Bulawayo: the vibe
Videos from people who went, played right here, with what viewers said underneath. Not part of the score.
The verdict
Mixed · 62Commenters mostly praise Bulawayo's cleanliness and friendly people, but the struggling economy, emigration and inflation are recurring caveats, and little remote-work detail appears.
- friendliness
- cleanliness
- welcoming people
- good English
- local entrepreneurship pride
- economy
- inflation
- emigration
- closed factories
- currency uncertainty
- Visitors find Bulawayo clean, calm and its people warm and welcoming.
- The economy is the main drag and many locals have left.
- Locals hope self-driven business can rebuild jobs and national pride.
- Commenters say the city's beauty doesn't offset economic hardship.
- Little discussion here of internet, costs or daily life for remote workers.
Read from 8 videos, 40 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-08; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
Zimbabwe is not only Harare! This is Bulawayo 2025
Explore with Bertin · 220K views · 2025
What viewers said
“Bulawayo is clean and majestic, i'm from South African and visited there for first time in 2023. The people are down-to-earth and friendly”
♥ 13 likes
“Thank you for sharing this journey through my hometown.”
♥ 4 likes
“This is nice. IF Zimbabweans unite they can rebuild this country.”
♥ 45 likes
“My town my pride We used to call it koNtuthuziyathunqa.”
♥ 29 likes
“I have watched videos of Bulawayo, but this one is the best.”
♥ 4 likes
“Zimbabwe apart from the economy is actually good. Bulawayo is very clean and nice.”
♥ 36 likes
“Thanks to YouTube bathong, for the experience of seeing Bulawayo via YouTube. It is a beautiful country, so why are people running away from their beautiful country. I wish to visit Zimbabwe one day.”
♥ 32 likes
“Decent looking place Zimbabwe was once the bread basket of mama Africa”
♥ 1 likes
“Looking great ❤”
“Bulawayo and Harare were planned very very well. These are beautiful cities.”
♥ 1 likes
Found with a YouTube search for the city and “digital nomad”, fetched 2026-11-08; titles, descriptions and comments belong to their authors and link to the originals.