Even smokers confess that sometimes it is too smoky in Calumet, smoky enough to get them uncomfortable. And yet, Calumet is THE place for good music, which is normally a mix of ethnic style with any other style (sometimes there are exceptions though).
Calumet is also the right place for anyone willing to feel freedom for a few hours at least. Here the atmosphere is always a mix of foreigners and locals drinking, smoking, having fun. I like going to concerts at Calumet. Here both famous as well as new groups play good music. Here multiculturalism is everywhere, which is what I mostly love this place for. Yet I don't go often because of the smoke. But every person in Yerevan at least once in their life should go to Calumet and enjoy the party till the end. It is worth it. Tips: the pizza and potatoes are great here. There's face control, though it's mostly a matter of manners.
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It truly is a Soviet masterpiece considering its unique design and build: it is part metro station, part cavern and, once upon a time, part cafe.
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The "Open Air Cinema" in Yerevan in Moscow Cinema has a rich history, and Soviet ruin-porn enthusiasts can access the building all-year round, too!
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"Homeland Handycrafts" in Yerevan is a social enterprise designed to revive traditional Armenian crafts while employing the most vulnerable population...
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"Hanrapetutyan Street" in Yerevan is one of the most central in the city, yet there is so much to see here. The buildings are really beautiful and old...
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"Ardēan": a center for art, architecture and design that has its gallery shop on Abovyan street in Yerevan. I like how they combine technology & tradition.
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The "Mermaids of the Underground" in Yerevan is a sculpture from 1981. The mermaids wear nothing but their hair, which was quite unusual for its time...
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"Shengavit" is an impressive 6000-year-old settlement which is preserved even better than Yerevan's old town! It was an accidental discovery in the 1930s.
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The "Cross-stone Makers" in Yerevan follow a tradition that goes back to 879 AD. The masters' metal tools on the stone create a meditative sound for me...
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The "Komitas Museum" in Yerevan is one of my favorite ones in the city. It gets me thinking about what Armenian music really is about...
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"Melancholia" is a statue in Yerevan that truly expresses the feeling that has been increasingly affecting humankind in the last century...
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