🇪🇪 Ever wanted to jump on a tram and ride it to the end of the line without knowing where you're going? Well don't do that in Tallinn or you might end up in Tondi. Daily Bald vlog number 4
I'm amazed you didn't think this stuff was good enough for the main channel. Just watching you messing about wherever in the world is always a good laugh.
@Benghali In Platforms agree 100%! We will watch and love literally anything. We love themselves more then their content and they don’t seem to get that.
If you are a likeable person people will watch whatever you upload it is about the person not the content. Look at Drew Binsky, he puts much more effort and editing into his videos but they are normally watched less than Bald's
@@ytcensorship1401 I wish he'd just upload unedited videos like Harald does. Average Max length for a bald video is 20 mins. Harald's can be anything up to 45-60 mins long. Take the Mexico trip as an example. You got to see so much more of what happened on that trip from Harald's videos
Such wooden houses with stone stairway at 2:39 are not Soviet, but typical "Tallinn house" from 1920s-30s. The wooden houses without the stone stairway are likely older than that, from the beginning of 1900s.
@@NotAShawn Please do keep in mind Estonia became independent about the same time as the tsar fell. So this is not even soviet architecture. I live in one of these houses and it has nothing in common with soviet blocks.
The fact that Estonia doesn't interest Bald the same way as other former Soviet states is a real testimony to Estonian success. The most developed, the most democratic, the least corrupt of all former Soviet nations. Good job Estonians, much respect and love from Norway!
@@farrie82 Yes, sadly our small Finnic nation was occupied by Soviet Union and we still have to live with it's consequences including huge Russian "minority" that was not a thing before the occupation. There are literally more Russian city districts (similar to China towns in US) than there are Estonian city districts in Tallinn.
@@carleryk What I find genuinely depressing is that your small "Finnic" nation did eventually occupy these lands - which were purchased by the Russian Empire from Sweden back in the 18th century and used to have their urban areas inhabited mostly by ethnic Germans, Swedes, and a smaller percentage of Russians while you lot were shoveling manure deep in the countryside. Unfortunately, the Bolshevik coup brought about the creation of a host of Bantustans, including yours, and the ensuing infestation of Kolyvan / Reval with Estonians, as I am sure it would have been a lot better if the previous population hadn't been displaced.
Yeah it is success to be in the class of most boring countries to live, I want to back my time spent in the nordic countries, such a good place for suicide xD
There is a city in Estonia called " Narva" very close to the border with Russia. As i remember about 10 years ago when i was there, its the most soviet era city that still looks like that. Maybe you should check it out.
Wish he was here in the summer. I could take him for a 300km round trip around eastern Estonia - to the bordercity Narva and its smaller town Narva-Jõesuu. Also the blue lagoon of chemicals and abandoned towns around. There is alot of soviet left in the eastern Estonia :)
@@marcomarco7099 Stupid is stupid no matter where he lives. And what has the number of languages spoken got to do anything with this subject? I also speak 5 languages EST, FIN, ENG, ESP, RUS. And also understand fully but speak 50% Polish and Ukrainian. It's about your sentence, nothing else. If you live inside russian propaganda and copy paste it to various places without any reason, then you can speak 10 languages aswell but still be stupid.
Lol i doubt he was that special tho. There are plenty of crazy people in the public transport. Ive even seen how a public transport driver went and punched a drunk teenage guy who was bothering other passengers (both were russian). So yeah.. a quirky man with a neon hat is not that special lol
Hahaha! Funny! Only one thing: in Baltics it is more polite to start conversation in English than Russian (just for the sad past). Many people younger than 40 years old have no glue about Russian language anymore (especially in Lithuania). Hope to see u there soon!!!
You'd be surprised, many shop workers you'll find are russian-speaking, and some districts of Tallinn have Estonian-speaking minority. You have to bare in mind that 46.7% of the city can speak Russian (World population review, 2021).
Same thing I wanted to comment. Unless you're talking to really old people, there is absolutely no need to switch from English to Russian here, Estonian people are much more likely to be fluent in English than in Russian.
Love the new channel Bald! I feel privileged to be such an early adopter. Gees, about 3 days in and you're almost at another UA-cam silver button! I've been grafting away for a year and haven't hit 10k yet :D Quality rises to the top, you deserve! All the best from Scotland, and keep that bald heid covered.
Thanks for the reply. I got a surprise too seeing you in the comments too, so I had to reply to say hello and thank you. Guessing from your reply, I think you were hoping it would be bald commenting back to you instead of me. Next time, I'm sure he will see your message. 🙂
Amazing! Please see Sillamae, it's as soviet as it gets! It was a secret town back in the day and wasnt included in the map they also have a Soviet room in a small museum, Lenin's statue is in narva near the castle they placed him near the bins!
Bald, coming from Latvia, you'd be better off speaking in English than Russian. You'll get angry stares in all of the Baltic states, but please visit Latvia soon
@Jake Johansson Yes, all native Baltic nations were conquered by swedes, german, russian. Latest were russian so that's why they just hate russian language. Riga has 50% of russian population, so i guess there is bigger chance locals understand you when you speak russian.
@Jake Johansson maybe it’s like in Catalonia. They speak Spanish but there’s a lot of Catalonians who don’t like it and if they have the chance to answer you in Catalonian instead of Spanish, they’ll do it
You should have gone to the far end of Lasnamäe or Narva because probably more people would speak to you in Russian there. In the main city area it’s best to speak English.
00:13 As a german speaking viewer I was asthonished to see the add with "Drahtesel" which is an old saying for a bycicle here. It means, if u take it literally "wired-donkey" :D
There are many interesting places from the Soviet era in Estonia. Paldiski west of Tallinn was mainly a Soviet town. Heading north from Tallinn the Lahemaa national park has some items of interest, further north is the town of Sillamae which in Soviet times was know as the 'secret city'. Further north is the ghost town of Viivikonna and then you get to Narva on the Russian border. Estonia one side of the river and Russia the other side. The islands have items of interest but can't get to most of them in winter. You could take the ice road if open to other islands. Naissar island has all the mines that were pulled out of the Baltic Sea. Latvia and Lithuania have a lot of Soviet history. Good luck.
We've been in Tallinn maybe 10-12 years ago. Radisson hotel reception "could not understand" Russian that my coach was speaking. When I went down to speak with them in English and explained them that we are from Lithuania - miracle happend and suddenly everyone started understanding Russian. But hey, I don't blame you, we share history together. ❤️
@jo0zep kz almost all countries in the world have been occupied in the past by other nations. Its nothing special to estonians only. Maybe find something else to get mad about?
Most of the soviet history is in fancy Kadriorg or Lasnamäe. The best thing about Russian part of Tallinn, which is Lasnamäe, is a Greek restaurant... Welcome to Estonia, Bald, we've been waiting for You!
have been wondering when you will reach my homeland! Some of the most soviet places are Lasnamägi (a part of Tallinn) and small towns in Ida-Viru County, especially Sillamägi. (I wouldn`t recommend calling estonian women babushkas though :))
@Henry Tallinn city centre is visited daily by both Estonian and Russian speaking Tallinners who live in desely populated areas. So there are much more Russian speakers being in city centre. Speaking about language requirements- now Russian language knowledge is more in demand because of COVID (it's always an advantage and in Tallinn there's no problem to find personnel who speaks all these 3 languages due to covid joblessness and those who speak Russian along with English and Estonian compete out those who speak just Estonian and English- even if Russian is not mentioned as a requirement in job offer). And Bald and bankrupt visits places usually not visited by tourists
@Henry It depends. Most elderly Estonians prefer Russian, most younger Estonians prefer English. Some young Estonians who learn Russian at that moment would prefer Russian in order to train language skills. Please note that there are also Tallinners with mixed (most often of Estonian AND Russian background) so they can be considered as both Estonians and Russians and they could recognise both languages as native. And when you start to negotiate with someone you don't know whether he or she is Estonian or Russian or somebody else. P.S. many Tallinners prefer to avoid talking at all ( e.g. when you ride a taxi you don't say a single word, you chose between more than 40 offered languages and point out all the info in your app)
@Henry well although youth doesn't mind so much about history, many Estonians perceive Russian as a language of occupant and many Russians perceive Estonian as a state-pressed language. Under such circumstances it would be advisable even for locals to speak English as a neutral language. And youth practice more often such a remedy in this language-quarelling environment
Great video Ben. It almost sounds like you are saying Thailand in your intro. I love the retro tram and the new style of daily videos on your new channel.
Any extra content is good content Mr Bald! Just helps us all get by, between your next upload. I'm sure I'm not the only one who could watch hours of your everyday adventures, some more alcohol tasting is a must! Having a drink with the locals is always entertaining 👍👍
Being able to speak multiple languages and being able to pick up on what u don’t speak must help so so much on your travels. Great videos brother love the history parts...
Always watching your videos, since i’ve started watching them and also being traveling as part time cabin crew & part time 1st officer, i started getting interested on sovietic, east countries and people, now i started learn russian, so there you go, hopefully i’ll catch you in some of your adventures!!
I appreciate that you keep pushing yourself over the edge and do it anyways, i couldn't imagine walking down a tram with a cam in my face talking to myself either. But that somewhat mundane stuff is what allways made your content so intriguing. When will i ever get to experience some backalley in India or a tram ride in Tallinn? Exactly. As i love traveling and get excited finding interesting stuff too, this is as entertaining to watch as allways. Thanks Ben! Never change.
Go to Sillamäe it is soviet built to be the ideal soviet city for best of the best workers. It was also closed city, they mined uranium for the union there. It has been renovated to its original looks and is very pretty, specially during the summer
In Latvia there is a relatively large city called Daugavpils. What's interesting about it is that it is entirely populated by russians instead of latvians. You can check it out it's very soviet :D
Learn something every day. Tondi has a population of 3852 It also has a sports centre. The Tallinn-Paldiski railway passes Tondi on its eastern side. See Bald, in five minutes you showed me something new. Thank you.
@@eksiarvamus language spoken natively by about half of the city's population is de facto a local one. And Russian speaking Tallinners (youth) mostly are not immigrants, they were born in Estonia.
@@rasmusseninvincible7563 So what if they were born in Estonia (in fact many weren't) - they were imported here illegally during the Soviet occupation. They will forever remain an immigrant community.
I literally sat and watched a guy ride a tram to nowhere where almost nothing happened! and I loved every second!! lol
Me too ...🤣🤣🤣 What's so special about Mr Bald?!!!
Same
It’s the bald effect
Same
Tondi means Ghost in estonian :D:D so fitting name we have in there :D
I love how any woman who looks vaguely over 40 is immediately "babushka"
@@AndyMcloone 🤣
@@AndyMcloone She was not Slavic she, she probably didn't even understand Bald, she's just agreed - Tondi
and she is not even slavic but Estonian
@@AndyMcloone They are not Slavic in Estonia :)
she defs passes as babushka though, she was a lot over 40
“Your tram is really beautiful” best pickup line
"Whoar! Noice tram, luv. Giz us a roide, eh?" Definitely one for next Saturday night.
@@MiaogisTeas giz!
"A"
😂 😂
1:11 That girl is dressed exactly like you.
that's so funny
true story:)))
Inception
it's a bug in the matrix lol
chyba v matrixu
I'm amazed you didn't think this stuff was good enough for the main channel. Just watching you messing about wherever in the world is always a good laugh.
Agree ! Just hearing Mr Bald talking, his mannerisms, makes the day more promising 😂🤣😊
@Benghali In Platforms agree 100%! We will watch and love literally anything. We love themselves more then their content and they don’t seem to get that.
If you are a likeable person people will watch whatever you upload it is about the person not the content. Look at Drew Binsky, he puts much more effort and editing into his videos but they are normally watched less than Bald's
@@ytcensorship1401 I wish he'd just upload unedited videos like Harald does. Average Max length for a bald video is 20 mins. Harald's can be anything up to 45-60 mins long. Take the Mexico trip as an example. You got to see so much more of what happened on that trip from Harald's videos
@@ytcensorship1401 I think I remember he had to do an apology video to Chechnya..
I live in Tondi and your comments made me laugh! 😂 Really nice to see you here in Estonia! Hope you enjoy the stay! 😊🇪🇪
@@ahmedsaeed3850 He intentionally goes to the more obscure places.
Same, I live right besides the tramstop and actually there's nothing interesting in Tondi 😅😅
@Alisha reily bar?? Aren't all bars closed in Tallinn?
@Alisha reily damn that's illegal. What bar is still open?
@Alisha reily sure
I wouldn't call all women 'babushkas' lol 🤣 especially when they are present and can hear that. That's quite rude lol 😂
Also declaring a whole town boring after literally just walking a couple of steps in it, feels wrong.
@@subfreakuent Have you seen the other Tondi video? Tondi gets redeemed it has a nice rock
Bald comes to poorest town in russia: „wow this is awesome!“
Comes to most developed country in whole USSR: „wow tondi is really shit!“😂😂😂
Such wooden houses with stone stairway at 2:39 are not Soviet, but typical "Tallinn house" from 1920s-30s. The wooden houses without the stone stairway are likely older than that, from the beginning of 1900s.
But Russia was Soviet in the 30's so... They still are Soviet but even more rather 'Soviet Tallinn Houses'
@@NotAShawn Oh well... perhaps, in 30s, Alaska was Soviet and Russia too?
@@forgottenmusic1 well I mean... Technically...
@@NotAShawn But Estonia was independent at the time? How can it ve Soviet architecture?
@@NotAShawn Please do keep in mind Estonia became independent about the same time as the tsar fell. So this is not even soviet architecture. I live in one of these houses and it has nothing in common with soviet blocks.
The fact that Estonia doesn't interest Bald the same way as other former Soviet states is a real testimony to Estonian success.
The most developed, the most democratic, the least corrupt of all former Soviet nations. Good job Estonians, much respect and love from Norway!
Tondi used to smell like chocolate, because of the chocolate factory was next stop "Kalev". There is a pub about 100m away, lol.
True that! I didn’t even know that Estonia was a former Soviet state until now 🤣
@@farrie82 Yes, sadly our small Finnic nation was occupied by Soviet Union and we still have to live with it's consequences including huge Russian "minority" that was not a thing before the occupation. There are literally more Russian city districts (similar to China towns in US) than there are Estonian city districts in Tallinn.
@@carleryk What I find genuinely depressing is that your small "Finnic" nation did eventually occupy these lands - which were purchased by the Russian Empire from Sweden back in the 18th century and used to have their urban areas inhabited mostly by ethnic Germans, Swedes, and a smaller percentage of Russians while you lot were shoveling manure deep in the countryside. Unfortunately, the Bolshevik coup brought about the creation of a host of Bantustans, including yours, and the ensuing infestation of Kolyvan / Reval with Estonians, as I am sure it would have been a lot better if the previous population hadn't been displaced.
Yeah it is success to be in the class of most boring countries to live, I want to back my time spent in the nordic countries, such a good place for suicide xD
I'm surprised Bald didn't get injured on the Tondi Steps!
Yes, we can't let him live that down . . .
I thought he was gonna pull another hammy
hahahahahahaha
LOL
Seriously such suspense!
There is a city in Estonia called " Narva" very close to the border with Russia. As i remember about 10 years ago when i was there, its the most soviet era city that still looks like that. Maybe you should check it out.
He should check it. It is probably the main city where he can use russian.
i been there and the meat is a lot more salty for some reason
also the Easternmost point of Eesti
Wish he was here in the summer. I could take him for a 300km round trip around eastern Estonia - to the bordercity Narva and its smaller town Narva-Jõesuu. Also the blue lagoon of chemicals and abandoned towns around. There is alot of soviet left in the eastern Estonia :)
@@e14ph eastermost point of Estonia is under russiastan ocupation still.
“Hopefully we don’t get caught” is the second most frequent phrase Bald uses after “Soviet”
"Everyone has got off"
Next stop, tram sheds
🤣
🤣
ochen' krasivyye sovetskiye tram sheds
No sheds there, they do turn around factory complex and will go back. Depot is elsewhere.
Listen, I'm quite pleased to see anything other than my own living room right now. I found that little jaunt delightful.
Englishman speaking russian in Estonia, where almost everybody speaks english :P
Of course, Estonia is a small US colony
It's called education, I would suggest you have some of it also.
@@kidra81 I live in Estonia LOL, I know what I'm writing... (BDW, I speak 5 languages and you...?)
@@marcomarco7099 Stupid is stupid no matter where he lives. And what has the number of languages spoken got to do anything with this subject? I also speak 5 languages EST, FIN, ENG, ESP, RUS. And also understand fully but speak 50% Polish and Ukrainian. It's about your sentence, nothing else. If you live inside russian propaganda and copy paste it to various places without any reason, then you can speak 10 languages aswell but still be stupid.
@@marcomarco7099 Why did you change accounts?
Wooooo. I'm happy you made this daily vid channel!
Estonia seems to be a fascinating and beautiful little country, always wanted to go there
really? I'm from Estonia and i was little disapointed with presentation :D
@@ConcordDownWasn't really talking about the video specifically just in general as I'd done some research prior :)
@@danb7601 well, I haven't been there is 11 years :D
that 1:12 neon green hat instantly got trendy when you started wearing it, now everyone wears it too
That tram lady is going to be telling the story of the eccentric crazy english guy with the flourescent hat for years to come 😂
english guy who is speaking russian to all foreigners
Lol i doubt he was that special tho. There are plenty of crazy people in the public transport. Ive even seen how a public transport driver went and punched a drunk teenage guy who was bothering other passengers (both were russian). So yeah.. a quirky man with a neon hat is not that special lol
She will forget him in an hour. 😂 Estonia is full of eccentric people. 😂
Hahaha! Funny! Only one thing: in Baltics it is more polite to start conversation in English than Russian (just for the sad past). Many people younger than 40 years old have no glue about Russian language anymore (especially in Lithuania). Hope to see u there soon!!!
Bald at the beginning of the Tondi: "Here you go, Tondi, nothing to see.."
People in the Tondi: "Noooo.. Just walk more 300m :'("
Bald, they speak Estonian, there are some minorities that speak Russian but they definitely would understand you better if you speak English.
Exactly I was wondering why he thinks they speak Russian there hahaha
Nah, better speak Russian, it makes adventures happen.
You'd be surprised, many shop workers you'll find are russian-speaking, and some districts of Tallinn have Estonian-speaking minority. You have to bare in mind that 46.7% of the city can speak Russian (World population review, 2021).
Same thing I wanted to comment. Unless you're talking to really old people, there is absolutely no need to switch from English to Russian here, Estonian people are much more likely to be fluent in English than in Russian.
Minorities? 🤔
I'm the mayor of Tondi, and we're trying our best.
never give up.
@@FirstnameLastname-qe3ry
Lol 🤣🤣🤣
Tondi is completely OK.
Thanks Bald for showing us beautiful Tondi
Tondi doesn't have a mayor. ;)
Love these little bitesize bald adventures! 👍 No more waiting weeks for uploads 🙏😁
Hey Brendan, Bald and Bitesized, genius 😊
@@londontaxijim9526 🤣 why thank you kind sir 👍
Not sure if speaking Russian to Estonians will be so much more successful than English nowadays, but great stuff as always :)
Awesome shot in the tram!
I have missed you so much....I'm happy to see short little video's every day ....thank you mr bald
I was once in Tallin, and they all spoke very good English actually! Lovely people.
Mr Bald gets on the retro tram to Tondi and starts filming
Everyone gets off!
Drinking game: take a drink every time Bald says Tondi
Let's make it better, every time he ever says Soviet, will be drunk every week
Im loving these daily shorts, Patiently waiting for the next feature length. Keep up the awesome videos Mr. Bald and stay healthy!!!
This country looks like the best place you could ever live! It’s just right mix of ex-Soviet and Nordic.
you mean exactly the opposite, greyish like ex-Soviet and boring as Nordic countries ? xD
@@sull5307 so you say nordic countries are boring.. just visit iceland, and norway, they will change your mind
It's so good to see you here mate. You are finally here in Estonia! 🇪🇪
Love the new channel Bald! I feel privileged to be such an early adopter. Gees, about 3 days in and you're almost at another UA-cam silver button! I've been grafting away for a year and haven't hit 10k yet :D Quality rises to the top, you deserve! All the best from Scotland, and keep that bald heid covered.
hi steve. subscriber of yours. enjoy all your scottish island travel videos and city daytrip adventures.
cracking wee channel.
@@ciaranleonard Incredible! I never thought I'd see the day when my stalker-ish obsession with Mr Bald would cross over with my own channel :D
Thanks for the reply. I got a surprise too seeing you in the comments too, so I had to reply to say hello and thank you.
Guessing from your reply, I think you were hoping it would be bald commenting back to you instead of me.
Next time, I'm sure he will see your message. 🙂
Thanks for starting this channel, watched all your videos multiple times so this is gold for me. Cheers.
Bald just says “Tondi” so much in this one.
Beats repeating word "Soviet" over and over again any time.
Tallinn is such a great city! Would love to be there right now!
Yay trains and trams! This was the best video ever because it was my two favorite things!
Been following you since forever. Thanks for opening my eyes. Take care B&B
Ah. Not dead then? Thought you’d ruptured your entire body in the last vid ;-)
In case uploads are made in chronological order
*sees a 2018 built bench*
"look at this retro soviet bench!''
Karl Kivi Yeah I thought that. The tram looked like a modern one, with a retro paint job. Although to be fair, he did hint at that.
He had to work in the word "soviet".
Absolutely loving this daily channel man! Keep up the awesome work
Loving this daily content. Can never get enough of Mr. Bald!
Tallinn looks so good 😍
I loved the excitement of riding the tram to Tondi wow
Fantastic as usual. You are a STAR!
Really like this new format. Short and sweet. Just right for a daily dose of Bald.
If you want a real Soviet-Estonian feeling in Tallinn you should go to Lasnamägi :D
Or better yet, take a train to Narva. It's Soviet af
Or maardu
@@ahmedsaeed3850 wonder if he will take any of us up on the offer to give him a tour hahahah. Surprisingly a lot of us locals watch him XD
@@PaperReaper Honestly I never thought Mr bald is popular in Estonia . I am surprised to see other locals commenting here. I like it :)))
Keskturg might be another good option
Amazing! Please see Sillamae, it's as soviet as it gets! It was a secret town back in the day and wasnt included in the map they also have a Soviet room in a small museum, Lenin's statue is in narva near the castle they placed him near the bins!
*Sillamäe
@@eksiarvamus it rly doesn't matter you weirdo
@@ChumeulChwo8 What?
U are my favourite youtuber seriously I have explored almost all genre and many channels but u man always best ,seeing u from 1.5 yrs
I am so happy and thankful to have u back . Love the vids ,a bit short they are but love watching ..Thanks from northern ontario ,Canada..
Bald, coming from Latvia, you'd be better off speaking in English than Russian. You'll get angry stares in all of the Baltic states, but please visit Latvia soon
like half of tallinn are russian speakers
@Jake Johansson Yes, all native Baltic nations were conquered by swedes, german, russian. Latest were russian so that's why they just hate russian language. Riga has 50% of russian population, so i guess there is bigger chance locals understand you when you speak russian.
@Jake Johansson maybe it’s like in Catalonia. They speak Spanish but there’s a lot of Catalonians who don’t like it and if they have the chance to answer you in Catalonian instead of Spanish, they’ll do it
@Jake Johansson dude, ur literally replying to all comments that are against russian. Get a life
Yea I could literally see aunt Maie getting pissed on the tram when bald spoke russian.
Excited to have you in the Baltics, greetings from Latvia
ahhh, ceru Baldu labi uzņems Latvijā :d
@aurey He has been in Latvia already. Go & find videos!
I admire you tons and tons, Bald! You’re awesome!
I'm in Tallinn for about two weeks or so. And this the first time I see how the tram looks inside. Thanks! :)
You should have gone to the far end of Lasnamäe or Narva because probably more people would speak to you in Russian there. In the main city area it’s best to speak English.
00:13 As a german speaking viewer I was asthonished to see the add with "Drahtesel" which is an old saying for a bycicle here. It means, if u take it literally "wired-donkey" :D
Glad to see you're still traveling.
I've just re-watched all of your Hindustan videos. They're my favourite.
I can hardly contain my excitement from visiting Tondi! Wow, what a town. My next vacation destination.
There are many interesting places from the Soviet era in Estonia. Paldiski west of Tallinn was mainly a Soviet town. Heading north from Tallinn the Lahemaa national park has some items of interest, further north is the town of Sillamae which in Soviet times was know as the 'secret city'. Further north is the ghost town of Viivikonna and then you get to Narva on the Russian border. Estonia one side of the river and Russia the other side. The islands have items of interest but can't get to most of them in winter. You could take the ice road if open to other islands. Naissar island has all the mines that were pulled out of the Baltic Sea. Latvia and Lithuania have a lot of Soviet history. Good luck.
it`s nice that you discover Estonia but you may get some mad faces for speaking russian
Yes more people are probably going to understand you if you speak English or Finnish
We've been in Tallinn maybe 10-12 years ago.
Radisson hotel reception "could not understand" Russian that my coach was speaking. When I went down to speak with them in English and explained them that we are from Lithuania - miracle happend and suddenly everyone started understanding Russian.
But hey, I don't blame you, we share history together. ❤️
That babushka wasnt very impressed when he started speaking russian with her.
imagine getting mad over a different language. whats the deal with estonians?
@jo0zep kz
almost all countries in the world have been occupied in the past by other nations. Its nothing special to estonians only. Maybe find something else to get mad about?
Most of the soviet history is in fancy Kadriorg or Lasnamäe. The best thing about Russian part of Tallinn, which is Lasnamäe, is a Greek restaurant... Welcome to Estonia, Bald, we've been waiting for You!
Love you Mr. B. Wish i could live like you. Good luck and wonderful travels
have been wondering when you will reach my homeland! Some of the most soviet places are Lasnamägi (a part of Tallinn) and small towns in Ida-Viru County, especially Sillamägi. (I wouldn`t recommend calling estonian women babushkas though :))
3:54 a tractor pases by, a wille 655 fitted with snowplow and sandspreader. Made in Finland.
Hell yeah. Perfect Saturday afternoon entertainment 👌 thank you sir bald
Hey Bald always enjoy all your videos and looking forward for more, be safe my friend.
Daily Baldy Vlog? Whaaat, I feel like a kid during Christmas, just except a creepy alcoholic uncle!!! 😍😍😍
I think you are better off speaking English to people in Tallin than Russian XD.
Tallinn is a Russian-speaking city. It's spoken natively by about 50%. English (natively) is spoken not more than of 1% of population.
@Henry Tallinn city centre is visited daily by both Estonian and Russian speaking Tallinners who live in desely populated areas. So there are much more Russian speakers being in city centre. Speaking about language requirements- now Russian language knowledge is more in demand because of COVID (it's always an advantage and in Tallinn there's no problem to find personnel who speaks all these 3 languages due to covid joblessness and those who speak Russian along with English and Estonian compete out those who speak just Estonian and English- even if Russian is not mentioned as a requirement in job offer). And Bald and bankrupt visits places usually not visited by tourists
@Henry It depends. Most elderly Estonians prefer Russian, most younger Estonians prefer English. Some young Estonians who learn Russian at that moment would prefer Russian in order to train language skills. Please note that there are also Tallinners with mixed (most often of Estonian AND Russian background) so they can be considered as both Estonians and Russians and they could recognise both languages as native. And when you start to negotiate with someone you don't know whether he or she is Estonian or Russian or somebody else. P.S. many Tallinners prefer to avoid talking at all ( e.g. when you ride a taxi you don't say a single word, you chose between more than 40 offered languages and point out all the info in your app)
@Henry well although youth doesn't mind so much about history, many Estonians perceive Russian as a language of occupant and many Russians perceive Estonian as a state-pressed language. Under such circumstances it would be advisable even for locals to speak English as a neutral language. And youth practice more often such a remedy in this language-quarelling environment
@@rasmusseninvincible7563 Russian is spoken natively there 36% and estonian 51% and almost all of them can understand english.
Really man... We are loving the daily short vlogs...😊 Good to see you in a regular basis...
I had loads of fun watching that video! Hugs from Tallinn
Loving the short daily videos :)
1:02 same hat as the little girl LOL
Great video Ben. It almost sounds like you are saying Thailand in your intro. I love the retro tram and the new style of daily videos on your new channel.
Miss ye bald and miss the patter ye bring to the table. Love from Scotland ma man x
This is now officially my second favorite channel - behind bald and bankrupt
I've spent a weekend in Tallinn but can't believe I missed out on Tondi, I'm off to rip up all my photos and throw out any souvenirs.
Mister bald! I"m so glad to see you again, even in such short videos! There is nothing interesting to watch on UA-cam except you and Harald!
Any extra content is good content Mr Bald! Just helps us all get by, between your next upload. I'm sure I'm not the only one who could watch hours of your everyday adventures, some more alcohol tasting is a must! Having a drink with the locals is always entertaining 👍👍
Finally In Estonia 🇪🇪❄️❤️😍😍👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
The most sparkling hat I’ve ever seen 😁
Being able to speak multiple languages and being able to pick up on what u don’t speak must help so so much on your travels. Great videos brother love the history parts...
Always watching your videos, since i’ve started watching them and also being traveling as part time cabin crew & part time 1st officer, i started getting interested on sovietic, east countries and people, now i started learn russian, so there you go, hopefully i’ll catch you in some of your adventures!!
From a person living in Tallinn.
Fun fact: Tondi is indeed boring and nothing ever happens there.
Not true, i almost fell on Tondi stairs couple years ago and pulled my hamstring-true story
02:37
I used to live in that house lol
I appreciate that you keep pushing yourself over the edge and do it anyways, i couldn't imagine walking down a tram with a cam in my face talking to myself either. But that somewhat mundane stuff is what allways made your content so intriguing. When will i ever get to experience some backalley in India or a tram ride in Tallinn? Exactly. As i love traveling and get excited finding interesting stuff too, this is as entertaining to watch as allways. Thanks Ben! Never change.
Cool to see you in Estonia! I lived in Tondi and it’s cool to see you about! Come to Telliskivi, the “hip” part of Tallinn, a mix of old and new.
Go to Sillamäe it is soviet built to be the ideal soviet city for best of the best workers. It was also closed city, they mined uranium for the union there. It has been renovated to its original looks and is very pretty, specially during the summer
In Latvia there is a relatively large city called Daugavpils. What's interesting about it is that it is entirely populated by russians instead of latvians. You can check it out it's very soviet :D
Daily Bald works for me. Thank you
So glad to see your lsg is better and decided to blog again 😜
Learn something every day. Tondi has a population of 3852
It also has a sports centre.
The Tallinn-Paldiski railway passes Tondi on its eastern side.
See Bald, in five minutes you showed me something new. Thank you.
It is quite suprising that they got tram in such a small place
@Jake Johansson I am from Europe but I never heard of city with population of 3852 with trams.
@Jake Johansson Most cities or small districts got trains or buses
@Jake Johansson Trams and tramways in Tallinn existed before Soviet Union.
Tondi: The end of the line both literally and figuratively. Like Alton, Hants.
Favorite youtuber filming near to where i live in Estonia, awesome, you made it to local news👌👌
I've been dying waiting for your next video on the other channel I am so grateful I found this one thank you
look at beautyful Tondi while panning the camera made me laugh so hard, im Estonian by the way! Nice on man!
If I was in Estonia, Russian would not be my first choice of language...
Yeah, locals despise the foreigners who try to interact with them in Russian...
@@eksiarvamus 50% of population like it very much and they despise Estonians who force them to speak Estonian
@@rasmusseninvincible7563 Immigrants should learn the local language. They can sod off back to Russia if they don't want to learn it...
@@eksiarvamus language spoken natively by about half of the city's population is de facto a local one. And Russian speaking Tallinners (youth) mostly are not immigrants, they were born in Estonia.
@@rasmusseninvincible7563 So what if they were born in Estonia (in fact many weren't) - they were imported here illegally during the Soviet occupation. They will forever remain an immigrant community.
These daily videos are great. I missed watching your uploads.
Tram to Trondi sounds like a title to a movie!