Up until the 90ies, even "private" landline telephones in homes in Germany were not private but owned by the postal services and you had to rent them for a monthly fee. It was forbidden to connect "unlicensed devices" to the telephone network. Which made almost every early internet adopter comitting a serious crime when using a modem and also the many adopters of the new cordless phone models coming to market. Why this offtopic random fact? Well, the german law proposed a higher maximum sentence for this particular violation than for "causing a nuclear explosion" (which actually is still verboten, as far as I know :)
I actually know this one One of my ancestors were a direct advisor to the king (and his brother led a cavalry unit that drowned during it :/ ) when they marched across the ice and laid siege to copenhagen I believe it was the reason for the treaty of roskilde but dont remember the name of the campaign so you'll have to google a bit if you want to read about it
A law that contradicts itself: When biking in Alberta you must, with a free hand, hand signal with intent but you must also keep your hands on your handle bars at all times.
In Germany, when riding am electric scooter you are required to signal with your arm, but it is very difficult and very dangerous to actual take one hand of the handlebars of an electric scooter.
@@Martina-Kosicanka Section 32 of the Salmon Act is headed "Handling Salmon in Suspicious Circumstances". This section creates an offence in England and Wales or Scotland for any person who receives or disposes of any salmon in circumstances where they believe, or could reasonably believe, that the salmon has been illegally fished. Essentially, this is a provision aimed at reducing salmon poaching by making the handling of poached salmon a criminal offence. :)
In Detroit Michigan US, it is illegal to paint a sparrow, and sell it as a parakeet, it is also illegal for a man to scowl at his wife on Sunday's. Visitors be advised.
In Canada many years ago there was a TV show called this is the law. They would show a short clip and the object was for the panel of guests to guess what law gotten broken. It was pretty funny and there were some bizarre laws, contradictory laws and laws that were badly outdated.
It's similar with The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, Denmark. The copyright owners are actually known to litigate over that. We need Freedom of panorama in Europe and around the world :(
@@MarvinCZ in theory, it's true for every design, including architecture, but only in a few iconic exemples, they actively hunt for (professional) use of the image, like the copyright holders for the Atomium in Brussels. They forced the tv news to change their background a couple of years back, because it depicted the Atomium...
@@barvdw Not every design everywhere. Many countries have Freedom of panorama laws - laws that exmpt architecture and other works displayed permanently in public spaces from copyright protection.
In Alabama, if you’re going to drive across a covered bridge, you must honk your horn to alert any horse and buggy on the other side to keep from scaring the horse.
@@poshparker2878 I came to the Czech Republic by road in the 90s, Wenceslas Square had nothing on the road between the German and Czech border checkpoints
@@Darwinek Not even Audi? Or are Audi drivers over there in Prague also more well known for speeding and blinding the fnck out of you with their way too bright xenon headlights, like they are here in Amsterdam?
In Montana, it's illegal for a wife to open her husband's mail, It is illegal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays, and illegal for unmarried women to fish alone at all.
@@nou4605 Every country has dumb laws like these you might not have heard of them because they are dead in practice nobody enforces those but also nobody bothered to formally change them
The title of the Czech version of the video does in fact say "everyone breaks these laws". :D I think they titled the English version like this because of the way this channel is geared towards tourists...
Aw, I went through Wenceslas Square just as you were filming the scene with the beer 😂 I was too scared to approach though, but I kept smiling afterwards. finally, I saw a real Janek in his natural habitat 😂 I love you guys, you are doing an amazing job ❤️
In Canada there’s a law saying you can’t build a snowman taller than 30 inches. Some more weird laws: you can’t paint your house or doors the colour purple in Ottawa, in Halifax a taxi driver can’t wear a tee shirt, in all of Canada you can’t remove a bandaid in public, in Alberta you aren’t allowed to paint a wooden ladder and in Toronto you can’t drag a dead horse down the street on Sundays. I’d say some of them are outdated... 😂
Some weird laws in Belgium: - It's illegal to mow your lawn on a Sunday - Some guy in a town close to mine got fined because he threw a sandwich wrapper into a public bin, which was considered littering... - No Dutch monarch will ever possess the throne
@@danepher The first one actually depends on your municipality, and it doesn't always have to do with noise. The third one actually has to do with Belgian history... What is now cocidered Belgium always had been part of the Netherlands, but turmoil in Europe devided the North and South. They were first ruled together by the Spanish, and then the Austrians. The Dutch revolted against these powers, but the Belgians weren't able to. After the French revolution the Low Countries were actually reunited again, but, with backing from France, the French speaking part of Belgium revolted against being ruled by the Dutch, with successful outcome this time. That's how Belgium was created and the same goes for that law!
Having been a frequent visitor of Prague, due to an ex-partner from Prague, I learned something new in your video: Thank you! However, you are incorrect that all cars are over 2 metres wide. Many actually have dimensions, from mirror to mirror, that are (barely) under that 2m mark. That includes a lot of the Skoda models from the first decade of this century, which make up a large percentage of the current fleet of cars driving around in prague right now.
I would think it should depend on the influence of the area, combined with if the guides are charging money for it. Where I live, there is a local tour guide group that will give a tour of the area, and your group only pays for the gas of the tour bus. Well, more of a tour van. But the guide group consists of volunteers from the local museum and arent required to have a licence. I think they offer it as a free service that heavily advertises the museum
I remember, we were on a class trip, we threw bread crumbs from the charles bridge, the amount of birds that were flying after us was hilarious. Our teacher wasnt happy. Birds were attacking us for the next like 10mins
There is another scam that happens in the Trocadero in Venice, where a crew guides you from the parking lot to their keos, charge you a premium and stack you like sardines in their boat taxi. The real taxi is only a 100 meters to the right.
It's so sad, but in the same time amazing to see Prague empty like this. I was used to work in tourism in Prague and I got sometimes sick of all the touristic traps in the city centre. It's so nice to see, that they are gone now :).
On the books, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, it is still illegal for a man to be seen in public after dark without a top hat.... and a child to be seen in public at all after dark --- even with their parents.
Thanks! I was having such a hard time with this one, really. I guess this was the last push I needed - I'm enrolling back to the uni 😃 Oh my... See you soon in Prague! :) Honza
Last place I went before the world went to shit, actually the news about the virus broke on our second day there. I’ll be back as soon as I can because I miss it so much.
Tourists are often surprised that 'jaywalking' is perfectly legal in London and the rest of the UK. If you want to fit in, check the road and cross whenever and wherever you fancy. Just not on motorways!
@@hitlord Even if it was legal in the US ,it would be a very bad idea, US drivers don't give a shit about pedestrians, walking across the road at an area that isn't a cross walk (or even on a cross walk if it is a busy road) is just asking to be flattened on the road.
Great job guys,, i was in prague last year and loved your videos that helped me go from the airport to the old town,, and all your tips on crooks !! you are always interesting !!
5 Ridiculous Laws in New Jersey It is against the law for a man to knit during fishing season! ... It is against the law to slurp your soup! ... It is illegal for automobiles to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the street! ... It is illegal to wear a bulletproof vest while committing a murder! ... It is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon!
Asians (or at least Japanese) will get into trouble as for them slurping is showing that you enjoy your food. You would be offending the cook/host if you didn't slurp. Or your partner but I am not going to explain that.
Why would you count only the width without mirrors? Are you driving with them folded? :) But actually my car is 199,1cm wide (ford focus) including mirrors - so there probably a lot of cars which fit under 2m.
6:51 That Škoda Scala is 1.9m wide, Minicooper Countryman has 1.86m (including mirrors!), so yes the most of cars we saw DOES fit in 2m. Not as you said, that all are breaking the law.
Did you count the mirrors ? I think that in the "official" measurements only the car body is counted, not the part of the mirrors that extends further.
@@flitsertheoAll cars (I know of) can fold their mirror in, most (all?) can do it electronically (ie by pushing a button without actually exiting the vehicle). Reality check, as someone who has worked with trams, I guess you will not get any money from the city if a tram rips you mirror off. Even if it was a situation where, if the tram had been a car, that car would have been considered at fault.
nobody would miss it in general - but luckylly the Prague office of this "red bus touristic company " succesfully and oficially BANKRUPTED !!!! HURAY|!!!
In Berlin, street musicians needs a license and aren't allowed to use amplification. The only place without this restrictions is Mauerpark, the Berlin Wall Park between Bernauer and Gleim Strasse
Same as some parts of Australia, the alcohol free zones are I think the "exception that proves the rule" in that by having designated areas where it's prohibited, it confirmed that it is legal to do outside of those areas, in a way that might be less clear if there were no law at all
I think you deserve WAY MORE subscribers and comments, fans, supporters, because what you do is amazing, and what is the best, that I never went to Prague, or probably never will go to Prague, nevertheless, I still extremely enjoy your videos! And I love that!
You should do a video on the sidewalks and streets of Prague. When I went I couldn’t stop staring at the ground. Miles and miles of the most beautiful streets in the world.
A town near me has a law still on the books which requires horse hitching posts infront of all businesses. No one follows it, but I met a horse owner who was fighting the city to get his hitching posts!!
We were once stopped by the police because drank beer at a stand at the Wenceslas Square. They forced us to stop drinking the beer but fortunately we were not fined.
Very entertaining. Thanks guys. As a Czech living in Prague I can say that this is a typical Czech approach. Politicians make tens of thousands of laws that no one respects and are never enforced unless you are a visible minority.
That first law is actually a great idea, specially if the gov is taking it seriously. So many scammers make money off of tourists that don’t know what they’re doing or other criminals pretending to be a guide to hurt them
Let us know which law seemed the most bizarre to you or what crazy laws you have in your city! 👇 We're curious to find out. And if you like what we do, please consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/honestguide Thanks! PS - When we reach 300 Patreons, we’ll do livestream testing trdelníks in the city centre 😃😃
Well, the one about not drinking in public is slightly weird considering how much beer Czechs drink. At the moment I can't think of any crazy laws for my city (Reykjavík).
Regarding the point about car width - your generalisation is incorrect. Many cars are indeed wider than 200cms from mirror to mirror but a very large percentage are perfectly fine. An Audi A6 for example, which is considered to be a large car, measures between 188.6cm to 190.2 cm wide mirror to mirror. Hence, anything smaller would be perfectly fine. On the other hand, something like a Porsche Taycan (214.4cm) would indeed be too wide. By the way, the Skida Octavia Combi you pointed out is only just a tad too wide at 200.3cm wide. Love your videos! Keep it up!
I ve always wondered, about the rule of "not throwing" thing on the ground, like cigs or papers ... how about putting them down? Not throwing, but gently putting them on the ground and leave them there ... :o
I'm pretty sure most country have wise choosed word such as "dispose" or a combination of things "throw, dispose, or leave without intent to pick it up". If you disagreee with the fine then you or they (depending of how the law work in your country) would have to prove you intended or not to leave it there.
Yes, these signs ARE by law specified to width indluding the mirrors. Usefull for knowing the car would fit in someting like 2,25 m wide lane, but as cars are gotten larger throughout last 20-30 years, this is definitely something, that almost everyone will break :D
@@siriusczech just checked that my volkswagen up also fits with 1,910mm including mirrors! just gotta move it to Prague from Brazil and I'll be good to go on the bridge lol
@@Napoleon.82 Australia hates people protecting themselves. If someone is attacking you and they get a scratch on themselves from you blocking them... you can be charged with GBH. If you scream out while being attacked, you can be charged with disrupting the public.
@@karakas9905 agree. I should be able to shoot people in my own home. I miss the times when you got home from work, shot your wife and got a new one so you could get dinner. Smh.
I would have to assume that the requirement to have a license and display it in order to be a guide is an attempt to crack down on scammers taking advantage of tourists.
In Germany blind card drivers may use resident parking spaces and restricted parking zones for up to 3 hours... In my area North Rhine Westfalia an officals business trip is legally finished, if they die on the trip...
In Poland in general is illegal to drink alcohol (also beer) in public. But there is an exception that you can do it at the bank of the river or in the near area of the lake etc. It's because there is another law for the reservoirs in Poland. It can be changed by the local authority, but it's very rare.
Everyone is different and the same goes for their essential needs. So you can live almost normally or you are infringed on your natural rights. If it is without proper fair trial then you know you live in totalitarian regime that threw you in prison, innocent or not, no difference.... No liberty, no justice.
With mirrors you usually need to add 10-15cm to the official width of a car, which is just the body. Most modern cars are between 190-205cm in width, meaning that with mirrors almost all modern cars are over 2 meters wide. Usually where it says 2m you can easily fit through at 2.05m, so quiet a few cars have no problems, but yes, most modern cars are over 2m wide, and are thus not legally allowed to go through this area (or the left lane in narrow roadworks).
@@astrofan8775 Car width is usually not measured with mirrors in the car industry. Very aggressive sport cars and large SUV are over 2M. The mini he mentioned is far from that at 178cm
lots of older cars were thin or at least much thinner than ours today. Found out in hard reality that entering a grandma´s garage (under a block of flats built in 1970-80´s) in Ford Focus is possible only backwards and with both side mirrors closed :D
You have to add mirrors to that, but it will still be very easily under two meters (probably even under 180cm). You can still buy new cars under 2 meters but they are from the smaller segment like VW Polo or Ford Fiesta.
Lol, I Googled the bus tour charity thing because I wanted to be angry too... Unless I went to the wrong site or misread it, their page says they give ALL their profits to charity. And they have mostly 5-star reviews on TripAdvisor and Google Maps. Yes, it's annoying to be bothered on the street, but if it is all really going to charity and a 5-star tour, it's a good thing to me.
It is breaks in this case, and “its” is possessive. “It’s” is a contraction of “it is” or “it has” and is appropriate in this case. Eg: It’s illegal in Prague to break its laws. Possessive “its”. A tourist in Prague should not “break” their laws. A tourist in “can break/is breaking” these laws. A tourist in Prague “breaks” the law if he _____. I love Prague, it is beautiful. It’s nice to see the streets when they are empty 😂.
@@FanboyOVER9000 "Seit 15.12.2005 ist es in Erlangen verboten, sich zum Alkoholkonsum an öffentlichen Straßen niederzulassen oder zu verweilen." gl-erlangen.de/alkoholverbot-auf-ntlichen-wegen-und-plen/ Ist zwar ein parteilicher Artikel, aber den ersten den ich gefunden hatte xD.
I am happy to say I am not guilty of breaking any laws. 🙂 Well may be the tripod 🤔 , but I used it on the wall of the bridge so technically didn't block the pathway 😂
Mr Pendantic here. As far as I can confirm the Czech Republic road signs are consistent in meaning with the rest of the EU and therefore vehicle width restriction signs don’t include mirrors. Besides, plenty of vehicles are less than 2 meters INCLUDING mirrors.
Here in Liverpool England the "inspections law" of 1998 bans "the detonation of nuclear weapons within the city limits"
sometimes there are laws that need to be broken
Seems a bit unreasonable. I need to go outside of the city to detonate my nukes?
Up until the 90ies, even "private" landline telephones in homes in Germany were not private but owned by the postal services and you had to rent them for a monthly fee. It was forbidden to connect "unlicensed devices" to the telephone network. Which made almost every early internet adopter comitting a serious crime when using a modem and also the many adopters of the new cordless phone models coming to market.
Why this offtopic random fact? Well, the german law proposed a higher maximum sentence for this particular violation than for "causing a nuclear explosion" (which actually is still verboten, as far as I know :)
@@fiedel Well, I know that my car ensurance gets voided if I cause a nuclear explosion with my car.
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo I'll totally hashtag that with #RulesThatMakeSense, if you ask me :)
A weird one we got in Denmark is,
'If the Öresund freezes and a Swede walks over to Denmark, Danes are allowed to hit them with a stick.'
I actually know this one
One of my ancestors were a direct advisor to the king (and his brother led a cavalry unit that drowned during it :/ ) when they marched across the ice and laid siege to copenhagen
I believe it was the reason for the treaty of roskilde but dont remember the name of the campaign so you'll have to google a bit if you want to read about it
During the Great Northern Plague, Norwegians were adviced to open fire on every Swede trying to cross the border.
Love that
That would be terrifying! I wouldn't want to be chased by drunk with a a stick :P
What happens to a Swede who tries to walk from Malmo to Copenhagen without the Oresund freezing? jk
In Malta it's illegal to "run violently", yeah I don't know what that means either.
so you cant play hide and seek tag in public mk
@@_xNora Legally no
Try swearing something bad to me from the other side of the street and i will teach what it means 'Run violently'
@@dlteodorian lmao
Imagine you running away from a robber and he sues you for running away violently
A law that contradicts itself: When biking in Alberta you must, with a free hand, hand signal with intent but you must also keep your hands on your handle bars at all times.
In Germany, when riding am electric scooter you are required to signal with your arm, but it is very difficult and very dangerous to actual take one hand of the handlebars of an electric scooter.
That's not contradicting itself.
In Poland it is illegal to ride a bike with a backpack ;)
@@budus2 !! Why?!
@@TemptressTeelia Because some idiot didn't use his brain when he was writing this law last year ;d
Manhattan: spiderman
Los Angeles: iron man
Washinton: Captain America
Prague: Janek
I love how your name is COD Boss but you have a Battlefield Bad Company 2 profile picture :DDDD
In London, it's illegal to suspiciously handle salmon xD
I remember that from a Tom Scott video 😃
Have we any clue what the intention was there?
@@marek.p that's the one! ;)
@@Martina-Kosicanka Section 32 of the Salmon Act is headed "Handling Salmon in Suspicious Circumstances". This section creates an offence in England and Wales or Scotland for any person who receives or disposes of any salmon in circumstances where they believe, or could reasonably believe, that the salmon has been illegally fished. Essentially, this is a provision aimed at reducing salmon poaching by making the handling of poached salmon a criminal offence. :)
What if you don't suspect a thing, but the salmon does?
Lucky strike: I ran into Janek and Honza on Charles Bridge, right before they started filming. You are great guys, just go on.
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@@desertbloomgarden no
You just triggered my heavy tobbacco withdrawl symptoms.
In Detroit Michigan US, it is illegal to paint a sparrow, and sell it as a parakeet, it is also illegal for a man to scowl at his wife on Sunday's. Visitors be advised.
That is awesome, thanks for sharing! :-D
omg does kind of rules could stand still? unbelievable. must be so old
Can you paint a scowling sparrow onto your wife? Say, maybe, while she's sleeping? (asking for a friend)
@@ipektanrica9029 I'm sure they are from the 1800's, or early 1900'S, and were just never taken off the books.
@@WhereWhatHuh If she's into that sort of thing, go for it! Just don't try to sell her as a parakeet. lol
"We have so many weird laws in prague, so lets go break them."
**Happy music starts playing**
*Murders someone*
@@CosminCRT With morality being subjective murdering someone might just be as bad as throwing something on the ground but lets not get too deep xD
In Canada many years ago there was a TV show called this is the law. They would show a short clip and the object was for the panel of guests to guess what law gotten broken. It was pretty funny and there were some bizarre laws, contradictory laws and laws that were badly outdated.
In my city it is technically illegal to throw snowballs. As you may imagine, no one actually follows this law.
Would be funny if you lived in Sydney or something.
Haha it would, but no, roughly in the western US. We haven't gotten much snow this year though
@トマラ that would be hilarious lmao
In my city it doesn't matter if you throw snowballs.
May be its because we dont have snow
In my city it doesn't matter if you throw snowballs.
May be its because we dont have snow
I'm form Paris and it's illegal to take a picture of the Effiel tower at night !! But nobody will ever fine you obviously ... Great video guys !
yeah I heard about that, i heard becouce of the copyright on the lighting Effiel tower
Seriously??? That is amazing :D Do you know any reason for that?
It's similar with The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, Denmark. The copyright owners are actually known to litigate over that. We need Freedom of panorama in Europe and around the world :(
@@MarvinCZ in theory, it's true for every design, including architecture, but only in a few iconic exemples, they actively hunt for (professional) use of the image, like the copyright holders for the Atomium in Brussels. They forced the tv news to change their background a couple of years back, because it depicted the Atomium...
@@barvdw Not every design everywhere. Many countries have Freedom of panorama laws - laws that exmpt architecture and other works displayed permanently in public spaces from copyright protection.
In Alabama, if you’re going to drive across a covered bridge, you must honk your horn to alert any horse and buggy on the other side to keep from scaring the horse.
it's like mountain tunnels somewhere in Alps, there are signs you must horn beasue only 1 car can enter tunnel
In Alabama, reverse cowgirl is illegal.
Because you're not supposed to turn your back on family.
@@phanaticz sweet home Alabama
@@phanaticz so your saying you are reverse cowgirling your family?
Surely sounding your horn will scare the horse!
As a local, I can honestly add that I had no idea about any of these laws and I have no intention in following them :D
Me: "I'm lost, can you point me towards ________"
Them: "Sorry, I don't have the permit for that."
"You cannot offer a service on the street of prague"
Good one
Here you go: www.praha.eu/public/52/4d/b0/2567053_893656_narizeni_c._9_2011.pdf
@@janekrubes He probably meant a specific service ;)
@@Martina-Kosicanka In the 90s wenceslas square was packed with hookers at night, offering all sorts of services ;)
@@poshparker2878 I can imagine ;)
@@poshparker2878 I came to the Czech Republic by road in the 90s, Wenceslas Square had nothing on the road between the German and Czech border checkpoints
Just watching that Porsche driver intentionally blocking the way causes something to boil inside of me.
Classic scene here in Prague, though usually the main protagonist is a BMW.
In Prague Is a question. It is a porshe car, or it is a porshe tram which has a stop there? :D (One type of trams in Prague is designed by porshe...)
@@user-ib9pz6id5b stfu
@@Darwinek Not even Audi? Or are Audi drivers over there in Prague also more well known for speeding and blinding the fnck out of you with their way too bright xenon headlights, like they are here in Amsterdam?
@@jdjphotographynl Yeah, the blinding lights of Audi are a thing here as well.
Janek started the day an innocent, everyday Prague citizen. But ended the day, as a serius criminal!
hahaha...good one
Well, those are not crimes offenses.
Hello
In 2077, what makes someone a criminal?
"A pigeon. It's basically a pooping machine." - Aren't we all?
At least ours goes under and not on
Yeah but we don't shit on the street xD
@@fourcgames7568 at least most of the time
I dont poop on my neighbors windsheild
@@N1ghtH4wk86 Very good point. Let's all realize that we in fact envy the birds their ability to perpetrate these "bombing runs".
In Montana, it's illegal for a wife to open her husband's mail, It is illegal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays, and illegal for unmarried women to fish alone at all.
And Americans call other countries regressive. Lmao
Let me guess: The opposite (i.e man opening his wife's mail is perfectly acceptable)
@@nou4605 Every country has dumb laws like these you might not have heard of them because they are dead in practice nobody enforces those but also nobody bothered to formally change them
It should be a law to touch the honest lamp in Prague 😂😂
#covid :D
Name of the vide: Tourists breaks these laws
Reality: Citizens break these laws
For real
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Actual reality: both citizens and tourists break those laws as the video clearly shows.
Everybody breaks these laws, but nobody really cares
The title of the Czech version of the video does in fact say "everyone breaks these laws". :D I think they titled the English version like this because of the way this channel is geared towards tourists...
Aw, I went through Wenceslas Square just as you were filming the scene with the beer 😂 I was too scared to approach though, but I kept smiling afterwards. finally, I saw a real Janek in his natural habitat 😂
I love you guys, you are doing an amazing job ❤️
I love how there is happy music in the background while your braking the law
In Canada there’s a law saying you can’t build a snowman taller than 30 inches.
Some more weird laws: you can’t paint your house or doors the colour purple in Ottawa, in Halifax a taxi driver can’t wear a tee shirt, in all of Canada you can’t remove a bandaid in public, in Alberta you aren’t allowed to paint a wooden ladder and in Toronto you can’t drag a dead horse down the street on Sundays.
I’d say some of them are outdated... 😂
If you varnish a ladder you can see if the wood gets damaged but you can't if it's painted. Odd to see it being a law though.
So, from now on, you´re the "honest whatever"?
he is just honest
@@vojtsn Honest not-guide and not-lawyer xD
the honest-please-dont-follow-me
Honest guiden’t
Maybe he can be an honest guy
Some weird laws in Belgium:
- It's illegal to mow your lawn on a Sunday
- Some guy in a town close to mine got fined because he threw a sandwich wrapper into a public bin, which was considered littering...
- No Dutch monarch will ever possess the throne
threw a sandwich wrapper in... a public bin... tf
the first one Sunday is a weekend and probably because of noise no?
the third one, well the rivalry between the flemish and the others?
@@danepher The first one actually depends on your municipality, and it doesn't always have to do with noise. The third one actually has to do with Belgian history... What is now cocidered Belgium always had been part of the Netherlands, but turmoil in Europe devided the North and South. They were first ruled together by the Spanish, and then the Austrians. The Dutch revolted against these powers, but the Belgians weren't able to. After the French revolution the Low Countries were actually reunited again, but, with backing from France, the French speaking part of Belgium revolted against being ruled by the Dutch, with successful outcome this time. That's how Belgium was created and the same goes for that law!
in germany its forbidden to do any (too) noisy stuff at sundays. no lawn mowing, no loud music etc
Having been a frequent visitor of Prague, due to an ex-partner from Prague, I learned something new in your video: Thank you!
However, you are incorrect that all cars are over 2 metres wide. Many actually have dimensions, from mirror to mirror, that are (barely) under that 2m mark.
That includes a lot of the Skoda models from the first decade of this century, which make up a large percentage of the current fleet of cars driving around in prague right now.
yeah I noticed that too. the mercedes s class is even under 2 meters and it is a huge car
Doesn't it make perfect sense to require tour guides to have a license (or a permit from the state/city) wherever you are?
I would think it should depend on the influence of the area, combined with if the guides are charging money for it. Where I live, there is a local tour guide group that will give a tour of the area, and your group only pays for the gas of the tour bus. Well, more of a tour van. But the guide group consists of volunteers from the local museum and arent required to have a licence. I think they offer it as a free service that heavily advertises the museum
"When the penalty for breaking a law is a fine, the law only exists for the poor."
LOL, mirror to mirror width of the Paceman: 200.15cm.
Sad but true, at least places are starting to get rid of cash bail aka modern debtor's prisons
@@andrewthezeppo If the law is fine then we should use the Finnish fine model where the amount is proportionate to you're income
I remember, we were on a class trip, we threw bread crumbs from the charles bridge, the amount of birds that were flying after us was hilarious.
Our teacher wasnt happy.
Birds were attacking us for the next like 10mins
There is another scam that happens in the Trocadero in Venice, where a crew guides you from the parking lot to their keos, charge you a premium and stack you like sardines in their boat taxi. The real taxi is only a 100 meters to the right.
I have consumed easily over 100 liters of beer and a dozen liters of spirits on the streets of Prague. I never knew I was an habitual criminal!
Sounds like a great day out.
All the Xmas markets sell mulled wine.
It's so sad, but in the same time amazing to see Prague empty like this. I was used to work in tourism in Prague and I got sometimes sick of all the touristic traps in the city centre. It's so nice to see, that they are gone now :).
On the books, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, it is still illegal for a man to be seen in public after dark without a top hat.... and a child to be seen in public at all after dark --- even with their parents.
Public drinking is legal everywhere in Switzerland, but it's illegal to hike naked in some regions. (because there were too many naked hikers...)
I'm sorry but what?
Maybe they were only naked because they were walking around drinking?
Outrageous! Hiking while freeballing intoxicated is one of my favorite hobbies.. Everyday we lose more freedoms 😔
I have many questions
Real question, what is the appeal of drinking in public? As in walking around the city while drinking instead of sitting down in a bar/restaurant 😁
Spelled BREAKS fam! Love you bro can’t wait to visit Praha again soon
Thanks! I was having such a hard time with this one, really. I guess this was the last push I needed - I'm enrolling back to the uni 😃 Oh my... See you soon in Prague! :) Honza
@@HONESTGUIDE Well then another one that might tip you over: 320T(/year) divided by 80.000 pigeons equates to 4kg/y/bird, not 3.2kg ;)
I went to prague this time last year and it was so cool seeing all the places i visited in the background of the video, keep up the good work
I've never been to Prague, don't even think i'll be able to go, but your videos really make me want to visit this city even during these times
Last place I went before the world went to shit, actually the news about the virus broke on our second day there.
I’ll be back as soon as I can because I miss it so much.
In Czechia we can't go out after 9 pm, unless you have a dog
during the pandemic alone, more than three million dogs have died from over-walking.
lmao restaurace na vyšehradě time
Lol, they could fine whole Old Town Square for drinking svařák (mulled wine) during winter... 😂
😂 Well, corruption sometimes has its positives, especially when you have a mulled wine and it's freezing cold outside
that's basically a money printing
I was thinking that was an obvious thing that lots of people do.
Tourists are often surprised that 'jaywalking' is perfectly legal in London and the rest of the UK. If you want to fit in, check the road and cross whenever and wherever you fancy.
Just not on motorways!
and possibly get run over
@@rednapp57 I've survived so far
Isn't jaywalking only a "crime" (it mostly isn't enforced) in the US?
I thought it was legal basically everywhere.
@@hitlord no, it's illegal in lots of countries
@@hitlord Even if it was legal in the US ,it would be a very bad idea, US drivers don't give a shit about pedestrians, walking across the road at an area that isn't a cross walk (or even on a cross walk if it is a busy road) is just asking to be flattened on the road.
Having a guide license is not bizarre, it's to cut down on scammers
In Ontario, Canada it is illegal to drag a dead horse along Yonge Street in Toronto on Sunday's.
So it's fine on other days ? Noted for when I visit that city.
Great job guys,, i was in prague last year and loved your videos that helped me go from the airport to the old town,, and all your tips on crooks !! you are always interesting !!
5 Ridiculous Laws in New Jersey
It is against the law for a man to knit during fishing season! ...
It is against the law to slurp your soup! ...
It is illegal for automobiles to pass a horse-drawn carriage on the street! ...
It is illegal to wear a bulletproof vest while committing a murder! ...
It is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon!
the fourth one is really a big deal :D :D
Lmao they care more about the bulletproof vest more than the murder
Asians (or at least Japanese) will get into trouble as for them slurping is showing that you enjoy your food. You would be offending the cook/host if you didn't slurp. Or your partner but I am not going to explain that.
6:05 - ha! My car (Fiat Punto) is 1954 mm wide with mirrors :D
That's almost a motorcycle so you should be ok :D :D :D
6:50 the width of that Oktávka is 1,814m, without mirrors - thus less than 2m. I think that only very few cars break this road sign.
Why would you count only the width without mirrors? Are you driving with them folded? :) But actually my car is 199,1cm wide (ford focus) including mirrors - so there probably a lot of cars which fit under 2m.
@@Vysous Because you can fold mirrors
The measurement is mirror tip to mirror tip, with the mirrors fully out.
6:51 That Škoda Scala is 1.9m wide, Minicooper Countryman has 1.86m (including mirrors!), so yes the most of cars we saw DOES fit in 2m. Not as you said, that all are breaking the law.
Did you count the mirrors ? I think that in the "official" measurements only the car body is counted, not the part of the mirrors that extends further.
@@flitsertheoAll cars (I know of) can fold their mirror in, most (all?) can do it electronically (ie by pushing a button without actually exiting the vehicle).
Reality check, as someone who has worked with trams, I guess you will not get any money from the city if a tram rips you mirror off. Even if it was a situation where, if the tram had been a car, that car would have been considered at fault.
@@ChrisisisBI can adjust the mirrors of my 2009 car electronically from within the vehicle but folding still has to be done manually, outside the car.
Sounds like after the exchange offices he is going to shut down the bus tours people. new mission
nobody would miss it in general - but luckylly the Prague office of this "red bus touristic company " succesfully and oficially BANKRUPTED !!!! HURAY|!!!
I wish.
In the US, in some areas, is it still a hang-able offense to steal a horse. Some cities just never updated the law.
In Berlin, street musicians needs a license and aren't allowed to use amplification. The only place without this restrictions is Mauerpark, the Berlin Wall Park between Bernauer and Gleim Strasse
In Vienna we also have alcohol prohibited zones, especially around train stations.
Same as some parts of Australia, the alcohol free zones are I think the "exception that proves the rule" in that by having designated areas where it's prohibited, it confirmed that it is legal to do outside of those areas, in a way that might be less clear if there were no law at all
I think you deserve WAY MORE subscribers and comments, fans, supporters, because what you do is amazing, and what is the best, that I never went to Prague, or probably never will go to Prague, nevertheless, I still extremely enjoy your videos! And I love that!
You should do a video on the sidewalks and streets of Prague. When I went I couldn’t stop staring at the ground. Miles and miles of the most beautiful streets in the world.
In a certain college in Dublin, it’s illegal to walk around without your sword 🗡
i had to look it up, those are things that are making me curious....sry bad english...im german and not really awake...greetings^^
Which college?
@@barratansey152 I don't know which one, but its an actual rule that you must carry your longsword at all times
@@duineeireannach6588 haha
Do they give you swords just when you are attending the college for the purpose of that law since people don't typically use swords anymore?
A town near me has a law still on the books which requires horse hitching posts infront of all businesses. No one follows it, but I met a horse owner who was fighting the city to get his hitching posts!!
Just want to say , these are my chill out videos after a hard day. You're just so placid
We were once stopped by the police because drank beer at a stand at the Wenceslas Square. They forced us to stop drinking the beer but fortunately we were not fined.
3:11
*there's a Hong Kong Revolution Text in the background*
_The Chinese Government would like to know your location_
"Breaking the law breaking the law"
-Beavis and Butthead
It's not a Beavis & Butthead quote, They were quoting a Judas Priest song: th-cam.com/video/eRorNhiUM8U/w-d-xo.html
@@brake_4_cake thanks for the info!
loved that episode
I came from Croatia and stayed here in Czech:)almost 3 years so far:))your guides help alot😁😁
I gotta say, very interesting rules and laws, esp for the car that I often break. Thanks for this timeless service that you are providing...
Very entertaining. Thanks guys. As a Czech living in Prague I can say that this is a typical Czech approach. Politicians make tens of thousands of laws that no one respects and are never enforced unless you are a visible minority.
That first law is actually a great idea, specially if the gov is taking it seriously. So many scammers make money off of tourists that don’t know what they’re doing or other criminals pretending to be a guide to hurt them
Let us know which law seemed the most bizarre to you or what crazy laws you have in your city! 👇 We're curious to find out.
And if you like what we do, please consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/honestguide
Thanks!
PS - When we reach 300 Patreons, we’ll do livestream testing trdelníks in the city centre 😃😃
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Well, the one about not drinking in public is slightly weird considering how much beer Czechs drink.
At the moment I can't think of any crazy laws for my city (Reykjavík).
Drinking in public is what my TH-cam channel
Is based on
Regarding the point about car width - your generalisation is incorrect. Many cars are indeed wider than 200cms from mirror to mirror but a very large percentage are perfectly fine. An Audi A6 for example, which is considered to be a large car, measures between 188.6cm to 190.2 cm wide mirror to mirror. Hence, anything smaller would be perfectly fine. On the other hand, something like a Porsche Taycan (214.4cm) would indeed be too wide. By the way, the Skida Octavia Combi you pointed out is only just a tad too wide at 200.3cm wide. Love your videos! Keep it up!
I ve always wondered, about the rule of "not throwing" thing on the ground, like cigs or papers ... how about putting them down? Not throwing, but gently putting them on the ground and leave them there ... :o
I'm pretty sure most country have wise choosed word such as "dispose" or a combination of things "throw, dispose, or leave without intent to pick it up". If you disagreee with the fine then you or they (depending of how the law work in your country) would have to prove you intended or not to leave it there.
About the carwidth: is that with the mirrors? I drive a 2019 Ford Focus and according to the dutch(i am Dutch) registration, the width is 1800mm.
Janek specifically states 'including the mirrors'
Yes, these signs ARE by law specified to width indluding the mirrors. Usefull for knowing the car would fit in someting like 2,25 m wide lane, but as cars are gotten larger throughout last 20-30 years, this is definitely something, that almost everyone will break :D
@@siriusczech with mirrors, my car is 1979mm so the latest Ford Focus will fit :)
@@darkkingll congratilations, sir, you are the only one allowed over this bridge :D
@@siriusczech just checked that my volkswagen up also fits with 1,910mm including mirrors! just gotta move it to Prague from Brazil and I'll be good to go on the bridge lol
In Sweden, it's by law, illegal to be a criminal.
That is the most Swedish thing I've ever heard in my life. lol
@@peachylee8459 Hahahaha our prime minister is so stupid, that is What he Said in an video haha
@@peachylee8459 the most stupid thing that Stefan Löfven did say is ”there are many dead trying to escape”
@@andreasakesson9518 What I wrote is actually a quote from Annie Lööf. 😂
@@phanaticz hahahaha now i remeber😂
Grandma approved
Yo grandma
Luckily I have Smart Forfour gen1, it is from panel to 1684mm wide, with mirrors less than 2000mm.
this was an awesome vid. love the sense of humor.
In Australia it's illegal to punch someone who's stabbing you
Wtf?! Really? Like stabbing you with a knife?
@@Napoleon.82 Australia hates people protecting themselves. If someone is attacking you and they get a scratch on themselves from you blocking them... you can be charged with GBH. If you scream out while being attacked, you can be charged with disrupting the public.
here in spain it is illegal to shoot people with firearms, and it doesnt even matter if its in public or not
Very sad...
@@karakas9905 agree. I should be able to shoot people in my own home.
I miss the times when you got home from work, shot your wife and got a new one so you could get dinner. Smh.
@@phanaticz There is a time and place when you should be able to legally shoot someone.
@@karakas9905 Oh, I agree.
#1 actually makes a lot of sense. Unlicensed tour guides that work off the grid don't pay taxes.
And potentially rip off tourist so giving the city a bad name. Makes perfect sense to me too.
in HK, it is illegal to write "Free HK" in public like in 3:00.
In Joliet Illinois, there is a law against mispronouncing the city's name.
joilet illnois
I would have to assume that the requirement to have a license and display it in order to be a guide is an attempt to crack down on scammers taking advantage of tourists.
This man is a epitome of simplicity.....good man....love and respect for Czech Republic from India 🇮🇳
I have never known these laws up until now. I've lived here for 10 years
In Germany blind card drivers may use resident parking spaces and restricted parking zones for up to 3 hours...
In my area North Rhine Westfalia an officals business trip is legally finished, if they die on the trip...
In Poland in general is illegal to drink alcohol (also beer) in public. But there is an exception that you can do it at the bank of the river or in the near area of the lake etc. It's because there is another law for the reservoirs in Poland. It can be changed by the local authority, but it's very rare.
We are not allowed to leave our homes. Only for exercise or something essential.
that's called prison
Everyone is different and the same goes for their essential needs. So you can live almost normally or you are infringed on your natural rights. If it is without proper fair trial then you know you live in totalitarian regime that threw you in prison, innocent or not, no difference.... No liberty, no justice.
@@16m49x3 that’s called pandemic
@@MoriMori
No, it's called tyranny
meh, no one really cares
I'm sorry, but there is absolutely no way cars are over 2m in width. It's insane.
With mirrors you usually need to add 10-15cm to the official width of a car, which is just the body. Most modern cars are between 190-205cm in width, meaning that with mirrors almost all modern cars are over 2 meters wide. Usually where it says 2m you can easily fit through at 2.05m, so quiet a few cars have no problems, but yes, most modern cars are over 2m wide, and are thus not legally allowed to go through this area (or the left lane in narrow roadworks).
@@astrofan8775 Car width is usually not measured with mirrors in the car industry. Very aggressive sport cars and large SUV are over 2M. The mini he mentioned is far from that at 178cm
American cars ...
Skoda 120's are only 161cm wide. Your welcome Prauge! Who needs a Porsche anyway.
lots of older cars were thin or at least much thinner than ours today. Found out in hard reality that entering a grandma´s garage (under a block of flats built in 1970-80´s) in Ford Focus is possible only backwards and with both side mirrors closed :D
You have to add mirrors to that, but it will still be very easily under two meters (probably even under 180cm). You can still buy new cars under 2 meters but they are from the smaller segment like VW Polo or Ford Fiesta.
@@zabnat My Renault Kangoo has 2138 mm over mirrors, so even with personal car (5 full seats) you can get even well over 2 m :)
@@siriusczech Kangoo is a van with seats. :) But yes, even VW Golf is over 2 m.
@@zabnat Pickup at best and if you want real 3 seat in the back, you have not much option ;)
In Barrie Ontario Canada it is illegal to have your grass exceeding the height of 30cm o 12" or they will cut it for you
Lol, I Googled the bus tour charity thing because I wanted to be angry too...
Unless I went to the wrong site or misread it, their page says they give ALL their profits to charity. And they have mostly 5-star reviews on TripAdvisor and Google Maps.
Yes, it's annoying to be bothered on the street, but if it is all really going to charity and a 5-star tour, it's a good thing to me.
Crazy that people care more about a little mistake in the title than about the video itself 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
It's violating the law.
@@sandstorm17 XD
This is teh Internet!
In London is illegal to die inside the Houses of Parliament.
You misspelled the title
Its breaks
@HyperNr1 no because he is reffering to multiple people so its plural
It is breaks in this case, and “its” is possessive. “It’s” is a contraction of “it is” or “it has” and is appropriate in this case.
Eg: It’s illegal in Prague to break its laws. Possessive “its”. A tourist in Prague should not “break” their laws. A tourist in “can break/is breaking” these laws. A tourist in Prague “breaks” the law if he _____.
I love Prague, it is beautiful. It’s nice to see the streets when they are empty 😂.
Most of regular passenger cars are not wider than two meters. Includind the Mini. That sign is mostly for trucks and busses.
What a amazing city Praha is, as Pilsen or Karlovy Vary. Lovely people I meet in this beautiful country 🤩
Damn, Prague is looking seriously empty without the tourists. Or any people whatsoever for that matter...
In some Locations in Germany, you are not allowed to drink alcohol while standing. If you walk around it is perfectly legal.
what ? never heard about it and no cop says to me walk or stop dafuq
GReetings from Germany
@@FanboyOVER9000 "Seit 15.12.2005 ist es in Erlangen verboten, sich zum Alkoholkonsum an öffentlichen Straßen niederzulassen oder zu verweilen."
gl-erlangen.de/alkoholverbot-auf-ntlichen-wegen-und-plen/
Ist zwar ein parteilicher Artikel, aber den ersten den ich gefunden hatte xD.
I am happy to say I am not guilty of breaking any laws. 🙂
Well may be the tripod 🤔 , but I used it on the wall of the bridge so technically didn't block the pathway 😂
Mr Pendantic here. As far as I can confirm the Czech Republic road signs are consistent in meaning with the rest of the EU and therefore vehicle width restriction signs don’t include mirrors. Besides, plenty of vehicles are less than 2 meters INCLUDING mirrors.
Janek, by the way; unless the Czech laws are different from others in Europe, the 2m rule applies WITHOUT mirrors, so most cars CAN pass through.
Chewing gum is an uncountable noun. You throw a piece of chewing gum, rather than "a" chewing gum.