London is Better than NYC
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We spent the week in London to celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary and quickly confirmed that London is better than NYC, no question.
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Watch our second day in London: th-cam.com/video/cM_4wuNp254/w-d-xo.html
You all seemed really nice. Glad you all enjoyed your holiday/vacation. Should have gone to Camden town and somewhere less touristic like Brixton or West London , maybe Ealing near me. Lots of cute pubs there
Programme is alright but the stupid faces all the time .eeehhhee URGH
If you ever come back, the oldest pub (probably) where Shakespeare is reputed to have staged a play or two in the courtyard, is just off Borough High Street (the road leading to Borough Market).
@@miaschu8175 - The George? There is a great picture of Alfred Hitchcock and Ingrid Bergman in one of the booths there. I think this is from the same series: avax.news/pictures/41128
Did you know the real London bridge is in America ,Arizona
As a British Londoner, nothing makes me more proud than to see tourists enjoying the city (even with bad weather) Great video. Proud to live here
Yeah right you may fool the Americans but you cant fool me!!! London is an overpriced Housing crisis, Universal credit, soon to be NHS privatised, Owned by Chinese and Russians, gentrifying overpopulated, damp, Brexit stalling about to trade with USA, millennial Generation RENT, Shithole and that's why I sold my house in West London and moved to Milton Keynes and currently living in USA for now and I wouldn't exactly call it England tbh
@Alqu001 ! True.
@Mike Oxbigger Where did you move to Mike?
One less northerner in London. Happy days
@Mike Oxbigger you'll be missed. Perhaps they will erect a statue in your honour
This is possibly the best American vlog of London I have seen. London is my home and it is always interesting to see it through other's eyes. Also I take it for granted, so it is refreshing. Most other vlogs focus on the major tourist sites, places I rarely ever go to. But this has a different feel, with a smattering of the other London as you live it. Beautifully shot and edited as well.
@Frank Clarke but NYC not much different believe me...20 years living here
Frank Clarke you an idiot, London food is much much more better and flavoursome, also it rains 126 days in New York City and in London 105 days, both cities are great in downtown areas, however, London much more to do, and New York is depressing outside downtown areas, this is how the real New York looks where everyone lives, and London suburbs are way better:
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Frank Clarke so u used some very old pics of London, and made it officially one part of London, infact very very small number of London has bad areas left, however, and oh the tube closes up around 1am and 24hrs on Friday through to Sunday, entire New York areas look like that and this:
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Frank Clarke so u want to play that game? First u started slagging off my city and now u posting videos about London poverty, but u know the truth when you see shithole areas like Bronx/queens and Brooklyn, son, here’s one on poverty:
th-cam.com/video/6niWzomA_So/w-d-xo.html
porter0161 better than shitty Manchester
I’ve been to many capital cities around the world, but nothing touches London. There is something very magical about the place. There is so much history and I have never been to any other city in the world that has so many famous sites to see, and if course it is home to the most famous monarch in the whole world Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Nah london is overrated yall need to see Manchester
@@ITheMystery-sc2kw that’s your opinion. I’ve been to Manchester. Manchester is the capital of the North of England. My opinion is London is the best city in the world and the capital of the world.
Come to Peckham
@@ITheMystery-sc2kw Christ, have a day off. London by far is so superior. I'm a south Londoner, there's more good in south London than the whole of Manchester. I'm not saying it's bad, it isn't but London it ain't
@@ITheMystery-sc2kw Nah ! you need to come to Wales ! 😉
If you grow up in the UK (or Europe), it is easy to forget how lucky you are with culture history and in particular built heritage.
It only just struck me a few years ago that my town has a basically a twelfth century cathedral.. And that I was baptised in font that was almost a thousand years old. '' How crazy is that'.
It is like suddenly realising the old picture in your hallway is a rembrandt.
Americans go crazy if they have baby clothes that were worn by their grandfather. I was baptised in a font that comes from a time when there were no printed books.
America is a great place - but the heritage here is so overflowing, we hardly notice it.
Yes, I've been increasingly appreciating this about the UK. We have lovely old buildings everywhere (alongside modern ones of course, but still).
@@me-ln4pd When I visited I did not find new York State or San Francisco ugly though. To me everything looked like Sesame Street or a scene from an Edward Hopper painting. Cool!
I live in the English Midlands and remember talking a few years back in a chatroom to someone from northern Oklahoma about how I was 90 minutes by train from London. I just took it for granted but he was blown away by it.
Are you from Exeter?
Funny you say this, I was was married in a church that's mentioned in the Domesday Book! History is everywhere and we do tend to take it for granted at times.
I was born and raised in NYC and spend a lot of time in the UK, I agree London is better then NYC.
I'm born and raised in London and I'm going to apply to columbia soon to live in nyc for a period of my life. I've always wanted to.
London sucks ass compared to nyc
@Alfie Green nyc downtown is bigger and better and once you leave Manhattan, there is still stuff to do
@@kuerpotino8401 In NYC you can't drink on the streets and bars/clubs close at 2am. I won't even talk about New York's public transportation and health system. London wins.
@@kuerpotino8401 u haven't even been there lol.
British person here. I love this video. You have an amazing eye for the City and show the contrast between the modern architecture of the city and the old. You've created an intimate and emotional vibe. One of the best tourist representations of the city I have seen, you've captured the feel of London. 10/ 10. Thank You for sharing x
@Ashwin Sawarkar Typical ignorant Jingly comment
i feel like a lot of Londoners - myself included - can take the city for granted. definitely need to take some time out of my day to appreciate it more because I feel like I forget sometimes what an amazing history and culture our city has
London has a lot to offer in terms of history sight seeing ect.The countryside from top to bottom of the country has really stunning views,each area is different.
I use to live in London in 2000 - and I still have London in my heart- I wish I go back one day again. I love London
Funny how we take things in our daily life for granted, I live in the North of England. I'm looking out of my window and I can see a building, I see this building everyday, walk past it most days, most days I don't give it a second thought. The building I'm talking about is an 9th century castle 🤷♂️
Nice One Graham...
I may have mentioned this in a previous video, but I was born in London and moved to the States when I was one years old. I just returned this past summer to visit family and it was MAGICAL. My sis and I just booked tickets to go this summer. She hasn't been back in over 30 years. We can't wait!
Please come back to this comment thread and tell us how it goes
ALL these people who are raving about London instead of visiting come and live in London see if after 18 month you still feel the same with the dirt and overcrowding and expensiveness not to mention the violence
Did you enjoy our hottest ever summer? :)
Lived in nyc my whole live, went to london and fell in love
Is there anything in particular you enjoyed? I love hearing about how people view my city
I am from the north of England, traditionally we don't get along with Londoners. That said. London is the best city I have ever been to and it truly is magical. Regards comparisons, it's hard to compare NYC with London. The history alone blows you away. I always get warm and fuzzy when I am in London. It has so much history, it is though the city is talking to you and dragging you on a journey. Love the place.
I am from Birmingham (UK), and i totally agree with your sentiments about London. The place buzzes on all levels. I go every year for a few days. Just love the place.
I had a 10-hour layover in New York a couple of weeks ago and I explored Manhatten and a bit of Brooklyn. I felt like I needed a shower afterward. But London...the architecture, the trees, the parks...absolutely no comparison between the two. And not to mention that the tube is LOADS cleaner than the New York subway.
Probably one of the most beautiful vlogs I've seen on any city, exquisite lighting and the music is sublime, you should think of going into film making or something similar, you have a rare talent
100% right !
I asked him why they haven't come back and visited London since, like in the summer.
I'm British and live some 150 miles from London and can honestly say this is the best and most fun vlog I've seen Americans do of London. You captured the mood alright - I can see you love it. All the best. Mark
@Commando England hay mate at the mo I'm interested in London. Yeah I love all regions mate - I am British - Hereford in fact border of England and Wales. I'm not here to make it a battle. Just liking a London video.
AngloSaxon. I don’t think tourist would want to go to Plymouth tho 😂
Agree with you, I and my wife visited London in 2017 and love London so much. That's why we will always include London in our next trip to Europe.
London Paris & Rome have magic in them like no other cities in the world......
Kay Flip real cities? Rome is a city rich in history and culture. Just because your ignorant to it doesn’t make it not so
@Kay Flip I'll give u NYC but The other 2 soulless places
@Kay Flip because a city needs skyscrapers to be "real"... grow up idiot
@Kay FlipGlass huge boxes are no match for beautiful classy historical building that are 1000's of years old, the best part of those cities you have mentioned are the old historical building, i would put Hong Kong and Tokyo
along side London Paris and Rome for beauty but i would defiantly swap New York for San Francisco which is easily america's most prettiest city mainly because of the setting the streets and those old pretty wooden american houses,
@Kay Flip Rome is incredible don't even try compare it to Hong Kong.
London never fails to take my breathe away. Even after many years living and visiting most days of the week I still marvel at it and am awed by something every time I'm there. It's the most extraordinary city in the world. Old enough to have a roman foundation with 2000 years of modernity and advancement on top of it that hasn't hidden that early history nor obscured it, and yet still competes with the world's most advanced cities while retaining that character. A 1000 year old medieval castle right in the heart of it. Say no more.
It's one of the wonders of the world. This is a great video.
Born and raised in London and even I will admit that looks like the greyest day ever! Ahah welcome to London and enjoy it!
Both great cities but NYC has very little history and not much in the way of iconic sites.
London wins hands down for me.
It's obvious you don't know New York City very well....if at all...…New York is more dynamic and energetic than London.
@@brucemarsico6
I have lived in New York City for the past 7 years and know it rather well actually!
Perhaps it is you who doesn't know London.
Beautiful....Then, don't disparage New York. It can't be London. Only London is London.
@@brucemarsico6
I'm not disparaging anything Sir.
Am simply expressing a personal preference.
Let's agree that they are both great cities.
Estoy de acuerdo!And Hooray for Hollywood.....!
London is lovely, while NYC is gritty! I'm not a fan of big cities but in my travels London and Budapest are the two most beautiful cities in Europe.
I feel safe in these cities while NYC keeps me on edge the whole time I am there. I am forever panhandled in NYC while I never had that happen
in London or Budapest. I'm sure there are dirty parts of London and Budapest, but I sure didn't see it.... so clean and friendly! My favorite US cities
are Washington DC and San Francisco. As far as overall cleanliness of European countries, Germany and The Netherlands are unbelievably clean
places. I am always amazed at how spotless everything is there.
"Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."
- Samuel Johnson 1777
Mr Johnson may have bee correct back in 1777, but London is a bowl of everything shitty. I say turn the m25 into a road around a lake.
Why , Sir, you DO realise that would include the area of Eltham where you were born.I had 29 great years in my beloved Inner London and made a snap move to go to The South East London / Kent Suburbs in 1983. Been a fantastic last 36 years with few problems.Close to London's 100,000+ Official "Places Of Interest" and yet 15 minutes from the heart of Kent and less than 10 minutes from The M25. I have a near 200 acre park,literally,on my doorstep with endless fields,woods and meadows nearby.It's still predominantly British and I don't even have a lock on my back door in the same house I bought in '83....
He also said "the best view in Scotland is the road to England !" Heheheh racist old git !
Been to London and NYC four times each (from Australia). Both have their unique endearing qualities.
Love this London vid. It shows how enamoured you are with travel. Back there in 6 months. Can’t wait.
My granddad was the foreman at courage brewery (Anchor Brewery) in park street up until the early seventies when he retired , I still have the engraved watch they gave him .
I get a bit sentimental when I see the plaque on the wall.
When he said Thames as Tames I died 🤣
It is pronounced Tems
@@yunusemir6601 Tem as in mem-ory but with an S on the end.
@@yunusemir6601 You basically have to learn phonics. I don't know if you get taught phonics wherever you are, but knowing how to read and pronounce words, helps alot when you're trying to pronounce the word Thames.
ao_lets_go 123 not sure phonics helps with Thames tho. Using phonics it would sound very different don’t you think .
Yea but there are so many things that are impossible to pronounce unless you know before hand. Take Southwark for example, not pronounced South-Wark like you’d think but sutherk in real terms, so cut them a break!!.
Was originally pronounced Thames as in 'that'. But King George being German could not pronounce it ,so it became Tems.
Absolutely gorgeous shots of London. I would love to go there some day.
You all looked so happy, Sarah was just beaming. Cody you are an artist with the camera! Congratulations on your 10th wedding anniversary, and thank you for sharing your trip!
Gosh! You have a beautiful eye. My Home town has never looked so pretty, even in the rain! As others have said, you made me want to visit it again. Thank you both and y'all come back now x
Funny story, all the buildings in London when they started to get tall had to be built so certain places around london (and in the surburbs like Richmond) could still see St Pauls from that location line of sight.
robert Chin I live in Richmond, and in Richmond park there is a spot called king kenry's mound where you can see st pauls from. There is a narrow strip of land which is protected and there have never been trees planted in it so nothing blocks the view. Its pretty cool
Iv'e been to NYC five times and lived in London for five years now, i'm actually from the north of England but i'm 62 and i'm never going to leave this fabulous place.Thank you for this wonderfully edited video and thank you also for your kind observations on what I do regard as the greatest city on earth. And by the way I am and always will be, in awe of NYC,
I really, really liked this video. I don’t know if it was the color grading, music selection, or simply how “cute” London is, but I really liked it. Keep up the great work and I hope you had happy holidays!
Hi. Ive lived and worked in London all my life and i have never ever heard of London being described as cute! Trust me, like in every major city the planet over, there are some very very grim nasty parts of London that are no where near and never will be 'cute'!
@@tilerman Yeah but the centre, probably the only bit most tourists will go to, is generally pretty charming. I especially think the narrow roads are "cute" to Americans/Canadians/Australians (no idea where the above poster is from, though) because everything there is super spread out.
I'm from South England and when I visit London I find the backstreets pretty cute. Its dampened by the depressing British news often.
London is the capital of the World
NYC IS THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
@Kilian Sheehan THE UNITED NATIONS IS IN NEW YORK CITY.
Neil Acharya
Shush right now London is the capital city of the world!
Right now on my list, London has 49 points and New York has 47 points
“The United Nations”
What a weird flex 🤣
@@londonvsnewyorkcitywhowill1034 YOUR LIST IS NOT OBJECTIVE AND IT IS THEREFORE INVALID.
London is cool but you really need to explore the rest of the UK and Ireland.
@Santos Morales no no it isn't
@Santos Morales New York is a shitehole
No why would they wanna see old boring houses and sheep everywhere. I think London and my home, Oxford is a must for tourists.
@@JLGASS223 Yeah i go to Oxford a lot,I like drinking in the Jericho. I live near Witney so not far for me
Ghada Gassim yes of course I have it’s beautiful. Been going since I was very young and go to the parts I love the most like Camden, Mayfair, Marylebone, St Jas, Piccadilly, Knightsbridge, Chelsea, and Kensington.
I agree London is better than New York and I’m a New Yorker. Lol. Nice vid 😄
@@qwertyjeffers I agree, London is full of crime, I monitored crime for over a decade in the London area, robbing people is basically a good night out for some people.
As a tourist destination they're both comparable. To live full time neither would crack my top 10. I should add that I'm a former Londoner (born there) and been to NYC many times.
If you are getting robbed or attacked in London than that means you probably are not street smart or have a low iq.
MrLewizz 👈😂Of course "white British" people never commit crime...it's only "the foreigners".....
@Billy McCarthy Must say i found Blackheath nice, the crime in Lewisham seemed higher from personal experience.
I’m a Londoner, I feel like I’ve never had the pleasure of seeing London ‘for the first time’.. I kind of take it for granted sometimes and forget how incredible it is. It’s just always been part of my life. So it’s really interesting to see a video from the perspective of people experiencing it as new thing.
The way you film is so beautiful. I've lived here all my life and never seen the city look so good even on a grey day.
I’m British and thank you ☺️
For being the first American flogger that is actually respectful
And who doesn’t scream at every underground sign
This warms my heart ☺️❤️
Shame you didn't come in the spring, summer, autumn to experience London in its full glory
John Bonner okay I get the idea that spring or summer might have been more pleasant but autumn? I don’t see how autumn displays London in It’s ‘full glory’. It’s not like New England with lots of pretty foliage or anything.
@@_Sakidora_ He is just one of those annoying and boring people that no matter what you do his response is always that there's something better. Yawn.
@@_Sakidora_ you need to checkout all the Royal parks plus Richmond Park, Syon Park and Hampstead Heath etc. London is the greatest capital city in the world.
@@_Sakidora_ The trees do turn yellow and red, it's just that the leaves don't last very long. Also you'd have to get out of central London, I guess, less trees there than the residential areas.
I agree it's fantastic in the Autumn
Seeing the City I know so well through American eyes made me realise just how stunning she is! She's seen everything from the Romano-Welsh holding out against the Saxons in 700 AD to defying the Nazis in 1940. She reinvents herself with ease!
I'm from Brooklyn. can't wait to leave this dump. New York state itself is beautiful but nyc has gotta go. I don't get why people like it so much 🤷♂️
You made me want to visit London!!
(and i bloody live here!!) 🤣
Hahaha me too
Pretend you're a tourist, pick a day, and spend a couple of hours on a Thames cruise and a walk through the parks around Buckingham. Show up one morning and take in the Guard change or have your photo taken next to a Queen's guard. Walk across the Tower bridge and back, stroll around Piccadilly Circus and Covent Garden. Stop in at Harrod's, just to say you were there. Take in the city's fantastic museums. Dine in Chinatown. Do a Jack the Ripper walk. Have someone take your photo crossing Abbey Road. By then, you'll have checked off more blocks than most tourists ever could. I lived and worked on the Channel, but spent the weekends in London, so I always had a to-do list on my trips.
Now, for day two....
@@bradthompsonuk2011 Do tourists really prioritise London Chinatown? Oof, bad decision. It's not very good at all.
@@me-ln4pdey, there are some great restaurants there. (That's actually about the only reason I head there...)
I got a stab vest especially. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Couldn't wipe the smile off my face as I watched this video! Super happy you enjoyed my city and please come back soon!
london is the capital but there is better place go to new castle, leeds, scotland or the costworld these place are the best on earth and uk. as a russian guy we and the English fight a lot but UK is the best country in the whole wolrd. british people are amazing. nothing is perfect like their bad wheater for example but the culture is amazing. TO me you don't live till you go there
You will also be in trouble if Banana Man sees you suggesting other parts of the UK. X¬D
Omg cotswold and Cornwall is beautiful they represent the real england. London is becoming like nyc these days and it's sad
It's odd to see a Russian liking Britain so much.
@@BoraCM aren't there many rich Russian flocking to live in London?
@@honggao7992 Because we're the largest nation in the EU that allows residents to keep their money offshore so you get the benefit of living in a major European city but paying a tiny rate of tax in Bermuda or Luxembourg.
I am a 65 year old Londoner who thanks to the vibrancy and stimulation of London feels 45. I have been out between 7.500 and 8,000 times socially mostly in and around London with virtually no problems since I was 18 and walking home through Brixton/Peckham @ 4am which I used to do,regularly, in the 1970's ( you are right I would NOT do that now) but INNER London was fantastic living just 3 miles from these sights in Central London and all I did was moved 8 miles out to the very edge and after 36 years in Outer London I STILL have no lock on my back door. London has been fabulous for me...
This is some of the best cinematography I have seen. Not just on youtube, but anywhere. There are frames in here that would win photography competitions and the editing is top quality, sublime in places. What an eye! And on top of that, it's also an understated poem of love and friendship. A delight to watch.
Smiling on the underground is forbidden.
Super -sim This is something English people always claim applies to the underground but nobody really smiles on the NY or DC metros. It’s not just a London thing.
Smiling in the UK in general is forbidden
@@tomosprice8136 I agree
@@tomosprice8136 When someone looks at me, I usually give them a little smile but they usually look right through me or look at me like I'm an idiot! I tend to just make mongle noises at them when they do that.
@@namispondjamispond9282 Wandering around London smiling at people is likely to get you stabbed.
As a true Londoner, the best place in the world, your blog makes me more proud to call London my home xx
London kicks ass. NY wishes it were London. It's clean for starters.
I'm going to London in a week - this video just made me so excited. I already know I'm going to fall in love.
how was it?
@@bravexpl0skullz302 Wonderful! Want to go back. Would move there in a heart beat.
I feel you would enjoy trips to Bath, Chester and York if you're staying in London for an extended period of time in the future. They can easily be reached by train within two to three hours and you can get decent fares if you book in advance. Many cities in the UK are worth a visit but if you like historical places, these cities would be among the best options.
As a Brit we absolutely love London and luckily work there at least twice a month. We also love our fantastic American friends/family visiting us.
thank you for this video. I haven’t really been loving my country recently, I often think that it’s quite boring, and this video showed me how beautiful britain is. thank you again :)
London is simply the greatest big city in the world.
No it really isn't
@Gorgon Don Dude 95% of cities worldwide are like that
@Gorgon Don Majority of cities are expensive and busy
@@masterknife8423 Yes it is.
Master Knife It's certainly the worlds most visited city, and has been for year after year for ages. 30 million annual visitors can't all be wrong!
The reason why I prefer New York over London is because it has the vibe of London and climate both hot & cold, Christmas is more beautiful in New York & you can enjoy summer also.
just visited london a few days ago, and this pops up on my recommended. i already miss this city immensely 😭❤️
I mean... you can’t really compare them. London existed first as Londinium in the Roman Empire.
It predates the whole of America by over a thousand years.
a friend of mine who went to londo said same thing. he said london is cleaner and more organized
As a Londoner I wanted to say this is a great video, if you are going to enjoy the city you have to ignore the unpredictable weather and you did not let it spoil your trip. Congratulations on your anniversary
There's a saying that goes "You can't impress a Londoner" (cos we've seen it all before), but your wonderfully shot and fun vid certainly impressed THIS Londoner! :) xx
I don’t know why this popped up in my recommended.... but... I’m glad it did.
Whoever is reading this, have a good day ^^
There’s no politics. They don’t want you to use your brain dumb ass.
It popped up in ours too. We did a London video too but not nearly this good
My university is LITERALLY in the heart of london(central london) and I walk past all these places every day to the point where I'm not even impressed by it anymore lol
I'm so ungrateful sometimes
Do you go to King's College by any chance
Congrats on your 10 years together Cody and Sarah. Love the vid, looks like you had a blast. Just got back from London a few days ago already missing the food. ❤️ London!
I love London, but I always found the early closing times very strange. I've mentioned it to Brits before but I guess they grew up with it, so it's normal to them, they never even realized that it's considered early compared to some other countries.
Why such short hours London?
For a city that is extremely busy, lively, and have people partying it up its weird how many high street shops close somewhere between 5pm/7pm most nights, large majority of pubs close somewhere between 11pm/1am, many tourist attractions closing at 5pm/6pm. The Underground Tube closing between Modnight/12:30am (now minus the new all night Friday and Satirday service).
In London it feels like everything is GO-GO-GO hustle because if you dont, everything will be closed soon.
Do you want London to be like NY. Sell, Sell, Sell.😞
London is, without compare, the greatest tourist city on earth. There's something around every corner in the main body of the city itself. I was fortunate enough to be a native, although I left to live elsewhere in the UK as a child but, as much as I've loved travelling the world, and visited many cities that I've hugely enjoyed, I've never found a city that compares to London. However. If you're making your first trip to the UK and wanting a 'British' or 'English' experience, take note. London is a fantastic tourist city with a fantastic history and iconography, but it's also a hugely international city and not truly reflective of a British lifestyle. To experience British culture get out and visit another British city. Personally, my own recommendations would be Liverpool, Edinburgh, Bristol and Belfast as the best four provincial cities in the UK to visit.
Where do you live now,my friend ? I loved your knowledgeable comments...
Growing up in London as a child ,if I wanted to know the time I would climb the stairs in the flats I lived in the look out and check BigBen !
I'm amazed that you managed to make my crappy home town look as good as you did in this video (especially on such a miserable dull and dreary day). The video was beautifully shot, and it has made me see London in a whole new light! It guess it's easy to take familiar surroundings for granted when you see them every day, and so you don't really appreciate what's on your own doorstep until you see it from someone else's perspective.
If you think London is crappy then you are spoiled and wouldn't be happy anywhere, my city has fewer people than the smallest London borough (not including City of London) and doesn't have even a fraction of the things you have right on your doorstep.
Do you remember Edward G Robinson to Steve McQueen in The Cincinatti Kid ? The closing scene (it;s on here ) sums up the difference between the old maestro ) Edward g. AND LONDON and the young talented Steve McQueen and New York.......
After The Maestro; LONDON has won everything he leaves the table surrounded by his cohorts and says to the dispirited Steve : New York......." Now see here you're good kid...but while I'm around you will always be second best...." LOL....you can't beat 2,000 years of history,my friend...:)
London is my favorite place in the whole world. I must go again. I do love NY it is more gritty.
I really loved the mood in this video, made me feel very very calm.
SAME. YOU'RE CUTE BTW
Wow, stumbled across this by accident and to be honest very impressed with the whole thing, the shot angles, seamless transitions and light humour and banter. Very well done guys, as an x pat living in Portugal it is good to see my homeland so positively unlike the tv news.
Top tip next time you're in London:
the building featured at 8.22 is affectionately known as the Walkie Talkie building and at the top there is a fab viewing platform called Sky Gardens that also has a bar, café and restaurant all in a miniature rain forest setting. It's free to go up there but it's best to book in advance as space is regulated. Amazing views especially at sunset on a sunny (rare) day.
You guys look so happy! I think London suits you both! Watching this video has made me not take for granted how close I live to London and how beautiful and unique it is!
Thanks!
@@CodyJensen Hiya , the ship on the Thames is HMS Belfast during WW2 her duties included escorting cargo ships through the Arctic Circle to Russia to the ports of Archangel , the supplies included food , airplanes weapons amd tanks etc , etc , the code for these convoys were QP and PQ , they make interesting reading look them up .
One of HMS Belfast last duties was on D day were she was assigned to fire a broadside at the German positions in france and this was the signal for the rest of the invasion fleet to open fire and the attack to start , unfortunately the ship next to her had a clock 8 seconds faster so she fired first lol
The production quality of this vid is next level. Happy you liked London, my home city.
I too love London. The production value of this video is astounding.
I would never live in New York City. I am a Long Island, New York girl. I moved to Boca Raton, Florida because of my parents. I am looking to move to London England next year.
I am from the UK and lived in Portsmouth and still it was awesome to go to London even though it was so close (relatively)
The original London Bridge is now in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. A wealthy American bought it and had it dismantled and shipped to America, he thought that he was buying Tower Bridge.
@@Daisy-bn9fhnd that one was falling down, falling down.
That's a myth, apparently he knew quite well what he was buying.
@@bradthompsonuk2011 pulled down by raiding vikings
This is absolutely amazing! I study in London and I love it. It's clearly obvious you loved it too. This is definitely the best video I've seen🙂
I live in London and I go out most weekends wandering around discovering new places and finding out new things. Great footage, what camera do you use? Congrats on the anniversary
You made our city shine, brilliant work! I hope you enjoyed the mix of old & new architecture, my favourite characteristic of the city. New York is special too, but in a different way :)
Im living in Los Angeles I believe London is the best city in the whole world.
1)London
2)Paris
3)Tokyo
4)Berlin
5)Bangkok
6)NYC
7)Istanbul
8)Los Angeles
9)Chicago
10)Shanghai
Visit eastern Europe, city like St. Petersburg, Kyiv, Warsaw, Moscow, or Budapest, might make it to your top 10 list ✌
@@MESSIfan10 what about Kraków?
really don't understand what people like about Paris, it's dirty and looks like North Africa
Come to Indian cities such as Delhi, Bangalore, mumbai, Kolkata, etc.
I know these r not even on list of best cities, but these cities have more culture and history than whole england!
And the food is also awesome!
One thing that India is the best in food!
No one can beat India when it comes to food😋😋😋😛😛
Monoranjan Ghose no one likes India it smells
London has a soothing vibe🍃😌
The music, the color grading and the vlog in general was amazing
Great work!
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please keep it a secret that christmas pudding isnt vegan and contains suet
I make mine with vegetable suet, don't have any idea how you get vegetable suet
Most Christmas puddings, and mince pies, are vegetarian these days, and it ain't difficult to find vegan alternatives.
The puddings sampled in the video are vegetarian & they are delicious. Obviously, that part is subjective.
I'd say come in summer, the trouble is no-one knows what day summer will be :D
So true,,but if you catch London on one of those blissful weekends..you will never forget it!
I was about to say LOL until I remembered we have just had our hottest ever Summer in history !
As a Londoner I would suggest that anyone visiting the UK get out of London as soon as you can. There is so so much more....
I run a welding company up north and I made all of those Christmas market stalls (steelwork only) next to the london eye for my customer in london.
It's great to see our work in action
Also your video makes London look so calm and chilled
It shows when someone puts time and effort into editing 👏🏻
As a Londoner born and bred - videos such as these make me realise how beautiful the city really is. I guess us Londoners take it for granted. I would advise travellers to not just stick to Central London where you'll sort of only get the touristy feel of the city. Explore the suburbs such as; Hampstead, Richmond, Wimbledon and Shoreditch to name a few! There you'll meet real Londoners as the only people who live in Central London are multi-millionaire Russians!!
The original London ( not Tower) Bridge was sold to an American and shipped stone by stone by sea to California.
Actually it was shipped to Arizona. -lol. It wasn't the original it was built in the early 19th c. to replace an earlier bridge.
The original London Bridge fell down, hence the nursery rhyme.
The original London Bridge had all buildings on it also it was a lot more than just a bridge
I was in London in December 2018 for 5 days, roaming exactly same roads that you just roamed. I fell in love with the city. This video brought back lot of good memories.
I never thought London would get praise like it's gotten here... I've lived here all my life and guess I just take it for granted? Or maybe don't see the charm cause I'm just too used to it? I feel unfortunate right now... But also hopeful, as this kinda just shows whats out there waiting for you... I'd love to go to Machu Picchu someday!
@@Dionysos640 The "All my life" part may have been bullshit. I moved to the UK when I was 9 :P There's your explanation :)
Stunning VLOG for production values, camera work and music. You should show it to the tourist people. Also got the feeling you really loved it and could easily live there. Dont forget the UK isnt just London and it isnt all about the biggest and best architecture. Subscribed to watch more of your work.
great video on the greatest city in the world! This shows how vibrant London is at any time of year despite the winter weather
I’m English and work near London Bridge. I have always felt quite safe in London and I absolutely love London. My son loves London too but he has worked in New York for the last three years and he now prefers New York. He says it’s more exciting. I’ve been to New York many times and I definitely think London is a lot more beautiful than New York or at least some areas. Also the traffic in New York is far worse than London especially when they’re having a parade (and they seem to have a lot of those!).
It’s a pity the weather was so grey when you were in London. It is so much nicer when the sky is blue but the same can be said of New York, Amsterdam and Paris etc.
Very cool opening footage (camera work, music, editing) - well done. It's really nice to hear foreigners appreciate our fine country - even London!
Hi! I really enjoyed this video. It was nice to meet you randomly in London! Hope to see you in the future.
Have you read Bill Bryson's book Notes from a small Island? Very funny. It's about the 20 years he spent living in the UK. He reckons London is the greatest city in the World.
It is the greatest
Bill Bryson is an absolute Anglophile. Did you know he was on the panel that voted Durham cathedral the greatest architectural building in the world?
Tsu 800 He was also fortunate enough to be able to afford to live in a good area! Had he been obliged to live in a council flat in Croydon he might have had a different opinion!
@@spencerwilton5831 Nothing wrong with Croydon actually, just needs some ethnic cleansing!
She is madly in love with that nerd.
Absolutely nothing wrong with that.
@@neomasoeu3400 I never said their was :P
What's not to love? He's adorable! Cute couple.
They're a cute couple.
You're just broke to be him
..that's a lovely little film, well done ! The 'big ship' is HMS Belfast - participated in the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst during 1944. I've never been to the US but London is a fantastic 'world' city
As a Brit, I'm glad you guys enjoyed London. I also have to say the editing and music choice for this video was phenomenal!