# ![@thetimtraveller Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:youtube::UC2LVhJH_9cT2XKp0VAfsKOQ.png) @thetimtraveller The Tim Traveller

The Tim Traveller posts on YouTube about to the, paris, instagram, twitter the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [--] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  46.32% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  32.63% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  16.84% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  15.79% [finance](/list/finance)  3.16% [stocks](/list/stocks)  2.11% [la liga](/list/la-liga)  1.05%

**Social topic influence**
[to the](/topic/to-the) 15.79%, [paris](/topic/paris) #2363, [instagram](/topic/instagram) 12.63%, [twitter](/topic/twitter) 12.63%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 11.58%, [france](/topic/france) 11.58%, [insta](/topic/insta) #1714, [facebook](/topic/facebook) 10.53%, [the world](/topic/the-world) 10.53%, [germany](/topic/germany) 9.47%

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Liechtenstein v San Marino: Are The World's Worst Football Team Officially No Longer The Worst Yes - it is time for the final video of the year the final video from Liechtenstein and the final FINAL video about the San Marino national football team After San Marino's historic 1-0 victory in September will Liechtenstein wreak their revenge and send San Marino back to the bottom Or can San Marino win again - and finish top of the group It all comes down to one freezing November night in Vaduz. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JgkiZ5S2WLY)  2024-12-31T19:30Z 387K followers, 121.8K engagements


"The Night San Marino Finally Won After Twenty Years Imagine what it would be like to be there when it happens. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ THE SWEEPER PODCAST On Twitter: https://twitter.com/SweeperPod On Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sweeper-a-world-football-podcast/id1557926870 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7j6UfGCD5EtkdhOZpD55jS"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KCYNrPfIzQw)  2024-09-10T16:00Z 387K followers, 203K engagements


"The Berkshire Mystery: Where Exactly Is "Berk" Yes Once again this channel asks the important questions. Today it's the Berkshire Mystery: if York is in Yorkshire and Oxford is in Oxfordshire then where exactly is "Berk" Well in this video we're going to try and find it. (And along the way we'll be asking similar questions about "Shrop" and "Wilt" among others.) ALSO STARRING Paul and Rebecca Whitewick - @pwhitewick HISTORICAL SOURCES THAT WE READ SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO Asser's "Life Of King Alfred" (published 983) - https://archive.org/details/asserslifeofking00asseiala/page/xii/mode/2up "The"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PE1NrifElYs)  2025-12-17T19:00Z 387K followers, 397.2K engagements


"Why French Railway Stations Delayed Their Clocks (& What Happened When They Did) In [----] the French railways unilaterally decided to move every clock in every railway station [--] minutes behind Paris time. Meanwhile the clocks outside the stations remained untouched. So why on earth (or at least in France) would you do that INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ MORE INFO "The history of railways and standard time" by Lucien Baillaud (in French) -https://journals.openedition.org/rhcf/416"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PELruSTO3qI)  2025-07-25T11:30Z 387K followers, 337.3K engagements


"The Forgotten Story Of Independent Saarland After WW2 Germany was split in two parts: West Germany and East Germany. And Saarland. Wait what As Germany prepares to celebrate [--] years of Reunification I went to Saarland to discover the story of the little country that divorced and rejoined Germany. twice. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ For more stories about football in independent Saarland there's a great article here:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RZ3vhPYex90)  2020-09-05T18:50Z 387K followers, 824.2K engagements


"The Paris Suburban Cable Car Is NOW OPEN (And Predictably I Love It) Yes the new C1 has opened Also it snowed. And if you think I'd be capable of resisting the temptation to rush out in my winter gear and enjoy the glorious (but extremely temporary) Alpine views. you'd be very very wrong 😇. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WqP4QipFCkc)  2026-01-18T19:15Z 387K followers, 238.2K engagements


"Czechia's Incredible 1960s Supervillain-Lair Hotel (And Why Its Architect Got Banned) In [----] a new hotel opened outside the city of Liberec in what was then Czechoslovakia. And it looked like nothing anyone had seen before. So what's it like inside How did it win one of the biggest prizes in architecture And why was its designer banned from the official opening I travelled to Liberec to find out more. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ WITH THANKS TO Milena Lnsk / Hotel Jetd -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_A3IywLiVTE)  2023-04-11T15:32Z 387K followers, 1M engagements


"Why Paris Is Extending One Of Its Metro Lines. With A Cable Car Paris (or more accurately the southeastern suburb of Crteil) is about to open its first urban cable car line. But what made them build a cableway instead of going with a more conventional option like a bus a tram or extending the existing metro line I went out to the end of Line [--] to see it for myself. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ MORE INFO Official website of the C1 (in French) -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aPrC0eXns9w)  2025-08-30T17:50Z 387K followers, 177.6K engagements


"France Still Has One Of Its Old Hoverports In the late 1960s France and the UK built four brand new hoverports - designed to accommodate the legendary SRN4 cross-channel hovercraft. Today only one of the four hoverport terminals is still standing. And I decided it's about time I went to explore it. With special guest star Geoff Marshall: https://www.youtube.com/@geofftech2 Thank you to the friendly staff at Le Terminal who grew up locally and were very happy to chat to us about the hoverport and its history: https://www.facebook.com/p/Le-Terminal-61575871754639/ RECOMMENDED FURTHER VIEWING"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=caJ6aWFijkA)  2026-02-01T20:00Z 387K followers, 217.3K engagements


"San Marino's 1930s Electric Railway And How Britain Wrecked It On 12th June [----] San Marino proudly opened its brand new electric railway. It was modern clean quiet and well-used - but [--] years later it was gone. So what went wrong I went to explore the old tunnels. and discovered the awkward truth. Many thanks to Roberto and Ferrovie Abbandonate. You can find more photos and info about the San Marino railway (and a whole load of other abandoned Italian railways) here: https://www.ferrovieabbandonate.it/linea_dismessa.phpid=141 INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fsM3qqxA_6g)  2020-11-18T16:59Z 387K followers, 289.3K engagements


"The Forgotten Story Of The Largest Stadium Ever Constructed Between [----] and [----] on top of a hill in Prague Czechoslovakia built quite simply the largest stadium ever constructed. The playing field alone was the size of [--] football pitches and when full it could hold [------] spectators. But what is the story behind this absolute monster I travelled to Prague to find out. MORE INFO - Sokol Museum website (in English covers all the history) - https://sokolmuseum.org/ - Official Sokol website (in Czech and with an annoying loading screen) - https://www.sokol.eu/ - Sokol USA (in English) -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jF0rGhFf0c4)  2025-02-23T17:00Z 387K followers, 388.7K engagements


"Why Is There A Tiny Bit Of Italy Inside Switzerland In one corner of southern Switzerland there is a tiny piece of Italy that seems to have accidentally broken off from the rest of the country. So what is it doing there I travelled to beautiful Lake Lugano to see for myself. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ IMAGE CREDITS Mario Botta by Sanyam Bahga - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MarioBotta.JPG Chess pieces by Michael Maggs -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=n1fqinoNiZE)  2024-05-25T18:17Z 387K followers, 533K engagements


"The Only Country That Celebrates WW2 Occupation (& The Very Good Reason Why) There was one invasion in WW2 that was not like the others. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ IMAGE CREDITS Churchill War Rooms by Kent G Becker / notmydayjobphotography - https://www.flickr.com/photos/notmydayjobphotography/13928368056 Colonel TBW Sandall by juliet96992 - https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/6904697 British Pillbox in the Faroe Islands by Eileen Sanda -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5uL7CFNCkaA)  2025-06-30T17:59Z 387K followers, 1.1M engagements


"Why Budapest Is Full Of Tiny Statues About ten years ago a bunch of tiny statues started popping up around Budapest. There are now more than [--] of them and new ones are still being discovered every year. But where do these miniature monuments come from What is the meaning behind them And how many of them are there I travelled to the Hungarian capital to find out more. MORE INFO (& GUIDED TOURS) English - https://budapestflow.com/hidden-mini-statues-budapest/ Franais - https://tourismehongrie.com/statues-de-kolodko-budapest-hongrie-guide-touristique/ (Please note: I have no affiliation with"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6Cwkr4IXCOQ)  2025-10-08T16:00Z 387K followers, 111.1K engagements


"I Tried To Visit Every Single Railway Station In Liechtenstein Don't think this title needs any further explanation does it SPECIAL THANKS TO: Geoff Marshall - @geofftech2 All The Stations - @AllTheStations INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ MORE INFO Liechtenstein Public Transport website - https://liemobil.li/en "Martin Hilti - The Nazi with the Red Suitcase" (article in German) - https://www.beobachter.ch/gesellschaft/martin-hilti-der-nazi-mit-dem-roten-koffer"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7f7gQ7qTmmE)  2024-12-18T18:30Z 387K followers, 209.6K engagements


"Vennbahn: The World's Weirdest Border Hidden away in the rolling Eifel hills is one of the world's weirdest international borders: a long string-shaped piece of Belgium that runs through western Germany. Why is it there and what does it have to do with an abandoned railway I went to investigate the story of the Vennbahn. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ vennbahn hautes fagnes eifel mountains borders enclaves exclaves international borders disused railways abandoned railways lost"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KEM_cp6hVeM)  2019-04-16T14:53Z 387K followers, 3.6M engagements


"The Belgian City That Built A Metro Line. And Never Opened It In the the mid-1980s the city of Charleroi started building a metro line. But with half the stations already completed and the track and signals already in place construction suddenly stopped. The line never opened. What happened And how much of it is still there I travelled to southern Belgium to find out. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ FURTHER READING"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QeMJBqU_eYc)  2022-05-13T18:44Z 387K followers, 2.5M engagements


"The Paris Meridian: Greenwich's Forgotten Rival If you've ever been to the Louvre you may have stumbled across a small disc bearing the word "Arago" and the letters "N" and "S" - or in other words the exact location of the old Paris Meridian. But what's the story there How close did Paris ever get to becoming THE meridian And why did we end up with Greenwich instead I decided to investigate. ALSO STARRING Jay Foreman - www.youtube.com/@JayForeman Walking route here - https://maps.app.goo.gl/jyGGXXu1u2NvdTt36 (Please note: the observatory is normally closed to the public I was very lucky to be"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TTQJ5jOTJJA)  2024-02-29T19:33Z 387K followers, 389.4K engagements


"The Weird Pod Metro That Lies Forgotten Under A Paris Suburb In [----] the eastern Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Grand (yes really) built an unusual and revolutionary new mini metro. One problem though: the business district it was supposed to serve never got constructed and the line was never used. In the [--] years since it was supposed to open hardly anyone has ever been allowed to see it. Until now. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ IMAGE CREDITS Christian Pellerin photo used under license"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bWxESIzJhCU)  2022-10-02T17:11Z 387K followers, 1.2M engagements


"Slttaratindur: Is The Faroe Islands' Highest Mountain As Tough To Climb As It Is To Pronounce YES Today I am in the Faroe Islands and I am taking on two of their biggest challenges: [--]. summiting their tallest mountain and [--]. attempting to pronounce it. (And spoiler alert at least one of those is going to end in failure.) BIG THANK YOU TO: Elsa Maria and Get Around Faroe Islands - https://getaround.fo/ (If you'd like to thank her on my behalf you could book a tour with her) POTENTIALLY USEFUL LINKS: Bus route to Gjgv: https://www.ssl.fo/en/timetable/bus/201-oyrarbakki-gjogv (Connects to the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g8Y0ahkCLpU)  2025-05-26T17:50Z 387K followers, 126.8K engagements


"Jungfraubahn: The Story of Europe's Highest Railway (Filmed pre-shutdown obv). For most people 2061m is a very high mountain. For the Swiss it's a good place to start building a railway. And then go upwards. I went to the Alps to experience the continent's most extreme train journey and find out more about the story behind it. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ James May's video with BBC Earth Lab - https://www.youtube.com/watchv=KbUsKWbOqUU Jungfraubahn Switzerland Highest Railway"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xSjEGitwag8)  2020-04-03T17:10Z 387K followers, 408.9K engagements


"In Monaco Elevators Are A Form Of Public Transport. So We Raced Them. (.or lifts if you're British.) Matt's channel - @MattGrayYES Matt tries to fly a satellite - https://www.youtube.com/watchv=0i1Xz-xiYSU INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ Official PDF Map of Monaco's Elevators & Escalators - https://monservicepublic.gouv.mc/en/themes/transport-and-mobility/access-traffic-and-parking/getting-around/how-to-get-about-on-foot-in-the-principality"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YhLYlBGSAHI)  2025-08-23T18:45Z 387K followers, 146.6K engagements


"Why Londons Harrods Of The East Didnt Quite Go To Plan In the 1920s the Wickham family decided to demolish a row of shops in London's East End in order to build a grand new department store - one that could rival Harrod's and Selfridges in the West. They signed a big budget contract with the builders and shipped in all the stone at great expense. There was just one problem: one of the shopkeepers didn't want to sell. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ FURTHER READING Story of the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fjrC21-AHYc)  2022-04-06T17:22Z 386K followers, 530.5K engagements


"Karl-Marx-Hof: The Longest Building In The World In the 1920s as America started to go dizzy for skyscrapers the Vienna city council built an enormous apartment block. But instead of going a long way up they went a long way along - more than 1km long in fact. Why did they build it And is it the longest building in the world I went to Heiligenstadt to find some answers"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vzGnyqpvwG8)  2018-05-11T16:23Z 386K followers, 660.6K engagements


"How Belgium Nearly Invented The Internet In [----] In [----] two beardy Belgians started a project: to collect the entirety of human knowledge in one place and make it available to everyone. It sounds like they wanted to create Wikipedia or Google - but unfortunately no-one had invented web servers or home computers yet. So instead they ended up making the world's greatest filing cabinet. I travelled to the city of Mons to see the beast for myself and find out more about its incredible story. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1sxUPxJsXZY)  2022-12-04T14:00Z 358K followers, 203K engagements


"Why Copenhagen Put A Ski Slope On A Power Plant What do you do if you really want to go downhill skiing but you live in a country that has no mountains Well if you're Danish you build an enormous power plant slap a slope on the roof and go skiing down that instead. I went to Copenhagen to try it for myself. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ MORE INFO Copenhill official website - https://www.copenhill.dk/en @wireduk video about Copenhill including an interview with the architect -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=21ijLduW0nw)  2023-02-01T16:50Z 371K followers, 273.7K engagements


"Ferropolis: The Museum Of Massive Mining Machines Germany is famously home to some of the largest vehicles on the planet: the oversized Bagger excavators. But because these monsters usually live in active coal mines you are usually unable to get anywhere near them. Which is why I've come to an abandoned mine instead. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ MORE INFO Ferropolis official site - https://www.ferropolis.de/en/ "Why the World's Largest Land Vehicle Exists" by @halfasinteresting -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3SQVIZxUrDg)  2023-10-31T18:10Z 387K followers, 177K engagements


"Yet More Fake Buildings In Paris (And The Stories Behind Them) Paris has many buildings that aren't what they seem - faades made to look like real houses and offices but with something very different hidden behind them. Tbf you probably already know this because I made a video about it and YouTube spammed that to several million people. Today we've got a simple quest: we're going to try and find the [--] remaining fake buildings that we didn't see last time and discover the story behind them. and I promise you they're not all ventilation shafts. (Filmed between Jul-Dec 2020) Map showing all 11"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=85J3DVihw3I)  2023-10-26T14:10Z 326K followers, 116.3K engagements


"Luxembourg v Netherlands: Who Has The Best Mountain Once again this channel asks THE BIG QUESTIONS. When I climbed the Vaalserberg the highest mountain in NL a few of you Dutch guys told me it's "a boring place". So I decided to try and prove you wrong by going somewhere even worse: Kneiff the highest mountain in Luxembourg. This is a ridiculous idea for a video"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8puG5Y1rlPM)  2019-10-09T15:52Z 350K followers, 286.1K engagements


"The Only University With Its Own Suspended Monorail Yes Today we're visiting the only university on earth with its own suspended monorail. But er. why exactly does a University need its own suspended monorail MORE VIDEOS FOR YOUR DELECTATION Schwebebahn: Why Wuppertal's Trains Are Much Cooler Than Yours - https://www.youtube.com/watchv=9IFh6wFTJiQ The Dsseldorf Dangletrain: Why Does Germany Build Suspended Monorails (When Almost Nobody Else Does) - https://www.youtube.com/watchv=NeYTtlXywUI Pod Cars of the Past and Future: The Morgantown PRT by @TomScottGo -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9Kwpj1UOrhs)  2024-07-17T17:00Z 387K followers, 263.3K engagements


"The Spanish Town Where They Literally Live Under A Rock Would living under a rock really be such a bad idea I went to the small town of Setenil de las Bodegas in southern Spain to try it out for myself. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ADodh482ZDY)  2025-02-03T19:15Z 387K followers, 147.6K engagements


"Monte Titano: San Marino's Highest Mountain San Marino is the world's oldest still-existing republic founded way back in 301AD. How has such a tiny country been able to resist invasion and retain independence for [----] years The answer lies at the top of a mountain"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EKnhZSzp_lM)  2018-12-12T15:03Z 360K followers, 148.3K engagements


"How Germany Gave Belgium Its Highest Mountain (And Then Tried To Get It Back) In the east of Belgium lies Eupen-Malmedy the country's only German-speaking region which also boasts Belgium's highest summit the Signal De Botrange. But why do the people speak German here And if they speak German why does the mountain have a French name I went to the High Fens to find out more. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ IMAGE CREDITS Eupen-Malmedy Map based on original work by ikoli -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GFGNuR7A0rg)  2022-06-17T17:49Z 349K followers, 297.2K engagements


"La Petite Ceinture: What Happened to Paris's Lost Railway In [----] the Petite Ceinture railway carried [--] million passengers in a single year. But by [----] its stations were closed forever. What happened Why was it abandoned And why do the tracks seem to have been kept in good condition I went to Paris to find out more. (Apologies for occasional shakey footage in this video: a few shots were filmed last year before I bought my nice smooth camera.)"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IovEyB2EYoM)  2020-01-25T17:22Z 375K followers, 533.2K engagements


"The Hotel With An International Border Through It The 2* Hotel Arbez boasts an almost unique feature: an international border runs straight through it. Why was it built there How was it allowed And how did it end up unexpectedly saving hundreds of lives during World War II I travelled to the Jura mountains to find out more. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KdY5EUYQpyQ)  2020-07-20T17:34Z 360K followers, 396.7K engagements


"Why Nancy Is Scrapping Its Magically Bonkers Monorail-Bus-Trams In [----] the eastern French city of Nancy decided to replace its ageing trolleybuses with an experimental new type of tram: the TVR. It was just like a normal tram except it had rubber wheels only one rail and if wanted it could run off the rail completely and turn into a bus. Basically it was brilliant. So why are they getting rid of it INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ A BIG THANK YOU TO: Siyana Pavlova Vincent Tourneur"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kr4EZwZbxwQ)  2023-03-10T18:06Z 354K followers, 791.4K engagements


"The Bits Of The Bastille You Can Still See The destruction of the Bastille prison is an iconic moment of the French Revolution but did you know there are little pieces of it hidden all around Paris Here are [--] places where you can see the last bits of La Bastille. p.s. Feel free to comment with any I missed Walking route on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/pwWZXVHhfSJHfp1a9 INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ IMAGE CREDITS Bastille model photos by Pierre-Yves Beaudouin / Wikimedia"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PslM1uYudZM)  2020-10-03T12:56Z 375K followers, 124.1K engagements


"Ferrovia Circumetnea: Why Sicily Built A Railway Up An Active Volcano 🌋 The Ferrovia Circumetnea is a very quaint 120-year-old narrow-gauge railway with an unusual selling point: it goes up an active volcano. The biggest active volcano in Europe in fact - the mighty Mount Etna. I went to Sicily to find out more. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RujSy6eG7BQ)  2018-06-23T09:00Z 349K followers, 189K engagements


"The Full Story Behind That Railway From That Football Ground ierny Balog is famous for having the only league football ground with a steam railway running through it. But it also has the only steam railway that runs through a league football ground So what exactly is the story behind this unique piece of track I took a ride on football's most famous train and there's a whole lot more to the tale than just a viral video clip. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ MORE INFO - The railway's"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UjtMMWjY_9c)  2023-10-03T17:28Z 387K followers, 150.1K engagements


"San Marino v Andorra: Can The World's Worst Team Finally Win [--] years [---] competitive games [--] wins. San Marino are officially the worst football team in the world. But then the [----] World Cup draw threw them into the same qualifying group as Andorra. Will they EVER get a better chance to grab a competitive victory One thing's for sure: there was no way I was going to miss it. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=b6MRt7JwQLg)  2021-11-13T18:59Z 366K followers, 146.7K engagements


"The Belgian City That Built Two Metro Lines The Wrong Way Round Yes we're back in Charleroi again. Because the story of its Metro gets EVEN WEIRDER. Link in case you haven't seen Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=QeMJBqU_eYc INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ IMAGE CREDITS Charleroi 1960s Metro Plan by Nico Brussels and Dirk Hillbrecht - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metro_Charleroi_60.PNG SNCV logo by BSfrwiki -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dXJ9SDK1Kp4)  2022-05-27T15:05Z 360K followers, 759.7K engagements


"Why Oslo Built A Railway Underpass For Fun (Literally) I don't usually like hanging around in underpasses. Except this one. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ePVHbJefrhE)  2024-01-18T16:00Z 387K followers, 177.8K engagements


"For [--] Weeks Switzerland Has A Rail Replacement Helicopter We've all heard of the dreaded "Rail Replacement Bus". But what if we had Rail Replacement Helicopters instead Well in one small village in central Switzerland they already do. I went to Linthal to experience it myself. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ MORE INFO Video by @TomScottGo about the car-free resort of Zermatt: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=R2oD1ZHNMFE Braunwaldbahn official page:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fFgsUVF82OE)  2023-11-09T19:23Z 387K followers, 395.8K engagements


"The Unexplained Underground Seashell Temple of Margate In the seaside town of Margate beneath a sleepy side street an incredible underground temple lay forgotten and untouched for decades maybe even centuries. Who put it there When Why And what's with all the seashells"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gDCFn8FYs50)  2019-10-30T15:00Z 366K followers, 186.7K engagements


"Why Is This Historic French Chteau Painted Like THAT The small town of Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot has a uniquely colourful chteau - the only one like it in France. But why did the owner paint it like that And how did they get away with it I travelled down to the southwest to find out more. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ MORE INFO Official website of the Chteau Le Stelsia - https://www.lestelsia.com/ "The wait is long at the chteau Lalande" -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h1Vx-7pfzLE)  2025-04-15T18:00Z 387K followers, 108.7K engagements


"TTT News Preview The [----] European Tram Driver Championships Saturday 14th September is the day of the [----] European Tram Driver Championships And because I know my audience I thought you might like to know there is an OFFICIAL LIVE STREAM ON YOUTUBE starting at 11am. Tbh this video is more a public service announcement than anything else. OFFICIAL LIVE STREAMS HERE: English - https://www.youtube.com/watchv=0nWeSxnFALo Deutsch - https://www.youtube.com/watchv=RQUG44aCA74"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h5Y-_5QtOjI)  2024-09-13T18:14Z 387K followers, 89.6K engagements


"The Oldest Stadium Ever Used For Professional Football Where is the oldest stadium in the world of football Must be somewhere in England right Birthplace of the modern game and all that. Except *technically* there's a football stadium in Italy that's older than football itself. Big shoutout to Sam from @FootyAdventures - I only found out about the Arena when he made a video here last year: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=fLnbjmXo6i8 INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h8mukjGCYb8)  2024-11-07T19:00Z 387K followers, 99.6K engagements


"TTT News: What's Happening To The Aerotrains (+ Updates On The Cityrama & Ghost Metro) Last time we checked the Aerotrain museum was about to be demolished the Cityrama bus was about to be restored and the ghost metro of Noisy-le-Grand was about to be redeveloped. But what has happened since I think it's about time we had some updates. LINKS Univem museum - https://univem-paris.com/en/ Latest updates on the Cityrama restoration project from the Normandy Classics Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/normandyclassics France [--] programme "Vroum" visits the Cityrama in Granville requires"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iPvrCNsvEds)  2023-10-12T15:10Z 387K followers, 77.6K engagements


"Paris's Fake Buildings (And The Story Behind Them) The beautiful houses at [---] rue la Fayette [--] rue Quincampoix and [--] rue d'Aboukir have one thing in common: they're fake. Why does Paris have so many fake faades and what hides behind them I went on a quest to find out more. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ *** LINKS *** Follow my Fake Facades route on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/JY15BN76MWGDEt8Y6 Explore inside [---] rue la Fayette with Vintage Tran:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iXSkjw0Kytk)  2020-02-09T18:56Z 359K followers, 6M engagements


"I'm coming back to NL Flevoland Mountain Expedition Sat [--] Nov BIG NEWS. On Sat [--] Nov I am organising a mass ascent of Urk the highest natural point in Flevoland. And you're all invited I will be posting updates on the day via Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetimtraveller Any major updates (changes of plan etc) will also be on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=isrPq4RkR5Q)  2019-11-15T17:58Z 358K followers, 28.5K engagements


"Why Does London Have A Road Sign Pointing To The Alps On the eastern outskirts of London there is a road sign pointing to the Alps. Mountains Near London I nearly started getting my crampons out but this is Beckton and nothing is quite as it seems"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jpRYOZya5go)  2019-02-12T16:09Z 358K followers, 388.3K engagements


"Bsingen: The Strange German Village Inside Switzerland Bsingen is like any other small German village. Except it's in Switzerland. Or is it the other way round I went to discover the story behind this strange little exclave where they buy German stamps with Swiss coins and it all starts with a family argument in [----]. CREDITS Map music from the Map Men series by Jay Foreman - https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLfxy4_sBQdxy3A2lvl-y3qWTeJEbC_QCp Photo of side-by-side Swiss & German telephone boxes by Davidmoerike -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kIe62qN0FEo)  2023-10-23T18:21Z 326K followers, 227.7K engagements


"Reims-Gueux: The Abandoned 1950s Grand Prix Track That's. Still There Between [----] and [----] the Circuit of Reims-Gueux hosted the Formula One French Grand Prix [--] times with the likes of Jim Clark Jack Brabham and Juan Manuel Fangio all winning races here. But six years later it was shut down forever. And yet the old grandstands and pit lane are still there. Frozen in time for half a century. How have they survived and how much can you explore I went to Reims to investigate. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lkh6GxOM-yI)  2022-01-08T13:45Z 356K followers, 432.2K engagements


"Racing Club: The Fallen Giants Who Play At The [----] Olympic Stadium In a northwestern Paris suburb is a half-demolished decrepit old stadium. If you didn't know you would never guess that it once hosted the Olympic Games. The World Cup Final. [--] French Cup finals. And legendary athletic performances from Paavo Nurmi Eric Liddell Harold Abrahams and a young Brazilian footballer called Pel. Last weekend I travelled to Colombes to experience the historic venue for myself and watch the fallen footballing giants who still play there. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mvRrwyoQoTA)  2022-04-18T16:51Z 360K followers, 130.2K engagements


"The Last Cityrama: Restoring The World's Most Bonkers Bus Yes We are starting the year by visiting an old friend of the channel - the legendary Cityrama sightseeing bus. Two years after it was taken away for a four-year overhaul and restoration how is the project going What progress has been made so far and what still needs to be done I travelled to the seaside town of Granville in Normandy to find out more. LINKS Cityrama Facebook Group (in French) - https://www.facebook.com/p/Restauration-du-U55-Currus-Cityrama-61554215377833/ Official fundraising page (in French) -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pEJYPjYhsW4)  2025-01-11T19:00Z 387K followers, 232.2K engagements


"Why A Team From Tahiti Plays In The French Cup (And How They Do It) The French Cup is legendary (among nerds) for having the longest away trips in club football. Thats because they allow teams from Frances overseas territories to enter - and play against teams from the mainland. But how does this actually work And what are the games like There's only one way to find out. A massive thanks to Lee Paul and The Sweeper Podcast You can listen to the episode where they talk about the French Cup here: Apple Podcasts - http://apple.co/47wvsg3 Amazon Podcasts - http://amzn.to/47ALq8T Spotify -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=s3VxD98lAQA)  2023-11-30T18:30Z 387K followers, 184.4K engagements


"How A Spectacular Piece Of Pedantry Created An International Enclave The Pyrenees mountain range has divided Spain and France for centuries with Spain on the south side and France on the north. But why is there one strange little blob of Spain over on the French side I visited the historic enclave of Llivia and discovered the spectacularly pedantic reason behind its existence. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ New York Times article with more detail on the story -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sT5GpFnRMEQ)  2022-01-25T19:45Z 368K followers, 798.2K engagements


"Why Germany Built The Largest Vehicle On Earth Yes - it's time for another important question: What is the largest vehicle ever built (And if this is it. why did they build it) INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sxaevgyNyLM)  2024-11-27T17:00Z 387K followers, 205.4K engagements


"Why Is The French Anthem Called "La Marseillaise" Yes it's time for another IMPORTANT QUESTION. Why is the French national anthem called "La Marseillaise" The song isn't about Marseille the lyrics never mention Marseille and the music isn't from Marseille either. So what's the story behind the name I travelled to France's beautiful south coast to try and find out. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tXdowmZZStM)  2024-07-31T19:00Z 387K followers, 129K engagements


"The Football Team With A Steam Railway Running Through Their Ground We've all seen that viral video of the football team who have a steam train running through their stadium. But where exactly is this magical place How DID a railway end up running through the middle of a football ground And what is it like if you turn up for their biggest match of the season I travelled to the small town of ierny Balog in the pine forests of central Slovakia to experience the magic for myself. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uHhqWsmo_Z0)  2023-09-13T15:00Z 387K followers, 295K engagements


"Why We Lost The World's Only Double-Sided Monorail What's better than a train that only needs one rail YES TWO TRAINS THAT ONLY NEED ONE RAIL. In [----] West Germany launched a new monorail where vehicles ran above and below the same rail at the same time in opposite directions. It remains unique to this day. But why would you want to do that And what happened to it To find out more I travelled to a muddy field in Germany's industrial Ruhr Valley area. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vca3EF4C5xU)  2025-04-30T18:00Z 387K followers, 298.3K engagements


"The Paris Arrondissements Have Official Names And Absolutely No-One Ever Uses Them I mean the title is pretty self-explanatory isn't it. MORE INFO Map from [----] showing both the numbers and names of the arrondissements (see box in top right corner) - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Achin_%26_Potiquet%2C_Plan_de_Paris_indiquant_la_division_en_arrondissements_et_quartiers%2C_1860_-_BHVP.jpg The official Paris website still uses the names to this day if you look hard enough (scroll to the column "nom officiel de l'arrondissement") -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-jBu1D1yoTA)  2025-10-25T18:00Z 387K followers, 222.1K engagements


"The [----] European Tram Driver Championships Yes there is a European Tram Driver Championships. Yes it is amazing. Massive thanks to @tram-em1847 and @VGFChannel for not only letting a cheeky YouTuber invite himself to the event but also giving him a press pass and behind-the-scenes access. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ LINKS Tram-EM - www.youtube.com/@tram-em1847 VGF - www.youtube.com/@VGFChannel VGF on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vgf_allefahrenmit"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0zQ9jt9L5sk)  2024-09-29T18:30Z 387K followers, 209.2K engagements


"The 98km Conveyor Belt System & The International Border Dispute Deep in the Sahara desert is the world's longest conveyor belt system. I went to see this king of conveyors to find out why it was built only to discover how its story is deeply intertwined with an international border dispute. CREDITS Original map of Morocco Protectorate by Cradel (adaptations are my own work) - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_by_Cradel#/media/File:Morocco_Protectorate.svg Phosphate stats from US Geological Survey - https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nmic/phosphate-rock-statistics-and-information"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=67FzgaSWDDw)  2020-01-07T20:00Z 379K followers, 680.4K engagements


"Can You REALLY Move The French-Belgian Border By Accident With A Tractor YES WE ARE ASKING THE BIG QUESTIONS AGAIN. In early May [----] a Belgian farmer hit international news when he moved a stone out of the way of his tractor and accidentally shifted the French-Belgian border 2.3m into France. Or did he Is it actually possible to move a border just by moving a stone And why did he suddenly feel the need to move it when it's been there for [---] years I went to the little village of Bousignies-sur-Roc to find the truth behind the story. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8ddlv47t1tQ)  2021-06-03T19:37Z 378K followers, 583.5K engagements


"The Spectacular Subterranean Canal Underneath Paris Hidden underneath the streets of Paris - almost forgotten among the catacombs sewers and metro tunnels - is an old subterranean canal. But where does it go What is it for And more importantly how do you get down there I decided to find out. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ TUNNEL CRUISES Paris Canal - https://www.pariscanal.com/ (Includes River Seine as far as Muse d'Orsay) Canauxrama - https://www.canauxrama.com/ (Cruise ends at"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8uFbPgFqeGI)  2024-10-14T17:17Z 387K followers, 708.7K engagements


"Paris 1900: The Silliest Ever Olympics Ok it's a bit late for a Paris Olympics video but if you're going to be late you may as well be [---] years late right The original [----] Paris Olympics was the most straight-up bonkers Olympics in the history of the Olympics so today I'm going on a mission to explain the absolute silliest events while visiting the exact locations where they happened. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ CREDITS "Cricket given Olympic status for [----] Los Angeles Games""  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A2RiyuCFARI)  2024-08-18T16:00Z 387K followers, 197.2K engagements


"Molli-Bahn: The Steam Train That Thinks It's A Pedestrian Traditionally Germany is a country that likes rules. And what it really likes about rules is obeying them. So why is this cheeky steam train driving straight through a pedestrian zone I went to the lovely little spa town of Bad Doberan to find out more"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=B7g7PRJowzo)  2019-08-29T14:32Z 378K followers, 542.7K engagements


"The Neutral Road (And Why You Should NEVER Put A Stop Sign On It) The D68 is like any other French countryside road except for one thing: the two towns it connects are both in Spain. Predictably this has caused all sorts of border-related shenanigans over the years including a major dispute over some stop signs. I went on a hike down the road to find out more. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ IMAGE CREDITS Mexico and Quebec Stop Sign Photos by Dickelbers Mexico -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BQOdeIZUdAw)  2022-02-23T18:02Z 377K followers, 419.7K engagements


"Why Milan Has [--] Orange Igloos The cramped northern neighbourhoods of Milan are not the first place you would expect to find an igloo. Let alone eight of them. So what are they doing here Who built them And why are they orange INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ IMAGE CREDITS Park Hill Sheffield by Julian Varas - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Park_Hill_Samarkanda.JPG Glasgow Red Road Flats by Daniel Naczk -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Cw6Xj4XoKvg)  2021-08-29T15:53Z 355K followers, 146.7K engagements


"Why Denmark Has Never Really Been Sure Where Its Highest Point Is In February [----] Denmark discovered that its highest point wasn't actually its highest point. This was a bit of a surprise - but to be fair the same thing had happened in [----]. And [----]. And [----]. But how can it be so difficult to find your highest point Or does the point actually change Do Danish mountains somehow move around every few decades I went to Denmark to find out for myself. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EM8yUKwPjwA)  2023-01-17T18:31Z 378K followers, 666.6K engagements


"What's The Oldest Surviving Building On Earth What is the world's oldest surviving building It feels like one of those questions we should all know the answer to. Surely it's somewhere like the Pyramids or Stonehenge Nope: there are buildings way older than that and arguably the oldest of them all is a relatively unknown site in France. I went to Brittany to investigate further. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ MORE INFO: Wikipedia List of Oldest Known Surviving Buildings -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FVVidEzn_fY)  2022-07-14T16:47Z 377K followers, 625.3K engagements


"Monte Palace: The Abandoned Hotel With A Million Dollar View In [----] the brand new Monte Palace Hotel won an award for Best Hotel Of The Year. Within a few months it closed down and never reopened. What happened I went to explore the story behind one of the world's most extraordinary abandoned buildings. THIS VIDEO IS HUGELY INDEBTED TO THE FOLLOWING: This beautifully-written blog about the history of the hotel: https://sometimes-interesting.com/2017/01/02/azorean-palace-in-the-clouds/ Jorge Loures' superb [----] YouTube documentary about the hotel - this is where I got all the old photos and"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JdYwP--TNoU)  2019-09-18T16:21Z 378K followers, 456.6K engagements


"This Road Goes Straight Through A Major Prehistoric Cave In the hills of southwest France there is a road that goes directly through an enormous prehistoric cave. It is quite possibly the coolest 420m of road you will ever see. But wait until you find out what they discovered when they built it. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KxYzZK9c1w0)  2025-11-24T19:06Z 387K followers, 196.4K engagements


"The Paris Metro's Rarely-Seen Private Collection (And Why Hopefully That Might Be Changing.) For years now the Paris Metro's Historic Collection has been locked away in a suburban warehouse behind closed doors. But as of last month the news is official: the French capital and its fantastic historic vehicles are finally getting their very own Transport Museum Or at least they *will* be getting one if you're willing to wait. USEFUL LINKS The RATP's historic collection on ratp.fr (in French) - https://www.ratp.fr/anciens-metros-bus-tramways-ratp Museum Of Urban Transport in Chelles (in French) -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LkSYk9KWvpE)  2025-12-03T17:00Z 387K followers, 99.8K engagements


"The Abandoned Monster Vehicle of Fonseranes In [----] France unveiled a revolutionary new vehicle a giant beast designed to push canalboats up a 400m-long water slope thus avoiding the time-consuming use of traditional canal locks. Did it work No. Footage of it working (briefly) in 1990: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=30mtcqRl2KY INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ IMAGE CREDITS Bziers rugby match - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AS_B%C3%A9ziers-US_Dax_2015-02-21.jpg Fonseranes"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N34QXyr-FY4)  2021-01-13T18:33Z 380K followers, 466.3K engagements


"The Cheeky Hidden Features On Stockholm's Metro Trains Over the last few years Stockholm has been introducing a fleet of shiny new trains on the city's metro system. And it didn't take long for people to notice they had some cheeky hidden features. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NZMraUchIS4)  2024-03-18T19:00Z 387K followers, 216K engagements


"The Subterranean Ghost Village You Can Cycle Through "Head down that way" says the cycle hire guy "there's a route that takes you through some old caves". Well that sounds like fun But what I don't know yet is that I'm about to ride what might just be the world's creepiest cycle path. Half Asleep Chris: https://www.youtube.com/c/HalfAsleepChris INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PEpcG5WEhqY)  2020-11-02T18:31Z 379K followers, 412.1K engagements


"Why Two Of Spain's Biggest Football Rivals Have An Annual Boat Race The Sevilla-Betis derby is one of the hottest rivalries in Spanish football. So what exactly are they doing organising an annual boat race I went down to the Guadalquivir River to find out more. Live coverage of the [----] event HERE (starts 11:30 CET on Sat 8th November) - https://www.youtube.com/watchv=fX6jt8TrNwo Official YouTube channel of the Regatta HERE with all sorts of extra coverage (in Spanish) - @regatasevillabetisderemo Official site of the Regatta - https://regatasevillabetis.com/ Official history of the Regatta"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q2TfR9_lpmk)  2025-11-07T17:59Z 387K followers, 66.9K engagements


"The First Ever WORLD Tram Driver Championships Yes It's the official TTT highlights from the [----] World Tram Driver Championships in Vienna. A HUGE THANK YOU TO: Tram-EM (Tournament Organisers) - www.tramem.eu Wiener-Linien (Vienna Public Transport) - www.wienerlinien.at MORE ENTERTAINMENT Official Tram-EM YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@tram-em1847 Official Wiener-Linien YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@wienerlinien Full 6-hour livestream of the tournament - https://www.youtube.com/watchv=smp0voLUgk8"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qwrh_BFYmMc)  2025-09-28T18:00Z 387K followers, 199.2K engagements


"The Oslo Transport Museum & Its Vintage Norwegian Vehicles This video is the second and final part of a paid collaboration with Visit Oslo and today they've asked me to show you one of the city's many cultural and historical attractions. So predictably I've gone straight to the the Oslo Transport Museum. Transport Museum official website - https://sporveismuseet.no/english/ Transport Museum page on VisitOslo.com - https://www.visitoslo.com/en/product/tlp=2983893&name=Oslo-Transport-Museum The Tim Traveller Map - https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewermid=18Avv8ENKUFllJieGN568CSVIYZr6oIcb INSTA -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ygf5tDZx7zc)  2024-02-01T17:07Z 387K followers, 111K engagements


"The Giant Old Ironworks Anyone Can Explore (Without Getting In Trouble) When Germany shut down the monstrous 100-year-old Vlklingen Ironworks in [----] they decided to do an unusual thing: keep it. And then RE-OPEN IT AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION 😍😍. I went to Saarland to explore an incredible piece of industrial heritage. Drone shots by Drohne Pix with kind permission. Full 3-minute video here - https://www.youtube.com/watchv=sA6azukwxjQ INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ CREDITS Photo of"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bIDlNQ8C5pM)  2020-08-14T16:23Z 379K followers, 212.3K engagements


"TTT News Preview: The World Tram Driver Championships [----] On Saturday 13th September Vienna hosts the [----] World Tram Driver Championships. The action starts at 11:00 CET and we should have a winner by 16:00. YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM LINKS HERE: In English - https://www.youtube.com/watchv=smp0voLUgk8 Auf Deutsch - https://www.youtube.com/watchv=J_qJbtNkAEw OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://tramwm.wienerlinien.at/ Fulll programme (including ticket download link for free transport to event): https://tramwm.wienerlinien.at/en/programme"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=deM3MDKJMIY)  2025-09-12T16:01Z 387K followers, 57.8K engagements


"The Last Surviving Cousins Of The San Francisco Cable Car Cable tramways - or in North America cable cars - were once common in cities across the United States. But famously San Francisco is the only American city that still operates them today. Less famously the United Kingdom used to have cable tramways too. And one of them still survives But why did all the others die out I went to the Welsh San Francisco to find out more. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ MORE INFO:"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gkaZ94cKxVc)  2023-07-31T11:00Z 382K followers, 194.1K engagements


"The Two-Headed Monster Vehicle of Montech What do you get if you cross two second-hand diesel railway locomotives sixteen tractor wheels a couple of girders and an industrial water barrier Well in [----] a man called Jean Aubert tried to find out. His bizarre vehicle last ran in [----] and was then abandoned but the rumour is it's still there. So today we're going on the hunt for the Monster of Montech. Thanks to Philipp Janssen (@philwjan on Twitter) for bringing this mad machine to my attention INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=goGk_Gpmj6U)  2021-01-23T14:44Z 379K followers, 535.7K engagements


"The Least Used Railway Station in France Today's mission is simple: try and get to the least used railway station in the whole of France. Sign the "Save the Aubrac Line" petition: https://www.change.org/p/urgence-aubrac All The Stations on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/AllTheStations Geoff's "Least Used Stations" playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLt4q5oaptyI9U2zddss8dm8srzuJj6nRz INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ RESEARCH "Estimates of Station Usage" pdf by the UK"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h4zLFfN9dkM)  2021-02-07T11:03Z 378K followers, 591.5K engagements


"Expedition To Urk: Highest Point In Flevoland (7m) Flevoland is flat. Really flat. So we got a map found its highest natural point (7m) and then organised a mountain expedition to conquer it. DRONE FOOTAGE: Jos Van Der Veen - https://www.youtube.com/user/meesterJos Matthijs - https://twitter.com/IJszee ADDITIONAL VIDEO AND PHOTOS: Joseph Farthing - https://twitter.com/josephfarthing Andras Hann - https://twitter.com/andrashann Wim Kramer - https://twitter.com/wimkramerurk Marcel - https://twitter.com/madjo/ AND A BIG THANK YOU TO: https://twitter.com/TouristInfoUrk"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ilQ3B7l0_jo)  2019-12-19T21:00Z 383K followers, 221.3K engagements


"Why London Had A Hidden Extra Underground Line Just For The Mail For [--] years a private underground line ran under the streets of London completely separate from the Tube. And most Londoners have never seen or even heard of it - because you could only ride it if you were a mailbag. I went to find out more about the story of the Post Office Railway. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ IMAGE CREDITS Central London Railway by David Cane -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=j3wnbqghcCA)  2021-09-20T20:04Z 378K followers, 462.9K engagements


"What Was The First Ever Bus Route Today the world has approximately eleventy-six billion bus routes. But what was the first ever bus route Where did it all start And what has 17th-century mathematician Blaise Pascal got to do with it I decided to try and answer these questions about the first ever bus route. while walking along it. Google Maps walking route: https://maps.app.goo.gl/iU8f6qoC6A1se7wA6 INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ IMAGE CREDITS Blaise Pascal's tomb by"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qsNEVRosKzM)  2025-03-19T17:30Z 387K followers, 184.7K engagements


"Vaalserberg: Holland's Highest Mountain (& The Strange Story Of Neutral Moresnet) Thanks everyone for your helpful comments on the Q&A - and now here's the video (most of) you asked for The Vaalserberg is the highest point of mainland Netherlands and is also the meeting point of [--] international borders with Belgium and Germany being the other two. But mysteriously the road that leads up to it is called the Four Borders Way. So what's the story behind the missing border I went to Belgermaland to investigate. SCENIC MONTAGE MUSIC: Vast Chant by Oshva https://soundcloud.com/osh-va Creative"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rBZUQ_l3Q_o)  2019-06-10T13:02Z 379K followers, 489K engagements


"The British Railway Station Where You Can Only Travel By Boat The historic maritime town of Dartmouth does not have a railway. It has never had a railway. But despite all that it has a railway station. It's been there for nearly [---] years and it still hasn't seen a single train. So how does it work I went to the gorgeous south Devon coast to find out more. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ IMAGE CREDITS Salcott Creek Salt Marsh by Matthew Barker -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tcPrm5Tb-SA)  2022-08-01T16:37Z 377K followers, 259.1K engagements


"The Last Surviving Giant Passenger Hovercraft In early [----] Britain launched a revolutionary new form of sea transport: the giant SRN4-class hovercraft. They are the largest passenger hovercraft ever built and they could fly between England and France in just [--] minutes - three times faster than anything else on the water. So why don't we have anything like them any more MORE INFO The Hovercraft Museum: https://www.hovercraft-museum.org/ The museum's "Support Us" page if you'd like to help them out: https://www.hovercraft-museum.org/support-us/ INSTA -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=x5jmrW1HvMQ)  2024-07-02T17:02Z 387K followers, 594.5K engagements


"The Hidden Shortcut Passages of Lyon The old town of Lyon is famous for what its residents call "Traboules": secret shortcuts and passageways hidden behind closed doors and known only to locals. So I went to Lyon and opened a door. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ Map I used to find the traboules: https://www.vanupied.com/lyon/monument-lyon/traboules-a-lyon-passage-pratique-secret-et-typique.html Accessible traboules (info translated from lyon-france.com): - [--] rue Saint-Jean (La"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1ZG6mB4tSHo)  2021-07-06T15:52Z 387K followers, 212.7K engagements


"Can A Toboggan Beat The Oslo Metro This video is a paid collaboration with Visit Oslo and I've no idea how I've got away with it. But anyway: at the northern end of Oslo's Line [--] there are two stations which are connected not just by the Metro but also by the toboggan track from the [----] World Luge Championships. So which one gets you there faster: metro or toboggan There's only one way to find out: I hired a toboggan. INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/the.tim.traveller TWIT - https://twitter.com/TheTimTraveller FACE - https://www.facebook.com/TheTimTraveller/ Visit Oslo -"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GrqygdjkZuQ)  2024-01-26T16:30Z 387K followers, 241.2K engagements


"Slieve Donard: Northern Ireland's Highest Mountain What a ridiculously gorgeous hike DISCLAIMER: if attempting this yourself your experience of Northern Irish weather may differ quite significantly from what is portrayed in this video. slieve donard northern ireland hiking walking outdoor mountain climbing hill bagging peak quest slieve donard northern ireland hiking walking outdoor mountain climbing hill bagging peak quest"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TYoGe3BfFgE)  2018-10-21T18:23Z 387K followers, 56.8K engagements

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