Nobody Visits This Country...Find Out Why
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 เม.ย. 2019
- 🇲🇩 Moldova is the least visited country in Europe. And so I came to its capital city Kishinev to see why...It did not take long to find the answer. Years of theft and corruption by politicians has left the locals of the country tripping up on broken pavements and walking past abandoned buildings on their way to collect their 40 Euro pensions.
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I reckon Moldova's richest man sells spray paint.
I lol'ed.
Is that Morrissey?
The SAD TRUTH is he sells people. By thousands. Across the European border. He would sell your ass too, if he had a chance.
Great to watch different countries....take care .God Bless
Those graffiti are probably 30 years old, since noone cleans them.
The whole country looks like they just had a wicked house party and are now recovering from a hangover.
That would be the USSR
But the description of recovering is waiting and doing nothing. That works for the human body, but not for buildings.
...It doesn’t even work for the human body. Any ailment left untreated will simply fester until the body finally begins the process of dying and decomposition.
@@michaelsaxonson251 The house party would be the collapse of the soviet union lol
yeah make fun of impoverished people
As a Romanian, it is heartbreaking to see this. On one of the walls of the observatory's staircase you could see the sentence "Acest oras merita mai mult" written on it. It's Romanian for "This city deserves more" and I agree. Romania is plagued by similar corrupt politicians. My heart goes out to Moldova and its people!
I mean there's beatifull places thag don't even look like moldova but he didn't show them
@@Player-fe7fs Because tourists visit the capital, not the small lesser known places.
@@Brandon_J I was talking about the capital most nice places are in the capital most of it is country side
Macedonia aswell
It’s good he showed the bad things as well, the political class should be shamed on the internet all the time. I understand that the underpass he showed at the beginning has been fixed because of his video.
I left Moldova 30 years ago , never had a chance to visit my homeland. I am heartbroken to see the sadness in city which was one of the best during the USSR. Clean well taken care of, tourism was flourishing. It was a beautiful city full of life and happiness. Shame to politicians and crooks to ripped off their own country.
@meisterhouse9747 Certified clown you are mate.
@meisterhouse9747 And also somehow remove all the embezzlers?
@meisterhouse9747 bro not everybody is revoultinary
@meisterhouse9747that is ridiculous... u can be a hard working dude start a business or something but when the government rips u off consistently how r u supposed to thrive?
We hope that the country will re-enter the Union in more than thirty years and will then prosper😂
8:24 - The writings on the wall say "acest oras merita mai mult" - this city deserves more
Damn. That’s probably the most powerful graffiti I’ve ever seen. Respect to whoever wrote that. So much better than pointless racist graffiti
What's that stand for?
Walsh4 this city deserves more
@@RuthlessTrix It translates to "This city deserves more"
@@CatholicWeeb ahh I thought when the guy said it he was saying that the city deserved more because of the graffiti not that it actually said that. Thanks for the info
The fact that one of the grafitties said in Romanian
'This city deserves better'
Is so sad...
@@m.dewylde5287 same thing different accent bro
@@m.dewylde5287 The official language in Moldova is Romanían, but their habitants also speak a lot Russian and Ukrainian because the influence from Soviet Union, Moldovan and Rumanían Lenguage is the same, but with different accent. The Romanían from Moldova sounds like Russian accent.
@@m.dewylde5287 Basically you want means that Moldovan language is a Romanian language very old, they use it since thousands years, currently In Moldova Republique is very common speak and written in Russian and Ukrainian languages because Soviet Union influence. But Romanian language is a very new language. Did you say that you have been studied Moldovan and Romanian language?
@@Kai9456Jojo let him be; "moldovan" language was just soviet propaganda to make them believe they're not the same people as the other moldovans/vlachs/romanians from Romania;
Moldova speaks romanian; the first mentions of current romanian are from 8th century; and he's talking about moldova being old but he forgets that valachia is even older and the people from there never claimed to speak moldovan(only romanian) although is the same language. And all in all moldovan is exactly romanian(there are almost no differences)...
@@m.dewylde5287 de fapt doar ai cazut prada propagandei sovietice:)) Doar pe partea chisinaului de prut mai vezi moldoveni care sa zica ca limba moldoveneasca nu e română; nu vezi asa ceva la iași desi se vorbește exact in acelasi fel;
Scrii despre faptul ca moldova e veche, dar tara romaneasca/valahia e tot la fel de veche sau chiar mai beche. Se vorbea aceeasi limba(cu accente si regionalisme diferitr) in toate zonele din jurul carpatilor. E aceeasi limba, degeaba crezi ce le-au spus sovieticii moldovenilor ca sa-i desparta in două si sa nu se mai considere frati...iar acea latinizare artificiala a limbii romane de care vorbesti nu a existat...daca citesti vechi scrieri boieresti din tara romaneasca poti intelege ce scrie pentru ca nu s-a schimbat asa dramatic cum pretinzi tu.
My son was fascinated by Russian language and culture, and joined a Russian-speaking church in his teens. He visited Moldova for his senior trip, mostly staying in Chișinău. He’s now married to a Ukrainian woman and they live in Kyiv. Or did until Thursday….😢Now they are in their car waiting to enter Poland. He has a great love of Moldova and her people.
Wow. Your son's awesome. I genuinely hope he's ok.
Is your son okay?
was your son british?
I’m much like this too. Not sure what fascinated me by the Russian language and it’s culture + post soviet or slavic culture but something did. I was supposed to travel as an exchange student specifically for the Russian language to Moldova, but Covid changed that trip. I got to go to Kyrgyzstan instead, but still, I feel that it’s this massive yearning for me now to see Moldova and speak with its people.
What a lovely story! Too many of us exist in a tiny, boring world.
5:29 Just yesterday I saw this old man, in the same place, with the same instrument, selling books. I listened to the songs while waiting for the bus. The most beautiful 15 minutes of the last half year
It takes courage for a man to talk to a camera by himself in public
I can’t even do it at home.
Fr bro. I always want to take a picture of myself but i'm always...scared that my dad will walk into my room or someone watching me thru the window.
@@bigdub4638 i can relate
and call the country he is in crap in his first sentence 😂
specially in Moldova, or other similar ex-communist countries. Someone might jump you just cause they don't like what you're doing, but it's less of a chance now, than before, I'm sure.
And to film strangers in public in eastern europe. I see he has to cut a few times, I wonder how many times people on the street call him out for it. I've heard they don't much appreciate being filmed minding their own business in Russia especially, I imagine Hungarians would love to fuck your day up for such a transgression, but I don't know the Moldovan mentality.
It looks like a call of duty map
hamza 478 Looool
😂😂😂😂
damn, you're not wrong. Its litterally the map "Bloc"
😂😂😂😆😆😆👍👍👍👍
holy shit, this is true lol
As a Moldovan this was so hard to watch, 'cause I know that this country can do better. It's so painful.
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"If I had ripped off my nation, I'd be ashamed."
What a world it would be if even 1/10th of politicians around the world felt that way.
This video should be called: man roasts Eastern European government for 16 minutes
lmao roast with the truth
Say this with me, bald and bankrupt is ross kemp
Francisco Mendez Lacomba no he's talking FACTS
@@sarahjane7472 are you ok
Clar ce nu ok , omul arata ce vede
Moldova won't even notice when the global apocalypse hits.
The bomb blasts might tidy the city up!
Good take. Take care.
This is fat America’s future
Stay humble KAPPA
@@mercharris5266 have you seen the homeless rate in los angels alone lol..its the "present ".
Unfortunately Britain’s town centres are going downhill fast as well. The councils are out of money, the shops are empty and the public is struggling with the high cost of living.
I went to Torquay last year and a British man told me one of the key factors for the many empty shops is that all the people buy their stuff from Amazon and co. now. Is that right?
Yep. Reminds me of parts of England.
Would love to visit Moldova too. Much respect to Moldova and its people from Denmark 🇲🇩🇩🇰
8:24 the writing on the wall on his right side, in red, says: THIS CITY DESERVES MORE
It really does.
It literally does like this so much abandoned buildings and roads that they have given up making because they’re too poor and the people in hospitals if you’re a psycho they just don’t care about you they just leave you on the street so sad
Yeah, I saw that and thought it’s really ironic 😞
You're right.
yep and it's Romanian
Thanks to this video thesse underground stairs are repaired now, you were showed many times on local news
That's so cool.
bras bras really? This is all it took??? Ya’ll better start making videos demanding what your city deserves if this is all it takes. Maybe you guys should make a little noise 👏🏻👏🏻
did they also resolve the issue of getting rid off the thieves and oligarchs?
@@Kafson It would take some years to get rid of all of them.
@@KimowotaJP Just like it is taking the US (corporate legal fiction entity) a long time to get rid of the US-Israeli dual citizens in elected and appointed positions of policy-making that sends all the money and weapons and the military to die/kill for Israel.
I happened the same here as Russia after the fall of the USSR. The people who immediately grabbed power simply pillaged everything they could and left. Russia has dozens of Oligarchs who own almost all of the wealth of Russia but now live in the UK or Spain. It is the same with Moldova, all of the politicians in 1991-1995 simply stole everything of value and left. Only now with the younger generation is there a sense of national pride, and things are being built up again.
From what I heard, Chisinau shaped up over the last few years. Also, the fountain in Great Park got cleaned up and is now operational. My friend told me it’s a common hang out spot now
This guy is like Gordon Ramsay, except for instead of critiquing people's food, he critiques countries.
Ok todd
This fountain is dry!
Next he should critique Detroit.
@gpop incredibly wrong, but whatever
Which is worse.
this video has probably made more in ad revenue than the moldovan economy
What a dumb statement considering this video prob made 4-6k
@@motap4935
Exactly
@@motap4935 issa freaking joke
Carter is best well you're clearly best at everything, apart from picking up on jokes i see
itS a joKe
But this was Poland 40-30 years ago. Look what can be done with money and some good decisions.
Interesting. I didn't expect to see this but hopefully good times is ahead for Moldova. At times, unfortunately things get worse before it gets better.
Keep traveling and tell us your stories!
👍
8:24 written in romanian in red on the wall
"Acest oraș merită mai mult."
"This city deserves better. "
DocTwoEight Of course they were written in Romanian, what language do u think they speak?
Star Dust I think he was just pointing it out...
@@stardust3834 bro I was jost pointing it out for foreigners....
@@stardust3834 Don't they speak Russian too? How will we know?
@@stardust3834 كان يوضح للأجانب
... You get it?
8:26. On the wall on the left it's written it Romanian: "This city deserves much more".
Much more or better??
@@ashishbavlekar1389 "this city deserves much more " makes more sense when you say it in romanian , "this city deserves better" is a better translation
That’s actually really sad
😲
saddest graffiti I have ever seen then.
Can you PLEASE tour Detroit? It’s such a beautiful place but far beyond repair. Yes, I am from Detroit and was raised there for the first 16 years of my life. I currently reside in Charlevoix, Michigan. Bless you B&BR
It's like glimpsing into America's future
wheel chair access? More like wheel chair roller coaster! Whoohoooo
Its not for a wheelchair. Its for a handcart carrying boxes. If you are in a wheelchair you are meant to crawl or better yet hide yourself in your house. No one is fixing it because they have no money.
@@latjjtal To be honest, I could not imagine someone with a wheelchair getting out and pushing it up the hill...
We've got these ramps in Western Europe as well, but they're single and meant for bicycles.
TheBushdoctor68 😂😂
@@TheBushdoctor68 I guess you mean The Netherlands, and not Western Europe?
Also I guess these wheelchair users need to be pushed, and not go by themselves.
@@Amghannam Yea, definitely NL but I've also seen some in Germany and Belgium. Maybe I assumed wrong that other countries have them as well.
I can't tell what the double ones are for. Maybe wheelchairs, maybe handcarts, I dunno, but I DO know that even with a helper it's going to bloody hard to get a person in a wheelchair up that ramp. Nevertheless a good thing they're there. It's a damn shame seeing a country go to waste because of corruption. We're not that far behind though..
The people in the beginning think he is crazy but they don’t know he is talking to 6.1 million people
ok
6.2 lol
@@dyslexiccone6676 "he is talking to 6.1 million people" that doesn't make him NOT crazy. Crazier people talk to hundreds of millions and they listen.
Nah like 5mil Few ppl click 2x
They probably just know he's talking shit about their country rather than thinking he's crazy
Thanks for this fantastic vid and hope all goes well to you.
As a Moldovan this is very sad how people just leave all these old stuff just to rot away this is very sad but they’re is still some beautiful places in Moldova 🇲🇩
I'm not trying to be mean or sth but this seems like a perfect place for filming a post-apocalyptic movie.
Perfect 👌
@real85er that'll get embezzled 😩😂
You've never been to Possilpark then?
Yes I know I mean moldova's so poor I low key sleep in the kitchen
@@Z4kYb0I In Possil they remember the good times when everyone was on heroin
just casually nodding and saying hello to people whilst he's slagging off their city lol
The fact that he mentions and blames the corruptness of the politicians rather than saying its the fault of the ordinary people there kinda makes up for it in my book.
Johan Whitehouse the politicians are making false promises to the people and instead of using the tax money on good things they keep it all for them selves and this is happening all over the world
@@blig5031 Yes ik
😂
Good stuff that's what we wanna see tbh 😆
Amazing! They haven't stolen your camera, wow, so thank you for posting this. 😀
Even tho this video was made 3 years ago, nothing really changed. I mean there are a few improvements, like they demolished most abandoned buildings and are working on renovating most of the city (this time fr). I left it a year ago an still visit frequently, since most my family and friends are there. In general it is a nice country but it is pretty scary walking down the streets alone, no matter if its night or day and no matter your age. Political opinions didn’t really change, it is still divided between the people who want to unite with Russia and people who want to join in on the EU.
At 8:22 on the left wall written in red you can see "acest oras merita mai mult" which translates to "this city deserves better" and it's amazing how he was talking about the same thing while passing by
Wait, I understand half those words... After some Googling I found out that Moldovan and Romanian are technically the same thing, I didn't know that. I speak Spanish and Portuguese so other Romance languages are easy-ish to decipher... Pretty cool to learn more about a country I had little knowledge of.
@@texasatan romanian is the official language so yeah...
@@texasatan Moldovan and Romanian are the same thing, however Moldovan may have certain borrowed words from Russian
Cool, thanks for the info. I was in Iraq alongside Romanian soldiers and was able to understand enough Romanian to know when they were cheating at cards lol
@@texasatan 😂😂😂
Moldova literally looks like a post apocalyptic game.
John Barnes it really does! It reminds me of Fallout 3
I live here, yay
@7Ahilles well russian cities look way better than moldovan
Fallout 5 is looking good
@@PhoenixSky7 russians got so much oil and other resources, their regions should look like Dubai, instead they look worse than Moldovan villages. only big cities look more or less fine but in general it's not comparable
I wish they improve! I wish them luck and goodness. Thank you for educating us.
I'm currently in Chisnau in 2023 and I absolutely love it. The people are so warm and the women are absolutely stunning and much friendlier than those in North America. Also, prices are beyond cheap. It's very possible that authorities saw this video and made some changes because downtown chisinau is lovely and filled with cafes/restaurants and modern life. Love it here. From Canada
😂😂😂😂
No such thing as downtown there
Agreed, I am visiting Chisinau now and it's nothing like the depictions in this video. Great city life, clean, and warm people. I'd recommend it for any European to travel to. At the hostel I am at, I've met people who are visiting for 2nd and 3rd times because they enjoy it.
I agree as well. I went in October 2023 and a lot has changed since this video
This country has turned "A walk down a dark alley" into a national past-time.
Actually a great comment
Haha agree
That wheelchair access is more like a goddamn roller coaster ride from hell
😂😂😂😂
Yeah, looked less like a "wheelchair ramp" and more like a way to permanently get rid of Grandma. Just give her a shove and send her down the chute.
@@bry2k 😂🤣😂
it was sad as hell....UN should do something
that would be so fun to skate
My high ass thought the wheelchair access ramp was for roller skate access
Lol 😂
I love how the moment i saw the title "No one visits this country" i immediately thought to myself: "is he gonna talk about Moldova"
i am both surprised and not surprised that i got this right
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This city looks like a COD map
Your name looks like a cod name
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That’s what i thought 😂😂😂
@@appleseed2933 🤣🤣🤣 not really... Joseph Price or jo McTavish is cod name dude
@@aalwayslucky428 ha ha
Actually...cod doesn't revolve around those 2 characters...in cod modern warfare 2 you play as an undercover agent that bears the name of the guy who made the comment
It’s mind blowing how Romania improved so much lately, and yet it’s neighbor still live in the past, It could’ve been better if Moldova just joined Romania…
God im so glad you have finally got a huge following I used to watch you years ago and would relax to your long great videos
No joke this looks like chernobyll but with people
umm probably because the buildings were likely built around the time chernobyl’s were. it’s like saying a house in miami looks like a house in Lexington, ofc there gonna look similar
Well probs Cus it’s Soviet apartments and they’re in many ex soviet countries
Chernobyl is not a town. Pripyat is.
Noooo
Stop
😟😟
Almost every city in Eastern Europe looks like this
This is youtube at its very best. This cue ball knows how to travel. A bit of sense of humor and some realism. very very cool!!!
I'm in Chisinau right now and it's poor for sure but the city is a lot more pleasant than the impression you get from this video. It's very green and a lot of the pavement and benches have been renovated and there's even some pedestrianisation going on. Maybe because there's a new government, but I can't make that judgment obviously. I expected it to be way more dreary and depressing.
the way he painted it in such a shitty light literally makes my blood boil
wow, video about Moldova is the most viewed video on your channel until now. You did more for moldovan tourism than did all our politicians in 30 years.
Mr Bald is a blessing for Moldova. Even if I don't like the way he portrays my country I still appreciate the humour behind it :)
@@811Thunder I mean, isn't he telling the truth?
Someone (a local) must have taken him to those shabby places. He didn't just run into them.
Djay Are I don’t think so, he really goes anywhere randomly. You’d know if you watch his videos.
@@Liam-fs5fe I won't watch any of his other videos... he's too biased, subjective, arrogant, disgusting and obnoxious for me. But I guess his viewers like him. People absolutely love shit nowadays, it's unreal.
If this is the capital city, I can’t imagine the towns and villages.
The whole place looks like a filming location of Borat movies
ngl it's really not that bad if you get used to it. i mean, I've been living my entire life as for now here, and everything here is pretty normal for me :^).
Actually they're better than the capital lol
Yeah, most of the cityes are pretty ugly, but they're not as bad as Chișinău, the villages are actually gorgeous. I went there many times abd I still can't describe the feeling of seeing the sunset on top of the hill. Beautiful.
@Romania Insight facts+
This is actually a pretty cool trip back in time, but my heart does go out to the average person who is just trying to survive daily. Thx for the video & insight.
You made an excellent tour guide. Looking for more of your videos!
Looks like Moldova got 1 visitor this year
call of duty ghosts ik 3 people who are there right now lmao
😂😂😂as a Moldovan I find this hilarious
@@victorcirchelan6002 is Moldova provide E visa?
@@maverickkhan777 depends on what country you from ! You might not need a visa at all !
@@victorcirchelan6002 can you please give me Moldova official E visa apply website link.
He looks like he's about to get sniped by the government anytime
Don't worry! They can't afford a sniper anymore^^
If he was North Korea's tourism guide and he showed the broken stairs, he would have been shot already.
@@Donknowww omg savage but cool
Darlandım Ramirez use your knife to take down that tactical nuke
@Allah vs Boron who the fuck is ramirez
This a great video. I never really knew anything about Chisinau or Moldova as a whole but this is very eye-opening. The one bit of feedback I'd live is if you could make the translated captions smaller. It was cool that you got he opinions on the locals, I think it'd be much easier to read if it was smaller.
Heartbreaking. I was born in Romania and I've seen some poor places and met people with zero hope for any prosperous future, but this might just top it all. So sad
This is like an angsty teenager's heaven.
God yes
Thomas Kovarik exactly what I was thinking, this would be a perfect city to tear up with friends. Wouldn’t want to live there tho
@@reportedworm4314 IKR
Lmao
Being half-Romanian myself, a heaven to a teenager with angst, a full-blown nightmare to most people 😰
8:26 The red graffiti says the following in Romanian: "This city deserves something better". A great analogy with the video theme.
Thank you, pretty underrated comment
deserves more*
@@nailfairy17 same thing!
Great video-as usual.
You are an excellent traveler. I also am a global traveler. You have an excellent temperament to deal with people and hardships and your travels. I salute you for your expertise. Please stay safe and we will be watching.
I’m German and I went to Moldova two years ago for a long Easter weekend. Yes, unfortunately, the country is pretty much run down, but I met really beautiful people. As they are not used to tourists, a lot of people would approach you and start having a conversation. The best thing was when a family invited me over for celebrating Easter Sunday at their parents home in the countryside. But it‘s true, most people in Moldova hope that their kids make it out of the country because there are really no opportunities in the country. I wish the people of Moldova that things will get better soon.
This is all because of Hitler and Stablin, you know..?? as they call it... because KGB had to "find" an old an historically accurate name for the place, was actually supposed to be part of Romania nowadays, but sadly, they're all pretty brainwashed and still kissing Russian butt... I bet you Germans are all having a good laugh at this situation! Well, don't forget, who laughs last... laughs hardest! >_
@David Compestela WoW, thanks for the update! >_>
um please don’t go into strangers homes, like ever. Doesn’t matter if they look normal just don’t do it.
Phi xo Believe me. Ive travelled app. 120 ocuntries, I know what to do or not. The guys I met were mixed couples Moldovian plus other nationalities from Europe. All spoke perfect English, and their invitation was super kind. In general, Moldova didnt seem any more dangerous than most other European countries. Talking about people, I really liked it.
thinktwice Yeah well i was sexually assaulted by my own friends and someone who rescued me whilst on holiday, you can’t trust / don’t know who anyone really is so it’s best not to put yourself in the situation.
This looks like a depressed country everything and everyone looks sad
i may be a negative person but damn i wouldn't enjoy being around people like that
No, I was born there and people there are happier and more active than everyone, just meet them first before ranting please.
no north korean is
@@alexgaro1675 what was your purpose instead?!?!
ÀLEX GARO well thank you so much for stereotyping the whole of Europe to be depressing and run down.
8:23 Acest oraș merită mai mult = this city deserves more. And it rrally does, much more. As a Romanian, I really love Chișinău because it's cleaner than most Romanian cities and people are much friendlier, despite the fact that most of them speak Russian
Thank you for revealing our story from right point of view. I liked how you named the wall of the thiefs.
How come I haven’t seen any apocalyptic movies in this country?? Literally can save a ton of budget cuts for cgi
There's actually one, it's called Spectral and it's quite good!
Fuuuck yoouuu
@@customyoutubename okay dumbass
@@thingsarerandom2206 Hes a triggered Moldovan
Cause all Eastern Europe is like this
This guy is the Gordon Ramsey of countries
Could not have said that better myself
I mean...look at it! Just look at it! IT IS BURNT!
@@samuelbraun849 I’m waiting for him to put two slices of bread between a politicians head and calling them an idiot sandwich
I think your right Gordon would say the same thing 👍
Where's the Investment Sauce??!!
The 2 tourists Moldova gets each year are honeymoon couples who thought they booked a trip to the Maldives.
Looks great 👍 keep up the brilliant work
8:27 "this city deserves more" written in red, on the wall to the left
and then there’s that tiny little “no” beside it
How this poor nation must miss the Soviet Union! Capitalism promoted a lot and only brought misery and poverty!
@@magnomaxx2010 Quiet libtard.
@@magnomaxx2010 Communism only fell in 2009 there...The Communists were still in power, even without the Soviets. Communism created the mentality that led to this situation. In time, capitalism will fix it, as it did in other countries.
@Yahweh’s Elect Yeah that's why Detroit is a derelict city too, right? Because of communists? Stfu
Moldova’s Tourist count after this video: 📈📈📈📈📈
Stonks
Yeah 2 more blokes visited , an increase of 200%
@@selcovoilucian8253 😂😂
Bruh, it's covid...
This would have work like more than 1 year ago but not now..
Nah fam, never I'm gonna visit that shithole
This inspires all politicians to do things for their nation and not for themselves as greedy and want power to use being corrupt!
Thanks for this video
"Politicians stealing billions and fled the country..."
Me, a Malaysian: First time?
Najib
Me, an Argentinian: Yooo, welcome to the club bro!
@Ranna the Ranger Are you living in Yemen currently? If so, I hope you're ok
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8:27 - On right side of frame 2 meter wall of text on russian says: "You only go out after nightfall, like the rats, the cats and the monsters."
That's from "Un homme qui dort", very depressing
Holy shit... A passage from un homme qui dort on the walls daaamnn
When i saw the vid, don’t know why that painting took my attention and I was wondering what could that mean... pretty deep, as sad... and as truth.
Hope things get better for you Moldovian folks, you deserve it; cheers!
this is definitely something to consider, although during the soviet times there was a lot of atrocities against the people and many didn't have their freedom, but it also meant everyone had their place and their use and countries like Moldova wouldn't just be left behind to fall to ruins, its hard to say whether or not it was worth it, I just find it an interesting thought.
At 8:22 behind you, there is a grafitti saying "acest oras merita mai mult". It translates to "this city deserves better"
8:19 You walked past a graffiti saying:,,This city deserves more''
Wamintiri, zic eu... 😅
Ironical
Alternosfericul because it does
Aweeeee
is anyone else getting Chernobyl vibe ?
8:22 - a nice graffiti on the wall: "Acest oraș merită mai mult" which means "This city deserves more (better)". Nothing else to add here.
You know your city is crap when even the vandals think it need help!
8==D
This guy is really a showman. He did not show the main streets the church, the Parliament area, museums, embassies area, the parks. It's just selected some horrible delerict places to make videos on and keep saying how how good Russia is. He does not know that almost half a million people were sent by beautiful Russia to Siberia to squash and kill any unrest and even today with Transnistria they keep Russian army at 60 minutes from Chisinau (the capital) in Transnistria and if you dare to sat anything bad about the Russians army you can get more than a half a decade of prison time for starters. If he had any sense or backbone he would ride the bus from Transnistria to Moldova and see how people go daily from the Russian frozen conflict area to Moldova (as poor as he screams out it is) just to have something to put on the table.
There is a saying "You can't talk morals with a hungry man". The country is at a geopolitics faltline between the European Union/NATO and the Russian Federation, the weaker this no man's land(arguably, with Russian army in there) the easier it is to keep it broken and derelict. He picked and chose history and misdirected. The country, Moldova is part of a people - Romanians. The Soviet Union had troops on the border on Romania and gave Romanians 48 hours to leave the country or else full invasion of all the country. We lost it without fighting, which is sad I guess, but we are a small country and the Soviet Union was the other world power at that time with USA. So they took occupied, sent to Siberia or chased away any resistance and by braking away half of the historical region of Moldova from Romania they created this frozen conflict - why Moldova can't join the EU and is 4 times poorer than the rest of us Romanians living in Europe. This is why they get passports from us, to have a chance of a better life.
There are nice places to see in Chisinau and Moldova (and Ukraine) both are dirt poor but also offer a different perspective than you would get if you would visit Italy or Spain. I would recommend visiting Transnistria, its like time travel to Soviet times, a little bit like North Korea (you will like it).
@@ciuby4147 Yes thank you, finally someone pointed it.
@@ciuby4147 I think he believes that Soviet Union was bad, but he wanted to show what corruption can do and that the country doesn't have to be so corrupt or maybe even Communist in order to prosper.
I met a Moldovan man here in the U.S. as a co-worker. Very nice person. I had heard of Moldova, but knew little about it. He would say, "Any day above ground, is a good day." Kinda told me what Moldova might be like with that one sentence!
totally agree, sad to see.
you can only hope change will come sooner than later for some parts of the world.
This is so sad :( people in Moldova look so kind and deserve better
Basarabia e Româniaa, Kosovoo e Serbiaaa
Well im from moldova and i can tell u that yes we deserve better
Yeah go judge people on looks.
@@CountingStars333 are you okay? Nobody is judging anyone. I just said that people there seem nice, it’s was supposed to be compliment 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
@@alex777dsm5 Shut the fuck up lol
Being a Moldovan who has "escaped" I really hope this video gets lots and lots of view ... And then even more.
You've given a very good description.
Thief run country
Absolutely true
Looks just like my city (Jakarta, Indonesia) except that my city's traffic is more similar to India's. At least you guys have bigger roads
Why dont you burn the country Down? Thats how we do it in Chile haahha
@Abc Abc ah yes, like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. Third world countries. Slovakia, terrible life there.
Shut the fuck up, bitch
@@Tornado1487p1 Actually he said Balkan, not Baltic. But you're right. Not all countries are like that. In fact even Belarus looks way batter, at least Minsk is clean.
Twenty two years ago I spent three weeks filming and visiting various political and social institutions in Moldova, meeting with and interviewing politicians, leaders of ‘foreign aid agencies’ and many other ordinary people from different economic backgrounds. We were largely based in Chisinău but visited numerous different areas around the country, with the exception of the break ways region of Transinistria. Moldova was poor then but in comparatively better shape than in your video, with a good deal of rebuilding apparently going on. What struck me most was that it was absolutely flooded with American agencies, all of whom were involved to one extent or another in encouraging capitalism and western style economic improvements. Outside of the capital (which as I say was pretty impoverished even then) in the countryside, there was utter poverty. People lived in primitive shacks or shabby wooden cottages, with horse and cart as primary transport. The politicians we spoke to were largely under the thrall of the Americans and it all felt like a bit like a soft Western coup, aimed at persuading the people in charge of the few economic assets within Moldova of the virtues of the Western system. It was depressing to see in your film how much worse things have become since then. I liked the Moldovans very much and it’s hard not to conclude that like many areas of the old Soviet Union, they were badly let down by an alternative capitalist system that promised them so much, but failed to deliver anything other than enabling the exportation of the wealth of the corrupt into Western banks.
In the 90-00s, it was about the same in Russia. You can't even imagine how much has been destroyed, literally sawn into scrap metal. All this was created within the framework of a single Soviet country and economy. Since then, all ties have been severed, and within the framework of world capitalism, a lot has become unprofitable. As a result, stealing or sawing for metal was often much easier and more profitable. Approximately 20-30 million former Soviet people paid with their lives for this transition to capitalism (that is, a step back in the development of society). Chisinau and Moldova are one of the illustrative examples of the existence of a previously more developed civilization.
@@alexandernovikov5963 It's seems that the West deliberately tempted Soviet countries with promises of freedom, Coca-Cola, MTV life-style, and a better standard of living for all, when in fact all they they mostly did was to asset-strip and make a handful of corruptible local businessmen and politicians wealthy, by getting them to agree to exploit local resources and people, and then funnel profits back into Western banks. I guess it would be mostly the USA doing this by virtue of their power and wealth, but their allies in the UK and Europe carry a fair degree of responsibility too.
@@williedowling5682yeah definitely that’s why they link the issues that happened in the Soviet Union to socialism when those issues had nothing to do with socialism and could have easily happened in a capitalist society, possibly even worse since there are more deaths due to capitalism than socialism ever did. The USSR should have never dissolved it would have been better off the way it was, it’s the same with developing countries being encouraged by the west to have free markets when it’s only MNC’s benefitting, hence the USA imposes sanctions and goes to war with socialist countries such as Cuba.
Most underrated channel on TH-cam!!!
Even though it‘s daylight, the city looks grey and depressing as fuck
Where u from lol
Modern Warfare Pripyat
We're pretty poor but no one has the balls to do something besides complain and moan. There were protests a few years ago that didn't change anything. Thank God for last year's election
@@danc7934 wow you live there, I hope that one day someone spends some money on your country
@@malchick8918 nah leave it. If we aren't going to do anything, why should somebody else do something?
I live in Chisinau and would say that the video is quite depressing. Please come back and tell us the bright side of Chisinau, it's here for sure)
I love this guy. He is entertaining and informative with a good heart and obvious affection for the former Soviet people.
I realized how dutch I am when I thought the wheelchair acces is for bicycles
I thought too ! Greetings from Germany.
Dat dacht ik ook 😂😂
It wasn't for bikes??
hahajajshahshahhah same
precies🤣🤣🤣
Nobody:
Parkourists: I found heaven
LOL
Why the nobody? It's so over used and stale
@@delrasshial7200 hahah go eat your booger kid
Totally
@@user-fq2vd3uw2s a challenge to spice things up is always welcomed to the community
Great video, I’d love to live in one of those quiet out of the way rural villages instead of this town in the UK. They look like there lovely friendly people too.
Loving your tunes👽👍🏻
When I was a kid, I fell in love with this boy from Moldova. I was at the Italy that time and I met him at school. I really think that he’s cute and kind. I used to chat him and he will kindly reply back. Sadly, I had to return to my country and remember crying thinking that I would never see him again. I tried to find his name in social medias but I can’t seem to find it. Wish I could meet him again and confess my feelings. ✨
That thought of yours will give him good karma one way or another. 🙂
@@jand3293 If I'm correct,there is no such thing as good karma
@@sincotrodium7385 who shat in your breakfast cereal... Would have been better if you just kept your mouth shut and not brought all that negativity here
Awwwww!!! Thats sooo cute! But sad that you cant see him again.. but don't worry!! You will get to see him one day!!! Don't loose hope!!!
don't lose hope like that bronze cowboy who waited 27 years
You know things are bad when people in Moldova hope to get Romanian citizenship.
Are you Moldovan? I heard most of Moldavia wants to reunite with his bro Romania. Is that true?
@@juanrescudero7271 in 1918 we were all united, but then split under Ribbentrop-Molotov. I as a Romanian consider them compatriots, same culture. I have Moldavian friends and they also think the same and would love to unite any day of the week(like many Romanians do), but on the other side of the Prut it's a bit more tangled. For one, there are still minorities that appeared during the USSR and that don't want it. Many don't want it because of political reasons and consequences and how hard it would be to merge. Some people, mostly that use Russian as their main language(even though theoretically Romanian is the official language. Moldova has its own dialect just to make it clear) want unification with Russia. Moldova is caught in the middle. Stats say that 55% don't want to unite(someone said in an interview "even though I would love to unite with the motherland, I am afraid about ruining our relationship with Russia". Consider that they are near Russia and it wouldn't take long for Russia to do something about it). Back to the stats, 25% say that they want to unite no matter what and the rest can't decide. Even though many consider we are the same people and culture not all are looking forward to this. There are also some that feel that they wouldn't fit well under Romania. Consider that under USSR people moved around the country and not only the older Moldavians remaining in the area. Also some Moldavians just would rather be independent. So even if many would like to, even some are undecided because of consequences.
Juan R Escudero Not Moldovan just thought it was a little funny that Moldovans want to move to Romania a very poor country.
@@iamverycrazy The part with romanian citizenship is because it allows those moldovans acces to work and travel in the EU since Ro is part of EU. As for Ro beeing a poor country i'd beg to differ since most ppl can afford a decent living with rent,bills and living covered from a wage of 400-500 euros which is earned from a menial job in major developed city's. That's of course not all over the country though and it is certinly not close to the living standards of western europe, however it's enough to go by with your monthly needs.
Yeah. Romania is not far from this. Full of politicians who have no purpose în life but to benrfit of the country and make people's lives miserable.
Greetings from Romania.
i like the blogger, his smile is genuine that is why i enjoy watching him...very lively! about moldova ? thats fine...
C'est la toute première vidéo de Ben que j'ai visionnée, il y a plus de trois ans. Et depuis, il y en a eu des dizaines, non, des centaines d'autres. Waw! Let's check it out!
@8:26 the graffiti in red behind him actually says "this city deserves more" ... I hope things will turn around for Moldova.
When people write graffiti like that you know shit has become intolerable. Really sad.
Well and across the wall in black paint is something like "You go out from home only when its got dark. like a rats, cats and freaks."
There is definitely going something wicked in this city...
It s written in romanian.We,romanians want union,most of them don't,even some of those who speak romanian.BASARABIA E ROMANIA!
@@cristiandmt1128 Why would you want union?It would crush our economy, and i dont reckon its in a good place right now
Oh wow, at 8:15 there's a graffiti that says "No salvation"