First Impressions of Belgrade | Serbia 🇷🇸

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  • @nenazecevic7067
    @nenazecevic7067 Рік тому +44

    Odličan video.Vidi se da si se pripremio i naučio nešto o našoj istoriji.Hvala na lepom predstavljanju našeg glavnog grada.

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +10

      Thank you!

    • @mariodezert
      @mariodezert Рік тому +1

      I’ll visit Belgrade in May 2024 for FIVE DAYS, I am do happy about it. I can’t believe I’ll see Djokovic’s home country. I am brazilian and live in Florianópolis, Brazil.

  • @bebero1310
    @bebero1310 Рік тому +55

    Belgrade is offering a lot for all kind of tourists: culture,food,history as well as night life.

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +13

      Belgrade is awesome! Such a fun city. I would love to go bqck!

    • @cruelclipsy2943
      @cruelclipsy2943 Рік тому +1

      History 🇦🇱🤣

    • @bebero1310
      @bebero1310 Рік тому +5

      @@cruelclipsy2943 for ignorant, it is a city from Roman period. So, yes, HISTORY.

    • @nekobitan8313
      @nekobitan8313 Рік тому +5

      @@cruelclipsy2943 yeah history, something you never heard off

    • @Lilly-hh9es
      @Lilly-hh9es Рік тому +1

      @@cruelclipsy2943 Something that aljbanians will never have

  • @goranpanic4278
    @goranpanic4278 Рік тому +34

    Actually, filming is allowed inside Saint Sava Temple... There is also a beautiful Crypt beneath the sanctuary that you should definitely visit...

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +15

      Well I didn't want to interrupt the service that was going on. But I'm glad I was able go inside myself and see the beauty. Oh really? I didn't know about the crypt.. well it's something for me when I return 🙂

  • @Darkdarkdark123
    @Darkdarkdark123 Рік тому +9

    Statue Is Stefan Nemanja fauder of Serbian state,he Is olso dad of St.Sava faunder of Serbian Ortodox church...

  • @ilbiancospino703
    @ilbiancospino703 Рік тому +10

    That is a Great video Thank you so muchGreetings from Japan

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +1

      Greetings! Thank you!

    • @Akcija1930
      @Akcija1930 Рік тому

      One of the popular things in Belgrade are public buses which locals named "Japanese". They were donated by Japan to Serbia in 2003. Srbija do Tokija!

  • @ilovetoskate213
    @ilovetoskate213 Рік тому +6

    The view from Kalemegdan is the most beautiful at night

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +1

      It is! The camera doesn't do it justice!

  • @madalinamuntean4684
    @madalinamuntean4684 Рік тому +4

    Greetings from Romania! Thank you.

  • @suzanadrcelic9570
    @suzanadrcelic9570 Рік тому +10

    I moved from Belgrade to Sweden. Thank you for the wonderful video and my streets and areas where I lived. Good luck 💥❣

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +2

      I'm so happy you liked it!

    • @srbadijaradovic6198
      @srbadijaradovic6198 Рік тому

      Odselila ti?!! A mogli pitat zasto?! Mozda se vise ne osecas Srpkinjom? Jel to razlog?

    • @suzanadrcelic9570
      @suzanadrcelic9570 Рік тому +1

      @@srbadijaradovic6198Sa tako primitivnim stavom, možete da pitate ali nekog drugog. Sve najbolje.

  • @jugoslavnamljidjiu9021
    @jugoslavnamljidjiu9021 Рік тому +11

    Welcome to Serbia and i don't know when you filmed this but in 7 january Serbian celebrate orthodox christmass and seem that you filmed exactly that day, consider come to Serbia in spring or early summer best month is april may june.

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +4

      Thank you! I really liked Serbia! I was actually there the beginning of December. It was quite nice to be there in the lead up to the holidays. I would love to come back in the early summer though!

  • @joancramer7484
    @joancramer7484 Рік тому +1

    Beautiful, thank you! Nice tour.

  • @arlekin1976
    @arlekin1976 Рік тому +19

    It`s interesting how over the centuries thousands upon thousands of people died attacking and defending that fortress and today people are like "nice view from up here"

  • @sergten
    @sergten Рік тому

    Looks like a nice place. So spacious. No crowds, no traffic.

  • @ДУШАНЈОВАНОВИЋ-ю5о

    I'm always sad when I see how much are people of others country's are afraid when they wisited Serbia, how they are indoctrinated with fear, lies true centuries
    so they don't know that they are wisited one of rare county's that are have freedom in the dna on the planet in the world and in the history of the human civilization. 😭
    We are in top 3 country's in the world who was fight to the freedom of all human kind so many time and payed so many time the highest price in blood as no one before for the freedom !
    Unfortunately this truth is hide by the rest of the world by the westen civilization ( EU, GBR, USA, Vatikan !)

  • @crazypiiano
    @crazypiiano Рік тому +15

    It was so good to meet you, Nick! The chances of running into each other in the streets of Belgrade are still mind blowing to me :D Our overall city-experience was quite similar, I can tell now from your video! Was good to be there! When is your next trip starting?
    All the best from Germany! //Alex

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +5

      Absolutely mind blowing! What are the chances 😂 Its already begun! I was in the UK for some time (videos coming) and now I'm in Amsterdam!
      All the best back!

  • @FireGriffon
    @FireGriffon Рік тому +23

    You didn’t have much luck at the start of the day, but it seems it got better as it progressed!
    The train station used to be operational until recently, but they’ve closed it down and they’re in the process of making it a museum. They want to make the railway tracks suitable for fast trains, but rn there are only fast trains going north from Belgrade, going south the railway is in a bad condition, so for the next few years it’s much better and faster taking the bus.
    It’s a shame that the museum was full. It’s not too big, but there are a lot of interesting personal stuff there, as well as inventions and cool experiments with electricity you can do. Also, I always found it a bit creepy, but his ashes are kept in a small room in the back. One of his surviving relatives brought his ashes to Serbia because that’s where Tesla always wanted his resting place to be. I still find it weird that it’s the museum, but his work was his life, so it kinda seems fitting that he’s surrounded by it even now.
    The Church of Saint Marko is bear because the construction started just before WW2 and there were no funds to finish the inside because of the war, and then the communists took power and for them religion was a big no-no. The church was modeled after Gračanica, a medieval Serbian monastery in Kosovo and one of the few that survived in Kosovo thanks to UNESCO protecting it as a world heritage site. Oh, and if you saw a gold sarcophagus inside the church, it’s where the remains of Tzar Dušan are. He is referred to as Dušan the Mighty and he was one of Europe's most powerful monarchs and under his rule Serbia was one of the biggest and most powerful states in Europe. Things started to change not long after his death, especially with the arrival of Ottomans a bit less than 50 years later. Tzar Lazar lead the Serbian army against the Ottomans in Battle of Kosovo in 1389 (or back then 6897 by the old Kolodar calendar which was in use in Serbia until 1880) where he laid his life. Fun fact, that’s why all churches in Europe ring bells at noon, as a celebration of Serbians stopping the Ottoman (Turkish) invasion, unfortunately the Ottomans came back about 70 years later and managed to conquer Serbia and other lands.
    Oh, and Belgrade got it’s name because of the fortress. Beograd means “white city” and the fortress used to gleam and had a beautiful white reflection on the water, so people called it “the white city”. Belgrade didn’t become the capital until 1841, except for a short time in the 13th century. Trough history Serbia used to be more southern and had capitals in Southern Serbia, as well as what’s today Macedonia, northern Albania and northern Greece. Of course, throughout many centuries borders change and capitals moved a lot.
    Okay, I now see I wrote a lot, but what can I do, I’m a history buff! 😅
    Hope you had a pleasant stay in Belgrade! ☺️

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +5

      Well my day starting unlucky seems to be my default setting 😂 well you filled in so many blanks for me! I really appreciate it! Serbia's history is long and often times complicated. Well that can be said about the Balkans in general I suppose. I saw Tzar Dušan's tomb inside St. Marko, it seemed so strange to me that it wouldn't be more lavishly decorated but that makes perfect sense now. Anyways I appreciate the long comments, especially when they're packed with information! Cheers to being history buffs!
      All the best,
      Nick

    • @bebero1310
      @bebero1310 Рік тому +2

      Correction: there is decent and nice train going to the city of Nis but not to Sofia.

    • @КраљСтефанДечански
      @КраљСтефанДечански Рік тому +4

      Лепо си нас представио земљаче, само исправи за цара Душана. Није он на Косово ишао.

    • @yourmajesty1630
      @yourmajesty1630 Рік тому +2

      years and years ago, in fact i think it was 1980, i remember taking a train to sophia from belgrade. what happened to those trains were they bombed by nato?

    • @FireGriffon
      @FireGriffon Рік тому +1

      @@КраљСтефанДечански Стварно је срамотно, не знам како сам успела толико да оманем и да се пребацим на цара Лазара. Генерално гледам и коментаришем ноћу када сам уморна, а не могу да заспим, али то није оправдање. Изменићу коментар. Хвала!

  • @Invest4Cashflow
    @Invest4Cashflow Рік тому +12

    I ❤ Belgrade

  • @vesnadjurdjevic9304
    @vesnadjurdjevic9304 Рік тому +5

    My Belgrad❤

  • @ler9029
    @ler9029 Рік тому

    I will go there this summer... I can't wait !!!!

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +1

      Enjoy your time there!

    • @ler9029
      @ler9029 Рік тому

      @wayfarer nick thanks!
      Ps: you are soooo gorgeous 🙈

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much ☺️

  • @juli1037
    @juli1037 Рік тому +9

    Pity you did not have any locals to guide you a little, still an excellent video!😊

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +2

      I would have loved to have local guide! It's the best way to see a place. Glad you liked the video anyway! Cheers!

  • @yourmajesty1630
    @yourmajesty1630 Рік тому +1

    for one day you hit most of the high notes the pedestrian quarter and kalemegdan park, st marks church and st sava. so glad you to go out for beer with someone.

  • @stevannikolovski
    @stevannikolovski Рік тому +1

    You missed that train station just by a few years. No sweat :) Thank you for nice video.

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +1

      Unfortunate! Still a nice walk though haha thank you!

  • @richardm893
    @richardm893 Рік тому +5

    Its a shame there is no more train to Sofia from Belgrade especially now that they have the new station in Belgrade. Ive done that train trip several times via Sofia and the old train station in Belgrade was quite drab and kept me from visiting Belgrade thinking Belgrade would be similar to the area around the old train station. It was a very slow train between those two points but passed through some really peaceful looking towns which I loved and maybe a bit better in the snow. I always wished I had a rental car to drive between these points but due to rental car insurance at the time it was pretty much undoable. The train ride from Belgrade to Ljubliana was what youtubers dream of, I was on a train that had all glass windows (switched trains somewhere, possibly in Croatia, but the view between two mountains following a river in the snow was something I will never forget.

    • @pmalenkinn
      @pmalenkinn Рік тому +2

      I think they're doing some construction works on the line from Nis to Bulgaria, so hopefully in the future we'll have the train back.

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому

      I really wish there was a train! That sounds lobely! And trains are generally more comfortable than planes. In any case the Balkans is a fun region to travel in.

    • @richardm893
      @richardm893 Рік тому

      @@wayfarernick Which did you like better Sofia or Belgrade?

    • @bebero1310
      @bebero1310 Рік тому +1

      Keeping in mind few low costers are flying to Serbia, train is not only option you have. Also,there is fast train going to north "Soko" and plan is to have it for south as well. Even now for Nis nice trains are going,new one and nice,but from Nis to Sofia it is another story.

    • @richardm893
      @richardm893 Рік тому

      @@bebero1310 Ive taken that trip several times, the trains were pretty run down (20 years ago thereabouts). I had some good trips with a cabin for just myself because it wasnt very popular back then, but I still see the older homes in my mind with the reefs of red peppers or cayenne hanging on every house. It gave a very peaceful appearance that I think it took me a while to appreciate. It was poor and simple but very respectable. I am still serious about making it my home but the driving part would be difficult for me going through all the bureaucracy will probably take years. Going to have to check out Novi Sad first though, that way I can manage to get around until then.

  • @jelenamilovanovic9688
    @jelenamilovanovic9688 Рік тому +2

    Wow! What a nice video 😄☀️

  • @Milica826
    @Milica826 Рік тому

    Super video.🇷🇸❤️

  • @stefannn8415
    @stefannn8415 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for comming

  • @Ftagalia
    @Ftagalia Рік тому

    Wow !!!!

  • @christinesisakovic2497
    @christinesisakovic2497 Рік тому +1

    welcome to Serbia welcome to Serbia bro, Enjoy your staying in Serbia

  • @babyaardvark
    @babyaardvark Рік тому +2

    Hi! I'm interested in what specifically confused you and made you go to the old (historical) railway station instead of the current one? Did you even manage to find the new train station?

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +2

      Well Google is to blame 😂 I googled for the Belgrade train station it gave me both the modern and historical one. I was staying in the center and the historical one is a lot closer so not realizing that it wasn't working anymore I just walked to it 😂 anyway the walk wasn't bad, got to see a lot of the city

    • @babyaardvark
      @babyaardvark Рік тому +1

      @@wayfarernick I will write to the city administration. I hope they have more authority to change the purpose of this site on google maps. The city is reportedly planning to move a history museum into this building, but I don't know when that will happen

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +1

      Hey that's great! That could help prevent some poor tourist from going to the wrong place. For me I made the most of it, I love a good walking exploration but if you were trying to make your train than it could be not so pleasant lol

    • @Akcija1930
      @Akcija1930 Рік тому

      @@wayfarernick How much did it take you to walk from old station to new station? When I visited Belgrade it took me almost half hour with public bus.

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому

      @@Akcija1930 🤔 as I remember it took over an hour.. maybe even 1.5 hours. It was a long walk, plus a few wrong turns here and there 😂

  • @lalakurb2447
    @lalakurb2447 Рік тому +3

    КрасавчеГ :) Рекламу делал для продвижения этого видео?
    P.s. Чувствую, что ты поймешь, что я написал))

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +1

      No I didnt, my channel is a bit small lol so I just film, edit, and publish all myself

  • @vesnadjurdjevic9304
    @vesnadjurdjevic9304 Рік тому

    Next time you sould go to a mountn coled Tara,beautiful natur!❤

  • @eprohoda
    @eprohoda Рік тому +2

    wayfarer,yuo created superb masterpiece- :)

  • @tamjansan1154
    @tamjansan1154 Рік тому

    There is a Star Fort in Belgrade .

  • @boby4751
    @boby4751 Рік тому

    I think those outdoor kiosks are open year round.

  • @darkobrzakovic6589
    @darkobrzakovic6589 Рік тому

    Future museum.

  • @layla984
    @layla984 Рік тому

    U had long walk, enjoy in my town ❤

  • @sasat.zlatanovic4627
    @sasat.zlatanovic4627 Рік тому

    Nice

  • @withoutshadowww
    @withoutshadowww Рік тому +1

    Smart and handsome bro. 👍

  • @stefana2171
    @stefana2171 Рік тому

    You have no clue how many friends I met on that bus from Sofia to Belgrade lol.. EACH time i go i meet someone sweet bahahaha

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому

      Really? Well it's a great place to meet people! It wasn't a bad bus ride at all haha

    • @stefana2171
      @stefana2171 Рік тому

      @@wayfarernick Of course, its one of my favorite trips back just because of this😆😆🤍

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +1

      @@stefana2171 I can see why! The bus wasn't crowded at all for me which is also nice

  • @cocococo2937
    @cocococo2937 Рік тому

    And where you from ??

  • @audiobibliotekara
    @audiobibliotekara Рік тому +2

    Đođi nam opet.

  • @cristiancornejo
    @cristiancornejo Рік тому

    did you walk all that??? cos its a rally what you did...

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому

      I did! Haha it was quite the walk haha

    • @cristiancornejo
      @cristiancornejo Рік тому

      @@wayfarernick i used to spend my summers there... more than a month though.... i love Belgrade and when i saw you were showing different parts .... they are not close though lol....

  • @lilika2836
    @lilika2836 Рік тому

    Beograd(Whitecity) ❤️❤️❤️

  • @ciarandoyle4349
    @ciarandoyle4349 Рік тому

    If you walked all the gaps between filming you've done a hell of a lot of walking!

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому +1

      I did! It's my preferred way to experience a city. Obviously sometimes I have to use public transport or a taxi but I love to travel by foot 🚶🏻‍♂️

  • @JaJa-qt5sf
    @JaJa-qt5sf Рік тому

    You should live in Belgrade.

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому

      Haha I would like that! I'm considering to come back

    • @JaJa-qt5sf
      @JaJa-qt5sf Рік тому

      @@wayfarernick a lot of Canadians came for the last few years to live in Serbia.

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому

      Interesting! Belgrade is a lovely city. I'm actually back for a little while at least

  • @tamjansan1154
    @tamjansan1154 Рік тому

    Ye, Belgrade bordered with other Serbian land under Austro-Hungarian occupation..

  • @dj2875
    @dj2875 Рік тому

    dudeee state is buikding new railroads across all country take mini van taxi dont bother with buses

    • @wayfarernick
      @wayfarernick  Рік тому

      Well that will be nice when they are finished. Train travel is much more comfortable than buses

  • @igorberam
    @igorberam Рік тому +1

    Tesla is Croatian, he had nothing to do with Belgrade or Serbia

    • @milenagavrilovic1625
      @milenagavrilovic1625 Рік тому +7

      Yes, if Catholic priests can marry and have a family. Tesla’s father was an Orthodox Serbian priest, and many of his relatives were slaughtered by the Ustashas during the Second World War.

    • @muitnecsa3489
      @muitnecsa3489 Рік тому

      Austrougar

    • @igorberam
      @igorberam Рік тому

      @@milenagavrilovic1625 he was a proud Croat that never stepped foot in Serbia

    • @milenagavrilovic1625
      @milenagavrilovic1625 Рік тому

      @@igorberam 😀😀😀😀😀

    • @igorberam
      @igorberam Рік тому

      @@milenagavrilovic1625 that's like saying gavrilovic salami is Serbian, you are a Croat

  • @alexhorvath9277
    @alexhorvath9277 Рік тому +2

    Tesla is Croatian. You can visit his birth house in Smiljan, Croatia. You can see Tesla's second hydroelectric plant in the world, right after the one at Niagara Falls, Elektrana Jaruga, opened just a few days after the first one. Croatia put Tesla on Euro coins. Tesla was never even in Serbia.
    But Serbians are just like that, all their history is in surrounding countries, someone would think they steal others history.

    • @aleksandarvucetic5787
      @aleksandarvucetic5787 Рік тому +16

      Ne laži mišu iskompleksirani.

    • @vickvickson4273
      @vickvickson4273 Рік тому +22

      Behold, this chauvinist hasn't tell you the truth (by telling you a small and twisted part of it). It's true that Tesla originates from today's Croatia (that time Austria-Hungary) but he himself was a Serb from serbian minority there. His father was a serbian Ortodox preach. Teslas (as a branch and family name) are from Smiljan village which, like many other serbian villages, was burned to the ground and inhabitants (among them all Teslas there) were killed and tortured by croatian domestic Ustasha during the second world war. Nikola survived since he emigrated earlier. Now the same croatian Serb haters want to misuse Teslas again for the promotion of their country (with a nazy puppet past) since being a Tesla became a honourable thing. Even the English version of Wikipedia's article about Smiljan will tell you a lot.

    • @Drag596
      @Drag596 Рік тому +18

      Nikola Tesla was of Serbian ethnicity. He was born in what is now modern-day Croatia, but at the time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His parents were Serbian Orthodox Christians.

    • @alexhorvath9277
      @alexhorvath9277 Рік тому

      @@vickvickson4273
      He was born in Habsburg monarchy. It is the same that you say someone is not born in Scotland but in the UK.
      There was no Serbian Orthodox Church in Habsburg Monarchy. The only orthodox church was Eastern Greek Orthodox Church, dont mind Serbian Orthodox Church was established 1920 almost 70 years after Tesla was born.
      Serbia ad that time didnt exist it was Turkey until 1878. So Tesla by your logic should be Turk.
      Croatia was occupied by Nazis same as most Europe. Serbia was also a Nazi country (Nedic's Serbia) that was liberated by Russians.
      Tesla also asked Serbia for scholarship and was refused (twice) because he was Croatian. Serbian newspaper at that time called him "Lunatic from Croatia" and made fun of him.

    • @tanjagak2097
      @tanjagak2097 Рік тому +16

      @@alexhorvath9277 so Ban Jelacic according to you was Serbian because he was born in Petrovaradin part of Serbia?

  • @SERBIA1389SERBIA
    @SERBIA1389SERBIA Рік тому +3

    Chatedral is Catholic Church is orthodox that was orthodox church

    • @peraperic9936
      @peraperic9936 Рік тому +1

      That is not true. A cathedral is a church that contains the cathedra (Latin for 'seat') of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. In the Orthodox Church, the Latin word cathedral commonly translates as katholikon (sabor in Slavic languages), meaning 'assembly'. When the church at which an "metropolitan" presides, the term kathedrikós naós (lat. 'cathedral temple') or saborna crkva in Serbian is used. In Belgrade the Cathedral Church of St. Michael the Archangel (Serbian Cyrillic: Саборна Црква Св. Архангела Михаила, romanized: Saborna Crkva Sv. Arhangela Mihaila) is a Serbian Orthodox cathedral church in the center of Belgrade.

    • @SERBIA1389SERBIA
      @SERBIA1389SERBIA Рік тому

      @@peraperic9936 🙏🏻

  • @selma7776
    @selma7776 Рік тому

    💓💓💓💓

  • @markokovac603
    @markokovac603 Рік тому +1

    Come back in spring, spring is the best, this is not best time to visit, Belgrade is not so pretty in Winter.

  • @invader7191
    @invader7191 Рік тому +3

    belgrade is grey and empty.

  • @dzonibravo_bg5465
    @dzonibravo_bg5465 Рік тому

    I moved from Belgrade and I am not coming back never ever again

  • @radomirbelacevic3277
    @radomirbelacevic3277 Рік тому

    trust yourself not Google or internet connection.. you will not come anymore i guess 🙂 it will be smart for you ✌️