German winter and Vietnamese winter

[@tsan6060]

As a Taiwanese who moved to Sweden , I totally agree with you.

[@tiennguyenhuynhphung7622]

I’m a Vietnamese who’s studying in Taiwan (Taipei) and the winter here is no joke. There’s no heater, so all i can do is bear with the cold 😬

[@tramsung8175]

臺灣的房子也還好吧😅

[@cicak5494]

@@tiennguyenhuynhphung7622 who said???? I'm used stayed at Taiwan working already about 6 years, here they have everything, all the kind of Heater you'll find here. Maybe you just not using in your house. The air-condition at my rent house even had 2 function,,,,, cooling and heating. Go and check at the store buddy,

[@berrypi8865]

@@cicak5494 what part of “studying in Taipei” didn’t you get? Heaters are generally outside of a student’s budget.

[@madehsu]

Yep yep this wet and cold winter in Taipei is colder than northern CA😭

[@raviolibirb8009]

20° C in german : wow the air is fresh today, imma go for a jog with shorts 20° C in southeast asia : *freezing under a stack of blankets*

[@justsoyouknowme2574]

Central African here. For me 18°C is too cold already. 30 °C is too hot. I don't dare to imagine a 15°C 😥

[@eligal643]

as a filipino who routinely visits Philippines but lives in England any degree underneath 23°C is cold for me idk why anything above is perfect

[@phamkhoa0105]

Moisture could be one of the factors. In Southeast Asia, the air is a lot more moist than Europe so it could feel a lot colder than 20C due to the cold air stick to your body longer

[@purplepink4558]

It's 22°C here right now. Im literally under blanket, wearing monkey cap+ socks

[@herrscherofdomination]

i’m from brazil but yea most of the country is warm and tropical so the few times there’s a cold it feels cold cold because you’re used to 30 degree weather

[@iamb34]

I love how you’re not ashamed or scared to show your house (My house is kinda like yours and one time I invited a friend and they didn’t look too pleased with it so I’m always self conscious about it, so seeing how you’re not makes me very happy)

[@sarahrankin4682]

I know what you mean. Then I get mad at myself for feeling ashamed sometimes because I'm still lucky to have a house. My house is really old and isn't in the greatest neighborhood. I think my house has some really cool, old architecture, but it also doesn't have pretty cabinets and things in it. I'm always hesitant to have people over.

[@aleafff]

Well now u know that's not your real friend

[@kirani111]

Mexicans have houses like that too 😌 get a Mexican friend lmao!

[@yhusandia]

​@@kirani111it's amazing how I find many similarities with latin countries and south asian countries XD I'm from Peru and I can agree too!! 😊

[@genesislupercio4231]

Oh my gosh, Same!!!

[@vaibhavsingh4200]

As a North Indian I completely agree with her, here in Agra temperature in Summer may upto 45°C. So houses are designed for summers, but in winter temperature may fall upto 1°C and for 2 months temperature at night remain below 10°C and as she said if outside temp is 5°C my room temperature is also 5°C.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

I really can't wrap my head around this. Why not design the house for ALL possible outside temperatures?

[@fjkfkfkf]

@@Quotenwagnerianer because poor countries

[@vivaan5604]

@@Quotenwagnerianerbecause the summer is more extreme than the winter in northern India, people would rather make a house which protects them from the sun more than from the cold winds and all.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

@@vivaan5604 Again: You can build houses that are capable of both. You just need proper insulation.

[@megajatt123]

​@@QuotenwagnerianerPOOR NO MONEY BROKE those words ring a bell?

[@kelseymcgahan6489]

I tend to agree, I find winters back home in Australia a lot harder than winters here in Austria. In Austria, you are moving from a heated location to another heated location. In Australia, you are just perpetually cold, it feels like it's in your bones.

[@PhoenixFeathers]

That’s interesting! I do feel a bit of schadenfreude because to me it has seemed Australia was always ‘winning’ no matter which season 😂 Now I know you feel a bit chilly too at least lol

[@happykt]

I remember being freezing cold in NZ in Feb/March because there was no central heat anywhere. I slept in my clothes everywhere I stayed.

[@xxglowenxx]

Florida, usa is the same way. Literally seeps into your bones and there's no escape

[@rebeccaa2097]

What city/state

[@ja9.b73]

Same in South Africa. We just don't build for the cold. I had a Norwegian tell me the first time she really felt cold was living in Johannesburg, South Africa 😂

[@aliceb.1481]

"German flats have floor heating" Almost all German flats: "no we don't"

[@sindbad8411]

many have but no all

[@emilwandel]

​@@sindbad8411 Not true. Look at the statistics where people report the state of their appartments.

[@mysenf3575]

I only know 1 household with floor heating. The whole rest have none. So no, not common in Germany

[@solala1312]

most rent properties don't have them. usually houses have some sections with floor heating.

[@voyance4elle]

I have it and I feel so blessed 😍🙏 very thankful!

[@ZariaWorldwide]

Girl, you never lied. Back when I lived in Hanoi it was the 1,000 year anniversary of the city’s founding and all I could think was, “So y’all have had a thousand years to figure out how to do winter and you’re still just … pretending it’s not there?” Like, I can see my breath indoors.

[@tejaswimuralidharan9587]

I love your Vietnamese house!! ❤️ you know you’re Asian when you have that thick floral blanket (we have many of those too😂)

[@amitgoyal9816]

Agree feeling an Indian Village

[@TheOtherChosenOnes]

Britain: the houses aren’t made for the heat - and they aren’t made for the cold

[@BooksandBuns]

You know what they are made for? All the rain! Oh, wait, no. They ain't made for that either

[@user-sc5wo7yy4k]

I don't think it's even made for people

[@peachtree_5]

I find my house is 50/50 in winter. The rooms get hot, but the hall is so cold it totally wipes out any heat if you leave the doors open 😂

[@TheMagicianOfGaming]

Our modern houses are 100% made to keep heat in. Most doors are sealed, double glazing, thick walls with a cavity in the middle, central heating. You just need to warm them up first then they keep the heat. You can't just expect it to be warm magically

[@TheMagicianOfGaming]

@lazarus921 the majority of houses are post 1930s or have been renovated. And anything older than that will have a fireplace

[@OokamiKaii]

Not every house in Germany has floor heating but usually at least some kind of heater :)

[@OmenaOmega]

Ikr I was like floor heating? And above 20°C? In this economy? 😭

[@emilwandel]

​@@OmenaOmega Her finance must be rich.

[@Micha-bp5om]

@@emilwandel no... He is German so he got a Neubau apartament for rent quite easily, same as my ex who was German, it was not even expensive. In the apartments built after 2012 these are common, otherwise not

[@ashleyblack7419]

actually a majority of german houses don't have them. Especially if you're not living in a big city. Floor heated houses come with a hefty price tag.

[@dOVERanalyst]

And nearly every flat in India has a geyser 😃

[@DLlama]

I want a tour of you Vietnam house! There are many features I've never seen before, like the sink on the floor with a trough for the water! Neat!

[@WaoIsKawaii]

Also the shower being the whole bathroom! there’s no windows, just a fencing, it’s honestly awsome! - veitnamese person who just got back from veitnam

[@parkgimmy4225]

It's quite common for asian households actually, atleast for the ones that were built about a few decades ago. But westerners find it fascinating because such homes are very rarely shown in the media, probably because now most people have started to build their houses kinda like the western way.

[@Phoenix.219]

​@@parkgimmy4225I wanted a western looking house growing up but now that I am grown up I miss my old house. In India we call that open space "angan" and I had that in my old house (we rebuild it bcz since roads got higher we started having drainage issue in our home as our home was built almost 60 yrs ago and some 20 yrs ago they built roads here). Old Indian houses are quite similar to Uyen's house (I live in plains so the weather too is similar to what she tells about Vietnam). The window grills too are the same we have here😄. We used to have joint family so the utensils used to be large in size and that's why we have bigger space for sink but now families are smaller so a sink does the job

[@MikaeruDaiTenshi]

"German House has floor heating" i'm quite confident that this isn't true for most.

[@jenniferpark7397]

😮

[@BabyBat14]

I completely relate to this. When I was 4 to 6 yrs old lived in Toronto. Returning to my hometown, Curitiba during the winter, in one of the coldest regions of Brazil, I cried to my parents that I wanted to go back to Canada cause Brazil was too cold lmao

[@MeeesterBond17]

I have an answer for Brazilians with similar issues: Move to Teresina, at least you'll never be cold there. 🙃

[@LinneAzalea]

When I lived in Colombia this was such a pet peeve of mine. Being a Scandinavian everyone always said "why are you freezing, you should be used to the cold" while I had never frozen so much in my life as I did in Colombia. The difference is that in my country we never have less than 20 degrees at home, inside. But in Colombia? In Bogotá? If it was 5 degrees outside it was 5 degrees indoors! I hated having to wear thick clothing indoors

[@elizadanu3272]

Yes, exactly as you said. My husband is always asking me why you feel cold you come from a cold country. I said it doesn't matter because we heat the house in winter and we go out with thick clothes. Also in summer it is hot, so the house is made to keep in some way a decent temperature inside no matter the season.

[@johanna2690]

I'm German and I was sooo cold in Bolovia 😅

[@maschaorsomething]

YES! Coming from Siberia, my partner always teases me about this. You do not get used to the cold. No.

[@vaxrvaxr]

And in Cartagena, it's 30 outside and 10 inside. They really love their air conditioning.

[@geministargazer9830]

It’s the same in Australia. Many people have said they’ve never been so cold as they’ve been in an Australian house in the winter. Like our winters aren’t that cold where I live. It’s subtropical so it rarely gets below freezing. It’s on average maybe 10C but my house is often colder inside than it is outside because outside I can sit in the sun to warm up.

[@ZenitsuKunn]

I love Uyen's positive nature ♥

[@musicinmymind623]

I love how clear it is that she loves her home! It’s always nice hearing people talk about the place they grew up in and the place they currently live in now with so much love

[@yama123numbercauseytdemand4]

One thing that might help, at least with the cold floor and to a small degree with insulation: carpets. Warm and fluffy carpets. Can be rolled out when winter comes around and packed up once its over. I know it doesn't make much of a difference in air temperature, but ceramic draws a lot more heat from anyone on it than a carpet so it will feel warmer and drain less energy.

[@nex_7062]

As an Indian I relate this on a spiritual level

[@sen_udi_22]

India doesn't rlly have winter

[@nex_7062]

@@sen_udi_22 who said that?

[@ZombieLeo94]

We don't have snow in south India But we still experience winter The fogs and constant rain storm and howling winds is more than enough to give us a chill.

[@sen_udi_22]

Well true, in South India it tends to be warmer than the upper regions

[@sen_udi_22]

It's closer to the tropics/equator

[@musiktranen]

Brazilian houses are THE SAME. Ceramic tiles on the floor with those over-the-top patterns, no heating whatsoever, those same metal grids on the windows with pretty patterns on them, my house is just like that.

[@ericaramosaugusto3374]

Varia de região para região a decoração das grades e piso, mas o passar frio no inverno pela casa ser feita para suportar o verão é algo que a maioria passa kkk The decoration of the windows and tiles varies from region to region in Brazil, but getting cold in the winter because the house is made to support warmer temperatures it's something that happens to the majority haha

[@elizadanu3272]

Can't you make some type of heating system just for the colder period? Or at least a big fluffy carpet when cold comes.

[@zhevtone]

​@@elizadanu3272 my thoughts exactly

[@irjiiu1041]

​@@elizadanu3272 the colder period is so short in a tropical country like Brazil or Southeast Asia. Probably like 2 or 3 months, and that's it. After that it goes back to normal 26-30° C

[@jnhkz]

@@irjiiu1041 in Bangkok 25c in the morning just last like 2 week in the winter and goes back to normal 30 c again haha

[@stephanielu7694]

This reminds me of a couple years ago when Texas (where I live) which is in the southern part of the US, got a horrible snow storm and people were stuck in their homes, people lost electricity and had no way of warming themselves. Some people ended up dying in their homes from the cold. People up in the Northern states of the US gave us such a hard time about how poorly we handled it and saw us as stupid because they make it through the same weather just fine, every winter. The thing is, because that's how the weather normally is up there, they are prepared for that kind of weather. Their cars, heating, houses, clothing, etc are all prepped for that weather. Here in Texas we have mild winters and long hot summers. We prep for heat, and don't really prep for cold and especially not snow which we almost never get. We weren't stupid. We just weren't prepared for weather that we have literally never gotten here before.

[@marmeemarch7080]

That's too bad, that some people were so ignorant about it. That was crazy cold weather, and I live in Chicago. We have snow plow trucks and insulated everything and you can easily buy real coats up here.

[@julchensweet2538]

As a German I’m just a bit baffled why the US as a whole still has power lines above ground. Correct me if I’m wrong but having the electricity in such a vulnerable position (in the air along poles) while dealing with a variety of extreme weather just seems careless towards the citizens. In my 30 years I’ve never experienced a power failure, as electricity and heating runs underground in Germany. I’m sure it’s hard to change the system in the US but it could save lifes.

[@justynagorka3972]

Actually, some temperature regulation methods work for both cold and hot. If you insulate your house it will retain the heat from the heating in the winter and won't let the house heat up too much in the summer. That's the best and most economical way of keeping the house temperature comfortable all year round.

[@user-kc5de6wl8f]

​@@julchensweet2538 I don't know if you've noticed, but the U.S. has so many problems because our politicians just flat out don't care for us, and the ones that do get backlash because people don't realize it costs money to get things done. You guys actually have common sense; that's what sets us apart.

[@maries8364]

Umm no thats not accurate! I live in Houston, Texas and yes people died and they found bodies for days. Many wealthy people got so desperate one woman broke and ripped apart a 30k painting and beds just to warm her children. The playing field was deadly for everyone. I myself almost died as well as my animals but the real reason we almost died was not because "the people we're not prepped" it was the damn politicians. So for anyone foreign reading this as well as people outside of Texas, this is how it goes: Texas is the only state with its own power grid. As in the whole state makes and gets its own electricity while other states share one so if a grid goes out from the cold they can get it from other states. The thing is, even other states grids usually don't go out for the simple reason that the government pays to maintain, update, and fix it. The Texas grid was never updated, fixed, or maintained as it should have. Politicians in the Texas government shut down votes to update the grid so it could take a snow storm if it ever occurs or other severe weather (we have horrible hurricanes). They shut this down by only saying that would never happen (people also knew it was because they wanted to keep and keep the money for themselves and where it benefited them). Fast forward months after this debacle and the storm hits. People were panicking telling the government what they needed since we still had about 10 days before it hit and they quite literally told us through announcements and the news that we didn't have to go out and buy essentials it would be fine it would not be bad as well as the grid could take it. .....storm hits....I almost die...and that's its own crazy story

[@stefanycantil3140]

As a Brazilian, I can relate to Vietnam experience. The temperatures here can reach 10°C during the winter. As we usually have a tropical climate, we are not very prepared for cold weather. Many houses and apartments are not built to withstand these conditions so we make do with electric blankets, heaters, and lots of layers of clothing.

[@carocarochan]

There's winter in Brazil?!

[@salvadorperez8397]

Same as Mexican.

[@Skyl3t0n]

But like 10 - 15°C is like light jacket weather. There isn't anything to "withstand" in that bracket. It's just a bit under room temp

[@estrelinha8470]

​@@Skyl3t0nWhen u constantly live over 20°C during the entire year, 10°C IS cold, just like someone living in colder climates would struggle with the constant days over 30°C we have during spring and winter

[@lumer2b]

​@@Skyl3t0nLeave your house at 10 degrees and stand three full weeks of this.

[@johnoneill1386]

My brother's girlfriend is from Slovakia. It gets like -15 degrees Celsius, there. Yet, when they visit New Zealand, she's freezing cold when it's 10 degrees Celsius. Because their houses are designed for the cold. Windows have double glazing. Walls are insulated. Etc, etc.

[@one_smol_duck]

Good thing to keep in mind whenever someone complains about it being "hot" or "cold" in their country and you feel like you're going crazy because you would consider that nothing compared to what you're used to. Not only is your body accustomed to that kind of weather, but your local infrastructure was built to withstand it. I learned that when I moved from the American Midwest to our East Coast. Where I'm from, there are tons of tornadoes every spring. You only need to worry if it's giant, or if it touches down very close to you. Otherwise you won't even know about it unless you check the weather channel. Out here? There's maybe one or two tiny tornadoes a year. But every time a storm rolls in that even has the _potential_ to cause a tornado, the media freaks out, you get a million text alerts, and it's all anyone talks about. Yet 99% of the time, all we get is a little more rain than normal. Maybe a little wind. I didn't understand this until I stared paying attention to the news the day after the storm. Streets were flooded, power lines were down, everything was in total chaos. The storms here are nothing like the storms back home, but the infrastructure here is also a lot older and didn't need to be built as robustly. So a small storm for the Midwest becomes a big storm out East simply because it can do a lot more damage.

[@sarahoshea9603]

Ahhh...living in the northeast.. where you're happy the squirrels are living in the wall because they make great insulation.

[@asteven8]

YUP, this same principle for those who live North & South in the US. In the south, our infrastructure is more geared toward our humid, hot summers than winter. That's why when it gets really cold (or bitterly cold) in the South it can be a problem. For example, many of our pipes aren't insulated as they may be up north.

[@4rkain3]

Same with hurricanes and earthquakes. California is used to earthquakes. Florida (and other nearby states) is used to hurricanes. If one of those occurs in *most* other parts of the country, the damage is going to be far greater.

[@bdavis7801]

A good point

[@KayKay114]

Yup! I live in "WINTERpeg" our city's nicknamed after winter, literally. One time Toronto had a huge snow dump and people here were laughing at them but like, even our snow isn't the same. You generally can't make snowmen (only ice men if you use water) in winter because its too cold, the snow won't stick together. I imagine in Toronto the snow to be wetter and thicker, so people here shouldn't have laughed at them. 🙄 But people here always complain about our city until they can brag about our winters.

[@alioc3298]

I didnt even know they HAD winter in Vietnam! It’s so close to tropical countries that just have wet and dry seasons

[@jeevika.bhardwaj]

I thought the same but people are saying it lasts for a week or so

[@Tieu26]

North Vietnam has winter, it's really cold here actually we even has snow on the high mountains areas. Vietnam's geography is long and narrow, so when the cold winds from north travel down south they got weaker and stopped by Bạch Mã mountain range in the middle of the country. That's why only North Vietnam has a cold winter and the South is hot all the times. Sometimes the wind can manage to touch the South area, but they're too weak the temperature not dropping too low and lasted no more than a week.

[@sarahoshea9603]

That is so interesting! Thanks for explaining 🙂

[@Zan-xm2po]

@@jeevika.bhardwaj no, it lasts upto 2 months, right now at where i live it's 7 degree celcius with some rain. It's kinda miserable.

[@alioc3298]

@@Zan-xm2po they said that it’s only a week long for the south. Do you live in the north?

[@naymeequillo]

I love this channel so much. I barely have any money to meet my basics so there's really no way for me to travel far, but I'm learning so much about other cultures! Thank you!!!

[@Pandorash8]

As an Australian, I feel this. When I visited Germany in winter I packed all warm clothes and pyjamas. I was boiling hot inside (though freezing outside lol). And my German exchange student was always cold when she visited me in Winter. I was incredulous. But she was incredulous at how we built our houses 😅 But she did love our “blue heaven” (blue sky). 💙

[@beasttitanofficial3768]

kiwi here, our houses have no insulation idk wtf is up with that XD

[@moniabolletta8923]

Wall insulation not only serves to protect from the outside cold, but also from the heat. This is why in summer, in old houses and well-insulated ones, there is often a difference of 5° or more between the outside and the inside, and it is for the same reason why many Europeans don't have air conditioning. We simply don't need it (Obviously public places and those with poor insulation do not fall into the category of "I live well without AC")

[@Soguwe]

Fun fact, in Germany the winter condition is the default for civil engineers We do know how to calculate everything for the summer, but it's more an afterthought Seems in Vietnam it's the other way around

[@stone_forest3802]

I mean it makes sense. In the german winter, if its -10 outside and -10 inside you will die. Same for vietnamese summers, when jts hot outside and the insides heat up you could die as well but 10 degress inside is bearable. It's not pleasant but you won't freeze to death

[@winstonsgmx]

@U.R. Vietnam has always had cold winter. It is recorded up to 16th century that we used to have snow in Hanoi. It’s actually getting a lot warmer. Peach blossom bloom very soom. The fluctuation between Winters is gradually shifting to hotter and shorter winter, even have heavy rain and thunderstorm which is not acceptable. Farmers are scratching their heads to deal with climate change and it’s not working out too much. I come from a farmer family in North Vietnam.

[@FallingStary]

​@Let's Get Lyrics My family's in the Phillipines is dealing with the same issues, and it's bringing unprompted rain storms that are wreaking their farm. I sent them more appropriate seeds because the seasonal shift is dramatic enough to ruin the yield for their usual crops

[@lqdxoni1]

Well atleast Germans open windows to let air in to remind you it’s still cold out

[@maschaorsomething]

I HAAATE THAT, but I guess they're doing it to prevent mold from forming. I hate it!

[@pandamilkshake]

​@@maschaorsomething Specially when that's how your mother wakes you up in the morning when you gotta go to school when you're a kid. "Good morning!" *BAM, FROSTBITE*

[@maschaorsomething]

@@pandamilkshake THE WORST

[@sweedelnishadsa]

She feels so sweet like she's my friend hehe. Loving you sis. You seem so niceeee

[@carolina.menezes]

Exactly like my house here in Brazil. When I lived in Poland a couple of years ago I was kinda expecting to feel the lower temperatures inside my home, lol. Ended up being amazed by all the technologies envolved to keep places warm. :)

[@thiami576]

No no no. Most german flat do not have any floor heating. German house usually have heaters on the Walls of each room

[@chesh1rek1tten]

And it's not over 20 degrees Celsius in most houses o.o That's too warm in winter

[@sejanus855]

​@@chesh1rek1tten Tbh depends on which part in germany she lives, in the Rhineland or at least the part where I am from the living spaces really most of the time are around 20degrees.

[@melanieg.9092]

​@@chesh1rek1tten Yeah, that's pretty much just the kitchen or common room. Most of the house/flat I'd say we keep at around 18°C

[@Benny_76]

​@@melanieg.9092No, Most people I know heat their living rooms and bathroom to 22-23 degrees. Me too, otherwise I'm freezing

[@melanieg.9092]

@@Benny_76 interesting, you also live in Germany?. I'm from Austria and I only know one family with 23°C room temperature in Winter.

[@MsAaannaaa]

By far not everyone has floor heating here in Germany. But your downstairs neighbors usually heat as well and that also helps. :)

[@tequilitita]

Yes, but she also said houses not flats. And for houses thats the standard by now. My parents house was built in 2006 with floor heating! Exceptions are old houses probably, aka altbau. But she didnt talk about flats :D

[@cecazy]

@@tequilitita but she literally said ‚flat‘? She said ‚my German flat is warmer than my Vietnamese house‘

[@tequilitita]

@@cecazy yes, but she said german houses have floor heating. thats what I and OP were referring to. some flats also have floor heating though, but when she said that part she showed her normal heater so Im not sure if she has one :D

[@MsAaannaaa]

@@tequilitita you know that flats are in houses? :D and she also lives in a flat. and can we please not mince words here? I was just adding to the conversation and not trying to lecture anyone.

[@tequilitita]

@@MsAaannaaa Im not trying to lecture anyone, I was just tryna point out a little detail that I thought some people missed. When someone says I live in a house here in germany, that means an Einfamilienhaus for me. But whatever. Have a good day and stay healthy 🤍

[@rribbonss]

Yeah I live in South Africa and I had an exchange student from Italy come to stay with me for a month and she was so shocked when she walked inside on a cold day, she said “it’s so cold in here!” and I was super confused like “it’s the same temperature as outside ??” and she’s like yeah… why isn’t the heating on 😂😂😂 we only use the heaters when it’s very cold and it’s never left on all day, just for an hour or two while you’re sitting directly in front of it

[@eileenweeks1815]

How horrible. 😮😮

[@sanidhyatrivedi4689]

I am from India and same Like we do the exact same with the heater😂

[@Finnec123]

Well, that's interesting...

[@tanja-k]

As an Australian, our houses are made to withstand neither the heat of Summer or the cold of winter. They're made to keep the electricity companies earnings high 😢.

[@ldipkin]

Completely agree with this! When I lived in Japan, the apartment was clearly built to deal with the humid, hot summer, so even though the winter was shorter and so much milder than the winters in the UK, it was harder to deal with because homes in the UK are broadly designed to keep heat in, whereas Japanese homes are mostly designed to keep the heat out!

[@nachtschwaermermay3532]

Not every house is as you describe. Floor heating for example is still a privilege for many

[@chanterelle483]

Yeah, but any heating system is better than none, don't you think?

[@helenemaja0912]

Nice thing is that insulation actually also helps keeping the house cool during the summer. In Denmark there is a high standard/regulation for houses, I am not sure about germany but maybe it is similar

[@nibblrrr7124]

Yeah, hot outside = only open windows at night. "Fresh" air is useless in the summer. (At least, German summer. IDK how feasible that is in SE Asia...)

[@MikiArtist]

i love the explanation of the differences between your two homes! i always thought it was interesting how different the architecture is between different countries and sometimes i wondered why that is. it makes sense how your Vietnamese house is designed to help with the heat and i think that's super cool!

[@eddiebert6648]

And I feel like in summer its the other way around.😅😂 The apartments here get soo warm and barely anyone has A/C.

[@centrifugedestroyer2579]

Winters in Finland were also better than in Germany, for similar reasons. Yes, the days are very short, but very bright due to the snow and there are better street lights etc. Also sometimes you get to see northern lights. And it's so pretty, sparkly and peaceful

[@SantomPh]

and sauna. You have to mention sauna.

[@tarkitarker0815]

@@SantomPh you may have noticed but we adapted the sauna centuries ago.

[@wilhelmpfusch3699]

Also i heard you guys have more of a dry cold. I germany, its allways wet and nomatter how many stuff you put on, the cold wet weather finds a way arround it.

[@tarkitarker0815]

@@wilhelmpfusch3699 thats just untrue, im from hamburg and i had ripped skin throught cold so many times. dont just say "in germany" when you mean specific regions.

[@mehornyasfk]

Humidity also plays a big role here. 18°C/90% feels much colder than 5°C/20%

[@purplekisses246]

That's interesting that where you live humidity makes it feel colder. I have the opposite the humidity makes it feel hotter than the actual temperature.

[@hassanbolagligsman]

but 18c is not cold, 18c is a north european summer, and north europe also get humidity levels over 90%

[@tillie_brn]

​​@@purplekisses246 In my experience humidity makes it feel hotter when it's hot and colder when it's cold. In a dry climate you can have a middle temperature where it just feels nice, neither hot nor cold, but never in a humid one

[@emilwandel]

​@@tillie_brn weird as extreme cold normally is very dry.

[@novitasusetio9284]

​@@purplekisses246 it feels hotter when it's hot and feels colder when it's cold. I'm from Indonesia, lives near Jakarta (Tangerang) which it's comfort temperature is 28°C (the hottest is 35°C, feels like hell). I use AC everyday at 24°C, but some places I go (friend's house, rarely go) use 18-20°C AC. It felt different when I went to the countryside in the middle of mountain (Thekelan in Merbabu Mountain). The common temperatures there (In Thekelan) is 18°C on the daylight, foggy is common, windy everyday with high humidity. IT FELT COLDER! We need to use thick jacket and long pants, still felt cold. Night in there was like hell for me, especialy when it's raining 😭

[@slicklol]

Same thing for us here in Portugal. As we are a hotter country in the European context, construction was focused on keeping the heat away, but because of this most houses are pretty cold in the winter. This has improved in the last couple decades, but my grandparents houses were so DAMN COLD.

[@lequedicatsamarge4228]

I have the same with summer in Dubai. In Germany we don't usually have ACs in our houses except for some offices, but we also have sunmer--weeks with 38* celsius.

[@ajanyaskumar9694]

Can you do a house tour of your Vietnamese house....it's really adorable 😍 Such a peaceful place it seems to be

[@lukewalker9577]

As a South African in Ireland - I totally relate. Also I am not used to rain in winter - so the cold and wet together is not bearable

[@Cafeallday222]

It’s never bearable. The wet and cold makes people more prone to sickness, especially the wet. Plus, it’s dreary. I live in a cold area but it’s dry and I’m so thankful!

[@BangtanPurple7of7]

The rain is why everything is so green & beautiful - don't knock it!🤭💜🙏💜🇬🇧💜

[@LSG101097]

If there is a rain in winter, then it's not a cold winter 😅

[@yarrowruarie9808]

@@LSG101097 You obviously haven't been to Ireland then.

[@yarrowruarie9808]

@@BangtanPurple7of7 Wdym "🇬🇧"

[@carolinenjiraini1846]

You're so keen with details it's refreshing

[@Sky2Mina]

Same! I was never cold like in Thailand, especially my first winter in my partners home in the north where i only brought shorts and shirts.

[@nochannel7100]

This Exactly this. Thanks for this video. I live in Canada and people wonder, how do I roam in a tshirt inside the house and fully covered in India while at home.

[@HistoricalWeapons]

Laughs in Mongolian

[@butterbean5544]

I just think you’re so sweet and your presenting style is so nice! I’m glad your channel is doing so well!! 💕

[@tinajoerossignol]

We use thick rugs on our floors and walls. We put weather straps around our doors and clear plastic over the windows. Nice and cozy.

[@p1kkuma]

It is the opposite of Vietnam for me in Canada lol. Our houses are made to deal with winter, not summer. We don’t have AC, but we do have heating, so the summers are always super hot. I have a Chinese fan I use to keep cool :) My mom also sometimes brings out the bamboo sheets for the beds!

[@Rory8]

Yep and where I live in Canada last summer we reached highs of 45C and this winter so far we’ve had lows around -43C 😂 That’s an difference of 88 degrees!

[@p1kkuma]

@@Rory8yup absolutely! The weather changes are insane lol

[@seanmcdirmid]

Southern China has the same issue: no heat south of the Yangtze. The worst winter I experienced was 5C at my mother-in-law's house in southern Hunan during CNY. Old people like to migrate up to Northern China in the winter if they can, where they can get indoor heat.

[@PriyaVishwakarma-xs8bq]

As an Indian living in Denmark I can relate to this alot

[@samh2340]

I'm an american but a Poor One TM, and living in the hot areas with bad summers. My family home is built badly and has a lot of open cracks and drafts and no central heating, so I relate. You had to bundle up in winter coats indoors in the middle of the albeit short winter, because space heaters don't do much especially if you have drafts.

[@user-yk1ce8ri5p]

Same for me in France ! I'm a poor student, my heating system is broken and my appartment is from 1905 so today it was -3°C outside and 5°C inside !!! It's honestly a f nightmare, I cannot work is these conditions

[@putinsgaytwin4272]

I totally get this as an Irish person for summers. we have no aircon, our houses are built for warmth. If it's 30 degrees outside its 25 degrees inside. also, I have Irish skin which is allergic to the sun and 10 mins outside without sunscreen can cause serious burns

[@lilli9822]

The problem in your country is the humidity

[@montananerd8244]

lol yes, each summer, my Irish ancestry comes thru, I absolutely can feel my skin cooking if the sun touches me at all! but I live on the American prairie, which has short but hot, very sunny summers. I grew up with people who are mostly the grandchildren of Scandinavian & German immigrants, most actually seem to tan pretty well in the summer (this was also when suntanning & tanning beds were very popular), but I was always sunburnt before SPF became standard. and seriously, yeah, unprotected, even in 10 mins, the burning begins...

[@putinsgaytwin4272]

@@montananerd8244 Yeah haha. It's nice to relate to someone on this. One day it was only about 20 degrees celsius/ 68 degrees farenheit. It was warm enough to go to the beach but cold enoughwhere I had to wear a jumper. I thought I didn't need to wear sunscreen. Essentially, my hands got so badly burnt that they started swelling up and peeling. A truly awful experience. I always burn when I go surfing too. It can be abosutley freezing like 12 degrees Celsius/ 53 farenheit, lashing rain with grey clouds. I will always burn my neck and hands. I think the beach has a way of burning you.

[@Sara_Caterine]

My brother says that he feels much more cold in brazil than he used to when he lived in north caroline with negative temperature, and its because of this! Our house is so cold in winter we just walk around cooconed in blankets and people take them to school

[@sofiadri2638]

Hi, I'm from Uruguay! I think the humidity plays a huge role. I know several people that come from latitudes closer to the poles and can't bear the cold here, because they're used to a dryer winter. The cold here is deeper, it seeps into your bones. That's my theory at least

[@Sara_Caterine]

@@sofiadri2638 that makes a lot of sense!

[@jennifersmallwood]

Ideell exactly what you feel. 3 months of cold winter inside the badly insulated houses, layers of clothes, humidity….and the rest of the year it’s close to the opposite. I do miss German heating systems, tight windows and insulated houses. Don’t miss anything else except few food items. However, sometimes I miss snow too and the many birds that come to the feeding places. However, constant sunshine is really great too. Greetings from Cyprus ❤

[@tiffanyescamillaaa]

Omg you have THAT blanket to!! I am mexican and we have that blanket it does keep us sooo warm our houses can’t deal w winter either 😭

[@aleaiacetaest9132]

Last week I saw a dude in T-Shirt while buying groceries and I asked him if he ain’t freezing. Told him I’m literally freezing seeing him walk in his shirt by -10 degrees 🥶 He said he is wearing his winter T-shirt and feeling cosy warm 😆

[@xxglowenxx]

YES. It's annoying that people from colder climates never believe me when I say that florida winters are worse. You don't have the correct supplies, most people have stone floors, the humidity makes it feel colder than it is, the humidity makes the cold seep into your friggin bones, you only own 1 jacket that's probably thin because clothes sold there are thin, what's a heater?, you get cold at 70°, so everything under that is nearly unbearable, and it doesn't last long enough for you to acclimate. I've lived in a few places with snowy winters now and I can confidently say that I almost always feel more comfortable and warm during non fl winters because of the reasons she listed in this video. People need to understand that its being prepared for winter, not the temp, that makes you comfortable Ps. I play multiple outdoor sports, my high school was outdoors (every door lead to outside and the hallways were outside), my home was 40% window and uninsulated, we were too poor for ac, my volunteer work was outdoors, and all my hobbies were outdoor based (including my gym). Since fl is so warm, we do a LOT outside, so there's no escape when it does get cold. That also means I'm used to strenuous activity in 100°+, so why make fun of someone who is used to those temps getting cold at 75° when you midwesterner passed out in 80° hot yoga? True story -.-

[@frozeneye100]

One thing I love is the seasons. That being cold and hot really makes you appreciate both hot and cold. Wet well yeah… not fan of rain season

[@CardemonLilly]

Both your home's are beautiful, you're making me want to visit vietnam amd Germany! Especially with your honest reviews and insight inyo the different cultures, so I know what yo expect 😁

[@pazmapache]

I understand it so much! I moved from Chile to Europe, and in Chile the winter is so much worse just for the bad isolations of the houses :'( I remember enter in my house waiting to feel warmer but it was like walking into a fridge

[@magicalcrow6649]

Otra chilena en este video sjssj

[@pazmapache]

@@magicalcrow6649 weeeena

[@anyasmith1703]

This is me in the summer in the UK. We don't have air conditioning so extremely hot weather is so hard to cope with

[@duart4heart]

I am portuguese (from Portugal), living in Norway, I understand you so perfectly in so many ways 😅☺️

[@ssissigui8846]

These blankets are the best !

[@musehtaicho]

My grandma lived in one of these old 50s houses with THICK walls - almost 1 meter of bricks. Winters are cold in the mountains - below -15 on average and few days of -30-35, and summers are hot - +30-35 when the sun is high. Still it was pretty comfy inside - 20-25 all year around. It aint easy to cool/heat such thick walls of bricks.

[@yashagrawal88]

This is true, for many tropical and equatorial places.

[@ruhmaanwar7208]

This is so true. As a Pakistani who have harsh summers and everything is build for summers, winters are extremely hard to bear. We have brick houses which are cold and have allot of air crossing to help in the summers but in winters it gets extreamly cold 🥶

[@MagicWhatsItCalled]

Love seeing the difference in houses due to geological, cultural and practical differences!!!

[@nelsonsual5472]

Me in philippines🇵🇭 : Dayum its so cold here only 23 degrees !!

[@gtt390]

I love how you explain two cultures!❤

[@jasmine.lavender]

Same in my house in Australia. It’s a wooden workers cottage made in 1919. It’s so cute, but it’s built up on stilts and there’s gaps between floorboards because it’s so old etc It’s built to stay as cool as possible. So that means that whatever temperature it is outside in Winger, it’s either the same or colder inside.

[@maitreyajambhulkar]

Same in India. Temperature in Delhi is minimum 1°C but maximum is 49°C. We don't have any floor heating system. No thermostat.

[@s-_-frogiss-_-s]

None, the houses are made for summer

[@rhysearch151]

I'm a Canadian living in Denmark. We have floor heating but I've never turned it on. The apartments here are well-insulated and it rarely drops below 2-3 degree C, even in Winter.

[@DaDaDo661]

It doesn't go below 2c in Denmark?

[@foxygrin]

​@@DaDaDo661 not indoors

[@rhysearch151]

@@DaDaDo661 Not often, no

[@rhysearch151]

@@foxygrin Even outdoors that's pretty typical

[@siegfriedschmitz5260]

Moved from Germany to South Thailand. Goodbye forever, winter

[@dunkleblumen]

I'm in the north of thailand and it's freezing at night

[@siegfriedschmitz5260]

@@dunkleblumen true, big difference to the South. In Pattaya its never freezing

[@aimanazminovich3602]

@@siegfriedschmitz5260 But then it’s always hot. >30°C during the afternoon

[@siegfriedschmitz5260]

@@aimanazminovich3602 yes, love it.

[@aimanazminovich3602]

@@siegfriedschmitz5260 It’s better than winter, for sure 🤣. But it’s annoying because I breed fish and they don’t like it above 28°C. I’m gonna need a chiller in the future due to this Malay Peninsula heat

[@glynis1007]

Heated floors are THE BEST THING ON EARTH!!! Omg I’d trade almost anything to have heated floors !!

[@hannaR_]

Interesting! I don't like floor heating, I prefer radiators myself...

[@januaryflame90912]

I can feel you!!! I am grom Bulgaria, and i spent 8 months in Norway .

[@velvet6923]

It makes sense, cooling yourself in Sommer is much harder than warming yourself in winter

[@davidemascia3432]

Insulation is really the key for an even temperature all year long in a house

[@Fella_friend]

Also a negative with Canadian houses. If you don’t have ac it often gets to be 4-10 degrees warmer inside then out. In ours it gets up to 12 warmer inside. (Celsius)

[@Beginnerreadsthebible]

It can be a blessing or a curse. We live in an older house that has been well insulated later, and there are a lot of dead air spaces where dampness causes the bane of my existence.

[@faymissk]

I learn so much from you- thank you!!

[@mffmoniz2948]

In Portugal most of the houses are still built thinking of mild weather. They have no heating or good insulation, so it's very cold in the winter. And they get really hot in the Summer. In Belgium the houses are built thinking of the winter. Ok. But... the summer is starting to last longer and be warmer. In a house built to keep the heat... oops.

[@ThatOneguy-zn6hj]

For those who don’t know, 20 degrees Celsius is 68 Fahrenheit 10 degrees Celsius is 50 Fahrenheit

[@carmengogeidnas9670]

They think 10C is cold?? That's a balmy day in Canada my friend, people out here in T shirts

[@akiranguyen6903]

@@carmengogeidnas9670 well if you live in a tropical country for a year then you will find out 10°C is too cold for us.

[@Lunaxklk]

I live in the Caribbean and 24°C is cold for me 🥶

[@caitolent]

@@carmengogeidnas9670 10c is cold when you live in a tropical country. Surprise: You can't acclimate to temperatures you don't regularly experience.

[@ColinHadaway]

Lawl, just say Americans. That's who doesn't know, right? Most Americans?

[@kaiapparent2653]

same where i live! the cold might be mild but to us it feels freezing!!! somehow inside the house always feels colder than outside 😂

[@fionna_cool_girl]

Reminds me of the contrast between my life when I was living in Illinois vs Texas.

[@Buff19]

Those tile floors 😍

[@wesleranne1829]

Man, I'm South Vietnamese and we have like 1 week of "winter spirit", and then we're back to hot again😭

[@lainpadang8033]

Only 1 week?

[@ambramari118]

Fantastic ❤

[@abrilzuniga]

Same here in north Mexico (right below Texas USA). One week we are freezing cold and then we are back to 30 Celsius. But I remember a few years ago, it was the final days of April and the temperature dropped to like 8 Celsius, I know its not freezing but it came out of nowhere, it was crazy

[@gerudoqueenriju]

Nice. Germany knows only winter and autumn with three weeks of summer.

[@Lii__]

I would like that, but in Portugal winter/cold starts October and ends mid May. I'll trade and keep only 1 week winter 😉

[@noodlewater3876]

Here in Ohio (USA) our houses are built for winter storms (especially the older ones) we get a lot of really cold winters, and it stays chilly for at least 6 months a year. But airtight housing also means that if you don’t have air conditioning, you’re basically screwed during the summer 🙃

[@Skyl3t0n]

Just open your window at night and close them in the morning. Insulation works both ways. Keeps both heat and cold inside. In germany it also gets up to 40°C (>100°F i think) in the summer and still almost nobody has A/C. Thick walls and windows is all you need. Tbf though, those high temperature only last like a week or two.

[@emmabennet888]

I have a Swedish friend who said the same thing about living in a foreign country near the equator. Although were she lived in that country was in the mountains where it actually could get pretty cold and didn't have such hot summers like in the lowlands.

[@babyfire361]

Her: floor heating Also her: shows wall heater

[@DocWanderer75]

This was the exact discussion I was having with family and friends today. Am from India. And 10 degree in winter implies 10 degree celsius inside as well as outside.

[@geministargazer9830]

Same in Australia. We get some pretty extreme heatwaves and people do die from them occasionally but statistically more people die from cold here.

[@tarkitarker0815]

@@geministargazer9830 why the fuck do you act all eco and dont start to insulate? all it takes is shredded jeans.

[@fergie1014]

As an English person, this is what we've been saying for years but the opposite way around. We are fine in the winter but as soon as those summer temperatures hit, our insulated houses feel like giant ovens 😭

[@tristanridley1601]

But insulation keeps the heat out too?

[@bluesapphire4262]

​​@@tristanridley1601 It does keep most of the heat outside but the opposite is also true. Whenever you open door or window, some of the hot air blew in, if you don't close the curtain, the sunbeam that went through the glass heat up the room, if you lived directly under the roof, the sun heat the roof up and transfer it inside. Then all those heat is trapped inside the house with no way to let it out except you have A/C or waiting until midnight.

[@alberb]

One thing about Vietnam's winter, especially the north, is that one day it would be somewhere around 13°C, and before you know it, it could be 30°C and raining still.

[@cheesecakepaws]

Floor heating, gurl I wish 😭 and it is always cozy 18.5 degree's in my flat 🥰

[@elizakeating8415]

I've been experiencing this exact thing living in Taiwan (from the UK)! I really underestimated how the less "extreme" cold temperatures would be so much harder to bear if that's the baseline temperature of your living space.

[@adibaorpa7975]

Im from Bangladesh and I've lived it New York and this is exactly how i can relate to you

[@user-ds6jv1om7n]

Well someone’s floor tile is stunning!

[@honeybe1909]

it's the same here in Brazil

[@CreoTan]

This is a really good breakdown of how homes are built for the common environment! Details like these are also why so many European homes aren’t fit for hot temperatures, and why heat waves can be deadly there!

[@M-und-M]

no offense, but all you have to do is open the windows in the early hours of the morning for about 1 hour, between 5 and 8 the temperatures are lowest, then close the windows, roll down the shutters and you have a cool apartment or house all day long .

[@sunflowervibes3041]

This is so true. I grew up in the desert and moved someplace cold-ish. A couple summers ago we had a heat wave that got to 112 f or 44 c. So many people died sitting in their homes. My sister was confused because she stayed in the desert and was like “you can cool a house in so many ways!” And I said “not these houses, they trap the heat!”

[@casbee9610]

​​@@M-und-M you realise some "cold" mornings where still over 20°C during heat waves?

[@M-und-M]

@@casbee9610 hmmm, if it's so pleasantly fresh in the morning in your region then I'm happy for you.

[@foxygrin]

​@@M-und-M it doesn't stay cold. It heats up even when airing out in the morning and closing the windows and shutters once the sun comes out. It's built for retaining any heat, so it does

[@pseudo_goose]

Insulation works just as well for heat as it does for cold! Maybe even better because the temperature gradient is generally smaller during the summer (unless you live somewhere where its consistently >120F)

[@pamelahomeyer748]

thank you I have lived in both places. I really enjoyed my stay in Korea and in Germany. thank you for sharing your experience

[@cactiideluxe186]

I thoroughly enjoy seeing both sides of the coin 💕 your Vietnamese home looks so cozy and inviting ❤