When A Country Loses Its Biggest Landmark - Malta

[@pajarothebird9842]

Yes, I definitely would love an island series ! (Faroes Islands, Cyprus, the Balleric Islands, St. Helena and all those lost islands etc.)

[@burinvoyager8964]

Also the squiggly islands in the Hudson’s bay

[@aronaskengren5608]

Pájaro The Bird Åland Islands as well

[@fjellyo3261]

Sukutra islands please!

[@joshuawan7004]

Corfu and the Ionian Islands

[@yodorob]

Bermuda also - what a splendid little island! And it has a similar population density and a similar British naval history.

[@brandonm8234]

ibx "so that's a thing" 2cat

[@reglayass2516]

Love that you covered and you're going to Malta! I went to highschool there (weird, I know) and I remember sitting in Math class and the teacher just gasping in the middle of it and telling us that the Azure window collapsed! It was feared to be collapsing for a while, and unlucky for the window, spring 2016 was a particularly rainy and stormy time, and one day the storm was just too much. I loved just looking at the map and seeing all the familiar places I've been to before :D Hope you like Malta!!

[@reglayass2516]

Don Fatale even if they did set up a camera to monitor it, I doubt they could have done much to prevent the window from crashing

[@Rafay__Hadi]

You can zipline between spain and portugal. I dare you to do it.

[@ibx2cat]

don't want to copy tom scott ;)

[@LiveYourLifeWithJoy]

What?

[@Rafay__Hadi]

@@LiveYourLifeWithJoy You can actually take a zipline across the spanish-portugese border.

[@LUNE.44]

Rafay Hadi Tom Scott is another “youtuber”

[@darkmage35]

Malta looks perfect for getting around on a bicycle.

[@nennoable]

It isn't. The car is king in Malta and the roads are awful, I hope this will change in the future.

[@the_dropbear4392]

It's really not

[@ProfessorEGadd]

Much too warm in the summer! Hopefully though they can harness that sunshine and get some solar-powered electric cars/busses going. You can get just about everywhere with a 60 km journey so it's not like range is an issue!

[@paulthomas8262]

you will die of thrust get run over, or need some pretty descent of road tires and a lot of energy.

[@gui18bif]

@@ProfessorEGadd but eletric cars suck

[@Vanellustrades]

I feel lucky I was able to see it back in 2014, but I still want to go back to Malta. Such a lovely country :)

[@fjellyo3261]

Such a currupt country too ;)

[@matthewvella3479]

@@fjellyo3261 tidher ma min izomm

[@snowyvert]

@@fjellyo3261 who are you to fucking say we're corrupt?

[@lolman533]

The best memer is from Malta - Grandayy.

[@proudtitanicdenier4300]

Dolan Duck is better. Grandayy's editing is shit.

[@idot3331]

@@proudtitanicdenier4300 Getting political, are we?

[@gu98marrafon174]

Dolan duck and grandayy are the same person

[@tintin.9832]

Fun fact: Grandayy has more subscribers that Malta’s population.

[@MiggyAjuice]

I live in Malta and I am proud :)

[@LE-kf4ql]

I'm Maltese, and I'm from Valletta, Proud! :) Lol, when you zoomed in Valletta, you zoomed in the Area called 'Mandragg', the Area I'm from. And although, it's marked as 'few travelling time', traffic is very common.

[@IfStatementCoding]

im from qala

[@julianalcock7617]

The fortifications, built by the Knights of St John are superb

[@alaakhaled6594]

can we have your vision on the anglosphere? if it is a possibility or not post Brexit?

[@nennoable]

Hello from Malta :D. Thanks for the coverage ;)

[@snowcold5932]

Just this summer I went to the place where the azure window was and passed right below the area by boat, it was still a very nice experience

[@aleksamirkovic7530]

Game of thrones was filmed at azure window

[@lelandunruh7896]

I visited Malta a couple years ago, and it was endlessly amusing to me that the total land area of Malta is approximately the same as the city of Lubbock, Texas.

[@opiumextract2934]

Thanks to the ps4 and working nights I met a lot of europeans(my morning is their afternoon) anyway, met a guy from malta...he was shocked I had heard of his country and could actually knew it was an island in the Mediterranean. Good video

[@carlb1056]

The airport was originally RAF Luqa. The old terminal is still there but isn't used for commercial flights. The old runway is the shorter of the 2 runways. I've flown from both. In the early 90s gozo was desolate. Pumpkin farming. I've been 6 times using lira and never been since joining EU. Opted to never go again..

[@nennoable]

RAF Luqa nowadays is the freight terminal. The new airport adjacent to it is technically located in Gudja. The runway is extremely long for an island of this size and can accommodate jumbo jets and even the Antonov megafreighter. Aircraft maintenance is a significant industry here in Malta.

[@TheMarioManiac]

What happened to that cool intro you used last video?

[@allegrablack1583]

Mariomaniac exposed: Mario watches the intro only

[@zcerno_]

From Malta ✠ I have always been proud of my homeland, even though we might not have the technological advancements we deserve, like that of America's, or the mountains and valleys of West Virginia, we have something that not every country has, we have got very rich history(My favourite is St.John Knights era), we got temples of which are older than the pyramids of ancient Egypt themselves, and our language is very unique as it comes from many different origins(Arabic, Italian, English, Spanish, Turkish, etc.). I even got an ancestor whom of which served as a crusader and protected Malta from the Muslim attacks that were happening at the time. This my seem as boasting, and it is :D . I personally think Malta is an amazing country and that is has little to no recognition in today's world :( Thanks for reminding a few of these once holy islands

[@allegrablack1583]

Warrick Le Melitensis de La Valette did someone say West Virginia? Country rooooads

[@zcerno_]

@@allegrablack1583 Ah, I see you're a man of culture

[@santinomamone2674]

Warrick Le Melitensis de La Valette thank you Gesu’

[@SleepyJoeFlorida]

Allegra Black take me hoooome

[@cycklist]

*its. Typo in the title. "It's" only ever means "it is" or "it has". It's an exception to the usual rule about apostrophes and possessives.

[@miyamotoobliteratesgeneric5235]

Portsmouth FC generic comment.

[@niklas4813]

@@miyamotoobliteratesgeneric5235 satsuma

[@ibx2cat]

thanks, I wrote this title at 4am

[@lolman533]

also "is was"

[@julianalcock7617]

The title is in fact correct. Possessive pronouns do not get an apostrophe. When It's is short for "it is" etc, it does get the apostrophe.

[@davidjc03]

Can you do a video like this on Cyprus?

[@mario7049]

Corsica, Sardinia, and/or Sicily next?

[@pwnful42]

Malta airport has two VIP lounges if you count the arrival lounge. Good place to stock up on water bottles since Malta is part of Europe and the price of water reflects that.

[@angryyordle4640]

I went to Malta a few years ago. Very beautiful island. I kind of miss the arabic-style houses of Sliema and the lemonade Kinnie that has an extremely unique taste and is basically only available in Malta even nowadays.

[@ylpea5170]

Joshua El-Samalouti Kinnie is so good, I miss it,too.

[@Humbulla93]

yes!!!! kinnie best tasting soft drink ever

[@NathanPortelli19]

Great to see your interest in my country. Hope you enjoy your stay here

[@Mystakaphoros]

fun fact: my great aunt bumped into Gadaffi once there in like 1958

[@ImpulseGDDDD]

You should make a video about Tristan da Cunha

[@KingKeanuTheFirst]

I also think the UK should use the single transferable vote.

[@ibx2cat]

I'd like it, I just don't think either of the main parties will ever make it happen

[@KingKeanuTheFirst]

@@ibx2cat They won't do it because they'll lose the higher percentage of votes.

[@GeographyNerd]

@Don Fatale AV and STV aren't necessarily the same though they both have the preferential ranking system. The big difference is that STV is normally used with multi-seat constituencies whereas AV is normally used in single-seat constituencies. It was believed at the time that switching to AV in the UK wouldn't actually be beneficial as it has the same disadvantages as the current system, as a lot of the votes are still wasted and there's only one party representing one constituency. STV is much more proportional and each constituency has a wider variety of parties and MPs representing it.

[@GeographyNerd]

@Don Fatale Well since UKIP was an extra-parliamentary party at the time and had a lot of opposition, it may have helped to have AV and they would have picked up some more seats, but I think that a lot of UKIP voters would have put Conservatives as a second choice, and since only one seat can be filled with AV, the Conservatives would have picked up a lot of 2nd place as well as its 1st place votes which would have still made them relatively successful. Also, there's the risk that many Lib Dem and Labour voters might have created a so called "cordon sanitaire" to try and avoid UKIP from winning the seat by putting the Conservatives as a second choice, which would in a lot of cases been enough for them to win the seat. The issue with single-member constituencies is that since there can only be one winner, there's a lot of strategical voting which can be amplified with AV. On one hand, AV could be beneficial but it is still flawed because of the amount of wasted votes, strategical voting, and the lack of variety of parties representing the constituency. On the other hand, it would give (a bit) more power to small parties, allow more people to have an actual say in the final result and people would feel like they had a bigger say in the democratic process. It's not as simple to count up the votes, however and it's more complicated for voters to understand. Also, some political scientists say that the resuts could be more skewed towards the large parties because they would pick up lots of 2nd place votes from small party voters, although that's debatable. I would personally say that a Proportional List system or STV would be better for the UK, because AV would still not solve some of the negative effects of First Past The Post. The UK has always been very focused on the importance of the local MP, and Constituency Representation. STV and Proportional List would require larger or fewer constituencies and there would be multiple MPs from different parties, which would be a drastic change from the current system. As long as the current two parties have a say in the electoral system used, then it won't be changing soon because of the fact that they would be big losers if the result was actually proportional. I suspect the reason the 2011 election was between FPTP and AV instead of FPTP and a Proportional System was because the change was small and the large parties wouldn't loose out as much.

[@jwil4286]

FPTP also helps prevent radicals from getting too much power

[@Luredreier]

9:54 The Norwegian main highway (E6) is single lane for most of its length and is usually only two lane in urban areas... And we don't really have more then two lanes in each direction in any of our roads that I'm aware of... So looks legit to me at least... 16:52 Thank you for addressing the electoral system. And yes, single transferable vote is quite a lot better then the current first past the post system in the UK and US. I still think there's better approaches though. 18:08 And *that* seems bad. It reduces the amount of nuances of the political debate in the country and means that a significant amount of voters don't really have their views all that well represented politically (Even if SVT does ensure that there's a real vote for said minority views). Having just two significant poltical parties in a country is in my opinion harmfull for a nation. It's better with a 3 way split with the 2-4 biggest parties having 60% of the representation (roughly 30% on each side) and having many smaller parties on each side of the bigger ones and between them that still have genuine political power.

[@clayprent8753]

The same thing is going to happen to Durdle Door in Dorset. Imo it’s much more beautiful than this site in Malta. Thank god it’s still standing but who knows for how long with limestone structures?

[@ronaldsmith3663]

Can you get a Maltese Falcon in Malta?

[@devenscience8894]

I might have to add Malta to my list of future have-to-gos.

[@paulthomas8262]

Given that Malta has so many archaeological sites and other landmarks, thsi is a fairly minor loss. It is definitely not its biggest landmark. Or even Gozo's biggest landmark.

[@BHuang92]

I remember Malta as the place where Game of Thrones was filmed (too bad they will never film there again)

[@PJDubbing]

Dammit, If I watched this earlier i would've given you a tour man!

[@wirecardauditingintern2020]

Where did the intro go?

[@jwil4286]

The UK uses FPTP and they have at least one strong 3rd party (SNP, or LD)

[@amorembalming]

This is great mate. Really enjoyed it. Thank you.

[@realkilju]

That hole in the rock was thousands of years old and now it just desided to break :_(

[@jurgenc18]

Pro tip: once you go there don't forget to have some pastizzis and twistees.

[@moover123]

Lol, finally I know where Malta is. I've been too lazy to look it up for too long. I was just always trying to imagine it in my head where it could be and considering I know the geographics of europea more or less, I was just thinking, somehow it doesnt fit anywhere in between the countries on the continent. Yeah, it's an island, I now know that. I guess I've been also mixing it up with Andorra.

[@larrybrennan1463]

Emphasizes its small size and population, but when does he get around to giving the figures? Area? Population? Anything?

[@fjellyo3261]

Hey Toycat! In which country would you like to live?

[@ProfessorEGadd]

Interesting point about the two-party system but not fully explored. One of the other stand-out features of Maltese politics is the voter turnout which is always above 90%, making it the highest in the world (excluding places where voting is compulsory or where a dictator makes up whatever numbers they like). Almost nobody changes their vote from one party to the other, but lots of people vote to choose which party member gets elected. This means that a lot of the interesting politics is _within_ parties rather than between them. This keeps the parties as a whole highly responsive to what people want and avoids the two party stagnation seen is places with FPTP.

[@nikanikuradze7437]

0:22 Luxembourg is not larger than Georgia

[@skat3939]

Listen I have been watching you for a while and I also study geography but since I started watching you I have been happier while learning about it it's weird and btw you would be a great geography teacher but I love your videos I watch them all the time and It would be cool if you did an Island series based off of a bunch of Island nations or you can talk about the random French owned Islands every where

[@wp_lb4_972]

Maltese and proud ❤️ Love my country so much.

[@sivvyandquiks1285]

My mum and nana use to live in malta

[@solariuus]

Funny coincidence: I am a subscriber from Finland, and leaving Malta on Friday morning :D

[@lando8801]

Can we get an F for grandayy?

[@im.not.typical91]

Malta sounds like a forgein chocolate snack

[@MMMM-pq1cj]

Well, there's a swiss chocolate snack called Malteser, that's what german speaking people call Maltese people.

[@the_dropbear4392]

@@MMMM-pq1cj maltesers are a British chocolate/biscuit snack

[@yodorob]

In the same way that Maltese is an Arabic-ish language with much Italian influence, English is a Germanic-ish language with much French influence.

[@omegajordan4002]

Australia has a 2 party system and has single transferrable vote

[@clarktaylor8729]

They speak English in Malta right ?

[@the_dropbear4392]

Yeah most people do

[@santinomamone2674]

And Italian

[@ravtastic9802]

X understands Y but Y doesnt understand X. One thing for you: Scottish. And it's not even a seperate language.

[@Killerspieler0815]

unintrerrupted more then 110 Years of changing occupation ... *Someone did a bad history job* @ 3:44 : 1. missing Occupation by Roman empire 2. missing Occupation by Byzantine empire 3. The Pal. flag is NOT an Arab flag

[@malteee9073]

Lol I love Malta I've been there twice and I'm only 16 years old. I asked myself when you are finally making a video about it. When you visit Malta you have to visit Medina. It's such a beautiful city :) greetings from Germany

[@malteee9073]

Mdina*

[@malteee9073]

No seriously please visit Mdina this city is so interesting

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

Malta is a beautiful country. 🇲🇹

[@SelcChaboi]

Good points about their voting system! Great vid as always

[@SilvanaDil]

And in Malta (unlike Canada, laughs this American annoyed by its sanctimonious virtue signaling) you can see paintings by Caravaggio.

[@2neutrino]

ok

[@ProfessorEGadd]

This is probably one of the most unhinged comments on KZbin. Congrats?

[@SilvanaDil]

@@ProfessorEGadd - My point is that tiny Malta has works by Caravaggio whereas egotistical Canada does not. Canada "thinks" it's better than the U.S. The museums, universities, theme parks, etc. point to the opposite.

[@ProfessorEGadd]

@@SilvanaDil So you think Canada is egotistical, sanctimonious and thinks it's better than the USA. So you've decided to put them in their place by pointing out they lack any paintings by a particular early modern artist, unlike a totally different country which does. Bravo I guess? Do you think this is normal behaviour or do you recognise this as a superiority complex?

[@SilvanaDil]

@@ProfessorEGadd - Do you think it's normal to respond to what you consider an abnormal comment? Do you have a life?

[@iioiogfgdfg]

I lived there once for 2 years

[@debestgaming-ed1mq]

Definitely the “New Zealand” t-shirt

[@vincentliet7995]

I thought Vatican is a lot smaller country in the E.U. than Malta.

[@ibx2cat]

Vatican isn't in the EU, micro countries are all in weird agreements with the EU

[@JuliaFar]

Dude most Maltese people mostly speak English, I grew up speaking English and definitely speak it more than Maltese. Our schools are also English speaking

[@in5ertname259]

8:46 I lived there for like 4

[@Maebbie]

hussling at 14, thats the spirit

[@sohopedeco]

Toycat! Come to Brazil!

[@defaultmesh]

If Malta is the country, and Maltese is the national language. Is Maltesers the national dish?

[@julianalcock7617]

Well done ibx, you have picked up a good understanding of the country. Have a good trip. Try to learn the pronunciation of the language, if only for the place names. You will earn the respect of the locals. One thing that you didn't touch on is the high level of immigrants (legal, illegal, non EU, EU and boat people) which has drastically altered the demographic and cultural scene over the last few years. Go into a bar and order a drink in Maltese and you will quite often get blank looks.

[@robih2313]

0:23 there is no Monaco

[@TheMightyKinkle]

Could Daenerys' dragons destroyed it after Khal Drogo died?

[@mygetawayart]

I've been there a while ago. Malta is an amazing tourist destination especially during the summer, very similar to some seaside towns in Sicily, put aside all the money scams and whatever they do with the migrants.

[@atrumluminarium]

Money scams? And Malta's the only Mediterranean country that has been taking asylum seekers consistently for the past 20 years whereas countries like Italy and Spain just point migrant boats to Malta lol. A fifth of the maltese population is all asylum seekers and when the country asked for help with giving them asylum they kept making up excuses and refusing to help because of technicalities. The population density is already unsustainable without counting the migrants, the island simply cannot handle any more

[@jakepillow7809]

Erm I’m Maltese and found it randomly so hey thanks for this it’s pretty cool

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

I'm from Germany so my passport is even stronger than the UK or US one but I didn't know that you can buy your way into citizenship in Malta. Really interesting video and I learned quite a bit.

[@mbevks]

Come to Kansas, USA!

[@tintin.9832]

I remember when it collapsed... Sad times

[@MiggyAjuice]

Yeah.... We used to get a lot of visitors and I believe it was a World Wonder! 😭

[@tintin.9832]

MiggyAjuice My whole family was devastated

[@Conradd23]

As a linguistics major, "arabic-normal" is a perfectly acceptable term. XD

[@ibx2cat]

hahaha thank you :D I love linguistics but I'm super out of touch with most of it

[@Conradd23]

@@ibx2cat That's okay. You have to be pretty crazy to really dive deep into it.

[@angryyordle4640]

Most people on Malta are native English speakers or at least speak English pretty well, there's a handful amount of people speaking Maltese (arabic dialect) though

[@nennoable]

It's the other way around, practically everyone speaks Maltese and the majority of people also speak English, but not all. If you live in a village and not in Sliema or Bugibba 99% of conversations are in Maltese. Unlike Welsh or Irish Gaelic, Maltese is pretty much the first language for most people and not just a vestige of the past.

[@ibx2cat]

Maltese is the "preferred" language by the majority, but over 90% speak English at near native proficiency

[@nennoable]

@@ibx2cat that's a bit optimistic, it's true for younger and/or educated people, if you wander off the tourist trail you'll find many people who can't speak English to save their life. ;)

[@nader50752]

@@nennoable That's mostly because they stopped going to school after Form 5 or 6th form,

[@nennoable]

@@nader50752 you'll be surprised how many students in places like MCAST have scandalous levels of English for a 20 year old.

[@DanMan5000]

4:07 "The British side of the road"

[@lexergaming]

Grandayy is from Malta

[@fjellyo3261]

Sokutra Islands please!

[@clarktaylor8729]

Come visit Whidbey Island Washington USA

[@jwil4286]

“The EU is morphing into a more federalized state” And you wonder why Brexit happened

[@sicktoaster]

I know where I'm moving if I win the lottery!

[@interpassivity]

surely meet up with @grandayyy

[@therockas8190]

imma make tea

[@TheLionsDenz]

Very nice video

[@FairyCRat]

Only 1 airport indicates a microstate? So Bhutan and Madagascar are microstates? I guess most rich and densely urbanised countries with just 1 airport are all microstates, otherwise they'd have built other large international airports already, but poorer countries with a lot of unspoilt nature also have usually between 1 and 3 airports.

[@ibx2cat]

Bhutan has 4 airports, Madagascar has 30+ though haha. Airports definitely don't equal size, but I think having no need for domestic flights might be a good indicator

[@FairyCRat]

@@ibx2cat Oh well then Malta actually has 3 airports I believe, only 1 large-scale 1 though.

[@jurgenc18]

@@FairyCRat actually there is only 1

[@juliasmith5267]

awesome video.

[@fasoooli2751]

when a country loses its biggest land mark me : prussia ;(

[@falconofbalasagun4163]

هههههه زعلان على بروسيا، عاساس انت ألماني.

[@fasoooli2751]

مالك صلاح انا اكتب الي بكيفي ^^

[@falconofbalasagun4163]

@@fasoooli2751 انت سوري مهيك؟

[@fasoooli2751]

@@falconofbalasagun4163 لا سعودي

[@falconofbalasagun4163]

مبالي سوري لان اسمك شامي. يالله مو مشكل, اهلا وسهلا رح جهزلك ابريق شاي اكرك عجم مشان تتفرج عرواق

[@goldnile718]

Wait is toycat had a business partner when he was 14? Is that normal?

[@JECastle4]

Nah, don't watch the other channel and I think you should care about this one!

[@nikodemdobrenko3680]

portugal police anyone anomaly?

[@Nothyo666]

Hey Liechtenstein

[@Dean_Borg]

I am from Malta

[@marisadaniela6]

Ti ni borza flus. I dont think I spelled it right, but if you get what I mean, let me know

[@nennoable]

'give me a bag of cash' literally. ;)

[@marisadaniela6]

@@nennoable yaaaay! So I did remember how to speak after all these years!!! My best friend's dad was Maltese. That's all I ever learned, though.

[@nennoable]

@@marisadaniela6 you can always visit and learn more, the locals will appreciate ;).

[@jurgenc18]

Lol great but there isn't a space between ti and ni, it's one word

[@abdullahmoh3031]

Can you talk about jordan Love your channel btw

[@jdc9621]

yes

[@sunshower6560]

Can someone shorten the video and tell me what it lost?

[@ibx2cat]

Azure window ;)

[@gustavsk6096]

Who else thought Malta was their capital? 😂