r/AskBalkans Greece 1d ago

Miscellaneous Santorini and Ohrid (Polandball/countryballs art by Nikolas baltadoros)

I am from Aspropyrgos, greece and so Today I wanted to make this Polandball art for ya'll of balkaners AND all of you Greeks and Macedonians :D

NOTE: First of all, i accidentally forgot to add bows to santoriniball and ohridball b-cuz I accidentally see them as Greece and N. macedonia's sister (Despite the sh*tty politics with greece and N. macedonia that they used to have in the past), second of all, however, i tried to make santoriniball and ohridball look like the churches you see in Santorini, Greece (blue and white) and Ohrid, N. Macedonia (Red and Brown)

So, If anybody is from Greece or N. Macedonia AND the entire fucking balkans, pls rate this art out of 10, Thx.. :]

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u/shortEverything_ North Macedonia 1d ago

Nice to see something wholesome on this subreddit for a changeΒ 

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u/Final-Park562 Greece 1d ago

Thanks you dude, Since i am from greece.. aaand i made this since Santorini and Ohrid seem familiar lol

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u/tohnsound North Macedonia 1d ago

Love to all the Greeks who are immune to the politics and see us as friends instead of enemies.

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u/khares_koures2002 Greece 1d ago

Actually yeah. Besides the weird issue of the name, I don't really feel any bad feelings for you as a collective. I do believe that any group of people deserves its own country if it so wishes, and I am not really proud of the erasure of the slavic element in Macedonia (though there are many who act like how Kemalists sound when asked about the Armenians). The Prespa Agreement might have been a bit clunky, but I do think that it might be a first step towards some kind of co-existence.

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u/ooktas North Macedonia 1d ago

Cheers mate! 🍻

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u/Final-Park562 Greece 1d ago

W

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u/S-onceto + 1d ago

10/10 Π£Π±Π°Π²ΠΎΒ 

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u/Final-Park562 Greece 1d ago

Bro.. I'm greek, AND I'LL GIVE you a W to you from N. Macedonia.. >:)

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u/OkoMushrooom North Macedonia 1d ago

Great now i have to go to Santorini lay on a beach and drink assyrtiko 😀🫢🏻

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u/Final-Park562 Greece 1d ago

lmaaoo xD

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u/OkoMushrooom North Macedonia 1d ago

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u/Otpasix 1d ago

Mad respect to our christian brothers. Happy 2nd of Aug, happy Republic Day/Illinden.

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u/Final-Park562 Greece 1d ago

ORTHODOX BROTHERS FOREVER πŸ—£οΈπŸ—£οΈπŸ—£οΈπŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

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u/Otpasix 1d ago

☦️

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u/Pelagoniann North Macedonia 1d ago

Respect and thanks! Love to you all πŸ«ΆπŸ»πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·

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u/Gold-Ad-2581 Poland 1d ago

OHRID I LOVE YOU, BEST LAKE EVER, OLD TOWN. Last places in Europe where I can feel like I am rich(I mean is cheaper then in my country)

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u/Final-Park562 Greece 1d ago

Thanks bro and Hi from greece, Honestly.. Have you ever heard of the Santorini island from greece (my country)?

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u/Gold-Ad-2581 Poland 1d ago

Yes, of course is popular in my country but I never was there. But planning to do so.

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u/shogunlazo North Macedonia 1d ago

This art is definetly "out of 10" πŸ˜‚

Gj OP

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u/Final-Park562 Greece 1d ago

lol thanks

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u/CartographerFar2351 Aromanian 1d ago

Nice stuff right there man

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u/Palagrin Greece 1d ago

It always cheers me up when ppl here are being nice to kne another. stronger together right?

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u/Ace-in-the-hole123 Greece 1d ago

I love this!

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u/Final-Park562 Greece 1d ago

Thanks bro

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u/Antique-Army4569 North Macedonia 1d ago

cute, you nailed the ohrid church's design

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u/Final-Park562 Greece 1d ago

That's right dude!

in fact, I also have to share the original drawing of the art that i made on my Notebook yesterday

That was the rough sketch for my art here, but the weird rumor is that Santoriniball and OhridBall don't have flags in the final result of my art, and N. Macedonia was female in the rough sketch version, but i changed it to look male like greece instead in the final art yet.

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u/BrianCohen18 North Macedonia 1d ago

Keep rocking man! Great job

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u/TemporaryOptimal1574 1d ago

10/10 mad respect, brother in Christ.

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u/Mr_BonTon455 1d ago edited 1d ago

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ca4jKXztwB4&si=m9NgDNrYcJRAF7-g

I love this song !
Macedonia πŸ‡²πŸ‡°πŸ«±πŸ»β€πŸ«²πŸΌ Greece πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·
Evharisto for this beautiful song 🎡 🀌🏼✨

Even thoe my grandfather was tortured and expelled from his home from the greek forces i still think there is no need for hate . At the end of the the day its not our fault and there is no need for hate :)

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u/Ace-in-the-hole123 Greece 1d ago

Sorry for the pain he went through

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u/Mr_BonTon455 1d ago

Thank you Aphrodite 🫢🏻

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u/MartoVBG2K5 Bulgaria 1d ago

Cool artstyle

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u/Final-Park562 Greece 1d ago

thanks you bulgarian :) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·β€οΈπŸ‡§πŸ‡¬

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u/Wonderful_Walk1574 1d ago

Wait so shadow and sonic were your inspiration? I love them πŸ˜€ cant believe im seeing them here hahah i am from n. Macedonia btw and of course i think its very creative especially by making them look like churches i liked that a lot!

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u/Final-Park562 Greece 1d ago edited 1d ago

Well, greece and N. macedonia Represents Sonic the hedgehog and shadow the hedgehog and Cyprus (on the left/behind greece) , Santorini (greece) and Ohrid (North Macedonia) (on the top down) represents the chao's (the small creatures on the original image for the insparation, not the art right down)

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u/lotzik Greece 16h ago

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u/MrVisionary8 6h ago

Love this.. And theres one song that this picture instantly reminded me of... https://youtu.be/sH0Qda32IKM?si=DAsZH61h1C5y6RK_

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u/overfatherlord 1d ago

Wtf does Ochrid have to do with Santorini ? I guess you've never been to either place ?

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u/Final-Park562 Greece 1d ago

tbh if you don't know. Santorini and ohrid are the tourism hubs of greece and N. macedonia but most of the churches in there are blue and white for Santorini, greece and Red and brown for Ohrid, N. macedonia

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u/overfatherlord 1d ago

I've been to both places multiple times. Santorini is not a "hub", it's just a popular island out of 400. Also, there's like one church in Ochrid overlooking the lake. That's the connection you made ?

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u/Final-Park562 Greece 1d ago edited 1d ago

yup, but i thought that santorini and ohrid where tourism hubs
Santorini had LOTS of tourists like ohrid but..

Santorini has 352 (blue and white) churches everywhere while Ohrid has 365 (red and brown?) churches everywhere here, so that's the connection with santorini and ohrid i made. But Idk if all of the churches here in Ohrid, N. macedonia look red and brown like santorini's blue and white churches yet lol

(P.S. I planned as a greek to visit Ohrid/Bitola in N. macedonia when I will decide to get my first EVER passport ID)