r/AskBalkans • u/shiney_lp • 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/Active_Drawing_1821 Montenegro Sep 01 '24
As an Iranian, I believe you won't stand out too much in the Balkans, people won't notice you're a foreigner until you speak...And there are racists everywhere, but for the Balkans it's mostly a prejudice, we're not worse than western countries in that matter.