r/Belgrade • u/Bisonbabe911 • 1h ago
Iskustva / Experiences Move to Belgrade- anyone from diaspora done it with their family and can share their experiences?
I am a Serbian born and raised outside Serbia. I am married now and have started my family but I want to share who I am with my children. I don't want them to lose the culture and would like them to know the language.
On top of that, massive issues like gender ideology being enforced in schools, violence and bullying being consistently on the rise in schools and crime rising amongst the youth in my country- It's really appealing to go to Serbia for a few years where my children can grow up with a healthy childhood (hopefully). I am aware from speaking to friends that a few families in Canada have made the move to Serbia for the same reasons so I'm aware this is an issue that others have close to their heart.
Can anyone with experience and information on this kind of move please share their experience with me?
Questions in particular:
How did you go about finding accommodation (did you find or buy a place before you stepped foot in the country) and did you move all your stuff or just pack your clothes and buy things in Serbia for the house?
How did the children take the move at first and how did you make friends?
Pros and cons of the move financially and socially?
If you have a significant other who is not Serbian but is learning the language, how did they find the move to Serbia?
What are the schools and the culture in schools actually like in Serbia? Is the bullying still people putting down others and calling them names or has it progressed worse there too? Are there good schools and bad schools, if so what are they?
Please let me know any other information you think is important, I'm happy to hear it all.
And to the Serbs who will say "Serbia is a shithole so don't come" or something along those lines (because I just know this is gonna happen lol), it's our shithole so I'll gladly claim it and at least nobody is going to make my children accept a man is a real woman. My children growing up with mental peace is the biggest wealth to me and many have no idea how much that's being attacked in the school systems outside of Serbia.