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

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

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@mikejonah2269 Жыл бұрын

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

@totalplonker824 Жыл бұрын

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

@GingerWarriorCyclingClub 2 ай бұрын

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

@homebell4866 22 күн бұрын

@@totalplonker824a prostitute???

@maryh848 Жыл бұрын

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

@rhodridavies9426 Жыл бұрын

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

@caffeine596 Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@leighcanham763 Жыл бұрын

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

@ViridiansDragons Жыл бұрын

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

@chrissyk3783 3 ай бұрын

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

@Lee-kf9tq Ай бұрын

@@chrissyk3783 alot of our buildings ate being knocked down without consent and replaced with ugly communist style buildings, also we are over run with certain foreigners who love attacking anyone who is white so tell him to be careful and be constantly on guard, this is a hell hole and not a safe place to live.

@flopendrey1405 Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@welshlady Жыл бұрын

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

@lemsip207 13 күн бұрын

Coffee Co is where a Turkish restaurant used to be.

@michaelzzzzzzzzzzzz Жыл бұрын

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

@siarlb8115 7 ай бұрын

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

@user-fm3wc2nh3m 11 ай бұрын

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

@bambit08 Жыл бұрын

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

@thatorientalkid9509 Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@msbluejayway Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@iistoyanova7876 Жыл бұрын

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

@lifetruthseeking5808 Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

It is beautiful, took us a bit by surprise.

@Lee-kf9tq Ай бұрын

There's no mental health help here, lots of crazies roaming the streets, very unpredictable, couple that with being over run by rays ist foreigners who attack anyone who is white and its a hell hole.

@tobyjackman3212 Жыл бұрын

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

@rephaelrechitzky9763 9 ай бұрын

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

@JJExtra 9 ай бұрын

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

@EvaNemetKonc Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@jananeimanns Күн бұрын

such a cute video! I am about to move to Cardiff, so this is great for me!

@joyciejd9673 2 күн бұрын

What a great City! I really enjoyed this!

@Niamhcotts 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful city and a great vid guys ❤

@JJExtra 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Brendan 😊

@stellam8157 Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@GingerWarriorCyclingClub 4 ай бұрын

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

@JJExtra 4 ай бұрын

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

@andrealane7840 Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching 😊

@patch4039 3 ай бұрын

The wall of animals near the castle is where Superted taught Spotty to cross the road kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a8-fjNCh29eqe58.htmlsi=kRTYhIf0CRaIF4-Z

@sharonperkins5175 Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@Theoplayzz10 Жыл бұрын

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

@welshlady Жыл бұрын

The Welsh cakes are amazing

@siarlb8115 7 ай бұрын

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

@sandracancelliere8590 Жыл бұрын

Nice that you visited my town Penarth. ❤

@JJExtra 11 ай бұрын

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

@Ashheartxxx Жыл бұрын

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

@johndavenport8843 2 ай бұрын

Nice job!

@EmmaJonYoureWelcome Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@MerlinsEars Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@ktjai9445 Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@welshlady Жыл бұрын

I live in Talbot Green.

@deehiggins4799 11 ай бұрын

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

@welshlady 11 ай бұрын

@@deehiggins4799 I do not sorry

@garethdavies2538 Ай бұрын

The other version is: "Cardiff born and Cardiff bred, I've got an opinion on everything said!!"

@annpritchard1567 Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@cthutu 2 ай бұрын

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

@david-cugini 17 күн бұрын

GREAT REVIEW VERY WELL DONE, RELAXED AND HUMOUROUS...COME BACK AGAIN SOON

@JJExtra 15 күн бұрын

We will! 😊

@Tanker-on-blitz Жыл бұрын

Ha get used to the rain it ain't leavin

@daniella309 Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@pauldupre8894 Жыл бұрын

Love my city

@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@loonytunescrazy Жыл бұрын

Nice I actually live in Wales

@importedmusic 6 ай бұрын

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

@cthutu 2 ай бұрын

A few of the arcades have an upstairs.

@flashtrayboy Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

Hi Ashley, we already have one on the channel which we filmed at the end of last summer. Here it is 👉🏻 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bZh2grKn0sC-nX0.html Hope you enjoy 😊

@Izzys-Horse-World 3 ай бұрын

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

@bsfbestshortfilmsonyoutube Жыл бұрын

Cardiff or Bristol ? which did you like most ?

@darrenhoskins8382 Жыл бұрын

Gotta be Bristol 🤔😜

@Gez-C Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@tobyjackman3212 Жыл бұрын

Surely the same as any other branch?!

@andyt8216 Жыл бұрын

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

@gmodify9568 Жыл бұрын

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

@joegillis7493 Жыл бұрын

Really😂

@PETE1769 Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@elainegraham6665 Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

They were 60p each or 12 for £6 😊

@elainegraham6665 Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@adeyboy Жыл бұрын

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

@gordonhotchkiss646 8 ай бұрын

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

@siarlb8115 7 ай бұрын

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

@gordonhotchkiss646 7 ай бұрын

@@siarlb8115 why do you think I mentioned him last

@scarlettloveslittlemix5858 Жыл бұрын

i live here!

@deehiggins4799 11 ай бұрын

Hi you two young men xx

@JJExtra 11 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 😁

@BristolLeathered2010 9 ай бұрын

Are u visiting any UK Christmas Markets ??

@JJExtra 9 ай бұрын

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

@BristolLeathered2010 9 ай бұрын

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

@welshie1979 Жыл бұрын

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

@nmarks Жыл бұрын

No Howells, David Morgan or Debenhams anymore. Sad.

@tobyjackman3212 Жыл бұрын

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

@tommyhassan3545 Жыл бұрын

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

@DaBigBoo_ Жыл бұрын

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

@siarlb8115 7 ай бұрын

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

@Richard_Details Жыл бұрын

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

@ElasticPlastik1 Жыл бұрын

Come to Newport. It is shocking lol

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

Shockingly good or… 😬

@ElasticPlastik1 Жыл бұрын

@@JJExtra not good at all 😑😃

@wreshrop1 11 ай бұрын

Newport - where your soul goes to die😅

@hugodrax71 Жыл бұрын

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

@EggandChris Жыл бұрын

How so?

@hugodrax71 Жыл бұрын

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

@DaBigBoo_ 11 ай бұрын

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

@siarlb8115 7 ай бұрын

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

@saeedahmed5429 Жыл бұрын

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

@JJExtra Жыл бұрын

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

@jaynesierakowska3120 16 күн бұрын

Where and what are they?

@hadrianbird2645 Жыл бұрын

Swansea is the wettest city in the UK not Cardiff

@Lee-kf9tq Ай бұрын

Omg lol its not the wettest city in the uk, I've lived in Scotland England and Wales. Scotland has the most rain by far. England wraps around Wales so why would the weather be that different? So stupid.

@Verntaff50 Жыл бұрын

Wettest city in the UK ? Bollocks

@clintridout7896 Жыл бұрын

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

@alexjmurphy2145 Күн бұрын

Penarth, where I live 🫶 The "Very Obvious" footprint was totally ignored by everyone for years n years until a little girl said "Mummy, it looks like a dinosaurs footprint " and boom, the experts came along and confirmed it ❤

@alexjmurphy2145 Күн бұрын

P.s. You can walk across the barrage into Penarth, no need to swim.

@wildskel6350 5 ай бұрын

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

@bmkbmk4469 11 күн бұрын

The museum I've been going to for 50 years has a collection of impressionist and post impressionist paintings in one room given to the people of Wales by the Davis sisters...30 painting ..today's value if they were ever sold ,at least £1 billion ..... conservative estimate...from Monet to Renoir/ Van Gogh........picasso bacon are also their to salivate your artistic taste Budds ....WOUNDERFUL