Russians React to Viral Video of Pedestrian Ice Crossing in Arkhangelsk
Surprisingly, not all northerners know about the ice crossing across the Dvina
A video is gaining popularity on social media, in which blogger Sema Rasputin showed a pedestrian crossing to Kegostrov in Arkhangelsk. In the comments, both residents of Arkhangelsk, many of whom have crossed the Northern Dvina River multiple times, and other Russians surprised by such a solution, have chimed in.
The video impressed users, who actively started writing comments. We have collected some of them.
«Wow, it»s like from some video game, not in reality,« some were surprised.
«Sorry I»m late, I was letting an icebreaker pass,« others joked.
«Suddenly I really want to go to Arkhangelsk to let an icebreaker pass on an icy pedestrian crossing…» — yes, that«s how we live.
«Man, I haven»t seen such beautiful and atmospheric videos in a long time. It really hooked me!«
«So, are they walking on ice or on some icy slush and planks? To my mind, this is extremely dangerous. Thanks for sharing! Informative,» the system isn«t understood by everyone.
«Ooh, my dear hometown!» — northerners are everywhere!
«The decaying West builds bridges over rivers. The great ones put planks across the river… And the West envies the »great ones«,» other users ironized.
«Shurik, show me at least one example from the West that has built a two-kilometer drawbridge over a navigable river, to a place where 2,000 people live?» the video author responded to this.
«I lived on a similar island in Arkhangelsk. It»s a blast and love!«
«I lived on Brevennik Island for half my life. I»m always surprised by people«s delight at trips on motor ships, etc.»
«Thank you for such a gorgeous video! The North is special.»
«I walked across the Northern Dvina to my grandmother»s all through my childhood. And from childhood, I only remember the fear that I might fall through. The video really got to me now.«
«For some, this will be a new wonder of the world, but for others, it»s just an ordinary day…«
«I»ve lived most of my life in Arkhangelsk, but I«ve seen the northern lights maybe twice, and I don»t remember this crossing at all; I must have been looking the wrong way.«
«So cool, and I already wanted to get to Arkhangelsk, and here»s another interesting reason.«
Lately, many bloggers have been turning their attention to the Arkhangelsk region. Traveler Artem Ryndevich recorded a one-minute video about Pomorye and listed the most, in his opinion, amazing places that Russians should definitely visit.
By the way, the Arkhangelsk region made it into the top ten most interesting regions in Russia for travel. In 2025, Pomorye ranked 7th in the tourism attractiveness index. Also, three projects in this field were among the winners of the Russian Traveler Awards 2025. And the SolFest festival from Solvychegodsk represented the region in a new category of the Fontanka.ru Recognition and Influence award.
We have gathered the main reasons why our region attracts tourists from Moscow and St. Petersburg, including celebrities.
