What was the best event you went to in Cardiff?

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With cycling’s biggest event coming to Cardiff in two years time, we’re taking a trip down memory lane for people’s favourite huge events in the city, from the champions league final to a classic rugby day.

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00:00Nothing like using the words, fond memories from a long time ago.

00:08We've become a staple of some of the biggest world tours in music and our sporting events

00:12are up there with any city. Football, rugby and soon to be cycling with the Tour de France,

00:17we can do it all in Cardiff. So we want to hear about all those memories of the biggest

00:20and best events to be hosted by our incredible city.

00:23Well, yeah, I mean, it was the 2015 World Cup when they had the rugby ball coming out

00:30of the wall and I thought that was absolutely fantastic and it's a shame that it didn't

00:35stay there. Plus the 2017 Champions League final between Madrid and Juventus, that was

00:43a great occasion because I've got both Italian and Spanish friends, so that was brilliant.

00:49We didn't get tickets to the game, but they came and we just sampled the atmosphere, you know?

00:54No, the last thing I remember is Wales v Fiji years ago when I was a child. I don't live

00:59here anymore. I live in London now, so different world. Yeah, Wales v Fiji was the last one

01:05I remember. Massive. I remember as a child, it was so much going on all the time.

01:12Probably the rugby, mainly the Six Nations. We went to, was it Italy? No, Ireland and

01:18Wales, and then I went to England and Wales the other day. But yeah, I've been to quite

01:23a few different events, which is nice.

01:25It does get really hectic on game days at Six Nations recently. I guess that's my memory of it.

01:31Absolutely huge. Yeah, you can't get anywhere. Trains, choclock, you have to miss them to

01:38get on to the next step, which is journey homes, horrible. Nightlife though on a rugby

01:46can't beat them. Absolutely can't beat them at all. Yeah.

01:50But what is it about Cardiff that makes it such a great place for these mega events to take place?

01:54Obviously, Cardiff does an excellent job of it, but why?

01:58Yes, and the thing with the rugby is the stadium is actually in the centre, not like we go

02:03to England, Scotland, you have to go outside the city. So that's a big draw, I think. And

02:10Cardiff, with all the pubs and things, it's a fantastic atmosphere.

02:13Well, I work in Bristol and lots of people in Bristol are sort of, oh, you live in Cardiff,

02:18it's a lovely city, and I take it for granted because it's just, you know, I'm used to it,

02:25aren't I? But they absolutely love it and they love coming to the events. So a few of

02:31us went to Springsteen last year. It's great, you know.

02:35I feel like obviously Cardiff is the capital city of Wales and everyone just comes here.

02:40It's a nice city, the swimming areas are nice, and I feel like we've got really nice culture as well.

02:46Especially in Wales, compared to England and everything, Wales is that one country where

02:53everyone in Wales can just relate to one another.

02:56It's quite a strong community, I suppose, yeah.

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