Dalmatia Paradise Explained in One Sentence

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Dalmatia meets the Western mentality, what can possibly go wrong?
On the 7th day, God created Paradise, and he called it Dalmatia. But the gates to the Kingdom do not open automatically. The only sentence you need to equip yourself for Paradise. A sentence it took me 15 years to learn. Next up - Hvar: 10 Things I Never Expected to Find on Croatia's Premier Island.
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[@elizabethwilk9615]

Thank God there are no Starbucks or too many McDonald’s - once that happens the culture changes.

[@PaulBradbury]

Croatian coffee culture is the best.

[@hrvojevasilj7976]

In Bosnia and Hezegovine there is no McDonalds anymore because of bribery. And I am happy that there is none because our traditionl food is so much better especially japrak and sarma. Btw @PaulBradburyCroatiaExpert You should visit Bosnia and Herzegovina and try some of our food and if you like multicluturalism you would be happy to find two religions and two branches of christianity co exist on the same place. Since there is 17% of croatian people in Bosnia and Herzegovine that country culturally and historically is a part of Croatian homeland. So I would be glad for you to pay a visit and you will see that the lifestyle in BiH is not much different than in Croatia.

[@PaulBradbury]

@@hrvojevasilj7976 Thanks for the comment. I have been a regular visitor since 2001 - great food and people.

[@sretnazvijezda400]

Starbucks are closing in Canada It's expensive and they charged for paper cups.Costumers where spending 300 dollars month It was like rituals 😮.

[@jhutfre4855]

@@sretnazvijezda400 in Croatia you pay one Euro for macchiato and sit in the café for one and a half hour

[@Rene-cm6go]

I am Croatian, and I have today discovered that one Englishman can in few minutes explain and give so much information how life in Croatia really works.. With historical information.. Hope you can do more about all of Croatia.. It will be better than anything else. You are a great ambassador for our land. Thank you for that.. Sadly, I have moved to Germany.. Because and only because of money.. It is difficult to live in Croatia if you don't have really good job and family house or apartment.. To pay a rent from salary is impossible.. I am a photographer for last few years.. so I wish to be able to come to Croatia for longer time.. So much beautiful places and nature there is for photography.. Živjeli 🇭🇷

[@PaulBradbury]

Haha tx. Yes lots more coming on this channel if you want to subscribe

[@Rene-cm6go]

@@PaulBradbury I'm already subscribed..

[@hphess]

Oh yes, Paul! Do not try to change to change Dalmatia, but expect Dalmatia to change you. That's the reason why I come back every year. I first came to Croatia in 1997, first to Dalmatia in 2003. And everytime I come back, I switch from German mode into Dalmatian mode for a few weeks and it's definitely good for me.

[@PaulBradbury]

Germany and Dalmatia is a winning lifestyle combination.

[@TheOTHILL]

As a regular visitor to Dalmatia, having married into a wonderful family from one of the Islands, for over 25 years, I watched this today and grinned. Agree with every word although for my own benefit/sanity/blessing (and there must be a clever German word for that combination) I have boiled my own Dalmatian advice down to just trying to gain a modicum of understanding around the word/concept of 'Pomalo'. My Dalmatia summed up in a single expression, with a heartfelt desire for it to be, one day in the distant future, the last words on my lips.

[@PaulBradbury]

Haha

[@vordag]

you said it all my friend

[@darkosubasic969]

You have got right that one. The saying in Dalmatia is. We are not changing our rules.

[@darkosubasic969]

Mi ne mijenjamo naše regule.

[@PaulBradbury]

That is another way of saying it, and I hope Dalmatia will not change.

[@olgaraffa1]

It’s you have got that one right, but we all know that’s what you meant.

[@jamro217]

Well said, Mr. Bradbury. I am a musician who learned early on that what the audience wants to hear is more important than what you want to play for them. This is basically the same concept. By not wasting your life trying to keep up with the Joneses, you free yourself to enjoy and learn about other cultures. Thanks for your channel. I've learned a lot from you already. Take care and God bless you.

[@PaulBradbury]

Thank you! Lots more coming if you want to subscribe

[@ALPHONSO_NANOOK]

Tuđi čovik nikad razumit neče ljubav koja veže Dalmatinske ljude. Mi smo posebna raca i nikad se prominit nečemo. Živila Dalmacija!! Greetings from Split 😉

[@CrvenkapicaIVZNG]

"Jute san se zajubija" Ja neznam dali se mene treba smatrati pod "tudi covik". Roden sam nekad davno u Zabrebu. Odrastao u Minhenu. Napustio sam Minhen 1991 i dosao ratovati za "stare slave djedovinu". Protiv Srbocetnika i njihove "Entourage". Poslali su me u Split. Organizirati odbranu Dalmacije. Nazalost (ja sam ratovao, nisam sjedio u kaficima) nisam nasao vrimena zaljubiti se u Dalmatinku. Ali sam se zaljubio u Dalmaciju. Bratski sam se zaljubio u svoje suborce - "tvrde momke s kamenjara". Kako ih je nazvao moj zapovjednik, gospodin general Ivo Jelic. Bila mu laka hrvatska gruda. Od cuke do cuke od Zadra do Dubrovnika zaljubio sam se u taj narod. U svaki taj kamen, koji mi je nocu bio jastuk, na kojem smo danju ratovali. Zaljubio se u sve te utiske srca i duse, dozivljene u tom predivnom dijelu moje Hrvatske. Ja sam dusom, srcem i tijelom Hrvat. Ja sam Evropljanin iz uvjerenja i spoznaje da je to jedini valjani put u buducnost. No jedino cega se ja u tom kontekstu bojim je, da ce Evropa promijeniti hrvatskog covjeka, hrvatsko bice. Integracija za Hrvatsku, za Hrvate nesmije postati asmiliacija. Bog vas pozivio drage Dalmatinke, dragi Dalmatinci. Nikad se nikome nedajte prominit! Odgajajte svoju djecu u duhu vasih prabaki i pradjedova. Lijep pozdrav od bivseg djelatnog casnika IV. Brigade ZNG.

[@acidburnisive]

So true. We are hard to change. I am traveller but born in Dalmatia.

[@PaulBradbury]

Dalmatia is a little like malaria. Once you are exposed to it, it has you for life. Amazing place.

[@NikolaProlic]

@@PaulBradbury 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ivanzilavcic5842]

Hvala na komplimentu!

[@PaulBradbury]

Nema na cemu

[@Nessly91]

Y it is not big surprise Starbucks didn't have success in Croatia. People in Croatia never want fast coffee in plastic cup and then carry that around with them. When you go drink coffee in Croatia that is always 1-3 hour event usually with friends or family in some coffee bar or at home.

[@PaulBradbury]

Yes, it is one of my favourite things about living here

[@cvita2904]

I remember when growing up in Split the most prevalent attitude being 'you don't say!" followed by "give me a break please". 😂So...yeah, being conditioned from an early age to resist everything and anything, Dalmatians are definitely not easily to impress.

[@marijanglavina2512]

Ovo je genijalno!

[@PaulBradbury]

Haha tx

[@cinziam457]

Super helpful information, Paul - thanks for illuminating us on all things Croatia :)

[@PaulBradbury]

No problem, lots more videos coming if you want to subscribe

[@natalial916]

Happy New Year! By the way, beautiful Channel name.

[@PaulBradbury]

Haha, for now...

[@aldonrey5275]

best words and guidelines. thank you. 🙂

[@PaulBradbury]

You're very welcome!

[@selmajovanov2802]

Hello there, I just discovered you and your work, you are doing an excellent job! Have you ever been to Istria and/or done a video about it?

[@PaulBradbury]

Many times and videos coming

[@milandedic4926]

Ovo je pravi opis Dalmacije 👏👏👏👏👍 .

[@PaulBradbury]

Short and simple

[@Dingdong12397]

Hrvatska!Croatia! 😉👍

[@RobertsClassicShave]

Great you have all say! That's Dalmacija!

[@PaulBradbury]

To je to

[@ivana7625]

❤🇭🇷

[@tonyrogic5411]

Your advice here is spot on ✅ Like you, I’ve heard many investors get swindled! The Split lawyer was right ( a typical Dalmo thing to sway, brutal truth)

[@PaulBradbury]

Yes, but I think the situation is much, much better now. There is a lot more transparency and better information, as well as more expert help with track records.

[@tombartram7384]

I've got a friend in work from Croatia, up near the Hungarian border. He's cook-a-hoop because he lives in a rented flat in South Wales and works as a security guard. Not much of a recommendation for Croatia if we're honest.

[@PaulBradbury]

Well that is a long way from Dalmatia

[@tombartram7384]

@@PaulBradbury Obviously no prospects in Dalmatia either, or what's he doing in Cardiff?

[@bernardokrolo2275]

Ja sam primjetio jednu stvar koja bitno razlikuje Zapadnjake od nas..ljudi na Zapadu vjeruju da ih netko stiti..to je za nas prenaivno..nitko ne stiti vasih 2 miliona eura ili dolara..vi ste i samo vi odgovorni za njih..nikakva drzava ni ikakva zajednica..meni je osobno neshvatljivo kako tako pametni ljudi i sposobni ne mogu to shvatiti..Paul je to izgleda shvatio

[@PaulBradbury]

Agree with you 100%, and I was like that when I arrived.

[@bernardokrolo2275]

@@PaulBradbury ali zato vi imate inicijativu...cijelo ovo tvoje djelovanje i tvoj kanal govore o tome..treba netko doci sa strane i vidjeti sto imamo da bi se i mi malo trgnuli..hocu reci da je nas problem s druge strane defetizam...je da smo "mi" odrasliji i oprezniji nego "vi" ali smo zato precinicni i nezadovoljni..ti si Paul meni se cini pomirio ta dva svijeta..samo naprijed..Bog te ljubi

[@elreydelmundo8499]

@@bernardokrolo2275 dosa englez ko robin hood da djeli pare, 2m jel? ne, dolazi da zaradi! da moze lakse da zaradi na druga mjesta, ne bi u hrvatsku! njegov je market /pljacka cijelog svijeta! plus odakle dolazi, ne mozes u more u sred ljeta, pa nek bude sretan da mu je ulaz u hrvatsku dopustena

[@vjc4964]

@@elreydelmundo8499 na kojem jeziku ti pišeš🤔

[@dtikvxcdgjbv7975]

Živa istina.True.

[@PaulBradbury]

Thanks. A great region.

[@JohnDoe-cf8jz]

Happy with that, I'm not interested in investments and just want a nice place to retire.

[@PaulBradbury]

Not a bad place to retire to

[@sanchez33ify]

👍👍

[@apartmentsmiroslavvojnovic3302]

😊😊😊👍

[@okiokic]

🙂❤️

[@Jenny-fv6go]

you should open a twitter account, that would be awesome

[@PaulBradbury]

One more social media platform would finish me off

[@borismatas8282]

Now that's some sound advice, unlike your Croatian language video, a bit of a contradiction, no?

[@PaulBradbury]

Not really

[@bensahar215]

"avoid Žuja" 😂😂😂😂 That one was pure gold!

[@PaulBradbury]

Haha

[@abpast5319]

What means western.If you ask non whites western means white civilisation and lifestyle.If you ask russian,western means west and central european countryes that are oriented westwards.And if you ask west europeans what is western its just west europe and america.So western could be european civilisation around word,it could be countryes that are oriented to america and west europe and predomiantly chatolic and luteran and it could be all countryes that skiped communist era after ww2 in europe.

[@bura280]

Or just simplify, west from Croatia and theres your answer.

[@myflyingkidney]

good point, but I believe in this context it means western europe- france, the netherlands, belgium, germany, austria, switzerland, denmark, sweden, iceland, norway, finland, UK, ireland. non slavic countries that haven't been in the eastern block, and that aren't on the mediterranean. and we could add to that the US and canada probably.

[@abpast5319]

@@myflyingkidney your group doesnt make sance you added us and canada but not italy spain and portugal...Intresting

[@abpast5319]

@@granadacrain5219 yugoslavia was not eastern block.It was not runed by soviets as czechoslovakia, romania,bulgaria,hungary,east germany and poland.Yougoslavia is separate think cope with that.Croatia is not balkan country in terms of historic culture but now a days it has elements that were imported in much newer times such as"cajke" or "cevapi,burek,kebab everywhere".Balkan culture is spesicific mix of greek ortodox christian culture with oriental turskih elements.Croatia is historicly mix of north italian culture circle and central european one for main part.

[@myflyingkidney]

@@abpast5319 it does, I skipped italy bc of mafia, greece because of corruption and debt, spain bc of siesta and portugal bc of bureaucracy. Mediterranean countries are just different.

[@josipag2185]

Unfortunalty, the low lives, the worst kind of them, politicians, corrupted, those with politic connection, nepotism, with no moral nor patriotic particle- did change Dalmatia - if you have live there last 25 yrs, you might notice extreme beton-ization, ilegal and savage construction, total infrastructural caos, nobody and nothing during winter (It wasn't like that in 90s and early 2000), even sport is dying, dialects also, my nieces don't speak not close to what my family have spoken for decades. But, what expect from 'scholars' of those who called Dalmatia- just Southern Croatia, who never respected its rich history, who did total revision of it?

[@croatianwarmaster7872]

Josipa Dalmacija je postojbina Hrvatstva. Tu nam je niknula država i svo blago iz doba narodne dinastije 925.-1102. Ovo ti kažem kao punokrvni Dalmatinac čija obitelj se pojavljuje u spisima od prije skoro 800 godina. Dalmacija je najhrvatskiji dio Hrvatske. 🇭🇷

[@josipag2185]

@@croatianwarmaster7872 Pa sad imas to bosansko hrvatsko, i u Zagrebu i u Splitu i u Zadru, koje unistava okolis i radi dmeografsku katastrofu. I Dalmacija je bila multietnicka, od Splita je grad napravio dr Bajamonti, a ti te pjesme pjevaj na nekoj uskockoj utvrdu, i u tom istom Splitu je bilo poltickih previranja, o povijesti Dubrovnika i Zadra bolje da i ne pocinjem, ugl na kraju sto je bitno je da je Dalmacija sve je prihvacala, osim ustasa i Hitlera, ali svi bi se trebali odnositi sa postovanjem prema njoj. Sto danas, nitko me radi, a ne da popovi u mafijaskoj drzavi odlucuju u kojoj ce skoli koji ucitelj radit. Ali, i tol ce zbog egzodusa doci kraj, jedino mi je zao sto necu zivjeti 150 god da docekam kraj tog tvog hrvatstva, lol. But, sure you can imagine that Split printed all those literature. Or that Croats built Dubrovnik. Or where was raised Petar Krešimir IV. Anyhow, Croats came as warrior tribe like Serbs and Hungarians and picked some Slavs that were living in Great Moravia (that people from Zagorje,are the same origin as Czechs, Slovenes, Slovaks, etc), those Slavs ofc weren't as strong as Franks, so Croats, Serbs and Hungarians that had some sort of military and political organization got their way, so to say. But then, the peasants loved Koloman, beloved Hungarian king, that didn't forced them to go some stup!d crussades. So what exactly is hrvatstvo? Guduscani? Legenda o Zvonimiru? If you read Hungarian sources, Koloman was savage in semipermant war with his brother in Hungary. Zagreb, that Bela IV established, that had under Austro-Hungarian Empire. August Senoa, a half Slovak, half German, like many others in that panslavic movement, movement that wasn't even Croatian. It was a response to Hungarian nationalism, at least in Croatia. Czechs crazy writtings, in Dalmatia ž was x, and ć ch. Or, we can speak how Hungarians prefered a Croat Ivan Zapolya, while Croats prefered Habsburgs. We can speak about local warlords, that were robbers, and pirates that did not even try to make some city of agriculture (OK it is difficult in Dalmatia) or mercancy, now beeing heros, that went to Hungary to do well, kill political opponents ofthe common king, like Kacics, Uskoks did what, other Croats were Dodge's bodyguards, or Croati à cavallo, others terrific mercenaries for various strangers, like in France, where cravatte term was coined, other local warlords in Bosnia blame bogumili in Bosnia for heresy and then sold them as in Rome, slavery was kinda OK. My family is from Venice and from only normal place in Dalmatia, Republic of Poljica, Dubrovnik for poors. And ofc Dalmatia was never obssesd with politic ideas, but cared for the work, as in Split, whole city went to funeral of Antonio Bajamonti and the guy today does not have the streetz Julije has. Pathetic. And ofc ,nation states are bastard childs of bloody French Revolution, and Regnum Croatorum was barbaric vassal kingdom of Regnum Francorum, and Croats after that like I said,prefered a Hungarian king. So much, of your history knowledge, it does not matter when your ancestry goes, as state is not etnic but political construct, like kingdoms and empires. And it was other way around, Croatia incorporated (some, selected) legacy from Dalmatia in what is today. Dalmatia was mixed ofc, of Mediterranean, romanized world and due to Venice, due to Rome, due to Il Rinaschimiento it has all that churches that looked like italian, it had that influence so it was cradle of literature,that was all printed in today much hated Venice. Marcus Marulus was of mixed origin (like many others) due to that he could went to school in Italy and he could became what he did become. So. Today, we see that postrojbina doing, like I said betonization, destruction of the herritage, history revisionism. But hey, you so think that medieval Croats or Croats from 18th century cared so so much about having the state or kingdom? Sure, they all went to King Zvonimir's funeral. Lol. Or today, they are like Jews, the mayority lives outside of that state. Go. Figure. But you can continue to speak nonsenses, and think that is an argument for that- your ancestry. What a fallacy. Like I said, mine family is from actual croatian independient state (that sure was not Dubrovnik, Ottoman vassal state, that gave Neum and passage to them, so if it weren’t for Venice, all Dalmatia would be muslim Bosnia today, but Croatia can pretend otherwise and make up some stories, I can assure you that those Dubrovcani were the enemies of mine ancestors, not to mention Vikings and who helped with that one), and they prefered independet state, until aer robber and massive killer Napoleon came there. So. You see. I actually now what I am talking about, and I know the history of Dalmatia, whole history.

[@mianmenu]

It's really a paradise for selected few who can afford the things tourists think we all have. It's really a place of great poverty, of really a lot sad and ruined people by the system. Dalmatian mentality should be disturbed, it should evolve beyond this.

[@PaulBradbury]

With respect, I disagree. With the right mindset and a little determination, there is a lot more opportunity for local people, especially with the remote work revolution. You might find this series on TCN interesting - locals living in Croatia but earning internationally. They all succeeded due to determination and mindset, at least in my opinion. www.total-croatia-news.com/tag/remote-croatia

[@mianmenu]

@@PaulBradbury Not everyone can be enterprenours, these people made it not because of the system but in spite of it. You need a starting capital for such a risk. A million croatians are at risk of poverty and that's a huge number. Success in this country, especially Dalmatia, means having a few apartments for renting, working 3 months a year. There is no real work here, for example , poor women working in big chain-stores are "modern slaves", being exploited for minimal wage. Sun and sea is not enough to survive here. In this place of utter corruption and social inequality.

[@ALPHONSO_NANOOK]

@@mianmenu modern slaves you have all ower the world. At here we at least have basic free health care, social help etc... Look how ordinary people live in USA where you if you get short on two salaries you end up on street without anything at all.

[@MostIntelligentMan]

lol u should live up north with that mentality, i am homeless and came live to dalmatia because its paradise AND ITS PARADISE EXACTLY BECAUSE U DO NOT NEED MONEY HERE, its warm, my shower is the sea, plenty food wild or trash, amazing, compared to living in sweden which many croats think is amazing, this is paradise, money cant buy naping under pine on coast of beautiful clear warm waters eating figs and grapes picked on your wqy to beach from random tree...

[@pp-bb6jj]

If you want Starbucks don't go to Croatia.

[@PaulBradbury]

I never understood the Starbucks thing. And then I came to Croatia, and I REALLY didn't understand it

[@f56yn25]

I love Istria far more cosmopolitan

[@PaulBradbury]

Yes, very different feel - both are fab

[@f56yn25]

@@PaulBradbury I worked in Former Yugoslavia during the war as an aid worker. I fell in love with Croatia and vowed to one day to move here. It took longer than I wanted but we moved to Istria 4 years ago. I still feel privileged to live in such a beautiful country with such lovely people.

[@qqqqqppppp]

Baš zato jer se ništa ne mijenja ljudi odlaze i na tržištu nema nikakvih poslova osim sezonskih poslova naravno i tamo najmanje rade naši ljudi iz hrvatske.

[@CrvenkapicaIVZNG]

Meine Folgenden Worte sollten eigentlich eine Antwort auf den Beitrag von „@mianmenu“ sein. Jedoch habe ich mich entschiede, die Allgemeinheit mit diesen meinen Worten zu konfrontieren. Hier der Text: Wie gehe ich mit diesem Beitrag um? Was antworte ich auf so einen Beitrag? Steht es mir zu, darauf zu antworten? Ich lebe nicht in Dalmatien. Ich beginne mit den Worten meines Urgroßvaters: "Die meisten Kroaten wissen nicht zu würdigen, womit Gott uns und unsere Heimat gesegnet hat". Die sogenannte "Westliche Lebensweise" als Alternative anzusehen wäre so, als würde man den Tod für die Heilung der Krankheit Krebs betrachten. Das korrupte politische System zu kritisieren, ist jedes mündigen Bürgers Pflicht. Jedoch, die Fähigkeit zur konstruktiven Kritik will und muss von den Bürgern erlernt und eingeübt werden. Und daran, scheint es mir, fehlt es in Kroatien gewaltig. Ich sehe wenig konstruktive Kritik, so notwendig diese wäre. Was ich zu oft sehe, ist das Propagieren der eigenen, persönlichen Frustration. Mag diese nun berechtigt sein, oder nicht. Führt aber nicht wirklich zu Veränderungen in der Gesellschaft. Was mir auffällt ist - in meinen Augen - eine völlig falsche Vorstellung vieler Kroatinnen und Kroaten wie das Leben in besagten "Westlichen Gesellschaften" abläuft, wie es ist, in diesen besagten Gesellschaften zu leben. Gerade bei jenen, die nicht müde werden, Kroatien und alles kroatische zu kritisieren, fällt mir diese fehlende Möglichkeit auf, zu vergleichen, zu relativieren. Ich kann - und das regelmäßig - nicht feststellen, dass diese Leute wirklich wissen, was es bedeutet, in einer Westlichen Gesellschaft zu leben, wenn man nicht geerbt hat, wenn man nicht zur Mafia der neuen, selbst ernannten Eliten gehört. Vorbei sind die Zeiten, zu denen man im sogenannten Westen, mit ehrlicher Arbeit eine wirkliche Chance hatte. Ich frage mich, ob diesen Leuten wirklich bewusst ist, was "Moderne Sklaverei" bedeutet, wenn sie darüber sprechen. Denn, ein geringer Lohn für ehrliche Arbeit ist Ausbeutung, noch lange nicht Sklaverei. Zur Sklaverei wird es dann, wenn in den Westlichen Gesellschaften Mädchen mit 12 oder 13 in die Prostitution gezwungen werden. Und wenn sie keine Chance haben, sich dem zu entziehen. Zur Sklaverei wird es dann, wenn diese Frau, die für geringen Lohn gute Arbeit leistet, sich auch noch gefallen lassen muss, von ihrem germanischen Abteilungsleiter oder Betriebsleiter menschlich erniedrigt und sexuell missbraucht zu werden. Weil sie ihre Familie durchfüttern muss. Und das ist in verschiedenen Formen in allen Westlichen Gesellschaften an der Tagesordnung. Warum also informieren sich diese Leute nicht darüber, wenn sie als "Normalo" heute in den Goldenen Westen gehen, oder diesen verherrlichen? Haben diese Leute eine Ahnung, wie es für Ausländer ist, im gelobten Deutschland beispielsweise für TÖNNIES zu arbeiten? Wie es für die Ukrainische Wissenschaftlerin ist, mit Versprechungen nach Deutschland gelockt zu werden und dann im Bordell zu landen? Bedauere, das musste jetzt sein. Ich habe das Gefühl, die, die hier am lautesten schreien, haben wenig Ahnung von dieser Welt.

[@markopetrunic7598]

Salut to the lawyer. :D

[@PaulBradbury]

Best advice ever

[@agrameroldoctane_66]

I am Croatian living abroad, and unfortunately this is true, and it is not compliment.

[@natalial916]

Actually, Croatia and "Balkan" couldn't be more opposite things. Geographically and culturally. Geographically, the Balkan mountain is situated in eastern Serbia and Bulgaria, far far away from Croatia. The story began when Serbian ethnologist and politician Jovan Cvijić wrote a book, in which he pushed a lie called the Balkan peninsula and listed "Balkan countries" for the first time, including Croatia and Bosnia. Why? On purpose. Because Serbian people desperately want to be attached to Croatia for obvious reasons. If we look at the definition of the term Peninsula, that geographical part which he called "the Balkan peninsula" is not a peninsula by any means. In fact, it is not clear to anyone in geographical science how the land, which is connected to the continent by such a wide arm, could even be declared a peninsula. No one thinks of calling Greece a "Balkan" country, although if anyone is on the peninsula, it's the Greeks." Cvijić harnessed all his forces to serve the affirmation of Serbianness, the Serbian national idea and the expansion of Serbian domination, and even the state, over the entire area of ​​the South Slavic people. The idea of ​​uniting all "Balkan tribes" is developing because (they claim) their members are actually of Serbian origin, only slightly different in historical sequence and "contaminated by influences from peripheral areas". We cannot and must not accept the classification of Croatia in any frameworks or names of "Balkans", "Western Balkans", "Balkan Peninsula" and the like. At no cost! Therefore, let this text also be a call to Croatian geography and science, and especially to the political elite, to persevere as much as possible in explaining and scientifically interpreting the real components of the geographical position of our hard-won homeland, Croatia. By the way, I am a Croatian ethnologist. Croatia is located in Southeast Europe, and culturally (especially Dalmatia) belongs to the west and central European countries that are oriented westwards!!! diplomatski.com/pripada-li-hrvatska-balkanu/ www.cnak.ba/kolumne/uciteljica-zivota/hrvatska-nije-na-balkanu-balkanski-poluotok-uopce-ne-postoji/

[@PaulBradbury]

There are so many opinions about Croatia and the Balkans, both geography and mindset. I am researching all angles for a video next year. It should lead to a lively discussion.

[@osmaks1518]

P.S. Natalia, ipak si ti na kraju Balkanka, koliko god bjezis od toga!

[@natalial916]

@@PaulBradbury If you love Croatia, stop calling it Balkan, because you are insulting and humiliating the Croats. We are not talking here about opinions, I was writing about science. 1) Geography is a science and geographically there is no peninsula here. I was citing Dr.sc. Dragutin Feletar, a famous Croatian geographer and former dean and professor at PMF University, who has explained in detail scientifically why the Balkan peninsula does NOT exist. In order for a part of the land to be geographically called a peninsula at all, the sea, i.e. water legs must be longer than the land, which is not the case in the case of the "Balkan Peninsula". I gave you the link. Mountain Balkan is located in Serbia and Bulgaria. Something like calling British people "THE CAMADERRIES", after the Irish mountain (I mean, you speak similar language, too). 2) About MINDSET. By classifying Croatia in the "Western Balkans" (countries of the former Yugoslavia, minus Slovenia, plus Albania), the European political powers once again humiliate our country. During her first official visit to Germany, our president Kolinda Grabar Kitarović correctly corrected the German president who used the term "Western Balkans", and she said that Croatia is located in Southeastern Europe. For centuries, Croatia belonged to and built the Mediterranean Roman Catholic culture and features of the Central European cultural circle. Its inhabitants will never accept any "Balkan" qualifications. Anyone who calls Croatia the Balkans is insulting the Croatian people. Please, respect that.

[@agrameroldoctane_66]

I am central European from Zagreb, and I have nothing to do with so-called Balkan. Thank you.

[@osmaks1518]

@@agrameroldoctane_66 you are a plain old brainwashed Balkan dude, that's exactly what you are..

[@CrvenkapicaIVZNG]

My following words should actually be a response to the contribution of "@mianmenu". However, I have decided to confront the general public with these words of mine. Here is the text: How to respond to such a post? Do I have a right to reply to this post? I don't live in Dalmatia. Nevertheless. I'll start with my great-grandfather's words. "The Croats do not appreciate what God has blessed them, and our homeland, with". The criticism of the existing system is justified. That is not the question. The question is, what are the alternatives to the current situation? To regard the so-called "Western way of life" as an alternative would be like to consider death as a cure for cancer. Criticizing the corrupt political system is the duty of every responsible citizen. However, the ability to constructively criticize wants and needs to be learned and practiced by citizens. And that, it seems to me, is sorely lacking in Croatia. I don't see much constructive criticism, however necessary it would be. What I see too often is the propagation of one's own personal frustration. This may or may not be justified. But it doesn't really lead to changes in society. What strikes me is - in my eyes - a completely wrong idea of many Croats of what life is like in these "Western societies", what it is like to live in these societies. Especially among those who never tire of criticizing Croatia and everything Croatian, I am struck by this lack of opportunity to compare, to relativize. I can't say - and regularly - that these people really know what it means to live in a Western society if you haven't inherited, if you don't belong to the mafia of the new, self-appointed elites. Gone are the days when in the so-called West, with honest work, you had a real chance. I wonder if these people are really aware of what "modern slavery" means when they talk about it. After all, a low wage for honest work is exploitation, not slavery. It becomes slavery when girls are forced into prostitution at the age of 12 or 13 in Western societies. And if they don't have a chance to escape it. It becomes slavery when this woman, who does a good job for low wages, also has to put up with being humanly humiliated and sexually abused by her Germanic department head or factory manager. Because she has to feed her family. And this is the order of the day in various forms in all Western societies. So why don't these people inform themselves about it when they go to the Golden West today? Do these people have any idea what it's like for foreigners to work for TÖNNIES in the promised Germany, for example? What is it like for the Ukrainian scientist to be lured to Germany with promises and then end up in a brothel? Sorry, it had to be now. I have the feeling that those who shout the loudest here have little idea of this world.

[@barbtheresa5693]

BRAVO!!!

[@PaulBradbury]

Haha tx

[@juliebozicevic7398]

Croatia is the West.

[@PaulBradbury]

In geography or mindset?

[@juliebozicevic7398]

@@PaulBradbury Historically, culturally and geographically. Just because Croatia isn't identical to France or Britain, doesn't mean is isn't the West.

[@paragliding3297]

@@PaulBradbury I ili Povijesno?

[@antoniovitturi5482]

❤

[@chicopc834]

Lets be real, that english bussinesman was obviously not a good one 😅 and unfortunately we are catching up to everything that is wrong in the west… Ps starbucks sucks, might as well get a cup of sugar and eat it.