Category Life

Notes about Georgia on various everyday topics

Pros and cons of living in Batumi

Batumi is a Georgian city located on the coast of the Black Sea. The capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara. It is the main tourist center of modern Georgia. The third largest city in the country after Tbilisi and Kutaisi and the second largest in terms of population. Source:…

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How many digits are in a Georgian phone number?

Georgian phone number in international format consists of 12 digits. Of these, the first three digits are the country code +995. The next three digits for cellular operators determine the operator code. For landline operators, the country code is followed by a two- or three-digit city code. To dial a…

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Barcode of Georgia

Barcode of Georgia

The barcode of Georgian goods in the European EAN-13 system consists, like any other, of 13 digits and begins with a three-digit country code – 486.

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The best area of Tbilisi for living

This video will be useful for people who want to get to know Tbilisi remotely. I will walk around Saburtalo, fly over Tskneti. In general, I think that today this is the most comfortable area for living in the metropolis. The atmosphere of the 70s and 80s and 90s has…

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Can you drink tap water in Georgia?

All local Georgians drink tap water without any filtration or boiling. Water in Georgia is of very good quality, you can safely drink tap water in all regions. Some expats report an improvement in their health after being in Georgia, linking this to drinking better water than in their home…

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Unified emergency service “112” in Georgia

Unified emergency service 112 in Georgia

112 is Georgia’s unified emergency number, which was created in 2012 to ensure effective emergency management. Duty officers and dispatchers of the 112 service process calls around the clock and promptly transmit information about incidents to the relevant departments. The only link between callers and emergency services are 112 operators.…

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Orders from Aliexpress to Georgia

Many of our compatriots are used to shopping in the Chinese marketplace Aliexpress and are wondering if it is possible to order from Aliexpress to a Georgian address. Here it is necessary to note the following features of such orders. The number of Chinese sellers who are ready to send…

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Rally in Tbilisi June 24, 2022 “Home to Europe”

Anti-government rally “Home to Europe” on June 24, 2022 in Tbilisi in front of the Georgian Parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue. The organizers and participants of the action voice the demands of Georgia’s de-oligarchization and express their support for European integration.

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How to read transliteration from Georgian?

Foreigners in Georgia often face the problem of understanding SMS, the text of which is a transliteration from the Georgian language. To solve this problem, kind people created a telegram bot that will help you with this issue for free. Bot address: @translate_from_georgian_bot This bot is designed to translate Georgian…

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Cats in Georgia

Things are bad with homeless cats in Georgia. Almost all of them are scared and hungry. There is no program for them, they are simply not touched, believing that if cats are sterilized, then rats will breed in the city. Therefore, they are left to survive as it will. Now…

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Dogs in Georgia

The life of street dogs in big cities, especially in Tbilisi, is relatively arranged: they have a state program of sterilization and vaccination. After ending up on the street with a tag in their ear, some dogs cling to people and become favorites of a certain place – an underpass,…

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Russian language in Georgia (2022)

The official language in Georgia is Georgian, the main communication in the country is in Georgian. Under President Saakashvili, the study of the Russian language was canceled in schools, instead English was taught from the first grade. By the way, even the fierce political opponents of the former president approve…

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