Walking in COIMBRA / Portugal 🇵🇹- 4K 60fps (UHD)

Coimbra, in central Portugal is the country’s former capital. The city sees fewer tourists than the Lisbon, Porto or the Algarve. Visitor will see a medieval old town and historic University of Coimbra.
We also start our walk on the bank of the Mondego River. From there we enter the inner city with the garden "Largo da Portagem" and R. Ferreira Borges walking street with cafés and shops. We make a little detour via the Praça do Comércio before returning via the Igreja de São Tiago and seeing the main church Igreja de Santa Cruz.
The tour continues as we explore the narrow streets of the historic centre and eventually end up at the Botanical gardens.
We head further uphill and turn around after the prison to get back in to the city centre. The steeply stacked historic centre dates to Moorish times and is one highlight of Coimbra. We end up at the University of Coimbra at last enjoying the view over this city.
Note: there is a cut at 1:05:00 before going into the old town and up to the university
Filmed in December 2019
Camera: Osmo Pocket in 4K60
Mic: Zoom H1
#poptravel #coimbra #portugal

[@europefromcar5762]

You deserve a lot more views! In these days, people are remember about their live about one month ago. Hope we will get back soon! With more care of our planet!

[@poptravelorg]

Thank you, the views are developing well and the world is getting back in control in most places it seems. I'm looking forward to walking outside again. Thanks for watching!

[@agnelosantos1006]

A mais linda cidade do País 👍

[@CommunismNeverWorked]

Do mundo

[@cesar.vasconcelos]

Coimbra tem mais encanto mesmo

[@rsnankivell1962]

Beautiful walk, Coimbra is a nice university city. Lots of art in it. Well above the average of the country’s cities. Good job.

[@joseguarachi6331]

Excelente!. Agradecido.

[@CityWalks]

👍Great walk. Thanks for a view of the city and a reminder of pre-virus life. I need to get a separate sound system going. I'm inspired by the quality you get. Thanks. -H

[@poptravelorg]

Thank you Henry! The audio part was indeed tricky. I am covering more of the microphone than I thought I had to.. So I have the windmuff covering the mic and a little hat (like a beanie hat) wrapped around the mic-body and powerbank. It's still possible to optimize to recording beyond low cut filter. As I equalize the loudness I don't have a good idea how to get my huffing and puffing or footsteps toned down in quiet areas which become louder than they should be. As I used Mac software I'm working on a PC solution and scripts now with Powershell and ffmpeg. Will see how I can improve all that further.

[@gustavopereira6575]

Great video! Coimbra é maravilhosa. Gostaria de um vídeo das cidades do Norte, terra dos meus avós! Congrats!

[@tiago2042]

O português falado no Norte de Portugal é muito mais parecido com o português falado no Brasil e também com o galego. Você não acha?

[@fernandolucio5473]

Lindo video! Obrigado

[@ashk.7463]

GREAT VIDEO!!!

[@mbwheeler5641]

Hello from Louisiana, very pretty city. Stay safe!!

[@poptravelorg]

Thank you! You too!

[@trailcrazed6936]

Great video! Such interesting architecture. Love how you always capture animals you come across! The cats 🐱 reminded me if your video of Malta 🇲🇹. Thanks!

[@dalferr]

Your video is fantastic! Thank you very much for sharing your work, warm greetings from São Paulo, Brazil.

[@poptravelorg]

Thank you for this nice comment! Greetings to Brazil!

[@Adriana_adrianna]

Eu amo Coimbra...

[@girlaine_Sa]

Excelente vídeo 👏👏❤

[@poptravelorg]

Thanks. A nice city where you can exercise well with those hills

[@shivabctrans1]

Great video! How could anyone possibly dislike it ?

[@joaoconchilha2231]

Great work, you are in a good shape, you need it in my city, congrats.

[@poptravelorg]

Thank you! I was certainly huffing and puffing up hill. The microphone makes it a bit louder than it should be 😎. A nice city. Loved my day in Coimbra

[@CityTrips]

👌👌👏👏

[@reginadiasrebelo9128]

Coimbra is not.only the historical center, there are other new areas everywhere.

[@poptravelorg]

I'm open for suggestions. Still, viewers on KZbin are mostly interested in the most touristic parts. I sometimes record walks outside the centers which then get only limited views. Thanks for watching!

[@comrade916]

Impressive, but so hilly.. Hard to walk very far without exhaustion.

[@TB7530]

I'm not sure how you walk on the cobbles wearing heels. 🤔 Thanks for the nice video.

[@om_esmail_tv]

👍👌🌺

[@paulkonye8380]

You've convinced me I need to go to Portugal now Poptravel! 2021 with some luck. This is a beautiful walk and a lovely time of day. Were they remnants of the Roman empire there?

[@poptravelorg]

There are some remnants like the roman aqueduct that you see from 43:00 . There are surely more things in museums like The National Museum Machado de Castro. Coimbra is rather easy to reach from either Porto or Lisbon. I took the bus from Lisbon and the train from Coimbra to Porto. If I'd go again I would go by train both times as the train station is closer to the old town

[@luismarques9280]

A few km away there's the Conímbriga Roman city, one of the best Roman ruins in the entire country....

[@stephanemalabar2319]

Great video, I love how your walks give a real description of how a place is. Just a quick question if you don't mind. If you had to compare Porto and Coimbra, which one felt more vibrant for you ? I am looking to settle in an alternative place to Lisbon, and was not convinced by Porto unfortunately...

[@poptravelorg]

Porto felt more busy and lively like a big city. Coimbra has students that bring some life and I felt comfortable there. It's easy to get around on foot with exercise on those hills. I wonder if it could get too small over time though. I spent 3 days in Porto and 1 in Coimbra where I stayed directly in the centre. You get to know all places rather quickly. If a more homely feel is what you're after Coimbra probably offers that more than Porto

[@stephanemalabar2319]

@@poptravelorg I see, that's what I thought as well. The good thing is that Coimbra is in the middle

[@lisboaantiga260]

1:16:43 A cabra que toca em Coimbra; Construída em 1728 e tem de altura 34m

[@traveloop3585]

Nice video! I have a question though: How come there's never any disturbing wind noises, in your videos?

[@poptravelorg]

Thanks! I found the audio solution way too late actually. Videos taken by October 2019 often have wind noise. The Zoom H1 microphone has a mid muff like everybody uses (double / foam and fur) since the beginning and low cut filter. I noticed in October 2019 that the microphone plastic body also takes up windnoise. This was surprising, so I first wrapped the whole mic-body into some fur-cloth and later more often into a little hat which is easier to hold. The wind still gets in, though much less than before. Getting good audio was way trickier than the video part. Now I mostly have solved this previous problem that I thought had no solution

[@reginadiasrebelo9128]

Have you seen a map from Coimbra before the video ?

[@poptravelorg]

Usually I walk along with Google Maps in my right hand trying to find the "busy" areas. Here I tried to make a round though I would probably start a different route my 2nd visit up at the university - mostly reverse. Back in late 2019 I only was 2 nights there in Coimbra, so one full day. I may revisit on another Camino de Santiago route. This year I went the shorter Camino starting in Porto - the longer Portuguese one from Lisbon passes Coimbra

[@rahulrathod-vx6yv]

Days

[@dariomoreno9267]

Walking at cappadocia please

[@progeneprogeneprogene4130]

Não está preocupado com o covid-19 ? ? parabéns pelo vídeo mas se proteja

[@poptravelorg]

Obrigado. O vídeo é de Dezembro de 2019 antes de a pandemia chegar a Portugal. Estou em casa desde o início de Março de 2020 ( kzbin.infoUgw5_Mnv-vDxWO8gNb54AaABCQ )

[@szy1990511]

come to china

[@bumble.bee22]

Wow

[@poptravelorg]

I've been to China twice - around 2 months in total before filming and when the time comes I'll surely return. Thanks for watching!

[@jesusruiz3832]

Bella ciudad, pero repleta de graffitis vandálicos, degradación y abandono del casco histórico y donde lo viejo choca con lo antiguo no siempre armoniosamente. No obstante, venerable ciudad de la sabiduría.