ranking european countries

[@Ravenfeldt]

* Norway crying in the corner *

[@helloerika]

@@Ravenfeldt the only thing i could think of is ✋️mountains🤚 i had no other thoughts about norway :D im sorry ;c

[@Fincoolman68]

@@helloerika According to many sources Norway has the highest standard of living in the world,Braut Haaland?Skiers?Oil? Those are just a few example about Norway. 🤘

[@FlatStan1l]

Was thinking the same. High A/S tier in my opinon, it ranks on top of almost every index + it has unbelievable oil money that it managed very well. Also lot of musicians- Kygo, Alan Walker, A-ha, Aurora. Atheletes. and they've the most Winter Olympic medals ever.

[@thomasalbrecht35]

WOWZERS I LOOOVE TALKING ABOUT COUNTRIES AND A DECLINING CONTINENT DUE TO TRAINS IDEOLOGY JEEPERS CREEPERS WOWZERINOOS

[@diazjubairy1729]

Clean air and not too high cost of living comparatively with other eropean country

[@Jjydvfgcmsr]

As a Basque person I swiftly scrolled down the comments after the takes on Spain. Y'all did not disappoint ❤

[@budiardjo6610]

17:05 we need erika live stream geo guesser

[@fuqupal]

The reason Finland has a the Nordic cross in their flag is because they used to be Russian. But they got super rich and decided to be their own country and they wanted to be closer to Scandinavians than Russians.

[@BH6242KCh]

In the US, Lithuania became known for their Olympic basketball team in 1992. They were talented and branded with Grateful Dead styled tie dye.

[@DYNAMIXofficial]

Putting Austria and Switzerland in D is a harsh insult i guess 😂 Maybe you just dont like mountains 👀🏞

[@Kelsea-2002]

Switzerland is really too poorly rated ... Austria, however, she has rated far too good.

[@helloerika]

​@@Kelsea-2002😂

[@stechistech5522]

Had a bad day today. Thank you for brightening my evening. Really enjoy the 'sit down and talk'-videos. See you again next time

[@danielafonso11]

Confusing Latvia with Lithuania is a bigger problem in Brazil because their names are even closer. Latvia is Letônia, something like the mix of Lituânia and Estônia. hahahaha

[@AndreasLarsson-vo3om]

think of the polish-lithuanian commonwealth, then you know wich one of them is closer to poland.

[@MBJ2323]

Or Suecia and Suíça haha

[@groovytau]

it applies for all latin languages, we have the same thing in Romania which is: Letonia and Lituania

[@TheAxeWorld1]

Terrible take on Spain, it's freezing up north!!! There's also more languages than just Catalan. If you think Catalan is bad, just take a glance at a single Euskera text. Only language next to Welsh that looks like a practical joke lmao.

[@marijusdovydaitis6920]

That Lithuania is doing the best out of the three baltic states is very heartwarming. Thank you for the B rating.

[@adpop750]

3:03 "I feel they just made that up" Newsflash Erika: all languages are made up😦

[@haniaszczygielska9413]

So excited you're going to Poland! I'm super curious about your impressions and I hope you have a great time. And indeed, Poland is doing better lately but maybe let's not go as far as putting it in A, B tier is already very much appreciated hahah

[@Blackadder75]

I went to Poland for the first time in my life last summer. It was much better than I expected. I only stayed in the area of Krakau (Kraków ) because my car broke down and I had no time to go north once it was fixed, but everything was great except the young police officer who insisted to give me a fine for walking on a road forbidden for pedestrians, when I only wanted to ask them for directions!!!! They were talking to somebody else, so I thought, ok let's walk to the police car and ask... Turned out they were fining that other person and when I showed up, I also got a fine! Anyway, the country was well organized, clean, safe and I saw a lot of progress and new wealth. I do know that usually this doesn't mean everybody profits, often there are parts of the population that can exploit all the new economic opportunities and get rich and other parts of the population that are left behind. So I know it's not utopia, but it is certainly developing nicely.

[@fuqupal]

Romania didn't come up with Dracula. Bram Stoker did. He based it on what he had heard about Vlad Tepes Dracul III after seing Bran castle.

[@jianusheng3851]

Erika's new hair style, solid A.

[@Kazekoge101]

S-tier*

[@splodge561]

L for Lego

[@himalayansalt32]

she's like that wojak girl

[@helloerika]

Thank uu! 😊😊

[@workhardfortomorrow]

Poop - S (not really)

[@gmelendez2524]

3:44 spain has galician in galicia (more similar to portuguese than spanish) and Basque language in bilbao ( basque region ) which is not even a latin language.

[@fidenemini111]

Not even Indo-European and not realated to any other language in the world.

[@salah.3034]

The most important thing that everyone should think about now is how to invest in different sources of income that do not depend on the state.especially considering the current real estate cryptocurrency market,stocks,NFTs and forex are good area to explore thanks Mrs Sophia for coaching me

[@ApprovedGiveaway]

Wow that's awesome

[@ApprovedGiveaway]

Sophia she's my mentor already

[@ImportAgentBenardo]

Wow. I'm a bit perplexed seeing her been mentioned here also Didn't know she has been good to so many people too this is wonderful, I'm in my fifth trade with her and it has been

[@bennyhinu]

🇬🇧Yes! I'm celebrating £32K stock portfolio today... Started this journey with £3K.... I've invested no time and also with the right terms, now I have time for my family and life ahead of me.

[@marcoskmlaford]

Despite all the financial struggles i and my family faced, everything is finally falling into place! $47,000 weekly profit and riches I'll always praise the Lord!!!

[@jacob.basque]

In Spain we have more languages apart from spanish and catalan! basque in basque country (the most ancient language in europe!) and galician in galicia (it sounds like spanish and portuguese mixed)

[@markippo]

I think she confused Basque with Catalonian - from my perspective (don't know Spanish). Catalonian and Spanish sound quite similar.

[@salozinp]

@@markippo Of course, Catalan, Spanish and Galician come from the Latin of the Romans, just like French, Italian, Portuguese and Romanian. They are sister languages.

[@KjellEson]

Thank you very much and a hug from Sweden ❤

[@mieite779]

Dam! Again Finland lose to Sweden! 🤬 😉🤗

[@leniv3c3]

love your type of content. Love to see my country (slovakia) as a B class :P I was also suprised that u live here. Keep doing thing, its great :)

[@campossanti]

The taxes in Switzerland are one of the lowest in all of Europe😂. And a lot of providers do include roaming here. It is expensive tho, but a Swiss salary is more than enough and better than any EU country

[@valentinasanchez5757]

U kidding right ? Have you seen have much they have to pay for their insurance ,plus taxes ,plus fees ,plus owning a fucking pet etc

[@strikedn]

Tell that to my Swiss relatives. They say that taxes are insane.

[@Kelsea-2002]

For the C for Germany and for the fact that France is ranked higher, you will be sentenced to lifelong Puddingstückchen withdrawal. 🤣

[@sans_hw187]

France has nuclear energy power, climates and landscapes diversity, food, but I also love Currywurst! Both countries deserve an A imo

[@taimoorqamar69]

omg the video quality, chefs kiss

[@ðənjudæs]

10:50 finland is part of fennoscandia and finland was formerly part of sweden and both countries share historical and cultural ties. Finland also has a Finland-Swedish minority.

[@RoyCousins]

If you include the Isle of Man as a country, you should also include the two other British Crown Dependencies: Jersey & Guernsey. But none of these is an independent county as, although self-governing constitutional monarchies (under King Charles III), they come under the UK international law.

[@generalversio8051]

Not putting France in the worst tier possible automatically revokes your rights to freedom of speech in europe. Best regards, every european nation

[@kletowolf7104]

France lives rent free in the heads of everyone

[@actaragus956]

*every other craps nations that are feed with France's money due to UE being a communist institution that obligate richer country to feed eastern shithole.

[@Sandokan4]

Czechia left out :'(

[@serebii666]

That's cuz the rankings don't go to S+ 😆😆

[@kaopa4977]

Yes, where is Czechia!?

[@kc17131]

@@Sandokan4 what should people visit in Czechia?

[@helloerika]

It s cute! But didnt have much of an "opinion" about it

[@kaopa4977]

@@helloerika Maybe you could visit Czech Republic and make a video? I would love to see it 😇

[@CGX106]

More videos about Latvia would be great :). As a German, I rarely hear about the Baltics and know surprisingly little about the region.

[@igorrebega4853]

Thank you for including Ukraine! 🎉🎉🎉

[@askarufus7939]

Thank you for your kind words about my country 🇵🇱 I hope you'll enjoy your visit and make some great memories! ❤

[@arshdeepsinghsaini9507]

Erika , which european country is best for students to build their carrier

[@magzimz]

As a fellow Latvian 🇱🇻 myself I agree with the ranking!

[@helloerika]

Thank u :D

[@KeesBoons]

Like your choice of "misleading" thumbnail. Fits with the content, and I only noticed it after watching. Yes, I'm Dutch, but I don't think the Netherlands is full ;o). Keep doing what you're doing Erika. Love to see the growth of your channel.

[@tnldko]

Було цікаво та весело😂❤ Хотілося щоб ви більше дізналися про Україну і можливо колись завітали до нас💞

[@TomásBachiller]

Who lied to you about Switzerland?😂 I make 110K and pay like 17% tax whoever told you that in Switzerland taxes take a lot of your money was trying to keep you from moving. Also we are two, one of us makes minimum wage and we still save 5/6k per month S tier country

[@count_of_pizza]

I'm from Poland, and I've been to Latvia only once, in Riga. I remember two things: the beautiful women and the architecture. I'd rate it at least an A. ;) And Sweden - not really S for me, not because of the country itself but because of some problems with... crimes. I wanted to moved there to live in some village among woods and lakes some time ago, not anymore.

[@Danilyn_Livao]

Such an interesting and lighthearted take on ranking countries! Keep up the awesome content, and looking forward to your next one! 💙🎥

[@helloerika]

thank uu

[@BH6242KCh]

Netherlands is my favorite EU country so far (only been to a few), but on my trip this summer, I got two speeding tickets for 8kph over the limit. That knocks them down a tier. Also, at security at AMS on my flight out, my carry-on bag got flagged. The security agent reaches for a corner of the bag and pulls out the item that was flagged - a pocket Dutch phrasebook. He laughed and said, "Only in Netherlands."

[@solarrockstar]

Very thoughtful well researched educated asseessment of european countries. you should be elected as the next president of the european commission for your work. hey by the way whats your thought on russia. u wanna visit moscow st petersburgh? u seemed very enthusiastic in one of ur videos about russian attributics

[@Chris_Tinacan]

17:32 Men in Ireland don't weark kilts. Kilts are Scottish.

[@megamind6721]

potato potahto

[@Christian_Johansson]

@@megamind6721 pohtatoe

[@danp420]

yeah exactly she got confused :)

[@adpop750]

Incorrect, just google Irish kilts. Or in general google things before making comments about things you are ignorant about.

[@Augustus_Imperator]

Why so mean to Switzerland 😢 🇨🇭 We love our clean orderly cities, our peace and quiet and we love doing our own thing, it doesn't mean we don't like to have friends 😐

I *love* Switzerland, but a bit less so since my friend there tried to send an SBB watch to me in Poland. He thought he did everything right with regard to customs, but it just ended up being returned to him. Wouldn’t have been an issue if you guys were _at least_ in the Customs Union. 🥲

[@Augustus_Imperator]

That's up to the EU, they try to use their common market as a bargaining chip to get stuff from countries that aren't in the union like Switzerland and Norway to access it.

[@BodyGuardCZ]

How about Czech republic (Czechia - Česko)? 🇨🇿 ? Don’t visit tourist trap Prague - come to second biggest city Brno - friendlier happier - you don’t need to be alone here 😊👍

[@nicerandom]

Did you learn your english in Latvia? Your english is gorgeus to hear, I am currently studyin english and it has been so hard to reach the fluency

[@babalonkie]

Studying* The G is pronounced, to emphasise "ing". Protip: Nearly every English word that ends with "in" has a "g" after making "ing".

[@realhawaii5o]

So, 9:00 I definitely think you're over-hyping Portugal 😅 The pastries are nice definitely. I'd never seen anyone say Portuguese sounds interesting because it basically sounds like Russian with all the ž, tš, tž, š, sounds 😅 Visit it! I'm portuguese, but I live in Estonia. I just went to Portugal with my Latvian GF and she really enjoyed it!

[@realhawaii5o]

Not sure if I agree on Estonia being a C, Latvia a D and Lithuania a B. I'd definitely give Estonia a solid B if Lithuania also is a B, and that would bump Latvia up to a C. Regards from a Portuguese guy in Tallinn :)

[@Grand_Blaziken]

the "portuguese castle that pewdiepie visited" is called pena palace and it's free on sundays if you have residence proof, interchange students can go in for free usually

[@Fincoolman68]

Why finland have skandinavian looking flag?theres not such thing as skandinavian flag,that cross on northern countries flags means christian country,and finnish language is easy to learn (says all my forreigner friends),finnish grammar is other thing,thats crazy hard to learn.

[@MRmotorworkz]

Thank you for your insight and opinions from your life and experiences in Europe :). I am currently looking to relocate to Europe from the US and really appreciate all of your insight 🥂

[@skymebr]

Following here from Brazil, great channel

[@canalj5423]

Hello Erika! As a spaniard I have to recognize that your question about Spain ("Why do you make your life so hard?") is to be classified into the 'keen and wise' type of questions. Downgrading the country one step because of this is utterly appropriate.

[@cajundragon]

Will you do this for the neighborhoods of Pittsburgh (there are over 30 😁) - P.S. I've been to a lot of these and Lisbon/Portugal was my favorite. Great food. Passionate people. It's safe, beautiful AND gritty but not too shiny

[@sagittariusa9012]

Taxes in Switzerland are pretty low compared to other European countries.

[@TomásBachiller]

Yeah idk who lied to her about that I make 110k€ and pay like 15/17%

[@AdelSawaf]

Wow, wow, wow, hold on! How dare you saying Latvian cuisine is boring! Rasols, Debesmana, siera salati, kotlete, kapostu pirags, cukgala franču gaume (which btw, has nothing to do with France, I'm French and it perhaps is somewhat similar to "Cordon Bleu", but nay, not the same), etc. Nostalgia is probably talking here, but still, Latvian food is nothing to be ashamed of, quite the opposite.

[@britters3906]

great rankings, full agree

[@radiomanjk]

I think you forgot a few countries still, I'm sure you forgot Andorra though, but yeah I can accept the list as it is, just wish that my country got an A, but yeah that's wishful thinking probably.

[@Klierland12]

he Erika! First. Love your content and also love you too! x

[@Canela33]

Im from galicia i swear warm is not the term for how days are usally like here

[@rgoonewardene380]

I have been to almost all the countries, however as you are from the Baltic, I must say that I felt a bit unsafe in Riga, in comparison Talin and Vilnius. Sorry 😢. Also, I’m from the UK, and agree with our grade. Might have even been a bit generous. 😊

[@IloveKhAscho]

Sending love from Kharkiv, Ukraine 🫶🏻💗

[@milan0x00]

@@Tyrone_smith806 Behave!

[@Tyrone_smith806]

@@milan0x00 mind your business and keep quiet please 🙂

[@arjanyou7310]

Finland has a NORDIC flag! They're not Scandinavian but they are Nordic!

[@helloerika]

fair!

[@KalleKilponen]

It's quite literally called the "Nordic cross"

[@petarpirev]

Hey, Erika. I hope you knew what you were doing with this video of yours, because If it was engagement what you were looking for.... Oh, boy, will you get one ! ;) Yes, the concept of presenting and explaining European countries has been rinsed and repeated a lot, but your comedic persona adds so much to it. Your Europe Explained video is a testament of that. I believe you should make more extensive research on the countries and make separate 10-20 min vids on each one, sprinkled with that funny timings and comments of yours. We, as Europeans, looove to hear other peoples opinions of us ("because we may not be better than others, but we certainly think we are"), and they get a lot of views, so hopefully you can start doing only youtube, because you have that uniqueness. I for one would watch all of them. Btw I am from Bulgaria, and while the head movement for 'yes' and 'no' is as you say here, it is accompanied with some face mimicking - like for 'no' we also like scrunch our noses while nodding our head up and down, and 'yes' looks a lot like Indians swing their heads left and right in agreement. Best of luck!

[@maglsh82]

Erika, curious can elaborate more why C for Germany ?

[@obamanyan]

Im from Spain, and u should come back, it doesn't deserve that high rank honestly

[@mraklol4186]

please do a part 2 i want to see my country(czechia) there cuz if slovakia is there, we gotta be there too man :(

[@lTralalal]

The story, from what I know, about why we shake our head for yes and nod for no is linked to Bulgaria being conquered by the ottomans in the middle ages. According to the legend, my ancestors back then swapped the meaning of the signs, so when the Ottoman rulers asked whether they wanted to convert, we would nod our heads for yes, but we agreed between ourselves that nodding our head actually meant no.

[@HomeWorkouts_LS]

8:10 I accidentally stayed in the kinda bad part of town in Vienna (I was on a budget) & was surprised because I heard Vienna was nice & pristine haha So depends on where you go! Also 8:25 I thought Bram Stoker, the Irish writer, invented Dracula?

[@matthewlynch9331]

We dont wear kilts in Ireland that is a scottish thing

[@liamjunkinroyo9607]

As someone from Catalunya, I appreciate the special mention of having to learn Catalan if you live in certain areas of Spain! Oftentimes we feel like people are not aware about this. However, I would like to point out that there are more languages that are spoken in Spain, namely Galician and Basque :)

[@VishalsSolotravelerDigit-eq1fv]

as a data scientist and data engineer tech worker cities and town would you recommend, I heard maastricht Delf in netherlands and luxemborg is good

[@banku320]

C for Germany?! They invented pombears! And then there's haribo!

[@alexamurawski4524]

...and we also have a part of the baltic sea

[@Blackadder75]

Germany should be an A or at least B+ , but the Netherlands is the best, so S tier

[@realhawaii5o]

5:45 honestly, Latvian food is ok, I go to Lido sometimes xd

[@AdelSawaf]

Same, furthermore there are tons of dishes which are actually very good (thinking about piradzini for instance, I used to go buy mine at the centrāltirgus in Rīga). Latvia is a great country and has an amazing history but usually Latvians tend to see it as less cool than it is. Sveiks!

[@timonheidema6837]

As a Dutch guy... Everything you said is too true

[@inesfxrreira]

Portuguese person here...thank you for the nice grade! Just letting u now we also are struggling with housing the prices are just getting higher and higher. People usually only get a medium wage and even the people who have a strong education don't get much out of it. It's also very hard to get a job if u are a recent graduate. Most of all, we win for the incredible gastronomy (sad that u did not point that out) and the incredible good looking places that we have! We are a country full of history. We also have big greeny places unfortunately every year we get less due to the fires...what can we say? our government does nothing abt it. Anyways, thank you again for the comments. YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD COME!

[@iqui]

I love how some countries get judged by their housing crisis and some by dracula, pasta or their name :). Just such an amazing video! btw. this room looks so comfy😮

[@dreamcatcherua]

i don‘t remember how did I found Erika‘s channel, but thank you KZbin algorithm!

[@autumnsai]

WHERE DID YOU BUY THOSE ADVENTURE TIME POSTER??????????????????????????????

[@nirfz]

Maybe i am mistaken, but romanians didn't come up with Dracula. They had the real life role model (not 100% though) where also the name is from. The person comming up with the form you think of, of Dracula was Bram Stoker. And he got his inspiration from the story "Camilla" of irish writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. That story btw. takes place in the south east of austria (what is now the south east, not when he wrote it) ->Styria. That said, you call vienna "shiny"? No idea what you mean by that, but quick tip: ride the subway U6 early in the morning or in the evening, and you will not call vienna shiny anymore ;-).

[@flipandgame431]

So many great countries left out :(

[@davidoyega]

Erika, I agree with you. Spain is too hot, not everywhere in Spain though, some places are too hot and too cold at the same time! Like Madrid! I'm spanish and I migrated from there as soon as I had some liberty from my parents 26 years ago!

[@Blackadder75]

I visited the baltic countries in 2023 ( ok only the 3 capitals) I liked it, despite the expensive groceries, which I could afford because I am from the decadent West. Maybe the rest of the countries are still backwater villages with dirt roads, but the capitals are charming, I especially liked the 18th- 19th century architecture and I am glad that the soviet occupation did not destroy that. You could see that once upon a time the Hansa trading brought a lot of wealth to the Baltics.

[@MikeTheWesterner]

Hello from South Carolina, USA 🌴🌴 love your videos, I listen to them when I'm driving to my university and this one is another banger

[@salozinp]

Many sterotypes

[@Sadlander2]

I'm from Luxembourg and this idea that everyone here is rich... Every time I see the amount that is supposed to be the "average income", I look around and wonder where are all these people who supposedly earn that much! Here's the thing about statistics and averages: Let's say 8 out of 10 people earn 2000€ per month and the other 2 earn 22.000€ per month. This would make an average of 6000€ per person, even though 4/5 of the people only earn 2000€. This is exactly what's going on here. We have a lot of banks and a lot of bank directors earn a fortune and it's what those few people earn that makes the average so high and make it seem like everyone here is rich.

[@tangente00]

That is why median salary is the better statistic. Even then you are almost at the top in Europe.

[@pman-y7m]

this is a cool assesment thanks for this video.

[@Mattroid99]

7:02 "Lithuanian Granduchy and Vytautas crying in the corner"

[@scriptyshake]

I'm French and even I would put France in F tier lmao

[@siimtulev1759]

Don't underestimate Estonian language.. It's very similar to Finnish :D

[@libitum_ad]

As a fellow German I'd say a C is pretty accurate, got kind of lost to me though what you find to be the ups ^^ also good to know that the Isle of man is an actual country and not from game of thrones Iceland belongs in S tier though just alone for the fact that they are chilling on a big active vulcano like it is some theme park ride giggeling at the cracks revealing earths core nutation

[@alexamurawski4524]

i think thats a very subjective ranking - sounds you prever the pulsing big city life and don't like quite littele sleeping villages and nature ...maybe it changes when your older. would be interresting to see a list in 5 or 10 years from now

[@janis551]

Living 2 years in GER and still giving it a C is really what our country is all about.

[@tangente00]

You need someone that shows you around in Liechtenstein, then it is S Tier .... minus the high prices .... ending in B Tier

[@shanicestella2226]

Sweden , Its a best place to satisfying my introvert craving

[@karem9605]

Great video Erika, regards from The Netherlands,

[@juliansenfr]

I don't think Switzerland has ever gotten a D in anything Until this!

[@MSS47Ag]

About the Dutch housing crisis: generally, if you want social housing in one of the big cities, [Randstad] the waiting list is between 15 and 30 years. Market priced rental is usually way shorter of a waiting list; if you got the money you could move in next week so to speak. Mortgage housing depends on whether you can convince your bank/mortgage lender to lend you into a certain financial group so that you can pick the ‘most expensive’ house your income allows. We have a new government since 2024 (predominantly *very* conservative right wing, but with some key elements from left wing socialism) that promises a significant increase in the total amount of new houses that are to be built in the future. But yeah housing has always been a slow burner problem in The Netherlands. And we’re starting to creep up towards 20 million residents, so it’s quite the hot topic in our part(s) of the world!🙂

[@autumnsai]

anyway your hair looks awesome

[@elisa2665]

While Finland is not a part of Scandinavia, it belongs to Nordic countries together with Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland, and we all have similar flags 😌

[@zooziz5724]

I stopped at Estonia to type this comment. If you give fair score to Lithuania, just like you did to latvia I'm subbing. Edit: sadly you gave wrong score to us :( it should've been D. But I'm from there and we never keep our word so I sub because you are braliukas!

[@SuperHawk0413]

Switzerland, at least the non-French part, is a low-tax country (including the healthcare insurance) compared to Germany and France. I'm German, live in Switzerland.

[@Alexander-rr6yn]

And the Italian part ? Is it a low tax area too ?

[@khafe3]

I wish you ranked Bosnia (and Herzegovina) based on anything else but the name 😂

[@ashleys4263]

Krakow Poland is awesome! I agree with your rating. Leaning more towards an A though

[@Oberschutzee]

Towards C*

[@suevialania]

Swiss Country in the center of Europe 🇨🇭🇪🇺! From Portugal 🇵🇹 to Rússia 🇷🇺 and from Iceland 🇮🇸 to Greece🇬🇷!💚❤️🙏🤍💙