DIFFERENCES inside the home - CROATIA vs. CANADA & USA 

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I think a big difference is SHOE CLOSET. We keep shoes next to front door NEVER in bedroom. We consider unhygienic to have shoes in room. And we wear slippers inside, don't walk through home in shoes, even our guests gets slippers when they come. AND NO SHOES ON BED that is just disgusting

Great video but you did not say about main difference. In Croatia homes and buildings are built from bricks and reinforced concrete while in North America from wood. This is huge difference.

Also you forgot that 🇭🇷 bbq tastes way better than north american on gas or electricity

You probably know the danger ⚠️ of propuh 😱 No ceiling fan = healthy life 😉

All that she told about homes in Kroatia can be said for German homes, too. So you can see we are Europeans and have similar conditions.

Congrégations, nephew (and his cute little sister). Such a great job!! You are a star!

Hey, I am from Croatia and live in US for 6 years now. I lived in Zagreb and Rijeka in house and apartments and I agree on everything. It doesn't describe all the houses in Croatia and vice versa but what is most common. I would add something that my husband noticed in Croatia is that most houses have the red roof, which is not the case in US or his home country.

I would just add that the building materials for homes are different. Croatia has homes build from brick block and concrete , even the inside walls .Canada has " prefabricated houses" (montazne kuce) style mostly with rooms made from drywall and that makes homes not really sound proof. I always hated that I can hear what is happening in the other room when I lived in Canada. Oh that furnace. The sound of that used to wake me up in the middle of the night until I get used to that. And I prefer to have hallway or entry way then to just my main door for going out in my living room. This makes it more cleaner. Excellent video! Keep it up :)

You will find this window system in newer houses throughout Europe. You forgot one thing: some Croatian houses have shaders you can tilt entirely when they're closed, so you keep the sun out and let fresh air in.

It was very interesting to see Croatia seen from a foreign perspective. It is the small things in life that make a huge difference, thank you for this interesting video!

Thanks for showing how it's like in Canada and US! I had a peek at the video and the first thing I thought was "wait... isn't that how windows/blinds/etc are supposed to work for everybody???" (I'm Italian btw) xD

What I LOVE about European windows is the wide window sills where one can keep orchids and other flowers. Generally the windows are tilted because it prevents the rain from coming in but still give one plenty of fresh air. No one can enter through a tilted window. Many houses also have beautiful wrought iron protection on the outside of the window that's why their windows open to the inside. And another thing, at least in Germany and Austria, there are virtually no bugs, so you don't need screens on the windows.

Another wonderful video! As a Canadian who lives part time in Croatia I find this all to be so true and relatable. I just love these differences! Another is toilets and bidets. I'd really enjoy more of these videos from you! So beautifully and artfully done. Very practical as well. Your planning and forethought really show. I am grateful to you and your lovely family for your incomparable channel. Kudos to you!

A good follow up to this one: cultural differences

I never understood the bbq cooking in the USA. whats the point in having bbq if it's grilled on gas? You might as well cook it inside on the gas stove. Wood barbeque is much tastier

Love the idea of a safe vault front door 🚪. That’s fantastic if it’s truly common place. 🙂

Ceiling fans are quite rare in Croatia but I have met alot of older people (65+) who deliberately do not want to use AC cooling because they consider it unhealthy and that you can get sick from it so they use ceiling fans instead. And if they do not want heat to enter the room during summer time they simply darken the room as you showed so it remains cool.

Loved it. Luka did great lol :D

Sara , you forgot the size … not just in Croatia but Europe in general , apartments , houses are much smaller than say for instance Canada . BTW I am from Canada aswell now living in Croatia for 3 years . 👍🏻

My partner is Croatian, living here in Australia. Would love for you guys to visit his home town of KUTJEVO, would love it if you and your beautiful family could visit there. I’m so glad that I came across your channel, love watching everything you post, plus it’s a bonus I get to learn more of the language Thank you

You channel has some of the most quality videos I have ever seen on RU-vid, keep up the great work Sarah :) And I'm so glad someone finally mentions front fences (the fact they almost always exist here and almost never in Canada/US). I personally don't like front fences, I bought a house many years ago which has front gates, but since I moved in I never closed them lol. I would add some more differences in homes in North America and Croatia which I noticed - but you need to go outside of urban areas to villages or smaller towns to notice that: Houses here are made mostly from brick, while in North America from wood: therefore you'll find smoke detectors in most of the North America homes, while here almost nobody has that. Most of the populated areas (except newly-built neighborhoods) are more spread out randomly in Croatia, while in North America settlements (houses and streets) are mostly positioned in perfect straight lines or at least in some sort of planned type. Houses and backyards in Croatia from the outside rarely look identical to the rest of them in their area and are often in different sizes and shapes; that's because people mostly bought the land and built properties individually here and are more obssessed with maintaining their real estates and their surroundings :)

Luka did amazing job. 👏😁

Bog ti sreću podario tebi i tvojoj obitelji...Dođi u najstariji grad u Europi Vinkovci ❤️

Windows are awesome back there. I just remodeled my old family house in N Macedonia, and we do not have those great windows in Florida. Same with Patio doors, they are like windows with door handles where as in Florida we use sliding garbage with garbage screens. Windows are just so much better in Europe.

I love the idea of A/C units in each room Our unit is new and bigger but because its gotta blow up 2 floors, it's still not enough to cool the bedrooms upstairs in the summer. I got register boosters but bearly enough. The window with built in blinds are awesome, I love sleeping in pitch black, I have darkening curtains but still doesn't keep the light out from a neighbor with stupidly bright lights in his backyard shining all night even in winter (what's the point?) The fenced front yard...awesome. As soon as this pandemic is over, bye Canada, we're looking at Makarska as our new homebase Have you ever been there Sarah? Great video, big difference in buildings

No in sink garbage disposal in Croatia. For those who live in houses, no secondary water for garden use. Clean potable water is used for everything, including street cleaning. But this same water is very pricey along the Adriatic coast, as many beaches charge you to take a shower.

I miss radiators, this hot air blowing out of my ceiling in Australia gives me dry eyes, allergies, etc

This video just helped me de-code my AirBnB, thank you!!

Awesome 😎 video, Thank you 👏👏👏

Great video! I have to share a genius idea my wife had - she designed I walk-in closet for our bedroom. The room was rather long so we covered an entire part of the room into (about a fifth) with a walk-in closet constructed from wood. In the end, it's even more practical than the wardrobe

Dabar dan! Hvala vam puno!

Opet zanimljivi video! Uvijek nešto novo i drugačije :) Luca je bio odličan mali pomagač :)

In Hungary, and overall in Middle Europe houses and apartements are similar.

The sealingfans ware a huge deal before 20 years and 80% homes have it,but when they start to brake we remove them,in apartments we use duble sinks and in homes.Only thing that we dont use is the grinder undernieth sinks

Jako zanimljiv video nevista

Hvala ,very good topic well presented.

great video

Lovely video ☺️☺️☺️

My family and I live in Canada in an apartment. We have a large balcony door - with a screen. Now that the summer has begun, we have the balcony door open, the inside fans going and the screen door closed to keep out the bugs but lets in the cool air. We dont create a draft - because the front (entrance) door of the apartment must stay closed!! The bedroom windows also have screens on them. The windows in our apartment (In GTA) are also double glazed - double panes - to help with insulation.Which really helps during the cold winters!!

In many countries, apartments are rental and numbers on doors make sense. In Croatia, apartments have numbers, but almost all apartments are owned by their occupants, so name label on the doors makes more sense in the long run.

Hi Sarah, in Vancouver we don’t have this kind of windows…the ones that the little boy was showing… maybe this kind of windows are more common in eastern Canada due to cold weather in the winter … it’s actually my first time to see such windows…miss Croatia & Zagreb…my friends live in Zagreb…. Greetings from Vancity ♥️♥️♥️

5:12 there is a screen it’s the same system as shutters but you have to pull them down with hand

Food always tastes better over a fire , but I would have to get used to not having a walk in wardrobe 😂

thanks for the video :) 🇧🇷 i loved

Mi smo imali kucu kanadskog tipa i imali smo isti sustav grijanja/hladjenja kao u Kanadi i to je super 💪💪🤗

Light switches at least for when I was there I noticed being different. They're just flipped, so on in Croatia is when you hit the bottom of the switch but in Canada it's the top. Another one is microwaves, they're nowhere near as prevalent and they're just worse. You only have a knob to set the time for the microwave unlike in Canada where you have a number pad. And I believe they're usually also lower wattage. Another one is showers and boilers. Usually the boilers in Croatia just like the washer and dryer are in the washroom unlike in Canada where it's right by the air heater. And showers are often smaller and not a tub/shower combo like in Canada. And the tub ones usually don't have a high up place for the shower head, it's just on a little holder.

It is one more difference which shocked me on my very first toilet visit in Canada when I thought that toilet was stuck 😁😁 , the toilet bowl flushing is different and instead of Canada half full of water , in Croatia is just little bit of water in the bowl, and when you press the flushing button water is immediately going into sewer , in Canada is first filling the bowl under the edge and then water is flew away at once

I really enjoy your videos every week and I'm so thankfull I found your channel!! Greetings from switzerland🥰

So true ❤️

Hope you make more of these

Hi I went to Dubrovnik in 78 and loved it. You havent mentioned Chavopchichi I know that is not how it is spelled but we fell in love with them

If I ever went to Canada I would've been so confused about opening the windows 😂 but I do have to say that the majority of apartments I've been to all have screens on windows (but I live in Slavonija region, so mosquitos here can get nasty)

1:33 I notice in American crime movies, they usually always kick door - in Croatia it would be like "your powers doesn't work here!" (almost ironical that country with so high crime level like USA has shitty doors (no offense) while peaceful Croatia has thick doors 2:40 one chamber to connect them all, perfect 3:25 usually true but I live in old Austria-hungarian flat and here is a bit different 6:13 imagine not having any freedom to decide when will you heat, everything connected to common system! Horrible! 6:50 Yes, this is so true 7:30 when all papers start to fly, our way is much better 9:40 instead of having to buy adapter for everything we have one outlet for everything, YAY! 9:40 we like our BBQ, BBQ without ćevapi is like a forest without trees!

Since you asked for comments: 1. In Canada you cannot get locked in, in Croatia you can. 2. I don't know how long you've been gone but there is a trend away from Propane and to natural gas for bbqs and you hook it up to your house supply. 3. Front fences are pretty common as many have pets or intruder concerns. 4. You mention the city more than once but not which city you are in (Zagreb). 5. Strangely, the RU-vid ad that popped up was from a Serbian-Canadian. Cheers!

I have 2 fan stromps in my apartment in the city i also have two in a country cottage, ha ha ha 😁 I also have mosquito nets, insect protection, on windows... difference is in voltage too, in Croatia it is 220V and in America 110V mostly in Dalmatia we do not have radiators in our apartments, but we heat with air conditioning but at the cottage, that radiators too... 😀 nice vlog.... greetings from Split 😉

Luca did an awesome job! 😍🤗. Love your vids…new sub’r here

Shutters on the outside have one big flaw, at least in Split where I live. When it's a strong wind, specially jugo, all you hear in the night is those shutters noise. Hard to sleep and relax with that.

It is great different between apartment in downtown and family house that kitchen is outdated modern kitchen is big and very functional.

Hi! Love your videos! I have a suggestion for a new one: daily life of average Canadian and Croatian. I visited Canada in 2004. and I have seen many differences: we start our working shifts earlier, have smaller distances from home to working place, have shorter break time during the working shift (because of that we have more time to cook at home), Canadians start with work later, but have longer break time for lunch, and travel more to their working place (have no time to cook at home and visit restaurants much more). We also tend to buy milk with high level of fat (2,4% and even 3,8%), but I couldn't find something like that in Canada. We still smoke i n most of our homes, but Canadians don't. We like soccer, Canadians adore hokey...Stuff like that are pretty interesting too.

"Kakav crni ventilator draga Sarah, zar neznas da ce te propuh (promaja) ubiti"!! Rekla bi svaka baka iz sokaka!! Hahahah, ali imas pravo ja vise nemogu zivjeti bez njih, i u dnevnoj i spavacoj sobi svaki ima po 42inca promjera!! Celling fans rule!!

It’s fascinating how we’re so used to some things, like windows while someone is delighted with shutters or being able to open the whole window and let the air in because they couldn’t do it before 🤔🤔🤔 Great video! Pozdrav iz Samobora ❤️

Good job

Hi! This is a very nice video, but I feel the need to fill in some of the pieces, just to be clear. So, in this video, we can see a typical building in the center of the capital city. It is a different type of building from the newer ones (last 100 years and more). We can see in the video a traditional build, but a lot of new buildings are very different and have the things that are "missing" from a typical Canadian home (if we can call it that). For example, even buildings 50 years old do have appartment numbers but are really not shown anywhere, except in the plans. My mother lives in an 8-floor (ground floor +8) building built in 1985. and her flat has a number 111, on the third floor. My wife and I live in a 2012. building and the flat is marked as 6.1 (floor 6, flat nr 1). The doors shown are typical anti B&E and anti-fire hazard doors, and the windows are of newer date as well (you can order them with the "komarnik" against the bugs :), I bought the new ones for my mother's flat in 2015. I think) My wife and I will move to our own house in a year or two. It will have a walk-in closet, and the washing/drying machine will have their own room. :) In present flat we have a drying machine. The flat is a typical new style open space, but in a bad way, two steps into the flat and you're at the dining table. :) People here are just starting to accept the open space style on a larger scale, at least in the urban areas, the rural are traditional, divided rooms (mostly because of the heating system, the only rooms that were heated were kitchen and living room). Today, people started using other heating methods/materials and the radiators are not as common in a building today (except for a wall mounted in bathrooms) but rather use floor heating and AC's or some other combo. As for the sink and other appliances, North America has a typical "a lot of room" style for any space inside the house, so two sinks are normal. :) And yes! We love our fences! Fences everywhere! You will not step onto my property or I will see you in court! :D

You forgot the light switch for the washroom is on the out side wall not in the actual washroom. Plus the light switch in the apartment building are on a timer so you have 2 minutes to climb the stairs until the lights go off

You forgot to mention that the standarized european plugs are concave because of safety, makes it impossible to touch the metal pole pieces when they are connected. Something you can do with the american plugs.

I live in Germany. Everything you showed in this video is totally normal to me.

👍👍😊 Nice video

I'm from Croatia and it's so crazy how many diffrents are in Croatia and Us

Interestingly our early 1970s house in the UK had vents for heating rather than radiators, which is incredibly rare in the Uk. The whole estate was built like that. They’ve almost all been replaced with radiators now though.

Ceiling fans are mostly considered as a kitsch piece of furniture in Balkans, that is why you cant find any in big town`s, but you can find them in almost every rural or village house.

If you live where heating is expensive (UK for example), keeping individual rooms cooler can lead to mould problems during the winter.

I was SO happy to finally install some ceiling fans and air conditioning this summer! We live on Korčula Island so the summers before we would just be at the sea all summer to keep cool or go to people's houses that have AC. This summer is so hot and I glad we were able to get all install just before the heat wave hit 🥰🏝️

Hi Sara good video😚

Comparing a house with an apartment is pointless...

“General-I- zations”, awesome. Go Habs!!

Nice content

6:15 in Bosnia we are using coal and wood for heating

I was surprised how much in common we have with Croatians. Canada seems to be absolutely alien world.

Hi i am from Croatia the city šibenik i love your videos od Croatia enyoy beautiful contry

Interesting video. I must say that my experience is slightly different though. My family is Croatian and I have lived my whole life in Croatia, but we have a number on the apartment door, don't have compartmentalized rooms, have a closet, use a dryer and use the American style BBQ

Good Content. Hvala

Could you please make a video about school differences/education system?

Good. Nice

Everything is different on the better way than Canada &USA ( zivot ,hrana ,klima apsolutno sve😢) Love Croatia and all states (ex Yugoslavia)

I would add bathrooms in US and Canadian homes are much bigger, often times include a bathtub. When it's cool outside, I love opening the window to let fresh air in. If I did that in Europe, it would be bugs and flies galore inside, lol.

you can say mostly european vs north american. there are some diffences between germany and croatia what comes in my mind. most homes in croatia got electrical water heating (or / and tanks on the roof in costal areas) and in germany the water gets heated by central heating system that also do the room heating.

One tiny difference I've noticed about the keys. When you insert your key into your door the cuts of the key are facing downwards, while in China the cuts are facing up. I guess that's the same in the US.

Windows.. if u lower the blinds where holes are visible, u can either open or tilt windows, this keeps bugs out. Was there in 2017 and going back for 3 months in November. Cant wait, miss alot. Wish it was easier to move there

One thing that bother s me in this video is about main doors. In Croatia they are somewhat expensive, about 500usd to over 1000 and up. So majority of apartments and houses don't have them.

:) The mentioned differences can be found in Hungary and surroundings...

I have noticed in foreing countries a washing machine is kept in the kitchen?

Well done...

Huh never realized most houses and apartments here in Croatia don't have window screens, I've always had them and so did most of my neighbours. I guess it might be different in Zagreb.

I live in corotia too

❤great

HOW COULD YOU LOVE THOSE OUTDOOR BLINDS? My home has those and i just want to rip them out of their frame, the concept of normal blinds is amazing to me.

I love that wimdows too/Ja volim te prozore isto

I am coming from my Serbian experience even tho Croatia is on my list as my dad is from Cro.....i really, really, really (did i mention, really) dislike the washing machine in the bathroom. Here in Sydney, I have an L shaped bathroom with a shower, toilet, bath and basin. I can nearly swing a cat in there, and then a separate laundry with my 125L hot water, 7kg washing machine, 7kg dryer, another toilet and a cupboard to hold the iron, etc. Once I buy a place in one of these 2 locations, the 1st thing that is going out of the bathroom is the washing machine and a new laundry will be built. And a separate shower and bath.......and the small tiny kitchens...ok some houses have nice size kitchens yet most I need to be half my width to be able to turn around (slight exaggeration), and dining rooms, my god......how small do they make them. It is more like Japan style of living in my opinion........Oh one annoying thing in Europe....you guys wind up the windows in your cars the wrong way round LOL...we do it the opposite way here in Oz. It gets me every time. And do get me started re driving on the right side of the road.....the stuff I have to get used too once I move. We had those shutters in Sydney 25 yrs ago.....And that's another thing I am adding in....a double sink even if I have to import it in from Antarctica lol

I’m new to your channel and find it very interesting. Bravo! Having Croatian heritage, I am having issues with how you pronounce “Croatia”? I keep hearing “Cra-tia” “Cre-atia” or “Creatian”.