American Reacts to More Fascinating Maps of Europe 

"In many languages, the name of the product is derived from the hydrocarbon compound benzene or more precisely from the class of products called petroleum benzine", same with Naphta with kerosene and diesel.

If you're wondering as to why Greece has mandatory conscription, look at the neighbours to the east, and the allies to the west.

In Czech we say Benzín which is said exactly like Benzene and diesel we call Nafta

In Almería (Spain) is the only desert in Europe (Tabernas Desert) which is where Sergio Leone's spaghetti western movies were filmed.

the different words for fuel are more umbrella terms, all the words are adapted to each language, in germany it's benzin etc it's also not gasoline but gasolina in spanish. so we don't all use the exact same word but it has the same roots

In Finland Benzene is "bensa" (shorten for bensiini). If I was talking about it in English I would probably use the word fuel.

In both Czechia and Poland most popular last name is Nowak/Novak (writing is different but meaning and pronunciation is the same), for some reason for Czechia there is a female version of the name on the map (Novakova). Someone who's interested in sports (especially tennis) probably noticed that most of last names of women of slavic origin end with -ova; that's how you usually make female version of the name in slavic languages (and when the male form ends with -ski/-sky you exchange it for -ska [or -skaya if it's eastern slavic language]).

the rain difference between northern Spain and south of France, is mostly due to the Pyrenees mountains chain (as you guessed).

The low rainfall in Spain is why they were able to make westerns there because the landscape is similar to the south west of the U.S.

The French word for car fuel, essence, pretty much mean "extract", which is also why you find the same word used in perfumes, and also see it used for "essential oils" (it doesn't mean they are "required" it mean they are extracts!). Also, we use "Diesel" and "gasoil" for, well, diesel. Plane fuel is kérosène, and heating oil is "fioul" (and yes, that's a deformation of the English fuel).

The religious divide in Germany between Catholic and Protestant is mostly down to the 30 Years War and the Peace of Westphalia. The principle of "Cuius regio, eius religio" ("whose realm, their religion" i.e. the Emperor could not demand conversion of a principality in the HRE, but the local ruler could decide what denomination their subjects should follow) was established back then, ending around 130 years of sectarian conflicts in Central Europe (including one of the most destructive major wars in world history). (Some would even argue that it was the end to 230 years of sectarian conflicts in Central Europe, if you include the Hussite wars which saw crusades being called against other Christians in the 15th century)

In Barcelona a catalonian would say in catalan, benzina, while the same catalonian would say gasolina in spanish...

The cave houses in the southern part of Spain were quite typical and I believe they date back more than 3000 years. Thinking that it is a very smart way to have spaces, cool and protected for living. In the south it is very hot and dry, and in mountainous areas the cultivation space was sacred. It was also a very good way to preserve food. In the central area of ​​the peninsula it is known that in Roman times the orography was used to build large winepresses to make wine and a thousand other things. So caves were a good solution for shelters in the countryside, the plateau is also harsh in terms of weather. Right now there are some towns with cave houses left, but they are super tourist in areas of Granada region for example, and there is a huge Airbnb offer. Many are luxury spaces and others are cultural heritage. In Greece and Sicily and throughout the Mediterranean I think they also have their towns with cave houses for the same reasons. And they are extraordinarily pretty and well preserver.

You do you and mostly it doesn't bother me, but the problem with calling gasoline "gas" is that in Europe and many other countries there are millions of vehicles that literally use gas (biogas or natural gas) as fuel. So unless the listener knows that your country doesn't have gas vehicles, you must understand how that is confusing. That's one reason why so many people don't like the word gas for gasoline.

You're surprised about how dry southern Europe is but just below the Mediterranean is the Sahara desert, which is also pretty dry.

The Gulf Stream from the Carribean is what keeps Europe relatively warm for it's latitude, the Mediterranean is a stabilizing temperatures too. But it keeps surprising me how much more Northern Europe is too. I live in the North of the Netherlands, when I fly full West the first American state I would cross would be Alaska. The billionaires living in a rather nice climate in Monaco, who could have thought? Number of days with rain is only one indicator of how rainy it is, half an hour of drizzle on a nice day, we can live with that. It's the weeks with rain all day all the days that are bad and that is often the case in Britain, the Netherlands and parts of Belgium. The Mediterranean is more like a lake concerning the weather. The ocean with it's currents has for example much more influence on the Basque country (South-West France and Northern Spain) where it's exceptionally rainy for the latitude, the Gulf of Biscaye is famous for that.

Fun fact about that if all the ice melted: Finland grows about 7 square kilometers per year. The weight of the ice age pressed the ground down and it is still raising back 3-10 millimeters per year depending on the exact area.

Dont know if you read comments or not, but I live in Finland and the part about conscription made me want to open up how the system here works. Around (usually a bit after) the time you turn 18, you're sent a fun little letter that says where and when you need to go to get drafted. Before you go there you get a medical exam and if you have any medical reasons that would limit your ability to be in the millitary, then you get discharged and won't need to do any millitary stuff. If you don't want to go and spend half a year in mil service, you can also choose civil service, which is just you working somewhere with the only difference to a normal job being that you get paid the same money as the people serving in the millitary. So long story short you dont have to go and carry a backpack full of rocks for 15 miles and try to hit a moving target with perfect accuracy right after, if you don't want. Civil service is available for everyone, and you can also get a medical discharge quite easily, which means you dont have to do anything.

In Sweden limited conscription is basically you have to show up and register, they do some tests and then they send you home unless you make it clear you really, really want to be there AND you pass all the tests.

Carl Benz - Benzin/Benzina/"Benzene" Rudolf DIesel - Diesel Cheers from Germany.......

12:27 There is conscription for all men in Denmark. Therefore, all Danish men with permanent residence in Denmark are automatically called up for Armed Forces Day in the year they turn 18. along the coast to the southwest,in Norway ,with Bergen as the top scorer with rain on 235 out of the 365 days of the year. We call gasoline, benzin and Diesel is diesel in Denmark

It's important also to stress that Italy and Spain have one of the best healthcare worldwide that improve life expectancy.

18:45 Essence in French (and, if taken literally, also in English) means distillate, and that's what gasoline is: distilled crude oil to get only the parts suitable for internal combustion engines.

strange that in the rain map, they left out the rainiest city in all of Europe - Bergen, Norway

Benzin iis the original name given by the German Chemist Mitscherlich in 1833 to the hydrocarbon, which was subsequently called benzene by Justus von Liebig; The term Benzin developed into a name for the fuel.

In Swedish; bensin, diesel also gas that's made from garbage (anaerobic digestion) vehiclegas/CNG (liquid under pressure).

Benzene apparently is a chemical compound. In Hungary we call gasoline benzin, but what's more interesting is we call diesel 'gázolaj', which sounds very much like 'gasoline', doesn't it?!

06:30 It's the Mediterranean climate, which means it doesn't rain from June to September. That's why all the places close to the Mediterranean Sea have few rainy days, and it explains why Northern Spain (maritime climate) has more rainy days than southern France (Mediterranean climate). Reference point for Americans: California has a textbook Mediterranean climate as well.

We’ve had some really dry years in the Netherlands too. But at the moment, we are flooded with rain. I think it’s been raining almost everyday since September last year. Maybe with some rare dry days mixed in between those wet days.

and southern europe doeasnt have snowy winters, so they have long motorcycle and beach seasons, compared to north, where add to those 100+ days of rain , some +-100 days of snow. :p

In Bulgaria we say "benzin" and "dizel" officially. Diesel for transportation is also called "nafta" by some people, but it's not quite right because "nafta" is actually diesel fuel for heating. There are some differences between "dizel" for cars and "nafta" for heating... LPG /liquefied petroleum gas/ is also used as a cheaper and alternative way of running "benzin" engines in cars /and some "dizel" cars too :)/. LPG is called "gas" here. So when you are here and go to the petrol station and say: "please fill up the car with gas" they will look for the LPG connector :)

Hello from Switzerland, the maps are quite interesting. I think you mentioned an interesting point about life expectancy: the stress factor. If you look at it, then the Mediterranean region actually seems to be the key, except... wait, there's also Switzerland, without a connection to the Mediterranean, how can that be? Considering that we generally work more hours than in some surrounding countries? I think you hit the point there too when you said that it has to be more than just one thing that makes this happen. Spain, France, Italy and Greece are known for the fact that time runs a little slower and everything takes time, which you take your time there. This is also the case in certain parts of the country, but I suspect we compensate for this through our diet and our connection to nature (mountains instead of the sea). Somewhere there will probably be a similar good combination to that of the Mediterranean countries.

The German Müller translates to Miller in english. The Smith is the German Schmidt also very popular name in Germany.

In many countries, names began to develop from the professions that people had, because that was their role in the village society, and that's what they were recognized by. That's the reason that Smith is so high on the list for many countries, not only the english-speaking ones. For example, in Germany the most common names which are all professions - Schmied (smith), Bauer (farmer), Meier (farmland owner), Müller (miller), Schneider (taylor), Becker (baker), Weber (weaver), Wagner (wagon maker), Fischer (fisherman)...

In Italian, 'petrolio' (oil) is the substance you extract from natural deposits that you turn into 'benzina' (gasoline), the fuel you use for your car, and 'nafta', another oil product used in diesel motors. Gas (methane) is the one your stove burns. 🙂

Just found out your channel, really interesting and entertaining to watch :)

the rain in spain stays mainly in the plain

The region of Almeria is pretty desertic. It has been the location of many spaghetti western film shootings in the late 60's, early 70's.

I find it funny that if you listen closely in the back ground where he goes over the non/mandatory military service the Song: Dem Land Tirol die Treue and found out, it goes from 6:48 till 10:22 in the videeo. i just barely heard it and thought i have to look into that

Almería in Spain has the Tabernas desert that resembles the Southwestern deserts of the US, though nowhere near as big. Quite a few Spaghetti westerns were filmed there in the past and it is still used for filming today. Car companies like to preview their cars there; look for the white centre-line in the road if you can't tell if it's the US or Spain.

About the cavedwellers in Spain, I have a vivid memory of stumbeling onto an inhabited cave in Spain (outside Almeria, the black region on the map) when I was 4, so back in 1986. We were on the beach with the family, the beach was some way off from the city and there were clearly people living in the caves there by the beach. They must have had kids as well, since there they had a He-man castle toy there as well. My dad is from the region, and he told me that yeah, a lot of people live in caves there. Don't know if it was a economic thing since southern spain was relativly poor (the village he's from didn't get electricity until the early 90s and the well in the village was powered by donkey in 1986. To be fair, the village is quite remote up in the mountains, and small at that so maybe not priority for the utilities company) or if was some kind of cultural, anti-capitalist, live-in-the-nature thing.

Your Benzene pronunciation sounds so like czech benzín, it's crazy! I had small wave of goosebumps! :D

Map facts like this are so interesting!

Ok so for fuel in Poland we have 3 types of fuel. Benzyna which is gasoline mainly 3 types 95 E10,98 E5 and 100 octane . Then Diesel is just called diesel but on gas station you will find it labeled ON from official name olej napędowy. The last one is LPG which is a mixture of propane and butane but everybody just calls it gaz just like natural gas and it is installed mostly in gasoline engines to reduce cost.

18:28 , in the Netherlands it is called benzine, I also fill up in Germany and Flamish Belgium, also both benzin(e) :)

Since you live in Illinois, Athens, Greece's twin cities are Chester, Percy & Benton IL (within a 0.1 degree or 7 miles)

So the way you pronounce "Benzene" is exactly how we say it in Slovakia (benzín). It is petrol only "Naphtha" which the map shows is a word used in South America is how we actually call diesel (nafta). The word for fuel - palivo (literally "what burns")) is the general term, it can, however also mean coal,wood or any fuel for anything and we rarely use it when talking about filling up our cars. Funny thing is I never really realised gas was short for gasoline and always went with the joke of "calling a liquid gas" The reason for this is we also call the accelerator/throttle "plyn" - pleen which literraly means gas. So "step on the gas" or "full throttle" is "šliapni na plyn" or "plný plyn" - using the actual word for gas

I'd say that besides Meier (formerly a rich peasant or administrator of agriculture) and Müller (Miller) the name Schmidt (Smith) is probably around the 3rd most common name in Germany :)

Funny thing in German. We call it Benzin, but the right pedal is still called Gaspedal. And to speed up is called "Gas geben", literally "to give gas". 😅🤷‍♂️

I also find the antipodal map really interesting. seeing which places are literally a world apart.

Regarding land reclamation in the Netherlands “this looks way bigger then a few hundred years ago, dam!” Yes, dams, that’s exactly how we did this…..

I think most important reason why Finland has mandatory army is that big neighbor-country...

in Slovakia/ Czechia benzene -" benziin" is used for petrol/gasoline cars and naphtha - " nafta" for diesel cars

The thing about gas for gasoline is that in Poland many cars are also fueled with gas (actual gas, at most kept as liquid due to pressure).

8:30 Conscription in Finland: You choose between armed or unarmed military service or non-military (civil) service.

In Sweden "Limited conscription" meant that a certain number of new recruits are needed each year, if that number wasn't filled by volunteers the remaining number would be conscripted. Though with increased tensions with Russia and us joining NATO conscription has now been reinstated to ensure that the numbers are filled each year. The idea is to still use conscripts to fill out the numbers not filled by volunteers or by 18 year olds not convinced to join during enlistment. This is to make sure that if the need arises the military can begin conscripting people right away. It was also reinstated because the number of volunteers was getting lower each year so the politicians decided to get it going again. Though as the video said, the term "limited conscription" is very vague, it might be considered limited since not every 18 year old is conscripted, just a certain number each year, but if the numbers aren't filled you have to properly explain you can't join, what reasons you have, if you don't want to. So I guess it could be both limited and full on conscription.

Mediterranean countries only really get rain in winter, which makes them for great destinations in summer.

In Europe now the EU have regulated using cide words and also adding ethanol, so you see E85. means 85% ethanol and the rest is petrol. E15 is 15% Ethanol and rest is petrol. I have driven in Europe, UK and of course Ireland. The code words and green handles for petrol(gasoline) is common usage. Diesel is black coded or a different colour. I had to be careful when driving in other countries. In Turkey they still have fuel attendants so you just state the fuel type you want. They give you a paid receipt for the attendant and the attendant gives you your real receipt. Most other countries where I rent cars I had to fuel up myself.

21:17 A brief explanation of European climate zones: We basically have three big zones - the Mediterranean, the Maritime and the Continental Zone. Mediterranean climate is caused by the fact that Africa and Europe are basically cradling a sea, resulting in hot, dry summers and rainy winters. Maritime climate means that the ocean and land influence one another - the water stores heat during the day/summer and radiates it during the night/winter. This results in moderate changes between day/night and summer/winter. It also means that there is a higher chance of rain. You can find this kind of climate in north-western Europe. And finally, Continental climate is the opposite - hot summers and cold winters due to a lack of large bodies of water. I imagine that you have examples of Continental and Maritime climate in the US, too, but not Mediterranean, for obvious reasons ^^

@18:29 Your Czech pronunciation of Benzene is perfect! The spelling is different, but you're doing great :)

10:20 I see that they chose Mesabi for the region that encompasses Minnesota. This caught my attention because I was born in the Mesabi Range, which is one of the 4 "Iron" ranges in Northern MN.

Compulsory military service is very important for Austria In the military, for example, soldiers are deployed in disasters to help the population Those who are used in the civilian sector are used in old people's homes, homes for the disabled, fire departments or rescue services

In the UK, it pretty much rains every day, but just for a short time. They are on an island, so they get much quicker weather changes.

In Bulgaria and I asume in much of eastern Europe as well the gaz pedal is still the gaz pedal... Even if we use words as benzin/dizel for the fuel.

I live in northern France (pretty close to the Belgian border actually) and we have rain almost every day since november It's even worse in pas de calais as there has been constant flooding since 3-4 months

My grandma wanted to move into a cave house in S-W France, but it was too expensive to buy and not very convenient to live in a cave community full time because most of them are secondary residences that are pretty much dead outside the vacation season. Cave homes are amazing in that they are naturally insulated throughout the year but installing the wifi is apparently a b*tch!

Around the Mediterranean sea it's called the Mediterranean climate for a reason, we have similar regional areas in Australia as well.

you're a very clever dude. Didn't think about the effect of mountains on rain. Although I'm pretty young and inexperienced!

yes, we say benzín in czech which sounds exactly the same as benzene, it was always funny to me as a kid that everybody say it in czech😂

In Poland we call it benzyna.

You simply make the best videos in the world!💯💯💯

7:50 - I can explain about Brazil. At 18, it’s mandatory for every male to enlist for a “draft”. If you are selected, and not immune due to health, family or some other conditions, a 1 year service is mandatory. After that, following up with the military career is optional. Now, quite often the draft officers will ask if you want to serve or not, and if you say yes, it’s more probable that you will be selected, and there are many loopholes and exemptions, so if you don’t want to serve, there’s often a way to avoid. In any case,serving at the military or not, just by enlisting you will receive a military discharge certificate, that technically puts you in the reserve of the military and eligible to be conscripted in case of war. Without this document, you can’t do anything as a adult male, including voting(which is also mandatory), working, getting a loan or a public sector job. This conscription policy is reminiscent of the military government that ruled Brazil until the mid 80s. Most of my father’s generation served the military, but since the 90s the size of the armed forces, and consequently the odds of being drafted significantly diminished

"In many languages, the name of the product is derived from the hydrocarbon compound benzene or more precisely from the class of products called petroleum benzine" In Serbia, Gasoline is Benzene(Benzin) and Diesel is Naphtha(Nafta).

Ian, try LPG. (roughly 17:26 in the video) I always thought matter could only consist in 1 out of 3 forms, liquid, solid or gas.

That map at 14:34 looks like some wild overestimation. In reality even if all the ice would melt that only would result in a few centimeter of rising, which is basicly nothing.

In Italian Switzerland it is Benzìna (and diesel for diesel motors). I marked where the accent (or stress) is. Italians say Benzìna (and gasòlio). In German Switzerland it is Benzìn and Diesel, in French Switzerland it is Essènce (not Èssence as you said) and Diesel. Nafta is what you use to heat the house.

It's bensin for gas in Swedish and diesel for... well diesel. With limited conscription they call youth in for tests at a certain age and about 10% (I think) are selected for mandatory training that lasts for a number of months. I served 11 months in the navy, for instance. If there is a war, I may be called in to serve in the capacity I was trained for.

A renowned weatherman in Belgium did the test and kept a count on how often he encountered rain during his commute. That was only 8% of the time. 199 days seems a bit much.

nowak is polish, novák is czech. Nováková is female, if I would translate it, it´s meaning is "Newman´s wife". Slavic languages have these suffixes to differentiate genders, 99% czech surnames has "-ová" for female. But Novák has more meanings, it meant a cobbler which produced new shoes (since there were also cobblers who only repaired).

at 20' of your video, for the climatic difference between American and European sister cities of the same latitude is perhaps due to the gulf stream which moderates the weather on the European side, particularly in France. it was very interesting

IWrocker reacting to Netherlands War with the ocean. "Daaaam" Spot on Sir, spot on.

Check out the 2024 Volvo VNL semi truck. Especially the extended cabin version.

I don't directly know people living in cave houses (casa cueva) but in some places there are still in use! They say they're refrigerated naturally in the summer and warm in winter.

In Italy it rains a lot, just not so often. For instance in Paris it rains more often than in Rome, but in Rome, actually, falls more water in mm per year

6:12 Strange that they did not include Bergen, Norway in a map of rain days.

2:36 All the other last names go to fight in the was, the smith stays home to mend the horse shoes and craft swords.

In Gernany we say BENZIN. You might have heard it before, because the is a RAMMSTEIN song namend "Benzin"

It's the warm ocean current that begins somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico that keeps the climate of Europe warmer compared to North America. As you move further inland in Europe, you will experience much harsher winters, and that's the reason why Russia, for example, is characterized by very cold and harsh winters, while many European places at higher latitudes can be relatively mild at the same time.

I dont think that the ice melting would be so dramatic, when temperature rises the ice melts, but also the hotter its the more water stays in the air as moisture.

Yeah, Benzine sounds similar in most European countries. I am from Romania and here we only know of benzine and diesel for cars. Also petrol is pretty common as well as a replacement word for benzine

Bergen, a city in the south west of Norway, it rains an average of 200 days a year :)

18:29 Yes, it is normal term for gasoline. Also it is a technical term here, not just slang. Benzín in Slovakia, Czechia, or benzinaio in Italy for example. Also keep in mind that the diesel cars make almost half of all cars running on oil products. So every gas station offers both "Benzin" and "Diesel". And in majority cases one premium and one standard from each category, so 4 types or more. You need to be very careful to pick up the right pistol or you can seriously screw your day :D

In south France when it rains it rains like crazy, we call it a Mediterranean episode, it rains so so much in such little time, and it can heppen at any time of the year

Here in Croatia petrol is benzin but some of the fuel stations say "Petrol" which is a brand name.

21:24 Hammerfest and Longyearbyen isn't even on dry land. America just isn't as far north as that

There is a noun for car enthusiast, in the UK at least, inspired by Petrol, Petrolhead

The second most common surname in Germany is Schmidt. together with similar writing versions it is even the most common surname and comes from "Schmied". And yes, "Schmied" is the german word for "Smith". Also in other countries the translation for smith is one of the most common surnames.

Caves have constant temperatures and are warmer in winter and cooler in summer (far cheaper costs) compared to non cave homes.

Funny to see how far north Narvik is on this map. Isn't even the city in the far north of Norway. Lived there for some years.

its because the petrol molecule in chemistry is C6H6. called benzine molecule.