Hi! 8:53 To your left is my house!)) 9:00 Instead of this flower bed, there was a fountain around 1996 9:08 I see the windows of my apartment (5th floor)
We were THIS close to the next video being: "Hey, guys, check it out! This is the inside of a real Soviet prison for British citizens accused of spying!"
The conversation with the guy on the train was so deep, everything about it was so sad. The guy just wants a happy life and better living conditions in his country.
DAD: Dad, why is my sister called Teresa? SON: Because it's an anagram of your mother's favourite thing, Easter DAD: What's your favourite thing, Dad? DAD: Ask your mother, Alan.
Now I am in Soviet hospital! I want to go to Soviet toilet! But I get a Soviet bowl! And who shows up when I filled that Soviet bowl? My favourite Soviet doctor and her Soviet nurse! Both looking very charashova!
I worked in Ukraine in 2014 - 2016 training farmers on European food regulations. I travelled all over from Kyiv to Kherson. I only speak English to my shame but through humour and the goodwill of the Ukrainian people I loved it. I agree 100% with you. Visit Ukraine and discover a brilliant country
Nah it'll just be a military FIBUA training area. If you look east/northeast on Google Maps you'll see plenty more trenches, ranges and military structures.
OMG man! I was in Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk back in 1998. I cannot believe that absolutely nothing has changed! WOW, 23 years later and it is absolutely the same as I remember it! What a time machine! This was a kick from the past for me! Man, I just cannot believe it!
The snorting guy kinda made me sad. I thought they were just talking about covid for a sec but when I realized he was talking about the overall state of his country for the past 80 years that's rough....
@@anazolnierczyk5459 So.. You're watching Bald & bankrupt debunk propaganda about the east being a terrible and violent place. But then you turn around and spout the same non-sense about the west.
Mr. Bald's ability to spot a Soviet mosaic is absolutely unbelievable. I think he could spot one from miles in the distance with closed eyes, no Soviet mosaic can escape him.
@ゴロゴロ yeah im not sure why he said that, when i lived in ukraine, i remember there being like a small memorial thing right next to my building, it was for a guy who'd been stabbed from what I remember because he protected some dog or something, and well I think i saw a bunch of these small memorials, they were just small crosses in the middle of small parks and etc.
You won't get attacked on a night like in Britain and the US some of the most ignorant word ever spoken of course you will. Russia and Ukraine are for the most part incredibly poor Drinking and drugs are rampant and Violence and crime goes with that to say otherwise is spitting in the face of FACTS. In a previous video a guy was calling those 2 gay men faggots and you said he was in the right yet he was harassing them for being gay
@ゴロゴロ Bald: "You can walk anywhere at night safely in a former Soviet country!" Also Bald: Looks like a body guard for the mob, speaks fluent Russian, and has +20 charisma.
If Bald tells you to not go someplace - it REALLY means you shouldn't go. Considering all the insanely dangerous places he has been it's very rare that he actually tells people to avoid a place. The sequence starting at 20:25 is also one of the few times I've ever seen him look genuinely nervous about being somewhere.
actually he was quite safe. according to our army rules a soldier on a post should have say "stop, or I'll gonna shot', then, if no reaction goes on he or she should repeat "stop, or I'll gonna shot" following it with a shot in the air, letting know he's actually capable of shooting. and only then if the person approaching ain't stop and indentifies itself - the fire will be open.
@@viktorreznov8740 Just joking but there's always a grain of truth in the best jokes.. Now the U.S. has a president who is not certifiable things are looking better. My stepmom's from Hamilton by the way. Bald's persuaded me to visit Ukraine next year!
@@philipfrancis7303 bidens certifiably senile. Out of everyone I can't believe those are the only 2 pics Americans chose for president. Trump thought there was like 20 million people in Seoul and claimed he knew south Korea better than anyone and Biden doesn't know what Korea is
When you're living in Ukraine and then one day you understand, that your life is actually a permanent soviet adventurizing. Now I'm feeling better, you know.
@@szuzmariacsatkai3496 False. Perception can be true or false. If you try to prove me wrong; that my answer (perception) is not true, then you have destroyed your statement by correcting my perception! God bless, Michael
@@Goodkidjr43 God bless you too but I have no idea what you mean. My comment was about viewing situations from different viewpoints. You can see things more ways than just one. If you see the run-down buildings, the sadness and the gray dirty streets, then you are living in a post-soviet country currently in war, with thieves for government and barely any hope for a better future. If you see the mosaics, concentrate on the beauty, and all the adventures like Bald and bankrupt, you're suddenly living the life of an adventurer, savouring all the (sometimes bittersweet) adventures. How you see the world from you perspective, how you percieve the world, will affect your attitude towards it. I can't fit your comment in this line of thoughts. Your perception creates your reality, and my perception creates mine.
This ep was a masterpiece (the babushka sweeping the dirt street, the guy snoring, the driver fetching change, you literally wandering around in an active war zone...), thank you.
12:20 It made me sad to hear from this Ukrainian citizen that the country looks hopeless. I feel your pain brother! I am brazilian. Whenever it seems we make a step forward our politicians make something stupid and we go back like 5 steps. It is hard to keep living with hope
@@spacedog_80 yeah, I know. You're right. Here in Austria we sometimes say that Eastern Europe begins in the eastern half of Vienna :) But it's just for fun ...
Like you Bald, I went alone to Ukraine from Malaysia in summer 2010,winters of 2011, 2015 & 2107 speaking only a little Russian. My friends thought I was crazy but knew I was knowledgeable on the ex-Soviet Union. I stayed in apartments for weeks in Kiev, Odessa, Dnipro and smaller towns. I did go off the beaten track, mingled with locals, rode on board old Soviet trams, masrutkhas, trains and met amazingly beautiful devushkas (women), genshenya (men), babushkas(old ladies) and tasted local fare at many flea markets and also the many famous 'Puxtata Kacha' outlets. The people are most friendly, helpful and curious about us far away foreigners. Ukraine is a huge,wonderful place to visit, safe to stay, rather cheap too! Hats off to Bald for showcasing the good, bad and many still-Soviet side of Ukraine ! Hmm...if only damn Putin would keep his hands off Ukraine..(sigh) !
8:53 Thank you Bald, the building on the left, behind you and the playground to the right is the place where i grew up as a child in the 90s :D big thanks for the memorys
Funny, i really got anxiety from that aswell haha. Felt like i was back in poland running from the shops back onto my bus when i was taking a 42 hour bus ride from Spain to Estonia.
@@alexandyrmitew9964 are you 10 years old? Who would watch videos of a guy walking around moscow? There are thousands. The abandoned/poor places are Bald and Bankrupts Bread and Butter. Spy?? 😅 A Spy with a camera on him 24/7. A youtuber spy? You must be 1. On crack or 2. Trolling
I'm from Dnipro) That wasn't the most criminal part of the city, it's another part of left bank. Although it's difficult to find actual gopniks anywhere in Ukraine now, that's 90s phenomenon)
The other part that is fake is that place he was going to , its easy to get there , a small village is about 1 maybe 2 km away and a dirt road goes direct to that abandoned place . Also there is no shooting in that area , its well away from the war zone .
Just in case, the bus driver probably didn't hate you, it is a part of our mentality to stare and observe everything that's new or strange to us, and the mean looking face is also a part of our default settings xd
He's doing the world a service, I think. Those Soviet mosaics are slowly disappearing across the former Soviet states. If no one records them, the next generations won't know about the mosaics.
I am from Lithuania and some places in Ukraine look exactly like Lithuania's provinces or forgotten cities. Lots of Ukrainians come to Lithuania for work also. And I am one of those people who would love to travel with you. Always excited to see a new video. Great job, keep it up, Mr. Bald.
Seriously ashamed that you met such people in Kharkov. It looked better last time I lived there 8 years ago. Some bozos drivers you met there. Really disappointed to see Kharkov like that. Was going to visit my hometown, nope thanks. Changed my mind, looks worse than I remember! I literally know every street you've visited and looks exactly the same with more potholes on the roads. Can you please visit Sumskaiya or Ploshad Svobodi where statue of Lenin used to be if you are back in Kharkov? "Istoricheski Musai" Metro Station. There used to be 2 tanks on display from WWII the T40 and a German tank. You could show it or even climb on top of one of them. They should be there. 😀
U should vizt your hometown instead of dropping off the plan seing its condition.. However be the place once u lived is not the sme anymore.. U knw evry bit detail of the plce around with what is where..
Yes, the two tanks are still there on display. I visited Kharkov in September 2019 and early January 2020. I liked the city very much. Young people dress well, people keep to themselves but are friendly and honest if you interact with them. The parks are nice and well maintained. Restaurants and coffee shops are all universally good. Maybe roads outside the city are bad, but in the city they are ok. There is a large population of university students. During Christmas, there was a large outdoor skating rink and Christmas lights which I loved. I liked Kharkov much better than Kyiv actually. I haven't visited Lyviv as yet, but heard that its nice. Don't be too hard on your old city, there is always areas for improvement, but Kharkov is doing ok.
This was an abandoned military base в/ч 55468, air defense training anti-aircraft battalion. If you want to see what's inside, search "в/ч 55468" on UA-cam. There are videos.
The conversation between the two men is so heart breaking. I've followed the Ukraine Crisis since 2014 and read up on Chernobyl and the Holodomor and other forms of Ukrainian discrimination and exploitation. Ukraine really deserves a positive turn around. And its so heart breaking to hear these two men, i assume natives, who feel so hopeless. I'm rooting for you all. I really am.
I put on my headphones just to hear the gunfire. It's very faint, but I can definitely hear it. God, dude, don't get shot out there in your smurf coat.
There’s an active conflict zone outside Mariupol. The 36th Naval Infantry Brigade is stationed there right now for the foreseeable year or two due to the rotational period. You’ll be able to hear artillery as well as shots fired from small arms on a daily closer towards the eastern edge of Mariupol.
Don't worry Bald, I don't think most people have to try very hard to "avoid" that abandoned place, down an undrivable road and guarded by military posts in rural Ukraine.
Honestly bald this is what we love to see. just love your daily interactions with the people just normal conversations it does not have to be any adventure just literally want to see how they live and go to work everything that you do Is amazing work
Man... Bald doesn't act like he's very afraid of death, what's even scarier, he'd probably die doing what he loved: exploring. It's something that actually worries me sometimes.
@@etholus1000 and it makes me jealous. I wish i could do stuff like him. I'd rather risk my life following him around than continue with the monotonous flow of my life now.
Thank you for helping people 💚 giving that 86 year old lady that feeds the animals made my heart happy 😊 ....that old lady is literally my future lol I will forever be the crazy lady that feeds all the animals
I was going to India one year and no joke in the international airport there were lot of russians one was head to damn toe .... socks and shoes hat etc all adidas lol
That conversation in the train is heartbreaking … its something we had and still have in Romania over and over but probably in Ukraine is maybe worse. 100 years… 100 years…
Bald: People ask me: Is it safe? Yes of course it is! *10 minutes later*: Rogue taxi drivers, minefields, checkpoints, and artillery in the background :-D
I'm 17 minutes in. You are an absolute legend for doing this. You ask yourself "what am I doing?!" or "why am I doing this?!" Well, I can tell you one thing, you put a smile on my face and certainly brightened up my day.
They do work hard like that . I am in Kharkiv and they clean all the sidewalks and communal areas around my apartment , they clear the snow , look after the plants and trees but get paid a pittance
Come back to Moldova and check how authorities repaired the stairs of the subway in the capital city after your video. By the way, thanks for your video in Moldova. ))
At a random train station at 6 thirty in the morning thinking "wtf am i doing to myself" is such an intense emotion and one I've been missing so much this past year without travel, but these vlogs help revive the feeling. props to mr bald for being a madlad!
I'm Lithuanian and this was kind of... shocking and eye opening Seeing all the familiar sights, everything looking so close to home, seeing you driving past that road and walking down it, talking about how there's a war going on just a dozen miles away in a place that looks so frightfully familiar... made this all seem so surreal and very scary Thank you for making this video
Sniper : I have the target in sight. But I can't take the shot because he's bald.
General : And?
Sniper : And bankrupt.
😆🤣lol.
take my like
That's a blinder well done.
It's gonna ricochet from his head
good one 👍
Who would've thought just one year later all these places would become shelled warzones. Such a pity.
Hi!
8:53
To your left is my house!))
9:00
Instead of this flower bed, there was a fountain around 1996
9:08
I see the windows of my apartment (5th floor)
old toothless woman sweeping the dirt feeding the strays was a legend. bless her soul!
He's really the only one who risks to miss his bus for looking at 2 soviet mosaics.
Meanwhile I'm the one on the bus 1 hour before departure to make sure I'm on the bus...
we need some soviet mosaics merch tees!
I was rly wondering what he could be running for and it all made sense when I saw the tiles on the wall lmao
Tannu Tuva
He even left all his stuff on the bus haha
We were THIS close to the next video being: "Hey, guys, check it out! This is the inside of a real Soviet prison for British citizens accused of spying!"
Either that or a lovely Soviet hospital!!
This is the first time I'm seeing him about to shit his pants. Not even when the cartel asked his passport
Literally all of his videos
Doubt it he has connections to Russia- dunno how but they arrange things for him
Breaking news ...British man caught with 235 Soviet sinks in his hotel room....he has been sentenced to life in tondi.
OMFG LOL
Life in a Soviet bus station in Tondi
Oh man you made my day. I was living in that house where you gave money to an old woman, when I was a kid...
Lol Daily Bald: Stop being scared and come explore Ukraine.
Also Daily Bald: They're firing military weapons, we must quickly retreat.
Explore western Ukraine and Kyiv. Don't explore an actual warzone
@@jmacdonald6195 kyiv is nice place
Can you imagine, being a soldier in ukraine shooting at an enemy in an active war and some dude in a blue jacket rocks up with a camera LOL
Korrespondent Bald
@@marcusbruary7630 Deadly Bald
MI6 AGENT CYKA 😤😂
"Wow look guys, a real Soviet AK47"
OSCE uses blue jackets ahaha probably the safest color
Imagine seeing a bald guy dressed up as a blueberry running through your neighborhood to look at walls 😁😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣 dead
every day
We have some wonderful murals but none of them are Soviet!
fucking laughed out loud
Imagine seeing the same guy trying to sneak into your military base😂😂😂
"I don't want to accidentally walk through a minefield"
*continues to walk through the open field*
The conversation with the guy on the train was so deep, everything about it was so sad. The guy just wants a happy life and better living conditions in his country.
That babushka feeding the animals was a sweetheart
And sweeping the dirt patch. Heartbreaking.
6:03 That soviet person was hilarious, great people in Ukraine!
@@nickrustle2189 I was in Ukraine many times. The people there are really great and friendly most of times.
every post soviet old apartment building has a babushka feeding the animals
I like people like her.
- Dad Benjamin, why is my sister Rose named like that?
- Because your mom loves roses, son.
- I see, thanks dad Benjamin!
- No problem, Soviet Mosaic
DAD: Dad, why is my sister called Teresa?
SON: Because it's an anagram of your mother's favourite thing, Easter
DAD: What's your favourite thing, Dad?
DAD: Ask your mother, Alan.
😂😂😭😭😭
@@jessicamarkson714
Is that some Soviet numbers station ?
@@PORRRIDGE_GUN I am a friend named Alan, who ican never talk to again without laughing thank to you.
Tell little brother "sink" that it's time for dinner.
"Is that a soviet glass?"
"I don't know"
"Wow, a real soviet glass!"
These Daily Bald videos are starting to get longer than the ones on the main channel and I absolutely love it
I just realized that it's daily bald when i read your comment!
@@YusssoM haha same I literally thought this was bald and bankrupt channel xD
It's despicable
Stop before he cuts content lol.
Right! I actually feel like I know so much more from watching these vids!
''Wow! I just got shot by a soviet weapon loaded with soviet bullets!''
*removes bullet from shoulder*
''Check it out!''
LMAO
Now I am in Soviet hospital! I want to go to Soviet toilet! But I get a Soviet bowl! And who shows up when I filled that Soviet bowl? My favourite Soviet doctor and her Soviet nurse! Both looking very charashova!
“why does the bus driver hate me?”
*arrives 3 minutes late for staring at mosaics*
To be fair, your timeline is kinda messed up.
Only you would get kicked out of a taxi with 7 miles to walk with a strong headwind and instantly giggle about it... I love the optimism
I worked in Ukraine in 2014 - 2016 training farmers on European food regulations. I travelled all over from Kyiv to Kherson. I only speak English to my shame but through humour and the goodwill of the Ukrainian people I loved it. I agree 100% with you. Visit Ukraine and discover a brilliant country
I feel more true freedom in Ukraine nowadays than in my sleazy Portugal. Sad but very much true.
@@n.b.380 russian propaganda's bullshit.
Best thing about Ukraine - Aleksandr Usyk and Vasyl Lomachenko 💯👊
Ukraine is the Final Frontier of East Europe
@@JWB86 Not best but one of the most popular stratum of society
The snipers are now all getting drunk to forget the smurf they saw in their scopes.
yeah specifically papa smurf!
Too funny!
😂😂😂
Ukrainians: Let's go to Poland
Polish: Let's go to the UK
UK: Let's leave the EU
Americans: let's leave the Earth and go to Mars
Bald: let's go to Ukraine.
Completes the cycle!
@@praguematist Americans: What's EU?
@@russianvoodoo CIA : welcome all .
Nah, for Polish UK is now passe, Norway and Iceland- that's the destination
Bald: "There are no dangerous streets in Ukraine"
Also Bald: "One ticket to the frontline please"
I wish i had the social and language skills to do this crazy shit.
Underwhelming? That ending was terrifying. You found the opposite of an abandoned place. You found a preumably classified location.
nah, nothing classified, just some army lads doing their thing in the back end of nowhere
@@Раковийсупець Secret Nuclear Base... Bald is a Mi6 spy.
Wow you weren’t kidding. I read your comment before the video and thought “he’s really overplaying it”. Turns out you were literal.
Nah it'll just be a military FIBUA training area. If you look east/northeast on Google Maps you'll see plenty more trenches, ranges and military structures.
OMG man! I was in Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk back in 1998. I cannot believe that absolutely nothing has changed! WOW, 23 years later and it is absolutely the same as I remember it! What a time machine! This was a kick from the past for me! Man, I just cannot believe it!
the outskirts are the same yes but the city center changed a lot. it's worth visiting again)
Hey @@alexp825 I guess I will have a chance after the pandemic to visit it again
@@alexp825 Nothing changed
Kyiv has changed, a bit 😂
Whr re u n0w
Well it was bedtime but I’m sure I can spare 20 minutes to check this out👊🏻😁🍻🍻🇦🇺
Can't beat a bit of Bald and Harald Baldr. Nice to see you watch this bigstack; Iv'e been watching your videos for a good while now :D
@@RandomDudeOne no. that AU definitely stands for Austria.
You go to bed early. Its only 4 pm.
same mate
Yes, the cast master is here!
"That's the guy who abused me earlier, but now he's friendly"
God, that was the friendliest thing i've ever heard someone say
I like it how it was originally meant to be 5 mins now 21. definitely not complaining
@@iaw7406 It probably would have if it was successful, and before this channel he might have just tossed the footage.
me too, but I think he made it longer because he wont upload for a while. Well I will be waiting for the next one :), love these soviet adventures
@@tbrochez2318 )
The snorting guy kinda made me sad. I thought they were just talking about covid for a sec but when I realized he was talking about the overall state of his country for the past 80 years that's rough....
Snoring* but who knows he may also have snorted something.
this is just "his" personal opinion.. nothing more
same, guy obviously loves and cares about his country, sad and thought provoking perspective.
woah didnt expect you here!
@@n.b.380 yep, 30 years of improvement is not enough to catch-up Poland or Germany. They started this path much earlier
"He abused me earlier and now we are friends" typical slavic behavior)
In the West you get cancelled and banned on Twitter for being abusive, there is no forgiveness or humanity.
Classic friendship story
@@anazolnierczyk5459 So.. You're watching Bald & bankrupt debunk propaganda about the east being a terrible and violent place. But then you turn around and spout the same non-sense about the west.
This is the story of how i met my slav husband.
@@b.elzebub9252 I'm from the West, this is how it is. You aren't allowed to have banter or joke around anymore, the alt-left will have you eliminated.
19:36 Luckily he is wearing his blue camouflage in a sea of winter beige
Mr. Bald's ability to spot a Soviet mosaic is absolutely unbelievable. I think he could spot one from miles in the distance with closed eyes, no Soviet mosaic can escape him.
That was the most soviet ending to a daily bald: paranoid, angst-ridden, and aggressive. Just how i like it.
@ゴロゴロ is the Russian channel you’re talking about NFKRZ?
@ゴロゴロ yeah im not sure why he said that, when i lived in ukraine, i remember there being like a small memorial thing right next to my building, it was for a guy who'd been stabbed from what I remember because he protected some dog or something, and well I think i saw a bunch of these small memorials, they were just small crosses in the middle of small parks and etc.
You won't get attacked on a night like in Britain and the US some of the most ignorant word ever spoken of course you will. Russia and Ukraine are for the most part incredibly poor Drinking and drugs are rampant and Violence and crime goes with that to say otherwise is spitting in the face of FACTS. In a previous video a guy was calling those 2 gay men faggots and you said he was in the right yet he was harassing them for being gay
@ゴロゴロ Bald: "You can walk anywhere at night safely in a former Soviet country!" Also Bald: Looks like a body guard for the mob, speaks fluent Russian, and has +20 charisma.
@ゴロゴロ I think these former Soviet states are a lot safer than USA for sure, especially in 2020 with all the race riots.
A perfect soviet adventure
- No Change
-Guy sorning whole night
-Driver kicks you out middle of nowhere
-Soldier firing weapons
- Sex in hotel
spoilers
"Guy snoring whole night" - that guy was Bald
you forgot to mention: "perfect advertisment in the very end"
Sounds exciting. I wanna go now.
If Bald tells you to not go someplace - it REALLY means you shouldn't go. Considering all the insanely dangerous places he has been it's very rare that he actually tells people to avoid a place. The sequence starting at 20:25 is also one of the few times I've ever seen him look genuinely nervous about being somewhere.
The old woman feeding the animals is such an angel
I thought that Bald was going to give her the nuts he'd bought from the Soviet nut seller but was glad that he gave her cash instead, she deserved it.
What was she sweeping though :D
@SRNCHEK Ah okay. Very tired from the work week, looked to me like she was sweeping large stones.
Bald gave her a 200 Hundred Hryvnia note .... that's about $7.50 US at the current rate of exchange ,,,,,,
Bald: *sees a military checkpoint*
*acts very suspiciously running into the trees with a bright blue coat on*
Nice way to get shot!
actually he was quite safe. according to our army rules a soldier on a post should have say "stop, or I'll gonna shot', then, if no reaction goes on he or she should repeat "stop, or I'll gonna shot" following it with a shot in the air, letting know he's actually capable of shooting. and only then if the person approaching ain't stop and indentifies itself - the fire will be open.
I'm watching a bald man say, "there are areas in the UK and US you'd be a fool to enter at night" goes directly into a warzone!
He's right- I don't want to visit the U.S.A. It's full of religious right-wing nutters carrying guns! Canada yes, o.k!
@C. V. Almost no one in these countries carry a gun, I doubt you've been there.
As a Canadian I can confirm that statement shows you either live somewhere in Ontario or don't live in Canada at all if you truly think that
@@viktorreznov8740 Just joking but there's always a grain of truth in the best jokes.. Now the U.S. has a president who is not certifiable things are looking better. My stepmom's from Hamilton by the way. Bald's persuaded me to visit Ukraine next year!
@@philipfrancis7303 bidens certifiably senile. Out of everyone I can't believe those are the only 2 pics Americans chose for president. Trump thought there was like 20 million people in Seoul and claimed he knew south Korea better than anyone and Biden doesn't know what Korea is
Poor guy in the train... So sad about his reality and look now. It's total war in Ukraine. Hope he can go through this.
"Avoid This Abandoned Place In Ukraine". I dont think anyone was planning on going out there, but thanks for the heads up.
And it is not totally abandoned)
Respect to Bald for getting kicked out a taxi and walking 7 miles to get some content for us 👊👏
And I just realised he probably walked at least the same distance back before finding a car that could drive him to town again.
It’s also good for health I hate my mostly sedentary job 😁
When you're living in Ukraine and then one day you understand, that your life is actually a permanent soviet adventurizing. Now I'm feeling better, you know.
Perception is reality
you are a soviet man yourself, enjoy!
@@szuzmariacsatkai3496 False. Perception can be true or false. If you try to prove me wrong; that my answer (perception) is not true, then you have destroyed your statement by correcting my perception!
God bless, Michael
At least it's an adventure and not soviet suffering like one i'm forced to do in russia, lmao
@@Goodkidjr43 God bless you too but I have no idea what you mean. My comment was about viewing situations from different viewpoints. You can see things more ways than just one. If you see the run-down buildings, the sadness and the gray dirty streets, then you are living in a post-soviet country currently in war, with thieves for government and barely any hope for a better future. If you see the mosaics, concentrate on the beauty, and all the adventures like Bald and bankrupt, you're suddenly living the life of an adventurer, savouring all the (sometimes bittersweet) adventures. How you see the world from you perspective, how you percieve the world, will affect your attitude towards it. I can't fit your comment in this line of thoughts. Your perception creates your reality, and my perception creates mine.
This ep was a masterpiece (the babushka sweeping the dirt street, the guy snoring, the driver fetching change, you literally wandering around in an active war zone...), thank you.
I can't imagine what that old lady witnessed and had to endure in her 87 years.
12:20 It made me sad to hear from this Ukrainian citizen that the country looks hopeless.
I feel your pain brother! I am brazilian. Whenever it seems we make a step forward our politicians make something stupid and we go back like 5 steps. It is hard to keep living with hope
Ukraine is the the hell on wheels running downhill..
I'm Ukrainian, in and out, and I approve this message.
Ukrainian problem is much more complicated. It’s not only politicians fault.
Could easily gone on the main channel, huge respect for the daily balders
6:23 PURE GOPNIK sighting: tracksuit, cig, man purse, and attitude
I love it how he hides in the bushes without any leaves with a bright blue jacket :D
Sneak: 0
Why UK is no longer a super power
Bald needs to find former soviet stealth boy factory first!!
Maybe he walked into a recreation of the Monty Python sketch.
Is eastern Europe safe? Bald: yes
Bald: walks into an active warzone
@@spacedog_80 Slovenes won't like it that you call them "Eastern Europe" :D
@@spacedog_80 you dont even know geography and making statements. Lol. Thing with Romania is very safe as well compared to France, UK, USA, etc.
@@spacedog_80 yeah, I know. You're right.
Here in Austria we sometimes say that Eastern Europe begins in the eastern half of Vienna :) But it's just for fun ...
I’m actually living in Dnipro for about 3 years and I can guarantee you that it’s more safer than Paris or London
@@spacedog_80 It's not exactly your point. It's common knowledge. Slovenia and CZ are way central. Compared to Eastern Real Eastern Europe
“this video was sponsored by megabank, kharkiv’s legendary bank” lol
...and it's absolutely believable.
MGB used to be the Soviet Ministry of State Security.
papa smurf will sponsor megabank to gigabank =D
One miserable country
@@tolrem I believe you mean KGB?
Watching this now , is numbing , as it’s no longer…..Mariupol …you’ve done a service of historic proportion , not knowing it at the time
Like you Bald, I went alone to Ukraine from Malaysia in summer 2010,winters of 2011, 2015 & 2107 speaking only a little Russian.
My friends thought I was crazy but knew I was knowledgeable on the ex-Soviet Union. I stayed in apartments for weeks in Kiev, Odessa, Dnipro and smaller towns. I did go off the beaten track, mingled with locals, rode on board old Soviet trams, masrutkhas, trains and met amazingly beautiful devushkas (women), genshenya (men), babushkas(old ladies) and tasted local fare at many flea markets and also the many famous 'Puxtata Kacha' outlets. The people are most friendly, helpful and curious about us far away foreigners. Ukraine is a huge,wonderful place to visit, safe to stay, rather cheap too! Hats off to Bald for showcasing the good, bad and many still-Soviet side of Ukraine ! Hmm...if only damn Putin would keep his hands off Ukraine..(sigh) !
genshenya (men)... Well, it's actually a women, but nevermind =)
Don't call men "genshenya", they might get you totally wrong ;)
2107 you say? and how it was (would be) ?)
@@Grek1574 It's a typo.
8:53 Thank you Bald, the building on the left, behind you and the playground to the right is the place where i grew up as a child in the 90s :D big thanks for the memorys
This is awesome!
More tense watching bald leave the bus with 5 mins than most thrillers on Netflix!
Yup anxiety kicked in
Funny, i really got anxiety from that aswell haha. Felt like i was back in poland running from the shops back onto my bus when i was taking a 42 hour bus ride from Spain to Estonia.
My ass puckererd intensely
'I feed all the animals, dogs, birds, cats'
That was the loveliest most random thing I have ever heard.
I love how you interact with older folks, making them smile and laugh. Who knows, they might not have had a friendly interaction in months.
yeah, a good example that being nice doesn't cost anything and can make someone very happy.
@@simplesigh9813 he is just spy... why he dont go in Moskow or other city... probably he will not return.. he goes only where the ppls are poor... ;)
To be fair if you crack a joke or try to speak to someone in Britain at the moment they look at you like you're going to spread the plague to them...
@@alexandyrmitew9964 are you 10 years old? Who would watch videos of a guy walking around moscow? There are thousands. The abandoned/poor places are Bald and Bankrupts Bread and Butter. Spy?? 😅 A Spy with a camera on him 24/7. A youtuber spy? You must be 1. On crack or 2. Trolling
Bald and Bankrupt is honestly the only UA-camr I wouldn’t mind watching the ads all the way for! This man deserves every penny
I’m sure the soviets pay him well
I agree with you. I hate them too
Theres a thing called UA-cam v.anced you know ? I haven't seen a single ads in years lmao
@@fayereaganlover so you're proud of giving back no value at all to the content creators you enjoy watching?
@@agaplife3764 yes
I'm from Dnipro) That wasn't the most criminal part of the city, it's another part of left bank. Although it's difficult to find actual gopniks anywhere in Ukraine now, that's 90s phenomenon)
The other part that is fake is that place he was going to , its easy to get there , a small village is about 1 maybe 2 km away and a dirt road goes direct to that abandoned place . Also there is no shooting in that area , its well away from the war zone .
Just in case, the bus driver probably didn't hate you, it is a part of our mentality to stare and observe everything that's new or strange to us, and the mean looking face is also a part of our default settings xd
I used to think that Bald's videos were the best thing on UA-cam. Now I strongly believe that they are the best thing on the internet.
Unless Babushka's Secret gets digitized
10-4 GOOD BUDDY. NO ONE HAS THE BALLS OF BALD & BANKRUPT!!!!
aside from the porno i agree.
@@possession2 That's tough choosing these days lol
Benjamin: *accidentally walks into a military base*
Also Benjamin: "Let's come back at night"
he's former SAS he knows how to run night ops
@@meetrasurrik6982 Damn I didn't know that. Imagine he gets caught and then they run the history on him 😅
UNTURNED MP
"I don't want to get shot or stumble up on a random mine field"
- proceeds to the field ))
Блин, Тэо, привет! Только тебя сегодня вспомнил, зашёл проверить жив ли ты, выпускал ли чего, а ты вон где! Надеюсь у тебя всё ок.
@@russianvoodoo хаха )) интернет тесен! Я, да, в порядке. Превратился из блоггера в зрителя. У меня все хорошо. Надеюсь у тебя тоже! :)
the fact that he considered going back at night too lmao
You got to put soviet field! 😜
@@TheBlazersfan22 you are absolutely right ))
Я посмотрел пару его роликов про Украину и поймал себя на мысли , что все вокруг настолько депрессивное . А он на позитиве , приятный мужик
20:48 "in a blue jacket"
Pov : you are a french soldier in 1914
This channel is evolving into a Mosaic hunting playground.
Uhhh so bad he missed another chance to see some awesome mosaics in Dnipro, roaming along a random district instead
He's doing the world a service, I think. Those Soviet mosaics are slowly disappearing across the former Soviet states. If no one records them, the next generations won't know about the mosaics.
As much as people don't like the soviet union (such as myself lmao), I absolutely love the artificial culture so much
10.45: "Yes Ukraine is flippin safe!"
20.55: "RETREAT! RETREAT!"
😂😂
I am from Lithuania and some places in Ukraine look exactly like Lithuania's provinces or forgotten cities. Lots of Ukrainians come to Lithuania for work also. And I am one of those people who would love to travel with you. Always excited to see a new video. Great job, keep it up, Mr. Bald.
At least you guys have blue eyes
Seriously ashamed that you met such people in Kharkov. It looked better last time I lived there 8 years ago. Some bozos drivers you met there. Really disappointed to see Kharkov like that. Was going to visit my hometown, nope thanks. Changed my mind, looks worse than I remember! I literally know every street you've visited and looks exactly the same with more potholes on the roads.
Can you please visit Sumskaiya or Ploshad Svobodi where statue of Lenin used to be if you are back in Kharkov? "Istoricheski Musai" Metro Station. There used to be 2 tanks on display from WWII the T40 and a German tank. You could show it or even climb on top of one of them. They should be there. 😀
I highly doubt he is ever setting his foot in there.
So you'll judge all of the Kharkiv's citizens by some unfriendly bus-driver?
U should vizt your hometown instead of dropping off the plan seing its condition.. However be the place once u lived is not the sme anymore.. U knw evry bit detail of the plce around with what is where..
Yes, the two tanks are still there on display. I visited Kharkov in September 2019 and early January 2020. I liked the city very much. Young people dress well, people keep to themselves but are friendly and honest if you interact with them. The parks are nice and well maintained. Restaurants and coffee shops are all universally good. Maybe roads outside the city are bad, but in the city they are ok. There is a large population of university students. During Christmas, there was a large outdoor skating rink and Christmas lights which I loved. I liked Kharkov much better than Kyiv actually. I haven't visited Lyviv as yet, but heard that its nice. Don't be too hard on your old city, there is always areas for improvement, but Kharkov is doing ok.
WW1..
Bald: "And now to the most dangerous part of the region."
Driver: *Regrets his choice of passenger*
It actually wasn't. He went the opposite way from the front.
This was an abandoned military base в/ч 55468, air defense training anti-aircraft battalion. If you want to see what's inside, search "в/ч 55468" on UA-cam. There are videos.
The Vastness of Eurasian Steppe is absolutely mind blowing.
The conversation between the two men is so heart breaking. I've followed the Ukraine Crisis since 2014 and read up on Chernobyl and the Holodomor and other forms of Ukrainian discrimination and exploitation. Ukraine really deserves a positive turn around. And its so heart breaking to hear these two men, i assume natives, who feel so hopeless. I'm rooting for you all. I really am.
I put on my headphones just to hear the gunfire. It's very faint, but I can definitely hear it. God, dude, don't get shot out there in your smurf coat.
Can't be certain they are shots fired in anger
There’s an active conflict zone outside Mariupol. The 36th Naval Infantry Brigade is stationed there right now for the foreseeable year or two due to the rotational period. You’ll be able to hear artillery as well as shots fired from small arms on a daily closer towards the eastern edge of Mariupol.
The army hates smurfs
AND you are? A mercenary? How exciting!
"I just don't want to get shot or walk through a minefield." Proceeds to sneak around in the bushes near a sketchy guardhouse near a military base.
"no matter what's there it's going to be better than Tondi." LMAO!!!!!!
Tondi was definitely safer tho
Poor Tondi can't catch a break
Don't think Tondi is going to be hanging out any "Welcome" flags for Bald.
Don't worry Bald, I don't think most people have to try very hard to "avoid" that abandoned place, down an undrivable road and guarded by military posts in rural Ukraine.
Honestly bald this is what we love to see. just love your daily interactions with the people just normal conversations it does not have to be any adventure just literally want to see how they live and go to work everything that you do Is amazing work
This seems like more of a Bald and Bankrupt video rather than a Daily Bald. You went on quite an adventure for a daily vlog.
Yeah, but no one is complaining. 😀
That's true he should have uploaded this one on his main channel! It's longer than his ususal daily bald vlogs and it's full of adventures!
We aren't complaining!
I feel bad for the people who only watch the main channel. They are really missing out!
Because benjamin never ever said in his videos to like or subscribe his channel never
fuck em, they are commies
I literally found out about this channel like 4 hours ago and I know I’m in for a treat
@@LogsMaggot Same here😂😂😂
I don’t because they’ll eventually stumble on this one when it has more content and be in for hours of daily bald videos
Man... Bald doesn't act like he's very afraid of death, what's even scarier, he'd probably die doing what he loved: exploring. It's something that actually worries me sometimes.
He’s a true blooded Englishmen, they live for adventure and thrill. Even if it’s costs them everything
@@etholus1000 and it makes me jealous. I wish i could do stuff like him. I'd rather risk my life following him around than continue with the monotonous flow of my life now.
"Check this out guys, its a S O V I E T minefield"
😃
All I could think when he was walking past that guard post, "He's going to walk straight into a mine field."
"oh look, here is a soviet nuclear bomb"
KABLAM “Oh wow, look at this Soviet shrapnel lodged inside my thigh!”
Imagine Russians & Ukrainians fighting at the border then Bald shows up with his Cam : Hello Daily Balders 😂🤣
😂😂😂😂 BEST ONE
😂😂
Ukrainians and novarussians*
Lol 😁
@@kuday2703 what's a novarussian?
The last three minutes are basically what goes through the mind if every player in S.T.A.L.K.E.R approaching a series of empty buildings
Only guns are very real
A NUUUU!
Mate. You ended that so abruptly. I could’ve watched your extended retreat for another half a hour you legend
I love seeing you travel to weird and dangerous places, but I think sneaking into army bases in the middle of a war zone is a step too far 😂
Soviet adventurising at it's finest.
No risk no fun
Yes, especially with an hour's sleep... glad you made it out of there in one piece and not locked up somewhere.
@@johnschuler4816 They don't mess about in that part of the world. You'd be more likely to end up in an umarked grave than a prison cell.
Thank you for helping people 💚 giving that 86 year old lady that feeds the animals made my heart happy 😊 ....that old lady is literally my future lol I will forever be the crazy lady that feeds all the animals
You look bad 😏
If your end goal isn't to be the old person that all the animals in the neighbourhood love, you ain't winning.
A genuine gopnik walked past bald as he was getting on the bus, full black Adidas 3 stripe tracksuit and he didn't even notice!!
Yes! I noticed that and let out a verbal “Gopnik”! Surprised he didn’t make anything of it!
@@bruotsynh3992 probably dient wanted to get an soviet Kick in the head
I was going to India one year and no joke in the international airport there were lot of russians one was head to damn toe .... socks and shoes hat etc all adidas lol
6:36 “oh, gopniks”
What is a gopnik?
"An old soviet one."
"Yeah just like me!"
*fist bump ensues
Yes. This is exactly what I signed up for
The bus driver is from Tondi. The whole town is ticked off at you bald.
Why?
@@libertylovin2359 Go back about a month and watch his two videos about his visit to Tondi. He even made the local news there.
@@jstone4351 link
@@libertylovin2359 I'll save you the trouble, Bald just called Tondi a shithole with nothing interesting.
It really is a shithole with nothing interesting.
"я не дурак" - The man who went to a cartel village alone with a suit and briefcase
The man who found a tin can on the ground in Chernobyl and drank vodka from it.
@@skylimitua Gotta love him. He's got the balls of ten men.
@@aspiceronni4462 20 balls?
@@musaka2022 20 balls
@@aspiceronni4462 haha
Quality that he's surprised the taxi driver refuses to drive him directly into an active military base.
He was probably thinking that he is spy and that he could be kill
That conversation in the train is heartbreaking … its something we had and still have in Romania over and over but probably in Ukraine is maybe worse. 100 years… 100 years…
Bald: People ask me: Is it safe? Yes of course it is!
*10 minutes later*: Rogue taxi drivers, minefields, checkpoints, and artillery in the background :-D
Well he literally walked to warzone. In Mariupol itself or Kharkiv it was still totally safe.
The driver didn't want to get hit, what's the problem lol
"stop being pussies and come over here"
10 minutes later: running and screaming "retreat... retreat""
that was a military training area not war zone
I'm sure there are places in your country where you'll be shot if you'll try to walk in.
I like how Baldy always say "we" are going here and there
Yeah.. but only mr bald can get shot or step on a mine... at least we know that if he uploaded it that he survived for another adventure.
I'm 17 minutes in. You are an absolute legend for doing this. You ask yourself "what am I doing?!" or "why am I doing this?!" Well, I can tell you one thing, you put a smile on my face and certainly brightened up my day.
87 year old babushka working hard. That really says something about the work ethic of their time
They do work hard like that . I am in Kharkiv and they clean all the sidewalks and communal areas around my apartment , they clear the snow , look after the plants and trees but get paid a pittance
That conversation he had with a random guy in a gloomy room on the train. The tone of the voice of two men. Real shit.
deeep
Yeah, like a scene from some Oscar-movie
Yeah that was DEEP.
The vibe of real shit.
I had conversations like this in the military with roommates. I miss deep experiences like these..
Come back to Moldova and check how authorities repaired the stairs of the subway in the capital city after your video. By the way, thanks for your video in Moldova. ))
😂😂😂😂did they really fix it ??
@@sanjoseserrato1318 not joking) Bald's video went viral in Moldova.
Mișto..
At a random train station at 6 thirty in the morning thinking "wtf am i doing to myself" is such an intense emotion and one I've been missing so much this past year without travel, but these vlogs help revive the feeling. props to mr bald for being a madlad!
I'm Lithuanian and this was kind of... shocking and eye opening
Seeing all the familiar sights, everything looking so close to home, seeing you driving past that road and walking down it, talking about how there's a war going on just a dozen miles away in a place that looks so frightfully familiar... made this all seem so surreal and very scary
Thank you for making this video