Culture Shock from Living in ITALY? (Florence)

We interview foreigners on the streets of Florence, Italy to find out what are the biggest culture shocks they've experienced since moving to Italy when it comes to the mentality, the food and lifestyle itself. How are Italian people different from people in their country, why it's complicated to make friends in Florence and how living in Italy has changed them.
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0:00 Intro
0:42 Meet the Foreigners
1:27 Expectations vs Reality of Living in Italy
2:35 Culture Shocks of Living in Italy
4:34 Italy vs Your Country
6:48 Food and Drinking in Italy
8:37 Making Friends in Florence
10:11 Best & Worst About Living in Florence
12:18 What can't you get used to?
13:06 How Has Italy changed you?
15:09 Advice for Foreigners
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Florence, Italy

[@maikopasma9176]

I'm Italian born and raised, I get culture shock everytime I leave my Province

[@nni9310]

mi hai fatto ridere.

[@sacotafiruta2348]

🤣 🤣 🤣

[@TheGreenHeartofItaly-fl3wv]

That is an extremely good point. Italy has many micro-cultures. Fortunately they all work and play together very well.

[@MegaLorylo]

😂😂😂😂

[@danieledallolio1126]

Unfortunately foreigners tend to always go to the same places when they come to Italy. In reality we must consider that in Italy there are 20 regions, all different from each other. There are different lifestyles, different dialects, different food, different climate etc. For each region. My suggestion is to go beyond the usual destinations, choose an area, a region and visit it calmly away from the most crowded areas, you will not be disappointed.

[@mariaagosti-pm7tk]

Yeah, for example, if you go to smaller Italian towns close to the Swiss boarder, such as Luino, life is way more different than life in Milan, Rome or Florence. Its not that great there and you see a lot of poverty.

[@ImplementBucketList]

Yes, I made the same experience. Good point!

[@alessandrom7181]

Also big cities are filled with their kins and immigrants..so If these people had bad experienced chances are they were not locals at all.

[@mariaagosti-pm7tk]

@@alessandrom7181 Nah, I wouldnt say so. I had bad experience with Italians especially in smaller towns. Mostly, these Italians were very conservative!

[@xixixi5532]

​@@mariaagosti-pm7tkPoveri a Luino ?

[@merlionsin8129]

For Americans , it's always gonna be culture shock EVERYWHERE

[@sacotafiruta2348]

😅😅😅

[@user-rm6nh7sv3t]

No my friend the main Italian industry its not the turism business, its the manufacturer industry that in Europe its second only to Germany, so before you state samething so important just read it, italian manufacturer industry its one of the biggest in the world and we do not make only pasta or gucci bags, we make boeing 787 fusalage till microchip for the automotive industry

[@giorgiodifrancesco4590]

Tourism %GDP in Italy 9% (our is a real country, not an amusement park). In US is 9.1%

[@alessandrom7181]

Yep , all these people are quite ignorant .

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

Top 10 in economy, military, trading nation, millionaires, wealthiest citizens in the world, #2 EU industrial power, member/founder G7 and every major world organization, dozens of world famous brands from autos to luxury items, not to mention #1 in history achievements, inventors on and on

[@Ingulf_The_Mad]

@@spaniardsrmoors6817 Furthermore, they always refer to Florence, a museum city flooded with tourists and which is now essentially experienced as a huge theme park. Come live and work in Milan, buddy, we'll make you cry tears of blood.

[@alessandrom7181]

@@Ingulf_The_Mad Florence is a rich city and with a huge industrial plant in the outskirts as well, but these people are quite ignorant and come here following tiktokers and would like to live as they were in Disneyland.

[@Ingulf_The_Mad]

@@alessandrom7181 Exactly my point, I expect some of them sooner or later living in Paestum and complaining that the countryside is beautiful but the infrastructure needs a renovation.

[@NvardQueen]

everyone: im from columbia, i'm from serbia,etc. Americans: im from Florida

[@marietgagliardi]

That's because our states our bigger than many countries. Our country is large and diverse. Saying you are from the US isn't very descriptive. I have an instant understanding of the girl from New York and how different she is from the guy in Massachusetts

[@NvardQueen]

@@marietgagliardi that was a very typical AMERICAN response lol. You do know that there are bigger countries and also quite diverse, but somehow peope from those countries don't think the rest of the world should know what each of their regions stands for. You can't be a citizen of Forida as of now, sad, but true

[@taylorrenee9252]

@@NvardQueen this is such a jaded response. most people who have a general understanding of world geography knows that the us is one of the biggest countries in the world, and bigger than any european country. also, saying "im from the us" doesn't hold the same significance or meaning as saying "im from *insert us state* because the country is so large and each state has a different connotation since us citizens aren't a monolith. its so fascinating how non-americans try to paint americans as conceited idiots....

[@Bracarensis]

​@taylorrenee9252 Actually Russia is bigger than the US. But they don't say their state as we couldn't care less... Americans think the world goes around you...

[@beaconeersofthesevenmaps3467]

Usaians, not Americans

[@xenani]

The guy from the US and the German girl saying in Italy we drink more than they do 👀 I live in Sicily, and people almost don't drink, they can stay the entire evening just with a little bottle of beer or a glass of wine. Even in a familiar gathering, people just drink a little bit of wine during meals and that's it

[@alessandrom7181]

That was funny Indeed...ahaha never seen so many wasted people as in USA and Germany in my life.. This shows you how believable these folks are.. 😆

[@xenani]

@@alessandrom7181 here the most important thing is to share with friends, not get wasted, what exactly the US guy said, so he has to clear his ideas 😂

[@scully8950]

In Italy alcohol is purchased less than in other European countries, so I highly doubt that Italians drink more than Germans and Americans. Italians probably drink more frequently because there is the habit of drinking a glass of wine or beer at lunch or dinner but the quantity of alcohol ingested is evidently much more limited, in fact over half of the population drink very little alcohol and only during meals and many do not drink alcohol at all, for example I am a teetotaler and have never drunk alcohol in my life. It is typical of warm Mediterranean countries to drink little alcohol, in fact Italy, Spain and Greece are the countries where people drink the least amount of alcohol in Europe.

[@davideghirelli5856]

@@scully8950 we drink a lot in northern Italy

[@beaconeersofthesevenmaps3467]

In Italy we drink to enjoy our time in good company, they drink just to get wasted

[@dema2169]

As an Italian it was a little bit weird there no was mandolin at the beginning in the intro. Then . . . there it is. It's magic.

[@angela64355]

????

[@alessandrom7181]

@@angela64355 Mandolins are stuff from 60 years ago at most and they are typical fro South Italy not ceratinly for Florence.

[@peggyclio1199]

Ahahahah

[@paulodacosta944]

​@@alessandrom7181 i mandolino e un strumento usato sia nella lirica che nella musica sinfonica....tu vivi di stereotipati

[@embe5692]

​@@paulodacosta944guarda che veramente il mandolino non c'entra una mazza con Firenze, eh. È come mettere la mazurka in un video su Tokyo.

[@alan12de]

I'm italian and I don't eat pasta everyday. Maybe once a week

[@Giovis968]

I eat it 5 days a week and the rest pizza and prociuto ,and i don't regret it.🫠🇮🇹

[@swampraider3488]

​@@Giovis968 piattezza culinaria praticamente. Abbiamo diecimila piatti ma mangi due cose, ok. Degustibus d'altronde

[@alessandrom7181]

​​​@@Giovis968you are not even Italian by the way you write Italian stuff.

[@alessandrom7181]

Me too. That girl Is deluded. Florence Is not even famous for pasta. 🤦

[@LeoJackson98]

That's rare unless you are into high fat or keto

[@user-xo9pz7fd3j]

I just want to comment on one of the countless stereotypes in this video: "Italy Is the fastest shrinking country of the world, the main industries are tourism etc." I report just a couple of quotes that anyone can find with Google "Italy is the ninth largest economy in the world and the third largest in the Euro Zone. The country has a diversified industrial base driven in large part by manufacturing of high-quality consumer goods ." or "Do not adjust your set: Italy is growing faster than Germany". Always the same old story, people speaking without a minimum of information, just stereotypes. So I'll write a couple of them: "The thing that distinguishes Americans is ignorance" or maybe "in the USA they can shoot you in the street". The usual stereotypes. Don't come to Italy, thanks.

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

Top 10 in economy, military, trading nation, millionaires, wealthiest citizens in the world, #2 EU industrial power, member/founder G7 and every major world organization, dozens of world famous brands from autos to luxury items, not to mention #1 in history achievements, inventors on and on and yeah "tourism" What bunk.

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

And that bureaucracy stereotype,,,in some rankings by major organizations Italy is rated as having less overall than US, Germany, France, Japan.

[@paulodacosta944]

l'Italia è settimo paese più industrializzato

[@Lilla88able]

The guy wasn't american tho...

[@kellynoble5414]

I believe he may have been referring to the population when he said that Italy is the "fastest shrinking country." This is true for the West and due to Italy's aging population and low birthrate. Also, I think the question about the economy is much too complicated to be discussed in a short form interview like this, but he is not wrong when he says that tourism is one of the main industries. So, why do you consider these stereotypes? I think we can all agree that stereotypes can be harmful, but I don't understand how these two examples are being categorized as stereotypes.

[@maurobernasconi932]

No, tourism is at the second side. First place is for industry...we are the second manufacting country after Germany in Europe.

[@niuniuita]

problem is cheap labor. So yeah second after Germany but working in manufactoring isn't good and most of the times workers are exploited foreigners

[@maurobernasconi932]

@@niuniuita where? In the north no one industry takes workers without documents, and each category, plastics, mechanics, chemical etc. have a national contract in accordance with sindacate. So exploting 0

[@Keyrose-my3xr]

That American guy saying Italians are loud when him, hemself is so loud i had to turn my volume down🙄. Americans are way louder in my opinion. The on going joke in my country is... you hear an American before you see them.

[@arnelabih1845]

😂😂😂😂YES dramatic too and love to gossip

[@LOKI77able]

I recently attended a two-month long Chinese course at a language school in Taiwan. One fellow pupil was an American woman. Despite the fact that we never had class together, she was so loud all the time that I could still hear her loud and clear whenever she spoke...after a while it became really annoying.

[@ms.untypical3575]

Italians are louder...

[@Montecristo21]

I second this. I've lived in the UK, Sweden and Belgium, and it was always the same problem: they (US-Americans) talk like there's no one else around. They're usually very loud. In fact, I think it's one of the main reasons why they aren't liked in Europe. Italians are among the loudest in Europe, but they are aware of others. I think that makes a big difference.

[@LOKI77able]

@@Montecristo21 Where are yoi originally from if it's not a secret?

[@MariahLaine]

Wonderful, thank you! It's so refreshing to hear perspectives from people from different countries and backgrounds. I feel like most of the "culture shock" videos I come across are of Americans who have never left the US and are "shocked" when they experience normal things that happen everywhere else in the world.

[@gewglesux]

She's right about the "Casual American" dress code and wearing PJ's in public.

[@kandondooley89]

Finally someone mentions Americans dressing in PJs. As an American myself, it's crazy to me how people can follow influencers all day and not pick up any dress tips. Wal-Mart is a nightmare 😫

[@gobbidimerda1]

You mean people there go outside in pj and then use the same pj to sleep?

[@aycaaltay9929]

That’s the top thing I love in the US. I come from a country where you dress up, and now I’m so comfortable and relaxed. Nobody would care if I wore underpants on my head and it’s so freeing.

[@mariaagosti-pm7tk]

Wait, but thats the great thing about the U.S, no? I am from Germany and work as a nurse in the U.S, I studied with my roommates together and once my roommate said, come on, lets get some hot chocolate at 7 eleven and I was yeah but I am in my PJs :D They said thats ok, lets just go out. Since then I am wearing the most chilled and comfy outfits in public and no one gives a shit about the way I dress and thats SO amazing coming from a culture that judges you so much based on your outfit. I love the U.S so much!!

[@mariaagosti-pm7tk]

@@aycaaltay9929 I agree 100 %%%%

[@mariaagosti-pm7tk]

@@Frank-qs3pe But why do you care so much? If the person feels comfortable, he should be wearing whatever they want to. If your wife doesnt want to dress like that, its fine too. I try to mind my own business as much as possible. As long as a person is kind & friendly and has some personal hygiene, I dont care about their style at all.

[@intersezioni]

the German girl thought about the trains in her country which are always late!

[@stevenobinator2229]

BRILLIANT VIDEO, YOUR CHANNEL IS GOING TO EXPLODE

[@milksmoothie]

Such a nice interesting video❤!

[@michaeljohnangel6359]

Itaians are Fatalists (che sarà, sarà), whereas Americans are (rather foolistly) optimistic. They are also a lot more anxious than foreigners realise. Foreigners should also realise that things generally don't work (it's all old), and this is a country in which "urgent" means "within the month." (I've lived and worked here for 35 years.) The food is great, though, and rents are affordable. The countryside is breathtakingly beautiful.

[@nicolettastrada5976]

Everything’s toooo old, you’re right

[@Alfredo-mr2ow]

We don't have campus shootings nor police brutality nor all the stuff you have to live with in USA. To work here and talk bad about the country that gave you a wage is like spittin the hand that feed you.

[@michaeljohnangel6359]

@@Alfredo-mr2ow It is silly to be a pollyanna. There is both bad and good here, just like everywhere else.

[@italico3222]

@@michaeljohnangel6359America too has remained in the past... from the latest news events this is the case

[@maybug]

Are there videos about italy without mandolin music? They remind me of a Simpsons' episode

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

Unfortunately the only version of copyright free music for Italy is the mandolin style. I would have loved to include something else

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@DatingBeyondBorders That can't be true, it's laziness.

[@casomai]

Beh potevi anche scegliere qualcosa di classico senza copyright. Sinceramente il mandolino non fa più parte della nostra quotidianità neanche a Napoli che è la sua patria di nascita e ti parlo da moglie di liutaio che i mandolini li costruisce 😅

[@Sakura-zu4rz]

Some of Japanese typically don’t realize that for cultures that values direct, open and honest communication, lack of communication actually has much more potential for damage. It is important to check the tendencies of the culture one is dealing with, using the scale provided. I learn that When dealing with more direct cultures, be proactive about communicating what is on your mind, even if it is something that you think the other person will not be happy hearing. I still learn When dealing with more indirect cultures, be careful to not overpower them, and create an atmosphere where they feel comfortable communicating.

[@tobiojo6469]

Awesome video

[@BLVRZ]

Amazing video, wife and I have considered moving to Italy, this was one of the most realistic videos of foreigners and their opinions👍🙏

[@annastayziaa]

lmao I think I am this channel's biggest fan LOL hehehehe thank you so much for all these videos! muah! 😘

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

❤

[@willileo2373]

Interesting and nice video

[@annastayziaa]

I love these Italy videos! please make more 😭😭😭😭😭😭 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥲🥲🥲

[@alessandrom7181]

They are not true at all and they asked to quite ignorant people honestly.

[@2wo2wo3hree_7]

3:40 I wanted to inform the man that we also have them here in Italy, they are called shopping centers, just go there

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

Yes, this guy is sayingBS

[@lazios]

The girl from Texas is still in the "honeymoon" probably (after 2 years, good for her), I'm sorry to say that it will end unfortunately (when and if it happens, I hope she will be still well in Italy). The girl from Moldova instead maybe is here from too long, it's possible that Italy (Florence?) are not right for her, so why not change? It's not easy I know but you're young and is not like it used to be, young people can go anywhere if want (sure, this if, as I believe and hope, you've Italian citizenship also). The other people seemed extremely evenhanded to me (regard good and/or bad stuff). A thing (to refer) to the last words by the Italian-Serbian guy: tourism is important of course (as in every country) but much less than people thinks (it worth 6% of GDP, even considering the related industries, it don't reach 11%), I know the media talk a lot about that (specially after the pandemic years) but believe me, are other the "industries" (ie, the manufacturing) who keep this country still standing. I wrote a too long comment, sorry (for English also), anyway, the ending sentence by the girl from South Florida is perfect and it should apply to every country: "you have to conform to Italy, is not Italy who have to conform to you".

[@alessandrom7181]

The moldovan girl Is deluded and also said a lot of lies. Not tò mention that Florence Is a multicultural city today, so chances are that whoever bothered her was not even Italian.. 🤦

[@CocacolaBoy83]

Mi sono sforzato di vedere la fine del video dopo aver sentito che la signora si mangiava la Pizza con l'Ananas, anche 17 secondi diventano duri dopo quelle affermazioni.

[@attenzioneallontanarsidall7940]

We Italians may have an impetuous character but at least we don't shoot people like in the United States, I would be afraid to live there!

[@jacobsoto7228]

Don't listen to the news I live in the US and it's very safe.

[@attenzioneallontanarsidall7940]

@@jacobsoto7228 Oct 26, 2023: Archive data has recorded the highest numbers of violent episodes in the last 3 years: 645 in 2022, 688 in 2021 and 610 in 2020. So far this year, 15,500 people in the US have lost their lives in accidents involving firearms, excluding suicides. The United States has the highest rate in Western countries.

[@jacobsoto7228]

@@attenzioneallontanarsidall7940 Of course there are unsafe areas but so does Italy. Of course Italy is safer but to say it is all bad is not true. Come and see for yourself. Just avoid NYC and visit places like Florida, Texas, and North and South Carolina.

[@attenzioneallontanarsidall7940]

@@jacobsoto7228 Trump was shot, this is your safe country! You are a Hypocrite

[@luisitosuarez1866]

@@jacobsoto7228 There are the cowherds there, who shoot at anything that moves 😗

[@user-kz5cw2gj3w]

I don't understand why people moving to another country are shocked by anything, don't they do research beforehand. I would know exactly what to expect if I did this and learn to speak enough of the language to function.

[@user-nh3gy9vc4z]

No you wouldn't. Hence why the video exists.

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

@@user-nh3gy9vc4z Yes you would, this video exists for entertainment and generalities, in no way the many things one should know beforehand.

[@707gomez]

One of the best videos on this subject i have seen.

[@pp38pp]

Italy is LAST in Europe for alcohol consumption. This is because Italians drink to savor fine wines and spirits in pleasant company, elsewhere instead they guzzle liters of alcohol with the precise purpose of getting drunk until they drop. In particular, in Italy people drink MUCH less than in Germany (third in Europe tied with Latvia). Just to restore a little truth...

[@alemassa6632]

'Take it easy' is a way of life.

[@casomai]

As an italian: for me, when you came in Italy you must learn before the politeness, in Venice the tourists are very rude: they eat on the streets, stay in the middle of the street and the bridges, enter into the churchs in unapropriated dresses. And, please pleas say grazie mi scusi per favore . Sorry is " sister" in my original region( Sardinia). This is a real city, not Disneyland. Ah don't walk whit this can of a sort of mix into the water and coffee named " american coffee beacuse this is our real impression for thats🤢, we don't walk drinking never.

[@Athandatu]

Only Americans respond with city and state, when asked when they’re from.

[@user-nh3gy9vc4z]

I think they do it because, when you respond I'm American, or from the U.S we usually get the response, where in America, hence because each state is known for something (LA- Lakers, celebrities / NY- Time Sq. Statue of Liberty/ Florida - Miami Beach - Orlando (Disney)/ Boston -Harvard , MIT even though those universities are in a different city called Cambridge lol/ Texas - Cowboys, BBQ... ETC. for lesser known states its harder). I think we bypass having to answer the larger question. Also most Americans identify with their state.

[@chrystianaw8256]

It's annoying. Canada, China, Mexico, Russia and Brazil are also big countries with lots of diversity, but tourists of these countries don't assume that the geography of their country is something that a local would know nor care about. So they never mention their state/province. But Americans think that it would matter to any local that asks them where they're from.

[@lauraswihart4816]

I think the 🍷 drinking part was great!

[@angela64355]

That German girl saying Italians drink more than Germans 😂😂😂😂

[@valerianocuomo996]

The Moldavian girl: "here in Eastern Europe we are precise" 😅😅 Eastern Europe asks for a bribe even if you ask a policeman for information 😅

[@BigSmallTravel]

Also, Italy is a G7 country like Germany, France, USA, Canada, UK and Japan.

[@luis16467]

"Precise and more serious"

[@MultiRick83]

"Precise and more serious" 😂 east Europe 😂😂

[@annastayziaa]

YAY MORE ITALY VIDEOS PLEASE PLEAAAAASE!

[@9y2bgy]

Did anyone else notice the difference between Americans and others when they introduce themselves and where they came from? This is something I mentioned in another video thread.

[@patraic5241]

That comes from how citizens of the USA view themselves. We are citizens of the State we reside in And we are citizens of the United States. So when you meet someone new in the US they will tell you the State they live in. If you meet a US citizen abroad they will name their State then US.

[@breadboard4538]

@@patraic5241 Bruh what if they say "I'm from Wyoming"... Now, I know about Wyoming and that it's in the US, but I guarantee my parents have NO IDEA lol

[@9y2bgy]

@@patraic5241 I'm sure there are reasons that make sense to fellow Americans but to non-Americans, that's like a very strange attitude. And I say this as your northern neighbour. If I meet someone in Canada and they ask where I'm from, I'll say I'm from Ontario, but not if I'm traveling abroad and a fellow traveler asked me where I'm from. I say I'm from Canada.

[@vidiot57]

As an American.. I think that they name the state they are from is because America is so large and each region is very different.. It is almost like each state is comparable to different countries in Europe.. Someone who is from New Mexico is culturally very different than someone from Tennessee.. Even though they are both Americans there are many differences...

[@bojanstoicevic5374]

​@@vidiot57Thats not only for the States.Russians, Chinese,Indians etc. would be the same but they would not mention their region or province first when introducing somewhere abroad.Nothing bad though but weird for the rest of us.

[@user-nh3gy9vc4z]

I agree with everything

[@ms.untypical3575]

How are they locals if they moved there? They are immigrants

[@petera618]

Very interesting. I'm an American raised by immigrant Italian parents from Sicily. We've always had access to my grandparent's house there so I spend a lot of time in Sicily visiting relatives and friends since childhood also traveling throughout Italy. I accept and understand both cultures exactly how they are, both the negatives and the positives. It also helps speaking the language and our dialect that I was taught as a child. There are certain things I can relate more with Italy than the US like how one dresses in public, food, that's all we talk about, and family being together quite often especially at meals. I can get loud and passionate myself about things at times so I can actually relate, maybe it's in the DNA. I can also understand people's frustration with the beurocracy in Italy and the further south you go, the worse it gets. If I were to go and live in Sicily, there wouldn't be any culture shock because I'm very familiar with Sicily, Northern Italy perhaps.

[@gn.punpun]

the passionate speaking is such an italian trait!

[@alessandrom7181]

​@@gn.punpunnope.

[@BobWitlox]

Americans omitting the country they're from 🙄

[@nni9310]

The US is as big as the whole of Europe.

[@nicolettastrada5976]

The Serbian guy is sooooo simpatico 🙄the main industry is tourism 🤫 and we got that the Moldavians are serious and we are fun fun fun fun fun😂😂😂😂😂

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

That guy is in many Italian videos, Serbia have no one else?

[@user-tf4hu7ei3x]

😂 where you've seen him before?

[@indiemusicvinyl]

Italy is a G7 country and Italy is the second biggest manufacturing economy after Germany. Also, what is with the mandolin music? This video is all about false information.

[@BCSchmerker]

+datingbeyondborders *Actually, Firenze, Toscana, ITA.*

[@TheGreenHeartofItaly-fl3wv]

Nice video and a nice cross-section of ex-pats in Florence. But, Italy has regional and local consistencies, and inconsistencies. Still, the video covered a lot of ground very well.

[@mdsonuquraishi-2245]

Love is love

[@amafirenze-vi1uh]

Firenze is all about tourism and foreign people. Each foreign visitor have to pay five euros a day tourist tax, the highest in Italy's. Also, new hotels are constantly opening every month. The number of B&B rose dramatically from the arrivingof airb&b in Italy. The result is no more houses to rent for a long time, only day by day. So, yes, tourism is a big thing here in Florence.

[@Montecristo21]

US-Americans (always): "I'm from the USA, which represents 5% of the world population, but because I'm arrogant and entitled, I'm going to assume that everybody knows the geography of my country even though I don't know the geography of any other country" 🤣 - If they were less entitled (and less noisy), I don't think US-Americans would be disliked here in Europe. Even the woman from Russia - which is the largest country on Earth - said "Russia" rather than "South Krasnorask", "Nizhny Novgorod Oblast", or whatever 😅

[@dandegi2946]

15:45 FALSE, tourism is among the 10th or 11th economic activity.

[@BH6242KCh]

Dinner at 9pm.... I'm on my 3rd dinner by then.

[@Thorvir]

Why is the Moldavian flag upside down ,is it some hidden message ?

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

No, mistake in editing 😅

[@shweshwa9202]

Was that the wife of Wolters world or It was just a doppelganger?

[@jacopostrasorier1663]

Well, the Scott American guy thinking Tuscans (Florentines and Pisans) being more chill and not argumentative……??? Pious illusion. Public transport in Florence, for the others commenting, is tragic.

[@user.414]

so we are part of the G7 because the tourism? lol

[@leemortaccy8133]

7:50 Lady in the Background be like. "What's this Yank blattering on about?"

[@francescasiciliani1615]

Generalmente gli italiani ricchi tendono a restare con quelli della propria cerchia,gli uomini italiani amano le straniere poiche le italiane se la tirano per molti motivi tipo culturali o ecinomici,gli italiani alzano ka voce quando parlano perche c e troppa gente ed è normale gesticolare per parlare e fare presto..inutile imparare la gestualità..bisogna vivere li per imparare e i gesti sono molti.ci baciamo per rispetto ma esistono varie regole che nessuno spiega..ma solo per lonpiu fra oersone che si conoscono.ah bella viene detto anche se non sei bella ma non ci ricordiamo il nome oppure per dire come stai...cio che diciamo non è sempre alla lettera la cena e il pranzo sono ad orario tardivo poiche seguono gli orari di ufgicio e soprattutto c e vita in Italia dopo cena quindi devi andare ad un locale a mezzanotte non orima..saresti visto male.non ci ubruachiamo mai..noi assaggiamo il vino e mangiamo senza abbuffarci.cerchiamo di restare giovani piu a lungo possibile.ci sposiamo tardi poiche studiamo molto di piu e le case costano troppo ed è difficile ottenere un mutuo.il sole e sempre presente.mangiamo pasta tutti i giorni perche la adoriamo..la pizza non la dividiamo con nessuno è sacra.noi italiani non parliamo italiano ma parliamo fra di noi in italiano solo se di regioni differenti altrimenti parliamo dialetto.vietato bere cappuccino per pranzo è per la colazione.il dolce far niente è molto relativo.l energia e differente in Italia.per diventare cittadino italiiano crefo servano 10 anni.I vestiti e le borse di marca costanto tanti tanti tanti euro

[@MommudSOhaj]

Hi

[@fangul3031]

I don't know what's the deal with the Bosnian guy, beside sounding so cocky he is so negative about the country that has hosted him since he was 5 years old.

[@Lilla88able]

The Russian lady sounds so smart!

[@ukachiveronica8877]

Yelling is something i can't tolerate from anyone. Treat everyone with respect.

[@nni9310]

I am Australian born from Italian immigrants. There is a big difference between how my people speak (even in English) with Australian speakers. Quite a few times, the meaning of what I have said, from the tone and the loudness, has been misunderstood.

[@gennyshark]

(Excuse my english) This is the usual speech as for our food, etc. Every people or country have his traditions, culture, etc. We have our own. For example, for me pj is for sleep, it has been created for one only purpose. My dress must be 'decent' or appropriate as for me this meant to be respectfull towards other people.

[@magloriav]

The usual video about the same stuff about Italy. The same of the same stereotypes.

[@yeats1210]

Caxxo di mandolino a Firenze... Perché!!!!!

[@Lilla88able]

Here we go again with the "tourism is the 1st industry in Italy" bs.. "Italy is a shrinking country" ecc. Stereotypes over facts 🙄

[@yariboni3034]

Stop with this fucking mandolino OMG. Non se ne può più

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

She claims it's the "only" music available for Italian videos which is nonsense.

[@yariboni3034]

@@spaniardsrmoors6817 🤦😅

[@alegeraci7643]

È una canadese con mentalità anglo,secondo te conosce qualcos'altro oltre al mandolino?

[@antonellabanto]

That young man who is feeling so bad in Italy: you're an adult, go in another Country that suits you better. About the language: English is a bad Italian, because it comes from Italian. So why you don't learn the original language insted of asking a whole Country to talk to you in yours? About the tourism: of course Italy is full of tourists. Where else you can see such a variety of art, landscape, history, beauty? About habits: yes, we're different. Every Country is different from the others. Have us to change our habits because the prince/ss of you came here? And yes, we work for a living, we're not living for the work itself. We're not robots, we're human being and life is really short. But working 15 hours a day or fast, doesn't mean a better work. In fact, many Countries try to have Italian doctors, architects, etc. And you're annoyed by people talking to you in the shops? Buy on line or go live over the mountains. Sure, Italy has a lot of problems, and many of us sometimes think of go out from here, still I don't like someone's arrogance. And bureaucracy is a hell everywhere for strangers , especially in the world biggest towns, even if here papers and laws change every day.

[@marcosturla8716]

It is difficult to undertand, you jump from a speech to another

[@gabrielesantucci6189]

Italian here. I can't stand people who come to live here, or anywhere else sbroad, then complain about everything. You are in a foreign country, you have chosen to live there but obviously there is a different lifestyle and a different culture than what are used to. What did you expect?Either you get used to it without complaining about everything or otherwise...it's not for you and you leave. I don't see any other solutions, surely the country will not change "for you "!

[@RK-cj4oc]

People can complain.

[@gabrielesantucci6189]

​@@RK-cj4ocyes but not on everything, even on the time we eat or on what our habits or lifestyle are. If you can't stand them...ciao ...no one forces you to come to us and above all...live there.

[@RK-cj4oc]

@@gabrielesantucci6189 You are making Italians look bad with your over the top comments everywhere. They were asked a question. They awnserd. You need to get a life.

[@bethb5915]

​@@RK-cj4oc - I agree, people can complain! But if they complain on social media, there's ALWAYS Italian men getting super defensive like this guy. They cannot deal with people discussing the inconvenient truths of Italy. Apparently he didn't notice that all the people interviewed are *choosing* to live there, and had lots of positive things to say.

[@pavelg4990]

I don't think they are complaining because they think it's wrong or because they are upset. It's just astonishment of experiencing something different, people actually like their minds to be blown or preconceptions broken, so a little complaining doesn't hurt anyone. In fact, it's very Italian! Your comment was complaining too. See, already a thing in common! Cheers mate.

[@killbill1175]

It's funny but you sound so Greek..lol

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

Maria is actually half Greek half Italian so good ear!

[@killbill1175]

@@DatingBeyondBorders best of both worlds!

[@marydue]

Each coin has two sides...plus, when you are an expat you can't judge according to the parameters you grew up with. I learned that while living in London, the US and France. Also an Italian...and, btw, older men giving attention to teenagers is just sick. It wouldn't happen here in Veneto where I live. And to the guy complaining there's not enough shopping centers...there are way too many already if you ask me.

[@jennykaboom]

I live in Lebanon and this video just confirms what we already knew - Italians and Lebanese are basically the same!

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

Please stop , completely untrue, just as Italians and Mexicans. The Mexican girl in this video debunked it. Every minority country wants to tie itself to Italy because of it's advancements, history, popularity.

[@casomai]

My friend are lebanease and live in Sardinia, she say " Sardinia and Lebano are the same I live like my home.

[@BigSmallTravel]

@@spaniardsrmoors6817 Thank you saying this because we notice to as Americans how everyone wants to say they are like Italians. It seems to be like a trend that is getting stronger.

[@umudov11]

tourist season is started open gate

[@user-rm6nh7sv3t]

Well pasta its for us,if u like it eat it if not we have a million of different staff,for burocracy they have to understand that we share the same Nightmare,also for italian .at the end if you live in a nice place or a beautifull place doesn' t have any importance were, than your life will be different believe me.

[@dollyluke4747]

Is the presenter Greek?

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

She is half Greek 😊

[@dollyluke4747]

@@DatingBeyondBorders I understood it from the greek surname! 😅Keep it up! You did great videos! 👍

[@user-cw4zj6kc8u]

Italy has been my favorite country to visit. I don't know if I could live there but I would go and vacation there all the time if I could.

[@smiley9987]

The Serbian!

[@filippobardazzi2080]

The american guy was the funniest and most of the things he said were totally true.

[@casomai]

Why mandolino?🤦

[@henryvenis9772]

Perché gli stranieri scelgono le grandi citta turistiche per vivere? Le piccole citta di provinvia hanno una marcia in piu .

[@perseuxx]

The Moldovian flag is up side down...

[@spaniardsrmoors6817]

Top 10 in economy, military, trading nation, millionaires, wealthiest citizens in the world, #2 EU industrial power, member/founder G7 and every major world organization, dozens of world famous brands from autos to luxury items, not to mention #1 in history achievements, inventors on and on. Learn something, Serbian, not the stereotypes or trying to sound smart. And why is he in multiple Italian videos, Serbia have anyone else?

[@lucadallapalma497]

We don't hear this kind of music...

[@fivizzano]

Italy iS insane, dear people….😂

[@mdsonuquraishi-2245]

Japanese food

[@MikeFuriano]

Vorrei dire al ragazzo che si lamentava di ogni cosa: Perchè non te ne torni a casa tua se non ti piace nulla? Oppure vai a vivere altrove. Nessuno ti obbliga a stare in Italia.

[@Lilla88able]

Che poi ha detto anche un sacco di caxxate alla fine su industria, turismo, economia ecc

[@MikeFuriano]

@@Lilla88able Infatti, ma sì, si è capito com'è il tipo. Di quelli che sputa su tutto che però gli fa comodo.

[@ioan7885]

"pizza with ananas" its garbage, pure and simple. cappuccino is a morning drink. Why would u want to have it during the day? Its a mystery

[@themadrose4334]

Pineapple on pizza is delicious as is cappuccino, there is no time limit for food

[@philip4588]

I want to drive across all of italy and take a good food tour, same with Japan.

[@carlobellinaso4974]

I was born in Italy and worked abroad for many years. I found some comments disrespectful and trivial; Italy is certainly not a perfect country, but when you move abroad you have to get used to the new life and you cannot ask the locals to change their mentality just because our lifestyle does not fit yours. If you do not feel comfortable here, you can safely go back to your country of origin or emigrate to other nations that you consider more welcoming. Beside that I have heard many stereotypes and inaccuracies about Italy and Italians so I wonder if some of the interviewees really knew what they were talking about.

[@olisdandy]

Why Moldova flag is upside down?

[@9y2bgy]

I thought that was a tail or something at the bottom. Jk. I know, right?

[@DatingBeyondBorders]

I just noticed as well. Not sure how that happened!

[@XY-uc1tw]

3:20 60+ men are asking for her phone number.... we all know why.....

[@giorgiodifrancesco4590]

Not "men", "a man".

[@jacopofbargellini4005]

The moldovan girl giving behavioural lessons to Italians is really really really weird given what is Moldova like, poorest country in Europe where the level of behaviours is highy questionable, not to mention what Moldovans mainly do in Italy. She doesn't seems very happy to be here, but i guess she doesn't want to go back to her country either because it would be MUCH worst

[@luis16467]

Non metterti sullo stesso livello

[@jacopofbargellini4005]

@@luis16467 della moldava? Impossibile

[@Giovis968]

Sono innamorato della signora Russa, penso che sia il paese che ama di più l'Italia non cercano mai il negativo ,gli altri paesi cercano solo di fare paragoni ,per me dovrebbero andarsene

[@andreasankara]

ma perchè parlate sempre anche per gli altri?

[@user-nh3gy9vc4z]

Gli altri non “cercano” cose negative, osservano cose diverse rispetto alla propria cultura. È normale quando si viaggia. Penso che tutti amino o ammirino l'Italia. è sempre bello

[@alegeraci7643]

La più falsa e l'unica che ostenta quello che non ha

[@user-cw4zj6kc8u]

I remember the first time I went to Italy, I was with my art school and one of our teachers brought his wife. Both where in their 60s and our Italian waiter who was in his 30's starts to sing to my teachers wife and then proceeds to kiss her. lol

[@ForeverNihil]

The main problem is that foreigners especially americans idealise Italy. Italy has so many flaws. Also, its very diverse country with a lot of economical difficulties. For sure after a while, the stereotype of italians being friendly and fun goes away. Also, many people in italy never left their town so maybe when they meet a foreigners they just think: "ok I just want to have fun".

[@TheAtomoh]

I live near Naples, and here almost everything sucks. There's corruption everywhere, even in the hospitals if you want the best treatment you need somebody who knows somebody. Also the older people who are in charge of everything are ignorant, racist and treat employees like slaves. We also have issues with illegal gypsy camps. Of course there are good things about living here, like the food, the sights and the people, but everything else sucks, even compared to northern Italy.

[@SafeSpace-mq8yt]

@@TheAtomoh This is an oversimplification. I live in Trento, a small city in the North East of Italy, and here I’ve found excellent public services, from healthcare to public transport and road maintenance, much better than most places in the UK where I come from. Furthermore, I found in general a high civic sense among people and I don't relate to what you described at all.

[@TheAtomoh]

@SafeSpace-mq8yt Northern Italy is a lot more developed compared to southern Italy. Try to live here in the south, and you will see a completely different Italy.

[@gabrielesantucci6189]

It seems that you don't love our country very much. That you see only negative things and that you exaggerate them greatly. I don't know if you live in italy but if so, why don't you go if you think that way? Economic difficulties???? I don't think italy is a country in serious difficultiy, not much more difficult than other countries especially in europe have! Obviously we italians, are normally friendly, unfortunately from what you write i see that your level of sympathy towards us is probably too low and for this reason perhaps you haven't had many friends! Good luck buona fortuna e arrivederci🇮🇹

[@gabrielesantucci6189]

​@@TheAtomohwhy don't you live if you see everything negative? No one holds you prisoner!

[@CheCosaTesoro]

Lived in Florence in the 80s and 90s. Seems nothing has changed.

[@nicolettastrada5976]

Che cosa vuoi dire tesoro?

[@CheCosaTesoro]

@@nicolettastrada5976 che niente e cambiato. Tutti i punti sono uguali.

[@nicolettastrada5976]

👍 grazie

[@nni9310]

did you enjoy your time there? ti sei divertito/a la'?

[@CheCosaTesoro]

@@nni9310 e stata un'esperienza straordinaria

[@svetlanabaranova4671]

Come to Milan!! I’ll tell you my culture shock from Russian and US point of view!