London and Paris Compared
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London and Paris
Two of the largest, the most important, most famous, most powerful cities in the world. I mean, they both really are kind of a big deal. London is both the capital and largest city of England and the entire United Kingdom. Paris, is both the capital and largest city of France. Both cities not only dominate the culture of their countries, but dominate the culture of the entire continent of Europe.
In terms of metropolitan areas, London is bigger. The London commuter belt has just over 14 million people, while the Paris metropolitan area has over 12.5 million people. So London is basically around 21% of the UK’s population and Paris is basically around 19% of France’s population.
The two cities are just 284 miles, or 457 kilometers apart, and there are probably more options than you realize for ways to go back and forth between the two. You can fly. You can take a train and ferry across. You can drive all the way. Wait...huh? Drive?!? Well, kind of, thanks to the Chunnel, an underground tunnel underneath the English Channel. Channel plus tunnel equals Chunnel. What you really do with your car, though, is drive it onto a train, which then carries you through the Chunnel. The quickest way to get between Paris and London is a train that goes straight through the Chunnel. The journey only takes 2 and a half hours.
Both are two of the most visited cities in the world. After Bangkok, Thailand, London is the second-most visited city in the world and Paris is the third-most visited city in the world. Both have horrendous traffic, although it doesn’t seem to be as bad in London. But yeah try not to drive if you go to either one.
Both are two of the most expensive cities in the world to live in. However, the cost of living is lower in London compared to Paris. And yeah, both are among the wealthiest cities in the world. In terms of GDP, London is ranked 5th and Paris is 6th.
Both are financial capitals of the world, although London is uh, more, yeah. The main industries of both are the service industries. Especially, the professional services in London and commerce in Paris.
Both have lots of universities but London arguably has the highest concentration of prestigious universities in the world. Both have a bike sharing system.
Yes, at 3:17 that is actually Berlin. I use a website called Videoblocks for stock footage. On Videoblocks, I went back and checked, and indeed that footage was marked as London. At 3:10 that apparently is a different Unknown Soldier and Eternal Flame And for the record, Paris is an awesome and amazing place. It's one of the most beautiful cities on the planet. I made mistakes. I'm a stupid American idiot.
Ok
I'm English and have never heard or read anybody ever call it Chunnel before. Also it sounds horrible to British ears, like slang for a woman's genitals.
chunnel is a word that had never fallen upon my ears before this video, and I wish that it never had.
@@jordane1350 Yeah I'm mostly hearing complaints from presumably British folks. I had no idea about that slang.
Thanks for the video. It's actually amazing and super informative!!
I've spent a lot of time in both, and have to say that Paris is a lot more French than London is English.
I disagree... Yes, Paris is French but English is widely spoken there. London is very English and of course many other languages are spoken there but officially its English.
I mean culturally. I've been to many streets in Paris and you always feel like you're in France culturally, but some streets in London you don't recognise that you're in England. The street signs, shop signs, and people can be so different. But your last point is also interesting. English is only a "De Facto" language in the UK - because most people who live here speak English. The only legally official "De jure" language anywhere in the UK is Welsh in wales.
@@markmark63 Oh yes, 80% of Paris neighborhoods look the same with the same architecture and yes its very FRENCH.. But the La Defense district looks very high tech and look like any other city worldwide with modern high rise buildings. Just outside Paris city borders, it looks like any other suburb.. The buses in Paris look identical to USA buses.. The Old English look of London still exist but many areas are looking more modern everyday. If you're from the USA and have spent time in Boston, Philly, NYC, DC, Annapolis etc., and you go to London for the first time, you will feel at home because the architecture will be familiar to you. Paris on the other hand will be a shock to many because it is so different visually unless you've spent time in DC because DC was molded after Paris.. Yes, outdoor cafes/restaurants and drinking liquor outdoors is very Parisian and Paris still maintains this.
@@mamadouaziza2536 Just to Say That "La Defense" Is outside of Paris (I am French by the way)
@@ms3173 And non-whites are never greedy, they are doing so much better in their countries. Right? Greed is in human nature, it has nothing to do with color.
As a Parisian citizen I have to say that half of the informations you’ve said are completely wrong, we have a pass navigo which is like an Oyster card , public toilets are free and if I go to a fast-food , I don’t have to show any receipt to go to the toilets. Using your girlfriend opinion to prove that your informations are trues is not really objective ( i don’t if it’s the right word in English) . Just call your video “reasons why I prefer London “ and try to work more on your video with real facts .
I've lived in both Paris and London and he is waaay off. And unemployment is London is higher than reported. Cost of living if you want to have less than 1h commute is higher. I live in zone 1 and I pay £2600, in Paris I lived in the 16th and paid €1600. Groceries are cheaper ( and crap) and so is beer, but good wine is impossible to find at a reasonable price. "France just surrendered" is very offensive as well. And after all the times I've walked into a tube covered in vomit, I'd take urine any day. And Paris isn't slow paced, the commute is much more efficient, people know how to move and in London there are loads of homeless but if you only hang in zone 1 you won't see it. He should visit Croydon, Brixton or actually just the strand in summer. All in all, he's a moron.
Fact
@@dragonrex06 you just don't have luck
TYpical frog always looking for an argument, such aggressive people, no humour. The world can't stand the French
@@Beodowd You haven't a clue
Lots of mistakes about Paris... Call your video "why i prefer London" dude
DUUUUUDDE
@@-erebor-2361 WHAAAAAT
True
London is better though-from a frenchman
France is a better country than england. Oh wait England's not even a country its Britain right.
Video in a nutshell: Paris has this, but london has this as well but more
... and presents a lot of inaccurate or even blatantly false infos.
hahaha completly true, this guy is super OBJECTIVE
he ain't wrong
@Roger Pierre lol
@@wolffpaul8867 lol
who died at that pronunciation of ‘Bangkok’ 😂😂
Yeah. That pronunciation was terrible. 😬🤦♂️
🎶one night in ‘Bongkok’ and the world’s your oyster...🎶
IKR I mean I-😂
I was like, where's that?
@@GloryNature he actually nailed it!
"You have to pay to go to the bathroom there" *shows picture of public bathroom with a "free access" sign.
He only knows about the Oyster card but not the French Navigo? -.-
Why does it have to say free access? If the bathrooms were always free that sign wouldn't be needed
@@ruennshenlew6152 , I went to Frane and London last week. Some of my relatives preferred London because of the language. I Belive Paris is more beautiful with more history. Paris pour moi est la ville la plus belle au monde.
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHYHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
@@detchaczoble i love london because its more modern
“Paris has trash” Me, a New Yorker: that ain’t nothing.
what im from paris dickhead
Brother you clearly have not been to Paris. Some streets are literal shitholes
Due you clearly are not a Parisian and very prolly a Tourist cuz only tourist think that stuff
@@riyadinho6795 im am from paris
School System needs to change Yeah obviously someone from Paris would not notice the trash since it just becomes something you’d ignore...
‘Why London is similar to Paris, but better, according to my reliable sources, research and obviously unbiased opinion of my wife’
London was the heart of the biggest empire in history, its amazing that paris even keeps up.
@@Genevasplaytime Can you name the capital of Mongolia, which had once the biggest empire on earth ? No, you have yo google it...
@@olelain And what did the Mongols build?
@@olelain The capital of Mongolia (Ulanbaatar) wasnt even around during the Mongolian empire so your point of null
@@Genevasplaytime you part of the edl?
This guy definitely works for the London tourist office .... ahahah
Trust me Paris as rats and doggie pop everywhere
@@robhingston shut up moron.
@meder shut up fuching rosbif. je suis très calme et surtout je t'emmerde ; mais tu doit etre trop con pour comprendre.
@meder i confirm you complet moron ,go back to the school rosbif and leave me alone !
Froggie talk is english
Given that I am a resident of London, I can confirm that London is, in fact, a city.
Not sure about Paris though
I knew it!
It has Cathedral Notre Dame in the center, which makes it a city with his very own archbishop, or Archeveque as they call them in France.
@martin corderoy ~That's right, dear: we're actually inhabited, largely, by...Martians ({; D ....!?!
Actually London is two Cities. The Old City of London, financial powerhouse, one square mile, then the City of Westminster. One Roman. The other Norman. Two Majors. Yep. Two.
Why Paris is better than London: -You don’t need to pay to visit cathedrals in Paris
Why London is better than Paris: -You don't need to pay to visit museums in London
LordRedSky The Louvre has free hours but ok
Cyrus M and the London underground doesn’t smell of piss all the time
@@LordRedSky The Louvre is free of charge for those under 26 years of age who live in one of the countries of the European Union, like most major Parisian museums.
LordRedSky well you haven’t been to French museums, they’re WELL worth it. Also there are free options.
in france, we also have an "oyster card" called "navigo".
Logan Tang Yeah and it’s wayyy cheaper the London one !
its also better cuz you can use it for every public transport while in London the Oyster Card is only for the Underground
@@Anis-zc9rw and for buses and over ground trains
@@Anis-zc9rw nope. Oyster cards are valid on all forms of transport in London (except cabs), even river buses. On overground trains you can even use it to some destinations considerably outside London. Plus of course you don't even need a physical Oyster card these days, you can pay with contactless credit/debit cards and mobile contactless payment facilities and you will be charged the same as if you were using an Oyster card. The only thing you can do with an Oyster card that you can't do with those other forms of payment is load it with a travel card.
@@andybaker2456 Anyways we should agree he shouldent be complaining about Public Transportation in European.Cities but american ones and since hes American he shouldent be the one talkin, also I'm not english so I was and I'm sorry for that (I was assuming because I never heard the oyster card being used for other p transtports)
"London has more museums" *shows video from Berlin*?
Haha, lol.. hoped i wasn't the only one to notice 🙈🙈
Most (but not all )are free to enter.
irreal_laerri he meant more museums compared to Paris
Paris belongs to Germany
@@sopmodo8122 Paris is Serbia
Nobody calls it a "chunnel" it's called the 'Channel Tunnel'...
David B thank god someone said that!
indeed never heard of it called ‘Chunnel' in my life and went through it more than I can count on me two hands
David B It’s an American thing
Americans think people say it but I live near London and I’ve never ever heard anyone say it it’s just cringey
it seems only americans call it the chunnel .. cringe
Extremely biased. London has more expensive rent costs than Paris, not lower. I could go on.
Go on then
expensive yeah but worth it
please do, you have LITTERALIY named one bad thing.
If your 18+ you go to a pub at night (great feeling) Going through the river Thames at night Witness the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace Walk Across Abbey Road Get Your Harry Potter On Experience the Street Art of London Visit the Houses of Parliament Walk Across Tower Bridge Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral for Free Sky Garden - London's Free Observation Deck Climbing the O2 Go to concerts in the O2 at night Visit Bond Street during Christmas Go to the museums for free Listen to British music Go inside the London Eye right in New years eve Go to a british rave (parties like never before) To name a very few..
The Bitch Has Arrived James Bond street? You meant Bond street, right? And actually, you meant Regent street, right? The two are pretty close commercial streets, Bond street posher but Regent street a lot more spectacular for architecture and lightning (esp. during Xmas) Out of curiosity and meaning no disrespect, are you American? The list of things you mention sound like the kind of things an American person would enjoy.
Écoutez, monsieur. Paris est toujours meilleur que Londres.
Bien dit
Oui Bien dit Paris sera toujours meilleur que Londres
aléçan chem Agreed my friend!
Oui c'est vrai paris est mieux que Londres
non c’est pas vrai
Just call the video reasons why I think London is better 😂
Vasta Andare True 🤣🤣🤣🤣
PARIS !
@George Walker you should learn French to understand the French and the parisian when you go in France 😉 it's not their fault if you don't make you understand and finish to think they are boring. If you you don't see Paris as she is it's your fault. If you want to run after cleaning road you can find them in a hospital 😂 allez bisoux 😘
Yes.
@George Walker sorry I only speak correctly German and Italian 🍻 with French it make the languages of philosophy, love and arts 😉
Brits and French have had their differences, and fought each other over and over again in a bitter rivalry spanning a the best part of millenium but one thing that unites us is that nobody calls it the 'chunnel'.
Fred Raybould and also we love hating each other. the French love also and especially the way Churchill hated de Gaulle
Ye you in The UK say it the Channel Tunnel and in France le Tunnel sous la Manche (I am french) and also I hate the UK
@lvan Big Nob France has always surrendered ? Have you ever read a history book ?
@lvan Big Nob Ye your a Noob just so you know a Viking vassal of France Normandy invaded England on behalf of France so ye we did invade you also Paris was hold fr a few years and in the end we took Paris Back and you only took half the country and England is half the size of Medieval France, England will the 100 yr war only took a quarter of France, and we dident surrender then also stop making that awful meme *ROSEBIF*
@lvan Big Nob mate, for 300 years, French was the official language of England
Your pronunciation of the French landmarks is atrocious
That’s because HE’S NOT FRENCH
There are some mistakes in a video. So, randomly, some clarifications : - Paris has the equivalent of the Oyster Card, known as " Pass Navigo " - Paris has less " international " people because, London is an English speaking city - Paris hasn't been bombed partly because one of Hitler's officers thought Paris was too beautiful to be bombed
That last fact is beyond innaccurate its just pathetic
And the 3rd point is the reason about why is Paris more beautiful.
Paris doesn't have less "international" people, they just mostly live in the petite couronne/banlieue (Paris in all but name) rather than the city 'intra muros'. Londoners of all origins live all over the city, but the most diverse areas are in the inner city.
The French surrendered - plain simple fact of why Paris was left unscathed by bombs. The video was right in this respect. Both Cities have their merits but London has more of everything. Number 2 most visited as opposed to number 3 - close but clearly London is more popular. I’ve met lots of French people who can’t stand the Parisians but Londoners don’t really have that here in England. Overall a fair assessment to all but the blinkered and biased. I do like Disneyland though but it’s not a patch on Orlando.
@@rontomlin6514 There was actually an order from Hitler to burn Paris to the ground rather than let it be recaptured by the Allies in 1945, but German General Von Choltitz realised that plan was both strategic insanity and just plain evil, so he disobeyed the "Führer" and ordered his troops to surrender.
I love both cities. London is more progressive and great if you're wealthy. Paris has much beauty and charm that doesn't cost to admire.
France is downright more progressive than these English curator ahaha all the gays are with us creating wonders and the french music radiates all of Europe and even the states (PNL, AYA Nakamura), and we won the World Cup with a much more diverse team than the English one while the players almost all come from Paris
paul keroulle I mean you’re wrong on a few things, but are you seriously trying to say Paris or France has better or more wide reaching music than UK? Tell me a single french artist that is even close to as big as Pink Floyd, Oasis, Stones, Beatles, Clapton, Radiohead, Adele, Ed Sheeran (I could keep going!). Daft punk are kinda big I guess...?
nick260682 You should check out Derniere Danse of Indila
@@nick260682 You should probably shut it...
Sousou511 I’m not saying there isn’t good music in Paris/France. But let’s not pretend french music is bigger than UK music across the world.
How is Leicester Square the most ‘Londony’ part of London ? A giant Burger King, 4 cinemas and right behind it, an area that stereotypically represents China ? 🤔
and full of drunk dicks
It's easily the least Londony part of the city
The most iconic buger king in the one in NYC that was on the scene of 9/11 and it's still there today.
@@tonicdb Well actually here in Britain we do have a drinking culture. Getting smashed is more acceptable in Britain than it is in some other European countries (France included).
@P Last Name k
Jesus, he's not even trying to say the french correctly.
David Goldstein Chon ZéhlyZay
faken amerikans
It was kind of funny
Does it actually matter though? I doubt if half of the French people who for some reason go to Britain or America try to speak in perfect English.
@@olivercope9296 But those are just some random words. He was mispronouncing monuments famous all over the world. Typical for Americans.
"Seule Paris est digne de Rome; seule Rome est digne de Paris" - "Solo Parigi è degna di Roma; solo Roma è degna di Parigi"
Yes
2 eternal cities 😍
London is bigger
Caca....seule ville d importance ou on y parle français
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Man, this video is so inaccurate, and so oftenly wrong. I mean you can't even place Paris properly on the map... lol
you don't understand; he was comparing London and Auxerre, so the location was accurate :P
Someone is salty
Yeah i agree he is doing propaganda for London because he has nothing to do.... Ya
I have been to both cities and I find this video quite accurate.
Oftenly is not a word , often means exactly what you want to say, it is " so often wrong ".
You’re factually incorrect by only paying in cash for the Paris metro, maybe you should visit places before you report on them specs
I've been to Paris and that's how it was. Has it changed?
@@invalidcrazy7034 No it hasn't it's because you were a tourist I guess and so you couldn't get the Navigo card it's the same as the oyster card
@@Anis-zc9rw Oh really. Well then if I had known..
@@invalidcrazy7034 no there is the Navigo 😊
@@Anis-zc9rw You can get a Navigo pass as a tourist but they don't do much to let you know that :/
I think the streets and subways of London are equally as dirty as in Paris. You see beggars in both cities in the subway. Your video is biased. I thought Paris was more interesting than London to visit. But both are great cities.
To me, both subways were equally much cleaner than here in NYC. The streets, I agree with you are the same.
@@iloveblue76 As a person who once lived in New York,I totally agreed.
I'm Parisian, I like London very much. I've been there three times. Some of your information is however false, for the dirtiness of Paris compared to London I totally agree, as far as prices are concerned it surprises me a lot that Paris is more expensive than London I think it's false. In any case, Paris and London are two very beautiful cities although they have different charms. The only downside of London and England as a whole is the food, which is why I won't be able to live there. Fortunately there are very good foreign restaurants (Chinese, Lebanese, Pakistani, Indian...).
No one talks about People in both cities . Only food and Architecture
The food is awful in London. Also a lot of pastries and sweet are put on the shelves without glass protection unlike Europe which is not hygienic. What I saw was london was windier. Eiffel Tower is by far superior to london eye artistically I would say. I would say london or England need to open its pocket and build a proper metro rather than those stupid double decker buses blocking the road and killing cyclists.
@@Cleopatra1233 double deckers are only really in london, the rest of England dosent really have them
@@Cleopatra1233 Waffling. You think London doesn’t have a proper metro 😂😂😂
@@Cleopatra1233 london has the best metro in the world far better than paris😂
Excuse me? In the pic of Paris’ public restroom it’s literally written FREE ACCESS, whereas in London in many places you have to pay a few coins for entering public restrooms, such as in King’s Cross station. Not all London restrooms are free
Tiago Adulis and not all bathrooms in Paris are free
George Gilbert and I said the same thing so how about you try listening pleb
Tiago Adulis If it has to say free access, then the toilets aren't free. In other countries it doesn't say that because it's assumed it is free.
Not being able to use whatever bathroom you like is a TOURIST AREA thing, not a Paris thing. In the USA, in tourist areas, it's very common to see "bathrooms for customers only" and having to go get a key or a code to use the bathroom.
@@fwlenard and not only where the tourist attractions/objectives are, but even at some hospitals, and/or universities!!
As a tourist I've been in both cities, they both have very interesting places where to go, however, I prefer Paris. While in Paris I felt that I was IN a French culture, on the other hand in London it felt like I was just in yet another big modern city.
London is no longer an English city.
aucourant UK in general
@@aucourant9998 Paris is no longer a French city, and Europe will no longer be European in a few decades.
@@jeromehorn Thats bullshit, immigrants assimilate and make the impact of European culture stronger through embracing European values
@@marcodiepold2065 Wrong sir, immigrants not only bring their own culture, but also impose their values & custums, as we can see in some Paris areas.
your french pronunciation is embarrassing, and I'm Italian
Italian can say hard to pronounce French and Romanian words .
@@mohdadeeb1829 no, maybe it's difficult for us to say the french "R"
@@mohdadeeb1829 Exactly why he emphatized being Italian. Even us can tell that his pronunciation is horrible
bindlex_ dnb - good thing he’s isn’t french then, eh?
@@elliot7753 If you have to do a video about a country, then try at least to learn how to pronounce them decently. That's the least thing you could do, even to be acknowledged as trustworthy
Both cities host Grand Slam venues in tennis. Paris has Roland Garros, the biggest tournament played on clay courts, while London has Wimbledon, the largest on grass courts.
I personally prefer Paris
@Catfish Billy I love London. Why shouldn't I visit it?
@first name last name Have you been to both of them?
Don't visit London, food is toxic
@@paulkeroulle3962 If you go to shithole tourist spots.
Me too
As a Londoner, I can suggest you left out the most important point - that London and Paris are actually very similar, and we are close culturally. Paris is our sister city - we love, party, grieve and work hard in the same way. When Paris burns, Londoners cry too. During the terrorist attacks in Paris, all of London was in despair. The language is different, and there are some differences - which you highlight - but there is a lot that is similar and binds our people together.
J'ai un peu de mal avec l'anglais certes, mais je pense avoir compris l'essentiel de la vidéo. Il y a beaucoup d'informations qui vise à dénigrer la ville de Paris, plus que la ville de Londres je trouve. Et j'ai juste à lire les commentaires pour voir que plusieurs personnes pense la même chose. Je ne suis jamais aller dans aucune de ces deux villes, mais je pense que même si ces deux villes ont un fonctionnement différents et forcément une politique qui varient selon le pays où elles se trouvent, elles se ressemblent en plusieurs points comme plusieurs autres grandes villes dans le monde. Et évidemment, il y a une culture différente dans ces deux endroits, les gens qui y habitent ont des mentalités qui ne se ressemble absolument pas. Je comprends l'intérêt de la vidéo, mais si c'est pour mettre une ville au dessus d'une autre, alors que le cadre de vie y est différent en plusieurs points, je pense que ce n'est pas utile, sincèrement.
Unrelated note but I understood everything you said and now I’m really happy
Paris is a shithole mate
@@Enderflow219 oh thank u for your comment
@@ghost7ii692 oh, hello. question : have you ever visited Paris ? and when you say "shithole" you mean it's a bad city with bad people, with a bad smell, etc ?
@@louiraiju it's overrated asf
Mr. Beat : "My heart is Beating For History" Also Mr. Beat : "France just surrendered" Nice historical shortcut dude !
Rolled over and died. Didn't have the guts to fight Hitler. We are a tiny country, and we fought to the last. They had to wait for the UK and US to liberate them. Don't remind them of their history ................
@@treasurehunteruk9718 We sacrificed our army so the British army could go back to England... by the way the british head of command didn't even respect the original allied plan and ran to the see, so you should learn your history ! And by he way, in case you would have forgot British is an island which makes it way difficult to invade. It's easy to brag on, when you don't have Germany as a neighbour.
@@wolffpaul8867 You might be speaking German if it wasn't for the Brits and US. You should be grateful. Even if we weren't an island, I can't imagine Winston Churchill bowing down to Hitler. He would have fought to the last, and being an island did not stop us from getting all the bombs from aeroplanes!!!! You kept your place intact, our buildings were bombed. Even Charles de Gaulle moved to Britain during the war!!!!!
@@treasurehunteruk9718 I come from Dunkirk, I can tell you some of our cities are not intact, more french people died (soldiers and civilians) than British during WW2. By the way I never said I wasn't grateful to the American and British army, I'm only against the idea of saying the french surrendered. We lost more frenh soldiers in 2 weeks, than WW1. We just had bad generals who were too old, and bad equiped army compared to Germany. So please stop this french bashing always saying : french surrender. It's not true. We just lost a battle : la campagne de France which Britain lost as well, the only difference is that you live on a island, so you could bring yout army back home, we were already home
@@wolffpaul8867 I don't honestly think Churchill would have ever given in to Hitler. Even if we were not an island, he would have fought tooth and nail. There is no way he would have bowed to that psycho without a fight, and he would have gone down dying, if he had to.
Did you intentionally say bang gok to avoid demonetization? Nice
LOL
It’s also the proper pronunciation (as in “บางกอก”)! Great job!
I prefer bangkok over banggok honestly. If it isn't pronouce correctly, it sounds so fucking bad and nobody use it nowaday anyway.
oh uhhh so youtube officially recognizes it's pronunciation as Bongok oh that's funny 🤔
Normie
I lived in London in the early 90's when it was grimy and full of litter. The IRA bombers were active so all the rubbish bins were removed so they couldn't hide a bomb or incendiary device in a bin. That meant there was litter everywhere. The tube was filthy due to spending cuts and the people were a bit down-trodden. We visited Paris and stayed in a poorer suburb in the northern part that was mostly home to people from north africa. It was safe and tidy and everywhere we went in Paris people were generally happy and seemed please to meet two New Zealanders trying hard to speak French. We went back in 2008 and both cities had changed dramatically. London was clean, there was no litter and folks seemed happy and positive. Paris was grungy and there were scammers everywhere.
Thanks for sharing that. Are you back in New Zealand now?
I've lived in London since 1981 but also visited Paris regularly. What you say is a very accurate summary.
I was thinking the same, a few decades ago Paris wins, but London has surpassed them in terms of financial power, cleanliness and friendliness. The funny thing is, most native English people would tell you that London it's a shit hole compared to the rest of the country.
@@futurez12 That's because it IS.
@@futurez12 Nah, not a shit hole. Just full of Southern cunts.
3:10 showing footage of a russian eternal flame in Moscow... damn dude...
Moments of bias towards London in the video are here. Please drop a like this took me a long time. (1:29) Paris is actually the 2nd most visited city in the world, not London. (1:36) What makes you think London has less traffic issues? Have you been to both and compared? 🧐 (1:44) If you do a bit of research, you’ll find that London is actually more expensive. (1:58) That was a pretty useless and biased comment in my opinion. (2:12) By putting “arguably” you are saying that it is an opinion of yours and that it is not factual in any way. (3:03) At least give it a shot in these pronunciations... shake my head. 🤦♂️ (3:10) That image is not from the Arc de Triomphe. Do your research. (3:16) Give us a statistic with a number if you are going to say London has “more” of something. Also, that image is Berlin. (3:56) This feels like an insult. Yes, French people may be bad at English, but don’t make such accusations! You’d be surprised how bad people in the UK speak French. I’ve been there, so I can judge! (8:21) You were doing pretty well in the history part... but how can you assume this statement? I can clearly tell you have never been to Paris! (8:34) What makes you think this? Yes, it’s difficult to find parking, but on what basis did you come to this conclusion? (8:40) How do you know it’s much cleaner? (8:45) Navigo card: am I a joke to you? (9:12) How do you define a slow-paced City exactly? 👀 (9:26) I’ve found the source: you are listening to your wife’s experience. The thing is, your wife isn’t everybody on the planet. (9:38) I’ve been to both and I confirm this is not true at all. You got this from your wife. (9:46) Honestly this is biased if you haven’t been to both. I literally didn’t see a difference. Ever. (9:57) Even North Korea doesn’t do a better job than you at conveying the wrong image of a city/country. (10:13) What the heck is this fact! 😂 I have a feeling maybe in front of the Eiffel Tower but not the metro! (10:20) When you are so biased to London you just have to include this phrase in the video. Just wow! (10:32) There is no difference in terms of scamming in London and Paris. This is just plain bias from wifey. (10:36) Restrooms are actually free in Paris. Google it. (10:42) It is so plain and obvious you took this from one single experience: the one of your wife. This has never happened to me in either London or Paris. (11:43) 2008! Haha that was so long ago and I can tell your video is outdated in many aspects too! 😆
C'est juste un gros rageux laisse tomber
All these points are fair enough apart from the one about 3:56, I see that as a point to the French for being fluent in both languages
@@kd4n347 true... glass half full...
London is far more expensive than Paris. (I lived in both cities). And what about making more of an effort to pronounce the names of the French attractions?
London IS way more expensive than Paris.
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Shut up English is #1 🇬🇧 💪
@@aieo471 Your comment is unrelated to the topic. Go **ck yourself ❤
Please update your information and work on your French pronunciation.
Ouai
I suggest that Mr. Beat have Mrs. Beat do the narration. To my ear, Mr. Beat's voice is intolerably irritating.
Nå må du roe deg ned
3:41 "Il fait *un peu* plus chaud en été à Paris"... Ah parce qu'il a fait *presque* 42°C à Londres cet été ??!
i live in london it’s nothing special trust me
I visited London back in 2017 and stayed for a week. I LOVED it. I've got to go back there and spend even more time. I think you are more blessed than you know.
skai ythats because you’ve seen and experienced most things for tourists London is more enticing
u didnt visit the real london fam
I liked london
I live in California and I find London to be incredible. In fact, I would love to live there.
It pretty much sounded a lil biased against paris literally the whole time
The number of American/British bashing France all day long on KZhead is amazing. Greetings to all.
they'do the same to Italy, and our two countries couldn't care less what these people have to say
@@ravieromartino7244 Lol we french and you italians know we have a greater language culture and art than them and the anglophones are jealous. They also the only ones still talking about the two World Wars when continental Europe (who lived it on it's soil) has moved on. They need to grow up.
@@karidjatoure4327 "We French" you're exaggerating a little, ahahahaha!!
@@nickduf ???
AND ANNOYING! Pauvre France, Napo se retourne dans sa tombe...
I’m from Portugal and I’ve been in the two cities, and the truth is, they are two beautiful, historical and modern cities, but I wouldn’t live in any of them😂😂
The image of london at 4:22 is actually the beautiful city (and my hometown) of Bath, about a 1.5 train ride from London in the West of England!
this video is clearly supporting London. not fair video
He’s telling facts
@@taraglazzard6471 There's a way to present facts and select the facts you want to tell. The video was obviously biased.
@@taraglazzard6471 Without having been there? His wife probably doesn't speak French anyway. What kind of a n instructive comparison this is?
@@taraglazzard6471 hum this guy just did one hundred mistakes in this video, there are not facts About the oyster for exemple, we have the navigo He show a video from Berlin for illustrate London Bruh
So glad I didn't see this before. It would have tainted my view, because half of your opinions on Paris is bull!
He wouldn't make this stuff up. He literally said research at the end
@@Evan-xp9uh I've lived in both cities and I can tell you that a lot of things are not really factual. It's "let me take 1/3 of a fact and I will forget the other 2/3". Example: living in the city of Paris is freaking expensive as is in London. But if you live in the metropolitan area it becomes cheaper in France because the metro system is cheaper. Basically rent+transportation (which is at least what you need to pay each month) is cheaper in Paris than in London.
Don't forget about the 24,000,000 rats in Paris metro
@Queen_PLATINE! and how long has it been oh and that's metro Paris not just city proper
@Queen_PLATINE! there is about 2 rats per person it's on Google
I prefer Paris to London. I never would wanna life in London but would love to improve my french in Paris. I also like the french language and culture more then the english one. But I just hope they try to "make Paris clean again".
But London is not British culture at all
well paris was never clean tho
very unbiased lol
Realistically both cities are interesting, historic places that are home to great museums, amazing architecture, exciting events etc. I think to truly understand and appreciate Paris you have to speak French (makes sense) - if you have an understanding of French language, culture and politeness then everything that English speakers typically consider 'rude' about Parisians can actually seem kind of funny and charming in a weird way. Though it is probably worth noting that most non-Parisian French people also have their fare share of opinions about people from Paris - I often say that the stereotypes non-French people have about the French are the same stereotypes non-Parisian French people have about Parisians. I think a key difference between the two is how they treat their central areas - 'Paris' in the departmental sense (i.e., Paris intra-muros) is very densely populated, with minimal modern architecture (of course there are certain areas with modern architecture, especially towards the périph). This density gives it a very different character to central London, which is more spread out and has seen a lot more modern development. Transport in central Paris is imo easier, as the lines are spaced closer together - it's also easier to switch métro lines than it is to switch lines on the Tube, where at some stations you seem to walk for kilometres (and further to that, most métro stations are shallower and have a shorter journey from train to street level, vs. the tube which is often very deep in the ground - though this is obviously dependent on specific lines). Re: the question of graffiti, trash etc. - there are areas in both cities which have these problems, and there are areas which have absolutely no trash. But I don't think this is necessarily the best metric to assess a city. I think the issue in Paris can seem exaggerated to tourists because some of the major tourist sites happen to be in areas that have a lower socioeconomic status/a 'rougher' reputation - e.g., Montmartre/Sacré Coeur, the Moulin rouge. But actually I think it's good that Paris has some degree of socio-economic mixité (that's not to say that Paris doesn't have the same kinds of problems that almost all cities do with spatial inequality, because it very much does). At the end of the day, I love Paris because of its unique, strong Parisian identity. There are very few other major cities in the world which remain so distinctly themselves (though I'm biased bc I lived there for 2 years). I love London because of the diversity of people (coming not just from all over the world but also all over the UK), the interesting neighbourhoods, the excitement. I understand why a lot of English speakers (anecdotally: especially Americans) don't like Paris - it is not a typically 'friendly' city, and if you just go and see the major sites then you'll probably end up feeling like you've just been on a tourist conveyer belt. I think London through its geography often forces visitors to get to know different neighbourhoods a little better. But if visitors to Paris just take the time to step away from the classic tourist haunts, find a local boulangerie and don't take it personally if you don't get any smiles from service staff, there is so much gold to discover and love about Paris.
This video is clearly for London. Why you cannot be neutral
Because london is better
@@omkhetz3798 Hell nah
He is saying statistics
Because London is better
C est pcq il est anglais mais on sait tous que Paris reste n°1
*Istanbul and Athens Compared ?*
I can dig that
Or even better West vs East Istambule and Rome
Heck yeah...I think I like the second suggestion even better
Your typing it wrong, it’s Athens vs Constantinople.
Athens......hardly any Muslims there.
You can drink in public in the UK, pretty much anywhere except Public Transport and Royal Parks.
I was actually in Paris when Notre Dame caught fire. The entire Île de la Cité was closed off by the local police.
Minute 3 : 17 That’s not London But Berlin
Very true!
Aua
Oh yes! Well spotted, I love the tv tower in Berlin Awesome view
As someone born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I would say Paris feels more at home. Similar attitude of locals, pace of life, architecture, and life style. But as someone who has grown up the other half of my life in New York, I would say London feels more like my present home. Much more cosmopolitan, fast pace, and economically important.
Even if i did appreciate the video... there is a lot of incorrect information: - London is way expensive than Paris. Especially in transportation and housing. The city of Paris has a lot of free activities (museum, concert, art etc...). The city of Paris is more "walkable" than London with cheaper transportation - When we talk of "core" city, London is way bigger than Paris. London is one big city when there is Paris + his surroundings. Paris is more "human size" than London - Paris embodies more the French culture than London the English culture. In Paris, people work to live. In London, people live to work. So a lot of people can come to work but in Paris it's a different work/life balance.
It is pointless to notice London is way bigger than Paris when Paris is a region. Take a look at Boulogne Billancourt or Neuilly sur Seine for example. 2 cities literaly sticked to Paris with metro in it, where huge profits are made and companies have their hq, they are just the same as an arrondissement. It just doesn't work the same as London. You can't say for example La Défense is not in Paris, it's the biggest business district in Europe thanks to Paris, however, it's located on 4 different cities, not in Paris. That's why we are creating The Great Paris, because it doesn't make sense to compare to others cities the intra muros part of Paris when it is way bigger in fact. Then we will argue.
Being Dutch the amount of homeless people in both Paris and London shocked me, however I feel like London simply has more of a problem with them unlike portrayed in the video.
for the size and population of london its better than paris in terms of homeless.
...hey Mr. Beat...what about comparing Toronto and Montreal?
good idea
I've never been but they both seem like nice city's. I'd probably go for Montreal myself
Compare Toronto and Vancouver
I go to Toronto twice a year I've never been to Montreal
Lol as a biased anglophone as demonstrated in this video, he will choose Toronto over Montréal even though Montréal is better.
The beauty of Paris and London are the they are so close yet worlds apart culturally and that's what makes them both amazing. Here are some honest answers for both cities. Transportation: Tube vs Metro: Tube is cleaner yet older, but the Metro is faster, more efficient, cheaper and goes where you want to go. Food: Paris wins but London has really come up in the last 3 years or so. You can't beat French pastries and wine. People: London is so multi-cultural that it doesn't seem to have a strong British culture where as Paris is all about being French. You can find rude people anywhere in the world. Speaking just a few words of French goes a long way to your overall experience. Natural Beauty: Both are really flat areas. Architecture: Paris wins for its consistently brilliant style throughout the city. London has some gems as well and it's new skyscrapers are beautiful, but it's hard to beat walking around Montmarte or Marais.
"People: London is so multi-cultural that it doesn't seem to have a strong British culture where as Paris is all about being French. " As a London resident, I can say this is 100% true Unfortunately in several neighbourhoods in London the only thing left that is British is the buildings' architecture -- because everything else is just foreign people, foreign foods, shops and supermarkets catering to those immigrants... It's too much.
@@MVUK358 Who gives a fuck your damn queen is a fucking german british culture my ass.
Jesus if the London tube is cleaner than the Metro, the metro must be a shitheap - haven't been on it since 1991 so I don't remember how it was. The London tube is positively dystopian, old, shabby, run down and filthy compared to the Amsterdam metro.
@@simonh6371 They have spent millions on it, and it has vastly improved. You will notice a massive difference when you come again ........
@@treasurehunteruk9718 Do you mean the London Underground or the Paris Metro? I live in London now and it's still run down, although some stations were renovated. I accept it is the oldest underground in the world though lol but still after living in the Netherlands and using the metros in Amsterdam and Rotterdam - which were built a century later than the London underground - the difference is noticeable.
Alors écoutez, im french and I live in Paris. im English too, I studied in England and went to London many times, ill tell you straight up, Paris is better for so many reasons we could call and have a chat about it all day! aller bisous bonne journee a vs
Man you got caught. You will see no French making these kind of videos. I guess they do no need a biased video to state the obvious.
On most the videos it’s only french people from Paris watching them, jealous of london
1. Paris Metro also allows for cards in public transport, in fact paper based tickets are being phased out soon. The equivalent of the Oyster card is called "Navigo Découverte". It's a one time fee of 5€ for the card + 22.8€ for a weekly pass. 2. There is a LOT of free toilets around Paris, they tend to be pretty disgusting though. Saw one with syringes laying on the floor :/
Yeah, I think this detail has been forgotten in the video. In Paris you can have a Navigo card for a LOT LESS than the Oyster card.
Paris transport is a disaster in whole Europe.
This is so painfully pro-London and biased against Paris it's hard to watch.... Also he purposefully chose lower quality and less colorful footage for Paris compared to London to make it look like a Dull city.... He mentionned all of the biggest Londonians attractions, but chose the unknown soldier instead of the Opera Garnier, Pont de sully instead of le Grand Palais, le Marais instead of La Défense..... I'm sorry but this is obviously made to advertise against Paris, also the white flag joke was seriously stereotypical and quite Insulting. You mentionned that Paris was invaded by the British for 16 years, in the middle ages but conveniently omitted to say that England was ruled by french kings for 2 centuries, which is why the UK's motto is in French to this day.
Well said, dude. You've just resumed what I thought during this whole video in your comment. SO biased. And the 200 years of ruling by the French is way more humiliating than the 16 years occupation of Paris by the English. Plus it's easy to say we surrendered when we permitted them to evacuate hundreds of thousands of British soldier while 45 thousand French men held the hundred thousand plus German troops during 3 days. The war would have probably been different if the British had been caught by the Germans at that time. It was stated by the German officers themselves that this battle was a turning point of the war. I'm so sick of the disrespect these dead soldiers, who fought with all they had and courage, get these days.
We weren't ruled by the French for 200 years. We were ruled by viking settlers from Normandy. Viking and french hybrids. Just because we were ruled by people who were ethnically french, it doesn't mean we were ruled by France. A Norman duke who had a french mother and a viking father. Edit: I accidentally spelt Normandy wrong because the keys on my phone are way too small and inevigably, my fingers clip some keys or miss some out. I only just realised just now because of the notification of getting a new like.
@@BoraCM You're are right in the sense that it's not the French king that ruled over England. But you're wrong when you say that William the Conqueror was viking from is father. His great great great grandfather was a viking, his father was already a mix from 2 generations. In the end it's more correct to say that England conquered by Normans (from Normandy)
No, UK has that in its motto because they had monarchs that had RIGHTS to the French throne. The UK was coming very close to ruling France at one point.
Actually, the UK was never ruled by French. They were ruled by Normans from the Nordic countries that kept invading Normandy in France, so the king of what was France back then gave them rights to the land. Then they mixed with French. Then they invaded England. It's unfair to say the British were ruled by the French and take credit for that considering it was largely Normans. France wasn't a thing back then. @@Thedemonlord66
Man, Paris sounds a lot like select areas of New York. Personally, when it comes to tourism, I'd rather go to a lesser known city or even country for a different kind of experience. Most big cities tend to have much of the same stuff anyway.
If I had a choice to visit London or Paris, I would definitely go to Paris!
Australia and New Zealand would be groovy.
Yeah, that one is on my list.
@@iammrbeat . When he notices you ;p I am an industrial sized fan, second year education student in Aus. Keep it up sister.
@@iammrbeat P.s Pro tip if you can find a book on the internet called "Dark Emu' by Bruce Pascoe it explains quite a bit of early history.
You can’t compare New Zealand to somewhere that doesn’t exist
@@user-xd4sk4pk7h . Shhhhhh.
Ratatouille makes sense now...
HSHAHAHHAHAH
HELMUT ALTO I seriously hope you’re trolling.
Lawrence Heath The sad part is I don’t think he is 😂. Bruh dead serious.
HELMUT ALTO lol don’t get your panties in a bunch my boy. It ain’t that deep.
I've been to both on several occasions, but I have to admit I prefer London. Its overall cleaner and there is so much to do there. Not that Paris doesn't have a lot to do, it does, but I've been to Paris three times and London 9 times and have never run out of things to do in London.
Does that have to do with language maybe?
I've had the good fortune to be able to visit Paris a few times and London once, and have to disagree with the assessment that Paris is dirtier and not so friendly to visitors. Paris has street cleaning every morning and just like anywhere else there tend to be more trashed accumulated for pickup in the evening. And just like other cities, there are places that are not as kept up as others. People in Paris are friendly and helpful. When my luggage got stuck at the metro turnstile gate, a guy scanned his card to open the gate so I could free my luggage without my asking. When we were at a boulangerie and couldn't decide what to order, the lady told the other patrons to wait because we had been there first. I think it was because we always attempted to communicate in broken French and was respectful everywhere we went.
The rivalry of the century! And the last one. And the one before that. And the one before that.. And the one before that...
Going back about 20 centuries. :)
You should at least say the video is biased to avoid all this hate. Because it clearly is!
That makes no sense... all are facts
@@dennis771 Indeed the "facts" this video presents are heavily biased if not outright false and misleading : - no "oyster"-like card (Navigo pass in Paris) - no free toilets (all public toilets are free in Paris) ...And many other misleading pseudo-informations...
If your 18+ you go to a pub at night (great feeling) Going through the river Thames at night Witness the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace Walk Across Abbey Road Get Your Harry Potter On Experience the Street Art of London Visit the Houses of Parliament Walk Across Tower Bridge Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral for Free Sky Garden - London's Free Observation Deck Climbing the O2 Go to concerts in the O2 at night Visit James Bond Street during Christmas Go to the museums for free Listen to British music Go inside the London Eye right in New years eve Go to a british rave (parties like never before) To name a very few..
The Bitch Has Arrived I’ve already done some of those things. I love London probably more than I love Paris I was just giving the guy who made the video advice. He’s clearly biased and that’s alright as long as you make it clear from the beginning
Agreed. He should have named it "reasons I like London more than Paris."
The disrespect shown towards Paris 🤦♂️ Let me add: Paris has most number of michelin starred restaurants in the world Paris fashion scene is unmatched in the world Louvre is the most visited museum in the world Paris has five statues of Liberty Other landmarks not mentioned Sacré coeur, Disneyland, Tour montparnasse, Catacombs of Paris, Parc Luxembourg, Montmartre, Musee dOrsay, Trocadero, picasso museum, Palace of Versaille, Tuileries garden etc etc and the market Barbes ;)
And Paris does have more Museum than London and more known, more visited and more prestigious all over the world
They are all surrounded by trash, rats, homeless people, thieves and the smell of human excrement though, hardly impressive.
@@rupertprawnworthy758 I've been in Paris like 5 times, I've seen trash like in two streets over a hundred, I don't know how far you got from the center to see poo or this kind of thing, or if you have actually been in Paris :/
Paris fashion scene is out matched by Milan
Why in other landmarks not mentioned did you only list unmentioned ones in Paris.
I'm sorry the "Chunnel" I nearly choked
Cool video but as a French I have to explain some things^^ The legal border of Paris is really tight, this is why we included the urban area to compare the 2 cities otherwise Paris would be far behind for no reason. This problem also lies in the regions of all major French cities and if you count the urban areas I don't think London would still be 6th French city. Furthermore, for reknow monuments of Paris it would have been good to consider the urban area, with Disneyland and even more Versailles. Paris is not dirty, people feel like it is because of the comparison to other European cities but actually London is about the same and NYC is a total garbage then 😅 Public toilets are free in Paris, but there are just a few of them and often not properly working. We do not pay for the metro with coins haha. What is truly a shame is the lack of contactless payments, but we also use magnetic cards. London has more museums? Might be true I'm curious. But I'm not sure London was destroyed that much by Nazi Germany... And if Paris got spared don't think that the French people never experienced bombing. I say that because you insist on the surrendering thing. Oh and the multicultural aspect I think is truly biased and I wonder if you skipped the urban area figures. Immigrants arrived nonetheless decades ago in France (I mean the great waves of immigration) which means that their children are now becoming adults and are French soil born citizens, so they don't appear in charts, and also because it is forbidden in France to make charts on religion etc .. Paris is multiethnic^^ and as for universities, you forgot to mention that university is free in France, which in fact does change everything! And as non native English speaking schools, French colleges face the difficulty of being known worldwide
yeah he's biased af. i like both cities equally. greetings from switzerland
You're so triggered you could be American...
@@whannabi What drives you to that possibility, Einstein?
Paris was bombed, at least most of the military complex around the city. The french army declared Paris an open city because the french military command has moved the defensive line over the Loire. (Still it hasn't work because at this moment the german were outnumbering the french). Paris was occupied on 14th of June 1940, and the french government capitulate on 22 of June 1940. The army was still fighting over the Loire, but the government under Petain decide to negociate. The french government was really weak before WW2, too much corruption.
he's actually not, I live in Paris and everything he said is true@@Alan_Mac
You we’re pretty hard on Paris. Paris is beautiful AF, more than London.
Hell nao
You got something wrong in the video @9:20 You actually can drink on the street in London unless it is specified not to in that zone. There are no general laws prohibiting street drinking in the UK
I love how he mostly mentions what London have more than Paris. I died when he even mentioned "London have more museum than Paris": never will he mention that Paris has the most visited and prestigious museum in the world by far, that would be giving a point to Paris. Saying stuff like the Eiffel Tower being the most visited paid monument in the world was probably also out of question. And don't worry for the Olympic games, just wait 4 years and a half. And... oh well no matter. Some parts were informative anyway, especially regarding the past. Though honestly during the first phase of WW1, france saved Paris mostly alone: at the time during the war, in total 1,500,000 french soldiers and 100,000 british soldiers were fighting the Germans, it's ridiculous to place both armies at the same level. Well youtubers have the right to be biased.
The guy is a fraud... Paris has 297 museums, and London only 192. See www.worldcitiescultureforum.com/data/total-number-of-museums
@@goxokogoxoki6734 London has 170 museum, and paris has only 130 museum. London has also 230 theatre, paris has only 140 theatre. if you don't believe then go and check on Google.
If your 18+ you go to a pub at night (great feeling) Going through the river Thames at night Witness the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace Walk Across Abbey Road Get Your Harry Potter On Experience the Street Art of London Visit the Houses of Parliament Walk Across Tower Bridge Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral for Free Sky Garden - London's Free Observation Deck Climbing the O2 Go to concerts in the O2 at night Visit James Bond Street during Christmas Go to the museums for free Listen to British music Go inside the London Eye right in New years eve Go to a british rave (parties like never before) To name a very few..
Somebody triggered
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When I was living in London I was at the pub with an English work colleague who told me his idea of a perfect life was to live in London on an American salary with a French wife and a Chinese cook. I asked him what would be the worst life and he said "That's easy, to live in Paris on a Chinese salary with an American wife and an English cook.
That couldn’t be truer omg
“Heaven is where the police are British, the lovers French, the mechanics German, the chefs Italian, and it is all organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the police are German, the lovers Swiss, the mechanics French, the chefs British, and it is all organized by the Italians.”
James Newstead hell is where the police are American
@@jim7771 Whats the problem with german police?
United Kingdom of Great Britain I wouldn’t disagree with that, but this is a famous European based phrase
10:44 I remember that McDonald's in Slovenia had that thing when you needed a code(it was on a receipt) to use the toilet but that was like 10 years ago😂
Video on the left at 4:21 isn't London, it's Bath, in southwestern England
You're definitely a pro-London... and I think that you are saying a lot of stereotypes about Paris that are not true, you probably didn't stay there much
He doesn't seem to know much about either city. Exhibit A: showing a picture of Berlin and calling it "London". They say authors should write about what they know; the same is true of KZhead videos, in my opinion.
I went to Paris myself and it was shit. I stepped in human poop on the street and it was disgusting. Maybe I went to wrong parts of France? But still, I didn’t meet a single French person and saw a bunch of trash bags on the stteeet. I did like going to the museums and medieval parts.
@@noblechief4023 Paris is not the best of France by any means, it's just got the best publicity. Even if they don't have the same range of iconic landmarks as the capital, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Lyon (to name a handful) are all nicer cities to visit, with friendlier locals and a more authentic atmosphere. But to really appreciate France, you need to get out of the cities altogether, as the 'soul' of the nation is in the countryside (largely because that's where food comes from!) One thing that doesn't change wherever you go in France: you will step in dog shit if you're not looking where you're going. However, ruthlessly clean countries are not always the most interesting to visit.
@@noblechief4023 You very probably went to the wrong parts of the City
Paris is a vile city, I adore Perpignan, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, Marsielle, Nice
Oxford Vs Cambridge (cities & universities)
I like it
As someone who lives and is from London I do wanna say I prefer Paris 💕
4:21 Thats Bath not London, was quite surprising to see the hometown pop up on a video of London and Paris
This is easily one of the worst researched and non-neutral video on this matter. You're literally better off watching videos on the separate cities and make your mind on your own.
So London may be more visited than Paris in total, but if you exclude business travel and only consider tourism, Paris is the most visited city in the world! Being a resident, I understand why people can seem like jerks to tourists, because there are simply so many! Nearly every day, I would help some tourists in need of guidance; for people with full-time jobs that can get tiring, please be lenient towards Parisians!
Un parisien qui aide les touristes ? Quelle est cette sorcellerie ?
I love Paris and always found (even as an American, if you are polite & humble) that people are actually quite nice.
Oxygen 😂 c'est une miracl
Paris is not visited more than London. Whichever demographic you chose more people visit London now in the last 3 ish years than Paris
Nice comment, but what is it with the French and putting an exclamation mark after every sentence, it's very rarely used in the English language
As someone who has lived 18 years in Paris and still kind of lives there, the metro is not nearly as bad as it is said to be. The only real bad experience I had was line 2. Most lines are clean enough, don’t smell like anything and are efficient. It is true though that a lot of people beg for money, some of them playing music in return, but most of them don’t. Most people just ignore them. Plus it is cheap, and literally no ones pays cash. You now have a card you can charge, but there has been a cheap subscription system for a while. The Tube is not nearly as affordable.
A good comparison video would be Manchester and Liverpool. They are the two of the most important cities in the north of England and have both had a big cultural impact on the world in terms of Music, Sport, Technology, and transportation. As well as Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland
I love both cities, but Paris is my favorite city in the world (that I've visited so far). I've been there a dozen or so times, and I've never experienced the famed rudeness. Friends I was studying with (not in Paris) did, though, even though they spoke French to the Parisians rather than accosting their ears with English right off the bat. I did notice a difference between the Parisians and the other French folks, though, and that the French love to hate on Paris and its residents. Dusseldorf vs. Cologne would be an interesting comparison since they're such rivals. Also Amsterdam vs. Copenhagen, since they seem to be culturally very similar.
Haha thats true. The best part is that they know that and often hate on themselves haha.
Just watch french comedy scetches(if u can understand them) and u will see how often they joke about all this things
Parisian rudeness is really basicly the same as any metropolis. Talk to a Manhattanite in private & ask their true opinions about their "bridge & tunnel" people.
However, when I take the metro, I've noticed a lot of people barging their way on without letting me get off first. That happens less often in London.
The Olympique game have been invented by a french (Pierre de Coubertin) and the place for the 2024 game are on Paris, so London = 3, and Paris = 3 Au revoir merci.
Oh dude, you're very good at dealing with this kind of videos. Tks!
"London has more museums". I suppose the Louvre counts as one ?
If I may, I'd like to add some clarifications. I'm french, and I know I'm going to get bawled by persons who don't agree with me, english or not, but I'll try to be as objective as possible. I've been in London many times, at least 6 times, so I know a little bit about the city anyway, even if a Londoner knows it way better, and about Paris, some things you said are absolutely true, even negative things, like the fact that Paris is far from being the cleanest city in the world, but you also said lots of inaccurate things, which surprises me since your video is very recent. First, I will quickly move on that, Paris received bombs. Yes a part of Paris has been preserved because of the capitulation, and it's not a glorious part of our history, trust me on the fact that we're ashamed of it, but before that Paris received bombs, don't worry bout that. Also, concerning the traffic and the subway in Paris, comparing both cities (I repeat, I've never lived in London, but the many times I went, not only during the touristic periods, I found it was the case) the traffic is way more awful in London than in Paris, and no, in Paris, you don't have to pay the subway with cash, there is the exact equivalent of your oyster pass in the parisien subway. By the way, some subway lines in Paris are much cleaner than the one you showed (just write "Louvre Rivoli métro Paris" on google image and you'll see), and reciprocally, in London, some lines are much more dirty than the one in your video. It's however true there's many homeless people in Paris streets, which is very sad, and is mostly hurting in the rich neighborhoods, where the contrast is very strong. It's effectively not the case in London, with less homeless, but, concerning the many migrants we have in France, and the way you present it, I think it's important to remember that we (France) graciously accept to keep YOUR borders in OUR territory, which implies that all migrants (many would like to come to London) are stuck in France at an imaginary border at the starting point of this famous train that connects our two countries. With Brexit, this privilege should have disappeared, but it's still not the case. If this decision were to be made in the future, you could see these same migrants landing on your streets. There's a few others things that you didn't mentioned, which is not really fair for Paris, like saying that London has more museum than Paris, maybe true I don't know, but not specifying that Louvres is at least twice as famous as any London museum, or talking about Paris monuments, without quoting the Versaille Castle for exemple, which is not, it's true, directly in Paris, but since you talked about the suburbs many times, I think you could have include it. London is, no doubt, a multicultural city, but I'm ready to bet Paris is much more, you just can't see it if you base your analysis on the proportion of foreigners living in Paris, effectively many of the foreigners living in Paris have a french nationality, because their family came to France 2 or 3 generations before. I know, and it's normal, because of the attachment to your place of life, that you necessarily present your comparison by favoring slightly London, but I think that London is superior in Paris on enough points, like its influence on the world scale or its economic superiority, not to devalue Paris more than it deserves, and to grant it the qualities she possesses, without adding defaults to those she already has. But apart from these points a little subjective and lacking information, good video showing advantages and disadvantages of these two cities. P.S. : By the way, it's a little paradoxal te pretend that toilets in Paris aren't free, when you show a photo where it's literally written the exact opposite, "free access" (in french, "accès gratuit"), just above the toilets... if your wife tell you that kind of things, you must either listen better to what she say, in the case it was an incomprehension between you, or consider the idea of changing your sources.
You said, "effectively many of the foreigners living in Paris have a french nationality, because their family came to France 2 or 3 generations before."If it is the case that they're fourth generation French citizens, why do you call them foreigners? Should they all win the World Cup for you, before you insist on them being French? It must be true what they say about you.
British museum contains the most important artifacts in the world. Sorry, but Paris doesn't have anything like the Rosetta Stone for example, so I completely disagree with your point about french museums being more famous. I've been to many museums in France, not just in Paris and museums in Britain are just in the different category, far more interesting than anywhere else.
I knew I would have that kind of reaction 😂
uHadi Benga Well, what do they say about me/us ? For me, it’s just a stupid way of thinking the way you do, locking yourself in this « politicaly correct » which says that « YOU MUST NOT CALL THEM FOREIGNERS IF THEY HAVE YOU NATIONALITY » because if you do, you’ll be called racist, it’s strictly stupid. I’m not necessarely racist just because I say that, and by the way, saying that dosn’t mean I have any antipathy for them, I would say it for any nationality, here, in my precedent text, calling them foreigners was just a practical way to illustrate my words about the foreign population in England, explaining that there was no similar wave of immigration on your side of the sea. Tackling a false racist phrase is not only wrong, but it also shows the way you have to deflect the debate, probably because you do not have enough to answer the main topic, so it's much easier to try to make me wrong by pretending I’m a racist, rather than trying to really contradict what I say in a valid way. Once again, excuse my english if it is imperfect.
Side note for context: this gentleman has Jean Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen's dad as his profile picture (Google this family if you don't know about them, LOL)... so take whatever discourse he has on immigrants with a (rather generous) pinch of salt xD. Mais @Arthur bien vu pour les chiottes ;)
French message : we love visiting London, we like tradition and originality, humor, gentle and flegmatic behaviours... The problem is rain, food and prices of hotels, if any.
I love the way you articulate.
Paris gets more rain than London in inches and in days.
@@Genevasplaytime If so, I suppose that it rains in London only between 8 am and 12 pm, which also explains that Londoners always have an umbrella with them, including in the summer.
Ok in London you can use an Oyster card but in Paris you can have a Navigo card from the RATP for the subway of course but also for buses, trams, RER suburbs and even autonomous mini shuttles without driver.
KZhead algorithm is so smart. This video is suggested me on Charles Dickens 150th death anniversary. Dickens wrote most popular book based on this two cities i.e Tale of Two Cities, tales of 1760s, 1770s, 1780s and french revolution.