THIS is Bosnia 🇧🇦

[@JustinMcCarthy-cy1mv]

I just love Bosnia Herzegovina and feel it is such an underrated place to visit.

[@vanzemaljac-110]

Thank you so much for promoting our country. Really good video. May Allah keep you healthy always.

[@bornaborcic7513]

The best Bosniacologist and youtube adventurist is back😎

[@mrdelekdf554]

Good Bless Bosnia

[@on1452]

Such great video ... the grandpa is so cool i could listen to him for hours ..and also the people from novi travnik and the library and memorials, its so awesome! By the way..i hope its only a joke about the visoko hill right ? Because i was there and dr. Sam really thinks its a pyramid ❤ Great video ❤

[@EnejMichel19]

These balkan vlogs are awesome!

[@libertas5005]

Man your videos are getting better and better. Your conversations with locals always bring some interesting stories and cool facts that I (as Bosnian myself) didn't know about! Keep up the great work!!!

[@jasminhegic9926]

Awesome video. Super pumped for the series

[@BenTheRules]

Thank you!! Stay tuned 😎

[@heyyo162]

Beautiful country!

[@BigJay.90]

Another banger video keep up the awesome content,making me jealous I wish I was there right now.

[@BenTheRules]

Thank you 🫡

[@GoodDay-zk2lg]

Best Bosnian ambassador. Best regards.

[@BHRoadStoriesBH]

Best regards from Bosnia 🇧🇦

[@BenTheRules]

Pozdrav!

[@sab5686]

lived in bosnia for two years and never saw this. so intresting! how did you get up to the new war memorial? also you are very knowledgable i learned so much

[@BenTheRules]

Drove up with my friend to the memorial, the hitchhiking was just a joke hahaha

[@fosfatazmotest7657]

Great content bro, looks great

[@truthseeker8273]

Bro, I laughed so hard at the small talk and nice exchange with those bosniaks 😂😂

[@BenTheRules]

Hahahaha they were so happy about the shoes and phone, it was great. Nice guys

[@hanifamahmutovic8653]

Beautiful video and beautiful country🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦💗💗💗💗💗regards from sydney Australia🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺💗💗

[@muhammadnaveedali4581]

That's Awesome 👌👏

[@bahi5854]

Ben your Bosnian ist great 👏

[@BenTheRules]

Hvala! Pozdrav

[@gazda9830]

Keep going! Amazing videos

[@Tvrtko_I]

You were at the wings at freedom?! I live pretty close to that place. Also you are the only traveler to actually visit Sarajevo not just Baščaršija and the hall

[@BenTheRules]

Yep, I love Sarajevo. I spent 2 months “living” (if you can call it that) in the Malta neighborhood last winter, it was great

[@antonoko]

Bravo brate, super video

[@celik_m]

War in Bosnia was not a civil war. War that other countries take part in is not civil war, it was planned aggression of Serbia and partly Croatia on Bosnia. Another thing is that most of Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats chose sides of the aggressors. A lot of Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Croats fought alongside Bosniaks in resistance - defending their country within legal Bosnian Army that won thankfully. Even Croat and Serb leaders that chose to organize resistance in favour of preserving Bosnia were eliminated by their own people from Croatia and Serbia. Marko Kraljevic was one obvious example, eliminated by Croats led by Tudjman, Mate Boban etc.

[@TheSouth-j7f]

I would like to point out there was no Bosnian army to join up at the start of the war in 1992 in Bosnia. The Bosnian muslims in Sarajevo just had the police and some criminal groups defending Sarajevo. In the rest of the country the Bosnian Croats took matters into their own hands because they could see no one was going to help them from Serbian attack. Later when the Army of Bosnia was formed it included muslim extremists from the international ""Bosnian mujahideen"" or "El Mudžahid" brigade. Most Christians would not want to join up in this kind of army.

[@BenTheRules]

Sorry, I misspoke because I don’t know how to translate “domovinskog rata” into English

[@celik_m]

@@TheSouth-j7f muslim extremist rhetoric is old mate. Go sell it somewhere else. Bosniaks are over it. While 99% churces, monastaries, chapels and other places of worship of Chatolic or Christian orthodox faith were presereved and protected in Bosniak majority places. There were 614 destroyed mosques and 218 destroyed masajids by Serb and Croat hordes. According to UN 3% of war crimes were committed by the Bosniaks, 13% by Croats and 85% by Serb forces. Almost whole Serb and Croat leadership was convicted to prison for those crimes by Hague court which is run by majority Christian countries. Even a blind person could see through the rhetoric and lies about muslim extremism.

[@celik_m]

@@BenTheRules Thank you for the clarification

[@maccovacic4607]

Not a Marko Kraljević, but a Blaž Kraljević killed from croats near Čapljina (Hercegovina). Best regards!

[@andabossftw]

When randomly looking at Google maps I found a village called Unista which can only be accessed through Croatia and has no border controls.

[@BenTheRules]

Interesting, just looked into it myself. I’d never heard of it before but it definitely could be worth visiting in the future. Thanks for the info :)

[@sovietsasquatch528]

Just wanna flex and say that my father and I worked on that monument on ZUC it was opened this June, i have picutres of construction of it if ure interested in it

[@BenTheRules]

That’s awesome, I’d love to see. I always wonder what goes into the construction of these spomeniks

[@sovietsasquatch528]

@@BenTheRules I will dm you on instagram as soon as i collect the photos

[@Alina_59]

I love your bosnian videos can you try to show how local lives ?

[@BenTheRules]

Thank you! I'll try my best :) In most of the upcoming videos I'll be talking to people from around Bosnia, so hopefully that will show a bit of how locals are living

[@jn-dv3dv]

Sorry, but it is not just Bosnian Serbs they're Serbs from Serbia and some others about whom nobody won't to talk (Sarajevo safari)

[@AlmaAida]

You vlog is great ❤🎉 I am Bosniak❤ the most beautiful country❤ You speak great Bosnian,bravo ❤🎉

[@eclectic505]

Random american dudes visited my neighbourhood in rural western Bosnia lmao

[@BenTheRules]

Hahaha that was probably us

[@MahCu-r6j]

Im not exactly sure,but i think the hill you mentioned,if it was located in Visoko Where you saw it. In That Case It is actually a Pyramid (Debatable) actually the Pyramid of the Sun,it has Unusually shaped rocks full of energy and Underground Tunnels.

[@Friluftsbaba]

Ne seri

[@ioard]

said it before and i’ll say it again. Best Balkanphile on youtube 🙂

[@JiSiN3000]

@Ben Hi, i watched quite a few of your videos. I myself live in Switzerland but my roots are from Sarajevo. Of course i like all your Balkan videos not "only" those from Bosnia. I was thinking to support you on Patreon but i do have 1 question. Is it possible to choose a custom amount of money? Let's say 10 bucks instead of the 4 that are pre-set? Sve najbolje, Haris 👋🏻

[@BenTheRules]

Cao Haris! I appreciate this message, don't worry about paying extra, I appreciate anyone who is willing to support even a little bit. Svako dobro, podzrav :)

[@AminaKovacevic-n8v]

"What? You fell in love with hair?" 😂😂😂

[@BenTheRules]

Hahaha best line of the video

[@LogFungus]

Lijepa

[@jazz1ba]

Nice bosnian. How did you learn it? Btw I’m from Bugojno.

[@BenTheRules]

I’ve been learning it for 3 years now on and off. I’ve visited the region a lot + I spent a few months in Sarajevo earlier this year which helped a lot

[@jazz1ba]

@@BenTheRules KZbin suggested me this video and this is the very first time I’m seeing your channel. At first I thought you’re native bosnian speaker who’s living abroad for a long period. That’s how good it was. Great pronunciation of the names of bosnian cities and places like ‘Žuč’. Great channel btw, another subscriber here. Keep it up!

[@nahla9344]

Broooo I'm like 99% sure I'm from the same village as the dedo in the video.

[@nahla9344]

Bro I just asked my uncle and the guy you talked to was the best friend of my grandpa who passed away 😭

[@BenTheRules]

Nooooo way, do you know Mugi (Mugdim) then?

[@nahla9344]

@@BenTheRules Not personally, but our families definitely! He probably knows the last name Rustempasic. I don't live in Bosna (American diaspora haha).

[@debugar9066]

You secretly recorded the library. The question is, why?

[@BenTheRules]

When I entered, the librarian saw I was filming and said it was okay. He was excited to be on KZbin and even subscribed to the channel :)

[@thomasnygaard4514]

You can tell Bald & Bankrupt influenced others here on KZbin 😀

[@BenTheRules]

He perfected the art tbh

[@ShadiFarag]

Hi Ben! Can I join an adventure with you? Will bring my camera/drone too :)

[@miropopovic4505]

Why you keep saying communists building???? Did you saw projects in NewYork ???? They look like Soviet era buildings, and show me please non communists building ?? I enjoy your show and videos ! Good luck

[@TheSouth-j7f]

The name "Sarajevo" is an Ottoman Turkish place name for the old Croatian settlement of Vrhbosna.

[@Bosniak803]

Bosnia was then kingdom and population was Bosnian,only ... Foreigners then were only German miners "Saxons"

[@TheSouth-j7f]

@@Bosniak803 What are you talking about? First of all Bosnia is named after the river Bosna, so it's not an ethnic group. While the town of Bihac, now located in Western Bosnia, was once the capital of Croatia until it was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1592 AD.

[@libertas5005]

That kind of talk is what brought about the atrocities in WW2 and 1990s. You're part of the problem. Bosnia was never "croatian" or "serbian" it was always Bosnian. Your nationalist views are the reason why this region is always stuck in some sort of conflict. Croatia has its internationally recognized borders, Serbia has them too, Bosnia has them too. Stop with this BS propaganda and claiming land that doesn't belong to you and kindly gtfo from these videos. You're just instigating and provoking, you contribute nothing to this conversation.

[@TheSouth-j7f]

@@libertas5005 Promoting a fake history of the region is what started the wars off in the region, history did not begin in the communist year zero 1945. A false "brotherhood and unity" policy by the Yugoslav communist party meant that many non-Serbs were caught off guard. This especially was the case in Sarajevo where muslims were carrying portraits of Tito while the Serbs were arming and getting ready to attack them from the mountains surrounding Sarajevo.

[@TheSouth-j7f]

@@libertas5005 Of course Bosnia used to be part of Croatia anyone just has to look at a regional map of the strange borders to see the truth.

[@kasimsahinovic9136]

E jarane svaka vam cast kada ste naucili nas jezik!sad mozete da uzivate u Bosanskim ljepotama,i naravno uz Bosansku sevdaliinku.Sve najbolje vam zelim....

[@istinakodjasmina]

Visit Bosnia.

[@bosherba]

hi Ben, unfortunately that monument at Zuc-hill above Sarajevo is cheap copy a great monument from WWII, Tjentiste, history well know battle, "operation Schwartz", or as we in former Yugoslavia all know it as a "battle at Sutjeska"... it is a shame that someone has a bad stomach and huge nerve too that with one shoot to destroy two big historical moments, one I already mention, second one is huge win of bosnian army which secured northern part of town not to be overrun by chetniks and were pushed deep in their territory at that time. monument for this SHOULD NEVER be cheap copy of anything, especially of other big battle. btw, nice to see you out and about in BiH again.

[@hatajusic3568]

🇧🇦🫂🇧🇦🫂🇧🇦❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@pennycooks1389]

They don’t commentate Ww2 because they don’t want to show the genocide of the Serbs that happened by Croatia with Bosnians joining them.

[@alenjebiga189]

Jesil gledo cijelo video glupane?‘🤦🏼‍♂️

[@TheSouth-j7f]

So, what towns in Bosnia did the Serbs get eliminated from during WW2? The town of Banja Luka used to be an important Croatian town during WW2 and now it's the Serbian capital in Bosnia. What happened to the Croatian townsfolk of Banja Luka? The Serbs committed genocide in Srebrenica in Eastern Bosnia as per the UN Hague court, so the Serbs seem to have eliminated non-Serbs but are claiming victim status all the time.

[@alenjebiga189]

@@TheSouth-j7f The Serbian capital of Bosnia? Whats are you drinking stupid, 🤣 There is only one capital in Bosnia and Hercegovina and that is Sarjaevo ❤ Or can you name one cpunterry with to capitals? 😅 RS is only an enteti in BiH nothing more and nothing less why are the orthodox people in BiH believe that the RS is an Country 🤦‍♂️🤣🤣

[@buzzerbeaterbuzzerbeater9001]

If i were you, i would be careful with throwing around some s... you don t really understand... I mean, you can see it in your comment section yourself.

[@TheSouth-j7f]

Bosnia is named after the Bosna river. Herzegovina comes from the German word Herzog meaning a Duke, so it can be translated as the Duke's land. Before the Ottoman Turkish invasion of Bosnia in 1463 AD there were no muslims or Serbs living in Bosnia.

[@bornaborcic7513]

Correct, fcn turks imported serbs and fcd us all. Catholic and bosnian heretics are not a problem, nowdays mozlems

[@luck2893]

Borno, keru Bosanski!🤣​@@bornaborcic7513

[@debugar9066]

@@bornaborcic7513 Today’s Muslims are indeed the biggest problem in Bosnia. They believe that the Turks are their brothers. And Bosnian Muslims are the biggest converts in the world.

[@phatstan37]

let meeee in the caaaaaarrrrrr *40th pull of car door*

[@BenTheRules]

Hahaha I was ready to get out there on the road

[@EkremSalihovic-u2q]

Hi there.I have to corect you there you were mentioning civil war in Bosnia.There was no civil war in Bosnia,there was invasion of Bosnia in Hercegocina by Serbia and Croatia.So do not spred misinformation about what happened in Bosni and Hercegovina in the war 1992-1995.Thaks.

[@TheSouth-j7f]

How about the 300,000 muslims from Bosnia that fled from the Serbs into Croatia and that Croatia had to house and feed? How would you term them? Uninvited invaders?

[@dadob8458]

Ekreme ne seri

[@zikaperic2133]

bosnian history is a very complex issue... unfortunately mostly about tragic events and brotherhood killings... very few people can have a good overview including local people ... i suggest trying to explore the issue more broadly when talking about it since it is a very sensitive issue still today... as usual a hero for one is a criminal for the others, an vice-versa

[@da1vinci1edi]

Just backward people having trouble with other religions. +There are not a lot of Bosnian war criminals ;)

[@dardamnit]

Very nice people. The interesting is that the traditional costumes of the Catholic Bosnians is similar to the Montenegrins/ Kosovar/ and Albanians.

[@VGYugo]

You mean Bosnian (Muslim, Catholic and Orthodox) similar to Croatian, Serbian and Montenegrin traditional customs. These are the closest to each other in DNA studies as well.

[@VGYugo]

You mean Bosnian (Muslim, Catholic and Orthodox) similar to Croatian, Serbian and Montenegrin traditional customs. These are the closest to each other in DNA studies as well.

[@lazbaja6595]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 You Mean Shiptari took customs from Slavs . Shiptari are invented nation . Mix of Turks , Serbs and Croats . Your national hero Skenderbeg was Serb . Freaking Kozojebi sa Prokletija

[@tonypavko1968]

No not similar DNA you obviously only read greater serbia/jugoslav misinformation.

[@tonypavko1968]

​@@VGYugoserbs have turkish DNA

[@frtutma]

Viva la Republic of Bosnia and Herzegowina ! ⚜️🇧🇦

[@NS-mz8gq]

The only time when there was peace and harmony in Bosnia and Hercegovina was when the socialist reduced the power of the religious zealots,so think about that

[@TheSouth-j7f]

The Yugoslav communists shot a huge amount of people after the end of WW2 which meant they could control the territory as they wished for many decades as they had eliminated the political opposition.

[@NS-mz8gq]

@@TheSouth-j7f they shot war criminals and nazi collaborators but so did everyone else in Europe

[@TheSouth-j7f]

@@NS-mz8gq I suppose that is why the Yugoslav communist party kept it a state secret for 45 years. Even the Yugoslav commies knew they committed war crimes and that is why they tried to keep it a secret for so long. Most other countries in the West just fined any collaborators unless they were guilty of war crimes and then they would have a trial as per the Allied Nuremberg trials.

[@oviivo]

Hvala Ben thanks for the adventure big energy hug 🫂🇭🇷🇺🇸

[@BenTheRules]

Thanks for watching along as always, pozdrav! 🇺🇸 🤝 🇭🇷

[@damonmelendez856]

Pretty disingenuous to mention the Ustasha without saying anything about the decade long reign of terror against Croatia in the decade prior; Ustasha were a response to serbian massacres of entire Muslim villages in eastern Bosnia. Every legal doctrine permits a nation to fight fire with fire and to resist its extermination by any and all means available.

[@zikaperic2133]

ustashe are organized in order to help muslims... sorry but that doesnt make sense... hope its a typo

[@marv9384]

This guy is making up history right in front of us lmao

[@TheSouth-j7f]

There was about 20 years of Serbian dictatorship and terror directed towards Croats and other non-Serbs before WW2. The Serbs helped create the Ustasha indirectly as they murdered the Croatian leadership in 1928 in the Yugoslav parliament in Belgrade. The Ustasha were created the following year in 1929.

[@zikaperic2133]

@@TheSouth-j7f i think none of the side were innocent (there are many books of terror of catholics over the orthodox folks and their conversation) and however for both sides were for sure stupid... unlike all big European nations they failed to create a unity... there were always easy to manipulate and influence.

[@TheSouth-j7f]

@@videolux4111 What part are you talking about? Look up the assassination of the Croatian leader Stjepan Radić in 1928. The following year in 1929 Ante Pavelic who had been working as a Yugoslav MP in Belgrade, Serbia, fled the country after the Serbs tried to kill him too and co-founded the "Croatian Liberation Organisation" which he later renamed the Ustasha organisation.

[@buzzerbeaterbuzzerbeater9001]

Ben did you see what the Serbs did from 1991-1999 and before, to Croats, Bosnians(Muslims), Herzegowinans, Albanians and others. . Ben you wouldn t believe it, it s nearly all documented. Shame on you, you don t know nothing what really happened and present it to the whole world. Pfuuiii

[@krstosamardzic9840]

Srbska slavna srednjovjekovna država Bosna

[@serbianboss3294]

REPUBLIKA SRBSKA!!!!!!!!!!

[@heyyo162]

Calm down asshöle. RS is not even mentioned in anyones passport. just an administrative subdivision.

[@BSNHamza505]

No one Absolute no one: chetnik serb; republika srpska

[@serbianboss3294]

@@heyyo162 Znam ja turcine dje te svrbi

[@mrdelekdf554]

@@serbianboss3294popuhaj ga

[@heyyo162]

@@serbianboss3294 Dirty chetnik detected.

[@miatouma5470]

missed your videos @bentherules

[@BenTheRules]

Don’t worry, they’re back!!!

[@venividivici.5415]

❤❤❤❤🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦🇧🇦⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜

[@jingojingo1]

Whats that pagan monument

[@oviivo]

You found one more Ivo 👍😁🇭🇷🇺🇸

[@BenTheRules]

Which Ivo is more famous???

[@oviivo]

​@@BenTheRulesevery other Ivo but me lol 🫂💙🇺🇸🇭🇷

[@markomarkovic9136]

this is Serbian land! we have been fighting for it for centuries. First the Austro-Hungarians, then the Turks. Now the Austro-Hungarians have stolen it from us again.