She didn't have a chance to speak. I mean in Finland it's rude to cut a conversation. She was just waiting for her turn to speak and never got it 🤭

Also it's worth noting that (I'm told) in Finland it's commonly very acceptable to stay silent during gatherings like this, and it would NOT be considered awkward or even uncomfortable. So, she may have less motivation to fight for a turn :D @@ttiwaz4398

@@ttiwaz4398 calling out all us introverts here.

kimi raikkonen

That's why i ❤ Aki Kaurismäki movies 😍

True!! 😂

French here, not really, considering he was talking about nude beach lol. It's the same in France, we have the same mindset. (France has germanic influence that's maybe why lol)

It is the same in Austria. It's called FKK ( Frei Körper Kultur).

Europe is regional and modern borders are somewhat arbitrary, since until 1500s there was just one Christendom and feudal duchies connected by their allegiance to a given king. They were not like modern nation-states. As a result all Baltic coast Hanseatic cities are more similar to each other than to other cities in their respective modern states. Gdansk is more similar to Helsinki or Stockholm or Lubeck or Copenhagen than to any other city in Poland. The rest is also very regional. Greater Poland is much different from Silesia or Pomerania. Not the modern construction which is pretty much EU-standardized and the same no matter where you go, but all the historical stuff.

We think that, but when you come back from america or asia, even the country from the other side of europe suddenly feels like home

Aaah Europe is farrrr from east Asia, expensive too. It might seem strange but for most people, it's one in a lifetime trip thus the crazy idea of doing it all in 1 go. 😅

@@mars1pluto I've never been to China but I would not dream of "doing it all in one go". That being said my first trip to USA was a 3 weeks crossing in a van with tents. Not a "see it all" but certainly an horizontal slice. What I feel like is if you go to EU and just do one tourist "must see" every day it's a bit absurd.

Southern Frenchman here and gosh darn are you right. It shows so much when tourists invade my town lol. The way Parisians especially think and behave is so alien to us. More so even than Dutch people coming to chill for their holidays, and I find that hilarious.

In Poland we have 20 days at the beginning and 26 days after 10 years of work (digression: it isn't actually 10 years of work, as you count in some school experience here, for example if you have uni diploma they count it as 8 years - 5 for University and 3 for high-school, so you need 2 years of actual working) and it is normal to say that we have "3 weeks of vacation days" (as 3 whole weeks are 21 days) instead 20 days, while in reality you have 4 weeks free of work days if you use it on your 5-day of work week. BUT: sometimes you have one free day here ant there, so not really whole week is free (like getting random Tuesday free because you need to go to tax office or something). In Poland we also have other types of working schedules, where you can work more or less then 5 days in a week and then counting 5 days off as a week isn't working at all ;) [like some places have 2 days of work, 2 days free or 10 days in row - as long as you have at least 35h free before and after that 🙃]

@@MaraMara89 It is the same for the whole EU. 4 weeks paid leave a year as minimum.

I think he wasn't too sure himself, or his knowledge was outdated. There was a time when legally 3 weeks were the minimum. Also, with the amount of paid celebration days (Feiertage, not sure about the english term) it always ads up, especially in southern Germany. Tbh, the only time i had a job with less then 6 weeks paid vacation (plus holidays) was during my college years, and i worked only part time then (though if you would do the math according to my work contract, you would get to 6 weeks actually).

There is also other information missing. In Belgium, you do not get any paid leave during the whole first year of employment. And I was surprised the French woman didn't say more about kissing for greeting, as in France people also do it in formal and business relationships, not just private ones. I think in this France stands out in all of Europe, though I'm not sure about whether people in Spain kiss in formal and business relationships. In France it completely depends on the gender. Public metal toilets in Germany in my region are free and only cleaned once a day or something, so not so clean. It's only the toilets owned by companies or put up at public events you have to pay for, mostly only for the women's.

Most of my friends have 25 days, so 5 weeks, a few 30 days and only one with only 4 weeks.

Even they wear hoodie sometimes 😂

Hahaha even tho im indonesian its true, because we go to the beach to feel the sand and swimming in the waves. We do noteven want to get tanned😂

Asians especially girls worship white skin so much that they never allow themself to get suntan, they still wear a bikini but it's just for Instagram 😂

evry Countries have Own Culture Dude 😊

We...😂 don't want to get tanned. Most of us are already tanned, and yeah, religion regulations

That way i also though, i only doing it with Family and super close friend the 3 kiss but good friend i only hug meanwhile stranger or someone i just meet only handshake

This, people are using a parking app to avoid paying per 20, 30 or 60 minutes. Parking apps counts per minute, so it's cheaper and more fair.

that’s what happens when they invite a non-Dutch person to speak for Dutch culture

Yeah and she was also incorrect about the kisses. Almost no one does that lol.

​@@PopPipPop yes! Shes only probably lived in Amsterdam probably. In the big cities of course parking is a problem, I don't go to those by car. But usually where ever I go I can easily park....

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she had another schedule haha

what in the...? XD

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im from madrid and ive never had to buy anything else to get free tap water lol, ive even been joked about having to pay for it by a waitress once

In Rome at least they were installed by the Ancient Romans. They've been used for at least 2000 years.

In Norway you're usually not allowed to bring your own drinks to restaurants so you couldn't bring a bottle of water. However our tap water is really good and so you can just get free water at the restaurant. Only time they'll charge you for water is if you buy some bottled shit. Also just as a point of reference, alot of Norwegians will look at Voss Water and just laugh, because it's basically just glorified tap water...

​@@Kriss_941you can't bring your bottles in Italy too, he meant that you can simply ask for tap water without having to pay anything, but when you go out eating you usually order water there, but outside there are fountains and you can fill your bottles there if you need them

As a Dutch person, I don't drink tap water in Italy because it contains too much chlorine. I even cook food in spring water from a bottle. Our government also advises against drinking tap water in Italy.

@@RAMDH I've had dutch colleagues that never had problems with tap water here 🤔 I'll try and ask them about this xD

I think that's true for most or even all of Europe. The minimum age is to buy, not to drink. The only place I've heard of teenagers getting arrested for underage drinking is the US. Indeed, some cases may be reason to get child protection involved, but not the criminal system.

„In public“ is the important phrase here. What you do at home is decided by the parents. If they decide to share ga glass of wine with a 12 year old, it is their decision.

​​@@jbird4478No, underaged drinking is illegal in most European countries. It certainly is in Finland

@@jbird4478 It's kind of a "use common sense, do it at your own discretion" kind of situation. Giving a beer to a single digit aged kid? No. But a cup of weak, sweet cider (it's like 3~5 proof or so) is not really gonna hurt anyone. Letting a teenager have a sip of strong alcohol or wine? Not that big of a deal. But if they drink a whole shot or more, yeah that's pushing it. Anymore than that it probably won't get you in trouble (doesn't mean you should risk it) unless they drink a dangerous ammount (wasted or worse) or do dangerous things, or do it regularly, but it's also unacceptable and seen very poorly. On very rare occasion some leniency may be allowed, for things like a small glass of champagne on new year's eve and whatnot. This works somewhat like this in France.

In italy you can't buy alcohol since 18 but you can drink it with your family in public

Only as long as nobody feels bothered by the public nudity. Otherwise it can be an administrative offense and result in a fine.

we also have at least 20 free paid days by law and up to 13 paid holidays (easter christmas etc.) and most people working 40hrs a week get between 28 and 30 paid days off, so that's 6-7 weeks over the whole year usually.

you are only legally allowed to do that in designated FKK zones. Otherwise it would be a "cant blame me if they dont see me do it" situation.

We also get more than 3 weeks of paid vacation. The minimum is 4 weeks, but most people get 5 or 6 weeks.

@@TheKilaby no, thats not true, OP is right, there is no law against nudity, only for man about exhibitionism (no law against for women though), so to be legally prosecuted it is necassary to prove a "sexual intention" for man. Quite famous is the "Englischer Garten" in Munich City Center, where you will see a lot of nudes (not only topless) in summer time and it is not a "FKK area" and Bavaria is not known for beeing "cusual" with their executive authority - it is quite the opposite.

In informal settings yes, but not in professional or formal settings, and kisses on cheeks depend on the gender. A nod of the head is also common.

In the north of the country it is very unusual. In the Basque Country I don't have it, and it is not common to have it here.

She's from Barcelona but she doesn't live in Spain, she lives in South Korea.

​@@module79l28she lived her whole life in Spain and she couldn't tell that Spanish do use aircon but just talked about her experience only!! Living the last year in South Korea doesnt mean she should know better!!

@@user-hl4vl8qd7h - I don't know how long she has been living in South Korea, apparently you know more about her than I do.

@@module79l28 I know that she wasn't born or raised in Korea so he should know better....

But it depends on the region. I'm from the north and befriended people from the south and they started hugging right away, so I totally froze up xD Then I moved to the south-west near France and they kissed 3 times, so I did it too... when I met friends from NRW (west) and they were utterly shocked 😆

Handshake is how I do it, but it's disgusting how many people don't wash their hands after toilet.

every Nations or Countries have different Versions how to greet People., many European Countries They hug or kiss

I don't think so with wet hands... and you can't know where and what those hands had touch before you coming

LOL We Filipinos dont Handshake if Our Hands is Wet or Dirty., also if We want to Handshake that Person., before We Handshake each other., We make sure first Our Hands are clean., that's Our Culture

In Hamburg at the cinema I had to go to toilet in 2012 then I had to pay 1 € but I got a ticket with value 0.50 € thus I could use this ticket next time in the toilet.

I was thinking the exact same thing xD

It's not much compared to Estonia and Scandinavia

In Germany, we are legally entitled to 24 working days' holiday. In most of the companies I've worked for, it was 30 working days. Working days are all days except Sundays and public holidays. Working days are the days on which you usually work, i.e. 5 per week. So most Germans get at least 6 weeks paid holiday (Translated with deepl)

In the Netherlands, 4 weeks is the legal minimum, but most people get 5 weeks.

@@jjkanal640 Sweden gets a minimum of 5 weeks in total, so it's not that far off.

As a Finnish man I never hug my friends. I greet my friends and acquaintances like neighbours in a way that I take an eye contact to them, wave my hand and say something like "terve" or "hei". Shaking hands is more common when meet someone for the first time and you introduce yourself properly. A hand shake is also a common way to seal any kind of deal. In a Finnish restaurant it is possible to have a big jug of cold tap water in the middle of the table, not just a small bottle. If you choose a buffet, you can usually eat and drink as much as you feel good, and the price remains the same. When you buy a cup of coffee, a glass of water will be free.

@@lucone2937 well good for you. I was talking about a la carte restaurants. I have been charged for plain tap water in almost every restaurant I have visited in these past two years. I have never ordered a bottle of water because I have been wanting to avoid for paying for just water but still got charged.

@@Katirin89What restaurants are you going to, majority of the ones I've been to had free water and if it wasn't free it was still only 1€ for a big jug

Supongo en el Sur es muy necesario cuando hace calor porque suben mucho la temperatura, pero en el Norte por ejemplo Galicia que es de donde soy lo maximo que llegamos seria 37 o 39 grados

From my studies in Italy I am very grateful that many cafés have allowed me to use their toilets without having the time to stay and purchase anything. These have been outdoor or museum studies following a professor all day and you can’t lose your group. I find that if you ask politely in Italian nobody has told me no. ❤ But at the same time there’s not always toilet paper or soap so it’s best to carry some tissues and handsanitizers. Having said that I never ever miss an opportunity to buy a cup of wonderful Italian coffee, gelato or pastries if I can 😄

Maybe she lives in country side and in home with great insulation? But in cities that heat is unbearable :/

@@MaraMara89 Or she moved out from Poland 10 years ago...

@@CarriettaCarrieWhite Yeah, that would also made sense with only few days of heat that you can survive

​@@CarriettaCarrieWhiteoh comon 35 C during a summer in Poland was normal 10 years ago and even 100 years ago

@@MaraMara89 I live in Norway and we have great insulation. But it’s for keeping the warmth in, it does not work in reverse in my experience. Now that summers are becoming hotter it’s unbearable for me in my well insulated flat. I have to seriously consider air condition because I can’t sleep in the summer in my flat anymore and that’s really hard for my body and mind.

It is in Eurovision, so Australia is honorary European 🤣

It is the exact opposite of pointless to have these conversations. We get to see all these Europeans discussing how their countries are different.

@@jenniferpearce1052 that is my point - we get to hear from Western Europeans / Europeans from EU countries. How is that representative of Europe?

​@@jenniferpearce1052it is pointless cause these Europeans are talking in a funny way and some things are not right! Also they dont represent European culture since every country has it's own!! Only the EU countries are sharing many common laws but even then every country practise them differently!! North Europe, Scandinavia and the Baltics seem so far away from the central Europe and the balkans are consider the poor relative!! We have lots of differences, prejudice and defently this video can't actually help a tourist....

Same with south east Asia. Every country is Similar but not the same. Basically just respect our values, culture, religious practices and you're fine.

I'm also polish and i had a "laluna co ty ...." moment when she said that. I understand that in tourist spots you have to pay for toilets but toilets in malls are free. Most of the time, if you are a customer in a place, then the restroom is free.

Same in Bulgaria

in mcdonalds at warszawa centralna station you literally have to scan your receipt to enter the toilet, its not technically paid but you do have to buy something

@@herondaless well, that is a train/bus station. I have been in poland so many times in like past 25 or so years. I have yet to remember any time paying for toilets. And yes, it is just a bust/train station thing everywhere in europe.

Shes talking about being topless i guess

Some of us (men) hate wearing a t-shirt. If it's about respecting the locals, then I wear a t-shirt until I'm at the beach, but it's too hot walking around as a North European used to the cold

​@@Fatherland927 Shirtless= Death penalty. Go learn manners.

@@Fatherland927 we also know what is cold in Spain 🤣. I was born in Barcelona but my family is from the Pyrenees and it gets very cold like -15 c in winter.

@@angyliv8040 true, but I meant to say I cannot endure the heat 😂 I need to be shirtless.

There are restrooms you have to pay - mostly in touristic spots (last year was media uproar about restrooms in Zakopane, where you had to pay 10 zł), train stations (in my city - Zabrze - we have that one for free, but in Katowice or Bytom you have to pay) or in restaurants (if you are not customer), there are also some free-standing small restrooms ("szalety", with famous one in Białystok that costed almost 0,5 mln zł and failed to be opened at first because of construction supervision), you need to pay, usually by using 2 zł coin. There are some restrooms you need to have code to enter (chain fast-foods like McDonald's, Starbucks etc; some entertainment centers like Punkt44 in Katowice - with Cinema City and some other attractions - had those codes, but it died in pandemic and didn't came back). And there are restrooms you don't have to pay to use - I think it is getting more common after pandemic: on bus stations, in malls (although sometimes you need to pay for restrooms in malls attached to train or bus stations), in public institutions. I remember that when I was younger we needed to pay for almost all restrooms in gas stations, now it is common that no one cares if you are customer or not and you can use it for free, but some still need you to buy something.

@@MaraMara89 Maybe I just naturally avoid them and go for the free ones intuitively :)

So you did come across pay-to-go restrooms. It's exactly the place where tourists would find them.

Maybe she thought about restaurants where you have water bottles in menu and have to pay for them (though usually they are quite inexpensive)? I have no idea how it is in non-touristic places, but does Italy really have non-touristic places? I mean it is so beautiful that I have seen people traveling to smallest villages ;)

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@MaraMara89 Most Italian regions are non touristy actually and I like that. I saw what mass tourism brought to other places and I hope it won’t happen where I live. People from abroad just visit the same four five cities. Those “villages” you are talking about are in the most touristy regions like Tuscany and they have been popular for decades. It’s very difficult to find foreigners outside non touristic places here but if you manage to find them they are usually Europeans, mostly French and German but you can count them on your fingers. All over Italy you pay for water but as @cherylblossomfp said you can just ask for tap water there is no problem. No one would deny it to you.

​@@marty8895as a neighbour I visit Italy very often and I'm given tap water with my order! But I don't trust the quality so I always asked for a bottle of mineral water or I go and buy lots of them at supermarket!!

⁠@@user-hl4vl8qd7h Don’t worry tap water in Italy is very much regulated. I always drink tap water at home because it’s even better than water in bottles. What part of Italy have you visited because it is very weird they gave you tap water unless you asked for it?

@@marty8895 Germans like going to South Tyrol for tourism I think.

Yea, I think he didn't count the weekends. Vacation isn't counted in weeks, but days

Maybe he hasn't really worked anywhere yet and just said something 🤔

@@zuptreay7540true, they all look like they’re students so they probably haven’t worked yet.

I have 25 days of vacation each year in germany, and I work 38-40 hours a week, the minimum is 20 days they need to give you but it depends on how much hours you work per week

No, it has nothing to do with the hours. It depends on how many days you work per week, according to your contract. 20 days minimum vacation relates to a 5 day week. People who work 6 days per week have a minimum of 24 days of vacation. It doesn’t matter whether you have a 40 hour per week contract or 20 hours. As long as you work 5 days per week, you have a minimum of 20 days of vacations. But that’s really the minimum….I don’t know anyone in my profession who would accept only the minimum vacations.

In Spain we do not have the IDs at 18, we have it at whatever age before that

Same in uk you can legally drink alcohol with eg your parents at home over 5

in germany there is no direct law to stop you from giving alcohol to kid at home or in private with the family, but outside of medicine it could bring child protective service on the plan if you fill your child up. you are not in trouble for giving your child a sip of wine, sparkling wine or eggnog. at age 14 they are allowed to drink in public with there parents/ legal guardians oversight, in resturants they can order most of the booze without a second glance as long as your parents give there okay. as long as the child don´t end up drunk.

I love that you wear your traditional Bunad quite often.

Overtime probably depends on more factors. In Poland you can either get money for overtime or free days (in rare cases both), so if you have a lot of overtime hours that you get free hours for and it is end of the year your boss might ask you to use it, because either way they would need to pay you for them. [not sure if I described it in understandable way]

@@MaraMara89 ah yes that sounds good. I think I would honestly prefer the free hours over having paid overtime, but because I only do 3/4 days a week with 12hr shifts and with there being too low of an amount of employees (because multibillion €$£ companies are greedy and try save money in any way they can lol) there will always be paid overtime each week for a dozen or more people.

I would add: 1) If mall is attached to railway or bus station restroom might not be free (especially nearest to the station). 2) Lately (few years) it is more common to see topless women on beaches and thongs are quite popular. 3) With paid vacations: there should be 20 days, not 20 weeks at beginning of your sentence ... and it is 20 days with less then 10 years, 26 days with more then 10 years (but time in school counts to those: if you have university degree it counts as 8 years, highschool is 4 years etc). 4) Kissing is also popular when giving gifts and/or wishes for birthdays, weddings and christmas. Also: older generations to younger, among relatives that haven't seen each other for longer time. 5) Manual is much more popular, mostly because automatic is much more expensive. 6) AC is (seen as) quite expensive, but with change of climate really is getting popular, especially in offices/at work. 7) They probably should talk also about drinking in public: illegal in most places in Poland, but ok in many other European countries 8) Water: there were some attempts on introducing free tap water in restaurants... but we didn't get there. If you would directly ask about "glass of free tap water" you might get one, but in most places if you order water it would be bottled one and you would have to pay. Temperature: in summer in most restaurants water will be cold unless you ask about room temperature one, but in winter there is probably 20-30% chance it would be room temperature without asking, especially if restaurant have that carafes where you get water with citrus slices EDIT: to 3) If you don't use whole vacation in year it goes to next year, but you need to use it before September ends... And once a year you have to get 14 free days in a row - to this also counts weekends (or other days that are free of work for that employee) and Holidays (days that are free of work for all the people, like Christmas, Eastern etc)

@@MaraMara89 Actually I heard that most new cars is cheaper with automat. For car companies automat is standard so it's cheaper. AC is getting popular, that increases competition and lower prices. Now you can buy unit for 2k.

Wow. I want to work.in France... Well, no. I think the situation right now is scary, with cars being burnt , bugs in public spaces, and teachers being ... You know, they get ....just for showing classical art nudes in class😢 A pity, really, France is an incredibly beautiful and interesting country. I hope one day it'll become safe again. PS My country, Spain is also getting more and more dangerous, especially in Barcelona but not only there. 😢

@@nurnu349 But, France is not dangerous. Of course there are some places in the suburbs of Paris where it's dangerous to live, but what you see From france is like th tip of the iceberg. You don't see everything that is going well... To be honest, yes it's probably worse than it was 30 years ago, but I'm not sure that any country in the world is safer than 30 years ago.

@@nicolasmartin224 Yes, I have been to France several times. The villages, the small towns are safe and I recommend visiting them any time, wonderful, but your big cities are not safe. I've been there. Many areas are dirty, and not safe, expensive, overcrowded... and not as French as it used to be. Multiculturalism is enriching, no doubt, but it dissolves the country's personality, it's the price we all pay. I agree it's the same here with Barcelona, and certain parts of Madrid. Even my city is less safe than before. Europe is not as safe as it used to be. Not even Scandinavian countries. I guess it's the sacrifice we have to make to alleviate the suffering of those who are less privileged, isn't it?

@@nurnu349 Listen, I've lived in the suburbs of paris 25 years, then in the center of paris for 15 years, and now in the south of France. i've got familly in the whole country (North, west east and south). France is safe. People are scared because of what they see on TV, or what they think they are seeing, but the reality is that it's way less dangerous that what you think.

@@nicolasmartin224 Ok. Thank you for the first hand feedback... but I get a different picture from other, also French sources. 😫 I love France, it's a grand country, awesome architecture, amazing landscapes, you've got one of the most beautiful countries in the world, great art, great museums, history, excellent food and wine and friendly, polite people, but I 'll wait to pay another visit until things return to what I, personally, consider safe.

The exact opposite from the rest of the world....

In touristic spots restrooms usually are expensive, but I have different experience in other places - they got rid of fee during covid and it didn't came back... so it apparently depend on individual places

The last time I saw one was the public toilets near Tragos in Falmouth it was like 20p to go in.

but also the pay-to-use toilets are much cleaner

It's 20 to 30 euros to have a decent meal in Europe so 1 is okay

Better economy....

@@walter-st3fb not all are so clean. 😅

@@islesalsepareille8726 depends where you are. In a diner, 6 to 8 euros will be enough.

Beer normally has around 5%. I've never seen 2.25. I think you have to dealcoholize beer to get that low, otherwise it would basically be water.

@@jbird4478 that percentage is (or rather used to be) pretty common in Belgium, we call it table beer basically that's what the whole family would drink with supper on the daily, it's light enough for kids (typically starting at age 6) to have, and cheap enough to substitute for water but nowadays most people either don't drink or drink stronger stuff, so it's been mostly phased out

Do you mean sex? What's wrong with you, why the self censorship?

@@jbird4478 Where are you from? In Poland we have some 2% beers, mostly beer mixed with fruit juice. But I have seen beer like that before in other countries (in Austria and Czech Republic I think)

I do this type of greeting only with my aunties and grandmas tho... Friends - hug