Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
Video walks on Youtube. If you haven't heard of them before, they're simple first-person videos where the filmer walks around some area with a stabilized video camera - no talking, just walking. I've really missed traveling and watching video walks while exercising has been a great way to satisfy that travel craving a bit and also trick my brain into experiencing some semblance of normalcy (not sure I could remember what a crowded street feels like otherwise haha).<p>I'm partial to Japan so my favorite channel has been Rambalac [1], and I recently also started watching another channel with the very creative name JAPAN 4K [2]. There are tons of other channels and places too, for example I recently watched a few in Lisbon [3] and Seoul [4] and Copenhagen [5]. They're very relaxing and fun to watch and going from place to place with no cuts captures the usual tourist experience quite well. If you like traveling you can probably find some that are interesting to you!<p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/Rambalac/videos" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/c/Rambalac/videos</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/keikaikeikaikeikai/videos" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/user/keikaikeikaikeikai/videos</a><p>[3] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXlFDpaQ1ec" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXlFDpaQ1ec</a><p>[4] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqj7l0Xk0Ho" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqj7l0Xk0Ho</a><p>[5] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl69sN5PtgM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl69sN5PtgM</a>