am so glad, based on feedback from viewers of my Szczecin visit as well as other places in and outside of Germany, am now so glad I not only had a camcorder to record these visits but am so glad I chose to share these via RU-vid.
You have no idea how nostalgic this is to me. Also, "Hamburger House" is now a KFC (for a lot of years now) which is a damn shame. The BigMac-esque burgers they served there were insanely good :) Thank you for this nostalgic trip ! Oh and don't worry about saying "Stettin". Most foreigners use that name because it's easier to pronounce, so it's quite understandable. Cheers!
Thanks a lot for uploading this... Kinda funny that only strangers are able to capture such moments in time. And indeed, a lot has changed. You're more than welcome to visit Szczecin again :)
Thank you for the video. I was 20 years old when I went from Canada to visit this place. Very different from the West. Spent three months there and had a really good time. Thank you for the Memories PS Also, it was in Nov 1991
Fajny film. W 29:56 ujęcie z dworca PKS Słubiec z autobusami Ikarus Zemun IK4VP wraz z zielono-kremową H9-21. W 21:25 statek wycieczkowiec po odrze Danusia, te enki, stodwójki w trakcji ukrotnionej, oraz kabina starego typu w 105N, i Ikarusy w starym malowaniu, oraz EN57 w kolorze beżowo-granatowym to jest coś, co dzisiaj nie ma już, No i stare targowisko Turzyn wraz z Meratronikiem w czternastej minucie plus ujęcie z Osinobusem i ciężarówką przerobioną z ogórka to jest czad.
Oh my ... I was 7 years old back then :D Well, anyways still living in Szczecin and it's nice to see old time which I barely remember. Thanks for this video!
thanks folks for the translation. In retrospect i'm sure it would have gone much better had i caught the drivers attention and pointed to my camcorder asking if its ok to film.
Wow! It feels almost surreal watching these almost archive / documentary-like polaroid clips. Especially knowing that was before I came to be... Nonetheless, makes me feel nostalgic for things I never experienced; but soon will. Thank you for uploading this video. Encore!
Thank you for this upload. I may be 7 years late with this comment but honestly, I had great - mostly nostalgic - time watching your video. In 1991 I was finishing high school so this was my town, my youth. Funny how little remained of that transformation time; the town has changed quite a bit. Thank you very much.
all those good comments are making me blush. Glad you all enjoy them. Could not have imagined when I took this video 20 years ago, that it would do some good today.
hey, aweosme journey back to my city in 90'. I'm 22 and studying currently there. It was nice to see how it was, and I must say It wasn't that bad actually :)
its the numerous people who have viewed this post and made comments like barabara's that makes me so glad I took the time to both make and post my travel tapes. Glad you all enjoy watching.
Great video. Many detailed views. I'm comparing it to google street view now. Radisson/PZM was still in construction. And that streetcar!!! I've completely forgotten about this wooden chairs thing. !!! Big thanks !!!
Took another look at the video myself, and can now see why many people from the area enjoy watching it. It is probably unnecessary but I thought I should point out that me calling it Stettin is not to make a political statement but that my German/Canadian mind does not even want to try to pronounce a word that starts with Szcz ...
Very nice movie, I almost forgot how gray and grim this city was. As You are famous now, You must visit Szczecin again. Thanks for this trip to the past:)
very true, my first Sony camcorder was expensive and about 40 cm long, and you did not see many people filming. Based on feedback, i've gotten, I am very glad i had it and decided to post what i filmed. Am glad you enjoyed.
@pandy071 thanks for letting me know. I both feel like blushing and wishing I had shot more and better footage. I'm sure there are lots of people in Szezecin had had also film cameras or camcorders and took films at this time. Maybe this will encourage some of them to also bring them out.
i would love to see Szczecin as well as many other places I visited in the 1990s but unfortunately will probably never do unless I hit it big in the Lotto. Back tehn I was working for the US Air Force in Berlin and it was easy to travel around during vacation time, weekends etc. Would have liked to have seen more of Poland, but for caandians a one time visa was about DM75.-, whereas for Czeckoslovakia for teh same amount I could get a 3 month multi entry visa, so I mostly went there.
Actually, many of Eastern Block vehicles were made under Fiat license, like Lada (Fiat 124) in USSR and Fiat 125p and 126p in Poland. Production of Fiat 126 in Poland started in 1973 (in Italy - 1972) and 3,318674 were made until 2000. And fortunately we (nor any communist state, even much poorer Romania) haven't problem with cannibalism through 40 years of communism.
@marcin060482 you may be totally right in my choice of words being inapporpriate, and older style stations and newer style stations might have been a better choice. In many countries you can see how train station and platform archetecture changes over time. But believe me I was not trying to send a political message of any kind. There might be other word choices that could have been better, but one doesnt always say things in the best ways.
Great nostalgic movie. Szczecin get change from that time, maybe it's a great moment to make a return and see how it's look now. BTW World War II construction streets are hilarius :)
glad you liked what I meant purely as a historical document,. Would expect things today to be a whole lot different incl teh money. If I recall when I went it was about 700,000 Zloty for DM 50.- Btw, I think I really upset someone - I was filming in the streetcar when the driver stopped, started shouting at me and pointed to the door and wasnt happy til I got off his tram.
tomas, can u translate what he said. At that point he stopped the tram, and signalled me to get off. All I could figure out is that he didnt appreciate me filming the drivers compartment of his tram.
@ziegenhagenm how about saying it like SHCHEZIN? :) great video. it was '91 so not very long after the big break up with comunism so we can see how and why it looks how it looks.
things today to be a whole lot different incl teh money. If I recall when I went it was about 700,000 Zloty for DM 50.- Btw, I think I really upset someone - I was filming in the streetcar when the driver stopped, started shouting at me and pointed to the door and wasnt happy til I got off his tram.
@pandy071 if it serves a useful purpose i dont mind. long as it doesnt try to play as Szczecin should be German or anything like that, since that is ancient history as far as I and most people are concerned. i
HI- you say " german style train station, and the polish style train station is different" . There is no such a thing as "german style" and "polish style" train stations - we have had 50 yrs of communism due to war started by Nazis & soviets, our "polish style" as you say was not something we have invented, so I think your words are inapprioprate.
