Sometimes, we wonder what Beirut looked like before! If you have ever checked your grandparent’s photo album, you know that old Beirut looked way different than the modern one. With a tramway, a different architectural style, and more souks, old Beirut is certainly beautiful and worth  to be more appreciated.

Old Beirut: in motion!

Pictures are not enough for us to get a glimpse of the older version of the Lebanese capital. Fortunately, there is a channel on YouTube called “

Loobnan

” that contains four videos of the main spots in Beirut in the 1920s.

#1 Port of Beirut

#2 Downtown Beirut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haxLJxf9q9U This video features the following places:

• Palace of Justice
• Pine Residence
• Modern avenues

#3 Residential districts in Beirut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etn7CRB0AaI This video features the following places:

• Avenue des Français
• Nejmeh Square
• Sursock Street
• Tramway
• Weygand Street
• Petit Serail

#4 Commercial Beirut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mflM_HLHNH0 This video features the following places:

• Carpenters’ and the tinsmiths’ street
• Corniche
• Pigeon Rocks in Raouche
• Port of Beirut
• Tramway

For more videos and pictures of old Lebanon, click

here

!