what do you think is the biggest city in the world Shanghai Tokyo Mexico City no there's one place bigger than all of them both in terms of area and population the first place belongs to the city you may have never heard of Welcome to Chongqing [Music] chunting is a fascinating City I think I've never seen more weird things concentrated in one place but before we dive into this Chinese megalopolis and check out all its wild Curiosities let me explain to you how the heck this city became the biggest in the world the story of this Chinese Mega city starts and also kind of ends in 1997 back then chuning was just a big city somewhere in southwestern China to boost economy and make Administration smoother Chinese government added three districts of fing wangan and Chang Chang to chuning it's really hard to pronounce these words excuse my Chinese I'm working on it this step made chuning the biggest city proper in the world with a population of 32 million people and the area of 82,000 Square kilm which is about the size of Austria nowadays certain areas of the city are so densely populated that original solutions to urban planning had to be made there's the train it's coming it's coming Peter you're inside yeah man I'm here are you sure what you're doing is safe come on man don't be such a chicken where's the brave Peter I know I think he's sitting in the train get ready it's happening [Music] soon in chong ching A train passes directly through a hole in a 19-story residential building if you're feeling sorry for the residents don't the building was designed with noise reduction features not only can the resident sleep without disturbance but they also never missed the train wow that was such a quirky thing but a train passing through a residential building is not what makes chuning so unique to show you its most captivating quality we have to leave the LBA station how do we get out of here which floor are we on which floor are we on that's a question a newcomer will ask all the time in chunting well thank you very much Winter thank you so much you see this city has such a crazy topography with its mountains and rivers that it is spread out over a bunch of different levels you never know which floor of the city you're on it may seem and feel like you're on a ground level while actually you're on the 20th floor yeah in chuning the concept of ground floor is pretty flexible with its multi-layered roadways and buildings that seem to sprout from The Cliffs it's easy to lose track of where you are the boundaries between indoor and outdoor up and down are often blurred and navigating the city can feel like a journey through a maze so if you find yourself in chuning be prepared for a little chaos and a lot of surprises here every step is an adventure and getting lost is just part of the fun right we're in a hospital because vlad's having some ongoing stomach problems and we entered the building and then the elevator thinking that we're on the ground floor one would presume we're on the ground floor but turn out we're on floor nine look nth floor is also the ground floor this is the street we're on the eighth floor of the hospital so we're basically underground but at the same time we're not underground I presume we're on a ground level and we have just like we reach three dead ends so far I don't know the maps are not working nothing makes sense here how the hell do we get there we reached a dead end on these stairs I don't know like nothing makes sense in the city nothing that's our hotel we're on a lower floor and we need to get one floor up and we don't know how five floor or maybe F we don't know you never know how many floors up yeah that's probably five floors [Music] [Music] okay so we're on the fourth floor and we're leaving the shopping mall but there are many exits we looking for exit number three being on the right floor is just part of the success you also need to find the right exit so that's probably our hotel it's so hopeless seeing your final destination and not being able to reach it Shopping Mall exit / entrance fourth floor or ground floor now and our hotel and let me tell you the game is not won yet because we still need to get to our room let me explain so this building is a smaller version of chuning it's a freaking Labyrinth so we're staying at floor 33 are the elevator zone so the Zone one our elevators going to the second and 5th to 9th and 11th to 19th and 21st to 28th and the zone two of the elevators go they get it they get it they get it they're probably having headache the first step is to get to the 22nd floor those two are going to the [Music] 21st uh I don't know this goes only to the 19th what the well I'm pretty glad we're not entering this one okay oh yeah this one goes to the 21st to 28 [ __ ] 21 yes [Music] 21st they're not they are not because they live on the fifth floor all right and now if I remember correctly yeah I think this way this way new zone of elevators are you sure um not wasn't I think we were supposed to go to some kind of a reception to the lob okay the lob is there the lob is there yes this is it no no no that's not our lobby that's not our that's a different Lobby we're not acting here we're truly lost it's our second day oh this is our lobby right our perfect and so now we have to go to the Which floor uh 30th 30th but this one doesn't go to the 30th this one goes to just 20 [Music] uh okay so to the 30th floor and this one goes to the 30th floor but why is it written here that it goes to 20 number 30 all right another Lobby and now another elevator area these elevators go up to floor 43 thank you very much we're not as stupid as we look 33 we're finally getting to our floor at least this hotel room and this view compensates for all the trouble look at that Chun Ching extremely perplexing but extremely beautiful and you know what the price for one night in this luxury is $50 chuning really feels like a dream [Music] [Applause] [Music] what can make your coffee better than cofy bars the biggest rodents in the world are lounging around this quirky Cafe in the center of chuning there's no special reason behind this unusual idea the owners just love caparas chinchillas parrots ducks and Corgis they adore their animals and let them roam freely among the guests but perhaps they should teach them some manners first [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the ancient practice of ear cleaning is Alive and Well in chunin middle-aged men with a handful of metal tweezers and tongs roam parks and street corners looking to sit you down and scrape out your ear wax this tradition isn't just about hygiene it's a relaxing ritual that can make you feel euphoric some even claim it can make you orgasm this feels super weird you just cannot imagine how ticklish this is this oh so this is supposed to make me orgasm I cannot be further away from an orgasm at this moment oh that reached my brain what the hell is going on [Music] here that's like a fly inside my ear so the ear wax of us westerners is quite different from the ear waxs of Chinese people we Western people have wax it's something in between liquid and solid but what Chinese people have is dust it's a black dust is super fascinating look how sweaty I am a yeah that finally feels good what about my feet what's going on with my feet [Music] acupressure is a traditional Chinese healing technique it targets specific pressure points to enhance the body's Natural Balance of energy prior to my session they prepared a food bath infused with citrum pepper and chilies to reduce excess humidity and fluid retention they warned me it could be painful but they were wrong it was [ __ ] excruciating oh [ __ ] I'll stop with that please oh [ __ ] hell that hurts this is worse than a dentist a [ __ ] hell [ __ ] hell stop with that for this you can also tell sometimes like what parts of your body are weak based on the which acupressure points feel the worst for you I'm probably dying based on the reaction stress and stairs that's life in chunin in this city acupressure is not only a practice but a necessity each acupress point on your feet corresponds to an organ in your body body making it possible to heal your entire body through your feet I'm never getting food poisoning ever again Li is problematic yeah I'm going to stop drinking I promise I'm downloading Tinder tonight Paul Google nearest broel yes that's the Finish okay thank you so much [Music] [Music] if you can't sleep at night there's no better Chinese City to [Music] hit then of course chuning chuning is a city that never sleeps with people heading out to eat or drink at any hour seriously you won't find a time when there isn't a restaurant or a bar open across China chuning people are known as folks who truly save her life they love socializing eating out and one more activity I never fully understood China's favorite nighttime activity so I thought why not test it and see why it's so popular in the city of never-ending fun tonight we're going to SN karaoke with some female companions and also with a hidden camera inside my glasses because obviously cameras are not allowed there [Music] karaoke with girl companions was a wild experience they keep pouring drinks and partying with you after a while you stop caring about the language barrier or what song is playing it's my life I never I the more you drink the more fun it gets until the bill [Music] arrives crackers and some weird stuff [Music] welcome to the food market of chuning we're looking for a street food that was once very cute and now is absolutely terrifying the food we're looking for is a specialty of the Sichuan region we're currently in and I think I can already see it all right ladies and gentlemen rabbit's head she chose a bigger one for you thank you very much I really appreciate it you want no I don't want a Doug's head I'm into different kind of heads what is this this a glass oh it looks like a a condom thank you very much condom thank she heard that I'm in different kind of heads and gave me a not suitable for [Music] YouTube covered in oil and sesame seeds and it smells like exactly like night markets all around China so I guess it's the it's the green pepper from Sichuan the Sichuan pepper okay cheeks are pretty good very tasty and tender see that a rabbit Tong oh M surprisingly good very well seasoned I'm going to eat the eye yeah that's the eye that's the eye rabbit's eye pretty chewy that's like a chewing gum yeah ah probably skipping the other one am I getting to the brain how to get inside rabbit's head should I talk to other rabbits to make it jealous no more meat this is just the skull super hard I guess I'm not finishing the rabbit's head with its brain and I'm pretty glad I'm not doing it and that concludes our Ching episode what an amazing City it is and we're nowhere where near done exploring the city there's one more episode from the city coming and we're going to have some close to death experiences thank you so much for watching hit the like button if you enjoyed this episode and please make sure to subscribe I love Chon Ching so far let's see how long will my love last [Music] n