Pluses and Minuses of Living in Slovenia
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Slovenia is a nice country BUT not everything is so perfect as people may think after a week of holiday spent here. So what is good and what is bad here?
In this video we explained what we like and what we dislike about Slovenia after several years of living here.
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And, what do you LOVE about this country? Is there anything that upsets you and you would like it to change?
I have lived here for 3.5 years.. and it is interesting how similar your observations are to mine. I feel the same way about all the pluses and minuses
Kot mešan Slovenec/Španec začutim dosti negative do tujcev, že po samem videzu v Sloveniji. Dokler ne odprem ust in se sliši moj španski naglas, Slovenci me porinejo v koš čefurjev. Ko pa slišijo, da prihajam z druge EU države, takoj spremenijo ton glasa.
Najbolj mi je smešno, da se posmehujejo Hrvatom, Srbom, bosancem, ker ne znajo dobro govoriti slovensko, kljub temu da živijo dosti let v Slo, ampak ko pa slišijo koga govoriti z angleškim naglasom pa se mu klanjajo, kljub temu da ta oseba živi tudi, recimo 20 let v omenjeni državi.
Moje mnenje je, da Slovenci smo dobri ljudje, ampak zelo intolerantni. Dovolim si, ker moja mati je Slovenka in je istega mnenja.
Se opravičujem napak v pisanju, saj zelo malo ali skoraj nič ne pišem v slovenščini... 😜
I love each n every part and places of this country , i really wanted to come there. AND i wanted to search for a job. Can u guys Help me out by guiding me 🤗 whatsapp me +919360638162
@@yamato2301 Escribes muy bien esloveno 😀. Y si, son muy intolerantes los eslovenos con su idioma.
@@DominicanaenEslovenia
Holaaaa. Lo son... Demasiado!
Gracias 😜😜😜
Minus is , that slovenes often complain how bad slovenia is even though they dont know how lucky they can be to live in this country
Treu my father is from slovenia i came there evry school hollyday new i go when i have the money and time im from the netherlands i have a lot of family and friends in slovenia and notice the same thing if i would find a good job there i would leave everithing here in the netherlands to go to live there they dont realize how lucky the are oke the jobs are bad most think the dont have a lot of money and most really dont have much but the go out drink coffey or beer almost every day at cafes or simmelar places i cant do noting like that here in the dutch al our money go to taxes en other forced outcomes its like you aint free at al your just a money tree for the goverment they there are so much more free my parrents gave me 2 years ago our famely house if i have the money and opretunetie i go and live there im instandly on my way there sorry for my bad grammer im dyslectic i know how to speak english verry wel but the writing part is a compleet different story 😂
Of course we complain because there is a lot of expensive bills for the “country”
you know why that is....it's because the whole history we were under another country that could be jugoslavia avstroogerska (im typing them in slovin e cuz idk how to spell them in english :P) roman inpaier and many more that's why we give all the other countrys bless
i did not understand a shit to be honest....
like in every western country too ;) so take your ass back to ukraine or russia
I totally disagree with you about Slovenians thinking Slovenia is the best country in the world. It would be much better than a sad reality.
urshii uuu but to us it is...like it is to the USA
Great video, it's very interesting to hear about how foreigners view our country once they actually experience life here first hand.
It's interesting to hear that people tend to make the country seem better, especially since we like to describe ourselves as cynical.
The politeness with controversial topics can certainly be a problem sometimes, at least with people you don't know very well. We tend to discuss things very openly with most of my friends but a lot of people react very differently to someone starting a conversation like that.
I was very pleasantly surprised in Slovenia. I loved it! Enjouyed a day off in Ljubljana while on a tour and definitely want to go back. The cleanest country I've seen, and such a great location near Italy and Croatia. We also stayed a night in Jesenice at a neat little resort.
As a Slovenian, I feel like a lot of these observations are correct. I have to say the only thing that surprised me was the fact that you think Slovenians think they're the best and like to brag about their country's greatness. I feel like the fact that we like to be polite means we wouldn't do that. Sorry to hear you had bad experiences with that, but I think when it comes to sports, it's mostly meant as a joke. We're very into sports over here. xD
Your are right about it - it seems like contradiction, but this bragging happens mostly when the %%% are involved ;) We are all different people then.. xD
@Ben Silva nah
Ben Silva not unless you are as annoying as these two twits...
Could it be different in different parts of slovenia? I feel like in prekmurje it really is the case that everyone does this, but it feels very friendly. It's not impolite at all. It's more like an abundance of enthousiasm about everything from food to nature to sports. I do not feel like people are actually feeling superior, but they say it very casually, and it always sounds like a lot of fun,
@@ansleandi3906 There are some differences between different regions of the country, of course, but I'm not sure whether bragging is in there. The thing is... What you just described to me doesn't sound like "bragging" to me. Of course if we learn someone's visiting from a different country or moved here from somewhere else we're going to get excited and talk about what we love about Slovenia. To be honest, I might do that myself as well. xD But with bragging, there's an implied air of superiority, a "we're better than you" mentality.
After watching this I've booked my flight! Great job ladies!
Very nice! We are happy you got inspired! :)
Slovenes are very critical to their own country...but Slovenia is very good place to live
Have you two spent a lot of time in Croatia? I ask because Croatians complain and talk politics a lot. Of course, compared to Slovenia, Croatia is a bit of a mess, but I thought I'd ask.
The "we are better than you part" goes only for eastern and balkan countries. Everything to the north and west, is considered to be better. It's a well known slowenian issue. We were always tought that we were superior to those in the east and south and inferiour to those in the north and west. And we totally bought it. Lots of slovenians still are buying it... Not someting to be proud off. But I never heard a Slovenian say we are the best in the world...That's almost a no-no.
Agree totally. I have never said that either. And I don't consider myself to say that to someone else. Yeah, can be possibility of comparing, but that's it. And I consider myself very open minded person.
WE ARE BEST IN THE WORLD ! ! !
Greetings from Holy Alps of Slovenia
true!
I need to say that's stereotype...it's present in every country.... Austrians see as gipsies and you can say the same about Italy and Germany...
it's probably an inferiority complex of some sorts because the country and nation are small and irrelevant, so lots of people feel this weird need for comparisons... it's sad really
no shops ...what do you miss ... i can buy everything here no need to go outside
Being against immigration is a good point in my opinion. Look what massive immigration did to countries like France. Mass immigration comes at a cost.
exactly
Or Germoney is full of massive immigrations too, like the other western industry states... I hope Slovenia prefer more Balkan Immigrants from his own Ex Yugoslavija!
Hey girls! We’re looking at moving to Slovenia from Portugal. Ive been to Slovenia just once, so thanks for painting a wider picture of what it’s like to live there as a foreigner :) I am British and my husband is Ukrainian! I think Slovenia could be a GREAT combo of all the things we love and value!
I moved from America to medvode slovenia a month ago, it's certainly a beautiful country, my only complaint is that Slovenians aren't open to conversation and meeting new people. Mostly if you say hello you'll get hi or hello back. So it's not like anyone has been rude just to clarify, just not social people as my observation goes. I'm certainly lonely and quite bored here
Bryan Thompson did you find any friends yet in here?:)
Sasha Anastasia Romaniuk not yet, I've visited maribor, Ljubljana and around Medvode on bike. And have visited a few pubs, but again , people don't seem that sociable to outsiders. And or the language barrier is preventing proper greetings many times
@Na.Guru This made me laugh! I spent a week in Finland a few years ago, when I got on a city bus which was almost full everyone was just sitting quietly and not making eye contact, I thought someone had died! 🙈
@@emileslo8606 Spot on 😂 it's all climate related. In the cold North you always needed to preserve energy and didn't have opportunities to socialize with neighbors who were far away. While in the Mediterranean people are bubbly and social because the climate supports such activities. Centuries later you have country specific behavior. Americans just expect all Europeans to act the same. Who cares how you are after being asked if the question isn't honest? English speakers ask but don't even expect an answer to how your day went and what your mood or health is. It's an empty question and simply a figure of speech.
@@janjathompson7560 go to bars man!!
If you ask me, "cons and pros" would be better than "pluses and minuses"
Hvala ladies. I appreciated hearing about Slovenia from people who have an outsider’s point of view. Best wishes.
There's a reason Slovenes didn't like refugees from the last migration that happened. Watch the video called 'Big trouble, little Europe: open borders in Slovenia' by barbara4u2c, she explains it well.
Nowhere in this video we talked about refugees. We talked about prejudices towards immigrants, like ourselves. Barbara as an immigrant in US probably can relate to the feeling of being discriminated as an immigrant. Although I hope she didn't experienced it, because it really sucks to be underestimated based on stereotypes.
@@foreignersspeakslovene5659 you kind of realy can't get it, surprisingly.... However, we would have wished to welcome any european/american/ preaty much a citizen of country of similar customs, who, as I strongly belive, wouldn't have any troubles asimmilating in our culture. As it had shown, these refugees are everything else but like you, so you shouldn't feel yourself offended by our comments
@Foreigners Speak Slovene
Question: Do Slovenians speak other languages like German and Italian besides their mother tongue and English? I've heard that many Slovenians and Croatians are able to speak German. Is this true?
Hi Elias. Italian is only spoken by Slovenes living close to the border to Italy as this is a bilingual area. As for German, some people learned it at school therefore they speak it but not very many I think.
Slovenes, please correct us if we are wrong :)
on average every person in slovenia speaks 3 languages which is 3th best in EU. (na-na na-na boo-boo we are better then you, hah how is that for bragging :P)
48% of population can speak german and 12% speaks italian.
but dont know how reliable these "facts" are (wiki), all i can say is that for the past 15 or so years 3th language in high school is mandatory and most kids choose german...
Amazing! Does that mean that Germans and Austrians are favourable in Slovenia? I had a Serbian friend and he went every time to Croatia for vacation, I remember once he said: "Croatians are like Germans, they behaviour, character and lifestyle resembles too much."
That's wonderful! I am German for myself and I plan to visit Slovenia and Croatia next vacation. It seems like most people do not notice your little phantasy land. However, I love Slovenia, literally, S"love"nia. I think, I will leave a favourable reputation. How would Slovenes react, if they hear a foreigner trying to speak their language? What do you think?
Thank you for your advice! I will try it, hopefully!
To paraphrase my experiences, I have to same experience that is really really hard to make friends in Slovakia, and even in Greece was not so easy as it seems, people simply move in closed circles. But on the other hand i realised that Slovak society is changing too, that people search contacts with new people like through some Facebook groups, and the White night there were 200 000 people in Bratsliva, i have never seen some many people on one spot in my life. I thought Greeks think that Greece(i lived in Greece) is the best/the most beautiful country in the world, I noticed though that Slovenians have hard to understand that it can be better than Slovenia, more job opportunities for example. They tend to think that situation with the job market is normal, while is not. I am even afraid to work for smaller companies now, since there is high probability that it will not work out financially, that my salary will not come on time, that I will not get a permanent contract, or that they will make me open a s.p., sole proprietor company in order to give me work. At the same time where i am now, in Bratislava I have a work contract for indefinite time from the beginning, after the probation period, something that it is seems an unicorn in Slovenia, and most of all it is in good company. And if i decide to leave this job, i can easily find similar in Bratislava or Prague and this even my Slovenian friends fail to understand.
Thanks, that was an interesting insight, I understand completely what you mean. When I tell this story about job opportunities in Bratislava, salaries, indefinite contracts and especially completely independent young people living on their own (instead of with their parents until 40) Slovenes think I am making this up :D :D Sending greetings to Bratislava, Petra
Im from Prague and im in Slovenia for two weeks now. The country is really beatifull and i love the architecture, art and eko mindset here. But when it comes on people it is not so enjoyable. Just like u said the people here are very closed. Its very hard to find people just smiling on you for nor particural reason, maybe just make life better for each other. And when comes on people working or just remaining in tourist locations they are often almost rude, giving wrong informations just to get rid of and in overall acting like dont like me (and not only me i saw them acting like this on others people too.) People in here seems just to have lack of hospitality to visitors. Every small thing must be paid.
depends in which part of the country ( region ) u are...
@@rokvrtovsek2243 East Slovenia?
That Germanic influence - the introverted slavic Slovenes, yes! Hard to make lasting friends. Easy to offend people. They are perfectionists and so they tend to be sensitive compared to other ethnicities. It would be SO nice if they would just tell you what they're thinking. Passive Aggressive summed it up perfectly. I've found they do openly talk about politics more than in some countries, but you need to know them a little better than as acquaintances. All of the pros/pluses are there as well. Nice lists! Well done.
people don't want to make new friends because we all have small friends circles i think you should understand this and except it. and we are tolled stranger danger from the begining of our childhod (idk how to spell this and im to lazy to chech
yeh most sloviniens are hard working but not all)
Jaz sem Irski Ljubim je Mlekomat :-)
It's a pretty safe country with low crime rate. Unfortunately most crimes and abuse happens inside families. Many things could be better but look at it in this way how lucky we are that we were born here...what little chances we had to be born amongst 2 million people compared to 7 billion. Very lucky i would say!
Found you by chance, immediately subscribed. For me, the best part of living in Slovenia is getting the full-on European experience without getting overwhelmed, especially financially. The worst part was having to leave it, but I can't wait to come back.😍
thank you, it is so nice to read comments like yours! hope you will get the chance to come back :)
I think people tend to be a bit shy around here. It's not that we don't like foreigners or that we deliberately appear closed, it's just that we're not used to people from other countries (excluding ex yugoslavia) to take interest in us, as in place where people would actually move to. I could be way off, but that would probably my best attempt to explain how I feel. Other than that I personally love foreigners and I don't care about where you're from, what you believe in. There are good and bad people wherever you go, so I always try not to have any prejudices towards anyone.
And speaking of nowhere to go or do. In Primorska, most of small towns have "vaška veselica/šagra" during summer towards end of week. It's usually few 100 people, a band playing and lots of beer/wine consumed. Portorož is also really nice during Summer - winter, not so much. :P
Ill make it short....working for 700€ for 40 hours a week? Sucks.....Watching win against USA in hockey after wining the European Basketball championship? Priceless!
Hey John... you cant just compare the pays... you have to compare the living expensess too, If you want to see the real picture :)
The pay sounds good. In Florida, you are lucky to make that in a week. Plus, home prices are 50% higher, and crime is way up. Everything is ugly, too.
700 € is minimal wage
@@rockytheraplover 700 Euros a week is minimum?
Minimum, here is like $350 dollars U.S., and home prices are much higher. I was making $800 a week as a teacher in the states.
If this is the case, I will move to Slovenia this year and scrub floors.
@@Polarcupcheck 700€/month
“Prepare for me while you’re driving”. I was hypnotized and allowed to remember this line.
Ask him for the truth.
8:15 am January 19, 2020.
Boynton Beach
I am planning to visit Slovenia with my mother and spend a few days there. Lendava, Celje, Maribor, Ljubljana, Bled are possible candidates. We would drop by Trieste and Zagreb as well. I am not fond of beaches. I prefer mountains.
Hey Gergely, I'm assuming you're coming from Hungary, so I'd advise you to take this route: Lendava (or anywhere in the Prekmurje region) to get the laid back feel and the nicest people in the country. Advance to Maribor, ckeck out the local sights, like the oldest vine tree or Pohorje (not really mountains, but a nice place to visit). Continue past Celje (sorry people living there) to Rimske Toplice, treat yourself to the natural hot springs there (your mother will love it) and our biggest brewery (that you'll love while your mother's soaking), then find your way to Zagreb, which is a place of its own fame, defenitly stay there at least two days not only to explore the city but to meet some of the people. They're great. on the way back to the Alps stop by Otočec to take a few pictures, proceed to Ljubljana (2 days min also), then to the Julian Alps (this is when the mountains come into place). Lake Bled, lake Bohinj, Kranjska Gora, Bovec, Kobarid, ... are the towns. If you go around to Kobarid, it's a stone's throw from Trieste. And also a little more than an hour's drive from Venice, so take your mother there also :) Take a gander on the map, should take you a slow 2 weeks or fast 5 days :) and on the way back take her to Postojna caves for some awe. Hope it helps, but, you know, do the research yourself :)
Gergely Lázár you should go to Marino, it's amazing
In maribor you shoud visit pohorje also city "top" its named piramida. From here you can get wonderful wiew on whole city. Defenetly go to the city park in the summer and to "tri ribniki" :)
I live in maribor
Slovenia is a fabulous country :D If you want to see everything negative about Slovenia in one go, just go to a "veselica" (a lot of beer and accordions) :D it's like all of the idiots go out at the same time :D Otherwise I think it's a fantastic country, a lot of beautiful locations all around. And I as a Slovene love meeting new people :D
Thank you both! Great, helpful video :)! Greetings from The Netherlands
Abanka didn't even have documents in English for me when I requested. I just had to sign some slovene documents without understanding.
Can I learn Slovenian from you? The other alternatives are extremely boring.
You can try even though I cannot guarantee the results :)
Well I learnt a lot from your language learning video :) I impressed my Slovenian friends. A die dje. But I need a language tutor with a sense of humour and wit. Help? :) More words than at present Ful top dober...
Wait til you live in italy ladies ;) they are like slovenians too in minuses you discussed. Cheers!
I had a friend from solvenia.. So i wanted to know about their culture,tradition n country. It's great for tourism i think n one day I'll definitely go there to visit my Dendie.
Another question, is German language we have to learn or Slovenian, which is more in use,if we visit there...??
lol normal it is slowene... but as from the foreign language aspect u re gonna get perfect along with english and german ....
Very nice, honest presentation. I am from another place. I have been here for years, and I see things almost exactly the same way. Great job!
hello :D not to say anything about cultural events... but there is one now happening in Ptuj and there are also some in Maribor or Celje. you just need to be informed and wiling to go there :D
That PBC county cop who passed me on the Florida turnpike started something with a specific frequency so I’m listening to Slovene. Will He self report?
8:13 am January 19, 2020. Boynton Beach.
Also, my conscience saw a lookalike for the first about a half hour ago.
hello lovelies! thanks for this video. ill be moving to Slovenia within this year . However, Im worried if i can't make friends there. Is there any meet ups or groups i can build friendship with expats or locals ? reply would be appreciated. TIA :)
Are you here now , and did you get your anwser ? :)
@@TWKfam_STUXN3T hello sorry for the late reply :) yes I have met few people around Ljubljana and Thanks!
Hello! Thank you very much for your video! Would you, please, suggest if any possibilities available for a mid-aged lady from Canada with fluent English and Russian. Many thanks!!!
Delightful, informative, and thoughtful!
HelloI don't think that people here generaly think that we are better then the rest of the world. There are people who think we are superior compare to people from Bosnia or Croatia, but if you would say that you come from Denmark or Switzerland, I'm sure that wouldn't be the case. Anyway, I'm not like that. But isn't the same with people who like Hlinkova garda or suporters of Roman Dmowaki?
Lep pozdrav
Klemenization I agree with you.
i agree with most of your observations except for the lack of cultural events, in ljubljana that is. my foreign friends from much larger cities are always amazed at the amount of stuff we get to see/experience here...it's annoying for non ljubljana residents but then again it's a small country
If someone Slovenian called me out for being from a worse country than Slovenia. I would say, of course, I am from the United States. In the 1950's and 1980's however, we would have given you a run for your money. Lets have a beer.
Thank you for this interesting video, I often don't watch till the end , 😆 and now i watched full your video
Me encanta Eslovenia. 🇸🇮
As a person who was born in Slovenia and now lives in London...no amazon prime and amazon fresh?😂
Its a great video..you two lovely ladies have packed in a lot n wrapped it in your charm
Поздрави от България!
This is extremely helpful and interesting
08:00 wait wait wait...who the f ever said that slovine is the best country in EU?!! All of my friends and people im close to, we all think slovine is bad ok yeh we have alot of green nature but that's not why anyone would think that slovine is best county EU...pls show me that pearson so that i can bring him to our slovine lvl.
prekleto tote vide je težko gledat vse ni cockies and butter.
You guys are really awesome videos, please try to show the more restaurants and work opportunities for the student's.✌️✌️👏👏👏 good job friends.
God I love this channel so much! As a slovenian-norwegian living in slovenia I do realize about cultural differences between slovenia and other countries, and this channel just broadens my view on the world and usually solidifies my love for slovenia.
Only thing I'd mention are that I don't think Slovenia is right there when talking about tolerance towards the lgbt community. And while we really don't get a lot of foreign big concerts, I'd say that the cultural side of Ljubljana is as developed as any other european city.
Thanks, glad you like our channel! You are right with your point that Slovenia could do more for the tolerance towards LGBT community but it depends what you compare with. Some countries are still not even there where Slovenia... The lack of cultural events is mostly addressed to other areas of Slovenia (as we explained in the video) as Ljubljana as a capital has plenty of those.
Yeah specialy older and religous people here
I feel seen.
SLOVENIJA ❤️🇸🇮👍
I really enjoyed watching the video. 💞
Very interesting to hear and very humbly said. Could see your uncomfortable reaction to having to say negatives.
Interesting some of your negatives are positives maybe to me. So thank you for sharing!
I hope that shoddy banking doesn't fall under positives for you... Yeah, Slovenian banking system isn't something to write home about
I understand your point of view few times you were wrong due of not knowing the background...but few observations made me think...about e shops you wrong there are a lot of them just Google ...thank you for making this video...we need a mirror to see yourself in it
It's good information about Slovina
Gracias por el video me sirvio mucho, =) tengo deseo de ir a vivir en eslovenia, espero poder realizarlo. Saludos desde Argentina
I havent met more people then i could count on my hands, that belive Slovenia is the best country ever.... most actualy complain it sucks ass xD
I think its more of the little dog syndrome, it know it sucks it knows its weak but it wants to prove to it self and others tht it is not by barking high.
thank you so much
Zrobcie dziewczyny to samo video po polsku i slowacku. Super!
About opinions it depends on who you speak to, i come from a very educated family (its a blessing a curse) and of course my parents dont just discuss politics or controversial things with evryone cuz some people here are really narrow minded and they will take it as an attack on them, but when they meet people who are willing to discuss things like that they do
For example weve been conected to a polish family thro my father's work and weve became very good friends discussing politic in poland and slovenia with them which is interesting to me becouse i got to see the mindset in poland moreupclose this famili is wery open minded not really religious and more left sided so they didnt push their oppinion on us they just told us their wiew
Well, this is how it should be! I like people who are open to discussions without pushing opinions and trying to show who is better. Wish there would be more of those! Thanks for watching btw :) /Petra
7:15 that is SOOOO not true. We like meeting new people.....7:50 and no we don’t. If you’ve met some people that say that.. well most of us actually don’t even really like Slovenia.
Thanks my dear I want business in your country can arenge visit visa
"Banking services"
"stores"
I don't remember which side of the 'Iron Curtain' Slovenia was on.
My brother's boss is a circa 1980's Russian (as in *soviet* mind you) immigrant. The guy has, let's just say, *not* the best business sense...
"Slovenians think Slovenia is the best country in the world"
wow; that's totally unique to Slovenia, isn't it. [americanflag.jpg]
Yugoslavia had a diffreant kind of comunisem and it was more natural in cold war
You lot in the Visegard 4 are leading the way against 3rd world immigration. Don't be afraid to be proud of your nation. It was obvious what you wanted to say but were afraid to say it. This was a few years ago, i bet you feel more enamoured now after a few years. Well done. My friend and myself are going to visit Slovenia this Spring. Looking forward to it.
Is it too public here to ask where you are actually from?
See description of this video.
@@melaniay5521 yeah, I already saw it later. It says in the video as well I just forgot to delete the comment. Thanks anyway
Thanks. Interesting and amusing. I've been here a long time and am married to a Slovene. I love it here. However, I do have to say, there is definitely racism and religious intolerance out in the villages.
Great idea and result. I am considering moving there. The inly thing that sounded dissonant to me was that on the one hand you said Slovenians would tell you how better their country is than yours, and on the other you co sider them too politically-correct to voice their opinion.
Hi. I'm Korean and my girlfriend is Slovene. We are sort of thinking of moving to and living in Slovenia. So this video has helped me a lot. Thank you for your video and I have one curiosity to see it. What type of job do foreigners do there and can you give me any tip for foreigners to have job there?
Gim, it really depends on your profession. If you work in IT, you won't have a problem. Other than that, I know people who work remotely for companies abroad or they created their own company. Some of them were lucky (and very determind!) and found a job at local companies within other professions. Maybe you could use your advantage of speaking Korean!? Good luck!
Oh. give me a break. that video is a total idiocy, nothing stands, absolutely nothing they spoke about, all is totally subjective delusions..they didnt tell right a single point, maybe about wine only and some geography facts which is hard to cite wrong if you are not American
Hey there, well, thanks for your comment :) It is subjective, I agree. This is how we see it and how we experienced it. Can you be maybe more specific in why you find this to be "idiocy"?
@@cortomaltese6250 The ladies clearly state that it is their own opinions, so noone has to agree with it - that being said just check in the comments how many people have shared similar experiences. Meanwhile, why don't you provide everyone with some useful insight then, so that we can all benefit from your wisdom?
well right now due to migrant situation u migh wanna think twice about going alone and unprotected in a major Slowene city all by yourself
Minus. We're one of the most suicidal countries in Europe.
Zaradi štajrcu
Probbaly slovenian says that slovenia is the best country because you said you are from slovakia and if you tell american or other foregoner I am from slovenia, he will be oh slovakia and yea we are not feeling good when people say oh slovakia😂😂😂😂😂🤦♀️
no problemXD i can understand that, greetings from your neighbor country australia^^
@@manfredmaximus2546 hahahahahahha
@@lucija04 wehre you from in slovenia?
@@manfredmaximus2546 I am from Celje
I think slovenes think their country is the best as much as they think it’s the worst. Depends who you ask.
Tolerant to religions, sexual orientation,...I don’t know. Maybe Ljubljana. Definitely not countryside. But maybe more than Slovakia and Poland??
Also, banks! Agree. But just ditch NLB and go to Delavska Hranilnica. Much cheaper AND nicer. I mean they give you coffee after you pay the bills 🙂.
By immigrants you probable meant middle eastern/african people, or? If so, I agree.
I mean, if two slavic ladies feel that people don’t like them, imagine how other immigrants feel.
And we have too many shops as is!! 🙂
Yes, these are our personal opinions shaped often by comparison to our countries. When it comes to immigrants we meant mostly people from Europe, and EU, for whom the borders are open and they have the right to move freely. And you are right, we are two Europeans with highly skilled jobs facing prejudices (sometimes), so I can't even imagine how it feels to be a refugee or a migrant from other parts of world.
Slovenia is the greatest, no question about it.
FUCK YOU .
YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY ARE A FUCKING JOKE .
YOU ARE NOTHING .
Hi girls! Thank you for a lovely video! I have been living in Italy for a while and I agree with basically everything you have stated in your pluses and minuses about Slovenia that I notice myself when I come home for a visit. I have to add one more thing: when foreigners learn our language, Slovenes always need to correct them and explain the grammar. This really bothers me! Anika recently put up a video where she spoke with excellent Slovene skills and lo and behold there was someone in the comments giving her lectures! Why people??? Just let them talk and don't correct the poor foreigners! This is a big pet peeve of mine obviously :)
The other thing that bothers me very much is how people are afraid to share their opinions and they always try to be politically correct. Living in Italy i have become more open with sharing my thoughts and I'm still surprised how my co-nationals react if I'm very blunt and open. I will give you a stupid example; a frined of a friend was trying to politely say that she thinks this woman was ugly, but used all the different adjectives for her. I said to her: 'Just say you think she's ugly, this is what you want to say, don't you?', and she looked at me like i was crazy :)
Ciao Carina, I enjoyed reading your comment and experience. I feel like I need to share with you my perspective regarding locals correcting mistakes and grammar. I'm a bit of a language freak myself (intermediate Slovenian until I move there in a couple of months and hopefully improve 🙈) and I find it funny how the opposite of what you described bothered me: I used to live in the US, in the UK and in Italy and I was never corrected for my mistakes. I found it very frustrating as I could not learn on the way and get better, I would just repeat the same mistakes unknowingly. I'm sure you would agree that when you love languages you want to use them properly. Therefore, I find it essential to be able to be corrected and I am always grateful when someone does it. So after reading you I am actually really looking forward to displaying all my mistakes in Slovenia! There will be plenty of opportunities for the correctors. 😅 Of course it has to be done tactfully and the learner has to take the feedback positively, but I also understand if some people don't want to have their errors pointed out. I hope you manage to view it in better light and that the grammar nazis won't make me regret what I said! 😉 Srečno!
@@emileslo8606
Learning is making mistakes, but if there's no one teaching or helping, you'll repeat them always.
That's so true Emile
I'm an Indian planning to meet my girlfriend in Slovenia soon. Your place is so beautiful and i would love to live there! 😊 ❤
stay there please
(In India )
already too many gypsies in Europe
That's so me..lol 7:08 - 7:23
and don't be upset that we're the best! 😎
at 7:08 I talk about the difficulties making friends in Slovenia - are you sure you wanted to refer to this?
yea, i'm like a wild animal who needs time to get close to someone... :)
and i feel like most of my friends are like that
Aaaah, ok. Well, in order to make Slovenia a better place it is perhaps worth a try to be more open :)
Nočemo da bi naša lepa Slovenija postala Paris, London Švedska ravno zato je varna ker ni nasilnih imigrantov iz islamskih držav vidve kot državljanke Poljske in Slovaške bi morale to razumeti
Matej Pecnik če pa stari zdaj je minimum 10 jurjov imigrantov v naši lepi državi
HELLO
Thanks for calling me open minded. I appreciate it.
Pozdrav iz Štajerske Lepotički ;)
vosu
ah stajerc, sem spregledu, po pa je jasno
Hello ladies! You proved that Slavic girls are most beautiful on the world :-) Greetings from Poland! Pozdrawiam z Polski!
Nice to see our great neighbor country resident who have it oppinion on our country and our system. See here ruclips.net/video/UktXYuDQgSs/видео.html .A quick description of our country. Keep up the good job. Greetings to Poland and Slovakia. Oh and a advice to you both. Try to addopt Euro if you want to prospere.
Ok ... i was very confused who the hell is going around saying we are the best ... But than she said basketball ... hockey ... Ayee , we are xDDDDD we are big on sports, and very proud when national team wins anything ... so yeah ... guilty. :) But dont think we think we are good as country all around ... its just in sports :)
I like Slovenia, but I also don't really like the MEGA patriots, they come off a bit mean, even if they don't want to.
Thats pretty much all mega patriots rly
You talk like real slovenians - saying that it was only your opinion and you didn push it🤣🤣🤣 proves one of your point about slovenians
You 2 Girls are so very cute.
Are you two a lesbian couple?
You cheking your chanses
Punce, se je res!:)
I like your video I want come with you there
Kranj
Get to the freakin points PLEAZZ! Gosh!
I really like your videos but please dont say slovene but slovenIAN, slovene is correct too but its an insult
Why insult? Can you explain? Btw, regarding using Slovene vs. Slovenian we created a poll on our Facebook page yesterday. You can go there and vote if you want :) Just scroll down the page and you'll find it :) facebook.com/ForeignersSlovenia/
I'm quite surprised with this comment.. I've been under impression that the locals prefer 'Slovene' over 'Slovenian'.. whenever I interact with local people, they always use 'Slovene'. If this is an insult, why would they use it so commonly when speaking about things referring to their own language, culture, etc.?
I'm not sure where you're getting this from.
I've never seen anyone here offended by the term 'slovene', I've seen the term used constantly from elementary school all the way to university and I'd even say I prefer it over 'slovenian' just because it's less generic.
I don't know any Slovenian who would be offended if someone calls us Slovenes. Even I sometimes say Slovene instead of Slovenian.
No, that's just silly. Both are fine and both are neutral. Some Slovenian once came up with the link between Slovene and the word 'slovenly' that English speakers were supposed to be reminded of, but no one _ever_ makes that leap, foreigner or local. Don't worry.
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