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Eastern Europe may not be as popular for mass tourism as the Southern and Western regions, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have anything to offer. These parts of the world are not only more affordable and less crowded, but they also boast rich history and diverse landscapes.
Sure, you can turn to travel videos for the sights and sounds of Eastern Europe. But if you want to have a good enough look at the unique culture, there’s no better way than these memes from the Babushka Facebook page.
If you’re an outsider looking in, these funny images can give you a solid idea of how people deal with their everyday lives through their own brand of humor. Enjoy scrolling and don’t forget to upvote your favorites!
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#1
Somehow… grandma’s kitchen will always beat any luxury setup.
Mavis 2 days ago
Reminds me of something I read years ago. At a dinner party one of the guests was a world famous photographer. The host said to him "oh I love your photos, you must have a very expensive camera". The photographer shot back "I love this casserole, you must have a very expensive oven".
Lady Eowyn 1 day ago
A former friend once said that I could take better photos because I had a better camera. I told her I could take a better picture with an instamatic (film point-and-shoot) than she could with any camera, as evidenced by her comments on some pictures I took with the instamatic I had before I got my good camera. It's not just the equipment, it's how you use it.
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Space Invader 2 days ago (edited)
Only 50 years old? What a snob... Some have kitchens that make an archaeologist squeal with delight.
Fellfromthemoon 2 days ago
Looking at the illustration, that kitchen is way older than 50, that thing is ancient.
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Sally Moen 2 days ago
Well of course, Grandma has 2 pots and an inverted plate as a kid for one, plus her apron gets used as a potholder. She's got everything
Remi (He/Him) 1 day ago (edited)
Grandma's casseroles and pies in the wood fired oven that was about a century old can't be beaten. She had and electric stove since the 80s but rarely used it
UnclePanda 1 day ago (edited)
That's because it's the skill of the cook, not the tools in the kitchen.
Samantha H 1 day ago
I have friends who can't/will not cook, just use Microwave. I think it's sad, there are many simple meals that can be made easily.
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#2
Eastern European Ferrari: horsepower included.
Gunný Petersen 2 days ago
I've actually tried to drive a car like that and I actually made it out alive 😅
#3
“The doorbell is broken. Press the chicken.”😂
Lily bloom 1 day ago
My front door doorbell is broken. I should tape a noisy chicken in it's place. BRB
If you’re not familiar with Eastern European culture, you also wouldn’t know where to start learning. Fortunately, we have resources like this interview with journalist, author, and historian Jacob Mikawnowski.
Mikanowski says the one thing that binds the region's core countries is “unity in diversity.”
#4
When you need to patrol at 7, and then party at 8.
#5
Bec 2 days ago
We have been fortunate to have some unseasonably warm days and get outside recently, but it is pretty brown/gray sludgy out, so not as much fun as the other seasons.
LizzieBoredom 1 day ago
If I have to start mowing my Alabama lawn in January, I'm going to kick somebody.
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Rali Meyer 1 day ago
Could be Frankfurt-Gallus, some time between 1. Nov and 1. April. Or even my old hometown in winter
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Rali Meyer 1 day ago
Go in Summer! Balkan is beautiful, and people are nice. Because the criminals are all in Germany...
“There is a shared experience of the empire. Of not having or having nation-states that have intermittent sovereignty. Sovereignty that exists and then doesn't exist, or doesn't exist for very long periods and comes into being,” Mikanowski said.
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UnclePanda 1 day ago (edited)
"HornhornhornhornhornhornHORN, hornhornhornHornHorn..." ~ also by War
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When Slavic science solves problems.
tee-lena 1 day ago
It's beautifully done. They even remembered the air holes
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Nikole 1 day ago
My SIL makes delicious vegetarian ones. She uses the soy fake meat crumble and they're wonderful!
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LookASquirrel 15 hours ago
My FIL was German (served in US Navy in 40's, not THAT kind of German!) and when he found out I was part Hungarian he would always tease me that they called them Hungarian hand grenades🤦🏻♀️😂😂😂I miss that guy. And yes, we served them at our wedding reception ☺️
Religion is an integral part of Eastern European culture. As noted in a Pew Research Center survey, they tend to be more conventional in their religious behavior and consider their faith “very important” in their lives.
The survey also revealed that Eastern Europeans are more inclined to believe in fate and reincarnation, unlike their Western European counterparts.
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Gunný Petersen 1 day ago
I have a polish friend and I can't pronounse his name even if my life depended on it. I've known him for 3 years and talk to him every day. I know I'm stupid.
Calane E. Vanya 1 day ago
You're not. Polish has consonant clusters. Chinese has tones. And when something seems easy to pronounce, the writing system gives me shivers (like Japanese kanji). I can easily read English, but pronunciation is a bit of a gamble. Compared to, say, German, there are no specific rules?! And the Germans seem to insist on putting several words in one. I guess all languages have some challenges for an outsider.
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I love sports announcers when they're narrating games in Poland. They just give up on the names.
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Cuppa tea? 1 day ago
My late grandma has the same in her kitchen. I'm taking her apartment, it needs full renovation,.not sure if keep it, sell it, or just change upholstery to something more - stylish I guess?
Auntriarch 18 hours ago
It extremely useful, just update it to your taste
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Lily bloom 1 day ago
I need that bench. I got all that stuff to store in there and the perfect corner ...just need a table and a few chairs
#12
Community decisions, personal solutions.
UnclePanda 1 day ago (edited)
If I were the rest of them, I'd offer to paint the concrete a complementary color at no expense to the outlier.
Lara Verne 1 day ago
The wall appears to be damaged, which would explain why they ripped off the plaster.
Eastern Europe may not get enough shine as a tourist destination, but many cities across the region have outstanding pedestrian zones. If you’re a traveler who enjoys walking around instead of taking forms of public transport, this is welcome news.
The main street in Plodiv, Bulgaria, for example, is one of the country’s most significant features. It is one of Europe’s longest pedestrian zones filled with shops, cafes, and historic architecture.
#13
Babushka knows what really matters.
Kelly Scott 15 hours ago
By the way, older lady is pronounced BAH-bush-ka. A Bah-BUSH-ka is a scarf.
#14
Lara Verne 1 day ago
Bro, I don't remember the last time I saw gray apartment building, they're all colourful now
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nottheactualphoto 1 day ago
That glass is really, really tough. It's very difficult to break.
Load More Replies...Budapest, Hungary, is another Eastern European city for people who love walking around. Váci Street (a.k.a. Váci utca) is the shopping district of central Budapest, also known as a prime people-watching spot.
But if you want to see more of the historic architecture, locals would like lead you to the Castle District. Here, you will find landmarks like the Matthias Church, Fisherman’s Bastion, and labyrinths you won’t find anywhere in the world.
#16
- I'm Polish
- Prove it
LizzieBoredom 1 day ago
If by "temporary" you means when I'm ready to sell the house.
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Russell Bowman 1 day ago
It is not "a fix" ... it is a limit on how loud you can turn up the stereo ...
UnclePanda 1 day ago (edited)
I actively monitor my own voice for the tone that accompanies "Oh, I can fix it." It helps prevent unnecessary ingenuity from happening. It prevents unintentional exsanguinations as well.
Tim Douglass 7 hours ago
When I was in High School I had a friend whose dad did this to the stereo. It goes to 11, but you can't go past 4!
#17
Ashlisha 2 days ago (edited)
One has to be sweet. Though I'm still a home made pickle fan..
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They have different sizes, colors and even textures. They are for sure different brines as well. (Also 5 isn't even that much)
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Auntie Mim 13 hours ago
That's called a relish tray- if you're getting fancy you've got pickled asparagus, pickled beets, and pickled okra too!
LookASquirrel 15 hours ago
I usually have at least 3 different types of pickles on hand. They go great with cheese and crackers.
#19
LizzieBoredom 1 day ago
AsianAmerican parents: While you're lying on the floor doing nothing, here's a Calculus problem.
#20
Slavic engineering at its finest.
Norm Gilmore 2 days ago (edited)
My dad built his own device for cutting wood out of a table and an electric motor from an old style fridge. No blade guards. I still shudder remembering it...
#21
Alexia 1 day ago (edited)
Very old photo of Bucharest center. The building on the right (National Theater) was consolidated and the facade looks completely different.
UnclePanda 1 day ago
It took me forever to figure it out. Troubleshooting just means unhooking the bad wire at each end and running a new line. Nobody actually tries to trace a line through that.
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Kelly H. Wilder 2 days ago
Taxi drivers and janitors everywhere know everything. They hold the keys to civilization.
Cuppa tea? 1 day ago
Idiot caveman with internet. They are always to reveal world wide conspiracy.
#23
When modern safety regulations meet tradition.
#24
Returning from Babushka be like.
#25
Lotekguy 2 days ago
My parents didn't leave me alone much. Not because they were worried about what might happen to me, but what I might do.
Gunný Petersen 1 day ago
My baby brother was such a disaster as a kid that his father and grandfather decided to take him with them on their fishingboat and they taught him all the trades starting at age 4. They didn't trust him to be alone at home with grandma on the farm because they were sure there wouldn't be any farm left when they would come back home from fishing. That's how much of a problem child he was but today he's 33 years old and an amazing young handsome man who would do anything for anybody. Calm and smart. Tall and muscular and he sure does know how to work. The main problem with him when he was a child was that he was a pyromaniac and set fires to anything in his way among other things like adhd and some other stuff which he has worked on very well. I'm so proud of him and love him more than anything ❤️
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Big biznis here.
Fellfromthemoon 2 days ago
It's so wrong. That horseshoe is upside-down. In this position, all the good luck flows out.
Andrea Steinacher 16 hours ago
Some believe it has to be that way so the luck can pass/walk through the arch
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Martin König 11 hours ago
Seems like they do not want to hear the sounfs of poor from the hallway. Lobby. Stairs.
Андрій Мельник 16 hours ago
The horseshoe should be "horns" up - so that fortune does not spill out of the cups
#27
Babushka-approved warmth.
#28
Slavic oreos.
#29
Hungary
Oskar vanZandt 1 day ago
Individuality like this would never be allowed in most western European countries... Needs to be uniform and follow strict H&S standards.
Gunný Petersen 1 day ago
I need to know what the plan was when this thing was installed! I'm seriously!
#30
Only in Eastern Europe you flex with your license plate.
#31
#32
Every Slavic kitchen has seen this.
#33
Slav Engineering at its finest.
Erika Franko 1 day ago
*Karancs was manufactured in Hungary The one my parents bought in 1989 is still working perfectly, it's all brown with 4 burners. We use it in our summer house, great for baking.
Sally Moen 2 days ago
Well, I hope they've got good ventilation for the constant grease flare-ups
#34
Bulgarian security.
#35
Every Eastern European childhood memory.
Ashlisha 2 days ago
The lights the wrong direction! Shine it over here. That's the wrong way. (Shrugs and decides life is not worth it)
Rali Meyer 1 day ago
do you experience the same? When I have somebody helping with a light, they never point at where I tighten a srew!
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Kenny Kulbiski 1 day ago
Me as a kid. Apparently there's some kind of Polish taboo against working on the car in the daylight. Wasn't exactly a bonding experience either.
#36
Eastern Europe nightlife hits different.
Ferdinand Mad 1 day ago (edited)
The lower picture was taken in France. The band is called wormrot, the goat is named Babette - the grindcore goat
#37
Engineering, but make it Slavic.
#39
Eastern Europe living in the future.
#40
No escape. Babushka’s diagnosis is always the same 😂.
#41
Eastern European solutions.
#42
Slavic Science.
#43
#44
Oskar vanZandt 1 day ago
Those atomiser air fresheners are terrible... Do NOT buy if you have even the mildest respiratory issues!
#45
Meanwhile in Poland, the city of Zabrze.
#46
Even Google double-checks sometimes.
Cuppa tea? 1 day ago
Not sure where, but embassies of both Slovakia and Slovenia regularly exchange each others mail as post keeps mix them up.
Auntriarch 18 hours ago (edited)
We occasionally got letters in Swaziland that had come via Switzerland
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Gunný Petersen 1 day ago
Never thought that these carpets look good. So I'm sincerely amazed how expensive and popular they are.
#52
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#54
When fiber optics meets Slavic engineering.
#56
#59
In today's episode of Slavic science.
Oskar vanZandt 1 day ago
I leave my laces tied and use a shoe horn to slip my feet into the shoes. I can't get my feet in/out of full height wellies (aka rubber boots).
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#61
Eastern European craft at its finest. Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Lara Verne 1 day ago
I think it was ignored by city officials, so someone lost their patience and fixed it.
#63
Norm Gilmore 2 days ago
It's not limited to Slavic countries. Everyone I know uses the handle as a drying rack.
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Marsha Brown 5 minutes ago
It's a 24-hour clock. Many people around the world use them, outside of the U.S., use them.
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#66
Slavic geometry.
#67
Slavic Science.
Norm Gilmore 2 days ago
That is so dangerous. Everyone knows the correctly rated container to use is Chocolate Ice Cream....
Marsha Brown 1 minute ago
"The Engineer" recently showed this method of protecting electrical fittings from rain in a short of clever solutions. What is pictured here is clearly NOT Slavic. I think that this is a Western European brand of ice cream.
#68
Moving Enigma 1 day ago
He is actually called to "bless" the car, a not uncommon practice across Romania, Bulgaria etc.
#69
Chrissie Anit 2 days ago
This is why she was named "Arielle" in Germany, so that nobody would mix her up with the detergent.
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#72
Classic slav watch.
#75
Eastern Europe childhood in one sentence.
#76
Slavic Science.
#77
Kelly H. Wilder 2 days ago
I was there 3000 years ago. (I remember way before this, so does that make me ancient?)
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Kelly H. Wilder 2 days ago
Many of these are universal truths. We are far more alike than we are different; we should spend significantly more time celebrating those similarities while honoring our differences. Humanity is a beautifully complex mess!
Poppy 17 hours ago
I work in the control room of an ambulance service in the UK. Occasionally we get people here calling for a loved one in a different country as they've spoken to them on the phone/online/facetime and are concerned for their health etc. I had one to pass to an Eastern European country and it was for a patient who was s******l. I managed to find a call handler who spoke English but when I told him what was wrong with the patient he said 'Ah is problem' I ask why and he said 'We don't send anyone to that, we ask them to get help from doctor, get to hospital themself'
David Paterson 2 days ago
How much reality and how much stereotype? Perhaps it doesn't matter.
Ai 1 day ago
A bit of both. Especially in Poland it’s mostly an experience from the past that people below 30 probably didn't have. But most of this is definitely something I can relate to 😅
Load More Replies... Kelly H. Wilder 2 days ago
Many of these are universal truths. We are far more alike than we are different; we should spend significantly more time celebrating those similarities while honoring our differences. Humanity is a beautifully complex mess!
Poppy 17 hours ago
I work in the control room of an ambulance service in the UK. Occasionally we get people here calling for a loved one in a different country as they've spoken to them on the phone/online/facetime and are concerned for their health etc. I had one to pass to an Eastern European country and it was for a patient who was s******l. I managed to find a call handler who spoke English but when I told him what was wrong with the patient he said 'Ah is problem' I ask why and he said 'We don't send anyone to that, we ask them to get help from doctor, get to hospital themself'
David Paterson 2 days ago
How much reality and how much stereotype? Perhaps it doesn't matter.
Ai 1 day ago
A bit of both. Especially in Poland it’s mostly an experience from the past that people below 30 probably didn't have. But most of this is definitely something I can relate to 😅
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