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* [[Arlen Theory]]: Invoked in his video for ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4zLFfN9dkM The Least Used Railway Station in France]''. After spending two minutes over a hiking montage explaining how he determined which rail station in France served the fewest passengers and why he wasn't perfectly certain of his results, he ends by saying the best way he knew of to get the indisputable right answer would be to post the video and wait two minutes for an angry comment to appear correcting his conclusions.
* [[Arlen Theory]]: Invoked in his video for ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4zLFfN9dkM The Least Used Railway Station in France]''. After spending two minutes over a hiking montage explaining how he determined which rail station in France served the fewest passengers and why he wasn't perfectly certain of his results, he ends by saying the best way he knew of to get the indisputable right answer would be to post the video and wait two minutes for an angry comment to appear correcting his conclusions.
* [[Applied Mathematics]]: In ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1je2r4_aj0 The Disused Railway Where They Tested Rocket Trains]'' Tim describes the idea behind the 1970s-vintage French Aerotrain as "let's take an aeroplane, a racing car, a train and a hovercraft, mix them together, and see what happens" -- with a handy diagram depicting icons of each vehicle type being added together.
* [[Audience Participation]]: His 2020 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkCVqLsjHL4 Mediocre Mountain Challenge], in which -- inspired by his videos where he scaled the highest points in places like The Netherlands that have no high places -- he invited viewers to submit photos and videos of them climbing to the peaks of the least-impressive "mountains" local to them.
* [[Audience Participation]]: His 2020 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkCVqLsjHL4 Mediocre Mountain Challenge], in which -- inspired by his videos where he scaled the highest points in places like The Netherlands that have no high places -- he invited viewers to submit photos and videos of them climbing to the peaks of the least-impressive "mountains" local to them.
** Similarly his 2021 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6LpWGfkhHU International Staycation Challenge], in which viewers were invited to provide photos and videos of apparently international locations in their immediate locale.
** Similarly his 2021 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6LpWGfkhHU International Staycation Challenge], in which viewers were invited to provide photos and videos of apparently international locations in their immediate locale.
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: As Tim himself lampshades in one of his videos, "...we're not here for any of ''that''."
* [[Catch Phrase]]: As Tim himself lampshades in one of his videos, "...we're not here for any of ''that''."
** [[Borrowed Catchphrase]]: When fellow YouTuber [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd18OhMfRmjMjzSHP7Zrzmw Geoff Marshall] appears in Tim's video ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1je2r4_aj0 The Abandoned Railway Where They Tested Rocket Trains]'', he makes his presence known by providing the catchphrase at a key moment.
** [[Borrowed Catchphrase]]: When fellow YouTuber [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd18OhMfRmjMjzSHP7Zrzmw Geoff Marshall] appears in Tim's video ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1je2r4_aj0 The Disused Railway Where They Tested Rocket Trains]'', he makes his presence known by providing the catchphrase at a key moment.
* [[Clip Art Animation]]: Has been known to animate artwork and photos of historical figures to present them speaking.
* [[Clip Art Animation]]: Has been known to animate artwork and photos of historical figures to present them speaking.
* [[Crossover]]: In early December 2021 with YouTuber [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd18OhMfRmjMjzSHP7Zrzmw Geoff Marshall], known for his "Least-Used Stations" series. Geoff appeared in one of Tim's videos, and Tim appeared in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EtBKPcHPrE one of Geoff's].
* [[Crossover]]: In early December 2021 with YouTuber [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd18OhMfRmjMjzSHP7Zrzmw Geoff Marshall], known for his "Least-Used Stations" series. Geoff appeared in one of Tim's videos, and Tim appeared in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EtBKPcHPrE one of Geoff's].

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I make videos about weird railways, international borders, random other stuff. You'll probably enjoy at least one in four of my videos.

The Tim Traveller is a YouTuber who specializes in short, pithy videos about interesting locations in Europe. Since 2018, Tim (a Brit living in Paris) has been producing a Vlog Series consisting of roughly five- to fifteen-minute segments highlighting interesting, unusual or just plain quirky sites to see around the Continent and in Great Britain. He has an admitted fondness for both mountains and railroads, but his content is by no means limited to them; the subjects of his videos range from the most beautiful sewage pumping station in England to an ironworks-turned-tourist attraction in Germany to a 5,000-year-old dolmen in the backyard of a restaurant in France. Through it all he provides informative and entertaining commentary leavened with a wit that is by turns both dry and Pythonesque.

Unfortunately the COVID-19 pandemic restricted his travels to France (and sometimes just Paris) for much of 2020, but that didn't stop him from exploring some less-than-obvious spots away from the usual tourist haunts.

His YouTube channel can be found here.

He also has a Twitter feed, a Facebook page, and a blog on Blogspot.

Not to be confused with the British comic strip Tim Traveller, serialized in The Beano from 1997 to 2004.

The Tim Traveller provides examples of the following tropes:

[German national anthem starts playing] In the end, there was only one country who could take something as mad as this and make it economical, efficient and reliable. And that country was, of course...
[German national anthem interrupted with a Record Needle Scratch, map appears on screen]
...France!