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[@Kiwi2703]

Thinking France and Germany represent the whole Europe is like thinking that China and Japan represent the whole Asia. It just creates misconceptions and false assumptions about the whole continent, which is a mash of hundreds of different cultures who do things differently. Kind of a shame you barely ever show anyone from any country east of Germany.

[@nxila_318]

They said Europe has many cultures, why r u making problems if there aren’t any lol

[@martamarinelli413]

I hate when people do that, i know some of them who always say to me: why do you want to go to Asia? There are only chinese and japanese people and you can't understand anything. I don't think they're smart enough to know that in Asia there are a lot of countries and cultures

[@flxxxmer2092]

@@martamarinelli413 do you also think that two persons from two different countries represent their whole countries?

[@itsytyt5192]

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[@ChristianAngelMarin]

Now do you understand that we are Americans also get annoyed when Europeans think of Americans as this or that. It’s almost just as massive and just as diverse, yet everyone just says. Florida, Texas, New York City, LA, and that’s America.

[@leonie364.]

About the keeping distance one: in Northern Germany we like to say "I can't wait until Corona is over so I can finally get further away from people than only six feet"

[@JS-iy4zb]

Das ist so nord Deutsch 😂

[@leonie364.]

@@JS-iy4zb bin nicht mal so Norddeutsch, komme aus dem Norden NRWs😂

[@jasmin9399]

@@freedomgoddess I live at the border to Denmark you can’t get any northern and we are definitely antisocial

[@FrediLve]

Liebs

[@rachelcookie321]

Is six feet the guideline in Germany? In New Zealand it’s two metres.

[@Onnarashi]

"There's no personal space in Europe." Huh? Go to a Nordic country. If anything, I think there's MORE personal space in many European countries compared to the USA. "You have to use coins in Europe." Again, travel to a Nordic country. Personally, I do use cash sometimes, but generally you don't need cash for most transactions. All stores take cards. Maybe not vending machines, but I haven't used one in ages so I don't know. This is the problem with comparing a single country to an entire continent. There are SO many cultural differences, systems, currencies etc. that it's impossible to say "Europe does this" or "Europe does that".

[@johnalden5821]

In Germany I did run into a couple of small cafe/restaurant/bistro places that were cash-only. Actually, in one of these places, the server could make change only from a change purse. When we tried to pay, she came up short on the change and said there was nothing she could do. It was an amount around 10 Euros or maybe more. So we ended up leaving a very large "tip." Not happy.

[@WalintHUN]

@@johnalden5821 That's really weird and rude, in Hungary they solve it, an employee running out to the next shop to change money or if they can't they just let you go for free you were "guest for the house". But nowadays even the smallest Chinese shop has a card reader...

[@lxportugal9343]

@@johnalden5821 " *It was an amount around 10 Euros or maybe more* " How can she not have 10 euros in change?....... That doesn't make sense, she is receiving money from the costumers.

[@Asa...S]

@@johnalden5821 He´s talking about the Nordic countries. Not Germany.

[@xXxLebDieSekundexXx]

I live in Norway, and I have yet to encounter someplace that doesn't accept cards. All vending machines I've seen in the last ten years have accepted cards. Seven years ago, I was on a school trip to Leipzig (Germany), and the closest grocery store to where we were staying at didn't accept cards, and there weren't any ATMs withing walking distance, so that was total "bruh" moment. Tho, after the first visit to that store, I always made sure to keep some cash on me

[@reminotinparis]

The credit card thing in France has definitely changed now since the pandemic. You can pay by card everywhere, I am french and I really never need to get some cash with me

[@marineenfoncezemmour8113]

I don't always use my credit card no. Old tradition. I'm scared one steals my card. I prefer to get stolen a bit of cash.

[@mattchtx]

I’ve been to France (mostly Paris) twice. In 2006 when I went the first time I had to use cash quite often. I went again in 2018 and I don’t think I used cash once.

[@sandrawiersma2512]

Vegetable vendors at farmer's markets don't accept cards usually. At least in Toulouse they don't, unless they're in one of the really big indoor halls.

[@BrazenDirigibles]

@@marineenfoncezemmour8113 you can immediately put a hold on the card and get a new one though no?

[@seeschildkroete]

In Germany there are a lot more options to pay by card too. Even little bakerys.

[@Rothstein]

In Spain tipping is completely voluntary and optional. Normally, if you are satisfied with the service is common to leave a tip (in cash) after paying (by card or cash too).

[@evertonpereira14]

In Brazil is optional too.

[@noefillon1749]

Interesting because in France it is "optional" and... nobody gives tips (or at least I've never seen).

[@alexdel5629]

@@noefillon1749 That's the same in Italy, tipping is basically non-existent.

[@clupean]

Tipping in US restaurants is a different concept: the customers are literally paying the waiter's salary, and the restaurant's owner has to compensate the waiter up to the minimum wage if they didn't get enough tips to reach the minimum wage. In Europe, the waiters already receive their own salary and the tip is extra "black" money that they don't declare and don't pay taxes on.

[@tl8211]

@@evertonpereira14 In most full-service restaurants, they add 10% to the payment. That's the equivalent to the "tip" from the US.

[@sweetTRS]

In Italy, or at least the north where I live: - university is paid in accordance to your parent’s income, every year - you don’t use cards for something that costs less than 5€ - you don’t tip through cards or signs, just leave 1-2€ on the table (tipping isn’t really common) - we recycle (food, paper, glass and plastic)based on the choices of our district (we pay taxes based on that)

[@HarunaMaurer]

It's the same as in Spain!

[@irissupercoolsy]

In Belgium we don't even tip... like ever.

[@_ryu__jin_]

ma non è queste cose cambino da nord a sud

[@noemsnoems5557]

Actually that's the same in France ! Funny!

[@imthethevillainofyourstory2670]

university's are paid accordioning to what your parents make is the same here in the us

[@FurryPeachify]

So cute how the comment section really brings home the fact that Europe is a mish mash of very different countries/cultures who do not like being lumped together as though we’re all the same xD I love Europe, I love being European, I think our many different cultures and long histories give all our countries great charm. So yeah, I like us being “Europe”. However having lived in France for several years (as a Dutch woman) has really made me see how very different we are culturally and exactly how much influence my own culture has had on me. So in that way I am European, but also very Dutch :) Then again I imagine that America’s states each have their own differences, much like our countries do!

[@lydiavancleave9459]

As an American, I can say that America's states definitely have some individuality.

[@martinaspohr2663]

I agree that is the same here in America. It is a good thing. Makes life more interesting and makes a person appreciate others points of view.

[@irissupercoolsy]

I just realised I never see videos of "State x versus state x in the USA". It's always "USA vs. Europe" or different countries that are compared.

[@christina5545]

Well said! As an American from NY I get so annoyed when people generalize the entire US. Same with each country in Europe. Yes, there may be some similarities between places but we are definitely not all the same

[@Daneelro]

The US is regionally diverse, more diverse than most Europeans realise on the basis of their movie/TV knowledge, but still much less regionally diverse than Europe. In fact, I'd say less regionally diverse than some of the bigger single countries in Europe, like Germany. Language, building style, brands in shops, eating habits, work habits change greatly across Europe, but have been more or less standardised across the US due to post-WWII suburbanization, so it is much easier to move from state to state in the US than it is from country to country even within the borderless Schengen Zone of the EU in Europe.

[@michaelwilliamgraham]

I think they missed the boat on a few of these. Mostly the one about coins. Europe has 0.50€, 1€, and 2€ coins. The smallest note is a 5€ bill. The largest coin in wide circulation in the states is $0.25. Fifty cent coins and $1 coins exist but are so rare they’re almost seen as collector’s items (by many) instead of being used as currency. The smallest note is the $1 bill. This translates into Americans keeping $1 bills in their wallets and dumping their coins into a jar or something and then periodically emptying that jar at the bank or coin exchange machine once the jar fills up. In contrast Europeans keep and use their coins because the number of things costing between 1€-5€ makes it practical to do so.

[@Rothstein]

In Europe we even have 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.10 and 0.20€ coins. The first three are not widely used because of the low amount but still exist and you can get them for example if you pay in cash and receive the change.

[@michaelwilliamgraham]

@@Rothstein Right, I didn’t mean that Europe only has coins beginning at 0.50€. I just meant that Europe has coins of higher value which are practical to carry and use whereas the states only has the low value coins.

[@noefillon1749]

And the brown coins (1c to 5c) are usually stored by hundreds in every corner of the house, except for the people that have the courage necessary to actually use them to pay.

[@dutchgamer842]

@@Rothstein The 1ct and 2ct coins aren't used everywhere, where they accept cash. In some countries the law states it is legal tender, however they are allowed to refuse to accept it and give it back as change (even refuse to accept cash at all is allowed) in some EU countries that use the euro, the 1ct and 2ct coins aren't legal by law

[@LJBSullivan]

@@noefillon1749 I don't think it's courage, I carry very little change. It's heavy. Carrying $20 bill weighs so much less than $20's in coins.

[@krakowian]

I would say this movie is not USA vs Europe, but USA vs France/Germany. Europe has changed a lot since those two ladies were in Europe :D

[@jumil1592]

What´s different nowadays ? I live in Europe and found the descriptions quite accurate.

[@reineh3477]

We pay with cards much more in Sweden, besides that we are quite similar with Germany

[@hunchbackaudio]

In the Netherlands nobody uses cash. It’s all card or smart phone even the parking or vending machines.

[@katarzynakabacinska7070]

apparently for many people Europe equals France and Germany...

[@memsom]

Cards in UK, tip is optional, and personal space is about the same.

[@LumyTheQueen]

PLEASE stop treating Europe like a country! Its a continent!! You can't compare any of these questions between two countries on opposite sides of the continent, you'll get completely different answers! Each European country has a very unique and specific culture to it as well as diverse local laws and customs. They are simply not comparable.

[@azaria_phd]

Americans like to convince themselves that American states are like European countries for some reason.

[@Sebulba2000]

@@azaria_phd it's because they are ignorant

[@ParadiseDB7]

@@azaria_phd ... because they are? And Europeans like to convince themselves they know everything about how Americans think but they don't

[@vergl569]

@@ParadiseDB7 No. A country is a VERY different thing compared to a damn state. The states of USA have pretty much almost the same culture because they're the same country (ofc varies a bit depending on the area and whose colony the area was before the USA was founded but still). In Europe on the other hand, there are over 160 different cultures. You just can't put them together and treat them as one. Edit: This is the second respond to you. Read some geography and history books. Please.

[@ParadiseDB7]

@@vergl569 my brother that's literally what you are doing too. "You can't just put them together and treat them as one" Umm, I didn't?????? And also don't blame me for them deciding to make Europe a union the same way we decided to make America a union 💀 I'm not the one who put them together, they are. Secondly it's obvious you're extremely ignorant of how the USA works, you can't just put us all together and pretend we are all the same. Life in one state is going to differ quite drastically to other states whether it's language, laws, temperatures, customs, environment. Like you really trying to tell me tropical Hawaii has the same culture as frozen Alaska? Or how about the deserts in Arizona? The mountains in Colorado? The flat plains of Kansas? The swamplands of Louisiana? The big cities in New York? The coastal beaches in California? You are extremely ignorant. Edit: You apparently can't count either because this is only the first reply 💀

[@Riondrial]

I like paying with cash. It feels real, i see it getting less and less and i know and feel very fast if i spend more than usually. It leaves my hands and it comes to my hands. Per card i miss that absolutely. There is just a number often going down and once in a while going up. On phone i never want to use it. Can never be safe enough for me.

[@herrbonk3635]

Indeed, but paying with real money is first and foremost the only way that is totally anonymous. Many people still don't want the bank (and therefore the government) to have total control over every little step they take. That's why some people avoid smartphones as well.

[@eedragonr6293]

Not to mention the warnings and alarms on your phone regarding hacking, "viruses", scams trying to clean your account by using your own phone.

[@kingastaroth7912]

I agree, but I have found some avantages with noy carrying money with me. At least the city where I live, you can get assault any time and they can't have your money if you don't have it, so I feel more secure. If you forget your money, card or wallet, you can go to a bank (that are always closer to the city than to my house) and take some with you. And as I don't have a bank close to my house, it is easier to save money. And services like water or electricity, I can pay them from my house and not having to waste time going to the city to pay it. So yes, I have found advantages but I am still paying with physical money after all (like 50% of the time). Also, one thing that makes me more confortable and not having the idea that my money could be steal because of a hacker is a function that my bank has, where you hide your money and most of the time I'm in zeros. That last part makes process to take a little more time, but it's nothing compared with the feeling that your money is safe. But still, I'm pretty sure that if this service wouldn't exist I would find a way to feel secure.

[@Riondrial]

@@kingastaroth7912 Hmm, if i were in a city like in yours, i guess i wouldnt feel safe with cash in my pocket as well. So yeah, some situations really require a card. In my country you can give companies for water, electricy and many others permission so they can take the money every month automatically from your bankaccount. So in this case, yes, i pay with none physical money. Apart of monthly, quartal or yearly pays i always use cash. A zero on your bankaccount? Sounds somewhat interesting. Would mask the first moments, i guess.

[@dluckygurl8]

​@@herrbonk3635 Exactly! I think this is especially true for the Germans who are notorious for their strict data privacy and protection laws!

[@lou13888]

I usually like your videos a lot, but this one is kind of ridiculous. You can't lump all Europeans together, it's the same as making a video called "Asian Things Americans find weird"

[@caterinalonati7383]

I agree. Italian pople would have answered very differently!

[@b4cc3]

@@caterinalonati7383 yeah and nordic countries , mediterranean countries south east every part of europe has diffrent cultures. dumb video

[@_TiredMotherfucker_]

that's why they kept saying "in Germany..." "in France..." "in my country..."

[@MrBallistico]

Haha. Tell it to the European Parliament. Europe is getting more and more homogenous by the minute. Of course, there are noticeable differences between countries and regions, but you have to recognize that many similarities exist between European countries.

[@user-em6ym9rj4u]

@@MrBallistico This is why the EU sucks. The remaining countries that aren't in the ЕU should stick to themselves and not join.

[@szymonkryszewski6186]

About using coins and personal space i would disagree. It depends on a country. On a north people are more distant than on a south and you can see it in communication. Southern Europeans are touching eachother a lot during conversations and there is little distance between them. Northens on the other hand dont like that and choose to be more distant and mind their personal space. Its also well seen in greetings. About coins, well, it also depends. In Poland we do not need cash, we have several non-cash payment options. Same thing in Nordic countries and Germany. And after pandemic i think all Europe is non-cash friendly.

[@TheUserDark]

Yep, vending machines are common to have a credit card option. In Poland it got very visible. I remember 2017 for example when it wasn't spread that much but now it's in most places. "Coins-only" machines are located in places which have no connection with the internet I guess.

[@bianuccijunior5905]

even here in Italy, which is in the south you can pay almost everything with your credit card, even from before the covid...

[@nickvraxx]

i don't wanna put whole germany in a box, but at least in the part where i live a lot of restaurants and bakeries still don't take cards... idk why, because i think we have a rule about paying with cards since covid but i am not sure

[@hamzapetridis206]

Yeah the French girl was definitely talking about her own preference there. I’m from the South of France and we’re very Mediterranean and touchy here

[@k.v.7681]

@@hamzapetridis206 That's the exception in France. The rest of the country really isn't comfortablke being touchy after la bise.

[@ChristinaDonnelly]

Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed the video~ If you have similarities or differences in your country let us know in the comments! 😀 -Christina 🇺🇸

[@javierluissantosrubio6603]

With all my respect for US and the whole American continent, we have really good universities here in Europe, I’m not gonna say they are better than Americans because that would be presumptuous but we have a lot, very older and very popular (Sorbonne, Oxford, Cambridge, Complutense, Bolonia…)

[@noahremnek3615]

@@javierluissantosrubio6603 Yes and Oxford and Cambridge are expensive universities too. However 56/100 of the top ranked universities are in the US. Where Christina is from Massachusetts they have the best ranked universities in the world like Harvard and MIT.

[@javierluissantosrubio6603]

@@noahremnek3615 that rank is pure shit and nonsense. Original will be better than the copy always

[@ekaterinas8796]

You should look into the ranking system and then come back at us again! ;) The US‘ universities are not particularly better, bc they have more money to spend!

[@ekaterinas8796]

I fully agree, Javier!

[@Mrkva22296]

In Slovakia: - university is is free for you if you're under 26. We finish highschool at 18 or 19... So if you enroll at the Uni immediately and you want a master's degree - that would be 5 years of study, which means, you get the whole 5 years for free. If you need to repeat some semester or year, the likelyhood of you having to pay for your last year at the Uni is higher. Also if you stop at yout bachelor's degree, go to work for 2 years and then enroll back to Uni for master's, again, you might have to pay for your last year or two. This system keeps us motivated to finish Uni as soon as possible - which means to not take breaks in between the degrees or between the highschool and uni and also keeps us motivated to be good at passing the semesters in order to not extend our study time. You also get student discount prices everywhere - like public transport, cinema tickets, museums, galleries, some of the fastfood chains etc. - exactly, you don't use cards for something that costs less than 5€! Also, they forgot to mention that we Europeans use coins more, because in America, your coins are just cents and your paper bills start at just 1 dollar. For us, the highest coin is 2€ and our paper bills start at 5€.... So I can literally hold 10 pieces of coins in one hand and the value of them would be as much as 20€, meanwhile for Americans, holding 10 pieces of coins in my hand looks like I don't have much.... Also, what was not mentioned is that what we mean by "paying with card" is that "the card" is debit card. Not credit card. We use a card connected to our bank account with money on it to pay for things. If you run out of money, you can't pay. We don't voluntarily put ourselves in debt. It's hard for us to understand why so many Americans use credit cards instead of debit cards. - in my country, tips are voluntary, nobody gives your attitude for not tipping. Tipping is specifically not expected from teenagers, students, old people, etc. The amount of tip (if you choose to) is absolutely voluntary and there's no "unwritten rule of 30%" or so. But we usually round up the price so if we are supposed to pay 13,72€, we'd round it up to be 15€ - that's when we are paying cash - we do it because we wanna tip but at the same time we don't wanna wait until the staff srambles up the change back . When using a card, you don't tip. - we recycle based on the availability of the trash cans in our neighborhood, almost 100% of residential areas have availability of paper, plastic, glass. But some areas also have bio cans (food) available. There are still some households that don't recycle at all but most people have AT LEAST a separate plastic bin at home

[@escfer9122]

In Spain it's true that owners don't let you pay with card unless it's a significant amount of money (like +10€) but this only happens in small and local businesses. When it comes to big companies or great brands you can even pay some cents with your card.

[@Pidalin]

It was like that even here in Czechia maybe 10 years ago, now I see many people paying very little amount of money by card, but it's true that some small shops don't like that becuase they have to pay fee from every transaction to the bank

[@ElliinKorea]

Hey everyone! ☺ It was so fun for me to film this new video with the international ladies~ 💗 I hope you enjoyed this little insight into some differences between the US and Germany and France! 🥰

[@Frank-mm2yp]

Visited a museum gift shop in Denmark in 2018. Wanted to buy some souvenirs with cash. I even had Danish KRONE to pay for my haul. But the cashier looked stunned at my fistful of Danish money. He said he was so used to all his customers using their cards that he had almost forgotten how to make change.

[@swzslm1741]

Yeah Scandinavia is almost cashless and many European countries are getting there. Germany is actually pretty weird in that regard. A lot of older people hold on to cash bc they feel like cashless payments are commected to government surveillance

[@Mike8827]

A shopkeeper in Germany does not need to accept credit cards even if there’s a machine for cashless payment visible on his counter . The reason being that the only „legal tender“ inside the Euro Zone is the Euro in the form of coin and bills , not Credit cards ( there are some exceptions even for accepting cash, where a small shop or gas Station can refuse 500€ bills if clearly visible on the entrance ) .

[@quentinbouvier3490]

In France shops are allowed to refuse any payement method beside cash without any justification. They are only allowed to refuse cash if they can't give the change back due to lack of money.

[@FlamJongUn]

500€ notes have gone out of circulation, we don't accept it since 2 years ago, or more. I'm not sure.

[@Mike8827]

@@FlamJongUn they Are just not being printed any more . They are still legal tender , so any shop has to accept them or give you a VERY good reason why they cannot . I sometimes get annoyed reactions when paying with a 500€ purple but couldn’t care less .

[@DASPRiD]

Technically they also don't have to accept cash, that's mainly binding for the government. A shop is free to say that they only accept e.g. contactless payments, as long as it's advertised *before* purchase.

[@quentinbouvier3490]

@@DASPRiD Not in France, a shop has to accept payement by cash or they can be fined by the governement. To complete a bit more my previous comment, they are only allowed to refuse a payement by cash for the follwing reasons : The payement is done by more than 50 coins or the shop don't have enough change to give back the money or the cash is either to damaged or suspicious or it's foreign cash. These 4 reasons are the only one accepted. If a shop were to refuse for any other reason a sweet 150€ fine might knok to their door.

[@Annaonesun]

Here in Sweden, you're more likely to come across stores with signs saying "no cash" than you are likely to come across people trying to pay with cash. I carried around a 200 sek bill (roughly 22 usd) for half a year because I never use cash so I kept forgetting I had it in my wallet. Also, University here is completely free, you can even get payed for attending uni as long as you pass your exams. We also despise getting too close to people we don't know. We usually say we can tell if someone's a tourist, especially American, by how close they get to others. And we obsess with recycling here. I live in two different cities in different parts of the country right now (I've partly moved out from my parents to attend uni, but still live with them during breaks from school) and in both houses I live we have two large garbage bins divided into four compartments to make recycling as easy as possible. And if you live in an apartment building you're likely to have a separate garbage house where recycling is mandatory.

[@GestressteKatze]

As a German I must say, Scandinavian countries always seem one step ahead of us 😅 while it's become a lot better since the pandemic started, you absolutely still need cash in Germany, and even in some places where you can pay with card, they sometimes only accept a Germany specific debit card. And I'm very jealous of the university thing. Getting payed to attend uni? Sounds utopian haha

[@ab1372]

@@GestressteKatze You get a finacial aid at around 350€ then you can get a loan for another 750€ per month. But if you fail to complete your courses you will need to pay the aid back in full.

[@LetoxxIant]

@@GestressteKatze As fellow German I still do not like the fact the Scandinavian countries do not have cash anymore (at least the do not use it as much) You do not have any control about your money this way 1. you lose control over your expanses 2. you are trackable 3. you are controlable. I find it ok to use cards for larger payments but else I think it is a dangerous trend. Have your bank go bankrupt (like it happened with some banks in 2008 in Spain, the USA and Ireland) and you are doomed.

[@GestressteKatze]

@@LetoxxIant hmm possibly but at the same time of your wallet gets stolen, you are fucked if you carry cash

[@mellost]

Same in Finland

[@frenchie8388]

As a young Brit, I’m jealous of the rest of Europe. When my older siblings went to university it was WAY cheaper, and for one of them, free! Now I pay £9,250 per year. Which theoretically, most students will never pay back. Especially since we also get maintenance loan plus added interest to both

[@Rothstein]

True. In Spain for my 5 years degree I paid less than 2000 euros (in a public university).

[@gteixeira]

My cousin studied in Portugal for just over 300 EUR a month. For all expenses as a foreign student. If studying in the UK is so expensive, people would just study elsewhere.

[@kathyp1563]

Who decides who goes to college? If the gov't pays for most of the education, doesn't the gov't decide who has the opportunity?

[@gteixeira]

@@kathyp1563 Usually the system is complex and gives privileges to those able to provide certain paperwork. I went for undergrad in an university (in Brazil) that sole requirement was to pass the admission exam. The college was mostly government funded, with some private funding as well. The government funded that college with the expectation that people would later paid back in form of taxes, which makes sense.

[@dundundun2383]

Bruh in US if you aren't going to community college tuition is like 20k per year on the low end

[@valeriosantonakis1190]

I actually live in Greece and the way that you get to university/academy/college in our country is very complex. 1. You need to finish theoretical high school 2. Take the exams at the end of high school 3. Have at least 18/20 at your score Yep it's very difficult . But the nice thing is that university is fully free after all of your hard work

[@sofeels_]

Δε παιρνανε σε σχολες μονο τα παιδια που εχουν γραψει απο 18 και πανω. Πολλες σχολες εχουν πολυ πιο χαμηλες βασεις.

[@valeriosantonakis1190]

@@sofeels_ Gia to panepistimio ennoeis

[@sofeels_]

@@valeriosantonakis1190 ναι

[@BlackBass]

Here in Colombia is the same

[@helgaioannidis9365]

As a parent I can tell you that to get those good marks you need money to pay extra lessons the last two years before the exams and that can be very expensive. It's possible to pass exams without extra lessons, but not with enough points to get into law school or engineering or medical school and some others. So if you want to study something like agricultural studies or philology you don't need to pay extra lessons, but for some studies preparing for the exams can be very expensive. I know a family that payed around 20.000€ within the two years before the exams for private lessons, because the daughter wanted to study medicine, so she had private lessons for biology, chemistry, physics, text and mathematics. She passed the exams, so the investment payed, but I think the sistem is unfair to the kids who can't afford extra lessons and also the last two years before the exams the kids have hardly any spare time if they aim for some more difficult school to get in. They arrive at university already exhausted, because they go to school in the morning and in the afternoon they have private lessons and in the evening they do all their homework and also during summer holidays they have private lessons. At least that's the common thing here on the islands. I was told in Athens it's a bit better, because schools there don't have the lack of teachers we have on the islands and are equipped better.

[@Andres64B]

College in Europe: $200 to $300 per semester. College in US: a single book can cost $300. Recycling: not even an option where I live.

[@aspannas]

Don’t refer to Europe as a country that are the same. In Sweden university is completely free and you get allowance every month.

[@danemon8423]

in france it's like 200 for a year for university but for the grandes écoles it's around 5 thousand a year in general

[@Andres64B]

@@aspannas so you agree that it is free in your country. Thank you.

[@aspannas]

@@Andres64B "Agree" what? You literally said college cost 200-300 dollars in Europe, which is not true. Europe is not one country.

[@Andres64B]

@@aspannas did I say that it was one country? And you agreed that what it costs in your country is what I said it cost. Thank you for agreeing.

[@flixelgato1288]

I feel like a huge thing that never seems to be mentioned is the fact that in European countries (that I’ve been to) it’s more common to use your debit card whereas as far as I know from my one trip to the US you generally have to use a credit card there. And European countries’ dependence on cash varies. In the Netherlands almost anything allows a debit card, in Germany most places do, but smaller shops often have those minimum amounts and machines like for parking are almost always cash only. So you can mostly get by but should always have some cash.

[@thatgirlfromktown]

Hi, American here! I use my debit card for everything, but it can be run as a credit card (as long as you have money)

[@pccultureruinedeverything9491]

What? Debit card is very widely used in the US and any place that accepts credit accepts debit I’ve never seen a debit card at any place turned away .

[@flixelgato1288]

@@pccultureruinedeverything9491 well, looks like I’m wrong then. Like I said, this was just from a trip with my parents, so maybe they were misinformed in the first place, or maybe it wouldn’t have worked with international debit cards or something.

[@ineffablemars]

nah, I use my debit card and I'm american

[@Mrkva22296]

@@pccultureruinedeverything9491 maybe it is but credit cards are more popular. Meanwhile almost all people in Europe own a debit card but only small percentage also owns a credit card.

[@izzy1906]

I live in a small town in the US and there are some cash only restaurants and quite a few stores have credit card minimums. I've noticed this is more unusual in bigger cities, especially during covid.

[@artisteamie7207]

Covid changed a lot in Germany and France. Haha we use all time cards or the phone to pay 😁😍 and now it works and all restaurents etc accept it👍

[@sabrinawolter9084]

Haha not all. We still have a Cafe which only accepts Cash:D

[@PPfilmemacher]

I don’t know where you live but here in Berlin actually nothing has changed. Many little convince stores (spätis) and street food places still don’t accept cards still to this day (because every transaction with credit or debit card get charged by the banks in germany)

[@laidee]

In Germany? Not at all. You still need to have cash all the time and even if the shop accepts the card, it accepts only EC, not 'regular' Mastercard, Visa or so. On the other hand, in Poland, where I currently live, you can generally forget about cash. It is really common even for older people to pay contactless. I can't even remember the last time I paid by cash. Except for a few days ago in Germany ;)

[@Pidalin]

Here in Czechia, it starting be very discriminating for people who don't have bank account, almost everything is digitalised now and some places even don't accept cash at all. This trend was even before covid, but it was very fastened by pandemy. For example my father can't have bank account because of debts, they would take all money from his account so he can't normally live now, I have to pay many things insdead of him and he gives me that in cash later. I am very surprised about Germany and France, I didn't know there are places in EU where you still have to carry cash in your wallet. I have always some cash with me, but I am used to pay things online now, buy public transport tickets, cinema tickets and all such things are mainly done online now, so I don't need much cash. Even stupid vending machines have contactless terminal very often.

[@robthornton6288]

@@PPfilmemacher My daughter lives and works in Berlin, and I agree from her experience. My own experience from business trips over many years is that many taxi drivers refuse to accept credit cards, or claim their internet connection is down.

[@MJabbar44]

Thanks alot to the team for haveing this channel, we get alot to learn from these videos. Thanks and love from Pakistan :)

[@sandramoilanen9443]

"There's no personal space in Europe" ??? *laughs in finnish*. Covid barely changed anything here cause we were already keeping our distance from others. Especially the Nordic countries have way more personal space than the US, it's not even just about touching, but in many places you don't even talk to random people In terms of "you have to use coins in Europe", again, *laughs in finnish*. I think this depends a lot on the country but here there's a lot of stores and places that only take credit card, and you can't even use cash. So i barely ever have any cash on me here, because I literally won't need it for anything and sometimes don't even have it as an option. And even if cash is an option at a store etc, a lot of them have huge signs that tell you to use a credit card if only possible because they prefer it, it's just so much easier

[@trash133]

Swede here and I can't agree with you more! I still remember the memes about personal space during covid for the Nordic countries man! 🤣 I think it's a very American thing to think of Europe as a country with states instead of a continent with countries *sigh*

[@rawanjensen102]

“There’s no personal space in Europe” *laughs in Swedish*

[@JesusChrist-ip7vm]

svenskere sutter

[@ClaireEmilia]

**laughs in German**

[@AdmiralJaneway74656]

*Laughs in Schleswig-Holsteinisch*

[@keylimepie3602]

**laughs in English countryside**

[@LanaVegana]

I'm from the Netherlands, and I haven't used cash in years. I just use my debit card all the time. I think the last time I used cash regularly was like 3 years ago, when I had just moved out of my parents' house, didn't have my own washing machine yet, and had to go to the laundry shop. The vending machine there that would give you a coin to use the washing machines only took cash. Most regular vending machines for snacks etc, as well as pretty much any shop, accept Dutch bank cards. There are even shops that have completely adopted a self-checkout system instead of tills, that do not accept cash anymore.

[@johnv3733]

I was, like, amazed that the two European girls were, like, using “like” in, like, every other sentence. Their, like, mastery of Valley Girl dialect was, like, impeccable.😉🤣🤣🤣

[@febriangeliasaramita7114]

France doesn’t give free student tickets but they do give a big reduction for students to subscribe public transportation abonnement (Regular monthly abonnement: 75 euros, for student, it’s just 30 euros). The tuition fee for public universities is 243 Euros/year. They provide Student Restaurants which offer a complete meal only for 3 euros. And there are a lot of reduction that students can benefit! Even to buy Samsung TV I did get a quite big reduction as a student ^^

[@TymiRocelin]

Honestly, the "no personal space in Europe" is true in Italy. There's a bit of difference between north Italy and south Italy (I was born in the south but live in the north), but overall people tend to stay physically close to strangers. I'm a bit weird in this thing, because I don't like touching people or being touched, even by friends, and I don't even like greeting people by kissing on the cheeks, which is common here, and my relatives always say I'm the coldest person in the family.

[@TheRealPog1]

Well ye I don't mind it but I can see why somebody would

[@weybye91]

@@TheRealPog1 then youll have a culture shock in scandinavia

[@loveVanity6]

And the constant staring, it’s so invasive.

[@henriettelegde8518]

Im german. For 2 years I lived in a european capital right in a middle of a very diverse quarter with people from east european countries plus people from arabian countries. I have never ever missed my personal space as I did during me living there. The people were nice and friendly but that missing space made me really nuts:-D cant have that.

[@amyangerer6966]

We were SO impressed by the recycling in Norway!! My nephew (who was 6 at the time) got SUCH a kick out of returning the drinks bottles. He got one Euro for each return he did. He was obsessed! And made quite a bit of spending money off of the trash!! 😂 We had to regularly stop him from being a little too vehement about it.

[@Dixxi91]

Oh no, not one euro per bottle :) 10 cent per bottle is more accurate. And 25 cent for the big bottle. They changed it to 20 cent and 30 cent recently. But not as high as one euro. Sorry, I had to correct that, I don't mean to be rude, just accurate.

[@amyangerer6966]

Yeah - it was 1 kroner per bottle. I thought of it after I posted. It was about 30c at the time.

[@cardaveux]

In Switzerland there is normally no refund if you bring pet or glas for recycling in or outside the store.

[@_Viking]

Money for recycling is really genius. This is why you never see empty bottles in the nature. It also makes us norwegians aware of not littering. Why the rest of the world don't do the same is a mystery to me.

[@shadebinder3599]

@@Dixxi91 that makes more sense. At 1 euro bottle I couldn't imagine how much everything bottled would cost

[@june.w.1288]

I live in Hungary, Europe, in a little town in the countryside. But fortunately you can use cards here almost everywhere. Even in bakerys. You can often buy tickets with card too. Some years ago, I lived near the capital city, and you could already buy train and bus tickets with cards then. At least in this respect, Hungary is up-to-date. I am happy that we made improvements regarding recycling too. We have 2 garbage cans, one for commmunal garbage, and one for things that can be recycled: plastic, metal and paper. We have some places where you can dispose of glass too. Of course Hungary has to improve a lot of other things, like the roads are not in a good condition usually, but there are also things we are good at. Here, you can also get free university education, here it's based on your grades. I would certainly recommend our universities to foreign students.

[@johnalden5821]

One area where I have experienced the personal space issue, as an American in Europe, is in elevators (lifts). This is clearly a function of the older architecture, but so many of them in Europe are just tiny. They remind me of old-fashioned phone booths. Being with a stranger in one is just uncomfortable for me. BTW/the recycling in the U.S. varies depending on where you live. We have full curbside recycling. All of our paper, glass and hard plastic gets rinsed out and put into a bin.. Once a week we just take it out to the street and it gets picked up. Other places may have rules requiring separation, limiting what you can recycle, or they might not do it at all.

[@teamobi3327]

Well it was funny to me too when the US girls apparently hadn't ever seen a recycle/ return machine. They had one in a couple chain groceries I frequented in Michigan. We saved all our soda and beer bottles/cans for the 10 cent deposit.

[@hvermout4248]

I think there is a bit of confusion about "The Card" When Americans talk about "The card", they tend to mean a credit card. They are not issued by banks, but by Credit card companies. They are unpopular in Europe due to the high charges of these credit card companies. Often not accepted in Europe, certainly not for small payments. In Europe banks tend to be more IT savvy, and they issue debit cards for their customers. Low (no?) cost for shops, no credit card company as expensive middle man, no cash in the shop, simple swipe to pay, best exchange rate, so popular with shop owners. Just too bad for Americans that they don't have 'm when they're travelling ...

[@kynn23]

Here in the US, most debit cards can be processed two ways. You can run it as debit, which means you enter your PIN at the checkout and the money goes directly from your bank account to the store. Or you can run it as credit, which means you don't enter a PIN at the checkout (though sometimes it does require a signature), and a credit card company like VISA or MasterCard pays the store and then takes the money from your bank account. A credit card, on the other hand, isn't connected to your bank account at all; you pay VISA or MasterCard every month. Whenever a transaction involves the credit card companies, the store gets charged a fee but you have more protections against fraudulent transactions.

[@anndeecosita3586]

Sir, I get the feeling you’re not American and have never been to the USA. what you said was untrue. US banks do issue credit cards. We are able to get one card from the bank with the option to pay as a debit or credit, and it’s an ATM card too. Also some companies are multi faceted and you don’t have to utilize all of their services. I used to have a credit card with Bank of America but I never banked with them. We also have what’s called credit unions which you have to be a member to do business with. The requirements to join differ. I have a credit union that I have checking/savings accounts, car insurance, renters insurance, and a credit card all from that same company. And we can use our bank credit debit cards in other countries. I’ve used mine in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. We just have to be sure to notify the bank we are going out of the country so they’re not thinking it’s fraud and block the card.

[@tonycrayford3893]

@@kynn23 I'm in UK and mainly use a bank issued contactless visa debit card, tap to pay up to £100.

[@k.v.7681]

@@kynn23 Europe uses VISA and Mastercard technology a lot, but directly linked to bank account and not as credit. It's about 40 bucks a year at my bank for card and general case fees. That's it. We don't use credit for everyday expenses in general. For credit, we tend to use "consumer credits". You fill a contract with the sales person for a third party company that will provide the loan. The contract is filed for approval, where they check your Identity, banking status (are you in debt, how much, etc) and ask for a work contract (either determined duration that ends after the set date for last payment) or an undetermined duration one to be sure you can afford it. That's generally used for cars, big furniture, expensive tech, contractors for house renovation... and the rates are pretty low. A thing to note is that investment loans (for a house, starting a company, etc) tend to bring you to a bank rather than one of those companies.

[@revolucion-socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States!!

[@SABRINA.ARMY.BTS.]

I work at a bakery in Germany and since the pandemic started you can pay almost everywhere with card because there are signs everywhere now that state that its recommended to pay with card and not with cash ! but beforehand almost everyone used cash now its 50/50 I would say !

[@matthewkubes8284]

The vending machine thing- in the Czech Republic you will find almost in every mall, station, airport etc. a vending machine that accepts credit cards, even in like small shops so its common to use credit cards here for everything.

[@RainyRainiest]

In Spain is really common using cash instead of credit/debit card. Indeed, is common that if somone doen't carry enough cash but they carry their debit card, they'll search for an automatic teller machine to take out cash

[@Shiva182Katarina]

Sweden has basically been a cashless society for like more than a decade. Most smaller stores don't even accept cash.

[@k.williamjones3978]

Which is a shame because your new currency is so beautiful...

[@arcadegannon4352]

1. The coin issue is different where I live. As a swede, I can say that using coin or cash when paying is very unusual and old fashioned. Ten years ago, yes, paying with cash was more common, but now it's dying and there are a lot of places where you can use card only. 2. We have no university admission fee in Sweden. The only things we pay for are books and residence. 3. Idk who came up with the idea that there are no personal space in Europe. Now, there are a lot of countries and cultures. In Sweden, personal space is very important.

[@weybye91]

THats for all of us in Scandinavia

[@Lchantilly]

tuition in france for universities (so public schools) is 270 euros a year, not 400 (so very cheap). and if you have the scholarship she's talking about (a lot have it), it's not just cheaper, it's completely free. However private schools can be like 6 000 euros a year sometimes

[@randychampion184]

This was a great video...we need more like this one

[@girlwithoutpearlearring]

I don't understand what people have against cash money

[@ANDJELINA]

Because its dirty and you lose it easier..🤷‍♀️ Cash goes through a lot of people's hands, perhaps falls everywhere , full of bacteria. Guess thats why.

[@girlwithoutpearlearring]

@@ANDJELINA You can wash your hands regularly which you should do with or without cash money. Yes, you can loose it but it's actually not that hard to look out for your stuff. And it makes you less dependent from electronics which which a) require electricity and therefore energy and b) might fail due to reasons beyond your personal control.

[@ANDJELINA]

@@girlwithoutpearlearring when there is a pandemic....cash its not a good idea..

[@jessicaely2521]

If your wallet is stolen you loose the cash in your wallet. With a credit card you dont. If someone uses your card you always get the money back. Credit Cards give you money back, points on hotels, points for airlines, etc. Cash doesn't. The points you can use to pay for the hotel room or plane ticket. I have never paid for a hotel room since I was 30 (I'm 38 now). My husband gets money back from his credit card. He makes $1,000 by just using his credit card. It would be more, but some of the cash back you get goes and pays off the credit card so I'm not including it. Credit is more convenient. You dont have to look for the all the cash to pay for the bill.

[@johndododoe1411]

@@jessicaely2521 All these fake discounts and point systems are the dishonest marketing of US credit card companies that take it all back in usury.

[@Ocato92]

I don't remember when was the last time I saw a vending machine that didn't accept cards. And in last few years the number of places with card terminal also grew to the point that the cash-only ones are rare exceptions. But this is Poland. Things in Germany or France might be different, as they have stuff like vending machines longer, so they probably have more of the older ones.

[@Nymeria64]

I live in the USA and there are a lot of vending machines that are cash-only. But that is changing a lot too. Just depends on where you are

[@bianuccijunior5905]

here in Italy is the same as Poland

[@Eric-xh9ee]

I live in the USA as well and I've only seen one vending machine in my life that accepted a credit card, but I don't live in a large city.

[@inesmaland]

In Norway we have many places that takes cards. We are also having personal space as a daily thing. Saying “Sorry” when we have to. The school/college is a good mix with France and Germany. Norway also sort out the garbage. We also have the “vending machine” that “eats” the bottles, and the bottles also cost a little more.

[@Djeladu]

In the Netherlands paying with card/pin is prefered/must. I've not used cash in over 2 a 3 years. Note that I'm not talking about credit cards, we barely use them. Our cards are linked directly to our bank accounts. People from the Netherlands don't like to borrow money to pay for things, that's why credit cards are unpopular.

[@djcodybeatz]

About the personal space... I am from Czech Republic, and every year on Christmas, because we learn German as compulsory subject in elementary school, we go to visit Germany and practice our language skills while also buying necessary Christmas gifts and well... In sixth grade, when I was really struggling with understanding the language, I knew nothing. Maybe only basic sentences which included to describe my room in 50 simple sentences like; Ich habe ein Bild über meinem Bett. And yeah, so as my friend group was walking trough the streets of Berlin, it was really packed with people there, because of course... Christmas. So I accidentally stepped on someone's shoes from behind and made them trip and oh boy... The man was yelling at me for about 5 minutes in German and all I understood was the word; "Du" which means "you". He was going on and on, me, 12 year old who had absolutely no intention of arguing back or even having the confidence to talk back and play a brave protector to my friends, on the verge of tears got scolded by some random German guy and to this day, I don't know what he said.

[@ClaireEmilia]

Seems slightly exaggerated

[@Superrichy261985]

he probaly complained to you about Angela Merkel or something like that

[@henriettelegde8518]

@eather3686 Im sorry to hear. I think it was just one grumpy elderly person. Dont be upset. What I noticed in catital/ huge cities is that besides the diversity and the huge amounts of possibilities you have life can really suck for some of the locals, esspecially for elderly ones. I dont think that his anger was not caused by you stepping on this feet. I think he gets frustrated by the tons of people (no matter of tourists, immigrants, young people to come for studies,...whatever reason) to make his former known familiar place into a noisy and diverse bubble. At least thats what I noticed about in Berlin whereas in Vienna, where Im related to. Im not saying its good or bad. But I can understand the locals too.

[@MadameDeTourvel]

I'm from Germany (NRW like Elena :)) and today I just went to an eating place and asked if I could pay with my card, but I couldn't. If you're receiving a DHL package you have to pay custom fees for, you can pay beforehand online, but if you didn't do that, you have to pay in cash. You can give a tip paying with your card.

[@ElliinKorea]

Hallo Nachbar! 😆

[@MadameDeTourvel]

@@ElliinKorea Hallihallo! 👋 Was ich mich frage: wie ist es so als Rheinländerin in Südkorea? Ist das eine große Umstellung?* Habe einen schönen Abend und ein wunderschönes Wochenende :) * Du kannst, musst aber nicht antworten :)

[@ElliinKorea]

@@MadameDeTourvel also ich würde schon sagen, dass es kulturell und im Alltagsleben sehr große Unterschiede gibt. Aber die Menschen hier sind größtenteils extrem herzlich und heißen Leute, die sich wirklich für Korea interessieren gerne willkommen. Deutsche sind generell auch eher beliebt, also hilft das auch etwas 😆

[@MadameDeTourvel]

@@ElliinKorea Danke für die Antwort :) Ich hoffe ja, dass es mal wieder besser wird bezüglich Reisen, damit ich meine Reisen nach Asien mal umsetzen kann; Korea ist auch geplant. All das leckere Essen 😋😂 Ich wünsche einen wunderbaren Tag und ein tolles Wochenende! :)

[@ElliinKorea]

@@MadameDeTourvel Danke, das wünsche ich dir auch ☺

[@anaxcc3621]

In Spain University is NOT FREE AT ALL, at least one year costs 1000€ (actually more), and if u fail the subjects you have to pay twice.

[@noahremnek3615]

This video kinda sucks not all European countries are the same and not all European countries have free college. The US doesn’t find free college weird because there already is free college in the US however it is for certain. Military academies are free, low income people can get financial aid, scholarships.

[@gabrieleriva_bboykappside]

About recycling, In Italy it is a kind of normal thing (at least in the northern part where I live in) and usually it slightly changes depending from the province or region. We have plastic and aluminum related objects together, then cardboard and cardboard-like objects and paper, than glass, organic waste and unrecyclable objects. My town's waste collecting system often does not take it if it's noticeable that a certain amount of waste is not where it should be. Also, taxes typically get higher or lower depending on how much we recycle, but recycling awareness luckily raised in the years.

[@Victorn2222]

In Poland you can pay using a card almost everywhere it's almost insane and i see more and more vending machines with card reader installed. In some places you can spot signs that say under 10 pln cash only but it's illegal you can report that place and they will get fine for that because if there is a minimum amount it's like 30 groszy or something (0,30 pln)

[@Pidalin]

Here in Czechia, some things even can't be paid by cash anymore, it's very discriminating people who can't have bank account becuase of debts and I know many of such people, they can't normaly live becuase of this cashless culture. But it's not because of covid, this trend is here long time.

[@Victorn2222]

@@Pidalin Yeah in Poland a lot of places had terminals to pay with card before covid, covid just was a push to those who doesn't have one but i don't know a place where you can't pay with cash.

[@marti160]

Why do you call it insane?

[@mrmessy7334]

In the UK, virtually all payments are contactless now. I can't actually remember the last time I used cash. I keep some notes in my wallet just in case but never use them.

[@irrelevance3859]

Definitely

[@Pidalin]

I have contactless card since maybe 2011 or 2012 (here in Czechia they give it to you automaticaly), when I was on vacation in Latvia, I was trying to pay in ticket machine contactless for few minutes and looking for spot where it accepts my card before I realized it's not contactless, it's very confusing be in country where contactless is not standard. I think it was for the first time when I had to pay something with inserting my card inside. :-D

[@_Viking]

You still use a card? So old school 😉 with Google pay or Apple pay you don't even have to bring with you a card. Also every bank has its own app so you can track every expense you do.

[@mrmessy7334]

@@_Viking Considered it but I find it quicker to grab my card than go into my phone and open the payment app.

[@_Viking]

@@mrmessy7334 open the app? No need to do that. Just unlock the phone. But the best thing is that you don't need to bring your card holder at all. When i go out, I grab my phone and nothing else. 👍

[@ekaterinas8796]

This is a common misunderstanding, just because US American universities have introduced a ranking system which puts them above other countries‘ universities, they are not particularly better!

[@fatherson5907]

They are far better. But keep deluding yourself.

[@Superrichy261985]

tuition fees have gon up quite a lot. When I was a student ten years ago, it was 60 Euros per Semester and included a ticket for trains and buses.

[@briantravelman]

From my experience talking to people the biggest things Americans find weird about Europe is 1. They don't like to make small talk with strangers 2. They're SO formal, often to the point where it gets ridiculous 3. They charge for EVERYTHING 4. The customer ISN'T always right

[@Synnovefl]

I mean, this depends on the country. At least in Norway, we're very informal and direct. A lot of tourists are shocked and thing we're really rude. Americans are way way more polite than us

[@Bee-gl2dy]

I love living in America, but there are a lot of amazing things about Europe! I miss the recycling and Europe definitely has a better personal space system than America lol!

[@weybye91]

that depends where in Europe you are

[@solaccursio]

In Italy we have glass (any color, all together), paper, bio and food, normal waste, plastic. And in every house there are separate bins. In some cities the bins are given by the city to every household. (for instance in Milan where I live we have a brown container for bio and food that was donated by the city).

[@TymiRocelin]

It's more common in the north. In the south it's quite rare to recycle anything. It's more likely in the little towns maybe, my boyfriend comes from a small town in Sicily and they started recycling a couple of years ago, every day someone comes to every house to gather different trash bags, like glass on mondays, or plastic on fridays. I remember 4 years ago going to Friuli and being shocked at how every trash bin was labelled and organized perfectly, I felt bad not knowing what went where.

[@bianuccijunior5905]

ad esempio qui a Bergamo cambia anche solo in base al quartiere, in alcuni il cartone va separato, in altri la latta va col vetro, in altri separata e così via, questo per dire che varia moltissimo anche solo a qualche chilometro di distanza

[@kristicox1073]

In Oregon in the U.S. we recycle the same way as Germany. And some stores will charge you extra fee if you pay with a credit card under $10 or $5. College costs in U.S. are insane for in state schools and if it's a private or out of state college, it's 3xs the cost or even more. Community College can be more reasonable and sometimes depending on your family income Community College in Oregon is free, with stipulations.

[@jlust6660]

I don't know if this is a Europe-wide thing, but the University I study at (in the Netherlands) has a different entrance fee for people with a non-EU/EEA nationality, which probably isn't that much cheaper from US colleges.

[@ANDJELINA]

Its about 10.000 euro if you are non-EU..or more

[@missnerd4832]

@@ANDJELINA yes, but still way cheaper than a 40.000 annual US fee😅

[@fatherson5907]

@@missnerd4832 the average cost of university in the US is nowhere near $40,000. You’re ignorant and gullible.

[@Starssinger]

@@fatherson5907 College Tuition: The Top 20 Least Expensive Rank Tuition Name 1 $5,790 Brigham Young University (Provo) 2 $21,673 Florida State University 3 $27,791 Binghamton University (SUNY) 4 $27,850 University of Buffalo (SUNY) 5 $28,528 Stony Brook University (SUNY) 6 $28,658 University of Florida 7 $28,794 Purdue University (West Laffayette) 8 $29,220 North Carolina State University (Raleigh) 9 $31,120 University of Georgia 10 $31,568 University of Iowa

[@fatherson5907]

@@Starssinger lies lies lies, that’s all you peasants have. Here’s the real list: 1. Cal State - Dominguez Hills - $1,640 2. UT - Pan American - $2,500 3. Cal State - LA - $2,735 4. CUNY - Lehman - $2,327 5. City College of NY - $7,125 6. Fayetteville State - $6,848 7. Dalton State - $6,256 8. UT - El Paso - $5,607 9. CUNY - Technology - $7,033

[@MsMolly1988]

I didn't know Germany also has a pant system... In Denmark, we don't really use coins a lot especially after Covid hit and we were encouraged to use the card or MobilePay. I personally only use coins when my kids lose their baby teeth and have to get money from the Toothfairy or if I need to buy something from the vending machine at work.

[@michellejensen98]

I knew that. That's why we have to fill out that piece of paper, when we wanna transport German cans (and so on) over the border to Denmark. If we don't we'll have to pay the prices the Germans do

[@weybye91]

Covid didt change much on the part of how we paid, since 90% of all danes used debit cards

[@MsMolly1988]

@@weybye91 where I live it did

[@Jappe132]

About personal space. I had French mid level boss back in the day. He came to talk to me and was standing like 1m away from me. I told him to step back and he didn't like it. He complained to higher ups and eventually the biggest boss asked what was my problem. I told that I need to have my personal space. He understood me and after that I had no problems at all. Expect with one Italian boss who was all touchy all the time but that's different story. We Finns like our personal space.

[@Jappe132]

And about money. I happened to have nearly 1000€ in cash. I decided to buy GPU from this Finnish computer store called Jimms. Well I went there and I saw the sign saying "Cash payment not accepted" I think that was the only time I've had cash in past 5 years or so. Back in 2009 when I moved to Brussels I was surprised how card payment was not accepted and I had to carry cash with me. That was annoying.

[@dottylizard]

Recycling is a tricky one. What you can recycle depends on the recycling facilities available in your local council area in the UK. So it may be technically possible to recycle something, but not where you live. e.g. I could recycle foil in the previous place, but not where I am now. Glass has changed in the last few years. We always used to have separate containers for clear, green and brown glass, but now it is one container for all glass. I hope that means it is now possible to remove/separate the colouring in the recycling process.

[@jonnyd9864]

That Fench girl has the most beautiful skin wowww

[@dubmait]

France and Germany, different places, but similar compared to how different other parts of europe are

[@jimflagg4009]

Called Merchant Fees. The credit card companies get a percentage of the purchase from the sellers. In the US the sellers just tack that fee onto our purchases automatically. Most people in the US do not look at their totals and except fees and taxes will be added.

[@anneneville6255]

1:06 Just to clarify, all public universities in Germany are free as long as you are in a full time program. There is a lot of misconception that you can also sign up for part time or evening programs while you still work full time, and you get it for free too. No, those programs, even at public universities are paid. Obviously the tuition fees are not as high as in USA but still something around 50k. Also MBA also are paid, at least the majority of them. There are still universities that provide it free but probably don’t give an MBA but a master of arts title in business (but free for full time students).

[@styrkjarsteibjorn1860]

Cash in Germany has also to do with its past. Since we had a Dictatorship which really tried to control every part of life, people, especially the older ones, tend to have quite big, untraceable Accounts of Cash hiding somewhere, just in Case.

[@markgun6527]

It's not bad advise to have something outside your bank. You never know..

[@GalvanDrew]

That's Dope!

[@andreienciu750]

The color of the bottles depends of the proportion of pigments of each recipe for each nuance of color is needed to produced for each client charges, but also usually clients have some interesting charges especially for cognàc and wine bottles.

[@lena644]

tuition fees in Germany also depend on whether you're attending a university or a university of applied science and of course in the city. I'm only paying 75€ per semester, but to be fair there's no ticket for public transportation included

[@christal4117]

European things - Germany and France. Seriously, thats your idea of whole Europe?

[@Luredreier]

3:19 Nordic people have even *bigger* personal space then Americans...

[@captaineflowchapka5535]

in france depending on where u are the personal space is kinda diffrent , the change is not so much physicly , but is more common of people being far mroe open to engage with people (opposite being paris , where everyone could be signialisation cone it would be the same)

[@Nicole-kt5qf]

Many companies in America are switched to electronic pay. When Americans say, "card" we aren't referring to credit cards. We are talking about debit bank cards or pay cards. Our paychecks are instantly uploaded onto our company pay cards. It reduces the use of paper and reduces crimes.

[@johnnorthtribe]

In Sweden we basically never or very seldom use cash. I have not had cash on me for years. Sweden, and I think the rest of Northern Europe, is almost a cash free society. When it comes to recycling... Omg, Sweden is fanatic about it. I do not think there is any country with such a good working recycling system. We even import trash from other countries because the trash we consume is not enough for our bio fuel power plants. Education is also totally free here (financed by taxes). No fee what so ever for students.

[@ClaireEmilia]

Sorry, but Germany is the world‘s recycling champion 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@erine.5680]

I've only been to Munich Germany (I' Greek)so don't really know about the rest of the cities ,but in Munich I didn't get the sense of social space at all in fact the opposite the were friendly and quite close to me when I was asking for directions and they even offered to make suggestions about places to visit and things to eat, I even got to make friends out of the blue that way so I'm confused, for me the Germans are in fact very warm and not distant at all

[@helgaioannidis9365]

Germany is culturally very diverse. Munich as a city in southern Bavaria has been culturally influenced heavily by Italy and Austria. Also about 25% of the population of Munich has at least one grandparent from another country. I'm from Munich and when I grew up in the 80ies in all my classes I had kids with parents from abroad, usually from Italy, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Greece, Turkey, Hungary and Russia, but also Spain, Israel, Vietnam, France, UK and US. So if you grew up in Munich you're used to a multicultural environment with lots of people from southern Europe. My uncle married a woman from northern Germany and lives in Hamburg and his wife would always point out how dirty, loud, outgoing and chaotic us Bavarians are. She used to say we're more Italian than German and look down on us. It's also said as a joke that Munich is the most northern city of Italy. When people think of the German stereotype it never really fits, because we're so diverse within the country.

[@erine.5680]

@@helgaioannidis9365 Oh I see. Well one thing for sure Munich people give a good name for Germans. Most of my friends are English and Australians and they've all traveled in Munich Germany(mostly as exchanged students) and when we were discussing one common thing we've all noticed is how warm and humorous Germans are we had no clue that that was a unique cultural incident in Germany so interesting !

[@eedragonr6293]

@@helgaioannidis9365 there is a big Bavarian community in Australia, isn't it?

[@helgaioannidis9365]

@@eedragonr6293 I have no idea 😅 I've never been to Australia. I know there are German communities abroad like in Brazil or in Pennsylvania, but I don't know if any of those is specifically Bavarian

[@eedragonr6293]

@@helgaioannidis9365 I think most of the Germans having family businesses in Australia are of Bavarian origin.

[@cond.oriano47]

In Greece it's free to study in the university...but you have to study day and night for a whole year (including a month in the summer), while paying for after-school classes, in order to pass "Panellinies" (final exams) and go to the school you like. In case you didn't pass you can try again next year.

[@ibenschnackmcgregor1899]

In Denmark, we literally get paid to go to university. If you are over the age of 18, and are taking more than a certain amount of classes a week, the state provides you with ‘SU’. The amount of money you recieve each month depends on your parents income and on how far from your parents household you live.

[@lilixmm2406]

I'm from Normandy too

[@Morshedkhan006]

That's why I like germany

[@lorasso7268]

here where i live we have a free school. We don’t have to pay for school books or food. We also get a students discount on some things.

[@millaronkainen3009]

Love the video

[@peterkoller3761]

how the expensive US education system is justified? they need people for the military, which is "voluntary" (that is, if you are poor and still want education you are almost forced to join the military.) plus, an expensive education system helps the wealthy elites stay among themselves, it helps keep the plebs out.

[@noahremnek3615]

The reason why tuition rates have surpassed inflation because student loans are guaranteed and during the 80s many states starting to defund universities to fund healthcare. No poor people are not forced to join the military for free college. There is FASFA for low income students, community college is much cheaper, and scholarships by charities and companies like Starbucks and McDonald’s. There are ways to reduce the cost.

[@peterkoller3761]

@@noahremnek3615 1. they should have cut the military budget in favour of healthcare and education, not just move money between the two. 2. *reduce* cost for something that should be free, you mean. Fact is, several of my US friends could never have afforded University eduction if they hadn´t been in the military.

[@noahremnek3615]

@@peterkoller3761 There is so much waste in education spending with bloated administrative spending in many public schools. Education is mostly funded by the states not the federal government.

[@jessicaely2521]

@@peterkoller3761 so you're saying you're lazy and dont want to look for ways to make University free. I didn't pay a dime going to 6 years of University. I had FAFSA, grants (free money), scholarships, and a work study program. I also had a grant that was for students with learning disabilities. You got 2 yrs of free community college. All you had to pay for was books. I cant remember the name. The work study program I had to work a minimum of 8 hours a week while a student. When I graduated I had to work for the company for 5 years. The working for the company wasnt a big deal to me. Depending on the government makes you lazy.

[@peterkoller3761]

@@jessicaely2521 there is no such thing as a free meal! you may prefer to study as a beggar and free loader at the mercy of some institutions "granting" their financial favours - I prefer being part of a system where everybody pay their taxes which in return finance education.

[@LucyLive91]

First off that flag is the EU flag and you can be European without being part of the EU so maybe they should've used the individual country flags instead

[@matteorossato9182]

In reality, the flag does not represent only the EU, but also the continent. This is because the flag has already been used by the Council of Europe (an international organization other than the EU) since 1955 to represent the continent and in 1983 the European Parliament decreed that the flag of the then European Community would be the same. So the blue flag with twelve golden stars also represents the continent of Europe 🇪🇺

[@_Viking]

@@matteorossato9182 wrong, it's the flag of the union, not the continent. The institutions you're mentioning is part of he EU, not the continent. Here in Norway those don't apply at all.

[@matteorossato9182]

@@_Viking No, get better informed. The Council of Europe is an international organization made up of 46 members (including Norway) and founded in 1949, even before the EEC which was born in 1957. The only Councils we have as an institution of the Union is the Council of the European Union and the European Council. In conclusion, the flag was first adopted by the Council of Europe and later the EU adopted it as the flag of the Union.

[@evertonpereira14]

Even here in Brazil I use more the card or cellphone with apps or QR codes. We can pay even street food with card or cellphones now.

[@10thdoctor15]

We have card/contactless vending machines in the UK, and I feel like most cashiers are surprised when people use cash.

[@aposslex]

It’s always interesting watching from an English point of view as it’s always 50/50. I think we are half European and half American when it comes to various cultural behaviours

[@OTB2002]

No we aren’t we are completely different from both

[@aposslex]

@@OTB2002 what an odd thing to say

[@jennifercox225]

@@aposslex But most Brits know nothing about europ while they know everything about usa.

[@sib9769]

@@jennifercox225 the love of guns and religious fervor they will never understand and not being a collective community which is more european mindset...but the american influence is there in the music, slang, superiority complex.

[@jennifercox225]

@@sib9769 US is far more culturally influential than most european nations. I prmise you when it comes to music, tv series, movies, technology etc, a european country like france or spain gets the she kickd out of it by america so hard it is not even funny

[@pahis1248]

I´d like to see Northern Country representative. from Europe

[@Nick-ly4gk]

German and scandinavia is not far apart tho.

[@pahis1248]

@@Nick-ly4gk but still quite different-imo

[@jumil1592]

@@Nick-ly4gk Yeah but in the north they use their card much more and there are many more differences.

[@Nick-ly4gk]

@@pahis1248 is like having a person from Argetina instead of Chile , its almost the same culture.

[@Nick-ly4gk]

@@jumil1592 u are right, but why strugle to bring a scandinavian person , when there is a german there? I've lived in Germany and scandinavia and there is not much difference.

[@chibi-chan]

The cash thingy in europe is really depending on the country. Here in the Netherlands everything is card. They prefer card over cash i think

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Tipping is obviously optional. And card payment got more common with the pandemic, but cash is still the primary form. I had it fairly recently that a small store wanted an extra fee for card payment.

[@IcoKirov]

it's strange how Americans think people in Europe are constantly hugging or touching each other, and are generally more ok with public intimacy. i think it's because of movies. like the girl meets a dude from europe and he is hugging her and kissing her on the cheeks, and say "oh, sorry that's how we do it in my country"... yeah, i haven't visited most countries, but i'm pretty sure that's not true. for the most part anything more than a handshake during first meetup is kind of not ok. and staying close to another person you are not related to in some way, is also not ok, unless the situation requires it of course, like a cramped public transport, but if there is not a pretty good reason to stay close to the other person you would be told to back off. like you are standing in line, there should be around 1 arm distance at least. and staying shoulder to shoulder with someone, yeah, if you are friends, maybe. but with a person you just met or a stranger. even if you are forced to do so by the circumstances, it would be weird for both and interacting with strangers on the streets is limited to asking for the time or directions and things like that. if you try to make small talks with something, they will wonder why you are talking with them. the "acting familiar with everyone" that is presented in the movies is not true. of course there are some individual people that are not right in the head and don't know boundaries, but those are rare, and not Europe specific.

[@benjaminmarker]

I was surprised you have to pay tuition in Germany. In Denmark students gets 900 dollars a month from the state. I'm also surprised that both France and Germany still uses cash. I don't think i've had any cash in my wallet for many years now. We mostly use cards or smartphones in Denmark. But from what I can understand, Germany is not very digitalized yet.

[@leonie364.]

We love our cash in Germany, I can't explain to you why but we love paying with cash. You can apply for Bafög, then you also get money from the state.

[@miriam9108]

I hate using my card, because I have better control over how much I spent went I pay cash

[@benjaminmarker]

@@leonie364. In Denmark only really old people (and people who've done some undeclared work) use cash. It's so much easier to just use your card or phone, plus it's very unhygenic with the cash.. With the card or phone, you just put it near the terminal and the transaction goes through.. When I think about it, I'm not even sure how our coins and notes look like anymore.. But most things in Denmark are digitalized now. It's so much easier.. If you have a smartphone, you can pretty much do anything, from having your health insurance card, corona passport, banktransactions etc. And all mail come in your e-boks where you log in with your nem (easy) -ID..

[@benjaminmarker]

@@miriam9108 I find it easier that everytime I buy something and use either my card or phone, I get a notification on my phone and an electronic reciept. Swing up north and come visit us here in Denmark, I'm sure you will find it so much easier. :)

[@Oz-cg6ok]

@@leonie364. Deutsche sind einfach paranoid im Bezug auf Datenschutz. Bargeld sichert Anonymität.

[@tobyk.4911]

In Germany, paying with debit card in shops, restaurants, etc. has become very common. However, not all places do offer this option, therefore it's still recommendable to carry some cash, even if it's not needed in most places. For paying bus tickets, often cash is useful, however in buses in Berlin you can buy tickets from the bus driver only using a contactless (debit) card (and not by cash). paying for a parking ticket is usually done with cash, while at *some* places the machine can also read a debit card.

[@Triforce469]

In the Netherlands almost every place alowes you to pay with a card (if its not every place already) so not everyone carrys around cash anymore

[@liukin95]

Free tuition isn't free everywhere in Europe. In England we have to pay £9,250 per year!!

[@thomastschetchkovic5726]

Well you just left Erasmus as well so you can't even go and study anywhere else cheaper because your country got fucked over

[@FOC-xu2kw]

In Ireland if your family income is above a certain amount and you don't qualify for a grant you have to pay a few thousand per year for college. It used to be very expensive years ago.

[@RobertoStinkyPants]

I find Weired Weird.

[@lettucemonster7151]

Hello Christina,., Love Love Love from Philippines!!

[@anonymusde2162]

the keeping distance yeah... something u can just dream about in Italy... u will get touched since the first time u meet new people and that with kisses ...