unlike any other city in the world everything is in one square mile in the centre, Pubs, nightclubs, theatres, shops, restaurants, museums, art galleries, hotels, football stadium, concert venues, cinemas, comedy club, university's, hospitals, covered markets, inter-city rail links, you can walk from your hotel to everywhere except the airport that's 3 miles out of town, and it has some of finest architecture in Britain, Georgian streets perfectly preserved with street entertainers everywhere, Roman buildings 2000 years old sit next to futuristic ultra modern buildings, aye its alreet,
Kevin Jones Yes! And the great thing about the airport is that you can get from there to the centre of town for about £3.50, suitcases and all. Most places you have to get a super expensive train!
Quay is pronounced Key, for future reference. As for the Tyne bridge, they were built pretty much the same time, I think the Tyne was completed about 8 months or so in front of the Sydney Bridge, but both were in development at the same time, no time for "copying." Newcastle is a pretty place in the town centre, due to all the coal money back in the day. Run down City in actuality though, as you'd have seen if you'd gone a mile or so out and seen Byker or Walker etc. Still, a nice centre though, helps having the students to constantly bring money in.
I think you'll find Newcastle isn't a run down city. Yes it has it's problems & bad areas just like anywhere else but it certainly isn't a 'run down city' as you called it
@@rogerdoyle1198 I lived there for 5 years, I think you'll find it's a very VERY much a run down city. Without the mining and the shipbuilding that once made it rich, it's a derelict, crumbling dump with low employment, high crime, soaring drug abuse levels and abject misery to many of those left behind. Shit, it was even a run down dump when those things were still actually going - have a watch of Auf Wiedersehn Pet for a snapshot of the place in the 1980s, and it's only got worse since. Argue all you like, a quick Google of 'poverty stricken cities' will soon show you how well thought of Newcastle is, how many are out of work, how many are addicted to drugs, the shocking crime numbers. It's not quite as bad as Middlesborough, but it's running it close. It's a shithole with a decent town centre to get drunk in. That's it.
You never said how long ago you lived here but if you have to go back to the days of Auf Wiedersehn Pet then it just shows you've no idea. I suggest you look at the likes of Lonely Planet, etc with their recommendations of Newcastle & the surrounding areas. As for it's problems with crime & drugs, I did say yes it has it's issues but as somebody who has to visit Middlesbrough several times a week I can safely say it's light years away from that & with the continued investment once this pandemic is over it'll be back stronger again.
@@rogerdoyle1198 I'm not "going back" I'm saying it was a dive in the 80s when it STILL had some mining and shipbuilding left there, it's just gotten worse since then. It was an example of how a dive dove even further. Most Geordies can't wait to get outta the place by moving further up north into the likes of Bedlington or Morpeth etc or further down south into the nicer parts of Durham. Lonely planet? Ffs 😂 mate I lived there, I worked there, my ex and son still live there (close anyway, they couldn't wait to get out and moved to Amble.) I still have mates there whom I visit for a piss up on the Quayside every summer. To me that's more of a testimony than a bloody travel site that'll have been there for 3 days in the best hotels, drinking in the swankiest bars. Shit, Hull got City of culture a few years ago and that's also a shithole. It's a dive, don't be quoting shite like Lonely Planet as they'll be naught but visitors, seeing the good bits, the likes of Whitley Bay or Alnwick Castle, going in the Gate for a curry and a pint instead of the real spit and sawdust pubs all over Newcastle. I'm speaking from the point of view of an ex-resident, not a fecking day tripper seeing all the bits that even I said were nice - like the nightlife. Venture into Byker, Wallsend, Walker, Benwell, Newbiggin (the estate not the seaside town by-the-sea). It's a drug infested, crime ridden hovel rife with unemployment. It's a shithole and even the most ardent Geordie or Pityakker will tell you the same after a few bottles of dog. Telling someone who lived and worked there half a decade to go look at lonely planet like some journo who had a day trip has superior knowledge? 😂😂 My word.
Well let's just agree to disagree but I will say that I think you're talking dog shit. There's thousands upon thousands of people who would totally disagree & I can safely say I don't know anybody who can't wait to get out of here. As I said I totally agree there are areas that are a shit hole but you can say that about anywhere.
The view from the Baltic showing the “blinking eye” bridge also shows “Barriers “ in the river to guide ships and boats, These are now long gone and looks much better since their removal.
@@BarbaraWeibel Just for your Information,The Pronunciation of the word Quay is like a door "key ".Not pronounced keeey but very short. We are proud to be Geordies and I am glad that you enjoyed your visit to the"Toon" Town.Newcastle and the Northeast have given so much to the World. Here is a BBC Documentary about our Fantastic City and area and the Wonderful things our People have Invented for the World th-cam.com/video/lOdJM30P7l4/w-d-xo.html .If you decide to visit again there are two Free Museums you can visit,The Hancock and The Discovery Museums. Gan Canny (Take Care)
@@geordie114 Hi Gan Canny. Thanks for the link. I'll check it out. I may be in Newcastle again sometime in 2020 - one of my best friends lives there. And based on your recommendation, I've added the museums to my wish list.
Just to point out the Millennium Bridge was entirely a Gateshead project. Newcastle Council refused to put a penny into it so I guess the correct title would be the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. If you notice, on closer inspection the Gateshead Portcullis symbol appears on both sides of the bridge. I challenge anyone to find a Newcastle Coat of Arms on the bridge.
i'm from gateshead and even though i thought it as well your wrong about the sydney bridge, yes built be the same people but their's was underway b4 ours i just think ours was finished 1st
I remember Newcastle when it was black with soot, cobble stone streets, factories working 'round the clock, coal mines in surrounding villages, ship building on the Tyne. Dirty old city full of wonderful people - changed beyond belief now!
Newcastle great city Geordies great people lived ther a very long time on and off ...BUT the economy sucks ....opportunities are around yes but limited ..why ?? because our country is all about LONDON and the North (anything North of Watford gap ) does not matter to London and it's London centric policies for the past 80 years plus this has been the case . I would just say London and it's never ending favouritism with 99% of all economic policies ...The North remembers ! How can we have a strong national economy when Scotland , Wales , and most of the North of England are working at 50 % at best of their economic potential ? and London and the South East is creaking and groaning at the strain their economic success puts on everything from their transport , cost of housing , public services etc etc ..and governments have done very very VERY little to change that balance ..The North South divide is bad for the economy and the country (includes Wales and Scotland ) the sooner the powers in Westminster address that with a real will and vigour the sooner the Uk will steam ahead in the world economic rankings to the benefit of ALL the citizens of the UK .
The name is the Gateshead Millenium Bridge as when the bridge was proposed, Newcastle City Council were against the idea and did not want to help fund it.
It riles me a bit when people haven't actually been to Newcastle they've got pre conceived ideas that Newcastle is old terraced streets !Men wearing caps and whippets !
Actually the construction of Sydney Harbor Bridge started 2 years before Tyne bridge, it took longer to complete because obviously it's far bigger than this one. Do some research please.
Actually do your research, yes you are right it was started 2 years previous by the same engineers as what built the Tyne Bridge, but the design was set in stone and the Tyne Bridge was started before the Sydney Harbour bridge, sorry .
"yes you are right it was started 2 years previous"..."the Tyne Bridge was started before the Sydney Harbour bridge". Bit confused by these two seemingly contradictory statements. I obviously am misunderstanding what you mean. Could you elaborate ? From what I understand the Sydney Harbour bridge started construction before the Tyne bridge and both are based off the design of a New York bridge ?
@Nigel Johnson and David Cumsplash. You are both wrong, and clearly have done no research of your own. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/tyne-bridge-sydney-first-copied-14202290
No it certainly was not a brewery. It was the Rank's Flour Mill (it still says so on the side). My mother and father met whilst working there in 1963! .
Please don’t go to Newcastle. Cockneys have been forced out of London, Birmingham no longer belongs to the Brummies. Newcastle is still held by the Geordies, we’d like it to stay that way
Rover, did you read the paragraph below my video, or watch the video? Both explain why I found the city so surprising. Also, I did not say it was "surprisingly lovely." The title is Surprising, Lovely Newcastle. The comma makes all the difference.
I'm a geordie and not offended at all about someone saying surprisingly lovely. People just want to feel oppressed nowadays. If someone abroad thinks or hears of England then Newcastle normally isn't the first place you'd hear of. It's the greatest city on the planet but don't tell everyone that
unlike any other city in the world everything is in one square mile in the centre, Pubs, nightclubs, theatres, shops, restaurants, museums, art galleries, hotels, football stadium, concert venues, cinemas, comedy club, university's, hospitals, covered markets, inter-city rail links, you can walk from your hotel to everywhere except the airport that's 3 miles out of town, and it has some of finest architecture in Britain, Georgian streets perfectly preserved with street entertainers everywhere, Roman buildings 2000 years old sit next to futuristic ultra modern buildings, aye its alreet,
Kevin Jones Yes! And the great thing about the airport is that you can get from there to the centre of town for about £3.50, suitcases and all. Most places you have to get a super expensive train!
Quay is pronounced Key, for future reference.
As for the Tyne bridge, they were built pretty much the same time, I think the Tyne was completed about 8 months or so in front of the Sydney Bridge, but both were in development at the same time, no time for "copying."
Newcastle is a pretty place in the town centre, due to all the coal money back in the day. Run down City in actuality though, as you'd have seen if you'd gone a mile or so out and seen Byker or Walker etc. Still, a nice centre though, helps having the students to constantly bring money in.
I think you'll find Newcastle isn't a run down city. Yes it has it's problems & bad areas just like anywhere else but it certainly isn't a 'run down city' as you called it
@@rogerdoyle1198 I lived there for 5 years, I think you'll find it's a very VERY much a run down city. Without the mining and the shipbuilding that once made it rich, it's a derelict, crumbling dump with low employment, high crime, soaring drug abuse levels and abject misery to many of those left behind.
Shit, it was even a run down dump when those things were still actually going - have a watch of Auf Wiedersehn Pet for a snapshot of the place in the 1980s, and it's only got worse since.
Argue all you like, a quick Google of 'poverty stricken cities' will soon show you how well thought of Newcastle is, how many are out of work, how many are addicted to drugs, the shocking crime numbers. It's not quite as bad as Middlesborough, but it's running it close. It's a shithole with a decent town centre to get drunk in. That's it.
You never said how long ago you lived here but if you have to go back to the days of Auf Wiedersehn Pet then it just shows you've no idea. I suggest you look at the likes of Lonely Planet, etc with their recommendations of Newcastle & the surrounding areas. As for it's problems with crime & drugs, I did say yes it has it's issues but as somebody who has to visit Middlesbrough several times a week I can safely say it's light years away from that & with the continued investment once this pandemic is over it'll be back stronger again.
@@rogerdoyle1198 I'm not "going back" I'm saying it was a dive in the 80s when it STILL had some mining and shipbuilding left there, it's just gotten worse since then. It was an example of how a dive dove even further. Most Geordies can't wait to get outta the place by moving further up north into the likes of Bedlington or Morpeth etc or further down south into the nicer parts of Durham.
Lonely planet? Ffs 😂 mate I lived there, I worked there, my ex and son still live there (close anyway, they couldn't wait to get out and moved to Amble.) I still have mates there whom I visit for a piss up on the Quayside every summer. To me that's more of a testimony than a bloody travel site that'll have been there for 3 days in the best hotels, drinking in the swankiest bars. Shit, Hull got City of culture a few years ago and that's also a shithole.
It's a dive, don't be quoting shite like Lonely Planet as they'll be naught but visitors, seeing the good bits, the likes of Whitley Bay or Alnwick Castle, going in the Gate for a curry and a pint instead of the real spit and sawdust pubs all over Newcastle.
I'm speaking from the point of view of an ex-resident, not a fecking day tripper seeing all the bits that even I said were nice - like the nightlife. Venture into Byker, Wallsend, Walker, Benwell, Newbiggin (the estate not the seaside town by-the-sea). It's a drug infested, crime ridden hovel rife with unemployment. It's a shithole and even the most ardent Geordie or Pityakker will tell you the same after a few bottles of dog.
Telling someone who lived and worked there half a decade to go look at lonely planet like some journo who had a day trip has superior knowledge? 😂😂 My word.
Well let's just agree to disagree but I will say that I think you're talking dog shit. There's thousands upon thousands of people who would totally disagree & I can safely say I don't know anybody who can't wait to get out of here. As I said I totally agree there are areas that are a shit hole but you can say that about anywhere.
You are absolutely correct. I just delivered my son to the med school and was stunned at how nice and unique the city is.
It's the best city in the world beautiful and best night life in Europe
Totally agree Chris, there's those that know and that's all that matters.
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WTF? knob
I am an American as well. I had the chance to live in Gateshead and Newcastle for about 14 months in 1979 and 1980.
The view from the Baltic showing the “blinking eye” bridge also shows “Barriers “ in the river to guide ships and boats, These are now long gone and looks much better since their removal.
Newcastle is ace! I loved it when I was a kid, I love it now.
And before you start, yes I was born and bred in Newcastle and my Grandad was an engineer on both bridges RIP
I'm from Newcastle & you know more about the city's history than me!!!
LOL.
Ah, but I had the perfect guide!
@@BarbaraWeibel
I think I need a guide then, just kidding! LOL...
Anyway, good video & I'm glad I clicked onto it.
🙂👍
@@G_Linka Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. Makes me happy that you enjoyed my video.
@@BarbaraWeibel Just for your Information,The Pronunciation of the word Quay is like a door "key ".Not pronounced keeey but very short. We are proud to be Geordies and I am glad that you enjoyed your visit to the"Toon" Town.Newcastle and the Northeast have given so much to the World. Here is a BBC Documentary about our Fantastic City and area and the Wonderful things our People have Invented for the World th-cam.com/video/lOdJM30P7l4/w-d-xo.html .If you decide to visit again there are two Free Museums you can visit,The Hancock and The Discovery Museums. Gan Canny (Take Care)
@@geordie114 Hi Gan Canny. Thanks for the link. I'll check it out. I may be in Newcastle again sometime in 2020 - one of my best friends lives there. And based on your recommendation, I've added the museums to my wish list.
Just to point out the Millennium Bridge was entirely a Gateshead project. Newcastle Council refused to put a penny into it so I guess the correct title would be the Gateshead Millennium Bridge. If you notice, on closer inspection the Gateshead Portcullis symbol appears on both sides of the bridge. I challenge anyone to find a Newcastle Coat of Arms on the bridge.
I challenge you to find anyone outside of Gateshead who cares..
@@reborndrakken find someone else in gateshead who cares aswell tbh😂 think iv only walked over it twice since it was opened lol
Aye it's canny like ! Wae'aye man !!
i can see millennium bridge bridge from my window , i live on quayside , a very proud geordie
Nice to hear you’re proud of your gorgeous city!
Love Newcastle!!!!!!!
i'm from gateshead and even though i thought it as well your wrong about the sydney bridge, yes built be the same people but their's was underway b4 ours
i just think ours was finished 1st
Surprisingly!!
The winking eye!
I remember Newcastle when it was black with soot, cobble stone streets, factories working 'round the clock, coal mines in surrounding villages, ship building on the Tyne. Dirty old city full of wonderful people - changed beyond belief now!
thats rght mate , quayside was full of scrap yards etc , stinking rough bars and the ousburn , look at it now also north shields quay up and coming
Just to help your viewers along, 'Quay' is pronounced as in key!.
Newcastle great city Geordies great people lived ther a very long time on and off ...BUT the economy sucks ....opportunities are around yes but limited ..why ?? because our country is all about LONDON and the North (anything North of Watford gap ) does not matter to London and it's London centric policies for the past 80 years plus this has been the case . I would just say London and it's never ending favouritism with 99% of all economic policies ...The North remembers ! How can we have a strong national economy when Scotland , Wales , and most of the North of England are working at 50 % at best of their economic potential ? and London and the South East is creaking and groaning at the strain their economic success puts on everything from their transport , cost of housing , public services etc etc ..and governments have done very very VERY little to change that balance ..The North South divide is bad for the economy and the country (includes Wales and Scotland ) the sooner the powers in Westminster address that with a real will and vigour the sooner the Uk will steam ahead in the world economic rankings to the benefit of ALL the citizens of the UK .
I agree, the north is forgotten about by government.
Traditionally up north is more industrial but on the whole is not as bad as many people think. Just a petty we don't get the weather!
*pity
It's called the Gateshead Millenium bridge because it was paid for by Gateshead council
Silver Geordie Shut up
Silver Geordie lol
I'm in Newcastle but I just watch documentarys about here
"Quay" is pronounced "Key". Great "Toon", isn't it!
im from newcastle its everyday life to me
Glad you enjoyed your time in our great city
Spelled Quay ... pronounced 🔑.
The name is the Gateshead Millenium Bridge as when the bridge was proposed, Newcastle City Council were against the idea and did not want to help fund it.
you say 'Quay' like Key , Newcastle Quayside/ 'key'side
Nice vid. I'm being a pedant here but, you were actually looking 'up' the river, not down.
OK, I'll get my coat...
awwwwwwww nice
It riles me a bit when people haven't actually been to Newcastle they've got pre conceived ideas that Newcastle is old terraced streets !Men wearing caps and whippets !
Gary, unless you missed it, I was saying how much I loved Newcastle. It’s beyond me how you could have gotten something g negative out of it.
the bridge story is false
Nothing surprising.
Quay - it’s pronounced ‘key’
Quay pronounced KEY
Ross is playing bag pipes
Actually the construction of Sydney Harbor Bridge started 2 years before Tyne bridge, it took longer to complete because obviously it's far bigger than this one. Do some research please.
Actually do your research, yes you are right it was started 2 years previous by the same engineers as what built the Tyne Bridge, but the design was set in stone and the Tyne Bridge was started before the Sydney Harbour bridge, sorry .
"yes you are right it was started 2 years previous"..."the Tyne Bridge was started before the Sydney Harbour bridge".
Bit confused by these two seemingly contradictory statements. I obviously am misunderstanding what you mean. Could you elaborate ? From what I understand the Sydney Harbour bridge started construction before the Tyne bridge and both are based off the design of a New York bridge ?
@Nigel Johnson and David Cumsplash. You are both wrong, and clearly have done no research of your own.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/tyne-bridge-sydney-first-copied-14202290
1874 construction started of a railway bridge at wylam approx. 10 miles up the river Tyne, same design!
The baltic was a brewery
No it certainly was not a brewery. It was the Rank's Flour Mill (it still says so on the side). My mother and father met whilst working there in 1963! .
I heard Newcastle and London got the females
Please don’t go to Newcastle. Cockneys have been forced out of London, Birmingham no longer belongs to the Brummies. Newcastle is still held by the Geordies, we’d like it to stay that way
what do you mean dont go to newcastle
It is not polite to say that a city is ‘surprisingly lovely’. M.
Rover, did you read the paragraph below my video, or watch the video? Both explain why I found the city so surprising. Also, I did not say it was "surprisingly lovely." The title is Surprising, Lovely Newcastle. The comma makes all the difference.
The title, even with the comma, is a little confusing. Thank you for calling her stunning. M.
I'm a geordie and not offended at all about someone saying surprisingly lovely.
People just want to feel oppressed nowadays.
If someone abroad thinks or hears of England then Newcastle normally isn't the first place you'd hear of.
It's the greatest city on the planet but don't tell everyone that