An Empty City is Eerie Magic
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3 роки тому‣ Thank you, Bonnie Bee Brigade, for making this video possible: / @cgpgrey
More Grey Goes Outside: • Road Trip After Eight ...
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Music
Shine by Mindthings (Album: Resonance)
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SoundCloud: / 02-shine-mp3
Closing it all by Remy Bourgeois (Album: Bal de Nuit EP)
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@CGPGrey 3 роки тому
Thank you to the Bonnie Bee Brigade for making this video possible: ukposts.info/the/2C_jShtL725hvbm1arSV9w.htmljoin
@That_random_idiot 3 роки тому
first like!
@cheapcutsofmeat 3 роки тому
20 mins ride further down the Thames and you would have made it to Thames Barrier!
@ashj_2088 3 роки тому
It's ok to venture out dude👈😎👍
@hacq4438 3 роки тому
Hey Grey? Are you going to do that Catan video or have you giving up on it? Because I love Catan and I would like your opinion on the game.
@Skremn01 3 роки тому
I love this videos.. reminding me of all the places I walked when I went to the UK. Riding is Dangerous in London. Hyde park is still beautiful. It is eerie how empty.. Never made it to Greenwich though. Thank you for your videos..
@doriantwedt 3 роки тому
Casey Neistat's vlogs: Filmed during the day, edited during the night, posted in the morning Grey's vlogs: Filmed in the autumn, edited during the winter, posted in the spring
@TheRabidDolphin99 3 роки тому
his audience turns grey while they wait lol
@nathandriel6437 3 роки тому
Its february, its stull winter
@depressedmidlifecrisistimm3043 3 роки тому
@@nathandriel6437 It’s gonna get warm soon
@ThomPorter74 3 роки тому
this gave me a chuckle.
@9nikolai 3 роки тому
@@nathandriel6437 just about 1/9 of Winter left
@voxdeharlequin8118 3 роки тому
It's a strange sort of reminder that Grey is a real person that exists in the same world as I do, to see him ride through places I've been myself,
@rogerwashington7690 3 роки тому
Moreso to think you may have seen him, and thought nothing of it
@williansouza8724 2 роки тому
watching him wander through places i’ve never been to just makes me want to visit London. more than i already wanted to, especially these vacant places. grey has a magic filter that makes any place seem very nice.
@vamshidarisi8400 Рік тому
right! a lot of this is my morning commute and it's so cool that we see the same things
@mungelomwaangasikateyo376 Рік тому
Deep
@thebananarepublic7255 3 роки тому
Grey saying "I love these little cargo ships, I wonder where they go!" Is so kid like and filled with wonder
@tflemming287 3 роки тому
That’s containerised garbage. It goes to landfill or incineration in Essex.
@jacobdosick71 3 роки тому
@@tflemming287 :(
@maneatingcheeze 3 роки тому
@@jacobdosick71 Not sad, still interesting.
@alfax4505 3 роки тому
Its the reason i love this channel It brings back that curiosity in me
@-xphobia 3 роки тому
You've got to maintain that part of you to a healthy degree in order to make it in this world past 25 lol.
@beskamir5977 3 роки тому
"Not going to miss autumn too" *video is published in the winter* oh so I see Grey's still living in nonlinear time.
@brandonwelsh5090 3 роки тому
He's living on GMT (Grey Master Time)
@satyavarma2449 3 роки тому
@@brandonwelsh5090 I thought you were being serious.
@Alvionalx 2 роки тому
@@brandonwelsh5090 gEt A LiFe!!!!!11
@Alvionalx 2 роки тому
(joke btw)
@zernin975 3 роки тому
Grey: “I’m not missing autumn” Internet: “It’s almost spring...”
@firelaf1284 3 роки тому
It's better than the Tesla video. That one was like a year old when he posted it. It's progress.
@hanneken4026 3 роки тому
It might be an idea to put the (approximate) date it was filmed in the description, or if he's forgotten the date, put in "Filmed in October 2020 in London" or something like that...
@davidliu5 3 роки тому
Unless you're Australian.
@MrNotCreatlve 3 роки тому
His internet must run in the southern hemisphere
@johnathanhodskins5820 3 роки тому
I was gonna say london is still locked up that hard?
@benconley1951 3 роки тому
"There is a unique thirteenth dragon you can find by going down that little street" London is an rpg confirmed
@gerwantofrivera3725 3 роки тому
Isn't that dragon on Fleet Street?
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому
The way Grey presents it, I think it might be.
@tobybartels8426 3 роки тому
♫ A thirteenth dragon on Fleet … Street! ♫
@leonardolf6974 3 роки тому
Sr. spike wings!
@mattd7927 3 роки тому
Am from London, can confirm
@imrshen 3 роки тому
Awesome video. it is beautiful and terrifying at the same time. I usually never leave comments, but after listening to the latest cortex, I just wanted to leave one just to represent the silent majority that loves Grey's videos but never leave comments.
@wthomas8383 3 роки тому
As another silent majority member that loves Grey's videos but never leaves a comment, I'll place my comment as a reply to yours 😉.
@Cjcastres 3 роки тому
@@matpk 🙄🙄
@christianbarrientos3002 3 роки тому
I feel represented
@cee20.5 3 роки тому
As another silent majority member that loves Grey's videos but seldom leaves a comment, I'll place my comment as a reply to yours as well 😉.
@salomaoserra6432 3 роки тому
@@matpk jesus, way to read the room...
@Tzourosaur 3 роки тому
4:40 Him saying sorry to an electric bicycle is a pure Grey moment
@dryroasted5599 3 роки тому
I'm glad you said this. I thought he was apologizing to us, the viewers. "Damn right it's not my fault!"
@Vote_By_Mail 2 роки тому
He didn't say sorry..?? Ugh why do I keep clicking your guys' moronic comments and expecting them to contain the thing you say they do smh...
@DecisiveZoom 3 роки тому
CGP: I dont want to enter any enclosed spaces Also CGP: SECRET TUNNEEELLLLL
@6023barath 3 роки тому
Amazing reference
@KC-pi6po 3 роки тому
Tekoi test range go boom
@ChrisG140907 3 роки тому
@@cyemonkey1828 There were doors
@OrdinaryCritic 3 роки тому
Through the river~
@Bspammer 3 роки тому
@@ChrisG140907 There's no doors in the Greenwich tunnel when it's open, unless you mean the lift
@AlejoStorni 3 роки тому
I've never been to the UK, the only idea of London are the few generic images of the major historical buildings. This video felt almost like a tour of the city and I love the different types of buildings all over the city. Thank you Grey
@paultrussy4243 3 роки тому
It's the same for many people living in the UK. I'm English, I'm nearly 62 and live some 180 miles north of London. I reckon I've been there a maybe 10 times in my life many of those to see the famous sights. The best visits were staying with my brother when he lived in Kensington in the 80s as that was the time I got to see places 'off the beaten track'. It's not all pretty of course but there are substantial areas that have an almost rural and 'old-world' feel; the parks are fabulous and indeed much of the central districts are surprisingly green. 🇬🇧
@Mr.Septon 3 роки тому
That is exactly how I felt. That was the closest thing to an authentic London tour that I have ever experienced. Seeing the postcard version of London is neat in and of its own right, but going down the small winding paths, seeing the little things, it makes a huge difference in experience. That was the most that I have ever wanted to go to London, which is somewhere I have in general always wanted to go and experience.
@dashofsalt4359 3 роки тому
The UK is more than London. Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow.... I could go on But if you want 'authenic' then you need a council estate in a small town
@nathansellars3757 3 роки тому
@@dashofsalt4359 Birmingham? never go to Birmingham people
@dashofsalt4359 3 роки тому
@@nathansellars3757 clearly, you've never been.
@cvrabie 3 роки тому
7:20 Grey, those grooves on the side of the stairs are for your bike. So you can push it up rather than have to lift it.
@user-is2zv4sc6y 3 роки тому
Is it? I mean... I guess if you tilted the bike a fair bit as you pushed it up, otherwise it seems the handlebars would catch on the railing.
@migsg7238 3 роки тому
@@user-is2zv4sc6y I think the groove is at an angle to allow the bike to be tilted easily.
@cvrabie 3 роки тому
@@user-is2zv4sc6y It's a bit deceiving from the video but there's plenty of space to the right. I pass this exact place often and people are using the ramp. It's a system commonly used in the UK as there's quite a lot of cycling commuters.
@Eltener123 3 роки тому
I left London almost 5 years ago having lived there my entire life. Seeing it so intimately actually brought tears to my eyes. That spot on the lake at Green Park where I asked out an ex. The statue in Hyde park where I first got drunk with my friends. Bridges I have vivid memories of walking across with classmates. The Greenwich observatory I used to go to every Saturday for my Astronomy GCSE. The road I used to walk down to the tube station on my way back from a part-time job and the pizza place on it even if it was closed. I miss London a lot now lol.
@davetoms1 3 роки тому
*Me:* "So strange to see the cities so empt-" _A single, solitary person walks by in the distance._ "...whoa, seeing people in the city is so strange."
@thisisnotdom 3 роки тому
To be fair he seems to be doing this at like 7am. I can assure you, London is still pretty busy later in the day, especially on the weekend!
@bluejay313 3 роки тому
Where were the people? Is it like this always? Don't people need exercise?
@dynamichunter843 3 роки тому
@@bluejay313 this is why we have an obesity epidemic
@whirlwind872 3 роки тому
@@bluejay313 "don't people need exercise?" As an American, all I have to say is LMFAOOOOO
@Harri_Jay_Kay 3 роки тому
@bluejay313 No not at all. He clearly did this on a weekend very early in the morning. I work in a hospital in central London and it is always still busy all the time. First lockdown central was very deserted like in this video but hasn't been that way for a very long time. I'm moving soon and I'm looking forward to be able to walk to work from my new place because I'm tired I getting busy tubes twice a day (definitely no where near as busy as pre COVID tubes but still busy). This is interesting but it's in no way representative of London the majority of the time right now.
@loriwallace3222 3 роки тому
I had to leave London after losing my job to the pandemic. This is everywhere I used to live and work and walk. Thank you so much for that little gift. I loved it so much
@ashutoshsamantaray2572 3 роки тому
Where are you now, and are you okay now?
@FuriousImp 3 роки тому
Yes ditto. What are you up to now? Are you seeing/feeling any Brexit-related issues?
@loriwallace3222 3 роки тому
@@ashutoshsamantaray2572 still not working, but my family are helping me out a lot. Living at my sisters house. I miss London a lot, but I feel very lucky to have the support I needed to get through it.
@loriwallace3222 3 роки тому
@@FuriousImp I’m in Northern Ireland so we’re seeing a lot of Brexit related issues, not just with food and goods deliveries but also with an upsurge in paramilitary activity. The peace process in the north has always been quite fragile, and it wasn’t given a second thought in the brexit negotiations. It’s a bit scary in that way. Where have you ended up?
@FuriousImp 3 роки тому
@@loriwallace3222 I live in Germany, in the heart of the "EUSSR". I first learned of this ridiculous expression as I tried to ask the rabid Brexiteers why they voted the way they did. Quite scary, how people have become so polarized. We in Germany get benefits, same as my home country of The Netherlands. Over there it's 90% of your paycheck. Here, it's 60%. The government really helps its people out. Quite fortunate. On the paramilitary activity - yikes! I'm so sorry to hear that. What would you say to Brexiteers who are blaming this abysmal Brexit result on the EU which, by the way, they were told wouldn't be happening?
@NotJustBikes 3 роки тому
Wow. I lived in London for five years and I've never seen it so empty. It's creepy, but fascinating. Thanks for sharing, and hit me up the next time you're in Amsterdam and I'll show you what a real bike ride is like. :)
@liputter 3 роки тому
Great to see two of my favorite content creators share their passion
@epikmatrixerix6644 3 роки тому
Grey speaks dutch too so it'll be great
@thingiezz 3 роки тому
A real Dutch bikeride is going at Mach 7 and swear at everything and everyone that gets in your way or is slower than you, change my mind
@Fs3i 3 роки тому
Yeah, it was weird. I only ever visited for a couple of weeks, it was like seeing an old friend, but an estranged one.
@prw56 2 роки тому
Its suprising that there isn't some pinned comment about what bike he's using, I can tell its a gocycle, but no idea what model.
@RC-1290 3 роки тому
8:17 that grey head edit in the reflection though XD
@rafaelw4809 3 роки тому
As the 69th like, even if it does not fit the theme of this channel, i feel obligated to say: nice.
@coolcutiekitti17 3 роки тому
I love this video so much. A little history, a little natural beauty, a little humor, a little social commentary, a little post- apocalyptic unease, a lot of being respectful to people by keeping their faces out of the video and really just a lot of sharing a feeling that I can totally understand. This is exactly what I didn't know I needed today. Thanks Grey!
@boomspdool 3 роки тому
A bit of everything
@wosc 3 роки тому
A fascinating glimpse that makes such a huge city feel more "real" somehow, even through the unrealness of being so empty of people. Thank you for sharing this.
@sundaynightdrunk 3 роки тому
If you have any sort of VR, there's a tour of a bunch of major cities during initial lockdown when everyone pretty much avoided the streets. Amazing to see things like the Eiffel Tower completely devoid of anyone.
@thekamakaji 3 роки тому
@@sundaynightdrunk what's that called?
@tobiaschaparro2372 3 роки тому
Yeah, I also thought London was fake before this video.
@sundaynightdrunk 3 роки тому
@@thekamakaji I can't remember at the moment, but it was probably in Oculus TV or one of the inbuilt Oculus things. Just searching for pandemic city tours will show you a bunch, many in VR.
@TheoHiggins 3 роки тому
London is so huge that this video made me feel like a tourist in my own city.
@benjamindmtrl9655 3 роки тому
Grey's hardcore audience being like "I don't know why, but I just love his vlogs !" I personally value their authenticity :) I wish we could all take a nice walk in unpopulated cities ^^ would be fun
@pjposullivan 3 роки тому
When he showed the statues of the dragons, all I could think was Map Men, Map Men, Map Map Map Men.
@thomasharris9854 3 роки тому
*map map map men men
@gfooo6112 3 роки тому
men
@davidhood9712 3 роки тому
men
@munjee2 3 роки тому
Men
@munjee2 3 роки тому
(I think he mentioned those markets before them)
@Lugh314 3 роки тому
I love that even to other people in his videos are only filmed from the back, or neck down... like they’re all that secretary from PowerPuff Girls.
@falconJB 3 роки тому
I just assumed that they were also Grey.
@Nadia1989 3 роки тому
Or that we're little kids
@TheDecimater1000 3 роки тому
@@Theo_Caro I think grey just values his privacy, and is affording others the same respect. You could be right though.
@fernandocarrazzoni 3 роки тому
Or Cow and Chicken parents.
@Jefafa73 3 роки тому
You mean Ms. Bellum?
@electricpants_abhay 3 роки тому
Never thought I'd say this, but CGP Grey is my favourite vlogger. Also, London is absolutely alluring.
@CaptainEggman42 3 роки тому
I'm definitely a "certain kind of person" - the whole time he's riding I'm thinking "man, I would have loved to do that, so peaceful".
@ChakraX2 3 роки тому
Grey, to his wife: "Okay honey, I'm going to go biking the morning, see you in a few hours!" *Grey, taking 5 detours and coming home in the evening* Mrs. Grey: Got curious again and began to wander through the forest of knowledge huh?"
@kennarajora6532 3 роки тому
Got*
@mirzaahmed6589 3 роки тому
Forest of adultery.
@edisontrent618 3 роки тому
@@mirzaahmed6589 Go fill yourself with positive and wholesome entertainment, you need it.
@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 3 роки тому
@@mirzaahmed6589 Ya alright mate? you might've wandered through the wrong forest.
@aquilazyy1125 3 роки тому
2:46 I was like: “Hey, that’s the secret City of London.” then I was like “oh wait...” Sometimes I forget how much miscellaneous knowledge this man has given me.
@jasonacraft 3 роки тому
I did the same thing lol
@elixorvideos 3 роки тому
These little videos of Grey just going out into a empty world are so therapeutic.
@charlottewatts733 2 роки тому
This was a happy find. I'm currently living in Canada and haven't been able to get home in over two years. The route you took from Hyde Park, to Embankment - even behind Globe House to find the 13th Dragon all the way to the east end is the exact route (like pin-point exact including commuting by bike!) I took for several years to work and to homes and friends over the years. This video touched a deep part of my heart thank you so much for escaping your home after 8 months and gifting us with this video.
@AverytheCubanAmerican 3 роки тому
"Oh hello Swan" I don't think that swan realizes how lucky they are to meet a faceless YT icon
@TheBluePhoenix008 3 роки тому
That's where you're wrong. Grey doesn't realise how lucky he is to meet such an magnificent creature such as Swan-sama
@DanS044 3 роки тому
Why do I always see you everywhere?! Do we have the exact same hobbies and interests?
@totalynotcatherine 3 роки тому
@@DanS044 Nah, they're stalking you. I only know this because I'm stalking them.
@stinksorstonks1498 3 роки тому
@@DanS044 Catherine is also stalking you. I know this because I am stalking them
@IRTG2006 3 роки тому
You’re everywhere
@DeadArm 3 роки тому
10:06 there's a curious cat
@CGPGrey 3 роки тому
! ! !
@ASLUHLUHCE 3 роки тому
Aww
@rggonroblox9064 3 роки тому
Rsefhvazixrigxifb htucofhcotjvotig MOSCOW BETtER THAN England
@EcceJack 3 роки тому
Awww! :D
@iliapahalko512 3 роки тому
@@rggonroblox9064 not really
@CC-fd5qx Рік тому
I was considered an essential employee. I remember the roads being empty on my way to work. Every police car i saw i was so scared i was going to get pulled over even though i had my essential letter. So glad things are kind of back to normal
@jpckuijer Рік тому
So London also had a lockdown in (early) fall of 2020? The quietness reminds me more of spring 2020 when roads in Berlin were really, really empty. I had really nice bike rides back then.
@strataseeker2981 3 роки тому
There's an eerie beauty in seeing these places once so full of people being so empty. A wonderful journey to ride along with you on
@closedcl8 3 роки тому
Nerdwriter touched on that in his recent video. The emptiness reminded him of a famous painter, de Chirico, and his sparse yet serene style early in his career, a style that informed the surrealists.
@DeuZerre 3 роки тому
All I could thionk of was "let's kill humanity to actually enjoy what humanity has achieved"
@kieranhurwood 3 роки тому
It's even weirder for me. Before Christmas a lot of these places were my walk to uni (LSE) everyday!
@someguy2135 3 роки тому
I got to tour my hometown of Las Vegas when it was even quieter during the "shut down." The casinos were all shut down and saw almost no pedestrians. There are videos (not by me) to see what it was like on UKposts if you are curious to see it.
@5446isnotmynumber 3 роки тому
Keep fearing the flu
@ThornMu 3 роки тому
Grey: "Im sorry National Maritime Meuseum." NMM: "We're not. You turned out great and we were part of it."
@CGPGrey 3 роки тому
That's a nice thought.
@Randomguy-ys8yz 3 роки тому
@@CGPGrey hello gray
@icantcomeupwithagoodusername24 3 роки тому
@@Randomguy-ys8yz Grey
@lubba64 3 роки тому
@@CGPGrey np dude you rock. dont let the self critic get you every time!
@dshw 2 роки тому
I don't exactly know why, but this video touched something in me. I feel happy and sad at the same time, a strange sort of longing and regret of seeing a moment in time I'll never see. Strange. Thanks.
@bellyjellybean248 Рік тому
Anemoia. Nostalgia for a time you've never known. I feel it too
@dshw Рік тому
@@bellyjellybean248 Thank you for the word! Didn't know that.
@cypress4177 2 роки тому
London is such a beautiful city, especially in Grey’s camera. I wish I could go and see it for myself sometime after the pandemic.
@ianbeach5861 3 роки тому
The crashing your bike because you can't decide what direction to go is so relatable.
@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому
Better than not going any direction at all.
@stevedotwav 3 роки тому
I have done this and it's my reason why I always tell my dad I'm not getting a motorcycle license
@TerryTheNewsGirl 3 роки тому
It is. Done it muself a few times.
@Yoshiyosh 3 роки тому
8:38 _"but the result,_ _this feeling of being in an empty city_ _if you're the right kind of person_ _it's ethereal solitude."_ Oh it is. It very much is. I wish I could experience something like that.
@ferbfreeman9239 3 роки тому
Walks/bike riding in the middle of the night are like this.
@Yoshiyosh 3 роки тому
@@ferbfreeman9239 I unfortunately live in the most boring suburban sprawl with constant bustling, so it's hard for me to get that feeling
@omega5040 3 роки тому
I experienced that by exploring town during the initial stages of the shutdowns, empty streets. Followed recently by this winter storm leaving empty streets with everything covered in white
@angolin9352 3 роки тому
I wish I could experience that, but the people in my city are morons who think pandemic is over because the government isn't forcing them to stay home anymore. Over half the people aren't even wearing a mask.
@omega5040 3 роки тому
@@angolin9352 sounds like over here. Here in Texas we still got people claiming the pandemic is fake like my father in law.
@victorcapel2755 Рік тому
This is really nice! While I don't miss the pandemic at all, I do miss the calmness of my city during spring 2020 and early summer that years. While we didn't have enforced lockdowns in my country, people took it serious and the streets were mostly empty. I remember riding on public transport with 2 persons on a 1300 capacity subway in the mornings, the quietness of the empty stations only broken by pre-recorded messages from the speakers about the dangers of human contact. It was quite surreal, like a post apocalyptic movie.
@user-rp1wx4dx2f Рік тому
The market visit made me so anxious for past Grey's wellbeing. Those tables were RIGHT next to each other! I got so itchy and wanted to scream, "we're in the middle of a pandemic!" even more than a year after this time. My 3 yr old son just got fully vaccinated this week (his last shot was two weeks ago) so it sort of feels less panicky now.....but man, knowing that you were in the past made me so freaked out, still
@voveve 3 роки тому
this feels like an historical document
@takashi.mizuiro 3 роки тому
voveve yeah
@bobmcbobbob1815 3 роки тому
*a historical
@MK.5198 3 роки тому
May as well be. this certainly is a historical time.
@4onen 3 роки тому
@@bobmcbobbob1815 Actually english sucks -- h in historic or historical is ignored for deciding whether its "a" or "an", meaning "this is an historic occasion" is correct and "this is a historic occasion" is not. If we're going to get prescriptivist, I mean.
@LadyHestia101 3 роки тому
feels like a post-apocalyptic movie
@Waldzkrieger 3 роки тому
Grey biked through what is usually a crowded, traffic-packed city and the biggest risk he took on this bike ride was drinking coffee during it.
@AxxLAfriku 3 роки тому
One thing! Just one thing! Please tell IT to me: WHY tf do I have so many fans even though no UKpostsr is unprettier than I am? WORLDWIDE!!!! WHY??? Tell me, dear 2al
@strangejune 3 роки тому
@@AxxLAfriku can you not
@diversitydeliverer7094 3 роки тому
@@strangejune Yesn't
@jeffreypierson2064 3 роки тому
I think his biggest risk was horse dung.
@hongsengchan9855 3 роки тому
@@AxxLAfriku you’re just jealous that he has more subs that you
@devjock 3 роки тому
This truly is a historic snapshot. I've never seen so few people out and about in London. Heavy "I am Legend"-vibes. It's really really unsettling to see, but at the same time, really amazing. Clear views of all the important sights. A tourist's dream. Nothing but buildings and statues and monuments on the photo's.
@potoate 4 місяці тому
covid really was a long period of our lives when we were actually experiencing it. now that it’s over, i almost can’t believe that this really happened to us.
@whizzgameplay7470 3 роки тому
As a Londoner, I can safely say that you picked some very scenic parts of the city, and the reality-shifting nature of a national lockdown brings out the beauty in the silence. Awesome to see my home explored while it's like this. Very cool!
@MahDryBread 3 роки тому
I love when you do stuff like this!
@mrkillerandminecraft 3 роки тому
Nice to see you here!
@TheHorrorDevotee 3 роки тому
As a former Londoner now stuck in Canada, I agree with you
@jesseduran6070 3 роки тому
For the algorithm?
@rodripuertas 3 роки тому
silence verified
@zEr-ne5ri 3 роки тому
Wait you’re here too Nice to see you here
@simonklein6588 3 роки тому
I love the way Grey uses words
@thebeastisback2697 3 роки тому
Holy sh*t CGP grey went right by parents house lol. Thank you for showing off my home borough of Greenwich, and yes those tunnel buildings are indeed really under appreciated. I had no idea you used to teach at the National Maritime Museum and given the timeline of how old I am atm (18) and the fact that I've went to the Museum a LOT when I was a kid and even as a teen it is very possible you might have taught me 😂 or at least walked past each other. Hope you enjoyed Greenwich, you'll always have a fan from there 😂 even though I no longer permanently live there (Aerospace at Uni got me down south inSouthampton lmao).
@bradycarpenter8624 3 роки тому
Absolutely love that he replaced his head with the stick figure head in the reflections. That’s some impressive attention to detail!
@benjasilva6300 3 роки тому
That's great, were tho? Think I miss it
@bradycarpenter8624 3 роки тому
Roughly 8:15 where you see the mirrored teardrop looking thing.
@JimCullen 3 роки тому
He didn't do that in some much earlier vlogs and many people commented on it and shared the photos.
@bradycarpenter8624 3 роки тому
@@JimCullen oh really? I never realized that. I may have to go back and watch (I’ve already been spoiled).
@casimir40ksolomon74 3 роки тому
This video has given me a new appreciation for London. Despite living here I have always had a sort of distaste for the city. I'm kind of proud to live here now. Thank you grey
@user-eh1gc7xo7q 3 роки тому
Yeah I’m fed up with lockdown as is everyone else. But during the first one, I really learned to appreciate the peace everywhere.
@kaizokujimbei143 3 роки тому
@@user-eh1gc7xo7q It's high time humanity became rural again.
@winter2990 3 роки тому
Dude, I unironically love it when you post this kind of video. Your informative content is the reason I came here, I stay to see CGPGrey the person.
@NTclaymore 3 роки тому
Ahhh. Past grey didnt know he had months of more lockdown to see london like that.
@jamesfunnell7075 3 роки тому
Those "cargo ships" actually carry waste to landfill from Wandsworth recycling centre so nowhere particularly exciting unfortunately!
@Dalenthas 3 роки тому
Everywhere is particularly exciting to the right kind of person.
@iwontliveinfear 3 роки тому
I find that particularly exciting. Waste management is fascinating, mostly in its inefficiency.
@spike9908 3 роки тому
Figures Grey would post the snow day video before the Autumn video.
@Orthiar 3 роки тому
The snow day video was filmed a couple of years ago, so it still fits.
@fripszilon 3 роки тому
I did not know what to expect from this particular CGP Grey video but I'm glad this is what we got. Just delightful!
@Michaelalondon 3 роки тому
This is beautiful. Also, thank you for walking and not cycling in our secret underground tunnel. - East London
@leddlwa 2 роки тому
Bold move taking ownership of the Greenwich foot tunnel East London!
@faxmachine1162 2 роки тому
@@leddlwa ah, the british. So wonderful.
@arbochelli 2 роки тому
whats the problem, just cycle slowly
@SmokesKwazukii Рік тому
it was empty why would it matter at all
@jimkerman5675 3 роки тому
little did grey know, he had been inside for so long the evacuation of London was already underway
@connormacgregor9460 3 роки тому
Get to the underground city To unlondon
@poster2090 3 роки тому
Grey's vlog was odly calming.
@tjibbeettema8759 3 роки тому
yeah, they always are. I always get completely immersed in the road trip trough America in Bailey Blue.
@LoCheb 2 роки тому
I don't why I love this video so much, but I love it all the same. Maybe I am that type of person, I miss the solitude of quarantine, but at the same time I miss the liveliness. I can't help but appreciate what will likely never come again. The solitude in a silent city with nothing.
@titaniuminc8948 3 роки тому
At 10:28 you’ll see where the final battle of Thor the dark world took place
@jameslafy7667 3 роки тому
The shard: exists CGP Grey: BARAD-DUR!
@Etern1tyOne 2 роки тому
It really looks the part, especially when the top part is illuminated in red(-ish) :D
@vKevlar 3 роки тому
Calling the Shard the Barad Dur really cracked me up. Also so sad that I didn't know about that tunnel when I visited last year! Great tour of London, Grey. Thanks for that
@Archgeek0 3 роки тому
Hehehe, Grey thinks the Shard looks like Barad-Dur, does he? He should see a certain Devon Tower in Oklahoma City. On foggy days it gets a little more on the Angry Red Planet side, but when dark clouds swirl over the city, well, it's only missing the Eye. Which I'm not convinced isn't secretly up there.
@qotrx1989 3 роки тому
Grey, I know you'll never see this, but I just wanna say I'm a huge fan of your content. They're always so well thought out and well-made. I'm always so excited to see on my recommended page that there's a new CGP Grey video. Thank you for all the hard work you put in, and then choosing to upload it to a platform where it's entirely free. I feel like I've learned quite a bit watching your channel and it's epic to see the growth you've had. You deserve it.
@SuchiththaW 3 роки тому
Grey: Must not enter enclosed spaces. **Enters enclosed spaces** Grey: Starting to be too many people outside. Need to get home. **Enters London's busiest Market** You're a wonderful man. Never change.
@EthanShalev 3 роки тому
7:15 on the right side of the staircase there's literally a ramp designed to easily walk bicycles up the stairs.
@danny_rohde 3 роки тому
Or just use the lift a few metres to the right ;)
@venoltar 3 роки тому
I'm probably missing something since I've never been there, but from the video it looks like you'd have to dead-lift the bike over the fence at the top if you rolled it up that ramp, and that is before mentioning the difficulty of working around the posts on the way up without dropping it. I have trouble considering that to be "designed" with that use in mind. Plus that doesn't look like a typical bicycle, and is possibly substantially heavier than the size implies. Holding it several centimetres off the ground for a longer time with the ability to rest periodically is likely far more feasible than a single high lift.
@Hell_Jager 3 роки тому
@@venoltar ethan means the ramp (slightly darker concrete) with the wheel sized divot running up the right side under the rail.
@venoltar 3 роки тому
@@Hell_Jager Haha, wow, I totally missed that! Thanks for the clarification :)
@burnstick1380 3 роки тому
Yes but its a step slope and not that comfortable to push the bike up. For me its easier and faster to just carry it to the top
@brandonbochat8589 3 роки тому
One of the best videos I've seen in a very long time for two reasons. 1. I'm from from US, never been to London, and I know nothing about the city. And 2. the vlog was very calming and nice to watch. Thanks CGP Grey!
@ruxiist 3 роки тому
There's a reason why its one of the most visited cities in the world. There truly is a little bit of everything. Something for everyone to enjoy.
@ASLUHLUHCE 2 роки тому
Damn, I wish I wasn't a nocturnal hermit during this time. Missed out on a once in a lifetime experience.
@bobbyb373 3 роки тому
Incredible video, so eerie to see London so empty when it’s usually crowded & bustling. Very calming in a way, thanks for this Grey!
@nerdporkspass1m1st78 3 роки тому
That swan has seen what Grey looks like
@maskedmalarky8706 3 роки тому
He knows too much
@benhollanders7911 3 роки тому
I have to, just search it up if you want, dont recomend it tho, kinda ruins the mystic
@Niwan8 3 роки тому
Quick! We must search for the swan and ask him the way!
@SomeSpicyCheese 3 роки тому
He's probably wearing a mask for the whole thing, so it's only a half-glimpse at best. The swan only knows a little more than us
@Corthate 3 роки тому
We need to find that swan and either interrogate or silence it.
@px6883 3 роки тому
It feels weird seeing Grey biking on the exact same place I stood on some time ago
@0topon 3 роки тому
same
@strangejune 3 роки тому
He's following you! He's a ninja!
@zIHaXSaWIz 3 роки тому
Me and gray live very different lives. I had 6 weeks off work in April/may and have been working ever since spending around 45 hours a week in a store surrounded by people.
@RobertButler1 3 роки тому
And I bet you didn't catch Covid either.
@BrodyBr 3 роки тому
It was really enjoyable to see a wandering video where the videographer is present and giving a guided tour. Thanks for making this!
@InspectorGadget923 3 роки тому
2020 CGP Grey: Spaceship you 2021 CGP Grey: Halp, I'm trapped with myself!
@NeorecnamorceN 3 роки тому
Damn, this would be a perfect time to shoot a post-apocalypse film.
@kiaanderson7665 3 роки тому
watch 28 days later
@thekamakaji 3 роки тому
In a way, we've lived through the apocalypse. The world of our past is dead and gone. What we live in is but something new
@confusedwhale 3 роки тому
@@thekamakaji: Who says it's over yet?
@NeorecnamorceN 3 роки тому
@@kiaanderson7665 oh, that one of my favorites! Hated 28 months later tho. Edit: or was it 28 weeks.... Eh, sucked either way haha
@TheVladBlog 3 роки тому
I have lived in London for a long time, and I can tell you that I find covid London marvellous. I would appreciate if we could reopen but the streets remain empty. Yet I understand that London is so fantastic because it has been an overcrowded melting pot for many generarions. You can't have it all
@adamk4775 3 роки тому
I never knew London was that beautiful. You made me want to come and see it by self.
@dylanpeel6315 3 роки тому
This all feels extremely 28 days later
@RaXXha 3 роки тому
Yes, very much so!
@Sonic_Time_Traveler 3 роки тому
Because it is.
@Sonic_Time_Traveler 3 роки тому
Its the 28 years later
@ondrejmlynarcik9926 3 роки тому
Exactly my thoughts when I was watching it.... so sad
@lonesnark 3 роки тому
@@Sonic_Time_Traveler more like 58 weeks later
@Blue-pk1hw 3 роки тому
London is a beautiful city and its incredible seeing it so empty, so peaceful and I wished I could do the same as you.
@Litany_of_Fury 3 роки тому
He's picked the nicer parts of the city for sure. My part of london never looks like any of this.
@pirozigzigwam8594 3 роки тому
@@Litany_of_Fury Of course its the same with every city but I do think London is the city with the most to offer out of any I have been to (maybe tied with Vienna) and I've been to Berlin, Paris, New York, San Fran and many more.
@thisisnotdom 3 роки тому
I can assure you it's not normally this empty. I walked around these areas last weekend and it was packed. It's probably because he's doing it early on a weekend (or perhaps about 10am on a work day?)
@y000ks 3 роки тому
Wheeling ramp to the right of the staircase at 7:15 is for your bicycle so you don’t have to carry it :)
@ElynevanOpzeeland 3 роки тому
+
@SecretSquirrelFun 2 роки тому
My introvert anxiety levels shot way up when you were inside that market, and I imagine that I was having some similar thoughts as you panned about the people sitting at those tables. I’d just about maxed out my levels when thankfully you announced “and I’m outta here”. 4 small words I’ve never been so pleased to hear whilst watching a video. Thanks for getting outta there.🙂🐿
@Electracion 3 роки тому
Sees autumn in video, Looks outside, Yup checks out, Grey's video releases are right on schedule :P In all due seriousness though, I love the content!
@flashguy7210 3 роки тому
Dang, I haven’t just sat and watched someone chill for months. Very relaxing grey! Keep it up!
@jesselomas5896 3 роки тому
This feels like “I am legend” British edition
@Whalefire2 3 роки тому
This brought me back to the early autumn in my city., when true lockdown first started in my country. Its nowhere near as big or as packed with different cultural expressions as London but its got a nice medieval center. I did a walk through the abandoned medieval streets, with the sun just barely poking through the buildings that almost seem to hang over the narrow streets. I would then walk to a park that ran alongside the old city wall, counting all the damaged parts and wondering which ones were caused by wars long gone. I did this walk almost every day for a month, every time wondering whether I would experience an abandoned city again. It really is ethereal solitude, like you said.
@Jort419 3 роки тому
I was like ‘why is he biking on the wrong side of the road?’ But then I realised UK
@safe-keeper1042 3 роки тому
That still kinda doesn't answer the question, though :p .
@ddunfuh9239 3 роки тому
@@safe-keeper1042 Uk drives on the left
@safe-keeper1042 3 роки тому
@@ddunfuh9239 r/whoooosh
@captain61games49 3 роки тому
Correction he was on the correct side your the ones on the wrong side
@whatevername4873 3 роки тому
I just remembered how much I hate the roads there. I have no clue why, but driving on the other side of the road gave me the most wicked carsickness ever. I basically had to blindfold myself and curl into a ball for every ride
@claymoody7931 3 роки тому
"Oh my gosh I can't believe this channel is only doing vlogs now" - Sincerely a Cortex listener
@ashgreninja7521 3 роки тому
I was searching for someone who listened to Cortex
@gg1k 3 роки тому
@@ashgreninja7521 same
@dcd2994 3 роки тому
Podcaster Grey : I WILL NOT DATE MY VIDEOS WITH THIS PANDEMICNESS UKpostsr Grey: Escaape from lockdown 😆😆
@ytgunawan 3 роки тому
"cries in Tim"
@mahaliad.8601 3 роки тому
I have been missing London something fierce lately, so thank you very much for portraying it in such a beautifully approachable way. I even spotted some of my old haunts, and it brought me great joy. Thank you, Grey!
@sohamduttaroy5676 3 роки тому
I'm now certain that Grey is a Reanimated Victorian Era Statue
@corinnacorriveau7847 3 роки тому
Hello fellow Poor people! Hope you are all doing well! Just know rhat CPG love us to even though we cant message in the chat. 👍🏻
@Devgal89 3 роки тому
Kinda crap that you have to pay to chat...
@dragonsmokeboii 3 роки тому
pog
@antonf.9278 3 роки тому
I think that it's about rate limiting, he had a lengthy discussion on a podcast about it
@cadenthecadburyengine8198 3 роки тому
*CGP
@ionshiese7006 3 роки тому
Lol, Same
@Nurichiri 3 роки тому
I am a huge fan of the background music.
@lucasleanza9762 3 роки тому
this!^^
@monicaganderson9431 3 роки тому
If you want to listen to it turn on the captions and find the artist and title of the song I bet you can find it somewhere on the internet
@CheeseSupremacy 3 роки тому
@@monicaganderson9431 It’s in the description
@ryelor 3 роки тому
Watching this was like taking a breath of fresh air. Thanks, Professor Grey!
@seaborn1761 3 роки тому
I love the kind of mind that can look at a tug pulling a barge of trash and wonder to what exotic locales the 'cargo ships' are going. 🙂 Thanks for the wonderful tour!
@Thatonecrow87 3 роки тому
Mans got a shock collar on
@RyakkiBaka 3 роки тому
let's not kink shame.
@robw2379 3 роки тому
One shade of Grey.
@closedcl8 3 роки тому
Coincidentally, this is the exact description of his wardrobe.
@minhemil01 3 роки тому
@Jonathan de Kock it's an airbag for a helmet. It's called a hövding
@TTidu 3 роки тому
@Jonathan de Kock Looks like one of those bicycle airbags
@Werdna12345 3 роки тому
My prediction is that this is the second vlog that Grey talked about in Cortex
@mikitenhusty5039 3 роки тому
or the QnA
@MP-wy6nz 3 роки тому
@@mikitenhusty5039 it looks like a fort, like castle grey is letting down the drawbridge?
@superrinusblick4222 3 роки тому
he just uploaded an old vlog, thst would be a bit excessive
@MrDannyDetail 3 роки тому
@@MP-wy6nz Pretty sure it's Tower Bridge in London?
@kehana2908 3 роки тому
@piigle i third this
@morjoy4joymor 2 роки тому
As a Floridian, it is truly fascinating to see what a city as big and populated as London looks like when following appropriate safety protocols. Down here life has largely continued as normal, albeit with more angry people and harder days working in the service industry.
@dav786 Рік тому
"appropriate safety protocols"
@NaSaBiii79 2 роки тому
I always pictured London as the big and bustling city that it probably was pre-quarantine, but seeing the city like this feels oddly satisfying.
@thomaswilson1428 3 роки тому
This is such a tender portrait of a beautiful city during a pretty unique time. I’m glad Grey got to see this and share it.
@9nikolai 3 роки тому
1: The weather at the start is my favourite weather and watching this made me want to be outside for hours just walking around. 2: There's something really calming and beautiful about walking/biking around a quiet city that used to be so busy and now has the possibility of sometimes giving the feeling of being completely alone. Basically, I wish I was Grey in this video, and I loved waching it!
@soulman4292 2 роки тому
I get the impression from this video that Grey is a really nice guy. He seems so heartfelt, and intrigued. I guess that’s why his videos resonate. Something about the honesty.
@natureallmighty 3 роки тому
I like this new CGP the vlogger. Wonder if past Grey anticipated this.
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