Yeah, that's what the lotus eaters say. I remember Harry bringing it up how he just randomly showed up to see his car after Harry joked one day about why would Callum want to see his car.
You think that, but I noticed cuts to the video when the Serbian guys were talking to him and I wanted to listen to their explanation to their points but he cut it off
Well as a Serb there is quite a lot of stuff that i hate about this situation, first is how our government treats the whole situation, EU is giving them a lot of money to build centers, feed and dress up the migrants, politicians naturally steal that money and keep them on the low budget, when they started to roam around and steal, ordinary people fought them back and started organizing "Peoples patrols" only then police reacted but not to police the migrants, but to protect the migrants from the people. Also a special criminal clans started arising(People here love "Get rich fast" schemes), that smuggle migrants over the border, i bet its very lucrative business because thing that they are doing is considered "human trafficking" in our law and it fits under organised crime, so if you are caught jail sentence is 10-15 years in prison! Not to mention that there are hordes of them around buss and train stations, littering and destroying property, so its not very fun to have them around...
they want to go to Germany because they get a home and money there, in Serbia they don't get those benefits. They want to go to France, GB, Germany, Sweden.
@@Schmidt54 to be fair even Serbs dont get something for nothing here. No free housing, no nothing, you get free health care and schooling (elementary and high school, maybe uni on merit, based on how you preformed in high school, but not granted) but thats it, some unemployment check which is nothing, not even enough for food so you got to get a job. There are about 3.000 Cuban refugees in Serbia atm but they all work and are fine, so why give someone everything for nothing, no one told them they cant get a job, they just dont want to when they can get free shit in Germany and live in nicer, richer place.
It's actually much worse than only that. Our cuck president signed a decry with Austrian gov. Migrants who come to Serbia get issued papers. On those papers, Serbia is the first country of entry in Europe (which is impossible, since we are land locked) and thus, any migrant that ends up in Austria and turns out to be rotten, gets deported to 1st country of entry - which is Serbia. This means, Austria cherry picks migrants, and all the bad ones (murderers, thieves, rapists etc) get sent to Serbia and stay here... Luckily for us, most of them are illegally getting into EU, but if they get caught, they get sent back here...
Those men are not refugees or asylum seekers - they openly say they want to go to particular countries because they like those countries, they are not fleeing from anything. What the British are doing by putting them in fancy hotels is a (expletive) disgusting situation.
I mean, did you watch the video? They were afghan army, the same army created by the americans, so of course they are enemy of taliban. These people should be sent to the US, the UK, australia and all those countries that helped the US destabilize the middle east. I dont know at what degree did the EU got involved in the war, but if they did, then they deserve what its coming to them. Maybe use the profits they got from the oil price spike in this? LMAO. Fascists.
@maxwellboyne2770 fleeing to another part of the country is only a temporary solution. We need to throw them out, and put the corrupt politicians in prison
I'm from Serbia and it's amazing how British people and Serbian people are similar in a way. No wonder the most popular TV Shows in Serbia are Only Fools and Horses, Allo Allo, and the Blackadder. This is the most accurate video about the Serbian mentality I've seen. Although sometimes very cutting and straightforward, your words are also brutally honest and that's what I like the most. Good job mate.
Callum you shouldn't have eaten the breakfast in the hotels. The real breakfast is in the Bakeries that are all over the place. You can't go wrong doing that.
@@nikoligrac4590I generally enjoy hotel food (only had in the US and Costa Rica). It's not usually the best thing ever, but it certainly is edible and even enjoyable for a free meal.
Hell no. I went to Belgrade three or four months ago and it is by far the worst country I’ve been to. The Serbs have such a cool and proud history but they stifle what they have and don’t care for it.
Serbia is a seriously under rated country. Beautiful architecture, nice people, great food and culture. To be fair pretty much all of those ex yugo countries are great, that war really set them back 😢
After leaving Yugoslavia 30 years ago for UK due to the wars, I would say that the West is actually disintegrating but Serbia is flourishing. Planning going back as life in London is not the best whereas Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia are beautiful now
I watched the video because I spent a month in Serbia "firing weapons and stuff", and loved the place! I was hooked. This is the first piece of proper reporting I've seen in a very very long time. Lotus brought me here. Your professionalism and being yourself will keep me coming back.
Glad you liked it here. Though I do find it odd that you couldn't get around using English. Most everyone here speaks it, if not fluently, than at least passingly, and then they can understanding it almost completely. Either way I'm glad you enjoyed it, hope to meet you if you ever decide to come back.
@@pweaseadoptme5312 Shut up anime character, your opinion is invalid. Most young (45 and under) people aren't very proficient in English, but they know the basics. And compared to other nations in the Balkans I think only Croats or Slovenes speak it better.
@@pweaseadoptme5312 I don't know where you're living, but in Belgrade practically everyone knows it passingly. I know at most two young people that don't know it, and one of them still kind of does.
My father was a Serb born in Sarajevo (now in Bosnia) before coming to Canada. Would love to visit the Balkans one day too see where my ancestors were from.
@@alexgorki Bosnia allowed a lot of middle eastern mooks in their country. Plenty of them very radical. That is seriously f-up. You are correct about the traumas, though. It affects not just the generation of the war, but those which came after. Some women have horrible stories... real nightmarish stuff.
@@purplehaze8557 When I was younger, I'm 42 now, I hated when Croats called Serbs Turks. Now I see, not only Turkish looks in men and women, but their way of thinking. Superficial, there's no depth, aggressive... I think it's worse in Bosnia and in Southern part of Serbia. This migration is contributing to the same outcome in the whole of Europe.
It’s amazing how Serbia and most of Eastern Europe are proud to defend there country from 3rd world migrants bravo compared to my country England who are so weak in there border defences
Well, I am Serb and I find your comment particularly disgusting. You obviously don't know anything about us and you, probably don't want to. We don't have to defend ourselves from migrants. They have heard about us. When we tried to defend ourselves from US and GB, we failed. That's the reason why the majority of us think of your governments ( not the people) as our enemy. And not some poor refugees. No matter if they are political or economic migrants. We know wery well what is war and what is poverty. No one leaves his home and family if he doesn't have to. The thing is that we already have so many Serbian, Russian and Ukrainian people coming here for safety that we could not possibly take any more. So, we accept them to our refugee camps, which were full of Serbs not so long ago, and simply tell them the facts: that we don't have enough jobs and money as it is. Every one of them is completely free to seek asylum and become part of our society. But, they understand that at least half of us are extremely bitter at not just Anglo-Saxons, but Muslims as well. It's not problem now, but it could become if they stay here. The other half of us think that we should finally become part of EU. Including me. But it gets harder, considering that EU already invited them, just to close their borders later. Meanwhile, many people from all around the world, including Brits and Americans, are already coming and staying here. Everyone is welcome, we are welcoming people. But, for how long? I haven't noticed that any of EU countries accept Ukrainian and Russian refugees. We already have at least half of million. They mostly bring their own money, so it's still ok, but they also don't want to stay. You should be human first and then Torry or Labour.
In other words they would be taken to the basement and recieve backlogged disciplinary lessons that their mom and pa didn't teach them. I hate police brutality as much as the next guy but some people really deserve it.
@@fooooooooooooooo Tbh at first it was the 'civil police' you could call when needed and bunch of 'ultras' would show up with cold weapons to calm the godless ones down
@@jenifersarver761that's what Serbs did. When those 'poor migrants' started attacking the women in Belgrade, there were reaction groups organised (made of local young men) that would 'deal' with those attackers. Needless to say, the word spread amongst migrants and guess what - they know now that it's highly unsafe to attack women in Serbia.
I was in Serbia in 2018. Loved the food and hospitality. They don't hate themselves as most Western whites do. And see no problem putting their group first. They are also very welcoming and generous to people who come legally, pay their own way and respect their culture. Most are still Christian as well - that helps bind them as a group too with common ritual and festivals that are based on more than sports and consumerism. Most rely on family for help not the state.
Among our younger generation more and more are becoming religious. Many young couples are having more and more children etc. A complete reversal from the generation that lived in Socialism.
Actually Serbia is pretty multicultural and although most Serbs are culturally Christian, quite a few are atheists. But yeah, Serbs weren't involved in the slave trade of Africans so there is no historical reason for self hatred for white people.
Spent a fortnight in Belgrade when I was 18 - one of the best holidays I ever had. Friendly people, amazing beer, good food and exit festival in Belgrade Castle grounds was great fun. Great country.
@@jecsquire9508O well that explains why you wrote the beer is great. Back in 2007 and 2008 beer was really good in Serbia during that time. Right now unfortunately Serbian beer is shit, because most of our state owned breweries ware bought and noiw owned by western corporations and they turned our once good beer into shit...
I'm out of the loop, what's up with soy and why is it bad? I don't intentionally eat things with soy but also don't intentionally avoid it, just interested
Tell me if I have the balkan stereotypes right. Slovenes are Femboys Croatians are Catholic Nazis Greeks Invented everything Bosniaks and Bulgarians are Turks Serbs are war criminals and extremely nationalist Everyone hates Turks Montenegrins are Serbs Cheers from the US
Betting places, Pharmacies, Exchanges and Bakeries is what you will see in each street in every single town, there are a lot of them. We are used to it, but when you think about it it's weird.
Callum, I'm surprised to learn you're such an adventurous guy, your trip videos are really incredible. Very informative stuff, actual journalism. Serbia is quite intriguing and there's much beauty there. It was funny how mindblowing that McDonald's was. Also, I think a country having bookstores that can sell things like Mein Kampf is actually a great sign of freedom.
Probably not, those guys are used to completly crazy gangs of terrorists with ak 47s who value life as much as you value a car parking space, they will ccut your head off for disobedience, a big guy with nothing but his hands is not going to scare you much
Its really bad to live in but its probably really cheap for tourists so they usually have a great time tho it always seems ignorant when they do because it only fuels the ego of serbian facists that the country is better then the western world. Just giving you tips as a mamimi enjoyed . Just imagine an entire country but its the USA far right Qanon sphere
honestly, Balkans are underrated - some things are true, most are misconceptions - the quality of life isn't bad, and the cities are much much more safer than any in the west, cost of living has been drastically going up over the last decade though, but it's still cheap by western standards you can get on well in the cities, despite all the stereotypes, Serbs are welcoming of foreigners and most are genuinely interested in them (you might be looked at as an attraction or novelty of sorts, as if they're the tourists and not you, you'll have to get used to that) and most people speak good English, or at least enough for you to be able to communicate basic things
Subotica, back in Yugolsavian days, was like a silicone valley, an advanced technological and quite prosperous part of Serbia... I have to say, realistic and down to earth Kosovo conflict review.
@@jdboov6739 yes, rightwingers, North Korea style. Media is controlled on all national frequencies praising our leader all the time, and lying to people. People are more brainwashed than they were during communism.
I love that Callum has taken inspiration from Miles and other danger reporters and started doing daring journalism. I never would have guessed that this unassuming podcast host would be willing to brave such wild places and situations, but he has become a madlad in his own right. God bless Callum. Also I have no clue if I am spelling your name right.
@@majjjjjjjjj I would say it is a mixture of both, the difference between journalism and Callum here is that a journalist has an outlet they publish their findings to, maybe a dedicated camera man. This is just less professional journalism, but professional journalism often gets filtered through corporate desires. While Callum obviously has his biases, he wears his biases on his sleeve, and we can trust him as an individual to share his thoughts and experiences without the filter advertisers or corporate checklists. Also, how many travel vloggers go to war torn countries, go to armed border control near areas with shootings, talk with migrants, and try to learn about current happenings. I would also consider those travel vloggers journalists.
Heheh, Subotica wild place.... it is most calm and quite area of Serbia, people there are simply sloooooooooooooooow and miiiiiiiiiild, to put them on bread, as we like to say, and eat them like a cake :)
What is journalism about this walking 4chan man? He makes shallow, ridiculous comments about complex issues such as "the migrants are coming here because Merkel said come." If this level of analysis makes someone a "journalist" then we are screwed. All I see in this video is a frustrated adult who is playing the game of the average internet troll, because nothing else can give him some meaning.
Would love seeing you visit Kosovo. I'm from the northern part of Kosovo in which the majority are serbian. After Mictovica city, you would rarely find any serbian living there. Would love you to visit both north and south side and then give your opinion on it.
I like how these trips actually influence your view on the world. Makes me think the same would be true if other people would visit places like these and see what the real world is like vs a tropical island paradise.
Serbia is like that little village in the Asterix comics where the population is indomitable by EU and NATO, where surprisingly more liberties exist than in the high class democratic countries of the world. Nice video.
"more liberties exist than in the high class democratic countries" that's not true. Serbia is one of the most corrupt countries in Europe. The rule of law is almost non-existent, the mafia runs the show, and personal property laws are non-existent or not enforced. Try living there and earning a living for a few months and see how it goes. The cherry on top is the total censorship of media and 24/7 brainwashing + horrible education rates, one of the highest rates of illiteracy in Europe
@@igorvuk4454 That sounds like a blueprint for Germany in a not too distant future. But if you live there you might be right. As far as I heard they did not force people to be vaccinated like they did especially in Germany, Austria and Italy. I heard about a young neighbor who lives in the town of my mother in Serbia that he could work in Germany but prefers to stay in Serbia. I guess I have to take a deeper look at the situation.
@Oro Serds love to live nice like others people. Nato is nazi organization and kill Serd kids 99' for nothing!!! Nato give terrorists Serbian land and bombing citys!!!
Honestly I think some Lotus Eaters documentaries in the style of Callum's would really spice up their whole thing. I love the podcast but this content from Callum is just excellent in a different way.
Yeah that's an understatement lmao. Callum is actually well rounded and has his own individual thoughts.. can't say the same about 99% of conservative channels on youTube. *Lotus Eaters* appeals to the lowest common denominator, which is exactly the type of content that pays the bills.
Belgrade is the most diverse city on the Balkans, it’s full of foreigners… Calling Belgrade nationalistic is crazy, especially there people don’t care what nationality or color you are 😉… And 1 day there it’s not enough, you should experience clubbing there… Belgrade is like Berlin, and Novi Sad is like Athens… And Serbia is South slavic country it’s not eastern, it’s more simmilar to Greece than to Russia…
As a Serb whose mother was a divinity professor from Beograd, you are one of the only other people I have heard make this distinction. As someone aptly commented, “Serbia is more united by Christianity than football and consumerism”, you can trace the Orthodox Patriarchal lineage to Greece. While Serbia and Russia are natural neighbors, what really forged their kinship is the tragedies of the past century; particularly WWII, sealed further by their mutual and natural contempt and defiance of NATO and the woke godless west in general - but if you peel all that back - this is true for both Russia and Serbia - if you don’t have balls, and break your own treaties, don’t come back to the table. Neither wields control over the other. While they are conterminous, they aren’t necessarily symbiotic, as they are both self-sufficient. At their very core, they are pragmatic and honorable, while both being able to tell the virtue-signaling woke tyrant’s to F off, we won’t sell our souls for a price. Little fact, Beograd literally translates to “white fortress” and was named for the strategically important white fortress on the hill. I feel I have to disabuse the mistranslation of “white-city” going around, because it has nothing to do with ethnicity or race, and everything to do with pragmatism and balls. I say all of that to say this, today Serbia is nothing like it’s patriarchal lineage to Greece, and much more closely bonded to Russia. It’s like a fatherless child that found its true home at the fortress in those hills, which both sides had/have to respect and protect.
@@shmooligan4550 There's a profound sense of irony in referring to someone as "woke" while being yourself woke, and especially regarding Russia which is the wokiest of nations to the point simply questioning the "war" or calling the "war" a "war" could land you in jail.
Generally right wingers who come from Western countries to launch at the poverty they see are not too bright. So, I can’t say it’s much of a surprise to see a person like this come to Serbia and make nothing but completely stupid observations.
As a serb i loved this tbh, also the hotel full of 12yo was what we call an excursion (aka school trip). Also yea i wouldnt be suprised if half the boys were gambling addicts by 12 years of age.
Communism in Yugoslavia was quite a bit different to Russian communism. This can even be seen in architecture and building's engineering. Housing was built to be more humane, instead of purely utilitarian. Most of the communist blocks in Serbia are still very much desirable places to live in, even today; unlike Khrushchyovkas.
@@GTDpowah After WW2 I’d say that Krustchevkas were a solution to the housing issue that Russia (and most of the Soviet Union) needed to overcome just based on how much WW2 destroyed of the country. I’d say the USSR 20th century Soviet housing is better than any 19th century (non-rich/noble people) housing and/or the lack of housing. I used to live in a krustchovka apartment myself and while it IS small, it’s still quite a bit bigger than what you see in Japan for example. And people manage to live in small Japanese apartments too somehow.
Every building looks normal. I understand what years of propaganda can do to peoples brain but c'mon that's literally just like any of the buildings you can find in most european cities. I live in Barcelona so I would say that my concept of "normal" is pretty standart. A 20th century building with a 20th century elevator, yet somehow this guy's reacting like "woaah look at this ancient pole-and-ropes machine inside this barely standing building" You should really see Geneva 💀💀💀💀 It looks SEVERAL TIMES worse.
@@elbarto8282 Bro. Not everything is to be taken so literally. It was a form of depreciating humor that was being chuckled at. Nothing deeper. Take a breath brother. It's okay.
we have been in Serbia for 2 months.....really like it here. I can confirm that Serbs are massive people. It's a complicated world... it pays to understand all sides.
You can go to places and find cool WW2 war monuments all over Serbia and Montenegro. You can also go to Republika Srpska in Bosnia and interview the people who lived through the war , and trip through the villages. That would be a very cool video for the future
@@purplehaze8557 I went out there summer during Covid we went through Zenica, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, and a few other places. I wish we spent more time in republika srpska parts
@@PreemL Never been there myself, but I'm somewhat fascinated by that region because I was once very invested in the Balkan wars. You visited the very same cities I'd prioritize in a possible trip there.
@@purplehaze8557 Banja Luka was nice, Sarajevo was sad to see how it’s turned into one giant arab/ Turkish bazaar, it’s hard to believe Sarajevo is a European city. If I go back I would go visit more of the towns on the Bosnian side of the Drina in Republika Srpska
That's very interesting because as an American living in South Texas, you are living on land that your ancestors stole from the Mexicans, in a country that was stolen from the native Americans.
Texas is finally doing something to protect their sovereignty but the Biden admin keeps trying to stop them. The texas border guard should be able to arrest the feds
Our Goverment recieve money from EU not to send them back, they just need to be "processed" and they are on the way to be your neighbor,date your girls,take your jobs,install sharia law and all the good things
That fortified the relationship. But on state-diplomatic level, weirdly, Mira Markovic (wife of the Slobodan Milosevic) was to be thanked for that. She made the biggest connections with China, in the mid 90s. No joke. Also not to mention Chinas romantization of post WW2 Yugoslavia.
I live in Greece and there is pretty little to add to this video (thank you a lot for your work), I will just say that it unfortunately falls on the people in the west/north to put "pressure" on their leaders/elites to solve these problems.
@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 yes, but if you look at history, this has happened many times before, for example, french revolution, liberal revolutions of 1848, the October revolution, and the "peaceful" revolutions in eastern Europe in 1989. And my favorite example is the final uprising of the greek people for independence from the Ottoman empire, which suceeded, even though the Ot.empire was believed to be practically infinitely strong. So it can be stoped. They are not infinitely strong. In every case, me living in Greece cannot really do much for a distant country such as the UK or France, or Germany or the US.
"people smuggling" is very profitable worldwide especially if you consider the fact that 8 MILLION children go missing every year worldwide. That's the true dark reality that people don't know about and don't want to know about.
I really like your takes on visiting these parts of the world. It's just a glimpse, but I feel like I learn a lot more about the overall feel of the country than I'd get if I was just reading an article. Keep it up!
First time watching you - really enjoyed and the end comments about why Serbs could be angry really make it seem completely different than we are taught in western media
I have been going to Belgrade since 2002. I have never ever felt unsafe. I was never treated badly because I am an American. In fact people are very friendly.
Another tourist video about Callum finding cats and food. I look forward to him finding cats and food in other countries. 🌭🐱 Joking aside, this a great video.
You are very right about Republika Srpska, Metohija, and Kosovo. It seems to us as if western countries can do whatever they want because they bring 'peace', or at least they tell their people they do, but meanwhile our people are trapped in there delusions. All Serbian soil should be Serbia!
and it would have been ,had they not sold their last ass cheek to the vatikan and byzantum and accepted orthodoxy and bearded monsters who are intermingeled in every aspect of politics.
30:50 Just look at those faces - they are radiating so much inteligence! Germany, how blessed you are with your future engineers, IT-experts and doctors! Your future, Germany, is as bright as these guys minds.
I like how just casual and matter of fact you area. It's like you just stroll into dangerous/controversial places and talk to people, and no one gets taken aback or angry... They just accept that you're there.
I went to Serbia for a week and a half in december 2014. I was 19 years old at the time. I stayed in Belgrade for a few days and spent the remainder of my stay in a town called Sombor. I remember how surprised I was that while on the outside many Soviet buildings looked like absolute shit, with some even still having bullet holes in them from the Yugoslav wars, the inside was often quite nice and very well maintained. I also remember how cheap the food was. You could buy a family sized pizza (could easily feed 4 Europeans, or 2 Americans) with absolutely delicious local, freshly made meat as toppings for the price of a normal sized pizza in the Netherlands. I didn't know it at the time, but I was walking around with an amount of money in my pocket that the average serbian made in like a month back in 2014. After learning this I immediately understood the strange face one cashier made when I whipped out money to pay for something. All in all I had a very good time and never once felt unsafe.
Here's the thing, many of those old buildings are protected by government, because many of those buildings fall under historical heritage or monument, so they cannot be changed from the outside (sometimes even inside) unless government approves it. Doing so without government approval can land you in jail, because it would be like destroying or damaging some historical monument. Serbia is very old nation, so there are lot of houses and buildings that have historical values as they are often birthplace of some historical figure, which is why it's common to see very old house in the middle of modern day city blocks.
"You could buy a family sized pizza (could easily feed 4 Europeans or two American's)" Hahaha classic! 🤣🤣 Great video. Came across this video after 1st watching their Tourism in Afghanistan video. Such fantastic journalism, brilliant. And they looked like they had so much fun, both in this video and the Taliban one. Would genuinely love to go on holiday with these guys, they seem like such genuine people and great company. Plus as a fellow Brit, the humour is classic! 😆
Municipal weddings are where you're officially married as far as the state is concerned. Even religious couples have to go through a municipal wedding. The church has no power to make an official state wedding, like in the west. Church weddings are simply optional and a matter of faith. Thus, Serbian weddings usually have three components: the church wedding (if religious), the municipal wedding and the banquet. Some couples chose to combine the last two by hiring a municipality official to come to the banquet and perform the official wedding there.
it would be explained to them that that is not the proper thing to do in serbia. why do i think the man from the land of zipties for necklaces didn't mean they'd all sing the 'don't touch me there, that's my no-no square' song the swedes came out with? 😂
My friends brother was in jail for smuggling immigrants. The thing was, Serbian border police let them through because they wanted to get rid of them and didn'treally want to bother at all, but Croatian border police arrested them and deported them back. Our guy to Serbia for a jail time and the rest of those to God knows where.
What a great video. I particularly like how you always presented Serbia's side of the story instead of the usual western narrative (that we are being pushed upon in our media).
Excellent vid, these travel docs are great, hopefully you get more invites to make more of them. Let me know if you ever want a travel guide for the wild and dangerous foreign land of Birmingham.
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I'm starting to get the impression if you invite cal round, he just shows up. Much respect to you mate.
Yeah, that's what the lotus eaters say.
I remember Harry bringing it up how he just randomly showed up to see his car after Harry joked one day about why would Callum want to see his car.
Yes, his willingness to go visit places and cure his geopolitical ignorance is actually comendable.
In that case come on down to Texas Callum I can find you a nice cowgirl to take home
@GsaUce Rug Stab fetish?
@@goosegirl941 well you can come to the Serbia and I'll personally show you Serbian hospitality ;)
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This is what actual, real journalism looks like. You're a credit to world, Cal.
more like mumblecore journalism
I like the chaps but dyk, prolly all in the big club🤫☹
You think that, but I noticed cuts to the video when the Serbian guys were talking to him and I wanted to listen to their explanation to their points but he cut it off
You can just go and visit Belgrade yourself, this isn't anything special.
Petition to make Callum's name Cal.
Serbia actually looks fairly decent. The migrants not wanting to stay there seems like a feature and not a bug.
Well as a Serb there is quite a lot of stuff that i hate about this situation, first is how our government treats the whole situation, EU is giving them a lot of money to build centers, feed and dress up the migrants, politicians naturally steal that money and keep them on the low budget, when they started to roam around and steal, ordinary people fought them back and started organizing "Peoples patrols" only then police reacted but not to police the migrants, but to protect the migrants from the people. Also a special criminal clans started arising(People here love "Get rich fast" schemes), that smuggle migrants over the border, i bet its very lucrative business because thing that they are doing is considered "human trafficking" in our law and it fits under organised crime, so if you are caught jail sentence is 10-15 years in prison! Not to mention that there are hordes of them around buss and train stations, littering and destroying property, so its not very fun to have them around...
they want to go to Germany because they get a home and money there, in Serbia they don't get those benefits. They want to go to France, GB, Germany, Sweden.
@@Schmidt54 to be fair even Serbs dont get something for nothing here. No free housing, no nothing, you get free health care and schooling (elementary and high school, maybe uni on merit, based on how you preformed in high school, but not granted) but thats it, some unemployment check which is nothing, not even enough for food so you got to get a job. There are about 3.000 Cuban refugees in Serbia atm but they all work and are fine, so why give someone everything for nothing, no one told them they cant get a job, they just dont want to when they can get free shit in Germany and live in nicer, richer place.
It's actually much worse than only that. Our cuck president signed a decry with Austrian gov. Migrants who come to Serbia get issued papers. On those papers, Serbia is the first country of entry in Europe (which is impossible, since we are land locked) and thus, any migrant that ends up in Austria and turns out to be rotten, gets deported to 1st country of entry - which is Serbia. This means, Austria cherry picks migrants, and all the bad ones (murderers, thieves, rapists etc) get sent to Serbia and stay here... Luckily for us, most of them are illegally getting into EU, but if they get caught, they get sent back here...
@@Schmidt54 Europe is finished
Those men are not refugees or asylum seekers - they openly say they want to go to particular countries because they like those countries, they are not fleeing from anything. What the British are doing by putting them in fancy hotels is a (expletive) disgusting situation.
It’s totally fkd up. The rich want them here to divide and conquer the people. I see no other possible explanation for what’s happening
I mean, did you watch the video? They were afghan army, the same army created by the americans, so of course they are enemy of taliban. These people should be sent to the US, the UK, australia and all those countries that helped the US destabilize the middle east. I dont know at what degree did the EU got involved in the war, but if they did, then they deserve what its coming to them. Maybe use the profits they got from the oil price spike in this? LMAO. Fascists.
It’s rewarding law breaking
@maxwellboyne2770 fleeing to another part of the country is only a temporary solution. We need to throw them out, and put the corrupt politicians in prison
@maxwellboyne2770 I understand. We have the same situation in Sweden, house prices are going crazy because Swedes are fleeing the infested areas
I'm from Serbia and it's amazing how British people and Serbian people are similar in a way. No wonder the most popular TV Shows in Serbia are Only Fools and Horses, Allo Allo, and the Blackadder.
This is the most accurate video about the Serbian mentality I've seen. Although sometimes very cutting and straightforward, your words are also brutally honest and that's what I like the most. Good job mate.
Now Either Calum is a manlet or that lad is an absolute unit.
yes
It's both
You could see callum if a bit shorter than average but the other dude is towering over everybody else
That dude is massive. He literally has to lean back to drive his car lmao
Balkan size lol
Serbians are the second tallest nation in Europe
Callum you shouldn't have eaten the breakfast in the hotels. The real breakfast is in the Bakeries that are all over the place. You can't go wrong doing that.
Agreed. Hotel food is ALWAYS bad.
@@nikoligrac4590I generally enjoy hotel food (only had in the US and Costa Rica). It's not usually the best thing ever, but it certainly is edible and even enjoyable for a free meal.
@@nikoligrac4590 that's not true you just stay at shitty hotels
Serbia actually seems like it’d be a nice place to visit in the summer.
As a Serb i can confirm. Especially Belgrade in summer and in winter are 2 completely different cities
Better in spring ...its hot in summer and most people in summer in Serbia go somewhere to sea
It is.
Hell no. I went to Belgrade three or four months ago and it is by far the worst country I’ve been to. The Serbs have such a cool and proud history but they stifle what they have and don’t care for it.
@@dzonikg Define 'hot'.
Serbia is a seriously under rated country. Beautiful architecture, nice people, great food and culture.
To be fair pretty much all of those ex yugo countries are great, that war really set them back 😢
That was the point. Divide, conquer, destroy, subjugate.
@@JohnSmith-h1h 💯 right, a lot of ex yug. Telling me this.
I Wonder how would Yugoslavia behave today, on this Mass Migration.
That war was meant to set us back engineered by germany
After leaving Yugoslavia 30 years ago for UK due to the wars, I would say that the West is actually disintegrating but Serbia is flourishing. Planning going back as life in London is not the best whereas Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia are beautiful now
@@mothidentifier facts, i Tell the people this all the time! Especialy us Balkans!
Dobar posao, srpska braćo. Vaša zemlja izgleda dobro. Pozdrav iz Poljske.
Brat Poljak
Brat, Kosovo, Montenegro and Srpska Respublika is Serbia. 🇵🇱🤝🇷🇸
I watched the video because I spent a month in Serbia "firing weapons and stuff", and loved the place! I was hooked. This is the first piece of proper reporting I've seen in a very very long time. Lotus brought me here. Your professionalism and being yourself will keep me coming back.
Glad you liked it here. Though I do find it odd that you couldn't get around using English. Most everyone here speaks it, if not fluently, than at least passingly, and then they can understanding it almost completely. Either way I'm glad you enjoyed it, hope to meet you if you ever decide to come back.
Maybe I just met too many old people vs young people.
@@Britannica1 That explains the Russian speaking Serbs.
most young people in serbia cant speak basic english what are you talking about
@@pweaseadoptme5312 Shut up anime character, your opinion is invalid. Most young (45 and under) people aren't very proficient in English, but they know the basics. And compared to other nations in the Balkans I think only Croats or Slovenes speak it better.
@@pweaseadoptme5312 I don't know where you're living, but in Belgrade practically everyone knows it passingly. I know at most two young people that don't know it, and one of them still kind of does.
My father was a Serb born in Sarajevo (now in Bosnia) before coming to Canada. Would love to visit the Balkans one day too see where my ancestors were from.
Bosnia is a heaven on earth, nature wise. But the people, ugh... traumas overload. The same in Serbia, I've been living there my whole life.
*currently in Bosnia
@@alexgorki Bosnia allowed a lot of middle eastern mooks in their country. Plenty of them very radical. That is seriously f-up.
You are correct about the traumas, though. It affects not just the generation of the war, but those which came after. Some women have horrible stories... real nightmarish stuff.
@@purplehaze8557 When I was younger, I'm 42 now, I hated when Croats called Serbs Turks. Now I see, not only Turkish looks in men and women, but their way of thinking. Superficial, there's no depth, aggressive... I think it's worse in Bosnia and in Southern part of Serbia. This migration is contributing to the same outcome in the whole of Europe.
@@alexgorki I didn't even know Croats called Serbs turks. I thought it was Bosniaks who were called turks.
It’s amazing how Serbia and most of Eastern Europe are proud to defend there country from 3rd world migrants bravo compared to my country England who are so weak in there border defences
Now you're a Soviet state under Labor. Lol
Well, I am Serb and I find your comment particularly disgusting. You obviously don't know anything about us and you, probably don't want to. We don't have to defend ourselves from migrants. They have heard about us. When we tried to defend ourselves from US and GB, we failed. That's the reason why the majority of us think of your governments ( not the people) as our enemy. And not some poor refugees. No matter if they are political or economic migrants. We know wery well what is war and what is poverty. No one leaves his home and family if he doesn't have to. The thing is that we already have so many Serbian, Russian and Ukrainian people coming here for safety that we could not possibly take any more. So, we accept them to our refugee camps, which were full of Serbs not so long ago, and simply tell them the facts: that we don't have enough jobs and money as it is. Every one of them is completely free to seek asylum and become part of our society. But, they understand that at least half of us are extremely bitter at not just Anglo-Saxons, but Muslims as well. It's not problem now, but it could become if they stay here. The other half of us think that we should finally become part of EU. Including me. But it gets harder, considering that EU already invited them, just to close their borders later. Meanwhile, many people from all around the world, including Brits and Americans, are already coming and staying here. Everyone is welcome, we are welcoming people. But, for how long? I haven't noticed that any of EU countries accept Ukrainian and Russian refugees. We already have at least half of million. They mostly bring their own money, so it's still ok, but they also don't want to stay. You should be human first and then Torry or Labour.
@@harlan7012 Stasi starmer
@ryanfoo5286 Yeah man. I wish you well with him, and the rest of your government. Cuz the rest of us are wishing you well in reforming things later.
Ivan is the shortest guy in the Balkans
yes, i often have to shop at the childrens department!
Huge respect for Serbia.
Until you ask them about Albanians
@@Jake-rs9nq Did he stutter?
@@icarus1847 Ask them about Bosnians too
@@Jake-rs9nq
Did he stutter?
@@Jake-rs9nq What about Bosnians? There no such thing as Bosnian.
"it would be explained to them that that's not the proper thing to do in Serbia" fair enough
In other words they would be taken to the basement and recieve backlogged disciplinary lessons that their mom and pa didn't teach them. I hate police brutality as much as the next guy but some people really deserve it.
You don’t have to be police. Normal men ( not migrant Muslims) stand up for women if they are harassed
@@fooooooooooooooo Tbh at first it was the 'civil police' you could call when needed and bunch of 'ultras' would show up with cold weapons to calm the godless ones down
@@jenifersarver761that's what Serbs did. When those 'poor migrants' started attacking the women in Belgrade, there were reaction groups organised (made of local young men) that would 'deal' with those attackers. Needless to say, the word spread amongst migrants and guess what - they know now that it's highly unsafe to attack women in Serbia.
@@mothidentifier is there any documentary or place where more about this was written?
I was in Serbia in 2018. Loved the food and hospitality.
They don't hate themselves as most Western whites do. And see no problem putting their group first. They are also very welcoming and generous to people who come legally, pay their own way and respect their culture.
Most are still Christian as well - that helps bind them as a group too with common ritual and festivals that are based on more than sports and consumerism. Most rely on family for help not the state.
Among our younger generation more and more are becoming religious.
Many young couples are having more and more children etc.
A complete reversal from the generation that lived in Socialism.
Actually Serbia is pretty multicultural and although most Serbs are culturally Christian, quite a few are atheists.
But yeah, Serbs weren't involved in the slave trade of Africans so there is no historical reason for self hatred for white people.
Serbians didn't have their modern state help be created based on chattel slavery.
@@VojislavMoranic Yea lies
No wonder Population in serbia heavily decreasing 🤣
@@SaadBinAlamgir3345 Yes old people are dying.
Imagine the shock.
Spent a fortnight in Belgrade when I was 18 - one of the best holidays I ever had. Friendly people, amazing beer, good food and exit festival in Belgrade Castle grounds was great fun. Great country.
Too much beer.
You were in Novi Sad, not in Belgrade.
@@goransukovic8703 lol, this is highly possible :p
@@jecsquire9508 yeah, Exit is in Novi Sad, it's quite fun. What year were you here?
@@nickfulson186 2008 I think, might have been 2007 though
@@jecsquire9508O well that explains why you wrote the beer is great. Back in 2007 and 2008 beer was really good in Serbia during that time. Right now unfortunately Serbian beer is shit, because most of our state owned breweries ware bought and noiw owned by western corporations and they turned our once good beer into shit...
It is amazing to see that all of the military aged single men are the...migrants...
Men fleeing war take their wives and children with them, Men going to war leave them behind.
Lot of them say they are ex police or military
@@hermanthetosser4219 They all came to Europe to kill white men.
Serbian boomer knowing soy is posion really hit me by surprise, what a chad
Gem comment
I'm out of the loop, what's up with soy and why is it bad? I don't intentionally eat things with soy but also don't intentionally avoid it, just interested
@@joelwieland1767 it turns the frogs gay
@@eriksjud9465 understandable, have a nice day
@@joelwieland1767 fyi its actually true, it increases estrogen
Slovenian here, love my fellow balkan homies
Tell me if I have the balkan stereotypes right.
Slovenes are Femboys
Croatians are Catholic Nazis
Greeks Invented everything
Bosniaks and Bulgarians are Turks
Serbs are war criminals and extremely nationalist
Everyone hates Turks
Montenegrins are Serbs
Cheers from the US
Love you to my fellow Balkan fellow homie ;-)
Slovenia a gay femboy country
Slovenian? U gonna put on a dress?
Hello slovenian backstabbers, Serbs remember what you did 👋🏼
The betting shop segment is spot on and unfortunately true for most of Serbia
True. Here, the betting shops , bakeries and pharmacies turn the best profit.
Betting places, Pharmacies, Exchanges and Bakeries is what you will see in each street in every single town, there are a lot of them. We are used to it, but when you think about it it's weird.
Money laundering
@@djape1977 exactly
Callum, I'm surprised to learn you're such an adventurous guy, your trip videos are really incredible. Very informative stuff, actual journalism. Serbia is quite intriguing and there's much beauty there. It was funny how mindblowing that McDonald's was. Also, I think a country having bookstores that can sell things like Mein Kampf is actually a great sign of freedom.
9:50 "Peace"
"Stabiliity"
"Pussy lips"
Caught me totally off guard, I'm laughing my sides off 🤣
Been a while since I've seen true journalism like this, Great video.
Journalism, what are you smoking? This is like a travelog.
To be fair, if I'm a migrant and that guy next to Callum is telling me to fuck around and find out, I'd be on my best behavior too.
Probably not, those guys are used to completly crazy gangs of terrorists with ak 47s who value life as much as you value a car parking space, they will ccut your head off for disobedience, a big guy with nothing but his hands is not going to scare you much
@@mcpartridgeboy Those hotdogs may give them their superpowers. After all, God is a Serb.
@@wojak-sensei6424 If God is a Serb, how did the Albanians get a free country from them?
@@spicesmuggler2452god hates us serbs, if he loved us he wouldnt give us borders with albania
@@spicesmuggler2452 With the help of the largest empire this world has ever seen - NATO
This made me want to visit Serbia it seems nice
It really is
Its really bad to live in but its probably really cheap for tourists so they usually have a great time tho it always seems ignorant when they do because it only fuels the ego of serbian facists that the country is better then the western world. Just giving you tips as a mamimi enjoyed . Just imagine an entire country but its the USA far right Qanon sphere
Serbs are great people
Just don't taalk about Kosovo or any ethnic group and youll probably be fine.
honestly, Balkans are underrated - some things are true, most are misconceptions - the quality of life isn't bad, and the cities are much much more safer than any in the west, cost of living has been drastically going up over the last decade though, but it's still cheap by western standards
you can get on well in the cities, despite all the stereotypes, Serbs are welcoming of foreigners and most are genuinely interested in them (you might be looked at as an attraction or novelty of sorts, as if they're the tourists and not you, you'll have to get used to that) and most people speak good English, or at least enough for you to be able to communicate basic things
Cal is like a toddler next to his giant Serb tour guide. Either way, good stuff, your coverage of Kabul is above and beyond any other journalists.
Respect for Serbs and Serbia !!!
Subotica, back in Yugolsavian days, was like a silicone valley, an advanced technological and quite prosperous part of Serbia... I have to say, realistic and down to earth Kosovo conflict review.
So innovative under communism and a shitshow unde capitalism huh? Interesting that, isnt it you rightwingers?
@@jdboov6739 yes, rightwingers, North Korea style. Media is controlled on all national frequencies praising our leader all the time, and lying to people. People are more brainwashed than they were during communism.
Basically now its mostly a smuggler town. You can buy everything from EU in cache. I got myself Rasperbby Pis
@@averagedev7768 Were they cheaper? Never bought smuggled goods in Subotica.
It's amazing what a little noise pollution can do to ruin the otherwise perfect atmosphere that Mcdonalds had going for it
Praise Callum! Our greatest mad lad!
Братья сербы, кто читает, привет вам из Москвы! Мы любим вас, родные❤
Срби и Руси,браћа заувек!
@@ВикторКардоз именно так, брат, на века ❤️
🇷🇸🤝🏻🇷🇺
В Сербии нет либеральной проамериканской чуши как в России. Наверное поэтому у людей там такие адекватные взгляды на политические процессы в мире.
I love that Callum has taken inspiration from Miles and other danger reporters and started doing daring journalism.
I never would have guessed that this unassuming podcast host would be willing to brave such wild places and situations, but he has become a madlad in his own right. God bless Callum. Also I have no clue if I am spelling your name right.
Love that lad
@@majjjjjjjjj I would say it is a mixture of both, the difference between journalism and Callum here is that a journalist has an outlet they publish their findings to, maybe a dedicated camera man. This is just less professional journalism, but professional journalism often gets filtered through corporate desires. While Callum obviously has his biases, he wears his biases on his sleeve, and we can trust him as an individual to share his thoughts and experiences without the filter advertisers or corporate checklists.
Also, how many travel vloggers go to war torn countries, go to armed border control near areas with shootings, talk with migrants, and try to learn about current happenings. I would also consider those travel vloggers journalists.
Heheh, Subotica wild place.... it is most calm and quite area of Serbia, people there are simply sloooooooooooooooow and miiiiiiiiiild, to put them on bread, as we like to say, and eat them like a cake :)
What is journalism about this walking 4chan man? He makes shallow, ridiculous comments about complex issues such as "the migrants are coming here because Merkel said come." If this level of analysis makes someone a "journalist" then we are screwed. All I see in this video is a frustrated adult who is playing the game of the average internet troll, because nothing else can give him some meaning.
He shows you how to spell his name in this video, spelled out in cyrilica:)
Would love seeing you visit Kosovo. I'm from the northern part of Kosovo in which the majority are serbian. After Mictovica city, you would rarely find any serbian living there. Would love you to visit both north and south side and then give your opinion on it.
After seeing what happened today in Kosovo and Callum’s history with nations about to implode. Yes please go.
So you mean you are in Serbia
@@Tikvicki100 very funny
@@Tikvicki100
No, Hungary 😂
Srbija = Srbija
I like how these trips actually influence your view on the world. Makes me think the same would be true if other people would visit places like these and see what the real world is like vs a tropical island paradise.
Hey, if you're still interested in visiting Kosovo, hit me up and we could head there together
Love your channel mate, planning a trip in April, if you can get in contact mate would be a pleasure to meet up.
no way!!!!!
But he already visited Serbia (hehehe)
kosovo is serbia
THEY ALL COME TO SPREAD THEIR RELIGION. DON'T FALL FOR THEIR LIES..THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT IT. WE INDIANS ARE DEALING WITH THEM FOR ABOUT 1000 YEARS.
Serbs suffering too for hundreds of years...
We know, dealt with them before and still dealing with them.
Read Kalachakra Tantra. This is the prophesied war
Serbia is like that little village in the Asterix comics where the population is indomitable by EU and NATO, where surprisingly more liberties exist than in the high class democratic countries of the world. Nice video.
"more liberties exist than in the high class democratic countries"
that's not true. Serbia is one of the most corrupt countries in Europe. The rule of law is almost non-existent, the mafia runs the show, and personal property laws are non-existent or not enforced. Try living there and earning a living for a few months and see how it goes. The cherry on top is the total censorship of media and 24/7 brainwashing + horrible education rates, one of the highest rates of illiteracy in Europe
@@igorvuk4454 That sounds like a blueprint for Germany in a not too distant future. But if you live there you might be right. As far as I heard they did not force people to be vaccinated like they did especially in Germany, Austria and Italy. I heard about a young neighbor who lives in the town of my mother in Serbia that he could work in Germany but prefers to stay in Serbia. I guess I have to take a deeper look at the situation.
😂🤣😂🤣👍👍👍 Srbija🇷🇸
@Oro Serds love to live nice like others people. Nato is nazi organization and kill Serd kids 99' for nothing!!! Nato give terrorists Serbian land and bombing citys!!!
@Oro Fake news. My seventh cousin thrice removed is from serbia he nows your a lyer.
ivan seems like a cool guy
This channel is far more interesting than Lotus Eaters. You honestly deserve way more subscribers than you currently have.
Honestly I think some Lotus Eaters documentaries in the style of Callum's would really spice up their whole thing. I love the podcast but this content from Callum is just excellent in a different way.
*_They are both equally as good, we have the best of both, different worlds with Callum and the other guys from Lotus Eaters ..._*
Yeah that's an understatement lmao. Callum is actually well rounded and has his own individual thoughts.. can't say the same about 99% of conservative channels on youTube.
*Lotus Eaters* appeals to the lowest common denominator, which is exactly the type of content that pays the bills.
@@jane---489 they're definitely not equally as good, but then again it's subjective. I would've said it's good 5 years ago, so I get it
@@QuixEnd
*_"Subjective" - Exactly, that makes me right ..._*
Belgrade is the most diverse city on the Balkans, it’s full of foreigners… Calling Belgrade nationalistic is crazy, especially there people don’t care what nationality or color you are 😉… And 1 day there it’s not enough, you should experience clubbing there… Belgrade is like Berlin, and Novi Sad is like Athens… And Serbia is South slavic country it’s not eastern, it’s more simmilar to Greece than to Russia…
"Novi sad je srpska atina"-Baja Mali Knindza
As a Serb whose mother was a divinity professor from Beograd, you are one of the only other people I have heard make this distinction. As someone aptly commented, “Serbia is more united by Christianity than football and consumerism”, you can trace the Orthodox Patriarchal lineage to Greece. While Serbia and Russia are natural neighbors, what really forged their kinship is the tragedies of the past century; particularly WWII, sealed further by their mutual and natural contempt and defiance of NATO and the woke godless west in general - but if you peel all that back - this is true for both Russia and Serbia - if you don’t have balls, and break your own treaties, don’t come back to the table. Neither wields control over the other. While they are conterminous, they aren’t necessarily symbiotic, as they are both self-sufficient. At their very core, they are pragmatic and honorable, while both being able to tell the virtue-signaling woke tyrant’s to F off, we won’t sell our souls for a price. Little fact, Beograd literally translates to “white fortress” and was named for the strategically important white fortress on the hill. I feel I have to disabuse the mistranslation of “white-city” going around, because it has nothing to do with ethnicity or race, and everything to do with pragmatism and balls. I say all of that to say this, today Serbia is nothing like it’s patriarchal lineage to Greece, and much more closely bonded to Russia. It’s like a fatherless child that found its true home at the fortress in those hills, which both sides had/have to respect and protect.
@@shmooligan4550
There's a profound sense of irony in referring to someone as "woke" while being yourself woke, and especially regarding Russia which is the wokiest of nations to the point simply questioning the "war" or calling the "war" a "war" could land you in jail.
@@BioLogicalNerd they just trying to keep their country safe from western saboteurs and subversive agents. No judgies pls
Generally right wingers who come from Western countries to launch at the poverty they see are not too bright. So, I can’t say it’s much of a surprise to see a person like this come to Serbia and make nothing but completely stupid observations.
Please keep doing these unique travel documentaries. They’re the best viewing I’ve seen in a really long time
As a serb i loved this tbh, also the hotel full of 12yo was what we call an excursion (aka school trip). Also yea i wouldnt be suprised if half the boys were gambling addicts by 12 years of age.
"Was this good housing back in the day?"
"Still is."
I love it.
Communism in Yugoslavia was quite a bit different to Russian communism.
This can even be seen in architecture and building's engineering.
Housing was built to be more humane, instead of purely utilitarian.
Most of the communist blocks in Serbia are still very much desirable places to live in, even today; unlike Khrushchyovkas.
Yeah Yugoslavia was definitely a cut above the Bolshies.
@@GTDpowah After WW2 I’d say that Krustchevkas were a solution to the housing issue that Russia (and most of the Soviet Union) needed to overcome just based on how much WW2 destroyed of the country.
I’d say the USSR 20th century Soviet housing is better than any 19th century (non-rich/noble people) housing and/or the lack of housing.
I used to live in a krustchovka apartment myself and while it IS small, it’s still quite a bit bigger than what you see in Japan for example. And people manage to live in small Japanese apartments too somehow.
Every building looks normal. I understand what years of propaganda can do to peoples brain but c'mon that's literally just like any of the buildings you can find in most european cities. I live in Barcelona so I would say that my concept of "normal" is pretty standart.
A 20th century building with a 20th century elevator, yet somehow this guy's reacting like "woaah look at this ancient pole-and-ropes machine inside this barely standing building"
You should really see Geneva 💀💀💀💀
It looks SEVERAL TIMES worse.
@@elbarto8282 Bro. Not everything is to be taken so literally. It was a form of depreciating humor that was being chuckled at. Nothing deeper.
Take a breath brother. It's okay.
So after Bald and Bankrupt fame, a new challenger appears: Short and hairy.
Cool video Callum! nice edit too!
Now one can reach bald level
Harry Lotus Eater
Short Lotus Eater
I’ve been jokingly calling Callum “Carl’s Jr” for years, but jokes on me, he actually is short. 😂
@@yacined4190 Soviet Sink
This is the kinda stuff that tim pool pretends he did. You're doing god's work, I hope you can go to more countries soon.
Hahaha!!
Tom Pool is too busy convincing himself that the republicans are still evil and telling everyone that it will be World War from tomorrow- since 2010
we have been in Serbia for 2 months.....really like it here. I can confirm that Serbs are massive people. It's a complicated world... it pays to understand all sides.
“Soy? You trying to poison me?”
🤣🤣🤣🤣
your serb buddy is a HUGE lad! loving the travel series =P
I kept thinking that Callum is 150 cm and the Serb is just... normal size:D
@@feorh1919Nah im 6 foot and I genuinely felt normal height if not short in Novi Sad Serbia.
Very nice video my English bro, you will always be welcomed in Serbia
You can go to places and find cool WW2 war monuments all over Serbia and Montenegro. You can also go to Republika Srpska in Bosnia and interview the people who lived through the war , and trip through the villages. That would be a very cool video for the future
I's love to see some stuff from the RS.
@@purplehaze8557 I went out there summer during Covid we went through Zenica, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, and a few other places. I wish we spent more time in republika srpska parts
@@PreemL Never been there myself, but I'm somewhat fascinated by that region because I was once very invested in the Balkan wars. You visited the very same cities I'd prioritize in a possible trip there.
@@purplehaze8557 Banja Luka was nice, Sarajevo was sad to see how it’s turned into one giant arab/ Turkish bazaar, it’s hard to believe Sarajevo is a European city. If I go back I would go visit more of the towns on the Bosnian side of the Drina in Republika Srpska
@@PreemL "Sarajevo was sad to see how it’s turned into one giant arab/ Turkish bazaar"
Disappointing, although not really surprising...
As an American living on the South Texas border, I'm envious of the Hungarian method of dealing with illegal immigration.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 das glaube ich dir
America is a country of inmigrants you have no right to complaining about inmigration 😂😂😂
That's very interesting because as an American living in South Texas, you are living on land that your ancestors stole from the Mexicans, in a country that was stolen from the native Americans.
Texas is finally doing something to protect their sovereignty but the Biden admin keeps trying to stop them. The texas border guard should be able to arrest the feds
I’m not surprised.
Well done, Callum! That was an excellent video. The media is made to look so biased after watching a fantastic piece like this.
Keep up the good work.
I like Serbia. I went there many times!
Serbs please be based and send the "new Europeans" back
Why?
Thanks to your "western help"
We don't control massive part of our southern border
You reap what you sow
They will send themselves back, we are difficult to endure.
Tell your Western politicians and bleedong heart liberals to stop inviting them and utilizing your replacement.
We can't , Germans will bomb us again for fucking around with their cheap workforce.
Our Goverment recieve money from EU not to send them back, they just need to be "processed" and they are on the way to be your neighbor,date your girls,take your jobs,install sharia law and all the good things
This reminds me of the old Vice documentaries back when they were actually good. Quite an interesting topic that was mostly unknown to me.
I love Serbia. Love from srilanka 🇱🇰!
I shit you not, the moment you uttered the first letter of the word Migrants my pc bluescreened. Thanks feds.
"Soy, are u tryin to poison me?"
Ty for not been bias like many others, amazing video. Keep it up cheers mate.
13 minutes in and i already laughed at least 20 times, the random jokes are a nice touch... "electric fence, want to touch it?"
Great video - Another 10/10
Everyone in Serbia who is like under 45yrs old speaks English cuz we learn it in school... Also we learn German and french too... Lol
Being taught and learning is not the same thing.
NATO bombed the Serbian Chinese embassy and they have been friends ever since. Common enemies build common alliances.
China is using Serbia. Do not trust them.
That fortified the relationship. But on state-diplomatic level, weirdly, Mira Markovic (wife of the Slobodan Milosevic) was to be thanked for that. She made the biggest connections with China, in the mid 90s. No joke. Also not to mention Chinas romantization of post WW2 Yugoslavia.
I live in Greece and there is pretty little to add to this video (thank you a lot for your work), I will just say that it unfortunately falls on the people in the west/north to put "pressure" on their leaders/elites to solve these problems.
Μπράβο φίλε. Καλος
That's not how it works. If you oppose this in any way you are far right and in some cases can be jailed.
@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 yes, but if you look at history, this has happened many times before, for example, french revolution, liberal revolutions of 1848, the October revolution, and the "peaceful" revolutions in eastern Europe in 1989. And my favorite example is the final uprising of the greek people for independence from the Ottoman empire, which suceeded, even though the Ot.empire was believed to be practically infinitely strong. So it can be stoped. They are not infinitely strong.
In every case, me living in Greece cannot really do much for a distant country such as the UK or France, or Germany or the US.
Callum is 5'11, Ivan is 6'0.
"people smuggling" is very profitable worldwide especially if you consider the fact that 8 MILLION children go missing every year worldwide. That's the true dark reality that people don't know about and don't want to know about.
Couldn't stop watching, same as the Afghanistan episode. Hope you keep making these
Good stuff mate, genuinely impressed with your work. It’s SOLID as hell.
I really like your takes on visiting these parts of the world. It's just a glimpse, but I feel like I learn a lot more about the overall feel of the country than I'd get if I was just reading an article. Keep it up!
Still a criminally underrated channel.
you have the same facial expression when talking to the Taliban with AK's that you do when observing Serbian hotdogs for breakfast. Comedic genius :)
First time watching you - really enjoyed and the end comments about why Serbs could be angry really make it seem completely different than we are taught in western media
"I have problem in Afghanistan but family is fine"
Echoed by all of them, almost like it's learned
Guaranteed some Soros funded leftist NGOs are training them what to say.
How meany of them said it?
We've all got fucking problems. And even more now these fuckers are coming in droves.
Serbia seems comfy af
I have been going to Belgrade since 2002. I have never ever felt unsafe. I was never treated badly because I am an American. In fact people are very friendly.
The British urge to put on a voice when you talk to foreigners. I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Serbia is amazing place... people have same humor like us and easy to get along.. amazing smiles and always happy to help you
Another tourist video about Callum finding cats and food. I look forward to him finding cats and food in other countries. 🌭🐱 Joking aside, this a great video.
You are very right about Republika Srpska, Metohija, and Kosovo. It seems to us as if western countries can do whatever they want because they bring 'peace', or at least they tell their people they do, but meanwhile our people are trapped in there delusions.
All Serbian soil should be Serbia!
Greetings from republic of Kosovo 🇽🇰 💪🏻😎
and it would have been ,had they not sold their last ass cheek to the vatikan and byzantum and accepted orthodoxy and bearded monsters who are intermingeled in every aspect of politics.
It's just hypocrisy.
this video was really charming. Cheers to you for the trip, and Cheers to Ivan for helping you on the way
30:50 Just look at those faces - they are radiating so much inteligence! Germany, how blessed you are with your future engineers, IT-experts and doctors! Your future, Germany, is as bright as these guys minds.
Watching your videos has genuinely given me a whole new perspective of the world
IDAMO SERBIA - best country I ever visited and best culture
I like how just casual and matter of fact you area. It's like you just stroll into dangerous/controversial places and talk to people, and no one gets taken aback or angry... They just accept that you're there.
The silent jihad marches on
I went to Serbia for a week and a half in december 2014. I was 19 years old at the time. I stayed in Belgrade for a few days and spent the remainder of my stay in a town called Sombor. I remember how surprised I was that while on the outside many Soviet buildings looked like absolute shit, with some even still having bullet holes in them from the Yugoslav wars, the inside was often quite nice and very well maintained. I also remember how cheap the food was. You could buy a family sized pizza (could easily feed 4 Europeans, or 2 Americans) with absolutely delicious local, freshly made meat as toppings for the price of a normal sized pizza in the Netherlands. I didn't know it at the time, but I was walking around with an amount of money in my pocket that the average serbian made in like a month back in 2014. After learning this I immediately understood the strange face one cashier made when I whipped out money to pay for something. All in all I had a very good time and never once felt unsafe.
Here's the thing, many of those old buildings are protected by government, because many of those buildings fall under historical heritage or monument, so they cannot be changed from the outside (sometimes even inside) unless government approves it. Doing so without government approval can land you in jail, because it would be like destroying or damaging some historical monument. Serbia is very old nation, so there are lot of houses and buildings that have historical values as they are often birthplace of some historical figure, which is why it's common to see very old house in the middle of modern day city blocks.
I dont know how buildings in Sombor have bullet holes when city of Sombor wasnt near war at all. .
@@aleksandar6096 the bullet holes were in Belgrade
"You could buy a family sized pizza (could easily feed 4 Europeans or two American's)"
Hahaha classic! 🤣🤣
Great video.
Came across this video after 1st watching their Tourism in Afghanistan video.
Such fantastic journalism, brilliant.
And they looked like they had so much fun, both in this video and the Taliban one.
Would genuinely love to go on holiday with these guys, they seem like such genuine people and great company. Plus as a fellow Brit, the humour is classic! 😆
In Warsaw we preserve some buidling fronts with bullet holes from World War II. It needs to remind Gen Z people shed blood for that city to go on.
Callum, absolutely love this series, mate. You're like a modern day Michael Palin, but actually entertaining.
Municipal weddings are where you're officially married as far as the state is concerned. Even religious couples have to go through a municipal wedding. The church has no power to make an official state wedding, like in the west. Church weddings are simply optional and a matter of faith.
Thus, Serbian weddings usually have three components: the church wedding (if religious), the municipal wedding and the banquet. Some couples chose to combine the last two by hiring a municipality official to come to the banquet and perform the official wedding there.
"The church has no power to make an official wedding like in the west" this is incorrect. Its not like this at all in the west.
the church wedding is actually the only one that matters and makes it official. Marriage comes from the church
"they're calling them to the mosque" so based 😂
"Afghan national army" lol
it would be explained to them that that is not the proper thing to do in serbia.
why do i think the man from the land of zipties for necklaces didn't mean they'd all sing the 'don't touch me there, that's my no-no square' song the swedes came out with? 😂
Finns not swedes
Thanks for tuorist
i from afghanistan🇦🇫
تشکر برای توریست مه اهله افغانستان🇦🇫 استم
Ok very good, and we all hope you stay in Afghan and work hard to make it a good country to live in.
Make Afghanistan Great Again 🇦🇫
You're a fantastic journalist. Could watch these everyday, great work and entertaining at the same time!
My friends brother was in jail for smuggling immigrants. The thing was, Serbian border police let them through because they wanted to get rid of them and didn'treally want to bother at all, but Croatian border police arrested them and deported them back. Our guy to Serbia for a jail time and the rest of those to God knows where.
What a great video. I particularly like how you always presented Serbia's side of the story instead of the usual western narrative (that we are being pushed upon in our media).
Excellent vid, these travel docs are great, hopefully you get more invites to make more of them. Let me know if you ever want a travel guide for the wild and dangerous foreign land of Birmingham.
I like the sound of Serbia. Booking my flights to Belgrade to check it out!
you should go