Yep Not "Fan Friday" this time, the day switched. You may as well call it "Switch-zerland" Uh-HEHEHHE!! (Joke submitted by Kelechi on Twitter) Also My mom guest stars and you get a RARE glimpse into her ART work! What do you think of it?
Hey Barbs, not an issue at all if you mispeld my name, when I was living in Moscow the russian were mispelling all the time, they could mispel also Teo, wich is just three letters, I am used to it and it is so cute to have one more variation. Thank you again for having me in the episode, I hope that ticinan guys appreciated my description of how they sound.
Your mum is a very good at painting and drawing! If you and any number of your friends ever come to northern Finland again, it would be my honor to host you for any number of days you wish. Been a fan many years.
On that image of the ceiling with all the cantons you missed something off to the bottom. The canton of Jura was founded in 1978, well after the Bundeshaus was built, so they added it off to the side with it’s founding date. All coat of arms also surround the building under the roof, and there the Jura one was placed in the corner.
0:44 The Netherlands is exactly the same in this regard. There is no universal healthcare, everyone is required by law to have private insurance, but it's heavily regulated, and if you're poor, it's also heavily subsidized. When I was a student, insurance cost €39 a month.
Well, it is UNIVERSAL if EVERYONE is allowed to have insurance and the poor are paid to have one. The insurances/services are just not public, but are heavily regulated. It's called the Bismarck model, applied in many countries really. Meanwhile, the system where the service is directly provided by the government is called the Beveridge model, applied widely too. And this is a simplification, these 2 actually exist in a spectrum, more so than as a hard distinction, existing countries whose system mix aspects of both. Switzerland has a stronger private presence than in the Netherlands, for example. Both models are universal health models though, as they assure everybody is covered, regardless of income. The US uses a out-of-pocket/free-market model, where people have to manage if and how they want to be covered individually :/ And prices vary according to supply/demand laws.
When I was a student in Switzerland it was CHF 165 a month for the most basic version. Now I pay double for the same service level (I'm even required to see one predefined house doctor if not in emergency) and pay yearly to get a 3% discount.
Bahhhhbs, I cannot wait for the UK episode, I have watched almost all your episodes and am sooooo excited to help with UK, greetings from Gloucestershire!
The sports section should’ve included ice hockey and football (soccer). They are quite good at both and especially the Swiss hockey league is one of the best in Europe.
Agreed, football (soccer) is huge. Also, I'm surprised Nico Hischier wasn't mentioned considering he's the only Swiss hockey player to ever been drafted #1 overall into the NHL
kinda surprised they didnt mention, especially considering they beat France in the euros this summer, thats a big flipping deal and they've got some really incredible hockey talent like Nico Hischier, Timo Meier, Roman Josi, and Kevin Fiala (I'm a really big hockey and soccer nerd lmao). Also, I Love what Yann Sommer did at the Euros, incredible GK
One info Paul, for all shopping lovers, Geneva is literally one of the best shopping destinations in Europe it’s up there with the legends of Paris and Milan
1:05 : Not for hamsters, they are strictly solitary, rhey would kill each other. But for sociables animals like rabbits, rats, mouse, parakeet, birds, guinea pigs, and so on, yes you mist have at least 2 of them in Swiss Laws.
0:28 THIIIIIIIIISSSSS!!! My bro went to Switzerland with his friend and somehow got a speeding ticket that took him a long time to correct (and this was during the start of the pandemic).
Paul, I dont understand when you say, "I didnt have time for..." in your own video! We love you, we love what you do, we love the information you provide...wtf!!! make it as long as you need to! damn! but we also love Flag Friday - which is the next episode of a cliffhanger Wednesday episode or more of you! if you have to make the really interesting countries 45 mins or an hour or two! we will watch it!
Hey @GeographyNow! This is Jay, the person who sent you the "Atlas of Extinct Countries" book a few years ago. I'm just brainstorming in general, but I had few ideas of suggestions for places you might like to travel in the future. But I second the idea of visiting Nauru, that would be a very interesting experience! 1. St Pierre and Miquelon 2. Pitcarin Island 3. Norfold Island (Australia), Christmas Island, Cocos and Keeling Islands 4. St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha, or Ascension Island 5. Mexican Islands of the Pacific Coast-might be doable given your location. 6. Channel Islands in California (you could do a day trip) + Tongva Native American areas in Southern California 7. Channel Islands, UK + Isle of Man 8. Tonga 9. Trinidad and Tobago 10. Islands of Insular Chile 11. Bermuda 12. Tuvalu
Speeding tickets are not generally based off of your income. Up to a certain speed tickets are just fixed amounts(Busse). But above a certain speed over the limit you get a criminal charge(Anzeige) in which case the Punishment is set individually for what you would earn for an amount of time(Geldstrafe). But to get charged you really have to go pretty fast so they don't evaluate your income every time they catch you with 5 above the limit.
Talking about the flag... I remember UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. The official styling for the flags of the countries involved in the tournament was circle. Basically the host countries have a white minus and a white plus on a red background for their flag, respectively.
It's actually cheaper to buy a house than to rent it in switzerland. We just don't pay off the mortgage. We just pay the interest on the mortgage because it's really low, like a percent or less. You often end up paying less than half in interest of what you would have paid in rent. It's kind of like renting, except you have a huge safety deposit :P Anyway, great episode, I like that you mentioned the cantons, it's a pretty big deal here, so much so that we have a name for it: "kantöndli geist" or canton spirit in english. Cheers
One thing I noticed was the lack of gardens. And houses built on mountain precipices. Two things I noticed was the lack of gardens, houses built on mountain precipice and station platforms that served a single dwelling. Amongst the things I noticed.............
Flags: If you invert the Swiss flag you get the Red Cross.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was founded in 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland, by Henry Dunant and Gustave Moynier. This comitee consists of up to 25 Swiss people. And fun fact: In some parts of Germany 'Schweizer' (= Swiss) was also a job title for a chief milker until some decades ago. This Schweizer could be from e.g. Saxony - nonetheless he was called the Schweizer, and a job advertisement could literally translate to 'Swiss wanted'.
Missing out the Red Cross is a huge oversight. Btw, because the Swiss and the Red Cross flag were so often used for 1st aid / hospitals etc, the official 1st aid logo is a white cross on green ground.
super wird ! the canton Bern ( and many others) had there own armys till 2003! Those military units were integrated into the swiss army and should defend there cantons in case of a civil war.
Me and Switzerland don't get on I have been twice and twice had a not great experience. The first time, Geneva (2003, I was 14), I was ill that day so it's kinda a blur but I remember everything just being so expensive and the money exchange stuff and like every store was like a watch shop and there just wasn't anything for a 14-year-old, oh wow it's a jet of water on a lake ZZZZZZ. The second time I had drove down from Germany (2012, 23) to see the Rhine Falls. But it was dusk in winter so we couldn't really see it well so we walked all the way over to the waterfall to get a better look and then walked all the way back... and then they turned the lights on. Then we had no idea how to get a permit to drive on the highways or who to pay to use the tollways so we could get to our accommodation in Austria (Lech), So... we had to drive back into Germany and make our way the long way reached Lech at 2 am, I was exhausted from driving all that way in snowfall and I was grumpy the whole time I was there. I just get bad luck in Switzerland...
00:24 actually no. The French-speaking part know exacly that the "german" speaking part is the real Switzerland. The original 3 cantons were "german" speaking. 3/4 of the population speaks german wich makes the french speaking part with the italian speaking part a minority, our Capital (Bern) and largest Cantons and City (Zurich) are in the German speaking part, the most famous sights of Switzerland are in 90% from the "german" speaking part. The Swiss Dialect is so different and unique and has so many words that dont exist in other languages that it could be called an own language. The Swiss dialect of french is with exception of the 20-90 numbers the same as standart french.
Yep Not "Fan Friday" this time, the day switched. You may as well call it "Switch-zerland" Uh-HEHEHHE!! (Joke submitted by Kelechi on Twitter) Also My mom guest stars and you get a RARE glimpse into her ART work! What do you think of it?
Marcos for president
Call it “fan Saturday” when it’s on Saturday or any other day than Friday.
Ee
Oh god no
Hello
Barbs mum is the best. And her Art looks awesome.
Yea ikr
“We don’t have time to into each of them (cantons).”
So… Filler Week material?
Oh yes please
Yes, please...
Ach JA bitte
I agree. I been asking Geography Now to request it for years.
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6:27 So funny how Paul laughed after he said Nauru, because "nauru" in Finnish means "a laugh".
That's some deep meanings
Interesting! Laugh in Telugu (an Indian language) is very similar... Navvu
@@HarithaMalladi Lol 💯
we need to ask barbs if that was intentional
Everytime I see your mother my hearth melt. Keep her close lad she is YOUR gem.
I love halberds too. Discovered them in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. My main toon in World of WarCraft was a Human Paladin named Halberdier.
this is the third flag/fan friday to not come out on a friday. First was Japan (Sunday), then Sao Tome e Principe (Thursday)
this isnt a flag friday though, look at the title. I think hes switching it up
@@sliced_bread_ same deal. Japan was a flag Sunday
So next one could be on Monday or Wednesday
Hey Barbs, not an issue at all if you mispeld my name, when I was living in Moscow the russian were mispelling all the time, they could mispel also Teo, wich is just three letters, I am used to it and it is so cute to have one more variation. Thank you again for having me in the episode, I hope that ticinan guys appreciated my description of how they sound.
🙏🏻🙏🏻
Your mum is a very good at painting and drawing! If you and any number of your friends ever come to northern Finland again, it would be my honor to host you for any number of days you wish. Been a fan many years.
I just became fan of BarbsMum right after 7:15 her reaction ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 너무 귀여우세요!!!
2:54 People from outside: What do we call you?
Greeks: Whats wrong with Helvetians?
Paul's mom is so talented, holy moly.
On that image of the ceiling with all the cantons you missed something off to the bottom. The canton of Jura was founded in 1978, well after the Bundeshaus was built, so they added it off to the side with it’s founding date. All coat of arms also surround the building under the roof, and there the Jura one was placed in the corner.
0:44 The Netherlands is exactly the same in this regard. There is no universal healthcare, everyone is required by law to have private insurance, but it's heavily regulated, and if you're poor, it's also heavily subsidized. When I was a student, insurance cost €39 a month.
Well, it is UNIVERSAL if EVERYONE is allowed to have insurance and the poor are paid to have one.
The insurances/services are just not public, but are heavily regulated. It's called the Bismarck model, applied in many countries really.
Meanwhile, the system where the service is directly provided by the government is called the Beveridge model, applied widely too.
And this is a simplification, these 2 actually exist in a spectrum, more so than as a hard distinction, existing countries whose system mix aspects of both.
Switzerland has a stronger private presence than in the Netherlands, for example.
Both models are universal health models though, as they assure everybody is covered, regardless of income.
The US uses a out-of-pocket/free-market model, where people have to manage if and how they want to be covered individually :/ And prices vary according to supply/demand laws.
When I was a student in Switzerland it was CHF 165 a month for the most basic version. Now I pay double for the same service level (I'm even required to see one predefined house doctor if not in emergency) and pay yearly to get a 3% discount.
Bahhhhbs, I cannot wait for the UK episode, I have watched almost all your episodes and am sooooo excited to help with UK, greetings from Gloucestershire!
The sports section should’ve included ice hockey and football (soccer). They are quite good at both and especially the Swiss hockey league is one of the best in Europe.
yeah, i'm a little disappointed they didnt even mention football. its the most popular sport here
Agreed, football (soccer) is huge. Also, I'm surprised Nico Hischier wasn't mentioned considering he's the only Swiss hockey player to ever been drafted #1 overall into the NHL
@a More like Albania is Switzerlands 2nd team. It's where you learn to play not your heritage that counts.
kinda surprised they didnt mention, especially considering they beat France in the euros this summer, thats a big flipping deal and they've got some really incredible hockey talent like Nico Hischier, Timo Meier, Roman Josi, and Kevin Fiala (I'm a really big hockey and soccer nerd lmao). Also, I Love what Yann Sommer did at the Euros, incredible GK
Hey, Barbs. For the next Filler Week video, you should definitely explain the cantons of Switzerland. Can you please do that?
Im just so impressed, everything in the episode was so true to my experience in Switzerland. Nice job!
One info Paul, for all shopping lovers, Geneva is literally one of the best shopping destinations in Europe it’s up there with the legends of Paris and Milan
and zurich too if you going to Bahnhofstrasse (one of the most expensive shopping streets in the world)
1:05 : Not for hamsters, they are strictly solitary, rhey would kill each other. But for sociables animals like rabbits, rats, mouse, parakeet, birds, guinea pigs, and so on, yes you mist have at least 2 of them in Swiss Laws.
That Napoleon flag is one of the most horrendous things I've ever seen, flag-wise.
Lol why it's perfect
@@ommsterlitz1805 leave
Yeah it's not great (namely the text)
It reminds me of a kurdish flag, lol
@@ommsterlitz1805 no. It's disgusting. The colors don't match.
Love Switzerland from Serbia 🇷🇸❤️🇨🇭
Love serbia from Switzerland
Kosovo je Srbija
Love to serbia from Switzerland! ❤️🇷🇸
@@Sh4d891 Tako brate!
@@Sh4d891 but if your country is so neutral then why Swiss government recognize self declared kosovo?
0:28 THIIIIIIIIISSSSS!!! My bro went to Switzerland with his friend and somehow got a speeding ticket that took him a long time to correct (and this was during the start of the pandemic).
well....there are speed limits for a reason👀
Oh my - what a seriously feel good video this is 😍 Love your mum and the energy and chemistry you two have between you. Made my day 😊
May we all be healthy and successful always.....good night everyone
Thank you for the good wishes - good night - and be healthy and succful, too.🙋
@@NicolaW72 Ah yeah I'm succful
@@lil-footfetish 😅
Paul, I dont understand when you say, "I didnt have time for..." in your own video! We love you, we love what you do, we love the information you provide...wtf!!! make it as long as you need to! damn! but we also love Flag Friday - which is the next episode of a cliffhanger Wednesday episode or more of you! if you have to make the really interesting countries 45 mins or an hour or two! we will watch it!
Paul is the only person i know who openly admits he likes british food. 😂
I'm So Ready For The Syria Geography Now Episode Despite The Whole Syrian Civil War Stuff.
I'm iranian Armenian but honestly I'm not looking forward to it
The civil war is tbh nearly over.
@@hailgiratinathetruegod7564 who's winning?
@@ReverendMeat51 rich people around the world
actually we love the dates and times. History is awesome
Hey @GeographyNow! This is Jay, the person who sent you the "Atlas of Extinct Countries" book a few years ago. I'm just brainstorming in general, but I had few ideas of suggestions for places you might like to travel in the future. But I second the idea of visiting Nauru, that would be a very interesting experience!
1. St Pierre and Miquelon
2. Pitcarin Island
3. Norfold Island (Australia), Christmas Island, Cocos and Keeling Islands
4. St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha, or Ascension Island
5. Mexican Islands of the Pacific Coast-might be doable given your location.
6. Channel Islands in California (you could do a day trip) + Tongva Native American areas in Southern California
7. Channel Islands, UK + Isle of Man
8. Tonga
9. Trinidad and Tobago
10. Islands of Insular Chile
11. Bermuda
12. Tuvalu
your mom s sooo sweet ☺☺🥰
The Canton flag is pretty interesting. Yes indeed.
You should do a filler week on the cantons of Switzerland.
Speeding tickets are not generally based off of your income. Up to a certain speed tickets are just fixed amounts(Busse). But above a certain speed over the limit you get a criminal charge(Anzeige) in which case the Punishment is set individually for what you would earn for an amount of time(Geldstrafe). But to get charged you really have to go pretty fast so they don't evaluate your income every time they catch you with 5 above the limit.
i’m moving to Switzerland. the flag is a big plus
Barbs mum's artwork is amazing 🤩, and now she has a new notebook for sketches! 😊
Great episode
4:28
Heh, Muscle Man from Regular Show, how could I forget, you said that Quintel was one of your favourite animators
Love it when Mama Barbs shows up!
Thailand and Vietnam are awsome I've never been there but I hear their awesome!!!
I don't know a lot of advantages of living in Switzerland but the flag is a big plus!
Thanks for touring us the world! Keep it up.
last time I was this early, you didn't even have a separate fan/flag friday
1:20 fun fact, "Gewalthaufen" translates to "violence pile"
4:28 Reference: Muscle Man from Regular Show
Talking about the flag... I remember UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland.
The official styling for the flags of the countries involved in the tournament was circle. Basically the host countries have a white minus and a white plus on a red background for their flag, respectively.
4:29 Muscle Man reference lol I love it
4:28 Definitely Muscle Man from Regular Show
Jean-Pierre Fux is from Aargau!
Really liking the beard, mate.
Speaking as someone whose relatives keep sheep, that Schaffhausen coat of arms is anatomically accurate.
Nice Littmann stethoscope when showing the health care!
4:28
WOW DUUUUDE IS THAT A REGULAR SHOW'S REFERENCE?
Also I maybe missed it but why does switzerland has that much taxes?
It doesnt habe high taxes. But houses are very expensive
DM me at GeographyLater@gmail.com. You win a free T-shirt
@@GeographyNow wow, really?
T-shirt is worth 10 points. Thanks :) Will do
Thanks again.
Switzerland IS really smart country Love from Bosnia 🇧🇦🤝🇨🇭
UA-camrs: make fan mail videos alone
Geography Now: bring normal people over for videos
always cute when mom stops in
It's actually cheaper to buy a house than to rent it in switzerland. We just don't pay off the mortgage. We just pay the interest on the mortgage because it's really low, like a percent or less. You often end up paying less than half in interest of what you would have paid in rent. It's kind of like renting, except you have a huge safety deposit :P
Anyway, great episode, I like that you mentioned the cantons, it's a pretty big deal here, so much so that we have a name for it: "kantöndli geist" or canton spirit in english.
Cheers
"ill just fly to switzerland to make this video.."
.....
lucky bastard 😂😥
yes, i am jel
Hey Barbs! Can you drop a link for the MSF coloring book? I'd get one for my mom for Christmas (she loves them!)
The Red Cross was created by a Swiss guy who used the Swiss Flag as inspiration. I think he was a doctor during WW1 or WW2
That's right. His name was Henry Dunant 😊
yay
Was that an attempt at a First of October reference? *THAT'S MY MOM*
...bringing books to all the grade 4s
“MY MOM!”
Muscle Man: *sniff*
Jean-Pierre Fux is from Aargau!
did you also know that Scouting also in the Geneve convention staying in Switzerland. as the only orgenisation with out a nation.
you know who *else* likes geography?
MY MOM
One thing I noticed was the lack of gardens. And houses built on mountain precipices. Two things I noticed was the lack of gardens, houses built on mountain precipice and station platforms that served a single dwelling. Amongst the things I noticed.............
Fun fact: Piz Gloria up in the mountains besides it being a restaurant is also home to the James Bond museum.
Barbs is the only person I've heard say they love British food😂
I enjoy all your episodes!
What is so good about Switzerland?
Well, their flag is a great plus.
I'll show myself out, thank you.
barbs saying "my mom!!" like muscle man really made this vid so much better
0:44 Me when I see a roadblock
4:43 Katmai
Love Switzerland from Armenia 🇦🇲♥️🇨🇭
Love to Armenia from Switzerland ❤️🇦🇲
0:39 No, we're not ruining the Autobahn :) yet
Hahahahaha. Barbs got the "mom slap". Idk one person who didn't get that playful smack as a kid.
Flags: If you invert the Swiss flag you get the Red Cross.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was founded in 1863 in Geneva, Switzerland, by Henry Dunant and Gustave Moynier. This comitee consists of up to 25 Swiss people.
And fun fact: In some parts of Germany 'Schweizer' (= Swiss) was also a job title for a chief milker until some decades ago. This Schweizer could be from e.g. Saxony - nonetheless he was called the Schweizer, and a job advertisement could literally translate to 'Swiss wanted'.
Missing out the Red Cross is a huge oversight.
Btw, because the Swiss and the Red Cross flag were so often used for 1st aid / hospitals etc, the official 1st aid logo is a white cross on green ground.
Love your videos btw Happy Halloween Geography Now team!🎃
i think you didn’t mention how good the public transport is enough
Love Geography Now!!!
We're not at all like you and actually enjoy getting to know the details because they're what makes the bigger picture.
Barbs, you will always be Muscle Man to me from now on
4:29 Regular Show reference
Barby's mom Is the purest human being
Can’t wait for the wales episode
1:00 - 1:10 Same things are in Slovakia
I wander if service dogs are taxed in scwizerland
Reduced or no tax depending on where you are
@@romainsavioz5466 are they taxed in Zurich
super wird !
the canton Bern ( and many others) had there own armys till 2003!
Those military units were integrated into the swiss army and should defend there cantons in case of a civil war.
Was MY MOM! refrence from Regular show where muscle Man always jokes about his mom?
Me and Switzerland don't get on I have been twice and twice had a not great experience. The first time, Geneva (2003, I was 14), I was ill that day so it's kinda a blur but I remember everything just being so expensive and the money exchange stuff and like every store was like a watch shop and there just wasn't anything for a 14-year-old, oh wow it's a jet of water on a lake ZZZZZZ. The second time I had drove down from Germany (2012, 23) to see the Rhine Falls. But it was dusk in winter so we couldn't really see it well so we walked all the way over to the waterfall to get a better look and then walked all the way back... and then they turned the lights on. Then we had no idea how to get a permit to drive on the highways or who to pay to use the tollways so we could get to our accommodation in Austria (Lech), So... we had to drive back into Germany and make our way the long way reached Lech at 2 am, I was exhausted from driving all that way in snowfall and I was grumpy the whole time I was there. I just get bad luck in Switzerland...
Apparently the pope approved that the kanton of Schaffhausen is allowed tp have a golden balls
Hamsters are solitary animals, you don't have to buy them in pairs. In fact if you buy two you need to separate them if they start fighting...
I enjoy watching you're video's, you need to do one for the Chamorro's of the Mariana Islands. 🇲🇵
00:24 actually no. The French-speaking part know exacly that the "german" speaking part is the real Switzerland. The original 3 cantons were "german" speaking. 3/4 of the population speaks german wich makes the french speaking part with the italian speaking part a minority, our Capital (Bern) and largest Cantons and City (Zurich) are in the German speaking part, the most famous sights of Switzerland are in 90% from the "german" speaking part. The Swiss Dialect is so different and unique and has so many words that dont exist in other languages that it could be called an own language. The Swiss dialect of french is with exception of the 20-90 numbers the same as standart french.
omg I am so much waiting for Syria :D good luck with that
Good morning for everbory
No Kangaroos in Austria… but we found a bunch in the zoo in Copenhagen. 🦘
0:45 maybe that could work for the US
Welp I'm next...
DONT YOU MENTION THE CIVIL WAR BARBS
DONT YOU DARE
Barbs will have to do a British accent for the UK episode
4:28 muscle man reference?