COMPARED! Living in Slovakia vs the Czech Republic vs USA
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2020
- Living in Slovakia vs the Czech Republic vs the United States (similarities and differences. Slovakia souvenirs: amzn.to/32hdWgV (affiliate link). Czech Republic souvenirs: amzn.to/30ede1m United States souvenirs: amzn.to/2Ov4fTK
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A U.S. American's view on living in Czech Republic and Slovakia (Czech/Slovak food, culture, lifestyle, etc.)
Comment below things you love about living in the Czech Republic or Slovakia!
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Kofola is a full time love...
No.
@@NS-xt5wv sorry I wanted to say -
Kofola is a full time love for czechs and slovaks
@@ylcatas7329 thanks for the correction, in 10 years I haven’t gotten used to it 🤣
Když ji miluješ není co řešit:)
Amen
It's funny how czechs and slovaks are always fighting like siblings and compere with each other, meanwhile everyone else is just like "They're all the same"
Would you say that the Russians and the Ukrainians are the same?
lmao, true
@@annaenenajor2748 no, but i would say czechs and slovaks are siblings.
because we are siblings
@@theoteddy9665 Perhaps more like distant cousins than siblings.
It's funny how americans are in love with all these castles and historic stuff in Europe. It always fascinates me, cause you can imagine how fed up I am with all these things😂😂
Dude I legit know the location and name of every Euroupean country by heart but can't find the location and remember the name of every US state
Definitely one of those Americans but I love history in general... I have the advantage of a czech girlfriend but she gets lost in her home city so I have to explore lol
@@raidiar2021 same, I am lost in the states at map😄
Could be because people tend to enjoy more the things they don't have back home. I mean it's not that I don't like our castles and other things but I really liked the nature and the overall landscape and vibe of North America and Australia as well. Except for the big cities 😅
@@DashSVK of course, that has to be amazing, all that nature they have. I am not into big cities either. If I would go to USA, I would definitely go to see Grand Canyon instead of NYC...
Watching an American speaking so fondly about my countries of Slovakia and the Czech republic melta my heart ❤️ you are always welcome 🇸🇰🇨🇿.
Side note: the second biggest difference between the two countries is alcohol consumption: in the Czech republic, beer is the most popular, in Slovakia it’s spirits :)
Ano, slivovice nebo...palinka.
Slovakia and Czechia are beautiful countries, but they are corrupted af. Politicians are corrupted and they are stealing money from country.
Your pronunciation of the Slovak/Czech words that you use are on point 👏🏻!
the námestí/námestie was kinda off tho xd
Dit tam žil
I watched this video as Slovak.
It felt good
Niekedy zábúdame že to čo berieme ako obyčajné môže byt druhým vzácne
@@jergusguma4259 hlavne tie nase rozj...e cesty, hrdzave znacky, mosty v havarijnom stave, vlaky ako v kongu atd
@@papanjan presne to je ten problem, nevies si vazit co tu mas a vidis len to co nemas. Nevidis krasne hory a namestia, prirodu a jazera. Vidis rozjebane cesty a hrdzave znacky. To je problem Slovenska.
@@papanjan Typický slovenský fetiš: keď nikto nezdrbe tvoju krajinu, urob to sám.
@@maxidozaberu5943 problem Slovenska su taki ako ti,, k tym krasnym horam, jazeram namestaim atd sa musis nejako dostat,, ja pracujem ako vodic a aj mimo SK-aj za hranicami maju krasne hory jazera atd + cesty v super stave:: chod sa pozriet len do Ceska a uvidis ten rozdiel,, ked budes sediet len doma a vozit sa autom do Kauflandu a spat , tak nebudes moct porovnat
You are always welcome in Slovakia kamarát...
I'm like oh boy , your pronunciation of bryndza is 100% 👍😁
Medovnik, kofola and halusky also...
Me and the Slovak boys: EGO BOOST 1000%
Když ji miluješ, není co řešit.
když zajebal to s tou podravkou tak sem se málem poblil při te představě :D
Nápodobně! Bych chtěla vidět který hovado posype halušky podravkou 😅
pozri - ked mu to chuti...
@@dacsus pravda... ale v životě jsem to neslyšela a dost mě to překvapilo 😅
@@justmonika5865 iste, pre nas je to proste hnus henta kombinacia...
Nie je podravka značka? Myslí vegetu?
Nepomýlil si to s pažítkou?
That was a wonderful video! It's always nice to see what people enjoy the most on while staying in CZ/SK!
He is just so americanly positive and enthusiastic 🙈😂
Vid? Az moc 😅 Vsechno je "nejlepsi, co kdy v zivote ochutnal" 🤦🏻♀️😄😄
What a sweetheart!
I find that all the young people that come on the Lifey channel to talk about their experiences in Europe seem incredibly sweet and enthusiastic. They all have apparently taken the best from the host country's culture and brought fantastic experiences with them back to America.
Well done, @Lifey, for finding these folks and getting them to share their impressions. I always find one when I feel like I'm not liking my country very much at that moment, and I need to hear someone say nice things about it.
Kofola is a part of our national identity.
Haha! Just another thing you are stealing from our amazing Czech culture, brothers! :-)
@@pavelprokes3392 Bold of you to assume you have anything else worth stealing
@@pavelprokes3392 We're one culture.
@@pavelprokes3392 yes you sometimes are stealing stuff from us. Example: Slovensko: piati proti piatim
Česko: co na to češi (je to uplne to same ako piati proti piatim)
@@Ballin4Vengeance Halušky are only completely overboild knedliky!
Wait... Are we not "so big on the sweet stuff"? Really? I never thought that, we have plenty of desserts and specific cookies/biscuits/waffers or candies. Be it hard candy, soft candy or even Christmas candy. I've always enjoyed it my whole life and now when I live in Germany, I actually bring a lot of Czech sweets with me whenever I can.
Maybe the reason why it didn't feel sweet enough to an American tongue is because (I heard, I never tasted it) American bread and overall American food has added sugar in it compared to European countries, so if you want something to stand out as actually sweet, you need to make it extra sweet. While here, our bread is not as sweet, so our sweets don't have to be as sweet. Does that make sense? :D
Anyway, great to see someone being as enthusiastic :D
Very true lol our sweets in the U.S. are super super sugary. We love sugar...and coffee...and bbq...and anything battered and fried...and everything I guess 🤣🤣 maybe we should like an apple or piece of celery once in awhile 🤔 😅 ❤ much love from North Dakota
Americké cukroviny jsou tak sladké, že už ani nejsou dobré.
@@apriljasso9731 that makes sense. Even our Kofola is less sweet and when I drank Coca Cola for the first time it was too sweet for me 😅
And Coca Cola here might be still less sweet than coke made in USA
They love to sweet with corn Sirup which is exceptionally sweet.
@@apriljasso9731 Celery is overated. Just eat fruits and vegetables. Not necessarily THAT vegetable. Most fruits and some vegetables taste good and even better than cakes. Tomatoes, sweet peppers, sweat potatoes, eggplant baked and spread on bread etc. and almost all fruits: grapes, plums, pears, watermelon - why does it have to be an effort to eat healthy?
The seasoning you mentioned is called Vegeta not Podravka. “ Podravka” is a company in Croatia making that seasoning. My apology if I didn’t hear you correctly.
Its same just only different producer
omg, who would put vegeta on halusky O.o blasphemy
It is sold under the name Podravda in CZ tho.
Vegeta is another name for podravka :D we put on halusky bryndza, fry bacon and someones chopped parsley stalk or springle onion.
You heard correctly, but during the era of bad communism we delivered mostly the original from croatia.
Unfortunately a lot of Slovakia's castles is neglected and undermaintained.
@Kard Dole Finally a good old mongolian comment, you have been missing here. Thank you and see you on the other side of Danube.
Guys, you are such drama queens lol. Calm down, enjoy your life you have only one!
yeah, cause unfortunately most of them are in ruins :/ thanks Napoleon
Well it’s not that bad from what I know most of the castles have some kind of volunteer group that works on preservation and reconstruction and sometimes also give tours.
@@Ballin4Vengeance when I was in high school me and a friend of mine volunteered at Sarisky castle. It was just a lot of menial labour, clearing out debree and weed. But there was also a lot of broken pottery and bones everywhere and I remember thinking that there should be real archeologists there to catalogue everything, cause we were in no way qualified to hande that stuff. I think a lot of stuff must have gotten just thrown away or lost :/
This guy knows whats good. Kofola, Medovnik, halusky. My mans got good taste buds.
Oh wow! That´s so nice from you how you speak about both coutries with such respect and love. It makes me appreciate more all the things like castles, meal, the nature etc. when i hear so nice words about my country from a foreigner. Thanks :)
I am from Slovakia but have lived in Utah for over 7 years now. Your remarks about Slovakia and Czech Republic are lovely :) yes, the religious aspect is probably the biggest difference between these two countries. I really miss Kofola and halusky here in the U.S., but did you say you seasoned halusky with podravka? I have never heard of anyone doing that lol, but it's great you liked it!
@@bp67 I don't know which part of the U.S. he comes from, but if he is from a bigger city, then I can understand why he felt safe in Slovakia. There are many dangerous places and communities in the U.S., a lot of Americans don't feel safe here and that's why they don't want to give up on their guns.
Growing up in Bavaria Slovakia was always a great place to visit.
Im in Florida now and I really miss the food and beer.
I really like your excitement in your voice when you're talking about things you experienced in Czech and Slovakia. How long did you stay there for?
Halušky! Hah, I knew it will be there. :D
Video about Czech Republic and you didn't mention beer?
He looks pretty young... maybe too young for beer?
@@thechappist Young ? I think he is old enough for beer. We usually start drinking beer when we are 15 years old 😂
@@Igni.. man I literally stopped drinking alcohol at the age of 15 lmao our countries are crazy
The nicest city in Czech Republic to me is definitely Olomouc. OK, it is mostly due to the center square, where lots of fairy tales got filmed - but for a good reason.
For foreigners Kutná Hora and Český Krumlov are top places besides Prague.
Notice that Prague, Brno and Olomouc all have an amazing astronomical clock, but it's so different each time.
For Prague, it's this ancient Medieval/Renaissance work of artisanship.
For Olomouc, it's a notable piece of history due to it being so closely related to the Communism era.
And for Brno, well... For Czechs, suffice to say that I'm from Prague, so I couldn't omit that one. (There's a strong rivalry - at least perceived - between Prague and Brno.)
Olomouc is a magical, fairy tale city. My home town. Walking through the namesti/ city square, you can easily imagine how our ancestors lived. So much history there. I have never really appreciated it living there until I moved away and realized how lucky I was to have walked the cobblestone streets.
And you are the best thing I ever listened to in my life :)
just one thing.. Pepsi had been available in commie era. Kinda pricey, but remember loving it in my childhood and still prefer it over other sodas. I'm 50 now..
I remember how, at the beginning of 70 years, I was in a buffet in Bratislava at the beginning of the sale of Coca Cola in a Slovak license, 2 dcl cost up to 4 CZK, now approximately, 16 cents, I am a native Slovak living in the Czech Republic.
Thank you for your warm words. :)
nice lad :) thank you for your kind and generous describtion of Slovakia and Czech republic :) you should go visit other countries too. Europe is very small compared to the US, but all the countries are very different, with unique cultures. Every time I visit a new country I feel my world expand :)
Did someone hold a gun to his face when he was talking about halusky ?:D:D: because foreigners tend to be disgusted by them, even tho they taste like heaven :D I really apreciate that He is willing to try new things and that he set the record straight - Halusky are the best thing ever ! :D
"The best thing I've ever drinken"
Thank you for the video 😍
Really hot in the summer and really cold in the winter. True, true. Weather here is sometimes mad.
I remember how, at the beginning of 70 years, I was in a buffet in Bratislava at the beginning of the sale of Coca Cola in a Slovak license, 2 dcl cost up to 4 CZK, now approximately, 16 cents, I am a native Slovak living in the Czech Republic.
Actually, you have forgotten inflation- For 4 crowns you could buy what? 2 loaves of bread?. I could find that loaf of bread cost 2,8 crowns in 1989, but no data to seventies.
@@Martina-Kosicanka in the seventies it was much cheaper, but again, don't forget that we are talking about a centrally planned economy, where everything was subsidized by the state budget and prices did not correspond to real costs, the average wage was around 8 kcs / hour ..... and when you I'll say that if someone signed up for the company for ten years, they got an apartment for free, so you probably won't believe me ... :)
@@jurkoburko6899 Of course I would believe you. My grandma traded an 72 quadratmeter apartment like that, for simply being essential for the company. Despite having a house, which she built with her estranged husband. After my grandad died in his mid fifties (alcoholic related), she owned quite fortune in immobilia. She wasn't even party member, just a cunning and hardworking person. She sold the apartment in 2017 to help her pay the cost of reconstruction of the house, that she managed on her own in her eighties! She is quite a nature force. Now struggling with advanced dementia, but physically still strong to overcome covid like it was nothing.
I was talking more of the fact in the original post, that that pepsi was probably quite expensive compared to price of other grocery in that time. Could we say like it would make 4€ today?
I mean this guy's overall summary and pronunciation is beyond me.. hat down
spelling? you mean pronunciation?
@@momosaku16 oh yeah, my bad. I was multitasking while writing
I love the the area around Lidecko Czech Republic it's not far from the border of Slovakia. Great scenic beauty throughout this region plus it fairly close to the city Zlin which is to it's west.
It is nice to see this. Ja som so proud of my country and really really enjoy to hear that our daily basis is so rare to others. Ale pride mi že toto video sledujú a komentujú len krajania a bratia Češi.
Oh god those reactions are so American :D
One time I heard a girl from US saying that Americans make every emotion extreme. And since then I can't un-hear it. For example you are not hungry, you are STARVING; you are not tired, you are EXHAUSTED. And here everything is the BEST thing you've ever had in your WHOLE LIFE :D
I love the way you talk! Yr so enthusiastic! It's clear, you spend some time in here and you really liked! You are allways welcome! I am also a fan of kofola and bryndza!
Svickova will always be my personal fave dish of food 🥘
Well i live in a small town in slovakia and unfortunately i am not as enthusiastic as he is about it 🤣 but there is good and bad everywhere so in any given country you will find pros and cons. Happy to see that some people know where slovakia is most americans i know didn’t even know where it was or if it was part of the EU.
You're like 100% positive person huh?😃😃 I like that. How many times have you visited Cz?
a lot of similarities now, indeed, partly because industrial Czechs have introduced a lot of things to agricultural Slovakia over the period of 1918 - 1992 (except of a short break during the WWII). Including the dumplings, beer, ice hockey, industry, and all the middle class society habits. The influence was and still is highly asymmetric, from CZ to SK. In a revenge, we've got a Slovak prime minister Babis. Thank you, Slovakia! :))) But okay, since we have forced you to Communism back in 1946... Sorry for that. But still Slovaks keep the catholicism (as do most formerly agrarian countries of the former communist block, such as Hungary or Poland) in contrast to formerly industrialised societies with somewhat protestant background (DDR, CZ)
WHO CAN COUNT HOW MANY TIMES HE SAID THE WORD "LIKE"???😬😂😂😂
Slovensko & Česko 🥰
Na to nie ziadny dovod !
Regards from Czechia
I moved to Prague about 5 years ago, and it is very nice indeed. This winter isn´t that cold, barely any snow yet. But a few years ago it was freezing cold! Very harsh conditions indeed.
I am not a fan of the Honeycake, but the Halušky is very tasty indeed, I love it as well. Kutna Hora is also one of my favorite old cities, very nice. The old cathedral is impressive, but for me more because of the age, as it is still a medieval cathedral. The most impressive cathedral I know is the Dom in Cologne.
Slovakia is gorgeous 😍 I really hope I can visit someday.
Its great hear to than you love our countries. I hope that castles will be renovated before falling down. Btw, never ask for podravka on top halusky. You are mistaked with chopped parsley stalk or spring onion.
I haven't had medovnik in forever. I should buy one.
Great selection of descriptive adjectives: cool, awesome, amazing, best, so good, the best .please consider writing down before making vid and elaborate on what you want to say
you didn´t vistited the ,,High Tatra,, the most important place in Slowakia
Kutna Hora and Kostnica - very good choice
Neither of those things in Kutná Hora are cathedral. Yes, one is a high gothic monumental church, but certainly not a cathedral.
Not a cathedral in the true sense (bishop's seat], but in architecture, the word is used also for gothic cathedral-type churches: a big multi-nave church with a transept and a choir gallery lined with chapels surrounding the chancel.
OMG He is so cute!
Oh we are big on sweet stuff 😍
Its just not comercialized
*but I think u get on halusky that green stuf what is called pažitka not podravka pažitka is vegetable what taste like onion*
Sure, chives
Thank you for this video❤️ It's nice to hear things like this about our country. There's a lot of things going on now which I'm not proud of. But this reminds me about our beauties which we often don't appreciate enough, because we take them as something normal and non-special. Greetings from Slovakia 💞🇸🇰
.. Oh and I'm reading some comments here... Probably you thought "pažítka"(i would say it's very similiar with chives, but I don't know if it's the exact translation, I'm not good in this things even in my native language lol🤦♀️😅) when you was talking about "halušky". "Podravka" is brand which produces things like vegeta (salty mixture with dry, crushed vegetable which is used as flavouring) and we definetly don't it with "halušky".
Basically everything is "the best stuff" 😀
nearly 200k subscribers, time to upgrade your sound
Vinea?
I cannot wait to visit my country Slovakia 🇸🇰
What about "Czechia vs the Slovak Republic"?
Try a European market/pastry shop or Jewish bakery to find medovnik
But is a Jewish bakery medovnik ? I didn't know, I was convinced that MEDOVIK (not medovnik) is original from Russia.
Cool vid. Slovakia indeed has the most castles in the world.
*per capita
i would make WR speedrun from slovakia to america if i could
Hello from Slovakia :)
(Zdravím zo Slovenska)
Gladiator aj sa poser anglicky
@@annabacova7514 ? :D
Who put podravka on your meal of bryndzove halusky? Never heard of this 🙈 Nie nie, nič také sa normálne nedeje
Until 2/3 of the video, he said like 40 times
Don't you mean "he said 'like' like 40 times"? ;)
@@slavecek Nah. It passed 2/3rds of the video and he said "like" 40 times. Idk how many times did he say it in the rest.
Video: about slovakia and czech
CZ/SK people on yt: bnifghusehgsrhgshteghgiuehos
my origin supposedly
When did your ancestors leave? After 1968? After 1948? During Austria-Hungarian empire (before 1918)?
I'm a large percentage of slovak and sadly I have alot of dietary restrictions so I have shamed my slovak descendants because a large portion of my slovak cookbook I cant eat. 😭
the guy is in love !
Ur very cute person.love Halusky is amazing best food I ever did try
Like
Everytime he says "like" you drink a shot
You don't have gingerbread? :O
You remind me of Paul Walker
off topic but you are super adorable
Jim, It´s that you?
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4:51 you mean námestie? Ig
😍💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Pernik is gingerbread but good
Living in Slovakia vs. Czechia!
Chýba mi preklad do slovenčiny
Aj mne
@@helenalucinova7123 A tie počítačové preklady sú až nezrozumiteľné. Napríklad rybi zubáča vám prelpží do angličtiny ako "dentist", zubáč = zubár = dentist.
Mne nie, spoko.
Este mesiac pravidelneho pocuvania videi a naucite sa. Keby ste potrebovali pomoc s nejaou konkretnou vetou, napiste.
@@Arch55567 Podaj si sportku ked mas take "stastie" !
When Slovak and czech waching😅🙈😂🤣❤️
Like, like, like, like....oh my gawd...
Everything "is THEE best thing i had in my live" ..... Všechno je u nás BEST co jsme kdy měl :D Jinou větu by neměl :D
All I hear is just like...it's just like...
Hrady, zamky, priroda, treska, kofola atd. to je vsetko pekne ale ani raz nespomenul aky su na Svk politici a ze po necelych 17 rokoch po vstupe do EU tu mame 3.33€ na hodinu. Hanba.
Ich nezaujímajú hrady Zámky a krásy Slovenska oni si chcú podmaniť a obsadiť naše územie vojenský politický lebo vidia aké sú Slováci sproste a poslušne ovce a majú tú aj dosť zaplatenych ritolezcov takže vážený toto už nevrátime spät naša vlast nám už bude patriť ako nadennikom ktorí budú v budúcnosti otočiť na americké vtáky ako v USS Košice. Oni potrebujú svojich poddaných a otrokov. Je mi najviac ľúto mladých ľudí ktorí pre pár zapredancov budú v podruci najhoršej populácie zeme.
@@annabacova7514 Ano je to tak. Sme colonia zapadu bohuzial. Taku nadej som mal po 2004 ked sme vstupili do EU cestovat za hranice bez obmedzenia pracovat studovat a v mojom pripade aj zit. Skoda ze ten rozdiel sa priblizil ale nie na tolko aby som sa vratil a mohol zit s takym standartom aky mam tu v zahranici.
@@pavolkocis7456 Proč by o tom mluvil ? Kluk tady mluví o svých zážitcích, hanba jedině vám, ze do všeho taháte politiku.
@@janprochazka9852 Pretoze ludom ktory pridu zit na Slovensko podotykam zit nie na dovolenku treba povedat pravdu. Kazda krajina ma svoje caro prirodu jedla zviky ale ludia ktory tu pridu zit potrebuju pravdu o realite.
Fun fact: I'm from Slovakia and I don't like halušky and this man from USA likes them.
🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰
old vinea is the best soda
Maybe eons ago, nowadays it’s just sladká žbrbda :D
@@clarity413 súhlasím
Even mc donald franchises running it in stuff.
oh i love kofla and i am Slovakian
Raz mi jeden hovoril že bol v pube čo sa volal korgoň.Pozm všetky krčmy v mesta a korgoňa nie ,nakoniec to bole reklama na corgoňa.
Kofola: ked ju milujes, nie je co riesit.
Number of Castles in The Bohemia is more than in another country of Europe. Slovakia has a litle bit very nice. I must fix You . In Bohemia is more than 10 percent believers that not ONLY orthodox or catolic. Friend You need good informations. Slovakia has a lot of hotsprings that good to go there to swim during Winter.
Help this man,
He looks like they are pointing a gun at him behind the camera. :D