I traveled to Ukraine last year in July.. Beautiful country.. Very friendly, helpful and nice people.. One of the most underrated countries in Europe! I stayed in Podil in Kieve and I've been to Odessa and Lviv.. Definitely coming again! Big love from Dubai!
Hi Peter, I am an American girl teaching English in Lviv, love your videos, my only experience in Kyiv was in 2014 2 days after the Maiden square revolt, i stayed in the hotel on the square still smelling burned tires and watching people clean up the square, they were playing music and serving tea, i was in shock at the vibe 2 days after so much violence, but i am in Lviv now almost 2 years and wish i had moved here 20 years ago, i am in love with these people!!
Since lockdown ive been thinking of new places to go and travel. I met a lady online from Ukraine which as made me consider going for a few months and these videos make me admire the people and the country so much more. Ukraine is now on the highest priority to visit when i am able too. Id love to visit my friend whom lives in Kyiv. I cant wait till all this corona business is done as i might have to visit Ukraine for a long vacation. Much love from the UK, you guys are the hidden jewel on this world.
Erik Vazco Thanks Erik! This made me smile as I sit in the airport in Riyahd Saudi Arabia about to go to a much more conservative part of the country. If you’re interested in Saudi I have seen some unbelievable things that I’ll post. Thanks for your support 🙌
This guy, hands down, has the best videos of anyone who has ever done Ukraine clips because he understands the unique depth that country has. He takes you into the belly of the real Ukraine. Great job Peter!
November 16, 2023. Hello. You say, "Kiev is soulfull, and am I making any sense right now?" The thing is, you bring a genuine pure heart and a pure soul full of joy and wonder to every single one of your videos. So yes you always make sense, for who 'you' are. ... Not all who wander are lost...
June 27, 2024. Great comment. I'm so glad I found his channel.~ I was just looking thru comments to see if anybody else was thinking that maybe the little grassy area at 11:29 is the place that now has all the little flags, each representing a fallen soldier💙💛🕯
`Bursa` in the middle ages meant a) low religious school; b) a dormitory for poor students (bursaks) . In soviet times slang it meant 'low techinal school for bad educated teenager'.
@@polishchuk_ua Якщо місто Вєна ти звик називати Відень, а Вєнгрію Угорщиною на тебе ніхто ж не ображається. Якщо вони звикли до Кієва, то чого ти їм нав'язуєш Київ . І я звик Кієв.
Currently I live in Toronto but originally, came from Kyiv. Try to go there every year and thinking about moving back in next 2 years. City has changed a lot during last 6 years. and I am happy that 90% of changes are positive. As you said in one of your videos, the best way to learn more about your hometown is to leave it for a while and then come back.
That feeling when you're somewhere in China and watch videos about Ukraine, because you miss the country so much! Thank you for the great content, Peter! BTW, you should go to Kamianets-Podilskyi, Bakota, and Carpathians mountains. Amazing places to visit ;)
Показал глубинку и спальные районы, но и центр был, видео крутое очень👍 Всегда нравится как он про Киев снимает, но надо отдельно центральные районы снимать и отдельно спальные, не скрывать хорошего и плохого а все показывать как есть
this video is made for people who are thinking about visiting Kyiv. For this reason, he mostly showed city center. Like if you take Los Angeles I believe most of the tourist will spend time on the northern part of the city rather than explore Compton) But, actually this is a beauty of Kyiv, no matter where you go you will not end up in place like Compton in LA or South side in Chicago, where even police barely go)
the landscape and chaotic structure of streets makes kiev very itneresting....its very unpredictable you never know where you'll end up ...also it blends very well with nature..like all ukrainian cities
Peter, I'm really enjoying your videos. So much beauty and friendly people. And now, 3 years later, because of the War, most of this beauty has been wasted because of Putin, it's Terrible what he has done! GOD Bless the people of Ukraine and You Peter for all you are doing!!
I really enjoy your videos about Ukraine. I have lived in the US for over 15 years now, and haven"t been to Ukraine since then. But its a call of the blood I guess, I think about Ukraine and its future, my family is there.
I like how he talks about how things and neighborhoods 'feel'... It's so important, but many overlook that. - I've seen other Kiev videos... people taking all kinds of time in the main square there... and it's never a good experience for them... many scammers lurk for tourists there. It's good that Peter's video just kind of skirted the outside of it.
Киев предрек Апостол Андрей Первозваний , он дошел до киевских холмов со своими учениками , в то врем'я там било поселение первих славян , Апостол взошел на кручу над Борисфеном - Славутичем , вонзил в землю свой посох и произнес пророческие слова - ,, На єтом месте будет стоять город угодний Богу .,, Дальше на сервер он не пошел , потом три брата Кий , Щек , Хорив и сестра их Либідь основали город и нарекли его в честь старшого брата Кия - Киев . А на том месте где Апостол Андрей произнес пророческие слова стоит Андреевский собор , а в низ к Днепру ведет Андреевский Спуск .
Thank you for this nice video. I've been in Kiev last weekend. It was my first - but shure not the last time. Kiev is really beautiful and the people are very friendly.
I see all the artwork, architecture throughout the ages & parks & just everything & it makes our existence here in the USA look very mundane, bleak & unimaginative. What a beautiful place. As Peter said about Las Vegas "it looks like a movie set (absolutely true) , it's basically one layer deep". I both lived & worked there in early 2000's. So true. I discovered a very unpleasant place with surface feelings & Lots of dishonesty - I called it (Literally & figuratively) "The place of Hot Air".
I like the idea that you said in the previous episode that there aren't "no cycling" signs everywhere at that there is freedom. I've been thinking more and more lately that I need to find a place where personal freedom still exists, where common sense exists, where the govt doesn't have control over every single moment of my life. I'm Australian, I currently live in the UK. Both those countries are bound heavily by what you can or can't do. I mean even in London there are parks that have "do not sit on the grass" signs on them. Both Oz and the UK are highly taxed, over-regulated, fines for this and that and everything you can think of. I just want a place I can sit on the grass, have a cigarette, and read a book in peace. It's such a simple thing to want.
Love to look of the cathedral around the opening scenes of the video, it was just beautiful. Love the rustic style of some of the areas you covered in this one but I know there is so much more. Try different eateries in different places of Kyiv and bakery shops to help tourists find new places than the cities main center. Love your videos and Ukraine is amazing and still working and looking forward to visiting. Thanks Peter.😎
Where is that food market? Arsenalna? Also, you must try Pizza Veterano in Sofiivs'ka street...you might be surprised... Again another great video about that great city!
Good video! I was only in Kyiv for 2 days less than two weeks ago but loved it. Visited some of the places you did in this video and at the restaurant in wooden building (4:25) - was really good. The food mart is very similar to the one i used to go to in Odessa. When you have a chance Peter, I would like to find out about cost of living in Kyiv such as reasonable apartments, location, etc. Thanks.
I've been to Kiev Peter. I loved it had a great time. I am in Texas now (born in New York) and love it and going to visit Kiev and Poltava again soon. As far as corruption is concerned, the way I see it being an American we not only have corruption, we have self righteousness, political correctness and fear mongering at ridiculous levels. Last time I was in Ukraine, I stayed a month in Poltava in Dec 2012 and I never felt in danger nor did any "corruption" bother me. I felt people were doing their best to thrive in a society with perhaps not enough business laws to protect new entrepreneurs - maybe folks had less money to splash around but were just trying to make a living. American women on average can't compare to the class beauty and ability to talk about something cultural. I also loved I could drink beer in the car (not as driver of course) but as a passenger while I was being taxi'd around the city and I felt freer living there than in many cities in America--which have gotten crazy worse. I grew up in the Bay Area--San Mateo, San Carlos--visited San Francisco plenty of times and it has descended into a semi apocalyptic horror and freedom-less place DESPITE all the so called wealth and 'progressive' mind set (homeless people staying in hotels shooting up heroin comes to mind--and SF is cutting edge?). San Fran has become riddled with self important know it all hypocritical politicians like Pelosi who live in a protected fantasy world of their own. It is truly sad what happened to the Bay Area which is one of the most beautiful places on earth: traffic, ridiculously expensive 1.5 million homes on a 5k square foot flat roof shoe box house. It's a massive con job put on by Silicon Valley mind sets -- bought into by millions because of the weather and beach--with soul robbing media garbage collector website like Facebook Twitter that sap kindness and cooperation and spirituality from human beings Bunch of robots doing pied piper Schmuckerberg's bidding. Long live Ukraine I hope to marry a Ukrainian woman one day and I hope Ukraine KEEPS its cool character and isn't corrupted by America culturally or morally. Thanks for showing the world your Ukraine vids.
Man, Huge city / area. So much to explore, as you say Peter. I can easily see why you like it. And I disagree with you (for me anyway) .You have captured this place very well. It's a place I will never see but now, wish I really could. Thank you !
It seems to me you might like to visit the "Kaffa" café on Maidan. Good coffee, maybe not the best, but you may like the design or the vibe. I like it.
@@mikhailtsipenyuk5218 Sure, you are right. But it is a good practice to transliterate locale namings, not to translate. See some maps on city info panels and you'll see "vulitza", "tupyk" and so on.
Hey, Peter. I watched your Mariupol video. Do not say "Russian-backed separatists". It's russian army and local supporters (traitors, collaborationists). Separatists want to separate and create own country (kurds, basks, irlands). Collaborationists support enemy. It's simple.
Must be dreadfully hard to swallow that your lot have been consistently and thoroughly trounced by an irregular bunch of local tractor drivers and miners that - in quite a bizarre twist of fate, right? - happened to be reluctant to be banned from using their native language and don't share a delusion that some generous foreigners will turn up to drown you in wealth just because you're so wonderful and so deserve it. Your travesty of a country has been occupying these lands ever since they were carved off Russia by the founding fathers of the so-called 'Ukraine' - Bolshevik criminals Lenin and Jughashvili. People chose freedom from you - plain and simple.
@@olexandrvovchok2384 I actually prefer thinking of it as the simple truth. You may call it primitive propaganda. Why not? To each their own. There are people in this world, after all, who eat shit, for example, so yours might not be the worst case known to medicine.
@@владимирсеменец-ь6э cool stary bra , just forgot to mention forceful relocation of Ukrainians from donbass and having actual people from Russia move in who make up majority. Ain't it a truth )
@@PaulJohnson-jo7kt Not being a fan of historical fiction and such like, i.e. stories about dragons, magicians, or the mighty state of Ukraine that fought with the Roman empire, stormed Dunkirk, and colonised Mars and Venus, I only generally tend to mention something that can be corroborated with genuine documents, like for instance the forced Ukrainisation of Donbass and Novorossiya carried out as part of the Bolsheviks' nativisation campaign. Actual people from Russia started settling there in more or less significant numbers since the middle of the 18th century, which is why exactly they are the majority there. The so-called Ukrainians, which by the way were not referred to with this name back then, also started pouring into the area after they were generously allowed to settle there by the Russian monarchs.
0:50 this is some kind of pre-christian religion ritual and those hills there are believed to be mystical/spiritual. Not only these, but all hills along the river. You can find pretty cheap excursion dedicated to this stuff. Podil hills, Green Theater, Lysa Hora.
Yes, keep the small business alive. You just shot this video today. Maybe I will see you on the streets tomorrow...never know. I leave Kyiv tomorrow and go to Kharkiv to meet with some of the technology companies there. I will have to check out your video on that city.
Peter, I'm pretty sure that the hill you called "Lysa Hora" it's "Zamkova Hora" (Castle Mountain). Here was the main Kyiv castle in old times. It can be people mistake because even Kiev sitizens not really know these mountains names. Lysa Hora is here: maps.app.goo.gl/7qpLzT2EcpFmapCx6 And you can walk there too. They say it is mesterious place ;) Witches danced here with demons here in old times. Love your videos!
Hello peter. Im french. I live in kiev. In one of your videos, I saw that you were definitely living in the same neighborhood as me. You have visited the city and there are still some things that you have not seen and are really pretty so if that tells you write me and I will show you. 👍
Dear, @Peter Santenello if you worry about RUclips algorithm not recommending your video(s) as much, then you could simply put _(old spelling: Kiev)_ in the video’s description. But, please, use only *KYIV* in main title(s) and thumbnail(s). ...This way you’ll help promoting the correct spelling, avoid confusion for other foreigners and get all the views you can. Thank you! :-)
Oh, WOW! New boardwalks, stairwells and the wheel became permanent. Also the food market and the new area renovations they are doing, why only now and not before?
The short answer is because history is not a result but a process. Long answer: growing of USD FRS rate after 2008 depresses car industry worldwide. Resources that used previously to private consumption are redirected to infrastructure and small businesses. Money was rolling on wheels earlier , is walking now. Kyiv is in a trend. Kyiv has the probably one of best walking area in the world capital cities.
@@denistkach100 and who did / financed all the recent renovations in Kyiv, then? If you compare Klitchko to previous Kyiv mayors, fex, Chernovetsky, Klitchko is better.
@@yuliyakolchenko5581 I lived in Kyiv for three years starting 2015 after many other cities. And for this critical moment in Ukraine's history in Kyiv nothing changed. Nothing what so ever!!! I wish that one day you will learn what a decent mayor is like. ! 😂
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I traveled to Ukraine last year in July.. Beautiful country.. Very friendly, helpful and nice people.. One of the most underrated countries in Europe! I stayed in Podil in Kieve and I've been to Odessa and Lviv.. Definitely coming again!
Big love from Dubai!
Hi Peter, I am an American girl teaching English in Lviv, love your videos, my only experience in Kyiv was in 2014 2 days after the Maiden square revolt, i stayed in the hotel on the square still smelling burned tires and watching people clean up the square, they were playing music and serving tea, i was in shock at the vibe 2 days after so much violence, but i am in Lviv now almost 2 years and wish i had moved here 20 years ago, i am in love with these people!!
Peter, you make me love my city more and more. Great job!
Didn't know the city was that big. One day, hope to spend a few days there! Another great video from you Peter!
Eternally lived SLAVIC SOUL!!
Greetings from Bosnia! 🇧🇦 ✌&❤
Never knew Ukraine is this beautiful!
Man, that’s it I coming over next summer, loved Lviv but I have to come over to Kyiv, you sold it to me pal 👊
always welcome to ukraine, good sir :)
i believe our country will be much better till your visit next summer, with new president and goverment!
Богдан Король I’m sure it will be I love Ukraine it’s a great place to visit
Welcome!)
Massimo Galiero Cool!
@@БогданКороль-и5ы Ага, особенно с новым президентом.
Since lockdown ive been thinking of new places to go and travel. I met a lady online from Ukraine which as made me consider going for a few months and these videos make me admire the people and the country so much more. Ukraine is now on the highest priority to visit when i am able too. Id love to visit my friend whom lives in Kyiv. I cant wait till all this corona business is done as i might have to visit Ukraine for a long vacation.
Much love from the UK, you guys are the hidden jewel on this world.
Peter, your insights are very deep and very precise. To see what many can't is a sort of gift. Always like your videos
Erik Vazco Thanks Erik! This made me smile as I sit in the airport in Riyahd Saudi Arabia about to go to a much more conservative part of the country. If you’re interested in Saudi I have seen some unbelievable things that I’ll post. Thanks for your support 🙌
My opinion is although I like the filming of his videos, I feel like he is a bit to alot of naive.
You have to be a bit of naive to be able to surprise yourself. And if you can surprise yourself you have a good chance to surprise the others.
@@erikvazco2147 True
This guy, hands down, has the best videos of anyone who has ever done Ukraine clips because he understands the unique depth that country has. He takes you into the belly of the real Ukraine. Great job Peter!
Дякую за відео і передаю привіт братському народу 😂 🇺🇦🇺🇸
Hello from America 🇺🇸
Hello Peter :) I love your videos greetings from Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿 you should visit Czech Republic 😃
November 16, 2023. Hello. You say, "Kiev is soulfull, and am I making any sense right now?" The thing is, you bring a genuine pure heart and a pure soul full of joy and wonder to every single one of your videos. So yes you always make sense, for who 'you' are. ... Not all who wander are lost...
June 27, 2024. Great comment. I'm so glad I found his channel.~ I was just looking thru comments to see if anybody else was thinking that maybe the little grassy area at 11:29 is the place that now has all the little flags, each representing a fallen soldier💙💛🕯
`Bursa` in the middle ages meant a) low religious school; b) a dormitory for poor students (bursaks) . In soviet times slang it meant 'low techinal school for bad educated teenager'.
Ukraine is changing and I would not been surprised if it will be top 3 tourist destination in Europe
Beautiful Kyiv. He give for everyone filling of freedom and you will falls in love with him every time with new feelings. 🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️❤️
I love Kiev. Have been there more than 40 times! :-)
Kyiv not Kiev!!!
@@polishchuk_ua Якщо місто Вєна ти звик називати Відень, а Вєнгрію Угорщиною на тебе ніхто ж не ображається. Якщо вони звикли до Кієва, то чого ти їм нав'язуєш Київ . І я звик Кієв.
@@mikhailtsipenyuk5218 Може ти звик до підгузків, але , коли виростаєш, ти ж їх не носиш. Кієв - це просто безграмотно , правильно - Київ.
@@Sergiynekazap 👏👏👏
@@Sergiynekazap👏👏👏
Как всегда на высоте. Удачи, Питер!
Currently I live in Toronto but originally, came from Kyiv. Try to go there every year and thinking about moving back in next 2 years. City has changed a lot during last 6 years. and I am happy that 90% of changes are positive. As you said in one of your videos, the best way to learn more about your hometown is to leave it for a while and then come back.
Enjoyed your walking vid around my adopted city
I felt that Slavic Soul in Bucharest, a beautiful country
That feeling when you're somewhere in China and watch videos about Ukraine, because you miss the country so much!
Thank you for the great content, Peter!
BTW, you should go to Kamianets-Podilskyi, Bakota, and Carpathians mountains. Amazing places to visit ;)
Nice old days
I'm grateful to you for what you do for the perception of Kyiv
Показал глубинку и спальные районы, но и центр был, видео крутое очень👍
Всегда нравится как он про Киев снимает, но надо отдельно центральные районы снимать и отдельно спальные, не скрывать хорошего и плохого а все показывать как есть
Так він окремо спальні райони показав Троещину та Борщагвку в епізоді Dangerous Kiev, подивиться
this video is made for people who are thinking about visiting Kyiv. For this reason, he mostly showed city center. Like if you take Los Angeles I believe most of the tourist will spend time on the northern part of the city rather than explore Compton) But, actually this is a beauty of Kyiv, no matter where you go you will not end up in place like Compton in LA or South side in Chicago, where even police barely go)
Очень стильние кафешки , красиве види холмов - вообще Украина очень атмосферная и таинственная страна , три вери переплелись на єтой земле .
А таксист який красень .
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the landscape and chaotic structure of streets makes kiev very itneresting....its very unpredictable you never know where you'll end up ...also it blends very well with nature..like all ukrainian cities
sergsfault Exactly! Well said.
Kyiv not Kiev!
So Beautiful Kyiv 🇺🇦🇪🇺
Хорошее видео. С душой.
Peter, I'm really enjoying your videos. So much beauty and friendly people. And now, 3 years later, because of the War, most of this beauty has been wasted because of Putin, it's Terrible what he has done! GOD Bless the people of Ukraine and You Peter for all you are doing!!
Congratulations on 50k subscribers peter! Your youtube channel is really the hidden gem.
Blazed Bob Thabks Blazed Bob!
Thanks Peter as always awesome video
I really enjoy your videos about Ukraine. I have lived in the US for over 15 years now, and haven"t been to Ukraine since then. But its a call of the blood I guess, I think about Ukraine and its future, my family is there.
I seriously love your videos Pete, keep em coming my friend
I like how he talks about how things and neighborhoods 'feel'... It's so important, but many overlook that.
- I've seen other Kiev videos... people taking all kinds of time in the main square there... and it's never a good experience for them... many scammers lurk for tourists there. It's good that Peter's video just kind of skirted the outside of it.
Nice video. There are lots of places which i haven't ever seen, so will definitely check them out.
I always enjoy watching! Thank you for sharing your videos 👌🏻
Киев - вечный город !
новый Иерусалим
Киев предрек Апостол Андрей Первозваний , он дошел до киевских холмов со своими учениками , в то врем'я там било поселение первих славян , Апостол взошел на кручу над Борисфеном - Славутичем , вонзил в землю свой посох и произнес пророческие слова - ,, На єтом месте будет стоять город угодний Богу .,, Дальше на сервер он не пошел , потом три брата Кий , Щек , Хорив и сестра их Либідь основали город и нарекли его в честь старшого брата Кия - Киев . А на том месте где Апостол Андрей произнес пророческие слова стоит Андреевский собор , а в низ к Днепру ведет Андреевский Спуск .
Thank you for this nice video. I've been in Kiev last weekend. It was my first - but shure not the last time. Kiev is really beautiful and the people are very friendly.
Great videos. Cannot wait to explore Kiev's many layers.
Great video, great city. Thanx!
Thank you so much man )))
I see all the artwork, architecture throughout the ages & parks & just everything & it makes our existence here in the USA look very mundane, bleak & unimaginative. What a beautiful place.
As Peter said about Las Vegas "it looks like a movie set (absolutely true) , it's basically one layer deep". I both lived & worked there in early 2000's. So true. I discovered a very unpleasant place with surface feelings & Lots of dishonesty - I called it (Literally & figuratively) "The place of Hot Air".
I like the idea that you said in the previous episode that there aren't "no cycling" signs everywhere at that there is freedom. I've been thinking more and more lately that I need to find a place where personal freedom still exists, where common sense exists, where the govt doesn't have control over every single moment of my life. I'm Australian, I currently live in the UK. Both those countries are bound heavily by what you can or can't do. I mean even in London there are parks that have "do not sit on the grass" signs on them. Both Oz and the UK are highly taxed, over-regulated, fines for this and that and everything you can think of. I just want a place I can sit on the grass, have a cigarette, and read a book in peace. It's such a simple thing to want.
Thank you for the laidback videos and the info. I will be there next week. Very excited, my first trip!
Люблю его видео) лайк как всегда!)
Thank you so much for all of your videos!! Especially Kyiv videos! Seems like you see it with my eyes ( eyes of inloved person! Дякую щиро!!!
Watching in August 2024
Beautiful city
KYEV the Best! Cool video!
This city is magical and almost seems surreal. It breaks my heart to know what’s happened to it.
Great video as always Peter. Thanks for sharing.I hope to come to Kiev next Summer.
Kyiv not Kiev!!!!
@@polishchuk_ua Yes. My mistake.)
Love these videos - I was living by here for the past week in the Lypky district
Love to look of the cathedral around the opening scenes of the video, it was just beautiful. Love the rustic style of some of the areas you covered in this one but I know there is so much more. Try different eateries in different places of Kyiv and bakery shops to help tourists find new places than the cities main center. Love your videos and Ukraine is amazing and still working and looking forward to visiting. Thanks Peter.😎
Good job Peter .....you are Mapping that City ...Kyiv
Where is that food market? Arsenalna? Also, you must try Pizza Veterano in Sofiivs'ka street...you might be surprised... Again another great video about that great city!
Thanks! Yes near Arsenalna.
Thanks for video! Waiting for more)
Thanks for sharing
Peter good video of kiev cant wait to visit again and see nee place on your video.
Peter,It is very interesting to watch your videos, we will be glad to see you in Vinnitsa, the city of fountains and European culture. Good luck mate
Kyiv is good city!
Kiev,not Kyiv.
@@bergherv1230 Are you russian?
Good video! I was only in Kyiv for 2 days less than two weeks ago but loved it. Visited some of the places you did in this video and at the restaurant in wooden building (4:25) - was really good. The food mart is very similar to the one i used to go to in Odessa. When you have a chance Peter, I would like to find out about cost of living in Kyiv such as reasonable apartments, location, etc. Thanks.
I've been to Kiev Peter. I loved it had a great time. I am in Texas now (born in New York) and love it and going to visit Kiev and Poltava again soon. As far as corruption is concerned, the way I see it being an American we not only have corruption, we have self righteousness, political correctness and fear mongering at ridiculous levels. Last time I was in Ukraine, I stayed a month in Poltava in Dec 2012 and I never felt in danger nor did any "corruption" bother me. I felt people were doing their best to thrive in a society with perhaps not enough business laws to protect new entrepreneurs - maybe folks had less money to splash around but were just trying to make a living. American women on average can't compare to the class beauty and ability to talk about something cultural. I also loved I could drink beer in the car (not as driver of course) but as a passenger while I was being taxi'd around the city and I felt freer living there than in many cities in America--which have gotten crazy worse.
I grew up in the Bay Area--San Mateo, San Carlos--visited San Francisco plenty of times and it has descended into a semi apocalyptic horror and freedom-less place DESPITE all the so called wealth and 'progressive' mind set (homeless people staying in hotels shooting up heroin comes to mind--and SF is cutting edge?). San Fran has become riddled with self important know it all hypocritical politicians like Pelosi who live in a protected fantasy world of their own. It is truly sad what happened to the Bay Area which is one of the most beautiful places on earth: traffic, ridiculously expensive 1.5 million homes on a 5k square foot flat roof shoe box house. It's a massive con job put on by Silicon Valley mind sets -- bought into by millions because of the weather and beach--with soul robbing media garbage collector website like Facebook Twitter that sap kindness and cooperation and spirituality from human beings Bunch of robots doing pied piper Schmuckerberg's bidding. Long live Ukraine I hope to marry a Ukrainian woman one day and I hope Ukraine KEEPS its cool character and isn't corrupted by America culturally or morally.
Thanks for showing the world your Ukraine vids.
Man, Huge city / area. So much to explore, as you say Peter. I can easily see why you like it.
And I disagree with you (for me anyway) .You have captured this place very well. It's a place I will never see but now, wish I really could. Thank you !
It seems to me you might like to visit the "Kaffa" café on Maidan. Good coffee, maybe not the best, but you may like the design or the vibe.
I like it.
goo.gl/maps/qzgyb8uM71FsntWx6
Thank you for video. But it`s better to use "Andriivskiy uzviz" instead of "Andreevskiy spusk". This is an ukrainian/russian naming case.
Spusk in English incline.
@@mikhailtsipenyuk5218 Sure, you are right. But it is a good practice to transliterate locale namings, not to translate.
See some maps on city info panels and you'll see "vulitza", "tupyk" and so on.
@@mikhailtsipenyuk5218 in English the correct word would be descent
Excellent video, Peter!
The food market reminds me of The Packing House in L.A.
Hey, Peter. I watched your Mariupol video.
Do not say "Russian-backed separatists". It's russian army and local supporters (traitors, collaborationists).
Separatists want to separate and create own country (kurds, basks, irlands). Collaborationists support enemy. It's simple.
Must be dreadfully hard to swallow that your lot have been consistently and thoroughly trounced by an irregular bunch of local tractor drivers and miners that - in quite a bizarre twist of fate, right? - happened to be reluctant to be banned from using their native language and don't share a delusion that some generous foreigners will turn up to drown you in wealth just because you're so wonderful and so deserve it.
Your travesty of a country has been occupying these lands ever since they were carved off Russia by the founding fathers of the so-called 'Ukraine' - Bolshevik criminals Lenin and Jughashvili. People chose freedom from you - plain and simple.
@@владимирсеменец-ь6э primitive propaganda. Same nonsense every time. I think people will laugh while reading your message.
@@olexandrvovchok2384 I actually prefer thinking of it as the simple truth. You may call it primitive propaganda. Why not? To each their own. There are people in this world, after all, who eat shit, for example, so yours might not be the worst case known to medicine.
@@владимирсеменец-ь6э cool stary bra , just forgot to mention forceful relocation of Ukrainians from donbass and having actual people from Russia move in who make up majority. Ain't it a truth )
@@PaulJohnson-jo7kt Not being a fan of historical fiction and such like, i.e. stories about dragons, magicians, or the mighty state of Ukraine that fought with the Roman empire, stormed Dunkirk, and colonised Mars and Venus, I only generally tend to mention something that can be corroborated with genuine documents, like for instance the forced Ukrainisation of Donbass and Novorossiya carried out as part of the Bolsheviks' nativisation campaign. Actual people from Russia started settling there in more or less significant numbers since the middle of the 18th century, which is why exactly they are the majority there. The so-called Ukrainians, which by the way were not referred to with this name back then, also started pouring into the area after they were generously allowed to settle there by the Russian monarchs.
Excellent dude..kudos to you
It would be great to meet you at the streets in Kyiv) Yo are breathtaking, man) Thank you for such love to this city) Regards)
Kyiv not Kiev!
Corrected )
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You should also check out the Gorodetsky House (aka the House of the Chimaeras)
0:50 this is some kind of pre-christian religion ritual and those hills there are believed to be mystical/spiritual. Not only these, but all hills along the river. You can find pretty cheap excursion dedicated to this stuff. Podil hills, Green Theater, Lysa Hora.
Thank you!
and yes I had that feeling when i was there
Very nice video. Kyiv is so interesting. Will u make a part 3?
Nice as always 💛
Yes, keep the small business alive. You just shot this video today. Maybe I will see you on the streets tomorrow...never know. I leave Kyiv tomorrow and go to Kharkiv to meet with some of the technology companies there. I will have to check out your video on that city.
spasibo! if you have any anti-flickering settings on your go-pro set it to 50hz not 60 )
Hi Peter,I really love your videos they glue me on the screen!!! What camera do you use??? Thanks and keep going! 💪🏻👋🏻
Try the cable to the other side of the river..dneiper I think..u make very good sense buddy
Almost the same route people walk on Kyiv day.
😎cool channel
Love ur videos
Peter, I'm pretty sure that the hill you called "Lysa Hora" it's "Zamkova Hora" (Castle Mountain). Here was the main Kyiv castle in old times. It can be people mistake because even Kiev sitizens not really know these mountains names.
Lysa Hora is here:
maps.app.goo.gl/7qpLzT2EcpFmapCx6
And you can walk there too. They say it is mesterious place ;) Witches danced here with demons here in old times.
Love your videos!
Max Chernyaev Thanks for the info Max!
Im studying in Kiev, you are welcome bro)
I see why you moved there Peter.❤️
I miss being there ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
it's like I've seen you before but where xm? 😂😂😂😂 xaxa
good luck and you welcome в києві mister "J"
thks
Nice video 👍🏻
Like have you ever stayed in Canton Ohio? It is "Mind Changing" try it yo!!
What are you filming with? My procam bounces around the point I can't hardly watch it.
کشور جالبیه اوکراین 😎 من همیشه به فیلترشکن اوکراین وصل میشم❤️
Hello peter. Im french. I live in kiev.
In one of your videos, I saw that you were definitely living in the same neighborhood as me.
You have visited the city and there are still some things that you have not seen and are really pretty so if that tells you write me and I will show you.
👍
man, i love your videos. I wish you could go to Saudi Arabia and see how things are like there.
Aifa he’s in Saudi Arabia now! 🥳
@@nataliasantenello fr?! 😮 You're right, I've just checked his Facebook! I hope he makes a video about it.😀
Aifa he will for sure🙌
Dear, @Peter Santenello
if you worry about RUclips algorithm not recommending your video(s) as much, then you could simply put _(old spelling: Kiev)_ in the video’s description.
But, please, use only *KYIV* in main title(s) and thumbnail(s).
...This way you’ll help promoting the correct spelling, avoid confusion for other foreigners and get all the views you can.
Thank you! :-)
Oh, WOW! New boardwalks, stairwells and the wheel became permanent. Also the food market and the new area renovations they are doing, why only now and not before?
The short answer is because history is not a result but a process. Long answer: growing of USD FRS rate after 2008 depresses car industry worldwide. Resources that used previously to private consumption are redirected to infrastructure and small businesses.
Money was rolling on wheels earlier , is walking now. Kyiv is in a trend.
Kyiv has the probably one of best walking area in the world capital cities.
Klitchko is the new mayor and he does a lot in reconstruction of the Kyiv center
@@yuliyakolchenko5581 you must be kidding, lol 😂
@@denistkach100 and who did / financed all the recent renovations in Kyiv, then? If you compare Klitchko to previous Kyiv mayors, fex, Chernovetsky, Klitchko is better.
@@yuliyakolchenko5581 I lived in Kyiv for three years starting 2015 after many other cities. And for this critical moment in Ukraine's history in Kyiv nothing changed. Nothing what so ever!!! I wish that one day you will learn what a decent mayor is like. ! 😂
How many of these businesses are still open?
What blue and white church is that? A different one than on the last video?