Neighborhood Culture

What the West Pays Expensively for Today, the Balkans Still Have Right Outside Their Homes

There are places in the Balkans where the day still does not end with the glow of a screen turning off. In the evening, when the sun softens the facades and the asphalt finally stops radiating the day’s heat, chairs begin appearing in front of houses. First one. Then another. Someone brings out a small wooden stool. Someone else carries a beer. Someone slices a watermelon. Someone simply brings silence.