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

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

atleast explain how it was built

Looks like a prison.

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

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.

Used for game show Fort Boyard.

Would make a great location in a James Bond film.

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.

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.

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

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

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

A nice place to send the corrupt politicians from Washington.

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.

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

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

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.

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').

This is used by the show "Fångarna på Fortet"

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.

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

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

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!!

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.

the game show was awesome :D

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.

Wonder if you could get permission to visit this?

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Except this isn't located in the Channel.

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!

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.

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.

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

how about saying Britain instead of England for a change

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.

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.

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

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

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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.

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 ^^

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.

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

Fångarna på fortet

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.

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@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?

Fångarna på fortet anyone?

An ANCIENT structure from 17 Century!??? "In European historiography, Antiquity in Europe was considered closed with the fall of Rome, 476 AD. Generally, Antiquity does not go past the half of the first Millennium AD". Historic yes, ancient, Not even close!

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

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

Fangerne på fortet :D :D

It's called fort boyard

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

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.

Fångarna på fortet?

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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"

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.

tells nothing of how it was built. fail

Is this serious lmao It's Fort Boyard xD

Well that’s a good idea! Put highly explosive guns, ammo, and gunpowder on the top of the fort, where, if it were attacked, it could easily blow up and destroy France! Good job architects!

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

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

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

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.

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 😂

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

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

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"

This is a swedish island called "fangarna pa fortet"

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

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.

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

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”

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...

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

It's not a reality tv show like Survivor. It's a mix of Ninja Warrior and Fear Factor with different contestants each week.

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

In the case of an apocalypse, I would want to gather my friends and supplies and move in here.

0:39 that fort has a tv show at sweden. Btw i live in sweden.

Wow all the pictures of the inside look amazing

If it WAS in the middle of the Atlantic, and it was a prison..... surrounded by sharks... = No chance of escape. Despair for the prisoner.... Plot twist! Predator lands in the building. Both prisoners and guards work together to survive until next supply ship comes in....

Built in 1880 in the ocean and still standing and still fine. Mean while my 6 year old house is falling apart

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

FORT BOYARD!!!! It was a prison and now it's been decades it's used for a charity tv show. There's one group of 6 or 7 celebrities doing challenges in each rooms to get keys and then clues and time to open the treasure, and then they have a certain amount of time to get a maximum of money for the association they are working with. The celebrities are mostly youtubers, actors, miss france, artists etc

It's amazing that people spent 200 years building something that was so totsally useless. By the time this was completed, fixed fortifications were bascially a joke.