I Traveled To a MASSIVE BULGARIAN GHETTO and THIS Happened!
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2023
- I visisted Fakulteta, Sofia, Bulgaria - one of Bulgaria and Europe's BIGGEST gypsy ghettos. Spanian youtuber recently went here and Many warned that it was the most dangeorus place in Sofia, and that I would get mugged, attacked, or worse - but you'll find out what really happened in this video.
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Adventure Elliot is a bilingual travel vlogger (English and Spanish) with a particular interest in the Spanish speaking world. I enjoy taking adventures - big or small - and my goal is to show the Spanish speaking world 1 video at a time.
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Hi from Bulgaria. How you not was scary you to go in the gheto? I write to tell you historical all spanish people are actualy bulgarians. And we have same colors flags and the lion is in Spain. And gipsys are actually indians from India but they not knows this.
What you have shown is a terrible insult to Bulgaria. You showed a gypsy ghetto without referring to it as such, as you did in your video of Spain. It was correct to write a "gypsy ghetto in Bulgaria", because there is nothing Bulgarian here !!! Greetings from one real Bulgarian !
Try going there without being able to speak Spanish...
Eliot where do you think is more common see gypsies, spain or bulgaria?
fakulteta - perfect documentary-
As a Bulgarian living in sofia i am so glad i can finally see how fakulteta looks like without risking my own life 😅
LMAO! xD
@@cymaticCS
I don't understand your comment. In what logic / connect are you offending atanasvlahov5186?
LoL indeed 😅😂 me too
same! i have never been, and i will never go. i value my life and not-being-raped too much! 😂😂😂
@@Mi11imani
Аз опредлеено мисля че е по-важно да се мисли за разрешаване на циганския въпрос и премахването на тия гета вместо да им се смеем. Аз съм на ясно че психически слабите хора винаги търсят смеха ,защото просто не издържат на натоварвания, но в крайна сметка България е наша родина, а не на циганите и да има места на които Българите не смеем да ходим, защото чуждонародници останали в родината ни от османско робство на сам са превзели родината ни е нелепо и тотално лишено от справедливост. Въпроса е че на никой не му се занимава, а точно това е което трябва да се направи и то трябва да стане от уста на уста, от тема във ФБ, Туитър, Инстаграм. Аз винаги поставям този въпрос. Приканвам и всеки друг да го прави. Въпроса е че една птичка пролет не прави. Но въпроса най-малко трябва да се адресира за да достигне до общонационално равнище.
Аз лично имам ли власт бих направил нещо с циганите. Дали ще урдея транспортирането им обратно в Пакистан или преместването им в резервати не знам , но със сигурност няма да ги оставя по начина по който са сега.
I'm Bulgarian and i want you to know that in Fakulteta, in your case, there was thin line between having good time and have worst time. Trust me, only camera and fun factor saved you from getting robbed or worse.
And being a foreigner
Agreed.
toz pak
Filmirash se
Нз как пича не го заобградиха да го преджобят и да си тръгнат
Bulgarians are grateful that you showed us how Fakulteta actually looks like. 😃
Ahahhaha true!
more like depressed.
Yeeeessss I would never go there hahahahahah thanks from me to
Was in Sofia all Sofia is depressing
I'm getting more and more curious to travel to Bulgaria. I even started learning the language. Something is calling me there
Bulgarian here. You guys really have guts! Once I was biking with a friend and we wanted to get into Faculteta but the police stopped us at the entrance and said: If you enter here you will be walking back home (if you are lucky) . We were with bikes, know what I mean :)
Question is....why did you WANT to go in there?? Are u nuts??
The same happens to you if you enter Gary, nearby Chicago! You get killed there !
They went there for they are flamenco gypsies from España!
I'd fight
Even Nazi Germans dare not venture into this part of Sofia. No wonder there are still a lot of Romanies living here.
I admit you have balls. I grew up in Sofia and i've never been to fakulteta. For reasons :D
Не си бил понеже си женски полов орган,няма място в бг на което да ме е страх хахахаах...
Because you were instilled by your stupid parents that gypsies only steal and rob and lie, which is not the case, we are well-intentioned Christians who have a moral price system of yours
Какви причини 😂😂😂
Расизъм ли??
Виж човека не знае две думи български и се оправи,бой не яде,черпиха го,никой не го закачи.
Ти причини имаш,причините са във теб, семейството ти и обществото което те е научило да мразиш и да се страхуваш
А че българина няма топки е ясно на цял свят.
Няма какво да се хвалиш със този неоспорим факт.
Same here
Same
This is not a Bulgarian ghetto, but a gypsy ghetto in Bulgaria! It makes a big difference!
Isn’t gypsy not a good word to use? You can’t say Romani?
@@samtron5000Gypsy is an English name for the Romani people.
true, absolutley
@@samtron5000 Yes, Gypsy or Zigane
@@samtron5000 this is far better than what they actually deserved to be called. stinky vermin useless people.
We the Bulgarian people would kindly ask you to welcome more gypsies in your wonderful country.
Ha ха ха
Absolutely! I vote with two hands for that! :)
da se mahat malko ot tuka che mnogo stanaha
I support that so much :D
According to some historic documents, when Gypsies first came to Europe and tried to settle centuries ago, they were often killed or not allowed to Western European countries. Eastern Europeans, on the other hand, gave Gypsies refuge and tried to integrate them into society. The emphasis remains on TRIED.
This is not a BULGARIAN GHETTO ! This is a GUPSY GHETTO in Bulgaria ! There is a MASSIVE difference !
whats the difference lmao
@@mikeryan4552there is a big difference
@@mikeryan4552two brothers one of them forgot gipsy language 😂😂😂
@@mikeryan4552That we are Bulgarians, and these are Gypsies. You're one google search away from finding the difference.
@@mikeryan4552 Well, the only difference is that genuine Bulgarians would never live in this lifestyle.
Only gypsy live like that, it is their ''culture'' you know, and their ''culture'' is known worldwide to be like that, nobody else lives this lifestyle, they insist about it, they are proud with it, and they demand to keep it that way.
Every Bulgarian would be critical to such lifestyle, only a genuine gypsy would advertise it as their birthright to have such lifestyle.
That's a huge difference, don't you think?
As a bulgarian this video was a ton of fun to watch.
I’ve got other videos in Sofia
Бате, дай 5 паунда, че немаме кинти :D 😂
@@AdventureElliot
Yes. You find another country for your future videos. 10x you
За мен беше тъжно.
@@vivi67530
И аз това казвам. Едно беше тъжно, второ видеото е като гавра с България. Още от самото начало на видеото с това представяне на родината ни: "мрачна и дъждвона София, България, не е като слънчева Испания."
Този бастун направо си се изгаври с държавата ни. Имаше едно видео за България пак направено от чужденец където представи България чудесно, но по едно време на видеото си я сравни с Испания като каза: "като Испания само че много по-чиста и добре миришеща".
И го гледам сега този испански бастун направил тези видеа за България казвайки тези неща за България каква била мрачна, пък каква била еди каква си. А то всъщност е просто един по-мрачен и дъждовен ден. Той го изкарва като че България перманентно е такава мрачна, сива и навъсена.
Отделен въпрос е каква сме я закъсали с тези цигани и с тази кочина около тези цигански гета.
По света има мн цигани, но тежи живеещите в България ( те не са Българи, само така пише на паспортите им ) са най-ужасни, защото идват от Пакистан. Преди четири-пет години Индийската държава викаше циганите от цял свят да се завърнат в Индия. Щеше ми се тези "наще" да си оберат крушите и да изчезнат за там, но уви, знаех, че само си мечтая.
Really enjoyed the video! As a Bulgarian, you need to have in mind, that every single one approached you with an attempt to take money from you and they were constantly talking between themselves how much money can they take from you. I think the reasons you were safe were the video camera, for one, they are very scared not to go on tape whilst doing something sketchy and second, you really cought them off guard. Considering nobody ever goes there, who is oustide their community. Also, having a buddy is also a good thing for these places.
Agreed!
Yeah if he was alone with no camera...good luck
Maybe surprisingly but completely not true, basically only one guy asked for a couple of pounds and everyone else was just being positive for the most part I mean even the fam with the small shop didn`t want any money for the beers and we are talking about "every single person". Of course ppl were trying to bargain about the horse ride I mean offering them free money for a something that doesn`t really have a market value - would be stupid not to go high 😅 Also they started at 20 not 50 but the language barrier was an issue - should negotiations started at 20 would have easily been a 5bgn ride with basic knowledge of the language and a couple of jokes 😄
@@e2ek1ellthey scared that’s why cowards
Bro thats not true,have u EVER walked inside of gipsy neighbourhood wth are u saying. Im a bulgarian aswel ive been in many gipsy neighbourhoods,in Vidin,Varna,Bourgas,Plovdiv,Sofia they are always really nice and there were only a couple gipsies that tried to make money from him (for the horse). Gipsy people in their neighbourhoods are really nice,what u just said u say it reading from the internet and watching BTV,not from personal experience. Dont get me wrong,i dont like the gipsy people,but u literally just lied and u also lied they were all trying to scam him,its a shame u come here to post such a coment.
I was touched by the part where the shop keepers gave you free beer. It's good to see humanity being kind to one another.
It's called a sign of good will
Я сам с Кавказа (Дагестан) меня тоже удивило это качество болгар, у нас тоже точно такое же гостеприимное обращение к гостям. Мы с вами в этом так похожи 😮
Sadly Bulgaria doesn’t have kind people
@@Pearlsrat How did you conclude that, based on what kind of experience and facts?
Fun fact ..Everywere Gypsy lives looks the same. I am from Greece and we have same ghettos like this one
I liked the hospitality of the couple who offered you two free cans of beer, in rich countries they charge highly and exact price to the last penny. ❤ 👍🙏
Me too I loved it
@@AdventureElliotjust to have an idea - those are gipsies that found God and it's their tradition to give you food and in this case a drink
And they were constantly wishing them good health and God’s protection.
@@damirkonopka2095 one guy from the kebab shop, in his way out wished them 'God bless you' as well ❤. A very interesting place indeed 👏
One thing is worth mentioning: there are no ghettoes in Bulgaria in the sense that is used elsewhere. These used to be normal places to live but have been turned into ghettoes by the residents by building illegally and other activities typical for their lifestyle. In fact a lot of the apartment buildings used to be council housing or owned by state-run companies and provided to the employees for symbolic rent. No one is forced to live in these places it just turns that way when a lot of gypsies live together, they are not forced to do so it also makes the properties cheaper as everyone else runs. They are bad neighbourhoods no doubt, but they are not real ghettoes.
As another Bulgarian I’m telling you - the definition of ghetto is exactly what Faculteta is “a poor urban area occupied primarily by a minority group or groups.”. This is a European GHETTO! Doesn’t Matter who the houses belonged or belong to. :)
It is quite legit ghetto Fakulteta bro. The drug manufacturing, human trafficking, and a lot of criminal activity. It's quite real the ghetto life they're living :D
Such a comment would be considered "racist" where I come from (Germany)... What I want to say: I like to read honest opinions.. unfortunatelly here in my country this isnt possible...
@@oliveryt7168 it starts to be the same in romania. They keep pushing the narative that we are discriminating the poor people from Ferentari as one example. We are not idiots, we know the difference from poor but well intended ppl and criminals. My both grandparents were poor peasants, only ate what they grew in their small garden, if they managed to grow something, because most of the time they were forced to work the lands owned by the communists, and everthing was taken by the communists. They were struggling for most of their lives, raising 4 children, while also taking care of their old, sick parents. My father started working in a factory from the age of 16, while also going home all summer to help my grandparents in the garden, and practicing boxing at a pretty high level in the same time. But never in their lives they thought it's a good idea to become criminals, sell their own children for prostitution, or pimping them, stealing, or extorcion, just because they were poor. Ferentari is the home base for some of the most ruthless criminals, pimps, thieves and human traffickers. They are the text book deffinition of a criminal. We could see what western europe has to deal with, when lots of them had to return to romania at the begining of the pandemic. It was the ultimate circus of the criminals. Fights started from the first minute they steped in this country and police teams had to be sent in their slums to stop them from killing eachother on a regular basis. A criminal is a criminal, and i don't care what he's race or nationality is. I will call him a criminal if he's romanian too, or gipsy, or american, or alien.. The political corectness is what is enabling them to stay the way they are, and keep bringing shame upon all of us. I'm sick of this education blaming, since millions of peasants had only 2 or max 4 years in school in the past, and none of them were pimping their children, or ended up doing the horrendous crimes these individuals are doing since forever. My grandpa used to say that when 1, 2, 3 or 5 people say you are wrong, it might not be true, but when the whole world tell's you you're wrong, it's not the whole world, it's you.
@@vdimitrova6007 There is no need to lie - gypsies make it ghetto, that's their interpretation of lifestyle. No matter where they live, they turn it that way, and nobody else is responsible for their culture of destruction and violence. Before them, when Bulgarians were living in this area, the area was absolutely civilised and normal. Once they appear in the area, the area turns to be ghetto, they bring it with them, not the opposite way round.
So just drop your Marxist propaganda lies, and stick to the facts, Marxist hater. Worldwide, everybody knows why gypsies live in their own ghetto, they carry it with them, nobody else ever does that to turn a nice area to a ghetto, only gypsies do that.
Online trolls like you have no touch with the reality. We all have eyes to see what the reality is. Your lies cannot pass!
I'm a foreigner living in Bulgaria since 2015, I'm coming from the American continent and Bulgaria is this, but also much more and there are tons of amazing places country wide to go visiting. Nature is jaw dropping, I'm a hiker, mt biker, skier and love to go deep into unknown corners - History and culture is everywhere, from Sofia to the roman ruins in Nessebar-Sozopol, great country to live.
The Selos (Villages) are usually the more friendly areas. They're not as used to seeing tourists. I've been to many and the people stare a lot, but mostly out of curiosity, especially me being a blonde-hair, green-eyed American. Once they know you learned their language, so many doors open. They admire it. I've learned it. Also, Borat 2, his daughter speaks all Bulgarian. When I watched it my first time, I'm like....holy hell that's Bulgarian!
Awesome man. I see you follow Justin in Eastern Europe. He’s a friend of mine and we hang out in Spain when he comes down here. Thanks for the info..GREAT SUCCESS!
i live in village in bulgaria haha
It's nice that you've learned Bulgarian (after all, Bulgaria is the oldest country in Europe), but blond people with green eyes are not extraordinary. I myself am a blue-eyed, dark blond Bulgarian. People in villages are curious of any strangers, both Bulgarian and foreign. I've also experienced the stare, but this is due to their otherwise uneventful life... Peace!
I love it! I am Bulgarian and admit I never even thought of visiting Fakulteta! Never the less your adventure showed me that Fakulteta is way more safe to visit than many neighborhoods in the city where I am living, New York!
👋👋👋👋👋👋👋
Дори циганските махали в сравнение с Ню Йорк са безопаснни и миролюбиви 😂😅
It's definitely safer than a western ghetto and likely about as safe as London. Less stabbings maybe per capita
Bro, you two got off lucky! I have been living for 20 years in a neightourhood next to the Fakulteto and I have zero positive experiense!
Thank God nothing bad happened and you saw mostly friendly gypsies!
what neighbourhood?
That's because. most Gypsies are friendly.
Definitely not the ones living where the guy was walking.
People always say that, but very rarely something bad happens and I follow quite a few of RUclipsrs doing this and I have done it myself as well in Latin America in the poorest areas. You need to be careful yes, but in my experience most of the nice people were the poorer people.
Bulgarian here. As the others mentioned, Fakulteta is a truly exotic place to the Sofia non-Fakulteta (and non-gypsy) residents, so we all learn a lot from such documentaries. What I observed here, and am not surprised by is the attitude of the young people, who almost exclusively asked for money, without any substantial reason. Then contrast that with the a bit older couple (Ivo and "Chakai" :)), who had a store and had all rights to sell it to you but they gave you free (albeit warm) Pirinsko beers. There is this stark generational contrast, that is discouraging to me and signals for a generation that is sinking, it is disappointing. Georgie on the other hand spent time in England and took with him some westerner attitude and perspective - he spoke a very good English and was eager to talk and exercise the knowledge of the language, not bug you for money. I want all youngsters to be more like him, but if they are stuck in that place you see what direction it develops them towards. The video was a fun experience, but trust me, I was watching with a bit of anxiety as anything could happen in that "barrio"
What you saw was, except at the kebab place which is obviously business, that the Americans spoke about money first. You have no reason to think that the rest of the young people are any different from Djordji.
@@ZWorldArts , do you know Bulgarian language or you draw these conclusions from the subtitles?
This is essentially an autonomous zone inside Sofia. The law enforcement doesn't have (isn't allowed) much reach in gypsy ghettos. The possibility of something bad happening is large. And the fact that the police will most likely be unable to do anything, or at least anything in time, makes it even worse.
But today it's OK they are receiving more than many other peoples
Hi, Elliot. I'm from Bulgaria and I've just noticed your video about Fakulteta. It is actually a ghetto, but not as dodgy and dangerous as foreigners would think. People who live there are in fact nice and friendly. Apart from the outskirts, the modern part of the city is also worth visiting. There are also beautiful villages around Sofia which are not dodgy at all. On the contrary, they are very beautiful. I live in one of them. I hope, you have had a great time in Bulgaria in the winter. The country is more beautiful and green in the summer. Estás siempre bienvenido en nuestro país! Cheers :)
I went to many videos and you’ll see them in the next videos.. thanks!
I'm Bulgarian, but I don't see it this way. Bulgarians are dinosaurs to each other. We play nice to Western Europeans or American people because for sure we don't have uneducated and unintegrated gipsies to take the population. For the people in these videos, there are no laws. They can kill you for just two leva, rob you and if you have a female with you assault her.
They don't go to universities and colleges to study. At best, they graduate from middle high school. They are richer than most native Bulgarians because they mostly do fraud and robbery business. A large percentage of their houses are built illegally and yet there's no law for them.
If everything was beautiful and friendly as the person who writes above, there wouldn't be immigration from Bulgarians. There is a reason why Bulgaria is the fastest-shrinking country in the world. Many left for the money and many like me to meet good people, not Bulgarians.
If you notice why every house you see in Bulgaria has a huge 2-meter wall with no sight of what's inside. Compare to UK short walls below 1,50 meters. It's because either to prevent robbery or to prevent talking by other Bulgarians. Jealousy is a huge factor here. The mentality of Bulgarian people is not to achieve a better life, but to heat their cold hearts with others' misery and suffering.
the biggest Bulgarian RUclipsr The Clashers explains the Bulgarian syndrome here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGt6y-qtI
Bulgaria is not a good place to live. It's not Sunny Beach, Varna, Albena, Pomorie, Sozopol, Nessebar, Bansko, Pamporovo etc. that you see in tourist ads. It's a harsh place to survive.
Брат луд ли си, не било опасно. Тежкото гето е това
@@jc8060 yeah, then America came over, destroyed our economy, spread their values, LGBTQ, corruption, etc.. and we're back to Medieval times!
he as an American cannot call any other place "dodgy". At least there are no Fentanyl zombies roaming the streets...yet.....
Greetings from Romania to our Bulgarian Brothers, don't let your selfes down because of those Propaganda Videos, WE LOVE AND SUPPORT BULGARIA. GLORY TO YOUR GREAT LAND WHICH IS BETTER THAN AUSTRIA.
Thanks brother ❤
Love you brother ❤
Thank you very much brother
W for you homie❤
Thanks, but I don't really hear anything bad for Romania in our news (besides being almost as poor as Bulgaria, but I heard worse things for my own country nevertheless)
Those people in the shop were absolutely lovely. I’ve met people in rural Turkey and Croatia with the same sort of hospitality. It’s truly heartwarming. ❤
I am ethnic Bulgarian, my family has lived in Sofia since 1913. I remember when I was a little boy my grandmother took the wrong way by car and entered Fakulteta, the local Gypsy people showed us the way. Then I personally went there several times without having any problems. It's true that there are sometimes more harms about some of these people there...
You’re a big boy now
Хора като хора. Баба ми живее на края на малък град. Съседите са цигани. Има и богати, и бедни. За 60 години съседство нито са крали от нас, нито сме се били. Един път един циганин се напи, тръгна да дрифти с колата и ни събори дувара. После си го ремонтира. Нашите пък им блъснаха кучето с колата, защото не го видяха. Нищо не казаха хората. Баба им дава яйца и мляко. Те и режат дървата за зимата. Т'ва е. Ако не беше бруталната стигматизация, отдавна щяха да са се интегрирали. Както отново и отново и отново се случва в родната история, само нас си можем да виним.
Wow! Guys, you're so brave 😄 I'm Bulgarian and I've been living in Sofia for something like 25 yrs, but I would never ever dare go to the Fakulteta. I'm glad that you've received such a warm welcome from the locals and that you were able to leave this place safe and sound. It was very entertaining to watch.
Are you crazy you do not see whats going around in europe bulgaria is one of the safest countries in europe.stop presenting it like its dangerous
@@efthymioszagkountinos7379 My comment was not about the country in general, but about this district of Sofia in particular 😀 Sorry, if that was not clear. Fakulteta is basically a ghetto, this is not a regular neighborhood in Sofia, so very few people visit there.
@@efthymioszagkountinos7379 It depends. I mean in Bulgaria if you get robbed by gypsies they tend to just take the cash and they don't tend to show violence if you don't resist and most bulgarins don't report these crimes as it is very difficult to locate the thieves as some of them have no documents or identification and it is just not worth the hassle for like 10-20 EUR usually so it does seem the crime rate is lower than it is. On the other hand Bulgaria has a very small population compared to other EU countries like the entire country has close to 7 million people while London alone has nearly 10, so naturally the crimes will be in severely less numbers compared to countries like England for example just based on the sheer number of people plus as the other person said it does depend a lot on the districts. So all in all yes there are not that many crimes or grape or murder but pickpocketing and thieving is something that does occur quite a lot.
Наивността няма нищо общо със смелостта.
Some of the dudes you were talking to I could tell were so conflicted between robbing you and trying to understand what you were saying😂😂Amazing you managed to get away with all your shit
I'm Italian, I've been living in Sofia for more then 5 years. I can def tell you this is not Bulgarian ghetto, but a gypsy slum, same one that you can find in any other Eastern European city. You need to be/look more relaxed when you go in to this kind of places, they could really tell you were genuinely scared from your body language, they could tell you were only saying hello not to show respect, but because you were scared. Anyway I'm glad that you were 2 people and not one, that probably prevented them to come kidnapp you, but hey anywa you have balls certainly no one can say the opposite brother. 👌👌
Hey man, look at the Gypsy slum I visited on my most recent video in Spain.. I wasn’t nervous in that one
Wake up dude. I would certainly rather around anyone in Fakulteta than around you.
@@ZWorldArts no, no, you better stay abroad. FOREVER.
@@bear1431Why!
@@jinankalo9386 Eh why not!?!?
currently watching this whilst on holiday in bulgaria, love the country, friendly people and a beautiful country
Fun Fact - "Fakulteta" does actually mean "The Faculty" in Bulgarian ;)
Man, you are brave! You probably didn't get robbed only because you were there in the morning and because locals probably through you were crazy and got stunned. 😅 You can see the disbelief in their eyes.
Big like for the unusual video. 👍
Как си позволяваше да наричаш хората крадци.
Ти видя ли някой да краде, че пишеш тези глупости.
Ти знаеш ли какво е в родината ти, там където си се родил, от дете да си подложен да дискриминация и расизъм.
Ако не знаеш какво е, не съди , хора за които нищо не знаеш.😠
Na bro if ya going to get robbed you’re going to get rob.
He maybe on their side, see, he agreed to advertise them for two beers.
It is not co-incidence that he advertises them as nice and civilised. Must be some kind of propaganda, as see, nobody buys it. A bunch of disagreements underneath this video, and he is still censoring the disagreements, stinks like Marxism.
As a Bulgarian who lives in Sofia:
The second horse guy initially asked you for 20 leva (approx. 10 EUR), which is reasonable. They are poor, they are gypsies and you are a tourist, so they assumed you would have had a lot more money hence they started a 50 leva bargain.
Yeah I realized that after the fact but in the moment I didn’t understand
Hello Elliot. As a Bulgarian, nice work I'm glad for your interest to our country even if it's in the ghetto of Bulgaria as you call it. Please do your homework, the Romanian are not romani people(gypsies). Two different words, the one is country the other is like ethnic-. Every country has gypsy people even Usa and UK. And also in Bulgaria we are too, speaking Romanian but Bulgarian people, not gypsy. They are many words and meanings you can wrong. Love and respect for all countries and ethnics❤
You are insane my guy. As a Bulgarian living in Sofia all his life, i wouldn't do this
Why? He blends right in.
Just out of curiosity, why don’t you have one of those translator apps on your phone? Just imagine the good conversation you could have if everyone understood each other. Enjoyed the video, it’s good to see how people live half way around the world.
A small secret from me. When the electricity panels are down on the pillars, it is still kind of soft area. When you see them at the top of the pillars, then you must have entered the real bad area. Just because they steal the electricity.
When I travel, I personally love to stay in places like this for longer, than some overpriced tourist trap and resort areas. In such areas you can actually see real people and I personally enjoy gritty vibe.
I will subscribe just because u did a vid for Bulgaria . Thank you. I'm not a gypsy but I am not a racist as well. Everyone deserves a chance ! Good job ! MORE !
Thanks, I’ve got other videos in Bulgaria and many other places.. check out my Spain videos :)
@@AdventureElliot Could you stop tarnishing Bulgaria, please. Do not believe you are anonymous. How long do you believe you can insult our nation without somebody to get nervous about your racist slander?
it is called Fakulteta , bc there was a military school there , and it had faculties like school faculties
Romany people are of Indian origin( Rajasthan) not a Romanian one ,the Indian government has recognised them officialy.
Some comments about your own comments.
1. The reason you had a good time and were safe was not that it's a safe neighbourhood. Somebody already mentioned the camera and the fun factor. I would add being exotic and luck to that list. If you were a normal person just lost there, trouble would be easier to find.
2. You said the government has forgotten about this place and its people. Well most of these houses are completely illegal and unregulated. No taxes paid for them. The streets are not present in the official city map. The people only work illegally, so not only do they not pay taxes but they collect unemployment. There is only so much the government can do :) There are many people who escape the ghettos and integrate into society. After a generation or two we don't even consider them gypsies. The defining characteristic of the gypsy ghettos is the lifestyle.
Абсолютно вярно 👍!
Not to mention that they are the government buddies when the elections are coming for 50-100 leva pp they vote for whichever political party pays them.
Fakulteta is what Western Europe will look like in 2050...
💯 Right
France and Germany 2023 look like this now...
Not really.. Keep in mind that no Bulgarian gypsy wants sharia and such stuff. If Western Europe doesn't take action soon, it will be worse than in Fakulteta
😂😂😂
@@Hello__Hi Not quite, but we get more and more people of such kind.
Greetings from Cologne, Germany.
Interesante video Elliot!!! Como siempre nos muestras todas las versiones locales!!! Enjoy!!!
Great video..
Amazing that those with the least are so willing to give things away..
Respect to Bulgaria 👍
Wow! I am amazed how brave you guys were going straight ahead into that places. I am Bulgarian and I am afraid going there just because it is really really dangerous. And the young boy wich you were chatting in English was a big surprise for me. 😮 Definitely I will wait seeing more videos of strange places like this from your channel!😊
no junkies, no zombies, no homeless...it's already a win
90% have their own houses in Eastern Europe thanks to Communism. I have a countryside house with a small farm and a 3 room apartment in the capital city of Romania. I might be considered rich by people living in rent in the West. Having your own house is the main goal in life in Eastern Europe. We hate living in rent.
My thoughts exactly
@@dhanyrafaelI think it is not due to communism because the Bulgarians owned their homes before the communism, too.
@@valyamarinova178 Yes, but people moved to apartments in communism because city factories needed workers. That's why I said I have the old house in the countryside from 1938 (monarchy - King Michael) and the apartment from 1975 (communism - Dictator Ceaușescu). Now it would be impossible for me to buy an apartment (over 30.000 euros with 1 room).
@@dhanyrafaelThat's also true.
I was there in 2008, as a 18y old dumb teenager. Me and my friend covered us as 'journalists'. We were welcomed by the young kids and older generation. But as time proceeded the tension with 'the in between generation' was getting too much. We sort of ran out of there, luckily not bitten by dogs :)
Thanks for highlighting that Cyrillic was created in Bulgaria. Certain countries want to rewrite history and take that away from us. Well done on the video as well. Greetings from USA 🇺🇸🇧🇬
Where it came from? From macedonian brothers Kiril i Metodija whyyyy 😂.what do you have common with Thessaloniki?
I had Roma Gypsies move in next to me in the UK...i've never been so unhappy or had so much stress in my life...with a baby too. Drug dealing, loud noisy parties until the early hours, illegal nursery, all sorts of people coming and going, no one working, shouted and sweared at on my doorway, rubbish dumped all over, and all that during lockdown when i was working from home. Authorities couldn't have cared less...dnt be fooled
@Sofianetz4Life i'm not arguing that, just saying it happens a lot more living around Roma Gypsies...my once nice neighbourhood was turned into a ghetto a bit like in this video and it is happening all over. Also i didn't ask to be part of the EU where ppl can come and go freely whilst freeloading.
English people can be exactly the same. I've had alcoholics, drug users, partners kicking shit out of each other & loud music all night & they were all English. At least the people on this video appear to be a bit more approachable & friendly.
@@shell_gone_awol what has it got to do with English people, i didn't mention English people. until you have lived by these people you cannot judge in my opinion. Do you have them living by you, are they approachable and friendly? 😂
@@Alex-rv1mjI can judge, I have lived near “these” people and had no issues believe it or not. In the UK also! I’ve also lived with some “white” English people and much worse experience. Don’t generalise
@@rkss2014 yeh well it's kind if annoying that people are generalising on here too to be fair, making out they are all fine and respectful etc that is simply not true. I agree people from all backgrounds can be awful, i don't understand why people keep bringing up 'white British' like that makes it ok then 🤷♀️ it's not like i've even said British people are all good, i haven't mentoined it. It's very irritating that it constantly gets thrown back as a response and as a justification.
As a person from Sofia ive never visited fakulteta and im seeing some new stuff from you😅
You probably are the only brave enough tourists to go there
Dude I'm Bulgarian and I live in Sofia. Your journey there was so fuuny. I understand perfectly what they say and of course what you say and it was... very funny. These people live there whithout any papper for any property, but instead tends they have or at least some of them cool new houses from bricks. 😅 Imagine if anyone could come and build anything whenever and wherever he likes. Of course it would look like this.
Thanks for the great video
The lady and gentlemen who gave them the beers and good advice about a translator. Seemingly having virtually nothing but yet generous to strangers 😍
i just came back from varna and sofia the people are brilliant over there i'm so happy you shared your experiance i'll definately go back
I’m bulgarian and enjoying the video, thanks for coming in my country. I glad to you have been here.
I was in USA in Wisconsin in 2015, that was a amazing summer and your state is so so beautiful and i miss this place 😢 ❤
Amazing!! I’m from Wisconsin! Woohoo you can see a video from Wisconsin on my channel
@@AdventureElliot I'm from Bulgariq brother . I accideantally came ocross your video and had a lot of fun
@@AdventureElliot you are great dude, stay healthy and i wish you all the best in the future
Very nice video, so interesting place that you have showed to us the whole world. Thank you
Wow! I'm glad I watched that video that was very educational, and entertaining. Awesome video! I just found your channel because I've been considering moving to Bulgaria, from the United States. I really enjoyed this. Thank you it was good work.
The store owner couple are touching my heart..🥰
I think this is your craziest adventure yet bro! 👍🏻😆
Yet the video will only get 1k views.
@@AdventureElliot It's just being shown to the wrong audience, you know that the algorithm is broken.
@@AdventureElliot Because people disagree with you. Don't you get the hint?
When you are the only one to force untrue opinion that gypsies are good and fine, then what do you expect?
@@TravelAddictGuy There is no mistake, Google has nothing broken, this video is pushed deliberately, for Marxist pro-gypsy propaganda.
See, no audience agrees with it, and it is still pushed thru RUclips and censored, that doesn't happen to independent media and genuine RUclipsrs. This guy does it for money.
@@AdventureElliot629K 💪
I am a Hungarian and we have some regions where you should find just the same ghettos. especially in the north-eastern region. Was great to experiance this.
I worked at Fakulteta as a social worker. It's pretty safe actually,in the day.
Of course our working time was over 16:30 (pm) for safety reasons.
Most Fakulteta people don't know English so you shouldn't be afraid speaking your own language.
Keep in mind people there can be thin skinned so it's possible you offend their honour without even knowing so be careful with the jokes.
But overall gypsies are pretty chill people, that's my experience working with/for them
I greet you with all respect, from Romania for our Bulgarian brothers
bg friends ? ? :D :D :D , this is fcking jypsies bro...
Im bulgarian and i've never seen such destruction😂😂😂
Those people who gave the free beer are so heartwarming. Talking about Jesus and how they don’t want money from them for the beers. See! Not all Roma gypsies are bad in this area or in general. Definitely beat the stereotype!
15:25 He said his kids are in London, but later said his son is there, so maybe only one kid in London. 16:25 She said wait, which is Chakai in Bulgarian. His name is Evo. Also at 17:30 it is a way that connects people, regardless of language barriers.
His name's Ivo
Nice video bro, Ivo and Giorgi seemed like decent fellas. I love how you said 'bad fame', directly translated from 'mala fama' presumably 😂
Haha man you know how my brain works at this point being bilingual 😂
New sub from england ❤
Thanks Cora
@@AdventureElliot I'm not going to sub, as I strongly disagree with your gypsy advertising. Tons of people told you where exactly you are mistaken. It is not possible that you are the only one who is right, and the whole Universe is wrong.
@@AdventureElliot Censorship, so you are paid indeed. Low life, to do this dirt to Bulgarians, for a few pence.
Bulgarian people so kind with good heart ❤️
Interesting video 🙏👍🌎
As a Bulgarian im never even going close to the fakulteta im surprised bro didn't get robbed or jumped
DUDE, why the f did you do this to youtself. Fun that an american had to come and show me (a bulgarian) how fakulteta looks. Thanks a lot:D:D
No problem man.. watch my other Bulgaria videos :)
Thank you so much for taking the risk and bringing Bulgaria to our living rooms "
M.Gomes san diego california 🇺🇸
Your videos are so interesting 😊
Dude, you made a real documentary movie! NGL good job!
What a lovely fella evo 🙌🏼
Just to clarify as your reference to Romani people was quite unclear, Romani are not Romanians or Romanians living outside of Romania.. in fact they are not related to Romanians in any shape or form. It’s just a coincidence that the names are so similar. Romani are a Indo Aryan ethnic group that migrated from what is today India.
Korrekt Sinti und Roma
Can you prove that?
Gypsies are Aryans? you must be heavily mistaken...
Indo Aryan @@AAAAAAAADDDDDDDDD
no need to prove, it says on their passport under ethnicity@@dzhuliahyusein6718
Good job on this video 🎉
ruclips.net/video/sTaUqzpSQMs/видео.htmlsi=gJRytigzb3wAg253
Hey bro, I think you’ll like this video better.. this is like Latin America in Spain.. by the way I went to Tenerife this weekend and found the Venezuela of Europe you’re not gonna believe the videos. Unfortunately not all people care about this type of content because if you don’t put a half naked Latina on the thumbnail people don’t watch. Thanks for the support.
You set new standards. Great video and editing.
Good job bro,...the dogs are scary there Ive been there before can be dangerous in packs especially.
Yeah i don’t know many countries in Europe that have that many street dogs
@@AdventureElliot If you get bit in South America, you need to go for rabies shots. That's the scariest thing about the dogs.
The reason why in America a ghetto like this is extremely dangerous is that everyone is armed and they are not afraid to steal and kill you...here no one wants to rob you because they do not want to end up in the Bulgarian prisons .... believe me, those prisons are hell holes. Those who rob without care are junkies and here there is no such thing...
very funny, thanks for showing haha
Wow bro I don’t no how you alive after this,you have pelotas😀 next time come to Dermanci this is gonna be crazy ❤
the "chakai " lady wasn't telling you her name, she was telling you to wait. she was trying to facetime her son who speaks english lol.
Woow this was so interesting 😄 I am from Varna, Bulgaria, in Varna we also have big gypsy neighbourhood called Maksuda, I would never even think to go there to explore. You are adventurous and more importantly, not prejudices. The thing is that, they are people like all other, with different culture, they understand life just for fun and living for the day. I don't blame them, but most of then are highly undereducated and can barely write. During the communism time in Bulgaria, all the gypsies went to school, we treated better, the government made efforts for them to behave and be normal integrated people. Nowadays there is a huge gap between bulgariana and gypsies, it is kind if sad, but explainable in the same time.
Аз също съм от Варна и навремето, само веднъж бях ходил с автобус 23 до Каменар, като бях дете на около 14 и исках да видя от любопитство какво представлява едно тяхно гето.
Беше ужас, трябваше да се върна пеша към града (слава Богу, че разстоянието не беше голямо) и за да ме упътят циганите, искаха 2 кинта, а тогава автобуса струваше 60 стотинки.
Тия са големи късметлии!
7:45 an Albanian flag there in the Bulgaria's slums... that's crazy. Most probably an Gypsy from Albania might have moved to Bulgaria.
Please come back in here but in the summer it will be so much fun i really want to see u there. I appreciate that u was in our neighborhood. And i hope that i see you in my street where i live. I love the video i enjoy it soo much...!❤️🙌🏻btw im Gipsy and i live in the neighborhood ❤️
Ah, nothing to be afraid of. Bulgaria is very safe place in general.
Anywhere that has houses with dogs permanently outside barking 24/7 is a ghetto. This applies to parts of Mexico, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Colombia, rural Spain and the UK
Here in the UK is there street dogs?
That goes for upstate NY as well.😂😂
Yes horse riding is my dream ❤ thank you for sharing
Love the way he explores to broaden his mind
The lion is the national animal of Bulgaria, it's on the coat of arms and the currency is named after it, even though there are no more native lions in the Balkans anymore.
Thanks for confirming
The Bulgarian lev, Moldavian and Romanian leu are derived from the leeuwendaalder, a Dutch coin, which is derived from the Dutch Republic Lion badge. The dutch used to trade in the Balkans a lot in the middle-ages, so people adopted it. This is (probably) also why Bulgarian national animal is the lion. Note that the Dutch word "leeuw" is very similar to "leu" or "lev".
@@semaph0re The lion has been a symbol of power in Bulgaria at least since the early 9th century. The first Bulgarian ruler known for using it is knyaz Omurtag, who build inside his fortress four pillars with two copper lions between them. Tzar Kaloyan had a ring with a lion in the 12th century. The shields of the warriors in the 13th century had lions on them. The Shield of the King's Watch in Tarnovo in the 14th century is of three vertical lions. The first Bulgarian silver coins depicting a lion are from the 14th century. The Dutch Republic was established in the 16th century.
@@atgunchev fake news, the Dutch basically founded Bulgaria.
The lions used to have eaten all ancient Macedonian population .
Even Tatar Onogurian came to save them , but there was no result .
The Macedonians and the lions were gone !
Loved the video, even thought you were in one of the shittiest places in Bulgaria you kept a positive attitude and didn't say a bad thing about anything. Keep on keeping on man, god bless.
That’s the attitude you have to have
Great video :) Glad you had the camera if you had like very small button camera on you it could’ve gone south very easily:)
This was the best video whitch present bulgarian roma people. I subscribe your chanel and wish you all the best.
Hi Elliot im from bulgaria “ Fakulteta” but a mounth ago i was not in bulgaria because i live in germany i would love to show u the kindness of that ghetto but im gonna be there in a month so if u will come back reply at my comment but u need to come back at the summer its ALOT BETTER !
usually in bulgaria isnt that gray, bulgaria has alot of life in the summer and yes bulgaria has a really good history in my opinion
You sir are awesome. Such great people skills 😎👌
awesome video
Amazing video I’m Bulgarian and now I wanna visit faculteta haha anyway with Russian in Bulgaria you would be able to communicate only with the old ppl and not even they can speak they can basically u understand. But young Bulgarians speak mostly English or German.
Talking about people can't speak language , bro you can't even type right .Not in english ,but in any language..кво си тръгнал да лафиш е маймуно, ти да пишеш не можеш! трябва да викнат Монк да реши мисерията кво си написал.
I've never met a Bulgarian who doesn't speak Russian at some passable level
Кой ти шляпа немски,само англииския и това е...
Yeah, we thought German and thought we would be fine with my clarinetist who's a native speaker but NOBODY spoke German. We had to use my terrible French.
I am Italian and I go to Sofia sometimes for work. It's a city that I really like and there are lots of things to see and places to visit. Aside from wanting to pull a stunt which is quite common at your age, if you haven't stolen something and want to resell it or buy something stolen, why go to Fakulteta?
There are places like this all over the world. I was in much more danger on the Atlanta metro, in the suburbs of Des Moins or in Falchera in Turin than in Sofia
I can say this - you are a very brave man!