10 Strange things about Brazil!

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This video is about the things that I found strange when I moved to Brazil compared to Europe. This is not a criticism of Brazil, just my observation of the differences. After living in Brazil for over 5 years, most of these things are now totally normal to me.
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@Sofus.Solivagante 10 ай бұрын

Regarding the rubbish bins for toilet paper in batrooms, it is traditional. However, people who live in newer houses with more modern pipe systems have abandoned this habbit, for the most part. As for the hugging and kissing, it is also hard for Brazilians abroad. I have caused some awckward moments because of this, as we instinctively do that, even where it is not expected. Embarrassing moments lol.

@nordicinvestor2 10 ай бұрын

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@aigaoliveira3278 2 ай бұрын

😂😂

@luizamedeiros5611 10 ай бұрын

I'm Brazilian and that is so accurate! While living abroad I missed lunch so much!!

@nordicinvestor2 10 ай бұрын

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@d.challenger8650 10 ай бұрын

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who feels this way. I've been living in Brazil for ten years and I still haven't got used to some of these things. Thanks for the video. 😉

@nordicinvestor2 10 ай бұрын

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@josea.r.avelino181 10 ай бұрын

i am brazilian, born and raised in brazil and living here for 50 years and I still havent got used to ANY of these things.

@d.challenger8650 10 ай бұрын

@@josea.r.avelino181 Great, I'm not alone.😄

@LucasFeijo 9 ай бұрын

Stray Dogs: in urban areas it's extremely uncommon Gas: same thing, in urban areas there are gas pipes School times: depends on the municipality, some offer "turno integral" which means kids spend all day at school, generally preferred by poorer people because the school will feed their kids and take care of them while they work

@nordicinvestor2 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comments

@TatianePaulla 9 ай бұрын

Abraços e beijos para brasileiros é super normal, somos assim super carinhosos, amáveis e adoráveis as vezes acho que o resto do mundo é muito estranho com muita formalidade e etiqueta, mas sei que cultural kkk

@nordicinvestor2 9 ай бұрын

Yes Brazilians are the best

@JimATLANTA1 5 ай бұрын

So handsome

@papi8659 10 ай бұрын

Those instalment payments are becoming more common in London too these days, as people in the UK become poorer

@nordicinvestor2 10 ай бұрын

I didn't realise that it was becoming that common in London, thanks for the info

@tatianaa9406 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! It was very helpful!

@nordicinvestor2 2 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@DonnieChoi 10 ай бұрын

Hi there, found your channel just now. Why did you pick Brazil to move to?

@nordicinvestor2 10 ай бұрын

My wife is brazilian and also I wanted to escape the swedish winters and move to a warmer country which had a reasonable cost of living.

@rosalialagamba8683 3 ай бұрын

Do you know any moving company in southern Brazil?

@Javra88 Ай бұрын

God forbid I stay at school all day. We also have full time here, it depends on the school and municipality. Mine is part-time and evening because it's high school.

@Javra88 Ай бұрын

I prefer part-time, because I have more free time to do my own things

@nordicinvestor2 Ай бұрын

I agree, part time school is much better

@GhibliHeroine 6 ай бұрын

nasci no Brasil e moramos agora no Canadá, não uso mais esses cumprimentos... desacostumei e hoje me sentiria desconfortável também. No entanto percebo que uso com frequencia o sorriso sem perceber, me vejo a andar na rua e todas as pessoas sorrindo pra mim (os canadenses são muito educados geralmente eles sorriem de volta, as mulheres principalmente são muito amigáveis). O feijão e arroz não dá, quem é BR não abre mão... farofa da pra importar mas e cara pro pessoal aqui kkk

@nordicinvestor2 6 ай бұрын

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@eduardogrossi9349 10 ай бұрын

Firstly, nice video. I have brazilian friend which lives more than 10 years in Sweden, she is a jounalist. By the way, I'm investor too. Well the six strange thing about brazilian, actually depend on the people. I don't follow that rule.

@nordicinvestor2 10 ай бұрын

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@umgafarumgafar5580 9 ай бұрын

In which city do you live?

@chenyan4071 10 ай бұрын

I heard that in Jurere that toilet paper problem doesnt exist , do you live near Gramado ?

@nordicinvestor2 10 ай бұрын

I didn't realise that Jurere doesn't have this problem. Thanks for letting me know.

@rbs6742 10 ай бұрын

Hi, I am a Brazilian and everything you said is right. As for the greetings, even for me it's difficult to get, as some greet just with a handshake (man or woman) and others give a hug, others give one kiss or two kisses. Sometimes when you shake hands, people ignore and give you a hug, or when you kiss and back off, people give you a second kiss. Sometimes this makes us uncomfortable; could there be a pattern about it......kkkkk.

@nordicinvestor2 10 ай бұрын

Very true, the greetings can be very confusing👍

@julianacardoso953 Ай бұрын

Cada qual com sua cultura ,quando cheguei no Reino unido achava muito estranho no horário de almoco pessoas tomando cafe,chocolate, sanduíche ,pizza etc. menos o almoco.Brasileiros podem ate comer estas coisas mas se vc perguntar pra algum deles voce almoçou ele vai te responder que não!so comeu um lanche, mais tarde ele vai almoçar 😊. Horario do almoço é SAGRADO no Brasil , no Reino unido o jantar é mais importante.

@G.H.A.2770 5 ай бұрын

Hi. I was born in Rio Grande do Sul and I can tell you being on time was always something very important to us. I can't remember anyone in the South that liked waiting for late people to turn up. I would not advise anyone to buy into that idea, if you ask me. True about the toilet paper. I never liked that habit and i guess it is solely related to pipe dimensions. As someone said below newer buildings have better waste pipelines.

@nordicinvestor2 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comments, very true, lots of Brazilians are on time.

@renatonunes1533 2 ай бұрын

Mas pra festa, ou almoço de domingo, almoço em um restaurante no fim de semana, um atraso de até meia hora é bem dentro dos padrões sim.

@G.H.A.2770 2 ай бұрын

@@renatonunes1533 Che, não sei que região tu és do Brasil, mas não lembro em estar atrasado era parte dos costumes do sul. Também, ali na região donde sou imigrantes alemães, suíços é bem forte. E mesmo que não seja isso, sempre fomos educados em casa à sermos pontuais. Outra coisa que observei é que pela Europa o transporte público e muito bom, prático e com opções. Aí no Brasil não tem trem ou metrô como aqui, o que nos força a usar carros e com todos fazendo isto aumenta congestionamento e atrasos.

@renatonunes1533 2 ай бұрын

@@G.H.A.2770 Porto Alegre. Atraso pra evento social é bem comum sim. Mas nessas regiões de colonização alemã acredito mesmo que sejam mais pontuais.

@FULL_SPECTRUM_EXCELLENCE 3 ай бұрын

I read that in Brazil they feed all their catle GMO food. So basically all the meat is GMO meat. Do you have any information about this?

@nordicinvestor2 3 ай бұрын

I'm no expert on this but I know that Brazilian cows graze outside on pastures for the majority of the year. But maybe farmers also give the cows gmo feed as a supplement. Sorry not my area of expertise.

@FULL_SPECTRUM_EXCELLENCE 3 ай бұрын

@@nordicinvestor2 Thank You. I'm looking to relocate but this is an important issues. Might be interesting to do some research there. What I can find online is they grow a lot of GMO soy and feed that to the animals...

@---tx9xx 8 ай бұрын

That school system is awesome should be everywhere. Until what grade is that dualtrack available

@nordicinvestor2 8 ай бұрын

It depends on the school but in some schools the dual track is until 18 years old

@Javra88 Ай бұрын

God forbid I stay all day. Students in Brazil no longer want to study part time, imagine all day

@Javra88 Ай бұрын

Unnecessary

@Javra88 Ай бұрын

In many rich countries the system is like in Brazil. The American system (I'm not talking about education, which is excellent, but about the system) is terrible and the bullying and shootings there prove

@LucasFeijo 9 ай бұрын

Buy the large gas cilinder!

@nordicinvestor2 9 ай бұрын

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@InBrz 10 ай бұрын

Brasil does have a bad DOG problem, a lot of strays, I've seen them running packs at night like wolves The other problem is that many apartment buildings have at least ONE dog that barks all day- because they are lonely. I've seen this is regular Brasilian's aptos AND in very expensive aptos in front of the beach. Basically NOTHING you can do about it In civilized countries they have animal control and the SPCA to deal with this problem I've been told that many dogs have prescription anti-depressive pills they take. My pharmicist friends tell me that Brasilians in general are a huge population on these same anti-depressive drugs, maybe why most Brasilians are 'happy' people YES there are many lunch and dinner buffet restaurants all over BR Most of the are LIVRE, meaning you can eat all you want for ONE price. I've seen livre lunches from r$12 to r$30. It seems the south loves to eat rodizio pizza, that means they come to your table and you pick what pizza you want to eat. They keep coming till your stomach explodes or you die. I think they like pizza better than beef I find it difficult to find cheap chinese food in the south. LOT of it in the north as cheap as r$10 a plate for yaksoba. And strangely, I find much better Churrasco chain restaurants in the north too, like Boi Brasa and Sal e Brasa. Usually about r$40 per person for ALL the meat and buffet you can eat. Very high quality. WAS/IS very common to have propane tanks INSIDE a cabinet IN your kitchen, kind of damgerous I am seeing some cities outlawing that and requiring the tank to be OUTSIDE ONE of the reasons that Brasilians have the option of spreading out their payments is because many Brasilians live paycheck to paycheck and many get their govt checks at the END of the month. So many RUN OUT of $$ by then and have to finance everything till they get their check ANOTHER reason NOT to live on the ground floor ? When your apto building has an excess of people who flush their toilet paper, it heads to the septic tank on the property (in some cases to the city septic system). The problem is that it and the poop shows UP in your ground floor shower drain because the septic system can't process all of it that fast. MOST of that old rule about putting TP in the bucket is from when places had inadequate narrow sewer pipes that just could not handle the flow. NICE to have at least 2 big plungers on hand WHO wants smelly poop stained toilet paper sitting next to you in the bathroom ? Today 90% of new construction has adequate piping to the city sewer system and you CAN flush TP down the Toilet. On the same vein, today you CAN drink the public city water. It's treated and safe to drink in most modern cities. I could probably throw a rock accross the bay to you at PALMAS, well maybe SHOOT a rock over there. I can see Biguacu from here in the north island What kind of a visa did you use to move to Brasil ?

@nordicinvestor2 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for all your comments. My wife is Brazilian and I got a permanent visa that way.

@InBrz 10 ай бұрын

YEAH, me too = RNE she is from Recife@@nordicinvestor2

@nancyleal2529 10 ай бұрын

All tropical countries have problems with dogs and cats for a simple reason: they can survive outside. In very cold countries they could not survive without owners during the winter. When I was in Europe as a tourist I heard that many animals were abandoned by their owners especially during the summer because people wanted to travel "without problems"... Abandoned animals or born on the streets can survive here if someone feeds them, but in Europe it's more difficult if they are not really adopted.

@InBrz 10 ай бұрын

THAT isn't what I was talking about, I was talking about NOT TRAINING DOGS to BEHAVE civily, like NOT barking ALL DAMN DAY while Mommy is gone, isn't really the dogs fault, there are just NOT TRAINED WHY do dogs in the US NOT BARK all day ? Because they were told NOT TO and behaved, they got the wrapped up newspaper treatment till they figured it out. I think in places like Mexico and Brasil their animals DON'T FEEL LOVED or cared for, that is why they have such a hard time dealing with being alone. @@nancyleal2529

@eddiesantos4978 10 ай бұрын

In civilized countries it wasn't allowed to use drugs in the streets and know it is allowed (all across US cities). California state, it is even ok to steal in the stores.🤷‍♂️