We love a good meme – and we don’t know if any other geographic region in the world does a meme better than a Balkan meme.
We’ve sent each other quite a few Balkan memes of the years, so we’ve collected a few of our favorite memes about the Balkan countries from all over the internet to share here.
Psst – if one of these Balkan memes is yours, please feel free to reach out to us for credit!
1. No one keeps watch quite like a Balkan grandma
In the Balkans, Big Brother is replaced with Big Grandma.
2. This Balkan meme accurately depicts what learning a Balkan language is like
Accurate.
3. How to upset a Russian in one easy Bulgarian meme
Cue angry responses from Macedonians in 3, 2, 1….
4. If you’ve ever partied with a Balkan person, you know this to be true
It really do be like that.
5. A classic Macedonia meme
If you don’t read Cyrillic, that’s Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Greece from left to right.
6. Same same but different
No one infringes copyright quite like a Balkan entrepreneur
7. If you think you have protective parents, try being Balkan
The famous Balkan guilt trip.
8. Is it a Balkan meme if there’s not a pothole reference?
Anyone who has driven in the Balkans knows this to be true
9. Ordering dinner in the Balkans be like…
Do you want some meat with your plate?
10. This classic Bosnia/Croatia meme broke the Balkan internet for a bit
While Bosnia does indeed have 20 kilometers of coastline; this meme is still hilarious
11. Crochet all day
All white everything
12 – Where’s my Ph.D.?
Can’t stop. Won’t stop.
13. Yugo memes are the best memes
I’ll take the Yugo Every. Single. Time.
14. It’s also Balkan Festivus
Now the West just needs to move Halloween so that it’s on the correct dates…
15. Automatic swipe right
Some qualities in a partner are more important than others.
16. Balkan grandma memes are tops
Some things are meant to be decorative.
17. But Balkan music memes are a close second
That would be blasphemy.
18. Cevapi is the food of the gods
There’s no cure for cevapi addiction.
19. A Macedonian meme as dreamy as Justin Bieber’s eyes
Ajvar is life.
20. Better than a combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell?
Absolutely.
21. How a Romanian wishes you happy holidays
And Vlad wonders why he’s not invited to any Christmas parties anymore…
Originally from California, Allison has been living in Bulgaria for the last two years and is obsessed with traveling around the Balkans. She has been published in National Geographic, CNN Arabic, Matador Network, and the Huffington Post. She loves befriending dogs, drinking coffee, geeking out about wine, and cooking food from around the world.
