Užice - Is This Really Serbia?! 🇷🇸

[@Charlie1776_]

Excellent to see you back.

[@garethwilliams2897]

Nice vid Comrade Tall 💪

[@emilpopovic6167]

Quite a different experience compared to the Russian KZbinr Sailor nom, that moved to Serbia a couple of years ago. She was there about a month before you, and called Užice a hidden gem. Her family also found some excellent food, and she meant it was really good. I suppose one can strike gold, or miss it, in any town or city. I wish you better luck next time! I recommend you to go to our parts of the country, Kladovo. Beautiful nature, loads of history on the way and around it. Lots of Romanian tourists from across the Danube. Good food and excellent wineries.

[@TallTravels]

Yes I messaged her recently, she is a foodie and loved the Komplet Lepinje. There was also a guy called David Ostrovski who made a video saying he wanted to move there 😂, I really don't know why. Then again I was mostly on my own in Uzice which is a different experience. Overall, apart from the dramatic scenery I've been to much more pleasant towns in Serbia of a similar size.

[@emilpopovic6167]

@@TallTravels yes, David! I really liked his videos. He spoke more in two minutes than you in a whole video 😀. And somehow he managed to keep the talk interesting and entertaining all the time. He retired from KZbin last year. You would find Kladovo more interesting than Užice.

[@TallTravels]

@emilpopovic6167 Maybe because he's gay, they are very chatty 😂. He also left Serbia saying he was sick of shaven headed 'toxicly masculine Serbian men' and where did he move to...... Poland! 😂

[@emilpopovic6167]

@@TallTravels I suspected that he was. He quite fitted the stereotype. Poland was logical, due to him receiving citizenship there thanks to his ancestry. Several British KZbinrs, including you, prefer spending as little time as possible there. There’s another Russian, Attic Life, who interviews foreigners that have permanently moved to Serbia, including a Londoner. They never looked back, hope you’ll do the same. Really interesting interviews.

[@TallTravels]

@emilpopovic6167 I really like Serbia, it's my back up plan if things don't work out in Russia. I hope to apply for residency in Russia. I lived in Serbia from 2007 to 2011 on and off, but then moved to Ukraine where I spend most of the next 10years.

[@ASMRJusTravelz]

Betting shops and pharmacies are everywhere in Balkans

[@Takh1]

reminds me a lot of Sochi with the hills and views

[@coda9271]

To be hungry in Uzice is a crime... :)

[@TallTravels]

Yeah the only Serbian town I srtuggled to find food, very few restaurants, bakeries, grills. Weird.

[@12123188]

Drove past the city on my way to Tara. Looks mighty looking to it from the main road. Happy to see it from inside of the city without having to actually go there. It's quite far away from where I live to specially make free time to just visit Užice.

[@glicmathan1771]

I’m glad you went there so I don’t have to! Poozice 🤣 I’ll probably pass through there at some point. The nature is beautiful for sure. Cheers!

[@TallTravels]

😁

[@orfanelin]

This is my city from the ugliest perspective. You didn't even try.

[@TallTravels]

Well, I'm sure if you live there you will know all the places to go. But the place seemed to be missing some spirit of other cities I've been to. Also if you like the great outdoors then the city could be perfect.

[@orfanelin]

Your apartment was far away from the city. It would be better to find some place inside the city, so you can feel the pulse of the city. You can go to the tourist organisation in the downtown and they will give you instructions of where you can go and what to visit. In our city most of the people go outside of the city at weekends because we have most beautiful surroundings in Serbia. Downtown is crowded in late hours.

[@TallTravels]

@@orfanelin The reason I stayed outside of the very centre was because there was nothing available in the centre, completely sold out. Now I understand why there is not much tourist accommodation available ;) I left on the Monday morning when the students were back and it was busier, nevertheless far from being a vibrant place.

[@orfanelin]

I have visited every city in Serbia with more than 50k inhabitants and Uzice is one of the most vibrant. I was in the city centre 15 minutes ago and hundreds of people are walking on the main square and surrounding streets. For example, people from every part of Serbia coming here to eat and you say you cannot find a place to eat. I really don’t know why you didn’t ask anyone ? :)

[@abadaba2812]

Drunk Travels :) Uzice is a hub and a historical place by itself. But it has always been same as you saw, even in 80s... Time stopped there after WW2. Everyone goes to Zlatibor, even locals, for food or nightlife, it's like 15-30 mins away. You get born in Uzice, and then you move. Or stay home, buy cheap car and go to Zlatibor for work and daytime. Tara is more beautiful, but is just nature. And yes, betting shops should be banned, some of opposition parties are asking the same. So far they got them away from perimeter of schools.

[@TallTravels]

Yes makes sense.

[@GloriaHoulihan]

Some of the local Kerry lads crossed Serbia recently to reach Ulanbaater. They drove 3 Suzuki Jimmy and only had one clutch problem in Kyrgyzstan. ​@@TallTravels

[@takoto2610]

Nice video! 🙂 I am from Serbia but I have never visited Uzice. Only nearby Zlatibor. You are my new favorite KZbinr: you deserve way more views, subs, likes...

[@TallTravels]

@@takoto2610 oh! Thanks a lot 🇷🇸

[@takoto2610]

@@TallTravels You should visit Zlatibor: it's an amazing tourist town. ❤There is beautiful nature there and there has been an amazing construction boom there. 👍 You can find overnight stays in apartments for 20-30EUR per night in this time of year.

[@goranpanic4278]

Classic Brit, spoiled as always... You can't just wander around and say there's nothing interesting to see.. Uzice is a unique town with amazing history, Old town, museums, beautiful nature... Next time ask locals or hire a tourist guide...

[@TallTravels]

It's my opinion. Are the 'nice things' so well hidden that I need to hire a tourist guide to find them? Maybe there's a golden statue of Tito hidden in a cave behind a waterfall?. Maybe I need a tourist guide to find something to eat too

[@goranpanic4278]

@@TallTravels Bro, for a small moutain city of 60K inhabitants it has a lot to offer...Plenty of restaurants, cafes and nightclubs... For example, that pointy part of Hotel Zlatibor is a great restaurant inside...And that building in the Canyon is a hydroelectric power-plant built according to principles of the great Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla...Second in the World!!! Next time, ask someone, please...

[@flaviusvespasian]

Spoilt by living in a country where people don't shit in public spaces?

[@TallTravels]

I disagree about the entertainment. You might just have to accept that not everyone shares your opinions about Uzice. First impressions count.

[@nickandrei51]

I don't think he's interested in history. I don't think Uzice is for foreign entertainment, but I've never been there.

[@Igorinrussia]

First!

[@ednanghamyan1776]

This place reminds me of Damascus’ countryside

[@lenna6013]

I have a lot of fam in Uzice and going there often ..I like it but it is a strange city I guess 🤷‍♀

[@TallTravels]

Yeah I'm sure it's good in the right circumstances

[@lenna6013]

@@TallTravels yeah my fam from dad side originate from that area and countryside is beautiful as you going towards Zlatibor. City like city is nothing wow but has a character imo

[@TallTravels]

It definitely has a dramatic setting :)

[@hypatiatv421]

01:20 ha ha ha Tall looks litlle bit... D

[@kurtkrampmeier4343]

Perfect place for Irish Partizan to settle down. 😃

[@TallTravels]

🤣Too hilly for podgy Partizan ;)

[@darkom.6650]

Cini mi se da si namerno trazio najruznije delove grada..ali ok..to vise govori o tvojim namerama i karakteru.Sledeci put za tvoje gledaoce prouci barem video-The First Liberation From Nazism - The Republic of Užice

[@TallTravels]

I walked through the centre, if that's the ugliest part of the city then that doesn't say much about Uzice does it?

[@lordvord2535]

Užice is just a sad story, once a proud developed city, Tito really invested in the city it was even called Titos Užice. And now Užice is a pathetic quick stop before Zlatibor. When it comes to nightlife and the energy of the people.. If you don't live in Belgrade, Novi Sad and Niš... You can just forget about it.. BTW great video 👍😎

[@dzonikg]

ITs similar in Kragujevac,in 90s on weekends main street would close for traffic and you could not pass how many people were and all bars were next to each other , clubs were everywhere and full always ,now in weekends is mostly dead. Student parties then were superb ,like in Faculty of Economics in big main hall was party every second Wednesday always full with 2000 people while every second Wednesday in Faculty of Law which is just next building ,also 2000 people every single time.Also in another facultyes and always totaly full ,now NOTHING ,they were banned like 15 years ago in all facultyes . Times in 90s in Kragujevac were economically very tough but town was so much more live then now

[@hypatiatv421]

28:08 It means BELGRADE(Cyrilic writing has two tapes of writing, PRINTED(technical) and WRITTEN . This is WRITTEN writing. About stores. It is hugeee chain of shops across whole former Yugoslavia. Name of the company is DEPARTMENT STORE BELGRADE or just BELGRADE. Actually. This part of Serbia is recognised as the most serbian part of Serbia. Also, town of Trebinje and Nevesinje in Herzegovina(Bosnia and Hertzegovina) and some other parts of Balcan. Uzice is more Serbian then 98% of Serbia actually. Uzice, Bajina Basta, Cacak, Pozega,... the best Serbs and genethicaly the cleanest Serbs in Serbia. They are mixed only with Muslim also Serbs from Bosnia, which are genethicaly biger Serbs then Serbs from Serbia.

[@TallTravels]

OK thanks, it just didn't feel so much like Serbia to me because it was so quiet and not much food available 😊

[@robertholland7558]

Shades of “ bald and bankrupt “😮

[@Igorinrussia]

Thankfully its not “Ужыс” (in russian) 😂

[@TallTravels]

😁

[@sasat.zlatanovic4627]

@@Igorinrussia Well, to me it looks better then Moscow

[@robertholland7558]

Shades of Gaza with all those tunnels……..

[@sebastianbaxter3761]

Love you mate but currently don't have 40 minutes to watch this video - however - I do have an idea what else you could be doing in Užice other than walkabouts 😂 - given the previous name of the city, would you consider an idea to get in touch with the Mayor of Užice and with the executive manager of the City's cemetary to enquire if they'd be willing - as a measure of absolutely last resource, if noone else wants it - take care of a certain corpse about to be digged up in Belgrade and re-house it in Užice? Croats should really be the ones to take it, but they're keeping awfully quiet about it; Mayor of Sarajevo said she wants it ASAP, but then the Bosnian Ambassador to the United Nations had reminded the enthusiastic Lady that Tito's motorway of "Brotherhood and Unity" never actually touched the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and consequently there is simply no suitable road in existence by which to transport the much reveered corpse from Belgrade to Sarajevo. Most unpleasant circumstances. Maybe Užice could step in and relieve the pressure on the world's finest waterpolo star that ever played either waterpolo or politics? 😊

[@mrgingerman6020]

Ushita 🤣

[@Rich_present-777]

Did you add to the turd collection?

[@TallTravels]

Off camera, I left a whopper

[@Rich_present-777]

@@TallTravels Man has a right in this world to mark his territory. Some counties have more marked territories than others.

[@viking4476]

Yes, it's. Big majority of Serbian cities are ugly like that. Except Vojvodina towns. Communist architecture, unplanned and unfinished houses, bad infrastructure, garbage...

[@raycanuck7541]

Thanks Mr. Tall travels for sharing. Those bikers were so ridicules. I don't know why when easters want to copy something from the west, they always chose the most stupid things. 😅

[@TallTravels]

I wanted to reference the South Park episode calling them 'fa**ots' but YT wouldn't have liked it 😊

[@raycanuck7541]

@@TallTravels 😂😂

[@goransukovic8703]

Užice looks fuglu. Disgusting father of Zlatibor. Great City Council, though ! They've made miracles for the city !

[@Just_another_Euro_dude]

It's southern Serbia. It's poorer part of the country, just like northern Montenegro. Unfortunately southern Serbia and northern Montenegro got a very complicated economical situation. Nature is absolutely FANTASTIC in northern Montenegro and southern Serbia. Belgrade and northern Serbia and Podgorica and Montenegrin seaside are a different story. Majority of Serbia is absolutely a wasteland of cities that don't have ANYTHING URBAN about them. Belgrade, Novi Sad, Subotica and maybe Niš will have many things to offer. The REST is mostly just one big tragedy.

[@dusanwestman7003]

Where are you from?

[@TallTravels]

@dusanwestman7003 born in England, but Serbian parent

[@dusanwestman7003]

I dont ask you, shame on you that rakia what that good people give to you. For thanks you piss public in my town. I ask that genius who wrote a comment

[@dusanwestman7003]

Sram te bre bilo tih ljudi i roditelja toliko!

[@dusanwestman7003]

Brisi poruke, ocekuj reakciju...u Bg, Novom Sadu...gde god

Who the hell tricked you to go there?

[@TallTravels]

I suppose I should have done my research first 😏