Why Milan Has 8 Orange Igloos

[@njdevilku1340]

Never has Tim traveller had a bad episode.

[@philvanderlaan5942]

We all have bad episodes, why would Tim want to film it though? Just stay home and call the doctor.

[@dmcgee3]

Dunno he’s spent a fair amount of time in Germany, I’m sure he’s got some Bad episodes there

[@philvanderlaan5942]

@@dmcgee3 we’ve all had a bad episode in a foreign country most of us would prefer not to remember them let alone film them

[@Nilguiri]

@@philvanderlaan5942 Whoosh! haha.

[@raphaelbrasse1996]

@@dmcgee3 As in these "Bad" ? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spa_towns_in_Germany

[@TheOoblick]

1. Tim Traveller Theme 2. Grand Designs 3. Dad's Army 4. Keeping Up Appearances 5. Pingu 6. Grand Designs (again) 7. Mario Theme 8. Wish you were here Utter class as usual. Thanks Tim.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

Thank you!

[@Gatherersmusic]

We need one of these on every video 😁

[@TheOoblick]

For anyone who doesn't know what the Tim Traveller theme is in it's entirety, then please have a gander at this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qH_Ok4Wgl5yMers It's basically my get out of bed in the morning music.

[@MartinJahn]

I notice background music on two occasions, it's too awful or it's really good. And your attention to detail made this really good.

[@thorsteinj]

Came here for this comment. The music consists of at least 120% of these videos' quality.

[@MrFingers127]

Allegedly, the architect responsible for the preservation of the remaining iglo's in the 1960's is called Luigi Figini.

[@althejazzman]

Haha you made that up.

[@Nilguiri]

igloos*

[@Charlienmeg]

@@althejazzman Nope. He's definitely real.

[@ltlbuddha]

@@Charlienmeg Well, he was a real architect anyway

[@Charlienmeg]

@@ltlbuddha That's all I said. Not making any claims 👍

[@greycats99]

I was born and raised in Milan and never heard about these buildings before. I have been riding those old trams for years, though, and they are truly something from the past which I hope will stay for as long as possible in my city.

[@MrGreatplum]

Excellent - I nearly spat out my tea when the “mario growing because he ate a mushroom noise” appeared! The Italians certainly had classy prefabs!

[@sarahprunierlaw9147]

The music was excellent this video! (It is always good and I'm impressed that Tim plays it himself too!)

[@CoiN82]

I like the (tourist-)bus in the beginning with "Timvision" written on it. And the rest of the video of course.

[@vidarfe]

And the car at 1:46 with "Tim" written on the side.

[@northdetroit7994]

Good eye.

[@tijmen131]

In San Marino I saw a Tim traveling agency

[@domenicobulzis4397]

Tim is Italy's state telephone company

[@katekat1138]

“The Igloos of Milan” sounds a bit like an episode of Doctor Who. Nice!

[@mybrandnewlogin]

We have them in Warsaw, built in 1960s for exactly the same reason and also on the edge of a city which is now a cramped, concrete jungle. In Polish they are called "kopulaki" which translates to "domesies". And to go even further, most of them were already built over, just like these in Milan.

[@charcoaleater]

This reminds me of the "Teletubbies houses" in Sleman, Yogyakarta. After the dealy 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, the gov build dome houses as a solution for an earthquake-resistant house in Sleman area. They paint them in many colors and are now known as "the Teletubbies house" and became a tourist attraction.

[@TheMajkla]

Also check out Futuro houses aka the Flying Saucers. They look very cool. I can't post links in comments but this is a feat article A Map of the Last Remaining Flying Saucer Homes - Atlas Obscura

[@ChemySh]

oh damn, I live just across the city! Thanks for the info, might visit one day

[@xinlu2806]

I love your piano music, you always put so many references in it and it sounds quite professional! Your videos really gain from that.

[@kallebirgersson710]

I heard some Pingu-music in this episode about igloos

[@2008tourer]

He plays in a proper band so it must be proffesional :D

[@capmilk]

While we're at it: What is the tune at 2:01 which my brain knows but refuses to recognize?

[@KM-kl1tn]

I really enjoy your content and your humor.

[@mcolny]

Hi Tim, I have to say thank you once again. After the recent Consonno episode which made me discover an incredible and unknown place in my region, here you come again with another surprise for a citizen of Milan like me. I live just 150m away from Milan railway central station and I had never heard before about the existence of these "igloos" in my town. For sure I will go and have a look at them. Furthermore, I can confirm that our "tram" is a very successfull vehicle and it has become also an iconic symbol of San Francisco where ten of them were exported in the thirties. Thank's to Stefania as well and tell her to let the "forcone" apart

[@rockdockb52]

As a Canadian, this video really speaks to me. Also those trams are gorgeous. The interior is so well maintained while remaining original in design

[@andyjay729]

One of those trams is now in San Francisco as part of their heritage tram fleet (which also includes several painted like historic trolley lines from around the US), as well as trams from Melbourne, Osaka, Hamburg, Moscow, and an open-air "boat tram" from Blackpool.

[@LadyAnuB]

The MUNI F line traveling Market Street.

[@KingfisherTalkingPictures]

Came here to mention that. They are a lot of fun to ride, and very beautiful.

[@hbp_]

@@LadyAnuB oh, I have seen that. It used to be always horribly overcrowded but perhaps not during these times.

[@LadyAnuB]

@@hbp_ During the summer, yes, the F line is crowded since it's a tourist trap along with a functioning trolley line. Non-summer days are less crowded.

[@carlo_berruti]

I’m from Milan and never knew about them! Of course that’s going to be the destination of my next free afternoon spent in town. Thanks!

[@NomicFin]

I'm going to assume the problem they were meant to solve was dust piling into corners of rooms.

[@w6krg]

This was a particularly entertaining episode. Well done, Tim!

[@leomui]

No mention of the plumbing systems in these homes and whether they can be used to access secret cellars?

[@amankumar2947]

Loved it, Humor, Knowledge, and History are all on point!! Had a good laugh. For sure a place to pass by when in Milan.

[@52hahgz]

The "grand designs" theme is genius .

[@Dr.K.Wette_BE]

I took the same tram in 2006, so well preserved, yet travelling along super modern ones.

[@DavidMeggers]

More Milan trams please. Railway lines. Igloos. Dodgy smartphone video. Brilliant. Cheers Tim.

[@mojoich2736]

"There is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution" quote from someone the internet is not sure about.

[@kmw4359]

Damn, I just wrote that same reply after checking down a ways to see if anyone else had already done so. Then I kept scrolling because the comments are always so good!

[@prion42]

Probably Chiang Kai-shek on his deathbed realizing he would never get China back.

[@hedgehog3180]

I wonder what the longest temporary solution is.

[@Frank-Lee-Speeking]

@@hedgehog3180 Maybe income tax? As I recall, it was first implemented to pay for World War I, something which surely must have been accomplished by now.

[@tav9755]

Tim Traveller is one of THE best channels in YT. Where else on earth would I learn about Mushroom and Iglo houses. The narrative style of Tim is evzellent and entertaining.

[@PabloBD]

I spent a day in Milan just taking all the diferent trams and metros, so yeah, you know your audience

[@-_James_-]

I lived in Milano for nine months. I don't recall ever taking a tram. ;) Never saw any igloos either. :(

[@akkesm]

I go to Milan daily for university. This is the first time I hear about the igloos.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Pulling a Geoff Marshall.

[@schlollepop]

Ironically, I felt that the old trams are at least as comfortable as the newer ones. The tracks are in equally bad shape for all tram types anyway, but the all-plastic inside of the newer ones is just plain ugly.

[@Voltaic_Fire]

That tram is so damn spacious, those are some lucky riders.

[@atraindriver]

20 seats and 200 standees, very approximately. Pre-pandemic, anyway!

[@EGOCOGITOSUM]

@@atraindriver Trams rarely get too crowded in Milano except in the very very centre which locals avoid anyway, most people use metro

[@robingray1302]

Brilliant as always, I couldn't get Ian Dury's "Reasons to be Cheerful" out of my head, the Igloos of Milan fit in perfectly !!!

[@tomroggero]

I love the fact that this was recorded on some sort of lower quality video camara and YET I LOVE IT. This is pure content. Seriously. I love you Tim, cheers from an Argentine living in Munich.

[@erpatitube]

Loved the “Dad’s Army” theme in the background 😊

[@nijasty]

And Grand Designs!

[@NickNameNick2]

And the mario bros theme. Tim's music choices were exceptional for this one.

[@josephwinfield6813]

Cracked up at the Italian middle class family name of Secchiello (Bucket/Bouquet) Fascinating video, as always

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

Here we go again with my favorite laid-back youtuber The Tim Traveller

[@silys5253]

You are so gifted. You took a rather boring story and told it in such an interesting way… made me watch the entire video. You are amazing.

[@mebamme]

I got three of the musical references this time! That feels like an accomplishment.

[@runeodin7237]

Anyone noticed the red TIM-van at 1:46 - I don't think it is in the video by accident

[@jackielinde7568]

Yeup!

[@TheMajkla]

It's Tim[e]mobile

[@MrColinZ]

Love your content. I especially enjoy the quirky and unconventional architecture. Please keep up the good work.

[@montecristoED1975]

Thank you Tim for this video… of where I had lived for 20 years, and still where my family lives ! Great to see the igloos I could see everyday when I was younger

[@hanneselsen5282]

I can't even point out my favorite scene in this episode, because it's great in its entirety. Amazing work!

[@JohnMulhall1]

Protecting houses which were designed to be taken apart is a bit mad alright, but I'm delighted they are protected. Thanks for showing them to us.

[@oseqq]

Typically European thing to do. In my city there are post II WW neighborhood's that were intended last 5 years. You can check "Osiedle Jazdów" or "Osiedle Przyjaźń".

[@ABaumstumpf]

And all the problems that come with having to "protect" old inadequate buildings. Or like the rich people then do - "oops, it was an accident. When renovating the excavator that was bringing the cat-litter broke down the building".

[@ashleyhamman]

San Fransisco has the "Palace of Fine Arts" which was only intended to survive through the 1915 worlds fair, and the original building survived to 1964, before it was demolished and reconstructed anew with what appears to be very little actual improvement on the survivability of the structure.

[@jonathanma2741]

The Eiffel Tower was designed as a temporary structure, but thank god they decided to keep that

[@M4rtinK]

I think it depends - if the igloo design caught on and they built thousands of them, it would not be a big problem to replace most of them later one, some would still likely remain somewhere. But with just 8 pieces it definitely makes sense to keep to make sure some are protected and available for future generations to see.

[@NikolausUndRupprecht]

This looks like a great design for 3D printed homes. 🤔

[@enisra_bowman]

ESA has some studies for building or more printing structures on the Moon and they look not that far off

[@Voltaic_Fire]

@@enisra_bowman China has some printed concrete houses that look pretty good, I haven't heard or seen any follow up on them though.

[@mfaizsyahmi]

you can't put wet concrete, printed or otherwise, on a slope though. it'd collapse immediately. that's why you ever ever see concrete 3D printed straight up

[@NikolausUndRupprecht]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGjTgYSoa7p_fdU

[@Aelsenaer]

A lot of companies and universities are experimenting with 3D printed houses. They are building a testcase just a few blocks away from where I live.

[@iamsandrewsmith]

Love the little piano cue at the mushroom house-Mario realization moment. Bravo, sir!

[@lozinozz7567]

Beautiful tram. Happy for you to film on anything. Love the content x

[@nitt3rz]

I loved the Grand Design theme in the background, & the Dad's theme.

[@joshvisscher4120]

Love the Grand Designs theme during the description. Keep up the entertaining videos!

[@abbotbusoni4311]

Man watching The Dim Traveller really brightens my day!

[@EGOCOGITOSUM]

The house is located in a neighborhood called Maggiolina, where they did lots of architectural experimentation, there are a lot of strange houses and villas some very pretty some less, it's nice to go there on a fresh day and wander around

[@paulmarynissen]

Hi Tim, your videos are of such great quality, and I especially love how your sense of humour extends to your musical selections. You are doing so much for the mental health of people in lockdown, keep up the great work 👏👏👏

[@joermnyc]

Reminds me of Buckminster Fuller’s ideas of using geodesic domes for everything. Plus of course, the “Dymaxion House”.

[@CaptHollister]

One of his giant domes still exists in Montreal where it was erected as the US pavilion for Expo 67, the international world fair held here in, you guessed it, 1967

[@timeflysintheshop]

Good one! Thanks to your friend for suggesting you visit! This video had everything, humor, railroads, neat architecture, references to vintage video games, and of course it had you in it! It was the perfect video! Huzzah!

[@timflatus]

I think that's a total success as a TTT episode! Nice one, thanks

[@gabri_maybe]

Oh look,you're in my hood! Great video Tim,also enjoyed the gratuitous shots of the trams that I would otherwise see going around in the city centre

[@lorenzo_contini_7]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 "what is un forcone and where you want to put it?" had me good 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SamAronow]

A fair number of the 1500 series trams are now running in San Francisco, on the E and F lines, with their original Milan paint schemes and interiors- though the bogies have been widened for 1435mm gauge. Most of the trams running on those lines are either from Milan or old SEPTA trams from Philadelphia.

[@russvhill2]

I was so enthralled at your commentary, I had to watch it again to hear your always excellent music - good job I did because I was about to base my entire thesis on this video until I saw your warning. I'll probably use it anyway.

[@worldtraveler930]

Okay now that was a totally excellent episode well done!!! 🤠👍

[@mylesgarcia4625]

You are such a versatile and entertaining storyteller. Love your videos.

[@TheTimTraveller]

Thank you!

[@WizardOfDocs]

I actually went to a very similar-feeling place recently: Burnham Block in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA), home to six prototypes for Frank Lloyd Wright’s abandoned prewar prefab house project. They’re quite pretty, in an “I would build this in Minecraft” sort of way, and still all in use. Though we had trouble finding all six because the one on the end has been remodeled-it still has some distinctive design elements, but the materials look very different. Also this was from before FLW became an asshole architecture diva with no actual concern for the livability of his homes, so I feel okay getting excited about them.

[@davidlathrop9360]

Never thought my home town would be referenced even in the COMMENTS of a Tim Traveller video! And yes, the FLW houses here are actually quite pleasant. They're the kind of architecture I'd like to see more of, though we end up getting... well... more apartment blocks.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

No way, I'm also from Milwaukee. I knew there were a couple of Frank Lloyd Wright houses here, but I didn't know about the prefab house project.

[@collyn89]

+ 1 more to the Milwaukee viewers club. I need to check those out at some point too.

[@WizardOfDocs]

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 I was there visiting my grandparents, but cool :) Small world.

[@rodcampbell8231]

BRILLIANT usage of the Keeping Up Appearances theme song :D

[@darrenwilson8042]

Always entertaining and informative - thanks Tim

[@lindavainomae3489]

What a thoroughly entertaining and informative video about another hidden gem I did not know about - fantastic.

[@nebeldark]

Best humor is that one that give you something serious to think about. Like the housing crisis and the lack of cheap houses today for younger generations... thumbs up¡👍👍👍

[@laurentgully267]

Love your videos Tim, love the theme songs, the jokes, the tone, your personality, you are amazing! Mamma mia! That is a remain of the Mushroom Kingdom! 😂

[@stevewilson8467]

Mario designed the igloos out of basic necessity however he just created the mushrooms because he was a fun guy..

[@fimbulsummer]

🥇

[@SteRDLK]

That was a peach of a joke!

[@trevormoses5061]

🤣😂

[@bacicinvatteneaca]

Despite differences in spelling, both Latin and Italian pronounce that as [fuŋgi], not [fʌŋɡɑːɪ].

[@andrewsaunders307]

Great to have you back again! Hope you’re keeping safe and sane over there!

[@ljphoenix4341]

The music in this episode is top notch! Absolutely loved the Grand Designs music, that was a great touch. And in relation to the video as a whole, architecture is fascinating sometimes.

[@violetariveros7681]

I absolutely adore your videos, they have everything I could ask for.

[@danielforget9311]

As usual great video and love your sense of humour !!!

[@neilthehermit4655]

As always hugely entertaining and educational - You have surpassed yourself this time with the clever choice of music/themes, I nearly spat cofffe over the screen with the "Grand Designs" tune !

[@Tinu-1987]

Entertaining as always. Love the videos about the small but interesting things.

[@williambickers8609]

Getting real grand design feels from the background music!

[@antonrutten]

Loved the subtle details and the pitchfork joke. Many thanks again Tim! When reading out historic details you're like Simon Whistler, but even funnier.

[@Ash007YT]

Always a fan of the piano in the background. Dad's army, and other songs.

[@edenviews]

Excellent informative film about an obscure but valid subject, bringing in other historical side-subjects (the trams etc). As ever, more please!

[@paulcasey5204]

Brilliant Tim, if for no other reason than it saves me the trouble of going there in person. Thanks. Love the public artwork in Milan.

[@gwenaellepage4450]

The main theme from "Pingu" at 4:43 ! Well done !

[@anna.rrrrrr]

Love your channel, it never disappoints!!

[@MikkoHiiri]

Talented Tim, always great content. 👍

[@lennartmiau6504]

Love the music from 2:01 onward :)

[@nomadMik]

I used to catch one of those Milan trams to work, in San Francisco. Tim really needs to visit California some day, not just for the many-ways-remarkable transport in SF, but for the mediocre mountains, like the Sutter Buttes. (There are fabulous mountains, too, but other KZbinrs will handle those. 😉)

[@zanelindsay1267]

Yes, I rode a vintage Milan tram on the F-line in San Francisco years ago, along with a variety of other interesting and authentic vintage trams/streetcars on that route!

[@nomadMik]

@@zanelindsay1267 I've ridden Melbourne trams on the E and F lines, just like the ones I actually rode as a kid, the first time I visited Melbourne. It's awesome.

[@torben0275]

That's what I love your videos for. I mean, I might stumbled across the Wikipedia article about these houses one day, but your video is much more entertaining (and still telling me the story)

[@ilGardo01]

I'm gonna be honest with you, I haven't heard "un forcone nel c..." for the longest time and I genuinely laughed for a minute because of that!

[@kmw4359]

Nothing like an unfinished word to spark my curiosity … forcone = pitchfork? Since you didn’t finish the C word, I’m guessing the phrase means something naughty?

[@larispostae42]

@@kmw4359 Yes: it's the "Side B" ;-) A very apt anatomical part towhich to apply a pitchfork.

[@ilGardo01]

@@kmw4359 I mean, in English I believe is a "sometimes" naughty word - as George Carlin put it. It's just that Tim didn't say it, so I went along with him. (btw, the expression translated would be "a pitchfork in the a...")

[@kmw4359]

@@ilGardo01 got it! 😂

[@zitaksal]

Thank you, Tim, for another lovely video :). Warme groet uit België!

[@dcvariousvids8082]

Great music accompaniment and quirky interest as always.

[@pergunnareriksson]

Great housing history delivered in the best of ways.

[@jasongarufi8187]

Thanks for another great video, never knew about these Igloo homes

[@thegreatstapley]

Yet again, the musical soundtrack has me chuckling throughout

[@occoppo]

This might just be one of my favourite episodes!

[@cakemartyr5794]

As informative and entertaining as ever. Particularly liked the Dad's Army musical reference.

[@elyssamackbackyardparanorm5660]

Good show, as always! Thanks!

[@automotivetales]

love the dads army, grand designs, and mario references in the music

[@bobsrailrelics]

Great to see a video done on the phone so well. And loved the Mario Mushroom reference

[@1258-Eckhart]

A bit offtopic maybe, but I have one of these synchronicities going on: On Friday, a friend unexpectedly took me to see a monument to Don Juan of Austria (Victor of Lepanto, 1571), yesterday for a school project I had to look up Pope Pius V. (turns out he was the instigator of Lepanto, 1571) and now Tim takes us to the Via Lepanto in Milan.

[@albevanhanoy]

You absolutely KILLED the Mario theme. Such piano talent.

[@peterstean2138]

Fantastic - I love the Mario references. Now if you'd managed to get Princess Peach or Bowser references in there as well you would have immediately become my favourite KZbin channel (you're close already).

[@gothica64]

I love unusual homes like this. Have you been to the cube houses in Rotterdam? If not, you might like to, when I went, one of them was open as a show house, so we got to see inside.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

Love your videos, Timothy! Greetings from Bangladesh! xx

[@spennykcn]

Love the grand designs theme towards the end.

[@TomekSmykowski]

I love your take on the Grand Designs theme.

[@jackielinde7568]

HOW THE HELL DID I MISS THE 1500 SERIES TRAM! My father was stationed at Aviano Air Base (In Aviano, near Pordenone) in the early 80's. My parents would periodically go down to Milan for the open air market day, and take us kids. I never saw that tram! We'd drive down, park, walk around a bit, then head back home. AAARRRGGG!!! [EDIT] I did get to eat pastries from some of the shops there. So, there is that. (And I do want to go back.)

[@guyavni8834]

Loved the Fawlty Towers theme. Oh..and the video too...

[@hardanheavy]

1:47 Ha! Caught you! Pretenses of being like the rest of us. You and your production team came in your own luxurious company limousine, er, red builder van.