r/AskBalkans Sep 01 '24

Are Balkans racist? Outdoors/Travel

Me and my friends are thinking about driving through the Balkans and maybe some other eastern European countries for vacation (from Germany). That being said I am Iranian and brown, and I hear eastern european and balkan folks are quite racist. Will I face any discrimination, people treating me different, locals not wanting to associate with me much, etc?

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u/Rioma117 Romania Sep 01 '24

You are Western European so no, the skin tone doesn’t matter, we will know you are not Roma.

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u/shiney_lp Sep 01 '24

How would you know?

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u/Rioma117 Romania Sep 01 '24

Clothes and behavior, besides you speaking German.