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The Italian Town That's Not in Italy (or the EU... kind of)

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@udn9930
@udn9930 3 жыл бұрын
Update: Campione formally became part of the EU customs territory on 1 January 2020 and a border crossing was established. Moreover, the casino (the biggest in Europe, by far) was declared bankrupt on 27 July 2018 and is currently closed. Most jobs were lost and the question is still before Italian tribunals. Campione is today almost a ghost town.
@moduleapothem6446
@moduleapothem6446 2 жыл бұрын
The casino reopened in 2021
@chawndel8279
@chawndel8279 2 жыл бұрын
How did a casino go bankrupt?!?
@red-vg2ds
@red-vg2ds 2 жыл бұрын
@@chawndel8279 the house won too much and the manor had to kick them out
@ferretyluv
@ferretyluv 2 жыл бұрын
The casino reopened in January. And there’s still like 2,000 people in Campione.
@TheElusiveReality
@TheElusiveReality Жыл бұрын
damn :(
@Daniel-br4nc
@Daniel-br4nc 6 жыл бұрын
The dupemaster himself
@Mtchndra
@Mtchndra 6 жыл бұрын
Daniel wtf thought this was so narcissistic but i guess not
@kingfaz07
@kingfaz07 6 жыл бұрын
Daniel ?
@nokkamutka3208
@nokkamutka3208 6 жыл бұрын
That was actually a good advert. I liked it. Ad makers! Take notices!
@Anthony8851
@Anthony8851 5 жыл бұрын
Nokka Mutka He was just joking
@tripledotdash
@tripledotdash 5 жыл бұрын
No joke, that was actually a pretty good one
@Xerxezkov
@Xerxezkov 6 жыл бұрын
You must have spend one hour to present the main topic and ten times of that to think how to present the ad XD
@pear6554
@pear6554 6 жыл бұрын
Lol
@inouelenhatduy
@inouelenhatduy 6 жыл бұрын
lol so many vietnamese :) ko ngo cung co nguoi viet coi trang nay haha
@Ida-xe8pg
@Ida-xe8pg 6 жыл бұрын
1:29 the most beautiful currency ever
@Xerxezkov
@Xerxezkov 6 жыл бұрын
Steven Utter steven the mighty translator xD
@claytonanderberg9118
@claytonanderberg9118 6 жыл бұрын
focking bots get out of here
@FutureNow
@FutureNow 6 жыл бұрын
I would consider living in Switzerland, the flag is a big plus.
@winstonchan231
@winstonchan231 6 жыл бұрын
haha i get it
@lucasbrien5008
@lucasbrien5008 6 жыл бұрын
FutureNow just wait for all the people saying *BUT IT’S JUST A FLAG*
@bas3386
@bas3386 6 жыл бұрын
BUT IT'S JUST A FLAG
@pigking3854
@pigking3854 6 жыл бұрын
BUT IT'S JUST A FLAG
@krrisin
@krrisin 6 жыл бұрын
bad pun me no like
@sjnavaid9341
@sjnavaid9341 6 жыл бұрын
Which Toyota Corolla should I drive today?
@Eriiaa
@Eriiaa 6 жыл бұрын
A 1983 Corolla Levin
@axelfoley133
@axelfoley133 6 жыл бұрын
Whichever one you can jump start ;)
@kurtmostat8491
@kurtmostat8491 6 жыл бұрын
One that isn't the Eight Six
@ERROR_-_404
@ERROR_-_404 6 жыл бұрын
The pink one with the green race stripes
@expattraveler2654
@expattraveler2654 6 жыл бұрын
The one you need to jump. I borrowed the one leaking oil today
@AlexVoxel
@AlexVoxel 6 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the casino recently went bankrupt
@Volodimar
@Volodimar 6 жыл бұрын
Source?
@abdulahad04
@abdulahad04 6 жыл бұрын
Владимир Климов www.ilgiorno.it/como/cronaca/casino-campione-ambrosini-1.4007609 Read the whole article, (translating it to English)
@andreas.3970
@andreas.3970 6 жыл бұрын
yes, I confirm, now it's closed
@samuelskillern7365
@samuelskillern7365 6 жыл бұрын
f
@tt3k
@tt3k 6 жыл бұрын
Rip
@brennalynnn
@brennalynnn 6 жыл бұрын
Helvetians on death bed: plz... *cough* make a font after us...
@mitsvanmitsvanio6106
@mitsvanmitsvanio6106 4 жыл бұрын
You know that the Swiss are the Helvetii right, in Greece we still call them like that and Switzerland we call it Helvetia.
@deadlive3212
@deadlive3212 4 жыл бұрын
Mitsvan Mitsvanio swiss and helvetians are not the same. The helvetians were a celtic tribe that lived in the area of modern day switzerland. Now swiss are obviously not celtic and therefore they cannot be the same.
@deadlive3212
@deadlive3212 4 жыл бұрын
Topher TheTenth the helveticans were assimilated into the german tribes 1600 years ago. Also genetically there is no big difference between celtic and germanic people. The modern swiss neither share culture or language with the celtic tribe. At that point the genes washed down for over 1500 years don’t really matter. They may have celtic heritage, but they are not celts.
@xcvbnm123
@xcvbnm123 3 жыл бұрын
underrated lmfaooo
@xxxBradTxxx
@xxxBradTxxx 3 жыл бұрын
and a celtic metal band
@derek9196
@derek9196 6 жыл бұрын
God, this channel is awesome. The comedy is great, it’s extremely informative, animated amazingly, and is so easy to understand
@lynxfl
@lynxfl 6 жыл бұрын
it's twice as interesting as the wendover channel imho
@y0Special
@y0Special 6 жыл бұрын
Exceeeeeeeeept this one was wrong in all areas
@hiddendevs
@hiddendevs 5 жыл бұрын
@Re Up still interesting
@DoABarrelRol1l
@DoABarrelRol1l 4 жыл бұрын
Some topics have an abundance of stock footage that can get on my nerves- mostly ones about abstract things like economics. I can only see a bunch of business men grabbing cash out of the air so many times ha
@julianfernandez2689
@julianfernandez2689 6 жыл бұрын
ah yes the good old second world war of 1917
@rafaeligmpraciano4123
@rafaeligmpraciano4123 6 жыл бұрын
JulianTech5 thanks to it, we now have a tax-free casino which revenue fuels an Italian city inside of Switzerland
@jamesonchampion
@jamesonchampion 6 жыл бұрын
He was referring to the fact that WW2 was 1939-1945 and not in 1917, that would be WW1
@q0w1e2r3t4y5
@q0w1e2r3t4y5 6 жыл бұрын
some say the Crimean war was the real first one (zeroeth?) cause it didn't just happen in Crimea but basically all ports of Russian Empire werre attacked by English, French, Turkish and .... Sardinian forces. Including Arkhangelsk (Northern sea) and ... Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka yet we learn only about what happened in Crimea, and of that only that Russia lost, yet, no Russian territory was ceded to anyone so you can argue that it was a draw or even Russia won.
@julianfernandez2689
@julianfernandez2689 6 жыл бұрын
ah yes the good old WW1 of 1939
@tamaslapsanszki8744
@tamaslapsanszki8744 6 жыл бұрын
This comment is way too low in the comment section. I had higher expectations of wendover/hai audience
@Swiss001
@Swiss001 6 жыл бұрын
Can anyone count how much he said swiss or italy?
@arrawid
@arrawid 3 жыл бұрын
wow you're here swiss
@maximilianbergstrom
@maximilianbergstrom 3 жыл бұрын
He said swiss 11 times
@egg-xb1ip
@egg-xb1ip 3 жыл бұрын
Me.
@hometownmedic7355
@hometownmedic7355 3 жыл бұрын
You cant?
@bruhz_089
@bruhz_089 3 жыл бұрын
No
@lazyperfectionist1
@lazyperfectionist1 6 жыл бұрын
"The Italian Town That's Not in Italy" This is not _that_ surprising. Quite a lot of France is not in Europe, after all.
@CoffeeSuccubus
@CoffeeSuccubus 6 жыл бұрын
lazyperfectionist1 But isnt French but is
@densmack2967
@densmack2967 6 жыл бұрын
True lol, how did you the italics I know how to do *Bold* I used KZbin to look it up😀 *hi* -hi- _hi_ *_-hi-_*
@pseudonymous1382
@pseudonymous1382 6 жыл бұрын
**Bold** __italics__ --strikethrough--
@ragzaugustus
@ragzaugustus 6 жыл бұрын
Ahh, but they are, almost all of Overseas France is in fact in the EU and are considered integral parts of the French Republic, geographically they may not be in Europe, but they are in the EU. Also, quite a lot? Unless you count the Antarctic claim, it really isn't that much.
@lucasbrien5008
@lucasbrien5008 6 жыл бұрын
Pseudonym Smith this should be the required lessons for being able to post comments, along with passing the 5th grade lol
@CallieMasters5000
@CallieMasters5000 6 жыл бұрын
I used to live in Lugano. You're playing fast & loose here when describing Campione d'Italia. It's definitely no "Mini-Monaco". Yes, it has a casino and it's an enclave of Italy on the shores of Lake Lugano, but it's boring as hell and the only reason to go there is to get late night pizza when everything else is closed in Switzerland. It's mainly just a lot of residences. You showed the wrong type of license plate they use (Yes, it's Swiss, but it would be the Ticino plate!), and none of your other stock Swiss photos were from Ticino either, since none of them were in Italian. Campione does look Italian, as it has Italian flags, police and signage, but all of that area looks pretty much the same on both sides of the border (except the Swiss side is cleaner and better made). Seriously, Campione is not a glamorous place full of beautiful people, like Monaco. It's hardly worth the trip across the lake to visit.
@hipporopinguinninis6650
@hipporopinguinninis6650 6 жыл бұрын
La pizza la fa un po’ schifo, meglio il kebab vicino all’USI 😂
@Cletten
@Cletten 6 жыл бұрын
Callie Masters thank you!!!!! I'm from Mendrisio and I was about to say this haha
@sandcastle1128
@sandcastle1128 6 жыл бұрын
Wow, this Video is a scam
@CoWinkKeyDinkInc
@CoWinkKeyDinkInc 6 жыл бұрын
Sandcastle 112 it's almost like the title sounded better than reality, I mean who else would click on it?
@julienxu
@julienxu 6 жыл бұрын
Man did you even watch the video? He is comparing it to Monaco because of the rich people that live there... Not what you can do there...
@the_urban_tourist
@the_urban_tourist 4 жыл бұрын
"The biggest casino in Europe" ...and it went on bankruptcy last year.
@NicolaW72
@NicolaW72 3 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah... - thank you for the update.
@zollen123
@zollen123 3 жыл бұрын
COVID did some good works there.
@user-df3ty8ei2u
@user-df3ty8ei2u 3 жыл бұрын
@@zollen123 covid was not a thing in 2018 mister
@AragornRespecter
@AragornRespecter 6 жыл бұрын
Another pro about Switzerland is that the flag is a big plus
@terguo
@terguo 6 жыл бұрын
Pyrus be the president
@starchington
@starchington 6 жыл бұрын
Can’t believe he didn’t use this one
@psychological9890
@psychological9890 6 жыл бұрын
Nah it's a medikit
@KingManuBoss
@KingManuBoss 6 жыл бұрын
Wow you messed up the joke..
@Richard_Jones
@Richard_Jones 6 жыл бұрын
I tip my hat sir!
@eurovisioncyan9550
@eurovisioncyan9550 6 жыл бұрын
*I've been duped*
@Peng_Pong
@Peng_Pong 6 жыл бұрын
WE’VE BEEN SPECLDURPED
@matthewbrady9667
@matthewbrady9667 6 жыл бұрын
What verse is that?
@TIMBOWERMAN
@TIMBOWERMAN 6 жыл бұрын
I went there on a day trip from Lugano in 1974, there were Swiss and Italian police on the boat so no way was anyone duped.
@elliotttheneko
@elliotttheneko 5 жыл бұрын
WE'VE BEEN *SCAMED*
@peanutbuttercracker1
@peanutbuttercracker1 5 жыл бұрын
@@Peng_Pong THAT'S NOT EVEN A WORD AND I'M AGREEING WITH YA
@afcgeo882
@afcgeo882 3 жыл бұрын
As of 2020, Campione is a full member of the EU, assesses VAT (though at the Swiss national rate) and a border crossing has been established. This all happened against its residents’ wishes. The casino closed in 2018. Postal services are now solely via Italy and cars have to be registered in Italy as well.
@pat_mueller
@pat_mueller Жыл бұрын
you're joking?
@FairyCRat
@FairyCRat 6 жыл бұрын
Okay first we had a Chilean town that's not in Chile, then we had the same with Argentina, and now we have an Italian town that's in Switzerland. By the way I think Germany has a similar town.
@Cyrillus_EX
@Cyrillus_EX 6 жыл бұрын
Then there's a Spanish town that's not in Spain, 2 actually
@samuelschonenberger
@samuelschonenberger 6 жыл бұрын
Fairy C Rat Germany's is in Switzerland as well
@FairyCRat
@FairyCRat 6 жыл бұрын
I posted a comment Well unlike Campione and Büsingen, Ceuta and Melilla are in the EU (idk if that's still the case though, since illegal migrants take advantage of that), have heavy border controls with Morocco, use euros and Spanish public services.
@Cyrillus_EX
@Cyrillus_EX 6 жыл бұрын
They're part of Spain right? But they're not in mainland Spain, still counts
@q345ify
@q345ify 6 жыл бұрын
Spain also still has the canaries too though, what's their status? I know the Dutch part of Saint Martin and Aruba aren't part of the EU either despite being part of an EU country
@iafozzac
@iafozzac 6 жыл бұрын
As an Italian I can say that your pronunciation was near perfect
@ILP136
@ILP136 6 жыл бұрын
You can't see his hands though so it's hard to tell
@rox1317
@rox1317 6 жыл бұрын
ILP136 LMAO 🤘
@iafozzac
@iafozzac 6 жыл бұрын
lol
@zzzangetsu
@zzzangetsu 6 жыл бұрын
I'm a simple man, Half as Interesting as a complicated man.
@elliotttheneko
@elliotttheneko 5 жыл бұрын
XD
@Ultimate-Revolt
@Ultimate-Revolt 6 жыл бұрын
Taxes are much lower in Switzerland
@neilmoulang90
@neilmoulang90 6 жыл бұрын
Pros of living in Switzerland: Well, the flag's a big plus
@SuperDeadknife
@SuperDeadknife 6 жыл бұрын
Neil Moulang I think this is the best youtube comment
@SuperDeadknife
@SuperDeadknife 6 жыл бұрын
Neil Moulang too bad it is stolen
@eednb4257
@eednb4257 6 жыл бұрын
Cons of living in Austria: Their flag is a *HUGE* minus
@greenfox1991
@greenfox1991 6 жыл бұрын
There is a reason why it has been stolen :D
@neilmoulang90
@neilmoulang90 6 жыл бұрын
GreenFox X3 I commented first... I think
@CSLucasEpic
@CSLucasEpic 5 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that until the mid 20th century, "Campione D'Italia" was known simply as "Campione" but Mussollini wanted to make sure people knew it was part of Italy because he was a facist nationalist nutjob, so he added the "D'Italia" to the town's name.
@rabbanynarukaya8342
@rabbanynarukaya8342 4 жыл бұрын
Lucas Liso Lol and the name literally translated as “Champions of Italy”
@Jedanaste
@Jedanaste 3 жыл бұрын
@@rabbanynarukaya8342 *champion, singular.
@Pistoshaska
@Pistoshaska 5 жыл бұрын
Well, the casino WAS the main source of income of Campione...it failed in 2018
@hahawhat.1098
@hahawhat.1098 6 жыл бұрын
Italian town that’s not in Italy.... Seems legit
@andymadden8183
@andymadden8183 5 жыл бұрын
Alaska once belonged to Russia. Wonder if they would have spied on America if they'd had Alaska during the Cold War.
@FranciscoDiaz-vf7mc
@FranciscoDiaz-vf7mc 6 жыл бұрын
I'm a simple man. I see Half as Interesting, I click.
@dianesophie2674
@dianesophie2674 6 жыл бұрын
Francisco Diaz you pissed me off, I don’t know why but you did
@lucaselting2946
@lucaselting2946 6 жыл бұрын
Diana La Flora i understand you, but I was not annoyed by him
@dianesophie2674
@dianesophie2674 6 жыл бұрын
Lucas Elting You are not able to understand if you aren’t annoyed, good sir. I’m still very angry about this remark and am still unable to identify why.
@lucaselting2946
@lucaselting2946 6 жыл бұрын
Diana La Flora it is in fact possible to understand something without feeling the same about it. For instance, I understand you may think she is attractive, but I don't think so.
@dianesophie2674
@dianesophie2674 6 жыл бұрын
Lucas Elting Okay, but you understand I could be annoyed but not the reason unless you do.
@crypticsgamer
@crypticsgamer 5 жыл бұрын
Fyi the Casinò di Campione declared bankruptcy on the 27th of July 2018 and is currently closed
@namefinder
@namefinder 6 жыл бұрын
From the front the casino looks like a skull, something a bond villain would design
@jadenwalter7400
@jadenwalter7400 6 жыл бұрын
I'm disappointed that for pros in Switzerland he didn't say the flag was a big plus. Though I'm only one minute in so he might.
@jonistan9268
@jonistan9268 6 жыл бұрын
1:17 they would probably use TI license plates because they're surrounded by the canton of Ticino.
@afcgeo882
@afcgeo882 3 жыл бұрын
They used to. As of 2020 they must register cars in Como.
@MerggysGaming
@MerggysGaming 5 жыл бұрын
I went to Campione D'Italia 2 days after the casino shut down. It was still a nice place and the restaurants by the water had great food.
@kendrickproductions7721
@kendrickproductions7721 4 жыл бұрын
We know it’s a Half As Interesting video when it transitions flawlessly to the promotion
@the-rascal
@the-rascal 6 жыл бұрын
Better make my memes there!
@arfn1973
@arfn1973 6 жыл бұрын
Mac Tonight ;)
@indayteray8647
@indayteray8647 6 жыл бұрын
Mac Today
@tpptrumpet5986
@tpptrumpet5986 6 жыл бұрын
just made a comment like this before seeing yours rip
@dog-ez2nu
@dog-ez2nu 6 жыл бұрын
We're safe no worries EU = meme friendly for now
@tomwilson8176
@tomwilson8176 6 жыл бұрын
Martha, why are you wearing a Versace dress in the middle of April without two Louis Vuitton handbags!? How gauche.
@cocoatune
@cocoatune 6 жыл бұрын
4:39 That was some twisted Pinocchio-Geppetto stuff right there.
@stephanweaver1960
@stephanweaver1960 3 жыл бұрын
We weren't rich when we lived there. Father was a self employed engineer. One April fool's they announced on the local radio that Switzerland was annexing Champione. Another thing is there are no borders, so a WWII anti-fascist was lured there from Switzerland by a spy,-lover on a "picnic" and he was captured and hung. Also the Melide bridge nearby is the only place in Switzerland where a bomb was dropped in WwIi. Mostly I miss fishing perch on the lake as a boy...
@ghosttoast8326
@ghosttoast8326 6 жыл бұрын
Honestly, you are right in the whole video being an ad. The whole thing is a very well built ad that concludes with a lesson relating to the advertised product. It's a great way of doing it all.
@ERROR_-_404
@ERROR_-_404 6 жыл бұрын
4:42 did some one check that?
@lucaselting2946
@lucaselting2946 6 жыл бұрын
ERROR 404 im gonna do it man
@commoncoolchannel8588
@commoncoolchannel8588 6 жыл бұрын
I have only commented this so I can get the news.
@maxtremetrains3743
@maxtremetrains3743 6 жыл бұрын
me too
@itsfinnickbitch63
@itsfinnickbitch63 6 жыл бұрын
i aint gonna do it but i’ll leave a reply here so i’ll find out if someone actually did it
@sawyersmith3590
@sawyersmith3590 6 жыл бұрын
hi
@Only.D.G.
@Only.D.G. 6 жыл бұрын
Germany has a whole province like that, it's called Königsberg
@nuradiva_ir
@nuradiva_ir 6 жыл бұрын
Ah you mean Kaliningrad? need to reform your country back to Prussia to take that city back i guess
@linoc1019
@linoc1019 6 жыл бұрын
D G What about *ELSAß-LOTHRINGEN* ?
@andikawardhana9616
@andikawardhana9616 6 жыл бұрын
D G it's kaliningrad
@LibraSnakeLibraSnake1018
@LibraSnakeLibraSnake1018 6 жыл бұрын
The US has a whole state like that, it’s called Alaska.
@bismarckmech3170
@bismarckmech3170 6 жыл бұрын
You forgot Hawaii *and all the island territories that we forget about*
@devilmaker28
@devilmaker28 6 жыл бұрын
You really found the perfect balance of jokes and facts in this video. Wasn't distracted at all being told something like a town of 2000 people is smaller than the population of the USA. Great video!
@enricomonti156
@enricomonti156 Жыл бұрын
The casino has reopened this year after four years of closure, and it indeed caused a lot of financial crisis, as the casino originally guaranteed for the municipal council economically talking. The town became part of the EU in 2020, plate numbers on cars had to be converted from Swiss to Italian ones, the Euro is also accepted and it can be accessed with the Italian landlines of the province of Como if you have an Italian phone number
@VoidNeedsSubs
@VoidNeedsSubs 2 ай бұрын
My grandparents live there and they gotta pay double taxes and they have to rent cars because of the plate thing. They moved there like in the 60s I believe because if you owned a business there you didn’t pay taxes.
@mateusmazzini
@mateusmazzini 6 жыл бұрын
"So, you know the European Union? The thing that 50.9% of brits think it's stupid? So..." I'm dying
@marsgal42
@marsgal42 6 жыл бұрын
I've always wondered how it worked in WW2 when neutral Switzerland had little pieces of non-neutral Italy and Germany inside it.
@q345ify
@q345ify 6 жыл бұрын
nobody really bothered to do anything about it because the Nazis were too busy storing away stolen treasure and all of Switzerland's roads and infrastructure was basically rigged to explode anyway making pressing the issue more trouble than it was worth
@d.l.r.
@d.l.r. 6 жыл бұрын
The pieces were two small and irrelevant. Also, all Swiss carried weapons at home and they were trained to use them, it's a country divided by unaccessible valleys, half of the territory is snowy, and they are very fond of their independence. Switzerland was like Afghanistan without the polygamist, the Sharia law and poverty all over the country.
@arussian_spy
@arussian_spy 6 жыл бұрын
tbarry12 They did have a plan to invade Switzerland but we all know what happened to Germany before that.
@stormerz8605
@stormerz8605 5 жыл бұрын
@@d.l.r. You think armed civilians could stop a regular army?
@d.l.r.
@d.l.r. 5 жыл бұрын
Ask Napoleon about spaniards.
@nooranik21
@nooranik21 6 жыл бұрын
I'll be honest, one of my favorite parts of the week is HAI's skillshare/brilliant/squarespace or other ad transition. It's like when your dad is making a joke, and you know it's going to be corney as hell, but you don't know how it's gonna get there so you play along anyway.
@darwingraeme3310
@darwingraeme3310 6 жыл бұрын
Nuts to the people that bagged out this video. I liked it. Enclaves & exclaves are fascinating when you delve into the history behind them.
@Sultan-bm7ey
@Sultan-bm7ey 6 жыл бұрын
I like how your starting too cool off those heavy jokes. I like the more subtle jokes you had before. Your almost there good job and great video !!!
@AimonsL_oignon
@AimonsL_oignon 6 жыл бұрын
I was just seeing Google maps a few days back and I noticed this place. A part of Italy surrounded by Switzerland. I didn't know it was that special!
@euphoric1183
@euphoric1183 6 жыл бұрын
you have the most smoothest transition to ads in the whole youtube
@dronespace
@dronespace 6 жыл бұрын
This guy is like the master of Transition ads
@adeadchannel4129
@adeadchannel4129 6 жыл бұрын
Liechtenstein has better tax laws.
@snakeonsomerocks5667
@snakeonsomerocks5667 6 жыл бұрын
Italy holds the biggest casino in Europe WHILE THEY DON'T ACCEPT GAMBLING. LOGIC.
@DavideGobbicchi
@DavideGobbicchi 5 жыл бұрын
we do accept gambling...the speaker was wrong.
@santic.8120
@santic.8120 5 жыл бұрын
logic is ilogic
@michelesantolini4342
@michelesantolini4342 4 жыл бұрын
It's simply wrong gambling is not illegal
@cerealbobkiller
@cerealbobkiller 6 жыл бұрын
That Fukuyama reference made me chuckle. Good job
@thevalet2011
@thevalet2011 3 жыл бұрын
Better update this because Campione d’Italia is now part of the Customs Territory of European Union
@Braeden123698745
@Braeden123698745 6 жыл бұрын
I love how his snarky humor is exponentially increasing
@JoseRodriguez-wq3uz
@JoseRodriguez-wq3uz 5 жыл бұрын
Cons: Taxes Italian ministry of Economy: Hold my beer. Source: am Italian.
@jackmara882
@jackmara882 4 жыл бұрын
You forgot one important thing. On 1/1/2020 Campione will leave the swiss custom area and join the italian and with that the EU custom area.
@swiperthesniper7355
@swiperthesniper7355 6 жыл бұрын
I went to Lugano this summer and saw this place from the train
@andreasmc1
@andreasmc1 6 жыл бұрын
4:10 Not for long...
@alessandrocavicchioli7557
@alessandrocavicchioli7557 5 жыл бұрын
A little late, but for all who wonder, "Campione d'Italia" means "Champion of Italy" in, well, Italian. Source: I am Italian (not from Campione, tho)
@DavidColex
@DavidColex 5 жыл бұрын
That's not true, it means "sample ot Italy".
@alessandrocavicchioli7557
@alessandrocavicchioli7557 5 жыл бұрын
Technically correct. I like it.
@DavidColex
@DavidColex 5 жыл бұрын
Di niente.
@donpeppesaviano
@donpeppesaviano 6 жыл бұрын
You're probably the only youtuber I follow who has a creative approach to sponsored videos! Love it!
@olofhedner5977
@olofhedner5977 6 жыл бұрын
When going on a boat from one end of Lake Lugano to the other (Porlezza Ponte Tresa), going the shortest way (around 20 km) and without going backwards, you will most likely cross the swiss-italian border a minimum of six times. I've done it.
@johnnybadboy3475
@johnnybadboy3475 6 жыл бұрын
I’ve been there. The waterfront is beautiful, and it has a lot of Swiss influence as he says.
@soundwave6529
@soundwave6529 6 жыл бұрын
that ad relating to the video content was amazing we all can give it a 💯
@diznartz
@diznartz 5 жыл бұрын
Half As Interesting is one of the very few channels where I look forward to their ads
@rohanshekhawat2071
@rohanshekhawat2071 6 жыл бұрын
Your videos are reaching humor and pun levels never imagined before..
@yoandimov8236
@yoandimov8236 6 жыл бұрын
I am in United States right now and there is a China Town near me. Will you make a video on that too?
@idndyzgaming
@idndyzgaming 6 жыл бұрын
Lamboland 😂
@jrhoadley
@jrhoadley 6 жыл бұрын
Ironic - the homeless shelter in the picture is the former Peachtree Pine shelter in Atlanta, which was closed recently for reasons not everyone agrees about.
@user-ie6jr4bg1w
@user-ie6jr4bg1w 4 жыл бұрын
Campioni D’italia also has their own ambulances (three of them) but get backed up by the suisse when needed.
@xWood4000
@xWood4000 6 жыл бұрын
Would it make sense for Apple to move from Ireland to campione d'italia?
@TuddecBMW
@TuddecBMW 5 жыл бұрын
They move most of their profits to Jersey anyway, which is a tax haven.
@mildlydepressed
@mildlydepressed 6 жыл бұрын
"1917 during world war two"
@movax20h
@movax20h 6 жыл бұрын
The interesting thing is that during WWII, CIA was stationing in this town, with a knowledge of Switzerland, and was a base for spying operations in Italy. That was because Fasict regime of Italy didn't actually fully control the area, and because Swiss were ignoring their presence as long as they have plausible deniability.
@MegaDerf110
@MegaDerf110 6 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact, there was a brief moment in history when the territory on the other side of the lake, in front of Campione d'Italia, was Italian as well. We are talking about a period of about seven months, since this territory was given to Switzerland the same year Italy became a nation.
@IlGab02
@IlGab02 5 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the territory?
@Connor-lq2wp
@Connor-lq2wp 6 жыл бұрын
DUPED
@user-tw1dg9jr1m
@user-tw1dg9jr1m 5 жыл бұрын
Monaco France San Marino holy see campione d'italia Italy Italy really love enclaves and exclaves
@IlGab02
@IlGab02 5 жыл бұрын
@PM A And your royal family is Italian
@soup_music
@soup_music 6 жыл бұрын
Your editing is fantastic. If you hire someone to animate for you, they're fantastic.
@asd36f
@asd36f 7 ай бұрын
During the Second World War, Campione largely became separated from the rest of Italy and functioned almost as a Swiss canton. As a result, this small town, unlike the rest of Italy, was not occupied during the war by the Germans, nor by the Allies after the war.
@mrmontgomery702
@mrmontgomery702 6 жыл бұрын
Best ad ever!
@narata1541
@narata1541 6 жыл бұрын
I hated reading the entire bible then seeing the phrase, "you've been duped." Ah well, at least the author(s) were honest!
@russiaprivjet
@russiaprivjet 6 жыл бұрын
Narata they hid the truth the whole time, but they knew no one would actually read it
@96nico1
@96nico1 6 жыл бұрын
There's a lot of mistakes in that video, in swiss the taxation for rich people are not a lot (see flat tax in swiss) , and the campione d Italia has the Swiss VAT (8%), i live exactly at the border
@jaymatt1569
@jaymatt1569 6 жыл бұрын
HAI and WP are probably one of my favorite channels, he is very informative, he is funny, and he puts ads at the end of the video
@MynameisJoey
@MynameisJoey 6 жыл бұрын
Did someone fact check the trick?
@Isopropyl_Alcohol
@Isopropyl_Alcohol 6 жыл бұрын
oi boi what -bad- jokes do we have this week?
@rubenpeters265
@rubenpeters265 6 жыл бұрын
That transition is really really smooth! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
@Rockingham76
@Rockingham76 6 жыл бұрын
Your videos are absolutely amazing! Super interesting and the humour adds that extra little something. Thanks! Keep up the good work!
@Isaac-em7xx
@Isaac-em7xx 6 жыл бұрын
1917 during World War Two 4:05
@thanosunreal5848
@thanosunreal5848 6 жыл бұрын
please someone check the script if this is actually true
@SergioLongoni
@SergioLongoni 6 жыл бұрын
yea is almost correct. The taxation in Campione is reduced (as in Livigno, another italian enclave). The historical part skip over some passages (but it's ok for a 5 minutes video) : Campione was never under the Pope: was a feud of the HRE, then conquered by Napoleon, then under the Austrian Empire in the Lombardo - Veneto reign, till the second italian independence war and the annexation to Piedmont, and then Italy
@SergioLongoni
@SergioLongoni 6 жыл бұрын
Also: gambling is not illegal in Italy. Is regulated, but you have slot machines in almost every bar. There are Casinos at Saint Vincent, Sanremo, and Venice, and you can also gamble online.
@ocbee6175
@ocbee6175 6 жыл бұрын
Sergio Longoni um thanks for the information but idk if that’s what he meant.
@mickmickymick6927
@mickmickymick6927 5 жыл бұрын
There's also a German equivalent called Busingen, it's on the VAT-exempt list you showed.
@cian87
@cian87 4 жыл бұрын
A huge amount of the oddities here were resolved three days ago (01/01/2020) - its now in Italy (and the EU) for customs purposes; and in Italy for post purposes.
@cavejohnson7249
@cavejohnson7249 6 жыл бұрын
i love you more than pizza
@abhcy
@abhcy 6 жыл бұрын
-Why I already know this-
@arnoldhau1
@arnoldhau1 6 жыл бұрын
Its not just a tax heaven, it is also a very nice place to live.... The scenery is beautiful, the climate is mild, the food is fantastic...
@Amidee
@Amidee 6 жыл бұрын
Come on, apply yourself! There are a lot of fun facts about Campione you should have mentioned. Campione has the lowest crime rate of basically all Europe, with virtually no violent crime ever recorded. Also an astounding one fifth of the population work in the Casino, which is (I had a chance to speak with some workers there last year) actually not going really well economically speaking, and this is a problem because layoffs there have an actual noticeable impact on the local population. I also read somewhere that Campione has the highest amount per capita of luxury cars of Europe, but I can't find the source right now. Campione is such an iconic town for my beloved country: it's a place where you can bet your ass everyone evades taxes but nobody will actually do anything about it because it's all controlled by organised crime (think mafia).
@royzhu5735
@royzhu5735 6 жыл бұрын
Pro: The flag is a big plus XD XD XD Ok I'll go
@MijnAfspeellijst1234
@MijnAfspeellijst1234 6 жыл бұрын
normaly i hate adds, but i can't even be mad at this add. I wish all the other add where........HALF AS INTERESTING.
@EpicnessYeet
@EpicnessYeet 6 жыл бұрын
Were Isnt Spelled Where
@Seagull512
@Seagull512 6 жыл бұрын
I will never be bored by your segways into the sponsors
@PaulRamondo_
@PaulRamondo_ 6 жыл бұрын
I swear your humour levels up with every video haha keep up the wicked content dude.
@kevinyu8802
@kevinyu8802 6 жыл бұрын
First HISTORIANS
@JoMiMi_h
@JoMiMi_h 6 жыл бұрын
Boi Kevin JIMBO no
@tanman.
@tanman. 6 жыл бұрын
you were first
@AlRightThenThanks
@AlRightThenThanks 6 жыл бұрын
I knew something was up, so I was half duped. Liked for being a bit more than usual.
@larynxaustrene3073
@larynxaustrene3073 6 жыл бұрын
This video is great! I have never been to Campione but on the other side of the lake on a hill for a lot of time (Carona). When I was little the only thing weired about Campione that I realized that the randomly set of fireworks in the evening... I was in that area for holiday and live more in the north of switzerland. Actually the fourth place (g) out of VAT is the Water Part of Campione, plus at least to more parts of the same lake.
@bl4ckspr4y29
@bl4ckspr4y29 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, I love the animation and the jokes of all of your videos.
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