European things Americans find weird

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[@tannerrennat7786]

Europeans think 100 km is a long distance, North Americans think 100 years is a long time.

[@muchograndeyolatengo]

@@DesertStateNevada Pretty sure that the point is how small Europe is compared the US. But congratulation for spouting your weird political views into an innocent comment section. Also funny how you can watch American "news" and think to yourself: "yup, brain washing and propaganda is definitely a European thing".

[@JCavLP]

@@DesertStateNevada Just shut up.

[@krashd]

@@DesertStateNevada You say "here in Europe" but you couldn't sound more like a conservative American with your "socialism is evil" crap.

[@DesertStateNevada]

@Stefan Hendriks No.

[@DesertStateNevada]

@@JCavLP Uhh no.

[@alessiobenvenuto5159]

Ketchup on pizza Is almost illegal in Italy.

[@redbear4350]

Nono mio fratello le salse le mette sempre, assieme alle patatine fritte

[@LesBondIT]

it should be illegal

[@samyacoub4858]

In CZ we don't eat pizza in ketchup. At least I didn't see that

[@PeverinaAlpina]

I am quite sure it's illegal, just like pineapple on pizza ahahahahha

[@Gigi-us4jk]

@@PeverinaAlpina YES thank you!!!What is a fruit doing on a pizza!!! But I don't agree with the sardines on the pizza too.

[@gordondavies7773]

American 'We always say a prayer before we start eating a meal.' European 'We don't have to ask God for prtection, we have regulations that mean that our food is safe'.

[@craftah]

god doesnt exist

[@AFPLJohnny]

We do too it’s called the Pure Food & Drug Act and it’s enforced by the FDA (Food & Drug Administration), it was passed in 1906 and the FDA has existed since the 1930s. It was passed by President Theodore Roosevelt

[@didierradio]

@@AFPLJohnny I worked in Public Health in Vienna for many years, and I often heard that (regarding pharmaceuticals) the FDA is doing a fine job.

[@BlackieLeone]

That was hilarious, Gordon. :D Edit: Guys, he made joke, geez...

[@imrulhaque]

😂😂😂

[@SchroomMetanoia]

in the EU we also have bread with sugar, we call it "cake"

[@aquatic9995]

BRO WE HAVE THAT TOO! DO OTHER PEOPLE NOT HAVE IT??!?!??!?!

[@wurgel1]

"in the EU we also have bread" FTFY

[@SknCommonLisper]

Eh, you got white bread in Czech Republic and in Norway(Loff) at least which is sugar.

[@Socika14]

Ever had toast or mcdonalds... yeah read the label..

[@k-leb4671]

Brioche?

[@nekoyokoshima4199]

As a European, i agree with most. But ketchup and mayo on a pizza must be something Slovenia specific

[@pozytronowyedek1958]

Nope. Slavic specific probably. At least ketchup.

[@vitalspark6288]

Yeah, I've been to at least a dozen European countries and I can't recall ever seeing anybody have ketchup or mayo on pizza.

[@widM_]

no, in many central europe countries you will see that

[@el_naif]

I saw with horror mayo being added to pizza in Croatia. Also, french fries inside a pizza IN ITALY.

[@georgebowling560]

@@el_naif French fries inside a pizza! My two favorite foods finally together as one, yum!

[@gamiezion]

i take great offence at our elevators getting called small. we all know the elevator size isn't the problem here. EDIT: 1k likes? for me? thanks everyone

[@writerbill1]

This reminds me of the movie "In Bruges" where the overweight American gets offended, and then chases Colin Farrell and can't catch him! I laughed my ass off, and I'm an overweight American...!! P.S. we're not the only country with overweight people 😉

[@gamiezion]

@@writerbill1 too right! and that reminds me to rewatch "in bruges again"

[@vansantos5772]

LOL... elevators... where do I start. On that same honeymoon trip, when we arrived at our first hotel in Rome and had to take up our luggage we had to make four trips... LOL. Granted that our luggage was probably too huge (my wife packed the entire house), the elevators are indeed small. We had to take one luggage up at a time and only one luggage and one person fit at a time. So I went up with one luggage and she stayed down with the other two. Then I took my one luggage to the room, went down and back up with the second. Then the third. Then with the wife LOL... she probably could have come up alone with the third bag, but we were on our honeymoon so I was being the extra attentive gentleman and didn't let her carry the heavy bag (I'm still the same now after almost 20 years of marriage). But, yeah, small elevators. Fun.

[@postalinVT]

HEY ! My elevators not too small, your elevator shaft is too big!!

[@NefariousKoel]

As long as they work. I've been trapped in two different elevators, here in the US, over the years. Fortunately the longest wait for rescue was only about 30-40 minutes. Mainly because the emergency caller didn't work properly. Still had to squeeze through the half-open door, between floors, with that horror movie feeling that the box would drop as soon as I started crawling through and cut me in half.

[@Serge4444]

italian people at the start of the video : *ABSOLUTE PAIN*

[@Hubert4515]

theres something worse than ketchup on pizza - pineapple!

[@bernardokrolo2275]

In Croatia also..i notice that Younger genaration in here have that gross habbit

[@adampechanic]

@@Hubert4515 I like pineapple on pizza 🤭

[@federicomonti6056]

So true 😂. I seriously couldn’t watch to the end after that

[@meryammizan]

French people: bReAD 🥖

[@kyddslash]

Americans: european smokes a lot Me, an estern european lighting up a cigarette: that's not true

[@jordanlathrop2555]

Me, an American: smokes in solidarity

[@JimmyMenander]

Eastern european while draging the american out to the alley... -Ey funny guy, so you think we smoke a lot? (Taking a deep breath on cigarette)

[@mentos93]

@@jordanlathrop2555 how expensive are smokes in the US?

[@frankomarkusic5912]

when she said that she missed drinking in public, that was the most eastern european thing to say hahah

[@IHeartMyLada]

Yeah I was literally smoking in the garden while watching this video. I was like "OK, maybe she has a point."

[@LesBondIT]

As an italian i'm ashamed of sharing the border with a country that eats pizza with ketchup 😂 i'm just joking btw

[@cyberfux]

I'm ashamed of sharing a continent with them ;-) *kidding*

[@marty7635]

In Bulgarian it like every time so maybe it a slav thing idk

[@zuzu6864]

@@marty7635 Definitely a slav thing lol

[@abc-eq9so]

You should se in Bosnia and Serbia. There's Ketchup and Majo on our pizas :D Here in Sweden they have pineapple, and kebab sauce on Kebab Pizza :D But to be honest it's two different kind of pizzas. Italian Pizza I would never put anything on. While pizzas here in Sweden is nice with sauces :)

[@MatildeMolinari]

@@abc-eq9so I'm italian, the only "new" pizza that I can accept is Kebab Pizza IT'S SO GOOD😍

[@Anita_Dick]

ketchup on pizza? Not in the mediterranean countries for sure

[@MrJuwarra]

Not in Estonia either. Pizza itself already has a pizza sauce.. so i don't understand why would you want something as terrible as ketchup on it. I don't want ketchup even in hamburger.. i like a good burger with grill sauce and not some salad leaf but a proper old school coleslaw. Though i would ask, you say not in Mediterranean countries, and she clearly says that she is Slovenian.. from when is Slovenia not Mediterranean? I understand, they have a small coastline, but still

[@nessus47]

I live in Denmark and I have never ever seen anyone put ketchup on pizza.

[@lynettemiller6519]

How about mayo? In Ukraine I never saw ketchup, but a lot of places even mix mayo in the sauce.

[@JanHurych]

Not in Czech republic. I suspect only Barbara does that.

[@Anita_Dick]

@@MrJuwarra I said mediterranean countries because are the ones I personally know the most, but maybe pizza slaugtering was a thing in other european areas.. I wouln't know

[@gianuppal938]

The girl : ketchup and mayo on pizza italians : so you choose ......death

[@1994Oyvind]

It is used on America style pizzas not Italian style pizza.

[@simply5054]

Guys. I'm Italian... I'm slightly weirded out with Ketchup on pizza but.. I mean I went to NYC and got a pizza with pasta on it.. I just changed right away the restaurant without even trying it.

[@marioitalianboy4487]

@@1994Oyvind Pizza Is italian......american pizza Is not pizza...... XD

[@bencekocsi4017]

3:02 - oh when i'm feelin' funky imma go to a tesco with a lidl bag :D

[@jisooslines.6179]

👌👌

[@dorottyakerezsi4135]

Same go to lidl with an Aldi bag😂

[@user-uf4qr7os4s]

As a kid i seriously thought shit like that is illegal

[@jeremiaas15]

I'm currently visiting my dad in my hometown going shopping everywhere with an Aldi bag. The thing is, in this town there isn't a single Aldi. City folk appeal like a boss! :D

[@Skyl3t0n]

@@jeremiaas15 Lol. In germany you try not to show off your Aldi bag, since it's considered a kinda low-class store.

[@mustakirsikka]

that's interesting, in Germany we don't eat ketchup on pizza, I've never seen that :D

[@toma992]

We don't either. Barbara is just weird :P

[@dutchik5107]

Think its just an eastern european thing? Or a slovenian thing? It literally makes me gag. There is already tomato on it!

[@evab.6240]

@@dutchik5107 some people put it on, some don't. But it's definitely not considered weird to do it

[@evgenideliev3774]

It's Eastern european thing or Balkan

[@Lord_Imperius]

We don't do it here in the Czech Republic either. I've never seen anyone do it. It's sounds really weird.

[@christofferdh]

I think you also managed to get cancelled in Italy with the ketchup on pizza :-) its probably on the top 10 most triggering thing you can suggest to any Italians.

[@fmilesph]

I'm Italian and I can confirm, but we love her anyway

[@dutchik5107]

It's triggering to me and i am dutch. Definetly a slovenian thing. Sure i've made pizza with ketchup a couple of times (ya know. Dough rolls. Didn't feel like opening a can of tomatosauce.

[@willr.5583]

Not a UK and France thing either.

[@2tardi]

That’s an Eastern Europe thing. Just found that behavior there nowhere else.

[@justarandomperson9417]

Eastern Europe kids were kinda raised with ketchup on pizza, becouse you just see litterally everyone doing it. I am deeply sorry if that triggers anyone, but pizza without ketchup for me can't be called a pizza.🙃 (there, I said it.)

[@TurquoiseSnow]

"Quality bread that doesn't have sugar in it." - one of the things I complained to the most when I lived in the US was that every damn bread is too sweet. My American friends thought my suffering from buying yet another sweet bread was hilarious.

[@milomhoek]

True and quality bread in the US is super expensive, in Europe we buy delicious bread for under 1€

[@Rayvn7]

....Then simply buy a normal brand instead of a brand that randomly adds sugar to things.....

[@TurquoiseSnow]

@@Rayvn7 i tried every single brand, and they were all too sweet and full of sugar

[@randomuser918]

I'm from Romania and everything you said you do in Slovenia, I relate to it. I think it's because we're from Eastern Europe, that we do have so much in common, even more than we have with Western Europe. I saw someone in the comments calling you weird because of the ketchup on the pizza thing. Uhm in my country it's exactly the same. We usually eat pizza with ketchup on it and every place you go to eat, if you get pizza, you'll aitomatically get free ketchup. If you eat it there, they will give you the bottle to use, and if you take it to go, they will give you a small ketchup pouch (or even more if you ask for).

[@Travers303]

In my high school in Slovenia we would also get ketchup packets when we had pizza for lunch.

[@petrag8]

interesting, just in between the two of you, in Hungary we don't put ketchup on top (my family does this only when we have left over pizza and we would like to spice it up a bit the next day when it's not so fresh haha)

[@regatta1990]

From Ireland here and pizza with ketchup and mayo is definitely a thing. It’s such a guilty pleasure as I know that it’s wrong!

[@younghefner8343]

Same in Bulgaria too

[@tubamirum007]

As an American, I don’t put ketchup on anything, not even on my enemies! ;-) ...but as an American, I AM considered strange...

[@sigrid129]

What I find weird personality, is other people don’t understand cultural difference

[@gabitzakissy]

Word

[@quintym7090]

Me too! It sounds like USA is the most superior country in the world 😅

[@elizaandreadaki9942]

Yeah. The US literally thinks they're the center of the world and that everyone must know about American things whereas they actually are CLUELESS about anything outside of America

[@noah2]

@@elizaandreadaki9942 well i mean we kinda are the center of the world, America is the superpower of the world

[@jwb52z9]

@@elizaandreadaki9942 Most Americans never learn anything about the rest of the world because we are never able to leave the US due to financial inability and no time off work with Europe and the other separate nations being so far away.

[@RekaCath]

The 'dress up nice for airplanes' has nothing to do with airplane wear. Europeams just tend to have a higher standard for whats acceptable wear outside than Americans. I've met teenagers in the states that commented on how nice I looked while hiking. I was wearing jeans and a tee. Also, the small bathrooms thing, I know that this is a common complaint in the Netherlands, as we are used to having our toilets in a small room outside of our actual bathrook with the shower and stuff, so that's nust culturally what's accepted. In America, the toilets are in the bathrooms in their houses, so they're used to more space.

[@Bkate23]

It`s not just about higher standards, regarding the clothes on airplane, although that argument is also true. But, while for many people going with a plane might seem something normal, for other countries, especially eastern european ones it was a big deal to go with a plane, so they would dress up more for it (not anymore of course, but some older people still do).

[@anigeorgieva2630]

that is so true. I was so shocked when my american friends found it weird that i changed for going to the groceries store

[@AngelDeed]

I always wanted to ask someone why many Americans seem to dress in styles that went out of fashion decades ago in Europe. :D

[@AngelDeed]

@@Bkate23 it not the location (you are saying it like people here can't afford it) it's the need or lack thereof. First time I went on an airplane I was 26. I am 28 and still don't have a driver's license. I just don't need it. Can get anywhere with public transport/on foot/on a bike. 💁

[@zoom5024]

@@Bkate23 That was a thing all over the world when airplanes where a new thing.

[@Zartak00]

As a portuguese who went to Slovenia in Erasmus, I was also shocked when people asked me if I wanted ketchup in my pizza, so I think it is a Slovenian thing haha

[@craftah]

its so tasty with ketchup

[@collan580]

I ate pizza in a lot of EU countries and no one ever asked me if i want ketchup on my pizza :D

[@joekerr9197]

Most definitely. I am Croatian (country next to Slovenia) and putting ketchup or worse mayonnaise on your pizza is blasphemy. However if you go to an actual restaurant (pizzeria) then you can ask for additional pizza sauce and some even serve it by default...but not ketchup...

[@rooram892]

amigo, son galega, literalmente do país que está ó carón do teu, e aqui tamén hay xente que ocme pizza con ketchup

[@tadejsadar7033]

Ketchup on pizza in Slovenia is normal. I am surprised about mayo. For sure this is just personal choice by Barbara and not common thing. I never ever noticed mayo in pizzarias in Slo.

[@Player-ix7rx]

In EU you don't need a passport, you can travel only with your ID card, you need a passport only for non EU countries.

[@JoseAlberto-bw8rq]

Not exactly true. There is the Schengen area, which comprise European Union members (like Spain, France, Germany and many more) and NON European Union memebers (like switzerland, Bosnia...). Classic example was UK, that WAS part of the European Union but never was inside Schengen treaty (meaning: you needed passport to travel to it if not british).

[@Player-ix7rx]

​ @Naruto lastname Totally false! Schengen does not means you can travel without a passport and if you are from EU but not in Schengen you need a passport. - Schengen means that there are no borders, no customs and few other facilities between those countries. - I'm from Romania (is not in Schengen) and I can go anywhere in EU only with my ID card (so no passport), I traveled in Bulgaria and others non Schengen countries without the passport, I traveled in Italy and others Schengen countries without the passport, only with the ID card. - You can go even in Serbia only with your ID card (so again, no passport needed), because they have an agreement with EU. - Between non Schengen countries or a Schengen and a non Schengen, there is a border (custom check) where is checked your ID card if you are an EU citizen, or your passport and visa if you are from the rest of the world.

[@susanaladeiro469]

I think several concepts are being confused here. Schengen area is something different from EU, and then you have other agreements on the movement of goods and people, not just those two. These are agreements between countries on what checks are or are not done at borders. So in pratice what you get is a free movement between countries that adhere to it. And you need to know for each pair (departure/arrival) if you have restritions or not. In some cases nationality might be important as well. Some documents are valid as ID, some are not. Also take note that the transport you take is important. Just because you can move between borders freely doesn't mean that the company providing the transport doesn't check your identity with a valid ID (please don't use a drivers license, it MIGHT be accepted if there's no border control AND you're going back home. MAYBE). I talking specifically about airlines. The company might want to make sure you're travelling legally. Don't want to show your ID... take a bus. That being said, I have traveled by plane and not a single person checked my ID... Major security breach.

[@elonenta3870]

@@JoseAlberto-bw8rq I live in Switzerland (so no EU) and a ID card is completely fine to cross the border to the EU. No passport needed here.

[@costinhalaicu2746]

@@JoseAlberto-bw8rq No, UK didn't need anything more than ID, nor did any EU citizen going to the UK need anything more. The Schengen EU members vs non-Schengen EU members difference is that there are still border controls between outside of Schengen. The documents required to cross however is just the ID, no passport is needed. There are even a lot of countries that have nothing to do with the EU that we have border agreements with and that do not require a passport or a visa or anything of that sort, like Serbia, Turkey, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Bosnia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and the list goes on and on.

[@danielhastings3167]

Who would visit Europe and then eat at American fast food chains? When I travel, I want as many meals as possible to be something new.

[@georgebowling560]

When you're tired of ordering something and getting something else because you can't speak the language and they don't speak English, you go where it's part of the menu.

[@robertreynolds9228]

Maybe your just a poo poo head.

[@danielleporter1829]

@ Daniel Hastings, my mom and I went to Europe in 2008 and while walking down the Champs Elysees in Paris @ night our first night there, we just happened to come across a McDonald's , went in and had burgers and fries, mainly because it was familiar and also because my mom was apprehensive about how to pay with Euros💶, Paris wasn't the only place we went, we were only there for four days, we also did a 9 day guided tour of Spain that we needed money for and we had heard from family friends that had been to Paris that it can be more expensive to eat al fresco at a restaurant than inside. There are a variety of reasons why people may eat at fast food restaurants when they either first get to a foreign country. No one goes to a foreign country just to eat @ ffrs that we have here.

[@kaninma7237]

@@robertreynolds9228 Maybe, but probably not.

[@metalvideos1961]

​@@danielleporter1829 that mcdonald over at the champs elysees is the only white mcdonald in the world. have been there twice my self as well. not that special but its just a white mcdonald sign and a white restaurant. funny to look at but thats about it

[@StephaneCalabrese]

My own list: 1. Higher education is free or at least affordable 2. Health care is free or at least affordable 3. Public transportation is efficient and not a poor ass 2 jobs to make a bare living means of transportation. 4. Europe kindda cares for the environment. 5. European countries do not rely on an electoral college to elect their leaders, people vote directly!! 6. Most of European countries have a series of logical rules to allow a citizen to have firearms: criminal check, and proven ability to handle a firearm. 7. Religion is a personal matter and nobody cares if you go to church and/or which church you are going to. 8. In most of Europe, you can go to an abortion clinic without a bunch of lunatics screaming at you. 9. Not EVERYTHING is racialized, yet.

[@alexandrub8786]

Sadly,US could assimilate us through their soft power.

[@FoxyBoxery]

I mean, yeah, Europe is amazing and all but why so pissed at America?

[@spinoxt232]

In Denmark you even get a “Salary” when you go to university

[@luanunes14]

Love it!!

[@radschele1815]

Abortion is almost illegal in Ireland. "Advertisement" aka information you do abortions is forbidden in Germany.

[@marchernandez4596]

I eat italian pizza with for and knife, I eat fast food piza with my hands.

[@marcosvidal2797]

exacto

[@craftah]

aha

[@Baktrianos]

Yeah, using fork or fingers with pizza actually depends from the location. If I where to eat at home, I'd use fingers, but if I invited my GF parents for the first time I'd probably use fork and knife.

[@supertobino]

all pizza is fast food here. lol

[@viennacalling85]

And I do not eat fast food pizzas :D

[@DerMaflon]

"Fast food is not cheap, it's not even healthy" Just imagine thinking like that. Why should healthy food be more expensive? I mean it's literally cheaper to produce. Also I think it's extremely important that unhealthy food is more expensive than healthy food. One of the reasons Americans are so fat is the fact that healthy food is way too expensive and people just rather eat cheap junkfood.

[@danjilek801]

how is it cheaper to produce?

[@diablo.the.cheater]

@@danjilek801 Simple, good food safety regulations.

[@Karsten3]

@@danjilek801 Not adding stuff is cheaper. Buy a carrot and eat it. Cheap. No fat, no sugar. Healthy.

[@nobodyimportant7380]

@@Karsten3 And Fast :-)

[@crazyamerican8664]

@@diablo.the.cheater how is it cheaper to produce?😂

[@rbaleksandar]

If you go to an Italian pizzeria in actual Italy and ask for ketchup, you will not only get kicked out of the restaurant but might have the owners call the police on you to deport you and brand you as a persona non grata for whole of Italy. XD

[@diablo.the.cheater]

You probably would get the same treatment in any pizzeria in Spain, as we understand how it feels to have your traditional food stepped on, see paella.

[@Rozsomakk1]

As well send contract-killer, and wait church curse!

[@MiregalForges]

Yeahhh, I'm pretty sure that ketchup and mayo on pizza will freak out most Europeans, too. Interesting custom you have there...

[@alexandrub8786]

Maybe the more western ones.

[@ag4444]

If you think eastern europe doesn’t count as europe sure...

[@MiregalForges]

Chill out, friends. I said "most" for a reason. It's probably not an overwhelming majority, but still a majority... You're also all going to hell for putting ketchup and mayo on pizza. I'm sure the pope would agree.

[@oyblech8671]

tbh the stuff some places in northern and eastern sell you as such is so damn far from being actual pizza you might as well treat it like bland, cheap fast food and put that stuff on. just be aware thay any chef that makes real pizza and has a minimum amount of self esteem doing it will feel absolutely insulted if you do that.

[@ag4444]

I had ketchup on pizza for the first time 2 days ago (I’m currently in the balkans for vacation) and the pizza in itself was very good and the ketchup was a good addition. I’d actually not mind having that again. You should try it before saying it’s not a good idea.

[@amyirenat]

Everyone in these comments hating on ketchup on pizza... I thought it was normal😅

[@thefanuccicrimefamily]

Its not haha sorry

[@Jyrmy]

Nope.. i mean hell no! Quite sure that chef would kick you out in finland :)

[@gordondavies7773]

I always thought that Americans think ketchup is a vegetable.

[@taros789]

I guess its abnormal to have a personal taste preference.

[@drunkdriving_germany]

You mama'd your last amia

[@szariq7338]

When talking about pizza, my mum made not circular pizza, but rectangular and it looked like lasagna, because it was so thick, that dough was about 2-3cm thick.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

That's the Neapolitan recipe.

[@IOmoon6221]

Same.

[@daniel_stahl]

Consuming alcohol in public... Haha, so true. I'm on the train right now drinking a beer.

[@Drew-Dastardly]

In the UK we have "dry trains" and it's when there is a major intercity football match, due to violence. Fuck I never liked football (soccer) already, and now I have the Police stealing my carry on beer... Fuck off football and your ICF thugs. Thankfully 95% of the time I can drink my own carry on beer in peace (never pay the extortionate prices on the train itself).

[@sampatton146]

New Orleans permits drinking alcohol in public on of the few cities in America to do so

[@robertreynolds9228]

Friggin alcy dip weed.

[@frogtownroad9104]

Growing up in the NYC metropolitan area, what’s weird is you can drink beer on a train, but not on the sidewalk or at the beach. Yeah, I know.

[@jwb52z9]

@@ferpinguG They call that "drunk and disorderly conduct" in the US and, in most places, you can be arrested and put into what's called "the drunk tank" until you're sober.

[@klemenzaucer4808]

One reason why i dont want to go to the USA is the drinking age Im slovenian alcohol is part of my religion

[@dvv18]

Don't fret. Make friends with American kids, they'll teach you what to do 😉

[@bricelarie6527]

Non alcoholic dance party stands correct way to behave ... Again ?!? Or I miss something not to tell ...

[@Clungehammer]

then you get to 21 and the beer is weaker than the tapwater!😄

[@nedimb.1196]

Rakija, wine, cigarettes and dry meat that's what we on Balkans live on.

[@garetclaborn]

@@Clungehammer only cause our tapwater is so strong ;J

[@DanteYewToob]

This is super interesting! I'm from Jamaica but live in the US, and seeing a similar but different perspective on America is really neat. I like these videos. One thing that is always amazing to me is how America is so... young. Especially where I live, no buildings are older than a few decades. Europe actually has history and culture and feels... idk. It just has a very different feel to most of America. Even the oldest cities in America are still babies compared to some of the beautiful architecture and towns in Europe and that's crazy to me.

[@adriannedelcu9383]

I'm romanian and almost everything in this video is accurate

[@ancaaldea4114]

But we don't eat pizza with knife and fork . At least i don't 😂

[@adriannedelcu9383]

@@ancaaldea4114 eu o faceam doar cand mergeam la pizzahut la restaurant)))

[@Daniel-wn5ye]

@@ancaaldea4114 Yes we do, when we want to.

[@livewireOrourke]

One thing we find weird about Europe is that they removed the "Here be dragons" from maps.

[@GamerLogicalArt]

yeah they don't want to help go dragon slaying anymore :(

[@davepasnthru]

Also we find it weird that Europeans speak different languages...they actually have different words for things!

[@justarandomperson9417]

@@davepasnthru Can you please explain how do you find it weird that we have different langauges?

[@xxshadgutsxx]

@@justarandomperson9417 I think it was a feeble attempt at humor.

[@jeffsaviola2109]

Just a random person yes explain the different accents across...USA...( America )

[@Einherjar86]

Ketchup on Pizza? You know this is a sacrilege, be prepared for witch hunt 😂😂😂

[@menachemsalomon]

To be fair, I learned to do that in New York, too. Ketchup is available in all the local pizza parlors. Never seen mayonnaise, though.

[@Clungehammer]

I agree and the weirdos in my country deep fry them.

[@garetclaborn]

@@Clungehammer deep fried...pizza??? WHERE IS THIS PLACE

[@sampatton146]

I will on occasion put bbq sauce on my pizza especially if it contains a pork sausage or grilled chicken as a topping

[@Clungehammer]

@@garetclaborn Scotland. Also there's deep fried Mars bars, ice cream... anything that'll fit really!

[@whoknew3775]

Barb is super entertaining! Both channels are fabulous, I can't decide which I like more

[@anthonymalovrh2912]

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin there is a multiday festival on the lakefront called Summerfest - it ran for 10 days years ago. Many music stages, lots of food, beer, etc. People walk around the festival grounds drinking. This may be primarily a Milwaukee thing. We joked that years ago there was a bar on every corner.

[@JoelP99]

As an American expat, things I've found since marrying a Brazilian and moving to Portugal: My step-son eats pizza with ketchup, but when we go out to eat pizza he has to ask to have ketchup brought to the table, so not common in Portugal. Brazilians don't like when citizens of the US refer to themselves as Americans. They're Americans too, South Americans. They appreciate it when I say I'm from the US. Can't get a free glass of tap water in a restaurant, even though the water in Portugal is good. If you want water, you have to purchase a bottle. Water in the US is definitely regional. I grew up in the Midwest and the water was excellent. Spent a week in Maryland and the tap water was so bad. Had a weird smell, didn't even want to taste it. And in some places in the US, you can light your tap water on fire. Hot dogs here are terrible, IMO. Taste and texture are so very different than anything in the States. When meeting new people, most Europeans don't immediately ask, "what do you do (for a living)?". In the US, it seems, people are defined by their jobs. Regarding small bathrooms, they probably never lived in a big city apartment. When I lived in San Francisco, my bathroom was teeny tiny. I imagine New York to be the same. Vehicle size. When I lived in the States, I preferred smaller cars. I do enjoy being able to drive without being surrounded by giant SUVs and pickup trucks. And, oh am I in love with the bread and pastries here. I may have gained 10 kg from carb overload. One moves to Portugal for a variety of reasons, but one stays for the pastel de nata.

[@redleh5750]

Carefully with pastel de Nata 😅🤣not to much. Sugarbomb 🤣

[@lanzsibelius]

Yes, here in Mexico (and I believe all of Latin America) people hate whenever someone says America as a synonym of USA or calls american someone from there, for us America is all of North, South or Central America, and anyone from there should be called american (the same as europeans are not only people from the UK or France)

[@miniidurao4843]

You indeed can't get a free cup of water in restaurants in Portugal but you can do that in coffee shops

[@leme686]

Those lil buggers [pasteis de nata] will get you :D ...

[@zmiguc]

In slovenia you can order a glass of tap water for free but it's considered quite disrespectful, unless you order smth else with the water. its kinda weird coming to a bar where thr bartender serves you and then you don't pay them anything.

[@trude8073]

We don't say "the United States of America" we say "USA" or "America" but everyone would understand. Tap water ❤️ We sell our Tap water (Norway) to the states 🙈 I remember Madonna only wanted to drink "Voss" water and I was like... It's tap water 😂

[@zoom5024]

Yeah i was probably 16 or something the first time i heard someone say that they were going to " Förenta staterna" and i thought he meant the UAE or something, we always say USA or Amerika in Sweden too.

[@angyliv8040]

You’re not Americans or not only the Americans. There’re a lot of countries in America....

[@zoom5024]

@@angyliv8040 Just how Americans call The netherlands for Holland, even tho Holland is not the country and just a piece of the country. But nobody cares, everyone still understands what people mean when they say holland, the same goes with america.

[@elleneva3898]

We do that in Iceland too 😂

[@wrackboy]

In Spain we use to say Estados Unidos. For us, for obvious hostorical reasons, America is more than the USA and South America is not a single thing but a complex puzzle.

[@gennibee]

Hi Barbara! 👋🏼🙋🏻‍♀️ I just saw your videos for the first time today. You’re adorable! I’m subscribed and will be watching and sharing with my friends! 👍🏼 Keep the videos coming, please. I love learning about the differences between European and American cultures. Super interesting! 🧐

[@normanroscher7545]

Oh yes, I liked the smiley face outlets in Denmark when I was there for vacation a few months ago! :-D However, while some European countries may have different types of power outlets they are all compatible to each other (except for the ground pins perhaps), only for Britain you need an adaptor. And dear Americans: Be glad that you need an adaptor here, otherwise you would probably just fry your devices! Since we have 220 - 240 Volts (depending on the particular country you are in), while the US only operates at 110 V, it could be fatal if we had the same type of power outlets and you could just plug in your stuff, which is not made for the higher voltage.

[@Yesica1993]

I often eat pizza with a fork & knife. I hate getting my hands all greasy!

[@SRPSvatoslav]

Same.

[@maruskakozakova3942]

Same, I actually feel weird eating pizza with hands if I didn’t wash them previously

[@aaron-tg4sw]

Maybe if you ate the pizza like a normal person and held the crust you wouldn't get your hands greasy

[@SRPSvatoslav]

@@aaron-tg4sw no thank you

[@craftah]

U r weird

[@rmartin2763]

Don't apologize for your content, that's the problem nowadays, too many people are soft.

[@terinkathatsit7123]

I think i finally found people who agree with me. took me 16 years

[@Barosin1]

I'd absolutely hate anyone to pack my shopping

[@blackhawkmg3722]

Do miss the "mom and pop" type stores i found in Europe. Want bread, go to a bakery, want meat ya go to a butcher etc etc. Not as convenient but.. i enjoyed amd miss that :)

[@silverarrow390]

There is nothing more slavic than pizza with ketchup and garlic sauce.:D ;D ;D :D ;D

[@thepolishreader7430]

Only on homemade

[@jisooslines.6179]

not really lmao

[@kasperhere8492]

Yessssss

[@FrkHjelen]

We do that in Norway too 🤭

[@hoklitza]

Agree, ketchup is an essential, I thought it was common

[@TheOneG36]

wtf, Ketchup and Mayo on Pizza? Never heard of that, neither in Germany, Spain, Italy or England........

[@marty7635]

Its a slav thing

[@sviestassviestuotas5081]

I mean i live not in a slav country but yeah most people put ketchup or mayo on pizza

[@kr_b5510]

Yeeaah definitely a slav thing

[@Pidalin]

@@marty7635 No, it's not, I am Czech and we don't do that. Why the hell I should do that? When I order real pizza in pizzeria, I want pizza and not taste like frozen 1 euro pizza from Tesco. :-D

[@sofijamalinovic3219]

@@Pidalin Well in Balkans EVERYONE put ketchup on pizza. So yeah you can tell it's half of the Europe including Russia, Ukraine etc

[@wesleydhanis3304]

You should really ask fellow Europeans first, because the ketchup (and especially mayo) on pizza is really unheard of in the most of Europe as well. There's a few other things that made me 'frown' a little bit as an overgeneralisation.

[@cuwlmrln]

In the Netherlands we also don't eat pizza with ketchup or mayo.

I would love to know how Americans would feel if they knew that in Portugal we eat snails, sea snails and that pig's testicles are considered a delicacy, just to name a few.

[@lukey_2386]

In the Midwest we eat bovine testicles

[@surlyunicorn9461]

@Robo Charizard Rocky Mountain Oysters?

@@lukey_2386 Cool. I didn't know that. I think in Spain they also eat them, but it's not really a thing in Portugal, but we eat just about every innards of pork and bovines. For instance, cow's stomach stew with white beans is one of my favourite dishes. Another sort of weird ones is cow's tongue and sea urchins.

@Michael Madden Wrong? Snails and cold beer are a staple of the Portuguese summer... Summer starts when the pubs start selling snails as a side dish for your pints. Also, snails are considered a delicacy in France... Just Google for Escargot.

@Michael Madden Yeap... Also a delicacy in France and China. xD

[@morbid1.]

in Poland most common name for USA is just "stany" which means "states"

[@leena75]

But "America" is just as common

[@tetea7257]

Denmark say USA, but the pronounciation is Danish and not English.

[@animefreak4444]

@@tetea7257 How exactly does that sound? I haven't had the chance to go to Denmark yet :)

[@Pidalin]

stany in Czech means tents :-D

[@adamwnt]

Ondřej Matějka so the US citizens live in tents?

[@matollsen2523]

Hi Barbara, I am very glad to discover your interesting channel. First I want to say my congratulation for your very good English. No accent, not unnecessary explanation. Will done. Than to the point: I am from Bulgaria and looks like there are many comment thinks in our Slavic culture, as well as the language. For example going casual with fends around town or drinking casual. I crossed Slovenia just couple of days ago in my travel to Germany. Really, till the Austrian border I feel more at home. Nice channel. Keep going. Regards: T.K.

[@isoney]

I find it disconcerting to have my shopping packed. I know what’s going to go where and how heavy a bag I can manage. I would rather do it myself. In the UK mostly people pack their own, except maybe elderly or disabled. Sometimes the guides or the scouts do bag packing fund raisers and you sort of have to let them do that because they’re kids trying to raise money!

[@merrygoblin]

I'm in the UK, and one of those people who likes the shopping bags myself, if nothing else so the soft stuff doesn't get crushed by the heavy stuff, that sort of thing. Sometimes you see kids at the end of the tills packing bags for charity (or you did before this virus) - I usually still pack them myself and give them some money anyway. Another difference - or so I've heard - is that American cashiers in supermarkets have to stand while they scan the stuff. Ours get to sit down while they do it.

[@jwb52z9]

One reason the US doesn't universally use the "bag your own groceries" method is that, for a long time, a grocery bagger person has been a job that some people lived off of, at least when it wasn't a job only teenagers had after school and in the Summer vacation. You should have seen the uproar when some US states and cities just barely hinted at having to bring your own bags and do your own bagging, before self-check outs were a thing. To this day, a lot of Americans would never go along with bringing their own bags or having to pay for paper and plastic bags.

[@jwb52z9]

@@merrygoblin That's true. There's almost no service industry or retail job in the US where a person gets to sit down, if they are able bodied, while they work. Jobs like that are not the kind of jobs people are "supposed to" stay at for long periods of time in the minds of people in power in the US. It's the reason you won't find wait staff at restaurants in the US getting paid enough to live on with only one job. The people in power think that they are encouraging you to do anything you have to to find a better job, when all it really does is make some Americans have to have 3 jobs to live. The people in power refuse to believe they are ever wrong about anything, so it never changes.

[@graceygrumble]

When I do a 'large shop', I have a bag for fresh veg; a bag for refrigerated items; a bag for cereals, biscuits, bread; a bag for freezer items ... I've just realised I have slight OCD, because the thought of someone else packing my groceries is not a pleasant one.

[@NotMee8377]

At the hot springs in Iceland there was one changing room for one person at a time, everyone got naked but us Americans. When my mom asked our tour guide why there was only one changing room he said, "Crazy Americans, such prudes!" lol

[@NotMee8377]

They also don't have actual lemonade. If you ask for lemonade you get this lemon soda. It's really good though!

[@bricelarie6527]

That's quite true ... Lemonade is a soda like drink by itself there ... Notice it not necessarily taste lemon like ... It's sugared carbonated "sparkling" water ... Brand under lemonade designation . It's somehow an ingredient we use in cocktails ... Don't wait it has to be made of pressed lemon, plate water n sugar . Don't wait it has to be healthy like ... Don't wait it fresh neither ... Notice we don't even get what root beer is made of neither ... We don't have such chemical sugared tyres tasting like sort of non drinkable so called soda by here neither ... Switzerland is not in Europe neither despite all geographers efforts ... Yep . Understanding sounds quite difficult sometimes ... And no-one gets why !

[@cinxschannel9937]

@@NotMee8377 the lemonade thing is not the same everywhere in Europe. In Eastern Europe you will get lemonade, while for example in Germany you will get Fanta or Sprite...

[@NotMee8377]

@@cinxschannel9937 Interesting, thanks!

[@nbss]

@@NotMee8377 in Bulgaria had a similar experience with an American woman who were shocked that many local women just walk around bare breasted on the beach

[@liviadrewzilla]

It's the nicest thing to hang out and chill with your friends somewhere with a cold beer in your hand. I really don't understand why that's such a big issue in the USA. If you happen to be in Switzerland sometime you have to try Quöllfrisch, Feldschlösschen & Eve. :D

[@karlwilker579]

Getting drunk in public is a big no-no here. You could be arrested.

[@liviadrewzilla]

@@karlwilker579 I‘m glad to be swiss xD

[@liviadrewzilla]

@Jack Stucki We don‘t have just one beer but I mean we probably drink more responsibly 😂

[@wildshadowstar]

Reusable bags are becoming more and more popular in the US. Plus, I know the store Aldi typically doesn’t have shopping bags so you have to bring your own, or use a box to pack your groceries in. Ketchup or mayo on pizza is unusual, but not unheard of. Ranch or garlic butter are more common dipping sauces for pizza.

[@justusgovaert]

6:52 I go with the train quite often because it's often a better option than the car. But I always have the the same clothes as I always have. I usually don't dress up any different in other locations

[@surlyunicorn9461]

“To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to eat their pizza with your bare hands!” -Conan the Barbarian (probably)

[@mrlevittown]

That quote was taken from the guy movie "CONAN, THE BAR PIZZA MAKER" Flour flew in that movie 🎥

[@andreasolsson4539]

@Giuseppe Shmo In Scandinavia, we cut our pizza with Daneaxes, and cover them with chillisauce and rusty nails.... But in Scottland the cut their pizza with the tears of their enemys, and cover their pizza with their own awsomness. It tastes great actually.

[@krashd]

@@andreasolsson4539 Ahh, Scottland, where everyone is called Scott...

[@immortaljanus]

"Shit by the fire, grandad, and have shome shoop." -Cohen the Barbarian

[@krashd]

@@immortaljanus Not Connery the Barbarian? First Cimmerian to command a ballistic missile submarine.

[@aneta3098]

Clubs aren't open after 2AM!!?YOU CAN'T BUY LIQUOR AFTER- BOZHE. No wonder y'all are a depressed nation.

[@TM-ng2bz]

I was actually confused for a while when she said that, because at least in Finland you can't buy alcohol anywhere else than in bars after 9 p.m. and we're in Europe.

[@pawelodziomek4908]

Its the drunk people that are the depressed one's

[@hgks12]

@Andrei Andrei2 British tourists.

[@SerbwithGod]

Exactly... Usually in Belgrade, everything is open and doesn't close, like ever... 😂😂

[@darlenegattus8190]

Supposed to be a safety factor.

[@astilla9]

Can't wait for my next lamp shopping :D (great video btw)

[@doubleman777]

In Louisville Kentucky, we can drink until 4am which is closing time!

[@fiekedouma3792]

9:22 maybe that’s exactly the reason why it costs more! We want everyone to live healthy in Europe😂😂

[@jwb52z9]

You're probably right about that. In the US, the cultural attitude has always been, "Do what you want, but don't expect anyone to help you" and "If you can't succeed alone, you deserve whatever happens to you because it's your fault" and "If you can't succeed alone, you should either drop dead and get out of the way of everyone who did succeed or just stay sick and miserable and destitute and obey everyone who did succeed".

[@34cvc]

@@jwb52z9 america got some tuff love son! Lol proud european here, even if my country is still lagging behind on many aspects 🇵🇹

[@fiekedouma3792]

Wow. That’s so miserable! I hope they will soon take care of everyone! :(

[@EmiIy7662]

Lol Europeans just have a higher standard in foods, we can literally find better tasting food at the same price, while Americans can't.

[@IHeartMyLada]

Yeah, even here in Eastern Europe we have extra tax on unhealthy fast food, so while McDonald's, KFC, etc. are still not super expensive, or luxury or anything, they are not your choice as a daily food source if you don't make a lot of money and you just want to eat cheap. You would rather buy canned stuff like cheap paté or cheap sausages, which are still not too healthy, but not as bad as eating fast food every day.

[@aragorniielessar1894]

My guess is that most Americans don`t give Europe a second thought.

[@dcpack]

So, why would other countries really care very much about the United States? Most people have enough issues just dealing with every day life, unless your privilege quotient is very high.

[@tsopmocful1958]

@@dcpack Here in Australia we seem to know a lot about the US because our media has always been so saturated with US content. Sometimes we know more about things like US history than visitors from the US do.

[@georgebowling560]

@@tsopmocful1958 that's not surprising as most people in the U.S. don't consider history, whether ours or anyone else's, to be all that important. Unfortunately when they do they usually misconstrue what they read in order to make it fit into their family traditions without making any effort whatsoever to understand why things happened the way they did.

[@robertreynolds9228]

Feologild. I call bs there scooter. American's care far to much about the entire world. Its why the insanity happening right now is gonna set off something soon.

[@wscottwatson]

@@robertreynolds9228 A large part of people in the USA are not even fully aware that there are other countries. Even ones that know they exist are not sure where they are. I once came accross someone who thought Europe was somewhere in Canada, like Quebec. Go watch videos about people finding the USA on an unlabelled world map. Then ask them to find Serbia, Scotland and Sweden.

[@Andy-Mesa]

I love Slovenia, it’s my first or second favorite country of the 25ish I’ve been to. I’ve long considered moving there...until I heard about the horrifying thing you do to pizza.

[@arklowrockz]

At 3:50 Lubljanjla looks like a beautiful city, i'd say having a few beers beside the river on a nice summers day would be sweet

[@Pepa14pig]

I put mayo on pizza You do you, boo If people eat pineapple on pizza, let me have my mayo Balkan is a culture that takes time to get used to 😂😂

[@marty7635]

Its just a slav thing to put mayo/kethup on pizza

[@whitegold2960]

Agreed Ketchup on pizza is kinda weird to me Angry german noises ;)

[@thefanuccicrimefamily]

Come on you dont put pineapple on a fkn pizza brooo

[@hgks12]

Not all Balkans.

[@luistowersss]

😳

[@kellycallen1308]

I was falling head over heels for you but the things you do to pizza I just can't accept....

[@mediterraneandiet2483]

Deal breaker moment.

[@kellycallen1308]

@@mediterraneandiet2483 I warmed up to pineapple on pizza after my friend gave me an unusual combo to try (pickles/pineapple/jalapeno)... This shockingly works, but you will never get me to not want to barf putting mayonnaise on pizza. Love is hard.... Pizza is forever

[@lule6398]

@@kellycallen1308 i hated it for years (ketchup on pizza) but then i just tried it and it on cold pizza is something delicious

[@34cvc]

@@kellycallen1308 pretty much never seen someone order a nice pizza at a restaurant and put ketchup or mayo on it. But if it is that cheap supermarket pizza some people might put some ketchup or mayo on it

[@jpstunner7927]

Quarantine would be so much worse without your videos...thanks for the smiles

[@infinity-skies1207]

the merging of metropolitan and small town vibes. we lived next to a huge highway but like it had little family run businesses on it and our neighborhood (that we could walk to) had plots of land for chickens in the neighborhood itself and a huge piece of land with water buffalos on it behind the neighborhood/ on the lake. also so many fireworks. always so many fireworks. (i loved living overseas)

[@infinity-skies1207]

id also guess americans being startled at the different "pests" (italy it was snails, geckos, and scorpions)

[@wheelz8240]

I just noticed....in the last 2 seconds of the video, your shirt says "alpacalypse" I LOVE IT!

[@crose7412]

@The Mighty Quinn Her t-shirt says it all the way through!

[@MarquesLKing]

Your personal outro's are great. Keep it up and keep being yourself kiddo

[@justusgovaert]

5:30 the Netherlands is found out to have the best and cleanest tap water in the world. It's so good that it's extremely rare to buy a bottle of water in the stores

[@quinxiasoaresbarros1144]

The tap water is very clean indeed, but i Still see people buying water in the store. Mostly in the summer when you look in the supermarket the water is almost always sold out.

[@xxzz5360]

Says who? Water is coming from the Dutch mountains, I'm sure hahaha

[@quinxiasoaresbarros1144]

@@xxzz5360 i don't know if you're sarcastic, but we don't have mountains. We are a very flat country

[@charlottesedits8221]

‘Europeans eat pizza with a fork and knife’ Scuse me what😂

[@JoseAlberto-bw8rq]

Depends...in Spain low cost pizzas from large chains like Dominos, Papa Johns are hand eaten, but in restaurants some people use fork and knife and it is ok

[@gorzkawodka]

Yeah, but that's only in good restaurants, where eating with bare hands would be inappropriate/corny. At home or in a chain restaurants we eat pizza with hands.

[@gorzkawodka]

@@Plank-cn1we high end Italian pizza is so thin and flexible that you can't put it up in the air, it's gonna flop and all the mushrooms or olives or whatever you had on top will fall out on the table or on you. It's just impossible to eat such pizza with hands.

[@niccoloorsibandini9440]

We are Europeans, and as Henry VIII rightly foresaw, and put into practice, we should have wine, beer, booze and liquor of any kind pouring forth from fountains and the like. We are a civilization marked by genius and alcoholism.

[@cyberfux]

Well that explains Boris Johnson, but what explains Trump?

[@jwb52z9]

@@cyberfux Bigots being promised that they will get what they want along with religious zealots of which both groups are still too ignorant to realize they were being lied to for political gain in most ways.

[@tothethreshold.9965]

@@cyberfux No it does not. Boris is an idiot, unfortunately the UK has become far too much like the US over the past 30 years and it shows.This has sky rocketed since the advent of social media. I would gladly see a return to British culture of 30 years ago.

[@cyberfux]

@@tothethreshold.9965 Wasn't that Maggie "let's privatise everything" Thatcher? It's easier to remember the german chancelors from "back then" it was mostly Helmut...

[@anthonymalovrh2912]

When we visited Lisbon, people were sitting down to eat at 8 pm. This was September 2006. The temperature had dropped to 80F by that time. The city of 7 hills.

[@tonybussey8763]

I’m English living in the States and love these comparison videos. Makes me miss Blighty!! Plus you’re very pretty 😍

[@TDemonspawn]

6:19 pretty sure the comment is refering to, not sure how to translate it(in czech it's párek v rohlíku), but basically that thing when you make a hole in a roll and stick a sausage into it, not the typical hotdog that people imagine

[@cyberfux]

It's called a ketwurst in germany, it's basically a communist hot dog (was "invented" in the former GDR or so the telling goes).

[@mikefreyr]

Dutch here, we put mayonnaise on just about everything :D

[@thomasraahauge5231]

And we put remoulade on almost everything here in Denmark . . .

[@froedlmetallmann4643]

Oddly, I don’t like the taste of mayonnaise, but remoulade is fine. Fries go with ketchup, though. Born Ketchup (from Erfurt, Germany), preferably! :-D

[@cyberfux]

Germany here, you haven't lived before you started putting mustard on everything ;-)

[@AnymMusic]

Yeah but not pizza man. Noooo, I've never done that once

[@juliadb0]

Hallo landgenoot 😌👋🏻

[@markrowell4480]

I watched both of your comparison videos. It was refreshing to hear someone compare the US and Europe without bashing one or the other. You provided a highlight and laughter to my day. Thanks 😊 🙏

[@kristinfrostlazerbeams]

8:48 -Danish electrical outlet looks super happy and cheerful while USA electrical outlet looks like it will kick your ass if you use it. 😂

[@user-xz3iu6xm2e]

1:48 is giving Italians serious strokes

[@tjm3900]

True story: An American couple at a restaurant Frankfurt were having trouble with the menu, a German at the next table that spoke English helped them. Afterwards the lady asked the German why Europe had so many different languages? After a moment he replied that it was likely because Germany lost the last war! She replied "Oh, we are so sorry for you"

[@janapetercova6702]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@so2easy]

Its funny because its true. hahaha

[@dimitri877]

Waiting to see a 7 hour video on this very topic by you.. (as a western european who never visited the US I am genuinely curious)

[@Pentax67]

Actually in France, we updated our laws for supermarkets bags. It’s forbidden to sell plastic huge bags , instead every supermarkets have cloth bags only. No more plastic. You either pick up a box 📦 (Made out of cardboard) or cloth bag.

[@josephhyland8904]

Sounds like you could make a series out of these. They're crying out for sequels.

[@eaunan]

I did some work in the UK a while back and was surprised to find my order of fish & chips was served wrapped in a newspaper! It surprised me b/c the food oils were mixed with the newspaper ink when I unwrapped it all to eat!

[@phangirlable]

That's an old tradition. :D

[@georgebowling560]

@@phangirlable I can just imagine. Old man: dear get all those old papers out of the trash so I can take them to the vendor for a few sixpence and watch those silly tourists eat fish and chips off of them. What a riot!

[@krashd]

1.) The paper is not from the trash, it was fresh papers that had not been sold. 2.) I believe they abolished the use of actual newspaper for the exact reason of the ink interfering with the food and so if you go to a "Chippie" that still has this tradition they will have specially printed sheets that look like newspaper but are just covered in fake stories and are safe to contact food.

[@benjamincalbert174]

As an American, I find your videos interesting. There are differences but if we can get over the differences I think we all can get along. I'm born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana which Indiana is a Midwestern state and I like talking to Europeans fun talk to. Glad you are making these videos.

[@therion35]

Costa Rican who has been to Europe twice. Most striking was how high quality meals would be cheap. Super funny anecdote, I was reading the menu in front of the Metreon in Picadilly Circus and I was wearing tourist clothes: shirt, jeans, tennis, windbreaker and a hat. A waiter came out and said: Please do come in, sir. And I looked inside and I replied: I think I'm underdressed for your restaurant. He replied: Nonsense sir, do come in! The meal was awesome and the bill wasn't pricey, but I had to sit amongst super well dressed people for about an hour looking like a hobo. God I love Europe, mostly because the people are so fresh and easy going.

[@laynethomasstaley1698]

You can’t say European things, every country here is really different

[@jadecarlile4842]

And every state is different in the u.s it doesn't really matter and she already clarified that was only her experience. Most people wouldn't come to a video focusing on "Slovenia vs Texas"

[@ag4444]

@@jadecarlile4842 the states are really not that different. they all use the same language and have the same president and same national history. to compare the individual states to different european countries that have different languages, head of states and even different kinds of government (constitutional monarchy vs federal republic vs....) is just ludicrous .

[@Boborjan1986]

@@ag4444 Did you k ow, that the USA does not have a government recognized "main" official language? Just learned it from a comment when a old white lady told to a spanish/mexican man that in USA you have to speak English, thats the only language wht should be spoken, and than i was amused to see this in the comments, had to check it. :D

[@RacingVagabond]

@@ag4444 If you think there isn't much of a cultural difference between lets say Utah and Alabama you are very much mistaken. Even the language, while both rooted in English sound quite a bit different.

[@RacingVagabond]

@@KurtFrederiksen What on Earth are you even on about? I never said anything close to what you seem to think I said.

[@a3hmax913]

EAT Pizza with a fork and a knife? I have been an animal all my life and never noticed it!!!

[@Miguel_Gomes]

Don't worry, some of us eat fish with our bare hands... on top of a slice of bread. Just google "sardinha no pão"

[@a3hmax913]

@@Halo_Legend definitely ketchup no!!!

[@vitalspark6288]

Speaking as someone in the UK, it depends a lot on what pizza you are having. Pizza places can be divided into two broad categories - American-style and Italian-style. At Italian-style places (the majority of eat-in places, with the exception of Pizza Hut), the pizza will not always be pre-sliced (it sometimes is) and the bread is much thinner. You'll probably need a knife and fork to cut it, though you might use your hands to eat the bits you cut. At American-style pizza places (which is what the majority of takeaway/delivery places are), the pizza is pre-sliced and the bread is usually a lot thicker, making eating without knife and fork more possible, though for your first couple of slices while it's still hot out of the oven, knife and fork may still be a good idea.

[@georgebowling560]

@@Halo_Legend you should do a tour of the U.S. eating all the different types of pizza that we have here. Very few of them are rubbery. By the way I have eaten pizza in Rome, somehow no pepperoni on the menu what's up with that 🤨, which was decent. In Thessalonika, Greece I got a pizza on a wafer thin cracker about 8 inches in diameter (about 200 mm for those who don't know) with about 6 inches of tomato sauce and 4 inches of cheese as the toppings. Definitely NOT a decent pizza.

[@redleh5750]

@@Miguel_Gomes tradição a portuguesa 😉

[@alsolima3358]

To me, adding ketchup to your pizza slice is like a crime...nice video! Keep it up! Saludos desde España! :)

[@balderii7340]

No, no, no,... You can't call it "European" things when it's only done in YOUR country and literally NOWHERE else in Europe.

[@gorzkawodka]

It's not just in her country. I live in a different part of Europe and can relate to all the things she said, except for tap water (we don't drink tap water).

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@gorzkawodka yeah no thank you to ketchup on pizza eaten with knife and fork and damn is your tap water that bad? here in Norway i cant help but cringe at people who buy bottled water

[@markrichards636]

Yeah, where is this Europe place?

[@francescoboselli6033]

@@gorzkawodka as Italian, I can say that definitely eating pizza with fork and knife, after putting ketchup on it isn't something usual: is more like a capital crime 😂. But I know that in most Slavic country "pizza" isn't pizza, so you put ketchup on it, for "add" some more taste

[@gorzkawodka]

@@francescoboselli6033 yeah! you're right. When we eat expensive pizza, like in a good restaurant we use knife and fork and we don't put ketchup on it, but when it's a "regular" pizza ketchup is a must (or a garlic sauce) and we eat it bare hands. Regular pizza from Pizza Hut or Dominos barely resemble Italian pizza, they tend to bake it too long and it's just dry.

[@MeWaSLOVAKIA]

Greetings from Slove...Slov...Slovakia! Still I don't understand how I found your channel, but so far, I am quite enjoing your videos! Keep going, I like your type of humour! P. S. Hate Slovenian highway taxes to Croatia.

[@overlord580]

That's because you only travel through. Stay in for few days and you'll forget about those taxes.

[@kepperMN]

In my travels to Canada and Europe most people ask if I am from the "States." That is more common than "America" in my experience.

[@kromek_jga]

In Poland you can say "stany" (meaning "States") or "Ameryka" ("America") ​​for short, and everyone knows that it is about the USA :) United States of North America in polish meaning: "Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki Północnej". It's too long a sentence, so everyone uses an abbreviation :)

[@nbee4981]

Hours and closing times for bars are very much locality based. In Connecticut, when I was there, the bars all closed at midnight. In South Florida, they close at 5am. 2am is a fairly common hour for closing, in general.

[@anthonymalovrh2912]

Love mayo on french fries. Learned that when visiting Ireland.

[@danielhastings3167]

I have only been to Europe twice, but I loved the salted black licorice.

[@metalvideos1961]

so i guess you went to the netherlands? because i am dutch and salted black licorice is very popular over here. pretty much NO european country likes it. even though the north of europe does eat licorice as well. but they hate the salted black licorice. try the double salted black licorice. its even better. you will not find this licorice anywhere else in the world or europe for that matter. Finland loves their salmiaki. one of the ingredients that licorice is made with. but you wont find any other country in the world that loves licorice as much as we do in the netherlands. its funny to hear that you enjoy it though haha. really not much people like it. especially out of the netherlands.

[@ChrisFalk2]

@@metalvideos1961 Salted black licorice is popular in the Nordic countries as well.

[@rbaleksandar]

@@ChrisFalk2 True, found a lot of it (and high quality too) while on my bicycle trip and dumpster diving. LOL

[@acidead7904]

@@metalvideos1961 In sweden you will find it everywhere?

[@rwps3677]

@@metalvideos1961 Nah... north germany also loves it but the south not so much. It's called the "Lakritzäquator". (Not to be confused with the "Weißwurstäquator")

[@jimmorrison4163]

European house seller - ah yes, it has a spacious large bedrooms. Meanwhile the bedroom is so small it can’t even fit a queen sized bed.

[@jmbpinto73]

We have no queens or kings anymore in most of Europe. :D

[@paulgotik]

American houses are made of wood wich is much cheaper to make a big house than houses made of stone or brick that are characteristic of many european countries.

[@metalvideos1961]

​@@paulgotik yeah but the problem with wooden houses is is that they are horrible with the isolation. so they pay more and more for their heat bill and electricity bill then what we do in europe if we live in stone houses. so the houses maybe more cheaper. the extra costs that americans have to pay is not. so generally speaking they live more expensive then what we do in our stone house.

[@jjmiles7173]

@@metalvideos1961 *insulation. Not being a G.Nazi. Don't want you confusing people with "isolation".

[@metalvideos1961]

​@@jjmiles7173 yeah i am dutch we say isolation haha. Isoleren is the dutch world for it. sounds like isolation.

[@vasilzahariev5741]

I am Bulgarian and here are my comments on the European things you listed: 1. I eat pizza with my hands, I only use a knife to cut the slices before I put them on my plate, but after that I only use my hands. Also, I didn't know Americans don't put ketchup on their pizza, I always thought they do that. 2. In Bulgaria, cashiers used to bag your things, just like they do in America. I guess that as we dropped communism and moved to a capitalist system we decided to copy the USA in everything. About maybe 10-12 years ago, a few years after we joined the EU and they limited the use of plastic bags by having supermarkets put a price on them (before they were free), cashiers stopped bagging things at the supermarket, which I had gotten used to. Now I always find it frustrating, that I have to bag my own things at the supermarket, but on the other hand having my own reusable bag is very nice. I feel like I am doing my part in not polluting. 3. "Doesn't happen in America". No, it happens, but it's illegal or something, so most people don't do it, but it does happen sometimes. To be completely honest, public drinking has always rubbed me the wrong way, but I guess, I don't really mind, but if someone is really drunk, acting aggressively or being too euphoric, or puking or peeing somewhere where these things shouldn't be done, it's kinda disgusting. Of course, a group of people having a beer or two at the park and these people aren't bothering anyone or making a mess, I think it is alright. 4. Yep. Съединени Американски Щати (Saedineni Amerikanski Shtati) for you, America for short. 5. Tap water good. Though, in my family we've always used filters, I guess you never know. 6. I like hot dogs, but it's an American thing. I guess it's something America and Europe have in common. 5. LOL 7. Mayonnaise is bad for your health, but it's delicious on meat and fries. I have never tried salted candy, though. 11. Some of us even dress up when we take out the trash. We put our best tracksuit on, because someone might see us and we must look fabulous at all times. ;) 4. Yes, and I hate it. Smoking bad. 8. In Bulgaria shops don't close as early as in other countries or on Sunday, so when I moved to Austria, it was a bit of a getting used to. That is another thing we copied from America, along with shops that are open 24/7. 11. Cries in Non-Schengen. 1. I could say the same for the US electrical outlets. 2. I think tipping is getting more mainstream in Europe nowadays. In Austria, they tip. In Bulgaria, only if the service was good. 8. I haven't been to the US, so I can't compare the quality, but I am sure that there are good bakeries in America too. 23. I think there are two types of fast food in Europe, the American fast food like McD, KFC, Burger King, etc, and then there is the local fast food, for example we have typical Bulgarian Banitsa with Airan or Boza for breakfast, we have Skara for lunch, which is a type of barbecue, and of course you have normal restaurants or school or work cafeteria, in Austria they have this Würstelstand, where they sell Wursts or Kebabstands where they sell Kebab. The numbering, oh my...

[@jwb52z9]

Anything, the way I understand it, that a European, or basically anyone outside North America, would call "good bread" or "good chocolate" or "good wine", etc., is generally going to be very expensive and not something many Americans would be able to afford. It's why most Americans can't afford organic food and is also likely one of the minor reasons that we will never be vegetarians or vegans as a nation as a whole. Anything basically that is good for you in the US will cost you a proverbial fortune.

[@ignaciogildelvalle3340]

We spanish do have a tipping culture but it usually is just a few coins (up to 5€ depending in the level of class of the restaurant, usually it is less than 2) and we still are payed hourly

[@skaruts]

As you can see in that picture (1:43), ladies and gentleman, we europeans also like to complement our pizza with fingers, and that's why many europeans don't have fingers.