Cambridge in England – Spend A Splendid Day in this Famous University City

Come with us to Cambridge! DW reporter Clare will show you all the must-sees in the famous English university town. From punting on the Cam river alongside the tradition-rich colleges to the Fitzwilliam Museum. What’s more, Clare will show you how she takes a typical English midday break. So, would you like to come on an outing to Cambridge?

00:00 Intro
00:30 Breakfast at Fitzbillies bakery
01:27 Stroll around the town, Corpus Christi College
01:50 Corpus Clock
02:09 Punting on the river Cam
03:40 Ryder & Amies souvenir shop
04:20 British lunch with supermarket sandwiches 😋😁🥪
04:52 Fitzwillam Museum
05:40 Grantechester, Orchard Tea Room🍵
06:27 Ending the day in a pub🍻

CREDITS:
Report: Clare Trelawny-Gower
Camera: Neven Hillebrands
Edit: Antje Lass
Supervising editor: Christina Deicke

With thanks to: Fitzbillies, Scudamore’s Punting
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I’m here
in sunny Cambridge, England, to show you why this famous university city
isn’t just for students. And you can trust me
because I used to live here. So let’s go. We’re going to go punting. Explore the city. So historic. So historic. Go to a museum. And enjoy cream tea in an orchard. Cambridge has a
huge student population. But it’s also a city and
destination in its own right. Look, when you’re on holiday,
it’s basically an unwritten rule that you’ve got to start the day
with a massive, delicious bomb of caffeine and sugar. So I’m here today at the iconic
Fitzbillies bakery to get my fix. Fitzbillies is a Cambridge
institution that’s over 100 years old. And its Chelsea buns are world famous. It’s a 100-year-old secret
recipe, and if I tell you, I have to kill you! No, not really. No. As they come out of the oven,
they’re turned on their face and then they have the syrup poured over
the top and painted with a big brush. And that’s why they sit
in the window upside down, soaking in their own syrup. And they get flipped at the
last minute to bring them to you. Alright, let’s try it. That is really delicious. One of the best things you can do
in Cambridge is simply walk around. It’s like an open air museum. Explore easily with a walking tour. As the university is in session,
we can’t enter the college today, but you can still sneak a glimpse
of the perfectly manicured lawns from a distance. One eye-catching sight at
street level is the Corpus Clock, which is believed to be the largest
grasshopper clock in the world. Of which there
probably aren’t that many. If you look closely,
you’ll see it doesn’t have hands or digital numbers. The clock’s radiating ripples
are said to allude to The Big Bang. Next, we’re doing a classic
Cambridge activity – punting. These rectangular
boats are unmissable. They’re the city’s answer to Venice’s
gondolas, perhaps even more romantic. Next we’re going on a
45-minute boat tour around the back of the Cambridge colleges. A shared tour starts at 73 pounds,
or 87 euros, for three people. There’s also a family discount. This is our lovely tour guide
Tom from Scudamore’s (punting company). Perfect. On a punt, you can see into
many university buildings that you otherwise wouldn’t be able to access. A lot of the building projects
built around this time, as this, were built between 1825 to 1831. And since these
boats are very heavy, move quite fast,
we can’t really slow them down a lot. A lot of bumps
happen, sometimes people fall in as well. Oh, wow. But you’ll be fine, don’t worry. When I lived here back in 2010,
punt operators had a reputation for telling a colourful
version of Cambridge history. Tom assures me it’s
not the case anymore. People used to say that Stephen
Hawking did wheelies over bridges. Which is obviously a lie as well. Good luck. Yeah, Good luck. There we go. Good luck. Yeah, take it with you. A lot of good luck. All right. Thank you, Tom. You’re welcome. Thank you very much. It’s been a pleasure. I’ll need to go put this back now. So one second. Now we’re going to pick up
a typical Cambridge souvenir. While Ryder & Amies may look
like a standard issue tourist shop, students actually buy
their academic robes here too. That’s one for the Americans. Sporty yet chic. What do you think? University of Cambridge
English breakfast tea. Socks for dad. He’s going to be very happy. All that history has made me a
little bit peckish, so it’s time for the quintessential British
lunch – supermarket sandwiches. If you want to be really British, the
best place to enjoy your sandwich is outside, come rain or shine. And I’m sitting here on
the banks of the River Cam, which is the river that
flows through the city. How do you like the sandwiches? What does my German cameraman think? I don’t know about you, but when I’m
somewhere as historic as Cambridge, it feels wrong to not go to a museum. So today we’re going
to this incredible neoclassical building – the Fitzwilliam. In here, you can see treasures from
antiquity, Anglo-Saxon tools and world-famous artwork. Well, this is a really, really special
collection and I recommend adding it to your itinerary. You know what’s really cool? It’s that
the Fitzwilliam Museum is home to over 500,000 objects
from around the world. And even better, entry is free. Look, I’m going to give you a secret. If you want to escape the hustle and
bustle of the city, then just walk an hour to the southwest and
you’ll end up in the beautiful little village of Grantchester. And we’re paying a visit
to the Orchard tea room. Tea time! OK, so you’ve
had the Chelsea bun, you’ve had the supermarket sandwich. It’s time to complete
the Holy Trinity, which is the scones with the jam and cream. So let’s go. We’re finishing up the
day with a real English pint in a real English pub. So what do you think? Have I convinced you to
go to Cambridge for the day? Let us know in the comments.