Opinions
Read the opinions of people from different countries and compare thoughts of those who haven’t been there and impressions of those who have been there.
- Frozen desert. Great mass of earth covered with snow 8 months a year, inhabited with white tigers and full of enormous mountains.(Spain)
- Siberia is something big, especially concerning the area, obviously cold, frost, that people successfully fights against. Siberia is usually shown in television programs, documentary films. They are quite realistic, except of too much poverty perhaps. On the whole the attitude is good. (Germany)
- The first impressions are hospitality and politeness of the Siberian people. You can’t describe the beauty of Baikal. Siberia is one of those places that everybody has heard of, but only a few people have a possibility to go there and appreciate its amenities at the true value. (Poland)
- As every foreigner, I was impressed by wooden old houses, fur caps, but you can’t wear another things in Siberia. (the USA)
- I was impressed by sincerity, friendliness and hospitality of the Siberians. I haven’t ever met any signs of preconceived notion towards the Poles, I am amazed by the optimistical outlook of the Siberians. What is more, Siberian nature and Baikal is a dream. (Poland)
- I didn’t know what to expect from Siberia. I’ve already visited Saint-Petersburg and Moscow but Siberia is absolutely different by impressions. Fortunately the impressions were positive from the very beginning. I’ve been to Baikal and Olkhon. These trips were unforgettable. (Japan)
- I live far away from here. When I came there, I met people of quite another appearance that I have. They have blue eyes, fare hair – how are we going to communicate? I thought that it won’t be possible. But in fact people are always interested, they answer the questions and are really helpful. Siberia has cold weather, but warm people! (Korea)
- Siberia is an astonishing region. It differs a lot from my homeland, but still I loved it. (Japan)
- The environment was quite unusual. Everything is different. I trembled before each Siberian, but they turned out to be helpful. The monuments are great, parks are very beautiful, there are a lot of pigeons. (Mexico)