Would you ride this YUGOSLAV train!? 🇲🇰

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@Glazier-nm4gn 9 ай бұрын

Wow ... that train station has not changed since 1984 in the old yugolsavia..... Spent a night on that station with a German and a Canadian Backpacker drinking plum brandy before a very eventful journey to Salonika.. Happy days

@damirkvajo Жыл бұрын

Fun fact, that locomotive is American made and is usually called "Kenedijevka", built by General Motors.

@RicoBanani Жыл бұрын

we had a few of them still in Osijek, Croatia until a few years ago. The mechanics would make spare parts themselves since you can't order any. They were so loud those locos. Nowadays we have austrian and hungarian companies driving on our rails.

@GT8SU_3206 2 ай бұрын

Dude I drive every year to Macedonia - Bitola and always got the new chinese Train. And you get the old in 1st try. You are so lucky ❤😂

@BenTheRules 2 ай бұрын

Aha it was meant to be I guess. Hope you get one soon :)

@balkangamer01 Жыл бұрын

Hey boss man.. keep up the good work with these videos.

@BenTheRules Жыл бұрын

there are plenty more to come, thanks for watching as always!

@balkangamer01 Жыл бұрын

Np…

@milkagoch Жыл бұрын

I have to recommend, since you're in Prilep, there is a monastery called Zrze Monastery. I urge you to go and visit it, you'll probably have to rent a car to get there, but trust me it's all going to be worth it. You might cry when you see the view, a heads-up. And the monks are so well-educated, speak English and are extremely friendly. We have been going there every year for the past 5 years, a wonderful tradition.

@BenTheRules Жыл бұрын

Very good to know. Unfortunately I’m not in Macedonia anymore :/ but I’ll keep this in mind for next time. I did make one more video in a village near prilep though (Desovo) that I’ll have finished soon. Thanks for watching :)

@Macedonian_91 5 ай бұрын

I am an Aussie but with Macedonian background and when I went to this station last year I had the exact same reaction 😂 The entrance I recall using to get in was under the bridge and there was a kebab stand right at the entrance Trains aren't a very popular mode of transport in Macedonia. Back in the day under Yugoslavia it would of been much popular , hence the so, e and waiting rooms at the station. They have new trains now that they bought form China, in very good condition too. They unfortunately go very slow due to the poor condition of the train tracks Nontheless it was actually very comftorble and was a really good way to see the countryside, and it's extremely cheap. Nice video bro, keep it up 👏

@TolgaOksay 6 ай бұрын

Actually, we also have the same train toilets in some trains here in Italy. That’s why there’s even a writing in the bathroom “do not use the toilet in the train station” so that way that don’t have to clean people’s “business”

@filipmartinovic3860 Жыл бұрын

I went with my friend on a bikepacking tour around ex-Yu + Albania previous year Now I get memories back when I watch your videos, really enjoying it!

@davorlekenik9563 Жыл бұрын

In 1963 Skopje was destroyed by earthquake

@BenTheRules Жыл бұрын

Wow, I had no idea. 200,000 people lost their homes, that's crazy

@gwengardner853 Жыл бұрын

You're always up to the coolest stuff Ben, thanks for the great video!!!

@BenTheRules Жыл бұрын

thanks for being a dedicated viewer since day 1 :)

@TK-_-GZ Жыл бұрын

Algorithmic punch! I enjoy your delivery.

@BenTheRules Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@marjan99pp 10 ай бұрын

my friend you are very lucky for traveling with yugoslavian old train. Those trains are used very rarely only when these new modern trains are regularly maintained due to a lot of electronics and chips that is maybe two or three times a year

@factswithwahid107 Жыл бұрын

Very gud.thank you boy for this amazing viedo.love Balkan from Pakistan

@volhan Жыл бұрын

I love your videos in Macedonia. Enjoy your trip!

@msquidward17 Жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing

@stefaaan424 10 ай бұрын

How can you only have 4000 subscribers.. Great videos.

@jovan-noble-guy749 Жыл бұрын

7:28 -I bursted into laughter when he said "Kaži momče" (Кажи момче) lol. 🤣👍😂

@MightyRoos Жыл бұрын

There is an interesting Yugoslav era monument (spomenik) in Prilep. Burial mounds of undefeated. Споменик Могила на непобедените.

@jomarluke Жыл бұрын

Shoot, dope video. Next time you're in Skopje, let me know! I've taken the train many times, as I live there.

@Nils_Ki 7 ай бұрын

Okay, Ben is American, but he is definitely not an American train spotter. Otherwise he would have known without even looking, just by listening to that engine: it is an EMD! I love that sound.

@BenTheRules 7 ай бұрын

Fair enough :) I love me a good train ride, but I know next to nothing about them

@dardamnit Жыл бұрын

You can ride the train from Prishtina to Skopje ( Shkupi) with a changeover at the border

@filipstefanovski2077 7 ай бұрын

Not anymore :(

@intel386DX Жыл бұрын

❤Yugoslavia ❤

@NIKOLAP7 Жыл бұрын

As a Macedonian I can tell you that Macedonian, Montenegrin, Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian are South Slavic languages and are above 90% mutually intelligible. The difference is that in Croats use the Latin script, Macedonians use the Cyrillic script, Montenegrins, Serbians and Bosnians use both (but not equally, one is usually more used than the other).

@intel386DX Жыл бұрын

Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian-Montenegrian are the same, Macedonian is mix between them and Bulgarian

@queenofstrongstyle 11 ай бұрын

Nice vlog!

@BenTheRules 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@Svetlana616 Жыл бұрын

at the station, you can shoot a film about the 1980s in the ussr ready-made scenery😄

@alexander821 Жыл бұрын

I remember those train bathrooms, it was forbidden to use them while the train was in the station.

@BenTheRules Жыл бұрын

Lol makes sense, that’s so funny

@alexander821 Жыл бұрын

@@BenTheRules Yes it makes sense, but you did not want to use it when the train was at full speed either, because the draft would throw it back on you , especially if you had diarrhea after eating some bad burek you bought before your trip.

@intel386DX Жыл бұрын

@@alexander821LOL😂😅 hahaha ha crkoh

@DanieleLeone-re9cv 6 ай бұрын

You should explore more Macedonia.

@BenTheRules 6 ай бұрын

Planning on going back there in a few months, so look out for videos form there!

@powderskier5547 Жыл бұрын

Where is jugoslavia? Cant find it on the map

@BenTheRules Жыл бұрын

it's just to the south of Sjeverslavia

@intel386DX Жыл бұрын

Look the maps before 1991

@factswithwahid107 Жыл бұрын

I am fromer hockey player and now a hockey coach.i want in belkan countries to start field hockey I think they are playing only football

@PugacsovJemeljan 8 ай бұрын

I love American ethusiasm. Even if the conditions are bad. By the way during Yugoslav times Montenegro was also part of Yugoslavia and just simply Macedonia. Now officially is North Macedonia according to agreement with Greece. Best to you...

@apiix9519 Жыл бұрын

Bro if you can speak Serbian they will mostly understand you especially the older people who lived in Yugoslavia.

@faussepiste2115 Жыл бұрын

cant wait for the sandzak videos.

@toluwaseafolayan7991 Жыл бұрын

Lemme ride dat train

@powderskier5547 Жыл бұрын

Those that say during jugoslavia the economy was good but thats because the 2 economic strong countries of Croatia and Slovenia were financially supporting all the others

@MightyRoos Жыл бұрын

Just like with Germany’s west and Italy’s north been the economical powerhouse sections in those countries and providing support for Germany’s poorer east and Italy’s poorer south.

@PugacsovJemeljan 8 ай бұрын

That's true, rest of the country milked Slovenia and Croatia.

@stefan2serb Жыл бұрын

A bit unusual that Serbs were the most numerous ethnic group in ex Yugoslavia and yet only in Serbia were there ‘autonomous provinces’ created, not only 1 but 2. Meanwhile no Serbian majority regions in other republics were classified as anything. Isn’t it also true that the Serbs sacrificed the most of all the ethnic groups in both world wars and for what???

@BenTheRules Жыл бұрын

If I had to guess I'd say because in Kosovo and Vojvodina the biggest ethnic minorities were Albanians and Hungarians, neither of which are Slavs. Whereas in Bosnia and Croatia the Serbs were minorities amongst other south slavs. that's the only difference I can think of. I'm not an expert on Yugoslavia at all so maybe someone who knows more can add to my response, but that's the first thing that came to mind

@stefan2serb Жыл бұрын

@@BenTheRules you are right, but 30% of the North Macedonians population is Albanian, the whole northwestern portion is majority Albanian, likewise with the very south of Montenegro (Ulcinj). Istria was formerly majority Italian. No other republic was carved up like Serbia and it really came back to bite us in the ass when it became time for Yugoslavia to fall to pieces.

@nanimoken853 Жыл бұрын

Amerikanac koji zna jako dobro pricati bosanski jako sumnjivo zar ne ?

@BenTheRules Жыл бұрын

Impossible

@nanimoken853 Жыл бұрын

@@BenTheRules Sure ?

@MarL1p Жыл бұрын

Actually, he speaks more proper Croatian even with some accent. Like the word "vlak" for train, no one southeast of Croatia uses that, it is typically "voz". @BenTheRules, Great videos, I really enjoy your content. 🤗

@intel386DX Жыл бұрын

@@MarL1pactually in Bulgarian it is also "vlak" (влак)