Exploring Kratovo | The Coolest Town in North Macedonia

[@JerryGerold]

These N. Macedonia videos have been amazing. Kratovo looks like it's from another world. Such an interesting place. It must have been a fantastic trip.

[@huacamaya119]

I know. It looks like a place from the Lord of The Rings.

[@Blackadder75]

@@huacamaya119 ...if you remove all the cars...

[@MiNo77.]

just Macedonia guys...North is political bulshit

[@macedoniaskopje9080]

Country is called the Republic of macedonia

[@argeltal9090]

Hope you enjoyed your time in Macedonia. I am Macedonian from Ohrid, yet i've never been to Kratovo. Seriously considering to spend a weekend there now thanks to this video.

[@angeleanddanicakrstevski953]

greeting from California Gerald. mnogu pozdrav od mene i mojata sopruga Dana. Ohrid e navistina biser na Balkanot. mnogu go sakame.

[@RushFan84]

Greetings from Canada. Canadian born, but Macedonian by blood. My parents are from Agean-Macedonia. има само една македонија

[@nikolavideomaker]

@@kathleenjovanov79 Your husband's surname really suits your name. Just a random thought

[@kristyspivey1980]

I love your travels Gabriel!! You make me feel as though I’m there !!

[@juanderful791]

It gives me peace of mind to see the "old school" (figuratively) way of things. In other words, relaxing!

[@Ojstra]

Gabriel, thank you for your broad and deep outline of the Balkans in the last 3 months. It was awesome to see these videos.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Cool, glad you enjoyed them, thanks for watching.

[@eclectictraveller]

This is a gorgeous atmospheric town and the people seem very friendly calling out 'hello' as you pass. Thanks for sharing.

[@Kivas_Fajo]

The Zastava you saw lots of are FIAT 500 (Cinquecento) build in license from the former Yugoslavian car manufacturer Zastava. It's called Fićo by locals. Pronounced Feetcho.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Great, thanks for the info.

[@skiaddict08]

Thanks for being an island of sanity.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Doing my best.

[@skiaddict08]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos You're doing a good job. Hope you're getting needed rest. Can't just hold a camera all/every day :)

[@Sara-rh8jz]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Tetovo is the coolest City in Macedonia please visit.

[@keepcreationprocess]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Your shape and energy level is amazing. Do you take supplements or so? I am exhausted, when go up a hill, without a camera

[@adflicto1]

A true celery

[@Peldyn]

What a lovely little city. I will have to add it to my bucket list

[@georgestojkovski1026]

KRATOVO IS PERFECT PLACE TO SEE AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY OF THIS BEAUTIFUL AMAZING CITY

[@SkySpiral8]

That's real faith, building a town in the crater of an extinct volcano! 😆

[@pasqualeabarno]

Ciao.. Gabriel.. Spectacular.. Video.. Mille. grazie.. Excellent work of you.. Take care of yourself 🍀👍👍👍

[@ItsmateOMG]

Kratovo is where my mother is born and she lived there my dad comes from kumanovo and now we are living in the Netherlands but we are going there every summer all the streets in the video I was there a million times so cool to see

[@quoduo88]

This place looks so authentic😍

[@kathleenjovanov79]

It's as authentic as it gets because it's remained that way since antiquity except for the new things everything that there is old and broken down and it is from antiquity and that's where Alexander the Great is from so I get Greece 🇬🇷 with the name thing but where Macedonia 🇲🇰 is is Macedon was in antiquity just my opinion. The people over there are so friendly and welcoming and the food is fantastic

[@HK-pp9ig]

@@kathleenjovanov79 I thought Alexander the Great was born in a place call Pella within today's Greek borders. Vergina is another ancient Macedon capital in Macedonia, GR.

[@kathleenjovanov79]

@HK ok then Macedonia FYROM flag 🇲🇰 is literally the Vergina sun, am I wrong?

[@HK-pp9ig]

@@kathleenjovanov79 Nope, you are not wrong, the Macedonian flag is the Vergina Sun! Republic of NM was forced by Greek government to alter the flag as Greece does not allow NM to appropriate any heritage from Ancient Macedonia which is considered part of Hellenic/Greek cultural and historical heritage. The problem with NM is that people there speak a Slavic language, akin to Bulgarian and Serbian, but claim to be Macedonian. I would agree if the Slavic part and the Greek part would join under one Macedonian state; but then you'd have problems with the language... I respect people from NM and have friends from NM and Albania; some of them say they are Macedonian and some say they are Bulgarian. Many use the Bulgarian EU membership for passport privileges. I consider the concept of Macedonia as part of the Hellenistic culture; and the state of North Macedonia as part of South Slavic culture. I have a Greek/Macedonian co-worker who does not accept the concept of people from Skopje calling themselves Macedonian; but I have a close friend from Monastir/Bitola who says for sure he is Macedonian and the fact that he speaks Bulgarian does not take his Macedonian heritage away. He said that Macedonians in NM should treat Albanian people there better and with dignity, and he says NM would not exist without the support of the Albanian minority in NM. Pozdrav.

[@ImpetusOmnipotens]

@@HK-pp9ig Okay, first of all while Pella may be in the borders of today's Greece it was not that way always, that part used to be in Macedonia until 1913 when Macedonia was divided. Are you familiar with the Bucharest accord? If not, look it up. Second, Alexander was Macedonian and not Greek, the Hellenistic world does not belong to the Greeks. Macedonia has a continued existence here for over two thousand years, and we are Macedonians as we have always been. Our language is not alien from the Ancient Macedonian it is just an evolved form. The middle text on the rosetta stone is Ancient Macedonian and a testament to that. The fact that we are a tribe that came from the Carpartian mountains is lie, we are the natives of that region, if anyone is the settler is the Greeks. There are still many Macedonians and those of Macedonian heritage that live in what is today the Greek province of Macedonia, which used to be called Aegean Macedonia. They still speak our language and cherish our customs. Cheers.

[@georgechilidis8446]

The hotel room looks better then an 3 rooms apartment in Montréal Canada ..you gat a great deal .....I’m tempted to travel now that I’m on pension and start making videos ..happy travels Gabriel

[@zorantrpkovski9003]

Thanks you for viziting my beautiful cantry Repablic of MACEDONIA 🇲🇰

[@alokinale2074]

Repablic ? You mean Republic buddy learn the name of your own country.

[@zorantrpkovski9003]

@@alokinale2074 drugar ne se zamaraj so mene gledaj go videoto i uzivaj vo nego!!!Jas dobro si znam kako se vika mojata tatkovina ne mi treba nekoj lektor kako tebe da mi kazuva aj cao sega

[@macedoniaempireballMWK]

@@alokinale2074did u know that everyone doesn’t speak perfect English. 😱

[@qinutusarmus_imnotdeejay5342]

Nice hostel room, The area is so beautiful, the salads are so delicious..perfect man! 👍🙏

[@igors237]

I hope you had a great time here! 🤗

[@aleksandrastojanoska7007]

I love this video. I am macedonian who live in USA and i have never been to Kratovo, i had no idea that it’s so cool. Next time you visit Macedonia you should definitely go to Strumica a lot of things to visit around the city and in Strumica

[@ThunderDome74]

Great video of a neat little place, Gabriel. Cannot wait to see where you're off to next. Safe travels.

[@BlagicaRistovska]

I am Macedonian living in London and yes Kratovo is beautiful little city with great history, Thank you for sharing your visit to the world! My husband is British and he loves Macedonia. During our visits to Macedonia we visit diferent parts of the country as literarly every city and vilage has a story to tell. On our last visit we visited Kratovo, Kuklica, Kokino and the birth place of my father Kriva Palanka. My 9 year old daughter loved it, especialy all the history and the legends about Kuklica, Rada`s bridge and so on. When she came back she did a show and tell in her school and for the whole leson she spoke about Kratovo (she does this after every visit). She is making a guide book about the places and history of the places that she has visited so far. She is giving her current copy to her Deputy principal as she is visiting Macedonia this summer for two weeks.

[@chilibaldrr840]

I love the Balkans, I have been there before, such a nice way of life.

[@HK-pp9ig]

It is very nice until all Balkan people start a war... then it becomes ugly. Let's hope peace prevails in that part of the world!

[@krunoslavkovacec1842]

Trying living off of our pay check...

[@Wh1skey21]

Greetings from Macedonia with lots of love❤️❤️

[@angeleanddanicakrstevski953]

thanks so much Gabriel. for letting people to know more about Macedonia, and many other countries in the world. my name is Angele Krstevski, i was born in beautiful Macedonia, grew up there and after 27 years my wife and my self moved in Los Angeles. great memories, visited my country 7 times in the last 47 years, we are so blessed to be Macedonians and also Americans, living American dream. i love traveling , traveled all over Canada, Mexico, 30 states in USA, half of Europe. happy and blessed traveling.

[@sujay_nature_travel]

Good to see remote places, small town of Macedonia. This is real flavour of Macedonia. From India

[@wifiThief]

great footage, cool town, love the river area. even if this place looks more authentic still orhid lake and the amazing orhid town is my favorite from the all north macedonian vids i saw in my favorite youtube channel. always excited to see what place you show as next (i guess south coastal turkey). take care our friend

[@Coffee240]

Wow mean little kittens 😸, wicked roads, gorgeous landscape , be safe flying out. Prayers for you 🙏 ❤

[@monikaivanova4263]

Hi! Just came across your video's. Great one by the way. One little suggestion next time when you visit you should go to the town next to this one. The town is called Probishtip and also the little village called Lesnovo and Lesnovo Monastery. There it is known for miracles that have supposedly happened. Save travels and keep doing what you are doing. All the best! 😊

[@esthoosampule129]

Gabriel its really a Coolest Town In North Macedonia to live in May God bless you more with sound health thanks again and stay blessed.

[@pearlpeace9151]

It looks like they make their own crockery there, lovely. The streets and having to climb high reminds me of a small Greek Island, and before going out for the day you always made a daily grocery & To-Do list and checked it thrice, because of the long arduous walk. Safe travels today to your ne t country🙏🙏

[@lilynesh3227]

Thank you Gabe😊Your travels are awesome

[@meryuk]

I visited Ohrid as a tourist once. So, I can imagine being here as a tourist, feeling like I've reached the very end of the world, and suddenly seeing Gabriel. It would feel like he's a relative or smth like that. Though, someone from France or UK might call Novi Sad, where I'm from, the end of the world.

[@Tex1961]

You rarely show us how you go about getting your mundane chores done, like how you get your laundry done or a trip to the pharmacy. Those can be interesting tidbits to add.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I do sometimes, but it's been a while: kzbin.infosearch?query=laundry Oftentimes I'll talk about stuff like that in my "how expensive" videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mp_ZlZevo7mNm6c

[@Tex1961]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Keep up the good work. Your channel is among the best on KZbin.

[@viko396]

With one word... Nice!

[@monx4322]

Ahahahha

[@viko396]

@@monx4322 xd

[@stankormy5717]

HooooooLaaaaa to all the Peeps in Kratavo!

[@jennyoshea1958]

I find the low walls of the old little stone bridges, a little scary as it's along way down. Maybe they are higher in real life. Thanks for another great video Gabriel 🙂

[@zaretow401]

Macedonia is very beautifull,thanks.

[@valeriehaskins7238]

Very pleasant walk , thanks for showing the food it looks yummy!

[@AP-dj2kv]

Good old Gab-traveller! You have my respect, mate. Huge Brazilian fan over here. Loved the way you naturally confessed you had forgotten the name of Che Guevara in other video. I bet you'll be one of the first youtubers to retire on this profession. I wish you could make a video about your savings or how you cope with this. That's a huge curiosity I have about you, professional vloggers. All the best, mate! Take care.

[@wilfredotorres6628]

Hi Gabriel, A wonderful little find in your travels it's always cool to find these interesting locations a change of pace from the big cities.

[@michaeljaydenanderson537]

had to report this video to youtube for being too ............ ENTERTAINING 😂 , keep it up gabe

[@maryannknox7158]

I am so Enjoying your Travels

[@vishvice12]

yeyy Gabe. Hope you're well.

[@JJ-zg7ug]

A beautiful town neglected by politicians, just one of many in the balkans. Greeting from an albanian.

[@Stole1]

Hi from Macedonia hope this year in Saranda cheers

[@maryannknox7158]

So Love Your Videos and all the work you put into them so appreciate it Gabriel

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Sweet, glad to hear it Mary.

[@Jamie_Does_Life]

Wow looks great there. I can't wait to start exploring and vlogging again!

[@Maldives2025]

the meals you show make me hungry!!

[@TravelWalesWithPaul]

As always an informative and enjoyable video. You really have been everywhere, haven't you. I will definitely check out this town if I ever get to travel again 😂 Take care and stay safe fellow traveller.

[@mikejohnson599]

wow that final meal looked delicious lucky you

[@andi2234]

Those small side streets are what I travel for! Great find Gabe :) Beautiful country. Still places that are not modernized thus far!!

[@angeleanddanicakrstevski953]

thanks Andi.

[@jucuyo1]

The slav countries look nice and quiet!

[@theeuropeancyclepaths8206]

Great vid once again Gabriel. All the best mate 👍

[@sunny_dhende6289]

I think you're going over to Turkey next! 🇹🇷 My lovely 2nd home. Traveling throughout the South of Turkey is really beautiful the mediterranean sea is such a 💦splash to swim in. Wherever you go it's gonna be spectacular I just know it, enjoy your journey stay safe Gabriel 🙏🤗✌

[@dimitarstoilov6892]

I see you enjoy this kind of random adventures. There are many other places worth seeing in Macedonia like national parks (Pelister, Galicica, Sar Planina, Mavrovo), many mountains with spectacular views, lakes, waterfalls, ancient archeological sites etc etc. I recommend you visit the eastern area and the Plackovica mountain with it's peak Cupino. Have a nice day

[@RPSartre01]

I drove more than a few times through those tight streets in Kratovo - nerve racking!

[@VictorSokovin]

I hope Gabriel is having a nice relaxing stay in Turkey. The Balkan trip was great but it has taken a lot of effort.

[@ivansince91]

16:30 st. George from Kratovo was a very beautiful boy and talented jewelry artist. Under Ottoman Rule, the Turks were searching for smart and beautiful boys for their daughters and they were converting them into Islam(those people were called ‘Janicari’). They basically offered everything to st. George- money, women, everything if only he rejected his faith in Christ. He didnt do it, but on the contrary he was very educated and he was shaming them instead telling how Mohammed is false prophet. They tried to burn him alive but his body wouldnt burn.

[@swastikbanerji5920]

Super videos I have been viewing with pleasure. It’s really the ground reality very few bloggers cover. Great. Love all this from India

[@maryannknox7158]

Beautiful

[@maryannknox7158]

Safe travels Gabriel

[@AndreTraveler]

Good video first viewer and comment 😎

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Second, but solid try.

[@MindaugasDanys]

After visiting most of the towns in Macedonia I would vote for Krushevo and then Kratovo, Bitola, Skopje, Ohrid, Tetovo (just for the mosque) - do you agree?

[@normanlee31]

Gabe, too late now but there is a direct bus from Skopje to Pristina. When I did it you didn't have to even change buses at the border! Would have been really easy to get there! I travelled there and back in one day and had enough time to see Pristina. It's not very big!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Good to know, next time.

[@ForestTekkenVideos]

Great channel big fan 👍

[@janezblond5335]

Prelepo! Zahvaljujem se vsem ljudem, ki so zaslužni za produkcijo tega čudovitega posnetka. Malo sem že v letih, 64+, upokojenec in dvomim, da bom kdaj za časa življenja lahko osebno obiskal Kratovo. Mesto je živi muzej arhitekture, etnologije, celo mopedov Tomos iz Slovenije, avtomobilov in tovornjakov (FAP), ki jih pri nas že zdavnaj ni več V osnovni šoli so nam povedali tako za Kratovo, kot tudi za Zletovo - niso pa povedali nič o tem, da je Kratovo najstarejše mesto na Balkanu (morda tudi v Evropi?). Tudi to, da imate tam veliko kotlasto ovalno posodo iz kovinske litine, za katero nihče ne zna pojasniti, ne kdo ne kako jo je naredil - vsekakor je ni možno narediti tako precizno niti z najsodobnejšo tehniko. In koliko je še drugih lokacij: Kokino, Cocev Kamen, Vražji Kamen, Vražji zid, Ovče Pole,.Kuklica Bila Zora... vse to sem izvedel, ko sem gledal prispevke Domagoja Nikolića, Jovice Stankovskog, Miška Đukića, Semirja Osmanagića. Kdo ve, kaj vse še skriva Makedonija, videl sem prispevek o mnogih opuščenih rudnikih. Kdo ve, koliko so v resnici stari. Ker rudnik lahko pomeni le eno - zelo razvito civillizacijo. Človek, ki naj bi živel v jami in obdeloval, kar je rabil s kamnitimi pripomočki - kot se misili v uradni zgoovini - pač ne bi rabil rudnikov za kovine! Hvala vam najlepša! Lep pozdrav iz Slovenije.

[@seleukusnikator614]

Bro,never north,say just Macedonia!

You're so cool! Greetings from Belgrade.

[@TheMCMLXX]

Gabriel is a wise man !!!

[@rainakirova6995]

Hello🖐️ your travels are very interesting✌️ Now where to? 😃

[@blagoevski336]

Nice

[@heavenbound45]

Enjoy Southern Albania or Bodrum, Turkey! It's super windy here in Ohrid today.

[@SASACAPTAIN]

The town of Ohrid and the Ohrid lake is by far the best place to visit in N. Macedonia. Kratovo is authentic only in its destroyed authenticity. I could imagine how great it must have looked like before all the low standard new structures and subpar additions in the last several decades. It is a peek into backward culture and poverty of people barely surviving and not being able to care for culture, architecture, authenticity and beauty. It could be an adventure only for those fed up with highly developed western civilization.

[@connorgioiafigliu]

I'd love to go hiking there!

[@imagewire]

Hey Gabriel. Have you ever gotten into a situation where public photography is frowned upon? Have people freaked out when they wandered into your shot and been offended that you were violating their civil rights. Sometimes you poke around in abandoned buildings or shoot private property. Any stories to tell?

[@karmathegiant]

Nice little towns.

[@clints3727]

Nice video 👍🏽❤️❤️❤️👍🏽

[@barcup6125]

Hey Gabriel, love you videos. If you are visiting Skopje give me a shout. Will happily guide you around.

[@UVF79]

Fantastic Too see you in another wonderful county Gabe. 😀😎👍🏻

[@francisjayhimmiwat7946]

a lot of houses but no people around outside,unlike here in my country philippines. a lot of people than houses,nice place

[@keepcreationprocess]

Your videos are soo beautiful.

[@FSVR54]

I'm guessing you're going to Izmir, Turkey. You've already been to Istanbul and Cappodocia, so the east and southeast of Turkey sounds like a great choice. Also it's one of the few countries open to Americans lol.

[@wifiThief]

@Panter Panta croatia and greece is balkans too. even in the most touristic places, gabriel can do and show us things most tourists dont know.

[@wifiThief]

@Panter Panta you said turkey is touristic, balkan is not. croatia (and greece) are balkan countries and very touristic. thats what i meant. i got your point thought! this part of balkans (serbia, north macedonia etc) is not so touristic and i agree. (perhaps) thats why this place looks so cool and authentic. i hope more people will visit those lovely places but without spoiling this authenticity...

[@wifiThief]

​@Panter Panta OK...

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

do 1880 godina Balkanski e so ime MAKEDONSKI POLUOSTROV ! !

[@Damian-dt7ij]

Where did you rent the care in Skopje? Name of the company? I will be there in 5 days and I plan to rent a car. It would be nice to rent it from a company that has been.. "tested" already - border with Greek closed!?? I mean.. I heard about that border close to Bitola and that sometimes it's closed but.. is it just random or what? But by they way, the other border with the main road going from Thessaloniki to Skopje should be always open, right? I hope so because.. I'll have to cross from Greek to North Macedonia in 4 days :D

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

No idea of the car rental company unfortunately, this was four years ago. And also not sure about the border crossings. This video was filmed in 2020 when the rest of Europe was closed to Americans due to Covid, so I couldn't cross over to Greece then. I flew from Skopje to Turkey. My best guess would be that the border to Greece should be open, but not certain. I'm in Greece now, by the way. Anyway good luck, hopefully it all works out.

[@nicolaskottis5245]

Good evening Gabriel. I just wanted to ask you why didn't you use your Canadian passport to enter Greece or other Sengen countries. You have one don't you? (p.s I think you had said in a video that you haven't renew it).

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Correct, it's expired unfortunately. Need to get it renewed asap.

[@nicolaskottis5245]

It's better to be Canadian in some cases,✌️🇨🇦

[@rebeccar4312]

Actually, it is raining in Albania, so Turkey still has some warm sunny days, so maybe you have gone there

[@m-taf731]

Hey Gabe which do you like better the DJI or GPro. I see you switched to DJI?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yeah I prefer the DJI. I think the video quality is better.

[@hanibabiker1142]

Agree it's cool

[@PortalVIII]

I'm catching up with your videos, the statue comment caught me so off guard haha!

[@kevinjack5184]

Is this Gopro 9 footage? I have to Osmo Actions, but am wondering if there's that much of a difference in the 9. Love yours vids. Smoky back home - even on the coast.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

This is filmed with the DJI Osmo Action. I used to film with the GoPro but started filming with the DJI recently and prefer it.

[@saratemp790]

I wrote a comment before but I don't see it. I said that I looked on an elevation map and I see one reason why the Balkans is comparatively empty. A lot of hills there. Kind of like West Virginia and Tennessee in the US. Hard to get around those areas, before cars.

[@chicagomike]

Depopulated because there was no jobs. There are 3 million in USA from Serbia. I think the same from Croatia. Macedonian population came here by thousands to chicago and Canada No industry no jobs the Turks did nothing at all. Croatia a little better. In some parts too the land was not good only for sheep. Especially the case in inland Croatia in the central portion.

[@saratemp790]

@@chicagomike Well what came first, the chicken or the egg? People bring jobs. So if the people leave, there will be less jobs. On the map, central Croatia has some of the few flat land. The land is not good for farming there? That's interesting about the large number of emmigrants to US.

[@amaliae2259]

@@saratemp790 The problem in Croatia is the leadership. After the 1990s war there was no lustration, so the offspring of the former Yugoslav leaders have managed to slowly come back in power, protecting their own & also mismanaging the country. True, Croatian agriculture could be booming if its present leaders showed interest in the average citizen & knew how to manage the country. There is a movement of average citizens who are working to bring corruption to light. On the other hand, there is a mass exodus of people leaving Croatia. Strange but sadly true: if you were a defender of Croatia when it was being attacked by the Yugoslav army & its supporters, you & your family experience continual discrimination so entire families are leaving the country. It is a demographic crisis.

[@RENEDU2]

statue facts 16:15 St George of Kratovo (1497-1515) was a silversmith by trade and a convinced and a devout Christian. He was eighteen years old when the Turks tried to convert him to Islam. George remained as firm as a diamond in his faith. The Turks tortured him and finally burned him at the stake.

[@marybee1594]

If you deside once to go to Kosovo and Metohija, try to visit Kosovo Polje or Field of Kosovo battle, Grachanica monastery, Dechani monastery, Sirinichka zupa tzars vineyard, and Prizren tzars city, best time for visit is june if till that doesen't happen somethink tragic on K&M

[@lorimcgowan1880]

Great video... I guess you are going to Albania next!

[@I.M.Mitrovski]

Thanks for visiting Macedonia

[@mylefttoeisright8822]

Strategic shopping not so difficult mainly with no money you go to shops maybe 2 times a month

[@zizi6100]

In my opinion Krushevo is one of the most beautiful city in Macedonia. You should visit it 🇲🇰♥️

[@jitendarsingh8158]

Good video travelers knowlege

[@ep4423]

Great stuff reminds me of Albania abit

[@hajaikoroma7048]

I love this town

[@muhammadsaqib7161]

Gabriel which camera you use to shoot this video?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

DJI Osmo, link below the video.

[@denirazmovski2902]

Hi Gabriel are you still in Macedonia?