Is Arbat a great place to spend time? Please tell me what you think. Арбат - отличное место для времяпрепровождения? Пожалуйста, скажите мне, что вы думаете.

Is always nice to see a clean city without people annoying others, graffiti, homeless people, drug addicts or rainbow propaganda. Moscow is a beautiful city.

Imagine having streets for pedestrians 🚶‍♀️ only and no automobiles ? Not having to worry about being run over by a car. Beautiful architecture buildings there in Moscow. And I love that fact the city streets are so clean in Moscow, at least this part of Moscow anyway. Cheers 🍻 from Canada 🇨🇦 to you in Russia 🇷🇺 😊

4:32 This is the "Marshal of Victory" in the Great Patriotic War and World War II, Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov - Soviet military leader and politician. Secretary of Defense, Marshal of the Soviet Union.

How clean the streets are! Amazing!

I am a Muscovite. My personal opinion: Arbat is more a place for tourists who are brought in by bus. There they buy a souvenir and are given excursions. My friends and I sometimes go for a walk along Arbat, but I don’t feel very comfortable there. If I just want to walk with someone and talk calmly, then I’d rather choose a park or a quiet area. Moscow is big, there are many interesting places, far from the main streets. It will take many years to walk around the entire city. Therefore, I see no point in coming to Arbat often.

Greetings from Crimea. Just an interesting fact. I served in the Ukrainian army before 2010, before the Nazis seized power in Kiev. In my unit there was a guy from the Donetsk Region. He said that he was a Scotsman named Bryabin. Obviously, he did not know the Scottish language and was a typical Russian guy from Donbass. But he remembered that his ancestor came from Scotland to the Russian Empire in the 19th century.

Одно из престижнейших мест Москвы сегодня - это «Патриаршие пруды» (улица «Малая Бронная» и переулки: Малый Патриарший, Ермоловский и Большой Патриарший). Там много интересной архитектуры, летних уличных кафе и красивых девушек.

You look 100% Scottish. Thanks for the Arbat walk, mate.

oh Arbat, one of my favorite streets in Moscow! thanks for the video 🙂

9:26 This is the Church of Christ's Transfiguration on the Sands, first mentioned in 1642 and rebuilt in 1711. The dome is a hallmark of Byzantine architecture that was borrowed by Russians in the 10th century, since then the Western architecture landmarks the Western landscape with Roman-type prolonged basilicas, whereas the cross-domed church landmarks the Russian terrain and comes from the Panteon-type structures.

Nicely done video! The unique architecture and beautiful colors of the buildings are wonderful to see. Interesting walk through! 😀😀

Мурал на доме - величайший полководец и Маршал Советского Союза Георгий Жуков, он принимал парад Победы в 1945 году. У нас в стране его знают все

Beautiful Russia

You doing great job making these videos. Keep it coming 👍

Мне нравится Шотландия. Так что, комментарий для продвижения.

G’day Scottish Guy, I’ve lived in Arbat since 2020 - definitely a tourist walk. Lots of locals visit during spring and summer. In few weeks it will be shoulder to shoulder of people walking along the street. Cheers from an expat Australian.

Очень нравятся ваши видео. С удовольствием смотрю и слушаю. Интересно рассказываете и главное с моим уровнем английского всё понятно. Спасибо.

2:21 Regarding those hats. They are called 'ushanka' which comes from the Russian word 'oóshee' - which is plural for 'ear'. Those side pieces can be untied on top and then they cover your ears. It is similar to many fur hunting caps from all over the world and this is exactly where it originates from. In the middle ages Russia has been one of the biggest fur producers and exporters and it never really stopped. You can still see people wearing those hats because they are still a part of the standart winter issue of some uniforms like military, cadets or police.

You should attend the Pascha midnight service on Saturday, it would be an amazing experience

Wow. I'm from Russian province. So much has changed since my last visit in 2005. Thank you kindly. Nice video❤

Varenichnaya restaurant is good. If you'd like to go further on the way of pelmeny's type of food ;)) you could try hinkali. There was a restaurant Hinkalnaya in your video. That's a Georgian food, very tasty and popular among Russians. It looks like a big pelmen with a short tail, full of mince and broth.

Вчера было тысяча подписчиков, а сегодня уже 2. Поздравления!

I loved it...the architecture and colour schemes, the openness and wide street ...and the Russian food looked really good too.

Спасибо ВАМ ! Понравились Ваши Видео ! УСПЕХОВ !

Scottish guy in Moscow, prolly, you should visit The Victory Park (Park Pobedy ) & its local museum of the Great Patriotic War. I'd love to know your opinion about it! Btw, I'm your newest subscriber. Greetings from Vo'logda, North - Western Russia !

The portrait on the side of the building, as someone faster than me has already said, is of Marshall Zhukov. Even a hick like me from Australia knows that. Well, a well-read hick. :)

Bin a long time since I was there, really nice to see it again so thanks for these. An Informative & well articulated tour

Old Arbat is most famous pedestrial street in Moscow. From the point of living its definitely a not good place, but property here is horribly expensive and continue to grow, so its good from the point of investments. As from street itself - its one of iconic moscow places to visit, like Red Squere, Gorky Park or VDNH, but unlike the other places, it stuck in Luzhkov's (former Moscow mayor) period and became a monument of 1990's and 2000's vibe. So, yep, its more or less a tourist trap with lots of overpriced souvenier shops, but that what this street should be as per its own nature and its own unique vibe.

*Many Orthodox churches in Russia have five domes. They symbolize Jesus Christ and the four apostles (authors of the four gospels)...*

А мне нравятся шотландцы. Там много симпатичных мужчин. Да и Эдинбург интересный город.

Hello how did you find the courage to make the jump to move? What do you do for living? Do you intend to stay long term? I am looking to network with western foreigners in Moscow as I would eventually like to move there and do business there. I have what many would consider a good situation in the UK but I want to move for a while in Russia and like I said do business because there are so many opportunities with their import substitution programs and so many companies looking to export and aggressively expanding. I grew up in Glasgow (but spent most of my life England and a little while in continental Europe). I hope you respond and we could correspond a little bit.

Hi Scottish Guy! Sorry, but I still don't know your name. You've never mentioned it in your videos, or at least I haven't noticed. Regarding Arbat street, it's not just for tourists; locals enjoy it too. Unfortunately, the true vibrancy of this place is best experienced in warm and cloudless weather on Fridays and Saturdays after 6 pm, when people start to flow there together. I highly recommend visiting again under those conditions. You won't regret it!

На счёт престижности Старого Арбата, это спорный вопрос. Сейчас там жить, наверное не очень комфортно, постоянный шум от туристов, почти каждый день в районе ресторана Прага играют городские музыканты, для молодёжи и туристов, эта движуха наверное здорово, но жить в этом постоянном грохоте спорное утверждение. Я думаю более престижное место на Остоженке и прилегающих к ней улицах. Кстати советую туда сходить. Там очень много древних особняков. Тем более Остоженка находиться не так далеко от Арбата

Hello there! Maybe you find some time to visit the exhibition at the Poklonnaya Gora ? This is an exclusive opportunity this year ;)

How beautiful and clean ❤🙏🏻

7:48 - Надо было посмотреть наверх дома напротив. там очень крутые статуи рыцарей.

Patriarchie prudy (Патриаршие Пруды) is the most prestigious district

Да что только по этим каменным джунглям-то? Прогуляйтесь по Северному Тушино, к примеру. Красота.

The domes are shaped like an onion, which directly symbolizes the fire of the candle. By the way, do Hindu temples have the same domes? By the way, Black Domes are present on monasteries. This is the color of monasticism. PS Five domes are a symbol of Jesus Christ and the four evangelists: John, Mark, Luke and Matthew. Five-domed churches are more common in Russia than others.

6:40 As a local, I can say that no, I don’t come to Arbat. Maybe once a year, and only for some business. I spend most of my time in the area where I live and work, and I have nothing to do in the city center. On weekends I prefer to relax at home :) most people (muscovites) I know rarely visit the center either. This is more of a tourist place

Great walk. Every big city has this kind of streets. I dont know why they are called tourist trap, its up to me if i want to buy or not, see you!

Most prestigious is Stoleshnikov lane.

hello, im russian who's learning english and i often use your videos as practice my listening and it's just interesting to get opinion about moscow from scottish guy because there are very few foreigners from UK and other west countries

I love the videos. Amazing work

Иногда ем в Муму, когда надо быстренько перекусить)

Я училась в Эдинбурге в Edinburgh Napier, и вообще люблю Шотландию. Очень интересно смотреть ваши видео, взгляд шотландца на мой родной город. Арбат не очень люблю, слишком туристическое место в Москве. На мой взгляд, лучше прогуляться по Маросейке, Покровке, Цветной бульвар и переулки рядом. Район Хамовники зеленый и просторный. Еще интересно понравится ли вам ВВЦ, это метро ВДНХ.

Russian guy in Edinburgh watching😊

Люблю Арбат. Бываю редко. В юности часто ездила гулять по Арбату. К туристам отношусь спокойно. Они все культурные и вежливые. Как можно не узнать церковь?

Отличное видео! Благодарю!

Улица Петровка, улица Мясницкая, улица Ильинка ( и переулки вокруг, к примеру Большой Черкасский, переулок Старопанский и т.д.)., улица Неглинная, улица Кузнецкий Мост, улица Рождественка, переулки вокруг Детского мира, улица Остоженка, Большая Дмитровская, Столешников переулок, район Патриарших Прудов, и еще много улиц и переулков в центре, Бульварное кольцо и т.д. Много в Москве знаменитых улиц на самом деле. Просто Арбат действительно был более раскручен в свое время из-за неформалов, художников и сувенирных лавок.

Love this Jim 👏🏾 manifestation coming to life 🔥🔥🔥

Hi Scottish Guy! 🙂I am new on your channel and enjoyed seeing Moscow through your eyes and watching some familiar places. Curious if you have some (remote) relatives/heritage in/from Caucasus region? If I didn't know where you are from I could easily assume you are from the Northern Caucasus region because of your appearance 😏 Thanks.

Маршал Победы - Георгий Константинович Жуков.

The food looked Yummy.

Hello, nice videos! Arbat and New Arbat also places for artists as you showed. Locals and some fans of rock-music culture goes to Viktor's Tsoi wall there also. And generally in Moscow you can find some 'similar' places in tourism meaning such as Patriarshiye prudy for example. I think Moscow City as well. If you want see gastronomical places, you can visit Depo on Lesnaya street, Belorusskaya metro station; or some 'rynky' like Danilovsky market or Cheremushki (not so far from Shabolovskaya btw ;) ), many others. Good luck and have a nice time and walks in our big city!

*On the house is an image of the great Soviet commander, Marshal Zhukov, who led the Soviet army during the capture of Berlin in 1945 and accepted the surrender of Nazi Germany. By the way, the monument to Zhukov (on horseback) is located next to Red Square...*

There are varied meanings of the domes. One meaning represents creation. It's best to research it to find out all the meanings.

Хорошо что иностранцы не понимают, что мы русские настолько бедные, что нам просто нечем мусорить на улицах. И поэтому они такие чистые.

I love the London style bus, they have them in Saint Petersburg too

Знающие туристы за сувенирами едут на блошиные рынки :)

12:50 Borsh! My man. I have just finished my bowl of borsh as well. You should try it with mayo and bread of your choice. You will never go back.

if u ask Moscow citizen about tourists and smthing like "stay away from tourist aria" ill tell u the truth: i was born in 1st moscow born house (i dont remember how it in eng) and lived in this city all my life... and i literaly dont know where tourist places is... Arbat for me is a street where i do a tatoo and there is the wall of Victor Tsoi... :D

Looks good typical city center. The vast streets seem inspired by rebuild of Paris in the 19th century.

Arbat,or perhaps Orbat means suburban from Arabic,mostly called after Crimean Tatar merchants who either reside there or did business in area.However Tatars are Turk language.Must be their travels abroad.City was whatever inside kremlin and indeed it was white,nothing resembles from current Italian red version.Now,I don’t think Moscow residents would go there.Like New-Yorkers in Time square…Much of old Arbat is gone by 1950-60… Tram was running through the street.Tracks were removed before it became pedestrian in 80-s I think.Old houses,churches were destroyed .You could find old buildings and churches in neighborhood around,particularly south,towards river.And that would be some of most expensive residential part of town.Bulat Okudjava was idol for some in 1950-60,and some seventies.Theatre you showed is Vachtangov theatre,one of perhaps 126 plays could be played in one night during 1950-70 throughout town.No other town in the world could brag about it.Slowly untreated capitalism took over city and whole country.That’s what everyone currently sees - oceans of Chinese visitors.

мужик с медалями, это маршал Жуков! зашел в вареничную и ни одного вареника не взял...

По- моему эта церковь изображена на картине Поленова " Московский дворик".

Hello! Have you been to the NATO military equipment exhibition in Moscow?

your russian prononcation is vry well

Пожалуйста говори " добро пожаловать в Москву", спасибо!

For the scottish man is very good english.Usually I can't understand them absolutely due to.strong accent.😁

На стене дома Жуков - командующий армией СССР.

04:25 General GregorI Zhukov - Soviet WW2 Hero of the USSR

KFC - is Rostic`s now!

better to find out a rich history of these buildings, not just their colors and coffee shops )

I believe that a more accurate translation of "Вкусно - и точка" would be "Tasty, period".

китайцы оставляют за собой много мусора

Georgi Zhukov ? 4:22

Tourist Trap

It could be interesting to visit GUM just to see if western brands are still there. My guess is that they are. How's the traffic btw? I'd imagine that it's pretty bad considering the festivities that are just around the corner.

Great videos, but please slow down with the camera movements. Pan slowly from left to right. There are times, quite often, when we see something interesting, only for you to zip away. For example, the man on the balcony, and the art work. At one point, it was almost nausea inducing! I hope you realise, this is constructive criticism, because we enjoy watching your videos….MI6.

Arbat is definitely a tourist trap but a pleasant walk through. I'd never eat down there, tho. It sucked when i arrived in 2006 and still does. Much better places in Moscow to eat at and spend time.

Hey lad. I film walking videos for youtube. But I am too shy to speak on camera. Can you give me some advice please

It's tourist place. Moscow people go there on occasion only. But i like Okudzhava sculpture and Tzoi wall

Arbat is a purely tourist place. I live in Moscow, but I don’t really like Arbat. It looks like a nesting doll - tourists buy them, but not Russians.

Looks quite empty... Every single time I go there it's completely crowded: )

НЕТ ВОЙНЕ

Another translation is Tasty. Full Stop

Tourist trap for sure.

Arbat - a no-no. Like in the movie LA story: "I will be your robber today". Not the safest place in the world. If something bad can happen in Moscow it will be here. In the summer, when there is a shitload of tourists.

I don't drink coffee but hopefully Stars Coffee is better than Starbucks. A friend tried Starbucks coffee once and said it tasted like watered down horse urine, lol.

Число куполов на храме имеет определённое значение. Один символизирует главу нашей Церкви - Господа нашего Иисуса Христа, два - два естества Спасителя, Божественное и человеческое, три - Пресвятую Троицу, четыре - число Евангелий. Пятикупольный храм символически изображает Господа и четырёх евангелистов, семикупольный - число таинств Церкви, Вселенских соборов, добродетелей. Золотые купола, самые распространённые, символизируют божественную ипостась Иисуса Христа и Небесное Царство. Синие купола, декорированные звёздами, символизируют Пресвятую Богородицу. Зелёные купола являются символом Святой Троицы. Серебряные купола означают православную чистоту и святость. Многоцветные купола, одни из самых редких, призваны в максимально возможной земной мере отразить красоту Небесного Царства

I wonder if Ukraine flag in every UK toilet is a tourist trap or not?

I was born and raised in Moscow, and I've been there like two or three times. Nothing to see at all (except for the improvised mural in honour of a famous singer Viktor Tsoi

Old Arbat is lame - new Arbat is a game!

Arbat street stuck somewhere in late 90s. I don't like modern Arbat. Places like Kamergerskiy and Stoleshnikov lanes, Kuznetskiy most, Rozhdestvekka and Nikolskaya streets are mush better.

Vkusno-i-tochka, Stars, Rostics (=KFC)

Why are there so many Turkish restaurants in down town of Moscow?

*“Самая тяжелая форма шиZофрении - это защищать родину в Чужой Стране”*

Арбат дорогая бездушная улица, где пытаются развести туристов на деньги. Попробуйте погулять в Замоскворечье, улица Пятницкая или в районе Ивановский горки (между улицами Покровка и Солянка), погуляйте по Бульварному кольцу, в парке Коломенское