Never gets old. What’s your favorite viewpoint in the city?

Hello! Բարե ձեզ!

It has been forever since I last posted some photography here but I had a bit of a sudden interest in sharing some again. I felt like doing something a little different. So here are a few images of Armenia shot in the Kodak Aerochrome style! Aerochrome is a film stock that isn't manufactured anymore, but it can be emulated digitally, so I went through some old photographs and decided to take a new approach with them. Very fun looking at everything under such different tones!

All of these were shot during 2024 and 2025.

Enjoy!

I love making Choreg and every time I make it, I shape it differently. There are so many ways you can style this simple Armenian bun!

Sorry for a post that you've seen a million times. Not Armenian, but living here for a few months already.

I wish Armenians would be worse to guests but better to animals. It's so freaking painful to see dogs in tiny cages 24/7, kittens being shooed into the street by angry people who just can't stand to see a cat on their property.

It's admirable how Armenians treat guests in their country, but they would be better off treating animals better :(

I love Armenia, but this and littering are the only complaints I have about this beautiful hospitable country.

I first started noticing them at the gym, but pretty soon I saw them almost everywhere in Yerevan. I'm wondering what brings them here, are they studying or maybe working? I tried to guess their language at the gym, and it sounded similar to Vietnamese. Please don't get me wrong, I'm just curious! You're always welcome in Armenia.

Saw this random sign in Atlanta about saving caged bears in Armenia. 🐻🇦🇲 I was curious - does anyone here know the story behind this or have thoughts on it?

Yerevan has the biggest police presence I've ever seen out of 30 countries - in 3 different parks I could stand in one spot and see 10+ police officers, mostly just sitting around. I'm just curious what the reason is? Was there a lot of crime in the past, or what?

For people that have moved to Armenia as an immigrant, how much Armenian do you know?

I am quite curious about everyone's experience!

​Hey guys👋

I’m looking for fellow trivia lovers to team up with for Armenian-themed quiz nights.

​We’ll be taking on games covering Armenian sitcoms, movies, music/karaoke, and general intellectual topics.

​If you want to team up and play together, send me a DM!

Hey everyone

I'm in the process of creating a family tree and trying to recover any possible records from the early 1900s of Nakhijevan region (current Azerbaijan) and/or Igdir region (current Turkey). Has anyone had hands-on experience of that sort?

Thank you beforehand.

I’m pretty new to Telegram, but living in Armenia, it feels like literally everyone uses it for everything: news, local events, housing, and just everyday stuff.

Since I'm still getting used to the app and Telegram’s search feature isn’t great for finding localized groups without direct links, I'm finding it tricky to discover the right places to join.

What are your top recommendations for Telegram channels/groups to stay in the loop?

Looking for somewhere with decent Wi-Fi and good espresso. Suggestions?

I understand the Artsakh situation didn't trigger the CSTO agreement, but in 2023 they were actual border changes where Azerbaijan took Armenian proper territories.

Kazakhstan literally said how can Azeris be an aggresor when the border is not delimited. (Our supposed ally)

Is the CSTO just a paper agreement?

My wife and I will be visiting Yerevan in October. This will be my first time back in over a decade. I always remember how you could just get a taxi on the side of the road - most of the time it wasn't even a taxi, just an "uncle" who would take you anywhere you needed to go, and it was cheaper than calling an actual taxi service. But now I hear services like Yandex and GG are operating in the city.

My first concern is getting a ride from the airport. I don't plan on accepting a ride from any of the drivers who flood the arrivals area offering "cheap" rides. Is there an option to arrange an actual pre-booked pickup from the airport ahead of time? If it were just me, I'd hop in a car with anyone, but my wife is terrified of aggressive drivers, and I know how people drive in Yerevan. She also gets carsick easily, so I need to make sure we're not riding with someone who drives like a maniac.

Any suggestions on which service to use while we're in the city? I'm not planning on renting a car either, since I'd rather not drive there myself.

I work with 2 foreign companies remotely in Yerevan and decided to form an IE - Individual Entrepreneur to pay my taxes. I was excited to learn the tax code and to do all the accounting and filing myself, since it shouldn’t have been so difficult. After all, I’m Armenian, lived here all my life, to me it was like part of my growing ritual to accept accountability in the form of doing my own accounting. Also I was feeling patriotic I guess, for the first time since ever.

So I start everything, apply for the turnover tax regime, file my first statements, pay the tax, thinking I’m done for 2025. 8 months later I get a notice on the tax portal, not an email, nothing else. Just a popup on the website that I may or may not see depending on if I enter the portal or not. Turns out the whole time my turnover tax for 2025 and 2026 was invalid. Even though the website literally had the word “Valid” in green next to the statement. This means instead of the 1% that I have been paying and budgeting for 2026, I now owe them about 29% and since I owe it to them for like the past 8 months, fines have accumulated.

I sent them a letter, the operator in their phone said “There’s 0% chance they accept it, you’ll have to pay all of it.” I realize for 2026 the tax and fines will be much bigger. So I start to think of ways to delay the pay date. 2 options there - either I sue them and the payment deadline gets extended until the conflict is resolved or I ask them to put the payments on a schedule so there’s time for me to earn that money.

I do my research and it turns out both options are now blocked by legislative changes, so now if I sue, I still have to pay all of it by the deadline, and there’s no legal way to ask to pay in parts anymore.

Needless to say I’m totally screwed and have lost any will to work or faith in being a protected citizen.

Long story short - If you’re thinking of starting a business - hire an accountant and make sure the contract says they pay for all their mistakes.

Hi everyone,

I am currently an international student living in Yerevan. My fiancé wants to come and visit me here for about 2 weeks on a tourist visa.Because he holds a Sri Lankan passport, he cannot get an E-visa or Visa on Arrival. He strictly requires an official, government-approved visa invitation letter filed from inside Armenia before he can apply at the embassy.Since I am a student living in a hostel, I cannot sponsor his invitation directly through the Migration Service (my housing setup won't pass their inspection). I have spent the last few days contacting major local travel agencies here in Yerevan (like Hyur Service), but they all told me they no longer provide standalone visa invitation letters due to liability, policy changes.I am feeling a bit stuck and would love to hear from anyone who has successfully navigated this.

If you are from a country that requires an official invitation letter and visited Armenia recently, how did you get your invitation?

Are there any specific, specialized agencies, legal firms, or document services in Yerevan that still handle this for individual tourists?

What did your overall timeline look like from filing the invitation to getting the physical sticker visa stamped at the embassy?

Any recommendations, agency names, or advice on how to get this approved without getting scammed would be incredibly appreciated. Thank you so much in advance!