American Reacts to the BEST Things to do in York, England
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2023
- As an American I have a very limited understanding of British cities. Today I am very excited to take a closer look at the city of York located in England, and see what kinds of amazing things it has to offer. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
When a tourist in York said it looked like Harry Potter the tour guide's eyes rolled. "Madam, York Has had a historical past of many centuries before that novel of fiction was published. This is the real history"
nothing like trying to walk through town with everyone dressed up like they're from hogwarts blocking the whole thing when you just wanted to go to shop. all i wanted was to go from stonebow into town
As a Londoner studying at the University of York, I can safely say that while it’s fairly small, it is one of the most beautiful, historic cities in the country. Friendly people, great food, and wonderful architecture dating from anywhere between 200 to 2000 years ago.
One of my favourite things about York is that you can just be walking down an ordinary road and suddenly come upon one of the medieval gatehouses - the way that all of York’s history is integrated seamlessly into the modern day life of the city is astounding. It’s definitely worth a visit, especially around Christmas time when the Christmas markets are in full swing. It can get a bit chilly, but there’s such a lovely atmosphere and so many things to see.
My son studied there a few years ago so I got to know it pretty well. It is gorgeous!
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It is also priced for tourists and not for residents, where the difference between the cost of living here and wages is huge. It is mostly low wages in York and living here is expensive!
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York was the Viking capital of England. The Viking ships would cross from scandanavia to the river Humber close to where I live, sail up the river Humber to get to York. It was the main city of the area of england known as the Danelaw and many places names nearby are derived from Norse language.
The name York even comes from the Vikings, it's just the Anglicized word for Jorvik. It was called Eoforwick in English before the Vikings took it.
They did not sail up the Humber,they did not know it existed,to get into Yorkshire they hacked their way through the chalk Cliffs,you can visit the place still,the cliffs have eroded over the hundreds of years it's now a nice beach,if the vikings had just gone a few more miles they would have found the mouth of the Humberabd sailed up it instead of all that hacking through the cliffs,after all that I cannot remember the name of the place
Sorry to burst your bubble, but York is packed with tourists, It's very popular.The whole of Yorkshire has SO much to see and do!
It also appears to be very expensive.
Hey is lovely, stop dissing it.
@@danlefou So are most places these days.
Tourists are still people, we’re all tourists at some point 🤣
yeah like get out and come to lancashire lol
Finally a video about england that doesn't include London
Exactly….So many tourists think a visit to England means seeing London, ironic then it is the last place I’d recommend if you want an English experience. London just gives you the London experience, crowded, noisy, grubby brickwork, heavy traffic and just excessively metropolitan…oh and hellishly expensive. If you want to see England York is good start, but we have lots of towns and neat villages too.
Pleasantly surprised ,yes!
He has done videos on other parts of the UK. The Manchester & Birmingham were pretty good.
Not only a great place to visit and live but nice people too.
But he still managed to say London...
York 's history truly begins with the Romans. The city was founded in about AD 71 when the 5,000 men of the Ninth Legion marched from Lincoln and set up camp. Eboracum, as the Romans called York , was born.
York is my Favourite place in the UK. There is so much history in one place, I never tire of it. A lot of people are unaware of its connection with the notorious Highway man Dick Turpin (A great subject for a future video). It was the birth place of Guy Fawkes and it has a great viking experience too (The Jorvik centre). York Is great for its old buildings but sadly it also lot a lot in the second world war.
I’m glad you enjoyed this short video of York. I live in one of the many surrounding villages and my parents live and work in York. The video fails to mention the nightlife in York. There are many bars and restaurants open til late and also 4 theatres and a cinema all in the city centre. It is such a beautiful place.❤
We visited York a few years ago and spent two days wondering around the city, the museum is brilliant and the viking centre is also great, what a joy it was visiting and making chocolate we could take home.
Shambles is an archaic word for a butcher's slaughterhouse. Old towns often have an area or street called "The Shambles", where the butchers were historically concentrated in the past. "Shambles" was later used to describe anything that is in a total mess.
I'm a Londoner but I love York and Yorkshire. It's my favourite city (after London). There's so much to see and do you'd need at least a week to do it justice. It's beautiful and has a fantastic history. Of course the US doesn't have anything similar because as a country it hasn't been around long enough. In terms of being a country, the US is barely out of babyhood.
Yes , but this baby Country kicked your butts or should I say bums twice, go figure. And as far as sites and attractions, don't even try to compare what little England has to all the U.S. has cause you will only embarrass yourself.
London is your favourite city 😧
"the US doesn't have anything similar"
And never will!
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In British history York was one of the most important places for religious reasons and English royalty. And many event in York shaped and changed the course of history. London is the capital city of England but York was far more important. But in a side note Museum's are there to preserve and show the next generations history and facts from the past. They are not just tourism industry attractions.
I live in the UK..there is SO much history .. and many cities preserve the historical aspects as a tourist attraction...York is a stunning place ...my sister studied there, and I highly recommend Betty's Tearooms!...beautifully designed and with scrummy tea and scones!..and I could easily spend a day waking around the Minster!
The blogger seems to think we have “ random “ castles dotted around, all settlements in medieval times had a castle at the core and many ( hundreds ) of them are still there .
The city is a fantastic place and takes you back to how the country was like and how we used to live and work. Opens your eyes with the architecture and the scenery.
Having lived there for about 20 years, York is a beautiful city, steeped in history, it gets probably over a 1million visitors or did, when I lived there every year. It was a very Royalist city, heavily linked to the UK royal family, it doesn't get any where near the visitors that it deserves , however the city does get absoloutely packed with people
Newcastle is better
8.9 million a year these days. I don't go into town in summer or around Christmas.
My family are from Yorkshire & its a lovely part of England. York itself is full of history more than london. York minster alone is lovely, a lot of Roman roads ect so much its a wonderful place to visit & learn.
I was given my grandads 1st world war medals 🏅 but sadly the ribbons were missing but there’s a shop in The Shambles that sold them and the man in there was ever so helpful he told me which ribbons went with the medals
I sooo enjoyed my time in the beautiful city in York 🥰
York is a beautiful city and very compact so easy to get around. The city walls almost surround the entire city with just a few short breaks. The Minster is incredible and has some of the finest stained glass in Europe, with the Great East Window being about the size of a tennis court. There’s a section in the minster’s web site detailing it that’s really worth checking out.
I reckon the best ghosts are a troop of Roman mercenary soldiers who have been seen a good few times marching through a cellar in the Treasurers House hard by the Minster AND they walk on one of the main Roman arterial roads radiating from the Roman City. One such story is related by a guy the name of Harry Martindale who as a youngster was working in that cellar, on the plumbing or some such, when a trumpet sounded and as it grew nearer it got louder when suddenly a mounted Legionary on his horse burst through the wall followed by a soldier, again mounted, blowing his trumpet, followed by maybe 14 or 20 mercenaries marching 2 by 2. Then they exited thought the opposing wall. Interestingly he couldn't see below their knees, it wasn't known then that the Roman road actually ran exactly across the cellar and the modern floor being some three feet above the road surface their feet and lower legs would be below the floor, as were the horses legs. This young guy was able to describe their green tunics and round shields and how tired they looked. Only 25 years later with greater knowledge archaeologists found that mercenary soldiers did not have the rectangular shields that the Roman Army used but their own circular native type, and they did indeed have leather tunics in green, not Roman armour! They would look tired, they were defending what was left behind when the main Roman armies had retreated to Rome in 410AD. Oh, and while this cohort was marching through the cellar the young chap had fallen off his ladder and was cowering in fear in a corner hoping to goodness they didn't see him and would perhaps attack him, they looked as solid and as real as any other living person. He then rushed upstairs as white as a sheet and blurted out to a chap upstairs what he had seen and the fellow who lived there said, "Ah, sounds as though you've seen the Romans my boy!" They were seen from time to time but it was not a usual occurrence. However in this case the young mans clear description of them would in later years be borne out by increased knowledge of the Roman Army thanks to excavations and finds especially on Hadrian's Wall to the north. I found this youngsters account, on You tube, related by him as a gent of some 65 years old, by then a retired policeman, a good solid level headed gentleman, and how very interesting it was too. You can Google - The Most Famous Ghosts of York, The Roman Soldiers (Harry Martindale) - and I'm sure you will find it of interest where you will find Harry telling his very own story of those marching soldiers of some 1,620 years ago.
Yes, I went there for a tour. Unfortunately, Harry passed a few years back.
I've visited York on three occasions. It would be my number one choice in the U.K.
York is indeed known for chocolate. Birthplace of the KitKat, among many, many other things. And the big York chocolate-making families (Terry, Rowntree) were very influential.
And no, KitKat's obviously not the most obvious chocolate from York (Yorkie, anyone?!), but I mention it because, to an American audience, a KitKat is probably a more famous name.
Not only the UK and Ireland but the whole of Europe is full of old towns that have been populated for hundreds or thousands of years and are well preserved. From Roman era to Medieval to the Renaissance period. From Southern Italy or Spain all the way up to the countries around the Baltic sea and Eastern Europe there are literally thousands of well preserved historical towns.
It is because people have lived in stone built towns and cities for thousands of years in Europe.
And even longer in the Middle East and Iran and parts of Asia.
North America (and Australia) are the exceptions rather than the normal situation.
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As someone from a York family going back generations I can attest to the loveliness of the city. Re the chocolate - York is not just known for artisnal chocolate but for sweets and chocolate in general - think Rowntree, Terry (of chocolate orange fame) and Cravens. I used to live in central York and the chocolate smell from the Rowntree's factory was fabulous!
Many years ago,one of my aunties worked in Rowntrees York. Fond memories as a child,of her bringing me smarties,in the old fashioned small,paper cones. Amserau Hapus Gwych. ( Brilliant,happy times.)😊🏴
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It's a pity that they never mentioned Rowntree making KIT Kat as Tyler would be familiar with those. I know they are different in the US , but they look the same!
I wondered what the chocolate connection was. I'd always thought that the old family chocolatiers were based in the Midlands.
Although Rowntree's fruit pastilles and Smarties can take me straight back to my childhood they're no longer what I think of when I hear the name, Rowntree (especially since the confectionery company is owned by Nestlé). Now, I think of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and their philanthropic studies, particularly those on poverty and its effects on children.
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I well remember Michael Palin making a documentary around 1979 when he travelled by train from London Euston to the Kyle of Lochalsh in northern Scotland.
On the way he stopped at historic locations such as the National Railway Museum in York at which they filmed a visiting American family looking at Stephenson’s ‘Rocket’. The father read the accompanying information with respectful reverence but then after a couple of seconds said ‘I wonder who Stephenson was?’ A little like visiting Shakespeare’s birthplace and then wondering who Shakespeare was, I think.
He also spoke to a rather lovely young American lady as they were proceeding through the stunning Scottish Highland scenery. He asked her how the train compared with those in the USA. She confessed that she couldn’t say. She’d never been on one!
Lovely to see your appreciation of the history of York. But not sure why you're so anti touristy things. Nothing wrong with being a tourist, it just means you're a temporary visitor to a place rather than living there. I love doing touristy things, cos it means you're finding out about the place you're visiting. Yay for tourists 😍
The National Railway Museum alone is worth the trip to York. As a national museum, entrance is free. It contains the oldest steam engine, Stephenson's rocket, The fasted The Mallard and the legendary Flying Scotsman. Plus hundreds of others.
I live in York and still love it after 66 years. It is only a small city but it has many things including the shambles on which Diagon Alley is based . Chocolate is still at the centre of our history..don't know if the Romans had it though! Vikings,Civil Wars Ted held into the amazing history we have. But please don't stay in York all the time,the whole county has so much to offer...We call it Gods own county!!
The UK has millions of years of history
I have done a couple of the ghost walks. They are are very good. Much recommended.
Believe me, there are lots of American and Japanese tourists in York! Its a beautiful city.
Apart from those snapshot-picking Japs, I'm curious as to how can you identify the Americans from the rest?!
As someone who now lives a quick bus trip from York, it really is nice.
The Golden Fleece next to a major British "institute" Greggs
Side note. The Jorvik centre smells and the River Oouse is known for Drunk people falling into and drowning.
York is an amazing city in the amazing county of Yorkshire, which has two National Parks within its Boundary "North Yorkshire Moors" and "Yorkshire Dales". Within the North Yorkshire Moors is the Town of Whitby, famous for its connection to the Dracula Legend, its older streets have a similar old world charm to York, with the added benefit of been by the sea
And the top of the peak district. I live in West Yorks part of the Peak District.
@@user-ju3mc3su6f I live in Wakefield, wanna swap houses?
I live just outside York. I visit at least once month. Absolutely love it.
Chester is another great Roman city to find a video
“They actually created an entire Victorian street?!”
Beamish Open-air Museum: “Hold my Ye Olde Beer…”
I live in a small town of about 2000 people and we have over 20 pubs. All still open and thriving including the Ye Olde Amchor which was built in 1385 - nearly 700 years ago.
And let me tell you, the smell of the Jorvik Viking centre is something that will never leave you. Approximately 30 years on and I can still smell it whenever I hear the name. It’s an incredible place to visit
Haha, yes! At one time you could buy scratch and sniff postcards of the place too!
@@ulyssesthirteen7031 omg really?? I’ll pass thanks.. 🤣
Diagon Alley was actually modelled from the street! Fact!
York has lots of Roman history, Viking history, Mediaeval history, and possibly future history as Parliament may move there while it is being refurbished.
Roman engineering is still important in York. If I recall correctly, in the 70s there were people doing renovations in Yorkminster and they found some Roman flag stones. When they were lifted, they found water underneth. Still flowing. When they traced it, they realised that they had a found a Roman drain that had been a functional part of the citys drainage system for 2000 years
Blue Peter did a visit to a Roman sewer in the 70s. Valarie Singleton crawled through it. The classic line to her guide while looking at her dirty hands. “It’s very muddy down here". The reply. “That’s not mud”. Her look was priceless
TYler, the walls do actually go all around the City, the breaks she said are only for the several large gates for traffic to enter, is a gorgeous city, well worth a visit.
York is well worth a visit. It's easy to get there on the inter-city trains that run out of London Kings Cross station to York - journey time under 2 hours. York Minster is amazing. About 30 years ago it was found that the whole building was sinking as the cathedral ended up much larger than the original foundations were intended to bear. A massive project saw huge and very long stainless steel rods placed under York Minster to shore it up. You can go down into the crypts below the Minster and see how the whole project saved this wonderful building.
Great video. Love York, nice to see you looking at the north of England 🇬🇧
You should take a look at 'Beamish' which is a huge open air museum in the north of England.
The UK has some amazing cities but unlike Manchester it retains some of the old building's and doesn't build on top of them or surrounds them with new build archetypes. It's why York is so unique in many aspects and you can't get lost.
They actually legislate for it. Even McDs isn't allowed prominent signs on the shop front. Everything has to fit in.
Makes the 60s concrete monstrosity in the centre that got through planning somehow all the more galling.
York is so pretty. So you could just walk the wall or walk by the river and you feel happy. Works for me. Definitely recomend the Railway Museum.
The Shambles, the street they showed, is a fantastic example of how to shop for fun.
There's a street in York called 'whip-ma whop-ma gate', imagine living on that road lol. Cool name imo. I love doing the city walk in York. You should check out some footage of how the river ouse swells and floods the surrounding area. It looks mad when you see parts of the city centre submerged and the pubs which have to use sand bags to hold the water back
We arguably have far more history in the county than is portrayed. Differing ages of buildings and countryside.
You can often tell the difference between the American tourists and those working at couple of military bases we have.
Best way to explore is on foot and not worry about getting lost as you can either see the Minster or the city wall and then find where you want to be from there.
Lol, I was once asked by two US tourists (looking at a small church) if it was the Minster. I pointed down the street to where the Minster was visible high above the rooftops and said "No, that's the Minster. This would fit through its front door!" Not quite true, but they appreciated it!
My brother lives in York; seething with tourists. Also, the museums on the wall are about Richard III and not Henry VIII but Henry VII, his father.
York is very well known as a tourist destination. It's also a very popular place to live. Average house prices are well above the national average, despite being in the North of England which is generally cheaper.
Tyler, they do still make the grotesques. York minster has its own stone yard that keeps replacing the bits of the building that have been eroded by time. They still regularly carve new ones.
Hi all. My best friend’s dad was a plumber in York in the 1970s. His name was Harry Martindale. He was on the job under a building I York when he saw a troop of Roman soldiers marching home after a battle! Seriously! But when he reported it to the Yorkshire council, they discovered that he got the clothes right although he had no historical knowledge of Rome at the time. The soldiers top halves were only visible and when the council looked into the history, the road was two feet lower in the past to now! Id you look into the History channel there is a video of him describing his experience !
When Yorkshire gains independence York will be our capital city 😂
The entire Roman Empire was ruled from York (or Eboracum, its Roman name) by Emperor Septimius Severus who lived there from 208 to 211 AD. He died there and was given a lavish funeral by his two sons who then returned to Rome.
Constantine the Great also briefly stayed in York when accompanying his father Emperor Constantius Chlorus. When he also died there in 306 AD, the Roman Army declared Constantine Emperor who ultimately became known in history as Constantine the Great.
Constantine was living in Athens as a sort of genteel hostage while his father was in Britain. He heard that his father was ill and illegally crossed Europe and got to York just before Constantius died. There was already a designated heir to Constantius back in Milan, but the army proclaimed Constantine anyway.
York is prone to floods. Sitting in a pub near the river with your feet on a crate to keep them out of the water is fun. Watching Viking longboat race down the river helps.
My husband and I were in one of those pubs and saw Martina Navratilova there. Wasn’t flooded then!
The reason the building overhang on each floor is so that when they emptied their chamber pots out of the windows it didn't land on the heads of passers by.
Shambles or Shembles as they were called at one time was the name of the stalls and shelves outside of the butcher shops. The array of dismembered animals on display led to the words ‘Shambles or Shambolic’ to be used for something that was chaotic or disorganised.
I'm 20 minutes away from York on a train
Me and my friends went there at Christmas time for an all day drinking session.
I've been to and stayed in York many times
York is a great place
I lived in a small village called Stamford Bridge which is 10 miles from York, nothing is allowed to be built higher than York Minster for 30 miles in a circle, so the public can judge how important York is.
The Romans made it the capital city then called Eboracum, there is an annual race meeting for horses called The Ebor meeting.
Guy Fawkes was born within the city walls in 1579, his body in at rest in the ground of the Minster.
The Vikings also made it their capital city, calling it Jorvik, which was shortened to York after William the Conqueror became the last man to head a successful invasion of England in 1066.
Each of the city gates, known as Bars have a working portcullis, which are closed once a year, but never on the Same day or traffic jams would be inevitable..
Eboracum became Eorforwic to the Anglo Saxons. Jorvik is a Danish attempt to say that. I went to the Jorvik dig when it was first underway. They used to give away oyster shells to early visitors because they had many thousands of them in a midden.
Guy Fawkes' body was quartered and distributed for display in locations around the kingdom, as was normal for traitors. Any remaining bones after a while would have simply been dumped in a nearby river or midden - none of it is buried at the Minster. He was born very near the Minster and baptised in the church next to it - mayhap you're thinking of that?
It’s a beautiful city. It’s packed in tourist season. But it is just wonderful, so much to enjoy. And The Minster is stunning
There's so much old stuff in the UK that we get used to it and tend to take it for granted. Seeing it through fresh eyes reminds us how lucky we are to be surrounded by old stuff. So, thank you for that! :)
York is always very busy, but it's beautiful and there's far too much to do in one day. I love it. The railway museaum is an absolute pleasure.
Spent 3 nights In York last year principally to visit NRM. Did a ghost tour, Great. The only problem was American tourists (which were everywhere) did't know when to keep their mouths closed!.
I could spend a whole week within 1 square mile finding new delights, having the energy to do so is another problem.
York is my home town. It isn't haunted. Its all to attract tourists. And it is very busy with tourists.
Whoo Hoo Its my City a real life Yorkie here!! I used to sing xmas carols on that recreated victorian street in the school choir!!! And yes the ghost walks are irresistable I have been on many lol.
Going to visit York you must go the Jovik Center and go down into mockup Viking village with the sounds and smells of the era hear them talking in their languages it's brilliant.
York is beautiful. I havnt been for years but need to go back soon.
York is very popular with tourists all year round. When walking around the old areas, I would be very surprised if you didn't hear plenty of your fellow Americans? Pretty much everything is also easily accessible on foot so visiting by train could be a good idea? The train station itself is also worth a look as it has a pub within that has some superb Victorian and Art Deco architecture ......................and beer!
Some people think Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter books is based on The Shambles in York hence all the wizarding shops but JK Rowling denies it and says she has never been there
Less go! Loving these vids
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I was there last Friday for my birthday 😊 It's an amazing place ! I saw those very gardens from the wall when we walked along it for a while. J.K.Rowling took inspiration from the Shambles for Diagon Alley so that's why it looks so familiar. York has definitely cashed in on the Harry Potter and wizarding world theme over the last few years but there is still more than enough of its original history left , which is the real draw for the city.
I don't know if the folk tale refers specifically to York but heard that it did. It is supposed to be the origin of the term "loo" for bathroom. The overhanging upper floors of buildings like in the Shambles were convenient for people to dump their chamber pops into the streets hence "Look out be loo" (below).
When I was at school over fifty years ago a teacher told us that if a building or something is 150 years old in Britain we preserve it as a national monument, in America they would pull it down and build something modern. I cam't speak for England but in Scotland we also have a lot of pubs and it is not unusual if asking for directions you are told to "turn left at the Red Lion, walk until you reach the Green Tree then turn right and when you get to the Blue Boar your destination is a few doors down" or at least nearby.
The shambles was part of the inspiration behind Diagon Alley as well as somewhere in Edinburgh.
I think it was Mary Kings close in Edinburgh
@@chrisinnes2128 possibly, that does sound familiar.
You’ve done it now. You’ve got me commenting on York. I absolutely adore this city and could talk about it for hours. As much as I love travelling, for financial reasons, I don’t get around much, but I’ve had a decent amount of travel. I’m British so I’ve done the usual British cities, London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool. I’ve done Berlin and Cologne in Germany, Paris and Dunkirk in France and Ypres and Brugges in Belgium. But none of these have ever been as good as York. This video has covered a lot of what you can do in York. I guess there isn’t much else to recommend, but there is still more to mention. Barley Hall (a recreation of a wealthy Tudor home.) York Cold War Bunker (a guided tour around a real Nuclear Bunker.) The Van Gogh Immersive Experience (A showcase of Van Goghs work in an old church.) Roman Bath Museum (the ruins of an old roman bath house underneath a pub of the same name.) And then there is so much more that even I’ve not done yet such as Fairfax House, the Treasurers house, the Merchant Adventurer’s Hall, The Yorkshire Museum.
York is also teeming with history. You can see a statue outside of York Minster to commemorate Constantine the Great. Back when England was occupied by the Romans, Constantine was visiting York (called Eboracum back then) when he learnt of the death of Emperor Constantius I and that he had become the new Roman Emperor. He was crowned Emperor in York. When the Romans left, much of it fell into disrepair. It became Jorvik when the Vikings arrived and when they were fought off of the British Isles and William the Conqueror invaded England, York became known as the Capital city of the North. It played a significant part in the English Civil War. It also was the birthplace of one Guido “Guy” Fawkes (his birthplace is now a pub which you can visit opposite the minster.) Guy Fawkes of course became known nationwide for his participation in the Gunpowder Plot to destroy Westminster and with-it Parliament. York also boasts the grave of one of the most prolific Highway men in England, Dick Turpin. He was arrested in York and sentenced to death.
I absolutely adore York. I had been with family and with University. But I really came to love it when I organized my best friend’s stag party here. I went a day early and spent a day sightseeing on my own. I then the next day organized a Viking themed stag, including Axe Throwing, a meal out, and then a pub crawl whilst dressed as Vikings, finishing as a Viking themed pub called Valhalla (definitely worth a visit.) I also went here on Holiday in 2022 on what was a poorly planned day which was totally impossible to predict as I arrived on the day of Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral. This meant most places were shut and I was damned lucky to have still been able to get the train there. My most recent trip was a night I organized for Halloween. I took some friends along for a pub crawl of haunted pubs, a meal out, a professionally done ghost walk and finally a few more drinks in pubs and bars which weren’t necessarily haunted. I even decided in each of the haunted pubs to do my own research so I could tell my friends Ghost stories in each of them. It was really fun. I also finally got myself a ceramic ghost on this Halloween trip. There is a VERY popular shop on the Shambles which sells unique handmade ceramic ghost figurines. There is usually a 3 hour wait and I have tried and failed several times to buy myself a ghost souvenir. But this time I managed to avoid the queues and finally got one. It’s ridiculous how popular these things are. In the end, I was motivated as much by just getting one after so many failed attempts as I was actually bothered about owning one lol.
The last thing I want to mention about York (in case you ever think about coming to Britain and visiting York.) It’s rail links are incredible. And the surrounding area is beautiful. You have very easy access to places such as Leeds (if you want a larger city), Scarborough (if you want a beautiful stretch of coastline, complete with seaside attractions), Harrogate (if you want a picturesque little town complete with castle, river, and greenery.) But you also have a train route that goes north to some other great cities further afield such as Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, Berwick upon Tweed and Edinburgh. It also goes south to Sheffield, Birmingham, Bristol and Plymouth (as well as my hometown of Derby.) Also, nearby York, but a little inconvenient by train, is Whitby. Whitby is a beautiful little coastal town famous for it’s inspiration for the novel Dracula. It has some of the best Fish and Chips in the country, nice shops and pubs/ restaurants, some amazing architecture including Whitby Abbey up on the hill and is just a stunning town to visit. If York is my favourite City, Whitby is my favourite town. And they are only an hour apart (by car.) I’m hoping to visit both later this year as Whitby has an unusual tradition before Christmas of having a Krampus Run (Krampus being the German tradition of a sort of demonic anti-santa.) I’m so intrigued and it would be a crime not to stop in York on my way to Whitby.)
York is my favourite English city ( I'm Scottish ) It has lots to see !
Chester has the most complete medieval wall.
And the UK's biggest best zoo!
I went there back in '13 and spent a week with a York Pass. I don't think I was able to visit everywhere it let me, but it was certainly worth it. I ended up having supper in the Golden Fleece at least three times, but I didn't encounter any ghosts. However, I had a short chat with a girl who worked there who had an experience.
A lovely town... maybe go in spring or autumn. Summer is jam packed with tourists.
I’ve been to a haunted pub, but there weren’t any Ghosts! When I asked the bartender about the lack, he apologised, but said that they didn’t serve spirits.
i took a friends kid around Clifford's Tower, and went around the walls forgetting about my Vertigo until i got up there. the looks i got as i literally crawled around on my hands and knees!
in York, there is The Jorvic Centre, it is a medieval street that was discovered, you sit in a carriage and it takes you along the road you can hear the sounds and smell the odours of the time, it really is great!
Yorkshire pudding is a savoury batter, baked in an oven so it rises. Popular throughout England, can't speak for other UK members.
Sizes vary from individual (basically a gravy* cup made of batter baked in a tin shaped for maybe a dozen cup-cakes) to a large tray.
It's traditional as a side for a Sunday roast, but is also eaten with sausages baked into a large tray of batter, when it is called "toad in the hole".
*Gravy is not the same as US gravy, which we'd probably call "dripping."
Like a lot of English food, it's French-influenced: they would call it "jus (de viande)" but vegetable water, mustard powder, herbs, corn starch (cornflour to Brits) and dried meat or vegetable stock are also common additions to the British version, which will usually fall somewhere in between whole milk and single cream.
York is very popular actually, mate lol. It's gorgeous, I love popping over for a day out or for the weekend to see some shows and such
My nephew is off to York in Sept as he's going University there , it's a beautiful place full of history and stunning architecture. 😊
My son loved it there. 🙂
I'm astonished there was no mention of Bettys Tea Rooms.
In Harrogate I would assume? Isn't that far from Boston Spa where I once resided at. Heard it's very busy to get a reservation nowadays!
@@jetster785 There is a Betty's in Harrogate but also in York.
York is a wonderful historic City, but it is not alone, there is another ancient Roman City in England, It is Chester, which is the Ancient Roman city of Deva, Chester is also surrounded by an almost complete circuit of Roman walls plus an Amphitheatre. We too have A castle and a cathedral, the cathedral was built in the 1500’s but began life as a monastery. We also have a unique feature in Chester, that you will not find anywhere else, Chester Rows (ancient covered walkways) which means you can walk around town undercover protected from the weather. In Chester we have the oldest horse racing course in the Uk. Our Royal connection is, Prince William, who also has the title of Earl of Chester. And many more attractions
york and chester vie for being the most cool citites in uk......both Roman cities.
And Bath maybe!
nah shiite place, its only 300 yrs old.@@jetster785
You need to check out videos on beamish museum, it is an outdoor theme park like place recreating different time periods on England
I had a mate who took his degree at the Univercity of York. Went out on the lash with him a few times and I can very much confirm that York has a boat load of good pubs!
I believe it's about 360 pubs and there's a list published in the form of a tube map style. The golden fleece has a number of ghosts, there's Valhalla a Viking pub (last time I was in there in may there was a guy with a drinking horn full of ale - a real animal horn with a capacity of about 3 pints) a beer outlet called the house of trembling madness, Guy Fawkes birthplace is a pub and so many others. Go with your beer goggles and drinking horn
We have a memory aid Roundtrees of York give Best in Value for the colours of the rainbow. Roundtrees and Terry's were two traditional british Chocolate makers taken over now by US multi national companys.
York used to be a centre of chocolate manufacture and before production was moved to cheaper places like Poland the whole city would smell of it
Nice my home town. York is historical city with Viking, Roman,Anglo Saxon and Tudor history. We prid our self on being a Viking town. Also at one point it was the capital of England 😊.
Sorry to correct you Hun but we don't pronounce the the " SHIRE" in Yorkshire. It's more of a "Sher" when we say Yorkshire. Sounds less like we are Hobbit's 😅. Like Americans pronounce New Hampshire in America. Sorry again.
If you ever come over to England and go to York. Let me know and I will show you about 😸👍.
"Wand & cauldron shop on this street" .... World of Wizardry ...
I love your reaction when you guess, right
I've lived in York my whole life and it is a beautiful but very touristy place. The Shambles are some of the busiest and the only time I have ever seen them without anyone there is during the height of covid and i have never seen them that quiet again. I live on the outskirts so I dont go into the city centre all the time but quite frequently and I sometimes forget how busy the place gets. The Minster is the grandest building we have and even from where I live right on the outskirts if I walk past certain roads I can see the Minister as we have this thing we I'm not sure if its a rule but there are not many or no buildings that go higher in York. Its also very easy to get to as there are frequent trains to and from london and other big cities. I would honestly recommend if someone can to visit it even for a day to do so as it's something that I believe would be very interesting to visit. But this could all be a bias towards that place that I live in, I don't really know if I'm being honest 😅😅
Tyler has the memory of a goldfish he saw that Jorvick center advised on the details for the York pass but then said he knows nothing about the Jorvick Centre.York had 8.9 million visitors of which 1.2 million were from overseas.
Hello Tyler. If your interested in railways then just outside the walls near to the station is the National Railway Museum. This is one of the UK’s national group of science museums, so it’s free to enter and a donation would be pleasingly accepted. All the history of the world’s railways are here. Obviously, it concentrates on UK railway history, there is even a Japanese Bullet Train there.
In 1984 York Minster was badly damaged by fire. The roof collapsed and the church has been totally returned to normal. The roof bosses are modern and were designed by children viewers of the BBC Blue Peter TV programme, so you can see new bosses with spacemen depicted there.
The Clifford Tower has recently had extensive restoration and is much better and safer to walk around and climb to the top. The tower is just outside the walls at one of the main gates. Having it inside the walls would render it useless, it’s there for city protection.
I recommend taking a look at Wells which is another old, small city near bath. It has some incredible old architecture (not as much as York by the looks of it) and even more in the surrounding area in places like Glastonbury
Starting this coming Wednesday sees the start of the famous race meeting The York Ebor festival. Lasting 4 days it is one of the biggest race meetings of the year.
moved to york in 2018 as a student. crazy city to be a student in )