she would visit vrmda to go climbing in her spare time. then the pandemic hit, and everythi changed. workinremd to relocate to the countryside. >> we didn't t want to stay in the city because of the coronavirus and the whole situation. our life has totally changed - i think, for the better. >> plenty of city dwellers have recently picked up sticks and moved to the village of vrmda, in serbia's poor east, in search of a more pleasant living environment. mote working has given them the flexibility to do so. vra has beenrying to aract urbanites foyears. >> in 2006when we set up the council, we'd done a study that found thvillage was about todi. so, we made a plan to install new infrastructurend develop r natural potential. two years later, we had internet access,nd then w road >> dgana tomic pretty ch mastermied the vilge'shen w juvenation she'a top manager,ho reloted to vrmdza years ago. she says having proper infrastructure in place is important for attrting new people. but sos the righmindset. >> covid has had a lasting impact, not only on