A Tour of Transdniestria

Mostly Tiraspol, this is a quick tour of a kickback to the Soviet Union in the breakaway territory of Transdniestria that no other countries recognize as being an actual country. Technically, this is Moldova. It's a last stand of Soviet communism, and these days, it doesn't seem very difficult to go there (compared to stories I've heard from a few years ago).

I went with a guide and a few people from my hostel in Chisinau, Moldova. It's a simple place, with streets and stores and most things you'd find anywhere, including a huge sports complex for the FC Sheriff Tiraspol.

We ended our day riding a couple of rides at the amusement park in Bender, which doesn't look like it's operational, but mostly is.

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• Transdniestria
• Tiraspol
• Bender
• Tour
• Soviet
• Communism
• Breakaway
• Territory

[Pethy1]

Did you have to bribe the border guards at the border crossing into Transdniestria? Is it really 50 euros as most websites tell?

[theplanman]

@Pethy1 no bribery necessary when I went. I did go with some Chisinau locals who spoke Russian though, but other people I talked to who didn't go that route didn't seem to have any trouble. I didn't hear of some problems from people trying to enter from the Ukraine side, but none from the Moldova side.

[aitutaki04]

Very nice video. Very good choice of the song. I was there in tIraspol on the 7th december, very interesting and I stayed also in the Chisinau hostel (behind Mall Dova)