Breathtaking old town. I'm Romanian, I was a child 12 yo during the war, I remeber when my dad said to me "These guys are madmen, they are bombing Dubrovnik, that is a jewel!". I do not think it is important to place blame today, I beleive it's better to enjoy this wonderful scenary under the shade with e beer, and make sure that that kind of war never happens again.
Of course they have museum of that horible War to put all blame on the Serbs ,same like Muslims in Bosnia . Non of them will never say that in Croatia and in Bosnia first victims are SERBS but "VICTIM CARD " is reserved for Croats and Bosnians . We are living in that kind of World ,unfortunatly . Bombing of Dubrovnik was wrong and horrible but what is NICE in the CIVIL WAR ???? They also never gonna say civil war ,they like to say "Serbian agression" but truth is that those provinces decide to separete from Yugoslavia and start terrorizing Serbian population there . If Serbia (I hope they will) opens museums about Croat and Muslim attrocities in that War woulb be 10 times more horible to see .
@@COCOGROCOSHOW Yea, they would never put in that museum that all started after Yugoslavian army already withdraw from Croatia after agreement between Tuđman and Milošević "to keep it peacfully", and that there was no need for war at all because negotiation process was already started. But instead to resolve it on table, the moment Yugoslavian army withdrew, Croatians tryed to ethnicly clean Dalmatia of Serbs -- as usual, under patronage of "international peacekeepers" -- so in the end you got a bloody civil war, with lot of irregular units on both sides, that ended in Blokade of Dubrovnik and smashing Old Town... So I am not surprized at all that so called musem has not any facts or explanation in it, because "we went a little nazi, AGAIN, and tried to genocide Serbs, AGAIN", although negotiation process already strarted, sure would not look nice... And of course, they always forgeth to say that "evil Serbs" didn't came from Mars or Venus, but lived there for centuries...
Just pay respects to the brave defenders and People of Dubrovnik from '91 to '95 who endured terrible deprivations and terror from the barbarians to the east. And back then no one helped the Croatian people in their battle to survive unlike Ukraine now where they can't do enough for them.The clown above me in his stupid comments is just a taste what they had to put up with and still now.
Dubrovnik is a gem for sure!! I was lucky to see it in 1985 when it was still in Yugoslavia. Such an amazing place. Happy Travels Gelato is Italian for ice cream!
Visited Croatia last year. We fly from Helsinki to Split and rent a car from there. I really recommend Krka national park, amazing waterfalls, Zadar sea organs and Split old town
Hi, next time if you will visit 🇭🇷, consider Primošten, Rogoznica,Brela Makarska Riviera, Island Mljet, Hvar,and If you like sandy beaches, Queens beach in Nin , or Novalja...
Hi guys, new subscriber here! I found you while looking for info on Albania. Croatia looks incredible! I really enjoy your filming style and the things you look at. My husband and I are retired currently living in Ecuador but getting curious about other places. Looking forward to your channel! Also, you guys are adorable. ❤️
I have no idea how I came across you but I am glad I did. Great video about my city and I am glad you had wonderful time(p.s. people do jump from those rocks you were commenting, in evening hours tho). Come back again, there are many more things to see here, specially Dubrovnik area and Croatia as a whole. Subscribed!
I visited Dubrovnik in 2007 or 2008, when I spent also some days in Montenegro. I plan to visit again Croatia, is a beautiful country. Enjoy your stay!!!!!
Beautiful city, my mothers birthplace, it 's a l w a y s in my heart! ❤ Your video is looovelly! The b e s t one I've seende so far, my origin is croatian, thank You ! ❤❤❤
Where I visited in Croatia it was very Rocky with cliffs to jump from straight in to the clear ocean and they had very nice Pasta and Pizza. Rented a big house, great time :)
Funny enough, Ivana is very popular name in Croatia :) If you are visiting Dubrovnik, I would suggest you get yourself Dubrovnik card - 1 day pass gives you city wall entrance, as well for most of the museums and 24h ticket for public buses for the same price of the city walls entrance. Homeland war museum (not included in Dubrovnik pass) is on the Imperial fortress above Dubrovnik, there is cable car going up, and the view from the hill is also spectacular. The beaches in Dubrovnik and around are mostly rocky/pebble beaches, but some islands north of Dubrovnik have sandy beaches, most popular being Šunj beach on Lopud island, about hour boat ride from Dubrovnik. The sea can get very warm - usually in summer time (mid June till September) it is 23-27 degrees Celsius. May and October varies from year to year. This (2024.) we had a late start of the summer.
Dubrovnik is beautiful, but it is also too expensive considering other cities in Croatia that are also worth visiting, such as Šibenik, Pula, Zadar and Split from the larger coastal cities and Rovinj, Poreč and Omiš from the smaller ones.
I don't believe that "most of the Dubrovnik was rebuilt". Even if you hit stone with mortar- these buildings don't collapse. I believe more precise term would be "damaged and restored". Otherwise- kudos on your pronouncing and genuine interest for local culture and cuisine. Ajvar awareness needs to be spread.
Croatia is wonderful...amazing! Now, when you see cevap with ajvar, you're not eating it right and it is not local food for that place/country. So, cevap originally is Bosnia and Hercegovina thing. Can have it in Serbia as well, though pljeskavica would be the more Serbian thing. Typically you eat it with sliced fresh onions, smoked dried red paprika (called bukovec and usually hot spicey), lepinja (sort of a smaller freshly baked white bread) and maybe kajmak. Ajvar you typically eat with fresh baked white bread and white cheese (best if it is sheep milk cheese and not the feta kind). Typically Ajvar is Macedonian and Serbian food, but, like the cevap, it made it's way throughout ex YU states long time ago. During Yugoslavia times, the population in the (then) republics was rather mixed and some foods like cevapi, pljeskavica, ajvar, burek, sarma etc got to every corner of the country. I don't recall cevapi being served with ajvar in any of the former republics at the time. Perhaps it's a new thing. Anyways, anyone in B&H, or Serbia see you put ajvar on a cevap will be at least slightly grossed and wondering what's wrong with you :D
Dubrovnik didn’t sustain heavy structural damage during the 1991-1992 war. Most of the damages was cosmetic in nature…such as the clay orange roof tiles…most of those were replaced.
Of course they have museum of that horible War to put all blame on the Serbs ,same like Muslims in Bosnia . Non of them will never say that in Croatia and in Bosnia first victims are SERBS but "VICTIM CARD " is reserved for Croats and Bosnians . We are living in that kind of World ,unfortunatly . Bombing of Dubrovnik was wrong and horrible but what is NICE in the CIVIL WAR ???? They also never gonna say civil war ,they like to say "Serbian agression" but truth is that those provinces decide to separete from Yugoslavia and start terrorizing Serbian population there . If Serbia (I hope they will) opens museums about Croat and Muslim attrocities in that War woulb be 10 times more horible to see .
You both are idiots. Hundreds of phosphorus bombs which fell through the roof and burned houses is not " structursl damage?". 179 bombs fell on Stradun. Walls were hit mamy times but they are 6 meters tick...idiots were bombing City hopping they will enter and steal whatever they can. There was no any army in Dubrovnik. Serb and Montenegroes are known to be brave again unarmed people. Once armed Croatian army kick there ass and they were running like rabbits
gelato is just italian word for ice cream in general lol. but in coastal Croatia they use it too since it's italian influenced... technically gelato is suppose to have less fat and slightly different consistency than ice cream, but those are just technicalities not rally how it's made any more. it's basically mostly all the same and it's fancy word for ice cream. no one in Croatia calls it that btw, we have croatian word for it "sladoled" which literally translates to "sweet ice". "Gelato" is more a term for tourists and foreigners :)
Dubrovnik is original and only a small portion has been damaged in war...therefore...your comment that majority of Dubrovnik has been renovated is not true mate ...the old stones are polished but not replaced .huge difference Regards. Croatian dude ...
In the attack on Dubrovnik in 1991 and 1992, out of 824 buildings in the historic core (old town), 594 were damaged, with a total area of 192,338 square meters, of which 382 were residential, 19 religious and 10 public, while the rest of the buildings had their roofs damaged. In the wartime destruction of the historic center of Dubrovnik, 72 percent of the city's buildings were damaged, nine of which were completely burned, while the roofs of four others were partially burned. Please, you are from Croatia, but don't write that minor damages were suffered, because that is not true. We who lived through it know that.. and you can easily find the destruction of Dubrovnik on RUclips, which was certainly not a "small portion".
@@mirkokapor1249 mate...what do you mean who was there knows that?!....comparing to other cities in Croatia during the war such as vukovar/knin ..yes you can call it minor damages...anyhow...we are free to say what we saw .what we read...what we heard and make are own opinions...cheers
@@mims611 You have no idea about anything... Vukovar was the most destroyed city in Europe in the second half of the 20th century, and in Knin the destruction lasted a day or two... and Dubrovnik I mentioned only the old town, and in other parts of the city there was much more destruction, as a third of the city was under Serbian and Montenegrian occupation. Don't pretend to be smart when you are dumb, especially because you mentioned Knin 🙄🤦🤫
@@mims611 You have no idea about anything... Vukovar was the most destroyed city in Europe in the second half of the 20th century, and in Knin the destruction lasted a day or two hahah... and Dubrovnik I mentioned only the old town, and in other parts of the city there was much more destoyed, and third of the city was under Serbian and Montenegrian occupation. Don't pretend to be smart, especially because you mentioned Knin 🙄
@JetLagWarriors If you go to Zadar, you have to check out the sea organ, it's under water, but you hear it plays almost like music.. =) And they also have on the same exact spot, like a big floor made out of sun-catching-plates. That in the evening shows an amazing lights.. :) P.s I go to Croatia every year, we even have a house there. (Lives in Sweden10 months, then Croatia in the summer) You also have the "for the rich" place an island Hvar, There you will see the Mega yahts and super rich ppl. And if it rains where you lives, you don't have to pay for the hotel. (thats what I have heard anyway)
Gelato is just the Italian translation of ice-cream lol :)) It's similar to caffe latte for instance, or other fancy terms that are just Italian translation of ordinary things.
@@RaduRadonys - **Ice cream**: Usually made with a higher percentage of milk fat (at least 10%), sugar, eggs (sometimes), and various additions like fruits, nuts, or chocolate. - **Gelato**: Uses less milk fat (usually 4-8%), more milk than cream, and sometimes contains eggs. It is also sweetened with sugar, but in smaller amounts compared to ice cream.
@@alexhorvath9277 Ok, how would I as an Italian translate **Ice cream** to Italian? I am an Italian in Italy and I want to buy **Ice cream** not gelato, how do I order it?
Gelato is italian type of ice-cream. It is not the same! Gelato is usually warmer, less cream and more flavor. Gelato places also have the best sorbets as well! Softer, smoother and full of (usually, in good places) real fruit etc.
Gelato is ice cream in Italian. They are the same thing. If you call your ice cream "gelato" outside of Italy, you are being fancy and you imply that your ice cream is of high quality, similar to the excellent ice creams of Italy.
Gelato is ice cream in Italian. Another italian/croatian word you want to know while there is branzino. Its sea bass, you dont want to skip it if its on the menu.
@@mnemonija - **Ice cream**: Usually made with a higher percentage of milk fat (at least 10%), sugar, eggs (sometimes), and various additions like fruits, nuts, or chocolate. - **Gelato**: Uses less milk fat (usually 4-8%), more milk than cream, and sometimes contains eggs. It is also sweetened with sugar, but in smaller amounts compared to ice cream.
the bus not leaving on time is just your normal taste of Balkans.. nothing is on time here, just like in Italy.. you want on time? you go to Germany lol. just kidding it's frustrating I know, but that's how it is with all trains and buses and public transportation here so it's authentic experience at least lol
@@mirkokapor1249absolutely wrong… balkan is turkish word that was used zo describe places under turkish occupation with zero culture, literature,etc…those places were Bosnia, Serbia, and so on…. Croatia was never part of it. Compare cities and towns in Croatia with the ones in the other “balkan” countries
@@Aloalokae4839 Croatia is invited to every gathering organized at the state level, which is called "Balkan". When there are gatherings of the countries of the "Western Balkans", Croatia is a regular participant. The then Turkish concept of the Balkans and today's concept of the Balkans do not have the same meaning. Wake up and wash yourself because you are behind in time and space
In Dubrovnik you can see well the mixture of Serbian and Italian arhitecture,it was built completely by Serbian merchants in 14 th century,later on due to the war between us and Croatia in the 90's we lost it. First steam ship of Dubrovnik for example was called Belgrade,given name of its brotherly city of Beograd capital of Serbia. Best regards,great channel,it's nice to see you guys enjoying Adriatic cost,it's one of the most beautiful coasts.
You can see the serbian architecture that you can t see in any other serbian city, but in almost all other croatian, italian and west Europe city 🤣🤣🤣 If you can find some historic architecture in Serbia it is almost turkish asiatic one 😉.
@@emilianozapata2530Son, do you know that Serbs were not allowed to sleep inside the city walls during the Dubrovnik Republic?! You really have something wrong with your brain... it's like saying that Mongols built New York 🤦😂
I'm glad you liked it in Croatia, just try to get more cultural context before posting something. Term 'Balkans' is considered derogatory in the entire region, especially in Central / Southeast Europe where Croatia is located, as it was often used pejoratively by Western countries to depict the region as uncivilized and politically chaotic. So it's like putting a title: "I found my favorite US city stolen from Native Americans (NEW YORK)"... While it may be factually accurate, it is still not appropriate wording. Especially when you can say European or Mediterranean or anything similar that doesn't carry the same connotation.
Derogatory? Well, it certainly brings some associations to one's head, but it is not derogatory. When you hear Mexico, you can think of drug cartels, or you can think of mariachi.
Ive lived in Croatia my whole life and Ive never heard anyone call it cevapcici. We say ćevapi. Cevapcici is what Germans think we call it cevapcici so they (and other tourists) are the only ones calling it that way.
@@hendrik3974 yeah im sorry, ofc you know better than me who lives here for 31 years 😉 as i said, we use cevapcici only for foreigners, nobody in Croatia ever said "Idemo na cevapcice. (Lets grab cevapcici)". We say ćevapi.
Gelato is simply the Italian translation for ice cream. There‘s no difference there. 😂🤣 When it‘s used in other countries they are trying to imply some fanciness to it, but it‘s still just ice cream in all its variations. Burrata is a Mozzarella type of cheese filled with stracciatella di bufala (fresh cheese made from buffalo milk) and cream. In good Pizza places, it is very commonly used to top your Pizza, but of course it is put there only after baking so it still has its texture. What the fork are you doing to your poor fries? Vinegar, seriously? 🙄🙈🙈🙈 Ever heard of a thing called ketchup? I know there‘s also vinegar in it, but still: No! No! No! Also no mayonnaise and other stuff that doesn‘t fit. No, there‘s one reason ketchup was invented and that is to come as a match made in heaven together with fries!
You didnt search much 😅 that is the most popular, overrated town in whole Croatia, and I speak as Dalmatian than lives close to it… Try Zadar, Rovinj, Omis, Korcula, Rab… so many more beautifull and more decent places to enjoy
geographically it is. thing is that "balkan" for balkan people is more of political term or something that describes behavior of the people as primitive rather than geographical area.
@@spatrk6634 As a geographical concept, the Balkans do not exist as a peninsula because the area commonly referred to as the Balkan Peninsula does not meet the geographical criteria for a peninsula. The term “Balkan” as a geographical name is primarily found in Bulgaria, where a mountain carries that name. Therefore, the Balkan is essentially a mountain in Bulgaria. The political concept of the Balkans, coined by the German Johann August Zeune in 1808, refers to countries that were once under Turkish rule. Hence, Slovenia and Croatia are often (and justifiably) excluded from this description because, religiously and historically, they do not belong there, having been part of the Habsburg Monarchy. Consequently, the Standing Committee on Geographical Names has classified Slovenia and Croatia as part of Central Europe.
Cevapi and burek as well as otter kind of pita are best in Sarajevo. Dubrovnik has a great sea food and pasta. Grill is the best in Serbia. Probably south Serbia. Why Croatia wanted to separate? They were always highly nationalistic since WW II.. That you can’t learn there.
That is not true. Croatian are not highly nationalistic. Your statement say more about you then about people of Croatia. Kingdom of Jugoslavia and Jugoslavia were states made by contract, so historically we were separate states before agreement . People were not happy with Jugoslavia In 1990, Slovenia and Croatia decided to made their own national states again.and separate from Jugoslavia. Serbs came with tenks, soldiers and start to kill our citizens. From 1990-1995 I was almost five times killed., my house was completely destroyed...so when I see statement like this it makes me very angry.
@@majaharbig5326 Sorry, but not only you’ve suffered. Thousands have suffered. Facts are facts. Look up Croatia between 1929-1945, then talk. Not all Croatians are like that of course, but nationalistic flare was always present. Croatia and Slovenia did not have a good reason to leave. They were living the best lives of all republics in ex YU. That is also a fact. Them leaving does not justify war of course, especially Balkan slaughterhouse wars. It is much more complicated than this but there is no space or time for any meaningful discussion here. 🍉☮✌
@@marisaj2346 The reason of leaving search in you rising nationalism of 90 and Milošević s regime. Slovenia and Croatia were initialy for confederation.
@@erikb2358 Rising nationalism is what I am referring too. The confederal model was initially accepted by all the republics. Slovenia was 50/50 to stay. Croatia was just pretending. They brought all their nationalist, some ex fascist people back to the country, initiated old ustasa insignias, start to change the language and normalised all of it. Tudjman has famously said in the speech before anything started, that he was happy his mother is not Jewish nor Serbian. Milosevis was an autocratic cretin and they could have dealt with him if there was a will to keep YU together. Also Germany and others were too quick to recognise the separatist republics. The pressure should have been put on negotiations and agreements, what ever outcome there would have been - the continuous remodelled union or a separation. Well, all these wars were for nothing. All the deaths and destruction for nothing. They will be in the same union without borders again. This time the EU. This was also one of the solutions back then in 1990’. A quick path into EU.
the point is that the Balkans is a political term, so when talking about Croatia it is not good to use expressions like Balkan or to call Croats Balkans because the vast majority of Croats do not consider themselves Balkans and Croats have an aversion to these narratives🙂
Dubrovnik was bombed by Yugoslav army but did NOT have a big damage at all 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Even in former Yugoslavia those cities on Adriatic coast in Croatia and Montenegro , every time when was earthquake , they scam all World ,claming 20 times more damage then it was ,reciving donations from everywhere . Same way that some people scam their insurance 🤣🤣🤣
Of course they have museum of that horible War to put all blame on the Serbs ,same like Muslims in Bosnia . Non of them will never say that in Croatia and in Bosnia first victims are SERBS but "VICTIM CARD " is reserved for Croats and Bosnians . We are living in that kind of World ,unfortunatly . Bombing of Dubrovnik was wrong and horrible but what is NICE in the CIVIL WAR ???? They also never gonna say civil war ,they like to say "Serbian agression" but truth is that those provinces decide to separete from Yugoslavia and start terrorizing Serbian population there . If Serbia (I hope they will) opens museums about Croat and Muslim attrocities in that War woulb be 10 times more horible to see .
@@damirblazevic4823 in this case both sides telling lies. Yes, of course bombing of Dubrovnik was terrible, esepcially for me. I am from Belgrade, but half of my closest family was in Dubrovnik during a war, and now. I am visiting Dubrovnik regularly with my daughter, with car, my daughter in December with her boyfriend... so i don't have any problem. But, during one of my visit with daughter, walking on city walls, saw a turist guide who was talking to Japanese turist that - Serbs engage Chausescu Securitate to kill people on Stradun with snipers. (?!?) What a stupid lie. Yugoslavia had best educated sniper soldiers, no need for Securitate. Even at this movie i saw one more lie. In the museum (time 16:55) is shown photo from Split, concentration camp Lora, but for Serbs, not for Croats. So, both sides lie, and that needs to stop asap. I like to follow JetLag Warriors so much, and luckelly Steve did not wear Red Star Belgrade jersey in Dubrovnik and Split, like he did it in Brasil. 🤣
You Serbs are world champions in lying, you started the war in Slovenia, then in Croatia, then in Bosnia Herzegovina and finally the war in Kosovo, everyone is to blame, only you Serbs are not. Do you have at least a little shame from so many lies?
Croatia is my favorite country that i've been to
This country is in our bucketlist 👌🏼
Love Dubrovnik 🥰 and Croatia.
Awesome Greetings from Helsinki, Finland🇫🇮🇨🇦🇫🇮🇨🇦
Breathtaking old town. I'm Romanian, I was a child 12 yo during the war, I remeber when my dad said to me "These guys are madmen, they are bombing Dubrovnik, that is a jewel!". I do not think it is important to place blame today, I beleive it's better to enjoy this wonderful scenary under the shade with e beer, and make sure that that kind of war never happens again.
Of course they have museum of that horible War to put all blame on the Serbs ,same like Muslims in Bosnia . Non of them will never say that in Croatia and in Bosnia first victims are SERBS but "VICTIM CARD " is reserved for Croats and Bosnians . We are living in that kind of World ,unfortunatly . Bombing of Dubrovnik was wrong and horrible but what is NICE in the CIVIL WAR ???? They also never gonna say civil war ,they like to say "Serbian agression" but truth is that those provinces decide to separete from Yugoslavia and start terrorizing Serbian population there . If Serbia (I hope they will) opens museums about Croat and Muslim attrocities in that War woulb be 10 times more horible to see .
@@COCOGROCOSHOW Bullshit
@@COCOGROCOSHOW Yea, they would never put in that museum that all started after Yugoslavian army already withdraw from Croatia after agreement between Tuđman and Milošević "to keep it peacfully", and that there was no need for war at all because negotiation process was already started. But instead to resolve it on table, the moment Yugoslavian army withdrew, Croatians tryed to ethnicly clean Dalmatia of Serbs -- as usual, under patronage of "international peacekeepers" -- so in the end you got a bloody civil war, with lot of irregular units on both sides, that ended in Blokade of Dubrovnik and smashing Old Town... So I am not surprized at all that so called musem has not any facts or explanation in it, because "we went a little nazi, AGAIN, and tried to genocide Serbs, AGAIN", although negotiation process already strarted, sure would not look nice... And of course, they always forgeth to say that "evil Serbs" didn't came from Mars or Venus, but lived there for centuries...
Just pay respects to the brave defenders and People of Dubrovnik from '91 to '95 who endured terrible deprivations and terror from the barbarians to the east.
And back then no one helped the Croatian people in their battle to survive unlike Ukraine now where they can't do enough for them.The clown above me in his stupid comments is just a taste what they had to put up with and still now.
@@svarozjov How can you tell that a Serb is lying? His lips are moving.
Oh cool! I really really like Croatia. It's like Italy, but nice😊
Ancient Dalamatia …❤
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I LOVE THAT U ALL LOVE CROATIA !
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Wow, I heard that Croatia had some filming locations for Game of Thrones, but when I saw the city it immediately clicked that it's King's Landing.
What? who f cares about tv show?
@@enanena-mg3yu A lot of people.. do you need help?
@@ssr-p1n Do you need Help? Going in another country just to be fascinated only because of stupid tv show. Get yourself a life and the meaning of it.
What a beautiful place! Nice video!
Beauty all around!! Learn so much from you both. Keep safe, healthy and happy.
Been there with my wife, loved it! So fun seeing some of the same places!
Amazing imagery and shots, glad you liked dubrovnik ❤
Dubrovnik is a gem for sure!! I was lucky to see it in 1985 when it was still in Yugoslavia. Such an amazing place. Happy Travels
Gelato is Italian for ice cream!
It was in Croatia back then too. That's like saying that LA is not in California and it's in USA
Wow what a beautiful country, with her old historical buildings, which once broken by war.
@@COCOGROCOSHOWdont spread your lies here. War history is clear. Croatians were victims, but we overcome everything! That is the only truth!!
@@COCOGROCOSHOW Bullshit.
@@COCOGROCOSHOW … Stop spamming with your bullshit mate ‼️
I been there and Markarska Riviera 2006 ❤ Croatia has good food and freindly people😊
Visited Croatia last year. We fly from Helsinki to Split and rent a car from there. I really recommend Krka national park, amazing waterfalls, Zadar sea organs and Split old town
Hi, next time if you will visit 🇭🇷, consider Primošten, Rogoznica,Brela Makarska Riviera, Island Mljet, Hvar,and If you like sandy beaches, Queens beach in Nin , or Novalja...
so good to see u guys
My mum was born in a vicinity of Dubrovnik :)
I'm from Dubrovnik... thank you for this nice video! 😊🌊🌊🌊
Knife held in right hand, fork in left, all the time, no switching! Those are nice manners here in Europe.
You visited 45% of Dubrovnik :) Imagine how wonderful is rest of the city and aroundings!
I am from finland and i think your videos are always super interesting to watch, keep going with the great videos🔥
Hi guys, new subscriber here! I found you while looking for info on Albania. Croatia looks incredible! I really enjoy your filming style and the things you look at. My husband and I are retired currently living in Ecuador but getting curious about other places. Looking forward to your channel! Also, you guys are adorable. ❤️
Nex week I will be there
Coming from Canada 🍁
Pleasure to have you come to istra North croatia you will love it❤❤
Primosten is a lovely town with long beaches. Stop there when you drive north.
I have no idea how I came across you but I am glad I did. Great video about my city and I am glad you had wonderful time(p.s. people do jump from those rocks you were commenting, in evening hours tho). Come back again, there are many more things to see here, specially Dubrovnik area and Croatia as a whole. Subscribed!
Dubrovnik is lovely…are you approaching to Romania 😊 must see Plitvice
I visited Dubrovnik in 2007 or 2008, when I spent also some days in Montenegro. I plan to visit again Croatia, is a beautiful country. Enjoy your stay!!!!!
Beautiful city, my mothers birthplace, it 's a l w a y s in my heart! ❤ Your video is looovelly! The b e s t one I've seende so far, my origin is croatian, thank You ! ❤❤❤
Thank you so much!
Some historians, politicians etc say Croatian is NOT Balkan
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Balkans are the territories ruled by Ottomans. Croatia was always part of the west (Austria/ Venice)
That is right. I am fed up with that Balkan thing. I am an archaeologist and I can confirm that its not correct to call Croatia Balkan.
@@Kay89487 Ne lupetaj!!
@@Lena-lm1nm Sigurno imas zavrseno 3 razreda osnovne!
Where I visited in Croatia it was very Rocky with cliffs to jump from straight in to the clear ocean and they had very nice Pasta and Pizza. Rented a big house, great time :)
Funny enough, Ivana is very popular name in Croatia :)
If you are visiting Dubrovnik, I would suggest you get yourself Dubrovnik card - 1 day pass gives you city wall entrance, as well for most of the museums and 24h ticket for public buses for the same price of the city walls entrance.
Homeland war museum (not included in Dubrovnik pass) is on the Imperial fortress above Dubrovnik, there is cable car going up, and the view from the hill is also spectacular.
The beaches in Dubrovnik and around are mostly rocky/pebble beaches, but some islands north of Dubrovnik have sandy beaches, most popular being Šunj beach on Lopud island, about hour boat ride from Dubrovnik. The sea can get very warm - usually in summer time (mid June till September) it is 23-27 degrees Celsius. May and October varies from year to year. This (2024.) we had a late start of the summer.
Dubrovnik is beautiful, but it is also too expensive considering other cities in Croatia that are also worth visiting, such as Šibenik, Pula, Zadar and Split from the larger coastal cities and Rovinj, Poreč and Omiš from the smaller ones.
Everything what is good is expensive...
That's why Ferrari is more expensive than Skoda
What a great place! 🤗Enjoy! Have fun! 😁 But don’t jump! You don’t know how deep and rocky the water is! And that baby needs its dad! 🤨
Pro Croatian tip. This is not the water, it's the sea! Never say water is beautiful, instead say sea is beautiful :P
In bucket lists, how you book nice accommodation . Thanks
you should go to split and krka national park
We are going there! Stay tuned
i work and live in dubrovnik nice video hehe
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I don't believe that "most of the Dubrovnik was rebuilt". Even if you hit stone with mortar- these buildings don't collapse. I believe more precise term would be "damaged and restored". Otherwise- kudos on your pronouncing and genuine interest for local culture and cuisine. Ajvar awareness needs to be spread.
Croatia is wonderful...amazing!
Now, when you see cevap with ajvar, you're not eating it right and it is not local food for that place/country.
So, cevap originally is Bosnia and Hercegovina thing. Can have it in Serbia as well, though pljeskavica would be the more Serbian thing.
Typically you eat it with sliced fresh onions, smoked dried red paprika (called bukovec and usually hot spicey), lepinja (sort of a smaller freshly baked white bread) and maybe kajmak.
Ajvar you typically eat with fresh baked white bread and white cheese (best if it is sheep milk cheese and not the feta kind).
Typically Ajvar is Macedonian and Serbian food, but, like the cevap, it made it's way throughout ex YU states long time ago. During Yugoslavia times, the population in the (then) republics was rather mixed and some foods like cevapi, pljeskavica, ajvar, burek, sarma etc got to every corner of the country.
I don't recall cevapi being served with ajvar in any of the former republics at the time. Perhaps it's a new thing.
Anyways, anyone in B&H, or Serbia see you put ajvar on a cevap will be at least slightly grossed and wondering what's wrong with you :D
Dubrovnik didn’t sustain heavy structural damage during the 1991-1992 war. Most of the damages was cosmetic in nature…such as the clay orange roof tiles…most of those were replaced.
Of course they have museum of that horible War to put all blame on the Serbs ,same like Muslims in Bosnia . Non of them will never say that in Croatia and in Bosnia first victims are SERBS but "VICTIM CARD " is reserved for Croats and Bosnians . We are living in that kind of World ,unfortunatly . Bombing of Dubrovnik was wrong and horrible but what is NICE in the CIVIL WAR ???? They also never gonna say civil war ,they like to say "Serbian agression" but truth is that those provinces decide to separete from Yugoslavia and start terrorizing Serbian population there . If Serbia (I hope they will) opens museums about Croat and Muslim attrocities in that War woulb be 10 times more horible to see .
You both are idiots. Hundreds of phosphorus bombs which fell through the roof and burned houses is not " structursl damage?". 179 bombs fell on Stradun. Walls were hit mamy times but they are 6 meters tick...idiots were bombing City hopping they will enter and steal whatever they can. There was no any army in Dubrovnik. Serb and Montenegroes are known to be brave again unarmed people. Once armed Croatian army kick there ass and they were running like rabbits
@@COCOGROCOSHOW Bullshit
@@COCOGROCOSHOWits quite simple Serbs came and attacked Dubrovnik, it was not Croats from Dubrovnik burning Serv houses in Trebinje and Herceg Novi
Looks better than Lahti - that’s for sure!
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gelato is just italian word for ice cream in general lol. but in coastal Croatia they use it too since it's italian influenced... technically gelato is suppose to have less fat and slightly different consistency than ice cream, but those are just technicalities not rally how it's made any more. it's basically mostly all the same and it's fancy word for ice cream. no one in Croatia calls it that btw, we have croatian word for it "sladoled" which literally translates to "sweet ice". "Gelato" is more a term for tourists and foreigners :)
Dubrovnik is original and only a small portion has been damaged in war...therefore...your comment that majority of Dubrovnik has been renovated is not true mate ...the old stones are polished but not replaced .huge difference
Regards.
Croatian dude ...
In the attack on Dubrovnik in 1991 and 1992, out of 824 buildings in the historic core (old town), 594 were damaged, with a total area of 192,338 square meters, of which 382 were residential, 19 religious and 10 public, while the rest of the buildings had their roofs damaged. In the wartime destruction of the historic center of Dubrovnik, 72 percent of the city's buildings were damaged, nine of which were completely burned, while the roofs of four others were partially burned.
Please, you are from Croatia, but don't write that minor damages were suffered, because that is not true.
We who lived through it know that.. and you can easily find the destruction of Dubrovnik on RUclips, which was certainly not a "small portion".
@@mirkokapor1249 mate...what do you mean who was there knows that?!....comparing to other cities in Croatia during the war such as vukovar/knin ..yes you can call it minor damages...anyhow...we are free to say what we saw .what we read...what we heard and make are own opinions...cheers
@@mims611 You have no idea about anything... Vukovar was the most destroyed city in Europe in the second half of the 20th century, and in Knin the destruction lasted a day or two... and Dubrovnik I mentioned only the old town, and in other parts of the city there was much more destruction, as a third of the city was under Serbian and Montenegrian occupation.
Don't pretend to be smart when you are dumb, especially because you mentioned Knin 🙄🤦🤫
@@mims611 You have no idea about anything... Vukovar was the most destroyed city in Europe in the second half of the 20th century, and in Knin the destruction lasted a day or two hahah... and Dubrovnik I mentioned only the old town, and in other parts of the city there was much more destoyed, and third of the city was under Serbian and Montenegrian occupation.
Don't pretend to be smart, especially because you mentioned Knin 🙄
I suggest Konoba Dubrava restoran for real local food.
@JetLagWarriors If you go to Zadar, you have to check out the sea organ, it's under water, but you hear it plays almost like music.. =) And they also have on the same exact spot, like a big floor made out of sun-catching-plates. That in the evening shows an amazing lights.. :) P.s I go to Croatia every year, we even have a house there. (Lives in Sweden10 months, then Croatia in the summer) You also have the "for the rich" place an island Hvar, There you will see the Mega yahts and super rich ppl. And if it rains where you lives, you don't have to pay for the hotel. (thats what I have heard anyway)
Great accommodation. Did you find from airbnb ?
Air bnb and booking.com
Gelato is just the Italian translation of ice-cream lol :)) It's similar to caffe latte for instance, or other fancy terms that are just Italian translation of ordinary things.
Gelato and Ice Cream are two different things ...
@@alexhorvath9277 Really? Go ask an Italian what gelato is and you'll see.
@@RaduRadonys
- **Ice cream**: Usually made with a higher percentage of milk fat (at least 10%), sugar, eggs (sometimes), and various additions like fruits, nuts, or chocolate.
- **Gelato**: Uses less milk fat (usually 4-8%), more milk than cream, and sometimes contains eggs. It is also sweetened with sugar, but in smaller amounts compared to ice cream.
@@alexhorvath9277 Ok, how would I as an Italian translate **Ice cream** to Italian? I am an Italian in Italy and I want to buy **Ice cream** not gelato, how do I order it?
@@RaduRadonys gelato (for real gelato), gelato artigianale (for icecream)
Gelato is italian type of ice-cream. It is not the same! Gelato is usually warmer, less cream and more flavor. Gelato places also have the best sorbets as well! Softer, smoother and full of (usually, in good places) real fruit etc.
Dubrovnik is waaay too touristic. Loved more the small villages by the coast.
A picture says more than 1000 words
Bus got delayed? Welcome to Croatia! 😂😂
The bus thing would never happen in Finland! When are you going back?
Gelato is ice cream in Italian. They are the same thing. If you call your ice cream "gelato" outside of Italy, you are being fancy and you imply that your ice cream is of high quality, similar to the excellent ice creams of Italy.
I think that difference is that one has got milk in it and the other one is fruit based ‼️🤷🏻♂️
first of all you should know that Balkan is a mountain in Bulgaria. Serbia may possibly belong there, but not Croatia.
Come finland +25c after next few days 🌞
all the buildings are old... just some of them were damaged but not completly ruined... so you were not well informed .
Gelato is ice cream in Italian. Another italian/croatian word you want to know while there is branzino. Its sea bass, you dont want to skip it if its on the menu.
Gelato and Ice Cream are not the same
@@alexhorvath9277 gelato obviously costs more :)
@@mnemonija
- **Ice cream**: Usually made with a higher percentage of milk fat (at least 10%), sugar, eggs (sometimes), and various additions like fruits, nuts, or chocolate.
- **Gelato**: Uses less milk fat (usually 4-8%), more milk than cream, and sometimes contains eggs. It is also sweetened with sugar, but in smaller amounts compared to ice cream.
What is the temperature °C there?
22 or so every day. Perfect temp for me
@@JetLagWarriors Yes, but during April and May. June, July and August can go over 35 °C
Hey now Canada has an old town. Quebec City!
19:58 - LMAO!
Mediterranean rather then ''balkans''!
Balkansko poluostrvo je poluostrvo koje zahvata i deo Slovenije ,do Trsta. Okruzuje je Jadransko ,Jonsko,Sredozemno,Mramorno i Crno more.
Gelato is jäätelö in italian language 😄
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Croatia is not Balkan, never was, never will be…
A nego šta smo genijalac ahahahahahah
Yes, it is part of Austria-Hungary, God grant that the good old days may return 😃
Yes. Croatia is in Scandinavia
Croatia is in Balkan- be proud my friend.
I have been saying it for years only a small portion of it is
Wir warten auf Sie in SERBIEN
the bus not leaving on time is just your normal taste of Balkans.. nothing is on time here, just like in Italy.. you want on time? you go to Germany lol. just kidding it's frustrating I know, but that's how it is with all trains and buses and public transportation here so it's authentic experience at least lol
Game of Thorens , in summer no recommed
Balkan is a Turkish name of the mountain in Bulgaria. Dubrovnik is not there.
Balkan peninsula is from Slovenia/Croatia to Turkey...and yes, Dubrovnik is located there
@@mirkokapor1249 Absolutely wrong.
@@GoranRadic Absolutely correct
@@mirkokapor1249absolutely wrong… balkan is turkish word that was used zo describe places under turkish occupation with zero culture, literature,etc…those places were Bosnia, Serbia, and so on…. Croatia was never part of it. Compare cities and towns in Croatia with the ones in the other “balkan” countries
@@Aloalokae4839 Croatia is invited to every gathering organized at the state level, which is called "Balkan".
When there are gatherings of the countries of the "Western Balkans", Croatia is a regular participant.
The then Turkish concept of the Balkans and today's concept of the Balkans do not have the same meaning.
Wake up and wash yourself because you are behind in time and space
Gelato has a lower milk fat content compared to ice cream..
I thought that it is only italian word for icecream. Good to know.
No, it's just same thing, but different language 😂
Maybe in USA. In the civilized world, "gelato" and "ice cream" are synonyms
@@damirblazevic4823 that is what i have learn in my italian studies 10 years ago
@@mikkokulmala2463… Yes, you are correct ‼️👍
Oh boy.... The city was not rebuilt in the 90's after the war. The majority of the buildings is from the 16 hundreds. Do your research please
You missed the cats completely
Breathe taking views....lots of stairs...Ivana ok?
In Dubrovnik you can see well the mixture of Serbian and Italian arhitecture,it was built completely by Serbian merchants in 14 th century,later on due to the war between us and Croatia in the 90's we lost it.
First steam ship of Dubrovnik for example was called Belgrade,given name of its brotherly city of Beograd capital of Serbia.
Best regards,great channel,it's nice to see you guys enjoying Adriatic cost,it's one of the most beautiful coasts.
You can see the serbian architecture that you can t see in any other serbian city, but in almost all other croatian, italian and west Europe city 🤣🤣🤣 If you can find some historic architecture in Serbia it is almost turkish asiatic one 😉.
@@erikb2358 🙄 is it really necessary to bring conversatiom to this level? It doesn't prove anything on your side,just the opposit..
@@emilianozapata2530 As you say 🤣
Jao baš šteta
@@emilianozapata2530Son, do you know that Serbs were not allowed to sleep inside the city walls during the Dubrovnik Republic?!
You really have something wrong with your brain... it's like saying that Mongols built New York 🤦😂
For me, as Belgian, a funny way to eat chips.
For me, the only way to eat Belgian (😉) fries is with majonaise. ❤❤
Dubrovnik nije na Balkanu.
Are you guys going to ice hockey world championships?
Yep
@@JetLagWarriors you rooting Finland right?
@@einogustafsson3895 He is Canadian. I think he will cheer for them :D
I'm glad you liked it in Croatia, just try to get more cultural context before posting something. Term 'Balkans' is considered derogatory in the entire region, especially in Central / Southeast Europe where Croatia is located, as it was often used pejoratively by Western countries to depict the region as uncivilized and politically chaotic. So it's like putting a title: "I found my favorite US city stolen from Native Americans (NEW YORK)"... While it may be factually accurate, it is still not appropriate wording. Especially when you can say European or Mediterranean or anything similar that doesn't carry the same connotation.
Derogatory? Well, it certainly brings some associations to one's head, but it is not derogatory. When you hear Mexico, you can think of drug cartels, or you can think of mariachi.
Not derogatory. Croatia is a balkan-country. We need to change this thing viewing Balkan as something bad. It was bad because of the serbs.
its actually called cevapcici
Ive lived in Croatia my whole life and Ive never heard anyone call it cevapcici. We say ćevapi. Cevapcici is what Germans think we call it cevapcici so they (and other tourists) are the only ones calling it that way.
@@helenakolenic8214 hmmm don't think so, when I was in split and zadar for 3 weeks they said cevapcici and its says chevapcici on all menus 😅
@@hendrik3974 yeah im sorry, ofc you know better than me who lives here for 31 years 😉 as i said, we use cevapcici only for foreigners, nobody in Croatia ever said "Idemo na cevapcice. (Lets grab cevapcici)". We say ćevapi.
@@helenakolenic8214 Yes thats true.
Mr,u miss the whole story...Croatia is not Balkan.
Gelato is simply the Italian translation for ice cream. There‘s no difference there. 😂🤣 When it‘s used in other countries they are trying to imply some fanciness to it, but it‘s still just ice cream in all its variations.
Burrata is a Mozzarella type of cheese filled with stracciatella di bufala (fresh cheese made from buffalo milk) and cream. In good Pizza places, it is very commonly used to top your Pizza, but of course it is put there only after baking so it still has its texture.
What the fork are you doing to your poor fries? Vinegar, seriously? 🙄🙈🙈🙈 Ever heard of a thing called ketchup? I know there‘s also vinegar in it, but still: No! No! No! Also no mayonnaise and other stuff that doesn‘t fit. No, there‘s one reason ketchup was invented and that is to come as a match made in heaven together with fries!
I bet you needed to use a microscope to find an unknown city such as Dubrovnik 😂
Love Croatia, wifey not so.
Burratta is just mozzarella lol
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REPUBBLICA DI RAGUSA, NOT DUBROVNIK
Dubrovnik = croazia
Hi
You didnt search much 😅 that is the most popular, overrated town in whole Croatia, and I speak as Dalmatian than lives close to it…
Try Zadar, Rovinj, Omis, Korcula, Rab… so many more beautifull and more decent places to enjoy
The most expensive city lol
DUBROVBIK IS NOT BALKAN!
geographically it is.
thing is that "balkan" for balkan people is more of political term or something that describes behavior of the people as primitive rather than geographical area.
@@spatrk6634 As a geographical concept, the Balkans do not exist as a peninsula because the area commonly referred to as the Balkan Peninsula does not meet the geographical criteria for a peninsula. The term “Balkan” as a geographical name is primarily found in Bulgaria, where a mountain carries that name. Therefore, the Balkan is essentially a mountain in Bulgaria.
The political concept of the Balkans, coined by the German Johann August Zeune in 1808, refers to countries that were once under Turkish rule. Hence, Slovenia and Croatia are often (and justifiably) excluded from this description because, religiously and historically, they do not belong there, having been part of the Habsburg Monarchy.
Consequently, the Standing Committee on Geographical Names has classified Slovenia and Croatia as part of Central Europe.
@@alexhorvath9277 A peninsula is a piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water but is connected to the mainland on one side
@@alexhorvath9277 so balkan is peninsula.....
@@spatrk6634 I was clear enough
Дубровник је Српски град, био и биће 🇷🇸
I see, it is not a problem to invent new lies
Cevapi and burek as well as otter kind of pita are best in Sarajevo. Dubrovnik has a great sea food and pasta. Grill is the best in Serbia. Probably south Serbia. Why Croatia wanted to separate? They were always highly nationalistic since WW II.. That you can’t learn there.
That is not true. Croatian are not highly nationalistic. Your statement say more about you then about people of Croatia. Kingdom of Jugoslavia and Jugoslavia were states made by contract, so historically we were separate states before agreement . People were not happy with Jugoslavia In 1990, Slovenia and Croatia decided to made their own national states again.and separate from Jugoslavia. Serbs came with tenks, soldiers and start to kill our citizens. From 1990-1995 I was almost five times killed., my house was completely destroyed...so when I see statement like this it makes me very angry.
@@majaharbig5326 Sorry, but not only you’ve suffered. Thousands have suffered. Facts are facts. Look up Croatia between 1929-1945, then talk. Not all Croatians are like that of course, but nationalistic flare was always present. Croatia and Slovenia did not have a good reason to leave. They were living the best lives of all republics in ex YU. That is also a fact. Them leaving does not justify war of course, especially Balkan slaughterhouse wars. It is much more complicated than this but there is no space or time for any meaningful discussion here. 🍉☮✌
@@marisaj2346 Bullshit. Serbian lies.
@@marisaj2346 The reason of leaving search in you rising nationalism of 90 and Milošević s regime. Slovenia and Croatia were initialy for confederation.
@@erikb2358 Rising nationalism is what I am referring too. The confederal model was initially accepted by all the republics. Slovenia was 50/50 to stay. Croatia was just pretending. They brought all their nationalist, some ex fascist people back to the country, initiated old ustasa insignias, start to change the language and normalised all of it. Tudjman has famously said in the speech before anything started, that he was happy his mother is not Jewish nor Serbian. Milosevis was an autocratic cretin and they could have dealt with him if there was a will to keep YU together. Also Germany and others were too quick to recognise the separatist republics. The pressure should have been put on negotiations and agreements, what ever outcome there would have been - the continuous remodelled union or a separation. Well, all these wars were for nothing. All the deaths and destruction for nothing. They will be in the same union without borders again. This time the EU. This was also one of the solutions back then in 1990’. A quick path into EU.
the point is that the Balkans is a political term, so when talking about Croatia it is not good to use expressions like Balkan or to call Croats Balkans because the vast majority of Croats do not consider themselves Balkans and Croats have an aversion to these narratives🙂
Croatia is not Balkan
Yes it is
So what’s Croatia according to your knowledge?
@@Ash-ov5lx
Croatia is part of the Balkan Peninsula both geographically and historically.
@@mduka69No IT IS CERTAINLY NOT. Especially not historical!
@@Kay89487 go back to school
Dubrovnik was bombed by Yugoslav army but did NOT have a big damage at all 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Even in former Yugoslavia those cities on Adriatic coast in Croatia and Montenegro , every time when was earthquake , they scam all World ,claming 20 times more damage then it was ,reciving donations from everywhere . Same way that some people scam their insurance 🤣🤣🤣
Why are you lying?
serbian liar
Dubrovnik na Balkanu? hahahahahahha
Of course they have museum of that horible War to put all blame on the Serbs ,same like Muslims in Bosnia . Non of them will never say that in Croatia and in Bosnia first victims are SERBS but "VICTIM CARD " is reserved for Croats and Bosnians . We are living in that kind of World ,unfortunatly . Bombing of Dubrovnik was wrong and horrible but what is NICE in the CIVIL WAR ???? They also never gonna say civil war ,they like to say "Serbian agression" but truth is that those provinces decide to separete from Yugoslavia and start terrorizing Serbian population there . If Serbia (I hope they will) opens museums about Croat and Muslim attrocities in that War woulb be 10 times more horible to see .
Was there ever a Serb that didn't lie?
@@damirblazevic4823 in this case both sides telling lies. Yes, of course bombing of Dubrovnik was terrible, esepcially for me. I am from Belgrade, but half of my closest family was in Dubrovnik during a war, and now. I am visiting Dubrovnik regularly with my daughter, with car, my daughter in December with her boyfriend... so i don't have any problem. But, during one of my visit with daughter, walking on city walls, saw a turist guide who was talking to Japanese turist that - Serbs engage Chausescu Securitate to kill people on Stradun with snipers. (?!?) What a stupid lie. Yugoslavia had best educated sniper soldiers, no need for Securitate. Even at this movie i saw one more lie. In the museum (time 16:55) is shown photo from Split, concentration camp Lora, but for Serbs, not for Croats. So, both sides lie, and that needs to stop asap.
I like to follow JetLag Warriors so much, and luckelly Steve did not wear Red Star Belgrade jersey in Dubrovnik and Split, like he did it in Brasil. 🤣
You Serbs are world champions in lying, you started the war in Slovenia, then in Croatia, then in Bosnia Herzegovina and finally the war in Kosovo, everyone is to blame, only you Serbs are not. Do you have at least a little shame from so many lies?