so what happens when you visit the place
that has a lots of dead people in it
literally 6 million of them let's find
out the catacombs of Paris one of the
city's most visited attractions this is
the final resting place of 6 million
dead French people except for him
because he's alive but in theory there's
6 million of them here and it's a pain
in the ass to get into I'm here on a
Sunday afternoon trying to get in and
the queues are absolutely massive I
actually waited in this thing for about
20 minutes and it didn't move a
centimeter so I decided to come back
later on in the day to try and get in
when it's not so busy so I'm back at 5
o'clock and the queues are still massive
and a security guard actually tells us
to go away and come back in the morning
because we won't actually get in at this
point
so the only way to guarantee that you're
going to enter the catacombs pretty
early is to be the first one in the
queue now it's now 20 plus 9 and it
doesn't open for another 40 minutes so
yeah apparently they only let in 200
people I hope you can see that over
there they have a counter is zero out of
200 so hopefully I actually get see this
place third time's the charm huh fat
chance of that it's Monday and it's
completely shut and nobody bothered
telling us
thanks a lot French security guy
so it's the fourth time I've been here
at the catacombs and surely I've gotta
get in now it's 9:15 and I have to wait
45 minutes before the doors actually
open I dispense another 20 minutes
trying to get in and the interior queue
can be just as long but to be honest I'm
actually glad I'm in the building
there's several different options of
tickets I decided to buy a standard
tickets with an audio guide and once
you've purchased your ticket you then
have to walk down a very long spiral
staircase and it's really long you get
to see an exhibit as soon as you get to
the bottom of the stairs but to be
honest I didn't stick around enough to
find out what that was about it gets a
little creepy when you start walking
down through the trenches especially if
you're walking on your own it can be
quite scary and unpleasant especially if
you're claustrophobic because it's not
the biggest space that you can walk in
when you see the engravings on the
stones that's when it gets a little bit
more real and you actually come across
an exhibit before you actually enter the
catacombs than themselves
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but when you start entering the
catacombs themselves boy you are in for
a shock because it just literally hits
you in the face these are actually real
dead people and I'm not kidding really
dead people and the fact that there's
six million of them down here is pretty
hard to believe until you see it for
yourself
literally whole cemeteries dug up their
dead and literally brought them all down
here and the sheer amount of death and
bones that you can see it's pretty
staggering
I mean it's seriously Walter walk
full of bones and death it's pretty hard
to believe that they make displays out
of these bones that it's wall-to-wall
decorated with bones and skulls and
femurs it's pretty hard to describe but
obviously as you could see from the
videos here that you have it is what it
is it's just literally water war of
human bones
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especially when you read the signs and
realize where they all came from it
becomes significantly more real this is
a well surprise surprise it's made out
of bones which is a little counter
creepy and even the best you can't go
into I've just put the camera above this
pile of bones and there's even more
corridors of bones literally this place
is like a labyrinth of death but
seriously guys take your time to explore
every single corner of this place
because it's cool in a macabre kind of
way and even creepy of still there's
bits where the ceiling leaks and it
gives off that weird drippy creepy sound
that you hear in the horror movies if
for some reason you do get bored of
looking at powers of bones there's a lot
more interesting things but I highly
recommend that you take your time anyway
and explore what there is because the
sheer amount of effort that it takes to
pile up bones like this and literally
cover the walls with them is incredible
this is as close to a death as I've
human they've been to and the PS de
resistance
they've made a barrel full of bones and
this barrel believe it or not is
structurally integral to the ceiling yes
this thing is actually holding up the
ceiling above our heads
that's how creepy this place is if you
do look up you could see how far below
the surface of the ground you actually
are once you've had enough
walk up the spiral staircase and once
again it's a really long walk and
surprise surprise it's a gift shop yes
at least straight to the gift shop where
you can buy school related paraphernalia
and the exit to the catacombs is nowhere
near the entrance you're literally down
along street
away from the entrance so yeah that took
me by surprise
it literally is all the way back over
there huh
I highly recommend that you visit this
place once in your life even if this
creeps you out even if it's not your
thing it's good to see once in your life
okay then I'm sold what do I need to do
well you need to come here to the
catacombs of Paris it's located in the
south part of the city and the nearest
metro stop is Don Fair Hotel and as soon
as you leave the metro stop it is
literally right outside in this beige
building right here on the corner
you can tell where it is because
there'll be a long line of people trying
to get into it and boy I'm glad I'm not
in that anymore
speaking of which the cost of the
catacombs well it varies depending on
the type of ticket you buy and I highly
recommend you buy a ticket an advance
ticket for the first showing of the
morning get there half an hour early and
be the first of the queue and I
guarantee that you won't have to wait in
the pouring rain just like these guys
just like I did is there anything else I
need to know yes if you don't buy a tick
in advance you'll be waiting there an
awfully long time they only let 200
people in at the same time so you might
be waiting a while
as much as is tempting to touch the
bones please don't touch the bones and
as much as it's tempting to take home a
skull
please don't take home a skull it is
still a resting place of the dead and
you still have to be a little respectful
about that buts overall guys I hope
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