Walking in Kolkata ( India) 

Kees starts filming in front of Chandrani Pearls on Sudder Street. He then turns left towards Mirza Ghalib Street. Turns left at Mirza Ghalib Street and starts walking towards New Market. The Mirza Ghalib Street continues into Hospital Street. Turns left at Ghanesh Chandra Ave. Crosses street at Chandni Chowk Street, but keeps walking in the same direction on Ghanesh Chandra Ave. Turns right into Central Ave. Turns left at Mahim Chandra Das Sarani. Follows the bent in the road to the left after passing Meghdutam Travel agency and turns right at the first intersection. Follows the road towards BB Ganguly Street. Crosses BB Ganguly Street and heads into an alley. Turns right at the hindu statue, turns left, turns left again, turns around and retraces his steps back to the hindu statue. This time, Kees goes straight. At Phears Lane, Kees turns right towards the Johar building. Turns right to stay on Phears lane. Turns right at Maulana Saukat Ali Street, turns left at Kanai Seal Street. Turns right at Ratu Sarkar Lane. Turns right at Central Ave. Crosses the street, turns left and right into Murlidhar Sen lane. Turns left at Behari Sen Street and right again into Pyari Sarkar street. Crosses College Street and turns left. Turns right at the first right (by the National Bookstore). Turns left into Shyama Charan Dey street. Turns left at College Row and turns right at Bidhan Sarani. Turns around and backtracks to Mahatma Gandhi Road. Turns right. Turns left and heads into Bhawani Dutta lane. Turns back and left into Nilmadhab Sen lane. Turns left onto Mil Madaha lane. Turns right after passing the Muhammad Ali Park, towards Chittaranjan Ave. Chats with a beggar, crosses Chittaranjan Ave and heads into Zakaria Street. Turns right at Amratala Street. Turns left into unnamed alley, turns left again. Turns right at Kadri Belt Centre into Amratala lane. Turns right into Amratala Street, that continues into Mallick Street. Turns left into Jamuna Lal Bajaj Street. Turns right into Basantalal Muraka Road. Crosses Mahatma Danghi road and continues on Basantalal Muraka Road. Turns left into Utkalmoni Gopabandhu Sarani, turns right into Nalini Seth road. Turns left when he reaches Sovaram Basak Street, into Nawab lane. Crosses Strand Road into Jagannath Ghat Road. Keeps on walking towards the banks of the Hooghly river. Turns right after crossing the traintracks, onto Strand Bank road. Walks along under the Howrah Bridge to the Mulick Ghat Flower Market. Stops filming. Thank you again Kees for another wonderful video! It was great to ‘walk along’ with you in one of my favourite cities in India, which I’ve been fortunate to have visited twice (2008 & 2013). Keep up the good work!

Two friends of mine lived in Kolkata for a number of years. This is what they told me: "Everyone in Kolkata aspires to own some kind of vehicle; a bike, a tricycle, a cart, a pedicab, a car...whatever. Once they secure a vehicle, their next purchase is a horn, a bell or a klaxon...any kind of noise maker they can stick on their ride...because that's the ultimate goal of Kokatans...to sit in traffic and make noise."

I am from the neighboring country China, I was there back last year, Kolkata is a very lively city with a lot of old beautiful architectures, the only concern is the hygiene. hopefully which will get improved in the near future.

This was the Calcutta I knew in 1970, I lived in Beniapukur Road & worked in Dharamtala St. by the Salvation Army. and this video walked through many of the places i knew. the unrelenting crowds of people, the smells, yet did you notice curiosity, interest, but almost no hostility.... it definitely hasn't Changed. when i Got home to the UK after nearly three years in india at village level i knocked on my mums front door. She didn't recognise me! I looked like an Anglo-Indian...and sounded like one too. I still drop into it sometimes even now, especially when talking with indian friends. Mostly good memories.

Forget everything else, this honking would drive me insane if I lived in this crazy place.

My Doctor told me to take a 1 to 2 hour walk everyday, these videos of yours sure make it a lot easier.

I just discovered these "walking in" videos, they are fantastic.

Thank You so much. I am a citizen of Kolkata, but I live in the Southern part of the city. Central Kolkata has always been a recluse for the eateries, parks, book stores, museums, etc. As we are in lockdown, the usual humdrum of our city has been subdued to an extent. It is also pejorative to not care for anyone else in this pandemic. So, this video is definitely a calming element after these four months of being self-locked inside a flat. Thank you once again.

I love Asian cities! Always so full of life....so much stimulus...so many things going on. Thanks for filming the parts of cities, that so few people forget to record.

Ohhhh, this life, this is just real, real life, mannnn. You, the cameraman gave the vision to the viewer. You made the viewer of the video think he's the one walking along and being there. The noises, sights are awesome. I'm walking right in the street, the roadway. People overtaking the cameraman make this film so dynamic and attractive and interesting to watch. Everyone is going about their business, and what things we see them doing. Everything is here, mannn. Like a feature film.

I did notice a lot of hate in the comments. To be noted - the area of the city where Kees has been roaming around is the archaic old and unplanned part of the town. Kolkata had three districts back during the British raj - a) The White Town - The erstwhile British bastion - Included the Maidan, Chowringhee, Esplanade and the so called adjoining areas. Still green and pretty clean. b) The old black town - Mostly the outskirts of the white town. Grew chaotically as Kolkata grew in prominence. This is the majority of the region where the walk has been centered around. The is is the true Kolkata - hot humid and filthy. Yet economically, the most robust. Most small scale businesses are still situated here. The city took in millions of refugees from Bangladesh after the 1971 Bangladeshi war, the Noakhali riots and neighboring states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa. Most people were as poor as anyone could think of - Kolkata opened her arms for the ailing ! c) The Zamindari North Kolkata : The rich and highly born noble Indians lived in their magnificent bunglows here. Now in a present state of dismay and dilapidation. Yet, culturally the strongest hub of Kolkata with areas like College Street ! Later parts of Kolkata included areas beyond Bhawanipore - mostly in the 1950s. Today's South Kolkata - most people here are rich and educated and is a cleaner and a developed area. But, what fun is it to roam around a city that has only residential areas ? Why would I as a traveller from a different culture go to experience residential buildings ?? The Newer Kolkata - North eastern fringes - Probably the best part of Kolkata. Clean, wide roads, fancy tall skyscrapers - Salt Lake is a posh neighborhood with elegant villas and rich people. New Town is a swanky place with multi-story buildings and expressways. In all - Kolkata has it all. Kees as a traveller, showed you the parts she/he (sorry, I do not know your gender !) found the most fascinating. If people want to see better and unsurreal places where the common average Kolkattan lives - go for videos like Kolkata Skyline and stuff if you want to see the developed side of India. And many people are talking about women not on streets. The part of Kolkata showed by Kees, is again a part that hosts raw businesses, small scale business, hard labor and the manufacturing and wholesale dens of Kolkata. Kolkata, in fact is one of the safest cities in India. If you were short dresses in Delhi - you might be ogled at lecherously - In kolkata people are way more cool with stuff. You might definitely get a stare, yet no one will lecherously stare at you or give you judgemental looks ! For a city with a population of 15 million including its suburbs - Kolkata has to offer a lot !

Really enjoyed my 'visit' to Kolkata... I've never been there but felt I was actually a part of it. City of Joy! I can see why. Thanks a tonne for bringing it to us.

I bet Calcutta could be 1 trillion dollar economy. Thank you for showing the historic Calcutta, we live in Punjab Pakistan thousands miles away enjoying the hussle bussle of this very busy city

This is better than a travel guide book... Thanks Kees!

I watched your video from beginning to end. Thank you for your work. I feel as if I were walking with you. Great job, Kees!

I have never seen a place with so much life ! The noise, the chaos..... wow!! I like this video the best , of all the places you have shot footage. I would give anything to travel the world, and experience the different cities. You are very lucky to be able to do this. Please keep the most excellent life footage available for the rest of the world to see, that are not able to !!

1:18:33 Amazing moment.

I spent the first 16 years of my life in Kolkata. Right now I am sittng in Deutschland and missing everybit of this walk. No matter how improvished or dirty this city might be, no matter how much people from other upcoming cities of India quote it to be backward and poor, this city will always welcome me with open arms and I will always go on to call it my mystical home. I was born in Kolkata and yes the streets, the alleys, the humid weather, the ever jolly people and the lovely cuisine will always keep Kolkata on the top spot. I wish, I can go back to Kolkata, make a difference there and celebrating its charm manage to bring a change in the city. A city which is pricelessly floating in time but being insidously chewed up by political goons. Thanks kees for the video. I was in Holland last week. My experience at Amsterdam and Rotterdam was more than enjoyable. I loved the free spirit and the attitude that people carry there !! Kudos :) I will definitely subscribe to your channel :)

I love the casual way a passerby prevents an accident with a cyclist and an old man crossing the street, he embraces him and then lets go in one flowing movement, at t=1h18m30s (ik blijf lekker thuis voor je videos Kees! ik vind het knap gedaan dat je zo weinig opgemerkt wordt, mooi naturel zo)

01:18:33 Get this man to the top office in India.

Well done videography. Moving though this kind of crowd is so difficult but you did it. Thank you for the tour.

You walked by my school at 29.58 that is Ling Liang High School.. I left India some 30 yrs now and it is so amazing to see my school still the same. It brings tears to my eyes. I am at awe. So amazing. Thanks.

I genuinely hope you enjoyed making this video as much as I enjoyed watching it. An absolute delight from start to finish. Thank you from Canada North

Love this, most interesting, style of adventure. Fascinating! Produce more.....please.

Calcuta una gran ciudad india pobreza y riqueza. Saludos desde Lima Perú .

chaos chaos but in harmony, every thing is working well, people walking, selling, eating, cars moving, animals crossing, all go around each other in a normal smooth way .amazing .

1:18:31 that old man was saved by that guy.

Thanks for taking us to the journey in the part of India and it was really good experience to watch from start to end at one sitting. I hope to watch other your videos and you have done an excellent job and hopefully to watch more in the future.

Thank you for the efforts made here, whoever has made this clip put a great effort, thank you and keep up with this kind of efforts....

Al ver éste video, me senti realmente caminando en Calcuta. Felicitaciones por el video, por fin conoci Calcuta. Tanks.

I'm out of breath and exhausted from watching this exciting video. And I thought United States shopping malls were crowded. Wow!

Enjoy walking through these Kolkata bylanes in these quarantine times sitting in my chair...l love to see the simple folks who have no egos or 💰 bags to show off like in many big cities n Bollywood.. thanks for your lovely video 😘❤️

very nice idea~! I love those walks! You can actually visit places directly from your PC. Amazing! Please keep on doing vids like this!

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Unlike most places every frame of this video tells a story. Thanks for the upload and the hard work. Kolkata is a place to visit and to the western eyes it might be overwhelming and yet if you go there it will grow on you.

Amazing footage of Calcutta, my birthplace. It's the next best thing to actually being there. This video means so much to me as I left Cal over 40 years ago. However, the fond memories still linger in my heart and mind. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. On another note, I was quite impressed by the clarity and excellent image stabilization of your camera. If you don't mind, would you please name the make and model of the video equipment used. Thanks again for doing such a fine job.

The places from where u started and end exactly same place I go out with my frnd for evening walk and come back also from the same places where u had been. Thank u for showing my lovely city and places and my area also.

very passionate about this film, despite the noise on the streets, the lack of organization in traffic, even so, I have the great dream of visiting India fascinates me the culture of this place, I live in Brazil and I love Indian culture Congratulations to you who recorded the video. Thanks

Amazing... Of all the streets you could've started your walk on, it passes the hotel I stayed at (Ho(s)tel Diplomat) 1:12 , a bargain for about $5/night. Great video and much easier to sit and watch here in comfort; what a crazy city - In just 2 days I managed to get lost more times then I have anywhere else, oppressive heat, noise and giardia everywhere. But it's a city that stays in your memory that's for sure.

hats off to you dear walker. you made me walk along. thanks, regards.

Great video Ben. Please take care and stay safe when you are over there. Love your work my friend. 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️😎😎😎

India is one of few places in the world, where you have human traffic jams.

I just came upon your videos about a year ago and now i am watching one that's almost two hours long. I never could imagine having that much staying power but I am into this video for twenty minutes and I'll keep going as I am enjoying it so much.

I look forward to bad weather so I can watch your videos while working out...your videos are like human battery, I can go on and on with my workout...with endless energy. Visions like yours are what makes RU-vid so special for people like me.

Do drivers in India have to work the horn manually or does it sound automatically while the vehicle is moving?

Gracias X estos reportajes, muy interesantes, saludos desde México.

Good insight. Very reminiscent of parts of Bangkok.....only on speed. Most endearing. I plan to visit later this year.

Hello, I love your virtual walk videos. I did not know such a thing could exist for your earliest videos that go back 10 years. This is the metropolitan area that I grew up in. Interestingly, looking at it through this video gives me whole new perspectives. Keep walking in local-heavy neighborhoods !!

This is so cool; Total chaos but full of life and character! Strange also, there is very much a 70's feel to this all, it feels like being back 5 decades before! The noise pollution though and the constant honking is insane, had to mute it after 10 mins and put some nice cool music instead to continue...

A super virtual tour, had this feeling as I was right there.

Fascinating to walk around the streets of Kolkata sitting in Mumbai... thanks 😘❤️ for your lovely video

Hey! I must say thank you for this work! Very interesting! Thanks again! I can't do less than that for this enriching video. =D

Thank you for sparing me from travelling India.

Another great video. I am really enjoying the experience of visiting all of these countries which I will never be able to do in real time. To sit back in my lounge chair, and watching my 65-inch HD TV is almost like being there myself. Fantastic.

THANK YOU,this video was truly interesting to view as it provided an insight concerning the way of life and it's people in India.

i'm 68,,this the best video ive ever seen. it's perfect. great work

Dear Sir: I do not have to describe your perfect video documentary and you had took me into your journey. thanks for such a real travel of the world with no loss of detail and feeling ONLY second to "personally there". Your video setting is perfect!

I can smell it.

Thanks again you are showing real picture of India. We don't need to go to Moon before clean our cities. its our duty not govt. to keep India Clean.

Discover just now your walking video. Its fabulous. Love it.

So much bustling vibrance and colour to a highly professional video. Fantastic! I'm thinking you'd love the stylish, winding streets of Georgetown in old Penang with its distinctive character. Do go sometime if you can! Malaysian currency is just a quarter of the euro!

Keez starts to walk on the side of a street, then goes into a side street, then turns and goes into a tinier side street of a side street which becomes darker and narrows even further. Then the tiny walkway seamlessly merges into people's homes until Keez realised he has entered someone's living room and hurriedly walks back. 😁

Love these, there is something nice about watching your videos it like going for a walk with a friend. I have a couple of videos on my channel where I just walk around India on my solo trip but nothing as good as these. Keep up the good work 🙏

Fantastic raw footage!

I’m watching this with tears running down my face. MY Calcutta, the place I love. Wish with all my heart I can see you again.

If Indian cities didn't have the car horns, they'd be far more amazing. I like the chaos, but the horns really detract from everything. Plus, noise pollution is proven to have disastrous effects on mental health.

Nice! always thanks! Beautiful walk!

I keep coming back to this video feels like I'm back there,how I wish I was unfortunately time is running out

12:40 nice manners!

The honking of cars!! I have to stop watching the video -driving me crazy and I’m not even there.

Kolkata, a great city to wander. I just returned from a visit. An underrated city filled with historical buildings and culture. Free of tourist hassles too.

excellent video , i chromecast it and felt i was there. thankyou

Thanks for lovely video. It enables us to see common man and daily life in historical city of Kolkata .we Pakistani still say it Calcutta

To the contrary I think that India is a beautiful place and like any other city in the world has its nice and ugly places. I remember Calcuta 25 years ago , but definitely has change in a lot of ways, even though use to be one of the poorest cities in the world. I feel so happy and so proud of the people of India that are becoming prosperous little by little in many ways. I"m also proud of this people for the richness in their culture for so many centuries . I wish that i can go there one day and walk on those pretty streets. God Bless You people.

Fantastic concept. The unbelievable chaos could not be presented any better. Thank you.

Thank you I walked Kolkata with you coverage

I've been to Kolkata five times, starting in 1980. last time about 2008. I just love it! I always stayed a sudder- or lindsey street (where the film starts) - new market area. low budget: salvation army red shield house (sudder street - now demolished; 1980); high end: Oberoi (1986). never met better educated and more friendly people in India - especially in college street. I still correspond with a dear friend from the 'city of joy' (Malay Kumar of Sunderbans). the walk takes me back many years ...

I enjoyed the walk, thank you. The street names would have been helpful.

Loved the walk around the city...amazing...thanks.

These videos are so great. They make you feel like your there!

What an amazing walk! Most of us would never get the chance to do this....I feel like I have been walking with you. There is so much to see and take in! Thank you!

1:18:34 Nice save guy!!

thanks for your excellent video..!!!!

Muchísimas gracias por estos vídeos reportajes que usted hace. Nos encanta los reportajes de la India, se mete usted por sitios interesantísimos, lo hace usted muy bien, muy bien. Ahora solo nos gustan sus reportajes, donde se mete, los sitios “ peligrosos” que parecen peligrosos pero que con usted son súper interesantes. Muchísimas gracias. Poco a poco veremos TODOS los reportajes de sus viajes. Gracias, muchísimas gracias por descubrirnos como viven en los países que usted filma. En hora buena. Un saludo desde Madrid, España 🇪🇸 love for ever❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A filmagem ficou sensacional, parece que você está no meio deles... incrível, muito bem feito esse vídeo!!! Parece um pouco a nossa 25 de Março aqui em São Paulo Brasil!!!😜

OMG , hectic , inexplicable , like a dream , but really fascinating , and the people seemed very nice , I have seen scenes like this , but never this nonstop of all things mixed ..., would love to go there to experience it once in a life time !

加爾各答對我並不陌生，2016年曾在這裡待了十多天，整天徒步行走在大街小巷。視頻裡的很多街道都去過。看到您的視頻感到很親切，彷彿又回到了加爾各答，又回到了印度。重溫那些難忘的日子。 謝謝視頻的作者。拍下這些視頻很不容易，特別是在嘈雜喧囂，車輛無序，人流湧動的印度街頭。 希望能有世界各地行走視頻的更新。

Thank you, Keezi Walks, for showing us all the nooks and crannies of Kolkata's typical daily life, which would often be missed by passing visitors on limited budgets and tight schedules.

No sidewalks, dirty roads, no drainage system. Smelly dirty city.

l've love this video in lndia walk.

I'm from Bombay and settled in the U.S. about a quarter century ago. This New Year's eve I was in Bombay and we decided to take a trip to Kolkata, which has been described as a filthy city, dying city and all of that in our media. But as far as my history knowledge goes, Cal was the political, cultural, spiritual and scientific capital of India. All of our literary and scientific giants were from Bengal (East and West). Our trip to Cal was a shocking experience because reality was quite the opposite from what we had imagined. Kolkata is beautiful, clean, beautiful promenades and vast open grounds for the public. Traffic was much smoother with no traffic jams compared to Bombay. Very little garbage strewn on the street, no building debris, Lots of cleanliness that we in Bombay are not used to. Bombay is a big garbage dump so readers please don't believe anybody that tells you that it's a lie. Other than around Park Street where we stayed at the Oberoi Grand Hotel, we took cab rides to Howrah, Hoogly, Alipore, Salt Lake. All these neighborhoods were so well maintained, inhabited by decent neighbors. I'm thinking of relocating to Kolkata because BOMBAY is the most filthy and unlivable city in India. Even the people of Kolkata were so helpful and courteous and disciplined. Bombay is the dead city...or rather the fastest dying city in India. Jackson, Mississippi.

i love it

I think India should fix their public infrastructures first before venturing into space programs.

I love how the people and traffic just flow with each other...what a fantastic place. Really enjoyed seeing it thanks

I love watching the video like that, thanks so much

Loved this video

Fascinating, but also very depressing.

first time i looks your videos is very boring becauce your are walking for one hour but know your videos is very interest for me . We can see really condition and activity people in a country/city with your videos... well done

That was a great video!

kudos to the Videographer........so real , so natural, so active and so natural, so vibrant , so lively with similiraties in some parts of Manila...esp with traffik chaos? people and cars, all sorts...plss more on these type of video live footages in diff sectors of the city..