You've seen countries with self-ruling autonomous regions. Imagine an ENTIRE COUNTRY made of them. Oh and Valencia... maybe chill on the fire? No? Okay you do you.

(Cantabria) They have a cave with paintings Its literally the most important prehistoric art in western society

The cocaine from Galicia is not just for All Spain but actually for All Europe

“Spanish and French had a baby” Andorra : am I a joke to you

Fun fact: Mérida was once the capital of the Western Roman Empire, and it was called Emérita. Extremadura has almost the majority of Roman monuments and structures in Spain, and Spain has the second largest Roman stuff in the world behind Italy.

Not only is Basque not related to any Indo-European language, it's unrelated to any other known language in the world.

Spain is a lovely country. I moved here from my home country Brazil 5 years ago and I never been more happy. Amazing food, people, landscapes and sites. God bless this country

As a Galician, much respect for actually aknowledging us and letting the world know more about my homeland. Keep the great work!

It's a shame that a country with such diversity of cultures, landscapes, foods, and traditions is limited to Barcelona, beaches, and sangria in most people's minds.

I never really knew Spain was so carried culturally. It's like a bunch of smaller countries I want visit real bad mow

As Spanish, the region that has all the jokes is Murcia, we think that it doesn't exist at all, while in Extremadura the thing that lacks are good trains :)))))))

One of the most hidden to foreigners treasures of Spain is a beverage from Valencia. Horchata.

Spain is a country with a lot of cultural diversity and a variety of ethnicities with their cualtities and differences (architecture, clothes, music, food...). Thats one of the things i love from Spain 💕💕

“Tiede” its teide and its the 4 highest volcano in the world

"the butt of all the jokes" is BY FAR: Murcia

"Spain has a lot of weird traditions" Amigo, I think you know by now that we just make all these traditions as an excuse to party hard :-D

Fun fact: Portugal was founded as a condate of the Kingdom of Galicia, the "Condado Portucalense". Later, Portugal claimed independence from Galicia.

1:48 That "Andalusian Dialect" is where much of Latin American Spanish comes from!

9:26 Catalonia: *has statues of a pooping guy* Belgium: "We should hang out some time"

I wish I lived in Spain :( Love to Spain from Brazil 🇪🇸❤🇧🇷

Remember that most of autonomous regions are divided in provinces. There are 51 provinces in Spain.

Valencia must be the ancestral homeland of Michael Bay.

Jamon is just ham in Spanish, what you mean is Jamon serrano

Aand this is why Spanish history classes are SO MUCH FUN to learn...

Paella was invented in Valencia. *Shows photos of Andalusian version of paella*

The picture you put to depict the paella is actually arroz con cosas.

“It’s like the West Virginia of Spain” John Denver is rolling in his grave right now

Wow, I'm really glad you mentioned the asturian language 🙂 It's generally sadly overlooked. Thanks for spreading word of our culture!

Fun fact: León wants to get independent from Castile and be its own Autonomy.

Toledo, the entire city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

11:26 Wow, who knew that the aqueduct of Segovia was actually in Madrid :v

I live in Asturias and it's always so cloudy that It gives you clinical depression

As a Galician, I can only say what a great job you've done! You're really amazing. You could have devoted more time to the Portuguese kingdom, but hey, it's a short video. For all of the people in the comments who complained or pointed out about you saying "Gerenica" or "Tedie", I'd like to hear them saying "Manchester", "Peterborough" or "Seattle". They 'd probably just say Manchesterrrr, Piterborou and Siatel. So, guys get a grip and give the man a break.

It’s funny that the literal translation of Extremadura would be something like “extreme hard”

Fun fact: During the First Spanish Republic, Murcia declared its independence as ''Canton de Cartagena'' in an attempt to establish a federal state in Spain, and requested to become a part of the US in order to avoid bombings from the Spanish army.

9:55 I didn't expect you to mention Extremoduro. It's one of the best rock bands in Spain musically and lyricaly. What I like the most about Extremoduro is the way Iñaki plays the guitar. It also has touching lyrics that make you get identified with, as well as funny lyrics that make you crack up.

Its a federal State without being a federal State.

Beret in German is "Baskenmütze" - Basque Hat

I'm glad to see that he's done his research and gets it. Spain is full of stereotypes and its nice to see that he's able to break down this topic very well for foreigners! Good job.

Hello! I'm from Spain (from Barcelona, Catalonia :D ) and this is very good. It shows you did your research :D I am personally very proud that Spain has such a diverse culture. Yes, we do have our problems, but all country does :)

As a spanish citizen of tarragona, catalonia, i have to say: no bad at all

“Obviously Madrid has a really good soccer team” *shows Real Madrid* Every Athletico Madrid fan: BRUH

"guenerica" *dies in spanish*

IMAGINE being the "West Virginia" of anything LMAO felt bad for them

Did it bother anyone else that there was a picture of the Aqueduct in Segovia (Castilla y Leon) mixed in the the Madrid section?

"The canaries actually are originary to this area!" *puts a picture of two budgies.

You can't tell if it's a Canarian name or a Pokemon. As a Canarian, I died xD Also we are the only region with 2 capitals: Santa Cruz de Tenerife and then Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. It's not only one as you made it sound haha. Basically Spain let us have 2 capitals because we were always fighting about which island is better. Thanks for the video. It's great to see my country!!!

As valencian, seriously, don't even joke about paella

11:28 thepicture in the left isn't from Madrid but from Segovia, in Castilla y León. It shows its iconic aquaduct, known all over Spain

The tallest point in all of Spain isn't called "Tiede", but "Teide".

"Guernica" is inspired by a bombing, which occurred in a basque village called Gernika, village I live in!!

4:57 im from the Basque Country. Herri Kirolak doesn’t mean Wood Sport: Herri means village, and not all the Herri Kirolak are with wood, for example Txingak are like pieces of metal that you have to carry and you have to carry them, or Harri Jasotzea, a sport where you have to raise rock or metals of hundreds of kilos

Fun fact: In the west of Catalonia (called in Catalan ''terres de Lleida) they speak like a Catalan, but they produce with E. For example: Hola-hole, also, thighs, in Catalan, are ''Vambes'' but in Lleida, they call it ''Quets'' (parts of my family comes from Lleida)

*HA!* Bold of you to assume Murcia exists!

Paella is also known in the Philippines as "arroz valenciana."

Las Fallas in Valencia is truly something that any Geograpeep has to experience before they die.

5:09 I live in Spain that that's two different cities, nobody knows which one is the capital to this day

Fun fact, the Argentines usually use the word Gallego (Galician) to refer to all Spanish people. And they're the butt of many jokes; basically, if's their version of blonde jokes.

As a Spanish I can say that you do a very accurate review of our country. Congratulations.

This was cool! I cannot wait for the Spain episode! It's gonna be awesome!

11:26 wait... a picture of Acueducto de Segovia in Madrid? It's located in Castilla y León.

Santillana del mar is the city of 3 lies. It's neither holy (santi-), nor flat (-llana), nor by the sea (del mar).

Wow! Thanks to you, Barbs, Spain now seems to me one of the most interesting travel destinations! So rich in history and cultural diversity!🔥

Great video. It perfectly synthesizes the surreal country that is Spain. My congratulations from Valencia-Spain.

I am an American living in Portugal and have taken many road trips into Spain as far as Madrid and down into Andalusia and the Extremadura. I love the extremadura, and referring to it as the “West Virginia of Spanish” is simply unfair. There are so many beautiful, medieval and Moorish towns that are like little jewels that you come upon and wouldn’t know about, unless you wandered like Don Quixote, across its vast plain. The places I likes best are Caceres, Zafra, Badajoz and especially Merida. It is a town built on a huge archeological site, as Merida was the ancient Roman capital for Iberia. Their archeological museum is really impressive. The people are happy you visit, the towns are quaint and there’s delicious food, comfortable places to stay that are inexpensive. If you’re interested in archaeological sites, much older than the ancient Roman empire, I would visit antequera and its sacred Dolmens. A blast into the mysterious past.I’m a local guide on Google Maps, especially for Iberia. Follow me there at PatricK O’Hearn, PhD see my photos and reviews of hotels, restaurants, sightseeing, highlights, and many others

Love Spain from Tajikistan 🇪🇸❤🤝❤🇹🇯

Greetings from incredibly rainy Galicia

Catalan here! There were sooome little mistakes in this video but actually I was surprised about how well informed you were before doing this video! I'm a big big fan of your content and I can't wait to see the video on Spain!

Dude, this video was amazing

I'm from Sweden but I love Andalucía, I go there every year and this year was my first time to Sevilla. And I have an Andalucían flag which I will hang up on my wall

“Canary originated in here.” *shows a picture of parakeets*

I love how you made this video. very compact but full of information

I am impressed how well you explained all the different regions and without going too much into stereotypes. Well done! As a Spaniard, I watched this one first, I'll definetely start watching all your videos! :)

So the Prince of Asturias means for Spain the same thing that the Prince of Wales does for England.

All in all is a good video. Nice work dude. Keep it up!

Thank you for making this video

11:06 That's Spanish Air Force Headquarters, in Moncloa neighborhood. The Prime Minister's residence is The Palace of Moncloa or Moncloa Palace (Palacio de la Moncloa)

11:27 pics of some places of Madrid but the bottom left one which is the aqueduct of Segovia (Castile & Leon)

Loved your video. Thanks for the entertaining education and making it interesting!!! 💖

Fun fact: Toledo is also known to be where the swords and armor for some Hollywood movies a born, like Braveheart, Gladiator, or Lord of the Rings. You can find a lot of shops selling swords and jewlery from the films!

he has put a photo pf the aqueduct of segovia in madrid

Basically, we are a bunch of different people (culturaly speaking) put together in the same country and now we fight between us but in the end we all love each other, and remember, if paella isn't from the Valencian comunity, is only arroz con cosas. I can't way to the spanish episode.

I was in Andalusia in September of 2018. Amazing place with very friendly people. Greetings from northern Greece. 👋😀

Very nice video man, like always. I was born in Canary Islands and I'd change some details you said, but you were still pretty accurete. Greetings from Spain!

didn´t expect any foreigner to analyse this so accurately, congrats and thank you for taking the time to analyse things right

Greetings from Galicia, been waiting this episode from day one. I really started following you since the very beginning. I'm quite happy to see that you actually made a video to explain our different nationalities and regions. Many many people think Spain is a monolith but it really isn't and you can have celtic greeny places like my Galicia to completely warm mediterranean places like Baleares.

I have to say I am surprised, you did such a good job, I am sure you had to research a lot and you explained everything so well. Although, I saw some little mistakes: -Isabel of Castilla and Fernando of Aragon married in 1469 not 1479 -The Canary Island name comes from “Can”, in latin, “Dog” not the bird canary. I was so confused when I was little about this. - The volcano in Tenerife is called Teide not Tiede. -When you show the pictures of Madrid, the one on the left down corner is Segovia, not Madrid. Segovia is quite close to Madrid but it’s in Castilla y León and it has a Roman aqueduct, which you show in the picture. The rest is perfect (I think). Also I wanted to thank you for saying Valladolid is not actually the capital of Castilla y León. I am from other city in this community and people from Valladolid always go around saying they are the capital and making the rest of the people angry haha Also you did such a good job with the Cataluña flags that are usually wrong used, but you explained it perfect. So over all, thank you for this video, I enjoyed it a lot. 😘🇪🇸

Really informative and presented in a fun way.

I grew up there in the late 70's, thanks for showing me some stuff I forgot, and new development since I left. I am proud of my second home country, !Viva Espana!

Okay, I am from León, a city which is in... Castille and León, but I currently live in Catalonia, and my girlfriend is from Valencia, so I may point some things out, especially from Castille and León: First, Castille and León is the only autonomy made up of two regions, as the name implies. Old Castille, where Valladolid (also colloquially named Pucela) is, and also Burgos, Palencia, Ávila, Segovia and Soria. Cantabria and La Rioja were provinces of Old Castille up until 1983, when they somehow also got their own autonomy. Dark urban legends say that Basque nationalists had a hand in that, because they didn't want to have such a long and important border with Castille. And then, there's the region of León, made up of the provinces of León, Zamora and Salamanca, which was established as a separate region from 1833 to 1983. León also has its own language, Leonese, but much like Aragonese in Aragon and Asturian in Asturias -Much like Catalan and Valencian, Asturian and Leonese are pretty much the same language just with a different name and some vocabulary differences-, and for example, the Celtic tribe of the Astures were also living in most of León. As such and seeing that most people wrongly refer to Castille and León as if it was just Castille, many people in León actually want to have their own autonomous community (especially in the province of León, in Zamora it's a rather small minority, but in Salamanca they're a very fringe movement), and most Leonese people will actually say they feel closer to Asturias than they do to Castille. In fact, this "birregionality" is what prevents the Junta (the autonomous community government... kind of) from officially declaring Valladolid as the capital, since it's not just a "Castille and León" thing, but also all other cities in C&L share a passionate disdain for Valladolid, and especially León. Like seriously, if you were a Vallisoletano (someone from Valladolid) visiting León, you better not say where you're from, and if you're from elsewhere and are visiting León and say you prefer Valladolid over León, you will be deported and declared a persona non-grata in my hometown. And also, NEVER EVER EVER call someone from León "Castilian". It's on the same page of calling a Franconian "Bavarian" or someone from Cornwall "English". Just... Don't. In fact my girlfriend often teases me by calling me "Castilian" so I just call her "Catalan" instead, so it's a tie. About other regions, Murcia is actually the butt of all jokes (people often even joke that Murcia doesn't even exist... and the fact that it was the only region where the far-right party Vox won there in the elections last week doesn't help), whereas Extremadura is seen as the rednecks nobody knows or even cares about too much, like all of Extremadura could be annexed tomorrow by Portugal and nobody would realise. People from Galicia are stereotyped to be very ambiguous ("they answer a question by asking another question") and also suspected to be sexually attracted to animals, especially goats and sheep (like Welsh in the UK, Sardinians in Italy and Kiwis internationally). People from Asturias are stereotyped to be drunkards (the Asturian anthem, "Asturias patria querida" is often sung by people while getting shitfaced drunk). Navarre is to the Basque Country what Canada is to the USA, or what Ireland is to the UK. Similarly, Valencia is the same to Catalonia. However, there are more and more people in Valencia who just acknowledge Valencian and Catalan are variants of the same language. However, there is something that unites us all: We cannot stand the arrogant attitude people from Madrid have. Like, they say their squid and calamari are the best in the world (which sea do they get them from... nobody knows). But people from Madrid actually believe seafood from Madrid beats out seafood from any actual coastal town in the world.

The autoctonous language of Leon region is leonese nos castilian/spanish, quite similar to asturian.

As a Navarre person I have to say that basque country historicly belongs to Navarre, in Navarre born the basque culture, the basque... And the "diferent taxes" Of Navarre are called FUEROS, that are medieval

Murcia is pronounced MOORE-sia Not like morcilla (blood sausage)

11:24 Atletico Madrid: "Am I a joke to you"

My geography students get a lot of these videos. Thanks for the great work!

Phew! Glad you made this

3:28 I'm from Asturias. It's spoken, not fully, but it's mixed with Castilian

14:52 as a valencian I can assure you that THAT THING is NOT a PAELLA

This is a perfect intruduction.Thank you so much.

great thanks for making this