Oh dude, this video shows just a tiny bit of a fraction of all the beauty to be seen. There is so much more. I live here and traveled around for over 40 years and I still haven’t seen half of it 😊
True. However, as I always say, I will not ever reveal the pearls I have seen. That way those places will still be pearls to visit in 1 or 2 decades from now, instead of being trashy tourist overrun alcoholic getting sunburned on the beach, type of places.
I live in my motorhome since 6 years and I have been travelling all over Europe during this time. And, none of my favorite places were featured in the video 😂 But, this goes to show just how many unique and marvelous places one can find in Europe ❤❤
@@FacelessJanus So true. When I was on vacation in Germany, an old man showed me something very special but I had to promise never to reveal the location. It was an extremely rare Black Madonna statue, estimated to be from the 14th or 15th century. The chapel it was in was quite unassuming but the inside was very well-kept. It's obviously not advertised and it's not mentioned in any inventory or literature. I'm not religious but it was an awesome experience to be able to see something like that.
Yup. I just went to an interview today in a new part of the Black Forest, a few kilometres from where I work now, and found a whole new beautiful valley I've never seen before.
I live in northeastern Czech Republic, about 12 km from the Polish border. A 3 and half hour train ride west gets me to Prague, and the same length journey east gets me to Krakow. The same length journey to the south gets me to Vienna. I love it! Enjoy your explorations.
You are completely right about the prestine water! The colder and nutrient deficient water is, the clearer and pale blue it looks. Lack of alges and other microbes. Melting water from the alps typicly give off this beautiful turquise colour.
That was a wonderful video and reaction Joel. After undergrad, I backpacked with a classmate across 17 European countries for several months. The experience was life-changing and extremely positive. That time certainly contributed to developing me into the person that I am today. Moreover, it developed my confidence and independence even further for travelling. You should go for it too! Cheers, John
Choosing only 10 cities in Europe is an impossible task. There are surely thousands of lovely historic cities in Europe. I just got home from a two week tour with a mobile home and made stops in Quedlinburg (D), Pula (CRO), Piran (SLO), Hochosterwitz castle (A), Passau (D), Cesky Krumlov (CZ), Prague (CZ) - crowded with tourists in spite of it being April), Dresden (D) and Berlin (D) - all well worth a visit. Next trip will cover some new cities, I have over 60 places on my list to visit only in Germany! Then we get to Italy with another long list etc, etc.
I've just recently been to Prian. Such a beautiful place. Additionally some of my favourite underestimated cities in Europe are Sibu (RO), Bucharest (RO), Sighișoara (RO) - no one ever pays attention to Romania for some reason - and Riga (LV).
I totally agree. Missed Paris as well, but okay. And Copenhagen, Brussels, Trier, Aachen... sooo many to choose from, but I couldn't kick any of the ones he showed off his list.
2:15 - Yep, you're correct ! Water is actually melting and coming from the Alps as Lucerne lies on the Lake Lucerne which is right in the middle of the Alps and the Swiss Plateau. 👍
Real Top 10 Cities in Europe : Rome, Luxembourg City, Prague, Athens, Venice, Barcelona, Munich, London, Lucerne, Vienna. Dubrovnik gets the Game of Thrones hype boost but cannot hold a candle to Rome, Luxembourg City or Venice in terms of historical sites not even to Carcassonne City Fortress (France) or Al Hambra (in Spain). Monaco is mostly ugly 1970s skyscrapers with a small tiny mostly unimpressive castle, only really relevant because of all the wealthy people there and the hype generated by that wealth. Vienna is the way more beautiful and bigger version of beautiful Edinburgh.
I’m french and I visited Spain(Barcelona), Germany, Danmark and Sweden « . Everywhere I went was beautiful ».😃 I wish you the same experience; so peaceful 😎🥰
I live in the Netherlands and have been to many surrounding countries in Europe: Germany, former East Germany, Belgium, England, France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Switserland, Portugal, Gran Canaria Spain, Monaco, Croatia and my whole life I needed others to get me there (I don't have a drivers license). I love seeing new places, new experiences, new cultures, new anything. I almost never go on holiday because I can't even get to an airport on my own. Don't delay your travel plans and take any opportunity to travel. Go see the world and enjoy 👍
I´ve been to Lisbon, Positano, Edinburgh, Prague. Barcelona, Athens and lived for 30 years (1987-2017) in London. Places not on this list I would also recommend: Amsterdam, Manchester, Berlin, Rome, Munich, Valencia and (even though it´s a bit of an obvious choice) Paris.
I can show you 50 stunning beautiful Cities in the Nordics alone that many will find most beautiful. There is nothing wrong with the list here, they are all beautiful places. There are literally thousands of cities here in Europe that are worth mention.
Norway is literally the biggest flex out of all countries in Europe. It's a crime not one country from Norway was here, and I also think Copenhagen, Stockholm and Amsterdam are straight up the best looking cities in europe, even if they don't have all that many iconic structures
2:46 ... my home in the far far background :) Lisbon suburb of Sesimbra is similar to Positano ... but then again the mediterraneum/adriatic coast from cadiz to turkey is filled with hundreds of such gems Luzern water is enchanting ... really cold melted alpine ice
I know we are not there but believe me România is also beautiful & save, cheep and we are friendlly & i don' t expect you to believe me ,just wach others on you tube that came here...i sugest see Mark Viens channel & Levieng ( Plecând) the Nest😊❤❤
All well and good, but: What about Paris, Rome, Vienna, Salzburg, Warsaw, Zagreb, Strasbourg, Oslo, Copenhagen, and and and? (Now I have not even mentioned the German cities). I think you can not summarize the diversity of Europe to 10 cities!
My niece of 18 years old is going to interrail with a friend through Europe this summer. Take the train from Amsterdam and see lots of beautiful Europe places, just by train.
I've missed in this video the Cities of nothern Europe. I would want to add Oslo the capital of Norway to this list. And Tallinn the Capital of Estonia the historical core with its two parts (lower and upper). You can really see the difference between the normal citiziens and the aristocratic and cleric upper class. While in both parts of the historical city the buildings are beautiful and in good condition you can clearly see that in the inner fortifications the houses get larger and have a more noble appeal.
Dubrovnik is stunning. I remember approaching it via the coastal road on the bus and being in awe. Just check out photos of Stradun, its main road, at night. I did a holiday a few years ago visiting Mykonos > Athens > Dubrovnik. Athens is worth a visit for rich history, including The Pantheon and Panathenaic Stadium (where the first Olympic Games took place). However, I found much of the city quite dirty and grotty. Been to Prague too, which is very nice. He missed off Amsterdam, Rome and Budapest, all of which are lovely.
Dubrovnik was stunning when I first went a dozen years ago. And was completely overrun by tourists when I went back recently :( Completely agree on Budapest. Absolutely love that place!
Dubrovnik is even more stunning when you know stories behind every stone (and there is at least one behind every stone). Did you know it was founded on an island? And you can still track (if you see aerial photos) where channel was covered. Do you know the story about the first pharmacy? First quarantine? Slavery ban for traders? Recognizing America? Literature (Drzic, Marulic), Music (Lukacic) invention of double bookkeeping...? Have you tried the Maskeron trial? Lokrum curse? Karaka inventions? Sooooo many legends, secrets...literally every corner has one. You can explore just one monastery for decades. And you won't be able to explore all of it. Because people, their memories and documents are still there. Yet, Americans often come and ask locals: "where do you keep your walls after season ends"? Kindest tip: learn about any destination so you can at least start to appreciate it. Empty, superficial sighting doesn't fulfill memories and souls. Profound knowledge will make profound experience when you materialize expectations. And make ones life much more rich.
@@cetterus I was on holiday there for 4 days; I wasn’t completing a thesis on the city! 😃 You can appreciate the aesthetic beauty of a something without knowing intricate details of its history. I can admire the beauty of walking into a woodland clearing and seeing the sunbeams of a setting sun glimmer through the branches without the need to know the whether they are sycamore trees or oak trees. Building a narrative around the place we visit is always good. But sometimes we can get so lost in the detail that forget to step back and just admire something for what it is.
@@Neil_TheShiningMile Nobody said you "can't admire". My point is how to appreciate more and get experience that is more profound and substantial. I presume that wasn't the first 4 days of your life. I am pointing what you guys are missing out. And it is A LOT.
Hello Joel. My parents took me on a bus tour round Europe in a week as a young teenager who was good at languages. That was when I first went to Lucerne. There was a trip up Mount Titlis to see where that water came from. I later went back at 17 to show my friend, who was going round Europe with me by train. We also went to Monaco, but with backpacks we stood out a bit. We went over the hill to a local store for affordable food. We found you could get sleeper trains north to south to cut costs and see more places in different countries as we had a rail pass for young people for a month. Apart from wishing I was your age again, I would love to go see some more of these places. I will make do for now with Benidorm Stuff channel as my next video to watch.
I'm more into nature than cities, but my favorites so far have been Prague, Edinburgh and Stockholm. Santiago de Compostela is nice if you're into old impressive churches. Athens and London weren't my thing.
Ngl I wasn't impressed with Athens city's general look. It looked very monotone. London looks kinda cool, but also kinda industrial. Copenhagen and Amsterdam are pretty similar to Stockholm. Possibly Helsinki and Oslo too
2:20 Mountain water is cold and clean, especially in Switzerland. 7:10 Dubrovnik was founded under the name of Rausium (by citizens of the Roman city of Epidaurum, which had been destroyed by Avars and Slaves around 615 AD), which later became Ragusium or Ragusa. The Slavic name of Dubrovnik was first reported around 1189. It was the capital of the Republic of Ragusa (1358-1808), which was a sovereign state since it became independent from the Republic of Venice, but tributary to the Kingdom of Hungary (1358-1458), the Ottoman Empire (1458-1684), the Habsburg kings of Croatia and Hungary (1684-1806), the Napoleonic French Empire and Kingdom of Italy (1806-1808). Napoleon's Marshal Marmont abolished the republic in 1808 to become himself the "Duc de Raguse". In 1813 the people of Ragusa revolted, helped by the British Royal Navy. Austria send troops to help, but occupied then the city itself, keeping Ragusan forces out. The Congress of Vienna acknowledged and legalized the annexation of Ragusa by Habsburg and its integration into the Kingdom of Dalmatia. The city was renamed officially as Dubrovnik after WW I. Some scenes of Game of Thrones were filmed there. It is now flooded by tourists in summer and rather sleepy in winter.
Your parents are travellers. That explains so much. It is so sad, that so many can not even afford to travel around the block because they have to work 3 jobs.
Prague is a very beautiful city and has wonderful old synagogues that should definitely see even if you are not jewish. I wish everyone a happy Easter.💜🐰🐇
Lisbon, we recently moved to Portugal to live permanently. We regularly visit Lisbon and other cities in Portugal. Nazare has the largest waves plus all the great beaches.
Wonderful. Always wanted to see these places. I think it would be interesting to see you do a study of Greece. Yes, I am biased. My father's family comes from Greeece. Two little towns. My grandfather from Demonia, and my grandmother from Talanta. I hope you are having a great day. Peace
Hit me up if you ever come here. I know places and I can make it happen. Places like Skradinski buk or Cetina spring (is probably what you have seen on the internet) are banned for swimmers now. But there are Modro jezero and Crveno jezero and Mreznica... some of these might be even better than you expect. Also beware: these are cold. Even in summer. River Una spring is permanent 8 degrees Celsius.
@@cetterus hey, I Thank you for your kindness and this invitation 😃🙌 If one day this happens I will remember you. Gentle kiss on your cheek from 🇫🇷 😙. I saw some Cristiano rivers on the the internet in the middle of the Forest (your National Park) and it looks like heaven(naturally beautiful) on earth exept some islands. But I consider theses places like a part of heaven 🧗😇👼
@@cetterus I menant some speechless rivers I don’t know why « christiano » I’m not a football fan ?!! But if you Get thé most important in this comment, it is ok for me 👌 !😄
I live in France, one mile from the German border; I walk to Germany every day. But Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are very close, too, only a few hours by car, and Switzerland a little more... Even for Spain or Italy, I could get on a train in the evening and be there in the morning. The same for the UK, you can take the train or the ferry and be there within a few hours.
You have to be next to the border to drive to another country in 40 minutes. Europe is slightly bigger than USA in size. To drive from Southern Norway to North-East Norway alone takes 30+ hours
Wow, I've been to all his suggestions except Athens! Yes these are great recommendations but I personally would add some more to the list if you were coming to Europe. Made me excited to travel again!
Not forgetting to mention: Lucca, Tuscany, Italy Jerez and Arcos de la Frontera, Andalucia, Spain Graz, Steiermark, Austria Brugge and Ghent, Flandres, Belgium Siena, Tuscany, Italy Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Tallin, Estonia Cracovia, Poland Avignon, France Würzburg, Franconia / Bavaria, Germany Salzburg, Austria etc, etc.
From Lucerne/Luzern, you may cross into Germany in a short time, but it would take quite a ride to Lisbon yet. Europe is a lot bigger than many Americans think it is. There just isn't as much uncultivated land anymore and few empty deserts.
Europe has a lot to offer. Good thing that you are young as you will need a lot of time to cover not only 10 cities but much more that this continent has to offer. I should know , i live in it ,cheers ;-)
Monaco is on my 'bucket list'. I'd love to go and visit Monaco, although unfortunately I don't speak French. I've never been to a country in which I don't speak the language. While I understand that most people would probably know English to some degree, I just find it a bit awkward, and slightly rude to go to a foreign country and start a conversation in English, without first asking if the person I'm speaking to speaks English. Switzerland is another place on my 'bucket list'. I just haven't decided which city to go and see yet. But I digress. I'll definitely check out a bit more of Ryan's videos - in fact, that video on the Top 10 places to visit in Scandinavia has me very interested, because I'd love to visit Scandinavia at some point too. It would be helpful, Joel, if you can link to the original video in your reaction videos.
Monaco is okay. What I feel in there was, because everything is so on the luxury side, that the connection to the city was not really given. What I can recommend is Triest.
There is no close direct inflow at the river outlet of the lake at Lucerne. The snow in the Spring & glaciers are feeding the lake out of a distance of 50..100km Most lakes and rivers in CH have close to drinking water quality (not right after the thounderstorm and in the hottest time of the year)
The fairly mild climate with long summer days, large stretches of very fertile farmland thanks to the loess deposits from the last ice age and the glaciers have made Europe very densely populated (in comparison to other stretches of the world) for a long time. The Mediterranean gave rise to many high cultures over the last three to four thousand years (at least). The trade passed through well established routes from the Mediterranean right up to Iceland and back, as shown by burial gifts among Celts and other ancient cultures. Many of these were made from metals found hundreds to even several thousand kilometers away. Queue the Himmelsscheibe von Nebra, the Sky disk of Nebra. It is probably one of the oldest astronomical artefacts made of metal still existing today. While Stonehenge is older, its massive stone construction makes it a lot more resistant to damage. All of that means that history tends to accumulate treasures of knowledge, art, and architecture the longer it exists and the higher it is valued in the traditions of a region.
05:31 Yes but prices is high ( one week in London hotels is only my 2 moths salary + flights and food second 2 months salary ... I live in Estonia. ) and tourist miss (0% tourist never go great dam to the Theams river whta protect London sinking.
It's interesting, you always look to Europe (I'm German), do you know many cities in your own country? Travel through your own country and see live beautiful places. The most of all people are watching always videos from far away and Not know their own countries, or travel to the places so far away. Live more and don't look only through the screen.
You gotta react to "Ultra - our way of life". Football is huge here. Almost like going to war. Especially when the local rivals play against each other. Check it out, have a nice weekend and cheers. P.s: it's not possible to see all the beauty from Europe in a lifetime. In Germany alone you'd had to spend 68 years to see all castles. And we talking about 1 castle per day ..
Jps as you know you can't see big Ben but you can see the Queen Elizabeth Tower and the Palace of Westminster not Westminister a minister is either a clergyman or a MP who works in Westminsteralso Holy Rood is as it sounds not holyrod
A very American video. Charles IV was not a Roman Emperor, London is not the most iconic city in Europe, and Monte Carlo is very, very far from being in the top 10 of European cities. Still, the other choices are all OK - just far from being the only ones. To name another random 10, I'd recommend Budapest, Tallinn, Stockholm, Rome, Vatican City, Venice, Florence, Granada, Krakow and Valletta. I could easily add another 10 if you want. You're right about so much beauty in a small area. Where I live in Europe, if you drive for two hours, you pass through four countries, speaking four different languages, with amazing towns and cities!
@@martinanemcova5088 Actually he wasn't. Given that the Western Roman Empire fell in 476AD, it would be an impressive feat to be a Roman Emperor nearly 1,000 years later! He was a Holy Roman Emperor, and as Voltaire famously pointed out, the Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire...
Well it kinda was from time to time through out history (most often culturally, economically or politically a bit less so). At least when it comes to central Europe it has been one of the more significant cities for over millennium. Though the golden age of "all aspects all Europe importance" he talked about was like 700 years ago.
@@sojtus8681 exactly. It was a long time ago and their schools might not teach things they don't consider important or even convenient. But it doesn't mean it didn't happen. There are many other examples besides Bohemia.
Are you aware that Australia is not in Europe? Being deaf I rely almost totally on your subtitles - and at 0:30 up comes 'Australia'. Germany and Australia are about 11,000 miles apart, although Germany and Austria share a border.
I would add Luxembourg to this list, perhaps even replace London with it. I Love London, but I wouldn't put it at top 10. Also, for those who don't know Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the clock tower, which is called Elizabeth Tower
JP, the Czech Republic is NOT Croatia. On Monaco, it shows that you are very young and need much more info. If you make less as 5 to 8 million USD, you can forget renting there.
There is no uncleared water ending in the creeks, rivers or lakes since about 60..40 years in CH and therefore the clearness and visibility of the water is to most visitors a surprise. (Not to forget, that we flush our toilets mostly with fresh spring water what anywhere else would get bottled and sold.....)
I always get annoyed when Americans say Europe isn't diverse enough😅 I just came back from 1 week of Erasmus staff training and there were Greek, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Turkish, Slovenian, Romanian, German, and me (Austrian). We all looked and behaved differently, we had different mentalities, political views, religions, music, traditions, and LANGUAGES. Americans only see skin colour and appereance. But even from an appereance standpoint, Europe is diverse. Some of us here in Europe are very dark (like North African-looking), others are very pale and burn red in the sun. We have all possible hair colour shades and heights, from average 1.55m small people to 1.90+m-high men. I had a Croatian in my class who had blonde hair, blue eyes, but he had "East Asian" looking eyes, and he was short (1.65m) and his skin was "dark" like Greek. While my current colleague who is also Croatian is 1.80m (female), black hair, dark eyes, and very pale. And their parents are from the same country! You can't see more mixture than in Europe😅
10:00 Europeans instead envy United States for being such a large country, everything there is big, the cars (so many SUVs), the RVs (like apartments on wheels, larger than many apartments here, haha), large boulevards, you have plenty of anything you want there, most people have their own cars, idk everything there is much cooler.
As a german who partially shares greece roots id not recommend visting Athens while there is a few spots which are beutiful the majority of the city consist of blocky buldings and has apart from good food not much to offer ( just my personal view ) id rather recoomend visting a northern European city instead of Athens like Copenhagen Munich or Amsterdam
Making a top 10 like this about Europe is deceiving because every country has dozens of cities like these all over the place, so it makes it feel like this is the true top 10, when it's not even a top 10 of a single country.
Barcelona’s La Sagrada Familia is not Roman (or Romanic) Is designed by Gaudy and it’s Modernist architecture. It’s supposed to be finished in like 20 years, but as is only payed by people and nothing else no one knows. That’s what someone from Barcelona will always tell you, that he does not know if he will ever see the Sagrada Familia finished or not.
Oh dude, this video shows just a tiny bit of a fraction of all the beauty to be seen. There is so much more. I live here and traveled around for over 40 years and I still haven’t seen half of it 😊
It´s not even possible! Yes, there is always a place to go.
True. However, as I always say, I will not ever reveal the pearls I have seen. That way those places will still be pearls to visit in 1 or 2 decades from now, instead of being trashy tourist overrun alcoholic getting sunburned on the beach, type of places.
I live in my motorhome since 6 years and I have been travelling all over Europe during this time. And, none of my favorite places were featured in the video 😂 But, this goes to show just how many unique and marvelous places one can find in Europe ❤❤
@@FacelessJanus So true. When I was on vacation in Germany, an old man showed me something very special but I had to promise never to reveal the location. It was an extremely rare Black Madonna statue, estimated to be from the 14th or 15th century. The chapel it was in was quite unassuming but the inside was very well-kept. It's obviously not advertised and it's not mentioned in any inventory or literature. I'm not religious but it was an awesome experience to be able to see something like that.
Yup. I just went to an interview today in a new part of the Black Forest, a few kilometres from where I work now, and found a whole new beautiful valley I've never seen before.
I live in northeastern Czech Republic, about 12 km from the Polish border. A 3 and half hour train ride west gets me to Prague, and the same length journey east gets me to Krakow. The same length journey to the south gets me to Vienna. I love it! Enjoy your explorations.
Prague, Krakow, Vienna😍🤩 What a nice combination!♡
You are completely right about the prestine water!
The colder and nutrient deficient water is, the clearer and pale blue it looks. Lack of alges and other microbes. Melting water from the alps typicly give off this beautiful turquise colour.
That was a wonderful video and reaction Joel. After undergrad, I backpacked with a classmate across 17 European countries for several months. The experience was life-changing and extremely positive. That time certainly contributed to developing me into the person that I am today. Moreover, it developed my confidence and independence even further for travelling. You should go for it too! Cheers, John
Choosing only 10 cities in Europe is an impossible task. There are surely thousands of lovely historic cities in Europe. I just got home from a two week tour with a mobile home and made stops in Quedlinburg (D), Pula (CRO), Piran (SLO), Hochosterwitz castle (A), Passau (D), Cesky Krumlov (CZ), Prague (CZ) - crowded with tourists in spite of it being April), Dresden (D) and Berlin (D) - all well worth a visit.
Next trip will cover some new cities, I have over 60 places on my list to visit only in Germany! Then we get to Italy with another long list etc, etc.
I've just recently been to Prian. Such a beautiful place. Additionally some of my favourite underestimated cities in Europe are Sibu (RO), Bucharest (RO), Sighișoara (RO) - no one ever pays attention to Romania for some reason - and Riga (LV).
I'm speechless that he didn't include cities like Vienna, Budapest, Venice, ...
@RasMosi Alright. 😁
I totally agree. Missed Paris as well, but okay. And Copenhagen, Brussels, Trier, Aachen... sooo many to choose from, but I couldn't kick any of the ones he showed off his list.
@@Nithrade Yes, right!
before I watch, my top are:
Granada, Spain
Valencia, Spain
Alicante, Spain
Split, Croatia
Amsterdam, NL
Hamburg, Germany
Bern, Switzerland
Basel, Switzerland
Lucerne, Switzerland
Locarno, Switzerland
You never been to Italy probably
@@Collitudo90 indeed! Italy is the most beautiful country in Europe: Roma, Milano, Bologna, Ravenna, Firenze, Bari, Modena, Venezia, Verona ❤❤
@@marcsteppi2192 I know, I am from there
@@Collitudo90 and also the nature: Dolomiti, Lago di Garda, Lago di Trasimeno, Umbrie, Toscana, Sicily
@@marcsteppi2192 and you forgot the bigger islands (Sardinia and Sicily) and the little ones as well (Egadi, Eolians, Neapolitans and much more...)
2:15 - Yep, you're correct ! Water is actually melting and coming from the Alps as Lucerne lies on the Lake Lucerne which is right in the middle of the Alps and the Swiss Plateau. 👍
2:09 The water bodies in Switzerland are absolutely unreal 🔥
Real Top 10 Cities in Europe :
Rome, Luxembourg City, Prague, Athens, Venice, Barcelona, Munich, London, Lucerne, Vienna. Dubrovnik gets the Game of Thrones hype boost but cannot hold a candle to Rome, Luxembourg City or Venice in terms of historical sites not even to Carcassonne City Fortress (France) or Al Hambra (in Spain). Monaco is mostly ugly 1970s skyscrapers with a small tiny mostly unimpressive castle, only really relevant because of all the wealthy people there and the hype generated by that wealth. Vienna is the way more beautiful and bigger version of beautiful Edinburgh.
I’m french and I visited Spain(Barcelona), Germany, Danmark and Sweden « . Everywhere I went was beautiful ».😃 I wish you the same experience; so peaceful 😎🥰
Vienna, Budapest, Copenhagen, Florence, Berlin, Rome etc etc etc
I live in the Netherlands and have been to many surrounding countries in Europe: Germany, former East Germany, Belgium, England, France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Switserland, Portugal, Gran Canaria Spain, Monaco, Croatia and my whole life I needed others to get me there (I don't have a drivers license). I love seeing new places, new experiences, new cultures, new anything. I almost never go on holiday because I can't even get to an airport on my own. Don't delay your travel plans and take any opportunity to travel. Go see the world and enjoy 👍
Which countries did you liked the most?
you can take a taxi to the airport
least travelling dutchman
I´ve been to Lisbon, Positano, Edinburgh, Prague. Barcelona, Athens and lived for 30 years (1987-2017) in London. Places not on this list I would also recommend: Amsterdam, Manchester, Berlin, Rome, Munich, Valencia and (even though it´s a bit of an obvious choice) Paris.
City’s missed ,,,, Rome Amsterdam,,Oslo,,Stockholm,,,Helsinki ,,, Florence ,,, Milan,,, Madrid,,, Copenhagen,,, Ljubljana,,, Reykjavik,,, Malmo,, Brussels,, Paris,,, Berlin,,, Hamburg ,, Düsseldorf,,, The Hague,, Luxembourg,, Warsaw ,,Sophia,, Belgrade,, Bratislava,, Budapest,,
Sarajevo,, Dublin ,,, Glasgow,,,, and lots more,,,, now Joel ,,,start planning. 👍👍❤❤
Brugge, Gent, Ieper, .......
Vienna, Lviv, Krakow & Warsaw, Novi Sad
you missed more than 27 cities in a TOP TEN video ... really? ... WOW! 🤯
I can show you 50 stunning beautiful Cities in the Nordics alone that many will find most beautiful. There is nothing wrong with the list here, they are all beautiful places. There are literally thousands of cities here in Europe that are worth mention.
Norway is literally the biggest flex out of all countries in Europe. It's a crime not one country from Norway was here, and I also think Copenhagen, Stockholm and Amsterdam are straight up the best looking cities in europe, even if they don't have all that many iconic structures
and dont forget Köln, Berlin, Innsbruck, Paris, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam.... so many more of great places!
Paris 🤮
Paris can be really dirty, full of graffiti. It looks to me a bit run down.
@@xXDrocenXx Not more than Rome. Both are gritty cities with fabulous neighbourhoods and not so great ones.
Koln? Lol.
Copenhagen, Stockholm, Malmö, Oslo, Bergen, Helsinki, etc. We really can't forget the nordics now, can we?
Europe is amazing ❤
2:46 ... my home in the far far background :)
Lisbon suburb of Sesimbra is similar to Positano ... but then again the mediterraneum/adriatic coast from cadiz to turkey is filled with hundreds of such gems
Luzern water is enchanting ... really cold melted alpine ice
I know we are not there but believe me România is also beautiful & save, cheep and we are friendlly & i don' t expect you to believe me ,just wach others on you tube that came here...i sugest see Mark Viens channel & Levieng ( Plecând) the Nest😊❤❤
All well and good, but:
What about Paris, Rome, Vienna, Salzburg, Warsaw, Zagreb, Strasbourg, Oslo, Copenhagen, and and and?
(Now I have not even mentioned the German cities). I think you can not summarize the diversity of Europe to 10 cities!
Germany is absolutely insane
@@SadMatte yes, right Germany is amazing… so many medieval cities and castles there
My niece of 18 years old is going to interrail with a friend through Europe this summer. Take the train from Amsterdam and see lots of beautiful Europe places, just by train.
I've missed in this video the Cities of nothern Europe. I would want to add Oslo the capital of Norway to this list. And Tallinn the Capital of Estonia the historical core with its two parts (lower and upper). You can really see the difference between the normal citiziens and the aristocratic and cleric upper class. While in both parts of the historical city the buildings are beautiful and in good condition you can clearly see that in the inner fortifications the houses get larger and have a more noble appeal.
The north of Europe, or even just in Germany, always is skipped off too much.😢
Well that depends on where you stay and how far away from the Border you are. But you can drive through Liechtenstein very fast cause its small.
I’m so happy to see you learn more about Europe. It’s fun! I hope you get to tour the Continent.
Finalmente un giovani americano che sa dov,è Europa...
Why is Zürich on the thumpnail but it wasn‘t shown in the video at all.
Dubrovnik is stunning. I remember approaching it via the coastal road on the bus and being in awe. Just check out photos of Stradun, its main road, at night.
I did a holiday a few years ago visiting Mykonos > Athens > Dubrovnik.
Athens is worth a visit for rich history, including The Pantheon and Panathenaic Stadium (where the first Olympic Games took place). However, I found much of the city quite dirty and grotty.
Been to Prague too, which is very nice.
He missed off Amsterdam, Rome and Budapest, all of which are lovely.
Dubrovnik was stunning when I first went a dozen years ago. And was completely overrun by tourists when I went back recently :(
Completely agree on Budapest. Absolutely love that place!
@@listey I went to Dubrovnik in late October and so it wasn’t too crowded with tourists at that point thankfully.
Dubrovnik is even more stunning when you know stories behind every stone (and there is at least one behind every stone). Did you know it was founded on an island? And you can still track (if you see aerial photos) where channel was covered. Do you know the story about the first pharmacy? First quarantine? Slavery ban for traders? Recognizing America? Literature (Drzic, Marulic), Music (Lukacic) invention of double bookkeeping...? Have you tried the Maskeron trial? Lokrum curse? Karaka inventions? Sooooo many legends, secrets...literally every corner has one. You can explore just one monastery for decades. And you won't be able to explore all of it. Because people, their memories and documents are still there. Yet, Americans often come and ask locals: "where do you keep your walls after season ends"? Kindest tip: learn about any destination so you can at least start to appreciate it. Empty, superficial sighting doesn't fulfill memories and souls. Profound knowledge will make profound experience when you materialize expectations. And make ones life much more rich.
@@cetterus I was on holiday there for 4 days; I wasn’t completing a thesis on the city! 😃
You can appreciate the aesthetic beauty of a something without knowing intricate details of its history.
I can admire the beauty of walking into a woodland clearing and seeing the sunbeams of a setting sun glimmer through the branches without the need to know the whether they are sycamore trees or oak trees.
Building a narrative around the place we visit is always good. But sometimes we can get so lost in the detail that forget to step back and just admire something for what it is.
@@Neil_TheShiningMile Nobody said you "can't admire". My point is how to appreciate more and get experience that is more profound and substantial. I presume that wasn't the first 4 days of your life. I am pointing what you guys are missing out. And it is A LOT.
Hello Joel. My parents took me on a bus tour round Europe in a week as a young teenager who was good at languages. That was when I first went to Lucerne. There was a trip up Mount Titlis to see where that water came from.
I later went back at 17 to show my friend, who was going round Europe with me by train. We also went to Monaco, but with backpacks we stood out a bit. We went over the hill to a local store for affordable food.
We found you could get sleeper trains north to south to cut costs and see more places in different countries as we had a rail pass for young people for a month.
Apart from wishing I was your age again, I would love to go see some more of these places. I will make do for now with Benidorm Stuff channel as my next video to watch.
7:54 yes..Crotia is amazing.
I'm more into nature than cities, but my favorites so far have been Prague, Edinburgh and Stockholm. Santiago de Compostela is nice if you're into old impressive churches.
Athens and London weren't my thing.
Ngl I wasn't impressed with Athens city's general look. It looked very monotone. London looks kinda cool, but also kinda industrial.
Copenhagen and Amsterdam are pretty similar to Stockholm. Possibly Helsinki and Oslo too
Seville, Vienna, Budapest, Rome, Venice, Paris, Cracow, Riga, Munich...
2:20 Mountain water is cold and clean, especially in Switzerland.
7:10 Dubrovnik was founded under the name of Rausium (by citizens of the Roman city of Epidaurum, which had been destroyed by Avars and Slaves around 615 AD), which later became Ragusium or Ragusa. The Slavic name of Dubrovnik was first reported around 1189. It was the capital of the Republic of Ragusa (1358-1808), which was a sovereign state since it became independent from the Republic of Venice, but tributary to the Kingdom of Hungary (1358-1458), the Ottoman Empire (1458-1684), the Habsburg kings of Croatia and Hungary (1684-1806), the Napoleonic French Empire and Kingdom of Italy (1806-1808). Napoleon's Marshal Marmont abolished the republic in 1808 to become himself the "Duc de Raguse". In 1813 the people of Ragusa revolted, helped by the British Royal Navy. Austria send troops to help, but occupied then the city itself, keeping Ragusan forces out. The Congress of Vienna acknowledged and legalized the annexation of Ragusa by Habsburg and its integration into the Kingdom of Dalmatia. The city was renamed officially as Dubrovnik after WW I. Some scenes of Game of Thrones were filmed there. It is now flooded by tourists in summer and rather sleepy in winter.
You were 4 when you visited Croatia? It's time to go back 😁
10:16 No, you can drive to Lucerne from Zurich, which is in Switzerland.
It's true the water color is due as it is a stream coming from the alps. 😊
Your parents are travellers. That explains so much.
It is so sad, that so many can not even afford to travel around the block because they have to work 3 jobs.
I see you living in Europe happily ever after... LOL. I'm moving myself from LA to Montpellier, France in August, 2024...!
Prague is a very beautiful city and has wonderful old synagogues that should definitely see even if you are not jewish. I wish everyone a happy Easter.💜🐰🐇
Have you watched his top 10 beaches of Italy yet? He has also done a top 100 places in Italy (10 were not enough) 😂
You should also take a look at Rome and Venice. It feels as though you are walking into a painting there
2:12 Maybe because we don't throw trash in our rivers and lakes or other chemicals for car washing or something. 😅
Lisbon, we recently moved to Portugal to live permanently. We regularly visit Lisbon and other cities in Portugal. Nazare has the largest waves plus all the great beaches.
I'm not a great big fan of London, but I must say that I've been to London about 20 times and there's always something new to see and do, so...
It's his collection, but I miss Venice. It's such a unique town.
and:
Dijon, Burgundy, France
Stockholm (so handsome and friendly people :-), Sweden
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Wonderful. Always wanted to see these places. I think it would be interesting to see you do a study of Greece. Yes, I am biased. My father's family comes from Greeece. Two little towns. My grandfather from Demonia, and my grandmother from Talanta. I hope you are having a great day. Peace
My dream is swiming in a croatian river! They are so beautiful!🥰
Hit me up if you ever come here. I know places and I can make it happen. Places like Skradinski buk or Cetina spring (is probably what you have seen on the internet) are banned for swimmers now. But there are Modro jezero and Crveno jezero and Mreznica... some of these might be even better than you expect. Also beware: these are cold. Even in summer. River Una spring is permanent 8 degrees Celsius.
@@cetterus hey, I Thank you for your kindness and this invitation 😃🙌 If one day this happens I will remember you. Gentle kiss on your cheek from 🇫🇷 😙. I saw some Cristiano rivers on the the internet in the middle of the Forest (your National Park) and it looks like heaven(naturally beautiful) on earth exept some islands. But I consider theses places like a part of heaven 🧗😇👼
@@siriuspyramid7441 "Christiano rivers"? You lost me there.
@@cetterus I menant some speechless rivers I don’t know why « christiano » I’m not a football fan ?!! But if you Get thé most important in this comment, it is ok for me 👌 !😄
Automatic suggestions I maybe wrote amazing?! (I guess, I can’t réal lu explain this? 🤔).
5:40 Thank you for that reaction! It really means a lot 🔥
4:42 Joel’s practically beaming here. The energy here could be used to electrify a whole town.
I live in France, one mile from the German border; I walk to Germany every day. But Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are very close, too, only a few hours by car, and Switzerland a little more... Even for Spain or Italy, I could get on a train in the evening and be there in the morning. The same for the UK, you can take the train or the ferry and be there within a few hours.
You have to be next to the border to drive to another country in 40 minutes. Europe is slightly bigger than USA in size. To drive from Southern Norway to North-East Norway alone takes 30+ hours
Wow, I've been to all his suggestions except Athens! Yes these are great recommendations but I personally would add some more to the list if you were coming to Europe. Made me excited to travel again!
To be fair that is actually 8 proper cities, two of them are resorts really. The French would be furious watching this.
There is much more to see. Kopenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, Cologne an many more.
Thank you for your interest in Europe!!😀
Look up Cinque Terre in Italy. Just a string of small towns built into cliffs at coast 👍😎
Not forgetting to mention:
Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Jerez and Arcos de la Frontera, Andalucia, Spain
Graz, Steiermark, Austria
Brugge and Ghent, Flandres, Belgium
Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Tallin, Estonia
Cracovia, Poland
Avignon, France
Würzburg, Franconia / Bavaria, Germany
Salzburg, Austria
etc, etc.
Please more about Switzerland ❤
From Lucerne/Luzern, you may cross into Germany in a short time, but it would take quite a ride to Lisbon yet. Europe is a lot bigger than many Americans think it is. There just isn't as much uncultivated land anymore and few empty deserts.
Hey you should react to his top 25 places in France. He makes a great video with some of the best french scenery, you would love it !
7:49 Yes, I remember this fact and that’s why I subscribed. You’re a travel Vlogger/travel show host waiting to happen.
Hey man, dont you want too visit Basel/Switzerland? It's a real cool city! I live nearby, could show you around..
Europe has a lot to offer. Good thing that you are young as you will need a lot of time to cover not only 10 cities but much more that this continent has to offer. I should know , i live in it ,cheers ;-)
You can swim in Swiss lakes and rivers because they are very clean, even in the bigger cities.
Yes, that's possible. Bit cold, though 🥶
@@anneliesS04 Not really. Lake Zurich can be 27 °C in summer. Of course, lakes high up in the mountains are colder.
10:03 There was a group of people who managed to visit 19 countries in 24 hours in Europe. They just missed the 20th country by about 20 minutes.
This guy has some good vidéos, i suggest you his top10 (or top25 but its quite long though) about France , and other countries too 👍
Monaco is on my 'bucket list'. I'd love to go and visit Monaco, although unfortunately I don't speak French. I've never been to a country in which I don't speak the language. While I understand that most people would probably know English to some degree, I just find it a bit awkward, and slightly rude to go to a foreign country and start a conversation in English, without first asking if the person I'm speaking to speaks English. Switzerland is another place on my 'bucket list'. I just haven't decided which city to go and see yet.
But I digress. I'll definitely check out a bit more of Ryan's videos - in fact, that video on the Top 10 places to visit in Scandinavia has me very interested, because I'd love to visit Scandinavia at some point too. It would be helpful, Joel, if you can link to the original video in your reaction videos.
Monaco is okay. What I feel in there was, because everything is so on the luxury side, that the connection to the city was not really given. What I can recommend is Triest.
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2:16 Depends on the water source but you’re not totally wrong.
There is no close direct inflow at the river outlet of the lake at Lucerne. The snow in the Spring & glaciers are feeding the lake out of a distance of 50..100km
Most lakes and rivers in CH have close to drinking water quality (not right after the thounderstorm and in the hottest time of the year)
Hey Joel. What's going on with the sound these days? Before i had to turn the volume down, at full volume I can hardly hear you.
The water looks so good bc less Pollution.
I'm from Italy but still thinking that Croatia is among the best ever in mediterranean sea area...
The fairly mild climate with long summer days, large stretches of very fertile farmland thanks to the loess deposits from the last ice age and the glaciers have made Europe very densely populated (in comparison to other stretches of the world) for a long time.
The Mediterranean gave rise to many high cultures over the last three to four thousand years (at least). The trade passed through well established routes from the Mediterranean right up to Iceland and back, as shown by burial gifts among Celts and other ancient cultures. Many of these were made from metals found hundreds to even several thousand kilometers away.
Queue the Himmelsscheibe von Nebra, the Sky disk of Nebra. It is probably one of the oldest astronomical artefacts made of metal still existing today.
While Stonehenge is older, its massive stone construction makes it a lot more resistant to damage.
All of that means that history tends to accumulate treasures of knowledge, art, and architecture the longer it exists and the higher it is valued in the traditions of a region.
05:31 Yes but prices is high ( one week in London hotels is only my 2 moths salary + flights and food second 2 months salary ... I live in Estonia. ) and tourist miss (0% tourist never go great dam to the Theams river whta protect London sinking.
Noticed how all these places are _walkable_?
It's interesting, you always look to Europe (I'm German), do you know many cities in your own country?
Travel through your own country and see live beautiful places. The most of all people are watching always videos from far away and Not know their own countries, or travel to the places so far away.
Live more and don't look only through the screen.
agreed, and the USA has a lot of awesome cities
@@watch-Dominion-2018 I'm very sure of that 👍
Joel, most residents of Monaco are Multi Millionaires as the real estate their is crazy! A tiny studio apartment will set you back millions.
You gotta react to "Ultra - our way of life". Football is huge here. Almost like going to war. Especially when the local rivals play against each other. Check it out, have a nice weekend and cheers.
P.s: it's not possible to see all the beauty from Europe in a lifetime. In Germany alone you'd had to spend 68 years to see all castles. And we talking about 1 castle per day ..
Well that was his 10 favourites. You could probably add a couple hundred more☺️😎🇧🇻
Respect 2 you from 🇪🇺🇮🇹
Jps as you know you can't see big Ben but you can see the Queen Elizabeth Tower and the Palace of Westminster not Westminister a minister is either a clergyman or a MP who works in Westminsteralso Holy Rood is as it sounds not holyrod
A very American video. Charles IV was not a Roman Emperor, London is not the most iconic city in Europe, and Monte Carlo is very, very far from being in the top 10 of European cities. Still, the other choices are all OK - just far from being the only ones. To name another random 10, I'd recommend Budapest, Tallinn, Stockholm, Rome, Vatican City, Venice, Florence, Granada, Krakow and Valletta. I could easily add another 10 if you want. You're right about so much beauty in a small area. Where I live in Europe, if you drive for two hours, you pass through four countries, speaking four different languages, with amazing towns and cities!
Actually he was 1355 - 1378.
@@martinanemcova5088 Actually he wasn't. Given that the Western Roman Empire fell in 476AD, it would be an impressive feat to be a Roman Emperor nearly 1,000 years later! He was a Holy Roman Emperor, and as Voltaire famously pointed out, the Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire...
@@SPQRatae en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire
Charles IV. was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
@@martinanemcova5088 Amazing that people don’t know the difference between the holy roman empire and the roman empire.
He could have offered so much more!!!! It is only a TINY LITTLE bit of Europe!!!
Prague being the cultural, economic and political center of Europe? I'm from Norway and I have no clue what he's talking about.
Well it kinda was from time to time through out history (most often culturally, economically or politically a bit less so). At least when it comes to central Europe it has been one of the more significant cities for over millennium. Though the golden age of "all aspects all Europe importance" he talked about was like 700 years ago.
@@sojtus8681 exactly. It was a long time ago and their schools might not teach things they don't consider important or even convenient. But it doesn't mean it didn't happen. There are many other examples besides Bohemia.
Its real try checking out my country Denmark our harbours are so clean ypu can swim in it
Lisbon, Portugal, considered the must beatiffuly city in Europe, the best turistic destinination of the world !!!
Are you aware that Australia is not in Europe? Being deaf I rely almost totally on your subtitles - and at 0:30 up comes 'Australia'. Germany and Australia are about 11,000 miles apart, although Germany and Austria share a border.
I would add Luxembourg to this list, perhaps even replace London with it. I Love London, but I wouldn't put it at top 10.
Also, for those who don't know Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the clock tower, which is called Elizabeth Tower
Have a look at: Belgium the movie.
Lisboa, Portugal, considered the be
JP, the Czech Republic is NOT Croatia.
On Monaco, it shows that you are very young and need much more info. If you make less as 5 to 8 million USD, you can forget renting there.
There is a tunnel plan tho... we are on to you Czech expansionists.
5:33 It is Joel’s *FAVOURITE* city. #IYKYK
2:14 Yes, a clean source and the lower temperature, but also mandatory wastewater treatment.
There is no uncleared water ending in the creeks, rivers or lakes since about 60..40 years in CH and therefore the clearness and visibility of the water is to most visitors a surprise.
(Not to forget, that we flush our toilets mostly with fresh spring water what anywhere else would get bottled and sold.....)
I always get annoyed when Americans say Europe isn't diverse enough😅 I just came back from 1 week of Erasmus staff training and there were Greek, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Turkish, Slovenian, Romanian, German, and me (Austrian). We all looked and behaved differently, we had different mentalities, political views, religions, music, traditions, and LANGUAGES. Americans only see skin colour and appereance. But even from an appereance standpoint, Europe is diverse. Some of us here in Europe are very dark (like North African-looking), others are very pale and burn red in the sun. We have all possible hair colour shades and heights, from average 1.55m small people to 1.90+m-high men. I had a Croatian in my class who had blonde hair, blue eyes, but he had "East Asian" looking eyes, and he was short (1.65m) and his skin was "dark" like Greek. While my current colleague who is also Croatian is 1.80m (female), black hair, dark eyes, and very pale. And their parents are from the same country! You can't see more mixture than in Europe😅
10:00 Europeans instead envy United States for being such a large country, everything there is big, the cars (so many SUVs), the RVs (like apartments on wheels, larger than many apartments here, haha), large boulevards, you have plenty of anything you want there, most people have their own cars, idk everything there is much cooler.
As a german who partially shares greece roots id not recommend visting Athens while there is a few spots which are beutiful the majority of the city consist of blocky buldings and has apart from good food not much to offer ( just my personal view ) id rather recoomend visting a northern European city instead of Athens like Copenhagen Munich or Amsterdam
Making a top 10 like this about Europe is deceiving because every country has dozens of cities like these all over the place, so it makes it feel like this is the true top 10, when it's not even a top 10 of a single country.
Barcelona’s La Sagrada Familia is not Roman (or Romanic) Is designed by Gaudy and it’s Modernist architecture. It’s supposed to be finished in like 20 years, but as is only payed by people and nothing else no one knows. That’s what someone from Barcelona will always tell you, that he does not know if he will ever see the Sagrada Familia finished or not.
Sevilla???
02:2 that is not wrong but correct 100 %
You missed Sweden Stockholm, it´s called the Venice of Scandinavia,,,,❤