France - 10 Culture Shocks Tourists Have When They Visit France || FOREIGN REACTS

[@Suirioujin]

The French hating americans thing is kinda true, because since the end of WWII, americans always describe France as " lol surrender people ", and even more Francophobia after all that things happened in Middle-East during an era I wasn't born yet because France didn't agree with the USA, and because many americans are very arrogant, and the fact that many americans come in a country, they assume that everybody english, so they don't bother learning 3 words to ask for water in a restaurant, and France being a country that really hate the globalisation of English ( after all, we had a 7 years war with UK which lead to who would control the world, and Brits won ) BUT the simple fact that an American speak, just few words of French, shows this person respect us, and they did an effort to learn just few words ( which is great when you know how French is a really really hard to learn language ), is enough to respect the American in front of us And in France, we have a saying that say : In Rome, act as a Roman which means that of you go somewhere you're not from, show the native you respect them just by acting like them, or get out

[@GrafindeKlevemark]

What shocks me in Paris, France where I live (I'm British/German), is the attitude of American tourists who presume French people naturally speak English. For e.g. I was out shopping and an American couple came over to me and asked me a question in English. Happily I could answer them without any problems. They didn't blink an eyelid, must have thought it was perfectly normal that I spoke their language - and, yes, no please, no thanks.......

[@Epintus06]

9:00 In fact, many french people who actually speak a bit of English will tell you they don't because they feel ridiculous with their accent and they fear making mistakes.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

This is actually true. C'est tout a fait vrai

[@teotik8071]

I would say you're not alone with that fear.

[@just42tube]

It is the same with some other nationalities too. They prefer to have discussions where both parties are using foreign languages to create a more even situation without one having the advantage of using native language. Actually English is often used for that as a common foreign language.

[@moniquehenry4041]

Beggars with children or disabled people in big cities are very well known. They come from Romania and they make good business of it.

[@champagnesylvie-lavieenfra1378]

💒🗼⚜ *Hello from a FRENCH amazing woman! I'am so proud to live in this magnificient and marvellous country* 🥐🥖🍵 *France is so beautiful! Such a diversity in landscape and everything looks so amazing. A real fest for our eyes.I have always considered France to be the most beautiful country in Europe because it takes a bit of everything the nicest from Europe. Not to mention the culture, tradition and history that only emphasises how big the French nation is!* 🍇 🍾🥂 *🥰🥳💥 *I wish you a happy new year 2023* 💢👍

[@aure94100]

The "dog poo" part isn't quite right. In Paris you will see a lot of indifferent people letting their dog poop but in reality they are supposed to pick it up (with the correct equipment of course). The further you go from Paris, the more you will see this rule being respected.

[@joharry946]

I'm half French (not from Paris - from a rural area in Poitou-Charente) but born in New Zealand. There are lots of similarities between NZ and France e.g. kids playing, limited shopping hours etc. I think Americans do have some unrealistic expectations about places being open for shopping at all hours. Here, we have a late night (until like 9pm) on a Thursday, but otherwise, many shops and businesses close at 5.30pm or 6pm. I think that's a good thing, because it means you can have family time. The long lunch time is great because it means you can have your biggest meal is in the middle of the day, it's very social and just like soup or something at night - it's great for your digestion! :D

[@Epintus06]

6:20 I'm from French Riviera and it's not that common. Some of the girls are topless but they are far from being a majority...

[@klauskruger6187]

Quoi? C'est une honte. Elles devraient tous être topless. 😙

[@zeynel13]

The Louvre museum close on thusday BECAUSE of the museums that close on monday in Paris, this way the biggest museum actually is open when others are closed (and all others are open the one day of the week they actually close). Most museums are open on Sunday but for the shops -workers protection laws ! The dog poo -we're working on it ! More and more people do clean after their dog since now there's fines if you don't in most places and there's not nearly asmuch as he suggests. You've got professional beggar in Paris. It's a remnant of the old "Cour des Miracles".

[@ikeettgaming]

in every tourist city in the world there is pickpokets ;)

[@KyrilPG]

I remember the controversy with that video when it first came out several years ago (about the beggars). And the situation changes too. There are a variety of beggars, like everywhere in Europe, mostly in touristic places. And beggars DO NOT equal pickpockets ! There's the so-called (and badly named) "Rom Mafia", which are Rom people coming from Romania. Roms are an ethnic minority in Romania that have been mistreated for decades, if not centuries. And such life "on the margins" had become cultural. In the poorest and most remote Rom communities in Romania and Bulgaria, it is common for members of families to go beg for months at a time in Western Europe to feed their families or help build a house back in Romania or Bulgaria. There are also Roms that are being exploited and trafficked by other Roms or mafia like groups from the Balkans mostly but not only. Being able to make the difference is nearly impossible and in all cases most of them are in dire situations. Since the early to mid 2010's, the Syrian (and region) refugees came too and overloaded the already way underfunded assistance system. They comprise a large part of the beggars. Some of them are also victims of exploitation by groups. I'll repeat again : beggars are NOT pickpockets ! Pickpockets / con-artists on the other hand are of 2 main types : "self employed" / "syndicated" and exploited. The ones that are willing are members of lowkey mafia like groups from mainly ex Eastern block countries. They live the great life, flashing their cash on their IG or FB accounts and they roam around in Europe's most touristic places, go on cash-burning holidays (usually near a casino), drive luxury (often tacky) cars and display a wealth of bad taste expensive clothes. But while they "work" they dress casual or poor on purpose. There's a travel oriented KZbin channel that specializes in hunting, bothering and exposing them all around Europe. The guy making these videos is Czech if I recall correctly. And there are the exploited pickpockets, more usually women, teenagers and sometimes children but also adult males that are trafficked, exploited and forced to pickpocket or scam for groups (also mainly from the former Eastern block and Balkans) that keep their hands clean on the surface the higher they are in the food chain. Some are forced into prostitution, modern slavery, pickpocketing, street scamming or welfare system abuse. These multinational exploitation groups are the focus of law enforcement authorities and it's an endless fight. Sadly, a part of the police playing that whack-a-mole game tends to go the easy way by only picking and perpetuating mistreatment on the exploited victims instead of really hunting those in charge. So the situation is much more complicated than "don't give to them, it encourages them when you do", which is a crass advice, ignorant of the situation and lacking basic humanity and, should I say, decency. Some local authorities had small success stories by taking custody of the kids, putting them in a kind of boarding school system and cutting ties their with their country of origin and exploitative acquaintances. But the problem is far too widely pan-European while the continent's cooperation efforts are more focused on counter terrorism and large scale human trafficking. These lower key exploitation groups being "a" priority, not "the" priority as some European level law enforcement top brass once said. You may want to learn a bit about the dire situation and century old mistreatment of the Rom minority in Romania and Bulgaria. They are a blatant example of a population that has been mistreated for so long it has transformed into a cultural specificity. The one thing to remember is most of them are victims of extreme poverty and some also of exploitation / modern day slavery. The EU has a set of programs dedicated to correct the effects of this century old unacceptable mistreatment and to improve quality of life and development of the Rom community but it takes time, generations even. Hope this helped a bit.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

To sum up your comment, Europe is facing an immgration crisis

[@KyrilPG]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 Nope, that wasn't the meaning of what I wrote. To sum my comment up and conclude like you did shows your strong personal bias, or worse, agenda. Immigration was merely a contextual point in my comment, certainly not the core.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@KyrilPG Ok then

[@KyrilPG]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 Your summary of my comment is exactly the kind of misleading oversimplification which xenophobia and far right policies' rise stem from. I listed a variety of things, you summed it up to "European immigration crisis". Don't you see what's wrong in that summary ? Immigration was just a contextual notion for one of the points, the one about the Syrian refugees. I also mentioned in the same paragraph that the refugee assistance system is way underfunded. Also, Roms being from Romania and Bulgaria they are both European and EU citizens, so they're not considered immigrants in EU, let alone Europe. Same for the Balkans, they're in Europe and some countries of which are in EU. So you took a contextual notion related to maybe 10% of my comment and decided to call it a summary. Oversimplification kills any possibility of truthful information or real peaceful debate or real solutions. Because by definition it negates important nuances and by equal reaction, forces oversimplified "solutions" upon minds that are catastrophic. And about immigration, let me say that : Immigration is neither a crisis or an issue. It's a challenge for Western societies that can be a massive luck if they handle the phenomenon willfully, humanely, correctly and without fear or prejudice. It's the mishandling of immigration, the bad and mislead policies out of fear and xenophobia or the willful ignorance of its reality that becomes a crisis. As proven by the recent welcoming of millions of Ukrainians in neighboring countries in a matter of days : when societies decide to take it as a humane challenge, it's a success and a force to reckon. As you may have guessed now, I'm fed up by the ambient habit of oversimplifying every nuanced and detailed subject, program or in that case, comment. Oversimplification has always been the tool used by authoritarian regimes to justify the worst policies. You can transform any detailed and nuanced opinion into a complete lie of one's liking with oversimplification. So please, don't indulge in it.

[@Sayitlikitiz101]

@@KyrilPG I agree with your assessment of @Christophe Michael Clarence, but you, my friend, need to learn about being succinct. No one will read the dissertation you call comment or pay attention to them, and I think they are worth reading. Again, resume your thoughts with less verbosity. Peace!

[@madyquiquin]

En France vous pouvez manger à n’importe quelle heure, certes pas dans tous les restaurants mais il y en a beaucoup qui restent ouverts toute la journée. En France beaucoup de magasins sont ouverts le dimanche. D’ailleurs la plupart des gens font les achats le dimanche dans les grands magasins ( de vêtements, de bricolage, de meubles, d’électroménager, les librairies etc.). Il y a plus de monde le dimanche dans les magasins que dans la semaine. Et beaucoup de magasins sont ouverts 7 jours sur 7 ( tous les grands magasins ). En France il y a beaucoup de parcs et de jardins d’enfants. Dans les parcs les gens s’installent sur l’herbe en famille ou en groupes d’amis. On peut y pique-niquer, lire, se faire bronzer en maillot de bain ... Beaucoup de clichés hélas sur notre pays bien mal connu du personnage qui liste ce qui choque les touristes.

[@EliasBac]

Bruh ! I’m French, born and raised in Paris, now live in Canada and have been travelling to cities all over the US. Yes, there is a fair amount of beggers/homeless in Paris. But if you’re American and are shocked by it, you must be living in small Utah town or something because I have never seen as much homeless people as in the US ! San Francisco being the worst I’ve seen, along with LA NY and so on. It’s unreal

[@foreignreacts]

Facts

[@Epintus06]

This beggars thing is especially true in Paris. In fact, if you to give money to every beggar, it will cost you your wage at the end of the day x)

[@ganikus8565]

Indeed most of museums close on Tuesday

[@emmanuelgg8957]

French people are more and more to stop smoking and, fortunately, we still can breath fresh air everywhere without someone smoking 😄 and we you go in US, we don’t find a lot of people speaking french .... With the new generations, we learn to speak english . I’m 54 years old and I can understand all about this video ! Finally, yes, in Paris, be careful about your pockets . Even here, we have some doubts about the Olympic games next year in Paris and their crazy organization 😁

[@klauskruger6187]

2:13 Great sideburns. Haven't seen this since Elvis Presley. 🤗

[@domielucas6528]

Hi and this is necessary for dog poops because there are sandboxes for them, trash cans and bags available to collect if you let your dog do its business in the street, you risk paying a fine! In addition, dogs are prohibited on the beaches and now in the countryside on certain dates for the pleasure of summer visitors and hunting unfortunately for our animals who love walks. Je suis Française :)

[@brunoinaki3521]

I do not who this man is...to say that...??? You can sit wherever you want in the parisian parks...parisian smoke....eh yeah...of course....parisian are friendly with tourists..of course yes but with nearly 20 million a year things are not so simple...and sorry in france...we speak and love to speak...french...sorry for this man but Eurodisney is at about 30kms from paris...in Eurodisney, all will be as in his dreams...a us cartoon dream...but in fact, in paris as in the rest of France we work each day keeping all of our own dreams, limits...paris and France are not a carte postale created for tourists who like this one, is just telling lies about a city or a country he does not know at all....

[@Epintus06]

1:30 According to internet, 12,5% of Americans are smokers. In France it's 25% ^^

[@foreignreacts]

Take in accordance population size!

[@Epintus06]

@@foreignreacts It's a percentage so if there were as much french as americans, there would be twice the number of smokers. But it's by far not the worse country on smoking in fact.

[@nox8730]

Stopped smoking 349 day ago. Still difficult though... My aunt stopped many times, several times for a year, but always resumed. I had a very high dependancy and would lose my cool after less than 2 hours at work. There are less and less people smoking though. Quite a few actual smoke only because they need tobacco with their marijuana :)

[@pascalsettimelli449]

❤❤❤

[@Aimancitizens]

Effel tower 😂😂❤

[@zorglub20770]

with the economic crisis and the price increase of the cigarettes pack to come in January (11 euro minimum) I do not doubt that the number of smokers will decrease.

[@gfys6323]

And now at least 14€ In 1 year 😐

[@yvesbresson7837]

We work to live and don’t live two work as all aurop

[@klauskruger6187]

Smoking after a meal is normal. But during a meal? 🤔Well, it's France. A meal takes hours. Maybe that's the reason why.🤭

[@just42tube]

Think this about culture and manners: Traditionally in Finland men wearing hat indoors has been in most situations a sign of disrespect to the host and house. So, to avoid a foreigner insulting me, I have to look your videos outside.. and it is already autumn and getting more inconvenient to step out for that 🤨😉😆

[@laurentpaumier3103]

Of course you can give beggars money ! You just have to know some are not "honest". In Paris, especially, there are some beggars from east Europe who are like gangs and the young ones are like slaves. So, what to do ? Let them die or make their business greater. Difficult choice. But you can give money, depending of your feelings.

[@Jerome-pr5jz]

I am French, I am 50 years old, I speak French, Spanish, English, Italian and Portuguese. I have no problem with Americans. Bye...

[@brigetoun]

j"ai 82 ans je ne me suis jamais fait voler quoi que ce soit...

[@valeriebianco4505]

Some french love to smoke, that's different.

[@aureliendechandon3600]

C'est faux les français ne fument pas autant. Et l'aire est normal

[@beldin2987]

The americans seem to smoke at least a lot less these days, still wonder how they managed to do that, didn't they were afraid to offend the tobacco industry with that ? 😄 But seriously in a lot of "culture shock" videos these days it looks as if nobody in the US is smoking anymore these days and they all are sooo damn offended now about how in europe people can still smoke. When i watched "Mad Men" a few years ago the first time it really looked so strange now.

[@Kamonohashiii]

well Americans takes opioid as a replacement

[@beldin2987]

@@Kamonohashiii I just wonder how it could happen because the tobacco industry was really big in your countray afaik, and normally big companies just pay the politicans so they make sure they can repeat making profit. At least i can't believe in your mega-capitalist country that the politicians would do anything against them just because smoking is bad. If that would be the case they could even start to do something against guns 😲

[@nox8730]

@@Kamonohashiii Eh...? So, there are ways to stop smoking.

[@geladice4755]

PLS REACT TO : how a b1 bis destroyed a panzer company This is my fourth time asking.

[@waylonmilteau]

Pour la cigarette c est complètement faux... on voit plus de fumeurs du fait qu'ils doivent fumer uniquement dehors

[@yvesbresson7837]

How much American smoke weed but French don’t juge you

[@christianc9894]

Why should we speak English? We are in France, it is up to foreigners to adapt, not the French. Americans are not above the world, they are coming to France, welcome! but the dollar does not give you all the rights, not here. You are not superior to the rest of the world even if your politicians constantly tell you so to prevent you from comparing your so-called wonderful country with other countries in the world.

[@Etiennerabati]

why do you wear a hat in your home?

[@madyquiquin]

Révisez votre copie monsieur l’Américain car vous ne connaissez pas la France. Vous êtes passé à côté de tout. Vous ternissez l’image de la France de façon malhonnête car vous n’avez pas voulu prendre le temps d’approfondir votre analyse. Je vous donne 0/20.

[@golgotisme]

sorry we do not like dogs & poop