Why All Of Eastern Europe Looks THE SAME
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If you know a thing or two about Eastern Europe and the ex Soviet Union, then you should know that all Eastern European countries look the same a lot of the time. And it's all because of Soviet city planning and Soviet buildings such as commieblocks. Sometimes Post Soviet countries look so similar that they're hard to tell apart from each other. That's why in today's video I will be trying to guess Eastern Europe in GEOGUESSR! Let's see how good my knowledge of East Europe is as a Russian! Hope you enjoy, smash like and sub thx xoxo
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Next video coming when i stop being depressed as shit
😭ITS FRICKED UP
i can't wait for you to get a visa
Russia has a lot of upsides ..like all that clean pristine land ..unmolested...with no pesticides in the ground and water .. pharmaceutical drugs in the water ... no huge pollution issues...
Here in Florida all the strip malls and architecture is the same ..fuax spanish style and cracker box houses 😂but the jungles and beaches are cool af
11:21- google for SUPERCOM and you could have the answer
If you visit Romania you should also visit Oradea a small city that is also nicknamed little Vienna.
Well, there is one problem. The commie blocks in Germany, Poland, and other post communist countries that joined the EU are mostly renovated and well cared for. In Russia from what I've seen it's totally different.
In Poland most of these blocks are freshly painted, and the roads and amenities around them are also much better.
Apart from that, yes, they are the same style (;
yea In Slovakia Czechia they're renovated too. I think all countries renovate the commie blocks the same way btw lol
Bulgaria joined the EU as well. But we still look very bad. There are some new buildings and some renovation in some neighbourhoods but in general the roads and the buildings are quite bad. That's because our politicians are a joke and there are many of them that support Russia..............
@@craftah probably not countries that have a high degree of corruption. And also I don't claim all blocks in Poland are in good shape, just talking about the majority I've seen
@@juliantsenkov1585 I guess corruption is to blame. That's the source of many problems.
@@craftahYeah, generally the only places that are rundown in Slovakia are Romani villages.
Roman saying commie block is what unites ex soviet countries is one of the most accurate sentences said in history
and one of the most obvious
Although, part of Chicago looks like that.
*He has come*
They used to have a lot of those block in the Netherlands. But gradually they are tearing them down over the last 30 years and everything newly built looks completely different. They were just horrible and noisy.
you again :D sup heisi
As a Estonian, I am happy to see that you seemingly see us as the best of the former Soviet countries! Best wishes to Sakartvelo!
I'd rather they didn't associate with the shithole that was the USSR at all.
You Balts are so cool. You guys had it brutal under the USSR for so long, only to then get invaded by the Nazis, then end up back under brutal Russian rule. It really makes the struggles of western Europeans pale in comparison. I plan on visiting Estonia some day. Went to Latvia last year and it was great. The independence of the Balts is something they clearly value in every aspect of life. You can feel the positivity of the people just walking around a city, and that's despite how stoic and quiet the Balts tend to be. I can't wait to explore the region more. Riga feels like a place where people truly value the freedom they have, and it was alien to me (as a Brit) to walk around a city at night and feel completely safe. Amazing place!
Estonia looked nice to me.
From US
@@Molotov_Milkshake Estonians aren't Balts though.
@@dirt-kw7cy Erm, why?
Well if you read one particular book, Iceland WAS part of the USSR for about two months. The Red Army Occupied it in the Tom Clancy Book "Red Storm Rising"
wow didn't know that
damn Tom Clancy is everywhere !
2 monthts to long i guess
not so sure why they decided Laufen/switzerland counted as USSR tho, i live there and im pretty sure we were never commies lol
They occupied it during world war 2 so germany doesn’t get to it but america told them to get out
Those "commie blocks“ actually don’t really look the same. East Germany had its own architecture, Poland had its own architecture, Yugoslavia had its own architecture etc. (And East Germany and Poland were also not part of the USSR)
Panel buildings look in general pretty similar in the West, as well in the East.
Ignorance is a strange Russian manner.
Funny: Little difference between Commy trash, and American trash. Just one difference: The commy trash is where people live, the USA trash is where people shop. The people live on the streets.
@@Paul_C Pre-fab buildings are not trash. They are very solid. Moreover, unlike in Russia, these apartment buildings in Poland, Germany or the Czech Republic are renovated, modernized and aesthetically consistent. In turn, unlike their Western European or American counterparts, inside they are clean, well-kept, and other types of people live there: the middle class, retirees, students, etc. Living there is pleasant and safe.
Visiting Poland was genuinely life-changing.
They lived under Russian rule, then were occupied and systematically eradicated by Nazi Germany, then occupied by Russia again.
My time in Krakow allowed me to understand more of the culture, and the atrocious hardships the Poles faced in the past two centuries. I stayed in Kazimierz, ten minutes away from Schindler's Factory, Krakow former ghetto, and Krakus Mound.
You can see how passionate they are and how highly they value freedom. Love, from the USA to the Poles.
I would love to visit again in the future, most likely to Warsaw and Gdynia/Gdansk.
I thought the Iron Curtain lowered after ww2, when Eastern Europe fell under the control of the USSR.
@@dyawr He's American, take it easy😅
@@BORN753 Lol
They where eradicated by the Soviets too
Gdańsk is awesome.
As a Polish person I'm disappointed you clickbaited with making me think you'll get Poland.
Poland isn't Eastern Europe. Poland cannot into Space. Therefore Poland cannot into Eastern Europe lebensraum
It's funny that some Poles get butthurt about calling Poland eastern europe, while others (myself included) think its in eastern europe. I just see europe as east, west, southern, norfhern. And balkans
@@hakunamatata1880its located on center of Europe, dummy
@@hakunamatata1880 "And balkans" If you are already making allowances for the Balkans, which I assume you group based on specific regional culture and location, then it makes little sense to not do the same for the rest of Europe - Nordics/Scandinavia, Mediterranean Europe, Central Europe, Benelux, etc. All these groupings are culturo-geographic and are far more useful than using a political/economic bloc classification that existed only for 40 years and is now itself almost 40 years out of date.
You think poland is in eastern Europe? I think more of it as middle Europe.
Chernobyl was filmed in Lithuania and Kiev but I could swear i was looking at some neighborhood from my small town in Romania. That's how similar the buildings were.
Lithuania is a hell worse than Chernobyl I know this only by dating a Lithuanian woman and also their record breaking suicide rates
Also kind of looked like my neighborbood used to look like when I was very young. They have since remodeled everything so it doesn't look that grey anymore.
Do you live in that area of Romania that was once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
@@fleaniswerkhardt4647 I do. Normally the old buildings are different and nicer but the parts of towns built after the 1950 are just one commie block after another.
@@fleaniswerkhardt4647Not sure of the relevance
In poland we called them not a commie blocks but rather "great plate" aka "wielka płyta" because they are made from big chunks of prefabricated elements and yes, this blocks are home for many polish doomers, however now they are painted and covered with styrofoam to make them look better. The connections between plates are slowly rotting away and they will soon fall apart.
dude, poland looks nothing like russia
Same in german: "Plattenbau" = "plate building"
bloki w moim mieście są pomalowane i wyglądają dobrze
no, they won't. The technical state of many buildings was recently reviewed and most experts say that if properly conserved, they will last for at least another fifty years. Even though they were built sloppily and in a rush it turns out that they are of much higher quality than whatever shit is built in Polish cities today.
In Russian and Ukrainian we call them Panelki, which literally means panels/plates.
But there are also those made with bricks, these are not Panelki. I guess we don't have a word for them.
In Poland these "great plate" (pl: wielka płyta) buildings were built mostly from 1970s to the very beginning of 1990s (last ones were built around 1993). They were called OWT in technical jargon - "Oszczędnościowy, Wielkopłytowy, Typowy". They were designed to last around 50 years, but recent studies done by Warsaw Technical University have revealed, that with regular maintenance they will last easily 100 - 150 years. From time to time there are articles circulating in the web stating, that those buildings will soon fall apart, but those are mostly fabricated by journalists linked to real estate developers, to scare people into buying new apartments.
In OWT often the secondary links between plates are of weak quality, but primary links (crucial for structural integrity) have been revealed to be in very good shape usually. Plus those structures are very rigid, which was shown in Ukraine - heavy shelling of such buildings did not lead to their full collapse. There was even an incident in 1990s in Gdańsk, where a whole ground floor was blasted out due to a gas leak. The building slapped onto 1st floor, but was still standing. Obviously it had to be demolished, because there was no connection anymore between foundations and the building itself. Plus, if you're worried about OWT life expectancy, take a look at Pripiyat - completely unmaintained, abandoned, they're still standing after nearly 40 years.
Nowadays most of those buildings in Poland (and probably in other CEE states) are insulated with styrofoam, painted in lively (pastel) colours, to improve heat insulation and make them a bit less dull. Also, slowly, lifts are being refurbished in high rise ones, and there are discussions to install them in low rise (5 stories or less), because lots of old people live there which would improve mobility.
The OWTs have their weak points (mostly poor sound insulation, but that can be mitigated), and are proving to be very competitive in today's housing market, because of services and urban planning. In districts from the 1970 and 80s there is a lot more green areas, nursing homes, clinics etc., on the other hand newly built, developer housing (called "patodeweloperka" in Polish) just crams as much cheaply made (also weak sound insulation, humidity problems) tiny apartments as possible into small spaces, and areas which could be used for green are used for parking lots and, well... more housing.
Having to choose between an apartment in "patodeweloperka" and "wielka płyta" I'd obviously choose the latter.
Recently had the pleasure of lodging in one 60's era OWT in Warsaw and it was great. Moved recently to a newer appartment building and it definitely looks more impressive than it actually is.
Sometimes I wonder how different Eastern Europe might have looked if most of the cities weren't completely blown up in the war and if the suburbs/rural areas weren't burnt to the ground during the two world wars and the civil war.
none of what we saw here was the result of any war. Just corruption and antipathy
@@serebii666 The prevalence of mass-housing in the form of so-called "commieblocks" among other infrastructure is the direct consequence of the great wars.
I am from slovakia, and i can tell you that communists destroyed way more architecture over here than all the wars together.
probably even worse as they would have left the even older buildings stay till they fall apart
Probably worse or the same because smaller Eastern European towns was still living like the medieval or renaissance times. So when commie blocks came to Eastern Europe Eastern European were shocked at how modern it was like they were surprised it had a bathroom or multiple rooms.
Man it's awesome to be able to watch a laidback RUclipsr 😊😊 your personality is always uplifting and we need more people like you in the world thx 🙂🙂
Fun fact. I think they picked the wrong Laufen (there is some in Germany just north of the border as well), but Laufen was actually a Soviet Republic from 10 november to 22 november 1918. It was part of the Alsace-Lorraine Soviet Republic.
Being a Soviet Republic isn't the same as being a "Soviet" republic of the Soviet Union. At the time it was just a synonym for being communist.
From 1918-1919 there was notably also the Bavarian Soviet Republic, which was at war with Germany, and also the Hungarian Soviet Republic, which went to war against all its neighbours and tried joining the Soviet Union.
@@Nn-3 I didnt say it was :)
@@Nn-3 try arguing those semantics to a Search algorithm told to search for Soviet...
You should play more Geo Guesser this was epic!
i'm pretty good at it (thanx google lol) i should play it too
It’s wild how developed the Baltics became compared to the rest of ex-USSR
Well, the thing with the Baltics and the Russian Empire/The Soviet Union was that it was a sort of "laboratory", basically the region was the first they'd try reforms in to see if they'd even work. Plus it's also not really a culturally eastern European region, we have more in common with the Germans than the Russians. That and it was an industrial centre/part of the USSR they liked to pretty up because it was the part of USSR that western officials etc. would most likely see.
They lost 30% population after collapse of soviet union. They are shithoole of Europe. Worst than sauth east of Europe.
Its always the road signs, street markings, car number plate colours and telephone poles which are the main clues in a GeoGuessr game.
Also helps to know the cameras used/which generation they are (They can be obvious for certain countries without many updates)
signs are cheating lol. i only look at the buildings and my guesses are 60-70% accurate (good enough)
@@krisstopher8259 If the information is there, use it 👍 Use the meta in Geogussr!
I find it funny and useful information that I can tell Taiwan straight away if I see yellow/black striped posts on the side of the road. I've also learnt that if there's an "I" in the name, it won't be Russian but Ukrainian. "Iela" normally is Latvia. Then there's the vej/vägen/vei for Denmark/Sweden/Norway.
One last helpful tip - Signs in the US have "speed limit" and Canada has "maximum".
I avoid learning the Google camera and Google car meta. That information isn't part of the location. The Google car was only there for a few seconds and won't be there 1 minute later. It's info about the act of taking of the picture not info about the subject matter in the picture.
It's why I don't compete on Geoguessr. It would be like playing an FPS where the entire gaming culture has decided that aimbots aren't cheating and you're the only one who disagrees. It would be impossible to have a fair contest that way.
What many Eastern European people don't realise is that so-called "commie blocks" aren't really specific to former eastern bloc countries and were built around most of Europe. Sure, we had more of this architecture as our cities were less extensive and often levelled during the war, but I was honestly surprised when I realised that the suburbs of Paris look pretty much like certain districts of my city (Warsaw). Just google Birmingham council housing or Saint-Denis HLM and you'll feel like home.
Not only europe, also korea, singapore etc...
French blocks look French tho. they often got that kinda old but futuristic look. but anyway, ths point is that many of them commy blocks were shared kitchens for few flats...now those blocks are converted into little autonomous flats instead of shared amenities, but France or England I am pretty sure, never built shared kitchens and bathrooms
@@angis888 ' ths point is that many of them commy blocks were shared kitchens for few flats' where? They didn't. The whole point of commy blocks was they had everting needed inside.
And France and England DID built shared kitchens and bathrooms, just not after WWII. But the same can be said about these commy blocks.
As the same, I can confirm that I look like all of Eastern Europe.
Wtf😂😂😂
😂😂😂my kiddo said that about my relatives, the other day ...he says..you all look and act Europeans 😂guess after five generations, some of us, still haven't assimilated😂
Lmfao same, my mom always said I looked like the most basic mf outta spb
wearing adidas and a vodka bottle in your pants? lmao
We have a winner
Thanks Roman for doing a light hearted and more educational video today! I’m still suffering from that last cringe video you did and needed a break! It’s fun watching you guess at these places and get to learn little bits and pieces of that side of the world!
"The road looks good so this isn't Russia" 💀
Lol for a second there I thought you were calling Roman cringe
I've been living in Poland for 5 years as a Russian and I can say this country is on another level today. All the commie blocks have been painted and now they look like ones from a decent European country. I see the difference especially when travelling to the Balkans or the Baltic countries with the exception of Estonia, its infrastructure is slightly better than in Poland.
:) THX. The insulation is meant to reduce the needs for heating and make them more eco-friendly. I was schocked when I saw that in non-EU post soviets states NO such thing is used. Even 5cm of styrofoam layer does WONDERS to reduce the bills. But you need to do it right so moisture is balanced and concrete doesn't rot.
@@europeforeuropeans_14 być może z Twojej perspektywy tak się wydaje, długo mieszkałem w Norylsku, a tam pięknie pomalowany blok to rzadkość. W Petersburgu sytuacja prawie taka samą, tylko pojedyncze bloki wyglądają pięknie. W Polsce? Nie ma mowy, moim zdaniem.
Would yo be a Polish citizen then?
@@Ukie88 I am applying for a permanent residency now (it will last 10 years). In a couple of years I can start collecting document to obtain my citizenship
I don't know about that. I've been in LT and LV and I think PL cares more and invest more into the maintenance. It's all about the economy where PL does better than those countries.
In Hungary we call these commie blocks "panelházak" which means "panel-houses", reffering to the fact that the floors and the walls too are made out of panels.
You should do more GeoGuessr, really enjoyed this type of video.
There's a pretty famous classic Soviet romantic comedy from the 70's called the Irony of Fate whose plot is built around the fact these same-looking buildings are found across the Soviet Union. The basic setup being that a guy ends up so drunk after a party he accidentally takes a flight to St. Petersburg and ends up in a near identical apartment to his own back in Moscow, to the point where his key actually fits the front door because all of the buildings across the USSR used the same standard setup.😁
You should do more Geoguessr videos because your personality suits this type of video perfectly, very entertaining! It’s a nice dynamic balance from the usual content for some more light-hearted but similarly informative content
You're absolutely right. I'm in Warsaw right now and I've spent time in Kharkiv, Ukraine and the city planning with Soviet Realism architecture is much the same.
Bro! As a Swiss, when the Swiss town came up I was like "Uh, that's weird, that gives me small Swiss town vibes, not Soviet vibes" and I was right!
The way he is predicting the country so accurately by the quality of the roads is sending me
My grandma who recently turned 87 still lives in those type of blocks. Idk why but the many memories I have there are simply unforgettable.
My mom does too. Lived in the same apartment since her house was built in 1984. Were the last few commie blocks built in our east German city. Her rent is cheap, the neighborhood is really nice and there is a lake within 5 minutes from her apartment and there is a lot of infrastructure around that makes life very comfortable. If I was older I wouldn't move either.
paper thin walls and drunkards?
Through the travels you’ve made its been cool to see various differences like in Russia, Belgrade and East Berlin
Hi Roman, nice to see you again! Keep up the good work my man. Greetings from sweden (soon NATO). Don't know how i guessed Lithuania in the vid because i barely know anything about them, lol. but i did. I guess my general knowledge is helping me (20 yrs of documentaries and stuff). And the ashgabat too (most white marble in the world) It's a sight to behold. Ok wow, in the later vid i guessed austria but it was switzerland, actually pretty close cause the buildings are pretty similar (germany too). Oh the astana pyramid, you don't wanna miss that! Bucharest kinda reminded me of belgrade so that's what i guessed, but i guess belgrade is more monumental due to their past brutalist megaprojects (that i f-ing love)
Once again another great and entertaining video from Roman!
I rather enjoyed this Geoguesser video and the last one.
I've been watching you for a long time and should more often say what a great job you are doing All while having your life turned upside down and all around... good luck, keep it up. peace!
You're pretty good at geoguessing!!! Not gonna lie, I've enjoyed some other content more, but this could be fun to do once in a while!!
Thanks for the content bro!
Estonia and Lithuania have the highest GDP of all the post soviet countries and it's very obvious
GDP per capita, not GDP. biggest GDP still is Russia coz its 140 mil people. but they have low GDP per capita.
@@angis888 yes true, but I wasn't really counting Ruzzia in this conversation, because it's pretty much still soviet
when you jumped in to Lithuanian forest instantly my brain signaled that its home, but I was wrong, its our brothers - Lithuania
as an estonian, same
I am from Lithuania and yea literally it felt like Baltics stright away 😂 just names of vilages can give clues which exact country, but it feels home forest for sure
as an Icelander i've driven the exact road and i was like hol up lol
strange, lol
My country was not part of USSR but we have comi bloc, architectures, etc one of this great comi architectures is in Bucharest, Casa Poporului (people's house).
i wish estonia had that kind of mountains
True & your neighbour, Latvia's highest peak is only 321m!
meil juba suur munamägi olemas, pole rohkem mägesid vaja
Kaunid Haanja kõrgustiku lumised mäetipud ja helesinised mägijõed.@@Turtoile41
I grew up in such blocks for the first 6 to 7 years of life and I have to say that if you set them up correctly, you can feel really comfortable
The Swiss part wasn't that surprising to me. Because every time you said "that looks good" you showed something that could have been a street somewhere in rural Germany too.
I thought to my self that looks like switzerland and it was hahaha
@@youngthugger8736 Yeah, that’s what countries like Switzerland need, afronazis named “Young Thuggers”, just like Japan needs Somali Joes👌🏻
I'm yet to listen to this Roman's video, but from the start I kind of disagree about "looking same". Yes there are "commi blocks" all over Central and Eastern Europe as well, but the level of maintenance and "love" they get i.e. in Czechia or Poland is totally different. They're typically clean, bright, with functional doors, relatively pleasant. Excuse me for being that frank, but a typical Russian commi block is in disrepair, with steel gate instead of doors, scary lifts, dark and stinky inside, all run down, etc. When I asked why it's in this state, I always got one single answer: The politians/city/government don't do their job, they don't come and don't repair the house, don't paint the walls, don't clean the floor,... Don't get me wrong, once you get behind any doors to the actual apartment, it's typically nicely funished and maintained; I'm only talking about common places. And surrounding ouside areas - car parks, play grounds, lawns (or their lack of), etc. It's only my opinion and I don't mean it's everywhere same, but it's my experience throughout the Europe and Russia, which I traveled extensively, spent there over two years. I don't mean to hurt anyone's feelings, it's just what I've seen.
me too
His videos are what the EU aka Brussels and maybe america want you to see, eastern europe = russia = backwards. Though there's no doubt in my mind russia is still somewhere stuck in the chernobil era but that time ended just like no one compares eastern europe to mongolia or the roman empire...
Another banger from NFKRZ. Love it
This was a really entertaining video, Roman.
I totally enjoyed it and had a good laugh 😂 with you xxx ❤
Polish, Czech, Slovak commieblocks have usually been insulated and repainted, so they really don't look as atrocious as the ones in the former USSR, on the opposite. This process also exists in Hungary, Estonia. Latvia and Lithuania are being extremely slow with this. However, according to my Russian friends, it still looks better than in Russia because everything around is clean.
They are starting to do this in Romania, but very slow 😅
I was expecting to see a Romanian town to be honest at least once even though we were not in the Soviet Union :)))) we have plenty of commie blocks around here. Really good video, Roman! Enjoyed it :) let us know if you ever visit Romania!
Hey dude! I love the fact you changed it out up for this one, I love this.
This content is FIRE please more GeoGuessr!
I live in Bucharest and it gave me Bucharest vibes when you picked Novi Sad, not gonna lie, but I didn`t recognized enough Dacia cars to be shure, but there is a red Solenza car and a yellow taxi. Matiz, we had some, and a Cielo, because we had a factory in the past at Craiova, now Ford is produced there. Probably the blocks where another tell sign, it reminds me of blocks near Mall Vitan, but there is another zone there, nice place in the capital.
the supercom garbage truck was a dead giveaway for me :)
I was hoping Roman would get blasted by a surprise Romanian city. We weren't a soviet republic, but we did have that soviet flavor of communism, similar to Poland, Hungary, Czechia and all the other friends, so commie blocks galore. Hope you get the chance to visit :D.
The Supercom garbage truck was a really gotcha moment for me lmao
We have Romanian workers here in Czechia and a lot of them look like they see running water for the first time and when I look at streetview, Romania looks totaly Soviet to me, you have that architectonical punk where everyone can build everything without construction permit, that pretty much doesn't exist here, that's why it doesn't look soviet here.
I've been to Croatia for few times and that doesn't look that "Balkan" as Romania, it looks actually pretty good there, but when I look at Bulgaria, it's totaly soviet like Romania. I visited Latvia in 2018 and it doesn't look soviet there, it looks actually pretty good there. I also visited Poland for several times and there are big differences, some places can look very nice and some places look kind of soviet. And by Soviet, I mean even modifications from 90s and that architectonical punk, it looks like they had this punk in Poland in 90s, fortunately, you don't see it that often now, so renovated places in Poland don't look soviet now.
What is the most sad is that a lot of people don't see difference between communist architecture and older functionalism from 30s which definitely is not soviet. Fuctionalism and such styles literally don't exist in Russia because they already had commies in that period of time, so their cities look totaly soviet, while we have full of art deco, fuctionalist and cubist buildings built between 1910-1940.
@@Pidalin Lol, xenophobic much? How about you actually *visit* Romania before making comments like this? There is a great array of cities in the country & they look different from one another, but ofc you're gonna see commie blocks as well.
*Also, no one* can build something without a permit in Romania. 🙂 You should probably get educated before saying something like that & realise that Romania is an EU country. We also have running water, go figure.
PS: "architectonical punk" shows your level of English... is it tectonic plates that play in a rock band?
@@dyawr I know that Romania has nice nature and I know people who visited Romania and liked it, but for some reason, Romanians I see here are cheaters, thieves or workers who don't know how to use toilet. Not xenophobia, just facts. 🙂
I don't see any modified commblocks where people built their own balkony here, don't tell me that they all have permission for that, if yes, then it's even worse, it says that your country is totaly corrupt and you can buy permission what anything you want.
I see similar structures even in Ukraine and Russia when I check streetview, but I visited Croatia for 3 times and I haven't seen anything like that there, how is that possible? Also nothing like that in Latvia which I visited and I traveled a lot there. I think this is directly connected to level of corruption in those countries.
It didn't look soviet here, but with growing numbers of Ukrainians, it will look soviet here soon, I am fixing something after Ukrainian/Romanians all the time, they do things in soviet way. Do you know how painfull it is for a Czech person when light switches are not all oriented in the same direction where on is up? We just can't live in such apartment, it's against our believes, this is our religion to fix it after ukrainians. 😀
BTW, I didn't realize that "architectonical" is Czenglish, I am really really sorry for that if it bothers you that much.
@@dyawr couldn't say better
You definitely have to visit Romania, Roman.🇹🇩❤ You are very welcomed! ^ ^ And yes, we have a lot of commie blocks. Eşti binevenit!
Cred că asta e prima dată când menționează România într-un video?
@@ShadowBlitz776ca toti rusii cam uita de noi
@@zepresident1692 Cam da
Finally! My curiousity has been answered by your video!
I've also been there in Georgia and the flats surprised me that it looks like in the post soviet era. I realized that they're all in the eastern Europe.
(I'm from Philippines btw) Thank you for this informative video bro! I'm a fan! 😊
One of my favourite Soviet/Russian movies hinges on the identical nature of Russian cities, doesn't it? С Легким Паром has a guy get really drunk on New Year's Eve before he gets on a train to Leningrad (or Moscow, can't remember which way he was going) and he gets in a cab to go to his address on "Leninsky Prospekt" or some such street that was in every Russian/Soviet city and finds that his key even opens the door to "his" apartment (though it's someone else's apartment, in a whole different city) whereupon he stumbles into bed with the occupant and of course the two of them eventually find romance.
NEW YEARS EVE FILM
You have my vote for "Eastern Europe expert president for Life"
Wasup Roman! keep up the awesome videos!
12:48 Interesting information, didn't know this. Thank you, Roman!
8:14 You'll be surprised, but there are not many sanctions against Belarus... Even Visa and Mastercard are working fine. And yes Paul still working in Minsk
Keep up tha amazing videos man! Always enjoy them!
Good stuff Roman! Keep your chin up!
Yes, true, right. Great post, again.
OH goodness, Roman! This is so similar to a game I would play with the kids in 1990s. Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? It too was computer geography game. Very cool!
It really needs a reboot. I’d buy it for my son in a heartbeat.
@@randomperson6433 The kids had great fun, competition, and geography. Bet so son would enjoy it.🫶
Picked up on your Bald and (morally) Bankrupt dig.
Hey roman I've been loving your content as of late
You are pretty good at this! Did you practice before making the video?
Finland also has the so called ''commie blocks'', however they're usually in smaller cities.
Finland was never a part of the Soviet union. Never under communism and never an eastern bloc country.
@@diamondsarenotforever8542 I know that as I'm from Finland. However we were a part of Russia until 1917 and some buildings that were built at that time look the exact same as the "commie blocks".
@@Atlantis577 Wrong. Go to the center of Helsinki if you wanna see what they built back in the Grand Duchy days. Commie blocks were built during the 60s to 80s and exist mostly in major cities, like suburbs of Helsinki or basically any neighborhood of Espoo.
Well I've never came across buildings like that in Helsinki. Maybe in Kontula? I've seen buildings like that in cities such as Hyvinkää for example which is not that big.
I didn't say that we have commie blocks here, that's why I put the quotation marks. They are just old buildings that look the same as the commie blocks. @@ellav5387
@@Atlantis577 Yeah, very Finnish, that’s how it works. Just like Somali Joe is Japanese too!
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Actually this kind of architecture is also present in non ex-soviet countries. Go check the Parque Calero complex, in Barrio de la Concepción (Madrid) for an example, also known as the Madrid beehives
The most notable fact is not the style of architecture it self as indeed such style in broader sense exists throughout the world but the fact that these soviet blocks are literal exact copies and it's thousands upon thousands of them with no distinguishing features whatsoever. If you've seen few individual blocks you may be thinking well this is same as some building x in some place in France. But if you saw literally hundreds of them when growing up then you just know they are soviet blocks and they don't look like building x or y in France or Spain or wherever.
Modernist (International style) Pre-fab concrete architecture exists literally in every European country. From the Banlieue of Paris, to the council Estates of the UK, to developments in Switzerland, to the social housing of Austria, Germany, Czechoslovakia etc. This planning was THE primary style of dealing with the housing shortages in the 1970s and 1980s.
Oh shit. That B&B reference. SHOTS FIRED.
That was interesting. You are very good at this 👍
I live in the Midwest USA and the parallels between Eastern Europe and our rural areas are innumerable. It made so much sense as to why I was drawn to Slavic culture.
That's because millions of Slavic people emigrated to the US a little over 100 years ago. Many settled in the Midwest.
really? can you name a specific area?
@@krisstopher8259 Yes: the midwest
@@TheBandit7613really? I thought it was because similarly to politicians that live in Moscow and SPB don't give a damn about provincial Russia, middle America is an afterthought to those in charge that live in the larger more developed cities like NYC, LA, Seattle, and D.C.
What's Slavic culture? And why do you say it's Eastern Europe?
Slavs are Eastern, Central and Southern Europe. Likewise, Germanic peoples are Western, Central and Northern Europe.
great video bro!!🙌
You should visit Bucharest, as a Romanian I follow you for quite some time, it will be a pleasure having a beer with you ;)
the reason it gave you switzerland and iceland was because it couldnt load the photospheres for those maps, so geoguessr picked 2 random locations
Oooh, ok, now I get it.😂
im dutch but some time ago i once ended up in commie block in bruntal, Czech Republic and got offered some pervitin and took it. The city had a slogan "drsni lidi, drsni kraj" wich kinda means tough people, tough municipality. So you knew it was shit there. i even went inside the apartment buildings. felt like early 90`s but weird. what an experience.
First of all, why were you looking for meth in Bruntal??? like Why?
Second of all, have you ever been to the Bijlmermeer in the Netherlands?
@@serebii666 i wasnt looking. they offered me, and i had no idea what it was. I would regret if id refuse!
And no i havent been to bijlmer but i heard stories of a white friend who got stared at everywhere he went... sounds like an adventure because i wasnt exactly wanted in bruntal either. They were always testing me lmao
Why would you just take it? And also what kind of people you surround yourself with? What good comes out of methheads in eastern europe?
@@melvinjansen2338 ZERO chance that it was meth. Most likely coke.
It was so funny to see a place where I used to live nearby in your video, hahah. Greetings from Lithuania!
Hello! I'm Greek but I was born and lived for a couple years in Sofia, Bulgaria. This is really true to be fair. I grew up in an urban area and lived in a kind of better flat, however the soviet commie blocks, the roads and general architecture that I saw there are quite similar to the ones you mention.
Nice to see Switzerland and Iceland here. Very nice post-Soviet countries
They're so nice you wouldn't even suspect them being post-soviet! 😆
As someone who briefly lived in Latvia for 8 months during my sabbatical, i'm happy to know that I've basically seen all of the former USSR
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are very different from Russia or Ukraine. This is because they found themselves in the USSR only after 1945, and besides, before that they were countries with completely different architecture and urbanism than Russian ones, which they have preserved. The only thing that was similar were new housing estates built between 1945 and 1993. But currently these housing estates are very different from Russian ones, because they are renovated and more aesthetically coherent, and the infrastructure is different (roads, greenery, shops), as well as the new architecture there, which was created after the collapse of the USSR. For example, after 1990 in these three countries, unlike in Russia or Ukraine, no 20-story high, gigantic residential buildings were built, which now dominate the landscape of Russia and partly the cities of Ukraine. On the contrary - new apartment buildings in L.,L. and E. are relatively low, intimate and surrounded by greenery. So you definitely need to go somewhere else to see the former USSR in a nutshell.
you have seen nothing
When I was a little kid early elementary school years, I loved Mabs, my dad and I would play a game before bed. I had all the free maps that came with National Geographic magazines poster on my wall.
The game was deadwood point at a place, and I would have to say what it was or he would call out the name of the place that I would have to find it. He might call out the capital and I would have to locate our name in the country… It was definitely with a Soviet map as well, so it was much easier Without all the eastern bloc countries but nobody really knows geography that well
There are people I know who cannot even read a map at all. They can’t tell you directions by a map. All they can do is say landmarks or where that place used to be. Honestly people who play games like this aren’t going to do them if they aren’t already good at it so I would say you are pretty damn good at this already . Thanks for the videos, cheers!
That map creator saw the red color in Switzerland's and Iceland's flag and was absolutely sure they've been Soviet!
Wait till he sees Canadian flag
@@heinrichollbers *soviet anthem plays*
I lived in a small town in Florida, US with a massive amount of slavic immigrants that some street signs are in Russian and Ukrainian, there are a ton of traditional churches with those onion domes, and it's common to hear Russian and Ukrainian while walking around Walmart. One of the churches would make homemade Perogis and the church staff didn't speak a word of English, but they were nice people. Besides the palm trees and palmetto bushes, some areas at least kind of look slavic.
Ft. Lauderdale?
@@joshualieberman1059 I was talking about North Port
Nope. That’s Canada, Calgary specifically. You’re confusing Canada, where you are, with the US.
@@anonymoususer8895 what? No, I lived in the town for years. This was Florida, not Canada. Lol
@@woahhbro2906 You lived in Canada silly.
As someone from Serbia who has played my fair share of Geoguessr, I can safely say they dont all look the same. A lot of the Eastern European countries now in the EU look much cleaner and more prosperous than Serbia or other Balkan countries
Hi, well you did a lot better at it than a lot of us would and it was fun. I think i'd be ok with western countries if i saw a sign though some places are very much the same in some areas probably mess up more than you did lol.
its actually crazy how accurate this dude was with all this
its like he's lived all over eastern europe
and I mean ALL OVER, I wouldn't be this accurate even if the pictures only showed different places only from my country
Ah yes, Iceland, my favourite ex-Soviet country!
Love your vlog.
Fun game to play stuck abroad. Love the sarcasm. Keep up the good will and videos man. Hopefully the dumb war will be over soon.
When I saw those huge pipes, I knew it's was Bucharest
They've been trying to replace them ever since Ceaușescu died/was killed...and still not finished yet 😂😂
Nicusor totusi e fixat sa le schimbe.
@@sobolanul82 sper ca Firea sa nu preia ștafeta 😬
I get the feeling this guy doesn’t like Lithuania or thinks it’s the poorest in the Baltics. Little does he know it’s the richest and just as, if not more, developed as Estonia. I guarantee if he visited, he would be very surprised to see that Vilnius is on par with many other Western European cities
@europeforeuropeans_14 I too have many opinions, but sorry fact is fact
@europeforeuropeans_14 Estonia has highest GDP per capita but their population is like half of LT
@europeforeuropeans_14 actual purchasing power per capita? economy size? 3k difference in gdp per capita might sound like a lot but when other factors are at play, Lithuania is better
@europeforeuropeans_14 one of the things that our brothers are better at is wealth distribution. In Lithuania Kaunas and Vilnius are very nice but as a whole country, villages and small towns are very poor and underdeveloped. That’s not the case in small towns and villages in Estonia
@europeforeuropeans_14 true, all three Baltics don’t have an army
Love this! Can you do more geoguessr??!!
Love your T-shirt, fits perfectly with those late autumn soviet areas with commie blocks 😄
As a Swiss, i love hanging around in ex-ussr suburbs haha 😅
edit 9:30: especially in Laufen 😂
It's incredible how a bunch of places look the same when one government and army conquers them all and imposes its language, ideology, and architecture on its new "protectorates". (I guess they were being protected from their own languages, cultures, and chances for freedom.)
No shit Sherlock
Elementary, my douche Watson!@@Makarosc
soviet was like an alcoholic father who loves you but he's also an -sshole, lol
If that was true most of the world would look like the UK.
@@Charlie1776_ most of the world does to some extent depending on how long it's been since independence
That was fun video. Thank you
Roman, you always make me smile.
*Oh yeah, "Jake Broe" did a Shout-Out to you. Good stuff. You'll like.
Dallas, Texas 💙🇺🇲
I once was in the US, visited 26 states, did a 12000 miles roadtrip, 6 weeks. EVERYTHING looks the same there. Every little town, one mainstreet, one Mc Donalds, one Burgerking, some shops, thats it. Only the colonies look different.
Notjustbikes has many videos about us cities.
Get off the highways and find the places that are not 3d printed lmao
@@samsmith2635 Dude, i did, it seems almost everything is 3d printed, especially in Iowa ^^. I even was in Nipton and bought something for bottlecaps! (Fallout and lifetime achievement unlocked ^^) Seious, i've seen so many things and places over there, i would bet i've seen much more of the US than a "normal" US citizen in his whole life will see and i just can say: I'am soooooo glad that i live in Europe (Germany). The only thing that really is amazing in the US is the nature. So glad i saw so much (Grand Canyon, Craters of the moon, White Sands, Niagara, Great Plains, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Monument Valley, Florida Swamps, Great Lakes, Big Horn, Crazy Horse, Barringer Crater, Carlsbad, Gettysburg, the list is endless...) I saw the the Atlantic in the east, the Gulf of Mexico in the South, the Pacific in the West and the great North. I saw deserts, snowy mountains, huge forests, volcanos, lakes bigger than citys and endless skies... i will never forget this.
No way possibly you were on the east coast at all lol
Yup.
Nowadays the Baltics are considered more northern than eastern europe though 😊
Culturally Estonia and Latvia have always been Northern European.
@@eksiarvamus Culturally, undoubtedly. Geopolitically - according to the west and others, before independence and some years after, we were bunched up with every other ussr country.
@@zin.nesis1 Before independence, you mean 1918? Then the same would have to apply to Finland.
@@eksiarvamus Yeah my bad, I meant Baltic states right after collapse of soviet union.
@@eksiarvamusNorthern Lithuania too?
Great video, thank you 😂 When I saw the photo from Iceland, I knew immediately that it can't be from former ussr but I'm glad you thought it's my country 🇪🇪 😊
10:49 Do you remember the old NFKRZ video where he reacted to some young boys skateboarding in front of some old people and then arguing with them? This looks like the place
1:33 lmfao, glad you aren’t a pos like him
Fr, it's funny roman hinted at it lol
Hi,my grandfather was from Lithuania. And other grandparents were from Poland Keep reporting the truth.I used to play a game like that with my daughter.Its amazing that some place around the world looks like home.