What, they don't celebrate Easter? Seriously. I did not know. Okay, that's why they have spring break then!

@@paulocorreia7942 Christmas is the only public holiday they get for a religious day. They don't even get Boxing Day, so straight back to work the next day it seems.

Since when easter has something to do with god. It has to do with jesus.

@@jamesbutler5570 please show me where I mentioned God, as I can't find it.

Just shows the hypocrisy of some elements of US culture, I used to have American coworkers, at the time were based in Izmir, Saturday night they would be out partying and using the services of sex workers, Sunday they would be in church, not necessarily because they were believers but because they thought it looked good and may be beneficial to their future career.

Presumably they want kids to decide to join sober.

​@@rosemarielee7775 If you turned up drunk at a recruiting office you would be turned away fast. Even those who turn up sober aren't always accepted into the military - and we never offer the military as an alternative to jail.

Old enough to drink, old enough to serve your country.

Old enough to receive the death penalty, old enough to drink.

Old enough to have the level of maturity required to decide that you would be prepared to die for your country, old enough to have the level of maturity required to enjoy a freaking beer when you feel like one.

Yes, we get a lot of ‘daylight’ but the ‘sunshine’ is harder to find, so we try to grab it with both hands when it arrives.

True, we also get a lot of heat in Europe, which I used to think the latitude would suggest the US would be hotter, but a lot of places in Europe gets really hot in summer, especially down south and it surprises me because a lot of the times, it's hotter than the US even thought the US latitude is lower. Also, if I'm not mistaken, doesn't having a lot more clouds make winters warmer? Like it acts like an insulator? I'm sure in winter when there's little to no clouds, it feels colder than when there are clouds and the US does seem to get a lot colder than a lot of Europe does in winters.

That reminds me of a fun event I had 30 years ago in Scotland. We flew there from Amsterdam and had three great days, but three days with lots of rain. On the flight back, we got above the clouds and the sun was shining wonderfully. My manager who was sitting next to me looked out and mused.... What those Scots should do is raise their land 10 km, then they will have sunshine all day...

As with the rest of the world, we get our fair share of sun, wind, and rain, though I find it quite comical the narrator's pictorial graph indicates that we get no sun at all. That said, I am a winter person and wish we had our fair share of snow at wintertime too.

I think the narrator in that video was confusing hours of sunshine vs hours of sunlight.

Whoa whoa, hold on! That would make the US look like a third world country!

Murder per Capita is a fun one. Literacy is pretty cool 2

This, criminality, savings and debt are much more meaningful than wages, it doesn't matter if you make 4k a month if you pay 500 for a shitty insurance that will make you broke if anything big happens and on top of that you need to pay 3k a month if you want to live at less than 100km from a city where high paying jobs are. And it doesn't help that those cities have the criminality of a 3rd world country.

Now my numbers are a bit old, but if you look at the percentage of the population that is in prison, the USA has the highest in the whole world.

@@Mimer6 I mean imprisoning people is a business in the US, what could go wrong? Or rather, works as intended.

The older I get the less I care about the sounds we make to signify the root of the good and the more I am concerned with the good itself. Atheist, theist, whatever the ultimate truth is will work itself out without us, but in the meantime there are a great many people who could use a bit of help. I'm for that.

@@andrewbailey2867 A rational response to an irrational world.

@@andrewbailey2867 Exactly. And, though Dane, I wouldn't say that this only is here in the North. Seemingly: the less people leave things to a God, we ourselves take more responcibility in choosing politicians to care for everyone in our societies. Or is it the other way around? As the social security net in the US is poor, more people need a God to hope for help :)

Flat pack furniture?

So you're saying atheists and agnostics are good people ? But as a God believer will they be saved even if they are good ? Answer , no ! Being a good person will not save you if you don't believe that Jesus is your saviour and Lord if you are a Christian !

@@gregorygant4242 dude

@@gregorygant4242 And people like you are the reason we believe that religion is evil... "I don't care if you are good or not, the important thing is that you bow down to me". A god like that is only worth contempt.

@@gregorygant4242 drop the god shit, the bible is pretty much proven at this point to be a very big fable. Atop of that judism, christianity AND islam pulls back to the same god and the three religions have attacked each other for millenia. Shouldn't you be more concerned about YOUR actions and how you can help others and yourself rather than how god is about to do it. ...food for thought

@@gregorygant4242 I rest my case.

Not quite true. We do get rain - but less than New York. We do get snow - but inches instead of feet. Without the rain we wouldn't have the flowers or the amount of beautiful greenery. I lived for a year in the Middle East and dreamed of grass!!!

It is also important wind are mainly going inland. Clouds formed above the sea are blown inland.

Don't forget the english summer. It's the best week of the year. 😄

@@jillosler9353 *grin* Ah, the well known british humor, like clouds, right over the head. ;)

"in the UK you've got four seasons: rain, more rain, even more rain and fog." In Thailand, they describe their seasons as "hot, hotter, and rainy" lol

you can drive slower motorbikes at 16 and wheren't there some strange "cars" which run only 40km/h or something like that?

In the UK, you can apply for a provisional licence & a driving test for a car at 17, but you can't drive solo until you have passed the driving test. I didn't have a provisional licence & driving test until I was nearly 30 years old (I didn't need a car until then, public transport served me well enough), while learning I had to have a fully qualified driver (qualified for at least 3 years & over 21) as a front seat passenger to supervise me.

@@liosscip Those strange "cars" are legally motorcycles, that's why you can drive them from 15-16 as well.

If an american would use marijuana in germany they would break the law, the use of that drug only apply to people living in germany. Not tourists luckily!

@@liosscip These strange cars that “children” are allowed to drive are found in Sweden.

Your parents were wrong. 'Everyone' wasn't busting to get to the US unless they were poor/displaced/dispossessed/hungry or perhaps from a violent, unruly country. The numbers who went for career reasons such as fame and fortune in Hollywood were a relative handful.

​@@margaretcaine4219that is a very wrong idea. I know a lot of wealthy people who wanted to go to the US and some really did. Why, because your tax laws and the more Wild Wild West mentality that they have way less ethical rules to abide by in doing business. To move to a country you need money or a network. That is why people with money can get to safety and people without can mostly not.

I wanted to flee Sweden to the US. spent most of my younger years realizing that goal. I had heard wonderful things and wanted to live in a place where i wasn't buggered down by taxes and inefficient health care etc. When i finally arrived in the US. i quickly realized that all of those things only really applies to the upper middle class and above, i for sure wasn't poor but i had to sacrifice a lot to reach the same standard of living as i had in Sweden... however some things can't really be bought, even in the US. Some people truly enjoy having more "control" of their spending, but at the end of the day you pay even more money to get insurances etc. the only positive thing about it however is that you made that "choice" yourself. So what's the biggest issue here; Well unless you have a really well-paid job(or company benefits) you will spend your whole life working just to have a place to sleep and eat three meals a day, not to mention a chance for a vacation ain't exactly a given. Just to take a week off to visit family at home felt like a massive investment since there's no vacation pay or even vacation days in many cases. I lived with a friend for over a year, so the cost of living wasn't too bad but we rarely got to do much together, usually we had Sundays off so he could show me around etc. the rest of the week was packed with other things to do... especially for him since he worked like 16 hours a day and yet he wouldn't be able to afford living on his own.. When mom got cancer and i wanted to return home to Sweden, he almost started to cry because it would mean he might not be able to afford rent... so i waited for some weeks until he could find a new roommate. My plan was to return to the US. but well once back at home i realized that even a sh*tty temporary job allowed me more freedom then i had in the states, so i decided to stay. It wasn't the only reason however, being around family is a nice thing... not even the best of friends can really replace that sense of security.

when i was younger, i always wanted to live in the u.s. that dream is far gone now.... doesn't mean i don't appreciate making holidays over there

When I was a kid (90s/2000s) the US was still put on a pretty high pedestral in my country. I never cared much about it until I got a boyfriend from the US. When I was 19 I visited Florida, but the way of living and the way people treated me (including the boyfriend) was a very big turnoff. Their views, knowledge and living is sooo different. 😄 Now, years later, only bad news from the US reaches us (politics drama, mass shootings, racism, unaccessable healthcare except when you're rich, unaccessable schooling except when your parents are rich, very bad women and LGBTQ rights), so I'm pretty relieved I'm raising my children in Europe. But I'm sure it'd be just as a big culture shock for people who were raised in the US when they visit Europe.

Ayyyy one of my Kent peeps, I'm in Medway.

Spot on, my Grandad always told me to treat others how you want to be treated and you can't go wrong. He was a lovely man and really kind. He only stepped into church on special occasions such as the obvious, Christening, Weddings & Funerals but he left all his Grandkids with a strong sense of Moral Fiber.

It could be worth mentioning that this "Christian morality" is pretty much exactly the same as in every civilized country in the world, no matter which religion they have/had there. Actually, I would not be surprised if North/Western european morality is closer to say Japanese morality than it is to deep south US morality. We don't put women who wants an abortion in prison...

Christian morality? Oh surely you are joking!

"Funny then for us to see Mormon teens from the USA doing 'missionary work' in British towns though, as if we need 'converting'." Mormons are no more Christian than Jews or Muslims.

The EU map even shows a comparison with USA, putting it at 13,9% which is lower than most of the European countries.

There's also a difference in culture, there's far less pressure to move out in Europe and in many countries, especially the south, living at home is quite normal, regardless of economic situation, culture can play a big part on things like that.

@@paul1979uk2000 distances also matter. if your next uni/work is farer away then moving out is more a thing. if ppl get more married then you have one or both also more likely moving out.

It really depends on which country in Europe. In Finland you are considered a weirdo if you live with your parents at the age of 34. I think even 25 starts to get embarrassing. We are encouraged to be independent early on. That's why we think there is something wrong with a person living with their parents that late. We start to wonder.. are they lazy? Somehow unable to take care of themselves? Why are they being a burden to their parents? The average age here is 21.8 years.

Well I'm soon in my 40's and in practicality i live at home... just that we have built more houses on our land, my parents live across the yard and my sisters family live like a five minute walk down the road past the stables. Now we are considering building yet another house since my sisters 3rd kid have her 4th child on the way and want to move back out here. I don't think "living at home" is a good measurement, what's the more important statistic is 'if someone involuntarily live at home or not'. When i moved in with my parents after i returned from the states, i didn't do so because i didn't have options I did so because i wanted too and since i got married we instead constructed a house instead of buying one... just like my sister had done six years prior.

He means when the Sun expands and swallows it up.

@@robertstallard7836 That's 5 billion years from now.

this is actually the crossroad, will we over come ourselfes and stop fighting to become one planet , or perrish with quarrel and combat to kill ourselfes we are the universe discovering itself .....think about it

Did you run out of vowels to spell out Germany or what is that? lol

That's part of it, the general distance to large bodies of water for European cities are lower than the average in the US, and the topology are less diverse in Europe, with more mountain ranges such as the Alps gathering a lot of moisture and creating clouds, on top of the Gulf Stream and Jet stream winds etc.

Oh yes, in mid summer it is light until about 10pm and the sun rises really early as well. The seasons are great here.

@AlbandAquino "Live long and prosper" 🖖

@@emmafrench7219 "Peace and a long life" 🖖🏼

Will never happen with all those different religions, many wars stsrted because of them.

yep but there are differences. while you have in some states the classic religious people the still relatively high amount in cities/states like NY is due to migrants from latin-america which are more religious than the Northamerican countries like the US or Canada. The nardcore religious in Europe are also usually not Christians but Muslims (stupid left wings, also antisemitic/antizionist, dont know that/try to ignore that)....

Dane here - and I bet the 8% are mostly immigrants.

A lot of Swedes must have found god in Minnesota, maybe he is hiding there?

In the US you will not become a president if you do not say you believe in god and be a christian. Whether it is true (for example Biden) or an absolute lie (Trump) it does not matter. As long as you say it and keep up appearances. So far the absolute sepperation between religion and government is just a paper reality, it has never been a reality for the US. So I always laugh when religious people in the US want to abide by the Constitution when they want, for example, guns, but they do not want the Constitution if it means that religion should not be part of the government.

Northern Europe has basically no daylight for about 2 months of the year dyring winter and opposite during summer..

@@user-df4ne6iv8xSummer does probably balance out the darkness during winter so we have a normal amount of total daylight.

Yeah, I'm from Italy and I have the same view. Why waste my money on a rent when I can just live with my parents and sister in quite a big house (my other 2 sisters and grandad are close to us as well), I help them with bills and groceries while saving a lot of money and staying with my family. It's only worth if you are moving with a partner or for a high paying job.

Why should we be glad that in the US more people believe in fairy tales than in the rest of the world

@@judiklettenmeijer854 The poster states quite the opposite.

in reality the US is less religious than the Latin-American countries/India. And countries like Egypt, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Pakistan or Afghanistan are even more hard core religious (due to Islam) then the US. Obvious if you just look at female or queer rights in law and everyday practice. Only idiots dont know that (usually lantisemitic/antizionist, antiwestern left wings who still are in the tradition of the nationalsocialists and other socialist dictorships and Islam)

​@@praapjeIf so, they worded it poorly.

for you a feature for us a requirement or or for US a feature for EU a requirement get it? *badum tss*... i'm out

@@VanezBanesir, I respect the balls on you, and that’s all I’ll say.

Indeed, Europe has a lot of mountain ranges such as the Alps, general the US's topography is more varied with less of this issue. Also the Gulf Stream from Mexico carries the warm water to Europe which increases humidity in Europe and creates further cloud cover. Generally most of Europe are closer to large bodies of water compared to the average US state, which again means more humidity.

You can be a Christian and a scientist of highly educated person. Some people don’t really understand that religion is not an antipode to knowledge.

I've always considered lower religion beliefs as a sign of being more enlighten, usually more developed, richer countries have less faith in religion compared to developing countries, the US is one of the odd countries out for a developed country, but they do push religion on the people hard over there so that's probably the reason.

@@Celisar1 it was for a long time

don't be absurd (and too harsh): the US is stuck in the 19th century and their constitution is totally calcified (no hope there).

@@embreis2257 don‘t be silly, the slaves have rights and the Indians don’t attack the trecks anymore

In Sweden you can buy anything at the bar at age 18 but only 3.5% in the store until you turn 20. 20 is also the age for importing alcohol, so going to Finland or Denmark is basically going to the bar and it's cheaper, so worth the trip, lol.

In Finland, the alcohol thing is the same, except that you can also, starting at 18, buy alcohol at alcohol stores, but only stuff that has the alcohol content up to a certain Vol-% (I think around 20 Vol-%).

Not in Norway, you can buy alcohol from the government owned stores, but only things under 20%. Everything over can be bought when you're 20

The map is "absolute certainty", I'm sure some faith is still decently high. And honestly, many use blasphemies on a daily basis and we are professionals at it (Porco Dio, Porca Madonna, Madonna portatrice di Aids, etc...), so it's not that weird. Also, a decent number of us hate the Vatican and its controversies (connections with Mafia, the state being an excuse to not pay taxes, etc...), just search "Emanuela Orlandi", that might be the biggest controversy of the Vatican, and it's actually a very sad story. The religious people are mostly 50+ years old.

Being here in the Scandinavian club :) In Denmark between 16 and 18 years you can buy beer and wine. From 18 years you can buy alcohol over 16.5%.

It depends what you see as Russia. Is it Russia or the Russian Federation. The Federation is not, Russia is.

indeed, all over Europe, we have more rain and clouds due to the Atlantic winds. Americans often forget that weather is made by the wind streams, how mountainous areas are, etc. not just sun exposure…

@@Attirbful Yes, you can clearly see it on the map of Europe. The Bergen area have less sun than...say Røros. They are pretty much on the same latitude. And Finnmark have less sun, not due to that it's dark all winter, because it's sunligth during all 24 hours in the summer. It's just the weather.

@@user-we7vk5zg7l Weather is only factor because amount of daylight per year is same everywhere.

Europeans are less bigot. Religion is a privat matter.

In The Netherlands most people are something called ietsism. It means we believe there is more than we can see, but we will not give it a name or say how that works. That is that you are not sure. Finding that religious rituals are important does not mean you know for sure that there is a god. For example, my husband has a Danish godchild. We went to the baptism, but nobody in the family believes in god. As they say it, "it is tradition". It has absolutely nothing to do with a god.

@@Huismusje77 Dane here - yep, they are nice traditions but nobody believes in God

Statistics can kinda trick you, as they are far from what is shown...as example avarage salary in norht macedonia is 600-800 euros, but those are like supermarket jobs, majority of the population is 1000-1500 euros a month...again the bigger the number is doesn mean more money or better live, germany kinda proved that, with 3000-3500 euros, 1500 euros clean after tax and everything you can live good whole month, have food, travel expenses, bus, metro, education ect ect...germany is very stable counhtry with stable economy

@@ivangalovski4190 The current monthly average income in North Macedonia is $1,065 (as of 2023) and is constantly increasing, which is actually a good sign. But like everywhere else, what you said applies: Statistics can be deceiving. For example, if the cost of living rises faster than salaries, you would be at a disadvantage despite nominally rising incomes. However, I don't know what the situation is in North Macedonia in this regard. And of course it also depends on the distribution of income. If a part of the population has very high incomes, this increases the average income of a country, but does not benefit low earners. On the contrary, the market bases the pricing of many products on wealthy customers, which makes the situation worse for everyone else.

Statistic are kinda tricky as these are averages. Also, one should not only consider income but also cost of living. However, in general it is true that in average the Americans are richer than the Europeans. To me, the higher income is justified. On average, an American worker works some 350 hours per year than a European worker. Simple logic: if you work more, your income is higher. Each person has to decide for himself which of the 2 options he prefers.

GDP per head is computed by production. It’s Gross Domestic Product. It’s the total of all the VAT. And that’s divided by the numbers by op people.

It’s also cheaper to live in most European countries than in the USA. I doubt there’s much difference in actual disposable income between the USA and Europe.

I was wondering the same points, pretty much, but regarding Russia I was confused: 780M is not possible without Russia. As the video counts 44 Europe countries my math says 45 (with Russia). So is there Russia counted in or not?

then give me your money and go live under a bridge

Or believe that their god gave them a country 3000 years ago.

Was it Dave Allen who said "I'm an atheist,, thank god".

Yep, where I live in the UK, at peak summer, the sun comes out around 4am in the morning and last till around 10pm at night, whereas winter is far less.

@@paul1979uk2000 I'm down south and it's already getting light when I get up for work (it's early!)

That's not the reason as they were comparing apples to apples (latitudes to latitudes)... Actual sunshine hours aren't the amount of hours the sun is shining in general, but takes into account things such as cloud coverage, enough clouds and it's not considered a sunshine hours in this case.

@@poulhansen3813 you're assuming that I was referring to the video he was watching rather than something he said.

Exactly, I had same thought. Canada, Mexico, Latin America in general ... would perhaps not add that much in population, but would drag down the averages for GDP etc. In same way as former Eastern bloc countries (still) affect in Europe.

@@ClemensKatzer Thank you 😊

Talking about what is and what ought to be are different. I have military training and I'm probably almost twice his age and I still wish we could just use all our collective resources to build everyone up instead of the readiness to kill each other..

Right. It is confusing when they talk about Europe as a country.😮

It’s an accurate comparison considering the travel distances involved. People from the Southern and Western US have as much cultural distinction between them as Poland would to Portugal.

Actually in that case you'd need to compare a specific state to a specific country, as they can almost vary as much as a country can in Europe.

@@razorburn7745 Aaaah, I've travelled enough in the US to say, yeah, there are definitely large cultural distinctions, but I wouldn't put it at the level of for instance Poland vs Denmark vs Portugal. But if people think that the US is just one uniform culture or close to it, then they are definitely sorely mistaken.

I'd say comparing USA to EU makes much more sense than to individual European countries. EU is not "one united entity" (country) yet, but we're on our way. On the global scale, it definitely makes sense to compare USA, EU, India and China.

Not really, at least in Spain case, this is just an outdated stereotype. Most spaniards are secular, and practicing catholics are mostly old, and looked down as kinda cringe. That being said, a lot of folklore, popular festival and traditions, are rooted in religion. However those traditions are celebrated mostly for cultural preservation, heritage and overall partying. Being outspokenly religious in Spain, would lead most people to think that u are some sort of ultra-conservative fascist.

In Spain we are "so Catholic" that a vast majority of the population is in favor of laws that allow divorce, abortion, euthanasia and homosexual marriage and adoption. Add to that the percentage of the population that goes to mass or religious ceremonies regularly is less than 12%. Religion in Spain is a question more of culture, tradition or festivities than of beliefs.

Maybe in the 20th century, but far less so now.

Read the question again then.

I thought it made him sound like a naive idiot. he's is a perfect example of why there ought to be a mandatory military draft in the US,

I thought he said 'euro'?

Did join about a year ago..@@patbrown8117

No, they are talking about them joining the EURO, which happened on 1 January 2023

Yes. My exaggerated summary: In the USA you have the chance to become super rich, but it works out only for few people. If you don't put in enough work, you might end up on the bottom. In Europe, perhaps it's unlikely / more difficult to become rich, but with moderate effort you have a good chance to have a decent life. That applies for the Nordic countries double.

@@ClemensKatzer totally agree. Except for one little detail : The idea of “in the US, if you put in enough work you’ll make it” is (again il my opinion) complete BS and way too simplistic. It’s not that binary 😏

before someone corrects me, you can fly solo at 16 but need to be 17 to hold a full ppl.

Yes, but only with an experienced driver next to you, or specific routes, e.g. to school, but not generally.