American Reacts to 21 Things about Europe People Don't Know

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[@sushi777300]

Most common language doesn't mean first language. English native speakers are really not too common in Europe but a lot of people know English in different degrees of fluency

[@olli1068]

Q: How do you call a person speaking three languages? A: Trilingual Q: How do you call a person speaking two languages? A: Bilingual Q: How do you call a person speaking only one language? A: American Just kidding!

[@coole6825]

Or not....

[@ssirfbrorsan]

How do you spell Expelled if you can't spell? Apologies... Bad day-dad-joke

[@wykydytron]

Hey we are not all Americans here you don't have to say it's joke, we get it and we will not be offended and Americans will be offended anyway as it's in their blood.

[@fab5fred31]

you forgot the Brits😅...

[@thierry2066]

​@@fab5fred31 na he forgot the french 😂

[@valije]

There is a desert in Europe too, the Tabernas Desert, located in Spain. Most of the "spaguetti western" movies were filmed there.

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

I thought the spaghetti westerns were made in Italy .. because ... spaghetti ?..

[@carlosdeferrer3585]

Filmed in Spain, Italian directors

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

​@@carlosdeferrer3585... Ahh.... 😎👍☘🍺

[@andrejajster6930]

Spaghetti because it was an Italijan studio production, main locations were Spain, sout Italy, Yugoslavia and Israel.

[@Sayitlikitiz101]

Now everyone goes to Morocco! 🤣

[@smiechuwarte-qt8pn]

One interesting fact that was not included in this list is that the Polish salt mines of Wieliczka and Bochnia are the longest operating industrial plants in the world. They started extracting salt from the ground in the 13th century and are still operating today, although they are a tourist attraction on the UNESCO list

[@ssirfbrorsan]

Look up "malmgruvan Kiruna", Sweden. They are moving a hole town! so that the city will not fall into the mine!

[@valije]

I was there 20 years ago and I can recommend it to anyone (that doesn't suffer claustrophobia).

[@kronop8884]

Although now closed the Falu copper mine in Sweden was operational from the 9th century to 1992. The Stora Kopparberg Mining Company is probably the oldest industrial corporation in the world, chartered in 1347. Anyway a visit to wieliczka salt mine is highly recommended

[@TheXshot]

Whenever my family visits me in Poland, I always show them Wieliczka. It's amazing

[@stefanb4375]

It wasn't a joke😂 Kardach was later quoted as saying, "King Harald Bluetooth... was famous for uniting Scandinavia, just as we intended to unite the PC and mobile phone industries with a short-range wireless connection

[@matsv201]

But wouldn´t "RadioWire" as the marketing people came up with would be so much better..... haha.. JK

[@Aoderic]

Harald didn't unite anything. He was just the first to convert to Christianity, and so the church made up the story that he was the great Unifier. It's most likely that Denmark was unified already under king Hemming in 811, or earlier by his father Godfred.

[@matsv201]

@@Aoderic That is true, but the plurailty of what the church claimed about Nordic people in this area was makebelife.

[@Aoderic]

@@matsv201 Indeed

[@Roggen45]

Yes the seed of bluetooth was planted by them, but was not invented by them, the Inventor of Bluetooth is a Dutch guy😂

[@Thorium_Th]

11:19 Bavaria alone has over 5000 castles. Germany in its entirety has an estimated 24.000 castles. Even Austria which is way smaller has over a 1000 ones. How come they mention Czechia with the most castles? 🤔

[@garimeragonols]

I think it's most castles per area.

[@Thorium_Th]

@@garimeragonols I think that would still make Wales the winner with over 600 castles for such a small country (four times smaller than Czechia).

[@garimeragonols]

@@Thorium_Th I don't know, but pretty much every site says Czechia has the highest density of castles.

[@Thorium_Th]

@@garimeragonols 600 per 20km² is more than 900 per 80km².

[@saya-mi]

from what i know, it's actually per capita

[@knowledgeisgood9645]

In Swedish, Å is not A (it is pronounced o). Ö is not O (it is pronounced as the i in Sir or u in blur). Ä is not A either (it is pronounced as the a in battery). While I'm at it, A is pronounced as a in about, and O is pronounced as a long oo in book.

[@SparkyFolf]

Exakt! 👍

[@JH-lo9ut]

The difficult thing with describing "Ö" to English speakers, is that in English, that sound (as in sir, blur, burden, hurdle etc.) Is always followed by an "R". But that is not the case in Swedish. ( Same with Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, German, or Turkish, wich also uses the letter ö/ø)

[@knowledgeisgood9645]

@@JH-lo9ut Just because they happen to be followed by an r does not mean people can't hear the sound before it.

[@aphextwin5712]

Germany has very similar rules as Switzerland in regard to Sunday being a rest day where you are not allowed to do noisy things.

[@steinarhaugen7617]

Same in Norway.

[@derosiflo6524]

Austria too

[@raatroc]

Same in Belgium

[@Ankha38]

Same in France

[@papalaz4444244]

That is a society with co-operation, consideration and not being selfish - That is socialism.

[@stephanmaxx_]

The USA today is almost 250 years old, it could already have such old buildings, but it sacrifices its old houses to build shopping centers, highways or office buildings. 14. Cologne Cathedral was built in 600 years. Gaudi's cathedral will be completed in about 140 years.

[@papalaz4444244]

and most things are made of wood and plasterboard

[@jhdix6731]

To be fair, though construction on Cologne Cathedral started in 1248 and finished in 1880, net construction time was "only" about 300 years, since active construction was stopped in the middle of the 16th century, and started again in 1842. (In my opinion, the real wonder here is, that in this 300 year gap the half finished building was not cannibalized beyond repair.)

[@papalaz4444244]

@@jhdix6731 JH Dix

[@LeSarthois]

There are older buildings in the USA, from the Pueoblo people, dating 800 to 1000 years old, and the oldest building left by colonists (including wooden buildings) date back to the late 15th century (oldest wood building know in the Usa : the Nothnagle Log House, built around 1648). Unfortunately most Americans pay little attention to them.

[@GAIS414]

Bluetooth was invented by the Swedish company Ericsson, but was named after the Danish King Harald Blåtand.

[@gjb2753]

Nope,the inventor was a Dutchmen, Jaap Haartsen. He worked for Ericsson in Emmen, the Netherlands ; )

[@GAIS414]

@@gjb2753 Thanks for the input.

[@peet4921]

Not exactly, it was a Dutchman working for Ericson : Jaap C. Haartsen Bluetooth® Wireless Technology U.S. Patent No. 6,590,928 Inducted in 2015 Born Feb. 13, 1963

[@raatroc]

The reason is that Harald brought different tribes in the region together as does bluetooth bring different devices together. Also the logo for bluetooth is derived from the name Harald in runes script.

[@Aoderic]

@@raatroc Nah, his his father Gorm united Denmark again, it had been done several times before, but separated by inheritance. And would be separated several times again later. The only difference is that Harald was the first King to convert to Christianity, and so of course the church liked him, and made up the story that he was 'special', he wasn't.

[@pbhansen731]

In Denmark kids learn English in 1 grade and German in 5 grade so we are mostly multilingval, polyglot As we also often understand Swedish and Norwegan as well 🙃

[@sirsancti5504]

In Portugal, I got English at 5th, French at 7th, German at 10th ..had option for Italian since 7th grade, too.. Went forcsomething else instead.

[@sirsancti5504]

(Kids start English at 1st grade, nowadays.. Since the 2000s or something).

[@klarasee806]

My kids (in Germany) both learned English from 2nd grade, and they even had an English teacher in Kindergarten (which is from the age of about 3-5) who taught them some basics, sang English songs with them, etc. In many European countries, older Generations almost don‘t speak English at all. That‘s probably where the thirty something percent come from, which seemed astoundingly low to me at first glance. No worries: Younger generations (from boomers downwards 😉) in most European countries do speak English well enough to watch your videos.

[@LegendOfZeldafan666]

Except as Norwegian the danish numbering make no sense to me xD

[@nigelpluck3342]

Vatican City has a population of less than 800, St Peter’s Basilica can hold 60,000, so has a capacity of more than 75 times the population of the state it’s in.

[@panamafloyd1469]

There's $100 bucks of mine among those Notre Dame rebuild funds from the US. I'm not religious at all, but to me medieval cathedrals are the absolute best expression of human innovation and engineering during that period. I've often heard historians say that they're the medieval era's equivalent to the 20th Century's moon landings. And aren't they just beautiful to look at?

[@andersjakobsen9906]

Notre dame was built several 100 years before the English founded the first American colony. So it's no wonder you don't have this kind of buildings over there.

[@jennettesimons2415]

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is actually translated as St Mary’s Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel Near to the Rapid Whirlpool of Llantysilio of the Red Cave.

[@yann1ck666]

Small correction. Instead of Llantysilio, it's St. Tysilio. Just like how Llan- translated into St. at the beginning

[@jennettesimons2415]

@@yann1ck666 Thank you for the correction

[@devilkuro]

About the first point and what you said about intricate buildings you find in Europe and not in America, it's not just because the US is a newer nation, since the cathedral in Barcelona started construction in the 19th century and is still a very complex and intricate building. The main reason is that Protestanism, which is the main branch of christianity that's practiced in the US, is against such buildings as protestant churches have to be austere and simple. Meanwhile, catholicism is practiced in most of Europe and those old cathedrals and churches with statues, engravings, paintings etc... are built according to the Catholic faith that those structures must be as beautiful as possible to honor God. I'm sure one could build such churches in the US, but they would probably only get catholic attendees, which aren't as numerous as protestants in your country.

[@Phiyedough]

I lived most of my life in UK but never heard, saw or was bitten by a mosquito. They made up for it when I moved to Hungary though!

[@grabtharshammer]

Did you live in a town? We have loads in the countryside, and though I now live in a town, I even have them in my back yard in Torbay

[@Phiyedough]

From the age of 7 until I was 21 I lived in the countryside, about 7 miles from Coventry. I have also lived in the countryside in north east Scotland.

[@stephenlee5929]

There is even a species of mosquito native (unique) to the London Underground (the Tube).

[@venator-classstardestroyer5826]

I'm from Hungary and I honestly never heard of this no clinking rule. It's true that we don't do it every the time we drink but on bigger occasions it happens.

[@soly-dp-colo6388]

French here. Actually the new roof for Notre-Dame is almost ready! They've just put the new spire up there. The church should be completed next year. And it's already forbidden to mow your lawn in France on Sundays, except between 10 and 12 AM (because it's too loud for your neighbours).

[@Real_MisterSir]

Fun fact about the European monarchies, most of the royal families are somewhat related, some of them very closely so, such as the northern royal families (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, UK) with direct ties no more than one generational link apart. If trouble broke out within Europe, it would quite literally be a big family feud.

[@maxxie84]

on the welsh village name, the translation is not cave, it is much more, if I recall it's a bit like in German where they combine several word into one word, so it's a full description of the cave. Ok I checked and the meaning is: St Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near the rapid whirlpool of Llandysilio of the red cave

[@manub.3847]

English lessons in Hamburg Germany-> (and other foreign languages) were already taught in merchant families* during the Hanseatic era, and from 1870 onwards it was taught in all schools in Hamburg and since 1964 in all federal states. Attention! In some federal states, the language of the neighboring country is taught near the border from the 1st grade onwards: Schleswig Holstein = Danish; Lower Saxony=Dutch; Federal states on the French border = French etc. *not forgetting the craftsmen on the roll, who in earlier times often had the opportunity to acquire basic knowledge of foreign languages through their guilds.

[@Aerinn21]

In Poland we also have a group of approved names for babies, although I have no idea how long it is. If you wanna name your baby something unusual you either have to be a foreigner or get approve from Polish Language Board or get on the good side of the registrar if you know what I mean 😂 That must be the case with celebrities because sometimes they name their children pretty weird names. But for the common folk there are some rules, like the name should not be something that could ridicule the child, not a common noun (there are some exceptions to that) and should indicate the child's gender (we don't have unisex names here and the majority of female names end with A). Also, there is a small desert in Poland! 🙂

[@AndorFazekas]

The 8. is not entirely true! Egészségedre means "for you healt"...and this means: cheers.

[@DirtyBastard_89]

22:18 There are rainforests(coastal) in Norway too, and I guess other places in Europe. First that comes to mind is the boreal rainforest along the coast of Trøndelag and Namdalen. Almost forgot about Åfjord, which is the most important one, if I remember correctly. Sadly, 70-90% of the original boreal rain forest in Norway has been destroyed in the last 70+ years(if my math checks out from when I went to HS). Clearcutting and (forest) road construction are the main threats to the boreal rain forest. Incredible what you can learn passively when going to a High School specializing in forest and nature management, but doing the mechanical and indusrial calsses.

[@MrToradragon]

Some remains of rainforest are also in the UK.

[@xxx_phantom_xxxw_t_a9479]

Hello from Switzerland, yes, the fire at "Notre-Dame" made my heart "bleed" too, I've been to Paris a few times and this cathedral has always been worth a walk for me, luckily the structure was able to be saved , which certainly wasn't easy for the fire department either. 60,000 people in the church would be a nice backdrop for a cool rock concert. 😀 Not all baby names are allowed here either, and. A. someone wanted to name their child Lexikon, but this was rejected; rightly so.

[@lorrefl7072]

When you talk about old structures in Europe... I'm from Belgium, near Bruges, and when I lived in the old city center of Bruges I lived in a little house that was from the 1500s. The walls were 50cm thick (close to 2 feet) and the whole row of houses used to be part of a cloister. The cloister was still there though , right across the street from where I lived. I saw a drawing of the cloister in the 1500s and back then it had a lot of land, a farm and houses. Now there's only the building where the nuns live, a big church and a big garden, all with a tall wall around it. And the British Museum is AMAZING! A must see when you go to London. I've been several times and wish I could go again but due to chronic illness I don't go much further than a 30 minute drive from my house anymore.

[@KernowDreamer]

My mother and father recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary and, indeed, did receive a congratulatory letter from King Charles III. The post lady was very excited, as delivering letters from the King is a very rare occurrence for her. From England, UK.

[@manweoettam]

The language situation in Europe is essentially this: Until WWII most States had an official language, but local communities have also a variant of it and in some cases this variants are dialects due to the history of that particular region inside the State. So the national language could be seen as the interregional language. If you go through Europe you could see that a vast majority of the most oldest people can't speak other languages than their dialects and their national language. There are some exceptions, mainly due to UK "partners" like Belgium and Holland who were taught English. After the WWII the dialects start to disappear in most regions as an ordinary day language between people in favor of the national language. Only in some States and maybe not for all the students were taught a foreign language until the '70s. Then in Europe we start to have obligatory class of at least one foreign language since elementary/middle school. So, today, the vast majority of young and adults knows at least their national "everyday" language and English or French or another major European language (German, Spanish, Italian,...). In some States we have now 2 obligatory foreign languages at school, but usually one is define at the National level and the second is defined at a local level (usually linked to the economy of the area). So it could be that most European people known 2 languages, one is their national, the other could be a dialect or a foreign. And it sounds kind of obvious we have 200+ languages here. 😂

[@DenUitvreter]

It's the paradox of beautiful old buildings, it's awesome they have survived this long, but only because there have been and still are so many dangers over the ages.

[@gregmullins6927]

Great video Ian,also I think you look better without the baseball cap mate,you're a good bloke too!!

[@d.p.2680]

Bluetooth is a Danish invention, famous for connecting two countries, and know, two electronic devices, the Bluetooth symbol is the two Danish runes of H and B put together

[@Bioshyn]

Clinking glasses became a thing in medieval Germany when there were so many poison murders among the noble families that if someone didn't clink (and subsequently risked some liquid changing glasses) they were immediately suspicious. And no the Czech republic does not have the most castles in Europe, there is an estimated 20000 castles in Germany, some say even 25000.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

There must be more in France.

[@Bioshyn]

@@rmyikzelf5604according to google Germany has the most castles in the world by number and Wales by square mile

[@Youcantflyatank]

The tallest building in Europe is the main building of Gazprom company

[@andreashofer4442]

Yeah, drinking on saturday is the practical reason for the chilled sunday... If someone would make loud work noises on sunday, he'd propably get himself into trouble by some PPL who don't even know this is against the law - hangover, headache, black eye, beef with GF, n stuff - don't mess with middle Europeans on sunday :)

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

The current ruling dynasty of Denmark is Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (also simply House Glücksburg since 1818), which is a cadet branch of House Oldenburg, which ruled before in Denmark. The king of Norway comes since 1905 also from House Glücksburg - becoming independent from Sweden they offered the throne to a younger Prince of Denmark. The former Queen of Spain, Sofía, is also of House Glücksburg, born as fir, st child of Paul King of Greece (from the Greek branch of Glücksburg) and Frederica of Hanover (a branch of House Welf). "Glücksburg" refers to the palace/castle of Glücksburg near Flensburg in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The Czech republic has the most castles per capita and per square mile, but not in absolute numbers. The numbers for Germany for example are very divergent, depending if you count also very dilapidated ruins; current estimations go up to 25,000 historical castles and palaces (not counting non-historical stately homes from the late 19th and 20th century), but for up to 40% of those are only some foundations left.

[@XanagiHunag]

Small fact about Notre Dame. It's actual name is "Notre Dame de Paris" (our lady of Paris, once translated). You most likely won't find a cathedral called only "Notre Dame" in France, as there are multiple ones. For example "Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption" in Clermont-Ferrand is known for being black (and getting close to 8 centuries old). There's maintenance work done on the roofs and other parts of these old cathedrals, and it is believed (haven't checked if it's what actually happened) that the fire at Notre Dame de Paris was caused by a cigarette dropped by someone working on the roof's maintenance.

[@ssirfbrorsan]

Talk as much as you want. I, as a Swede, learn not only from the facts presented, but also from your reasoning. I live in Ås. as in Ridge ;)

[@erka001]

English as the most common language means its most people's second language, not first. So technically the language most people can speak is English, but only because everyone's first language is so different

[@evilmessiah81]

the cologne cathedral was started in 1248 and was finished in 1880, so just shy over 100 years is nothing special for a church

[@top40researcher31]

the hungerian translation of clicking your glasses is simply Cheers

[@kolerick]

little bit of trivia: the Eiffel tower is the most visited *paying* attraction, while Notre Dame was the most visited free "attraction" before the burning

[@oskar6747]

4:00 Coast of Helsinki is also without mosquitos. I live in Ruoholahti and have never seen one here

[@bence42]

The glass clinking in Hungary topic is just about beer.

[@Stoufclown]

Notre Dame. Such a shock the fire. Was driving from work, a colleague with me. And the road comign from work was the A13 where you cross a tunnel and then you have a full open view of Paris. We wondered what could be one fire in the center of Paris. Arriving home , putting TV … jaw dropped. Could not believe this could be destroyed. The Paris firemen did such an awsome work. Imagine you are a fireman in Paris and you train years in case this happen but you just don’t want it to happen.

[@biloaffe]

18:34 Sagrada Familia Spain: Twelve years ago, after 129 years of construction, the then president of the church patronage, Joan Rigol, dared for the first time to name a period for the completion of the Sagrada Familia: between 2026 and 2028. Then came Corona -Pandemic and caused the schedule to falter.11/13/2023 // Cologne Cathedral Germany: The foundation stone was laid in 1248 under Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden. However, it would take more than 600 years to complete.

[@MrToradragon]

Same story goes for almost all gothtic cathedrals in Czechia, for example St. Vitus cathedral in Prague was only finished in 1929, St Peter and Paul in Brno in 1908 and St. Wenceslas in Olomouc was founded in 1107 and finished in 1892.

[@biloaffe]

@@MrToradragon Wencelas Kathidral: That's not true! The basilica was completed in 1150. It was destroyed by fire in 1265 and was rebuilt several times in the following centuries. It has had its current appearance since the end of the 19th century.

[@CRBarchager]

19:40 There was a story a while back of a mother that wanted to name her son Christophpher (double ph instead of ff). I can't remember the outcome of that but I believe she was fined for wanted that name. It was on the news. It's 15+ years ago.

[@janfalkhermansen9907]

With regard to approved names in Denmark, it is also for the sake of not being teased at school because parents sometimes become a little too demanding in their approach to naming their children, you have it all your life

[@bastiwen]

As a Swiss I must say that we also have a big working culture (unfortunately) where we refused one more week of required vacation, paternity leave and more maternity leave (although I'm not sure about the last one). People here only think about work and money and it's getting pretty sad because our insurance companies take advantage of that are becoming more and more expensive while offering less (again, like the US). That being said, sundays are ansolutely a quite day here and people who don't respect that can get in. It's also not allowed to make noises between 10pm and 6am.

[@jeanbolduc5818]

Switzerland is more than one country ... each canton has its own rules and Swiss german is a dialect that german does not understand ... Switzerland is a conservative , old fashion , complicated based on neutrality when it comes to money, money and money .... Switzerland does not care about climate change

[@Bill_kill030]

08:50 I think Bluetooth actually got its name from this viking, the BT symbol also looks like a viking rune

[@bennednedben3689]

you can zoom with ctl+mousewheel (strg+mausrad)

[@kianne7080]

I know you get a letter from the king when you turn 100 years in Norway aswell. I used to work in a nursinghome, and a man living there turned 100. That letter from the king ment so much to him, that he slept with it under his pillow ❤

[@marcuskoppel8201]

In Vienna it is common to hear up to 10 or more languages, just by using a ride with public transportation

[@sloytar2]

The penguin, Nils Olav III is now a major general as of 2023 btw.

[@Rrr-eb2gr]

So about 10:40 , it's still not common to clink glasses, but nobody's gonna look at you when you do, so it's ok to do it. Also, the article fails to mention that they executed 13 Hungarian generals that were celebrated as national heroes in the revolution.

[@shaneb4612]

I would have guessed for the most visited would have been the Vatican. No mossies, cold I'm packing my bags for Reykjavik. Australia has a Queen but not of Australia, but Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, R.E.

[@tchuddi]

about languages, IMHO it would be interesting in the USA or whole north America too. Take for example Native Americans, which I know next to nothing about, but don't tell me they all have the same language, there must be many different kinds of languages. And I bet they count dialects in that article in addition to languages. I'll give you an example. I was born in the Czech Republic, but my grandfather spoke a language/dialect that was a mixture of different languages some Czech, some Polish, a little bit of Slovak and a lot of German etc. and this is taken as a language too. I understood it of course, but if he went to another part of the country most people wouldn't understand it, probably not even today's kids who were born in the same town. The language still exists today, but hardly anyone speaks it anymore, mabye some really old people from one part of the country.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

Regarding No9: Nobody knows how many castles there are in Germany (yet but counting and cataloguing is underway) but estimates say about 25 000! 21:40 San Marino is the oldest continuously existing democracy in the World since it started of as one in 301AD. The 2nd oldest is Iceland.

[@LeSarthois]

I wonder how they defined town, as where I live, I can name you at least one town, Nauvay, that officially has 11 inhabitants. I guess technically it is not a "town" because all the houses are spread as farm over the commune territory. I think there are also ghost villages in Italy with as little as two people living there, and in France, there are several communes that were obliterated during WWI that still exist legally but all have 0 people living in. For the longest building time, the Beauvais Cathedral was started in the year 1230 and was considered "completed" in 1604 (although to be fair, building works were interrupted for a period of about 150 years) and I think a few other cathedral in Europe took that long as well (even if it's hard sometime to distinguish between finished work and upgrade and really interrupted work and continuation when fund came back) Also two interesting fact you may like : The Brest castle in Brittany (not to be confused with the Brest-Litovsk Fortress in Biolorussia) has been used as a military fortress since it was built by the Romans (and in fact parts of the Roman walls are still visible in the current building) which make it the oldest military fort still used as a military fort, boasting over 1700 years of operation (even tho there's little history for the years 400 to 800 period where it may have not been used). If you go near Paris, you may want to visit the Vincennes fort, which boast the tallest keep of Europe (the tallest still-standing at least). And much like Brest, it is still owned and operated by the French Army (and in fact, it is officially the place where the French government would retreat should Paris be attacked), making it one of the oldest medieval military fort still in use. And it is open to the public (not all of it, obviously)

[@RealCadde]

The Denmark fact is misleading at best. There's a list of 7000 PRE APPROVED baby names in Denmark. Meaning, if you pick one of those you don't have to have it approved. But if you pick any other name (including creative spellings of the pre approved names) you must have it approved by the Danish government before it goes on record. It's merely a speed bump on the way, it doesn't automatically mean you can't name your baby anything you want to name it. What it means is that a parent can't name their child something that would or could later on be a subject for bullying of the child. It's for the safety of the child's future. I am sure you have a similar protection in the US, where you can't just name your child "Hitler" without someone in child services or likewise vetoing your choice.

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

22:00 Bulgaria was then however not necessarily in the same place... The region of today Bulgaria was conquered by Rome around 29 BC. In the 4th century different Germanic tribes settled there, including the Goths and Gepids which erected short-lived kingdoms there, but also Alans and Huns. The first Great Bulgaria was erected in the region north of the Black Sea (including northern Crimea) 632 AD - 665 AD; after this first empire was defeated by Khazars, part of the Bulgarians migrated to the Southwest in the Byzantine provinces along the Danube; in 681 they forced Byzantium to acknowledge their new kingdom by a peace treaty. In the 8th century they allied with the Franks to defeat the Avar Khaganate; they mixed with the regional Greeks and Thracians as well with Germanic tribes and immigrating Slavs and became Christians in the 9th century. But due to internal conflicts in 963 West Bulgaria separated, and in 971 Byzantium conquered the Eastern part and in 1018 the other parts. An uprising in 1040 was suppressed by the Varangian Guard commanded by Harald Hardrade, who became in 1047 King of Norway (and died in 1066 trying to conquer England). Another uprising in 1185-1187 had more success, and the Second Bulgarian Empire was founded, but was defeated in 1241 by the Mongols and lost land to Hungary, Nicäa and Serbia. Split in different princedoms it was conquered during the 14th century by the Ottoman Empire and ceased to exist as its own state; a number of different local uprisings were suppressed until the April Uprising of 1876 and the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78.

[@denryucards]

11:15 As a Czech, I never thought about how many castles we have. I take it as normal that when I travel somewhere, I will see 2 or 3 castles on the landscape scenery from the car.

[@ingrida1121]

Seems like Germany and Ireland and Wales have more castles than your country, the information in the article is false either by number or by the matter of fact.

[@denryucards]

@@ingrida1121 No, I look at it and we have 993 castles. Just Prague and nearby areas (max. 30 mins by car) have more than 50 castles. And it's just our capital.

[@MariusLapugean]

My friend, I am from Romania, and I speak romanian, english and italian, I work in techical industry where is mandatory to speak english. But also I speak or understand more or less german, serbian and hungarian. I am from Timisoara and here, many peaple at my age speak or understand germam serbian and hungarian language.

[@jhdix6731]

According to the Vatican website, the real capacity of St. Peter's cathedral is 20 000, not 60 000 people. Still it's impressive, especially if you keep in mind that construction of the building in its current form was starting in 1506, a time when the population of Rome was only 55 000 people in total, and even the largest western European city (Paris) only had 225 000 inhibitants.

[@Baptist7203]

You wasn’t far off the mark about “Bluetooth” . He united the language of Denmark and so all those years later when thinking of a name for a technology that connects different devices of various manufacturers the name Bluetooth was apt and sounded cool

[@csigarena]

About clinking glasses in Hungary, let me clear that as it's click baitish: Partly true as you not suppose to clink your beer bottles together if you drink directly from them , but it doesnt apply to every glass (cups,etc.). Also it's a dying out tradition so for a tourist its fine to do it.

[@countk1]

Bluetooth is named after the first king of Denmark indeed. He "connected" Scandinavia with the mainland of Europe.

[@jonser20cent68]

Thanks!

[@dh1ao]

Germany has 25000 castles officially. How comes 900 something are more? Some in the comments mentioned per area but that's not what they said. Baffled

[@phonogramme9921]

Notre Dame means Our Lady in french (and madame means my lady)

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

Yep Bluetooth was named after king harald bluetooth and the symbol for bluetooth is based on the norse runic language.

the rainforest thing has to be some kind of translation error... there really aren't any jungles in europe. I think it's meant to say "primeval forest" which is a forest that is and has been kept completely in its natural state with no human meddling of any kind. there are a few forests like that across europe but i imagine the Bosnian one must be quite big and well protected to be part of unesco heritage thank you for the your videos, love your energy!

[@carlosdeferrer3585]

They are known as Temperate rainforests they don't need to be tropical/jungles.

[@yadiracamacho499]

It's a primeval forest because it's untouched, and it's classified as a temperate rainforest (in a temperate climate, heavy rains, high closed canopy). I think you're thinking of tropical rainforests like the Amazonas when you say there are no jungles in Europe.

@@yadiracamacho499 I thought that rainforests by definition are tropical... huh, you learn something new every day :O

[@MrToradragon]

@ No, it is defined by amount of rainfall, if I remember correctly. It doesn't have to be particularly big to be part of UNESCO as it is perhaps only such remaining forest in Europe.

[@vanesag.9863]

In Spain we have a temperate rainforest (they are called sub tropical rainforests too) protected via Garajonay's National Park. I suppose this Bosnian forest is something similar to the Spanish one. We have too a dessert (Tabernas) and a semi desert (Bardenas Reales) National Park and Biosphere Reserve in our country. Probably smaller than in other continents but rainforests and desserts.

[@conallmclaughlin4545]

Polar bears came from Ireland and Irelands national colour is blue. Our alphabet only has 18 letters ( j, k, q, v, w, x, y, z) are the missing ones St valentines remains are in Dublin And finally we have the longest costal road on earth, the wild Atlantic way is 2500km There you go, some bonus Irish facts for ya

[@almanoor-bakker5964]

You probably allready heard of her, but Norwegian you tuber Cecilia Blomdahl might be worth interrogating.. she lives and works from Svalbard in the arctic region. Beautifull content.

[@albertmas3752]

Don't let them fool you. That 57 letters name in Wales is in fact the local wifi password. The town is really called Cave. Or maybe not XD

[@yadiracamacho499]

Europe does have a desert, Tabernas Desert in southern Spain. There they film things that require desert locations in shows like Game of Thrones or Doctor Who.

[@karinwenzel6361]

Iceland might be mosquito-free, but there are plenty of blood-sucking midges in summer, esp. around warm rivers or lakes.

[@clivewilliams3661]

The Dutch are probably the most multi-lingual in Europe (if not the World?) A friend of mine is Dutch and he speaks 6 European languages, 4 fluently. When I have visited the Netherlands I am surprised as to how many people speak perfect English, especially as Dutch is no different in its sounds and words.. Slartibartfast, the magician designer of planets, considered that his best work was designing Norway's coastline (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

[@wykydytron]

To be fair in most EU countries everyone under 40 can speak English. Most people in eu speak native, english + one more that was mandatory as 3rd language at school

[@pouf6463]

@@wykydytron tell that to the french ^^

[@countk1]

Hmm.... Being dutch myself, but living in Belgium, I'm afraid that the flemish at least learn one language more on average, namely french. i hardly know dutch people speaking french properly. In Holland, you learn Dutch, english, german on average. Flemish people start learning French at the age of 9, english at 12, german at 15.

[@RealCadde]

Number 16 is not telling the true story in its headline. It's about noise and rest, not strictly about mowing lawns. Switzerland has a very strict "no work on Sundays" culture and only the work that has a strict necessity is going to be allowed on Sundays. Noise regulations are very strict at night and on Sundays for the same reason, in that people should REST on Sundays. If an employer wants to conduct work on a Sunday they have to get a permit for it. And workers are (by law) protected from being scheduled for work on Sundays. So the employer must have explicit consent from the employee before issuing any work to said employee. And the employee cannot be paid for overtime, instead their time must be compensated by leave on a following week day.

[@ESCLuciaSlovakia]

We have a list of approved names in Slovakia too, but it's a much shorter list than in Denmark (474 names total). They are all written in the official "calendarium" of the Ministry of Culture and they are also assigned to the days of year. Every day has one name assigned, some have two or three. So we celebrate two things every year: the birthday and the name day. There are some rules, you can't give a girl's name to a boy and boy's name to a girl, no vulgar or derogatory names, no names after an object (apple) and if you want a foreign name, it must be used as a name in some foreign country and approved by our gov (no idea if they actually have to approve that). We also have a small desert in the west part of Slovakia, the biggest desert dunes in Central Europe. And also the highest number of castles per capita in the world.

[@carlovercammen1939]

In Belgium its also illeal to mow your lawn on sunday

[@Krystos_Guard]

Saying "Europe" is similar to saying "America". it is then from those 2 center points the contexts of the video plays out. Norway vs US, Norway vs Argentina, or Norway vs Mexico etc.

[@bramba1953]

My mother just got her card from the King on Monday for reaching 100 y.o.

[@Opa_Andre]

There is still one important thing people don't know: When are you finally coming to visit Europe yourself?

[@PPatricia23]

After watching his tenth video about comparing/differences/facts between US and Europe, i still have the same question in my mind. 💁🏼‍♀️😁 He also looks like he is from Germany or Ireland…somewhere in the matrix something had gone wrong i think😏😜😂

[@user-cp3zj5oc7q]

Iceland names are even more restrictive.yes I believe it’s illegal to mow your lawn on Sundays. In the 1980s I lived in nordrhein Westfalen, and there was the same rule…

[@ulrichhaepp2657]

There was some guy, who felt Africa should have a bigger church then the Vatican, so he built seven bigger copy it ( St Peters Dome) constructed ba Michelangelo, but finished long after his death.

[@rasmuswi]

There is some rainforest in the UK too. Before humans started reshaping the European landscapes, all of the European Atlantic coast, from Northern Spain to Southern Norway, was covered in rainforest.

[@tonieja8814]

I don't know why I'm writing this, but 22 the largest castle in the world is in Poland, in Malbork, it's the castle of the Teutonic Order.

[@Alfadrottning86]

We have no mosquitos, because its cold.. And we (aswell as most Nordics) speak English, because we learn it from a very early age ... also because most media is English, - no one will dub Hollywood to Icelandic after all.

[@CatsLilaSalem]

In The Netherlands it used to be common to be taught Dutch (duh) English, French and German, French and German being the neigbours. But German and especially French are hard and most people did not really finish those. I did only get Enlish at school, around 10-15 years ago lots of schools stopped with German and French, or you have to take extra classes to still get those, mostly only from an book. My school did not have an option at all, and even the English was only from books and also bad, i learned most of my English from the internet and gaming just constantly being exposed to English stuff can also help

[@lilotchie]

I'm quite sure that the chocolate sold at Brussels airport is mostly German or Swiss chocolate. Germany and Switzerland are world wide renown for our chocolate.

[@FissumTravel-fq6pn]

There is a video of the penguin inspecting the Guard.

[@JH-lo9ut]

When my grandmother had her 100'th birthday she recieved a telegram with personal congratulations from the king (of Sweden) Anyway, at my grandmas birthday party, at age 100, she had become a bit foggy in the head. Almost everyone at the party, at one time showed her the telegram from the king, and she was equally amazed every single time.

[@jordanbelfast4133]

Norway is also the country with the most Islands (over 200)

[@RealCadde]

You are not going to walk through a random town in Europe and hear 50 different languages either. You might hear 6 different languages in a random town in any given day and those are English, the languages of the country, any of the latin (Spanish like) languages, Slavic (Any eastern European), Arabic and the likes and any one of the African languages. It also depends on how urban the area you are in is at the time. The further out from city centers you go, the less diversity in languages you will hear and it's not due to population density but rather down to that the countryside is more culturally homogenous than the cities are. Out in the nowheres of Germany, you will see a person who originated from Africa speak fluent German. While a similar person from Africa would not speak German in a Berlin suburb or worse, ghetto. So the diversity is simply down to how immigration works in Europe. If it was evenly distributed across the country and not so insanely over the top, there would be less languages spoken at the same time in the same place. The 200 languages spoken are very region specific. They are not all spoken all over Europe. Just the same way there's way more Spanish speakers in California, Texas and New Mexico etc than there are in Ohio.

[@Akabei01]

Building the Cologne Cathedral took more than 600 years, so Barcelona can take some time to relax. 😁

[@deMOCKracy-xk8dj]

The Hungarian glass clinking is not entirely true that way. You never "cheers" with beer. We do clink the glasses if it's champagne for example, or pretty much any other drink but beer. It's also not a massive faux pas even if you do so, it's more of a story than a hard rule, and I also don't think the younger generation even in Hungary knows about it .

[@nigelmchugh5541]

The stained glass in the Rose window in Notre Dame is almost eight hundred years old. Over this time, the glass pieces have got thicker at their bottom, as glass actually "flows" due to gravity, given enough time!

[@stefanhurdubeti9563]

😲😳😯

[@1TazDanny3]

English is studied from the age off 12 when i went to school. Most industries depend on it, or at least thats from my experience and it bridged the gap between everybody

[@vvsandgaming4648]

Come to Iceland, I'll hook you up with some tickets to go see Formula Off Road in the country where it was invented