He mentions bad things about beautiful things, like Positano beautiful cliff-houses, his response, what if you fall off when drunk. Or the protective walls in Dubrovnik, which are also beautiful, he says something about nowadays using a helicopter or a plane.... More people than cars? Well, of course! Highways are for cars, city-centres obviously not. Mind-blowing.
@@nieksalomons I am Croatian and Italian. I remember visiting the Amalfi coast with my Italian husband and some American friends. There are many small villages on the Amalfi coast, not just Positano and to get there you have to drive a very narrow winding road quite slowly and it's just the way it is. I remember their comment-we Americans would just make tunnels through these mountains and you could get to any of the little towns in a minute. We just looked at each other and realized there was no way to explain why you just can't destroy the whole mountain to make the drive shorter. And btw, the drive is actually a part of the experience. About the Dubrovnik walls 😂 I guess we could tear them down now since they don't have a purpose anymore. 😊
As a kid, I used to imagine myself moving to North America or Australia or even Brazil. But now that I'm an adult, I am so grateful to be a European and to live here ! And not just for the beauty and diversity of our continent, also for our levels of education, open values, solidarity, food and cultures. I've been to every European country and each one has something special to offer.
I moved to Australia 38 years ago l have settled here, every thing you need is 40minutes to an hour away it like the USA stread out. I miss Scotland and Europe and stinking hot weather in the "summer " kills me.
@@Albanach-je1nk Germany here. I was in South India for almost a year, and the weather in Kerala almost killed me. 45°C on a Sunday afternoon, and no pool or lake in sight where you could swim or bathe naked, and water was rationed, for obvious reasons. Can you sweat to death? Yes, there's a possibility.
Bro, a lot of European cathedrals were built for centuries. I'm Czech. I travelled a lot around the whole of Europe and I just must tell you that visit to all the European heritage sites is simply impossible because our lives are too short.
The different historic building styles evolved due to the weather. In northern Europe you need steep, hard rooftops to protect against rain, hail and to let snow slide off of them. In southern Europe you have flat rooftops one can use for different purposes as the weather is mostly sunny. And the buildings are painted white to repel heat.
You make the roof flat and add another floor at the freed space. Oh, and not just Italy. I always feel like Croatia is a bit of a discount Italy. Not in "it is the less elaborate copy" but as "it is cheaper to travel there". And lots of things that are just beautiful.
Only one I don't agree with is Monaco. Expensive, overrated, unfriendly people and in general not much you can do or see. There are much better allternatives close by
If you didn't know anything about Dubrovnik, you should check out Croatia in general. It's not just Dubrovnik, it's a small country but there are so many things to see. A lot of national parks too. ✌️
Yes and the walls are ancient! They were built to protect the city against the wars, deseases etc throughout the centuries. Not built in the last 50 years against the nuclear weapon! I hope he gets it. Everything in Europe is veeeery old. Maybe thats a strange concept for him. Greetings from Pula.
@@FAMI-ep9ok if you want to refresh your memories, this guy made a whole series on Croatia but this episode is dedicated to Plitvice specifically. 😊 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UI6nsHRiv4A.html
That’s what I love living in Europe, all those cities are easily to visit. Just go there over the weekend, it is so easy. And there are many more to discover.
Honestly yeah, I live in Montenegro and our costal cities are similar to Dubrovnik (which is like 3h away by car) and I can go to them in 1 a bit more than an hour of driving
@@commandershepard2490 yeah, sadly in the summer it can be hectic. And water in the sea region isn't for drinking. Depending on your finances Lustica bay and Porto Montenegro are 2 beautiful luxury places in Montenegro to visit. Budva is too crowded during summer, but I could recommend Bar and it's old town, or Ulcinj. They are less known places to international tourists but just as nice. Bar is more of a normal city than a touristy place, it's a big port city. And Ulcinj has nice beaches and is on the border with Albania. There is also Ada Bojana in Ulcinj, it's a river that acts as a border and there are little houses everywhere on the river sides.
Went from Bucharest to Budapest and after that to Prague only by train. We arrived in Budapest in the morning, visited the city until noon and after that we took a night train to Prague. You can visit so much in so little time without any car.
Note: The towns and most cities in Europe were built way before cars even existed, so they were built for pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages etc. Many, perhaps even most, are hundreds of years old, and a few even some two thousand years old. Quite mind-blowing for people in the U.S., many of whom have lost touch with the history of their ancestors and the countries they came from. With all the possibilities that the internet is offering, now's the time to go exploring and to reconnect with Europe and the rest of the world! 🌎
Totalmente de acuerdo no saben nada de donde vienen tampoco lo estudian , gracias a España tienen muchas de las cosas y incluso hay ciudades que fundaron los españoles y ni lo saben ,Sun tienen banderas de algunos estados que hicieron los españoles ,nombres de ciudades ,el símbolo del dólar ,he incluso los famosos cawboys ,viene de los españoles ,que trajeron ese estilo de vida ,construyeron ranchos he introdujeron el ganado y las costumbres 😜
You are right, in a lot of European cities you could even see big ass front doors to residential buildings that were in fact designed for horse carriages to get in. All the history preserved in seemingly trivial things is truly remarcable
@@raquelriquelmemeseguer2745 I swear, the spannish peoples are insane. I have to make an airplane propeller, some spannish people already wrote 30+ study on it 50+ years ago, and i just have to do the same. Racing motorcycle frame, i want to make it out of composite, since carbon+epoxi frame is a pretty new idea, just like carbon+aluminium foam. Aaaand some student in spain already made one 10 YEARS AGO. What the actual fk.
Yup, there are a lot of cities here in Spain that were founded by the ancient romans, such as Toletum (currently Toledo), Cartago Nova (Cartagena), Gades (Cádiz) or Valentia Edetanorum (Valencia)
The Sagrada Familia was designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi. He also created La Pedrera, Casa Battló and many other outstanding buildings in Barcelona. One city that wasn't mentioned was Paris. I was a bit surprised that he didn't talk about it, being such an iconic city in Europe. If you ever come to Portugal, you should visit Porto, my hometown, which is an incredibly beautiful city.
It's impossible to do an objective top 10 list. If he had to redo the video he would probably replace half of them. Europe is beautiful. I think we can agree on that.
@@annmoir7111 There are many lovely places to visit in Porto. Ribeira is by the river and it's beautiful, so you should definitely go there. Porto's Cathedral is another place you can visit. Since you are coming over in October, I think you won't bump into tourists all the time. If you want to avoid crowded places Palácio de Cristal is a lovely place to go to. Older people do not usually speak English but younger people speak English very well and everyone is friendly and nice. Beware of pickpockets because we have quite a few although not as much as Lisbon.
He also did not mention Rome or Venice. But I think, as with Paris: Those cities are all "first class destinations" anyhow, without extra advertisment.
Most American cities are just high rise file cabinets surrounded by parking lots and a ghetto. You can walk European cities at night in safety. The architecture is so varied and beautiful. Not all beautiful European cities are just tourist attractions. London, Paris, Milan and Amsterdam are cities with thriving economies where people also live and work. I'm from NYC originally (a great city) but most American cities are so similar and soulless compared to European cities.
As a European, I love visiting the US and while you are correct that many chain restaurants and brands are the same across the country, there are a lot of places with incredible charm, such as San Antonio's Riverwalk, Miami's South Beach, the old Californian mission towns on the Coast, Charleston SC, New Orleans, Newport RI, etc.
@@diegone080 In the US they shoot people-children at the schools..., that must be the reason why they can t concentrate in learning thus ignoring so many things.
I agree. I’m an average UK citizen. Teacher married to a police man and we’ve visited most European countries -several times, plus the USA (Colorado, Wyoming, Boston and New England, Florida, New York), Cuba, Egypt, South Africa, and China. Lack of holiday entitlement must play a large part in the reason USA citizens don’t travel, but I think a large part is lack of interest in the world outside the USA.
"lack of interest in the world outside the USA" that's just not true at all and is a very childish conclusion.... are you forgetting there's a literal giant ocean between the united states and europe, making it super expensive to travel outside of our country besides mexico/canada?? lol. Its much easier/less expensive to take a short flight or a fun road trip to a different state for a few days or a week at a time. meanwhile y'all in europe are super close to so many different countries. Europeans always assuming americans dont give a shit about any country besides our own is so funny to me. I feel like you all think that because, lets face it: America is the most important and impactful country on the planet, so you think we all only care about our own country because of that fact. It's actually quite flattering.
@@xSilentRecon Yes, there is a giant ocean between North America and Europe. This is making it expensive to travel and so on. I m sure the ocean is much smaller for the many European tourists in North America. 🤣 Holy sh... what a lame excuse. A flight from a big US destination to Europe is incredible cheap. You US Americans are just living behind the moon (touristic) and dont wanna change it. If you stay in the US, you can speak english, you can have the same bad food everywhere, you can stay in your car, etc. I have friends in the US that are surprised about simple things in Europe and wonder why they dont know and have it. Yes, you know nothing about the world. The reason you can choose...
Sagrada Familia is not one of the most amazing buildings in the world. It is simply the most amazing building in the world. It cannot be compared to anything. I must admit that its interior made such an impression on me that tears flowed down my cheeks.
As an Italian I would say Paris is the most iconic city in Europe. It's so iconic that some people in America thinks Paris is a country. It's so visited that France is the most visited country in -Europe- the World, before Italy, just because Paris take around 40 million tourists per year.
Also the „are there archers up in the towers?“ ahhahahah lost it I dont mean this in a mean way, its just funny because its just sth americans probably never thought about:)
What i like the most about Prague are those underground medival taverns, where they serve traditional czech kitchen and beer. it gives you really 1400s vibe.
Let me explain to you. Here in Europe we have castles and during those times people lived inside the castles because of protection. With time, the population started to expand and started to lived outside, but there are until today villages that still live inside the walls of fortress and/castles. Here in Portugal we have Óbidos and even Évora which the old part of the city is still inside the walls of the old fortress.
Well, in medieval times people didn't "live in castles". The castles was for the local high-born and his/her household. There would usually be a small (sometimes fortified) town connected to the castle, with rural land and farms spread around on the outskirts. In times of war, the locals would seek shelter behind the castle walls. As cities grew, ramparts and fortifications were expanded to protect the medieval towns/cities, up until the time where more modern war-technology made this defense strategy obsolete. Most European cities will today have remains of those old fortifications surrounding their old city centre - ramparts and citadels are a staple of most major European cities.
@@zuki70 City/town walls weren't just there for protection, but to differentiate the settlement from the surrounding countryside. Towns had market rights, and farmers had to go to the towns if they wanted to sell their goods. Sometimes a castle or fortress was present, and usually integrated in the overall defensive structure.
As a German I have to say Italy is the most beautiful country in Europe ! Miss he showed Rome, or Budapest....these cities are really so so so beautiful.....!!!
I totally agree... Italy is in my opinion not just the most beautiful country in Europe, but the world. It has everything. I would have taken out some and put on some. I didn't like Athens at all for example. Not interested in Barcelona. Lisbon is quite nice, but a little filthy and the people there were a little obnoxious. Every 5 min somebody would offer you to buy weed. I would put Istanbul, Rome and Salzburg rather
Vienna and Budapest. Very beautiful and exuding a unique old world charm, still making you feel as if you time-travelled into mid 19th century to the hay-days of the Austro-Hungarian dual-monarchy.
That was my thought he went to Praga which is so close to these cities and he missed them... @BolnoyBratchny AH was too strong empire thats why it was butched apart after ww1...
I've visited most of these cities, I particularly enjoyed Lisbon and Dubrovnik, one nice feature is that many of the stores and restaurants are unique to those cities and have been around for decades, the streets aren't spammed up with large chain stores. Croatia is a beautiful country.
9:15 funny that you mention it, Dubrovnik was under siege during the war in the 1990s and the walls proved extremely effective against modern artillery strikes, there are actually videos of the walls being shelled. So the walls are still useful even with modern war vehicles like helicopters and airplanes.
Ryan, let me give you a hint. Some of the prettiest places in central/southern Europe are not very far apart from each other. In summer I sometimes took the car from Aachen, Germany down to Nice in France (close to Monaco), passing by Metz, Lyon, Strasbourg and/or Avignon, sometimes staying there for a night. All of them are mindblowing places from a historical and from an aesthetic point of view. The way back was maybe even better. We passed by Eze, Menton, Genua, Milan and Lugano in Italy and then spend some days in the Swiss Alps close to St. Moritz. (small tip: stay in a little village in Italy close to the border if you want ro save a little money) there are other routes like that and it's worth exploring. Don't just focus on the big cities though, the little places are usually much prettier.
God I wish travelling around here was that cool 😂, where I’m from is famous for being flat, barren and devoid of anything to do or see. I feel like I’m Marco freaking Polo whenever I see a hill or a small cluster of trees - both are highly unusual here.
Definitely YOU ARE NOT ignorant! Your interest in different things shows that on the contrary you are an openminded guy! I love your videos and points of view
The wall you were referring to is in Dubrovnik, Croatia it used to protect the city of intruders. Dubrovnik is called the Pearl of the Adriatic sea and is also Kings Landing in Game of Thrones. Dubrovnik was also an independent republic back in the day, like really back in the day. My country may be tiny but there is sooooo much to see. The whole country is worth to see not just our coast. I as a native didnt explore everything yet. We have a rich history and a lot of influences of other places due to them trying to invade us all the time.
A Brit, I've been to around 8 of these cities and I have to say he's so right about these beauties. Also, though, Venice, Florence and Rome are worth checking out, Paris, Budapest and Amsterdam. Europe offers the most wonderful history, diversity and culture. I adore the States, but I'm glad I live in Europe.
every nation is building from what is available on its territory. If you have a clay there probably be red roofs, or brick walls. If you have sandstone everything will be white probably :) And in US you have houses from wood and paper ;)
I love this guy's videos (if not his pronunciations!), especially as he focusses on the outdoors and is very active. Everyone will have his/her Top 10 European cities. I agree with most of these, but in Italy would replace Positano with Taormina, in Spain I prefer either San Sebastian or Valencia to Barcelona, and would drop Monte Carlo in favour of Brugge or München.
The car thing is one of the main things that would keep me out of ever trying to live in the US. Most cities don't seem accessible by anything other than a car.
Positano is a village not a city. It has 4000 residents 😂 A bit strange comparing it actual cities. Lived in London & its seriously NOT à beautiful city. I prefer Paris
The list is not the 'most beautiful', it's best places to visit.. London has the most to see and do in Europe by a mile, I never get sick of visiting it. Paris is ok but I've visited 3 times and that was one too many times. Monte Carlo was a poor choice though..!
Here in Greece in most places summers are very hot and winters are mild with no or very little snow. White colour reflects the sun and avoids for the building to heat up as much during the day. We also often close the shatters in summer during day to keep the heat out. Roofs are often flat, because it's cheaper to build and because we don't have much snow. So we don't need to build roofs that make the snow glide down to avoid too much weight on the roofs. Building is expensive here, because we have lots of earthquakes and the requirements for buildings are high in security. So you're glad if you can just put a flat concrete roof on top and avoid the cost for a wooden construction and expensive clay covering. There are places in Greece though, where the climate is colder, because of altitude and there you get the typical roofs you saw in other European cities. As you liked Positano so much, I'd suggest you watch a video about Greece, because we have so many islands and mountains, this kind of villages built on cliffs and in incredible places is pretty common. Santorini will blow your mind just as Meteora and Greece is also full of ancient and mythological places with stunning landscape.
I think it's more like modern cultural thing, even ancient Rome had red roofs and there is pretty hot weateher in Italy too, same for Croatia and Spain, hot weather can't be the real reason for white roofs. Most of those buildings in Athenes are modern and it looks like architectonical anarchy for someone from Prague. It looks like red roofs have countries which were catholic and white buildings have orthodox countries, it must be some cultural difference between our countries.
Όταν ζούσα στην αστροπαλια γνώριζα δύο γιαγιάδες που ζούσαν σε ένα μονοχωρο, έτσι τα λένε. Σταθερή θερμοκρασία χειμώνα καλοκαίρι 18 με 25 βαθμούς. Είχε και στέρνα.
@@Blackadder75 because it's the Italian name of the island. Italians can't pronounce the Greek name of the island: Θήρα (Theera). So they came up with their own name. They did the same with Castellorizo, which in Greek is called Μεγίστη (Maeyeesty).
@@Blackadder75 it derives from the church agia irini (which means peace) and Italians called Santa irini, Santorini. It was very important for them because until the Cristian church divided to orthodox and catholic they were using the sweet vine for the communion the famous vinsanto.
You should really check the prices of travel, accommodation and entries. Maybe they would surprise you. Everything is cheaper off season. I was a poor Eastern European university student and still travelled to a lot of places. I guess the most expensive part would be your "over the big pond" ticket but you can find surprisingly good prices there as well. Come over, Europe always welcomes open minded people :) Cheers from Hungary. Check out Budapest too ;)
12:30 La Sagrada Familia was originally planned as a rather simple basilika with 3 naves in a mixture of neoromanic and neogothic styles. But after a quarrel between the architect and the construction supervision the project management was given to Antoni Gaudi, and after a big anonymous donation came in, he changed the plans to a basilica with 5 naves and 18 towers. Gaudi worked for 43 years at the project; in this time some details of the facade were changed according to changing fashions. The project got more and more donations. In 1926 Gaudi died after an accident (with a tram). Afterwards construction was several times halted, and in the Spanish Civil War some parts were destroyed, but in 1950 construction resumed.
Btw, correction to what the guy said in the video JK Rowling started writing the HP novels while she lived in Portugal. The suits and robes that Hogwarts students wear are inspired by the ones we wear in some college activities and in graduation day. And the Hogwarts staircases are inspired by the ones in Lello bookstore in Porto.
In Europe, as in the rest of the world, the houses are built according to the local climate and the local available resources (in the older days). If there’s a lot rain or snow, you’ll see pitched roofs (most of Europe) if there’s not enough sunshine then the buildings have a dark colour to catch and hold the heat (UK, Scotland, north of Europe), if there’s too much sun and less rain, the buildings are flat-roofed and white, to reflect the sun (Greece). In some parts of the continent as in the Peloponese Peninsula in Greece (elsewhere too), where there are not lots of trees, the older houses are made of stone (problematic insulation and disastrous in case of earthquakes), while the forsested areas have more old wooden houses which have the same issues as the stone ones. So that’s why Athens is a white city. Back some years when aircon was not as popular as nowadays, during the hot summer when the temperature stays above 40C, people used to sleep on the roof.
I'm blessed to have visited 8 cities in this video. Actually Greece and Croatia arenext in my bucketlist. If pandemic didn't happen, I should have seen 10 of them already. Beautiful places💓 Budapest, Vienna are beautiful too.
Same. Only missing Edinburgh and the italian city were i forgot the name already. But as a central european, ofc visited London, Athens, Barcelona, Dubrovik, Lisbon and Monte Carlo. As a resident of the Black Forest, ofc i went to Luzern a view times.
Haha so funny to see your constant being confused, when you see a place that's not car centralised. I recommend the RU-vid channel "Not just bikes" it will open your eyes.
🐥For anyone planning a trip somewhere in Europe: Try to go around Central Europe (Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Czechia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Slovenia). Everything is so cute, green and warm. :) I'm from Slovakia. We have plenty of wonderful places (especially those made by nature itself), but unfortunately they are wide apart from each other (420 km from W to E of the country) and majority of tourists don't want to go further than capital city Bratislava or High Tatras and they miss out on all the beauty there is. :) Košice, Nitra, Banská Štiavnica, Prešov for example. And our caves and castles (couple of them completely intact like the one in Stará Ľubovňa, Bojnice, Spiššká Nová Ves, Orava, Strečno) are the true wonders of it all. We have the Treetop Walk in National Park of Bavarian Forest, Slovak Paradise, Slovak Karst and much much more. Hungary smells weird to me XD and it's just lowlands everywhere, but even that is gorgeous if you know where to look (Budapest's marketplace before Christmas). I've also visited some vineyards, 'cause those are pretty typical. But I definitely prefer ZOO in Prague over the one in Nyiregyhaza (the one in Czechia has zipline like cableway on which you can slide from the hill to another spot in the area and me and my friends spend half of our day on it. XD) Poland is definitely underappreciated. I've been to Kraków and few places around it (concentration camps) and you could definitely spend days discovering the city. I heard Gdansk is marvelous to look at. I don't need to say anything about Germany and those "Germany-friendly" countries around it :) they keep everything very clean and simply MADE for tourism. I've been to Vienna in Austria and I'm definitely going there again. Absolutely stunning. And last but not least, Slovenia. Everyone's favourite country. I would still choose Italy or Croatia for my summer vacation (colder waters in Slovenia, maybe the same as in Spain which to me is brutally cold), but visually, for a hike trip, you would be in constant awe for sure. Oh, and Czechia... that's like Slovakia and Germany combined. Also a beauty. Lots of history to it. Karlštejn castle comes to mind. There's definitely more than just Prague. That's my little guide. When other nations mention Europe, they mean "Spain, England, France, Italy, well... and the rest" and they don't really consider Slavic countries worth a visit. If you were ever hesititating about your trip and what to visit... there is plenty of it here :) Lovely day!! Sorry for grammar and length of the comment. 🤍
Man Slovakia is so so beautiful and I love people's open character a bit "Latino" but I mean from Latin Europe 😬😅 The Tatras mountains are so gorgeous been there when dating a Slovak and the small towns around capital cities are also a gem I will not forget. Greetings from Barcelona
The main reason tourists overlook the former “Eastern Bloc” is because it was under communism for so long. The repercussions of that have yet to fade from the mindset (the war in Ukraine is a hangover from those days), as so many of those nations still have very primitive attitudes towards race and so on - I know because I’ve got friends from those countries. And since the fall of communism, those nations were politically unstable for a very long time, with many wars taking place, and countries dissolving and reforming new nations all the time. The political map of Europe we learned to recite as children is radically altered just 35 years on. Nobody wants to go on holiday to a country essentially governed by a tyrannical dictatorship. They were poverty stricken, the media and radio stations were heavily censored (no Western music allowed), and the culture was dangerous. It would be like taking a holiday in North Korea. And even though that’s no longer the reality, and these countries are fast rebuilding and modernising (largely thanks to enormous cash injections from the EU, as well as citizens working abroad in much stronger economies like the UK and sending money home to their families), unfortunately, the perception persists. Of course, marketing campaigns are beginning to change that - Croatia, especially, has been fiercely promoted in recent years, and though I haven’t yet been, it looks stunning and it’s on my list.
@@penname5766 What you have said may be true about, let's say, Romania. My country and many around it were quite peaceful throughout history. There are no racists here, that's for sure. And I don't know if you do know Velvet Revolution (Gentle Revolution), but it was the most peaceful protest against government in history OF THE WORLD. Czechia and Slovakia were divided after this revolution and there was not a drop of blood needed. My people literally walked through cities with candles in their hands. And socialism (no communism) was very popular here, because it made everyone the same. Equal. Everyone was from middle class. Everyone had a job. Everyone could afford anything desirable. Your kids could play outside all day, then you could put your head out of the window, scream at them to come and eat and simultaneously chat with your neighbours screaming at their kids. And for sure there was some Western music. But even if there wasn't, we had OUR music. Still do! Only rich people despised this time, but if normal living was enough for you, you were happy. Different regimes have their pros and cons. Now you can just watch those thieves who know how to use the system for their benefit how they buy these giant sports cars and mansions in Monaco and you see regular people struggle to buy butter for their dinner bread because of capitalism. Ask anyone except for teachers and students and they will tell you the same thing. They loved the old days. And sure other countries had it worse, Serbia had a brutal war going on, but you cannot say this regime good and this regime bad. It's not as black and white as it may appear through lenses of someone who didn't live it. EU only brought us euro and free travelling across Europe. Otherwise, if Russia decided to invade us or Hungary decided to bring back times when they were rulling our nation, EU or NATO or any other coalition wouldn't do a thing. It would be a small price for a peace. They definitely wouldn't start a war because of such tiny country. Sorry, these things are way to personal for me. For someone who doesn't like generalizations you make quite a bunch of them. The worst thing that can happen to you here is to get pickpocketed. What a tragedy! Numbers says that Slovakia is one of the safest countries in the world. In 2015 there were 0.9 murders per 100 000 people. Murder rate in US, for example, is 4.9. But yeah, sure, let's make a film about my country being crime infested hellhole. Who would ever get mad at that! No bad blood, though. I still hope you have a lovely day today, sir/madam! I'm just not in the mood to enlighten people about just anything. It's 21 century. If someone wants to live in a lie, because it's so hard for them to open a damn Quora or Wikipedia and read, I just have to get over it. So... I'm getting over it.
@@petrastein2531 I'm sorry to say, but you do exactly what you complain about. Lots and I mean lots of "developed" Slavic people (Slovenian, Slovakian, Czech, etc) think and comment on many videos about Romania that it's gypsyland or something else related to gypsies, when just opening Wikipedia should be enough to learn that only a tiny minority is gypsy. So yeah, why complain when others do the same to you?
@@RaduRadonys I was talking about Romanian socialism, dear. You've never heard about all those immigrants coming from Romania, because of how bad the regime was there? Sounds like you're the one uneducated.
The part where he assumed that the fortress was ,,rich people's playground " made me feel so awkward . Americans don't have a clue about their motherland.
Montecarlo and Positano, but not Roma (and Vatican City, only the Sistine Chapel and the Michelangelo's Pietà worth more than Montecarlo), Vienna, Venezia, Firenze, Paris, Amsterdam, Moscow and Istanbul...
Yes, I remember a lady there getting her bag (purse US) stolen. Distracted by one person, then his accomplice took the bag. Be very aware. Also in Venice the tour guide told us to hold well on to our bags.
Living in Europe means you can visit these cities easily. I've been to 7 of the 10 mentioned here. Lucerne in Switzerland is beautiful- very clean and expensive. Positano is just one of the amazing coastal towns in Italy. The unfinished cathedral the "Sagrada Familia" in Barcelona is amazing. The artist Antoni Gaudi left behind some incredible works of art.
@@commandershepard2490 My son and his family took me on holiday to Italy five years ago. We drove from the Netherlands to Regensberg in germany and then the next day to Venice in Italy. On the return journey we drove back via Switzerland, Austria and Belgium. We spent a night in Lucerne and it was wonderful. But I remember that a plate of pasta and sauce cost three times the price of the same thing in Italy.
@@annedunne4526 Thats because the income is almost 3 times higher in switzerland. For me as a german, its very expensive to visit switzerland, but it is what it is :)
the only real cathedral of the modern age :) , saw it some 15years ago, and now they actually have a timing to get finished! i need to go see it again before it is, en then after, mmm, that appearantly means getting back in the next 2 to 3 years? or probably 5, would they really finish in 2026? :)
I always keep thinking -how come Americans don't travel much across USA as ir is so beautiful. Then I remember that living in Europe, where I too can get in the car and travel across, I don't do that much either 😅
But: Depending where you live in Europe to most places you can get in a matter of hours, albeit it takes maybe 8 of them. Even flights are o.k. since in Europe we can get by without a car. When you live in the US it might take you days to travel by car. If you fly, you must rent a car. And given the fact that in the US vacation days are scarce that makes it even more difficult. But you are right, we should travel more as long as we are physically and mentally able to do so.
😂 after enjoying your reactions I want to invite you and your family, show you around and feed you some Brezeln. You made me proud of my country, thanks. I am from Bavaria. Of course, all of these cities are stunning. I saw many of them myself and my favourite is Prag and Barcelona.
Absolutely love Greece 🇬🇷 and Spain 🇪🇦 have been many times to both I always feel at home as soon as I get there 💙💙💙 When he said 'its not meant for cars' that's because hundreds of years ago there were no cars 🚗 🚗 I don't think you're an ignorant American you're obviously interested and learning each time you look out of the USA - there's over 200 countries in the world so much history everywhere
We Italians have fielded the reserves to be first in any case. The English can play London, the French have only Paris, the others not received. If Italy is the most beautiful country in the world, there must be a reason!!! If we have almost 70% of all the artistic, scenic and culinary beauties of the world, there will be a reason to be unique. The ridiculous stereotypes you give us demonstrate the immense ignorance of what Italy is. Welcome in Italy. CIAO
How he didnt put Paris in his top 10? I think Paris is a must if you want to visit somewhere... well, in fact, every capital of each country in Europe is a must
Americans know so little about the rest of the world and its history. European cities are for working AND living. City centers are often car free. You often don’t need cars there.
I want to go back to Budapest. Four days was NOT enough! It's almost embarrassing to say this, but I'm Norwegian, and I have never been to Tromsø. I'd love to go there during winter, and hopefully see the northern lights, but my joints don't like the Nordic winter climate, so...
I have to say. You portrait yourself as the stereotypical not well informed citizen of the US. I call "Americans" all the people from the whole american continent.
Lucerne basically looks how 99% of Switzerland looks... mountains, castles, lakes. And yes, it is oh-so-clean. The Swiss start to twitch if they see trash. You're not even supposed to park with the back of your car against a wall in case your exhaust makes the wall dirty. They live in the most direct democracy in the world- everything that goes through parliament is personally voted on by the citizens, so they all take a personal pride in their country like that. Basically... stick a pin in a map of Switzerland and it'll be beautiful. Personally I loved Chateau Chillon- a castle on a lake surrounded by mountains.
Europe have so many wonderful different landscapes from north to south and east to west, so many wonderful cities and villages where you can discover so many interesting things and culture. In a lot of wonderful places we made holidays, here in europe is enough to discover for a whole life.
@@multa7053 Idk, there's nothing quite like the Mediterranean landscapes in the United States. From Greece to Spain, it's a huge coastline with hundreds of islands and it's incredible. In addition, the Alps and its atmosphere are quite unique (Austria, Switzerland), the Norwegian coast with its fjords, Iceland and its volcanoes, Ireland and its cliff, France and its scenic countryside, Spain and its desert landscapes, etc... And although I agree that some parts of the USA have amazing nature, a large part of the USA is nothing but open fields. The United States and Europe are amazing anyway and got almost every type of landcape. I don't think one is better.
@@multa7053 lmaoo europe is not just these historic cities, did u actually ever study europes land? have u seen norway? switzerland? Germany? literally we go hike its really common here i feel only ignorant can say this bullshitt like look at the europe literally look at the europe i think america is pretty but it looks the same most of the time in every european country it looks different even the land, like russia is really different to idk spain
Ryan, save your pennies. A vacation in Europe can be cheaper than a vacation in the US. Visit in the early spring or late fall and you can get great deals on flights and hotels. The basic rule is that the farther north you go, the more it costs. Southern Europe, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece are much much cheaper than the UK or Sweden. My rule always was 1 week in London = 1 month in Portugal.
... Farther north you go the more they cheat you with your money s value.... it s true, you pay much more for almost everything and on top of that the weather can be awful during your stay.
It's the bad thing about Americans, they hallucinate with anything outside their borders, the landscapes, the cities and towns, the gastronomy, the kind treatment of the people..., regardless of the country they travel to, well those who somehow So, they have taken a break from their busy lives to travel somewhere, whether it is going to Mexico, UK, France or Italy. It's okay to work, but just enough to live. If you don't go out into the world, why were you born? Just to get married, start a family, have a million-dollar house, three or four cars, see the same people, the same streets...? Ryan, have you ever walked through a city without going by car, sniffing every smell, listening to different sounds, conversations in several languages while sipping a cold beer on a sunny, lonely terrace at street level while watching the coming and going of the city? people who walk around you? Well that, stop being passive and be more determined, travel around Europe, here nobody cares if you are North American, Polish or Australian and you will end up laughing at the videos.
real jewels are small cities that nobody mentions , but the food and people are autentic and they do not overflow with tourists so the price will be better too Alps have plenty of thesee places but it depends what people want to do at their holiday - Chill and relax ? or visit some event ? or to see some nature or architecture and food . Me personaly i like places near sea or lake with crystal clear water
I could name probably like 1000 cities in europe that are worth of visiting. The thing is there is not much time to explore each of them so you defo need to pick just few of them. Just in Europe every capital so around 60 capitals for 3 days to explore will keep you going for next 20 years if you will knock 3 a year lol and not talking about cities that are not capitals but worth visiting like Porto, Seville, Malaga, Valencia, Barcelona, Marseile, Lyon, Nante, Milan, Bologna, Venice, San Marino, Naples, Palermo, Basel, Stuttgard, Munich, Frankfurt, Dartmund, Antwer, Rotterdam, Hague, Hanover, Bremen, Cork, Cambridge, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, Inverness Brno, Krakow, Katowice, Kosice, Kaunas, Lviv, Graz Salzburg, Split, Zadar, Makarska etc basically you would have to be full time European city traveller so ask your parents for sponsorship :D
Ryan, all you need is three weeks in Europe and you can visit all these cities. It is so easy - just take the train and in couple of hours you will be in the next beautiful location. With an interrail ticket it is not expensive either.
Getting lost is one of the best ways to experience many European cities. There is so much to discover and enjoy as you find your way back to a famous landmark.
We are blessed with gems everywhere. I've lived in Oxfordshire for most of my life and I keep finding new (but old) joys. Proud to be a Brit and a European.
@1:08 this might simply be the original city, the rest was build far later around the fortress when the demography couldn't be contained in it anymore. This is quite common. I would add my own city to visit in Europe : Bruges in Belgium, Cracovia in Poland and Nyons in France
Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is stunning. I visited about 20 years ago and there was no roof. The tree like columns of the interior stretched up towards the clouds. It's the most beautiful building I have ever seen. The building has progressed so much since then. I have to go back.
Hi Ryan. The narrator got it wrong. Big Ben is the bell not the tower. The tower was named after queen Elizabeth II. Celebrating her diamond jubilee in 2012. This make me mad when people get facts wrong. from 🇬🇧👍 an old cockney gal
If you want to see something medival The Austrian city of Salzburg has a litteral fortress siting on one of the city mountains just casually towering over the entire city Oh and also it's the birthplace of Mozart and you can buy groceries in the same building Mozart was born in
Top 10 cities is nothing, they didn't even scratch the surface. Only in my country (Romania) we have dozens of beautiful cities, so thinking about the entire continent, you don't have enough time to visit all of them and learn about the people, their culture and find out all the places where you can have a good time.
Yes..i love Romania!!! Beautiful people too....but once i go there,a Bear came to me one night ...when i was walking back home...i was terrify....but i love my journey there!!!plus i ate thé best sausage...i was out of capital ( one hour far)!!! From a greek 🌹
@@dimitrakapa4887 we have problems with bears in most mountainous regions, this year is even worse. But there are regions with few bears, for example, the Apuseni mountains which are mostly safe. I hope the authorities will figure out how to solve this problem, but I'm sure it will take a lot of years :(
01:04 The sinking feeling as an Italian when I realize that you until now never saw a medieval town with the usual (for me) medieval defense wall around. My dude, that´s just another one of many you can find around Europe here. And no, inside there isn´t any "closed rich community", just the town center with normal people. some have lived there for generations!
They mostly showed beautiful citys by the sea, but there are also other kinds of beautiful citys that arent at the sea. For example Nuremberg, Cologne or Munich. They have giant medival cathedrals and old town squares that you cant imagine.
It's strange that you haven't heard of Dubrovnik in Croatia. You've probably heard of the Game of Thrones series. One season was filmed there. And yes. Dubrovnik is under UNESCO protection.
mate! as an aussie who has visited all of these cities, several times, i encourage you to find opportunities to do the same.... world famous architects such as antoni gaudi (sagrada familia et al) will no longer be a mystery to you. so far as bridges go, some of the most impressive bridges i've seen have been in the USA....most trips to the USA show me amazing bridges, and i'm not just talking california's bixby bridge or louisiana's pontchartrain bridge, or even NYC's brooklyn bridge - my overall impression of USA is brilliant bridges; so while you're waiting to visit europe you could take in some of your own nation's glory insofar as bridge building!
I'm not big into visiting cities (more into nature personally), but I've been to Athens, Edinburgh, Prague and London from this list. I loved Prague and Edinburgh. London and Athens not so much. Santiago de Compostela is also a nice city if you're into history and churches and I liked Stockholm with all it's water, too.
I have to agree with not liking Athens - I think the reason is that city is dirty. I also wasn’t moved by London. I was very recently on Stockholm and I enjoyed it, city was clean, there were clean beaches in the middle of the city and nice architecture. I also walked Camino de Santiago from Porto and it’s definitely beautiful experience.
Ah ..yes yes another jealous of greece ..no problem...whole World love athens and our History ..for others as you ....bye bye...greece have enough people who loves her so ..😘💪🇬🇷✌️cheers
"You see London, which is full of glass, and then you see Edinburgh which is just so much stone". - an american reacting to europe, totally forgetting the London Blitz
14:30 In former times Monaco was often considered a pirate's nest by some. In 1191 the Republic of Genoa gained sovereignty over the region (by decree of Emperor Henri VI) and built a fortress at the site. In the 13th century the parties of "Guelfs" (the German House of Welf, which often led the opposition to the Emperor) and "Ghibellines" (loyal to the Emperor's House of Hohenstaufen, which had the nickname of "Waiblinger" after the town of Waiblingen near their castle of Hohenstaufen) quarreled about the predominance in Italy, and the House of Grimaldi (loyal to Guelfs) was evicted from Genoa. In 1297 Francesco "Malizia" Grimaldi captured the fortress on the Rock of Monaco dressed as Franciscan friars (or "monacos"). A few years later Genoa won the fortress back, and the struggle between the Grimaldis and Genoa continued. After fighting the Crown of Aragon over Corsica and Sardinia Genoa lost Monaco in the late 1300s, and in 1419 the Grimaldis purchased Monaco from Aragon and began to style them "Princes of Monaco". In 1630 they allied with France against Spain and became a French protectorate. After the Napoleonic wars they became first a protectorate of Sardinia; but as 1860 Nice and Savoy were ceded to France, they became again a protectorate of France. In 1861 the Grimaldis sold most of the principality to France, and the remaining Rock of Monaco became truly independent.
@@danigonzalez4299 Pedro III of Aragon married Constanza de Hohenstaufen, whose father was King Manfredo I de Sicilia. Manfredo lost the war against Carlos de Anjou (who was sent by the pope), and Anjou then occupied the Kingdom of Sicily and Naples (which included all of Italy south from the Papal states, while Italy north of the Papal States was the Kingdom of Italy). In 1282 the people of Sicily revolted against Anjou and asked Pedro to take the crown of Sicily as the son-in-law of Manfredo. Supported by the population he could conquer the island within 2 months, but he was now in conflict with the pope who excommunicated him and ordered a crusade against Aragon, which was executed by King Philipp III of France; Pedro's brother Jaime of Mallorca, count of Roussillon, supported Philipp III, but the crusade failed due to a plague during the siege of Girona and the defeat of the French fleet by the fleed of Aragon. Both Philipp III and Pedro III died in 1285, and the crusade was officially ended by a peace treaty between France and Aragon in 1286. His son Jaime II de Aragón tried to make peace with the pope in 1295 by giving Sicilia to the pope, who then would give it as fiefdom to Anjou, while Aragón would get Corsica and Sardinia as fiefdoms by the pope. But Sicilia and Jaime's brother Federico revolted against that treaty, and suceeded in becoming their own kingdom under House Barcelona. Sardinia and Corsica were parts of the Holy Roman Empire and within that Empire ruled by the Republic of Genoa and in parts also the Republic of Pisa. In 1239 Emperor Friedrich II (of Hohenstaufen, the father of Manfredo) appointed his illegitime son Enzio "King of Sardinia"; so Sardinia became a kingdom. But Enzio became in 1249 a prisoner of war of the city of Bologna, where he lived until his death in 1272, writing melancholic poetry. Afterwards Sardinia was again occupied by Genoa, the crown nominally inherited by Aragón. In 1323 Aragón conquered Sardinia, expelling Genoa and appeasing Pisa by a trade treaty which gave Pisan traders the same rights within all Aragón realms as Aragón traders had. In 1419/1420 Alfonso V succeeded in conquering most of Corsica and defeating Genoa, but a Corsican revolt ended Aragón rule there, and Genoa came back. Alfonso V gained in 1442 the crown of Naples; since the House Barcelona went extinct some time before, he was already King of Sicily.
Was once in Barcelona and saw the Sagrada Familia. It was just mesmerizing. Even the front door had some sentences (can't remember what it said) engraved on it. Not to mention all the details on the exterior. The reason why It's still not finished has multiple reasons. Like funding since (if I remember correctly) it's not funded by the government but like from the tickets for tourists or donations. And the process was on halt during the time of the Franco Regime.
Monte Carlo isn't beautiful by any standard, and not interesting either unless tax avoidance is your passion, which is sad. Athens isn't an overall beautiful city. Overtourism has turned Dubrovnik in an open air museum instead of a city, even the much bigger Barcelona is losing it's soul. London, Edinburg and Lisbon are pretty obvious picks, but Luzern was an interesting tip.
Problem with cities like Athenes, Lisbon or even Vienna are too high expectations, you hear about these cities all the time and you expect everything nice and clean or made from gold, but reality is mostly very different. When I visited Lisbon in 2019, I was pretty shocked and don't take me wrong, there is a lot of nice places, but generally, it's very dirty and damaged city, you see a lot of trash in streets, you see a lot of dead animals in the streets, there is some dead cat stucked almost in every fence or railing, we saw even starving horse at some trash yeard (probably owned by some homeless person), plenty of weird neighborhoods where people throw trash out from windows, you see people throwing trash out from cars.....for a person born in Prague, it was pretty shocking because as a Praguer, I see that massive difference and progress in last 20 years and I somehow expected this is happening everywhere, you don't really see some trash in streets or patched sidewalks anymore in Czech Republic, not only in Prague, it's happening everywhere. But I very liked rest of Portugal, it mostly looked better than Lisbon. All tourist pictures of Lisbon are photoshoped, you don't see grafitti and falling plasters from buildings on those pictures, it's all fake. I had similar experience as in Lisbon even in Vienna, we hear how perfect that city is (mostly stories from communism time), but in reality, Prague already looks much better, our sights are in much better condition and we removed those ugly structures from 80s and 90s. Athens look like architectonical hell and anarchy even on streetview, but I haven't been there. But what was very unexpected for me was that I actually liked most of places in Poland, Latvia and also I very liked Croatia, I visited Krk island and Pula and everything was fine there. BTW, covid very helped with overtourism in Prague, it was pretty crazy before 2020, now it's much better. When you consider that tourism makes only 3% of our GDP, I would say that tourists cost more money than they actually bring here, especially those "tourists" who don't pay anything in the city, they just arrive be some sheep bus, take a picture of main square, throw some trash and go back to bus, that is not tourism, that's raping of cities.
Please note this is just one person's top 10, I'm sure we all have different ones, many of my favourites are missing from this list ;) Though I also love many in this list, like London, Barcelona & Lisbon.
America has a lot of beautiful places, but cities aren't part of it. They can look cool like NYC at night, but not more. And although not a lot of european cities are "completely" beautiful, you have a lot cities with (a lot of) interesting beautiful spots and often with a lot of history.
Speaking from Paris (either the most beautiful or the second most beautiful town after Rome), I very much like Chicago. Chicago is a BEAUTIFUL American town. And there ain't many of those.
Here are 10 European cities more, you should have seen. Warsaw, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Paris,Vienna, Rome, Tallin, Vilnius, Danzig. Beside this, you need more than one life to see all, what Europeans biult up over centuries, destroyed it in wars and rebuilded again.
I may be a bit biased here but I think Greece is the most beautiful country when it comes to natural beauty but I think Italy really stands out for architecture.
Hey Ryan! Due to weather conditions, lack of rain and more sunny days in a year than over the northern cities, Athens has the top of their building's roofs built open for people to use it as an extension of their homes for leasure, etc. You ll find many of southern european cities are like that. Just like also on northern African areas. Basically on all the mediterranium area. Greetings from Lisboa :)
1:43 1356... i mean... columbus was 1492. and when was the first real country founded on that ground? must be astonishing for americans to see such old buildings. i mean, they don't have it! sometimes i forget, how young and weak the US is^^
