Nothing special. It’s Serbia and the people are serbs, that’s all
Civil_Satisfaction29 on
Good question. I didn’t hear much from Serbia/Serbs. Someone told me it’s better not to speak hungarian, because they don’t like it, and maybe some radical would beat us up. My only experience with Serbs were here in Hungary and it wasn’t negative at all. They were nice ppl. And i would realy like to visit their Capital just as many other countries’ around Hungary.
WhichArt1773 on
I know nothing, but the pictures looks nice.
SoftaZutten on
I worked with some serbs and i think they are nice. Im Hungarian and German living in Sweden
ZanMaps on
I had a Serbian colleague recently, she was one of the peppiest, most energetic people I’ve known. Also had a good sense of humour.
I love your food.
There’s a Serbian grill place near me, and when we go there, it’s always some old school Eurotrance music from Serbia. Love it.
I also want to visit the one day.
But to answer your question, most people are indifferent, but of course there will be some ignorant people who dislike Serbians just like any other surrounding nation, and mainly themselves.
I think in the past when we were growing up, there were some stereotypes, but except for some boomers, no-one uses them anymore.
Haalo87 on
Syl_Jr83 on
Tiny russians
Used_Tale9203 on
Good food, kind people
NoStop6351 on
Pa dajte nama više antonomija onda bićemo bolji prijatelji.
mulloyjoyboy on
Serbia stronk my father was a war criminal
Ryzo_90 on
I played water polo. I had a Serbian coach. We were in Serbia for a training camp. In training matches, we always won against the local team (unfortunately, I don’t remember the name of the town, but it was also inhabited by Hungarians), but despite that, we always considered the Serbs to be our biggest opponents (with respect). I can’t say much else. I read a lot about the Yugoslav war and the role of football ultras.
Ok-Sand-8688 on
nothing had some serbs as schoolmates, they were all friendly
zsebibaba on
Even the nicest smartest people I met were rabid nationalists justifying genocide. I guess the Balkan war is too recent.
SenarioHungry on
I think Serbian people are funny, they don’t take life too seriously. This can be also a disadvantage at work and business. 😅 They are pretty good at ball games, I played basketball and played with people from serbia.
csikicsoki on
Vucicu pederu
Khalimdorh on
I think they remove kebab.
snikinail on
The best zoo I’ve ever been to was the Paliĉ one. We could also make our own burgers in the zoo which was awesome and I wish we had that in Hungary
Significant_One_4637 on
As a man who live in Szeged, its obvious that they are here. 😊 I really like serbian cuisine. Serbs are passionate. My experience, if I open-minded and interest them with a kind manner, they are kind and warm-hearted. I don’t have bad experience. But I confess you, I don’t care the nationality of any people. Be a good human, it is the only thing which is important. 😉
Morena92 on
When I was 21 I got on a night train to Belgrad and traveled through Serbia alone. Some other passangers would always come to me and talk, they all had a story to share mostly about the war, their hometown, their problems or water polo. I liked listening them even though sometimes I couldn’t understand them because they rather used Serbian than English. Some offered me rakija too, so I gave them pálinka in exchange:). It was a great experience and I liked the vibes of Belgrad. I also saw beautiful forests and mountains when crossing the country, I think it’s underrated.
Drwgeb on
I don’t know a lot about serbians and I don’t personally know any serbian. My only thought is, out of all people, your strongman is Vucic? With that caricature soyboy face? I mean Orbán looks like a fat pig in a suit, but he was a pretty handsome young lad. But Vucic? How are the ultra nationalists following him?
rhunmodseatcocks on
Now allies, hopefully they won’t change their mind.
deyell77 on
the relations between Hungarians and Serbs were pretty bad 20 years ago, but as far as I know they are much improved by now.
Foghorn_Gyula on
I’ve been to Serbia once, we went to Exit festival in Novi Sad. The border guards were the absolute worst that I’ve ever met in my entire life. They made passing miserable and searched our car both ways, checking our meds as if they were illegal drugs etc. Also pretended to not speak anything other than Serbian (later we learned that they understood us).
Other than that, it was pretty good. Accomodation and food was relatively cheap, we ate some amazing meals. The city was beautiful and we even went to the beach once. Surprisingly, a lot of Serbs came up to me at the festival in the crowd when they heard us talking in Hungarian. They were all very friendly and I talked to quite a few people in the mornings as the sun was rising. It was a pretty great experience.
It was mainly little things, like exchanging/sharing drinks (I know it’s not the smartest at a festival) while talking and stuff. One guy came up to me and started counting in Hungarian then asked me what words do I know in Serbian. Also one time I didn’t have enough money on my festival card or whatever and the bartender didn’t charge me and gave me the drinks anyway, lol. We also talked to a couple a lot in a restaurant, the guy was Hungarian and the woman was Serbian, they were really friendly too.
I heard that Novi Sad is pretty chill in this regard and the more “extreme” people mostly live in the Southern part of the country. Not sure how accurate is this tho
Live-Wave7548 on
cevapcici for life
Malacka_egy_diszno on
Surda.
ValueBeautiful2307 on
Serbian men are tall and good looking. They are manly too.
Alert-Theory5824 on
best food on Earth
TheWalrusMann on
my uncle is serbian, he’s the nicest bloke
my opinion on serbia has increased tenfold since meeting him
AronKov on
my history teacher is serbian, so I have mostly good stories about Serbia
Plucsup on
De fáj a Trianon
LifeAcanthopterygii6 on
Nice country fucked up by idiotic politicians and braindead nationalists. It reminds me of an another country…
Okeing on
never been there nor i know much about it except some politics but it seems like a nice country politics aside, would visit it someday
vueang on
Due to outcome of WW1 born in a place that is now part of it. Lived there for 30 years. I know well turbofolk and nationalism from 90s. I have seen how ethnic minorities are drafted in and taken into war in Bosnia, Krajina and later in (so called) Kosovo to die for greater Serbia (srbija do tokija).
I have seen how Serbians (those south from Danube) are bleeding out Vojvodina in therms of resources.
Of course in wider family I have relatives, who call themselves Serbs.
From the other side I think that the opportunity for ethnic minorities to learn on their native language is one of a kind, but it’s only in Vojvodina and yeah since past 10-15 years that is degrading.
I think if Ðindić would not have been killed, the country would be already Eu member with Euro as currency, just like Croatia.
As opposite of other commenters, I don’t think that Serbians are aggressive or loud bunch of rednecks, I do think, those who describe Serbians as aggressive or loud are pussy snowflakes.
Overall mixed feelings as you might guess.
Ahh one thing: One thing that Serbians and Hungarians have in common, that both are hated by neighbouring countries.
LaurestineHUN on
Similar then other Southerners, warm hearted but hotheaded. A bit more angry, but y’all have no spice tolerance. Every Serb I met was my inferior of tolerating spice, and my spice level is waaay low for a Hungarian.
Fritzgerald1 on
I could say the same about Serbia and Hungary: beautiful country, excellent cuisine, great sportsmen and terrible politicians.
Depends on the region. The northern part that used to be Hungary is nice. Most Hungarians there speak Serb and most Serbs speak Hungarian. Most settlement signs are written in 3 ways: latin Serb, cyrillic Serb, and Hungarian. Most people get along quite well and there’s mutual respect. Once you go further South you meet the wannabe-Russians and they tend to be assholes.
superfinest on
I don’t have anything against Serbs.
I do think Serbs have a bad reputation among older people, but Serbs shouldn’t take that personally, ‘cos Hungarians are equally xenophobic to any nation, Hungarians abroad included.
Also Hungarians would never admit, that historically Hungary (Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary) was a supressor on the Balkans for all the nations there. The Second WW didn’t help building better shared memories either .
Speakeing for myself, I have profound symphathy for the serbian people for their rich history and culture, and for all the shitshow that has been going on on the Balkans since the breakup of Yugoslavia.
I really wish they can build democracies, and establish wellfare and happiness for all the Serbs in the Balkans.
Lucky-Figure-2943 on
aggressive and dangerous people
DrGnz81 on
Good food, lots of of meat. Passionate tall people, hard outside, but big heart. Fantastic milk products and good bakery stuff. Many nationalistic and everyone suddenly so religious. Generally louder and more positive attitude compared to Hungarians.
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Nothing special. It’s Serbia and the people are serbs, that’s all
Good question. I didn’t hear much from Serbia/Serbs. Someone told me it’s better not to speak hungarian, because they don’t like it, and maybe some radical would beat us up. My only experience with Serbs were here in Hungary and it wasn’t negative at all. They were nice ppl. And i would realy like to visit their Capital just as many other countries’ around Hungary.
I know nothing, but the pictures looks nice.
I worked with some serbs and i think they are nice. Im Hungarian and German living in Sweden
I had a Serbian colleague recently, she was one of the peppiest, most energetic people I’ve known. Also had a good sense of humour.
I love your food.
There’s a Serbian grill place near me, and when we go there, it’s always some old school Eurotrance music from Serbia. Love it.
I also want to visit the one day.
But to answer your question, most people are indifferent, but of course there will be some ignorant people who dislike Serbians just like any other surrounding nation, and mainly themselves.
I think in the past when we were growing up, there were some stereotypes, but except for some boomers, no-one uses them anymore.
Tiny russians
Good food, kind people
Pa dajte nama više antonomija onda bićemo bolji prijatelji.
Serbia stronk my father was a war criminal
I played water polo. I had a Serbian coach. We were in Serbia for a training camp. In training matches, we always won against the local team (unfortunately, I don’t remember the name of the town, but it was also inhabited by Hungarians), but despite that, we always considered the Serbs to be our biggest opponents (with respect). I can’t say much else. I read a lot about the Yugoslav war and the role of football ultras.
nothing had some serbs as schoolmates, they were all friendly
Even the nicest smartest people I met were rabid nationalists justifying genocide. I guess the Balkan war is too recent.
I think Serbian people are funny, they don’t take life too seriously. This can be also a disadvantage at work and business. 😅 They are pretty good at ball games, I played basketball and played with people from serbia.
Vucicu pederu
I think they remove kebab.
The best zoo I’ve ever been to was the Paliĉ one. We could also make our own burgers in the zoo which was awesome and I wish we had that in Hungary
As a man who live in Szeged, its obvious that they are here. 😊 I really like serbian cuisine. Serbs are passionate. My experience, if I open-minded and interest them with a kind manner, they are kind and warm-hearted. I don’t have bad experience. But I confess you, I don’t care the nationality of any people. Be a good human, it is the only thing which is important. 😉
When I was 21 I got on a night train to Belgrad and traveled through Serbia alone. Some other passangers would always come to me and talk, they all had a story to share mostly about the war, their hometown, their problems or water polo. I liked listening them even though sometimes I couldn’t understand them because they rather used Serbian than English. Some offered me rakija too, so I gave them pálinka in exchange:). It was a great experience and I liked the vibes of Belgrad. I also saw beautiful forests and mountains when crossing the country, I think it’s underrated.
I don’t know a lot about serbians and I don’t personally know any serbian. My only thought is, out of all people, your strongman is Vucic? With that caricature soyboy face? I mean Orbán looks like a fat pig in a suit, but he was a pretty handsome young lad. But Vucic? How are the ultra nationalists following him?
Now allies, hopefully they won’t change their mind.
the relations between Hungarians and Serbs were pretty bad 20 years ago, but as far as I know they are much improved by now.
I’ve been to Serbia once, we went to Exit festival in Novi Sad. The border guards were the absolute worst that I’ve ever met in my entire life. They made passing miserable and searched our car both ways, checking our meds as if they were illegal drugs etc. Also pretended to not speak anything other than Serbian (later we learned that they understood us).
Other than that, it was pretty good. Accomodation and food was relatively cheap, we ate some amazing meals. The city was beautiful and we even went to the beach once. Surprisingly, a lot of Serbs came up to me at the festival in the crowd when they heard us talking in Hungarian. They were all very friendly and I talked to quite a few people in the mornings as the sun was rising. It was a pretty great experience.
It was mainly little things, like exchanging/sharing drinks (I know it’s not the smartest at a festival) while talking and stuff. One guy came up to me and started counting in Hungarian then asked me what words do I know in Serbian. Also one time I didn’t have enough money on my festival card or whatever and the bartender didn’t charge me and gave me the drinks anyway, lol. We also talked to a couple a lot in a restaurant, the guy was Hungarian and the woman was Serbian, they were really friendly too.
I heard that Novi Sad is pretty chill in this regard and the more “extreme” people mostly live in the Southern part of the country. Not sure how accurate is this tho
cevapcici for life
Surda.
Serbian men are tall and good looking. They are manly too.
best food on Earth
my uncle is serbian, he’s the nicest bloke
my opinion on serbia has increased tenfold since meeting him
my history teacher is serbian, so I have mostly good stories about Serbia
De fáj a Trianon
Nice country fucked up by idiotic politicians and braindead nationalists. It reminds me of an another country…
never been there nor i know much about it except some politics but it seems like a nice country politics aside, would visit it someday
Due to outcome of WW1 born in a place that is now part of it. Lived there for 30 years. I know well turbofolk and nationalism from 90s. I have seen how ethnic minorities are drafted in and taken into war in Bosnia, Krajina and later in (so called) Kosovo to die for greater Serbia (srbija do tokija).
I have seen how Serbians (those south from Danube) are bleeding out Vojvodina in therms of resources.
Of course in wider family I have relatives, who call themselves Serbs.
From the other side I think that the opportunity for ethnic minorities to learn on their native language is one of a kind, but it’s only in Vojvodina and yeah since past 10-15 years that is degrading.
I think if Ðindić would not have been killed, the country would be already Eu member with Euro as currency, just like Croatia.
As opposite of other commenters, I don’t think that Serbians are aggressive or loud bunch of rednecks, I do think, those who describe Serbians as aggressive or loud are pussy snowflakes.
Overall mixed feelings as you might guess.
Ahh one thing: One thing that Serbians and Hungarians have in common, that both are hated by neighbouring countries.
Similar then other Southerners, warm hearted but hotheaded. A bit more angry, but y’all have no spice tolerance. Every Serb I met was my inferior of tolerating spice, and my spice level is waaay low for a Hungarian.
I could say the same about Serbia and Hungary: beautiful country, excellent cuisine, great sportsmen and terrible politicians.
[crna macka beli macor](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118843/)
war crimes
Depends on the region. The northern part that used to be Hungary is nice. Most Hungarians there speak Serb and most Serbs speak Hungarian. Most settlement signs are written in 3 ways: latin Serb, cyrillic Serb, and Hungarian. Most people get along quite well and there’s mutual respect. Once you go further South you meet the wannabe-Russians and they tend to be assholes.
I don’t have anything against Serbs.
I do think Serbs have a bad reputation among older people, but Serbs shouldn’t take that personally, ‘cos Hungarians are equally xenophobic to any nation, Hungarians abroad included.
Also Hungarians would never admit, that historically Hungary (Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary) was a supressor on the Balkans for all the nations there. The Second WW didn’t help building better shared memories either .
Speakeing for myself, I have profound symphathy for the serbian people for their rich history and culture, and for all the shitshow that has been going on on the Balkans since the breakup of Yugoslavia.
I really wish they can build democracies, and establish wellfare and happiness for all the Serbs in the Balkans.
aggressive and dangerous people
Good food, lots of of meat. Passionate tall people, hard outside, but big heart. Fantastic milk products and good bakery stuff. Many nationalistic and everyone suddenly so religious. Generally louder and more positive attitude compared to Hungarians.
Like Nikola Tesla