in the world 😅
      Balkan is state of mind, basically 😁

  • @yonnik5501
    @yonnik5501 2 роки тому +3

    We are like the siblings that fight each other but still love.

  • @Slimsadiee
    @Slimsadiee 5 років тому +497

    Im from balkan and the only actual problem is goverments
    For example:
    -Yeah i dont like u
    -oh well.... War?
    -yeah sure

    • @Slimsadiee
      @Slimsadiee 5 років тому +6

      @Oricand naaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh :)

    • @3eeerc
      @3eeerc 5 років тому +18

      Winner gets rakija

    • @shqiptariidukagjinit
      @shqiptariidukagjinit 5 років тому +12

      SadiTheShitPoster
      Balkan citizens: *having fun*
      Government: “ hey we haven’t had a war in a while.”

    • @darioavramov
      @darioavramov 5 років тому

      @@kikirac tad ce sve biti u normalu

    • @urosstojmanovski5082
      @urosstojmanovski5082 5 років тому

      basicly bosnia, croatia and montenegro is serbia with a little diference

  • @ampeliahotel6265
    @ampeliahotel6265 3 роки тому +311

    The Balkans are the HARDEST things to explain

  • @nickgrigoriou1643
    @nickgrigoriou1643 5 років тому +921

    Balkans, where every country wants parts of their neighbours.

    • @CKwoi
      @CKwoi 5 років тому +97

      That's completely false. The right way to say it is: Balkans, where every country has parts of it occupied by their neighbors but will get it back... Someday... Right?

    • @nickgrigoriou1643
      @nickgrigoriou1643 5 років тому +32

      @@CKwoi Greece has the most parts occupied by their neighbours though...

    • @boske_77
      @boske_77 5 років тому +8

      @@nickgrigoriou1643 What about Serbia lmao?

    • @nickgrigoriou1643
      @nickgrigoriou1643 5 років тому +56

      @@boske_77 They're the 2nd country in the Balkans alongside with Greece that have the most occupied land by others.
      Remember this, whoever is the most hated, is the best and most successful. Greece and Serbia are by far the most hated countries.
      Thing is, these countries didn't do massive genocides and other unfair and inhumane acts like Turkey. Turkey is hated because of it's attitude.

    • @CKwoi
      @CKwoi 5 років тому +8

      @@nickgrigoriou1643 Let's not get into irredentist olympics xD Not in the Balkans - it always ends badly :D

  • @TheFightmaster22
    @TheFightmaster22 3 роки тому +3

    Comment section is too peaceful. Something's wrong, I can feel it.

  • @lukaluka8432
    @lukaluka8432 5 років тому +344

    And we have one thing that you can find only in Balkans
    It is called *Promaja*

    • @waffilushus
      @waffilushus 5 років тому +72

      I love that it doesnt matter where in balkan you live, croatia, albania, kosovo, Greece, serbia, bosnia, Macedonia, slovenia... promaja is our biggest threat to extinction. We should unite against this common enemy and walk door to door and make sure that windows are not open simultaneously on two different walls in every house.

    • @lukaluka8432
      @lukaluka8432 5 років тому +4

      @@waffilushus Da hahahah

    • @Andrea-bp9in
      @Andrea-bp9in 5 років тому +28

      Lately, moms fear something equally bad according to them: goli zglobovi i bubrezi

    • @tashkipa
      @tashkipa 5 років тому +2

      in italy it's called colpo d'aria

    • @eleniasimop
      @eleniasimop 5 років тому

      I am Greek. What is "promaja"????

  • @babikingu3928
    @babikingu3928 4 роки тому +220

    Balkans: *Peace was never an option*

  • @straightmatcha3207
    @straightmatcha3207 5 років тому +342

    Balkans is like that one wild high school party where everyone is drunk😂 Love my balkan brothers and sisters❤️ Greetings from Greece

    • @oklik6864
      @oklik6864 5 років тому +8

      That's sympathetic from you, cheers too !

    • @skenderbeu6608
      @skenderbeu6608 5 років тому +7

      StraightMatcha love you too Greek friend 😘

    • @kyrrr
      @kyrrr 5 років тому +7

      Greetings from Macedonia, Greek friend!

    • @straightmatcha3207
      @straightmatcha3207 5 років тому +4

      @랑몰 you count as a neighbour, so i guess you are invited too😂

    • @prodkill5401
      @prodkill5401 5 років тому +6

      God bless THE BALKANS greetings from Bulgaria :P