I am British and I am going to move to Cantabria with my extended family, hopefully I’ll be able to claim benefits as well as free health care. You’re welcome
I am from the South, and I went to Laredo a couple summers ago and the coast was so so beautiful :) I think Cantabria is probably my favourite region in the North so far (only missing Asturias to fully judge)
trecet - this happens in a lot of countries with regional differences; northern English people say visiting southern England is like visiting another country and vice versa, Northern Italians look down on southern Italians - they think south Italy is holding their country back, southern Italians think northern Italians aren’t authentically, culturally, Italian Northern US people think southern US people are uneducated, bigoted, and backwards, southern US people think northerners are godless, unpatriotic, and rude, And on and on it goes.
It's so true. It's less obvious in Australia but it's the same more or less. The Southern people hate the right wing politics of the north and think people up there don't work as hard and the Northerners think the Southerners are all up themselves.
Elyce Behrsin - ahh interesting. I didn’t think there was a regional divide in Australia or New Zealand either, both seem like fairly unified countries. I don’t think Canada has a regional divide but I know they have a French speaking vs English speaking regional divide. Have you also noticed how most western countries hate their capital city, the people within, and the culture of the capital city?
@@abcxyz-cx4mr yeh we do but it's much more subtle. Haha yeh I have noticed. Although we don't have that in Aus because not enough people live in our capital. In Australia people prefer to hate people from Sydney and Melbourne :P
@@ragnar97 sí es verdad que vivir es más caro en el norte, pero es porque los salarios en general son más altos (en Euskal Herria). Si trabajas aqui no hay problema pero si vienes de fuera sale un poco caro vivir en el norte.
Northern Spain it’s beautiful and away from all those stereotypes created by the massive tourism that has brought to southern Spain so crowded. Cities like Santiago, Lugo, Pamplona, Oviedo, Leon, Burgos, are stunning communities full of history and culture. Not to mention the landscape and food. Greetings from 🇲🇽
“Northern Spain is further south than southern France where people go on vacation” True. However let us not forget that the most famed part of southern France and where most people go on vacation in France is on the Mediterranean coast, whereas northern Spain is on the Atlantic side of the continent, which is much cooler and humid.
Another thing is Michigan is on the same line as northern Spain and the difference can be explained by currents as Michigan winters are compared to Moscow, Kiev, Berlin, and mountainous cities like Sarajevo despite being at the elevation of Oviedo in Asturias or Eibar in Basque Country and surrounded by the Great Lakes which rarely if ever fully freeze.
This is exactly the beauty of Spain... DIVERSITY. And all Spaniards should be proud of it, not competitive or rejecting their own national identity because they are "different".
@@Demurralable no, we don't. The autonomies are not nations, they are autonomies. There's a clear difference between those things. Having feelings about your region, province or city is normal and it doesn't mean they are nations.
One thing you should know is that it´s not only about differences between north and south in Spain. It´s also between east and west. Catalonia is indeed in the north but they´re mediterraneans. When we talk about the north we are referring to the cantabric coast and northern Castillia. We are northeners, but also westerners. Atlantic people.
I second this! I am from Murcia and I feel more "Eastern" than Southern... Probably because the term "the south" in Spain is stereotypically associated with Andalusia & its culture.
A lot of people have an erroneous view of Spain, as if the whole country was like Andalucía, when in reality the culture and traditions vary a lot from one region to another. I am from Mallorca and i think you should come here, if you haven't been here yet.
@@ElyceBehrsin I have been living in Mallorca for more than 8 years in front of a port and it's true. You don't have to take it as if it's an attack to you, it's just a fact. People that come to sail to the mediterranean know about the existence of the baleric islands. Off course not the general australian population...
@@AliciaPerez-vs7zz sorry, I tagged you instead of metacosmos in a comment. Yeh I would believe that. I have friends who worked on super yachts and they actually live on the boat, they don't have time to learn languages and they don't really get breaks. I'm not sure if it's the same for all sailers but I always would get annoyed when they said they had been to Spain or Italy like they knew the country but only knew the port in one town. Also I only took his comments as an attack as there are a million on my channel currently.
As a German, I would think people from Baleares are sick of loud party tourists, so many Germans trying to settle there not bothering to learn either type of Spanish?? 😅 I make a point to go anywhere in Spain when it’s not high season to have less of that mass tourism feeling/to be able to do anything without getting an immediate heat stroke haha :)
Fellow Melburnian here, lived in Pontevedra (Galicia) for 2 years.... amazing place. About the weather, my first winter there was a particularly bad one, they had something like 70 days of rain in a row. Ended up taking a short trip to the Canary Islands just to get a few days of sun in the middle of it! But the beaches nearby are amazing, yes the water is cold but you get used to it, and the food and culture is brilliant. People also say that Northern Spaniards are cold and introverted, but I didn't really get that impression. Anyway, check out the Rias Baixas area, you won't regret it
@@jeanbethencourt1506 snow you can find in the interior of Galicia during winter, especially along the mountains that form a kind of border with Asturias.
Victor Gomez - yeah Welsh people have told me that, they’re different to Irish and Scottish people who (as far as I know) don’t have Spanish celtic ancestry, that’s why on average they’re paler. Many Welsh people have black hair. That’s exactly who I had in mind, people think Catherine Zeta Jones looks Spanish or Portuguese or Mediterranean, too beautiful to pass as a Brit/Welsh woman.
Marley Barley . Britons ,Celts of the British islands in the early Iron Age ) were originals from Spain ,Spain was the nest of the oldest Celtic tribes in Europe ,it was the first place for the celts to stablished when they migrated from The Caucasus.So Britons were celts from the Spanish Peninsula ,then some centuries after ,other celts like the Gaelic populated Ireland and Scotland and quiet after that the Saxons from north Europe invaded England and expulse many of the Britons ,the Britons remained in west England and Wales ,So Welsh and Cornish and all west ,has a celtic heritage ,a very old Celtic heritage that comes from Iberia,and by the way Celts in the Iberian peninsula populated all the west and centre areas from south to north,and Spanish celts doesn't just come from North Spain .
I found out how nice Northern Spain is from a spanish student I shared a flat with at university. Some of the best surfing in Europe and the mountains are amazing.
My mother’s family is from Galicia, and they basically consider the south a different country (then again, they also consider themselves a different country than the rest of Spain, but I digress). As far as Flamenco, I’m more surprised that anyone would be surprised that it’s essentially nonexistent in the north. Of course with travel and in-country migration and globalisation of music, you’ll get some, but Flamenco has always been a southern thing......because that’s where it originates from. Spain is very regional when it comes to culture, so you won’t get Flamenco much in the north. In Galicia and Asturias, you’ll also get something you don’t get much elsewhere: bagpipes and celtic-inspired culture.
I've had a sad feeling after watching your video. I'm andalusian and I honestly think you just have experienced the top topics of that land. I love the nort of Spain, I lived there for one year and yet there were lots of things I could not experience. I don't know how much time you have been in the south, but I can grant all of you that there's much more than noise, bad coffee, heat, flamenco and not to fashion people. I recommend you to make a new visit to the south and avoid the topics in which nobody lives here and experience real everyday live. I'm sure you will love it.
Lo peor del torrefacto es que en muchos bares y cafeterias te lo dan sin ningún pudor y hay muchos clientes que ni se enteran que estan bebiendo una pócima de ínfima calidad
I'm from the Vasque Country, and I'm currently living in Canarias! And it's so different, I feel like I'm living in another Country! About the weather, this year the winter in the north hasn't been as cold and rainy as it's used to be. And yes! Asturias and Galicia are amazing places with beautiful beaches, cities, and towns. Santiago de Compostela is one of my favorites cities in Spain!
I love the Canary Islands! That's where the water is actually warm. People keep telling me that, but I think even if it was colder I'd like it because I love having proper seasons. It's why I left the tropics. Thanks for the recommendation xx
Buen vídeo. Y no he podido por menos de leer algunos comentarios. De todas las partes de España, norte, sur, Cataluña, Madrid, Andalucía, Asturias... Y todos diciendo cosas como "pues yo soy del norte y me impresiona el tamaño de las raciones del sur" o "yo soy andaluza y mi región es más conocida que otras españolas". Si aquí comentasen políticos, podríamos leer "pues yo soy de Euskalerria y no soy español porque bla bla bla... " o "yo soy catalán y los españoles nos roban" o "yo soy madrileño y los catalufos son una bla bla...". Quiero decir que miremos hasta qué punto los políticos nos contamintan, cuando en España no hay problemas entre la gente de distintas regiones. Todas son bonitas, son variadas, lo que no tiene una lo tiene otra. Pero los políticos se inventan el enfrentamiento para seguir viviendo del cuento unos añitos más: que si a esta la reconzco como nación; que si los de esta región son más productivos; que si los de esta más trabajadores, que si dinero para mi región y para mi cuñao que lo he enchufao en un carguito... Así que deberíamos de aprende de cómo nos manipulan los políticos por interés, creando conflictos artificales y falsos, entre distintas regiones de España (con la ayuda de los medios de comunicación, todo sea dicho).
Great video! I also recommend you to visit Galicia, especially during summer! As a citizen of Finland I have lived two different times in Galicia, and one of the things I love there is the lack of tourists (except some local ones from other sides of Spain like you also said). Of course there are lots of tourists in Santiago de Compostela, especially during summer, but otherwise you can enjoy the place quite well without kitchy and over the top commercial tourism. In order to enjoy the magic of Galicia requires at least some humbleness and willingness to learn at least some basics of the local language and culture. Unfortunately most giris don't have patience to do that. Those who do have the patience will be rewarded with impeccable beauty of Galicia. Remember to try licor café and all the delicious sea foods!
Thanks! I can't wait to go and explore that region. I will add these points to my list. Oh I love Finland. My grandparents are from Estonia originally so we used to take the ferry over to Finland when we visited. I think it's another of Europe's hidden beauties.
Si visitas Asturias, quedarás encantada sobre todo, por las playas de Llanes. Las montañas de los Picos de Europa y los Lagos de Covadonga. Cangas de Onís, está muy cerca de estos dos sitios y su historia es maravillosa. Asturias es muy muy montañosa y super verde, además la montaña está realmente cerca de la playa, no necesitas desplazarte mucho para tenerlo todo. Lot of kisses from Gijón in Asturias!!
Estuve en Asturias este verano por primera vez y aún no me puedo creer lo impresionante que es la naturaleza. ¡Qué suerte tenéis los que vivís en Asturias!
To be honest this last winter has not been a proper winter. Thats why you have the impression that the weather is not that bad. Love that you have gone out of the typical idea of Spain and discover the north. Love that foreingers enjoy the other side of spain
yeah... the fact of being south or north is not the only factor that matters when it comes to temperature though... It is true that northern Spain is more south than southern France - where people go for sun and beach holidays -. You have also bear in mind that winds in Southern France are usually very quiet, or when it is windy the air usually comes from the south (the Sahara), whilst in northern Spain it's usually windy and winds come fron the atlantic or from northern Europe (which brings clouds and cold).
Spain is regional in everything, dance, music, language and so forth...Flamenco is from the region of Andalusia...but tourism made it seem like it is an Iberian thing which is definitely not...it is only regional of Andalusia...
You are saying that in the north of spain doesn't rain that much because the weather is changing and it seems like you haven't been there before i grew up in Asturias and if you check statistics in the north of spain it tended to rain more than 200 days a year on average, also the days when it's not raining it's usually not clear blue sky at all, at least not in Asturias where clouds are usually stuck by the mountains, the sky i've seen for the longest part of my life was grey. And after a few years living in Catalonia and then in Madrid I'm still not used to clear sky when i go out and it's sunny, still feels weird to me. But that's what makes Asturias and the north of spain green and beautiful
Yes that's true, of course I can only base it on my own experience and I have only spent one winter here. My boss is from Cantabria and has lived in Andalusia too and she agreed that it's not as bad up here as people say even when it is bad...if that makes sense. I didn't mean to say the weather was perfect, just that it's not iceland or anything haha
If you're going to Galicia, these are my recommendations, Lugo province, Lugo for its Roman walls and old town overlooking the Miño river Castro de Viladonga, celtic fortress from the III d.C Playa das catedrais, the Cathedrals beach Coruña province, Santiago, for its cathedral and old town Fragas do Eume, the river Eume forest and natural park Coruña, for it promenade, torre de Hercules, and the marine San Andres de Teixido, for its breathtaking cliffs, the highest in Western Europe. Finisterre and Monte Pindo for its natural wilderness and views of the Atlantic ocean. Pontevedra province, Rias Baixas, a lanzada beach and LaToja island, Ría de Vigo, Islas Cíes, Orense province, As Burgas, natural spa from Roman times, Ribeira sacra, Canyons of the river Sil.
Elyce Behrsin let me add, in Lugo province: once you go by road from Asturias to Galicia, you are in Ribadeo (near Cathedrals Beach) and there you should go to Pulpería Ribaronta if you want to eat 6-7 tipical dishes (pulpo with cachelos, pimientos de Padrón, calamares fritos) at a very low price. And if you like arroz caldoso with bogavante, go to Rinlo (5 km far from Ribadeo) and search for La Cofradía del Mar. You'll be astonished. Try booking first, it's always full of people (specially at weekends)
“LaToja” (actually it’s called A Toxa) is totally overrated! My recommendation (I live nearby) is not to go there as it’s a very “fake” village (hotels, golf, tourist shops...) If I was a tourist I’d want someone to tell me to go to Corrubedo, Illa de Arousa, the beaches near “Marín”... No hate, just my opinion and mostly the local’s opinion!
I'd like to talk about how Spaniards are perceived like very loud people as you mention it in your video. To be honest, I thought the same and I believe it's a myth which is been widely promoted by Northern Europeans (British and German especially) and it's been taken as a natural way of behaviour by most Spanish. But having lived in UK for a long time I certainly find the British louder than the Spanish. A Saturday night in any city in the UK is a competition to see who's the loudest person, especially after getting pissed with a few pints. The amount of swearing, fights, shouting etc... is utterly ridiculous and I have never seen it in Spain or at least very rarely. I think the fact that most guiris don't understand Spanish, let them to confuse loudness with the language barrier. When you don't understand another language, you perceived those speaking as a loud noise or strange sounds.
Diego Rivera I actually agree with you on the Saturday night thing. However for daily noise I have to disagree. I've also lived in Germany and Northern Europeans on a daily basis are much quieter and speak less in public places which as an overall makes it quieter. I personally prefer the noise and don't think it should be taken as an insult. For me it's not a language barrier because I speak much more Spanish than french and the biggest struggle I had in Germany was getting told off for being too loud haha. Spain suits me better.
I have to agree with Elyce here. While I agree that brits on a pub are just loud AF, I remember going to a supermarket in Germany and feeling like something bad had happened, because even scanning machines would barely beep and everybody would barely talk. In Spain you go to the supermarket and if its crowded it can be as noisy as some bars haha
As a British person having lived in Spain and my mum being from the south of France, the pub thing is so true. British people are way louder than Spanish people or Mediterranean people in general while drunk, however when you are sober and just having a "normal conversation" I do find that you get a lot more energetic and therefore louder people in Spain. It also has something to do with people showing a lot more emotion in conversation, they are more passionate so they can appear "louder". I do also find that British people are louder and more energetic than most other Northern Europeans though, so if you compare Spanish people to Germans, for example, you can see the difference more clearly.
Nah, Diego, we are just very loud on a regular basis. I've been living in London for more than 4 years and every time I go back to Spain to visit my family I can't help noticing how loud we speak in any context. It's not a bad nor a good thing, but I tend to prefer being a little quieter in general. I miss a lot of things from the South of Spain though u_u
I pick the south! Hehe because of the weather ( obviously depending which part of the world u come from, but South it is definitely warmer) and mainly because of people. I think people in the South is more open and nice with friends and also with strangers
Interesting take. It's definitely warmer. I personally don't mind either weather, but that is of course personal. In general I have found the people in both places super lovely too. X
The ensaladilla rusa thing just happened to some German friends last week in the north. Later when they headed south and my mum prepared some for them they were pleasingly surprised!
About weather... Climate change. Here in Santiago it could rain non stop for like two months (literally). That was 20 years ago though. Nowadays it rarely rains for more than five days in a row.
We've had a very mild winter this year in Cantabria. We can have up to a month of non stop rain during winter. So I get that for a tourist coming during the summer and getting a week of cloudy/rainy weather is less than idea.
I would talk about the roofs too. I'm from Seville and in here almost all the buildings have flat roofs, and I was surprised when I went to Cantabria to visit two of my best friends and realized up there most roofs are sloped. It felt like I was looking to doll houses for me XDDD I actually like those roofs more than ours
That's so true! I forgot about that completely! I really miss all the rooftop balconies! That was the first thing I fell in love with in Seville years and years ago!
Roofs are very typical in most of Andalucia, and maybe also in the Mediterranean Coast. In Extremadura and Castilla La Mancha are not as usual, although there are some.
Basically in much of Southern Europe it is mostly filled with Olive Mediterannan people much like The Middle East, North Africa, And North Western South Asia as well ss The Eastern Caucasus Mountans rather then Whites or mixed yeah.
the thing about this is that you lived in Sevilla. Which is the most extreme place to live in spain. for a foreigner I mean. Even in Cádiz where I'm from everyone seems to think that people from Seville are way too much about flamenco, Semana Santa, la feria, etc... For me it's like you can't say a thing about that because they just come at you "Sevilla is the best don't you dare say you don't like flamenco" kind of attitude. About the coffee I can't say anything, I hate it here. I think spain is a country for wine lovers. I love that you mentioned Ensaladilla Rusa. I've lived in the south and in Asturias and I always missed a good one here. And the weather. Maybe you are lucky. But I've been many years in the north and they have a thing called "chiribiri" which is this kind of rain which is constant but not heavy, like sprinklers. And makes your day awful because you think it's not enough to take out the umbrella, but in the end it makes you reach your home wet. And it's like, everyday. If there is a day that it doesn't happen everybody goes out to celebrate. Maybe the weather is nice, but for Spaniards is not because they are used to even better weather overall.
Haha that's probably true. Oh that's a Basque word, I have not experienced that sort of rain once in Cantabria yet. Yeh you say that, but lots of Spanish people have never lived outside the north so they should be used to it by now. Also the weather in the South isn't really that nice when you consider how horrible the summer is. My region in Australia is the same in summer as Andalusia and I much prefer a bit cooler more humid weather personally.
@@ElyceBehrsin Of course haha I can't stand the heat, or the the whole "better = hotter" that is weird. If you like green in the south, I still remember my trip to Grazalema (which is the place it rains the most in spain?) The good thing about the south is the variety. You can be in the highest mountain in the snow and 1 hour later be in the beach in Granada. Tabernas desert in Almería and in Cádiz the place it rains the most. The north is better for the food, at least :)
Fantonio that is so true! The south has so many different and beautiful pockets! I love driving down there between the different city regions! The landscape changes so much! Granada is one of my favourite hideouts in the world. I'll always go back there!
Yo soy de Sevilla y no soy muy de flamenco, me gusta más el rock, aparte que el flamenco es de toda Andalucía, el máximo exponente de esto es el Camarón que es gaditano, no opino que es un sitio extremo para nada, yo se que en el resto de Andalucía tenéis un estereotipo de sevillano pijo etc pero para nada es así, no metáis a todos en el mismo saco, ven a ver a mis amigos y ya cambiaras esa opinión
@@leticiagonzalezcervantes7560 Por supuesto, me disculpo. Me refería a la idea que tiene de sevilla (generalizando mucho) la gente de fuera. Yo mismo conozco muchos sevillanos que son el extremo contrario a ese tópico, pero lo que yo piense no es lo que se dice. A mi tampoco me gusta que digan que los andaluces somos flojos, pero es el tópico que tenemos por desgracia :')
haahah being a fellow Aussie, your videos make me laugh :) I am dating a Galician girl and she's taught me a lot about the North of Spain and what you say rains true to a lot of the things she says about it. One thing about the Northern beaches is as beautiful as they look, the water is SO DAMN COLD! I was in Spain last summer in this beautiful Island in Galicia and the water was SO SO COLD!! Loads of people on the beach sun baking on the sand and maybe a hand full of people swimming in the water. Its cause the Atlantic is SO COLD!!! ARGGGG!!! Maybe you could be use to this if your swimming in beaches in Victoria. Im originally from New South Wales and the water is really nice and warm on a summers day. When you get to Galicia please eat Pulpo, and if you like white wine try Albriño, it is delicious! I love the North of Spain
That's so cool! Nice to hear from you! Yes that's true, I have tough Victorian skin haha. I lived in Sydney for two years though and it made me so soft, every time I went home I was always complaining that it was 40degrees outside and freezing in the water. To be honest though the water in Andalusia is also really cold so I think I'll heap to one of the Spanish islands for swimming over summer and just use the north for the beauty hehe 😂
Un detalle que notamos mucho cuando los españoles vamos del sur al norte (y supongo que a la inversa igual): el tamaño de las raciones de comida, que suelen ser enormes en el norte (especialmente en Asturias, allí se pasan de grandes... xD) En el sur, históricamente suele hacer mas calor ("calentamiento global" mediante), por lo que con ese calor se come más ligero, el organismo pide menos "mandanga" y mas tinto de verano o cervecita. En el norte es mas bien al revés, con el frió, el cuerpo pide calorías y un buen riverita del Duero. De ahí que el menú "típico y tradicional" en el sur sean carnes blancas, pescados, caldos suaves, gazpachos (y sus variantes), ensaladas, arroces, caza menor, mucha fruta... Platos más ligeros. Y en el norte suelen ser tradicionales mas bien los guisos de carnes rojas, guisos de carne, guisos de pescados, guisos de legumbres, carnes rojas a la parrilla, caza mayor, etc... Platos bastante más contundentes. Eso de forma "tradicional", en realidad está todo más mezclado. Yo en Málaga suelo darme el capricho de comprar alubias de Tolosa y de vez en cuando alguna buena pieza de ternera gallega, o unos buenos sobaos pasiegos para desayunar. Y supongo que en el norte será igual, se harán sus buenos gazpachos, o ajo blancos, o pescaitos fritos.
Es verdad. El sur de España es bastante grande y particularmente hablando de Andalucia por ejemplo, cada region tiene sus caracteristicas particulares y en su conjunto una riqueza cultural impresionante. Personalmente me encantan todos los vestijios arabes, me dejan con la boca abierta. Respecto a sus gentes, es cierto que existe un estereotipo de andaluz concreto pero es sólo un chiche y nada tiene que ver con la realidad. En mi caso todos los amigos Andaluces que tengo son muy cultos, muy bien formados, muy profesionales, muy de fiar, amables y muy currelas segun mi experiencia. Me atrevo: El caracter malageño es muy cosmopolita, el Sevillano un poco altanero. El de Huelva muy humilde y encantador. El gaditano un poco de todo. En la elegante ciudad de Cordoba mucha elegancia y buen gusto. Los paisajes de jaen con sus cortijos rodeados de olivos con sus pueblos espectaculares. Almeria es májica y muy alternativa. Granada y su alhambra rodeada de montañas única e irrepetible. Afortunadamente hay mucho que ver y conocer....
En el norte se come muy bien pero que la gastronomía del sur es muy buena y de una calidad de base creo que bastante mayor,en el norte comes bien si pagas mucho,en Andalucia en cualquier sitio comes como un marqués y los restaurantes no son tan caros,y ya te vas a mi pueblo y es ridículo te comes un churrasco por 7 pavos recién salido del matadero,que en el norte te cobran 60 pavos y se quedan tan tranquilos y no le llega ni a la suela,y eso yo creo que porque hay mucha más trasiego de gente y turismo,en el norte como no sea un restaurante muy conocido y famoso de alta gastronomia,no hay tanta gente ponen precios abusivos,y al no haber tanta competencia hay más relax en la calidad de las comidas,en mi ciudad te tomas un tercio por un euro(incluso menos),en Burgos te pides una cerveza te ponen un quinto te cobran 2 euros o lo que le parezcan y 50 céntimos si te la tomas en terraza, y te hablo de una cerveza,te pides un tercio y tienes que donar un riñón.
En el único sitio que para mí cumplía esas espectativas gastronómicas que tanto alardean por el norte es Galicia,se come bien barato y en abundancia,luego vas al país Vasco ,Navarra ,Castilla,y tienen buenas gastronomías pero a nivel de calle mucho racanismo que raya lo ridículo,tienes que saber moverte muy bien para encontrar sitios calidad precio ajustados,porque reina la barbaridad en muchos casos.
Me siento orgullosa de ser andaluza y de que mi cultura haya brillado tan fuerte que al final sea lo que se conoce de España en el extranjero, pero eso conlleva un inconveniente. La cultura andaluza fuera de Andalucia se desnaturaliza mucho y pierde su esencia regional y de folclore. Los trajes de flamenca no son de flamenca sin mas... hay vestidos de canastera, de sevillanas, batas rocieras, colas rocieras... que depende de la ocasion pues la gente tendera a llevar unos u otros. El flamenco parece que es casi cualquier cosa pero casi nadie sabe distinguir bulerias, de rumbas, de tangos, coplas....el norte de España es precioso y tiene una cultura, que como hacen, deben proteger pero el sur tiene una cultura igual de profunda que la gente no se detiene a aprender, se quedan con la superficie y eso realmente, no es nuestra cultura. Un beso 😘
Gracias por el comentario. Es muy interesante y cierto. Es muy difícil para un extranjero aprender una cultura completa. Es cierto para Andaluca, el norte, Francia, Alemania e incluso Australia. Mucha gente piensa que Australia es simple debido al asentamiento europeo, pero tampoco es cierto. Lamenté salir de Andalucía tan pronto, pero tenía que hacerlo. Creo que voy a volver en el futuro. Un beso desde Cantabria x
Había un hilo muy bueno que explicaba la conquista de Andalucía por parte de Castilla y el por qué se ha tomado como referencia a Andalucía de la cultura española. Se explicaba que se justificó la "Reconquista" (que en realidad fue una conquista) para justificar la recuperación de lo que era Hispania, cuando la gente de allí no era como la castellana. Se fabricó una narrativa de ver a los musulmanes como extranjeros, cuando tras 800 años de convivencia (y otros tantos de comercio) ya se habían vuelto un sustrato importante de la cultura Andaluza, no teniendo está ya nada que ver con la de Castilla. Se trata, por ejemplo, a la Alhambra o a la Mezquita de Córdoba como edificios hechos por invasores, cuando sus constructores eran andaluces de genealogía andaluza. Averroes, uno de los filósofos, matemáticos y médicos más grandes de la historia era andaluz y musulmán, pero apenas se le conoce aquí porque se le trata como extranjero. Lo mismo con unos cuantos emires y generales moros, quienes no eran extranjeros sino andaluces. También se explicaba que los andaluces son hoy en día tan creyentes porque, cuando llegaron los castellanos, tenían miedo a las consecuencias que les podía acarrear el hecho de ser de una fé distinta a la castellana. Por eso empezaron a vivir la religión de manera muy pasional en público, convenciendo a los castellanos de que eran católicos. De ahí vienen las celebraciones católicas tan grandes y pasionales andaluzas que podemos ver hoy en día, las cuales en realidad no son otra cosa que fruto de la opresión. Andalucía representó a cúspide de la civilización musulmana, la cual estaba en ese tiempo a la cabeza de los avances científicos en Europa y era una civilización cultivada y para nada fundamentalista. Como vasco me flipa ir a Andalucía porque es como estar en otro mundo, con tanta cultura y ciudades y pueblos totalmente distintos. Gente totalmente distinta, costumbres totalmente distintas. Me encanta Andalucía. No dejéis nunca que os avergüencen por vuestra cultura porque eso sigue siendo fruto de la opresión que sufrís desde hace 500 años. Protegedla y cuidadla, porque es única. Un abrazo fraternal desde otro pueblo ibérico. Seremos totalmente distintos, pero somos hermanos. Aquí hay muchisimos descendientes de andaluces, y han aceptado totalmente la cultura vasca como suya. No tenemos ningún problema entre nosotros, el problema es cuando esa cosmovisión castellana nos enfrenta. Un saludo!
@@rubensimon48 Bastante de acuerdo en casi todo, sí.. esa "cosmovisión" no sé si sería únicamente castellana, pero hoy en día es la que parece que más se ha extendido con el concepto de "unión ante todo" y cosas por el estilo, gracias a factores como la dictadura y demás, que al final hacen que se empiecen a menospreciar las diferencias culturales que siempre han formado a la gente que vivimos en estas tierras, y que únicamente han sido razones para la confrontación cuando ha habido terceras partes que podían sacar beneficio del enfrentamiento... A ver si podemos empezar a hacerlo mejor en estos tiempos. Un saludo y gracias por el análisis tan en profundidad de nuestra historia :)
@@rubensimon48 es una historia bonita,y yo como andaluz adoro el norte y el país vasco,pero lo que dices no tiene mucho sentido,al menos en el punto de la genética ya que los andaluces actuales venimos del norte de España,ya que los moriscos fueron expulsados creo que en 1505,hasta hubo una rebelión,por que decían los viejos castellanos que les hacían señales a los barcos turcos desde la costa y a los piratas beréberes,al igual que expulsaron a los judíos sefarditas años antes, hay un rechazo que no es tan así ,si no que se considera extranjero porque los actuales andaluces son colonos del norte de España ,y ellos ya eran cristianos cuando Andalucía se conquistó en dos épocas principales ,la conquista del norte que empezaría con las navas de Tolosa en 1212,luego llegaría Fernando III de Castilla conquistando Córdoba Sevilla y Jaén ,y hasta 1492 que callo el reino nazarí de Granada, la población musulmana y judía se marcharon,porque muchos estarían hasta las narices de las persecuciones de la iglesia,de hecho la costumbre de poner los jamones al aire y las carnes en las carnicerías viene de aquella época ,para demostrar que eran verdaderos castellanos y comían carne,la homogeneidad religiosa de la sociedad española es algo que se planeó desde arriba,y lo cual se entiende teniendo en cuenta que en esas épocas las amenazas de los imperios como el otomano eran muy reales. Es tan así lo que te digo que recientes estudios han demostrado que en España no hay apenas sangre musulmana y el poco rastro que queda casualmente está en el norte,no sé si sabes que abderraman III era Rubio con ojos azules y creo que contaban que se teñia,y eso era porque las favoritas de los califas de Córdoba eran mujeres vascas y del norte que raptaban y se llevaban a sus harénes,si que hubo población cristiana en zonas musulmanas lo que los musulmanes llamaban los mozárabes,pero esa población no se mezcló con los musulmanes y quién si lo hizo se acabaría marchando luego,hubo una convivencia relativamente pacífica porque los musulmanes consideraban a los judíos y cristianos hombres del libro y respetaban a los cristianos y judíos ,pero también hubo deportaciones,matanzas,etc
I found this so Funny! I’m from Seville and me and my family moved to Santander 13 years ago when I was 16. Loved everything you mentioned but I’m very interested in hearing your opinion about the differences you find in how people are, because I think that we are so different!! Please make a video about that!!
You should also go to the middle parts of Spain, Castilla y León is really beautiful, this region don't have beaches, but you will see how this is totally different than the south or the north. You have thousands of places to visit, Valladolid, Leon, Segovia, Avila, Salamanca.... Enjoy Spain :D
No creo que el tamaño de las ventanas sea distinto, de hecho diría que en construcción tradicional en el norte son más pequeñas para conservar el calor, salvo las de las galerías cerradas. Y el clima si es peor, no tanto porque llueva mucho más sino porque es más variable, en Asturias al menos es muy parecido al de Devon en el Sur de Inglaterra al menos en verano.
Fue Francisco Franco quien quiso vender la idea de que España era flamenco, toros y sol, pero sobre todo el flamenco es prácticamente exclusivo de Andalucía. Aunque pueda haber destacados artistas flamencos en otras partes de España, generalmente descienden de andaluces
Me explico. Me gusta la variedad que hay en España, pero adoro el norte. Sentir las estaciones, asar castañas en invierno con los amigos, pasar calor en los días largos de verano, el color de las hojas en otoño, la fuerza de la primavera, y eso sólo se ve en el norte, en lo verde. Me encanta Galicia por sus microclimas, los paisajes cambiantes de sus rías (altas y bajas), la parte rural con ríos por todos lados, sus muchas playas y calas, y como no, su comida y sus gentes. Podría vivir en cualquier lugar del norte. Un saludo.
Pues me alegro. Pero todo lo que dices. Todo, lo disfrutamos en el Sur también. Además podemos disfrutar de la nieve. ¿Sabías que el pueblo donde más llueve de España está en Andalucía? Andalucía es una gran desconocida. Por ej. esta chica del vídeo te responde que en Andalucía las estaciones son suaves. Pues no. Depende de dónde. Andalucía es muy grande y diversa. Y, repito, desconocida. A mí también me encanta el Norte.
I'm from Malaga (Andalusia), and I think that you can't compare the North and the South, because they are absolutely two different versions of Spain. The South is exactly as people think: Toros (however, at specific days), Flamenco (you won't find any in the streets, you have to find them), Fiesta & Siesta (Siesta is more or less common in Spain). I don't know about the North, but here in Andalusia people like to enjoy life, that's why we got the 'lazy' steriotype... Perhaps is true, we do things slowly but at least we have fun while we do them. Here only rains a week or two per year, so you can imagine that the rest of the year is sunny. However, I think I'm saying things that you already knew. Here you are already welcome!
I am from Galicia, but i have lived in Cadiz for eleven years. I wouldn´t dare saying which region is the best, because comparing in those terms is just pointless and stupid, each land has its own marvels, period. But i can say that tourists who come to both places are very different kind. As a general rule, i prefer 1.000 times more the ones looking for culture and gastronomy than those looking for sun, party and chiringuito.
@@user-wn4kj6wo6c Vivo en El Puerto de Santa Maria. A las hordas de sevillanos, madrileños y demás que plagan esto desde ayer como si fuese a terminarse el mundo les importa una puta mierda la historia de Cádiz y se comen lo que les eches. Por supuesto que Andalucía tiene cultura, gastronomía y sus propias maravillas, como he dicho más arriba. Pero se te coges 1000 turistas al azar de los que tengo aquí ahora y los comparas con 1000 al azar de Coruña, Santander ó Gijón y verás que son turistas en general muy diferentes que buscan cosas diferentes.
Yes, both regions are different, but keep in mind that Andalusia is very diverse too, you have mountains, sierra, beaches, even desert lol Andalusia also has a lot of Roman, Moorish, Jewish, Visigothic architecture one next to the other, Andalusia is the only comunidad autonoma with access to both, the Mediterranean, and atlantic ocean...
Yo vivo en Asturias y no es que sea mejor o peor que el Sur del país, es que son muy muy diferentes; cambian paisajes, climatología, horarios, horas de Sol y lo fuerte que pega éste, gastronomía, talante de la gente, muchas costumbres, el mar Cantábrico es bastante diferente al Mediterráneo etc etc
Random story: My grandma is from a small town in the south of Cantabria and back in the 30s, when she was a little kid, she used to go to church every Sunday. My great grandma would walk in and mutter: "Smells like beret!" ("¡Huele a boina!"), regarding the smell of these guys who probably only showered on Sundays and worked all week in the fields, but still never really cleaned the berets. So that saying stayed in the family, and came to my mind when you mentioned the berets!
As usual very good video! Just a note... I think you generalise about “south Spain “ when you should say “Andalucía”. For example, Murcia is South and there you don’t find flamenco either, and not flamenco dressing for festivals... as you say, Spain is very regional even in the south, north or center! Now you have somewhere else to check out... 😉
There's flamenco around La Unión. It was a mining town where a lot of workers from Rio Tinto, Huelva, came and settled. But traditional Murcian dances are usually more Aragonese-influenced since a lot of the 'repobladores' came from the crown of Aragon. There are also malagueñas, from Andalucía. But not sevillanas, for example.
Jennifer S if you talk about flamenco lovers, flamenco academies, or flamenco knowledge, of course there is, as in every other part of Spain. But other than La Union festival, there is no flamenco folklore original from this region. That’s what I meant, that even in the South we have different regions, and each one has its own characteristics. There is Karate in Murcia as well, but we don’t use “karate” as a cultural feature. I wasn’t trying to be disrespectful with anybody, just pointing out the variety...
In my opinion, in the North we are more familiar than in the South. We live less people and that's why there are fewer cities and more small towns. For that reason, we know each other and if someone needs help he has a whole town to help them. I give you a challenge. After studying Spanish, you learn Euskera (Basque), the only pre-Indo-European language that remains alive. Many people says it's hard to learn (I can't tell you for myself since it's my mother tongue), but more and more people are learning and falling in love. Do you accept the challenge?
My friend just moved to Bilbao and has started learning it and loves it. I would love to try, but it's true I need to work on my Spanish first hehe. Agur is my only word so far :)
Never never had a bad coffee in Almería and that is in the south. There is also an amazing coffee store that is third generation and they roast thier own beans. Who buys coffee from the supermarket when there are amazing stores like that. PS. Think Adelaide has better coffee than Melbourne hehehe. Can't wait to get back to Spain 🇪🇸.
Hi! I'm form Santander and I think that your description of the North is stunning, amazing! Also the comparision with the South is very accurate. I agree with every single word you said in this video, I congratulate you! I hope you can enjoy my region and my city for much longer, and keep discovering all the secrets we have. Greetings!
Its not really a north vs the south thing. Andalucía is its own and unique thing. The atlantic coast is a different thing. Castille and Leon is another different thing. Madrid is also different. Castilla la Mancha is different. The levant coast (Murcia, Comunidad valenciana, tarragona) is also a different thing, Extremadura is like a mix between the north and the south and portugal, awesome, but its also a different thing....Its just that Andalucía reaaaally stands out from the rest. The rest of spain, other than for the arquitecture, isnt that different. Btw, I dont know where else you've been, but the accent in Cantabria is just regular spanish accent, so its not that is clearer, its just that it isnt andalucían, hahahah. Im from Valencia and my accent is the same as in Cantabria. :P
Well obviously. This was a video a lot of my viewers requested when they found out I moved north. I'm not trying to claim there are only two places in Spain. Sorry for the confusion, I thought I stated that at the start that it was the things that surprised me up north. That's true re the accent. The thing I didn't want to mention was the openness of the people here when speaking to a foreigner. I haven't been to Valencia in years so I'm not commenting on there in particular but I've been to a lot of cities outside Andalusia over the past year and Cantabrian's and Basque people are particularly open in terms of speaking with foreigners. For example if I say a word with a more South American ll sound no one here stops to correct me while they do in other regions...slows conversation down quite a bit lol.
Even between west and east Andalucia there are differences. In the east of Andalucia Flamenco is not important at all and the weather is colder (a lot much colder in Granada and Jaén where is not rare to see snow in winter. In Almeria is hotter and they even have the only dessert of Europe called Tabernas)
About the Basque "Txapela" or Boina in Spanish (the northern black hat you mentioned in the video), yes it's original from the Basque Country even many people in Spain doesn't want to accept it. I'll give a funny fact as evidence of its origin, I'm a Basque living in Finland, and in Finnish that hat is called "Baskeri" ;)
Thanks so much for the comment! That's amazing! I didn't know that but I have definitely read about it being originally from Basque Country. How do you like Finland? I'm going for a quick trip there again this summer.
@@ElyceBehrsin Been already here for 6 years :) Not so different from the Basque Country in some aspects, but like a different planet in some others, specially the food and social life XD Oh, and coffee here is pure poison XDD You'll find quite a lot of aussies here, I've played rugby for the 2 main clubs in the country and in both I had/have Australian team mates, and to make even funnier both club houses were australian bars, "Aussie bar" in my former club, Woolshed in my current one :) Tervetuloa Suomeen! (Welcome to Finland)
@@ElyceBehrsin they're usually regular aussies who ended up here cause of a girl, same as I did even it didn't go well 🤣 though there's a considerable Finnish colony in straya
Angel Rovirik haha that makes sense. I have an Aussie friend who spent a few years there and loved it! She goes back every time she visits Europe now haha. There's a few because they come to the Estonian club my family run in sudney haha
Maybe its because you were mainly travelling around the coastline. Usually you can have a really sunny day in San Sebastian (perhaps a bit chilly), while big icy balls are falling in a town 50km inland. Anyway, it has been a very light winter this one, at least where I live (Legazpia) where it has barely snowed
Religion... let's say that religion in most of Spain is more like an inner feeling whereas in Andalucía the feeling has to go out... so it's not a question of faith at all, but a question of displaying your faith, a question of showing it off...
Not only that but religion in the north is influenced by old pagan practices. You don't see baby jesus figurines in peoples doors but maybe theres a garlic head, a sacred plant, a horseshoe, a hidden scribble in a stone or other protective objects.
If you want to continue getting to know the north of Spain, you can visit Vigo, a city in the southwest of Galicia. You can also visit the Islas Cíes which can be reached from the port of Vigo.
Actually in the North it rains a lot and it's colder than in the south, but "thanks" to the climate change, these couple of years have been warmer and it hasn't rained as much as it should. It's very weird because it's not normal to experience this kind of high temperatures around this time of the year (it feels more like spring or even summer). And yeah, flamenco is basically something from the South, but foreigners think that it's a cultural thing in the whole country and nope xD
Hi Elyce. I'm from Cantabria and weather here it's been traditionally wet and rainy. When I was a child it could rain non-stop for weeks and weeks. And when my father was a child it snowed also more heavily. Right now we are just being affected by global warming (as most places do I guess).
If you plan to visit the Galician beaches (they are very beatiful indeed), don´t forget to bring your neoprone. Especially in the Rias baixas, the sea temperature is prety low.
Flamenco is EXCLUSIVELY from Andalucia!!! Cantabria, Arturias and Cantabria are more Celtic linked. Each area in Spain have a traditional dress / dance... In Cantabria we have the "Montañes" dress. Please, please... do not ask a Cantabrian why they are not wearing flamenco outfit!!
Well, there's also some flamenco tradition in Badajoz and western Murcia, as well as in most of the gipsy communities you can find all over the country.
I love your videos I usually tell my Australian friend, who travels with me to Spain, to watch them as well. I'm from Bilbao, lived there for 30 years (20 years now in London) and as a kid I remember the adverts on TV for torrefacto and only now I understand what it is. Definitely not something that we drink in the north. I only went to Andalusia last year for the first time. I used to say to my British friends that flamenco was as foreign to me as it was to them. All the religious icons everywhere took me by surprise, I guess that's because it was the last part to be re-conquered and they have to make the point of being more Catholic than anyone else. A bit like Gibraltar being more British than the UK. Southern France still has Mediterranean climate whereas Northern Spain has Atlantic climate so therefore there is still a difference. You'll love both Asturias & Galicia. When someone asks me where to go if they want to see the real Spain I tell them Burgos (1 hour from Cantabria), Segovia, Ávila, Salamanca & Toledo. For me all those places are the "real Spain". Finally one word for you to learn "chiringuito", those small kiosks/bars on the beach. If you want ideas for your trips, check my channel. th-cam.com/channels/8QByX0MIJaG2P9Q0mHg8hA.html?view_as=subscriber
Thanks so much for this comment! I will definitely have a look! I work with a guy from Burgos and everyone keeps telling me to visit Toledo so they are both on my list and I loved Salamanca so I will take your advice hehe. Oh I love Bilbao so much! I actually spend so many weekends there when I have time because I just love the vibe and everyone is so nice and down to earth! Thanks again for the comment 😘
Elyce Behrsin And that’s where you learnt about marianitos and rabas. 🤣 My Australian friend got disappointed with Toledo, he much enjoyed Segovia. I’ll be walking the whole Basque Coast in June from Baiona in France to Muskiz on the brother with Cantabria.
Javier London it sure is hehe!!! Really? I want to see it because it has architectural remnants of all the old cultures that lived there. Oh that sounds amazing!!! I saw your have done a lot of travel! I'm going to inspo watch your videos!
Elyce Behrsin watch the ones in Galicia. Pontevedra province was my favourite; if you go to Ourense, you have to take your swimming stuff as there are natural thermae either for free or for just 6€ which again I didn’t know they existed till I went there. Sometimes Spaniards don’t even know our country.
I visited Cantabria and the Basque Country last year and I loved the area for all the reasons you say. I love the green hills, mountain peaks, and the beautiful natural beaches. I think you can summarize the differences from the rest of Spain by saying this: it is more French. Except for the surfing culture, which you can say is more like Australia!
To say that the north of Spain "is more French" is ignorant. In fact, the Spanish do not like at all to be related to the French. The north of Spain has a different architecture, for historical and climatic reasons, but nothing that do with France.
cuando descubres el norte siendo del sur, te enamora cuando tienes la mente abierta y descubres lo bonito que es, tienes que venir a ASturias te va a encantar la comida, cachopo y escalopines al cabrales mmmmmm.
To be fair, the reputation of the weather in the north is well earned. Spain has become much hotter than it used to be. As a kid I remember, when watching the weather report, wanting to go to the north because it seemed like every day it was either rainy or cloudy. 90% of the times they said "there was a flood" is was in the North. Nowadays summer and winter in the north are not what they used to be, they are essentially that of madrid in the 80's-90s. Hell, winter used to be my favorite season among other things because I didn't have to deal with bugs. The last 5 years I've had bees, spiders,etc in my garden full year round. I miss when the pond used to freeze....lol Hell, I wish summers were around 30ºC like back then, the last ones have been 40ºC+ for most of it. Anyway, point being, if you moved there in the last 10 years it probably looks unwarranted, but it's only because of how the climate has changed in those last 10 years.
Even today they give the impression that weather here is worse than it actually is. When it snows, they go to the highest mountains and say how cold it is while in the cities it's just raining. And of course, the weather man talks about the extreme north, but you will never hear him say extreme south, because with extreme does not speak of geography, speaks of something else
@@xalau5270 Well, you do though. Same as I used to hear the weather man speak about the rainy north, he also talked about Sevilla's and Cordoba's insanely high temperatures. When most of Spain was enjoying temperatures of around 25º Sevilla was at 30+ºC. I remember people in my family, some of which are from Cordoba, when I complained about the hot weather they would often answer "be grateful you're not in Sevilla". It's the reason those houses have "patios", so you can pour water over the stones to make the house a bit cooler. My aunt's house, other than the patio, has a sort of "mosaic" stretching along the main hall just to pour water over it during summers. I remember as a kid seeing her go up and down the hall pouring water with a watering can and thinking of how smart the idea was. Their architecture is based around managing heat lol Thing is, as I said earlier, the climate has changed, nowadays madrid is just as hot as Cordoba or Sevilla might be. Snow and rain are an event, heat is expected.
Hi Elyce! I have only bumped into your channel and wanted to thank you for the great tips and content that you upload. I'm from Norway, currently living in Zaragoza. Had also visited Bilbao (País Basco) recently and some things I enjoined others not so much. Since you are now living in Cantabria I would strongly recommend you to pay a visit to Aragon, especially and in particularly Zaragoza and Teruel. These last are 2 of the 3 capitals of Aragon (Zaragoza, Teruel & Huesca). People are really warm and welcoming here and in Teruel, you will not only find an excellent ham (IMO just as good as the one in the south) but there's a lovely story that was thought to be a legend but now proven to be real that resembles the one of Romeo & Juliet and is "Los Amantes de Teruel. if you actually decide to come to Aragon I'd really love to know and listen to your opinion about this province. And if you love Medival towns with a lot of charm and near the Mountains, there's a small town called Ainsa is a must-go-to. Keep up the great work and I hope you keep enjoying this beautiful country as much as I am. Oh, and btw, no worries about coffee here in Aragon is the "natural" one and is full of bars, like literally 2 or 3 per street!
Thanks so much for the comment and your tips. I passed through Aragon recently on a trip to Barcelona and honestly we want to go back now because it was so beautiful and charming. The only problem with Spain is that there is too much to do and see...I think I need to invest in a car haha
@@ElyceBehrsin True story it happened the same to me, I usually rent a car when I want to go to an area that trains and regional trains or "cercanias" aren't an option. There are several companies worth a shot and I'd recommend you do this specially now that you're in the north coz as I'm sure you were able to experiment already (or not LOL) they haven't yet extended the high-speed trains in the north of the country so the majority of the point-to-point travelling is most commonly done by bus or car. Anyway keep the adventure going and if you need any advice when visiting Aragon again, let me know ;)
@@krystalreine5083 yeh tell me about it. Plus we have a dog so life can get super complicated when it comes to travel here. We have been renting cars mostly, but at some point I think it would be cheaper to buy one haha. Thanks I will!
ei! yo soy cantabra y no creo que las playas de Asturias o Galicia sean mejores!!! jaja Me gusta oirte hablar cosas bonitas de España, aveces nos olvidamos de ellas
I live in Gijón, come and visit any time, I can show/feed you around. Flamenco: Spain has 46m people in 17 Comunidades Autónomas. Flamenco comes from some parts of just one of them, Andalucía. It's just another regional culture thing, so do not be surprised about not finding flamenco in the north, west, east, center or the islands. Remember that Spain is the sum of many little kingdoms. I challenge you to learn about it with our Coat of Arms' help. You can find it in our flag. About food: you did not mention the Cantabrian cheeses. I recommend the blue ones. Oh, and the two cocidos: the lebaniego and the montañés. Love your reviews, keep it up! PS: congrats for your "eses". Now you have to work on your "d" vs "r". When you mean to say "adiós" you say "ariós". You must softly bite the tip of your tongue or you'll miss the "d" sound ;)
Omg you're right I did forget the blue cheeses!!! My favourite! Thanks so much for that comment 😊. P.s that tip about the tongue works! I just tried it then so thanks very much!!!
So many things to do in the North... Cantabria, maybe because of our size and our location (between two great regions more famous than ours) is by far one of the hidden gems of Spain. Keep having fun and wait for the summer! 😬
That is not true. It rained less this winter because of an ondulation on the jet stream. The climate change is already here, as you said, but it won´t translate in a drier north o spain. Actually, it will rain more
the coldest region in Spain es Castilla y León because its higher, over 900m height in average. You should visit it! I strongly recommend you Burgos and its villages!
Great vid, Elyce. I devour all the vids I can find about Spain but yours is the first I've seen that distinguishes between the north vs south. I'm enchanted by all things medieval, so Toledo, Alquezar, Aragon areas have caught my attention the most. Hearing you say that northerners are easier to understand and communicate with was a pleasant new tidbit of info to learn. The weather is akin to my current home in New Hampshire, USA - so also good to know its similiar - but still warmer LOL love the mountains, love hiking...really need to retire and move there one day. :P Anyways, again, great video - thanks for that. :)
About weather, my experience and statistic, south mediterranian coast of france is more sunny in summer mostly than atlantic coast of spain. And the land and grass quite greener in spain , mostly asturias and galicia.( this 2019 winter dry everywhere but..). South atlantic coast of france, is similaf to spain.
That was nice to hear a foreigner speaking nicely about us! ^^ Hope you have a great time here, we are also a little bit less friendlier. Galicia and Asturias are great! I also would recommend Liebana if you haven´t been there and "El Soplao" cove with a stop in Prellezo beach! :)
Thanks so much for the comment. I actually find the people in the north quite friendly. The locals anyway haha. Oh I have heard about that. It's where Potes is? I need to organise a trip there soon x
@@ElyceBehrsin :) yes, yes indeed! I would totally recommend, if you like trekking, to spend a night in Hotel Refugio Aliva., near Fuente Dé There are lots of trekking paths around and it includes a ticket to the funicular (at least a couple of years ago...)
No! No! No! .......... Don't say nice things about the cantabrian cost! Keep it guiri free!!
Hahaha I should have added in something horrible to deter people shouldn't I?
I am British and I am going to move to Cantabria with my extended family, hopefully I’ll be able to claim benefits as well as free health care. You’re welcome
@@ElyceBehrsin Yes, you should. By all means, PLEASE.
@@jblondon1327 i totally agree.
I am from the South, and I went to Laredo a couple summers ago and the coast was so so beautiful :) I think Cantabria is probably my favourite region in the North so far (only missing Asturias to fully judge)
Imagine how northern Spaniards feel when visiting Andalucía. In fact that is like another country for us.
It really is. x
trecet - this happens in a lot of countries with regional differences;
northern English people say visiting southern England is like visiting another country and vice versa,
Northern Italians look down on southern Italians - they think south Italy is holding their country back,
southern Italians think northern Italians aren’t authentically, culturally, Italian
Northern US people think southern US people are uneducated, bigoted, and backwards,
southern US people think northerners are godless, unpatriotic, and rude,
And on and on it goes.
It's so true. It's less obvious in Australia but it's the same more or less. The Southern people hate the right wing politics of the north and think people up there don't work as hard and the Northerners think the Southerners are all up themselves.
Elyce Behrsin - ahh interesting. I didn’t think there was a regional divide in Australia or New Zealand either, both seem like fairly unified countries.
I don’t think Canada has a regional divide but I know they have a French speaking vs English speaking regional divide.
Have you also noticed how most western countries hate their capital city, the people within, and the culture of the capital city?
@@abcxyz-cx4mr yeh we do but it's much more subtle. Haha yeh I have noticed. Although we don't have that in Aus because not enough people live in our capital. In Australia people prefer to hate people from Sydney and Melbourne :P
like si eres español y estás mirando esto por las risas jajaja
@MarKos no has añadido nada nuevo crack
Cuenta un Argentino con intenciones de vivir en España? *llora por el desastre politico, economico e inseguridad*
@MarKos Meh, si no recuerdo mal Madrid comunidad tiene menos impuestos en general. El norte esta bien pa visitar, para vivir todo el año no sé yo.
@@ragnar97 sí es verdad que vivir es más caro en el norte, pero es porque los salarios en general son más altos (en Euskal Herria). Si trabajas aqui no hay problema pero si vienes de fuera sale un poco caro vivir en el norte.
Esta tia no tiene ni p idea
Northern Spain it’s beautiful and away from all those stereotypes created by the massive tourism that has brought to southern Spain so crowded. Cities like Santiago, Lugo, Pamplona, Oviedo, Leon, Burgos, are stunning communities full of history and culture. Not to mention the landscape and food. Greetings from 🇲🇽
You left out Bilbao and San Sebastián, both amazing in their own way.
Sí, sí claro. En el Sur no hay ciudades con historia ni cultura.
Manda huevos.
“Northern Spain is further south than southern France where people go on vacation” True. However let us not forget that the most famed part of southern France and where most people go on vacation in France is on the Mediterranean coast, whereas northern Spain is on the Atlantic side of the continent, which is much cooler and humid.
Another thing is Michigan is on the same line as northern Spain and the difference can be explained by currents as Michigan winters are compared to Moscow, Kiev, Berlin, and mountainous cities like Sarajevo despite being at the elevation of Oviedo in Asturias or Eibar in Basque Country and surrounded by the Great Lakes which rarely if ever fully freeze.
Andalucia is like playing Spain on hard mode.
Haha I love this analogy.
Hahahah so funny mate.
Do you refer to their Spanish accent?
Andalucia is the most beautiful place in the world.
Visit and enjoy
I love u mate 😂
This is exactly the beauty of Spain... DIVERSITY. And all Spaniards should be proud of it, not competitive or rejecting their own national identity because they are "different".
I totally agree. It's why I fell in love with the country and also why I don't have a favourite region.
Of course, everyone else will feel as you order, my lord.
Some of us have 1 legal nationality... but we can have more than one national identity.
Os espanhóis temos orgulho do nosso pais❤️
@@Demurralable no, we don't. The autonomies are not nations, they are autonomies. There's a clear difference between those things. Having feelings about your region, province or city is normal and it doesn't mean they are nations.
One thing you should know is that it´s not only about differences between north and south in Spain. It´s also between east and west. Catalonia is indeed in the north but they´re mediterraneans. When we talk about the north we are referring to the cantabric coast and northern Castillia. We are northeners, but also westerners. Atlantic people.
I second this! I am from Murcia and I feel more "Eastern" than Southern... Probably because the term "the south" in Spain is stereotypically associated with Andalusia & its culture.
And in Murcia there is no flamenco (Thank god).
@@laurapoljus248 Why "thank God"? I find flamenco very beautiful. It's just not native to the area.
Because I don't find it beautiful at all.
Technically Catalonia is in the east-center, not in the north, because the Iberian peninsula is rotated and Galicia is the northernmost part of it.
A lot of people have an erroneous view of Spain, as if the whole country was like Andalucía, when in reality the culture and traditions vary a lot from one region to another.
I am from Mallorca and i think you should come here, if you haven't been here yet.
I have been discussing going there with my sister. Do you recommend September?
@@ElyceBehrsin I have been living in Mallorca for more than 8 years in front of a port and it's true. You don't have to take it as if it's an attack to you, it's just a fact. People that come to sail to the mediterranean know about the existence of the baleric islands. Off course not the general australian population...
@@AliciaPerez-vs7zz sorry, I tagged you instead of metacosmos in a comment. Yeh I would believe that. I have friends who worked on super yachts and they actually live on the boat, they don't have time to learn languages and they don't really get breaks. I'm not sure if it's the same for all sailers but I always would get annoyed when they said they had been to Spain or Italy like they knew the country but only knew the port in one town. Also I only took his comments as an attack as there are a million on my channel currently.
As a German, I would think people from Baleares are sick of loud party tourists, so many Germans trying to settle there not bothering to learn either type of Spanish?? 😅 I make a point to go anywhere in Spain when it’s not high season to have less of that mass tourism feeling/to be able to do anything without getting an immediate heat stroke haha :)
Fellow Melburnian here, lived in Pontevedra (Galicia) for 2 years.... amazing place. About the weather, my first winter there was a particularly bad one, they had something like 70 days of rain in a row. Ended up taking a short trip to the Canary Islands just to get a few days of sun in the middle of it! But the beaches nearby are amazing, yes the water is cold but you get used to it, and the food and culture is brilliant. People also say that Northern Spaniards are cold and introverted, but I didn't really get that impression. Anyway, check out the Rias Baixas area, you won't regret it
You sold me on Galicia. I actually love rain and snow. Lol
@@jeanbethencourt1506 snow you can find in the interior of Galicia during winter, especially along the mountains that form a kind of border with Asturias.
Thanks so much for the comment and the tip! I loved the Canary Islands too. Definitely the best weather in the country.
Did you try the PERCEBES in Galicia? 200 euro/kilo, but you live life once....
They are my favorit!!!! I love the North of Spain!
A lot of people think Spain just has sun and beaches. But the North is amazing and has a lot of more beautiful things.
Cantabrian traditions (as the rest of the North) are more celtic rooted. That's one thing it may shock visitors from abroad.
I’ve been told that Celts from Spain migrated to Wales (in the UK) that’s why some Welsh people have darker features (black hair and tanned skin).
@@abcxyz-cx4mr Interesting. Didn't know that. But it's true, Catherine Z Jones does look Spanish haha.
Victor Gomez - yeah Welsh people have told me that, they’re different to Irish and Scottish people who (as far as I know) don’t have Spanish celtic ancestry, that’s why on average they’re paler. Many Welsh people have black hair.
That’s exactly who I had in mind, people think Catherine Zeta Jones looks Spanish or Portuguese or Mediterranean, too beautiful to pass as a Brit/Welsh woman.
Marley Barley . Britons ,Celts of the British islands in the early Iron Age ) were originals from Spain ,Spain was the nest of the oldest Celtic tribes in Europe ,it was the first place for the celts to stablished when they migrated from The Caucasus.So Britons were celts from the Spanish Peninsula ,then some centuries after ,other celts like the Gaelic populated Ireland and Scotland and quiet after that the Saxons from north Europe invaded England and expulse many of the Britons ,the Britons remained in west England and Wales ,So Welsh and Cornish and all west ,has a celtic heritage ,a very old Celtic heritage that comes from Iberia,and by the way Celts in the Iberian peninsula populated all the west and centre areas from south to north,and Spanish celts doesn't just come from North Spain .
Maria Ekman - that’s very interesting, thank you for sharing this with me 😊.
I found out how nice Northern Spain is from a spanish student I shared a flat with at university. Some of the best surfing in Europe and the mountains are amazing.
My mother’s family is from Galicia, and they basically consider the south a different country (then again, they also consider themselves a different country than the rest of Spain, but I digress). As far as Flamenco, I’m more surprised that anyone would be surprised that it’s essentially nonexistent in the north. Of course with travel and in-country migration and globalisation of music, you’ll get some, but Flamenco has always been a southern thing......because that’s where it originates from. Spain is very regional when it comes to culture, so you won’t get Flamenco much in the north. In Galicia and Asturias, you’ll also get something you don’t get much elsewhere: bagpipes and celtic-inspired culture.
Digress ??
Do you mean to say, disagree?
I've had a sad feeling after watching your video. I'm andalusian and I honestly think you just have experienced the top topics of that land. I love the nort of Spain, I lived there for one year and yet there were lots of things I could not experience. I don't know how much time you have been in the south, but I can grant all of you that there's much more than noise, bad coffee, heat, flamenco and not to fashion people. I recommend you to make a new visit to the south and avoid the topics in which nobody lives here and experience real everyday live. I'm sure you will love it.
Spaniards drink italian coffee with Brazilian coffee there's no bad coffee in Spain Colombian coffee is bad
Spain has a huge coast line all over! beach culture is part of Spain's culture!
It’s why every madrileño who can has a beach house haha
Fijate es la primera vez que me entero de la existencia del “torrefacto”
XD pensaba que era la única.
Eso es porque no comprareis café en el super, porque el torrefacto es el más barato y yo lo evito.
Lo peor del torrefacto es que en muchos bares y cafeterias te lo dan sin ningún pudor y hay muchos clientes que ni se enteran que estan bebiendo una pócima de ínfima calidad
Kitat Desdenu
Yo creo que sí que se nota mucho. El torrefacto no tieme el aroma del café natural y su sabor no es tanto a tostado como a quemado.
Porque el torrefacto es lo que compras al comprar "mezcla".
I'm from the Vasque Country, and I'm currently living in Canarias! And it's so different, I feel like I'm living in another Country!
About the weather, this year the winter in the north hasn't been as cold and rainy as it's used to be.
And yes! Asturias and Galicia are amazing places with beautiful beaches, cities, and towns. Santiago de Compostela is one of my favorites cities in Spain!
I love the Canary Islands! That's where the water is actually warm.
People keep telling me that, but I think even if it was colder I'd like it because I love having proper seasons. It's why I left the tropics. Thanks for the recommendation xx
Buen vídeo. Y no he podido por menos de leer algunos comentarios. De todas las partes de España, norte, sur, Cataluña, Madrid, Andalucía, Asturias... Y todos diciendo cosas como "pues yo soy del norte y me impresiona el tamaño de las raciones del sur" o "yo soy andaluza y mi región es más conocida que otras españolas". Si aquí comentasen políticos, podríamos leer "pues yo soy de Euskalerria y no soy español porque bla bla bla... " o "yo soy catalán y los españoles nos roban" o "yo soy madrileño y los catalufos son una bla bla...". Quiero decir que miremos hasta qué punto los políticos nos contamintan, cuando en España no hay problemas entre la gente de distintas regiones. Todas son bonitas, son variadas, lo que no tiene una lo tiene otra. Pero los políticos se inventan el enfrentamiento para seguir viviendo del cuento unos añitos más: que si a esta la reconzco como nación; que si los de esta región son más productivos; que si los de esta más trabajadores, que si dinero para mi región y para mi cuñao que lo he enchufao en un carguito... Así que deberíamos de aprende de cómo nos manipulan los políticos por interés, creando conflictos artificales y falsos, entre distintas regiones de España (con la ayuda de los medios de comunicación, todo sea dicho).
Yo soy de Burgos y hay cosas me quedado un poco confusa 🤔🤨
Great video! I also recommend you to visit Galicia, especially during summer! As a citizen of Finland I have lived two different times in Galicia, and one of the things I love there is the lack of tourists (except some local ones from other sides of Spain like you also said). Of course there are lots of tourists in Santiago de Compostela, especially during summer, but otherwise you can enjoy the place quite well without kitchy and over the top commercial tourism. In order to enjoy the magic of Galicia requires at least some humbleness and willingness to learn at least some basics of the local language and culture. Unfortunately most giris don't have patience to do that. Those who do have the patience will be rewarded with impeccable beauty of Galicia. Remember to try licor café and all the delicious sea foods!
Thanks! I can't wait to go and explore that region. I will add these points to my list.
Oh I love Finland. My grandparents are from Estonia originally so we used to take the ferry over to Finland when we visited. I think it's another of Europe's hidden beauties.
Kiitos (thank you), Ossi... "Finlandia tamén é un fermoso país" /Suomi on myös kaunis maa(Finland is also a beautiful country)
And Patxaran 😍
Si visitas Asturias, quedarás encantada sobre todo, por las playas de Llanes. Las montañas de los Picos de Europa y los Lagos de Covadonga. Cangas de Onís, está muy cerca de estos dos sitios y su historia es maravillosa.
Asturias es muy muy montañosa y super verde, además la montaña está realmente cerca de la playa, no necesitas desplazarte mucho para tenerlo todo. Lot of kisses from Gijón in Asturias!!
Muchas muchas gracias! 😘
Y Santa María del Naranco! :)
Sabia que encontraría alguien de Asturias aquí xD
Estuve en Asturias este verano por primera vez y aún no me puedo creer lo impresionante que es la naturaleza. ¡Qué suerte tenéis los que vivís en Asturias!
Con lo que hay por asturias necesitaría un verano entero para visitarla entera y aún así, no vería todo su explendor
To be honest this last winter has not been a proper winter. Thats why you have the impression that the weather is not that bad. Love that you have gone out of the typical idea of Spain and discover the north. Love that foreingers enjoy the other side of spain
yeah... the fact of being south or north is not the only factor that matters when it comes to temperature though... It is true that northern Spain is more south than southern France - where people go for sun and beach holidays -. You have also bear in mind that winds in Southern France are usually very quiet, or when it is windy the air usually comes from the south (the Sahara), whilst in northern Spain it's usually windy and winds come fron the atlantic or from northern Europe (which brings clouds and cold).
Spain is regional in everything, dance, music, language and so forth...Flamenco is from the region of Andalusia...but tourism made it seem like it is an Iberian thing which is definitely not...it is only regional of Andalusia...
You are saying that in the north of spain doesn't rain that much because the weather is changing and it seems like you haven't been there before i grew up in Asturias and if you check statistics in the north of spain it tended to rain more than 200 days a year on average, also the days when it's not raining it's usually not clear blue sky at all, at least not in Asturias where clouds are usually stuck by the mountains, the sky i've seen for the longest part of my life was grey. And after a few years living in Catalonia and then in Madrid I'm still not used to clear sky when i go out and it's sunny, still feels weird to me.
But that's what makes Asturias and the north of spain green and beautiful
Yes that's true, of course I can only base it on my own experience and I have only spent one winter here. My boss is from Cantabria and has lived in Andalusia too and she agreed that it's not as bad up here as people say even when it is bad...if that makes sense. I didn't mean to say the weather was perfect, just that it's not iceland or anything haha
If you're going to Galicia, these are my recommendations,
Lugo province,
Lugo for its Roman walls and old town overlooking the Miño river
Castro de Viladonga, celtic fortress from the III d.C
Playa das catedrais, the Cathedrals beach
Coruña province,
Santiago, for its cathedral and old town
Fragas do Eume, the river Eume forest and natural park
Coruña, for it promenade, torre de Hercules, and the marine
San Andres de Teixido, for its breathtaking cliffs, the highest in Western Europe.
Finisterre and Monte Pindo for its natural wilderness and views of the Atlantic ocean.
Pontevedra province,
Rias Baixas, a lanzada beach and LaToja island,
Ría de Vigo, Islas Cíes,
Orense province,
As Burgas, natural spa from Roman times,
Ribeira sacra, Canyons of the river Sil.
Thanks so much! This is amazing x
Elyce Behrsin let me add, in Lugo province: once you go by road from Asturias to Galicia, you are in Ribadeo (near Cathedrals Beach) and there you should go to Pulpería Ribaronta if you want to eat 6-7 tipical dishes (pulpo with cachelos, pimientos de Padrón, calamares fritos) at a very low price.
And if you like arroz caldoso with bogavante, go to Rinlo (5 km far from Ribadeo) and search for La Cofradía del Mar. You'll be astonished. Try booking first, it's always full of people (specially at weekends)
Lugo is definitely a great town, love the walls. And Ribeira Sacra is a must!
“LaToja” (actually it’s called A Toxa) is totally overrated! My recommendation (I live nearby) is not to go there as it’s a very “fake” village (hotels, golf, tourist shops...)
If I was a tourist I’d want someone to tell me to go to Corrubedo, Illa de Arousa, the beaches near “Marín”... No hate, just my opinion and mostly the local’s opinion!
@@marinadiosguillan556 Los dos nombres son correctos, uno en castellano y otro en gallego. Hay topónimos que tienen traducción.
I'd like to talk about how Spaniards are perceived like very loud people as you mention it in your video. To be honest, I thought the same and I believe it's a myth which is been widely promoted by Northern Europeans (British and German especially) and it's been taken as a natural way of behaviour by most Spanish. But having lived in UK for a long time I certainly find the British louder than the Spanish. A Saturday night in any city in the UK is a competition to see who's the loudest person, especially after getting pissed with a few pints. The amount of swearing, fights, shouting etc... is utterly ridiculous and I have never seen it in Spain or at least very rarely. I think the fact that most guiris don't understand Spanish, let them to confuse loudness with the language barrier. When you don't understand another language, you perceived those speaking as a loud noise or strange sounds.
I think this is very true, but the general speaking volume in public of Spain is louder than Germany/France.
Diego Rivera I actually agree with you on the Saturday night thing. However for daily noise I have to disagree. I've also lived in Germany and Northern Europeans on a daily basis are much quieter and speak less in public places which as an overall makes it quieter. I personally prefer the noise and don't think it should be taken as an insult. For me it's not a language barrier because I speak much more Spanish than french and the biggest struggle I had in Germany was getting told off for being too loud haha. Spain suits me better.
I have to agree with Elyce here. While I agree that brits on a pub are just loud AF, I remember going to a supermarket in Germany and feeling like something bad had happened, because even scanning machines would barely beep and everybody would barely talk. In Spain you go to the supermarket and if its crowded it can be as noisy as some bars haha
As a British person having lived in Spain and my mum being from the south of France, the pub thing is so true. British people are way louder than Spanish people or Mediterranean people in general while drunk, however when you are sober and just having a "normal conversation" I do find that you get a lot more energetic and therefore louder people in Spain. It also has something to do with people showing a lot more emotion in conversation, they are more passionate so they can appear "louder". I do also find that British people are louder and more energetic than most other Northern Europeans though, so if you compare Spanish people to Germans, for example, you can see the difference more clearly.
Nah, Diego, we are just very loud on a regular basis. I've been living in London for more than 4 years and every time I go back to Spain to visit my family I can't help noticing how loud we speak in any context. It's not a bad nor a good thing, but I tend to prefer being a little quieter in general. I miss a lot of things from the South of Spain though u_u
Coffee is a serious think in Basque country, also asociating flamenco and Basque country can get you into some trouble.
I love the coffee in Basque Country! Hahaha yes that's true!
No tiene porqué ser así. La buena música es universal.
De hecho el Rock andaluz después de Andalucía donde más éxito tuvo fue en Euskadi.
I pick the south! Hehe because of the weather ( obviously depending which part of the world u come from, but South it is definitely warmer) and mainly because of people. I think people in the South is more open and nice with friends and also with strangers
Interesting take. It's definitely warmer. I personally don't mind either weather, but that is of course personal. In general I have found the people in both places super lovely too. X
Irónicamente de la. mayoría de gente que está viendo este vídeo española...😂
Jajajajajajajajajajaja qué verdad xD
Es imposible elegir, España tiene variedad de climas y paisajes, cada Comunidad autónoma tiene su encanto.
All foreigners that are interested in Spain should watch your videos. You are the one who explains Spain the best!
¡Saludos!
Ah gracias! Estoy Feliz!!! Xx
The ensaladilla rusa thing just happened to some German friends last week in the north. Later when they headed south and my mum prepared some for them they were pleasingly surprised!
About weather... Climate change. Here in Santiago it could rain non stop for like two months (literally). That was 20 years ago though. Nowadays it rarely rains for more than five days in a row.
We've had a very mild winter this year in Cantabria. We can have up to a month of non stop rain during winter. So I get that for a tourist coming during the summer and getting a week of cloudy/rainy weather is less than idea.
I would talk about the roofs too. I'm from Seville and in here almost all the buildings have flat roofs, and I was surprised when I went to Cantabria to visit two of my best friends and realized up there most roofs are sloped. It felt like I was looking to doll houses for me XDDD I actually like those roofs more than ours
That's so true! I forgot about that completely! I really miss all the rooftop balconies! That was the first thing I fell in love with in Seville years and years ago!
Roofs are very typical in most of Andalucia, and maybe also in the Mediterranean Coast. In Extremadura and Castilla La Mancha are not as usual, although there are some.
North all the way. I live in the USA but my family is from Asturias "Paraiso Natural" for sure. The most beautiful land I have ever seen.
Sur. Siempre el Sur.
Basically in much of Southern Europe it is mostly filled with Olive Mediterannan people much like The Middle East, North Africa, And North Western South Asia as well ss The Eastern Caucasus Mountans rather then Whites or mixed yeah.
the thing about this is that you lived in Sevilla. Which is the most extreme place to live in spain. for a foreigner I mean. Even in Cádiz where I'm from everyone seems to think that people from Seville are way too much about flamenco, Semana Santa, la feria, etc... For me it's like you can't say a thing about that because they just come at you "Sevilla is the best don't you dare say you don't like flamenco" kind of attitude.
About the coffee I can't say anything, I hate it here. I think spain is a country for wine lovers.
I love that you mentioned Ensaladilla Rusa. I've lived in the south and in Asturias and I always missed a good one here.
And the weather. Maybe you are lucky. But I've been many years in the north and they have a thing called "chiribiri" which is this kind of rain which is constant but not heavy, like sprinklers. And makes your day awful because you think it's not enough to take out the umbrella, but in the end it makes you reach your home wet. And it's like, everyday. If there is a day that it doesn't happen everybody goes out to celebrate.
Maybe the weather is nice, but for Spaniards is not because they are used to even better weather overall.
Haha that's probably true. Oh that's a Basque word, I have not experienced that sort of rain once in Cantabria yet. Yeh you say that, but lots of Spanish people have never lived outside the north so they should be used to it by now. Also the weather in the South isn't really that nice when you consider how horrible the summer is. My region in Australia is the same in summer as Andalusia and I much prefer a bit cooler more humid weather personally.
@@ElyceBehrsin Of course haha I can't stand the heat, or the the whole "better = hotter"
that is weird.
If you like green in the south, I still remember my trip to Grazalema (which is the place it rains the most in spain?)
The good thing about the south is the variety. You can be in the highest mountain in the snow and 1 hour later be in the beach in Granada. Tabernas desert in Almería and in Cádiz the place it rains the most.
The north is better for the food, at least :)
Fantonio that is so true! The south has so many different and beautiful pockets! I love driving down there between the different city regions! The landscape changes so much! Granada is one of my favourite hideouts in the world. I'll always go back there!
Yo soy de Sevilla y no soy muy de flamenco, me gusta más el rock, aparte que el flamenco es de toda Andalucía, el máximo exponente de esto es el Camarón que es gaditano, no opino que es un sitio extremo para nada, yo se que en el resto de Andalucía tenéis un estereotipo de sevillano pijo etc pero para nada es así, no metáis a todos en el mismo saco, ven a ver a mis amigos y ya cambiaras esa opinión
@@leticiagonzalezcervantes7560 Por supuesto, me disculpo. Me refería a la idea que tiene de sevilla (generalizando mucho) la gente de fuera. Yo mismo conozco muchos sevillanos que son el extremo contrario a ese tópico, pero lo que yo piense no es lo que se dice. A mi tampoco me gusta que digan que los andaluces somos flojos, pero es el tópico que tenemos por desgracia :')
Weather is absolutely bad, this year has been something special for sure.
haahah being a fellow Aussie, your videos make me laugh :)
I am dating a Galician girl and she's taught me a lot about the North of Spain and what you say rains true to a lot of the things she says about it. One thing about the Northern beaches is as beautiful as they look, the water is SO DAMN COLD! I was in Spain last summer in this beautiful Island in Galicia and the water was SO SO COLD!! Loads of people on the beach sun baking on the sand and maybe a hand full of people swimming in the water. Its cause the Atlantic is SO COLD!!! ARGGGG!!! Maybe you could be use to this if your swimming in beaches in Victoria. Im originally from New South Wales and the water is really nice and warm on a summers day.
When you get to Galicia please eat Pulpo, and if you like white wine try Albriño, it is delicious! I love the North of Spain
That's so cool! Nice to hear from you! Yes that's true, I have tough Victorian skin haha. I lived in Sydney for two years though and it made me so soft, every time I went home I was always complaining that it was 40degrees outside and freezing in the water. To be honest though the water in Andalusia is also really cold so I think I'll heap to one of the Spanish islands for swimming over summer and just use the north for the beauty hehe 😂
@@ElyceBehrsin Con viento del sur, el agua esta caliente en Galicia, con norte no
Un detalle que notamos mucho cuando los españoles vamos del sur al norte (y supongo que a la inversa igual): el tamaño de las raciones de comida, que suelen ser enormes en el norte (especialmente en Asturias, allí se pasan de grandes... xD)
En el sur, históricamente suele hacer mas calor ("calentamiento global" mediante), por lo que con ese calor se come más ligero, el organismo pide menos "mandanga" y mas tinto de verano o cervecita.
En el norte es mas bien al revés, con el frió, el cuerpo pide calorías y un buen riverita del Duero.
De ahí que el menú "típico y tradicional" en el sur sean carnes blancas, pescados, caldos suaves, gazpachos (y sus variantes), ensaladas, arroces, caza menor, mucha fruta... Platos más ligeros.
Y en el norte suelen ser tradicionales mas bien los guisos de carnes rojas, guisos de carne, guisos de pescados, guisos de legumbres, carnes rojas a la parrilla, caza mayor, etc... Platos bastante más contundentes.
Eso de forma "tradicional", en realidad está todo más mezclado.
Yo en Málaga suelo darme el capricho de comprar alubias de Tolosa y de vez en cuando alguna buena pieza de ternera gallega, o unos buenos sobaos pasiegos para desayunar.
Y supongo que en el norte será igual, se harán sus buenos gazpachos, o ajo blancos, o pescaitos fritos.
Date una vuelta por Jaén y Granada y me vuelves a contar lo de que en el sur se come menos XD
Bueno, calentamiento global, siempre ha hecho calor en el sur😂😂
Es verdad. El sur de España es bastante grande y particularmente hablando de Andalucia por ejemplo, cada region tiene sus caracteristicas particulares y en su conjunto una riqueza cultural impresionante. Personalmente me encantan todos los vestijios arabes, me dejan con la boca abierta. Respecto a sus gentes, es cierto que existe un estereotipo de andaluz concreto pero es sólo un chiche y nada tiene que ver con la realidad. En mi caso todos los amigos Andaluces que tengo son muy cultos, muy bien formados, muy profesionales, muy de fiar, amables y muy currelas segun mi experiencia. Me atrevo: El caracter malageño es muy cosmopolita, el Sevillano un poco altanero. El de Huelva muy humilde y encantador. El gaditano un poco de todo. En la elegante ciudad de Cordoba mucha elegancia y buen gusto. Los paisajes de jaen con sus cortijos rodeados de olivos con sus pueblos espectaculares. Almeria es májica y muy alternativa. Granada y su alhambra rodeada de montañas única e irrepetible. Afortunadamente hay mucho que ver y conocer....
En el norte se come muy bien pero que la gastronomía del sur es muy buena y de una calidad de base creo que bastante mayor,en el norte comes bien si pagas mucho,en Andalucia en cualquier sitio comes como un marqués y los restaurantes no son tan caros,y ya te vas a mi pueblo y es ridículo te comes un churrasco por 7 pavos recién salido del matadero,que en el norte te cobran 60 pavos y se quedan tan tranquilos y no le llega ni a la suela,y eso yo creo que porque hay mucha más trasiego de gente y turismo,en el norte como no sea un restaurante muy conocido y famoso de alta gastronomia,no hay tanta gente ponen precios abusivos,y al no haber tanta competencia hay más relax en la calidad de las comidas,en mi ciudad te tomas un tercio por un euro(incluso menos),en Burgos te pides una cerveza te ponen un quinto te cobran 2 euros o lo que le parezcan y 50 céntimos si te la tomas en terraza, y te hablo de una cerveza,te pides un tercio y tienes que donar un riñón.
En el único sitio que para mí cumplía esas espectativas gastronómicas que tanto alardean por el norte es Galicia,se come bien barato y en abundancia,luego vas al país Vasco ,Navarra ,Castilla,y tienen buenas gastronomías pero a nivel de calle mucho racanismo que raya lo ridículo,tienes que saber moverte muy bien para encontrar sitios calidad precio ajustados,porque reina la barbaridad en muchos casos.
Me siento orgullosa de ser andaluza y de que mi cultura haya brillado tan fuerte que al final sea lo que se conoce de España en el extranjero, pero eso conlleva un inconveniente. La cultura andaluza fuera de Andalucia se desnaturaliza mucho y pierde su esencia regional y de folclore. Los trajes de flamenca no son de flamenca sin mas... hay vestidos de canastera, de sevillanas, batas rocieras, colas rocieras... que depende de la ocasion pues la gente tendera a llevar unos u otros. El flamenco parece que es casi cualquier cosa pero casi nadie sabe distinguir bulerias, de rumbas, de tangos, coplas....el norte de España es precioso y tiene una cultura, que como hacen, deben proteger pero el sur tiene una cultura igual de profunda que la gente no se detiene a aprender, se quedan con la superficie y eso realmente, no es nuestra cultura.
Un beso 😘
Gracias por el comentario. Es muy interesante y cierto. Es muy difícil para un extranjero aprender una cultura completa. Es cierto para Andaluca, el norte, Francia, Alemania e incluso Australia. Mucha gente piensa que Australia es simple debido al asentamiento europeo, pero tampoco es cierto. Lamenté salir de Andalucía tan pronto, pero tenía que hacerlo. Creo que voy a volver en el futuro. Un beso desde Cantabria x
Había un hilo muy bueno que explicaba la conquista de Andalucía por parte de Castilla y el por qué se ha tomado como referencia a Andalucía de la cultura española. Se explicaba que se justificó la "Reconquista" (que en realidad fue una conquista) para justificar la recuperación de lo que era Hispania, cuando la gente de allí no era como la castellana. Se fabricó una narrativa de ver a los musulmanes como extranjeros, cuando tras 800 años de convivencia (y otros tantos de comercio) ya se habían vuelto un sustrato importante de la cultura Andaluza, no teniendo está ya nada que ver con la de Castilla. Se trata, por ejemplo, a la Alhambra o a la Mezquita de Córdoba como edificios hechos por invasores, cuando sus constructores eran andaluces de genealogía andaluza. Averroes, uno de los filósofos, matemáticos y médicos más grandes de la historia era andaluz y musulmán, pero apenas se le conoce aquí porque se le trata como extranjero. Lo mismo con unos cuantos emires y generales moros, quienes no eran extranjeros sino andaluces. También se explicaba que los andaluces son hoy en día tan creyentes porque, cuando llegaron los castellanos, tenían miedo a las consecuencias que les podía acarrear el hecho de ser de una fé distinta a la castellana. Por eso empezaron a vivir la religión de manera muy pasional en público, convenciendo a los castellanos de que eran católicos. De ahí vienen las celebraciones católicas tan grandes y pasionales andaluzas que podemos ver hoy en día, las cuales en realidad no son otra cosa que fruto de la opresión.
Andalucía representó a cúspide de la civilización musulmana, la cual estaba en ese tiempo a la cabeza de los avances científicos en Europa y era una civilización cultivada y para nada fundamentalista. Como vasco me flipa ir a Andalucía porque es como estar en otro mundo, con tanta cultura y ciudades y pueblos totalmente distintos. Gente totalmente distinta, costumbres totalmente distintas. Me encanta Andalucía. No dejéis nunca que os avergüencen por vuestra cultura porque eso sigue siendo fruto de la opresión que sufrís desde hace 500 años. Protegedla y cuidadla, porque es única. Un abrazo fraternal desde otro pueblo ibérico. Seremos totalmente distintos, pero somos hermanos. Aquí hay muchisimos descendientes de andaluces, y han aceptado totalmente la cultura vasca como suya. No tenemos ningún problema entre nosotros, el problema es cuando esa cosmovisión castellana nos enfrenta. Un saludo!
Rubén Simón Olé a todo 👏🏼
@@rubensimon48 Bastante de acuerdo en casi todo, sí.. esa "cosmovisión" no sé si sería únicamente castellana, pero hoy en día es la que parece que más se ha extendido con el concepto de "unión ante todo" y cosas por el estilo, gracias a factores como la dictadura y demás, que al final hacen que se empiecen a menospreciar las diferencias culturales que siempre han formado a la gente que vivimos en estas tierras, y que únicamente han sido razones para la confrontación cuando ha habido terceras partes que podían sacar beneficio del enfrentamiento... A ver si podemos empezar a hacerlo mejor en estos tiempos. Un saludo y gracias por el análisis tan en profundidad de nuestra historia :)
@@rubensimon48 es una historia bonita,y yo como andaluz adoro el norte y el país vasco,pero lo que dices no tiene mucho sentido,al menos en el punto de la genética ya que los andaluces actuales venimos del norte de España,ya que los moriscos fueron expulsados creo que en 1505,hasta hubo una rebelión,por que decían los viejos castellanos que les hacían señales a los barcos turcos desde la costa y a los piratas beréberes,al igual que expulsaron a los judíos sefarditas años antes, hay un rechazo que no es tan así ,si no que se considera extranjero porque los actuales andaluces son colonos del norte de España ,y ellos ya eran cristianos cuando Andalucía se conquistó en dos épocas principales ,la conquista del norte que empezaría con las navas de Tolosa en 1212,luego llegaría Fernando III de Castilla conquistando Córdoba Sevilla y Jaén ,y hasta 1492 que callo el reino nazarí de Granada, la población musulmana y judía se marcharon,porque muchos estarían hasta las narices de las persecuciones de la iglesia,de hecho la costumbre de poner los jamones al aire y las carnes en las carnicerías viene de aquella época ,para demostrar que eran verdaderos castellanos y comían carne,la homogeneidad religiosa de la sociedad española es algo que se planeó desde arriba,y lo cual se entiende teniendo en cuenta que en esas épocas las amenazas de los imperios como el otomano eran muy reales.
Es tan así lo que te digo que recientes estudios han demostrado que en España no hay apenas sangre musulmana y el poco rastro que queda casualmente está en el norte,no sé si sabes que abderraman III era Rubio con ojos azules y creo que contaban que se teñia,y eso era porque las favoritas de los califas de Córdoba eran mujeres vascas y del norte que raptaban y se llevaban a sus harénes,si que hubo población cristiana en zonas musulmanas lo que los musulmanes llamaban los mozárabes,pero esa población no se mezcló con los musulmanes y quién si lo hizo se acabaría marchando luego,hubo una convivencia relativamente pacífica porque los musulmanes consideraban a los judíos y cristianos hombres del libro y respetaban a los cristianos y judíos ,pero también hubo deportaciones,matanzas,etc
I found this so Funny! I’m from Seville and me and my family moved to Santander 13 years ago when I was 16. Loved everything you mentioned but I’m very interested in hearing your opinion about the differences you find in how people are, because I think that we are so different!! Please make a video about that!!
Thanks so much! I need to suss it out a bit more first but I agree the people are very different from north to south ☺️
You should also go to the middle parts of Spain, Castilla y León is really beautiful, this region don't have beaches, but you will see how this is totally different than the south or the north. You have thousands of places to visit, Valladolid, Leon, Segovia, Avila, Salamanca.... Enjoy Spain :D
Yeh I definitely need to do more of the centre. I have only really seen Madrid and Salamanca properly. Maybe later this year after the summer.
No creo que el tamaño de las ventanas sea distinto, de hecho diría que en construcción tradicional en el norte son más pequeñas para conservar el calor, salvo las de las galerías cerradas. Y el clima si es peor, no tanto porque llueva mucho más sino porque es más variable, en Asturias al menos es muy parecido al de Devon en el Sur de Inglaterra al menos en verano.
En el norte las ventanas son pequeñas para que no entre el viento y la humedad. En el sur para que no entre tanto calor.
The death of Flamenco! "Drama music" Jajajajajja PERFECT.
I'm glad you enjoyed this part...☺️😂
Fue Francisco Franco quien quiso vender la idea de que España era flamenco, toros y sol, pero sobre todo el flamenco es prácticamente exclusivo de Andalucía. Aunque pueda haber destacados artistas flamencos en otras partes de España, generalmente descienden de andaluces
Me explico. Me gusta la variedad que hay en España, pero adoro el norte. Sentir las estaciones, asar castañas en invierno con los amigos, pasar calor en los días largos de verano, el color de las hojas en otoño, la fuerza de la primavera, y eso sólo se ve en el norte, en lo verde. Me encanta Galicia por sus microclimas, los paisajes cambiantes de sus rías (altas y bajas), la parte rural con ríos por todos lados, sus muchas playas y calas, y como no, su comida y sus gentes. Podría vivir en cualquier lugar del norte. Un saludo.
Andalusia does not have marked seasons. They have at most mild seasons.
Pues me alegro. Pero todo lo que dices. Todo, lo disfrutamos en el Sur también. Además podemos disfrutar de la nieve. ¿Sabías que el pueblo donde más llueve de España está en Andalucía?
Andalucía es una gran desconocida.
Por ej. esta chica del vídeo te responde que en Andalucía las estaciones son suaves. Pues no. Depende de dónde. Andalucía es muy grande y diversa.
Y, repito, desconocida.
A mí también me encanta el Norte.
I'm from Malaga (Andalusia), and I think that you can't compare the North and the South, because they are absolutely two different versions of Spain. The South is exactly as people think: Toros (however, at specific days), Flamenco (you won't find any in the streets, you have to find them), Fiesta & Siesta (Siesta is more or less common in Spain).
I don't know about the North, but here in Andalusia people like to enjoy life, that's why we got the 'lazy' steriotype... Perhaps is true, we do things slowly but at least we have fun while we do them. Here only rains a week or two per year, so you can imagine that the rest of the year is sunny. However, I think I'm saying things that you already knew. Here you are already welcome!
I love Andalusia and I don't think people are lazy down there at all. I hope to come back some day soon xx
I am from Galicia, but i have lived in Cadiz for eleven years. I wouldn´t dare saying which region is the best, because comparing in those terms is just pointless and stupid, each land has its own marvels, period.
But i can say that tourists who come to both places are very different kind. As a general rule, i prefer 1.000 times more the ones looking for culture and gastronomy than those looking for sun, party and chiringuito.
You are right. I find it depends entirely on my mood and what I feel like doing which one I'm more in love with for the day hehe
¿En Cádiz, la ciudad más antigua de occidente no hay cultura? ¿No hay gastronomía en Cádiz?
@@user-wn4kj6wo6c Vivo en El Puerto de Santa Maria. A las hordas de sevillanos, madrileños y demás que plagan esto desde ayer como si fuese a terminarse el mundo les importa una puta mierda la historia de Cádiz y se comen lo que les eches. Por supuesto que Andalucía tiene cultura, gastronomía y sus propias maravillas, como he dicho más arriba. Pero se te coges 1000 turistas al azar de los que tengo aquí ahora y los comparas con 1000 al azar de Coruña, Santander ó Gijón y verás que son turistas en general muy diferentes que buscan cosas diferentes.
Yes, both regions are different, but keep in mind that Andalusia is very diverse too, you have mountains, sierra, beaches, even desert lol Andalusia also has a lot of Roman, Moorish, Jewish, Visigothic architecture one next to the other, Andalusia is the only comunidad autonoma with access to both, the Mediterranean, and atlantic ocean...
That is true. Andalusia is so big compared too.
The weather this year has been really extrange and different. The winter is colder and wetter and it rains a lot but not always so much or so heavy.
Just bought a farmhouse in asturias and cant wait to start the adventure. But we will be using it as a base to explore all spain
Of course you should! So much to see and do from top to bottom
Yo vivo en Asturias y no es que sea mejor o peor que el Sur del país, es que son muy muy diferentes; cambian paisajes, climatología, horarios, horas de Sol y lo fuerte que pega éste, gastronomía, talante de la gente, muchas costumbres, el mar Cantábrico es bastante diferente al Mediterráneo etc etc
Pues claro que sí. Ni mejor ni peor. Pero no olvide que Andalucía tiene Atlántico.
Random story: My grandma is from a small town in the south of Cantabria and back in the 30s, when she was a little kid, she used to go to church every Sunday. My great grandma would walk in and mutter: "Smells like beret!" ("¡Huele a boina!"), regarding the smell of these guys who probably only showered on Sundays and worked all week in the fields, but still never really cleaned the berets. So that saying stayed in the family, and came to my mind when you mentioned the berets!
I love this story! I can imagine they probably also smelt a little like wet dog, they're wool right?
Yes, definitely north and south are different but west and east are different of them too.
Yes like all countries. But I'd say along the east and west they are so different you would find it hard to categorise them as a collective at all.
I really like the fact that you said the Basque don't speak loudly upon your first impression, but realized they did when you went to France.
¿Que los vascos no hablan en voz alta? Definitivamente esta mujer le falta mucho por conocer.
As usual very good video! Just a note... I think you generalise about “south Spain “ when you should say “Andalucía”.
For example, Murcia is South and there you don’t find flamenco either, and not flamenco dressing for festivals... as you say, Spain is very regional even in the south, north or center! Now you have somewhere else to check out... 😉
True true! Thanks for the comment. I will try be more specific. I really want to go to Murcia actually.
There's flamenco around La Unión. It was a mining town where a lot of workers from Rio Tinto, Huelva, came and settled. But traditional Murcian dances are usually more Aragonese-influenced since a lot of the 'repobladores' came from the crown of Aragon. There are also malagueñas, from Andalucía. But not sevillanas, for example.
There is flamenco in Murcia.
Jennifer S if you talk about flamenco lovers, flamenco academies, or flamenco knowledge, of course there is, as in every other part of Spain. But other than La Union festival, there is no flamenco folklore original from this region. That’s what I meant, that even in the South we have different regions, and each one has its own characteristics. There is Karate in Murcia as well, but we don’t use “karate” as a cultural feature. I wasn’t trying to be disrespectful with anybody, just pointing out the variety...
In my opinion, in the North we are more familiar than in the South. We live less people and that's why there are fewer cities and more small towns. For that reason, we know each other and if someone needs help he has a whole town to help them.
I give you a challenge. After studying Spanish, you learn Euskera (Basque), the only pre-Indo-European language that remains alive. Many people says it's hard to learn (I can't tell you for myself since it's my mother tongue), but more and more people are learning and falling in love. Do you accept the challenge?
My friend just moved to Bilbao and has started learning it and loves it. I would love to try, but it's true I need to work on my Spanish first hehe. Agur is my only word so far :)
Ya. Aquí en los pueblos andaluces no nos ayudamos. Nos odiamos unos a otros.
Never never had a bad coffee in Almería and that is in the south. There is also an amazing coffee store that is third generation and they roast thier own beans. Who buys coffee from the supermarket when there are amazing stores like that. PS. Think Adelaide has better coffee than Melbourne hehehe. Can't wait to get back to Spain 🇪🇸.
Lol you must be from Adelaide to speak such blasphemy.
Hi! I'm form Santander and I think that your description of the North is stunning, amazing! Also the comparision with the South is very accurate. I agree with every single word you said in this video, I congratulate you! I hope you can enjoy my region and my city for much longer, and keep discovering all the secrets we have. Greetings!
Thanks so much! Oh I love Santander :). I will. Let me know if you have any top tips for Cantabria x
Its not really a north vs the south thing. Andalucía is its own and unique thing. The atlantic coast is a different thing. Castille and Leon is another different thing. Madrid is also different. Castilla la Mancha is different. The levant coast (Murcia, Comunidad valenciana, tarragona) is also a different thing, Extremadura is like a mix between the north and the south and portugal, awesome, but its also a different thing....Its just that Andalucía reaaaally stands out from the rest. The rest of spain, other than for the arquitecture, isnt that different.
Btw, I dont know where else you've been, but the accent in Cantabria is just regular spanish accent, so its not that is clearer, its just that it isnt andalucían, hahahah. Im from Valencia and my accent is the same as in Cantabria. :P
Well obviously. This was a video a lot of my viewers requested when they found out I moved north. I'm not trying to claim there are only two places in Spain. Sorry for the confusion, I thought I stated that at the start that it was the things that surprised me up north.
That's true re the accent. The thing I didn't want to mention was the openness of the people here when speaking to a foreigner. I haven't been to Valencia in years so I'm not commenting on there in particular but I've been to a lot of cities outside Andalusia over the past year and Cantabrian's and Basque people are particularly open in terms of speaking with foreigners. For example if I say a word with a more South American ll sound no one here stops to correct me while they do in other regions...slows conversation down quite a bit lol.
Even between west and east Andalucia there are differences. In the east of Andalucia Flamenco is not important at all and the weather is colder (a lot much colder in Granada and Jaén where is not rare to see snow in winter. In Almeria is hotter and they even have the only dessert of Europe called Tabernas)
you started the video talking about Cantabria xd and I live in Cantabria so I have to keep watching the video yes or yes now ^^
About the Basque "Txapela" or Boina in Spanish (the northern black hat you mentioned in the video), yes it's original from the Basque Country even many people in Spain doesn't want to accept it. I'll give a funny fact as evidence of its origin, I'm a Basque living in Finland, and in Finnish that hat is called "Baskeri" ;)
Thanks so much for the comment! That's amazing! I didn't know that but I have definitely read about it being originally from Basque Country. How do you like Finland? I'm going for a quick trip there again this summer.
@@ElyceBehrsin Been already here for 6 years :) Not so different from the Basque Country in some aspects, but like a different planet in some others, specially the food and social life XD Oh, and coffee here is pure poison XDD You'll find quite a lot of aussies here, I've played rugby for the 2 main clubs in the country and in both I had/have Australian team mates, and to make even funnier both club houses were australian bars, "Aussie bar" in my former club, Woolshed in my current one :) Tervetuloa Suomeen! (Welcome to Finland)
@@angelruiz4992 haha yeh I can imagine. No way? I didn't know that. Are they Finnish descendent usually or over there for work?
@@ElyceBehrsin they're usually regular aussies who ended up here cause of a girl, same as I did even it didn't go well 🤣 though there's a considerable Finnish colony in straya
Angel Rovirik haha that makes sense. I have an Aussie friend who spent a few years there and loved it! She goes back every time she visits Europe now haha. There's a few because they come to the Estonian club my family run in sudney haha
Txapela in the Basque country is the name, for the head thing
Thanks so much!!!! X
Maybe its because you were mainly travelling around the coastline. Usually you can have a really sunny day in San Sebastian (perhaps a bit chilly), while big icy balls are falling in a town 50km inland. Anyway, it has been a very light winter this one, at least where I live (Legazpia) where it has barely snowed
Religion... let's say that religion in most of Spain is more like an inner feeling whereas in Andalucía the feeling has to go out... so it's not a question of faith at all, but a question of displaying your faith, a question of showing it off...
Not only that but religion in the north is influenced by old pagan practices. You don't see baby jesus figurines in peoples doors but maybe theres a garlic head, a sacred plant, a horseshoe, a hidden scribble in a stone or other protective objects.
Yes the South is more traditionally Catholic as that is the main difference between catholicism and many other strains of the Christian religion.
...and this is just one of the many things that make the North so amazing.
Fantastic video, very enjoyable, I like listening to you talk, very interesting observations! Thank you! From Houston Texas
Thanks so much for the comment! You're so welcome. Besos desde Cantabria x
If you go to Galicia don't miss the Cies islands ;) you'll love them!
If you want to continue getting to know the north of Spain, you can visit Vigo, a city in the southwest of Galicia. You can also visit the Islas Cíes which can be reached from the port of Vigo.
It's on my list...which is getting ridiculously long hehe. Lucky I love to travel x
Actually in the North it rains a lot and it's colder than in the south, but "thanks" to the climate change, these couple of years have been warmer and it hasn't rained as much as it should. It's very weird because it's not normal to experience this kind of high temperatures around this time of the year (it feels more like spring or even summer).
And yeah, flamenco is basically something from the South, but foreigners think that it's a cultural thing in the whole country and nope xD
Yeh people keep saying the same thing to me. It does really feel like Spring at the moment...excluding yesterday and today at least
Hi Elyce. I'm from Cantabria and weather here it's been traditionally wet and rainy. When I was a child it could rain non-stop for weeks and weeks. And when my father was a child it snowed also more heavily. Right now we are just being affected by global warming (as most places do I guess).
I thought coffee in Spain was just coffee.
In Spain by asking for a coffee in a bar you get served an espresso, which is just a coffee.
If you plan to visit the Galician beaches (they are very beatiful indeed), don´t forget to bring your neoprone. Especially in the Rias baixas, the sea temperature is prety low.
I'll make sure to get my wetty ready :)
Flamenco is EXCLUSIVELY from Andalucia!!! Cantabria, Arturias and Cantabria are more Celtic linked. Each area in Spain have a traditional dress / dance... In Cantabria we have the "Montañes" dress. Please, please... do not ask a Cantabrian why they are not wearing flamenco outfit!!
jajajajajajaja por favor, ni siquiera los andaluces llevan un “flamenco outfil” 😂
Well, there's also some flamenco tradition in Badajoz and western Murcia, as well as in most of the gipsy communities you can find all over the country.
@@Adrian-sj3vt No me refería a diario!! Jajaja.
North isn't the coldest part of Spain, Meseta of Castile and Aragón have the lowest temperatures. Excepting, obvious the montains.
Who said it was?
Andalucía (España) mejor lugar del mundo para vivir.... que sea el lugar con mayor esperanza de vida no es una casualidad
I love your videos I usually tell my Australian friend, who travels with me to Spain, to watch them as well. I'm from Bilbao, lived there for 30 years (20 years now in London) and as a kid I remember the adverts on TV for torrefacto and only now I understand what it is. Definitely not something that we drink in the north. I only went to Andalusia last year for the first time. I used to say to my British friends that flamenco was as foreign to me as it was to them. All the religious icons everywhere took me by surprise, I guess that's because it was the last part to be re-conquered and they have to make the point of being more Catholic than anyone else. A bit like Gibraltar being more British than the UK. Southern France still has Mediterranean climate whereas Northern Spain has Atlantic climate so therefore there is still a difference. You'll love both Asturias & Galicia. When someone asks me where to go if they want to see the real Spain I tell them Burgos (1 hour from Cantabria), Segovia, Ávila, Salamanca & Toledo. For me all those places are the "real Spain". Finally one word for you to learn "chiringuito", those small kiosks/bars on the beach.
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Thanks so much for this comment! I will definitely have a look! I work with a guy from Burgos and everyone keeps telling me to visit Toledo so they are both on my list and I loved Salamanca so I will take your advice hehe. Oh I love Bilbao so much! I actually spend so many weekends there when I have time because I just love the vibe and everyone is so nice and down to earth! Thanks again for the comment 😘
Elyce Behrsin And that’s where you learnt about marianitos and rabas. 🤣
My Australian friend got disappointed with Toledo, he much enjoyed Segovia. I’ll be walking the whole Basque Coast in June from Baiona in France to Muskiz on the brother with Cantabria.
Javier London it sure is hehe!!!
Really? I want to see it because it has architectural remnants of all the old cultures that lived there.
Oh that sounds amazing!!! I saw your have done a lot of travel! I'm going to inspo watch your videos!
Elyce Behrsin watch the ones in Galicia. Pontevedra province was my favourite; if you go to Ourense, you have to take your swimming stuff as there are natural thermae either for free or for just 6€ which again I didn’t know they existed till I went there. Sometimes Spaniards don’t even know our country.
Javier London I heard about them! My boyfriend really wants to go so I think we will definitely try and make it there! ☺️
I'd love you to talk about Australia too! I'm a Spanish looking forward to move to your country :D
looking forward to moving to...
@@doowoppyify yeah! she is the perfect person to suggest us stuff, since they know both Spanish and Aussie cultures
@@bordoraux9537 I was just correcting your sentence. Since SHE knows, by the way. LOL
I visited Cantabria and the Basque Country last year and I loved the area for all the reasons you say. I love the green hills, mountain peaks, and the beautiful natural beaches. I think you can summarize the differences from the rest of Spain by saying this: it is more French. Except for the surfing culture, which you can say is more like Australia!
That is true actually. Although in Hendaye and along that same coast in France there is also a lot of surfing (and Aussies hehe).
To say that the north of Spain "is more French" is ignorant. In fact, the Spanish do not like at all to be related to the French. The north of Spain has a different architecture, for historical and climatic reasons, but nothing that do with France.
cuando descubres el norte siendo del sur, te enamora cuando tienes la mente abierta y descubres lo bonito que es, tienes que venir a ASturias te va a encantar la comida, cachopo y escalopines al cabrales mmmmmm.
Y viceversa.
De momento hay miles y miles de personas que prefieren hacer el viaje contrario.
Digo yo que por algo será.
Todos para ti, @@user-wn4kj6wo6c
Qué sonrisa me sale cuando te oigo decir las cosas que se te escapan en español, jaja. So lovely and funny aussie. Besos!
Muchísimas gracias ☺️
Sobre todo cuando dices "mas flojo"..... Lo dices en un perfecto español del norte, me Encanta
To be fair, the reputation of the weather in the north is well earned. Spain has become much hotter than it used to be. As a kid I remember, when watching the weather report, wanting to go to the north because it seemed like every day it was either rainy or cloudy. 90% of the times they said "there was a flood" is was in the North.
Nowadays summer and winter in the north are not what they used to be, they are essentially that of madrid in the 80's-90s. Hell, winter used to be my favorite season among other things because I didn't have to deal with bugs. The last 5 years I've had bees, spiders,etc in my garden full year round. I miss when the pond used to freeze....lol Hell, I wish summers were around 30ºC like back then, the last ones have been 40ºC+ for most of it.
Anyway, point being, if you moved there in the last 10 years it probably looks unwarranted, but it's only because of how the climate has changed in those last 10 years.
Even today they give the impression that weather here is worse than it actually is. When it snows, they go to the highest mountains and say how cold it is while in the cities it's just raining. And of course, the weather man talks about the extreme north, but you will never hear him say extreme south, because with extreme does not speak of geography, speaks of something else
@@xalau5270 Well, you do though. Same as I used to hear the weather man speak about the rainy north, he also talked about Sevilla's and Cordoba's insanely high temperatures. When most of Spain was enjoying temperatures of around 25º Sevilla was at 30+ºC.
I remember people in my family, some of which are from Cordoba, when I complained about the hot weather they would often answer "be grateful you're not in Sevilla". It's the reason those houses have "patios", so you can pour water over the stones to make the house a bit cooler. My aunt's house, other than the patio, has a sort of "mosaic" stretching along the main hall just to pour water over it during summers. I remember as a kid seeing her go up and down the hall pouring water with a watering can and thinking of how smart the idea was. Their architecture is based around managing heat lol
Thing is, as I said earlier, the climate has changed, nowadays madrid is just as hot as Cordoba or Sevilla might be. Snow and rain are an event, heat is expected.
Hi Elyce! I have only bumped into your channel and wanted to thank you for the great tips and content that you upload. I'm from Norway, currently living in Zaragoza. Had also visited Bilbao (País Basco) recently and some things I enjoined others not so much. Since you are now living in Cantabria I would strongly recommend you to pay a visit to Aragon, especially and in particularly Zaragoza and Teruel. These last are 2 of the 3 capitals of Aragon (Zaragoza, Teruel & Huesca). People are really warm and welcoming here and in Teruel, you will not only find an excellent ham (IMO just as good as the one in the south) but there's a lovely story that was thought to be a legend but now proven to be real that resembles the one of Romeo & Juliet and is "Los Amantes de Teruel. if you actually decide to come to Aragon I'd really love to know and listen to your opinion about this province. And if you love Medival towns with a lot of charm and near the Mountains, there's a small town called Ainsa is a must-go-to. Keep up the great work and I hope you keep enjoying this beautiful country as much as I am. Oh, and btw, no worries about coffee here in Aragon is the "natural" one and is full of bars, like literally 2 or 3 per street!
Thanks so much for the comment and your tips. I passed through Aragon recently on a trip to Barcelona and honestly we want to go back now because it was so beautiful and charming. The only problem with Spain is that there is too much to do and see...I think I need to invest in a car haha
@@ElyceBehrsin True story it happened the same to me, I usually rent a car when I want to go to an area that trains and regional trains or "cercanias" aren't an option. There are several companies worth a shot and I'd recommend you do this specially now that you're in the north coz as I'm sure you were able to experiment already (or not LOL) they haven't yet extended the high-speed trains in the north of the country so the majority of the point-to-point travelling is most commonly done by bus or car. Anyway keep the adventure going and if you need any advice when visiting Aragon again, let me know ;)
@@krystalreine5083 yeh tell me about it. Plus we have a dog so life can get super complicated when it comes to travel here. We have been renting cars mostly, but at some point I think it would be cheaper to buy one haha. Thanks I will!
ei! yo soy cantabra y no creo que las playas de Asturias o Galicia sean mejores!!! jaja
Me gusta oirte hablar cosas bonitas de España, aveces nos olvidamos de ellas
yo soy de Asturias, la playa de los locos y Suances me encanta
Although I am Spanish myself, I totally agree with you about torrefacto coffee. It's horrible!
I live in Gijón, come and visit any time, I can show/feed you around.
Flamenco: Spain has 46m people in 17 Comunidades Autónomas. Flamenco comes from some parts of just one of them, Andalucía. It's just another regional culture thing, so do not be surprised about not finding flamenco in the north, west, east, center or the islands. Remember that Spain is the sum of many little kingdoms. I challenge you to learn about it with our Coat of Arms' help. You can find it in our flag.
About food: you did not mention the Cantabrian cheeses. I recommend the blue ones. Oh, and the two cocidos: the lebaniego and the montañés.
Love your reviews, keep it up!
PS: congrats for your "eses". Now you have to work on your "d" vs "r". When you mean to say "adiós" you say "ariós". You must softly bite the tip of your tongue or you'll miss the "d" sound ;)
Omg you're right I did forget the blue cheeses!!! My favourite!
Thanks so much for that comment 😊.
P.s that tip about the tongue works! I just tried it then so thanks very much!!!
So many things to do in the North... Cantabria, maybe because of our size and our location (between two great regions more famous than ours) is by far one of the hidden gems of Spain. Keep having fun and wait for the summer! 😬
I totally agree! I'm so excited for summer! So many little trips planned! Any tips, please let me know xx
There is no such thing as "quiet" in this country, nope xD
Another helpful and interesting vlog, thank you! In which city in Cantabria did you live, and are the people as friendly as in Andalucia?
I was living in a small town called ampuero but now I'm in Barcelona. They were friendly in a more earnest way than andalucia if that makes sense
the climate change is already here, now it rains a lot less in the north of Spain that it used to do in the last decades
That is not true. It rained less this winter because of an ondulation on the jet stream. The climate change is already here, as you said, but it won´t translate in a drier north o spain. Actually, it will rain more
the coldest region in Spain es Castilla y León because its higher, over 900m height in average. You should visit it! I strongly recommend you Burgos and its villages!
I have heard this a lot actually. I will have to go and see it for myself xx
Asturias is definitely much better
Great vid, Elyce. I devour all the vids I can find about Spain but yours is the first I've seen that distinguishes between the north vs south. I'm enchanted by all things medieval, so Toledo, Alquezar, Aragon areas have caught my attention the most. Hearing you say that northerners are easier to understand and communicate with was a pleasant new tidbit of info to learn. The weather is akin to my current home in New Hampshire, USA - so also good to know its similiar - but still warmer LOL love the mountains, love hiking...really need to retire and move there one day. :P Anyways, again, great video - thanks for that. :)
Elyce, you need to come to Madrid to find the perfect balance between the north and the south. Ps. You can perfectly say adiós a todos ; )
Yeh I'm overdue for a trip to the big city! I need to plan one soon! Thanks so much xx
@@ElyceBehrsin You're very welcome in Madrid any time you like! Have a nice day!
@@migueldg5885 Thank you so much! You too x
About weather, my experience and statistic, south mediterranian coast of france is more sunny in summer mostly than atlantic coast of spain. And the land and grass quite greener in spain , mostly asturias and galicia.( this 2019 winter dry everywhere but..). South atlantic coast of france, is similaf to spain.
100% true! Yeh I have heard...does that mean I should move before next winter hits?
Nice video. I was born in Santander so Cantabria and all the north of Spain is a mix between sea and mountain in a few kms with incredibles landscapes
I agree completely x
That was nice to hear a foreigner speaking nicely about us! ^^ Hope you have a great time here, we are also a little bit less friendlier. Galicia and Asturias are great! I also would recommend Liebana if you haven´t been there and "El Soplao" cove with a stop in Prellezo beach! :)
Thanks so much for the comment. I actually find the people in the north quite friendly. The locals anyway haha. Oh I have heard about that. It's where Potes is? I need to organise a trip there soon x
@@ElyceBehrsin :) yes, yes indeed! I would totally recommend, if you like trekking, to spend a night in Hotel Refugio Aliva., near Fuente Dé There are lots of trekking paths around and it includes a ticket to the funicular (at least a couple of years ago...)
@@MaireCeann thanks so much! I will add this to my list. :D