I was inadvertently forced to grow up in NYC because of the wars. Moved back to belgrade in 2005 (after 16 years in the US), best decision of my life, never looked back!
Oooooh but being from Toronto, NYC is special, thats where I fell in love with a jewish/gypsy girl from Ukraine when I was 18..... and well, I would have lived there if the Americans were not so fascist with visas for Canadians to live in their country. But yeah, I would get sick of that too and move to fucking Belgrade... Instead of NYC, it was London.. Different shit, same smell.
I completly agree with you..I am from India and My husband is from Serbia.. I was really surprised to see people, they are so warm and really very good at heart. I was and am always excited to travel Serbia.. I just love Serbia a lot and lot and lot.. It's not about money, but definitely about the happiness that you can see and get from people. Love you serbia😘😘😘😘.. 🇮🇳... Loads of love
I am a Brazilian living in the Netherlands. What you said about the people in London is basically the same for the people here... they’re cold, have a sense of moral superiority, are boring and arrogant, have no charisma (with some exceptions). I went to the Balkans on vacation and fell in love... beautiful, polite, friendly, warming people and an amazing culture and beautiful language. Western Europe is maybe richer, but they lost that social cohesion that drives a society. I felt somehow safer and more secure about the future in the Balkans. You have that proud, that joy of living and what I call “good patriotism”. Please don’t believe the Western media! You are on the right path! Time will tell! Much love from the Netherlands!
CM V Yes you are right about London, so much different people are there, you just need to think which vibe you like and go straight to that one, this is the thing I like about London, there are opportunities to choose whom you would like to make friendship with, others could be ignored in total.
Quality of life here in Serbia is zero, I would emigrate out of Serbia if I could only have an opportunity. Serbia is lawless country, corruption and nepotism is present everywhere.People with middle schools in state service are paid more than professors and physicians. My family lost house and entire property in 1945 when communists came to power and it was never returned back to us. Stil Serbians are proud of something they can not be proud of.
Erik, you give the best, most in-depth reviews on a city. I love that! It's profoundly helpful. I'm a native New Yorker. But your videos were the clincher that made me finally make up my mind to relocate to Beograd this year. A thousand thanks. See you in Beograd!
Hi, yep, I lived in East London - Stratford - awful, I managed a year and it was not for me. However, I had come down from the North of England. You should have checked out living in the North, cheaper, more friendly and I returned with joy! That said, I bloody love Belgrade. I have been working with colleagues on projects in the Western Balkans for 8 years. I chose to actually have my 50th birthday last year in Belgrade, with my great friends. I can only tell you that I totally get your love for Belgrade. Thanks for your vids, really interesting!!
1:53 as an ex Londoner for that exact reason. As a Canadian you can speak the truth because you're a migrant yourself. If an English person said anything like what you just did, they would be called extremist or racist... As a white English Christian who was being told very violently that I don't belong there, by migrants who'd just arrived. I grew tired of their bullying. Am sick of political correctness for people who want to change others ways of life, especially when they use pc only for speaking against their way, their life, their culture, their religion. That is not integration or unity we welcomed them with. There are many other nice places of the world to see. London is probably the last place I'd ever choose to live again on earth. If anyone was truly hand on their heart honest about London.... It's a complete multicultural, disastrous, failure. It might have worked if migration was better managed, less hate filled psychos, and good caring, positive, loving people came instead..... Anyway, lessons learned for other places. Don't follow what London did.
Why did you move and not choose to fight and join a nationalist party, leaving London or the uk to that fact to the dogs is an insult to your ancestors who fought so hard and died to build it.
There are lots of people coming from west to live in Serbia, Croatia, Poland etc only because they want to live among people who resembles them, culturally and physically. That's just how nature works and there is nothing racist about it, at least in my book. In western countries you can't live like that anymore so they come to eastern europe. They all say how Serbia is safe, even in night time you can walk where ever you want, well that's bc we are 99% white christian country and that's truth, if someone finds this racist idc.
@@johndeesnotebook5790 you have mixed two countries which although are slavic have not much in common: serbia and poland, one is balkan culture and the other Mitteleuropa culture. Balkan per nature is a confluence of cultures and motiffs, from greek to ottoman, from illyrian to roma.
@@ricardopontes7177 Your point is? I said that foreigners are coming here bc it is 98% white country, i don't care if some snowflakes get offended by this statement. All these americans, canadians ect. who came here to live, are saying, whooaaa it is so safeee you can walk at night without any sort of problems...it is safe bc our country is racial homogenus, no 'precious' diversity over here..and all those SJW reasons be like, but, but, but poor people live in gheto so they must do crime, are just one big bs. Serbia and Serbs are poor af but you still can walk alone in a middle of the night. And don't talk about Polish people to me and how we are different, had two Polish bros 2 years ago staying at my place, every day i listened from them how it's all the same, people are same, their mindset, culture, food, everything is almost the same.
I live in London and I completely agree with you. Just waiting for the right moment to move back to Bulgaria where you can experience the pleasures of life fully and cherish every single day.
What really pisses me off about London is the robotic nature of people. No enjoyment, only work. Friends don't matter, only getting up at 6am to go to work, always miserable.
very good video, hope many people see it, because here in Belgrade, everyone dreams about going abroad and not seeing how good actually here it can be ☺
yeah, thanks for this, it is actually more about mentality than geography... the best solution for those who want to leave is for them to GO AND COME BACK. Sitting and complaining for sure does not make anything better in Serbia... Going and trying in the world, whether leaving Serbia or not, that will lead to development for sure. Wake up and try something today, if you are lazy you will get nothing, but if you try, you will at least learn.
Soo true.. London, is all about having/wanting to have money. Everyone is basically at each others throats. There's far too many people, and its easy to understand why there's this constant flow of flu infections circulating the public arena.. Houses are far too small, and the culture is far too varied. People are so repressed that even when they're dating, serious amounts of alcohol get consumed everyday. Health wise, I noticed that hygiene in YU states is far better than in UK. I know that sounds crazy, but its true. Yugo states also recycle more of their waste than UK (especially Croatia, & Slovenia). The fact that unemployment is high gives people the ability to spend more time together. I think this also plays a part in how they define their neighbourhoods & families. Here in London, in 10 odd years that I've lived at the same address, I might have met my neighbour 5 times..
Milena Rakocevic well, everyone wants to go abroad because they simply have no idea how hard we work and how many hours a day, 6 or 7 days a week.... and they have no idea how expensive life is abroad so we have to work long hours and every single day a week!!!
Hey,just found your channel,enjoyed your insights,i finished recently with a slavic girl and i must agree the best ever,i sometimes live in nth bohemia,czech but now in australia for awhile.Cheers for the tip!Belgrade here i come.
Hey man great video, having a Serbian and a Canadian passport is really useful you can basically travel the whole world visa free but you probably know that. Getting a passport is a pretty easy process pretty sure you don't even have to speak Serbian. I love your videos keep up the good work!
You hit the spot by the end where you mentioned the local economy. The best combo life can give you is making money abroad and spending it in Belgrade. Making money in Belgrade and living there can be a pretty rough ride though.
It used to be more common before the ethnic cleansing in 1945. For example my grandmother's name at birth was Vera Dragica Teck (now it's Vera Dragica Muth) and she grew up in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (former Pressburg, Austria-Hungary) speaking German and Slovak equally. I can't say that she's Slavic or German, she's both, with 1/4 Czech blood and a family tree which extends all through the former Austro-Hungarian empire... My grandfather, also from Bratislava, also spoke Hungarian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian, etc... Then the Russians came in 1945 and proceeded to kick us out. Parts of my family stayed though, my grandmother's sister married a police officer from the communist regime, but still everyone had miserable lives under communism, where us who went to Canada just had to put up with the boredom of living in the country. My mother is half Ukrainian also, her family were from Kiev and were in charge of breeding horses for the Russian Czar. They heard there was going to be a war, so they left Ukraine in 1914, before the big shit. Had one kid, Peter, who married an WASP (White Anglo Saxon protestant) who was my grandmother, who was crazy enough to marry a Slav first marriage and a greek for the second. Short story, I am a Slavic German and Serbia feels like my natural habitat.
You have really really mixed roots. And I don't know if anyone told you already that you still have some German accent. At first I thought your are originally from Germany but when I heard you say Toronto,Canada I was like WTF! :D I'm not surprised that you feel Serbia as natural habitat maybe because your Slavic side gens "work" and "want to go home". :D That's normal because I also know some Serbs how feel much better living in Spain,Italy or Ireland than Serbia. It's just like that and who knows why. I have a friend,born and raised in Serbia went to school together, who told me something like "I feel I'm alive only when I'm in Barcelona". The other one use every single chance to spend time in southeast Asia,Vietnam,Burma etc. The guy just LOVE to be there. I like Mexico or Mediteranian lifestyle (wich is pretty similar to Serbian lifestyle,hehe). So,that's normal, some people just looking for their own part of the sun under the sky.And that could be elsewhere than place they were born and raised. Anyway,glad you enjoy your life in Belgrade. And just go on. That is only matters.
yeah.. my german roots do show... and so do the slavic ones i think. we should all go where we feel our heart's passion strongest, for me it's here. if you go to a place like that and follow your heart, i believe that all other parts of life can fall into place if you work hard to make it happen.
It's funny because i feel this way about belgrade,the way you described london, haha When I went more south-west to the Mediterranean, that's where i've found myself. So i can relate :) laughed so much when you mentioned slavic women
I live in Novi Sad and I could tell you a bit more about the rental and apartment costs, especially since I used to live in the Netherlands and in Germany. In Amsterdam and in Munchen I paid 1350EUR and 1250EUR (since it was on renovation) and in here around 400EUR with all the amenities.
Hello Erik. I think that next time you visit the UK, you should have a look at the North West...Liverpool and Manchester. Very different to London. Both are known as being welcoming to immigration, especially Liverpool with its rich seafaring history. The NW is rich in culture, music, history, sport. Well known as being a completely different vibe than London. The people are a lot different, more humour, more laid back. If anywhere reminds me a little of Belgrade, its Liverpool, I think. Maybe have a look..
Also, check out a UA-camr by the name of 'Simon Wilson'. He is from North Wales..which is basically the North West. He does a lot of Vlogs and travel challenges across the world. I am thinking you will enjoy what he does. He lives in Manchester now. I think you two could 'bounce' off each other really well. The North West of England...its the place to go. (Well, when this virus is over it will be!)
Thanks Yogi Man :) Maybe sometime...... I'm trying to cut down on the beer this year cause it makes me fat and alcohol in general cause with the amount I can drink it could seriously fucking kill me...But maybe RAKIJA? ;)
Hahahaha, rakija is fine too :) although I do not mind good ol' coffee either... I am not into pushing people into alcoholism, don't worry :P Here you can see the news service I am doing, and you can message me through that site, I think it would be really cool to meet you... and who knows, maybe we can make some cooperation too? :D facebook.com/serbiadaily/
I like your way of thinking. It's funny tho to see people asking if you know the language or have you been in some other parts, why does it matter? It's your life. People here don't like being called out for something so get used to having them offended for any way of criticism. Anyway off topic i like your videos and i think they can do a good job at promoting Serbia and changing some stereotipical way of thinking. Keep up those videos brate
Thank you... Actually I think it does matter if I speak Serbian, but honestly the most startling revelation is that when I speak Serbian they think I'm local they treat me worse than if they would think I was a foreigner. Think about that.
That's because we think foreigners generally have a bad opinion about us and we are trying to prove them wrong, that is the main reason i guess why we act differently, with exceptions ofcourse. Some people are really kind, some not so much
I live my whole life in Belgrade and from let say 50 girls I found that only 5 were the exactly what I want while all other were just nice, beautiful etc
this is so true and many people think serbs are so stupid and think just worst about us but actually we are so good,friendly and welcoming and we just enjoy are life and smile.Visit us and see it
south and east london are infamous from long ago, but the plumbing as issue in XXI century london is surprising to me, it is as it was taken from 'only fools and horses' scene :)
yes, but it's true, in the sorts of places in London which fit my budget, the toilets don't flush and let's say don't get me started on the two taps for hot and cold. Come on guys.
you need to leave actual belgrade and go to surrounding suburbs to experience that sort of problem. east london is what - like voždovac or miljakovac where that kind of problem doesn't exist.... it's known that london is too expensive. you can not drink a cup of coffee not to feel cheated, no matter where you come from....
Please if you have any veze please give me a hookup so I can get Serbian passport and go to Russia, China and Brazil without visas, which I need as Canadian.
Belgrade Beat Why don't you marry someone? Our diaspora is doing that for people who want to go abroad. They marry someone from here so those who want to go can get a foreign citizenship. You can do it also. You know that everything is corrupted here so "veza" would ask for money to get you a citizenship. It's easier to marry some girl-friend in some municipalities, then to give money to our corrupted police. That kind of "wedding" is cheaper than "veza". 😂 Also with Serbian passport you don't need visa for Cuba. :)
You get a really nice three bedroom house in a decent area in Liverpool for £500 a month, I don't understand why people who live in The UK choose to live in London, when places such as Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow in Scotland are much, much cheaper to live.
Luke Hall id love to live in a small place myself as I love racing pigeons, dogs and the way of life in the country. to much concerte and asphalt in the city for me.
Hey mate, why don't you try making good money in Serbia and try really really making it in Serbian system. You're right- in London you can step up your game and it tests you in ways you can never imagine... but hey when you make it in the big smoke you can make it everywhere! And how awesome it is to make money in UK and spend it living in Serbia? Surely many young Belgraders would do the same! ;) enjoy BGD!
People are the same like all othe former jugoslav countrys,nice and frendly.Banja Luka aint big but lovely,and if you love to see Beautiful Women,thats the place to go.Also if you plan to visit i will recomand you to visit a little town called Višegrad its located near the border to Serbia.But before you do that plz read a book from ouer Nobel writher his name is Ivo Andrić and the book is called Bridge over the Drina River.
Belgrade Beat oh that's convenient.. I've been to Slovakia and tbh I didn't see beautiful women, but - to my surprise - the men were quite good looking. Why is Vienna boring to you? do you mean the people in general or that there's nothing worthwhile doing in the city? Pozdrav :)
With all due respect, there are 9 million people in London. As an American who used to live in both Belgrade and London, I met many warm, wonderful people in both cities. Just last week I ran into some Londoners here on vacation in the states who were some of the nicest, friendliest people I’ve ever met.
ДА!!!! Науђио сам многно... још увек правим грешке као ви стално погрешите на енглеском језику, али ако мошемо да се разумимо онда баш ме брига и идемо далје на енглеском на српском или било који језик... Белгрејд бијт је на енглеском језику јер то је нешто баш свеже... ако ја би све то рекао на српском то би било нешто баш другачије, јер на српском језику уопште ви сте превише брутално и глупо када причате са другим србима, али то је неки други проблем који не могу да се решим, и тако причам на енглеском. тако само говорим ову поруку на енглеском!!! све најболје, ЕРИК!
Belgrade Beat Не кажем да причаш на Српском на овом каналу неко ме занимало да ли си кренуо да учиш наш језик. Пошто сви странци који дођу да живе овде неће да уче наш језик.
па да, упознао сам много странци које не знају језик.. ја имам словенске корене и тако можда лакше ми је али... да, нема везе, на крају мислим да ако не знате како да говорите енглески добро, и много добро знају, да нисте у будочности србије. чувај језик, овај лепи језик, али свет вам зове.....
Bobby011 Digital Mislim da je koristio google translate, pa ovakav prevod uopšte ne čudi. Nije mu lako da uči ćirilucu, to je njemu kao kada bi neko nama dao kineska slova ds učimo. 😃
There are two sides of each coin. Having lived in Belgrade my whole life, I've always felt my privacy was constantly intruded by random strangers. So, the first time I've visited London (6 years ago) I felt instantly refreshed and grateful that the strangers minded their own business and let you live in peace. And I fell in love with all the cultural diversity and the vastness of things you can do and explore, and like-minded people you can meet that share very niche interests with you and won't judge you for sticking out of the crowd (people in Serbia can be very narrow-minded and judgemental, homophobic etc.). Since then I've visited many times and I can't wait to move there later this year, to live with my fiance who is English. I'm really glad there are people like you who think completely the opposite of the way I do, because you leave the room for people like me to move there, and vice versa. :) Thank you!
Thanks for the comment :) Yeah, well we all have different styles and such and different places we fit in. I'm some sort of heterosexual white (some say alpha) male who likes to intrude upon and dominate people around him with loud and dare i say aggressive behaviour, which is a type of personality which is much more welcomed in Serbia than in subtle and polite England or neurotically decent Canada. Also, obviously I don't mind people getting in my shit or else I wouldn't be making these videos. I can see how London is for some people... For me for business for example, it's great, but I just can't stand how reserved and insincere the people are. It's the opposite of who I am in the very core of my being. Good luck when you go over there. I always support people who have the courage to go out of their comfort zone, the country they were born in and are willing to go through the growth that starting in a new place entails :)
Belgrade Beat As a Brit I can completely understand both views of London. Personally I love it as a place to visit, sort of would like to live there for a year or so, (if I could ever bloody afford it) but honestly glad I grew up and live in northern England, people are just more open and friendly. I hate to generalise but southerners need to loosen up. You perfectly described the problem with people in London and even somewhat still true with people where I live. Always love travelling as people are far more friendly and open, for me to only return to the emotional depressed world of the UK.
I've been lived in London and I've heard people say 'Anywhere in M25 isn't a place to live'... London sure is a splendid tourist city, but to live, perhaps it is only for 'rich guys' or 'positive folks'. East London is full of rude immigrants, I hate east London as you do. About the Belgrade, I think maybe it's because you're at the wealthier class in Belgrade but not in London... Which made you contact with different kind of people everyday... There must be some disturbing things in Belgrade as well. I've never been to Serbia so I can't say. I wonder if, and the reason why many East European countries are not under PC Vibrations.
You can only live well in Belgrade because you have an income generated in London. You are only interesting for Belgrade women because you are not a Serb but a Canadian living/earning a living in London. You yourself said you couldn't earn a living in Belgrade. What you are looking for is adoration and respect, but in London this has to be earned, in Belgrade it comes gratis because of your passport. To enjoy London you have to become part of a community. If you don't make the effort you can't expect the reward. As for cold Londoners, just because they don't stick their nose in your affairs and don't automatically think you are a blonde god worth cultivating doesn't mean they're necessarily aloof. It's just that you haven't been properly introduced. Enjoy Belgrade, where anyone can have fun for less than 800 euros a month. But only a select few can enjoy all the culture and challenges that London is offering on a plate -- the rest just moan. Serbs can be wonderful people. But the Balkans can be one of the most corrupt and violent places on the face of the earth. And ... why talk about your London experiences while walking through one of the poorest areas of the capital? Finally, we haven't seen your video of life in Belgrade yet. Surely instead of living on hard currency, you should show us what life would be like for you in Belgrade on a LOCAL salary in dinars. P.S. Maybe you should have followed that girl to Warsaw.
"But the Balkans can be one of the most corrupt and violent places on the face of the earth." London is in the news almost every day for stabbings. And the Balkans actually has a lower murder rate than many European/EU countries. People keep thinking of the war - but the was was due to key western countries - including the UK. The UK and other NATO countries were working with separatists and sending in military equipment just BEFORE the wars & dismemberment of Yugoslavia started. There were thousands of mercenaries, from the UK alone, and they were mostly on the Croats' side, until the Bosnian war - then you had UK mercenaries (many who were/are soldiers but who took "leave" or "retirement" for a few months/years to save from any legal problems if they were caught). Some of those British soldiers ended up getting killed by the side they fought on (Muslims) - like Ted Skinner and Derek Arnold who went to train the Bosnian Muslim army but were decapitated by Mujahideen who thought they were spies.
If you are cowardly and don’t choose to fight for your nations freedom from multiculturalism and choose to move to places in the east don’t make the same mistake and vote for liberal agendas. I’m absolutely sick to death of hearing ex Londoners coming to my city and saying they left because of crime etc and they still vote for liberal socialist policies making the place turn into the same shit hole they ran from .
"Come and be immigrant in London" Really? You think that is bad? Come and be a kid in Serbia during war and sanctions times in '90s and survive the second biggest Hyperinflation(313 million %) in Europe. I would like to be immigrant in London.
Mitche23 trust me I’m from England you don’t as an English person people here are cunts the whole country is a mess from top to bottom unless you have money im 15 and trying to find any ducking way out bro
Just type Charles Cather ad you will see. Lately, we have a lot of foreigners, coming to our country, making videos about our lifestyle, saying all the best about Serbia... Unfortunately Serbs are naive people, and they accept every foreigner who steps on serbian soil. I believe western people come to our country with intention, usually bad intention. Logical question: why would someone from Canada, which is on of the best countries in terms of living standard, move to Serbia? By the way, you came to Belgrade which is the biggest anti serbian center in the world. I agree with you when you say that living in serbia is good and cheep, but only for foreigners:)
I encourage everyone to post their reality on youtube and put their voice in the world. For me Serbia is not something which is happening lately... It's been more than 10 years and I live in Belgrade, speak the language, eat your food, drink rakiju and make close friends with your females. If people want to show up and make videos like I have been doing for a while now, I welcome them, I have sent Charles an interview request. You should welcome anybody who does not have the fucking crap victim doomed for failure mentality that most people in Serbia do. If somebody is sick of being poor and poor from being sick, I am in Serbia to help. Of course it will be a while before most people get their heads out of their asses because the way you are all brainwashed to fail is so strong and runs so deep.. But I am here to help and if you don't like it, please don't watch my videos. Here's a song/video I made in 2009 with serbian musicians with a fun trip to the gypsy camps ;) ua-cam.com/video/Hi40fV6ZnWc/v-deo.html
I was inadvertently forced to grow up in NYC because of the wars. Moved back to belgrade in 2005 (after 16 years in the US), best decision of my life, never looked back!
Oooooh but being from Toronto, NYC is special, thats where I fell in love with a jewish/gypsy girl from Ukraine when I was 18..... and well, I would have lived there if the Americans were not so fascist with visas for Canadians to live in their country. But yeah, I would get sick of that too and move to fucking Belgrade... Instead of NYC, it was London.. Different shit, same smell.
Why whats wrong with NY,isn t it beautiful?
Volim ovakve priče. Toplo mi oko srca kada čujem. Drago mi je zbog vas
I completly agree with you..I am from India and My husband is from Serbia.. I was really surprised to see people, they are so warm and really very good at heart. I was and am always excited to travel Serbia.. I just love Serbia a lot and lot and lot.. It's not about money, but definitely about the happiness that you can see and get from people. Love you serbia😘😘😘😘.. 🇮🇳... Loads of love
I am a Brazilian living in the Netherlands. What you said about the people in London is basically the same for the people here... they’re cold, have a sense of moral superiority, are boring and arrogant, have no charisma (with some exceptions). I went to the Balkans on vacation and fell in love... beautiful, polite, friendly, warming people and an amazing culture and beautiful language. Western Europe is maybe richer, but they lost that social cohesion that drives a society. I felt somehow safer and more secure about the future in the Balkans. You have that proud, that joy of living and what I call “good patriotism”. Please don’t believe the Western media! You are on the right path! Time will tell! Much love from the Netherlands!
CM V Yes you are right about London, so much different people are there, you just need to think which vibe you like and go straight to that one, this is the thing I like about London, there are opportunities to choose whom you would like to make friendship with, others could be ignored in total.
Quality of life here in Serbia is zero, I would emigrate out of Serbia if I could only have an opportunity. Serbia is lawless country, corruption and nepotism is present everywhere.People with middle schools in state service are paid more than professors and physicians. My family lost house and entire property in 1945 when communists came to power and it was never returned back to us. Stil Serbians are proud of something they can not be proud of.
Tony Mich I guess there are people out there who just keep running into bad samples of good majority :) Bad aura smh
Márcio Marques ya tu entiendes
Erik, you give the best, most in-depth reviews on a city. I love that! It's profoundly helpful.
I'm a native New Yorker. But your videos were the clincher that made me finally make up my mind to relocate to Beograd this year.
A thousand thanks.
See you in Beograd!
Hi Master Prophet! Did you move to Serbia?
Hi, yep, I lived in East London - Stratford - awful, I managed a year and it was not for me. However, I had come down from the North of England. You should have checked out living in the North, cheaper, more friendly and I returned with joy! That said, I bloody love Belgrade. I have been working with colleagues on projects in the Western Balkans for 8 years. I chose to actually have my 50th birthday last year in Belgrade, with my great friends. I can only tell you that I totally get your love for Belgrade. Thanks for your vids, really interesting!!
Sir your so good because of you and your videos i got inspired to see such a beautiful city . I visited belgrade and i loved it . Thanks . We love you
1:53 as an ex Londoner for that exact reason. As a Canadian you can speak the truth because you're a migrant yourself. If an English person said anything like what you just did, they would be called extremist or racist... As a white English Christian who was being told very violently that I don't belong there, by migrants who'd just arrived. I grew tired of their bullying. Am sick of political correctness for people who want to change others ways of life, especially when they use pc only for speaking against their way, their life, their culture, their religion. That is not integration or unity we welcomed them with. There are many other nice places of the world to see. London is probably the last place I'd ever choose to live again on earth. If anyone was truly hand on their heart honest about London.... It's a complete multicultural, disastrous, failure.
It might have worked if migration was better managed, less hate filled psychos, and good caring, positive, loving people came instead..... Anyway, lessons learned for other places. Don't follow what London did.
Why did you move and not choose to fight and join a nationalist party, leaving London or the uk to that fact to the dogs is an insult to your ancestors who fought so hard and died to build it.
There are lots of people coming from west to live in Serbia, Croatia, Poland etc only because they want to live among people who resembles them, culturally and physically. That's just how nature works and there is nothing racist about it, at least in my book. In western countries you can't live like that anymore so they come to eastern europe. They all say how Serbia is safe, even in night time you can walk where ever you want, well that's bc we are 99% white christian country and that's truth, if someone finds this racist idc.
@@johndeesnotebook5790 you have mixed two countries which although are slavic have not much in common: serbia and poland, one is balkan culture and the other Mitteleuropa culture. Balkan per nature is a confluence of cultures and motiffs, from greek to ottoman, from illyrian to roma.
@@ricardopontes7177 Your point is? I said that foreigners are coming here bc it is 98% white country, i don't care if some snowflakes get offended by this statement. All these americans, canadians ect. who came here to live, are saying, whooaaa it is so safeee you can walk at night without any sort of problems...it is safe bc our country is racial homogenus, no 'precious' diversity over here..and all those SJW reasons be like, but, but, but poor people live in gheto so they must do crime, are just one big bs. Serbia and Serbs are poor af but you still can walk alone in a middle of the night. And don't talk about Polish people to me and how we are different, had two Polish bros 2 years ago staying at my place, every day i listened from them how it's all the same, people are same, their mindset, culture, food, everything is almost the same.
@@johndeesnotebook5790 cringe answer 🤣
Wonderful Belgrade!!!
I live in London and I completely agree with you. Just waiting for the right moment to move back to Bulgaria where you can experience the pleasures of life fully and cherish every single day.
What really pisses me off about London is the robotic nature of people. No enjoyment, only work. Friends don't matter, only getting up at 6am to go to work, always miserable.
Erick if i see u somewhere in Belgrade u can count on a bear or rakija. My treat!!!
hvala brate.... ;)
very good video, hope many people see it, because here in Belgrade, everyone dreams about going abroad and not seeing how good actually here it can be ☺
yeah, thanks for this, it is actually more about mentality than geography... the best solution for those who want to leave is for them to GO AND COME BACK. Sitting and complaining for sure does not make anything better in Serbia... Going and trying in the world, whether leaving Serbia or not, that will lead to development for sure. Wake up and try something today, if you are lazy you will get nothing, but if you try, you will at least learn.
Belgrade Beat I couldn't agree more
P.S. I think complaining is national sport here 😂
Soo true.. London, is all about having/wanting to have money. Everyone is basically at each others throats. There's far too many people, and its easy to understand why there's this constant flow of flu infections circulating the public arena.. Houses are far too small, and the culture is far too varied.
People are so repressed that even when they're dating, serious amounts of alcohol get consumed everyday. Health wise, I noticed that hygiene in YU states is far better than in UK. I know that sounds crazy, but its true. Yugo states also recycle more of their waste than UK (especially Croatia, & Slovenia).
The fact that unemployment is high gives people the ability to spend more time together. I think this also plays a part in how they define their neighbourhoods & families. Here in London, in 10 odd years that I've lived at the same address, I might have met my neighbour 5 times..
Milena Rakocevic well, everyone wants to go abroad because they simply have no idea how hard we work and how many hours a day, 6 or 7 days a week.... and they have no idea how expensive life is abroad so we have to work long hours and every single day a week!!!
Milena Rakocevic exactly you are very true
Good of you to be so openly sincere. Bravo!
Just ask Trump about Slavic women. 😜😜
@Parma zyxwvu That's the point of his comment?
Hey,just found your channel,enjoyed your insights,i finished recently with a slavic girl and i must agree the best ever,i sometimes live in nth bohemia,czech but now in australia for awhile.Cheers for the tip!Belgrade here i come.
I'm born in Belgrade, problem here is that you will probably as worker make less than 300€ a monthly
Yes, but you can work as a surgeon and get 400 euros monthly
Troll level 9
happy to have run to this channel.Belgrade is magical
Hey man great video, having a Serbian and a Canadian passport is really useful you can basically travel the whole world visa free but you probably know that. Getting a passport is a pretty easy process pretty sure you don't even have to speak Serbian. I love your videos keep up the good work!
Enjoyed your fresh and straightforward approached. Thank you
You hit the spot by the end where you mentioned the local economy. The best combo life can give you is making money abroad and spending it in Belgrade. Making money in Belgrade and living there can be a pretty rough ride though.
Old good Erik, every video is fantastic!
Slavic-German mixed heritage-what hell of combination. :) :)
It used to be more common before the ethnic cleansing in 1945.
For example my grandmother's name at birth was Vera Dragica Teck (now it's Vera Dragica Muth) and she grew up in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (former Pressburg, Austria-Hungary) speaking German and Slovak equally. I can't say that she's Slavic or German, she's both, with 1/4 Czech blood and a family tree which extends all through the former Austro-Hungarian empire... My grandfather, also from Bratislava, also spoke Hungarian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian, etc...
Then the Russians came in 1945 and proceeded to kick us out. Parts of my family stayed though, my grandmother's sister married a police officer from the communist regime, but still everyone had miserable lives under communism, where us who went to Canada just had to put up with the boredom of living in the country.
My mother is half Ukrainian also, her family were from Kiev and were in charge of breeding horses for the Russian Czar. They heard there was going to be a war, so they left Ukraine in 1914, before the big shit. Had one kid, Peter, who married an WASP (White Anglo Saxon protestant) who was my grandmother, who was crazy enough to marry a Slav first marriage and a greek for the second.
Short story, I am a Slavic German and Serbia feels like my natural habitat.
You have really really mixed roots. And I don't know if anyone told you already that you still have some German accent. At first I thought your are originally from Germany but when I heard you say Toronto,Canada I was like WTF! :D
I'm not surprised that you feel Serbia as natural habitat maybe because your Slavic side gens "work" and "want to go home". :D
That's normal because I also know some Serbs how feel much better living in Spain,Italy or Ireland than Serbia. It's just like that and who knows why. I have a friend,born and raised in Serbia went to school together, who told me something like "I feel I'm alive only when I'm in Barcelona". The other one use every single chance to spend time in southeast Asia,Vietnam,Burma etc. The guy just LOVE to be there. I like Mexico or Mediteranian lifestyle (wich is pretty similar to Serbian lifestyle,hehe). So,that's normal, some people just looking for their own part of the sun under the sky.And that could be elsewhere than place they were born and raised.
Anyway,glad you enjoy your life in Belgrade. And just go on. That is only matters.
yeah.. my german roots do show... and so do the slavic ones i think.
we should all go where we feel our heart's passion strongest, for me it's here. if you go to a place like that and follow your heart, i believe that all other parts of life can fall into place if you work hard to make it happen.
Visi Inspektor,mixing german coldheartness with gypsie blooded Slavic
Belgrade Beat same here, my grandma is German and the rest of my family is Serbian with some Romanian and Hungarian roots 😂 but I mostly feel Serbian
Great video bro, keep rockin.
Excelente video, diste algunas de las respuestas que estoy buscando! gracias!
Geez.. I'm Belgradian who always wanted to live in London. I don't want it anymore. Thank you for breaking my illusions about London 😄
A very inspiring video! Considering the fact how much Anti-Serb propaganda was fed from Canada, I find your videos just amazing.
A very prophetic video. Even I am somewhat surprised by how much the digital nomad community has grown in Belgrade and Serbia in general.
May I ask what company you have that is making money in the UK?
LOL I have lived in London for 2 years and I know exactly what you mean. :-) I had 1,800GBP and it was really tough.
Exactly. 800EUR in Belgrade is a different story. It's nice. how to get that job? become useful and don't talk bullshit.
I had £ 6000 in London and it was not easy!
It's funny because i feel this way about belgrade,the way you described london, haha
When I went more south-west to the Mediterranean, that's where i've found myself. So i can relate :) laughed so much when you mentioned slavic women
How difficult would you say it is to find a job in Belgrade?
I live in Novi Sad and I could tell you a bit more about the rental and apartment costs, especially since I used to live in the Netherlands and in Germany. In Amsterdam and in Munchen I paid 1350EUR and 1250EUR (since it was on renovation) and in here around 400EUR with all the amenities.
Hello Erik. I think that next time you visit the UK, you should have a look at the North West...Liverpool and Manchester. Very different to London. Both are known as being welcoming to immigration, especially Liverpool with its rich seafaring history. The NW is rich in culture, music, history, sport. Well known as being a completely different vibe than London. The people are a lot different, more humour, more laid back. If anywhere reminds me a little of Belgrade, its Liverpool, I think. Maybe have a look..
Also, check out a UA-camr by the name of 'Simon Wilson'. He is from North Wales..which is basically the North West. He does a lot of Vlogs and travel challenges across the world. I am thinking you will enjoy what he does. He lives in Manchester now. I think you two could 'bounce' off each other really well. The North West of England...its the place to go. (Well, when this virus is over it will be!)
Welcome to Serbia dude! :D
Guys I’m 15 n have anxiety it’s destroying me I don’t go school yet dream to live somewhere else like go between city’s what should I do
Danny where are you living now?
Aleksander Shevchenko England I hate it
Awesome
erik, thanks for the video.
Great video bro
Thank you!!!!
I like your sincerity and openness! :) I wanna buy you a beer in some Belgrade pub and enjoy the chat with you! Cheers!
Thanks Yogi Man :) Maybe sometime...... I'm trying to cut down on the beer this year cause it makes me fat and alcohol in general cause with the amount I can drink it could seriously fucking kill me...But maybe RAKIJA? ;)
Hahahaha, rakija is fine too :) although I do not mind good ol' coffee either... I am not into pushing people into alcoholism, don't worry :P Here you can see the news service I am doing, and you can message me through that site, I think it would be really cool to meet you... and who knows, maybe we can make some cooperation too? :D facebook.com/serbiadaily/
Were you born and raised in Canada? How come you have such a strong german like accent?
Cause my german family raised me and I refused to speak German with them, so I ended up speaking like they do in English.
What is the rental rate in Belgrade, if i wish to visit Belgrade?
For what? Apartment, car or farm animals?
I like your way of thinking. It's funny tho to see people asking if you know the language or have you been in some other parts, why does it matter? It's your life. People here don't like being called out for something so get used to having them offended for any way of criticism. Anyway off topic i like your videos and i think they can do a good job at promoting Serbia and changing some stereotipical way of thinking. Keep up those videos brate
Thank you... Actually I think it does matter if I speak Serbian, but honestly the most startling revelation is that when I speak Serbian they think I'm local they treat me worse than if they would think I was a foreigner. Think about that.
That's because we think foreigners generally have a bad opinion about us and we are trying to prove them wrong, that is the main reason i guess why we act differently, with exceptions ofcourse. Some people are really kind, some not so much
yeah when I'm speaking Serbian and there's a good vibe, it's amazing.
in belgrade you can rent a 100sqare meters apartmant in center of belgrade for like 500/550+ eur a month
What???U can rent ine bedrom for 350 in center?What do u mean 100 metres for 500e,lol.
I live my whole life in Belgrade and from let say 50 girls I found that only 5 were the exactly what I want while all other were just nice, beautiful etc
this is so true and many people think serbs are so stupid and think just worst about us but actually we are so good,friendly and welcoming and we just enjoy are life and smile.Visit us and see it
go alot to belgrade 2 iam 50% serb maybe can meet one day !
Tower Helms is far away from east london, You know where is ilford????
interesting. I'm thinking of retiring in Belgrade. sounds better if your young. but isn't everything
south and east london are infamous from long ago, but the plumbing as issue in XXI century london is surprising to me, it is as it was taken from 'only fools and horses' scene :)
yes, but it's true, in the sorts of places in London which fit my budget, the toilets don't flush and let's say don't get me started on the two taps for hot and cold. Come on guys.
you need to leave actual belgrade and go to surrounding suburbs to experience that sort of problem. east london is what - like voždovac or miljakovac where that kind of problem doesn't exist....
it's known that london is too expensive. you can not drink a cup of coffee not to feel cheated, no matter where you come from....
i love belgrade
you are Serbian now😉
Please if you have any veze please give me a hookup so I can get Serbian passport and go to Russia, China and Brazil without visas, which I need as Canadian.
Just find yourself a good wife :D
Belgrade Beat
Why don't you marry someone?
Our diaspora is doing that for people who want to go abroad. They marry someone from here so those who want to go can get a foreign citizenship.
You can do it also. You know that everything is corrupted here so "veza" would ask for money to get you a citizenship. It's easier to marry some girl-friend in some municipalities, then to give money to our corrupted police. That kind of "wedding" is cheaper than "veza". 😂
Also with Serbian passport you don't need visa for Cuba. :)
Адамов син
Hahah. Lepo plati vezu. Misliš da će neko da ti sredi bez reketa ili si omašio državu? 😂
do you speak Serbian?
Visit Sremska Mitrovica its so beutifle and calm
You get a really nice three bedroom house in a decent area in Liverpool for £500 a month, I don't understand why people who live in The UK choose to live in London, when places such as Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow in Scotland are much, much cheaper to live.
And the people in the North are nicer too :)
Luke Hall id love to live in a small place myself as I love racing pigeons, dogs and the way of life in the country. to much concerte and asphalt in the city for me.
Luke Hall my sister is a Liverpool fc fan :)
Scotland is pretty expensive
Hey mate, why don't you try making good money in Serbia and try really really making it in Serbian system. You're right- in London you can step up your game and it tests you in ways you can never imagine... but hey when you make it in the big smoke you can make it everywhere! And how awesome it is to make money in UK and spend it living in Serbia? Surely many young Belgraders would do the same! ;) enjoy BGD!
Banja Luka sounds interesting..... what is Serbian Bosnia like? never hear anything
People are the same like all othe former jugoslav countrys,nice and frendly.Banja Luka aint big but lovely,and if you love to see Beautiful Women,thats the place to go.Also if you plan to visit i will recomand you to visit a little town called Višegrad its located near the border to Serbia.But before you do that plz read a book from ouer Nobel writher his name is Ivo Andrić and the book is called Bridge over the Drina River.
o love home
don't care who's the next elect mayor of Belgrade, you sir have won for me! ;-)
Thanks :)
what Belgrade is to you, is Vienna for me. ofc Belgrade is🔝
awesome, my dad's from Vienna, his parents from Bratislava. I find both cities kind of boring and culturally insulated.... however slovak women, meow.
Belgrade Beat oh that's convenient.. I've been to Slovakia and tbh I didn't see beautiful women, but - to my surprise - the men were quite good looking.
Why is Vienna boring to you? do you mean the people in general or that there's nothing worthwhile doing in the city? Pozdrav :)
With all due respect, there are 9 million people in London. As an American who used to live in both Belgrade and London, I met many warm, wonderful people in both cities. Just last week I ran into some Londoners here on vacation in the states who were some of the nicest, friendliest people I’ve ever met.
I have one question for you.
Кажеш да ти се свиђа Србија и да волиш да живиш у Београду, а да ли си научио или да ли си кренуо да учиш наш језик?
ДА!!!! Науђио сам многно... још увек правим грешке као ви стално погрешите на енглеском језику, али ако мошемо да се разумимо онда баш ме брига и идемо далје на енглеском на српском или било који језик... Белгрејд бијт је на енглеском језику јер то је нешто баш свеже... ако ја би све то рекао на српском то би било нешто баш другачије, јер на српском језику уопште ви сте превише брутално и глупо када причате са другим србима, али то је неки други проблем који не могу да се решим, и тако причам на енглеском. тако само говорим ову поруку на енглеском!!! све најболје, ЕРИК!
Belgrade Beat
Не кажем да причаш на Српском на овом каналу неко ме занимало да ли си кренуо да учиш наш језик. Пошто сви странци који дођу да живе овде неће да уче наш језик.
па да, упознао сам много странци које не знају језик.. ја имам словенске корене и тако можда лакше ми је али... да, нема везе, на крају мислим да ако не знате како да говорите енглески добро, и много добро знају, да нисте у будочности србије. чувај језик, овај лепи језик, али свет вам зове.....
Bobby011 Digital Mislim da je koristio google translate, pa ovakav prevod uopšte ne čudi. Nije mu lako da uči ćirilucu, to je njemu kao kada bi neko nama dao kineska slova ds učimo. 😃
it means serbs treat each other like shit. constantly..............
weird mix of superiority and insecurity - fuck you nailed it bro
I'm serbian and I live in Novi sad
@Head Head I've since moved to Germany, no clue why I even commented here tbh
video: why i live in Belgrade not London
Him: walks in London not Belgrade 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Eric you must visit Croatian coast Dubrovnik,Rovinj,Pula it has amazing history,beautiful buildings and sea cost.
Dude I haven't had sex in over 2 years and I'm in the military. I think I'm doing it wrong lol
There are two sides of each coin. Having lived in Belgrade my whole life, I've always felt my privacy was constantly intruded by random strangers. So, the first time I've visited London (6 years ago) I felt instantly refreshed and grateful that the strangers minded their own business and let you live in peace. And I fell in love with all the cultural diversity and the vastness of things you can do and explore, and like-minded people you can meet that share very niche interests with you and won't judge you for sticking out of the crowd (people in Serbia can be very narrow-minded and judgemental, homophobic etc.). Since then I've visited many times and I can't wait to move there later this year, to live with my fiance who is English. I'm really glad there are people like you who think completely the opposite of the way I do, because you leave the room for people like me to move there, and vice versa. :) Thank you!
Thanks for the comment :) Yeah, well we all have different styles and such and different places we fit in. I'm some sort of heterosexual white (some say alpha) male who likes to intrude upon and dominate people around him with loud and dare i say aggressive behaviour, which is a type of personality which is much more welcomed in Serbia than in subtle and polite England or neurotically decent Canada.
Also, obviously I don't mind people getting in my shit or else I wouldn't be making these videos.
I can see how London is for some people... For me for business for example, it's great, but I just can't stand how reserved and insincere the people are. It's the opposite of who I am in the very core of my being.
Good luck when you go over there. I always support people who have the courage to go out of their comfort zone, the country they were born in and are willing to go through the growth that starting in a new place entails :)
Belgrade Beat As a Brit I can completely understand both views of London. Personally I love it as a place to visit, sort of would like to live there for a year or so, (if I could ever bloody afford it) but honestly glad I grew up and live in northern England, people are just more open and friendly. I hate to generalise but southerners need to loosen up. You perfectly described the problem with people in London and even somewhat still true with people where I live. Always love travelling as people are far more friendly and open, for me to only return to the emotional depressed world of the UK.
If u r a good person you r welcome in serbia and will be treated like a family member.
I've been lived in London and I've heard people say 'Anywhere in M25 isn't a place to live'... London sure is a splendid tourist city, but to live, perhaps it is only for 'rich guys' or 'positive folks'.
East London is full of rude immigrants, I hate east London as you do.
About the Belgrade, I think maybe it's because you're at the wealthier class in Belgrade but not in London... Which made you contact with different kind of people everyday... There must be some disturbing things in Belgrade as well. I've never been to Serbia so I can't say.
I wonder if, and the reason why many East European countries are not under PC Vibrations.
Racial foot chart goo.gl/images/2sCSwD if you want to know what your primal spawn race is and p.s. dude move to Budva
You live in belgrade because you are fucking beautiful girls
There's a city better than London in the UK
Manchester, it's amazing there! People are quite nice there.
Ethan no fucking chance. It's HELL
You can only live well in Belgrade because you have an income generated in London. You are only interesting for Belgrade women because you are not a Serb but a Canadian living/earning a living in London. You yourself said you couldn't earn a living in Belgrade.
What you are looking for is adoration and respect, but in London this has to be earned, in Belgrade it comes gratis because of your passport.
To enjoy London you have to become part of a community. If you don't make the effort you can't expect the reward.
As for cold Londoners, just because they don't stick their nose in your affairs and don't automatically think you are a blonde god worth cultivating doesn't mean they're necessarily aloof. It's just that you haven't been properly introduced.
Enjoy Belgrade, where anyone can have fun for less than 800 euros a month. But only a select few can enjoy all the culture and challenges that London is offering on a plate -- the rest just moan.
Serbs can be wonderful people. But the Balkans can be one of the most corrupt and violent places on the face of the earth.
And ... why talk about your London experiences while walking through one of the poorest areas of the capital?
Finally, we haven't seen your video of life in Belgrade yet. Surely instead of living on hard currency, you should show us what life would be like for you in Belgrade on a LOCAL salary in dinars.
P.S. Maybe you should have followed that girl to Warsaw.
You have literally proved his points right with this comment.
"But the Balkans can be one of the most corrupt and violent places on the face of the earth."
London is in the news almost every day for stabbings.
And the Balkans actually has a lower murder rate than many European/EU countries.
People keep thinking of the war - but the was was due to key western countries - including the UK.
The UK and other NATO countries were working with separatists and sending in military equipment just BEFORE the wars & dismemberment of Yugoslavia started.
There were thousands of mercenaries, from the UK alone, and they were mostly on the Croats' side, until the Bosnian war - then you had UK mercenaries (many who were/are soldiers but who took "leave" or "retirement" for a few months/years to save from any legal problems if they were caught).
Some of those British soldiers ended up getting killed by the side they fought on (Muslims) - like Ted Skinner and Derek Arnold who went to train the Bosnian Muslim army but were decapitated by Mujahideen who thought they were spies.
If you are cowardly and don’t choose to fight for your nations freedom from multiculturalism and choose to move to places in the east don’t make the same mistake and vote for liberal agendas. I’m absolutely sick to death of hearing ex Londoners coming to my city and saying they left because of crime etc and they still vote for liberal socialist policies making the place turn into the same shit hole they ran from .
Belgrade is majority Serb while London is a multicultural mess.
"Come and be immigrant in London"
Really? You think that is bad?
Come and be a kid in Serbia during war and sanctions times in '90s and survive the second biggest Hyperinflation(313 million %) in Europe. I would like to be immigrant in London.
Mitche23 trust me I’m from England you don’t as an English person people here are cunts the whole country is a mess from top to bottom unless you have money im 15 and trying to find any ducking way out bro
Well you've successfully escaped yourself and run away from your problems
Are you trying to copy Charles Cather?
who's that?
Belgrade Beat Charsls is boy from USA but live in Serbia.
Four years in Paris, seven years in London. I am with you dude!
Just type Charles Cather ad you will see. Lately, we have a lot of foreigners, coming to our country, making videos about our lifestyle, saying all the best about Serbia... Unfortunately Serbs are naive people, and they accept every foreigner who steps on serbian soil. I believe western people come to our country with intention, usually bad intention. Logical question: why would someone from Canada, which is on of the best countries in terms of living standard, move to Serbia? By the way, you came to Belgrade which is the biggest anti serbian center in the world. I agree with you when you say that living in serbia is good and cheep, but only for foreigners:)
I encourage everyone to post their reality on youtube and put their voice in the world. For me Serbia is not something which is happening lately... It's been more than 10 years and I live in Belgrade, speak the language, eat your food, drink rakiju and make close friends with your females. If people want to show up and make videos like I have been doing for a while now, I welcome them, I have sent Charles an interview request. You should welcome anybody who does not have the fucking crap victim doomed for failure mentality that most people in Serbia do. If somebody is sick of being poor and poor from being sick, I am in Serbia to help. Of course it will be a while before most people get their heads out of their asses because the way you are all brainwashed to fail is so strong and runs so deep.. But I am here to help and if you don't like it, please don't watch my videos.
Here's a song/video I made in 2009 with serbian musicians with a fun trip to the gypsy camps ;) ua-cam.com/video/Hi40fV6ZnWc/v-deo.html