2 Hour Downtown Toronto Walk on a Friday Evening (Sept 2021)

2 hours of walking around downtown Toronto on a Friday Evening. I swing past numerous neighbourhoods and several busy bars, patios, restaurants etc...
Recorded in 4K at 60 FPS with a DJI Pocket 2 on Friday, September 18, 2021.
0:01 - Union Station
5:49 - Front Street West
12:17 - St Lawrence Market Neighbourhood
40:46 - Financial District
44:00 - Yonge Street
50:36 - Dundas Square
52:03 - Little Tokyo
58:30 - University Avenue
1:04:28 - Nathan Phillips Square / City Hall
1:07:15 - Queen Street West
1:18:47 - Richmond Street
1:22:24 - Graffiti Alley
1:30:24 - Portland Street
1:39:24 - King Street West nightlife area
1:47:07 - Entertainment District
2:05:43 - St Andrew Subway Station
A previous 2 hour walking video (non-narrated) I did back in 2019: • 2 Hours of Walking Aro...
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[@AZGT350]

Look how clean and well dressed everything and everyone is. What a great city. I love Toronto..

[@leandrohipolito]

What a walk! Pretty nice! Thanks for the tour again!

[@aguynsohoyo5656]

Really having fun Johnny watching these Friday evenings ty so much

[@KManEssen]

Great! Greater! Johnny Strides! Loved every second of this walk. 👍

[@alvaroboschet1231]

Great walk Johnny amazing video keep doing this I love it, thanks.

[@georgewalker]

Enjoyed watching. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@rhondapaul8134]

Morning Johnny... enjoyed the walk as always 🙂

[@toddboothbee1361]

I used to love going on these kinds of evening walks, during the hour when kids grow sad having to go in doors, but untethered adults grow excited and boozy. Thanks for this atmospheric walk!

[@ostbagar3]

It’s nice when you start walking in daylight and as time goes it’s getting darker, i like that😃good walktalk as always! TC! 🖐

[@ecaoinal]

That was a wonderful 2-hour walk!

[@f.m.kearney530]

Hi, Johnny! I really enjoy your relaxing walking tours of Toronto. Your narrations are very informative and make me feel like I'm actually there. I'm from New York City, but I like seeing how other large cities operate. I once visited Toronto in the late 70's and I'll always remember the iconic A&A Records sign that loomed large on Yonge Street. Thank you for documenting such a beautiful city!

[@kathiacorona1199]

i love that you recorded all your way! this video helps me a lot

[@taraevans5759]

I had a lovely bowl 🥣 of breakfast Soup while watching. Lol

[@dgyip_]

Its been so long since I've gone downtown. Quite refreshing to see!

[@CRB71]

I’m a fan of the longer walks. Very relaxing.

[@franki3Ru550]

I agree

[@colleen4062]

Yay thank you. I am waiting patiently. 👍😳

[@walkslyricsandmore]

Thx for sharing!

[@mariamar2114]

Hermoso recorrido!!! Vibrante la vida.

[@walkingbuddhasiddharthglob6337]

wow Love it , Keep it Up 👍

[@kathleendass3798]

Thank you Johnny

[@saptarshidassss271]

Amazing ❤️

[@MyWalkLondon]

Looking forward for your walk in Toronto.

[@walkslyricsandmore]

thx for sharing!

[@paultexasusa1366]

I miss Toronto so much...

[@rosaannarilli4905]

I really enjoy going to Berksy Park, it's such a nice place to relax after a long train ride to Toronto! Wow, the O'Keefe Centre, that is one name I have not heard for so long! This video was a mazing, it makes me miss Toronto even more. By the way, thank you for telling us that the new iPhone 13 does not show any percent level it only has a bar, as I am in the market for a new iPhone.👍👍😀

[@tamaraedwards7090]

Hi Johnny, It was great meeting you and we had a lovely time in Toronto. Thanks!

[@JohnnyStrides]

It was very nice meeting you too. You have a beautiful family and glad you enjoyed your trip here :)

[@ramnathrambisoon2134]

Good night johnny I love toronto great video

[@user-xs3kc4or6j]

Судя по прохожим, цветных понаехавших в Торонто уже немало. Так сказать, вносят разнообразие и мультикультурность😀

[@therealman2620]

Oh wow I just missed the premiere because I'm at work. Gonna replay this movie when I have the time!

[@ramnathrambisoon2134]

Great video I love toronto

[@GeorgeKemp]

The dog fountain is so cool, next time you walk past it you have to show the only cat on the fountain! Don't remember the tourist story about why the cat is there but it was very cool too see :)

[@franklynmars3207]

Goodnight Strides blessings to you and hope as usual u have good workweek wich ended Sept good and new fresh start to Oct thiz weeknd oooh buoy yr goin fast and we getting ole lol! Incredibly nice to watch a good, lively and calm 2 hr downtown Toronto livestream wich was soo worth it that is missed. wenever you do centric streams at south financial district my favourite streets of course are spicy retro king st west cause those patios, bars and nightclub full of awesome young diverse pop culture and like Malibu and Rio de Janeiro flair in our gorgeous city...oooh forgot to compliment you on nice wicked haircut in a cycling stream week ago and just got a new Samsung s21 0$ upgrade fone for meself. cheers

[@canadalife8431]

Nice video❤️ weather still beautiful in Toronto, not here in Quebec 😱😱😱

[@VolcardoReviewer]

I live near Pearson airport so I rarely if ever find myself downtown (maybe 2-3 times a year to catch a leafs or raptors game) I basically do everything in Mississauga so this was cool to see.

[@xboy1064]

Damn. lucky to you to be in toronto. Love from thunder bay

[@humanwolf1984]

Good Morning Johnny from Marysville Washington. 😇

[@carlloar9768]

Johnny how about doing a walk where u walk show off some of street art again. I really enjoy those streams 👍🙃

[@nataliecousins1579]

♥️

[@petercrosby5775]

Great video - Don't be silent keep talking it's interesting Johnny - tell them to put a sock in it.

[@sandraashton868]

Wow you covered some ground in this video I'm quite liking this premier concept as it's like you are participating in the chat in my home state of Victoria at nine fifteen this morning (Wed twenty second September)we had quite a rare event a nearly six on the Richter scale earthquake it was quite terrifying as it's rare to have any thing more than a two or three tremor on the Richter scale anywhere in Australia there was even some small scale damage everyone in Victoria has been really shaken by this as we are still in lockdown with 9pm to 5am curfew and the last few days we have been having pretty violent riots in Melbourne so a fricken earthquake is the last thing we needed but I am still sending you a big g'day mate from Melbourne Australia 👍🌏🇦🇺🇨🇦

[@JohnnyStrides]

Glad you enjoy the content! The idea of a curfew is mental to me (as are more lockdowns given where we are) but I wish the best of luck!

[@GeorgeKemp]

Jeez seems like i'm commenting on everything about this video so far but this will be my last (i hope?) The Flatiron bar in the basement (far corner) of the Flat Iron building is a British themed pub, probably the closest my wife and i came to a British bar in Toronto... obvioulsy we didn't go to Toronto to check out British bars but on week two of our second visit we kind of hankered for British pub food so dropped in there and, omg, the steak pie was as close to British outside of Britain and it was soo good... the decor was a bit a bit lacking and of course it had the multiple big screens showing sports, we also seemed to be the only people in there which was a bit odd... but we both left with huge smiles on our faces having just tasted what is bland British food again :) Because of the pandemic and how quiet it was when we visited (at peak lunchtime in 2019) i'd be surprised it's still open, but if it is and you're a Brit looking for home comforts from a British pub you should definately drop in there... it's not really "British" but the steak pie was very close.

[@joshabooth]

That guy in the neon Acura is what pure unrefined elemental downtown driver looks like. If you distil him in alcohol (which I'm sure he's used to), he becomes a Richmond Hill driver.

[@Alvaro-gv5pe]

I found it strange the "invasion" of the sidewalks by commerce leaving the sidewalks very narrow.

[@josephmazzeo4941]

Great video of your awesome city, it's just like New York City without all the shootings and trash and homeless people shitting in the streets and the gazillion taxi's trying to run you down. Looking forward to my visit in spring.

[@JohnnyStrides]

Well there's still a lot of similarities (not always in a good way) you'll find.

[@davevaughan2093]

What camera were you using?

[@JohnnyStrides]

DJI Pocket 2

[@GeorgeKemp]

The restrooms at the start of the video is odd, starting to think Johnny Strides should open a new channel called Johnny Stalker... after stalking TheKenContinuum outside a cemetary on Ken's birthday a few days ago, and now walking into the ladies toilets in Union Station... is Johnny Stalker born??😱😱😱

[@eunicepitters8625]

I like when you talk

[@ayoCanada0921]

Expected to eat a lot of parking tickets in Toronto

[@krisbaby101]

i missed this Square 50:32

[@peteinuk]

Does anybody wash in a washroom?!! Strange terminology! Lovely to see Toronto again thoigh.

[@JohnnyStrides]

Does anyone rest in restroom? :P

[@peteinuk]

@@JohnnyStrides ha ha!

[@Beacon_NY]

It's the Canadian NYC. I see the United Nations here.

[@kevinn1158]

I don't know the name of it but the red victorian building across from the Bay on the east side of Yonge is gorgeous. I love that building. Dundas sq is a fail. It just missed everything it could have been. Osgoode used to be in that old building and they moved to York U. Those e scooter people are the worst. They never have proper helmets, they scoot up one ways the wrong way, no light at night, on sidewalks, in the parks. ugh!! You sat at the bottom of my street near the healthy butcher. Downtown, people do whatever they like. Cyclists ride through red lights, people walk in front of cars all of the time.

[@rahulrathod-vx6yv]

Doors

[@cornishcoves9399]

Sinovac-CoronaVac....? maybe?

[@deniaberson7708]

I dont take youre margin today !

[@alexmuller5833]

Real Canadians exists in Canada ?

[@techstuff3409]

so?

[@JohnnyStrides]

So what? Nice comment...

[@unknownninja4430]

imagine the smelll

[@Gui-sv2xj]

3 years after I left Canada, Toronto still looks awful

[@JohnnyStrides]

Awful compared to what? I'd love to hear where you live ;)

[@001spring]

You must have lived in Montreal. 🤣

[@Gui-sv2xj]

@@001spring Montreal is far better, no question

[@001spring]

@@Gui-sv2xj Montreal is trash.

[@foobird58]

very boring

[@ostbagar3]

Don’t look then😃

[@JohnnyStrides]

Thanks for the highly useful feedback, gold stars for you ;)