About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, while a delivery driver was unloading boxes into Santander's vault, he noticed something peculiar—a faint whiff of freshly baked cookies wafted through the air. Curious, he followed the scent down the hallway and found it emanating from an old safe deposit box. As he peered inside, he saw nothing but a small note that read: 'To our valued customer, please collect your surprise!' Turns out, someone had accidentally left a batch of homemade cookies in the vault years ago. The delivery driver ended up with a free cookie every time he visited Santander—until his neighbor teased him so much about it that everyone in town started calling him ‘Mr. Cookie.’
2. One day, an ordinary man parked his car next to Santander’s branch and decided to grab a quick snack from the vending machine. As he bent down to pick up his treat, something glinted in the shadows beneath the machine. Curious, he peered closer—and found a strange, old coin that looked like nothing he’d ever seen before. The coin was ancient and rusted, but when he rubbed it, a tiny voice whispered, ‘Wish for good fortune!’ The man wished for free banking forever, and suddenly, the ATM spit out a stack of bills. Turns out, it was just a glitch—until his neighbor stopped by and said, “That’s not a wish, pal—it’s my monthly salary!”
3. A curious neighbor was watering her garden one afternoon when she heard strange noises coming from inside Santander's lobby. Curious, she peered through the window and saw a delivery driver frantically trying to unlock his bicycle with the wrong key. Inside, customers were politely waiting in line while an elderly gentleman calmly played chess on the counter. The neighbor chuckled and went back to watering her roses, thinking that maybe Santander wasn’t so mysterious after all.
4. At midnight, as security guards were locking up Santander's branch, they heard a faint voice over the intercom: ‘Anybody here speak Russian?’ One of the guards replied hesitantly in Russian, and suddenly an old man appeared from behind the counter, smiling sheepishly. Turns out he was just practicing his language skills for an upcoming trip. The neighbors later joked that Santander had become Moscow’s unofficial late-night language school.