Are Indian homes different than Dutch? (India culture shock vs Netherlands) TRAVEL VLOG IV

[@TheIndianTechie007]

In modern apartments and houses of India, generally they have multiple bathrooms (at least 1 attached to a bedroom). In India, it is common to have big families, as parents might live in with your family too. Also, it is very common in India to invite relatives or friends to the houses to stay over for few days. Generally Indians don't like their friends to stay at hotels when they visit their city. So, they rather host them. So, multiple bathrooms make sense in those scenarios.

[@suerayss]

Good point. Never thought of that.

[@aninditabhattacharya1715]

This is one of the main reasons 👍

[@ishansengar7980]

True👍🏻

[@sundarc7837]

No in india attached bathroom most people will not use that

[@st.xavier2459]

Yeah in short

[@Janaartin12]

A truly flexible personality you are Ivana. Collecting facts in a logical way. Truly you have adjusted with indian system

[@shamayitacool]

Hey Ivana! I have lived in the Netherlands for more than 4 years and now back in India (in Bangalore in fact). Your observations are bang on 😜 My biggest culture shock was the utter lack of sun! I began to appreciate sunlight and warmer climate so much more.. but I loved my years in NL..

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

I'm so happy you liked it in NL but yeah there's def a lack of sun hahah PS welcome back to Bangalore!!

[@PritamBanerjee88]

I have a hypothesis about the bathrooms. Up until 60s/70s we had these big 'joint families', a lot of people living in the same house. And in those traditional Indian houses, there used to be only one bathroom, separate from the living space and bedrooms, as different unit within the compound. So it used to be a common visual in the morning that people queuing up in front of the bathroom to have a chance. I believe this trauma got embedded in our collective psyche. So when the successive generations got the chance, they got a bit carried away and overdid themselves 😂. Now we have a bathroom per bedroom.

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

I'm all for this overdoing!!!!

[@suerayss]

Brilliant point. I think it also has become a symbol of upward mobility and affluence. Even a middle class family now wants a bathroom for themselves to contrast it with the lower middle class or poor standing in queues at a chawl system or public toilet in a slum or worse walk into the fields or woods with a 'lotta' of water in their hands like millions of indians perhaps still do. Its somewhat of a "i have arrived moment" with a attached bathroom like say 'room service' privilege at a hotel..hehehe.

[@sushreeshashwata]

Hahaha the trauma 😂 But having lived like that for me attached bathroom is the ultimate luxury/comfort and all for here even though they take valuable space in small apartments.

[@minerjopeace5915]

You right bro. We all are over doing it. Even in a super nuclear family of 3 persons, if we have a 2 bedroom house, one of them is a master bedroom, only meaning with an attached toilet. These days it's hard to find a 2 bedroom apartment, with only one toilet and bathroom. Somebody need to build non master 2 bedroom flats too.

[@bojanapavlovic294]

Reminds me of Kenny Sebastian's Bucket Bath, what I'm reading in here. 😂Love it, he is one of the best stand up comedians, and my favorite one. Dreaming of seeing his live performance. 👏👏 Love learning about India more, and on this channel I find myself reading comments very often! ☺️☺️

[@sushreeshashwata]

About the seating on the floor, we have a joke that dining tables are for keeping random stuff and we eat sitting on the floor 😂

[@recluseyt9157]

😂😂

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Hahhaha brilliant!

[@niteshrider]

True ....my home we have dinning table but we sit down to eat😂

[@ashutoshaditya1564]

True my house I use dinning table for studying and eat on floor

[@digiartly]

Olden days even India had only one bathroom and toilet irrespective of the number of bedrooms. I think since the early 2000s, it has slowly become common to have multiple bathrooms for new builds.

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

I wish we had this in the Netherlands too! It's brilliant

[@Bilianchey]

In our part of the country many houses around did have bathrooms in every bedroom in the 70s 80s also...

[@Sena-zf7ij]

@ RandomColorArt You are right. Also it situated outside. Having bathrooms inside the home first started in metro cities maybe like mid or late 1800s. It became pretty much common in 1900. I am in to construction for few years. So, I have little bit of knowledge.

[@OCStudies]

Almost every Indian home has a dedicated small temple room for praying...

[@lucian8428]

The word for 'name' in both Hindi and Dutch is 'naam'. This shows that Indian languages and European languages are distant relatives, and so are the cultures of India and Europe (even more distant).

[@quark31]

Yeah, right! Please dont generalize. Don't drag the southerners into this. Our languages don't linguistically belong to the Indo-European family.

[@lucian8428]

@@quark31 Um, you mean South-Indians?

[@utubefreak7167]

@@quark31 Not really...

[@deeptisengupta2427]

In old indian houses bathroom and toilets were separate. This combined toilet and bathroom thing came into existence with the advent of apartment living.

[@ST-wn5uv]

I guess that was hygienic

[@shantanugautam3127]

Another difference: Houses in western countries are usually white and Indian houses more often than not tend to be more colourful...

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

So true!!!

[@aninditabhattacharya1715]

Because it's difficult to maintain the outside white paint in the pollution 😁

[@paulaaquino]

Not necessarily, houses in red bricks are very common in northern Europe and colorful houses are traditional in Scandinavia...

[@walnut9472]

@@aninditabhattacharya1715 My House is White Outside ,Bcz Where I live AQI is always VERY GOOD

[@aninditabhattacharya1715]

@@walnut9472 That's the important thing.. India has a long coastline, and houses near the coast also get discoloured due to the salt in the air reacting with the outer paint plus the pollution

[@shottyaiyer]

It was quite common earlier for everyone to share one bathroom, sometimes even outside the house in the very old kind of houses. Now it is the fact the standard of living has gone up and that is the only reason I can think why there are generally at least 2 bathrooms in a flat if not more.

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Dutch home builders should take notes!

[@pradeepkumarbharti2553]

@@IvanaPerkovicOfficial working people demand separate bathroom, cause they wake up same time and used same time,. That why separate bathroom demand grow by time.

[@neelamgehlot95]

How's Nishta now ???? You didn't mention about her health from long time , is she fine now ??

[@Moira1309]

In New Zealand we also have more than 1 bathroom and also a lot of build in closet. The houses in New Zealand have carpet in most rentals. I have friends in the Netherlands who have a house with 2 bathrooms but it is rare.

[@surenderadepu1084]

I am currently living in Eindhoven in Netherlands and what you mentioned in this video is absolutely correct. Initially I wondered why only one bathroom & toilet and that too both seperate most of the time. I miss my Indian bathroom attached to every bedroom.

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Hahaha now I'm also completely questioning it!

[@kponnu8123]

Don’t know what kind of toilet you have in Netherlands, the traditional Dutch toilet (which is a cross between Indian and American toilets) is very smelly . Yuk!

[@raghavendragt1786]

In india day starts with a bath, and people take bath everyday. So a family of 3 or 4 members getting ready at same time in the morning need multiple baths

[@abhishekmaurya3453]

That's the main reason for having multiple bathrooms later it became more psychological than utilitarian now it is seen as symbol of affluence hence the very fast pickup of this trend in last 5 years as compared to previous 15 years combined.

[@rohitmark21]

This culture shock series by Ivana should really be a full web series or Netflix documentary special or something, because THAT'S how awesome these are! I mean, the only bad thing about these videos is that they end, and I want to listen to these for hours and hours!

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Haha wow high praise!!!

[@sushreeshashwata]

The floors are not stone but rather tiles in all apartments. Some do have marbles if affluent. Nowadays some new apartments are having wooden floors.

[@samarthsax]

Ivana, the reason for multiple bathrooms is that 2-3 generations live together in the same house. So it increases privacy. Second, 3-4 people go out if the house between 7-8 am in such houses, for work, school etc. so if the only one bathroom gets occupied, then everyone gets late.

[@vijaygunjal4492]

Floors in Europe I guess cater to the cold weather as wooden floors have internal warming beneath the wooden floors. India as you said is warm so they have stone floorings. And about the windows you were absolutely right, even I have had that pull window in Stockholm 😁 and about the doors you were so right. The seating part we actually still have our food sitting down on the floor. Girl, you are a desi now 🤘✌

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Hahha thanks!

[@oriol108]

In Spain also we have stone floors because weather here tends to be a little warmer than in north europe

[@vijaygunjal4492]

Yes felt like home in Barcelona and also the motorbikes on street. Also witnessed honking at times 😁 didn't miss Mumbai much in Barcelona 😉

[@oriol108]

@@vijaygunjal4492 yes, here peoples honks the car horn when stuck on a traffic jam or a car parked on a wrong place or somebody stops the car in the middle of the road and don't move... people get angry easily at the cars

[@khaninchoudhury7680]

Ivana thank you for loving india...Indians love you too❤️🙏

[@sv8211]

Even In India we used to have common bathrooms up until sometime back. The private bathroom thing is started in cities, especially in apartments in 2000s, usually these apartments are bought by young generation people who prefer privacy . In India we don;t have a concept of dressing room or powder room, that may be another reason to have attached bathrooms so that females of the household dress up in the bedroom once they take bath.

[@nikhilreddy8550]

Hmm....I am from Hyderabad and in my childhood we had a 3bhk independent house. All the bedrooms had attached bathrooms apart from common bathroom. That house was constructed before 1980. So it has to be a thing even before 2000. But I agree with your reasoning behind attached bathrooms.

[@saranshkaushik8259]

@@nikhilreddy8550 Yes same in Delhi my grandparents house has many bathrooms.

[@carrad123456]

It is more about economics, multiple toilets used to there from real long time since flush system and septic tank concept came depending upon who could build it new depending on economics. However attached bathrooms and toilets and bathroom together is started more in 60's- 70's. Again depending upon building new structures.

[@rakeshgopinath5903]

While I'm watching your video, it is covered with snow here in Eindhoven. Coming to the differences, you got them completely right. I'm missing Bangalore, my home city 💗

[@RajeshSingh-vp1el]

Oh so Eindhoven is a city...I used to see matches of PSV Eindhoven with Ruud Gulit ...Enjoy your stay.

[@hariunnikrishnan474]

I like when she says " without further ado"😍😍😍

[@shivaprakashshenoy695]

Actually a mat or wooden plank is placed when we eat, with folded legs in padmasana(yoga posture), food served in banana or plantain leaf☺️🙏

[@modmissy7622]

Found it very inconvenient when visiting the US where there was only one bathroom in my cousin's apartment. When we all needed to get ready in the morning, we had to wait so long. It's so much more convenient to have two bathrooms.

[@abhishekmaurya3453]

That's the main reason why people have multiple bathrooms maybe not exclusively for rooms but still multiple common bathrooms to accommodate more people in the morning. One can use whichever is empty at the time.

[@tanmaydas5757]

The western stereotypes after hearing 3 bathrooms in a flat in India, they would switch the channel to Al-Jazeera again....😄

[@unmishra]

and BBC :D

[@anujmaurya2210]

😂😂

[@minerjopeace5915]

😆😆

[@Shashank_Sharma99]

CNN too😆

[@minipanchal8463]

😁

[@arcpd123]

i have been to Amsterdam and i really get why you love India... First..it was so cold and dark....hotel rooms were so small...and very expensive.. there is no comfort like how we have in India...

[@ravik007ggn]

I have had to share a toilet / bathroom with 20 people for a decade and later had 3 bathrooms to myself 😅😅

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Hehehhe upgrading in life!

[@islandsunset]

India, the land of extremes. 😁😂

[@piyusarkar3065]

Most middle class small town houses in india also have one bathroom. Now a days it's changing but I'm sure 70% of Indian homes still have one bathroom. In villages you'll rarely find more than one bathroom. Just 20-25yrs back, it was very rare to have more than one bathroom in homes of people who aren't super rich. So it's a fairly new thing that is happening due to better living standards.. I guess now a days young Indians are getting a little conscious about their privacy while still staying in a joint family, I guess. Because just few years back, privacy didn't exist

[@abhishekmaurya3453]

It is not privacy Infact privacy ranks the lowest of all the reasons to have multiple bathrooms. Main reason that over 90% people go for multiple bathrooms is to use the empty one incase one is occupied really useful in the morning when everyone needs to be ready for school, office etc. Money is definitely a factor for having attached bathrooms but that Trend is nowhere near even 1% in popularity although what you are talking about is having "multiple common" bathrooms that is definitely what is getting a lot of attention because it saves space and by just having 2 especially in space constraint apartments it provides much more usefulness to the whole house even if there are only 4 people living in a flat it is worth the investment for 1 extra bathroom for the same reason of time saving. The people who want to have attached bathrooms definitely want for privacy reasons but the popularity is practically non-existent except in luxurious apartment complexes which are already expensive in the first place. Population is very large and space is less you won't see attached bathrooms being popular in India pretty much ever. Most middle-class flat and apartments are less than 900sq ft which can't afford to have space dedicated to attached bathrooms instead they will always choose to have 2 common bathrooms and larger bedrooms and living room area.

[@piyusarkar3065]

@@abhishekmaurya3453 yeah time is a factor too. Office and school hours are similar and everyone needs to rush I guess

[@mayankdadhich7681]

I live in a small village named salasar situated in the state of rajasthan and we have 3 pairs of bathroom and toilet in our home and in most the houses in my village attest two toilets are there .

[@ushanayi7895]

I love the way u present your opinion through lots of picture and video Reference belivei helps alots in understanding 😍😍😍

[@kanikanema5915]

Lovely Vlog Ivana! Really like the backdrop and the way you have set it up. So aesthetic!

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Thank you!

[@bidyasingh4914]

Sister You are very lucky that you are in India,

[@Charvak-Atheist]

The stone floor is mainly because of Climate. If you go North to Himalayan state like Ladakh, Himachal, Sikkim etc, there all houses have wooden floor.

[@dorothyvdh]

Haha! When you started telking about sitting on the floor, I started to wonder: when was the last time i sat on a floor?' Then a few moments later, (a bit too late if you ask me) i realized i was in deed sitting on the floor, eating my tosti while watching this video, an i had'nt even realized it!

[@deepaklodhirajput292]

We every day sit on floor. We do meditation, sometime with our friends😁

[@umaa2613]

Interesting video Ivanna and very observant of you 🙏

[@SahajPatel]

Ivan didi, do you know, Dutch were the first one who called India as India and after that it was famously known as the same and became official after Independence

[@abhi198]

Nice comparison Ivana..great video as always..coming back to some of ur questions 1) attached bathroom: privacy reasons. One can take his or her own time not worrying about other person waiting outside. A person is mentally free in his or her own space. 2) closets: biggest reason is comfort. The idea is that the apartment is “ready to move” and one need not worry about buying closets. 3) Sitting on the floor: health benefits. There are a loads of health benefits associated with sitting on the floor. Whether it is sitting sitting or eating while sitting. 4) Stone floor: dust problem definitely but another reason is because of the heat plus less maintenance due to the climate (bugs and all). You are right. Wooden floors are best suited for cold places such as Himachal or Sikkim. Better insulation. Enjoy enjoyyyyy

[@keerthana2354]

Sitting on floor also helps with digestion.. as it blocks the blood circulation in lower part of the body and all blood circulates in the torso region

[@bhawanatyagi4940]

Eating while sitting on the floor helps u to maintain a nice posture while eating which gradually helps in digestion. Indian culture is alluring.

[@sp-tj9ye]

Attached bathrooms are designed for the family who owns the apartments. Single bathroom is common bathroom for any visitor. Visitor( like delivery boys,unknown persons visiting your home) generally is not allowed in master or other attached bathrooms. If visitor is relative ,close friends they are like family so are allowed. Common toilet also used as washing area by house help/maids for soiled plates' washing.

[@DrAkashraj]

Bedrooms with attached bathrooms is kinda standard practice nowadays, it's super convenient at night specially and also it provides privacy to couples.

[@vasistgarg614]

Yes sitting on floor is comman, and now changing to dinning tables

[@133006]

One big difference is : The Stirs. I lived in Netherlands for 3 Yrs in Amsterdam and The Hague. The stirs I noticed are straight and narrow and high steps. In India, the steps are no high and wide. :)

[@rakshithaabalasubramanian4688]

I came to Ulsoor in Bangalore after my marriage and found one bathroom and one toilet separate and small.I was in a joint family at that time and it was really embarrassing to change clothes or use the toilet during the period time.. I am a bathroom singer and that part of me had to be suppressed..So, when I had to move to a new apartment, attached bathrooms were a boon..I really like the modern homes in India 😀

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Hahah I'm so happy you get to let out your bathroom singer again!

[@karthikfromhyd6820]

Stone floor keeps us cool that’s the reason palaces are built using stones. We are a tropical 🌴 country. It very humid.

[@anmol9803]

That stone in india is called Tiles. And,That wooden chips pressed together in Netherlands are called Ply.

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Thanks!

[@indranichakraborty4834]

Sitting on the floor is usually done in the villages or by students or people who share apartments in the cities. In family homes in cities, I've never seen a house without a dining table.

[@gangadharbabu2283]

AWESOME, PRESENTATION, I SIMPLY LOVE IT, I AM FROM BANGALORE.

[@shivajithakur7735]

IN India too if you go to colder places like shimla you will find wooden floors because wood is good for cold weathers

[@Kilo_Wog]

This is actually a general perception of foreigners visiting India that India is a hot country. India has 2nd most coldest habitat place on Earth "Drass" in Kashmir. And to enjoy weather like Siberia go to Laddakh (-40°C). Place of India China face off.

[@gauravxdhingra]

Your viewpoint is quite practical and well put together. Always a treat to watch!

[@sam2011ize]

Ur observations are interesting and true....👍

[@rupendra79]

Even 5300 years ago India had attached toilets with flush. Had giant common Bath houses.

[@seanbellfort2298]

🤩Awesome presentation. 💖 Thanks Ivana. We want to visit fasinating and Incredible India, this year.

[@rajeebbarma]

I live in a cold place in India in the eastern ghats. We also have stone and in winters, it is cold but when I came to Germany, I liked the wooden floor. But now I miss the stone. The vibrations in the stone is more awesome

[@JK-mp1fc]

1. The reason for having separate bathrooms attached to bedrooms is to give you a taste of luxury.. and also to save time.. nothing to do with conservative thingy. 2. We have had dining tables since the beginning of time.. if you'll look at old pictures as in historical pictures you'll definitely find dining table in those times.. But yes we like to sit on the floor.. eat on the floor.. or maybe just chilling.. it's because in Hindusim we believe it is very important to keep the connection with the Earth.. because it is the source of everything and therefore it gives you this energy which keeps you at your good spirits 😊🙏 Without it we would feel like an orphan.. we literally call it "Dharti Maa" referring the land as a mother

[@mishuka_m]

This was really good. 👌🏻 Interesting differences between the two countries.

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Happy you liked it!

[@MyraMyQueen]

Hi... Could you pls tell where do get your prints(wall painting) - the leaf one from .. thanks in advance

[@hesh2892]

Maybe ikea or amazon or flipkart

[@TheSmitu]

Wen i visited Netherlands i was shocked to see the huge windows and the doors along the canals .. may be dutch ppl are very tall ... but i loved the country and its beauty

[@lifeofsahani]

We not only sweep our floors everyday but we mop them as well! Sometimes, even wash the floors with water after we stay away from our home for too long. True, tiled/cemented floors are way more convenient in dusty countries like India.

[@hesh2892]

Yeah..but outside is treated like open bin. You can see even small countries are very clean..like bangkok, bhutan, yemen, malaysia etc. No use cleaning inside 10 times when outside is filthy .it is indias biggest problem that they dont realise this😵

[@lifeofsahani]

@@hesh2892 Yup. Indians need to change this mentality. And it is only possible if every individual starts taking responsibility.

[@hesh2892]

@@lifeofsahani , yes awareness through ads, bin placement, community education and fines. In western countries also people can be rubbish chuckers but controlled by above. Indian Economy will go up by 10 % if it cleans up. Asian countries are preferred to india by tourists bcs they are cleaner ( and also urban charm is important)

[@ayanshraj4781]

Actually that's not conservative that's just luxury and in middle class homes we mostly have one bathroom

[@loveaviva]

Ivana, I must say that you understand a lot about India more than most of the Indians. You have also started looking more Indian than Danish 😃 wish you all the very best in everything that you do.

[@Mitali57]

Where did you pick your wall art from Ivana.. absolutely love your content..❤️👍🙏

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

It's printed on demand from Amazon actually! So happy to hear that, thank you

[@Mitali57]

@@IvanaPerkovicOfficial addicted to your content ❤️

[@gulzarilal8995]

i think having separate bathrooms is more hygienic......Love IVANA love the way mention every point nd detail.....

[@govindarajankn1000]

Ms Ivana you are such a wonderful observer and great articulator. A great human being beyond emulation and for veneration and wonderment. A great experience of life going through your videos.

[@irisduba4117]

I've lived in Tanzania for 7 years and all you say is so relatable, except the last one of sitting on the floor.

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

That's so cool to hear!

[@Vivek._yadav]

We have the culture here to sit in the floor because we consider earth as our mother and want to be closer to our mother earth☺️

[@piyusarkar3065]

Not everyone can afford stone floor. Like majority of people have concrete or tiles. Marble and granite are popular among those who can afford. Like 30yrs ago, many people who can afford used to have mosaic flooring as well..

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Ooooh mosaic is sooo pretty! I think stone is actually more expensive in Netherlands too

[@piyusarkar3065]

@@IvanaPerkovicOfficial yeah. I guess stone is kinda expensive everywhere. But it's getting cheaper with all the power tools to cut shape and set it

[@pradeepkumarbharti2553]

@@piyusarkar3065 I think for her tiles and concert is also stone. Because all of them are cold in Summer.

[@unmishra]

Marble and granite flooring has its weight factor, they are heavy and practically impossible in a high rise apartment, hence vitrified tiles are used. Newer bungalows also moved to vitrified tiles over marble / granite / mosaic for cost factor and ease of handling.

[@piyusarkar3065]

@@pradeepkumarbharti2553 maybe.. I didn't think that way 🤷

[@brainfm-relaxation]

A nice video, we have so many beautiful places to see in this world. Happy traveling!

[@powerlinkers]

No shoes inside Asian homes.

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

OMG how could I forget to mention! So true

[@addyevolution]

It is normal to have multiple bathrooms depending on how many bedrooms. My home has 4 bedrooms and hence 4 bathrooms.

[@sunilkumarjangid5062]

Hello Ivana, i am from Jaipur, Rajasthan. When will you come to Jaipur. I will help to visit it. Most welcome

[@cristinacristina2132]

Another difference between Europe and India is that in Indian homes there is no heating system ... and in northern cities like Delhi it can be very very cold in winter!

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Whoa!!!

[@vinodprajapati7975]

Welcome to india ❤️❤️ Please come nort india ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@moses9175]

Namaste, india🔥

[@clairestevenson88]

I love the bathroom in every bedroom in India.. a real luxury for sure.. especially when dealing with a dodgy tummy as a foreigner 🤣🤣 love the privacy for sure!

[@pradyumnapatil5190]

Till date I think you are the first foreign vlogger who mentioned these observations!

[@natraj282000]

Regarding the wooden floor - There are instances where at least one of the bedrooms has a wooden floor / floor with matting that looks like wood. In particular, if you buy an apartment, people customize it to include a wooden floor in at least one bedroom, but as stated earlier, it is an acquired preference and not the norm.

[@amithpallavoor]

I am ok with any number of restrooms as long as we recycle water and harvest rainwater. In India, we buy things for a lifetime that is why we buy pieces of furniture, which are customized. We use plywood instead of MDF. You can still have a huge window provided you are in a high rise building. You would need it in a high altitude place like Bangalore because of lower levels of oxygen. Provided you can keep the aggressive kites away. The Paneer looks appetizing.

[@kavitanair7061]

Home and life partners are just one and the same you have to choose it wisely.

[@dashrathpatnia1528]

Nice explanation..one adventure have left for you in India. That is Indian SAREES.👍👍👍. You may like it..😃😃🇮🇳🇮🇳❤🙋‍♂️

[@khehra84]

I loved the decore in the background..you have good taste girl 😊 ...I always look forward to your videos..

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Aw thank you!

[@Jiyasogret]

Waiiiittt I am here after 2 years and I just realised u live in Banglore which is very near to where I live (I live in Salem).

[@alkachopra6867]

It is always nice to see your vlog. Keep it up. Love your energy!!

[@SUJAMUK]

With so many people having knee problems, hardly any people sit on the floor. It's very convenient to have two washrooms but if you go out for a long journey, you will not find any public convenience. That's a big problem.

[@SUJAMUK]

The big change I have noticed coming back to India from England after many many years is people don't ask for ladies, gents or toilet but they ask if there is any washroom. Which I find quite decent. However, there are still some people who uses the word bathroom when they mean toilet which is funny.

[@worldoftravels2020]

Love all your video content. They make me happy and very inspiring. Please make more on a daily basis of life from India.

[@kyogananthannandhan6850]

You actor caritter supper in the Indian country youtube channel

[@maitri74]

We take at least two showers a day. The flats are not air conditioned and weather is hot and humid.

[@btsthebest803]

I guess the furnished flat thing is optional in most places like you have furnished as well as non- furnished flats so that you can have furniture of your liking

[@kirtikapoor2992]

I have lived in Netherlands and the biggest shock for me was to use induction cooktops there and always use a flat bottom woks .. I had to adjust the cooking style quite a bit Secondly heaters in Netherlands do not have temperature setting , it can be difficult to get the right temperature Thirdly I had an apartment in Netherlands with bathtub only , it was quite uncomfortable as we are not used to it

[@lovemanu00]

Wow this indeed vry intrsting video..plz make more such comparison videos

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Check the description for more

[@kk7134]

Seating on floor for eating food or any other Indian postures have nature's science behind it.☺️🌸

[@indranichakraborty4834]

Marble flooring is optional. If you purchase a new flat from a builder, then you can pay a little extra to get it marbled. Or one can have a regular mozaic

[@piyusarkar3065]

If there's one thing I hate the most, that's sitting on the floor while eating. I can't eat much (maybe that's just me) 😂 But I like the Japanese way of having a low dining table and sit on the floor

[@aninditabhattacharya1715]

It serves as a natural check to keep your weight down 😂

[@piyusarkar3065]

@@aninditabhattacharya1715 yep. Sadly I don't need that😂

[@vinaynadig3258]

It's very very unusual for me to comment on KZbin. Commenting here as I observed one great quality of yours from the 3 videos I watched. You have always pointed out only positives about India, Bengaluru (about Netherlands too in this video). I believe it wouldn't just be to promote your channel but you as a person must have evolved your personality altogether because in another video you did mention that you always try to look at positive elements n stay away from negative things. Commendable trait. Keep it up.

[@Current_Affairs0123]

Indian culture is very unique diversified

[@wilsyahrazad7150]

Here in Indonesia, in our house we have 4 bedrooms with 3 bathrooms

[@arezoolalala6919]

Waarom zijn meerdere badkamers in NL niet normaal? Klinkt zo relaxed 😍😍😍

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

IKR! Echt zalig!

[@ednalottering6544]

Love your videos. I appreciate all the information you give on your surroundings and day to day life. Can you let us know what medium you use to find your apartments.

[@IvanaPerkovicOfficial]

Thank you! best way is to get a broker

[@nageshbn4124]

Eating in India by sitting in floors gives regular physical activities and yoga type of eating makes more healthier than sitting & dining on a dining table for which also had histories of thousands of years in ramayan and Mahabharata any how you are liking Indian culture more than Dutch thank you

[@rajthakurraj4305]

Best culture in world🌹

[@sp-tj9ye]

What you are referring to as stone floor may not be stone floor( with due respect to you). Those may be stone textured full body vitrified tiles which mimic natural marbles & now a days also wood.