We Spent 48 Hours In Cardiff & It Totally SHOCKED US 😮

Join us as we explore Cardiff the capital of Wales and the wettest city in the UK! From the city centre, to the Cardiff Bay and nearby Penarth - Cardiff exceeds our expectations and leaves us with a lasting impression. From world class museums, to dramatic triassic landscapes, beautiful coastal walks and fun activities this city really does have it all!
📍Recorded May 2023 in Cardiff, Wales
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[@nmarks]

CardIff Docks was the busiest coal exporting port in the world. The Coal Exchange is one of Cardiff's most iconic buildings, and it was where the world's first million-pound cheque was signed.

[@JJExtra]

Oh wow that’s insane. Thank you for sharing those facts. Would never have known about the cheque 😮

[@mikejonah2269]

actually incorrect, Barry's second dock opened in 1898 which significantly increased the capacity for coal export. By 1913 Barry had overtaken Cardiff as the busiest coal port in the world. just saying 🙂

[@totalplonker824]

It's also where Shirley Bassey used to strout her stuff and I don't mean with her voice. Well maybe with her mouth 😂

[@GingerWarriorCyclingClub]

Actually the cheque was signed in the coal exchange which is close by.

[@rhodridavies9426]

Actually, you can walk all the way to Penarth across the barrage ;-) Glad you enjoyed your visit to my city. There's still much more to see, and I hope you take the time to do so.

[@ViridiansDragons]

I've lived here all my life, I still really enjoyed watching this, I love it here, I hope you found us all welcoming!

[@chrissyk3783]

Im from western Canada and my stepson is moving there. My husband and i will probably go there in a year or two. Ive left Canada only twice and went to 5 northern states in the U.S. I have googled Cardiff and the housing is so very different. Very old buildings, so quaint to me. I could see myself being so," awestruck"! So beautiful and can hardly wait. I live in Edmonton Alberta currently and moving back to British Columbia, Canada soon. We bought one acre of land there and plan to build a house,just in time for retirement.❤ from Canada

[@michaelzzzzzzzzzzzz]

Really is a great city. Within 90 minutes, you have great beaches, mountains, and fairytale castles (Castel Coch) What's also great is that it's small enough to get around but big enough to have lots to see and do. Not sure if you tried St Fagans a free outside museum where they have just reconstructed the oldest pub in Wales after it wad knocked down a few years ago. And what about the arcades, ar Christmas time they are magical. Great city and like the rest of the UK we don't give ourselves enough justice

[@siarlb8115]

Not the oldest pub in Wales, not even the oldest pub in Cardiff (I believe the oldest pub in Cardiff Centre is the Rummer Tavern) but a significant building. It was not ‘knocked down” but carefully dismantled and rebuilt 😁

[@flopendrey1405]

I really need to spend more time in Cardiff! Last time I was there, I loved walking around Cardiff Bay and would recommend it anyone visiting the city. On the outskirts of Cardiff you can visit St Fagans, an open air museum where buildings from all over Wales have been rebuilt. There's loads to see there and it's free entry. Also I would recommend Castell Coch, which you can see from the M4. The Marquess of Bute rebuilt a medieval castle to make a fantasy Victorian Gothic castle which is quite unusual. It's looked after by CADW, so if you are with English Heritage, you can get in for half price in the first year and for free after that...

[@JJExtra]

Hi Flo, thank you for sharing. We nearly visited Castell Coch but ran out of time so we will have to save that for another time. Until this visit we had only ever spent 2 hours in Cardiff so it was great to see more of the city. The walk around the Cardiff Bay really is beautiful.

[@welshlady]

You can also see Castell Coch from the Keep in Cardiff Castle.

[@maryh848]

You can never get tired of Cardiff. There are so many beautiful buildings, arcades, lovely shops and friendly people. I wish I lived there. Mary H.

[@caffeine596]

Nice video of my hometown, and great to see the logo and graphics we designed for Fabulous Welshcakes too (they are good cakes aren’t they even though I’m slightly biased…). They were our very first client when we set up… Great to see you enjoyed Cardiff, there’s a lot of great stuff here, and there are more dinosaur prints out past Sully too, though some have gone missing and other have been taken to keep them safe from being stolen… all the best with the channel.

[@JJExtra]

Oh wow that’s awesome. Love the logo… and not just because it means we are going to be getting some delicious Welsh cakes 😂 we didn’t know about the other prints so thanks for letting us know!

[@leighcanham763]

Enjoyed your perspective of Cardiff. Glad you liked the city too. I left Cardiff for London when I was 16 in 1971, in that time though I lived on the Continent and in Dublin. I´ve lived here again permanently since 2013. A love reborn! I adore my home city now and it is good to see it through other people´s eyes. Thanks you for posting. There´ll always be a welcome for you in Cardiff.

[@lifetruthseeking5808]

Cardiff is such a lovely city I use to live there and enjoyed living there

[@JJExtra]

It is beautiful, took us a bit by surprise.

[@user-fm3wc2nh3m]

From 1996 up to 2019 i have visited cardiff about 15 times.i never get bored i am lucky because i had relatives to stay with so didn't have to pay for accommodation just travel and personal expenses..onmy 20+ i always had tears when leaving the city..it has got a magic that holds you and you want to return..

[@tobyjackman3212]

I'm glad you enjoyed my city! Not having chocolate in Welsh cakes though 😉

[@bambit08]

Just spent a few days in wonderful Cardiff.... LOVE IT!

[@rephaelrechitzky9763]

Guys, you are super. I love you and happy to have found you. Thank you for making me feel so much better. Come to visit Toronto and make me laugh here too. 😂🤣🤩

[@JJExtra]

Thank you! We would love to visit Toronto one day 😍😍

[@msbluejayway]

Going to Cardiff this summer, and you've given me a couple of new ideas of what to do when I'm there, thanks!

[@JJExtra]

That’s awesome. We hope you have a great time!

[@iistoyanova7876]

Im going this Saturday....10.06.23...hope everything will be good🤞

[@thatorientalkid9509]

Really looking forward to my trip in Cardiff now that I’ve seen your video 😊💖

[@JJExtra]

We hope you have an amazing trip to Cardiff. It’s good to hear our video has got you excited for it 😃

[@ktjai9445]

Im cardiff born and bred. I moved away 5 years ago, i now live near llantrisant about a 25min drive away or 15min train journey. I do love Cardiff, i never thought i would leave. I always used to say "Cardiff born, Cardiff bread, Cardiff till im dead" 😂 but i love where i live now, its lovely and quiet and a slower pace of life. I have the best of both worlds now because im still so close to the diff 😃 Just found your channel and gave you a sub 😁

[@JJExtra]

Welcome to the channel. We loved Cardiff so can see why you thought you’d always stay but nothing like absence to make the heart grow fonder!

[@welshlady]

I live in Talbot Green.

[@deehiggins4799]

Hi do you remember a bobo the clown ? He was an entertainer there .

[@welshlady]

@@deehiggins4799 I do not sorry

[@johndavenport8843]

Nice job!

[@brendan697]

Beautiful city and a great vid guys ❤

[@JJExtra]

Thanks Brendan 😊

[@EvaNemetKonc]

I would love to visit Cardiff one day. Until then, thanks for your video! 😊

[@JJExtra]

Thanks for watching Éva, we hope you get to visit Cardiff one day 😀

[@Tanker-on-blitz]

Ha get used to the rain it ain't leavin

[@stellam8157]

Great video. I live 3 miles away, been there many times but you've shown things I didn't know!

[@JJExtra]

Glad we could show you new things. We hope you get to explore them for yourself 😊

[@andrealane7840]

Thanks for your amazing review of cardiff and i agree its fab

[@JJExtra]

Thank you for watching 😊

[@sharonperkins5175]

I have never been to Cardiff, but your video has spurred me on to try to make time to visit this year. The museum looks interesting as did the Welsh Cakes. Great vlog as always thank you. xx

[@JJExtra]

Thanks Sharon. Definitely worth a visit if you can find the time and the Welsh cakes are definitely a must try!

[@Theoplayzz10]

The museum has been the same thing for years, I wouldn’t recommend it.

[@welshlady]

The Welsh cakes are amazing

[@siarlb8115]

@@Theoplayzz10 it’s not a theatre with new shows each week. The National Museum of Wales is an excellent place to visit, the art gallery is particularly worth visiting with its fine collection of Impressionist and post impressionist paintings, including works by Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet and Cézanne. To say it’s not worth visiting says more about you than the museum itself. As well as the permanent displays there are always temporary exhibits to view. I don’t think you understand the purpose of a museum, it’s for education and enlightenment not entertainment.

[@Ashheartxxx]

I would recommend if you ever wanted to come back I would recommend you come in summer cause we have the aqua park up and it’s hilarious

[@Richard_Details]

Glad you enjoyed your time in the city, however it is not a patch on what it used to be. The city centre is horrible with shops closing down everywhere, a lot of areas are not exactly desirable either. The Bay is OK but after 44 years born and bred here, it really isn't such a nice place any more

[@annpritchard1567]

Hey both, Cardiff is kind of nice, and the best is hot welsh cakes with a cuppa. The Brecon Beacons is pretty spectacular in good weather.

[@JJExtra]

Hi Ann, Brecon Beacons is on our list to visit at some point and we definitely won’t argue with the hot welsh cakes and a cuppa…. As long as it’s a cuppa coffee 😂

[@cthutu]

If you do go to the Brecon Beacons (or Bannau Brycheiniog as it's officially called), you should try out the Brecon Mountain railway, the Big Pit and Dan Yr Ogof.

[@sandracancelliere8590]

Nice that you visited my town Penarth. ❤

[@JJExtra]

We really liked it, shame we didn’t have more time to spend there but maybe another time 😊

[@pauldupre8894]

Love my city

[@daniella309]

Planning to move there from London ❤ just job hunting at the moment.

[@JJExtra]

Good luck!

[@importedmusic]

Lived in cardiff for 20+ years. Never knew you could get upstairs in the arcade 3:20

[@cthutu]

A few of the arcades have an upstairs.

[@EmmaJonYoureWelcome]

That spider was way too big! Its so cool that you found the dinosaur footprints. We think Cardiff is really pretty. xx

[@JJExtra]

It is pretty, way beyond what we expected. How cool is it to see actual dinosaur footprints though? Mind blown 🤯

[@MerlinsEars]

I love welsh cakes, never had fresh ones though, they looked so good. Harry would love the big wheel, especially the fact it spins 🤢😂

[@JJExtra]

Have you even had Welsh cakes if you’ve never had the real thing??? We fully expect to see you on that wheel eating Welsh cakes in the near future 😂

[@loonytunescrazy]

Nice I actually live in Wales

[@bsfbestshortfilmsonyoutube]

Cardiff or Bristol ? which did you like most ?

[@darrenhoskins8382]

Gotta be Bristol 🤔😜

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

We had similar trouble trying to find the dinosaur footprints in Skye too. Why does the internet make everything seem so easy?! lol

[@JJExtra]

We like to think we are bringing the balance to the internet with our struggles. It's definitely not like in the movies lol

[@flashtrayboy]

Can you do a video from Tunbridge Wells please? Grew up there but now live on the other side of the world. 🙏🏼

[@JJExtra]

Hi Ashley, we already have one on the channel which we filmed at the end of last summer. Here it is 👉🏻 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWOpgIKsor-No6s Hope you enjoy 😊

[@andyt8216]

Great video. I’ll be going the end of August for the first time since about 2011! Apart from doing what Americans do and calling a sea an ocean (!), spot on!

[@gordonhotchkiss646]

their is actually a town down the road called Penarth. A couple of years ago they found dinosaur remains their. Also if you love the TV shows Gotham and Amazon Prime show Ring of Power. Erin Richards who was in Gotham and the Sky Cinema film Save the Cinema is from Penarth. Also Morfyydd Clark who is in Ring of Power considers it her home town. The only other well known person from Penarth is David Sullivan who owns West Ham united

[@siarlb8115]

I don’t think Porn King David Sullivan is someone to brag about 😂

[@gordonhotchkiss646]

@@siarlb8115 why do you think I mentioned him last

[@Gez-C]

As a previous video of yours, but did you find the Tim Hortons in Cardiff?! I visited Cardiff last year for the first time, and thought the same as you, that it’s a beautiful city, I didn’t know what to expect, but it was very chilled for a big city!

[@JJExtra]

We did see the Tim Hortons yes, we visited it back in 2019 when we stopped in Cardiff on our way home but not this time. It is very chilled, that walk around Cardiff Bay is great!

[@tobyjackman3212]

Surely the same as any other branch?!

[@PETE1769]

i remember there is a dennys there in Cardiff the only one in UK

[@JJExtra]

Close Pete, the Dennys is in Swansea just up the road. Of course we have been there before given our love of America lol

[@Izzys-Horse-World]

I live in Cardiff, I never see any KZbinrs live their which is sad:(

[@elainegraham6665]

Ooooo Welsh Cakes🤤🤤 quick question hopefully you can remember, how many did you get and how much were they? The reason I ask is you can get gf ones from Fabulous Welsh Cakes and there is 6 in a pack for £4 (think they only do fruit ones though😢)

[@JJExtra]

They were 60p each or 12 for £6 😊

[@elainegraham6665]

Thank you 😊

[@adeyboy]

You get better welsh cakes from bake stones in the indoor market...

[@GingerWarriorCyclingClub]

Best Welsh cakes are in Cardiff market. That fabulous is a rip off. half the size and more than double the price.

[@JJExtra]

Thanks for the tip! We will be sure to try them on our next visit 😊

[@gmodify9568]

Only go to Cardiff for the superbowl or a few other things but i mainly go to swansea tbh

[@joegillis7493]

Really😂

[@patch4039]

The wall of animals near the castle is where Superted taught Spotty to cross the road kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5rSiqCmq9Z5gc0si=kRTYhIf0CRaIF4-Z

[@scarlettloveslittlemix5858]

i live here!

[@deehiggins4799]

Hi you two young men xx

[@JJExtra]

Hello 👋 😁

[@BristolLeathered2010]

Are u visiting any UK Christmas Markets ??

[@JJExtra]

We do plan to visit some this year .. just not sure what ones as of yet 😊

[@BristolLeathered2010]

@@JJExtra I'm going to Birmingham Xmas Market Bath or Edinburgh are good

[@ElasticPlastik1]

Come to Newport. It is shocking lol

[@JJExtra]

Shockingly good or… 😬

[@ElasticPlastik1]

@@JJExtra not good at all 😑😃

[@wreshrop1]

Newport - where your soul goes to die😅

[@hugodrax71]

Glad you enjoyed my hometown but I'm sad to say it's actually going backwards.

[@EggandChris]

How so?

[@hugodrax71]

City centre riddled with homeless people and beggars. Loads of empty shops especially in the famous Victorian arcades. A road system that's been utterly wrecked with cycle lanes and restricted access. Student accommodation everywhere. Dozens of chav bars and overpriced chain restaurants. A shedload of traffic enforcement cameras.

[@DaBigBoo_]

The homless and beggars have been for at least 5 years from what ive seen but yes they are annoying, however not hard to avoid and not pushy like newport The capital shopping center is dying for sure along with one small section off one of the other arcades but the john lewis is thriving beyond measure its just a matter of everyone dogpiling the best and leaving the worst. cycle lanes are here to stay, seath carbrain. Chav bars? never seen em. It gets noisy af during football events but nothing chavvy in my experience. Overpriced chain restraunts? Not at all lmao what?@@hugodrax71

[@siarlb8115]

@@EggandChrisignore him/her I have lived in Cardiff for 77 years and it’s improved beyond recognition. It’s a great place to visit, some people cannot cope with change

[@saeedahmed5429]

You missed four to five great spots that would of amazed you its kinda hidden though and people out of Cardiff don't really know about

[@JJExtra]

We always live an excuse to go back to a place so it’s good to hear there are still places for us to discover!

[@hadrianbird2645]

Swansea is the wettest city in the UK not Cardiff

[@welshie1979]

In my opinion its gone downhill, loads more homeless, more begging on street.

[@nmarks]

No Howells, David Morgan or Debenhams anymore. Sad.

[@tobyjackman3212]

True the city centre is like a war zone. Rather sad

[@tommyhassan3545]

I agree I’m from cardiff and the town centre is horrendous full of junky’s thieves whores and pimps

[@DaBigBoo_]

@@tobyjackman3212 ok boomers its not a freaking war zone.

[@siarlb8115]

@@DaBigBoo_I am a Boomer but agree with you 100%. So many old people look at the past through rose tinted glasses. Sure there are some things that are worse but generally that is because of society, nothing to do with the city. Cardiff is much better now than when I was growing up in the 50s and 60s. I love it.

[@Verntaff50]

Wettest city in the UK ? Bollocks

[@clintridout7896]

And once again its the weather that takes centre stage. Like it doesn't rain a ywhere else! Total bull

[@wildskel6350]

Funny fact 0n t0p 0f that wheel if the weather had 've been really clear y0u pr0lly c0uld've seen the brist0l wheel, 20 miles as the cr0w flies. West0n super mare fr0m penarth y0u can see the buildings 0n the seafr0nt.Il0ves the 'diff.