Once you start out comparing US to ‘Europe’, you’ve already lost. Culture, laws and habits are often wildly different between European neighbouring countries. I.e. smoking in restaurants and cafés was banned in Scandinavia long before the US. And I’ve never paid for water in a restaurant ever on my travels to northern Europe. Feels like she’s visited two southern countries and extrapolates everything to the whole of Europe.
To be fair, compared to the rest of Western-Europe, the nordics are the odd ones out! Such a large landmass with such a small population (27 million, less than the Benelux), things tend to get a bit different. Which is only natural, since they've been so long on their own compared to Western-Europe, which has been united in several forms throughout the last couple 1000 years (Roman Empire, Frankish Empire, the Habsburgs, the French, the Spanish....). Even in modern times, we tend to follow each others lead, while the people in the North always have stuck together and did stuff on their own. And we applaud you for that.
Soy del sur de España y NUNCA he pagado por agua en mi vida,de donde sacan esa información,aquí llegamos a 40° en verano y si quieres agua solo tienes que entrar a algún bar y pedirla y te la daran gratis y bien fría,otra cosa es que vayas a un restaurante y pidas agua y te pongan agua embotellada entonces si te la cobrarán.
The problem is that people from the USA are like small children, they can't stand a bit of heat and can't stand insects, but all chemicals in all food and drink are fine.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Her statements are wildly incorrect. She keeps saying Europe, there is a big difference from East to West Europe and North to South Europe. It is impossible to say what goes for one also goes for another country. Don't take her video for the holly truth. IE. we do not have siesta here in Denmark, where she got that from, I don't know. Nor do we have Turkish toilet. I find her research very lacking.
Central Europe (Hungary): No turkish toalets at all, smoking in indoor places and most public outdoor places -like bus stops, ara stricly forbidden. Cigarettes are sold in special tabacco shops only over 18. If service fee is included in our bill no need for tip. All buses and trains has AC. We don't drink tap water, especially in restaurands only poor or homeless people.
@@CROM-on1bz Yes, you are right. But we do have a big "body cooling apparatus", we call it the sea. Nowhere in Denmark can you be more than 53 km from the sea. When it is really hot, you will see people take a dive in Copenhagen harbour, on their way home from work. Even I as a native European would never say, what they have and not have in other countries.
It's ridiculous to compare the whole of Europe to the USA when the countries of Europe are so hugely different from each other. We in Ireland generally don't have air conditioning because it isn't that hot, ever.
Europe is a continent!!! The differences between North and South and West and East are monumental and - I would argue - much greater than in the US. Here are just a few of the differences between my home region and (especially) Southern and Eastern Europe. In the Nordic countries, air source heat pumps for single-family houses have become more and more popular. Air source heat pumps are a type of air conditioning that can both cool and heat, which of course is needed in our climate (summer temperatures sometimes well over 85˚F and winter temperatures sometimes below -10˚F). Nowadays you see them installed in every other villa. In apartment buildings, all air conditioning is usually central and also usually the landlord's responsibility. In Sweden, less than 6% of the population stated that they smoke daily (11.5% in the USA). In the other Nordic countries, the figures were slightly higher but still below those of the United States. In Sweden, smoking is also prohibited in almost all public environments (such as schools, hospitals, restaurants and outdoor dining❗️). Siesta is something that does not occur at all in Northern Europe. On the other hand, we Swedes tend to take our afternoon FIKA quite seriously 😉.
Americans love lots of ice in the glass, which is all well and good, but a cold drink would do just as well, because you're basically paying for the drink, because you have more ice in the glass, but less of the cola or other contents. This is because ice takes away volume from the drink and also waters it down. In the end, you pay for more ice but less drink. Have you ever paid attention to this?
I am French excuse me for my English . American live to work in France worked to enjoy live two different concepts What is the point of spending a life at work if you do not enjoy life . Each of us has only on life there is nothing else after
I believe the creator of the original video has to get around a bit more to be able to make these kind of videos. A lot of it is very specific to only a couple of countries within Europe.
Brit here. Most of this is nonsense. I lived and worked in Italy for a while, I had AC in my modern apartment, then moved to an old walled city in Cagliari, Sardinia called Castello. The stone walls were 2 feet thick, no need for AC even when it was 35C outside, we had window screens because the locusts and lizards were a bit of a bugger. Tipping is okay, yet we do it at a lower percentage because the waiting staff are paid a decent wage, not like in the US. Bad service? Don't tip, good service, tip, simple. Tap water quality here is superb, we could never have a Flint. I have never paid for tap water + ice. Paying for toilets? The stalls are way more private than in the US and often attended by a full time cleaner, yet here in the UK most are still free to use. If they're not where you are just go to the nearest pub. My favourite are in Bath City Centre, they're very trendy, have Dyson Air Blade hand dryers and cost nada.
Hello the Loners! In France, On 10 January 1991, the Evin law banned smoking in premises for collective use and on public transport, except in "smoking" areas. Before, the person next to you at the restaurant could smoke while you ate your cheese,...,and everyone thought it was normal (at the time). Smoking has been totaly prohibited in a public place in France only since February 1, 2007. So, for smokers (of which I am one) a lot of restrictions have already been put in place (and I think that's very good). Being able to smoke outside is the only right we have left... Have a good day !!!
re smoking - in most countries smoking is banned in most buildings and you can only smoke is special zones. I don't get why americans so often go and sit in those smoking zones and later complain that everyone smokes.
In Spain you can ask for a glass of water (as opposed to a bottle) at almost any regular bar, coffee place or restaurant and they'll give it you for free. There are some places that are exceptions, like fancy restaurants, where they always bring you bottled water if you ask for water, and you obviously have to pay for that. I don't know how it is in places for tourists because I never ear there, but I imagine they also bring bottled water you have to pay for. In big cities it might also be a little different (I am not from a big city). But other than that, in most of Spain, if you go to the places the locals go to and ask for a glass of water, they'll bring you free tap water.
the thing about paying to go to the toilets. most large shopping centers have free toilets, at least in Scandinavia. but the non-public ones that are available in squares etc. are usually pay toilets, you pay for someone to clean and maintain them
Very old buildings can't be changed very much in the UK by law. They are grade listed, which means 'exceptional national, architectural or historical importance'.
What year was this video made? AC is rare in Europe? What?! Everybody has air conditioners in their homes, the big difference between Europeans and Americans is that you guys keep it on 24 hrs a day, which is insane and terribly wrong for the environment, while Europeans turn it on only when it's really hot, otherwise they just open their windows and let fresh air come in. Italy here.
We've just returned from a week in Kraków and our hotel room window was open the whole time. Guess what not one "bug" "mosquito" or anything else came in. I understand why screens are a thing in the USA but the climate in most of Europe is completely different to the Southern States so screens aren't really necessary.
3:36 We do have a "Fliegennetz" installed so you can have your windows open without beeing needled by mosquitoes - 5€ for a kit. 3:59 lived here my life never seen those stolen lids. Maybe its a tourist trap.
Hello, I am a French former smoker and smelling cigarette smoke bothers me. I completely understand that tourists want to sit on the terrace in bars and restaurants when the weather is nice. You just have to notice two things, the direction of the wind (if there is any) and the customers already installed who are smoking. It’s a challenge but it’s possible most of the time. In old buildings with several apartments, installing air conditioning requires authorization from all the owners and (to be verified) from the town hall because there is a modification to the facade of the building. In individual homes, mainly in the South of France, this is increasingly common. In hotels, from the 2* classification, there are 70% of hotels that have air conditioning in the rooms.
Hiya , I've wondered about air conditioning on buses or lack of it ,it's not practical to have the air conditioning on buses turned on because when doors are open ed the cool air will escape and be replaced with hot air , British trains do have air conditioning ❤❤.
en España hicieron una ley por la que se obliga a poner una jarra de agua gratis si lo deseas, en cualquier restaurante. No sé si es una ley europea que implique a más países, pero en España al menos esto cambió
Those "squatting toilets" are more and more uncommon. I did see them a couple times while traveling France in the 90s. They are genuinely very comfortable tbh 😂 But they are rare now.
I have never ever seen that in Northern Europe. Hardly any of these "In Europe.." things from these videos applies to Northern Europe. Could easily be ""Culture shocks Northern Europeans have in Southern Europe".
@@LalaDepala_00 You didn't. And I didn't say you did. I was saying that although you may see them in south of Europe, I don't think you will ever find one up in the north. Don't think you'll find many in the south either though. I've only stumbled over this twice in my life. Mallorca in the 80s and Crete in the 00s. But I'm usually in the tourist areas when going down there.
sometimes, i am sure Americans are from a different planet... i got ask if i speak Swiss....?? i can speak under 1/4th of Swiss, we call it Swiss German, i cant understand them, but they understand me.... and its just 1 of 4 languages they speak in Switzerland! why people in Northern Italy speak Italian, because the Austrian border is so close?? why so many people in France dont speak English? they can, but they dont bother to speak it to you! where can we see the Autobahn in Germany??? you are standing next to it, its the German highway system, not a single road...! where do the French celebrate 4th of July... the French are slower than the Americans, they celebrate it at the 14th of July..... its called Bastille Day! do the people in Denmark have freedoms?? yes, the freedom from being shoot with guns! how long is my train ride from Central Europe to Philadelphia.....?? long detour via Russia, the tunnel between Paris and NYC isnt finished... ( and she believed me ) do we have cars in my town..?? yes, a guy from my country invented it!
In 2020 23 percent of the European population smoked. For my country, the Netherlends, the 2023 number is 19 percent. So saying that 'everybody smokes' just isn't true.
Happy that she said that it varies from country to country. We have window screens in Sweden, they're just not permanently attached since they're not needed for most of the year and would just not last as long. Smoking is forbidden outside of (and of course inside of) cafés/restaurants/bars. etc etc. I'm getting increasingly fed up with people stating that Europe is like this or that, but she did a fairly good job
Smoking is something thats been quite restricted in alot of countries, most of the time u can only smoke outside(not at a table) or in smoke areas, cigarettes packages also have big labels on them warning u of the dangers. Closing times for shops and such really varies from country to country. In the Netherlands shops are open 5-6 days a week from 9 to 18:00u and on sunday everything is closed exept grocery stores, of course there are exeptions but for the most part these are how it works.
@gerrylanter8109 From the city i live in, the ones in the residential districts are open till 20:00u, the ones in the city center till 21:00u. I'm sure that in the biggest cities,(amsterdam,Rotterdam ect) its 22:00u, so no surprise its different there.
I do have to say some of these are just wrong, I'm sure they might apply in some some European countries. But honestly I haven't encountered them at least in places I have been to. If you are at sit down place for example, 90% of time you pay at your table, unless the place is just very different from norm. And I'm not including paying ordering and paying at counter beforehand. Idk, it just feels like she picked thing from one or maybe two countries and labelled it as Europe. Or she was just way too sensitive and didn't speak up so people know what she wants. Things that are actually pretty universal is walking, small elevators or lack of them due to old buildings and lack of air conditioning(one thing that actually bothers me). Personally, since tap water is common to get complimentary here in Nordics like in US, I have just always asked for tap water when I don't want anythings special when vacationing around Europe. Before watching these kinds of videos I didn't even know it was uncommon in Europe because I always got it when they ask for what you want to drink and I asked for tap water. Squatting toilets, never seen one, though I haven't been in Turkey.
Squatting toilets were pretty common in the late 80ies/early 90ies in eg France and I belive Spain. I remember seeing broken toilets in Denmark because some people would squat on top of the ring instead of sitting down, because of the position higher up, they could also be quite nasty.
@@matshjalmarsson3008 Squatting toilets are more healthy to use, I don;t know why they were replaced with sitting ones. Human body is made to do it while squatting.
@@RaduRadonys Yeah, I've seen people claiming that, and to a degree I agree, it's just really uncomfortable to use if you're not used to them, and may cause you to fall into the waste, in particular if you'd had a couple of drinks, which in ways make them less healthy
No, sorry. This vid you are reacting to is pointless. Europe is not a homogenesis whole. There are vast differences between northern and southern countries in Europe and between eastern and western ones, too.
Never trust what a foreigner that have been to 1 or 2 places for a week says about how *A FREAKING CONTINENT* is, you'll get something like the original video... Wildly innacurate and somewhat cringy 😅
Since smoking has been banned from most public places in most of Europe i have a tip for u next time u go there: Dont walk near a smoker, then u dont have to complain that u got second hand smoke....
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Once you start out comparing US to ‘Europe’, you’ve already lost. Culture, laws and habits are often wildly different between European neighbouring countries. I.e. smoking in restaurants and cafés was banned in Scandinavia long before the US. And I’ve never paid for water in a restaurant ever on my travels to northern Europe. Feels like she’s visited two southern countries and extrapolates everything to the whole of Europe.
To be fair, compared to the rest of Western-Europe, the nordics are the odd ones out! Such a large landmass with such a small population (27 million, less than the Benelux), things tend to get a bit different.
Which is only natural, since they've been so long on their own compared to Western-Europe, which has been united in several forms throughout the last couple 1000 years (Roman Empire, Frankish Empire, the Habsburgs, the French, the Spanish....). Even in modern times, we tend to follow each others lead, while the people in the North always have stuck together and did stuff on their own. And we applaud you for that.
Soy del sur de España y NUNCA he pagado por agua en mi vida,de donde sacan esa información,aquí llegamos a 40° en verano y si quieres agua solo tienes que entrar a algún bar y pedirla y te la daran gratis y bien fría,otra cosa es que vayas a un restaurante y pidas agua y te pongan agua embotellada entonces si te la cobrarán.
The problem is that people from the USA are like small children, they can't stand a bit of heat and can't stand insects, but all chemicals in all food and drink are fine.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
And they all have 'medical conditions' that everyone around them need to know about and be mindfull of....
Her statements are wildly incorrect. She keeps saying Europe, there is a big difference from East to West Europe and North to South Europe. It is impossible to say what goes for one also goes for another country.
Don't take her video for the holly truth. IE. we do not have siesta here in Denmark, where she got that from, I don't know. Nor do we have Turkish toilet.
I find her research very lacking.
Central Europe (Hungary): No turkish toalets at all, smoking in indoor places and most public outdoor places -like bus stops, ara stricly forbidden. Cigarettes are sold in special tabacco shops only over 18. If service fee is included in our bill no need for tip. All buses and trains has AC. We don't drink tap water, especially in restaurands only poor or homeless people.
Wait till she compares the US to the country of Africa.
As a French person I don't understand why in winter in Denmark you don't use air conditioning.🤣🤣🤣🤣This is about the level of the video.
@@CROM-on1bz Yes, you are right. But we do have a big "body cooling apparatus", we call it the sea. Nowhere in Denmark can you be more than 53 km from the sea. When it is really hot, you will see people take a dive in Copenhagen harbour, on their way home from work.
Even I as a native European would never say, what they have and not have in other countries.
It's ridiculous to compare the whole of Europe to the USA when the countries of Europe are so hugely different from each other. We in Ireland generally don't have air conditioning because it isn't that hot, ever.
Europe is a continent!!! The differences between North and South and West and East are monumental and - I would argue - much greater than in the US. Here are just a few of the differences between my home region and (especially) Southern and Eastern Europe.
In the Nordic countries, air source heat pumps for single-family houses have become more and more popular. Air source heat pumps are a type of air conditioning that can both cool and heat, which of course is needed in our climate (summer temperatures sometimes well over 85˚F and winter temperatures sometimes below -10˚F).
Nowadays you see them installed in every other villa. In apartment buildings, all air conditioning is usually central and also usually the landlord's responsibility.
In Sweden, less than 6% of the population stated that they smoke daily (11.5% in the USA). In the other Nordic countries, the figures were slightly higher but still below those of the United States.
In Sweden, smoking is also prohibited in almost all public environments (such as schools, hospitals, restaurants and outdoor dining❗️).
Siesta is something that does not occur at all in Northern Europe. On the other hand, we Swedes tend to take our afternoon FIKA quite seriously 😉.
As soon as she said no 10 lack of amenities, i tuned out.
Regarding smoking, I'm surprised because compared to when I was a kid (French) smoking is very limited nowadays.
The usual list of stereotypes. I guess I would also have culture shocks if I'd live in Paris - and I'm German.
Americans love lots of ice in the glass, which is all well and good, but a cold drink would do just as well, because you're basically paying for the drink, because you have more ice in the glass, but less of the cola or other contents. This is because ice takes away volume from the drink and also waters it down. In the end, you pay for more ice but less drink. Have you ever paid attention to this?
I am French excuse me for my English . American live to work in France worked to enjoy live two different concepts What is the point of spending a life at work if you do not enjoy life . Each of us has only on life there is nothing else after
I believe the creator of the original video has to get around a bit more to be able to make these kind of videos. A lot of it is very specific to only a couple of countries within Europe.
Brit here. Most of this is nonsense. I lived and worked in Italy for a while, I had AC in my modern apartment, then moved to an old walled city in Cagliari, Sardinia called Castello. The stone walls were 2 feet thick, no need for AC even when it was 35C outside, we had window screens because the locusts and lizards were a bit of a bugger.
Tipping is okay, yet we do it at a lower percentage because the waiting staff are paid a decent wage, not like in the US. Bad service? Don't tip, good service, tip, simple. Tap water quality here is superb, we could never have a Flint. I have never paid for tap water + ice.
Paying for toilets? The stalls are way more private than in the US and often attended by a full time cleaner, yet here in the UK most are still free to use. If they're not where you are just go to the nearest pub. My favourite are in Bath City Centre, they're very trendy, have Dyson Air Blade hand dryers and cost nada.
Hello the Loners!
In France, On 10 January 1991, the Evin law banned smoking in premises for collective use and on public transport, except in "smoking" areas.
Before, the person next to you at the restaurant could smoke while you ate your cheese,...,and everyone thought it was normal (at the time).
Smoking has been totaly prohibited in a public place in France only since February 1, 2007.
So, for smokers (of which I am one) a lot of restrictions have already been put in place (and I think that's very good).
Being able to smoke outside is the only right we have left...
Have a good day !!!
re smoking - in most countries smoking is banned in most buildings and you can only smoke is special zones. I don't get why americans so often go and sit in those smoking zones and later complain that everyone smokes.
because thats what they like to do. Complain.
(video) ".. long list of AMERICAN comforts that are pretty rare in Europe." Makes you sorry for the comfortless other 189 countries.
getting shoot at is one of them??
In Spain you can ask for a glass of water (as opposed to a bottle) at almost any regular bar, coffee place or restaurant and they'll give it you for free. There are some places that are exceptions, like fancy restaurants, where they always bring you bottled water if you ask for water, and you obviously have to pay for that. I don't know how it is in places for tourists because I never ear there, but I imagine they also bring bottled water you have to pay for. In big cities it might also be a little different (I am not from a big city). But other than that, in most of Spain, if you go to the places the locals go to and ask for a glass of water, they'll bring you free tap water.
the thing about paying to go to the toilets. most large shopping centers have free toilets, at least in Scandinavia. but the non-public ones that are available in squares etc. are usually pay toilets, you pay for someone to clean and maintain them
Very old buildings can't be changed very much in the UK by law. They are grade listed, which means 'exceptional national, architectural or historical importance'.
In Holland 🇳🇱 shops open 7 days week..supermarkets till 10 pm.and some are 24 hours. And ⛽ gas stations
"unexpected fees" so funny from American
Do your research. 🤣 90% of these videos i don´t get it, sorry.
What year was this video made? AC is rare in Europe? What?! Everybody has air conditioners in their homes, the big difference between Europeans and Americans is that you guys keep it on 24 hrs a day, which is insane and terribly wrong for the environment, while Europeans turn it on only when it's really hot, otherwise they just open their windows and let fresh air come in. Italy here.
We've just returned from a week in Kraków and our hotel room window was open the whole time. Guess what not one "bug" "mosquito" or anything else came in. I understand why screens are a thing in the USA but the climate in most of Europe is completely different to the Southern States so screens aren't really necessary.
3:36 We do have a "Fliegennetz" installed so you can have your windows open without beeing needled by mosquitoes - 5€ for a kit. 3:59 lived here my life never seen those stolen lids. Maybe its a tourist trap.
Hello, I am a French former smoker and smelling cigarette smoke bothers me. I completely understand that tourists want to sit on the terrace in bars and restaurants when the weather is nice. You just have to notice two things, the direction of the wind (if there is any) and the customers already installed who are smoking. It’s a challenge but it’s possible most of the time. In old buildings with several apartments, installing air conditioning requires authorization from all the owners and (to be verified) from the town hall because there is a modification to the facade of the building. In individual homes, mainly in the South of France, this is increasingly common. In hotels, from the 2* classification, there are 70% of hotels that have air conditioning in the rooms.
You can have culture shock even as a european when you visit next country :-D
Hiya , I've wondered about air conditioning on buses or lack of it ,it's not practical to have the air conditioning on buses turned on because when doors are open ed the cool air will escape and be replaced with hot air , British trains do have air conditioning ❤❤.
en España hicieron una ley por la que se obliga a poner una jarra de agua gratis si lo deseas, en cualquier restaurante. No sé si es una ley europea que implique a más países, pero en España al menos esto cambió
Those "squatting toilets" are more and more uncommon. I did see them a couple times while traveling France in the 90s. They are genuinely very comfortable tbh 😂 But they are rare now.
I have never ever seen that in Northern Europe.
Hardly any of these "In Europe.." things from these videos applies to Northern Europe.
Could easily be ""Culture shocks Northern Europeans have in Southern Europe".
@@Dougie-Where did I say that we have these in Northern Europe?
@@LalaDepala_00 You didn't. And I didn't say you did. I was saying that although you may see them in south of Europe, I don't think you will ever find one up in the north. Don't think you'll find many in the south either though. I've only stumbled over this twice in my life. Mallorca in the 80s and Crete in the 00s. But I'm usually in the tourist areas when going down there.
It has been known to get quite hot in Pompeii.
sometimes, i am sure Americans are from a different planet...
i got ask if i speak Swiss....??
i can speak under 1/4th of Swiss, we call it Swiss German, i cant understand them, but they understand me....
and its just 1 of 4 languages they speak in Switzerland!
why people in Northern Italy speak Italian, because the Austrian border is so close??
why so many people in France dont speak English?
they can, but they dont bother to speak it to you!
where can we see the Autobahn in Germany???
you are standing next to it, its the German highway system, not a single road...!
where do the French celebrate 4th of July...
the French are slower than the Americans, they celebrate it at the 14th of July.....
its called Bastille Day!
do the people in Denmark have freedoms??
yes, the freedom from being shoot with guns!
how long is my train ride from Central Europe to Philadelphia.....??
long detour via Russia, the tunnel between Paris and NYC isnt finished... ( and she believed me )
do we have cars in my town..??
yes, a guy from my country invented it!
this particular "pair" are just killing time here until the"mothership"returns to take them home.
In 2020 23 percent of the European population smoked. For my country, the Netherlends, the 2023 number is 19 percent. So saying that 'everybody smokes' just isn't true.
We do have aircon and we have protections for our windows against flies 😅😂
Happy that she said that it varies from country to country. We have window screens in Sweden, they're just not permanently attached since they're not needed for most of the year and would just not last as long. Smoking is forbidden outside of (and of course inside of) cafés/restaurants/bars. etc etc. I'm getting increasingly fed up with people stating that Europe is like this or that, but she did a fairly good job
Smoking is something thats been quite restricted in alot of countries, most of the time u can only smoke outside(not at a table) or in smoke areas, cigarettes packages also have big labels on them warning u of the dangers.
Closing times for shops and such really varies from country to country. In the Netherlands shops are open 5-6 days a week from 9 to 18:00u and on sunday everything is closed exept grocery stores, of course there are exeptions but for the most part these are how it works.
@gerrylanter8109 From the city i live in, the ones in the residential districts are open till 20:00u, the ones in the city center till 21:00u.
I'm sure that in the biggest cities,(amsterdam,Rotterdam ect) its 22:00u, so no surprise its different there.
How cute, I trust you that it was super early in the day, you guys were still half asleep shooting this, your yawns made me yawn. :D
The video tells a lot about American priorities ice,ac,window screens,not quality of life,and work life balance.
That woman is STUNNING
FORȚA ROMÂNIA, FORȚA EUROPA !
I do have to say some of these are just wrong, I'm sure they might apply in some some European countries. But honestly I haven't encountered them at least in places I have been to. If you are at sit down place for example, 90% of time you pay at your table, unless the place is just very different from norm. And I'm not including paying ordering and paying at counter beforehand.
Idk, it just feels like she picked thing from one or maybe two countries and labelled it as Europe. Or she was just way too sensitive and didn't speak up so people know what she wants.
Things that are actually pretty universal is walking, small elevators or lack of them due to old buildings and lack of air conditioning(one thing that actually bothers me). Personally, since tap water is common to get complimentary here in Nordics like in US, I have just always asked for tap water when I don't want anythings special when vacationing around Europe. Before watching these kinds of videos I didn't even know it was uncommon in Europe because I always got it when they ask for what you want to drink and I asked for tap water. Squatting toilets, never seen one, though I haven't been in Turkey.
Squatting toilets were pretty common in the late 80ies/early 90ies in eg France and I belive Spain. I remember seeing broken toilets in Denmark because some people would squat on top of the ring instead of sitting down, because of the position higher up, they could also be quite nasty.
@@matshjalmarsson3008 Squatting toilets are more healthy to use, I don;t know why they were replaced with sitting ones. Human body is made to do it while squatting.
@@RaduRadonys Yeah, I've seen people claiming that, and to a degree I agree, it's just really uncomfortable to use if you're not used to them, and may cause you to fall into the waste, in particular if you'd had a couple of drinks, which in ways make them less healthy
@@matshjalmarsson3008 Come on now, the hole is not that big to fall into it lol :)) But yeah, it requires more skills for sure.
@@RaduRadonys I obviously didn't mean submerged, but you could slip and end up with a foot in the water, or depending on toilet style get your but wet
this pair of "wannabe talking heads" are just killing time here until the "mothership" returns to take them home.
😅lots of people have air conditioning
AC is everywhere here, dunno what she is talking about.
its because other countries call them different, aka German Klimaanlage!
smoke zones .. there was some ad about that decade or two ago .. public pool where one track was ok for peeing :P .. but not hhe others ..
No, sorry. This vid you are reacting to is pointless. Europe is not a homogenesis whole. There are vast differences between northern and southern countries in Europe and between eastern and western ones, too.
Never trust what a foreigner that have been to 1 or 2 places for a week says about how *A FREAKING CONTINENT* is, you'll get something like the original video... Wildly innacurate and somewhat cringy 😅
I have never paid for water, smoking is banned indoors in many countries, she is so wrong on many things.
I'll probably be too direct (I'm Dutch), but this video is complete nonsense. I won't waste any more words on it.
Since smoking has been banned from most public places in most of Europe i have a tip for u next time u go there: Dont walk near a smoker, then u dont have to complain that u got second hand smoke....
Hi Loners. When I try to send something to your email address I get a message saying the address isn't valid -- ?
False! 😂