Besançon - What to Know Before you Go

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2022
  • Deep in France is this absolute gem of a place. River on three sides with a magnificent citadel on the fourth. This video is designed to show you around and give you an idea of what to expect.

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  • @AMDangerousTVPLF
    @AMDangerousTVPLF 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Thank you for stopping by! You will always be welcome. (Not between noon and 2 p.m.) :p

  • @raindog428
    @raindog428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow what a nice place,yr living the dream mate xx

  • @athuuu4429
    @athuuu4429 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    the citadel zoo is used for the reintroduction program, it allows species to be conserved and reproduced to be released into the wild

  • @ms.barbararocha6932
    @ms.barbararocha6932 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for showing us around Besançon. I just loved your video.

  • @PGvideoinc
    @PGvideoinc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've just come back from Besançon, it is a lovely place and your video was a very helpful guide. We found ourselves walking in your footsteps at times! The Resistance Museum reopened on (appropriately Besançon liberation day) 8 September and is excellent. Also, very useful to know that for €1.40 you can go on all local public transport for an hour, just tap in as you get on the bus or tram.

  • @RM-mm4jr
    @RM-mm4jr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Don't know about you Rob but I will definitely be very disappointed when your holiday is over! Enjoying every minute that you upload. Even watched most of your videos more than one. Thank you so much ♥️ From Australia

  • @ceoliom9217
    @ceoliom9217 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for visiting our beautiful city and for showing it on your channel with so much respect and love.

    • @walkaboutwithrob
      @walkaboutwithrob  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I love Besançon and miss it so much! It is unknown in Australia. I wish I was there now.

  • @julieschipplock9439
    @julieschipplock9439 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thoroughly enjoying all your walks Rob. ❤️

    • @walkaboutwithrob
      @walkaboutwithrob  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Julie Schipplock glad you’re still watching and that you’re enjoying them. At least they haven’t put you to sleep yet!

  • @chrismarie
    @chrismarie 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Images superbe . Bravo Monsieur

  • @corteinexo
    @corteinexo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very nice video 👍

  • @thisculturedlife2220
    @thisculturedlife2220 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You warn about finding a restaurant early. We had the opposite problem. We strictly cooked for ourselves while in Besancon and on the first day there, still jetlagged, we missed getting food for lunch at the bakeries and grocery stores before they shut and had to wait for 2pm to shop!

  • @Shreck777
    @Shreck777 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a Besançon citizen, I wonder how can you know all things that is interesting to visit, I'm really shocked and I appreciate your video

    • @walkaboutwithrob
      @walkaboutwithrob  ปีที่แล้ว

      @Arda Tolkay I just love to research places before I visit. And there was so much to learn there. Wish I was back there!

    • @ms.barbararocha6932
      @ms.barbararocha6932 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello Arda! I'd love to talk a bit with you about your beautiful ville.

    • @Shreck777
      @Shreck777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ms.barbararocha6932 Not a problem. Do what social media do you want to use ? (keep cheking the video notifications may not being visible)

    • @eastwood25000
      @eastwood25000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      on dit "Bisontins " , :)

    • @eastwood25000
      @eastwood25000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      et non pas "Besanconnais " apparemment , tu n'es pas de Besançon sinon , tu saurais !

  • @Shorts.newton
    @Shorts.newton ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like this video

  • @IsabelleLafont-jd7mm
    @IsabelleLafont-jd7mm 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Joli reportage a Besançon

  • @1247rimini
    @1247rimini 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I thought there was a mark on my iPad screen kept scratching to remove it, obviously too early for me, it’s the funny ç in Besançon. Once again thank you for taking us on your journeys. Love how you find quiet spots all to yourself. Monkeys?

    • @walkaboutwithrob
      @walkaboutwithrob  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Wendy Fry yeah I can't work that one out either. And it seems it would be easy for them to escape.

  • @flikegluk3233
    @flikegluk3233 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i'm from Besançon, n ur video are very cool. Better than the office of tourism!!! lmao.

    • @walkaboutwithrob
      @walkaboutwithrob  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @flikegluk well I'm happy to come back and work for the your local tourism office and make promotional videos for them!

    • @xenon53827
      @xenon53827 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I live a few Km outside! It's our nearest city.

    • @flikegluk3233
      @flikegluk3233 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@xenon53827 where?

    • @simontaylor2973
      @simontaylor2973 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@flikegluk3233 Nods, direction Pontarlier

    • @flikegluk3233
      @flikegluk3233 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@simontaylor2973 nice je connais bien ;) ^^

  • @shellebelle53
    @shellebelle53 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ahhh...so this is what your comment yesterday meant...I thought I'd missed something...another great video. Thank you 😊

  • @valm0r363
    @valm0r363 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey great video !
    For you knowkledge, the stone which house of the inner town made of, was quarried directly on the Citadel place. And the Citadel was made with the same stone. The place where the Citadel is, used to be the top of the moutain. The inner Citdel ground floor is the limit where the stone was mined.

  • @tofan6700
    @tofan6700 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very good 😊 I'm Liv in Besançon ❤️

  • @wendybrealey8368
    @wendybrealey8368 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You certainly find some off the tourist trail spots! Hotel de ville in France means town hall so the VIC must be in former town (or city) hall. How many km did you walk in one day!

    • @theoztreecrasher2647
      @theoztreecrasher2647 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep. The Froggies always seem to have used "Diplomatic" language. I prefer the more direct Kraut description of the local Polies' Den - Rathaus! 😁

  • @ginathornburg9653
    @ginathornburg9653 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I used to live there. La Citadelle is a fortification, not a castle.

    • @Paradoxian2
      @Paradoxian2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🤓

    • @JinitiCibis
      @JinitiCibis 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      did you enjoy living there ? I just got accepted to a master's degree there but idk if it's a very bored city lol

    • @psbaggio23
      @psbaggio23 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@JinitiCibis well besançon is pretty close to switzerland and some amazing french cities such as dijon or mulhouse but yeah there's not that much to do... it's a tranquil small town with the infrastructure of big city with lots of green areas. its cost of living is chill compared to other french cities and it's a great town for students ❤

  • @hede1574
    @hede1574 หลายเดือนก่อน

    à la citadelle, il y avait le musée du dahu avec de jolis spécimens, je ne sais pas s'il existe encore ? Un bisontin pourrait me renseigner ?

  • @thisculturedlife2220
    @thisculturedlife2220 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you want pronunciation, it's BUH-SUH-SAW (slightly nasal on the latter two syllables).

  • @eklor
    @eklor ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @4:30 Funny enough you didn't mention that although Besançon is a rather small city, our Museum is one of the oldest museum in the world, in fact it's in top 4 or 3 I think.

    • @eklor
      @eklor ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also "Hotel de ville" in French is not an Hotel, the name stands for "Town Hall" ;)

    • @eklor
      @eklor ปีที่แล้ว

      But thanks for teaching me that we also had the first orchestra pit... I'm in awe at how much of the art scene had their "first" in my dear little town. Knowing that "Les freres Lumieres" who contributed so much to the birth of photography and cinema were also from Besançon :)

    • @walkaboutwithrob
      @walkaboutwithrob  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@eklor I absolutely adore your town. I wish I had more time to explore it and am so very keen to return. The museum there is without a doubt the most impressive and wonderful I have ever visited. I miss Becançon so much!!

  • @sageemma
    @sageemma 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    All you have to do is take a picture with your phone and run the sign through google translate....

  • @thisculturedlife2220
    @thisculturedlife2220 หลายเดือนก่อน

    PS - NOT an ostrich or an emu.

  • @sabian8700
    @sabian8700 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hardly any migrant, seems safe to visit

    • @souleimanabourich
      @souleimanabourich ปีที่แล้ว

      Why would you judge a place by the amount of migrants… 😭

    • @sabian8700
      @sabian8700 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@souleimanabourich because migrant areas and migrants in general cause crimes

    • @LockheedFan
      @LockheedFan ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sabian8700 Or maybe its just a matter of education but okay.

  • @technite5360
    @technite5360 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:36 why would it be in English ? It's not a touristic place, and it's Franche-comté, people are not that familiar with English, the imperialism I swear lol.
    There's not much tourist from "outside"... most of the time is cultural tourism from people around France and mostly Franche-Comté itself, also Museum is not just about archeology but also painting and more... you'll find some english and german in Zoo and Museum tho.
    But nice to see your curiosity is not just Paris or big cities in France.
    To answer the question about the zoo, here some insight from the official website :
    "the Parc zoologique of besançon is involved in 53 conservation programs to date, including 6 reintroduction projects. Nearly 90% of the species presented here are bred as part of European and international breeding programs."
    It's also a good way for people to study or have references (art) close to them, I guess too.

    • @walkaboutwithrob
      @walkaboutwithrob  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @technite5360 If you listen to what I am saying at that point in the video, you will realise that I am simply explaining that, unlike Paris, many signs in this town are not translated. I am merely making a statement for the benefit of those overseas who may wish to visit one day. This is nothing to do with imperialism.

    • @FOXduFutur
      @FOXduFutur 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@walkaboutwithrobthanks for your video 😊 ! I'm living in Besançon, and i can relate that some signs have an english translation : maybe they added the translation recently ? Maybe only the 'most iconic' places have dual languages ? I can't tell, but for sure that's a good thing they translate signs imo 😊
      And, you were lucky to visit here with a sunny weather, actually we have rain, rain, and even more rain 😅 !

  • @robinsackmann2828
    @robinsackmann2828 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ridiculous! Making a movie about a French town without obviously speaking a single word of French -- and not even being able to pronounce the name correctly! 🙄

    • @walkaboutwithrob
      @walkaboutwithrob  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Robin Sackmann and?

    • @Slyflea007
      @Slyflea007 ปีที่แล้ว

      and? 🤣

    • @shellebelle53
      @shellebelle53 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow...rude much...does it matter if he doesn't pronounce the name correctly...at least Rob made the effort to go there and share his experiences with us

    • @walkaboutwithrob
      @walkaboutwithrob  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shellebelle53 yes it was a rude and quite bizarre. His attitude seems to be that a person must learn the language of a country before they visit it. He clearly doesn't do much travelling - if he did he would know what the real world is like. Anyway, glad yo enjoyed this one. Was wonderful to see a town so few Australians even know exists.

    • @shellebelle53
      @shellebelle53 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, I'd be in big trouble then as I don't speak any other languages. You're far more diplomatic than I am with your response to such a rude person 😅