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my friends welcome to the second largest
city here in ukraine we've got my cousin
misha behind the camera today and we
will be giving you a tour of the top
five things that you need to see here in
haruko
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so let's begin with the first place on
our list which is
square freedom square as it's translated
in english and this really is the heart
of the city and apparently the largest
square in europe because if we move over
here to the other side you guys will see
that the square continues now
unfortunately they do currently have
cars in the middle of it but from what
i've heard they do have concerts and
different events that they kind of clear
out this area for and it's a whole
festival kind of ground and then just
behind me here uh there are a whole
bunch of uh old soviet buildings called
dershprom which apparently housed all
the government sort of offices and is
still doing that to this day but then
there's also a lot of great restaurants
a lot of really nice hotels so if you
wanted to stay in the center of the city
i would recommend starting here
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so it's actually mine and misha's first
time here in harco but i will say that i
already feel a bit more at home because
this is a russian-speaking city we are
super close to the russian border and i
think that's one thing that a lot of
people don't really understand about
ukraine where there are a lot of people
who still speak russian on a daily basis
western ukraine has always been more
ukrainian speaking and the east has been
more russian speaking but as a soviet
union baby who moved to canada at five
years old
i only speak russian so it is a lot
easier for me in the russian speaking
cities another interesting thing about
kharkiv is that in the ussr padka was
actually the capital city for a certain
point in time so there really is so much
history just in this one city
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the mirror stream fountain this is our
number two spot on the list guys this is
definitely a landmark place in the city
even though it's only about two blocks
from uh svobodney square this is also a
really important meeting place here in
khadkov
this fountain is actually a unesco world
heritage site and it was also made
famous during the 2012 uh
football
euro league games i don't know a lot
about that kind of stuff but they used
the picture of this fountain as kind of
the landmark of the city so it's kind of
become famous after that and then right
behind the fountain there's actually a
really beautiful cathedral as well i
think it is called the
holy mother of myrrh cathedral something
along those lines and then over misha's
shoulder is actually the heart of opera
and ballet theater which definitely
looks a bit different than some of the
other opera houses that we have uh here
in ukraine but also a very beautiful
concert hall and if you're in the city
when there's some kind of show going on
i would definitely recommend checking it
out
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number three on our list is definitely a
more local pick which is barabashovo
market also known as barabashka and this
is the largest market in all of eastern
ukraine as well as the 14th largest in
the whole world this market occupies 75
hectares of land there's over 20 000
retail locations and apparently over 80
000 people who work here i feel like you
can't come to ukraine and not see a
local market and this one is just
especially cool because it has a lot of
things like clothes homeware food you
can really find everything there is to
see and you definitely get a local
experience
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so here we are at number four the holy
annunciation cathedral it is absolutely
stunning i mean there are so many
gorgeous cathedrals here in character
but this is my personal favorite i think
it's very unique i've never seen
anything quite like it and this was
actually the first orthodox cathedral
here in the city this cathedral was
actually built over a former holy
enunciation cathedral but this one that
stands here now was built in 1901 by a
local architect named mikhail
unfortunately we can't film inside
because we do kind of look like a
professional crew this time around but i
promise you guys it is absolutely
beautiful
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and last but certainly not least we have
the fifth attraction that you absolutely
have to check out here in heikev which
is gorky park this is an absolutely
beautiful park here in the center of the
city and it's absolutely huge because it
has an amusement park tennis courts
restaurants and most famously a cable
car which we are about to take next
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so misha and i are in a bit of shock to
be honest walking around gorky park like
everything feels like it's brand new
you guys know i've been to a lot of
soviet amusement parks kiev still has
one but everything here is like
just hot off the press everything is
like clean there's no garbage anywhere
there's lots of nice restaurants and
cafes we are super impressed
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well friends the sun is setting our
camera batteries are dying i think it's
time to call it a day but it has been
spectacular i want to give a big thank
you to my cousin misha who has been
behind the camera all day today and who
is going to edit this video so if you
guys are looking for an amazing editor
or videographer i'm going to link him in
the description definitely check him out
but as for first impressions of harkiv i
do have to say i am thoroughly impressed
i was not expecting things to be as
modern and as new as they are if i'm
completely honest uh this city is
definitely a level higher than i was
expecting and i'm really excited to see
how it changes in the next few years but
let me know in the comments have you
guys ever been to kharkov what were your
impressions and i'm super excited to
also keep exploring the city because i
will be here for an extra week but as
always i'm sending you guys so much love
i hope you're having a fantastic day and
keep being your own kind of beautiful
bye guys
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