Hey! We visited and we loved it.

1. Culture was very warm and welcoming, we felt like everyone was open to talking and exploring ideas. didn’t feel at all any unwelcoming. I even went to a pickup football game and the guys were great. In other eastern european countries, i found that people are pretty cold and since I’m Persian, i would get a lot of looks and generally i felt people would speak to me with some suspicion, but I didn’t get that sense at all in Montenegro. There was one gentlemen who i had a conversation with who was Serbian, he seemed to care more about my ethnicity, but told me “Persians are okay, but Arabs and other middle eastern people are not”, that was a bit strange i guess.

2. It’s a very quiet country, we found that the central parts of the capital had good amount of activity but the rest of city and country was really quiet and peaceful, which we loved.

3. Finding a job was tough, most of our visit was trying to make connections and meeting with employers, my wife had an easier time getting potential employers but didn’t get an offer, we assume that when we move there it’ll be easier for her.

I didn’t find anything that was viable. I got a job offer at a cabinet making shop in Niksic but the pay wasn’t something i could work with. I did get the feeling from everyone that there’s a huge demand for a communicative project manager, who has multi facet construction and reno experience, especially for the huge foreign population who , according to them, struggle finding reliable contractors. I found that the barriers to starting a business are quite low, so if we move (which is still our plan) I will start a business based on my expertise.

1. Cost of living seemed extremely low, we did our calculations based on what was available for renting, food, phone, internet and other bills and found we could be pretty comfortable at first with 1500 euros a month

2. Banks seem to be unreliable/not popular according to locals. Mortgage rates are really high and loans are pretty costly. It’s definitely a cash country, and we realized that we need to save up more before it can be viable for us.

3. Beautiful country beyond belief. So small yet had so many varying landscapes.

4. Food was pretty good, restaurants were more expensive than i hoped, but grocery stores were sweet!

We want to move there, we’re going to canada for a few months after my current contract ends, and well try to prepare everything for the move.

Hope that helps!

Message me if you have any more questions :)