Anywhere wild and rural: exists Jack: it must be the Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands are actually quite like Scotland but with more Scandinavian/Icelandic terrain. The architecture consists of quite a colourful Swedish style as well. Edit: it also has no trees
For future reference, Tonga is too tropical to look like that, that is just a Western suburb. And NZ has a sizable Tongan population with over 82,000. Plus your chances of actually seeing Tonga in one of these rounds is pretty slim (as in never, they don’t have official street view) when compared to NZ.
Hello! Serb here! Here are some tips for geogessr to know if you are in Serbia: 1. In Serbia, there are signs that have Cyrillic and latin together, for example: Нови Сад - Novi Sad 2. If you are in a city in Serbia, for example Zemun (Земун), you will definitely see some Orthodox churches. 3. In the capital, Belgrade (Београд), You will see some Serbian embassy's or those buildings 4. Serbia for short is RS as in Republic of Serbia (English is not my first language so, i can't remember some words in English)
Also, it's not an ice cream shop, it's a tobacco store, the only place you can buy cigarettes here. In some places you can also buy bus tickets there for some reason
@@monjarinafsheen9867 That's because those little flags are Wall's flags, who are a British manufacturer of ice cream that sell in a lot of European, Asian, and Oceanic countries. So clearly the store sold ice cream too at some point or another.
Jack, some suggestions for Italy: -95% of italian words end with vowels, differently from other romance languages -The double blue license plates are italian (but they can also be French) -If you see a lot of Fiat Panda (like you did on 17:19 ) it's certainly Italy (most common car) -A lot of people also usually forget Italy isn't just sun and sea, there are a lot of mountains, so if you see an alpine looking place don't exclude Italy right away
First of all the trick for telling apart Italy from others is not the double blue REAR plates - France also has those. The thing that separates Italy from France is that the front plates, which also have a double blue, appear to be short in Italy as opposed to normal/long in France. Good to know because your statement isn't entirely correct.
Tips for the Middle East: -for the middle of highways: striped with black and yellow. -if the store names written in French English and Arabic there is a high chance it will be Lebanon
Here are some tips & tricks that I commonly use while playing: There's a lot, but I promise they're helpful! I tried to keep it to facts that should help you narrow it down to one individual country License plate tips: - Bhutan has red plates - Portugal has an additional yellow stripe on the right - France's plates have a blue stripe on the right with a multicolored symbol on the top. If it looks only slightly blue on the right, it's probably French - Belgian plates have red text. If you see a hint of blue it's probably Belgium - Russian plates are white - Some cars/vans/trucks in Norway will have a green plate - Malaysia and Indonesia both have black plates. Indonesia can have three spaces in between the white text, and Malaysia two. It isn't super consistent though. Signs: - A simple one, but if the signs are on the left, you're likely in a country that drives on the left. Unless it's a no passing sign. - Give way signs: In Australia the text is black, in NZ it's red - Malaysian stop signs say Berhenti, Indonesian ones say Stop Road lines: - The US will always have a double striped line on non-residential roads - Canada usually has a single yellow line, but you can sometimes see a double striped line too - Norway has yellow lines - Brazil has double striped yellow lines, similar to the US - Most of South America will have a white middle line Languages: - If it's a Latin alphabet, it's always helpful to try to pronounce it if you can. It could give you a clue as to its origins - Bengali's script usually looks pointier than Hindi - Sri Lanka's scripts look circle-y - Cambodian has a lot of circles - Lao letters have a more defined/square shape - Ukrainian uses more of ï and less of И - Balkan Cyrllic uses Đ - ł is an exclusively Polish letter - Finnish has a lot of umlauts - Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian, and Hungarian are all accent-heavy languages - Hungarian exclusively uses the double dashed umlaut type thing: ő Misc tips: - The farther east you go in Russia, the more "Asian" the cars begin to look. If you're in Vladivostok for example, the cars would look Japanese. - In many African or Middle Eastern countries, it's not uncommon to have an "escort car" consistently behind the street view car
I'm from Norway and sometimes the lines aren't really yellow some places use white lines also in Norway the roads might have a lot of hills in them so they mostly aren't straight
Tips: say Canada when you see tall trees, and you don’t see any signs, if you see tall trees it could be Alaska. But most locations of Alaska have camps or signs
Loving the geoguessr content! Hopefully there'll be more soon. Sometimes I rewatch the old geoguessr videos from when the channel was first made because they're so enjoyable
16:34 A good way to distinguish Spanish and Italian on signs or directions is to remember that the word DI (eg lacco di rosole) appears in Italian as a word meaning of, like the word de or del in Spanish. It will be much more common to see on Italian road signs etc. Also Spanish has a special character, Ññ (pronounced enye) that isn't in the Italian alphabet. Note: I'm not Spanish or Italian, but lived in Spain for 5+ years and can speak it enough to understand a conversation and reply with correct grammar.
7:40 For Singapore, they have 4 official languages usually displayed in this order; English, Chinese, Tamil, and Malay. So that sign was a very good indication that we're in Singapore. Also, there was the Singapore MRT logo (which is the subway system) there as well.
FYI: Norway uses an EU-ish Licence plate, but with the norwegian flag instead of the EU one. On small rural roads in norway, the markings are often dashed lines on the side On larger roads the middle markings are yellow Some streets don't have any markings at all (usally only in cities such as Oslo)
4:35 It could never have been England, because they drive on the right side of the road. Never forget to check which side of the road they drive on, because that way you can almost always immediately exclude a bunch of countries.
My brains dying when jack plays geoguessr Anyway: 1 Faroe Islands barely has any trees, and it looks kinda like Scotland, also you will basically always see a body of water in the Faroe Islands 2 I almost had a heart attack when you mentioned Finland and Faroe Islands for the last round, anyway for future reference the world di, del or de are normal in Latin languages like Spanish French or Italian. 3 when the language has the letter w and l with the weird thing in the middle it is polish. 4 All the former Yugoslavian countries have yellow road signs 5 letters S z and ö are always common in Hungary and are a clear clue 6 Singapore has circular road signs with a green background and white text 7 Baltic countries look like the Nordic countries but have worse infrastructure and look poorer bcs they were a part of the Soviet Union. Estonian sounds a lot like finnish and uses lots of vowels and letters like u with the curvy thing on top. If you see the word iela somewhere it is always Latvia, because iela means street.
As a faroese person Just letting you know that 1. the faroe islands have almost no trees, if they have it is auround houses 2. You always see the sea 3. It is very tiny
So what if he does?Whats your point here...I mean i zoom into other countries aswell when i say some other continent/country,is it a crime?No....(no hate)
I am from Belguim and don't appreciate this mans short term memory at 13:58 COME ONE JACK Hints for Belguim: 1) Lots of tiny shops, especially in brussels. 2) A lot of tiny roads 3) Many holes in the road 4)Brick Roads
You did not have many tips about the middle east/north africa so here are some of mine! There are only 3 countries that speak Arabic that will appear on Geoguessr frequently - Jordan, UAE, and Tunisia. Israel is also in the middle east, but they speak in Hebrew. If you are in the UAE, it will frequently be near Dubai, so lots of modern things, etc. You will also usually find more English here. If you are in Tunisia, it will typically seem quite deserty. Also all phone numbers in Tunisia will have only a 2 digit area code. Also a car that follows the google one. If you are in Jordan, you might also find some English. Look for the yellow/green cars, they are really common there. Hope this helps! Edit - More from comments
Israel also has arabic scripture, but with Hebrew and english + Yellow plates In Tunisia they have a follow car for safety In the UAE the google car is white
You should definitely learn more about different languages, I feel that for most Europeans knowing a bit of other languages is common knowledge. For example, all of the signs in the last round were screaming Italian to me.
@@opheliamillward There is a difference between speaking and recognising languages. I am a Bulgarian and I know only Bulgarian and English kind of, but I recognise almost all languages with some small exceptions. It's really important for GeoGuessr and not only for it.
@@mxrt0 true!! I do struggle with european languages despite being welsh myself, i can easily recognise polish but i struggle with scandinavia and slovakia and hungarian
@@opheliamillward I struggle with Some of the slavic languages ironically, like telling apart czech from slovak or even slovenian sometimes, or croatian
One simple trick to recognizing Hungarian: It's the only language that uses the letter ő - that is an o with two accents (not to be confused with ö, an o with umlaut). It's a very common letter in Hungarian as well, so it's a rule that has a lot of use! I use a bunch of little tricks to distinguish between similar languages, but at the level of "this one has long words" I don't think they'd be very helpful lol. But maybe one you might find useful is that Finnish and Estonian use a lot of double vowels - if you see a long word with "uu" and "ii" in it, you're probably in one of those two.
Me being really bad at geography seeing CLEARLY tons of Italian words in the last one is shocked that this didn't seem obvious to you 🤣 (And I'm not Italian either)
as an Italian I can give you some advices 1) most of the words ends with a vowel 2) don't exclude Italy when you see mountains because in the north there are the alps 3) the REAR plates have the 2 blue things on both sides, but only the rear one 4) pay attention to words like 'via ' (example : via Annia) 5) 'San' it is used to indicate a church or some religious place, so if you see something like (example) 'basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano) it's Italy (btw all the examples I made I got them from Google maps so it's possible that you can easily find them on the map💀)
“Look what I’ve got” *(sees me)* “A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one” Never thought I’d be in one, but thanks for the belated birthday gift, Jack! So regarding that Singapore guess, I knew immediately it was Singapore just by looking at the architecture. It’s European style mixed with tropical vibes. So I’d guess Singapore in Battle Royale: Countries without further looking, because when you’re playing Battle Royale: Countries like I do and especially during the final round, that part of the time where you can lock your answer is crucial. Also, the font of those street signs are distinctly Singaporean. If you ever see that font, it is Singapore.
Some tips for hungary: - The letters "ő" and "ű" (not to be confused with "ö" and "ü") are only found in the hungarian language - Storks on lampposts are also common here - the "Sz" is common, you had a good lead there - Tobacco stores are all over the place, which is what the "ice cream shop" was - The license plates have a thicc blue band, as you found out
Tip about license plates in Norway! they are mostly white, but on the left you will see a bit of blue and maybe a small pixel of red because of the Norwegian flag.
fun fact: I learned all 197 flags and countries all with Jack’s help. If you didn’t create this channel and do these videos, I wouldn’t do so well in geography. Before Jack, I literally had a C- in geography, but now I have an A+, which meansI have at least an A in every class! Thank you so much, Jack. I couldn’t have done it without you.
[sections enclosed in square brackets are additions to the original comment] Whenever it is cloudy: ‘Are we in Sweden/Finland/Norway/Denmark?’ No, Jack! You don’t know what Nordic countries look like at all! Please have a look at what Nordic houses and terrain looks like, because it is very distinctive, and easy to notice. That Italian round was particularly bad, because you didn’t realise that it was winter at all. There [are] trees with no leaves on them! Believe it or not, Italy gets cold in the winter! The -io and -o suffixes are also very Italian. The à/á is very common in places like Hungary, I think. ‘los’, ‘de la’ is always Spanish, ‘das’/‘da’ is Portuguese. Also, Romanian is a Romance language, and is similar to Italian, so don’t let yourself be caught out by that. The EU number plates help to distinguish between countries like Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia, from countries like Russia and Ukraine. Quite often, when there are no signs, the landscape is the most important thing to pay attention to. I can generally distinguish between Nordic, Western European, Mediterranean, Eastern Ukrainian/Western Russian, North American, South American, MENA, and African terrain, which helps a lot. It’s a good idea for you to familiarise yourself with these different climates, and also to recognise that the weather is not so important. Just because the area is cloudy, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it is somewhere away from the poles. I often see countries like Kenya being cloudy/rainy (the name of the country will often be on churches, too, for Kenya), for example.
Canada tips:Also some Canadian cities use the French language cities like Montreal Antigua tips: if you’re put in Antigua you should probably look at the houses,if they are colored you might be start looking in Antigua. If you see French fry beach 🏖️ you’re definitely in Antigua
13:56 In the lower half of Belgium they speak French, that's why there are hints of it. Not because it borders France. Also if something is written in Dutch and French chances are big it's Belgium since those are the two dominant languages in Belgium.
Tips - Finland - On the West side of Finland there Is Swedish and Finnish Languages, In Åland(Part of Finland) Mostly Swedish -signs are not always long. - city names for example (Helsinki,Turku,KemiJärvi,Kouvola,Oulu) Keep a eye out for ( -Järvi) It will most likely be Finland
Jack: I see a windmill, so we might be in the Netherlands. Me, a Dutch person: And I took that personally. Jack please, there isn't a windmill every single meter over here and we don't walk on wooden shoes.
Here are some tips for Singapore: 1. The danger sign like in 7:43 as you can see it has four languages, because singapore has 4 languages those are Malay, English, Chinese and Indian (Tamil) 2. Some of the singaporean buses a have this sign saying “SG*love sign*BUS” if you can see SG stand for Singapore, so it’s quite easy to know that is Singapore That’s all the tips I have thanks Edit: also the singaporean buses plate numbers always starts from, SG, SMB, SBS, or TIB (no more using TIB) for now
Quick Tip: Australia have very similar rules to the uk (car wise) so if your unsure where your at Australia have - Drive on the left - Right hand drive cars - Similar number plates to American vehicles
Tip: Your best guesses with blurry photos are the US or Australia Another tip is that some vechile brands are only available in certain countrys so use that to your advantage Licence plates in the US give good hints towards the state you are in.
@@jlpack62 I think what he was saying is that US/Australia have blurry photos as if they are of poor quality ( gen 1 ) . Germany is blurry in terms of a lot of the locations in Germany have a lot of blurs as if they are censored. Hope this clears things out!
Tips for Europe -Italy has blue strips on both sides of license plates, and the front plate is way shorter than the back plate. -Those electricity poles with many holes in them, are mostly found in Hungary, Romania and Poland. Romania usually has the bottom of their poles painted in white, while Hungary’s poles are usually thicker than the ones in Poland or Romania. -If you have a giant rift or a hole in the middle of the sky, you should be in either Montenegro or Albania. Albania uses a mixture of double blue strips (like the one in Italy) and one red strip on their license plates. -Portugal has a yellow strip on the right side of their listened plates, and the eu blue strip on the left. -The electricity poles that are shaped like the letter ‘A’ are mostly found in the Baltic countries -Serbia and North Macedonia usually don’t have an antenna on the back of their car.
Maybe it helps a bit to recognize italian language: most italian words end in a vowel. 17:06 "Del" is one of the exceptions because it's an preposition which was connected, normally "del" would be two words. The two words would be "di" and "il" if somebody wants to know it
For future reference In Singapore we have warning message at construction side in all 4 major language (English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil) eg 7:40. And alot of places will have sign in english and chinese together
Here’s my two cents, coming from an Italian: - French has a lot of accents, mostly è or é or ç in THE MIDDLE of words (if you find è as a single word it’s Italian, unless there’s another language I’m not aware of that uses that as a single word. It’s a third person singular verb btw, it means is). - for Spanish and Italian you can tell the difference by the articles, if it’s los or las it’s Spanish, if it’s il or la or le it’s Italian. - Italy has lots of road signs for restaurants (they are basically the same as those that say the name of streets or towns, but they are either white or brown and have like a little fork and knife symbol in front), they usually say agriturismo or trattoria. - for Portuguese I’m not sure but I always felt like in Portuguese words tend to end in -ao a lot more than in other Romance languages, but be careful because Italian also has many words that end like that(feel free to add/correct me if you know more). - I feel like you shouldn’t count on stop signs to figure out the language that’s used in a country, in Italy for example we also use stop in normal conversation (not in the same way you do in English though and very rarely but still)😅. - Another thing, if a word has lots of accents that are like š or ś or ž or ź or č or ć anything similar in consonants (ê and î for example are also used in French) it’s a Slavic language usually. Hope this helps and great video 😊🥰.
2:20 They ment something different by latin mixed with cyrillic. Some letters are the same in both alfabets and that's true for all the countries that use cyrillic. Serbia and Montenegro however use both cyrillic and latin, which means that if some latin text and some cyrillic text you might be in one them.
A tip for Finland is that words have double vowels (like ää, aa, uu, oo etc.) and usually end with vowels as well. Also Finland has letters with dots like ä, ü, ö, but these are the only uncommon letters so for an example if you find words with å or ø you're not in Finland, but rather in Norway, Sweden or Denmark. Another tip - the letter õ is only used in Estonian, Portuguese, and Vietnamese which are all very different countries (you should be able to tell that you're in Estonia and not Vietnam) so that might help as well.
@@damianhartl1082 oh, I read it from wikipedia cause I'm estonian, but I knew some other countries also use the letter õ and Wikipedia said Hungary does. Guess you can never trust Wikipedia xd
Finland does not have ü. Sweden has ö like Finland, not ø, and Finland does have å, because Swedish is used as well on many signs. On the Åland island everything is in Swedish, but it's still Finland.
As a Singaporean, I immediately recognised my country and here are a few tips: 1. At 7:03 while you were looking at the banner, you can see in the corner a few logos. The first one is Temasek foundation, Temasek is what Singapore used to be called the rest of the logos also represent foundations in Singapore 2. When theres a sign with 4 different languages, normally English Chinese Malay and Indian, you can automatically assume its Singapore as these are the four most common languages here. 3. On the road, you can see a few green buses. On the side they literally have the words “Sg*heart*Bus”. 4. If you see high rise building with void decks below, those are most likely HDB flats, the most common housing in Singapore.
8:44 in this round there was low cam you can tell by the wide blur and the camera is lower its only in Japan Switzerland and rarely Taiwan (sri lanka has it too but without the wide blur)
Better use one of Cambodia, since they are basically the only other south-east-asian country that drives on the right and has coverage. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand all drive on the left.
Jack, if you see cars that look like pickup trucks but that have the front a normal car you are most likely in Australia or New Zealand as those are really common there. ( 8:14 the orange car )
8:39 As a Swiss I knew pretty quickly that this could be my Home country, but the yellow signs at 9:00 really gave it away. They show hiking paths and I don’t think I’ve seen signs in this style in other countries. So if you see such signs, it’s probably Switzerland (or Liechtenstein, but that’s even less likely than Switzerland). Other hints for Switzerland (that weren’t in this video): If you find signs with more than one language (German, French, Italian and/or Romansh) it is a good hint that it could be Switzerland (that doesn’t work the other way around, most signs will just have one language on them, so don’t exclude Switzerland cause it only has one language on a sign) If you are in the German part you’ll probably see a lot of ä, ö and ü, but if you see a ß it’s a good sign, that you are NOT in Switzerland (ß is only used in Germany and Austria, but not in Switzerland or Liechtenstein). If you see words with the ending -li it’s a good sign that you are in the Germanspeaking part of Switzerland. If you are on a highway, the signs in Switzerland are green, while they are blue in Germany, Austria and France. But careful: If you are not on a Highway, you can find blue signs in Switzerland. Cause we’re not in the EU, we don’t have the blue thing on our license plates. Not as helpful, but sometimes it can help: Backplates of cars have two coat of arms. On the left it’s the one of Switzerland, on the right it’s the one of the canton (cantons are like states of Switzerland) the car comes from (sometimes you can see them as two spots of colors on the backplate). And if you see square flags that’s also a good indicator for Switzerland. Obviously the Swiss flag is square, but also the flags of cantons or municipalities (so flags you probably won’t recognize) are pretty much always squares.
Thanks for the tips, I learned a thing or two. As for Liechtenstein, I don't thing it even has a coverage in GeoGuessr, not to my knowledge at least, so no need to worry for that.
@@KORTItv Also Ich muss nicht Deutsch sprechen. Wäre ich aus dem französischsprachigen Teil oder aus dem Tessin, könnte es theoretisch auch sein, dass ich nicht oder nur sehr schlecht Deutsch spreche. Aber ja, ich bin aus dem deutschsprachigen Teil und spreche daher auch Deutsch.
Pro tip: The nordic countries spend A LOT of money on infrastructure, and you will rarely find badly maintained roads or power lines there. If you think something looks nordic, but roads and houses are in rough shape, it's most likely one of the baltics.
Tip for the Faroe islands, you will almost always be able to see the ocean and mountains and their aren't a lot of trees and even though we are a part of Denmark we are not in the EU
One tip I have for you to easily see if you are in a scandinavian country is to check if words has "Å" in them. "Å" does only exist in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish :) Good video by the way, love the way your videos are edited and I really like your humor :)
@@OLBastholm "Ä" ("ä") is only used in Swedish and Finnish, but "Ö" ("ö") is used in many other languages too, not just Swedish and Finnish. "Ö" is also used in Estonian, Icelandic, Azerbaijani, Turkish, German, and Hungarian :)
@@DanteMinecraft Absolutely. I tried to not imply that Swedish and Finnish are the only ones using those. I only meant to supplement on the special letters of those 4 Nordic countries, as I knew about "Ö" being used in a bunch of other languages, but I didn't know exactly how many (I had no idea about Azerbaijani).
Jack! I love in Switzerland, and when I saw that sign, I realized I lived 5 minutes away from where JackSucksAtLife played geoguesser 😅. Every time you see a hill with a wire fence, yellow signs with öüä those kind of letters and a wooden bench looking out into a valley, that Switzerland. Thank you, father.
someone please teach jack how to pronounce “cyrillic” i’m dying 💀 (also long comment ahead, you have been warned) speaking of which, i’ve been learning ukrainian for about 3 months, so here is a quick lesson on the ukrainian alphabet, which does differ slightly to other cyrillic languages: - quite a few characters in the cyrillic alphabet look the same as latin characters, eg: Аа Вв Сс Ее Нн Іі Кк Мм Оо Рр Уу Хх - typically if signs do have latin text they’re underneath the cyrillic, not right next to it - ukrainian and russian are slightly different. for example ъ doesn’t exist in ukrainian - another slight difference is that in ukrainian є is a character, whereas in russian it’s э and just for fun, since things in the cyrillic alphabet are pronounced phonetically and it might be fun to see jack try to pronounce things, here is the ukrainian alphabet: Аа - like ‘a’ in cat Бб - like ‘b’ in bus Вв - like ‘v’ in very Гг - like ‘h’ in hot (but with more energy if that makes sense???) Ґґ - like ‘g’ in golden Дд - like ‘d’ in dog Ее - like ‘e’ in egg Єє - like ‘ye’ (can’t think of an example) Жж - like ‘s’ in leisure Зз - like ‘z’ in zebra Ии - like ‘i’ in little Іі - like ‘ee’ in sweet Її - like ‘yi’ (can’t think of an example) Йй - like ‘y’ in yes Кк - like ‘k’ in kiss Лл - like ‘l’ in lemon Мм - like ‘m’ in mouse Нн - like ‘n’ in nose Оо - like ‘o’ in office Пп - like ‘p’ in problem Рр - rolled ‘r’ (like in the spanish ‘deporte’) Сс - like ‘s’ in ‘salt’ Тт - like ‘t’ in turtle Уу - like ‘o’ in beetroot Фф - like ‘f’ in fruit Хх - pronounced like kh - kinda like a hard ‘h’ sound Цц - like ‘ts’ in lots Чч - like ‘ch’ in chips Шш - like ‘sh’ in shorts Щщ - ‘shch’ - try saying freSH CHerries, emphasising the sh in fresh and ch in cherries Ьь - soft sign, makes the sound before it softer Яя - ‘ya’ ( like the german ja) Юю - like ‘yu’ (idk how to explain it) i’m not gonna go into all the rules of like what makes certain sounds soft or hard, because that confusing. (also please let me know if i could’ve explained anything better here, i’m pretty new to this lmao) also, black license plates are found throughout indonesia and malaysia
You littelary missed the Hungarian flag at the ice cream place below the 18,also I'm in Hungary on a trip right now so I could instantly recognise the language! Love from Budapest! P.S Hungarian tip, Hungary loves its flag, you can't go 100 meters here in Budapest without seeing one, also there are a lot of other flags in Hungary, so if you see a lot of groups of flags, watch out if there's a Hungarian one! Great video as always!
Some middle east tips: 1) In Israel/Syria/Lebanon, you can find a flag that looks similar to the pride flag of the Druze community in the north region. 2) In most cities there Street market called a bazaar and its very common to find one. 3) All of the Arabic-speaking countries are in the Northern Hemisphere. 4) Tajik is Persian written in the Cyrillic script. 5) The is NOT a lot of street view in the middle east.
Tips for hungary! Since you missed the "ice cream shop" that is actually a cigarette boutiqe, every single one has the hungarian flag on its logo below the 18. Very weird looking latin *wovels* with dots and lines above it are usually hungarian but if theyre *syllables* theyre most definietly are polish or other slavic languages. When in the rural area, a lot of houses can be pretty nice eith a cute garden and fence around it, but also the diversity shows collapsed buildings sometimes. When in a more populated area, try to look for as many flags as you can, you will definietly find a hungarian one in a few minutes because we jjst love our flag. Hope this helps🤍
13:30 If you see french text and everything leads to France, check the car number plates. If they're red --> Belgium. (Also the rural not well-maintained roads are also a good indicator, but that could be anywhere tbh. Also, if the city exit cross is over a drawing of a city, it is also a good sign of Belgium) Great video!
7:02 I'm a Singaporen myself and that sign, poster thing was a big hint as at least in my neighbour hood is quite common and small icons at the bottom right is also a big hint .Also be on the look out for the blue recyclings bin because that also pinpoints Singapore, the bins can be large, on wheels with a sticker that says what can and can't be reycycled
You Should look on the side you are driving in. If it's left, It eliminates many countries. Careful of a diverging diamond interchange, it swaps the side you are driving on while driving on it.
For the new zealand round.Obviously Tonga doesnt have street view, but new zealand is also quite hilly with alot of mountains, unlike Australia. And for the Italy round, The license plates are short with two blue strips on both sides. Albania does too, but it doesnt have gen 4.
Blue on both sides of the number plate is an Italian thing. I've noticed it's quite common in Albania too. Similarly in Portugal, they have blue on the left and yellow on the right side of the number plate.
Tip: Wales almost always has Welsh street names, despite 74% of wales speaking English. Also, wales is almost always right next to a beach, or a rural area with lots of nature. If it’s well developed, Southeast wales, if it’s right next to a nice beach, South west, if it’s Mountainous, North, and if it’s mostly nature with like 5 or so houses scattered around, then it’s probably Mid-Wales.
Australian here, IF YOU SEE A CAR THAT IS A PICKUP/UTE AND IT LOOKS LIKE ORANGE OR PURPLE IT MIGHT BE A HOLDEN UTE SO RIGHT NOW SEARCH UP A HOLDEN UTE AND ALL OF AUSTRALIA WILL BE HAPPY. Btw it good at it
As soon as he saw the Tonga flag I was audibly going “oh no, oh no no no”. I knew he was gonna click Tonga but I knew it was gonna be in New Zealand. I live in New Zealand and those houses are so kiwi. The thing you need to know about New Zealand is you will see more Tonga flags than actual New Zealand flags. Kiwis aren’t very patriotic, but Tongans are very patriotic and there are a lot of them here.
I once lived near someone who had a big Scottish flag---in America. I've also seen foreign flags on restaurants (e.g., an Irish flag on an Irish pub in the US) and other businesses. Flags aren't always guarantees, especially on private property.
@@erickpoorbaugh6728 you say that as if it’s wild for a Scottish flag to be in America. People fly different flags all the time. It’s just that usually there are more flags for the country you are actually in but in New Zealand there are more Tonga flags.
Tip: 15:00 it is hungary, remember that Györ/Györe is in Hungary, its one of bigger cities (like Manchester in UK), and when u have these crossed singns of cities/villages its probably Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary (these ones i am sure, idk others) but they dont have it in Poland i’m sure
Jack another clue for Estonia is the special õ letter is typical in Estonian. Also Swedish language does have long words but has a lot of consonants as well. It should seem like simple German. Finnish uses the Swedish alphabet but has similar style language to Estonian as they both use a lot more vowels, especially double vowels. an example The phrase "Happy birthday" Swedish: Grattis på födelsedagen Norwegian: gratulerer med dagen Danish: Tillykke med fødselsdagen Finnish: Hyvää syntymäpäivää Estonian: Palju õnne the Norwegian example is not as representative of the general language feel so be careful when considering Norway especially considering written norwegian and danish are so similar. Also, Estonian tends to use more short words compared to Finnish, but the sign you saw showed a good example of long words. Be thorough, I initially thought Sweden too because one word on the sign was välja- to choose/vote. However, the rest of the sign indicated a Finno-Ugric language like Finnish and Estonian. I was leaning Finnish because of longer words. Though that special õ was a dead Estonian give away. Not familiar with the other Baltic languages so could be those as well, but for me I was certain it was Estonian
Hey Jack, at 8:13 that orange vehicle on the Australia round is a "ute", which is an abbreviation for the word "utility" and is commonly found in Australlia and New Zealand.
I am italian and at the end there's a Yellow car that's very Easy to find in Italy it's called panda and it's made by fiat so if you see loads of them your in Italy
Anywhere wild and rural: exists
Jack: it must be the Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are actually quite like Scotland but with more Scandinavian/Icelandic terrain. The architecture consists of quite a colourful Swedish style as well.
Edit: it also has no trees
There is mostly like island whith barely any trees
As a Faroese person. I can confirm that the Trees are non-existent in the Faroe Islands.
@@hjHeBj i'm a faroese person as well from fuglafjørur
It also has no Italian words
DAS WAT IM SAYING
For future reference, Tonga is too tropical to look like that, that is just a Western suburb. And NZ has a sizable Tongan population with over 82,000. Plus your chances of actually seeing Tonga in one of these rounds is pretty slim (as in never, they don’t have official street view) when compared to NZ.
OMG KIM JONG UN IS BACK
nah brooo ur back
ITS THE REAL KIM JONG UN
Thanks kimmy
You real Kim Jong-Un
Hello! Serb here! Here are some tips for geogessr to know if you are in Serbia:
1. In Serbia, there are signs that have Cyrillic and latin together, for example: Нови Сад - Novi Sad
2. If you are in a city in Serbia, for example Zemun (Земун), you will definitely see some Orthodox churches.
3. In the capital, Belgrade (Београд), You will see some Serbian embassy's or those buildings
4. Serbia for short is RS as in Republic of Serbia
(English is not my first language so, i can't remember some words in English)
Trewße kwawe kendd œpps jső aŵÿu suìlo
Olòi plœi
Çĝůp lop çaè ªgt 🤣 ķoľpĄ ədoer lwaer llopẁ
14:16 I love how Jack closed up on the sign but didn't even notice the Hungarian flag 😂
yeah hes special
Also, it's not an ice cream shop, it's a tobacco store, the only place you can buy cigarettes here. In some places you can also buy bus tickets there for some reason
I think he thought it was a design or something lol
He thought the tobbaco store was the ice cream shop 😭
@@monjarinafsheen9867 That's because those little flags are Wall's flags, who are a British manufacturer of ice cream that sell in a lot of European, Asian, and Oceanic countries. So clearly the store sold ice cream too at some point or another.
Very clearly romance language: exists
Jack: yeah, that's Finland
Me: *T R I G G E R E D*
s w e d e n
@@petterlarsson7257 *s u o m i*
Me:hhhhhh not
I was thinking Italian or Romanian lol
Jack: "It really does feel more european"
also Jack: *instantly zooms into south asia*
Aa
Aaaaaaaa
lol
Uio phĀì
Jack, some suggestions for Italy:
-95% of italian words end with vowels, differently from other romance languages
-The double blue license plates are italian (but they can also be French)
-If you see a lot of Fiat Panda (like you did on 17:19 ) it's certainly Italy (most common car)
-A lot of people also usually forget Italy isn't just sun and sea, there are a lot of mountains, so if you see an alpine looking place don't exclude Italy right away
First of all the trick for telling apart Italy from others is not the double blue REAR plates - France also has those. The thing that separates Italy from France is that the front plates, which also have a double blue, appear to be short in Italy as opposed to normal/long in France. Good to know because your statement isn't entirely correct.
Also the dog chasing the car was an Italian breed.
and i believe the word di is only italian
Nhl the Agritourismo really gave it away
I'm pretty sure double blue license plates can also be French or Albanian
Lmfao I recognised the highway on 4:35 and was so confused for a second. Very cool!
Me too! I was very confused after reading Malden and then realising I know the place
a verified channel actually leaving a real comment!!!! insane!!!
“Looks like England” cars driving on the right
Same, i live in the netherlands and its a typical dutch highway.
Try and guess where this famous celebrity is from
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17:54 It's called Winter, happens once a year in some places.
*12:16* bro why did I die hearing this 💀
12:07 Lots of coutries use STOP on stop signs even if they don't speak English so a stop sign often doesn't say much
in hungary, you literally missed the depiction of the hungarian flag on the store sign at the ice cream shop place
It wasnt a ice cream shop it was a tobacco shop😂
Same bro im Hungarian
I NOTICED THAT TOO
@@trb5498Ahh, that explains the 18 on the sign.
“This is a very English looking motorway”
The cars were driving on the right hand side of the road and in England we drove on the left.
Jack: Reads Spanish like 3 times
Also Jack: It could be france
Tips for the Middle East:
-for the middle of highways: striped with black and yellow.
-if the store names written in French English and Arabic there is a high chance it will be Lebanon
Here are some tips & tricks that I commonly use while playing:
There's a lot, but I promise they're helpful! I tried to keep it to facts that should help you narrow it down to one individual country
License plate tips:
- Bhutan has red plates
- Portugal has an additional yellow stripe on the right
- France's plates have a blue stripe on the right with a multicolored symbol on the top. If it looks only slightly blue on the right, it's probably French
- Belgian plates have red text. If you see a hint of blue it's probably Belgium
- Russian plates are white
- Some cars/vans/trucks in Norway will have a green plate
- Malaysia and Indonesia both have black plates. Indonesia can have three spaces in between the white text, and Malaysia two. It isn't super consistent though.
Signs:
- A simple one, but if the signs are on the left, you're likely in a country that drives on the left. Unless it's a no passing sign.
- Give way signs: In Australia the text is black, in NZ it's red
- Malaysian stop signs say Berhenti, Indonesian ones say Stop
Road lines:
- The US will always have a double striped line on non-residential roads
- Canada usually has a single yellow line, but you can sometimes see a double striped line too
- Norway has yellow lines
- Brazil has double striped yellow lines, similar to the US
- Most of South America will have a white middle line
Languages:
- If it's a Latin alphabet, it's always helpful to try to pronounce it if you can. It could give you a clue as to its origins
- Bengali's script usually looks pointier than Hindi
- Sri Lanka's scripts look circle-y
- Cambodian has a lot of circles
- Lao letters have a more defined/square shape
- Ukrainian uses more of ï and less of И
- Balkan Cyrllic uses Đ
- ł is an exclusively Polish letter
- Finnish has a lot of umlauts
- Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian, and Hungarian are all accent-heavy languages
- Hungarian exclusively uses the double dashed umlaut type thing: ő
Misc tips:
- The farther east you go in Russia, the more "Asian" the cars begin to look. If you're in Vladivostok for example, the cars would look Japanese.
- In many African or Middle Eastern countries, it's not uncommon to have an "escort car" consistently behind the street view car
@Franklin D. Roosevelt innit
I'm from Norway and sometimes the lines aren't really yellow some places use white lines also in Norway the roads might have a lot of hills in them so they mostly aren't straight
Hungarian also exclusively uses ű. And it's called double acute accent or hungarumlaut.
General tip: hot countries will have white buildings (most of the time)
@@armansworld2190 Huh ur an norweagain. Im one too🙂 Also my car plate is white
Tips: say Canada when you see tall trees, and you don’t see any signs, if you see tall trees it could be Alaska. But most locations of Alaska have camps or signs
The Maine area has tall trees though. But close enough to Canada you will still get points.
“Say” Canada?
I dont know, Canada do have street signs
Washington and Oregon have pretty tall trees and have plenty of remote areas too…
I’ve also seen similar trees in Sweden it’s just somewhere up north
8:14 That Orange car is called a Ute, it’s a mix between a pickup truck and a car and they are usually seen in Australia
And NZ!!
😊
Yes, Utes = Aus, NZ, pacific islands (esp if Toyota) SEA.
Loving the geoguessr content! Hopefully there'll be more soon. Sometimes I rewatch the old geoguessr videos from when the channel was first made because they're so enjoyable
agreed, very enjoyable watching jack play geoguessr
Yeah i watch the older geoguessr videos too
Same! OMG all of his viewers are the same!
13:30 Jack british accent at its peak.
Now and 2x speed
16:34 A good way to distinguish Spanish and Italian on signs or directions is to remember that the word DI (eg lacco di rosole) appears in Italian as a word meaning of, like the word de or del in Spanish. It will be much more common to see on Italian road signs etc.
Also Spanish has a special character, Ññ (pronounced enye) that isn't in the Italian alphabet.
Note: I'm not Spanish or Italian, but lived in Spain for 5+ years and can speak it enough to understand a conversation and reply with correct grammar.
7:40 For Singapore, they have 4 official languages usually displayed in this order; English, Chinese, Tamil, and Malay. So that sign was a very good indication that we're in Singapore. Also, there was the Singapore MRT logo (which is the subway system) there as well.
FYI:
Norway uses an EU-ish Licence plate, but with the norwegian flag instead of the EU one.
On small rural roads in norway, the markings are often dashed lines on the side
On larger roads the middle markings are yellow
Some streets don't have any markings at all (usally only in cities such as Oslo)
Yes, i am from Norway and can confirm this
As long as they are long dashed lines. If they are short, you're in Sweden.
jeg er norsk, du er dum
Yep true
It baffles me that this guy has so little understanding of the world and more specifically world languages, yet has a successful geography channel
4:35 It could never have been England, because they drive on the right side of the road. Never forget to check which side of the road they drive on, because that way you can almost always immediately exclude a bunch of countries.
Exactly! That’s what I was thinking! 😄 Anyway, aloha from Honolulu! 😄🤙🏽
but in Russia, ROAD IS ROAD🤣🤣
@Emma wha??
My brains dying when jack plays geoguessr
Anyway:
1 Faroe Islands barely has any trees, and it looks kinda like Scotland, also you will basically always see a body of water in the Faroe Islands
2 I almost had a heart attack when you mentioned Finland and Faroe Islands for the last round, anyway for future reference the world di, del or de are normal in Latin languages like Spanish French or Italian.
3 when the language has the letter w and l with the weird thing in the middle it is polish.
4 All the former Yugoslavian countries have yellow road signs
5 letters S z and ö are always common in Hungary and are a clear clue
6 Singapore has circular road signs with a green background and white text
7 Baltic countries look like the Nordic countries but have worse infrastructure and look poorer bcs they were a part of the Soviet Union. Estonian sounds a lot like finnish and uses lots of vowels and letters like u with the curvy thing on top. If you see the word iela somewhere it is always Latvia, because iela means street.
Uu
probably a coincidence, but in Portuguese we have the word "viela" (alley) which is a similar word and also synonymous with street.
WHY IS LITERALLY NO ONE TALKING ABOUT JACK GUESSING ENGLAND AT 4.34 WHERE THE CARS ARE DRIVING CLEARLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD...
As a faroese person
Just letting you know that 1. the faroe islands have almost no trees, if they have it is auround houses
2. You always see the sea
3. It is very tiny
Lots of great tips! Lovely to see more Geoguessr content! ^^
What 1 month and no replies? Let me fix it
3:35 Jack: "It looks europien"
Also Jack: *zooming in on india
Bruh
@@Seismitoad3 and as an Indian i can confirm india is not in Europe
@@itzHaze you didnt notice the joke 💀
So what if he does?Whats your point here...I mean i zoom into other countries aswell when i say some other continent/country,is it a crime?No....(no hate)
@@jinniscola it's just weird that u can think and do differently at the same time u know
I am from Belguim and don't appreciate this mans short term memory at 13:58 COME ONE JACK
Hints for Belguim:
1) Lots of tiny shops, especially in brussels.
2) A lot of tiny roads
3) Many holes in the road
4)Brick Roads
You did not have many tips about the middle east/north africa so here are some of mine!
There are only 3 countries that speak Arabic that will appear on Geoguessr frequently - Jordan, UAE, and Tunisia. Israel is also in the middle east, but they speak in Hebrew.
If you are in the UAE, it will frequently be near Dubai, so lots of modern things, etc. You will also usually find more English here.
If you are in Tunisia, it will typically seem quite deserty. Also all phone numbers in Tunisia will have only a 2 digit area code. Also a car that follows the google one.
If you are in Jordan, you might also find some English. Look for the yellow/green cars, they are really common there.
Hope this helps!
Edit - More from comments
Israel also has arabic scripture, but with Hebrew and english + Yellow plates
In Tunisia they have a follow car for safety
In the UAE the google car is white
There will also likely be some French in Tunisia. Or rather, if you see French in an otherwise Arabic-speaking country, it's probably Tunisia.
4:34
Jack: “from the top”
Me: make it drop, its a _map, its a map_
Jack: lives in England, a famously left-hand drive country
Jack: sees motorway where cars are driving on the right
Jack: this looks like England
You should definitely learn more about different languages, I feel that for most Europeans knowing a bit of other languages is common knowledge. For example, all of the signs in the last round were screaming Italian to me.
UK has one of the highest populations of people who only speak one language
@@opheliamillward There is a difference between speaking and recognising languages. I am a Bulgarian and I know only Bulgarian and English kind of, but I recognise almost all languages with some small exceptions. It's really important for GeoGuessr and not only for it.
@@mxrt0 true!! I do struggle with european languages despite being welsh myself, i can easily recognise polish but i struggle with scandinavia and slovakia and hungarian
@@opheliamillward I struggle with Some of the slavic languages ironically, like telling apart czech from slovak or even slovenian sometimes, or croatian
Yeah same
One simple trick to recognizing Hungarian: It's the only language that uses the letter ő - that is an o with two accents (not to be confused with ö, an o with umlaut). It's a very common letter in Hungarian as well, so it's a rule that has a lot of use!
I use a bunch of little tricks to distinguish between similar languages, but at the level of "this one has long words" I don't think they'd be very helpful lol. But maybe one you might find useful is that Finnish and Estonian use a lot of double vowels - if you see a long word with "uu" and "ii" in it, you're probably in one of those two.
Also, crappy roads and gibberish sounding language is great for finding hungary too
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Me being really bad at geography seeing CLEARLY tons of Italian words in the last one is shocked that this didn't seem obvious to you 🤣 (And I'm not Italian either)
Same 😂
as an Italian I can give you some advices
1) most of the words ends with a vowel
2) don't exclude Italy when you see mountains because in the north there are the alps
3) the REAR plates have the 2 blue things on both sides, but only the rear one
4) pay attention to words like 'via ' (example : via Annia)
5) 'San' it is used to indicate a church or some religious place, so if you see something like (example) 'basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano) it's Italy
(btw all the examples I made I got them from Google maps so it's possible that you can easily find them on the map💀)
As a Hungarian I have never seen anybody mistake a tobacco shop for an ice cream shop and I almost died of laughter.
And he didn't notice the Hungarian flag on the building🤣
@@davidbaxter6140 There was a flag? Hold on I need to watch this again...
@@davidbaxter6140 On the 18+ sign? I didn’t notice it and I see that sign almost everyday. 🤣
@@the_amiga Yeah you just had to look closely
@@davidbaxter6140 It’s even more hilarious now
5:56 that is a Swedish road sign (it is what is also used for the apple command logo
“Look what I’ve got”
*(sees me)*
“A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one”
Never thought I’d be in one, but thanks for the belated birthday gift, Jack! So regarding that Singapore guess, I knew immediately it was Singapore just by looking at the architecture. It’s European style mixed with tropical vibes. So I’d guess Singapore in Battle Royale: Countries without further looking, because when you’re playing Battle Royale: Countries like I do and especially during the final round, that part of the time where you can lock your answer is crucial.
Also, the font of those street signs are distinctly Singaporean. If you ever see that font, it is Singapore.
Im from Malaysia but I thought of Malaysia too at first when I saw the malay texts
The dead giveaway to me that it was Singapore was the black and white curb stripes.
@@erindizmo Yeah but Jack will never know cause he sucks
out of everything, it was the license plates for me 😂😂😂
Some tips for hungary:
- The letters "ő" and "ű" (not to be confused with "ö" and "ü") are only found in the hungarian language
- Storks on lampposts are also common here
- the "Sz" is common, you had a good lead there
- Tobacco stores are all over the place, which is what the "ice cream shop" was
- The license plates have a thicc blue band, as you found out
Tip about license plates in Norway! they are mostly white, but on the left you will see a bit of blue and maybe a small pixel of red because of the Norwegian flag.
fun fact: I learned all 197 flags and countries all with Jack’s help. If you didn’t create this channel and do these videos, I wouldn’t do so well in geography. Before Jack, I literally had a C- in geography, but now I have an A+, which meansI have at least an A in every class! Thank you so much, Jack. I couldn’t have done it without you.
Wow same
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Whenever it is cloudy:
‘Are we in Sweden/Finland/Norway/Denmark?’
No, Jack! You don’t know what Nordic countries look like at all! Please have a look at what Nordic houses and terrain looks like, because it is very distinctive, and easy to notice.
That Italian round was particularly bad, because you didn’t realise that it was winter at all. There [are] trees with no leaves on them! Believe it or not, Italy gets cold in the winter! The -io and -o suffixes are also very Italian. The à/á is very common in places like Hungary, I think.
‘los’, ‘de la’ is always Spanish, ‘das’/‘da’ is Portuguese.
Also, Romanian is a Romance language, and is similar to Italian, so don’t let yourself be caught out by that. The EU number plates help to distinguish between countries like Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia, from countries like Russia and Ukraine. Quite often, when there are no signs, the landscape is the most important thing to pay attention to. I can generally distinguish between Nordic, Western European, Mediterranean, Eastern Ukrainian/Western Russian, North American, South American, MENA, and African terrain, which helps a lot.
It’s a good idea for you to familiarise yourself with these different climates, and also to recognise that the weather is not so important. Just because the area is cloudy, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it is somewhere away from the poles. I often see countries like Kenya being cloudy/rainy (the name of the country will often be on churches, too, for Kenya), for example.
Canada tips:Also some Canadian cities use the French language cities like Montreal
Antigua tips: if you’re put in Antigua you should probably look at the houses,if they are colored you might be start looking in Antigua.
If you see French fry beach 🏖️ you’re definitely in Antigua
13:56 In the lower half of Belgium they speak French, that's why there are hints of it. Not because it borders France. Also if something is written in Dutch and French chances are big it's Belgium since those are the two dominant languages in Belgium.
I was about to comment this too. Also, the "crossing out of the town" signs (13:22) are also commonly used in Belgium.
10:07 the words of a legend "oh me batteries ran out
14:16 in the ice cream shop, a sign board says 'nemzeti dohanybolt' with the HUNGARIAN FLAG!
Tips - Finland
- On the West side of Finland there Is Swedish and Finnish Languages, In Åland(Part of Finland) Mostly Swedish
-signs are not always long.
- city names for example (Helsinki,Turku,KemiJärvi,Kouvola,Oulu)
Keep a eye out for ( -Järvi) It will most likely be Finland
Jack: I see a windmill, so we might be in the Netherlands.
Me, a Dutch person: And I took that personally.
Jack please, there isn't a windmill every single meter over here and we don't walk on wooden shoes.
Stop lying there are windmills on every square inch
Here are some tips for Singapore:
1. The danger sign like in 7:43 as you can see it has four languages, because singapore has 4 languages those are Malay, English, Chinese and Indian (Tamil)
2. Some of the singaporean buses a have this sign saying “SG*love sign*BUS” if you can see SG stand for Singapore, so it’s quite easy to know that is Singapore
That’s all the tips I have thanks
Edit: also the singaporean buses plate numbers always starts from, SG, SMB, SBS, or TIB (no more using TIB) for now
HUMP on the road?
And the round green road posts
Indian is a race, next time just say tamil
@@cupcakegirl_1216ok
The bus stands the buses have sg
Quick Tip: Australia have very similar rules to the uk (car wise) so if your unsure where your at Australia have
- Drive on the left
- Right hand drive cars
- Similar number plates to American vehicles
Tip: Your best guesses with blurry photos are the US or Australia
Another tip is that some vechile brands are only available in certain countrys so use that to your advantage
Licence plates in the US give good hints towards the state you are in.
Blurry may also be Germany.
@@jlpack62 I think what he was saying is that US/Australia have blurry photos as if they are of poor quality ( gen 1 ) . Germany is blurry in terms of a lot of the locations in Germany have a lot of blurs as if they are censored. Hope this clears things out!
Such as Holden.
@@jlpack62 whenever I see lots of blurry things, I pre-click on germany 😂
@@BinkBricks he spotted the falcon in this video, wasa dead giveaway for me
Tips for Europe
-Italy has blue strips on both sides of license plates, and the front plate is way shorter than the back plate.
-Those electricity poles with many holes in them, are mostly found in Hungary, Romania and Poland. Romania usually has the bottom of their poles painted in white, while Hungary’s poles are usually thicker than the ones in Poland or Romania.
-If you have a giant rift or a hole in the middle of the sky, you should be in either Montenegro or Albania. Albania uses a mixture of double blue strips (like the one in Italy) and one red strip on their license plates.
-Portugal has a yellow strip on the right side of their listened plates, and the eu blue strip on the left.
-The electricity poles that are shaped like the letter ‘A’ are mostly found in the Baltic countries
-Serbia and North Macedonia usually don’t have an antenna on the back of their car.
Maybe it helps a bit to recognize italian language: most italian words end in a vowel. 17:06 "Del" is one of the exceptions because it's an preposition which was connected, normally "del" would be two words. The two words would be "di" and "il" if somebody wants to know it
Grazie per l’informazione
For future reference
In Singapore we have warning message at construction side in all 4 major language (English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil) eg 7:40. And alot of places will have sign in english and chinese together
Here’s my two cents, coming from an Italian:
- French has a lot of accents, mostly è or é or ç in THE MIDDLE of words (if you find è as a single word it’s Italian, unless there’s another language I’m not aware of that uses that as a single word. It’s a third person singular verb btw, it means is).
- for Spanish and Italian you can tell the difference by the articles, if it’s los or las it’s Spanish, if it’s il or la or le it’s Italian.
- Italy has lots of road signs for restaurants (they are basically the same as those that say the name of streets or towns, but they are either white or brown and have like a little fork and knife symbol in front), they usually say agriturismo or trattoria.
- for Portuguese I’m not sure but I always felt like in Portuguese words tend to end in -ao a lot more than in other Romance languages, but be careful because Italian also has many words that end like that(feel free to add/correct me if you know more).
- I feel like you shouldn’t count on stop signs to figure out the language that’s used in a country, in Italy for example we also use stop in normal conversation (not in the same way you do in English though and very rarely but still)😅.
- Another thing, if a word has lots of accents that are like š or ś or ž or ź or č or ć anything similar in consonants (ê and î for example are also used in French) it’s a Slavic language usually.
Hope this helps and great video 😊🥰.
16:34 Jack whenever you find "Di" in a sentence, it is mostly italian
It means "Of"
2:20 They ment something different by latin mixed with cyrillic. Some letters are the same in both alfabets and that's true for all the countries that use cyrillic. Serbia and Montenegro however use both cyrillic and latin, which means that if some latin text and some cyrillic text you might be in one them.
I love when you said Switzerland so funny😂😂 9:33
For Finland:
Most signs for different cities and towns are in two languages, Finnish first and then Swedish.
A tip for Finland is that words have double vowels (like ää, aa, uu, oo etc.) and usually end with vowels as well. Also Finland has letters with dots like ä, ü, ö, but these are the only uncommon letters so for an example if you find words with å or ø you're not in Finland, but rather in Norway, Sweden or Denmark.
Another tip - the letter õ is only used in Estonian, Portuguese, and Vietnamese which are all very different countries (you should be able to tell that you're in Estonia and not Vietnam) so that might help as well.
All you've said is good, but the letter õ is not used in Hungarian
@@damianhartl1082 oh, I read it from wikipedia cause I'm estonian, but I knew some other countries also use the letter õ and Wikipedia said Hungary does. Guess you can never trust Wikipedia xd
That's true 😂
I could be wrong, but maybe Spain uses this letter too
Finland does not have ü. Sweden has ö like Finland, not ø, and Finland does have å, because Swedish is used as well on many signs. On the Åland island everything is in Swedish, but it's still Finland.
@@annamanna555www Finally some native Northeuropean 😁 who knows this
As a Singaporean, I immediately recognised my country and here are a few tips:
1. At 7:03 while you were looking at the banner, you can see in the corner a few logos. The first one is Temasek foundation, Temasek is what Singapore used to be called the rest of the logos also represent foundations in Singapore
2. When theres a sign with 4 different languages, normally English Chinese Malay and Indian, you can automatically assume its Singapore as these are the four most common languages here.
3. On the road, you can see a few green buses. On the side they literally have the words “Sg*heart*Bus”.
4. If you see high rise building with void decks below, those are most likely HDB flats, the most common housing in Singapore.
Bpost is always belgian. Belgium has 3 official languages, German Dutch and French, so if you see any of those languages, you could be in Belgium
As a Belgian, I can confirm that BPost is in fact Belgian, but sometimes a package that you ordered can be delivered by PostNL.
Right languages wrong order.
8:44 in this round there was low cam you can tell by the wide blur and the camera is lower its only in Japan Switzerland and rarely Taiwan (sri lanka has it too but without the wide blur)
Totally Italian text.
Jack: it might be Finland.
Later
Faroe islands.
I'll fly an Indonesian flag outside my house in the Philippines to recreate the Tonga incident
Better use one of Cambodia, since they are basically the only other south-east-asian country that drives on the right and has coverage. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand all drive on the left.
Ha
@@diebuettel5846 An Indonesian flag works. Monaco drives on the right.
9:12 UHM?
😂
PFFF
6:19 definitely did not miss a Singapore flag
Alternative title: I get corrected for the smallest things I do wrong in geogussr
Not the things jack does wrong, the things he can improve more on
@@caveboy5677 mk
Windmill appears
Jack: this is the Netherlands
Jack, if you see cars that look like pickup trucks but that have the front a normal car you are most likely in Australia or New Zealand as those are really common there. ( 8:14 the orange car )
8:39 As a Swiss I knew pretty quickly that this could be my Home country, but the yellow signs at 9:00 really gave it away. They show hiking paths and I don’t think I’ve seen signs in this style in other countries. So if you see such signs, it’s probably Switzerland (or Liechtenstein, but that’s even less likely than Switzerland).
Other hints for Switzerland (that weren’t in this video):
If you find signs with more than one language (German, French, Italian and/or Romansh) it is a good hint that it could be Switzerland (that doesn’t work the other way around, most signs will just have one language on them, so don’t exclude Switzerland cause it only has one language on a sign)
If you are in the German part you’ll probably see a lot of ä, ö and ü, but if you see a ß it’s a good sign, that you are NOT in Switzerland (ß is only used in Germany and Austria, but not in Switzerland or Liechtenstein).
If you see words with the ending -li it’s a good sign that you are in the Germanspeaking part of Switzerland.
If you are on a highway, the signs in Switzerland are green, while they are blue in Germany, Austria and France. But careful: If you are not on a Highway, you can find blue signs in Switzerland.
Cause we’re not in the EU, we don’t have the blue thing on our license plates.
Not as helpful, but sometimes it can help: Backplates of cars have two coat of arms. On the left it’s the one of Switzerland, on the right it’s the one of the canton (cantons are like states of Switzerland) the car comes from (sometimes you can see them as two spots of colors on the backplate).
And if you see square flags that’s also a good indicator for Switzerland. Obviously the Swiss flag is square, but also the flags of cantons or municipalities (so flags you probably won’t recognize) are pretty much always squares.
Thanks for the tips, I learned a thing or two. As for Liechtenstein, I don't thing it even has a coverage in GeoGuessr, not to my knowledge at least, so no need to worry for that.
@@mxrt0 You’re welcome. There are some places in Liechtenstein, but it’s really rare.
@@nirutivan9811 warte, wenn du aus Schweiz kommst musst du doch auch Deutsch sprechen oder?
@@KORTItv Also Ich muss nicht Deutsch sprechen. Wäre ich aus dem französischsprachigen Teil oder aus dem Tessin, könnte es theoretisch auch sein, dass ich nicht oder nur sehr schlecht Deutsch spreche.
Aber ja, ich bin aus dem deutschsprachigen Teil und spreche daher auch Deutsch.
@@nirutivan9811 Ja stimmt hätte auch sein können. Ich komme aus Deutschland
Pro tip: The nordic countries spend A LOT of money on infrastructure, and you will rarely find badly maintained roads or power lines there. If you think something looks nordic, but roads and houses are in rough shape, it's most likely one of the baltics.
Also with the Netherlands so that’s why it’s always hard to see if your in the Netherlands or Denmark if there is not a living soul nearby
are you saying we are poor?
or atleast where i live in southern finland (turku area) the elecrtic lines are being buried.
New Zealand has more sheep so is you see sheep it’s nz
5:21 WHITE STORK ITS A SYMBOL OF BELARUS
Tip for the Faroe islands, you will almost always be able to see the ocean and mountains and their aren't a lot of trees and even though we are a part of Denmark we are not in the EU
...So you're a colony lol.
yeah… :(
@@blondesocialist6498 Do you wish to be a part of Denmark or be independent?
Independent, I don’t want us to keep being under imperialist rule
One tip I have for you to easily see if you are in a scandinavian country is to check if words has "Å" in them. "Å" does only exist in Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish :) Good video by the way, love the way your videos are edited and I really like your humor :)
"Ø" and "Æ" is only in Danish and Norwegian. Swedish (and Finnish?) uses "Ö" and "Ä".
@@OLBastholm "Ä" ("ä") is only used in Swedish and Finnish, but "Ö" ("ö") is used in many other languages too, not just Swedish and Finnish. "Ö" is also used in Estonian, Icelandic, Azerbaijani, Turkish, German, and Hungarian :)
@@DanteMinecraft Absolutely. I tried to not imply that Swedish and Finnish are the only ones using those. I only meant to supplement on the special letters of those 4 Nordic countries, as I knew about "Ö" being used in a bunch of other languages, but I didn't know exactly how many (I had no idea about Azerbaijani).
@@OLBastholm :)
Jack! I love in Switzerland, and when I saw that sign, I realized I lived 5 minutes away from where JackSucksAtLife played geoguesser 😅. Every time you see a hill with a wire fence, yellow signs with öüä those kind of letters and a wooden bench looking out into a valley, that Switzerland. Thank you, father.
someone please teach jack how to pronounce “cyrillic” i’m dying 💀
(also long comment ahead, you have been warned)
speaking of which, i’ve been learning ukrainian for about 3 months, so here is a quick lesson on the ukrainian alphabet, which does differ slightly to other cyrillic languages:
- quite a few characters in the cyrillic alphabet look the same as latin characters, eg: Аа Вв Сс Ее Нн Іі Кк Мм Оо Рр Уу Хх
- typically if signs do have latin text they’re underneath the cyrillic, not right next to it
- ukrainian and russian are slightly different. for example ъ doesn’t exist in ukrainian
- another slight difference is that in ukrainian є is a character, whereas in russian it’s э
and just for fun, since things in the cyrillic alphabet are pronounced phonetically and it might be fun to see jack try to pronounce things, here is the ukrainian alphabet:
Аа - like ‘a’ in cat
Бб - like ‘b’ in bus
Вв - like ‘v’ in very
Гг - like ‘h’ in hot (but with more energy if that makes sense???)
Ґґ - like ‘g’ in golden
Дд - like ‘d’ in dog
Ее - like ‘e’ in egg
Єє - like ‘ye’ (can’t think of an example)
Жж - like ‘s’ in leisure
Зз - like ‘z’ in zebra
Ии - like ‘i’ in little
Іі - like ‘ee’ in sweet
Її - like ‘yi’ (can’t think of an example)
Йй - like ‘y’ in yes
Кк - like ‘k’ in kiss
Лл - like ‘l’ in lemon
Мм - like ‘m’ in mouse
Нн - like ‘n’ in nose
Оо - like ‘o’ in office
Пп - like ‘p’ in problem
Рр - rolled ‘r’ (like in the spanish ‘deporte’)
Сс - like ‘s’ in ‘salt’
Тт - like ‘t’ in turtle
Уу - like ‘o’ in beetroot
Фф - like ‘f’ in fruit
Хх - pronounced like kh - kinda like a hard ‘h’ sound
Цц - like ‘ts’ in lots
Чч - like ‘ch’ in chips
Шш - like ‘sh’ in shorts
Щщ - ‘shch’ - try saying freSH CHerries, emphasising the sh in fresh and ch in cherries
Ьь - soft sign, makes the sound before it softer
Яя - ‘ya’ ( like the german ja)
Юю - like ‘yu’ (idk how to explain it)
i’m not gonna go into all the rules of like what makes certain sounds soft or hard, because that confusing.
(also please let me know if i could’ve explained anything better here, i’m pretty new to this lmao)
also, black license plates are found throughout indonesia and malaysia
Sigh (g)rill (s)ick
i have been learning ukrainian aswell for 2-3 months!
@@Aaden.mp4 sigh realic
@@dominant5307 i wonder why
@@ViveXR for fun
You littelary missed the Hungarian flag at the ice cream place below the 18,also I'm in Hungary on a trip right now so I could instantly recognise the language! Love from Budapest!
P.S Hungarian tip, Hungary loves its flag, you can't go 100 meters here in Budapest without seeing one, also there are a lot of other flags in Hungary, so if you see a lot of groups of flags, watch out if there's a Hungarian one! Great video as always!
I guessed Hungary too because of "Sz" because there is a football player named Dominik Szoboszlai
@@hkar4385 yeah and I noticed almost every time there is an s there is a z next to it so that can also be a clue
@@secretgamingx As long as it isn't "szcz", which is, I've been assured, uniquely Polish. The ő and ű are definite giveaways for Hungarian, though.
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@@Licw-Luxus öööö to you too!
Jack a tip is in New Zealand people usually put up flags of where they’re from. Hope this helps.
Some middle east tips:
1) In Israel/Syria/Lebanon, you can find a flag that looks similar to the pride flag of the Druze community in the north region.
2) In most cities there Street market called a bazaar and its very common to find one.
3) All of the Arabic-speaking countries are in the Northern Hemisphere.
4) Tajik is Persian written in the Cyrillic script.
5) The is NOT a lot of street view in the middle east.
4:25 it isnt tonga time now
Tips for hungary!
Since you missed the "ice cream shop" that is actually a cigarette boutiqe, every single one has the hungarian flag on its logo below the 18.
Very weird looking latin *wovels* with dots and lines above it are usually hungarian but if theyre *syllables* theyre most definietly are polish or other slavic languages.
When in the rural area, a lot of houses can be pretty nice eith a cute garden and fence around it, but also the diversity shows collapsed buildings sometimes.
When in a more populated area, try to look for as many flags as you can, you will definietly find a hungarian one in a few minutes because we jjst love our flag.
Hope this helps🤍
3:26 Well done Jack reading it
13:30 If you see french text and everything leads to France, check the car number plates. If they're red --> Belgium. (Also the rural not well-maintained roads are also a good indicator, but that could be anywhere tbh. Also, if the city exit cross is over a drawing of a city, it is also a good sign of Belgium) Great video!
7:02 I'm a Singaporen myself and that sign, poster thing was a big hint as at least in my neighbour hood is quite common and small icons at the bottom right is also a big hint
.Also be on the look out for the blue recyclings bin because that also pinpoints Singapore, the bins can be large, on wheels with a sticker that says what can and can't be reycycled
Jacks next learning series should be 'Learning how to get good at Geoguesser'
You Should look on the side you are driving in. If it's left, It eliminates many countries. Careful of a diverging diamond interchange, it swaps the side you are driving on while driving on it.
For the new zealand round.Obviously Tonga doesnt have street view, but new zealand is also quite hilly with alot of mountains, unlike Australia. And for the Italy round, The license plates are short with two blue strips on both sides. Albania does too, but it doesnt have gen 4.
Blue on both sides of the number plate is an Italian thing. I've noticed it's quite common in Albania too.
Similarly in Portugal, they have blue on the left and yellow on the right side of the number plate.
Italy and Albania, sometimes France aswell.
@@hamderv Yeah, but its easy to tell apart from the front plates.
@@hamderv france has it always however its very hard to notice
Tip: Wales almost always has Welsh street names, despite 74% of wales speaking English.
Also, wales is almost always right next to a beach, or a rural area with lots of nature.
If it’s well developed, Southeast wales, if it’s right next to a nice beach, South west, if it’s Mountainous, North, and if it’s mostly nature with like 5 or so houses scattered around, then it’s probably Mid-Wales.
Australian here, IF YOU SEE A CAR THAT IS A PICKUP/UTE AND IT LOOKS LIKE ORANGE OR PURPLE IT MIGHT BE A HOLDEN UTE SO RIGHT NOW SEARCH UP A HOLDEN UTE AND ALL OF AUSTRALIA WILL BE HAPPY. Btw it good at it
As soon as he saw the Tonga flag I was audibly going “oh no, oh no no no”. I knew he was gonna click Tonga but I knew it was gonna be in New Zealand. I live in New Zealand and those houses are so kiwi. The thing you need to know about New Zealand is you will see more Tonga flags than actual New Zealand flags. Kiwis aren’t very patriotic, but Tongans are very patriotic and there are a lot of them here.
As an Australian I instantly thought it was New Zealand when he saw that flag. 😂
I once lived near someone who had a big Scottish flag---in America. I've also seen foreign flags on restaurants (e.g., an Irish flag on an Irish pub in the US) and other businesses. Flags aren't always guarantees, especially on private property.
@@erickpoorbaugh6728 you say that as if it’s wild for a Scottish flag to be in America. People fly different flags all the time. It’s just that usually there are more flags for the country you are actually in but in New Zealand there are more Tonga flags.
Tip: 15:00 it is hungary, remember that Györ/Györe is in Hungary, its one of bigger cities (like Manchester in UK), and when u have these crossed singns of cities/villages its probably Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary (these ones i am sure, idk others)
but they dont have it in Poland i’m sure
Jack another clue for Estonia is the special õ letter is typical in Estonian. Also Swedish language does have long words but has a lot of consonants as well. It should seem like simple German. Finnish uses the Swedish alphabet but has similar style language to Estonian as they both use a lot more vowels, especially double vowels. an example
The phrase "Happy birthday"
Swedish: Grattis på födelsedagen
Norwegian: gratulerer med dagen
Danish: Tillykke med fødselsdagen
Finnish: Hyvää syntymäpäivää
Estonian: Palju õnne
the Norwegian example is not as representative of the general language feel so be careful when considering Norway especially considering written norwegian and danish are so similar. Also, Estonian tends to use more short words compared to Finnish, but the sign you saw showed a good example of long words. Be thorough, I initially thought Sweden too because one word on the sign was välja- to choose/vote. However, the rest of the sign indicated a Finno-Ugric language like Finnish and Estonian. I was leaning Finnish because of longer words. Though that special õ was a dead Estonian give away. Not familiar with the other Baltic languages so could be those as well, but for me I was certain it was Estonian
Hey Jack, at 8:13 that orange vehicle on the Australia round is a "ute", which is an abbreviation for the word "utility" and is commonly found in Australlia and New Zealand.
Oh Ute stands for that... thanks
3:10 bro, it's Poland, sometimes there are black plates beacause a lot of cars didnt change it after 2000 year, also ul. is really typical for Poland
“I would sit so hard right there”
My dirty mind has entered the chat
Hahaaha!
I am italian and at the end there's a Yellow car that's very Easy to find in Italy it's called panda and it's made by fiat so if you see loads of them your in Italy