Why Milan Has 8 Orange Igloos

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  • Опубликовано: 4 янв 2025

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  • @njdevilku1340
    @njdevilku1340 3 года назад +740

    Never has Tim traveller had a bad episode.

    • @philvanderlaan5942
      @philvanderlaan5942 3 года назад +15

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

    • @dmcgee3
      @dmcgee3 3 года назад +22

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

    • @philvanderlaan5942
      @philvanderlaan5942 3 года назад +3

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

    • @Nilguiri
      @Nilguiri 3 года назад +1

      @@philvanderlaan5942 Whoosh! haha.

    • @raphaelbrasse1996
      @raphaelbrasse1996 3 года назад +8

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

  • @TheOoblick
    @TheOoblick 3 года назад +454

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

    • @TheMusicalElitist
      @TheMusicalElitist 3 года назад +8

      Thank you!

    • @Gatherersmusic
      @Gatherersmusic 3 года назад +22

      We need one of these on every video 😁

    • @TheOoblick
      @TheOoblick 3 года назад +11

      For anyone who doesn't know what the Tim Traveller theme is in it's entirety, then please have a gander at this: ruclips.net/video/rNkbRjb7YDY/видео.html It's basically my get out of bed in the morning music.

    • @MartinJahn
      @MartinJahn 3 года назад +6

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

    • @thorsteinj
      @thorsteinj 3 года назад +5

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

  • @MrFingers127
    @MrFingers127 3 года назад +391

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

    • @althejazzman
      @althejazzman 3 года назад +3

      Haha you made that up.

    • @Nilguiri
      @Nilguiri 3 года назад +1

      igloos*

    • @Charlienmeg
      @Charlienmeg 3 года назад +19

      @@althejazzman Nope. He's definitely real.

    • @ltlbuddha
      @ltlbuddha 3 года назад +5

      @@Charlienmeg Well, he was a real architect anyway

    • @Charlienmeg
      @Charlienmeg 3 года назад +2

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

  • @greycats99
    @greycats99 3 года назад +65

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

  • @MrGreatplum
    @MrGreatplum 3 года назад +365

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

    • @sarahprunierlaw9147
      @sarahprunierlaw9147 3 года назад +7

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

  • @CoiN82
    @CoiN82 3 года назад +149

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

    • @vidarfe
      @vidarfe 3 года назад +31

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

    • @northdetroit7994
      @northdetroit7994 3 года назад +1

      Good eye.

    • @tijmen131
      @tijmen131 3 года назад +6

      In San Marino I saw a Tim traveling agency

    • @domenicobulzis4397
      @domenicobulzis4397 3 года назад +2

      Tim is Italy's state telephone company

  • @katekat1138
    @katekat1138 3 года назад +39

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

  • @mybrandnewlogin
    @mybrandnewlogin 3 года назад +15

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

  • @charcoaleater
    @charcoaleater 3 года назад +58

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

    • @TheMajkla
      @TheMajkla 3 года назад +3

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

    • @ChemySh
      @ChemySh 2 года назад

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

  • @52hahgz
    @52hahgz 3 года назад +18

    The "grand designs" theme is genius .

  • @runeodin7237
    @runeodin7237 3 года назад +11

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

  • @mcolny
    @mcolny 3 года назад +15

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

  • @andyjay729
    @andyjay729 3 года назад +29

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

    • @LadyAnuB
      @LadyAnuB 3 года назад +1

      The MUNI F line traveling Market Street.

    • @KingfisherTalkingPictures
      @KingfisherTalkingPictures 3 года назад +2

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

    • @hbp_
      @hbp_ 3 года назад

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

    • @LadyAnuB
      @LadyAnuB 3 года назад +1

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

  • @NomicFin
    @NomicFin 3 года назад +44

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

  • @Dr.K.Wette_BE
    @Dr.K.Wette_BE 3 года назад +18

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

  • @xinlu2806
    @xinlu2806 3 года назад +78

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

    • @kallebirgersson710
      @kallebirgersson710 3 года назад +4

      I heard some Pingu-music in this episode about igloos

    • @2008tourer
      @2008tourer 3 года назад +1

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

    • @capmilk
      @capmilk 2 года назад

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

  • @rockdockb52
    @rockdockb52 3 года назад +5

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

  • @KM-kl1tn
    @KM-kl1tn 3 года назад +34

    I really enjoy your content and your humor.

  • @w6krg
    @w6krg 3 года назад +95

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

  • @carlo_berruti
    @carlo_berruti 3 года назад +2

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

  • @leomui
    @leomui 3 года назад +36

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

  • @mebamme
    @mebamme 3 года назад +9

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

  • @amankumar2947
    @amankumar2947 3 года назад +48

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

  • @JohnMulhall1
    @JohnMulhall1 3 года назад +91

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

    • @oseqq
      @oseqq 3 года назад +11

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

    • @ABaumstumpf
      @ABaumstumpf 3 года назад +2

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

    • @ashleyhamman
      @ashleyhamman 3 года назад +6

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

    • @jonathanma2741
      @jonathanma2741 3 года назад +11

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

    • @M4rtinK
      @M4rtinK 3 года назад +8

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

  • @PabloBD
    @PabloBD 3 года назад +47

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

    • @-_James_-
      @-_James_- 3 года назад +1

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

    • @akkesm
      @akkesm 3 года назад +2

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

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 года назад +1

      Pulling a Geoff Marshall.

    • @schlollepop
      @schlollepop 3 года назад

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

  • @Voltaic_Fire
    @Voltaic_Fire 3 года назад +15

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

    • @atraindriver
      @atraindriver 3 года назад +1

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

    • @EGOCOGITOSUM
      @EGOCOGITOSUM 3 года назад +1

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

  • @DavidMeggers
    @DavidMeggers 3 года назад +6

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

  • @mojoich2736
    @mojoich2736 3 года назад +35

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

    • @kmw4359
      @kmw4359 3 года назад +1

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

    • @prion42
      @prion42 3 года назад +3

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

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 3 года назад

      I wonder what the longest temporary solution is.

    • @Frank-Lee-Speeking
      @Frank-Lee-Speeking 8 месяцев назад

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

  • @silys5253
    @silys5253 3 года назад +6

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

  • @tav9755
    @tav9755 3 года назад

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

  • @lorenzo_contini_7
    @lorenzo_contini_7 3 года назад +3

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

  • @tomroggero
    @tomroggero 3 года назад +1

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

  • @nitt3rz
    @nitt3rz 3 года назад +4

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

  • @gwenaellepage4450
    @gwenaellepage4450 7 месяцев назад

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

  • @josephwinfield6813
    @josephwinfield6813 3 года назад +2

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

  • @domundtgregor6683
    @domundtgregor6683 3 года назад +1

    4:15 - 4:28 the conversation of Riccardo and Gianita with a stick british accent killed me!

  • @robingray1302
    @robingray1302 3 года назад

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

  • @erpatitube
    @erpatitube 3 года назад +15

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

    • @nijasty
      @nijasty 3 года назад +3

      And Grand Designs!

    • @NickNameNick2
      @NickNameNick2 3 года назад +2

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

  • @SamAronow
    @SamAronow 3 года назад +2

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

  • @stevewilson8467
    @stevewilson8467 3 года назад +110

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

    • @fimbulsummer
      @fimbulsummer 3 года назад +1

      🥇

    • @SteRDLK
      @SteRDLK 3 года назад +5

      That was a peach of a joke!

    • @trevormoses5061
      @trevormoses5061 2 года назад

      🤣😂

    • @bacicinvatteneaca
      @bacicinvatteneaca 2 года назад

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

  • @montecristoED1975
    @montecristoED1975 2 года назад +1

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

  • @NikolausUndRupprecht
    @NikolausUndRupprecht 3 года назад +72

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

    • @enisra_bowman
      @enisra_bowman 3 года назад +9

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

    • @Voltaic_Fire
      @Voltaic_Fire 3 года назад +1

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

    • @mfaizsyahmi
      @mfaizsyahmi 3 года назад +2

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

    • @NikolausUndRupprecht
      @NikolausUndRupprecht 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/b7pPQr6ULGs/видео.html

    • @Aelsenaer
      @Aelsenaer 3 года назад +1

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

  • @EGOCOGITOSUM
    @EGOCOGITOSUM 3 года назад +3

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

  • @lennartmiau6504
    @lennartmiau6504 3 года назад +2

    Love the music from 2:01 onward :)

  • @iamsandrewsmith
    @iamsandrewsmith 3 года назад

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

  • @hanneselsen5282
    @hanneselsen5282 3 года назад +1

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

  • @MrColinZ
    @MrColinZ 3 года назад +5

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

  • @RomanoPRODUCTION
    @RomanoPRODUCTION 3 года назад +1

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

  • @timeflysintheshop
    @timeflysintheshop 3 года назад +1

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

  • @thegreatstapley
    @thegreatstapley 3 года назад

    Yet again, the musical soundtrack has me chuckling throughout

  • @hardanheavy
    @hardanheavy 3 года назад +2

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

  • @eumoria
    @eumoria 2 года назад +1

    1:28 and the tram goes : _______ :
    it looks so indifferent about its journey

  • @williambickers8609
    @williambickers8609 3 года назад +2

    Getting real grand design feels from the background music!

  • @antonrutten
    @antonrutten 3 года назад +1

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

  • @nebeldark
    @nebeldark 3 года назад

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

  • @WizardOfDocs
    @WizardOfDocs 3 года назад +54

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

    • @davidlathrop9360
      @davidlathrop9360 3 года назад +7

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

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 года назад +3

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

    • @collyn89
      @collyn89 3 года назад +2

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

    • @WizardOfDocs
      @WizardOfDocs 3 года назад

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

  • @albevanhanoy
    @albevanhanoy Год назад

    You absolutely KILLED the Mario theme. Such piano talent.

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc 3 года назад +7

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

    • @CaptHollister
      @CaptHollister 3 года назад +2

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

  • @westieclo
    @westieclo 2 года назад

    Anyone else see the advertisement for Timvision on the back of the sightseeing bus at 0:17? A bit appropriate for this channel.

  • @joshvisscher4120
    @joshvisscher4120 3 года назад

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

  • @lozinozz7567
    @lozinozz7567 3 года назад

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

  • @Ash007YT
    @Ash007YT 3 года назад +1

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

  • @gabri_maybe
    @gabri_maybe 3 года назад +4

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

  • @rodcampbell8231
    @rodcampbell8231 3 года назад +1

    BRILLIANT usage of the Keeping Up Appearances theme song :D

  • @timflatus
    @timflatus 3 года назад

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

  • @HenrysAdventures
    @HenrysAdventures 3 года назад

    Cheapy and quickly built homes at 4:30 First its Red Road Flats in Glasgow which when blown up two towers failed to collapse. Then its Park Hill Estate in Sheffield, now Grade II* listed, then its somewhere in Eastern Europe by the looks of it!

  • @automotivetales
    @automotivetales 3 года назад

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

  • @gothica64
    @gothica64 3 года назад +2

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

  • @russvhill2
    @russvhill2 3 года назад

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

  • @CaptHollister
    @CaptHollister 3 года назад +1

    Richard and Hyacinth Bucket in 1946. Well played.

  • @1258-Eckhart
    @1258-Eckhart 3 года назад +2

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

  • @paulmarynissen
    @paulmarynissen 3 года назад +1

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

  • @EuroDC1990
    @EuroDC1990 3 года назад

    Nice to see a Cameo appearance of Park Hill in my home city of Sheffield

  • @palantir135
    @palantir135 3 года назад +3

    In the Netherlands we have cube houses in Helmond and Rotterdam and Spherical houses ‘Bolwoningen’ in ‘s Hertogenbosch.
    Rotterdam is an architectural wonderland. Helmond and Den Bosch are not that far apart cities in the province of North Brabant.

  • @mr22bishop
    @mr22bishop 3 года назад

    Music, Super Mario references etc. Yep.
    I'm more enjoying the back of the opentop bus at 0:17 that says "Timvision" on the back....👍

  • @jackielinde7568
    @jackielinde7568 3 года назад +10

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

  • @tackyshirtscollector
    @tackyshirtscollector 3 года назад +2

    We have quite similar igloos in Wrocław, Poland. Also experimental. And also created after WW2

  • @mylesgarcia4625
    @mylesgarcia4625 Год назад

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

  • @andrewsaunders307
    @andrewsaunders307 3 года назад

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

  • @abbotbusoni4311
    @abbotbusoni4311 3 года назад

    Man watching The Dim Traveller really brightens my day!

  • @nomadMik
    @nomadMik 3 года назад +16

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

    • @zanelindsay1267
      @zanelindsay1267 Год назад

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

    • @nomadMik
      @nomadMik Год назад

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

  • @ljphoenix4341
    @ljphoenix4341 3 года назад

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

  • @paulcasey5204
    @paulcasey5204 3 года назад

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

  • @denisvermeirre1024
    @denisvermeirre1024 3 года назад +6

    3:18 "Who do you think you are fooling Mister Hitler..." Nice touch, Tim!

  • @lindavainomae3489
    @lindavainomae3489 3 года назад

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

  • @sarahprunierlaw9147
    @sarahprunierlaw9147 3 года назад

    I love the "Grand Designs" music @2:30.

  • @ilGardo01
    @ilGardo01 3 года назад +11

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

    • @kmw4359
      @kmw4359 3 года назад

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

    • @larispostae42
      @larispostae42 3 года назад

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

    • @ilGardo01
      @ilGardo01 3 года назад +1

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

    • @kmw4359
      @kmw4359 3 года назад

      @@ilGardo01 got it! 😂

  • @martinbeaumont1135
    @martinbeaumont1135 3 года назад

    Excellent backing track choice!

  • @neilthehermit4655
    @neilthehermit4655 3 года назад

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

  • @qubex
    @qubex 3 года назад +3

    I live just behind the Central Station of Milan. I have a relative that lives in one of these.

  • @occoppo
    @occoppo 3 года назад

    This might just be one of my favourite episodes!

  • @darrenwilson8042
    @darrenwilson8042 3 года назад +2

    Always entertaining and informative - thanks Tim

  • @spennykcn
    @spennykcn 3 года назад

    Love the grand designs theme towards the end.

  • @edenviews
    @edenviews 3 года назад

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

  • @blockedblock5203
    @blockedblock5203 3 года назад

    3:22
    That second long hard-cut audio of crowd cheering to represent the celebration of the end of World War II had me cracking up.
    The slideshow of photos of war-torn buildings with cheerful piano music also really helped.

  • @torben0275
    @torben0275 3 года назад

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

  • @B2Ttrolling
    @B2Ttrolling 3 года назад

    0:18 Tim Vision on the bus! well played bus.....

  • @MikkoHiiri
    @MikkoHiiri 2 года назад

    Talented Tim, always great content. 👍

  • @dcvariousvids8082
    @dcvariousvids8082 3 года назад

    Great music accompaniment and quirky interest as always.

  • @lavadude360
    @lavadude360 3 года назад +2

    The Grand Designs music made me chuckle when I worked out where I recognised it from!

    • @neilstrickland4937
      @neilstrickland4937 3 года назад

      It took me a moment to recognize the theme from Grand Designs but I love it!