Being Black in Croatia | Afro Review - Things to Know Before Going to Croatia - Dubrovnik 4.5 Fros
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- Опубліковано 15 січ 2021
- I didn’t even know where Croatia was on the map a year ago, let alone know what the country had to offer.
But boy was I surprised when I found out that this country has some of the most beautiful landscapes you could expect in Europe.
Lofty mountains, crystal blue pebble beaches, majestic waterfalls, and countless islands.
With all that being said, the biggest shock and my favorite aspect of Croatia was the warmth of the people.
Being black in Croatia definitely had a unique flavor to it. People weren’t expecting to see a kid like me out there.
We spent 9 days in Croatia road tripping from Zagreb to Dubrovnik. In that time, I took note of the country’s demographics, safety, costs, entertainment options, and a few other aspects.
Taking all those into account, Croatia received 4.5 out of 5 Fros on the Fro Rating Scale!
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I’m Croatian, we don’t shame people who are different races, sometimes we would just stare because most people who come visit it are white, don’t ever be afraid of your natural beauty and how others will treat it here
Thanks for the thoughts and perspective. I didn't feel shamed or any malice at all in Croatia
@@NaturalwandersYour Welcome!
To see black dude in Croatia is like Christmas, once a year :D ehehe
Well I can guarantee Christmas is coming at least twice next year my friend haha
što si zaljubljen u tu živ1nu?
To see black dude wearing Nirvana t-shirt ! :D Thats Dope.
@@Naturalwanders Keep up mate, greets from Zagreb.
@@fiditenemini2452 rasist?
Croatia is the first country in the world to abolish slavery. More precisely, the Republic of Dubrovnik. 1500 s. All people are the same!
Wholeheartedly agree my friend!
Except, there were no Croats in Dubrovnik in 1500, but ok, everything else is correct
@@worlddd7777 correct, eskimos lived there before.
@@earthlingavian1132 I dont know about eskimos, but Austrian Imperial library has population manifest from 1856, and it has 0...words zero Croats listed. How did population indentified then? Not eskimos, thats correct
@@worlddd7777 who lived there then?
My wife is Croatian 🇭🇷 from Zagreb. I am African American from Florida. The only reason I got stared at was because I'm sure they never really see black people. They are super interested! I love Burek!
I love to hear it brother! Do you live in Croatia now?
@@Naturalwanders no, I'm still In florida for now. I plan to move there once I hit my first million with crypto which I'm pretty close to. You living there or are you from the states too?
@@jermainemyrn19 ayy that's what's up man. I'm from NC, but I'm living in the Netherlands nowadays
I was suprised too, croatian people are genuinely friendly. Loved it!
Riight!! I'm glad that you can relate! A lot of warm and welcoming people there. I appreciate you watching!
As a local i'm very pleased to hear you liked you stay including your good experiences with out people.
Yes, Croats are predominantly friendly and sociable, also very keen to learn about different people's cultures, ways of life, experiences etc. We're also usually here to help and give some good advices when needed to the foreigners but also to socialise with them.
When it comes to racism for the most part of our history this was never real issue or problem in Croatia!
One fun fact from the history to add here that is related to this topic: once powerful The Republic of Dubrovnik, nowadays part of Croatia, was actually first in Europe to abolish slave trade on it's territory! That was in ancient 15th century, more precisely in 1416.!
That was several centuries before Great Britain and US that had started abolishing it yet at the beginning of 19the century!
Also one interesting fact: that same republic has been the world's first country to recognize then new USA as a sovereign nation!
Kind regards from Croatia!
@@fapmashina1 wow!! This is incredible information that I never would've known. I definitely felt the curious energy when speaking with the locals and I loved that.
Dubrovnik's history is extremely interesting and it's great to hear about the racial history there. So much good info. Thanks my friend. Can't wait to visit your beautiful country again!
@@Naturalwanders
I'm very glad that you liked my historical background of Dubrovnik and our country in general.
Dear friend you're always welcome to our country!
@mm kk
When reading you have to pay much more attention on what's actually said! I've nowhere suggested or implied something you've said!
Love this! Black American girl here moving to Dubrovnik in May for a job! Spent a few weeks there last summer and found the people to be very warm. I definitely look forward to exploring more of the country. Glad you had a good time :)
How was it?
do you came in Croatia?
Hey, how is it going there ?
How is is now I'm thinking about it
Trust me, someone who is older than 50 in Croatia doesn’t know the meaning of the N word
yes, we have our own words for them
Either way why does he thinks he's entitled to some kind of respect? If I go to Nigeria i'm not thinking about how the blacks are gonna call me. These black people think like whole world owes them something, croats do not
@Curb Cooler for someone who calls others "ignarnt" you surely are ignorant about the language you use. Learn how to write before trying to judge others about ignorance.
@@fiditenemini2452 Crnci
most of older ppl dont know how to use phone like my dad hates technology
In my home town in Bosnia we hade a doctor who is black, surgeon! In 90 war he helpt people and saved a milllions of life( not million but you gat a point)! He have 3 boys , oldest went in school with me! He is hero in my town! I think he was from Kenya( not sure)! After war he was Bosnian ambasador in Japan!
Mostar?
@@exxtraterestial Toster
As long as you behave as a normal human being you will never have problems,some people might stare though. 😬😄
People definitely stare haha. But no problems at all
That's what we do. We stare...does not matter if you are black or pink.
people often stare because its not really common to see aftican-american people there but i think its really nice to see diferent people
@@Naturalwanders if I saw you I would probably stare. Don't take it to heart! We do it because we are curious about you. It's not usual to see black people in Croatia
@@Naturalwanders staring in croatia is a sport ;)
We don't separate people by race, religion and other things. We accept and love all good peoples like you. You are always welcome in our country bro ❤
Thank you very much :)
I love to hear it my friend
Thanks for putting this together! Croatia is on my list for 2021.
Oh you're absolutely going to love it! I hope this will help you a bit and let me know if you have any questions when it's gonna come around! Thanks for watching
Yes, I hope by the summer it will be ok to visit here in Croatia, at the moment everything is closed because of Covid (bars, restourants...)... we are going insane of boredom, only work and watch netflix
@@eudoctor8597 absolutely! I'm hoping things open soon for travel as well because I want to visit again
@Marac Knox A zašto bi morali znat jel oni znaju našu povijest i patnju borbu koju smo morali proći samo da bi mogao reći da si Hrvat i živjeti u Hrvatskoj državi.
Thank you for sharing yet another very insightful assessment of your visit to one of the greatest destinations (Croatia). I am enjoying the videos you are posting on your experiences as a black man in different parts of the world. Great job
I appreciate you!! Yes Croatia is an incredible destination and I'm really happy you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
I lovvvvvveeeeddd Croatia. It’s so beautiful and the people are friendly. It was interesting to know they don’t see many black people especially women when I visited back in 2016. I took so many random selfie’s with the locals it was quite interesting lol. Glad you liked it.
Yess my sentiments exactly. Such a beautiful country and awesome people. Haha people didn't ask me for selfies but that happened a lot in India. I'm glad that you enjoyed your time there. Thanks for checking it out my friend! 😁
We thought you was gorgeous
@@nanalee3683 Awwwe you’re so sweet ☺️
Hvala ti na ovom opisu moje prekrasne Hrvatske 🖤 😉🥰
Thank you for this wonderful description of my Croatia 🤩
As a person who is half serria leonean half croatian, i have personally never experianced direct racism! Some people may stare but thats just because there are very few mixed race let alone black people in Croatia. Happy this video popped up in my recomended!
Heyy! I'm really happy to hear that you haven't experienced anything racist directly! I figured just from looking around and not seeing many black people that all of the stares are out of curiosity. I really appreciate you sharing your perspective and for watching my friend!
Sierra Leone and Croatian? Fantastic. Welcome to our cro-azy family - LMAO! :)
@@foreverhungry7777 where are you from? I mean where do you live.
If the old dude on the market was 70 i doubt he knows the n word i bet he was gonna say something in croatian because that word is really only american and the new generations know it as a no no word internet told us not to say. There was no history with black people in our country and the older generations do not use the n word in their normal conversations because it has no meaning to them. Croatian people (older gen) have more prejudice towards Serbian people for example because of the war 20 or smth years ago that happened and took the lives of their loved ones who fought. Ofcourse there are always stupid people no matter what part of the world u are in but what im trying to say its not in the norm around here to judge black or asian or indian or whatever because we have no personal history, and at the same time it is the reason most often people stare when seeing people with different skin colours irl and not in movies.
Okay I really appreciate it insight! I figured that people are just starting out of curiosity and no malice which I've gotten used to when traveling further east. But I also understand that there's little to no racial history with black people. I really appreciate your perspective and insight on this. I'm curious about the history with Serbians though. I'll have to do some research on that! Thanks for watching!
@@Naturalwanders Truth be told we find other races exotic. As for Serbo-Croatian relationship I always describe it as divorced couple that sometimes sleep together.
@@safetsabani7919 that's a really interesting Serbo-Croation analogy! What do you mean by that?
@@Naturalwanders Well we argue a lot and about everything. In the 90's we had a war. We can't live in a same country since we are like two magnets of the same pole. We are both similar and different. Maybe if we showed more understanding and respect to each other like normal Croats and Serbs do, things would be better between our two countries. I do understand that people who lost someone in the war hate. But I can't understand how can someone hate entire nation. I've met both good and bad Serbs and both good and bad Croats. There are good and bad people in every nation. I can't hate all Serbs even if I lost everything in the war. I haven't met all Serbs so I can't hate entire nation.
@@Naturalwanders If you have a feeling that people are watching you, it’s because they’re not used to seeing black people
There are 21 counties in Croatia and on average when you include all black residents (including foreign students) the average is maybe 2-3 per county, but mostly everything is reduced to Zagreb and during the summer to the coast
in the rest of Croatia black is really exotic worth watching and studying (without any insult)
Serbo-Croatian relationship is like a very bad marriage
concluded too quickly and by agreement of foreign powers
Mostly for you as a foreigner it is enough to know a few things
ordinary people don't care, while politicians incite mistrust and violence because attention is drawn to the "external enemy" while they steal their own people
Trust me my man, N- word is not in our vocabulary as we have a croatian one which is translated from blackman- crnac. Comes out of crn- meaning black. Its not rude its just a word.
Oh that's interesting! I really appreciate the knowledge and I'm happy to know that it's not in Croatians vocabulary. Thanks for watching my friend!
Very interesting to see your insight of my country. Being Dalmatian myself, love to hear people opinion of Split, Dubrovnik etc..as we,Dalmatians,are only people who's dogs are more popular and better known than us,people😁
@@sasaseparovic9777 Hahaha I like that! Thank you for watching my friend and for your thoughtful comments :)
Crnac literaly means back man, crnkinja black woman, and it is not a degoratory term. BUT I'm afraid we do have degoratory term :(...kmica or baluba. BUT also a but that does not mean we are all rasist. I's just there is rasist in every nation and race. Same as there is degoratory term for White person in asia (gweilo) or for foreners in general in Japan gaijin. That bring said, it doesn't mean we are racist. 99% of the time when people look at you it's just curiosity because it is still exotic. But that is changing, since I'm noticing more black persons. And it is becoming normal to see a black person.
@@darkoulmer6881 "kmica" is not derogatory, it's just a regular word for "darkness" or "night" in 1/3 of the country that speaks Kajkavian dialect. Some might use it as derogatory just out of trying to be cool, but they're just being stupid.
No racism for sure, only curiosity. 99.99% ppl here are white, mostly only tourists are diverse. So naturally ppl are curious, especially older ones. I know 5-6 African football players, 1 African-american girl student and 1 kid, all who live here for years - and they'd all tell you they get treated better than the rest of us. Glad you had a good time!
Thanks my friend! It was a great time and I'm happy to hear that it's great for the locals as well. I appreciate you watching!
One correction. There is racism in Croatia but it's mostly directed towards Romas.
..another correction; it has waaaay way way waaaaay waaaaaaaaay way less to do with race, than with most of them being heartless pricks causing havoc
Wanna know more?
About 10k Roma live in my area of 100k. They make up 1/3 of ALL unemployed people. Families have an average of 6 children, for which ONLY THEY get paid - that's their source of income. Last year, only 3 Roma in the entire county graduated from high school. The perpetrators of 70 percent of ALL criminal acts are members of the Roma community. In few of the 12 settlements in my area, 12-year-old boys walk around armed with pistols and go to rob neighboring villages. The police don't go there anymore. Women are no better either, beating up old ppl to steal from them, 89yo lady way the latest victim...
Wanna know more?
@@CroaticusMagicus I believe you but the reason why they do it because they are stigmatized and poor. Some of them are mean, like that calendar lady in Zagreb.
I love this review and I very much appreciate the responses from the Croatians who have responded. I’m adding Croatia to my list of places w visit!
Thank you so much! I agree, the comments from locals make it much more valuable and I really appreciate that as well. You're going to love the country
Well I'm Croatian and my wife is black, we live here in Croatia for 3 years now, she is fluent in Croatian and say that she never experienced something racist or been treated bad because of her skin colour, ofc ppl sometime stare in her not because they are racist simply because here in Croatia ain't much black ppl so she looks exotic. Same when we go to Guatemala everyone stare in me cz I'm white...
I'm happy to hear the she hasn't experienced any racism. I got stares but just outta curiosity. I love your country and I really enjoyed everyone that I met :)
@@Naturalwanders imho if you are black and in Croatia you can probably expect people to do a double take or look shocked when they see you at first, but its not because they're racist, its because you're literally the first black person they've ever seen in their entire life. Most of our country isn't that connected to the internet, so please forgive the stares, they aren't what you might think.
@@Helman114 yea I definitely got stares and double takes, but never felt anything negative or malicious. I really enjoyed the people in Croatia. Beautiful country and people
People stare at the white girls also. Why black people think everything is racism?
@@josipgelo186 history haha
I am glad that you liked croatia. I think the stares were out of curiosity. Even though I am a croatian living in Vienna I am always happy to see people of other races (Black, Asian,...) because although we are all humans and have the same desires it's exciting to see the differences even if they are just on the outside. The most croatians are very openminded and welcoming. About the food: next time taste homemade food. It's much better than in the restaurants and the croatian women love to cook for their guests. They take very much pride in that.
Thank you very much I'll love to see your country one day I love to travel and I love meeting ppl of different color and race also I heard the food is good too so yeah this place would be on my list😃
I was in Croatia in 2016...they were pretty friendly with us. Am African from Botswana.
I enjoyed my stay there
I really enjoyed my stay as well! I'm happy that we both had positive experiences in Croatia. Thank you :)
I've also heard that Botswana is beautiful and def plan to visit someday.
@@Naturalwanders it is indeed beautiful...u will visit someday and enjoy the magnificnet boat cruise in the Okavango delta where there are lots of wildlife especially elephants
Helpful. Thanks
There's not a lot of black people living in Croatia. Until I was 18 I probably saw like five black people tops in my life. And apart from one girl, they were all tourists. So people mostly stare because they're curious.
To be honest, I never really paid that much attention to the color of any person's skin... I have a friend whose parents came from India to Croatia, and I never really focused on the color of his skin, because we're all humans at the end of the day, you just have to be a decent human being and treat everyone with respect (as long as they treat you with respect obviously). I'm glad that you had a great time in my country, much love dude.
You are always welcome in Croatia, racism doesn't exist here, I first heard and saw racism on television when it was a football game and the ad said noto racism, and I was 16 years old haha, greetings from Zagreb🇭🇷
romani ppl r literally segregated here
@@hh_5032 They mostly decided to live like that. Not all of them,some live regular lives,go to school and get a job.
Others "segregated" you say, decide to not finish highschool or college,to not get a steady job and live from it and pay taxes and get a loan in the bank and pay it and send their kids to school to be a productive part of society. They decide,or get ordered by family, to get married at 14,make kids,live on wellfare from the state and do odd jobs or do criminal jobs, behave without restraint and deepen the bad situation they already are in. Yes,they might feel segregated. And any non-Romani will feel the same behaving like that, color makes no difference.
No racism there? Even if i date a hot Croatian girl?
@Vorraboms jealousy is one of the biggest reason for racism. That's why you'll find more racism between the poor and unsuccessful.
@@hh_5032 tell that to my copper that was in backyard lady. You dont say that they steal things from our houses? That they are the worst neighboures that you can get? That they dont want to assimilate?
Nice review of Croatia. Glad you had a good time. The stares would have been out of curiosity but also because of your good looks😃
Ahh I really appreciate you saying that 😌
I definitely felt the curiosity stares. Thanks for watching my friend :)
Can I just tell you I’m traveling here in the next couple of weeks and I was extremely nervous. But after seeing your vlog I am feeling much more At ease! Thank you
I’m currently here, day 2. I’m Croatian living in US and my boyfriend is light skin. Yesterday we had a guy saying ‘what the fuck is this city coming to’ while angry looking and walking towards us. Today another guy said ‘move it you fat fuck’ to my boyfriend. I called him out then he apologized. I hate coming here honestly. We left the city and went home. Our day was ruined and I got so much anxiety walking around when everyone is starring and giggling.
Realy realy good video well spoken and informative thank you for visiting and you are always welcome in croatia BROTHER God bless.
Thank you my friend!! I can't wait to come back brother. Bless!
i live in Zagreb and i am 29. I never had a chance to talked to a black person face to face.
Wow! Well next time I visit we'll have to change that for sure!! Thank you for watching my friend 😁
ive seen a black person two times in my life. im 15 now ive seen one when i was 8 on a football trip. (back when i did football) and the other at like 10. he was like late 30s spoke in a strong american accent and he was black so it came as a shock to everyone. i made sure to just give a casual hi and keep walking to make him feel welcomed unlike other people staring at him, or being different. havent seen him in years so im guessing he left cause it was too much. dont know why he moved in the streets in the first place either, couldve just been a temporary stay.
@@jr9710 wow that's incredible to me that you've only seen two, but that definitely explains the stares from others! What city are you from?
@@Naturalwanders osijek, croatia
@@Naturalwanders btw the exact place where he moved im not naming for personal reasons. he didnt move to osijek, but close to it, a street area
I miss Croatia so much! I was born in Zagreb where my dad is from and my mother is from Dubrovnik....we moved to Canada when I was young, but went back for summer holidays many times and still had a house in Zagreb....haven't been back in a while, but I would really like to soon!! Glad you had a good time, there's is always something to do and some where to visit!
Yea I actually miss Croatia as well. I'm happy that you have such fond memories of that beautiful country. We'll be back there soon. Thanks for watching 😁
@Rene
Omg how can you live in such a cold country as Canada 🥶🥶🥶
@@kentprince4851 Canada is only cold in the Winter, the Summers can be very hot like any where else, also BC and Victoria Island on the coast is much milder and has warmer weather year round!
@@Renkk17 Good to know, i definetly would visit canada in summer. The balkans is best tho 😄
@@Renkk17 lol idk why people keep saying BC has warmer weather all year round, I'm from Calgary Alberta and living in Vancouver. This year B.C has gotten more snow and cold weather than Alberta. But Anyways I'd like to visit Croatia this summer do you know which city that has more scenery and tourism.
Oh there are so many little but unique places that blow mind even to us croatians sometimes (like Rastoke village) that should be in my opinion credited more than some standard tourist locations. Btw when we find a job in a restaurant or a good take out bar, we're usually suposed to memorize all the dishes because it is very common for people to ask what are they going to eat xD I dunno why, it is like a tradition here. Croatia is a small country by population & there is so much space around that results in various creative ideas like different kinds of bars or museums! Or even bakery! (Bread club Zagreb- it looks like a night bar). Sometimes it feels like a competition among ourselves. PS your t-shirt is awesome 👌
tnx for nice words about my country,my advice is when you next time visit Croatia go on the east part ,beautiful part with a lot of beautiful things..and yeah you have my sub and like.
Thank you my friend!! I'm glad that you enjoyed and subbed! Great advice though. There's so much to Croatia that I want to go back and see. I appreciate that my friend!
@@Naturalwanders you caqn check on google my town.. ILOK is the name of my town..i can give you a tour too hahaha
@@danijeldragic1773 that'd be awesome man! I'm def gonna look it up bro
thank you so much for this video, going this summer.
Ahh you're going to love it!
Thx for this review. I'll be in Croatia in a few weeks and this helps.
Thank you my friend! I'm glad you find this helpful and I appreciate you watching
I'm Asian with a ton of tattoos in Croatia, I think old ppl stare at me anywhere tho lol
Haha yea I can see that happening bro
Welcome to our country!We love Asian people and tattoos.How many do you have?
@@nanalee3683 I think 3 because if they touch it counts as one, but basically half my body, but hvala lipa. Je volim hrvatska
@@TattooedTraveler a dusa draga❤.You are learning Croatian.Wow respect
@@nanalee3683 uci hrvatski, but it is hard haha
Love your positive vibes about Croatia and specially Zagreb the city i love most.
Yess such an amazing place with warm people
Thanks for sharing your beautiful video 💞
Thank you!! And thanks for watching ❤
Nice to see a brother exploring the universe and showing what it looks like outside the USA.
Thanks for this video. I've seen on many blogs that Croatia is a beautiful country. I am wanting to go this fall. 😊
It's an incredible country truly. You will love it
Thank you for the overview. Im going in 2024 and I was concerned and excited. This helped me feel better my decision to go.
Great review. I live in Zagreb and I am glad to hear you had a positive experience.
I appreciate you! You have a very beautiful country my friend. I'm looking forward to returning
@@Naturalwanders psst I'm from the US but have not lived there for a few years.
@@BlueEyedTaty ahhh I see. And how do you like living in Zagreb?
@@Naturalwanders I love Zagreb. Lots of culture if you look for it. There a capoeira school, feminist community center, even a small BLM group. Have made dear friends here. Like you I find Croatian people warm . They also handle and dish out sarcasm well, which was an issue for me in the US. Heh 😉 laughter is important here.
Thank you very much bro always welcome to Croatia and Bosnia as well..
Thanks my friend. I'll be sure to spend some more time in Bosnia. I only drove through to get to Dubrovnik but we stopped the car and walked a bit there and it looks beautiful
My brother don't worry, we just didn't used to see people that are not from Croatia.
Thanks my brother! Love your country ❤
We love simple and good people. How much you give, that's how much you recieve. Nice vlog.
Thanks buddy. I appreciate you watching 😉
My husband and I are both Maori from New Zealand. We both have ta moko our native tattoos, but my husband is extremely covered. Needless to say, we got stared at all over Europe lol most people were fairly friendly, but the stares were REAL 👀😂
I love Maori people.There is Croatian community in New Zealand that is there for decades.My people started marrying Maori women and they started calling the Croatians and Maori people Tarara.I have a shirt that represents Tarara people with they own flag.I love your culture.Sone beautiful man and women.Beautiful hair and def I love the tattoos
I love watching your Fro Reviews ☺️ I recently added Croatia to my summer bucket list and found this video was extremely helpful. I’m trying to decide between Dubrovnik, Split and Rijeka. Is there any particular city you would recommend to a digital nomad visiting for a month?
Hey I really appreciate you! You're gonna absolutely love Croatia. For a month I'd say Split since it's more centrally located in the country. You can take a quick trip to dubrovnik or Zagreb from there. It's probably the most youthful and lively city and dubrovnik is a bit too touristy for me to stay for weeks. Idk about Rijeka but that might be a good move too. I'm glad you found this helpful and I hope you have an amazing trip!
Very nice review , thank you for sharing your positive vibes from and for my country and yes we are curious, welcoming and friendly (as i see you have been explained :) ), but idots as you know you can find everywhere :) If you had a toure in Dubrovnik maybe you have been told that they were among the first who banned slavery 1416. Greeting from the warm south - Dubrovnik :)))
Pretty sure they just stared cuz you're so fine 👀🤭 a beautiful soul like you is always welcome to Croatia ☺️🇭🇷🌴
Thank you so much!! That's so sweet of you 😊. Your country was very good to me and I'm looking forward to returning
Indeed. Did ever crossed your mind that they looked at you 'couse you are good looking?
@@sasaseparovic9777 Heyy I didn't consider that at all. I really appreciate you for saying that! 😊
Yes😘❤😍
@@lilymill5203 thank you so much😊🙏🏾
I LOVED Croatia! It os easily my favorite travel destination so far. Beautiful cities and islands, fresh and delicious foods, the GoT tour was worth every minute and every one seemed liberal and friendly. Would absolutely go again.
It's an amazing country. I couldn't agree more!
I happy that u like it in our country and feel comfortable . And i hope u come back again in our country
You are always welcome to Croatia!, older generations may look you strange bcs they never saw someone with different skin tone or something, but everyone else..,they have no stereotypes..
I love to hear that my friend! I completely understand the stares of curiosity from older generations. I never felt anything malicious while in Croatia! I appreciate you very much, and thanks for watching!
@@Naturalwanders approved, hope you liked here in Croatia, you guys are always welcome! :)
Most people from Zagreb (younger generation) first seen people of different color in football club Dinamo Zagreb.
Players like Sammir or Luis Ibanez
Ahhh I see! The beauty of sports
Luis Ibanez is white lol, Sammir yes, and Fernandes, many others, but Luis Ibanez lol, he is small white dude that is dark from the sun litterally lol, he is not black.
I had the best time there!!! people were lovely
In regards to food, you need to visit the right places :P
Michellin star places are nice and all... but for best local food you need to visit random small restaurants in the middle of nowhere. :P
Yeaaa I definitely feel you! I was definitely wishing that we spent a little more time exploring the hole-in-the-wall restaurants. Cheaper, faster, and sometimes even tastier. You'd have to let me know which are the best spots for my next trip!
@@Naturalwanders I'm glad you liked my country... Here is a tip about food - always ask the local people where to eat and what to eat where. Next time eat at local rustical places, you will get your mind blown when you try real authentic croatian food. Welcome back!
@@pessimusdux I really appreciate you!! I feel like we missed out on a lot of local spots so next time I'll def take your advice on finding great spots. Who better to ask then the locals
@@Naturalwanders In Dubrovnik, please visit restaurant 49. Name of the street is Obala Ivana Pavla 49. Affordable, great service, great food.
@@Naturalwanders And in Zagreb, there is a small restaurant for wrking people, domestic cousine, open 8-17. And yes, ask the locals and on the coast, go where the fishermen go to eat.
Had to come here before I embark on my trip, glad to here the good reviews particularly from a black guy ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for visiting our country and for the wonderful things you mentioned. Once you make some Croatian friends, then they treat you to some home cooking. Restaurants, are a coin toss , wherever you go. The black rice is made from cuddle fish and gets its color from its ink sack. Thanks again!
That's what I need in my life! Some really good Croatian home cooking. Thanks for the advice and I really appreciate you watching my friend!
Welcome to Croatia, the paradise on earth! Did you know that Croatia is one of the safest countries in the world.. check it up!
I didn't know that! But I can believe by the time that I didn't there. Thank you and your lovely country
My man! I'm a Hispanic born and raised from Brooklyn. But 7 years ago I decided to just pack up and leave! so, I headed to Belgium ! And yeah I deal with alot of micro aggressions and profiling and deep down it's super scary 3 different languages that I still cant barely speak lol. But ladies are so beautiful and truly amazing inside. It's why I'm still here.
But in a few weeks I'm finally headin to Italy, Croatia, France and then Spain for the first time! So thank you for this video.
Oh that's awesome I live in Netherlands but working in Belgium this month in Nivelles. I'm really happy that this video could help bro. Also good luck on those future travels!Kudos to you for breaking out. Where in Belgium are you?
Loving this channel! Just came off of your Copenhagen review. 👍🏿
Thank you so much! I'm glad you're feeling it and finding some value in it. I'll keep it coming for you!
Happy to see you enjoyed your time here! You're always welcome back.
Thank you my friend ! I can't wait to return 😁
I'm of colour and everytime I visit Croatia they always welcome me with open arms and I've been to a lot of places in Croatia for over 25 years and I've never encountered a racist vibe. If anything they want to know more about you and want to engage with you. Bravo Croatia 🇭🇷
I got that feeling also from being there. I agree with you
In the 1940s when WW2 was happening, the head coach of the national boxing team of Croatia was a black American, Jimmy Lyggett. We also had black players in our national football team, the most famous one being Eduardo Da Silva, who is a fan favorite and one of the all time top scorers. There also was a small BLM protest in Zagreb after the George Flyod thing. There is also the Fresh Island Festival at Zrće beach which is mostly attended by black people from the UK and the rest of Europe (google the aftermovies of the event). Odilon Singbo is a black catholic priest who is active in Croatia, he mastered the Croatian language at a remarkable level and has received only positive comments (ua-cam.com/video/7Nt6lj0fWN8/v-deo.html).
there is even a black actor who starred in the TV show vecerna skola and he´s very fluent in croatian
@@Humbulla93 Yeah, him as well, forgot about him, he is very well received in Croatia as well.
@@rockhop8595 and don't forget Hamed Bangoura! He was a great TV music show host!
I've been to Croatia many times! I was living in Europe from April 2012 - May 2015 and I agree with everything you've said. I haven't been to southern Croatia though. I spent my time in Rijeka and Opatija. Both are smaller seaside towns and there were NO black folks! I had a damn good time will always return. Keep doing your thing brother. I may steal your "Fro-rating scale". I'll definitely credit you for it.
Ayy I'm glad we have similar experiences or perspectives on Croatia! It sounds like you had an incredible time out there and i can't wait to return either. Haha feel free as long as you send me them creds brother 😆
Thanks for watching my man
@@Naturalwanders Definitely give credit where it’s due! I’ll be going back probably later this year. Been thinking about moving there since they have a great digital nomad visa.
@@tobiasfrierson7814 oh they do? What's good about the visa?
Croats are profound Catholics. They have a lot of missionaries that work in Africa among heavily underdeveloped people, preaching, establishing elementary schools and teaching people useful crafts. Therefore, we have encoded in our brains: we are all equal brothers and sisters in Jesus.
The older and midlife generation use the word "Black" and not Afroamerican, because it was normal back then in their youth. That was the generation for whome,in their childhood, seeing the black person "live" was wow, some kind of nice surprise. They were than calling parents and friends "look, the blackman".
Racism is absent in Croatia because of very strong Catholicism among Croats. Also, the older and midlife generation grew on cinematography from 70s (Coffee 😎 ...) and 80s that popularized black community. They also saw TV series Roots (Kunta Kinte etc.), which made them more senzibilized. One can't stay indifferent.
There are some things that made Croats feel empathy with black people, because of some historical similarities. Croats were subjugated people. Suffered oppression remains in memory of people, even few generations later. Croats were not the colonizers, nor the big landowners nor tycoons, but just ordinary people who came in New World to do the heavy physical work. Therefore there is no supremacist attitude.
While as part of the country that was the part of the Non-aligned movement (especially in decades of decolonization, 60s, 70s) many students from the Third World came to study in Croatia (mostly Zagreb), many were blackmen. They enjoyed equal status among local students. Also, many Croatian experts went to work in the Third world on equal terms with locals.
Being black and from the USA, the best combination for blackperson in Croatia. Americans guests have excellent reputation, nice behaviour, very good tippers, especially blackmen.😎
Trivia: there is a phrase in Croatian "raditi kao crnac" ("to work like a blackman"), meaning to work hard and exhausting (usually physical) work, and the verb "crnčiti", literary meaning "to blacken", with the same meaning as the phrase above.
kolika beskorisna disertacija uvlačenja...jadno
I feel so bad that you even have to make this video. The other day I watched a girl rating her experience in Australia and anxiety she had when she had to show her natural hair. I felt so bad. What kind of society does that to you :/ I'm Croatian living in Australia and until coming here I never thought about the race. Growing up in Croatia you don't think about it. You are not white, you are Croatian, then European and then citizen of the world. It messes up with my head that here (Australia) people judge me for my "whiteness" when I don't feel that at all. I'm glad you had a positive experience in Croatia. All the looks are curiosity probably :) btw we don't have the n word. I knew the word from American music but learned its meaning maybe a couple of years ago after some scandals in US happened. So if somebody says something you think it's insensitive, it's not from a bad place it's just that we don't understand the US historical context like you do since we are not Americans :) But we certainly love to learn new things! btw you made me sooooo homesick!
Hi Jelena! Yea it's unfortunate that it's even a thing to think about when traveling around the world. But it's the same way in the USA. I'm concerned about going to neighboring states because of my race, so you can imagine the concern of going overseas.
I'm happy that you didn't have to think about race growing up. When I take a trip and I don't have to think about, I feel a bit lighter. It happens every now and then. The stares don't bother me because i know they're coming from that place of curiosity like you said.
I really appreciate your thoughtful comments and for watching. I hope you get to come home soon 🏡
I definitely plan to return to your home when the world starts spinning again. Thank you my friend 😊
Why whould anyone want to be lighter? Ha ha people in Croatia, including me of course, are frying in the sun to get darker. We find it very beautifull you know. And yes, two years ago I saw a black girl in my small town (first time in real life not on tv) and I stared like a stupid cow. I did not mean to be rude but she was sooo beautiful I couldnt help myself. Now I regret it, she probably thought I was a racist.
@@Ally2018. haha I appreciate you saying that! Yea you never know. Maybe she also understands that you stared out of curiosity like I do nowadays. No need to regret those natural reflexes though. That's just us learning about the world. Thank you for sharing your perspective and thoughtful comments my friend!
Interesting YT Channel, good idea....
And thank you for honest review.
P.S.
Human are all same race, just different appearance.
for the last 10 years we are very much used to see all kinds of people in zagreb, before that tourism werent as much developed in zagreb but only on our coast. but nowdays, it's completely normal to see a person of any color anywhere in zagreb
I am a native Croatian and I'm happy to say that we share our favourite croatian dish.
Ohh yesss!! I'm happy to hear that :)
It's such a good meal 😋
Thanks for checking it out my friend!
@@Naturalwanders Yeah, I was iffy at the first but it was worth it.
Not to many black people live in Croatia,its amazing to see your kind once a year in our homeland.
i ne triba
Zekiy your vidios are so great
Thank you so much! 😁
We dont shame people for race,religion etc. Its just rare to see black people in croatia because we're not too popular. We just stare because we never see you guys or we admire your beauty,diffrences. Im glad you find Croatia a friendly place❤
It's a beautiful country with lovely people! Thank you for that clarification.
Very good video bro👌
I'm from Paris but Croatian (Šibenik) ✌️
Im from croatia and my best friend is black..and i love black people,for me we are all the same..😊
Im Croatian but i lived most my life in the US. Glad you liked it brother 👍
Thank You for kind words Sir
I met 2 black friends whos grandmother is from croatia we had alot of interesting converstaions. When talking to them we had some n word slip ups but we were drinking together and they did not even react to it. We watch alot of american movies so our vocabulary is influenced by that and they understood that we do not mean anything bad when saying it.
So yeah i completly understand that dude that you talked to and im sure he did not mean anything bad with it because we are just not racist here.
Glad you had a good time hope you get a chace to visit again.
We love y’all (coming from a croatian and turk)
I will be embarking on a solo trip to Croatia June 2023 after failing to secure a travel buddy. As a African American woman I’m skeptical on how I will be perceived. However, I look forward to my vacation and historic sightseeing of Dubrovnik, Hvar and Split/Trogir.
Yes I understand the skepticism and I'll say from my experience I would feel comfortable traveling there alone the next time! I would love to hear your experience after your travels. It's such a wonderful country with open people so I think you'll have even more authentic local experiences while solo traveling. Good luck with your wandering!
Im in Croatia and i love Black and White pople Evryone is welcome! I love you!-Volim te!
As a black/white kid in Croatia, and im a local i still get stares😂 i have “white” skin but i have 4c hair type i got so muchh stares
Do you have an Instagram?
Always welcome in Croatia 👍🍀 !
Croatian people might speak English to get by but many of them are not aware of the offensiveness of the words they are using...or the difference between informal and formal English language....and yes they do stare a lot at all the strangers
Glad you visited Croatia and had a pleasamt experience.
Staring is due to curiosity because you cant see black people often here. In fact its very rafe.
Hope you visit eastern Croatia (Slavonija and Baranja) next time you visit :). We are renting apartments in that region's capital and would be happy to give directions on what to see and do in this part.
Thank you so much my friend! I love your country and can't wait to go back. I'll definitely hit you up when I'm going because I've heard great things about the east. I appreciate you my friend!
@@Naturalwanders Looking forward to it ! Best to hit me up on facebook and try to visit after Covid.
Have a good one :)!
Hey I'm Canadian visiting Croatia this summer, I'd like to know if you can be my tour guide and show me around especially the nice scenery areas.
Going there alone soon, and I’m really anxious. I don’t know what to expect😭
Oh it's gonna be great my friend. I hope this video helps a bit in what to expect. Where will you go in Croatia?
I hope so! I will be staying in Velica Gorica. It has quite a few attractions so I’m excited. Yes, it helped a lot! Thank you for telling us about your experience!
As a croat theres 2 beaches on the island of rab ive been to and loved
Which are
Lopar and Banjol
If u visit croatia again go to these beaches
These r the cities the best beach in lopar is rajska plaža
The banjol one i cant remeber but u might find it
I'll be sure to look for them my friend. Thank you!
Croatia loves all people 🇭🇷❤
@Claudia Vlahović bravo Claudia ❤
I m croatian ,and I never heard for rasisam in my country.There is not many black people, we have
more and more but definetly dont know anybody Who is rasist. Welcome in my Country
Looking to buy property in Croatia for my retirement Cali is too expensive for me...any idea where near the coast tourist area?
Yeaa I'd say Split is great if you're looking for a more youthful crowd and nightlife near the water. Dubrovnik i believe it's much more expensive and touristy though. Zagreb isn't very close to the sea. But those are the most touristy cities i visited. I've Zadar is very nice and by the sea as well. Thank you for watching!
@@Naturalwanders ....I was looking into Split and the housing market seem reasonable price by the coast area. Thx for the info.
@@mylifemyjourney1 Istria is also really good if you want to take a look at it, but i think its also the most expensive. I would recommend the area around town of Poreč, since my friends bought a house there not long ago for a okay price. Plus from Istria you only need like half an hour to Slovenia an hour to Italy, and hour and half to Austria, so when Croatia, gets into Schengen you can freely make trips to those countries not worrying about borders and papers.
@@Ivan-gp4tr ....you think, it is a great area for renovation too? Btw, thanks for the great info did not know it was close all those bordering countries.
@@mylifemyjourney1 Well, the house my friends bought was fully built, on the outside they only coloured it how they wanted but inside they bought all the furniture for the rooms and also coloured it. Also you can do whatever you want with the garden. Im not very good with English, sorry, . So i dont know if you mean renovation like that. Most of the houses that you can buy there are like that, fully built but with nothing inside. Or you can look into the houses in the center of Poreč, they are those old looking Roman houses, but i know for a fact they cost a lot.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE NOT WOKE.. AND THAT YOU CAN LAUGH AT YOURSELF
US CROATS DO IT ALL TIME
MUCH BLESSINGS BROTHER
Haha yea you gotta be able to laugh at yourself. Blessings to you my friend
Going to Croatia in August with my white Grandmother. Should be interesting. I’m excited though.
Oh you're gonna love it! I'm excited for you. What city?
I might need spell check, but our tour guide schedule is...
Day1 - Zagreb
Day 2 /3- Ljubljana -
Day 4- Postojna
Day 5- Opatija
Day 6- Plituice
Day 7/8- Zadar - Trogir
Day 9 - Bosnia Herzegovina
Day 10- Dubrovnik
Day 11- Go HOME
You know buddy....here in Zagreb we still value a man beihg a man...being a human and it's always about honesty ...goodnes in people...not about colour of your skin so G. Ford is not alone ! Welcome back ! 😁🇺🇸🤜🏿🤛🏻🇭🇷
I love to hear that buddy! I appreciate you saying that and for watching! I can't wait to come back to your lovely country
Thanks and come again
I once seen a group of mostly black guys on Hvar in Croatia. Sort of caught myself looking at them as I was passing by and one of them noticed and was trying to look away, looking scared I felt. Wondered what he heard of us to appear that way.. I still kinda feel bad about it, even tho I did nothing but probably just starred like an idiot. Think they were French
Ahh misunderstandings happen my friend. You shouldn't feel bad about that natural reaction of curiosity. But you'll also know a bit more for the next time that happens. Thanks for sharing that and being vulnerable with me my friend
I am black guy and enjoy when people stare at me,🤗😆it kind of being special sometime..
Back home i used to stare at white people a lot when they visited my country since they were few and luck to meet them i even went one step further to converse with them.
So its normal human to have curiousity.
Croatian people are not racist and wont judge you for being a black person, its just many of us have never seen a black person irl just on movies/games so you deffo might experience alot of curiosity and staring, we mean nothing harmful by it tho :D
I definitely felt that as well :)
Thank you for your thoughtful comment my friend
Maybe, but staring at people is not good, not racist, or something, but come on, staring in people is rude, i dont like people that stare, im Croatian btw, i dont stare at people, WOMEN or random people, those people that turn around and stare like idiots are just plain stupid.
I grew up in Croatia and only seen one person of color while I lived there for 10 years. One time I am on a bus and we pass one person of color walking on the road. Everyone moved to the side of the bus to see him. They never seen a person of color before. They were just curious, not racist.
Are there diverse cities in Croatia where u can be close to a beach? I'd love to travel but I just feel better being somewhere more as more diverse
Dubrovnik is quite touristy and on the coast. That makes it more diverse for sure. I'd say Split as well in peak season and both are on the coast
Well, there's all kinds of ypipo during the summer.... so very diverse indeed
@@Leon.Stanic haha
First off, your pronunciation is excellent.
Secondly, Croatia has had a long standing college partnership with Nigeria, so its not unheard of.
I am glad Croatia isn't corrupted as other countries and that there is less crime.
Yess I felt very safe there too!
If you are a black person from the United States; and your visiting Croatia like the black man in this video you should be interested in the Croatian culture; and show some intense love for their cuisine; and the locals will be surprised; and very happy!
Black Americans visiting Croatia should not bring their “America is a racist country “; and enjoy their holidays with the locals!
Croatian people belong to the group of Slavic tribes which came in 7th century to Europe, after the fall of Roman empire. We never had slaves. In fact: Slavic in other languages translates as "Slave" but in ours it means "Glory". The reason behind is, Slavic nations were often slaves, cause they did not convert to Christianity immidiately. You were in Dubrovnik, which at one point was a state, and their flag has a Latin word Libertas (Freedom). Perhaps you should have taken another tour, insted of Games of Thrones. Most important, we (as in all Slavic nations) never participated in any kind of colonization. That is the reason why you dont see so many black people. And that is the reason why did I, 25 years ago when I saw a black man, sad to my friend: "This man deffinatly use too much tanning of skin". And he said to me:"Are you serious? He is a black person". Got it :, I did not recognize that black person was in front of me.