@@jbird4478 if you think Flemish and Dutch are the same language you obviously only speak one or neither of them. there about 600 flemish dialects, most of them originated during the middle ages...
I'm English, but have lived and worked in six (very different) European countries, including my own. No European country is 'the best' for every person - each country has different features, advantages and disadvantages, and each person has different interests, preferences and requirements.
I completely agree with that outlook (sorry just seeing this video). I'm from the US, and I always say there is no best country for everyone. But each country could be the best for you. For the US, it is the best country but only for some people. For others it's Germany, or Netherlands, or Italy, or Japan, or China, or.... It all depends on what you are looking for in life and what they have for you and your desires/needs in a country.
@@daniel4647 haha, kind of true, it has a big surplus of oil and gas revenues that ACTUALLY go towards it's people ;-). while at the same time it tries to build for a greener future! is there an other oil/gas exporting country that really want to lower it's production due to envirenmental impact and global warming? :) , The Netherlands mainly stopped cause of damaged houses due to the underground becoming less stable.. that is a very different reason..
@@JeroenJA Yes - there is a true dichotomy in Norway regarding the environment. They want a good social infrastructure for their people, and want to maintain the beauty of the country. At the same time, the majority of their income comes from fossil fuels, which in the long run will lead to messing things up for everyone - Norwegains included !
Im Greek, obviously didnt expect my country to make the list but i have to say that we are all very lucky we ve been born in Europe. Every country is beautiful
You are lucky ! This video is made to attract Americans, can you imagine your country full of expatriate Americans? Mine is in the list, plus the video recommends the countryside for price and quality of life; we already have many Parisians and English people coming there, we don't need any more flocks of Americans (a few here and there will be welcome). On the other hand, I like the Greeks who come to France, I find that French spoken with a Greek accent is super cute...
Absolutely! Im irish and have been living in germany for the past 20years. So 20 in ireland and 20in germany. We are indeed very lucky. Every country is beautiful and safe(er). I think for every individual person, that top10 list would be different. All in all though for me, best place in the world to live and raise children! Slava Ukraini🕊
as a Greek, i didn't expect my country to make it to the list exclusively because of our past economic troubles. but not including the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria was really strange.
I'm a German that studied in Italy and lives in Greece. I have friends living in Denmark and I know Greeks who worked recently in Germany and Switzerland. From my experience those lists really only grasp very few elements that make a country a good place to live in and I'm also convinced not every country suits every person. My friends that live in Denmark are very happy about having good jobs and the good education for their children. But they miss Greece every day. They miss the warmth of the people, the lifestyle, the quality of food and the good weather. I know Greeks that loved working in Germany and I know others who didn't like Germany. I personally think Italy is a wonderful country, but I've also understand culturally I just can't fit in there. I know a Greek who studied in Finland and he loved it. But he says the winters are just toooo long. So one really has to see what's their priorities and what kind of person they are to find a country that suits them. I've found my place in Greece. When I arrived I felt like I was coming home.
Actually, almost all the countries in Europe are doing well, which is why (I may sound like a conspiracy theorist) they want to destroy welfare, healthcare and rights.
Hi Helga. I am curious why Italy was not really for you but Greece became your new home? While I am aware that they are different enough, both are southern European (with Italy being partially non-Mediterannean and Greece being actually the Balkan country), not the most organised ones, and both tend to enjoy and celebrate life?
@@withoutshadowww in Italy gender roles are more stereotypical, social norms are tighter, there's more social pressure to conform to certain standards from my experience. Their approach towards the human being as a sexual being and as a spiritual being is very different from that in Greece, so there's a different way of treating each other. Greeks are socially more anarchic, but also more community oriented. I found Greeks to be more compassionate as people and more open about their emotions. Another difference is that Italians are very open to new friendships, Greeks are very friendly, but it's difficult to make friends, because they are very close with their larger family and childhood friends. In Italy I always felt like a foreigner, even though I spoke the language perfectly and was perceived as an Italian by people who didn't know me. I couldn't conform to all the social rules and the sexism. In Greece it took me far more time to learn the language and my appearance clearly tells I'm not Greek, but after 3 years I stopped feeling like a foreigner.
5:18 this bridge is actually the Øresund Bridge that connects Copenhagen in Denmark to Malmo in Sweden. The construction cost 2.6 billion euros and was built as a symbol of unity, connecting Scandinavia to the rest of continental Europe.
@@ThoriberoCaroli You've got it the wrong way around. The Danish name is Øresund and the Swedish name is Öresund 😉 I'm neither Swedish nor Danish, so I don't really care.
@@kaelon9170 That is what (at least what I though) I said. I am the "annoyed" Swede. (Thoribero = latin for Torbjörn) And I wan't it to be Öresund in the English translation, because it is the Swedish name. ^^ Edit: Ah, I think I understand now. You thought that I thought "Ö" (instead of Ø) was Danish. No, I just didn't think about finding a way to write the Ø, so instead I wrote "Danish Ö", as in "the Danish version of Ö".
In croatia some its not free healthcare but its very cheap medical bills, but if you want to it completely free you pay like 10 euros a month, also for me as a student its free, its like bonus healthcare
Every country has pros and cons. I am Swiss and what I love the most is being centrally located in Europe. I can hop fast to France, Germany, Italy, Austria and all other countries, enjoying their culture and food. I love the whole of Europe.
well Switzerland is a great country, but today the living cost is insane, renting, a small apartment 1 bed room is above 1k in many places, a 2 bed room you're very lucky if you find one for 1500 month, health insurance 300 bucks and up per month each person more your share if you need a doctor, in supermarket the meat price, cheese price... it's insane! Well, is also true you can take one month salary and go 2 weeks vacation in many countries in the world.
I visited The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Great Britain, Andorra, Monaco, Czechia and Germany, of course. I found every country I visited as phantastic and interesting.
I mean, it's a top list, it's inherently opinion based, and I think most European countries have things to like and dislike about them; not to mention that your opinion may vary wildly depending on which region you're talking about in particular. I don't think there's much sense to argue which is "better" than anything else, unless you set out some objective criteria first, and then we can argue about the criteria lol
I'm born and raised in the south of Norway. Wonderful summers and the winters mild, compared to the north of Norway. Lived and worked in Finland for one year and the summer was beautiful, but I found the winter much harder than in Norway. Lived and worked in Denmark for one year and had a wonderful time. As a Norwegian I didn't have a problem with the language and made lots of friends, but I think the language is hard to learn for an American. After some years back in Norway, I moved to The Netherlands where I worked and I lived...and partly still live ...for many-many years. The language wasn't too hard to learn and the people are wonderful. You never have to be bored in The Netherlands. Lots to do all over the country and the Dutch are easy going friendly people. I'm now retired, but before retirement my husband and I traveled a lot through Europe to find the 'perfect' place for us to retire. We found Crete-Greece! Bought a plot and build a house. Never regretted it! Now we have the best of Europe. A house on Crete, a small apartment in The Netherlands and a small apartment in Norway. I have the best of Europe. Lucky me!!! ☺
You describe a pretty ideal situation to my likings: A possibility to have a great mix of nature, social security, plenty of possible activities and the warm climate and great food if you want it 🙂 You lucky you 🙂
You livin on the south side, right? It's very nice, but you're on an island. For myself, I would prefare Andalucia. On the other hand, the Crete food is sooo great...
I am from Spain, but have lived many years in Germany and now live in Switzerland. All countries have their pros and cons, I miss the food and weather of Spain (also the beach!!!), but in Germany and Switzerland you can have a better stability and can grow more career wise. So it is a lot less stressfull. Also, with home office, I get to work from Spain every once in a while, that's nice, specially in the summer :)
I am an expat living in Portugal. Probably the friendliest, most helpful people I have ever met. Great weather all year, low cost of living, fabulous food and no language barrier in the main, although learning portuguese is fun!
@@K2075-g7k this is the exact description of the word 'immigrant', it's really funny how US citizens invented new word to not associate themselves with the word immigrant ))
every country is beautiful, but in many movies about europe you rarely hear about Poland, slovakia, slovenia, bulgaria, i.e. central and eastern europe, and they are often much cheaper to live than the western part. greetings from Poland 🇵🇱
We had the wall for many years too. Changes to the better take time. You had Jaruselsky, Valensa and now Your infected DUDA nationalist not sollowing the EU treaty, where women are not living below macho men with equal rights for their own bodies. Old men shall nor decide what Yiung women(and men) do. See it like that. The tourists plant rees here. You might have some which might wish to be coalminer for a day supporting smog. And we do have tourists from Denmark as well as Poles having an employment rate of 0000. Its might be beacuse You are nearbye. Your old tribers such as sorbers, venders and abodrites even has plundred Denmark once or twice. You could sell Poland better. You have good beer.
Usually the ones from Central and Eastern part of Europe are still unheard of, hidden gems so to speak. And I'd say, that's a good thing, for now, as it keeps costs low. There was a huge brain drain from East to West after the 90s, but from experience in Romania, I can tell that has stopped 3-4 years ago, and has actually reversed. And not only that, foreigners are starting to relocate here as well, to some people's displeasure. I live in Romania and I work in tech and make multiple 6-figures. Life not cannot be better than this haha.
Agreed. And with travel easier than ever in Europe, you can eat breakfast on one side of the Alps and be dining in a whole different world on the other side.
False . >An expat is someone who has left his own country. When I lived in Portugal I was an expat, not an immigrant. It means I was there with a goal : work ! an immigrant comes there with only the idea of escaping his poor country. Belgium is not poorer than Portugal , but I had a job opportunity ! It makes a HUGE difference !
BIG PROBLEMS. Why all the houses look like prisons with all the bars in the windows? My wife (Korean) ask me why in Castro Marim (Portugal), there are no protections in the houses, none of the houses have alarms, they don't have bars on the windows and doors and in less than 5 minutes by car cross the border to Spain and go to Ayamonte (Spain) all the houses have alarms, bars in doors and windows, the houses in Spain look more like prisons than houses.
@@arturjcrebelo3275 That is because we have gone to old and dangerous places, because where I live and the places I have visited in Spain, most of the houses did not have bars on the windows, and the alarms are something inexpensive and useful.
Spain has got to be the slowest country in the EU. It took weeks to buy and register a car. It took months to get residencia. For some reason it takes a long time to get an appointment basically anywhere and again a long time before it is actually your turn. Shops are closed half the time (ok I'm exaggerating but they are closed a LOT during office hours). Banks prefer to be closed rather than open OMG. The tax system is from another planet. 5 people in the country speak English. Even young people. Or they are too shy I don't know. I helped my parents to settle there but I definitely wouldn't go there for something other than a holiday sorry. I definitely wouldn't start a business there. The tax is outrageous and nobody bleeping knows the rules. It's all a very long waiting game and I don't have the patience for it. The wine is dirt cheap though and restaurants are very affordable.
@@moladiver6817 This is the most idiotic comment I have ever seen on RUclips. And you also expect people to communicate with you in your native language. Totally stupid
I'm English but have lived in four other European countries and visited several more. The best thing about Europe is that there are very few actual borders- like going between France and Germany for example you wouldn't even realise you're crossing an international border, there basically isn't one. It means you can often get the best of both worlds- eg live in one country with lower cost of living but work in another, or cross the border to go shopping. Basically: live in the French countryside (the cost of living in France that was mentioned in the video only really applies to the cities and tourist areas), work in Switzerland for more money, buy gas and electrical appliances in Switzerland as they're cheaper, get groceries in Germany, short drive to Italy for... well, ice cream, obviously. Their ice cream was worth the drive lol.
You can think about rejoining in the future, when the situation with fishing rights, suprantionality and the old empire is clarified 😅. I think a lot of people in the EU miss you, I certainly do! Also somehow missing is the comedian Nigel Farage in the EU Parliament. British politics is often very comedic, (kindly meant) - order 😂 Lord Buckethead. Was really cool when Britain was still partying in the club. Visited there many times and my grandparents lived and worked there for 15 or 20 years. Although if you do rejoin at some point you'll have to change something about the border. When you took the ferry across the channel, there was a visible border during the EU time and border guards who liked to search you if you grinned at the camera. And maybe you can also think about a right-hand driving order and the metric system 😅 Would make a lot of things easier - sorry 😅
@@Eurograph Don`t be sorry. I`d throw my British Passport away tomorrow in favour of our recently surrendered European Union Passport. I`d rather have both - which we essentially had until giving one away in voting to leave the European Union. Some of us who voted for Brexit ( I`m not one of them, since I voted to `Remain` ) are waking up to the fact that we might - in theory - have stopped illegal immigration into this country ( er - I notice `boat people` are still arriving ) and denied ourselves the opportunity to have freedom to roam the European Continent.
@@Eurograph Nearly 50% of people in the UK didn't want to leave the EU and I was one of them. The British newspapers constantly lied about the EU and many people believed the lies. Because I have lived on the continent, I didn't. I think of Europe like it's a small village. Every house/family has had arguments in the past. We have burnt our neighbour's cars and thrown dog poo over the fence for centuries. Eventually we realised that continuing this way has made EVERYONE'S house prices go down. So we decided to clean up the neighbourhood and live happily as friends. And now the UK has decided to act like a teenager and retreat to his bedroom because he doesn't always get his way. One day we will join the community again... I hope. Then you can all invite us over for drinks and a barbeque.
I really hope that everyone comes together again in the end. The EU is far from perfect and has to work hard to improve its mistakes, as well as the big crises like the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine, energy crisis, some Corona crisis aftermath, unfortunately there is a strong shift to the right across Europe that really worries me, but the idea of living closely and peacefully in friendship with each other as good neighbours, even family is so really important that I think it has to be defended more against the multiple crises! I love having the freedom to live and work where I want, no stupid border controls, or huge bureaucratic procedures with visa and co., also little things like being able to call from France with my German phone contract without paying more is great. OK, there are people and countries who think the Euro is stupid, in Germany there are even some people who want the German Mark back, but the Euro makes it possible to pay in many European countries without thinking about exchange rates or another monetary system, I think this is great! These are achievements for which I love the European idea! Also, through close relationships, you get to know each other, build deep relationships, maybe even adapt things from the other society for yourself and learn to love them. For example, my grandparents have a British red telephone box in their garden and my grandfather drinks almost exclusively PG Tips. And I myself am a fan of Earl Grey with a little milk. Now I just need to be able to buy scone and clotted cream somewhere in Germany - fortunately, British jams are available. You might also think that as a German citizen I only eat Nuremberg sausages, Frankfurters or currywurst. But I also love British breakfast sausages and my larder contains HP Original Brown Sauce, Sarson Malt Vinegar or Worcester Sauce. Lam with peppermint sauce also tastes great, fish and chip shops should be much more common in Germany and even things like haggis or porridge are great. Also what I find funny is that in Germany there are a lot of royals fans. When Charles was there recently, he was greeted more happily than the German President who was with him. Also things like ERASMUS, excursions to the UK, student exchanges, language courses, were super achievements. I hope that will come back (more) one day. But I believe that for there to be a chance of reunification, the current crises must first be overcome, stability and more well-being must return, the European states must overcome their shift to the right, which will be difficult, especially in cases like Hungary or now Italy, and we must learn to trust each other again, work together and improve the mistakes the EU has. Because everyone in Europe benefits from the European idea, even those who reject it.
@@catbevis1644 When someone tells you to vote for something in the name of the nation and freedom, they have already tricked you. This happens everywhere.
Yes, especially in France, regions can be extremely different from one another... Even different benefits, in most of France healthcare is refunded 70% but in Alsace it is 90%
To any European, it seems pretty odd that neither Germany or The Netherlands were on that list. Both these countries are easily equal to all the countries in the list.
Germany was ok for work but the rest is very average and not very interesting, i loved the black Forest and party in Berlin club but that's all... Now it's not even good for working with the crazy energetic policy (closing nuclear while russia cut the gas, wtf !?) and price of energy almost all germans business are downgrading and futur look grim for business...
I forgive you! 😂 You may not remember us, the Portuguese, but I remember you on a daily basis and watch all your videos! Great work Ryan! Greetings from Portugal! 🇵🇹
You guy's still have a very safe country. I don't know the term for it, but when something does not happen often and then it happens or you read about it you will be more annoyed by it. If crime was always a normal thing, then a bit more crime would not be noticed. But your country was super safe and now it is a little less safe so to speak. Still very safe, yes even in Malmo.
As a Belgian I do take issue they didn't list Dutch as official language since 60% of us speak Dutch as primary language. Official languages are Dutch, French and German. However English is understood quite well by most of our society under the age of 60. I really dislike when I visit a website that defaults to French when we visit it for the first time.
The four co-official languages of Spain were not mentioned either. Studied at school used in politics and everyday life. A huge amount of Spaniards are minimum bilingual if not trilingual.
I am so glad The Netherlands wasn’t mentioned. Lots of people want to live in my tiny country and as a matter of fact we don’t have enough houses to accommodate them. 😅
Well..... it would help a lot if old industrial and derelict residential areas were allowed to be demolished and utilised for new housing here. Instead, the Neo-Liberal Government we've had for over a decade now seems more interested in either cutting down nature reserves or just not building new housing at all.
@@Glazox_yes, Amsterdam together with the other major cities are having it the worst but overall housing prices are still ridiculous. It is getting better but slowly. If you want to live in the country side away from big cities...not so much a problem 😊.
Expat is short for expatriate and originally means an employee who is sent out to a foreign country on a temporary basis to work for a branch office for example. This person might spend a couple years there and then return to their home country. An expat by definition isn't an immigrant because of the temporary situation. The term expat has to be the most misused word out there.
first of all, congratulations for your channel. I really enjoy your videos. Have you noticed that on this video they didn’t mentioned GERMANY? I’m glad you finally talked about Spain and Portugal. High salaries on Northern Europe is hyper estimated, quality life on south of Europe is better. Nice whether AMAZING FOOD and free education and health care. Take a look at Spain’s beaches, and cultural life. You’ll be surprised.
my friend studied nursing, and spend 1 year in Portugal in a hospital. She said, it was very nice, but she wished, that she would never be a patient there. Because of the lack of the quality..etc.
Born Danish,I have lived/worked in Greece, Portugal, UK and I vacation ALL over. I travel for culture, language, food, people and weather ...bc each country has a season, when it's 'the best time to visit' and living in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are close, too It's the best of all worlds 🌍 hello from Denmark 🌸
Free health care, free education at all levels and social security is really the norm in MOST of Europe. Of course, there are taxes, and some base payment for health services. Like max USD 150 - 250 a year. But the expensive stuff is free.
It depends on where you live. We have high salaries in Switzerland, but the compulsory health care and insurance cost to myself and my wife, as a retired couple, is about CHF 12,000 per year. However, once we have an appointment, waiting more than 15 mins is virtually unheard of.
@@janhanchenmichelsen2627 I just made a check. If you are healthy and young (say about 30), you can get basic cover for about CHF 3,000 per year. We are retired and have more illnesses than younger people. So with one or two extras, we pay about twice as much. If you are a very low earner there is a cap and if the bills are excessive you can claim against tax. But the situation is actually worse than this, since dental insurance is separate and is so expensive that most people don't bother (it's not obligatory). Also, Dental costs are very expensive in Switzerland. At the moment these costs are more than compensated for by the high pay, good benefits whether employed or not, low unemployment, the beauty and facilities of the country and the public infrastructure especially the transport system which works like clockwork. However, if the health insurance and hospital infrastructure costs continue to rise at the same rate, this will become a burning issue. One of the problems is that we are all living much too long. :)
They forgot to mention something important about Norway, Sweden and Finland : winters. I went once in Norway and Sweden, and they are both amazing countries in the summer, but it seems that living there in the winter is not as attractive : the days become very short (they don't exist in the north of the countries actually), and the weather is not always as beautiful as the one you see on the pictures. Nevertheless, I would definitely recommend to visit these countries to anyone that loves nature, they are amazing.
To add to that: Winter in the Nordic countries lasts FOREVER!!!!!! People there are very much antisocial because no one speaks to no one for months of the year. Scandinavians are absurdly proud with how awkward they are. The Finns say they are one the happiest people in the world, but I don't actually think they know what that means.
@@Sayitlikitiz101 I'm from Finland and it's not about happiness, as in rainbows and butterflies, it's about being satisfied.. Happy for what we have.. safety, honesty and so on.. And our "antisocial" ways don't bother us, we like our privacy.. we finns are very used to living in Finland with other finns.. 🤷🏻♀️
Many things said in the video about one particular country are commonplace across Europe, though the cited country might be slightly better than others in the particular matter. For instance : - free or very cheap universal care system (you don't need to be a citizen to benefit from it and if you have low income you don't even have to pay then get refund : it's free from the start) - free education in public schools till 16 or 18 - substantial parental leaves (weeks or months, not just days) with job security and maintained salary (or a fair portion of it) - work/life balance with legal limitations in terms of working time and legal minimal salary so no employer can legally enslave their employees ... And a few others I might forget but it is already quite fine for the basis of any human society ;)
I don't know why you were surprised at Spain being there. Spain is beautiful, diverse, with friendly people and wonderful cuisines from every region. It has old castles, ancient towns, majestic cathedrals and a long and fascinating history.
@@akyhne no one flees the country, spain is the most awesome country in europe and everyone goes to spain on vacation and then to live there. Spain is europe's leader in many fields and madrid has no equals in europe and is even world leader in a few things.
@@echipuosaperlo Most countries are leading in some field, that's not just a Spanish thing. Is Madrid the most awesome city, I don't know. By what measure? I've seen several documentaries and news reports, on how the young in Spain is fleeing the country. We have many young Spanish people, living in my country, because they could get a proper job here. And the situation must be bad there, since I found an article, that says Spain even has a word, for those that have given up. Nini for ni estudian, ni trabajan, which translates to something like "They neither study nor work".
As with all successful series, like the bridge, the Americans made their own about a bridge. But that bridge is between Mexico and the US. Also it's a cheap ripoff.
Seen it. Brilliant series with great script writing, really good music, wonderful camera work and excellent acting with quite a bit of improvising. Apparently at times the actors would get a text message: 'Be at these coordinates at this time. Something will happen. React from your character's point of view.' I still have a secret crush on Saga Norén. 🥰
The Czech Republic is an excellent choice. From the US I immigrated there, my ancestral homelands, more than three years ago. A net income of about 1400 US a month, median where I live, provides a nice life in the city center. Note that Prague, where I do not live, is more expensive.
Im so sad Czech is not mentioned..:) - we have Prague - free schools - free hospitals - cheap everything! - middle in EU so it is easy to travel - best and very cheap beer Czech is very easy going. You can drink in public, nobody care about others, so if you are not jerk, you can smoke and plant pot with no stress. With “western EU salary” you are like king in here. :)
The original video is from the spring of 2021, when the Blábišfert and TuZeman gang was in power. So I can see why we're not on the list from that era.
What you see of Norway is the Lofoten Islands, one of the most beautiful places on earth. The bridge you remarked about in Denmark is the Øresund bridge which links Denmark to Sweden. It goes from the Copenhagen to Malmö and is nearly eight kilometers long (that's five miles). I myself am a European living in Paris and have visited all of these places. So don't forget the additional bonus of living in Europe : All European countries are close and easy to get get to.
I been to Lofoten several times. Nothing beats it. When i travel its nature i want, dramatic ones. Austria is beautiful too, the alps and northern italy. I love mountains. Rivers. The power of nature. We buy art for millions but nature is so much prettier and priceless.
@@shar3066Norwegian here, I agree but also don’t forget Switzerland. Pretty amazing as well. 🥰 many scenic mountain areas and small villages with cute wooden houses in a certain style:) also lots of flowers on the balconies
The bridge they showed in Denmark is called Öresundsbron, connecting Sweden with Denmark(and the rest of EU). They are focusing on the very positive notes here when talking about the Nordic countrys, there are some big drawbacks too
Iceland tops many other lists. No army, police don't carry guns. Has topped all lists in safety for many years. I am 58 years. There have only been 10- deliberate murders my whole life. I know where they happened because they are so few. Education is basically free until age of 20. The fee at the University level schools here are very low compared to the US and The UK. You can do 6 years in Iceland to become a doctor but specialisation happens mostly abroad. But students learning medicine pay the same fee as the ones learning English literature. The same applies to the other Nordic countries. Students in the US and the UK are paying crazy amount for the same post graduate medicine degree. Why not be clever with your money if you face huge ammounts in annual fees; the Nordic countries are a great option with quality education. They all have student exchange programs so you can jump out of your homeland for 1 year to try it out. This applies to most studies; from engineering to English literature. But there are so many lists out there. Iceland is a Nordic/Scandinavian country and has a very similar welfare state as the others. The others being Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, Greenland, The Faroe Islands and Åland. Greenland is a part of Denmark but has its own home ruling parliament and members in the Danish parliament; they have dual citizenship. Same with the Faroe Islands. Both these countries are ca 50.000 in population each. Åland is an island just of the Finnish coast. They have their own parliament but have a similar status to Finland as Greenland and The Faroes have with Denmark. The population of all the Nordic countries/Nordic Region/Scandinavian countries is all together only ca 30 million. In Iceland we only have 3 per square kilometer. Less in Greenland: the largest island in the world. Look up norden.org or google 'nordic council' to go to the union of these countries called The Nordic Council or Nordic Countries. I just checked out the site Journalists Without Borders, an independent, international network founded 1986. There they show you real statistics about safety, democracy corruption, transparency and freedom of speech. The list might surprise you about your country.
You should really grab a bag and spend months visiting Europe, it would really open horizons. Greetings from lovely Lisbon, Portugal. You'd be amazed at how many people are moving here. We also speak 2 or 3 languages on average.
In my country we have counties and places so beautiful and picturesque which must be put in tourists postcards. Locals say: "There is nothing but beautiful here. We have no jobs, no schools, no accessible health care but it is beautiful here."
Cost for full time daycare where I live in Sweden: Child 1 - 3% of gross income - Max $ 148 Child 2 - 2% of gross income - Max $ 91 Child 3 - 1% of gross income - Max $ 45 Child 4 - No charge The tax is low in US, but you have to pay for so many thing that is free or almost free in Sweden. We got something for the tax we pay.
@@bennymuller3379 No, thats not correct. No Scandinavian country (Sweden, Norway and Denmark) have charges for speeding based on income. Finland has, but Finland is not part of Scandinavia.
Daycare in the US is insane. When they say that it's "heavily subsidezed" in Denmark (and the rest of scandinavia), they really mean it. In Stockholm you pay a maximum of 150 USD (roughly) per child/month to have them at daycare full time, every day. And the staff is great, many have university degrees in child development and learning.
Can confirm, we paid 80 usd / month and one of the staff was amazing - important to note (while it should be obvious) that not all daycares are equal in terms of quality and it's always worth doing research / visiting them to get a feel if you want to have your child cared for there.
The bridge you saw is the Oresund Bridge which links Denmark and Sweden. It's 5 miles long, has a road and railway, and ends on a man-made island where the road and rail dive underground into a tunnel which completes the 2.5 miles under the sea to Sweden. It cost 2.6 Billion Euros (US$2.85B) and took 4 years to build (1995-1999). It's a beautiful design, and is clearly visible if you fly over it en -route between Europe and Asia!
Norway is amazing. The Fjords are spectacular, but the one thing they did not say is that you can go to University to learn about building tunnels. When you're in a tunnel and there are roundabouts, mental. With a population of only 5 million...
An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their native country. In common usage, the term often refers to educated professionals, skilled workers, or artists taking positions outside their home country, either independently or sent abroad by their employers.
Expatriate means that your job force you to move to another country (so you're "expatriate"). So if you're american et has to live in Finland for your american company, you're an expat. (opposed to immigrate you chose to live and work in another country than their native country). But today, people use that term as an fancy way to say immigrate.
For free medical care, I am originally from Belgium. I recently went to the ER for a ruptured Achilles tendon during a volleyball tournament. I was plastered. I didn't pay anything when I came out of the ER the first time. I will have to have surgery in a few days. In total for : an operation + having been admitted to the emergency room + being in plaster + crutches + home nurse + purchase of drugs = 25€. I can't even imagine the cost if I had lived in the USA.
The features of Spain & Potugal were probably taken randomly while they waited for the sun in Ireland, Finland & Sweden to take some nice pictures, I presume.
From Ireland, video should probably point out our current housing crisis and if want to rent you're gonna have to pay a small fortune to live anywhere in a city
My sister lives near Kenmare, County Kerry, and house prices there have rocketed. Small, half derelict cottages going up for auction at 150,000 euros are reaching 500,000 euros. Crazy.
thanks for saying this as it appears to be a fact that went over the head of the original video and some of the commenters here, also for what its worth its true in many other places in Europe from Spain, Netherlands and UK
@@annnoelanders3514 Nah, 't is wel goed dat NL van dit soort lijstjes wordt gelaten, minder druk hiero met "expats". Arme* bevolking van Brussel... 😢 Aan de ene kant; half Antwerpen is al vergeven van den domme 'ollanders, alhoewel je ook zou kunnen stellen dat dat simpelweg terugkeer is na enige eeuwen. ;-) Liefs & groetjes terug zuiderbuurtje. * Serieus, als je door Brussel loopt is het grappig om te tellen hoeveel talen je kan herkennen.
When it comes to the victims of firearms, the difference between Europe and Sweden is even greater. In the EU, an average of 1.6 people per million people die from gunshot wounds - in Sweden the figure is four, almost three times as many,” Bild writes. While murders have been steadily falling in other European countries, in Sweden they are rising.
Well, most "fellow" Swedes have voted to take in rapefugees for decades. There were less gun crimes before we had any gun control at all (pre 1927) but almost no immigrants from outside of Europe...
Im from Switzerland and all i can say is that IT IS expensive, even for the People who live here. You have to work more hours per month than other European Countrys. Child Care is freakin expensive, i pay 2000 CHF for 4 days per week. Health Care is expensive too, for normal people its like 300 CHF per Month and if you go to the Doctor you still have to pay it yourself. The high salary is only a pro if you go to other Countrys. The Nature is very nice thats true.
Also in Finland the education is free up to high school. And When I mean free, the school books are free, meals are free. In university there is no tuition, so the education is free but you have to pay for the meals and for the books. But universiity students get 50% of their living expenses, housing, food, utilities free and they get government backed load for hte the other 50%. The meals at school are really really good and really cheap, like 3 € a meal (when I was in unit it was like (1,76€ a meal). You rack about 10k € debt a year from the student loan. IT is at low interest rate and and I think there is like no interest for first 3 years after you graduate or quit. The student loan is an inconvenience, it crapms your lifestyle for few years once you graduate, but not a huge issue. Most people get summer or part time jobs after 1-2 years so they would not need to take the loan after first year or two.
Yes, if you move to Spain you have free health care. Homeless people have free health care. Low income people have free health care. Meds are ridiculously cheap too. And not only am I talking about ER, but any kind of specialty included is free (except non-necessari plastic surgery). Add: Those cars are taxis, it’s Barcelona and some streets have taxi stops (in the centre mostly) so you don’t have to wait for one.
@@Euxiphipops77 Se paga de los impuestos, pero cuando decimos gratis, es porque si un ciudadano no ha cotizado, se le atiende igual, si no tiene recurso la asistencia es igual y los medicamentos se los da gratuitamente, no se deja morir a un ciudadano por no poder pagarlo, cosa que no pasa en otros países, que también pagan impuestos,
@@marimari7276 So it is not free and it is not government's or the country's money. All that comes from people paying taxes. Thank you for agreeing with me on that.
@@Euxiphipops77 You goddamn Americans always bring up taxes! Americans pay taxes, what do you get for them? Here in Portugal there is no paper work, everything is covered, no insurance company saying they won't pay for it, also we don't get astronomical bills sent to our homes afterwards.
@@Euxiphipops77 you really came here to try and make me sound dumb over a word? “Free”. I know where the money comes, free is a word I chose to use to further accentuate the difference between Spanish medical care from the USA. Of course we pay taxes, and even if our taxes still don’t take different incomes as variables, last I heard neither do over there. And still, I don’t believe we pay more taxes than an average states resident. That’s why I chose the word “free” even if it comes from our taxes, because with not much different between the two countries, we still don’t let people pass away from a treatable illness. We don’t need fundraisers for treatable illnesses. If someone does not work they still get medical care. A homeless person still gets medical care. My point still stands. Do you need me to specify anything else, further help, or can you get the general idea now?
As a Norwegian I would disagree. Not much to see here compared to France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, all the East European countries and the Balkans IMO. That is except for if you like hiking and the great outdoors, weather permitting. Sorry
I`ve not been to many countries ( and am English and live in England. I`ve been to France, ( Wales and Scotland if we count them as seperate from the UK )), Italy, Spain, Belgium, lived in the Republic of Ireland ( and Wales, in fact ), The United States of America and Mexico ( Mexico City ). The one I enjoyed most was Spain, not far behind came Italy. Their Festivals, in Spain, deserve the reputation they have throughout the world. Many of us Britons have been retiring to Spain for decades. The heating bills are going to be far cheaper there than here. But we can no longer do this ( unless we have a million Euros to invest in the country ) on the grounds that we chose to leave the European Union. Probably the most beautiful countries I`ve seen are EIRE ( Republic of Ireland ) and Wales. Best seen between late Spring and mid Summer - though Autumn too can be very beautiful.
Para ser un país hermoso debe producir variedad de alimentos , como frutas hortalizas, cereales, legumbres, vinos, ganadería, lácteos, quesos, embutidos, aceite de oliva, pesca , marisco, conservas, caza mayor y menor. GASTRONOMÍA. Eso lo tiene ESPAÑA y Portugal, Italia, Francia y Grecia.los países Mediterráneos. Los bosques del Norte sólo tienen pinos,Abetos, salmón, bacalao, coles y bayas y osos y lobos. Y mucho frio.😅 ❤
@@anacasanova7350 You obviously don’t know what you’re talking about when it comes to the Nordic countries lol Btw I’m a dairy farmer in Norway (in the beautiful mountains)
@@lillm6874 Hola, he estudiado geografía y conozco que los países nórdicos son bellos, hermosas montañas, hermosos bosques y hermosos paisajes y hermoso frío🥶. Esa es la verdad.🤗♥️😄🇪🇦🌞⛰️🏖️☘️🌻🌳🏵️💮🌸🪷🌷🏄🚣🏊🤽🐎🐎🐎🐄🐄🐄 🐏🐏🐑🐑🐐🐐🍓🍒🍎🍉🍑🍊🥭🍍🍌🍋🌶️🍏🍐🥝🫒🫐🍇🍅🌶️🥕🍠🧅🌽🥦🥬🥬🥑🥑🫘🥔🧄🥜🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🐞🐞🐞🐞🐝🐝🐝🐝👋👋👋
👍🥰 You said the northern forests only have pines (not true), and that we only have fish, cabbage, berries, bears and wolves (also not true) We have livestock, dairy products, cheese, sausages, vegetables, fruits and many other things. I’ve been in almost all countries in Europe, and our milk is the best. We also have almost none antibiotics in meat and dairy products, but in many countries there are a lot of antibiotics in meat and dairy products. Yes, in the winter it can be cold, depending on where you live. On the south and west coast it’s very mild in winter, and it snows only a few times but it disappears the next day. It’s raining a lot on the west coast though. I live high up in the mountains, so we have snow from about late November, and it’s gone in late April/beginning of May. It’s not that cold even here in the mountains, this winter the temperature was about -3 til -18 degrees, but mostly around -10 which is the perfect temperature In wintertime 👍 In the summer we have a lot hot weather in the southern Norway. Last year we had a very very dry summer with temperatures from 20 - 32 degrees And it’s so amazing in the summer when the sun is up almost all night😍 When it comes to bears and wolves we don’t have many, and they live in specific places. We have about 160 bears And we have about 125 wolves where 51 - 52 lives in Norway, and the rest moves between Norway and Sweden. I’m sure there’s more wolves in France, Italy….😉 I love Italy very much, have been there at least 10 times, and there are many beautiful countries in Europe, but I would never want to live in another country than Norway. I have the most beautiful views, and it makes me happy all seasons 👍😍😍
Denmark is known for having high paxes, but that's because it all goes into paying for all the services we enjoy. I never have to worry about not being able to go to the hospital, cuz it's paid for through taxes, as does everyone else, so we are helping each other get the service they need for free.
Funny how we Danes always glorify our system when speaking to especially Americans, but constantly complain amongst ourselves how everything from healthcare, elder care, child care and schools are at the brink of falling apart.
Anyone should consider which language they speak well when immigrating. If you immigrate to France, you should speak French well. The same is true with any other nation, because it is wrong to assume that you can handle all situations if you only know English. This is especially true when dealing with authorities, police or doctors (aka hospitals). If you immigrate to Ireland or the UK, you will have no problem with English.
If you can get a job in Switzerland with a technical organization, you can get away with only knowing English for a while. You will eventually have to learn the local language, Swiss German (different from high German), French or Italian. If you do live in the Reto Romanisch regions, most people there are also fluent in Swiss German.
If a Finnish service worker would have a French attitude towards paying customers every Finn would consider him/her an a**hole. (But don't expect "the customer is the king" attitude from them either.) If there's a language that you really can expect to be usable in Finland, it's first and foremost English (because some ethnic shops don't actually have Finnish-speaking staff, especially on the capital area). After that Finnish (well, spoken almost everywhere), and far beyond these two, Swedish. It may be true that not learning a word of Finnish on a longer stay would be bad manners and somewhat marginalise one especially regarding job prospects (but not really on the top end!), but at the same time I have to state that I know people who have moved to Finland decades ago, or even born here and still speak practically solely English because it's widely accepted especially on the capital area. If anything, Finns are overly eager to switch the language on social occasions if they feel forcing others to speak Finnish would embarrass them. Of course if you actually want to get a citizenship you have to show a bit more effort, but that's a different question. Many pass the citizenship test but if they have strong English skills may continue interacting with others in English indefinitely and frankly not many Finns (at least on capital area) are particularly offended.
it's not dark half the year, that's a huge exaggeration, and when living here you are used to the winters and look forward to each season. The happiness here isn't because of weather or climate, but the safety, social equality, opportunities and so on. When you don't have to worry about being fired and losing your health insurance tied to a job, that makes people happy and content.
Norway number one does make sense ONLY if you are okay living with northpole temperatures all year, 3 months of sun without nights and viceversa in the winter season plus very difficult social interactions due to the extremely spare distribution of population, we are talking about a mostly empty country with the population of just one big city. People do not tend to be very social too, which doesn’t help it. You can’t leave these aspects out of the conversation when making a chart, this feels like an AI pick for places to live, not a human one.
Norway is pretty big, actually 76% the size of Spain. And it's only the very top of the country, that lies above the arctic circle (36%). Very few people live there. Summer temperatures can vary from place to place, and it's not uncommon I hear they have a heatwave in Southern Norway, with +30°C. I wouldn't call that cold. If you take Spain inland, the weather is actually much like southern Norway, although it's thousands of kilometers further south.
@@akyhneNo It is not, I am from Valladolid and It is like Norway maybe one or Teo weeks per year, O lived in Norway for 6 years and the climate is horrible.
The underlying video is not good. It starts with the weird claim that the languages of Belgium are French, German and English. That's nonsense. The only countries in Europe where English is an official language are the UK (with associated microstates), Ireland and Malta. Half of Belgium speaks French, the other half speaks Flemish (basically a dialect of Dutch), and only a tiny part speaks German. They learn English in school, though. The choice of highlighted facts for each country seems almost random. For example, mentioning for some countries that the state schools are free is just bonkers. I don't know any European country where that is not the case.
I am from Switzerland and I must say that, yes insurances can't gain money for the basic health insurance (gain with other insurances) but Pharma industry has not this rule and is gaining a loooooot on this low by making higher prices for all products that basic health insurances always pay
It's impossible for everything to be non-profit. Especially for fields like as Pharmacy. Those need the extra money to be able to grow and do better, not to mention that they have people working there who need to be paid.
In Europe, it's common for people to get six weeks or more of paid vacation. I'm American, and I haven't had paid vacation for decades. When my daughter was in college, she studied abroad in Prague. The only shootings she heard about the whole time she was there took place in the US. There were none in Europe.
Six weeks of paid holiday for a middle-aged person working for some employers, one or two weeks for others, not a single day for small business owners (we can't afford to go inactive for such a long time). Incidentally, my husband and I own a small family firm.
Ok as a Swiss I have to say this about our insurance: the service is usually very good BUT they are very expensive and don't always cover everything so you still sometimes have to pay a lot of money out of pocket. It's basically like the US but but less extreme like better service and lower costs but still way too expensive. Also, it's not universal healthcare like in other countries, it's mandatory private insurance. You can chose which insurance company you like you have to be insured. Oh and insurance companies here are DEFINITELY for profit since they are private companies, the dude in the video didn't do his research correctly.
As a Norwegian I love watching people react to our country making it to the top of these lists almost as much as I love living in this country. Yes, I know... But it's great because it's true... Interesting though, is the fact many, perhaps most, Norwegians don't appreciate what we have before they turn 30 or even 40 years old. When I grew up I wanted to move to America, but then I grew up...
@@Schnittwin The not appreciating part? Well, it's very easy to take what you have for granted, and when you're 7, 14, 18 og even 25 years old you probably don't reflect so much on how free healthcare and education and all the other benifits of living here affects your quality of life. We do however see the pros of living in the States through movies, TV-shows, and social media, and it looks grand... I still want to go there, but I would not ever consider bringing my family over permanentmy.
USA preserves that spirit of adventure, free market, no healthcare, guns and fast-food is something for young and crazy to try )) But I agree with you, the older I get, the more I want to stay in 'boring' Europe
@@vadym8713 They mean the mind to get fat, sick and shot so you go into debt to get cured, while losing your job because of it, because companies can hire and fire however they want because of FREEDOM. And for what? To buy one day a car so you can move to the clean and tidy suburbs, so you can spend 20% of your day on a traffic jam. And if your "crazy adventure" would involve getting the citizenship, then you'll pay the government for that madness tax, even if you move out. And especially if you got no qualification that has a good chance getting you a well payed job, e.g. in IT, then the chance is high, that you'll ruin yourself and settle for a low standard life, because education costs as well! So if everything works out well, you are fine. But if anything goes wrong (and chances for that are higher there than in Europe), then you are just screwed.
@@KjetilBalstad The only problem is that when we get old enough to appreciate the country, our bodies begin to crack in the joints and long for warmth. Good thing we have warm houses and enough firewood to compensate.
5:20 the Öresund bridge was completed in 2000, sweden and denmark had a huge celebration of its opening, connecting our countries by land for the first time since Denmark owned Scania in the 1300s ish (the southern tip of sweden).Its 15,9 km long ( 9.8 miles) It literally connects denmark to sweden. so yeah thats how big it is.
To be honest, there are almost no bad countries in Europe! There could have been added many more! Just because they weren't on the list, doesn't meant they aren't amazing!
In Norway it cost a maximum of about $300 per month to have 1 child there 5 days per week. For child number 2, you get a 30% discount, and child 3 and more will get free. You also get 12 month paid leave from work when you give birth, and the paretns can split this time evenly if they want. Hospital stay, ambulance and any specialist care is free, but you pay a modest sum of about $30 when you visit your regular doctor.There's also a maximum here if you need to visit the doctor a lot during a year, so after a set number, the rest of the visits will be free. Same thing with medication. You don't pay for cancer treatments and the like. Education is free, even university degrees. There are private schools though which may charge student fees. 50% of the workforce earn a monthly wages between $2800 and $4800 with $2800 being the average minimum wages. A standard workweek is 37.5 hours, and most people start work either 7 or 8 in the morning, and finish between 3 and 4 pm. Lunch is usually 30 minutes, and it's not paid for, meaning you stay at work for 8 hours, and get paid for 7.5 hours. You also get about 5 weeks of holiday, plus up to 10 public holidays. Police normally doesn't carry a gun on their body, but they have access to guns in their cars for certain situations. They are trained for 3 years before they get a license to operate as police officers. If you break the law, then normally the maximum penalty is 21 years, and if you do multiple crimes, the penalty doesn't add up per case, but are viewed more holistically. Certain dangerous individuals can get a special "detaining" sentence, which basically means they can get 21 years in prison, but won't be released if they are still considered a danger to the public at the time. and they can review their status every other years after that. Most Norwegians speak fluent English as well, but some of the older members of the population may struggle more with English than the younger ones.
Nowadays, the weather in the North of Europe - (Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark) isn't having the heat they have in southern countries. Many people move here from there because of it. Heavy wildfires also 'flourish' there.
Hola, soy española, de las islas Canarias, lo que no te han dicho, es que en el resto de los países europeos, excepto los que dan al Mediterráneo, son países muy fríos, no puedes hacer la misma actividad social que puedes hacer por ejemplo, en España, España es el único país de Europa multicultural, tiene asistencia sanitaria gratuita, donde yo vivo el transporte es gratuito 😊, la gastronomía es la mejor del mundo y la más sana, dieta mediterránea, unos paisajes único, es el único país de Europa, que tiene el mar mediterráneo, el mar Cantábrico y el océano atlántico, esto quiere decir, que tiene un clima variado y único, las islas canarias, están en el océano atlántico y tiene microclimas 😅. Algo muy importante para todos los europeos, en los colegios no existe detector de armas, porque aquí no existen las armas para los ciudadanos, la seguridad es muy importante para nosotros, nuestros niños viven felices, están seguros, los niños comienzan en la escuela con tres años y puedes elegir el colegio que quieras, no importa donde vivas y es gratuito, el transporte escolar, también es gratuito, en los comedores, los niños tienen una dieta saludable y equilibrada, se prohíbe los alimentos insanos, por ejemplo: bollería, golosinas etc, en cada comida tiene una pieza de fruta, si algún niño tiene alergias o problemas de salud, se le hace un menú adaptado a las necesidades del niño ( el comedor tiene un coste, pero es bajo, luego si la familia no tiene recursos, es gratuito), en España los niños con discapacidad física, no se excluyen, van al mismo centro que el resto de los niños y se les educas de igual a igual, tienen profesores preparados para casos especiales, no hay discriminación, todo siempre gratuito.
They missed out on one thing in Sweden which is particularly insane from an American POV. Parental leave. Every child you have gives the parents 480 working days off, of which you can transfer them freely between the parents, except 90 which is reserved. 390 of these days are paid with 80% of your salary (yes, there is a cap), and 90 are paid about 18€/$ per day. YES, YOU GET MORE THAN A YEAR OF PARENTAL LEAVE! 96 weeks, if you take 5 days/week.
We have more or less "free" health care (paid by taxes, so it isn't free) within the European Union, and most of Western Europe. Eastern Europe is also catching up. You might pay more for services in the US, but we are heavily taxed, especially in the Scandinavian countries. I'm a Swede, and we pay 50-55 % in taxes. The welfare is starting to break down, because we've taken in 2 million people in 20 years, which has put a lot of strain on our systems. Criminality is going up, gangs and gun crime in the bigger cities, but everywhere you go you find unemployed migrants, some illegal. I love Sweden, but I'd prefer Norway and Switzerland for safety and natural beauty. I love Italy, France, Spain and Portugal for the weather and food and culture.
It's impossible to say which country is best. But the verity of different languages, cultures, foods, climate, and so on offers something great to everyone regardless of interests and wishes. In my mind, Europe is the best place to live...🌍 ❤
I agree 100%, Europe is unique and the best place for the reasons you mentioned. Btw, I like Swedish people a lot: you are always polite, balanced, not chauvinistic in your comments, respectful and have a smart sense of humor. As a Spaniard I like your Don Quijote nick.
Damn, as someone living in the Netherlands I feel slightly offended that Belgium was on the list but the Netherlands wasn't 😂 But to be fair, Europe has many nice countries, so fair play!
I would think for an expat the Netherlands would be a lot more easy to move to than Belgium, as Belgium is a very complicated country. Also we have a functioning central government that is quite effective compared to most other countries. Belgium does have more interesting food and culture though but no cities there are even close to Amsterdam imo
Wow! Do I feel a complex of superiority vis-a-vis Belgium here? I would also pick Belgium over the NL in a heartbeat, I visited the NL in 2019 and it was a horror show, my boyfriend got into a fight with a bunch of drunk and homophobic Brit as*holes and he would have gotten in troubles with Dutch cops if a local Moroccan lady who witnessed it all didn't speak up for us. Amsterdam was weird, noisy and crowded, it felt unsafe. No such issues in Belgium. And no drunk Brits and Germans.
I am a Brit who left the UK many years ago. I have lived in Belgium for the last 20 years after spending time in The Netherlands and Germany. Belgium is a multi lingual country and English is spoke in most major cities. I live in Brussels and love it here. Food and beer are fantastic, people are friendly, many xpats live in Belgium and you have the beautiful cities of Bruges, Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp. Healthcare is excellent and inexpensive, schooling is high quality and lots of companies offer crèche facilities (paying 1000 dollars a month for childcare is a joke) Also l being the centre of Europe you can easily drive to France, Germany and The Netherlands. Plus, we have high speed trains to Paris and Amsterdam which take 1.5 hours. My life here has been excellent, of course there are negatives like most countries but these are few compared to the positives. How could you forget about Portugal? It is beautiful, cheap and the people are the friendliest I have ever met. Also, Finland may look after its children but it also has the highest suicide rate in Europe….which is bizarre.
Paul, actually not anymore - the amount of suicides is just half what it was in Finland during the 90´s, 747 people in 2021 which is the latest confirmed information on the cause of death , but not the highest rate in EU anymore. Still too high and there is a lot to do. Can´t find yet any new reliable statistics from EU but in 2019 even Belgium had higher suicide rate than Finland.
It's the darkness. People underestimate how far north it is. Same distance from the north pole in Canada and all you have is frozen wasteland. Take your Vitamin D guys.
If people say germans are like coconuts I don't know how to call scandinavien people, We have a house in Oslo and it's so hard to make friends and in Finnland and Sweden it's even harder.
How do you define "best"? Income levels? Climate? Cultural attractions? Political Freedom? It all depends. I think that most people would agree that France would be high on the list, and Belarus low on the list. I lived in Europe for 15 years (I am American) and right now, my list would include, in no particular order, Spain, Portugal, The U.K. , Slovenia, France, The Netherlands, The Czech Republic, Italy, Austria, and Malta.
about Switzerland: the health insurance part is tricky and the "non profit" part is questionable at best... it's the system that is the closest to how it work in the US, I believe, but a very big difference is that there are rules about each step of healthcare (doctor, hospital and drugs costs) and that they're enforced by the state. The salaries depend on the skills you come with. Also, to work there you need something like the US green card that imply an employer sponsorship for your 1st job.
Very strange ranking. Where is Austria, Germany or Netherland? I live in Slovakia, which is beautiful and slowly catching up with western countries. I have traveled almost the entire EU, but countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland are incredibly expensive, not only for tourists, but also for their own residents.
As for health insurance in Switzerland, which is supposed to be non-profit, it's more complicated than that. Health insurers are private for-profit companies, but they are legally prohibited from making a profit on compulsory health insurance. Except that Swiss financiers aren't going to be taught how to disguise accounting. In reality, compulsory insurance costs about the same in the USA as in Switzerland, and generally speaking, it works the same way. The only thing that changes is that compulsory insurance benefits are defined by law, and there is state supervision to ensure that the benefits are actually provided.
He is correct about Belgium. I had a friend, we lost track of each other, but he hid out on freighter from Tansinaia where when found was dropped in Belgium. The crew gave him $200 and he hid out in Belgium till he found out he didn't need to. He was given assessment tests for employment. They paid for his apprentice program, found him an apartment, medical and gave him an immigrant visa. When he passed his apprentice program got him a job. At the end of 1 year he was granted Citizenship. And Lifetime Medical that was good in any county in Europe. In Portugal the cost is $1200-1500 to live comfortably. This includes rent, food, medical, and entertainment. Ireland has 60 different Immigration Visas, the cost of living is $1500-1750 per month. Spain is in between those. The reason the costs vary is dependant on where you choose to live within those countries. By the way Oxford is Free the only requirement to entrance are the exams. Norway is one of the costlier but it's not bad $2000 to $2500. Oh yeah, the level of Medical Quality in Portugal is UN rated the US is rated 47th just to give you an idea. Hell Ecuador is also a reasonable place many ExPats live there. Their Medical rating is 25th and their Doctors etc are trained in Spain as they have reciprocal Visa Agreements thus many Ecuadorians move to Spain for Higher Education then many return. Germany and the Netherlands are more expensive but doable. Needed incomes are around $2800-3500 per month. And if course their Medical is higher than 12.
yeah... thats one of the big drawbacks of the EU, too many immigrants are let in. My country has a house shortage of 380.000 houses but they still let immigrants in and they even get priority over homes. Wish they just deported them instead
I love living in Norway, and that we have four seasons 😍 And if you have a kid under 3 years that doesn’t go to daycare, you get paid about 700 US dollars per month from the state👍
i've been watching tons of your videos in a row, very good content ! i'm french and have visited a dozen US states, i' know y'all ain't like in the "americans know nothing" videos, you yourself are the proof americans ain't all dumb lol ! anyways you should definitely do a europe tour if you get the chance, especially my French region of Provence of course (i'll let you google the area since you're curious of things) :)
02:10 "Trains are about to crash, oh no!" Yes, I know it was said jokingly, but what struck me is that he noticed it at all. In Belgium (and Europe in general) we're so used to trains(*) that we wouldn't even notice things like this. Like we would see a video of two cars approaching an intersection and saying: "oh no, these cars are about to crash" 🙂 (*) 50 years ago, in the early '70s Belgium had the most dense railway system in the world. Today it still has 118 m of track per square km, which is only 4 m less than the Czech Republic, which now leads the list
I think is very natural and beautiful landscapes. But Italy, Spain, France,Austria….are another world, there culture and history is so rich, that you can not compare.
The people in Belgium actually speak French, Dutch and German. English is not an official language in Belgium as far as I know :/
What about flemsch language?
@@Zirion123 Flemish is not a language. It is a dialect of Dutch.
@@jbird4478 if you think Flemish and Dutch are the same language you obviously only speak one or neither of them.
there about 600 flemish dialects, most of them originated during the middle ages...
It is............everywhere is.......!......
@@Zirion123 spelling?
I'm English, but have lived and worked in six (very different) European countries, including my own. No European country is 'the best' for every person - each country has different features, advantages and disadvantages, and each person has different interests, preferences and requirements.
I cannot agree more. The EU is an idiotic suicidal project from this point of view.
I completely agree with that outlook (sorry just seeing this video). I'm from the US, and I always say there is no best country for everyone. But each country could be the best for you. For the US, it is the best country but only for some people. For others it's Germany, or Netherlands, or Italy, or Japan, or China, or.... It all depends on what you are looking for in life and what they have for you and your desires/needs in a country.
We all knew Norway was going to win this though.
@@daniel4647 haha, kind of true, it has a big surplus of oil and gas revenues that ACTUALLY go towards it's people ;-). while at the same time it tries to build for a greener future!
is there an other oil/gas exporting country that really want to lower it's production due to envirenmental impact and global warming? :) ,
The Netherlands mainly stopped cause of damaged houses due to the underground becoming less stable.. that is a very different reason..
@@JeroenJA Yes - there is a true dichotomy in Norway regarding the environment. They want a good social infrastructure for their people, and want to maintain the beauty of the country. At the same time, the majority of their income comes from fossil fuels, which in the long run will lead to messing things up for everyone - Norwegains included !
Im Greek, obviously didnt expect my country to make the list but i have to say that we are all very lucky we ve been born in Europe. Every country is beautiful
You are lucky ! This video is made to attract Americans, can you imagine your country full of expatriate Americans? Mine is in the list, plus the video recommends the countryside for price and quality of life; we already have many Parisians and English people coming there, we don't need any more flocks of Americans (a few here and there will be welcome).
On the other hand, I like the Greeks who come to France, I find that French spoken with a Greek accent is super cute...
Ellas and Italy are the best. Una faccia una razza!!!!!!!!
I love Greece, if love to live there is I could. Wonderful people. I can't wait to go there again in July.
Absolutely! Im irish and have been living in germany for the past 20years. So 20 in ireland and 20in germany. We are indeed very lucky. Every country is beautiful and safe(er). I think for every individual person, that top10 list would be different. All in all though for me, best place in the world to live and raise children!
Slava Ukraini🕊
When I was in Greece a month ago I got offered weed, a prostitute, cocaine, heroin and a pair of sunglasses within an hour of arrival 😂
as a Greek, i didn't expect my country to make it to the list exclusively because of our past economic troubles. but not including the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria was really strange.
As a Brit I am astonished anybody would leave Greece and it's islands out. Wonderful people and hospitality and so beautiful.
@@2001perseus. Greece is beautiful indeed but it doesnt mean that it is good to live there.
I live in AT and i have to say AT dosent belong on the list.
No, germany sucks. Way to expensive for getting nothing, schools are old and breaking down and the Infrastructur is the worst.
@@2001perseus. I dare you to go and work in Greece for week!
All European countries and cultures are unique and beautiful. ❤
I'm a German that studied in Italy and lives in Greece. I have friends living in Denmark and I know Greeks who worked recently in Germany and Switzerland.
From my experience those lists really only grasp very few elements that make a country a good place to live in and I'm also convinced not every country suits every person.
My friends that live in Denmark are very happy about having good jobs and the good education for their children. But they miss Greece every day. They miss the warmth of the people, the lifestyle, the quality of food and the good weather.
I know Greeks that loved working in Germany and I know others who didn't like Germany. I personally think Italy is a wonderful country, but I've also understand culturally I just can't fit in there.
I know a Greek who studied in Finland and he loved it. But he says the winters are just toooo long.
So one really has to see what's their priorities and what kind of person they are to find a country that suits them.
I've found my place in Greece. When I arrived I felt like I was coming home.
Actually, almost all the countries in Europe are doing well, which is why (I may sound like a conspiracy theorist) they want to destroy welfare, healthcare and rights.
Hi Helga. I am curious why Italy was not really for you but Greece became your new home? While I am aware that they are different enough, both are southern European (with Italy being partially non-Mediterannean and Greece being actually the Balkan country), not the most organised ones, and both tend to enjoy and celebrate life?
@@withoutshadowww in Italy gender roles are more stereotypical, social norms are tighter, there's more social pressure to conform to certain standards from my experience. Their approach towards the human being as a sexual being and as a spiritual being is very different from that in Greece, so there's a different way of treating each other. Greeks are socially more anarchic, but also more community oriented. I found Greeks to be more compassionate as people and more open about their emotions.
Another difference is that Italians are very open to new friendships, Greeks are very friendly, but it's difficult to make friends, because they are very close with their larger family and childhood friends.
In Italy I always felt like a foreigner, even though I spoke the language perfectly and was perceived as an Italian by people who didn't know me. I couldn't conform to all the social rules and the sexism. In Greece it took me far more time to learn the language and my appearance clearly tells I'm not Greek, but after 3 years I stopped feeling like a foreigner.
Well said. I don't appreciate rankings like that either. Mainly because they play countries against each other.
Whre did you live in Italy? I live in Milan and people are generally not like those you described .
5:18 this bridge is actually the Øresund Bridge that connects Copenhagen in Denmark to Malmo in Sweden. The construction cost 2.6 billion euros and was built as a symbol of unity, connecting Scandinavia to the rest of continental Europe.
Öresund! XP
#Swede annoyed that the English name uses the danish Ö...
@@ThoriberoCaroli You've got it the wrong way around. The Danish name is Øresund and the Swedish name is Öresund 😉
I'm neither Swedish nor Danish, so I don't really care.
@@kaelon9170 In Germany, we use the swede version...
@@kaelon9170 That is what (at least what I though) I said.
I am the "annoyed" Swede. (Thoribero = latin for Torbjörn)
And I wan't it to be Öresund in the English translation, because it is the Swedish name. ^^
Edit: Ah, I think I understand now. You thought that I thought "Ö" (instead of Ø) was Danish.
No, I just didn't think about finding a way to write the Ø, so instead I wrote "Danish Ö", as in "the Danish version of Ö".
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 No you use the German Ö, that just happens to be the same as the Swedish, because the swedes copied your Ö.
Allmost all countries in europe with some exceptions have free schools and healthcare, idk why he is mentioning it all the time
for the benefit of Americans who think paying $thousands for everything is normal.
but so he doesnt talk much about what makes the country special and what is unique about each country
It's a foreign concept for Americans?😉
In croatia some its not free healthcare but its very cheap medical bills, but if you want to it completely free you pay like 10 euros a month, also for me as a student its free, its like bonus healthcare
because i the USa, it seems really expensive !
Every country has pros and cons. I am Swiss and what I love the most is being centrally located in Europe. I can hop fast to France, Germany, Italy, Austria and all other countries, enjoying their culture and food. I love the whole of Europe.
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well Switzerland is a great country, but today the living cost is insane, renting, a small apartment 1 bed room is above 1k in many places, a 2 bed room you're very lucky if you find one for 1500 month, health insurance 300 bucks and up per month each person more your share if you need a doctor, in supermarket the meat price, cheese price... it's insane!
Well, is also true you can take one month salary and go 2 weeks vacation in many countries in the world.
me too!
Where is the beach!?
I visited The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Great Britain, Andorra, Monaco, Czechia and Germany, of course.
I found every country I visited as phantastic and interesting.
Im surprised Germany and the Netherlands are not in that list.
Yeah, this is a bogus list. I live in France and I don't think it's on the list and Germany and Netherlands aren't.
Im from Germany and im not suprised at all :'D
But i miss netherlands too
@@timCXVI
True, the good times of Germany are over.
I mean, it's a top list, it's inherently opinion based, and I think most European countries have things to like and dislike about them; not to mention that your opinion may vary wildly depending on which region you're talking about in particular. I don't think there's much sense to argue which is "better" than anything else, unless you set out some objective criteria first, and then we can argue about the criteria lol
Neither Italy and England 😂
I'm born and raised in the south of Norway. Wonderful summers and the winters mild, compared to the north of Norway. Lived and worked in Finland for one year and the summer was beautiful, but I found the winter much harder than in Norway. Lived and worked in Denmark for one year and had a wonderful time. As a Norwegian I didn't have a problem with the language and made lots of friends, but I think the language is hard to learn for an American. After some years back in Norway, I moved to The Netherlands where I worked and I lived...and partly still live ...for many-many years. The language wasn't too hard to learn and the people are wonderful. You never have to be bored in The Netherlands. Lots to do all over the country and the Dutch are easy going friendly people. I'm now retired, but before retirement my husband and I traveled a lot through Europe to find the 'perfect' place for us to retire. We found Crete-Greece! Bought a plot and build a house. Never regretted it! Now we have the best of Europe. A house on Crete, a small apartment in The Netherlands and a small apartment in Norway. I have the best of Europe. Lucky me!!! ☺
You describe a pretty ideal situation to my likings: A possibility to have a great mix of nature, social security, plenty of possible activities and the warm climate and great food if you want it 🙂 You lucky you 🙂
I'm French, and I agree with you, Creta (biggest Greek island) is marvelous!
@@Pakal77 Yep, so it is!
You livin on the south side, right? It's very nice, but you're on an island. For myself, I would prefare Andalucia. On the other hand, the Crete food is sooo great...
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 No,- I live on the north side. Just 10 min. by car west of Rethymnon. 🙂
I am from Spain, but have lived many years in Germany and now live in Switzerland. All countries have their pros and cons, I miss the food and weather of Spain (also the beach!!!), but in Germany and Switzerland you can have a better stability and can grow more career wise. So it is a lot less stressfull. Also, with home office, I get to work from Spain every once in a while, that's nice, specially in the summer :)
I am an expat living in Portugal. Probably the friendliest, most helpful people I have ever met. Great weather all year, low cost of living, fabulous food and no language barrier in the main, although learning portuguese is fun!
So an immigrant. You are an immigrant in Portugal.
@@HomemdaFaina Yes I live in Portugal but am not Portugues
Welcome to our country. Thank you very much for your kind words. I hope you are happy here!
@@HomemdaFaina exactly... These people call themselves Expats because immigrants "is a bad word"... Even immigration has segregation nowadays...
@@K2075-g7k this is the exact description of the word 'immigrant', it's really funny how US citizens invented new word to not associate themselves with the word immigrant ))
every country is beautiful, but in many movies about europe you rarely hear about Poland, slovakia, slovenia, bulgaria, i.e. central and eastern europe, and they are often much cheaper to live than the western part. greetings from Poland 🇵🇱
True
We had the wall for many years too.
Changes to the better take time. You had Jaruselsky, Valensa and now Your infected DUDA nationalist not sollowing the EU treaty, where women are not living below macho men with equal rights for their own bodies.
Old men shall nor decide what Yiung women(and men) do.
See it like that. The tourists plant rees here. You might have some which might wish to be coalminer for a day supporting smog.
And we do have tourists from Denmark as well as Poles having an employment rate of 0000. Its might be beacuse You are nearbye. Your old tribers such as sorbers, venders and abodrites even has plundred Denmark once or twice.
You could sell Poland better. You have good beer.
There is a reason why people from these countries travel to countries further west to work, I suppose.
Usually the ones from Central and Eastern part of Europe are still unheard of, hidden gems so to speak. And I'd say, that's a good thing, for now, as it keeps costs low. There was a huge brain drain from East to West after the 90s, but from experience in Romania, I can tell that has stopped 3-4 years ago, and has actually reversed. And not only that, foreigners are starting to relocate here as well, to some people's displeasure. I live in Romania and I work in tech and make multiple 6-figures. Life not cannot be better than this haha.
@@ahkkariq7406 Yeah, like ex-communism, etc. You think that it's that easy to build a democratic country?
I'm italian, obviously the best thing about europe is that every country is highly diversified making it perfect for different personality
Italian men are good looking.
@@fionagregory9147 You can say that a thousand times over ! :😉😃
(I live here .....)
@@fionagregory9147 It ain't necessarily so.
@@BrightSeaStar Definitely not.
Agreed. And with travel easier than ever in Europe, you can eat breakfast on one side of the Alps and be dining in a whole different world on the other side.
An expat is just a fancy way to say "immigrant" but just used by wealthy people
Expat is also temporary and career oriented
@@ed-78-50 nah, I know so many "expats" that have been here in germany for 10+ years, have a german husband/wife etc.
@@MrDjTilo Don't think there is a difference despite the ego
@@MrDjTilo Of course. But i think the earth belongs to everyone. So i can`t be an expat of the earth.
False . >An expat is someone who has left his own country. When I lived in Portugal I was an expat, not an immigrant. It means I was there with a goal : work ! an immigrant comes there with only the idea of escaping his poor country. Belgium is not poorer than Portugal , but I had a job opportunity ! It makes a HUGE difference !
Every country deserve a full video. tx for the video Ryan
Spain is great. We have our problems, but I wouldn't change it for any other place in the world.
BIG PROBLEMS. Why all the houses look like prisons with all the bars in the windows?
My wife (Korean) ask me why in Castro Marim (Portugal), there are no protections in the houses, none of the houses have alarms, they don't have bars on the windows and doors and in less than 5 minutes by car cross the border to Spain and go to Ayamonte (Spain) all the houses have alarms, bars in doors and windows, the houses in Spain look more like prisons than houses.
@@arturjcrebelo3275 That is because we have gone to old and dangerous places, because where I live and the places I have visited in Spain, most of the houses did not have bars on the windows, and the alarms are something inexpensive and useful.
@@arturjcrebelo3275 HAHAHAHA what are u saying?spain is the most beautiful country in the world, who cares about alarms or something, r u joking?
Spain has got to be the slowest country in the EU. It took weeks to buy and register a car. It took months to get residencia. For some reason it takes a long time to get an appointment basically anywhere and again a long time before it is actually your turn. Shops are closed half the time (ok I'm exaggerating but they are closed a LOT during office hours). Banks prefer to be closed rather than open OMG. The tax system is from another planet. 5 people in the country speak English. Even young people. Or they are too shy I don't know. I helped my parents to settle there but I definitely wouldn't go there for something other than a holiday sorry. I definitely wouldn't start a business there. The tax is outrageous and nobody bleeping knows the rules. It's all a very long waiting game and I don't have the patience for it. The wine is dirt cheap though and restaurants are very affordable.
@@moladiver6817 This is the most idiotic comment I have ever seen on RUclips.
And you also expect people to communicate with you in your native language.
Totally stupid
I'm English but have lived in four other European countries and visited several more. The best thing about Europe is that there are very few actual borders- like going between France and Germany for example you wouldn't even realise you're crossing an international border, there basically isn't one. It means you can often get the best of both worlds- eg live in one country with lower cost of living but work in another, or cross the border to go shopping. Basically: live in the French countryside (the cost of living in France that was mentioned in the video only really applies to the cities and tourist areas), work in Switzerland for more money, buy gas and electrical appliances in Switzerland as they're cheaper, get groceries in Germany, short drive to Italy for... well, ice cream, obviously. Their ice cream was worth the drive lol.
You can think about rejoining in the future, when the situation with fishing rights, suprantionality and the old empire is clarified 😅. I think a lot of people in the EU miss you, I certainly do! Also somehow missing is the comedian Nigel Farage in the EU Parliament. British politics is often very comedic, (kindly meant) - order 😂 Lord Buckethead. Was really cool when Britain was still partying in the club. Visited there many times and my grandparents lived and worked there for 15 or 20 years. Although if you do rejoin at some point you'll have to change something about the border. When you took the ferry across the channel, there was a visible border during the EU time and border guards who liked to search you if you grinned at the camera. And maybe you can also think about a right-hand driving order and the metric system 😅 Would make a lot of things easier - sorry 😅
@@Eurograph Don`t be sorry. I`d throw my British Passport away tomorrow in favour of our recently surrendered European Union Passport. I`d rather have both - which we essentially had until giving one away in voting to leave the European Union.
Some of us who voted for Brexit ( I`m not one of them, since I voted to `Remain` ) are waking up to the fact that we might - in theory - have stopped illegal immigration into this country ( er - I notice `boat people` are still arriving ) and denied ourselves the opportunity to have freedom to roam the European Continent.
@@Eurograph Nearly 50% of people in the UK didn't want to leave the EU and I was one of them. The British newspapers constantly lied about the EU and many people believed the lies. Because I have lived on the continent, I didn't.
I think of Europe like it's a small village. Every house/family has had arguments in the past. We have burnt our neighbour's cars and thrown dog poo over the fence for centuries. Eventually we realised that continuing this way has made EVERYONE'S house prices go down. So we decided to clean up the neighbourhood and live happily as friends. And now the UK has decided to act like a teenager and retreat to his bedroom because he doesn't always get his way. One day we will join the community again... I hope. Then you can all invite us over for drinks and a barbeque.
I really hope that everyone comes together again in the end. The EU is far from perfect and has to work hard to improve its mistakes, as well as the big crises like the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine, energy crisis, some Corona crisis aftermath, unfortunately there is a strong shift to the right across Europe that really worries me, but the idea of living closely and peacefully in friendship with each other as good neighbours, even family is so really important that I think it has to be defended more against the multiple crises! I love having the freedom to live and work where I want, no stupid border controls, or huge bureaucratic procedures with visa and co., also little things like being able to call from France with my German phone contract without paying more is great. OK, there are people and countries who think the Euro is stupid, in Germany there are even some people who want the German Mark back, but the Euro makes it possible to pay in many European countries without thinking about exchange rates or another monetary system, I think this is great! These are achievements for which I love the European idea! Also, through close relationships, you get to know each other, build deep relationships, maybe even adapt things from the other society for yourself and learn to love them. For example, my grandparents have a British red telephone box in their garden and my grandfather drinks almost exclusively PG Tips. And I myself am a fan of Earl Grey with a little milk. Now I just need to be able to buy scone and clotted cream somewhere in Germany - fortunately, British jams are available. You might also think that as a German citizen I only eat Nuremberg sausages, Frankfurters or currywurst. But I also love British breakfast sausages and my larder contains HP Original Brown Sauce, Sarson Malt Vinegar or Worcester Sauce. Lam with peppermint sauce also tastes great, fish and chip shops should be much more common in Germany and even things like haggis or porridge are great. Also what I find funny is that in Germany there are a lot of royals fans. When Charles was there recently, he was greeted more happily than the German President who was with him. Also things like ERASMUS, excursions to the UK, student exchanges, language courses, were super achievements. I hope that will come back (more) one day. But I believe that for there to be a chance of reunification, the current crises must first be overcome, stability and more well-being must return, the European states must overcome their shift to the right, which will be difficult, especially in cases like Hungary or now Italy, and we must learn to trust each other again, work together and improve the mistakes the EU has. Because everyone in Europe benefits from the European idea, even those who reject it.
@@catbevis1644 When someone tells you to vote for something in the name of the nation and freedom, they have already tricked you. This happens everywhere.
As an european wouldn't recommend countries as a whole. They are too big and every single one has some better and worse regions.
That's absolutely true
Yes, especially in France, regions can be extremely different from one another... Even different benefits, in most of France healthcare is refunded 70% but in Alsace it is 90%
To any European, it seems pretty odd that neither Germany or The Netherlands were on that list.
Both these countries are easily equal to all the countries in the list.
Germany was ok for work but the rest is very average and not very interesting, i loved the black Forest and party in Berlin club but that's all... Now it's not even good for working with the crazy energetic policy (closing nuclear while russia cut the gas, wtf !?) and price of energy almost all germans business are downgrading and futur look grim for business...
Easily better than spain or Portugal but still worse than Norway or Switzerland
@@paulr4747 Nonesense. Where did you get that? From Russia Today?
@@paulr4747 Also Russia didn't cut the gas. Germany cut it. Stop spreading misinformation.
@@Micha-qv5uf Yes they did?
I forgive you! 😂 You may not remember us, the Portuguese, but I remember you on a daily basis and watch all your videos! Great work Ryan! Greetings from Portugal! 🇵🇹
Portugal is great! The hidden gem of Europe. Greetings from Spain
As a swede, having sweden on the list, and saying its one of the most secure countrys in the world is false.
We are on the way to follow due to our asylum politic. Greetings from Germany.
You guy's still have a very safe country. I don't know the term for it, but when something does not happen often and then it happens or you read about it you will be more annoyed by it. If crime was always a normal thing, then a bit more crime would not be noticed. But your country was super safe and now it is a little less safe so to speak. Still very safe, yes even in Malmo.
As a Belgian I do take issue they didn't list Dutch as official language since 60% of us speak Dutch as primary language. Official languages are Dutch, French and German. However English is understood quite well by most of our society under the age of 60. I really dislike when I visit a website that defaults to French when we visit it for the first time.
The four co-official languages of Spain were not mentioned either. Studied at school used in politics and everyday life. A huge amount of Spaniards are minimum bilingual if not trilingual.
I am so glad The Netherlands wasn’t mentioned. Lots of people want to live in my tiny country and as a matter of fact we don’t have enough houses to accommodate them. 😅
lol, you aren't helping ;p
I had read, that there are big problems with accomodation prices and availability in Amsterdam. It is like this in other cities?
Well..... it would help a lot if old industrial and derelict residential areas were allowed to be demolished and utilised for new housing here. Instead, the Neo-Liberal Government we've had for over a decade now seems more interested in either cutting down nature reserves or just not building new housing at all.
@@Glazox_yes, Amsterdam together with the other major cities are having it the worst but overall housing prices are still ridiculous. It is getting better but slowly. If you want to live in the country side away from big cities...not so much a problem 😊.
@@Ivovify Thanks for answer
Expat is a fancy word for foreigners that don't want be called foreigners.
Yes absolutely, exceptionalism at it's best.
very well said!! or people who are immigrants but don't want to be associated with "IMMIGRANTS" hahaha😃
Expat is short for expatriate and originally means an employee who is sent out to a foreign country on a temporary basis to work for a branch office for example. This person might spend a couple years there and then return to their home country. An expat by definition isn't an immigrant because of the temporary situation. The term expat has to be the most misused word out there.
first of all, congratulations for your channel. I really enjoy your videos. Have you noticed that on this video they didn’t mentioned GERMANY? I’m glad you finally talked about Spain and Portugal. High salaries on Northern Europe is hyper estimated, quality life on south of Europe is better. Nice whether AMAZING FOOD and free education and health care. Take a look at Spain’s beaches, and cultural life. You’ll be surprised.
my friend studied nursing, and spend 1 year in Portugal in a hospital. She said, it was very nice, but she wished, that she would never be a patient there. Because of the lack of the quality..etc.
Born Danish,I have lived/worked in Greece, Portugal, UK
and I vacation ALL over.
I travel for culture, language, food, people and weather
...bc each country has a season, when it's 'the best time to visit'
and living in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are close, too
It's the best of all worlds 🌍
hello from Denmark 🌸
Hi from Portugal! 🇵🇹 I hope you don't forget about us that much, now that's been over 1 year since this video ;)
Free health care, free education at all levels and social security is really the norm in MOST of Europe. Of course, there are taxes, and some base payment for health services. Like max USD 150 - 250 a year. But the expensive stuff is free.
It depends on where you live. We have high salaries in Switzerland, but the compulsory health care and insurance cost to myself and my wife, as a retired couple, is about CHF 12,000 per year. However, once we have an appointment, waiting more than 15 mins is virtually unheard of.
@@ksmyth999 Yes, I wrote most of Europe. CHF 12K seems like VERY expensive. Is this normal?
@@janhanchenmichelsen2627 I just made a check. If you are healthy and young (say about 30), you can get basic cover for about CHF 3,000 per year. We are retired and have more illnesses than younger people. So with one or two extras, we pay about twice as much. If you are a very low earner there is a cap and if the bills are excessive you can claim against tax. But the situation is actually worse than this, since dental insurance is separate and is so expensive that most people don't bother (it's not obligatory). Also, Dental costs are very expensive in Switzerland. At the moment these costs are more than compensated for by the high pay, good benefits whether employed or not, low unemployment, the beauty and facilities of the country and the public infrastructure especially the transport system which works like clockwork. However, if the health insurance and hospital infrastructure costs continue to rise at the same rate, this will become a burning issue. One of the problems is that we are all living much too long. :)
@@janhanchenmichelsen2627 Even in Germany and Netherlands a lot of people give between 200 and 500 Euros each month for health insurance.
Free education? Who do you think pays the whole schooling infrastructure and teacher‘s wages?
They forgot to mention something important about Norway, Sweden and Finland : winters. I went once in Norway and Sweden, and they are both amazing countries in the summer, but it seems that living there in the winter is not as attractive : the days become very short (they don't exist in the north of the countries actually), and the weather is not always as beautiful as the one you see on the pictures.
Nevertheless, I would definitely recommend to visit these countries to anyone that loves nature, they are amazing.
To add to that: Winter in the Nordic countries lasts FOREVER!!!!!! People there are very much antisocial because no one speaks to no one for months of the year. Scandinavians are absurdly proud with how awkward they are. The Finns say they are one the happiest people in the world, but I don't actually think they know what that means.
Well.. we have 2 modes; no light and no darkness 😅 both will mess your body up..
@@Sayitlikitiz101 I'm from Finland and it's not about happiness, as in rainbows and butterflies, it's about being satisfied.. Happy for what we have.. safety, honesty and so on.. And our "antisocial" ways don't bother us, we like our privacy.. we finns are very used to living in Finland with other finns.. 🤷🏻♀️
Lofoten in the winter, most beautyful scenery on earth ❤
@@Armoure10 Definitely! ❤
I moved to Gran Canaria / Canary Islands that belong to Spain. I am retired and I am happy here!!
yes of course, u live in the best country in the world
@@echipuosaperlo Es de paleto estar diciendo eso.
@@jabato9779 y sigue diciendo tonterías
@@jabato9779es de paleto no saber que España es el mejor pais del mundo
Many things said in the video about one particular country are commonplace across Europe, though the cited country might be slightly better than others in the particular matter.
For instance :
- free or very cheap universal care system (you don't need to be a citizen to benefit from it and if you have low income you don't even have to pay then get refund : it's free from the start)
- free education in public schools till 16 or 18
- substantial parental leaves (weeks or months, not just days) with job security and maintained salary (or a fair portion of it)
- work/life balance with legal limitations in terms of working time and legal minimal salary so no employer can legally enslave their employees
... And a few others I might forget but it is already quite fine for the basis of any human society ;)
Eso es, todo lo contrario a EEUU, donde la salud es un negocio, no un privilegio.
I don't know why you were surprised at Spain being there. Spain is beautiful, diverse, with friendly people and wonderful cuisines from every region. It has old castles, ancient towns, majestic cathedrals and a long and fascinating history.
.. And very high unemployment. In 2020, it was at 16,2%, and a staggering 44%, for people under 25.
Which is also why the young flee the country.
@@akyhne Sadly yes. It does mean that we in Ireland have a lot of Spanish people working here, which is great.
@@euskoferre But still much higher, for the younger generation.
@@akyhne no one flees the country, spain is the most awesome country in europe and everyone goes to spain on vacation and then to live there. Spain is europe's leader in many fields and madrid has no equals in europe and is even world leader in a few things.
@@echipuosaperlo Most countries are leading in some field, that's not just a Spanish thing.
Is Madrid the most awesome city, I don't know. By what measure?
I've seen several documentaries and news reports, on how the young in Spain is fleeing the country. We have many young Spanish people, living in my country, because they could get a proper job here.
And the situation must be bad there, since I found an article, that says Spain even has a word, for those that have given up.
Nini for ni estudian, ni trabajan, which translates to something like "They neither study nor work".
There's a great tv detective series about that bridge. It's called "The Bridge". It's voiced in Swedish and Danish with English subtitles.
As with all successful series, like the bridge, the Americans made their own about a bridge. But that bridge is between Mexico and the US. Also it's a cheap ripoff.
@@amorphousalienblob The British and french also did a re-make "The tunnel" - the "bridge" being the euro-tunnel.
@@vanefreja86 yes, that's true. Forgot about that one.
Seen it. Brilliant series with great script writing, really good music, wonderful camera work and excellent acting with quite a bit of improvising. Apparently at times the actors would get a text message: 'Be at these coordinates at this time. Something will happen. React from your character's point of view.' I still have a secret crush on Saga Norén. 🥰
Finland was ranked the best country in the world.
The Czech Republic is an excellent choice. From the US I immigrated there, my ancestral homelands, more than three years ago. A net income of about 1400 US a month, median where I live, provides a nice life in the city center. Note that Prague, where I do not live, is more expensive.
Im so sad Czech is not mentioned..:)
- we have Prague
- free schools
- free hospitals
- cheap everything!
- middle in EU so it is easy to travel
- best and very cheap beer
Czech is very easy going. You can drink in public, nobody care about others, so if you are not jerk, you can smoke and plant pot with no stress.
With “western EU salary” you are like king in here. :)
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The original video is from the spring of 2021, when the Blábišfert and TuZeman gang was in power. So I can see why we're not on the list from that era.
And the food is good not like in the Netherlands! And the people are educated. There are concerts everywhere.
"We have Prague" is already earning you a top spot. Been there like 10 years ago and still wanting to visit again one day. What a beautiful city.
@@hughjazz4936 But you have to take in account it is not just Prague. CZ has got much more to offer.
What you see of Norway is the Lofoten Islands, one of the most beautiful places on earth. The bridge you remarked about in Denmark is the Øresund bridge which links Denmark to Sweden. It goes from the Copenhagen to Malmö and is nearly eight kilometers long (that's five miles).
I myself am a European living in Paris and have visited all of these places. So don't forget the additional bonus of living in Europe : All European countries are close and easy to get get to.
I been to Lofoten several times. Nothing beats it. When i travel its nature i want, dramatic ones. Austria is beautiful too, the alps and northern italy. I love mountains. Rivers. The power of nature. We buy art for millions but nature is so much prettier and priceless.
@@shar3066Norwegian here, I agree but also don’t forget Switzerland. Pretty amazing as well. 🥰 many scenic mountain areas and small villages with cute wooden houses in a certain style:) also lots of flowers on the balconies
The bridge they showed in Denmark is called Öresundsbron, connecting Sweden with Denmark(and the rest of EU). They are focusing on the very positive notes here when talking about the Nordic countrys, there are some big drawbacks too
Iceland tops many other lists. No army, police don't carry guns. Has topped all lists in safety for many years. I am 58 years. There have only been 10- deliberate murders my whole life. I know where they happened because they are so few.
Education is basically free until age of 20. The fee at the University level schools here are very low compared to the US and The UK.
You can do 6 years in Iceland to become a doctor but specialisation happens mostly abroad.
But students learning medicine pay the same fee as the ones learning English literature. The same applies to the other Nordic countries.
Students in the US and the UK are paying crazy amount for the same post graduate medicine degree.
Why not be clever with your money if you face huge ammounts in annual fees; the Nordic countries are a great option with quality education. They all have student exchange programs so you can jump out of your homeland for 1 year to try it out.
This applies to most studies; from engineering to English literature.
But there are so many lists out there. Iceland is a Nordic/Scandinavian country and has a very similar welfare state as the others.
The others being Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland, Greenland, The Faroe Islands and Åland.
Greenland is a part of Denmark but has its own home ruling parliament and members in the Danish parliament; they have dual citizenship. Same with the Faroe Islands. Both these countries are ca 50.000 in population each.
Åland is an island just of the Finnish coast. They have their own parliament but have a similar status to Finland as Greenland and The Faroes have with Denmark.
The population of all the Nordic countries/Nordic Region/Scandinavian countries is all together only ca 30 million.
In Iceland we only have 3 per square kilometer. Less in Greenland: the largest island in the world.
Look up norden.org or google 'nordic council' to go to the union of these countries called The Nordic Council or Nordic Countries.
I just checked out the site Journalists Without Borders, an independent, international network founded 1986. There they show you real statistics about safety, democracy corruption, transparency and freedom of speech.
The list might surprise you about your country.
3:03 It is a lighthouse located on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands)
Which belong to Spain! 😁
Belgium is def that wierd uncle if europe was a family
As a weird uncle from Belgium I agree
But this uncle has the best beer, fries and waffles though
More like the divorce child of France and Germany xD
And the Emo kid, Finland.. I'm such a stereotype.. 😂
@@bennymuller3379 Herr Müller! Waffles and fries... agree. But beer? Are you from Cologne?
Noticed that so many amazing countries, such as the UK, Germany, Greece, Italy ... didn't even make it into the top 10 ?.
Tough competition.
You should really grab a bag and spend months visiting Europe, it would really open horizons. Greetings from lovely Lisbon, Portugal. You'd be amazed at how many people are moving here. We also speak 2 or 3 languages on average.
Norway is on my bucket list, and those Fjords...absolutely beautiful.
In my country we have counties and places so beautiful and picturesque which must be put in tourists postcards. Locals say: "There is nothing but beautiful here. We have no jobs, no schools, no accessible health care but it is beautiful here."
Norway is stunning, unbelievable, gorgeous, .........but I would not live there because of the weather and dark winters.h
Cost for full time daycare where I live in Sweden:
Child 1 - 3% of gross income - Max $ 148
Child 2 - 2% of gross income - Max $ 91
Child 3 - 1% of gross income - Max $ 45
Child 4 - No charge
The tax is low in US, but you have to pay for so many thing that is free or almost free in Sweden. We got something for the tax we pay.
I love that it is based on income. Same with the charges for speeding in some Scandinavian countries. Seems way more fair
$ 148 per month?? In Switzerland ONE DAY of daycare costs that much
@@bennymuller3379 No, thats not correct. No Scandinavian country (Sweden, Norway and Denmark) have charges for speeding based on income. Finland has, but Finland is not part of Scandinavia.
Daycare in the US is insane. When they say that it's "heavily subsidezed" in Denmark (and the rest of scandinavia), they really mean it. In Stockholm you pay a maximum of 150 USD (roughly) per child/month to have them at daycare full time, every day. And the staff is great, many have university degrees in child development and learning.
Can confirm, we paid 80 usd / month and one of the staff was amazing - important to note (while it should be obvious) that not all daycares are equal in terms of quality and it's always worth doing research / visiting them to get a feel if you want to have your child cared for there.
Oh wow, here in Norway its arround 320 USD. Which is still heavily subsidied. If you have several kids going there you pay less.
Daycare in Switzerland (Zürich) is ~ 100 franks (140 US$) per day. Having two kids is ~ 6000 US$ per month or 72.000 US$ per year.
@@OutOffMedia really? I thought Switzerland was better sorted than that. That’s a shame. I guess kids are more home then.
@@Miamia_01 That's why there are so many people housewifes or househousbands comparing to the rest of Europe.
The bridge you saw is the Oresund Bridge which links Denmark and Sweden. It's 5 miles long, has a road and railway, and ends on a man-made island where the road and rail dive underground into a tunnel which completes the 2.5 miles under the sea to Sweden. It cost 2.6 Billion Euros (US$2.85B) and took 4 years to build (1995-1999). It's a beautiful design, and is clearly visible if you fly over it en -route between Europe and Asia!
the building at 3:06 is a lighthouse of the canary islands, it's on La Punta del Hidalgo, it's kinda weird to see a place close to where i live
Spain or uk or many places, even if you are just a tourist, healthcare if free or subsidised.
Norway is amazing. The Fjords are spectacular, but the one thing they did not say is that you can go to University to learn about building tunnels. When you're in a tunnel and there are roundabouts, mental. With a population of only 5 million...
Thanks God our weather is crap most of the year. Otherwise we would have been 50 millions, and the country would have been totally destroyed.
An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their native country.
In common usage, the term often refers to educated professionals, skilled workers, or artists taking positions outside their home country, either independently or sent abroad by their employers.
Expatriate means that your job force you to move to another country (so you're "expatriate"). So if you're american et has to live in Finland for your american company, you're an expat. (opposed to immigrate you chose to live and work in another country than their native country). But today, people use that term as an fancy way to say immigrate.
Crims', retirees............so many..........
Expat is term used by people who have immigrated to another country but don't like immigrants (usually, think that they are better).
For free medical care, I am originally from Belgium. I recently went to the ER for a ruptured Achilles tendon during a volleyball tournament. I was plastered. I didn't pay anything when I came out of the ER the first time.
I will have to have surgery in a few days.
In total for : an operation + having been admitted to the emergency room + being in plaster + crutches + home nurse + purchase of drugs = 25€.
I can't even imagine the cost if I had lived in the USA.
The features of Spain & Potugal were probably taken randomly while they waited for the sun in Ireland, Finland & Sweden to take some nice pictures, I presume.
From Ireland, video should probably point out our current housing crisis and if want to rent you're gonna have to pay a small fortune to live anywhere in a city
My sister lives near Kenmare, County Kerry, and house prices there have rocketed. Small, half derelict cottages going up for auction at 150,000 euros are reaching 500,000 euros. Crazy.
@@stevegray1308 it’s nuts isn’t it. So glad I bought in Dublin in 1995! Otherwise I’d probably have to commute 100 miles a day!
thanks for saying this as it appears to be a fact that went over the head of the original video and some of the commenters here, also for what its worth its true in many other places in Europe from Spain, Netherlands and UK
How was Belgium on the list, but the Netherlands wasn't, I am confused...
Also germany should've also been on there
They also put France so you should be even more pissed off !
Oh, the grapes are sour 😂😂😂 greetings neighbor 😊🇧🇪
@@annnoelanders3514 Nah, 't is wel goed dat NL van dit soort lijstjes wordt gelaten, minder druk hiero met "expats".
Arme* bevolking van Brussel... 😢
Aan de ene kant; half Antwerpen is al vergeven van den domme 'ollanders, alhoewel je ook zou kunnen stellen dat dat simpelweg terugkeer is na enige eeuwen. ;-)
Liefs & groetjes terug zuiderbuurtje.
* Serieus, als je door Brussel loopt is het grappig om te tellen hoeveel talen je kan herkennen.
When it comes to the victims of firearms, the difference between Europe and Sweden is even greater. In the EU, an average of 1.6 people per million people die from gunshot wounds - in Sweden the figure is four, almost three times as many,” Bild writes.
While murders have been steadily falling in other European countries, in Sweden they are rising.
And the sad part is how tiny that number still is compared to murica
What's important to note is that like 95% of these are gang related and don't affect civilians. I like to call it self-sanitation.
That's what i said, why did video say it's one of the safest, i literally laughed lol
Well, most "fellow" Swedes have voted to take in rapefugees for decades. There were less gun crimes before we had any gun control at all (pre 1927) but almost no immigrants from outside of Europe...
Guess why the gun crime is rising in Sweden.
Im from Switzerland and all i can say is that IT IS expensive, even for the People who live here.
You have to work more hours per month than other European Countrys.
Child Care is freakin expensive, i pay 2000 CHF for 4 days per week.
Health Care is expensive too, for normal people its like 300 CHF per Month and if you go to the Doctor you still have to pay it yourself.
The high salary is only a pro if you go to other Countrys.
The Nature is very nice thats true.
Also in Finland the education is free up to high school. And When I mean free, the school books are free, meals are free. In university there is no tuition, so the education is free but you have to pay for the meals and for the books. But universiity students get 50% of their living expenses, housing, food, utilities free and they get government backed load for hte the other 50%. The meals at school are really really good and really cheap, like 3 € a meal (when I was in unit it was like (1,76€ a meal). You rack about 10k € debt a year from the student loan. IT is at low interest rate and and I think there is like no interest for first 3 years after you graduate or quit. The student loan is an inconvenience, it crapms your lifestyle for few years once you graduate, but not a huge issue.
Most people get summer or part time jobs after 1-2 years so they would not need to take the loan after first year or two.
Yes, if you move to Spain you have free health care. Homeless people have free health care. Low income people have free health care. Meds are ridiculously cheap too.
And not only am I talking about ER, but any kind of specialty included is free (except non-necessari plastic surgery).
Add: Those cars are taxis, it’s Barcelona and some streets have taxi stops (in the centre mostly) so you don’t have to wait for one.
Of course nothing is free. But yes, let's just pretend it is.
@@Euxiphipops77 Se paga de los impuestos, pero cuando decimos gratis, es porque si un ciudadano no ha cotizado, se le atiende igual, si no tiene recurso la asistencia es igual y los medicamentos se los da gratuitamente, no se deja morir a un ciudadano por no poder pagarlo, cosa que no pasa en otros países, que también pagan impuestos,
@@marimari7276 So it is not free and it is not government's or the country's money. All that comes from people paying taxes. Thank you for agreeing with me on that.
@@Euxiphipops77 You goddamn Americans always bring up taxes! Americans pay taxes, what do you get for them? Here in Portugal there is no paper work, everything is covered, no insurance company saying they won't pay for it, also we don't get astronomical bills sent to our homes afterwards.
@@Euxiphipops77 you really came here to try and make me sound dumb over a word? “Free”. I know where the money comes, free is a word I chose to use to further accentuate the difference between Spanish medical care from the USA. Of course we pay taxes, and even if our taxes still don’t take different incomes as variables, last I heard neither do over there. And still, I don’t believe we pay more taxes than an average states resident.
That’s why I chose the word “free” even if it comes from our taxes, because with not much different between the two countries, we still don’t let people pass away from a treatable illness. We don’t need fundraisers for treatable illnesses. If someone does not work they still get medical care. A homeless person still gets medical care.
My point still stands. Do you need me to specify anything else, further help, or can you get the general idea now?
As a Norwegian I would disagree. Not much to see here compared to France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, all the East European countries and the Balkans IMO. That is except for if you like hiking and the great outdoors, weather permitting. Sorry
As a Finn I would much rather live in any of the nordic countries than others but I do like to spend vacation on southern Europe.
@@or4n Agree with you there 100%
The only thing those countries have on Norway is food and climate.
@@coreosad2261 Culture, art, history, architecture...?
I`ve not been to many countries ( and am English and live in England. I`ve been to France, ( Wales and Scotland if we count them as seperate from the UK )), Italy, Spain, Belgium, lived in the Republic of Ireland ( and Wales, in fact ), The United States of America and Mexico ( Mexico City ). The one I enjoyed most was Spain, not far behind came Italy. Their Festivals, in Spain, deserve the reputation they have throughout the world.
Many of us Britons have been retiring to Spain for decades. The heating bills are going to be far cheaper there than here. But we can no longer do this ( unless we have a million Euros to invest in the country ) on the grounds that we chose to leave the European Union.
Probably the most beautiful countries I`ve seen are EIRE ( Republic of Ireland ) and Wales. Best seen between late Spring and mid Summer - though Autumn too can be very beautiful.
Para ser un país hermoso debe producir variedad de alimentos , como frutas hortalizas, cereales, legumbres, vinos, ganadería, lácteos, quesos, embutidos, aceite de oliva, pesca , marisco, conservas, caza mayor y menor. GASTRONOMÍA. Eso lo tiene ESPAÑA y Portugal, Italia, Francia y Grecia.los países Mediterráneos.
Los bosques del Norte sólo tienen pinos,Abetos, salmón, bacalao, coles y bayas y osos y lobos. Y mucho frio.😅 ❤
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You obviously don’t know what you’re talking about when it comes to the Nordic countries lol
Btw I’m a dairy farmer in Norway (in the beautiful mountains)
@@lillm6874 Hola, he estudiado geografía y conozco que los países nórdicos son bellos, hermosas montañas, hermosos bosques y hermosos paisajes y hermoso frío🥶. Esa es la verdad.🤗♥️😄🇪🇦🌞⛰️🏖️☘️🌻🌳🏵️💮🌸🪷🌷🏄🚣🏊🤽🐎🐎🐎🐄🐄🐄 🐏🐏🐑🐑🐐🐐🍓🍒🍎🍉🍑🍊🥭🍍🍌🍋🌶️🍏🍐🥝🫒🫐🍇🍅🌶️🥕🍠🧅🌽🥦🥬🥬🥑🥑🫘🥔🧄🥜🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🐞🐞🐞🐞🐝🐝🐝🐝👋👋👋
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You said the northern forests only have pines (not true), and that we only have fish, cabbage, berries, bears and wolves (also not true)
We have livestock, dairy products, cheese, sausages, vegetables, fruits and many other things.
I’ve been in almost all countries in Europe, and our milk is the best.
We also have almost none antibiotics in meat and dairy products, but in many countries there are a lot of antibiotics in meat and dairy products.
Yes, in the winter it can be cold, depending on where you live. On the south and west coast it’s very mild in winter, and it snows only a few times but it disappears the next day.
It’s raining a lot on the west coast though.
I live high up in the mountains, so we have snow from about late November, and it’s gone in late April/beginning of May. It’s not that cold even here in the mountains, this winter the temperature was about -3 til -18 degrees, but mostly around -10 which is the perfect temperature In wintertime 👍
In the summer we have a lot hot weather in the southern Norway. Last year we had a very very dry summer with temperatures from 20 - 32 degrees
And it’s so amazing in the summer when the sun is up almost all night😍
When it comes to bears and wolves we don’t have many, and they live in specific places.
We have about 160 bears
And we have about 125 wolves where 51 - 52 lives in Norway, and the rest moves between Norway and Sweden.
I’m sure there’s more wolves in France, Italy….😉
I love Italy very much, have been there at least 10 times, and there are many beautiful countries in Europe, but I would never want to live in another country than Norway.
I have the most beautiful views, and it makes me happy all seasons 👍😍😍
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In Spain there’s about 2000 wolves 😉🥰
Love Spain too btw💕
Denmark is known for having high paxes, but that's because it all goes into paying for all the services we enjoy. I never have to worry about not being able to go to the hospital, cuz it's paid for through taxes, as does everyone else, so we are helping each other get the service they need for free.
Funny how we Danes always glorify our system when speaking to especially Americans, but constantly complain amongst ourselves how everything from healthcare, elder care, child care and schools are at the brink of falling apart.
The bridge - about 3.2 billion USD. Also the ONLY road you have to pay to drive over in all of Denmark - the rest of roads are free to drive.
Anyone should consider which language they speak well when immigrating. If you immigrate to France, you should speak French well. The same is true with any other nation, because it is wrong to assume that you can handle all situations if you only know English. This is especially true when dealing with authorities, police or doctors (aka hospitals).
If you immigrate to Ireland or the UK, you will have no problem with English.
If you can get a job in Switzerland with a technical organization, you can get away with only knowing English for a while. You will eventually have to learn the local language, Swiss German (different from high German), French or Italian. If you do live in the Reto Romanisch regions, most people there are also fluent in Swiss German.
I will not be expecting immigrants to speak finnish.. they will do just fine with english here..
If a Finnish service worker would have a French attitude towards paying customers every Finn would consider him/her an a**hole. (But don't expect "the customer is the king" attitude from them either.) If there's a language that you really can expect to be usable in Finland, it's first and foremost English (because some ethnic shops don't actually have Finnish-speaking staff, especially on the capital area). After that Finnish (well, spoken almost everywhere), and far beyond these two, Swedish.
It may be true that not learning a word of Finnish on a longer stay would be bad manners and somewhat marginalise one especially regarding job prospects (but not really on the top end!), but at the same time I have to state that I know people who have moved to Finland decades ago, or even born here and still speak practically solely English because it's widely accepted especially on the capital area. If anything, Finns are overly eager to switch the language on social occasions if they feel forcing others to speak Finnish would embarrass them.
Of course if you actually want to get a citizenship you have to show a bit more effort, but that's a different question. Many pass the citizenship test but if they have strong English skills may continue interacting with others in English indefinitely and frankly not many Finns (at least on capital area) are particularly offended.
The northern countries have a very long wintertime, its dark there half the year, so lots of people are depressed, not all are happy.
Half of the year is darkness, but the other half is all light.. it takes a lot from the body and mind.. it's not for everyone, that's for sure..
there lives the Stark family...
Let them have a first hand the beautiful experience of endless winter and the joys of antidepressants😁
it's not dark half the year, that's a huge exaggeration, and when living here you are used to the winters and look forward to each season. The happiness here isn't because of weather or climate, but the safety, social equality, opportunities and so on. When you don't have to worry about being fired and losing your health insurance tied to a job, that makes people happy and content.
@@peacefulminimalist2028 exactly 👍
Norway number one does make sense ONLY if you are okay living with northpole temperatures all year, 3 months of sun without nights and viceversa in the winter season plus very difficult social interactions due to the extremely spare distribution of population, we are talking about a mostly empty country with the population of just one big city. People do not tend to be very social too, which doesn’t help it.
You can’t leave these aspects out of the conversation when making a chart, this feels like an AI pick for places to live, not a human one.
Norway is pretty big, actually 76% the size of Spain. And it's only the very top of the country, that lies above the arctic circle (36%). Very few people live there.
Summer temperatures can vary from place to place, and it's not uncommon I hear they have a heatwave in Southern Norway, with +30°C. I wouldn't call that cold.
If you take Spain inland, the weather is actually much like southern Norway, although it's thousands of kilometers further south.
Btw., just checked the weather for Oslo on this May the 14th at 3pm.
Sunny, 22°C or 71,6° F.
Not exactly northpole temperatures.
@@akyhneNo It is not, I am from Valladolid and It is like Norway maybe one or Teo weeks per year, O lived in Norway for 6 years and the climate is horrible.
I can actually how you're starting to contenplate moving to Europe. We'd love to have you here 🤗
The underlying video is not good. It starts with the weird claim that the languages of Belgium are French, German and English. That's nonsense. The only countries in Europe where English is an official language are the UK (with associated microstates), Ireland and Malta. Half of Belgium speaks French, the other half speaks Flemish (basically a dialect of Dutch), and only a tiny part speaks German. They learn English in school, though. The choice of highlighted facts for each country seems almost random. For example, mentioning for some countries that the state schools are free is just bonkers. I don't know any European country where that is not the case.
I am from Switzerland and I must say that, yes insurances can't gain money for the basic health insurance (gain with other insurances) but Pharma industry has not this rule and is gaining a loooooot on this low by making higher prices for all products that basic health insurances always pay
It's impossible for everything to be non-profit. Especially for fields like as Pharmacy. Those need the extra money to be able to grow and do better, not to mention that they have people working there who need to be paid.
In Europe, it's common for people to get six weeks or more of paid vacation. I'm American, and I haven't had paid vacation for decades. When my daughter was in college, she studied abroad in Prague. The only shootings she heard about the whole time she was there took place in the US. There were none in Europe.
Six weeks of paid holiday for a middle-aged person working for some employers, one or two weeks for others, not a single day for small business owners (we can't afford to go inactive for such a long time). Incidentally, my husband and I own a small family firm.
6 weeks is crazy, haven't really seen that in Europe, the norm is like 4-5 I'm pretty sure
The bridge around 5:20 was the Oresund Bridge if I'm not mistaken, it connects Denmark to Sweden
Ok as a Swiss I have to say this about our insurance: the service is usually very good BUT they are very expensive and don't always cover everything so you still sometimes have to pay a lot of money out of pocket. It's basically like the US but but less extreme like better service and lower costs but still way too expensive. Also, it's not universal healthcare like in other countries, it's mandatory private insurance. You can chose which insurance company you like you have to be insured.
Oh and insurance companies here are DEFINITELY for profit since they are private companies, the dude in the video didn't do his research correctly.
As a Norwegian I love watching people react to our country making it to the top of these lists almost as much as I love living in this country. Yes, I know... But it's great because it's true...
Interesting though, is the fact many, perhaps most, Norwegians don't appreciate what we have before they turn 30 or even 40 years old. When I grew up I wanted to move to America, but then I grew up...
Can you elaborate on that? I‘m curious!
@@Schnittwin The not appreciating part? Well, it's very easy to take what you have for granted, and when you're 7, 14, 18 og even 25 years old you probably don't reflect so much on how free healthcare and education and all the other benifits of living here affects your quality of life.
We do however see the pros of living in the States through movies, TV-shows, and social media, and it looks grand...
I still want to go there, but I would not ever consider bringing my family over permanentmy.
USA preserves that spirit of adventure, free market, no healthcare, guns and fast-food is something for young and crazy to try )) But I agree with you, the older I get, the more I want to stay in 'boring' Europe
@@vadym8713 They mean the mind to get fat, sick and shot so you go into debt to get cured, while losing your job because of it, because companies can hire and fire however they want because of FREEDOM. And for what? To buy one day a car so you can move to the clean and tidy suburbs, so you can spend 20% of your day on a traffic jam. And if your "crazy adventure" would involve getting the citizenship, then you'll pay the government for that madness tax, even if you move out.
And especially if you got no qualification that has a good chance getting you a well payed job, e.g. in IT, then the chance is high, that you'll ruin yourself and settle for a low standard life, because education costs as well! So if everything works out well, you are fine. But if anything goes wrong (and chances for that are higher there than in Europe), then you are just screwed.
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The only problem is that when we get old enough to appreciate the country, our bodies begin to crack in the joints and long for warmth. Good thing we have warm houses and enough firewood to compensate.
5:20 the Öresund bridge was completed in 2000, sweden and denmark had a huge celebration of its opening, connecting our countries by land for the first time since Denmark owned Scania in the 1300s ish (the southern tip of sweden).Its 15,9 km long ( 9.8 miles) It literally connects denmark to sweden. so yeah thats how big it is.
To be honest, there are almost no bad countries in Europe! There could have been added many more! Just because they weren't on the list, doesn't meant they aren't amazing!
Best comment here.
Quite this. Living in Europe, i do not even see me getting out of this continent anytime soon.
In Norway it cost a maximum of about $300 per month to have 1 child there 5 days per week. For child number 2, you get a 30% discount, and child 3 and more will get free.
You also get 12 month paid leave from work when you give birth, and the paretns can split this time evenly if they want. Hospital stay, ambulance and any specialist care is free, but you pay a modest sum of about $30 when you visit your regular doctor.There's also a maximum here if you need to visit the doctor a lot during a year, so after a set number, the rest of the visits will be free. Same thing with medication. You don't pay for cancer treatments and the like.
Education is free, even university degrees. There are private schools though which may charge student fees.
50% of the workforce earn a monthly wages between $2800 and $4800 with $2800 being the average minimum wages. A standard workweek is 37.5 hours, and most people start work either 7 or 8 in the morning, and finish between 3 and 4 pm. Lunch is usually 30 minutes, and it's not paid for, meaning you stay at work for 8 hours, and get paid for 7.5 hours.
You also get about 5 weeks of holiday, plus up to 10 public holidays.
Police normally doesn't carry a gun on their body, but they have access to guns in their cars for certain situations. They are trained for 3 years before they get a license to operate as police officers. If you break the law, then normally the maximum penalty is 21 years, and if you do multiple crimes, the penalty doesn't add up per case, but are viewed more holistically. Certain dangerous individuals can get a special "detaining" sentence, which basically means they can get 21 years in prison, but won't be released if they are still considered a danger to the public at the time. and they can review their status every other years after that.
Most Norwegians speak fluent English as well, but some of the older members of the population may struggle more with English than the younger ones.
Wow great analysis it’s advisable to move and work over there as an immigrant sir
Nowadays, the weather in the North of Europe - (Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark) isn't having the heat they have in southern countries. Many people move here from there because of it. Heavy wildfires also 'flourish' there.
Hola, soy española, de las islas Canarias, lo que no te han dicho, es que en el resto de los países europeos, excepto los que dan al Mediterráneo, son países muy fríos, no puedes hacer la misma actividad social que puedes hacer por ejemplo, en España, España es el único país de Europa multicultural, tiene asistencia sanitaria gratuita, donde yo vivo el transporte es gratuito 😊, la gastronomía es la mejor del mundo y la más sana, dieta mediterránea, unos paisajes único, es el único país de Europa, que tiene el mar mediterráneo, el mar Cantábrico y el océano atlántico, esto quiere decir, que tiene un clima variado y único, las islas canarias, están en el océano atlántico y tiene microclimas 😅. Algo muy importante para todos los europeos, en los colegios no existe detector de armas, porque aquí no existen las armas para los ciudadanos, la seguridad es muy importante para nosotros, nuestros niños viven felices, están seguros, los niños comienzan en la escuela con tres años y puedes elegir el colegio que quieras, no importa donde vivas y es gratuito, el transporte escolar, también es gratuito, en los comedores, los niños tienen una dieta saludable y equilibrada, se prohíbe los alimentos insanos, por ejemplo: bollería, golosinas etc, en cada comida tiene una pieza de fruta, si algún niño tiene alergias o problemas de salud, se le hace un menú adaptado a las necesidades del niño ( el comedor tiene un coste, pero es bajo, luego si la familia no tiene recursos, es gratuito), en España los niños con discapacidad física, no se excluyen, van al mismo centro que el resto de los niños y se les educas de igual a igual, tienen profesores preparados para casos especiales, no hay discriminación, todo siempre gratuito.
La islas de Canaries es superbuen! Yo viajar Tenerife en el inferno y visitar Loro parque.
Mi espanol es no bien y no goggle translate! Soy Suecia.
Esta hablando de europa, las canarias estan en África
@@Alibaba-dl4oxestán en el Atlántico y son España.
I stopped reading at “mejor gastronomia del mundo”. Virtually nobody in the world except Spanish people would say so.
@@francesco7305That's the same in other european countries.
They missed out on one thing in Sweden which is particularly insane from an American POV. Parental leave. Every child you have gives the parents 480 working days off, of which you can transfer them freely between the parents, except 90 which is reserved. 390 of these days are paid with 80% of your salary (yes, there is a cap), and 90 are paid about 18€/$ per day. YES, YOU GET MORE THAN A YEAR OF PARENTAL LEAVE! 96 weeks, if you take 5 days/week.
We have more or less "free" health care (paid by taxes, so it isn't free) within the European Union, and most of Western Europe. Eastern Europe is also catching up. You might pay more for services in the US, but we are heavily taxed, especially in the Scandinavian countries. I'm a Swede, and we pay 50-55 % in taxes. The welfare is starting to break down, because we've taken in 2 million people in 20 years, which has put a lot of strain on our systems. Criminality is going up, gangs and gun crime in the bigger cities, but everywhere you go you find unemployed migrants, some illegal. I love Sweden, but I'd prefer Norway and Switzerland for safety and natural beauty. I love Italy, France, Spain and Portugal for the weather and food and culture.
It's impossible to say which country is best. But the verity of different languages, cultures, foods, climate, and so on offers something great to everyone regardless of interests and wishes. In my mind, Europe is the best place to live...🌍 ❤
I agree 100%, Europe is unique and the best place for the reasons you mentioned. Btw, I like Swedish people a lot: you are always polite, balanced, not chauvinistic in your comments, respectful and have a smart sense of humor. As a Spaniard I like your Don Quijote nick.
Do not expect everyone to speak English. I have studied 6 European languages.
Damn, as someone living in the Netherlands I feel slightly offended that Belgium was on the list but the Netherlands wasn't 😂 But to be fair, Europe has many nice countries, so fair play!
The ranking depends on the sources, but in practice, almost all the top countries in the world are European nations.
I would think for an expat the Netherlands would be a lot more easy to move to than Belgium, as Belgium is a very complicated country. Also we have a functioning central government that is quite effective compared to most other countries. Belgium does have more interesting food and culture though but no cities there are even close to Amsterdam imo
@@itsmederek1 I like Bruxelles more than Amsterdam.
Don't worry, this is an American ranking and we all know how familiar Americans are with other countries... ;)
Wow! Do I feel a complex of superiority vis-a-vis Belgium here? I would also pick Belgium over the NL in a heartbeat, I visited the NL in 2019 and it was a horror show, my boyfriend got into a fight with a bunch of drunk and homophobic Brit as*holes and he would have gotten in troubles with Dutch cops if a local Moroccan lady who witnessed it all didn't speak up for us. Amsterdam was weird, noisy and crowded, it felt unsafe. No such issues in Belgium. And no drunk Brits and Germans.
I am a Brit who left the UK many years ago. I have lived in Belgium for the last 20 years after spending time in The Netherlands and Germany. Belgium is a multi lingual country and English is spoke in most major cities. I live in Brussels and love it here. Food and beer are fantastic, people are friendly, many xpats live in Belgium and you have the beautiful cities of Bruges, Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp. Healthcare is excellent and inexpensive, schooling is high quality and lots of companies offer crèche facilities (paying 1000 dollars a month for childcare is a joke) Also l being the centre of Europe you can easily drive to France, Germany and The Netherlands. Plus, we have high speed trains to Paris and Amsterdam which take 1.5 hours. My life here has been excellent, of course there are negatives like most countries but these are few compared to the positives. How could you forget about Portugal? It is beautiful, cheap and the people are the friendliest I have ever met. Also, Finland may look after its children but it also has the highest suicide rate in Europe….which is bizarre.
Paul, actually not anymore - the amount of suicides is just half what it was in Finland during the 90´s, 747 people in 2021 which is the latest confirmed information on the cause of death , but not the highest rate in EU anymore. Still too high and there is a lot to do.
Can´t find yet any new reliable statistics from EU but in 2019 even Belgium had higher suicide rate than Finland.
It's the darkness. People underestimate how far north it is. Same distance from the north pole in Canada and all you have is frozen wasteland. Take your Vitamin D guys.
As a Portuguese that has lived in Brussels for 6 years, i truly appreciated your comment.
If people say germans are like coconuts I don't know how to call scandinavien people, We have a house in Oslo and it's so hard to make friends and in Finnland and Sweden it's even harder.
in Finland, affordable day care is a basic right by law, subsidized by the state. Free for the families in the lowest income group.
How do you define "best"? Income levels? Climate? Cultural attractions? Political Freedom? It all depends. I think that most people would agree that France would be high on the list, and Belarus low on the list. I lived in Europe for 15 years (I am American) and right now, my list would include, in no particular order, Spain, Portugal, The U.K. , Slovenia, France, The Netherlands, The Czech Republic, Italy, Austria, and Malta.
about Switzerland: the health insurance part is tricky and the "non profit" part is questionable at best...
it's the system that is the closest to how it work in the US, I believe, but a very big difference is that there are rules about each step of healthcare (doctor, hospital and drugs costs) and that they're enforced by the state.
The salaries depend on the skills you come with. Also, to work there you need something like the US green card that imply an employer sponsorship for your 1st job.
Very strange ranking. Where is Austria, Germany or Netherland? I live in Slovakia, which is beautiful and slowly catching up with western countries. I have traveled almost the entire EU, but countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland are incredibly expensive, not only for tourists, but also for their own residents.
Yes, I would add those instead of France, Spain and a third.
Very beautiful images, all filmed in summer. Go to Finland, Sweden or Norway in winter.
Check Slovenia, especially the nature and special (hidden) gems
omg the bohinj region is stunning
@@uinsel have you been there? 😊🥰
As for health insurance in Switzerland, which is supposed to be non-profit, it's more complicated than that. Health insurers are private for-profit companies, but they are legally prohibited from making a profit on compulsory health insurance. Except that Swiss financiers aren't going to be taught how to disguise accounting. In reality, compulsory insurance costs about the same in the USA as in Switzerland, and generally speaking, it works the same way. The only thing that changes is that compulsory insurance benefits are defined by law, and there is state supervision to ensure that the benefits are actually provided.
He is correct about Belgium. I had a friend, we lost track of each other, but he hid out on freighter from Tansinaia where when found was dropped in Belgium. The crew gave him $200 and he hid out in Belgium till he found out he didn't need to. He was given assessment tests for employment. They paid for his apprentice program, found him an apartment, medical and gave him an immigrant visa. When he passed his apprentice program got him a job. At the end of 1 year he was granted Citizenship. And Lifetime Medical that was good in any county in Europe. In Portugal the cost is $1200-1500 to live comfortably. This includes rent, food, medical, and entertainment. Ireland has 60 different Immigration Visas, the cost of living is $1500-1750 per month. Spain is in between those. The reason the costs vary is dependant on where you choose to live within those countries. By the way Oxford is Free the only requirement to entrance are the exams. Norway is one of the costlier but it's not bad $2000 to $2500. Oh yeah, the level of Medical Quality in Portugal is UN rated the US is rated 47th just to give you an idea. Hell Ecuador is also a reasonable place many ExPats live there. Their Medical rating is 25th and their Doctors etc are trained in Spain as they have reciprocal Visa Agreements thus many Ecuadorians move to Spain for Higher Education then many return. Germany and the Netherlands are more expensive but doable. Needed incomes are around $2800-3500 per month. And if course their Medical is higher than 12.
yeah... thats one of the big drawbacks of the EU, too many immigrants are let in. My country has a house shortage of 380.000 houses but they still let immigrants in and they even get priority over homes. Wish they just deported them instead
Norway is amazing. One HUGE nature park.
Norway is absolutely lovely AND, it's the most expensive place to live in and, to visit!!
I love living in Norway, and that we have four seasons 😍
And if you have a kid under 3 years that doesn’t go to daycare, you get paid about 700 US dollars per month from the state👍
ex is latin and means out of and patria is fathers land or home land so an expat is someone living out of his country
i've been watching tons of your videos in a row, very good content ! i'm french and have visited a dozen US states, i' know y'all ain't like in the "americans know nothing" videos, you yourself are the proof americans ain't all dumb lol ! anyways you should definitely do a europe tour if you get the chance, especially my French region of Provence of course (i'll let you google the area since you're curious of things) :)
02:10 "Trains are about to crash, oh no!"
Yes, I know it was said jokingly, but what struck me is that he noticed it at all. In Belgium (and Europe in general) we're so used to trains(*) that we wouldn't even notice things like this. Like we would see a video of two cars approaching an intersection and saying: "oh no, these cars are about to crash" 🙂
(*) 50 years ago, in the early '70s Belgium had the most dense railway system in the world. Today it still has 118 m of track per square km, which is only 4 m less than the Czech Republic, which now leads the list
Norway truly is beatifull! I was there on holdiay last month, and actually drove over that bridge you see at the end!
I think is very natural and beautiful landscapes. But Italy, Spain, France,Austria….are another world, there culture and history is so rich, that you can not compare.