Working hard every day—don’t you just wish you could hurry up and plan a vacation abroad? In this fast-paced life where we’re often trapped by daily trivialities, how long has it been since you last slowed down and explored an unfamiliar city? Now, with just a click of the mouse, you can instantly transport yourself to the romantic streets of Paris, the bustling alleys of Tokyo, or the classical squares of Prague. Today, the website we’re going to introduce to you is《Citywalki》, is a website that lets you travel around the world in the cloud. It not only features street views of hundreds of cities worldwide, but also offers multiple perspectives, including walking, driving, and even flying. Combined with realistic street ambient sounds or local radio stations, it lets you enjoy an immersive, firsthand experience even while staying at home:
Citywalki Introduction
Click the URL above to go to the Citywalki website. The core content of the Citywalki website is that it lets users choose different countries and view the city’s street scenes from walking, driving, and flying perspectives. However, these scenes are not 360 panoramic views; they are simply videos. Citywalki only aggregates city-walking videos from various YouTube sources, making it easy for users to search for and watch:
The gameplay is also very simple—just select the country you want to visit from the city search bar below. By the way, there’s no Taiwan option in there QQ
For example, if you want to take a stroll around Kyoto, once you select Kyoto on the map, you can enjoy immersive videos of walking through the streets of Kyoto. And since a different video appears each time, that’s part of the fun of watching:
As just mentioned, this website aggregates city walk videos from various YouTube channels, so when watching a clip, you can select Original Video on the screen to jump directly to the link of that YouTube video:
In addition to viewing street scenes and listening to the ambient sounds recorded at the time, another feature lets you listen to local radio stations, so you can travel abroad in one second with your ears and experience the most authentic everyday life:
Besides walking, you can also choose driving and flying perspectives. In this view, just turn on the radio to experience the immersion of driving abroad:
Summary
In summary, Citywalki is a cloud roaming tool that lets people quickly step away from busy daily life and mentally travel to different countries. It cleverly integrates the rich global city street-view videos on YouTube, eliminating tedious searching; just select the city you want to visit in the interface, and you can freely switch between multiple perspectives such as walking, driving, and flying. Each click randomly presents different street scenes, adding more fun to exploring the unknown. Even better, it doesn’t only provide visual enjoyment; you can also switch to real street ambient sounds and local radio stations, so you can watch traffic and crowds while listening to authentic music, instantly maximizing immersion. Whether you want healing, stress-relieving background white noise while working or studying, or a zero-cost “mental trip abroad” while lounging at home on a day off, Citywalki can satisfy your curiosity to explore the world. Although it’s a slight pity that Taiwan street scenes are currently missing, it’s still a great relaxation tool worth bookmarking!
Source: KOCPC Chinese