I see a young woman who is driven and fills her days with positive actions and activities. What a refreshing look into the life of a young person who is actually living life to the fullest.
I‘m from Switzerland and visited Myanmar 11 years ago. What a beautiful country you have with an amazing and diverse culture and very kind people. I hope peace and prosperity will come to your land.
Melina is lucky enough to live in one of the most beautiful villages here in Switzerland. Gstaad is truly amazing. What is worth noting for anyone who would love to be in her shoes, is the necessity to have at least 3 languages to compete with others in the job market here. For the Swiss, certainly the younger generations, this level of language ability is quite normal. Regardless of your professional qualifications, if you cannot communicate effectively, your opportunities here can be limited in some professions.
German, French and Italian are official languages in Switzerland. Depending in which area of Switzerland they live, Swiss usually know at least one extra language, and a lot of them know all three + English.
@ yes this comes back to my point about the job market here. The many languages here can be a deciding factor when it comes to hiring the right candidate.
I took a vacation visiting some of the European countries last September. I spent 4 days in Switzerland, I was in Luzern for 2 days and in Bern for 2 days. From Bern I visited Murren. Yes, it's true that Switzerland is very expensive but oh boy it was worth it!
I studied in Lausanne as well, spent there a minimum of 5 days a week (remote wasn't feasible back then) and ended up living there months on end and enjoyed it a lot. Mind you, it took me either 5h 1/2 by train or 5 by car to get there (the time by train has shrunk by 1h since then)
We retired to a country town Switzerland, not too far from Gstaad, seven years ago and this is typical for an ordinary Swiss family, not at all privileged or rich. Our life is not dissimilar, skiing, hiking, cycling, enjoying the mountains and we aren’t rich, lift tickets are affordable and hiking and cycling with a flask and sandwiches cost nothing.
As someone who grew up in a Swiss family, i was never allowed to buy a sandwich because it is 4-5 times more expensive than the ingredients. Skiing was 1 week/ 2 years. Can you please describe more detailed about how often you think these things can be consumed by a nonrich Swiss family?
@@Lifree-e8x We make our own sandwiches so the cost is only the ingredients, no more than eating lunch at home. I’m no expert but around where we live most people ski and take it for granted. I just checked, the price of a day ticket at Glacier 3000 is CHF79 but she said locals pay a lot less, so maybe half - she has no extra food or accommodation expenses so once or twice a week would be quite affordable for somebody with a decent job for the duration of the ski season, say 30 days on the slopes.
Political things like in the village/ Canton is mandatory and unpaid in Switzerland if needed and my parents do that. They work 120% without night shifts included and do programs for children in their freetime (also because immigrants usually have lots of children who don't get a lot of attention).
Beautiful view ! I will stick to the muggy wam weather of the Caribbean and endless summer weather and occasional hurricanes 🌀 😅… Melina is the definition of a supergirl 🎉
Its actually quite interesting. Im Dutch and i have a hard time understanding fluent Hoch-Deutch. But for some reason Swiss-German is more easy to understand when slowly spoken. Platt-Deutsch is far more easier to read or understand because it sounds for 60% the same as Dutch but with german words.
Same I'm Dutch and I worked in Austria in Ischgl and got my snowboard teaching diploma. It's easier to understand because of the sound is similar to our sch and gr. 😂
I visited Gstaad last summer, and it’s utterly beautiful. The alpine charm and peace is something that’s so special. Shame that new Swiss towns can’t match the atmosphere 😪
We earn more than a lot of people in Europe, our VAT is also the lowest in Europe. People always need to look at the whole picture of a country, not just food prices etc
As a foreigner in Switzerland, I live completely differently. People reject me everywhere. I live in a room, I go to Aldi for food and I cook to save some money. I work over 200 hours a month for less than 4000 franks. A different and hard reality.
to cook you’re own food is normal for most. I grew up in a nice house and my mom always cooked food because it’s cheaper. Both of my parents have normal jobs. We don’t drive a fancy car and almost never go out eating in a restaurant. She also shops at aldi and lidl or ottos to safe money and only buys certain food when there is a discount… People from outside see the house and think we are rich but they don’t see tge reality… also you don’t have to be ashamed to go to aldi or lidl… can you explain to me why are they rejecting you or how
@@mm-rh7gk That's the norm nowadays. I'm a local in Latvia and have sent out about 150 job apps and haven't found a job. Only had 2 interviews but didn't get the jobs.
@@youngthugger8736 I work in a company where we deliver luggage throughout Switzerland and parts of Germany and Austria. I work over 200 hours a month. My life here is work and sleep. I know German b2 level. I also applied for (ausbildung as you say) logistics. But rejected everywhere. Without conections here you are nothing. There are simply too many people in Switzerland and I have to accept slowly that I am powerless and have to leave.
just the chalet where she lives and which is owned by her parents is worth a few millions USD already! They probably inherited it from family and they now sit on a goldmine (and they know it) :-)
Swiss German really reminds me a Turkish speaking German language because of the rolled R's and sounds are apart and decisive. when it comes to Z, prolly Turks can't pronounce that version in High German but Swiss German's T is almost the same in Turkish. Thank you for sharing this beautiful and informative video. I might start learning Swiss German, sounds intriguing.
@@Lifree-e8x wait a minute, she usually speaks Swissgerman but for the video's sake she spoke German, but of course with accent of her native tongue which is Swissgerman. wow. well in that, does that mean I could understand Swissgerman better than German, I'm not sure, can't comprehend the situation thoroughly.
Swissgerman speaking people usually don't use Swissgerman for international situations. Swissgerman doesn't have a grammar, so almost nothing in Switzerland is written in Swissgerman. Another reason is that there are too many dialects in Swissgerman. For a lot of cases, only a few villages speak exactly the same and some words have a local farming history, so its very difficult for a random German speaking person to make a translation for this video. So its quite considerate of her that she spoke German.
Such a busy and privileged life! I wonder if she understands how difficult it is for the masses of people who live outside the hyper-wealthy bubble of Switzerland?
Its indeed a great question. But i still have to say that she probably shared the bright sides of her life. For example, costumer service jobs (also tourism) in Switzerland can be mentally destroying. Costumer is king and stay positive is that much a thing here that most employees don't speak up. To talk about it in public is unimaginable because of privacy culture. That is one of the reasons why a lot of scandals that Swiss companies had with criminal costumers are hidden for decades.
I also live in Switzerland and I do know that this is a priviliged life. (Even though I did not go skiing often or lived in the mountain as the lucky girl in this video). I also know that it is by mere coincidence that I ended up here and I did nothing that makes me more deserving of this life than others... I also know that there are many Swiss people who feel entitled to their life and think it is their right to live in wealth while others suffer. (I really don't understand these people) I probably don't fully understand how it is to live in poverty but I do know that Switzerland is not the norm. Still there are also downsides to Switzerland. In contrast to other countries Switzerland does not have a very welcoming and open minded culture. We are also not very hospitable and it is hard for outsiders to be accepted. I actually don't like this at all about my country but have to admit that I, like most Swiss people, am also reserved and not as open to talking to people I don't know. Even though when I get to experience a different culture I usually enjoy the openness, hospitality and warmth that are part of many cultures and I often find it hard to go back to the cold reserved narrow minded swiss people.
@@ellythepelly the cold sided part is for sure a huge thing here. I also have to say that its very much connected to capitalism, economy and just detailed things (like paying back the exact amount even among friends. It kind of tries to make sure that nobody takes advantage of hospitality/ never pays/ doesn't take work seroously/.... Also it usually priorizes work which also makes a lot of systems work better (less spontanous delays/ losses of employees because of family emergencies,...) It definitelly leads to a lot of mental health issues for majority of people but its not really changeable when economy and capitalism is priorized.
@@ellythepelly I am from the US, and have met many very friendly Swiss people during my solo travels through Europe. That said, the entitlement mind-set is very common among the top elites world-wide, and far too many of them are either permanent or part-time residents in Switzerland.
I hope ... in the Alps glass towers will soon grow into the sky and your paradise will be even more beautiful ... while you have nothing left to eat ... 🫶
@@dweuromaxxIt is okay, but in the Swiss way to pronounce it, the g is less strongly pronounced (hard to explain). How the narrator pronounces it, it sounds almost as if the G is it‘s own syllable, while we pronounce it all as one syllable. The G is more like a short k-sound infront of the „staad“, rather than a g-sound. The ipa pronunciation would be: kʃtaːt (in case that helps). The best way to describe it with an english word, would be the word „Action“. Most english speaker pronounce it as something like „akshn“. If you now remove the a sound and the n sound you have pretty much the sound the „Gs“ in the word Gstaad makes.
@@nirutivan9811 you're doing too much, the narrator does it the way an anglophone would. He never mispronounces multiple syllables nor swaps the sounds. Dont make me school you on Slavic names and see how awkward you get.
@@AndreiBerezin I literally said it is okay in the beginning. I just explained how it would be done the Swiss way. It‘s completely normal that names are pronounced differently in different languages.
I don't know bout others but i wud love it from the core of my heart. I simply adore Schweitz and bergens. But for Melina she is ready to relocate if her career demands in future.
She studies 3 days per week in Lausanne, 4th biggest City in Switzerland. She can be in Geneva, Bern, Basel or Zürich under 3h. That's not really isolated
If you are white and born in Switzerland you are simply privileged. Now interview immigrants that don't fit that bil. Im sure they will tell a different experience. Same goes for any other European country.
Every country is facing this ,,under developed have a prob of sky rocketing increase in taxes or gas prices energy prices with low wages Rich economies too have several problems I see ,youth likes to move abroad ,,canada we hear has inflation ,people are tired of paying high taxes and getting pathetic medical services and low wages in return Uk is facing many such problems All over the world we see difficulties
5:22 A Bachelors of Science in Tourism? How do you scientifically study tourism? Should it not be BCom Tourism? I cannot take a university seriously that offers a Bachelors of SCIENCE in TOURISM.
If it is the one offered by EHL at Lausanne it will be extremely exacting and rigorous, there is a TV series following some hospitality students throughout their course and I couldn’t believe how tough it is, it will get you a job anywhere in the world.
Hi @frikkiediehaai9477! So, the term 'science of tourism' isn't fully established yet, but there are many programmes that look at different aspects of tourism from various subjects, like sociology, economics and geography...🧳🌞⛰⛷
@@glennet9613 Omg that's the university where the Bachelor degree costs like 34,000 EUR a year, isn't it? I remember coming across it when looking at which university to study at. You have to be insanely rich to study there. I can't even IMAGINE. And they get to go to study to Singapore for 1 year if they want to. What a crazy program. I guess if you have the funds your life is fun.
@@dhaloh For foreign students, I believe there is a generous grant system for eligible Swiss nationals and their out of pocket cost is quite affordable.
And how exactly do you expect a 30 yr old person to look like? You are pretty much fully grown by 19. So except maybe some starting crowsfeet around the eyes, you dont really look all that much different if you lead a normal comfortable life.
This video is aimed at those who think emotionally and are far removed from practical logic. In reality, the town has a population of 11,000 people who sustain local tourism with no prospects for growth. If global competition from similar resorts increases, unemployment and a decline in living standards will inevitably follow. It's just a village where people have historically lived without looking beyond their immediate surroundings to understand what's happening in the world. All the talk about skiing or playing hockey is nothing more than a way to pass the time because there's simply nothing else to do. It's a situation born out of hopelessness, much like a factory setting-eat on a schedule, do some sports, and so on. There is no chance of owning your own home, and those who managed to buy one just live in it. A girl with such potential, knowing four languages and having work experience, could have left long ago. But she's used to her home and job, and she's simply too afraid to break free from her village. This is, in fact, how almost all of Switzerland lives. This isn’t a life-it’s Groundhog Day with no chance of escape.
What are you even talking about? Let me guess, you're from the USA. What do you even know about the economy of Gstaad and of the surrounding areas? She's 19. Who owns a house at this age? Also, you make it sound like enjoying sports is miserable. It's living in cities and doing nothing that's miserable. Who cares about how many people lives in your city? I grew up in a large city of 4 million inhabitants, now I live in a small city of just 120 000 people and my life quality is far better now. Why would she want to quit such a nice town in Switzerland? You'll need to learn that what YOU consider to be a good life might not be the same for everyone else 🤦
@@PatG-xd8qn Can you not read? I won't even guess where you're from, because from the way you write, it's obvious you're either from Switzerland or Europe. I don't need to know anything about the economy of this town because it's already clear just by looking at it, and the video I saw confirmed it. Are you trying to teach me about the economy? Here's the simplest response about the economy straight from a search engine: Services Sector: This sector, encompassing tourism, hospitality, retail, and real estate services, is predominant in Gstaad. Given Gstaad's status as a luxury tourist destination, the services sector likely constitutes a significant majority of the local economy, potentially around 70-80%. What are you trying to explain to me here? That the region doesn’t depend on tourism and everything connected to it? That Switzerland's economy is bound to decline in the future, just like its chocolate industry, which is struggling because of local production in Africa, or its watchmaking workshops that are under pressure from microbrands worldwide? When you were learning, I was already teaching, so go back to your feminist utopia and preach your nonsense there. At 19, it’s possible to have an apartment in other countries and take out mortgages, but overrated Switzerland doesn’t give young people that opportunity at all. What does sports have to do with the fact that there’s nothing in this village that big cities have-like theaters, concerts, diverse activities for kids, entertainment, schools, universities, and so on? It’s just a village that gained hype because celebrities started going there, but in reality, with their prices and competition, they’ll eventually become irrelevant and fade into history. For your information, population size does matter, as it directly reflects the popularity and economic and cultural development of a place. But clearly, your chicken brain can’t understand that since you lived in a 4-million-person city, couldn’t handle the competition, and ran away from stress and challenges. I’m not trying to teach anyone anything-that’s everyone’s right-but the limited mindset of village people and uneducated individuals who haven’t seen the world or even Asia (which is ahead of the rest of the planet) once again shows the gap between the modern world heading for space and stale Europe, which has turned into a museum and stagnated forever, surrounded by bureaucrats and their ilk.
@@mikaellindroos1594 Rakas Mikael Kyrpä, voit ottaa lääkkeesi ensin, mutta olen varma, ettei se auta sinua, sillä kaltaisiasi ihmisiä työskenteli vankileirillä Lahdessa Suomessa, ja he pitivät omien kansalaistensa tuomitsemisesta
I see a young woman who is driven and fills her days with positive actions and activities. What a refreshing look into the life of a young person who is actually living life to the fullest.
Watching this from Myanmar, that's the life we can't even dream of. What an amazingly rich, beautiful and peaceful country.
Also not so much cctv ;)
I‘m from Switzerland and visited Myanmar 11 years ago. What a beautiful country you have with an amazing and diverse culture and very kind people. I hope peace and prosperity will come to your land.
The way she talked and showing was very nice polite and professional.......she has her future in her own hands........so beautiful
What a lovely piece on a very impressive young woman. I wish her all the best.
Watching from slum area in Tondo, you are blessed with that life. May God Bless
Melina is lucky enough to live in one of the most beautiful villages here in Switzerland. Gstaad is truly amazing. What is worth noting for anyone who would love to be in her shoes, is the necessity to have at least 3 languages to compete with others in the job market here. For the Swiss, certainly the younger generations, this level of language ability is quite normal. Regardless of your professional qualifications, if you cannot communicate effectively, your opportunities here can be limited in some professions.
German, French and Italian are official languages in Switzerland. Depending in which area of Switzerland they live, Swiss usually know at least one extra language, and a lot of them know all three + English.
@ yes this comes back to my point about the job market here. The many languages here can be a deciding factor when it comes to hiring the right candidate.
I took a vacation visiting some of the European countries last September. I spent 4 days in Switzerland, I was in Luzern for 2 days and in Bern for 2 days. From Bern I visited Murren. Yes, it's true that Switzerland is very expensive but oh boy it was worth it!
Glad you enjoyed it. Im sure you liked Lucerne the most? :D
@@neolium Bern is nice but yeah, Luzern/Lucerne 🙃 is the better place to visit.
This was great as a German lesson, thank you for sharing the original German!
Same here I practiced my Deutsche
after seeing all the inconviniences happening to the world right now, i will cherish every moment the comfort of staying home...
Swapping between multiple languages is so impressive!
I studied in Lausanne as well, spent there a minimum of 5 days a week (remote wasn't feasible back then) and ended up living there months on end and enjoyed it a lot. Mind you, it took me either 5h 1/2 by train or 5 by car to get there (the time by train has shrunk by 1h since then)
We retired to a country town Switzerland, not too far from Gstaad, seven years ago and this is typical for an ordinary Swiss family, not at all privileged or rich.
Our life is not dissimilar, skiing, hiking, cycling, enjoying the mountains and we aren’t rich, lift tickets are affordable and hiking and cycling with a flask and sandwiches cost nothing.
As someone who grew up in a Swiss family, i was never allowed to buy a sandwich because it is 4-5 times more expensive than the ingredients. Skiing was 1 week/ 2 years. Can you please describe more detailed about how often you think these things can be consumed by a nonrich Swiss family?
Yes,that's true,nearly everything is ecible
@@Lifree-e8x We make our own sandwiches so the cost is only the ingredients, no more than eating lunch at home.
I’m no expert but around where we live most people ski and take it for granted. I just checked, the price of a day ticket at Glacier 3000 is CHF79 but she said locals pay a lot less, so maybe half - she has no extra food or accommodation expenses so once or twice a week would be quite affordable for somebody with a decent job for the duration of the ski season, say 30 days on the slopes.
@@Lifree-e8xdid your parents both work full time? I doubt it
Political things like in the village/ Canton is mandatory and unpaid in Switzerland if needed and my parents do that. They work 120% without night shifts included and do programs for children in their freetime (also because immigrants usually have lots of children who don't get a lot of attention).
love these series! 😻😻😻
This young woman is amazing - multitasks well. She will have a bright future.
Enjoyed this video very much. Well done. 🇨🇭🇺🇸
Thank you very much!
Beautiful view ! I will stick to the muggy wam weather of the Caribbean and endless summer weather and occasional hurricanes 🌀 😅… Melina is the definition of a supergirl 🎉
Its actually quite interesting. Im Dutch and i have a hard time understanding fluent Hoch-Deutch. But for some reason Swiss-German is more easy to understand when slowly spoken. Platt-Deutsch is far more easier to read or understand because it sounds for 60% the same as Dutch but with german words.
Same I'm Dutch and I worked in Austria in Ischgl and got my snowboard teaching diploma. It's easier to understand because of the sound is similar to our sch and gr. 😂
I visited Gstaad last summer, and it’s utterly beautiful. The alpine charm and peace is something that’s so special. Shame that new Swiss towns can’t match the atmosphere 😪
I like her sibilant R. It sounds nice.
What a lovely existence. 🩷💖🌟
We earn more than a lot of people in Europe, our VAT is also the lowest in Europe. People always need to look at the whole picture of a country, not just food prices etc
Viel Spaß, Melina!
That’s like living in Heaven❤.
nice place to grow up in 😊❤
Ski fast is my kind of breakfast🎿
Yes, takes quite long to drive to the Autobahn from Gstaad.
peace be upon you from me from java island indonesia
As a foreigner in Switzerland, I live completely differently. People reject me everywhere. I live in a room, I go to Aldi for food and I cook to save some money. I work over 200 hours a month for less than 4000 franks. A different and hard reality.
to cook you’re own food is normal for most. I grew up in a nice house and my mom always cooked food because it’s cheaper. Both of my parents have normal jobs. We don’t drive a fancy car and almost never go out eating in a restaurant. She also shops at aldi and lidl or ottos to safe money and only buys certain food when there is a discount… People from outside see the house and think we are rich but they don’t see tge reality…
also you don’t have to be ashamed to go to aldi or lidl…
can you explain to me why are they rejecting you or how
@youngthugger8736 Imagine sending over 200 job applications and getting rejected everywhere. How would you feel?
@@mm-rh7gk That's the norm nowadays. I'm a local in Latvia and have sent out about 150 job apps and haven't found a job. Only had 2 interviews but didn't get the jobs.
@ what is your job?
@@youngthugger8736 I work in a company where we deliver luggage throughout Switzerland and parts of Germany and Austria. I work over 200 hours a month. My life here is work and sleep. I know German b2 level. I also applied for (ausbildung as you say) logistics. But rejected everywhere. Without conections here you are nothing. There are simply too many people in Switzerland and I have to accept slowly that I am powerless and have to leave.
just the chalet where she lives and which is owned by her parents is worth a few millions USD already! They probably inherited it from family and they now sit on a goldmine (and they know it) :-)
When i go back from work, iam tired. but she has 2 activities. how she is energic
Lovely
This young lady, Melina, should consider herself lucky, having been born and living in such a story-book-like place.
She showed the storybook like days. There can be weeks of no sunshine there. Just fog and rain,...
Makes it even better for me because I detest the sun😢@@Lifree-e8x
@@Lifree-e8xi would love that
very different from the Switzerland I live in, but good for her! Great video.
Where do you live?
@@enricocurcio1610 doesn‘t matter
Atleast u live in Switzerland
Same here (I live in Zurich)
I just wanna say it's not "normal" to own a house as a Swiss, a lot of people don't since it's so expensive.
As a SWISS yes it is. But not as a swiss.
What a wonderful life to live - she is so lucky!
Roger Moore used to go there too❤.
She studies in Lausanne? I wonder if her course is in French.
definitely
Or englisch...
This tourism degree programme in Lausanne is taught in French, English and German.
Swiss German really reminds me a Turkish speaking German language because of the rolled R's and sounds are apart and decisive. when it comes to Z, prolly Turks can't pronounce that version in High German but Swiss German's T is almost the same in Turkish. Thank you for sharing this beautiful and informative video. I might start learning Swiss German, sounds intriguing.
She didn't spoke Swissgerman. She spoke German with a Bernese Swissgerman accent.
@@Lifree-e8x is it, wow there are a lot varieties, it's so hard to keep track of them. Thank you for enlightening me.
@@Lifree-e8x wait a minute, she usually speaks Swissgerman but for the video's sake she spoke German, but of course with accent of her native tongue which is Swissgerman. wow. well in that, does that mean I could understand Swissgerman better than German, I'm not sure, can't comprehend the situation thoroughly.
Swissgerman speaking people usually don't use Swissgerman for international situations. Swissgerman doesn't have a grammar, so almost nothing in Switzerland is written in Swissgerman. Another reason is that there are too many dialects in Swissgerman. For a lot of cases, only a few villages speak exactly the same and some words have a local farming history, so its very difficult for a random German speaking person to make a translation for this video. So its quite considerate of her that she spoke German.
5:51 Here she speaks a bit Swiss german
Go skiing before going to work, that's unheard of in North America.
She’s much better ice-skating than skiing
Such a busy and privileged life! I wonder if she understands how difficult it is for the masses of people who live outside the hyper-wealthy bubble of Switzerland?
great observation . agree.
Its indeed a great question. But i still have to say that she probably shared the bright sides of her life. For example, costumer service jobs (also tourism) in Switzerland can be mentally destroying. Costumer is king and stay positive is that much a thing here that most employees don't speak up. To talk about it in public is unimaginable because of privacy culture. That is one of the reasons why a lot of scandals that Swiss companies had with criminal costumers are hidden for decades.
I also live in Switzerland and I do know that this is a priviliged life. (Even though I did not go skiing often or lived in the mountain as the lucky girl in this video). I also know that it is by mere coincidence that I ended up here and I did nothing that makes me more deserving of this life than others... I also know that there are many Swiss people who feel entitled to their life and think it is their right to live in wealth while others suffer. (I really don't understand these people) I probably don't fully understand how it is to live in poverty but I do know that Switzerland is not the norm.
Still there are also downsides to Switzerland. In contrast to other countries Switzerland does not have a very welcoming and open minded culture. We are also not very hospitable and it is hard for outsiders to be accepted. I actually don't like this at all about my country but have to admit that I, like most Swiss people, am also reserved and not as open to talking to people I don't know. Even though when I get to experience a different culture I usually enjoy the openness, hospitality and warmth that are part of many cultures and I often find it hard to go back to the cold reserved narrow minded swiss people.
@@ellythepelly the cold sided part is for sure a huge thing here. I also have to say that its very much connected to capitalism, economy and just detailed things (like paying back the exact amount even among friends. It kind of tries to make sure that nobody takes advantage of hospitality/ never pays/ doesn't take work seroously/.... Also it usually priorizes work which also makes a lot of systems work better (less spontanous delays/ losses of employees because of family emergencies,...) It definitelly leads to a lot of mental health issues for majority of people but its not really changeable when economy and capitalism is priorized.
@@ellythepelly I am from the US, and have met many very friendly Swiss people during my solo travels through Europe. That said, the entitlement mind-set is very common among the top elites world-wide, and far too many of them are either permanent or part-time residents in Switzerland.
I hope ... in the Alps glass towers will soon grow into the sky and your paradise will be even more beautiful ... while you have nothing left to eat ... 🫶
Why does the narrator mispronounce Gstaad every time he says it?
Hi @DriverDude100! What's wrong with it?😏
@@dweuromaxxIt is okay, but in the Swiss way to pronounce it, the g is less strongly pronounced (hard to explain). How the narrator pronounces it, it sounds almost as if the G is it‘s own syllable, while we pronounce it all as one syllable. The G is more like a short k-sound infront of the „staad“, rather than a g-sound. The ipa pronunciation would be: kʃtaːt (in case that helps).
The best way to describe it with an english word, would be the word „Action“. Most english speaker pronounce it as something like „akshn“. If you now remove the a sound and the n sound you have pretty much the sound the „Gs“ in the word Gstaad makes.
@@nirutivan9811 you're doing too much, the narrator does it the way an anglophone would. He never mispronounces multiple syllables nor swaps the sounds. Dont make me school you on Slavic names and see how awkward you get.
@@AndreiBerezin I literally said it is okay in the beginning. I just explained how it would be done the Swiss way. It‘s completely normal that names are pronounced differently in different languages.
Please at least pronounce it correctly, its not spelled Geschaadt. Its spelled as, Staadt with the "G" silent.
I will always pronunce GUESTADI!
Hi @TheSwitzerland! Melina is pronouncing it "G-staad", with an audible G. If she grew up there, surely she's an expert on the matter?
Melina’s life sounds perfect, but spending your whole life in a mountain town must be isolating, right?
I don't know bout others but i wud love it from the core of my heart. I simply adore Schweitz and bergens. But for Melina she is ready to relocate if her career demands in future.
yeah nah
She studies 3 days per week in Lausanne, 4th biggest City in Switzerland. She can be in Geneva, Bern, Basel or Zürich under 3h. That's not really isolated
Beautiful europe 😂
If you are white and born in Switzerland you are simply privileged. Now interview immigrants that don't fit that bil. Im sure they will tell a different experience. Same goes for any other European country.
Every country is facing this ,,under developed have a prob of sky rocketing increase in taxes or gas prices energy prices with low wages
Rich economies too have several problems I see ,youth likes to move abroad ,,canada we hear has inflation ,people are tired of paying high taxes and getting pathetic medical services and low wages in return
Uk is facing many such problems
All over the world we see difficulties
Switching to narration in English is confusing and the English robot voice is annoying
I love swiss girls .
why?
Capable young woman.....
shes is lonely.
Gibt es in Gastaad schwule Bars oder mexikanische Restaurants? Ich bin einfach sehr neugierig.
English voice is AI. Hence a thumbs down.
isn't robbie williams dead?
Can you GOOGLE?
@@jagosss I knew he is dead, I was just telling. maybe video had been shot way before he died.
You‘re probably thinking of US actor Robin Williams who passed away in 2014. English singer Robbie Williams is very much alive.
The 50 year old British pop singer and former member of Take That is alive and well.
@@dweuromaxx yeah yeah sorry, it must be Robin Williams. I didn't know there was another celebrity with almost the same name.
annoying AI voiceover
5:22 A Bachelors of Science in Tourism? How do you scientifically study tourism? Should it not be BCom Tourism? I cannot take a university seriously that offers a Bachelors of SCIENCE in TOURISM.
If it is the one offered by EHL at Lausanne it will be extremely exacting and rigorous, there is a TV series following some hospitality students throughout their course and I couldn’t believe how tough it is, it will get you a job anywhere in the world.
Hi @frikkiediehaai9477! So, the term 'science of tourism' isn't fully established yet, but there are many programmes that look at different aspects of tourism from various subjects, like sociology, economics and geography...🧳🌞⛰⛷
@@glennet9613 Omg that's the university where the Bachelor degree costs like 34,000 EUR a year, isn't it? I remember coming across it when looking at which university to study at. You have to be insanely rich to study there. I can't even IMAGINE. And they get to go to study to Singapore for 1 year if they want to. What a crazy program. I guess if you have the funds your life is fun.
@@dhaloh For foreign students, I believe there is a generous grant system for eligible Swiss nationals and their out of pocket cost is quite affordable.
Swiss German is way more understandable
She did not speak Swiss German in the video besides one sentence at work.
I had the same thoughts.
@@stehgrad what is it then?
@@GeneRauXxXthat was high German but with our Swiss accent. Swiss German is veeery different and als has its own words
@@cynthiag3581 oh got it. thank you.
She's 19, must be something in the Air up there, because she looks like she's pushing 30.
Get your eyes checked. Melina looks like a very attractive 19-year old woman.
@@salsanchez2114😂
First of all, it's not true and second of all, have you ever considered how she might feel if she reads this?
What a degrading and mean comment!!
And how exactly do you expect a 30 yr old person to look like? You are pretty much fully grown by 19. So except maybe some starting crowsfeet around the eyes, you dont really look all that much different if you lead a normal comfortable life.
Only West Europe? 🟢 Hello from Bucharest, Romania - a huge underrated city in Europe:)
That is very important. Overhyped places are too much nowadays when things can go viral on social media.
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This video is aimed at those who think emotionally and are far removed from practical logic. In reality, the town has a population of 11,000 people who sustain local tourism with no prospects for growth. If global competition from similar resorts increases, unemployment and a decline in living standards will inevitably follow. It's just a village where people have historically lived without looking beyond their immediate surroundings to understand what's happening in the world.
All the talk about skiing or playing hockey is nothing more than a way to pass the time because there's simply nothing else to do. It's a situation born out of hopelessness, much like a factory setting-eat on a schedule, do some sports, and so on. There is no chance of owning your own home, and those who managed to buy one just live in it.
A girl with such potential, knowing four languages and having work experience, could have left long ago. But she's used to her home and job, and she's simply too afraid to break free from her village. This is, in fact, how almost all of Switzerland lives. This isn’t a life-it’s Groundhog Day with no chance of escape.
What are you even talking about? Let me guess, you're from the USA.
What do you even know about the economy of Gstaad and of the surrounding areas?
She's 19. Who owns a house at this age?
Also, you make it sound like enjoying sports is miserable. It's living in cities and doing nothing that's miserable.
Who cares about how many people lives in your city? I grew up in a large city of 4 million inhabitants, now I live in a small city of just 120 000 people and my life quality is far better now.
Why would she want to quit such a nice town in Switzerland?
You'll need to learn that what YOU consider to be a good life might not be the same for everyone else 🤦
@@PatG-xd8qn Can you not read? I won't even guess where you're from, because from the way you write, it's obvious you're either from Switzerland or Europe. I don't need to know anything about the economy of this town because it's already clear just by looking at it, and the video I saw confirmed it. Are you trying to teach me about the economy? Here's the simplest response about the economy straight from a search engine:
Services Sector: This sector, encompassing tourism, hospitality, retail, and real estate services, is predominant in Gstaad. Given Gstaad's status as a luxury tourist destination, the services sector likely constitutes a significant majority of the local economy, potentially around 70-80%.
What are you trying to explain to me here? That the region doesn’t depend on tourism and everything connected to it? That Switzerland's economy is bound to decline in the future, just like its chocolate industry, which is struggling because of local production in Africa, or its watchmaking workshops that are under pressure from microbrands worldwide? When you were learning, I was already teaching, so go back to your feminist utopia and preach your nonsense there.
At 19, it’s possible to have an apartment in other countries and take out mortgages, but overrated Switzerland doesn’t give young people that opportunity at all. What does sports have to do with the fact that there’s nothing in this village that big cities have-like theaters, concerts, diverse activities for kids, entertainment, schools, universities, and so on? It’s just a village that gained hype because celebrities started going there, but in reality, with their prices and competition, they’ll eventually become irrelevant and fade into history.
For your information, population size does matter, as it directly reflects the popularity and economic and cultural development of a place. But clearly, your chicken brain can’t understand that since you lived in a 4-million-person city, couldn’t handle the competition, and ran away from stress and challenges. I’m not trying to teach anyone anything-that’s everyone’s right-but the limited mindset of village people and uneducated individuals who haven’t seen the world or even Asia (which is ahead of the rest of the planet) once again shows the gap between the modern world heading for space and stale Europe, which has turned into a museum and stagnated forever, surrounded by bureaucrats and their ilk.
She’s nineteen studying at an internationally renowned college in a major city.
Take your medicin, you will see it helps.
@@mikaellindroos1594 Rakas Mikael Kyrpä, voit ottaa lääkkeesi ensin, mutta olen varma, ettei se auta sinua, sillä kaltaisiasi ihmisiä työskenteli vankileirillä Lahdessa Suomessa, ja he pitivät omien kansalaistensa tuomitsemisesta