American Reacts Swiss Alps

[@laziojohnny79]

The stones on the barns and sheds are to prevent mice and rats to climb on op the poles and reach the stored food.

[@markmuller7962]

Great insight 🙏

[@S.erwinsdottir]

I wanted to said the same. I saw similar barns also in Norway.

[@MLWitteman]

This must be one his most beautiful episodes! As a Dutchman, I’m so jealous of our neighbors up the Rhine. My county is as flat as a pancake. How beautiful must it be, to wake up those views! Warm greetings from the Netherlands.

[@lucasstocker5055]

As Swiss I really like the Netherlands and is people, yes you are flat af but you still have nice sceneries like the flower camps or the coastlines and living here I often miss the sea and is food… Go Oranje!🧡

[@MLWitteman]

@@lucasstocker5055 nice to hear that! I just love the Swiss, we are so much alike, but our countries almost the polar opposites. That’s why I nice that we are just a river apart from each other.

[@semi2893]

Warm greetings back to you from Switzerland - don't be jealous, you have a sea and we don't 🥰

[@lukaszepesi]

But you have such nice biking instead :) I wish Switzerland would make more biking paths away from roads like the Netherlands that would be nice. But otherwise I agree with you and warm greetings to you to :)

[@martinmeier1130]

Warm greetings back to the netherlands

[@sirijaw]

I grew up in Switzerland, and I never got bored of our scenery. As a child we would travel to different places within the country for vacation, everything is the same and different at the same time.

[@zaram131]

So jealous of you. 😄

[@SavageIntent]

Switzerland does actually have a lot of vineyards producing wine!

[@taar1]

Lavaux!

[@micade2518]

Les vins du Valais ! I once went on a wine tasting route in the Valais. Super! The thing with Swiss wine is that they cannot produce enough to export much. Most of the production is therefore for local consumption.

[@sadgfasdg542]

@@micade2518As it should be. to be honest i think its ridiculous I can go into the store and find literally houndreds of bottles of different wine even from australia, argentina and what not... so unecessary and decadent when we have good local wines as well.

[@S.erwinsdottir]

​​@@micade2518also in Canton Vaud. ❤

[@woodchuck94og]

But its really bad we all buy vine from italy or france 😂​@@S.erwinsdottir

[@MrChillerNo1]

12:13 "If you grew up in Switzerland you are very spoiled" Yes. Yes, indeed. I can confirm.

[@darwinmetropolis8768]

At 14:30 Rick mentions the Habsburg Empire from Austria. Originally, the Habsburgs came from today's Switzerland, more precisely from the canton of Aargau. Their ancestral castle, the Habsburg, can be visited.

[@kierontemnov2452]

Today the 1st fo August is Switzerland's national holiday! Greetings from Canton Solothurn 🇨🇭

[@arnodobler1096]

Congrats from Lake Constance I can hear it 😂

[@mccarthy86]

The Matterhorn has the highest death toll of any mountain. Other mountains are harder to climb, but because so many more climbers attempt it thinking its easy, they end up realising it is a lot more difficult and die. Also the north face of the Eiger is considered to be top 3 hardest climbs in the world. It's killed so many professional climbers they call it the Murder Wall.

[@nayana1926]

actually when u stopped at 19:00, this scenery was the inspiration for the shire in tolkiens lord of the rings. he visited lauterbrunnen many times to disconnect from the world and write his awesome books i live in the swiss flats but just visited this area, exactly a year ago to show this beauty to some friends from germany. it was just an amazing experience for all of us.

[@lichtsignatur3367]

Heey, Switzerland here, Berner Oberland❤ Grapes are in the Seeland, part francophone and in the Canton of Valais❤ Observing you, you definately need to come back here for visiting...your heart is melting❤ much love from above the Lake of Thun❤❤❤

[@philroue]

Switzerland is amazing. I've walked up to the Hornlihutte on the Matterhorn, hiked down the Aletsch Glacier from the Jungfraujoch, and was defeated by snow on the Schilthorn.

[@bessonnet]

At 9:09 these are stones to make impossible for rats to climb in the grain stockage

[@MaikKellerhals]

The flat stones on top of building's stilts is to prevent rats or other vermin getting into the grain or whatever is (was) stored there.

[@annikakaister3041]

Those houses on stilts with the stones in between are storage barns! :) The mice and rats can’t climb upside down, so the harvest would be safe from them with that extra border

[@Mary-zp8uw]

Lavaux is a region in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, in the district of Lavaux-Oron. Lavaux consists of 830 hectares of terraced vineyards that stretch for about 30 km along the south-facing northern shores of Lake Geneva. It is listed as UNESCO World Heritage site.

[@vici7]

22:00 you can just go outside and walk wherever you want. but I recommend you to have some serious mountaineering equipment and experiance. otherwise you can die very fast. the glaciers have huge holes you don't see when walking on them. and you also can get exausted very fast because of the hight. but you can do mountaineering in the alps wherever you like for free. if you can't do it and die: well it's your live! :P ;)

[@micade2518]

As I've said already, Rick Steves' Europe is about the best travel site I've ever seen on YT. He gets it all: the sights, the historical background, the local cultural specificity and ... food, all with intelligent, knowlegeable comments! I love it!

[@MrChillerNo1]

24:20 Yes, it's more easy to get sunburn in high altitude. Correctly deducted!

[@KellySmithDavis]

Man, you have got my nostalgia going! I traveled through Switzerland on a high school French trip and I 100% agree about the breathtaking beauty of the landscape. I've always wanted to get back there and hike some of those trails. As for the sunburn risk.... that's a big yes. I spent a summer in college studying in the French Alps (equally gorgeous) and, naive Ohio girl that I was, thought nothing of sitting outside on an overcast day one afternoon in May. I full on got sun poisoning and had tshirt tan lines from that one day for nearly two years! Wear sunscreen.

[@zaram131]

I was there last fall but I want to go back and go hiking too!

[@MrFelis1]

Such beautiful places, what you showed in the video. Thanks for the great React. Thumb up

[@janettesinclair6279]

Excellent film - Rick Steves is the best at making these journeys and taking us along. This is such a beautiful country - thank you for showing this, Connor. PS grapes are grown in some parts of Switzerland, the French speaking area to the west (and maybe elsewhere). I am sure they probably make wine.

[@stefmethaudsw]

9:10 this construction was a traditional granary. The stones protects grain from mice.

[@javierwhite8295]

I love your passion for Switzerland ! You look so fascinated its pretty cool !

[@Liniarkable]

For sunburns thiner athmosphere plays a role but the real reason why you can burn in a matter of minute is that the white ice / snow reflects ALOT of the UVs so you get burn from the direct sun AND acres and acres of reflective snow

[@andreathompson7896]

About 15 years ago I did a week holiday in Switzerland, hiking mainly, based in Lauterbraunen. It is still my favourite holiday.

[@konstruktivismuskonstru9360]

Grapes are mainly grown in the south and west parts of Switzerland, where it is warmer and more sunny.

[@stefmethaudsw]

There are a lot of wineyards in Switzerland. But not at high altitude. Climate in Switzerland in really diverse, due to altitude. it is said that when you go up 1000 meters in altitude, the climate changes as if you were going 1000 kilometers north. so in Switzerland we go from a Mediterranean climate to an Arctic climate in a few dozen kilometers.

[@elliesconcerts]

What a coincidence you should react to this! I've just got back (a week ago) from a holiday in Switzerland. I spent a couple days each in Basel, Bern, Lucerne and Zurich. I did lots of hiking!...and eating cheese...haha 😂

[@miro7605]

The stone on the house in Zermatt are there that the mouses can't climb into the house. Liebi Grüessli us Winterthur

[@CaptainLonestarr]

Hello from switzerland, my wife is from Zermatt, I'm from Laax Graubünden. We travelled the world, but we love to come back to the most beautiful place. We are a bit spoiled, but we know it. Unfortunately it's getting a bit crowded here. Greets

[@MrChillerNo1]

28:21 Agsin, you guessed correctly. It's often to cold for grapes, there is Swiss wine, but it's for the most part grow in the valleys. some though grow them suprisingly high, but with much smaller harvest (due to the short summer), thus making it mostly for regional consumption. Also grapes need specific soil types to really be usable for wine production (sandy yet nutrient rich) which is rarely the case in the alps.

[@creativeembargo]

We have quite a lot of wine in the southern parts of the country.

[@davideburgener9922]

As a person who lives and grew up in swiss these views are comon so yes we are spoiled in this point indeed but we also like to just relax with a beer and enjoy the view.

[@brass427]

I took some American friend's to the Jungfraujoch 30-some years ago. It was warm and sunny at the base station and a howling blzzard at the peak.

[@MrChillerNo1]

22:40 These paths the senns (herder) used, are sometimes still used today for that reason (twice a year, once up, once down). But most today are hiking paths. The more accessible ones are made into roads, but most are hiking paths.

[@markusfuerer5431]

Great review - sympathetic guy you are 👍🏻 ❤ from 🇨🇭

[@nagarenius]

24:19 Yes you get burnt much more easily! Really need to think of this before going up high. Greets from switzerland, keep on the good work. :D

[@nathanfahrni5547]

the stone underneath the buildings ontop of the pillars, was to keep mice out.

[@MrChillerNo1]

19:00 Lauterbrunnen was inspiration for Tolkiens Rivendell (Recluse of the elves)...

[@91sse]

Those flat stones under the "raccard"at 0900 are there to block the mices and other rodents to access into the interior were grain and/or hay are kept.

[@KellyTheOG]

Amazing yodelling Connor 😂

[@SH1974]

9:03 indeed, those are discs of stones. Mouse-protection, especially for food and grain storage cabins.

[@j4m1e38]

The Swiss produce great vine😉

[@Ichi-San-1501]

No, the motor (E-Bike) doesn't charge by riding it. It has a removable battery you need to charge (plug).

[@almostyummymummy]

Ah, Jungfrau. How I miss you, beautiful girl. And Eiger. Wish I could have climbed both of you, but time would not allow it. Such great memories of the whole place. I think we need to go back.

[@SuperBechti]

We have to keep in mind that Switzerland is not just beautiful landscapes but is also highly industrialized. In Basel we have some great pharmaceutical and chemical companies. Watch making companies and world technicals machinery providers are some of our greatest industries, without forgetting Nestlé that was created in Switzerland and has its headquarter in Vevey on the Lake Geneva shore.

09:09 Those are stone plates. They prevent rats and mice from climbing to the building. In the past, the upper floor in that building was probably used to store foods.

[@SuperBechti]

In Zermatt you can ski in summer as well, on the glacier ☝️

[@VogtIrene-2468]

You asked about the stones under the tiny houses of Zermatt. They are there to make the house safe against mouses. I was often in Zermatt for spending holidays. I feel really blessed to be born in this wonderful country and never could leave it ♥️🥰

[@zaram131]

You are very blessed! I’m from America but my ancestors were from Switzerland. I couldn’t believe how beautiful it was when I visited there.

[@melocoton7]

I'm just here to look for the freak out comments over the cheese guy dipping his beard into the cauldron 🤣

[@patwillis1893]

Has to be the most beautiful place on earth.

[@samuel.andermatt]

The highest mountain from bottom to peak is Moun Kea in Hawai, but the majority is underwater.

[@The_real_Arovor]

I go skiing on the Schilthorn regularly.

[@vici7]

27:25 Well, It worked a little bit different back then. there are many, richer places in switzerland with a less nice view. Back in the day, the poorest people had to live where it was hard to survive. fx: the poor familys got their land near the lakes because the land was getting flodded bei the lake many times in the year. the rich people had their land far away from the lakes. the irony is: today the land near the lake is worth a fortune. so the poor people became very rich. ;)

[@Dimi-s2o]

So fun… just the classic tourispots… deep history dive the Habsburgs where swiss… (close to aarau) they just migrated to austria.

[@creativeembargo]

Yeah, there's a mountain area that has three different springs in close proximity, I guess around 3miles, and they all end up in different ocens, including the Baltic Sea

[@genoobtlp4424]

12:13 yes, we‘re spoiled, but unless you go out you’ll never see a true horizon from Switzerland as there’s always a mountain before the horizon

[@anarkitty0]

The House at 9:00, looks like it´s at least 400-500 years old or parts of it.

[@BigBenVicious]

we have a lot of wine but not high in the mountains, you can check Lavaux Region.

[@TyrionLannister83]

Lauterbrunnen valley actually inspired Tolkien for his Middle Earth

[@Kempeth]

The reason why cows are brought to high meadows in the summer is so that the low lying ones can be harvested for hay, thus increasing the number of animals that can be supported. You don't need a hiking license. Nature is there to be enjoyed ba all.

[@Hurbie_53]

@09:05 These stones prevent rodents from climbing up into the barn since they can't climb overhead.

[@aaronteuscher2303]

Well Switzerland haves a lot of wineyards in the french speaking part around the lake of Geneva.

[@emmanuelthoma127]

at 9:00 yes thats stone, its to keep rats and mice out

[@nl7002]

Also, the stone between the "feet" of the barns were there so rats couldn't climb up and raid the food stored inside.

[@_B_E_N]

9:05 These are stones. They are placed like this so mice and rats cannot reach up there, so the house is kind of on stilts. Back in old times it was needed to for example protect the drying meat or other food from getting nibbled on. Greetings from Switzerland :)

[@S.erwinsdottir]

I'm from Switzerland and I never saw the Matterhorn. 😂 I should go I suppose.

[@markusfuerer5431]

Hey. Niä in Zermatt gsii? Shame on you 😂

[@angela_tarantulas]

LOL 😂 same here! But I seriously can’t stand the masses of tourists that are on certain spots. Maybe one day when general holidays are over, on a Tuesday, early in the morning 😂

[@Ichi-San-1501]

Vor einiger Zeit sah ich mal eine Sendung mit irgendwelchen jungen Schweizer Schönheitskandidatinnen (Nicht: Miss Schweiz), die Quizfragen zur Heimat beantworten mussten​. Mehrere wussten beim Anblick des Matterhorns nicht, wie diese Bergspitze heisst und eine zögerte: "Das ist doch der Berg von der Toblerone, nicht?" Ich war sehr überrascht. @@markusfuerer5431

[@fabionaeff]

Wait, you've been in Liechtenstein? Haven't expected you would've been in my home country. Greetings from Liechtenstein 🇱🇮

[@micade2518]

Mountain heights are measured from sea level.

[@erzsebetnilsson580]

The Donau or Danube is comes from the Black Forest in Germany and through most of the Cenntral European countries and ends and run in to the Black Sea in Russia or the Old Soviet.

[@Michael-vz9xk]

12:27 I will remember the 3 times in my live I truly have seen an ocean... so stuff is missing ;)

[@AnDyHart84]

Funfact: Lauterbrunnen was the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien to create Rivendell ;)

[@samuel.andermatt]

Annapurna is very deadly in percentage in that 32% die, which is 61 people. Materhorn is much safer, but since many more climb it over 500 have died, more than twice as many as everest.

[@swizz_hd_tv8784]

Hello From Switzerland

[@vici7]

9:05 yes, this is stone. keeps the mouses of going into the hous. This are houses of maybe 400 years of age. no one is living in them.

[@Kalidor99]

9:00 Yes that is a stone to prevent mice and rats to enter the house or granary

[@darwinmetropolis8768]

"If you grew up in Switzerland you are very spoiled". Thats's so true. Went to South sweden with some friends this summer. I can't say I was too impressed with the scenery. It's all flat and boring to me. It may seem beautiful to people living in northern Germany or Britain though.

[@markmuller7962]

Norway and northern Sweden are probably way more impressive than where you went

[@darwinmetropolis8768]

@@markmuller7962 I've been to Norway and I think you're right.

[@Manueelaa]

I'm Swiss and and enjoy traveling but to be honest, I have yet to find a place that is more beautiful than Switzerland. Other countries are beautiful too of course and I love experiencing different cultures, different foods, different nature. But was it ever more beautiful? Not really.

[@suisse.1452]

9:04 It's to keep animals like mice out of the cabin

[@Kalidor99]

The tallest mountain is Hawaii, on land in North America it is Denali aka Mount McKinley

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

I don't know much about the advantages of living in Switzerland but the flag's a big plus.

[@NekromDj]

The dangerous one is K2 and Nanga Parbat

[@iveswidmer1027]

We have kind a lot of wine in Switzerland, but i guess we are too small to be recognized out of Switzerland. And unfortunately even a lot of Swiss people say that they don^t like Swiss wine. May it is also too expensive as the salaries a high and the ground expensive.

[@markusfuerer5431]

K2 ist that mountain. Nevertheless, one guy was skiing it down.

[@suisse.1452]

I live not far from Zermatt

[@zaram131]

Do you live in the countryside?

[@fatsam2564]

When will the second inbetweenrs movie be on patron? Please

[@iicundyzz]

Think it was K2 that had like a 25% death rate for many years, although I believe it has improved over recent years due to better equiment/knowledge ect

[@joelleallenspach3397]

Annapurna has the heigest death rate it is around 33% (63 is the last number i found). However with about 500 deaths and counting more found ther end on the Matterhorn. So it is e question of amount vs. percentage

[@anarkitty0]

I think Anapurna I, has about 30% death rate, which is the highest I belive.

[@mortenrollsen271]

Not going to read ALL the comments, but "Lauterbrunnen" actually means "lots of fountains", because of all the waterfalls.

[@annoying_thing]

I live in Switzerland and can explain you something: 5:50 The Matterhorn is dangerous. 8 to 10 people dies every year. But, in fact, that up to 3000 climbs on this mountain, the chance to die is 0.3%, its the 5th most dangerous mountain in the world. 9:05 These are discs of stone. So mice or other small animals can't reach wathever you store in this buildings. 9:30 Here you hear and see the worst ever swiss folk musicians. They are there for making money with tourists only. 28:02 Switzerland has a great Tradition of wine, but not in the mountains, it's to cold and to high altitude for grapes. In the lower valleys like in the canton Wallis or Ticino grapes are growing well. 33:20 The Schilthorn, aka Piz Gloria from the movie "James Bond 007 - On Her Majesty’s Secret Service". As the cable car and the building on the summit was finished, it was a location of this movie, bevore it was opened for public.

[@stofel8822]

my thoughts about the musician, this was very shit

[@angela_tarantulas]

These guys were so bad, I felt sorry for the people listening to them 🙈

[@freudsigmund72]

from base to peak Mauna Kea is the highest mountain. from earth's center Mount Chimborazo is the highest mountain.

[@crackdose9160]

greetings from Luzern

[@sadgfasdg542]

Im pretty sure the highest mountain from its base is in Hawaii just heard it recently but cant remember the name

[@vici7]

31:35 not really. this is just the altitude where no trees can grow. there is just rocks and no humus. this makes it very hard for plants to grow. ;) what you are talking about made the alps and is happening not on the peaks of the mountains.

[@markusfuerer5431]

My beloved 🇨🇭. ❤ come for a beer 🍺 to Zurich.

[@mobileflightchannel1701]

Best country in the world, in every respect!

[@nl7002]

Annapurna/K2/Nanga Parbat are the deadliest 8'000s.

[@mikebrown1881]

You do can fell bad for us: when we go abroad it’s always never as beautiful as our own country ^^

[@brunobastos5533]

You got 3 titles on Mountains, absolute highest is Everest , from base to top is Hawaii , and the farthest from earth core that is Chimborazo

[@Christian-z6x]

Toblerone berg…..Matterhorn❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️