The Guardian: Yerevan, where Kanye likes to swim in Swan Lake

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Guardian on Monday, May 16 published the article “An insider's guide to Yerevan: the city where Kanye likes to swim in Swan Lake” by journalist Liana Aghajanian, giving insight into the life of one of the world’s oldest and most beautiful cities.

Described by Russian writer Vasily Grossman as a “living organism, stripped of its outer skin,” Yerevan is 29 years older than Rome.

According to the article, Karen Demirchyan Sports and Music Complex is the architectural jewel of Yerevan. Named after the former first secretary of Soviet Armenia, the hall has hosted both Armenian and international singers, including Deep Purple who performed there in 2010 and the classic French-Armenian singer, Charles Aznavour.

“Yerevan is one of the easiest places in the world to meet people and make connections. It’s a small town in many ways, and Armenians are extremely hospitable by nature, so the degrees of separation are more like two instead of six. It often takes a just few minutes at a bar for strangers to become friends and the endless drinking toasts to commence,” the paper says.

The best venue in Yerevan, the article suggests, is Tumo Centre for Creative Technologies which has become the most exciting hub Yerevan has seen since it opened in 2011.

Also distinguished in Yerevan, according to the publication are the looks on the street, the many talented people, as well as the gifted graffiti artsits.

Also, the article makes references to the ¼-century-old Nagorno karabakh conflict, and the Armenian Genocide, detailing about the memorial complex built in commemoration of the 1,5 million innocent victims that perished at the hands of the Ottoman Empire.