Bizarre Structure Sitting In The Atlantic Ocean Has An Even Stranger History

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  • čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
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    Throughout history, mankind has labored to overcome the challenges presented by the natural world. People are forever trying to build houses on unstable land, or to make entire villages at the bases of active volcanos. It’s almost like the bigger the challenge, the more we want to make it work.
    In 17th century France, protecting the country from the mighty English naval fleets was paramount. However, this was difficult to do when only the English Channel separated the two lands, which is a mere 20 miles wide at the shortest gap.
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  • @Duknow-Media
    @Duknow-Media  Před 7 lety +78

    join us in our second channel..let's help animals together goo.gl/fauhmJ

    • @darthrevan3342
      @darthrevan3342 Před 7 lety +2

      FORT BOYARD !

    • @darthrevan3342
      @darthrevan3342 Před 7 lety +1

      Fort boyard wsn't teh original name and before the emmision :
      czcams.com/video/JfFXmaJHYgw/video.html Was a thing.
      We saw it in a post WW II movie were they discover german war supplies such as grenades....

    • @darthrevan3342
      @darthrevan3342 Před 7 lety

      Vaunband?

    • @jax1492
      @jax1492 Před 7 lety +15

      nice click bait ... its off the fucking coast of france not even in open water ....

    • @tricore2567
      @tricore2567 Před 7 lety +5

      its pronounced boy-ard not boy-urd.

  • @JG-op4de
    @JG-op4de Před 7 lety +2178

    In the middle of the ocean? You mean off the coast? Within eyesight of land?

    • @fbabdiver
      @fbabdiver Před 7 lety +49

      looks like to me that it was built on a reef so close to land. FAKE NEWS!

    • @zeighy
      @zeighy Před 7 lety +52

      by technicalities, it is still in the middle of the ocean.... since it's surrounded by ocean water....

    • @mysticwine
      @mysticwine Před 7 lety +111

      Middle - equal distance from land on all sides.

    • @misterhat5823
      @misterhat5823 Před 7 lety +40

      Just a bit pedantic there Richard. While that might be true, I clicked on this (most people probably did too) expecting something half between America and Europe. The only reason it doesn't get the clickbait thumbs down is because it was interesting.

    • @Chorkaloopa
      @Chorkaloopa Před 7 lety +34

      Witness: The bicyclist was riding in the designated bike lane.
      Drunk Driver: No officer, he was riding in the middle of the road.
      Gross exaggeration to justify a bogus story.
      Sorry, this fort is not in the "middle of the ocean". It is, in fact, about 1.5 miles from shore and is built on a rocky surface that is exposed at low tide. In the middle of a strait, yeah. But not the ocean.

  • @ishak170
    @ishak170 Před 7 lety +1016

    atleast explain how it was built

    • @JelMain
      @JelMain Před 7 lety +99

      Coffer dams, pile drivers and cheap deaths.

    • @Franjotpreet911
      @Franjotpreet911 Před 7 lety +32

      ishak170 right? I can't imagine what the foundation looks like or even how it was built

    • @JelMain
      @JelMain Před 7 lety +65

      Coffer dam around, dig to a firm foundation, lay a raft of stone, build on that. Use Dutch engineers, this is an inside-out canal. Brunel used that technique on the Rotherhithe rail tunnel, just he did it underground too: he kept the water out with pumps and air pressure, rather than a coffer dam. And drowned some of his crew.

    • @eggshen27
      @eggshen27 Před 7 lety +16

      ishak170 LOL I was thinking the same thing. Covers everything but how it was engineered and built. Need a follow up video on this big time.

    • @DylanTaylor
      @DylanTaylor Před 7 lety +37

      or how about how deep the water is there

  • @stefantrandafir1099
    @stefantrandafir1099 Před 6 lety +43

    Lol I knew it because now Fort Boyard is a TV show.

  • @mzmiau1421
    @mzmiau1421 Před 7 lety +952

    Looks like a prison.

    • @JelMain
      @JelMain Před 7 lety +4

      Some were, iirc Papillon has a scene in one. The UK also used spare Napoleonic warships, "the hulks", as its own version, the Martello Towers, were a tad small. Instead, at least one was the home of a Pirate Radio Station in the 1960s.

    • @mikeemmons1079
      @mikeemmons1079 Před 7 lety

      my home town has Martello towers all along the water front. it used to be the Capital of Canada, but that was changed after we burned Washington DC to the ground.

    • @nico114334
      @nico114334 Před 7 lety +3

      Mike Emmons That would never happen again...

    • @nico114334
      @nico114334 Před 7 lety +24

      Scrotus Maximus you are dumb

    • @Pomiferous
      @Pomiferous Před 7 lety +3

      I thought it was one of the vessels on the Water World set.

  • @donreckler6433
    @donreckler6433 Před 7 lety +86

    You need to check your facts. Nowhere near England and the English Channel. Just looked it up on Google Earth and it is closer to Spain than England.

    • @DylanTaylor
      @DylanTaylor Před 7 lety +1

      how far off shore?

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před 7 lety

      At which point in the video did he say it was near England? Because I'm pretty sure you must just be seeing or hearing things, Don. Or perhaps you just can't comprehend English.

    • @danhanley5618
      @danhanley5618 Před 7 lety +7

      video starts off talking about defence against the british and the english channel. As people are more familiar with this than the area that the video goes on to mention, you could be forgiven for thinking that it's in or near the channel

    • @TheBoomboom2005
      @TheBoomboom2005 Před 7 lety

      DON RECKLER here

    • @TheBoomboom2005
      @TheBoomboom2005 Před 7 lety

      Arthur White now there

  • @elModo7
    @elModo7 Před 7 lety +520

    It's one of Umbrella Corporation bases to experiment with human beings.

    • @jameshollan1160
      @jameshollan1160 Před 7 lety +15

      lol I thought it was Impel Down from One Piece.

    • @liberatusblair
      @liberatusblair Před 7 lety

      James Hollan Impel down is way bigger.

    • @jameshollan1160
      @jameshollan1160 Před 7 lety

      Liberatus Blair oh, I know. I'm a huge fan of One Piece. I was just joking lol

    • @BenOiBenjamin
      @BenOiBenjamin Před 7 lety

      ▐ ᴇʟᴍᴏᴅᴏ7▐ 😁😅😂

    • @lewisfilby2394
      @lewisfilby2394 Před 7 lety +6

      how deep does it go underneath? so many labs gotta be down there somewhere lol

  • @wallacegeller2111
    @wallacegeller2111 Před 6 lety +11

    A nice place to send the corrupt politicians from Washington.

  • @mrjaffar
    @mrjaffar Před 7 lety +1088

    Used for game show Fort Boyard.

    • @marieked
      @marieked Před 7 lety +25

      mrjaffar yup in the 90's, used to watch it.

    • @YRDX
      @YRDX Před 7 lety +12

      Yes still do now

    • @baylessnow
      @baylessnow Před 7 lety +10

      Melinda Messenger ex glamour model.

    • @VPPAF
      @VPPAF Před 7 lety +22

      and tigers

    • @GWLAD
      @GWLAD Před 7 lety +11

      oh my

  • @matthewpage848
    @matthewpage848 Před 7 lety +179

    Would make a great location in a James Bond film.

    • @frag2k12
      @frag2k12 Před 7 lety +14

      Was a good game show location, the opening theme was far more epic than it had any right to be.

    • @jngosselin
      @jngosselin Před 7 lety +2

      Check this great movie to see some action on this location : www.imdb.com/title/tt0061376/

    • @jngosselin
      @jngosselin Před 7 lety +8

      It's not an oil rig, it's just a rig for crew and technical material during TV game shootings on spring time. The rest of the year, the rig is empty and place on its higher position for better resistance to the big tides and to the winter tempests. Sometimes the rig is moved to a local shipyard for repairs or upgrades, moments were the TV crew take new helicopter's shoots of the old fortress without this awful rig.
      The Fort Boyard is classified as an historical monument in France, even if the building is a private property, TV production team can't do anything inside, they are rules to respect the integrity of the building, so they ask to build a rig for all their technical stuff (like electric power-plan) who can't be integrated in the building without destroying some walls to enter... The rig is on the Atlantic side of the fortress, so, most of the tourists can't this modern structure from the coast.

    • @acoupleofgsanrandaneaniandann
      @acoupleofgsanrandaneaniandann Před 7 lety +5

      SteelRodent1456 How would the rig make filming difficult? Surely it would a welcome addition to any bond villains lair.

    • @sarahlandrigan1359
      @sarahlandrigan1359 Před 6 lety

      Eat my bushy flaps

  • @alebo0
    @alebo0 Před 7 lety +1

    That castle/prision is used for a Swedish TV-program called "Fångarna på Fortet". I personally don't enjoy watching it too much, but the idea of it all is actually really cool and fun.

  • @YokiDokiPanic
    @YokiDokiPanic Před 6 lety +59

    How can you make a video about Fort Boyard and NOT use the game's themesong?!

    • @MrVegas-vm2kp
      @MrVegas-vm2kp Před 6 lety

      keniakittykat ... Because WE don't give a shit about some DUMBASS game show... Reality TV sucks balls ! True history is the interest here ! That's how & why 👍

    • @fefethatrat233
      @fefethatrat233 Před 6 lety

      Idek, wish they included it tho

    • @reddohottochirripeppa3543
      @reddohottochirripeppa3543 Před 6 lety

      Mr. Mr. At least he could have added *A* soundtrack

    • @mikehunt-vt2dp
      @mikehunt-vt2dp Před 5 lety

      This isnt fort boyard place but very similar

    • @newtflavouredpopcorn9408
      @newtflavouredpopcorn9408 Před 5 lety

      that show was epic

  • @alexdub1985
    @alexdub1985 Před 7 lety +46

    It's very very famous in France . There's a TV show happening inside it

    • @Oroborus88
      @Oroborus88 Před 7 lety +7

      That show still exists in its French version as far as I know, but several other countries (more than 30 iirc) used this fort for their own versions of the show.

    • @ft9737
      @ft9737 Před 7 lety +1

      Oroborus sweden is one of them is going on fridays

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt Před 7 lety +3

      Yes, and it seems like the same midgets were present in every one of them.

    • @Oroborus88
      @Oroborus88 Před 7 lety

      Yep, one of them tried to start a singer career in France. /watch?v=jQbCESA0vs0

    • @anomolele3954
      @anomolele3954 Před 7 lety

      teppolundgren Lmao i forgot about the key midgets xD What about the fat stone age guy? Punching a bell as a fucking job lmao

  • @blyxx7450
    @blyxx7450 Před 7 lety +17

    Would have been nice to know a little about how it was actually built

  • @mtgcapital1135
    @mtgcapital1135 Před 7 lety +128

    the game show was awesome :D

    • @MarkKoolen
      @MarkKoolen Před 7 lety +2

      MTG Capital even the pc game was cool :)

    • @mtgcapital1135
      @mtgcapital1135 Před 7 lety +5

      there was a pc game xD? :D

    • @aptspire
      @aptspire Před 7 lety +2

      I remember that pc game, the cutscenes were of fairly low quality

    • @coxy36wc
      @coxy36wc Před 6 lety +1

      MTG Capital it was the best

    • @shizukagozen777
      @shizukagozen777 Před 6 lety

      MTG Capital
      I'M SHOOK. O__O

  • @morphman86
    @morphman86 Před 7 lety +1

    The show had a spinoff in Sweden, called Prisoners of the Fort (Fångarna på Fortet). It was pretty much the same as the French one and something so essential to the 90's in Sweden that anyone who lived during that time period will only need to hear the name Fort Boyard to hear the voice of former pro skiier Gunde Svan shouting at the "prisoners" to hurry up before they get locked in the cell.
    The show is technically still on air, but nobody watches it anymore since more than 3/4 of the original cast is gone now, replaced by more celebrities or simply removed.

  • @oraistenaranja9595
    @oraistenaranja9595 Před 7 lety +208

    Title is misleading. Makes it sound as if it's way out in the Atlantic coast off Ireland or something. But it's only off the coast of France. Also, very weird the way American's use the word 'Ancient'. It's hardly 'ancient'. It's only a few hundred years old. That's a baby in Europe.

    • @ab9840
      @ab9840 Před 7 lety +1

      If you are looking for ancient then take a look at Por-Bajin - czcams.com/video/xr7HsvPZL6U/video.html

    • @bluntobjct
      @bluntobjct Před 7 lety

      there's also an island right next to it. I'm sure you can swim from the island to the fort in a calm sea.

    • @mariasofola6743
      @mariasofola6743 Před 7 lety +8

      my great grandparents cottage in Ireland is older than that

    • @shacklock01
      @shacklock01 Před 7 lety +2

      Yeah if you want a city thats actually semi ancient thats built just off the coast/on a lagoon look at Nan Mandol. Muricans tho bless em, if your history isent that long its less likely you'll think in longer terms.

    • @purplewaffles5480
      @purplewaffles5480 Před 7 lety +1

      Yeah its only couple hundred years old. It's not that old 🙄

  • @jring383
    @jring383 Před 7 lety +91

    Well atleast now I know where im going when the Zombie Apocalypse happens....

    • @gokusondbz
      @gokusondbz Před 7 lety +3

      J. R. Can I join when the zombie apocalypse goes down?. 😎

    • @Kquatz
      @Kquatz Před 7 lety +8

      gokusondbz what are you fucking gay

    • @gokusondbz
      @gokusondbz Před 7 lety +4

      Filthy Dank are you just a Mindless troll?. Giving you have a picture of the joke of a president we have I would say yes. 😂

    • @jamescullins2709
      @jamescullins2709 Před 7 lety

      doesn't your insurance cover that (:

    • @seanmiller6583
      @seanmiller6583 Před 7 lety

      He was referencing filthy frank.

  • @MrArbeter
    @MrArbeter Před 6 lety +1

    This structure was actually used in a Swedish program called fångarna på fortet

  • @Lexyvil
    @Lexyvil Před 7 lety +2

    It's interesting how a fort, that took so long to build through many generations with a specific intention, ended up being used only for a stage for a game show.

  • @kerrybrennan7099
    @kerrybrennan7099 Před 7 lety +297

    Chef fort boyardee

    • @flounder2760
      @flounder2760 Před 7 lety +1

      hahahah

    • @ancilodon
      @ancilodon Před 7 lety +16

      Kerry Brennan That fort sadly remains poorly known due to its short lifespan, being that it was constructed of cooked macaroni held together with meat sauce. Built off the coast of New York by its namesake chef, it was destroyed within a year by hungry school children in rowboats. Sad.

    • @markgigiel2722
      @markgigiel2722 Před 7 lety +5

      Oh Oh Spaghetti O's

    • @kerrybrennan7099
      @kerrybrennan7099 Před 7 lety

      +ancilodon sad.

    • @ancilodon
      @ancilodon Před 7 lety +2

      Thomas Headley Cue the little jingle and picture of his pleasantly smiling face

  • @TheLolProject0
    @TheLolProject0 Před 7 lety +355

    THE PRISON OF AZKABAN

    • @leviksd
      @leviksd Před 7 lety +12

      Mitchell Powell AVADA KEDAVRA

    • @alexandrejesus78
      @alexandrejesus78 Před 7 lety

      Levi Ackerman 33

    • @kitria2854
      @kitria2854 Před 7 lety +3

      WHERE IS LUCIUS IN THERE? HE WAS MEANT TO BE IN AZKABAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AFTER VOLDEMORT FELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (but really good idea XD)

    • @gaminthunderyt7163
      @gaminthunderyt7163 Před 7 lety

      Mitchell Powell so the legend is true

    • @jenniferlunt9372
      @jenniferlunt9372 Před 7 lety

      Sofia StarWolfieaa

  • @justinconn1301
    @justinconn1301 Před 7 lety

    Thank u for featuring my house. On your channel. What an honor. It's a great place to live. Rent free. Only problem.is I only get internet when a cruise ship rolls by. But I do have electric and heat. I been living in this since 2001

  • @xXBlackLizardXx
    @xXBlackLizardXx Před 6 lety +4

    Now i know where to go in case of a zombie apocalypse.

  • @acitizen5186
    @acitizen5186 Před 7 lety +109

    Blah blah blah... HOW THE ^%$ did they actually build it? Round and round about dates etc. But no info on how they actually built it! Thumbs down!!

    • @Planetdune
      @Planetdune Před 7 lety +18

      They put some stones down and then put other stones on those.

    • @marti5420
      @marti5420 Před 7 lety +2

      A Citizen PICS OR DIDNT HAAAAPPPEEENNNNN! *#&/@/$*/(@)@*#&#&#&# REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • @Bubajumba
      @Bubajumba Před 7 lety

      @Planetdue best comment i've read in quite some time :'D haha

    • @jdaza1987
      @jdaza1987 Před 7 lety +1

      They used a Cofferdam

    • @soelvpilen
      @soelvpilen Před 7 lety

      it isn't hard, one of the biggest man made islands (if not the biggest) was made in 1500 something. it doesn't require new technology

  • @EAPoeProductions
    @EAPoeProductions Před 7 lety +30

    Fort Boyard is in the middle of the atlantic ocean? I didn´t know the atlantic ocean is that small. :D

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt Před 7 lety +9

      Shut the fuck up. You're dead and can't talk.

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt Před 7 lety +3

      I'm a Ghostbuster.

    • @sexgod57able
      @sexgod57able Před 7 lety

      Edgar Allan Poe you're the best! Love your books. Of course, you are correct nowhere near the middle of the Atlantic. "NEVERMORE"

    • @madman2u
      @madman2u Před 7 lety

      +teppolundgren If you talk to dead people, who's eating your toast?

    • @sexgod57able
      @sexgod57able Před 7 lety

      madman2u I still eat my own toast. You don't have to worry about me missing any food. Lol

  • @ShaunshankRedemption
    @ShaunshankRedemption Před 7 lety

    this place is crazy. ive seen a documentary where people are being held captive here and are forced to complete tasks to gain freedom. populated by various eccentrics, a midget dressed as a pirate, and a cage full of tigers.

  • @MrGoncalobraz
    @MrGoncalobraz Před 7 lety +20

    Except this isn't located in the Channel.

    • @fridomfrymj5625
      @fridomfrymj5625 Před 6 lety +2

      Right: Fort Boyard is on the Atlantic coast. Quite a few spy movies were shot there in the past decades.

  • @ihavenolife8074
    @ihavenolife8074 Před 7 lety +32

    Does anyone else watch fort boyad ultimate challenge
    Or what ever it's called
    Read more

  • @grumpsu3377
    @grumpsu3377 Před 7 lety +10

    This is used by the show "Fångarna på Fortet"

    • @eirikmarthinsen3850
      @eirikmarthinsen3850 Před 7 lety

      Fangene på Fortet. "Prisoners on the fort"

    • @theohedlund3530
      @theohedlund3530 Před 7 lety

      I was searching for this comment, I was like "no swedish people here?" =P

  • @Skarfar90
    @Skarfar90 Před 7 lety +1

    Hey.. This is the fort from the game show "Fangene på fortet" (Captives on the Fort)
    I remember as a kid I was always fascinated by this structure in the middle of the ocean. Now I do know the backstory of it

  • @Zeithri
    @Zeithri Před 7 lety +1

    We Swedes know of this building well.
    A Swedish adventure program called _Captives at the Fort_ ( _Fångarna på Fortet_ ) went there every Friday during the 90's.

  • @rapunzelmane9592
    @rapunzelmane9592 Před 7 lety +4

    In 1998, Fort Boyard was used as a setting for the British adventure game show of the same name. The hosts were Leslie Grantham ('Dirty Den' Watts from the BBC's soap 'Eastenders'), Melinda Messenger (former glamour girl) and Geoffrey Bayldon (from the 1960's children's series 'Catweazle').

    • @iiiqvexiii8209
      @iiiqvexiii8209 Před 7 lety

      Rapunzel Mane Crystal maze right

    • @iiiqvexiii8209
      @iiiqvexiii8209 Před 7 lety

      Because I watched it

    • @rapunzelmane9592
      @rapunzelmane9592 Před 7 lety

      Luna - The series was just called 'Fort Boyard'.
      The Crystal Maze is another show hosted by Richard O'Brien (creator of the film and musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show), then by Edward Tudor-Pole ('80's Pop Star).

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před 7 lety

      To this day I have no idea what Melinda Messenger looks like, I've seen hundreds of pictures but if you asked me to describe her facial features I draw a blank for some reason. Is she blonde? Redhead? No idea.

  • @funkjoker70
    @funkjoker70 Před 7 lety +11

    when I was a child in the 80s, I visited my uncle and aunt in western switzerland near the lac leman. I was very keen on watching this "Fort Boyard" TV Show. It was so special for the 1980s.

    • @CTimmerman
      @CTimmerman Před 7 lety

      According to the French Wikipedia, The Swiss Fort Boyard aired in 1995 on TSR.

    • @funkjoker70
      @funkjoker70 Před 7 lety

      Cees Timmerman in western switzerland they also had french tv :)
      but it really was in the early 90s not 1980s.

    • @CTimmerman
      @CTimmerman Před 7 lety +4

      First episode date: July 7, 1990

    • @funkjoker70
      @funkjoker70 Před 7 lety

      Cees Timmerman yes u r right, I watched it in 1992 at a2.

  • @lagiacrus1180
    @lagiacrus1180 Před 6 lety +12

    "Ancient structure" "Construction began in the 16th century"

    • @MaskinJunior
      @MaskinJunior Před 3 lety

      Apparently anything older than America is "Ancient"

  • @Gammal
    @Gammal Před 7 lety +1

    Fångarna på fortet!!
    This was used MANY times for a tv show called "Prisoners in the fort"
    It was a team based test of skill/strength etc. Many tv stars and athletes used to compete over many years, its one of the most watched shows in sweden ^^

  • @cmonster6
    @cmonster6 Před 7 lety +33

    Wonder if you could get permission to visit this?

    • @steerpike1359
      @steerpike1359 Před 7 lety

      cmonster6 I wouldn't go near that thing for a million dollars ! Too spooky !

    • @angelforanimals7809
      @angelforanimals7809 Před 7 lety +4

      cmonster6 ~ I'd go with you without hesitation. If I wasn't critically ill ✌️

    • @Exzenzia
      @Exzenzia Před 7 lety +1

      Chris Cullen Would be a great place to film a music video if you had a drone as well

    • @gunner678
      @gunner678 Před 7 lety +11

      cmonster6 yes you can. There are several cruises that go round it and the islands, but there are guided tours...another seafort in the chain is fort louvoir just off Bourcefranc les Chapus...that one can be reached via a causeway in low tied 1/2km and by boat other times..also worth a visit. I live here so i see these places every day, nice part of the world but no where near the english channel.

    • @NotCalum
      @NotCalum Před 7 lety

      You can just need to register for the game show fort board ultimate challenge

  • @Duknow-Media
    @Duknow-Media  Před 7 lety +110

    Share this story with the history buffs in your life!

    • @ReubenWslay
      @ReubenWslay Před 7 lety +2

      Did You Know ? The thumbnail is from a CBBC show 😂

    • @pogomodz5289
      @pogomodz5289 Před 7 lety +8

      Did You Know ? This is the building from a tv show called fort boyard ultimate challenge, like if you heard of it

    • @marieked
      @marieked Před 7 lety +1

      Pogo Modz I used to watch it on tv!

    • @L_U-K_E
      @L_U-K_E Před 7 lety +1

      Did You Know ? The reason I clicked on this is because I reconized it from that show

    • @monstervoice8293
      @monstervoice8293 Před 7 lety +2

      it's a swedish show called "Fångarna på Fortet"

  • @mattauckland
    @mattauckland Před 7 lety

    Remember, it wasn't just France who implemented the idea of Sea Forts. In the U.K a series of forts known as Palmerston Forts, were built in response to the 1859 Royal Commission dealing with the perceived threat of a French invasion. A group of these forts where based off the cost of Portsmouth, to protect the docks. They are commonly known as "Palmerston's Follies".
    These four forts are called St Helens Fort (Privately owned), Horse Sand Fort (Owned by AmaZing Venues), No Mans Land Fort (Owned by AmaZing Venues), and Spitnak Fort (Owned by AmaZing Venues) and all stand to this day, and testament to the engineering of the time. Fun fact, during early 2000 a group of friends held 2 large legal raves on Spitbank Fort. Incredible events which I was a photograph at, and supplied my sound system too. Great days.
    During the 2nd World War the forts were once again used to defend Portsmouth docks from the enemy. Painted with a form of dazzle camouflage, the forts were complemented with extensive concrete submarine defences 5.9 feet below sea level. Some of which still remain to this day.

  • @greger_utan_armar4437
    @greger_utan_armar4437 Před 7 lety +1

    And now its used as an location for a swedish tv show Fångarna på fortet which translates to prisoners on the fort, where there are hosts who gather famous swedish people and make them do challenges in teams.

  • @alanb9443
    @alanb9443 Před 7 lety +54

    Yer buildings like this exist all over the coast of England and France. In Portsmouth alone there's 4 of these off shore forts. They were comisioned because on shore guns couldn't reach the middle of the harbour channel so a ship could sail up the middle and not be under any threat. Irony is when the forts where completed guns has been invented which could reach the middle of the harbour channel. Now the the solent forts in Portsmouth have been converted to luxury hotels and musuems.

  • @cmc2565
    @cmc2565 Před 7 lety +25

    Wait I watch a Swedish show called "fångarna på fortet" in swedish and "prisoners in the fort"in English it's the same show as they talked about but Swedish,and if you have not figured it out yet I'm from Sweden.

    • @theinsanebuck4285
      @theinsanebuck4285 Před 7 lety

      I too watch fångarna på fortet, it's really funny 😂

    • @cmc2565
      @cmc2565 Před 7 lety

      TheInsaneBuck yeah I like the ketchup challenge

    • @AlanDoubleYou
      @AlanDoubleYou Před 7 lety

      andi cart I watch it too, fångarna på fortet... I like when those 2 midgets is running, they have a funny way of running😁😁. And no one gets bitten by tigers so the show is kinda boring now.

    • @steerpike1359
      @steerpike1359 Před 7 lety +2

      andi cart Swedish looks like a difficult language to learn to write...all those fiddly bits over the letters ! How do you remember what goes where ?

    • @marieked
      @marieked Před 7 lety +3

      Chris Cullen they learn it from an early age when they go to school, just like any language.

  • @A.Hedebrand
    @A.Hedebrand Před 7 lety +1

    A funny thing about this fort is that a Swedish tv show named ''the prisoners of/on/in the fort'' (fångarna på fortet) are recorded here.

  • @marylight9700
    @marylight9700 Před 6 lety +3

    They should set up shops and make it a Historical Tourist Destination :-3

  • @davidnystrand656
    @davidnystrand656 Před 7 lety +131

    They film a Swedish TV show in that building called fångarna på fortet. It's a trash show.

  • @russelltalker
    @russelltalker Před 7 lety +2

    I once had a disturbing dream of a modern mansion that was built in the ocean a few miles off shore. The feeling it gave me was simply "ogrish" as I gazed at it from the shore watching a enormous wave disintegrate it in a few seconds.
    The story of this fort gives me that same feeling. Bizaar, nearly impossible and impossibly expensive and ultimately completely useless except as a surviving remnant to remind of an almost scary misjudgement and misuse of high resources.

  • @benoitm2810
    @benoitm2810 Před 7 lety

    I'm French and the show is called "Fort Boyard" for a solid 10 years :p It is an iconic show on tv where a group of people gains money for charities by completing physical and fun challenges!

  • @mwmm
    @mwmm Před 6 lety +1

    There was also a TV show based on this called "Fort Boyard", I used to watch it when I was younger.
    The thumbnail instantly reminded me of the show

  • @BinkyBorky
    @BinkyBorky Před 6 lety +20

    "ancient structure from the 17th century"
    Go back to school. Words mean what they mean, not what you want them to mean.

  • @dedoidshighvisvest8264
    @dedoidshighvisvest8264 Před 7 lety +4

    2:56 on the right central arch looks like a face on the wall, as if it's a ghost. Spooky

  • @MasterM1000
    @MasterM1000 Před 7 lety

    It's now a french game show called Fort Boyard where 5-6 people are invited to do difficult challenges.

  • @TheRockpelle
    @TheRockpelle Před 7 lety +1

    Fun fact: There is this swedish program called fångarna på fortet prisoners on The fort in english and it's filmed there

  • @DerHalbeEuro
    @DerHalbeEuro Před 7 lety +3

    I know the TV show "Fort Board" from my childhood in the 90s :)
    We saw it on TV5. Good old times...

  • @Leturt11
    @Leturt11 Před 7 lety +3

    right now this building is a swedish tv show caled fångarna på fortet (prissoners on the fort).

  • @u0aol1
    @u0aol1 Před 6 lety +1

    It’s pronounced Boy-Ard, it’s French, not bastardized English.
    And as for building in the ocean, there’s a huge difference between building in the sea and building in the ocean, just as there is between building in a channel, or a forth, or an inlet. The French didn’t content with ocean class weather building this thing and you can clearly see the beach in one of the early photographs.

  • @Zocan
    @Zocan Před 7 lety

    there was a Rerun attempt of the show that lasted 1 season, they stopped doing it after finding a lost candidate that was locked in a cell for 7 years because the show producer forgot about him...
    The fort should be given to that guy for being the person who lived in fort boyard the longest.

  • @celticguy197531
    @celticguy197531 Před 7 lety +11

    how about saying Britain instead of England for a change

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před 7 lety +3

      Or the UK, we mustn't leave out the Irish of the North, those tinkers.

    • @celticguy197531
      @celticguy197531 Před 7 lety +1

      those jolly Irish chappies who love a drink or two lol I must get back to my roots lol

    • @Kenny49ERS
      @Kenny49ERS Před měsícem

      Same floating garbage heap

  • @Jeremy-ql1or
    @Jeremy-ql1or Před 7 lety +3

    Lol, this thing is in the second Mega Man Legends game (for PS and N64). One of the small island bases (where you get attacked by the robot ducks and Glyde) is this exact structure.

  • @efcdom1878
    @efcdom1878 Před 7 lety

    Had no idea Fort Boyard had such a rich history. From 1700s France to midgets escorting contestants to various games and puzzles to defeat Dirty Den/DCI Burnside and his pet tigers. Weird.

  • @dogeelite120
    @dogeelite120 Před 7 lety +1

    There's also a swedish show called Fångarna På Fortet being recorded there. It's basically the same as the french one.

  • @dansmith4601
    @dansmith4601 Před 7 lety +11

    There was this game show filmed here ages ago called fort boyard

    • @lilkanga
      @lilkanga Před 7 lety +2

      Dan Smith Still exist in France

    • @richardmack330
      @richardmack330 Před 6 lety

      That was already mentioned in the vid captain obvious.

  • @michelled5192
    @michelled5192 Před 7 lety +14

    Toujours plus loin, toujours plus haut, TOUJOURS PLUS FORT!!!!!!

    • @derlinclaire1778
      @derlinclaire1778 Před 6 lety +2

      Rough translation:Always the farest,Always the topmost,Always the Very Most!!! Please,mon cher ami,just how correct am I with my Translation?I really,really would like To know,please,mon cher.Meilleurs voeux,mon cher ami;and God bless you.From Mr.Derlin Gerard Clair of New Orleans,Louisiana,USA.

    • @nessotrin
      @nessotrin Před 6 lety

      Derlin Claire You have done well, it's a pretty good translation. I would say: Always further, always higher, always stronger !
      It's always been very vague, so translations will never be accurate.
      - From France, near Paris.

  • @ugotsnickers267
    @ugotsnickers267 Před 6 lety +1

    In sweden we use it for a tv program
    Every one has to go through a puzzle in 5 min. The puzzle are not harmful but scary closterfobic or ect. You need to be brave yadi yadi yadi. And celeberites are in this tv program its called "fångarna på fortet"

  • @santiagocabrero4790
    @santiagocabrero4790 Před 7 lety

    There was a reality show from my country (Argentina) back in the late 90's which took place in this fort. The goal was to complete tasks, mostly athletic, in order to find keys to open a gate and gather coins before the gate would close.

    • @DjIanMineshow
      @DjIanMineshow Před 7 lety

      The show is originally french, but I didn't knew it was dubbed in other languages

  • @misteryman526
    @misteryman526 Před 7 lety +3

    Well, fix it up a bit, put some solar panels and wind turbines on it, and you've got a great place to ride out an apocalypse

    • @steerpike1359
      @steerpike1359 Před 7 lety

      MiSt 526 A bowl of fruit and a few throw pillows...it would be just like home !

    • @taoforte8988
      @taoforte8988 Před 7 lety +1

      Chris Cullen that's all you have at home booboo?

    • @thwalesproductions
      @thwalesproductions Před 7 lety

      MiSt 526 They cant people are using it for movies, game shows etc.

    • @krashd
      @krashd Před 7 lety

      It would depend on the apocalypse, if an asteroid smashed in to western Europe you would quickly wish you were in a tree house in rural Kentucky.

  • @keilan6958
    @keilan6958 Před 7 lety +2

    Another show was "Fort Boyard". I know it is weirdly named...

    • @LudovicCarceles
      @LudovicCarceles Před 7 lety +7

      Fort Boyard is the name of the building itself, they just use its name for the show which still exists and has aired for more than 25 years!

  • @rubenrubensson5119
    @rubenrubensson5119 Před 7 lety +2

    Currently it is being used in a Swedish gameshow called "Fångarna på fortet" roughlt translating to the prisoners of the fort.

  • @peathyyy
    @peathyyy Před 6 lety +1

    "Ancient Structure" built in the 1600's. Nice.

  • @jbgaming5650
    @jbgaming5650 Před 7 lety +4

    I had a dream it had this exact place but it was a prision.

  • @mikenonya9741
    @mikenonya9741 Před 7 lety +4

    @Did You Know? Nice video, I "liked" it. Awesome fort. Tho to say "In the Atlantic ocean" and "In the middle of the ocean" isn't true. It's in shallow water in a harbor 8 or so miles wide. The middle of the Atlantic is 1,200 miles west and 10,000 feet deep.....so after hundreds of years...they have some more work to do...yes?

  • @adolfohcristo1299
    @adolfohcristo1299 Před 7 lety +1

    This is a swedish island called "fangarna pa fortet"

  • @ArnoldVeeman
    @ArnoldVeeman Před 7 lety

    Funny how videos always end with the common marketing trick of asking a question. While they never react nor respond to the answers of the viewers 😂

  • @papilloncommando7145
    @papilloncommando7145 Před 7 lety +9

    Fångarna på fortet

  • @erikgustavsson9302
    @erikgustavsson9302 Před 7 lety +4

    Fångarna på fortet?

  • @ksalanpang
    @ksalanpang Před 7 lety +1

    it's incredible how human could think of these things so long ago.

  • @kaizer0491
    @kaizer0491 Před 7 lety

    We on Morocco have a show with 3 seasons all filmed in this 'structure' never thought it was so special

  • @reinavenicius1480
    @reinavenicius1480 Před 7 lety +3

    did you know that fort boyard is on a show😜

    • @p0llenp0ny
      @p0llenp0ny Před 7 lety

      Uhh yeah he said in the video.

  • @grabben69tv51
    @grabben69tv51 Před 7 lety +4

    Fångarna på fortet anyone?

  • @Andy2090
    @Andy2090 Před 7 lety +1

    I loved that show. The UK version was just called Fort Boyard and it was brilliant.

  • @beothen
    @beothen Před 7 lety

    So what I gather from this is this is both a blessing and a curse in a zombie apocalypse

  • @ryansohrab2101
    @ryansohrab2101 Před 7 lety +3

    Oh yuhhhh N O T I F I C A T I O N. SQUADDDD

  • @johnkohlman2428
    @johnkohlman2428 Před 7 lety +2

    Looks like a prison

    • @ypleuh1068
      @ypleuh1068 Před 7 lety

      John Kohlman It has been a prison during some time.

  • @lasylphide-s5j
    @lasylphide-s5j Před 6 lety +1

    First of all Fort Boyaaaaard is not located in the English Channel it’s in the south Normandy coast and the Game show that started in mid 90 as Prisoners of the Fort (translated from Swedish) is still on. I saw the fort myself in 95.

  • @ScrewFearMe
    @ScrewFearMe Před 7 lety

    Thats where sweden has a television show where famous people try to gather as much gold as possible before time runs out and before that they have to get the keys to get into the "vault" and its an amazing show its called "Fångarna på fortet"

  • @phantommill281
    @phantommill281 Před 7 lety +17

    Det E fan fångarna på fortet

  • @eamonn5020
    @eamonn5020 Před 7 lety +18

    It's called fort boyard

    • @steerpike1359
      @steerpike1359 Před 7 lety

      do you need to know my name It's not called Fort Boyard, is it ? Are you absolutely sure ?

    • @ultimate_paradise186
      @ultimate_paradise186 Před 7 lety

      Chris Cullen it is fort voyaged cause here in the uk theirs a show called fort voyaged ultimate challenge

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt Před 7 lety +1

      Fort Boy-George.

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt Před 7 lety +1

      Names are not called something. You are given a name by which other people call you.

    • @madscientistshusta
      @madscientistshusta Před 7 lety +2

      teppolundgren i have named my self
      I am king biggest balls, admril of the 8th sea(pussy n beer sea), warden of chronic kingdom of the north, and fondler of my mine own balls.
      All hail lord tickledpink!

  • @jamesbrooks3335
    @jamesbrooks3335 Před 7 lety +1

    I'm going to continue watching the confidence of the world. When you see something that you have to picture things like this one is for you. Who knows. You could profit off of it. I will post more letting you know of any kind of changes.
    This is James Douglas Brooks saying thank you for you content.

  • @HugeRademaker
    @HugeRademaker Před 7 lety

    The "middle" of the North Atlantic Ocean is roughly 5,000 meters deep. The English Channel, where this fort has been build, has a maximum depth of 200 meters.... For our US friends any "big water" is already an ocean.

  • @Knoen
    @Knoen Před 7 lety +5

    Fangerne på fortet :D :D

  • @alexanderkwiatkowski3982
    @alexanderkwiatkowski3982 Před 7 lety +4

    sweden

  • @nickdu-feu8122
    @nickdu-feu8122 Před 7 lety

    The structure has been used for a game show on French television for already 30 years now.

  • @michelletumblxrmsp9630

    THE BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN IS FROM THAT SHOW LIKE TEAMS VS TEAMS I LOVED WATCHING THAT

  • @yurbeeinwatched
    @yurbeeinwatched Před 7 lety +144

    It is a great place to surrender from.

    • @andzzz2
      @andzzz2 Před 7 lety +19

      That is such a stupid and ignorant meme, especially since America has only managed to beat tiny caribbean countries since the second world war.

    • @potatopilot1699
      @potatopilot1699 Před 7 lety +1

      andzzz2 uhh no lmao

    • @andzzz2
      @andzzz2 Před 7 lety +3

      Name one then.

    • @andzzz2
      @andzzz2 Před 7 lety +2

      I suppose you could call the first Gulf War a win, but seeing it led to further conflicts the US all lost, it's a bit of a moot point.

    • @CoffeeSuccubus
      @CoffeeSuccubus Před 7 lety +9

      rasafrasahassenfrat Shut up. You know nothing about French Victories. This is honestly the worst meme that was created. Stupid mappers.

  • @rogerscottcathey
    @rogerscottcathey Před 6 lety +3

    tells nothing of how it was built. fail

  • @alfiedavies9703
    @alfiedavies9703 Před 7 lety

    They neglected to mention that there was 2 british TV shows filmed there. Fort Boyard and Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge. People always forget the UK...

  • @nitehawk86
    @nitehawk86 Před 7 lety

    Rochefort 10 might be the best beer in the world.

  • @connorr333
    @connorr333 Před 7 lety +3

    That's used for fort boyard ultimate challenge game show

    • @1970DAH
      @1970DAH Před 7 lety +1

      Holy Shit! You didn't watch the whole video did you? He talks at length about the TV program in the video.

  • @irvinargon
    @irvinargon Před 7 lety +8

    I'm proud to be French. pika pika :)

  • @bloodaid
    @bloodaid Před 6 lety +1

    That fort is used in a Swedish TV show called "Fångarna På Fortet"

  • @idamartensson4466
    @idamartensson4466 Před 6 lety

    It’s an old fortress, ain’t it? Fort Boyard, And it currently serves as a Television Escape Room show. In sweden we call it ”Fångarna på Fortet”