5 THINGS I HATE ABOUT CZECH REPUBLIC | After Living in Prague 8 Years

[@Davud_Akh]

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[@rahi187]

Thank you so much for great information! How about a muslim girl to come there for study or job?

[@rahi187]

I am from pakistan

[@taandcom]

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[@markanthonny932]

I'm looking for job in CR.

[@jammmy30]

Have u noticed that you have a bit of Czech accent in your English? F.ex. The way u pronounced words like economy or words Czech Republic you pronounce them very clear in East European way :)

[@lynxlynx8125]

Prague citizens usually avoid city centre unless they need to go there. For walking we have other places. Toll for being tourists hot spot. Thnx to pandemic I can rediscover old city centre now.

[@Je1imanek]

tourists are like a plague. Mass tourism ruined city center (not only Prague, but other European capitals)

[@Davie63]

And Moravians usually try and avoid Prague. 🤣This guy needs to get out of Prague and see the rest of the country.

[@TheSason666]

@@Davie63 Are you Moravian?

[@fahmidani3947]

I was studying in CZ for 4,5 months and travelled to a lot of European cities during my stay in the weekends or holidays. I was staying in the Olomouc Region, and going to Prague is really easy and I was travelling back and forth to Prague and back to Olomouc for several times. After my study is over.. only Prague that stays in my heart after all the European cities I've ever been (beside my home city Olomouc). 200% agree on the 5th point.. I miss Prague so much.

[@PradedaCech]

About service in Czech language vs. English: Some Czechs are complaining that in the center, the waiters are actually not serving locals, only foreigners (English-speakers). I liked the last part about not being able to leave, I was planning to stay here only one year. - it's been 7 years now. :) Like Franz Kafka said: "Prague never lets you go. This dear little mother has sharp claws."

[@jakub3851]

Where are you from?

[@petrbalda9275]

You should try to visit more cities.

[@Davud_Akh]

I do my best, and already visited big cities in Czech :)

[@breznik1197]

@@Davud_Akh Are you from Turkish originally, or from German?

[@david2057]

Yes. Half of these bad things are just in Prague, not in the rest of the country.

[@Litherally]

@@Davud_Akh Like Brno i live in it :)

[@slavicboy6796]

@@Litherally BRNO OMEGALUL

[@ArepoEn]

Friend, just a gentle comment from somebody older who travelled and worked all over the world: I would never use the word "hate" in such a context like in your video. Taken literally, it is neither adequate nor fitting. and sound rather harsh and unpolite when talking about some country or a nation in general, - esp. when you are a foreigner. Yes, I know that many people are only able to use a "love-hate" vocabulary/attitude, but it's neither correct nor smart. English has more adequate and gentle words to describe something less favorable or even unpleasant. Let me also add that most of your observations are rather specific to Prague center, which is not a good representative for the CR as a whole. Anyway, best wishes!

[@maksymkovalchuk92]

Love/hate became KZbin vocabulary

[@saed8202]

Hate is a strong word, maybe dislike is more applicable.

[@Davud_Akh]

True! But at the same time, it would not make the same effect on the video :)

[@mdtorres_76]

I visited Prague for 2 days in 2014, and I LOVE IT. Beautiful and historical buildings, friendly people, and Beer is very cheap.

[@tboi.on_top]

Dík

[@thygo-h5j]

@@tboi.on_top jj asi tak no😂🤚

[@Beckford4000]

2 days in the touristic area means you have an extremely superficial view of the country. Plus, the price of beer isn't a valid way to assess a country. Come here for a few weeks or months, really get to know the place and visit outside Prague 1/2, then you'll realise that 1) Czechs are really rude a lot of the time, in fact Czechs think Czechs are damn rude. Customer service sucks, though it has improved a lot. 2) yes, the historical buildings look nice in the centre, try visiting Palmovka or Haje. 3) beer is cheap in cheap places, however, most other drinks can be overpriced and the cost of living in Prague is quite high, while wages for many don't reflect that. But hey, your 2 day insight into the city obviously makes you an expert.

[@mdtorres_76]

I am not an expert and unfortunately cannot stay for few weeks. Just stating what I observe based from my 2-day visit and people I met/chat/spoke with. This is my opinion. Is it wrong to express what I felt, experienced, and how happy am I & appreciate Prague and the people? Well, it is okay to state your reply or opinion too, but that doesn't mean you need to attack the person who commented.

[@eliska4325]

I’m half Czech half English but living in UK, i go to Prague regularly (well before coronavirus) and every time I’m on the plane from Manchester there is alwaaays at least 4/5 different groups of men going on their stag do.

[@manovlogs8161]

Hi eliska

[@Pidalin]

I think we are not cheap but other countries are very overpriced. For example when I was in Portugal, half liter of beer in restaurant was for 4 or 5 eur, but such prices are not coresponding with their salaries, same in Latvia where they have even lower salaries than we have so it's just overpriced in other countries. Czechs are used to spend their money carefuly and sellers and services know that increasing of prices = Czechs will not buy anything, but in most of places they can't live only from tourism so they can't piss off all native people. Ofcourse there are places with 100% touristic prices, but most of shops and restaurants are trying to find some compromise between our prices and prices for tourists. It looks like in other countries (even in countries with lower salaries) companies don't care about native people and they target only on tourists which is sad because people can't even go for beer in their country to pub. In Germany many things are more expensive (that's logical) but shopping can be actually even cheaper than here so not all countries are terribly overpriced like France, Italy or Spain. And Scandinavia...that's ridiculously overpriced, but they at least see that money from taxes on roads and other public places. Customer service is not terrible, it's just cultural difference, good waiter should ask what you want and bring it to you, not trying to start conversation with you and wasting your time with stories which I don't care about. :-D When I am in different country, I feel not comfortable because of that customer service when someone is constantly asking if everything is ok every few minutes and such things, I hate that, I don't know what to say as answer, what do they expect I say? "No, it wasn't ok, I want my money back?" I know it's cultural thing so I am trying to be polite, but it's frustrating for Czech. Also when tourists here are trying to speak Czech, that's very uncomfortable, because I really don't understand what they trying to say, but I want to be polite and not correct them, but I need to know what they want from me so after few seconds of fake smiling I have to ask if they can say it in English. :-D PS: Average salary is not good marker, western Europe has very strong difference between average and median (because of more milionares), so I believe common people from France or Germany are not so rich as many Czech believe and we are not so poor as we believe.

[@Davud_Akh]

Ondrej, it is great to have you here! I really appreciate the time you take to provide very detailed feedback! Thank you so much and it is so nice to know the things from Czech people perspective :) Thank you again for insightful information! :)

[@Pidalin]

@@Davud_Akh I am surprised you really read it. I have real keyboard on PC, that's my illnes. :-D

[@secretgarden1218]

Very good answer! I am from Poland and was in Prague few time and absolutely love it there. You can go alone as a single woman and not to worry about going out at the night time. I learn Czech but not very confident yet, so I order in English - sorry, but saying hi and thank you is I think a good idea always. I live close to the boarder and plan to move permanently. Your salaries as not as high as westerners but much higher then ours unfortunately and food in restaurants is cheaper, groceries also overpriced competing eg to Germany. I work in hospitality in the Uk and know exactly what you mean with their customer service, but being polite is fine and I think Czech customer service is much better then polish which I absolutely hate.

[@Pidalin]

@@secretgarden1218 I was in Poland 3 times for vacation and I didn't see anything wrong there, customer service was ok, prices similar, actually some things are cheaper, like coffee from starbucks, KFC and such things, twister from KFC cost something like 65 Kč in Poland, but 110 here in Czechi, I was very surprised by that, yout shops and shopping centers also have better products and more sizes for cloths because you are bigger market, they don't care about some little Czech Republic, we have to buy many things from other countries, when I wanted original Levis jeans in smaller size, I had to order it from UK etc....sometimes life here is really frustrating when you are smaller than average Czech and you even can't find cloths for you. :-D If you want to move to Czechia, you should know about that massive anti polish campaing which is here few years becuase of polish truck drivers staying on train crossing and waiting for death and poor food from Poland. But as I said, it's only propaganda because first thing - Czech drivers are also terrible, but it's not so interesting for media show Czech driver caused accident with train and second thing - food in Poland is actually better than here, but our companies are ordering poor food form Poland on purpose because they know Czech will eat every shit. :-D

[@frantiseklaluch6605]

In other countries there is not so many homeless people in public transport, because there is not so much... public transport... :-) BTW: 100 % agree... I stuck in CZ too... :-) Nice video.

[@Davud_Akh]

Well said! hahah Indeed, all expats can agree with the last point from the video :) Welcome to my channel :) Great to have you here!

[@gerald8921]

You are 100% correct. I lived in Prague in the mid 90s and everything you have said was true then, especially your last point about how your heart still remains there. I still dream about Prague to this day around 25 years later. Thanks and be well.

[@preiium7553]

bro you're probably not even 20 years old

[@gerald8921]

@@preiium7553 I'm turning 49 this month

[@dpavlovsky]

'90s Prague was the best. Since then, it seems like Prague has become somewhat Americanized. It still has some charm, but I think the reason many foreigners move to Prague, especially from the US, is because it's culturally accessible. Also the whole drinking thing seems to be getting old. Yeah, we get it, Czech drink a lot of beer. Their president is basically an alcoholic, and embarrasses himself on national TV. And then there's that whole seedy porn industry in Czech, and the drunken Brits and Germans goose-stepping all over like they own the place. If I moved to CZ, I don't think I could stand living in Prague for more than a year, maybe two. I'd much rather live on the outskirts, or a smaller city like Pribram. I can understand why a lot of Czechs living outside of Prague consider Praguians to not be "real" Czechs; even the way the Praguians speak the language is criticized heavily by those living outside of Prague.

[@CZEPolice]

To že zákazník má vždycky pravdu si může myslet jen člověk co nikdy nepracoval se zákazníky. Ale samozřejmě že je to individuální věc... záleží na zákazníkovi a prodavači.

[@Davud_Akh]

Pracuji v pohostinstvích a máte pravdu, že zákazníci nejsou nejchytřejší z nejlaskavějších lidí někdy :) Děkuji za zpětnou vazbu! :)

[@Pidalin]

Dokonce bych řekl že zákazník je někdy kokot, ale prostě když zákazníka pošlete do prdele že vymejšlí hovadiny, tak už nepřijde a ještě vás bude všude pomlouvat, proto se často firmy snažej vyhovět i totálním hovadinám co si zákazník vymyslí, což je ale taky špatně.

[@jammmy30]

I have been in Prague in 86 n 87 and I honestly did not think that the service could get any worse.. and yet in 2000 it did! But... in all fairness travelling to Russia (both Stpetersburg and Moscow) has thought me, that it actually can be A lot worse than Czech service..

[@gabrielbrunoparreira5670]

My wife is Czech and when we moved to Prague after a few years living in Boston, one of the first things she pointed out when we went out to a cafe or restaurant was how bad ("comparatively") the customer service was lol. So I totally relate to that point haha

[@gabrielbrunoparreira5670]

But again as you said it really depends on the place

[@Je1imanek]

@@gabrielbrunoparreira5670 I thiik it is about a "norm" ..be distanced and cold is in our DNA. No one (except foregins) do not want super friendly service, asking every few minutes "everything OK?" we want a service, what you will not see whole evening, but you have a new beer in time, and food order like: We want "this" and "this" -"Thats all?" "Yes, thank you" * 20 minutes later -"Here we go, .. good taste" -Thank you.. dont need a smiling people, we are not smiling too My black friend few times told me (restaurant, Tabák, ...no matter) "why he looks to me like that? Because I!m a black? ......Nope, we are an assholes, no matter what :D

[@gabrielbrunoparreira5670]

@@Je1imanek totally agree haha. I personally don't care about those aspects of customer service. As long as I get my food in a timely manner it's all good for me 😄. Also there's kind of a sad thing behind the "good customer service" in USA specifically. Waiters and other restaurants workers there, can legally be paid bellow minimum wage and the tips that people give are supposed kind of complement the pay, which is not always the case... So they keep good service so they can receive good tips, which I personally think is a shifty situation...

[@Je1imanek]

@@gabrielbrunoparreira5670 same situation...most ppl in service work for minimal salary (less or no taxes on social politics and healthcare) and live from tips it a seducetive fucked up with government and save a money. But during the pandemic its a problem, bcs theese people has oficiall "no or minimal income" so they have "no" losses today, and gov. says, hey, you are alright, still same life, huh? :D

[@ondrejkrpes1283]

Very legit points except few. Smelly public transport is literally everywhere, especially in summer. Customer service is terrible especially at tourist trap places, but that thing "customer is always right" doesnt really apply anymore. It's 2020. I work in customer service for years and there are two different things - "customer is always right" vs "proclient approach". :) Otherwise I'm very happy you like it here. Cheers from Prague.

[@Davud_Akh]

Thank you so much Ondrej! Indeed I love Turkey. Cheers from Turkey :)

[@asdfgh123lkjhgf]

"customer is always right" is a mis-translation, the issue is simply being polite, courteous and respectful to someone who comes into your place of business offering to leave you money in return for a pleasant service. If you cannot treat me respectfully then my money will go to a business that is able to behave in a humble and respectful way, you will then be at full free will to go enjoy yourself in any manner you seem fitting.

[@kukuzice]

I love the way czech girls looked at me in small towns (not in Prague, there they look tourists every day) where they almost never saw a Latin guy, a Latin face "in real time", face to face. A Latin guy who as well speaks a little Czech.

[@Davud_Akh]

You are lucky! I am sure you have enjoyed your time in Czech Republic :)

[@kukuzice]

@@Davud_Akh In Hradec Kralove, during the European female basketball championship (2017), I was waiting the begining of one match in a bar, alone, dressed with the Italian t-shirt, even an unknown couple sit in front of me to chat with me. Fortunately I speak a little czech. They wanted to know me! This is very unusual in Czeh Republic, as you know, if nobody introduce us before.

[@jrz97]

'''There is nothing rude in this video. I hate the homeless smelly people in public transportation too... :)

[@Davud_Akh]

haha, thanks for the support! :) Great to have you in the channel!

[@Davud_Akh]

Have you been to the Czech Republic already and what is your experience? What are the things you loved and dislike based on your experience? :)

[@kolegabunifacy6991]

Im from Poland I learn Slovak language which for me is not difficult I envy life in the Czech Republic because in Poland there is nothing interesting (This translator)

[@Davud_Akh]

@@kolegabunifacy6991 Hope one day you make it to the Czech Republic, if you already speak Slovak it should be easy for you to get used to living here ;) Good Luck and thank you for stopping by!

[@kolegabunifacy6991]

@@Davud_Akh If you want to show a little or get to know Poland and Poles more closely, write to me on FB :) invitation has been sent Me is Martin H on facebook

[@astridundercloud1366]

Im from czech i speak czech i love in O"d"i"v" v 'a'j"ic" And i used to born in Liberec but we move to a stupid village where is a working on roads and i think this years we couldnt go to school i dusquied my friend Anička if she know about how to get to school so she dont know there is every road not crashed ONLY IN MY STUPID VILLAGE why... god help me xdd

[@astridundercloud1366]

Also theres savage kids who is trying to be cool they look like barbies a and bully part of our class but ill always roast them to get outcelled xddd

[@mosesongwenyi7966]

Honestly Czech is such a quiet, calm & safe country. It has its cons but it’s one of the nicest places I’ve lived.

[@sandraroxLOL]

Am Czech and agree with most of these :) ..

[@flyingbirdsenglishbeginner3698]

I'm a Sri lankan.I love Czech a lot. I don't know why is that.Hazki vikend.

[@h.f.dkresbycz6058]

Česko je nejlepší

[@manovlogs8161]

Ahoy sandra

[@bret8181]

nemám tě rád

[@sylkapastylka]

Czechia is so much like Poland, but still a lot better. I'm doing my research and, oh my, I want to move so bad from this dumpster of a country, where man in cassocks that never had children tells every woman what they must and musn't do with their wombs. I'm considering moving to Czechia, because the people are similar in manners to Poles, but the country is much more liveable. Thank you very much for this video, it really helped me see that Czechia is great, even if your video was only focusing on the 'bad' things (and all of those I'm already expiriencing in Poland) :) I feel more calmed now when I think of moving. I wish you best.

[@TBC256]

Learning language the country you live in is one of basic survival skills and also way to show that you're serious. I have met a Vietnamese girl that started leaning Czech in July and in September the same year she started studying Master's degree of economy in Czech language.

[@Davud_Akh]

I totally agree! Learning the local language shows your attitude and as you mentioned it is one of the basic survivor kit. And your example about Vietnamese girl, I have seen many of my friends do that as well, especially Russians and Ukrainians. Thank you for stopping by :)

[@arcticfox5562]

My apologies for possibly reviving this thread but I would like to ask, did the Vietnamese girl have no previous knowledge of Czech language? If so, that is an amazing accomplishment! I am Czech and know that the language is pretty difficult to learn. Zdravím z Prahy! ^_^/

[@TBC256]

@@arcticfox5562 As far as I'm aware, she had no previous knowledge of the language.

[@dinhgiatien6893]

@@TBC256 oh so your friend must be a genius! My first language is Vietnamese and I’m trying to survive ” čeština “. Two language structures are so so different. If people are from a Slavic speaker would be a advantage to learn CZ. If only three months, she could learn Master’s degree of Economy in Cz. She has won my great admiration.

[@jammmy30]

@@arcticfox5562 I am planning to learn Czech and I’m pretty certain I could manage it in couple of months, but there is just 1 huge problem - there absolutely NONE university or college or anything that would teach Czech in the south Sweden. The best I could find was the 1 n only course in... Polish! It is quite expensive, unlike university’s that are free. So you can probably understand how desperate to learn Czech I am, that I would even consider learning Polish, just to get closer to Czech. Do you know any online places that would teach Czech in Czech Republic?

[@annabelvnoucek2148]

I was a bit worried when I read the title but having viewed your video, I agree with most of it. Not at all bad. Interesting video.

[@Davud_Akh]

Annabel, thank you so much for the feedback! I appreciate the support and the comment :) I am glad you enjoyed!

[@standad7541]

Interesting, general public would rather give dislike and not give two fucks about it instead of listening closely to see if we really have a problem in that branch.

[@alexsesh5278]

OK about the homeless people part Homeless people have a really bad mental health because everyone rejects them and hate them and they start to hate themselves because they are rejected by society and the feel like they have no reason to live. And you don't know what that person gone through and if he's going to kill himself today so if he's suicidal do you think he's gonna give a shit about smelling good? Sometimes small things like a smile or a small talk can mean a lot to a person and maybe change them or make their day. I don't think anyone likes to smell bad but they can't shower everyday like we do and when they see people moving away from them I can't imagine how hurt and rejected they feel. Please try to be nice to people and maybe it's hard to sit next to them but it'll mean a lot to them if u be nice cuz they are not used to kindness and be treated like humans. All I'm saying we're all people and no one deserves to be hated because something they can't control. I hope my comment made sense and thanks for sharing

[@Davud_Akh]

That makes so much sense, and you have mentioned actually our society problem which is much bigger that what I have talked about! Thank you for taking your time provide your feedback which is very valuable! And of course what I have mentioned had nothing against homeless people, as I mentioned in the email they are also human beings like us :) Respect! Davud :)

[@ФидельКастро-л4ж]

Vast majority of homeless don't want to work and don't care what people think about of them. Moreover most of them definitly prefer alcohol to your smile. However this is my ukrainian experience...

[@xtherealest]

I definitely agree with you. The most true thing about this is that if you live in Czechia you dont really have a lot of choises with traveling. Going to countries like Switzerland is I would say almost impossible because your money is just not going to be enough. The drunk and loud people that's another thing. I dont live in Prague but it also happens here where I live. Alcohol here is cheap and there's a lot of drunk people and you dont want to watch a drunk person laying on a bench in a park that is just vomiting everywhere or just being loud and aggressive. Also one of the things you didnt mention is drug dealing. Czechia is well known for drugs a lot of drugs in Europe is from Czech Republic so we don't have the best reputation. I think Czechia can be a great place to live because we have a lot of places tourists can visit. The nature here is also not so bad so as every country it has it's pros and cons.

[@VirtualToursTravel]

Hi Davud, this is great and very informative. I want to visit Czech Republic someday to see for it myself. Thanks for sharing this. :)

[@Davud_Akh]

You should! ;) Thank you for the comment!

[@ElM079]

Trustful video about Czechia, and Prague particularly. Customer service actually is quite nice for tourists rather than locals. "Getting stuck"- absolutely ) Nice job done 👍

[@LonelyRoadsScandinavia]

Wow! Bro! That was a really great info (and you are brave of course😇). Thank you! I have subbed you!

[@Davud_Akh]

I appreciate it! Yes I have done my best not to offend anybody, because I want to be away from negative energy and also I love this country :)

[@katerinafeiglova7886]

1) Smelly public transportation - this is true, but it does not happen that often, so it does not really bother me 2) Expensive travel - this is definitely true, for us, Czech people traveling almost anywhere is expensive 3) Drunk tourists - definitely true, that's why I almost never visit city center in the night 4) Customer service - yeah, unfortunately it's true. Well I would say most of the people are indifferent. I would say this is because the pays are low and people simply do the minimum they are supposed to do but don't really try hard. 5) Leaving Prague is hard - that is true, even for me as a Czech person it is hard to leave :) unfortunately for many people leaving Prague became a necessity because of the growing prices. Good video bro!

[@manovlogs8161]

I am from algeria and i enjoy watching your vedeo,every where there is positive and negative,good luck brother

[@martinarodmell5196]

You are funny, I was ready to give you thumb down but you are right and made me smile. I am Czech and from Prague and love Prague, I am so sorry I can't be there at the moment, last 7 years in Uk, with the smelly bezdomovec you refreshed my memories.Enjoy my town!

[@Davud_Akh]

Thank you! 😃 I am glad you have enjoyed the video! Cheers from Prague :)

[@SustainableSierra]

Haha, the stag/hen parties used to drive me crazy. If they're wearing a white button down, jeans, no jacket and are screaming, they're always British.

[@Davud_Akh]

hahah, I totally can understand this! :D

[@SustainableSierra]

@@Davud_Akh EVEN IN JANUARY!

[@eliskakordulova]

I think these are all valid reasons. With the customer service I totally know what you mean. The first time I've visited the UK I was astonished by how nice (kinda fake, but still nice) the cashiers were being! Thanks for sharing.

[@Davud_Akh]

Totally agree! Thank you for the comment and providing feedback! Lovely to have you here, Davud

[@JiFan]

Hahahahaa fake.. That's true, I guess. And the US too! 😂

[@marias.8249]

What I hate the most is the poor customer service. Believe me, 15 years ago was way worst, I think the younger generation is more open and friendly

[@Turtle1631991]

I mean you are not wrong. Then again I would hate if it swung too far the other way and poor underpaid service workers would end up being bullied by karens all day long. I spent few months supporting UK market once and I'd rather slit my wrist than do it again...

[@viktorblack2792]

Hello there, native Czech here ;-), (I am writing in English so everyone can read this) 1)-yup 2)-yup 3)-sorry dunno about that 4)-Yeah definetly! Mostly when I got in a tavern or a restaurant, I can see that the waiter DOES NOT want to be there. It's horrible that the level of customer service dropped so much in our country. When it comes to the language, A LOT of waiters don't know ANY other language then CZ, and some of them won't even try. 5)-Good for you Mister. Wish you luck.

[@Davud_Akh]

Hello Viktor, it is great to have you here and glad to hear your feedback! I totally agree with your explanation on number 4 :)

[@kubajcz]

@@Davud_Akh the reason for this are extremely bad salaries for waiters, nobody wants to do it. Most people today know english on decent level, but these people rather do something else than waiter. Expensive hotels or restaurants for tourists, they know english, german and russian well. But in common restaurants for czechs, you dont find good english speakers there. Most of tourists simply go to the expensive ones because it is near interesting old places in prague etc, they have money to spend here and dont care about it much.

[@vitycz]

About waiters, it really depends, but I think, that especially in Prague or Brno (big cities), there are lots of foreingers, as a waiters (ukranians, russians, slovaks etc.) and they just want to earn bigger amount of money, than in their country, so for them it is just way, how to do it and they aren't "feeling" their work

[@MultilingualKdog]

lol, if you try to speak Czech in Czech Republic, you'll get an automatic reply in English. I think you can probably get by without knowing Czech, if you live in Czech Republic for a couple of years, because it seems that most Czech can speak English especially generation born after 1980.

[@Davud_Akh]

hahah, you are right! I had a similar experience actually! :) Thank you for the comment, Davud

[@MultilingualKdog]

@CzechGamer so what like in 13 minutes, are you making a trap?

[@pavelperina7629]

Good opportunity to practice speaking English :) Or maybe people assume their English is better than your Czech.

[@molizananakolo]

I live in Czech republic and I am from moravia. Some Moravian people hate Prague people in Moravia. I am one of them

[@11barvas]

Czech republic is one the most expensive countries in Europe. Property prices in Prague are equivalent to Zurrich in Switzerland 🇨🇭 however the salaries are 3 times lower than Switzerland. There are hundreds of international companies here looking for cheap high skilled labour.

[@alexanderka1956]

The salary you mentioned I'd average only for Prague, go to any other city and that number drops dramatically, for example you could have the same job I the same exact industry and make 50.000czk in Prague but go to any other city and that 50.000czk(2.000€) becomes 20.000czk(800€) if you're lucky and if not then it can be as low as 16.000czk(650€) and although I understand that different cities have different prices it's really not according to the prices of housing and food because in Prague you can make twice the amount of money from other cities but you pay around 30-60% more for housing so it's still better to live and work in Prague where salaries are higher and everything is available from shopping anything you want to having the best doctors in Czech Republic minutes away from you. And you also save more money and can go visit other countries much easier. For example I worked in a small tourist city called karlsbad or karlovy vary and the housing prices are high due to the city being a tourist destination but the salaries are actually really low, like making 5€/hr is considered a good salary, which gives you (5€*40/week*4weeks= 800€) but finding an affordable accommodation which is also decent is unreal, you either pay around 300-350€ for a small studio with all bills included unless you spend more water/heat/electricity/gas(if there is) then you have to pay the difference so it can be more than just that amount and for food depending on how lavish you want to be it can cost you anywhere from 150-200€ a month up to 300€ a month. And if you actually want to live in a normal two room apartment you have to pay at least 450-500€ a month including bills meaning you have just money left for food and then you also need to consider paying for Internet about 15€ phone credit 10-20€ depending on how much you use it transportation also depending if you want your own or use public for public 15€ a months is enough for car it's more especially if you include annual maintenance, also I would imagine people want to go out for a drink so basically to live alone and put aside money even on 800€ a month is unreal.

[@AdelKa-ni2mr]

I have a question... there are no homeless people in public transport abroad?

[@paulmares9815]

Nice video, although I'd like to say: Prague does not equal Czech Republic. I think it's almost everywhere like this, that the big city/capital is always different than the rest of the country, especially the east of the Republic

[@Davud_Akh]

Thanks for the info! That is so true, Prague is a different world

[@imerickliew]

I have been there for once, my heart already there! I do really love Prague! Im thinking of living there too!

[@Davud_Akh]

You can totally understand me! I am away from Prague for a month now on backpacking trip - still I miss Prague even I am happy where I am :) You should definitely move to Prague, great life experience! :)

[@imerickliew]

@@Davud_Akh yup, but not now. Maybe few years later. Thanks for your video. Have a wonderful trip!

[@Davud_Akh]

@@imerickliew Thank you! :)

[@bongandlovesting]

hate and love relationship-- it's normal.. we haven't tried the 🚊.. next time we will... yes ur right there's so many drunk tourist in the city center ..we were not drinking that time we just went there just to see the place...

[@Davud_Akh]

So you have already been here and have experienced some things :) I hope you had a great trip overall! Thank you for stopping by and commenting. :)

[@DonnyDonowitz22]

Sadly i had the worst experience in Prague. I would never come back. But i wish that everybody can have the best time there.

[@tomastezky89]

We ALL CZECHS agree with you 100%. It might sound better to say: "What would I change in Bohemia, Czechia, Czech Republic." For example: Czech state CREATED homeless people by deregulation of rents, but gives ZERO option for homeless people to have a shelter. Our country is so small, that e.g. with social help of the army,even homeless people could live OK and clean. Even some trams could be for homeless people only (with shower, WC, basic food). But the Czech politicians maybe doesn't see it as a problem ...

[@Davud_Akh]

Hello, thank you for the support and agreeing with my view and the experience! Great to have your different point of view from political perspective - that is something I am not aware of a lot. Great to have you here, Davud :)

[@tomastezky89]

@@Davud_Akh Great to have you here too. You know for sure, that our Kingdom Bohemia has NEVER ever had any colonies (in fact we had been 3 times a colony of other states for 348 years before 1989) and thanks to it we treat foreigners like new friends and not like slaves ... But I am sure, that history of our Czech Kingdom Bohemia (now Czechia, Czech Republic) is known . It's only a pity, that our politicians are too shy to keep reminding West about these facts ... Wish you ever success 👍 Have a nice stay in Kingdom of Bohemia, Great Moravia, Samo's Empire, Czech Celtic Empire, Czechia, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic = our name has kept changing, but it's still the same peaceful state which has never had any colonies and has ever never attacked foreigne countries ...

[@breznik1197]

@@tomastezky89 www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domaci/togo-ceskoslovensko-vyroci-kolonie-100-let-jaroslav-olsa.A181022_112536_domaci_lesa A krom toho ke Slovensku a Podkarpatské Rusi se Češi chovali taky chovali jako ke koloniím (což neznamená nic špatného - Zakarpatci na to vzpomínají jako na nejlepší etapu své historie). Jo a keltská říše nebyla tak úplně "Czech", i když toho Češi po Keltech spoustu zdědili.

[@tomastezky89]

@@breznik1197 Souhlasím. Člověk v té době nežil, ale zámořských kolonií Království Bohemia mnoho neměla ( byla to nula ). A třeba usekávání rukou v Kongu za neplnění norem či vyvážení otroků z Afriky, či genocida celých etnik (kupříkladu ve všech třech Amerikách) možná byla v trochu odlišné rovině než 27 let spojení Čech, Moravy, Slezska, Slovenska s Podkarpatskou Rusí ... Ale souhlasím, že lze mít na typy kolonialismu rozdílný pohled ... Díky za link, rád si ji prostuduji ... Hezké svátky 👍

[@nishikantrajeshirke3684]

I think everyone will agree on is Customer Service... the way they react i feel why the hell i came to shopping/eating outside .. they just don't care about Customer

[@TheDarkGreenMarine]

man, hows the weed in Prague?

[@FunandBudget]

Nice perspectives, Davud!

[@Davud_Akh]

Thank you! :) Lovely to see you here! :)

[@kaypie3112]

Very good video. I very much want to retire in Cesky Krumlov. I am doing lots of research right now. As of June 2021. How bad are the Covid restrictions in Cz?

[@samurainaksu4547]

Hello Davud! Nice Video! I live in Germany but i want to learn Czech! Thanks for your honest opinion.

[@Davud_Akh]

Glad to hear that! Thank you for the comment too! :)

[@superdll6929]

Thanks for your information buddy! Greetings from Malaysia 🇲🇾

[@Davud_Akh]

My pleasure! thank you for visiting and supporting! Greetings from Turkey

[@KhanhQuoc-xl1pu]

Make a video to talk about how u learnt Czech language please. I think it means a lots to many people

[@Davud_Akh]

I wish I was fluent in Czech to make such a video haha - I only know the basic Czech language - but thank you for the idea, great to know what would be interesting for the audience :)

[@tomasfrank8188]

I was born in Prague. I live in Prague. Thanks for the feedback.

[@ilcielodiedimburgo9572]

Amazing video Davud!!!

[@estella_nguyenparis7669]

I like Prague, especially food. P/S: You are not a Czech person?

[@Davud_Akh]

Hello! I love Prague too! :) No, I am from Azerbaijan originally.

[@Pidalin]

I though he is Czech when I heard his accent first time, but he has sometimes problem with difference between long and short vowels, that revealed he is not Czech because we have short and long vowels so we can hear it even in English. That's one of that few things we can hear in English. :-D

[@MichaelMaiolo]

Your videos are so awesome! please keep sharing!

[@Davud_Akh]

Thank you! Will do!

[@fazal68]

Visited Prague last year in November 2019. Beautiful people and the place. I am thinking about moving here !!!!!

[@FialaStudio]

You don't need to constantly repeat "hate the Czech R...", your complaints can be introduced in many more eloquent ways. Just sayin'...

[@reekreeker3375]

Making a clickbait thumbnail and proceeds to talk about something that applies to every other country in the world. Some people should not be on KZbin.

[@pavlinajakubcova5489]

Why isn't this video named "things I hate on Prague" because the things you saying are happening just in Prague and in other countries capitals are mostly the same.

[@Davud_Akh]

Hello Pavlina, thank you for the feedback! You are right this is type of things are happening in every big city but I was sharing my experiences so I could not have talked about it in general :) Thank you for stopping by and providing feedback. Davud

[@drujna]

I am soon going to move to Prague. Thanks for the video. Greetings from Istanbul :)

[@annagaldova2777]

Stay home.

[@drujna]

@@annagaldova2777 mind your own business.

[@tomastezky89]

Problem is, that for last 3 decades any of the Czech politicians has NOT been seriously trying to find shelters for people, who can NOT pay overcharged rents for an appartment !!! Shocking discovery is the fact, that during lockdown all CZECH and MORAVIAN schools were empty and for example in school gyms thousands of homeless people could be accomodated in a civilised way !!! Czech army and volunteers could help there and homeless people could recover easily there and start helping others too 👍 But if Czechia is getting nearer to a Banana Republic, than its politicians look more after their "pockets" and their money, than looking after people, who urgently need help !!! 🤔🙄🙄🙄🤔😥😡

[@rmmmusical]

Useful information video Thanks for sharing 😍😍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏

[@Davud_Akh]

Thank you too! :)

[@rjwkkel9448]

What a coincidence I'm a Azerbaijani from Iran loving in Prague 😅

[@janfin292]

Imagine a trash of a human bean in a public office. This is sometimes how customer service works.

[@bpdvorak1]

So, what are you doing here, if you don’t like it? I am American/Czech, visited 60 countries, and lived in 7, last years mostly in Spain. Everyone knows that Prague is a “washing machine” for naïve foreigners. Most prices with exception of beer, cigarettes, are relatively comparable to Germany. The same thing is almost everywhere in all tourist hubs in the world with relatively low wages. Taking advantage of foreigners. In Prague, prices are generally far higher than in other parts of the country. The major problem is still the communist mentality and the current super corrupt ex-communist government. Especially, the older generation. As far as transportation is far better and modern compare to disgusting transport like in most USA, expl. Boston, New York, and some other places. Yes, services generally suck in Czech. How about the homeless in London, Spain, the USA...... 100x worse! Lots of homeless in Czech are not Czech, but foreigners. From Ukraine, and other Eastern countries.

[@xptoo]

I wanna visit Prague and maybe, just maybe live there. 2:19 i know it well. Once i had to left my seat bc of a smelling homeless guy on the bus. In my own country. He noticed and started yelling at me. I couldn't take it any longer that's why i left the seat. But i respect homeless people.

[@zero_hours_played]

-Czech roads, specially Prague city center and surroundings. Lots of potholes, bumps. You dodge one but you get another one. Yet not suitable for new cars. -You're right about services in public places, try your chance at governmental places :) I even get the response like "jsme v České republice a potřebujeme mluvit česky" -You're also right about bad smells in public transportation. Its not all about homeless people only, the person who uses a lot perfumes over sweaty body or even worse armpits. I stopped using public transportation since 2018.

[@jakubp.6987]

Its always good to get those feedback from foreigns. :) And most things you mention actualy piss citizens too. But those problems came from mutch bigger beneffits. Like those smells homeles in public transportation. Reason why are they there is that public transportation tickets /payments are based on public trust. The 24/7 drunken foreign partys in Prag centr also means tons of money to local business ond so on. On the other hand, things like bad customer service are made mostly from bad sallary in this industry. You mention average sallary is 34.000KČ but average sallary for waitress or saleswomann is 24.000 (in Prag) before taxes.

[@Davud_Akh]

Thank you so much for taking time to watch the video with open mind and actually providing very valuable feedback! I totally agree with you and it is also good to hear other side of the story always! Regardless of everything I have mentioned, I love this country and especially Prague :) I could not have better place which I can call "home".

[@buzfatih]

i went to Hooters when i was in Prag:) Their customer services was very well😂

[@Davud_Akh]

hahahah brother! That made me laugh so hard! Of course Hooters customer service is better than their food lol

[@patrickmooreallen2814]

I saw a comment of Monalisa Tinsley on the internet saying that there is a priest who help win the lottery from Africa, The first question i ask my self was why will he say this on the internet!!! because to me it was ridiculous to let people know about such secret. But i am a person who believe in spiritual powers because i have seen it work when i visited India years back.. All i did was to give a try and truly i won $22 Million jackpot and my life has changed since i became a winner. I promise the priest that i will tell the whole world about him because he brought me out of bankrupt. I cant give the world money but i can give people a good advise to contact this good man for lottery help. His whatsapp number is [phone] and his email address is templeofpermanenthealings@gmail. com

[@Je1imanek]

hooters is overpriced tourist trap :D

[@jammmy30]

OMG!!! Is there such thing as hooters In Prague?! I would wanna visit it cause 1.I’ve heared a lot about in the tv show about Al Bundy, but also here (in Sweden) even strip bars can’t advertise openly (cause feminists burn their trucks, advertisements etc.), but to imagine hooters here?! That’s simply impossible!

[@patrickmooreallen2814]

@@jammmy30 My advise will lead you to happiness and financial stability. You can win the lottery through the help of Priest Odibo. I will advise you to message him through whatsapp or telegram at [phone]

[@zeyneptunal4434]

Smell is the same problem in İstanbul 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Davud_Akh]

I just arrived to Istanbul and I will see if it is as bad as Prague haha :)

[@zeyneptunal4434]

Davud Akhundzada welcome ☺️

[@akillaonwax]

Kocham Prage , pozdrawiam z Polski :*

[@nikitaivanov8648]

I'm also living Czech, but minus that can not find normal girlfriend which Let's say we say "2 year for example" and I'm from Russian, and living in Czech 13 year

[@igorbukovy4313]

Hate is a direct connection to the dark side. Control your hate otherwise the hate will control You. One more advice, replace hate with dissatisfaction. Like/love or do not like but never hate.

[@upsideuop4220]

I lived in the CR for half a year (studying) and now out of there. And am I happy I left this place? Hell yea ahhaha CR is a nice country, there are really many good things but it's probably just the most "not my cup of tea" ever. Yet I know quite a bit of people who really love it there. So we all are unique and we all just try to find a "soul place". If you're trying to find yourself best of luck mate! x

[@jammmy30]

Can you please tell a bit more what is negative about CR? Cause I really feel that I almost need a bit of “detox” from Prague. I feel that my picture is insanely rosy, bu online videos do not really reveal “the dark side”

[@majamilosevic2148]

Beautiful video my dear friend ❤️. LIKE

[@Davud_Akh]

Many thanks! Appreciate the support :)

[@danielhainc3011]

I love this video. Its should not be titled "I Hate" but "i dont like ". I love that last reason "I hate it, because it is just too good to leave" :D

[@Davud_Akh]

Hey Daniel! Thank you for the feedback, I am glad you liked it and agree with me in the last point :) And about the title - "dislike" is too boring, "hate" is more attractive as title haha

[@bobkowalski7655]

Smelly public transportation is prague's speciality. No joke, it is the only place where it smells so bad in czech republic.

[@Davud_Akh]

hahaha, yes I can confirm - Prague is another level :D

[@Hashan_vlogs]

Nice video, and use full information 👌

[@Davud_Akh]

Thanks a lot! Thank you for stopping by brother :)

[@terakral]

As a local, I totally agree with you Davud!

[@janebellow]

Not sure why there are so many dislikes? I am from Prague and all of these points are unfortunately true. Thank you for your honest opinion :)

[@br38924]

In what neighborhood of Prague do you live? :)

[@LanceHock]

great content bro. keep it up.

[@Davud_Akh]

Thanks, will do! Thanks for the feedback :)

[@trique9776]

This literally explains the bad things about any European city. I know too because I have lived in three different European countries

[@AlHafizYT]

Ohhh.. Thanks for sharing important thing about chez republic

[@Davud_Akh]

Thanks for watching :)

[@Akikotime]

great vlog and very interesting topic... more uploads please! :)

[@Davud_Akh]

Thank you! Will do! Especially from Turkey :)

[@vojtechslezak4553]

Dont judge the whole country based on f*cking Prague. There is a reasson why in Warhammer its called the cursed city🤣

[@NeutralDice]

name is Prague from Plague

[@johnpaulthessen9402]

Can you get around on a bicycle to minimize time on the trams?

[@MaKairosKitchen]

Im yet to visit prague in three months time...thank you for this information. Love your video

[@themillennialmarket1941]

Correction average salary is 15k

[@Davud_Akh]

www.platy.cz/en/salaryinfo :)

[@themillennialmarket1941]

@@Davud_Akh oh well, the random person in hospitality doesn't get that unfortunately

[@Davud_Akh]

@@themillennialmarket1941 You are right, people in the service sector are not well paid, only enough to make to the end of the month. I worked in the restaurant and hotel as well, so I know :(

[@iminsideyourwalls9432]

Smelly public transportation in Cz? Bro,if you think that's bad come to Romania and embark in a bus,it reeks of shit.

[@shyee7071]

Wow, this is very informative.. I wish to see Prague pretty soon. more vids please...

[@Davud_Akh]

Thank you! Will do my best, but more videos coming from Turkey this time not Prague :)

[@conceptalfa]

I think you mentioning the bad customer service depends on two things: messed up mentality by the long communist rule where in many cases even the second generation inhereted it, this kind of mentality is only seen in ex communist countries, and secondly lack of ability in communicating in foreign language......

[@Davud_Akh]

Yes definitely these can be the reasons :)

[@MrToradragon]

I don't think that it can be attributed to 40 years of communism anymore, but rather to general frustration and perhaps as well to different concepts and rules that Czech language is based on. As well it depends on where you go, whether is it small shop or supermarket. You can't expect "American attitude" in supermarkets, not in Czech Republic nor in Germany, people simply will not smile on command, yet it is common to meet plenty of friendly shop owners.

[@ioannispapadakis9653]

it's a fake rumour that everything wrong in Cz has to do with communist past. It's just a matter of culture that people do not hide their feelings and can't be smiley when they receive such a low salary

[@conceptalfa]

@@ioannispapadakis9653 it has nothing with rumour to do, but just my personal understanding....

[@ioannispapadakis9653]

@@conceptalfa Sure, I just have heard this by many foreigners in CZ about everything wrong in this country (that s why I called them rumours). In that case I think 3 decades of capitalism would have been enough to correct all bad habits from just 4.5 years of commies era.

[@jeanvonbarberode2377]

No nevim, ja jsem z Moravy a ziji uz 20 let v Melbourne/Australie a hodne tech veci ktere se tu zminovali jsou i tady v Melbourne, homelesaci tu taky smrdi kdyz jedou vlakem, pred 3 lety jsem byl na navsteve rodicu na Morave a taky jsem si nemohl nejak vyskakovat s Australskym platem, ceny jsou v CR dost vysoke a hlavne jidlo, hodne veci stejne nebo i malinko drazsi nez v Australii. Ano taky jsem castecne jeste doma na Morave ale je tak tezke po 20 letech opustit Australii, ktera ma tolik krasnych veci a zivot tu je pohoda! Jo a v Australii je zakaznik vzdycky pan a hodne lidi to zneuziva ve svuj prospech aby treba v restauraci dostali kavu zadarmo! Greetings from Down Under, will be soon back for visit when Covid restriction will go!

[@jahangirm.294]

I see what you did there at Mangal :D Good video

[@Davud_Akh]

haha, thank you! Favorite place :)

[@jahangirm.294]

@@Davud_Akh yes definitely amazing place :)

[@sweethome9715]

Czech flag is similar with Philippines ones

[@Dazvrazybroo]

Im prague civilain and when i have the mask it dosent smell in tram or bus or subway

[@kawaiinekogirl1173]

I’m a quarter Czech and my dad is half and my grandma is full and my family is moving to Czech Republic yay

[@Davud_Akh]

That is such an exciting news! I am sure you are going to love it! :)

[@jern2216]

Vítej v české republice! Doufám že se ti tu bude líbit!

[@freddiethompson58]

To keep a return plane ticket is always a good idea.

[@jammmy30]

Where r u from? I mean since you r moving there it is interesting to understand what conditions you are moving from

[@dayanamaryah1939]

Hi I would like to ask where are you from ??😊

[@Davud_Akh]

Hey! From Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

[@dayanamaryah1939]

@@Davud_Akh oh okay that’s beautiful🥰