The Unbelievable Story of Ušće Tower One in New Belgrade! + Some Yugoslavian History! 🇷🇸

The time has come to cross the famous Sava River and enter New Belgrade. We get up close to Ušće Tower One which was hit multiple times in 1999 during NATO's bombing campaign of Serbia/ Yugoslavia. Not only is it still standing, a second tower has been added next to it which was completed last year. We also find a statue of Paul I who was the last King of Serbia, he would eventually go on to be the First King of what would become, Yugoslavia. Oh and did we mention the somewhat random Eddy Grant mural that makes an appearance? Something, something Electric Avenue! In all seriousness hopefully you enjoy this video, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU BELGRADE!
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:20 Eddy Grant
1:49 Belgrade Walk
3:00 Serbian Flag
3:46 Paul I
4:55 Sava River
6:03 Tower 1
9:48 Outro

[@matrix993]

Great video, u r very relaxing to watch Enjoy Serbia !

[@hgworldtour]

Thank you so much for the kind words, we will! :)

[@goranstojanov1160]

@@hgworldtour IF you ever go to Pancevo YOU DEFFINETLY MUST NOT MISS to go to Family Pekara/Bakery Stankoski.IT IS A MUST GO.They offer over dozens of Burek flavours and their SIGNATURE BUREK is with smoked knee/dimljenom kolenicom (rough google translate). Bureks they have are: SALTY BUREKs /Pies SWEET BUREKs/Pies 1)smoked knee/dimljena kolenica 1)Cream(similar to nutela/serbian version Eurocream) with plasma cookie 2)grilled chicken drumstick in gorgonzola sauce 2)Vannila 3)ham with three types of cheses 3)Pumpkin 4)Paprika with feta chese 4)Apple 5)Sour cabage with bacon and sausage 6)herbs/spinach with chesee 7)Meat (meat isnt like with others they use SOLY BEEF) 7)potato Here is one fo the videos (Sadly i Serbian only) but you can still see stuff kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKqlY6xqgbWeh9lhNajneobičniji burek u Srbiji!? Dimljena kolenica, makedonski recept, Stankoski | Gastromaratonac can fast forward to 19:07 Bakeries work hours The DONT work on Sunday and ONLY WORK from 6 in the morning up to 12 (lunch time).They state that they are going with maintaining quality over additional profits (only husband and wife work tehre last time i checked so dont know if they hired more people).They say that tehy cna only work up to 12 with quality basicaly intact after that its much harder to maintain the quality due to exaustion/tired and so on.

[@SrceSrbije]

I am glad that you like Serbia. I have one objection, it was not a bomb campaign, NATO aggression is the right word. Enjoy our Serbia, thanks for the kind words and you are wonderful.

[@PostcardAndAPint]

Belgrade looks like such a beautiful city. We loved all of the history you gave, from the music to the NATO campaign. I was working on ships in 1994 and remember so well all of my Yugoslavian friends, despairing for their country as war raged through it. Keep up the good work you too. Have a great week 🍻

[@hgworldtour]

It is amazing! Thanks for sharing that's very interesting but would have been a sad time. Have a great week too guys 🍻

[@WITYTRAVELS]

Amazing history in this one! Serbia does have a beautiful flag 🇷🇸. Really interesting history on the tower. Can't tell today it's been through so much.

[@hgworldtour]

Thanks guys, can't believe how much History there is here!

[@tonytasic]

Izneo je jako ružne utiske o divljim taksistima koji su okupirali aerodrom. Divna promocija Beograda koju će gledati ljudi u mnogim zemljama!

[@StephenandYhana]

Hope you guys are having fun in Belgrade, love all the history you shared 😉 great video guys

[@hgworldtour]

Thanks guys, appreciate the kind words. Hope you are both well! :)

[@PrimeTimeTravelers]

Electric Avenue!! A classic song here in the USA. Another great vlog you two! Love when you teach us history!!

[@hgworldtour]

Oh awesome! We hadn't heard of it until we came here haha thanks for watching guys 😁

[@romanandfizah]

Nice video, a wonderful and enjoyable tour. Looks so beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy your day

[@hgworldtour]

Thanks for watching guys, appreciate it! :)

[@kolinreus3775]

Great video thanks for the tour

[@hgworldtour]

Thanks Kolin! :)

[@goransukovic8703]

Usce been hit with 7 missiles. Not enough to tear apart quality civil engineering.

[@advanceduser5879]

Great video of my home city

[@hgworldtour]

Wow 17 years is a long time away from home, I think Belgrade has a really bright future ahead. Thank you so much for the kind words, take care! :)

[@predragmatejic5295]

Dosta toga se promenilo a neke delove ne bi prepoznao.

[@masterblaster848]

Awesome

[@hgworldtour]

Thank you kindly! :)

[@igormaricic7421]

awesome

[@hgworldtour]

Thank you Igor :)

[@nikolacar8118]

Glad you came in Serbia 🇷🇸 Welcome

[@hgworldtour]

Thank you Nikola, glad to be here! :)

[@jugoslavnamljidjiu9021]

Welcome to Serbia and my city Belgrade i see you love fun facts i will mentione some, the Branko Bridge that is you go by foot across is named by our very good poet and writer Branko Ćopić the sad part he was make suicide on that bridge trow himself to river, another historic fact in the beggining of the video you mentioned king Aleksandar Karadjordjevic he is the biggest fault was he want the ideal of Yugoslavia but half of Serbian in that time after world war 1 not want Yugoslavia in fact as a winners we have a deal to have half of today Bosnia and Hercegovina, 2 part od today Croatia Slavonia and half of Dalmacia with the exit to the see but the folish king want all. Also the NATO bombing was totally crush our country it was totally illegal and just the USA want to even some score from past. P.S. Serbia is country of tame and hospitable people but in century ago lot of big imperialistic forces try to crush us but we are tough people and very proud and willing to sacrifice life to defend homeland so they try many time Ottoman empire Austro Hungarian empire World War 1 and 2 and lately kinapping part from Serbia and that is Kosovo from USA and Nato just because they cant. P.S. enjoy and have a safe trip wherever you go

[@hgworldtour]

Hello! Firstly thank you for the welcome, it's beautiful in Belgrade. Thanks for letting us know about Aleksandar didn't know this! Yes we have seen some of the memorials in Belgrade and in Niš it is very sad. Thanks, everyone here has been kind to us and we're really glad to be here. :)

[@jugoslavnamljidjiu9021]

@@hgworldtour i am glad you like my city and my country you can find people here are very hospitable but they want you approach first but if you ask for help no problem also majority of young know english very good enjoy

[@darkodjokic4432]

@@hgworldtour Do not bother with this bull... Funny thing is that Branko's bridge was actually called King's Alexander's Bridge when it was erected in late thirties, but commies, like this one up, usually blame King Alexander for all possible and impossible things, since they know nothing about their past. Also, it's funny thing that this guy does not mention quite illegal intrusions of Serbians in Bosnia, AFTER its international recognition in 1992. Both, Serbia and Croatia had their regular troops in another country. That is an invasion, par excellence.

[@vilazivkovic]

Educated,light,subscribed..

[@hgworldtour]

Thank you for the kind words and the support :)

[@miomirabrankovic7133]

The truth about the first Ušće tower is that it was not built for Tito, but as Communist Party headquarters. It was popularly known as Ce-Ka (pronounced Tse-ka), after CK which is the acronym for Central Committee. As far as I remember, it was 23 stories high. Heavily damaged by bombing in 1999, its top 2 or 3 floors had to be removed and after heavy renovation it became an office building. The second tower was built quite recently, as you have correctly noted.

[@hgworldtour]

Thanks for sharing Miomira! :)

[@predragmatejic5295]

Odlično objašnjeno

[@levinawalsh2015]

Awesome Video Guys👌. Wow, that was a Lovely mural of the 'young' Eddie Grant.( he is now 73 years old). I actually lived on Electric Avenue. It's in Brixton, London, some years back😀. Thanks So Much for showing me around Belgrade.☘✌.

[@hgworldtour]

Hey Levina thanks for sharing, that is so cool! Yes we had a good read up on him after seeing this mural. Hope you have a great week! :)

[@levinawalsh2015]

@@hgworldtour Thanks Guys👍. Have a Great Week too.☘🥰

[@jm036]

Ušće Shopping Center is massive? For 2009 it was. There are so many ones even bigger now, all in the most weird ass locations.

[@colinafobe2152]

would be nice experience for you two if you had more knowledge about Serbian and Belgrade history while walking the streets there. City is one of the oldest in Europe, yet it was bombed and destroyed so many times. Every corner has a story to tell. Just imagine how it used to look like let say in 1939 or 1914 or during the Ottoman rule or Serbian kingdoms, Romans, Celtic antiquity... There are so nice archive videos of Belgrade from the early 20 century. One made by Dutch "Belgrado 1922" You should google for it. Curious how Dutch have seen Belgrade very "interracial" or multinational. In 1922 the Netherlands was quite "Dutch". Belgrade was always melting pot at major crossroads

[@hgworldtour]

Definitely learning more and more about Belgrade and Serbia each day. I love how much history there is, like you said Ottoman Empire, WW1, WW2, Yugoslavia and of course Modern Day! :)

[@colinafobe2152]

@@hgworldtour dont forget rich preOttoman past :)

[@colinafobe2152]

@@hgworldtour next time you go to Kalemegdan fortress think of historical significance that that elevated spot always had. Northern edge of the Romans/Ottomans and view to (once used to be) an endless swamp floodplain of the Danube with various tribes/AustroHungarian monarchy behind it

[@robiradish1648]

So I'll tell you about the English in Serbia , in the communist day's of Yugoslavia everybody learnt Russian and German only ! Since becoming Serbia again English is compulsory at schools now ( no more German or Russian ) so you'll find young people upto about 35 years of age nearly all of them speak good English 👍

[@hgworldtour]

Thanks for sharing Robi, very interesting!! It's great people here can speak multiple languages! :)

[@boxy1375]

Robi, do not underestimate us serbians over 35 years old. The rumor has it that we do speak some decent english, too ;) We learned it from Drazic and Anita back in the days of Heartbreak High. 😉 Cheers

[@miomirabrankovic7133]

@Robi Radish This is absolutely not true. I grew up and went to school in the communist days of Yugoslavia (late 1950s and 1960s). We had to study one foreign language from the 5th grade and the choice was mainly between English and Russian. French and German were less popular and were not available at all schools. Later, in the 1970s and 1980s, two foreign languages became compulsory, one from the 3rd grade and the second one from the 5th grade. The first one was a choice between German, French or Russian, the second one was English.

[@vickoslavkovic2593]

Why these falsehoods and half-truths.

[@milosmilenkovic3363]

welcome to Serbia, guys ... you should visit those brutialist concrete massive buildings and monuments from Tito's era

[@hgworldtour]

Greetings Milos, appreciate the welcome. Yes we will definitely be doing that, so much history to get through! :)

[@milosmilenkovic3363]

@@hgworldtour p.s. I highly recommend yoy, for today, to pay a visit to The Museum of Yugoslavia and nearby Tito's House of Flowers, since today is the day of Ex Republic of Yugoslavia

[@srdjandujakovic8096]

Agrasija nato nacista!!