Back in the days of the USSR, I stayed at Intourist and Sputnik Hotels :) ... On every floor there was a "дежурная" where you could get a hot and sweet tea from the samovar. In the summer time there was kvass sold directly from a big tank truck in the streets and in the winter time you were able to buy this really creamy vanilla ice cream in the streets. Oh, I have some good memories of this time :)

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That Hotel has a certain charm about it. I imagine back in the 70's/80's it was very popular.

Room 420 was all yours and you didn't take it?!

Hi Benjamin, Thank you for your videos. I've been to Armenia too. It's really an amazing country with an outstanding culture and a lot of amazing people living there. If you ever come back to visit it again, please consider visiting Jermuk. I think you'd like it since it has several abandoned Soviet sanatoriums, a cinema and other buildings, that definitely will fit your channel. Jermuk was (and probably still is) a famous mineral water, thermal bath and health resort in the USSR. And it still operates, so you may get a feel of its' everyday life back in the days.

My God, you visited my hometown where my relatives live and where my parents come from. the city is called Martuni and I'm glad you visited our city

So happy you started this second channel I needed more Bald in my life

The administrator of hotel asks to the man “maybe I tell him that room costs 10,000?”. I think that room actually costs much cheaper

The start "Soviet Monstrosity" The end "Bloody Gorgeous"))))

Looks a bit like Essex

can you make a series about the meals you eat while traveling? I find your restaurant scenes to be some of your most entertaining work.

I love when Bald says: Soviet or Abandoned!

This is Martuni city of Gegharkunik region in Armenia. I have been there a lot of times, but I see the inside of this hotel for the first time.

My family, friends and I absolutely love and appreciate all your Armenia content!

It looks like a nice place, I would stay there.

Gotta love the hotel room number :)

2019 ,stayed at the eco resort near Tate,spectacular view across the valley,whole chalet to myself,$100,per night in England,French Alps...$12. Armenia is totally affordable and enjoyable,,hopefully more people will give it a try,year round. Skiing in the Caucasus is a bargain too.

I paid a lot more than £12 to stay at Pontins and that looked like a palace compared to Pontins 😂😂😂

Bald speaks russian like english spy))

Glad to see the new channel with some videos to temporarily satisfy my withdrawal symptoms of Bald and Bankrupt addiction. I hope you’re all right. 🌟🌟🌟

Would I stay there? I might just stay permanently. Only $360 a month? Hell yes!

Thanks for the cool new channel bald

If you are still in Armenia, go to Armavir. Оn the road passing through the town there is an abandoned Soviet hotel. Good luck!

You would LOVE Hotel Kiev in city center of Bratislava, Bald! Their marketing is awesome. They are telling people that everything is 60s style, but they never renovated it ever. Though, not soviet, but czechoslovakian, which is also pretty cool

The lady in the hotel probably thought you didn't like the hotel room because you just looked at it then left 😆

Please make these longer theyre amazing 😊👌

10/10 content as always

I am really enjoying your videos, they look truly wonderful and beautiful place to visit, great down to earth, great people , these places that i would never have got to see if it wasnt for you, thank you Ben, for sharing your travels with us all, all the best 👍🙂

Would have loved more content from Armenia. Beautiful country, great people.

Nice one Mr Bald. Very good, but we got a double room in Yerevan for 5600 Dram, Stepanakert 6000 Dram, Goris 7000 Dram. There's definitely cheaper! 😉

So they show me an ad for hair restorers before the clip starts haha

This new channel is genius. Looking forward to more long form videos too

@2:28 she asks the man "Should I tell him 10,000?" Sounds like you got the tourist price :P

Nice carpet on the stairs. Pool tables, bar, brass on the doors. Must have been a main stop over at one time.

I hope to show you around when you come to China. I have been living in beijing 9 years. I can show you some crazy abandoned places

Bald: 'I'm not actually gonna stay here' ... Bald, don't fear the babushka

Can you come to Bulgaria?

May I ask... Did it smell "different" in the room? Maybe like, some kind of plant?

Lol that hotel owner was so pumped to have a guest... Not

Room #420! Was that just a coincidence? 🤣

It's always 420 somewhere.

The billiard parlour was really cool, I love an old dusty fringe-fabric scuzzy parlour room to take a look around in

Bald shouting "beautiful!" at a random Armenian dude. Made me giggle

3:49 Bald going full on Yorkshire. Love it!

not bad? the same room costs 15 times more in London! It's a wonderful motel!

I miss the Bald that caught sketchy buses and questionable trains. You look too cushy driving those rental cars. 😋 Hey, I'm all for comfort, but the episodes of you hitchhiking seem to take you deeper into the culture. Keep up the videos. Maybe we'll cross paths some day.

1:07 my dream car with nice wheels to the right!

Thank you for bringing us along!

Armenia got some rich Mercedes lads...

They rolled a runner carpet down that open backed staircase. Never saw that before. 🤣

The old soviet hotel looks like the Massachusetts Dept of Transportation building

The Hotel reminds me of the one in Minsk, where Mr. Bald went some time ago

Oh wow! Those billiard tables! If they are stone based, awesome! Bald, go back and ask to buy them, worth $20-30k a piece if stone and in reasonable condition.

What the actual f*ck.. I just found this and It blowed my mind ! Great to know you have a side channel

Love watching your stuff man. Keep up the good work!

Welcome to heaven 🇦🇲 Armenia.

2:45 Room No - 420 !! when you know it :D :D

2:47 not so bad room in comparation for billiard salon. 12 us dollar is ok price. In my country room like this will be probably 15 or 17 us dollar per night.

Had a red Lada growing up in Poland in the 80s💖

If I was traveling through there that would be the hotel I would stay in! I want those Brass front doors and windows! Armenia has some seriously nice pop music too!

For your next trip there is an extinct volcano nearby that you can drive up. You might not have seen it as in the winter it tends to be wrapped in an ice cloud. It has a church and a lake at the top. A decent 4x4 is essential, or a Zhiguli will also do it :)

Love these short videos better than none Thank you Benjamin

I am happy for you opening this new instant uploads channel 👍🏽 Jai Bhole ki ❤️🇮🇳🙏🏽

Really enjoy these short videos

There were 2 beds in there. £12 for room. £6 per person if travel together. Nice to now it is warm inside.

If you are reading this a year from now congratulations you discovered an awesome channel!

Love the way u explore new places. Wonder how most of these places look so abandoned with sparsely any people.

LOL room 420, perfect.

Assistant job request - I build shows for a living and love your content and what your doing I could definitely help out 😂🔥

This video just popped up on my home page, I immediately subscribed. I had no idea you started a new channel here, I suggest you mention it in upcoming videos on your main channel. What this world needs is MORE BALD! Thank you!

WOOOOOOWWWW LOOK AT THOSE SNOOKER TABLES???? I bet back a few decades back this place was vibrant ..,

Does "Placeeba" (sp?) mean thank you in Russian?

Glad was one of the first thousands of the daily blogs

Hello bald, hope you can start traveling again soon!

I’m down for any bald content

Soooo how’s Alanachick doing 🤔

Ben you've gotten the room number 420 a couple of times. pretty funny!

"Mercedes and Ladas" just as a Mitsubishi passes by

You got to google Hotel Kujawy, Wloclawek, Poland. That's a piece of Soviet design, in the middle of the city and still functioning.

1:38 those are Russian billiard talbles (much tighter than snooker and pool table). Hardest billiard game you'll ever see

Great video thanks ! There is a football club called 'Alashkert' who have played in European competition recently.They played St.Johnstone in Scotland. Yes the Armenian writing is VERY sqiggley,as is Georgias. !

Beautiful snooker room 😍

Beautiful, will stay even a week .

will you ever travel around the different sections of america?

Lada's can still be seen here in Medellín COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 these days but they are a rare find. I remember hoping into one that was a yellow taxi 🚖 back in the late 80s. I was in the front passenger seat and since I was a tall long legged teen from The US 🇺🇲 visiting my COLOMBIAN 🇨🇴 family I couldn't fit in. I had to sit sideways 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣. There were even Zastavas as taxis.

Looks great leave a link for reservations! Is it cheaper for a full week? 50 quid?

I was just smoking some ganja while you were talking about Ganja

I would spend the same on these types of places then the chains for sure.I like how they look and the family feel atmosphere.

Yep i would. Looked clean quiet and 16€ a night sounds good 2 me. In 2018 stayed in Göteborg in a hostel with 8 other random strangers in the same room and payed 18€. The bathroom was shared by the whole floor... surprisingly it was very clean. You could also have a smol breakfast. But sharing a room with 8 random dudes isn't relaxing.

your first video! MY HOME COUNTRY!!!

that is a luxury room compared to what i get here for $50

I wonder if they have a cheap nightly rate and than a $50 resort fee.

Very nice and clean looking. You wonder how they make any money.

just found this channel ,, great Bald x

I hope somebody can visit the Queen Mary in Long Beach California or the Presidio in San Francisco California United States

I like that the innkeeper showed you room 420 🧐

I would stay there. Would have to push the beds together but that's not a deal breaker. I have seen worse in Texas.

Every video great you and Baldr are the best love you guys thanks for trying to keep us together even with circumstances that our out of your control great work never doubt yourself

Best wishes and thanks for the video

Enjoying the daily adventures!