I went to Seattle with my family last summer. We did the Seattle underground tour. It was quite interesting. After the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, city officials built a new city on top of the old destroyed one. The tour takes you into different old rooms underneath the streets. J.J. the next time you go to Seattle and you have time to kill, I highly recommend you do it.
Seattlite here. Love your videos and articles. It was great to see a unique and more satirical approach to my city. I’m honestly just glad you didn’t lose your passport again. Quick tip. The Cascade Train leaves from Vancouver and drops you off in downtown Seattle (or Portland if that’s your thing). Might be faster and the views have to be better than asphalt.
Also a Seattlite, to confirm this option, I took train last time I went to Vancouver, it was great... this next time next week I'm going to Vancouver in a seaplane though :)
9:10 I agree, J.J. At the risk of sounding cliche, nowadays, we're so obsessed with filming absolutely everything that we don't live in the moment. Experiencing something through your phone screen is not the same as experiencing it without your phone.
I find it ironic how when I crossed the boarder from Detroit to Windsor as an American it was harder to get back in my home country than it was to leave to another. They said I was “suspicious” for some unexplained reason and did a full body search. God bless America.
Crossing the boarder in a buss seems stressful. In a car they just ask for your passport, ask where/why and your done. No metal detector, no bag check, just awkwad eye contact for a few seconds.
The train is less stressful, they do everything at pre-clearance except pick up the customs declaration there. When you go US to Canada, usually it's the Canadian side that's unfriendly. But you don't stop at the border on the way to Canada. I've only been bag checked once, and that's because I was being too honest, but never in the US direction. They don't check anything on the way back otherwise.
On the bus you need to take all your luggage out and they dont even look at it no xrays or metal detectors and they just stamp and ask you questions at lest in sep 2019
I was born in Seattle and have lived in WA all my life (not Seattle, though) and haven't seen almost any of these. But yes, almost everything in the state has a monster. Some towns, events, buildings, etc. Hope you had a great stay!
I love Seattle! My three must-do's: 1. A tour of the Seattle "underground" 2. Observation deck of the Columbia Center (must be on a *clear* day, so you can see the surrounding landscape. I didn't go up the Space Needle; whichever one you do, don't bother if visibility is low, or you'll just have J.J.'s lackluster experience) 3. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (museum) Honorable mentions: - A friend I was with absolutely loved the Fremont Troll (unrelated, there's also a statue of Lenin nearby, of all people) - Eat piroshkies from Piroshky Piroshky. They are the best food I have ever had. The Columbia Center location--if open--should be far less busy than the Pike Place Market location.
Hope you enjoy Seattle! I for one love having visitors, especially interesting ones like you. Weird/unique things to do in Seattle -Bag of Dick's -Lenin Statue -Fortune Cookie Factory -Other stuff I'm forgetting
it's so weird watching your videos because i recognize all this stuff. I live only 45 minutes away from Vancouver which isn't too far away and I spend time in Vancouver quite often. It's just weird watching a famous youtuber going around my neck of the woods. I guess it's true when people say it's a small world
When I was in Seattle me and my father took a break at a small marina near the Nordic museum and I took pictures of a little over half a dozen dead rats floating in the water.
I have been complaining to my family about the birds in the middle of the night ever since spring started! Glad to hear that I'm not going insane after moving to Seattle.
Dude you need to bring the guys of The Confab Diary into a video of yours. I listened to your podcasts with him and you guys would have such great chemistry on TH-cam as well
I am always way early when I travel too. I am too paranoid of being late or missing a connection so I never cut things close. I would rather sit and be bored than run and be panicked :)
As a Seattleite, next time you come here, check out the Central Library and its Seattle Room, the Flagship Nordstrom (across from the Monorail), and if you get the chance, the bar at Canlis doesn't require a reservation.
I am a car nut, pity you aren't. Their were unique Canadian Pontiacs. I think there were Mercury brand pickups from Fomoco. Here, in Hawaii Mopar always treated us oddly, marketing Fargo, Canadian Dodge trucks. They also sent South American DeSotos here too. I'm a National Review reader since about 2005 or so. I'm glad you had a fun, uneventful trip.
I just discovered you are 8 years to the day older than my oldest son. Another fun fact: when you said, "Here we are at the monorail" I started doing the monorail chorus from the Simpsons a beat before you started it!
I went to Seattle last summer, and it’s so weird seeing Jj in places that I now recognize. My brother even got me a Christmas present from that coin/button store.
The “Space Needle Monster” is called the Wheedle, there was a children’s book about it called the “Wheedle on the Needle” about the red light on top of the Space Needle and how it’s the Wheedle.
I recently (a year ago) moved from Canada to the Seattle area because Canada's economy is garbage and the taxes are too high. Best decision I ever made. I love this city.
I'm watching this in august 2020. I'm from seattle and this video makes me miss doing all of the touristy things here lol. Haven't been able to go to any of these places since march :(
There's only one thing I want to go to Seattle for - Scarecrow Video, North America's largest video rental store. If it's ever been released on home video, they probably have it, even PAL and Laserdisc.
I feel the title was a bit misleading. i expected the adventure to literally be you crossing the border, maybe in the woods under cover of darkness, and being chased by barking dogs and men with flashlights. Oh well I'm glad you got to ride the Monorail that's totally also an adventure.
Always check to see if the hotel will let you check in early. They often will and appreciate the reduction in hassle it causes, due to you not checking in at rush times.
@@JJMcCullough Kelsey Grammar is conservative, but I think it was implied on the show once that Fraiser is a liberal. (He called a conservative a Nazi.)
Have you ever taken Amtrak? Beautiful scenery; exponentially more comfortable than a bus and you don't have to deboard at the border! Yea it's more expensive but as someone who's used both modes of travel it's definitely worth the extra cost.
I entered the EU in Germany on my way to Italy and I was super nervous as one is when trying to enter a country on the other side of the world. The customs guy was super nice but I was really nervous and it ended up being mega awkward lol.
Funny thing is. Seattle and Vancouver are kind of famous for being the biggest cities on the pacific northwest which are kind of famous for the Totem Poles and natives. Even tho you wont find that many. Most of them are in Stanley park in Vancouver and some other native architecture in the surrounding islands. But now that i think about it. Seattle isn’t actually that interesting. Only the Space Needle is interesting. Maybe Vancouver is a bit more interesting because you can do more in that area. Like nice hikes in the pine covered landscapes. Totem poles, orcas, Gastown etc.
i hope you'll read this: In Israel, in the Golan Hights, there's a walk path/route where students come across in field trips (its like some trip which is popluar among high schools in the middle region of country) in either 10th grade or 11th grade in somewhere along this route/walk path there's a hill side that reminded me the gum wall that you showed, because it is covered by chewed gums hahahaha, in this case it was done by students and more are added yearly/monthly hahahaha
For some weird reasons I really liked this video. Always cool video man! (And it was interesting knowing how's crossing the american/canadian border; I mean, since I'm european). Cool!
I actually went to Canada for a few hours yesterday. I gotta tell you I wish I would have had more time there, especially considering how far I drove to get there. It was still pretty cool and I hope yo make more trips to Canada.
kindersuprise eggs were allowed in sometime in 2017. We also have something called a wonderball which is a chocolate ball with candy inside which were sold sometime in the early 2000's but were discontinued and brought back when kindereggs were introduced.
One of these times you should tell us in advance when you’re coming down here. As a Seattleite, I can tell you this town is chock full of people who like the same kinds of esoteric stuff you do. The Space Needle is better on a sunny day. A better value is the observation deck at Columbia Center. Fun fact: it’s next to the recording booth of a local Christian radio station, so you have to be quiet while you’re there. At least that’s how it used to be.
It's funny, because I grew up in the Seattle area, and have barely seen any of Vancouver at all lol I've been there all of one day, most of which was spent in my hotel
Welcome to my hometown! I used to live in Vancouver BC way back in the late '70's and early '80's till we moved down here to Seattle. Glad you caught us during our good weather ROTFL! XD
Next time you come to Seattle, I can show you around! Jimmy John’s is great, but there’s better food to be found. Some of my favorite activities in the city include watching the yearly salmon runs/migrations and catching crabs off the docks with some old rotten tilapia.
Who heard the pokemon theme at the fish place
Me
Me
lol he uses alot of nintendo sound effects iv'e noticed
That sounded like a street performer, though. But true, he does use Nintendo sounds,
Ive been watching pokemon videos and playing pokemon all day. Now I want to watch this
I love how cute and childish J.J. sounds when he was waiting for the fisherman to throw a fish
You can tell it's famous because the Europeans are taking a selfie in front of it.
Lol
poots
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@@mawgans7470 is that why people were taking pictures of you?
As an Australian, I never get a chance to cross any border, much less on a bus, but I can understand the hassle.
"Soviet onion"
Same (Philippines)
go to Hutt River
I crossed the border into France from Belgium by bus and the UK and France by train. In mainland Europe, it's really simple, because of the Eurozone.
@@BoraCM *Schengen area
I went to Seattle with my family last summer. We did the Seattle underground tour. It was quite interesting. After the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, city officials built a new city on top of the old destroyed one. The tour takes you into different old rooms underneath the streets. J.J. the next time you go to Seattle and you have time to kill, I highly recommend you do it.
hell even living here the underground tour is fun!
The library's also pretty cool
JJ congrats on getting your gig with National Review. Don't forget about us on TH-cam when you're a very important conservative writer.
Epico
Seattlite here. Love your videos and articles. It was great to see a unique and more satirical approach to my city. I’m honestly just glad you didn’t lose your passport again.
Quick tip. The Cascade Train leaves from Vancouver and drops you off in downtown Seattle (or Portland if that’s your thing). Might be faster and the views have to be better than asphalt.
Also a Seattlite, to confirm this option, I took train last time I went to Vancouver, it was great... this next time next week I'm going to Vancouver in a seaplane though :)
I like this particular style of content, it's a refreshing break from talking about things with a basic background.
Brandon Jinjiyoshi Tilley its called "alternative youtube" 😂
Love the cinical approach to tourism very funny
9:10 I agree, J.J. At the risk of sounding cliche, nowadays, we're so obsessed with filming absolutely everything that we don't live in the moment. Experiencing something through your phone screen is not the same as experiencing it without your phone.
I thought the 36 episodes of Teen Titans Go was the destination
The real friends were the Teen Titans Go episodes we watched along the way
I find it ironic how when I crossed the boarder from Detroit to Windsor as an American it was harder to get back in my home country than it was to leave to another. They said I was “suspicious” for some unexplained reason and did a full body search. God bless America.
armenia power 🙏
When I walked into Mexico from California there was literally nothing. You just walk in. Nobody there. Coming back into the US is a big deal.
Yeah the same thing happened to me when I came from northern Ontario back into Minnesota
7:07
"But you know buildings is buildings."
J.J. 2018
Do more of these vlog videos. They're quite edutaining to watch.
4:33 pokemon violin goes unnoticed
Crossing the boarder in a buss seems stressful. In a car they just ask for your passport, ask where/why and your done. No metal detector, no bag check, just awkwad eye contact for a few seconds.
Amanda a.k.a. ahoko Aha, here in Europe, you can just walk right through and no one stops you
Gowine
were both countries in the european union? if so then that's why. it would be different going into a non eu country
Gowine
Schengen area is both a curse and a blessing
The train is less stressful, they do everything at pre-clearance except pick up the customs declaration there. When you go US to Canada, usually it's the Canadian side that's unfriendly. But you don't stop at the border on the way to Canada.
I've only been bag checked once, and that's because I was being too honest, but never in the US direction. They don't check anything on the way back otherwise.
On the bus you need to take all your luggage out and they dont even look at it no xrays or metal detectors and they just stamp and ask you questions at lest in sep 2019
J.J., your NR articles are brilliant! I love reading them every week. And, of course, your videos are stellar as well.
Aw thank you!!
4:48 I like how someone’s casually playing the Pokemon theme in the background.
JJ, I love the comment about staying in a hotel makes you feel like an adult. It gives me a similar feeling as well
I live right next to Seattle so weird to see it in a different way
7:36 jimmy johns bc ur initials jj
Thanks captain obvious 😬
Noooo really?
John James - James John's (Jimmy John's)
I was born in Seattle and have lived in WA all my life (not Seattle, though) and haven't seen almost any of these. But yes, almost everything in the state has a monster. Some towns, events, buildings, etc. Hope you had a great stay!
I love Seattle! My three must-do's:
1. A tour of the Seattle "underground"
2. Observation deck of the Columbia Center (must be on a *clear* day, so you can see the surrounding landscape. I didn't go up the Space Needle; whichever one you do, don't bother if visibility is low, or you'll just have J.J.'s lackluster experience)
3. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (museum)
Honorable mentions:
- A friend I was with absolutely loved the Fremont Troll (unrelated, there's also a statue of Lenin nearby, of all people)
- Eat piroshkies from Piroshky Piroshky. They are the best food I have ever had. The Columbia Center location--if open--should be far less busy than the Pike Place Market location.
> Piroshky Piroshky
+1 As a Seattlite I'll go to that part of town just for piroshkies
When you so savage you cross the border between USA and Canada completely legally, so you film a video about it.
Nirad802 ABSOLUTE MADLAD
Hope you enjoy Seattle! I for one love having visitors, especially interesting ones like you.
Weird/unique things to do in Seattle
-Bag of Dick's
-Lenin Statue
-Fortune Cookie Factory
-Other stuff I'm forgetting
He was right in front of gameworks and never went in
The statue of Lenin is just so Urban Pacific Northwest.
The alt right wants to tear down the lenin statue, even though, it's a joke statue here in Seattle.
Good this time you didn't give any plants caffeine poisoning.
EPMTUNESツ Not that you saw, at least...
It was funny hearing you whine, telling the man to throw the fish. Love your videos, from a Japanese viewer.
A true Vancouverite: says they live in Vancouver to people who don't live in Vancouver, when really they live in Coquitlam 😆
it's so weird watching your videos because i recognize all this stuff. I live only 45 minutes away from Vancouver which isn't too far away and I spend time in Vancouver quite often. It's just weird watching a famous youtuber going around my neck of the woods. I guess it's true when people say it's a small world
Legend has it the guy still hasn’t thrown the fish
I love how he begs for people to throw fish
When I was in Seattle me and my father took a break at a small marina near the Nordic museum and I took pictures of a little over half a dozen dead rats floating in the water.
Who else would make a trip to Seattle seem funny! I think you could pull humor our of reading a phone book. :)
David Harden you have a point.
Love your videos-A Canadian living in Changsha
This man is a legend for enduring 36 episodes of Teen Titans Go.
(PS I have no opinion of the show)
I have been complaining to my family about the birds in the middle of the night ever since spring started! Glad to hear that I'm not going insane after moving to Seattle.
Dude you need to bring the guys of The Confab Diary into a video of yours. I listened to your podcasts with him and you guys would have such great chemistry on TH-cam as well
You’d be a great teacher
Anna Frantzis omg yes I wish he was my teacher
I am always way early when I travel too. I am too paranoid of being late or missing a connection so I never cut things close. I would rather sit and be bored than run and be panicked :)
4:31
...is that Pokemon music?
As a Seattleite, next time you come here, check out the Central Library and its Seattle Room, the Flagship Nordstrom (across from the Monorail), and if you get the chance, the bar at Canlis doesn't require a reservation.
I am a car nut, pity you aren't. Their were unique Canadian Pontiacs. I think there were Mercury brand pickups from Fomoco. Here, in Hawaii Mopar always treated us oddly, marketing Fargo, Canadian Dodge trucks. They also sent South American DeSotos here too. I'm a National Review reader since about 2005 or so. I'm glad you had a fun, uneventful trip.
Hi J.J. I'm in love with your videos.Brazil here 🇧🇷🇨🇦
I just discovered you are 8 years to the day older than my oldest son. Another fun fact: when you said, "Here we are at the monorail" I started doing the monorail chorus from the Simpsons a beat before you started it!
I was more Interested in who ever was playing the Pokémon intro music on the violin at 4:30
Hm. A person whose name is JJ likes a fast food restaurant called Jimmy Johns... JJ...Jimmy Johns...hmm. I wonder why.
You should take a trip to vancouver island!! Have you ever been?
LOL the Tim's ad in the subway station is classic Canada
How does freddom smell?
Jimmy johns is amazing
I went to Seattle last summer, and it’s so weird seeing Jj in places that I now recognize. My brother even got me a Christmas present from that coin/button store.
my mom yelled at me for not getting up, but I HAD to watch your video!
The “Space Needle Monster” is called the Wheedle, there was a children’s book about it called the “Wheedle on the Needle” about the red light on top of the Space Needle and how it’s the Wheedle.
The wheedle was the Sonics mascot
I recently (a year ago) moved from Canada to the Seattle area because Canada's economy is garbage and the taxes are too high. Best decision I ever made. I love this city.
I guess you missed the authentic bronze Lenin sculpture. It’s in Fremont, not far from the Troll. It is to be appreciated as art, not politics.
Thats definitely political lmao
@@jaysleezy5464 well he dead now, and so is his ideology
I came to watch a fun video about Seattle. I stayed because of the Trio badge on your lapel. Nice subtle Pokemon touch!
Lmao "common throw the fish" wish I were there.
Thankyou for this video, almost feels like I visited Seattle!
I'm watching this in august 2020. I'm from seattle and this video makes me miss doing all of the touristy things here lol. Haven't been able to go to any of these places since march :(
That was really trippy. About 5-8 times a year I do that same exact trip. Interesting to see your perspective!
There's only one thing I want to go to Seattle for - Scarecrow Video, North America's largest video rental store. If it's ever been released on home video, they probably have it, even PAL and Laserdisc.
I love this video for how boring it is - reminds me how much work for how little payoff traveling can be.
I feel the title was a bit misleading. i expected the adventure to literally be you crossing the border, maybe in the woods under cover of darkness, and being chased by barking dogs and men with flashlights. Oh well I'm glad you got to ride the Monorail that's totally also an adventure.
Lmao jj saying comeeee onnnnn throw the fishhhhh so funny 4:35
You and the Fremont Troll have the same haircut!
Always check to see if the hotel will let you check in early. They often will and appreciate the reduction in hassle it causes, due to you not checking in at rush times.
4:50 you want him to throw fish at u lol. Btw that’s a good way of forcing people to pay “u touch u buy” if u throw it at them they have to buy it!
Questions of the World But the employee touched it first to throw it at you, so he has to buy it
@@bearcalvalry1178 free fish
Was the radio personality Frasier Crane
Well, he IS a conservative.
@@JJMcCullough Kelsey Grammar is conservative, but I think it was implied on the show once that Fraiser is a liberal. (He called a conservative a Nazi.)
Have you ever taken Amtrak? Beautiful scenery; exponentially more comfortable than a bus and you don't have to deboard at the border! Yea it's more expensive but as someone who's used both modes of travel it's definitely worth the extra cost.
Yes its more relaxed, can see more and can move around
I entered the EU in Germany on my way to Italy and I was super nervous as one is when trying to enter a country on the other side of the world. The customs guy was super nice but I was really nervous and it ended up being mega awkward lol.
Wednesday JJ seems more snarky. Also I liked that the video started with birds chirping and ended with birds chirping
Could you do this type of video in Vancouver? A sort of tour of the city
I am considering a return move to Washington and Seattle is a possibility so I am watching any videos on Seattle or Portland to help me decide.
I laughed out loud as you were flipping through the colouring book-you crack me up! 😆
I thought this was going to go like that video where you lost your passport.
I thought that was this video I can't find that other vid8
So trippy watching you pass my house lmao
I love hotels for the same reasons.
As a Seattle native, it absolutely baffles me that anyone would want to come here lol
Funny thing is. Seattle and Vancouver are kind of famous for being the biggest cities on the pacific northwest which are kind of famous for the Totem Poles and natives. Even tho you wont find that many. Most of them are in Stanley park in Vancouver and some other native architecture in the surrounding islands.
But now that i think about it. Seattle isn’t actually that interesting. Only the Space Needle is interesting.
Maybe Vancouver is a bit more interesting because you can do more in that area. Like nice hikes in the pine covered landscapes. Totem poles, orcas, Gastown etc.
Loved the format of this video! Keep them coming!
P. D.: your hair is starting to take control of you, once again
Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! I have family there. Every time I plan on going, life slaps me hard. Thanks for the show me round.
i hope you'll read this:
In Israel, in the Golan Hights, there's a walk path/route where students come across in field trips (its like some trip which is popluar among high schools in the middle region of country) in either 10th grade or 11th grade in somewhere along this route/walk path there's a hill side that reminded me the gum wall that you showed, because it is covered by chewed gums hahahaha, in this case it was done by students and more are added yearly/monthly hahahaha
this video makes me painfully wish to be able to travel again and weirdly longing for public transport. I'd love to be able to hop on a train
For some weird reasons I really liked this video. Always cool video man! (And it was interesting knowing how's crossing the american/canadian border; I mean, since I'm european). Cool!
He went to Seattle! Time to see if I recognize most of the places.
Why don't you try a Detroit adventure .
It’s so fun watching these videos where to you just walk around
7:59
"I just love how in the hotel everything is so generic and bland and 𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓁𝑒"
Hey jj love your videos. Love from india ❤❤
what's it like in india, involving t series and such sorry
I actually went to Canada for a few hours yesterday. I gotta tell you I wish I would have had more time there, especially considering how far I drove to get there. It was still pretty cool and I hope yo make more trips to Canada.
kindersuprise eggs were allowed in sometime in 2017. We also have something called a wonderball which is a chocolate ball with candy inside which were sold sometime in the early 2000's but were discontinued and brought back when kindereggs were introduced.
His little clip thing on his jacket is the Trio Badge from Pokémon Black and White
The more intimate places in Seattle were perfect.
North road and Cameron spotted!!!
One of these times you should tell us in advance when you’re coming down here. As a Seattleite, I can tell you this town is chock full of people who like the same kinds of esoteric stuff you do. The Space Needle is better on a sunny day. A better value is the observation deck at Columbia Center. Fun fact: it’s next to the recording booth of a local Christian radio station, so you have to be quiet while you’re there. At least that’s how it used to be.
It's funny, because I grew up in the Seattle area, and have barely seen any of Vancouver at all lol I've been there all of one day, most of which was spent in my hotel
Great video JJ. One of my favourites that you've done ✅
you have to try more traveling videos you are good in this.
Congratulations you have entered into the teen titans go universe
Welcome to my hometown! I used to live in Vancouver BC way back in the late '70's and early '80's till we moved down here to Seattle. Glad you caught us during our good weather ROTFL! XD
Next time you come to Seattle, I can show you around! Jimmy John’s is great, but there’s better food to be found. Some of my favorite activities in the city include watching the yearly salmon runs/migrations and catching crabs off the docks with some old rotten tilapia.