First Days in Beijing: Tiananmen & the Forbidden City | Ep. 1

First time in China! 🇨🇳 Five days of coffee, crowds, and Peking duck as I arrive in Beijing, meet up with Rasmus, and explore Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. This is Episode 1 of my 10 Days in Beijing series: arriving, getting lost in convenience stores, ordering the wrong coffee (more than once), Silk Street, a five-hour walking tour with a local guide, and way too much coffee. 📍 Places in this episode: Tiananmen Square · Forbidden City · Jingshan Park · Silk Street · Red Theatre · CBD · Chocolate Museum ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 Coffee chaos 0:22 Leaving for Beijing 1:08 Day 1: Arrival & hotel tour 3:13 Day 2: Waiting for Rasmus 3:59 Dinner with Xisi & sunset walk 5:32 Day 3: Bakery & coffee mishaps 9:54 Day 4: Silk Street & Red Theatre 12:27 Day 5: Walking tour with a local guide 14:10 Forbidden City 18:08 Candy shop & Chocolate Museum 19:15 Dinner & what's next ▶️ Next episode: Temples, rain and a museum that almost defeated me    • Temple of Heaven to the National Museum: B...   📺 Full series:    • Beijing in 10 Days | Full Series   If you enjoyed this, subscribe so you don't miss Episode 2, and tell me in the comments: what should I eat next time I'm in Beijing? #Beijing #China #TravelVlog #ForbiddenCity #PekingDuck #ChinaTravel