Asian Was Shocked by The Things that ONLY EUROEPAN Can Understand!!
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Today Jean And Gagas Learn About Europe from 12 Europeans!
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"finland is famous for introverted people" *stays silent for the rest of the video* how on brand
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.
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That's why i ❤ Aki Kaurismäki movies 😍
German guy going “it needs to be designated” is the most German thing I’ve seen all day.
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).
And it’s also very rational and civilised, on a cold mathematical perspective 😅
It's better, not everyone wants to see someone naked in their time at the beach 😅 if people wants to be naked then good for them, on their own private beach
The idea to do the whole Europe in one go is.... ambitious to say the least. European countries are more contrasted than US states. Two French cities can be more dissimilar that a pairing of one French city and a German one. Honestly even one country... I am French and it's clear to me that I'll die having missed huge chunks of important places to experience in France.
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.
7:05 Germany has 3 weeks of vacation? No we don't. The absolute minimum - by law - is 20 days of vacation for a 5-day week, so 4 weeks MINIMUM. If you have a 6-day week, it is bumped up to 24 days, so still 4 weeks MINIMUM. But most people get 30 days for a 5-day week, so 6 weeks!
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.
"T-shirts and sometimes long pants on the beach" lol , i can't even imagine that in my country 😂
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
As a Dutch person I've never heard of two kisses with an aquaintance. From my experience: Family on like a birthday, family gathering = three kisses (right, left, right) Friends / closest family = hug / one kiss on the cheek Unfamiliar / more formal setting / friend of a friend = handshake for first meeting. When you've gotten more familiar with people on an informal level a hug will also do when saying goodbye Also I feel like the girl representing The Netherlands is referring to bigger cities like Amsterdam mostly. We do have cars and parking is way easier (and free/cheaper) outside of the cities.
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
11:54 that girl in the back just dissapeared after saying 'bye' 😂
😨
she had another schedule haha
what in the...? XD
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I think Spain is a really heterogeneous country, I live in the north so we usually don’t have AC. We have a cold and rainy weather and we usually buy a floor fan that we can save in a closet the rest of the year. About tap water, here you can ask for it on a bar or coffee shop, and normally they’ll give it to your for free, maybe in biggest cities is like she’s saying, for example, when I was in Madrid I needed to pay for other product to get free tap water. Cold water? We usually have it, not in all supermarkets but on bars, yes, cold water is available most of the times. About driving license, we usually have manual cars and the license, is with manual too.
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
I agree, I'm from Mallorca and we do use our AC if it's hot enough. 🤣
The Dutch girl says that the Netherlands has more electric cars than fossil fuel cars is not correct. It is true that more electric cars are sold than fossil cars. The Netherlands has the highest number of electric charging stations in the EU, estimated at around 400,000. The goal is to install one million charging stations. She is right about the parking spaces. No more parking spaces are being created in new residential areas and the municipality of Amsterdam is removing 10,000 parking spaces in the city. Parking is also expensive up to a maximum of €7.50 per hour.
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....
There is no legal age limit on drinking alcohol in Germany (though giving your kid alcohol outside of medicine will of course still get child protection services involved). You are allowed to drink in public from age 14 if an adult guardian is present (parent or someone who got put as your guardian by your parents), purchase beer and wine from age 16 and buy hard alcohol from age 18
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
So happy to see Bulgaria represented 🥰🥰🇧🇬
In Germany you have everything from all kind of hugs, hand shaking, kissing on checks in all variations. It just depends on the bubbles, regions etc... but in cities you have usually all variations.
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 italy nobody serve tap water because if you want drink only some tap water you can drink it everywhere... there are many public points with free water. You can fill a bottle in too Every city, town or little area has many of these little free fountains
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 dont know where the Spanish girl lives but in the Spain that i live we use the Aircon a lot, specially in summer.
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....
I think the handshake is the best way to greet someone as Joshua said , i usually don't hug or kiss anyone even if someone that i know , but nothing so cold as Finland saying a slow "hi" 3 or 4 meters of distance 😂
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
Paying a bit for toilet is fine because it is clean. In petrol stations it is smelly but free.
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.
this must be the most wholesome and respectful channel I came across for a long time. It's so good to learn about other cultures and people. And getting to know each other makes us feel closer and relatable to each other. Thank you for coming up with this idea.
The Austrian forgot to mention that WE have 5 Werks vacation and 13 national Holidays.also WE have 2 extra wages each year
Hey world friends you might not see this but thanks for sharing peoples culture around the world and y’all encourage me to learn more about languages so thanks again for brightening up my day with your videos and sorry what I did the other day but if you know you know no questions asked
kissing in the Netherlands from my experience (outside the Randstad) is that you give 3 kisses in specific social settings, like when greeting friends and family at a party but I don't do it when I greet people at work or when I pass someone on the street. Also it's usually not done between men. so men will give women kisses but give another man just the handshake. + I never heard about the kissing rule the girl in the video mentioned. You can decide to give just one kiss if you feel like it or even none if you don't want to but there are no rules deciding how many.
I was thinking the exact same thing xD
To compare the days off and stuff. I am working in Germany and average work days in my state are about 220-225 a year for employees. 24 days paid leave is minimum in full time job by law, most companies give around 30 days. Since I am working shift, going 365 days a years, 24h they give 8 extra days leave. Extra days or hours working you can decide if you want to have it paid (including bonus for extra hours, holiday, Sunday, night bonus) or have it converted into hours for extra leave. Since I am married with two kids and lower tax rate I mostly decide for pay out these hours. Other colleagues who aren’t married often take the time. If you are sick for the first 6 weeks the employer keeps paying. After six weeks the health insurance will cover 60% of your salary. My employer will fill this 40% gap depending on the time you are inside the company, for 10 years inside the company its maximum 1 year. Having two working mates that had cancer it was a huge benefit for them.
18:39 actually in spain it's illigal to deny someone a cup of water, it's free by law, like in the UK
Most of European have their vacation paid every yr.
Lol I thought that 3-4 weeks of paid vacation was not a lot. I guess that as a European I'm pampered 😆
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.
This video IS very interesting ! I love that that you all sharing your culture. I think the world would be better if everyone share there culture like they do in this video. With no judgement and acceptation that other don't live in the same way than us.
I'm from Finland and when I greet with close friends we hug. With my family we hug only if we see each other after a long time. With friends not that close and some acquaintances we just wave and say hi. But I guess it depends on person. edit: and by the way, in Finland in most restaurants (at least in the metropolitan area where I live) we do have to pay for the water.
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
I have never seen the exchange thing after paying for the toilet in Poland tbh, but also never been to a mall in Poland that makes you pay for toilet. As I live in Poland since I was born and have been to a lot of cities it is kinda crazy. Tho I have seen that system in Germany for example while traveling.
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.
“polish summers aren’t that warm” meanwhile poland at 35°c
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.
The Italian girl marked yes for paying for restrooms. Not really. You won't hve to pay in gas stations, malls, restaurants and cafes, of course. There are some automatic booths restrooms in historical areas and in some big train stationswhere you have to pay,.
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 😄
19:09 australia is now in europe according to the subtitles!
It is in Eurovision, so Australia is honorary European 🤣
In Austria holiday is at least 5 weeks, after 25 years working for the same employer you get 6 weeks, paid sick leave too up to several month
i believe they havent been in their home countries for quite some time, i dont remember any time in my life when you pay for bathrooms in poland (im 32), and in sweden i havent seen paid bathrooms for at least 10 years. I remember once there was girl from Latvia, who also said that in latvia all public toilets are paid, but for like past 20 years its only train stations and bus stations.
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.
Bravo Illy🙌🙌🙌🙌👏. Love from Bulgaria🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬
The AC in Spain It depends on where you live, I can asure you that most of Andalucía can't survive the summer without it.
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
French accent is so cute ❤ I can’t 😊
In the 21 years I've lived in Finland I've barely seen bathrooms you need to pay to use, and the ones that have been like that are either in super touristy spots or at railway stations. Mall bathrooms are free, at restaurants you probably need to be a customer but tbh with the free mall bathrooms I've never had that issue. I have no idea where that Finnish person is from, most of my knowledge is from the capital area but even when I've travelled to other towns it hasn't been an issue to find a free bathroom. So I wouldn't say their reply is accurate, paid bathrooms are rare compared to the free ones.
I remember ditching school one time at recess in Belgium with a buddy. We went to the bar across the street and ordered a beer, which we drank. We were 10 or 11 years old at the time.
Since the Swedish girl vanished. Tap water is free in scandinavia, sparkling or iced may cost you about 1€, still cheaper than soda or beer. In most restaurants a can of water and toilet visit is included in the service. If you ask politely you may get to use restrooms for free despite not being a customer, but then it's common to give a coin anyway. Nude beaches, is a thing, but unless it's a public beach skinny-dipping is common, topless is also fully legal and quite normal, but keep the bottom part on. Drinking age in Sweden is 18, but buying hard liqour above 3.5%, it's 20, so you can basically not get drunk unless you go to the pub at 18 or wait until you are 20, unless you chug down a 6-pack 50ml 3.5% in the sauna fast.
In Montenegro, you don't pay for the toilet (maybe some nightclubs have a woman to whom you leave a tip, but that's not the rule), free tap water (we even have public water stations where bottles can be filled), we only pass the driver's license on a manual transmission, but then we drive both automatics and electrics. We hug, kiss, shake hands, it depends on the mood and degree of closeness (although I am Finnish "school"). State companies have 21 paid vacation days, but with weekends it's a month, but if you've worked for 15 or 20 years, you get extra days. Or if you do some dangerous work, you get 30 working days. By law, private companies must give a minimum of 20 working days. But that depends on the employer, the working hours... But if you are sick, you can take sick leave, it is not taken away from your vacation days. You can also take a day off. We have very hot summers, and we use AC (spring has started and the temperature here is 30 degrees) when it's winter one part of the country has a mild climate (the central part and the sea coast) and the north of the country is under snow. So the AC is used for both heating and cooling, although many people heat with wood in the winter. We have nudist beaches, on normal ones it is not very often that someone is topless, but it is common for women to wear a thong as the bottom part of their swimsuit.
In Australia we get 4 weeks annual leave plus 2 week public holidays.
I guess that we can show respect by bow, and we can show fraternity and loyalty by handshake and we can show deeper friendship and apreciation between friends and family by hug or emotional warmth by kiss. :)
I agree with this matter about paying the parking here in Europe. It is very common here in Europe that even in public places you need to pay 1st your parking before you may go. Or else the penalty is waving for you.😅 Because we visit some Europe countries and also we are currently living here in Europe.
außerhalb der autobahnraststätten wird sich das bezahlen für toiletten nicht durchsetzen. allein schon wegen der gesetzeslage , der beschaffungskosten von schleusen & dem backlash der stammkunden.
Shopping malls in Finland have free public toilets. However in restaurants you have to be a customer to use it.
Same in Bulgaria
In Spain we have nude beaches separated from others. In Barcelona you can’t go in the street with bikini or without t-shirt. lol I use ac it’s so hot in summer…
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.
We definitely have to pay at a lot of the public restrooms in the Netherlands. That Dutch girl held up the wrong side of the paddle.
In Indonesia the legal drinking age is 21 years old. 17 years old is when we get our ID cards. But like most countries many people just don't care about the rules. 😆
In Stuttgart today we have 29 C but it is the last summer day of April for 2024.
I kinda find it crazy how we can all speak or at least semi speak a common language when were all so different
The required minimum vacation days in Germany is 20. so effectively you can take more than 3 weeks vacation! Most bigger companies have 30 days as standard
I've never come across a pay-to-go restroom in Poland, and I live here. In train stations you have to pay, though.
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.
Paid vacation Germany: at least 4 weeks (20 work days) by law , not 3 weeks, like he said. Most people have 6 weeks due to tariff contracts of labor unions.
damn i love joshuas deep voice ❤
Europe is so diverse and yet so close.. ❤
Minimum vacation time in Germany is 21 days per year and as a work week has only 5 days is not 3 weeks but 4 weeks and 1 day
to the drinks, system in belgium is the same as in germany , low % alcohol (but only beer & whine ) 16+ high% alcohol 18+
In Estonia automatic ca 70 & % but if You go work with cargo vans You must drive 90 % are manual gearbox .
in germany you have minimum 30 payed holiday days... this is minimum 6 weeks... i have 40 days in my company because 5 days extra for handicap :)
In USA fist bumps are now a common greeting. It was happening before, and is more common post covid. And you don't really wave, but there are lots of small hand gestures, head nods and other body language that you deploy as your eyes brush by each other in passing. Says a lot.
Europe is a continent of many countries with individual cultures. Not every European country will understand the same cultural references as another European country so these types of comparisons are pointless (I realise it’s all a bit of harmless fun, but still pointless and does not help the understanding of, particularly, visitors from the USA to a European country as they have a hard enough time not understanding the difference between the continent of Europe and a European country and between Europe, which is a continent, and the European Union 🇪🇺, which is a member organisation of only some of the continent of Europe’s countries). Too many times when discussing Europe they only mean Western Europe or EU member countries. This seems to be reflected by the participants here.
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.
8:33 greeting with kisses is definitely a thing in Germany but I think it’s more common in the older generation. Like my mum would greet acquaintances with 2 kisses on the cheek right to left. Younger generations seem to go for a quick hug instead
I felt it so much when the Spanish girl called the germans out for their lack of beach garments. 😆
in Italy if we ask some water like a cup, they gave it to us, idk why the Italian girl disagreed
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.
8:46 Iberian blood, very open hearted 👌
Sky juice😂❤️❤️❤️
Costs for using the Toilettes in Europe were introduced in more modern times (from Western-Central Europe slowly spreading). In most of the 20. century you paid also nothing. And asking in a Restaurant or just in a McDonalds moving for free to a Toilette was free. Over time (guess also due to a raising fluctuation and quantity) slowly taking money (for cleaning and/or to prevent an 'over usage' from others) became a thing ....
You do need to pay to go to the restroom in Spain, I’d say it’s similar to other European countries? Like having to pay in more touristy spots or bars
Im spanish and a lot of fast food places you need to buy something and use the code with the receipt to use the toilet. But so far I've only seen it at fast food chains.
In France in restaurant water is free in the "pichet" tap water, but if you ask a bottle you will pay
Sí hay baños de pago en España, y muchos. Famoso es el de la estación Delicias de Zaragoza
In Germany 24 days payed vacation is minimum by law, I don’t know anyone who has less than 4, 5 weeks off.
In indonesia women get menstrual leave 1 or 2 days. Fathers also get up to 60 days of paternity leave
People in Spain really PUT ON the Air conditioner, try to stay on the south of the country on summer at 40°C...😅😅
13:27 Er zijn maar weinig mensen die een automaat rijden en elektrisch is alleen de norm in rijke milieus omdat ze stik duur zijn. Een beetje elektrische auto is duurder dan het vervangen van de kozijnen van je huis. €30.000 voor een kleine tweedehands is niet heel gek en er zijn ruim voldoende mensen die dat niet hebben liggen. Als je een gezinsauto wilt en geen tesla kunt betalen, dan rijdt je waarschijnlijk een handgeschakelde auto met verbrandingsmotor. We hebben overigens een van de oudste wagenparken van Europa.
Vacarion in Germany is 25-30 days, so 5-6 weeks. But not every country will allow you to take it in one go.
In France it's even legal to drink under 16 but an adult must be with you ortherwise it's illegal.
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.
Poland: 2:27 Restroom. Malls, museums have restrooms for free, in railway stations most often you have to pay, in restaurants it depends on restaurant and city. There are 3 types of restrooms in public areas: 1. public owned, for free and gross, 2. public owned, not for free and mediocre, 3. owned by private companies, not for free and clean. 4:40 Public nudity. Only in designated places (nudist beach). In some parks and on beaches - swim suits. 6:53 Paid vacation. 20 days / 26 days. Seperate sick days, additional 2 days for parents of child, home office on request for parents of child, for mother feeding newborn for first year shorter day of work, maternity leave for 9 weeks (paid), parental leave for 32-34 weeks (paid 80% of salary), childcare leave for up to 36 months (without pay but you are keeping your job). 8:24 Greetings. Among the older generation. Not among young people. 12:03 Driving. Manual. 13:30 AC. It's getting popular. Weather in Poland drastically changed in last 10 years. Summer wasn't warm 10 years ago now it is, sun isn't warm on skin but is burning. For me AC time is from March to October, from May to end of July is over 30, August is often colder (over 20) but it gets really warm again in September and October. 15:40 Alcohol. There isn't age limit for drinking, only buying is 18+. 17:33 Water. Room temperature in office and in guests, in restaurants cold. 18:32 Water. You must pay.
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.
In Britain you’ll pay for the toilet in cities and touristy towns but in any ordinary town it’s free, and yes you generally can’t use a toilet of an establishment if you’re not a customer unless you sneak in.
The last time I saw one was the public toilets near Tragos in Falmouth it was like 20p to go in.
I think in germany you have to pay for the tab water because they still have to clean the glass
I hate the fact that in Poland you have to pay for public toilets... tbh, there used to be some places where it was free or cheap, but after covid and.. the war it got way more expensive, especially in tourist spots 😑
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
Germany has at least 4 weeks minimum vacation. No idea why he thinks it is only three weeks. Personally I have 32 days.
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.
Joshua talking about Germany not being a traditionally warm country - sweats in Freiburg in Breisgau.
@9:44 wait what?? No?? I never Kiss people 2 times let alone people i just met or colleagues... I just shake hands with them. Family and friends i do kiss three times and with really good friends we usually hug because unfortunately we don't de eachother a lot.
My country has a law that every restaurant or cafe or bar has to give you a glass of water for free whether you buy something else or you just come for a cup of water and leave. It's mainly because it is really hot in the summer
This made me love Europe more
I'm french, I have 5 weeks of paid vacation as everyone, and another 4 weeks for working time reduction and something like 5 other days for various things :)
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.
I totally understand why paying for restrooms is a thing. That money is spent to make sure the facilities stay clean and working. Which is also why the "nice lady asking for a tip" is a thing.
It's not common to pay for restrooms in Spain, but we do sometimes You have to pay on the train stations in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, but that's it I have seen the codes in some fast food franchises, also the signs, but never with payment I was so traumatized in Amsterdam having to pay for the restroom in McDonalds 😂
In Spain we do not have the IDs at 18, we have it at whatever age before that
in Denmark we have 6 weeks vacation
fastest train? we are neighbours and we have definitely the slowest one! :D
Where does that girl get free water in the Netherlands? It used to be the case that you could get free water if you're already drinking something else, but I haven't seen that in years, you always have to pay for water nowadays.
So... I've only ever experienced the having to pay to use a bathroom in Germany, never seen that in Sweden before, nor Denmark, and not here in Norway either... they might exist some rare places, but I've not personally seen any. We also wear our traditional Bunad quite often... but I think we might be an outlier there.
I love that you wear your traditional Bunad quite often.
4 weeks worth paid holiday, sick pay, and a yearly bonus are all applied for the job I work although my boss would never say I’m working too much overtime lol. If there are enough people from my shift doing overtime the boss can come in to work alongside the other shifts boss, he’ll never say no to overtime because he’ll also gets the overtime bonus.
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.
That Dutch person has not been active in her mind while being in the Netherlands, I think at least half the people still drive manual and in case of kisses; for family and friends it’s always 3 in my area between women and men and women and women and just a handshake or hug between men
In Spain restaurants are obligated to give their costumers tap water for free. But because they want you to pay they will offer you still water and don't even ask if you preffer tap water.
I'm Swedish. I hug friends and family and shake hands with acquaintances or strangers I'm introduced to. Well at least I used to shake hands until 2020, then I stopped.
Spanish girl should come to Dalarna in Sweden to see that we still use traditional clothes a lot! :)
The girl speaking about dutch culture is definitly not dutch, she incorrect about the kisses its three or just a handshake, most people still drive manualy (definitly not that much elektric cars), and you dont usually pay for tap water.
As I was watching the video I noticed Sofia just disappeared halfway through.
'Mhhh, ohhh, yeahhh'😂