I'm Portuguese and I feel the same! Being in Italy or Spain is like being home, specially because of the language, both are very easy to understand for us. Wish I could say the same for France though, but they think they're better than everyone (there must be exceptions ofc)
@awfulguitarplucker I've lived in the UK for five years and it is as you describe plus the fact that people are really "closed" they won't open up to you and will keep to themselves.. until they start drinking. Also, in my experience British consider being drunk a fun, cool situation, while in my country it is considered pathetic and humiliating.
As a Greek I love and respect Italians, Spaniards, the southern French and the Portuguese. Much love to my fellow Southern European Brothers & Sisters!
I think in Greece we see these people more or less like this: Italians: gorgeous people that talk like they sing and dress amazingly, only food that is as good as greek food, una faccia una razza Spaniards: chill people that speak a made-up form of greek, make amazing music, can match us in dancing and partying and always beat us in sports, th/z/θpanish Portuguese: people who speak Spanish with an accent from Larissa, similar country (size/population/economy/very religious), amazing fish foods, Euro 2004 ;) *southern* French: French people we *actually* like xD
But it’s the truth... in algarve’s beaches (portugal) during summers you can only see british people ahahahah usually with sunburns. We already gave them names. We call the british girls “bifas” (like “ beefs” but turned into a feminine) due to their red skin because of the sunburns they get here
@@goncalonovais3605 That's true, I always see many of them with sunburns, specially british people. I don't know why, but they are the only ones I see that tend to do that jajaja. Hugs from Spain
Yeah those drunk Northern Europeans going on holiday there, spending their money without which your pathetic, poor economies would collapse! And you bailout, barman nations would be screwed! Don’t bite the hand that feeds you!!! Lol.
João Português Lisbon is the most beautiful city in the world, and Portugal is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. ❤️ The city of Porto is very old and romantic city. The Portuguese should be proud of the beauty of their country. They have a beautiful nature, climate, architecture, cuisine, music (fado) ... Only people without souls don't like fado. Lisbon has a soul, and its name is ‘fado’. Fado was recognised by UNESCO in 2011 as an ‘intangible cultural heritage’. Lisbon, Portugal’s capital city, is the heartbeat of the country. It’s also one of the oldest cities in the world, predating even Rome. Lisbon is a city of old souls who value tradition, art, and creativity and are putting those facets of life to use in modern ways. The Portuguese people are some of the kindest I’ve come across in my travels. They are one of the best nations in the world, they are very polite and friendly open to foreigners. People with the beautiful hearts and souls. For me, the Portuguese language is the most beautiful language. I speak several languages including Portuguese, Spanish, French, English, German, and Croatian, my native language. Languages are my passion. European Portuguese and Slavic languages have the same phonetics. In Portugal, Russian speaking people learn the language quite easily. English speaking people don't use many of the sounds used in Portuguese, so they have a bit more difficulty. European Portuguese is sexy as fuck, it's a perversion for my ears. 😊 Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes once called Portuguese "the sweet and gracious language" and Spanish playwright Lope de Vega referred to it as "sweet", while the Brazilian writer Olavo Bilac poetically described it as "a última flor do Lácio, inculta e bela" (the last flower of Latium, rustic and beautiful). Portuguese is also termed "the language of Camões", after one of the greatest literary figures in the Portuguese language, Luís Vaz de Camões. Olavo Bilac once said "a Pátria não é a raça, o meio, o conjunto dos aparelhos económicos e políticos, é o idioma herdado ou criado por um povo". Fernando Pessoa wrote in Lisbon "a minha Pátria é a Língua Portuguesa". Saudações da Croácia. 😘
@@draganabarac01 Thank you for having so much affection and consideration for Portugal. Your commentary even melts any Portuguese heart, however cold it may be. we are good at tourism because we like all people, but right now the hotel industry is suffering from a lack of tourists, we miss receiving you and offering you the best we have, our heart and our love. "Beijinhos" from PORTUGAL
@@carlosrafaelcoelho7744 You're welcome. 😉 Your words melted my heart. ❤️ Have a great rest of your day. I hope so far it's been a good one. Sending you love from Croatia. 💌 God bless you!
I think Portugal is a very underrated country. It is not as romanticized in movies like other southern mediterranean countries. But it is beautiful and portuguese people are considered the most welcoming to foreigners.
@@lordpickle65 spain is not as underrated as Portugal... Sure, there's not enough exposure of the country in movies so people tend to think only about beaches and dancing, however due to the fact that Spanish is being learnt in a lot of germanic speaking countries, I think that Spain has a much bigger spotlight than Portugal.
@Jose Moran Italy barely surpasses Spain in economical level it has 15m more of population, so that might be a factor. Italy and France were important powers during ww2, while Spain and Portugal remained neutral there's probably a relation too
@@senorfiloviperino6187 true! South of france: bullfighting culture, french catalans, french basques, a lot of people of spanish roots since 1939, etc.
Don't know, I always feel comfortable with the French, from Spain :) I have met some nice people from France. Maybe I've been lucky, but that's my experience 😂
@@inashyti212 I don't think people in Spain think about the Albanians. I have always thought that they were Slavic people, but recently I've learned that they have Illyrian roots related to the Roman Empire.
@@mariajosemartinez5135 A nivel personal claro que no hay problema, lo malo es que a nivel político a Francia no le importa perjudicarnos, si no mira quién avisó a Marruecos de la presencia en España del líder del Polisario
Spain is in a different time zone than Portugal, one hour ahead. The thing is they do everything so late that they end up doing everything at the exact same moment as we do, despite the different time marked on the clock, or even later.
But you don't have lunch at 15:00 or dinner at 22:00, do you? 🤔 Cause here in Spain it's not strange to eat at 16:00 and 23:00, although the "traditional" time is 15:00 and 22:00.
@@arianam9977 *But you don't have lunch at **15:00** or dinner at **22:00**, do you?* It's not unusual to have lunch at 14:00 and dinner at 22:00. Which for you will be at 15:00 and 23:00
@@teixeira476 what's wrong with the north of france? It has good food too. France overall doesn't have a good climate though. Nor does northern italy. Milan is damn freezing in winter even though it's at sea level.
@@PICCOLOLYON depends how you define "good". It's true French cities are all at sea level but even Lyon is a bit too cold in winter for my taste. It's considered south France and winters are colder than London. It doesn't rain less either.
Leonardo: I love Greeks but I can't like them Mariana: *shocked and interested look* Leo: because they beat us in the Euro 04 final Mariana: *urghh men*
And obviously the ones who knew the most about Greece, too. For example no one else would know how loud the Greeks are, or that half of our cuisine is either exclusively Greek or shared only with Turkey.
I,m also soanish and think the same, especially Portugal, loving also the rest, if I couldn,t live in Spain and I could choose, I,d go to Portugal, but also Italia and the rest of these southern europeas countries, not the ones of the north of Europe ¿Ireland?, and also, out of Europe, Argentina and, if it wasn,t a dictatorship, Cuba
Not all. I was in Southern Italy and Milan once. They can also be arrogant and cold. There are nice and bad people in every country. Just the negative aspects of alcohol are not as visible, because they tend to drink at home (but that does not count for Italian hooligans from the north). In contrary, Northern Europeans drink where ever they want and thus can act more aggressively (in the night).
We are the best countries in the world without a doubt, im portuguese and if i had to emigrate to somewhere else i could go to any of this countrys and i would feel at home 🇵🇹🇮🇹🇪🇸🇬🇷🇫🇷
@@robertokammerer370 I agree every country has it’s good and bad points and by the way, I love those Southern European countries. I would disagree with the term “we are the best” because it’s too general (maybe they are better in some things but not in others). I’m from the UK.
As a Spaniard living in Norway, everytime I´m visiting my "brother countries" I have the feeling I am home, no matter I am in Portugal or Italy (countries I find a little more connection with) or when I am in France or Greece. AMAZING food, I cannot stop eating, amazing cities, amazing people, amazing history. Lucky to be friend and work with portuguese and Italians and learn from them. The connection is real. I also love the north and germanic countries, the Slavic, Balkan, but travelling to the South is special.
I'm of Kosovan-Albanian descent and we are culturally so close to Greeks and have a lot of Italian loanwords or words derived from Latin. So, I consider us 'the lost child' during the Roman Empire, due to our semi-latinized language 😄
I said this once but my brain is unavailable to remember which nationality each person belongs to like a minute into the video, and I know this happens to many people as well. You should just leave the flags all the time lol
From what I gather online, the English seem to look down on us lol I don't know how representative a bunch of comments on random sites are, though (mostly YT).
@@lauramartins5953 Oh my gosh no! We adore you! We absolutely do not look down on you! Funny enough I just watched a short video on Tiktok showing clips of armies with Britain's allies and they showed America, Australia, France and India. You should have seen the amount of English who jumped in right away commenting "What about Portugal??!! How dare you forget our oldest allies!" We absolutely do not look down on anyone, we adore everyone! England will never, ever forget our oldest allies and we all absolutely love you! You are one of the countries we have the biggest respect for, lots of love!
@@KittyNeptune I am just curious, why are you talking on behalf of all English people? Who gave you that right? The type of statements you are making are completely unjustified, your experience is not statistically relevant to speak in the name of England. And, speaking of allies, the English pillaged Brazil through the Portuguese, who were mere puppets of the English, rather than allies (this happened during the XVIII century). The gold of Minas Gerais was going straight to London after an embarrassing fee (crums) was paid to the Portuguese Crown. So much for being bff!
2:54 when I hear Spanish people I like "OH! Maybe it's a Greek person? - No :c" When I hear Greek I think "Sounds like Spanish, but why don't I understand anything?"
I remember one night trying to fall asleep and I could hear the TV playing from another room, I was constantly thinking it's Spanish and then I thought I heard something something familiar and thought it was Greek and so on.. In the end I couldn't resist, I got up and saw that it was a Spanish show.
@@supermanio_ Not at all! Italians they are naturally able (because of their mother language) to produce sounds such as "sh" and "ch" that we greeks don't. Spanish accent in English is also different than ours.
@@konstantinosconstantine I find it harder to realize what we sound like in English, I just have heard some Italians speaking English and I found it similar. Sure there are some differences, but from the people I've heard, I've found it more similar than Spanish people speaking English
The European Mediterranean peoples are by far the best in all of Europe. The language, the food, the dances, the culture, the song, the sociability, the family, the friends are by far better than the rest of Europe. But what makes them even more beautiful and different are the most beautiful summers !!! Kisses from Greece - Φιλιά από την Ελλάδα 💙🇬🇷💙
@@ElenaMalan as a Greek I'd say that was the worst choice ever done imho but anyway ..🙄 just saying because there are a lot nicer songs they could pick to promote the Greek culture
Thats because we love the South 😉 If you ask us about some Northern countries, then maybe the answers would be more stereotypical & less positive. But, generally speaking, we have a genuine interest in other cultures.
Yes, until they asked them which country has the best food and the one girl said Greece lol. Nothing beats the Italians on food and everyone else knew that! 😂 Ok, maybe greek food is second best.
Yes, the woman from Crete does everything so well here ... love that island, been more than 10 times there, and seen close to every small village from the east to the west! 😊😎
I’m Italian and every time I’ve been to Spain, Portugal or Greece (sorry France, you’re gonna be the next one tho) I’ve always felt home. People are so welcoming and the FOOD IS AMAZING. If I could, I would totally live one year in each country and do it till I die ❤️🇪🇸❤️🇬🇷❤️🇵🇹❤️🇫🇷❤️
You sould come to the south of France ( espacially the French riveira) Im sure you will love the place, its very similar to italy and people will welcome you with open arms, French people love italy and every southern european country ( and by the way congrats for the euro final)
What a beautiful video! very nice people and beautiful mediterranean cultures! They are one of the most beautiful countries in the world! greetings from a Chilean to my Greek, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese brothers! :)
MY PERFECT FOOS CHOICES: Breakfast is french, lunch is italian, deserts are greek, afternoon snack is spanish and dinner is portuguese. The perfect eating day for me.
Im Portuguese and I absolutely loved to know what some people from other countries think about us! I love all these countries so much, including their languages, customs, their people... There's just something very, very special about southern europe. Such a lovely and enriching video!
@@Omerath9 I wouldn’t doubt they’re more mixed than Northern Europeans, Southern Europe has been a melting pot of so many different cultures and invasions throughout history.
@@IdaNebuloni hahahahha so nice. In my opinion italians and Spaniards are like brothers. We're so similar it's incredible. I love Italy and it's people! Saludos desde España🇪🇦❤️🇮🇹
I think Christina's (Greek girl) portuguese is the best one I ever heard from a foreigner! She was absolutely spot-on in "João" and "Inês" sounds and those are very difficult. Great video!!
@@l.n963 we dont use loads of sauces to hide the real taste of food like foreigns do, quality food is the one where you can taste of the meat and fish without having sauces.
As a Spanish, I can say that my absolute favourite country in the world is Portugal. The food, the people, and absolute magic place that is the Duero river, and the Foz Côa rock art. The Portuguese are our Siamese brothers. Italians our step brothers, Greeks our doppelganger, and French our posh cousin. 😅 All in all, a beautiful family 💗 Also, a Latin union (sorry Greece), Spain, France, Portugal, and Italy would be amazing!
Sneaky, sneaky... I see you added Andorra in there xD As a Portuguesese I will allow it, ehehe 👨⚖️🔨 Love all of the countries in Europe, but southern ones (Andorra included ofc 😁) are the ones I prefer Love from Portugal! 👋
Lisbon is the most beautiful city in the world, and Portugal is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. ❤️ The city of Porto is very old and romantic city. The Portuguese should be proud of the beauty of their country. They have a beautiful nature, climate, architecture, cuisine, music (fado) ... Only people without souls don't like fado. Lisbon has a soul, and its name is ‘fado’. Fado was recognised by UNESCO in 2011 as an ‘intangible cultural heritage’. Lisbon, Portugal’s capital city, is the heartbeat of the country. It’s also one of the oldest cities in the world, predating even Rome. Lisbon is a city of old souls who value tradition, art, and creativity and are putting those facets of life to use in modern ways. The Portuguese people are some of the kindest I’ve come across in my travels. They are one of the best nations in the world, they are very polite and friendly open to foreigners. People with the beautiful hearts and souls. For me, the Portuguese language is the most beautiful language. I speak several languages including Portuguese, Spanish, French, English, German, and Croatian, my native language. Languages are my passion. European Portuguese and Slavic languages have the same phonetics. In Portugal, Russian speaking people learn the language quite easily. English speaking people don't use many of the sounds used in Portuguese, so they have a bit more difficulty. European Portuguese is sexy as fuck, it's a perversion for my ears. 😊 Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes once called Portuguese "the sweet and gracious language" and Spanish playwright Lope de Vega referred to it as "sweet", while the Brazilian writer Olavo Bilac poetically described it as "a última flor do Lácio, inculta e bela" (the last flower of Latium, rustic and beautiful). Portuguese is also termed "the language of Camões", after one of the greatest literary figures in the Portuguese language, Luís Vaz de Camões. Olavo Bilac once said "a Pátria não é a raça, o meio, o conjunto dos aparelhos económicos e políticos, é o idioma herdado ou criado por um povo". Fernando Pessoa wrote in Lisbon "a minha Pátria é a Língua Portuguesa". Saudações da Croácia. 😘
Jesus, you almost made me cry, thank you so much!!!!!!!! Love to croatia (this is real, i frequently talk with croatians, great people) from Portugal! 🇵🇹❤️🇭🇷
I'm on all fours with such highly praise and distinction - my heart was enchanted by such a sensitive Croatian soul. I'm speechless and false modesty it is not... THANK YOU ! 💚💗
@J. Smith indeed! We share all common history and the Southern European culture! Both are beautiful countries with wonderful people! I feel like home when I visit Portugal and Spain!
I love all Southern Europeans from Slovakia ❤️ I’ve been to Italy, Spain and Greece multiple times, the food, the culture and the people are the best. I had to go to Portugal with my family this year, but it was cancelled because of Covid. I hope I would be able to visit Portugal and France soon!
@J. Smith Very informative and interesting comment, thank you. A few years ago, for some reason, I developed an interest in the Celtic history of Portugal to the point of actually visiting Galiza/Galicia and seeing some of their historic Celtic sites. I also learnt an Irish legend of a “Míl Espáine”, son of a Galician Celtic chieftain called “Breogan”, who left Galicia and landed in the shores of Ireland, establishing Ireland’s last peoples, the Milesians. Would be fascinating if there was actually some truth to the legend!
I visited Italy and Greece multiple times and it was always great experience. I was in France once and it's also very pleasant memory. I hope one day I will go to Portugal and Spain as well. Southern Europeans seem like the only Europeans who are open, not that quiet and more often show their emotions:) Greetings from Poland:)
I disagree, I visited Krakow an amazing and underrated city. Poles are so kind and open like us (italians). The Irish too are so friendly! Anyway Polish girls: the most beautiful women in the world.
The Portuguese (and Greeks) always use subtitles on TV (unlike Spain, Italy and France who dub everything) - and that is one of the main reasons why their English is way better.
@@Ogeroigres I always thought that former colonial powers like Spain, France and England were pretty monolingual because their international relationship used to be more with their former colonies that speak the same language, but I guess Portugal debunks this myth. Maybe Portuguese are less egocentric and more open to learn other languages I guess.
@@Ogeroigres Well that is great!!! I am visiting Portugal in April if God is willing so I’m pretty sure I’m not gonna have a hard time.. I also speak Spanish so it should be ok for me
@@lissandrafreljord7913 I agree!! I speak Spanish.. I visited Spain in 2019 and thank God I speak Spanish because they hardly speak any other language. I am Mexican-American by the way
@@mexicanbeautyqueen7988 for sure, we're always willing to help and talking in English is not a problem, you're always welcome here 😊 hope you have a wonderful time!!
@@TheGabrielPTI lived in Lisboa (8 months), the Azores (Terceira) for 6 months, the Algarve for 6 months, Beja for 6 months, and Santarém for a month. It's been almost 10 years but I still speak Portuguese well.
@@TheGabrielPT Hahah they always told me I talked com sotaque continental but I feel like for a while afterwards I started to stay stuff like "tive a dormuir" instead of "dormir" or "fiqyar" instead of "ficar" haha. I think people on the continent usually associate the Azores with the accent of São Miguel but Terceira is very different from S.M.
As an Italian who lived in Greece, the second I got there I said to my mum "I just kinda like people (mi stanno simpatici) not sure why". Then I realised that if you'd just mute everything, you could think you were back home 😅filakia pola to my Greek brothers and sisters
even my great-grandpa who was in prison during ww2 didn't have to say anything against the Italians... and my grandma has at least 3 stories involving Italian soldiers who gave her food without expecting anything in return during the occupation even though they were "the enemy". we're too close as nations to be actual enemies
thank sarah for your kind words! Italians are my favorite people, I can't pinpoint exactly what it is (probably a mix of language, culture, lifestyle and similarity to greece). I like Italian culture so much che da un mese ho cominciato ad apprendere l' Italiano ! baci ai mei fratelli e sorelle italiani ♥♥
@@vasilikikakara3092 my granpa fought in Yugoslavia and Greece. He likes Mussolini before ww2: a war that nobody wants expect Mussolini itself, in particular the infamous invasion of Greece. No more brother wars.
I am Portuguese, I have a Spanish great-grandma, I had two Italian girlfriends and I had one French guy, one Spanish guy and two Greek girls for housemates in London, so I can relate perfectly to all of this!!! Especially the Euro 2004 thing, well revenged by the Euro 2016 haha Well done Marina, as always!
I agree, I'm from Morocco and can't live without French fries lol I don't know if it's French or Belgian but I just lOVE it, I also like pizza, panini, Spanish omelette, (tortilla), bravas, etc. I love les les escargots too even it's disgusting for some people but for me it's really nice I don't know about Portuguese or Greek food But Italian and French food are everywhere, and because I live in the north Spanish food is very common in here.
@@Venus-xj8bd In Portugal popular dishes are cod (bacalhau), custard tarts (pastéis de nata), octopus (polvo), grilled sardines (sardinhas assadas), shellfish, bread ans pastry in general. You should try them!
I love Italian food but food in the levant (Syrian/Lebanese) is also one of the best. so you probably should’ve said Mediterranean food is the best lol
The world knows this about spabush people. It's called (The snob lisp) Lol I'm spanish/Italian in America I'm just joking with family ok. Lol I love you guys , I love my roots
@missrehearsal. I read my comment back to see what you read.. And I said to myself, WTF did I say....? Lol Auto correcting on words messed it up and I didn't proof read afterwords. Obviously. Lol Idk . 😂😂😂😂
Τhis is the only video I've watched where multiple countries are mentioned/promoted and there's not ONE hate comment written. I love this positivity 🖤 The rest of the world should be as loving as we are!
@@tubinho79 Alentejo is much hotter in summer though and bone dry. Tuscany has a milder climate, tends to be a lot greener and I think it has a higher mountains. As a Portuguese I would rank Tuscany much higher than hot, dry and desolate Alentejo but to each their own.
I'm portuguese and in 2010 my highschool linked with a greek highschool to have this student exchange for the first time. There were very few slots for the portuguese students to go visit Thessaloniki for a whole week and experience the school environment there so, I couldn't miss the chance. I was one of the picked students and I have to say that greek people blew my mind on how kind, great hosts and funny they are. As soon as our group of students landed in the airport, all the greek students hosting us came running and hugging us, we were overwhelmed with joy. My girl was called Maria and she and her best friend Giota were the funniest girls ever. It was an instant friendship. We arrived home late in the evening and ate a whole spanakopita together. I immediately felt like i was home, her familly welcomed me like i was family. Funny to see the greek girls in this video saying that spanish sounds like greek because from my experience during that week, all the greek students told me the same but also recognized that portuguese sounded "familiar" even if they couldn't understand a one word we were saying 😅 and we also agreed that greek had that "familiar" sound or languistic manneirisms that we could mistake for portuguese at first, but then we couldn't decipher the words upon a closer listening. It's crazy to say this but it honestly felt like both languages were distant relatives with the same "base" or roots but that evolved in a very different sense through the centuries. And i guess that is somewhat true. When we handed our greek pals some portuguese texts for them to try and read, they did it perfectly! And the other way around also happened, according to them. The only thing was that none of us knew what we were saying, but the pronunciation was there. I loved the experience, the people, the food and I just feel like Greece has this "hugging", home feel to you, just like Portugal would have. It's a southern european thing I guess 💕
Antonia, I am Azerbaijani, and that "Let's not be Greek around people" made me laugh so much. That would be me around another Azerbaijani girl talking about food in public. But, yeah, among those cuisines, Greek is the healthiest and tastiest imo. Hope to travel there one day and dance ikariotiko.
You Greeks are our siblings in accent, jajaj. I met years ago a Greek man and at first I thought he was Spanish from Galicia, because they have a very similar accent.
It's actually interesting. Our language (Greek) is phonologically identical to Iberian Spanish. Our letters have the same sounds, the main differences are that Spanish will more frequently have a longer rolled r than Greek (though this can differ based on accent) and vowel lengths can differ between the languages. When we hear each other speak it kind of just sounds like you should understand what they're saying but it comes out as gibberish haha.
Because in all honesty it does. It's not just them, the two languages are theoretically almost as distant as they get, only being connected within the Indo European language family. However, the large number of Greek words that entered Spanish combined with similar phonetics and similar sounding endings eg Spanish -os means masculine plural, Greek -ος/os means 2nd declention masculine singular, Spanish -as means feminine plural, Greek -ας/as means 1st declention masculine singular or (1st declention) feminine singular genitive. As you can see, the same sounds in the same places are common, but signify different things.
@@summerfish9320 is not about the greeks,greeks CAME from the east,and we catalans does not have that sounds. Is more like eukera,euskera have only 5 vocals,you read It like It sounds,as the spanish....,but in Spain there are other languages wich are not the case. Gallego,bable from Asturias, catalán ,occitane,etc....
Only as long as Northern EU countries send them money and vouch for their debt. When they suck us dry, there will be less fiesta and dolce vita and a lot more more riots, I guess. .
@@jrr3558 I am not the average idiot spreading nonsense on TH-cam. I lived in Spain for a year and speak Spanish fluently, my Catalan, French, Italian and Portuguese have gotten a bit rusty. No cliché, just my prediction, let us hope I am wrong.
@@jrr3558 It’s 100% fact. All these ‘we are the best’ comments. Your countries have pathetic, poor economies which are only kept alive with bailouts and tourism from North European countries. The only advantage you have is the weather.
@awfulguitarplucker I recommend you to see the documentary "The Swedish theory of love", it talks about the lonely lives they have in Sweden (but applies to the other Nordic countries as well). There is nothing to be ashamed of talking loud during dinner, it is part of being a human. Greetings from Mexico
@awfulguitarplucker What's the alternative? Gobbling your food from your lap as we do in the UK? Often while watching tv. Dinner from a table is a luxury at Christmas or seen in more discerning households that have the occasional dinner party. Please never change.
For some reason I thought the Portuguese people were Americans because their English is soooo good and they just sound american - I’m American by the way(not by choice ofc)
France Spain and Italy translate everything, be it movies, shows and even their national music is more often than not on their respective languages. Not here in Portugal. Many of US even keep Windows/ games and menu settings in English :) besides the way portuguese is Spoken kinda makes English easy.
We don’t translate anything in movies and commercials and etc since the dictatorship started. It was a way of controlling our population from what was happening outside of our country (evolution, free speech) since none of us could speak English back then 😂
@@seifelbagoury7182 I agree about that a bit, what I have seen many levantines and north africans could pass for south europeans (mostly levantines) but also many dont
I lived and worked in Spain for three years in an international environment. I have to say that the Greek and Portuguese communities were very close in comparison with the other communities.
The reason why the Portuguese speak English so well, is because they subtitle movies, tv shows, etc. instead of dubbing. English is also taught is school in the early years. German and French are optional languages.
@@alx_gr1 That might be why the Portuguese and the Greeks speak English better than the French , Italians and Spaniards. The English proficiency index 2020 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EF_English_Proficiency_Index
@@franciscosoares2815 Spanish é a língua , os habitantes da Espanha são Spaniards como Danish é a língua que os Dinamarqueses falam e os Dinamarqueses são Danes. Danish e Spanish são as línguas ou algo desses países mas não o povo.
@@manuelmanzanero5057 Not really, we just don't like how some Spaniards feel 'superior' to us, and how they behave when on vacation (refusing to make an effort to understand the language and being very loud.)
@@nezahuall To say that Spaniards, or some Spaniards, feel superior to you (I assume that you mean the Portuguese), is a purely psychological and subjective assessment. It is as arbitrary as inverting the terms and saying that it is the Portuguese or some Portuguese who feel inferior to the Spaniards and who project on them the arrogance or security that they lack. But superiority or inferiority are complexes of individuals, not of human groups or countries. When you say that some Spaniards feel superior, in what sense do you mean it? They think they are taller, smarter, more handsome, more successful? Or is it simply an assumption that you abstract from the fact that you consider them "loud" or unwilling to learn the language? But no: the reality is that beautiful and ugly people, tall and short, successful and unsuccessful, there are in all countries, cities and streets. Success, height, intelligence, do not define some countries against others. The issue of the bad behavior of the Spanish tourists continues to cause me some amazement. Portugal is visited every year by thousands of Spaniards: it is not uncommon to find them in all cities, and it is easy to hear them (because of their high number, not because they make a particular noise). I myself have a part of my family living near Lisbon (Cascais). My impression is not of bad behavior, but my impression is subjective and I do not deny that there might be some cases. However, according to statistics, the British appear year after year at the top of the countries with the worst performing tourists. This is evident in Spain: but it is also evident in the rest of the countries of the Mediterranean basin, especially those most focused on beach tourism. In Portugal, is the behavior of the British used to construct a general judgment about the United Kingdom and its inhabitants? Of course not, and it would be unfair and arbitrary to do so. But nevertheless, it is used to reach general conclusions about the Spanish. And what about the effort for the language? Do you ask the Britons to make the effort to learn your language? Of course not: we speak English to them, and we consider ourselves modern and cosmopolitan countries for doing so (and it's difficult not to remember here the issue of the inferiority complex). So I am afraid that the history behind some Portuguese with Spain has little to do with noise, superiority and bad behavior of tourists: in the same way, if all those things are not reproached to the Brits it also has little to do with their objective behavior, but with a series of prejudices and sympathies / antipathies related to the history of the last centuries and the way in which it has been institutionalized in schools and in the environmental ideology of our different countries. The UK (I mean its monarchy and its academic elites) has always been a first class country at justifying its actions in front of the world and demonizing the actions of others. But that's another matter. Greetings.
@@nezahuall im from Spain, galician, and mostly all the people here likes Portugal and dont feel superior, i dont know why you feel like that, we find Portuguese very friendly and nice people even brothers.
I was awaiting this video for so long, so accurate ! I honestly love all of us Mediterraneans, can’t go wrong with either of us. Best part of Europe if you ask me. Forever grateful to all of you for the amazing relationships, food, culture, weather, travel experiences and memories you’ve provided me with . Big family love 💙💙 from Portugal
The Greek song was the best, no doubt! It should’ve lasted longer ... Greek people and culture are just amazing. 🤗 Loved this clip, greets from frosty Finland 😊🇫🇮 I’ve been to Greece more than 10 times, to Italy 5 or 6 times, France, Spain and Portugal still to go. 😊
Big hug to our north european cousin. We are different, but in the end i like that. Europe is a mosaic of different culture, hard to put togheter but we need to respect each other. Greatings from an italian
@@simonedylan6581 love Italy too ❤️🇮🇹 Ho molto lavorato con italiani in Finlandia, e una volta ero in Sestriere per insegnare la musica per bambini italiani ... Era meraviglioso. Ho molti amici in Italia. ❤️ E la cucina italiana ... Mamm... 😀 Salutazioni, e spero che posso rivisitare Italia presto. (La mia italiana e “della casa”) 😀👍
@@davidkasquare wow, complimenti per il tuo italiano, perfetto👍 hope you will return when this damn pandemic its over. Yeah, people usually think at italy about sun and beach, but we have also the highest montain in europe. In some parts of italy its colder than finland. Un abbraccio al popolo finlandese
Im French and I visited portugal last year ( Faro and Lisboa) its a beautiful country with a great culture, portugal is very similar to the south of France actually, Portugal is very underrated
So much fun shooting this video! 😁 Marina, you rock ❤️ And to those saying that France isn't Southern Europe, well, it's not Northern Europe either, is it? 😅 Central and Southern France are totally Mediterranean when it comes to culture and French is a latin language. These countries were picked because we all relate to each other a lot and have a lot of similarities. And I was born in Paris, which might not be considered "Southern Europe", but I'm originally from Corsica, you can't go more Southern Europe than that, but if we had put Corsica instead of Paris, people would have gotten mad for other reasons, so... Let's just all enjoy a video, be happy and love one another ❤️✌️
@J. Smith Southern European is a general term. Yes Portugal is in South Western Europe. South Europe is divided between South Eastern and South Western Europe. Italy is South Central Europe. Yes there are differences for sure between these countries. Southern European is just a generic general term. The Portuguese are a South South Western non Mediteranean Atlantid peoples.
@J. Smith What??? Are u compering the weather of Portugal with England?? Lol 😂 I live in London almost a year love it but the weather after 8 months start to affect me, turn me blue or grey !!! We don’t reach the Mediterranean, but we have Mediterranean culture also! I know... Portugal is little but u can split it in 3 areas, north, center and south ... U will see the different influences of cultures.... Cheers from Portugal ✌🏼🙂
Those greek ladies have an amazing portuguese accent omg wtf did I just hear? I'm very impressed! I wonder if they had much contact with portuguese people
As a brazilian with portuguese and italian ancestry i have to say these are some of the best countries in the whole world! Each with its own unique features but at the same time very much alike... as real siblings! Great video, sending to all my mediterranean cousins lots of love and warmth from Rio! :)
Being french with Portuguese origins, I consider these countries as family, we should speak another language than english between us ❤🇨🇵🇮🇹🇬🇷🇪🇦🇵🇹 🇨🇵 Home 🇮🇹 Latin closest Brother in language and blood 🇬🇷 Most beautiful country on Earth, Greek inspired French 🇪🇦 Close Latin Brother 🇵🇹 Latin Brother (and part of my blood)
@@thesapphirem5469 France is latin, more you will go to the north, less you will feel it but here in the south you can find places like there are in Spain etc... But anyway, entire France is latin lol
C'est un gentil commentaire, malheureusement je ne pense pas que nos "amis" latin ici fassent preuve de la même bienveillance que toi à l'égard de la France
As a Moroccan who have travelled to France, Spain and Portugal, i can definitely say that Portuguese are the most welcoming Europeans. very open and hospitalable people, much love to Portuguese, love you guys!!!
Man, i love the friendship and respect Europeans have for each other nowadays. Feels great to be connected to so many great cultures and people. Greetings from Portugal!
When you realise what an amazing diversity we have in Europe and how we still feel like brothers, you come to see how we don't need mass migration from Africa or Middle-East
@@reaux3921 right, so if I don't want my people to slowly disappear and my country's demographic succumb to other ethnic groups that makes me a racist. Only a libtard could think that
Guys i hope you enjoy the video!! It was such a pleasure to participate with Antonia for the Greek content! I want to thank everyone for being so kind and welcome,and especially to Marina for creating something so educationally beautiful! Enjoy the video❤️
I’ve been to Greece and Italy, and I’m hoping to go to Portugal in the not too distant future... currently learning European Portuguese, I’m actually subbed to Leo (Portuguese man in the video). Love from America. :))
It's so good to see someone learning european portuguese, it's a really beautiful language. Hope you can visit this beautiful country soon, you won't regret it. Where are you planing on going (Lisboa, Porto, Viseu, Guimarães,...)? When you do visit us, try to use your knowledge in the language. You'll make a very good impression just by saying simple things like "Olá" (Hello), "Obrigada" (Thank you) and "Adeus" (Bye). People don't usually try to speak our language (not even this simple things).
@@anacruz9461, muito obrigado. Queria ir para Lisboa e Porto. Minha namorada é portuguesa em Lisboa e queria ver todos azulejos em Lisboa. Amo o azulejo e arquitectura e comida de Portugal. Os português são muito bom. Sorry if my Portuguese isn’t the best, but I’m still learning... hopefully, I can be fluent one day. For me personally, I much prefer European Portuguese over Brazilian despite the resources to learn it being a bit more scarce.
@@mrh4900 É tão bom ler estas palavras😌😌 O teu português é o melhor que já vi alguém estrangeiro falar👌If you continue practising I'm sure you'll be fluent. Hope you have a great time in Lisbon and Porto, best wishes to you and your girlfriend💖💖
I rather think of these countries as siblings from different moms, who pick on each other out of frivolous jealousy. But in the end, when a non Southern European criticises any of these countries, the others will jump on the conversation to defend their southern brother as if he's one of them. Hugs to all sisters and brothers from Southern Europe.
@@hulk6057 È un caldo diverso, e comunque dura molto meno, i miei amici del sud mi dicono che a ottobre se è bel tempo vanno ancora in spiaggia. Qui è impensabile
Greek: most socially honest. French: most gently aggressive. Portuguese: most fine looking like I wanna fit in. Italian: gives off most sexy vibe. Spanish: the kinda sexy looking ppl that says I'm confident by their loudness. interesting ppl indeed.
The Greek women, pronouncing "beijinho" and "abraço" in Portuguese, were spot on, perfect accent! Συγχαρητήρια! :D
Um brasileiro kkk
Yeah haha smart girls
@@gabrielfernandes4654 hehe por acaso, sou de Portugal xD xD
@@Flavio1218 ah tá entendi kkkk
Grego é o mais difícil kkk
As an Italian, whenever I go to Greece or Spain I forget I'm not home.
Ikr, I'm spanish and everytime I go to Italy it feels like I didn't move from Spain
That's so nice to hear, I'm really glad you had a good experience in Spain.
@@monicarm524 Claro que si hermana la España y Italia son las mejores después de todo stay safe and have a good new year
Spain and Italy are like twins 😂💗
I'm Portuguese and I feel the same! Being in Italy or Spain is like being home, specially because of the language, both are very easy to understand for us. Wish I could say the same for France though, but they think they're better than everyone (there must be exceptions ofc)
Here in Spain we party of course. But actually the ones who party the most are the drunk tourist from the uk
Omg ahah so true. I'm from Portugal and in the Santos Populares you only see british people who can't handle a beer ahah
@G. S. 😂😂
Same in Greece. I guess British tourists love to party in Southern Europe. I wish they were drinking and puking less in our streets though!
@awfulguitarplucker fair enough, but for some reason they think that in our countries there are no rieles and they can do whatever they want
@awfulguitarplucker I've lived in the UK for five years and it is as you describe plus the fact that people are really "closed" they won't open up to you and will keep to themselves.. until they start drinking. Also, in my experience British consider being drunk a fun, cool situation, while in my country it is considered pathetic and humiliating.
As a Spaniard, everytime I hear someone speaking something that sounds like Spanish but I don't understand it ends up being either Greek or Shakira.
Totally agree lol!
Best comment ever
Your comment made my day xD
Lol...
Absolutely, we sound so very similar to a point that I get confused at times!!! 🇬🇷 🇪🇸
Can Portugal, Spain, Italy, France and Greece create the good food, good beaches and beautiful people UNION already?
We are working on it. Rome 2.0 but without all that conquering and more eating and relaxing :)
Its called the EU
Its called Latin America 😅
The Roman Empire? Ask Italy to make it happen.
Best comment ever hahaha
As a Greek I love and respect Italians, Spaniards, the southern French and the Portuguese. Much love to my fellow Southern European Brothers & Sisters!
I think in Greece we see these people more or less like this:
Italians: gorgeous people that talk like they sing and dress amazingly, only food that is as good as greek food, una faccia una razza
Spaniards: chill people that speak a made-up form of greek, make amazing music, can match us in dancing and partying and always beat us in sports, th/z/θpanish
Portuguese: people who speak Spanish with an accent from Larissa, similar country (size/population/economy/very religious), amazing fish foods, Euro 2004 ;)
*southern* French: French people we *actually* like xD
Hugs from Portugal
@@sunu84 Thanks hugs to you too cheers!
@@spiritusIRATUS Southern European solidarity.
What about the northern French lol
Another fact that unite this 5 countries: drunken germanic people in our beaches
Just joking, only another cliché
But it’s the truth... in algarve’s beaches (portugal) during summers you can only see british people ahahahah usually with sunburns. We already gave them names. We call the british girls “bifas” (like “ beefs” but turned into a feminine) due to their red skin because of the sunburns they get here
Even at the Caribbean there is always the drunk German tourist for our amusement!
@@goncalonovais3605 That's true, I always see many of them with sunburns, specially british people. I don't know why, but they are the only ones I see that tend to do that jajaja. Hugs from Spain
not in Italy, on the beach we have mostly a family tourism from northner countries, young people only go to visit cities. I don't know why
Yeah those drunk Northern Europeans going on holiday there, spending their money without which your pathetic, poor economies would collapse! And you bailout, barman nations would be screwed! Don’t bite the hand that feeds you!!! Lol.
I was surprised Greek woman knew so much more about Portugal than other close countrys . Love the Culture and People from Mediterrâneo. 🤝🤝🤝🤝
João Português
Lisbon is the most beautiful city in the world, and Portugal is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. ❤️ The city of Porto is very old and romantic city. The Portuguese should be proud of the beauty of their country. They have a beautiful nature, climate, architecture, cuisine, music (fado) ... Only people without souls don't like fado. Lisbon has a soul, and its name is ‘fado’. Fado was recognised by UNESCO in 2011 as an ‘intangible cultural heritage’. Lisbon, Portugal’s capital city, is the heartbeat of the country. It’s also one of the oldest cities in the world, predating even Rome. Lisbon is a city of old souls who value tradition, art, and creativity and are putting those facets of life to use in modern ways.
The Portuguese people are some of the kindest I’ve come across in my travels. They are one of the best nations in the world, they are very polite and friendly open to foreigners. People with the beautiful hearts and souls.
For me, the Portuguese language is the most beautiful language. I speak several languages including Portuguese, Spanish, French, English, German, and Croatian, my native language. Languages are my passion. European Portuguese and Slavic languages have the same phonetics. In Portugal, Russian speaking people learn the language quite easily. English speaking people don't use many of the sounds used in Portuguese, so they have a bit more difficulty.
European Portuguese is sexy as fuck, it's a perversion for my ears. 😊 Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes once called Portuguese "the sweet and gracious language" and Spanish playwright Lope de Vega referred to it as "sweet", while the Brazilian writer Olavo Bilac poetically described it as "a última flor do Lácio, inculta e bela" (the last flower of Latium, rustic and beautiful). Portuguese is also termed "the language of Camões", after one of the greatest literary figures in the Portuguese language, Luís Vaz de Camões.
Olavo Bilac once said "a Pátria não é a raça, o meio, o conjunto dos aparelhos económicos e políticos, é o idioma herdado ou criado por um povo". Fernando Pessoa wrote in Lisbon "a minha Pátria é a Língua Portuguesa". Saudações da Croácia. 😘
João Português
Croatian girl sings fado. th-cam.com/video/-GpFp0dZwKk/w-d-xo.html
Croatian girl sings fado Part 2 th-cam.com/video/sPG0tXl0tko/w-d-xo.html
Croatian girl sings fado Part 3 th-cam.com/video/SgJRSW_WRDo/w-d-xo.html
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@@draganabarac01
Thank you for having so much affection and consideration for Portugal.
Your commentary even melts any Portuguese heart, however cold it may be.
we are good at tourism because we like all people, but right now the hotel industry is suffering from a lack of tourists, we miss receiving you and offering you the best we have, our heart and our love.
"Beijinhos" from PORTUGAL
@@carlosrafaelcoelho7744 You're welcome. 😉 Your words melted my heart. ❤️ Have a great rest of your day. I hope so far it's been a good one. Sending you love from Croatia. 💌 God bless you!
@@draganabarac01
A great day for you too.
Beijinhos from Portugal
May God enlighten your life and give you everything
Thanks
Portugal - "Be quite, we're not in Spain", that was funny.
Portuguese rather express their emotions in a different way... But yeah, don't be loud 😂
I'm Portuguese and I never saw that. But it was funny as hell...
@@bernardog.6451 Portugal is not Lisbon, you know that it is not so in every country.
@@salmoairas6310 thank God Portugal is not Lisbon. Ewww...
@António Almeida truee !!!! 😁😁😁 While portuguese should move anytime their hands to show they are alive ...
I think Portugal is a very underrated country. It is not as romanticized in movies like other southern mediterranean countries. But it is beautiful and portuguese people are considered the most welcoming to foreigners.
Very true - - Italy overrated all idiots there
I agree in everything you said.
Only Italy and France get enough spotlight imo, Spain is underrated as well and the little the world knows about it is basically just Andalusia
@@lordpickle65 spain is not as underrated as Portugal... Sure, there's not enough exposure of the country in movies so people tend to think only about beaches and dancing, however due to the fact that Spanish is being learnt in a lot of germanic speaking countries, I think that Spain has a much bigger spotlight than Portugal.
@Jose Moran Italy barely surpasses Spain in economical level it has 15m more of population, so that might be a factor. Italy and France were important powers during ww2, while Spain and Portugal remained neutral there's probably a relation too
From Spain: Portuguese and Italians are our Bros, Greece distance cousin but very similar to us, France...is other story.
France is the place where the South lose its power and is taken by the North
@@senorfiloviperino6187 true! South of france: bullfighting culture, french catalans, french basques, a lot of people of spanish roots since 1939, etc.
Don't know, I always feel comfortable with the French, from Spain :) I have met some nice people from France. Maybe I've been lucky, but that's my experience 😂
@@inashyti212 I don't think people in Spain think about the Albanians. I have always thought that they were Slavic people, but recently I've learned that they have Illyrian roots related to the Roman Empire.
@@mariajosemartinez5135 A nivel personal claro que no hay problema, lo malo es que a nivel político a Francia no le importa perjudicarnos, si no mira quién avisó a Marruecos de la presencia en España del líder del Polisario
Spain is in a different time zone than Portugal, one hour ahead. The thing is they do everything so late that they end up doing everything at the exact same moment as we do, despite the different time marked on the clock, or even later.
OMG bro you rock
😂😂
But you don't have lunch at 15:00 or dinner at 22:00, do you? 🤔 Cause here in Spain it's not strange to eat at 16:00 and 23:00, although the "traditional" time is 15:00 and 22:00.
@@arianam9977 no in Portugal its around 12h-13h and 19h-20h.
@@arianam9977 *But you don't have lunch at **15:00** or dinner at **22:00**, do you?*
It's not unusual to have lunch at 14:00 and dinner at 22:00. Which for you will be at 15:00 and 23:00
Making this video was so much fun, thank you for the opportunity, Marina!
And what a fun group of people, I'm glad I got to meet all of you! 😁😁
Thanks for taking part, Leo! You had so many interesting things to say about the neighbouring countries. And your Spanish accent was on point 😂
Congratulations!! I love this kind of videos!!
LEO please, what's the name of the Portuguese song you are singing in the video... a força da música... etc
@@nandicarv A Paixão, de Rui Veloso
@@PortugueseWithLeo bro és o rei
Can Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Greece just form the “Great Food, Nice Weather, Beautiful Nature and Sexy People Union”?
Weather in France isn't particularly nice, except for the far south of the country.
bruh fr these are the best countries in the world, excluding the north of france, it has nothing to do with the rest of us💀💀
@@teixeira476 what's wrong with the north of france? It has good food too. France overall doesn't have a good climate though. Nor does northern italy. Milan is damn freezing in winter even though it's at sea level.
@@ade910 far south ? Half south and it's already really good climate.
Stop thinking France is only Paris.
@@PICCOLOLYON depends how you define "good". It's true French cities are all at sea level but even Lyon is a bit too cold in winter for my taste. It's considered south France and winters are colder than London. It doesn't rain less either.
Leonardo: I love Greeks but I can't like them
Mariana: *shocked and interested look*
Leo: because they beat us in the Euro 04 final
Mariana: *urghh men*
That was a long time ago. It's like being in the 2000s and remembering something from early 80s.
@@thesecretlibrary890 yeah. We remember. We lost the final at home. We still remember that
The greek women were the ones who knew the most of the other countries.
They even spoke like a portuguese citezen..
And they are so charismatic!
@The Tribal Funkster well quieter and Greeks don't really go together tho :P
And obviously the ones who knew the most about Greece, too. For example no one else would know how loud the Greeks are, or that half of our cuisine is either exclusively Greek or shared only with Turkey.
@Victor Mace
What is your problem, turkified Anatolian?
Proud to be Portuguese 🇵🇹
Love my Southern European brothers 🇪🇸🇬🇷🇮🇹🇲🇫
Why you have a cyrillic name?
eastern slavic? Aleshandre
Are you sure that you are proud to be portuguese?
haha😆😆
@@serkand2492 ??
@@wheremf1768 whats your problem
@@serkand2492 just because that person has it’s name in cyrillic makes him not proud of being portuguese?
Been to all of them and felt like home in all! Specially in Portugal and Italy. Cheers from Spain :)
Same felling!
I really like spain! Your people are so fun :D kisses from Portugal
I,m also soanish and think the same, especially Portugal, loving also the rest, if I couldn,t live in Spain and I could choose, I,d go to Portugal, but also Italia and the rest of these southern europeas countries, not the ones of the north of Europe ¿Ireland?, and also, out of Europe, Argentina and, if it wasn,t a dictatorship, Cuba
Nosotros italianos tambien amamos muchisimo Espana
but also with greece, croatia, malta, etc.
Southern Europeans are "warm" people with great hospitality.
What are 4 Finnish individuals in the Sauna....warm people...
@@hakanoeztuerk289 thats why they invented it
Not all. I was in Southern Italy and Milan once. They can also be arrogant and cold. There are nice and bad people in every country. Just the negative aspects of alcohol are not as visible, because they tend to drink at home (but that does not count for Italian hooligans from the north). In contrary, Northern Europeans drink where ever they want and thus can act more aggressively (in the night).
as long as you brought some money to spend in their country.......
nah, a lot of them are arrogant and rude
im portuguese and let me say: WE ARE LIKE SIBLINGS FROM DIFFERENT MOTHER 🥺 🇵🇹🇪🇸🇫🇷🇬🇷🇮🇹
We're sons of the roman Empire and the catholic church (even if greek are not catholics)
@@bipboup7761 so we italians are yours fathers 😆😆😆
@@bipboup7761
Greeks 🇬🇷 are not Catholics, rather they're Orthodox, like Russians 🇷🇺
😉
Are you sure you're Portuguese!??! 🙄
I'm local PT 🇵🇹
That's why I'm wondering... 🤔
@@mikidias sim sou 100% tuga lol
We are the best countries in the world without a doubt, im portuguese and if i had to emigrate to somewhere else i could go to any of this countrys and i would feel at home 🇵🇹🇮🇹🇪🇸🇬🇷🇫🇷
Greetings from Spain 👋
exactly! I'm portuguese too, and if I had to move, I would choose one of these countries! They're warm like us :D
Well best at what? It’s true that they all beautiful countries with beautiful people but your economies are definitely NOT the best in the World. Lol!
@@joebloggs8292 every country has his flaws, where are you from?
@@robertokammerer370 I agree every country has it’s good and bad points and by the way, I love those Southern European countries. I would disagree with the term “we are the best” because it’s too general (maybe they are better in some things but not in others). I’m from the UK.
Love the mediterranean people and culture
They are trully the base of the modern western civilization.
We are the best!!!
They're lovely but all so different! Btw I also have a travel channel if you want to check it out!🤩
André Ribeiro si, we are Europe. Northern Europe is another civilisation
They need to get non european Mediteraneans
as a greek i was so happy for portugal winning the euro 2016
thank you brother
now Italy won
@@palestinabaddie not the eurovision
@@OvidiusL well it seams they won both :P
@@Kwstas_Vagias lol yes
As a Spaniard living in Norway, everytime I´m visiting my "brother countries" I have the feeling I am home, no matter I am in Portugal or Italy (countries I find a little more connection with) or when I am in France or Greece. AMAZING food, I cannot stop eating, amazing cities, amazing people, amazing history. Lucky to be friend and work with portuguese and Italians and learn from them. The connection is real. I also love the north and germanic countries, the Slavic, Balkan, but travelling to the South is special.
I'm a Portuguese living in Norway and this is very true. Finding anyone from the south feels like home, especially Spaniards
This nigga when he finds out some of the Balkan countries are Mediterranean : 👴🏿
Thats so true!im 🇵🇹🇧🇻🥰
Were not brothers
I'm of Kosovan-Albanian descent and we are culturally so close to Greeks and have a lot of Italian loanwords or words derived from Latin. So, I consider us 'the lost child' during the Roman Empire, due to our semi-latinized language 😄
I said this once but my brain is unavailable to remember which nationality each person belongs to like a minute into the video, and I know this happens to many people as well. You should just leave the flags all the time lol
True, I also got confused for a while! Btw I also have a travel channel if you want to check it out!🤩
Same
me, too
Lol same, especially when most of the people are from the same region and looks mostly same
@kwstas kwsta she represent that unkown greece personality lol
Wow! What a nice video! I'm Portuguese and I just gotta say that I LOVE my south european people, the best, most authentic and warm people ever!
This was so awesome so see. Kisses from Portugal to all the beautiful south Europe countrys 😘🇵🇹🇪🇸🇫🇷🇮🇹🇬🇷❤️
Beijinhos da Índia para os Portugueses💚❤️
Abraçosss
We love you neighbor! Besos❤️🇪🇸
@@absinthexiii4376 we love you too 💗🇵🇹🇵🇹
I'm proud to be half Portuguese and half English! Oldest allies to date! And i'm proud of the Portuguese duo! Thanks for representing us so well!
Thanks, we did our best 😅
❤️🇵🇹
From what I gather online, the English seem to look down on us lol I don't know how representative a bunch of comments on random sites are, though (mostly YT).
@@lauramartins5953 Oh my gosh no! We adore you! We absolutely do not look down on you! Funny enough I just watched a short video on Tiktok showing clips of armies with Britain's allies and they showed America, Australia, France and India. You should have seen the amount of English who jumped in right away commenting "What about Portugal??!! How dare you forget our oldest allies!" We absolutely do not look down on anyone, we adore everyone! England will never, ever forget our oldest allies and we all absolutely love you! You are one of the countries we have the biggest respect for, lots of love!
@@KittyNeptune I am just curious, why are you talking on behalf of all English people? Who gave you that right? The type of statements you are making are completely unjustified, your experience is not statistically relevant to speak in the name of England. And, speaking of allies, the English pillaged Brazil through the Portuguese, who were mere puppets of the English, rather than allies (this happened during the XVIII century). The gold of Minas Gerais was going straight to London after an embarrassing fee (crums) was paid to the Portuguese Crown. So much for being bff!
2:54 when I hear Spanish people I like "OH! Maybe it's a Greek person? - No :c"
When I hear Greek I think "Sounds like Spanish, but why don't I understand anything?"
I remember one night trying to fall asleep and I could hear the TV playing from another room, I was constantly thinking it's Spanish and then I thought I heard something something familiar and thought it was Greek and so on.. In the end I couldn't resist, I got up and saw that it was a Spanish show.
I think it's also super interesting the two accents sound very similar when they speak in English
@@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon really? I thought when speaking English we (Greeks) sound similar to Italians.
@@supermanio_ Not at all! Italians they are naturally able (because of their mother language) to produce sounds such as "sh" and "ch" that we greeks don't.
Spanish accent in English is also different than ours.
@@konstantinosconstantine I find it harder to realize what we sound like in English, I just have heard some Italians speaking English and I found it similar. Sure there are some differences, but from the people I've heard, I've found it more similar than Spanish people speaking English
The European Mediterranean peoples are by far the best in all of Europe. The language, the food, the dances, the culture, the song, the sociability, the family, the friends are by far better than the rest of Europe. But what makes them even more beautiful and different are the most beautiful summers !!! Kisses from Greece - Φιλιά από την Ελλάδα 💙🇬🇷💙
Καλά, χαλαρωσε λίγο...
Hi! Can you name the song made by the greek girls? Efharistò
@@ElenaMalan th-cam.com/video/wGfnGH1qIoY/w-d-xo.html
@@ElenaMalan Hi.The artist is Lena Zevgara (Λένα Ζευγαρά) and the title song is Ela ela (Έλα έλα) th-cam.com/video/-4bXuq1GXMk/w-d-xo.html
@@ElenaMalan as a Greek I'd say that was the worst choice ever done imho but anyway ..🙄 just saying because there are a lot nicer songs they could pick to promote the Greek culture
I'm italian but now I'm in Portugal
Portuguese people are so nice and the country remind me so much of Italy
i go to italy last summer, and had the same feeling, but the language is so funny
We love other Europeans and love to know more cultures. 😀🇵🇹🤝🇮🇹
They appear nice because you don't understand their language and because you are not around when they talk about you.
@@nickolasgaspar9660 What’s wrong with you?
@@iampunishedbylove I always tell the truth..?
The Greek girls are very positive and loving, seeing always the best qualities on other countries. Did you also notice that?
Greeks are in general very friendly and love different Cultures and countries!
Thats because we love the South 😉
If you ask us about some Northern countries, then maybe the answers would be more stereotypical & less positive.
But, generally speaking, we have a genuine interest in other cultures.
yes, they are the ones with most interesting comments. the others are really biased by a lot of prejudice...
Yes, until they asked them which country has the best food and the one girl said Greece lol. Nothing beats the Italians on food and everyone else knew that! 😂 Ok, maybe greek food is second best.
@@ParalimniVoice The Italian food is really wonderful but the Greek is just as good. It's just not as popular as Italian in the rest of the world.
" they beat us in 2004 finals" the look on her face is priceless XD
Ikr I also laughed a lot! it totally made sense!
Btw I also have a travel channel if you want to check it out!🤩
sadly every portuguese guy brings that up once in a while, therefore the look on our faces (portuguese women) 😂 soo accurate
We just can't get over it, it was so sad! 😭😭😭😭
@kwstas kwsta Do you mean Cristiano Ronaldo?
At least they won it against France in 2016
The woman from crete pronounces portugueses words so well
She had relatives and people she knew from everyone of those countries imo
Yes, the woman from Crete does everything so well here ... love that island, been more than 10 times there, and seen close to every small village from the east to the west! 😊😎
How do u know she is from Crete??
@@asixeres6498 1:25
@@davidkasquare still they dont say anything about Crete... 😕
I’m Italian and every time I’ve been to Spain, Portugal or Greece (sorry France, you’re gonna be the next one tho) I’ve always felt home. People are so welcoming and the FOOD IS AMAZING. If I could, I would totally live one year in each country and do it till I die ❤️🇪🇸❤️🇬🇷❤️🇵🇹❤️🇫🇷❤️
You sould come to the south of France ( espacially the French riveira) Im sure you will love the place, its very similar to italy and people will welcome you with open arms, French people love italy and every southern european country ( and by the way congrats for the euro final)
I'm Portuguese and feel the same way, I would love to live some time in all of southern Europe if I could.
@@myriam6101 i can confirm, southern France is also a very passionate, amazing and warm place, i feel home there.
Did you travel to Corsica Island?
I'm Spanish and feel the same way about the rest of Southern Europe
What a beautiful video! very nice people and beautiful mediterranean cultures! They are one of the most beautiful countries in the world! greetings from a Chilean to my Greek, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese brothers! :)
I am from Spain but I am in love with Portugal.
same, I’m Spanish as well, and Portugal is like my 2nd home.
Me too
And I just love Spain!
I love Spain!🥰🇵🇹
we like you guys too, your are rly funny and always so happy but you do speak realy loud x'D you mark your presence in the streets xD
MY PERFECT FOOS CHOICES:
Breakfast is french, lunch is italian, deserts are greek, afternoon snack is spanish and dinner is portuguese.
The perfect eating day for me.
You could literally change the order whichever way you want and the day is still gonna be a perfect eating day honestly
@@MegaTobins696 you're not wrong HAHAHA
The Mediterranean cuisine is one of the best and healthiest diets in the world! Love our beautiful culture!!
Love how you tried to not offend anyone hhhhh
@@amncf489 but I actually like all their foods HAHAHA
Im Portuguese and I absolutely loved to know what some people from other countries think about us!
I love all these countries so much, including their languages, customs, their people... There's just something very, very special about southern europe. Such a lovely and enriching video!
We all have one thing in common: British tourists that look like cooked lobsters "tanning" on the beach XD
German and Dutch tourists too😂👍
hahahahhah TRUE
South Europeans have chunk of African/Moorish blood.
@@Omerath9 I wouldn’t doubt they’re more mixed than Northern Europeans, Southern Europe has been a melting pot of so many different cultures and invasions throughout history.
😂😂😂😂😂
Oh come on we Spaniards don't shout at all...
MAMAAAA QUE HAY DE COMER?
XD
Nosotros italianos hacemos lo mismo: mamma che c’è da mangiare? *literally shouting*
@@IdaNebuloni hahahahha so nice. In my opinion italians and Spaniards are like brothers. We're so similar it's incredible. I love Italy and it's people! Saludos desde España🇪🇦❤️🇮🇹
JAJAJAJAJAJAJ
Meanwhile in Greece: MANAAAAAA TI ΕΧΕΙ ΝΑ ΦΑΜΕ; *screaming as you literally enter the house*
I think Christina's (Greek girl) portuguese is the best one I ever heard from a foreigner! She was absolutely spot-on in "João" and "Inês" sounds and those are very difficult. Great video!!
Plus she looks like a true portuguese lady like highschool friend i had
Portuguese food is like a long, tight, warm hug from your grandmother after you've had an argument with your parents because they don't get you.
and its bland
@@l.n963 I don’t think your taste buds are working
@@l.n963 bland?! 😂😂
@@l.n963 we dont use loads of sauces to hide the real taste of food like foreigns do, quality food is the one where you can taste of the meat and fish without having sauces.
@@l.n963 bland? lol you clearly have never tasted real portuguese food
As a Spanish, I can say that my absolute favourite country in the world is Portugal. The food, the people, and absolute magic place that is the Duero river, and the Foz Côa rock art.
The Portuguese are our Siamese brothers. Italians our step brothers, Greeks our doppelganger, and French our posh cousin. 😅
All in all, a beautiful family 💗
Also, a Latin union (sorry Greece), Spain, France, Portugal, and Italy would be amazing!
Obrigado! Gracias!
However, just the southern part of France.
I loooove our Southern European brothers, and have a really unhealthily crush on Portugal.
Much love from the Netherlands ! 😍
Onestly i love all the Europe unite - cheers
Good Idea, but not without Greece.
@@aubreymay1694 My entire country is blushing right now.
Personally ALL OF SOUTHERN EUROPE IS THE BEST OF EUROPE 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 🇦🇩 🇮🇹 🇬🇷 🇫🇷
Oh, you snuck Andorra in there... Well done 💪
no tax haven allowed
Sneaky, sneaky... I see you added Andorra in there xD
As a Portuguesese I will allow it, ehehe 👨⚖️🔨
Love all of the countries in Europe, but southern ones (Andorra included ofc 😁) are the ones I prefer
Love from Portugal! 👋
I'm gonna add in 🇲🇨 and 🇸🇲!
@@MaxPlasMax we love Indonesia!!
Lisbon is the most beautiful city in the world, and Portugal is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. ❤️ The city of Porto is very old and romantic city. The Portuguese should be proud of the beauty of their country. They have a beautiful nature, climate, architecture, cuisine, music (fado) ... Only people without souls don't like fado. Lisbon has a soul, and its name is ‘fado’. Fado was recognised by UNESCO in 2011 as an ‘intangible cultural heritage’. Lisbon, Portugal’s capital city, is the heartbeat of the country. It’s also one of the oldest cities in the world, predating even Rome. Lisbon is a city of old souls who value tradition, art, and creativity and are putting those facets of life to use in modern ways.
The Portuguese people are some of the kindest I’ve come across in my travels. They are one of the best nations in the world, they are very polite and friendly open to foreigners. People with the beautiful hearts and souls.
For me, the Portuguese language is the most beautiful language. I speak several languages including Portuguese, Spanish, French, English, German, and Croatian, my native language. Languages are my passion. European Portuguese and Slavic languages have the same phonetics. In Portugal, Russian speaking people learn the language quite easily. English speaking people don't use many of the sounds used in Portuguese, so they have a bit more difficulty.
European Portuguese is sexy as fuck, it's a perversion for my ears. 😊 Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes once called Portuguese "the sweet and gracious language" and Spanish playwright Lope de Vega referred to it as "sweet", while the Brazilian writer Olavo Bilac poetically described it as "a última flor do Lácio, inculta e bela" (the last flower of Latium, rustic and beautiful). Portuguese is also termed "the language of Camões", after one of the greatest literary figures in the Portuguese language, Luís Vaz de Camões.
Olavo Bilac once said "a Pátria não é a raça, o meio, o conjunto dos aparelhos económicos e políticos, é o idioma herdado ou criado por um povo". Fernando Pessoa wrote in Lisbon "a minha Pátria é a Língua Portuguesa". Saudações da Croácia. 😘
Muito obrigada pelas suas lindas palavras. Será sempre benvinda no meu país. Beijinhos de Portugal😘
@@MariaMartins-jq2ep De nada. 😉 🇭🇷❤️🇵🇹
Jesus, you almost made me cry, thank you so much!!!!!!!!
Love to croatia (this is real, i frequently talk with croatians, great people) from Portugal! 🇵🇹❤️🇭🇷
@@luismendes3307 You're welcome. 😉 And thank you for your kind words. 🥰💋 God bless you!
I'm on all fours with such highly praise and distinction - my heart was enchanted by such a sensitive Croatian soul. I'm speechless and false modesty it is not... THANK YOU ! 💚💗
Love all Southern European / Mediterranean people from Greece!
@J. Smith indeed! We share all common history and the Southern European culture! Both are beautiful countries with wonderful people! I feel like home when I visit Portugal and Spain!
I love all Southern Europeans from Slovakia ❤️ I’ve been to Italy, Spain and Greece multiple times, the food, the culture and the people are the best. I had to go to Portugal with my family this year, but it was cancelled because of Covid. I hope I would be able to visit Portugal and France soon!
Once I went to Greece.... what I liked the most was.... Greeks :) I have no idea why, can't explain very well
@J. Smith Very informative and interesting comment, thank you. A few years ago, for some reason, I developed an interest in the Celtic history of Portugal to the point of actually visiting Galiza/Galicia and seeing some of their historic Celtic sites. I also learnt an Irish legend of a “Míl Espáine”, son of a Galician Celtic chieftain called “Breogan”, who left Galicia and landed in the shores of Ireland, establishing Ireland’s last peoples, the Milesians. Would be fascinating if there was actually some truth to the legend!
Interesting (or even odd) to me, that a girl from Paris appears in a video about Southern European / Mediterranean people.
I visited Italy and Greece multiple times and it was always great experience. I was in France once and it's also very pleasant memory. I hope one day I will go to Portugal and Spain as well. Southern Europeans seem like the only Europeans who are open, not that quiet and more often show their emotions:) Greetings from Poland:)
Love from Greece and let me tell you will be warmly welcomed in any southern European Country :D
Thx you for your Nice comment but we aren’t the only ones who are open I think, maybe it just seems that way
I have visited Poland already. Hope you will have pleasant holidays when you visit Portugal!
I disagree, I visited Krakow an amazing and underrated city. Poles are so kind and open like us (italians). The Irish too are so friendly! Anyway Polish girls: the most beautiful women in the world.
I was impressed how well the Portuguese speaks English
The Portuguese (and Greeks) always use subtitles on TV (unlike Spain, Italy and France who dub everything) - and that is one of the main reasons why their English is way better.
@@Ogeroigres I always thought that former colonial powers like Spain, France and England were pretty monolingual because their international relationship used to be more with their former colonies that speak the same language, but I guess Portugal debunks this myth. Maybe Portuguese are less egocentric and more open to learn other languages I guess.
@@Ogeroigres Well that is great!!! I am visiting Portugal in April if God is willing so I’m pretty sure I’m not gonna have a hard time.. I also speak Spanish so it should be ok for me
@@lissandrafreljord7913 I agree!! I speak Spanish.. I visited Spain in 2019 and thank God I speak Spanish because they hardly speak any other language. I am Mexican-American by the way
@@mexicanbeautyqueen7988 for sure, we're always willing to help and talking in English is not a problem, you're always welcome here 😊 hope you have a wonderful time!!
I miss living in Portugal. What an amazing country.
where did you live? :P
@@TheGabrielPTI lived in Lisboa (8 months), the Azores (Terceira) for 6 months, the Algarve for 6 months, Beja for 6 months, and Santarém for a month. It's been almost 10 years but I still speak Portuguese well.
@@ScottJB thats so cool, glad you loved it. How hard was the Azorian accent? Hahaha
@@TheGabrielPT Hahah they always told me I talked com sotaque continental but I feel like for a while afterwards I started to stay stuff like "tive a dormuir" instead of "dormir" or "fiqyar" instead of "ficar" haha. I think people on the continent usually associate the Azores with the accent of São Miguel but Terceira is very different from S.M.
@@ScottJB ahh yes, yes, that was my mistake. São Miguel is the known island for that accent haha
You forgot your two little brothers: Malta 🇲🇹 and Cyprus 🇨🇾
Cyprus is greek. The people Who live there are greek
@@istinpolin4508 Yes I know :) But Cyprus is a different country thats why i say Cyprus too :)
You"re right!
and Andorra
San Marino and the Vatican too
Portugal 🇵🇹 Spain 🇪🇸 Greece 🇬🇷 the best 👌
As an Italian who lived in Greece, the second I got there I said to my mum "I just kinda like people (mi stanno simpatici) not sure why". Then I realised that if you'd just mute everything, you could think you were back home 😅filakia pola to my Greek brothers and sisters
even my great-grandpa who was in prison during ww2 didn't have to say anything against the Italians... and my grandma has at least 3 stories involving Italian soldiers who gave her food without expecting anything in return during the occupation even though they were "the enemy". we're too close as nations to be actual enemies
thank sarah for your kind words! Italians are my favorite people, I can't pinpoint exactly what it is (probably a mix of language, culture, lifestyle and similarity to greece). I like Italian culture so much che da un mese ho cominciato ad apprendere l' Italiano ! baci ai mei fratelli e sorelle italiani ♥♥
@@vasilikikakara3092 my granpa fought in Yugoslavia and Greece. He likes Mussolini before ww2: a war that nobody wants expect Mussolini itself, in particular the infamous invasion of Greece. No more brother wars.
I am Portuguese, I have a Spanish great-grandma, I had two Italian girlfriends and I had one French guy, one Spanish guy and two Greek girls for housemates in London, so I can relate perfectly to all of this!!! Especially the Euro 2004 thing, well revenged by the Euro 2016 haha
Well done Marina, as always!
FMORAIS so funny! I am Spanish from across the border and my great grandfather, Antonio Silva, was Portuguese ❤️
@@Victoria-rl4cu what a coincidence haha my great-grandmother was called Melania, from Vigo (Galicia) :)
I have both Spanish and Portuguese ancestry
southern Europe has the best food, in the world, sorry but we are the best hahahahahaha
I agree, I'm from Morocco and can't live without French fries lol
I don't know if it's French or Belgian but I just lOVE it, I also like pizza, panini, Spanish omelette, (tortilla), bravas, etc.
I love les les escargots too even it's disgusting for some people but for me it's really nice
I don't know about Portuguese or Greek food
But Italian and French food are everywhere, and because I live in the north Spanish food is very common in here.
Verdade👌
@@Venus-xj8bd In Portugal popular dishes are cod (bacalhau), custard tarts (pastéis de nata), octopus (polvo), grilled sardines (sardinhas assadas), shellfish, bread ans pastry in general. You should try them!
I'm from The Netherlands and totally agree!
I love Italian food but food in the levant (Syrian/Lebanese) is also one of the best. so you probably should’ve said Mediterranean food is the best lol
The Portuguese guy is a fucking GENIUS, he totally nails us Spanish when we talk English.
The world knows this about spabush people.
It's called (The snob lisp)
Lol I'm spanish/Italian in America
I'm just joking with family ok. Lol I love you guys , I love my roots
and the Portuguese girl sitting next to him is good looking too
@@DAVIDTORRESANI I didn't understand what you meant 😂😂. Could you explain?
@missrehearsal.
I read my comment back to see what you read.. And I said to myself, WTF did I say....? Lol
Auto correcting on words messed it up and I didn't proof read afterwords. Obviously. Lol
Idk . 😂😂😂😂
@@bconni2 i think your blind my guy
Τhis is the only video I've watched where multiple countries are mentioned/promoted and there's not ONE hate comment written. I love this positivity 🖤 The rest of the world should be as loving as we are!
How I 🇳🇱 see them:
Spain 🇪🇸: 😎🍊⛱🍹☀️🌴
Portugal 🇵🇹: 🧔🐟🥧🚊🍷🍇
Italy 🇮🇹: 😍🤌🍋🫒☕🍝🍦
France 🇲🇫:👨🍳🍳🥐🥖🍾🧅🍷🍇🧄🌻
Greece 🇬🇷: 🧔🍉☀️🦑🏝🍸
NL stands for Napoletano?
@@fatso2894 No, sono Olandese 😉
The Portuguese description is on point and very cool... But we have amazing beaches too on the south (Algarve)
Nick van Betuw ypu can add the grappe and the glass of red wine for all of us...
@@bernardog.6451 One day, one day 😉
I am an Italian from Tuscany who fell in love with the Alentejo
They are kind of similar :)
@@tubinho79 Alentejo is much hotter in summer though and bone dry. Tuscany has a milder climate, tends to be a lot greener and I think it has a higher mountains. As a Portuguese I would rank Tuscany much higher than hot, dry and desolate Alentejo but to each their own.
I'm portuguese and in 2010 my highschool linked with a greek highschool to have this student exchange for the first time. There were very few slots for the portuguese students to go visit Thessaloniki for a whole week and experience the school environment there so, I couldn't miss the chance. I was one of the picked students and I have to say that greek people blew my mind on how kind, great hosts and funny they are. As soon as our group of students landed in the airport, all the greek students hosting us came running and hugging us, we were overwhelmed with joy. My girl was called Maria and she and her best friend Giota were the funniest girls ever. It was an instant friendship. We arrived home late in the evening and ate a whole spanakopita together. I immediately felt like i was home, her familly welcomed me like i was family. Funny to see the greek girls in this video saying that spanish sounds like greek because from my experience during that week, all the greek students told me the same but also recognized that portuguese sounded "familiar" even if they couldn't understand a one word we were saying 😅 and we also agreed that greek had that "familiar" sound or languistic manneirisms that we could mistake for portuguese at first, but then we couldn't decipher the words upon a closer listening. It's crazy to say this but it honestly felt like both languages were distant relatives with the same "base" or roots but that evolved in a very different sense through the centuries. And i guess that is somewhat true. When we handed our greek pals some portuguese texts for them to try and read, they did it perfectly! And the other way around also happened, according to them. The only thing was that none of us knew what we were saying, but the pronunciation was there. I loved the experience, the people, the food and I just feel like Greece has this "hugging", home feel to you, just like Portugal would have. It's a southern european thing I guess 💕
Aww, that's so sweet
As a greek you make me happy lmao :)
We are different in many things, but in food... All...Brothers&Sisters😋🇵🇹🇪🇸🇫🇷🇮🇹🇬🇷😉
Greek people are very smart and know about every country
I have a greek friend and he speaks better spanish than me lol
The majority of greeks like spain and spanish language. We have many things in common.
didn't expect less from the country of Socrates
Josué López The portugese prime minister? 😂
maybe cause we have a very hard times in school
Antonia, I am Azerbaijani, and that "Let's not be Greek around people" made me laugh so much. That would be me around another Azerbaijani girl talking about food in public. But, yeah, among those cuisines, Greek is the healthiest and tastiest imo. Hope to travel there one day and dance ikariotiko.
Respect to azerbaijan from greece 🇬🇷🇦🇿
Ikariotiko!!! Surprised you've heard of the dance 🔥🔥
Much love to Azerbaijan!
Ilariotiko is fun! 💙
The sons of GrecoRoman civilization 🇮🇹🇬🇷🇪🇸🇵🇹🇫🇷
and levant
@Algeria Amazigh then some of North Africa could be included
@@onemillionpercent Gross
Sad Andorra noises
And the last ones that have won the euro since 2004!.
You Greeks are our siblings in accent, jajaj. I met years ago a Greek man and at first I thought he was Spanish from Galicia, because they have a very similar accent.
It's true. Spanish people living in Gr have an accent almost as locals. We have the same sound and rythm when speaking
Portugal gets 12 points from me! Such a sweet duo!
12 points gooo to ...Portugal..
Very true. The greeks girls were sweet as well
@@MLSoll I totally agree with u
@@joaoteixeira7410 :)
Thanks, we appreciate it!
Wonderful people , Love you all From your southern Moroccan neighbors 🇲🇦🇵🇹🇪🇸🇫🇷🇮🇹🇬🇷
Love for you too from Spain!
Man I love Marocco!
@@bliblih Spain and Morocco a Love story 💐💐
@@ZeePintor Thank u dude ! where are you From ?
@@hamzaabou4821 portugal my friend 😊
here in portugal our poetical language is like: -bye bro. -bye but go by the shadows, cause shit melts by the sun. and i think thats beautiful
depois de traduzir ri bué
@@joaomarques478 hehhehe
Lol. Here in Spain we say the same
Hahaha we have the same expressions
mais poético que isto não há
I LOVE ITALY AND GREECE.. ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL COUNTRIES TO LIVE IN
Malaka, parakalo, malakalakalo." I'm dying, this was funny and cute when the Spanish girl tried to say some Greek. 😂😂😂😍
And malaka is my spanish city
@@EnzoCaballero1 Ohh really?? That's nicee. :)
@@EnzoCaballero1 LOL !! I hope you don't call the citizens of Malaka City , "Malakes" :)
The greeks and spaniards should totally marry lmao. The greek say spanish sounds like greek, and the spanish says greek sound like spanish
hahah totally, so cute! x
It's actually interesting. Our language (Greek) is phonologically identical to Iberian Spanish. Our letters have the same sounds, the main differences are that Spanish will more frequently have a longer rolled r than Greek (though this can differ based on accent) and vowel lengths can differ between the languages. When we hear each other speak it kind of just sounds like you should understand what they're saying but it comes out as gibberish haha.
Greek with Spanish girlfriend of two years here, really considering it!
Our friends say if we have kids they will be Italian xD
Because in all honesty it does. It's not just them, the two languages are theoretically almost as distant as they get, only being connected within the Indo European language family. However, the large number of Greek words that entered Spanish combined with similar phonetics and similar sounding endings eg Spanish -os means masculine plural, Greek -ος/os means 2nd declention masculine singular, Spanish -as means feminine plural, Greek -ας/as means 1st declention masculine singular or (1st declention) feminine singular genitive. As you can see, the same sounds in the same places are common, but signify different things.
@@summerfish9320 is not about the greeks,greeks CAME from the east,and we catalans does not have that sounds. Is more like eukera,euskera have only 5 vocals,you read It like It sounds,as the spanish....,but in Spain there are other languages wich are not the case. Gallego,bable from Asturias, catalán ,occitane,etc....
Portugal has the warmest and friendly people.
@Kev Pog Oh shut up.
I love my Mediterranean roots (as Portuguese) I'm very proud of it and I love my southern brothers,! special the Italians, Spaniards and Greeks
South European are the best.
Only as long as Northern EU countries send them money and vouch for their debt. When they suck us dry, there will be less fiesta and dolce vita and a lot more more riots, I guess.
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@@ulrichrenner6256 100% cliché
@@jrr3558 I am not the average idiot spreading nonsense on TH-cam.
I lived in Spain for a year and speak Spanish fluently, my Catalan, French, Italian and Portuguese have gotten a bit rusty.
No cliché, just my prediction, let us hope I am wrong.
@@jrr3558 It’s 100% fact. All these ‘we are the best’ comments. Your countries have pathetic, poor economies which are only kept alive with bailouts and tourism from North European countries. The only advantage you have is the weather.
@@joebloggs8292 France and Italy poor economy???
That must be one loud dinner table...
Not to mention delicious!
not to mention that last for hourS...
@awfulguitarplucker never be sorry for being who you are. we are not inferior or superior for being culturally different
@awfulguitarplucker I recommend you to see the documentary "The Swedish theory of love", it talks about the lonely lives they have in Sweden (but applies to the other Nordic countries as well). There is nothing to be ashamed of talking loud during dinner, it is part of being a human. Greetings from Mexico
@awfulguitarplucker What's the alternative? Gobbling your food from your lap as we do in the UK? Often while watching tv. Dinner from a table is a luxury at Christmas or seen in more discerning households that have the occasional dinner party. Please never change.
For some reason I thought the Portuguese people were Americans because their English is soooo good and they just sound american - I’m American by the way(not by choice ofc)
France Spain and Italy translate everything, be it movies, shows and even their national music is more often than not on their respective languages. Not here in Portugal. Many of US even keep Windows/ games and menu settings in English :) besides the way portuguese is Spoken kinda makes English easy.
We don’t translate anything in movies and commercials and etc since the dictatorship started. It was a way of controlling our population from what was happening outside of our country (evolution, free speech) since none of us could speak English back then 😂
Hey, don't be so hard on your country!
We all have ups and downs.
Love from Portugal.
@@chupameusculh0es493 except shrek, watching shrek without dub is a federal crime
@Biel 2001 No! Russian sounds Portuguese
All Mediterraneans are super expressive and mostly loud and boisterous much love from egypt ❤🇪🇬
Egypt is amazing. We love it. Happy to see your comment!
You are not similar to south europeans lmao
@@s66s46 no body said anything about similar but few characteristics are the same throughout the region
@@seifelbagoury7182 I agree about that a bit, what I have seen many levantines and north africans could pass for south europeans (mostly levantines) but also many dont
We Love our Egyptian Brothers! Talk about a POWERHOUSE in Mediterranean History 💙
Greetings from Greece! 🇬🇷
I lived and worked in Spain for three years in an international environment. I have to say that the Greek and Portuguese communities were very close in comparison with the other communities.
The reason why the Portuguese speak English so well, is because they subtitle movies, tv shows, etc. instead of dubbing. English is also taught is school in the early years. German and French are optional languages.
We don't dub in Greece either.
@@alx_gr1
That might be why the Portuguese and the Greeks speak English better than the French , Italians and Spaniards.
The English proficiency index 2020
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EF_English_Proficiency_Index
@@terra7066 spaniards? Wtf is that? Its spanish
@@franciscosoares2815
Spanish é a língua , os habitantes da Espanha são Spaniards como Danish é a língua que os Dinamarqueses falam e os Dinamarqueses são Danes.
Danish e Spanish são as línguas ou algo desses países mas não o povo.
@@terra7066 but you say spasnish like they are spanish
Portuguese here, in love with Spain, Greece, Italy and France.... we are all great!
Yes we are! Love from Greece ♥
Well, the average Portuguese have a certain tendency towards Hispanophobia. The black legend has taken deep roots there...
@@manuelmanzanero5057 Not really, we just don't like how some Spaniards feel 'superior' to us, and how they behave when on vacation (refusing to make an effort to understand the language and being very loud.)
@@nezahuall To say that Spaniards, or some Spaniards, feel superior to you (I assume that you mean the Portuguese), is a purely psychological and subjective assessment. It is as arbitrary as inverting the terms and saying that it is the Portuguese or some Portuguese who feel inferior to the Spaniards and who project on them the arrogance or security that they lack. But superiority or inferiority are complexes of individuals, not of human groups or countries. When you say that some Spaniards feel superior, in what sense do you mean it? They think they are taller, smarter, more handsome, more successful? Or is it simply an assumption that you abstract from the fact that you consider them "loud" or unwilling to learn the language? But no: the reality is that beautiful and ugly people, tall and short, successful and unsuccessful, there are in all countries, cities and streets. Success, height, intelligence, do not define some countries against others. The issue of the bad behavior of the Spanish tourists continues to cause me some amazement. Portugal is visited every year by thousands of Spaniards: it is not uncommon to find them in all cities, and it is easy to hear them (because of their high number, not because they make a particular noise). I myself have a part of my family living near Lisbon (Cascais). My impression is not of bad behavior, but my impression is subjective and I do not deny that there might be some cases. However, according to statistics, the British appear year after year at the top of the countries with the worst performing tourists. This is evident in Spain: but it is also evident in the rest of the countries of the Mediterranean basin, especially those most focused on beach tourism. In Portugal, is the behavior of the British used to construct a general judgment about the United Kingdom and its inhabitants? Of course not, and it would be unfair and arbitrary to do so. But nevertheless, it is used to reach general conclusions about the Spanish. And what about the effort for the language? Do you ask the Britons to make the effort to learn your language? Of course not: we speak English to them, and we consider ourselves modern and cosmopolitan countries for doing so (and it's difficult not to remember here the issue of the inferiority complex). So I am afraid that the history behind some Portuguese with Spain has little to do with noise, superiority and bad behavior of tourists: in the same way, if all those things are not reproached to the Brits it also has little to do with their objective behavior, but with a series of prejudices and sympathies / antipathies related to the history of the last centuries and the way in which it has been institutionalized in schools and in the environmental ideology of our different countries. The UK (I mean its monarchy and its academic elites) has always been a first class country at justifying its actions in front of the world and demonizing the actions of others. But that's another matter. Greetings.
@@nezahuall im from Spain, galician, and mostly all the people here likes Portugal and dont feel superior, i dont know why you feel like that, we find Portuguese very friendly and nice people even brothers.
I was awaiting this video for so long, so accurate ! I honestly love all of us Mediterraneans, can’t go wrong with either of us. Best part of Europe if you ask me. Forever grateful to all of you for the amazing relationships, food, culture, weather, travel experiences and memories you’ve provided me with . Big family love 💙💙 from Portugal
The Greek song was the best, no doubt! It should’ve lasted longer ... Greek people and culture are just amazing. 🤗 Loved this clip, greets from frosty Finland 😊🇫🇮 I’ve been to Greece more than 10 times, to Italy 5 or 6 times, France, Spain and Portugal still to go. 😊
Much love to Finland from Greece
@@wonderlandian8465 ❤️❤️
Big hug to our north european cousin. We are different, but in the end i like that. Europe is a mosaic of different culture, hard to put togheter but we need to respect each other. Greatings from an italian
@@simonedylan6581 love Italy too ❤️🇮🇹 Ho molto lavorato con italiani in Finlandia, e una volta ero in Sestriere per insegnare la musica per bambini italiani ... Era meraviglioso. Ho molti amici in Italia. ❤️ E la cucina italiana ... Mamm... 😀 Salutazioni, e spero che posso rivisitare Italia presto. (La mia italiana e “della casa”) 😀👍
@@davidkasquare wow, complimenti per il tuo italiano, perfetto👍 hope you will return when this damn pandemic its over. Yeah, people usually think at italy about sun and beach, but we have also the highest montain in europe. In some parts of italy its colder than finland. Un abbraccio al popolo finlandese
The Portuguese lady is a beauty
Right! Tell me about it!
Dude she's a dime. Portuguese people as a whole are very attractive.
@@gerdalva5720 yeah, very attractive genetics 🧬
i love how everyone is hyping up portugal thanks guys - portuguese here
Im French and I visited portugal last year ( Faro and Lisboa) its a beautiful country with a great culture, portugal is very similar to the south of France actually, Portugal is very underrated
Ok
Much love to Portugal from Greece
Black Here
Because Portugal is underrated.
So much fun shooting this video! 😁 Marina, you rock ❤️
And to those saying that France isn't Southern Europe, well, it's not Northern Europe either, is it? 😅
Central and Southern France are totally Mediterranean when it comes to culture and French is a latin language. These countries were picked because we all relate to each other a lot and have a lot of similarities.
And I was born in Paris, which might not be considered "Southern Europe", but I'm originally from Corsica, you can't go more Southern Europe than that, but if we had put Corsica instead of Paris, people would have gotten mad for other reasons, so... Let's just all enjoy a video, be happy and love one another ❤️✌️
Yay Nour! Well said 🙌
@J. Smith Not Mediterranean but still Southern European. Portugal technically is in South Western Europe bordering the Atlantic.
@J. Smith Southern European is a general term. Yes Portugal is in South Western Europe. South Europe is divided between South Eastern and South Western Europe. Italy is South Central Europe. Yes there are differences for sure between these countries. Southern European is just a generic general term. The Portuguese are a South South Western non Mediteranean Atlantid peoples.
@J. Smithsorry I don't quite understand what you're saying, what do you mean exactly?
@J. Smith
What??? Are u compering the weather of Portugal with England??
Lol 😂
I live in London almost a year love it but the weather after 8 months start to affect me, turn me blue or grey !!!
We don’t reach the Mediterranean, but we have Mediterranean culture also!
I know... Portugal is little but u can split it in 3 areas, north, center and south ...
U will see the different influences of cultures....
Cheers from Portugal ✌🏼🙂
I love this video! I am Italian and it’s one of your best you’ve uploaded, congratulations!!
Happy to hear that!! I loved making this one actually :)
Those greek ladies have an amazing portuguese accent omg wtf did I just hear? I'm very impressed! I wonder if they had much contact with portuguese people
The video was filmed in Portugal 😉
@@DatingBeyondBorders aaaaaah that explains it
@@DatingBeyondBorders we want moreeee
@@DatingBeyondBorders Is Christina from Cyprus? She said she used to live in Limassol and her accent when speaking English screams Cypriot
@@drjulietburke no she don't have Cyprus accent, she is from Crete, Cyprus accent is the best accent of the modern greek
As a brazilian with portuguese and italian ancestry i have to say these are some of the best countries in the whole world! Each with its own unique features but at the same time very much alike... as real siblings! Great video, sending to all my mediterranean cousins lots of love and warmth from Rio! :)
the greek woman had a perfect portuguese accent when they said something in portuguese like oh my god
Being french with Portuguese origins, I consider these countries as family, we should speak another language than english between us ❤🇨🇵🇮🇹🇬🇷🇪🇦🇵🇹
🇨🇵 Home
🇮🇹 Latin closest Brother in language and blood
🇬🇷 Most beautiful country on Earth, Greek inspired French
🇪🇦 Close Latin Brother
🇵🇹 Latin Brother (and part of my blood)
I dont consider french people to be "latin" except for the language
@@thesapphirem5469 France is latin, more you will go to the north, less you will feel it but here in the south you can find places like there are in Spain etc...
But anyway, entire France is latin lol
C'est un gentil commentaire, malheureusement je ne pense pas que nos "amis" latin ici fassent preuve de la même bienveillance que toi à l'égard de la France
@@justinebch8099 La majorité si en général😎✌🏽
@@RyanBarroso nan on est un peu les rejetés mdr, très peu nous aime comme nous on les aime
As a Moroccan who have travelled to France, Spain and Portugal, i can definitely say that Portuguese are the most welcoming Europeans. very open and hospitalable people, much love to Portuguese, love you guys!!!
@Carolina Dias for sure!! you’re always welcome honey,
Your statement is stupid. You have travelled in three european countries and you talk for all europeans
Shoukran ya Ahmed, 7ob ilaa almaghreb alaqsaa min medinati al3aiyun fi algharb alandalus(janoub albortughaal).
We defenitely are ;)
@@torrezno1990 A Arabia Saudí mejor. Mucho espacio libre, y además los wahhabistas son caritativos con el viajero y el necesitado.
Man, i love the friendship and respect Europeans have for each other nowadays. Feels great to be connected to so many great cultures and people. Greetings from Portugal!
When you realise what an amazing diversity we have in Europe and how we still feel like brothers, you come to see how we don't need mass migration from Africa or Middle-East
@@amoreazione3563racist
@@reaux3921 right, so if I don't want my people to slowly disappear and my country's demographic succumb to other ethnic groups that makes me a racist. Only a libtard could think that
@@reaux3921 na that’s just facts we have never needed u or any non European types u need us
Guys i hope you enjoy the video!! It was such a pleasure to participate with Antonia for the Greek content!
I want to thank everyone for being so kind and welcome,and especially to Marina for creating something so educationally beautiful!
Enjoy the video❤️
Thanks Christina! You were super sweet and fun to film. The spitting anti-jinx as you can see was my favorite 😂
Likewise, Christina 🤩
Κοριτσια ησασταν υπεροχες....🇬🇷💙
You were one of my favourites, very knowledgeable and charismatic! Great job representing your country ☺️
I’ve been to Greece and Italy, and I’m hoping to go to Portugal in the not too distant future... currently learning European Portuguese, I’m actually subbed to Leo (Portuguese man in the video). Love from America. :))
@Carolina Dias de nada :)
It's so good to see someone learning european portuguese, it's a really beautiful language. Hope you can visit this beautiful country soon, you won't regret it. Where are you planing on going (Lisboa, Porto, Viseu, Guimarães,...)?
When you do visit us, try to use your knowledge in the language. You'll make a very good impression just by saying simple things like "Olá" (Hello), "Obrigada" (Thank you) and "Adeus" (Bye). People don't usually try to speak our language (not even this simple things).
@@anacruz9461, muito obrigado. Queria ir para Lisboa e Porto. Minha namorada é portuguesa em Lisboa e queria ver todos azulejos em Lisboa. Amo o azulejo e arquitectura e comida de Portugal. Os português são muito bom. Sorry if my Portuguese isn’t the best, but I’m still learning... hopefully, I can be fluent one day. For me personally, I much prefer European Portuguese over Brazilian despite the resources to learn it being a bit more scarce.
@@mrh4900 É tão bom ler estas palavras😌😌 O teu português é o melhor que já vi alguém estrangeiro falar👌If you continue practising I'm sure you'll be fluent. Hope you have a great time in Lisbon and Porto, best wishes to you and your girlfriend💖💖
@@anacruz9461, that’s very kind. Thank you so much. I really want to be able to speak to Portuguese people in Portuguese some day. :D
I rather think of these countries as siblings from different moms, who pick on each other out of frivolous jealousy. But in the end, when a non Southern European criticises any of these countries, the others will jump on the conversation to defend their southern brother as if he's one of them. Hugs to all sisters and brothers from Southern Europe.
Actually the same mom but still jealous
Me, a Northern Italian reading the comments about good weather and hot temperatures:
👁️💧👄💧👁️
Ma viette qui sotto l'Etna e fatti 'na nuotata nda lava💙
Beh d'estate fa caldo pure al nord,anzi c'è afa.
@@hulk6057 È un caldo diverso, e comunque dura molto meno, i miei amici del sud mi dicono che a ottobre se è bel tempo vanno ancora in spiaggia. Qui è impensabile
Also me as a Spaniard from the Northwest side 🥶
Northern Spaniard: I feel you ✊😣
The portuguese guy though, he fine
Yes he really is soo 😍😍😍
in our blood
Gæ
He is fine as fuck, where the fuck does he live
Portugal is my favorite 🇵🇹 language and people!
Thanks 🇵🇹❣️
the portuguese pair are so attractive
Greek: most socially honest.
French: most gently aggressive.
Portuguese: most fine looking like I wanna fit in.
Italian: gives off most sexy vibe.
Spanish: the kinda sexy looking ppl that says I'm confident by their loudness.
interesting ppl indeed.
Spanish are sleepy people auto correct
@@jordanfischer9819 ever been to spain?
That's a very nice looking list of opinions. I like it.
I'm American though so it doesn't apply to me but it does to my family in Spain & Italy