Former Yugoslavia From Above - Europe Travel Documentary
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
- In this scenic travel documentary I take you on an aerial journey through former Yugoslavia, one of Europe’s most fascinating, complex, and beautiful regions. Often overlooked as a travel destination, it offers captivating historic landmarks, vibrant future oriented cities, picturesque mountain villages, a stunning coastline, and friendly, welcoming people.
Although Yugoslavia does not exist anymore as a country, it has left a huge mark on the region. These days, it is divided into seven different countries (that are part of the wider Balkans area): Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Slovenia. While all these countries have their own distinct characteristics, there is also a lot of cultural and religious overlap.
In this 4K video, I will be traveling with a drone, showing you some of the most beautiful and interesting parts of former Yugoslavia from the sky. From the changing skylines of Sarajevo and Belgrade, to the appealing coastal towns of Dubrovnik and Budva. From hidden monasteries, impressive churches and mosques, to beautiful mountain scenery. From Soviet style industry and architecture to modern office towers and apartment buildings.
As you travel through this area, you also witness some of the visual scars from the Yugoslavia war, which tragically broke the country apart in the 1990s. However, most of the video focuses on the variety that this region has to offer today.
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Here’s a brief overview of the content in this video:
We start our journey in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country with a true ‘East meets West’ feel to it, with a blend of Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian history. We visit the tranquil Jajce watermills, Banja Luka and Mostar, and monuments in Tjentiste and Kozara. In Sarajevo, I show the contrast between the old center and the modern suburbs. I also visit industrial sites in Gacko and Zenica, the rural East, the moving Srebrenica memorial, and national parks.
After Bosnia, we travel to Montenegro, a small country on the Mediterranean Sea with a surprisingly diverse landscape. The rugged coastline is dotted with towns like Herceg Novi, Kotor, and Budva, that are popular tourism destinations. Don’t miss Sveti Stefan, a small island that is now a holiday resort. Montenegro’s hinterland is filled with mountain scenery and lakes. Here, we visit the Tara River, Skadar lake, and the arch bridge of Durdevica. We also stop in the country’s capital Podgorica.
The next part of the movie is Slovenia, a place that offers breathtaking natural beauty and fairytale castles. We start in the undeniably attractive Lake Bled, before flying to the snowy mountains of Bohinj, Kranjska Gora, and the Vogel ski resort. I continue towards Ljubljana, one of Europe’s most picturesque capital cities. We also visit places like Koper, Kanal, and Predjama.
We fly onwards to North Macedonia, with its somewhat surreal capital city Skopje. Other places we discover Ohrid, located on a beautiful lake, Krusevo with its peculiar ‘spomenik’ monument, and Matka Canyon.
Serbia is the largest country in former Yugoslavia, and its bustling capital Belgrade also the most populous city, as well as an interesting fusion between historic and modern. The mysterious secluded monastery Manasija is worth the drive into the countryside. We also visit factories in Pancevo and Smederevo. Other highlights include the laid-back city of Novi Sad and the spectacular Tara National Park.
This brings us to Kosovo, Europe’s newest country and an intriguing place to visit. From the capital Pristina, with its eye-catching national library, to the charming old town of Prizren. We also fly over Mitrovac, a complicated, yet attractive small town in the North, and the incredible Sar mountains.
We finish our aerial journey in Croatia, perhaps the most visited country in the region. It boasts some of the most picturesque coastal towns, like Rovinj, Sibenik, Dubrovnik, and Pula, with its well preserved Roman amphitheater. The country also has some beautiful islands to explore, and its capital city Zagreb offers a mix of culture, great food, and beautiful architecture.
Timestamps / video chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:05 Bosnia & Herzegovina
15:52 Montenegro
20:55 Slovenia
28:56 North Macedonia
33:24 Serbia
41:50 Kosovo
46:48 Croatia
Sometimes I imagine what my life would be like if Yugoslavia still existed, war never happened and I still lived in my mother land. Great video.
@Married Texan Actually, only two of ex-Yugoslavian countries have entered EU since (Slovenia and Croatia). I presume Dalia emmigrated to some western European country during the war, if that's the case, she became an EU citizen much sooner than those that stayed here. Also, all the nations except Slovenia have much lower living standard than the average EU citizen, and are mired in corruption and bad politics - so even though the countries themselves are beautiful, living in them isn't.
With all love for ex Yugoslavia I don't think it would be possible. Difference between Croatia and Serbia are too big, you can see it even nowadays they're going different ways. It simply wouldn't work
@@photographychannel3875 Croats washed their hands from nazi things they committed during ww2, Slovenia joined and left when they didn't care much, all others are not capable to create independent country so they joined, Serbians lost the most in that unity because we could have strong ethnic country, instead we chose to give it to someone that doesn't deserve it.
@@photographychannel3875 I absolutely agree. When you look closer you will see everything was done to prevent Serbia and Serbian people from being big and dominant in Yugoslavia. We pay the price for those autonomies even nowadays. Kosovo was always part of Serbia. Luckily Serbs are big majority in Vojvodina so they couldn't cut it off from rest of the country. They know what they were doing and still doing.
Like is never exsisted and it is best that is gone and I hope that it same will hapend to Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇭🇷💪🇭🇷💪🇩🇪✌️🇭🇷
37 year old Greek American. I remember going to Greece every summer and when it was Eurobasket the goal was to make it until we played against Yugoslavia. They were from another planet, and the soccer team. I knew nothing about politics because I was a pure young kid. I admired Yugoslavia.
I entered the real kingdom of moisture: it invades from everywhere, covers everything with rust and mold, dissolves and suffocates everything. We are raised by evening snails and tormented by nightly attacks of colic pain - and always dirt, stench, rot; everything is constantly turning into garbage, falling apart before you even notice it... In winter, the rooms in Stara Gradiška are not heated. The corridors are completely open, they only have bars. The small stove burns only in the "living" room. We take turns: some go in, others go out. There are 300 to 400 of us in the department, and in the "residence" there can be no more than a hundred of us at once. We alternately warm up and freeze: "in the living room" we languish in a daze with the hot and smelly air, we huddle in the hallway and shiver as we walk. And above the roof, white, woolly wisps of steam rise non-stop, which erupts on the sets of pipes through which the steam passes from the prison's boiler room to the settlement, where the staff working in the prison live.
This was written by a Croatian writer about a Yugoslav prison during the rule of the SFRY
@@slavadoko556 a ko vi je uradio to?.....faking nato... ajde zacepi ..
you are the rare greek who says that ✌👍
Thanks for this words
I am from Morocco and I am touring Yugoslavia piece by piece! I am in Skopje as I writw this comment.I am in love with this land! I wish the war never happened but I also believe everything happens for a good reason! Stay united beautiful people!
Enjoy your time there, it's a fascinating region indeed.
I LIVE THERE !
Yugoslavia was one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Thank you Stef!
Thanks for watching Boza!
@@none4tube Don’t talk nonsense. Thanks
@@none4tube STF UP... no one needs your history lesson. Go watch some yanks democratic propraganda and leave people who had nice memories of that time alone.
@@none4tube smh. And Croats, instead if being persecuted after the WWI became equal citizens. Not to even mention that not even a slap on the wrist to Croats for atrocities after the WWII! Please shut up. Oh, and let’s not forget that the Croat was the leader of the land you call “Serbian playground” for DECADES! Croatia should take him and do what it pleases.
That’s the sick narrative that is being propagated in Croatia to justify all the crimes.
@@be5249 Dead as a dodo your beloved Yugoslavia is. I can see you're still crying about WWI, WWII, and SFRY. So you're sorry Serbia didn't kill enough people after WWI??? Yours were police, secret police, army, diplomacy, the capital... "Shut up" - is not the world I live in. I live in a free world and can hardly be silenced. Unlike your pariah state and pseudo-democracy with the little tsar, his puppy (AB) and Pink TV. Broz might have been half-Croatian but the state was yours, not ours. That's why it collapsed so instantly and infamously. Too bad all those Yugo-sentimentals didn't stay with you in Great Serbia. Too bad your king was too greedy and swallowed too much in 1918. The sick narrative has been propagated from Serbia since the 1840s and especially in the last four decades. That's why you're 3x poorer than Estonia and lost Kosovo. But now you're more or less alone (with Belarus and Russia). Just who would buy your toxic narrative and twisted reality?
Excellent video, thank you. I was born and raised in Yugoslavia. There are not words to describe how much I loved my country and people from Yugoslavia.
all of us (EX0 Yugoslavs missing our originally country ....
So why did you all started killing yourselves just like Russia and Ukrain
I was just a child when our Yugoslavia separated. Still in our hearts and hearts of our parents is Yugoslavian blood. It's a big passion. I can feel that by listening older people. It still exists somewhere.
I can't thank you enough for this beautiful video! Brought me to tears 🥲 Yugoslavia is my country, and I will always declare myself as Yugoslavian 💓
Me too .We are the last of the "Mohicans". I would like to have such people as neighbors,
friends , acquaintances , but I can't find them .
Slavians from Russia
Uvijek sam bio i ostati ču. Srce ❤️ mi još uvijek puca. Ne mogu to prebroditi.😥
Pozdrav
Yugo army and serbian forces destroying Croatia. UN video clips: czcams.com/video/dtMFULjQjTU/video.html
czcams.com/video/PHmim7pb5-I/video.html
5 years of yugoslavia army with serbian forces destroying my Homeland Croatia, NO THANK YOU!
When UN forces attack only 1 day beograd that was for serbs and yugoslavia a problem, but Croatia had all of that 5 years from lunatics called yugoslavian with serbs forces! So Stef please I would be greatfull if you remove Croatia from something we suffered a lot!
Pozdrav celom regionu bivše Jugoslavije iz Srbije. Živi bili!
Bravo ..bivse!!
A na Kosove tu sta go kazuvaljo kao biljo Republjik a svi znamo da ne go biljo republjik Kosove e Metohije. Vec go biljo i ce go bude Srbija. (Ovo malo na Pashazotsko Divjacko Shejtansko Kavkaski jezik)
@@jorgoasparuhov4131 kaj??
Pozdrav iz Crne Gore
@@bornatona3954 Kaj si be (ili gde si u prevodu) Borna Coric,, kaj si bio i zakaj si bio i zakasnio, evo malo Pricamo za Istinu Pravdu i tako,
Whats a beautiful country Yugoslavia! Thank you for presentation! I have visited Monte Negro, Croatia! My next trip will be go to Serbia 🇷🇸!!!
Thank you for watching. Enjoy your trip to Serbia!
There's nothing beautiful about Yugoslavia/communist country!! It doesn't exist no more!
All other nations where discriminated by the Serbs!
@@tonima7825 very silly comment!
@@timah9506 because you don't get it!
Bravo Serbia. LOVE SERBIA
Yugoslavija,jedan biser koji nismo znali da sačuvamo❣
Dobro dasi uvidio istinu..al cisto sumnjam!
ZNALISU DOK NIJE DOSO NA CELO SRBIJE VOJVODA CETNICKI MILOSEVIC KTIO NPRAVITI VELIKU SRBIJU NA TUDJE TERITORE SA TUDJOM DJECOM SVIH SRBI U JEDNON DRZAVI. E SAD SVHI SRBI U BEOGRAD TOJE OSTALO POKLON OD MILOSEVICA
Pa nije sto.mi nismo.znali da sacuvamo ali drugi su hteli tako. Kad kazem drugi to se zna.
@@bennjamin3252 Uvik je u životu netko drugi kriv za naše greške, al nije netko drugi uzimao puške, koristite mozak ako ga imate, nemojte da vam glava služi za frizuru.
@@mrki412 ja ne pricam.o vreme kad mrznja je bila veca nego YU. Ja pricam pre toga.
Yugoslavia will always live in my heart, thank you for these absolutely astonishing images, one love!
Thanks a lot for watching!
This was written by a Croatian writer about a Yugoslav prison during the rule of the SFRY
"Almost every day, one of the prisoners swallows a spoon or a piece of a spoon, sticks a knife in his stomach (taking care not to injure the intestines... which is not always easy for everyone), cuts off a piece of his flesh... in order to get out of prison at least for a while Stare Gradiške. They run away from hunger, from beatings, from cold, from humidity, from solitary confinement... Just to rest in the hospital! Sometimes, in the afternoon, for their own amusement, the teachers on duty and the bosses who were on duty organized boxing matches between the prison's lunatics. The winner was rewarded with cigarettes. The poor fighters would fight incessantly, foolishly, but persistently and mercilessly. Those humiliating scenes caused a storm of laughter and cynical cheering. In such moments, I was particularly saddened by Slavko Rajs, an infantile young man from the outskirts of Karlovac, imprisoned for his reckless behavior and reckless outbursts. I tried to save him by giving him paper and paint for painting, because he enjoyed painting. When I was released from prison, they took away my entire collection of his watercolors and drawings. By chance, I saved a drawing, which is a poignant testimony to both that and Stara Gradiška; namely, he wrote a dedication to me on it that reads: "This is a place cursed by God - an eternal memorial from the good and faithful Rajs Slavko."
Hvala na snimku❤
@@slavadoko556 so? Crimes have been made everywhere, that does not change anything in the poetry and beauty of that wonderful page of history.
Enjoyed watching every single seconds, Yugoslavia, my favorite country, she is no longer exists , but still alive in everywhere. Hope one day I could visit there.
Hope you can visit soon too, best wishes :)
Watching from Sydney
Absolutely beautiful video
I was Yugoslavia along time ago when I left my hometown, and this is how I remember my beautiful country.🇦🇺🇲🇰
Hvala vam na Videu. Kad bi godinu dana snimali svakim danom od 08:00 - 18:00 sati nebi mogli sve obuhvatiti koliko prirodne ljepote te geografskog polozaja, o bogatstvu i uspjehu a da ne govorim o lijepom narodu kojii je u toj zemlji zivjeo. Bila mi cast tu se roditi, prve korake hodati, prve rijeci izgovarati. Tu toplinu kao u srcu tako i okolo mene osjetiti sta je to ljubav, sta znaci voliti, cijenuti i postovati. Imali smo sve nazalost nismo sve mogli sa dva oka sagledati. Sad je tako kako je.😢
Yugo army and serbian forces destroying Croatia czcams.com/video/dtMFULjQjTU/video.html
Suze same idu
Rodjen sam 86 godine, a sjecam se jacine naziva JUGOSLAVIA! Pozdravim svima iz Stuttgarta.
Hvala na videu, jos 100 sati dasi snimao nebi mogao sve ljepote snimiti sto Jugoslavija ima pozz
Split, Hvar, Dubrovnik...beautiful places I was visiting in Yugoslavia 1980 - 1984. Great memories and the best vacations I have. 💕 Great people . 👏
And thar same yugoslavia done this to Croatia: czcams.com/video/dtMFULjQjTU/video.html
Its not Yugoslavia...C R O A T I.A...Remember!!!!!! Only C R O A T I A
C R O A T I A
C R OA T I A
Its.NOT YUGOSLAVIA Its C R O A T I A
I was last year in Serbia 🇷🇸 and it’s amazing ! Will go for shure again and again since it really impressed me . People , nature, history and prices 😊
Pls tell me how/what history impressed you?
lol serbian bot
@@kategoried7501 and you???,you Are sure nacist bot…connard
People ?? Lmaoo nice joke😆
hahaha history???. You made me laugh
An amazing video,i am crying...much love to all my Yugoslavian brothers and sisters!
Thank you for your kind words!
Jugo moja Jugice dok sam živ biću PONOSNI JUGOSLOVEN !!!! Veliko hvala na ovom videu !!!
I am Macedonian. I still can’t believe we are separated. Because I do truly love all Yugoslavia and the People the same before. Nothing change for me and also the border haven’t change for me and I believe for most of the former Yugoslavian people. I hate bad and dirty politics. We have everything we needs and wanted. From mountains,rivers,Adriatic and natural beauty. For season you can easily see Beautiful Winter Snow, and all others seasons . We was in Sport on the top 10 rankings listed in the World. Just to mention Sarajevo Winter Olympics Games. The biggest Soccer Star Brazilian Pele chose to play his Last game against Yugoslavia and say good bye.Much and much more. I was very proud be Yugoslavian/Macedonian. Tito build Yugoslavia and was holding as together on the best way he can. We was very happy people on this planet. The bad influence of politics got inside in the people first from domestic politicians after from Western World. And Yugoslavia finish in the most brutal way that i never can imagine. I am sad all up today and i will be unhappy to my last day off my live. So sad Thank you for this beautiful Video who returned me in my childhood where i grow up as a very happy. Cheers from Sydney Australia
Pozdrav Vlade!
Yes, the dirty politics and imperialism of the West ...... we know who they are!
I remember travelling through Eastern Europe Russia, onto Serbia, Macedonia when I was a young girl and sadly last time I travelled with my dear mum. 🙏
This was written by a Croatian writer about a Yugoslav prison during the rule of the SFRY Almost every day, one of the prisoners swallows a spoon or a piece of a spoon, sticks a knife in his stomach (taking care not to injure the intestines... which is not always easy for everyone), cuts off a piece of his flesh... in order to get out of prison at least for a while Stare Gradiške. They run away from hunger, from beatings, from cold, from humidity, from solitary confinement... Just to rest in the hospital! Sometimes, in the afternoon, for their own amusement, the teachers on duty and the bosses who were on duty organized boxing matches between the prison's lunatics. The winner was rewarded with cigarettes. The poor fighters would fight incessantly, foolishly, but persistently and mercilessly. Those humiliating scenes caused a storm of laughter and cynical cheering. In such moments, I was particularly saddened by Slavko Rajs, an infantile young man from the outskirts of Karlovac, imprisoned for his reckless behavior and reckless outbursts. I tried to save him by giving him paper and paint for painting, because he enjoyed painting. When I was released from prison, they took away my entire collection of his watercolors and drawings. By chance, I saved a drawing, which is a poignant testimony to both that and Stara Gradiška; namely, he wrote a dedication to me on it that reads: "This is a place cursed by God - an eternal memorial from the good and faithful Rajs Slavko."
@@LilliR4116 mozes i sada otici po srbiji i Makedoniji i Rusiji. Nitko ti ne brani.
eh Makedonche...duri si prodadena dusha nigde nema da stignesh...pishuvaj na Makedonski...ima google translate..
Stef, you don't get nearly enough the attention and fame you deserve. To be able to encapsulate something as sensitive as "yugoslavia", yet respecting and showcasing it's natural beauty is just world class of you. Hats off to you!
In Croatia, apart from a few individuals, nobody wants Yugoslavia. After the last war, it is not yet known where over a thousand dead were buried after Serbia's aggression against Croatia.
Thank you for your kind words. I understand the sensitivity of the region, but hope this video showed the area in a more positive light.
@@slavadoko556 That does not match many people from Croatia i know. Yes they are ones who hate but also many who loved Yugoslavia
@@dzonikg 94,17% inhabitants in Croatia at national referendum in may of 1991. wanted independence.
@@paco9007 SO i now see that you are young and dont know what you talk about..thar referedum was never referendum for independece..it was published as just "REFERENDUM"
Question on referendum was this
"Jeste li za to da Republika Hrvatska, kao suverena i samostalna država, koja jamči kulturnu autonomiju i sva građanska prava Srbima i pripadnicima drugih nacionalnosti u Hrvatskoj, može stupiti u savez suverenih država s drugim republikama (prema prijedlogu Republike Hrvatske i Republike Slovenije za rješenje državne krize SFRJ)"
So in English do you want to Republic off Croatia (who respects Serb rights) join other Yugoslav republics according to sugestion by Republic off SLovenia and Croatia."
So basicly was referendum for New Yugoslavia based on Croatia and SLovenia suggestions .. so off course almost everyone voted YEs ..even Serbs voted YEs...then AFTER referendum they sad how it was for independece.
Najdraza moja zemla , nigde nije lep osecaj, kao u mojoj rodenoj Jugoslaviji,
Imali smo jugoslaviju ali nismo imali jugoslovene
SFRJ - dearest, the best country. 💗🙏💗🥇🥇🥇Yugoslavia, moja domovina forever.🌹🌟🌹🌟🌹
Serboslavija😅
You can see diversity in ex Yugoslavia
From Austro-Hungarian empire influence in Slovenia, Croatia and Northern Serbia, over Orthodox Christianity in Central Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia to Islam communities in Bisnia and Kosovo. It was difficult to hold together but it worked for so many decades. One of the most beautiful countries in the world ever.
😂mein Heimat Land ❤❤❤
it "worked" under dictatorship, the moment communist have weakened, nationalist took their place and people were eager to follow them
just for some small correction, Islam is more about Bosnia comparing to Kosovo which absolute majority identifie them self as Albanian/Kosovan
@@astritcana9624 ?? Around 95% of Kosovo population belong to Islam religion. Around 50% of Bosnian population are Islam religion
@@goxyeagle8446 95% so fucking what??? practising islam in Kosovo are maximum between 7% - 9%. For my self, I was never absolutely never feeling my self muslim and like me are absolute majority of Kosovans
Niko ne moze da porekne ko god je zivio u toj zemlji da su ljudi bili jako srecni ...ne uporedivo srecniji nego danas ..sad samo neka mrznja..
Dok su neki sretno živjeli u toj zemlji, mnogi pisci, novinari uz završavali u zatvorima ili su ubijani.
Lažite nekog drugog.
Budalo srbska
@@slavadoko556 Da su ih pobili sve nebi se desilo to sto se desilo. Juga zauvijek.
@@milivojerajcevic366 bukvalno ovaj jad danas samo sto se nismo pobili medjusobno a pogledaj kakvu prirodu imamo a o sportu sta reci plus ekonomija bi nam bila i pasos jaki danas al ajde eto vam ga svima
Ti isti ljudi (narodi) tako miroljubivi i srećni medjusobno se ubijali...a svi isti jadni zavedeni nacionalistickom mrznjom...ma dajte molim Vas...sve je to bilo obicno balkansko bure baruta u kombinaciji s glupim narodima
So beautiful country
I just love this video... Thank you so much .. JUGOSLAVIJA always in my heart ....
Thank you for watching!
Thank You very much for this beautiful video. Great job. I have grown up in Yugoslavia and this amazing country is still in my heart. It is even more beautiful in spring/summer with a lot of greenery, flowers and colours seen just when the sun is shining...
Thanks a lot for your kind words, I'm happy you enjoyed watching the video. It would be great to visit again in the Spring. This trip was indeed done in Autumn.
Breathtaking Lands who I call home.Thank you🙏
I understand your point, even though I explained everything in the description. Since I've had more comments about the video's title I changed it to Former Yugoslavia From Above. Best wishes.
Stef..... Where do I begin? This is not just a video, THIS IS PURE ART! I am writing thia after 11 minutes in this video. To be continued from a Hungarian, who is a real European.
Thanks a lot for your kind words Oliver, I appreciate it. Hope you could finish it from Hungary.
Danke Stef Hoffer..SFRJugoslavija....Das ist meine Land ..Das ist mein Leben..Ich bin aus Mazedonien... Vi Blagodaram na Videoto....
Najljepša zemlja u svemiru!
Prekrasan video, fenomenalna muzika, najimpresivnija reportaža ikad!
😍😍😍😍😍👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Tako je, HRVATSKA je najljepsa zemlja na svijetu!
@@kategoried7501 pogotovo od kad se br svrba smanjio
@@bornatona3954 hahahaha, broj Hrvata još više, ajmo, Minken i Dublin bojna
@@diktrejsi8214 samo se ti drz pasaluka i sve bu ok
Thank you for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Yu je bila najbolja na svijetu bio sam Atleticar MORNAR Bar CRNA GORA PRESAO SAM JE CITAVU ZIVIM U NEW YORKU ALI MI JE Uvjek bila i ostala najmilija
Great editing, wauw! Bosna moja 🇧🇦🇧🇦 ❤❤
Wow beautiful country,, watching from North East India, Meghalaya
In Croatia, apart from a few individuals, nobody wants Yugoslavia. After the last war, it is not yet known where over a thousand dead were buried after Serbia's aggression against Croatia.
@@slavadoko556 pa ni u Srbiji niko ne želi Jugoslaviju, osim par individualaca.
Thank you for watching. Of course Yugoslavia doesn't exist anymore, but this video is meant as a scenic view of what the region looks like today.
@@slavadoko556 koliko si glup čovjek. Gledaj i čuti, uživaj ili nemoj gledati.
@@stefhoffer You have right , but some Idiots exists after 30 Years , and dont understand your Message.
Both beautiful and heartbreaking. Cheers to SFRJ from Macedonia.
Stef, as we say Свака част! (Svaka čast!). This is a compliment that literally means "Every honor" as in you deserve every honor for putting this video together.
Живели! (Živeli!) - Cheers!
Thanks a lot for your kind words, I'm happy that you enjoyed the video! Cheers :)
Yugoslavia lives in millions hearts of us who born in Yugoslavia. Only the name YUGOSLAVIA reminds me on happy childhood and make me tiers on the eyes, If you ever lost a dearest person, that is feeling. Thank you,
Zdravko, ja osjećam isto tako....Kakova zalost!
Ask how did the people feel who didn’t see themselves as slavs. They were brutally oppressed. Fck Yugoslavia, glad it’s gone
Nema ti druge nego da se ubiješ.
@@33neptun Really! ....how silly!
ne seri
Yugoslavia 4ever! ❤❤❤ Ostale prelijepe uspmene i sjecanja. kakav je to zivot bio!
Drzava uzimala zemlju & kuce od seljaka & tezaka i davala bitangama koji bi onda pomalo ubijali imidj slobodnog rada & zarade.
Zamisli ljudi bi ulazili u tudje kuce po selima, sa namerom ubit vlasnika & njihove potomke, tako da zauzmu posede. I sve pod usklicnicima ''fasisti' sta god to znacilo. Koja smesna drzava..
There are so beautiful places it is one of them.
A country with eventful history but also with beautiful nature , villages and special places.
A very respectfull video Stef.
Thank you for showing it in this way !!!!
Thank you very much! I really appreciate your kind words. It's truly a very beautiful region.
This was written by a Croatian writer about a Yugoslav prison during the rule of the SFRY
Almost every day, one of the prisoners swallows a spoon or a piece of a spoon, sticks a knife in his stomach (taking care not to injure the intestines... which is not always easy for everyone), cuts off a piece of his flesh... in order to get out of prison at least for a while Stare Gradiške. They run away from hunger, from beatings, from cold, from humidity, from solitary confinement... Just to rest in the hospital! Sometimes, in the afternoon, for their own amusement, the teachers on duty and the bosses who were on duty organized boxing matches between the prison's lunatics. The winner was rewarded with cigarettes. The poor fighters would fight incessantly, foolishly, but persistently and mercilessly. Those humiliating scenes caused a storm of laughter and cynical cheering. In such moments, I was particularly saddened by Slavko Rajs, an infantile young man from the outskirts of Karlovac, imprisoned for his reckless behavior and reckless outbursts. I tried to save him by giving him paper and paint for painting, because he enjoyed painting. When I was released from prison, they took away my entire collection of his watercolors and drawings. By chance, I saved a drawing, which is a poignant testimony to both that and Stara Gradiška; namely, he wrote a dedication to me on it that reads: "This is a place cursed by God - an eternal memorial from the good and faithful Rajs Slavko."
Kozara - Mrakovica i jedno malo selo ❤️moja djedovina i najljepse uspomene na djetinjstvo 🍀
I onda ste pobili sve komsije, a one koji nisu ubijeni ili nisu uspjeli izaći ste strpali u logore “omarska, trnopolje, Itd” … sve dok ne stavite prst na čelo i ne pokajete se iz dubine duše za ubistvo komsija, na načinjenu nepravdu nad ljudima, koji vam nikad ništa na zao nisu učinili, nećete vi, ni vasa djeca, a ni njihova djeca biti mirni. Nema opravdanja za to.
Bravooooooooo ❤
Ich musste heulen vor lauter Freude
Mein Land wo ich herkomme
Danke für dieses Video
YU ♥️forever
Yugoslavia is in my heart everyday. Pozdrav svima iz Floride.
Da li ste komšije sa Lepom Brenom? 😆
Dosta blizo. Ja sam u Tampa
I visited Yugoslavia in summer 1970 (I was a musician in a French folkloric danses team from the city of Lyon) and I admired the diversity of its landscapes, its wonderful musics and the delicious cuisine. There was the linguistic gap, but I met some people who spoke french or italian. The martyr city of Sarajevo was at the time very oriental and I cherish its memory (it was a long time before the Olympic games).
Thank you for sharing your story, that must have been a very interesting time to be there.
Svi smo mi djeca Jugoslavije koja je bila jedina i jedinstvena na ovoj planeti. Živjeli smo u bratstvu i jedinstvu, u različitosti kulture, jezika, baštine i istorije i poštovali smo jedni druge i zajedno u s olidarnosti gradili zajedničku domovinu od Vardara pa do Triglava
🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷 Raj za oči i dušu.❤️❤️ Puna nacionalnih parkova, parkova prirode, manjih i većih gradova,rijeke, najljepše more i otoci, dvorci... bogata kulturna baština... Sve je prekrasno i puno znamenitosti. 🇭🇷 u ❤️ !
Блакодарам❤❤
Thanks
Sretan vam Dan Republike!
What a great video, thank you, thank you! Finally someone to present our beautiful Yugoslavia with it's glories and complexities! 🥰🙌 Regards from Sydney, Australia!
Thank you Tanja, I appreciate it! I realize it's a complex region, but hopefully the video showed it in a respectful way.
@@stefhoffer it definitely did, great work!
@@stefhoffer you did great work , with your video goes silent voice of sanity and compassion . I am Yugoslavian born and that was my country, and I am expressing great gratitude to you and your exceptional work here .
Greetings watching from United states after 30 years ty thank you so much pozdrav is daleko
Amazing footage, and beautifully edited. What a beautiful region, a true masterpiece!
Thank you for showing the beautiful and diverse former homeland with such a beautiful video Thanks
Thanks a lot for watching, glad you enjoyed the video.
Thanks for best dokument. ITs so beautiful country/countries. I love this country and people.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video.
Wow Stef, großes Kino für mich! Vielen dank! lipo/ljepo bzw. lepo!
Thanks for watching Hans, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@@stefhoffer Stef, born 71 here in Germany. Lived there from 1971 to 1982 in Gospic, homecity of Tesla (With great Velebit Mountains, near Plitvice too). My Mother is from Bosnia; Bihac (nice Una river ).My father is born in Zagreb and his parents are from Kladovo ( djerdap, zeljezna vrata ...) and Novi Sad (Serbia). So i was there last time befor this civilwar in Summer 1989. Now Citizen of 3 these Countrys... So i enyoy it (in great Quality) and it is "big Cinema" for me. Thanks. It is everywhere a grat peace of Earth.
Mislim da je manje važno kako će se neka zemlja zvati!? Oni što je u svemu tome najbitnije je da nitko nije gladan, žedan, da svatko ima posao i bude sretan i dostojan života. Osobno mi je bila čast živjeti u YU jer je bilo sigurno i sretnije se živjelo. Nije bilo bitno tko je tko i kako se zove. Ovo danas, nek' nam Bog bude pomoći. Nitko nikoga ne treba! Samo reci kako se zoveš i odmah je sve jasno i stvara se prezir. SVI SMO MI DJECA JEDNOGA BOGA i tu je kraj priči.
Jugoslavija je mnogo Nijemaca, Talijana i Mađara, a vjerojatno I Bugara protjerala...
@@markocroatia7630 aha , izvor "trust me bro " ... Za Italijane nznm kakav je bio deal , Za Nemce dogovor na Brionima ( YU da ne uzme ratnu odstetu , a Nemacka da isplati te ljude , i sve sretni, dogovor je ispostovan )
Bugari, Madjari i dan danas žive u Srbiji
A ti lupetas gluposti 🤓
@@majasrbia Italijane su pobili par hiljada ostale protjerali, Švabe su pobili nekoliko desetina hiljada (većina nije ubijena direktno, već su pomrli od gladi u logorima čekajući transfer za Njemačku). Bugarima i Mađarima se nije desilo ništa drugačije nego Srbima ili Hrvatima.
Tako pise Slobodan 👍🏼
nisu svi dobro živjeli.. jako puno je bilo obespravljenih. Osobno, ja sad u samostalnoj Hrvatskoj puno bolje živim od vlastitog rada nego u Jugoslaviji tada.
This is pure gold ! Very good work Stef
Thank you for your kind words!
Jugoslavija will never die, zivela naša jedina Domovina.
Hahaha domovina eu štskori
Great video, thank you !
Honest Yugoslavia ! Small peoples with BIG hearth !
And small minds!
Thank you Stef! Beautiful work.
Thank you!
Thank you for this. It's hard to finish, will continue later. Lots of emotions.
This is amazing 😍
Very beautiful city my friend, it took me to another level. Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪
This is not yugoslavia this is Bosna and Kosovo republic
@@bekimmenxhiqi9498 😂🇧🇦🇽🇰❤
Hvala Stef! 💙🤍❤
Thanks for the video! 💙
Thank you for watching!
Breathtaking video! Respect. Ppl can argue as much as they wish on the name of the region, but they cann’t change the fact that we are indeed the south (jugo) - Slavs (slaveni).
Thank you for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Amazing recordings and so beautiful!!! I can imagine that it was so much work and effort to gather so many videos!!! Thank you, it was an absolute pleasure to watch!
Thank you for your kind words. Yes it was a lot of work, but very enjoyable!
@@stefhoffer Thanx again!
This was written by a Croatian writer about a Yugoslav prison during the rule of the SFRY
"Almost every day, one of the prisoners swallows a spoon or a piece of a spoon, sticks a knife in his stomach (taking care not to injure the intestines... which is not always easy for everyone), cuts off a piece of his flesh... in order to get out of prison at least for a while Stare Gradiške. They run away from hunger, from beatings, from cold, from humidity, from solitary confinement... Just to rest in the hospital! Sometimes, in the afternoon, for their own amusement, the teachers on duty and the bosses who were on duty organized boxing matches between the prison's lunatics. The winner was rewarded with cigarettes. The poor fighters would fight incessantly, foolishly, but persistently and mercilessly. Those humiliating scenes caused a storm of laughter and cynical cheering. In such moments, I was particularly saddened by Slavko Rajs, an infantile young man from the outskirts of Karlovac, imprisoned for his reckless behavior and reckless outbursts. I tried to save him by giving him paper and paint for painting, because he enjoyed painting. When I was released from prison, they took away my entire collection of his watercolors and drawings. By chance, I saved a drawing, which is a poignant testimony to both that and Stara Gradiška; namely, he wrote a dedication to me on it that reads: "This is a place cursed by God - an eternal memorial from the good and faithful Rajs Slavko."
@@slavadoko556 a sta si ocekivao od zatvora? Hotel sa pet zvezdica?!
Most of the beauty here is seen In Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia and montenegro
Big respect and thank you for this
Greetings from the former Yugoslavia
Thank you for your kind words.
Just but a grain of sand in the desert of what Yugoslavia has to offer and how absolutely gorgeous it is. 💙🤍❤....Thank you Stef for taking the time to show my homeland.
Thank you for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Beautiful program , amazing places ,we enjoy a lot ,thanks
Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate it.
Very nice thank you for video
So beautiful, beautiful structure
In Croatia, apart from a few individuals, nobody wants Yugoslavia. After the last war, it is not yet known where over a thousand dead were buried after Serbia's aggression against Croatia.
@@slavadoko556 i pomeni usput i Jasenovac to bi bilo fer kad vec spominjes to sto si spomenula .Ovo je za one koji vole sve zemlje bivse juge ,sta je tu losea tebi ako smeta lepo gledaj nesto drugo
@@vesnanuspahic7510 jesi se ti za muslimana udala
Thank you so much for this video! It looks surreal, but so truthfull
Thank you for watching!
Best video on CZcams. I'm glad that your channel exist, these are exactly the contents that I love to watch on my me time. I admire the beauty of every nations and Yugoslavia have now been close to my heart, it's paradise i hope to visit one day. Thanks to professional who created this video.
Thank you for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Thank you Mr. Hoffer for this masterpiece!
Thank you for watching!
A massive undertaking and beautiful work, Stef! Thank you for sharing. 🙌
What happened in the 90s ended families, drove a quarter of the leftover population out, demolished the economy, destroyed all optimism, and that cannot happen again. It is a beautiful region, but we have not moved from the mindset that brought the bloodshed. Bullet holes in many buildings still testify to this horrific episode. The external factors are keeping the peace at bay. We must reform our character and worldview for "Yugoslavia" to be enjoyable and livable for future generations. You don't have to worry if you are reading this as a visitor. You will be welcomed and enabled to enjoy the beauty.
I write this as a Montenegrin, having family across the whole former Yugoslavia, but living far away from what I knew as home.
Thank you for your kind words Miroslav. There is certainly a lot of work ahead, but I hope you are all together moving in the right direction. Best wishes.
Very nice, great job my friend 🙂
In Croatia, apart from a few individuals, nobody wants Yugoslavia. After the last war, it is not yet known where over a thousand dead were buried after Serbia's aggression against Croatia.
I am born on 1981 Yugoslavia MNE live in USA sometimes people ask me where are you from? I still say Yugoslavia
Perfect!!!
Beautiful country, beautiful people
YES, the country is still beautifully destroyed by another western country. Sad Yugoslavian people still don't see who is evil. Now we can dream only about Yugoslavia 😂
Zbilja lijepo, zemlja u kojoj sam rodjen... Raspala se u krvi, mrznji.
Divan video, ali na zalost ili radost bolje da je ovako gledamo iz vazduha nego da se opet gazimo i gasimo. Hvala vam Mr///
🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You are welcome, thanks for watching.
Wow what a beautiful video.
Razlicitosti koje su ko celini bile savrsenstvo ....Differences that as a whole were perfection
Bosnia is my favorite, unique beauty
The most beautiful
As a Yugoslavian, i really appreciate your amazing work, and showing the beauty of the country. Physically don't exist but stays in many harts of the people of Yugoslavia and the World. Thank you for this video.
While some lived happily in that country, many writers and journalists ended up in prisons or were killed. You are lying to someone else.
@@slavadoko556 really? Only a nationalistic /fascist members (mainly) from cetniks and ustasa supporters . And stop spreading nonsense!
Thanks Milan, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Best wishes.
To je Iliria ,nema nigdje jugoslavia
@@isamehmet1825 ili si rodjen prekjuce ili nisi isao u skoli!
Simply love ur video
Nice job! Looks great!
In Croatia, apart from a few individuals, nobody wants Yugoslavia. After the last war, it is not yet known where over a thousand dead were buried after Serbia's aggression against Croatia.
That’s the country where l was born happy,healthy,freedom,friendly life beautiful people good kids fully respected parents with country benefits who guarantee peacefully living
Moja divna zemlja koje vise nema :(
Nije gdje živiš, nego s kim živiš. Rat je pokazo dovoljno, pa riječi nisu potrebne.
Bogu hvala i dabogda je vise nikad ni bilo
Hrvatska nije tvoja zemlja bila a ni nebude
We need it back
@@ciiaisad5381 sve mi nesto izgleda da se radi na tome
Bravo Vlade, pozdrav i svaki chas. Imashe edno vreme koga imashe Mir. To vreme se znaj po ime Yugoslavia.
Beautiful country and yet parts are very sad. I learned alot just by flying over. Well done wonderful video, music and all. Thanks so much Stef !
Thank you, and indeed it's both beautiful and sad.
It is nice to see that so many people still remeber the country that fell apart 30 years ago.As someone who was born in Yugoslavia ( Slovenia ) I still remeber times when most of us wer happy in this forgoten country with one of most beautiful landscapes in europe and maybe the world rich culture and frendly nice people From Slovenia in the north to Macedonia in the south.
I am only sorry you did not represtent Vojvodina as one of 8 units in Yugoslavia. It's cultural divercity and richness deserve it.
Any way really good work- Greetings from Slovenia.
This is a description of a prison from SFRY. The description was given by Vlado Gotovac, writer and humanist. Prisons is because of the written word. Many of us wanted to escape from this kind of country. "Almost every day, one of the prisoners swallows a spoon or a piece of a spoon, sticks a knife in his stomach (taking care not to injure the intestines...which is not always easy for everyone), cuts off a piece of his flesh...to get away at least for a while from Stara Gradiška They run away from hunger, from beatings, from cold, from humidity, from solitary confinement... Just to rest in the hospital! Sometimes, in the afternoon, for their own amusement, the teachers on duty and the bosses who were on duty organized boxing matches between the prison's lunatics. The winner was rewarded with cigarettes. The poor fighters would fight incessantly, foolishly, but persistently and mercilessly. Those humiliating scenes caused a storm of laughter and cynical cheering. In such moments, I was particularly saddened by Slavko Rajs, an infantile young man from the outskirts of Karlovac, imprisoned for his reckless behavior and reckless outbursts. I tried to save him by giving him paper and paint for painting, because he enjoyed painting. When I was released from prison, they took away my entire collection of his watercolors and drawings. By chance, I saved a drawing, which is a poignant testimony to both that and Stara Gradiška; namely, he wrote a dedication to me on it that reads: "This is a place cursed by God - an eternal memorial from the good and faithful Rajs Slavko."
@@slavadoko556 I ewally do not understand what your beeing in prison has to do with travel video. Greetings from slovenia
Thank you for your kind words, I'm happy that the video brought back some positive memories.
@@stefhoffer well I was born in that country and lived in it for 22 y. Like every country it had good and bad sides but my life there was good maybe because I was young and idealist ... at the end it doesent matter, cause my memmories are good.. Ex Yugoslavia was and still is by my opinion one of most beautiful and divesr sides in Europe to see.
@@andrejxyxy2020 Thank you for sharing your experience living there. I'm glad that you had a good time growing up there. And it's definitely a beautiful corner of Europe! Best wishes :)
Danke für dieses Video, es ist sehr wichtig für uns Jugoslawen!
Das schönste video überhaupt bitte weiter so.
Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Good job thank you from your videos excellent
Most beautiful video
Prelijepo 👍😊
Sajnos Szabadkánál tovább nem jutottam ,de nagyon tetszik legalább képen nézhetem !
Yugoslavia forever in my hart