A TOUR OF BITOLA | Lovely City In North Macedonia

Exploring peaceful Bitola, the second largest city in North Macedonia.
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A TOUR OF BITOLA | Lovely City In North Macedonia

[@TheTatabuda]

Поздрав нашој браћи Македонцима из Србије. Битољ је прелеп, као и цела та намучена замља са дивним људима. Био сам много пута у Македонији. Служио сам војску у Штипу 1982. Надам се да ћу поново бити у прилици да дођем. Бог вас чувао.

[@minameow201]

Greetings from Bitola, Thank you for showing our beautiful city to the world 😊

[@camm135]

Hi romina

[@stefanveleski333]

Ма како!! Ако поставувачот не сваќа дека Битола не се наоѓа на СЕВЕРНА Македониа, тогаш за џабе. Неговиот тип не е добродојден кај нас. Нека стои во Охрид поркрај езерото. Така на сите му кажувам кога не не почитуваат како луѓе. Низ бившата Југославија, сите познаваат дека сме само Македонија и волно. Поздрав! 😊

[@emmanuelharlan9066]

sorry to be offtopic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account? I was stupid forgot my account password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me.

[@ethangaming2796]

hey do u live there

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

Where is the best place to go in Macedonia? Bitola looks good to me because its near the border and I'd like to see Albania as well and to greece, and also the roman ruins as I love ancient history. Where else should I consider?

[@hristinatrajkovskatrajkovs74]

That floor looks like carpet from Persia, so amazing. Thank you Gabriel for showing us Heraclea.

[@etoneetone]

:) Yes my impression too .

[@fdavie2]

Love seeing you shine some light on places that are not as popular for travel 👍

[@marijadjuric8751]

My great grandmother is from Bitola and I've never been... So embarrassing. Thank you for the video.

[@marijadjuric8751]

@@Anticommunism99 No actually she was Serbian, just like your ancestors, but now you call yourselves by the Khazarian name of those that conquered you. Sad.

[@marijadjuric8751]

@@Anticommunism99 😂

[@marijadjuric8751]

@@Anticommunism99 "Togarmah was linked to medieval Turkic peoples by Jewish-Khazar traditions. The Khazar ruler Joseph ben Aaron (c. 960) writes in his letters: "You ask us also in your epistle: "Of what people, of what family, and of what tribe are you?" Know that we are descended from Japhet, through his son Togarmah. I have found in the genealogical books of my ancestors that Togarmah had ten sons." He then goes on to enumerate ten names that can be identified as contemporary tribes living near the Black and Caspian Seas:[5][6] "Ujur" (Uyghur), "Tauris" (Tauri), "Avar" (Avar), "Uguz" (Oghuz), "Bizal", "Tarna", "Chazar" (Khazar), "Janur", "Bulgar" (Bulgar) and "Sawir"." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togarmah You don't even know the origin of the name of your country, and you claim to know something about history? 🤣🤣🤣 Your own name - Борислав - says that you are Slavic, but you defend the false history invented by the Khazarian invaders that conquered the Thracians (Rasians/Rašani/Slavs.) Embarrassing.

[@TomiBT87]

@@marijadjuric8751 why u replying to TATARS?? 😀 Much love from Bitola Macedonia! Come whatever u want 😊

[@aniruz3456]

How lucky you are to visit all these beautiful towns 👌🌏💖

[@dr.hasanhabiburrahaman1553]

When our heart wants your tour documents , surprisingly we are getting your new video !!! Please kindly go ahead as far as you can . May Almighty bless you always!

[@maryrosed8475]

Love these videos Gabriel please keep them coming!

[@eleniasimop]

I love you Gabe because of the way you have to talk about places. 😊😊😊😊

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

love a person you don't even know personally. nd i do like him KZbin videos,

[@SkySpiral8]

That's a nice clean and quaint place to stay.

[@BH-br4ee]

Good to see you getting out in this most challenging of years, Gabe!

[@lorenzovonmatterhorn7402]

Bitola was called the consul city in the past 2 centuries and the Turks second diplomatic city after Solun or Thessaloniki in the Balkans. It is a beautiful city with amazing people and nightlife but a shadow of Its past glory. Hope you had an amazing time in Macedonia. You are welcomed here anytime. Cheers.

[@EuropopTop]

I so love your videos. They make the viewer feel like they are there and it is not all glossed over like an advertisement. And if things go wrong - like a walk which goes nowhere - you film it which is great because it is just the sort of thing tourists encounter - so the viewer can relate to it. I am always fascinated by your accommodation and food😄. You are very non-judgmental and respectful wherever you go. I just hope you get to enjoy things without the filming too. Best wishes.

[@a.n.6374]

I did a trip trough Macedonia 2 years ago. Up to this video you are going exactly the same path I chose. Skopije-Ohrid-Bitola. My next city, after Bitola was Krusevo.

[@dreammfyre]

Wow. Those ruins at the end are amazing.

[@TomiBT87]

Tnx for the lovely presentation of my city. U should go in National park Pelister also. Its beautiful there. Greetings

[@johncousins4665]

Hey good timing, my favourite traveler

[@yogiaol]

Alina McLoud is auch very good.

[@Yonistravels]

Gabriel, your travel videos inspire me to travel the world. I really appreciate the amount of work you put in these videos.

[@kevinn1158]

I was in Bitola in 1989. I was visiting my grandfather's/dad's village to the south. They left just before world war 2. They took a train across Europe and then a ship to Canada. I also got to meet extended family members in the Skopje. Crazy my dad and grandfather never saw their home country again after they left. Thank for the video!

[@ysti6552]

Before you answer if Macedonians were greeks, Please answer if slavs were Macedonians, or if Macedonians were slavs. And After For that you anwser if the traditional Culture civilization For Ancients Macedonians were near to Greek traditional Culture civilization or to Slavic. Ask your self. And Waiting Your anwser After 10 days of thinking About it.

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

@@ysti6552 Oto german make Greece before 190 years. MACEDONIANS 25 CENTURIES from FILIP KING ON MAKEDONIJA .

[@kora132]

Thanks, Gabriel, for another most interesting video! Travel safely!

[@bonniehedden5579]

Street art is amazing lots of good artists their💥👍

[@nicolaskottis5245]

I like Bitola more than Scopia or Ohrid. It's on my short list now. Thanks for letting us know this beautiful city.

[@wifiThief]

skopje (centrum) looks a bit kitch to me. ohrid with the lake looks awesome in gabriel's vid. bitola is also very charming but second to wonderfull ohrid. just my opinion.

[@Wolverine-ky9gk]

Skopje*

[@pseudonymshqipe854]

Struga and Ohrid are the most beautiful cities in Macedonia.

[@pseudonymshqipe854]

I may have a bit of bias. I'm an ethnic Albanian from Struga lol I live in the US though.

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

@@Wolverine-ky9gk POZDRAV ! ! ! Tatjana od MAKEDONIJA

[@boristheslav9414]

Gabe love your content. Keep producing

[@rdl4530]

Dang son 3 full days (videos) of the amazing country of Makedonski. You knocked out of the park my friend!

[@lazarusrize]

Thanks for another great video. Shalom. 🙏

[@waitaminute2015]

I'm always fascinated with amphitheatres for some reason.

[@solobano570]

Same here! Place of art and culture at its best and display of human nature at its worst (gladiators). The continuation of it all is amazing too. Music and opera, bullfighting and Gaddafi’s televised executions at stadiums every Saturday in the 70s, to mention few .....

[@sowhat249]

Yugoslavia was the founder of the unaligned movement after WW2 which was joined by many other nations of the world. Communist, but not aligned with the rest of the communist world, but rather at odds with them. Tito took donations from both the west and the east after WW2, which helped him rebuild the country's economy, which allowed for everyone to have everything they need, and more, except for you couldn't question the authority of the communists. Stalin sent dozens of assassins to take out Tito, each and every one of them failing, and then Tito sent a letter to Stalin in which he said that if he sent an assassins to kill Stalin, he wouldn't need to send another one. People loved him because there was no poverty, shortage of stuff, there was free education, medical care, free vacations for everyone, regardless of ethnicity and religion, thus trying to replace all those ethnicities with one, yugoslav.

[@awkwardowl8835]

@D S What do you mean by North Macedonians who wanted to free Solun (Thessaloniki)? Do you mean to set it free from Greeks? Man, you could start WW3 by yourself!

[@awkwardowl8835]

Now about ideological freedoms - that's also arguable. We had "Hair" theatrical performances in "Atelier 212" since 1969, "Waiting for Godot" since 1956, "Master and Margarita" theatrical performances and the movie in '60 -'70, many listening to Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy etc. since '60-'70, Punk scene in late '70, etc. Of course that none of it passed smoothly, there were artists jailed for "Plastic Jesus" or "The Mystery of Organism" etc. What about Assange today, in democratic West? Or a lawsuit against Josipa Lisac, for singing a jazz version of national anthem on presidential inauguration 8 months ago, in progressive Croatia?

[@awkwardowl8835]

@D S I would take Cuba - any time, thanks : )) and would imagine from there how your rhetoric pathos persuades Greeks that Alexander the Great was not spreading Greek culture, but North Macedonian. For now, it seems that everyone is happy with bad performances of folk music all over EX-YU, no interest in poetry. How is that a progress, or multitude of ideas?

[@awkwardowl8835]

I'm sorry for your losses. The truth is that I've never been to Thessaloniki, but I've been hitchhiking through North Macedonia as a teenager, back in 1980 and it is every bit as beautiful as I remember. The most impressive was the road from Ohrid to Prespa over Galicica, because you couldn't tell where the sky ends.

[@awkwardowl8835]

​@Joe BloggsMy love and respect for Makedonija will never change, regardless of its name and its political status, since it shares very long historical heritage with Serbia and I still have relatives there.

[@kostanestorov9819]

Heraklea was ancient Macedonian city,

[@georgefotopoulos4273]

HERACLES. A GREEK CITY.

[@simeonmalinov4570]

@@georgefotopoulos4273 Roman city.

[@georgefotopoulos4273]

@@simeonmalinov4570 You remind me the turkish They say exactly the same thing. They show to the turists the ancient Greek theatres or other Greek monuments and tell them that they are Roman.

[@Streetw1s3r]

@@georgefotopoulos4273 "Greek" wasn't a nationality. It was simply a Macedonian city. Do you call Roman cities "Latin cities"? LOL

[@georgefotopoulos4273]

@@Streetw1s3r MACEDONIA WAS A GREEK KINDOM LIKE OTHER ANCIENT KINDOMS:EPIRUS,THRACE,CRETA ETC. ALSO THERE WERE GREEK CITIES-STATE WHICH HAD DEMOCRACY.(ΑΤΗΕΝS, MYKINES). OF COURSE ALL CCREATED THE GREEK NATIONALITY. WHAT ELSE DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE GREEK AREA? ABOUT MONASTIRI OF COURSE IT WAS BELINGING TO THE MACEDONIAN-GREEK KINDOM.

[@sherifbalich3945]

Really nice Great job again 👍👍

[@pasqualeabarno]

Hello.. Gabriel.. Amazing country.. Mille grazie.. Excellent work of you.. 🍀

[@zagorthegreat]

Only MACEDONIA, not north. You visited my city, hope you enjoyed Bitola. It’s the best Macedonian city. Very proud city and its citizens.

[@danielivanov1617]

What's with North Macedonians denying historical truths? The entire world community recognized your country under the name of North Macedonia 2 years ago, and there's so many of you denying a historical event that happened only 2 years ago

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

@@danielivanov1617..... enjoy . MACEDONIANS 25 CENTURIES from FILIP KING ON MAKEDONIJA .

[@alexlarsen6413]

Very cool!

[@JeevanThapaOfficial]

The food in the beginning looks so delicious

[@Okiejayjay]

Panter Panta true but isn’t that Shopska Salat, not “Greek salad”?

[@JeevanThapaOfficial]

Panter Panta would love to try it out

[@dzonikg]

That ascent city is awesome but i dont like that beautiful mosaics on floors are left on open ,on rain ,snow ..its just very rear to see color that survive 2000 years so i dont thing is good that they left it on open to degrade

[@tonios4518]

The mosaics are covered and protected during the winter time :)

[@lilynesh3227]

Thank you Gabriel

[@alejandropapkov3892]

Hello Gabriel thank you very much for your information

[@bonniehedden5579]

Your place to,stay is so nice look very modern. Thanks for sharing great place to visit 👍🙏❤️😊

[@qinutusarmus_imnotdeejay5342]

Amazing area man ! 👌👍🙏

[@retro5014]

The women seem ridiculously beautiful here - wow.

[@pecopecovski1667]

They are ffs

[@edwardsbarbara25]

So are the men!

[@2Travelis2Live]

This was an awesome video, with amazing culture and history.

[@muzictherpy]

Yep Bitola has Broad way :) Sirok sokak

[@ashishblog2646]

Beautiful Bitola

[@travel4ever]

Nice video!

[@mancuniamancunia9212]

These videos of North Macedonia are superb. Looking forward to the next one 😊

[@nathanilemiller7750]

Hum

[@antoniostojkoski]

We are no north... We are only MACEDONIA

[@criskanu7072]

Nice video man, great to know this city

[@asifashiq3172]

Great video my dear I love it so mach God bless you stay safe

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Thanks, have a good one.

[@sometimesrex]

Those mosaics at those ruins are Epic!!

[@stevenmarinceski4156]

Thanks for coming to my home town and showing it nicely

[@RufusDinaricus]

Such a lovely city. I prefer Ohrid, Prilep and Bitola over the capital. Greetings from Serbia!

[@jonselimi8073]

All illyrian citys 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

@@jonselimi8073..... IN MAKEDONIJA ----- EVERYTHING IS MACEDONIAN .

[@marinapetrovska8708]

My native town Bitola is my beauty

[@kingofmak]

Woow, im from Bitola my self but born in sweden, i dident know alot of stuff u was talking about, ty for the facts and a lovely video of my beautiful city Bitola!

[@stevo728822]

I like the shirt Gabe. I notice the high (main) street is full of shops. If you walk down a typical UK high street it's mainly charity shops, real estate agents, betting shops and coffee shops. Proper shops killed off by supermarkets, out of town shopping malls and online sales.

[@brendanfarrell5119]

you the man!

[@seeker967]

Great video Gabriel!

[@terrancealona3818]

good to see other cities

[@pedrorodriguez230-e2u]

according to all the places in the world that you have been and you are still alive that is called supernatural protection

[@guyeshel9316]

Just found out my grandmas family are from (Monastir) Bitola. Immigrated to Israel in the very beginning of the 20th century, so cool.

[@TomiBT87]

If u want to know something more about jewish comunity in Bitola , Monastir contact me. Jewish comunity was one the most active in my town for 500 years till holocaust! Ask me what ever u want it will be my pleasure to explain u everything ..

[@aleksandravasileva3269]

Gabriel bravo za tebe sto go prezentiras kaako sto nekogas go narekuvale grad na konzulite. Pozdrav od Skopje S. Makedonija.👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@saratemp790]

Another nice town. I was thinking, the Balkans is such an old historical developed area, and the weather is good, the countryside seems so green and fertile there, yet it seems to be kind of an underpopulated area. I thought Europe was very crowded? Why don't more people move there?

[@AleksandarGospic]

Yeah, this is great part of the world for living but economies were never strong here as in western Europe, so people are constantly moving to the west. But even if everyone returned this would still not be overpopulated part of the world, there's space for at least 3 times more. And the insane thing is there's plenty of fertile land but since the fall of socialism degree of cultivation has been going down all the time cause now it is cheaper to import mass produced food from the outside than produce your own, it's globalization insanity

[@saratemp790]

@@AleksandarGospic Yes you have such nice land there, you should grow food there. Well the Balkans has lots of room to grow, it will be the future hotspot in Europe.

[@rosieg3423]

Every thing is clean and fertile just because we are not overpopulated. I wouldn’t like if we don’t have all this clean water and so much green land. And we do grow food but not so many people do it so we need more from outside altho we prefer in stores our food

[@ruru5862]

I just returned from North Macedonia on Monday. Stayed in Skopje and visited many cities including Bitola. Video was great but it's more beautiful in person!

[@mymacedonia7594]

So-called North don't exist! ;) You mean guaranteed Republic of MACEDONIA! ❤🇲🇰😁

[@VictorSokovin]

The mosaics of Heraclea are nice, and good to see them in the open (these are not copies, are they?)

[@valeriehaskins7238]

Thank you again it’s a wonderful distraction from the pandemic stay safe friend

[@ЛенчеСтојановић]

Najubava je mojata Bitola💓💓💓

[@vanderelst5996]

Very nice and authentic,well preserved,I have the impression all Macedonian cities are like that.

[@atatrsunov]

Great video love from North Macedonia, BItola

[@osdx]

You mean south of Macedonia,very close to greek border...

[@mn7486]

@Osmar Rodrigues He means south of North Macedonia

[@osdx]

@@mn7486 thanks,I understood the reason of the mame North Macedônia in the previous vídeo...

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

MAKEDONIJA ----- 25 VEKA e vo JUZ'NA EVROPA . od FILIP KRAL na MAKEDONIJA IV vek pred ovaa era i denes XXI vek.

[@fernandopaulo1974]

Nice.👍

[@laflamablancak.p.3170]

Bitolaaa :))

[@MsCroatianCanuck]

GABE....WANTED TO EXTEND HAPPY NAME DAY ST GABRIELS- THE MESSENGER ANGEL- ALWAYS EDUCATING US WITH YOUR AWESOME JOURNEYS...CHEERS..STAY SAFE

[@CityWalksLondonVlog]

These floor mosaics are amazing,Macedonia is truly beautiful!,...

[@gladcameron597]

So visit Dion in Makedonia /Greece to admire a perfect mosaic of about 110m2. It was built a museum especially for that.

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

@@gladcameron597............. eat suflaki . in Greece.

[@gobshite]

8:50 I see my boy, Hrom is up in Bitola! Respect to the Skopje crew!

[@natas-6747]

FYI. That salad isn’t “Greek salad”. Greeks just hijack the name like they do with other food that is from the Turkish people. Ottoman Empire.

[@smefour]

Beautiful little city

[@katieboshevski7047]

Beautiful ❤️

[@scorpisces182]

I have no idea how I came across your channel and this video, but so glad I did; this is very cool! I'm in Canada, but my dad is from Bitola. I was fortunate enough to visit macedonia and see Heraklea as a kid. Its been too long... I have to go back again! Thanks again for this. Time to check out your other videos 🤙

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Cool, enjoy the adventure.

[@soumyadeeplovestoexplore6631]

The ancient ruins of Heraclea Lyncestis at the end is quite interesting and worth to see it.

[@arthur_stephens]

I noticed you have 420k subscribers. I know a good way to celebrate that...

[@stefanexplores]

Haven't seen that many videos from Bitola haha! Great stuff, Gabe :)

[@explore_macedonia]

Great one 👍👍👍

[@JonWineandTravel]

Bitola or MANASTIR, the original name it's a great a romantic city :)

[@thomascrown3816]

just like being on hol ! you even moved the camera when you crossed the road.😃😃😃😃😃

[@rocco...]

Dang! Thar is some purtty architecture in dat der town.🎨

[@TomiBT87]

Bitola was the most european pro west city in the balkan Otoman time. Cultural, military , and administrative center. But was the mOst bombarded city in the world in WW1! And many of the beautiful buildings and old neo classic architecture was forever lost. No matter of that ..still is the most beautiful town in Macedonia

[@rocco...]

@@TomiBT87 Like so much more throughout Europe. Perhaps heads of state have learned their lesson after WW II. So far so good. Do you live in Bitola?

[@TomiBT87]

@@rocco... yes! Im interested in history, especially my town history. Its one sad but beautiful story . If u wanna know something more about my city contact me. It will be my pleasure

[@rocco...]

@@TomiBT87 So much history surrounds you.Where does one begin. You must cross over to Albania often. Love to go to that part of the world. I'm hoping soon because I want to go to Turkey and get some dental work done. Far cheaper than where I live in British Columbia.

[@TomiBT87]

@@rocco... well bitola was first formed from Philip! The Alexander the Great father ! in just 10 minutes from my home pass the most famous Roman road Via Ignatia! Next to Heraclea Linkestis! Road who connected Rome with Minor Asia . Road used from Roman Legions and crussaders. Also on the north site we have medieval churches from 9 century! Almost all medieval churches in town more than 50! were crushed from the Otomans for revenge! Because Bitola was the biggest monsk city ! the only city that put up fierce resistance against the Turks! In 1830 became the major war and administrative city ! With more than 15 international consuls! The pro west culture and trends was huge in my town ! Thats why architecture is so beautiful for this part of the 🌎. But like i said..the war front in ww1 passed tro yhe city. More than 500 thousands bombs were dropped! The most devastated city in the world, together with Verden from 🇫🇷! 80% of the famous architecture, beautiful buildings were lost forever. With just 20% of the preserved architecture. .bitola is still number 1 city in Macedonia. Another interesting think is that Bitola was home on many Jews from Spain and Portugal . They came here in 1500 year. They, put huge culural impact in my town. Especially with their Spanish and Portuguese culture..putting another color in the city. They were completely all deported in ww2 in Treblinka ! All theirs homes, buildings are still empty and mistical ..they were 30% of entire population in the town. Yes, history is very interesting here

[@davidcufc]

Fascinating place. I absolutely hate that graffiti though.

[@onkelarmin7011]

Thanks for visiting Bitola and not only Skopje and Ohrid like most of the other youtubers...

[@user-jq1oi6ur2x]

Hey Gabriel! How do you stay so skinny traveling all the time?? Great video- I’m there now!!

[@sadedinosman4351]

Great video go on. I come from Macedonia myself, and I am always happy to receive new videos from you. I would be very happy to receive a video from the city of Shuto Orizari ",, ŚHUTKA ,, if possible?

[@saratemp790]

I want to see Albania next.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

For now feel free to check out my old videos from there: kzbin.infosearch?query=Albania

[@saratemp790]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Thanks. But I already saw them. But I want to see more. Such an unknown country to us.

[@nesosokolovski501]

Wow

[@georgechilidis8446]

You made me more proud Gabriel to be born Greek from Chania Crete and yes if you can cross the Greek border you can visit my late father’s hometown Serres, I have relatives... you’ll be in good hands .. enjoy your stay buddy

[@askkotso7241]

Macedonia is Macedonian and not Greek. Read the bible Crete.

[@ohrid59mk76]

BITOLA - REPUBLIC of MACEDONIA !

[@eclectictraveller]

Thanks for the excellent video. I do like old tile floors, Roman I suspect. Some of the best Roman mosaic floors I ever saw were in Paphos, Cyprus.

[@canalfutpedia1767]

Eternal derby (Macedonian: Вечно дерби), also known as the Macedonia derby (Macedonian: Македонско дерби), is the name given to matches between the two most popular clubs from North Macedonia, the Skopje-based FK Vardar and Bitola-based FK Pelister, supported by Komiti and Čkembari respectively, with fans at times infamously engaging in hooliganism during the derby.

[@NGaugeVideo]

Gabe, meet up with Bald and Bankrupt. It would be great to see you work together on a same video. Excellent video by the way. Keep.up the brilliant work.

[@iwrk]

I don't that will ever happen, Mr. Bald is a people person.

[@tangcyka]

i miss bitola and my family there 😢

[@kitchenwithfarzanaamin2835]

Nice video friend

[@conniedean3787]

The churches and country are beautiful, do you know when the U.S. is able to travel to Europe.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I wish I knew! Not for a while it seems, I haven't heard any news of plans to open up the EU to tourists.

[@TomiBT87]

U can come here! Usa isnt banned here

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@TomiBT87 Yes, there are a few European countries where Americans can travel right now without a test or quarantine: Belarus, Serbia, N. Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and I heard that Ukraine just opened up again. Also Turkey is fully open.

[@nathanilemiller7750]

Nice

[@marlenemcmillan8891]

I see everyone is distancing and wearing masks when needed..nice room.also

[@user-vp8dd1mc9f]

I live in bitola

[@clints3727]

Nice video 👍🏽❤️❤️❤️👍🏽

[@bube4uki]

If you want to be technical, Greece as we know it today has its name after the ottomans left the balkan, and Helenic colture is a parallel to the latin colture of Rome. By that reasoning you don't hear Italy calling out to the world that Carthage was a Roman ethnic land. In the time of Philip II and before him the hellenic city states considered the territory of Macedon to be a barberic land because they could not understand the language of those people. Furthermore the Macedon part of today's Greek state was named by Greece in '89, because they were aware of the fate of Yugoslavia coming in the following years. My point is that Hellenic culture not Greek, should be the right term describing the time period. I still wish you have lots of fun and good time in our country. Since you are in Bitola if you have the time visit the Peshna Cave, or the town of Krushevo (the highest situated city in the Balkans), also a historical cite where the first republic was established that lasted only 10 day's before it was snuffed by the Ottomans in 1903.

[@rosieg3423]

Љубомир Чукниев I agree about Helenic culture, we always learned in school that it was helenic culture and there was roman culture. We all know that roman and helenic culture was much more then todays Italy and Greece.

[@mn7486]

@Љубомир Чукниев The ancient Macedonians spoke Greek just like the Athenians, the Spartans, the Thebans, the Corinthians, etc.. The writing on the ancient Macedonian remains as well as the ancient Macedonian coins is in Greek. Of course you can use the word Hellenic instead of Greek if you prefer. Even the Greeks themselves do not use the word Greek but Hellenic.

[@bube4uki]

@@mn7486 we can agree to disagree, knowing from history that the hellenic city states could not stand or understand the tribes living in the region of Macedon, that's why they considered them barbarians because when they spoke with the to the hellenic tribes they sounded like "bar-bar" (nonsense) and that's how we get the term barbarians. Not one people in the balkan peninsula can trace it's own roots 500 years ago let alone 2000 years or till 500bc.

[@mn7486]

@Љубомир Чукниев I am sorry but it is not true that the other Hellenic city states could not understand the Macedonians. You are correct with your definition of “Barbarians” but this term was often used as an insult among Greeks, for example the Athenians calling the Spartans Barbarians during the Peloponesean war, it did not mean that the Athenians did not understand the Spartans, it was simply a derogatory insult. Aristotle himself was Macedonian, what language did he speak? He tutored the young Alexander, in which language do you think he tutored him? During Alexander’s campaign in Asia he spread the Hellenic culture and language, if the Macedonians spoke a different language then why didn’t they spread this different ‘Macedonian language’? Of course I totally agree with you that no one in the Balkans (or anywhere else) can trace his own ancestry 2000 years ago.

[@bube4uki]

@@mn7486 as I said, we can agree to disagree,... Evidence of a separate dialect is carved in the Rosetta stone that was ment for Helenic Egyptian and among otters Macedon dialect. We could discuss this all day long or until the end of our lifetime, it's not fair to the video to open old and still not closed wounds. Be or feel what you consider to be true, but the truth can only be found in the middle of our own views. I welcome any type of discussion, but I'm self conscious of the person which chanel this video is posted and I think he would much appreciate commenting on time and sites that he reported and visited.