Traveling to where Eastern Europe meets West. (Bratislava, Slovakia)
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2024
- This is Bratislava, Slovakia, the arguably most underrated in city Europe. We travelled here from Turkey to explore Slovakia, a former communist country (as part of Czechoslovakia) with influences from both east and west and a rich history from a beautiful corner of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to former frontline in Cold War. Located only 80 kilometres from Vienna, Austria, Bratislava feels both central and eastern European at the same time and its hard to believe this city was separated completely from its bigger neighbour for over 50 years. Traveling here in 2023, with Slovakia part of the EU and Schengen borderless travel zone feels a world away from that period of time. Welcome to Bratislava, Slovakia
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Have you ever visited Slovakia? 😊
Welcome back to Europe! ❤️
Live there so never 🤣
We have. Lovely place. Julia you are looking really good.
Thank you so much John! Really appreciate it 🥰❤️
@wwesvk9958 Haha, of course 😉
Yes, I have been there.
as a born Bratislavian I felt very tense to see them visiting a hostel in the roughest part of the city ...
Well not really rough but yes, there are much better options -e.g. Hotel Danube 🙂
I'm coming next Month mishina will you help me explore the city
@@navpreetsingh5769 I don't live there anymore, I've moved to London 5 years ago
@@Mishina375 okay can you share any social media I'd ?
Been living here 15 years now.
Canadian expat...they call Bratislava the "Little Big City" and the geographical corner is amazing
40 minutes youre in Vienna, 2 hours by train to Budapest, or 4 hours by train to Prague...doesent get any better!!
I’ve always wondered what Slovakia looked like, it looks like a beautiful place to visit.
So glad we could share it with you 🥰❤️
@@MattandJulia I loved the video, it’s somewhere I’ve always wondered what it was like.
Hope you are both doing well.
Keep up the amazing job you’re doing.
Also watch André the Traveler's videos (he's British, but lives in Czechia and travels Europe). He's done some great visits to various places around Slovakia. :-) Ryan Sokash of the "Kult America" channel (who lives in Poland) also did a "10 interesting about Slovakia" video about two or three years ago. If you need anything beyond that, let me know and I can recommend you some interesting videos on natural and historical landmarks, and interesting cultural, scientific and economic topics about the country. I suppose one type of video I'd recommend is people doing daytime or overnight train travel in Slovakia and reviewing the experience. :-)
nope its ass of EU dont go there you can only get robbed :)
Great video, Im currently in Bratislava and the city is amazing, one of the best locations Ive been, is very peaceful and lovely. Enjoy the travel friends!
I visited Bratislava last October. LOVE that city!
Incredibly friendly atmosphere and people 🥰
never been to Slovakia, its now on my list of places to visit
Glad you enjoyed it, it’s an incredible country! 🥰❤️
oh Bratislava! Last year when I was in Vienna I was thinking of visiting it for the day but it couldn't be. It's good to see it through your eyes. Julia's face when drinking that liquor!! someone has to make a meme with that!! Haha Bye from Buenos Aires
Haha, thanks 😄
I think you will really enjoy the city, when you get the chance to visit it 😊 sending lots of love ❤️
Introduced to Julia during the Great British Baking Show as a contestant and have been following her and her husband during their travels around Europe. Enjoy hearing a Russian Born and raised cook and her English huband give their comments on the foods they eat and their points of view on the culture and countries as they travel. Enjoyable. Thank You.
Julia was on that show?😳 Can you offer details like in what year and such, I’d love to try to find it and watch it too. Ty
Really glad you are with us on this journey 🥰❤️
@@minime7375if you're in the US, it's on Netflix, series 5. Julia was great and where I learned about her as well 😊
Now compare Bratislava in this video with one of Charlie Vietch's Manchester videos - conclusion: most of Eastern Europe already enjoys a higher standard of living than the UK
Slovakia is in Central Europe not Eastern Europe.
The food looked SPLENDID !!! The streets are so clean, too.
Oh yeah, it was so delicious 🤤 wish we could share it 🤗
I'm going to Slovakia next year 😊
Have an amazing time! 🤗❤️
Love that city Bratislava is so beautiful and charming
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Wow beautiful European city. I love the old world charm and pristine outlook. Loved this video.
So glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️
Bratislava (and a lot of the other cities) has a lot of old world charm. In Bratislava specifically, if you want everything from medieval Gothic architecture upward, to Art Nouveau and Functionalist architecture from the early 20th century, you'll find it there. ;-) Don't miss the smaller museums or more off-the-beaten path landmarks, some are very impressive and help give a better understanding to Bratislava's complex history.
Pity some of the old parts of Bratislava were demolished by those stupid commies after the 1950s, but thankfully, most of the old parts of the city survived. In recent years, there's some planned efforts to cover a road that senselessly cut the Old Town in half back in the 1960s with a reinforced roof, hiding it in a tunnel, and adding a park and pedestrian zone on top of the roof, to create a renewed direct connection between the split-apart parts of the Old Town. I hope those plans succeed. Bratislava does look better nowadays then when it was rather neglected in the late 1980s. It's hardly a perfect capital city, but it's been changing for the better since the return of democracy and reviving the city's self-respect via its long and rich historical heritage has been one of the ways Bratislava has been revitalized.
@@ZemplinTemplar ja ti dam demokraciu najskor lopatu do ruky a potom odstrel !
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Tiez pevne dufam, ze Vallov projekt "plato" bude postaveny, podla mna to nenormalne zvysi atraktivitu mesta.. Stopy po komancoch tazko zahladis, ale toto by bolo popitchi )
The final stage is when you have to turn down the radio to see better at night.
Absolutely mesmerizing journey through Bratislava, Slovakia! 🌍 The blend of history and culture is palpable in every corner, showcasing a city that's a true gem in Europe. 🏰 It's remarkable how Bratislava embraces both its past and present, nestled just a stone's throw away from Vienna. 🇸🇰🇦🇹 The visuals of clean streets and delightful cuisine had me dreaming of my future visit. 🥟🌆 Kudos to Julia and Matt for painting such a vibrant picture of this underrated European city! 🎨 Looking forward to more enriching travels and delicious discoveries! 🌟👏
Thank you so much! Really appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️
I was on line when this dropped and all of a sudden I am nearly halfway around the world from Tucson to you in Bratislava - I had not known I would be traveling today and without even packing a bag! Love your camerawork and commentary. And what a yummy meal - I have lately been pescatarian but the beef rolls with vegetable sauce and jam plus the goat cheese potatoes with bacon looks so deeply satisfying. I hope you are enjoying cabin life and am excited to see what you will show next!
Aaah, what a warm and kind message! You put a big smile on our faces ☺️ thank you so much for coming along with us 😘 really happy to hear that you enjoyed our video!
Hi, guys. Luckily, I had just finished lunch when I began to watch this video. Sometimes, when I haven't eaten and begin your program I end up ravenous by the time it is finished😋 🤣. I blame the two of you for your incredibly descriptive explanations of what you are eating and what the ingredients/spices & herbs are in them. I love Prague but unfortunately haven't been to Bratislava yet. Can't wait to see your "cabin life". Take care and have a great week. 🫂❤️
Haha, very wise decision to eat first John 😀 If you love Prague you will absolutely love Bratislava, smaller but cozier at the same time 🥰❤️
Great Video.
Glad the hostel wasn’t so awful after all 😂.
I went to Bratislava in 2019 and I literally walked to Kittsee which is a village populated by Slovaks but is in Austria. Considering the history it’s fascinating that you can just walk across.
Sounds so interesting! So glad you enjoyed the vid 🥰❤️
Nice ! 🙂
You're right about the less fortunate history... Far too often, past regimes in the 20th century put up barbed wire next to the Danube or Morava, to bar people any crossing of the border that had previously been crossed without issues for centuries. We cut down all of the barbed wire in 1989 and beyond, and when I visited Vienna for the first time in 2005 - without even a passport, barely a year and a half after Slovakia joined the EU - I knew we've put that ugly chapter in central European history behind us. Let's never allow barbed wire on borders and closed borders returning. The decades of humiliation in the 20th century were more than enough.
Many good people were murdered in the latter half of the 20th century for trying to cross the border through the Morava. Today, those victims have an official memorial near Bratislava, close to the banks of the Morava river. I recommend visiting that memorial to anyone who's interested what it was like when Czechoslovakia's (and with it, Slovakia's) freedom was taken away by totalitarians. A simple memorial, but a powerful experience of visiting it, one that makes you really think that we should foster democracy and freedom instead of taking them for granted.
Yes - 1988 - if you tried to just cross the border, they'd shoot at you.
1990 - you can easily cross the border to Austria anytime, feeling almost bizarre. But once in Austria, suddenly you become a very poor person, if you compared your Slovak earnings to Western prices.
2002 - Slovaks buy houses and are the primary source of growth in the area, formerly at the end of the (free) world. And you can even take Bratislava public transit bus to Austria (Hainburg I think)
@@slowyheavy History is very bizarre. My grandfather told me how Czechoslovakia, after the Second World War, humanitarian aided Austria with food so that the Austrians could survive the consequences of Hitler's paradise on earth. I will just remind you that many Austrians took part in the punitive expeditions of the SS divisions in Slovakia. 111 Slovak villages and their inhabitants were burned down.
@@ZemplinTemplar Your words are wise. But. The fences are coming back. To the EU border with Belarus and Russia.
Wow I was really surprised that you visit our country. I am watching your videos almost every week. I hope you spent a nice time. Greetings from Northern Slovakia :)
We had the absolute most incredible time! More videos to come 🥰 Lots of love! ❤️
Welcome to my country. Don't forget to visit High Tatras. It's a MUST
Coming up in the next video 😉❤️
That's awesome. Looking forward. @@MattandJulia
Also, what makes the Sviečková's sauce so special is the actually carrot. Chopped carrot. You can actually feel it in the background, it's soft but it's there. @@MattandJulia Glad you liked it.
We are visiting Bratislava Next week and Vienna for a week so it was nice to see what we can look forward to and maybe see Thanks UK
Have the most incredible time!!! 🥰😍❤️
I´m from Bratislava, thank you to visit us. Love you both
Lots of love, your city is beautiful ❤️🙏🏼
the guy coming out of the manhole...good one
An interesting piece of art indeed 🙃
East meets West. Such a misunderstood part of the world. Harriet and I have been. You guys have enough knowledge to understand what its history is all about. Great job in explaining it.
You guys are legends. We haven't missed a video since you started. Sending you much love 🥰 from a Hot and Steamy Richmond, Va. Harriet, Jim and Yuki
Thank you so much for your amazing support guys! Really appreciate every comment you’ve given us it really helps! 😍 Lots of love to you ❤️
It’s always lovely to go with you on vacation. Thank you!
Thank you so much for joining us! ❤️🙏🏼
A lovely video (as always)....and what a beautiful place ! Looking forward to the next episode...Xx
Can’t wait to share the next one John, a special one for us 🥰
I'm so happy that you visited my beautiful city where I was born, hello from Ontario Canada. I love your travel videos!
Wow, the parts of Europe I wouldn’t think of visiting. Cheers guy’s ! Thanks for sharing your experience’s.
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So glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️
Lovely video, lovely location, and the food looked amazing. Had a good laugh at your expression when you downed the drink Julia 🤣😂 many thanks ❤️❤️
So glad you enjoyed it Nigel! 🥰❤️
Visited 2015- always fun to walk the streets again. Hope you post about visit to Tatras. Few people know how mountainous and beautiful Slovakia is. My family roots are in central Slovakia, Nizhny(low) Tatra mountains.
Julia an Matt Thank you for another Great Adventure.
LOVE how you Share the History with the Beauty of each Country.
Jus Love your Channel 🌿❤️👍❤️🌿
You two are the BEST..
Thank you so much! That means the world!! 🥰❤️
Another great video, Thank you!
Thank you so much! ❤️
Thank you for enjoying your stay in our little country, you are welcome again next time 😘
Ďakujeme, že sa Vám páčilo v našej malej krajine, ste vítaní aj nabudúce 👍
Dakujeme vam! ❤️
At the beginning of your video in the restaurant, I’ve been there several times. They have the best goulash on earth.
Oh wow! Need to return for the goulash 😍❤️
that hostel killed me 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 how did you even find that 😂🤣😂🤣 I've never heard of that one and I'm from here
Hahahaha, the classic Booking.com “sort from lowest price first” 😂😂😂
@@MattandJulia perfection :D you've got the authentic communistic accommodation, so you know, it works out :) this is how it was 35 years back (and apparently it still is today in that hostel (and others :D))
Really surprising ! I would never say you ever visit our country. If I met you here in Slovakia, I would probably not believed that it is you! I really like the way you described our popular Slovak drink KOFOLA - something between Russian " kvas " and coca cola .-.-)) Yes it can be . For your information - comparing COKE and KOFOLA - kofola contains less sugar than coke, but more coffein than coke. Enjoy your stay in our country.
Thank you so much for your lovely message! Really appreciate it 🙏🏼❤️🥰
Awesome couple, thank you for sharing, enjoying your channel.
Thank you so much for coming along with us, means the world to us 🤗❤️
Y'all are just cool. You represent and share all the best things about travel. The name of your new tour company is just perfect. It's not just about sightseeing, but about understanding and people. The travel writer Rick Steves often says that the bet souvenir is a broader perspective, and you guys share that so well. I still can't believe, after all the places I've been to, that Kazakhstan is in my heart. For a small town American, I'll never get tired of discovering how much good there is in the world.
Yall is not a word.
@@bobberes7155 it is in the American south 😆🇺🇲
Went to Bratislava in1963 ! It seemed very grey in the iron curtain days -- thanks guys -- the airport looked nothing like that !!
We saw the old airport next to the new one 😍❤️
@@MattandJulia bit like an NHS waiting room as I remember but it was January
Did you really think we would still have the same ugly airport after 60 years? We ain't west but we are not some dump where time stood still 😂
Welcome to Bratislava. I love living here, it's extremely comfy.
Thank you so much! It really is! 😍
I completely understand about the lag between filming and posting. You do an excellent job editing! But I wonder if you could just add into description box when your videos were filmed approximately. I am always curious what season/time of year it is. TY for sharing your adventures with us!
Absolutely, we will try 🥰 this was June ❤️
Was in Bratislava and Budapest this year beautiful...also as my ancestors came from there and Czechia...very interesting.The National Museum in Bratislava was very interesting but I found quite upsetting the history.Bratislava small but interesting town.😊
Oh wow, whereabouts in particular? Really glad we could share it with you again 🥰❤️
What a beautiful city and great tasting local cuisine.
Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️🙏🏼
Nice vid. Bratislava is really nice. There are some nice bike trails just across the river from the Space needle. It’s a great location for a travel base.
Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed it! ❤️🙏🏼
LOL!! At 14:19 I thought Julia's face was going to clear and she would say "Smooth..." Thanks for your vids. Be safe.
Hahaha, very far from smooth 😂❤️
Enjoy Bratislava. It’s good you came in summer, in winter it can get very depressing
Nice city looking forward to see more of your trip in Slovakia :)
Can’t wait to share more 🙏🏼❤️
Nice work. Very unique-looking area.
Glad you enjoyed it ❤️🙏🏼
I nearly always watch your videos before going to bed, as they instil a sense of peace, beauty and context of my own problems relative to the rest of the world.
Thank you so much! That really means the world!!❤️🙏🏼
Thank you for the lesson on Bratislava and tasty cuisine.
So glad you enjoyed it Cary! 🥰❤️
Thank you from Bratislava ! Finally some YT travelers who has quite good knowledge about the country they visit :)
My family comes from Bratislava. I am Slovak totally both sides of family. I love your films. Great job❤
Ahoj.ste skvelý..áno ako Československo sme boli ekonomicky viac hore..a páčilo sa mi ,že ste skúsili naše jedlá..držím vám palce a želám všetko dobré ❤❤
Was there this summer for a few days. Loved it.
Im new to your channel and I absolutely love both of you!! I’m so jealous you get to travel like this! Thank you for letting me live vicariously through you haha.
Question, is it safe at the moment to travel to visit Russia if I’m an American citizen? Or maybe Estonia?
I enjoy the food segments. I'm not an adventurous eater but those dishes looked totally yummy. Julia's face after downing that shot was so funny. Was it Borovička?
Borovička is Gin. Oder Wacholderbrantwein. Slovak national alcohol.
So glad you enjoyed it 🥰 Yes it was. So strong! 🥃
Amazing job👏👏 new follower
Thank you so much! Welcome to the channel ❤️🙏🏼
@@MattandJulia Am a creator as well @its clinton and am learning from your videos🙏
Im from Slovakia 😌
Lots of love ❤️🇸🇰
watching your videos was very nice. from the philippines here. thank you.
Thank you very much, really happy to hear that you enjoyed our video 🤗❤️
Frenzied travel and calm shots of the city stroll. Thanks for the tour. Loved it.
Sviečková sauce is made of vegetables - usually carrots, parsley root, kohlrabi, celery and some seasonings. The vegetables are cooked, then mixed together with the water they were cooked in and cream is added. Quite simple actually. Just takes a lot of time to cook the beef.
It's nice to see and English video about my city 🙂
Really glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️
Hey, I really liked your video, and I havent noticed anyone else answering your question about what goes into the svickova sauce.
So here it is: carrot, parsley, celery (the root part), mustard, cranberries, some herbs and its baked with the meat. :)
You are the sweetest person in the world! Thank you so much for this, so kind of you to say 😘 I’m so happy I went scrolling through the comments! 🤗❤️
Wow beautiful thank you❤
Thank you! 😊❤️
Looking forward to this trip.
Thank you very much, can’t wait to share xxx
Beautiful. I loved Vienna and all of Austria. During my traveling years I was unable to travel to the eastern blocked countries. Excited to see all that you discover.
We also love Austria!
Can’t wait to share everything 🤗❤️
As always/my favorite. I hope our worlds meet, someday. Safe travels❤
Perhaps we can meet on a tour at some point 🥰❤️
Will be rewatching this one and stopping to appreciate the street art, look at buildings, people more closely... exactly what I would do in person. Thank you
So glad we could share this with you 🥰❤️🙏🏼
Thanks for this nice video of my city. Just one comment regarding the food. Sviečková is Czech food. The dumplings - Bryndzové halušky is slovak national food. Bryndza = sheep cheese. Slovak bryndza is also registered in the EU's Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications.
Thank you so much for letting us know and watching 🥰❤️
Ty, it's a very nice choice for visiting 👍
Really glad you joined us! 🥰
oh very nice presented my city...
Thank you ❤️🙏🏼
Ďakujeme za návštevu! I'm Slovakian and It's nice to see You guys like our capital city. Next time come to Trenčín.
Yay-Bratislava-my hometown.Hope you enjoy your stay in Slovakia.❤
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Looks a beautiful city. I love praque as well, ive been there a few times. Would there be any visa requirments etc from Ireland do you know❤❤❤
No, none at all, it’s also in the EU🥰❤️
i started watching your channel when you were in nepal. you are such a lovely couple.
Welcome to the channel ❤️
14:09 awesome reaction!
Big hug 🤗 ❤
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sauce is: carot, parsley (root),celery, onion + hevy cream + some spices pepper bay leaves
jam - cremberies kompot
the original should be TENDERLION (translation SVIECKOVA) ..... but the cheaper version is long cooked beef meat eyeround
You should try TATRA TEE or Borovicka.
In fact the river Danube on Bratislava's western edge forms the border between Austria and Slovakia. In the Cold War if you tried to tried to reach the river or got as for as to try to swim across it, you would have been shot at by the Czechoslovakian border guards.
As they say “How times have changed” 😧
I have been there!
Beautiful city right? 🤗
You're Welcome to Slovakia!
Thank you so much!
@@MattandJulia Don't forget! Trying please please delicios food Slovakia
Pretty enjoyable to see my country by your eyes 😊
Just before I am going to watch: how the heck to you get to Slovakia without talking about Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Serbia? Hmm. You've done videos on them before? Back of my mind that's it. It's a long trip by car; did you took a plane! Very pretty country Slovakia though I don't know it well. Will now watch and see what you enjoyed!
We did film some videos in all of those countries on separate occasions and I’m sure that will in the future as well 🤗❤️
its not a place where east and west meet. Its just called Central Europe as it is literally in the center of the Europe
I mean, if we’re getting technical, where there is a centre point, there is always something either side of it, therefore making the centre the point each of those sides (east and west) meet 😀❤️
Bratislava has 650k population, you can check it - This comes from a Slovak.
With all the traveling you guys do, does Julia miss her time for baking, from how a LOT of us have first met her from TGBB Show?
I most definitely do ☹️ I miss my own kitchen at times 🙏🏼 I have a small Russian baking course coming out soon though 🥰❤️
As a slovak person I have to say, that you choosed the most forgotten, cheap an poor part of Bratislava for a Hostel :D I myself would be worried about sleeping there. But where do you have the number of population from? :D It was 441k like 30 years ago, its about 650-700k now. And we have so many Vietnamese people in here, because they arrived here during the communistic era. And hopefully the shot of alkohol was Borovicka :D
Nice trip
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Love u
I could watch Julia's reaction to that shot of liquor all day! 😂😂😂
Haha, I can organise that 😂
@@MattandJulia That face! I've never seen you make that face!
😂😂😂 it was intense!
Thanks for visiting my city! It's indeed quite nice and it went through a major positive change within past 20-25 years. I remember coming here in 1999, when it was still a gloomy grey post-socialist city.
The food looked really good
Oh yeah, it was delicious 🤤
Glad you liked Bratislava! We enjoyed it as well. I posted a video on my channel about our communist tour.
Really glad you enjoyed it too 🥰🙏🏼
2:50 What kind of a car was that? A Skoda something?
Bourgeois. Little car. Ha! Wait until you 2 are 40 years older together. Such reminiscences. My grandmother on my father's side was Czechclovakian. She looked like the old gypsy woman sitting on the tailgate of a horse drawn wagon in a Marx Brothers movie. Probably was her ...
Haha, they will be 🥰 Oh wow, cool, do you whereabouts in Czechoslovakia she was from? ❤️
You guys are dressed alike ❤ stahhhhhp it. Too cute. Your videos are the best travel vids on CZcams.
Thank you so much! Really really appreciate it 🥰❤️
Good jobs
Thank you ❤️
Booking a hostel in the middle of an industrial estate in the city where the horror film The Hostel is based! Brave 😂😂😂
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The music is beautiful ❤
What is it?! 12:28
It comes from Epidemic Sound (link on our description box) 🥰❤️
A little spacey but cool anyway ! 👍👍💕🌷
Glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️
lol i never seen svickova served with a jam :D