Are these Europe's 10 greatest landmarks? (American reaction)
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As an European man of culture I can assure you, Europe can not and will not ever agree on this TOP 10 list :D There are ten thousand places missing from this :D
Think about having to choose just one building in Italy. Piazza San Marco Venice or the cathedral of Milan? How about the biggest church in the world in the Vatican state. They had to pesce out countries like Croatia and Denmark. 10 is a ridiculous amount 😂
You do have more history. The USA wasn’t born the day that european “discovered” it. The native americans do have their history!!!
Often forgotten fact! Thanks for sharing :)
Part of it is, just like Russia. European and Asian.
Amen to that!!
Unfortunately most of it lost because they were mostly hunter/gatherer tribes.
DISCLAIMER: This is how i think i went, i will delete this if i see this comment again telling me i am wrong. Yeah, but most were white (after the invasion) and didnt care about their history, so instead they made giant skycrapers and made evrything industrial and technological and the historic landmarks got forgotten
Fun fact: roman colisseum (flavius anphitheatre) was made in 8 years by putting rocks by pressure, it also used to have a roof and the colisseum is broken because they needed resources, it also used to be for naval battles (somehow) Source: my tourist guide when i went to rome
the naval battles were done in the circus maximus I think, not in the colisseum
@@RimorsoDeleterio some early ones were also staged in the collosseum
If i remember well, the roof was rather like spread large cloths pulled over for shades.
I also remember that they used its structure of exits and circulation of spectators for modern stadiums because they were pretty effective time-wise for their period.
Hagia Sophia is back a Mosque, no longer a museum. Not sure you could visit it like when it was one. It has been built to resist quite severe earthquakes.
@@RimorsoDeleterio At first they did there are historical records of it.
They have escavated purposly build waterpipes for flooding the Arena.
It stopped when they build stagelifts and other stage equipment for rising decors people and animals to the Arena into the basement making naval battles very difficult.
The damage is from earthquakes. Don't know the dates of the earthquakes because everywhere I look it has different dates. Some say the 5th Century and another says the 14th century.
The atonium is not related to nuclear energy. It represents a crystal of iron alpha. Each ball represents an atom of iron.
Correct Belgium had a big iron/steel industry just after the Napoleanotic wars.
Surprised to not see the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain on the list. Just jaw-dropping beauty.
Spain is the third country in the world with most World Heritages, beneath China and Italy, Spain and Italy deserve a video only for themselves
Same, I thought it would be there. Some of the monuments displayed didn't fit imo
Yes, it is.
In all honesty. There are so many better sights in Germany. The most visited sight would be the Cologne Cathedral. But also the Ulm Münster , Aachener Dom or the Völkerschlachtdenkmal near Leipzig would all be better then the Brandenburg gate imo
in Wien are more compared to the entire Deutschland
@@mirceatim3274 You underestimate the size of Germany. And while Wiens pappmaché buildings are nice... they are rarely as interesting as the true deal.
Cologne cathedral might be fine, but the rest is pretty much unknown outside Europe, or even outside Germany. Since this video is meant for non-Europeans, it's obvious to choose something very well known. Let's be glad they chose Brandenburg Gate at least - could have ended up with Neuschwanstein castle as well. 😂
Would have put the Television Tower of Berlin on the list instead of the Brandenburg Gate. The "Fernsehturm" is much more iconic and not that boring.
@@denisb6718i've had the opportunity to see the cologne cathedral for a short stop from Essen to Stutgard, I was at the train station. I got outside to smoke, then I turned and I saw it. WOW. I've seen a lot of wonderfull monuments, but every time knowing what I was going to see. Having the cathedral behind me like this was magic.
I always find it amusing when English-speaking people talk about things named "Charles" around Europe because it is usually some variety of Carl in the original language.. like the Charles Bridge in Prague which is really Karlův Most.
I find it amusing when non English speaking people flub English words as well.
Old translation conventions. I always wonder why we do that when the name of the place or thing isn't hard to say to begin with.
Like why do we French says "Londres"? There isn't something hard to say in London (well we wouldn't say it properly, but Londres doesn't come close to sounds like London either). Or why is the English name of Marseille Marseilles? Why that extra S? We french don't accentuate the final E of Marseille, adding a S makes little sense.
@@JayTor2112Can you give an example?
Speaking as a Hellenic Archaeologist, the artistic detailed areas and trims of the temples and state buildings were indeed painted. I have spent days, weeks, months wandering Greece on my own time and I still have not seen it all. And it's hardly just a historical nation. Greece is still one of the number one tourist destinations in Europe and the world. Sports, Beaches, Music festivals, Endless amounts of restaurants, tavernas and clubs.
Now almost 53 yrs old, I did have the distinct pleasure of visiting Sagrada Familia in Barcelona when I was 22. I just wish I were old enough to have fully appreciated it. Perhaps one day I will be blessed to see more of these amazing structures.
I saw a video of someone taking a tour inside. It is mind blowing.
1:43 - No one can imagine that because the Acropolis didn't exist 3,000 years ago, it's "only" around 2.470 years old.
I visited Acropolis last year with my daughter, for my 50th birthday. It was insanely wonderful. There is also a museum underneath it, we stayed for hours, being constantly amazed. And Athens itself is a glorious, wonderful city. I also visited Barcelona and Sagrada Familia with my mother, for my 18th birthday. Again, I stayed there for hours, enjoying all the little details, and our guide was also great. You shouldnßt visit these without a certified guide. Ißve also seen collosseum, but that was not so much of the surprise, because I previously visited the one in Pula and the one in Verona.
In Scotland, on the island of Orkney, there are the remains of a Neolithic (prehistoric) settlement which predates Stonehenge or the Egyptian Pyramids. It is called Skara Brae and is 5,000 years old. Amazing place to visit.
my school in germany owned a castle at the mosel river, and every year every schoolclass went to it for a week as a school trip and let me tell you, after a few years thats get boring xD
One of the two schools in the German town where I grew up was actually IN a castle/palace. That was only one of the several school buildings though and everyone I knew who went to that school hated it because the castle was smelly and old and the tables were all terrible. It looked pretty dope tho
Spain is one of the European countries with the most beautiful castles in the world. Did you know that the Segovia Castle inspired Walt Disney to create Cinderella Castle?
ehm thats just your opinion xD maybe travel further then spain you get a diffrent view
Bs. It is Neuschwanstein. Just compare them for a sec
France have beautiful castles too, people just don’t know.
Just search : châteaux de la Loire
and you will see.
Cinderella Castle was inspired by a variety of real and fictional palaces. These included Alcázar of Segovia, Schwerin Castle, Hohenzollern Castle, Château d'Ussé, Fontainebleau, Versailles and the châteaux of Chenonceau, Pierrefonds, Chambord, Chaumont, , Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria and Craigievar Castle in Scotland.
@@bionic3500lol I travelled a lot. In Spain, Castile means land of castles. There’re very impressive castles. The most impressive is the number.
This is simply the knock-on effect of History. You can spend weeks going around every country in Europe and see hundreds and hundreds of castles, cathedrals, manor houses/chateaux and palaces. Then there's the Mediterranean edifices in Italy, Spain, Turkey and Greece. Then you go to the Middle East and, oh Boy, do they have mega buildings, mostly mosques and palaces. Then....the Far East. They have more stuff they've forgotten than they remember.
The one thing that always amazes me when I look at these buildings is not so much "how did they build these?" but more "how did they build this back then?" The Coliseum in Rome is 2000 years old. The Parthenon in Athens is older (2500 years) and the Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt) is even older (4500 years old).
Remember your Country is still in its formative parts of its history.
125 DC Agrippa's Pantheon in Rome is even more awesome, because it looks as if it was built yesterday, being used daily.
In Spain we also have stuning superbig mosques.
@@BlackHoleSpain Yes, truly a wonder of engineering and still holding strong.
Colosseum
@@moladiver6817 Yes, you're right but, every time I write Colosseum here in the States, I get corrected that it's Coliseum! I can't win either way.
hello I am French and I follow your channel with always a lot of interest. you have to come and visit europe! France is so beautiful and so diverse (ok I'm not objective!)
well done anyway!
I’m from BE and 100% agree , I really love his videos
From France too. Il devrais venir nous voir! France has so many amazingly different landscapes, from the Pyrenèes, to the Alps, the Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean and everything in between. Historical casltes, just think about carcassonne, and Veaux le Vicompte et tous les chateaux de la Loire, la Provence, les vulcanos of cantal, la douceur de vivre... les Causses, le Périgord...
@@picholoup Love, love, love France. Once you experience France it gets into your heart.
Oh, you are so right! I'm from Germany and have travelled to many parts of France and I definitely agree. France is my favourite place for going on holiday.
I also recommend my country Croatia...it has a mix of Roman Empire architecture, to medieval architecture from gothic, renessance ...even baroque later on, we have some turkish influences due to the Ottomans invading us. Then we have austro-hungarian architecture. For a little european country you have a loooot to see.
The city I live next to has a Roman Empire palace which was built as a retirement home for Diocletian one of the Emperors. Well it isnt looking 100% as it used to since a lot of things in the medieval times were built inside of it as well, but still a good chunk was preserved. We also have a Colosseum which is smaller than in Rome but one of the best preserved. A lot of fortresses, castles in the nothern part of the country.
Europe as a whole is a real adventure through time. And I love it.
Many people have told me Croatia is very beautiful. It's definitely on my list to visit. We are so blessed in Europe.
@@leec6707 Croatia is beautiful indeed. I live at the coast and I personally just cant get enough of the view of the Adriatic sea. But the inland is great too. We are very tiny but quite diverse :)
It is worth to visit my country. Even I as a local didnt see everything and am amazed what we have.
Yes, we are blessed in Europe. We really have a beautiful continent.
It is beautiful indeed. There's so much to see! Lots of History, varied landscape...I loved it!
Croatia is so so so so beautiful. I have been there like 7 times, cant wait to go back
cheers from Austria
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Greetings from Brussels. If I look out of the office, I can see the Atomium...every day. Funny how it collides with someone, who has never seen it before 😁
My son lived in Bruxelles for a while and I visited it often. Inside it reminds me of the early Bond movies.
What I can recommend for all of Europe is: avoid the big known tourist attractions. Get in contact with the locals and they will tell you alternative tourist destinations less crowded and your Europe experience will be better.
Example: Heidelberg, beautiful city, beautiful castle ruins. But overcrowded.
Instead of that you may visit nearby the gardens of Schwetzingen, the ZKM in Karlsruhe, the cathedral of Speyer and drink an evening comparing white wines in Neustadt/Weinstraße and the little villages nearby.
For *every* famous European destination a list of similar less crowded can be found!
3:25 go to Belgium for castles , they have the most castles for every cubic meter
There are many WAY more beautiful landmarks in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany (dom von Aachen & Köln for example), LOADS of bridges that look WAY better than the ones in the video and are way older, beautiful basilics and world heritage Medieval towns and castles.
All of Brugge, La Grande Place, etc. are way more beautiful to me than the atomium.
Sagrada Familia and Park Güell (both by Antoni Gaudi) both blew me away, when I visited Barcelona for the first time. Still were amazing when I visited them again.
They're incredible ❤
In Catalan language is Parc Güell, with a "c". 😉
@@susannariera Thanks, I guess I mixed that up, because it's with a k in German.
@@hinekde you're welcome. I make mistakes all the time and I like people who tell me so I can improve( as long they aren't rude). Next time come to Girona as well, you'll love it and you'll be welcome! I hope I can visit Germany someday!
@@susannariera I didn't know that. I'm Spanish but I'm not from Cataluña. That's for that
Not puting Mont-st-michel on this list is criminal. And there is so much other place that I Would have put in place of other in this list
Facts!!!
Add Carcassonne pour good measure🤗
you are not biased at all! 😂
@@lollllllII bias or not mont-st-michel deserves a place 😉 (I’m not from france so I feel like I don’t have a bias towards a french monument)
@@miraculousanimationsbyZara I know mont st michel is beautiful, if you peep the end of his sentence: he is clearly stating other french monuments should have made the list :)
Europe is littered with ancient buildings and ruins. 2 Examples my grandfather owned the ruins of a 10th century castle and only last month i tried to buy a homestead with an eleventh century protected tower on it. Wherever you go in Europe you're not far from an old ( for US standards ) building or monument. 200 year old townhouses are normal in some places whereas in the US extremely rare
I remember being in Wales and saying you can't swing a cat without hitting a castle. For someone who loves history, Europe is a playground.
Old farms too. I live in France in an old farm that is about 200 years old… built by ancestors. Renovated the interior but kept the stonewalls outside.
@@katrin712 Love those. So jealous. 🙂
@@noadlor it s a lot of work to renovate though. And mine is lost in the fields and forests. Need a car for everything and made me reluctant to go in town (too noisy and crowded).
They turn couple of some into “gites” or bed and breakfast in a guest house, though :)
My granny home was built in 1896 and was nothing out of common. I can't imagine someonce calling it "historic" or ancient. here in europe 200 years is just a few decades ago, not much really. Even my city is not big, just 30.000 inhabitants and is more than 2500 yeas old ( imagine trying to dig on the ground to build a parking and have to stop because you found ancient vases and fenician stuff ALL the time...)
There are so many impressive, breathtaking and monumental buildings in germany... and he picks the Brandenburg Gate.
I think the video left some places out like, versailles, Peters church in the vatican, Tower of London, Tower of Pisa, and westminister abby.
Ryan if you are in Edinburgh and aren't clock watching, the 1pm gun scares the sh*t out of you , its loud
I am surprised that I actually have been at half those places, even almost 6 (rode past the atomium over 20 years ago on a bus on the way to London).
I do not consider myself an all too seasoned traveller. But I guess as a European, yo do travel from time to time ... and you come across some of these.
Ely cathedral in Cambridgeshire will blow your mind. The Evensong service has been carried out every day since the Lady Chapel was consecrated in 1342AD.
Actually Acropolis is older than c. 5th bc. There is evidence that the hill was inhabited as early as the fourth millennium BC, it was Pericles (c. 495-429 BC) in the fifth century BC who coordinated the construction of the buildings whose present remains are the sites more important ones.
I had dinner in the restaurant at the top of the Atomium on a work trip to Brussels last year. Really cool thing to do and the food was pretty good, too.
This is a kind of bucket list for me. I grew up in London so Tower Bridge is a familiar sight, and I went to Paris for a kind of honeymoon so I've been to the Eiffel Tower. But none of the others! Well, until March this year when I went to Barcelona and saw the Sagrada Família. I kind of fell for the place when I heard the Alan Parsons Project album 'Gaudi' in 1987*, only took 36 years to get there. Next year I'm going to Rome and in 2025 Athens. It's going to have to be the pyramids after that, different continent though.
Gaudi designed a lot of buildings and public spaces in Barcelona. I found Park Guell, a public park set into the hillside overlooking the city, to be just as impressive as the church. (One thing I discovered, Sagrada Família isn't a cathedral.)
There may be some videos of the sights of Barcelona on a channel not far from here . . . 🤔
*A rock album about Gaudi? The four outstanding tracks - I'll introduce Alan Parsons to anyone and this album is scandalously overlooked - are 'La Sagrada Família', 'Closer To Heaven', 'Standing On Higher Ground' and 'Inside Looking Out'.
From my house i can see a villa sculpted un the rock, the villa was built by only 1 guy who wanted to show his love to his wife. The build is amazing.
I have visited the Atomium and it is possible to get inside to visit many of the "balls", one of which is a restaurant with amazing views.
Been to all of those except the Colosseum and the ball thingy in Brussels. We're lucky to have so many historic sights to see just a short flight away.
I`ve seen the old Roman Colosseum ( one can hardly help not seeing it when in Rome ). `Never been to Athens, ergo no Acropolis for me. I`ve seen the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium, which is probably at least as equal in fame to the Brandenburgh Gate in Berlin.
Buildings exposed to so much sunlight as is found in southern Europe would soon turn white if they were painted, ergo why paint them ?
`Been to Edinburgh - and must go again. Of course I`ve been to London - untill recently too many times, but my mind now changes toward a desire to go back.
`Been to Brussels - only to ge to Ypres.
I live between Lincoln and York - 30 miles either way. Lincoln Cathedral ( if approached from the South, nothing wrong with the north approach ) will be seen utterly dominating the hill top. A thousand years old, as good and sound today as the year it was finished - and succeeded The Great Pyramid of Cheops at Gaza in Eygypt as the tallest building in the world throughout most ( if not all ) of the European Middle Ages.
I've seen Sagrada Familia, the Coliseum, Tower Bridge and Edinburgh Castle for the Tattoo but not in the castle, just the forecourt. The cathedral in Toledo, south of Madrid is an amazing building too. Over 70 support columns support the roof. Popes came from there as early as 340 AD.
Colosseum
You shouldn't be jealous: you are heir to this culture. Most of those monuments were already standing when your ancestors were still living in Europe.
Yes, the buildings were also painted. From ancient and troughout medieval times.
Strange, but l've not been to the first 3. Been 4 to 10. Was in Brussels in april & went up the Atonium, was renovated a few years ago after being closed to the public, definitely worth a visit..
The Atomium was planned to be demolished after the 1958 World Fair. Thoug meanwhile it had become such a popular attraction that it was decided to keep it instead. The building was restaurated between 2004 and 2006.
tbh living in the uk you get used to seeing things and dont even notice its age after a while, durham cathedral is near me and its just shy of 900years old. so my house being 150yrs old is basically a new build!
On Malta, in Valletta, they also fire every day a cannon. But thats not to find the way, its to know the time. Because every day you can hear it at 11 o clock and adjust your watch from 1741 this watches were not well known for an exact running :) thx for watching.
The same in Rome by Pope's decision to synchronize church bells.
I've been to 6 of the ten. I haven't seen the Parthenon, Colosseum, Edinburgh Castle or the lovely Prague Bridge. But there's so much more to see in Europe. By the way there are 30,000 castles in Ireland!!
2:03 brick by brick. And some concrete and wood. Lots of skilled people. And patience. That is how you make that. No aliens involved.
i was at 7 out of this 10 places. ironicly i was not at the nearest place to my home - the Atomium. Its just 200km, but still did not went there. also missed till today London and Barcelona. But its on my list...
Even though Sagrada Familia in Barcelona has the fame, in fact, there are huger cathedrals in other spanish towns, specially Seville, Zaragoza, Salamanca, Burgos or Majorca.
Sagrada Familia has the fame not because it's huge but due to it's unique architecture by the genius Antoni Gaudí. Also, it's not a cathedral, as Barcelona has a beautiful, much bigger, cathedral (a recommended visit and I suggest to do what many don't, and go up to the roof).
There are plenty of amazing things to see in Spain,including the mentioned places.
As for size, Sagrada Familia is not the biggest but it is now one of thebtallest, and will be the tallest once they finish it.
Even I as an European have not been to all of them. I did not see the Acropolis, the Hagia Sophia, Charles Bridge, and Sagrada Familia as of yet. All else mentioned in this video I already visited and saw it in person.
1:25 yes, most of the columns and other parts of the buildings were painted. Same with the inner walls of the pyramids. Very colourful.
Spaniard here. I'm visiting Belgium in a few days.👏 Bruges and Brussels mainly. 😊 Never been to Greece, Germany..... Next time.....
Soy de España (Pamplona). He visitado el Atomiun de Bruselas, la sagrada familia Barcelona, París, Londres, Edinburgo y Praga. Es relativamente sencillo conocer estos lugares si vives en Europa. Son lugares fascinantes y estar allí, en persona, es abrumador. Yo me enamoré de Praga.
Nuclear also used in medicine. Our cat is currently away being radioactive to cure her thyroid problem.
Been to all except Hagia Sofia. Eiffel Tower is overrated. Looks great of course, but Paris has so many much prettier things to offer.
Hello from Barcelona!!!!. My familly used to live round the corner of the Sagrada Familia. It is a worderfull building.
The problem for us citycens are the turist. It is overwellming!!!!!
ive been to: 1 Acropolis, 2 colosseum, 3 Edinburgh castle, 4.Charles bridge, 5 Tower bridge, 6. Eifel tour (6 out of 10 not bad)
Been to three of them (Edinburgh castle, Tower bridge, and the acropolis)
There are way better castles than the Edinburgh castle.
Been to Prague often as a child in the sixties. We were one of the few West Europeans going there on vacation. Now there's far more crime sadly enough.
Been to the Sagrada Familia twice. It's bizarre every time. Definitely go inside if you ever visit it.
I was surprised the Alhambra didn't make the list, but there are so many awesome landmarks in Europe that's it's hard to boil down a list to a top 10 that isn't controversial
To retrieve history, you have to make it, save it , restore it, understand it and appreciate it.
And sadly in America it all got torn down to put up tall skyscrapers. You have to fight to keep an historic building.
I've been to seven of these and they havent been worth it (maybe except for the Accropolis, that was pretty cool). The only purpose is to go there, take a picture and be able to say that you were there.
Hope you will be able to come over some time. Greetings from The Netherlands
The atomium is ...on first sight....simply jaw-dropping! It is massive and it takes a while before you can grasp what you are looking at.
I have visited Colosseum, Efeltower, Akropolis, Segrada familja, Tower Bridget and Charles bridge
I have only visited Sagrada Familia and the Eiffel Tower on this list. I would love to explore more sights
From this list I saw the Atomium (I'm Belgian, so...), the Eiffel tower, and Brandenburg Tor, I think that's it.
But there are so many other things much more interesting, beautiful, ... than some of these ones. Even for me who's not a fan of cities.
I mean, we have many castles from different time periods, nearly every town / city and many villages have their historical landmarks.
The canon fire at Edinburgh Castle simply confirms the hour - when a giant ball slides down a pole atop Nelson's Column on nearby Calton Hill. It is this that is the shipping aid, as it can be seen for miles around! By the way, most of the present castle isn't all that old... It was a working Garrison of the British Army until 1999 and has only been in the care of Scottish Heritage since then. It has therefore evolved over the past thousand or so years, the largest buildings date only from the 1890s, and there are even some 21st Century parts!!
In Rome happen the same thing every day at midday with the cannon of the Gianicolo, probably the two things are related, because the One O'Clock Gun was used to synchronize the clocks and the same decided the Pope a dozen of years later in Rome to synchronize the bells of the Roman churches.
The Atomium in Brussels is an enlarged Iron atom not a f.e. an Uranium atom.
Belgium was the first country outside the United Kingdom that started its industrial revolution. It also had the first trains outside the UK.
Cockerill who fled the UK for evading laws and taxes did build iron later steel mills/workshops in Belgium.
At that time the territory of current Belgium was made a part of the Netherlands by treaty just after the Napoleonotic wars
the now Belgium part was way more wealthy and rebelled due to religious and economic opression (Belgium was mostly Catholic and the Netherlands Protestant)
Check, I have seen them all, but it took me 20 years of going on vacation, good thing I live in the Netherlands were vacation days are included😊
I've been to the Acropolis and live only a few miles from Edinburgh Kastle. So just two for me 😥
Come to Czech republic, we have more than 2500 castles and chateaus and about 800 of them are open for public :)
If you only go to one place, one suggestion that isn't mentioned in the video would be Mont Saint-Michel in France. I've been to quite a few of the landmarks mentioned in the video but Mont Saint-Michel is like an entire little town on a peninsula.
How old is this list?
Because recently it's more like: top ten sites where to scratch your name in the monument (have had several 'tourists' scratching their name in the colloseum alone in the past few weeks 🤦🏻♂)
Ryan, if you want to go to only one castle it should be Malbork Castle in Poland, or Neuschweinstein in Germany;)
Largest castle in Europe is actually in Poland.
Sometimes landmarks are overselled... as tourist, you might get more from visiting cities as a whole, and several landmarks while at it.
Prague and Vienna are really cities to see. Budapest would be also great if it wasn't for Hungary going down the fascist drain as a country.
Fly when the rates are low no matter what time of year it still be awesome adventure! I’ll be flying to Rome and from there by trains to Milano. 4 days we’ll taking it slow. From Milano ✈️ back to Estonia
Prague was a significant influence for the architecture of the Dark Souls games and Bloodbourne
I have seen all of these except Istambul and Edinburgh. Love all of these landmarks, all are so cool to see live. And Europe has many more 😀
If you like the Coloseum, go to Arles in the South of France, on the Rhone river, to see a less decrepit and smaller version of it.
Arles has been the seat of power of romans in southern France 2000 years ago...
I was lucky enough to visit Athens for a week as they were preparing to host the Olympics.
The streets had been dug up, all the normal sights were closed for "sprucing up", and I wandered into the middle of a protest one afternoon with police to my left and protesters to my right.
I loved every moment of it - especially as I was there on business and it was all paid for.
I've seen 6 so far, but I'm going to Scotland in a few weeks, so hopefully I'll add the Edinburgh Castle to the list 🤞
I still haven't been to numbers 1 & 10, thanks for the reminder !
Atomium is Cool take the lift if you go highest ball/ sphere you have a Nice view around Brussels
1:03 some of us live in houses that are 500 + year old houses.
It is missing the biggest medieval castle in Europe, located in Malbork, Poland.
I've been to four of them; Charles Bridge, the Brandenburg Gate, the Sagrada Familia and the Eiffel Tower. There's no comparison, the Sagrada Familia is the most amazing building I've ever been to. The scale, the details, the care that went into it. It's absolutely something to visit at least once.
That's so true. I'm from Spain and I went there like five days ago, and that's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I think it had to be in top 3 of the best ones. ❤
The line "i just want to go to a castle" really made me think about how luck i am
i only have visited the Atomium in Belgium, Colosseum in Rome and Eiffel tower in France.
The atomium is a monument that represents the Fe - atom (forgot the English name 😅)
Fe Is iron
@@fqeagles21 thank you, I remembered the french and dutch word but the english kept escaping
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@@miraculousanimationsbyZara And obviously Fe is for Ferrum, the latin name.
Even as european i had never seen that last one and i´m 42 years old. All the others are familiar for sure becouse those are such a historic and iconic structions. I would also change that last one to Pisas tower.
I can tell you an interesting fact Lithuania 🇱🇹 Capital Vilnius this year is 700 year birthday My City has the biggest Old Town in whole Europe it wasn't destroyed at both world wars. It's Medieval Age City it's one of the hidden gems in Europe. Less Hate FTW! ✌️
I do bellieve that the Romans invented concrete which is so good that the buildings are still around today.
Imagine to live in a city populated over 10.000 years.. Belgrade was demolished over 70 times and rebuilt. People that come to Belgrade wonder why are all the buildings in different styles. Well when city is over 10 centuries old you get what the Belgrade is. Historical monument.
The gothic buildings are black due to air pollution. Smog particles stick to them better than to limestone. If they were washed, they would be orangey/brownish/yellowish to light grayish. Usualy the buildings were build from one kind of stone, so they are monotonously colored.
I was in Brussels when they were building it.
In USA aliens did it, but here in europe it was done by hand
was it supposed to be a funny joke? :)
@@lollllllIIAmerica is the land of aliens. Aliens from outer space because of popular media (we don't have flying saucers in Europe lol) but also because America welcomes all non Americans as aliens into the country.
Europe has so many architectural treasures.Statues vary in color depending on what stone they were carved from,be it sandstone, or marble, the black ones are dirty from car exhaust and pollution
We have castles here in Finland if you happen to be passing through.
Which one? I am interested
I've been to all those places in the video! :) And I've been to some more ... pfff! XD