15 Things to do in Louisville, Kentucky
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- Louisville, Kentucky is a great city, right on the Ohio River and the border of Kentucky and Indiana. The city is home to the Bourbon Trail, Lousiville Slugger, and the Kentucky Derby. It also has lots of history, great museums, and good food. Amie and I spent a few days there in early 2020 and really fell in love with the city. Here are some of our favorite spots and let us know what we left off in the comments.
**Note that we visited in early 2020 and some of this information may have changed. Double check before you go***
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You 100% pronounced it correctly - that’s exactly how Kentuckians pronounce it! Glad you enjoyed your visit to my home state.
Yeah, you did good lol
He sounded spot on to me.
I couldn't pronounce Louisville better myself.
I think you did a great job with saying the name like a native.
me as well from louisville
I pronounce it like louEville when you really pronounce the e.
As I am from "Lou ah vulle" this popped up in my feed. These are all solid suggestions but you are going to need more than 15 minutes to enjoy The Falls of the Ohio park. It's quite large and is being expanded in the near future. Muth's Candies in in the middle of the East Market district or "NuLu". A formally rundown area that's seen a resurgence over the past decade or so. Lot's of great restaurants and shops. It's close to the Big Four foot bridge. Also there is the new Louisville FC soccer stadium that opened this year. The Old Louisville neighborhood is worth mentioning. It's just south of downtown and is the largest collection of Victorian style homes in the country outside of NYC. The center piece is St James Court next to Central Park. There's a large art festival there every year.
Small correction... spell check probably got ya.... It’s The Big Four Bridge...not Big Foot! 🥴
@@SFH1819 I got it right. Look again, lol.
@@jasonscottjenkins So sorry ‘bout that.... first thing I looked at this morning... apparently I wasn’t quite awake yet. Have a good one.😉
@@SFH1819 no worries, polite spell checks are appreciated!
There are victorian mansions outside of old louisville, too. My mom lives next door to one in the west end.
1- Get out before the Knox event.
Project zomboid
@@SloppyJam yes
As a Louisville resident
Numbers 1-14: Drink
15: go to Kroger
The Louisville Loop and The Parklands of Floyds Fork are a must see if you like the outdoors.
I was trying to think of the place or places I'd add. You hir the nail on the head...
Wow crazy to see your notification pop up on my phone with my city on the title! Never thought you all would be in louisville, all the way from cali!
That's awesome! Yea we visited Louisville, the Bourbon Trail and Mammoth Cave in January, it was a great area to explore!
I have lived here all my life (61) and you nailed it.
Thanks, I appreciate that! Louisville was great!
You’re saying it right. Most people who aren’t from here try to pronounce it “Louis-ville” or “louie-Ville” but it’s actually “lou-ah-vull” lol so you’re saying it perfectly.
Edit: also you guys should’ve definitely checked out waverly hills sanatorium. It’s another main attraction that brings any notoriety to Louisville.
I was fortunate enough to be on that property, while no one was there... Spooky...
My mom was talking about that and how weird people who aren’t from here(Louisville) pronounce it.
I feel like it depends where you are in northern kentucky marbles are coming out of the person's mouth but in areas like Somerset it's more normal.
It depends like if someone isn't from this part of the country I tend to go with "Louie-Ville". If I detect they have a southern accent then I go with the real pronunciation.
@@jackfragoza1919 yeeeaaahhh but that’s not the correct way to pronounce it. People from Louisville in Louisville pronounce it correctly.
I live close to the forest giants! My kids and I went to the science center downtown this morning.
That's awesome, I thought the forest giants were so cool!
I remember going there
I think I was 7 or 8
Great content, I think the only thing you missed was Waverly Hills. Anyone coming to Louisville looking for adventure should look into getting a tour.
My man was sleeping on the Highlands.
also forgot to mention how nice the people here ,,,, when I travel I cant wait to come back home
@@gunklejay Arguably the heart of Louisville... combined with Cherokee Park, of course.
Louisville Slugger Field is downtown, the city's Triple A baseball team's home stadium. Clean, family friendly, very reasonably priced, and not a bad seat in the park. A real gem.
Born and raised in Louisville. Bernheim Forest is my favorite spot.
Lived in Louisville my whole life. Never heard of Louisville Style pizza.
Hi-Five Donuts 🍩 is worth a trip.
Louisville Science Center is great, especially for kiddos
Knob Creek Gun Range is just outside of Louisville, definitely check that out, home of the world's largest machine gun shoot.
Yes you wrote that down right, LOUISVILLE Science Center, not Kentucky, it's ours.
When someone asks me for my recommendation on what to do in my city, I'm going to send this link. You got everything covered!
So awesome, glad you enjoyed the video!
Don't forget to add vote for Mitch McConnell and continue to destroy America.
They missed a ton of crap not even a mention of cherokee park get real.
I live in Louisville and you should've hit ollies trolleys !!!! Great burger joint!
Next time! Thanks for the tip
Yes and the Spaghetti Factory
And Dizzy Whizz. Great shakes and burgers
Dizzy Whiz and Ollies are a block from each other. Ollis on 3rd&St. Catherine(it and the diner next to it are CASH ONLY, and Dizzy is pretty much between 3rd and 2nd streets on St. Cathrine
Best
I've lived in Louisville for over 21 years and didn't know about all of the distilleries wow!
Well the Jim beam ones were in bardstown. Not too far from Louisville
You must not have gotten out at all they only advertise the crap outta the burboun trail lmao.
Lived here most of my life and love this town. You did a good job presenting my town.
holy crap they made the zomboid map real
My hometown is Clarksville Indiana. Luavulle. That is the way I have heard Louisville my whole life.
Good to know!
Yep he bailed it... Louavull
I'm from jeffersonville.
Can’t believe they made Project Zomboid into a real thing!
I know right
Cave Hill is an extraordinary place to go- it’s definitely more of an arboretum with beautiful grave markers than a cemetery with trees. Seriously, one of my favorite spots in the city.
One of best videos I've seen accurately depicting my city. Good job.
My 22yr old cousin is buried in Cave Hill, and for such a solemn place it’s beautiful
You can’t come to Louisville and talk about the food in Louisville without stopping at Indis!
Best chicken wings and potato wedges in town and don’t forget the pink lemonade
Is Indi's only a Louisville thing?
I'm incorporating Louisville into a family summer road trip, and this video pretty much eliminated hours of research for things to do while we're there. Thank you for providing such a thorough and well produced video with all the highlights of your own trip! :-)
Fantastic list, Josh and Amy! I'm a Lou-a-vul native, and I've been watching a lot of these lately, and you hit a few that others haven't, which is great. You even touched on one I didn't know existed. Well done! Come back anytime, and when you do, you should plan a tour at Waverly Hills Sanitorium. It's reputed to be one of the most haunted locations in the U.S.
as a resident thank you for showing our city in a positive light..
Don't forget to mention that people are generally nice there...at least the locals... and if you are nice, you'll get the southern hospitality....
My husband in a Louisville native. I just moved to the area about a year ago and this list is great! There are still a few things I need to experience but loving the area so far!
Would recommend The Highlands for nightlife, NULU, and Frankfort Avenue ( where I live) for great local restaurants and boutiques for shopping.
The Bambi Walk (or Crawl)!
facts , best place to walk with the friends at night
You are awesome for always providing videos of things to check out. Much respect!
Very impressed with the recommendations. I think you captured the city well and threw in some places/things to do that even a lifelong resident like myself has not seen or done. Great video 👌🏻
So cool I came across this just scrolling through my TH-cam I live in Louisville KY born n raised! Love my 🏙️ city! Thanks ☺️
Falls of Ohio is also great for bird watching. Dozens of herons and egrets, Bald Eagles, Ospreys, and Peregrine Falcons.
That's awesome! Thanks for the tip
birds scare me
Hope you two had a great time. Thanks for sharing the video. Always enjoy watching your content.
Really surprised you didn’t visit/mention The Mega Caverns ..... it is an underground cave system that allows hiking as well as zip lining and during the holidays you can drive through and everything is decorated with beautiful lights.
I’ve passed thru Louisville a few times heading to NC, AL, & IN. I definitely want to visit, so this video is helpful! It’s a beautiful city😍
Thank you for making Louisville look so amazing!! You are welcome here anytime!! Born and raised here and love my city!! And you did a great job pronouncing Louisville!!
I've lived here for 6 months now and learned of a few new things to check out! Thanks for the info! Love your videos!
If you haven't had the Tok-Sel Lima Beans at Mayan Cafe yet, you need to change that!
Is it in Uk?
Louisville is my home and youre saying it exceptionally for someone not from here. Thank you for visiting!
Fun to see my city featured! I got married on Whiskey Row at O’Shea’s (next door to Doc Crows)! And my husband’s grandmother is buried at Cave Hill Cemetery, it really is beautiful.
The attractions you mentioned are good for people who just want convenient site-seeing without having to think much, and have plenty of money to spend,
but you really can’t say you’ve seen Louisville without walking up and down Bardstown road in the highlands. Locals from all around the city come to this area because it has the most unique display of goods, services, and restaurants. It also embodies Louisville’s hipster and alternative culture, and you can observe many different kinds of people, aesthetics, outfits and energies.
Pronunciation sounds like a local 👌🏽 good job bro
What you recommend I’m heading to Louisville next weekend can you help me out brodie ?
@@LunchWitLou what do you like?
Excellent video and pronunciation! I've been through Louisville "Lou ah vull" a lot seeing as I am from Indiana and pass through when traveling down south! This video has great information and makes me want to stop and visit solely for Louisville! For anyone who has not been, I do highly recommend Impellizzeri's Pizza 🍕 and the Riverfront area if you're pressed for time! Again, excellent video!
Great recommendations! You included a nice variety of some really cool places 👍
Thanks so much! 😊 We always try to really show the different unique options so that it covers what lots of different people may want to do in a city
Me and my friends are planning to go on a "educational vacation" next summer to louisville! Thank you for all these great places we can explore!
This is as good as any video I have ever seen on Louisville. I might add the Speed Museum and the zoo for those who like art and zoos, but you got most of the best attractions as well as food and even included a trip across to Indiana.
Glad you enjoyed it, although it looked like a seriously off time, haha. From a tourist perspective you nailed it. Things you missed? Well, regardless of what any ranking says, Louisville’s park system is phenomenal. The Olmsted designed Cherokee Park comes to mind. The new Parklands is like a mini national park. And there are so many others. The urban core neighborhoods are uniquely charming, from the Highlands to Crescent Hill to St. Matthews to Old Louisville to Germantown. Too many eccentric bars and restaurants and shops there to mention. Catching a UofL basketball game or minor league pro game downtown is usually fun. And Oldham County has some beautiful farms that offer horseback lessons and riding.
I think you guys definitely hit the main attractions of downtown and the surrounding areas of Louisville, but I think you should have mentioned some more unique areas like the Highlands, NuLu or Germantown. There are amazing restaurants in those areas along with cool art installations and farmer's markets/thrifting options. Also, the Speed Art Museum at UofL is very interesting!
Very well done video. One thing that you forgot to mention is the 1937 flood that devasted the area, and in Jeffersonville is Schimpff's candy store, it's been in business for decades. Thanks
I love schimpff’s candy store! I went there for a field trip in third grade
Great job with the attractions! An up and coming one is Waterfront Botanical Gardens, just off of River Road and a little east of the Big Four walking bridge. It’s fairly new and a little small still in early 2021, but they are adding to it all the time and will eventually have a big conservatory and many gardens. It’s an exciting addition to the city!
I'm SO jealous. I've always wanted to visit Churchill Downs and the Louisville Slugger Museum. Hi Amie. Hope you and the babies are doing well. Happy Holidays to you all.
Thanks for watching and for the comment. It was a great city, we really enjoyed it! Happy holidays!
You missed a few places Josh
Mega Cavern has indoor zip lines so fun to zip in the dark. Cart country has the longest go cart track never ends. Food over across the bridge Cluckers awesome chicken and it over looks the river.
Looks like you got to go back. Slugger museum and Kentucky derby awesome
Thanks for the tip! I tried to go to Mega Cavern but it was closed for the season. That go kart track sounds amazing and the chicken sounds awesome too!
I really like your videos
There's more than that. So many options other than that wretched horse track.
The Speed Art Museum is really cool!
Great job. I would totally recommend Impellizzeri's as well. It's a favorite of many. Unfortunately they have closed their downtown location. They still have three other area locations plus one down in Elizabethtown so you can still get that great Louisville pizza, you'll just have to go to the Highlands, Middletown, or the one on Brownsboro Rd. Others have mentioned a lot of the other attractions like ATL, the Science Center, and the Zoo, but I'd like to point out that we have some great libraries to visit as well. The library at the University of Louisville actually has the largest collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs memorabilia. It's not always on display so you'd need to check in advance but if you have someone with you that is a big ERB fan, it would be a must. There's also a pretty lively local music scene as well, at least there was before the pandemic. Hopefully that can get going again soon. I know many local musicians are dying to get out there and perform before a live audience again.
I'm in Lexington but Louisville is absolutely beautiful and I can't wait to get back! ❣️
I was so excited to see this when it popped. Louisville is great City. And thank you because your trip on Route 66 has inspired my son and I to take a Route 66 trip for his 21st birthday.
Honestly, coming from someone who has lived in Kentucky their whole life and currently lives in Louisville, your pronunciation is spot on. Nothing gives away that someone isnt from around here than a Louie-Ville or Louis-Ville. Kentuckians will never say Ville for any of our towns lol, the goal is as little syllables as possible, and I like the guy who said to say it like youve got rocks in your mouth lol.
For food and shopping, Market st (known as Nulu) is where its at, and also 4th street has great places to check out and at night it becomes 4th street Live thanks to the live music. Waverly Hills Sanatorium is also in Louisville. Theres also Mellwood arts center which has a great antique shop and Fleur De Flea which is another great place for antiques and local artists
Good job on both the pronunciation and list, makes me homesick. I love Lou-ah-vul!
Alot of people say our city name wrong but you got it right my guy. Glad you enjoyed your visit here
Amazing! I live here and never knew there was so much stuff to do! 😂 I guess I need to get out more!
You said it right!! Another famous food is the Kentucky Hot Brown and if you have lids...across from the slugger museum is a fun science Center.
Thanks for showing louisville accurately
Great video, we love our City. Subbed because you did such a great job!!
If you have the chance to come back I recommend seeing the mansions in Old Louisville, there are tours and they are beautiful. There's also a ghost walk available almost all year around and it's informative and fun!
P.s. Louisville Palace is amazing also.
If you are in
Louisville kentucky I'm maybe be up there very very soon
Thanks! You did a great job representing my city.
Thanks for showcasing our city (jeffersonville, indiana) and louisville !!
it was a real kick to see what is so familiar to us! you are so talented!!
the waterfront has music concerts that are a lot of fun.
we are always california dreamin!!
No problem! How did I do on the pronunciation?
Thx! Moved to Indiana, right before the pandemic and are finally getting out on weekend road trips. Will definitely check some of these out!
Thank you for pronouncing Louisville right! & thank you for shining a positive light on my hometown :)
It's crazy I used to work at 21C & Woodford Reserve, definitely my favorite places to work.
My uncle worked at 21c. Did you know a guy named Robert Rayburn? He told me a lot of strange things about that hotel.
Your pronunciation sounds fine to me and I have been here over 70 years, Thank you for posting.
Another great video and very comprehensive. We spent a Sunday morning walking around downtown visiting several of the places on your list. We even found on-street parking by the Other giant Bat. Did you know the Louisville is the Home of the Happy Birthday song? We saw a plaque on our walk.
That is awesome! I had no idea it was the home of the Happy Birthday song!
Kentuckian here! Loved this video, so cool to see you covering my home state. Awesome to see your recommendation of the Troll Pub- we eat there every time we are in town. Also... your pronunciation of Louisville was perfect- sounded just like a local!
I am a Kentuckian, in fact I once took a trip to louisville for a month, and you pronounced it correctly.
If you like cemeteries Louisville has somd beautiful ones. Cave Hill is I think the biggest. One name of note residing there is Harlin Sanders.
George Rogers Clark is another one...
And the greatest of all time, Muhammad Ali.
Hi there Guys, another great job on the road....thanks for coming to my city....Happy Motoring
Great introduction to Louisville. Planning fall 2021. Taking our neighbors
You definitely did my city proud you did good thanks awesome video
Josh and Amy in Louisville! 👍
Welcome to Louisville!!! I graduated right across the river of jeffersonville, IN. 08'
Man I miss my hometown. I have so many memories of the city. Fun fact I loved behind the racetrack it was always crazy during certain times of year if you parked your car best not move it and just walk to where you needed to go. Otherwise if you moved your car during the busy times you lost your spot.
Great video! I’ve been there and enjoyed this city. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
A Replica of the Lewis and Clark cabin is not too far from the Falls of the Ohio. It opens up in spring/summer with free tours. Extremely neat to see how Lewis and Clark lived day to day and the items used.
Visited Louisville in 2014. Nice city, some changes obvious since then.
Hi Josh and Amie! Cool video. I had no idea that this city has all of this. East coaster here. Keep the videos coming. Thanks. 🇺🇸💜🦄
Thanks! Will do! Appreciate the comment!
glad to get some love for Kentucky
I moved here a year ago to become an EMT. I really like it here.
Grew up in Louisville, never once been to any of these things. Our skatepark is nice though imo.
Hmm. Seriously? Lots of them are super common attractions.
Yeah you need to get out more
Our skatepark is pretty banger tho
@@wuluminati9622 nah most people form Louisville don’t go to any of these place you just kinda drive past them and do your thing
@@noahbrooks803 I'm from Louisville and I've been to most of these places. Gotta enjoy the city you live in
Enjoyed the video. I used to live in Louisville and you did a good job of covering it. I would also recommend the zoo. And, yes, you pronounced it correctly!
Bardstown Rd in the Highlands is a great place to walk to different local shops and restaurants as well as a lot of bars
I live in Louisville and I love how you pronounced it. Lol thank you
I’m from Louisville, so I’m excited to watch this video.
Same
Do you still live in louisville kentucky
@@jamesswilley3507 yes, lived here my whole life.
@@hharris9628 i just mayde can up there
Louisville was a good place to be if you exclude the horde of zombies ofc
Happy New Year!!
Your pronunciation was spot on. Sounded more like someone from Kentucky. There's 2 ways of saying it, and you used the pronunciation that we like.
You said it pretty good actually! Love that someone did this kind of video on my city! As you can imagine, there aren't many videos about Louisville, KY. lol I like all the things you picked, but you could easily do a part 2 with more things to do that aren't in this video.
There are actually hundreds. They don't always say louisville in title.
I too was in Louisville in January 2020 and there was so many things to do I couldn’t even get around to them all. I will do the bourbon trail next time.
Old Louisville is a great place to visit in Louisville. The largest collection of Victorian houses in the nation. Just walking around is beautiful and historic. Also Waverly Hills Sanatorium. And you said Louisville correctly!
LooaVull, KY 💪 you nailed it for a local
I remember going to Churchill downs for a field trip, was fun and we got to pet some horses.
Born and raised in Louisville. I had a lady from a different state, try to correct me, and explained to me that it's pronounced Louis-ville. I started laughing and said, ok, I'm from here though, and I can promise you, no one says it like that.
Very nice video! Ya gotta love those Kentucky Hot Browns!
The hot brown sandwich was amazing for sure!
Cool vid !! I am def going to check out some of the places in this vid.