Well u can’t enjoy the city if u go there with a closed mind. Instead of trying to appreciate the place the people and try to find something more about the culture or food or smth else u already went there with a judgemental mind. There is a lot to enjoy about tetovo but u wont if u dont try. The taxi driver was also not trying to rip u off, he thought u were going on a short trip somewhere in tetovo which usually costs 50 denars. But going that far costs more.
@@tetova49 Nuk ka asni faj njeri se ska kurxha interesant ntetov, kina sham per tregullu njer sa tbahet vend per turista. As park nuk mund tbojm niher.
We went with an open mind and no pre judgements. It just ended up that we didnt enjoy the city. The taxi driver initially tried to charge us 400 denars for that short ride. He ended up being the best part of our visit and truly helped us.
@@HaleyandZach Yeah obviously the problem was miscommunication because the driver didn't speak English. Also there's actually 2 forts so maybe he thought you were going to the other one that is further. Either way there's beautiful and bad places everywhere in macedonia and you can't visit all of them.
Im from Tetovo, i live in Tetovo, and i would say you missed the best spots. When you go in Tetovo you go for the experience, the food ( Delfin, Bakal, Bella Mia, Punto Verde ), the pastries, burek, sweetshops, and icecream are one of the best in Macedonia. The mountain Popova Shapka, Leshnica, Kamenjane waterfalls, Belovishte. For sure i can say that you missed the hotel, thats no Tetovo, you should stay in the city at least for one night. I feel really bad because there is not such website that will give you all information on how to have a good time in Tetovo, but i can guarantee, that is much better than you showed in your video, and forget the flags, once you know people, you will see that here all people are good and welcoming.
I lived in Tetovo for 6 months and you did nothing but disparage the city (Tetovo is not a small town). You also missed all the good spots like the Spa, the real Delfin (on the outskirts of the city), Tetovo, Fortress, Driada restaurant, Arabati Baba Tekḱe , and of course Popova Shapka. Xhamia E Larme is the most unique mosque in the world you missed the rest of the city. And put on your boots and do some hiking for God's sake. Tetovo is a hiker's paradise. And be more respectful of the taxi drivers and the Albanians living there who treat their guests and visitors with respect.
Maybe Albanians in Macedonia treat their guests and visitors with respect but first of all they should treat the Macedonians with respect as they live on their land. They're ungrateful and arrogant to Macedonians. It's really sad to see everywhere Albanian flags, even at Skopje airport..
The Fortress is in a bad memory for Tetovo, and for Macedonia also. Not too long ago, the memories are still fresh, but in 2001 there was an ethnic armed conflict in Macedonia that started in the mountains above Tetovo, and right there on the Fortress one of the fiercest and most blood shedding battles took place. That's why there's no tourism there and even the locals don't visit it so they don't know the path to it as well. I thought you could use this information since you've visited it, now you know the history too :) Thanks for visiting my country, hope you liked it!
@@HaleyandZach Tetova is the cradle of freedom for Albanians in North Macedonia. Its the centre of Albanians in N.M. A few decades ago we were badly discriminated in this state, now we are represented everywhere in the state. All this wouldnt be possible without the 2001 war for freedom
@@illyriaanmbret5660 you immigrated to Macedonian land and you started a conflict. Now you're proud of it. It only shows how ungrateful, low and evil creatures you are.
@@illyriaanmbret5660you poor freedom fighters everyone and everywhere they discriminate against you that’s why you control the drugs, prostitution and robbery rings in London and many other cities in the UK and Western Europe and England’s prisons are full off Albanians l work in a prison in the UK and l know very well about your peoples freedoms and rights
Граѓанска војна предизвикана од амбасадорите на сад во македонија од една страна беа регуларна војска и полиција а другата страна терористите на учк подржани од сад британија германија франција со таа војна сад поготово јаууниптија македонија ко држава само за метак на косоварите и терористичките банди од косово прочитај за воените злосторства муџахедински платеници што ги направиле врз полицајци и војници кланицата кај вејце карпалак радуша раштански лизја љуботенски пат и ке ти стане јасно што народ се тоа треба да го гледаш и читаш со отворен мозок и без пристрасност и ке ти биде јасен и свганистан и пакистан и босна и косово@@HaleyandZach
What he was trying to tell you when you got to the castle, there is a rumour that a tunnel goes from the Colorful Mosque up to that castle. That tunnel doesn't exist, well that's what most people think, but most of the older generations believe it does.
You guys got to be the most close minded travel bloggers I've seen. The only encounter was with two taci drivers (no offense to taxi drivers) but you missed so much. And what's weird in Tetovo, it's just an average ex Yugoslav city.
Did you read _anything_ about Macedonia and Tetovo before you went? Did you at least find your way to the Painted Mosque (Sharena Dzamija)? It's beautiful.
Most people use travel agencies in the balkans. They have options across the spectrum, from vacations for reallyyy low income to those looking to splurge a bit. I am from the U.S. and booked a vacation to Turkey from a Kosovo travel agency - it was for a week in a really nice hotel, all inclusive, and I paid like $1000 for airfare, hotel and transportation. The exact same vacation from the states would have ran me from 7-8k. Food for thought!
Damn, Americans who visit a city that wasn't made for tourism are shocked that it's not made for tourism. Next time I'll visit some random ass village in the US and expect them to speak my foreign language and be all sad and surprised that they don't have tourist attractions lmao
Why did you not enjoy the city? Its a very cozy place with plenty of diffrent places to eat and drink a nice cold/hot cup of coffee. Its my hometown and i rlly miss being there. U got into some random taxi which is not even a real taxi. Next time u have to call a company and order one so u dont get overcharged. Go to ajducko maalo thats where do rich ones live in houses its a cozy place to take a stroll. Or go on top of remall where there is a very nice resturant with a very good view of mont everest.
It was a bit chaotic for us. It felt like such a big city and it isn't that big. I don't know why there is nothing that is inherently bad about the city we just didn't like it as much as others
I was just there in August 2023 and the city square where nothing was turns into a big county fair ground and it’s so fun it just looks weird during the day everyone starts partying over there at night so that’s when all the action is 😂😂
he said if we go straight down the moutin you end up right in the city btw thats where i was born thats my home town and its really cool their and the texi drivers drive fast because they know their ways and they are carful so dont be scard
Nothing to worry about in Tetovo, the crime rate is of the lowest cities. There are many travel agencies because we albanians of Tetovo are imigrants in many countries, there is very high percentage of albanians working and living abroad
thats the castle of ottomans,it were build since 1500 and he was saying under the castle is a tunnel which ottomans build to go to the city but half of the tunnel is blocked,from the castle you get under the mosque you saw earlier “Xhamia E Larme”
@@HaleyandZach and about the place where you said there isnt any statue,before like 16 years or more there were some decorations like fountains things like that it changed so much,before it was full of trees and beautiful things, if you want to know more you can contact me in instagram i can givr you more details.
@@HaleyandZachalso the city center is not empty per se. In the summer is filled with children toys where ofcourse children play, ride mini electric cars etc. Also the center is used for concerts in the summer so thats why its empty with no statues.
7:30-7:40 one thing I always find unappealing about the buildings in Ex-Soviet lands or near of them, they LOVED just feet and feet of concrete . Flat and square concrete lol probably reinforced but it’s got the Soviet “cold” vibe
Please don't make them look that bad, it's really not any different from the other parts. The most beautiful nature is in the Albanian parts, like Sharr mountains, Matka Canyon, Korab mountain, Ohrid Lake etc. The only thing different are the roads etc but they will be improved eventually
@@rsoldier7829 everything you said is macedonian,and dont visit albanian housing,bad food,bad hospitality,albanians stink too,just visit macedonians and turks
@@rsoldier7829 There's no "Albanian parts" in Macedonia. Macedonia has only "Macedonian parts", only some of them are inhabitated by Albanian immigrants. Wherever I go in Macedonia I can easily distinguish Albanians from Macedonians. Albanians are rude, they have no culture. Many tourists say the same. Albanians act like they just got out from a cave. Sorry to say that but it's really disturbing.
Ohrid is more Intres5ing this is because there are no beaches in skopje and the river is dirty that it needs to be cleaned while the lake in ohrid is clean and u can swim
American people coming and judging the whole city base on short stay even they call it the worst city, can’t compare it with many cities in the US, just because the population are Muslim doesn’t mean it’s a crime area please grow up.
man i swear the taxi driver wouldnt even let me go there for like 700 denars😂 the real price would be like 1000 den, but he was doing like 300 thats impossible, i personally have paid 200 den for 1.0% of the road you traveled.
6:40-6:45 gotta wonder what you expected as a woman in a foreign country where you seemingly NEED the bro with you to have a chance of speaking a similar language lol it’s just wild , great getting to explore the world no doubt but please, please, stay safe my American bro and sis
Apparently, you two really want to be seen as the ignorant American tourists who don’t do any research before visiting a city. That’s a pity because Albanians normally love Americans. Tetovë is the way it is because of years of systematic neglect. As someone said it, it has been the stronghold of ethnic Albanians for thousands of years now. Your gf is also dead wrong because the travel agencies have nothing to do with money laundering. It is related with the Albanian diaspora who have emigrated all over Europe. Since the abolition of the visa requirements for citizens of North Macedonia, their families can visit them twice a year. That’s what we do; we care for our families. However, Tetovë has so much to offer. The surrounding with the Sharr Mountains in the background is simply impressive. If you visit them one day you will find out that it can compete with the best hiking spots in Europe. It’s also famous for its food. The bread, cheese, tomatoes, paprika, watermelons and countless of other fruits are among the most delicious you will taste in your life. In fact, a lot of the bakeries and pastries in the tourist hotspots of the Balkans are owned by Albanians from the Tetovë area.
u just went to Tetovo , and u didn’t go anywhere / u have things there that u cannot see anywhere else… this one was bad , hope u go again with right informations..
U have a lot of waterfalls (Leshnica , Kamnjan..) , The hill of the sun ( most attraction place ) , horse riding (1 may) , ‘Arabati Baba Teqe’ / the bath street ( relax walking street & restaurants ) , also the best restaurants and balkan food ever ( Paradise of sharr , Driada , Lumare etccc ) , u have the offroad club Mountrex_adventure & offroadtetova club SHOW , a lot of beautiful luxury villas for holidays and trips like this one , not including the hotels in city , Lartana rooftop restaurant & bar / night bars , clubs / we don’t have beaches & we have the opposite of it mountains and things.. ofc if u have more time u can visite a lot of more things there / u have to know for what is the town known for…
Tetovo isn't a tourist area if you know what i mean . There are plenty of nice places and ancient ruins . Not sure why you would want to go there . I'm sure USA has a million worse places than that .
yes, tetovo has to be one of the worst cities in macedonia. followed by gostivar. to the commenter saying that he missed "the good spots". nah mate, if you have to look for the good spots, its shit. i'm sorry for that poor experience at my home country.
@@Pellegrino1 not albanians but albanian mafia, or mafia in macedonia that makes everything look bad and people poor. it's just that gustivar and tetovo have been plagued by the mafia since day one in maceodnia.
As a Macedonian from Skopje i didn't even know there was a Fortress in Tetovo, nobody ever visits the city because there's basically nothing interesting it is the worst, it's underdeveloped and to say the least law and order do not really apply there :). There is a mountain peak/resort called Popova Sapka close to Tetovo and a couple of monasteries also, but there are a lot better places to visit like Mavrovo, Kozjak Lake, Ohrid, Bitola, Veles, Krusevo
I'm actually from Tetovo,and speaking of experience it's a really nice city to be in,if you would've understood the language, you would've painted a far better picture of the city, the poeple etc...feel free to come back anytime, the people most of them are nice, welcoming, language is the problem for you...To be honest for me there's no place like home....
Im from Tetovo and i live in Tetovo, and i can confirm, you really missed the good spots, the city is full with ATM's, there is a shopping mall, pastries, sweet shops. Btw the taxi did not rob you for sure.
On a side note, you ever been to Iran? That’s a country with some realllllll beauty and history, but as Americans we won’t likely ever be there in relative safety unfortunately
9:55-10:10 I wonder if it’s completely lost to him that we have auto-translate ? Or if it’s just seen as you “being rude” by pulling out a computer while he speaks 😂 that would be annoying
10:40-11:20 lol 😂 just realize, they don’t know Americans until you two either I am pretty sure. So it doesn’t hurt to give him a good memory of our people too
The Albanian regions are traditionally overlooked and developmentally neglected by the Slav dominated Macedonian regime .They take taxes but the revenues support Slav regions.
Totally opposite my dear. Taxes are only paid in places in Macedonia inhabited by ethnic Macedonians and there is massive evasion by Albanians while they largely benefit from investments from the national budget, education from kindergarten to universities, social care schemes, employment in public institutions even when the majority don't show up at work or are even abroad, etc. Adverse truth will not help but facing the truth rather
First: the tetovo city is a small city and not really interesting but there are still some places to visit, for e.g. the museum, the sharr national park, hiking, the sharr mountain sea, the waterfalls in kamenjane (7km away from tetovo) etc......for the information, in macedonia the slavo-macedonians are not really the majority but they are counting all roma, wlachs, aromunians, turks etc as a macedonian, the orthodox christianity is not the religion of majority.....
@AngerIssues thats ypur bulgarian slavic wish, but in west macedonia there are just no more then 5 percent slavic macedonians!!! In kicevo there are more roma, wlachs then slavic macedonians gostivar is more then 80 percent albanians, struga also......tetovo more then 95 peecent.......try your propaganda somewherw else.....
@AngerIssuesyour bulgarians never wanted to count the population, you are not more then 35 percent in macedonia! The whole west macedonia is very dens populated and more then 90 percent are albanians! The east part theres like in africa 🤣🤣🤣
@AngerIssues go there and see yourself, you can tell about your city but not about my city! According to the new statistic there are more then 30 percent albanians, the whole my familiy were not registered!!! Its all fake.....
@AngerIssues according to your wikipedia 58,44 in macedonia, and with diaspora ca 64 percent are so called slavic macedonians. According to statistic 2021 albanians in macedonia are 24,3 and with diaspora more then ca. 30 percent! The registration was blocked years ago from slavic macedonians beacuse of fear.....and i am sure that this is false.
@AngerIssues 4500 Romanis didn't sign up as Albanian in Suto Orizari. Stop spreading lies. There are like 5 neighborhoods and villages with Albanians in suto orizari and there are still stanbeni buildings being built every year. Suto orizari was just a albanain village before 1963 then they moved all the gypsies from the center after the earthquake. Read some articles before you spread lies
Apart from Ohrid and Matka Canyon, North Macedonia is really not worth visiting. The nature is nice but their cities are really underwhelming and almost ugly. Even Skopje, apart from the muslim part, is kitsch and weird.
The muslim part of Skopje is literally the worst part of skopje. What u want to say is the old town which was a roman and later ottoman place. Macedonia is a small country with 1.8m people. What do u expect to see? There are hidden gems like Mavrovo or some +1000 yesr old monasteries worth visiting. Everything else is just small towns and one big city with 600k people
@NikojNisto-bd4to It is literally the most genuine part of the city. The modern city has neo classical buildings that have been built the last 15 years, which make it look really ridiculous. Not to mention the fake ancient statues everywhere, especially outside the brutalist building, which is the parliament.
Wait untill u find out skopje had classical buildings in the past that were destroyed by earthquake and by communists. So u think we should only building commie apartment buildings now cuz turks weren't intelligent enough to building like the hungarians did in serbia or croatia? And thry aren't ancient monuments. They are called monuments. We also had those in the past. So what if 90% of them are new? U use no logic u just a hater cuz u cry that we build things
It's clear to me that the Albanians living in Macedonia don't care or respect Macedonians at all. You would at least see some Macedonians flags in Tetovo out of respect, but NOPE, all Albanian. They care zero about Macedonia, yet they are living there. In that case, they are really occupiers. Even if they are 25 or 30 percent of the population, they have the backing of the EU and the USA, which means they literally own the Macedonians. We are controlled by the minority. And this is what is really sad.
@@olti_m1889 WHAT IS THERE TO READ??all of us who are from Macedonia know that Albanians lack of manners and common sense are legendary, ask any Macedonian and you will see, ask anybody in the Balkans they will tell you the same, its a fact of life.. Albanians have no respect for them selfs much less the country that feeds them, sense their kids to school and employees them and they don't even support it.... And since i'v lived here for more then 30 years tell me now what history are you referring to? i dont think as a Native Macedonian i don't know one thing you do about my Country. As for the history are you thinking of terrorist muslim thugs that wanted republic of ilirida in 2001, or the n@ zi Balli Kombëtar that where puppets of italy?? WHAT history??
Albanians literally own half of north macedonia. There was a Crimea Platform, big summit in Zagreb last year and an Albanian represented North Macedonia. This is a direct result of serbomans from macedonia, titoist pseudo history and hatred against Bulgarians.
@@croatianwarmaster7872 Only the Polog region is majority Albanian but still with significant Macedonian minority. They don't own half of the country. The reason why the Albanians are representing Macedonia now is because the ruling party (SDSM) is in coalition with them since they lacked the majority to form a government.Once SDSM will lose their election the Albanian political influence will shirnk in Macedonia. Usually the pro titoist srboman bulgarogphobe people you mentioned above have historically been part of SDSM so it is ironic when you blame them when the majority of Albanian parties work for them as we speak.
@AngerIssues All this countries are doomed to be poor and to depend on their neighbors. Without access to sea and with few lands to farm. Not to mention not much land to find natural resources.
@@Jovan_Jarkarane That's nonsense, sea access farm lands natural resources have very little to do with the situation. We are doomed because 30 years fucking corrupt basterds are ruling the countries and destroying everything good with their incompetence. Just in Macedonia it's estimated that around 10-15 billion $ of national property was privatized for nothing starting from telecom, oil companies, Mines, Banks. Then the corrupt fucking idiots on the local level contract companies in set up tendering procedures for building roads, parks, buildings everything, they basicly pay a company to clean the snow on the roads in the winter instead of the local goverment doing the job thus paying more and not getting anything back, fucking mental in macedonia we need a new fucking governing system.
Had to admit - probably you are right. A truly authentic impression of unbiased visitors (moreover Americans, so that Albanians cannot complain :)). Unfortunately, that is the real situation of once, one of Macedonia's most beautiful places. Grown there I could testify to the adverse changes over the last decades which dramatically worsened after the Macedonians were artificially made a minority by adding rural municipalities and Albanians started to rule the place. In addition, when you place 2 universities in a limited space aimed at max 100.000 inhabitants with the idea of overwhelming the native Macedonian population and ..... leaving the urban mafia to massacre the public space and greenery, when avoiding the rule of law, corruption and tax exemption is a way of living, when you ruin one of the most organized squares in the country made of marble and fountains and instead turn it into a concrete meadow, when allowing mosques to scream like no tomorrow, block the traffic due to unplanned stimulated migration, destroyed open Sports centre and parks, and as a result have continuous shortages of water (although being beneath the richest with water mountain in Macedonia - the gorgeous Shara) plus have enormous pollution and garbage everywhere, my dear, what a hell impression you expect the foreigners can get ????? And above all, when you keep blaming others because of your situation while for 30 years you self-govern the municipality. Unfortunately, for normal and civilized people no matter which religion and nation they belong to, who want to live in a European (not Near East) place, Tetovo every single day, becomes a less and less preferable place. That is why the buses full of families are leaving for abroad daily. Really sad.
@@mpalaouros21 they don't know because they're not. You're only saying that because you're butthurt about all the comment that all Albanian populated areas in macedonia are shitholes. Which they are lmao
We went to Tetovo with no idea what to expect.....however we did not enjoy the city... oh well on to the next one!
Thank you for visiting, hope you have a good trip to your next place
Well u can’t enjoy the city if u go there with a closed mind. Instead of trying to appreciate the place the people and try to find something more about the culture or food or smth else u already went there with a judgemental mind. There is a lot to enjoy about tetovo but u wont if u dont try. The taxi driver was also not trying to rip u off, he thought u were going on a short trip somewhere in tetovo which usually costs 50 denars. But going that far costs more.
@@tetova49 Nuk ka asni faj njeri se ska kurxha interesant ntetov, kina sham per tregullu njer sa tbahet vend per turista. As park nuk mund tbojm niher.
We went with an open mind and no pre judgements. It just ended up that we didnt enjoy the city. The taxi driver initially tried to charge us 400 denars for that short ride. He ended up being the best part of our visit and truly helped us.
@@HaleyandZach Yeah obviously the problem was miscommunication because the driver didn't speak English. Also there's actually 2 forts so maybe he thought you were going to the other one that is further. Either way there's beautiful and bad places everywhere in macedonia and you can't visit all of them.
Im from Tetovo, i live in Tetovo, and i would say you missed the best spots. When you go in Tetovo you go for the experience, the food ( Delfin, Bakal, Bella Mia, Punto Verde ), the pastries, burek, sweetshops, and icecream are one of the best in Macedonia. The mountain Popova Shapka, Leshnica, Kamenjane waterfalls, Belovishte. For sure i can say that you missed the hotel, thats no Tetovo, you should stay in the city at least for one night. I feel really bad because there is not such website that will give you all information on how to have a good time in Tetovo, but i can guarantee, that is much better than you showed in your video, and forget the flags, once you know people, you will see that here all people are good and welcoming.
bsh brat
I’m from tetovo too and I agree. It’s a diamond in the rough, but you have to be from there to know where to go.
@@peteyv 👍
Pi debroshtit ije?
I lived in Tetovo for 6 months and you did nothing but disparage the city (Tetovo is not a small town). You also missed all the good spots like the Spa, the real Delfin (on the outskirts of the city), Tetovo, Fortress, Driada restaurant, Arabati Baba Tekḱe , and of course Popova Shapka. Xhamia E Larme is the most unique mosque in the world you missed the rest of the city. And put on your boots and do some hiking for God's sake. Tetovo is a hiker's paradise. And be more respectful of the taxi drivers and the Albanians living there who treat their guests and visitors with respect.
Albanians are the most pro-american nation in the Balkans
I can’t agree more as a person who has visited it
Maybe Albanians in Macedonia treat their guests and visitors with respect but first of all they should treat the Macedonians with respect as they live on their land. They're ungrateful and arrogant to Macedonians. It's really sad to see everywhere Albanian flags, even at Skopje airport..
@@szywski5940 Even more true as a half Macedonian who lives in Skopje in summer
@@szywski5940 this is not the place of macedonians,we were here before them.
The Fortress is in a bad memory for Tetovo, and for Macedonia also. Not too long ago, the memories are still fresh, but in 2001 there was an ethnic armed conflict in Macedonia that started in the mountains above Tetovo, and right there on the Fortress one of the fiercest and most blood shedding battles took place. That's why there's no tourism there and even the locals don't visit it so they don't know the path to it as well. I thought you could use this information since you've visited it, now you know the history too :) Thanks for visiting my country, hope you liked it!
Thank you for sharing! We had no idea about the battle that took place there!
@@HaleyandZach Tetova is the cradle of freedom for Albanians in North Macedonia. Its the centre of Albanians in N.M. A few decades ago we were badly discriminated in this state, now we are represented everywhere in the state. All this wouldnt be possible without the 2001 war for freedom
@@illyriaanmbret5660 you immigrated to Macedonian land and you started a conflict. Now you're proud of it. It only shows how ungrateful, low and evil creatures you are.
@@illyriaanmbret5660you poor freedom fighters everyone and everywhere they discriminate against you that’s why you control the drugs, prostitution and robbery rings in London and many other cities in the UK and Western Europe and England’s prisons are full off Albanians l work in a prison in the UK and l know very well about your peoples freedoms and rights
Граѓанска војна предизвикана од амбасадорите на сад во македонија од една страна беа регуларна војска и полиција а другата страна терористите на учк подржани од сад британија германија франција со таа војна сад поготово јаууниптија македонија ко држава само за метак на косоварите и терористичките банди од косово прочитај за воените злосторства муџахедински платеници што ги направиле врз полицајци и војници кланицата кај вејце карпалак радуша раштански лизја љуботенски пат и ке ти стане јасно што народ се тоа треба да го гледаш и читаш со отворен мозок и без пристрасност и ке ти биде јасен и свганистан и пакистан и босна и косово@@HaleyandZach
The taxi rides looked ummm…. Exciting. Haha. Language barrier is real lol. Love how they appreciate the extra money SO MUCH😊
Beautiful sharing 💕💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
What he was trying to tell you when you got to the castle, there is a rumour that a tunnel goes from the Colorful Mosque up to that castle. That tunnel doesn't exist, well that's what most people think, but most of the older generations believe it does.
You guys got to be the most close minded travel bloggers I've seen. The only encounter was with two taci drivers (no offense to taxi drivers) but you missed so much. And what's weird in Tetovo, it's just an average ex Yugoslav city.
Did you read _anything_ about Macedonia and Tetovo before you went? Did you at least find your way to the Painted Mosque (Sharena Dzamija)? It's beautiful.
If you watched the video you would know the answer to that!
Most people use travel agencies in the balkans. They have options across the spectrum, from vacations for reallyyy low income to those looking to splurge a bit. I am from the U.S. and booked a vacation to Turkey from a Kosovo travel agency - it was for a week in a really nice hotel, all inclusive, and I paid like $1000 for airfare, hotel and transportation. The exact same vacation from the states would have ran me from 7-8k. Food for thought!
$1000 lasts us a month in the Balkan 😂
Damn, Americans who visit a city that wasn't made for tourism are shocked that it's not made for tourism. Next time I'll visit some random ass village in the US and expect them to speak my foreign language and be all sad and surprised that they don't have tourist attractions lmao
That's a fair point actually. It is absurd that visitors to other countries expect everything to be an entertainment.
You're welcome bro 🤝
Why did you not enjoy the city? Its a very cozy place with plenty of diffrent places to eat and drink a nice cold/hot cup of coffee. Its my hometown and i rlly miss being there. U got into some random taxi which is not even a real taxi. Next time u have to call a company and order one so u dont get overcharged. Go to ajducko maalo thats where do rich ones live in houses its a cozy place to take a stroll. Or go on top of remall where there is a very nice resturant with a very good view of mont everest.
It was a bit chaotic for us. It felt like such a big city and it isn't that big. I don't know why there is nothing that is inherently bad about the city we just didn't like it as much as others
@@HaleyandZach have u been to saracino?
Thought so
@@HaleyandZach Your wife/Gf looked like she shat herself while being in that fake taxi from ohio
@@HaleyandZach iTS ALSO PRONAUCED TET-O-VO not TETOUVOU ppl from ohio theese days.....
I was just there in August 2023 and the city square where nothing was turns into a big county fair ground and it’s so fun it just looks weird during the day everyone starts partying over there at night so that’s when all the action is 😂😂
he said if we go straight down the moutin you end up right in the city btw thats where i was born thats my home town and its really cool their and the texi drivers drive fast because they know their ways and they are carful so dont be scard
Nothing to worry about in Tetovo, the crime rate is of the lowest cities. There are many travel agencies because we albanians of Tetovo are imigrants in many countries, there is very high percentage of albanians working and living abroad
thats the castle of ottomans,it were build since 1500 and he was saying under the castle is a tunnel which ottomans build to go to the city but half of the tunnel is blocked,from the castle you get under the mosque you saw earlier “Xhamia E Larme”
Oh wow that would have been cool to see! Thanks for sharing!!
@@HaleyandZach no problem you are welcomed anytime
@@HaleyandZach and about the place where you said there isnt any statue,before like 16 years or more there were some decorations like fountains things like that it changed so much,before it was full of trees and beautiful things, if you want to know more you can contact me in instagram i can givr you more details.
Why did they remove it all? It is so empty now :(
@@HaleyandZachalso the city center is not empty per se. In the summer is filled with children toys where ofcourse children play, ride mini electric cars etc. Also the center is used for concerts in the summer so thats why its empty with no statues.
7:30-7:40 one thing I always find unappealing about the buildings in Ex-Soviet lands or near of them, they LOVED just feet and feet of concrete . Flat and square concrete lol probably reinforced but it’s got the Soviet “cold” vibe
So glad we decided not to visit here ahaha the Albanian parts of Macedonia we found to be the worst for us
No one needs and miss you there.....😁.....the whole west macedonia are populated by albanians.....the east macedonia looks like africa 👌
Please don't make them look that bad, it's really not any different from the other parts. The most beautiful nature is in the Albanian parts, like Sharr mountains, Matka Canyon, Korab mountain, Ohrid Lake etc. The only thing different are the roads etc but they will be improved eventually
@@rsoldier7829 everything you said is macedonian,and dont visit albanian housing,bad food,bad hospitality,albanians stink too,just visit macedonians and turks
Bro is acting like the Macedonian parts are better. Both are equally shit.
@@rsoldier7829 There's no "Albanian parts" in Macedonia. Macedonia has only "Macedonian parts", only some of them are inhabitated by Albanian immigrants.
Wherever I go in Macedonia I can easily distinguish Albanians from Macedonians. Albanians are rude, they have no culture. Many tourists say the same. Albanians act like they just got out from a cave. Sorry to say that but it's really disturbing.
I went to Tetovo with Erasmus and I had a great time there but its definitely not that interesting to visit. Skopje is way more interesting.
Ohrid is more Intres5ing this is because there are no beaches in skopje and the river is dirty that it needs to be cleaned while the lake in ohrid is clean and u can swim
@@damjan2679 wont be coming back to macedonia but thank you for the tip!
I am from mazedonia. tetovo and gostivar is where im from and i knew it was tetovo right when i saw the backrownd of the video
Did the taxi driver dirty on the thumbnail.
American people coming and judging the whole city base on short stay even they call it the worst city, can’t compare it with many cities in the US, just because the population are Muslim doesn’t mean it’s a crime area please grow up.
We didn't say it was a crime area. Our opinion has nothing to do with people being Muslim.
Im from Macedonia Skopje so i like video
Faleminderit Tetova
man i swear the taxi driver wouldnt even let me go there for like 700 denars😂 the real price would be like 1000 den, but he was doing like 300 thats impossible, i personally have paid 200 den for 1.0% of the road you traveled.
Nice people
6:40-6:45 gotta wonder what you expected as a woman in a foreign country where you seemingly NEED the bro with you to have a chance of speaking a similar language lol it’s just wild , great getting to explore the world no doubt but please, please, stay safe my American bro and sis
For what you have paid 250 it is actually 100,
I,just make subscribe , for support you, i m Macedonian leaving in Canada , best place in macedonia they ar OHRID , BITOLA AND SKOPJE CHEARSS
Apparently, you two really want to be seen as the ignorant American tourists who don’t do any research before visiting a city. That’s a pity because Albanians normally love Americans. Tetovë is the way it is because of years of systematic neglect. As someone said it, it has been the stronghold of ethnic Albanians for thousands of years now. Your gf is also dead wrong because the travel agencies have nothing to do with money laundering. It is related with the Albanian diaspora who have emigrated all over Europe. Since the abolition of the visa requirements for citizens of North Macedonia, their families can visit them twice a year. That’s what we do; we care for our families.
However, Tetovë has so much to offer. The surrounding with the Sharr Mountains in the background is simply impressive. If you visit them one day you will find out that it can compete with the best hiking spots in Europe. It’s also famous for its food. The bread, cheese, tomatoes, paprika, watermelons and countless of other fruits are among the most delicious you will taste in your life. In fact, a lot of the bakeries and pastries in the tourist hotspots of the Balkans are owned by Albanians from the Tetovë area.
Tetovo*
u just went to Tetovo , and u didn’t go anywhere / u have things there that u cannot see anywhere else… this one was bad , hope u go again with right informations..
Where should we go next time and what should we see?
@@HaleyandZach sharr national park,sky center Kodra e diellit,waterfall in kamenjane is 7 km from tetovo
@@HaleyandZach there is Lartana restaurant, you got the view of all city in that restaurant
U have a lot of waterfalls (Leshnica , Kamnjan..) , The hill of the sun ( most attraction place ) , horse riding (1 may) , ‘Arabati Baba Teqe’ / the bath street ( relax walking street & restaurants ) , also the best restaurants and balkan food ever ( Paradise of sharr , Driada , Lumare etccc ) , u have the offroad club Mountrex_adventure & offroadtetova club SHOW , a lot of beautiful luxury villas for holidays and trips like this one , not including the hotels in city , Lartana rooftop restaurant & bar / night bars , clubs / we don’t have beaches & we have the opposite of it mountains and things.. ofc if u have more time u can visite a lot of more things there / u have to know for what is the town known for…
Bro please give it a chance 🙏 😭 I believe its a beutiful place. EDMIT IT! Im literally crying over your reactions 😭
We need to go back and try again!
Omg, you replied? Thank you so much. But you don't need to come back. But if your planing too then I don't stop you
Tetovo isn't a tourist area if you know what i mean . There are plenty of nice places and ancient ruins . Not sure why you would want to go there . I'm sure USA has a million worse places than that .
USA definitely has worse places
yes, tetovo has to be one of the worst cities in macedonia. followed by gostivar. to the commenter saying that he missed "the good spots". nah mate, if you have to look for the good spots, its shit. i'm sorry for that poor experience at my home country.
Why the hate against albanians 😪
@@Pellegrino1 not albanians but albanian mafia, or mafia in macedonia that makes everything look bad and people poor. it's just that gustivar and tetovo have been plagued by the mafia since day one in maceodnia.
As a Macedonian from Skopje i didn't even know there was a Fortress in Tetovo, nobody ever visits the city because there's basically nothing interesting it is the worst, it's underdeveloped and to say the least law and order do not really apply there :). There is a mountain peak/resort called Popova Sapka close to Tetovo and a couple of monasteries also, but there are a lot better places to visit like Mavrovo, Kozjak Lake, Ohrid, Bitola, Veles, Krusevo
The taxi driver had never even been up there.... Not the best city 🤷♂️
@@HaleyandZach it's a city filled with Albanians. Pretty much sums it up. Been there only once as a Macedonian and the experience was unpleasant.
Jakid
Tetovo centre is chaotic and somewhat lawless.
Bit dirty and broken
The villages around are nicer
You're better off going there
+ there are a lot of albanians there, and we dont want them that much :)
they are such a bad people
@@peter7289 Ethnicity doesn't have absolutely anything to do with it, the city has many bigger problems
Bro they wont let us build a statue of adem jashari
He wasn't from Tetovo
He was from Kosovo and Metohija Serbian region
@@Wolverine-ky9gk slavic monkey
Die shiptars 🇦🇱🤮🐐🖕
@@Wolverine-ky9gkDardania (kosova) is Albanian land 🇦🇱
I'm actually from Tetovo,and speaking of experience it's a really nice city to be in,if you would've understood the language, you would've painted a far better picture of the city, the poeple etc...feel free to come back anytime, the people most of them are nice, welcoming, language is the problem for you...To be honest for me there's no place like home....
We have had so many people reach out to us and offer to show us around! The people of Tetovo seem so lovely!
Im from Tetovo and i live in Tetovo, and i can confirm, you really missed the good spots, the city is full with ATM's, there is a shopping mall, pastries, sweet shops. Btw the taxi did not rob you for sure.
The taxi driver ended up being such a nice guy. Felt bad saying that earlier
No the problem is you shiptars
@@Lilithmoonpowerdamn that's crazy
On a side note, you ever been to Iran? That’s a country with some realllllll beauty and history, but as Americans we won’t likely ever be there in relative safety unfortunately
8:58 really is gorgeous there, would love to have those mountains in the east of the USA , we have run out of new hiking spots lol
9:55-10:10 I wonder if it’s completely lost to him that we have auto-translate ? Or if it’s just seen as you “being rude” by pulling out a computer while he speaks 😂 that would be annoying
10:40-11:20 lol 😂 just realize, they don’t know Americans until you two either I am pretty sure. So it doesn’t hurt to give him a good memory of our people too
90 % in tetovo are albanians
Брат 70% се
Idiot eden, Zaradi takvi kaku tebe stradame
Ain’t it wild? Alexander the Great probably saw the hills around you here lol like his pops was the leader of Macedonia millennia ago
Next time find a young Albanian person from Tetova to guide you before visiting it
Tetovo 🇲🇰
@@LilithmoonpowerTetova faleminderit
Tetovo🇲🇰*
The Albanian regions are traditionally overlooked and developmentally neglected by the Slav dominated Macedonian regime .They take taxes but the revenues support Slav regions.
Clown comment from a racist 🤡
Totally opposite my dear. Taxes are only paid in places in Macedonia inhabited by ethnic Macedonians and there is massive evasion by Albanians while they largely benefit from investments from the national budget, education from kindergarten to universities, social care schemes, employment in public institutions even when the majority don't show up at work or are even abroad, etc. Adverse truth will not help but facing the truth rather
That's when you put populism over sensible majors.
Doesn't look so scary,I expected worse.
The most boring and negative tourists i ever seen
dude i live in tetova
Tetova er Smuk by 💪🏽😎
Tetovo e ubav grad*
First: the tetovo city is a small city and not really interesting but there are still some places to visit, for e.g. the museum, the sharr national park, hiking, the sharr mountain sea, the waterfalls in kamenjane (7km away from tetovo) etc......for the information, in macedonia the slavo-macedonians are not really the majority but they are counting all roma, wlachs, aromunians, turks etc as a macedonian, the orthodox christianity is not the religion of majority.....
@AngerIssues thats ypur bulgarian slavic wish, but in west macedonia there are just no more then 5 percent slavic macedonians!!! In kicevo there are more roma, wlachs then slavic macedonians gostivar is more then 80 percent albanians, struga also......tetovo more then 95 peecent.......try your propaganda somewherw else.....
@AngerIssuesyour bulgarians never wanted to count the population, you are not more then 35 percent in macedonia! The whole west macedonia is very dens populated and more then 90 percent are albanians! The east part theres like in africa 🤣🤣🤣
@AngerIssues go there and see yourself, you can tell about your city but not about my city! According to the new statistic there are more then 30 percent albanians, the whole my familiy were not registered!!! Its all fake.....
@AngerIssues according to your wikipedia 58,44 in macedonia, and with diaspora ca 64 percent are so called slavic macedonians. According to statistic 2021 albanians in macedonia are 24,3 and with diaspora more then ca. 30 percent! The registration was blocked years ago from slavic macedonians beacuse of fear.....and i am sure that this is false.
@AngerIssues 4500 Romanis didn't sign up as Albanian in Suto Orizari. Stop spreading lies. There are like 5 neighborhoods and villages with Albanians in suto orizari and there are still stanbeni buildings being built every year. Suto orizari was just a albanain village before 1963 then they moved all the gypsies from the center after the earthquake. Read some articles before you spread lies
Albanians have a good Heart ❤️ in Albania kosovo Macedonia Montenegro..i cannot speak elsewhere
Albanian are the biggest Nazi in the world you don't respect any other country or nationality
Tetovo is in Macedonia, not Albania
I live in tetovo
good flag frfr
One of the greats
Apart from Ohrid and Matka Canyon, North Macedonia is really not worth visiting. The nature is nice but their cities are really underwhelming and almost ugly. Even Skopje, apart from the muslim part, is kitsch and weird.
The muslim part of Skopje is literally the worst part of skopje. What u want to say is the old town which was a roman and later ottoman place.
Macedonia is a small country with 1.8m people. What do u expect to see? There are hidden gems like Mavrovo or some +1000 yesr old monasteries worth visiting. Everything else is just small towns and one big city with 600k people
@NikojNisto-bd4to It is literally the most genuine part of the city. The modern city has neo classical buildings that have been built the last 15 years, which make it look really ridiculous. Not to mention the fake ancient statues everywhere, especially outside the brutalist building, which is the parliament.
Wait untill u find out skopje had classical buildings in the past that were destroyed by earthquake and by communists. So u think we should only building commie apartment buildings now cuz turks weren't intelligent enough to building like the hungarians did in serbia or croatia?
And thry aren't ancient monuments. They are called monuments. We also had those in the past. So what if 90% of them are new?
U use no logic u just a hater cuz u cry that we build things
Tetovo💪🏼
go to Pripor
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🇦🇱Tetovo
Tetova🇦🇱
@@lol_kjell5075tirana 🇲🇰
@@macedonianmapperawc3917Tetova 🇦🇱
It's clear to me that the Albanians living in Macedonia don't care or respect Macedonians at all. You would at least see some Macedonians flags in Tetovo out of respect, but NOPE, all Albanian. They care zero about Macedonia, yet they are living there. In that case, they are really occupiers. Even if they are 25 or 30 percent of the population, they have the backing of the EU and the USA, which means they literally own the Macedonians. We are controlled by the minority. And this is what is really sad.
24.3% and dropping according to the census of 2021
You should probably read more about the history between us Albanians and the Macedonians before you comment kiddo
@@olti_m1889 WHAT IS THERE TO READ??all of us who are from Macedonia know that Albanians lack of manners and common sense are legendary, ask any Macedonian and you will see, ask anybody in the Balkans they will tell you the same, its a fact of life.. Albanians have no respect for them selfs much less the country that feeds them, sense their kids to school and employees them and they don't even support it.... And since i'v lived here for more then 30 years tell me now what history are you referring to? i dont think as a Native Macedonian i don't know one thing you do about my Country.
As for the history are you thinking of terrorist muslim thugs that wanted republic of ilirida in 2001, or the n@ zi Balli Kombëtar that where puppets of italy?? WHAT history??
Albanians literally own half of north macedonia. There was a Crimea Platform, big summit in Zagreb last year and an Albanian represented North Macedonia. This is a direct result of serbomans from macedonia, titoist pseudo history and hatred against Bulgarians.
@@croatianwarmaster7872 Only the Polog region is majority Albanian but still with significant Macedonian minority. They don't own half of the country. The reason why the Albanians are representing Macedonia now is because the ruling party (SDSM) is in coalition with them since they lacked the majority to form a government.Once SDSM will lose their election the Albanian political influence will shirnk in Macedonia. Usually the pro titoist srboman bulgarogphobe people you mentioned above have historically been part of SDSM so it is ironic when you blame them when the majority of Albanian parties work for them as we speak.
Macedonia* We don't accept "north". Don't say "north" to a Macedonian, he will get very angry.
North
Officially: Republic North of Macedonia 🎉
@@illyriaanmbret5660shiptari 🇦🇱🤮🖕
Bruhh all the best things are in summer you come in November
This was actually filmed in August we were very behind in posting
North Macedonia, Montenegro,and Kosovo are the poorest and less developed countries in the Balkans
@AngerIssues All this countries are doomed to be poor and to depend on their neighbors. Without access to sea and with few lands to farm. Not to mention not much land to find natural resources.
@@Jovan_Jarkarane That's nonsense, sea access farm lands natural resources have very little to do with the situation. We are doomed because 30 years fucking corrupt basterds are ruling the countries and destroying everything good with their incompetence. Just in Macedonia it's estimated that around 10-15 billion $ of national property was privatized for nothing starting from telecom, oil companies, Mines, Banks. Then the corrupt fucking idiots on the local level contract companies in set up tendering procedures for building roads, parks, buildings everything, they basicly pay a company to clean the snow on the roads in the winter instead of the local goverment doing the job thus paying more and not getting anything back, fucking mental in macedonia we need a new fucking governing system.
Yes because of shiptars criminals 🇦🇱🤮🤮🖕
Don't forget Albania lol as if they are any better
@@ogedits123 Yeah and Bosnia too
Macedonia is in Greece , here is ILIRIDA
Had to admit - probably you are right. A truly authentic impression of unbiased visitors (moreover Americans, so that Albanians cannot complain :)). Unfortunately, that is the real situation of once, one of Macedonia's most beautiful places. Grown there I could testify to the adverse changes over the last decades which dramatically worsened after the Macedonians were artificially made a minority by adding rural municipalities and Albanians started to rule the place. In addition, when you place 2 universities in a limited space aimed at max 100.000 inhabitants with the idea of overwhelming the native Macedonian population and ..... leaving the urban mafia to massacre the public space and greenery, when avoiding the rule of law, corruption and tax exemption is a way of living, when you ruin one of the most organized squares in the country made of marble and fountains and instead turn it into a concrete meadow, when allowing mosques to scream like no tomorrow, block the traffic due to unplanned stimulated migration, destroyed open Sports centre and parks, and as a result have continuous shortages of water (although being beneath the richest with water mountain in Macedonia - the gorgeous Shara) plus have enormous pollution and garbage everywhere, my dear, what a hell impression you expect the foreigners can get ????? And above all, when you keep blaming others because of your situation while for 30 years you self-govern the municipality.
Unfortunately, for normal and civilized people no matter which religion and nation they belong to, who want to live in a European (not Near East) place, Tetovo every single day, becomes a less and less preferable place. That is why the buses full of families are leaving for abroad daily. Really sad.
Macedonian 🇲🇰♥️
Don't north us MACEDONIANS it's a bad, fascistic prefix ;)
They are not macedonians mate.
They are from bulgarian.
Ask them.
Ask the bulgars.
In Tetovo are 90% Albanians
@@lol_kjell5075 yep.
Agreed.
It's not Bulgarian. Slavic yes, but not Bulgarian. Stop deluding yourself.
@@497novakl you must be joking right??
All the planet knows,that they are from bulgaria.
Ask the bulgars.
Ask the politikal bulgars.
@@mpalaouros21 they don't know because they're not. You're only saying that because you're butthurt about all the comment that all Albanian populated areas in macedonia are shitholes. Which they are lmao
I live in tetovo