ASMR The London Underground (soft spoken, history, educational)
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- Preparing this topic was a lot! There is so much history and complexity, you could probably fill an entire channel with nothing but explorations of the London underground, so we're really just scratching the surface here. I hope you enjoy my ramblings and this fascinating glance into history. I'm also very excited to continue our exploration of London next week, with a map of the City during the Tudor era.
The diagrammatic map is by Douglas Rose, 9th edition. The book is the Depot Discovery by the London Transport Museum.
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This sounds funny, but I don't know what it means! Is it a song?...
It's a youtube series about maps and history that's described as "silly educational", I love it very much! The Unfinished London videos are also great:
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@@MelangeASMR ooohhh! Sounds interesting, will check it out!
As a Londoner, lover of maps and history this is amazing!
I'm glad it hit the spot for you, thank you!
Just found this video as it was recommended on our UA-cam home page... so creative, relaxing, educational and entertaining. Loving your style! So unique! Just subscribed. Looking forward to checking out more of your videos!!🥰🥰🥰
Thank you, that's very sweet! 💜💜💜
Your name made me curious about your channel and wow, your videos are so charming! Really love the concept and your presentations - it looks like you're having a lot of fun making the videos :)
Living in London all my life and my own Dad working on the Underground himself for almost 40 years, I have a deep rooted fascination of the system and this video was a joy to watch. Thank you!!!
I'm very flattered, thank you! 💗
Your videos are both incredibly interesting and relaxing. This is reflected in your genuine interest in the history. Your work is a point of difference, which I personally love! Thankyou
I've always been fascinated by subway systems, and maps, so this video is perfection! thoughtful, informational, and your voice gives me shivers and crazy tingles! thanks for making these videos, i absolutely love your channel!
Thank you so much, Hannah, that makes me very happy!! 💖💖
Waterloo and City line literally just runs back and forth between Waterloo and Bank.
Shout out to the algorithm for suggesting your channel, I love everything about this
New subscriber here 🙋🏻♀️ I’ve lived in London my entire life and actually have a Masters Degree in the history of London and found this so informative and yet relaxing. Your voice is magical. I can’t wait to watch more xx
Thank you so much, that's high praise! And that degree sounds super interesting.
I knew it! You handled the story of the London Underground brilliantly 🤩 It is a huge subject and I learned a lot of things I didn’t know and it made me want to visit the Transport Museum - I used to work around the corner from it and can you believe I never went! I’m so glad you had a good trip to London. Yes you are right Fenchurch Street isn’t an underground station and the Waterloo and City Line only runs between Waterloo and Bank - nowhere else. When I used to travel on it it was nicknamed “The Drain” - that’s what it felt like 😊. Fantastic video 🤩 Looking forward to next week.
I'm so happy you enjoyed it, Rachel!! Thank you so much, and again I appreciate your patience, I know you suggested the topic a while ago. Sadly I also didn't make it into the Transport Museum, I was just rushing through the shop haha. But hopefully next time!
"The Drain" for a line that goes under a river sounds very ominous 😅😅😂
I was in London in May and found the tube really cool, this video was so interesting and relaxing at the same time !!
Thank you, Telina! 💜
Don’t often go on the tube but this is a really cool history lesson about it. Thank you
Thanks for this wonderful and straightforward overview of a system with such a lengthy and complex history. Perhaps one day you can do a video of the history of diagrammatic transit maps, of which Harry Beck's famous London Underground map was one of the first.
That would certainly be interesting, I'll keep an eye out!
I’ve been to London several times but didn’t know anything about the history of the underground. It’s fascinating!
It really is incredibly fascinating, but some parts I don't want to think about for too long. Like going through tunnels with a steam locomotive sounds like a recipe for desaster 😅
i have learned so much from your videos, they’re so thoughtfully educational, and simultaneously relaxing! thank you so much
That means a lot!!
I've been waiting for this one - can't wait to listen to it later! The London Underground has such a fascinating history.
I hope I did it justice and you enjoy it 😊😊
I just got your video recommended to me, and I’m so glad! You have such an amazing talent and I can see all the hard work you put into your videos. You have a new loyal subscriber! Thank you for the incredible content 💕
Hello Mikaelah, thank you for your kind words 💚 I'm very happy you're here!
As always, thank you for another gorgeous video on an expertly curated topic! You are so right - there are entire channels devoted to the Underground and they are great! Been so looking forward to this video -definitely getting to it over my lunch break at work :)
Oh I hope that was an enjoyable and relaxing lunch break ☺
I watched a couple of documentaries about the tube during my quarantine and briefly thought I would never be able to break this down, there is just so much info out there and all of it is equally fascinating. Like I watched something about the tunneling machines for an hour and it was just amazing! So it's very nice to hear your praise about the bits I picked in the end :)
@@MelangeASMR The abandoned Tube stations are a personal favourite. Hoping to visit London one day :)
i live in a country where only capital has the Underground and it's SO small compared to the London one. that's why i enjoyed watching this video so much. asmr is literally perfect and educational/historical part of this video is amazing! thank you!
Awesome, I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊
This is so cool! Thank you for the video, it made me miss London 🥲
Great to hear you came to London, it’s hard to imagine all that activity beneath your feet ! Looking forward to next week.
Really enjoyed my stay there, it's a wonderful city!
So interesting but relaxing at the same time, love this!
Thank you, Mila, love to hear it!
I love this. Perfect relaxation 👍🏻👍🏻
I love your map asmr videos, very informative and relaxing at the same time 💖 instant subscribe!
I appreciate it, thank you very much! 💛
Fascinating and relaxing as always.
Thank you 🤍🤍
Hiii new subscriber here! I stumbled upon this video and I scrolled through your page and was captivated by the types of videos that you post. Not very common to find in the asmr community! Also I like the camera work and your thorough explanation, gives me the vibe that I’m following a lecture which makes me extremely sleepy but I also love to learn new things :)) looking forward to view your other vids, sending love xx
Hey there! Thank you so much, I'm very happy you found me! Yep, feeling extremely sleepy during lectures is something I know very well haha, I just hope your dreams don't get as confused as mine sometimes do 😅💛💛
Very interesting and relaxing video! I started wondering how they dug tunnels in the 1860s but then you answered it a few minutes later 👍
Thank you, Tom, that's great to hear! I have to say, it freaks me out a bit that they decided the best way to try out a new tunnel digging technique was to go under the Thamse lol.
I am currently trying to research how to get around London for a trip in a couple months, and I somehow stumbled across this video. Perfect timing! This is so relaxing and informative, and I love the tracing, paper touching, and soft speaking! You have a new subscriber!
Hello Iris, thank you so much for the kind words! I'm sure you'll have no trouble finding your way around - the guidance system is so clear, it's all very easy to use. Have a great trip!
I'd highly recommend getting Citymapper on your phone. You won't go wrong. Works in multiple major cities across the world as well
it’s crazy because i recently went to london and this pops up when i got home! Amazing! Thank you for the video
Awesome! Hope you had a good trip :)
This was incredibly relaxing to watch & listen to and it also made me want to revisit Lodon in the near future. ❤
Oh, I hope you get the opportunity, I enjoyed my stay there so much!
Ok so UA-cam recommended this to me and I am like YESSSSS! this is perfect! You have the most perfect soft spoken voice! Xx
Yess thank you! I'm very happy it's the right thing for you! 🧡🧡
Excellent job, thank you very much!
Commenting now before I fall asleep but yessss I am so excited. I have ridden to tube many times and visited the London Transport Museum a few times. It's such an interesting history and the tube has a special place in my heart.
It's super interesting and I love that there's a dedicated museum - the only regret I have is that I only made it to the shop... So that's something for the next visit! 😅
Hope you had a good sleep 💕
I love seeing you videos getting more and more views!! So happy for you :)
I never expected it to happen so suddenly. Everytime I refresh, there's a handful new subscribers, it's overwhelming 😅
But what makes me really happy is seeing familiar names like yours pop up! Thank you for being around for so long 💓
@@MelangeASMR 💕💕💕 I’ll always be here for you! Thank you so much for all your effort and work. It does not go unnoticed or unappreciated around here!
Thanks for another great video! Super interesting as always! Oh, and your yellow nail polish is very cool 🙂
Thank you 💛💛 I figured it's a nice summery colour that goes well with heat waves lol 🥵
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!
i started playing Mini Metro recently so it fitted very well with my recent Vibe haha.
The only minus of video were the edges of the un-ironed blanket at the begining, they were bit distracting, but not for long. Thank you for this incredible film! ❤❤❤
Oh I'll have to check out Mini Metro, that sounds neat.
Thank you!!! (And sorry about the wrinkles, I'm aware it's an issue...)
I loved this video!! Good job this was such a great video 😊
Thank you!!
Another city to daydream about visiting! Thanks for the great video.
Love from London 🧡 your videos are super relaxing 😌
🧡🧡 Love love love your city, such a great place!
Educative and relaxing 😊
Thank you! ☺
This is great, loved this video.
Thank you :)
North Greenwich is my favorite station
Really enjoying this, had no idea!
Excellent, thank you!
Very good, very relaxing and informative. Honestly could have watched another two to three hours! Walked the Underground network (above ground!) in 2018, this video reminds me I must do the Elizabeth Line and new Northern Line stations...
Oh wow, that's impressive! How long did that take you?
@@MelangeASMR Around 6 months, mainly walking on weekends and when having time off work. Must have been close to 1,000km overall! District Line was probably the most interesting
that is a lot of walking! I really like the idea...
You could try walking the Vienna U-Bahn!
28:30 The Waterloo & City line does not share any other track, it actually does what it’s advertised: Waterloo to the city (Bank/Monument)
Which makes sense, I guess I just had a moment of disbelief that such a short line would exist haha
Wow it's amazing! Have tingles😊Thank u so much!
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Your videos are relaxing but also way too interesting for me to let myself fall asleep to haha
Noooo go to sleep!
this is fantastic!! i’m autistic and the london underground has been a huge special interest of mine for many years. thank you for making this video!
Hey there, thank you so much! I'm very happy you enjoyed the video and yes, I agree, it's a fascinating topic.
I have loved all you do but this was the best yet. Please take it as a compliment that I slept before it finished. x.
Awesome, that's how it's supposed to be! Hope you had a good sleep!
I love this! Such a great video 🧡 would love to see you do a map video of the uk 💡
Thank you so much! I've been wanting to do a video on languages and dialects in the UK for a while, I just need to find some decent maps :)
A wonderful idea, mixing ASMR and the underground. Very soothing 😃
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As a Londoner, this is so cool. I've not really been on the tube, but my dad knows every tube station in existence, so I've been trying to learn them 😅
travelling to London tomorrow and this is perfect to fall asleep to!
Have a good trip!
Your lovely sounds and hand movements always relax me, but this video in particular has made me feel almost drunk - that light, heady feeling when the alcohol first starts to blunt the sharp edges.
You've got such a gift!
Wow that sounds like a whole new level of tingles, I'm a bit jealous!! 😮💙💙💙
This is so wild, two of my most favourite things (Public transport and ASMR) in one?!!
It's a perfect match!
This was great! I love the idea of using maps of man-made systems rather than just of places. Canals, roads, rail lines all paint an interesting historical/socio-economic picture.
Just to solve the mystery of further Waterloo&City stations. There are none. This little quirk of the system serves only two stations: Waterloo and Bank (which is in the City). The date of 1994 is when it was incorporated into Transport for London. Up until then, it was an independent being amongst the sea of TfL-managed lines.
Also, as a nerd, I was hoping for the mention of Charles Tyson Yerkes who basically made this whole thing of underground railway possible, but that would mean delving deep into the railway boom of mid 19th century Britain... unless I slept through that part. Well, I will just have to rewatch the video again. And again. And again.
Oh, and Metroland was a firmly 20th century project of interwar period. But I agree that it was way ahead of it's time.
Looking forward to the next instalment of 'went to London to buy maps'.
Essay over, -now- I can sleep. *Goodnight!*
Hey Nina, thank you for your super detailed comment, love that you enjoyed the video! And yes, I had to cut a lot of things out - there is just so much info on the history of the tube, it's completely overwhelming.
Interwar period for Metroland makes so much more sense!! Light and air definitely wasn't a concern in the 19th century here, I don't know why I thought it would have been different in London of all places haha. I'm embarrassed I got that wrong 😅
@@MelangeASMR yeah, the beginnings of the tube especially are a wild ride. The rivalry between companies, their stupidly long names, the crazy ambitions, stations opened and closed out of spite... Anyhow, I'm just glad London underground as a topic was finally picked.
Oh, and no worries, most people don't know Metroland existed in the first place, so placing it few years before the project started is not a major crime 😅
Thanks for (reading my comment to begin with) your reply and looking forward to more industrial videos 🤎
This video is amazingggg!!!
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Oh this is awesome! I have been living in London for 10 years and found this educational. Just had to make sure I didn't doze off so I didn't miss anything 😆
Oh, I'm glad I could stil tell you something new, thank you! But honestly, I think dozing off is fine too :)
You might check Jago Hazzard for more tube videos. Really interesting if you ask me.
Wonderful channel concept.
Thank you!
Thank you
OMG i love maps and London underground
Hi omg omg this video is really awesome thank you zzzzzzz and it’s my first time today subscribing to your UA-cam channel
Sleep well!!
@@MelangeASMR thank you 🙏
Always loved Harry Beck's map
Very interesting and relaxing, as always! Hope you enjoyed your trip to the UK/London. Looking forward to next weeks video!💚
Thank you! 💛
London was fantastic, I really enjoyed it - getting in and out through Heathrow was a bit tedious haha, but everything else a+
@@MelangeASMR Very pleased to hear that, and I sympathise with the airport experience! I have managed to avoid airports for many years, haha!
Now *this* is the true best content on UA-cam.
Also, I have that same map hung up in my room!
You're too kind, Nick, thank you!!
I'm going to London in August, thanks 🧡🧡🧡
Oh fantastic, have a good trip!
how do you not have more subscribers 😭lovely work!!
The number of subscribers has doubled in the last month, I feel like it's already SO SO MANY 😱
Thank you 💗💗
Just discovered this channel and I was wondering the same thing, you should have many more subs, and I'm sure soon you will.
I've never been to London but would love to go one day.
I hope you can, it's so worth it! Heathrow was a bit of an adventure, but other than that I had a fantastic experience there.
@@MelangeASMR Oh yeah, saw the show on it
Lovely voice and sound! ♥️
Greetings from California!
Thank you, Jeannie 🥰
French accent reading! So glad I found your channel
I'm Austrian, but I'll take it! Thank you :)
i love your channel 💜
Thank you 💙💙
Love London and wish I could move there
I'm sure it's a great place to live! Really really enjoyed my stay there.
@@MelangeASMR Likewise!
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Ahhh! my part of the world! I’m about 30 miles from the capital down in Kent. Thanks melange for another excellent video!
Oh no I should have waved from the plane!
Thank you, Teddy, always a delight to hear from you :)
Definitely one of the best maps you can find in London 😉
Your suggestion with Southbank was excellent btw! Not just a great selection of maps and books, but all around such a nice area. Thank you again :)
@@MelangeASMR great to hear that! I actually went to check the stalls in Southbank and found some old maps, but they weren't the cheapest! Anyways, I'm sure you had a good time... there's plenty to see around there, even if you are just walking by the Thames.
Yes, went for some ice cream and then came back to later for dinner, both were really good. And we caught a Grace Jones inspired fashion show which my mum loved, so good choice all around!
good craic, this!
Ah I’m a new subscriber and lovee your voice n editing. Request/challenge for your editing friend- a dark lighting video? So many maps are pure white n yet im trying to watch at night
Hey Amanda, thank you so much! That's a good point, we'll keep it in mind :)
they call it the metro in LA where I'm from!
When i visit London for a day i use the day off Peak Travelcard
The way the Oyster card works was such a mystery to us during the entire stay haha.
Perfect. Accent.
Thank you, Etienne!💙
Hey the CrossPurpleLiz isn't a Tube Line ;)
Oh and the Waterloo and City line is indeed actually just that long, going from Waterloo to Bank
I'm still not sure what the Elizabeth Line really is haha, TfL is complicated!
Can you do a video exactly like this, but for the New York City subway?
I've already been looking for maps haha, so yes :)
@@MelangeASMR I have an enormous one in my room
Holy cow! Your subscriber number is exploding. Well earned. 😉
It is 🤯 I've been expecting it to plateau or drop back down to normal levels every day for the past weeks, but the algorithm has other plans, apparently 😅
Thank you so much 🥰🥰
I could imagine the Elizabeth Line won't be included because its not actually a tube line, its a subterranean rail line. A small but subtle difference.
That's the reason, yes! I got a bit confused by the name since it sounds like it's an underground line - Crossrail was bit clearer in that regard imo.
@@MelangeASMR I completely agree 😅 Crossrail was really clear. People still call it that now because it's been called crossrail for so long. It's super cool though. I hope you got a chance to ride it!
@@Rjgxxx Not yet, that's something for next time I'm in London!
Would love to see some non-European map/ history videos
I'm doing a video on New Zealand soon :)
Seestadt in Vienna is a concrete nightmare, they put trees in concrete xD there was an entire forest there when i grew up and they cemented down everything. Lets hope future city development plans are done by less corrupt people that actually care about nature and people.
Eh, dass begrünungstechnisch in Wien sehr viel Luft nach oben ist, is a andere Gschicht.
the only youtube videos i watch are ones about public tranist and asmr. this is perfect thank you so much.
Oh it's like this one was made specifically for you. Glad you liked it, thank you!
Beautiful voice! 😎👍
Thank you!
Could you also do a video on the Berliner U-Bahn?
I'll look into it, sure :)
@@MelangeASMR ayyy thanks!!!🫶
somebody tag gibi, she would love this video
Please do the Milan underground 🤗🥰
I'll check if I can find a map!
Kings cross
Me: i need to find platform 9 3/4
I know The London Underground like the back of my hand ....Great video! X
PLEASE DO BERLIN! 🥰🥰🥰
I posted a video about Berlin just last night :) It's more general tracing, though, not specifically about the underground.
Jago Hazzard and Charles Yerkes want a word...
I hope you don’t mind me saying what beautiful hands you have💚
Absolutely LOVE the Content!.👏👏👏
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(Immediate) New Subscriber(!),😌
Do.. ...You Take/Consider Map-themed Recommendations,? For Content Uploads(?)
Thanks, I'm happy to hear that! I'm open to suggestions :)
The chewb*
You don't need an Oyster card now. Just tap in / out with a credit / bank card
omg really? Would have been nice of the person at the info point to mention that :(
@@MelangeASMR They're still useful for season tickets. But I think they cap the cost of a day's travel on a credit / bank card. Anyway it looked better using Oyster ❤️
Yeah I was wondering about the oyster card - I thought they discontinued them but I guess not
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Yes!
Ok this is very interesting...but WHERE is your accent from???
I'm Austrian!