As a Pole, I can't stress enough how accurate this series is and how much educational value it has. You really deserve credit for coming up with this idea, least I can do is leave a comment. Please do keep up the good work!
The true proof of how Akruas is paying his attention to reality of these times, is how the factory is screaming for constant lack of proper resources. Btw, the 27:45 view looks so Czech.
In Poland steam locomotives were used until 90s mainly due to the lack of diesel motor coaches. These steam locomotives were driving on "second-rate" passenger lines that already have infrastructure like water, coaling towers, railway roundhouses etc. So for PKP management everything was fine. These locomotives usually were driving with one up to three passenger wagons. If line become very unprofitable they simply close it and, usually, replace connections with buses. Of course after 1989 everything went downhill very quickly, but this is story for another episode :)
A nice example of East-West cooperation in the late 80s were the East German vehicle companies. The cars Trabant 1.1, Wartburg 1.1 and the van Barkas B1000-1 were pretty much the same as their forerunners (Trabant 601, Wartburg 353, Barkas B1000) but now had imported 4 stroke VW engines instead of domestically produced 2 stroke ones.
I enjoy the irony of talking about central planners micromanaging the economy while you micromanage the construction of these buildings. Seriously though, great series, I love how much I learn.
Its interesting to think how this is not only Central European, but also reflecting in the eastern countries. I feel like this series is like a mini documentary itself, with the storytelling and all. Love it!
I love how much history and context you're putting into these videos. I hope you continue making this series. Really looking forward to the 1980s and 1990s. Thanks so much for doing this.
When I was in school we went to the High Tatras in (now) Slovakia for a week in october for a couple years to hike the mountains. Such fun trips. To exchange currency we had to go to the bank in East Germany and everyone could only get a certain amount of crowns which was noted on our id. Of course there were helpful locals in Slovakia who would trade us currency but you had to check the bank notes they gave you, some of them made... let's say a practical joke with it. In 1991 I went to the High Tatras on my own for a weekend, again in october. On my first hike up the mountains I met my school teacher who too went there on his own with a friend. We had all the world to visit but such was the landscape great that we came back to the High Tatras. Yeah well, all the world was probably a lot more expensive too ;-)
Will the track be inspired by the Hungaroring and its history? Because it fits perfectly into the climate and time as the first F1 circuit behind the Iron Curtain.
The series format is perfected. Alot of background and enough connection with the CS built areas. This series evolved from great to perfect. Great work, hope you keep going on cs1 for Altengrad
Nice to see the Koospol building. My parents met while working there. Since it was the state food import-export monopoly trade company they had some interesting stories about shipping suspiciously heavy wooden boxes marked "rice" as "food aid" to various places that happened to be in a state of war.
This is such a good quality series, I love it really much (it's both entertaining and informative). Do you think on doing an harbour or an "Interporto", as we call it here in italy (look at Bologna's or Padova's) anytime soon? As we're going in the 80s and the research of new companies, it would be really interesting to make.
Wow, this factory was really amazing! I'm excited for the motorsports in the next episode, but I think it might be interesting to also look into other professional sports and recreational opportunities in the later socialist era, as those are no doubt different from those of the earlier periods.
Jen jsem chtěl poděkovat za skvělou sérii vrchovatě napěchovanou fakty. O městech, infrastruktuře, historii, sídlištích atd. se člověk v této formě jen tak nikde nedozví. Taky jsem rád, že zde nezaznívá pouze primitivní anikomunismus, ale objektivní rozebrání historických souvislostí, co k čemu vedlo a jaké to mělo důsledky. Je to parádní reprezentace mediálně trochu opomíjeného vývoje bývalého východního bloku, které má šanci zaujmout a vzdělat i lidi nejen z tohoto regionu. Ještě jednou děkuji!
(EN by google translate): Just wanted to say thanks for a great series packed with facts. One cannot learn about cities, infrastructure, history, housing estates, etc. in this format. I'm also glad that it's not just primitive anti-communism that appears here, but an objective analysis of the historical context, what led to what and what consequences it had. It is a great representation of the media-slightly neglected development of the former Eastern bloc, which has a chance to interest and educate people not only from this region. Thanks again!
Love your videos so much! They're fun to watch and I love hearing about the history! I hope you can tell us about the living conditions of the housing in the Eastern bloc in one of the next couple episodes!
Outstanding content, as usual. Really great to see this city evolving. I am following series since episode 1. It is now getting to a time I can remember. I love history in general and being born in the early seventies in the western part of Europe it’s very interesting to learn about the eastern block. You can’t do that on CS2😂cheers!
@Akuras As an historian I love the Altengrad videos. Keep up the marvellous work! One question: You have mentioned a famous speech of the KSČ leader - did you speak of Miloš Jakeš? Do you have a link to the mentioned speech (on YT)? Thanks a lot!
22:49 Imagine if an Altengrad citizen entered that office building meant for Asturis and saw technology centuries ahead of what they have now "Is this western technology?"
A decent computer factory before the fall of communism could mean fine-tech in the 2000s with some very modern and advanced offices, research labs and semiconductor industry. Looking forward to it
How was it bad? Don't get me wrong, capitalism has it's own laundry list of issues, but it's not as if worker's ownership and communism doesn't have a similarly sized list of problems. (Some of which were listed in previous episodes.)
@@dragonbornexpress5650 i think when people talk about the issues of communism they more talking about the transitioning from late stage capitalism to dictatorship of the proletariat into socialism and finally into communism (yes i know its a very marxist way of seeing it but its the only way i understand it 😓) :D i hope i made myself clear....if u think i made mistakes in my reasoning pls let me know :3
As a Pole, I can't stress enough how accurate this series is and how much educational value it has. You really deserve credit for coming up with this idea, least I can do is leave a comment. Please do keep up the good work!
I learned so much besides urbanism here. It’s always like an entertaining school lesson.
Jest polska jest like do komentarza 😂
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Oh boy new altengrad decade!
The true proof of how Akruas is paying his attention to reality of these times, is how the factory is screaming for constant lack of proper resources.
Btw, the 27:45 view looks so Czech.
I would greatly appreciate it if you'd film some kind of city tour at the end of each decade! Maybe tram ride or something
Agreed but I'd prefer an aerial overview, I don't really like the tram/pedestrian perspective too often in this game.
@@danonck Why not though, it's a cool comparison of the detailed landscape of the city from time to time
Im so happy you're keeping the Altengrad and Asturis Series going instead of moving on to Cities Skylines 2
Looking forward to this decade! Would love to see a complete overview of the changes done in the 70s.
shame that moving into 80s didnt end up on the 80-th episode... so close... :D
In Poland steam locomotives were used until 90s mainly due to the lack of diesel motor coaches. These steam locomotives were driving on "second-rate" passenger lines that already have infrastructure like water, coaling towers, railway roundhouses etc. So for PKP management everything was fine. These locomotives usually were driving with one up to three passenger wagons. If line become very unprofitable they simply close it and, usually, replace connections with buses. Of course after 1989 everything went downhill very quickly, but this is story for another episode :)
Happy to see another Altengrad episode. Being myself an 80s kid from eastern Europe, a lot of what you tell - and build - is very relatable.
As you mentioned the trams and steam locomotives, a transport museum would be a great addition for the future decades.
or some rotting old trams and trains in some railyard haha
@@KirbyComicsVids Depending on where you are in the world, sometimes both; You even get some train graveyards from time to time.
I am really looking forward to the new decade.
A nice example of East-West cooperation in the late 80s were the East German vehicle companies. The cars Trabant 1.1, Wartburg 1.1 and the van Barkas B1000-1 were pretty much the same as their forerunners (Trabant 601, Wartburg 353, Barkas B1000) but now had imported 4 stroke VW engines instead of domestically produced 2 stroke ones.
I enjoy the irony of talking about central planners micromanaging the economy while you micromanage the construction of these buildings.
Seriously though, great series, I love how much I learn.
a nice tram addition for 80s Altengrad would be the Polish Konstal 105Na produced from 1979 until the early 1990s
i think Altengrad need a soviet military base/airfield that become a regional low-fare airport later
This series is a masterpiece!
Its interesting to think how this is not only Central European, but also reflecting in the eastern countries. I feel like this series is like a mini documentary itself, with the storytelling and all. Love it!
I love how much history and context you're putting into these videos. I hope you continue making this series. Really looking forward to the 1980s and 1990s. Thanks so much for doing this.
When I was in school we went to the High Tatras in (now) Slovakia for a week in october for a couple years to hike the mountains. Such fun trips. To exchange currency we had to go to the bank in East Germany and everyone could only get a certain amount of crowns which was noted on our id. Of course there were helpful locals in Slovakia who would trade us currency but you had to check the bank notes they gave you, some of them made... let's say a practical joke with it.
In 1991 I went to the High Tatras on my own for a weekend, again in october. On my first hike up the mountains I met my school teacher who too went there on his own with a friend. We had all the world to visit but such was the landscape great that we came back to the High Tatras. Yeah well, all the world was probably a lot more expensive too ;-)
27:47 Cool Bus depot!
Love the 1980 tram loop flowerbed.
Exciting to see Altengrad continue into the 80s!
Will the track be inspired by the Hungaroring and its history? Because it fits perfectly into the climate and time as the first F1 circuit behind the Iron Curtain.
Your Videos really keeps me alive in those dark Winter/Autumn days
Try working out instead of finding comfort in your home and youtube videos .. so weak
The series format is perfected. Alot of background and enough connection with the CS built areas. This series evolved from great to perfect. Great work, hope you keep going on cs1 for Altengrad
No better way to refresh and brush up on the knowledge of our past that while enjoying some entertainment at the same time.
Nice to see the Koospol building. My parents met while working there. Since it was the state food import-export monopoly trade company they had some interesting stories about shipping suspiciously heavy wooden boxes marked "rice" as "food aid" to various places that happened to be in a state of war.
My absolute favorite video series on all of youtube
yesss new video and new decade!!! Cannot wait for more episodes! Love your work, especially altengrad :)
Oh i would love a POV of a tram or city rail or even both of altengrad
I'm so excited to see where Altengrad goes next!
I love this series
Unites all of Eastern Europe
Very interesting videos, I love to watch them
I can't stress enough how much I love this series. May it go on forever!
Autore, našel jsem téma pro vaše další videa, Do vyhledávače zadejte „Virtualní Viipuri“. Budeš to milovat!
Rusové toto město vzali Finům po druhé světové válce. Finové se rozhodli město zvěčnit na webu, na kterém ho kompletně vymodelovali pro rok 1939.
WOW! Love the evolution in time! Such a well lived city!
I feel like the city needs a large stadium. Maybe something inspired by Strahov stadium in Prague ?
Love the detail of making all the trees go slightly bigger!
Amazing work as always, love this series
This is such a good quality series, I love it really much (it's both entertaining and informative). Do you think on doing an harbour or an "Interporto", as we call it here in italy (look at Bologna's or Padova's) anytime soon? As we're going in the 80s and the research of new companies, it would be really interesting to make.
Cargo harder project was last touched upon in the 60's if I remember correctly.
Another great video!
I have been waiting this for years!!!!!
my fav series
As always an immensely interesting video
You make me so happy! With all the CS2 content out there, it's beautiful to see the good old days. ❤
Just incredible
WAKE UP BABE NEW ALTENGRAD EPISODE
I love your channel, I love the interesting facts of the era and the fact that you focus on the details when building. Keep it up:)
You could do a new tour now that we are in a new decade!
yayy new decade
Wow, this factory was really amazing! I'm excited for the motorsports in the next episode, but I think it might be interesting to also look into other professional sports and recreational opportunities in the later socialist era, as those are no doubt different from those of the earlier periods.
Cant wait to see the future Altengrad 😍😍😍
Thank you for the documentation content. =)
actually there is literally one steam train still running on a regular service in Poland. it's on Wolsztyn-Leszno line i believe c:
Jen jsem chtěl poděkovat za skvělou sérii vrchovatě napěchovanou fakty. O městech, infrastruktuře, historii, sídlištích atd. se člověk v této formě jen tak nikde nedozví. Taky jsem rád, že zde nezaznívá pouze primitivní anikomunismus, ale objektivní rozebrání historických souvislostí, co k čemu vedlo a jaké to mělo důsledky. Je to parádní reprezentace mediálně trochu opomíjeného vývoje bývalého východního bloku, které má šanci zaujmout a vzdělat i lidi nejen z tohoto regionu. Ještě jednou děkuji!
(EN by google translate): Just wanted to say thanks for a great series packed with facts. One cannot learn about cities, infrastructure, history, housing estates, etc. in this format. I'm also glad that it's not just primitive anti-communism that appears here, but an objective analysis of the historical context, what led to what and what consequences it had. It is a great representation of the media-slightly neglected development of the former Eastern bloc, which has a chance to interest and educate people not only from this region. Thanks again!
Tack!
Thank you :)
Love your videos so much! They're fun to watch and I love hearing about the history! I hope you can tell us about the living conditions of the housing in the Eastern bloc in one of the next couple episodes!
Also it would be great to use interslavic Esperanto for slogans and etc
Best Cities Skylines series on UA-cam!
Thats some impressive projects n stuff there ya built.
Outstanding content, as usual. Really great to see this city evolving. I am following series since episode 1. It is now getting to a time I can remember. I love history in general and being born in the early seventies in the western part of Europe it’s very interesting to learn about the eastern block. You can’t do that on CS2😂cheers!
Oh my, I love this series so much... Jsi super :)
@Akuras As an historian I love the Altengrad videos. Keep up the marvellous work! One question: You have mentioned a famous speech of the KSČ leader - did you speak of Miloš Jakeš? Do you have a link to the mentioned speech (on YT)?
Thanks a lot!
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Thanks a lot! @@Akruas
Love it.
We miss low-density houses on the outskirts of the city, small houses with their gardens.
WOW!
BABE WAKE UP , A NEW ALTENGRAD EPISODE DROPPED
22:49
Imagine if an Altengrad citizen entered that office building meant for Asturis and saw technology centuries ahead of what they have now
"Is this western technology?"
nice
Hey Akruas, are you planning on building some villages or small towns around Altengrad? Right now, the surroundings seem quite empty
The new series awaits.
The City is so beautiful, but the tiny agricultural fields pull me out of the Eastern Block immersion
Will there be "modern" trams in service, like Tatra KT4 or KT8D5?
When going into the 90's, are you going to show the deterioration of the city just as you partially destroyed it during the World War 2 timeskip?
Cant wait for the EU Funded megaprojects in the early 2000s.
Id assume The country of Altengrad would join the EU with the other eastblock in 2004ish.
You should build some sort of sport stadium
Skvělý videa! Odkud jsi (předpokládám správně, že jsi čech? :D )
Are you planning on doing an episode focusing on communist tourism-focused development?
nice
Will you update the race track?
28:24
What is the name of the building placed at 1:16, and 1:38?
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@@AkruasThank you
Jak se jmenuje ta základní mapa? Děkuji
17:52 what's the sign say?
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You should make a nuclear powerplant next.
hi :)
Hey 👋
A decent computer factory before the fall of communism could mean fine-tech in the 2000s with some very modern and advanced offices, research labs and semiconductor industry. Looking forward to it
24:45 You had perfect opportunity to have the banner read "ENDUT! HOCH HECH!", it would have been so funny.
Don't just redo the racing circuit please, the stadium would also need an upgrade! :)
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also Akruas!? dont make the communist bloc fall again TwT we all know transitioning from workers ownership 🚩 to capitalism 💰 was a VERY bad idea 💀
How was it bad? Don't get me wrong, capitalism has it's own laundry list of issues, but it's not as if worker's ownership and communism doesn't have a similarly sized list of problems. (Some of which were listed in previous episodes.)
@@dragonbornexpress5650 i think when people talk about the issues of communism they more talking about the transitioning from late stage capitalism to dictatorship of the proletariat into socialism and finally into communism (yes i know its a very marxist way of seeing it but its the only way i understand it 😓) :D i hope i made myself clear....if u think i made mistakes in my reasoning pls let me know :3