I used to order my cheese from Constantinople but I eventually picked it up in Istanbul.
thank to our GREAT LEADER ERDOĞAN’s ECONOMIC GENIOUS…!
Border shopping isn’t different anywhere else
In Denmark we drive hours to Germany to buy cheap beer and tobacco
In Greece they travel(ed) to Turkey for cheap leather clothing
We Finns travel to Estonia (and to Latvia) for cheap booze. Russians used to come to Finland for cheese which always makes me lol
I thought Turks didnt like curds
Did somebody forget to tell them? There’s no whey they can’t know.
Turks buying Greek cheese? A feta worse than death!
This is wild and depressing. Driving hours across an international border just to buy cheese and olive oil at sane prices is a perfect snapshot of how messed up Turkey’s economy still feels for ordinary people. Celebrate the bargain hunting all you want, but the real story is that millions are being forced into these little escape routes because domestic policy failed them for years.
Also, good for Alexandroupolis I guess, but this is not a tourist boom anyone should be proud of. If your average household needs a day trip to stretch their grocery budget, the political class in Ankara has some explaining to do. Fix the inflation, or stop pretending a few cross-border shopping sprees are a solution.
Greece has some really good cheese. I would make the drive too haha
Does the cost of a travel really beat the added cost?
For a third of the price, at scale, I think that’s an easy yes. It’s only 40km.
40km from the border. 4 hours total each way
What? I stige 45 km one way to work every day and it takes me 43 minutes. Where’d you get 4 hours from??
Alexandropolis is 45km from the border, Istanbul is another 200km on a straight line (thus more).
There’s an international border crossing in between and probably potential for heavy traffic around Istanbul.
Edit: stupid math mistake
In the snow, uphill both ways, carry an old granny across the ravine on a tightrope.
Also traffic jams more likely.
On foot uphill in the snow
