Why the Eiffel Tower has a Secret Apartment on Top

[@winstonsmith478]

Actual coverage of the apartment begins at 9:01.

[@tylerschoenhofen9458]

Thank you!

[@danielwardin4688]

Thanks, Winston!

[@evankesel642]

Thanks!

[@pamelamacon9675]

Thank youuuuuuu

[@mpthorvonericksen]

You never heard of foreplay? Here's the Tour E'ifell... And here's the studio

[@shankthebat8654]

You spent exactly 2 minutes of a 16 minute video talking about the topic.

[@thecianinator]

Timecode for when he gets to the point?

[@JohnC19902]

8:54 to 11:04

[@justwannagrill8548]

He rly do be padding it out tho

[@kenc.4134]

@@JohnC19902 thanks fren :)

[@Waderader]

He used to make better videos. Now he's just milking it.

[@DiamondPearl]

The fact that there was a clip of the Vegas copy of the Eiffel Tower at the end… 😂😂

[@ashtree336]

@DiamondPearl you're my favorite type of person thank you for pointing stuff like this out

[@lorizeppelina2286]

"Several buffettes" ?

[@somethingsomething404]

Right! On a video about Paris no doubt

[@somethingsomething404]

I’m surprised he didn’t pronouns Dijon and d’John

[@stacyrussell460]

I think he does some of these odd pronunciations on purpose

[@craigeflater6608]

Buffettes… buffoons!

[@karen-leelamb1097]

I love his channel, but the mispronounced words in all his videos is astounding, if not irritating.

[@catherinelee3298]

My first trip to Paris, as we drove into the city from the airport, the first thing I saw was the Eiffel Tower. What a feeling! 😁

[@mrs.g.9816]

I got the sense of the structure's amazing size seeing it behind all the buildings it dwarfed. May the Eiffel Tower continue to stand and be looked after for centuries!

[@uscitizen898]

My spouse is a piano tuner/technician. I can only imagine how much fun it would have been to go up there to tune & service that grand piano! Wow!

[@FirstWorlder]

I assume he will get to the apartment eventually.

[@NawDawgTheRazor]

Beautiful symbol of the union between science, art, and culture, and of the French tradition of combining innovation with elegance.

[@eileenguthrie5528]

I would love to visit Paris. My Great Grandparents were members of the French Opera Company as well as College Professors. Their son my Grandfather was given permission to follow his passion to become a French Chef. He started out working clean up in the kitchen of a very busy Parisian French Restaurant. Soon after showing so much interest in how the kitchen works and how the beautiful food and PASTERY Trays were made a Chef took my Grandfather under his wings and made him his sou chef! The beginning of a wonderful Chef. Then came the time when due to their places in the French Opera Company they new a Great War was going to happen and they got themselves and their son out of Europe and to America 🇺🇸. I would love to be able to find information on my ancestors. That’s my dream. One of them anyway.

[@The_Plane_District]

is there any chance you can do ancesory research? with the tech e have nowadays this dream can be done in reality...

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

As a visitor to Lisbon, they are very proud of one bridge, claimed to be constructed of a pupil from Gustav Eifels school of construction.

[@gil7555]

Finn Carl Bomholt Sorensen : Gustave Eiffel non Gustav Eifels Français non Suédois. Ni, Roy de Suède

[@pedroedsos]

I think you are mistaken, I have found nothing that remotely relates Eiffel with Lisbon bridge. Maybe you meant Santa Justa Lift. As stated in the video, Eiffel was in charge of Porto's first railway bridge, D. Maria Pia. He was also related to Porto's Luis I bridge because his former colleague was in charge of that one. You might be interested in Porto's bridges, all have something unique in them and at least 4 of them were world record by the time of their construction.

[@Lilbroda]

25 de Abril bridge has nothing to do with Gustave Eiffel

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

@@Lilbroda I can't say which one, but we became told that one was?

[@richardsteele6776]

This tower brings joy to all who see it. I hope to someday see it myself. Thank you Gustaf.

[@sheilabatey492]

As I am from England, I have been able to visit Paris on several occasions, unfortunately, I have never been lucky enough to get to the third platform because of high winds, I will of course try again the next time I visit, Paris is my most favourite city in the whole world and I have been lucky enough to visit quite a few capitols. ❤❤❤❤

[@adaptercrash]

We did it and your face moves around all by itself

[@patrickjspoon]

I enjoyed this a lot, but why show the Paris casino in Las Vegas near the end there? I know it might be hard to acquire footage of a specific thing like "buses next to the Eiffel Tower" due to how structures are situated and street geography, but man did that take me out of this. Still a great video though, I swear!

[@ucbearcats1978]

Ha, ha, yes! I stayed at Paris Las Vegas earlier this year.

[@mancamiatipoola]

This is what i call a "classy clickbait". We wait 10 minutes to see the apartment and then he shows us ONE picture of one of the rooms and then some random old pictures of a kitchen, a bathroom and a piano room that are CLEARLY not from the tower, but just random pics from the internet. He even has the BALLS to show a picture of a dining plate and call it a dining room. DUDE!

[@markskeldon1347]

During WWII my father in law was a radio operator on top of the Eiffel tower for the United States. Unknown to who was making the noise behind him he told the intruders to shut up so he could hear the coded message and keep the device tuned in. Afterwards he was very surprised to find General Eisenhower and several other General's standing quietly.

[@taleandclawrock2606]

Great bit of history, thanks for sharing.

[@guytech7310]

Was he in the apartment as a radio Operator? Hopefully he took some photos of of it. I imagine today its probably used for the TV transmitter & other equipment.

[@maisiesummerfield265]

brilliant story

[@markskeldon1347]

@@guytech7310 There are no pictures, the whole operation at the Eiffel tower was top secret with Marine Corps gaurds. Part of the story as he always told it was nobody was supposed to be up there but the operator on duty. That unit received trans-atlantic messages. His discharge paperwork said he was unassigned, typical of secret work. After he told the General's to shut up and he was done with his work on that message, General Eisenhower told him "Your doing a good job Sergeant." The only reason he drew that assignment is that on the transport ship bound accross the North Atlantic the convoy encountered a severe storm and he had his back broken. He was part of the "greatest generation."

[@guytech7310]

@@markskeldon1347 Thanks for sharing the story. I was hoping the operation wasn't classified. I believe all of the classified WW2 docs won't be released until 2045, but I'll likely be 6 feet under by then.

[@eeeeaaassy669]

Five BILLION lights? I'm definitely going to need a source on that one. I couldn't imagine maintaining five billion of anything physical. Not to mention the electricity.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

568181818 amps That's what 5 billion 25 watt lightbulbs would pull from the 220v system that most countries use. Even if they used LEDs that consumed a mere single watt... 22727273 amps Your average home in the US has a minimum 200 amp service, larger ones 400. I'll let you do the math on that if you want lol

[@StaticImage]

@@goosenotmaverick1156 And if we were to assume that each LED diode that makes up this 5,000,000,000 lights is just 1mm in size, the lights would span a distance of 5,000km. I'm not sure that could really fit too well on this tower.

[@davidcoppinger]

It has 20,000 lights. The narrator is off by several degrees of magnitude. I’m surprised he didn’t catch that when reading it. Common sense.

[@RandomPlaceHolderName]

5B/330m is 15M lights per meter of elevation. Laughable.

[@Iggyhaxor]

Electricity used to come from the atmosphere before the reset so this would have been self illuminated

[@Lolquake]

Imagine doing a video about Eiffel tower and pronouncing the T at the end of Buffet.

[@prudencepineapple9448]

I saw and traveled up the Eiffel Tower a few decades ago. I've always remembered that experience. And I really love the addition of the powerful rotating search light at the top. I also loved the time Citroen was displayed running down the entire length of the tower during the 1920s-1930s I think. I could very well be wrong on that date though as I'm often wrong with such things.

[@Flufficat]

I'm 40 plus years ago I visited the Eiffel tower and had lunch at the restaurant there but it wasn't as classy as the very expensive brasseries there now. I recall there is a lift up and we walked down from the level above, which I did not enjoy.

[@rdalemd76]

Some people are unfairly critical. The Eiffel Tower is an Icon. Overall good informative video.

[@mancamiatipoola]

This is what i call a "classy clickbait". We wait 10 minutes to see the apartment and then he shows us ONE picture of one of the rooms and then some random old pictures of a kitchen, a bathroom and a piano room that are CLEARLY not from the tower, but just random pics from the internet. He even has the BALLS to show a picture of a dining plate and call it a dining room. DUDE!

[@GanymedeXD]

@@mancamiatipoolaYou got no clue at all what clickbait is … this is none as what is featured in the title is presented in the clip … it does not matter how ling this is featured … facepalm .. even calling it ‘classy’ … embarrassing …

[@socksal]

You showed footage from the tiny replica in Las Vegas without saying so. Credibility lost.

[@xodiaq]

Not knowing how to pronounce “buffet” lost more cred.

[@GanymedeXD]

What utter nonsense … its obvious … credibility list? 😂😂😂😂 … its youtube! Credibility 😂 …

[@cylon5741]

1/10th mm tolerances on the iron structural parts--amazing! I wonder how they even went about measuring large pieces so accurately? 5 billion lights, though? I'd like more information on that.

[@robertgregory2618]

Yea, I find that really hard to believe.

[@chrisvig123]

It’s around 20 thousand lights…not sure how he got that unrealistic figure lol 😆

[@leenevin8451]

5 billion photons

[@damnjustassignmeone]

Yeah, 20k lights…

[@adnamamedia]

i Googled it and found a thread where someone did the calculation: "To install 5 billion lightbulbs would take more than 4700 man-years (30 seconds per bulb non-stop) so there would be no feasible way to get them all changed as they burned out. 5 billion is an insanely large number."

[@jeffgerritsen6502]

Can't imagine Paris without the tower,

[@653j521]

It is ever thus. People fight to prevent the new then fight to preserve it.

[@SavageVoyageur]

I’ve been up to the top 3 times over the years. I also had lunch in the restaurant on level 1. I’ve seen the apartment at the top also. If you are in Paris, you will want to book your tickets early in your trip.

[@richmck007]

Yes, but did you drink champagne and propose as well..? Since 1982, I have done all that! To think the local council of Barcelona refused it when offered the Iron Lady ( something this narrator failed to mention…).

[@FUNKINETIK]

Good to know Gustave used the tower for Aero dynamic experiments… so did I.. in 2004 I let fly a paper aeroplane from the top. It flew for over 10 minutes, eventually disappearing underneath a bridge crossing on the Seine.

[@JamesKaufman1973]

The apartment is NOT a "secret." Everybody knows it's there, they advertise that it's there.

[@GanymedeXD]

What nonsense … does not mean it was secret! Facepalm!

[@stevelinbergbaby135]

One of the most visited tourist destinations on Earth - vive la France 🕊️

[@lisachen119]

Eiffel tower is a kind of lighthouse. this is the incredible idea of a great engineer to build this tower .This is the best video about this tower. good job,

[@stevenzwolinski3047]

Mr Eiffel was brilliant in many ways , his best was preserving the tower❤

[@hasse102]

There is an other tower designed and built before this by the firm Henry-Lepaute where you can see the resemblance in the steelwork with this slightly more famous tower and that is the Valsörarna lighthouse in Finland built in 1885. You have to look that up as no links are allowed here.

[@dodge33445]

How cozy it would be staying in that little apartment SO high in the sky during a rain storm. :) MAN so cool.

[@timotheelegrincheux2204]

How on earth did they ever get a piano up there? Certainly not by the spiral staircase!

[@lastsinner1738]

What a iconic design he really was ahead of his time. Could you imagine having the apartment at the top? You could probably feel it swaying. This man was a genius to surround it's mystic around science to keep it alive.

[@dss12]

Clickbait. Your videos turned into clickbait - video supposedly about the apartment on top, but only a quarter of the video talks about it.

[@GanymedeXD]

What ridiculous nonsense … thats not clickbait … you got no clue what clickbait is but cone up with clickbait blah blah … as the apartment is featured in the clip its no clickbait … does not mean the whole clip is about it … facepalm …

[@lsdzheeusi]

Buff-ets?

[@brandonha]

Gotta do something to get people commenting.

[@greatwhiteswag]

I often notice multiple similar mispronunciations in each video which aren't even considered regional differences. He's an intelligent guy but maybe reading so many scripts possibly get ahead of some individuals.

[@AcuraAddicted]

5 billion lights? That's insane! How is this even possible?

[@StaticImage]

It's not. It's a misread/misprint and it is 100% incorrect.

[@AcuraAddicted]

@@StaticImage That's what I thought.

[@dieselscience]

For more than 25 years after the world expo, Parisians wanted to tear it down but didn't because they'd have to pay a tax to cover the demolition/disassembly cost.

[@leschase1824]

My late wife and I went to Paris on a day trip on Eurostar from the original London terminal at Waterloo, and visited the Eiffel Tower. We made it to the top eventually, after not realising of the queues for tickets. 3 long for the lifts all the way to the top, and one shorter, to use the stairs to level 2. Yes we hoofed it to level 2 then lift to the top. A certain experience I will never forget. It is OK if one is fit and healthy, and no way if one is not. Also, on a perfect day, I am informed, one possibly can see the Pyrenees towards the south of France.

[@andrewj9831]

Agree...did the same thing used the stairs. Because of that, I have a "better" story then most. Most people don't have pictures between ground level and level 2. The stairs is a "hidden gem" as you get to see the layout of things.

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

Thank you for the information, Ryan. Did not know about the apartment or the fact that it was meant to be torn down after a few years. He was very smart to come up with other uses for it beyond the World's Fair.

[@shannonobrien9922]

I was lucky enough to travel to Paris at 16! Our tour leader told us how when it was being built the Bourgeois HATED the landmark and loathed eating at the restaurant but did so "because it is only place to eat where u don't have to look at it!" Regardless- its Amazing

[@GanymedeXD]

Its not the only place to eat without seeing it … makes zero sense … what about the other 100s restaurants?

[@rodfast8196]

I read a story in readers' digest years ago about a con man that had sold the tower to a scrap dealer . His name was Victor Lustig. Twice he sold it. Lol

[@arfyness]

2:20 wow that actually works remarkably well on a small enough screen!

[@DaveSCameron]

I spent spring 1989 in Paris 🇫🇷 and Michael Chang won his only Grand Slam 🎾 tournament at Roland Garros, there was 100s of American tourists there and the sun shine bright 🔆

[@Patrick5]

15:14 That is Vegas!

[@GanymedeXD]

And? Its so iconic its featured in KV! And? 😂

[@waynesmith3908]

Guaranteed job security, as the light bulb changer guy ! Hahaaa

[@wilfredprins9718]

I have one of these mova globes, it stopt rotating 🙁 It really looked nice when it worked But now it's not that nice anymore

[@davedruid7427]

At 3:18 of the KZbin, when Narrator goes on about how the Tower was used for Experiments, he shows the Footage of a Darwin who tried out his Parachute Suit that he created and ended up becoming a Darwin.

[@letigidou453]

A magnificent structure, truly an eye full...

[@tomdegan6924]

That was fascinating.

[@minapatra2663]

The real mystery is what were those constructions that looked like small houses above the base of the tower?They can be seen in the video.Why aren't there anymore?

[@Fjalll]

3:14 Franz Reichelt failed parachute attempt 1912

[@MelanieHall-kv6op]

Fascinating but at approximately 10 minutes 42 seconds the description says the entire department instead of the entire apartment I suggest you updated it

[@CapnKetchup]

VERY good doc on the Eiffel Tower! I learned so much!

[@stubones]

One of the best experiences of my life was climbing the steps of the Eiffel tower back in 2011. I just wish I could have gone to the top.

[@edwinhageman9377]

You might want to consider: when giving measurements; not only using METRIC but also INCHES & FEET!? So that USA & others can tell how high long ETC. It is !?

[@Tclans]

Others? Not much left now are there 😄

[@msw7021]

Multiply by 3,28

[@nancydrew1882]

I'm Canadian and I understand better in imperial measurements.

[@sorellman]

What is missing from this otherwise very interesting presentation is the fact that Eiffel had a small room right on top of the tower that was his personal study. I had a chance to see it when I was there. The reason why he built the "secret" apartment and this little room was to prove the French people and the world how much he trusted the soundness of the construction. As mentioned in the video, he also contributed to the building of the Statue of Liberty. The statue was a present offered to America by the French Freemasons to celebrate the 110 anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Eiffel was a Freemason.

[@kevinh891]

Just imagine the poor SOB's that had to lug the furniture up there!!!!

[@trespire]

Engineering is the foundation of sociaty. Not all works are as visible as the Eiffel tower, many are hidden from sight.

[@donnamealy4877]

I was hoping to see your pictures of the “secret” apartment. We’re you able to see it?

[@jamesmiller4184]

See it here Donna: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJOmcpuZqMp5bs0

[@donnamealy4877]

@@jamesmiller4184 thank you! I hope you enjoyed your visit. Sounds like it from your videos. I appreciate you making these as I will never get there-- afraid of heights! 😄

[@GanymedeXD]

Simply Google it … there are plenty …

[@endall39]

I may have missed it, but did you explain the apartment’s use today? Is it accessible to the public on a tour or anything like that?

[@jamesrawlins735]

The apartment has been restored. They placed a glass divider and you can see inside from the observation deck. There are wax figures of Eiffel, Edison and Eiffel's daughter in the apartment.

[@dolsiemercado3140]

He must of seen the most amazing views from that height. He might of had a foldout bed tuck away somewhere.

[@annek1226]

Like a Murphy bed?

[@TheRealKalEll]

I have been inside the multi floor apartment and it did indeed have a bedroom. If only people really knew what this device truly does/did they would tear it down in an act of revenge.

[@redbear4027]

Let's redefine the term secret as something that people all know about, yeah that's a great idea.

[@bigbrianDASHncDOTcom]

The factoid “there are 5 billion lights on the Eiffel Tower” sounds like one of those things some one put in their list of Eiffel Tower facts to catch people who copied it and put it in their own lists without doing any critic as l thinking, it just seems impossible, if you built the Eiffel Tower from 5 billion bulbs only it would end up taller than it is by far, a more reasonable number (. Also google able ) is the following “Originally a temporary installation to ring in the new millennium, the Eiffel Tower's lighting unit became a permanent fixture in 2003. To obtain it's sparkle effect, each side of the Tower was fitted with 5,000 metal casings containing a 6W xenon bulb, for a grand total of 20,000 lamps and 120kW of electricity.”

[@sarasotasage6135]

I'm going to pop in a Jimmy "Buffay" CD and see what's available at the "buffette" table.

[@namesake-mx9nl]

More than a century ago , to design and have the faith to construct such an enormous building , remarkable people .

[@DeltaDemon1]

Many people were negative against the CN Tower in Toronto as well. Now it's considered part of its landscape and people could not envision a Toronto without the CN Tower.

[@rrain3375]

This tower was made for the worlds fair. And so few worlds fairs have anything left for public venue remain.

[@Ypsiroselee]

There can never can be too much information. Thank you!

[@BoneGoddess]

I’m so happy it never got torn down

[@pogos6633]

I have a picture of my grandfather on the top level. World War One

[@markdavid4897]

Thank you for this incredible video. Excellent work.

[@meatfix]

5 billion lights? holy crap!

[@solidassiraq]

More like 20,000 6V bulbs scattered across the tower. 5bil would be insane!

[@josephsarra4320]

Hey Ryan Socash, hope everything goes well and really liked the episode. Let me ask you this, would you like consider doing a documentary series covering the first industrial revolution similar to how Real Time History's documentaries like Glory and Defeat & Napoleon's Downfall? I'm curious to know what you think.

[@johndee5973]

Was up on the summit in 2019. Have to get tickets early for that level. Stunning to be on.

[@iii9266]

He also has several designed & built buildings in Mexico, one of which is the 2 story central market in Mazatlan still with the original marble steps to the second deck perimeter.

[@PhantomWoIf]

are there any videorecording of that ?

[@iii9266]

@@PhantomWoIf not that I have.

[@roysmith6118]

I had a cup of coffee on the second level in 1967. One special item on my bucket list.

[@leonciohernandez]

The most known tower in the world i was there many years ago it is very impressive is an engineering sucess Eiffel was a Genius. I can Hear about Paris without bringing the tower image to my brain.

[@Chaos_God_of_Fate]

I kinda wish we had towers like this all over the World, especially in wide open areas.

[@carrieraupp757]

Wow 🤩 Grateful for such a monumental visionary; Gustave Eiffel.

[@BoomerBlogging]

Sorry if I missed it - but - is the apartment in the Eiffel Tower still in tact? If so is the place furnished and usable = or = for that matter - is it even accessible?

[@andrewskivington6453]

It's still there. You can't go inside, so you can only look through the windows, but it's furnished.

[@BoomerBlogging]

@@andrewskivington6453 - Thanks Andrew - very interesting! To me at least!

[@Soda3000Pop]

It's beautiful and iconic, the logo of Paris, the pride of France! From Ms Diana LaFleur USA

[@lethalweaboo8662]

Honestly the reason most of my family didn't go to the top is they were too scared after getting to the second floor. The second floor is scarier than the top though.

[@nancyd6770]

Me, too! I had the tickets to go, but had a queasy tummy from the second floor! It was a dream come true to go to Paris and the Eiffel Tower.

[@kenboulder212]

Ah, yeah?

[@chrisforte9894]

5 billion lights? Really?

[@joebenzz]

The first storey of the tower had so much more beautiful ornaments with all these arches and decorations. Why did they replace it with the ugly flat one we have now?

[@interwebtubes]

Yeah I’ve eaten at the restaurant up at the top of the top of the Eiffel tower , Interesting stuffs, I can definitely tell you that the tower is a heavily visited find Mark , Pretty cool place to visit, I would strongly suggest going in either spring or summer time, I had no idea about the apartment , However the gift shop is a pretty good place to pick up some souvenirs , Have fun everyone and please enjoy the Channel

[@bardsolas]

Thanks for sharing :)

[@interwebtubes]

Correction, Landmark , Just a little hosed up posting, Excuse me

[@Dex99SS]

Man.... really went all in with the T in "buffeT" there eh? Gonna go get some food at the ol buffeT, while listening to some Jimmy BuffeTT, and sitting on my tuffet.

[@brandonha]

Was this really a secret?

[@EEVENEEVEN-vb5qy]

I knew about it years ago

[@DuddeYT]

Nah

[@gregoryams]

No, just lick baite.

[@garyschlagheck603]

I really enjoy your videos

[@timmotel5804]

Absolutely superb documentary. Interesting and educational. Thank You

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

Great video!

[@yardarm5]

Great French history well preserved an always promoting inspirational genius

[@M.Godfrey]

1889… incredible feet of engineering for the time. Indeed

[@gregoryams]

It's a museum, you can't just walk in, nice click baite, good one. Not very honest but hey, do you care?

[@sammydavis991]

What did it cost you?

[@mtaylorfoofa]

@@sammydavis991 our time..?????

[@proconsumersafety]

Thank you for sharing. Its funny to see that clip in Las Vegas with the bus. Not sure of the reasoning behind this clip. The Eiffel Tower is amazing to see though and especially the history. Thank you for sharing.

[@LanceGrey]

Episode Idea . . . . . The Peshtigo Wisconsin fire on the same night as the Chicago Fire. 🔥 As you know, Our friends at FC (Forgotten Chicago) have several images available. 😃

[@philipfrancis2728]

Also, boo-fey, buff-ettes and buff-ay are all correct.

[@delusionnnnn]

"Buff-ettes" is not correct. While I'm not a prescriptivist by nature, if there is no consensus or consistent use behind a thing (be it class, ethnic, regional, national, colloquial, etc.) then it's simply a mispronunciation.

[@DakotaFord592]

You don't need a bed to sleep on. You can sleep in the living room and the Eiffel Tower. Lol.

[@iancadwallender9779]

It's no secret.When lego sold the tower on its launch,it came with a free model of this room.And Buffette ???

[@jamesk641]

Great video. A small fact of the tower, is every member is in compression. Cast iron has vary little tensile strength. I can not recall if I learned that in my structural engineering class or Architectural history. It was probably the latter, 4 decades ago my memory starts to go foggy. On the destructions of these types of structures (many from world exhibitions) I wish we had more records of the Crystal Palace of 1851. Knowing it was not a World fair, I think the world lost a monument and an ingenuous structural idea from Frank L Wright of the Imperial Hotel/Tokyo. I did my thesis in structural concrete on that structure.

[@Gmh6477]

Eiffel also built the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty.