As a Québec City resident who has lived here for more than half of his life, I have to say that your video does not go into the usual stereotypes of other videos (French accordion music, showing only the top touristic places, etc.). The fact that you have learned French show your openness to our culture. (Btw, for any masculine “saint” in French, we do not pronounce the final “t” except if the saint name starts with a vowel. And “Roch” is actually pronounced like “rock”. Therefore “sain rock”. Otherwise, you are doing great! ⚜)
Just want to say in case he reads your comment that I really appreciate you encouraging him (I'm an anglo from Montreal btw). You might have seen he's had some rough corrections from people he interviews on the streets and I'm glad to see other folks trying to help him improve with kindness. You get a like from me :)
@@strangersmith9320 It is always great to see any anglophone living in Quebec (or any recent immigrant) making a valiant effort to learn French. It must be encouraged and commended as it can be a daunting task at times. A good day to you. :)
@@neofils Les couleurs des arbres est toujours difficile à prédire. Tout dépend des températures, de la pluie et des vents. L’idéal sont des journées ensoleillées relativement chaudes (12 à 18 degrés) et des nuits fraîches (6 à 10 degrés), mais pas trop de vent. En ce moment, nous avons ces journées et les couleurs ont à peine commencées à Québec, mais un peu plus au nord ou dans les montagnes, c’est déjà là. Je dirais que dans une semaine, ce sera le maximum ici. Dans deux semaines? Difficile à dire, mais les régions de Montréal où les Cantons de l’Est ont toujours une ou deux semaines de retard pour les couleurs d’automne par rapport à Québec. Donc, tu as des chances, si le vent et la pluie ne se mettent pas trop de la partie.
Man, I love French Canada. Needs to stay French. It's a hidden gem that has character. Hope to visit QB City one day. I love the French culture. Keep that Euro feel alive and much love to Canada as a whole.
I prefer Quebec to be bilingual. English is important in many ways. In Portugal, we learn English since elementary school. It does not put off French culture and customs. But maintains as part of lifestyle of city and province.
@@manuelmancebo4486 That is not the question, Québec's population will be bilingual to a high proprotion no matter what we do, even if the first language spoken in the province is and stays french. Around 46% of Québécois speak both english and french, which is way higher than in Portugal. We're north americans after all, I didn't even have to try to learn english, it's the most spoken language in my country and on the NA continent so it just came easily. But my french is way better and it is the language of my culture and the language I will be teaching my kids. We need to defend french as our first language, that's what it means to stay french.
Very charming, the two young ladies interviewed. Tabarnak 😂 I am Quebecois and proud of my 25% Irish blood. my grandmother's great-grandfather arrived here in 1848 during the great famine.
Was in Quebec this summer and it was my first time visiting Quebec in the summer. I already seen it during winter time, river looks particularly fantastic in winter, but in summer it truly turns into a fairytale town!!! I was impressed how alive the city was and how different it is from the rest of Canada. It felt as if people were truly enjoying life. I'm visiting Canada from Europe and if I ever want to move here - I'd love to move to Quebec City
@@souslesbombes im just saying that you can’t really make a generalization about Canadians when the only ‘Canadian’ people you’ve encountered were other tourists in old Quebec City.
@@souslesbombessee how they put Canadian in quotes they're not Canadian in Quebec they don't accept the rest of the country ,they hate it. I'm a Canadian from the maritimes who happens to have French ancestry and they make me embarrassed to have a French name.
@@NotLeftarded1 you went into xenophobia when it was never even about it (expected with someone with a name like this, seem like you wanna stir up stuff) (plus btw, i see and have been victim of agression far more as a french quebecois than seen the reverse ). quebec city is a hot spot for tourism all around the world (it is the main source of income for the province here), so what they mean is if you see people being happy, it might be people who are also on vacation or people who are working in entertaining/making sure the tourist have a good time so they come back. Quebec city is a good place to visit but not to live in honestly, just like many other place in the world.
So long as you don't step outside of the old town / downtown areas (and maybe Limoilou/St-Roch). Outside of that it's just a typical, north american, disgusting sprawling suburban hellscape. :/
@@robthomas3811 No way . Vancouver without its location is a generic city . Whereas Québec city stands by itself, because of its unique architecture and History. That is why it is a UNESCO world heritage site. Vancouver is all about the escape to nature
I was visiting Quebec City when you were there and I talked to you very quickly when I saw you on the street! You were extremely nice and I want to thank you for filming all the different parts of this beautiful city!!!
Traditional music in Quebec traces its roots to Brittany and Poitou, first and foremost. The former, being an ancient Celtic region/nation, has a musical tradition not too dissimilar from Ireland and share many of the same instruments (and tunes!). Later on, especially in the 19th century, Irish (and, to a lesser extent, Scottish) music also had an influence on Quebec's traditional music. Glad you had a good time in Quebec City and I'm happy to see you discovering the rest of Quebec a bit more. You're very welcome and your curiosity really shines in your videos.
Thanks for this wonderful video. You only scratched the surface of what to do and visit in Québec City but you did a great job pointing out what makes Québec City a special city. It's clean, safe and welcoming. That said, I invite all your subscribers from all around the world to visit us. You won't regret it I swear. 🙂
Thank you for this very interesting video. The images you filmed are simply beautiful and your comments are absolutely right. Yes Québec City is a city like no other and you have done justice to our Capital. Even though I am from Montréal and try very hard to look at all the beautiful things it has to offer despite all we hear and read, I did fall in love with Québec City because it is incomparable from a historic point a view and so so charming.
As beautiful as it is now, I should like to encourage you to return once more in winter. You'll find it equally beautiful yet somehow transformed in a way that is indescribable!
Great video on unique Québec city. Glad you stumbled on Trad music. I remember when you started in Montreal, I had suggested you to explore the Trad scene which is everywhere in Québec (province) there are numerous Trad groups going around the wold to represent Québec culture and there are dozens of Trad festivals all over Québec including in Montreal. There are Trad music nights in different bars and Trad dancing night as well.
Best tourist video of Quebec City I ever seen. Only one I've seen acknowledging the local culture correctly. Not pretending they are visiting France or something. I'm from Quebec city, I live in Old Quebec and I was able to tell where you were on every camera shots you did. I know this city like "Le fond de ma poche". I say it is a village too, because I cant walk on Rue St-Jean without crossing path with someone I know. Come visit us again soon ! I you want an unusual guide to bring you in unusual places, and have a real taste of what it is to be a local here hit me up
Definitely the only city I would live in should I ever move from where I currently live . Absolutely stunning day or night. I am a non french speaking individual. But I can learn.
You get used to the accent too since it's not just an accent but a sub-dialect of Acadian French! Except when it comes to the Northern-Eastwards coast people, not even Quebec folks can understand the words that come out of their mouths 🤣 Interesting fact: Quebec folks will usually be able to understand a fairly large amount of words spoke by Cajun French speakers from Louisiania :D
Bravo pour ton français et thank You for promoting so positively Quebec city in your video . I live in Vancouver and its beautiful all around but i sometimes miss the social life of Quebec or Montreal , i hope you had a blast
There is still an irish descendents population in Quebec. Most now speak french, but their surnames are still Irish. Notable community still speaking english is Shannon, near the CFB Valcartier.
Yes, we have a lot of French-speaking Finlay, Ross, Sullivan, Miller, Murray, Reid, etc. English-speaking Catholics tended to be absorbed into the French-speaking Catholic majority.
@@hdufort O'Gallagher, Jenkins, O'Connor... Lots also at St. Bridgit's home ;) I'm of french descent, but my daughters are of Scottish-canadian descent so I had the opportunity to live in Qc within the "english community"...
100% mon chum!. tu viens de décrire ma ville excactement comment elle est! good job aussi sur les prises de vue et la profondeur de ta pensée. Bonne continuations.
I live right here in Québec and in fact you walked right on my street in this video! this was shown in my recommendations and I clicked it because I was curious, and it's always so interesting to see your familiar living area through the eyes of someone else. To have it look "different" and "special" when for you it's just.... normal and the usual. It's a nice reminder that I'm lucky to be living in a beautiful city like this! So thank you for the video and hope you had a lovely stay here 🐢
Amazing video Dan, I'm so glad you could experience our culture in yet another new way! The city looks amazing through your eyes. Just fyi, "Trad" is just short for traditional. That style of music and dance is called "Rigodon" and this specific dance I believe is what we call a "Set carré". If you like that style of music I recommend listening to "Le Rêve du Diable" and "La Bottine Souriante". Wish you the best!
Born and raised in Quebec City; have lived here my entire life and I’m so glad to see you enjoying it. I’ve gone to school in the downtown area for the past 7 ish years so it’s always nice to be able to pinpoint exactly where you are at times. Makes me feel like I’m almost there like guiding you through the streets. 19:49 La Buche! A great restaurant, and they actually have a sister restaurant near the Chateau called la Buchette. Awesome food for sure (& some of my family works there, definitely not biased haha). If you ever have a chance to revisit, I always recommend heading down to the port of Quebec and just walking along the St-lawrence river; it’s such a peaceful view. And of course, for visitors in the winter, there’s always plenty of fun activities going on in the city center! Thank you for representing the often undiscussed culture and history of the city and I hope you get a chance to revisit!
On the lawns at the side of the chateau Frontenac as children with our parents we used to watch movies on a big screen set up. That was back in the 1950s. It was beautiful and still. memorable. To truly appreciate the Saint Lawrence River and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence is to sail it. The current is some of the strongest in the world,and the tidal waters next to New Brunswick the highest in the world. I've sailed it all to Newfoundland and around.
Since the Chateau Frontenac is a hotel but also an important historic landmark they are required to let people walk in as they wish and use the public washroom without being a customer.
Thanks for sharing this. I have been to Quebec a couple times but only in Montréal. Panning my trip to la ville de Quebec soon. Meri de partager tes experiences au Quebec!
Found your vid par hasard and loved it. I visited Québec for the fourth time this past May but this time, continued onward to Tadoussac and several towns on the Gaspé peninsula. I think I discovered le vrai Québec. Suggest you do a video one day a bit further north. Though I could have managed in English only it really helped to speak French.
Thank you for such video. As I see myself becoming more and more a long time follower of your channel, I think you have always been fair and impartial towards québécois people and I praise you for it. Welcome to my city mon ami!
you do Quebec well, always enjoy your vids. Living in Alberta miss the history and those beautiful stone buildings so much to discover and explore. Thank you for sharing your visit to Quebec City. Look forward to your next adventure....
There is always something happening in Québec city ^^ I love to walk in my neigborhood and see people from around the world enjoying the view and discovering a bit of our culture. Thanks for your video, I loved it :)
Hi, I am from Quebec city and I am so happy about your video that I am going to share it on Facebook for my friends from Iceland. I lived in Iceland from 1996 to 2003 and after that, I lived in Quebec city from 2003 to today. Before 1996, I was a kid from Quebec countryside and I lived in a village with a population of 1300 inhabitants. So, to me, Quebec city is really a city and not a village lol...
Revisiting le Vieux Qc in winter would be a cool video too to make people experience what it looks like during a big part of the year. Très bon vidéo merci!
As someone who've lived in Québec for my entire life, I've really enjoyed watching this and it might be funny but I've seen everything you've seen in this video a couple of time since I live around that area. Overall I really like the whole video and way your speaking, showing and just exploring our culture.
I live in the Montréal suburbs, but one of my favourite places in my beautiful province is our Capitale Nationale, Québec. You certainly have an eye for showing us this wonderful city from your point of view, and I loved your video. I loved how Zainab and Gabrielle adopted the city, and even the accent, and I found it super cute how Zainab kept using our "tsé" [shortned from the French "tu sais", or "you know" in english], while talking to you. It's a perfect example of how they've embraced the distinct francophone culture here! On aime les gens de partout ici! Et Dan, ton français est excellent! Beaucoup d'amour et de respect! 🐢
Woah! I've been watching your channel for about a year or so and it's so cool to see you in my city! I work in the old Québec in the summer, so it's a bit surreal to see someone show a great appreciation to the aspect of my city that i take for granted because i'm a bit numb to it now. I'll try to be more appreciative of it. (also: 🐢 )😉
It is really heartwarming seeing how people think of the city i've lived in basically my whole life. I especially like people that come with open minds, i enjoyed the video and what was said.
Great vid. Being from northern Maine and having an Irish Grandfather who settled in Quebec, I want to live in Quebec City for a couple months. I lived in Europe, and I miss the cultural experience. The welcoming feeling to foreigners, that allows you to learn new things.
Im in quebec right now! my uncle is getting married in the Citadelle of Quebec cause hes very high in the military, im so lucky to be able to actually go there and sleep in it! its absolutely beautiful. Only weird thing is that this morning i got stuck in the suite room😭 My dad had to actually DESTROY the handle cause the door and handle was broken. Minus that i love it here!
I''m 14th generation from that magical city. It's wonderful to see you feeling "la joie de vivre". I agree with your spiritual awareness wherein when traveling you open yourself up to making connections serendipitously. Bon voyage mon ami!
Surprised to see the updated hostel. I used to live on rue Dauphine (right across from "la maison dauphine") and worked a few blocks away at "le continental". Coming from a guy born at l'hôtel Dieu (seen in your video) and grew up in cap rouge, now living in MTL. I can only thank you for your kind and thoughtfulness in this presentation. This is your greatest attribute that you convey to us everywhere your travels leed to. Please never change.
Just loved your video about Quebec City especially your talking with the two lovely Ladies immigrants. A couple of weeks ago I was at the film festival to assist at the presentation of a movie made by a friend, Felix Rose - 'La bataille de Saint Léonard'. The night you were there the ambiance must have been great and yes, sounded typically 'Québecoise'. Originally from Switzerland I live in Quebec for over 40 Years now and just love it. yes we do feast the Day of Saint Patrick every Year, and every Year the very last snowstorm happens on that day. Co-ncidence ? Thanks I will send your video to friends I have all over the World. ; )
Québec city was founded by Samuel De Champlain in July 3rd 1608 . The oldest city in Canada and the most classy , cultural and historical city of 417 years . Québec city I had a population of more than 800,000 inhabitants , ha stage lowest crime rate in Canada and unemployment . Nature is part of cities in the whole province and mountains are 15 minutes away by car with word class ski station , most beautiful national parks , 13 apraxies of whales including Belugas and the largest animal on earth , the blue whales . Quebec City is a world class food city , clean , safe and unique in North America.
Being from Quebec city, I always love watching these videos and how people are enjoying the city I always grew up in, and how I always get this strange feeling of being proud of our beautiful city that every tourist seems to like. If you ever go back to Quebec city, I would recommend visiting the Chute Montmorency, which is a beautiful big waterfall, and by doing so, going to the Ile d’Orléans, which is the rural touristic place of Quebec with a lot of big fields of different fruits and vegetables with a gorgeous view of the Fleuve Saint-Laurent and the Mont Saint-Anne. Beauport is a old suburb with a lot of older houses but is infinitely less touristic than Le Vieux Québec. Finally there is the Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier which is a national parc around the valley of the Jacques Cartier river that is just 40 minutes from the Vieux Québec, and the road that takes you there goes trough Stoneham and Tewkesbury, a beautiful village hidden in the mountains with a ski station and with the Église of Tewkesbury that has a gorgeous view of the Jacques Cartier river. Hoping this list one day helps someone to discover a bit more of Quebec city and it’s surroundings.
About the Irish Potato Famine, there was enough food for the population of Ireland, but the British were forcibly exporting it under military occupation. It was more like a genocide than a naturally occurring phenomenon.
Je suis de la ville de Québec mais demeurant à Montréal. Merci pour cette superbe vidéo. Beaucoup de belles scènes 👍🏻 qu'on ne montre pas dans les quide touristiques. Bravo!
Hey Salut! Excellent video sir! I'm a Québécois i'm I had realy enjoy your Tube! Next time you should come in Mid July for the " Festivals d'été de Québec " you will realy get the Vibe of the people and the magic that happen in every show ! Thank you for you tour! Peace out!! ✌️
I grew up in Québec City and have so many great memories. Love going back. It's a great place to visit and to live, amazing quality of life, very peaceful. I left because I felt it lacked diversity, and though Montréal aligned with my values more, but Québec City will always have a special place in my heart.
Honestly our administration only just started caring more about the "bikeability" of the city, but it's a good start. There's a lot of work being done actually to add new bike paths and renew the ones that already exist. All in all, really fun to hear your thoughts on this city where I've basically lived my whole life. I've lived literally on the other side of the street from those "post card" buildings for a year and never truly appreciated the architecture like you did. It's cool to see it through your eyes.
Its aka as le gros village/the big village. Québec is not a superficial town, the people are rooted in the old stones that are everywhere. The city's history, superimposes and permeates itself unto the psyche of La Nation Québécoise (the French of Québec and Canada). In its more restrictive form, it's the province but, until the advent of the ultra-nationalist separatists in the late 1960s, the French Canadians would make the distinction between les Canadiens et les Anglais (Can. and Anglos)! As a former Manitobain you would understand that Louis Riel was a Métis, but across North-America, their first language and that of many indigenous people who spoke a European tongue, it was French. The coureur des bois and other trappers/adventurers were the pre-eminent explorers of this continent and made first contact with many indigenous peoples. So yes, it is a very pretty and quaint place but, it can get a little trippy when you factor in the aforementioned. I hope you checked out the 2 Musées de La Civilisation!
Fond memories of Ville de Québec when I was there last year, my final stop after solo travelling from Bolivia. I was extremely tired and didn't feel like I saw much, so I'm very keen to go back...
@@neofilsOui nous sommes en plein dans le festival des couleurs. Les forêts sont à couper le souffle. Mais dépêchez-vous, en fonction de la force des vents au grès des jours, les feuilles peuvent tomber vite!
Wonderful vid, Dan. As someone who lives close to the Canadian border, I visit Montreal, and when I am able, QC often. You are a kindred spirit! As a traveler, I find that the energy one puts out there comes back to you. I have had many wonderful, friendly encounters with strangers in the cities I visit and it's both so satisfying and memorable. I am currently in Lyon, France (please do a video here someday!), and went to a boulangerie and bought some bread and had a great conversation about bread making (even in my horrible French.) The clerk gave me a sweet treat full of pralines and when I motioned to pay him, he said no, c'est libre...I will remember that forever.
At least five Québec Premiers had Irish ancestry: Edmund James Flynn (Conservative - 1896-97); Daniel Johnson Sr. (Union Nationale - 1966-68); Pierre-Marc Johnson (Parti Québecois - Oct-Dec 1985); Daniel Johnson Jr. (Liberal - Jan-Dec 1994); Jean Charest (on his mother's side; Liberal - 2003-12). In addition, two Canadian Prime Ministers from Québec had Irish ancestry: Louis St. Laurent (on his mother's side; Liberal - 1948-57); Brian Mulroney (Conservative - 1984-93).
Next time you should go to Limoilou :) Also you should visit the surrounding, I feel like you only did the city part, but Quebec as SOOOOO much to offer in term of nature, parc and all.
Yes, the first settlers did come down the Saint Lawrence river, and a lot of them, including some of my ancestors got off the boat at Ile D'orleans, the island that is just 5km from where you were standing at Chateau Frontenac. It's funny because I visited Quebec City last summer, but at that time had no idea that this was where my ancestors first landed in Canada.
Hey, Dan, that was a greay video!! I´ve been to Montréal before, but not to Quebec City, unfortunately. Wishing to go back to visit it. I love the encounter you had with those girls. They were lovely and friendly!! You are super lucky you get to meet people like them on your journey. Si ça te tente, une vidéo à l´hiver à la Ville du Qebéc, ce serait super de voir son old charm sous la neige.
fun fact: the old buildings are all maintained. One burned down like 2 years ago, it's highly regulated, it was rebuilt with the exact same look outside. there is an importance for the preservation of history buildings ( it is also the case in old levis on the other side of the river)
I randomly stumbled upon your video and I was legit like "Omg he's literally filming where I live I could legit be in the background walking haha" But actually watching your video you really seem interested by the city, pretty big difference from other videos I've seen "reviewing" the city where they only show the main attractions like the Fairmont Hotel and the Old Port but don't go explore much. Definitively going to subscribe! It's funny how the way you talk about the city and how you react to the culture's influence and go down local streets is exactly the reason I moved to the city (Moved here for university and stayed for the beauty of the history) As someone who moved from another city in Quebec to Quebec city about six years ago, the biggest attraction and "culture shock" for me about Québec City is that you have the Vieux-Québec with it's history and european style architecture while also having modern architecture right next to it, you can notice it when you walk around in St-Roch. It really doesn't feel like you're in North America sometimes. It's funny to see a horse carriage creating traffic with busses and cars slowly moving behind them. 😂 I'd recommend coming back around Christmas time as the vibe gets completely different and more festive with decorations everywhere and the Christmas markets, just make sure you're well clothed especially if you're not used to cold, snow and ice.
The word "Bande dessinée" covers both comic books and graphic novels... They are not really differentiated in French. It is true that the local comics style in Quebec tends towards autobiographic stuff so I guess most of that would qualify as "graphic novels" in English.
I watched completed until the end. I watch your videos complete on both of your channels. I am a new subscriber from earlier this year. I watched before I subscribed. Thank you for the videos and the information and content you share.
As a Québec City resident who has lived here for more than half of his life, I have to say that your video does not go into the usual stereotypes of other videos (French accordion music, showing only the top touristic places, etc.). The fact that you have learned French show your openness to our culture. (Btw, for any masculine “saint” in French, we do not pronounce the final “t” except if the saint name starts with a vowel. And “Roch” is actually pronounced like “rock”. Therefore “sain rock”. Otherwise, you are doing great! ⚜)
Just want to say in case he reads your comment that I really appreciate you encouraging him (I'm an anglo from Montreal btw). You might have seen he's had some rough corrections from people he interviews on the streets and I'm glad to see other folks trying to help him improve with kindness.
You get a like from me :)
@@strangersmith9320 It is always great to see any anglophone living in Quebec (or any recent immigrant) making a valiant effort to learn French. It must be encouraged and commended as it can be a daunting task at times.
A good day to you. :)
Salut, est ce que les feuilles ont déjà changé de couleurs a Québec ,
je compte visiter Québec entre les 10 et 16 octobre pour 2 jours.
@@neofils Les couleurs des arbres est toujours difficile à prédire. Tout dépend des températures, de la pluie et des vents. L’idéal sont des journées ensoleillées relativement chaudes (12 à 18 degrés) et des nuits fraîches (6 à 10 degrés), mais pas trop de vent. En ce moment, nous avons ces journées et les couleurs ont à peine commencées à Québec, mais un peu plus au nord ou dans les montagnes, c’est déjà là. Je dirais que dans une semaine, ce sera le maximum ici. Dans deux semaines? Difficile à dire, mais les régions de Montréal où les Cantons de l’Est ont toujours une ou deux semaines de retard pour les couleurs d’automne par rapport à Québec. Donc, tu as des chances, si le vent et la pluie ne se mettent pas trop de la partie.
@@neofils oui
Man, I love French Canada. Needs to stay French. It's a hidden gem that has character. Hope to visit QB City one day. I love the French culture. Keep that Euro feel alive and much love to Canada as a whole.
Yes, thank you. Vive la diversité des cultures. On doit demeurer francophone. We need to stay french.
this comment means a lot 🥰
I prefer Quebec to be bilingual. English is important in many ways. In Portugal, we learn English since elementary school. It does not put off French culture and customs. But maintains as part of lifestyle of city and province.
@@manuelmancebo4486 You do not live surrounded by 400 000 000 anglophones and a pervasively encroaching American culture.
@@manuelmancebo4486 That is not the question, Québec's population will be bilingual to a high proprotion no matter what we do, even if the first language spoken in the province is and stays french. Around 46% of Québécois speak both english and french, which is way higher than in Portugal. We're north americans after all, I didn't even have to try to learn english, it's the most spoken language in my country and on the NA continent so it just came easily. But my french is way better and it is the language of my culture and the language I will be teaching my kids. We need to defend french as our first language, that's what it means to stay french.
Very charming, the two young ladies interviewed. Tabarnak 😂
I am Quebecois and proud of my 25% Irish blood.
my grandmother's great-grandfather arrived here in 1848 during the great famine.
grandma'a great grandfather is 3.125%, not 25%
@@PizzaPartify You know that doesn’t mean they didn’t also hook up with other Irish people down the line?
I lived in Quebec City when I was studying at Laval University. Best years of my life
Ah les belles sorties au Dagobert du vendredi soir pour finir wasted à la place d’Youville pour attendre le dernier autobus
Was in Quebec this summer and it was my first time visiting Quebec in the summer. I already seen it during winter time, river looks particularly fantastic in winter, but in summer it truly turns into a fairytale town!!! I was impressed how alive the city was and how different it is from the rest of Canada. It felt as if people were truly enjoying life. I'm visiting Canada from Europe and if I ever want to move here - I'd love to move to Quebec City
@@thefrogprincess266 well 90% of the people you saw were probably other tourists.
@@VEGAS-NERVE well 90% of your comment is probably false.
@@souslesbombes im just saying that you can’t really make a generalization about Canadians when the only ‘Canadian’ people you’ve encountered were other tourists in old Quebec City.
@@souslesbombessee how they put Canadian in quotes they're not Canadian in Quebec they don't accept the rest of the country ,they hate it. I'm a Canadian from the maritimes who happens to have French ancestry and they make me embarrassed to have a French name.
@@NotLeftarded1 you went into xenophobia when it was never even about it (expected with someone with a name like this, seem like you wanna stir up stuff) (plus btw, i see and have been victim of agression far more as a french quebecois than seen the reverse ). quebec city is a hot spot for tourism all around the world (it is the main source of income for the province here), so what they mean is if you see people being happy, it might be people who are also on vacation or people who are working in entertaining/making sure the tourist have a good time so they come back. Quebec city is a good place to visit but not to live in honestly, just like many other place in the world.
Loooovvee the video, I feel so happy seing my culture being discovered in such a polite, open and respectful way.
Quebec is beautiful around Christmas too.
With Christmas markets... simply amazing
Greetings from Quebec City, and thanks for making the effort of learning some French!
Without any doubt the most beautiful city of Canada
So long as you don't step outside of the old town / downtown areas (and maybe Limoilou/St-Roch). Outside of that it's just a typical, north american, disgusting sprawling suburban hellscape. :/
100% and very clean. I m European, and live & work here, every time I feel like I miss EU I m going to QC. Nice city.
Vancouver is better. Qc close second
@@robthomas3811 No way . Vancouver without its location is a generic city . Whereas Québec city stands by itself, because of its unique architecture and History. That is why it is a UNESCO world heritage site. Vancouver is all about the escape to nature
@@emiriebois2428 I see what you’re saying but I disagree.
I was visiting Quebec City when you were there and I talked to you very quickly when I saw you on the street! You were extremely nice and I want to thank you for filming all the different parts of this beautiful city!!!
Traditional music in Quebec traces its roots to Brittany and Poitou, first and foremost. The former, being an ancient Celtic region/nation, has a musical tradition not too dissimilar from Ireland and share many of the same instruments (and tunes!).
Later on, especially in the 19th century, Irish (and, to a lesser extent, Scottish) music also had an influence on Quebec's traditional music.
Glad you had a good time in Quebec City and I'm happy to see you discovering the rest of Quebec a bit more. You're very welcome and your curiosity really shines in your videos.
Merci pour le video Dan, toujours interessant de te voir decouvrir le Quebec 🐢
the fact you spat the name of the festival in french trying multiple times: respect brother ! welcome to quebec !
Thanks for this wonderful video. You only scratched the surface of what to do and visit in Québec City but you did a great job pointing out what makes Québec City a special city. It's clean, safe and welcoming. That said, I invite all your subscribers from all around the world to visit us. You won't regret it I swear. 🙂
Thank you for showing my home town. This is definitely a nice place to live and grow.
I hope you will come back!
Greetings from Richardson Texas! Great video!
Thanks, you did justice to the oldest city in North America! It look very good in your camera lens.
Merci pour ta magnifique présentation et bienvenue dans ma ville que tu as très bien décrite, elle le mérite.
Great video. This city has been on my list for a long time. Love from NYC 💕
Thanks for visiting !!!! Really cool video 💙💙💙 And I appreciate your effort of saying "Québec" correctly and writing it correctly as well !
Thank you for this very interesting video. The images you filmed are simply beautiful and your comments are absolutely right. Yes Québec City is a city like no other and you have done justice to our Capital. Even though I am from Montréal and try very hard to look at all the beautiful things it has to offer despite all we hear and read, I did fall in love with Québec City because it is incomparable from a historic point a view and so so charming.
As beautiful as it is now, I should like to encourage you to return once more in winter.
You'll find it equally beautiful yet somehow transformed in a way that is indescribable!
Quebec city is beautiful. Haven't been there since I was a kid but would love to visit again. Went to Montreal again last year. I love that city
You should, it's even better today!
Great video on unique Québec city. Glad you stumbled on Trad music. I remember when you started in Montreal, I had suggested you to explore the Trad scene which is everywhere in Québec (province) there are numerous Trad groups going around the wold to represent Québec culture and there are dozens of Trad festivals all over Québec including in Montreal. There are Trad music nights in different bars and Trad dancing night as well.
Best tourist video of Quebec City I ever seen.
Only one I've seen acknowledging the local culture correctly.
Not pretending they are visiting France or something.
I'm from Quebec city, I live in Old Quebec
and I was able to tell where you were on every camera shots you did.
I know this city like "Le fond de ma poche".
I say it is a village too, because I cant walk on Rue St-Jean without crossing path with someone I know.
Come visit us again soon !
I you want an unusual guide to bring you in unusual places,
and have a real taste of what it is to be a local here
hit me up
Definitely the only city I would live in should I ever move from where I currently live . Absolutely stunning day or night. I am a non french speaking individual. But I can learn.
You get used to the accent too since it's not just an accent but a sub-dialect of Acadian French! Except when it comes to the Northern-Eastwards coast people, not even Quebec folks can understand the words that come out of their mouths 🤣
Interesting fact: Quebec folks will usually be able to understand a fairly large amount of words spoke by Cajun French speakers from Louisiania :D
This is true about Cajun French. Easy to understand for the most part
Bravo pour ton français et thank You for promoting so positively Quebec city in your video . I live in Vancouver and its beautiful all around but i sometimes miss the social life of Quebec or Montreal , i hope you had a blast
OMG, I'm actually in there at 4:28!!! What a joy and I'm definitely happy you enjoyed your stay :D
There is still an irish descendents population in Quebec. Most now speak french, but their surnames are still Irish. Notable community still speaking english is Shannon, near the CFB Valcartier.
Yes, we have a lot of French-speaking Finlay, Ross, Sullivan, Miller, Murray, Reid, etc. English-speaking Catholics tended to be absorbed into the French-speaking Catholic majority.
@@hdufort O'Gallagher, Jenkins, O'Connor... Lots also at St. Bridgit's home ;) I'm of french descent, but my daughters are of Scottish-canadian descent so I had the opportunity to live in Qc within the "english community"...
Of course.
Many Quebecers have Irish or Scottish roots, from few generations to far generations.
There are several cities with irish names like Inverness with their bronze museum.
From a resident of the city of Québec, thank you, this is a most respectful video.
100% mon chum!. tu viens de décrire ma ville excactement comment elle est! good job aussi sur les prises de vue et la profondeur de ta pensée. Bonne continuations.
I live right here in Québec and in fact you walked right on my street in this video! this was shown in my recommendations and I clicked it because I was curious, and it's always so interesting to see your familiar living area through the eyes of someone else. To have it look "different" and "special" when for you it's just.... normal and the usual. It's a nice reminder that I'm lucky to be living in a beautiful city like this! So thank you for the video and hope you had a lovely stay here 🐢
Amazing video Dan, I'm so glad you could experience our culture in yet another new way! The city looks amazing through your eyes.
Just fyi, "Trad" is just short for traditional. That style of music and dance is called "Rigodon" and this specific dance I believe is what we call a "Set carré". If you like that style of music I recommend listening to "Le Rêve du Diable" and "La Bottine Souriante".
Wish you the best!
Born and raised in Quebec City; have lived here my entire life and I’m so glad to see you enjoying it.
I’ve gone to school in the downtown area for the past 7 ish years so it’s always nice to be able to pinpoint exactly where you are at times. Makes me feel like I’m almost there like guiding you through the streets.
19:49 La Buche! A great restaurant, and they actually have a sister restaurant near the Chateau called la Buchette. Awesome food for sure (& some of my family works there, definitely not biased haha).
If you ever have a chance to revisit, I always recommend heading down to the port of Quebec and just walking along the St-lawrence river; it’s such a peaceful view. And of course, for visitors in the winter, there’s always plenty of fun activities going on in the city center!
Thank you for representing the often undiscussed culture and history of the city and I hope you get a chance to revisit!
On the lawns at the side of the chateau Frontenac as children with our parents we used to watch movies on a big screen set up. That was back in the 1950s. It was beautiful and still.
memorable.
To truly appreciate the Saint Lawrence River and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence is to sail it. The current is some of the strongest in the world,and the tidal waters next to New Brunswick the highest in the world. I've sailed it all to Newfoundland and around.
Since the Chateau Frontenac is a hotel but also an important historic landmark they are required to let people walk in as they wish and use the public washroom without being a customer.
18:41 Underrated humour on this channel :)
Otherwise, one of your best videos in Canada. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for sharing this. I have been to Quebec a couple times but only in Montréal. Panning my trip to la ville de Quebec soon. Meri de partager tes experiences au Quebec!
Found your vid par hasard and loved it. I visited Québec for the fourth time this past May but this time, continued onward to Tadoussac and several towns on the Gaspé peninsula. I think I discovered le vrai Québec. Suggest you do a video one day a bit further north. Though I could have managed in English only it really helped to speak French.
Thank you for such video. As I see myself becoming more and more a long time follower of your channel, I think you have always been fair and impartial towards québécois people and I praise you for it. Welcome to my city mon ami!
you do Quebec well, always enjoy your vids. Living in Alberta miss the history and those beautiful stone buildings so much to discover and explore. Thank you for sharing your visit to Quebec City. Look forward to your next adventure....
you're doing a great job with these videos and i'm lovin' it✨👏🏽
There is always something happening in Québec city ^^ I love to walk in my neigborhood and see people from around the world enjoying the view and discovering a bit of our culture. Thanks for your video, I loved it :)
Hi, I am from Quebec city and I am so happy about your video that I am going to share it on Facebook for my friends from Iceland. I lived in Iceland from 1996 to 2003 and after that, I lived in Quebec city from 2003 to today. Before 1996, I was a kid from Quebec countryside and I lived in a village with a population of 1300 inhabitants. So, to me, Quebec city is really a city and not a village lol...
Revisiting le Vieux Qc in winter would be a cool video too to make people experience what it looks like during a big part of the year. Très bon vidéo merci!
As someone who've lived in Québec for my entire life, I've really enjoyed watching this and it might be funny but I've seen everything you've seen in this video a couple of time since I live around that area. Overall I really like the whole video and way your speaking, showing and just exploring our culture.
As someone who live near Montreal(10 minutes away) i always love visiting Quebec city. I love how it looks and feels
i lived in Vancouver, San Francisco and now Quebec City.
there's nothing in North America like Québec.
Great tour! Thanks :)
I live in the Montréal suburbs, but one of my favourite places in my beautiful province is our Capitale Nationale, Québec. You certainly have an eye for showing us this wonderful city from your point of view, and I loved your video. I loved how Zainab and Gabrielle adopted the city, and even the accent, and I found it super cute how Zainab kept using our "tsé" [shortned from the French "tu sais", or "you know" in english], while talking to you. It's a perfect example of how they've embraced the distinct francophone culture here! On aime les gens de partout ici! Et Dan, ton français est excellent! Beaucoup d'amour et de respect!
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Woah! I've been watching your channel for about a year or so and it's so cool to see you in my city! I work in the old Québec in the summer, so it's a bit surreal to see someone show a great appreciation to the aspect of my city that i take for granted because i'm a bit numb to it now. I'll try to be more appreciative of it. (also: 🐢 )😉
Great tour. You should come back the first two weeks of July for our Summer Fest (FEQ). 🐢
It is really heartwarming seeing how people think of the city i've lived in basically my whole life. I especially like people that come with open minds, i enjoyed the video and what was said.
Great vid. Being from northern Maine and having an Irish Grandfather who settled in Quebec, I want to live in Quebec City for a couple months. I lived in Europe, and I miss the cultural experience. The welcoming feeling to foreigners, that allows you to learn new things.
Im in quebec right now! my uncle is getting married in the Citadelle of Quebec cause hes very high in the military, im so lucky to be able to actually go there and sleep in it! its absolutely beautiful. Only weird thing is that this morning i got stuck in the suite room😭 My dad had to actually DESTROY the handle cause the door and handle was broken. Minus that i love it here!
rest in peace traditional handle🤣
I''m 14th generation from that magical city. It's wonderful to see you feeling "la joie de vivre". I agree with your spiritual awareness wherein when traveling you open yourself up to making connections serendipitously. Bon voyage mon ami!
Surprised to see the updated hostel. I used to live on rue Dauphine (right across from "la maison dauphine") and worked a few blocks away at "le continental". Coming from a guy born at l'hôtel Dieu (seen in your video) and grew up in cap rouge, now living in MTL. I can only thank you for your kind and thoughtfulness in this presentation. This is your greatest attribute that you convey to us everywhere your travels leed to. Please never change.
Beautiful video! I enjoyed spending some time with you on your travel.😄
It's like a Streched out, less populated, more soothing and relaxed version of Paris... Looks like someone took their time and painted a beauty! 👽👿
Paris looks more like Montreal, Quebec city like a provincial French city.
Love your Quebec content, hopefully I'll get to visit in a few years, geetings from CDMX 🐢
Québec est la seule ville fortifiée au nord de Campeche , Mexique
fortifications contruites par les Britanniques
@@klarissaclairiton9010 pour protéger des envahisseurs Yankees
@@klarissaclairiton9010 Nope, terminées par les britanniques mais elles étaient bien présentes à la fin du régime français.
D'ailleurs, Montcalm avait décidé d'aller affronter les anglais en terrain ouvert au lieu de rester retranché et se servir des fortifications.
Just loved your video about Quebec City especially your talking with the two lovely Ladies immigrants. A couple of weeks ago I was at the film festival to assist at the presentation of a movie made by a friend, Felix Rose - 'La bataille de Saint Léonard'. The night you were there the ambiance must have been great and yes, sounded typically 'Québecoise'. Originally from Switzerland I live in Quebec for over 40 Years now and just love it. yes we do feast the Day of Saint Patrick every Year, and every Year the very last snowstorm happens on that day. Co-ncidence ? Thanks I will send your video to friends I have all over the World. ; )
Québec city was founded by Samuel De Champlain in July 3rd 1608 . The oldest city in Canada and the most classy , cultural and historical city of 417 years .
Québec city I had a population of more than 800,000 inhabitants , ha stage lowest crime rate in Canada and unemployment . Nature is part of cities in the whole province and mountains are 15 minutes away by car with word class ski station , most beautiful national parks , 13 apraxies of whales including Belugas and the largest animal on earth , the blue whales . Quebec City is a world class food city , clean , safe and unique in North America.
Random encounters add a lot to your vids.
Being from Quebec city, I always love watching these videos and how people are enjoying the city I always grew up in, and how I always get this strange feeling of being proud of our beautiful city that every tourist seems to like. If you ever go back to Quebec city, I would recommend visiting the Chute Montmorency, which is a beautiful big waterfall, and by doing so, going to the Ile d’Orléans, which is the rural touristic place of Quebec with a lot of big fields of different fruits and vegetables with a gorgeous view of the Fleuve Saint-Laurent and the Mont Saint-Anne. Beauport is a old suburb with a lot of older houses but is infinitely less touristic than Le Vieux Québec. Finally there is the Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier which is a national parc around the valley of the Jacques Cartier river that is just 40 minutes from the Vieux Québec, and the road that takes you there goes trough Stoneham and Tewkesbury, a beautiful village hidden in the mountains with a ski station and with the Église of Tewkesbury that has a gorgeous view of the Jacques Cartier river. Hoping this list one day helps someone to discover a bit more of Quebec city and it’s surroundings.
About the Irish Potato Famine, there was enough food for the population of Ireland, but the British were forcibly exporting it under military occupation. It was more like a genocide than a naturally occurring phenomenon.
Really like your perspective on our city ! Hope you enjoyed your stay :)
I really hope you took a walk deeper into downtown, Limoilou, St-Sauveur, etc. Thanks for the great video about my city. :)
Haha these ladies were great. Bienvenue au Québec!
Seeing you videos for a while from France and living in this town at the moment was funny to experience. Cool video
Lived on St-Jean for 7 years and it was a great time.
Merci bien pour la video. Je l'ai bien aimé du debut jusqu'a la fin. Un bonjour depuis le Perou
I haven't been to Quebec City since 1992. Gotta go back.
Je suis de la ville de Québec mais demeurant à Montréal. Merci pour cette superbe vidéo. Beaucoup de belles scènes 👍🏻 qu'on ne montre pas dans les quide touristiques. Bravo!
Hey Salut! Excellent video sir! I'm a Québécois i'm I had realy enjoy your Tube! Next time you should come in Mid July for the " Festivals d'été de Québec " you will realy get the Vibe of the people and the magic that happen in every show ! Thank you for you tour! Peace out!! ✌️
As someone from Québec City, I love the way you depicted the city. Merci! Cheers
I grew up in Québec City and have so many great memories. Love going back. It's a great place to visit and to live, amazing quality of life, very peaceful. I left because I felt it lacked diversity, and though Montréal aligned with my values more, but Québec City will always have a special place in my heart.
Honestly our administration only just started caring more about the "bikeability" of the city, but it's a good start. There's a lot of work being done actually to add new bike paths and renew the ones that already exist.
All in all, really fun to hear your thoughts on this city where I've basically lived my whole life. I've lived literally on the other side of the street from those "post card" buildings for a year and never truly appreciated the architecture like you did. It's cool to see it through your eyes.
OuI maiS MaRCHand vÔ détrWURe lA Ville (lol je niaise)
Justement regarde ce qu'ils ont fait a Marie de l'incarnation. A place d'une voix d'autobus c'est devenu des voix de vélo.
Its aka as le gros village/the big village. Québec is not a superficial town, the people are rooted in the old stones that are everywhere.
The city's history, superimposes and permeates itself unto the psyche of La Nation Québécoise (the French of Québec and Canada).
In its more restrictive form, it's the province but, until the advent of the ultra-nationalist separatists in the late 1960s, the French Canadians would
make the distinction between les Canadiens et les Anglais (Can. and Anglos)! As a former Manitobain you would understand that Louis Riel was a Métis,
but across North-America, their first language and that of many indigenous people who spoke a European tongue, it was French.
The coureur des bois and other trappers/adventurers were the pre-eminent explorers of this continent and made first contact with many indigenous peoples.
So yes, it is a very pretty and quaint place but, it can get a little trippy when you factor in the aforementioned. I hope you checked out the 2 Musées de La Civilisation!
Fond memories of Ville de Québec when I was there last year, my final stop after solo travelling from Bolivia. I was extremely tired and didn't feel like I saw much, so I'm very keen to go back...
Beautiful, fun & informative as usual. Thanks Dan!
Loving your content - from Quebec City - come back to experience the outdoor experience around here - mind blowing
salut, est ce que les feuilles ont déjà changé de couleurs a Québec ,
je compte visiter Québec entre les 10 et 16 octobre pour 2 jours
@@neofilsOui nous sommes en plein dans le festival des couleurs. Les forêts sont à couper le souffle. Mais dépêchez-vous, en fonction de la force des vents au grès des jours, les feuilles peuvent tomber vite!
@@LtKregorov merci .
Wonderful vid, Dan. As someone who lives close to the Canadian border, I visit Montreal, and when I am able, QC often. You are a kindred spirit! As a traveler, I find that the energy one puts out there comes back to you. I have had many wonderful, friendly encounters with strangers in the cities I visit and it's both so satisfying and memorable. I am currently in Lyon, France (please do a video here someday!), and went to a boulangerie and bought some bread and had a great conversation about bread making (even in my horrible French.) The clerk gave me a sweet treat full of pralines and when I motioned to pay him, he said no, c'est libre...I will remember that forever.
At least five Québec Premiers had Irish ancestry: Edmund James Flynn (Conservative - 1896-97); Daniel Johnson Sr. (Union Nationale - 1966-68); Pierre-Marc Johnson (Parti Québecois - Oct-Dec 1985); Daniel Johnson Jr. (Liberal - Jan-Dec 1994); Jean Charest (on his mother's side; Liberal - 2003-12). In addition, two Canadian Prime Ministers from Québec had Irish ancestry: Louis St. Laurent (on his mother's side; Liberal - 1948-57); Brian Mulroney (Conservative - 1984-93).
Next time you should go to Limoilou :) Also you should visit the surrounding, I feel like you only did the city part, but Quebec as SOOOOO much to offer in term of nature, parc and all.
Yes, the first settlers did come down the Saint Lawrence river, and a lot of them, including some of my ancestors got off the boat at Ile D'orleans, the island that is just 5km from where you were standing at Chateau Frontenac. It's funny because I visited Quebec City last summer, but at that time had no idea that this was where my ancestors first landed in Canada.
Thanks for visiting and making this cool video about our beautiful "Village" :)
Hey, Dan, that was a greay video!! I´ve been to Montréal before, but not to Quebec City, unfortunately. Wishing to go back to visit it. I love the encounter you had with those girls. They were lovely and friendly!! You are super lucky you get to meet people like them on your journey. Si ça te tente, une vidéo à l´hiver à la Ville du Qebéc, ce serait super de voir son old charm sous la neige.
fun fact: the old buildings are all maintained. One burned down like 2 years ago, it's highly regulated, it was rebuilt with the exact same look outside. there is an importance for the preservation of history buildings ( it is also the case in old levis on the other side of the river)
I randomly stumbled upon your video and I was legit like "Omg he's literally filming where I live I could legit be in the background walking haha"
But actually watching your video you really seem interested by the city, pretty big difference from other videos I've seen "reviewing" the city where they only show the main attractions like the Fairmont Hotel and the Old Port but don't go explore much. Definitively going to subscribe!
It's funny how the way you talk about the city and how you react to the culture's influence and go down local streets is exactly the reason I moved to the city (Moved here for university and stayed for the beauty of the history)
As someone who moved from another city in Quebec to Quebec city about six years ago, the biggest attraction and "culture shock" for me about Québec City is that you have the Vieux-Québec with it's history and european style architecture while also having modern architecture right next to it, you can notice it when you walk around in St-Roch. It really doesn't feel like you're in North America sometimes. It's funny to see a horse carriage creating traffic with busses and cars slowly moving behind them. 😂
I'd recommend coming back around Christmas time as the vibe gets completely different and more festive with decorations everywhere and the Christmas markets, just make sure you're well clothed especially if you're not used to cold, snow and ice.
The word "Bande dessinée" covers both comic books and graphic novels... They are not really differentiated in French. It is true that the local comics style in Quebec tends towards autobiographic stuff so I guess most of that would qualify as "graphic novels" in English.
Bande dessinee can also be called "cartoon" from what I have seen.
@@Lifelikesky It does cover newspaper strips... If it's on TV and it's animated, though, it's "dessin animé".
I watched completed until the end. I watch your videos complete on both of your channels. I am a new subscriber from earlier this year. I watched before I subscribed. Thank you for the videos and the information and content you share.
One of your best!
I am so happy that you are back a big time. You are such a beautiful soul!
Merci Dan. I love Québec city. ❤
Thanl you for posting a video about Quebec City. Gorgeous city.👌🏻☺️⭐️
A lovely looking city and great video - well done.
Love Quebec city! I go back every other month!
Awesome video! Can’t wait to visit Quebec! 🐢
We will be there this weekend and 1st time to visit.