Ufa: the vibe
Videos from people who went, played right here, with what viewers said underneath. Not part of the score.
The verdict
Mixed · 62Commenters describe Ufa as clean, calm and good value, with warm locals and a village-life appeal, though the content is mostly vlogs and sparse on daily-life drawbacks.
- friendliness
- cleanliness
- affordable housing
- nature
- family and village life
- student-friendly city
- heat in summer
- war-related drone strikes and unrest mentioned
- limited specifics on daily life
- shopping advice warnings
- Locals are seen as warm, gentle and hospitable
- Housing and cost of living look cheap compared with the West
- Clean streets and pleasant walkable areas stand out
- Geopolitical events and drone attacks are a concern for some
- Content is mostly vlogs, so evidence for long stays is thin
Read from 8 videos, 40 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-08; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
A week with my family in Ufa, Russia | Bashkortostan - the land of Bashkirs and Tatars
Eli from Russia · 900K views · 2022
What viewers said
“As an Uzbek, I can easily understand it when a grandmother speaks. Wow!”
♥ 62 likes
“This is the simplicity and innocence we have forgotten about and is much needed.”
♥ 114 likes
“I have a son who we adopted from Orenburg in Russia back in January 1998. He is ethnically Bashkir, so anything I find about them I send to him so he could find out more about where he came from! Thanks!”
♥ 579 likes
“Hi, Eli from Russia! I'm Nadya from Russia. I don't know why, but I'm crying, waching your videos about our country. And I'm crying reading comments. There are So many REAL people in the world... The world is so beautiful and diverse.”
♥ 143 likes
“Most good natured gentle people I have ever seen. Eli’s family is a happiness treasure❤”
♥ 229 likes
“I’m Turkish and I slightly could understand the grandmother speaking”
♥ 98 likes
“Thanks Eli for making these videos. Because of them I learned more about Russia and its people in the past 2 years than in the previous 70! Greetings from The Netherlands.”
♥ 179 likes
“I’m Eritrean, born and raised in Berlin. Thank you so much for sharing a glimpse into your family life—they seem so kind and loving. Such a simple yet rich way of living—something we city kids often yearn for. It’s true: people who grow up ”
♥ 35 likes
“Beautiful & humbling. How wrong us westerners are in misjudging these lovely people & their wonderful culture. We have a lot to learn. Thanks Eli for opening your hearts and homes to us”
♥ 617 likes
“Hi Eli. I am Irish and live in central europe now. I grew up in almost the same way as you. Growing vegetables, farming cattle and sheep. I honour and respect you and your lovely so much. We may differ in language and customs but at the sou”
♥ 754 likes
Found with a YouTube search for the city and “digital nomad”, fetched 2026-11-08; titles, descriptions and comments belong to their authors and link to the originals.