Countries That Have 2 Capitals

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[@General.Knowledge]

This was a great chance to mispronounce all the capitals' names lol. Do you have any ideas for other videos I can make?

[@kaiseramadeus233]

What was life life in European colonies? Like in Africa, Latin America, the East Indies etc

[@jacksonmoore26]

Why are so many countries flag designs so similar

[@matejsedivec969]

If you are idiot your are idiot!

[@woodsleaves6440]

Hello I´m from czech republic... And you weren´t right.. Brno is not our second capital... The Supreme court was there even before Czech rep was found at 1993 cause we were Czechoslovakia... And Brno was closer to the other part of the Republic (Slovakia), that was reason... And after split up we have found no reasons why we should move it into the Prague

[@strauwberie]

@@matejsedivec969 you don't need to be an asshole tho

[@Komi83]

GK: Czechia has two capitals. Czech people: Excuse me, what the f*ck?

[@tomolsen7869]

Autor tego filmu to idiota. It's a waste of time explaining him how wrong he is, cause he thinks that clip was his flash of brilliance

[@nikkiholdmeier7678]

@@tomolsen7869 what are you talking about

[@helenablizikova332]

Don´t worry. We are used to people don´t really know the basic information about Czechia :D How many times I hear, we speak German or we are part of Russia or Yugoslavia :D (Which already doesn´t exist, by the way).

[@mrtin-voe]

asi tak :DDD

[@tristanb.6326]

i agree we dont have more then 1 cpitals

[@user-qw4tq3jj9x]

There’re 3 capitals in USA: U, S, and A.

[@aaronkaiser]

I see what you did there.

[@jdflorezful]

Clever, understandable and funny, the three most important aspects in a joke. Here's your beer. 🍺

[@kaydenchan7093]

Bruh I’m dead 🤣😂🤣

[@haisangko7942]

No, the USA has 51

[@whiteinferno7942]

Oh I get it!

[@RosovaEva]

Brno was OK, you totally ruined Olomouc though 😂 And Czechia has only one capital

[@MolcanAnti]

I can't handle pretty much all westerners reading our Cs as Ks...Olomouk, Vaklaf, Kosike :D :D :D

[@lv.1crook]

@@MolcanAnti I'm from Poland so I'm kinda aware how to read Czech and it annoys me as well 😆

[@adyko8231]

On to ale vysvětloval, že ne všechny uvedené státy ve videu mají dvě hl. města ale že některé mají různé státní složky v různých městech, např. v Brně je Republikový soud

[@MolcanAnti]

@@adyko8231 pro upresneni jde o Nejvyssi Soud, Nejvyssi Spravni Soud a Ustavni Soud jako nejvyssi instituce judikatury a vsechny sidli v Brne

[@tobiaspupik3554]

Yes C should be pronouced like C not K

[@MrCruelworld]

No hard feelings, but I’m Czech and it’s the first time somebody tells me that we have two capitals. That is incorrect, sir.

[@kepzylasmapping7983]

I've never heard a Czech (I myself am a Czech) say that Brno is the second capital of Czechia so it's kind of weird

[@stopgettingoffended2080]

Taky že Brno není druhé hlavní město :D upřímně by mě zajímalo, kde na takovou informaci přišel

[@kepzylasmapping7983]

@@stopgettingoffended2080 jo no mě taky

[@kanga-ross]

Pražští thots by tu skutečnost nepřežili xD

[@Ganet1]

To by někdo mohly říct že i Ostrava je hlavní město lol

[@yonko0454]

to mame to iste na slovensku, tiez je ustavny sud v druhom najvacsom meste, kosice je to kravina a neviem kde na take daco prisiel

[@balliol9762]

South Africa: You gotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers

[@CaptainBohnenbrot]

Switzerland: I - I - I am ... sorry ... I'm trying my best!

[@lukasluna5319]

@@CaptainBohnenbrot yeah

[@therationalagnostic2735]

Pump*

[@TheMedicalDemon]

Chell Art South Africa:Three,Take it or leave it.

[@wldsarecool3222]

Oof south Africa

[@schusterlehrling]

In Germany some ministries are still in the old capital of West Germany, Bonn. And the highest courts are actually split over several towns. Plus, of course, our states all have their own capitals.

[@Tom2404]

Yes, at least in the 90's I'd say we had two real capitals.

[@theredestbull]

@@Tom2404 its dejure Berlin, but defacto Berlin and Bonn

[@Bema1001]

The Bundesverfassungsgericht (the equivalent to the supreme court or constititional court) is seated in Karlsruhe in the southwest. Therefore the definition at the end of the video applies. With Bonn you can argue, there are still some government agencies there and sometimes (branches of) ministries. The "major" part moved to Berlin though. Nevertheless, no one in Germany considers Karlsruhe as capital, Bonn might be regarded as one by a minority.

[@njordholm]

@@Bema1001 Bonn has a unique status, it's called "Bundesstadt". As you have already stated above, the ministries headquaters are devided between Berlin and Bonn and they have second seats in Berlin/Bonn vice versa. The "Bundespräsident", "Bundeskanzler" and "Bundesrat" also have a second seat of their institution there. Additionally there is the history of Bonn as capital of the BRD during times of cold war and as well, it's still called and has the title of "UN-Stadt", as there are several headquarters of UN insitutions. So if you are looking at it from an external point of view, where there is no different word for "(Bundes-)Hauptstadt and "Bundesstadt", you can come to the conclusion, that there are two capitals. When it comes to the "Bundesverfassungsgericht" as supreme court and one of the "Verfassungsorgane" beside the above mentioned, which has its headquarter in Karlsruhe, there is also a special point to consider. There are "befriedete Berzirke", I would say DMZ (demilitarised zone) suits mosts for translation, where public meetings such as demonstrations are generally forbidden, if the federal interior minster and the president of the institution wouldn't allow it especially. There are 3 DMZ, one surround the "Reichstag" as place for the parliament, called "Bundestag" and another one surround the "Bundesrat" which headquarters are both in Berlin. The 3rd and last one is surround the "Bundesverfassungsgericht" in Karlsruhe. This makes Karlsruhe unique against all other German cities (- Berlin). If there are some other countries in the world, which consider the headquarter of its supreme court as capital, you can say, Karlsruhe could be considered as Germany's 3rd capital, if you would like to make a general comparison.

[@orijuke]

Russia actually has two capitals too, because Constitutional Court is located in Saint Petersburg

[@etelanpingviini7062]

saint Petersburg was the capital of Russian empire

[@bear8284]

@@etelanpingviini7062 how is that important

[@StepanKoppel]

@@etelanpingviini7062 Russia changed its capital more than 3 times. Kiev - >Vladimir->Alexandrov(for a very short time) ->Vladimir-> Moscow->SaintPeterburg->Moscow

[@MorrisPXG]

Austria Hungary:U wot M8

[@centralcartel4654]

@@StepanKoppel Kiev(Kyiv) has never been the capital of RUSSIA, Kyiv was the capital of Kievan Rus’

[@Brug98]

Czechia doesn't have two capitals, only one Prague, Czechia is divided into 3 three big regions, Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and every one of them have their own "capital city" Prague, Brno, Ostrava. So officialy czechia has only one capital, Prague, but if you want to count it by the regions, than it has 3. The reason why you mentioning only Prague and Brno is maybe because people from these cities and nearby regions really likes to compete with each other and sometimes there is also a bit of hate in there. A lot of people are stubborn and are living in the past. But they are all czechs with the same Capital Prague, no matter where they live. I never heared of that Czechia has two capitals. Through out the history, capital was changing and the place where the king resided also changed. But now for a long time the only capital is Prague. I don't think that only because Brno has supreme court it makes Brno the second capital. But if I'm wrong and it is official and you can point me on some czechs report on this topic, feel free to correct me.

[@rudo-armejec3882]

Díky D:

[@Meg_A_Byte]

Not to mention that Prague doesn't have 2.7 million people living there, but only 1.3M, same with Brno that doesn't have 607k, but 380k.

[@ninlog]

Karel Janoušek Brno more like prkno hahahahahahahahahhaahha

[@rudo-armejec3882]

@Karel Janoušek Praha je v poho, jinak je to špinavý a na úrovni zbytku čr

[@reneklaczak9566]

He mention Czechia in this video because supreme court is in brno

[@Robert89349]

In Slavic languages that use the latin alphabet c is never k, it's pronounced ts.

[@slavojnini]

Olomuk xd

[@irgendeinpseudonym657]

Podgorika

[@gildy_]

@@slavojnini true i laughed at that hardly

[@MolpPlom]

Czestochowa = Kzestowkowa

[@jojobetzler6308]

@@MolpPlom cz is a combination that makes it own sound so it's pronounced "tchestokhova"

[@jakubpetricek]

I am from Prague and I have always enjoyed time spent in Bratislava. Yet, it was odd to be in a capital whose centre was so small. Brno is an important regional centre but it cannot claim to challenge Prague in any way.

[@sllk2914]

I am Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 And you did pronounce the name Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte reasonably well for a foreigner 😁❤️✌🏻️

[@erikperik1671]

Ähm ... by your definition Germany has three capitals: Berlin (seat of parliament - the federal diet, seat of most governmental departments - including the chancelor, official first seat of head of state) Bonn (three governmental departments have to be seated there by law, plus the second official seat of the head of state, and the city is even titled "federal city") Karlsruhe (seat of the federal constitutional court)

[@auctoris1536]

hmm, didn't know that, and im german lol

[@jerkyswiner2158]

Are they all in the Berlin area?

[@jerkyswiner2158]

Wow, I guess not

[@PeterAuto1]

@@jerkyswiner2158 No, Bonn is 470km from Berlin and Karlsruhe 520km from Berlin. Bonn was the Capital when Germany was split in 2. Berlin was in the middle of east Germany, so west Germany chose Bonn as their capital. After reunification Berlin become the capital again, but some ministries stayed in Bonn. I don't know the reason for the Court of Justice

[@jerkyswiner2158]

@@PeterAuto1 Yeah. Just looked it up. Interesting...

[@czechoslovakpatriot4773]

I'm from the Czech republic and Prague is our capital not Brno. Brno is only regional capital of Moravia. (It's like if you said that Edinburgh is also capital of the UK only because it's capital of Scotland.) When we used to be Czechoslovakia, Bratislava was a second capital. (And I hope it will be once a more 🇨🇿❤🇸🇰). Greetings from Moravia.

[@slouberiee]

The author of this vid explained that in this case he uses the definition of a capital city as a city where important state institutions are placed. In this sense, Brno is indeed a capital as well. Brno is a centre of the Czech judiciary, with the seats of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, and the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office, and a number of state authorities, including the Ombudsman and the Office for the Protection of Competition (Wiki). So yes, to you and me (both being Czechs) it may sound strange, but the author is right :)

[@ondrejpospisil194]

@@slouberiee well, by this definition it is right but where is it use in practice?

[@czechoslovakpatriot4773]

@@slouberiee @slouberiee No to sice ano, ale takhle to koncipuje pouze autor a v praxi se tento systém nevyužívá. V žádném českém zákoníku není, že by bylo Brno hlavním městěm kvůli tomu, že tam sídlí Ústavní a Nejvyšší soud. Ani to tak nebylo myšleno, myslím, že to bylo spíše z praktických důvodů, dříve v té budově sídlil Moravský zemský sněm a budova byla nevyužita. A navíc, Vrchní soud v Praze a Olomouci, ne Brně. Takže se úplně nedá říci, že by bylo Brno sídlem justice. Doufám, že vám nevadí, že mluvím naší řečí místo angličtiny, ale nemám rád, když se mezi sebou Češi (a Slováci) baví anglicky. :)

[@wolfclaw3366]

@@slouberiee if we follow that definition then the author should have other countries such as Switzerland where the judicial city is different then the capital

[@veel60]

@@-_pi_- Yeah its so weird seeing that word around, I think its used in a lot of places, I know they have an ombudsman in the US too. And britain.

[@czerw666]

As you said in the video, you made up your own definition of a capital, usually countries define it themselves which in my opinion has much greater significance ... It seems to me thought that if you expend this definition, then surely you must have missed many more countries with some of the government institutions outside of its official capital ...

[@akuma401_]

Japan used to have two Tokyo the economic and Kyoto where the royal family lived but they eventually moved to Tokyo

[@adamvenhauer]

In Czech republic aren't two capitals. Only Prague.

[@JonasHoly38]

Right!

[@samuelhartman9808]

@Johny Mattti nobrain xd

[@mmmgi6763]

Or if someone wants to talk about multiple capitals of Czech republic talk about all 3 regional capitals (at least that would make sense to me)

[@ceoofprocrastination5740]

True

[@ondrejsveda]

@Johny Mattti nope jen ostrava xd

[@JohnSmith-nz4bn]

Australia: Everyone thinks Sydney, but it's Canberra. Unless you're talking COVID-19, then it's Melbourne.

[@Whatevsbabes]

No one wants to visit Canberra. Which is unlike what he suggested. 0:26

[@James-su7vq]

John Smith haha, don’t get us started on Melbourne, Victoria already has the worst reputation in the country lol

[@user-xf6fj4vr1l]

@@James-su7vq I mean at least Melbourne was the most livable city in the world 7 years in a row, now we're in a complete mess lol

[@James-su7vq]

H0901 I think all of our state city’s have placed in the top 20 for the past decade.

[@user-xf6fj4vr1l]

@@James-su7vq true true, but only Melbourne's been number 1 for so many years. That's pretty good, just our covid response is pure trash

[@mffmart]

That "Rio de Janeiro", "São Paulo" and "Brasília" were so distinctively Tuga. At that point, I just stopped the video and went to the About section of the channel; there it was: Portugal. 😂

[@sobu_hasy]

Germany has actually three cities that have Capital functions. Berlin is the city where the Bundestag (the National Parliament of Germany), Presidential Palace, Chancellor's Office and most of the ministeries has its HQ. While other ministeries has its main office in Bonn and the German Supreme Court has its headquarters in Karlsruhe.

[@zsoltsandor3814]

In Slavic languages written in Latin script unaccented "c" is like "ts" in English.

[@zsoltsandor3814]

@Elijah Edric Guinto yes.

[@samuelsebastiandemsky1743]

How he said Olomuk instead of Olomouc

[@indiaball5039]

n

[@jurajhabek2782]

As a croat this is right

[@samuelsebastiandemsky1743]

Juraj Habek as a Slovak, I am convinced too 😀

After hearing Czechia has two capitals Im not sure what other information from this channel should I disregard as fake

[@kefirmroku4494]

There are lots of fakes in this channel but today's one is funny: he simply mistook Bern(Swiss) and Brno(Moravia) ;) Those two cities have the same name in many European languges as they had the same name originally (in the Venetic-Celthic era). Another examples: Brest (France), Brest (Belarus), Brescia (Italy), Breskens (Netherlands), Brześć (Poland). [in Venetic language it means "outpost" or "edge", another name for "Venetic" is "Proto-Balto-Slavic"]

[@bigmanrob7351]

Actually you can look it up, Czechia does have 2 capitals, Brno and Prague, Prague being the well known one.

[@catman996]

@@bigmanrob7351 sorry bro, but this is cap. I live here and trust me Its know that. Like I was scared af when I saw that

[@blazeeer1483]

@@bigmanrob7351 Sorry man, but I live in Czechia, and I have never heard of Brno being a capital lol-

[@bigmanrob7351]

@@blazeeer1483 I have never heard of it either, but google says it is, so I don’t know. Edit: I looked into it a bit and I only found one result saying Brno was the second capital city, the rest just saying it was a city and Prague was the capital, so I was wrong.

[@bredsheeran2897]

General knowledge: “South Africa has 3 capitals” Switzerland: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@pierrej8011]

Well if you define "capital" that way Germany has 2 as well: Berlin & Bonn as some ministerial institutions remained there after the reunification and most of those who are in Berlin have secondary offices in Bonn

[@domipe348]

Don't forget karlsruhe as seat of the main court, wiesbaden as the main seat of police force, pulheim as main seat of intelligence and so on and on and on. His definition of a capital city can be stretched quite a lot.

[@lisandrochocobar6930]

Guys: Podgorica is not pronounced /podgorika/. It is pronounced /podgoritsa/. Just keep that in mind

[@reeckoyoshi5887]

Thanks for the info

[@itssaad8663]

Podgorisa is the best pronounciation tho.

[@mikaelsza]

@@itssaad8663 "Podgoriça" as the hoster is Portuguese.

[@theophonchana5025]

It's in Serbo-Croatian and Montenegrin

[@LawAndBedlum]

I'm not from Montenegro, but I knew that and his pronunciation bothered me

[@yonko0454]

i dont feel like brno is the second capital, i m living in slovakia and the capital is bratislava, but the highest court is in kosice, but kosice is not considered a capital by any means altho it is the second largest city in slovakia

[@Polarys_CZ]

Yes. There are quite a lot of countries in the world that have some of the institutions in different cities than in the capital. And yet they were not in this video. I would personally not consider a country to have 2 capitals if all the institutions happen to not be in the official capital.

[@Michal-yr7jg]

Yonko 04 im from Slovakia too and i think youre right

[@incorrect6831]

@Ron Lewenberg Well there is Czechia and Slovakia and there was Czechoslovakia. But not any more.

[@JonasHoly38]

I'm from Czechia ,but i think no one think that Brno is second capital of Czechia

[@PavelKlimunda]

@Ron Lewenberg Yes, because Slovakia is not a country ;-)

[@idkmyname7211]

The way he said "Olomouc" lmao

[@untruelie2640]

Germany is actually quite similar to South Africa. The official capital is Berlin (the seat of the Parliament, the President, the Chancellor and half of the ministries), but half of the ministries remain in Bonn, the old provisional capital of West Germany during the Cold War. These two cities are officially considered to be the seats of government. However, other important federal institutions are located in other cities because of the federal structure of Germany. The Federal Court of Justice and the Federal Constitutional Court are located in Karlsruhe, Leipzig has the Federal Administrative Court and parts of the Federal Court of Justice, the Federal Social Court is located in Kassel, etc.

[@leadiodide8243]

How the hell does having the supreme court in a city automaticly make it a capital city? Prague is the only capital of the Czech Republic end of discussion. As a local, while being historicly correct about Moravia, the logic behind making brno the second capital is just missing to me. But it is a capital of Moravia that's true.

[@AlbemaCZ]

Brněnští zloději.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Going by that Germany would have 6 capital cities. The Federal Constitutional Court and the Federal Court of Justice are in Karlsruhe, the Federal Labour Court is in Erfurt, the Federal Social Court in Kassel, the Federal Fiscal Court is in Munich and the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig. So the 5 supreme courts are spread over 5 cities and none of them is the official capital Berlin. (Because we obviously have to spread out power as much as possible to not let it fall into too few hands)

[@Boby9333]

@@HappyBeezerStudios I think the system is Germany is more like the USA where it's split into district. While in Canada it's based in Ottawa and all hearing must be done in Ottawa except by the means of video conference.

[@MolcanAnti]

The logic behind that is that in standard political studies the three branches of government are defined as legislative (parliament), executive (government) and judiciary (supreme and constitutional courts), so by certain standards, if one of these branches is in a city that city can be considered the leg/ex/judi capital of the country. But yeah, I live in Brno and I'd never call it a capital city (despite the supreme and constitutional courts actually being here).

[@leadiodide8243]

@@MolcanAnti Yeah thanks, *insert generic and cringy moravia joke here

[@kasernesion]

Switzerland has officially NO captial. however, Executive and Legislative is in Berne and the Surpreme Court (Federal Court) is in Lausanne. Why did that not make the list?

[@deepaktupac]

Because like you said we have NO capital not TWO like the others.

[@NothingOfNoteToSeeHere]

I was in Berne, a few days ago. Beautiful city.

[@nicolaolivieripasseri3400]

@@deepaktupac but in the video he said he would consider capital a city where there is one of the powers. PS the judictionary is divided in 3 courts in 3 different cities

[@GlaciaDay]

Well, Japan has officially no captial as well. Even though the government is trying to publish a law to make Tokyo to official captial city of Japan.

[@simeonbaumel7293]

@@NothingOfNoteToSeeHere Berne, baby, Berne....

[@davidbohem6524]

Hi mate,I am Czech-dutch citizen and I have to totally agree with you😆😆Your pren of Brno was great😆😆bdw mate,you cant even imagine how many jockes are there between Prague and Brno....big big rivality.....

[@tenm9]

Do you have a video explaining all the countries that formed after Yugoslavia? Including the dominant religion in each new country . Thank you! Leo.

[@SN00PING]

Someone: I live in the capital of South Africa Me: Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?

[@jaxwalker5349]

I do tho

[@WERTYUIO821]

At least you know that they dont live in Johannesburg

[@TheWerner182]

In South Africa we usually think of the capital as being pretoria

[@smazelsp6423]

@@TheWerner182 true

[@MortanAMrk]

well i mean it does narrow it down about like 7 million i guess

[@xxpvpmasterskillerproskyen514]

Actually Germany has also kind of two capitals: "Bundeshauptstadt Berlin" and "Bundesstadt Bonn". While in Berlin there is the headquarters of the Bundestag, Bundesrat, the Federal Government, the Federal President and 8 ministries, Bonn is the headquarters of the 6 other ministries, most of the federal authorities and a second seat of the Bundeskanzler, Federal President and the Bundesrat. When you also include the Supreme Court Germany actually has three capital cities with Karlsruhe being the headquarter of the Bundesverfassungsgericht.

[@arx3516]

Yeah, from what i know Germany never had a city that had more historical importance than the others. Wich is curious when you compare it with Italy, where the kingdom of Sardinia went to extreme lenghts to move the capital in Rome, wich at the time wasn't either the biggest city, nor the richest in Italy.

[@semiretired86]

Bonn was the capital of West Germany and still tecnically is Berlin is in East Germany and was the capital of East Germany (the Sovjet zone) Berlin were dwvided into 4 sectors during the cold war

[@jakubegermajer9841]

Actually Berlin was the official capital of both West and East Germany. Government of the FRG resided "provisionally" in Bonn (and parts of are still located there), while the government of GDR was located in the Soviet sector of Berlin (East Berlin).

[@HolgerJakobs]

@@semiretired86 But there is no _East Germany_ any more. Of course, there are Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern regions, like anywhere alse. We just have our Federal States (Länder). Germany was divided into 4 zones after WWII, three of which (French, British and American) formed the BRD (FRG), while the Soviet zone became the DDR (GDR). Equally, Berlin was divided into 4 sectors.

[@semiretired86]

@@HolgerJakobs I know that but Berlin still wasn't the (official) german capital until 1990

[@HeinrichTsanov]

Bear in mind that in all Slavic languages that use Latin script sounds like ts. They already have for the k sound.

[@_ItzZelva_]

Your pronounciation of Brno is better than some other youtubers but Olomouc you said "Olomouk" that got me laughing xD but nice

[@ThomasBrown755]

Ah laughing with all the other south Africans here😂

[@shiveerramphal1802]

Humour is what South Africans use to deal with everything so yes I laugh with you 😂😂🇿🇦

[@dontxtalk]

The Dutch are laughing with you ;D

[@astrojoshy3135]

Yup!😂

[@AssMonkeyGaming]

Yup, you nuts have 3 lol

[@UwU-gv5dg]

The Filipino is laughing with you ;D

[@danielsilva8922]

Video title: "countries that have 2 capitals" South Africa: Am I a joke to you??

[@prielknaaphofnar.9754]

South Africa has 3

[@mfra959]

Yess, more many then Chezhia

[@slouberiee]

@@mfra959 Please don't butcher our name it is either Czechia or the Czech Republic.

[@minecraftmarc6668]

If there will be a part 2 you can add Germany as well: Berlin and Bonn. The official capital is Berlin, but most of the ministries are located in Bonn due to the loss of WW2 when Bonn became the official capital of West Germany.

[@jafferh9322]

What about Myanmar? Yangon and new Capital city, Naypyidaw? Do they have two capitals or one? Thanks

[@FreFilms]

1. Brno isn’t the 2nd capital of the Czech Republic, it’s just the second largest 2. Prague has only 1,3 million inhabitants

[@george5677]

Only?! In The Netherlands 1 million inhabitants are a lot😂

[@FreFilms]

@@george5677 here it is a lot too, I just wanted to lower the number

[@DacLMK]

Maybe he counted the metro area.

[@Luck9nN]

@@DacLMK metro area of prague has 2,6m and Brno somewhere over 700k. Ostravas metro area has like 1,2m tho, so if you use metro area, Brno is actually 3rd.

[@telemnarnumenorean8557]

@David Vašata Brno is bigger than Ostrava as a city itself, but the aglomeration of Ostrava is larger

[@marekserak6037]

I don’t think that Brno is the second capital of Czech Republic. Yes supreme court is in Brno but it doesn’t mean that Brno is the capital. There are plenty of countries which supreme court is not located in capital city. Officially the capital is Prague. This city is a seat of government, it is biggest city of the Czech Republic and this city represents Czech Republic. I live in Czech Republic and we consider Prague as our capital city.

[@kailahmann1823]

Just to compare: Germany has a tendency to place national organisations all over the country. So our Supreme Court sits in Karlsruhe (which was some kind of capital some centuries ago), another national court is in Leipzig. Also some parts of the government are still in Bonn. Then we have Flensburg with the national car register, Hamburg for everything water-related, Frankfurt for the money and so on…

[@111baf]

also the population of Prague and Brno in the video is way off. Prague has ~1.2 mil. and Brno 380k

[@jakubegermajer9841]

Numbers in the video are correct if you include the metropolitan areas of both cities

[@mouzeeczech9921]

@@jakubegermajer9841 Thats like saying that LA has 10 milions of residents even though its the numberof people in that county. The city of Brno has about 340k residents but the "county" of Brno (wich doesnt even exist because Brno is split to: Brno countryside and Brno city) has about 600k residents. TLDR: "County" of Brno has 600k residents city of Brno has 300k

[@paveldostal5105]

Fro m where did they find that!?

[@adventures_4d]

Me actually sitting in Cape Town right now, Proud as fuck 😁😂

[@uzilewillams8216]

Me in Johannesburg

[@ibexibex]

Are u portuguese?! The way you pronounced Rio de Janeiro was so correct!

[@timothycook2917]

He missed Canada. Summer capital: Ottawa Winter capital: Miami 🤣🤣🤣

[@Robob0027]

Lovely comment and almost true.

[@gavial1448]

What?

[@babycyprus9395]

I get the Joke but Miami inst in Canada

[@timmmahhhh]

@@babycyprus9395 the joke is that pretty much everyone in Canada who can goes to Miami to get a break from the cold weather. Just a joke.

[@brauchebenutzername]

@@timmmahhhh ahh, its a joke. I searched for Miami the winter capital of canada and found it near winnipeg in central southern manitoba.

[@DanierCZ]

As a Moravian Czech studying in Brno I must say I would have never thought of Brno as an alternative capital to Prague nor would anyone else I know.

[@therealnuggetball]

It's more of a de facto/de jure deal because technically we do have two capitals, because of Brno having a important part of the legislature seated in it... and that's what would qualify it as a co-capital on de facto basis but in law and common sense it's obvious that Prague is the only and true capital city considering it has the seat of power of the government and head of state.

[@xxswissguyxx6915]

Fun fact: Switzerland legally doesn‘t have a capital. However, Bern is defined as the ‚Bundesstadt‘ or ‚federal city‘ and holds both the legislative and executive.

[@ETools.]

"Angry Dutchmen" Dammit, why do they have to embarres us! XD

[@cat_1878]

South africa: 3 take it or leave it

[@night_aviation]

Wtf?! Czechia doesn't have two capitals! It's like saying that Germany's capitals were Berlin and Munich, or that Russia's capitals are Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sevastopol! Also, you messed up pronouncing Podgorica.

[@IvanScriptsEverything]

Ikr... it's Podgoritsa lol, not Podgorica. Tbh, only people from Slavic descent (Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Czechs, Bulgarians, Serbs, and others) know that that's how u pronounce it.

[@davidkazira6060]

Yeah the categorization of Capital was very funny indeed. Most of the countries here have one capital and just other important cities.

[@vitroznovsky9482]

Jo,Podgorica není Podgorika

[@stgr0186]

@@IvanScriptsEverything well in greek we also pronounce it correctly Ποτγκόριτσα (Potgoritsa) not Podgorica.

[@IvanScriptsEverything]

@@stgr0186 Oh, well thats amazing. I mean I had expected that a different language like Greek wouldnt pronounce the capital as Podgorica.

[@bikkiikun]

Some additional oddities would be seats of governments in exile. London is probably one of the most prolific examples, being the seat of several governments in exile during WWII. And speaking of WWII, West Germany had its seat of government in Bonn, while the Capital was Berlin, which also served as capital and seat of government of East Germany (so, one capital city for two countries). Bonn still is seat of some federal ministries of United Germany. And a third oddity would be Switzerland which has no capital (not de jure, but de facto it's Bern), instead it has Federal Cities (e.g. Bern, Zurich, Lucerne, Bellizona, St. Gallen, Lausann) with each having some Government functions and institutions.

[@Aluvell]

Also, I've noticed on maps that Pretoria is also referred to as Johannesburg, Pretoria and Johannesburg are two different cities that happen to touch each other

[@lubal7501]

Brno isnt "second capital" by any stretch of imagination. Makes me actually wonder whether rest of the video is just made up bullshit as well. Or indeed all videos

[@michieldevries2228]

I am from The Netherlands and has a point geography now also discussed this.

[@ndpxrq]

Prague,Capital of Czech Republic Brno, Capital of Morava Ostrava, Capital of Slezsko

[@WhiteenViewer]

Using this logic Kosice are Slovak second capital aswell, cuz of Supreme court

[@brejlil]

@@ndpxrq Capital of Silesia is Wroclaw. (Breslau), Capital of Austrian Silesia was Opava (Troppau).

[@matthiastheplotagonistandg7658]

@@brejlil I think you got a stroke writing the last words

[@jacksonmoore26]

Crazy how South Africa can have 3 capitals, and the largest and most known city is not even one of them

[@museoo]

So What is the largest and most known city? I always thought it was Cape Town lol

[@knockeledup]

K- Explosion Johannesburg

[@royhoeksema5720]

I think Kaapstad is the best known city in South Africa, for Europeans at least.

[@corentinnicolas9857]

@@royhoeksema5720 Kaapstad?! No Johannesburg is more known. It's one of the biggest city in Africa with Lagos, Addis-Abeba, Cairo and Dar-es-Salaam

[@royhoeksema5720]

Corentin NICOLAS Doesn’t make it the best known city. All tourist ads in the Netherlands refer to Cape-Town and I’m pretty sure the same goes for most countries.

[@vstrom650gr]

In Greece, even though it's not an official status, apart from Athens, we refer to Thessaloniki (the second largest city in Greece) as "Co-Capital" (in Greek "symproteuousa"

[@nick_vigerfil]

That's right 👍( Έτσι ακριβώς πατρίδα 😉🙂😎) as also in the Eastern Roman Empire Thessaloniki was also the co-reign city symvasileuousa (Συμβασιλεύουσα) 🇬🇷

[@ReubenLiu13]

Kuala Lumpur was getting crowded and it is common for us to jam into the capital. As a valley, KL was also prone to flooding during our rainy season. Putrajaya was meant to bring government functions away from the crowd, but it wasnt exactly successful. Today, parliament meets in Putrajaya but many of our political parties have their hq still in Kuala Lumpur. Some embassies moved to Putrajaya while others remained in Kuala Lumpur. In a way, you can view KL as our commercial capital and Putrajaya as our government capital. Been binge watching your stuff! Keep it up!

[@themetalhead2867]

3:50 I think that your pronounciation of Brno was actually pretty good! The only thing I would tell you is that in case of Olomouc, the "ou" is really pronounced as "OU", not only "U", and the "C" isn't pronounced as "K", but more like as "TS" So no "Olomuk", but rather "Olomouts" (The same with Podgorica - not "Podgorika", but "Podgoritsa") I think it's like this in almost every word in Slavic languages.

[@8Hshan]

Literally every native word (I think, as a native speaker of one Slavic language) in which it's not in a "cz" combo.

[@JustTheDabster]

@@8Hshan How would any non-native speaker (or at least non-Slavic) know whether it's pronounced TS or Ć or Č (CZ in Polish, CH in English)?

[@8Hshan]

@@JustTheDabster Umm, those are written differently? I'm not sure I understand your question

[@JustTheDabster]

Better to use "Olomoots", as "ou" in words like doubt, bout, gout, lout, rout, mount are pronounced like "ow" in cow. And then there's "ou" in the word four. Or could say "Olomouts" with "ou" pronounced as in the word "you".

[@JustTheDabster]

How is an English speaker to know how to pronounce "c", as no characters specific to that Slavic language are used. So, for example, in Czech how would you know when a C is C, Ć or Č? At least in Polish CZ is clear as no special characters are used.

[@victorbruant389]

Turkey: Ankara and Berlin

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Lol

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Ankara and Istanbul :)))

[@aym.s5827]

Will Games because Berlin is the capital city of Germany, the country with the most Turks outside of Turkey

[@cheekibreekibree1025]

Nah Ankara and Stockholm

[@wldsarecool3222]

Istanbul is the largest city not the capital also Stockholm is in Sweden and Berlin is in Germany

[@Ready_Shala]

Little tip: At the end of the Olomouc it is the [c] sound not the [k] sound. Also you read 'ou' same as the 'o' in 'over'.

[@blankenasionalis]

My man I'm laughing my ass of bc of the way you said Bloemfontein lol

[@polskasila3742]

3:16 Brno pronunciation was pretty good, but in Olomouc shit hits the fan, im pretty sure that Olomuk isnt right xd

[@vasekcz]

Ahoj bratře

[@wacawkonstanty7170]

Polska Polska

[@lordchaluha]

Zdravím, muži kultury a vědění

[@deniskupciha4232]

Pozdravujem zo Slovenska

[@wacawkonstanty7170]

Pozdrawiam z Polski

[@TheTesha328]

I live in Brno and let me tell you one thing: CZECHIA HAS ONLY ONE CAPITAL CITY and that's Prague.

[@murdochtc8056]

I am brazilian and you speak Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo very well!Congratulations!

[@bauerhermann222]

In Germany there are actually many government agencies and other government things and important organizations for the country that are still in the old capital of Western Germany: Bonn. But you can't really compare it to having two capitals.

[@vasekcz]

we do not have 2 capitals My nemáme 2 hlavní města Czechia But thanks for putting us in the thumbnail :D

[@lmaocetung]

No

[@MikoRalphino]

No?

[@lmaocetung]

Brno has many things, that Prague has not, and they are important things to be a capital. So not officially, but de-facto Brno must be second capital

[@erikhonkys118]

@@lmaocetung No, it's not, stop. If you're czech aswell, then my guess is you were sleeping during history and geography at elementary school :).

[@davidbohem6524]

bud nerozumis anglicky nebo jsi to nepochopil😆😆

[@Tenesorsuper]

European union has 4 capital cities: - Brussels, seat of European Council, European Commission and European Parliament - Luxembourg, seat of Court of Justice - Estrasbourg, seat of Europarliament - Frankfurt, seat of European Central Bank

[@derorje2035]

Officially the European parliament does have a seat in Luxembourg but they never meet each other there.

[@mouzeeczech9921]

European union doesnt have any capitals. It cant have any because its not a country. These are just places where these buildings are

[@_undefined1744]

UK is the penal colony of the EU, I guess?

[@MJB1]

@@_undefined1744 The United Kingdom has one main UK capital and three constituent country capitals, so there are 4 capitals in total. UK Capital: London Parliament: UK Parliament, London Official residents of the Prime Minister: 10 Downing Street, London England Capital: London Parliament: UK Parliament, London (E.VE.L for the purpose of England only laws) Scotland Capital: Edinburgh Parliament: Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh (Official Residents of the First Minister: Bute House, Edinburgh Wales: Cardiff (Welsh Parliament) N.Ireland: Belfast (N.Ireland Assembly)

[@user-me1gh9ez7y]

In Greece we call Thessaloniki, co-capital (συμπρωτεύουσα), it's the second largest city in Greece and has been really important throughout history. But Athens is the capital from 1834 (before Athens it was Nafplio - Ναύπλιο)

[@alpharius2076]

South Africa: Netherlands, I can explain! Netherlands: You have 3 capitals, while I have only 2. Argentina(for example): you have more than 1 capital!? Switzerland: you guys have capital?

[@erikotte1930]

Your definition of "multiple capitals" is absolutely loony. In a many countries, especially multilingual or federally organized ones, government institutions are distributed across different regions. No sane person would ever think of calling Brno in the Czech Republic, Karlsruhe in Germany or Lausanne in Switzerland (just as an example) the capital just because the Supreme Court is located there. According to your definition, there are 30 capitals in Germany, including such world-famous metropolises as Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Braunschweig, Flensburg, Hürth or Salzgitter. No offense, but this video is pure balderdash.

[@simeonbaumel7293]

Balderdash = A rapidly receding hairline.

[@metalhat3534]

I agree, his points are a bit weird. But regarding Switzerland: We have no federal capital, but the cantons each have their own capitals, of which Lausanne is one. So yeah, Switzerland has no single capital but 26.

[@aadhisenthivel5107]

@@metalhat3534 I thought Bern was your central capital

[@somedudethatripsplanetinha4221]

@@aadhisenthivel5107 no its just the capital the world says the swiss have

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@metalhat3534 Switzerland also has 7 heads of state. Another point where there is a true war between Switzerland and Germany: Who can make things more complicated and bureaucratic. But we can counter with 5 supreme courts in 5 different cities.

[@eduardodehnal7518]

brno isn't a second capital i live there and can confirm

[@AndersGehtsdochauch]

@Roofed BG But then Karlsruhe (!) would be the second capital of Germany, lmfao 🤣

[@AndersGehtsdochauch]

Thank you Eduard for the confirmation... I thought well there must be sth wrong here.... 😉

[@nabilrafeef2463]

As a Malaysian I’m happy our country is on a channel and everything he said in Malaysia is true plus he said the capital city correctly Prutrajaya and Kuala Lumpur and yes there is the Petronas twin tower.🇲🇾

[@centzx-7194]

6:39 Bloemfontein and Tswhane🤣🤣🤣

[@QuentinWatt]

Haha... well done on butchering both Pretoria and Bloemfontein. Pretoria = "Pre to ree uh" Bloemfontein = "Bloom fon tayn" The 3 capitals of South Africa were once each the capital of their own country. These 3 countries eventually merged into "The union of South Africa" after the British won the 2nd Boer war. For some reason, during the settlement, they divided the responsibilities of each city instead of revoking capital status of 1 of them.

[@royhoeksema5720]

I almost had a stroke hearing him pronounce Bloemfontein.

[@rathersane]

There were almost four capitals, but Pietermaritzburg, if I recall correctly, was somehow bribed to drop out of the club.

[@zanethegamer4910]

I've always pronounced it Pre Toar ia

[@ongeziwemaliwa5950]

Ok but no one expects you to pronounce the names of cities in Lithuania or some foreign nation so you could have corrected him without the sass.

[@karwan6385]

@@ongeziwemaliwa5950 I'm trying to pronounce them. It's kinda fun for me.

[@FC-cn5rx]

There is a growing movement for the secession of the Western Cape province of South Africa. Could you maybe investigate? and bless us with one of your splendidly informative videos on this matter?

[@nico27]

Noooooo then South Africa will only have 2 capitals :(

[@mogalelebethe6082]

Really? I thought it was more to KwaZulu-Natal than Western Cape.

[@maxxldn]

I am from Cape Town, Western Cape and I can confirm that this is supported by a very very small percentage of people (almost nobody) but recently there was a political party that promised this but they didn’t get many votes.

[@FC-cn5rx]

zoneradio.co.za/podcast/capexit-interview-with-des-palm-dr-peter-hammond/?fbclid=IwAR3OhQZjuxFJTDPxuAjOaIL2T38bUymTGDJVT2qBELULHiKA2oXuZAmq96A

[@rwboa22]

There is also the Volkstaat movement, which would be either a "Reversed Bantustan" or an independent republic (I would prefer it would be a constituent nation in the Kingdom of the Netherlands) strictly for Afrikaaners (the Dutch-speaking South Africans that instituted Apartheid).

[@sangor19]

Hello. Greetings from Costa Rica. I would like to contribute with this historical part of my country. Long ago, the capital of Costa Rica was Cartago, but later, there was a law in Costa Rica called "Ley de la Ambulancia", which stated that the capital of the country will move each four years to one of the four main provinces of the country, being them Cartago, San José, Alajuela and Heredia. When this law was eliminated, the current capital was San José, and that is why our capital is Now San José and not Cartago.

[@tommywulfric9768]

In South Africa, there could've 4 capitals, but the capital of the fourth province, Natal, which was Pietermaritzburg, received monetary compensation.

[@JustAPolishAmerican]

3:17 C in Czech is pronounced like the ts in flats.

[@Schody_lol]

You mean it’s affricate.

[@statsy150]

I thought that Johannesburg was one of the capitals of South Africa

[@x1mini]

No, Johannesburg is sometimes mistaken for being one of the capitals. Johannesburg is just the biggest city.

[@tauceti8060]

@@x1mini Cape town and Durban are two for sure

[@francoisdvanderwesthuizen6772]

Common mistake to think that by foreigners

[@EuroBogan]

@@tauceti8060 Durban isn't one. The three are Cape Town, Pretoria & Bloemfontein

[@MartinMenge]

Johannesburg is the financial capital.

[@Stream.Logicc]

Dude slaughtered English pronunciations in South Africa😂😂😂

[@Rajso468]

3:47 I'm from Slovakia, so I can tell you that Brno was very well, Olomouc was really funny

[@cosmiccruise8372]

South africa: *Welcome to downtown coolsville*

[@slltx]

3:16 No hate just want to say you that the pronunciation of Olomouc is something like: Olomooutss

[@jiripoduska3785]

Přesně 👍

[@rathersane]

Almost got Brno right though. Just remember that in Czech, all words are stressed in the first syllable.

[@lastar6118]

it's "AWLAWMOHTS". I would say that it's not exactly "AW" but it's "OH" without the "W" vowel at the end

[@incorrect6831]

And here comes the Polish with Ołomuniec XD Like why???

[@lastar6118]

@@incorrect6831 what would u say about some slovak places: "Dudince", "Ďurďošík", Černochov (sounds like "black people), Vybúchanec (someone who explodes),

[@basmeisters3]

The situation in The Nethrlands is and remains confusing. We seperated the captiatl and the seat of government. The capital is Amsterdam, but the "residence" as we call it, is The Hague. It grew into this role because way back in the middleages, The Hague did not have cityrights. And Holland was not much more than a collection of cities. The Hague offered the perfect neutral ground on which to meet and govern. And so it got to be the seat of government. But all official occasions take place in the capital. Like the crowning of a new king or queen. The reception of a head of state during an official state visit.

[@Hellmood_CZ]

3:16 olomuk hahaa im dying :D

[@Dave-hn5tl]

South Korea has two capitals, although not set in law: Seoul and Sejong. Sejong is the de facto administrative capital, and all government institutions are slated to move there by 2030.

[@solarianstorm]

I was going to say something on this as well, glad to see someone made note of it :D Seoul, or Hanyang, has been the capital of Dae Ahn Ming Gook (The Great Republic of Korea - aka South Korea) and several of the old Korean kingdoms for something like 1500 years. However, because of the massive overcrowding of Seoul, one of the most populated metropolitan cities in the world, and because of its proximity to the border with the North, Sejong City was constitutionally established and has already received several government institutions over the last 2 decades or so, including emergency functions for the Legislative and Executive branches should Seoul come under attack or get captured. Much like how the US government always has a member of the Presidential Cabinet tucked away safely during major functions to preserve the Presidency, S. Korea has individuals in authority who operate in Sejong City to maintain government functions should disaster strike.

[@bangscutter]

Well, both Koreas claim the whole peninsula is theirs, so there are two Korean capitals.

[@haraffael7821]

@@solarianstorm the true reason will be so the north koreans cant immediately hit the government all at once if shit goes down

[@EdMcF1]

Brno is also where Mendel developed the laws of inheritance that set up on the way to modern Genetics.

[@thelosthampter4734]

As a Czech a can say Brno can be called *The second capital city*, because its the biggest city in Moravia (part of Czechia) and the second biggest city in Czech Republic, but i have never heard somebody say it (until today). It's like if you say that Edinburgh is capital of UK because it's the biggest city in Scotland.

[@ognjenpetrovic5843]

"C" in Olomuc, Cetinje, Podgorica etc. is pronounced [ts] as in all Slavic languages

[@amirashraf6422]

Hello, just an ordinary Malaysian passing by. Have a good day. And happy independence day 31/8 🇲🇾

[@muhammadhanishanis9576]

Though it’s quite late to say this, but dont forget “Hari Malaysia” 16 Sept..

[@jakubjankrejci9883]

3:47 your pronounce of Brno was very good!!! Maybe the "o" in the end was too long 😅

[@jaraahrycz9491]

In Czech republic has karl bridge in prague and astronomical clock :)

[@joshcarlson6575]

Would Czechoslovakia have three capitals?

[@vasekcz]

No one Prague

[@sebestyenpinter706]

@@vasekcz Technically Prague and Bratislava

[@abstract_duck]

how about austria-hungary ....

[@sebestyenpinter706]

@@abstract_duck Austria-Hungary had "just" 2 capitals

[@evzenvarga9707]

@@sebestyenpinter706 if Austria-Hungary went full on Federation it would have at least 5 capitals.

[@kleinemonnik]

Fun fact about the Netherlands: the capital (and largest city) is Amsterdam, while the seat of government is in The Hague, but the capital of the province in which Amsterdam lies is not Amsterdam, but Haarlem.

[@Koopsw]

Even weirder: The Hague is not a city but a village! It has never been granted city rights

[@kleinemonnik]

@@Koopsw You're right, that makes it indeed even more interesting.

[@nick_vigerfil]

Impressive 😯😯😯

[@schnitzelsemmel]

If you start including countries where some main government organizations are in different cities, you wouldve had to include a lot more. As in Czechia, the Supreme Court in a lot of countries is somewhere else, similar to Central Banks and sometimes even parliaments or presidential Offices.

[@nick_vigerfil]

Also in Israel i think you have 2 capitols: Tel Aviv and Jerusalem am i right ???

[@Lucius_Shiro]

Because of the War of the Pacific, Perú also had 2 capitals: Lima (the actual capital) and Arequipa. During the war, the Chileans captured Lima and the government had to escape to Arequipa, serving as some kind of headquarters. As soon as the war ended, Lima became the official capital and Arequipa was left as a normal big city.

[@thatflemishdude4034]

Im Flemish, your pronunciation of Bloemfontein 😂 Im dying

[@eduardofrancosaucedo7814]

Thank you! As a Bolivian, I am so thankful I am you made this distinction. I felt identified with your Netherlands explanation: Bolivians (or maybe this is a pet peeve of mine) get a bit annoyed if you mention that La Paz is the capital, even though in practice it sort of is by being the seat of govt. We get taught about Sucre being the true capital so extensively that it becomes so entrenched in our psyche. I feel that this goes back, as you said, to the strong importance it used to have in colonial times and this is where independence ideals started. Perhaps Santa Cruz replacing La Paz just as it happened with the latter replacing Sucre will be the case someday but wont happen anytime soon for political reasons.

[@eddie_castorin1235]

As a foreigner, we are told/we usually learn that La Paz is the capital of Bolivia. I recently learned about Sucre, and the importance of this capital to Bolivians. Of course this is meant from an exterior pov, I have no intent in disregarding Bolivians.

[@henlosmit3495]

His pronounciation of Bloemfontein cracked me up. Like where did you get Bloymenfonteen from? Also Pretoria is the city while Tshwane is the region and includes a few other cities around Pretoria as well

[@be2Gee]

While Norway only has one official parliament, it actually has two. One in Oslo and another one in Karasjok (Kárášjohka). While the one in Oslo in the end holds all the power, the one in Karasjok deals with subjects in the interest of the Norwegian Sami people/Northern Norway only. They do have representatives in the parliament in Oslo. The region does hold some minor form of autonomy, though unofficially. Karasjok is somewhat seen as the Sami-Capital of Norway, though again, unofficially.