“Bulgaria is the only slavic state to not have been part of yugoslavia” - Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Russia would be very surprised to hear that
always fun wenn these anglosaxon wannabe-experts do a thing on europe or my nation :) to be fair, many things were true - but the ranking is as superficial as it gets...
@@zoolkhan I mean... he used GDP as a metric which is very debatable, but i guess you have to pick something... and at least it's something that is well measured and objective, so i can see why. Not saying it's the best option, but i'm not sure if i could have done better.
@@Vinterloft I don't doubt that Montana is different because they don't really feel Americans , so to speak and I know that some places are very safe in the USA but , I live in USA for 20 years and dude, let me tell you something in Chicago where I used to live, to me it is almost like a "Third world country" to me, not to mention, New York, Cincinnati, Toledo, Detroit, Miami ,Atlanta and so on . If you deny that, that means, that you don't have a clue, what a safe country is. And trust me that Eastern Europe is way safer, like Montana without guns and crazy ass cops , got it ?
@@michaeltom5465 You're so f*ckin ignorant it's comical. All urban areas in teh West will have horrid neighborhoods, but away from metropolitan areas in teh US, it's VERY safe. In these same areas there is little homelessness, no illicit drug use, shootings, etc.
This is a very USA based outlook on europe. The whole notion of being "the best" is extremely subjective if you're vague about the specifics. I know this video throws a bunch of numbers at you but it does so randomly. GDP seems to count when evaluating one nation but not so much for the next.
many mistake along tbh like when the name uk healthcare as strong + i mean .... no many eu country beat it, they have a huge issue with delay to actually see a specialist and such, it's clearly not their strong part
I cringed. Just the picture and video footage was totally contradictory to what was being said. The West has NOOOOO idea about the East. Always the bad, the poor. Reality is painting a different picture and we all know about it. Corruption is huge in Germany and the rest of the West, we just call it lobbyism here. The whole EU is involved. Every sentence is so manipulative. Not worth watching. The nice young guy should not believe everything...
The void of knowledge about Eastern European countries is not just an American thing. It is to be found in most western European countries as well. The iron curtain seperated us far too long and is still found in the mindset of far too many people on my side of the pond.
yeah like western Europeans ever cared about eastern Europe or Balkans. Iron curtain changed nothing in perception, Slavs/eastern Europeans were always regarded as uncivilised/barbarians, if anything, that perception was even worse before 20th century
@@elhombreconsciente6882 look at this guys , see ,not all westerners are void of knowledge this hombre even sends a hug. I hug you back from romania amigo
@@dominikivankovic63 rly? i guess poland that was once the biggest country in europe and if we look at the history it was the biggest country in europe in history without mentioning england that defended europe thrice, was the center of trade in europe in its prime it was force that needed to be reckoned with and if we are talking about perception of eastern europeans being barbarians etc. the same goes for western europe everyone in rome, greece, ottoman empire was thinking they were barbarians
Just one recommendation: no matter where you go, spend enough time in the countryside. You usually get to know the country better there than in cosmopolitan cities. At least you get a better picture. Greatings from Czechia!
@@cree_VI It really depends. We do have a greater sense of community because everybody knows each other, but the people are also more conservative. If you are standing out in any way it feels very stressfull, that's why I went to a school in a city 40km from my village
Hello from Switzerland, well I'm not even close to being a trained expert on Germany, but when it comes to the productivity of Germany (especially in comparison to the USA), do you really think that people who have studied work at the workbenches and production facilities? This is exactly where a big difference to the US comes into play: vocational training, by which I mean several years of training, both practical and theoretical. Such professionals, especially from Germany, Austria and Switzerland (I simply don't know about other nations, so I'll limit myself to these 3), are excellent professionals who know their field of work and everything that has to do with it very well. The result is not only productivity but also quality.
"In 1866 Lichtenstein's last military engagement sent 80 men to war. 81 returned, as they had made a friend." I've heard it so many time, but it never fails to make me smile. One of my favorite parts of history.
Statistics are statistics... the size or low population cause funny effects/values. If you have 2 murders in the last 20 years within a pupulation of 39000 you will have a very high murder rate...
Do you know, how you travel in best manner through Europe? Do not ask and study the Vlogs, Blogs, Books and other meanings.....and go on! I did it the grand tour through the EU by motorbike.
Im Dutch and have visited most European countries. I always say I love all countries in Europe. Every country has something unique and beautiful. Never felt unsafe in any countries in Europe, but I did feel unsafe in African countries.
exactly dude 🫡, Europe is a clash of everything XD , if you into modern or baroque - goth medieval style architecture fast pace life , mostly central nord'ish Europe shout siut you well , if you prefer a slow pace life , more old'ish architectures - cuisines - Environment - south Europe would be your pick ,
My respect for your simplicity and humility at the beginning of the video, this is the kind of young people the usa deserves, open , curious, looking for real education and friendship honoured. Bravo.
Why every foreigner visiting Poland wants to go to Warsaw? This is one of the most boring cities here. The only upsides would be the number of shops and food options. So, if you want to shop at Louis Vuitton you would go to Warsaw, but if you want nice architecture, history etc. you would go to places like Kraków, Wrocław, Gdańsk or maybe some smaller cities.
I actually only came to Warsaw for a festival and I only was in the old part of Warsaw but I already liked it there, I wonder how much I would enjoy the cities you just mentioned
Stores in Spain do not close at noon for siesta. They close to go eat and rest for a while before opening again in the afternoon until 8 or 9 at night.
Bueno, pero tienen que decir siempre alguna chorrada para desmerecernos. Esa propaganda antiespañolista... ainssss. Habéis visto el vídeo de la BBC sobre al Armada invencible española, ahí explican como una muy buena propaganda levanta un país y hunde la credibilidad y honradez de otro.
@@scipioafricanus5871 que noooóo. Que se cierra porque hacen jornada partida. En otros países cerráis todo muy temprano y en España está todo abierto hasta muy tarde.
The thing is that Spain is in the same time zone as the eastern parts of Europe, which is very weird when it comes to daylight, because sun rises so late there, like 7-8 am, while it's like 5-6 in central or eastern Europe. That also means it sets later in the evening.
As German, I think all our direct neighbours are wonderful countries whwre you can easily live. Germanies highest attraction is the central position in Europe and the consequently easy accesibility to the most beautiful places around. You can spend a life to discolver the beauties of Germany alone, but you can upgrade that by taking advantage of this unique situation. From Munich, where I live, you take a train to Kopenhagen in 11h, to Amsterdamin 8h, to Straßburg in 4h, to Venice in 7h, to Vienna or Prague less than 4 h and you can go to the alps in less than 1 1/2h. So, within less a day, some time half a day, you cab reach out to your favourite destinatios for sailing, skiing, hiking or justv enjoying thec lifestyle of our neighboring coutnries. With a lot of free time, without a car or airplane, just taking the Bus in front of your home, the world is yours. This attitude of life is not to be outweighted by any means. Just a remark to the GDP figures. Those provide only very limited information without the corresponding Gini-coefficient (distribution of income), something what is not very popular in the USA, for some reason. For Ireland the GDP is very misleading, because the majority of the population does not benefit from the high average income, that remains in the hands of the international corporations, but have finally to pay the prices in their daily life for that. Saying that, being a tax haven (Luxemburg Liechtenstein, Channel Islands, Ireland... Delaware for the USA) is not a desirable form of government.
Good comment. I'm German, originally from Nürnberg, and I live in Switzerland. It's number 1 emigration country (Auswanderungsland) of Germans. I prefer Switzerland over Germany for a number of reasons (including the fact that I have more left over at the end of the month) and better infrastructure, there are lots of lakes for sailing and swimming and cities, and in 45 mins I can go skiing (by car, but that's ok). I also have German friends here and there are lots of German doctors here.
@@rosthur8641 that’s definitely true. In the German speaking part though they can all speak/understand Hochdeutsch/standard German albeit with a strong Swiss accent. But everything is labeled/written in Hochdeutsch not actual Swiss German.
sickdays and holidays are not the same in Europe. We do not have limit on how many paid sickdays we get, and most employees do get 30days+ holiday per year on top.
@@Londronableif a calculate it correctly we have 43 in sweden. But its not really quite accurate. Of those 45, 2 is fixed weekend hollydays, and 3 more is fixed non weekend holidays only 6 is moving Holloway. And those have a 2/7 chans to get on a weekend. And of the other base vacation days, 10 of those are also on hollydays. For parental leave there is a simular situation. With 400 days parental leave. Of what 114 is weekend days and 90 is "minimum" days where you get something like 5%of your normal pay. To me it seams like the system is only made so complicated to make it hard to compare to other nations.
That's an interesting bit of information! I remember when I went there I was shocked to see such a tropical tree as a Poinciana (Delonix regia) growing right at the port. I have never seen so many cathedrals in one place, though. A bit much, but there are definitely worse things!
Do not underestimate the Vatican City. Its museums have got one of the most important and biggest collections in the world. St. Peter is a very massive church with pillars of 70 m circumference. Normally, a visit to the Vatican is a highlight of a trip to Rome. Thanks for your reaction!
@@akyhnethe worlds biggest knowledge is assembled there , stolen "lost" art - educational - medical - scripts , basically everything is there but not accessible for the public !
And the comment about “foundation for tax reasons” ignores the historical background. (original size of the Papal States, revolutions, Mussolini dictatorship and final treaty)
They forgot the mention the best thing about Iceland: THEY HAVE NO BLOODY MOSQUITOES! None! Also, for future reactions, Geography Now! has made a separate video on each country, so that's a great source for you.
@@MrPickyIt isn't "a myth". I suppose that people who are born there have adapted to it but, for someone used to "normal" days and nights, that can be a little disruptive. I remember my flight from France to NY: we were "following the sun" ... it was sunny in the cabin at 1, 3, 4, 5 ... European AM. Of course, that was just during the flight but I couldn't sleep and the jetlag somewhat ruined my first 2 days on the American Continent.
scandinavia ❤❤❤ including the north, finland, iceland etc.. are always topping these lists.. cause its true. highest quality of life and just amazing part of the world.. i love my nordic family❤❤
I'm from the Czech Republic. We have 4 weeks of paid holidays by the law. You also have some sick days, but if you are sick, you go to the doctor and he'll give you a certificate of incapacity for work. The first 15 days it's like temporary sickness and it's paid by your employer, if it's longer than 15 days, the goverment pays you and it's about 60-70% of your average salary. Hope it makes sence.
Go to Warsaw. I have been in December and I was like WOW! The food, the cleaness, the history, the museums, the infrustructers. It's the up and coming city in Central Europe.
In the majority of Europe including Spain people work 40 hours and 5 days per week 45 days in total would make it 9 workweeks free time, i life in the netherlands and including national holidays i got 6 weeks off.
Putting Vatican city last is wild. It's just basically a giant museum with some of the most important artworks in history. It is also the size of a large university campus and the reason why people don't live there is that you don't live on campus if you're not a student or faculty member either. And if you want to visit, there's plenty of hotels, hostels and air bnb's in Rome and you can just take a metro and walk to the Vatican. The cue to get in will take more time then going there.
Vatican is a country and it's not because it's small that it can't be a country. It's a country so the Pope could be the Chief of the State. It's an excuse but at least the Pope has something to boss around; better than to have the Catholic Church wanting to boss Europe: in real democratic countries the State and the Church are separate.
@@MJ-uk6luYe, academic TOWNS, not the actual campus. Again, people live in Rome, not in Vatican City unless they work or study there as part of the Catholic Church, but like any other university or museum you're perfectly welcome to look round and see all the exhibits and art.
The stuff you've heard about Ireland not doing that great are most likely true (not knowing what you've actually heard) The big tech is making the numbers look good, but in reality, that money never enters the Irish economy..
@@mariaobrien8228 I spend a few weeks in Ireland every year. And never in the same neck. Compared to where I'm from, the country is very rural and laid back. Exactly the reason why I love it.
Having lived through the poverty of the 1970s and the not much better in the 1980s I think Irish people don't see where the money enters, and without it we would notice a big difference. Our country can just hand out 800 euro last year for electric and 600 this year. thats pretty handy. We have a very high life expentancy, so despite its problems the health system isn't so bad. The main problem is homelessness, and they really do need to put more money into that, which can be done i'm sure.
23:00 I find it strange how all Americans react to the paid holidays that exist in Europe. We don't even count them as days off. We simply don't work on those days, necessarily, and at the end of the month we receive the same, whether there are holidays or not, whether the month has 28, 30 or 31 days, or the working days are 20, or even 23. Holidays are a something different, we can choose when to take them off (in agreement with the employer, of course)
In Finland on top of the normal salary during the holidays we get the bonus holiday pay which is half of the normal salary. It's a nice bonus to start your vacation or in some cases you get it when you return to work after spending all your money. We also have around 10 paid bank holidays during the year on top of the annual 5 weeks paid holiday. When you turn 50 or 60 that's also paid day off work if it happens during the weekdays.
@@joona2000 And we have a bonus before the holidays that is equal to a salary, and we have another at Christmas, in total we have 14 paid months in the year!
U have to go Croatia (not as a kid but as a grown man), land of thousands of islands and top athletes, crystal clear sea, mediterranean and continental food, great people ... HŽV 1950
One his 2 trips to Europe all he wanted to do was drink because he had the freedom to do so. Americans are told they are the freest country on the planet and when Americans travel or go on TH-cam they realize they are not.
@@davidmalarkey1302Although he emphasised this in his videos, he did not drink beer in public for 23 out of 24 hours during the day. By the way, you - and many others - didn't understand that Joel is a diplomat's son who has been a guest in many European and Asian countries in his childhood.
Hey man czech here living in prague for ages. you can safely visit every country on the list ( maybe not ukraine) but event though there is some kind of dictatorship in belarussia its safe to go there. write me when you go to prague i can show you around
As a European and Irish citizen i am so lucky to have so many cultures on my door step, i have visited most of them and they are all wonderful, i wouldn't rank them just pick and go. Maybe if you could meet up with sum of the guys on here they could show you what the tourists don't see (the tourist crap)
I love to see your love for Europe. The diversity is indeed enormous. I am from the Netherlands, but living in Spain, feels like the best of both worlds sometimes. Happy travels!
@@LX.727 Living in Spain for 9 years now. Level is B/C-ish, depending on the context. Practising and reading in daily life, and still doing some studying.
Dear Joel, I would say that in Europe all people your age can speak English. So it is no problem for you to travel through Europe. In Scandinavia, Hollywood films are not dubbed into the native language, so everyone there speaks almost perfect English. I live in Munich, which is roughly the same latitude as Seattle. But our weather is much better. In summer it is until 10 p.m. bright and pleasantly warm, so you can sit nicely in the beer garden.Last year I went on vacation to Spain and before that I was in Portugal. You can also have a wonderful time there. However, it can get very hot in midsummer. France is also beautiful, both the north and the south. We owe a lot to the Romans, who left many traces in Europe. Most of them can of course be seen in Italy. So, If you come to Europe, look for hostels and in Germany for youth hostels (= Jugendherberge), they are not that expensive.
Not to mention the excellent atmospheric conditions, magnificent landscape and coastline, history and culture, excellent food and drink... I must add that in Portugal foreign films are also not dubbed. The Portuguese have always had this tendency to respect the original. The fact of appreciating and preserving culture in its own territory and in the territory of others shows exactly the type of freedom it offers, (it was the first country to abolish slavery and was also the first to end the death penalty) and in Deep down, what we all want is to be free to make choices and live with their consequences. To conclude, I will say that only experience, as something practical, conscious and familiar and therefore different for everyone, can show what is appropriate.
This list is ranked by most livable or whatever, but i would said it's the best for tourist. I live in Denmark, but a lot of counties at the bottom of the list has absolutely beautiful nature and building. I was in Bulgaria and i really loved it.
As they say " the grass always seems greener somewhere else ". Switzerland has beautiful scenery ,yet there is / was a big heroin problem in Zurich. The UK has an acute housing shortage. There are pros and cons to most countries.
England has 8 public holidays and always on Mondays (except Xmas, boxing day and new year) spain has 14 and often the public holiday falls on Tuesday and Thursday, so they have something they call meaning the day in the middle between the public holiday and the weekend is off work too. Spanish we are kings of holidays😅, if we don't have them we invent them.
Corruption is probably one of the most important reasons why countries stay poor or even get poor. So it makes sense to fight corruption especially in one's own country. Go to elections doesn't change much if new nice laws are not enforced.
I'd say every government is corrupt. As if any ruling body would put the needs of the people in front of their own power fantasies. They just act like it while f*cking us all from behind in secret. The only difference is how much they hide it - the countries with "no corruption" literally don't exist in my book they're just countries with well hidden corruption in actuality. If you keep people happy they won't notice everything but power corrupts so imho there isn't a government in any shape or form (democracy, monarchy, dictatorship you name it) without corruption.
@@PhatInAHat It's chaos, disorder and the lack of rule of law that causes corruption. That could happen to any country. Just take a look into Germany during the interwar period or the old west or time of great depression of the US. or the french revolution.
Where I live in Spain, it snows in winter and spring and we never reach 40 degrees, maybe the hottest day of the year is 35 degrees. That's not the reason for the break, that's the reason for the long vacation time in summer, however in my autonomous community we don't have that problem. The true reason is that we value the time to prepare a good meal with your family members if it's the case or have a break eating and chatting with your coworkers. It's basically to have a break in which you can actually disconect from work and do something that we value a lot, eating without stress. In Spain, the lunch is the most important meal in the day, so a lot of works have a break from 14:00 to 16:00 for eating. Not everyone does but at least there's practically always one hour from 14:00 to 15:00 or in some places even three from 13:30 to 16:30 but that's too much. Anyways, normal jobs have one hour and a half for eating.
No tienes ni idea, en el norte las temperaturas son suaves en verano, en el sur y centro si puede llegarse a 40 grados, pero días puntuales. Soy española, vivo en Andalucía y no duermo siesta
The nap is a rural "tradition" if you worked outdoors it made sense to stop for the hottest hours. The school summer holidays exists because summer is time to harvest and all hands were needed to help so kids were released to work in their parents farms.
I recently discovered your channel and I love it! I love your interest to learn, and also that you are so open minded! And yes, definetely come visit Prague 😊😊
I am from italy but moved to the netherlands in 2004. Youre welcome to drink some beer in Maastricht. 2km from belgium border 11km from germany. 82km from Luxembourgh
many people don't understand that before 1989 eastern europe was not willingly communist, this was occupation. Many older people told me that even worse than german. That causes people to think that people there are bad and they are like 3rd world countries because of western propaganda. There is no one to blame, you obviously will say to your people that your enemy is bad but after soviets lost no one changed this, still in western schools almost nothing is told about countries east from germany and this story of 3rd world communists continues. I can say that this story is not true today, some of eastern european countries already catched up with the west and the rest is working on it, firms such as for example google are opening research and development sites, their own businesses are growing (for example some of the biggest players in game industry are from there) and their specialists are working almost everywhere in the world. Eastern europe is great place to visit, for the first time Poland is probably the best choice, they are the biggest eastern country in european union and they are they are most similar to the west. Eastern europe, especially balkans have a lot of different cultures which are worth seeing
Hi there! As a Spaniard, I can confirm one month of paid summer vacation, and we also have 14 holidays (also paid) throughout the year. Normally stores and shpoping mall close from 14h to 16h but not for "siesta", or maybe yes,😉 but it is because some stores close around 19h-20h. In Spain we have dinner around 21:30 - 10h. We also have public health care and when you get sick, you still get paid, this is long and complicated to explain, but even if you have cancer, the treatment is given by the public health care. I don't know much about the others, but our health care system is one of the best. As for the salary issue, it depends on your job and category. But yes, maybe are lower than in other countries, but maybe our cost of living is also cheaper than in other countries. It would have to be studied. As for the language, I think that in the Nordic countries you will have no problems, in the Netherlands they speak English as a second language. In France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, it depends on each person. In the Vatican City there is a lot of art and history.
As a Norwegian, I will to my dying day preach about how wildly underrated the Danish cuisine is. It may not look fancy, but my goodness... They really know their comfort foods there!!! 😋
Romania is considered one of the richest countries in Europe for a reason or otherwise it wouldn't been invaded so many times throughout history and why it lost a lot of land throughout the centuries. A lot of gold and salt which are the highest in Europe among with agriculture and best biodiversity in Europe at the Danube delta. A lot of geniuses were born in Romania who invented and contributed a lot into society from science to aviation, auto industries and even health sector. Don't forget the real founder of cybernetic was from Romania. We also had the longest history with the first civilization being the Cucuteni-Trypillia in modern day Romania, Moldova and Ukraine which is highly debated among with the founders of sedentary life thanks to advance farming of their time especially practiced by the Dacians. The Dacians were among the most courageous and even feared by the Romans not just because of their falx but because they were highly disciplined. The only disease as one friend of mine put it is betrayal and lack of unity that holds Romania and especially Moldova back since we are one people. I am not sure if some Moldovans would agree but truly sharing a lot in common and Moldova is Romania. And corruption continues because of betrayal of the government which needs to be stopped ASAP.
@@bellrivver As someone who likes Greece very much I wouldn’t wish your country anyone like Orban. Any of the few things that can be seen positive in his activity or his entire career is pure lie, and he usually does the opposite what he says („Don’t look at what I say, look at what I do.” - quote from Orban). He is the most hypocrat, opportunistic, unrestraint, power hunger autocrat, and the greediest, cheekiest thief that you’ve ever seen. (Unfortunately on a quite brainy and indefatigable way, which makes him very effectively destructive and dangerous.) But - as I see the world now - more and more countries are facing the possiblity to get someone like him. And that will be their greatest disappointment and disillusion of all time. I warned you.
It's weird in a way that more than the top10 countries including Great Britain, France etc, were the most open wounds of the civillized world 1000 years ago, for centuries. All of them come from the Vickings, Nordics, Normans etc. It's amazing that the Barbarians have become a model of culture in now days. It's really amazing!!!
I love you people. Would consider moving from Croatia but this effing great nature keeps me here. Maybe I should take in account some other things, and air in Zagreb is terrible. How's pussy in Poland? Kurve a lot? I'm vegan, I've heard Poland is quite friendly to vegans. That's so cool.
The irony that Lithuania has world's best internet, but my Lithuanian friend has the worst internet of my friend group, constantly loses connection. While I blame this rather on the coverage as he's living a bit in the rural parts instead of within urban.
there are ALOT of ways to get internet. from plugin routers, proper routers, wired telephone based routers, mobile data plans, just to name a few. so depending on the combination of choices it can be bad my sister brought 5g router over to our rural area and it was slower than the dial up. meanwhile mobile data from a phone plan using different provider can easily deliver internet to whole family at the same time.
Czech here, try our beer sometimes :) Happy we made it so high in the list, I love living here, people are usually more laid back when it comes to work/life balance and they are fun to drink with.
While I currently live in Australia I was born in Finland, and I think the number 6 on this list is accurate or couple of spots too low. I would definitely recommend that you visit Finland. It is expensive but worth the visit. Unless you specifically want to see the northern lights I would recommend to visit in late June to early August timeframe. It is a beautiful country. A lot of forests, lakes (about 300,000), beautiful archipelago and what I miss the most, the white nights in the summer time when sun sets around 11 pm and rises at 2 am and there is a twilight in between, but it never gets dark. So Jps, if you want to know more, reply to this and we'll sort out a way of communication.
But don't stay too long in Helsinki, 'cos it's not the best city in Finland. You need to go somewhere in the middle of the country to see real Finland!
I would say that half of the beer is drunk by tourists. Me and the people around me drink beer only twice a year, at Christmas and Easter with roast duck
As mentioned, the border between Europe and Asia is indeed merely political or rather cultural, it used to be possible to go by train from Duisburg at the Rhine in Germany to Bejing in China, probably difficult nowadays, that trip of about three(?) weeks would give one a good idea of Eurasia as a whole I believe
Hi from Ireland. Having travelled extensively I have come to the conclusion that my own country, Ireland, is The Best Place on the planet. A little biased, I know😊, but truly it is full of charm, blending the ancient with the new seamlessly. The scenery is amazing as is the food and culture. Galway, (the city of the tribes) is unique and a city for young people. You can do a whole route called the wild Atlantic way, from Donegal, in the North right down the west coast, all the way to Cork n the south, and experience some of the most magical scenery and culture that you will ever meet. Or you can do The Ancient East route taking you through ancient sites like New Grange, older than the pyramids and Stone Henge or Glendalough, an ancient monastic ruins of a city with magnificent scenery. Visit The Skelligs, where Star Wars was filmed, or do The game of Thrones studio tour. Great hostels with great adventure centres are all over the country. Sure, like every other country you will come across bad things, but overall, Ireland is a country not to be missed. Cead Mile Failte {a hundred thousand welcomes) if you decide to come.
Ireland is amazing!!! You DEFINITELY need to visit - Go to Kerry and Galway! Lisbon is my favourite European city, personally. I'd live there if I could.
Although I was born in the UK I've spent more than half my life in Cyprus and France, a short time in Italy, visited other European countries, some in Eastern Europe. I've settled in France.
Hi from The Netherlands. I've lived in other countries in Europe and outside of Europe, even in Texas/US for a while, but I'm so so happy to live in my own country now. I really had the opportunity to compare and in my humble opinion, there's just no better country to live than The Netherlands (yeah, also a little subjective maybe). I'm very proud of my country and I love it; our society, our directness, humor, the economy, our healthcare system, public transport, rights that our people have, our liberal way of thinking and acting, ... You seem like a very open minded and aware guy, unlike a lot of people from the US. I think you would be so much happier here, what keeps you from moving to Europe? Everybody speaks English here; you can live and work here without any problem!
I watched this the other day. The order is all over the place, but it's subjective so whatever. As a Hungarian who hates the current government with every fiber of my being, I have to say that the 20 percent inflation he mentioned, while self-inflicted, is a one-off and not 'every year', like he said. Big difference. Anyway, if you take this video as a rando's opinion, it's fine. But I encourage you to do your own research. Because some of the other countries he had an unreasonably high opinion in my view.
My girlfriend is from Hungary (from close to Szeged), I'm German, and we live in Switzerland and she likes it much better than her home country (as far as income and life-quality goes and I like it better than Germany). She even has made some Hungarian friends here! Szép napot!
Must be so frustrating having him as the leader for any thinking person. He's just a nasty thug. I would like to visit there someday when you get a better leadership. Poland did it, and hopefully you'll be able to do it before too much longer.
thats one of the very few problem of both countries: your alcohol is too expensive and your drug policies don't allow alternatives, thus you are missing out on "having a drink together" badly
@@liosscip True! Taxes on alcohol and work is too high on here so we dont have "Bar culture" coz too expensive to drink in bars and clubs.. And this lead to people drink 0,5l vodka before clubs and bars :D
Dutchie here. At the company I work for I get 30 days paid holiday p.a. plus 3 extra "old age" days. I'm going on 60 ;-) Last year I wasn't able to take all my allocated leave for the year, so now I have 50 plus days to try and find time for. LOL! The problem is that there's no one able to fill in for me when I'm not in the office. Whatever doesn't get done will be waiting for me. That's the pressure that stops me from taking my leave, not because I don't have the days available.
@@tonyrodd6348 Thank you, Tony. I guess it's a combination of things, one of the most important being early exposure to the language. All foreign movies and TV programmes, etc. have subtitles instead of being dubbed. English is taught at school from a young age. The Dutch are also well travelled. So, all in all, the Dutch are very familiar with how English sounds and how it is spoken with intonation and rhythm. On top of that the Dutch aren't shy to try. Generally speaking, of course.
@@MYoung-mq2by I definitely would like to visit The Netherlands one day; I'm sure it's a beautiful country. After all from where I live in West London, it's just a short trip across the north sea.
@@MYoung-mq2by The problem with your days-off doesn't exist in post communist countries and it is called the "exploitation of workers", your employer is the guitly one.
Interesting video, Europe is really something special. I do feel like Serbia deserved better than number 38, but then again we have Vatican at number 50 an Ireland at number 2 which is also a bit weird. Still it was nice to hear about some of the countries that I dont know much about.
i got a little.. frustrated when u paused just before the Netherlands but then u was like yea there are some countries I //must visit and I felt so proud. great content dawg
You should visit Denmark. It's really safe, the people are friendly and we have great food and drink and if you have an accident our hospitals will take care of you free of charge. Do come during spring or summer though - it's a bit gloomy and cold otherwise.
That ranking is probably pretty close, although it's difficult to equate a geographically small country with only the infrastructure of a major city to take care of compared to geographically larger countries with small populations and large infrastructure responsibilities. From an American perspective, it would like comparing NYC with Alaska or Wyoming.
As an American i can say one thing for sure All Eastern European countries ( except the pro Russia ones ) are 30 times safer than the western ones And Hungary, Romania and Poland are the most beautiful ones in the East
I'd suggest something if I may? I'm from Croatia and depending on what you're looking for in Europe, you might want to visit Czech, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Greece, and our country when it comes to Eastern Europe. Why? We have more historical places, we're more peaceful but still a lot of bloody history to explore. I myself have visited all these countries except Poland. Been to Italy, France, Spain, and UK. Netherlands is one of the places I'd like to visit next. I see you've been to Croatia, as a kid, but nevertheless. Visiting Warsaw is a really great idea. And Vienna. You'll learn a lot about our culture. If you're studying sociology and/or philosophy these are great places to visit, too. Cheers!
That's very true! Or Nordic for that matter. We have a lot to be grateful for. My only complaint as a Norwegian is the long winters. But that's not something the government can do anything about.
@@MrPicky Not correct. There are different definitions. "In English usage, Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for Nordic countries. Iceland and the Faroe Islands are sometimes included in Scandinavia for their ethnolinguistic relations with Sweden, Norway and Denmark" (from wikipedia).
@@renzuki5830 Yes it is correct. I live in Iceland, I should know if I am in Scandinavia or if I am Scandinavian 😅 I've never lived in Scandinavia but I've travelled there and it is beautiful and we do have a lot of things in common. More in common than with other nations on the planet earth... As it is stated in the English Wikipedia "sometime used as a synonym" but unfortunately this is actually a "false" synonym. It is written like this in the English language because some English/American writers/scholars probably put it there because Iceland at that time was under the Kingdom of Denmark (or may even go back to the Kalmar Union). STILL it doesn't make Iceland Scandinavian or part of Scandinavia. The language is North Germanic and out of that it is West-Nordic. None Scandinavian countries (DK/NK/SE) claims that Iceland or the language is Scandinavian 😉 Even the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Wikipedia sites never talk about Scandinavian languages, it is all Nordic!
@@MrPicky There isn't one universal correct definition for Scandinavia. You can look up other sources as well, like the dictionary. It isn't a "false synonym". "Is Iceland considered part of Scandinavia? Geographically, there are 3 Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Sweden, and Norway). Culturally, there are 6 Scandinavian countries Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland and The Faroe Islands" (Source: Scandinaviastandard) So it depends what you mean / where are you coming from. No definition is more or less correct than another.
Hi Joel,I am British,though have been living in Spain for the last 28years. I live in Gran Canaria,one of the Canary Islands,(Spain),off the coast of West Africa in the Atlantic.I work only 20 hours a week,and am still entitled to my 30 days holiday plus 14 public holidays a year. Also in Spain financial year is 14 months pay. An extra months pay in Summer,to enjoy Summer holidays,and an extra month at Christmas to help out. Though now this is normally incorporated,added to each month's pay,rather than 2 extra months. Work/life balance excellent,sunshine all year and no heating bills,because it's warm all year here. Keep the vids coming!!
Bulgaria is lovely, if you get away from Golden Sands and Sunny Beach. Been there around 30 times. The music, food, history, people and nature is great❤
Island is definitely not the best country. The weather sucks, the winter is too dark, it has a terrible food selection in super markets and if you are not careful you will marry a cousin.
23:07 Not just a mounth and a half off. 30+14 workdays (weekends are free anyway)! It's mean more than two mounth paid day off. I have 34 paid days off in Hungary this year: 20 days of basic leave, 4 days because of my two children, 9 days because of my age and 1 day left over from the previous year.
well thats only if the 14 holidays happens on during the workweek right? In Sweden i got 25 days off paid by law. Some at my job got 3-6 days more depending on how old they are. Then we got some holidays paid like christmas, new years etc. Which a good year becomes 34 paid days per law and a few more by collectiveagreement or company. But a bad year its more like 29 days paid per law.
Born in the Netherlands but with Croatian roots im happy to hear you already visited Croatia, but also happy your to go list is for sure to visit te Netherlands....and you should. And btw in the Netherlands we have if you work fulltime 5 weeks of paid holiday 💪🏼
Having a lot of time off is not a European thing, so it should be common, because one lives to enjoy life, not to work. This is the same as a European saying to an American that the more you work, the more money you make, is an American thing.
Tax reasons? Lol It's clear he knows nothing about Italian history. Also, the Vatican Museums (54 galleries comprised of 1400 rooms) are the second most-visited museum complex in the world after the Louvre, so there's plenty of interesting stuff to see there if you're not a moron.
You can say a lot about Denmark, but it is generally recognised as being one of the best nations for museums in the world. This list is ... Subjective at best, for most of the stuff that is not directly citing numbers. Which is kinda awkward.
Hello! The video in question is not entirely accurate but not completely wrong as well. Context matters and in such a short video is hard to explain all the things that matter. I personally would put tiers on the countries for tourist or living there where highest tier would go to Western European (developed and famous) countries while below them would be other European Union members - while under the Western countries in terms of economic stability are still completely fine to visit or live. Expats videos covering those countries are much more detailed on many aspects and would suggest searching (and JP can even react to such video) for additional information. Then there are the non-EU members which vary a lot. Turkey and the other countries on the Balkans (non-EU members) are great to visit but not to live in general while not terrible. Also, customs and crime vary, and any tourist should be aware of the 'no-no' places or actions before visiting. Russia is actually not that bad but would not recommend living there unless you know what you are doing. Visiting the tourist destinations is completely safe as long as a person don't do political or social stunts. Some countries which are still under the Russian influence are a hard 'pass' for living but are O.K.-ish for tourism if you are aware of the dangers as laws and crime can be equally dangerous for oblivious visitors.
The creator actually picked a very balanced system of ranking them. And it is quite easy to replicate yourself - which makes it very transparent and easy to understand why. All of this utilizes the top famous and official lists and avoids all disputed or strange alternative rankings. And all individual ranks for a country are dealt with equally. So there is no weighting for specific factors or cherry picking of specific traits. Yes, there are factors, that are not taken into consideration, sure. But most of them (or all of them, as far as I can tell) are borderline / edgy with personal opinions and preferences (like climate, weather, sunlight hours per day, etc.). Of course, you should add your own preferences for yourself, but nobody should make a decission to pick a country to live there, just based on such lists anyway. This ranking is actually what you will get, when throwing all statistics (economy, GDP, growth rate, unemployment rate, happiness, safety, crime statistics, health statistics, corruption, debt, digitalization, internet speed (you could easily skip the last two, if this doesn't matter to you, but the creator decided to include them as well), etc. If you skip those, the list will be a bit different, but not too much (surprisingly).
@@dnocturn84 Actually a lot of the statistics if taken for face value are a terrible way to take. Just as an example - countries (doesn't matter if in the list or just in general over the world) with limited freedom (be it dictatorship or some other sort of limitations for picking the government and/or leaders) have always manipulate those statistics in their advantage. Would tell you most comfortably that all countries in the EU or European Economic Zone and Schengen are far better than those outside in any single metric. Yet the rankings put some of them after others). Another example is Turkey which great for visiting or living in by the European side, can become quite different in its far south-eastern border. Obviously same can be said for Russia and its different regions. A lot of the countries are quite close to each other and that is also not mentioned, so grouping them would make a lot more sense. One more point is how 'crime' is depicted and put down. Due to differences of reporting and grouping even in similar-level countries can sound or be completely different in terms of classification. Wealthy European countries often count petty crimes (like pickpocketing or scams) which sometimes boost their crime rates. Other countries put pickpockets and murders in the same table. Some don't count any of them and have 'low' or 'no' crimes (back to my previous statement).
@@dtibvgz8441 True, some of those metrics are hard to translate into numbers. Such as "freedom" or "happiness" or even "corruption" for example. I can only agree with you on that one. Yet, those statistics exist for some reason and are frequently refered to. They have to be interpreted with a grain of salt for sure. But this ranking uses them as well as any other ranking video. If you're criticizing it for this (which is a fair thing to do) video, you have to criticize it for any other video out there as well. But if you remove those metrics and re-do the ranking yourself, only based on hard facts, the list will only shift around slightly and won't result in any major difference, because some of those variables effect other areas as well, such as economy, unemployment, crime and health. The biggest difference will propably hit the nordic nations, due to them propably losing the top spots on this list. Regarding crime statistics: well there are lists out there, that try to evaluate different crime statistics on an even playground, to fairly judge this on a general basis. This ranking is based on one of those - as far as I can tell. So this should be a very fair and truely representative result here. The biggest problem obviously occurs, when countries don't register certain crimes and therefore alter their own numbers, as some troublesome nations tend to do (as well as report fully cosmetic numbers as well). This issue is hard to come by. But again, this should also have the same effect on any other ranking video out there, as there is no good way to compensate for this otherwise. You can of course correct this yourself, punish nations that do this in your own ranking, based on your opinion, but then it again will be a list including your personal opinion, which this source video tries not to do.
I would personally rank Ireland very high too. Even though it had some troubles - like dreadful, to some point disfunctional police force, youngster drug gangs, or increasingly inaccessible housing, its simply great country with great people.
I'm not the biggest fan of the Garda Siochana, but their problems are rather benign compared to the police in many countries. Unlike the UK, for example, they don't go around arresting people for telling jokes.
@@jamesxenophon9505 I can't speak about British Police, my experience is limited to seeing them on the streets during my two vacation times in the UK. In Ireland, I once witnessed a drugged and drunk youngster attempting to steel neighbor's car and called Garda. "Yes, it's been already reported, sure we're sending there a patrol!" said friendly policewoman on the phone. The act of steeling, due to the state of the youngster (bottle of liquor accompanied him whole time), took more than 3 hours (!) and after one last unsuccessful attempt to smash window with his bottle, the owner woke up and finally "chased" him away, by which I mean the young criminal super slowly walked away. Garda never ever came. And it wasn't any troublesome neighborhood, but new and nice housing estate. Then you start to ask around and hear things like "They never come. I once caught a thieve in my house, got threatened by legal action and let him go, because Garda wouldn't come anyway", or "we got our house robbed, called the Garda [to do investigation], then called again, but they only promised and ha never come, so we gave up". For me, it is beyond any understanding that in any reasonably developed country would be a police force that doesn't bother to attend the scene. There are of course more funny stories, like me being stoped by a Garda woman on O'Connell St. driving after midnight - "Have you been drinking?" "No" "OK, take care, bye!". This is an Irish breath test 😀. Small steeling is in Irish cities common, I.e. I've never seen anywhere in the world so many bike remnants chained to poles like in Ireland, in fact I haven't seen any anywhere else. Also, there were so many small fights after pubs were closed (due to being closed at the same given time). Irish specific was child crime, where you had kids under 15 armed both with confidence of untouchability and often real weapons (I don't know if it's still the case after many years). So I think small and even little bigger crime in Ireland is super under-reported and the country is ranked way higher in safety index then what's the real situation. I live in a country ranked like 5-7 and it puts smile on my face, seeing Ireland ranked 4. It just feels wong. But don't get me wrong, I think overall it's still reasonably safe country, especially day-time Ireland could be surely in top 20 countries.
@@oakld You know what, you have a good point. I was once attacked by teenagers and when I went to the Garda Siochana they told me there wasn't much they could do if they're under 18! I guess my point was that having an overzealous or over-aggressive police force like in the US or the UK is a greater danger to society. But yes, the Garda Siochana are lazy as fuck and useless.
Poland: 6th economy of the European Union; 5th in terms of number of inhabitants; 9th largest in Europe; Europe's fastest growing economy; Over 20,000,000 tourists per year.... There is one sentence in the ranking, that it is "average". !!! 😃😆
Although I am glad to be a European/British person there is one thing that I think Europe should do and that is put more of it's wealth into NATO. For too long we have leaned too much on the USA's vast resources in military capabilities. My own part of Europe, the UK does spend its share of 3%GDP, but only barely, however it's plain from the video that Europe could shoulder its share of the burden, especially those countries at the top which afford such comfortable living standards. Thank you JP, I very much appreciate your videos. Regards Tony Sadler South Wales UK 🏴🇪🇺👏😮
“Bulgaria is the only slavic state to not have been part of yugoslavia” - Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Russia would be very surprised to hear that
always fun wenn these anglosaxon wannabe-experts do a thing on europe or my nation :)
to be fair, many things were true - but the ranking is as superficial as it gets...
@@zoolkhan I mean... he used GDP as a metric which is very debatable, but i guess you have to pick something... and at least it's something that is well measured and objective, so i can see why. Not saying it's the best option, but i'm not sure if i could have done better.
Am very surprised too as I have always thought it was. Thanks.
Is Bulgaria slavic again? Last time I heard they were a Turkish nation with a Slavic language.
I think he meant the only South Slavic state. The ones you mention are West and East Slavic countries.
Every where America is saying that such or such country is not safe in Europe, trust me that, all are at least 40-50 times safer than the USA.
Eh. Plenty of safer places in USA than some Balkan or Carpathian countries. Montana for example.
@@Vinterloft i don't understand how balkan countries are more dangerous but ok, even moldova for example is safe
@@Vinterloft I don't doubt that Montana is different because they don't really feel Americans , so to speak and I know that some places are very safe in the USA but , I live in USA for 20 years and dude, let me tell you something in Chicago where I used to live, to me it is almost like a "Third world country" to me, not to mention, New York, Cincinnati, Toledo, Detroit, Miami ,Atlanta and so on . If you deny that, that means, that you don't have a clue, what a safe country is. And trust me that Eastern Europe is way safer, like Montana without guns and crazy ass cops , got it ?
If somewhere in Europe every day as many people would be killed than in the US, we would call it civil war.
@@michaeltom5465 You're so f*ckin ignorant it's comical. All urban areas in teh West will have horrid neighborhoods, but away from metropolitan areas in teh US, it's VERY safe. In these same areas there is little homelessness, no illicit drug use, shootings, etc.
This is a very USA based outlook on europe. The whole notion of being "the best" is extremely subjective if you're vague about the specifics. I know this video throws a bunch of numbers at you but it does so randomly. GDP seems to count when evaluating one nation but not so much for the next.
many mistake along tbh
like when the name uk healthcare as strong + i mean .... no many eu country beat it, they have a huge issue with delay to actually see a specialist and such, it's clearly not their strong part
Not just USA based, but very California based. Tough to watch, sometimes.
Iceland also has a very high suicide rate ND I think this film was wrong on Hungary.
I cringed. Just the picture and video footage was totally contradictory to what was being said. The West has NOOOOO idea about the East. Always the bad, the poor. Reality is painting a different picture and we all know about it. Corruption is huge in Germany and the rest of the West, we just call it lobbyism here. The whole EU is involved. Every sentence is so manipulative. Not worth watching. The nice young guy should not believe everything...
The void of knowledge about Eastern European countries is not just an American thing. It is to be found in most western European countries as well. The iron curtain seperated us far too long and is still found in the mindset of far too many people on my side of the pond.
yeah like western Europeans ever cared about eastern Europe or Balkans. Iron curtain changed nothing in perception, Slavs/eastern Europeans were always regarded as uncivilised/barbarians, if anything, that perception was even worse before 20th century
That's true brother. Receive a big hug from Spain
@@elhombreconsciente6882 look at this guys , see ,not all westerners are void of knowledge this hombre even sends a hug. I hug you back from romania amigo
@@LatinSlav What a honour, I was a big fan of Inna and Elena Gheorghe when I was a kid 💟
@@dominikivankovic63 rly? i guess poland that was once the biggest country in europe and if we look at the history it was the biggest country in europe in history without mentioning england that defended europe thrice, was the center of trade in europe in its prime it was force that needed to be reckoned with and if we are talking about perception of eastern europeans being barbarians etc. the same goes for western europe everyone in rome, greece, ottoman empire was thinking they were barbarians
Just one recommendation: no matter where you go, spend enough time in the countryside. You usually get to know the country better there than in cosmopolitan cities. At least you get a better picture. Greatings from Czechia!
It just depends on what one likes and wants to see. Metropolitan cities are also cool.
in countryside, people are more warm and friendly
@@cree_VI It really depends. We do have a greater sense of community because everybody knows each other, but the people are also more conservative. If you are standing out in any way it feels very stressfull, that's why I went to a school in a city 40km from my village
That list is very American, if you know what I mean.
Very gae
Simplified? 🎉
@@do.ra.mi.fa.s yes
Hello from Switzerland, well I'm not even close to being a trained expert on Germany, but when it comes to the productivity of Germany (especially in comparison to the USA), do you really think that people who have studied work at the workbenches and production facilities? This is exactly where a big difference to the US comes into play: vocational training, by which I mean several years of training, both practical and theoretical. Such professionals, especially from Germany, Austria and Switzerland (I simply don't know about other nations, so I'll limit myself to these 3), are excellent professionals who know their field of work and everything that has to do with it very well. The result is not only productivity but also quality.
Yes - German cars vs American cars - oh dear.
craftsmen from countries with strongly regulated vocational training courses is something the Anglo-Saxons don't do
@@embreis2257In Australia we have Technical & Vocational Training 🇦🇺
An amateur - someone who trains until they get it right. A professional - someone who trains until they can't get it wrong.
Add Czechia Slovakia and more there is also a lot of traditional workmanship across all of the countries
"In 1866 Lichtenstein's last military engagement sent 80 men to war. 81 returned, as they had made a friend."
I've heard it so many time, but it never fails to make me smile. One of my favorite parts of history.
Frankly the majority of the facts in this blog,,,, are not based on facts.
Statistics are statistics... the size or low population cause funny effects/values. If you have 2 murders in the last 20 years within a pupulation of 39000 you will have a very high murder rate...
I’m 100% German, live in Switzerland and have lived in Italy. It is pretty accurate. The things he said about these countries is all true
I also have the impression that most of whats being said is pretty much true. I have seen far worse rankings than this one here.
Do you know, how you travel in best manner through Europe? Do not ask and study the Vlogs, Blogs, Books and other meanings.....and go on! I did it the grand tour through the EU by motorbike.
Pretty much it's just some leftist saying shitlib nations are great and based nations suck
Im Dutch and have visited most European countries. I always say I love all countries in Europe. Every country has something unique and beautiful. Never felt unsafe in any countries in Europe, but I did feel unsafe in African countries.
exactly dude 🫡, Europe is a clash of everything XD , if you into modern or baroque - goth medieval style architecture fast pace life , mostly central nord'ish Europe shout siut you well ,
if you prefer a slow pace life , more old'ish architectures - cuisines - Environment -
south Europe would be your pick ,
Out of interest, what African countries have you visited?
@@DonkeyFrost129MC Morroco, Egypt, Eritrea and South Africa.
@@LalaDepala_00 Given that Eritrea is literally called the North Korea of Africa, that's understandable 😅
and now, the Us...
My respect for your simplicity and humility at the beginning of the video, this is the kind of young people the usa deserves, open , curious, looking for real education and friendship honoured. Bravo.
Why every foreigner visiting Poland wants to go to Warsaw? This is one of the most boring cities here. The only upsides would be the number of shops and food options. So, if you want to shop at Louis Vuitton you would go to Warsaw, but if you want nice architecture, history etc. you would go to places like Kraków, Wrocław, Gdańsk or maybe some smaller cities.
true. I visited Krakow, Torun and Poznan and they are all far more interesting than Warszawa
I actually only came to Warsaw for a festival and I only was in the old part of Warsaw but I already liked it there, I wonder how much I would enjoy the cities you just mentioned
@@rubberducky.youretheone dont have any doubt
With you until Gdansk. That's like saying you must visit Northampton in the UK.
Gdanks is is also very beatifull
Stores in Spain do not close at noon for siesta. They close to go eat and rest for a while before opening again in the afternoon until 8 or 9 at night.
Not only that but at noon the temperature is "high" so its pointless to have stores open because people rarely go to shop around these hours.
Bueno, pero tienen que decir siempre alguna chorrada para desmerecernos. Esa propaganda antiespañolista... ainssss.
Habéis visto el vídeo de la BBC sobre al Armada invencible española, ahí explican como una muy buena propaganda levanta un país y hunde la credibilidad y honradez de otro.
So stores in Spain do close at -noon- much later for siesta.
@@scipioafricanus5871 que noooóo. Que se cierra porque hacen jornada partida. En otros países cerráis todo muy temprano y en España está todo abierto hasta muy tarde.
The thing is that Spain is in the same time zone as the eastern parts of Europe, which is very weird when it comes to daylight, because sun rises so late there, like 7-8 am, while it's like 5-6 in central or eastern Europe. That also means it sets later in the evening.
Kazakhstan is not a European country. That's in Asia.
most parts, a small part is in Eastern Europe ...
Most of France is outside Europe. What's your point?
Sure bud
Kazakhstan is mostly in Asia, small part in in Europe...
Cyprus is in Asia too
As German, I think all our direct neighbours are wonderful countries whwre you can easily live. Germanies highest attraction is the central position in Europe and the consequently easy accesibility to the most beautiful places around. You can spend a life to discolver the beauties of Germany alone, but you can upgrade that by taking advantage of this unique situation. From Munich, where I live, you take a train to Kopenhagen in 11h, to Amsterdamin 8h, to Straßburg in 4h, to Venice in 7h, to Vienna or Prague less than 4 h and you can go to the alps in less than 1 1/2h.
So, within less a day, some time half a day, you cab reach out to your favourite destinatios for sailing, skiing, hiking or justv enjoying thec lifestyle of our neighboring coutnries. With a lot of free time, without a car or airplane, just taking the Bus in front of your home, the world is yours. This attitude of life is not to be outweighted by any means.
Just a remark to the GDP figures. Those provide only very limited information without the corresponding Gini-coefficient (distribution of income), something what is not very popular in the USA, for some reason. For Ireland the GDP is very misleading, because the majority of the population does not benefit from the high average income, that remains in the hands of the international corporations, but have finally to pay the prices in their daily life for that. Saying that, being a tax haven (Luxemburg Liechtenstein, Channel Islands, Ireland... Delaware for the USA) is not a desirable form of government.
Good comment. I'm German, originally from Nürnberg, and I live in Switzerland. It's number 1 emigration country (Auswanderungsland) of Germans. I prefer Switzerland over Germany for a number of reasons (including the fact that I have more left over at the end of the month) and better infrastructure, there are lots of lakes for sailing and swimming and cities, and in 45 mins I can go skiing (by car, but that's ok). I also have German friends here and there are lots of German doctors here.
I would live in Switzerland but the accent is so thick it's so hard to understand them@@SuperHawk0413
@@rosthur8641 that’s definitely true. In the German speaking part though they can all speak/understand Hochdeutsch/standard German albeit with a strong Swiss accent. But everything is labeled/written in Hochdeutsch not actual Swiss German.
Hey what do you have against the government of liechtenstein? 😢
@@rosthur8641well they/we can speak englisch. Or german ;-)
sickdays and holidays are not the same in Europe. We do not have limit on how many paid sickdays we get, and most employees do get 30days+ holiday per year on top.
it's only humane honestly.
42 vacation days(including holidays like Christmas) for a 40 hour work week + unlimited sick days is the BASIS here in Belgium.
Most of the world doesn't have a sick days limit. That's very much a US thing as far as I'm aware...
...in USA ,Health is not a Right. In Europ, it is and in a lot of poor countries....
@@Londronableif a calculate it correctly we have 43 in sweden. But its not really quite accurate. Of those 45, 2 is fixed weekend hollydays, and 3 more is fixed non weekend holidays only 6 is moving Holloway. And those have a 2/7 chans to get on a weekend.
And of the other base vacation days, 10 of those are also on hollydays.
For parental leave there is a simular situation. With 400 days parental leave. Of what 114 is weekend days and 90 is "minimum" days where you get something like 5%of your normal pay.
To me it seams like the system is only made so complicated to make it hard to compare to other nations.
Fun fact: Malta is the ONLY european country to have never experienced sub zero tempertures centigrade.
If it wasn't for Troodos(our biggest mountain), Cyprus wouldn't get below zero either. Cudos to you though! Visit us if you need both climates! 😂
That's an interesting bit of information! I remember when I went there I was shocked to see such a tropical tree as a Poinciana (Delonix regia) growing right at the port. I have never seen so many cathedrals in one place, though. A bit much, but there are definitely worse things!
SOunds like I found the place to move to
And, obviously, never will experience. 😢
Yet another reason to love Malta.
Do not underestimate the Vatican City. Its museums have got one of the most important and biggest collections in the world. St. Peter is a very massive church with pillars of 70 m circumference. Normally, a visit to the Vatican is a highlight of a trip to Rome. Thanks for your reaction!
It's one big church, so nothing to see there.
@@akyhnethe worlds biggest knowledge is assembled there , stolen "lost" art - educational - medical - scripts , basically everything is there but not accessible for the public !
And the comment about “foundation for tax reasons” ignores the historical background. (original size of the Papal States, revolutions, Mussolini dictatorship and final treaty)
Sistine Chapel
But hardly a country with everything that entails. It is too one-note.
They forgot the mention the best thing about Iceland: THEY HAVE NO BLOODY MOSQUITOES! None!
Also, for future reactions, Geography Now! has made a separate video on each country, so that's a great source for you.
@@Pupperski🤔 - we got 24hr daylight in the summer and only few months that are "dark" in winter. So this is just a myth...
@@MrPickyIt isn't "a myth". I suppose that people who are born there have adapted to it but, for someone used to "normal" days and nights, that can be a little disruptive.
I remember my flight from France to NY: we were "following the sun" ... it was sunny in the cabin at 1, 3, 4, 5 ... European AM. Of course, that was just during the flight but I couldn't sleep and the jetlag somewhat ruined my first 2 days on the American Continent.
@@Pupperskiyearly average 50% time between dusk and dawn.
But vulcanos/Vulkane(German, don't know the English word) are coming alive😁
@@biankakoettlitz6979 it's a fair trade in my opinion.
scandinavia ❤❤❤ including the north, finland, iceland etc.. are always topping these lists.. cause its true. highest quality of life and just amazing part of the world.. i love my nordic family❤❤
I'm from the Czech Republic. We have 4 weeks of paid holidays by the law. You also have some sick days, but if you are sick, you go to the doctor and he'll give you a certificate of incapacity for work. The first 15 days it's like temporary sickness and it's paid by your employer, if it's longer than 15 days, the goverment pays you and it's about 60-70% of your average salary. Hope it makes sence.
An Italian here. Yes our system (holidays and sickness) is almost the same.
Its like this in Norway as well, but 100% pay for the 1. year, then 60-70% (I think, not sure about the percentage)
Bro move to Europe when you get the chance😂
Go to Warsaw. I have been in December and I was like WOW! The food, the cleaness, the history, the museums, the infrustructers. It's the up and coming city in Central Europe.
I'm polish, and Warszawa is ugly...
In the majority of Europe including Spain people work 40 hours and 5 days per week 45 days in total would make it 9 workweeks free time, i life in the netherlands and including national holidays i got 6 weeks off.
No se puede tener todo. Buena vida. Y mucho stress.😂
Putting Vatican city last is wild. It's just basically a giant museum with some of the most important artworks in history. It is also the size of a large university campus and the reason why people don't live there is that you don't live on campus if you're not a student or faculty member either. And if you want to visit, there's plenty of hotels, hostels and air bnb's in Rome and you can just take a metro and walk to the Vatican. The cue to get in will take more time then going there.
Dictatorship which is ruled by child "you know what i mean" but yeah the art and architecture is stunning
@@rudi5062no, io non ho capito cosa tu intenda. Cosa intendi dire?
Vatican is a country and it's not because it's small that it can't be a country. It's a country so the Pope could be the Chief of the State. It's an excuse but at least the Pope has something to boss around; better than to have the Catholic Church wanting to boss Europe: in real democratic countries the State and the Church are separate.
Hate it to break it to you, but there are plenty of academic towns where people live permanently and have populations bigger than Vatican.
@@MJ-uk6luYe, academic TOWNS, not the actual campus. Again, people live in Rome, not in Vatican City unless they work or study there as part of the Catholic Church, but like any other university or museum you're perfectly welcome to look round and see all the exhibits and art.
The stuff you've heard about Ireland not doing that great are most likely true (not knowing what you've actually heard)
The big tech is making the numbers look good, but in reality, that money never enters the Irish economy..
I'm always surprised by the numbers, since Ireland is very rural and laid back.
@@saladspinner3200really ? Then you don’t know anything about Ireland 😅😅😅
@@mariaobrien8228 I spend a few weeks in Ireland every year. And never in the same neck. Compared to where I'm from, the country is very rural and laid back. Exactly the reason why I love it.
@@saladspinner3200 being laid back doesn’t mean it isn’t rich. 🤑
Having lived through the poverty of the 1970s and the not much better in the 1980s I think Irish people don't see where the money enters, and without it we would notice a big difference. Our country can just hand out 800 euro last year for electric and 600 this year. thats pretty handy. We have a very high life expentancy, so despite its problems the health system isn't so bad. The main problem is homelessness, and they really do need to put more money into that, which can be done i'm sure.
23:00 I find it strange how all Americans react to the paid holidays that exist in Europe. We don't even count them as days off. We simply don't work on those days, necessarily, and at the end of the month we receive the same, whether there are holidays or not, whether the month has 28, 30 or 31 days, or the working days are 20, or even 23. Holidays are a something different, we can choose when to take them off (in agreement with the employer, of course)
In Finland on top of the normal salary during the holidays we get the bonus holiday pay which is half of the normal salary. It's a nice bonus to start your vacation or in some cases you get it when you return to work after spending all your money. We also have around 10 paid bank holidays during the year on top of the annual 5 weeks paid holiday. When you turn 50 or 60 that's also paid day off work if it happens during the weekdays.
@@joona2000 And we have a bonus before the holidays that is equal to a salary, and we have another at Christmas, in total we have 14 paid months in the year!
If you want to visit Vienna, Prague and Bratislava. Brno (Czechia) can be a good place to start your travel journey. 👍🏻
I've been in Prague twice, beautiful city.
with that lineup budapest isnt far either
U have to go Croatia (not as a kid but as a grown man), land of thousands of islands and top athletes, crystal clear sea, mediterranean and continental food, great people ... HŽV 1950
My parents went once and then nearly every year again.
I went to Split about 10 years ago, it was beautiful.
@@JamesLMason of course it was, my hometown, sunny at the moment, crazy al the time 😁
@@hrvoje3369 Sun is something we're definitely not getting here in the UK at the moment!
glavno da se Hajduka spomene ;) :P
Don't be too hard on yourself Joel, you're still young and simply haven't had time to learn more.
One his 2 trips to Europe all he wanted to do was drink because he had the freedom to do so. Americans are told they are the freest country on the planet and when Americans travel or go on TH-cam they realize they are not.
@@davidmalarkey1302Although he emphasised this in his videos, he did not drink beer in public for 23 out of 24 hours during the day.
By the way, you - and many others - didn't understand that Joel is a diplomat's son who has been a guest in many European and Asian countries in his childhood.
He's from the USA so can't expect much more .
Does someone know roughly where in the US this guy is based?
@@PhatInAHat He's studying at the University of Maryland.
Hey man czech here living in prague for ages. you can safely visit every country on the list ( maybe not ukraine) but event though there is some kind of dictatorship in belarussia its safe to go there. write me when you go to prague i can show you around
As a European and Irish citizen i am so lucky to have so many cultures on my door step, i have visited most of them and they are all wonderful, i wouldn't rank them just pick and go. Maybe if you could meet up with sum of the guys on here they could show you what the tourists don't see (the tourist crap)
I love to see your love for Europe. The diversity is indeed enormous. I am from the Netherlands, but living in Spain, feels like the best of both worlds sometimes. Happy travels!
Now we just need some of your Dutch business mentality et voilà. Glad you enjoy my country, welcome.
You know Spanish?
@@LX.727 yes
@@adriankolsters how long have you been learning Spanish and what level do you have?
@@LX.727 Living in Spain for 9 years now. Level is B/C-ish, depending on the context. Practising and reading in daily life, and still doing some studying.
Dear Joel, I would say that in Europe all people your age can speak English. So it is no problem for you to travel through Europe. In Scandinavia, Hollywood films are not dubbed into the native language, so everyone there speaks almost perfect English. I live in Munich, which is roughly the same latitude as Seattle. But our weather is much better. In summer it is until 10 p.m. bright and pleasantly warm, so you can sit nicely in the beer garden.Last year I went on vacation to Spain and before that I was in Portugal. You can also have a wonderful time there. However, it can get very hot in midsummer. France is also beautiful, both the north and the south. We owe a lot to the Romans, who left many traces in Europe. Most of them can of course be seen in Italy. So, If you come to Europe, look for hostels and in Germany for youth hostels (= Jugendherberge), they are not that expensive.
Not to mention the excellent atmospheric conditions, magnificent landscape and coastline, history and culture, excellent food and drink... I must add that in Portugal foreign films are also not dubbed. The Portuguese have always had this tendency to respect the original. The fact of appreciating and preserving culture in its own territory and in the territory of others shows exactly the type of freedom it offers, (it was the first country to abolish slavery and was also the first to end the death penalty) and in Deep down, what we all want is to be free to make choices and live with their consequences. To conclude, I will say that only experience, as something practical, conscious and familiar and therefore different for everyone, can show what is appropriate.
This list is ranked by most livable or whatever, but i would said it's the best for tourist. I live in Denmark, but a lot of counties at the bottom of the list has absolutely beautiful nature and building. I was in Bulgaria and i really loved it.
as a Swede, i'm so proud of all our scandinavian siblings
As they say " the grass always seems greener somewhere else ".
Switzerland has beautiful scenery ,yet there is / was a big heroin problem in Zurich.
The UK has an acute housing shortage.
There are pros and cons to most countries.
Visited Hungary in 2016, Absolutely beautiful, loved those Eastern European countries as well love from Australia 🇦🇺
Oh Hungary, the nicest beeches. 😆
Hungary is central Europe.
Love u Australia❤️
England has 8 public holidays and always on Mondays (except Xmas, boxing day and new year) spain has 14 and often the public holiday falls on Tuesday and Thursday, so they have something they call meaning the day in the middle between the public holiday and the weekend is off work too. Spanish we are kings of holidays😅, if we don't have them we invent them.
in Lithuania, there are 16 public holidays 😁
21:53 the three Baltic republics are in alphabetical order from north to south: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
Corruption is probably one of the most important reasons why countries stay poor or even get poor. So it makes sense to fight corruption especially in one's own country. Go to elections doesn't change much if new nice laws are not enforced.
I'd say every government is corrupt. As if any ruling body would put the needs of the people in front of their own power fantasies. They just act like it while f*cking us all from behind in secret. The only difference is how much they hide it - the countries with "no corruption" literally don't exist in my book they're just countries with well hidden corruption in actuality. If you keep people happy they won't notice everything but power corrupts so imho there isn't a government in any shape or form (democracy, monarchy, dictatorship you name it) without corruption.
Yo 🤘👍
True, but corrupt and criminal countries are more likely to manifest from corrupt and criminal populations.
@@PhatInAHat It's chaos, disorder and the lack of rule of law that causes corruption. That could happen to any country. Just take a look into Germany during the interwar period or the old west or time of great depression of the US. or the french revolution.
Did you know La siesta in Spain is because there's 48 celtius degree?. Nobody can work at this moment.
how stupid , north and south differs a lot
Where I live in Spain, it snows in winter and spring and we never reach 40 degrees, maybe the hottest day of the year is 35 degrees. That's not the reason for the break, that's the reason for the long vacation time in summer, however in my autonomous community we don't have that problem.
The true reason is that we value the time to prepare a good meal with your family members if it's the case or have a break eating and chatting with your coworkers. It's basically to have a break in which you can actually disconect from work and do something that we value a lot, eating without stress.
In Spain, the lunch is the most important meal in the day, so a lot of works have a break from 14:00 to 16:00 for eating. Not everyone does but at least there's practically always one hour from 14:00 to 15:00 or in some places even three from 13:30 to 16:30 but that's too much. Anyways, normal jobs have one hour and a half for eating.
No tienes ni idea, en el norte las temperaturas son suaves en verano, en el sur y centro si puede llegarse a 40 grados, pero días puntuales. Soy española, vivo en Andalucía y no duermo siesta
The nap is a rural "tradition" if you worked outdoors it made sense to stop for the hottest hours.
The school summer holidays exists because summer is time to harvest and all hands were needed to help so kids were released to work in their parents farms.
In Spain most shops & services are open until 8-9 pm, this is the real reason some remain closed a few hours after lunch time.
I recently discovered your channel and I love it! I love your interest to learn, and also that you are so open minded! And yes, definetely come visit Prague 😊😊
I am from italy but moved to the netherlands in 2004. Youre welcome to drink some beer in Maastricht. 2km from belgium border 11km from germany. 82km from Luxembourgh
Sei contento dove hanno piazzato l'Italia?
I hope you like my hometown! Living abroad for a long time now I appreciate my country more and more. Where in Italy are you from?
En España nos sentamos a que lleguen turistas de todo el mundo, 84 millones al año 😂 y les servimos un café con leche.😅
many people don't understand that before 1989 eastern europe was not willingly communist, this was occupation. Many older people told me that even worse than german. That causes people to think that people there are bad and they are like 3rd world countries because of western propaganda. There is no one to blame, you obviously will say to your people that your enemy is bad but after soviets lost no one changed this, still in western schools almost nothing is told about countries east from germany and this story of 3rd world communists continues. I can say that this story is not true today, some of eastern european countries already catched up with the west and the rest is working on it, firms such as for example google are opening research and development sites, their own businesses are growing (for example some of the biggest players in game industry are from there) and their specialists are working almost everywhere in the world. Eastern europe is great place to visit, for the first time Poland is probably the best choice, they are the biggest eastern country in european union and they are they are most similar to the west. Eastern europe, especially balkans have a lot of different cultures which are worth seeing
Hi there! As a Spaniard, I can confirm one month of paid summer vacation, and we also have 14 holidays (also paid) throughout the year. Normally stores and shpoping mall close from 14h to 16h but not for "siesta", or maybe yes,😉 but it is because some stores close around 19h-20h. In Spain we have dinner around 21:30 - 10h. We also have public health care and when you get sick, you still get paid, this is long and complicated to explain, but even if you have cancer, the treatment is given by the public health care. I don't know much about the others, but our health care system is one of the best. As for the salary issue, it depends on your job and category. But yes, maybe are lower than in other countries, but maybe our cost of living is also cheaper than in other countries. It would have to be studied.
As for the language, I think that in the Nordic countries you will have no problems, in the Netherlands they speak English as a second language. In France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, it depends on each person. In the Vatican City there is a lot of art and history.
As a Norwegian, I will to my dying day preach about how wildly underrated the Danish cuisine is. It may not look fancy, but my goodness... They really know their comfort foods there!!! 😋
Oliebollen, bitterballen, stoopwafel...for a start
Skap-Dane😁 but your right, the food is great😀
@@peterschofield1403 that is all dutch food 🫠
Your statement says more about the Norwegian cuisine than the Danish one. 🤣
@@justinimthorn7736 I misread, I thought he had written "Dutch food"
Romania is considered one of the richest countries in Europe for a reason or otherwise it wouldn't been invaded so many times throughout history and why it lost a lot of land throughout the centuries. A lot of gold and salt which are the highest in Europe among with agriculture and best biodiversity in Europe at the Danube delta. A lot of geniuses were born in Romania who invented and contributed a lot into society from science to aviation, auto industries and even health sector. Don't forget the real founder of cybernetic was from Romania. We also had the longest history with the first civilization being the Cucuteni-Trypillia in modern day Romania, Moldova and Ukraine which is highly debated among with the founders of sedentary life thanks to advance farming of their time especially practiced by the Dacians. The Dacians were among the most courageous and even feared by the Romans not just because of their falx but because they were highly disciplined. The only disease as one friend of mine put it is betrayal and lack of unity that holds Romania and especially Moldova back since we are one people. I am not sure if some Moldovans would agree but truly sharing a lot in common and Moldova is Romania. And corruption continues because of betrayal of the government which needs to be stopped ASAP.
Interesting to note that Trump praises the president of Hungary, Victor Orban, in every rally.
Well Trump as a wannabe Dictator is just a Fangirl of Dictators like Orban, Lukaschenka and Putin
(same corrupt assholes)
we in greece wish & pray for gettin' someone like him , but we got instead decade after decade a puppet government 😂
@@bellrivver As someone who likes Greece very much I wouldn’t wish your country anyone like Orban.
Any of the few things that can be seen positive in his activity or his entire career is pure lie, and he usually does the opposite what he says („Don’t look at what I say, look at what I do.” - quote from Orban).
He is the most hypocrat, opportunistic, unrestraint, power hunger autocrat, and the greediest, cheekiest thief that you’ve ever seen. (Unfortunately on a quite brainy and indefatigable way, which makes him very effectively destructive and dangerous.)
But - as I see the world now - more and more countries are facing the possiblity to get someone like him.
And that will be their greatest disappointment and disillusion of all time.
I warned you.
@@bellrivver👎
It's weird in a way that more than the top10 countries including Great Britain, France etc, were the most open wounds of the civillized world 1000 years ago, for centuries. All of them come from the Vickings, Nordics, Normans etc. It's amazing that the Barbarians have become a model of culture in now days. It's really amazing!!!
Could be hope for Russia as well in another 1000 years.
@@jrskeideотвалите от России! Это лучшая страна!
This video should be called "All 50 Countries in Europe Ranked by its stereotypes".
I’ve been to Estonia 3 times it’s my favorite European country that I’ve been to. Skype was invented there
On the beginning of the video I said - Poland is going to be on 25th place.
And… Poland is at 25th haha
I love you people. Would consider moving from Croatia but this effing great nature keeps me here. Maybe I should take in account some other things, and air in Zagreb is terrible. How's pussy in Poland? Kurve a lot? I'm vegan, I've heard Poland is quite friendly to vegans. That's so cool.
@@dddux come here!
The irony that Lithuania has world's best internet, but my Lithuanian friend has the worst internet of my friend group, constantly loses connection.
While I blame this rather on the coverage as he's living a bit in the rural parts instead of within urban.
there are ALOT of ways to get internet. from plugin routers, proper routers, wired telephone based routers, mobile data plans, just to name a few. so depending on the combination of choices it can be bad
my sister brought 5g router over to our rural area and it was slower than the dial up. meanwhile mobile data from a phone plan using different provider can easily deliver internet to whole family at the same time.
Fun Fact: Luxembourg is the only country with free public transport
What is a sickday? These are unlimited here. If you get sick during your vacation you'll get your lost off-days back. The ones you were sick.
Czech here, try our beer sometimes :)
Happy we made it so high in the list, I love living here, people are usually more laid back when it comes to work/life balance and they are fun to drink with.
Every country has great beer breweries. And yes Czech is no exeption, but its nothing special.
@@elzinga87 What do you mean? The Czech Republic is famous for its beer. why are you so negative?
While I currently live in Australia I was born in Finland, and I think the number 6 on this list is accurate or couple of spots too low. I would definitely recommend that you visit Finland. It is expensive but worth the visit. Unless you specifically want to see the northern lights I would recommend to visit in late June to early August timeframe. It is a beautiful country. A lot of forests, lakes (about 300,000), beautiful archipelago and what I miss the most, the white nights in the summer time when sun sets around 11 pm and rises at 2 am and there is a twilight in between, but it never gets dark. So Jps, if you want to know more, reply to this and we'll sort out a way of communication.
Also, they're well underway to completely eradicate homelessness.
But don't stay too long in Helsinki, 'cos it's not the best city in Finland. You need to go somewhere in the middle of the country to see real Finland!
Funny how ppl mention beer first thing about Czechia most of the time. I mean, I hope there are more interesting things about us than that. 😂
Čím víc se mluví o pivu v ČR , tím víc turistů ho přijede ochutnat 😀
Jinak si neumím vysvětlit, kdo to vlastně chlastá za mě- tři piva za dva měsíce 😆
That made me laugh. Yes, I don't even drink beer! But I loved visiting there, fantastic country and beautiful.
I would say that half of the beer is drunk by tourists. Me and the people around me drink beer only twice a year, at Christmas and Easter with roast duck
@@pavelkoudelka7988it’s just that your beer is amazing
One word that explains why we produce more with less work is efficiency.
As mentioned, the border between Europe and Asia is indeed merely political or rather cultural, it used to be possible to go by train from Duisburg at the Rhine in Germany to Bejing in China, probably difficult nowadays, that trip of about three(?) weeks would give one a good idea of Eurasia as a whole I believe
Hi from Ireland. Having travelled extensively I have come to the conclusion that my own country, Ireland, is The Best Place on the planet. A little biased, I know😊, but truly it is full of charm, blending the ancient with the new seamlessly. The scenery is amazing as is the food and culture. Galway, (the city of the tribes) is unique and a city for young people. You can do a whole route called the wild Atlantic way, from Donegal, in the North right down the west coast, all the way to Cork n the south, and experience some of the most magical scenery and culture that you will ever meet. Or you can do The Ancient East route taking you through ancient sites like New Grange, older than the pyramids and Stone Henge or Glendalough, an ancient monastic ruins of a city with magnificent scenery. Visit The Skelligs, where Star Wars was filmed, or do The game of Thrones studio tour. Great hostels with great adventure centres are all over the country. Sure, like every other country you will come across bad things, but overall, Ireland is a country not to be missed. Cead Mile Failte {a hundred thousand welcomes) if you decide to come.
Ireland is amazing!!! You DEFINITELY need to visit - Go to Kerry and Galway! Lisbon is my favourite European city, personally. I'd live there if I could.
I love Porto aswell, personally over Lisbon
Ireland is beautiful from Derry to Kerry (I love Kilkenny).
@@rosthur8641 Porto is fabulous - The food scene is better than Lisbon, i'll give you that :)
Europe has a very huge cultural diversity. And of course many different languages.
Although I was born in the UK I've spent more than half my life in Cyprus and France, a short time in Italy, visited other European countries, some in Eastern Europe. I've settled in France.
Can't blame you hahahah ;) jk
I do love living in France.
Hi Joel , I enjoyed watching this video (pierre)
Hi from The Netherlands. I've lived in other countries in Europe and outside of Europe, even in Texas/US for a while, but I'm so so happy to live in my own country now. I really had the opportunity to compare and in my humble opinion, there's just no better country to live than The Netherlands (yeah, also a little subjective maybe). I'm very proud of my country and I love it; our society, our directness, humor, the economy, our healthcare system, public transport, rights that our people have, our liberal way of thinking and acting, ...
You seem like a very open minded and aware guy, unlike a lot of people from the US. I think you would be so much happier here, what keeps you from moving to Europe? Everybody speaks English here; you can live and work here without any problem!
I watched this the other day. The order is all over the place, but it's subjective so whatever. As a Hungarian who hates the current government with every fiber of my being, I have to say that the 20 percent inflation he mentioned, while self-inflicted, is a one-off and not 'every year', like he said. Big difference.
Anyway, if you take this video as a rando's opinion, it's fine. But I encourage you to do your own research. Because some of the other countries he had an unreasonably high opinion in my view.
Brought up some fair points mate, greetings from the Netherlands
My girlfriend is from Hungary (from close to Szeged), I'm German, and we live in Switzerland and she likes it much better than her home country (as far as income and life-quality goes and I like it better than Germany). She even has made some Hungarian friends here! Szép napot!
I always love visiting Hungary, I always feel it is full of life, the people and the landscapes. But you guys have a language I really struggle with!
Must be so frustrating having him as the leader for any thinking person. He's just a nasty thug. I would like to visit there someday when you get a better leadership. Poland did it, and hopefully you'll be able to do it before too much longer.
@@Ron_Robertson well, you'll be waiting for a while. But yeah, it's frustrating.
Well that was shock you are so well traveled, Little wonder everybody loves your channel.
Wow, what a cool insight about your pre-school years! Never thought that you might be as close to this part of Europe, but you really are!
Most important fact here Finns Beat Swedes AGAIN!!!!
thats one of the very few problem of both countries: your alcohol is too expensive and your drug policies don't allow alternatives, thus you are missing out on "having a drink together" badly
@@liosscip True! Taxes on alcohol and work is too high on here so we dont have "Bar culture" coz too expensive to drink in bars and clubs.. And this lead to people drink 0,5l vodka before clubs and bars :D
Dutchie here. At the company I work for I get 30 days paid holiday p.a. plus 3 extra "old age" days. I'm going on 60 ;-) Last year I wasn't able to take all my allocated leave for the year, so now I have 50 plus days to try and find time for. LOL! The problem is that there's no one able to fill in for me when I'm not in the office. Whatever doesn't get done will be waiting for me. That's the pressure that stops me from taking my leave, not because I don't have the days available.
I'm always blown away by how well the Dutch people speak English.
@@tonyrodd6348 Thank you, Tony. I guess it's a combination of things, one of the most important being early exposure to the language. All foreign movies and TV programmes, etc. have subtitles instead of being dubbed. English is taught at school from a young age. The Dutch are also well travelled. So, all in all, the Dutch are very familiar with how English sounds and how it is spoken with intonation and rhythm.
On top of that the Dutch aren't shy to try. Generally speaking, of course.
@@MYoung-mq2by I definitely would like to visit The Netherlands one day; I'm sure it's a beautiful country. After all from where I live in West London, it's just a short trip across the north sea.
@@tonyrodd6348 NL has it's own particular charm, as all countries do. The UK is beautiful too. I've been there a few times.
@@MYoung-mq2by The problem with your days-off doesn't exist in post communist countries and it is called the "exploitation of workers", your employer is the guitly one.
Interesting video, Europe is really something special. I do feel like Serbia deserved better than number 38, but then again we have Vatican at number 50 an Ireland at number 2 which is also a bit weird. Still it was nice to hear about some of the countries that I dont know much about.
i got a little.. frustrated when u paused just before the Netherlands but then u was like yea there are some countries I //must visit and I felt so proud. great content dawg
You should visit Denmark. It's really safe, the people are friendly and we have great food and drink and if you have an accident our hospitals will take care of you free of charge. Do come during spring or summer though - it's a bit gloomy and cold otherwise.
That ranking is probably pretty close, although it's difficult to equate a geographically small country with only the infrastructure of a major city to take care of compared to geographically larger countries with small populations and large infrastructure responsibilities. From an American perspective, it would like comparing NYC with Alaska or Wyoming.
The prime minister of Slovakia is hand in hand with Hungarian Orban. Both are Putin fans
As an American i can say one thing for sure
All Eastern European countries ( except the pro Russia ones ) are 30 times safer than the western ones
And Hungary, Romania and Poland are the most beautiful ones in the East
I'd suggest something if I may? I'm from Croatia and depending on what you're looking for in Europe, you might want to visit Czech, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Greece, and our country when it comes to Eastern Europe. Why? We have more historical places, we're more peaceful but still a lot of bloody history to explore. I myself have visited all these countries except Poland. Been to Italy, France, Spain, and UK. Netherlands is one of the places I'd like to visit next.
I see you've been to Croatia, as a kid, but nevertheless. Visiting Warsaw is a really great idea. And Vienna. You'll learn a lot about our culture. If you're studying sociology and/or philosophy these are great places to visit, too. Cheers!
When you're Scandinavian these lists never get old ;-) ;-)
rather Nordic, based on Iceland being number 1 - as it is not Scandinavian 😉
That's very true! Or Nordic for that matter. We have a lot to be grateful for. My only complaint as a Norwegian is the long winters. But that's not something the government can do anything about.
@@MrPicky Not correct. There are different definitions.
"In English usage, Scandinavia is sometimes used as a synonym for Nordic countries. Iceland and the Faroe Islands are sometimes included in Scandinavia for their ethnolinguistic relations with Sweden, Norway and Denmark" (from wikipedia).
@@renzuki5830 Yes it is correct. I live in Iceland, I should know if I am in Scandinavia or if I am Scandinavian 😅
I've never lived in Scandinavia but I've travelled there and it is beautiful and we do have a lot of things in common. More in common than with other nations on the planet earth...
As it is stated in the English Wikipedia "sometime used as a synonym" but unfortunately this is actually a "false" synonym. It is written like this in the English language because some English/American writers/scholars probably put it there because Iceland at that time was under the Kingdom of Denmark (or may even go back to the Kalmar Union). STILL it doesn't make Iceland Scandinavian or part of Scandinavia.
The language is North Germanic and out of that it is West-Nordic. None Scandinavian countries (DK/NK/SE) claims that Iceland or the language is Scandinavian 😉
Even the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Wikipedia sites never talk about Scandinavian languages, it is all Nordic!
@@MrPicky There isn't one universal correct definition for Scandinavia. You can look up other sources as well, like the dictionary. It isn't a "false synonym".
"Is Iceland considered part of Scandinavia?
Geographically, there are 3 Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Sweden, and Norway). Culturally, there are 6 Scandinavian countries Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland and The Faroe Islands"
(Source: Scandinaviastandard)
So it depends what you mean / where are you coming from. No definition is more or less correct than another.
Geeze, this guy really had it in for the UK
Yet I'd agree (I'm in the UK).
Hi Joel,I am British,though have been living in Spain for the last 28years. I live in Gran Canaria,one of the Canary Islands,(Spain),off the coast of West Africa in the Atlantic.I work only 20 hours a week,and am still entitled to my 30 days holiday plus 14 public holidays a year. Also in Spain financial year is 14 months pay. An extra months pay in Summer,to enjoy Summer holidays,and an extra month at Christmas to help out. Though now this is normally incorporated,added to each month's pay,rather than 2 extra months. Work/life balance excellent,sunshine all year and no heating bills,because it's warm all year here.
Keep the vids coming!!
Buddy told his own life story💀
Bulgaria is lovely, if you get away from Golden Sands and Sunny Beach. Been there around 30 times. The music, food, history, people and nature is great❤
Island is definitely not the best country.
The weather sucks, the winter is too dark, it has a terrible food selection in super markets and if you are not careful you will marry a cousin.
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23:07 Not just a mounth and a half off. 30+14 workdays (weekends are free anyway)! It's mean more than two mounth paid day off.
I have 34 paid days off in Hungary this year: 20 days of basic leave, 4 days because of my two children, 9 days because of my age and 1 day left over from the previous year.
well thats only if the 14 holidays happens on during the workweek right? In Sweden i got 25 days off paid by law. Some at my job got 3-6 days more depending on how old they are. Then we got some holidays paid like christmas, new years etc. Which a good year becomes 34 paid days per law and a few more by collectiveagreement or company. But a bad year its more like 29 days paid per law.
@@RellikReyalp We will have 11 paid holidays falling on working days this year. I will have a total of 45 paid days off (+ weekends of course). 😁
Born in the Netherlands but with Croatian roots im happy to hear you already visited Croatia, but also happy your to go list is for sure to visit te Netherlands....and you should.
And btw in the Netherlands we have if you work fulltime 5 weeks of paid holiday 💪🏼
Having a lot of time off is not a European thing, so it should be common, because one lives to enjoy life, not to work.
This is the same as a European saying to an American that the more you work, the more money you make, is an American thing.
Geography Now makes great videos on each country in detail :)
his criteria aren't too clear.... so may be subjective.
Brooooo I did not know you've been to Georgiaaaaa 🤩 Huge Respects from your Georgian fans 🤗
"Why we are dont doing it?" Because you have answered the question in your question!
18:40 Please, don't say the Vatican was created for tax reasons. It has its History (just like San Marino), and also a profound religious meaning.
Tax reasons? Lol It's clear he knows nothing about Italian history. Also, the Vatican Museums (54 galleries comprised of 1400 rooms) are the second most-visited museum complex in the world after the Louvre, so there's plenty of interesting stuff to see there if you're not a moron.
Love the videos mate, groetjes from the Netherlands!
Great video! Greetings from Sweden.
You can say a lot about Denmark, but it is generally recognised as being one of the best nations for museums in the world. This list is ... Subjective at best, for most of the stuff that is not directly citing numbers. Which is kinda awkward.
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The video in question is not entirely accurate but not completely wrong as well. Context matters and in such a short video is hard to explain all the things that matter.
I personally would put tiers on the countries for tourist or living there where highest tier would go to Western European (developed and famous) countries while below them would be other European Union members - while under the Western countries in terms of economic stability are still completely fine to visit or live. Expats videos covering those countries are much more detailed on many aspects and would suggest searching (and JP can even react to such video) for additional information.
Then there are the non-EU members which vary a lot. Turkey and the other countries on the Balkans (non-EU members) are great to visit but not to live in general while not terrible. Also, customs and crime vary, and any tourist should be aware of the 'no-no' places or actions before visiting.
Russia is actually not that bad but would not recommend living there unless you know what you are doing. Visiting the tourist destinations is completely safe as long as a person don't do political or social stunts.
Some countries which are still under the Russian influence are a hard 'pass' for living but are O.K.-ish for tourism if you are aware of the dangers as laws and crime can be equally dangerous for oblivious visitors.
The creator actually picked a very balanced system of ranking them. And it is quite easy to replicate yourself - which makes it very transparent and easy to understand why. All of this utilizes the top famous and official lists and avoids all disputed or strange alternative rankings. And all individual ranks for a country are dealt with equally. So there is no weighting for specific factors or cherry picking of specific traits.
Yes, there are factors, that are not taken into consideration, sure. But most of them (or all of them, as far as I can tell) are borderline / edgy with personal opinions and preferences (like climate, weather, sunlight hours per day, etc.).
Of course, you should add your own preferences for yourself, but nobody should make a decission to pick a country to live there, just based on such lists anyway.
This ranking is actually what you will get, when throwing all statistics (economy, GDP, growth rate, unemployment rate, happiness, safety, crime statistics, health statistics, corruption, debt, digitalization, internet speed (you could easily skip the last two, if this doesn't matter to you, but the creator decided to include them as well), etc. If you skip those, the list will be a bit different, but not too much (surprisingly).
@@dnocturn84 Actually a lot of the statistics if taken for face value are a terrible way to take. Just as an example - countries (doesn't matter if in the list or just in general over the world) with limited freedom (be it dictatorship or some other sort of limitations for picking the government and/or leaders) have always manipulate those statistics in their advantage.
Would tell you most comfortably that all countries in the EU or European Economic Zone and Schengen are far better than those outside in any single metric. Yet the rankings put some of them after others).
Another example is Turkey which great for visiting or living in by the European side, can become quite different in its far south-eastern border. Obviously same can be said for Russia and its different regions.
A lot of the countries are quite close to each other and that is also not mentioned, so grouping them would make a lot more sense.
One more point is how 'crime' is depicted and put down. Due to differences of reporting and grouping even in similar-level countries can sound or be completely different in terms of classification. Wealthy European countries often count petty crimes (like pickpocketing or scams) which sometimes boost their crime rates. Other countries put pickpockets and murders in the same table. Some don't count any of them and have 'low' or 'no' crimes (back to my previous statement).
@@dtibvgz8441 True, some of those metrics are hard to translate into numbers. Such as "freedom" or "happiness" or even "corruption" for example. I can only agree with you on that one. Yet, those statistics exist for some reason and are frequently refered to. They have to be interpreted with a grain of salt for sure. But this ranking uses them as well as any other ranking video. If you're criticizing it for this (which is a fair thing to do) video, you have to criticize it for any other video out there as well.
But if you remove those metrics and re-do the ranking yourself, only based on hard facts, the list will only shift around slightly and won't result in any major difference, because some of those variables effect other areas as well, such as economy, unemployment, crime and health. The biggest difference will propably hit the nordic nations, due to them propably losing the top spots on this list.
Regarding crime statistics: well there are lists out there, that try to evaluate different crime statistics on an even playground, to fairly judge this on a general basis. This ranking is based on one of those - as far as I can tell. So this should be a very fair and truely representative result here. The biggest problem obviously occurs, when countries don't register certain crimes and therefore alter their own numbers, as some troublesome nations tend to do (as well as report fully cosmetic numbers as well). This issue is hard to come by. But again, this should also have the same effect on any other ranking video out there, as there is no good way to compensate for this otherwise. You can of course correct this yourself, punish nations that do this in your own ranking, based on your opinion, but then it again will be a list including your personal opinion, which this source video tries not to do.
I would personally rank Ireland very high too. Even though it had some troubles - like dreadful, to some point disfunctional police force, youngster drug gangs, or increasingly inaccessible housing, its simply great country with great people.
I'm not the biggest fan of the Garda Siochana, but their problems are rather benign compared to the police in many countries. Unlike the UK, for example, they don't go around arresting people for telling jokes.
@@jamesxenophon9505 I can't speak about British Police, my experience is limited to seeing them on the streets during my two vacation times in the UK. In Ireland, I once witnessed a drugged and drunk youngster attempting to steel neighbor's car and called Garda. "Yes, it's been already reported, sure we're sending there a patrol!" said friendly policewoman on the phone. The act of steeling, due to the state of the youngster (bottle of liquor accompanied him whole time), took more than 3 hours (!) and after one last unsuccessful attempt to smash window with his bottle, the owner woke up and finally "chased" him away, by which I mean the young criminal super slowly walked away. Garda never ever came. And it wasn't any troublesome neighborhood, but new and nice housing estate. Then you start to ask around and hear things like "They never come. I once caught a thieve in my house, got threatened by legal action and let him go, because Garda wouldn't come anyway", or "we got our house robbed, called the Garda [to do investigation], then called again, but they only promised and ha never come, so we gave up". For me, it is beyond any understanding that in any reasonably developed country would be a police force that doesn't bother to attend the scene. There are of course more funny stories, like me being stoped by a Garda woman on O'Connell St. driving after midnight - "Have you been drinking?" "No" "OK, take care, bye!". This is an Irish breath test 😀. Small steeling is in Irish cities common, I.e. I've never seen anywhere in the world so many bike remnants chained to poles like in Ireland, in fact I haven't seen any anywhere else. Also, there were so many small fights after pubs were closed (due to being closed at the same given time). Irish specific was child crime, where you had kids under 15 armed both with confidence of untouchability and often real weapons (I don't know if it's still the case after many years). So I think small and even little bigger crime in Ireland is super under-reported and the country is ranked way higher in safety index then what's the real situation. I live in a country ranked like 5-7 and it puts smile on my face, seeing Ireland ranked 4. It just feels wong. But don't get me wrong, I think overall it's still reasonably safe country, especially day-time Ireland could be surely in top 20 countries.
@@oakld You know what, you have a good point. I was once attacked by teenagers and when I went to the Garda Siochana they told me there wasn't much they could do if they're under 18! I guess my point was that having an overzealous or over-aggressive police force like in the US or the UK is a greater danger to society. But yes, the Garda Siochana are lazy as fuck and useless.
Really enjoy your videos! Would be cool to see some USA vs Sweden comparisons! :P
Poland:
6th economy of the European Union;
5th in terms of number of inhabitants;
9th largest in Europe;
Europe's fastest growing economy;
Over 20,000,000 tourists per year....
There is one sentence in the ranking, that it is "average".
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Although I am glad to be a European/British person there is one thing that I think Europe should do and that is put more of it's wealth into NATO. For too long we have leaned too much on the USA's vast resources in military capabilities. My own part of Europe, the UK does spend its share of 3%GDP, but only barely, however it's plain from the video that Europe could shoulder its share of the burden, especially those countries at the top which afford such comfortable living standards.
Thank you JP, I very much appreciate your videos. Regards Tony Sadler South Wales UK 🏴🇪🇺👏😮