The diving gondola: a strange elevator to the ocean floor

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  • On the German coast of the Baltic Sea, there's a tourist attraction that I think is very strange: the "Tauchgondel", a room that sinks under the waves and lets you go diving... without getting wet.
    More about the Tauchgondel: www.tauchgonde...
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    Thanks to Letizia Geltz for the suggestion!
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  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  3 роки тому +15117

    Yes, I would very much have liked to experience the holding brakes being released while we were submerged -- but that's strictly for emergency situations!

  • @SamAshkon1998
    @SamAshkon1998 3 роки тому +8541

    “It’s not about the fish, it’s about the experience” sounding like a true fishless fisherman

    • @royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409
      @royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409 3 роки тому +60

      Sounds like something gen z would say to pretend like they didn't fail

    • @Icetea-2000
      @Icetea-2000 3 роки тому +193

      @@royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409 why gen z

    • @amandawilcox9638
      @amandawilcox9638 3 роки тому +85

      @@Icetea-2000 Good question. "royal decree" may be having a bad day-or year. Another instant critic.

    • @royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409
      @royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409 3 роки тому +16

      @@Icetea-2000 coz gen z would say "the experience" so "wholesome" thus sound like a true fishless fisherman.

    • @Icetea-2000
      @Icetea-2000 3 роки тому +50

      @@royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409 I meant why "to pretend they didn’t fail"
      What exactly would you fail at here

  • @2ksnakenoodles
    @2ksnakenoodles 3 роки тому +4141

    "It's not about the fish, it's about the experience"
    The curious flounders and jellyfish waiting to say hi to Tom Scott - >:(

    • @harbl99
      @harbl99 3 роки тому +202

      "Shall we go and see the humans at the groundarium? They put them in a big tank and drop them into the water for you."

    • @victormunroe2418
      @victormunroe2418 3 роки тому +35

      tbf the jellyfish aren't fish

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 3 роки тому +5

      @@victormunroe2418 :o

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 3 роки тому +2

      @@victormunroe2418 You evil...

    • @cheekychappy1234
      @cheekychappy1234 3 роки тому +12

      @@victormunroe2418 According to the Podcast there is no such thing as a fish.

  • @OriginalGabriel
    @OriginalGabriel 3 роки тому +1335

    "I didnt expect the sound; I dont know why, but I didnt expect the sound ..."
    That would be a great opening line to a book; so many possibilities as to where that story may go.

    • @fershred
      @fershred 3 роки тому +44

      Kinda cliche

    • @bandilenzimande5253
      @bandilenzimande5253 2 роки тому +26

      @@fershred can you please recommend some that start like that? 🥺
      If not, @Gabriel you are 100% right. I'm intrigued, please write one😂.

    • @BlastinRope
      @BlastinRope 2 роки тому +15

      @@bandilenzimande5253 HP lovecraft stories start like that

    • @kendewendy
      @kendewendy 2 роки тому +4

      @@BlastinRope 💀💀💀

    • @galarstar052
      @galarstar052 2 роки тому +29

      i'm stealing that, don't expect any royalties.

  • @raydunakin
    @raydunakin 3 роки тому +2329

    Really, really cool concept! Too bad the reality is so disappointing.

    • @derp195
      @derp195 3 роки тому +253

      You really have to wonder what they were thinking putting one there. It's such a huge investment to build something like that, I would want to build it somewhere with a view.

    • @cachedgaming
      @cachedgaming 3 роки тому +291

      @@derp195 If they're planning them for Turkey and Malta, this might be a proof-of-concept type thing so they can iron out design kinks now. Still cool nonetheless!

    • @stupidmemes3251
      @stupidmemes3251 3 роки тому +1

      Wow, you again haha

    • @rolotomassi7824
      @rolotomassi7824 3 роки тому +17

      Surely destined for Great Barrier reef Australia??!!

    • @andrewferguson5992
      @andrewferguson5992 3 роки тому +33

      @@rolotomassi7824 They already have semi submersibles there that allow underwater viewing but can also travel around the reef so it's already a step up from this

  • @harrowsprouts
    @harrowsprouts 3 роки тому +7817

    This should rightfully take its place in a steampunk fantasy world

    • @K3end0
      @K3end0 3 роки тому +74

      It even looks like it!

    • @croingo8294
      @croingo8294 3 роки тому +182

      bioshock :)

    • @StarshadowMelody
      @StarshadowMelody 3 роки тому +56

      entry elevator to atlantis

    • @NihongoWakannai
      @NihongoWakannai 3 роки тому +56

      It reminds me of made in abyss

    • @bob_._.
      @bob_._. 3 роки тому +37

      If it was brass and teak instead of silver and blue...

  • @ieatbananaskins7926
    @ieatbananaskins7926 3 роки тому +2235

    2:10 “I didn’t expect the sound” felt like a scene from a movie with the lighting and the close up of Tom

    • @adsoyad2607
      @adsoyad2607 3 роки тому +35

      was gonna say the exact same thing

    • @bartholomewdan
      @bartholomewdan 3 роки тому +118

      Right? That lighting was surprisingly cinematic, even for a Tom Scott video.

    • @bootleg_
      @bootleg_ 3 роки тому +4

      @@szpecunio 2:11

    • @TTmysTT
      @TTmysTT 3 роки тому +1

      Sound*

    • @lux481
      @lux481 3 роки тому +7

      it felt like "I didn't think of the books", just a slight element of panic and defeat at the same time

  • @p3chv0gel22
    @p3chv0gel22 3 роки тому +719

    "If you were hoping to see schools of tropical fish"
    I guess, if you were hoping that, you really need a lesson in geography

    • @Rubinkys
      @Rubinkys 2 роки тому +19

      took one look at the water and thought "the closest you're getting to tropical is a lost kids toy"

    • @WalrusWinking
      @WalrusWinking 2 роки тому

      Or maybe you didn't hear where this was.

    • @lmlmd2714
      @lmlmd2714 2 роки тому +2

      @@Rubinkys I'd love to dive down and wait on the bottom with a few Finding Nemo toys for the visitors to oogle at :)

  • @miroslavhoudek7085
    @miroslavhoudek7085 3 роки тому +466

    I don't see any barrier that would prevent divers in predator or alien costumes to take a look from the outside in. That's just good to know

    • @eekee6034
      @eekee6034 3 роки тому +8

      You're giving me ideas! XD

    • @ShroudedWolf51
      @ShroudedWolf51 3 роки тому +14

      That's an extremely expensive cosplay you'd be ruining by taking it underwater.

    • @meme__supreme3373
      @meme__supreme3373 2 роки тому +26

      @@ShroudedWolf51 not if you make it waterproof from the getgo with the intention of doing this kind of BS

    • @WhuDhat
      @WhuDhat 2 роки тому +10

      have a mock battle on the sea floor AVP style lmao, would probably be able to hear children screaming inside the bell lmao

  • @2ksnakenoodles
    @2ksnakenoodles 3 роки тому +5507

    Tom really somehow manages to get himself into the most interesting places possible, and I enjoy watching them

    • @Rosegoldshawwty
      @Rosegoldshawwty 3 роки тому +7

      4K baby

    • @anothermountainsrock135
      @anothermountainsrock135 3 роки тому +29

      The coolest places possible! Europe has much more cool stuff like this than the US.

    • @MarcusBurkenhare
      @MarcusBurkenhare 3 роки тому +9

      Yes, and the look on Tom's face as it happens is terrific.

    • @looony
      @looony 3 роки тому +7

      c'mon bro, i live like 5 minutes away from Zingst, where that is. I was actually a lifeguard at exactly that beach, just last year. You can even see the tower :D

    • @ginge641
      @ginge641 3 роки тому +53

      It's a self perpetuating cycle at this point. Tom gets himself permission to film at interesting place --> Tom gets loads of views and income for himself whole generating interest in the thing --> Places start asking Tom to make videos about their thing to drum up interest --> Tom gets loads of views --> Repeat until Tom is broadly known as a trustworthy person to have visit your thing, and companies with no financial incentive to get people interested in their thing will invite him to see their thing.

  • @kesomon
    @kesomon 3 роки тому +175

    the moment Tom says 'I didn't expect the sound' feels like a clip from some scifi movie for some reason. this is very cool.

    • @fetterkeks2796
      @fetterkeks2796 2 роки тому +8

      Right? I thought the same haha, it's so cinematic with the green lighting and the slow rocking of the camera, and of course Tom's amazing lines.

  • @riderstrano783
    @riderstrano783 3 роки тому +185

    This seems like a cool possibility for “exploring” a close-in historic wreck site for tourists

    • @drpibisback7680
      @drpibisback7680 2 роки тому +2

      @@jamescrab4110 You couldn't get close enough to see anything anyway without putting the bell practically on the wreck, at which point the bell machinery would likely damage it.

    • @murphy7801
      @murphy7801 2 роки тому +4

      Depends, if it's the Mediterranean on European side it's very clear for example.

    • @kiloton1920
      @kiloton1920 2 роки тому +5

      This would be perfect for Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

    • @jonathanlandau-litewski7405
      @jonathanlandau-litewski7405 3 місяці тому +1

      It would be perfect for the Brittanic.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 роки тому +6179

    It always amazes me how Tom is able to find the most unusual tourist attractions

    • @anders630
      @anders630 3 роки тому +90

      I've been there ... and I missed that the gondola was there.

    • @philipphoehn3883
      @philipphoehn3883 3 роки тому +97

      I thought they find him-not the other way around

    • @TempName525
      @TempName525 3 роки тому +25

      You again

    • @treesaregreen
      @treesaregreen 3 роки тому +19

      Y’all...
      Made in Abyss??

    • @reiterhilfe3526
      @reiterhilfe3526 3 роки тому +13

      @@treesaregreen Turning you or your loved ones into a pile of goop sounds like a fun activity with the family

  • @djrphotography
    @djrphotography 3 роки тому +1778

    This is quite cool. It's like a real-world BioShock elevator.

    • @boiledelephant
      @boiledelephant 3 роки тому +109

      This has, in fact, just made me realise what collossal forces the bioshock elevator would be under due to the pressure. If it snapped off of its rails it would, presumably, rocket up to the surface like a missile.

    • @breadjustbread1987
      @breadjustbread1987 3 роки тому +29

      Bathasphere

    • @steveschmitt6933
      @steveschmitt6933 3 роки тому +1

      Sick

    • @luckyexpert3364
      @luckyexpert3364 3 роки тому +1

    • @ct92404
      @ct92404 3 роки тому +5

      @@boiledelephant It depends on the displacement. This thing wants to float by default because it's so huge and dome shaped and thus has very large water displacement and buoyancy.

  • @vincedibona4687
    @vincedibona4687 3 роки тому +88

    Less than four minutes long; the story has a beginning, a middle, and an end; some neat visuals are thrown in; and TS is just a good narrator. These videos are awesome, I am so glad I subscribed!

  • @Lightning_Mike
    @Lightning_Mike 3 роки тому +56

    Having a hole in the floor to see the water and maybe the actual seafloor would definitely have been interesting

    • @rockhopper70
      @rockhopper70 Рік тому +5

      My thoughts exactly, it’d be way cooler if it had a open bottom, a large diving bell.

    • @budisutanto5987
      @budisutanto5987 4 місяці тому

      It would need to be pressurized

  • @mvl71
    @mvl71 3 роки тому +676

    "It's not about the fish, it's about the experience"
    (according to most tourists, trying to force down a raw herring when visiting Amsterdam)

    • @sourcererseven3858
      @sourcererseven3858 3 роки тому +44

      I did not read that correctly, and was wondering why those tourists are moist...

    • @mvl71
      @mvl71 3 роки тому +13

      @@sourcererseven3858 🤣 Well, it rains a lot here...

    • @cymbala6208
      @cymbala6208 3 роки тому +1

      😁

    • @penguin-IDK
      @penguin-IDK 3 роки тому

      @@sourcererseven3858 same omg

  • @itskittyme
    @itskittyme 3 роки тому +3022

    I like the part where the thing was finished,
    and they went like: "oh this is quite boring actually, let's just add some shutters, and a big television"

    • @ArtlessIb
      @ArtlessIb 3 роки тому +240

      yh i feel as though they should remove that, just tell people to listen to the ocean and think

    • @dwakeling1
      @dwakeling1 3 роки тому +155

      @@ArtlessIb An idea most people would not entertain

    • @jojolafrite90
      @jojolafrite90 3 роки тому +166

      They literally replaced the windows with televisions playing some fish footage... What a scam.

    • @keriannekerr1876
      @keriannekerr1876 3 роки тому +39

      @@ArtlessIb maybe market it as a meditation chamber?

    • @peterpan4038
      @peterpan4038 3 роки тому +54

      @@jojolafrite90 They didn't.
      Closing those shutters and playing something on a TV is an option, nothing more.

  • @harrylime8077
    @harrylime8077 3 роки тому +18

    These salt water diving ‘bells’ have been around for a long time. I have seen them or variations of them in several countries.
    Many, many years ago as a 10 year old I went into one (very stuffy and damp) in S. Cal at a ocean front amusement park (that park is long gone), the elevator mechanism got stuck for about half a hour down around - 30’ to -40’. There were about 9 adults and me, all of the adults started to panic. What a relief when it started back up.
    Through the windows, I did get to see a blue mako shark.

    • @1949rangerrick
      @1949rangerrick 3 місяці тому

      It was POP, or Pacific Ocean Park. Went there several times myself.

  • @moos5221
    @moos5221 3 роки тому +51

    I'm from Germany, so I knew right away that there will be little to no marine life visible on these so close to the shore when I heard about it. So I wondered if they actually went ahead and built some artificial reef, sunken boat or whatever close to these to actually have something in view....but the reality is so disappointing. Would make more sense to have these in all other places but German coastline. =(

  • @Frikadellah
    @Frikadellah 3 роки тому +783

    This is literally 5km from my Mums house. Such a weird feeling having the internet stumble right upon your doorstep!

    • @supremebohnenstange4102
      @supremebohnenstange4102 3 роки тому +25

      Is it the one in grömitz?
      I can't quite remember all details but the triangular hotel in the background seems familiar

    • @felixe2890
      @felixe2890 3 роки тому +16

      @@supremebohnenstange4102 Indeed, it is :) The triangular building in the backgroud is the Carat hotel.

    • @SpektralJo
      @SpektralJo 3 роки тому

      my grandmother was born in Cismar

    • @tobiasf.4845
      @tobiasf.4845 3 роки тому +9

      Moin.

    • @ZVEKOfficial
      @ZVEKOfficial 3 роки тому +19

      Why is your doorstep 5km away from you

  • @ALtheBoi
    @ALtheBoi 3 роки тому +1015

    "Tom Scott's Adventures" would make a killer educational cartoon from the 90s

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 3 роки тому +40

      Nostalgia for something that has never existed.

    • @WanderTheNomad
      @WanderTheNomad 3 роки тому +41

      There's still a chance! There's still 70 years left until we reach the 90s again!

    • @MABfan11
      @MABfan11 3 роки тому +30

      Tom Scott's Bizarre Adventure

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 3 роки тому +10

      @@MABfan11 No.

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 3 роки тому +1

      @@WanderTheNomad I'm 14. I'm old.

  • @teaparty3637
    @teaparty3637 3 роки тому +7

    I genuinely think tom could make watching paint dry seem really interesting and fascinating

  • @daniellyell7249
    @daniellyell7249 3 місяці тому +1

    Evidently, the guys never been in boat with a cabin that has windows. His giddy excitement of the water coming up against the window as though it's some kind of unusual experience told me he needs to get out more. It's a very common experience in millions of boats around the world

  • @kg0704
    @kg0704 3 роки тому +1541

    As a German living in northern Germany, I’ve seen these things a couple of times already. I’ve never been in one of them though, so thank you Tom for showing how they actually look inside!

    • @pepe7eicher513
      @pepe7eicher513 3 роки тому +39

      Ich mache einfach grad Urlaub in zingst und dann wird mir einfach dieses Video vorgeschlagen... schon gruselig

    • @twowheelvalle
      @twowheelvalle 3 роки тому +26

      Ich klicke so auf das Video und denke mir so, geil, aber das ist bestimmt in Amerika. Und plötzlich redet der eine deutsch. 😂

    • @deadinside-kb3pu
      @deadinside-kb3pu 3 роки тому +20

      dachte erst das wäre zinnowitz
      aber ne, anscheind gibts echt mehrere solcher gondeln in norddeutschland

    • @pepe7eicher513
      @pepe7eicher513 3 роки тому +17

      @@deadinside-kb3pu Die im video ist in grömitz

    • @InklingSplasher
      @InklingSplasher 3 роки тому +12

      Joar ich lebe einfach 3km von dem Ding entfernt 😂

  • @thomaskaliwe9971
    @thomaskaliwe9971 3 роки тому +774

    I looked at thumbnail and was like: “I’ve driven past that before, I know that, that’s simply a diving bell” , never considered it to be strange though. You really do select the most random places on earth Mr Scott.

    • @1.4142
      @1.4142 3 роки тому +63

      Makes you realize there are more interesting places in your local area than you thought.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +24

      You can now stand where Tom Scott once stood.

  • @OutbackBoy
    @OutbackBoy 2 роки тому +8

    At the end of the extremely long Busselton Jetty in south-west Western Australia is an underwater observatory that you walk down into on a spiral staircase. This is the elevator version of that. Very cool

  • @someoneelse7629
    @someoneelse7629 3 роки тому +14

    This contraption, although making some damage to the sea floor whn installed, would be great out in a reef enviroment, so that tourists could spend some serious time underwater watching real marine life.
    Also, I want a private one to live in, just like an old school Bond villain....

    • @__nog642
      @__nog642 2 роки тому

      If it's a tourist attraction where you pay for a ticket, I don't imagine you would really get much serious time. Maybe half an hour tops, unless you're willing to fork out money for several tickets.

  • @lurick
    @lurick 3 роки тому +328

    Definitely an interesting attraction for sure, maybe not amazing in the current water locations but if it expands it could be really cool to see in other places with different/clearer water.

    • @Sofus.
      @Sofus. 3 роки тому +15

      Yes one would almost think they were built for export

    • @jcxz983
      @jcxz983 3 роки тому +6

      @@Sofus. It would be fun in a coral reef...

    • @tommihommi1
      @tommihommi1 3 роки тому +17

      Anything that gets more kids (and adults) interested in marine biology is good in my book

    • @Levaria_1
      @Levaria_1 3 роки тому +8

      In winter the water is actually clear around it, nobody visits at that time though. After all, it's only in beach locations.

    • @General12th
      @General12th 3 роки тому +2

      @@Sofus. They're not, which is even weirder.

  • @nerdcity
    @nerdcity 3 роки тому +243

    1:25 Tom likes the whistle.

  • @Poth94
    @Poth94 3 роки тому

    I am german and I have never heard about this. This is why I watch Tom Scott Videos.

  • @tcmr5775
    @tcmr5775 Рік тому +1

    You are so talented at what you do. You are a master storyteller. Thanks Tom.

  • @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs
    @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs 3 роки тому +4187

    This machine seems like a very interesting demo to be used somewhere where they may be a view😁Although will sea life be scared off by the big noise making machine?

    • @riverAmazonNZ
      @riverAmazonNZ 3 роки тому +648

      Not if you get the fish to associate the sound with food, then they’d flock to it when they hear it.

    • @Gonebeef
      @Gonebeef 3 роки тому +49

      Indeed

    • @joaoluisfalangola474
      @joaoluisfalangola474 3 роки тому +30

      Yes, only diving and splashing your foot on water scares fish a lot

    • @somedankboi6093
      @somedankboi6093 3 роки тому +13

      Now all you need is to land this on a carrier

    • @kamraman6487
      @kamraman6487 3 роки тому +9

      Begging for views for your dead channel

  • @sirflimflam
    @sirflimflam 3 роки тому +386

    Seems weird they would set up an installation like that in an area where you almost always can't really see anything.

    • @Zack_Wester
      @Zack_Wester 3 роки тому +65

      from the sound of it feels like a test bed.
      so make it close where your office is even if the water does not provide the best of experience.
      that said it would probably be a bit better view distance.
      its not the infinity you got in the caribien but here it looks like you only could see a few feet at best.
      when normally you probably had a few meters.

    • @jakob.k_design
      @jakob.k_design 3 роки тому +22

      Probably because it was supported by the german taxpayer.

    • @jezusbloodie
      @jezusbloodie 3 роки тому +11

      Probably more like EU taxpayer, and that a German firm/inventor/dude decided to do this at home for a multitude of reasons

    • @Markus-zb5zd
      @Markus-zb5zd 2 роки тому +1

      it's a nice educational thing though

  • @bluegames1
    @bluegames1 3 роки тому +7

    I literally was there a few years ago!
    Sadly the sea was quite rough those days so the Gondola was inactive.
    I still have their bottle opener on my fridge!

  • @invaderpopz
    @invaderpopz 3 роки тому +22

    imagine if they built one of these near the coral reefs. people could appreciate the beauty and also be more aware of how they are shrinking!

    • @enemdisk6628
      @enemdisk6628 3 роки тому +6

      Doubt it. Back home people wouldn't care anymore...and you built just another attraction interfering with the ecosystem

    • @invaderpopz
      @invaderpopz 3 роки тому +2

      @@enemdisk6628 omg ur right 😭 it would be cool to see the coral but at what further cost to the ecosystem... damn

    • @dezznutz3743
      @dezznutz3743 Рік тому

      Coral Reefs are NOT shrinking. I hate when people act like doomsday-sayers for likes.

    • @invaderpopz
      @invaderpopz Рік тому

      @@dezznutz3743 are they not dying?

  • @dermathze700
    @dermathze700 3 роки тому +345

    Would never have expected to see something this close to me (north eastern Germany) on this channel.

    • @111BAUER111
      @111BAUER111 3 роки тому +28

      fühl ich :D

    • @glockenrein
      @glockenrein 3 роки тому +1

      Yes! Really tempted to visit now!

    • @looony
      @looony 3 роки тому +5

      It's literally 30 minutes from where I live ^^

    • @cedden
      @cedden 3 роки тому +10

      Diese Kommentarsektion ist jetzt Eigentum der BRD.

    • @doomse150
      @doomse150 3 роки тому +7

      Das ist jetzt schon das dritte Mal, dass er in Deutschland filmt, oder?
      Der Aufzugtestturm (wohn ich in der Nähe davon)
      Der Turm für die Schwerelosigkeitsexperimente
      Und jetzt der Tauchaufzug

  • @GreatBigHairy
    @GreatBigHairy 3 роки тому +512

    We spent so much time thinking about space elevators, we totally forgot about sea elevators.

    • @hendrikp8018
      @hendrikp8018 3 роки тому +25

      And then some day we end up building Rapture.

    • @paladinboyd1228
      @paladinboyd1228 3 роки тому +5

      @@hendrikp8018, I’ll get Mr bubbles.

    • @Frank01985
      @Frank01985 3 роки тому +19

      One of these down to the bottom of the Mariana Trench would be an engineering challenge of similar proportions :)

    • @dubious6718
      @dubious6718 3 роки тому +3

      @@Frank01985 They should try that before they try a space elevator.

    • @Villain_in_Glasses
      @Villain_in_Glasses 3 роки тому +7

      @@dubious6718 it would actually be harder to build due to ocean pressure.

  • @odinsudons
    @odinsudons 3 роки тому

    I can't beging to explain just how much Iove your videos. You're thorough without being boring and I enjoy learning practically anything you'll teach us.

  • @kipchickensout
    @kipchickensout 3 роки тому

    I live near preetz and seeing tom visiting around here is delightful

  • @tommihommi1
    @tommihommi1 3 роки тому +2217

    Disappointed you didn't try to pronounce Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein

    • @conchaiii4167
      @conchaiii4167 3 роки тому +83

      Many of us germans can't even do it XD

    • @martijn9568
      @martijn9568 3 роки тому +73

      To be honest it doesn't seem that bad, but I may have butchered it with my Dutch accent.

    • @tommihommi1
      @tommihommi1 3 роки тому +303

      @@martijn9568 well dutch is just German while choking on a frikandel

    • @martijn9568
      @martijn9568 3 роки тому +82

      @@tommihommi1 Hey!😠
      😉

    • @hansihintersoos7581
      @hansihintersoos7581 3 роки тому +28

      MeckPomm! :D

  • @SomethingSeemsOff
    @SomethingSeemsOff 3 роки тому +66

    I'm not going to lie, I was expecting this to be much cooler after the introduction. The idea is great though and if placed in the right location, it would definitely be something I'd want to do!

    • @BestAnimeFreak
      @BestAnimeFreak 2 роки тому

      Have not watched the video yet, but I was on that elevator once as a kid ...
      So your disappointment was probably the same as mine xD
      You only see greenish water ... and nothing else ... xD
      In an area with clear water, that would indeed be much more interesting.

  • @animagi6844
    @animagi6844 3 роки тому +1

    I can imagine this being an attachment either on the side or middle of cruise ships and giving passengers a good look at the reefs and wildlife below

  • @hulaile8326
    @hulaile8326 2 роки тому

    I have been on that when i was 9 years old. I just now realise how cool this thing was.

  • @Skyflairl2p
    @Skyflairl2p 3 роки тому +342

    The camera work is going wild lately

    • @lankyGigantic
      @lankyGigantic 3 роки тому +4

      That's the power of a drone

    • @Jespertheend2
      @Jespertheend2 3 роки тому +3

      I think they got a new camera operator. The description of the other videos doesn’t seem to mention Richard.

  • @blinkst3710
    @blinkst3710 3 роки тому +522

    Tom seems to love sitting in random locations. Noted.

  • @hugh-johnfleming289
    @hugh-johnfleming289 2 роки тому

    I was in one of these somewhere as a child. Nebulous memory at best...

  • @winnl6994
    @winnl6994 3 роки тому +1

    the captions at 3:29 say “the ocean rise around you” when it should say “the water rise around you”!! such an awesome video, I have to go there someday!!

  • @peter4210
    @peter4210 3 роки тому +477

    *goes underwater
    "Somewhere, beyond the sea"
    *city start to show up

  • @lonestarlord
    @lonestarlord 3 роки тому +142

    When you went under the water, it looked incredibly atmospheric.

    • @tmuller9905
      @tmuller9905 3 роки тому +12

      I've been there and it is, it's very calm down there.

    • @thePronto
      @thePronto 3 роки тому +5

      Ba dum tiss...

    • @Munkenba
      @Munkenba 3 роки тому +6

      Unfortunately though it's a very good one, there is only one atmosphere in that room.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 роки тому +1

      That's cooler than a school of fish.

  • @ewanbristow
    @ewanbristow 3 роки тому

    The cinematography in this is impeccable

  • @boybie999
    @boybie999 3 роки тому

    Honestly just watching this is awesome

  • @neox4202
    @neox4202 3 роки тому +320

    I actually was here with my family when I was around 11, great tourist spot and the area to explore around it is also great, I highly recommend visiting this place :D

    • @_zoey.17
      @_zoey.17 3 роки тому +8

      I was there, too 👍🏻. Really lovely place.

    • @valentin5336
      @valentin5336 3 роки тому +3

      @@_zoey.17 yep

    • @DarkDriverHD
      @DarkDriverHD 3 роки тому +3

      yoooo i was there too :D

    • @35mmofsimon
      @35mmofsimon 3 роки тому +2

      Me too xD

    • @luist49
      @luist49 3 роки тому +5

      I am from the region and also visited the diving gondola a couple years back. Even if the Baltic Sea isn't as clear I really love swimming their since it is less salty.

  • @Keith_Ngcobo
    @Keith_Ngcobo 3 роки тому +4790

    Germans just flexing their engineering, to go watch a movie at the bottom of the sea👌🏽😂

    • @dmitryfedorov114
      @dmitryfedorov114 3 роки тому +348

      The world without germans overengineering random things for completely elusive returns would be a worse world.

    • @noah4822
      @noah4822 3 роки тому +72

      @@dmitryfedorov114 the reason isnt illusive, it's fun!

    • @moenchii
      @moenchii 3 роки тому +113

      I mean sometimes we actually create somethings awesome though. Who needs horses when you can have motorised carriages!

    • @scanida5070
      @scanida5070 3 роки тому +64

      *Deutsche Wertarbeit!*

    • @wcresponder
      @wcresponder 3 роки тому +4

      Join the navy and they will pay you.

  • @yash1152
    @yash1152 2 роки тому

    i dont know what's in his these type of videos that i like, but i do like his videos.

  • @travisyayes6343
    @travisyayes6343 2 роки тому +1

    That's why beer is the most important part of a fishing trip. It's not about the fish, it's about the experience.

  • @Mr_Kiwi
    @Mr_Kiwi 3 роки тому +116

    I love how Tom can find the least known and most interesting topics then makes a video about it unlike any other channels

    • @oopsallbugs
      @oopsallbugs 3 роки тому +4

      Right? I can actually expect new and interesting content instead of the same top 20 lists being recycled over and over again, it's awesome! Tom does great work

    • @greenbanana311
      @greenbanana311 3 роки тому +1

      There aren't other channels about obscure subject matter? I didn't know that.

    • @Plasma_Mobile
      @Plasma_Mobile 3 роки тому

      Here in the region this diving bell is not a secret. Can confirm, that there are fish. Saw 2 or 3 of them.

    • @Mr_Kiwi
      @Mr_Kiwi 3 роки тому +2

      @@greenbanana311 when I said ‘unlike any other channels’ I meant that his storytelling ability and explanations were amazing and ‘unlike any other channels’

  • @KX36
    @KX36 3 роки тому +282

    This looks like such a disappointing tourist attraction that I'm surprised it's not in UK.

    • @pixelkatten
      @pixelkatten 3 роки тому +31

      Coming soon to both Brighton and Blackpool!

    • @skippymon
      @skippymon 3 роки тому +8

      @@pixelkatten Oh look, a turd!

    • @GrumpyIan
      @GrumpyIan 3 роки тому +2

      @@pixelkatten and next to SS Richard Montgomery for that feeling of life on the edge.

    • @danhay8933
      @danhay8933 3 роки тому +1

      monorail monorail monoraaaaaaail!!

    • @kiliberlino
      @kiliberlino 3 роки тому +2

      It's like somewhere in Mecklenburg- West Pomerania. The common tourist attractions are cliffs n piers. So it's quite similar to Brighton for instance.

  • @the_wishmakerjirachi
    @the_wishmakerjirachi 2 роки тому

    I was in that gondola in summer 2021 and it was marvelous, everybody should see this

  • @sunnysideofdesign
    @sunnysideofdesign Рік тому +1

    Local here.
    The Waters of the Baltic Sea aren't as clear as some may think. The most you'll see when you go down in the gondola are some common jellyfish or very small fish (that is if you are reaaaally lucky).
    You can't see very far (or at all on some days) because of the murky waters. We do have some porpoises swimming about in our small sea, buuuut they are very shy and rarely come towards shore.
    Some fishermen may see them from time to time, but thats also veeery rare. Sharks do live there, but really, no ones ever seen them, so they could as well be just a myth 🥴
    (Some secret advice: Don't go visit the island in July or August if you hope for clear water, the currents change so the jellyfish are being redirected to the other side of the island. The water will be soooo full of them, I tell ya... with harmless and/or some stingy ones)

  • @segmentsAndCurves
    @segmentsAndCurves 3 роки тому +78

    Petition for a new series call "Things that should be some 19th-century Industrial Revolution invention".

  • @rizzo_grt
    @rizzo_grt 3 роки тому +60

    This is shot so well - in an unlikely way, one of the prettiest looking Tom Scott videos ever.

  • @Concorde4711
    @Concorde4711 2 роки тому +3

    "It’s not about the fish, it’s about the experience" That's what i say when i come back from fishing empty handed. :-)

  • @brendanlawler1398
    @brendanlawler1398 3 роки тому +1

    Putting in the effort for the greatest and most interesting content of all time. Loving it Tom

  • @jutnezproductions
    @jutnezproductions 3 роки тому +184

    Imagine one of these in some clear water. Postpone space travel, we need to invest in a couple of these in the Carribean! Could you imagine what you’d see in a fresh water lake?

    • @trouty7947
      @trouty7947 3 роки тому +20

      Sad thing is the reefs are becoming so damaged now there's a lot fewer places you could put one of these and still see living reef.

    • @sarowie
      @sarowie 3 роки тому +27

      @@trouty7947 well: and in those places, setting up tourist infrastructur is a double edged sword.

    • @greenbanana311
      @greenbanana311 3 роки тому +16

      We've been postponing space travel since the mid 70s, how much longer would you prefer we wait?

    • @tomrogers9467
      @tomrogers9467 3 роки тому +6

      I dive in Canadian freshwater lakes. Other than shipwrecks or interesting geology, there is very little aquatic life to see. And visibility can often be poor.

    • @kpsiex
      @kpsiex 3 роки тому +2

      @@ContentConfessional Journey to the center of earth too

  • @benshepherd488
    @benshepherd488 3 роки тому +371

    I’ve actually been in on of these multiple times. Although it might seem a bit pointless, it’s rather cheap and a fun experience nonetheless.

    • @bottlebeard
      @bottlebeard 3 роки тому +25

      @Bret Bouder I guess just the idea itself is cool and then it coming to reality makes it even cooler. I can definitely see myself in this, excited like a child, just observing my surroundings in awe.

    • @cactustactics
      @cactustactics 3 роки тому +8

      @Bret Bouder being in a room that sinks underwater and just experiencing that sensation for a while?

    • @Neilukuk
      @Neilukuk 3 роки тому +2

      @@cactustactics By the looks of the massive crowds, I think everyone agrees with you :)

    • @cactustactics
      @cactustactics 3 роки тому +22

      @@Neilukuk mate it's a seaside attraction at the end of a pier, not a theme park

    • @Neilukuk
      @Neilukuk 3 роки тому +1

      @@cactustactics If an attraction is good, You would see more people than that. Word gets around and people will be waiting to go on it. It's obviously not that great.

  • @emo4eternity.
    @emo4eternity. 3 роки тому +1

    I live in germany and I was in one of those Tauchgondeln and you don't really see that much down there except a few jellyfish and normal fishes. But the interior was a cool little museum.

  • @sigmachad5331
    @sigmachad5331 3 роки тому

    Short, Sweet, Interesting and Informative - I wish more UA-cam videos were like this.

  • @tintinmaster
    @tintinmaster 3 роки тому +76

    I did not expect hearing my own mother language in a Tom Scott video xD

    • @_zoey.17
      @_zoey.17 3 роки тому +5

      Me neither 😂

    • @hydrazine_n2h4
      @hydrazine_n2h4 3 роки тому +26

      Same, but I think it was a good thing the guy didn't try doing it in English xD

    • @Morningstar_37
      @Morningstar_37 3 роки тому +7

      Ja ist schon komisch, wenn jemand in einem englischen Video plötzlich Deutsch spricht

    • @pandapolygon
      @pandapolygon 3 роки тому +3

      haha ich auch nicht:D dachte der typ spricht englisch

    • @NearCry91
      @NearCry91 3 роки тому +2

      *mother tongue

  • @alkaholic4848
    @alkaholic4848 3 роки тому +580

    I'll be honest I don't see myself booking a flight to Germany specifically for this exhilarating experience any time soon.
    "This is what the sea looks like a few feet below the surface just next to the beach. You can't see anything because the water is too cloudy. TV?"

    • @diablo.the.cheater
      @diablo.the.cheater 3 роки тому +40

      I mean, it is a honest experience.

    • @JustSitAndLaugh
      @JustSitAndLaugh 3 роки тому +30

      Jokes aside, a trip to the Baltic (more specifically the Darß) is actually very much worth it though!

    • @schwarz8614
      @schwarz8614 2 роки тому +5

      @@Jermain-cz4bh so more coral reef can be destroyed

    • @rpgryder1886
      @rpgryder1886 2 роки тому +1

      i think the movie part is cool, but i rather stay a night in the worlds only underwater hotel and chill down there for a night then go all the way to germany.

    • @JP-xd6fm
      @JP-xd6fm 2 роки тому +1

      @@JustSitAndLaugh No, it isn't. I'm from the mediterranean and the baltic is not worth it for me. There's plenty of another places to go before the baltic.

  • @JohnnyThousand605
    @JohnnyThousand605 3 роки тому

    “It’s not about the fish, it’s about the experience” Birds Eye would like a word

  • @enigma51ted
    @enigma51ted 3 роки тому

    you are one of the top best science presenters EVER. You are the next Carl Sagan, in my hopeful view of the world

  • @CellyWelly
    @CellyWelly 3 роки тому +390

    imagine going underwater just to watch an 3D film

    • @ulixo1132
      @ulixo1132 3 роки тому +14

      This.

    • @aikumaDK
      @aikumaDK 3 роки тому +35

      I kinda expected them to have put stuff down there, so even on the worst of days, you could still see something, even it's just a silhouette passing by

    • @ad3z10
      @ad3z10 3 роки тому +26

      @@aikumaDK Visbility in murkey water can be absolutely awful, when you're looking at 20cm or so of visibility even some kind of silhouette will be hard to see.

    • @greenbanana311
      @greenbanana311 3 роки тому +37

      The entire thing seems exceptionally anticlimatic.

    • @fxarts9755
      @fxarts9755 3 роки тому +12

      @@greenbanana311 thats Germany for u ...

  • @bierkules2608
    @bierkules2608 3 роки тому +384

    As a German I was so confused to actually listen to german.

    • @brendanroberts1310
      @brendanroberts1310 3 роки тому +22

      As a brit I thought his German accent sounded funny as well.

    • @FictionWriter95
      @FictionWriter95 3 роки тому +14

      If I remember correctly from my German classes, Northern Germany is where you get the kinda weird regional accents and dialects.

    • @bierkules2608
      @bierkules2608 3 роки тому +7

      @@FictionWriter95 Yes Low German (Plattdeutsch) sounds super entertaining.

    • @FictionWriter95
      @FictionWriter95 3 роки тому +3

      @@bierkules2608 my father's mother was born in Germany (Kaiserslautern, in the southwest) and lived there until her mid 20s, so the little bits of German that my family speaks is closer to boring old Hochdeutsch

    • @keyboardpirate6792
      @keyboardpirate6792 3 роки тому +3

      sadly nobody speaks Plattdeutsch it anymore here

  • @pignoli1235
    @pignoli1235 3 місяці тому

    this was done in Atlantic City, New Jersey in and around 1950..on the Steel Pier. They also had a diving horse that would dive about 20 meters into the sea.

  • @declanwhaley-sharp6
    @declanwhaley-sharp6 3 роки тому

    Dude, your cinematography is never bad,, but this time around it's remarkably on point

  • @mojosbigsticks
    @mojosbigsticks 3 роки тому +52

    That's what I tell my husband when I cook - "It's not about the fish, it's about the experience."

  • @Ultrabenbooyah
    @Ultrabenbooyah 3 роки тому +55

    I've actually ridden this gondola, but totally forgot about it until now.

    • @supraguy4694
      @supraguy4694 3 роки тому +11

      Understandable, considering that it seems rather boring

    • @Ultrabenbooyah
      @Ultrabenbooyah 3 роки тому +8

      @@supraguy4694 It's kind of cool as a child, but forgettable when you get older.

  • @eekee6034
    @eekee6034 3 роки тому +1

    I liked it, but then I heard the sounds and I fell in love with it. This is crazy-cool engineering! Or maybe just crazy. :D

  • @Yannick-st9ff
    @Yannick-st9ff 2 роки тому

    Oh i was there in 2012 i completely forgot it existed. Thanks Tom for reminding me that i was in there

  • @ZwetschgenLP
    @ZwetschgenLP 3 роки тому +121

    I grew up very close from there! So funny to see these seemingly "normal" things in a Tom Scott video :D

  • @Mineifyyy
    @Mineifyyy 3 роки тому +86

    That opening shot is epic

    • @NotFlappy12
      @NotFlappy12 3 роки тому +11

      Only 20 years ago, a shot like that would require an entire film crew and special rigging, and a large budget

    • @LRataplan
      @LRataplan 3 роки тому +5

      Indeed, but because of the angle, unfortunately, I now wonder how many years it'll be before Tom shaves his head bald. I'm gonna go on record saying "about four".

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 3 роки тому

      @@NotFlappy12 Nice reference :D

  • @odbhuttoys
    @odbhuttoys 2 роки тому

    I was very excited to see underwater view. It makes me heart felt 😥

  • @flydrop8822
    @flydrop8822 3 роки тому +1

    I actually liked his idea of a corridor on the seabed with thick walls and windows so you can walk through the bottom of the sea, imagine like a tunnel that goes underwater to connect two piers but with sunlight from above, I wonder if that exists somewhere.

  • @Lozoot2
    @Lozoot2 3 роки тому +60

    _"Now, Mr. Scott... Would you kindly share this phenomenal attraction with your UA-cam audience?"_

  • @benkolya
    @benkolya 3 роки тому +59

    I actually found out about this place years ago as it was one of the Windows lock screen backgrounds 😄I had that picture as my phone background for a long time, it's a gorgeous place and thank you for highlighting it!

    • @caspervanderkorf1986
      @caspervanderkorf1986 3 роки тому +8

      weirdly enough, it is my windows lockscreen for today! I was very confused when u saw the thumbnail...

    • @sheridanvespo1269
      @sheridanvespo1269 3 роки тому +1

      @@caspervanderkorf1986 It was my bing-induced desktop wallpaper 3 days ago. :D

  • @realbrickbread
    @realbrickbread 2 роки тому

    I was there this summer, so cool to see Tom there!

  • @R2-D2663
    @R2-D2663 2 роки тому

    I was in this thing twice its an amazing experience the staff also tells you some interesting stuff about the sea

  • @alpani6805
    @alpani6805 3 роки тому +199

    "It's not about the fish, it's about the experience"
    - Troy McClure

    • @countfake2062
      @countfake2062 3 роки тому +7

      "So long, and thanks for all the fish!"

    • @Szaam
      @Szaam 3 роки тому +4

      Tony, please, no, I just ate a whole plate of dingamagoo.

    • @supraguy4694
      @supraguy4694 3 роки тому

      I remember him from such films

  • @thelastbastionofsenseinthi1606
    @thelastbastionofsenseinthi1606 3 роки тому +59

    Tom going to these wacky places really makes my day.

  • @dolphos9417
    @dolphos9417 3 роки тому

    incredible, seeing Tom Scott in a video filmed just a few kilometres from where i'm currently on vacation

  • @blackjeepjk
    @blackjeepjk 4 місяці тому

    They had a diving bell in Atlantic City NJ on Steel Pier all the way back in the 1960's it was a mandatory adventure everytime we went.

  • @wartem
    @wartem 3 роки тому +619

    "It's not about the fish, it's about the experience."
    Hence seeing fish is not an experience.
    Tom is not a fish fan.

    • @rin_etoware_2989
      @rin_etoware_2989 3 роки тому +4

      the fish in the spaceship looked better

    • @nebulousisgod
      @nebulousisgod 3 роки тому

      Haha. That’s stupid.

    • @jctoad
      @jctoad 3 роки тому +10

      There's no such thing as a fish

    • @familiarbit5319
      @familiarbit5319 3 роки тому +3

      as a wise person once said:
      "i do not respect fish"

    • @Vysair
      @Vysair 3 роки тому +2

      The fish is instead served on your plate

  • @KelarGridal
    @KelarGridal 3 роки тому +73

    Been learning German over lockdown and didn't even think about having to Translate the German guy at the start. I'm ok with this. Ich will unter das Wasser gehen!

    • @ZheToralf
      @ZheToralf 3 роки тому +3

      Did you start during the lockdown, or did you have some prior knowledge?

    • @LouisPlay
      @LouisPlay 3 роки тому +5

      Finde ich Gut

    • @Palte
      @Palte 3 роки тому +5

      Respekt!

    • @KelarGridal
      @KelarGridal 3 роки тому +7

      Danke! Ich hatte keine deutschkenntnisse. Mein Deutsch ist nicht perfekt, aber es ist gut.

    • @Corn0nTheCobb
      @Corn0nTheCobb 3 роки тому +1

      @@KelarGridal I only know a couple words in German, but I'll attempt to translate what you said:
      "Thank you! I have some prior knowledge (??? Probably way off). My German is not perfect, but it is good."

  • @LukasKlein
    @LukasKlein 3 роки тому +1

    I‘ve been in this a couple years ago! So cool to see him talk about this!!!

  • @andyharpist2938
    @andyharpist2938 2 роки тому

    It suffered a fault in 2016 and the emergency brake was released at high tide, causing the gondola to shoot to the surface uncontrollably, landing on a local golf course where German players were surprised to find their clearway obstructed. Fortunately no tourists were hurt in the incident and the lesson was learnt.

  • @isabelleboreham
    @isabelleboreham 3 роки тому +36

    For some reason I feel like Tom would make an amazing Doctor Who…

  • @user-ik3xr3eh3m
    @user-ik3xr3eh3m 3 роки тому +5

    "Its not about the fish, its about the experience". Truer words have never been spoken.

  • @haveahappyday1749
    @haveahappyday1749 2 роки тому +1

    Hellooooo Atlantic City had it back in the 70"s on Steel Pier!! I used to love to go on the diving bell!

  • @thomasrinneberg7012
    @thomasrinneberg7012 2 роки тому +1

    Indeed going down there alone without a guide is boring once you're there. But there is one who tells all the background information on the marine life there and ours spent quite some time to explain how to correctly treat jellyfish stings ;-)