Any sightings of good food are always my personal favorite.

It is like a living history book, well preserved as for authenticity of the prior periods to time that saw the creation of Vyborg. I know name's ending in borg is typically Swedish so it it interesting to see the ethnic mix in one Russian city, Finnish, Russian and Swedish. I bet if DNA tests were performed on many Russian people, the results would show a mix if Russian, Swedish and even German blood. I am aware that there were German settlements in other parts of Russia and even some of the names are German sounding. Some of the people who came to the United States and settled in the northern plains states like the North and South Dakota came from Russia but are ethnically German. By the way, you perform an excellent service as a travel guide and history expert. You could organize tours and take foreign tourists on tours of various Russian cities and points of attraction, earning money from your work as a guide.

You ! from USA.

Svetlana was the best sight! The library was so cool. Loved the sky lights. The old house was nice and the park was very cool!

The Viking statue

So then the Borg of the Star Trek:Next Generation series would be interplanetary Swedish Vikings.

Strasbourg, Gagdeburg. in finsk Vipuri = Vyborg

@@louisecorchevolle9241 in finsk = Viipuri

In Sweden we normally refer to the city as Viborg, with an I. ”Vi” in Swedish language is normally meaning a holy place or a place for sacrifying. Very ofthen the ”Vi” is in the end of the name instead like ”Odensvi” meaning a holy place/sacrifying place for ”Odin” the old Norse god, or ”Torsvi” a holy place for ”Thor”.

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Ryssät on ryssiä ja persereikiä.

@@Jonisco1 Njet!

GOD VIDO SO BEUTIFUL CITY

Viipuri is stolen from Finland. You Russians are stealing everything. Now it is Ukraine...

Thanks!

Except Finland is super boring and depressing

Right! Funny to see very Finnish Jugend-buildings etc...

Yes funny you think it looks “so Finnish”, till The Russia invaded in the winter war and continuation war.

@@dagkarlsson7182 and what’s the connection with that and the buildings built before the Second World War?

United by force.

Finnish people existed before finland. It's not like Finnish people didn't exist before finland was a thing.

@@lmao2351 But it was under swedish govern.

@@user-ce4kz2kv8p I didn't say it wasn't.

Sure, several hundrets of years of taxation and extorson. Swedes needs to be very proud that it was russian tzar who uprgaded finland to country, below sweden it would still be like slaves??

@@juhah6544 Finns were not slaves! There was finns in the swedish parliament during this time. There was no difference between Sweden and Finland it was simply the same nation.

That’s a big WHEN

@@groot724 !!! Then what’s the point

many of the older buildings are in horrible condition though.

Thank you so much!😃

hieno teksti!

Thank you 😊

No, I don’t think it was playing figaro😅 Seagull was my favorite too😀

Winner in that they got some land. Loser in that they failed to annex Finland.

@@ilmatar6608 I mean, the Soviet Union conquered Vyborg

@@MottiMatti_R They did, but their goal in the Winter War was all of Finland.

You have so right. My grandfather sailed with g cargo from Sweden to Viborg- several times. So beautiful historical city. One of my father's onkels was voluntary in the Swedish regiment during the Winter war. We have finns in our family back to woodfinns in Sweden. Almost every Swedish family have some Finnish ancestors 😊🇸🇪🇫🇮💪 Greetings from Sweden. Huvää Soumi 😊

@@ilmatar6608 Jep.

Thank you!😃 The park was my favorite too😊

Hi Finland!👋🏼

I'm also from Finland i haven't visited in Viburg just in St pettersbug,but defently some day i will go to Viburg also. I would guess that Viburg might be big potential to be lager city becouse its so close St Petersburg, and Viburg city looks very beatiful. Finland and Russia has long history and i love Russian people.

As finnish i would like to know why the fuck alvar aalto is famous and for what? Check oulu library and theatre. Fucking ugly. :D

@@teroalho847 Pietari is better.

@@Juusde It is a matter of taste says a dog when licking it's balls. Alvar Aalto is famous in USA, too.

Thank you😊 and thanks for correcting me🙂

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Thank you!😃 It’s funny that I just cut my hair😅

You were going to say sweds. Wyborg was a Swedish city. Finns those times mainly lived in villages, not cities. And I believe even nowadays Finns prefer the same way of life at most.)) So Peter the great just annexed it from sweds 300 years ago. Even the architectural style of that city is Swedish.

The majority of karelians live on Russia. Karelia has neither anything with finns nor with russians

@Blommor Till Mor rorich was swed. Not finn. His son helgi (oleg) and regent ingvar (igor) were also sweds. Yup, they ruled and assimilated slavs with Swedish DNA. The whole Russian crone-family was in fact a mixture of Danish and Swedish Royal families up to nicholas2. Alexander was 50% swed, captured Finland from Sweden and annexed it to russia. Lol.

@UCujowmo-1PeEME2QLZkDEzw finnish Vikings you mean sweds living in the territory of the modern Finland? Come on, 30% of Russians are successors of finno-ugiric tribes. Even Putin is mordovilaiset finno-ugoric people by nation.

@@stasp25 The administrative language was german, there 300-400 years ago. That period was over 100 years. Swedish speaking people were not "highest class" then. Already the building regulations differed from the rest of the "Finnish territory" starting from the end of the Middle Ages. In Vyborg, in addition to churches, also the other buildings f.ex. dwelling houses were allowed to build from stone. Like in Tallinn, f.ex. In the rest of Finland, as the same rule was in Russia, too, only churches and monasteries we allowed to make from stone. So, I see, that regulations from the Swedish crown were not so much obeyed, there in the old times. Or did the bosses of the Vyborg demand it from the crown so strongly?

Здравствуйте. Когда Вы переехали в США?

@@Ded_Silu Здравствуйте,в 1998

Thank you very much!😃

Thank you Vatanen, I never knew this.

If it had been Swedish territory, everything would have been demolished save from a few "iconic" buildings (like the round one at Viipuri square), and ugly concrete square colosses and the occasional modern high-end apartment building would have taken up the rest. That's how we Swedes treated the classical quarters of central Stockholm in the 1950s and 60s. Anecdote has it that an American diplomat saw the destruction and asked "who bombed you in the war, then?", to which the Swedes said "well, nobody..." I have to say, it is a freaking shame that the Soviet Union let these buildings crumble so much, but then again, the Soviet Union treated everything the same, so even medieval cities in Russia itself, or Ukraine or Belarus or whatever, were left in deplorable condition in the 1990s. I am actually surprised that Russians aren't more mad about it, because the Soviet Union basically destroyed huge parts of both Moscow and St. Petersburg's historical architecture and historical neighborhoods. I am however thankful that they didn't destroy Viipuri and several other cities completely. Yes, they left it without much upkeep, but even if the condition is dreadful, it's still there.

this madness is called economics. an old building requires more money to maintain in good condition, and people usually prefer to live in new houses.

@@callespringer9718 Yep true. I'm pretty sure Vyborg would look just like all the other cities in Finlad today. Beautiful old buildings demolished and replaced by the ugliest possible apartment buildings of the 50's 60's and 70's. By the way, just imagine the skyline of Stockholm if the original Kings Castle was still there! Oh well, you still have VISBY! Greetings from Finland

I'm still mad at the Helsinki city council for demolishing lot of the old buildings, especially the Norrmén's house that was replaced by the ugly Stora Enso headquarters that doesn't fit the red brick architecture around it.

@@callespringer9718 Many other countries in Europe were very similar in the 1950s and 1960s. In the Netherlands, the Americans bombed a Dutch city in 1944 and killed 800 civilians (already before the Normandy landings). This destroyed the upper half of the old town, which was one of the oldest and best preserved medieval towns in the country (though authentic medieval houses often hidden behind e.g. Art Nouveau façades). During and after the creation of a very modern upper part of town, urban renewal plans triggered by those who rebuilt the upper town, started demolishing the lower half of the old town. I know one very old street must have had around 40 to 50 houses in two rows with the constructions (aside of front façades) dating to the 13th to 16th centuries. In a survey of 25 of these houses, 23 predated the 17th century. All of those had remained intact after the bombing and after the Allies had taken the city. Now it's one of the ugliest parts of the town.

Yes, as we have in old Stockholm for exempel! Or Vadstena!

Well, there's a rather simple explanation for that: This used to be a Finnish (i. e. Swedish) city.

@@karelianmghow9095 *Previously, for example, countries such as Sweden and Poland claimed imperial status but made one big mistake by declaring war on Russia and now these are regional countries! ;-)*

@@UltraTotenkopf RuSSia scores off in this regard as well. It started a genocidal war against a certain much smaller neighbour and expected it to be a walk in the park. Unexpectedly, it's now being taken from behind by this aforementioned neighbour, and has thus forever cemented its status as a regional power (which it has always been to be honest). Good job Putin 😁

@@karelianmghow9095 *Listen to the Nazis ... the war began in 2014 with the genocide of ethnic Russians in the Donbass, which resulted in the death of 14 thousand civilians in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, according to UN reports, so you Nazi pig just farted into a puddle, and in 2022 what this blood feud of the Russians happened for their brothers and sisters, and the Ukrainians will have to pay for every one killed in the Donbass!*

Awee sounds like you had such an amazing time there!😃

Благодарю! У вас прекрасный город!

It was cleaner and in better condition before the wars.

@@osk9013 Finland was better in Russian Empire, u know

@@СНЧК_ММДВ You are possibly referring to the period of Alexander II. It is true he was better for Finland than Sweden ever. But the nature of the Finns has always been their own no matter who has been the ruler. Independent Finland is the best solution - Finns are so different from both Swedes and Russians. I bet it is better also for Russia to have a neighbour like Finland.

@@osk9013 ofc it was in better condition. It used to be like the second largest Finnish city and the cultural capital of Finland. For Russia its just a small border town not much people outside of Saint Petersburg's region even heard about.

@@osk9013 oh man, I was just joking, but you got a very good knowledge of this, that’s great! But you're right, having Finland as a neighbor is very good :)

You really did go out of your way to convince yourself of that, didn't you! 😂

Who ruled and populated Vyborg before the disgusting conquests of the Russians? C'mon, tell us.

@@rappakalja5295 vyborg was build by Russian posadnik Gostomysl, Vybor is Russian word means Choice

Finnish nazi stronkkkk!!!

Thank you! Didn’t know that Sorry your family had to leave😢

@@SVETLANAFROMRUSSIA No sorrow, no regrets. My mother was 8 at that time, so she had started school in Vyborg. She had a new life in more central Finland, finally married my father and worked as a teacher - and would I even exist had all this not happened? Vyborg is an interesting place and I am totally free of any bitterness of the past. I like Russia and especially St. Petersburg. I was also planning to visit Vyborg and bring my kids to see the town of their grandmother, but then Covid-19. Some other time...hopefully soon.

@@sampohonkala4195 по -русски понимаете?

@@user-bz3hw9ry8u Unfortunately I don't speak nor understand Russian. My grandmother did - she was a Finn but was born in St. Petersburg and started school there.

@@SVETLANAFROMRUSSIA well, they did not "have" to leave but what sane person would want to become a communist in Stalin's USSR ? The biggest mass murderer of the 20th century

@Jake Johansson First half of your comment was full nonsence and you clearly don't even understand what you read. Viborg has been karelians city 800 years, so it clearly should't belong to russians. Also it was way longer part of Sweden than Russia. Best buddies Stalin and Hitler shared the eastern europe between them and as a result Soviet Union invaded peaceful nation of Finland unprovoked 1939. And you're clearly one of those who still believes that Stalin just wanted to move the border a little bit further from Leningrad so i'll explain you this; Finland tried to negotiate of Stalins demands before Winter war, but giving soviets the areas like Hanko near the Helsinki capital was impossible to accept. Finland still wanted to keep the negotiations alive, but Stalin and Molotov didn't, and Soviets launched the unprovoked invasion to Finland. Most likely the Stalins area demands were just his plan to make the war easier against Finland. "Most sources conclude that the Soviet Union had intended to conquer all of Finland, and use the establishment of the puppet Finnish Communist government and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact's secret protocols as evidence of this". Western countries didn't support Stalins/soviets actions in Winter war and countries like France and UK was ready to declare war against Soviet Union and Stalin knew this, so he had to abandon the original plan and end the Winter war with peace treaty before western countries got involved. Continuation war was going to happen even without finnish invasion to SU, because soviets were already bombing Finland before that and Stalin still had unfinished business because his plan to conquer Finland in Winter war failed horribly. So choosing the Germans side (co-belligerence) was lesser evil than becoming a Soviet puppet state. Ofc western allies supported Soviet Union because they were on a same side, and nobody cares a small country like Finland which we already saw during and after the Winter war. If justice ever happens Viipuri and Karelia will be attached to the original owners. Just like Crimea ;)

@Jake Johansson 😂 Yes, you are very good at telling stories, so that's a good finish 👍 Have a nice summer Sergei :)

@@trumpjongun8831 there is no such a country like Karelia. Karelians as a nation the majority lives nowadays in Russia. not Finland or Sweden or wherever else

We welcome you ❤ which city r you planning to go to?

@@katarina9064 Stockholm and Helsinki

@@AnthonyJosh alright but just so you know be careful since there are no-go zones

@@katarina9064 which no go zones?

@@AnthonyJosh just generally no-go zones, it has become dangerous ever since 2015

The oldest parts definitely do have a Swedish vibe to them. The little bit newer parts look very much the same as they do here in Finland!

@@davidkasquare kippis!

Yes, when I visited Vyborg, I felt a Swedish vibe as when visiting Stockholm.

Town St Petersburg is in Ingria. Orginal name to St.Petersburg is in finnish Nevanlinna. Nevanlinna did get town right when Ingrias king was King of Sweden. In Ingria main language was finnish in savo and karelian dialect.

@@markusespoosta Nyen

@@markusespoosta i thought peter the great established it. do you think it is lie?

@@stasp25 Peter the greats team did not start from zero. In town Nevanlinna was already finnish, swedish and german population. Here is list of family names that already lived there. www.genealogia.fi/nimet/nimi87r.htm

@@markusespoosta not sure if it is still the reason to say that Petersburg was established by someone else. I may say that holmgard was established by sweds as well as the whole Russian nation was established by Swedish tribe Russ and its Lord - Rorich with ingvar and helgi. Did you ever think why Russians are Russians and where this word came from? You call sweds ruotsi. Just because of that. DNA and genealogy of their nation is a Swedish source.

it is not just "took" its aggressively conquered. I believe Finland will be able to return its territories one day, as well as Japan, Ukraine, German, and other countries who suffered annexations during/after WWII.

@@suprotyv7534 Germany doesn't deserve any land back after what they did in WWII

@@suprotyv7534 it will never happen. Unless u want to expirience a nuclear war.

@@ugandanwarrior5657 it happened to Soviet Russia, it will happen to Capitalistic Russia. There won't be no nuclear war, children of ALL Russian politicians are living in NATO countries and all their property is in these countries as well. Probably Russia can only nuke Voronezh, because there are no children of Russian politicians as well as no their property in this town.

@@Radek494 Russia as well, they were allied with Nazis until 1941, while England and other countries have been involved in real warfare for 2 years.

Du pratar svenska:) Hälsningar från Villmanstrand, Finland.

​@@Capo252 Ryssland är ju ett gigantiskt land, de behöver inte Viborg. Oj du bor ju så nära Viborg man kan komma.

Finns några minnesplattor med svensk och finsk och rysk text! Vore kul att åka dit när allt öppnas igen! Hälsar en stockholmare! :)

@Jake Johansson Actually Viborg was only strictly Russian between 1721 and 1811 and most inhabitants during those years were not russians anyway. It then became Russian again in 1940, all Finns or karelians had to move away to escape USSR oppression. Finally it became truly Russian in 1947 after the peace talks in Paris. Had it been left in the hands of their true owners it would have been an even nicer and larger city than today because of its closeness to St.Petersburg and importance as a trading hub between the baltics states and Russia.

Vyborg or Viipuri is stolen from Finland and Finns like Crimea is now stolen from Ukraine.

Thank you!😊 Just cut my hair, btw😅

Hmmmmm, well it wouldnt have been my choice, but Im sure it is still beautiful😃

this city was built by swedes, population was almost russian, you finngols have nothing to do with this town

@@dranonymous3027 actually The population was mostly Finnish Even in 1700's and it was Part of Finland 1814-1940 (41-44) and like she Said in The video alot of building were build by finns so Finland still has a good reason to get The town Back But in My opinion Russia can keep it because it would Be super expensive to rebuild all The buildings and it would not Be worth it

@Jake Johansson i meant as great duchy of Finland

@Jake Johansson yes i know that finland was Part of The russian Empire But Finland still had own currency, military, police, parlament etc. So thats why i Said that vyborg was Part of The grand duchy of Finland because it was. russia gave vyborg to Finland in 1814

@Jake Johansson yea true atleast compared to Sweden But when Nicholas II came in Power than Russia started to treat us badly