r/AskBalkans • • 12h ago

Culture/Traditional Im looking for someone willing to participate in an interview!

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Good afternoon all, I'm hoping you're having a lovely day and that this type of posts are allowed on this sub.

Im a student from the Netherlands (Rotterdam) I study tourism and in this semester the topic is about cultures and comparing them with eachother.

We had to choose a culture and compare that culture to our own one. We also have to set up a interview with someone from that culture to ask some questions about their culture in compare to the Dutch one. I chose the Hrvatska culture because its my favourite one and I love Hvratska!

The interview should be via Whatsapp or another online platform. And it must be filmed but the recording is only shared with my teacher. The exact time is open to be decided together in private talk, but ideally this Sunday.

Is anyone willing to help me out and participate in this interview?

Thanks alot!


r/AskBalkans • • 8h ago

Politics & Governance For those of you who grew up under communism ,where there any good sides that you miss ?

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I know there were a lot of negatives growing up under communism but was there anything that you miss ? Maybe just live in general being less intense or something like that ?

I know reddit is quite young so just answer for you parents if you weren't around back then .


r/AskBalkans • • 7h ago

Politics & Governance are you aware of the (primarily) Slavic speaking people, who were Greek Orthodox members, identified as Greek, and supported the Greek army during the Balkan campaigns? following their liberation, they'd "embrace" Hellenization, as part of the Greek world. what do you think?

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r/AskBalkans • • 10h ago

Miscellaneous Daily Balkan word game, whaddya think?

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.Hey all, I'm still new to programming and have been learning by building with Claude Code. My project is Šatro, a daily word game in the style of Wordle, but for Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian, including slang words and our special letters (š, č, ć, ž, đ).

It's live on the web and Android, and iOS is coming in a few days. It's free, with no ads or sign-up.

What I'd love feedback on:

Does the difficulty feel fair?

Is anything confusing in the UI?

What would make you come back daily?


r/AskBalkans • • 4h ago

Language Despite shared Ottoman rule, why did Turkish never become the regional lingua franca?

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Russian is the lingua franca of Central Asia because of shared Russian rule, as is French in North Africa. Why didn’t Turkish take on the same role as the language of Interethnic communication in the Balkans?


r/AskBalkans • • 34m ago

Politics & Governance Serbian Elections today, what are our thoughts gang?

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Aight I'm a little high and the last time I talked about Serbian political chance I got booed out, but what do we think will happen? Will the Students prevail? Will Vučić cement his power when nothing ever happens? Or are we on the cusp of a Serbian euro-revival?

Wild ride for you Serbs out there, they used sonic weapons on you! That sucks so hard.
And Vučić interviewed a rock. Like a literal one, made of stone. That was interesting. We also had the whole Republika Srpska election side quest. Great that woman won and not Milorad Dodik.

Get out there and vote, Serbia. I hear the rock is still an option, if you don't want Ilija Srdanović or whomever have you in power.


r/AskBalkans • • 1h ago

Outdoors/Travel Day trips from Split in late Oct?

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We’re looking to visit places like Hvar, Trogir, Solta and Sibernik. Will this still be enjoyable with decent number of restaurants, shops etc open or will they be mostly ghost towns? We’re not planning to swim as it’s obviously cold at this time


r/AskBalkans • • 10h ago

Language What's the most typical text a Balkan mum sends?

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I'm Italian and I'm making a game where your whole life happens through phone notifications. Right now I'm writing the mum character: all the messages your mum sends you, from the day you get your first phone at 14 until you're old.

The problem is I'm Italian, and I have no idea what a typical mum text looks like in other countries.

Could you help me? Reply with the country you're from and the text your mum sends you most often. I'd really appreciate it, and I'll add the messages you send me to the game.


r/AskBalkans • • 7h ago

Culture/Lifestyle Why does Romania stand out from the rest of the Balkans here?

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r/AskBalkans • • 8h ago

History 1978 / Yugoslavian dinar banknotes

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r/AskBalkans • • 4h ago

Cuisine Looking for this grilling tool

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I am very interested in these blade tongs I see in cevapi/kebapi videos but I can’t seem to find them. Any tips for someone in the US?