Culture shocks I experienced in Czech Republic & Hungary| living in Czech | Racism

[@hanavesela5884]

I have a friend from Malaysia with beautiful bronze complexion. She visited me over the summer to go to a medieval festival. She got very self conscious of people looking at her and asked me if it was a racist thing. It’s really not. It’s because usually Czech people outside of Prague met on average maybe 5 non white persons in their entire live. It’s about someone looking exotic and we can’t just take our eyes away. I have to confess I caught myself sometimes doing it too and it’s not even a conscious thing.

[@zuzanaangibaud292]

I don’t think the Czech people are racist , they look at you because you are so pretty and exotic :)

[@zdenkafialova8727]

Thinking the same thing - when I first saw a black person in person (20 yo) and not on a screen it was hard not to look, knowing it's rude. Beautiful people 🥰

[@TheCatherineJohn]

Totally agree!!! :)

[@laszlofucsko2508]

they look at you and they think , go back to africa...

[@tomassmital]

Jsem Čech. A kdybych vás potkal v autobuse, tak bych z vás oči nespustil. Jste moc krásná a pro nás exotická. A v autobuse bych měl strach si k vám sednout, aby vás má přítomnost neobtezovala.

[@sitrueis4007]

​@@tomassmitaljá bych krásu teda definoval jinak.

[@TheMetalInvasion]

As a person who grew up in the south of Slovakia, lived in the Czech Republic and visited Hungary on numerous occasions all these things are so automatic to me that I don't even realize these differences exist. It was interesting watching this video and seeing the Czech Republic and Hungary from someone else's perspective. I hope you enjoy your time in Czechia and have the best experience there

[@drakulkacz6489]

Hello from Czechia. Czech people prefer to sit alone in busses or places for waiting just because they prefer bigger personal bubble. Normaly the people sitting togeather are people they know each other well. But if everywhere in the bus is a person siiitng in the place for two, they have to start to sit near the other one. Even for me as a Czech is sometimes funny to watch the system they are using to fill empty bus to turn it into a full one. And the watching you describe is more about curiosity because you are a little bit different and more - you are beautiful. So people just watching you but it has more to do with curiosity than with rasism. Yes, of course, there are some rasist here (and funny some of them are Czech just partly), but if you are good and working, you can bee even green here and there is nothing wrong. They will take you as theirs.

[@TheCatherineJohn]

Thanks for sharing.

[@laszlofucsko2508]

yes, but not in Hungary. In Hungary you stay always just a ... black

[@JKOT05]

Reminds me electrons in orbitals.

[@autumnflower8942]

@@laszlofucsko2508 Everywhere where people have common sense.

[@laszlofucsko2508]

@@autumnflower8942 just stay far away from Hungary!

[@tomasfuksa5163]

I'm glad you like the Czech Republic :) we want positive nice people like you here

[@vladimiremerichsmejkal5525]

Beautiful lady, observant, humble and certainly a great presenter. Lucky for any country to have her... Good luck in Czech Republic, Catherine!

[@petrskupa6292]

As a Czech I am happy to hear it about us. Although I had no idea Hungarians would be so different (Although they, as You described them, remind me of “older us” - the “us” under communism and the distrust it sowed into our society. We came back normalcy as I would call it.

[@jerribee1]

This lady has the perfect voice for ASMR.

[@michalbenik515]

People here in Prague, although being the "most open ones from the Czech pack", are still quite shy in a typical "Central-European" way. This e.g. has much to do with the Czech people - and males especially - quite often not daring to sit next to an attractive woman on a tram, bus, train, you name it. Even less so when it comes down to an exotic (to us) attractive woman such as you. But, honestly, having seen your video which to me personally screams: "People of different backgrounds, let's interact, let's talk and let's get to know some interesting stuff 'bout each other!" just makes me want to have had met you on that tram. Cause I have so many questions!!!! And would be gladly answering even more of those if asked :). Wish you all the best, you beautiful human being :)

[@Pidalin]

Ofcourse I will not sit next to attractive woman when there are other seats, because when I do, someone could say I am some predator or something, men are really afraid of these things now, you have to be very careful, you are even scared to hold door for pretty girl or something, in some things, this time is really stupid. You don't have any bad thoughts, but you are still scared to help to pretty girl, it's ridiculous.

[@DjMri]

Loved this video. Thank you for sharing. You’re absolutely right. The people are nice and friendly. And the transport system is unmatched. It’s amazing - very reliable, decently priced and very clean. Love it

[@Breakdancejuud]

Im Hungarian living in Prg, so I enjoyed your video and observations, I am sorry for the racism you faced in Hungary. Hungarians are a very interesting group, you can see how conservative they are, this can be explained by the fear of unknown, we had a rough history, which seems like hard coded in our genes giving us the general grumpiness. We were not much exposed to different cultures in last centuries, also we dint have any language relatives, so we never really felt close with neighbouring nations, as part of Socialist block we were really encapsulated to caucasian culture, most people never seen a black person in their lives! I think it will take another 100 year to recycle the nation. I love Hungary, I am absolute proud to be Hun, I admire our hard work, lot of achievements, I find Hungarians warmer and much more family centric than Czechs, but life in Czech is simple easier, everything is there for you, in Hungary you need to deal with rough reality on daily basis.

[@TheCatherineJohn]

Totally agree with you. As I lived in Hungary for 4years it became my home! I'll always love Hungary regardless. Kosi:)

[@opeyemiomidiji]

Thank you for sharing🙌 I enjoyed watching

[@TheCatherineJohn]

Thank you for watching babes!💗

[@cell3287]

Thanks for the insight 🙏

[@TheCatherineJohn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@harrison-okpamenblessing8553]

This was a good watch! Thank you very much, Catherine.

[@somebodylovingA]

Hi from Czechia. For public transport, always check if they have some special app for it, because it will even tell you that a bus or tram or metro, anything really, is delayed and how much. Not sure about other major towns, I'm familiar with Prague and South Moravian system. The apps for both are awesome.

[@TheCatherineJohn]

Thanks for sharing

[@jyotitewari739]

Can you share the name of the app please 🙏 as i am going to move in in Prague soon

[@EVBell-gz8iv]

@@jyotitewari739 IDOS is the czech transit app, but google maps works really well within prague. outside prague, gmaps sometimes doesn't have complete info.

[@MiloslavBrada]

Lítačka​@@jyotitewari739

[@ThorTyrker]

Hi from Hungary. Budapest is Hungary's most beautiful zombie nest :) Most people there are constantly balancing on the edge of nervous breakdown on daily basis. Pretty unchill, I avoid it if I can.

[@aaronaustrie]

I’m from Dominica 🇩🇲 but currently living in the VI 🇻🇮

[@FRUITFUL469]

Hello dear, i came across of your channel and i must say this I love everything you are doing here am really learning and am almost done watching all 22 long videos 😂😂pls keep the good work going ...i wish to see you and learn makeup,speaking of English language and your skin care routine ❤ ...am glad to see your videos

[@TheCatherineJohn]

I'm glad you found me! I'll be doing more of those soon.. welcome to the family 💗

[@declarkegrey309]

thank you so much Christine at least i gat an idea about the country i want to come too

[@declarkegrey309]

thank you Christine

[@EmpressFrancis]

Thank you for this video. I just applied for my visa

[@frankobumnemec9843]

Voice is something else ❤

[@TheCatherineJohn]

Thank youuuu

[@lisanomafola6804]

I am coming to Hungary in BGC nice I found ur vlog❤

[@jeromeclarke4141]

I must say that you are beautiful 😍 compliments from Suriname 🇸🇷 and Guyana 🇬🇾 YEYE January 2024

[@aaronaustrie]

You need to try the Caribbean. Try Dominica 🇩🇲 you will definitely enjoy it

[@esphun1]

Czechs seem more closed to me than Hungarians.

[@HeavymetalTheRealOne]

Hungarian goulash is just soup, Czech is main dish

[@TheCatherineJohn]

Thanks for sharing

[@esphun1]

Goulash is a hungarian food and it's a soup.

[@somebodylovingA]

@@esphun1 no one is disputing that.

[@MrMajsterixx]

@@esphun1 originated in Hungary, doesnt mean its "hungarian food" there are many versions of it country by country..

[@esphun1]

@@MrMajsterixx There are versions but the original is from Hungary as his name is hungarian, Goulash=Gulyás (herdsman or cowboy). "It is one of the national dishes of Hungary and a symbol of the country." The paella is spanish, the pizza is italian and the goulash is hungarian food.

[@z_vast4960]

Good afternoon. Thank you for the video. Actually, I should move to Hungary from Nigeria for work soon and I’m finding it difficult to get a place to rent. Please can you give me tips on where to look at? Also, I would prefer to have a female flat mate. Since you lived in Hungary, I would appreciate if you link me up with Africans there. Thank you for your anticipated response.

[@TheCatherineJohn]

Hi, if you watched my videos you'd see that i mentioned severally that I am no longer in Hungary. Unfortunately i can't recommend anything to you other than Budapest Facebook marketplace, neither can I give you your preferred choice of flat mate. You can ask your company for assistance regarding accommodation, I believe they can help out.

[@TheCatherineJohn]

Send me a Dm on IG, perhaps I can share you with someone who might be of help.

[@laszlofucsko2508]

not come to Hungary, not your place...

[@opeyemiomidiji]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I literally just filmed this same video for my channel

[@being.scholastica]

😍😍

[@TheCatherineJohn]

💗

[@opeyemiomidiji]

To think I feel safer in Hungary compared to Nigeria😅 If Czech is safer, I should come there then😄

[@TheCatherineJohn]

You definitely should! Hungary is not for the faint of hearts 😅😅

[@laszlofucsko2508]

you will be safer in Czech, stay far away from Hungary

[@Pidalin]

Is it really that better here in Czechia? In last few years, I feel like it's getting worse, beggars and suspicious people who want something from you are bothering you more often than in the past and even because of ukrainian crisis, there is a lot of those "gopnik" with adidas tracksuits who carry knives because it's their culture. If you are in Prague, you should stay far from Florenc metro station and bus station after sunset, Ukrainians and Romanians have knife fights there often or some weird drug sellers are bothering you. At train stations, there are very often people who have crazy stories that they lost their wallets or something and they need money for train ticket back home and they will give something expensive to you for that money, like jacket or something, this is typical for Slovaks. Once I was stopped by a roma person (or let's say gypsy if you are ok with that) and he wanted money for train ticket to place where trains are not even going from Prague, so yes, Prague and Czechia generally is safe, but you still have to be careful and don't show your wallet in front of these suspicious weird people.

[@petrskupa6292]

@@PidalinAs far as I know there was just well publicized knife fight between Ukrainians and Roma. It’s not representative of our security situation. Although I was honestly surprised how much difference you did see Catherine in between us in Czechia and in Hungary. I can only be proud for our fellow Czechs and be curious what made Hungarians that way.

[@princeemenike2037]

Good day, I have 3rd class degree,, do I stand a chance to secure masters programs in Czech Republic

[@TheCatherineJohn]

Hello, yes you can! All you have to do is go through the university website and check for their requirements etc.

[@princeemenike2037]

@@TheCatherineJohn pls sis can you help me process it or link me up to an agent... I have checked some schools but not seein any

[@TheCatherineJohn]

@@princeemenike2037 I can't do that. Google "universities in Czech Republic " and you'll see a list of different universities. Czech for your preferred course and see the requirements, including the fees.

[@princeemenike2037]

@@TheCatherineJohn tnx

[@Pidalin]

I would say it's everything about your luck what people you meet, I don't think there is a massive cultural difference between Czechs and Hungarians, some differences can be that Czechs are more liberal and don't care about what other people do, what is your religion etc....in public transportation, you can easily trigger unfriendly reaction by blocking door when peopel want to get out, which can cause confusion for foreigners who don't know this rule, no, people are not rude, from their point of view, you are rude by blocking door. You just have to follow few basic rules here in Czechia and everything is gonna be fine. It's true that Czechs are silent, it's rude here when you are loud, if you hear some loud people in bus or train or somewhere at street with some bottles of alcohol, it's a high propability that they are Ukrainians. 😀 We had a Hungarian guy in work and he was really loud, constantly yelling in that roma-like accent or how to call that, it's very annoying for a Czech person to hear all these accents which are loud and with up and down intonation, because it just sounds rude to us, but don't worry, peole (especially in Prague) are used to foreigners and there is a lot of black people, it's not like 20 years ago that kids were asking weird questions when they saw a black person, we have even black journalists and moderators in our TV. I was at medieval event at castle pretty far from Prague (like 2 hours by train) and there was a lot of black people, I saw minimaly 5 of them in such shithole far from Prague, so it's not special anymore to see a black person here, people are used to it, if someone stares at you, such people just stare at everyone. 😀 Native people from Prague don't look at timetables that often if it's not weekend, you just wait untile your tram or bus comes and when you miss your tram or bus, you mostly go to next station because we just hate waiting. Eating and drinking at street....this is typical for "gastronomical barbarians" which Czechs definitely are, you can see this culture even in USA, probably even in UK and some other countries, Czech Republic is one of them, for most of people, food is just something they need and they have no time to sit in some restaurant, especially when you have 30 minute break in work and ofcourse many people like to walk and enjoy their coffe on move, which some nations just don't do.

[@opeyemiomidiji]

Hungarians are just peculiar set of people😅 Nem Nem

[@AB8511]

As a Slovakian I could not agree more...

[@TheCatherineJohn]

😂😂😂

[@roffroff1655]

@@AB8511 I'm older than Slovakia! And we will reattach Felvidék!

[@miso3685]

​@@roffroff1655we are so scared...😂 Oh realy do you think we are afraid of a mosquito?😂

[@travelerawakenings8477]

HI, I just subscribed to your channel. This week, i have been thinking about Czech Republic a lot, and especially about Prague. I have visit Prague and Budapest four years ago, and i agree with all what you said. Since i left Prague, I can never forget about this city. So, this morning, i decided that i am going to start making plan ro move there. I will follow you on TikTok and Instagram as well and i will support your channel. Who knows, maybe i will someday meet you in Prague.😊😊😊😅

[@Stashix]

Hungarian bros, this is literally Trianon 2.0.

[@rafalkaminski6389]

Interesting things you talk about hungarians. I wasnt aware of that they are so unfriendly. Greetings from poland :)

[@zuzanaangibaud292]

Yes , they are very unfriendly and they think they are some kind of superior nation , Slovak people could speak ….

[@TheCatherineJohn]

Thanks for watching

[@TheCatherineJohn]

@@zuzanaangibaud292 Thanks for sharing such vital information.

[@autumnflower8942]

@@zuzanaangibaud292 S potrebou neustale a nesmyslne pouzivat slovo superior a obzvlast ve vztahu k Madarum doporucuji navstivit lekare. Urgentne. Staci ze barevni neustale otravuji svoji domnelou ukrivdenosti svet, protoze mentalne zustali na urovni ctyrleteho decka.

[@tovarishchfeixiao]

@@TheCatherineJohn Yeah, no. We Hungarians are friendly, but we just not really talk to strangers on the streets in general (except if a retired person randomly starts to talk on a public transport or in the bus-stop, but it's very rare). Especially not with foreigners, mainly because the previous "we jsut not talk to strangers in general" thing and also because of language related things. And of course there are lot of people who not likes our northern neighbours for territory reasons. You know, Trianon in 1920 when our country's 70% got added to neighbor countries (in fact slovakia's more than 90% was Hungary originally, tho maybe Poland also would like some parts of slovakia back). But to be honest, there is a mutual hate between us and our neighbouring countries for the reason of territory issues.

[@opeyemiomidiji]

The racism here in Hungary, broooooooooo

[@joshtwistareviews9591]

Been in hungary 10years and I know both of you(catherine and opeyemi). Racism is perspective. Yes there is racism but if you live with a racist consciousness you will find racism in every thing and every day.

[@TheCatherineJohn]

@@joshtwistareviews9591 you lived in Hungary for 10 and I lived for 4years, however our experiences are different. If I said this happened to me, it sure did! And it has nothing to do with perspective! Lastly, I don't think anyone would live with a racist consciousness let alone for over 4years. That would be detrimental to one's mental health.

[@laszlofucsko2508]

yes of course. Hungarians are racist, so just not to come here. Hungary is so small and the world is so BIG. leave us alone, it is just not your place.

[@tamaslukacs3173]

I'm sorry about what happened to you in Budapest. Chances are you've met a fool. It doesn't matter what you say to such a person, he thinks he is the smartest person in the world. Everyone else is stupid. If it is probably African, then especially. Should have left it there. But it doesn't matter. I hope you don't meet them anywhere else. Pay attention to the fact that page B is in every city.

[@taurondur]

Im from Slovenia and i totally agree with you..Czech Republic is great and Hungary sucks!

[@laszlofucsko2508]

yes Hungary is racist, all the blacks must out from here

[@Horizontal77]

This does not bother us Hungarians. We don't want to be perfect for anyone.

[@taurondur]

@@Horizontal77 Ok..good for you! 😁

[@Horizontal77]

@@taurondur It is not possible to satisfy everyone's taste. Quite a few people love Hungary and Hungarians. And some don't. The Czechs have lost their character. They want to conform to the European mainstream. Hungarians will always be rebels.

[@esphun1]

And you have arrived here, Mr Simpathy from Slovenia LOL

[@edekoka6267]

Maybe if you had researched more, you would understand why this is happening to you.

[@Horizontal77]

The majority of Hungarians really don't know where it is if you're looking for something, because they don't know either, because they're not interested, only their own business. We can thank Gergely Karácsony for the homeless, garbage and weeds, he has been the mayor of Budapest since 2019. Unfortunately, he is completely unfit for his job.

[@tovarishchfeixiao]

Also in big cities it's very like to find people who are just going throught on the city or just have a job there but in reality not living their life in that city.

[@tamaslukacs3173]

@@tovarishchfeixiao Megerősítem. Én is az ott dolgozók közé tartozom. Ez meglepő volt egy vidéki telephelyről érkező csapat számára..

[@tovarishchfeixiao]

@@tamaslukacs3173 Én is volt amikor a fővárosban dolgoztam egy teljesen másik településről bejárva. Aztán rendszeres volt az a kínos helyzet, hogy random emberek útba igazítást kértek mikor csak azt az útvonalat ismertem ahol a munkámat kellett végeznem. És nagyon sajnálatos, hogy az emberek nem azzal kezdenek, hogy "maga idevalósi?" mielőtt útba igazítást kérnek. Főleg egy nagyvárosi helyzetben.

[@interstellar.overdrive]

@@tovarishchfeixiao Mégis, miért lenne ez kínos helyzet? Nem tudsz annyit mondani, hogy "sajnos nem tudom, mert nem vagyok idevalósi"? Ebben az égvilágon semmi kínos nincs. Fura környezetben nevelkedhettél, hallod...

[@polyspastos]

Budapest != Hungary

[@vladah1465]

I don't like acronyms, but I will still express myself, even though I realise that it is a generalisation and a subjective view. The behaviour of the Hungarians is based on their history. Since Hungary was great in history and the Hungarians controlled other nations and nationalities, and they lost that territory and influence after the First World War, they still feel humiliated, even though none of them remember it anymore. They still feel that they are something more than they really are, and unfortunately they are ruled by a populist, I am not afraid to say a dictator who confirms them. Everything bad that happens to the Hungarians is caused by external forces, the EU, NATO, neighbouring countries. Only they are not to blame. It is tragic for the older generation, because even under communism they could not travel, but how the young have it, I don't quite know. Anyway, it is sad that the Hungarians lack self-reflection. It is not as bad as in Russia, but they are close to reaching a similar level. So this behaviour towards foreigners is the logical outcome of their thought processes.

[@polaris8126]

You are talking bullshit! What Dictator? LOL Pol Pot, Stalin,Hitler, Kim Dzsongun, they were dictators... put an equals sign to between them and Orban is totaly nonse bullshit!

[@kennethmorison7842]

Here in UK you can eat on the street, and no one cares

[@TheCatherineJohn]

Apparently, yes no one cares, neither do I. However , like I mentioned, I had just relocated here and it was surprising to me since it wasn't what I was used to.