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There are surprisingly few YouTubers down in the sewers but if you look you’ll find them. The best is some guy in Czechia who routinely explores the vast trunk

There are surprisingly few YouTubers down in the sewers but if you look you’ll find them. The best is some guy in Czechia who routinely explores the vast trunk sewers under Brno, Prague and others. Often times he will visit during a rain storm and watch the combined sewer overflows do their thing. It gets pretty wild down there! Up until about a year ago it was all in Czech but recently he has been adding English subtitles as well, which are very informative. The dude clearly does a lot of homework before visiting. Examples: https://youtu.be/GQtzYgH8buc?si=IldzL7KEEhdObjtJ https://youtu.be/GQtzYgH8buc?si=IldzL7KEEhdObjtJ https://youtu.be/ZUwXZbkEXWE?si=UmzGMbHXSQAt6hjx https://youtu.be/ZUwXZbkEXWE?si=UmzGMbHXSQAt6hjx And one of my personal favorites is this absolutely massive CSO which somehow has a plaque memorializing some civil engineer on one of the walls: https://youtu.be/5LVlj-6qwZU?si=lwMdKgVrA7BRuvt2 https://youtu.be/5LVlj-6qwZU?si=lwMdKgVrA7BRuvt2 I highly recommend browsing the channel because there are plenty of videos of him exploring deep sewer tunnels and stuff. Channel: https://youtube.com/@kanalismus35 https://youtube.com/@kanalismus35 The other guy I’ll watch goes under London. Not nearly as much content but the “artisan brickwork” down in older London sewers cannot be beat. https://youtube.com/@valdigger https://youtube.com/@valdigger You’ll occasionally find videos of people going into storm drains and tunnels but those aren’t nearly as interesting in my opinion.

dcminter 1y ago
I might have to watch the London one - my mind was blown a few years ago to learn that in the Fleet River sewer (storm drain really) you can still see the barge mooring rings from before the river was paved over in the mid-1700s.
snarf21 1y ago
There are quite a few who work specifically at unblocking the sewers (and a lot in Australia for some reason). Mostly they find tree roots but tampons and wipes are the other major culprits that they have to remove. These plus the roots are a bad combination.
filiptw 1y ago
Hey, I'm quite into the topic of sewer systems exploration (especially the older, historical ones) for a few years now, and this is the first time I'm seeing a question like yours, so I feel obliged to share all the sources I have found. general disclaimer: following sources are in various languages, but I'm still including them, since the videos don't have much talking in them, and you can easily translate blog sources. 1) Youtube: I know both Kanalismus35 and valdigger, and they are both the best, most in-depth as well as possibly the only real Youtubers in the sewers topic. However, there are at least a few more: - https://www.youtube.com/@zemi02 https://www.youtube.com/@zemi02 - yet another creator from Czechia, Brno exploring bits and pieces of the sewer infrastructure, maybe not so refined as @kanalismus35 but worth checking out as well - https://www.youtube.com/@KanalVision https://www.youtube.com/@KanalVision - from Germany, not much context or inisght given but still nice shots of huge sewers - https://www.youtube.com/@penetratorscavenger/ https://www.youtube.com/@penetratorscavenger/ - from Poland, Warsaw, they do urbex in general, but also go deep into historical sewers in Warsaw. Examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGcou71yKoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGcou71yKoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVOVmXZLE6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVOVmXZLE6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZJ0L3DPAFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZJ0L3DPAFc 2) Websites/blogs - https://guerrillaexploring.webador.co.uk/content/draining https://guerrillaexploring.webador.co.uk/content/draining - from England, London, incredibly in-depth context, knowledge and exploration of legendary London sewers - an absolute must read & see if you are into the topic - https://penetratorscavengerteam.blogspot.com/search/label/kanały https://penetratorscavengerteam.blogspot.com/search/label/ka... - from Poland, Warsaw, already mentioned before, they have much more thorough and in-depth content about Warsaw sweres with tons of photos on their blog than on yt. Just install a web page translation browser extension and you are good to go - https://www.sub-urban.com https://www.sub-urban.com - specifically about London, also a great, in-depth source - https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forum/uk-draining-forum.94/ https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forum/uk-draining-forum.94/ of course this one for all of UK Summing up, I know I went quite a bit off-topic here, but I hope I helped a bit regarding youtube sources as well. Also happy to get to know any other Youtubers doing some proper exploration.

dcminter 1y ago

I might have to watch the London one - my mind was blown a few years ago to learn that in the Fleet River sewer (storm drain really) you can still see the barge mooring rings from before the river was paved over in the mid-1700s.

snarf21 1y ago

There are quite a few who work specifically at unblocking the sewers (and a lot in Australia for some reason). Mostly they find tree roots but tampons and wipes are the other major culprits that they have to remove. These plus the roots are a bad combination.

filiptw 1y ago

Hey, I'm quite into the topic of sewer systems exploration (especially the older, historical ones) for a few years now, and this is the first time I'm seeing a question like yours, so I feel obliged to share all the sources I have found. general disclaimer: following sources are in various languages, but I'm still including them, since the videos don't have much talking in them, and you can easily translate blog sources. 1) Youtube: I know both Kanalismus35 and valdigger, and they are both the best, most in-depth as well as possibly the only real Youtubers in the sewers topic. However, there are at least a few more: - https://www.youtube.com/@zemi02 https://www.youtube.com/@zemi02 - yet another creator from Czechia, Brno exploring bits and pieces of the sewer infrastructure, maybe not so refined as @kanalismus35 but worth checking out as well - https://www.youtube.com/@KanalVision https://www.youtube.com/@KanalVision - from Germany, not much context or inisght given but still nice shots of huge sewers - https://www.youtube.com/@penetratorscavenger/ https://www.youtube.com/@penetratorscavenger/ - from Poland, Warsaw, they do urbex in general, but also go deep into historical sewers in Warsaw. Examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGcou71yKoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGcou71yKoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVOVmXZLE6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVOVmXZLE6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZJ0L3DPAFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZJ0L3DPAFc 2) Websites/blogs - https://guerrillaexploring.webador.co.uk/content/draining https://guerrillaexploring.webador.co.uk/content/draining - from England, London, incredibly in-depth context, knowledge and exploration of legendary London sewers - an absolute must read & see if you are into the topic - https://penetratorscavengerteam.blogspot.com/search/label/kanały https://penetratorscavengerteam.blogspot.com/search/label/ka... - from Poland, Warsaw, already mentioned before, they have much more thorough and in-depth content about Warsaw sweres with tons of photos on their blog than on yt. Just install a web page translation browser extension and you are good to go - https://www.sub-urban.com https://www.sub-urban.com - specifically about London, also a great, in-depth source - https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forum/uk-draining-forum.94/ https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forum/uk-draining-forum.94/ of course this one for all of UK Summing up, I know I went quite a bit off-topic here, but I hope I helped a bit regarding youtube sources as well. Also happy to get to know any other Youtubers doing some proper exploration.