Solo In Estonia's East 🇪🇪
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- Опубликовано: 3 фев 2021
- 🇪🇪 We all know about Tallinn the vibrant capital of Estonia with its tech start-ups and modern infrastructure. It's lauded as a miracle of the post-Soviet sphere and rightly so. But what about the rest of the country? Is that reaping the benefits of EU accession too? I jumped on a train heading east to find out...
Almost 30 minutes with no background music, no special effects, no fancy equipment. Just a man and his camera documenting reality - _this_ is real quality content
That’s the best thing about bald, just 100% content and no unnecessary frills. Makes it seem like you’re there.
Real history... Lets play this again in 100 years...
Only 10sec. with street musician
Totally agree! And he makes videos from the strangest places in the world, totally untouristic places. And he does it with a huge portion of humor, respect and love for the places and the pepole living there, unprententious style but still with lots of information and knowledge about the places.
And he doesn't start off by yelling 'what's happening, you guys?' Just talks normally - as though we're adults who don't need to be patronised. Love him.
I just love how Bald interacts with old people. He sees a babushka and immediately goes there, talks to her and buys her stuff. Thanks man, for always giving attention to old people.
The world needs more humans like you.
Though incapable to separate Estonians from Babushkas. Saying Babushka to Estonian may imply, Hey you Russian. Estonians have: Tädike = Aunty (this way wont imply to age either), Memmeke = Granny (but sweet). Makes you see vid different after knowing
Babushka are the most important
Agree wholeheartedly.
Bald might think babushka is a third gender!
The conversation with that old man in Sillamae was pure gold!
Babushka's Secrets:
pg.1
_I didn't really make the socks._
@@PollyDrom oh
@@PollyDrom и что это меняет? Носки то всё равно сделаны не вручную. Бабушка зарабатывает на жизь перепродавая носки.
That same Babushka was selling things at that same spot in the train station when I was there in the winter two years ago. Glad to see she's still hustlin and getting those bags!
Don't think she is getting bags.
are you going to let a sock-selling babushka out-hustle you!?
The old dude talking about the food was so sweet.
Yummy
Yeah, I thought so too. :) Reminds me of when I was in the Hungarian countryside once. People are so welcoming and nice! Sure as hell would not have someone who would take a stroll and share stories with a stranger in my country. xD But one thing's for sure... When it happens, it's surely a beautiful moment. :)
Yess))
In the Soviet Union Caviar was only a few Kopeks, you could buy ot for pocket change. Now it's almost 20 Euro for even a small can. Capitalism sucks.
@@levvy3006 lol Russia is not capitalism lol its Mafia have you even watched the video and listened to Bald?????
If there's one thing that I can really appreciate, besides the actual content of course, it's that you *don't* beg viewers to "like and subscribe", as if we wouldn't when we like the video. You're the only big youtuber that I know that doesn't do that. Thank you!
Agreed, when I hear "SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON!!!" it's already not going to happen.
The sock selling grandma is actually quite sad. A lady of her age having to sell socks near a train station in the cold to get by or even make some extra money is really depressing if you think about it
yes and no. my grandma didn't need the money, but after she was too weak to work the garden, she needed something to do - so she sold stuff in the next town over, even in winter.
Perhaps she doesn't want to be idle and depend on welfare.....
Yes, she is looking very sad.
I know you didn't need those socks but you bought them simply out of kindness of your heart. Thank you, Benjamin ♥️
I disagree, he looked very comfy wearing them on train!))
@@olevet75 And handmade babushka socks! They've gotta be good!
They look awesome!
So jealous of those socks. It’s going to be below freezing where I live and they look so warm and lovely.
I'd buy the shit out of those socks!
Go to Kopli for instant good friends. Bring vodka.
if you have a deathwish*
Always keep a bottle in the freezer and under the bed
collab needed - life of bankrupt
Yes collab
Wow didn't knew real life of boris also watch bald & bankrupt
Man really had to walk 10 miles to the highway all for an abandoned soviet town.... legend.
Ive never heard Bald go off on the Russian government like that. On point
@Italo-Celtic defends by forced oppression
@Italo-Celtic
The Russian government also participates in widespread embezzlement and open corruption. Navalny is a hero.
@Italo-Celtic Brother, you are being very optimistic about the Russian Government. Yes, it pretends to be conservative, but in reality there are not that many other nations in the world that is being replaced as fast as Big Vlad replaces native Russians with new "Russianers". And just like in France, UK, Portugal, Belgium etc: if you dare to point that out - you're going to prison.
@@ShrivledAlienLol Navalny is paid NATO agent
@@shashankkolhe4111
Do you have proof?
I don’t know why I get more concerned over Bald finding a hotel room or transport back to cities than he does!
@@ncole9299 where
My thoughts exactly.
@@radizor when he went to visit the babushka in Belarus Chernobyl zone, he had to park his car and walk 20km to reach her house. He found someone to help him along the way. There were swamps.
It’s making some of us viewers anxious how he finds his way back
I think he sees it as a challenge!
I was thinking the same thing. Man could freeze to death. Have a phone but not knowing who to call or even how to explain where you are at
Damn, wasn’t expecting my hometown Sillamäe at all. A friend of mine just sent me the video and I immediately rushed here to watch it. They were very interesting 28 minutes of my life, Ben, thank you.
What the fu k do you guys even do in Sillamäe
Love from Rakvere
@@realmart3451 wtf do you do in Rakvere?
love from Pärnu
@@realmart3451 actually there is a lot to do as a kid, I was attending music school for 7 years, tried practically every sport that is available in the city and was practicing them for several years each, each season there are sports tournaments between teams of every school in the city. When I was a teen, I would mostly just walk outside with my friends and play video games, also I would try to visit Tallinn almost every weekend to see some other friends. In the summer I worked at the дача of my grandparents so we could have fresh vegetables and fruits. There isn’t much to do if we talk about clubbing, going to the restaurants and so on, but I always had something interesting to do with my friends, we would just walk from one end of the city to another and it still was fun. Or go to the forest and prepare some food on an open fire. If I think about it, I actually did more crazy and exciting stuff in Sillamäe than I do in Tallinn atm :D
@@wemit. а там у вас эстонско и русскоговорящие часто между собой на английском общаются ?
@@lulzyboy wtf do u do in Pärnu?
Love from Alpharetta, Ga
I really like how you get first-person history from locals. The older people telling anecdotes from their lives... Well done!
Sillamäe is town where Soviet Union made their first nuclear bomb. But local Estonian uranium ore is not enough good, so they brought uranium ore from Siberia. The factory still exists and it produce rare earth metals.
From the comfort of my humble home and my depressed bank account I can travel the world wit mr bald thank u man
Exactly my thought. Who needs to travel nowadays? :-)
@@svenolofandersson2572 still gotta get out there ! :)
I concur sir
Protect yourself against money printing by buying uncensorable assets. Thank me later.
If the UK had 10% of that snow.....every train would be cancelled. Beautiful country that deserves more visitors.
In the UK we only get a few days a year where there's snow on the ground. It would cost more to buy the equipment to enable everything to work through the snow than shutting things down for 2-3 days.
Its very rare to have that kind of snow in estonia tho, the last to winters here had decent snow only for like 5 days
If a snowflake falls in Texas school gets canceled 😂
Not in Scotland though. Or at least not in the highlands.
Yeah let's rephrase that if England had 10% of that snow.... We are very used to that kind of snow in Scotland.
Wow the trains look super modern, even more than ours in Germany
When you speak to someone in their own language, it goes straight to the heart. Bald looking for transport, guy goes come with me for free.
I’m convinced by the amount of soviet places he has visited to that’s he is on the MI6 watchlist
@Kevin S yea lol, not on the list, on the roster.
He is from mi6
Agent B.
Benjamin
Bald
Bankrupt
Especially when he’s been to every mercenary country on the map 🤣
KGB got Agent Bald's back, no worries citizens.
I am a simple Lithuanian, I see Baltics, I click like 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹
Labas
Hello from Estonia & Finland
Lots of love from Italy! Love the baltics 😁
I am a simple Latvian and I love Baltic countries :)
Lithuanian. The older I get more Į fall in love with my homecountry
18:55 I believe this is the reason why Bald was banned from Russia
I really want to see him playing geoguessr someday
My last surviving friend from my decade of cancer/transplant, and recovery, died less than two weeks ago. Her name was Christine Anderson (over the years we encouraged each other, but I failed to ever ask her maiden name). Christine’s mother was from Estonia, and she visited her family there many times in these past few years until she could travel no more. Her extended family there greeted her with open arms, and it proved to be the best part of her life. What a beautiful place, indeed. Please join me in pausing to remember her in reverence - she was one of the finest human beings I ever knew. Thank you Bald for bringing us there.🌿🙏🏼🧣
@ Marc ❤️💐
Very moving stuff mate.....consider that pause for reverence done!!
He is back boysss!!!
11:09
the old man reminiscing about years past and expressing his discontent with how things are now contrasts with the children playing and laughing in the background
I really like the Eesti flag , blue black white !!!!! 🇪🇪
Finally something about my country
came to the comments specifically looking for you! Love both your channels man!
Was expecting you
ARTHURRRRRRRRRRRRRR
make a reaction Artur! :)
Good to see ya here, my man.
You really can't beat content like this. Showing people the real world, teaching us and doing so brilliantly. Fantastic as usual.
yeah common folk just saying it like it is - Estonia was great in the Soviet Union, and then EU came and robbed it blind and now it is a deserted and dying country with no future.
Watch BBC and CNN - you'll see the ground reality behind every country.
@@AFA111 BBC and CNN??? Lol thanks but no
@@sergeyohotskiy6714 yeah If you Are a russian and dont want to learn estonian then sure lol..otherwise most stupid thing Ive Ever heard
5:20 BOYZ IN THE HOOD lol. didn't realise he was in Compton side of Estonia
I really liked that you bought the socks from the grandma there, even if you did not actually need that sock, you bought because it was sold by a babushka. Those 10 Euros would be much needed for that lady. The world needs more people like you. Thanks for buying that socks!!
I never thought there'd be a man wearing a neon green hat, walking around Eastern Estonia.
Bald is literally documenting all of the old Soviet areas and people who remember that era before it all disappears.
I think you really are onto something here
yeah give him the nobel peace prize...
@Tori6 lots of Tartarian architecture still around....🤔🙂👍🏻
It's disappearing for good. Capturing it is still good doe and def enjoyable to watch
Same will happen to USA. Some big cities in USA looks way way worse that post Soviet areas. Like Los Angeles or Detroit. Shit holes. All ruled by democrats.
"Train to Narva" sound's like a movie title
Who would direct? Hitchcock, Kubrik, or Ron Howard?
@@carlosbaja678 Maby Pusjkin? Or Dostojevskij?
My aunt and uncle had a horse named Narva. Never knew it was also a town. 😃
haha like a rip-off of train to Busan?
document movie title: train from narva to siberia
Old chair: *exists*
Bald: LOOK AT THIS SOVIET CHAIR
😁😁😁👍
Bald is the most interesting thing on RUclips by a country mile love the way he interacts with the locals and the babushkas he loves the old soviet stuff keep it going Ben absolutely fantastic !
That Narva hotel brings back 2009 memories!!! Narva was the city I got into after literally walking out of Russia on a foggy morning after being detained the night before during a passport check when the bus I was in reached the border.
My visa had expired for 2 hours and I was not allowed to leave Russia until I paid a fine the next morning.
I remember walking straight into that very same hotel and being helped by the lovely receptionist who let me use her reception computer and internet so I could book a flight back to Vienna where I was attending last year of college (Erasmus). Great times!
Oh my god WTF?
erasmus in rotterdam?
Cool story.
And you weren´t arrested? Just paid a fine? In the US you´d be shot.
A fine or 'a fine' ?
This brings back memories. I met my wife-to-be in Tallinn, proposed to her in Sillamae where she lived at the time and worked as a neurologist (our pre-wedding party was at the Hotel Krunk). We took a day trip to Narva. The fortress there is fascinating and features a toilet on the upper floor that's open to the ground below; got a chuckle out of that. Bald should have taken a closer look at the fortress. It's open to tourists - or at least it was in the late Nineties.
*Sillamäe
Wasn't it a Swedish fortress? I remember reading something about that, and anyway Estonia used to be a Swedish possession in the 1600s.
@@andrejhofer2007 According to Wikipedia it's Danish not Swedish. They started to build a fortress there in 1200-1300s.
@@Koopa3000 Oh ok. I do remember that Denmark also had possessions in Estonia back in midieval times.
@@andrejhofer2007 Tallinn literally comes from the meaning of "Danish Castle" or "Danish Town", basically meaning "Da-town" in Estonian in that sense.
Your channel is interesting as it teaches us something, you show things I would otherwise never see and you use lots of humor. I love your channel so much, it's perfect!
It seems like you didnt eat anything on day 1. Bald, pls include where and how you find food on the cities you go too. That is one of the important and interesting things when it comes to traveling
I will never ever get tired of this man saying "Soviet" !!!
you mean "...reminiscent of the places we've been before together in the former USSR"
Brand ambesader of soviet...
I'm a simple Latvian. I see our brothers Estonians, I click like
You people speak same language right?
@@ThePhoenix109 they have very different language
both are finno-ugric languages but very different
@@Kallogee Latvian is indoeuropean in the balto-slavic branch, not finn-ugric.
@@zhalt123 my bad, livonian is the latvian branch of finno-ugrics
Why does Babushka's Secrets makes me think of Victoria's Secret. 😂
This videos are so calm and interesting. I could watch for hours and hours
When we needed him the most, he returned.
Bald you're lucky to have experienced such a rare sight of seeing a Gopnik in February since the thin abibas tracksuits make them hibernate for most of the winter.
I’m Estonian and never been to any of the places you went to 😂🇪🇪
Wow, if I'm being honest Estonia looks a lot nicer than I might've imagined. Hope I can visit some day.
I really need to travel more.
didnt expect to see u here
@@stepanpoljakov7221 lol I love this channel
@@THEKITPLUG I live in Estonia lol
@@stepanpoljakov7221 It looks like a beautiful place.
@@THEKITPLUG in certain places, in certain time )
estonia has one of the best looking flags imo
Agreed
Another interesting and well put together video of travels, history and culture. Great upload as always. 👍🏻
Hadn't watched him since Mexico, then I was playing Euro Truck Simulator and drove through Estonia.............so I decided to look up videos on Estonia and guess who is the top result.....................
Holy shit my hometown. Damn would have never thought
Is it all original are some of those buildings rebuilds from the USSR days?
haha same, lets find him xD
@@julianshepherd2038 those are all original buildings, some facades are renovated but yes. A little reminder - we Estonians got our independence in 1991.
@@Taevasilm Yeah like you can't just demolish all the soviet buildings and build new ones in 30 years. My local football stadium in Vilnius is getting planned for 15 years! Planned not even built.
@@SERBIAZ true
So cool the fact that he interacts with random people to find out their story and the history of the town
Mi-ar plăcea să vină și prin România dar nu știu dacă o să se întâmple
Just like you do in role playing games! xD
It's a real talent. What makes his channel better than all the other travel vlogs out there
This video took me back. My first ever trip to Estonia was in February 2008 in similar conditions, and I fell in love with the country (not just Tallinn), and it was also my first visit to 'Eastern' (I know it's technically Nordic) Europe, and I've gone on to discover much more since. Cheers Bald.
Today I was in Sillamäe and I parked my car right by these stairs. I Also went to that shop on the right side of the street coming down to the sea. It is true they only speak Russian so I looked a little akward with only knowing a few words but people there are kind enough.
I appreciate no annoying intros or the usual “like this video and subscribe” comment.
I was just thinking the same. One big reason for his success.
This guy's authentic, he doesn't give a $#!t if you like or subscribe. He is not in it for money. He genuinely loves what he is doing, and so do all of us.
Yup, he gets straight to the point... *pure content*
I am a guy from Lithuania and I can say that your videos are exciting and entertaining. I especially like when you are talking to the older people and they tell how it was back in the day of the places which you visit. You should also visit Lithuania and Latvia. These places have very beautiful and interesting places as well.
Bro, I just want to say your free wheeling hop on a train and explore and hop on another train and explore life is really amazing for what we see. I love your off the beaten path approach and your love for east block things. I feel like if I ever had the chance to do it my way, your adventures would serve as my guide. Love what you do and thank you for letting us live this adventure through you. Safe travels bud.
My wife is from Sillamae, her family still lives there. When I went I loved it the country was great nice and quite I can’t wait to get back there.
I'm a simple Latvian. I see Estonia, I like.
I had the great privilege to live in your country for a few years, was absolutely lovely!
What are the relations between the baltic countries?
I'm a simple Lithuanian. I see Baltic's, I like.
@@dababy9442 pretty good
Oh you latvian?
Name every potato
Tallinn is a beautiful city to see in the Winter! My first time in 5 years not visiting this month
Привет, Билли!=)
Why you not come brother? Virus?
I've been there once on a trip a few years ago. Very beautiful city and friendly people
100% agree. I went there in January 2 years ago, I was really impressed by how modern and at the same time medieval the city is.
@@Coldbreezed Unfortunately Europe's travel restrictions for US citizens will not allow it
It all looks beautiful and similar to Finland in many ways.
True that there is a strong influence! Even though it's officially a Baltic country, Estonian people are close to Finnish, as is the language. Latvia and Lithuania are closer to each other than they are to Estonia in many ways.
Bald should add babushka socks onto the merch page and keep the nice old babushka busy forever ....
When bald's life comes to an end, he won't go to heaven or hell - he will go back in time to the soviet union.
He will go to GULAG where he can forever admire soviet sink
So Hell then
Soviet Union is Communist Paradise and Heaven!
So basically heaven! Long live USSR! big love from Turkey's Communists
@@mogun34 It can come just from someone who didnt experienced it or naive westerners. Comunist where the same bloody like Nazies. No difference. We had them for 40 years. What is left is disapeared people and blood.
Greeting from Lithuania 🇱🇹 ❄️-23 today
Nice weather
Greetings from Colorado, USA
-25 near Moletai, finally some real winter in LT. :)
UK here l believe we're experience your cold wind right now ❄️🤣
65F in the Southwest of the USA today. Warmer than normal.
Watching your videos for a long time and today I was shocked, when I saw a title "Estonia".. I'm from Tallinn myself.. Very cool to see so well known places) Thank you for visiting us.. Have a nice journey!
You keep putting out top shelf content Mr Bald. We're here along for the ride where ever you go.
The old man told the most captivating story ever lol
Yes! I too enjoy salami, butter and caviar.
"You know Sillamäe?"
"What?"
"Sillamäe."
"Aah, you mean Sillamäe"
it's like my Sundays in London. I've been buying coffee from the same person for the last 7 months and she still doesn't understand me when I order a latte.
lol I lived in Denmark for a couple of years and that exchange sums up my whole experience
he fuckin said Sallimäe
In russian it is just pronounce in other way. Like sillamjae
@@szejkox do they say it different in england?
I have no words for how much I love this guy and his channel. So just thanks for being awesome man
You give me courage to not be so antisocial. Im 26 and want to leave America and experience life in Asian countries but my Southern family is so against leaving the country. But you give me hope, thanks Mr Bald 👨🦲
as an estonian fan and a bald fan, i have never clicked on anything faster
Kiitos
Jussi Pekkonen i am
That town is basically perfect for filming a movie, it's like a set that has taken millions of dollars and years to create and it's just waiting for a film crew to show up and shoot something epic!!
true
Tennet was filmed here.
It gives me old world vampire vibes
"Who gives you the permission to film here?" XD
@@Zitrolika The EU gives permission.
Greeting from Lithuania :)
После получения Литвой независимости в 1991 году завод стал никому не нужен и вскоре был закрыт, возникла безработица и жители стали уезжать. В результате этого цены на жильё упали до бросовых и «чёрные риелторы» стали скупать их и свозить в город алкоголиков и бомжей, потерявших, благодаря их стараниям, квартиры, из всех уголков Литвы.
Диджясалис
As an Estonian i didn't understand him saying Jõhvi and thought he was in some city called Jovy.
2 minutes in and we find the source of Bernies gloves.
Underrated comment
Bernie in cahoots with the russians
Yes, I thought about Bernie’s mittens as well.
please stop
Bernie is really a Russian babushka spy
We love Estonia! Greetings from Finland!
How similar are the languages? Do you understand each other?
@@this.is.berlin well i am a Swedish speaking fin but i know finnish. And yes, Estonian sounds really similar.
They seem like the same language.
If a Finnish person would listen to an Estonian conversation they would probaly understand a lot and probaly have an idea of what the conversation is about.
A lot of words are identical and some are very similar.
Even Estonian words that are completely diferent from the Finnish ones sound like they could be finnish.
I was really suprised when i first went to Estonia beacuse of how similar the language was.
As a tourist who didn't speak Estonian i could just ask a question in Finnish and people would understand what i asked.
@@williamsmeds1368 Its same with the Norwegians and Swedish, especially in the north.
When your done with your RUclips channel, you really need to teach a class about the old country. Thanks for your work, wish I could be there with you.
There is so much space in these towns. It's so weird. There is no little building, everything is big with columns
Goes to Sillamae: nothing there except some old folks, everything's closed
Goes to abandoned village: "how do you buy things?" "we travel to Sillamae" lmao
Thought the exact same thing
Only that he was in Viivikonna🤦♂️
@@ingeborgm6147 haha sant d! 😂
was it bombed by the germans no the Russians
bald was speechless🤣
🤣same here. They all travel to Sillamae, the big smoke. Then when the only hotel is closed, Narva it is. Narva where most have left to find work elsewhere.
Bald sure has passion.
"Let's see if they've got a room"
...
"Fuck"
Lmao
Best part of this video
5:20 BOYZ IN THE HOOD lol. didn't realise he was in Compton side of Estonia
"Krunk" )))
This channel is just giving me an edge... like I want to break free and just jump into an unknown travel adventure.
Just keep it on, my man! You crazy explorer 🤙🏼🙏👍🏻
Discovered you recently, hoping you are able to travel to more places and look at the history and such in the future. Lots of stuff you could put into videos, love seeing the videos where you make friends and drink with them. Hoping I caught you at a time when you start uploading more and more.
Welcome to the Baltics, Bald! Greetings from Lithuania
Baltics unite!
Petition for Bald to go to the north of Norway near the Russian border
A location that’s always interested me when looking at maps. Good shout
This is too cold spot for English man
Finland Russia border! The people are basically the same, just a different language (and government)
What an incredibly sad and interesting tour. Thank you for sharing!! I couldn’t fathom going there but am grateful for a virtual tour.
Good film Mr. Bald! I really enjoyed the traverse and history of these areas and what they have turned into current day. It's not easy being out in the middle of deep Winter. I would love to see you cover Mr. Bald's "Tallinn"! Thanks for all of your great films!
I really appreciate that you talk to the locals. This what travelling is about.
Exactly my thoughts, locals can tell you history you wouldn't find in books and describe the feels.
Hope he will continue to do so :3
@@feldmuis There's doubting that he will continue to do it!
If they’re to be found !
Last year I went to Narva and got stranded when the train broke down, met some locals and they drove me all the way back to Tallinn. We love Estonia 🇪🇪
DUDE! I love your adventures. Thanks for the great content!
I love you and when lockdown started last year I was watching you on my lunch break and it just got me through my days and I loved it
I love it when U talk to locals. Especially when they r old and have alot to tell about. Especially about how it was in the Soviet times.
lmfao how everyone lights up a cig soon as they get off the train
A breath of "fresh" air after submerssion 😂
I went to Tallinn with my math class. I had a pretty wrong picture of it in my mind. Beautiful city, the most beautiful women I have ever seen and due to a heatwave it was like 38 degrees. Will definitely come back in the future
so kind of u to buy socks from that old lady. cheers.
Damn it, as a Yovi citizen, I'm impressed how good you are at Russian, I'm not talking about accent, I'm talking about emotions and pauses in words
Yovi, lol. The butchering of the name kills me :D
He's a spy
I think the most eerie part is how good most of that village looks despite everything being abandoned. I mean those steps are in great shape, most things are painted, nothing tipped over.
A testament to the Estonians.
It appears that the last person did indeed shut the door on the way out
Sillamäe is actually not a village, tho. It's the No.9 biggest city / town in Estonia (by population, 2015) 😂😂
Jõhvi is No. 13/14 and Narva is No. 3 😃
So these are fairly major population centres by Estonian standards 😄😭
Watching this in 2024 your words about Russia ring truer than you could have imagined during filming. Thankyou for all your teaching me about countries and most of all the people all around the world❤