Living in the Balkans Sucks

When it comes to the Balkans, there are many things to love, but with all the love there are also some annoying things that do come up in day to day life on the Balkan peninsula. Living in Serbia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, Greece, Albania, hell even Kosovo, can get to you sometimes, and this video describes the worst aspects of Balkan life.

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[dragossh]

As a Romanian, my Hungarian ex-dealer friend moved to Spain to work as a barman. He makes more money working legally in a bar there than he did selling illegal drugs here.
You know it's a shithole when even illegal jobs pay shit.

[iantunmer]

Being from zimbabwe, I can relate to the corruption and no infrastructure investment. When I visited the balkans, I felt almost like I was back home in seeing some of the roads in serbia.

[bigdraco]

As an Albanian I can confirm this is a certified balkan hood classic

[danielbergmann]

As a Brazilian I am surprised to discover we actually live in the balkans, we learn something new every day...

[Armeanu]

As a Romanian, I swear to God you hit the nail on the head. Even with the grannies on the bench (babele de pe banca) which we like to call "rural CCTV". Those ladies know more than the government about their little town.

[ippokratismargiouklas]

Always a good day when my favourite war criminal posts. As a greek i have to say there is nothing bad about the Balkans other than turks of course

[dahjet_]

As a mexican, I have always thought of the balkans as the latin america of Europe; it's the worse but most fun part of the continent 💞

[FLERS]

how to be a balkaner in the EU: step 1 go and make money, step 2: come back and flex that money, step 3: make sure to tell anyone close to you that there is no money in the west and that they should just stay where they are and not leave, step 4: toilet cleaning job secured 😎

[kararamesplaylists]

Funny story,
When i was 15, 2 of my friends stole the diesel fuel in the machinery that were making our roads in my village near Sibiu because they needed drinking money.
The village was small and the police knew all of us who usually caused problems, so they took me down to the police station for interrogations:)))
I knew that my friends stole the fuel but snitches get stiches and i told the police that i don't know who stole the fuel because on that night when the robbery was made, i was drinking with my uncle in the basement. So for this matter the police asked me what do i want to choose between the rubber stick and the newspaper.
At this moment i knew that they gonna beat the shit out of me so obviously i choose the newspaper so they rolled the rubber stick in the news paper and they beat the shit out of me:))) i could't lean my back to the chair for one week after that. but i didn't snitch
Edit: I also think that they beat me because i am the only hungarian in a romanian village:)))

[minhtrungle]

Remind me of my home where the average Vietnamese will complain about how corrupted the traffic police is, while simultaneously handing him a bribe to not get a ticket for running the red light at 60kph on a moped heavily intoxicated with no helmet.

[darioradic]

The guy tearing the asphalt in Banja Luka is Stanivuković, the current city Major. He is from the opposition-side of the current ruling political party and he has been a thorn in their eye for the past year and a half, exposing their lies. Fun guy. Greetings from Banja Luka.

[PhillKaggitz]

This is almost identical to living in living in Mexico. Only difference is that we commit crimes against humanity not war crimes.

[thermal]

Ask warthunder to make a yugoalavia tech tree

[hahorin]

What fascinates me (apart from the hilarious and yet legit video) is the fact that you have the exact same sofa pillow (the one at your left) as in my grandma's house in a semi-abandoned mountain village in Bulgaria.

[Borjan]

It's an accurate description of the situation here in Hungary too.

I myself have bribed police officers to make unmistakable references to the fact that this can be done in other ways. All this before Christmas, I suppose they had to find the money for presents from somewhere.

The way we say it here is that 'the trouble with corruption is that you get left out'.

In bureaucracy, you have so many chances that you can now do a lot of things online. During the closures, I was able to get a new ID card without even leaving the apartment.

[crazeelazee]

Surprised you didn't mention the doctors that basically extort you 30 minutes before surgery or that ER waiting rooms are full of gipsiеs who are there because their 482nd degree cousin got a splinter in her toe, so now the whole family came to visit.
Anyways, love from Greece 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[nieznanyczek]

I'm from Poland, it's literally the same, Slavic countries is just living in Europe but on hard mode

[harrincourt]

12:22 In Romania, if you fart in a village, the next day the rumor will be that you shat yourself.

[TheCubicplanet]

A guy called Janos with a Serbian map on the wall, a bottle of rakija/palinka/țuică on the table (actually, it's not țuică because it's not in a recycled PET bottle), flaunting 100 RON bills and being ironic to everyone. This is Balkanik AF. Instantly subscribed! 🍺🍺 Greetings from Romania to all the Balkan brothers!

[andypre]

As a German living in rural Bulgaria for 8 years now, I have experienced all these things, and have to some degree become balkanized, because имам човек. For the most part, I still have not succeeded in wrapping my head around this enigma that is the Balkan way of life, though. My motto is: the less involvement with the bureaucracy, the better. Even the fabled Austrians bureaucrats could learn from the Balkans (or perhaps some of it rubbed off in years past?) I get along great with the баби around me (there are three, I am surrounded, but have no need for a security system). Много проздрави на Сърбия!