Where would you choose? Madeira or the Azores? And let us know why :) UPDATE: We didn't go in-depth with the 70$ private healthcare, but that's what we pay for each of us per month. It's very cheap, but it's also not entirely free to go to the doctor. For example, we pay 15€ every time we schedule a consultation and if we need blood work and other tests done, there is a small fee attached. Usually though, it's insignificant. Amalie had an ultra sound, blood work and a bunch of other stuff done two years ago and it was around 80€ in total. In other words, it's infinitely cheaper than in the US and most likely the same quality, if not better. Cheers from us two ❤
Madeira, but I'm biased, I was born there. I do love the Azores for vacation but for me the weather is better in Madeira, it is more developed, it has more activities and commerce, it is closer to mainland Europe for quick flights to Lisbon. Downside is the airport closing during high wind days. Of course it the airport didn't close, the airplanes might end up in the ocean...😲
Very reasonable. Doctors are very highly educated a precious resource we all need. We have to keep them happy and respect their talents. Thank you doctors.
As a Portuguese my fear is that my country gets to overcrowded, I don’t want it to lose its essence, many locals can’t afford housing and services because of the rise of prices due to the excess of tourism and immigration
this is not unique to any place on the planet at the moment. every place that attracts tourists is experiencing the same issues. as a Canadian living in Mexico I have run into this and so I no longer live at the beach in Puerto Vallarta where prices have almost doubled in the last 3 years. but dont worry, the elites in control of our planet are working on depopulating it and making air travel illegal, so all will be fine in the end (depending on your perspective of course).
@@dncviorel Not only European countries have an ID crisis. The US is changing as well. The lack of assimilation by many to the traditions in the US and vilification of groups are disheartening and among the reasons people want to leave. We are leaving the US and coming to Portugal we will accept the traditions and not try to change Portugal in anyway.
As a Portuguese you are missing the forest for trees, our problems is not mass tourism our foreigners buying properties or land, i mean look around you in any city, town or village a large number or properties are literally abandoned. Our problem is SOCIALISM!
We're from the USA and moved to mainland Portugal (Figueira da Foz) in January 2021. We relocated to Madeira on May 1 after only two visits. We love Portugal, but Madeira is AMAZING. We're rural (São Vicente), but it is great how easily we can be anywhere on the island. We keep hoping we'll run in to you two. We love your videos.
In Madeira property (and rental) prices have been going through the roof the last couple of years, pushing out locals and giving uncertain futures and an enormous amount of stress for people. I'd say Madeira is not so much the next big destination but more now a place where the bubble is popping from already having hyperinflated prices due to influencers and remote workers who took to the island during the pandemic (where it was, at least for a long period) something of a safe haven from covid. This has led to a huge influx of foreigners wanting the "instagram lifestyle" and large overseas investment companies buying up properties and renting them out at ridiculous rates (often 3 or 4 times what they were on the market for previously) which has led to a great deal of problems for local people who have lived in Madeira all their lives. At the same time, and it may just be a coincidence, homelessness, crime and drug use has risen sharply and eveyone who lives on the island is seeing and talking about this. It is also worth noting that many of the tourist attraction places have, in a short space of time, become ridiculously overcrowded compared to only a few years ago. It is a shame, because Madeira is a lovely island full of calm, patient and tolerant people, who deserve better than being pushed out from their own forefathers land and / or living in desitution.
My parents emigrated to Canada when I was very young. I love Canada but in my heart I feel a strong pull to return to Portugal to help contribute in a non capitalist way to possibly help maintain a way of life that my fore fathers created. You can take the boy out of Portugal but you can't take the Portugal out of that boy. I was less than 2 years old at the time. My parents loved Canada for what their own country couldn't help provide for them at the time. I feel it's my time to help give something back . I have many friends from different cultures around the world who feel the same as I do.Lets try and help celebrate one anothers unique culture without exploiting it for one's own personal greed.
@@johnsousa2558 You're Canadian, not Portuguese. Stop living a fantasy. One of the many Angolans who are living in Lisbon and came here as children is infinitely times more Portuguese than you. Same goes for all the migrants who came here as children.
@drenarija Do you and your family carry on Angolan cultures from your homeland in Portugal. I would guess probably. Check out Portuguese cultural neighborhoods in Canada and the U.S. Do you feel a connection to your parents homeland where you're from. That's the point I'm trying to make. If you feel strongly about your parents country, I hope you feel a connection to help improve you're country of origin as well 😊
@@johnsousa2558 First of all, neither I nor anyone in my family have Angolan descent. I and all my ancestors (as far as I know) are Portuguese. The point I was trying to make is that just because your ancestors were from Portugal, that doesn't mean you know shit about Portuguese culture. Because culture evolves, it doesn't stay still in time. The Portugal your parents know and told you about doesn't exist anymore. As with almost any country on earth, things have changed, a lot. In a random street cafe, one of angolan descent will be able to talk about his day to day with others, because he relates to it, he belongs here. You don't. So please, just accept that you're Canadian. The obsession North Americans have with saying they're something else besides American or Canadian is just ridiculous.
I do not have your spirit of adventure but it is still a joy to behold. One of your best videos to date. The mix of Madeira and the Azores was simply stunning and your videos are enlightening and fascinating.
This title gave me a chuckle because my family and my wife’s family moved from San Diego to the Azores . Almost 2 yrs now on Terceira and we haven’t even visited the other islands yet and not even to mention all of Europe. It was an incredible experience selling everything and packing our cars and belongings all in a 40ft container. Wouldn’t trade it for anything . Cheers and Blessings 💜
Yes. The Portuguese Islands are magical. All the Islands have something special and magical. The fear is over population. Great job on describing your experiences in living on an island. See you on your next adventure!
✨ Splendid video Amalie and Joen! As Americans having just moved to Funchal, we are already witnessing the pros and cons of living in a foreign country. For all the American viewers out there envisioning life in paradise, here is what we personally love so far about Funchal, versus the areas where America ranks “better.” 🇵🇹 Portugal (specifically Funchal, Madeira) is better for: Cafe culture, walking to everything, fresher produce and tastier ingredients, clean water (no fluoride in the water either!), fresh baked bread that actually tastes like bread, lower cost of living, dramatically lower priced & easily accessible healthcare, affordable utilities, genuinely friendly locals, no (or low) chemtrails, cheap airfare within the country and to other European destinations, amazing weather year round, breathtaking scenery right outside your front door, omg the wine and cheese and sausages are so delicious that we stopped being vegan, Poncha obviously, and delectable dining options everywhere at incredibly affordable prices. 🇺🇸 America is better for: Making money, high APY on bank accounts, good ROI on real estate and other investments, Amazon, getting anything imaginable delivered to your front door in a few hours to a few days, being able to return ~anything~ without interrogation, buying materialistic things at reasonable prices, no VAT (most USA sales tax is around 7%, fyi foreign viewers), overwhelming selection of everything at stores, cheaper electronics + cars and significantly cheaper vitamins (hey, that’s important to us lol), easy to set up credit cards and bank accounts, streamlined customer service actually exists in store, online, and on the phone, and wide roads, easy-to-park parking lots / garages, and cheap gasoline to fuel our Hummers and Pick-Up Trucks 🤣 🍻 And! We can’t wait to see you guys tomorrow at your meetup, and to meet other members of the Stay Classy Crew. Até logo!
Excellent video guys - I really enjoyed it! Hope to see you around ;o) (Tracy & I are moving into a home down the hill from your place in Tabua, when it’s ready). So excited to be on this amazing island!
I just got back from my cousin's and her husband's new home in the mountains outside Miranda do covo they have been there for over 5years and passed their test to get a Portuguese passport. My 5th time there and going in October
Hello , I was in Madeira last week , and I reconize you in the restaurant laranjinha in Caniço at launch .MAdeira his very nice ,and beautiful.Sadly most of the beachs dont have sand ,only rocks .Bute the water is fenomenal .Love your videos
The vast majority of those 1.4 million Americans of Portuguese ancestry are from Portuguese from the Azores especially in California, probably 90% are from families from the central group of Islands. Terceira, Faial, Pico Sao Jorge. Not many from Graciosa island in California.
Joen your Portuguese is getting better and better. Same for Amelie. One small correction : I heard Joen pronounce ‘Casa’ as Cassa. That would be the Spanish pronunciation. In Portuguese it’s pronounced CAZA. The “s” is pronounced as a “Z” unless it’s at the end of a word in which case it sounds like a soft “J” for example the word CASAS (houses) sounds like this : CAZAzh. Hope that helps.
B4 the airport, visitors arrived by cruiseship from all over... Madeira has always been a tourist destination, its not a recent thing. Madeira has a strong connection with England and many people from madeira used to work in Jersey and Guernsey Islands picking flowers or on the potato farms.
The one reason not mentioned explaining why many Americans move abroad is low cost MEDICAL. Americans can lose their homes and go into bankruptcy if they can’t pay their medical bills. Great video!
I keep insisting that The Governments of Portugal, Madeira and Azores owe you some kind of Award and I hope it will happen someday. Another great work. Not because i'm happy with so many tourists, no i'm not, but because you deserve it!! 👍👍👍
You have the islands from the south of Portugal too!!! Yes, the islands of Algarve! They are beautiful. Portugal has many islands, you need to visit all of them!
@@joenandamalie I love that island too!!! I hope one day to see all of them in your vlog! ps: the correct name is ILHA DA ARMONA (thanks for your reply)
@@joaojervell5810 There are several sand barrier beaches separating Ria Formosa from the Atlantic Ocean. The "Ilha Deserta" was my childhood beach, but I wouldn't consider them as being proper islands. By those terms then we could also consider Almourol as being an island in the middle of the Tejo / Tagus river. And, by those terms also, in Madeira, the Cruise Ships Port would be in an extension of the "Ilheu da Pontinha" island.
If any Portuguese here are worried about the level of immigration going on in Portugal i want to assure you that nothing is bad with that, most people immigrating to Portugal are high net worth individuals, retirees, investors, etc and these are the people that can contribute significantly to Portuguese economy and most of these people are natured enough to understand culture and give respect to the country's and people's culture. I'm just 20yrs old and I'm from Africa, my plan is to live in a place that feels like home because my home here isn't a home for me anymore, I want peace, so why do you think I'd misbehave in a country that offered me peace? I would do everything I can to adapt to the culture and be one of you guys because I see you as my savior With alll that said; we just have to love each other no matter where we come from because that's what we need to fight against all these greedy politicians that would send us to war and make us kill each other and tell them "no we don't want war"
you guys deserve a medal from our president. you do more then the culture minister..love from Coimbra. Go Terceira, my favorite island from the central islands.
Amalia really wouldnt like my eating habits... I lick my plate in public if its something that leaves sauce or juice on the plate. I do have a quick glance around and try to do it quickly when nobody is looking!
Hi Amalie and Joen, it's Sérgio Ferreira from OnFireTeam By Remax. I just wanted to congratulate you for the wonderfull content you produce. I'm a engineer and I've studied in Lisbon, I decided to come back to the Madeira as soon as I finished my degree, because, being an active person, all the activities I loved doing were less that a 30 min drive. I don't know if I would be happy living somewhere else. This being said, the content you create is wonderful and truly shows the uncanny beauty of Madeira, of course, but also Portugal and Azores. Truly Amazing. And they way you live and share your day-to-day living, it's great. I can tell you this, me and my wife, many times, instead of watching a tv show, we spend the same time watching one of your videos. -- Thank you from the bottom of my heart the way you show the true colors of Madeira, it's amazing. For a local who likes to experience Madeira, it's great to see someone who share the same view of living here. Because Madeira it's truly a place for everyone, for luxury, nice food, wine, great weather, several outdoor activites (I do Off-Roading, used to do a lot of Hiking and some Orienteering, a bit of Snorkeling and we have 2 SUP boards), and I work a lot... :) -- Last but not least it truly seems you've done a great purchase with your house, being an engineer and a real estate agent, for the value invested you will never find anything better. My wife is already asking for something like this for her... :) -- Maybe we'll meet in person someday, it's a small world, but please continue to share your true thougths about our Island, our country and the world...
The inefficiency we see in Portugal has to do with the following issues: 1- Very powerful trade unions in the public sector that have jobs for life. No encouragement to improve or produce. 2- The public sector is too big. 3- Monopolies in the energy and public utilities sector. 4- The justice system is inefficient on purpose to protect the powerful elites. 5- Too much regulation is preventing people from starting their own enterprises or surviving the first crucial 5 years. I’m Portuguese, a capitalist who believes in a free education that is geared towards creating free / critical thinkers and a free health systems that is geared towards prevention rather the current system that only benefits big pharma.
all 9 islands of Azores are very different in many ways: culture, history, their people, food, etc. No one should assume that visiting one island is the same as visiting all the other islands, despite the focus of the government is usually on promoting a single specific island and ignoring the others. BTW, Corvo is the most isolating island, by far.
A lot of young Madeirans that are coming out of Universities are more health conscious and choosing to be vegetarians /vegans. This is quite a trend when I travel abroad too. I guess it’s the rise of the East! People in the west are adopting more yoga, meditation, spirituality, vegetarianism, etc….
I went to Azores for a month in 1995. I fear this attention will ruin those delicate islands, the same way as they ruined large swathes of the Algarve. The Algarve has suffered a cultureside, most traditional architecture has been destroyed, replaced with an incongruous mess of concrete and grass, the traditional boats that respectfully pottered about with designs dating to phonecians replaced by vulgar glass fibre speed boats, the once pristeen trails covered in 💩 from people so unfamiliar with their own bodies they can't control their bowel movement. Roads into town lined with cheap warehouses housing th same handful of blind globalist companies selling their poor quality tat and ruining the environment, breaking smaller local supply chains, causing dependance on their systems.
A lot of people here complain that outsiders drive our prices up and make life unaffordable. I say that locals here have at least part of the blame, they (we) sell themselves cheap and don't defend their rights, to be taken advantage of by businessmen who are looking for the bottom line. Add an unhealthy amount of corruption. If the local civil society were better less people would have to leave to get a decent life. The problem is not the people who come, an island only survives linked to the mainland, the problem is our own options. I see no problem in having outsiders spend money here. The only problem is getting the people working here paid. The cost of life here is affordable for an outsider because the locals are kept poor, plain and simple. Locals were priced out of houses by emigrants before foreigners did it, and before that they were priced out of housing by the local elites that used to own everything. The only solution to this is not to work for anything below a decent wage, but that takes smarts and courage. It's easy to talk about but hard to do. Madeira has a small footprint, high population, amazing weather and good security. As a friend of mine once said, "Madeira is all worth gold". Madeira will always be relatively expensive because of that. Locals never had cheap housing. Enjoy your life here, most of us do not resent you for it. We mostly resent ourselves for not doing better. Although the filete the espada we got right!
So, they talk about Americans living there and spend all the footage showing tourist sites and experiences. You move there and you'll be less concerned about hotels and "history," and more about how close the supermarket and dentist are. And does Amazon deliver?
I think nature and restaurants apply just as much to residents as locals! Amazon shouldn’t be your main concern, but to answer your question, yes, amazon.es delivers 😂
I have a question. I have been to Madeira last year, but I want to come bak and spend a month there. But I am not sure if it is a good idea to do it single and without driving license. As I remeber from the last time, there are almost no bus connectios around the island, isn't it? And if there is some of, so what town would you recommend than? Thank you!.
They had the craziest president ever 😅😅and Azores and Madeira are autonomous regions being so the president Jardim ( means garden his name ) started to build like crazy contracting debt . Afterwards they needed financial help from the continent 😅😅 that's how they build all the tunnels and infrastructure. Madeira is a garden 🪴🪴 beautiful and peaceful
@@dncviorel As a Azorean... I think not... Too diferent culture, very conservative, not very diverse, more "boring" and very diferent then a world city as London.
Happy for the expats, but it's tragic for the locals. It takes a special personality to thrive in an isolated environment or a period of time no matter how gorgeous it is. I grew up on a farm and at twenty moved to the Amazon Basin so I know a little bit about that. I also lost my beloved Nashville to all the "internal Immigrants" from other states like California. It's sad not to recognize your own landscape nor not to hear your own accent spoken around you any more. Good luck to all!
THERE IS NO AMERICAN EXODUS! * Of the 781,915 foreigners in Portugal, American ranks 19, numbering 9,794. This ranking is basically unchanged from last year. Americans make up 1.3% of all immigrants in Portugal. * Last year, 3288 American arrived - ranking as the 13th country with the largest arrivals in 2022. Foreign Population breakdown (top 45 countries) at the end of 2022, beginning of 2023: TOTAL 781.915 1 Brazil 239.744 2 United Kingdom 45.218 3 Cabo Verde 36.748 4 India 35.416 5 Italy 34.039 6 Angola 31.761 7 France 27.512 8 Ukraine 25.445 9 Nepal 23.839 10 Guiné Bissau 23.737 11 Romania 23.393 12 China 22.000 13 Germany 20.500 14 Spain 19.508 15 Bangladesh 16.468 16 São Tomé e Príncipe 13.077 17 Netherlands 12.066 18 Pakistan 10.828 19 United States 9.794 20 Venezuela 8.936 21 Belgium 6.088 22 Russia 6.075 23 Sweden 5.653 24 Moldova 5.243 25 Bulgaria 5.139 26 Mozambique 4.785 27 Poland 4.326 28 Ireland 4.159 29 Switzerland 3.501 30 Morocco 2.575 31 Thailand 1.977 32 South Africa 2.162 33 Colômbia 2.135 34 Senegal 2.014 35 Iran 1.797 36 Áustria 1.643 37 Canada 1.624 38 Denmark 1.583 39 Cuba 1.483 40 Turkey 1.367 41 Uzbekistan 1.297 42 Hungary 1.230 43 Finland 1.210 44 Syria 1.193 45 Guinea 1.182 Immigrants coming to Portugal in 2022 (top 20 countries) TOTAL 143.081 1 Brasil 48.313 2 India 7.414 3 Italy 6.977 4 Angola 6.939 5 Bangladesh 6.153 6 Cabo Verde 4.729 7 France 4.691 8 Guine Bissau 4.235 9 Germany 4.019 10 Pakistan 3.997 11 Nepal 3.858 12 Spain 3.599 13 United States 3.288 14 United Kingdom 2.994 15 Sao Tome 2.776 16 Russia 1.454 17 Venezuela 1.562 18 Mozambique 1.191 19 Romania 1.168 20 Ucrania 1.125 + 58.000 that arrived after the war started Source: SEF, 2023
Nice Numbers, so in 2023 US citizens living in Portugal 9794, so discounting 3288 that arrived in 2022, before there were 6506, so in just one year 50% more...uau ok not exodus from the total US population here because that could never be right, but quite an increase if the numbers put by you if they are correct...probably the most increase number by percentage of all the nations coming...because some nationalities we had allways in big numbers like ex colonies and northen Europe countries that do come for more sunny days....
When someone uses relative percentage such as “50% more” it’s very misleading. The smaller the sample size, the more dramatic the effect. Example: In Portugal, there was 1 person from Barbados in 2021, and there are 4 persons in 2022. (Actual SEF statistics). That is a 400% increase. Oh wow!! Using relative percentages to describe something is a way of “spinning” the data for dramatic - and often misleading effect.
@@christaylor4667 sorry about refering objectively to your numbers, and sorry again to just point out that comparing 1 with 6505 that is misleading comparison, and yes everything in the world is relative...but what you say is obvious its undeniable!!... but 1 its not even close to 6505 ...of course I know what are you saying its not like US is draining all of its people everywhere, I can even agree that Portuguese ( small country Population ) going out are much more than US citizens comming to Portugal... but that does not contradict the numbers ( and the percentages objectivly by country ) are increasing by a lot...and I even bet next year a lot more... kind regards
Btw we don’t want the kind of development found in Madeira etc. in the Azores. Evolve yes but not change the authenticity or character of these beautiful islands. The islands already are very evolved when it comes to creating responsible tourism structures that are environmentally friendly. Mass tourism kills the soul of most places. And with mass tourism comes destruction of the environment and mass immigration. We don’t want that either.
I'm Portuguese but have lived in North America since I was 12 (1991). After 20 years of not visiting Portugal, I finally did in 2022 and am returning again this August. Part of me is happy to see Portugal on the world stage in a way like never before. The other side of me firmly believes that the Nation will be exploited to no end in an indirect gentrification that will take years, yet will be extremely damaging to the native Portuguese and landscape. The government simply does not have the means to keep up with this growth. It's always been very bureaucratic and the relaxed Portuguese pace of living already seems to be deteriorated a little with too many crowds and price gouging like never before, especially in Lisbon but also now observed in refurbished rural villas. Again, I'm excited to see growth but it's so rapid that I fear the locals will become further impoverished because they simply will not be able to afford their country. I'm from Aveiro and fortunately there are still many beautiful places in the North to escape to and absorb the senses of old Portugal. Love your content btw and you represent Portugal very well, always! Cheers!!
Joen, you are the photographer. There is the title of a book by one of the worlds most famous danish photographers hidden in the audio of this video. So famous that it was mentioned by Bill Clinton in his speech in Copenhagen in ‘97. And still - a photographer almost unknown in Denmark. Can you find it?
yeah mate im portuguese and i am fed up with this country, cheap stuff for foreign people, bunch of benefits compared to portuguese, nowadays where i live the rent use to be around 400 euros now i am paying 900 euros just because the place is full of tourists and everyone starts raising the price and we get paid the same amount of money. Im not against you by far, love your job, but the boom that all youtubers gave to portugal, wasn´t good my opinion, true portuguese people in lisbon nowadays are rare everyone is foreign
No one I know is concerned with “gun violence” most of the shootings happen in the nasty inner city. It used to be cheap to go to Madeira but not anymore. I almost bought a house there ended up going a different rout. If you have the opportunity to go don’t turn it up because it’s beautiful!
The Dutch were one of the shortest people in Europe in the 19th century and today the Dutch became the tallest Europeans, in the past a 5 feet tall person was probably a tall person :)
I was there in April for a month travelled thru Lisbon Sintra Coimbra porto braga and all over algarve after hearing so much stuff about it but unfortunately was not impressed it’s run by migrants graffiti everywhere garbage over flowing cigarette butts all over the place home prices outrageous food over priced for smaller portions so guess what not for me anymore can live way cheaper and better and you can choose from so many places in US and I am a emigrant
We visited Madeira twice and really enjoyed it but had no desire to move there. Not a fan of seafood, your parking situation sucks, and your roads scare the Hell out of me. When we retired we moved to Texas.
@@carlossaraiva8213 Well I'm not Portuguese in the first place but Danish-American. The smell of seafood reminds me of rotting garbage. Yes, my family is ashamed of me.
@@joenandamalie lat·i·tude noun 1. the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. "at a latitude of 51° N"
Everything nice on your videos, but it’s very important to respect law and inspire yours subscribers to do the same. Once you start reading texts on your phone, recording a video and DRIVING at same time, I was very disappointed- and I know many others were too. Please make sure you’ll recognize this mistake and ask to be excused for that, not just for the subscribers, but for the law enforcement that may have watched your video…
Are you talking about the close-up of the text? Or Amalie filming me? The Close-up we were parked. The other one I’m driving in turtlemode at 10 km/h AND on a road with zero cars. :)
*FINALY* *HAAAAAAAAALELUIA* *HAAAAALELUIA* After several years watching your videos... it's the 1st time I'm the 1st. This deserves a celebration... I'm gonna eat a watermelon
Amalie i respect Joen for pronouncing MADEIRA correctly... Madeira is nice if you're 70 yrs old n wanna be BORED. I believe you 2 have stocks in Madeira real estate.... Joen, i've been picking on you for years,LOL......Amalie loves Portugals MAINLAND n we love AMALIE....LOL.
Where would you choose? Madeira or the Azores? And let us know why :) UPDATE: We didn't go in-depth with the 70$ private healthcare, but that's what we pay for each of us per month. It's very cheap, but it's also not entirely free to go to the doctor. For example, we pay 15€ every time we schedule a consultation and if we need blood work and other tests done, there is a small fee attached. Usually though, it's insignificant. Amalie had an ultra sound, blood work and a bunch of other stuff done two years ago and it was around 80€ in total. In other words, it's infinitely cheaper than in the US and most likely the same quality, if not better. Cheers from us two ❤
Neither.
Madeira, but I'm biased, I was born there. I do love the Azores for vacation but for me the weather is better in Madeira, it is more developed, it has more activities and commerce, it is closer to mainland Europe for quick flights to Lisbon. Downside is the airport closing during high wind days. Of course it the airport didn't close, the airplanes might end up in the ocean...😲
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Madeira all day
Very reasonable. Doctors are very highly educated a precious resource we all need. We have to keep them happy and respect their talents. Thank you doctors.
As a Portuguese my fear is that my country gets to overcrowded, I don’t want it to lose its essence, many locals can’t afford housing and services because of the rise of prices due to the excess of tourism and immigration
That’s also my biggest fear
Things are beyond complicated in 2023. Most European countries have identity issues nowadays.
this is not unique to any place on the planet at the moment. every place that attracts tourists is experiencing the same issues. as a Canadian living in Mexico I have run into this and so I no longer live at the beach in Puerto Vallarta where prices have almost doubled in the last 3 years. but dont worry, the elites in control of our planet are working on depopulating it and making air travel illegal, so all will be fine in the end (depending on your perspective of course).
@@dncviorel Not only European countries have an ID crisis. The US is changing as well. The lack of assimilation by many to the traditions in the US and vilification of groups are disheartening and among the reasons people want to leave. We are leaving the US and coming to Portugal we will accept the traditions and not try to change Portugal in anyway.
As a Portuguese you are missing the forest for trees, our problems is not mass tourism our foreigners buying properties or land, i mean look around you in any city, town or village a large number or properties are literally abandoned. Our problem is SOCIALISM!
We're from the USA and moved to mainland Portugal (Figueira da Foz) in January 2021. We relocated to Madeira on May 1 after only two visits. We love Portugal, but Madeira is AMAZING. We're rural (São Vicente), but it is great how easily we can be anywhere on the island. We keep hoping we'll run in to you two. We love your videos.
Go away thanks
Watching your videos lowers my BP by 20 points. They’re the next best thing to me actually visiting Madeira.
Thank you.
And I love ❤️ Lada!
Take it from someone born in Portugal (and the Azores): You guys are the best ambassadors that Portugal could ever hope for!!
Fds ganda lambe cu
Madeira is absurdly beautiful
In Madeira property (and rental) prices have been going through the roof the last couple of years, pushing out locals and giving uncertain futures and an enormous amount of stress for people. I'd say Madeira is not so much the next big destination but more now a place where the bubble is popping from already having hyperinflated prices due to influencers and remote workers who took to the island during the pandemic (where it was, at least for a long period) something of a safe haven from covid. This has led to a huge influx of foreigners wanting the "instagram lifestyle" and large overseas investment companies buying up properties and renting them out at ridiculous rates (often 3 or 4 times what they were on the market for previously) which has led to a great deal of problems for local people who have lived in Madeira all their lives. At the same time, and it may just be a coincidence, homelessness, crime and drug use has risen sharply and eveyone who lives on the island is seeing and talking about this. It is also worth noting that many of the tourist attraction places have, in a short space of time, become ridiculously overcrowded compared to only a few years ago. It is a shame, because Madeira is a lovely island full of calm, patient and tolerant people, who deserve better than being pushed out from their own forefathers land and / or living in desitution.
Don,t worry , people from Madeira got a chance to move to corvo island
My parents emigrated to Canada when I was very young. I love Canada but in my heart I feel a strong pull to return to Portugal to help contribute in a non capitalist way to possibly help maintain a way of life that my fore fathers created. You can take the boy out of Portugal but you can't take the Portugal out of that boy. I was less than 2 years old at the time. My parents loved Canada for what their own country couldn't help provide for them at the time. I feel it's my time to help give something back . I have many friends from different cultures around the world who feel the same as I do.Lets try and help celebrate one anothers unique culture without exploiting it for one's own personal greed.
@@johnsousa2558 You're Canadian, not Portuguese. Stop living a fantasy. One of the many Angolans who are living in Lisbon and came here as children is infinitely times more Portuguese than you. Same goes for all the migrants who came here as children.
@drenarija Do you and your family carry on Angolan cultures from your homeland in Portugal. I would guess probably. Check out Portuguese cultural neighborhoods in Canada and the U.S. Do you feel a connection to your parents homeland where you're from. That's the point I'm trying to make. If you feel strongly about your parents country, I hope you feel a connection to help improve you're country of origin as well 😊
@@johnsousa2558 First of all, neither I nor anyone in my family have Angolan descent. I and all my ancestors (as far as I know) are Portuguese. The point I was trying to make is that just because your ancestors were from Portugal, that doesn't mean you know shit about Portuguese culture. Because culture evolves, it doesn't stay still in time. The Portugal your parents know and told you about doesn't exist anymore. As with almost any country on earth, things have changed, a lot. In a random street cafe, one of angolan descent will be able to talk about his day to day with others, because he relates to it, he belongs here. You don't. So please, just accept that you're Canadian. The obsession North Americans have with saying they're something else besides American or Canadian is just ridiculous.
I do not have your spirit of adventure but it is still a joy to behold. One of your best videos to date. The mix of Madeira and the Azores was simply stunning and your videos are enlightening and fascinating.
2:15 that's the bar in Fazenda das Lajes, Flores Island. Lived in that village for 15 years of my live, and I am 30. My true home... I miss it a lot
12:00 He was a senior at my school xD
17:16 OMG! That's one of my childhood friends!!! THis video is full of surprises !
Love this vlog! Can't wait to hop on a plane and visit the Azores.
This title gave me a chuckle because my family and my wife’s family moved from San Diego to the Azores . Almost 2 yrs now on Terceira and we haven’t even visited the other islands yet and not even to mention all of Europe. It was an incredible experience selling everything and packing our cars and belongings all in a 40ft container. Wouldn’t trade it for anything . Cheers and Blessings 💜
Yes. The Portuguese Islands are magical. All the Islands have something special and magical. The fear is over population. Great job on describing your experiences in living on an island. See you on your next adventure!
✨ Splendid video Amalie and Joen! As Americans having just moved to Funchal, we are already witnessing the pros and cons of living in a foreign country. For all the American viewers out there envisioning life in paradise, here is what we personally love so far about Funchal, versus the areas where America ranks “better.”
🇵🇹 Portugal (specifically Funchal, Madeira) is better for:
Cafe culture, walking to everything, fresher produce and tastier ingredients, clean water (no fluoride in the water either!), fresh baked bread that actually tastes like bread, lower cost of living, dramatically lower priced & easily accessible healthcare, affordable utilities, genuinely friendly locals, no (or low) chemtrails, cheap airfare within the country and to other European destinations, amazing weather year round, breathtaking scenery right outside your front door, omg the wine and cheese and sausages are so delicious that we stopped being vegan, Poncha obviously, and delectable dining options everywhere at incredibly affordable prices.
🇺🇸 America is better for:
Making money, high APY on bank accounts, good ROI on real estate and other investments, Amazon, getting anything imaginable delivered to your front door in a few hours to a few days, being able to return ~anything~ without interrogation, buying materialistic things at reasonable prices, no VAT (most USA sales tax is around 7%, fyi foreign viewers), overwhelming selection of everything at stores, cheaper electronics + cars and significantly cheaper vitamins (hey, that’s important to us lol), easy to set up credit cards and bank accounts, streamlined customer service actually exists in store, online, and on the phone, and wide roads, easy-to-park parking lots / garages, and cheap gasoline to fuel our Hummers and Pick-Up Trucks 🤣
🍻 And! We can’t wait to see you guys tomorrow at your meetup, and to meet other members of the Stay Classy Crew. Até logo!
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You can be proud aliens chose USA to spray chemtrails.
I’d live in Madeira. Would be coming home after 30 years.
Just beautiful and I can't wait for your vlogs from the other islands.
I love seeing your dog running around and travelling with y’all in the videos ❤
I'm a native from Madeira, but live in London, most definitely would retire to Madeira
Well so much for the secret, now the Islands will be overrun by tourists!
Hey Joen and Amelie. Awesome video. There´s so much to do next time I´m in Portugal...thanks.
Excellent video guys - I really enjoyed it! Hope to see you around ;o) (Tracy & I are moving into a home down the hill from your place in Tabua, when it’s ready). So excited to be on this amazing island!
I just got back from my cousin's and her husband's new home in the mountains outside Miranda do covo they have been there for over 5years and passed their test to get a Portuguese passport. My 5th time there and going in October
Great video. Fantastic information. We love Madeira!
Thanks! See you later today!
Love watching your channel it's such a joy and very informative... thanks for sharing 👍💯🤗
Hello , I was in Madeira last week , and I reconize you in the restaurant laranjinha in Caniço at launch .MAdeira his very nice ,and beautiful.Sadly most of the beachs dont have sand ,only rocks .Bute the water is fenomenal .Love your videos
The vast majority of those 1.4 million Americans of Portuguese ancestry are from Portuguese from the Azores especially in California, probably 90% are from families from the central group of Islands. Terceira, Faial, Pico Sao Jorge. Not many from Graciosa island in California.
Joen your Portuguese is getting better and better. Same for Amelie. One small correction : I heard Joen pronounce ‘Casa’ as Cassa. That would be the Spanish pronunciation. In Portuguese it’s pronounced CAZA. The “s” is pronounced as a “Z” unless it’s at the end of a word in which case it sounds like a soft “J” for example the word CASAS (houses) sounds like this : CAZAzh. Hope that helps.
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B4 the airport, visitors arrived by cruiseship from all over... Madeira has always been a tourist destination, its not a recent thing. Madeira has a strong connection with England and many people from madeira used to work in Jersey and Guernsey Islands picking flowers or on the potato farms.
What a great shooting video!!
The one reason not mentioned explaining why many Americans move abroad is low cost MEDICAL. Americans can lose their homes and go into bankruptcy if they can’t pay their medical bills. Great video!
Excellent narration, brilliant filming and very informative.
I keep insisting that The Governments of Portugal, Madeira and Azores owe you some kind of Award and I hope it will happen someday. Another great work. Not because i'm happy with so many tourists, no i'm not, but because you deserve it!! 👍👍👍
Bom vídeo!
Boa viagem!
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Another great video👍
Joen, a typical taurus fighting for food! Lol! 20:55
You have the islands from the south of Portugal too!!! Yes, the islands of Algarve! They are beautiful. Portugal has many islands, you need to visit all of them!
The Algarve is in main land Europe lol
What do you mean? Yeas there islands but they’re sand banks
Ilha Amona is one of our favorite places. We love it there ❤️
@@joenandamalie I love that island too!!! I hope one day to see all of them in your vlog! ps: the correct name is ILHA DA ARMONA (thanks for your reply)
@@joaojervell5810 There are several sand barrier beaches separating Ria Formosa from the Atlantic Ocean. The "Ilha Deserta" was my childhood beach, but I wouldn't consider them as being proper islands. By those terms then we could also consider Almourol as being an island in the middle of the Tejo / Tagus river. And, by those terms also, in Madeira, the Cruise Ships Port would be in an extension of the "Ilheu da Pontinha" island.
Always a pleasure to see your videos!
The international popularity of the portuguese TV series "Rabo de Peixe" aka "Turn Of The Tide" has helped put Açores on the map of many bucket lists.
FLORES🤩 e FCP🥰, PARABÉNS ao Guilherme pelo EXTREMO BOM GOSTO! ☺
Do not Forget, When you visit São Jorge, I will be here to Show you arround :P
Im portuguese and i love your vlogs keep up
If any Portuguese here are worried about the level of immigration going on in Portugal i want to assure you that nothing is bad with that, most people immigrating to Portugal are high net worth individuals, retirees, investors, etc and these are the people that can contribute significantly to Portuguese economy and most of these people are natured enough to understand culture and give respect to the country's and people's culture.
I'm just 20yrs old and I'm from Africa, my plan is to live in a place that feels like home because my home here isn't a home for me anymore, I want peace, so why do you think I'd misbehave in a country that offered me peace? I would do everything I can to adapt to the culture and be one of you guys because I see you as my savior
With alll that said; we just have to love each other no matter where we come from because that's what we need to fight against all these greedy politicians that would send us to war and make us kill each other and tell them "no we don't want war"
Great content! Funny and entertaining as always!❤❤❤
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Thank you for promoting Madeira rather than the Azores thus ensuring my island will not be exploited and overrun in the near future Thank you.
Very interesting and Lovely tour of those beautyful inlands ❤.
you guys deserve a medal from our president. you do more then the culture minister..love from Coimbra. Go Terceira, my favorite island from the central islands.
Amalia really wouldnt like my eating habits... I lick my plate in public if its something that leaves sauce or juice on the plate. I do have a quick glance around and try to do it quickly when nobody is looking!
Hi Amalie and Joen, it's Sérgio Ferreira from OnFireTeam By Remax.
I just wanted to congratulate you for the wonderfull content you produce.
I'm a engineer and I've studied in Lisbon, I decided to come back to the Madeira as soon as I finished my degree, because, being an active person, all the activities I loved doing were less that a 30 min drive. I don't know if I would be happy living somewhere else.
This being said, the content you create is wonderful and truly shows the uncanny beauty of Madeira, of course, but also Portugal and Azores. Truly Amazing. And they way you live and share your day-to-day living, it's great.
I can tell you this, me and my wife, many times, instead of watching a tv show, we spend the same time watching one of your videos.
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart the way you show the true colors of Madeira, it's amazing. For a local who likes to experience Madeira, it's great to see someone who share the same view of living here.
Because Madeira it's truly a place for everyone, for luxury, nice food, wine, great weather, several outdoor activites (I do Off-Roading, used to do a lot of Hiking and some Orienteering, a bit of Snorkeling and we have 2 SUP boards), and I work a lot... :)
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Last but not least it truly seems you've done a great purchase with your house, being an engineer and a real estate agent, for the value invested you will never find anything better. My wife is already asking for something like this for her... :)
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Maybe we'll meet in person someday, it's a small world, but please continue to share your true thougths about our Island, our country and the world...
That celebrity is "Costas Mandalore" he was in some of the SAW movies, fun fact: he was born in Australia.
The inefficiency we see in Portugal has to do with the following issues:
1- Very powerful trade unions in the public sector that have jobs for life. No encouragement to improve or produce.
2- The public sector is too big.
3- Monopolies in the energy and public utilities sector.
4- The justice system is inefficient on purpose to protect the powerful elites.
5- Too much regulation is preventing people from starting their own enterprises or surviving the first crucial 5 years.
I’m Portuguese, a capitalist who believes in a free education that is geared towards creating free / critical thinkers and a free health systems that is geared towards prevention rather the current system that only benefits big pharma.
all 9 islands of Azores are very different in many ways: culture, history, their people, food, etc. No one should assume that visiting one island is the same as visiting all the other islands, despite the focus of the government is usually on promoting a single specific island and ignoring the others.
BTW, Corvo is the most isolating island, by far.
How did you get on the top of that abandoned hotel near Sete Cidades? and with clear weather!!
A lot of young Madeirans that are coming out of Universities are more health conscious and choosing to be vegetarians /vegans. This is quite a trend when I travel abroad too. I guess it’s the rise of the East! People in the west are adopting more yoga, meditation, spirituality, vegetarianism, etc….
I traveled Madeira when the tunnels didn’t exist. Scaaaaryyyyyy 😅
I went to Azores for a month in 1995. I fear this attention will ruin those delicate islands, the same way as they ruined large swathes of the Algarve. The Algarve has suffered a cultureside, most traditional architecture has been destroyed, replaced with an incongruous mess of concrete and grass, the traditional boats that respectfully pottered about with designs dating to phonecians replaced by vulgar glass fibre speed boats, the once pristeen trails covered in 💩 from people so unfamiliar with their own bodies they can't control their bowel movement. Roads into town lined with cheap warehouses housing th same handful of blind globalist companies selling their poor quality tat and ruining the environment, breaking smaller local supply chains, causing dependance on their systems.
If you want to know about madeira ask the locals they will show you places that tourists never get to see.
€80 for a bottle of wine? Surely you can afford 😀😀. Your video production is getting better and better.
A lot of people here complain that outsiders drive our prices up and make life unaffordable. I say that locals here have at least part of the blame, they (we) sell themselves cheap and don't defend their rights, to be taken advantage of by businessmen who are looking for the bottom line. Add an unhealthy amount of corruption. If the local civil society were better less people would have to leave to get a decent life. The problem is not the people who come, an island only survives linked to the mainland, the problem is our own options. I see no problem in having outsiders spend money here. The only problem is getting the people working here paid. The cost of life here is affordable for an outsider because the locals are kept poor, plain and simple. Locals were priced out of houses by emigrants before foreigners did it, and before that they were priced out of housing by the local elites that used to own everything. The only solution to this is not to work for anything below a decent wage, but that takes smarts and courage. It's easy to talk about but hard to do. Madeira has a small footprint, high population, amazing weather and good security. As a friend of mine once said, "Madeira is all worth gold". Madeira will always be relatively expensive because of that. Locals never had cheap housing.
Enjoy your life here, most of us do not resent you for it. We mostly resent ourselves for not doing better. Although the filete the espada we got right!
So, they talk about Americans living there and spend all the footage showing tourist sites and experiences. You move there and you'll be less concerned about hotels and "history," and more about how close the supermarket and dentist are. And does Amazon deliver?
I think nature and restaurants apply just as much to residents as locals! Amazon shouldn’t be your main concern, but to answer your question, yes, amazon.es delivers 😂
How they paid for the tunnels? They didn’t. EU regional development funds.
Im sure Portugal is happy to host old americans that bring up prices.
I have a question. I have been to Madeira last year, but I want to come bak and spend a month there. But I am not sure if it is a good idea to do it single and without driving license. As I remeber from the last time, there are almost no bus connectios around the island, isn't it? And if there is some of, so what town would you recommend than? Thank you!.
Plenty of buses but it takes a lot of time as they stop all the time :)
They had the craziest president ever 😅😅and Azores and Madeira are autonomous regions being so the president Jardim ( means garden his name ) started to build like crazy contracting debt . Afterwards they needed financial help from the continent 😅😅 that's how they build all the tunnels and infrastructure.
Madeira is a garden 🪴🪴 beautiful and peaceful
Let me warn you guys first
Açores whether are not for everybody
I think the Londoners would feel just like at home. 🤗
And that's why they go to Algarve 😊 instead of Açores
@@dncviorel As a Azorean... I think not... Too diferent culture, very conservative, not very diverse, more "boring" and very diferent then a world city as London.
Behold den autentisk attitude. Tak for delingen.
You guys got to go to terceira
We really don’t like to be compared with Hawaii. Hawaii is beautiful and special but we are different in our unique ways. No disrespect to Hawaii.
I think it's just a point of reference for Americans. Their geography is lacking, so the comparison helps.
Happy for the expats, but it's tragic for the locals. It takes a special personality to thrive in an isolated environment or a period of time no matter how gorgeous it is. I grew up on a farm and at twenty moved to the Amazon Basin so I know a little bit about that. I also lost my beloved Nashville to all the "internal Immigrants" from other states like California. It's sad not to recognize your own landscape nor not to hear your own accent spoken around you any more. Good luck to all!
THERE IS NO AMERICAN EXODUS!
* Of the 781,915 foreigners in Portugal, American ranks 19, numbering 9,794. This ranking is basically unchanged from last year. Americans make up 1.3% of all immigrants in Portugal.
* Last year, 3288 American arrived - ranking as the 13th country with the largest arrivals in 2022.
Foreign Population breakdown (top 45 countries) at the end of 2022, beginning of 2023:
TOTAL 781.915
1 Brazil 239.744
2 United Kingdom 45.218
3 Cabo Verde 36.748
4 India 35.416
5 Italy 34.039
6 Angola 31.761
7 France 27.512
8 Ukraine 25.445
9 Nepal 23.839
10 Guiné Bissau 23.737
11 Romania 23.393
12 China 22.000
13 Germany 20.500
14 Spain 19.508
15 Bangladesh 16.468
16 São Tomé e Príncipe 13.077
17 Netherlands 12.066
18 Pakistan 10.828
19 United States 9.794
20 Venezuela 8.936
21 Belgium 6.088
22 Russia 6.075
23 Sweden 5.653
24 Moldova 5.243
25 Bulgaria 5.139
26 Mozambique 4.785
27 Poland 4.326
28 Ireland 4.159
29 Switzerland 3.501
30 Morocco 2.575
31 Thailand 1.977
32 South Africa 2.162
33 Colômbia 2.135
34 Senegal 2.014
35 Iran 1.797
36 Áustria 1.643
37 Canada 1.624
38 Denmark 1.583
39 Cuba 1.483
40 Turkey 1.367
41 Uzbekistan 1.297
42 Hungary 1.230
43 Finland 1.210
44 Syria 1.193
45 Guinea 1.182
Immigrants coming to Portugal in 2022 (top 20 countries)
TOTAL 143.081
1 Brasil 48.313
2 India 7.414
3 Italy 6.977
4 Angola 6.939
5 Bangladesh 6.153
6 Cabo Verde 4.729
7 France 4.691
8 Guine Bissau 4.235
9 Germany 4.019
10 Pakistan 3.997
11 Nepal 3.858
12 Spain 3.599
13 United States 3.288
14 United Kingdom 2.994
15 Sao Tome 2.776
16 Russia 1.454
17 Venezuela 1.562
18 Mozambique 1.191
19 Romania 1.168
20 Ucrania 1.125 + 58.000 that arrived after the war started
Source: SEF, 2023
Nice Numbers, so in 2023 US citizens living in Portugal 9794, so discounting 3288 that arrived in 2022, before there were 6506, so in just one year 50% more...uau ok not exodus from the total US population here because that could never be right, but quite an increase if the numbers put by you if they are correct...probably the most increase number by percentage of all the nations coming...because some nationalities we had allways in big numbers like ex colonies and northen Europe countries that do come for more sunny days....
When someone uses relative percentage such as “50% more” it’s very misleading. The smaller the sample size, the more dramatic the effect.
Example: In Portugal, there was 1 person from Barbados in 2021, and there are 4 persons in 2022. (Actual SEF statistics). That is a 400% increase. Oh wow!!
Using relative percentages to describe something is a way of “spinning” the data for dramatic - and often misleading effect.
@@christaylor4667 sorry about refering objectively to your numbers, and sorry again to just point out that comparing 1 with 6505 that is misleading comparison, and yes everything in the world is relative...but what you say is obvious its undeniable!!... but 1 its not even close to 6505 ...of course I know what are you saying its not like US is draining all of its people everywhere, I can even agree that Portuguese ( small country Population ) going out are much more than US citizens comming to Portugal... but that does not contradict the numbers ( and the percentages objectivly by country ) are increasing by a lot...and I even bet next year a lot more...
kind regards
The americans you mention moving to the islands are they of acorean background? Or American?
Btw we don’t want the kind of development found in Madeira etc. in the Azores. Evolve yes but not change the authenticity or character of these beautiful islands. The islands already are very evolved when it comes to creating responsible tourism structures that are environmentally friendly. Mass tourism kills the soul of most places. And with mass tourism comes destruction of the environment and mass immigration. We don’t want that either.
Who said anything about changing the authenticity?
I'm Portuguese but have lived in North America since I was 12 (1991). After 20 years of not visiting Portugal, I finally did in 2022 and am returning again this August. Part of me is happy to see Portugal on the world stage in a way like never before. The other side of me firmly believes that the Nation will be exploited to no end in an indirect gentrification that will take years, yet will be extremely damaging to the native Portuguese and landscape. The government simply does not have the means to keep up with this growth. It's always been very bureaucratic and the relaxed Portuguese pace of living already seems to be deteriorated a little with too many crowds and price gouging like never before, especially in Lisbon but also now observed in refurbished rural villas.
Again, I'm excited to see growth but it's so rapid that I fear the locals will become further impoverished because they simply will not be able to afford their country.
I'm from Aveiro and fortunately there are still many beautiful places in the North to escape to and absorb the senses of old Portugal. Love your content btw and you represent Portugal very well, always! Cheers!!
Joen, you are the photographer. There is the title of a book by one of the worlds most famous danish photographers hidden in the audio of this video. So famous that it was mentioned by Bill Clinton in his speech in Copenhagen in ‘97. And still - a photographer almost unknown in Denmark. Can you find it?
yeah mate im portuguese and i am fed up with this country, cheap stuff for foreign people, bunch of benefits compared to portuguese, nowadays where i live the rent use to be around 400 euros now i am paying 900 euros just because the place is full of tourists and everyone starts raising the price and we get paid the same amount of money. Im not against you by far, love your job, but the boom that all youtubers gave to portugal, wasn´t good my opinion, true portuguese people in lisbon nowadays are rare everyone is foreign
What is the ig of this man 1:30?
@realcostasmandylor
Madeira. And the answer to the payment of the tunnels is: Europe. It's nice to finally be on the drip instead of paying.
Oneday I will have enough money to buy back all my relatives houses back in madeira.
No one I know is concerned with “gun violence” most of the shootings happen in the nasty inner city. It used to be cheap to go to Madeira but not anymore. I almost bought a house there ended up going a different rout. If you have the opportunity to go don’t turn it up because it’s beautiful!
TH-cam's Great Exodus will be the tittle in a near future. 7 or 8 commercial clips in 30 minutes is too much!
We are not in control of that unfortunately
Algarve is not City?! ALGARVE is a region in t SOUTH 🎉🌊
The Dutch were one of the shortest people in Europe in the 19th century and today the Dutch became the tallest Europeans, in the past a 5 feet tall person was probably a tall person :)
Kinda pissed that you made this video. At least keep the Azores a secret. Madeira has already been taken over.
You guys are beautiful! cheers
Time flies...have kids!
WE NEED TO ADOPT HOUSING LAWS LIKE THE ONES USED IN CANADA AND NEW ZELAND.
No thanks!!! Why should we replicate laws like in Canada where you purchase a house but never own the land where the house is built on?
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housing is so borked. Don't encourage them
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I was there in April for a month travelled thru Lisbon Sintra Coimbra porto braga and all over algarve after hearing so much stuff about it but unfortunately was not impressed it’s run by migrants graffiti everywhere garbage over flowing cigarette butts all over the place home prices outrageous food over priced for smaller portions so guess what not for me anymore can live way cheaper and better and you can choose from so many places in US and I am a emigrant
Sucks to be you then
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To all Americans leaving America >>>>>>>>>GOOD RIDDANCE!
I wish i could give 10 likes!🤩
You just let the secret out 😒
Please do a crypto update! 😃
We visited Madeira twice and really enjoyed it but had no desire to move there. Not a fan of seafood, your parking situation sucks, and your roads scare the Hell out of me. When we retired we moved to Texas.
Not being a fan of seafood just doesnt compute!! From the perspective of a portuguese you might as well be an alien from another planet.
@@carlossaraiva8213 Well I'm not Portuguese in the first place but Danish-American. The smell of seafood reminds me of rotting garbage. Yes, my family is ashamed of me.
Madeira: +150 new tunnels, we can't still figure out how they paid for these .
Portugal mainland: Us! taxpayers over here 🤦
Not really, it was more Germany than mainland. Mainland still owes money to Madeira, they always pay "mal, tarde e nunca"
latitude kidz, not longitude
Really? But latitude is from north to south? And Longitude is from east to west?
@@joenandamalie lat·i·tude
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the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
"at a latitude of 51° N"
Everything nice on your videos, but it’s very important to respect law and inspire yours subscribers to do the same. Once you start reading texts on your phone, recording a video and DRIVING at same time, I was very disappointed- and I know many others were too. Please make sure you’ll recognize this mistake and ask to be excused for that, not just for the subscribers, but for the law enforcement that may have watched your video…
Are you talking about the close-up of the text? Or Amalie filming me? The Close-up we were parked. The other one I’m driving in turtlemode at 10 km/h AND on a road with zero cars. :)
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*FINALY*
*HAAAAAAAAALELUIA*
*HAAAAALELUIA*
After several years watching your videos... it's the 1st time I'm the 1st.
This deserves a celebration... I'm gonna eat a watermelon
Amalie i respect Joen for pronouncing MADEIRA correctly... Madeira is nice if you're 70 yrs old n wanna be BORED. I believe you 2 have stocks in Madeira real estate.... Joen, i've been picking on you for years,LOL......Amalie loves Portugals MAINLAND n we love AMALIE....LOL.