Where would you recommend?

I’ve been to Braemar twice, I competed in the games up there. I’ll give the west and Skye a look at for a road trip next year 👍🏻

Being Scottish is about choosing to make this land your home, regardless of where you started off. I love seeing people fall in love with this country, and choosing to stay.

@The505Guys absolutely correct!

Agendum art & music But do you vote yes or no?

@Robert Europe has always been a mess, drawing more border lines Not going to help

Immigration Canada is a major human rights violation. Decayed society extends its life by luring and using vibrant immigrants.

I'm of Scottish descent and part of the Stewart Clan and entitled to wear the Stewart Plaid? My family is from the Borders (Dumfries & Galloway) I am a retired Mechanical Engineer and cant wait for the "wee krankie" and her mates to "piss off " and never ever try to rejoin the Union again? The way they did in approx 1620 when they were bankrupt by the Panama Canal "Project" when the Union "rescued" them! Before the Likes of NS and AS even existed to try to destroy "Caledonia!"

@Robert yes my Grandfather commanded the Polish division in the 6th Army and only had good words for the Polish, there ability to fight and thier bear Woijtek! 🐻

Another great DW documentary! I have such a good image of Scotland which is tottaly different from England. Scots should be able to take their own path, for sure.

Grazie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🇮🇹 Anche l'Italia è bellissima

& Thank you for Italian cuisine, culture, architecture, artists, automobiles & women :)

@@xtraspecialmango It's a pleasure and proudness for us :)

I am from Glasgow, we also love Italians for their amazing food, cars, i love your country. I am a Scotsman living in Palermo, cheers :)

Thank you😀

It is its a clash of gaelic, nordic culture historically and obviously anglo saxon culture in its contemporary state.

Boat loads of Norse landed in Scotland dropped family names and rebranded themselves creating local clans and families. Binnie is one such name.

@@johnbinnie5697 ...and MacLeod, apparently.

Scotland and the Nordic’s are like a match made in heaven.

Thanks for sending us a Christmas tree every year.

We're here for you! Wishing you the happiest of days. :-)

@JackyVivid: I know what you mean! My anxiety and depression make it so hard for me to concentrate that I almost never finish a movie or a book these days. I wish I could learn to relax and focus.

@@SuperTonyony watching these docs really helps

I got the same mental health problems, for me it is because of autism

@@CyberspacedLoner Hang in there!

How did u got the citizen ship bro?

You'll have one hell of a hangover when you sober up.

@@peterobbo7512 so just never sober up? :D

Thanks to you for watching! :-)

The title ought to read 'What does it mean to be Ethno-Scottish.' As soothing as it is it is select & doesn't represent a contemporary landscape.

@@DWDocumentary You lot moan about job losses and in the next breath moan that there arn't enough workers to do the jobs British people don't 'want' to do... What you really mean is you resent paying people a living wage for hard physical labour. My pay is more than DOUBLE what it was before Brexit, I'm loving Brexit.

@@Mumbo_Jumbo_Kiwi.1 LONG COMMENT ALERT ⚠️ As a Brazilian, I get to see how former settler colonies (including my own country, but most prominently the USA/Canada/Australia/NZ) developed differently from other societies, as you pointed out Scotland. Most of the history of settler colonies is steeped in driving the natives out, bringing settlers (most of them from Europe, but some from East Asia and the Arab world) and, in some cases, importing gigantic amounts of African slaves. Until today, social problems are still lingering, though the progress in previous decades has made these societies welcoming to citizens of all backgrounds. Basically, the migrant roots of the societies were adapted to better fit everyone who comes, in line with the previous progress for minorities there. The US is the leading example, and as much as people point out what Latin Americans experience near the border, the country is overall receptive to foreigners. If you pair the friendliness towards immigrants and the global influence of the US, you can see why this flexible vision of society and culture has spread so much outside its "original" space, and why it is more present on countries more influenced by the US. Countries elsewhere (basically, Eurasia and Africa) were mostly (except for *terrible* colonial borders) formed by the interactions between local native ethnicities/cultures and its neighbours. Some were invadors and spread their influence far away, like the Chinese in Eastern, Hindustanis in Southern Asia, Arabs in North Africa/Iberia, Vikings and Goths in Western Europe, Huns in the Carpathian basin, Ethiopians in Eastern Africa, Zulus in Southern Africa, Bantus in Central Africa etc. Besides the horrendous colonial borders mentioned earlier, nations have remained largely dominated by one culture and ethnicity, and foreigners are gradually absorbed into society. I'm no ethno-nationalist, because such ideology advocates for absolute ethnic purity, disregards how culture (morality, language, laws, traditions etc) can transform human beings regardless of their ethnic backgrounds and, worst of all, is terribly violent and anti-democratic. My point is this: every Eurasian/African nation has a dominant ethno-cultural background, challenged only by incoherent lines drawn on a map, not drawn by natives themselves. Excluding mass immigration (in other words, controled numbers of legal immigrants), the foreigners (and their descendants) who come to these countries absorb the local traditions and culture, and society also absorbs them. I can't say whether the current American view of immigration/cultural integration will stand, as it defies the norms and traditions present outside of the settler colony realm. What I can tell you is this: I'm not surprised at all about the focus of the documentary being on a local, Scottish point of view. Just like I'm not surprised by any documentary about, let's say, Iran, being dominated by a local, Iranian point of view, or any other example. It's a matter of history, and although former settler colonies are very prominent in the world stage, they're definitely not the norm. There are different proccesses which led to the formation of the societies worldwide, and every region has its own, so don't worry about not all societies adhering to one of the different societal bases there are. For example, people (especially whites) who campaign for nativism in the Americas and Oceania are stupid, their views are incoherent with their own immigrant background and history. Anyway, this was it. Sorry for any unnoticed grammar mistakes, and I hope you have a great day!

@@cuckingfunt9353 Yes thats a good result from it. I think people who don't want to share the wealth that their business is bringing in are a little too proud in themselves. They think they are so clever. I'm a woodworker and people are so cheap. I understand it but we have decades now of really cheap shite coming over from China and Mexico. My friend was smart to use equal sharing of all tips with the whole group in his café. My other friend is not so bright. He took the tips from the waitstaff and put it in his own pocket for expenses and now he is bitchin that he needs people

August 2017, I got into University for Bachelors Degree in Software Engineering

I have only explored Scottish whisky, up and down the coast many times, it has been quite an eventful journey 😅

I love the highlands

what did you learn about their culture?

​@The M Network I assume your aware of the high cost of living there it's one of the highest in North America. Pemberton and that area is cheaper than Whistler and nicer in my opinion :-) Peace

But sadly India is not a free country anymore, it's taken care by single communist party BJP,

@@lifetech4146 BJP and its voters the Hindus hate Communism....what are you even talking???

Scotland wasn't invaded, they peacefully formed the UK with the rest.

Amy is really the best singer!

Thank you

Bring your jacket

Where in Highlands are you going.

Coming to panama next month from Costa Rica!

Nothing there. Lol

You know if the Darien scheme had worked Panama would have been scottish

Just don't mention the polotics

Compared to English we are very hospitable and friendly people

@@connorwilson8078 Well that's a bit insulting. Not to mention ignorant. Ever been to England?.. especially the north?

@@peterobbo7512 why would I want to?😂 your opppressers and my country is in middle for a fight for independence from the British empire so I do not give a fuck, ur people are cold, your goverments are still colonial. When Scotland falls the whole damn ship sinks😉

@@connorwilson8078 the oppressors being the minority Anglo-Saxons and even more minority Norman ruling class.

It's a matter of 'when' and not 'if'. Republic of Ireland is a flourishing country. So Scotland can be too. No point hanging on to a dying decayed entity that is UK. It's a broken country.

Nice whoops sorry for what I said man.

Please know you will always be welcome here in Scotland. I work for a Scottish University and am always in awe of the mix of students that study together here and long may it continue. Stay safe and thinking of the Indian nation during this terrible time 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@@gillramsay1112 I wish all the students stayed here to work.

@@Abraham_Tsfaye the UK is not a country.

@The505Guys I was born in England, then worked for the French Government for many years and have children who considered themselves French... returned to England for a couple of years and then Scotland. I consider myself Scottish at heart, then French and a long way back English.

Never would I turn my back on my English heritage to claim I’m Scottish😂I’d rather say I was from China

@@steverichmond7142 WORKED FOR THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, very very funny.

One whole factory wow. I mean Scotland is brimming with factories ??? NO IT IS NOT. All the innovation happens in the south. Scotland is not powered by wind turbines. Wind power is inconsistent and means that energy costs are far higher because of this, you might want to learn a bit about energy production as you obviously know nothing.

@@billjane5522 I work with others on a project to convert end of life tyres into decorative boards using nano technology, using the cheap power provided by wind. Thanks to the vandals from London there are fewer factories. However the level of intelligence has obviously declined considerably since I left England.

Good way of putting the situation.

I think you guys are closer knit than America and Canada we don’t really share in much among us. We just most know someone from there etc

Feels apples to oranges. The only real similarity is that both countries have more powerful neighbors, which is true of many nations. The Canada-Britain is actually more analogous to Scotland-Britain.

@@texashg85 No, that has become a bit more distant than that over the last century. Canadian culture is "mid-Atlantic". In some ways we are more "American" than the British and in some ways we are more "British/European" than the Americans.

Canada is bigger then the US, but sure US is more powerful

Or how you scrounge of off England but are constantly making out you guys are self sufficient lol that's why you and Wales get 30% more spending than England 😂 honestly get rid of sturgeon or we are gunna smile and wave from the border 😂😂😂😂😂😂

....it also means having to put up with jealous and/or snide remarks, as we can see!

@@paulleader7000 I love Scotland, I hate politics. I do not like the democratic dictatorship we have were two people are picked to be the head of respective party's and you get to pick what party you want to represent you while knowing it is the oligarchs who funded the election campaign who get represented, To the detriment of the public.. Like i says i hate politics, I do not think our political system is fit for purpose.

One love from Portugal to the great people of Scotland ❤

@@guleiro right back at you! Portugal is a beautiful country. I loved my time in Albufeira!

Much love from your Celtic sister in Dublin 🥰💖

@@sophielang1590 I'm glad you've enjoyed Albufeira Sophie. Much respect ❤🙌

Apart from goths. Be warned.

I am Scottish and love Greek people particularly Cretan! I am also struck by our similarities. Our warmth and generous nature, our acceptance and welcome of strangers and our love of a good party!! I also can totally identify with Cretans distance in attitude and personality from Athens as it seems to mirror many Scots feelings about Westminster. After Scotland, Crete has the most wonderful people on earth.

I am Scottish but have some Geek blood in me on my Dad's side of the family though my Gran but I dont know the full story. But if you could see some of my family you could see The Greek blood is in us.

Its funny to me that Ethiopians share a lot in common with Scots and shepherds as well. I love them. I don't know many Scots. Just a lady who sewed my cat her vests in tartan and tweed fabrics. My high school was the Highland Park Scots but those guys were a bit rude to put it mildly. I love Greek food. And dance.

I've been to crete a couple times before. Some of the nicest people I've met are Cretan. Love from Scotland

Hey hey 👋🏽

@@prettypuffprincess hi :)

Halò! What do you think about an independent Scotland 😀

@@wp4484 I'm all for it!

​@@klee2982 Great choice :D Best wishes and good luck!

@Soylent Green Hope I can get in. Fingers crossed!

Edinburgh is fantastic - you'll love it.

I am just leaving Glasgow for Germany exactly because the PhD costs in the UK are so high... I hope you will manage to financing it tho :)

@@igoralpatov3105 Yes, that's exactly the only con in my pros&cons analysis. Trying to find a scholarship. I'm also contacting professors in Germany and the Netherlands. Thank you, I hope you have a great time in Germany!

Do it! Edinburgh is a great city, full of life, good food, great pubs and great entertainment. Edinburgh University is great too.

Hope to see you again soon ! Saor Alba 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Ah yes the Scottish diet

@@whippet_boy8594 should have mentioned the Scottish diet

Scotland has the lowest life expectancy. The figures you said are Englands and all of UK. Independantly 63 is the age of the ungrateful Scots

Too cold there, nice to visit but not to be a resident.

@@paddyocallaghan4880 Yes! My Apologies! UK has 80+ life expectancy. It is strange to know why Scotland doesn't have this figure. Apparently, Scotland has Highlands and is away from pollutions modern cities emit

"fell" in love Sarah xx. My mother fell in love with a Frenchman in 1942.

Ach oui?

Auld Alliance

@@vadoksam9235 Edinburgh treaty.

Slag

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. 🙂

Most English people have never been to Scotland and are completely ignorant of everything about it, from scenery to culture to architecture, with their knowledge of Scotland being informed by Trainspotting, Taggart and other stereotypical representations. Although I live overseas now, I spent most of my life pre-25 years old in Scotland (Aberdeenshire and Edinburgh).

The reverse could also be said

I pride myself in being Scottish first then British. England prides itself in being English. We are an island. All the romantic documentary's in the world wont change the fact that we will be better off staying British. We need a say in our future yes but no way do i think we should go in to Europe again.

@@jamiekensett4068 I'm mixed Scottish/English. I now live overseas I spent half of my life while in the UK in England and half in Scotland. I tend to identify myself as British

The Auld Alliance 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🇫🇷

@@duneideann9241 Entente Cordiale. We still use our French words to this day. I love France and it's people. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Le Jour et le Nuit

Right back at ya 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🇨🇮

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪

Thanks Cuz :)

Glasgow : otherwise known as the Capital of Donegal.

Ireland has been sold out by its politicians,just like Scotland

What is it like there in Limburg?

@@jamesmedina2062 Limburg is a lovely area, my sister lives in Heythuisen. As for the dialect, every town and village has their own dialect, which can be frustrating if you have taken the trouble to learn dutch. That's where the term " double dutch " stems from.

@@jamesmedina2062 it feels different than the rest of the NL. Landscape is not flat. And the people are more laidback and not so loud and direct as the rest. It is a nice place to live, thnx for asking

@@luinpuin4152 Limbexit

​@@devally2432just bc you've your own dialect doesn't mean you need independence.

They wont give you a visa lol

Scotland is in uk

@@mrcool2107 ?

Ditto, like a lot of AUS and NZ I have Scottish roots dating way back. Too late for me to go there.

@@linmal2242 We just booked tickets to go to the UK in April next year. I'll be celebrating my 40th birthday there. I just thought I'd respond with this, because it felt like a dream...now it's a reality!

Hi @Jack Reacher! Thank you for watching, we're glad you liked the documentary and music :)

100% disagree as a Scotsman myself.

@@DWDocumentary What is the music right at the start please?

And I thank you for your delightful Assam tea.

@LapReviews Yes and many more

@@himangshuarnheimbora4150 the missionarys? If yes then you wre wrong they were busy lootibg the entire subcontinent and beyond under the british

Missonary helped?? Lol, clown.

@@lilithrose2753 Yes and there is no contribution from the Indian intellectuals

Thank you for your kind comment! We're glad you liked the film. Be sure to check out our channel for more content! :-)

Scotland does not disappoint! If & when you do go, be sure to travel Northward and tour the Highlands. The landscape is absolutely stunning up there - & if you can continue beyond the Pentland Firth, Orkney's profoundly mysterious archaeology awaits.

Aye pal, the barras are top notch

Scotland is a cold uninviting place. Riddled with Heroin and bad weather. The landmarks are all belonging to the UK. Scots too irresponsible to look after anything

@@paddyocallaghan4880 okay long shanks lol.

Go up the fyrish monument..what a view

From Aberdeenshire

It will ruin everything

@@yaraelpoof7242 industrialisation ruined everything

@@yaraelpoof7242 it will ruin everything the English have accomplished they will have to invade Africa again

Yes, balkanisation always works well

🤞🏻

Man . You do get around ! !

They are racist a f bro. What's wrong with you. English ie London is not racist

4 states? Do you mean 4 countries?

@The505Guys well they are definitely not states. The United Kingdom is a state. If any of these four constitute countries is actually a country it's Scotland. Wales and Northern Ireland aren't really countries, and England kind of is the United Kingdom.

@@andyc9902 😂😂😂😂 Scottish racist? I lived in Scotland for 2 years, not even once did I feel any racism. Yes in London, I did!

And cold...

@@yiman7370 Its actually quite mild considering the latitude. Spose it depends where you come from but most of Northern European continent is colder in winter.

@@markwilkie3677 Aye, but it's pishin with rain half the time.

@@djedd23 Probably more than half the time on the west coast.

Thanks Sir, it's so nice to hear these things :-) Haste ye back!

It is one the great tragedies of modern times how your beautiful land and people have been divided by the vultures surrounding you. I hope that in my lifetime I get so see a united Kurdistan emerge as it rightfully could and should :)

@@EdilbertFernando thats one of best wish i have had for my nation and homeland, i dont know you but wow, i too wish the same. Thank you dear

@@user-yh7nn2do9d in iraq 🇮🇶 my mom is kurdish and my father is arab we love kurds so much we want you to stay in iraq and live together

@@moaamelatheer2116 we are not going anywhere but just reestablishing what was taken from us and We will be your beloved neighbour

Stay there, no more room

They won´t: DW is interested in a United Germany and a totally divided and impoverished rest of Europe... (and I can´t blame them: We even clap with tears of joy, as you can see from the comments... Ha ha ha bl--dy stupid people are!!).

@@eduardoespanol9166 Exactly, waiting for DW to do a piece on Catalonia separating from France and Spain- might be waiting a long time for that one.

Aye it's nice alright up Skye and especially in the sun, but don't go thinking it's like that all the time. Google sunshine map UK and you'll see it's among the gloomiest places in Europe.

I'm from Skye, lived here all my life. It's a great wee place where everyone knows everyone - but it can be a hard and lonely life during the winter months. Many southern English people move to Skye but struggle with loneliness or not knowing people. We are very welcoming though and we will very much welcome you here. Have a good yin!

hahahaha

Alas it is closed now due to asbestos.

@@BrokenBackMountains Yes, I remember hearing that. It was a dismal wee hole anyway, hence why I camped on my later trip.

@@brettmeikle I prefer camping anyway. Last time I stayed at Cúlra I woke up with a mouse on top of my sleeping bag.

@Talorc MacAllan It sure is and I've been camping up the hills in Scotland and elsewhere for almost 40 years now :)

So true!

I’m not from Scotland but I can say you’re welcome anytime, great bunch o’ people

*Smert*🤓😎

Not to be confused with the highest village in Scotland that has a crack epidemic.

That highest village in Scotland would collectively by all of greater Glasgow

as an Irishman having been to the Scottish highlands, I can safely say their scenery tops ours by a wee bit. Two very beautiful countries - England and wales are also lovely.

I feel the same way about Denmark, although have never been! Hope to visit some day. Much love from Scotland x

@@adriannewebster aww thank you for saying that :) I certainly hope you'll get the chance to visit Denmark then! You are most welcome!

All 3 countries?

@@operationcreation5583 England, Wales and Scotland are each countries so yes all 3.

As a Scot, we will get on better when our larger neighbouring country, (England) stops trying to keep us chained to them. The fact that the country of Scotland can be outvoted by the city of London in the UK Parliament says it all. We have our own Parliament in Scotland, yet the UK Parliament keeps sticking its nose in.

Sophia Dunedin is named after edinburgh ,because edinburgh in gaelic is Dun Eadainn

@@galoglaich3281 very cool

And named one of your rivers Clyde .... Impressed ! I live in Lanarkshire it's our River Clyde! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇳🇿

Joni erickson.

Looking at New Zealand, no wonder a majority of us Scots want to join you as a successful small independent nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

of course you would, thats why your kind attempted to kill out the gaels with norman superiority and continue to, to this day. the state of england, wooooweeeee.

It's my home was born hear

Edinburgh ,not burg!

Hope to see you visit the Bonnie land again soon!

@@sophielang1590 June is best for weather sometimes,July ( monsoon season) it always does! West of Scotland...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥰🥰

Think you're meaning the Gorbals which had a bad reputation back in the day but is a lot better now, always welcome back home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Its scots tweed...and its not dear hunter...she is a stalker gamey

Thank you! It's very comfortable and warm :)

@The M Network 🙏 love from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

not really

@@masterwindu1234 depends on where u live. U probs live in Drumchapel

Amy Mcdonald

Thanks for info

Yeah, a few of the 'founding fathers' were Scots or from Scots descent and the constitution was founded on the decleration of Arbroath. :)

Yeah ! Most of them were slave owners. . . . a great cultural tradition..!