China’s Insane Megacity: Chongqing
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- Chongqing is one of the biggest megacities cities in the world, yet it still lays very much undiscovered by some. We had been wanting to travel to Chongqing for quite some time and when we finally got the chance we were not disappointed, it's insane! It was such a cool city with so many amazing things to do. We spent a week there and have compiled this guide to show you some of the best things to do in the city.
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I think Chongqing is the most cyberpunk city of China. Very very interesting, sometimes you will feel lost in this city.
Definitely! It is super confusing, but it is amazing especially at night!
Hong Kong is definitely the most cyberpunk city in China.
@@kwoklung
Both population and area of Chongqing are 3X greater than HK. It's not compared scale.
做为一个重庆人，你说的没啥问题😀。不过只有渝中区地形像这样啦
@@davidzan9190 you mean Shanghai.
as a local resident, from childhood i believe the world should be just like it. now from other visitors we realize our city is so unique and different.
I am literally blown away by your city! I have never seen or heard of something like it. I hope so badly that i will be able to visit one day❤
I’m from Athens Greece I’ve never seen anything like it. I want to visit your city
As a local, Do you still get lost in this city?
There are cities that shouldn't be like this, Moscow for example or Berlin just have so much history and Old architecture, open spaces and monuments and turning them into a cyberpunk like City wouldn't be popular with the population, but i 'd love if every country had at least one of these if they can afford it.
@@SpeedDemonReacts sometimes still loss way when i go another part where i don't know much
This place is ridiculous. I visited 2 years ago and the city felt like something out of a movie or video game. There were SO many people and buildings upon buildings far into the distance. Truly and outrageous city
Genuinely speaking, isn't UA-cam banned in China then how are u guys accessing it? And why does every Chinese UA-cam account have a username like "user-" and then some random number and letters 😅
@@sarniva the CCP pays us to spread propaganda so we can resurrect chairman Mao
@@sarniva genuinely speaking, what is it about Indians and their obsession with China? Don’t you have enough problems to worry about back at home?🤔
VPNs are your friend...@@sarniva
i was in chongqing for 2/3 days after a cruise a few years ago. after seeing quite a few chongqing videos, i think i missed most of chongqing😢😢😢. i need to go back to visit again. love from canada.
Indeed! There is so much to see here!
I was born in Hunan but had my university in Chongqing. Chongqing has accepted me in open arms. I am happy to say that I am a Chongqinger rather than a Hunanese . This happened to be true for a lot of my classmates from other places. What made this? The people and the local culture. In my time there was no skyscrapers and bo air-conditioning but we fell in love with the city and it's unique sense of wellbeing and humor. It's gentle interior but hard exterior...
Hunan bro, thank you for promoting CQ and make it at home. :D - love from Chongqingnese
But Hunan is one of the worlds best regions for cuisine.
So there's always that.
Hi Nico. I've lived in Chongqing for 15 years now and loved your film. Ten minutes hardly does the city Justice considering it is a city of 32M people and you did miss a couple of prime areas. Plenty of opportunities next time😁. Glad you had a good time.
Thank you I'm so pleased you enjoyed it! haha I'm sure we did, we were there for a week and I feel like we barely scratched the surface. We mainly stayed in downtown but there is so much more we want to explore, so like you say, next time 😜
Thats very nice to know
Chongqing is such an unique city, would love to live and work there.
The train tracks!! Loved that hidden gem 💎 This city guide will be so great for so many. What a beautiful place Chongqing is. Looks like I’d get a lot of exercise there. 😆
Yeah it was one of my favourite places there. Thank you so much I really hope it will be helpful to a lot of people. haha you certainly will my legs were aching after walking around CQ.
I absolutely loved the train tracks too. I found a bunch of photographers who had me be there model for the day. Another crazy day in China!!! 🤣
Wow! I had no idea Chongqing was that big. The infrastructure is incredible, and I particularly loved The Great Hall of the People building. Great video! 😀
Thank you very much! It is such an interesting city unlike any others we have been to in China, we really enjoyed it!
Considered the largest city in the world
@@ramencurry6672 well it’s not is it
Once upon a time I would have done anything to live in a place like this. Today, I understand that it is madness ! Happiness lies in simple things and true progress is being able to understand it
Brilliant footage and pro editing! hats off！
Thank you so much!
@@Nicofilms if you meet some unhappy things or people in China , please dont lose confidence , most people are friendly to you
@@chenyiable They are indeed. Actually, people here are usually extremely friendly to me, I really noticed this in Chongqing.
Chongqing is a beautiful place out there with culture and traditions! I would love to go there and experienced for myself, great video Nick and I hope you're safe out there as well.
Yeah it is a really interesting city! My new favourite city for sure! Thank you!! Yes we are, no travelling for a while I don't think so we will have to keep watching all of our old videos!
在中国不用担心安全的问题
I love the Uyghurs in Xinjiang
me too
We visited Chongqing in 2019 and stayed there for about a week. One of my favourite places in the world. Great video!
Hey Nico! Longtime viewer, I’m falling in love with this city just from watching your video!! I have to come and see it
Thank you so much!! I'm so happy to make you feel this way!
You did this interesting city justice.
Even though there are many places in China you’ve yet to visit I think this won’t be the last time you take the high speed train to Chongqing! :D
Thank you very much! I don't think it will be the last time either. Actually, we didn't get the HS train there, we came from Zhangjiajie and got a sleeper train then flew to Nanjing when we left so there you go, it would be a new experience already. Next time I would like to explore more of the scenic area as we really concentrated on the city as there was so much we wanted to see.
@@Nicofilms I went to Chongqing last year by high-speed train from Nanjing. And the view on the way is amazing!! The train climbed and passed through a lot of mountains, super impressive!! It's like taking a roller coaster lol.
@@liuliang227 Wow I bet that was awesome! I just love getting the train here in China!
The one thing I would miss living in Chongqing is riding a bike through the whole city. It can be tricky to get around by foot and bike 🤭
I totally agree I love hopping on a bike here in Beijing as it's so flat. I am certainly not fit enough to tackle a bike in CQ haha
Actually you may cannot get around the city by bike,because ChongQing is moutain city.
@@user-ml9cu5sc4y it's possible near the rivers but I was not able to drive up the stairs of course and sometimes there are tunnels. Even by walking you can get confused sometimes. I like Chongqing but I'm more a fan of an open area 🤭
as a Chongqing local who used to ride bikes to go to school, Im telling you it's absolutely not fun lol
@@cloudsu9096 I can imagine 😅
Excellent shooting and editing work as always！❤️
Thank you so much!
Fantastic video. Truly beautiful city. Nico, I like all your posted videos.
your guide is the best! thank you for the great job Nico
Thank you so much I'm glad you liked it!
Hey Nico! I hope you've had a fantastic time on Chongqing. I'm still here in the UK... it's been an entire year BUT that just means I've had a year to work on my travelling itinerary! Chongqing is definitely at the top of my list. What a fantastic city and a great video!
Thanks a lot! Yes it is a real shame but hopefully you will get here soon! Fingers crossed.
Nice video, as always. Hope you enjoy your time in China.
Thank you so much!!
The pictures of this city blew me away. It's utterly massive. I want to travel to China to experience this massive city.
Really cool guide about the city.
Let me know when you do! Thanks a lot, we really loved the city!
@@Nicofilms Sure, let's hope 2021 will be a better year. :D
I really like your video, music background, great job, well done Nico
Thanks a lot!
This city is awesome. Can’t wait to visit after everything opens up again.
I'm sold! Damn. Excellent video. Best China travel videos by far.
Aww thank you so much! Have you been?? It is such a cool city!
Nico... What a beautiful video you made... I was not aware of such a great city is Chongqing... and your narrative style definitely won my heart .. congratulations... Hi from California.
Thank you very much!
This city looks freaking awesome! I hope to visit one day.
Thank you for this super-informative video! Now I'm very excited for my upcoming Chongqing visit.
Glad it was helpful, hope you have a great time!
Having lived in CQ for 14 years I spent much of my free time exploring and blogging about what I found on various English language forums so I appreciate what you've managed to cover in such a short pithy video. Well done.
Just a comment about the population though.... Chongqing is the name of the municipality annexed from Sichuan in 1997 which includes the capital city of Chongqing and multiple second and third tier cities, hundreds of small towns, and thousands of villages. The population of 30+ million refers to the municipalities population, not that of the capital city !
CQ has changed so much since I first stepped off a plane in early 2003. My first impressions where very different to what a visitor experiences today. Perhaps that is one of the reason she has remained one of China's best kept secrets full of hidden gems for anyone prepared to take a closer look.
Hey Nico, thanks for this vid. It gave me great inspiration for my trip to Chongqing. I loved the graffiti town. It's only when you go there you realise how clean of graffiti all the other places in China are. Some of that art was well fit!!!
I'm pleased you liked it! Chongqing has been our favourite city so far!
This is such a cool video!
It looks amazing. Thank you for this video
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this wonderful look into a wonderful city. I wish I could visit someday.
no nice video! thanks Nico! I really want to visit Chongqing!
Thanks a lot. It's awesome you definitely should!
From one nico to another thank you 😊
You are brilliant. Thank you for the video
Nice videography, as always. Happy 2021 🍜🍜
Thanks a lot! Happy New Year!
Chongqing is the City, where XIAO ZHAN , and CHEN KUN Where born, they are my favourite Chinese actors, and they love their Chongqing Hot pots. Very exciting city, looking forward to visit there. Thank you for the vid. 🙏👍🇨🇳🇦🇺
Thanks for sharing I will have to check them out!
I remember traveling here on personal travel the second year of my MA program. Very humid, inland and detached from the urban and coastal metropolises of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.
Thank you for showing us. This city is really fascinating to me.
It’s such a cool place I love it!
@@Nicofilms Are you living in that city indefinitely? That's so exotic! We've subbed so looking forward to your many adventures!
I have never heard of this city in China, and after seeing your video, I really want to visit. Not once have I gone out of my country nor thought about travelling, but this place looks so different from what I’m used to, and I believe it would be an interesting experience to go to a place that is completely unfamiliar to one.
You should visit, it’s a great city!
@@Nicofilms I wish i can one day, but i am still too young and jobless lol
欢迎到中国来游玩。
Wow. Great video! Currently teaching English in Seoul, and thinking of moving to China to do the same at some point. This video definitely just put Chongqing on my radar! :)
Chongqing is an awesome city we really enjoyed it. We also absolutely loved Seoul when we visited it a few years ago, we have a couple of videos on the channel from it.
@@Nicofilms Seems like it, and yea Seoul is really cool. I'm enjoying it a lot so far. Cool, I'll check them out!
Seoul is such a nice place, but China is safer, more welcoming and the cities are more mindblowing, and I'm a fan of South Korea, but it is what it is!!! Both countries rock though, in their own way!
It's really great to live here in Chongqing. You get the Chinese experience as an expat unlike other big cities in China. There are not alot of westerners here and nobody speaks English. It makes you interact with the people here. They are so friendly & helpful.
That is awesome to hear and I can totally see that. We barely saw another foreigner so I think it is the best of both worlds. Big city life but getting to really immerse yourself somewhere. They were SO nice in Chongqing we picked up on that straight away. I'm so happy you enjoy it there, I hope this video showed off your 'home' city well.
this can fit into movie like 2047 without CGI
I really love your videos, keep rocking!
Thank you so much! Keep watching we appreciate the support!
It is 12pm here in México, always used to watch some of your videos before going to my bed 👌
@@chanelEnriqueLop0408 Aww thanks!!
Honestly, I never really considered traveling to China but this city, this enormous crazy city is something to see.
I love this City, but its so difficult to find good content about it. Thanks for those Videos c:
Yeah there isn't a lot of information out there but it is such an awesome city! Thanks for watching!
you should learn some chinese，then you will find so many things what you need about this city.
It’s really a magic city with so many amazing skyscrapers and sceneries, I have just visited Chongqing last week and it gave me a sense of surprise. Gonna plan to the second visit to Chongqing. By the way, I live in Chengdu, where I welcome you to take a trip🎉
It is an amazing city and so close to Chengdu! We have a whole series coming this year so stay tuned!
Nico Thank you very much! You Video is great
Thank you!
This is a great video Nico. I lived in CQ for a year (2010-11) when I was an English teacher. It's fascinating to see how much it has changed over the years. It seems like it's becoming better for tourists too. When I went, I couldn't find any decent information about local sights to visit and things to do. Hopefully I will make it back there soon. Also, did you try shrimp pot?
well come back to CQ ，from CQ
I am living in CQ now, and honestly it still is not very foreigner friendly. (I don't mean the people, of course.)
What is shrimp pot?🤯
@@pauljohnson9749 Shrimp is the nectar of the Gods. It's pretty much the same broth as hotpot, but a big pile of shrimps is precook in it. All you do is reheart is at your table for a few minutes. Its amazing.
@@andrewsnape4738 Similar to tom yum kung?
I like your hairstyle 💇
Same here 🤗
Thank you very much!
Thanks!!
The color is more awesome
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I was in Chongqing in 2018, amazing city, amazing food. The grilled whole fish is amazing
It looks like an excellent place for urban photography
It was so good for this! There were loads of interesting buildings and at night the neon lights were amazing!
@@Nicofilms that reminds me of kowloon walled city in hong kong
@@Nicofilms if you like neon lights, then you would love wong karwai's Fallen Angel movie. Christopher Doyle captured the neon lights poetically in that movie.
@@relaxwhc Thanks for the recommendation that sounds really interesting! Yeah I think it has that sort of HK feel, although I've not been to HK yet so I'm not 100% sure haha
@@Nicofilms you're welcome. Neon lights is super poetic, i think you'll definitely enjoy this video:
ua-cam.com/video/97GwbI27w10/v-deo.html
Sensational video my friend 👏
Do not be discouraged by relatively lower views in recent videos, because the quality has sharply increased, and will drag and find its audience by time. Thanks a lot
Thanks a lot! Yes hopefully our content will pick up over time!
Another amazing video
Thank you! Glad you think so!
Hitman 3 is introducing Chongqing to the world. Hopefully in a good way. The way I see Chongqing from the screen here, it looks like a place in Cyberpunk. Literally concrete forest. And also a lot of foods.
What is Hitman 3? Is it a game? You nailed it, that is how it felt, concrete forest but actually with lots of green entwined in it. The old and modern buildings work really well together and the levels of the city are really interesting. The night time and food are something else! 😋
@@Nicofilms Yeah. It's a video game to be released this January 20.
@@yacchaga Oh cool! This would make a good place for a video game haha
Awesome, I need to visit it soon...
Thanks for sharing your vlog, just repost to linkedin with my thousands of friends and followers
Thanks so much!
@@Nicofilms Welcome (back) to China since all kinds of Visa are re-open to apply for since today (Mar 15, 2023). Hainan Island are visa free for 30 days stay also since today
I’ve been working and Living in China for quite some time. But Chongqing is by the best city I’ve lived. Everything is spicy as I recall it: the food, the people even the weather.
I would recommend nan-an area ( the area where I lived at CQ Tech & Business University. Especially south mountain with the gardens and the Golden Eagle with a tremendous view. And als the art district in Jiulongo (Sichuan Fine Arts Institute) and Daxuecheng in the west.
Love your videos😌
Thank you!
Such a nice video, but only almost 10k views? This is not fair. You guys did a great job.
I know right! I don't understand haha Thank you!
very comprehensive about chongqing! Besides downtown and unique city culture, chongqing also offer magnificent nature beauty (2 world nature heritage site: wulong and jinfo mount, which are the typical represent of karst moutains, brigdes, canyons and caves, moreover xiaozhaitiankeng, which is the largest ground hole in the world). Moreover, there is one world cultural heritage site in chonging, dazu stone craving.
Thanks a lot! Yes the nature looks amazing. We spent the entire week downtown as there was so much we wanted to film. Next time we will explore more of the surrounding areas, there is so much to see!
Thanks for the video
Thanks for watching!
amazing Liziba Station!
It's the coolest station!
This is awesome!
The most underrated video!
Nice to video,with good editing👍
Thank you so much!
Did you know The Grand Tour was filmed here in 2018 on S3E6. Jeremy Clarkson was amazed by the city.
No I did not, I will try and catch that episode!
a good video of my hometown. thanks for sharing my city to the world
Thanks a lot! Chongqing was amazing!
Thanks a lot! Chongqing was amazing!
I'm going next year to meet my friend hope everything goes well , the video was awesome keep up your great work 👍👍
Thanks a lot! Enjoy!
China is amazing and beautiful country. Yes sis u are right. China is very friendly ❤️❤️❤️.
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Keep it up. I really appreciate your hardwork.
Never end 🙏
Thank you so much 😊 I'm pleased you liked it!
Truly love it ♥️
Fascinating city!
Love the old renovated bunkers - reminds me of some friends houses in Berlin 😁
Yeah they were sick! I love interesting spaces like that.
Most underrated metropolis city in the world outside china
“Outside China” bruh it’s inside
thanks for sharing my city
Very nice vlog!!!
Thanks for watching!
Always hear great things about Chongqing!
It is an awesome city I highly recommend it!
Don’t know why it gives me a creep seeing so many buildings intertwined with one another. I just worry they will collapse together if one of them is not stable.
Really informative.
Thanks a lot!
you guys deserve more likes
so nice! Love your life!
Wow! We missed this city while visiting China…will definitely go back and visit this city🥰
Can't wait to go there after watching your video
I've always enjoyed her videos.
I've seen Hong Kong City and Seoul South Korea but Chinese megacities seem to completely dwarf both. Hong Kong city was incredible from across the bay. Singapore was very modern and clean but I have a feeling Chinese cities are even more impressive. Love to visit.
Feels surreal!
flew in for a day right before COVID broke out this is the most fabulous huge city in the world that nobody know about, if you read the real population of this place is min 32 million.Home of hotpot
seeing it at night is insane!
Hi Nico, love your videos. Also was following Barret, but London Times called them "funded by China".... hope you are not attacked by those media. also, Changchun, Harbin, and Jinan springs would be great video locations.
Wow! This didn't sound like a paid for commercial at all!
Will being going to Chongqing in a couple of days for a week competition and it will be my first time. Very excited and nervous
Despite wars and politics there will always be kind hearted people who love to explore the world and what humans can accomplish. Like Jackie Chan will always be my favorite actor ever 🥰 him and other actors allowed me to adore chinas way of life. Simple like a cup of tea ☕️
Chongqing is huge. Great introduction.
What an amazing place. Would love to visit this lovelly city one day. Wow!
fantastic video
Thank you! 😃
Best travel video by a foreigner,I’m on my way to chongqing for the weekend 😊
wow! it is getting better and better..!!!!
Thanks a lot!