Let's walk around Lviv during the blackout and check how local businesses continue operating in difficult circumstances. Support us - openmind.com.ua/support/ My Patreon - / orestzub
Im irish and supported the Soviet Union. Soviet Union was the only country to recognize us during the war. That being said, what russia is doing to ukraine is disgusting and ukraine deserves help!
@@LanaDelReysBabe well I am Irish too and if Ukraine doesn't want anything to do with Russia that's up to them not Russia they have no right to interfere with Ukraine in any way Russia is a terrorist state a disgusting country with a bunch of miserable people cowards and I hope Russia will pay like never before they lie about everything how can any decent person support Russia now glory to Ukraine
I am watching from San Diego, CA, I am amazed that you guys are not wearing hats when it looks so cold outside! I would love to visit Lviv, what a beautiful city!
After the war is over, you will be complaining about too many tourists 😉 we all want to visit your beautiful country. Lviv will be our first destination. Can‘t wait to see it! Slava Ukraini!!!!
And developers. Obviously that's part of what the "war" is about. Tribal competition over who gets to control and develop the real-estate and then heat all the wooden McSlave box-houses they'll build.. They will ruin Lviv's ecology just like they did in Colorado.
@peterberg4457... Lviv is not a Ukrainian city. This city was built by Poles. Its beauty and monuments that adorn the city were created by Poles. It is sad that Ukrainians boast about other people's achievements and culture. You should know that although Lviv was founded by Prince Galician, naming the city after his son Lev, the city belonged to Poland from 1346 until the attack of Germany and the USSR on Poland in 1939. The shape and architecture of the city is the work of Poles, not Ukrainians.
8:08 Ukrainian restaurants are amazing. Decor, presentation and quality of food ! 9:38 I think it is fine, you need to support local businesses to survive
Great video guys. Having travelled extensively in central Europe I would have to say for cafe culture , culinary options & even bars Lviv is the number one city of Central Europe. Even in these troubled times it's great to see the spirit of the people & city is still strong & smiling. I'll be back soon 🇺🇦💖🏴
Yes, Marta, I'd like very much to have you make us a video about your life's work. Very nice Orest, this was fun and interesting, do it again. I love walking the city streets at night, well any time but the night vibe is always sweet. I have a personal inquiry so see you on FB. Later, Bye......................Old Dave
You are a great tour guide with Marta. City life and restaurants looked very nice. 3:10 Introduction to art life is something I'd like to see and some have asked Anna to do. I have seen that you have many talented artists. Anna got yesterday also a wish to introduce local brewery in Lutsk :) If you have something similiar or interesting products you export, that would be a good subject.
Lviv, is the city of my earliest traceable ancestor from the 16th century. I love the cobblestoned streets, are they all old and original, or are most of them relatively new? I'm considering coming to live in Lviv for six months in the summer.
I think this is hard to answer, because what do you mean by "new"? Lviv was never (heavily) bombed during the wars of the 20th century, so you don't have the situation that you have in many German or Polish towns. So in that sense it is old and original. But, just as visitor between ~07 and 19 I can tell you that the quality of streets in Lviv has really improved just in that time. Even as recently as 07 (ish) there were many more potholes, the stones were much more uneven etc. To the degree that the scared tourist might even be afraid to drive some places fairly central... (this was of course partly due to all the road works going on.) Cobblestoned streets do require some upkeep :-). Not least because the cars of today are much heavier than anything 2-4 hundred years ago.
Every video you put out is of interest - from the front of this Terrible Invasion and War, started by Vlad the Terrible, to your marvelous Historical and Cultural ones. GOD BLESS You both and All the Righteous and Brave Ukrainian People with a Convincing Victory over this Demonic Enemy! Slava Ukraine!
We are in America. This video makes us want to come visit. Would Ukranians want American tourists to come visit Lviv and Drohobych for a few days as tourists, or would that be rude and insensitive? We want to support those who work in tourist industry and spend dollars buying local crafts. Should people come in April 2023?
I've met no one who thinks people doing tourism even in these times is insensitive. It is the other way around - people see it as a good sign that the world isn't getting tired of us. We are always glad to welcome new friends :)
At around 10:00... Oh dear, you are really making it sound like indulging in a citybreak to Lviv would be a virtuous thing... Exactly what I want to hear! You have no idea how many times, especially during the pandemic, I have dreamed about all the restaurants in Lviv I want to visit again... And of course cafés - there's probably no city that takes coffee more seriously. As a teenager in the 80ies I visited Vienna, and was very very disappointed by the cafés. Only when I came to Lviv (first time in 06 or 07) did I finally experience the kind of café-culture I had read about in old books about Vienna or Prague. Pilgrimages to Svit Kavy and Veronika are mandatory for any tourist in Lviv!
Pausing at 3:54: NO! Lviv does not look similar to ANY city in Europe. Lviv has parts, buildings, even streets, that might look similar, but no other city has the totality, the wholeness of Lviv. (Lublin's old city might be a tiny bit similar, but Lublin doesn't have the liveliness of the oldest part of the city, it is far smaller, and Lublin doesn't have the 19th-20th century town surrounding it...) Haven't visited since before the pandemic. I miss Lviv so much!
No planes but there should be trains. At least what I have seen in some videos. I recommend watching Johnny FD who just made a train trip to a small town south east of Kyiv. A trip to Lviv from Poland won't be as hard as he made it look :)
Bus or maybe train from Poland? Maybe train to Przemysl (which is a _lovely_ small town, very overlooked) and then bus? This video really makes me want to look this up... Before the war I visited by plane (easy transfer in Kiev Borispil) or by car. Maybe when we get into spring this channel could make a video on how easy/hard it is to drive to Lviv as just plain tourists?
big respect for Ukraine people I have been in Ukrain for 5 years and I could never forget the love that I got from Ukrainian people love from Afghanistan
What a lovely couple! Well, i will definitely visit Ukraine soon. To be honest resistance of Ukraine and Ukrainians in general impressed me a lot. You've been exploited by Russia and Oligarchs since 1993 (apparently Janukowicz [im sorry, i have no idea how to write his name properly in English/Ukrainian/Russian, so ill just stick to Polish] was stealing over 5% of total Ukrainian GDP each year!) but you didnt lose faith in better future. Now youre fighting for freedom again (which is also part of DNA of Polish people)... All the best from Wrocław, Poland.
Thank you both for the fantastic tour of Old Town L'viv. It has been five years since I was there and I will never forget what a wonderful and magical city it is. I walked all of the streets many times and enjoyed everything I saw there. I love Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. I especially love the beautiful women like Marta who manage to smile and think positively all the time. I know things are very difficult now and hope the war is over soon. There is no doubt in my mind that Ukraine will when this war, recover all of your territory, and put a stop to Putin's tyranny forever. Best wishes to both of you and Slava Ukraini. From Steve in Southern California.
@@lymphocytetueur8189 I came back last week, all is safe. All is open, there is no more powersuplly in the street. There is a couvre-feu around 11pm. (I feel more safe in Lviv than France)
Дякую! Красиве відео. Ми з нетерпінням чекаємо нашого візиту навесні, щоб допомогти у відновленні України. Ми можемо залишитися на рік. Дідусь і бабуся моєї дружини родом з Одеси. Слава Україні! Перемога Україні!
Watching from Massachusetts USA. Lviv is a top notch city. Post 1991, how did the restaurant, cafe and bar scene evolve in your city and others in Ukraine?
It would be great to have some videos of visiting other towns in the Lviv Oblast, like Drohobich and Skidnystya. Are they still good for foreigners to visit in 2023? Is it easy to drive there from Lviv?
Orest, you’re a lucky man doing very good things, and I commend you for it completely!! And your wife Marta, she’s as cute as a button, and the two of you helping children and running your businesses…. So awesome!! My apologies for coming to talk so late, but I wanted to find out more about you guys before saying anything. Stay safe guys!! 💙💛
