That wooden box is a bee/insect hotel. Basically it gives bees and insects a possibility to survive as too often flowers and grass are cut too short. Those little creatures are so important and the amount is getting smaller.
If the interest of insect hotels in terms of raising awareness of biodiversity is recognized, the effectiveness in terms of preservation provided by large common structures housing several species is more controversial and this could even be more conducive to the propagation of insects. parasites. These findings therefore argue rather for the establishment of smaller, separate shelters, each dedicated to a single species or better, for the preservation of natural shelters. (Wiki)
Depends on where you go really, especially if you stick to the smaller islands. Kind of a hidden gem, the island, Ist, two hours off the coast from Zadar, my uncle has an amazing seafood restaurant there and has been living there all his life, the restaurant is called Carruba Olive Garden. Amazing place to go!
@@Maria-js9ou I believe in the minds of Americans, Ukraine is somehow situated much further to the east. They often forget both Russia and Ukraine border directly to EU-Schengen nations.
Europeans are used to identify the countries in and around Europe, but to most Americans this is much harder to identify. The Americans probably know of Ukraine by name, but not geographically as their news won't include the daily or weekly updates on the shifting front lines that I see on the news. I'm sure Ian would remember if he was given some more hints, but I think he just went into presenter mode and the texts on the map threw him off what he knows. I'll give Ian a pass on this, because he's more knowledgeable than he let's on in this sequence and I think that if he'd taken a little more time he'd get it. Too bad he didn't include the comments here, there's bound to be some gems in there.
We 🇮🇨 have over 2 million people and 14 million tourists and lots of people wishes that we could hide more 🙄 Tourism exploded after the pandemic. So yeah. Croatia is also not hiding successfully 🤔
@@verttikoo2052 You are extreme case. In Croatia it´s not really that much of a problem as everyone says. With islands we have more then a 6000km of coastline. Even in Dubrovnik the biggest problem are tourists from cruise ships.
Okey that's .....a lot 😅 Never been there because every single person in my country travel there . And that's kinda s.cks when you hear our language everywhere . Oh and Greetings from a Czech rep. 😅😂
@@EmUnd3aD LOL Czechs are everywhere, they're staple tourists, so much that I've began using some Czech words. Now I greet people by saying ahoj, I also say "nefunguje" and "lednička" because it's just funny But it's gotten a bit more expensive so I think we're getting fewer Czechs nowadays, no longer it's just Austrians, Germans, Czechs etc.
What you see in 9:12 is the Rock of Gibraltar. A British exclave that Spain soooo much would like to have back. And, yep, that is Africa on the horizon.
It's often called the southernmost point of Europe, or the point closest to Africa, but as you can see on maps the land across the Bay of Gibraltar is both more to the south and closer to Africa. Tarifa is the southernmost point of that area, though I believe some Greek island or more southern still.
@@SmartVanture Oh right, I didn't think of that. It all kind of depends on exactly what definition you use for "Europe", I guess. Wikipedia lists a few candidates in its article "Extreme points of Europe". In a way you could call Réunion part of Europe (as a part of France, it's in the EU and in the eurozone). It's at 21° south of the equator! But of course it's only politically in the EU; geographically speaking it's not really in Europe. Getting closer to mainland Europe again, Ceuta and Melilla are arguably part of Europe since they belong to Spain, and are more to the south than both Gibraltar and Tarifa. But more to the north than the Canary Islands.
Croatia for us Europeans is definately not "hidden". Its one of the most popular tourist destination in Europe. Its expecialy popular for Czechs as Czechs started to go there for holidays even during Austrian empire period in 19th century. 🙂
@@Niki91-HR Well, we Czech are not that much slavic. Yes we use slavic language, but we are lets sa centra european mix of germanic, slavic and celtic tribes. ;)
@@davidpelc as if we Croats were 100% slavic... 😅 no one in Europe is 100%...but doesnt change the fact that Polish and Czechs of all Slavic countries are the ones who visit us the most. So idc what the general dna make up is we consider you brothers and sister or cousins if you like.
@@Kilian600 And this crack will slowly but surely split Iceland in half. When the crack once reach the ocean it will fill up with seawater and become a newe part of the atlantic ocean..
It's "kind of" true the entire Silfra area is on the Mid Atlantic ridge, the actively spreading area between the Eurasian and North American plates. It's pretty much the scab between two plates.
The Istanbul photo, he is standing in Asia and looking across the water at the European side. We know that because it is the Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque) in the distance. Of course there are many mosques on both sides of the Bosphorus.
If it was a real pic and not AI, it would be both on the European side looking over the Golden Horn inlet. The Bosphorus channel is much wider than that.
There are beneficial species of insects here in Europe (such as "lone bees"), which rely on tiny holes and cracks in stones or walls as bases for their nests. These things are believed to contribute to insect diversity.
@@peterhoz Bunnings not only sell them pre-made but also run classes in how to make them. I've seen more and more of them in gardens (though often I think people are using them as garden features rather than for the bees and insects).
@@peterhoz Hahaha, I didn't know the "special aisle" was a thing in non European Aldi's as well. The random stuff you sometimes find in those shelves. It sometimes seems like an Amazon-truck lost some of its cargo in the street and the staff of the Aldi just decided to sell it in the store. 😂😂
@@dcarbs2979 At a show, off the public road, it is no problem at all. Just not on the road or in public in general. You can have one on e.g. the rear side window though if you like.
@@dcarbs2979 Here in Czechia, I see often these off road or destruction derby cars beying transported by trucks with no plates on them. If you do your stuff at private land, you can do whatever you want, but you can't go on public roads with that.
11:47 That is not a widows walk (they did exist but that's not one) it's Ornamental Roof Cresting that was popular in victorian style houses. That specific photo is a mansard roof with ornamental cresting, victorian style - Second Empire. There are various different victorian style houses; Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival and Second Empire. Many Italianate homes are also mistaken for having widows walks even though the rails are simply part of the style.
I ran from Asia to Europe a few years ago. Well, sort of. The start of the Istanbul marathon was on the Asis side of the bridge across the Bosphorus Strait and the finish was on the European side.
Friday? It's Saturday morning here! American clothing sizes are labelled smaller to normalise overweight Americans and make them feel better. Women's dresses especially!
@@hypatian9093 Well, Asians tend to be shorter so it makes sense. My gripe is the Italian sizing wich is also 1-2 sizes smaller than the standard EU sizing XD
Meanwhile in german ubwill feel fat af if u are nirmal size as a wiman that is u will need an xl in a lot of stores as a normal weiggt 1,60 woman Especialy if u do work out and have broughter shoulders exeptions are stores like h&m or c&a I have a friend who falls in this category Thats why i know
Insect hotels are pretty common in Belgium too. You can make your own or buy them in petstores, DIY stores, discount stores... You have them in all different sizes. Some are only for solitary bees but you also have others that have a part that is useable for ladybugs, butterflies/moths, beetles and small bats. It's to help useful bugs to come and stay in your garden. The door in the forest is an old cold storage either to keep ice or food. My grandparents had a weekend cabin in the woods when I was little (I was born in 1972) and there was one of these not far from their cabin and people called it an ice cellar.
We also had a rock cellar like this, ideal for storing potatoes, apples etc. The things keep there for several months, better than in any fridge. Some are as big as a house.
in Europe we know about Croatia. Its a huge tourist destination. But the next country on this coast Montenegro might be a hidden gem. And Istanbul might be one of the oldest cities in europe together with Damascus. Istanbul is formerly known as Constantinopel
@@LeafHuntress Not strange at all since EU and and Schengen are not synonymous ...they are two different arrangements / agreements. For example UK was a part of EU ...but never a part of (a still not) a part of Schengen. Bulgaria and Romania has for years been part of EU ...but are just now entering Schengen. Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland are not part of EU ....but part of Schengen.....
@@Dan-fo9dk Yes i know... But Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway & Iceland are EFTA & part of the EEA. The other countries you name have been part of the EU for some years, but entering the EU goes in stages, you don't get into Schengen automatically. The UK & Ireland have the CTA & because the UK wished to remain outside Schengen, Ireland had to as well. But the Rock isn't a country, isn't part of EFTA, EEA or the EU. It _belongs_ to the UK & the UK was never part of Schengen. So it is a bit weird. It's also supremely practical. One of the consequences of brexit would be a hard border between Gibraltar & Spain. That would lead to food shortages. The people of Gibraltar voted something like 95% to remain in the EU. So the EU incorporated them into Schengen even though they're not part of that, the EU, EFTA or the EEA. Just because it is the rational & compassionate thing to do. Which put paid to the brexiters claims of a revengeful EU that seeks to destroy everything to do with the UK, because of sovereignty or some such nonsense.
Croatia is absolutely not a hidden gem but a very popular vacation destination. I spent my first holiday with my husband there about 35 years ago before their civil war.
It was a Homeland independence war. A civil war is fought between people from the same country. Croatia defended itself against another nation, the Serbs.
@@amatije what’s in the name? It was one independent country Yugoslavia, that fell apart, so at the time it was people from one country fighting for change. Same thing happened more recently in Sudan versus South Sudan. Even during the civil war in the USA they could have divided into 2 countries but it didn’t happen.
@@irenehabes-quene2839Sudan vs south Sudan are the same nationality. In the US the south fought the north and they were Americans. That's a definition of a civil war. Yugoslavia was an artificial country created in 1945 made up of 6 nations, 3 religions etc. That's why it couldn't have survived. That's the difference. But glad you visited, you should come back.
@@Marina_-_- ok, just so you know South Sudan constitutes mainly of (chritian) tribes that were exploited by Northern Sudan, a more Arabic type of people with an Islamic culture. They clashed with the many different ethnic groups of the South. Religion was just partially the cause but mainly it was that they differed so much in so many ways. Yes it was a civil war in Sudan that led to the country splitting up.
One of the places in Iceland where the plates meet is Þingvellir, and you don't even have to go to Iceland to see it: it features in several scenes of Game of Thrones.
Hello from Iceland. This is Silfra in Þingvellir nationalpark in Iceland where the two continents meet and drift apart about 2 cm per year. Silfra is the only place where you can dive directly in a crack between two tectonic plates.
This isn't quite true..the gap is hundreds of meters wide, the ravine is just a spot in that gap. It's like standing in the middle of a road and claim you are touching each side.
@@pilaluna "...where the two continents meet....". Nope...... You are a bit lost in using correct terms for description of what is happening. A continent is a large landmass above the sea level. Hence the European and North American "continent" does NOT meet anywhere. It is called a tectonic plate....the European....North American or whatever... Iceland is located on / formed by the mid-Atlantic ridge ....and the ridge has it's largest land mass on Iceland. Also the plates does not "meet" in the sense that they move towards each other.... They rather move apart (as you mention at one point). The plates can't do both things at the same time ...both "meet" and move apart. Along the zone of the mid Atlantic ridge are there an up-welling of magma that forms a new crust / adding a new edge on the tectonic plates ....pushing them apart. This is called a divergent zone / boundary. The mid Atlantic ridge is the longest mountain range on the planet. The northernmost landmass of the ridge is named Jan Mayen ....and the southernmost landmass is Bouvet island ....which both are Norwegian territory. Jan Mayen has the highest point of the ridge with it's stratovolcano Beerenberg with an elevation of 2277 m. The Azores is another example of landmass formed by the ridge.
That looking from Europe into Asia isn't. It is a picture of the Blue Mosque (or Hagia Sofia) it is in Europe, but you can see Asia from it if you look eastwards from the Mosque.
@@paulmidsussex3409 It's very weird it's an edited photo eg a Photoshopped photo don't know what version of editing software that was used but it's clearly edited.
@@johnsmith-cw3wo You are right although the Blue Mosque was built very close to the Hagia Soia. My point is that whichever one it is they are both in Europe and you can see Asia from the site and they are not in Asia but you can see Europe from them.
Mid-Atlantic rift probably. It is where the European and American plates grow (magma) and get pushed apart. Yes, it means the distance between the North American continent and Europe is very slowly increasing over looooooong time.
@@tt67791 The Azores islands are all either on one or the other side of the tectonic divide (only two of the smallest ones on the american plate IIRC); Iceland however straddles the divide - in other words I don't think it's possible to find a spot like that in the Azores. Still a great destination though, and one I want to go back to (I've visited two of the islands).
Yup, these bug hotels are quite common nowadays. I see them all the time here in Belgium, and you can buy small versions of it in many stores as well. Just like a bird house, you can buy these bug hotels for your backyard or garden as well. :)
Yep it is a coldroom. Cut big blocks of ice from river or lake in the winter and put it in there, it is usually in a small hill and has drainage. It was used in many regions accross europe before fridges. Worked pretty well, as long as we had ice in winter, and that barely happens anymore overhere
I live in a similar building as you saw on the picture in Oslo. That fence on the roof is purely decorative. Very common on late 19th century mansions.
The Spanish believe Gibraltar should be part of Spain but, unfortunatelyfor them, it is still a British protectorate. It's in a very strategic position and, as a result, Britain doesn't want to give it up.
@@jimmeltonbradley1497 And more to the point, the people of Gibraltar consistently vote to remain a British territory, rather than ignore the will of the people and rip up the treaty by which Spain ceded it to Britain.
@MichalNemet No it's not, the pre-2009 plates don't have letters on the left. They start with numbers. And the right stripe, I think it's optional. I would argue that it doesn't have the left blue stripe with the EU flag and the F, which seems more important (and already existed pre-2009) By the way, I don't know why but in my mind the change happened in 2012, not in 2009. May be I'm wrong...
@@noefillon1749 The EU flag and country descripütor are optional. Though when traveling across borders, even inside the Schengen Zone, at the very least, there has to be a legacy country descriptor. (Oval decal with F for France)
That Dutch box with the holes is a phenomena that’s been popping up all over since the past 10 years. They come in all shapes and sizes. They are called insect hotels.
Here in Czechia, I see them definitely for longer time then 10 years, but yeah, in last 10 years, they are more commonly seen, especialy around parking lots next to newly built shopping centers.
Kind of. Mostly it is a nesting place primarily for wild bees and wasps. But yeah u can construct them as refuges for cold weather too, but u should make sure not to mix it or otherwise u have bugs that eat the larvae right next to the larvae
The thing with the tectonic plates is "eh, kinda". It's at Þingvellir national park in Iceland. There are two continental plates drifting apart, the entire national park is between the two plates, and you can see the ridgelines of the plates from most places in the park. But the fissure at Silfra isn't the divide, the whole park is the divide and Silfra is just a crack within it.
I've driven through Croatia, it's hardly hidden but it is a cracking country. The "southern part of Europe" is the Rock of Gibralter overlooking the Straits of Gibralter. The distance from the southern tip of Spain (not Gib) to the nearest point of Africa is only about eight miles.
The Ford Lobo has a post 2009 french licence plate. White with a AA-999-AA combination. The interessting part is, that it lacks the blue Euro band on the left and the blue reegional band with the Departement number on the right. They are afaik usually mandatory.
Well, everybody knows that the UK governments never tried to make their people feel European, but it is indeed mandatory in the EU to have the European stars and the country abbreviation on the plate.
@@Redgethechemist Is that since we left? Like I say, even when we were members, the stars on the plate were not mandatory. In fact, if anything it was quite rare. Not rare enough to be surprised by seeing it, but a tiny minority (well under 20%). Although even before the EU existed, we had to have the GB sticker on the car somewhere when driving in Europe.
@@dcarbs2979 No, it was a long time ago, according to wikipedia, 1998, but I think it was applied to only cars immatriculated after this date. So when you bought a car, even second hand and you changed plates, you had to get the new format. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_vehicle_registration_plate#:~:text=inches)%20in%20%C3%85land-,European%20Union,force%20on%2011%20November%201998.
We would never agree to have a public bathroom that people could see inside the stall, that is abhorrent to us! We have a bug hotel in our garden here in the UK.
Greetings from Bulgaria 🇧🇬 here. As I lived few years in Maryland can confirm both Europe and USA has amazing places to visit 😍 much love to everybody ❤
Sorry....Gibraltar has absolutely nothing with that to do at all. Iceland is located on / formed by the mid-Atlantic ridge ....and the ridge has it's largest land mass on Iceland. The two tectonic plates that ....formed the mid Atlantic ridge ....move apart with 1-2 cm a year. Along the zone of the mid Atlantic ridge are there an up-welling of magma that forms a new crust / adding a new edge on the tectonic plates ....pushing them apart. This is called a divergent zone / boundary. The mid Atlantic ridge is the longest mountain range on the planet. The northernmost landmass of the ridge is named Jan Mayen ....and the southernmost landmass is Bouvet island (between southern tip of Africa and Antarctica ) ....which both are Norwegian territory. Jan Mayen has the highest point of the ridge with it's stratovolcano Beerenberg with an elevation of 2277 m. The Azores is another example of landmass formed by the ridge.
@@Dan-fo9dkThe OP was referring to two different pictures. First to Iceland, second to Gibraltar. Not writing that the Iceland fissure is in Gibraltar.
@@Domi3454 ...well yeah.. what you see now in the comment was not the original text ...it has been edited... I expect that people mean what they write.... First it was about the fissure....and then in next sentence it was "...it goes to Gibraltar...". Guess what that might imply....??? If that was the case it would be needed to rewrite all textbooks of geophysics.....
In France I only saw Raptors and American models. There's one in my town not far from my house in red. It's big, but not jarring in traffic. Diving is possible in Iceland, since the island is on the ridge which separates the plates. the closest to Africa is Gibraltar
Yep 10:50 instantly recognized it as a bee hotel. You can see some even in Hungary. They provide shelter to useful polinating insects like bees in cities.
At 6:35 min.: This is indeed Croatia. The beautiful Stari Grad peninsula (the old town) of Korcula on Korcula island. This is the place where Marco Polo was born!
The last pic is cellar for storing saplings intended for replanting the forest. as i understand it, thers constant temperature and humidity, prevent drying or sprouting befor planting. Often house eqipment for the forest workers when working in the area.
8:08 That's Silfra fissure in Iceland. You can indeed dive or snorkel between the tectonic plates of North America and Eurasia. Visibility is great, up to 100m. It's cold though, so drysuit required.
The scuba diving one where you can touch the tectonic plates is in Iceland. It's in the Þingvellir National Park and you don't have to scuba dive to do it, it's on the surface too.
So many americans cant believe we are actually willing to pay money for using bathrooms. Well, if you pay for something, you become "the customer" and you are entiteled to demmand some standards. And thats why bathrooms in europe are nice.
Depending on where you are in Germany, that thing in the forest could also be an old mine that was closed with that door so noone can enter it. Especially in the area where I live (Ruhrgebiet) there are a lot of abandoned old mines in the woods that are secured with doors or iron bars
Croatia isnt as hidden as it once was though there are 3 very popular places but if you compare it to spain, portugal, italy and greece then croatia is a hidden gem. And that mountain in the south of spain is actually British its called gibraltar. The wooden box is a insect hotel.
@@automation7295 For Americans it is though, I mean the average American, we do get many American tourists, but they all tend to be upper-middle class or just rich
It's really bee/bug hotel, we have so many of them around Czech Republic too 😊 same as that tiny rooftop rooms. And these doors to the dirt pile, these are old time fridges, still being use.
the reason the numbers on the ford truck license plate are weird is because it's europe and european rules. we have much bigger letters on our licence plates. i think it's either an actual european licence plate screwed ontop of a new york one. or it's just a custom made european "american style" licence plate.
Bee/Bug hotels are super common in germany. I think in most privat gardens you find some and also in nearly every public park. I made some in school 30 years ago. You should build or buy some for your property. It really helps insects to survive and with the bee hotels you can learn what species are in your garden, by the materials they use to close the holes after laying their eggs in them. And you don't have to fear stinges, because most solitary bees are too small to hurt humans.
The place where you can touch the North American plate and European plate is in Iceland. It sits on the rift. I’ve dived there and its lakes/rivers rather than the ocean. The point in ‘Spain’ overlooking Africa is Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory.
10:40 That's an insect hotel ^^ The different habitats are for different insects. For example, the tubes are for wild bees. They are solitary animals, and lay their eggs into these tubes, stuff some food inside, and seal them shut. I've got one on my balcony, and a few weeks ago, the bees were buzzing all over the place. It's important to have them face east or maybe south - my dad put one up on the western facade, and nobody moved in.
I'm 1.96m, so not that much taller, and i wear xxl, sometimes even 3xl, but mainly for length. Only since a few years do they have "tall ppl" shirts. my dad is 1.83m and my legs are like 1cm longer, so the rest is in the back potion.
10:30 that's an insect hotel, a Dutch R-Bee&Bee ... without the bees of course, they got their own hives. Habitation for all kinds of flying creepy crawlies, we need more of these !!!
I’ve crossed the straights of Gibraltar in a high speed ferry. It takes about an hour from mainland Spain to Ceuta. You can see Africa easily across the straight but Ceuta is actually a Spanish enclave on the African coast.
When you didnt recognize the insect hotel I had a little bit of a culture shock. Like someone failing to recognize a horse stall. You can buy these in home stores and they make nice garden decor too. Not shockingly common here but I see them every now and then (Czechia, Prague)
That map of Europe - the people of Northern Ireland are staunchly NOT Catholics - the religious divide was at least as much a cause of the Troubles as the political divide.
14.04 - IMO its a frigde. Lots of those build in turf or bricks are still in use in Poland actualy. But most likely for gardening tools, fruits from orchards wintering, or home made pickles and jams, or even fruit wine.
It's not photoshopped. It's an actual French license plate (post 2009 model) printed on New York style plates. Not entirely legal I think but you sometimes see them on imported cars because the owner want things 'authentic'.
Insect homes are all over Switzerland and Europe. Provides places for bees, insects to lay eggs etc. Also for them to overwinter (as eggs, grubs, adults) where applicable.
Remember visiting the USA as a European. Traveled through the county by car. Obviously, you'd had to make a pitstop or two. The public toilets were definitely awkward. Couldn't poop the first time.
Yes, that southern part of Europe is Gibraltar. It´s in southern Spain, but it is UK. And yes, it´s true, that mountain you see at the background is Morocco, in Africa.
Regarding the insect hotels, Here in the village where I live in Denmark they have taken the transformator house, which was in between a set of shops, all buildings around it got broken down. So it was ugly and standing inside a mini park . They put up some hills with trees and annually cut grass on top around it.. So they Surrounded all sides of the tranformator house with insect hotels, all the way from the bottom to the top completely with different insect hotel materials, twigs bamboo, drilled holes , and covered these with 1 square cm bird cage mesh. And at the bottom it contains all around several open side boxes with stones, hay and straw. These are there to help hedgehogs hide during the day and to provide hibernation places during winter. Quite a nice solution to hide this ugly utility house. only the door on one side is uncovered, but is recessed inbeteen the inscet hotel boxes and barely visible..
No, Croatia is not a "hidden gem". It's pretty well known in Europe and a popular tourist destination. It was, even before the war. Just in the 1990s during the yougoslav civil war and a few years after not that many people came there.
that wooden box is a 'bee hotel' and they are up all around the netherlands. it's an effort to provide bees with a place to stay. especially in cities, where bees might have a hard time to find a place to live, but i've also seen them outside cities.
The 'Southern Spain' place is Gibraltar, it is British and has been for a couple of hundred years. I drove down there, from the UK, a couple of years ago.
In this (Netherlands) flat country you would find the cellar in the woods near important estate homes, on the estate. Generally with much more impressive door and posts, potentially a text engraved architrave. They would serve as ice cellar before the refrigerator became available. The household staff, in winter would store big ice blocks in there that would stay frozen for a very long time - as heat goes up, not down. In the estate house, "down under" or "downstairs" would have tall cabinets called icebox where the top shelf would take a block of ice from the outdoors cellar in order to keep cool, what was underneath it. And they could use the ice from the cellar to cool down the ingredients used to make consumption ice. In this flat country, cellars in general are a problem because the water table in the soil is maybe 60cm deep (2') and waterproof cellar walls are a challenge, plus a deep waterproof cellar may give the house on it buoyancy so that's really a big problem, if you don't know your basics in building. Estates often have parts on higher grounds where an above-ground entrance to an underground cellar is easily made. Not to far from me is a variant of the "dig it in" principle that helps solve issues. Next to the estate house is a tall dune hill and in the top they constructed a large water basin - their water tower without tower where the water is high enough to provide hydraulic power for the elevator that the house had in the past.
Croatia's Dalmatian coast is a gorgeous popular holiday spot, especially around the historic city of Dubrovnik (don't think that's Dubrovnik in the photo, but it could be). And yes, you an easily see Africa from Gibraltar on a clear day, less than 15 miles away. And the most famous "Widow's Walk" in the US is a fictional one - on the Addam's Family house!
7:49 that is Not the ocean, that is in Iceland Þingvellir you guys might spell it Thingvellir, but yea that it is Were the (Þingvallavatn lake) Iceland's biggest fresh water lake and the crystal clear water called Silfra is
13:19 Reminds me of the 'World Snake', ancient symbolism of a snake slung around the world, biting it's own tail. Called 'Orouboros'. A variation of this is the 'Midgard Snake' of Northern mythology, which is more like a dragon, therefore the foot maybe. If found in Britain, it might be a Viking ornament, from a ship or something.
I don't really shop shirts like that from ebay anymore, and we absolutely do not want Amazon in our country, so for me it's mostly AliExpress. And on there, most sellers/"stores" (same with most on Alibaba) will offer both size conversion tables, along with actual measurements. So if I'm ever in doubt, I can just pull out the tape measure and check a garment I already have that fits well. Then find what closest aligns with that, erroring on size up if no exact fit. Especially if it's something that will be tumble dried or washed hot.
Regarding south Spain / Africa: I've been there a couple years ago in February and was lucky enough to witness a so called "calima" which is basically a desert sand storm that made it over the sea gap. It turned the sky orange, really looked insanely weird because in the region down there not too far off the coast there is also a relatively mountainous area, so I basically woke up one morning close enough to the coast to be able to hear the waves, the sky turned orange and looking north that orange sky contrasted with snow covered mountains.
The door gives way to an ice cellar: in the winter large pieces of ice from the nearby lake were stored there to last until the summer for preserving food in the house in the smaller icebox in the kitchen or making icecream etc. Big houses or mansions had these and you can find them all over Europe.
Bug hotels are very popular all around Europe. They're everywhere and you can buy them at any garden center. This is a big one that the municipality put in a public space, but many people own smaller ones for their gardens too. They're homes for Mason bees, spiders etc.
the place where you can touch 2 tectonic plates underwater is iceland, as far as I know. In spme spots you can also jump over a small gap and change continents.
7:57. Also the water there is *extremely* clear. -You can go snorkeling there -there is a little firm there wich rents out the necessary equipment (incl. wetsuits -wich are very much a *needed* part ). -K 🇮🇸
That is Korčula town on the island of Korčula , Croatia at 6:38 . Quite famous destination largely known in Europe and certainly Balkans and Eastern europe. It was an important trading hub connected to Marco Polo( and his birth?) in the past. 10:14 the amsterdam one is a 'hotel' for insects, that make their home in the tiny holes.
You need to have a some stuff on Iceland as that's where you can see the tectonic plates meeting. There is a very obvious fissure running right through the island and then it extends into the sea.
that diving spot is in Iceland, it is on land actually in Þingvellir, Silfra is a fissure between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates in Thingvellir National Park.
The thing with the separating continental paltes is a little bit different than those images make it look like (also similar images on land on Iceland). The thing is the plates separate alright, but there isn't like *one* crack going through the Atlantic. It's like a field of smaller cracks. Like when you pull apart soft bread and many cracks start to form, many of them in parallel. It's more like that.
at 07:45 , yes its true, its at a place called "silfra" (silver river in english) at Þingvellir national park, super cold crystal clear water, where there eurasian and american tectonic plates meet, more south in the reykjanes peninsula, there is a bridge you can walk over from one continent to the next
Here in Belgium the type of storage cellar at the end of the video is quite often repurposed these days as an artificial cave for habitat for bats. Either by leaving a wide enough gap at the top of the door or a letterbox type opening in the door so they have access but people don't. Especially true for the bigger ones that 17-18th century mansions have in their park gardens.
Regarding tectonic plates, its true i was there too, its called silfra and its on Iceland. That most southern part of Europe is Gibraltar and its belongs to UK. PS: Croatia is totally packed with tourists :D
That wooden box is a bee/insect hotel. Basically it gives bees and insects a possibility to survive as too often flowers and grass are cut too short. Those little creatures are so important and the amount is getting smaller.
Insect hotels are not for insects to survive but to lay eggs in. In special solitary bees and wasps.
I confirm this. It's a bug hotel.
If the interest of insect hotels in terms of raising awareness of biodiversity is recognized, the effectiveness in terms of preservation provided by large common structures housing several species is more controversial and this could even be more conducive to the propagation of insects. parasites. These findings therefore argue rather for the establishment of smaller, separate shelters, each dedicated to a single species or better, for the preservation of natural shelters. (Wiki)
@@palantir135 pretty much what I was supposed to say - just wrote it with not enough details.
True
Croatia is so crowded by tourists during summers, no clue who would call it hidden of all things....
People just like to call everything beautiful for "hidden" for some reason.
Americas think Mexico is exotic
There´s some islands that you can still call hidden gems but in general it´s overrun by tourists.
Depends on where you go really, especially if you stick to the smaller islands. Kind of a hidden gem, the island, Ist, two hours off the coast from Zadar, my uncle has an amazing seafood restaurant there and has been living there all his life, the restaurant is called Carruba Olive Garden. Amazing place to go!
It's like Warsaw-by-Sea in the summer.
"They aren't in the news a lot" as he mouses over Ukraine.
Either:
1 ) he doesn't know geography
2 )or the news doesn't report about the war in Ukraine🤔
@@Maria-js9ou I'd wager 1. Seeing the recent Ukraine bill caused quite the hubbub in the House of Reps.
@@Maria-js9ouits quite a different perspective how close the war really is. basically russia wages war one state over.
@@Maria-js9ou I believe in the minds of Americans, Ukraine is somehow situated much further to the east. They often forget both Russia and Ukraine border directly to EU-Schengen nations.
Europeans are used to identify the countries in and around Europe, but to most Americans this is much harder to identify.
The Americans probably know of Ukraine by name, but not geographically as their news won't include the daily or weekly updates on the shifting front lines that I see on the news.
I'm sure Ian would remember if he was given some more hints, but I think he just went into presenter mode and the texts on the map threw him off what he knows.
I'll give Ian a pass on this, because he's more knowledgeable than he let's on in this sequence and I think that if he'd taken a little more time he'd get it.
Too bad he didn't include the comments here, there's bound to be some gems in there.
Croatia population is under 4 million and we had 22mil. tourists last year. Not exactly hidden gem.
We 🇮🇨 have over 2 million people and 14 million tourists and lots of people wishes that we could hide more 🙄 Tourism exploded after the pandemic. So yeah. Croatia is also not hiding successfully 🤔
@@verttikoo2052 You are extreme case. In Croatia it´s not really that much of a problem as everyone says. With islands we have more then a 6000km of coastline. Even in Dubrovnik the biggest problem are tourists from cruise ships.
Okey that's .....a lot 😅 Never been there because every single person in my country travel there . And that's kinda s.cks when you hear our language everywhere . Oh and Greetings from a Czech rep. 😅😂
I’ve been to Croatia❤️
Greetings from Norway 🇳🇴
@@EmUnd3aD LOL Czechs are everywhere, they're staple tourists, so much that I've began using some Czech words. Now I greet people by saying ahoj, I also say "nefunguje" and "lednička" because it's just funny
But it's gotten a bit more expensive so I think we're getting fewer Czechs nowadays, no longer it's just Austrians, Germans, Czechs etc.
What you see in 9:12 is the Rock of Gibraltar. A British exclave that Spain soooo much would like to have back. And, yep, that is Africa on the horizon.
Yep, been there in November :)
It's often called the southernmost point of Europe, or the point closest to Africa, but as you can see on maps the land across the Bay of Gibraltar is both more to the south and closer to Africa. Tarifa is the southernmost point of that area, though I believe some Greek island or more southern still.
@@rschroev guess that would be the Canary Islands then? 🤔 And if so El Hierro.
Spain has two enclaves on the African side, so they can just stop whining.
@@SmartVanture Oh right, I didn't think of that. It all kind of depends on exactly what definition you use for "Europe", I guess. Wikipedia lists a few candidates in its article "Extreme points of Europe". In a way you could call Réunion part of Europe (as a part of France, it's in the EU and in the eurozone). It's at 21° south of the equator! But of course it's only politically in the EU; geographically speaking it's not really in Europe. Getting closer to mainland Europe again, Ceuta and Melilla are arguably part of Europe since they belong to Spain, and are more to the south than both Gibraltar and Tarifa. But more to the north than the Canary Islands.
Croatia for us Europeans is definately not "hidden". Its one of the most popular tourist destination in Europe. Its expecialy popular for Czechs as Czechs started to go there for holidays even during Austrian empire period in 19th century. 🙂
First time I went there it was still Yugoslavia. And I think even non-football fans know what a red and white checkered jersey means :)
Brit here. Loved our holiday in Hrvatska and will be going back there some day.
Czechs and Polish are our dearest slavic cousins ❤
@@Niki91-HR Well, we Czech are not that much slavic. Yes we use slavic language, but we are lets sa centra european mix of germanic, slavic and celtic tribes. ;)
@@davidpelc as if we Croats were 100% slavic... 😅 no one in Europe is 100%...but doesnt change the fact that Polish and Czechs of all Slavic countries are the ones who visit us the most. So idc what the general dna make up is we consider you brothers and sister or cousins if you like.
The underwater tectonic plates thing is in Iceland. It is true. It's why they have so much volcanic activity.
And it's in a lake, not the sea.
And the tetonic plate is Euroasia (Europa+Asia), not just Europe
It's called the Silfra crack in Iceland
@@Kilian600 And this crack will slowly but surely split Iceland in half. When the crack once reach the ocean it will fill up with seawater and become a newe part of the atlantic ocean..
It's "kind of" true the entire Silfra area is on the Mid Atlantic ridge, the actively spreading area between the Eurasian and North American plates. It's pretty much the scab between two plates.
The Istanbul photo, he is standing in Asia and looking across the water at the European side. We know that because it is the Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque) in the distance. Of course there are many mosques on both sides of the Bosphorus.
Isn't accurate anyway, for this 10:00 is an AI pic
If it was a real pic and not AI, it would be both on the European side looking over the Golden Horn inlet. The Bosphorus channel is much wider than that.
It is a bee/bug-hotel and its pretty common even here in germany
We have those here in Finland as well, mostly in urban areas.
England too
Hungary too
There are beneficial species of insects here in Europe (such as "lone bees"), which rely on tiny holes and cracks in stones or walls as bases for their nests. These things are believed to contribute to insect diversity.
Have them in Australia also - you can, in fact, even buy them pre-made in the hardware stores, to be placed in your garden.
I confirm the wooden boxes from 10:20 - these are "houses" for insects, pretty common in Europe, certainly in Poland
Belgium as well
@@Dirkxke and UK
Uncommon but not unheard of in Australia. I have one in my backyard, purchased from Aldi #middleaisle
@@peterhoz Bunnings not only sell them pre-made but also run classes in how to make them. I've seen more and more of them in gardens (though often I think people are using them as garden features rather than for the bees and insects).
@@peterhoz Hahaha, I didn't know the "special aisle" was a thing in non European Aldi's as well. The random stuff you sometimes find in those shelves. It sometimes seems like an Amazon-truck lost some of its cargo in the street and the staff of the Aldi just decided to sell it in the store. 😂😂
In Germany it is illegal to have a "fake" plate for show anywhere on the front or the back of the car.
Even at off road shows?
@@dcarbs2979 At a show, off the public road, it is no problem at all. Just not on the road or in public in general. You can have one on e.g. the rear side window though if you like.
I guess that's illegal everywhere.
@@dcarbs2979 Here in Czechia, I see often these off road or destruction derby cars beying transported by trucks with no plates on them. If you do your stuff at private land, you can do whatever you want, but you can't go on public roads with that.
It's illegal in France too- I think that car owner was just taking a risk
11:47 That is not a widows walk (they did exist but that's not one) it's Ornamental Roof Cresting that was popular in victorian style houses. That specific photo is a mansard roof with ornamental cresting, victorian style - Second Empire. There are various different victorian style houses; Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival and Second Empire. Many Italianate homes are also mistaken for having widows walks even though the rails are simply part of the style.
TY!
agree, the "balcony" thing is omnipresent on buildings from that era in Prague
Croatia is the most favourite vacation destination for CZ/SK/PL 😄
In Germany it's also rly common to go to Croatia for vacation
Austrians love Croatia too 😊
Italy, Germany, Poland, Czech Republik, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia.. all dear guests in Croatia.
i was there before the war.... sadly they destroyed so much there... specially for example in split...
Austria, the Netherlands, UK and us Slovenes.
I ran from Asia to Europe a few years ago. Well, sort of. The start of the Istanbul marathon was on the Asis side of the bridge across the Bosphorus Strait and the finish was on the European side.
Friday? It's Saturday morning here!
American clothing sizes are labelled smaller to normalise overweight Americans and make them feel better. Women's dresses especially!
Ah yes, the 'Size Zero' US dress, which is size 4-6 in the UK and 34 in Europe.
Lol, it's funny because it's true.
Especially compared to some clothes from Asia, which go in the other direction with sizes.
@@hypatian9093 Well, Asians tend to be shorter so it makes sense. My gripe is the Italian sizing wich is also 1-2 sizes smaller than the standard EU sizing XD
Meanwhile in german ubwill feel fat af if u are nirmal size as a wiman that is u will need an xl in a lot of stores as a normal weiggt 1,60 woman
Especialy if u do work out and have broughter shoulders exeptions are stores like h&m or c&a
I have a friend who falls in this category
Thats why i know
Insect hotels are pretty common in Belgium too. You can make your own or buy them in petstores, DIY stores, discount stores... You have them in all different sizes. Some are only for solitary bees but you also have others that have a part that is useable for ladybugs, butterflies/moths, beetles and small bats. It's to help useful bugs to come and stay in your garden.
The door in the forest is an old cold storage either to keep ice or food. My grandparents had a weekend cabin in the woods when I was little (I was born in 1972) and there was one of these not far from their cabin and people called it an ice cellar.
We also had a rock cellar like this, ideal for storing potatoes, apples etc. The things keep there for several months, better than in any fridge. Some are as big as a house.
*some are as big as an American fridge.
@@PresidentHotdog Well, you can't fit winter storage for sailing yachts in a US refrigerator, can you? Well maybe!😂
So many are closed by now beacause they aren't consideres safe anymore (so the old once) but my mum really wants to build one in our yard
I've seen the bee/bug hotels on a few UK TV gardening shows. They encourage you to build them and put then in your garden. Kids love them apparently!
in Europe we know about Croatia. Its a huge tourist destination. But the next country on this coast Montenegro might be a hidden gem. And Istanbul might be one of the oldest cities in europe together with Damascus. Istanbul is formerly known as Constantinopel
And before that it was Byzanz.
@@fairgreen42 dont think americans ever heard of this. But in movies you hear constantinopel
@@mucxlx A city with a long history.
That,s the Rock of Gibraltar which though in the south of Spain belongs to the UK. Beautiful place.
It's not in the South of Spain , Spain stops just before it. It is to the South of Spain.😊
And outside of the EU
@@jfernandez76 But strangely apparently inside Schengen...
edit spelling
@@LeafHuntress Not strange at all since EU and and Schengen are not synonymous ...they are two different arrangements / agreements. For example UK was a part of EU ...but never a part of (a still not) a part of Schengen. Bulgaria and Romania has for years been part of EU ...but are just now entering Schengen. Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland are not part of EU ....but part of Schengen.....
@@Dan-fo9dk Yes i know...
But Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway & Iceland are EFTA & part of the EEA.
The other countries you name have been part of the EU for some years, but entering the EU goes in stages, you don't get into Schengen automatically.
The UK & Ireland have the CTA & because the UK wished to remain outside Schengen, Ireland had to as well.
But the Rock isn't a country, isn't part of EFTA, EEA or the EU.
It _belongs_ to the UK & the UK was never part of Schengen.
So it is a bit weird.
It's also supremely practical.
One of the consequences of brexit would be a hard border between Gibraltar & Spain. That would lead to food shortages.
The people of Gibraltar voted something like 95% to remain in the EU.
So the EU incorporated them into Schengen even though they're not part of that, the EU, EFTA or the EEA.
Just because it is the rational & compassionate thing to do.
Which put paid to the brexiters claims of a revengeful EU that seeks to destroy everything to do with the UK, because of sovereignty or some such nonsense.
Croatia is absolutely not a hidden gem but a very popular vacation destination. I spent my first holiday with my husband there about 35 years ago before their civil war.
It was a Homeland independence war. A civil war is fought between people from the same country. Croatia defended itself against another nation, the Serbs.
@@amatije what’s in the name? It was one independent country Yugoslavia, that fell apart, so at the time it was people from one country fighting for change. Same thing happened more recently in Sudan versus South Sudan. Even during the civil war in the USA they could have divided into 2 countries but it didn’t happen.
@@irenehabes-quene2839Sudan vs south Sudan are the same nationality. In the US the south fought the north and they were Americans. That's a definition of a civil war. Yugoslavia was an artificial country created in 1945 made up of 6 nations, 3 religions etc. That's why it couldn't have survived. That's the difference. But glad you visited, you should come back.
@@Marina_-_- ok, just so you know South Sudan constitutes mainly of (chritian) tribes that were exploited by Northern Sudan, a more Arabic type of people with an Islamic culture. They clashed with the many different ethnic groups of the South. Religion was just partially the cause but mainly it was that they differed so much in so many ways. Yes it was a civil war in Sudan that led to the country splitting up.
@@irenehabes-quene2839 well, you mentioned Sudan as an example, I am just saying this was not a civil war.
Those bee hotels you got all over Europe. I made few of them myself.
Haha "not in our news cycle" as he's wiggling the mouse over Ukraine 🤣
Irrelevant details, that's just our governments problem! 😵
@@jenniferharrison8915 It's relevant because it's in your news cycle... what a dumbarse comment.
Yes, the two plates meet up through Iceland and you can visit the gap without going underwater. But it looks cool.
One of the places in Iceland where the plates meet is Þingvellir, and you don't even have to go to Iceland to see it: it features in several scenes of Game of Thrones.
Hello from Iceland. This is Silfra in Þingvellir nationalpark in Iceland where the two continents meet and drift apart about 2 cm per year. Silfra is the only place where you can dive directly in a crack between two tectonic plates.
This isn't quite true..the gap is hundreds of meters wide, the ravine is just a spot in that gap. It's like standing in the middle of a road and claim you are touching each side.
@@pilaluna "...where the two continents meet....". Nope......
You are a bit lost in using correct terms for description of what is happening. A continent is a large landmass above the sea level. Hence the European and North American "continent" does NOT meet anywhere.
It is called a tectonic plate....the European....North American or whatever...
Iceland is located on / formed by the mid-Atlantic ridge ....and the ridge has it's largest land mass on Iceland. Also the plates does not "meet" in the sense that they move towards each other.... They rather move apart (as you mention at one point). The plates can't do both things at the same time ...both "meet" and move apart. Along the zone of the mid Atlantic ridge are there an up-welling of magma that forms a new crust / adding a new edge on the tectonic plates ....pushing them apart. This is called a divergent zone / boundary.
The mid Atlantic ridge is the longest mountain range on the planet. The northernmost landmass of the ridge is named Jan Mayen ....and the southernmost landmass is Bouvet island ....which both are Norwegian territory. Jan Mayen has the highest point of the ridge with it's stratovolcano Beerenberg with an elevation of 2277 m.
The Azores is another example of landmass formed by the ridge.
Nope....the plates does not "meet" ....rather they move apart.
That looking from Europe into Asia isn't. It is a picture of the Blue Mosque (or Hagia Sofia) it is in Europe, but you can see Asia from it if you look eastwards from the Mosque.
And I got a big hunch it's an AI pic
@@PlayItAgainTubeSam There was something weird about it.
@@paulmidsussex3409 It's very weird it's an edited photo eg a Photoshopped photo don't know what version of editing software that was used but it's clearly edited.
@@paulmidsussex3409 Blue Mosque is a different mosque than Hagia Sofia
@@johnsmith-cw3wo You are right although the Blue Mosque was built very close to the Hagia Soia. My point is that whichever one it is they are both in Europe and you can see Asia from the site and they are not in Asia but you can see Europe from them.
The diver must be at iceland
Exactly
No azores Portugal i think
Mid-Atlantic rift probably.
It is where the European and American plates grow (magma) and get pushed apart. Yes, it means the distance between the North American continent and Europe is very slowly increasing over looooooong time.
@@tt67791 it is Iceland, this is literally top 10 pic if you google "diving between tectoic plates"
@@tt67791 The Azores islands are all either on one or the other side of the tectonic divide (only two of the smallest ones on the american plate IIRC); Iceland however straddles the divide - in other words I don't think it's possible to find a spot like that in the Azores. Still a great destination though, and one I want to go back to (I've visited two of the islands).
Yup, these bug hotels are quite common nowadays. I see them all the time here in Belgium, and you can buy small versions of it in many stores as well.
Just like a bird house, you can buy these bug hotels for your backyard or garden as well. :)
Just that many that u can buy in random or even garden stores are made wrong and don't do what they are made for
Yep it is a coldroom. Cut big blocks of ice from river or lake in the winter and put it in there, it is usually in a small hill and has drainage. It was used in many regions accross europe before fridges. Worked pretty well, as long as we had ice in winter, and that barely happens anymore overhere
I live in a similar building as you saw on the picture in Oslo. That fence on the roof is purely decorative. Very common on late 19th century mansions.
Our early telephone connections ran from racks on such roof tops as well. It shows on older photographs from turn of the last century.
You'll get some shit for calling Gibraltar, Spain.
Oh yes. . . . . . . . . . .
It is Spain
The Spanish believe Gibraltar should be part of Spain but, unfortunatelyfor them, it is still a British protectorate. It's in a very strategic position and, as a result, Britain doesn't want to give it up.
@@jimmeltonbradley1497yeah...you are still pirates 😂
@@jimmeltonbradley1497 And more to the point, the people of Gibraltar consistently vote to remain a British territory, rather than ignore the will of the people and rip up the treaty by which Spain ceded it to Britain.
10:50
"Insekten Hotel"
Is what we call this installation in Germany
Insecten hotel in the Netherlands
That plate on Raptor is french plate with US frames
@MichalNemet No it's not, the pre-2009 plates don't have letters on the left. They start with numbers. And the right stripe, I think it's optional. I would argue that it doesn't have the left blue stripe with the EU flag and the F, which seems more important (and already existed pre-2009)
By the way, I don't know why but in my mind the change happened in 2012, not in 2009. May be I'm wrong...
@MichalNemet This number is from between February to May 2020.
@@noefillon1749 The EU flag and country descripütor are optional. Though when traveling across borders, even inside the Schengen Zone, at the very least, there has to be a legacy country descriptor. (Oval decal with F for France)
That Dutch box with the holes is a phenomena that’s been popping up all over since the past 10 years. They come in all shapes and sizes. They are called insect hotels.
I live in the UK and have always had a bug hotel in my garden!
Here in Czechia, I see them definitely for longer time then 10 years, but yeah, in last 10 years, they are more commonly seen, especialy around parking lots next to newly built shopping centers.
The techtonic plates picture is in Iceland. Apparently the clearest water in the world.
Yes, and it’s not in the ocean, but near thingvellir.
Bugs houses are refuges for the cold weather, we use it mostly in northern part of Europe, people put that in their garden to keep the flora alive .
Kind of. Mostly it is a nesting place primarily for wild bees and wasps. But yeah u can construct them as refuges for cold weather too, but u should make sure not to mix it or otherwise u have bugs that eat the larvae right next to the larvae
The thing with the tectonic plates is "eh, kinda". It's at Þingvellir national park in Iceland. There are two continental plates drifting apart, the entire national park is between the two plates, and you can see the ridgelines of the plates from most places in the park. But the fissure at Silfra isn't the divide, the whole park is the divide and Silfra is just a crack within it.
I've driven through Croatia, it's hardly hidden but it is a cracking country.
The "southern part of Europe" is the Rock of Gibralter overlooking the Straits of Gibralter. The distance from the southern tip of Spain (not Gib) to the nearest point of Africa is only about eight miles.
Nope, the southern part of Europe are the Canary islands
@@macromoty "The southern part of Europe" in the photo. Duh!
@@RogersRamblings no even is Gibraltar even, the southern part of Europe then is Punta de Tarifa in Spain
@@macromoty I said Gib wasn't the southernmost point.
The Ford Lobo has a post 2009 french licence plate. White with a AA-999-AA combination. The interessting part is, that it lacks the blue Euro band on the left and the blue reegional band with the Departement number on the right. They are afaik usually mandatory.
If it is mandatory, it may be a French thing. EU badges were far from mandatory on UK plates during membership.
Well, everybody knows that the UK governments never tried to make their people feel European, but it is indeed mandatory in the EU to have the European stars and the country abbreviation on the plate.
@@Redgethechemist Is that since we left? Like I say, even when we were members, the stars on the plate were not mandatory. In fact, if anything it was quite rare. Not rare enough to be surprised by seeing it, but a tiny minority (well under 20%). Although even before the EU existed, we had to have the GB sticker on the car somewhere when driving in Europe.
@@dcarbs2979 No, it was a long time ago, according to wikipedia, 1998, but I think it was applied to only cars immatriculated after this date. So when you bought a car, even second hand and you changed plates, you had to get the new format. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_vehicle_registration_plate#:~:text=inches)%20in%20%C3%85land-,European%20Union,force%20on%2011%20November%201998.
We would never agree to have a public bathroom that people could see inside the stall, that is abhorrent to us! We have a bug hotel in our garden here in the UK.
Greetings from Bulgaria 🇧🇬 here. As I lived few years in Maryland can confirm both Europe and USA has amazing places to visit 😍 much love to everybody ❤
The diving spot is in iceland. Silfra fissure.
I guess it's Gibraltar for the southern point.
Sorry....Gibraltar has absolutely nothing with that to do at all.
Iceland is located on / formed by the mid-Atlantic ridge ....and the ridge has it's largest land mass on Iceland. The two tectonic plates that ....formed the mid Atlantic ridge ....move apart with 1-2 cm a year. Along the zone of the mid Atlantic ridge are there an up-welling of magma that forms a new crust / adding a new edge on the tectonic plates ....pushing them apart. This is called a divergent zone / boundary.
The mid Atlantic ridge is the longest mountain range on the planet. The northernmost landmass of the ridge is named Jan Mayen ....and the southernmost landmass is Bouvet island (between southern tip of Africa and Antarctica ) ....which both are Norwegian territory. Jan Mayen has the highest point of the ridge with it's stratovolcano Beerenberg with an elevation of 2277 m.
The Azores is another example of landmass formed by the ridge.
@@Dan-fo9dkThe OP was referring to two different pictures. First to Iceland, second to Gibraltar. Not writing that the Iceland fissure is in Gibraltar.
@@Domi3454exactly
@@Domi3454 ...well yeah.. what you see now in the comment was not the original text ...it has been edited...
I expect that people mean what they write....
First it was about the fissure....and then in next sentence it was "...it goes to Gibraltar...". Guess what that might imply....??? If that was the case it would be needed to rewrite all textbooks of geophysics.....
In France I only saw Raptors and American models. There's one in my town not far from my house in red. It's big, but not jarring in traffic.
Diving is possible in Iceland, since the island is on the ridge which separates the plates.
the closest to Africa is Gibraltar
Croatia as a hidden gem...lol
When you find a hidden gem there, you will soon realize it's a nude beach and you are not supposed to be there. 😀
Yep 10:50 instantly recognized it as a bee hotel. You can see some even in Hungary. They provide shelter to useful polinating insects like bees in cities.
At 6:35 min.: This is indeed Croatia. The beautiful Stari Grad peninsula (the old town) of Korcula on Korcula island. This is the place where Marco Polo was born!
Oh....does Croatia have two towns with the name of Stari Grad....???
When I visited Stari Grad it was located on Hvar.
I thought it was Dubrovnik / Kings Landing 😊
@@Dan-fo9dkIt simply means old town
@@Dan-fo9dk Stari Grad is indeed on Hvar, but it literally means "old city/town", so there is a part on Korčula that you would refer to as stari grad
The last pic is cellar for storing saplings intended for replanting the forest. as i understand it, thers constant temperature and humidity, prevent drying or sprouting befor planting. Often house eqipment for the forest workers when working in the area.
8:08 That's Silfra fissure in Iceland. You can indeed dive or snorkel between the tectonic plates of North America and Eurasia. Visibility is great, up to 100m. It's cold though, so drysuit required.
The scuba diving one where you can touch the tectonic plates is in Iceland. It's in the Þingvellir National Park and you don't have to scuba dive to do it, it's on the surface too.
So many americans cant believe we are actually willing to pay money for using bathrooms. Well, if you pay for something, you become "the customer" and you are entiteled to demmand some standards. And thats why bathrooms in europe are nice.
That last one could also be an air raid shelter from WW2. We had some like that in Britain.
9:30 That's Gibraltar and I was there back in 2008 or 2009. Beautiful.
Depending on where you are in Germany, that thing in the forest could also be an old mine that was closed with that door so noone can enter it. Especially in the area where I live (Ruhrgebiet) there are a lot of abandoned old mines in the woods that are secured with doors or iron bars
Croatia isnt as hidden as it once was though there are 3 very popular places but if you compare it to spain, portugal, italy and greece then croatia is a hidden gem. And that mountain in the south of spain is actually British its called gibraltar. The wooden box is a insect hotel.
I never understood why people call everything beautiful for "hidden gem" they're visited by thousands or millions.
@@automation7295 its just a figure of speech. How often do you use the word amazing when you are not actually amazed.
@@automation7295 For Americans it is though, I mean the average American, we do get many American tourists, but they all tend to be upper-middle class or just rich
@@joschmo4497 Yes it make sense for Americans and everyone who live outside Croatia and neighboring countries, but it's nothing special for Croatia.
In Iceland there is a house with a glass floor where you can stand on the gap between the two tectonic plates.
It's really bee/bug hotel, we have so many of them around Czech Republic too 😊 same as that tiny rooftop rooms. And these doors to the dirt pile, these are old time fridges, still being use.
the reason the numbers on the ford truck license plate are weird is because it's europe and european rules.
we have much bigger letters on our licence plates.
i think it's either an actual european licence plate screwed ontop of a new york one.
or it's just a custom made european "american style" licence plate.
Bee/Bug hotels are super common in germany. I think in most privat gardens you find some and also in nearly every public park. I made some in school 30 years ago. You should build or buy some for your property. It really helps insects to survive and with the bee hotels you can learn what species are in your garden, by the materials they use to close the holes after laying their eggs in them. And you don't have to fear stinges, because most solitary bees are too small to hurt humans.
The place where you can touch the North American plate and European plate is in Iceland. It sits on the rift. I’ve dived there and its lakes/rivers rather than the ocean. The point in ‘Spain’ overlooking Africa is Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory.
Es stimmt die Tektonischen Platten treffen oder trennen sich auf Island das ist der Grund für Vulkanismus und Existenz von Island.
In Thingvellir you walk between the two continents. The pic is from Thingvallavatn. A lake next to Thingvellir, where the same divide is under water.
Those insect/bee hotels have become popular around Ireland in recent years, you can pick them up in garden centres.
Marks and Spencers have the best public bathrooms in the UK. It's rare to find a bad one.
10:40 That's an insect hotel ^^ The different habitats are for different insects. For example, the tubes are for wild bees. They are solitary animals, and lay their eggs into these tubes, stuff some food inside, and seal them shut. I've got one on my balcony, and a few weeks ago, the bees were buzzing all over the place. It's important to have them face east or maybe south - my dad put one up on the western facade, and nobody moved in.
I'm 1m91 (6"3'), and in the NL, I wear XL. XXL is for like, tall people.
I'm 1.96m, so not that much taller, and i wear xxl, sometimes even 3xl, but mainly for length. Only since a few years do they have "tall ppl" shirts.
my dad is 1.83m and my legs are like 1cm longer, so the rest is in the back potion.
10:30 that's an insect hotel, a Dutch R-Bee&Bee ... without the bees of course, they got their own hives. Habitation for all kinds of flying creepy crawlies, we need more of these !!!
Without honey bees. But with wild bees that live in small groups or alone. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
The Greek island Gavdos is the southernmost point of Europe
I’ve crossed the straights of Gibraltar in a high speed ferry. It takes about an hour from mainland Spain to Ceuta. You can see Africa easily across the straight but Ceuta is actually a Spanish enclave on the African coast.
When you didnt recognize the insect hotel I had a little bit of a culture shock. Like someone failing to recognize a horse stall. You can buy these in home stores and they make nice garden decor too. Not shockingly common here but I see them every now and then (Czechia, Prague)
With the Ford Raptor you stumbled upon a Mafia car...😂😂😂
That map of Europe - the people of Northern Ireland are staunchly NOT Catholics - the religious divide was at least as much a cause of the Troubles as the political divide.
14.04 - IMO its a frigde. Lots of those build in turf or bricks are still in use in Poland actualy. But most likely for gardening tools, fruits from orchards wintering, or home made pickles and jams, or even fruit wine.
whomever photoshopped that license plate on the first image hasn't screwed on a license plate on before.
It's not photoshopped. It's an actual French license plate (post 2009 model) printed on New York style plates. Not entirely legal I think but you sometimes see them on imported cars because the owner want things 'authentic'.
Insect homes are all over Switzerland and Europe.
Provides places for bees, insects to lay eggs etc. Also for them to overwinter (as eggs, grubs, adults) where applicable.
Remember visiting the USA as a European. Traveled through the county by car. Obviously, you'd had to make a pitstop or two. The public toilets were definitely awkward. Couldn't poop the first time.
Had to laugh here, pooping is kinda intimate though so i get what you mean.
Yes, that southern part of Europe is Gibraltar. It´s in southern Spain, but it is UK. And yes, it´s true, that mountain you see at the background is Morocco, in Africa.
Regarding the insect hotels, Here in the village where I live in Denmark they have taken the transformator house, which was in between a set of shops, all buildings around it got broken down. So it was ugly and standing inside a mini park . They put up some hills with trees and annually cut grass on top around it.. So they Surrounded all sides of the tranformator house with insect hotels, all the way from the bottom to the top completely with different insect hotel materials, twigs bamboo, drilled holes , and covered these with 1 square cm bird cage mesh.
And at the bottom it contains all around several open side boxes with stones, hay and straw. These are there to help hedgehogs hide during the day and to provide hibernation places during winter. Quite a nice solution to hide this ugly utility house. only the door on one side is uncovered, but is recessed inbeteen the inscet hotel boxes and barely visible..
No, Croatia is not a "hidden gem". It's pretty well known in Europe and a popular tourist destination. It was, even before the war. Just in the 1990s during the yougoslav civil war and a few years after not that many people came there.
that wooden box is a 'bee hotel' and they are up all around the netherlands. it's an effort to provide bees with a place to stay. especially in cities, where bees might have a hard time to find a place to live, but i've also seen them outside cities.
The 'Southern Spain' place is Gibraltar, it is British and has been for a couple of hundred years. I drove down there, from the UK, a couple of years ago.
I have a few bee hotels in my garden and all rooms are sold out. Greetings from the Netherlands
In this (Netherlands) flat country you would find the cellar in the woods near important estate homes, on the estate. Generally with much more impressive door and posts, potentially a text engraved architrave. They would serve as ice cellar before the refrigerator became available.
The household staff, in winter would store big ice blocks in there that would stay frozen for a very long time - as heat goes up, not down.
In the estate house, "down under" or "downstairs" would have tall cabinets called icebox where the top shelf would take a block of ice from the outdoors cellar in order to keep cool, what was underneath it. And they could use the ice from the cellar to cool down the ingredients used to make consumption ice. In this flat country, cellars in general are a problem because the water table in the soil is maybe 60cm deep (2') and waterproof cellar walls are a challenge, plus a deep waterproof cellar may give the house on it buoyancy so that's really a big problem, if you don't know your basics in building.
Estates often have parts on higher grounds where an above-ground entrance to an underground cellar is easily made.
Not to far from me is a variant of the "dig it in" principle that helps solve issues. Next to the estate house is a tall dune hill and in the top they constructed a large water basin - their water tower without tower where the water is high enough to provide hydraulic power for the elevator that the house had in the past.
Croatia's Dalmatian coast is a gorgeous popular holiday spot, especially around the historic city of Dubrovnik (don't think that's Dubrovnik in the photo, but it could be). And yes, you an easily see Africa from Gibraltar on a clear day, less than 15 miles away. And the most famous "Widow's Walk" in the US is a fictional one - on the Addam's Family house!
It's not, that's Stari Grad, Korčula. (it's just a part of the city and it literally means old town/city)
7:49 that is Not the ocean, that is in Iceland Þingvellir you guys might spell it Thingvellir,
but yea that it is Were the (Þingvallavatn lake) Iceland's biggest fresh water lake and the crystal clear water called Silfra is
13:19 Reminds me of the 'World Snake', ancient symbolism of a snake slung around the world, biting it's own tail. Called 'Orouboros'. A variation of this is the 'Midgard Snake' of Northern mythology, which is more like a dragon, therefore the foot maybe. If found in Britain, it might be a Viking ornament, from a ship or something.
Croazia is a tourist location.
About 20 years ago was really cheap but now is more on the lever with other location on the Mediterranean sea
I don't really shop shirts like that from ebay anymore, and we absolutely do not want Amazon in our country, so for me it's mostly AliExpress. And on there, most sellers/"stores" (same with most on Alibaba) will offer both size conversion tables, along with actual measurements. So if I'm ever in doubt, I can just pull out the tape measure and check a garment I already have that fits well. Then find what closest aligns with that, erroring on size up if no exact fit. Especially if it's something that will be tumble dried or washed hot.
Regarding south Spain / Africa: I've been there a couple years ago in February and was lucky enough to witness a so called "calima" which is basically a desert sand storm that made it over the sea gap. It turned the sky orange, really looked insanely weird because in the region down there not too far off the coast there is also a relatively mountainous area, so I basically woke up one morning close enough to the coast to be able to hear the waves, the sky turned orange and looking north that orange sky contrasted with snow covered mountains.
The door gives way to an ice cellar: in the winter large pieces of ice from the nearby lake were stored there to last until the summer for preserving food in the house in the smaller icebox in the kitchen or making icecream etc. Big houses or mansions had these and you can find them all over Europe.
Bug hotels are very popular all around Europe. They're everywhere and you can buy them at any garden center. This is a big one that the municipality put in a public space, but many people own smaller ones for their gardens too.
They're homes for Mason bees, spiders etc.
the place where you can touch 2 tectonic plates underwater is iceland, as far as I know. In spme spots you can also jump over a small gap and change continents.
7:57. Also the water there is *extremely* clear.
-You can go snorkeling there -there is a little firm there wich rents out the necessary equipment (incl. wetsuits -wich are very much a *needed* part ).
-K 🇮🇸
That is Korčula town on the island of Korčula , Croatia at 6:38 . Quite famous destination largely known in Europe and certainly Balkans and Eastern europe. It was an important trading hub connected to Marco Polo( and his birth?) in the past. 10:14 the amsterdam one is a 'hotel' for insects, that make their home in the tiny holes.
You need to have a some stuff on Iceland as that's where you can see the tectonic plates meeting. There is a very obvious fissure running right through the island and then it extends into the sea.
that diving spot is in Iceland, it is on land actually in Þingvellir, Silfra is a fissure between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates in Thingvellir National Park.
The thing with the separating continental paltes is a little bit different than those images make it look like (also similar images on land on Iceland). The thing is the plates separate alright, but there isn't like *one* crack going through the Atlantic. It's like a field of smaller cracks. Like when you pull apart soft bread and many cracks start to form, many of them in parallel. It's more like that.
I have one in my UK garden, as mentioned below, it's a bug box where insects can rest/sleep during cold months
at 07:45 , yes its true, its at a place called "silfra" (silver river in english) at Þingvellir national park, super cold crystal clear water, where there eurasian and american tectonic plates meet, more south in the reykjanes peninsula, there is a bridge you can walk over from one continent to the next
Croatia WAS a hidden gem. It became a very popular destination when people found out it was not very far from Italy.
Here in Belgium the type of storage cellar at the end of the video is quite often repurposed these days as an artificial cave for habitat for bats. Either by leaving a wide enough gap at the top of the door or a letterbox type opening in the door so they have access but people don't. Especially true for the bigger ones that 17-18th century mansions have in their park gardens.
Hello. You must see the International Isle of Man TT Race. You've never seen racing like this.
Regarding tectonic plates, its true i was there too, its called silfra and its on Iceland. That most southern part of Europe is Gibraltar and its belongs to UK. PS: Croatia is totally packed with tourists :D