How Mass Tourism Destroyed Our Unique Elevator

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    0:00 It's closed
    0:26 Sharing cool places with you (2016)
    1:55 First major service (2017)
    2:47 Rise of TikTok (2019)
    3:54 "Tourist broke the elevator" (2023)
    5:09 Solution? Make them pay (2024)
    9:04 What's next?
    10:06 Czech Word
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Komentáře • 747

  • @carolosjk
    @carolosjk Před 17 dny +1207

    Honestly paying 1-2 euros for it, so like 25-50czk would be totally fair and would setback the repair costs and even make some profit for the city hall.

    • @matthewbass8152
      @matthewbass8152 Před 17 dny +55

      I do t think it’s the cost of repairs that is the problem I think it’s the over crowding even if they don’t say it

    • @Skawagon
      @Skawagon Před 17 dny +18

      @@matthewbass8152 I doubt it is even that. We currently have very conservative city government with the leading party (ODS) being linked to corruption scandlas in the past. I think they just want as little oversight to what is happening in city hall as possible.

    • @slavecek
      @slavecek Před 17 dny +12

      ​@@Skawagon Butbutbut... if the city hall were teeming with crowds of tourists from dawn till dusk, just imagine how much easier it would be to organize all kinds of shady meetings, without even having to leave your office. Your questionable guests would just mingle with the tourists, and no-one would be the wiser! No more meeting Pro-Russian lobbyists in corner pubs in the rain, or late evening dinners at a Vyšehrad restaurant during the lockup.
      That's what I call a big-brain play, worthy of big-brained corrupt politicians, just like Prague City Council has... /jk

    • @vratislavfiller6132
      @vratislavfiller6132 Před 17 dny +3

      That elevator in the City Hall is just meters from offices of some deputies and the design of corridors does not allow to separate comfortably tourist flow and office flow. It would need to disable depart in several floors or something more problematic.
      (...)
      Nevertheless, recent changes in security policy just put the most of the building including elevator to the secured area, so no more tourists in the lift ever.

    • @chrisg7059
      @chrisg7059 Před 17 dny +6

      Make it 20 euros so it won't be too crowded. Budget-conscious tourists can go to the 25 other elevators FOR FREE

  • @scattypetty
    @scattypetty Před 16 dny +337

    I can imagine it wasn't about single tourists going the loop but probably groups of people cramming in one stall together. That could break it. Some people have no sense (as seen by the tourist interaction lmao) and no respect.

    • @playmakersmusic
      @playmakersmusic Před 10 dny +5

      We all know a certain demographic of tourists that gives their country a bad name

    • @Kisel228-fp8iz
      @Kisel228-fp8iz Před 3 dny

      @@playmakersmusic who?

    • @SomeoneOnlyWeKnow.
      @SomeoneOnlyWeKnow. Před 2 dny +2

      ​@@playmakersmusic This could literally be so many countries

    • @PeeJay_2005
      @PeeJay_2005 Před dnem +1

      @@playmakersmusic as an american, probably americans

    • @1stdragon123
      @1stdragon123 Před 8 hodinami +2

      @@PeeJay_2005 americans arent actually that rude on vacations anymore, its mostly Chinese people now from what i hear. americans are actually some of the best according to sources.

  • @darksiderahb
    @darksiderahb Před 17 dny +443

    How many government officials does it take to turn on an elevator that runs automatically? The answer is not on TikTok.

  • @mcgarnagle6102
    @mcgarnagle6102 Před 17 dny +122

    Someone should build a 3 story Paternoster elevator in an open area. Just the elevator by itself in a glass box that goes nowhere. Then charge tourists 10 euro a ride. You would be rich.

    • @irondasgr
      @irondasgr Před 14 dny +2

      From me you get only a face palm. 10 €? In Greece it's really priceless.

    • @mercy4afool
      @mercy4afool Před 2 dny +4

      @@irondasgr Then you don't know the amount of money tourists will pay for random things like this lol

  • @Kumanosuke
    @Kumanosuke Před 17 dny +229

    I'm working in a (public) building with a pater noster and it's ALWAYS broken. It's now prohibited too to people not working there to use it.
    The reason is not the amount of people riding it, but people who have never used it before using it and using it wrong. Getting their foot stuck, trying to slow it down, going on it with a huge suitcase - and yes, these are all things that actually happened and caused damage and required the pater noster to be repaired. That costs money and we can't use the elevator anymore.

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin Před 15 dny +14

      When someone says "people can't be that stupid" I always reply "you can't even imagine how stupid people are" 😀

    • @ericcarlson3746
      @ericcarlson3746 Před 15 dny +7

      this is exactly what i thought when Janek started disputing "tourists broke it"

    • @dingodash4096
      @dingodash4096 Před 14 dny +11

      Being from Italy, I can confirm Janek is too indulgent. Many tourists act dumb and break shit all the time because they don't read signs or just want to be the center of attention - not implying its just them, there are many among the locals too.

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin Před 14 dny +6

      @@dingodash4096 I can't imagine how big problem with overtourism you have in Venice, but in Prague, it's also pretty bad I would say. I am originally from Prague, but I don't live there anymore, but when I visit Prague, it's even more visible for me than before, nobody speaks Czech there, in center you always see those drinking parties of British/German/Danish people who are constantly screaming and you have bad feeling from them, like they can be aggressive when you just badly look at them.
      And ofcourse now, you don't know if someone is a russian tourist or ukrainian refugee, it's everything very confusing and it causes misunderstandings.
      About damaging things - just those stupid lovelocks are enough, everyone adds some 100g lock and at the end, it will break reailing on the bridge, so yes, overtourism really destroys cities when everyone acts like a sheep.

    • @0xAnomaly
      @0xAnomaly Před 13 dny

      ​@@dingodash4096 I remember when a guy drove the spanish historic stairs in a car. Some people are dumb, it cant be helped.

  • @hassanalihusseini1717
    @hassanalihusseini1717 Před 17 dny +90

    This is why I hate travel influencers, tiktokers , instagrammers as they are a plague destroying one destination after another. They have no feeling for local people, only for their clicks and likes.
    This is why I became an "Outfluencer", warning people because of the danger of travelling and destinations.

    • @luzojeda6030
      @luzojeda6030 Před 10 dny +7

      They are like locusts really

    • @procopischristofi9158
      @procopischristofi9158 Před 8 dny +3

      He's part of the problem

    • @moyubutt
      @moyubutt Před 5 dny

      and yet here you are, online and tapped in

    • @SatoshiAR
      @SatoshiAR Před 2 dny +2

      Can you really call yourself an "outfluencer" if you only have 1 video that was uploaded 5 years ago.

    • @hassanalihusseini1717
      @hassanalihusseini1717 Před 2 dny

      @@SatoshiAR Yes, that is the reason why I do not upload videos. I am an outfluencer, my aim is to protect destinations from people with "bucket lists" and keep them for the people who are really interested.
      Yes, and I am sometimes happy that The Islamic Republic of Iran has such bad reputation in western media. It keeps the "bucket list people" away.

  • @afiiik1
    @afiiik1 Před 17 dny +77

    It took me 30 seconds to Google the other elevators.

    • @anonymousperson5831
      @anonymousperson5831 Před 17 dny +4

      too slow

    • @stadoblech
      @stadoblech Před 17 dny

      yes. But young people doesnt use google for searching for informations. For more than half of them primary information source is tik tok. Thats why they were so confused when Janek told them to search it up. This is actually very huge problem outside of context of this video but hey... this is the world we live in :)

    • @tryexceptions1025
      @tryexceptions1025 Před 17 dny +1

      And how many such elevators are there in total in the Czech Republic?

    • @Mixiravav-MilkyIce
      @Mixiravav-MilkyIce Před 17 dny +8

      @@tryexceptions1025 There are 68 of these lifts in Czech Republic

    • @edwardlayer4259
      @edwardlayer4259 Před 15 dny

      ​@@Mixiravav-MilkyIce I can name 3 just in my city.

  • @Tiniuvielle
    @Tiniuvielle Před 17 dny +215

    I needed 2 researches which took me 20 seconds to find an article in my language (french) to find most of the other locatons... At least, with those kind of lazy tourists, those elevators won't become problematic locations ..

    • @rhadamantesomething3020
      @rhadamantesomething3020 Před 17 dny +9

      Can confirm, just did the same (in the same language). And I purposely searched like I knew almost nothing about it "elevators that never stops Prague location" and I had multiple addresses.

    • @destineeotory2257
      @destineeotory2257 Před 17 dny +7

      I went to Prague a month ago and tried every address I could find and none of them were currently working …

    • @kenzothecornishTV
      @kenzothecornishTV Před 17 dny +2

      I live here, I can think of 2 (maybe a 3rd, I can't remember), but it's been a bit of time since I was there. Can't say it's all that amazing, certainly I wouldn't go see something like this if I were visiting another city

    • @tomas3300
      @tomas3300 Před 12 dny +2

      ​@@kenzothecornishTVAlso live in Prague, and I wonder about the same thing 😂 whats that special about an elevator lol

    • @kimcartoon69
      @kimcartoon69 Před 12 dny

      Tourist are stupid, i would go watch an elevator like this only if someone was caught in between 😅 (i'm romanian)

  • @andypre1667
    @andypre1667 Před 17 dny +19

    It took me 5 seconds to find an article with a list of 8 paternosters with some made up Czech. Should I mention that I don't use Tiktok? I'd happily take those 5 € now.

    • @amazingabby25
      @amazingabby25 Před 11 dny +1

      I found about 15-20 of them in seconds, using English

  • @Sbinott0
    @Sbinott0 Před 17 dny +123

    8:30 that dioporco hits so hard🇮🇹🍕🍝

    • @federicomauri6208
      @federicomauri6208 Před 17 dny +13

      As an Italian living in Prague, I appreciated a lot.

    • @ManuelRiccobono
      @ManuelRiccobono Před 16 dny +7

      Come sentirsi a casa con un semplice trucco:

    • @Qwerty10254
      @Qwerty10254 Před 16 dny

      Non mi rende molto tranquillo sapere che quei ragazzi hanno serie difficoltà a cercare qualcosa sul loro smartphone al di fuori dell'app di Tiktok...

    • @IlMisteriosoQ
      @IlMisteriosoQ Před 16 dny

      poesia

    • @HeDo88TH
      @HeDo88TH Před 16 dny +1

      Come farsi riconoscere

  • @hanaj
    @hanaj Před 17 dny +95

    Wow. As someone old enough that I had to do research in libraries on microfiche and encyclopedias, I can’t believe people don’t know how to search the internet. Not everything needs to be handed to you on a silver platter.

    • @deadlock_problem
      @deadlock_problem Před 17 dny +5

      People are upset about this issue too. Like honest to god

    • @kenzothecornishTV
      @kenzothecornishTV Před 17 dny +12

      i teach at a high school here in prague, and it's shocking how many students, who are glued to their phones, can't do basic google searches...

    • @penguinsushi8442
      @penguinsushi8442 Před 17 dny +7

      It is surprising and depressing, however, he could have handled those foreign tourists (who hardly understood english) better and less condescending .

    • @blazekzde
      @blazekzde Před 16 dny

      @@penguinsushi8442 well, he’s an honest guide… I live and work in touristy parts of Prague and totally understand his frustration - people have €1000 phones and can’t use basic functions like maps, translator and google search. My highlight is a guy asking for directions to the castle, using a PHOTO of a classic PAPER MAP in the phone’s gallery to navigate. Not to mention the castle was clearly visible from the point where we were standing…

    • @fantomshepherd
      @fantomshepherd Před 14 dny +4

      It is crazy. I actually thought we were out of the age where we had to explain what a web browser is.
      For some people, the internet is just apps. 😵‍💫

  • @burkeiowa
    @burkeiowa Před 17 dny +51

    A small fee is reasonable. One could even install one within a block of the same place, allowing it to be a new tourist site, while allowing business to take place at the other. The idea of weekends or evenings also makes sense. One should ensure that the elevator can serve it's primary purpose to those who work in that building, but also those going there for official business. If one allowed it to be open during the workday, I would expect them to operate below full capacity and that those who work there could have immediate access. But if someone who lived in the area had reason to meet with someone there, they should also have a way to avoid any line or fee.

    • @3rdalbum
      @3rdalbum Před 16 dny +2

      I'm not sure these elevators are still being made. But yes, great point. Install one going up to one of those lookout towers and charge an extra fee to use the elevator. You won't necessarily get *more* tourists to that location, so it won't cause extra congestion; but you'll get a greater spend per tourist.

    • @ericcarlson3746
      @ericcarlson3746 Před 15 dny

      in Prague a "small fee" is 250KC

  • @mikiqex
    @mikiqex Před 17 dny +15

    From what I heard they complained tourists roam the halls and go into offices, which I agree must be irritating, and the price will be €10.

  • @hans9125
    @hans9125 Před 17 dny +21

    Seven years ago my Family travelled on a summer trip to London, Dubrovnik, Paris and Prague from Toronto Canada. While the “kids” (now 18 and 24) remember Buckingham palace, Dubrovnik’s city walls , the Eiffel tower and the Louvre, one of the strongest memories from that trip is the paternoster elevator in Prague!

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts Před 17 dny +2

      There are paternosters in most countries in Europe. There is even one in London, although it seems to be out of service a lot of the time. I find it interesting how most of these paternosters go unnoticed, yet just one, out of the many, in Prague has become a location for tourists to visit.

    • @flashylite
      @flashylite Před 15 dny +1

      @@benolifts Yes, they are really not a big deal imo. My uni library had one, but some people seem to lose their shit when they see it.

  • @marvellousmeatball123
    @marvellousmeatball123 Před 17 dny +8

    Mass tourism and instagram / tiktok tourism at it's finest. Disgusting.

  • @jantwehncke1528
    @jantwehncke1528 Před 16 dny +86

    ugh, and I thought I was a condescending person, but Jannek does it a bit much sometime.

    • @stevk5181
      @stevk5181 Před 15 dny +8

      Yes, but I also don't blame him 😂

    • @trekswithnick
      @trekswithnick Před 15 dny +7

      No he came across as too nice actually

    • @ahtcx
      @ahtcx Před 15 dny +44

      Yeah... especially since Janek is someone who makes a living from social media I find it a bit cringey that his best take is the usual "hah, zoomers are clueless. tiktok bad." I normally love Janek but the interaction with the tourists was a weird and uncomfortable. 😬

    • @trekswithnick
      @trekswithnick Před 15 dny +12

      @@ahtcx I'm a zoomer and I know how to Google something when I can't figure out something so there is no excuse for low quality tourists to not do the same

    • @ahtcx
      @ahtcx Před 15 dny +27

      ​@@trekswithnick I have no doubt they know how to search stuff like the vast majority of people. They were presented with a situation where a local came up to them and volunteered information. It's perfectly reasonable for them to expect Janek would volunteer more information when requested, and really weird and awkward for him to do the whole "well why don't you Google it" dance considering he initiated the interaction. Also; "low quality tourists", um... ok?

  • @diegoparga9324
    @diegoparga9324 Před 17 dny +39

    This guy is ever closer to becoming a grandparent. In my day we didn’t have those tikki tokkies you children love. We had to go on Ask Jeeves to look for information and ICQ to chat to our friends

    • @jryan9547
      @jryan9547 Před 17 dny +2

      ICQ lmao...wow, bringing back the past....Gen Z: huh? lol

    • @rk8872
      @rk8872 Před 15 dny +1

      He just pointed out that TikTok is not a search engine.

    • @somethingsomething404
      @somethingsomething404 Před 12 dny

      in my day tiktcok was a bad song by a drugged out drunk girl who appears unwashed lol

  • @raezyon
    @raezyon Před 14 dny +7

    8:33 there is the literally reaction of every Millennials when interacting with Gen Z

  • @MP-cb7zk
    @MP-cb7zk Před 13 dny +8

    "Don't go to the Charles Bridge", lmao! Classic!!!

  • @neilheitzman
    @neilheitzman Před 15 dny +13

    Just go to Ostrava town hall where the paternoster is working perfectly fine and it's totally tourist-free.

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin Před 15 dny +1

      or Zlín

    • @ericcarlson3746
      @ericcarlson3746 Před 15 dny

      as far as i know there is a reason no tourisits go to Ostrava
      :)
      said with love for the Moravians!

    • @neilheitzman
      @neilheitzman Před 15 dny

      @@ericcarlson3746 fair enough, Beskids are worth seeing though.

  • @pierrecastellares
    @pierrecastellares Před 17 dny +11

    Is this an admission of guilt?
    I remember it was your favorite tip back before you were independent...

  • @j6backup626
    @j6backup626 Před 16 dny +22

    LOL Mass Tourism that you directly contributed to- you guys were the ones who told people about it.

    • @Sahbaz83
      @Sahbaz83 Před 12 dny +6

      this guy is amazing. he is a guide who hates tourist. never seen that before

  • @the-o5202
    @the-o5202 Před 17 dny +8

    A bit suspicous that tourists are using the patermoster elevators, as an amusement park ride. Am I wrong?

    • @MarvinCZ
      @MarvinCZ Před 17 dny +4

      Why suspicious? What more do you "suspect" about it?

    • @well_i_liked_it
      @well_i_liked_it Před 17 dny +4

      @@MarvinCZ The tourists are trying to find the book depository on the 6th floor.

    • @ericcarlson3746
      @ericcarlson3746 Před 15 dny +3

      another "instagram" opportunity probably

    • @didadida5504
      @didadida5504 Před 10 dny +1

      Honest Guide sent them there.

  • @Jotkah26
    @Jotkah26 Před 17 dny +9

    New challenge: ride all 20 elevators in one day

    • @yaush_
      @yaush_ Před 5 dny +1

      That has to be a CZcams video someday

  • @praiserdusty
    @praiserdusty Před 17 dny +15

    As an American I'm wondering can the general Prague public not use the building for city business? This effectively shuts the citizens off from their govt doesn't it? What exactly is done in the building business wise?

    • @kenzothecornishTV
      @kenzothecornishTV Před 17 dny +3

      in a different building in the center, there's one for the Prague 1 district office (we got our marriage license there). All buildings of couse have stairs, but for handicapped people (or ones with strollers) it's a challenge.

    • @max2themax
      @max2themax Před 17 dny +4

      I believe that in this building there are only personal offices and the only use for the public would be a meeting on appointment. There is one place in the building used for handing in certain documents, that is accessible.
      Edit: There are many more government/city building around prague used for interacting with the public.

    • @ManuelRiccobono
      @ManuelRiccobono Před 16 dny

      I guess they have to demonstrate they need to use it, in order to have access

  • @aidenwinter1117
    @aidenwinter1117 Před 8 dny +2

    I went to Charles Bridge yesterday just to see how touristy it actually is - It was so crowded I couldn't breathe. The most mindblowing thing is that it was literally just like any other bridge.

  • @theunknown4834
    @theunknown4834 Před 16 dny +15

    5:05 I can hear the weariness of the engineer on the phone. Bless him and the multiple times he hears these kinds of things in the media.

  • @brycesmueck8175
    @brycesmueck8175 Před 15 dny +13

    If some uppity local told me to not visit a specific bridge or the local government might “shut it down” I would not be thanking them for their unsolicited advice.

    • @thobu6576
      @thobu6576 Před 14 dny +6

      I'd probably make sure it's the very next thing I visit.

    • @BatCaveOz
      @BatCaveOz Před 11 dny

      It's called a joke.

    • @thobu6576
      @thobu6576 Před 11 dny +4

      @@BatCaveOz I cant say it sounded to me like he said it as a joke.

    • @procopischristofi9158
      @procopischristofi9158 Před 8 dny

      ​@@BatCaveOzit's called being a dick

  • @petrnivnicky3531
    @petrnivnicky3531 Před 17 dny +7

    I think Prague should build a Paternoster rigth next to the Astronomical Clock. That would be a tourist gem!

  • @David_Baxendale
    @David_Baxendale Před 15 dny +3

    last time i was in prague walking around I just kept thinking how all the tourists would annoy the locals.
    Then I laughed to myself as I was technically a tourist walking around.
    That the fun of the thing, most of us at some point are tourists being annoying to the locals and at others, locals being annoyed by tourists 🤣

    • @ericcarlson3746
      @ericcarlson3746 Před 15 dny

      depends if you are in a loud drunk posse or just walking around enjoying the beauty, I would think....

    • @amazingabby25
      @amazingabby25 Před 9 dny

      I use to hate tourists, until the day they stopped coming to my city, I always say be careful what you wish for…a city that depends on mass tourism, that loses it will suddenly drown

  • @max2themax
    @max2themax Před 17 dny +5

    "List of paternoster elevators in Prague" ...it's that easy, did people forget how to ask questions on the internet?

  • @treborbo9142
    @treborbo9142 Před 2 dny +2

    I used my first paternoster at Bern, Switzerland. There's one inside a shop. And because there's also a café nobody from the staff is concerning about not buying something. The other one I used was located at Görlitz, Germany at the city hall. That one unfortunately closed forever. I hope, once I can show all the 25 at Prague to my sons later 🤔😬

  • @leciramluce
    @leciramluce Před 17 dny +7

    I'm glad I got to experience riding it two years ago (thanks to your channel). I would gladly pay to ride it for its maintenance, we pay for everything, why not for this one

  • @MolongoDK
    @MolongoDK Před 17 dny +6

    There is also one in Danish Parlament where the politicians use it all time. I don't think its for public unless you are on a visited guided tour.

    • @amazingabby25
      @amazingabby25 Před 9 dny

      It looks like you have a few in hospitals that are open to the public

  • @yura11v
    @yura11v Před 16 dny +1

    My wife and I celebrated NY 2020 in Prague. And thanks to HG I made her a little surprise, showing this elevator. We went at around 5PM and city hall was pretty empty, so we enjoyed a ride without tones of other tourists. We even used city hall WC lol.
    Thanks HG for happy memories!

  • @Lizzzard22
    @Lizzzard22 Před 7 dny +1

    How honest it was to tell a tourist that the Charles bridge will get close if too many ppl will go there???

  • @vasiliyu
    @vasiliyu Před 17 dny +2

    But that's was you who told me about the elevator. Clearly, I wanted to take my kids to see it when I was visiting beautiful Prague last year.

  • @VRallisgr
    @VRallisgr Před 14 hodinami

    In 2018 this guy saved me and my family from scams in prague. I had watched all the videos before we went and had a great time.

  • @MayeulVarin
    @MayeulVarin Před 17 dny +10

    Tik tok is straight up trash 😭

  • @aaronhurst4379
    @aaronhurst4379 Před 15 dny +4

    Has TikTok fried people's brains so much that they can't even be bothered to look things up anymore??

    • @procopischristofi9158
      @procopischristofi9158 Před 8 dny +3

      Has the internet ruined all of y'all brain to think that it's okay to go up to someone, say that you know an answer and then not give it? Back in the day people used to be kind and helpful, but I guess we should all go fuck ourselves and Google it.

    • @Zero001LP
      @Zero001LP Před 2 dny

      ​@@procopischristofi9158People are still helpful. He told them to google it so they don't have to pay him 5€, they can buy like 10 beers with that.

  • @Saavik256
    @Saavik256 Před 17 dny +9

    I wouldn't ride it because elevators terrify me, but a paternoster is an iconic piece of history which should be preserved!

  • @bluedaybae8393
    @bluedaybae8393 Před 15 dny +1

    Best solution would be to have an online ticket system, where it’s open on the weekends but there’s a limited amount of tickets available & you have to buy yours online.
    This opens it up to the tourists who are savvy enough to plan ahead and prevents overuse/crowding.

  • @accountid9681
    @accountid9681 Před 2 dny +1

    I don't think overtourism is a thing, but I do think insufficiently monetized tourism is a thing, and there's no more clear example than this!

  • @to_loww
    @to_loww Před 15 dny +3

    But it's true, that riding past the first and the last floor may cause damage. When the cars transfer between the shafts they are not guided by any rail. So if a panicky qerson is still in there and moves too much, the car may misalign on the way back and cause damage.
    There are also moving parts you may inadvertently touch and may hurt you.

  • @mrb152
    @mrb152 Před 6 dny

    I found your show after I decided to go, but there's not question your country owes you a thanks for increasing tourism and awarness.

  • @FatBubble.
    @FatBubble. Před 17 dny

    Found out about it through your videos back in 2016/17 and I'm so glad I had the chance to experience it before the tourist mayhem.
    And this is a big thank you for sharing with us the beauty of your city, and all the awesome, quieter spots. Your recommendations had a massive impact on what we visited and our experience with the city!

  • @whimsy-chan1188
    @whimsy-chan1188 Před 17 dny +1

    When I went there in 2019 there was no one there, we were there maybe 10mins admiring the elevator alone. Charge a small fee makes sense but another option is for another location to do this - if there is a paternoster with a cafes/shops in the same building they can attract more business to the building.

  • @procopischristofi9158
    @procopischristofi9158 Před 8 dny +3

    Insanely rude to tourists. Back in the day people used to help, not come up to people and tell them they are stupid for not using google. That's really bad behaviour wether you're treating visitors or locals. Your name is literally honest guide but you refused to guide them. People always asked the locals. They didn't google it because you were in front of them telling them you knew the answer. What a dick behaviour

  • @patricedecourcy4505
    @patricedecourcy4505 Před 17 dny +1

    You are the one who introduced me to this elevator :) Thanks.

  • @Satelitko
    @Satelitko Před 17 dny +1

    About a month ago I was in Brno and wanted to show a friend the paternoster elevator at the train station post office (that I knew about from your videos), unfortunately the post office was moved and the building looks almost abandoned from the outside. I really hope the building will be fixed up in the future and the elevator made accessible to people again.

    • @user-bu3sn6kd5n
      @user-bu3sn6kd5n Před 17 dny +2

      The Main Post Office building in Brno was sold to a private investor and the future is unclear. There are two more paternoster lifts in Brno: magistrate building on Malinovského náměstí, and FME VUT on Technická.

  • @TommiJKeranen
    @TommiJKeranen Před dnem

    In Finland, there is a paternoster elevator in the Finnish Parliament, Eduskunta in Helsinki. The elevator can only be used by members of parliament and parliament employees. When I visited Eduskunta, I was able to see the elevator and it was exciting.

  • @garethdwright91
    @garethdwright91 Před 12 dny +2

    I mean, it's kind of cool I guess. I don't quite understand why it's a major tourist attraction though. It's the kind of thing you'd look at, go "huh neat", and then move on.

  • @alistairhart9568
    @alistairhart9568 Před 17 dny

    Great vid, great channel, thanks..... (I could add a lot more, but the gist is, LOVE YA WORK, KEEP IT UP...)

  • @SmokeyBCN
    @SmokeyBCN Před dnem

    it's a miracle it was still running at all. parts for them essentially have to be manufactured to order, using specialized technicians who are probably booked out months in advance. come to Stuttgart town hall, we have 3.

  • @tomk8729
    @tomk8729 Před 17 dny +1

    There is a Paternoster elevator shown in the 1970s film The Omen (the setting is a hospital in Rome), was the first time I ever saw one.

  • @matthewbass8152
    @matthewbass8152 Před 17 dny +28

    You realize you’re part of the over tourism problem too smh

    • @MarvinCZ
      @MarvinCZ Před 17 dny +6

      You realize they basically said that in the video? Smh...
      But realistically, they're a small drop in the ocean.

    • @rk8872
      @rk8872 Před 15 dny +1

      On the contrary, he points out issues like fake money and taxi scams, which should scare tourists enough to not arrive to Prague at all :D

  • @swatkabombonica4103
    @swatkabombonica4103 Před 17 dny +1

    Oh, Belgrade still has one of those :) not at such a good shape, so, guess it's a good thing not even locals know where it is :) we had to jump from it visiting grandpa's office. We had so much fun with that elevator as kids

  • @ivanatetkic5222
    @ivanatetkic5222 Před 15 dny

    Before my trip to Prag, surfing through internet for advice and guidance, found your account Honest Gide on CZcams and your videos. Definitely wouldn't know about elevator if it wasn't for your help. Great experience, now I have many videos and pictures from that place. Thank you very much. Paternoster❤❤

  • @mully006
    @mully006 Před 17 dny

    I'm one of the people. I saw your videos and rode the elevator in around 2018. I would support a small fee to ride it. It's super cool and worth showing off.

  • @InsEngineered
    @InsEngineered Před 17 dny +5

    So you mean we should blame it on TikTokers ;P

  • @ForeighHatch
    @ForeighHatch Před 17 dny +6

    your government officials taking the cop out saying it’s tourist is all i needed to hear.

  • @rabil_lian
    @rabil_lian Před 15 dny

    I have been coming to Prague since the 1990s, most of the time leading tour groups from Singapore. It was only in recent years I found out about the elevator and as a special treat, I would take some of my tour group members to visit. Looking forward to its re-opening.

  • @Delaney-and-the-Starlight

    I definitely think having tourists only able to use the elevator on weekends sounds like an amazing idea! Especially if people pay something like 1€ for a ride! It would add up to help cover any maintenance needed and maybe even further city projects!

  • @christianelzey9703
    @christianelzey9703 Před 17 dny +1

    There's one in Copenhagen that's a bit more hidden I got to ride, in a quiet, beautiful 1910s ornate office building. Really cool but could totally see the building wanting nothing to do with crowds of tourists being stupid there.

  • @Chuustix
    @Chuustix Před 17 dny +2

    If it's an office space and people work there I'd be weirded out by many tourists just walking in the office areas as well, think of the confidential documents and information that may just be lying around lol. But i agree with you, if that's the reason (which would be understandable imo) they should just say so and not claim it's broken from overuse.

    • @slavecek
      @slavecek Před 17 dny

      First and foremost, it is a local government building. Closing off the building from the the public is the last thing they should be doing.

  • @kassemir
    @kassemir Před 17 dny

    It's a bit wild to me that the elevator became such a tourist attraction. I mean, I live in Denmark, and they have a similar elevator in the parliament building in Copenhagen.
    I don't know if it's open to the public for sure. But, I know that if you book a tour, you can go on it. We did that on a school trip once.

  • @tobybeggs8676
    @tobybeggs8676 Před 5 dny

    People dont realize there are more of these around Prague, I used to take one weekly so I am glad there was not a constant flock of tourists on it

  • @MitchSprague
    @MitchSprague Před 14 dny

    That's great info.

  • @amrimi8371
    @amrimi8371 Před 16 dny +1

    Inside my office building is one of the last paternoster in Germany. A couple of years ago there a law was passed that you have to habe a "licence" to be legally allowed to ride a paternoster because it supposedly is so dangerous. Now we habe to renew our licence every year to still be able to usw it.

    • @rk8872
      @rk8872 Před 15 dny

      Germany is doomed in so many ways.

    • @Pidalin
      @Pidalin Před 15 dny

      @@rk8872 yeah and the worst thing about that is that Germans are going for concerts and other such things to Prague, so you hear German everywhere like if it was 40s, because I guess that it's not that safe in Germany anymore, so they prefer to spend these public events here because they don't want to explode

  • @merridybenton7028
    @merridybenton7028 Před 16 dny +1

    I went looking for this in April 2024 and there were no signs up saying that it was closed (I had to ask someone where it was). There should have been a sign out the front telling people. I didnt know there was other elevators. I dont use tik tok and on google I didnt find any others.

  • @conorcrowley6256
    @conorcrowley6256 Před 17 dny

    When I was doing my Erasmus in Prague. The law faculty had one of these lifts and I still got a kick out the paternoster after using it every day. Unfortunately the faculty security people didn't let you bring visitors to look at it or the beautiful atrium.
    Was always a highlight of going to lectures though. That and the 17 Tram stopping right outside. ❤

  • @udaswoop
    @udaswoop Před 17 dny +1

    Take example from the Petronas Twin Towers Skybridge. Not just tourist but even locals have to to pay go to it. They limit to a certain number of people to visit per day. Certain allocated time in that day for visit/tour. Tickets are open for bookings on their website. Have staff to provide an official tour. And a different level of the bridge just for visitors, and occupants of the building who works there uses another level so they don't clashes and hogs each other. Not that complicated of a solution.

  •  Před 17 dny +11

    Just go to Zlín, there's a paternoster in the 21 building 😊

  • @ThisMarv
    @ThisMarv Před 4 dny +1

    I didn't know you had those elevators in Prague. The only time I've seen them was in movies or TV shows like "Stromberg"(aka German The Office)

  • @AnthonyLauder
    @AnthonyLauder Před 17 dny

    It was announced a few days ago that it will cost 250 kc to ride the paternoster when it reopens in the summer. That's a lot higher than I expected, but I guess it will reduce the number of tourists there dramatically.

  • @jj9749
    @jj9749 Před 17 dny +2

    I went on a few in Prague. One was in the tax office.

  • @buzsalmon
    @buzsalmon Před 17 dny

    Most interesting. I have been to your city many times but never had the desire to ride the elevator as I have been on similar ones on construction sites in U.S. And honestly in your beautiful city there are much more things to do! And just simple things like enjoying your beers!
    So now you have become just a trouble maker!! As you have always tried to help visitors enjoy Prague!
    Thanks for your videos I very much enjoy each and every one!

    • @ondrejsoroka8170
      @ondrejsoroka8170 Před 17 dny

      but you can enjoy beer in pater noster:o) And probably ends up dead but what a fun:o)

  • @davidmontine6468
    @davidmontine6468 Před 4 dny +3

    To be honest I think your interaction with that group of tourists was just plain rude. You said you worry about the new generation being addicted to their phone and tiktok, but they were off their phones speaking to an actual human from the area, asking questions, and they got told to get ON their phones and look for it.
    If you're worried about people being on their phones too much, the have actual conversations with them when they try to, and don't encourage them to get back on their phones.
    And regardless of all of that, just don't be a condescending prick to people who are just trying to have a good time in your country

  • @CediKayable
    @CediKayable Před 16 hodinami

    Glad to visited the elevator a few weeks after your first video about it. 😊

  • @GoodLlama82
    @GoodLlama82 Před 6 dny

    Praha has so much more to offer than just the elevator. I loved getting lost in that city.

  • @christiankeil7845
    @christiankeil7845 Před 16 dny +1

    1995 it was great, if I see this I never want to go back.

  • @PortageurCa
    @PortageurCa Před 17 dny

    I agree. And I really don't think too many people would be upset at being charged to support any type of tourist attraction.

  • @DanOCan
    @DanOCan Před 16 dny

    And to think I felt bad about missing it when we were in the city in December…turns out I couldn’t have ridden it anyway.

  • @13StJimmy
    @13StJimmy Před 17 dny

    Ngl the elevator freaked me out and I didn’t want to go during my first visit. Now I regret not going

  • @MatLBN
    @MatLBN Před 17 dny

    So I'm a lucky one who ride this "Paternoster"elevator on my (solo) tourist visit in Prague in august 2022, and I even didn't pay for it.

  • @SanderVeltman
    @SanderVeltman Před 14 dny

    Thank you for the nice Video's. And keeping your city atractive beautiful and Honest :) Greetings from the Netherlands.

  • @ferretyluv
    @ferretyluv Před 15 dny

    I would be too scared to touch a paternoster.

  • @johncameron4194
    @johncameron4194 Před 17 dny

    Great video

  • @jpfitch3492
    @jpfitch3492 Před 17 dny

    I rode one of those not even looking for it. I have no idea where I was. That was a common theme after going out drinking though. It definitely tripped me out.

  • @wiwindamayanti9952
    @wiwindamayanti9952 Před 13 dny

    Once a "gems" are revealed, just wait for the crowds ruin it...

  • @elerike
    @elerike Před 16 dny

    I remember that episode! And I went to see the elevator because of you😂 and many other too

  • @minotaur235
    @minotaur235 Před 17 dny

    Rode the paternoster at Brno's city hall. Had to dodge a grumpy looking caretaker on the ground floor though!

  • @arthurderedo
    @arthurderedo Před 11 dny

    Never dared to do the loop because I hadn't seen a video it was doable at the time...
    BUT Feeling good for having encounter my first paternoster on my own, without the help of Google or TikTok :D and not in city hall ^^
    Thanks for that !

  • @0ZeldaFreak
    @0ZeldaFreak Před 14 dny

    Too many people can break it, especially tourists. Its not about the pure amount, its about not knowing how to use it or respecting property. There is a reason why for example in Germany no new ones are allowed and that you can't even use it, when you are not trained. Its not that hard to think about stuff you can do, to screw things up. With a modern elevator, you can't to much. You can do some things to stop them, but not damage them.
    For too many people, its best to not make it free. It can be an entry fee, it could be that you need to buy something or something else. There is a reason why Disney Land and other parks do charge for the entry and not on a ride basis. The scenery itself is worth a trip and if they would make the entry for free, a lot more people would go there and it would be very quickly more crowded, because people would hang around. When you charge for the entry, you make guests to use the attractions, so they get something for their money.
    Even if they would charge a very small fee for the elevator, this would allow them to control the masses. This way you can control how many people enter and you can stop entry, when there are too much inside.
    I also think its kinda boring to ride an elevator. I've used one once over 15 years ago. If I had the choice to pick an elevator to ride, it would be this one, but just going to one, just to ride it? Done it once and thats enough.

  • @cheretodd9949
    @cheretodd9949 Před 17 dny

    I wish this video was out before my trip last February, my sister and I were soooo confused 😮

  • @tossacointoyourwitcherOriginal

    I told you this would happen. Calling people haters for them telling you you ruin places is fine and dandy.
    Idk why are you surprised now

  • @somethingsomething404
    @somethingsomething404 Před 12 dny

    back in my day ticktok was a "Ke$ha" "song" im old now. turned on th radio and the noise that came out was so bad i just stared in disbelief. im not even 30 lol

  • @dshinaberry
    @dshinaberry Před 16 dny

    Glad I got in it in 2021. There was no one there but me, by myself. Sorry to hear what happened. It was quite an experience.

  • @DanieleGiannattasio
    @DanieleGiannattasio Před 15 dny

    As you posted this video, I was there looking for the elevator and it was closed, same for the one in the Lucerna passage! Though I saved a couple of people from getting scammed.

  • @eliaseriksen4809
    @eliaseriksen4809 Před dnem

    Where is Paternoster, you ask? He is omnipresent.