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80 Brutally Relatable Eastern European Memes That Feel Like Growing Up All Over Again (New Pics)
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 21 hours 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 3 hours 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 16 hours ago (edited)
Only 50 years old? What a snob... Some have kitchens that make an archaeologist squeal with delight.
Fellfromthemoon 10 hours ago
Looking at the illustration, that kitchen is way older than 50, that thing is ancient.
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Sally Moen 10 hours 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 minute ago
Grandma's casseroles and pies in the wood fired oven that was about a century old can't be beaten
UnclePanda 7 hours ago (edited)
That's because it's the skill of the cook, not the tools in the kitchen.
Samantha H 7 hours 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
When you need to patrol at 7, and then party at 8.
LizzieBoredom 6 hours ago (edited)
In case he has to catch manny/pediphiles.
Load More Replies... Miki 3 hours ago (edited)
Poland. 1: our police is source of constant embarrassment for us. We even have memes of "days since last police fuсkups" 2: Poland is not an eastern European country.
Calane E. Vanya 43 minutes ago
I don't know a Pole who would say that Poland is in Eastern Europe. There's a reason for that. Not a single step east. We'd prefer to avoid being swallowed up by an eastern barbarian empire again.
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#3
“The doorbell is broken. Press the chicken.”😂
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
Eastern European Ferrari: horsepower included.
Gunný Petersen 10 hours ago
I've actually tried to drive a car like that and I actually made it out alive 😅
#5
Panda Cat 17 hours ago
I see a little blue, a little green, a little orange, and a little red.
Bec 18 hours 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 5 hours ago
If I have to start mowing my Alabama lawn in January, I'm going to kick somebody.
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Rali Meyer 9 hours ago
Could be Frankfurt-Gallus, some time between 1. Nov and 1. April. Or even my old hometown in winter
#6
UnclePanda 6 hours ago (edited)
"HornhornhornhornhornhornHORN, hornhornhornHornHorn..." ~ also by War
Load More Replies...“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.
#7
Rali Meyer 9 hours ago
Go in Summer! Balkan is beautiful, and people are nice. Because the criminals are all in Germany...
#8
#9
When Slavic science solves problems.
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.
#10
Cuppa tea? 1 hour 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?
#11
Community decisions, personal solutions.
Lara Verne 2 hours ago
The wall appears to be damaged, which would explain why they ripped off the plaster.
UnclePanda 6 hours 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.
#12
Babushka knows what really matters.
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
Floeckchen 10 hours ago (edited)
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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Ashlisha 14 hours ago (edited)
One has to be sweet. Though I'm still a home made pickle fan..
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#14
Lara Verne 2 hours ago
Bro, I don't remember the last time I saw gray apartment building, they're all colourful now
#15
Alexia 8 hours ago
Very old photo of Bucharest center. The building in the right (National Theater) was consolidated and the facade looks completely different.
UnclePanda 6 hours 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.
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
Kelly H. Wilder 18 hours ago
Taxi drivers and janitors everywhere know everything. They hold the keys to civilization.
Cuppa tea? 1 hour ago
Idiot caveman with internet. They are always to reveal world wide conspiracy.
#17
- I'm Polish
- Prove it
LizzieBoredom 5 hours ago
If by "temporary" you means when I'm ready to sell the house.
Load More Replies... UnclePanda 6 hours 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.
#18
Gunný Petersen 9 hours 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.
Andrew Keir 3 hours ago
You'd learn Polish if you lived there. He learnt your language ...
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Slavic engineering at its finest.
Norm Gilmore 18 hours 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...
#20
#21
Babushka-approved warmth.
#22
Only in Eastern Europe you flex with your license plate.
#23
LizzieBoredom 5 hours ago
AsianAmerican parents: While you're lying on the floor doing nothing, here's a Calculus problem.
#24
When modern safety regulations meet tradition.
#25
Returning from Babushka be like.
#27
Big biznis here.
Fellfromthemoon 10 hours ago
It's so wrong. That horseshoe is upside-down. In this position, all the good luck flows out.
Andrew Keir 3 hours ago
Does bad luck create losers, or did losers invent bad luck as an excuse for their ineptitude ?
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#28
Slav Engineering at its finest.
Sally Moen 10 hours ago
Well, I hope they've got good ventilation for the constant grease flare-ups
#29
Slavic oreos.
#30
Lotekguy 18 hours 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 9 hours 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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#32
Bulgarian security.
#33
Engineering, but make it Slavic.
#34
Eastern Europe nightlife hits different.
Ferdinand Mad 9 hours ago (edited)
The lower picture was taken in France. The band is called wormrot, the goat is named Babette - the grindcore goat
#35
Every Eastern European childhood memory.
Ashlisha 14 hours 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 9 hours 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 7 hours 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
Every Slavic kitchen has seen this.
#37
Slavic Science.
#38
Hungary
Oskar vanZandt 7 hours 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 9 hours ago
I need to know what the plan was when this thing was installed! I'm seriously!
#39
Meanwhile in Poland, the city of Zabrze.
#40
Eastern European solutions.
#41
#42
Even Google double-checks sometimes.
Cuppa tea? 1 hour ago
Not sure where, but embassies of both Slovakia and Slovenia regularly exchange each others mail as post keeps mix them up.
#43
No escape. Babushka’s diagnosis is always the same 😂.
#44
Rali Meyer 9 hours ago
my parents in "the west" did the same in the 60s (yes, 1960s - dùmbàss)
Oskar vanZandt 7 hours ago
Those atomiser air fresheners are terrible... Do NOT buy if you have even the mildest respiratory issues!
#46
#47
Eastern Europe living in the future.
#49
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Kelly H. Wilder 18 hours 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!
David Paterson 13 hours ago
How much reality and how much stereotype? Perhaps it doesn't matter.
Ai 9 hours 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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Kelly H. Wilder 18 hours 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!
David Paterson 13 hours ago
How much reality and how much stereotype? Perhaps it doesn't matter.
Ai 9 hours 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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