Stayed at the youth hostel at Colditz a few years ago and was taken around the tour by the same english speaking Polish/Bradfordian. He was a great tour guide. Sorry to hear he is to be replaced.
I just discovered your channel and I'm loving your videos so far (this one is no exeption). I'm actually living in Grimma, so I was quite surprised to see you in my lovely town. You definetely should visit Grimma again and take some time with you. There is lots to discover, many small shops and cafés, the market place, a suspension bridge, the Pöppelmann bridge, the Frauenkirche and so on. If you plan on doing a trip over here, feel free to ask me for any recommendations. I try to support you in any way. Keep up the good work :)
This is a good one; my Father spent a night in the courtyard of the castle, a stopover when the Germans were marching POWs from east to west to get away from the Russians. Some short distance from the Castle, their Guards ran off and left them to their own devices; they eventually ran into the Americans and Liberation. The Americans asked the POWs which direction the Guards went, and the POWs Pointed in the opposite direction as my Father said they just wanted to go home. The war was days from being over.
With the problems we cause in Germany, we could end up inside there permanently one day. How beautiful are German towns?? Once you get out of the major cities, a whole new Germany opens up. Sunday in Germany is "Ruhetag" - a day of rest so never expect too much happening. Another great video.
Dare I suggest.... The next Steve Vs Scott challenge: Start at Colditz and see who can get to Switzerland first, using only transport options that were available in 1943.
I went there in my campervan in 2014 and had the privilege of having a tour with Alex on my own as I was the only English speaker there. A gentleman and a fount of knowledge about everything to do with the castle. Sad to hear he’s going, hope he has a long and happy retirement.
I visited Colditz in 2022 with a 9 Euro ticket, also from Leipzig via Grimma and the same bus. At first I thought it was closed because there was no one there. Turned out I was the only visitor and I had the whole castle and museum for myself. It was a fantastic experience.
What a grand tour you done again and doing Colditz that was an eye opener shame the real tours are ending 😳 but you gave it a good tour and thanks for sharing 👍 😀 x
Steve, always remember that if you are travelling within Sachsen, a Sachsenticket only costs about €27 for one (you can include up to 5 passengers on the ticket for a small extra), and it not only includes trains but also regional buses. All Lands offer similar tickets - worth looking out for and can be bargains. As for Sundays in Germany, unless you are in a city that attracts Tourists everywhere is closed normally! You can't even mow your lawn if you have a power mower - in fact, I have been told many times that power tools on a Sunday are Verboten!!!! 🤣🤣🤣. Apparently they have laws that Sundays are sacrosanct and everyone is entitled to peace and quiet.
And he's staying within the MDV area (Mitteldeutsche Verkehrsverbund), so even an MDV 24h ticket would work (costs slightly less, only €20.90 for the entire area (you need at least 5 zones, that's already €20.70, so just buy the full area). Valid on all local public transit, including trams, buses and (local) trains, and it works the same for extra people, it's a small supplement per extra traveller.
I was also going to post about the Sachsen ticket. The various Lände tickets are often a good deal, but sometimes there's a cheaper ticket for a more restricted area (e.g. the Werdenfels ticket for the area around Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria).
Thanks Steve. Such a shame that the personal tours of Colditz are coming to an end. A good tour guide can make all the difference to a tour, and that was a ‘Stirling’ effort on your behalf !😊
I think that non English speaking cat was worried you were filming it's illicit catnip deal! Lucky it didn't chase you. 😁 Nice day trip to do although being so famous I'm surprised the transport links aren't better.
Exploring Germany on a 'Ruhetag'. Brave man, sir! I remember the fun of trying to find a corner shop or 'Spati' willing to breach trading rules, when I had tragically miscalculated the amount of bier held in reserve... Colditz looks like a picturesque timewarp of a place. A far cry from GDR days, when everything was nicotine-brown and crumbling... Ooh, a P50 Trabant! That's a really early one, quite a different shape from the 'Bathtub with wings' P601, most folks know.
Great stuff as always did wonder about the Grim Station it did look grim, I loved the series Colditz and the book, Airey Neave was such a hero, so sad the way his life was ended cheers Steve
Went in the mid 90s ... it was very run down ... there was only a single bakery on the square selling coffee and half loaves of dark bread .. flew to Altenburg .. there were few cars!! Older frauline did Colditz tourr .. amazing... oh and no Aldi...😂
Look, you switched from the train to the bus in my hometown 😉. You could have bought a one-way ticket Leipzig-Colditz, which would have cost 9.20 euros one-way. MDV tickets are valid on all local transport (bus, tram, regional train). So there is no need to split the tickets because of changes.
We spent the night in the castle hostel, done the guided tour and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience on a motorbike tour from Inverness, really enjoy your videos Steve
Quite a nice trip, glad you decided to film it after the bad encounter in Leipzig...I am usually a city person, but when it comes to Germany the towns are where I consistently have nicer experiences
So many lovely towns, and you can so often find an attractive square. I visited Landsberg am Lech on a Sunday when I was In Bavaria on a roundabout day trip ending up at the Andechs Monastery. It's a gorgeous town with the most picturesque square, but I was extra lucky as there was a festival just beginning with loads of tables set up, food and drink stalls lining the square, and an Oompah band playing. I'll never forget that day!
@@mike_maplehad a similar experience last month, we went to Munich, found the city extremely uninspiring. The day we went to the Alps and the small alpine village of Lenggries was the real highlight. At easter we will go to numerous villages in the black forest, skipping the big cities entirely. Looking forward to that one!
@@liamtahaney713 oh great, yes I went to the Black Forest myself last year, stayed in Hausach. If you're near, you must go to Schiltach, it's just a perfect little town
Steve, you surpass yourself with each video and this one was no exception! Colditz looks like a lovely wee tranquil town that looked like it came straight out of a movie and you truly did it justice by showing how lovely it is!!!!!! Kudos to you mate!!!!!!!!!
I haven’t seen the tv programme for 50 years, I think Stirling castle was used for filming, very interesting seeing the town as well, and to get a view inside. Thanks Steve. What a great guide, he was.
Oh Steve. I so envy the day trip to Colditz. As a teenager in the 70’s I was obsessed with The Colditz Story. I read Pat Reid’s book, watched the 1950’s film every time it was on TV, enjoyed the weekly TV series and played the board game. Then in the 1990’s I got to know the late actor/film director Bryan Forbes who played Jimmy Winslow in the 50’s film. Endless hours talking about the film. Thank you for bringing back such fond memories. Now, where can I watch “The Colditz Story” again. 😂
When we were there the lady guide said she'd visited England when the Berlin Wall came down and kept seeing the Castle picture in bookshops - she hadn't realised it was famous until then!
To be honest, Steve, as a German I never heard of Colditz Castle before I moved to the UK. My son and I are planning to make another tour of Germany in 2024 starting at the Brocken in the Harz Mountains, then Leipzig and the Battle of the Nations Memorial followed by Colditz Castle where we intend to spend a night in the Youth Hostel with the final destination Berlin to visit relatives. Your German, by the way, is almost perfect with your "Danke schoen" and "Tschuess".
Very informative vid. It was 1973 with David McCallum, Jack Hedley and Bernard Hepton when the Colditz series was made making use of Stirling Castle Stirlingshire. It was also used in Kidnapped in 1971 with Michael Cane and Jack Hawkins. Stirling Castle was very imposing and great to see the actual Colditz Castle itself. Very informative.
I met Bill Goldfinch, the Colditz glider designer, at Old Sarum, near Salisbury, shortly before his death in 2007. This amazing guy was still building an aeroplane, a rather strange looking flying boat!
What a lovely wee place Colditz is Steve. I can appreciate why the castle people want to digitalise the tour experience but it would be nice for visitors to be given the option in future of whether they go for a digital walkaround or have the wonderful experience of walking around under Alex's guidance. Sometimes the use of technology isn't always best as you miss that human touch. At least you've got that memory in the bag before it changes 😊
Visited Colditz in 2019 and stayed at the youth hostel in the castle and did the tour the next morning. Chose the English language tour alongside a couple of New Zealanders and some folks from Norfolk. Was surprised to hear a Yorkshire accent on the guide. Alex was great and asked us all where we were from. Turns out he had worked for Severn Trent water and knew exactly where I lived in Nottingham thanks to his previous job. When I say exactly I mean the street and the block of 5 houses thanks to it being below a Sainsburys Local. Sad to hear he's being replaced because he was brilliant.
Germany has amazing castles. My girlfriend is German and she has taken me to loads. I'll be going back to Germany in a couple of weeks and can't wait to see many more.
That was fun and interesting Steve. That was something I couldn't do so thank you for doing it for me!!! Yes congratulations on 100k subscribers... Everybody I meet and talk to I always bring up your "You Tube " channel... :):):)
Always wondered what the real place looked like. I read Pat Reid’s account of his time in Colditz “the impossible to escape” castle. Reid wrote two books complete with drawings. The drawings include a plan of the Colditz glider which was built in the roof space. Thank you for sharing our trip to this historic site.
That was great. Loved the TV series as a kid in the early 70s. We were brought up on WW2 in those days - war films, war comics, model aircraft, TV series etc.
I remember reading about Douglas Bader who was imprisoned there, he had a Scottish Medical Orderly, who was tasked with carrying Bader around, the Germans were so impressed by the Orderly that they declared that he was a Non Combatant and could go home, but Bader put a stop to him leaving, because he needed him to carry him around the Castle.I think if I remember correctly the story was in the Sunday Post.
It was so cool to see you on this trip. As my girlfriend lives in the Colditz area I have taken that RB110 train passing Grimma many times! Also it is quite funny that Colditz seems to be much more known in foreign countries than in Germany itself. Before I moved to Leipzig I had not heard of it.
Well things have been cleaned up! We went to Germany just after the wall came down. All they had new were new rounds, everything else was as in the DDR. It was the most amazing trip back in time. People were really amazed that we came and wanted to look around. In some cases we were the first westerners they had seen. We went to Potsdams and then all around. This was very interesting, thank you Steve. I hope you have recovered from your fright and that it wont put you off doing these amazing videos!
I believe it was filmed at Stirling Castle both look similar from the outside Yes I remembered the series think David McCallum was in it I am 64 years old enjoying your video's Steve
About digitised tours, all I can say is I visited the digitised tour of Bodmin Jail few weeks ago, and it was absolutely amazing, meticulously researched and very rewarding. Next time you visit Cornwall, I recommend
Great video Steve! Have done this trip a couple of times, in 2013 it was easier as there was a direct bus (690) from Leipzig HBF In 2018 we also went via Grimma but got our tickets at HBF the day before, the girl at the ticket desk had never heard of Colditz so had to get a manager to work out which zones we needed! Both times the guided tour was with local guide Steffi who was superb. That would be such a shame if there were no more real tours. And the TV series Colditz was filmed at Stirling Castle, in my home city!
Thanks for another fascinating video. I didn't know that the 1970s series was filmed in Stirling Castle, which is what the various comments appear to hint. Certainly some of it at least was filmed at Ealing Studios in London. When I was a student there, we used to see members of the cast in their WW2 uniforms nipping across the road for a quick pint!
Hi, Steve. Another great video. An amazing place. Why the surprise that you were hungry? You are always hungry my friend. Keep the great reviews coming 😊😊
I went to Colditz back in 1991, I’ve often thought about going back again. The Colditz Brewery in the town was particularly good and the beer was very enjoyable.
Stayed in Colditz 2011 - spent one evening talking to a Russian teenager who wanted to know what London was like in the swinging sixties! Really enjoy your videos, Steve!
Congratulations Steve on your 100k followers !! That’s such an awesome achievement. Your videos are down to earth and grounded. They are such a pleasure to watch and throughly enjoyable. Thank you for all the hard work that you put in creating such wonderful content. Wishing you all the best.
God bless you for showing us so many interesting cities Steve! I am enjoying working my way through the videos chronologically. Hoping there is a Dumbarton one. My cousin has family there
Ticket-wise: Leipzig, Grimma, Colditz and Bad Lausick are in the same fare network called MDV, and tickets allow transfer. Instead of buying a ticket for each leg (4 zones and 2 zones), you should have picked just a plain ticket for 5 zones (3 hours, 9.20 Euros) to get there (the question the ticket machine is asking is just to count the correct number of zones). And the same back. That also would have saved you the hassle to get the ticket when changing in Bad Lausick. Staff at Leipzig station and also the bus driver on the return trip should have been able to help you with that, if you just had indicated that your end destination is Colditz and Leipzig, respectively.
Our intrepid explorer does it again! Thank you for a wonderful wander to Colditz and a fantastic video all around. It’s so sad that the tour guides will be replaced with technological ones. 😔 We need human connection, especially when learning and questioning. FAQs won’t ever replace human interaction! Great value for a day trip! Glad you made all of your tight connections. Keep moving forward, friend. 🤗
The view of the castle through the trees was good. Perseverance won the day. Those planning escapes (including from Stalag Luft III) had some ingenuity to make what they did out of what they did to get the escapes to work.
If I remember correctly, I went to Colditz with my family in 2002 or 2004. Can't remember which of those years it was. We drove from Halle that day as that was where my uncle lived and where we stayed at the time. You cam catch the train to Leipzig from Halle too. I will have to take my wife. She loves history and castles. I would appreciate it more too. Thanks for the tour and congratulations on 100k subscribers. Keep up the good work. Cheers
Great video Steve, nice to see a tour of the real Colditz, I live in Stirling so as a local of course I remember that Stirling Castle, Scotland was used to stand in for Colditz castle in the 1970s BBC tv series.
Another excellent video Steve....I'm hooked and wait with baited breath for Saturday's to come around.....Just glad I have a few of your old videos still to view....
That was really interesting, Steve - especially to see that our countries are not so different really, with no expense spared on the maintenance of Leipzig station, while Grimma looks like something out of Ulster during the height of The Troubles - and then, Colditz town looking very wealthy indeed! Stirling Castle, wasn't it - that filming location?!!
Great video - we drove to Leipzig and Dresden last June from the Hull ferry. Went to Chemnitz and Colditz in winter 2017 and got 140mph out of my Alfa 159 on the A9 on the way back to the ferry in Europoort. Take care.
Thanks for going round the castle and and seeing what the castle was used for in the war and now it is wonderful to look round and the town and nice and sunny day as well thanks Steve
Another cracking film Scott, for a wee while I thought you were Geo wizard walking across a country in a straight line 😂 now that’s worth a watch & you’ll see what I mean
Great video. That train station in Colditz looks much as it would have in WW2 (minus the obnoxious spray paint) . You could imagine escapees being there.
Pity but thanks for your tour of colditz Castle Steve
Stayed at the youth hostel at Colditz a few years ago and was taken around the tour by the same english speaking Polish/Bradfordian. He was a great tour guide. Sorry to hear he is to be replaced.
I just discovered your channel and I'm loving your videos so far (this one is no exeption). I'm actually living in Grimma, so I was quite surprised to see you in my lovely town. You definetely should visit Grimma again and take some time with you. There is lots to discover, many small shops and cafés, the market place, a suspension bridge, the Pöppelmann bridge, the Frauenkirche and so on. If you plan on doing a trip over here, feel free to ask me for any recommendations. I try to support you in any way. Keep up the good work :)
This is a good one; my Father spent a night in the courtyard of the castle, a stopover when the Germans were marching POWs from east to west to get away from the Russians. Some short distance from the Castle, their Guards ran off and left them to their own devices; they eventually ran into the Americans and Liberation. The Americans asked the POWs which direction the Guards went, and the POWs Pointed in the opposite direction as my Father said they just wanted to go home. The war was days from being over.
That was good of your father and shows where humanity rises above the brutality of war.
Great video. Grimma staiion certainly lives up to its name!
With the problems we cause in Germany, we could end up inside there permanently one day. How beautiful are German towns?? Once you get out of the major cities, a whole new Germany opens up. Sunday in Germany is "Ruhetag" - a day of rest so never expect too much happening. Another great video.
Dare I suggest.... The next Steve Vs Scott challenge: Start at Colditz and see who can get to Switzerland first, using only transport options that were available in 1943.
Except for cake and coffee
I went there in my campervan in 2014 and had the privilege of having a tour with Alex on my own as I was the only English speaker there. A gentleman and a fount of knowledge about everything to do with the castle. Sad to hear he’s going, hope he has a long and happy retirement.
I visited Colditz in 2022 with a 9 Euro ticket, also from Leipzig via Grimma and the same bus. At first I thought it was closed because there was no one there. Turned out I was the only visitor and I had the whole castle and museum for myself. It was a fantastic experience.
I just luv your attitude mate! No hurry, make the most of the time… live in the moment! 😎👍
How delightful without hoards of tourists everywhere.
Tourists come in "hordes", while "hoards" sometimes fill treasure chests.
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What a grand tour you done again and doing Colditz that was an eye opener shame the real tours are ending 😳 but you gave it a good tour and thanks for sharing 👍 😀 x
Steve, always remember that if you are travelling within Sachsen, a Sachsenticket only costs about €27 for one (you can include up to 5 passengers on the ticket for a small extra), and it not only includes trains but also regional buses. All Lands offer similar tickets - worth looking out for and can be bargains. As for Sundays in Germany, unless you are in a city that attracts Tourists everywhere is closed normally! You can't even mow your lawn if you have a power mower - in fact, I have been told many times that power tools on a Sunday are Verboten!!!! 🤣🤣🤣. Apparently they have laws that Sundays are sacrosanct and everyone is entitled to peace and quiet.
Lucky Germans! Not so in NZ have had power tools going all day Sundays.
And he's staying within the MDV area (Mitteldeutsche Verkehrsverbund), so even an MDV 24h ticket would work (costs slightly less, only €20.90 for the entire area (you need at least 5 zones, that's already €20.70, so just buy the full area). Valid on all local public transit, including trams, buses and (local) trains, and it works the same for extra people, it's a small supplement per extra traveller.
I was also going to post about the Sachsen ticket. The various Lände tickets are often a good deal, but sometimes there's a cheaper ticket for a more restricted area (e.g. the Werdenfels ticket for the area around Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria).
Thanks Steve. Such a shame that the personal tours of Colditz are coming to an end. A good tour guide can make all the difference to a tour, and that was a ‘Stirling’ effort on your behalf !😊
yes Stirling was the answer to where the 70s series was filmed
I think that non English speaking cat was worried you were filming it's illicit catnip deal! Lucky it didn't chase you. 😁 Nice day trip to do although being so famous I'm surprised the transport links aren't better.
I love that you are so kind to animals!
Ben from Bald and Bankrupt was also once in Colditz when we went with Alina from Prague to Berlin... The castle however was closed.
Exploring Germany on a 'Ruhetag'. Brave man, sir! I remember the fun of trying to find a corner shop or 'Spati' willing to breach trading rules, when I had tragically miscalculated the amount of bier held in reserve...
Colditz looks like a picturesque timewarp of a place. A far cry from GDR days, when everything was nicotine-brown and crumbling...
Ooh, a P50 Trabant! That's a really early one, quite a different shape from the 'Bathtub with wings' P601, most folks know.
What a wonderful video, thank you
Great stuff as always did wonder about the Grim Station it did look grim, I loved the series Colditz and the book, Airey Neave was such a hero, so sad the way his life was ended cheers Steve
Long live punctuation marks and their pepper uses ...
Wtf I have literally just started watching you and now you're taking the train to my hometown!?
Went in the mid 90s ... it was very run down ... there was only a single bakery on the square selling coffee and half loaves of dark bread .. flew to Altenburg .. there were few cars!! Older frauline did Colditz tourr .. amazing... oh and no Aldi...😂
Look, you switched from the train to the bus in my hometown 😉. You could have bought a one-way ticket Leipzig-Colditz, which would have cost 9.20 euros one-way. MDV tickets are valid on all local transport (bus, tram, regional train). So there is no need to split the tickets because of changes.
We spent the night in the castle hostel, done the guided tour and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience on a motorbike tour from Inverness, really enjoy your videos Steve
No matter where on the globe you go.. there’s always a bloody Yorkshireman!
In Yorkshire the saying goes: "No matter where you Go, you're sure to meet a Georgie .. 😇😇😇
Another very interesting video Steve, thank you for taking us along again.....
Thank-you for sharing your part of the world with us. Kentucky USA
Your part of the world? He’s from Scotland.
I’ve never been out of the US and love different accents, cultures, scenery, etc. I’ve always wanted to see Scotland and know it will never happen.
Quite a nice trip, glad you decided to film it after the bad encounter in Leipzig...I am usually a city person, but when it comes to Germany the towns are where I consistently have nicer experiences
So many lovely towns, and you can so often find an attractive square. I visited Landsberg am Lech on a Sunday when I was In Bavaria on a roundabout day trip ending up at the Andechs Monastery. It's a gorgeous town with the most picturesque square, but I was extra lucky as there was a festival just beginning with loads of tables set up, food and drink stalls lining the square, and an Oompah band playing. I'll never forget that day!
@@mike_maplehad a similar experience last month, we went to Munich, found the city extremely uninspiring. The day we went to the Alps and the small alpine village of Lenggries was the real highlight. At easter we will go to numerous villages in the black forest, skipping the big cities entirely. Looking forward to that one!
@@liamtahaney713If you are in the Black Forest, visit Lake Constance!
@@liamtahaney713 oh great, yes I went to the Black Forest myself last year, stayed in Hausach. If you're near, you must go to Schiltach, it's just a perfect little town
@@mike_maple don't worry Steve you have great videos you try to hard
You're the best, Steve. I never miss an episode. I hope you come to the US some day.
Steve, you surpass yourself with each video and this one was no exception! Colditz looks like a lovely wee tranquil town that looked like it came straight out of a movie and you truly did it justice by showing how lovely it is!!!!!! Kudos to you mate!!!!!!!!!
Couldn’t agree more!!!
Steve, amazing views. I was a studio engineer who worked on the TV show at BBC Television Centre, London. Great times.
Another great video! Love how you stop to talk to all the cats you meet on your travels.
It is good that Germany is now reunited once more and you area able to visit picturesque places like Colditz.
Steve Time! 👍🏴
Fascinating, thanks for the opportunity to share it with you. I have to say, the sound of your boots on the cobblestones did make it a bit eerie!
Sounded the way WW2 German soldiers always sound in the movies.
The cardboard cut-outs are a very clever addition - achieving a lot so simply. Lovely cobbled streets.
I haven’t seen the tv programme for 50 years, I think Stirling castle was used for filming, very interesting seeing the town as well, and to get a view inside. Thanks Steve. What a great guide, he was.
Oh Steve. I so envy the day trip to Colditz. As a teenager in the 70’s I was obsessed with The Colditz Story. I read Pat Reid’s book, watched the 1950’s film every time it was on TV, enjoyed the weekly TV series and played the board game.
Then in the 1990’s I got to know the late actor/film director Bryan Forbes who played Jimmy Winslow in the 50’s film. Endless hours talking about the film. Thank you for bringing back such fond memories.
Now, where can I watch “The Colditz Story” again. 😂
Really enjoyed your video. Great to see inside the castle.
When we were there the lady guide said she'd visited England when the Berlin Wall came down and kept seeing the Castle picture in bookshops - she hadn't realised it was famous until then!
To be honest, Steve, as a German I never heard of Colditz Castle before I moved to the UK.
My son and I are planning to make another tour of Germany in 2024 starting at the Brocken in the Harz Mountains, then Leipzig and the Battle of the Nations Memorial followed by Colditz Castle where we intend to spend a night in the Youth Hostel with the final destination Berlin to visit relatives.
Your German, by the way, is almost perfect with your "Danke schoen" and "Tschuess".
Thanks Steve, another entertaining video. So much interesting history and some of it not so far back as far as time goes. Thanks for sharing.
Stirling Castle, actually saw them filming, guys on ropes abseiling over the walls, many moons ago when we visited my aunt and uncle in Kippen
Very informative vid. It was 1973 with David McCallum, Jack Hedley and Bernard Hepton when the Colditz series was made making use of Stirling Castle Stirlingshire. It was also used in Kidnapped in 1971 with Michael Cane and Jack Hawkins. Stirling Castle was very imposing and great to see the actual Colditz Castle itself. Very informative.
Thank you for verifying my 'educated guess', based on logistics, that it was indeed Sterling castle!
That was so fantastic Steve, must have felt amazing to be there.
Cheers.
Great .
I met Bill Goldfinch, the Colditz glider designer, at Old Sarum, near Salisbury, shortly before his death in 2007. This amazing guy was still building an aeroplane, a rather strange looking flying boat!
What a lovely wee place Colditz is Steve. I can appreciate why the castle people want to digitalise the tour experience but it would be nice for visitors to be given the option in future of whether they go for a digital walkaround or have the wonderful experience of walking around under Alex's guidance. Sometimes the use of technology isn't always best as you miss that human touch. At least you've got that memory in the bag before it changes 😊
i remember the colditz board game😊👍👍
Visited Colditz in 2019 and stayed at the youth hostel in the castle and did the tour the next morning. Chose the English language tour alongside a couple of New Zealanders and some folks from Norfolk. Was surprised to hear a Yorkshire accent on the guide. Alex was great and asked us all where we were from. Turns out he had worked for Severn Trent water and knew exactly where I lived in Nottingham thanks to his previous job. When I say exactly I mean the street and the block of 5 houses thanks to it being below a Sainsburys Local. Sad to hear he's being replaced because he was brilliant.
Germany has amazing castles. My girlfriend is German and she has taken me to loads. I'll be going back to Germany in a couple of weeks and can't wait to see many more.
Look up Schwerin and its castle, beautiful City near Hamburg and not far away from the baltic sea
Thanks fro that, I will do,@@Knnnkncht
That was fun and interesting Steve. That was something I couldn't do so thank you for doing it for me!!!
Yes congratulations on 100k subscribers... Everybody I meet and talk to I always bring up your "You Tube " channel... :):):)
thanks Steve for another great vlog👍
Always wondered what the real place looked like. I read Pat Reid’s account of his time in Colditz “the impossible to escape” castle. Reid wrote two books complete with drawings. The drawings include a plan of the Colditz glider which was built in the roof space. Thank you for sharing our trip to this historic site.
ENJOYED THAT 😎 Oh ! n Stirling Castle for Colditz TV Series also had the board game Happy Memories☺
Great fun and entertaining I was humming the Colditz theme while watching this 🙂
That was great. Loved the TV series as a kid in the early 70s. We were brought up on WW2 in those days - war films, war comics, model aircraft, TV series etc.
Steve what agood video, the Tunnels were so narrow, film was good of the Castle, didn't know that they didn't filmit there,
I remember reading about Douglas Bader who was imprisoned there, he had a Scottish Medical Orderly, who was tasked with carrying Bader around, the Germans were so impressed by the Orderly that they declared that he was a Non Combatant and could go home, but Bader put a stop to him leaving, because he needed him to carry him around the Castle.I think if I remember correctly the story was in the Sunday Post.
It was so cool to see you on this trip. As my girlfriend lives in the Colditz area I have taken that RB110 train passing Grimma many times! Also it is quite funny that Colditz seems to be much more known in foreign countries than in Germany itself. Before I moved to Leipzig I had not heard of it.
Well things have been cleaned up! We went to Germany just after the wall came down. All they had new were new rounds, everything else was as in the DDR. It was the most amazing trip back in time. People were really amazed that we came and wanted to look around. In some cases we were the first westerners they had seen. We went to Potsdams and then all around. This was very interesting, thank you Steve. I hope you have recovered from your fright and that it wont put you off doing these amazing videos!
Looks like a great day out, Steve - thanks for taking us with you!
I love your creativity which takes us all to fascinating, if often obscure, places. Brilliant.
I believe it was filmed at Stirling Castle both look similar from the outside Yes I remembered the series think David McCallum was in it I am 64 years old enjoying your video's Steve
About digitised tours, all I can say is I visited the digitised tour of Bodmin Jail few weeks ago, and it was absolutely amazing, meticulously researched and very rewarding. Next time you visit Cornwall, I recommend
Great video Steve went to Colditz in 2015 from Leipzig Had a great tour of the Castles and town + the old Colditz Railway station.🍺
Great video Steve!
Have done this trip a couple of times, in 2013 it was easier as there was a direct bus (690) from Leipzig HBF
In 2018 we also went via Grimma but got our tickets at HBF the day before, the girl at the ticket desk had never heard of Colditz so had to get a manager to work out which zones we needed!
Both times the guided tour was with local guide Steffi who was superb.
That would be such a shame if there were no more real tours.
And the TV series Colditz was filmed at Stirling Castle, in my home city!
Thanks for another fascinating video. I didn't know that the 1970s series was filmed in Stirling Castle, which is what the various comments appear to hint. Certainly some of it at least was filmed at Ealing Studios in London. When I was a student there, we used to see members of the cast in their WW2 uniforms nipping across the road for a quick pint!
Hi, Steve. Another great video. An amazing place. Why the surprise that you were hungry? You are always hungry my friend. Keep the great reviews coming 😊😊
I remember reading the tales of Colditz as a young lad, and I'm planning to visit in the next few months. Thanks for the great and informative video!
Sometimes you get a discount if you show your Gastkarte (your hotel should provide you with one)
Restaurants are normally open on Sundays. I think that pizza place is just the only gastronomy Colditz has 😄
I went to Colditz back in 1991, I’ve often thought about going back again. The Colditz Brewery in the town was particularly good and the beer was very enjoyable.
thank you ,these Germany themed vid's made me a little homesick
Stayed in Colditz 2011 - spent one evening talking to a Russian teenager who wanted to know what London was like in the swinging sixties! Really enjoy your videos, Steve!
Congratulations Steve on your 100k followers !! That’s such an awesome achievement. Your videos are down to earth and grounded. They are such a pleasure to watch and throughly enjoyable. Thank you for all the hard work that you put in creating such wonderful content. Wishing you all the best.
God bless you for showing us so many interesting cities Steve! I am enjoying working my way through the videos chronologically. Hoping there is a Dumbarton one. My cousin has family there
I still have the board game, it comes out every once and awhile at Christmas, great fun !
Hello Steve mick from Hull really enjoyed this episode hope you are well and I will look forward to your next episode 😊😊😊
Excellent Steve Thankyou 🏴🇬🇧
Ticket-wise:
Leipzig, Grimma, Colditz and Bad Lausick are in the same fare network called MDV, and tickets allow transfer. Instead of buying a ticket for each leg (4 zones and 2 zones), you should have picked just a plain ticket for 5 zones (3 hours, 9.20 Euros) to get there (the question the ticket machine is asking is just to count the correct number of zones). And the same back. That also would have saved you the hassle to get the ticket when changing in Bad Lausick. Staff at Leipzig station and also the bus driver on the return trip should have been able to help you with that, if you just had indicated that your end destination is Colditz and Leipzig, respectively.
Thanks!
Our intrepid explorer does it again! Thank you for a wonderful wander to Colditz and a fantastic video all around. It’s so sad that the tour guides will be replaced with technological ones. 😔 We need human connection, especially when learning and questioning. FAQs won’t ever replace human interaction!
Great value for a day trip! Glad you made all of your tight connections. Keep moving forward, friend. 🤗
The view of the castle through the trees was good. Perseverance won the day. Those planning escapes (including from Stalag Luft III) had some ingenuity to make what they did out of what they did to get the escapes to work.
If I remember correctly, I went to Colditz with my family in 2002 or 2004. Can't remember which of those years it was. We drove from Halle that day as that was where my uncle lived and where we stayed at the time. You cam catch the train to Leipzig from Halle too. I will have to take my wife. She loves history and castles. I would appreciate it more too. Thanks for the tour and congratulations on 100k subscribers. Keep up the good work. Cheers
Great video Steve, nice to see a tour of the real Colditz, I live in Stirling so as a local of course I remember that Stirling Castle, Scotland was used to stand in for Colditz castle in the 1970s BBC tv series.
Beautiful trains and trams.
Another excellent video Steve....I'm hooked and wait with baited breath for Saturday's to come around.....Just glad I have a few of your old videos still to view....
That was really interesting, Steve - especially to see that our countries are not so different really, with no expense spared on the maintenance of Leipzig station, while Grimma looks like something out of Ulster during the height of The Troubles - and then, Colditz town looking very wealthy indeed! Stirling Castle, wasn't it - that filming location?!!
Well done :)
Always my Saturday early morning travel with Steve. Fresh views and food and fun.
Great video - we drove to Leipzig and Dresden last June from the Hull ferry. Went to Chemnitz and Colditz in winter 2017 and got 140mph out of my Alfa 159 on the A9 on the way back to the ferry in Europoort. Take care.
Awesome video, as usual. Thanks!
I am glad you escaped from Colditz....another good video....
Really interesting vlog Steve and another destination added to my bucket list.
Brilliant! Well done Steve, I’ve always wanted to go there. And yes I had that board game. How about a trip to the Mohne and Eder dams?
Brilliant vlog by the way. Such a beautiful town as well.
Thanks for going round the castle and and seeing what the castle was used for in the war and now it is wonderful to look round and the town and nice and sunny day as well thanks Steve
Another cracking film Scott, for a wee while I thought you were Geo wizard walking across a country in a straight line 😂 now that’s worth a watch & you’ll see what I mean
Great video. That train station in Colditz looks much as it would have in WW2 (minus the obnoxious spray paint) . You could imagine escapees being there.
One shot of Colditz town reminded me of Montrose town centre Steve, my wife’s family were,are from Montrose!
Thanks for taking us with you, Steve.
Brilliant video steve. So many congrats on 100k subscribers. Woop woop. 🎉🎉🎉