Name: Cambridge in England – Spend A Splendid Day in this Famous University City
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I'm here in sunny Cambridge, England, to show you why this famous university city isn't just for students.

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And you can trust me, because I used to live here.

We're going to go punting, explore the city.

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.

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. All right, let's try it. Okay.

That is really delicious. One of the best things you can do in Cambridge is simply walk around.

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.

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 or €87 for three people.

This is our lovely tour guide, Tom, from Scudamores.

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, this was 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.

But you'll be fine, don't worry. When I lived here back in 2010, punt operators had a reputation for telling a colorful 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.

I need to go put this back now, so one second. Now we're going to pick up a typical Cambridge souvenir.

While Ryder and Amy's may look like a standard-issue tourist shop, students actually buy their academic robes here too.

What do you think? University of Cambridge English breakfast tea.

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.

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.

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.

Wow, this is a really, really special collection, and I recommend adding it to your itinerary. You know what's really cool is 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! Okay, 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.