What On Earth Is Gibraltar? (UK Overseas Territory)
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"Although, as you'd expect, a lot of people also speak Spanish" - as the screen pans over a page of, er, Italian.🤦♀
Yeah I noticed that too.
Im guessing they showed Italian text since it’s part of Llanito, along with Spanish. The second book they show immediately after the Italian one is definitely Spanish. Maybe they couldn’t find actual Llanito text🤷🏻
@@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson Interesting, thanks!
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Mumma Mia 🤦
I'm Malaysian, and have been to Gibraltar 20 years ago, would love to visit again and the surrounding regions before I kick the bucket 😅
I misplaced my bucket, please do not kick it while I seek to retrieve it, unless you are bringing it to my attention.
top tip: If you fill your bucket with cement, it's much harder to kick :)
Do it mate!
@@dsxa918 well, if somebody else kicks your bucket for you then, ive got bad news.
What has being Malaysian got to do with anything
I did a brief stint in flight ops at RAF Gibraltar in 2000. I remember being given a tour of the tunnels by some signals folks. What a place it was! A time capsule. There was a cannon position hewn into the rock that had graffiti from the 1700s and which still looked as fresh as yesterday. There was a ww2 hospital built into a damp fissure no more than 3ft wide in places. There was a ship's engine in there for power. So much history compressed into that little rock. It was humbling for a hungover airman (long traditions and all that).
Yes, done the Great Siege and the WWII tunnels at Gibraltar. Fascinating places, both. Thanks for your service, by the way.
To the author: Gibraltar is a port and castle, whose use (only its use) and enjoyment (the port and its buildings) is ceded to the UK after the Treaty of Utrecht by Spain. That is to say outdated.
Neither the alienation of more territory, nor its expansion, nor control of waters or airspace, nor the construction of an airport, nor as a base for piracy, slave trade in the Peninsula, headquarters of fictitious companies, is contemplated. , a tax paradise, a center for mercenary companies and other prohibited activities such as smuggling and trafficking in people and drugs. Nor the granting of their own status to its inhabitants.
That is, neither jurisdiction nor the border is ceded, which leaves trade with Spain restricted except in case of emergency.
Furthermore, Spain reserved in the Treaty the right to redeem (recover) the colony if these points were exceeded and this has been done.
It is also declared by the UN as the only European territory pending decolonization.
That's Gibraltar.
@@jorgeo4483 Spain will never get it back
@@jacktattis We could get back tomorrow if we want, you are not opponents for us. The problem is how to recicle all the shit you got there.
@@jorgeo4483 You underestimate the Brits and overstate your capabilities . They would wipe the floor with you.
My grandfather was in charge of the Gibraltar Bird Observatory for most of his life. Sadly he passed quite recently.
Did he fall off his perch
@@mindyourownbusinessfatty No, but he was bird ringing when he passed - just happened to not be in Gibraltar at the time.
@@TheUKNutteri don't understand your comment. What did he pass? Was there a bird ringing exam or something that he passed.
He had a doctorate in ornithology. He got the job 30 years ago and never left!@@mindyourownbusinessfatty
@@mindyourownbusinessfatty No idea, it was years ago. I’ll have to ask my aunt. All I know is that he got a doctorate in ornithology.
Was in Portugal in April, and did a short 3 day excursion to Gibraltar, and it was absolutely fascinating. Walking across the runway to enter was incredibly interesting
It really is unique!
I lived there for 2 years many. many years ago. It's amazing how much more land has been reclaimed since then.
What do they do with the sewage? How is the town powered? TIA
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It’s such a time warp going from Spain to Gibraltar. And seeing UK flags and phones booths everywhere. Such a beautiful place especially to hike up that amazing rock. I really recommend it.
A timewarp forward or back? As a British citizen, I’m guessing back.
@@netto6681 Yeah definitely back in time. I think they wanted to make it feel like ye old England a little bit. But it’s also weird because you’re walking or driving over from Spain and all of a sudden you’re in a very different place that feels like it shouldn’t be the UK in a sense.
The UK should get the f out from there
Ask the locals whether the UK should pal. They will tell you in no uncertain terms with perhaps a little'bop' on your nose!!@@TheAtomoh
@ekspatriat According to Wikipedia, the gibraltarians want to stay alone. So no Spain or UK.
Visited there in 1971 while in the US Navy. Took a tour of the place, very interesting.
My dad was in the US Navy between 1965 and 1967 and was stationed briefly in Rota, Spain, which isn't far from Gibraltar. Yet, he's never mentioned visiting there.
I visited with the US Navy back in 1993 on my back to Norfolk, VA .
Love this video. Very helpful. Thank you.
Amazing content!
Simon, what an excellent and inspiring video. As always, you are a consummate professional and the content of this video and your enthusiasm has convinced my wife Diane and I to spend a holiday there next May. May you continue to make such superb documentaries.
Thanks for all of this in depth and interesting information on Gibraltar! 😎
Unique looking area. That rock!
Has he fell off his perch
Very informative video thanks 👍❤️🌹
I spotted that in 2:42 the language in the book is Italian instead of Spanish. However, what a great content!
It’s neither Italian nor Spanish. Or you could say it’s both. But it’s actually Llanito. A combination of multiple languages as explained in the video. Besides Italian, you can clearly see the words “cabeza” and “nunca”, Spanish for “head” and “never”.
"cabeza" and "nunca" are in the book after the 2:42 one. the second book could be spanish or llainto, I don't know, but I'm sure that the first text is in Italian as I am italian
@@massimilianobarbera7830 i see that now…the first book is completely Italian. Had to go back and check, it does seem to be two different books.
Spent my 21st birthday there ,total 5 days, 1980, Great time Great People, Thanks !!!
A great video, please do more.
Very informative.
Just visited this past April. Awesome hike
Very interesting. Thanks.
OMG ! SUPRE INTERESTING !!! THANKS!!! MUST SHARE (AND SUBSCRIBED)
I lived in Gibraltar for almost a year and what wrecked it for me was the lack of any green spaces. There's concrete everywhere- oh and everyone and their dog smokes.
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The Commonwealth Park has added a nice piece of green space to Gib. The Alameda Gardens, near the Rock Hotel, have been there are a long time and are well worth a visit.
Is it difficult to drive to green spaces in Spain? I have considered moving there
You are so funny ! Lol
I'd love to know more about there, thinking of moving out of the uk, also depending what they're smoking I wouldn't mind 😅
Great film!
One of the great runs ashore in the Royal Navy, always a great stop, was deployed there in 1976 / 1977... when the border was shut, happy days
Stay home
The text at 2:44 is Italian, not Spanish lol.
Watching this after football match against France..
I had heard that Gibraltar drives on the right; not common within the Commonwealth. I am in Canada, and we drive on the right. Was a bit surprised to read this, but it makes perfect sense. I wonder how many other Commonwealth nations do similarly? 🤔 Enjoyed the video.
To follow up, Belize 🇧🇿 in Central America drives on the right as well. 🚗
Napoleon standardised it across most of mainland Europe and various countries switched to align with this. A fair few countries still drive on the left.
Gibraltar isn't part of the Commonwealth, but an Overseas Territory of the UK, essentially making it a full on colony of the current British Empire as it stands today.
@@Joshua-fi4ji Thank you for that. It was slightly confusing considering Gibraltar competed in the Commonwealth Games, but yes, you're right. Like knowing the difference between the United Kingdom vs. Great Britain. 😉
Considering the fact that the only road out is connected to Spain which ALSO drives on the right, it's somewhat of a necessity for them to drive on the right instead of the left!
Great content
Very good video. Been to Gibraltar many times. It is a fascinating place. I'd recommend a visit there to anyone interested in history and good weather.
Ver informative video
Done some training inside the rock. The area simulated a street with houses and cars parked up. We had to advance and either friend or foe would pop up like a woman holding a baby appear in a window. The idea was to shoot enemy in a timely manor. A tunnel straight through from the dockyard to the beach was a great shortcut 😀
How charming(Snark)---Practicing how to kill people. Satanic impulses abound with increasing sophistication as never before.
Very interesting.
Nice documentary, but definitely incomplete. The airport in Gibraltar is probably one of the strangest in the world in that it actually intersects traffic. Unless I missed it, can't believe there wasn't a segment on that.
You should do more territories like French Dutch and English overseas territories
Like "What are the Guyanas?"
British not English
@pedanticradiator1491 same thing really
@@KMKM.S94 not really there were plenty of Scots and others involved in the British Empire
Colonies should must be forbbiden
All I picture now is a Giant Radioactive Lizard diving into the water
Pretty amazing that Gibraltar still belongs to the UK.
I've always wanted to take a look at Gibraltar but I live in Oz and it's a bit far for a weekend picnic, so thanks for look.
I hear ya
Parts of the United States also drive on the left; The US Virgin Islands.
Good question!! I have been to Gib many times when i was working and living in La Linea. It has one attraction `those monkeys ´ The first time i visited the place way back in 2016, it only cost 50p to enter the top of that mountain, but since they installed that fancy new skywalk, its now 5 quid(5 pounds). I would say Gibraltar is worth a visit if you are in the area, otherwise dont waste yr time!!!
love that place
The UK has an extraordinary way of developing areas in far off places to be modern and high GDP.
its a hub for laundering money from drug sales in the UK from smuggling through Algeria and Morroco into Spain, France and then Europe at large. Lots of LLPs and SPVs in Gibraltar hmmmmmm
Yeah, those evil colonials, modernizing, enriching, and stabilizing and such.....
@@redneckroy8947 Just ignore the genocides and mass enslavements mate.
@@k0mm4nd3r_k3n there was no genocide. It's a lie. Perhaps there should have been. Then we wouldn't have to hear them complain
@@k0mm4nd3r_k3n and as fsr as enslavement goes, we never started slavery, we ended it. It was common practice for the majority of human hostory, until we decided it was immoral. We went on a global crusade to stop the practice, which is still going on today in Africa and the drab world. Never mind it was Africans enslaving eachother, trading them to Arabs and European on the beaches. Did you ever wonder why there aren't any sub Sahara Africans in the Arab world? Because I bet you won't like the reason.
6.7 square kilometers, not 6.7 kilometers squared.
Yep. Lots of people have trouble distinguishing between the two concepts.
Who else is here after the game against France 😂😂
hahaha same. Never heard of them before
Very good video although there is alot more about our beautiful rock, so yes if your British come and visit its also yours although us locals have the rock in our hearts. Amazing video nicely done.
The corporation tax is now 12.5%, used to be 10%. It's 300 barbary macaques, not macau's 😂
Speaking of geopolitics Gibraltar is the same as Djibouti. I hope you cover Djibouti for your next vlog.
... how is gibraltar "the same" as djibouti?
Right that's it, im moving to Gibraltar.
I thought that Gibraltar was an island. That it is contiguous with Spanish mainland is new information for me. Many thanks for the fine informative video.👍
I thought the exact same thing
I had the opposite knowledge gap whan it came time to visit Venice. Had always thought it was a coastal city. It turns out to be an island.
@@gardengeek3041 Venice is composed of many islands.
"Gibraltar" was also the nickname of the Bronx County court building in Bonfire of the Vanities, because it was an English speaking outpost of court officials in the Spanish speaking Bronx.
What it is not is the setting for the 1961 Gregory Peck and Anthony Quinn movie Guns Of Navaronne.
Spain is extremely hypocritical for wanting Gibraltar back while still having 2 cities on the coast of Morocco, including one that is literally across the Strait from Gibraltar!
So says the ENGLISH?
@@blackfileNepal What? I'm American, lol.
@@MatthewTheWanderer You're as American as British. Go back to england, ya tea sipping bilbo baggins!
You didn't mention the airport, or that cars can no longer cross it as they must now use the tunnel under the eastern end of the runway. Pedestrians, cyclists, scooters, etc., can still cross the runway.
I was there in October and we drove across the runway.
True! However, whenever a plane is due to land/takeoff, ALL pedestrians and vehicles MUST vacate the runway immediately and stay behind the barricade until the plane has left and the road is again safe to traverse!
I love this...
Same
As a Tunisian living on the coast of the medditeranean i love how much is our sea is divirsed between it should make us all stronger and good neighbours but politics do not want that !!!
Interesting
SAILED THEOUGH THERE EVERY TEIP WE MADE TO MED. EVERYONE NEED TO GO SEE IT AND JUST VISIT,A SIGHT TO SEE,
Been there. 😊😊
Gibraltar has been under British rule a lot longer than it was under the rule of the post reconquista Spanish kingdoms
Y qué. Tan pronto como Gibraltar vuelva a España empezarán a contarse años también a favor de España.
@@masn9997 Gibraltar vuelva a España? En sus sueños!
@@joebloggs4191 Gibraltar volverá a España. Únicamente es una colonia británica por la fuerza militar, y Reino Unido la perderá.
@@masn9997 Como te he dicho, ¡en sus sueños!
@@joebloggs4191 Solo por geografía ocurrirá.
Good choice for some winter sun.
Gibraltar could be the 🆕 new
Montecarlo 😊
Im watching this after the 14-0 😀
4:52 Philippines is Left hand drive
The graph shows which side traffic drives on. The Philippines have right hand traffic (presumably with primarily left hand drive vehicles)
جبل طارق
Wie interessant
It will always be part of the UK just like the Falkland Islands. There are many many Royals who wear Gibraltar on our Cap Badge.
It's not part of the United Kingdom 😅England Wales acotland and Northern Ireland make up the United Kingdom.
I have seen enough documentaries to know that driving seems to be pretty much a free for all in one of the larger countries in orange.
It's got an international football team too, which Spain, for some reason, doesn't want to play against...
Recent census shows population is now over 40,000
Johnny Harris finally saw your video😅😅
Macau? We are putting parts of china. I think you mean macaque.
So many irritating mistakes. "De fecto" also jumped out.
I was on Gibraltar a few years ago and consider it to be a horrible place.
My wife and I walked to a high point on the cliffs and were disgusted to see that rubbish was thrown over the edge.
It certainly wasn't just bits and pieces but looked like a major rubbish dump.
Down below we could see what looked like a major dump with masses of discarded rubbish, including mattresses and discarded furniture.
All down the face of the cliff was streaks of what appeared to be a mix of oils and paint.
We left and vowed to never return.
That's a real shame, disappointing
From a military point of view it controls entry to/from the Med.
Been British for longer than it was ever Spanish. The mores had it for the longest time.
If think the Spanish are just trying to gain a boost to national pride by scoring points off one of the big boys. A bit like Argentina with the Falklands.
Is the Rock what was once referred to as the Pillars of Hercules?
I would say so.
The Spaniards are not very happy about UK's ownership of Gib, obviously...
In 2000/01 my partner and I were on a road trip from Madrid heading south.
We rented a car and bought a road atlas (paper and CD). Two-three days into the trip, we discovered that, on the paper version, the detailed map covering the south of Spain was "missing" Gib altogether, in its place just blue sea!!! Later on we checked the CD and discovered that it hadn't been edited out on that version, Gib was there in all its glory and details. Go figure!!
We did go on and visit the place after all, it's very nice!
The other funny bit was stopping and waiting at the red traffic light for a landing jumbo jet... amazing!
I was in gilbralta a couple months ago. It’s basically Disney Epcot but with monkeys.
Macau is a place. Macaque is the monkey. Pronounced Mack ack.
Macaw are a type of parrot
Been there. No place like it
Apart from every where else the English colonised 😅
Curious about the ratio of native Gibraltarians to expats
Been by there on a submarine so saw it not🫣
Gotta love Spain.
Spain: Give us back Gibraltar!
Morocco: Ummm, can we have Ceuta and Melilla back?
Spain: No they are ours, and it totally isn't the same thing as Gibraltar.
It literally isnt the same, Ceuta and Melilla always were spanish/portuguese enclaves without any treaties or documents saying otherwise. Gibraltar was temporarily given to the UK in signed treaties after the Spanish Succession War. According to the treaty signed, Gibraltar has to be returned to Spain. Your welcome!
It isn't the same
yes the issue is the same. Contiguous land masses are the reason why Morocco wants Ceuta and Spain wants Gibraltar. European land documents to do not dictate who owns land in Africa.
@@walkerahl Thats the point I made, Morroco wants cause its contiguous with their territory, not caring for any historical or further reasons. Spain claims Gibraltar because there's neither a legal nor any meaningful reason for the city to pertain to the UK. Drop the european arguments, this ain't a colony or French territory in Africa. Your welcome!
@@cirodelatorrerojo3643 I think the meaningful reason was its sucessful siege against spain and france against uk/portugal. Without it , it could be a chance gibraltar could be spanish one day but it will NEVER happen now. sorry lol it is our fault (french). After the siege, the territory earned its british identity until ... english people disappear from earth? If the spanish/french won the siege, gibraltar would be spanish today.
2:42 "... as you'd expect, a lot of people also speak Spanish..." - shot of a page of Italian text!
What is Gibraltar? It’s a British island off Spain with a giant rock in middle. Think there’s about 300 miles of tunnels under the island
It's not an island
Tez gatti remains constant
Gibraltar is like your rich aunty. She’s rich and old but still beautiful and glamours. She drinks wine, she smokes, she gambles. She lives in a small but nice house filled with antiques. She drives a mercedes and travels 3 times a year. She’s intimidating but at the same time very welcoming and generous with a gentle soul that gets lonely sometimes.
What.
😊❤
Love Gib!
"A lot of people also speak Spanish". Illustrates it with Italian text.
Population density units are "per square kilometer" not "per kilometer squared"
Means exactly the same.
@@gardengeek3041 The square kilometre is a measure of an area, which can be of any shape or size. Each square km of area is equivalent to the area of a square that is one km by one km.
Kilometre squared is NOT the same as square kilometre. Km square is not a proper metric for area, it’s a an indicative measure that can help visualize size, but is not a proper metric.
For example, a city that is 20km by 20km is said to be 20 kilometres square. However, its area is 400 square kilometres.
I am from Gibraltar
So was my father.
The story of Jabal Al Tariq ( The mountain of Tariq) anglicised to Gibraltar starts before the British.
It was the Muslim general Tariq bin Zaiyad who burnt his boats at Jabal Al Tariq ( Hence the phrase to burn your boat), so that his would fight to the end and thus conquered this land and the whole of Spain and the Muslims ruled for over 800 years before the Spanish Inquisition.
So please, credit where it’s due.
I've never been to Girbraltar. Has anyone else been and is it worth a visit?
Yes it is more than worth to visit Gibraltar! It is a great honor and the place is so beautiful!
If you're in Andalusia it's a great day trip.
Nope
@@donfatale does that mean they give you an exit stamp from Spain for entering Gibraltar?
@@sidkings Haven't been there since Brexit, so I'm not sure. Given the cross border workforce coming every day, I'd be surprised, but if you're coming from non UK/EU possibly?
Macaque, as in Macak, not ma-cow
Didn't mention the military assets on Gibraltar.
Correction, in the Brexit referendum the 'overwhelming majority' voting to remain was 95%, not 75% as stated at 1:40.
Look at the bottom left corner of the video at that timestamp - it says in big red letters "95%*" :)
It's a big rock
lm bron in Gibraltar 🇬🇮
2:29 That’s Liverpool not Gibraltar
what kind of diet do the Gibraltarians eat ? , is it Mediterranean , or typically British ? ( Cypriot hotels like to serve English breakfast )
Make a video about the largest Iranian island called Qeshm
It is one of the most interesting places I have been to because it has unusual natural attractions such as starts valley ( a unique place for recording music video) and Hara Jungle ( trees in salt water of Persian Gulf)
The Mediterranean countries are bless with water and great beaches. If only there is no insane quarrels and wars.
maybe the quarrels are not insane...
overwatch has a base there
Maybe a bit silly, but I have always wondered how on earth that Egyptian Cobras, and maybe other Cobra species, have avoided accidently being transported, or maybe even swam/drifted across, from North Africa across the Strait of Gibraltar and become established in southern Spain?..seems southern Spain would certainly be hospitable enough for them, and is is such a short distance!...same with Sicily/southern Italy...apparently, it's never happened, because supposedly, there are no Cobras(or other Elapids) in Europe...