Secrets of Montmartre: 10 Hidden Gems Most People Miss

Dear Tim, I'm old and homebound for several reasons, but I always enjoy your videos so much. Thank you for taking the time to make them. It always brightens my day. <3

"I shaved my head and started shouting at foreigners", oh dear, how true, how true.

Hi Tim, the weird statue is based on the book "Le passe muraille" by Marcel Aymé. Le passe muraille translate as "the man who goes through the walls".

I couldn’t help to notice that certain parts of Dalida’s statue were remarkably clean!

"I wouldn't want anyone to think I am weird." I am afraid that ship has already sailed, thankfully.

"I shaved my head, drank a few lagers and started shouting at foreigners".....Priceless !

As a native French speaker, I must say your pronunciation is amazing! You've even got the Parisian "Bonjour-an" down haha, you must've worked hard on that, well done! Also, the statue in the wall is a reference to novelist Marcel Aymé's "Passe-Muraille" (the 'passer-through-walls') which deals with the life of a man living in Montmartre who can walk through walls :)

I love how you fitted Haddaway's "What is love" into "Comptine d'un autre été"...

Many decades ago (in 1979, when I was 19) I thought, "Ah, the Montmartre Steps. What a lovely day for a walk." So, I walked. And walked. One of my personal achievements on my bucket list. I walked down through the neighborhoods. Thank you for the great memories.

Actually, at 2:00, the entrance of the Métro station at Abbesses is not the original one. Abbesses was on the Nord-Sud company line, a competitor from the main one, the CMP, which hired Hector Guimard who designed those canopies. Nord Sud style was a different (and you still have many examples of this design on some line 12 and 13 stations). This one comes from the station Hôtel de Ville and was moved here later on.. Sorry for the pedantry, but I'm sure you'll find it interesting! Anyway, a great video, as always!

I didn’t know about those windmills. And Van Gogh painted one? Wow, cool. I learn something new every day

3:21 this is Resistance from MW3 recognised it right away :)

I was taken there decades back by friends living in Rue Yvonne le Tac (never forget a name like that), who insisted you had to go up through the back streets like this and then walk around to the top of the steps and the view down. They were right. Thank you for a virtual trip up memory lanes!

2:52 this is the lockpicking lawyer and what i have for you today is a nice bottle of wine....

"Last of the Summer Wine" theme music when you were at the vineyard? Very apt!

You're so funny, thank you for always brightening my day. And my goodness, this area is so pretty. I don't know much about Paris, so this was fascinating to me. It's cool having so many different sights and bits of trivia in one video. I really like that you don't just go for the most famous places; that's precisely why I like your channel so much. Hope lockdown didn't get you down too much and that you're enjoying having a bit more freedom.

Really enjoyed this. The church next to Abbesses (St-Jean-de-Montmartre) is a wonderful bit of c. 1900 architecture (some great art nouveau details) and well worth a visit if you're already there before making the climb. In Montmartre itself, the Villa Léandre is now definitely on my list of places to visit next time I'm in Paris as I've never seen it before. A spot I really like is rue Cortot - very picturesque and with Erik Satie's house in it. The other fun thing to do is to go down the northern slope to Lamarck-Caulaincourt métro - a much quieter walk than the trek up from blvd de Clichy and where the cafes are a lot less touristique!

1:28 typical prices of a tourist trap in paris crêpe au nutella = 7.6€

Thank you Tim! We were in Monmatre a week ago and at one evening walked your route finding some places we didn't discover ourselves!

10 gems of Montmartre, until Tim arrives. Then there are 11.