Exploring Europe’s Financial Capital

Exploring Europe’s financial capital and having fun with activities such as the IFS Cloud cable car and the Uber boat from canary wharf to tower bridge.
London, canary wharf, rich area, boat, cable car, IFS Cloud, the O2, east end, Englands capital city, UK city, Urban Britain, KZbin.
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[@john_smith1471]

@10:39 the golf ball shape building is the now vacated London City Hall, built for the London Assembly elected members 2002, but the current Mayor Sadiq Khan couldn’t afford to heat it and moved the London Assembly to Royal Victoria Docks. The Golf ball building architect was Norman Foster who also created Canary Wharf jubilee line station.

[@urban-britain]

Ahhh, that’s makes sense now.

[@john_smith1471]

At Canary Wharf you could have had a walk through the roof garden on top of Crossrail Place, there is also a multi-coloured elevated covered walkway bridge between Crossrail Place and Canada Place. Beneath Crossrail Place below the waterline line is Canary Wharf Elizabeth Line station.

[@urban-britain]

Thanks for the suggestions. I’m consider it next time!!

[@Torchiefied]

You'll go places lad. Literally. I won't be surprised if you'd end up visiting over a hundred countries one day. Your videos are interesting and it's like travelling down memory lane for me.

[@urban-britain]

Haha, thanks so much. It’s great to see these kinds of comments!!

[@kr46428]

I also visited Canary Wharf earlier this year and found it to be quite interesting and a decent place to walk around for a while...and ironically I also got a meal deal to eat in a park. I found the wobbly DLR to be preferable to riding the tube if I'm being honest, just as it was less crowded and you could see out.

[@urban-britain]

Nice, yeah the DLR trains are good but the windows were just so dirty. I did actually pop in to the O2 for about 20 minutes but I didn’t film any of it. I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@stephenclark9917]

Not been to London in over 4 years. I mainly went for work purposes. But looking at the crowds, I feel that this is OK.

[@urban-britain]

Yeah, if you go to canary wharf there near to no crowds on the week days.

[@mattpacket449]

Good video very informative.

[@urban-britain]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kkrispy2009P]

Great vlog

[@urban-britain]

Thank you!!

[@PlanetaryCitizen]

Crikey, you really got around on your London trip. Well done! I've never been on a DLR train in London, so that was interesting. The closest I've been to that is the driverless shuttle at Gatwick and the Metro in Copenhagen (which runs all night). I didn't know you were going on the FIS cable car, so that was a surprise! Glad you got your own car! I only went to the 02 once and that was to see a King Tut exhibition. I think the 12 yellow spikes represent the months of the year. I've been on trips down the Thames in the past, to London Zoo and Hampton Court. I can recommend going inside the Tower of London, but its horrendously expensive 😱. I think that round building is the London City Hall, its where all the important decisions about London used to be made.

[@urban-britain]

Thanks for the info!! Hope you enjoyed the video!!

[@PlanetaryCitizen]

@@urban-britain you're welcome

[@demonmonsterdave]

This is brilliant. Thank you for showing this.

[@urban-britain]

No problem. Theres more every week!!

[@sidesplitter9497]

the DLR trains are not doing so well because new trains are being introduced soon (next yeat hopefully 🤞) so TfL don't care about maintaining their soon-to-be scrap

[@urban-britain]

Yeah that makes sense. Thanks for the insight.

[@ImMamba]

I want to live in london, defo a carefree vibe there with cameras and stuff. I imagine the yellow things hold the cables which hold the tent up on the O2??

[@urban-britain]

Possibly, it’s quite strange. I might look it up.

[@Amoghasiddhi1]

good video

[@urban-britain]

Glad you enjoyed

[@johnconway4161]

Great video and congratulations on 300 subs

[@urban-britain]

Thanks!

[@johnconway4161]

​@@urban-britain you're welcome

[@wayout6092]

Looks awesome, loads of space and few people. Note to self - take a packed lunch. Truly excellent film, outstanding!!

[@urban-britain]

Thanks so much. I upload every Sunday at 08:00

[@SimplyBurgerYT]

Great video! The reason canary wharf isn't as packed with tourists is that a lot of people just think that it is boring (without even going there!) Looking forward to the next video, wherever that may be lol

[@urban-britain]

Thanks! The next videos the Q&A I filmed it this morning!!

[@johnp1937]

I was watching videos on British cities on the decline--there are lots of them--and then your video popped up. Nice to see something positive! Canary Wharf might be a developer's idea of what New York is like around Midtown, but the reality is very, very different. There are so many different types of neighborhoods in Manhattan itself, from the cozy and historic West Village to shops on 5th and Madison Avenues to the brand new Hudson Yards. Canary Wharf actually reminds me a bit of Hudson Yards, i.e., an older version of the same typology of offices, shopping malls, and public spaces.

[@urban-britain]

Thanks for the support! I uploaded every Saturday 08:00

[@estoforte388]

Best one so far!

[@urban-britain]

Thanks. I appreciate it!!

[@byxf3pdrve]

That globular building is City Hall; originally the HQ of the Mayor of London. But they moved out and I don't know what's in there now.

[@urban-britain]

Cool thanks

[@kevinquealey]

Great video. Some smashing shots. Canary Warf regarding the skyline is awesome but personally a find the area rather sterile and soulless. Unlike your comment i feel it needs more people, more street entertainment to give the area a better vibe.

[@urban-britain]

Thanks so much!!

[@simonpetrikov889]

Ur accent is satisfying❤

[@urban-britain]

Thanks, where are you from?

[@simonpetrikov889]

Turkiye ​@@urban-britain

[@simonpetrikov889]

Türkiye ​@@urban-britain

[@urban-britain]

@@simonpetrikov889 nice

[@ThomasField-t8i]

Your accents sounds Southern

[@urban-britain]

Yes, I’m from Gloucestershire.

[@ThomasField-t8i]

@@urban-britain Most people will simply think you are a Londoner. I expected the West Country accent to be more pronounced.

[@urban-britain]

@@ThomasField-t8i I don’t really have a regional accent. I speak in Received Pronunciation. But I am from the west country.