If you are traveling to Montenegro, you can relax: here live kind, hospitable, and helpful people who really love tourists from the CIS.
The total population of Montenegro is more than 650 thousand people, of whom 43% are Montenegrins, 32% are Serbs, 8% are Bosniaks, and the remaining 17% are Croats, Russians, Albanians, and Roma.
Montenegrins are friendly, welcoming, incredibly hospitable people, but at the same time quite confident, determined, persistent, and straightforward. They treat their land and history with respect.
The local population is quite sociable, and many people know Russian. Wherever you go traveling — fishing, hiking, to a farm, etc. — if you need any services or help, the locals will certainly surround you with care and offer you the very best.
The appearance of Montenegrins
Montenegrins are the tallest in Europe — over 178 cm.
Usually they have a powerful build, a large head, and a long nose. Hair: dark brown or black. Eyes: green-brown, brown, or black. Nose: Dinaric, concave, with a thick and upturned tip.
National costumes
One of the most famous items of national dress is the struka. It is a special blanket that can be worn by both men and women. Men's summer attire includes: a white shirt, a wool vest (cmadan), white linen or wool knee-length trousers, a long silk belt, opanak, fitted woolen gaiters, and a round cap (kapa).