American Reacts to Pictures That Show Why There's Nowhere Like Europe

[@antonistsitakis8713]

It is absolutely normal to discover parts of ancient structures in Europe, in my country Greece the same cities are inhibitated for more than 2,500 years or more. It is just layer upon layer etc...

[@akaittou]

This! Even all the way in Finland where I live it happens regularly, either with centuries old medieval remnants or more significantly, traces of bronze and iron age settlements and/or burial mounds. Even stone age cave paintings are occasionally still discovered, from when people settled the area after the end of the ice age.

[@sashkad9246]

Basically everywhere throughout Europe, whenever you start digging >3 metres deep, chances are you'd find something ancient. You have to stop digging, archeologists have to dig out and research what's there, may be add it to museum exhibitions, and only then woudl you proceed with the construction. Pretty standardized process now.

[@itsmebatman]

Indeed. Have a project planned that needs some digging? Better plan to find something historic and have the authorities stop you so the scientists can analyze. Happens all the time. Although it's kinda our own fault, because we want to uncover and preserve as much history as we can.

[@Rozwal85]

It's either something ancient or an unexploded ordnance from the two world wars. It's like a lottery.

[@darek4488]

The bigger the project and the older the city the more certain it will happen.

[@gemmarwen]

You're right. In Barcelona happens all the time, specially finding mosaics floors.

[@ingemarsjoo4542]

Since I am interested in metro systems (like for instance New York subway), it striked me how slow the expansion has been on the Rome metro. One line took almost 20 years to be finished. When I studied the case a bit closer, it was apparant that the cause wasn´t lack of money or the laziness of italian workers. It was archeology. In the central parts of Rome it was practically impossible to go forward with the project without having to stop now and then to let the archeologists do their work first. There were artefacts EVERYWHERE. Even if the tunnels between stations could be digged very deep, below the ancient layers, on the stations they still had to dig through to the surface to install moving stairways, ventilation etc. By the way, it was the same problem in Thessaloniki in Greece, when they wanted to build a metro. It took twice the time than normal because of all ancient structures.

[@martinm8991]

Checkout 5:40 the brand name on that light-bulb "TESLA" - it has been the main supplier of pretty much any electronics in Czechoslovakia.

[@martab4668]

Yes please, learn more about Poland! I'm Polish and I could tell our country is just breathtaking. It's also safe and friendly to tourists. Aaaaand I love your channel.

[@couvertgerard7742]

C'est vrai que la Pologne est un pays intéressant avec de très belles choses et des gens pas désagréables ... le seul problème pour moi c'est que mon argent de français que je donne à l'Europe serve aux Polonais pour acheter des avions américains.

[@stefanwiechmann4808]

From what I have heard you had done a lot to infrastructure and restoreing buildings, right? And Poland has also a very special history 😊 Nice that your country and my country belong to Europe and we could travel around without any problems or money exchange 😊 Greetings from Germany to Poland ✌️😊

[@solaccursio]

I visited Poland many times and the food is delicious!!!😋😋😋😋

[@marhap]

@@couvertgerard7742 Coś Ci się pomyliło. Fundusze europejskie są z góry na ustalone wydatki. Czołgi kupujemy za swoje.

[@ingadubinska]

There is Latvian guy from Bored of Borders - he rowed Atlantic ocean, then cycled over South America, then rowed the Pacific and Indian ocean, then cycling across Africa to the starting point. One of the most coolest, humblest, down to earth person I have met. Also - badass.

[@nephlimjedi4741]

I've been inside that church you see on the Old Town Krakow photo. There is an amazing piece of art in there. I was there in winter, early December, so there was a winter market / Christmas market there.

[@walkir2662]

9:44 - it's normal for cities to have archeologists just for new construction sites. There's always the chance (risk if you're the one trying to buiid something...) to find something interesting. Be it some broken pottery, a graveyard, old building remains... Even in places without unexploded bombs.

[@olgahein4384]

Yeah, in Germany they take a LOT of time to scan the ground abnormally thoroughly before buidling anything new or make major repairs. Because as soon as something is discovered, our Building Authority Bureau will immediately withdraw the building permit. And anyone who ever tried to build something in Germany (except money sh*tting capitalists like Elon Musk) will tell you what a traumatizing war it is to get a building permit here. In fact, many owners of buildings (that includes towns and states owning buildings) are aware that under their buildings might be some graves, ruins or remains of romans, vikings, and what not - but they refuse to let anyone examine it properly cause nobody wants that headache of a historical or even prehistoric discovery under their butt when they are actively using that building.

[@shadowfox009x]

@@olgahein4384 Although a historical discovery doesn't prevent building. Right in my neighborhood (Germany as well) they are currently digging because of Roman ruins and they've found some. They'll record everything and that's it. It won't stop the new development area from going ahead. There are several places in town where they've build new buildings on top of the Roman ruins.

[@mary-y8x8h]

I visited Krakow and loved it. I come from the UK so I do know something about castles. Krakow had a lovely one and beautiful churches with with bells sounding..

[@Graaskaegg]

Earthquakes happens mostly in the south where the European plate and the African plate meets. Thats why the Alps exist and the mountain ranges bordering the Mediterranean sea. The peloponnese peninsula in Greece is actually on the African plate and moving sideways relative to the rest of the country. In northern Europe there are smaller quakes while there is tension in the Earth crust. The ground is still rising after being pressed down by the huge ice sheets in the last glacial period.

[@neddyseagoon9601]

The same movement that created the Alps also affected the South Coast of England and it created the Isle of Wight, just off the coast of Southampton...

[@aeschynanthus_sp]

I liked that the light bulb manufacturer is called Tesla. It is a Czech company. - The channel Technology Connections made a video about long-lasting lightbulbs called "Longer-lasting light bulbs: it was complicated". it was interesting.

[@lritz7137]

Strasbourg Cathedral was the tallest building in the world from 1439 to 1847 (142m). Its construction began in 1018. It is therefore 1006 years old. But I think it's not paying tribute to it to present it in the fog as it is so beautiful in the light but the photo is still interesting. This cathedral brings together the sum of knowledge accumulated throughout the world at its time. Its history is incredible, for example the astronomical clock that no one has managed to completely repair following its sabotage by its own builder, because of the Germans. The green ray of light that illuminates Christ at the equinoxes, the tuning fork... Finally, it is important to know that within it are many secrets that are still unsolved to this day. Come and visit it (from the rooftop too !) as well as Strasbourg 😅

[@Wouizy]

I love the Warhammer 40k ambiance with the fog 😁

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

Lincoln Cathedral was taller, it was built in 1311 and was 159.7 m tall.

[@lritz7137]

So Strasburg Cathedral was the tallest standing building in the world. You're talking about a collapsed one 😆

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

@@lritz7137 Strasbourg Cathedral was the tallest building from 1647 to 1874, there were taller buildinsg before not just Lincoln Carthedral but also the Old St Paul's Cathedral in London and St Mary's Church in Sralsund (151m). Strasbourg Cathedral became the tallest when the bell tower of St. Mary's burned down.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

That Viking building in Lejre, Denmark is pretty close to an exact copy of an old Norse Chief (King) building from about 800. It’s 10 meters tall and approximately 60 meters long. It’s buildt with 1.000 tons of oak timber. All buildt with the highest standards of craftmanship. Due to new standards of public buildings there’s a concrete foundation, and for the sake of convienience floor heating too.

[@JoriDiculous]

In Borg, Lofoten the largest Viking longhouse ever discovered in Europe was found by a farmer in 1983. What they had discovered at Borg was the home of a powerful Viking Jarl (chieftain) that had ruled the Lofoten Islands. The settlement is dated to about 500AD and used to about 950AD They decided to do a complete reconstruction of the longhouse. It was finished in 1995, and is now a part of Lofotr viking museum.

[@vask3863]

In Greece it snows actually every year. We have also many ski resorts. Smaller than big ones in the Alps, but big enough to enjoy skiing near the Mediterranean sea. In Athens it snows too, but it usually melts the next day.

[@martinconnelly1473]

I was in Cyprus, near the coast, not up in the mountains, when it hailed for a while and built up a good covering on the ground.

[@daredonte7787]

That’s because of storm coming from Siberia

[@ropeburn6684]

You have an uncanny ability to make Greece sound exactly like the Rhineland. 😂❤

[@helgaioannidis9365]

​@@ropeburn6684 Now hold your kamellen... Greece also has a huge carneval tradition in the city of Patras. There's really some parallels between Greece and the Rhineland.

[@Emulator833]

@@martinconnelly1473 Hail is pretty different to snow tbf, places that get snow once every 15 years or so get hail few times a year and usually in summer.

[@NocnaGlizda]

Didn't expect that much photos from Poland. Nice! It's a shame that we've always been unlucky with automobiles. We don't seem to have any existing car brand anymore. Too bad.

[@batcollins3714]

I love Skoda!!!!

[@Dive1962]

That place in Lemmer, in the Netherlands is a holiday park with hotel facilities

[@StrongKickMan]

As a European I find it very funny, that European countries always make fun about each other, but if a none-European says something bad about Europe, we defend our beloved Europe with vengeance =D

[@BabzV]

We're like each other's little brother, nobody gets to pick on him but us. 😉 Warm greetings from the Netherlands. 🌷

[@Pr0vidence555]

@@BabzV Well said. Expected nothing less from based Netherlands.

[@Raul-ef2ie]

Not France

[@StrongKickMan]

@@BabzV Greetings from Germany =D

[@finnishculturalchannel]

A Finnish former fireman Jari Saario rowed over the Atlantic via the southern route and then back to Europe via the northern route. It took him 178 days to complete the trip. He might the only one who has rowed also back over the ocean. He got 3 cm shorter during the trip. Now he is thinking of rowing from Cap Horn to Cape Town, which no one has claimed to have done before. The trip would take him 100-150 days and cover the distance of 9 000-10 000 km. The project is titled as 'Horn To Hope¨. Speaking of transportation and Finnish interior design. There are few of these in the US too. You might have one too, who knows, if there hadn't been the 70s energy crisis: "Decades before the tiny house, there was Futuro | RetroFocus".

[@JanBaron-t5h]

In fact, the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean alone in a kayak was a "madman" from Poland, his name was Aleksander Doba.

[@GeorgiKolev85]

I'm from Europe and I love Europe but I've also been to the USA and I can definitely say that we don't have anything like the expanse of America or some of the natural wonders of the USA. America is amazing as well.

[@julianne_warren]

USA has plenty of gorgeous national parks and remote areas.

[@karlineschlenkerbein131]

De Brekken in Lemmer, that is a great picture, it is so funny to see your place in an American YT-Video. 🥰 It is a hell by bike or by foot or by car, so a lot of people use a boat or an SUP to get to neighbours or the laundry or the waste bins. Everybody house has a spot for a boat available. I really love that place. Some houses are on AirBNB.

[@batcollins3714]

There's a new 40 kilometre motorway being built near my house in Ireland. Once it was planned and mapped, then every square inch had to be opened and examined in detail by trained archaeologists as we have well over 5000 years of history beneath us. Newgrange cemetery outside Dublin is 1000 years older than the Pyramids of Egypt.

[@ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas]

Greece is warm and hot at summers but we have a normal winter too .But Greece have at least 250 to 270 sunny days a year .Not necessarily hot sunny days , just sunny

[@mar97216]

We have like 250-300 rain days a year😅🙈

[@vitezslavnovak2077]

​@@mar97216 Bergen, Norway?

[@mar97216]

@@vitezslavnovak2077 correct 😄

[@xenotypos]

3:04 Not only it is marvelous to see, but Strasbourg cathedral was also the tallest building in the world for 200 years. Pretty impressive structure.

[@stanislavbandur7355]

and was finnished ike 50 years before we discovered America or so

[@perer005]

We are looking forward to your Europe Tour! :D

[@peterbockholm3176]

Sweden here. My father is from Kiruna so I have a lot of relatives there and have spent a lot of time there. Fun fact: Kiruna used to be the largest town in the world, by surface. There's a lot of whining about how dark the winters are here in Sweden, and yes, there are 27 days in the winter when the sun doesn't rise above the horizon in Kiruna. On the other hand, we have this thing in the summer that evens it out, one hundred days without night. Kiruna is also the home of the Swedish space program, the base is called Esrange.

[@sandersson2813]

@@peterbockholm3176 Fun fact: fun facts aren't fun.

[@peterbockholm3176]

@@sandersson2813 Well, it's just an expression. You could, as an alternative, say interesting information, and use two subcategories, useless information, and useful information. But why be so serious about something fun? To me, both useless information and useful information are fun to know. 😀

[@sandersson2813]

@@peterbockholm3176 It's one of those incredibly annoying sayings that people use these days like "my bad", "So......", "literally", "like", "tell me you're a xxxx without telling me you're a xxxx", "hold my beer", "be like" , "am i a joke to you" etc etc etc. Its toe curling.

[@Dabluekitten]

@@sandersson2813 so aggressive O.o

[@Lewtable]

@@sandersson2813 I found the fact fun. People have different tastes and that's fine, but I wouldn't say that aggressively trying to impose your tastes on someone else necessarily is. You should probably chill out and stop taking yourself so seriously.

[@kaljaukko5439]

You should watch The Light Bulb Conspiracy, also known as Pyramids of Waste, it's a 2010 documentary film written and directed by Cosima Dannoritzer. An international co-production of France and Spain, the documentary thematizes the planned obsolescence of industrial products for commercial reasons.

[@zetectic7968]

I believe the agreement was in the 1930's to limit light bulb life to 8 or 10 thousand hours

[@wernerclarssen2939]

1000 hours only.... and thats so till today!

[@SUBTT67]

We have an 1977 Huurre fridge in daily use. Nowadays the brand is Festivo. 10 years ago we changed the magnetic strips of the door so that the door would stay closed.

[@Patrik6920]

@@wernerclarssen2939 ? where? 1000h is just 42 days .. that sounds rasther ridiculous.. it has to be someone pulling ur leg ..

[@Patrik6920]

@@wernerclarssen2939 if it breaks in 1000h of use just, its covered by the manufacturing guarantee (atleast in Europe) u wont have to pay for a new..

[@rikweultjes498]

Lol i never knew Lemmer looked so beautifull from the top. I live 5km away from lemmer and this is something new for me!

[@SirToby1076]

For my 14th birthday I got a cool designer piece lamp for my desk. I still have it and is still working on it's first lightbulb. My 48th birthday is coming up in October.

[@davidcronan4072]

Re history beneath your feet. Both Rome and Athens found that constructing tunnels for subway systems went way over budget and time because of all the historical artefacts found every few metres in the excavations.

[@SOFTCOCOGIRL]

Been to Poland. A lot of history. I recommend to walk in the churches to pay a visit. Food and stuff is cheap. But most important the beautiful nature and culture. I went to the oldest in Gdańsk, close by to one of the many concentration camps. The church was amazing. The oldest park in Gdańsk too.

[@vc86split]

I live close by the football stadium in Trogir. Fun fact: the dimensions of the field are actually smaller than the regulations allowed. Missing a few meters length wise and width wise.

[@Pidalin]

14:43 - We wanted to walk to the other side of this bridge when we visited Lisbon, but when we arrived near the bridge, we realized it would be a trip for whole day, so we turned back. 😀

[@TheOisannNetwork]

There are a few cool football fields like that all over Europe. The one in Henningsvær, Norway comes to mind.

[@papalaz4444244]

Europe is like this because everything organically developed over more than 2000 years. The towns and the landscapes blend together. Multiple architectural styles in multiple climates. USA only 250 ish years and a very low population density. You think it's 'bigger' because it's mostly spread out thinly. Major cities the exception.

[@homobohemicus]

My uncle worked for Czechoslovak Tesla since the 1950s and even my Mom for some years in the late 1960s and early 1970s.... The company is still strong and production facilities all around the country... and yes, Its called Tesla :)))))))

[@weerwolfproductions]

'Early morning foggy Dantzig' is a perfectly fine sentence. An area can be foggy. Because there is fog. The alternative would be 'Early morning fog in Dantzig'. The before and after picture in Lodtz (Poland): in the after pitcure on the right hand sign you can see the sign that announces the area is a low-speed area. Cars can go there but their maximum speed is walking pace. The area basically counts as a communal yard. The sign and the concept originated in The Netherlands in the late 70's / early 80's as 'woonerf'. If you image-search that word you'll get a lot of different examples from all the countries that also implemented this concept. The viking 'King's Hall' in Lejre is in an open air archeological museum called Sagenlandet Lejre (land of epic stories Lejre). It's several acres of land with all sorts of examples based on archeological finds of how people have lived in that area, from the neo-lithic to the 19th century. In the summer there are all sorts of events, including a viking market town next to the King's Hall, and families can book holidays and live in the different structures, dressed in period clothes and going through daily chores in order to survive while visitors can ask them questions. In the King's Hall there will be guides and storytellers explaining the function of everything on display, from the arrangement of the seating and fireplaces to the (replica's of) archeological finds used as items of daily life. Lejre is close to Roskilde, which has the Vikingship Museum, with several seaworthy replicas based on finds in the bay there, the Skudelev ships, the remains of which are in display in a magnificent piece of Brutalist architecture build specially for the finds. Havhingsten fra Glendalough (Seahorse from Glendalough) is the museum's masterpiece replica, a longship the wood of which was sourced in Glendalough, Ireland, during the time Dublin was a viking town. The Vikingship Museum also has woodworking shops where visitors can work on wood under the guidance of the Museum's woodworkers that are creating new replicas or replacement items of wood for the existing replicas, using period tools only. In the summer, sailing out into the bay on one of the several replicas is also possible for visitors. Hercules armour: We can still do that. There's plenty of armour smiths, silver smiths and gold smiths that can make that armour. Except the original was paid for with what probably would be a hefty amount of a country's defense budget. No current craftsman would take something like that on on commission, as it would take millions of euros or dollars and years to craft. Lemmer, The Netherlands is in the Frisian lake area, not on the coast. It has been a tourist destination along with Sneek since the early 19th century, with ships from Amsterdam crossing the Zuiderzee (now the IJsselmeer) and then people would journey on by train and inland passenger/cargo boats to their summer destination. Most of what you see is recently built vacation homes, like a waterfront recreation park. No room for RV's or tents, just holiday homes to rent. We call them 'Bungalow Parks' and in some villages there's more holiday homes than regular homes, and a single park can be bigger than the original village. The concept is if you book a holiday home there, you have direct access to the lake with either your own boat or one you can rent with the holiday home, from your holiday home's own dock. The lakes are very shallow and the results of peat digging in the 16th, 17th and 18th century. The Netherlands has / had areas of low peat (wet, swampy low-lying areas) and high peat (dry peat on relatively high and dry sandy ground) After the peat was removed in the swampy areas, the owner of the land basically had two options: letting ground water or nearby creeks fill up the empty space and create a lake, or put a dike and a canal around it, keep pumping out the excess water and use the rich sea clay beneath it as croplands. Removing peat in the high, dry areas led to mini-deserts and sand dunes, sometimes covered with heather or later forest, depending on how much grazing was done in a local area after the peat was removed. In several places, especially south-east Fryslan, south-east Groningen and east Drenthe, peat digging was done through private corporations who established company towns using cheap labour from western towns and cities. People who had been arrested for vagrancy, drunk and disorderly behaviour and who were barely able to sustain themselves and their families (slum dwellers basically) were deported to these peat digging companies and forced to work there - along with their entire family. They were not paid in money but in paper IOU's that could only be exchanged at the company store. They couldn't save up for buying a house or giving their children an education. People running away were arrested for vagrancy and brought back to the company. To this day, nearly a 100 years after the last of these companies closed, those areas in The Netherlands still have the highest unemployment rates and lowest average income.

[@Sombre_gd]

That's Gdańsk and Łódź, buddy.

[@catcherinthesky4106]

@@Sombre_gd You go get that linguist!

[@weerwolfproductions]

@@Sombre_gd I don't speak Polish, sorry.

[@JanBaron-t5h]

In fact, in the case of the photos from Lodz, the aim is to show the approach to the renovation of pre-war tenement houses during the communist period and after the fall of communism.The photo from 2011 is an example of renovations carried out during the communist period, and the photo from 2023 is after restoring the original appearance of the building, i.e. an approach to the issue of renovation after the fall of communism.In Poland, during the communist period, tens of thousands of old tenement houses were destroyed in this way.

[@momtchilboshniakov290]

Interesting fact about lightbulbs... all the leading manufacturers of lightbulbs across the world got together and made a cartel for the purpose of "standardising safety features and compatibility" which they did... whilst simultaneously agreeing to stop producing better lightbulbs or competing too much in eachothers areas/continents and to peer test eachothers products to make sure no one company makes a lightbulb that can last past a certian point, all so they could get consistent profits... this was in the early 1900s and they already had a design for a lightbulb that could stay on permenantly for several decades without overheating. A few were sold and one is apparently still on in a firefighters station after more than 60 years

[@agnieszkamalinska6966]

Trogir- I was there many times and saw players making the training🙂 Great place.

[@stefanwiechmann4808]

In Cologne you can find a part of a street from the Rome time as well. This part of a street is a lot more then 1000 years old. At the Bodensee in Germany, you can find also mountains and old buildings. The see is also surounded by three countries. Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Where I live we had some parts of our town, you can say it is from middle age. Poland has developed beautyful since the 90's from what I have heard. They had invest a lot in buildings and infrastructre. Netherlands has won land masses from the ocean. Between France and England is a railway tunnel. And there is a lot more to discover.. So yeah.. it is very interesting here in Europe 🤗 Greetings to Americans and all Europeans ✌️😊

[@brigittelacour5055]

At the Bodensee you also have a lacustre village from before the Roman, I think

[@stefanwiechmann4808]

@@brigittelacour5055 Yes, that's right ☺️

[@SuperDarkstorn]

About snowing in Greece, as it is a very mountainous region it snows on like half the country excluding the islands. Ofcourse in recent times due to global warming it is snowing less and less but that Athens snowfall is once in a decade or so event. This specific snowfall seems to be on 2021 which the whole capital just stopped for a full day due to the heavy (for athens at least) snow

[@martinehermans6661]

My friend from SA lives in one of the houses (converted) on the canal in Utrecht, so lovely Greece has ski resorts, fi in Volos and when I lived on Rodos it snowed in Embonas, the whole island went to that village

[@ChokyoDK]

Poland is super underrated imo.

[@ondrejvasak1054]

11:22 In that family coach in Finland, there is picture of Krtek (Little Mole) in the back, who is a very popular animated character first created in 1956 in Czechoslovakia. It is still popular in Czechia today and from what I heard it's popular abroad as well. I know it is well regarded in Japan for example, from this picture it seems it might be popular in Finland as well.

[@alenfranjic3124]

In Croatia Krtek is a favourite from our childhood 😊. Such a good ❤

[@Scroapy]

Krtek + Pat a Mat are awesome cartoons

[@Marina45711]

In East Germany every child knows Krtek.

[@goatman86]

"Krecik" was very popular and loved in Poland back in the 90's

[@janasvasta2602]

We grew up with Krtek in Slovenia, also. Still love it...

[@njones420]

One of my earliest memories is sitting with my grandmother, as she uncovered a huge Roman mosiac in the English fenns... I still have a few tesseri from that. She was the village GP, and a founding trustee the Mildenhall museum. (The Mildenhall treasure is WELL worth a look if you're bored) :)

[@Olcia27]

I lived in Gdańsk for 3 years and let me tell you - the fog is no joke! Some days you would wake up and the whole world is gone xD Visibility no more than 10-20 metres. There's an airport there and I've been told that's it's the most foggy in whole Europe.

[@rasmuswi]

That light bulb was a Tesla! 🤣🤣🤣 Just don't forget about survivorship bias. We remember the 40 year old quality products that are still around us, but we tend to forget the 40 year old junk products that broke 39 years ago and were thrown away.

[@MrsStrawhatberry]

The picture in Switzerland is the Saxer Lücke- unfortunately due to instagram it‘s gotten way too popular. It’s in the state of Appenzell in the east.

[@TheXshot]

As a Dutchie in Poland, yes, please learn more about Poland. It's such an impressive country with beautiful people and culture.

[@SkaffaS]

i'm impressed by how far they've come over the past 2 decades. slowly but surely fazing out that ugly soviet era architecture. and just the overal development they've gone through.

[@JacobBax]

@@SkaffaS Thanks to the EU, and now they don't get everything back what they pay into the EU they gonna cry. Like every country that was once a netto benefiter and became a payer. Like the NL

[@agneag]

Its not “ugly” funcionism was considered practical at that time it reflect the era of that time

[@agneag]

Sorry I studied architecture and myself from Lithuania and I dont see that architecture ugly ( as for the purpit serves, in fa t if you ever had a change to stay in one of those flats they are very well organised better then they counterparts in other parts of the world

[@mennovanlavieren3885]

@@agneag I've been in eastern Europe many times, and I find the commie blocks ugly. But the same goes for the brutalist or nihilist "modern" designs in the West. (The "modern" design started more than a 100 years ago, so we should have gotten over it by now) They take all the human factor out of the buildings. There is some beautiful architecture in Eastern Europe, I mean, it is not for a lack of talent or culture. The commie blocks just radiate: you get the absolute minimum functional house and you should be thankful for it. The Soviet era was depressing. Whenever I am in Eastern Europe I look for architecture and culture from before the soviet times as it speaks much more of the nations identity.

[@lbernau]

You should try to take a look at some pictures of the inside of the Viking hall. it is also very impressive. The building is over 200 feet long and almost 7000 sq ft. big.

[@riclnun]

The Vasco da Gama bridge in Lisbon has 16 km of suspended deck. The speed limit is 120 km/h when there is no strong wind. One night in July when I was arriving in Lisbon at 02.30 (without traffic and already tired of driving) coming from a few days in Madrid I managed to reach 180 km/h. 3 days later the fine of 350 euros arrived.

[@Fuxy22]

You don't have fridge repair shops in the US? Most are simple machines that can be made to work again pretty easily...

[@davidhines7592]

its interesting the walkable city thing. it has to be from where until the 1930s or so people walked unless they were rich enough to use carriages, then could afford the new fangled automobiles. the rest used trains if they travelled at all, or were piloting vessels on canals or around the coast, or driving a cart to market. most just walked from their home to their work even during and after industrial revolution. so in europe we had literally thousands of years where most people walked everywhere they needed to go. travel by vehicles has only been the last few centuries. contrast this with north america in particular, where walking culture barely caught on both because of the size of the nation and the settlement needing wagons.

[@thomaskleingoldewijk2980]

Great to see my current city of Utrecht mentioned as second! It can be very beautiful.

[@cesarneves]

Vasco da Gama bridge: I used to live right across it and crossed it several times. Once with so much wind that the car was hard to keep steady. It takes you about 12 minutes toc ross as it is 12km long. It is so long that many street races happen there. There are cameras though but, to be honest, i once drove there for a bit at 230km/h....

[@Torfmoos]

Btw Lightnulbs were one f the first Kartell that was (tried) to take down. About 120 years ago the Companies made a lot of Test so that the bulb least around10k H and not endless like they do at that Time. So the Kartell was distroyed by a court. But as you may recognice even today an "undistroyable" LED has an End. Guess how long it takes?

[@biula3278]

"Tesla" brand is not only known for its well-built and durable bulb lamps but also for the great quality of its vacuum tubes: "new old stock" Tesla specimens are most sought after among tube electronics technicians (in par with old Telefunken and Mullard ones). As for Tatra trucks Czech engineers (Czechoslovakian...) were top-notch.

[@michael-gk3ib]

A Dane here enjoys watching your channel and when you try different beers, we in Europe make the world's best beer and in Denmark we are proud of ours as Vikings and the older monarchy in the world and the world's older national flag that fell from the sky during a battle in 1219 so over 800 years old.

[@Kivas_Fajo]

I have read about a fire department facility in the United States in which an original Edison lighbulb from 1903 or so was running and still does.

[@tonys1636]

One of the reasons, actually the main one that construction projects go way over time and budget is almost everywhere one digs in UK some ancient remains are discovered and the Archaeologists have to be called in. The CrossRail/Elizabeth Line project a clear example, years late and £millions over budget. Didn't help that the trains had to operate on three different computerised signalling systems requiring weeks of real time testing.

[@Patrikch100]

Prague Masaryk train station, the oldest train station in Prague is under heavy modernization and they found the rest of the city's fortifications and the first locomotive turntable that was build in 1845.

[@KjellEson]

2:11 Kiruna is Sweden's northernmost city and lies at the same latitude as middle Alaska. Coordinates: 67°- 50′56″N 20°18′10″E (Fairbanks, Alaska Coordinates: 64° - 50′37″N 147°43′23″W) (Selawik, middle of Alaska Coordinates: 66° - 35′49″N 160°0′49″W) In winter, Kiruna falls into pitch black darkness 24 hours a day. the polar night for about 28 days. Winter in Kiruna starts in October until spring comes in May.

[@MegaSantaclaude]

I visit Lejre in Denmark every year though mostly in the summer. Its incredibly beautiful and well worth a visit. The nature is incredible and the small viking village they have their is awesome.

[@ingrida1121]

About the Lithuanian guy, there is a movie about the trip across the ocean, he filmed it.

[@gluteusmaximus1657]

About snow in Greece. Did you know that the town of Kastoria in Greeces north is the largest producer of fur products? It is high up and there are deep forests with giant trees. There is a lot of snow. A lot! Very close to Albania.

[@davidc.w.2908]

Greece has a lot of Russian tourists who like fur.

[@EverShy_]

Strasbourg is the biggest city near me so I know the city pretty well. I've been at the foot and inside the Cathedral multiple times, it's humongous! You should watch "extreme constructions: the secret of strasbourg cathedral". It's a great documentary (in English)!

[@Buffalo5]

I've not only driven Vasco de Gama bridge in Lisbon many times, I've also run along it. I'll do it again in a couple of weeks during Lisbon's half Marathon, which starts half way. It's very cool!

[@CMDRSurtkuku]

Earthquakes actually happen quite often, but mostly they are really down on the scale.

[@ingemarsjoo4542]

To be absolutely fair, there isn´t a waterfall in Europe as imposing as Niagara. And not a canyon as imposing as Grand Canyon. I am european myself, but I have to admit that not ALL is more fantastic in Europe.

[@BabzV]

As a European, I agree.

[@blahfasel2000]

It's probably more a sign of bad (or inconsistent) quality that the lightbulb lasted so long. The flipside of making incandescent lights last long is that that also makes them dim, because both light output and degradation of the filament are directly tied to filament temperature (higher temperature = more light, but also shorter life). So if you get one that lasts particularly long it's usually because the filament was thicker than it should have been (ie. bad quality control) and thus the bulb had less light output than it should have based on the wattage rating. The owner probably could have saved a significant amount of money over the years by going to a lower wattage bulb (= lower electricity consumption) with the same light output even though the latter would have needed changing more often.

[@iNubpwn3r]

Greetings from Slovakia. ❤

[@pietervercauteren1505]

3:43 o I've been there. Worth a visit. Beautiful

[@XanagiHunag]

The French university lunch is a joke, obviously, but on the other side of that is the fact that a full lunch for university students is somewhere between 1€ and 4€ (depending on yuor access to grants and such). And by full lunch, I mean the whole "entrée plat dessert" menu, with choice on what you want to eat amongst a limited selection

[@SkaffaS]

4:50 London was founded by the Roman Empire in 43AD, back then it was called Londinium. so London is close to 2000 years old.

[@Ryuuoo_]

04:53 Ancient Italia conquered lot of europe, even england islands. Roads that they built can seen on enviroment this day. So well built.

[@Loki1815]

At 10:14 Snow in Greece! We took our three daughters to Spain for Christmas. We thought it would be something different and give them some warmer weather for a couple of weeks. It snowed for TWO days on the Costa de la Azahar (Orange Blossom Coast).

[@RB-tl8cf]

Londinium was founded or renamed actually by the Roman’s… so… Also my town is. Nijmegen. Nij = new = novio. Megen is a corruption of magus. Which means encampment. Noviomagus = new encampment = Nijmegen. Used for genocidal force never before seen by the Roman’s. For an American it’s hard to understand almost everything we know is build, brought here by the Roman’s. Romania is named after them.

[@hernerweisenberg7052]

And our barbaric germanic ancestors conquered their corrupt asses ;D

[@nari5025]

I always have a lot of fun (and spend way too much time) trying to find some of these views on Street View to see how ... well probably mundane it looks without the photographic eye. But darn these pictures are beautiful.

[@sabinereimer7809]

I purchased a big amount of light bulbs from the "east" before they were taken from the market in Europe. I don't like the cold light of LED. And where I live now the heat of the bulbs keeps the humidity away. I am willing to pay the higher bill to have 2 benefits in one. And don't tell me it would be more energy efficient if I would use a dehumidifier! It needs more electricity and is loud.😊

[@andromeda-p8b]

It's amazing how in all those 'Europe' videos, there's never anything about the Balkans. The Iron Curtain is still doing its job pretty well. :))))

[@pedroleal7118]

I drove that Portuguese bridge several times, while living in Lisbon. Depending on the the traffic, it takes +/- 20/30 mn to drive thru it. I also think that since, another one, bigger was constructed somewhere in the Nothern (Sweden, Denmark, Finland?) countries.

[@Sayitlikitiz101]

The Hercules Armor of Maximillian II dates from the mid-16th Century, he was an Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany-Australia-Czechia) and not from actual Antiquity.

[@miroslavsimkovic4165]

"Germany-Australia-Czechia"? Really? Australia is a continent, waaay far from Europe, "down under"!! ;-) You meant AUSTRIA! And, by that time ("mid-16th century") Czechia as a name didn't even exist! So, you better study some geography & history.

[@Sayitlikitiz101]

@@miroslavsimkovic4165 😁😁😁 Autocorrect. Although Charles V fighting Francis I atop a kangaroo would have been a sight!! I know the names of the different parts of Czechia at the time, but I also said Germany and you didn't have a problem?!?

[@Edudux]

The Vasco da Gama Bridge is around 12 kilometres. It's a little boring to cross it, because it takes some 8 minutes. The name comes from the portuguese explorer Vasco the Gama, who was the first person to connect Europe and Asia by sea. It took him, and his crew, 1 year to sail from Portugal to India, and another year to return home.

[@e1123581321345589144]

Oh man, you have some awesome natural landscapes in the USA too. I can now say that I've traveled to every continent except Antarctica and Straya. And one of the most breathtaking places I've seen are the redwood forests of North America. And I've seen pictures from Colorado, California, Oregon, Utah, Alaska. You have some impressive mountains out there. I definitely want to visit 😊 It's a shame it's such an expensive country though. Would have traveled to all these places if it didn't take an arm and a leg....

[@martinconnelly1473]

Did you know that there are more Californian Giant Redwoods in the UK now than the Sierra Nevada Mountains? They were brought here about 160 years ago so are not so big yet but they are thriving. The total number of redwoods (all varieties) in the UK is estimated to be 500000 with the majority the giant redwood.

[@e1123581321345589144]

@@martinconnelly1473 yeah I've just heard about that one. Didn't know until just a few weeks ago. I also head there are temperate rainforests in the UK. I'd like to visit those one time. I've seen rainforests in South America, but haven't heard of a temperate rain forest until recently.

[@mar97216]

Been up the mountains in Oregon, it was quite a nice view. :) A bit similar to what Im used to in Norway.

[@jalbertseabra2283]

London as part of the Roman Empire was called LONDINIUM. And was the Capital of that Roman Province. Not far from the captal the Romans built Bath, famous for its thermal waters. Featurng swimming pools, steam baths, spas, etc, most of the original complex remains active drawing thousands of visitors monthly. Googling Roman Baths, UK, affords a fantastic view of the surviving complex. Almost 2 thousad years old ! The Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal is really gorgeous. Truly, an artistc engineering work. Taking into account its size, one doesn't feel that we are driving through a bridge. Mainly the driver....😅

[@olgahein4384]

I find the romans were sometimes so funny with naming. Like finding some thermal waters and decide to build a bunch of baths in London? Call it 'Bath'. Going all over Germany and discovering that in one of the villages (where ppl have settles for at least 6,000 years before they came) there are TONS of thermal waters and deciding to build TONS of baths? Yeah, let's call it 'Baden Baden' (in english 'bathing bathing'). Romans did us all dirty just cause we kicked their butts a bit.

[@lucianorosarelli-xr5lr]

londinum was fouded by romans in 50 bc

[@UltimaSRi]

You need a tour through Europe!! start a fundraising?! welcome to Norway btw :)

[@nmbmarks]

About Vasco da Gama bridge, I drive there often, cause I'm a bus driver in Lisbon. The view is great. If you search on internet you can even find videos of ilegal races going on there

[@alfredfrischholz6916]

I have a big combinate Fridge ( Großer Kühlschrank und Tiefkühler) from 1991 and he is still workink and working an so on. Also the Light in it. The Light is changed since 1991 3 times. I am German so sorry for my english. :)

[@pdevs1966]

Have a look at barafundle bay Pembrokeshire south wales or rhosslli bay on the Gower peninsula amazing beaches there m8

[@darek4488]

I was patiently waiting, but man it is taking you a long time to stumble across some videos from Poland. Here is a random suggestion to start with: An Australian driving on a Polish highway with his commentary. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIW6kn93bLJkbq8

[@AlbertoSequeira]

Vasco da Gama Bridge has around 18kms and you should take 15 to 20min. to get across depending on how fast you go. It´s a nice crossing but the one from the 25 Abril Bridge (similar to the Golden gate) is more scenic.

[@chrisy8989]

I was on the Vasco da Gama a few weeks ago and it took about 15 minutes to cross it.

[@paulgee1355]

This may be a stupid question, but, my first thought when I saw the bridge was, why does it curve like that and not just go straight across?

[@GeorgiKolev85]

@@paulgee1355 maybe the bottom of the ocean was not suitable to build in a straight line. Also Lisbon is located in a seismic area so they probably had to make sure it was as stable as possible and this shape was their best option. I’m sure I could have googled the answer but I felt like guessing today 😅

[@bit2shift]

14:43 around 10 to 12 minutes, assuming little to no traffic.

[@stevechapps]

Poland is also responsible for a very interesting car called the FSO syrena , 2 stroke 2 cylinder if i remember correctly

[@sopalen]

A snowy village? That's the town of Kiruna the largest mine city in the world, and they moved the entire town to mine more.

[@christianmadl]

the holy roman empire is not the roman empire. its not that old you might think. this armor was made in Austria for Maximilian the 2 nd

[@Muck006]

Since when was "made in the USA" ever about quality?

[@WeskerXM96E1]

You are crazy.

[@dooley-ch]

Before you were born 😂. Back in the 60s and even in to the early 70s they did do a lot of quality stuff.

[@prouvencau6343]

​@@dooley-ch oh, since 1960 you mean ? Well...

[@IWrocker]

@@Muck006 50+ years ago. Some of the best quality. Unfortunately Not anymore

[@ahox9283]

one word 'guns'

[@gedoensful]

Appliances and such may have been higher quality back in the day but they were also full of hazardous materials and using a LOT of power, not really comparable with modern appliances. That light bulb for example may last for a long time, but it does turn most of the electricity it uses into heat rather than light...

[@2february1]

8:01 I’ve been their and it is absolutely beautiful

[@melocoton7]

That Football field land must be worth a fortune!! Impressive that it hasn't been gentrified.

[@P4NDA4]

that viking hall is a restaurant i went there it was awesome u can dressed as a viking and u drink the beer on the actual horns used by vikings

[@Loki1815]

I was on a business trip to mainland Europe, which wasn't unusual, this visit was in Switzerland and I awoke early, although my next meeting wasn't untill 2pm. I decided to take a Taxi to the bottom of a Mountain pass, not quite as dramatic as 10:00. The idea was to set out early and get some distance in and then return. I hadn't gone more than a mile, when I bumped into my next door neighbour but one from back home in Middlesex! He worked in a bank in the outskirts of London and had never been sent anywhere by the bank but he was brought there for a corporate Team Bonding Excercise. I tapped him on the shoulder, with a subtle "Morning John", and he jumped out of his skin!

[@Eyrenni]

Missed opportunity to sneak in close and whisper "I found you~". Creepy horror movie voice optional.

[@evaggeliatheofanidou8910]

Greece has snow in the winter. We have hot summers but we also have cold winters