Harbin - Is this REALLY China?

[@Nicofilms]

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[@尤婉妮]

I am Harbiner, and I am living in US now, Harbin definite is a big city, not only in China, even in the whole world, it is bigger than New York, so it is not a small city. The walking street is the longest one in Asia, so the saying it is not long in Harbin is not true. Honestly, the best season to travel to Harbin is Summer and Winter, there is not too much to see in Spring and Fall, and the sky is not clear during this time too. If you guys just want to feel the culture, then it doesn’t matter. I appreciate you guys tour my city and introduce it in KZbin. Merry Christmas! 😊

[@myz3362]

Additionally, Harbin is the most popular place to visit in this winter. It is the dazzling ice-snow wonderland of Chinese winter carnival.

[@14tsondu-tenzing88]

Why do you Harbiner instead of Harbinian?

[@yumallah]

As a Russian, I wonder, what do Harbin people think of our country? I don't know much about your city aside from the history, but I can say with certainty that your beer is very good!

[@尤婉妮]

@@yumallah It is complicate emotion! Russia built the city but also taken away some land from Heilongjiang province. I don’t think Harbin people have too much love of Russia, but we don’t hate Russia as hate Japan.

[@SaintAsoulDiana]

@@yumallah Actually not bad, although there were some conflicts after World War II (Soviet Union's interference to China-USSC border territory and there were military conflict), the two countries restarted collaboration, I have also heard news that the Russian president Putin also has a plan to build a "China town" in Moscow! By the way I am a Chinese student studying abroad in the US and from Shanghai.🤗

[@tc2334]

This is the best (non-winter) Harbin video I've seen.

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you very much!

[@alextjflorida]

Harbin is a big city and the capital of Heilongjiang province. You need to eat pancakes with some flavored vegetables, meat or a bowl of soup.

[@hainanbob6144]

Yes it is China. It's beautiful in the summer and beautiful in the winter. I lived there for eight wonderful years.

[@jerryliu3320]

谢谢！

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you so much you are very kind!

[@TravelEndleslie]

I felt like I explored Harbin as well. Thanks for taking us to your journey!

[@Nicofilms]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@WealthyFish]

You are the first KZbinr mention the dressing style of Northeast China.😄They are quite proud of it.

[@Nicofilms]

🤣 it’s one of the first things we noticed. The people of Dongbei really have their own style.

[@jennychow9548]

Really looking forward to Harbin this unique city

[@Mad_fly48]

Fantastic conversations+beautiful editing+good trip choice

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you very much!

[@xieferry]

Hello from indonesia.. love ur video ..

[@Melbdav]

Once again, you’ve done a really good job and Nico thank you you’ve just made me hungry. I need good quality Chinese food

[@Nicofilms]

Hahaha thanks a lot! Can’t watch one of our videos without feeling hungry. 🤣

[@boonteoh2346]

Truly amazing vlog guys, thanks 👍👍 Enjoy Harbin adventure!! ❤❤

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@iamcanadianedmonton]

after googling the st. sophia church., it was renovated after 1996. all old buildings need renovation to be maintained properly. if not, it would become dilapidated. even the white house has been renovated many times to keep up with time. st. sophia church is the same. love from canada.

[@well9179]

Fortunately, the church survive Cultural Revolution's madness, but not for other Harbin's russian heritages.

[@numerouno8593]

Thanks for sharing Nico. 👍👍👍 Your reportage is a suggestion to my _"to do list"._ Bravo for you both..!! 👍👍🙏

[@gliu1431]

I am watching your video now and I check Harbin weather which is -26 now! Good choice to visit before winter. Still it will be good for you to return to Harbin say January just for the ice festival.

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah the temperate has really dropped it is very cold now. We’d like to try it in winter but happy we still got to go.

[@romerodiasdossantosjuniorj7260]

Estive aí em 2014 linda cidade parabéns

[@beta__6109]

Wasn't expecting to see Luckin Coffee! A nice little fact for Jack... China is now the branded coffee shop capital of the world!

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

Wow ! That's good to know . First time for me knowing this fact about Luckin Coffee .

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah we’ve really enjoyed learning about China’s coffee journey over the past few weeks I think we might need to make another video to explain it all as it’s really interesting.

[@beta__6109]

@@Nicofilms That would be great!

[@peanut0brain]

​@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 luckin coffee is listed on the nasdaq stock market . It will remain low because of racial prejudice against China, Chinese people and Chinese companies

[@Mentalslave62]

I still miss the beer review. Harbin have a good beer.

[@Nicofilms]

Don’t worry we still had a beer but just didn’t put it in the video!

[@Mentalslave62]

@@Nicofilms they have plenty of decent local beer in China. Looking forward to it!

[@zhulindizi]

I'm Chinese and never been to anywhere north of Beijing. I want to go to Harbin!

[@toki_shui]

really interesting video!

[@binzhang6497]

very well made video! I will definitely visit this city some day!

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you very much, you should!

[@frankwangp]

so good，nice video

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks a lot!

[@charleneji6759]

Autumn is a better season to travel, even for a city like Harbin. 😀

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah we really enjoyed it! I love Autumn in China.

[@johnhimal5913]

You both r lovely couple.

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you very much!

[@mariacao6152]

can't wait to see your next video!!!

[@Nicofilms]

Coming soon! We are taking a break for the holidays but it will be in January and it’s a fun one!

[@yilunlao2198]

thanks for sharing!

[@m1ssb3having]

My mom is from Harbin and I've been going there over summer holiday since I was little and love it there. Only recently tried it in winter and it's a bit too familiarly cold coming from Canada. There are some really great foods like the dongbei shao kao and guo bao rou but the liangpi is totally a vibe and the fried veggie thing gives me hard nostgia as my mom would always make those for me and my friends. Hope you visit for a bit longer next time 😍😍

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah it would certainly be an experience in winter, I'm not sure I could hack it as Beijing was cold enough for me haha We really enjoyed the city though would love to go back.

[@incendioraven4269]

good video. gogogo！

[@bbb-pf7in]

awesome as usual~~

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you very much!

[@jennyohara4011]

Merry Christmas to you both, love your videos on China, keep up the great work.

[@enkianu9337]

Is this the province where the handsome actor Vengo Gao is from?

[@lizz7805]

wow, harbin is so diverse and exotic, a perfect between chinese and russian culture.

[@grouchypatch9185]

The sheer size of China. So demographically diverse and rich in culture. Now we know that Chinese government is so serious about preserving the culture and language of their ethnic minorities. One out of this world. That reminds me that it is not happening in the west.

[@zac-eu9eu]

西側のほとんどの政治より中国はマシです😂

[@dingyuanzheng]

thanks a lot for loving my city❤, please come again in winter

[@Nicofilms]

We had a great time! Hopefully next time we can experience it!

[@dashong8912]

This video is making me HUNGRY!

[@petercua6158]

Love your video❤👍👏

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you! 🤗

[@kungyin]

下一站是繼續往北走還是往西走？ 選哪邊現在都是冰天雪地吧！😅

[@grandpabazi3332]

Legendary editing Jack!!!!

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks a lot!

[@zuipj]

I was there for 4 years for university education. I have felt the winter and early spring there is much blander than the summer and autumn but still tasty. Harbin of its land is a place of treasury for human to be.

[@HAITI-1804]

Awesome! Did you studied the chinese language when you were there?

[@zuipj]

@@HAITI-1804 I am Chinese

[@HAITI-1804]

@@zuipj oh sorry 😁

[@zuipj]

@@HAITI-1804 no problem

[@Nicofilms]

Cool! Yeah I’m pleased we went when it wasn’t winter as we had a lot of fun but maybe next time we’ll try the winter to see the difference.

[@akame5555]

❤

[@gratefuldeadly7899]

in the 1920s Harbin and the surrounding region was one of the candidate sites for the Jewish homeland, mostly due to large number of Russian Jewish refugees already there. Can you imagine had it actually be selected ?

[@ymhktravel]

Then the Jewish might claim it as their own and evict the Chinese living there. Like Palestine now. Only difference is, the owner is China and will not allow that to happen. Lol....

[@tanseelee3381]

Whoosh... That was a close call !

[@martinLim-oj2tn]

Hahaha 🤣 thought mainland Chinese forgotten, but not only here, south been selected too

[@s._3560]

Selected by whom?

[@rabbitazteca23]

LMAOOO. No way the Chinese people will let that pass.

[@InspectorA-r2e]

You are very good at video making.This video reminds me of BBC Learning English.

[@Nicofilms]

Hahaha thanks! Pleased you liked it.

[@legaozhu7667]

💞💞💞

[@johnkiel1000]

i really love this video❤❤❤❤!

[@theromaniantraveler7215]

I m going here tmr for the winter festival. I see that all rumors about visiting dongbei are real.. 😅

[@EXO_Elle]

Hello, I know the Ice Festival starts at January ,,, but is there anyone who knows if winter activities like skating are already available at early December?

[@ericgan7024]

The China hawks in US should pay a visit to HARBIN. Great eye opener for them.

[@bensun5978]

It is at most still russia to them

[@LW78321]

Watching you both just makes me happy 😊😊 I was also under the impression that you only go to Harbin during the ice festival haha

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks so much! Yeah that’s what many people told us too but we had such a fun time I’m pleased we went.

[@stevel5806]

@@Nicofilms Nico, you went to Harbin a little too early, this city is becoming a mega hit in China since late December, it's the hottest city in China right now and it's been on the top trendy topic every day on Chinese social media for the past month, the entire nation is crazy about Harbin. Its success has such a huge impact and Harbin is single handily transforming the China tourism industry with its unique formulas. You would've witness all this craziness if you are there now :)

[@Nicofilms]

@@stevel5806 Yeah I know I saw that. I guess TikTok wasn't around last time China had tourism so now people are going crazy for it. It's amazing to see. Maybe one day we'll get there!

[@jckalden1700]

Wow, you have reached Harbin. Best Wishes. 👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@diyart816]

It’s fun to watch your video 😊

[@sabrinastraveladventures4263]

This looks really fun! Lots of beautiful interesting architecture for sure! Off to see Amy ?🤔😢 Have fun Sabrina🇫🇷🇬🇧

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah it was a fun trip. 😜 maybe you’ll see her in the next one!

[@sabrinastraveladventures4263]

@@Nicofilms yes maybe 🤔 😜

[@ukvette]

My wifes home city. We been back there many times. Why didnt you go to the Tiger park.?

[@Nicofilms]

We were only there for a day so tried to focus on the main city, maybe next time.

[@alphaguy2040]

Nico and Jack, welcome back to China. But I am a bit confused: the last video I remember seeing was that you guys had to leave China. But then why and how were you guys back? I scrolled through your videos and didn’t see your story. Can you do an episode letting us know your story in between?

[@Nicofilms]

We left China in December 2022 but still had content to share from when we were there. We then returned in Sep 2023 to travel for 6 weeks which is the content that has been on our channel since then. This was our first video back: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYfOZ4GpZr-SY68si=7EsjnQIgQMu3pYU7

[@rabbitazteca23]

I love the Russian architecture there!

[@HeviFirza]

China Russia brotherhood 😊😊🎉🎉

[@dextersimon4629]

Soviet colonies

[@Ruihengmi]

a video clip with both english and chinese captions made by bits who probably don't chinese. thank you on behalf of the chinese viewers who don't speak english for your meticulous efforts .

[@Nicofilms]

Thank you very much I'm happy you appreciate our efforts as it does take a while to do all the translations.

[@wallacekatini3424]

Harbin is so beautiful ❤

[@Nicofilms]

It really is!

[@icebaby6714]

Great video and interesting content!

[@yiling7035]

Would you be able to share what month is this? I am considering heading there in July/Aug. Is that still considered summer?

[@Nicofilms]

Yeah that is considered the height of summer in China I would say. This was filmed early October so it was getting a bit chilly in the evening but was still nice.

[@LW78321]

Thanks for the history lesson!

[@Nicofilms]

No problem Jack loves a history corner!

[@jinlingliang4385]

越来越喜欢你们的视频哦，现在非常欣赏你们，中国任何一个省市的地方，（可以顶着一个任何一个国家的地方）每一个省市饮食文化都不一样，你现在好像去了某国家玩的，真是好欣赏你们呀，交通便利，安全，物价稳定，美食天堂，夜生活等，特别是现在世界己经变得越来越没有安全感了，只有中国做到你想要的地方，安全，見到你这么开心，加油，我们永远都支持你们哦，

[@SurfingPanda1]

只能说出了国才知道中国的好

[@zac-eu9eu]

日本が世界一😂

[@yimingma-u5l]

As a Chinese,I had never explored Harbin completely.But now I'm studying in Harbin.Hope I could find the true joy in this city!(I also like Russian culture and Russian girls are the best!)❤

[@yiboluo6788]

Are you guys going to Changchun for next trip and shoot a video with Amy?

[@Nicofilms]

We didn’t film a video in Changchun but you might see Amy in the next one 😜 any guesses where it could be?

[@BOPENKK]

Kalau kalian msih di cina mungkin kalian bisa collab sama KZbinrs dri Indonesia yg bekerja dan tinggal disana seperti Yenny di China,rudy chen ,tika di wuhan dan maaih banyak lagi 😅

[@emotionbag-o3h]

Love and peace from bilibili❤

[@guangchao4961]

煎饼果子！

[@raymondlianto9882]

Cool Russian style city in China.

[@ALWH1314]

Heard Russian style red sausage is famous I Harbin.

[@Nicofilms]

Oh we didn’t try we’ll look out for it next time!

[@BiubiuHe]

It looks great city

[@Brain-br2yl]

You should stay until winter. It’s very beautiful

[@designqq8905]

@ 15: 20 I must say he pulled off the most impressive Asian Squat I've ever seen. He even got his toes pointing outward to his left and right, I think he outdid the Asian.

[@Nicofilms]

He’s nailed it!

[@zac-eu9eu]

西欧人は足を動かします😂

[@a_viewerv2069]

Nice

[@WaheedullahWahab]

So precious & beautiful place's between Russia borders & china ❤❤

[@caifrank7425]

Harbin is a Nice City in China !!! I love the Harbin Food , it's Very delicious !!!

[@littlesun2896]

There is Manchuria

[@Janna-cl3ur]

I went there last Summer and I felt at home since I can speak both Russian and Chinese 🥰. Even if the Russian street is really made for tourists, the traditional red sausage is really tasty! Surprise: more Chinese people actually speak better Russian in Dalian than in Harbin 🤔 Well, maybe because Russians prefer basking in the sun on the warm beaches of Dalian in Summer... 😅I love Harbin for its interesting past and I have spent hours in its museums. 🥰 Yet, I will definitely return in Winter.

[@thisiskevin1000]

Barrett KZbin channel has a feature on this city.

[@zoewei-bp7vu]

Harbin is definite a big city in China, Harbin is three times bigger than Beijing, 8 times bigger than Shanghai, 26 times bigger than Shenzhen and 13 times bigger than New York City!

[@user-yv7mv9lh2r]

没吃东北菜吗？我觉得很好吃，因为我就是哈尔滨人。

[@ltkwok]

Harbin wasn’t this nice the last time I was there.

[@zac-eu9eu]

いつ訪れたのですか😮

[@kelvinyschun]

Great video Was your hotel near train station?

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks! No it was near the square but I wouldn't recommend it we just went for somewhere cheap and within walking distance to where we needed to be.

[@4-SeasonNature]

Are you two back in China again?

[@Grassmpl]

You didnt try any Harbin pork sausages. They are a delicacy.

[@jinlingliang4385]

好欣赏你不用出国就可以四处旅游啦❤，

[@Dorgon_HetuAla]

These buildings with strong colonialism were rebuilt by the Chinese after the 1980s.

[@peanut0brain]

It's a good reminder for Chinese people to never allow colonialism happen ever again.

[@zac-eu9eu]

新しいです😊

[@lingpeony8152]

😂😂 random uncle chatting to random aunty !😂😂😂😂😂

[@HasnaaAlaa]

The building is green

[@amandagrant4331]

I like China

[@Joey66886]

Yeah as Chinese I agree that Dongbei dialect has too much “er”. It’s really annoying for other parts of Chinese to understand.

[@peanut0brain]

Really? I thought Beijing dialect is the one with the annoying "er" and dongbei being the most standard mandarin (without "er")!

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

Nice place, you also easily go to Russia.

[@zzh315]

whats with the chinese subtitles

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

Cold place eat Ice cream.😅

[@peanut0brain]

I heard it's so cold in Harbin -30C that they eat ice cream to warm up!

[@syimar7060]

Your video is pretty good,the other KZbinr Alex&shannon,they got a strong British accent,thanks they provided captions 😂

[@Nicofilms]

Thanks! I haven’t heard of them what’s their channel?

[@syimar7060]

@@Nicofilms just “Alex & Shannon”, currently still updating their trip vlogs in China

[@Nicofilms]

@@syimar7060 Cool I'll check that out, thanks!

[@Doctorybyn]

You bought the wrong ice cream.not in that shop

[@ayuan2359]

It is green...😅😅

[@HadesTray]

Harbin is part of Russia 哈尔滨自古以来是俄罗斯不可分割的一部分

[@violet1029s]

Jack笑死我了 do you have a bilibili account?

[@ringflypig1]

I can't believe she's drinking Maotai coffee。。。。。😂😂

[@Nicofilms]

hahaha I wasn't it was just the cup branding 🙈 Luckin have a Maotai range but I was just having a latte haha

[@YinXiaoLong]

烤红薯 ，必须吃

[@Nicofilms]

We didn’t see many but I know they are popular in Beijing. Maybe it wasn’t cold enough when we went.

[@YinXiaoLong]

@@Nicofilms You have a shot of roasted sweet potatoes in your video, and I saw it and replied. This is a characteristic of northern China. If you are still in China, it is recommended to have a meal.

[@Nicofilms]

@@YinXiaoLong Haha whooops! I must have missed that one 🤣