I can't BELIEVE this is Shkodër, Albania 🇦🇱
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- I've just reached Shkodër, which is the largest city in Northern Albania. To my surprise, the city had a unique vibe that reminded me of the Netherlands at times. It was a pleasant surprise to experience such a different atmosphere than I was expecting.
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0:00 Arrival by bus
1:55 Streets of Shkodër
3:28 Petit Hotel Elisa
6:05 Pedestrian Streets
9:54 Cycling Capital
10:11 Shopping Street
13:06 Buna River
#albania #shkoder #shkodër #travel
Thank you. I left Albania 24 years ago. This is my city ❤️.
Beautiful! Thanks for watching 🤗
14:55 thats a roma village.
Lovely and Fantastic Traveler ❤
was in Shkoder last year - very charming city.
I'm sorry that the police were so impolite. Usually they are very respectful and helpful in Albania 👍
Hello :) my family owns the art gallery, I can confirm it’s still open as an art gallery and painting school! and the paintings are beautiful!!
That's good to hear😄
Shkodra is in the katholic majority area of northern Albania, the middle of the country is majority muslim and the very south mostly orthodox. Of course there is a lot of overlap in general. But you can generally divide it into these 3 zones. Also most people are very liberal when it comes to religion and most don't strictly adhere to their faith.
i left Shkodra 10 years ago :(
u will not see so many bicycles in any city in Albania, it is only Shkodra who use bicycles it is historic :D
Shkodra is the city of bikes.
I didn't expect to see so many cyclists 😳
It's called City of Bicycles during Communism
It is known as the city of bicycles.
The doves do not have an owner, they belong to the city and are not used for games or anything else, they are free. The municipality built that little house to give the doves a shelter and there are several in the city and people feed them freely. Albania is not of Muslim majority, indeed the religion does not represent us and as a nation we don't care about it.. in our families we have people of different religions and this has been our strength for survival over the centuries. When the Turks invaded us, in Albanian families it happened that a member of the family pretended to convert to Islam - in this way he protected the entire wealth of the family and the tribe. This was a ploy to not pay taxes to the Turks or pay low taxes. That is, before the Turkish authorities they pretended to be Muslims when in reality they were Catholics, Orthodox. In Albania there are also Jews.
Thank you for the extra info!
Im the guy with the 👍 at 8:08
I didn't even notice until now 😁
Thank you! Nothing 😅😅😅😅
Kushedi ku e ka "mesuar" anglishten .. duhet te thoshte "You are Wellcome"..
When you were there bro? In the summer or are you now there
September
Do you know if there is any sunny days during february?
@@danielcj13lots of sunny days in February here. Albania has in average about 300 sunny days a year.
@@danielcj13Otherwise, in Shkodër mainly from October to April there are many rainy days.
Brother please come Bangladesh if it's possible. Hope you will pass some good time 😊❤❤
Also you will have some Bangladeshi kind Followers like me 😁🤗 🇧🇩
Albania is not a Muslim country, mostly atheist
59% are Muslims, 38% Christians, and 3% atheists or agonists.
Most Albanians, Muslims or Christian are secular (they don't include religion in their work or everyday life, it's just a personal choice), but that doesn't mean that they are atheists. Most Albanians accept the existence of God.
How many Albanians have read the Koran or the bible? Who goes to the mosque or church? less than 10% @@eaglempire_mapper
Very secular and modern open society
Albanians are atheists. Doesn’t the video show you just that ?? You’re more likely to encounter more Muslims in Western Europe than Albania. Albania itself is older than Christianity itself lol
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The police don't want you filming them, that is the problem there. Pretty obvious.
Good video bro
Thank you Daniel!
I just found your channel. I like your style. Stop using "Guys" to address everybody. Be original. Guys is so overused, impersonal, and lame ass contrived. Be original. Come up with your own trademark greeting and how you address your audience. Stand out from the crowd.
I'll try thank you. But I don't plan what I'm saying
Albania isn’t Muslim country lmao . Albania itself is older than Christianity and any other religion that has ever existed. Islam is part of Albania just because we were conquered by ottomans which we had to fight them ALONE since Western Europeans were terrified to come and help 😇… Just like they are to help Ukraine against Orthodox conquers … Uh oh if it wasn’t for Albanians (Gjergj Kastrioti and our Military alliance League of Lezhe) ottomans would have been German’s neighbors
I know about the polish people fought the ottomans and stop them from spreading across the Europe, didn’t know that about Albanians did the same thing, this has to be the greatest country in the earth
@@sotirangelovski4080
Check battle of Albulena 🇦🇱8k VS 80.000k🇹🇷 .. We were always outnumbered by huge numbers and still won. We gained west 25 precious years of time to prepare against a foreign invasion, when west left in the mercy of the fate
If you'd go just less than a mile in the direction you were going, after that bridge you'd go in Shiroka, which I think you'd love the place there. It's a quiet place but with full view to the lake. Where you played with that kid is the roma community village, that's why it's less urbanized and very different than the city itself 😂
Sounds nice! Thanks you