Harbin - Is this REALLY China?

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6 ай бұрын

You thought you could only visit Harbin in winter, well you are wrong!
Harbin is known as the 'city of ice' but what can you do when the snow isn't there? We decided to visit Harbin in Autumn to show you a different side of the city.
From strolling through the picturesque Zhong Yang Street to indulging in the vibrant flavours of the local cuisine, this is a must-do list of things to do in the city all year round!
With a heavy Russian influence sometimes you wonder is this China or Russia?
Well, this is Harbin!
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@user-gl3zs2pj2j 6 ай бұрын

I am Harbiner, and I am living in US now, Harbin definite is a big city, not only in China, even in the whole world, it is bigger than New York, so it is not a small city. The walking street is the longest one in Asia, so the saying it is not long in Harbin is not true. Honestly, the best season to travel to Harbin is Summer and Winter, there is not too much to see in Spring and Fall, and the sky is not clear during this time too. If you guys just want to feel the culture, then it doesn’t matter. I appreciate you guys tour my city and introduce it in KZfaq. Merry Christmas! 😊

@myz3362 5 ай бұрын

Additionally, Harbin is the most popular place to visit in this winter. It is the dazzling ice-snow wonderland of Chinese winter carnival.

@14tsondu-tenzing88 5 ай бұрын

Why do you Harbiner instead of Harbinian?

@yumallah 5 ай бұрын

As a Russian, I wonder, what do Harbin people think of our country? I don't know much about your city aside from the history, but I can say with certainty that your beer is very good!

@user-gl3zs2pj2j 5 ай бұрын

@@yumallah It is complicate emotion! Russia built the city but also taken away some land from Heilongjiang province. I don’t think Harbin people have too much love of Russia, but we don’t hate Russia as hate Japan.

@SaintAsoulDiana 4 ай бұрын

@@yumallah Actually not bad, although there were some conflicts after World War II (Soviet Union's interference to China-USSC border territory and there were military conflict), the two countries restarted collaboration, I have also heard news that the Russian president Putin also has a plan to build a "China town" in Moscow! By the way I am a Chinese student studying abroad in the US and from Shanghai.🤗

@tc2334 6 ай бұрын

This is the best (non-winter) Harbin video I've seen.

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@fanyu4697 6 ай бұрын

You are the first KZfaqr mention the dressing style of Northeast China.😄They are quite proud of it.

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

🤣 it’s one of the first things we noticed. The people of Dongbei really have their own style.

@alextjflorida 6 ай бұрын

Harbin is a big city and the capital of Heilongjiang province. You need to eat pancakes with some flavored vegetables, meat or a bowl of soup.

@hainanbob6144 6 ай бұрын

Yes it is China. It's beautiful in the summer and beautiful in the winter. I lived there for eight wonderful years.

@xieferry 6 ай бұрын

Hello from indonesia.. love ur video ..

@jennychow9548 6 ай бұрын

Really looking forward to Harbin this unique city

@beta__6109 6 ай бұрын

Wasn't expecting to see Luckin Coffee! A nice little fact for Jack... China is now the branded coffee shop capital of the world!

@peekaboopeekaboo1165 6 ай бұрын

Wow ! That's good to know . First time for me knowing this fact about Luckin Coffee .

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Yeah we’ve really enjoyed learning about China’s coffee journey over the past few weeks I think we might need to make another video to explain it all as it’s really interesting.

@beta__6109 6 ай бұрын

@@Nicofilms That would be great!

@peanut0brain 5 ай бұрын

@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 luckin coffee is listed on the nasdaq stock market . It will remain low because of racial prejudice against China, Chinese people and Chinese companies

@iamcanadianedmonton 6 ай бұрын

after googling the st. sophia church., it was renovated after 1996. all old buildings need renovation to be maintained properly. if not, it would become dilapidated. even the white house has been renovated many times to keep up with time. st. sophia church is the same. love from canada.

@well9179 6 ай бұрын

Fortunately, the church survive Cultural Revolution's madness, but not for other Harbin's russian heritages.

@jennyohara4011 6 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to you both, love your videos on China, keep up the great work.

@mariacao6152 6 ай бұрын

can't wait to see your next video!!!

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Coming soon! We are taking a break for the holidays but it will be in January and it’s a fun one!

@toki_shui 4 ай бұрын

really interesting video!

@johnkiel1000 5 ай бұрын

i really love this video❤❤❤❤!

@Mad_fly48 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic conversations+beautiful editing+good trip choice

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@numerouno8593 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing Nico. 👍👍👍 Your reportage is a suggestion to my _"to do list"._ Bravo for you both..!! 👍👍🙏

@davidhodges1721 6 ай бұрын

Once again, you’ve done a really good job and Nico thank you you’ve just made me hungry. I need good quality Chinese food

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Hahaha thanks a lot! Can’t watch one of our videos without feeling hungry. 🤣

@bbb-pf7in 6 ай бұрын

awesome as usual~~

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@diyart816 5 ай бұрын

It’s fun to watch your video 😊

@jckalden1700 6 ай бұрын

Wow, you have reached Harbin. Best Wishes. 👍👍👍👏👏👏

@chaikianyu199 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Nico and Jack for visiting my wife's hometown ❤❤❤

@gliu1431 6 ай бұрын

I am watching your video now and I check Harbin weather which is -26 now! Good choice to visit before winter. Still it will be good for you to return to Harbin say January just for the ice festival.

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Yeah the temperate has really dropped it is very cold now. We’d like to try it in winter but happy we still got to go.

@incendioraven4269 5 ай бұрын

good video. gogogo！

@grouchypatch9185 5 ай бұрын

The sheer size of China. So demographically diverse and rich in culture. Now we know that Chinese government is so serious about preserving the culture and language of their ethnic minorities. One out of this world. That reminds me that it is not happening in the west.

@zac-eu9eu 5 ай бұрын

西側のほとんどの政治より中国はマシです😂

@boonteoh2346 6 ай бұрын

Truly amazing vlog guys, thanks 👍👍 Enjoy Harbin adventure!! ❤❤

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

@jerryliu3320 6 ай бұрын

谢谢！

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much you are very kind!

@JC10005 6 ай бұрын

I still miss the beer review. Harbin have a good beer.

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Don’t worry we still had a beer but just didn’t put it in the video!

@JC10005 6 ай бұрын

@@Nicofilms they have plenty of decent local beer in China. Looking forward to it!

@user-tu2jx5op9n 5 ай бұрын

Looking forward to seeing you in Luoyang ❤

@icebaby6714 5 ай бұрын

Great video and interesting content!

@grandpabazi3332 6 ай бұрын

Legendary editing Jack!!!!

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@petercua6158 6 ай бұрын

Love your video❤👍👏

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🤗

@frankwangp 6 ай бұрын

so good，nice video

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@charleneji6759 6 ай бұрын

Autumn is a better season to travel, even for a city like Harbin. 😀

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Yeah we really enjoyed it! I love Autumn in China.

@binzhang6497 6 ай бұрын

very well made video! I will definitely visit this city some day!

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, you should!

@user-pw2li1sk3d 6 ай бұрын

thanks a lot for loving my city❤, please come again in winter

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

We had a great time! Hopefully next time we can experience it!

@LW78321 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the history lesson!

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

No problem Jack loves a history corner!

@user-ro2ns4xg3z 6 ай бұрын

China Russia brotherhood 😊😊🎉🎉

@romerodiasdossantosjuniorj7260 3 ай бұрын

Estive aí em 2014 linda cidade parabéns

@johnhimal5913 6 ай бұрын

You both r lovely couple.

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@lizz7805 6 ай бұрын

wow, harbin is so diverse and exotic, a perfect between chinese and russian culture.

@dashong8912 6 ай бұрын

This video is making me HUNGRY!

@sabrinastraveladventures4263 6 ай бұрын

This looks really fun! Lots of beautiful interesting architecture for sure! Off to see Amy ?🤔😢 Have fun Sabrina🇫🇷🇬🇧

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Yeah it was a fun trip. 😜 maybe you’ll see her in the next one!

@sabrinastraveladventures4263 6 ай бұрын

@@Nicofilms yes maybe 🤔 😜

@a_viewerv2069 6 ай бұрын

Nice

@LW78321 6 ай бұрын

Watching you both just makes me happy 😊😊 I was also under the impression that you only go to Harbin during the ice festival haha

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Yeah that’s what many people told us too but we had such a fun time I’m pleased we went.

@stevel5806 5 ай бұрын

@@Nicofilms Nico, you went to Harbin a little too early, this city is becoming a mega hit in China since late December, it's the hottest city in China right now and it's been on the top trendy topic every day on Chinese social media for the past month, the entire nation is crazy about Harbin. Its success has such a huge impact and Harbin is single handily transforming the China tourism industry with its unique formulas. You would've witness all this craziness if you are there now :)

@Nicofilms 5 ай бұрын

@@stevel5806 Yeah I know I saw that. I guess TikTok wasn't around last time China had tourism so now people are going crazy for it. It's amazing to see. Maybe one day we'll get there!

@akame5555 6 ай бұрын

❤

@legaozhu7667 6 ай бұрын

💞💞💞

@guangchao4961 6 ай бұрын

煎饼果子！

@user-vp6fh8gx7z 6 ай бұрын

You are very good at video making.This video reminds me of BBC Learning English.

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Hahaha thanks! Pleased you liked it.

@gratefuldeadly7899 6 ай бұрын

in the 1920s Harbin and the surrounding region was one of the candidate sites for the Jewish homeland, mostly due to large number of Russian Jewish refugees already there. Can you imagine had it actually be selected ?

@ymhktravel 6 ай бұрын

Then the Jewish might claim it as their own and evict the Chinese living there. Like Palestine now. Only difference is, the owner is China and will not allow that to happen. Lol....

@tanseelee3381 6 ай бұрын

Whoosh... That was a close call !

@martinLim-oj2tn 6 ай бұрын

Hahaha 🤣 thought mainland Chinese forgotten, but not only here, south been selected too

@s._3560 6 ай бұрын

Selected by whom?

@rabbitazteca23 6 ай бұрын

LMAOOO. No way the Chinese people will let that pass.

@ericgan7024 6 ай бұрын

The China hawks in US should pay a visit to HARBIN. Great eye opener for them.

@bensun5978 5 ай бұрын

It is at most still russia to them

@user-yz6sm3ky7r Ай бұрын

So precious & beautiful place's between Russia borders & china ❤❤

@Ruihengmi 5 ай бұрын

a video clip with both english and chinese captions made by bits who probably don't chinese. thank you on behalf of the chinese viewers who don't speak english for your meticulous efforts .

@Nicofilms 5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much I'm happy you appreciate our efforts as it does take a while to do all the translations.

@wallacekatini3424 6 ай бұрын

Harbin is so beautiful ❤

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

It really is!

@user-kl8zh9vp1r 5 ай бұрын

Love and peace from bilibili❤

@rabbitazteca23 6 ай бұрын

I love the Russian architecture there!

@zuipj 6 ай бұрын

I was there for 4 years for university education. I have felt the winter and early spring there is much blander than the summer and autumn but still tasty. Harbin of its land is a place of treasury for human to be.

@HAITI-1804 6 ай бұрын

Awesome! Did you studied the chinese language when you were there?

@zuipj 6 ай бұрын

@@HAITI-1804 I am Chinese

@HAITI-1804 6 ай бұрын

@@zuipj oh sorry 😁

@zuipj 6 ай бұрын

@@HAITI-1804 no problem

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Cool! Yeah I’m pleased we went when it wasn’t winter as we had a lot of fun but maybe next time we’ll try the winter to see the difference.

@albback8176 6 ай бұрын

Harbin looks like fun.

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

It was, you should go!

@caifrank7425 6 ай бұрын

Harbin is a Nice City in China !!! I love the Harbin Food , it's Very delicious !!!

@user-ye3gm7et2d 5 ай бұрын

It looks great city

@raymondlianto9882 6 ай бұрын

Cool Russian style city in China.

@jinlingliang4385 6 ай бұрын

越来越喜欢你们的视频哦，现在非常欣赏你们，中国任何一个省市的地方，（可以顶着一个任何一个国家的地方）每一个省市饮食文化都不一样，你现在好像去了某国家玩的，真是好欣赏你们呀，交通便利，安全，物价稳定，美食天堂，夜生活等，特别是现在世界己经变得越来越没有安全感了，只有中国做到你想要的地方，安全，見到你这么开心，加油，我们永远都支持你们哦，

@SurfingPanda1 6 ай бұрын

只能说出了国才知道中国的好

@zac-eu9eu 5 ай бұрын

日本が世界一😂

@Janna-cl3ur 2 ай бұрын

I went there last Summer and I felt at home since I can speak both Russian and Chinese 🥰. Even if the Russian street is really made for tourists, the traditional red sausage is really tasty! Surprise: more Chinese people actually speak better Russian in Dalian than in Harbin 🤔 Well, maybe because Russians prefer basking in the sun on the warm beaches of Dalian in Summer... 😅I love Harbin for its interesting past and I have spent hours in its museums. 🥰 Yet, I will definitely return in Winter.

@kungyin 6 ай бұрын

下一站是繼續往北走還是往西走？選哪邊現在都是冰天雪地吧！😅

@BOPENKK 6 ай бұрын

Kalau kalian msih di cina mungkin kalian bisa collab sama KZfaqrs dri Indonesia yg bekerja dan tinggal disana seperti Yenny di China,rudy chen ,tika di wuhan dan maaih banyak lagi 😅

@Brain-br2yl 5 ай бұрын

You should stay until winter. It’s very beautiful

@kelvinyschun 5 ай бұрын

Great video Was your hotel near train station?

@Nicofilms 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! No it was near the square but I wouldn't recommend it we just went for somewhere cheap and within walking distance to where we needed to be.

@theromaniantraveler7215 5 ай бұрын

I m going here tmr for the winter festival. I see that all rumors about visiting dongbei are real.. 😅

@yiboluo6788 6 ай бұрын

Are you guys going to Changchun for next trip and shoot a video with Amy?

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

We didn’t film a video in Changchun but you might see Amy in the next one 😜 any guesses where it could be?

@user-lz1py9kw3p 5 ай бұрын

尔滨欢迎您🎉

@enkianu9337 6 ай бұрын

Is this the province where the handsome actor Vengo Gao is from?

@thisiskevin1000 5 ай бұрын

Barrett KZfaq channel has a feature on this city.

@alphaguy2040 3 ай бұрын

Nico and Jack, welcome back to China. But I am a bit confused: the last video I remember seeing was that you guys had to leave China. But then why and how were you guys back? I scrolled through your videos and didn’t see your story. Can you do an episode letting us know your story in between?

@Nicofilms 2 ай бұрын

We left China in December 2022 but still had content to share from when we were there. We then returned in Sep 2023 to travel for 6 weeks which is the content that has been on our channel since then. This was our first video back: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pbybabGklsDDXYE.htmlsi=7EsjnQIgQMu3pYU7

@ukvette 6 ай бұрын

My wifes home city. We been back there many times. Why didnt you go to the Tiger park.?

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

We were only there for a day so tried to focus on the main city, maybe next time.

@yiling7035 15 күн бұрын

Would you be able to share what month is this? I am considering heading there in July/Aug. Is that still considered summer?

@Nicofilms 9 күн бұрын

Yeah that is considered the height of summer in China I would say. This was filmed early October so it was getting a bit chilly in the evening but was still nice.

@ALWH1314 6 ай бұрын

Heard Russian style red sausage is famous I Harbin.

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Oh we didn’t try we’ll look out for it next time!

@sarahpeace7066 5 ай бұрын

❤❤🎉🎉

@designqq8905 6 ай бұрын

@ 15: 20 I must say he pulled off the most impressive Asian Squat I've ever seen. He even got his toes pointing outward to his left and right, I think he outdid the Asian.

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

He’s nailed it!

@zac-eu9eu 5 ай бұрын

西欧人は足を動かします😂

@jinlingliang4385 6 ай бұрын

好欣赏你不用出国就可以四处旅游啦❤，

@syimar7060 6 ай бұрын

Your video is pretty good,the other KZfaqr Alex&shannon,they got a strong British accent,thanks they provided captions 😂

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! I haven’t heard of them what’s their channel?

@syimar7060 6 ай бұрын

@@Nicofilms just “Alex & Shannon”, currently still updating their trip vlogs in China

@Nicofilms 5 ай бұрын

@@syimar7060 Cool I'll check that out, thanks!

@pascalfo6014 5 ай бұрын

This is kitch to the max lol laughing stuck

@ltkwok 5 ай бұрын

Harbin wasn’t this nice the last time I was there.

@zac-eu9eu 5 ай бұрын

いつ訪れたのですか😮

@zoewei-bp7vu 4 ай бұрын

Harbin is definite a big city in China, Harbin is three times bigger than Beijing, 8 times bigger than Shanghai, 26 times bigger than Shenzhen and 13 times bigger than New York City!

@ayuan2359 6 ай бұрын

It is green...😅😅

@Dorgon_HetuAla 6 ай бұрын

These buildings with strong colonialism were rebuilt by the Chinese after the 1980s.

@peanut0brain 5 ай бұрын

It's a good reminder for Chinese people to never allow colonialism happen ever again.

@zac-eu9eu 5 ай бұрын

新しいです😊

@4-SeasonNature 5 ай бұрын

Are you two back in China again?

@user-yv7mv9lh2r 5 ай бұрын

没吃东北菜吗？我觉得很好吃，因为我就是哈尔滨人。

@silly6371 6 ай бұрын

OMG Jack's flag comment😂😂

@sayaandyangsaya2756 5 ай бұрын

Cold place eat Ice cream.😅

@peanut0brain 5 ай бұрын

I heard it's so cold in Harbin -30C that they eat ice cream to warm up!

@lingpeony8152 4 ай бұрын

😂😂 random uncle chatting to random aunty !😂😂😂😂😂

@amandagrant4331 6 ай бұрын

I like China

@The_Wild_World 4 ай бұрын

Harbin is definitly not Russia, hello from Russia.😊

@HadesTray 18 күн бұрын

Harbin is part of Russia 哈尔滨自古以来是俄罗斯不可分割的一部分

@ringflypig1 5 ай бұрын

I can't believe she's drinking Maotai coffee。。。。。😂😂

@Nicofilms 5 ай бұрын

hahaha I wasn't it was just the cup branding 🙈 Luckin have a Maotai range but I was just having a latte haha

@sayaandyangsaya2756 5 ай бұрын

Nice place, you also easily go to Russia.

@Tsyjzyt 6 ай бұрын

Yeah as Chinese I agree that Dongbei dialect has too much “er”. It’s really annoying for other parts of Chinese to understand.

@peanut0brain 5 ай бұрын

Really? I thought Beijing dialect is the one with the annoying "er" and dongbei being the most standard mandarin (without "er")!

@Grassmpl 5 ай бұрын

You didnt try any Harbin pork sausages. They are a delicacy.

@angelamen8495 4 ай бұрын

I don’t like sugar in my liangpi either

@YinXiaoLong 6 ай бұрын

烤红薯，必须吃

@Nicofilms 6 ай бұрын

We didn’t see many but I know they are popular in Beijing. Maybe it wasn’t cold enough when we went.

@YinXiaoLong 6 ай бұрын

@@Nicofilms You have a shot of roasted sweet potatoes in your video, and I saw it and replied. This is a characteristic of northern China. If you are still in China, it is recommended to have a meal.

@Nicofilms 5 ай бұрын

@@YinXiaoLong Haha whooops! I must have missed that one 🤣