Europe's True Size (Is Smaller Than You Might Think)
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2020
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Did you know Australia can fit into Australia ONCE, isn't that just amazing
Nah the way the Aussies talk about it the whole of the Australia would fit into the outback twice.
@@DiscoFang just ask a Texan, if anyone knows what big it has to be a Texan!
Perfect fit too I've noticed...
Does that include Tasmania?
Ah yes, every 60 seconds in africa, a minute passes.
“Europe is small”
Me, an Italian who can see Switzerland, France and Austria from the balcony: *Yup*
Me from Greece:
*Waves and jumps so Muelesa sees me*
You can see me as I see youuu
me from S.E. Asia:
*uses binoculars to spy on you*
@@thetreatment498 No joke, I was at Otranto, Italy on vacation last month and from some spots you could see Albania’s and Greece’s mountains from the other shore of the Adriatic
Eh si ma da dove dal Trentino o da Aosta
@@muelesariocontra Its actually pretty common to see other coast of Adriatic
In Europe you can drive for 50 minutes and end up in another country.
In Australia you can drive for 50 minutes and just end up being 50 minutes away from the city.
That also have to do with the luxury of space, something Europe don't have.
Same in India
3 hours to cover opposite borders of Mumbai 😳
True lmao
Specially if you start in Luxemburg.
Fun Fact: More people live on the Indonesian island of Java than the whole of Russia. Java is 133 times smaller than Russia.
FACT: it's JAWA. English people always love to butcher words from lot of languages.
i mean.. it's not because they cant spell it. look at "Iwo Jima". "iwo" stays as iwo there. not "ivo" or something like that.
and since present day is the era of correcting lot of mistakes from the west people, i think we also can start by correcting the misspelling of the englishmen.
Muhammad not Mohamed
Ahmad not Ahmed
Aksolot not Axolotl
Orang Utan not Orangutan(not just one word)
Krakatau not Krakatoa
Maluku not Molluca
Yaman not Yemen
one example that WE CAN CORRECT THE POPULAR MISSPELLING is.. the "Muslim" word.
back then, west people especially in english language spell "muslim" as "MOSLEM". Yes, they're that dumb.
I MEAN.. COME ON, PEOPLE. SPELL THINGS RIGHTLY. Except if in your language, your writing system limit you from doing that. Like in Japanese language.
Japanese cant just write "Krakatau". Because of their "aiueo" writing system, Japanese need to spell it like.. "Korakatau". For that case, it's tolerable. acceptable.
@@DBT1007 ??? Every country and language has their own way of spelling names and things. You coming on here and saying that "The West" which in this case is just the English way of spelling, is wrong is idiotic. Even in Kosovo the names of people named "Ahmet" and "Muhamet" are spelled like that. Go ahead and tell them how their names are spelled wrong you buffoon. No sane person spells "Muslim" as "Moslem" which btw what's with all the "Islam" stuff? You trying to use some sort of victim card or something? Weird. As for land marks and the country you mentioned, wait till you see how countries are called in Turkish. Seriously tho dude, get a brain and a life.
@@DBT1007 I'd say that you're just nitpicking. You're completely ignoring how each languages have their own pronunciations, and if you have even a fraction of the intelllegence that you're trying to potray with this comment, then you should know how much that is a problem to accurate pronunciation which consequently affects how people spell things. And by the way, I'm very sure that this problem isn't just limited to English, only its more obvious when you consider English is the most common language used for international communication.
Several examples of Indonesian(Your Language) of changing the spelling to fit the pronunciations of the language are.
Ex.
1. "Quantum Mechanics" to "Mekanika Kuantum"
2. "Taxi" to "Taksi"
3. "Computer" to "Komputer"
4. "Athletic" to "Atletik"
5. "Comet" to "Komet"
6. "Comma" to "Koma"
7. "Molecule" to "Molekul"
The list goes on.
If you want to complain about something as minor as spelling, then go ahead become some kind of respected literature expert and change the spelling of words yourself instead of just complaining and wait for someone to do it for you. Oh, and also don't be hypocritical.
@@DBT1007 every country have their own spell lmao
Why we call English inggris, French perancis, Dutch belanda, Nihon jepang lol
And about religious groups indonesian call christian as nasrani kinda disrespect us lmao
@@DBT1007 if you play victims card again I'm gonna made your day pretty bad
As Aussies in London, we decided to pop up to Edinburgh for the weekend to go to the Fringe Festival and Military Tattoo. No big deal ... but none of our English friends could imagine going that far except maybe on annual holidays.
Some years back I was staying with an aunt near Edinburgh and was about to drive my rental car back to London. "Where are you stopping overnight?" she asked, and was dumbfounded when I said I was going straight there. As someone who used to regularly drive from Canberra to Brisbane without a stopover it was nothing to me.
Not all English people are like that. I live in Budapest and before the Rona I regularly drove back to England, alone without stopping, except for fuel and food. In fact to the isle of wight, which is nearly 2000km plus 2 car ferry trips. At times I have stopped for a nap for an hour or so but essentially it's a 24 hour trip. I'm sure even in Australia that's a fair road trip to complete in essentially 1 day.
I mean the things is a lot of Brits rely on public transport to get around and a one way train ticket from London to Edinburgh could easily cost you 100 quid. Cheaper to fly generally even
@@nathanvanderriet209 Yes, in London the roads are so congested that the tube is the only reliable way to get (around outside of your local suburb). But get outside of the M25 and the roads are quite good (at least when I was there in the late 90s).
@@canwelook I mean I live here mate haha. The roads are perfectly fine (I mean they're shit but serviceable), but if you're living in a city like Birmingham, Manchester, etc. then there's very little point owning a car for the majority. Plenty of people do, plenty of people don't
Europe being small, but having so many different cultures, languages and history is what makes it interesing to visit. Brought to you by the European tourism board
And i Love the People
European people so beautiful, especially if they have Brown Hair
Europe ❤❤
So does Africa and regions of Asia like South Asia and South-east Asia but they never get the same treatment as Europe
As Indonesian I feel it just by in my country.
17.000 Islands, 700 languages, 1300 ethnic groups. A special region with monarch system.
With total population is 270 million...
@@putraasadtriya6250 270 milion is too much Population i think
As someone from Perth I love the idea of travelling from a day on the road and being able to visit multiple countries rather than still being in the same one.
Yeah, especially when that same state is WA - yaaaawn.
@Nathan Taffijn Well at least you have a beautiful state. Been up to the Kimberleys?
I just flew into Perth and was talking to a European online about lockdowns and not being able to get back to Kalgoorlie for my pets if there's another lockdown; she suggested that I get a friend to drive down and sneak me out, but I had to tell her it's over 500kms just to drive half way across WA 🤣
I'm from the States, and I feel the same way.
Yeah it feels so small because it’s all the same.
I'm portuguese, and everytime I travel around the country it looks very big and diverse, as in cultural aspects, nature, climate etc, but then I think that the whole country is smaller than Pernanbuco (a "small" state in Brazil) and that it would fit 14 times inside Angola. That just makes me contemplate and be glad that the world is so big.
Portugal caralho
@@JFBD1999 Nowaday, Portugal is a ass...
Portugal é o país da Europa que eu mais tenho vontade de conhecer.
@@AdrianoAlves-fw3vu é muito lindo esse país. Que você possa conhecer um dia.
@@AdrianoAlves-fw3vu és bem vindo cá, podes vir (mas cuidado com o covid)
It’s no surprise that Europe is small. It’s some of the most densely populated land in the world. I live in Manchester and within an 80 mile radius I have 4 additional cities with metro areas of over 1 million. We’re packed like sardines in England but I like it that way. Lots of train travel.
Bihar be like: densely populated you say?
@@jediporg1245 😂 well.
@@jediporg1245 Bengal be like :did someone say densely populated?
You should go to Dhaka.
@@redrune9275 more like Dhaka.
Europe is small and that is a good thing. It is very easy to travel abroad and experience new cultures and meet people.
But that is the same in the whole world. I could travel and experience new cultures and meet people without even get out of my country. Like go from Puebla to Chiapas and you have a complete different place with different culture, languages, weathers, food and ethnicity. All that in the same country (México in that case).
And that’s the same with other countries.
Means its great for waging war. Be that a good or bad thing.
@@joelgarcia3354 I think the thing with Europe is because it’s so small it’s relatively cheap to travel, though I’m sure it’s not as cheap as travelling within Mexico I think the experience would be quite similar.
@@joelgarcia3354 Not really, its not the same everywhere. In Europe you can find villages and towns everywhere, no matter where you go, its true for India and some other countries as well. But in the USA there are states where you have to travel hundreds of kilometers to find another populated area, its true for south america, Russia, Canada, majority of Africa.
I don't know if it's really such a good thing considering how many wars we had in Europe. Also having one large country like the united states makes traveling much easier as you can go thousands of kilometers and still be in the same country, with the same currency, same language and mostly same laws. Obviously the EU made travel within the EU states a lot easier but it's still far from perfect.
Flat earthers: you're an actor
no no no: software program.
Press any key to continue...
@@johnl6176 🔊
flat earth is REAL. its called a map
IT'S WRITTEN IN THE HOLLY BIBLE
@@E-E.ADVENTUREGEARS no it’s not
Distances tend to be measured in time rather than distance these days. Getting from one side of London to the other can take literally three hours or more. A distance of fifteen to twenty miles.
In rural areas of Australia you have to be careful when people say up the road, up the road could easily mean 1000kms along a single lane highway with one or two petrol stations at most, the Stuart hway is 2800km and the next t intersection from Coober pedy is in Alice springs
There is a map from 1930 which colours the world according to the travel time from London. The most remote areas of the world were x amount of days travel.
@Nathan Taffijn Whatever you like! Lol.
It also took me a day to drive from Dublin to London, including the ferry trip and a stop at and tour of Blenheim Palace. It took me about two hours to get from London to Brussels by Eurostar. Three countries less then a day’s surface travel from each other.
@@thebige7302 and guess where our car broke down lmao
Honestly I thought it was well known that Europe is small. There’s just a lot happening because of it’s population density.
I agree, it just seems like the rest of the world is so full of places where no one can live.
And it’s really not that dense compared to other countries
its
I remember this certain BBC news called Chile as "thin strip of land in South America" lol
"Europe is about 1.3 times bigger than Australia. Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, while Europe is approximately 10,180,000 sq km, making Europe 32% bigger than Australia"
I live in the UK and remember searching online how big the US states were.
Learning that the UK is smaller than Michigan really put into perspective for me how big the world is.
Yes fun fact the state of Illinois the most populated state in the Midwest and holds chicago is bigger then England in fact Oklahoma is bigger then the UK where mail men and woman have to drive all across a stretch bigger then the UK just to deliver mail and the state of Alabama is the same size as England
Yeah, I'm from Iowa, and my UK friends often are astonished that I drive so far to just get groceries. The same distance they pass through like five cities.
@@robertgronewold3326 out of curiosity, how far do you travel to get groceries?
@@maddie_1122 About 36 miles. There are some tiny stores closer to where I live, but they often have an extremely limited stock, so I usually opt for the longer distance so I can get everything on my list at once.
@@robertgronewold3326 fun fact illinois bigger then England
We live in Melbourne too - in tge 70's my Aunt lived in London for a couple of years, working as a temp - on Mondays people in the office would be stunned to hear she had gone to France for the weekend, or Italy, or Belgium - she loved how close everything was!
Years ago, I invited my brother and his wife to visit me in Brisbane where I live, he told me that he got cheap international flight tickets via Buenos Aires and asked me to pick them up at the airport, he later mentioned that their arrival was going to be at Sydney airport. So there we went, to pick them up and bring them to Brisbane.
After we arrived in Brisbane he commented:
--- "the airport is a little far, isn't it?"
This is a true story.
HAHA I definitely would've told him to just get another plane to brisbane
@@KathwithaK that's ok, i didn't want to spoil their holidays 😀✌
How did they react when they realised it was several more hours still when you stopped for lunch in Coffs or somewhere?
Good thing he wasn't going to York and bought a ticket to New York. Being a European there is no shortage of cities around the world named after places in Europe. The only benefit of New York is the "New" at the beginning.
@@samuel2291 they were amused by the Australian bush and watching the wild kangaroos jumping on the distance while we were on the road. Not much time to think about the distance I guess.
In Scandinavia, we distinguish between geographical and physical continents. Europe, South America and Oceania are geographical continents, while Eurasia, Australia and Africa are geological continents, the latter fitting both categories.
we do the same in UK aslo
the same division is taught In Czechia and Slovakia too. This seems to be some European thing too :D
didnt you forget north and south America and Antarctica ?
@@sprintershepherd4359 they have nothing to do with the point ye was making.
@@shutit8949 well what's the point then ? i obviously missed it
I believe that the perception of what is 'far away' depends on where you are from. I live in Belgium. Brussels is in the middle. The sea is 120km away from it. That is the limit for a day trip. That is a nice distance. You do not travel so far for shopping or work. Because all basic shops are everywhere only a few kilometers away.
I am traveling on the distance 3 times bigger from my university to home every week, and this is quite small distance in my country.
Hello from Mother Russia)
@@lilpiece1981 Wow, I cannot even withstand hour from my university (Prague). You must be travelling all day just the way back. I would be tired as fuck 😁
@@TheIgdrasil1 that’s insane, us Americans often take hour long car trips like it’s no big deal to visit family, not like once a year for a holidays, multiple hour car trips multiple times of year to visit people and places.
@@feelsweirdman_1823 Yes, well Europeans don't travel far with cars, we take trains or planes ... usually ;) I've been to Seattle once and hated it. I was completely dependent on our cousins we were visiting. Not even a buss from Gig Harbour to Seattle. It was horrible for an adventurous teenager.
@@TullaRask yea I understand everyone here tries to get a car as soon as possible Bc unless you live in mega cities like Boston New York or Dc and such you absolutely need a car, I mean there’s buses and trains that can take you across states and across the country but everyone just prefers their cars, or a plane if it’s from east coast to west and so culturally everyone is quite used to long car trips weather that be for work or whatever else
Europe isn't necessarily small, if you look at the states of America's East Coast (similar climate) they are remarkably similar in size. What Europe really is, is extremely habitable, most other places in the world despite being larger tend to have smaller populations (china and the US being exceptions). Most of the places are old colonial territories that are so big because most their borders were drawn by diplomacy, not wars, Europe is pretty normal sized for nation-states, look at a map of languages in Africa and you get an idea of how artificially big most of the world's countries are. That said in a couple 100 years I'm pretty sure balkinatzation will increase the countries around.
Still the seperation of so many countries into so many little regions in Europe was not necessary, though uniting them now into bigger regions is definitely out of the question. Europe and Asia are two of three continents that a majority of people have lived in for a long time, the other being Africa. And when you compare Europe and Asia, despite asia having lower life standards, the countries are still more united and in bigger chunks. Imagine if Russia and China got split into many small regions like Europe, a lot more wars would have probably transpired.
@@unlimited8410 it was necessary. Unlike Asia Europe follows values that say more or less that a people have the right to rule themselves. This is why even small nations like Montenegro or Slovenia or Ireland exist.
@@unlimited8410 it's not about necessary as so much natural, people are tribal, the concept of everybody has a country and decolonisation as a whole was that nationalism can't be contained. Also you do realise all except for China (which I laid out as an exception) are colonial territories (central Asia was controlled by Russia). Russia also has its fair share of instabilities, that said most of it is uninhabited or sparsly inhabited. Would it be nice to all be friends and sing kumbya sure, but the real world isn't like that. My point was that most states are artificially large compared to Europe because they were formed differently and they had a larger population relative to larger nations because of how habitable Europe is.
Brasil is also one of the exceptions
Even if Europe is extremely habitable and such reason you mentioned, it doesnt change the fact that European countries are way smaller than how they are portrayed to be.
Addition as well that I assume you only took the European perspective of diversity around the world. It is indeed that Europe is a diverse place, but comparing it to all continents plus their total land mass-it has the least among them.
As a European: I have to take an overnight train from Vienna to Berlin??? Once in a lifetime journey, might be as well the end of the world.
Another European here. Really? I guess you rather travel to China than to Germany? ... or perhaps the beaches in Spain?
As a Russian and European we used to make weekend travel to Berlin or Istanbul in the pre covid times
Lol, this was supposed to be a joke because Europe is "so small" so we perceive distances as longer...I'm not good at joking 😢
@@c.w.8200 No, you're not.
😂
I always think Europe is smaller than it actually is, I keep forgetting that there’s a whole chunk of Russia in there
40% of Europe is in Russia
Yes, they make themselves very easy to forget.
@@TullaRask Not in politics. Tell anyone about crimea and everyone has an opinion
@@somethung8188 wth is crimea?
@@errocrin5488 Ukraine
I remember when Pluto was downgraded from planet status. One writer, I imagine with tongue in cheek, suggested that Europe be downgraded to appendage of Asia.
Afroeurasia
Again, the concept of a planet, just like that of a continent, was made by the Ancient Greeks, long before technology was sufficient to know even nearly the things we know today. The term planet (πλανήτης) means "moving around" or "erratic", as such even the Sun and the Moon were originally thought to be planets, and the stars too were sometimes considered planets, but never Earth, which was thought to be stable in the center of the universe, with everything else moving around it. In the modern era, all of the terminology has changed since we now have a better understanding of how the solar system actually works, bringing even the meaning of the term "planet" under examination. What is now considered a planet is much different from what used to be.
@@georgios_5342 What's this got to do with what OP even posted beyond containing the word "planet" lol?
@@bruhtonbruhkkinson6848 I wanted to explain that the "downgrading" of planets and continents has to do with the confusion of what the terms even mean, which in turn has to do with them being invented in a time when humans (or more precisely the Greeks) still didn't have an accurate picture of the world like we do today. Planet literally meant "moving in the sky" originally, but after we started differentiating stars, then realized that the Sun was also a star, then that comets and asteroids are also things in the sky and then finally that Earth too is a planet, moving around the sun rather than being stationary, then we started doubting what a planet even is.
@@bruhtonbruhkkinson6848 Suez.
Napoleon Bonaparte:
*"It fits perfectly in the palm of my hand."*
I've once heard a guy saying that Europeans tend to prefer long walks while for Americans it's unthinkable to go walking to whatever place when you can go by car, and viceversa, Americans tend to be more tolerant with long car journeys while for Europeans a 4 hour long travel is already a big thorn in the back. That's why for Americans going hiking or camping is such a special activity and for Europeans going from one city to another in car even if it's not such a large distance is the annual holiday.
As a european it's true, for me 4 hour of cars is too time
As a European, I can confirm.
I would walk an hour to get somewhere within my city if I have to, no problem.
But a car ride longer than 4-5 hours sounds horrible.
That's how far away I am from the capital city.
But at that point its easier to just take a flight there. I think that's part of why a lot of people here don't like long car rides. Sure I could drive to Italy from here and be there tommorow but I can also take like a 25€ roundtrip flight to Rome and be there in like an hour. Why would I go by car then?
Same goes for the capital city of my country. Its like half an hour flight to get there and 20-40€. No reason to drive.
I dont walk
Why would you drive 8 hours if you can take a train or a plane and be there in less than a half of time?
@@izawa9211 do you hop?
So much of what you say reminds me of when I worked for an Italian bank in London. I was asked how far my home town was from a major city. I replied it was quite close, just over an hours flight time away. There was a dumbfounded look in reply and then my boss said, "That's two countries here."
I'm from Argentina and the same thing happened to me when visiting relatives in Switzerland. We were talking about how some parts of southern Argentina have similar landscapes to Switzerland and they asked how long it would take to fly there from my city. When I say it would be a 2-3 hour flight depending on where exactly, they replied 'that would be like flying to northern Finland from here'. They coudn't comprehend that after a 3 hour flight you'd still be getting off the plane in the same country where you got on.
@@kztuner2040 D-do ypu have german ancestry?
Over an hour???
@@GeldtheGelded Why do you ask in that manner, may I inquire?
@@pablopereyra7126 There's the joke that if an Argie has German ancestors then these must have been Nazis due to the number of them who fled to Argentina after World War II to escape from trials.
One of the people I met traveling in London told me he was going on a holiday of the US the next year. He had a week in the US and was planning to drive from NY to Miami and then to LA. I felt so bad having to explain to him just how far apart those 3 cities are.
I know people who drove from Houston to Miami in one day.
@@rao803
I drove from Phoenix to Dallas with only fuel stops. That is not only far. In South West Texas it is without radio stations to listen to.
This makes European accomplishments all the more amazing; we didn't disappoint Japheth.
Fun fact the American state Texas is 5 times bigger then Germany and the UK however the UK and Germany have more people then Texas despite Texas being bigger then every European countries besides Russia
@@Steve-zc9ht that's not true. Texas is roughly twice the size of germany
@@Steve-zc9ht the reason why you guys won were against farmers, meanwhile in Europe we were all battling eachother...
@@Steve-zc9ht Texas isn't larger than Turkey either
@@rolandtheheadlesstho he probably compared Germany in Sq miles vs Texas in Sq. Km.
As a child we used to travel 100 miles to do our shopping, then drive the 100 miles back afterward. The thing most overseas visitors to Australia find hard to comprehend is the emptiness of the place. You can travel 100 miles and not see another house or 1000 miles and still be in the same state. In large parts of the country you have to notify people of your departure and pack extra food and water when you drive anywhere because if you break down it can be days before someone finds you. In central Australia it's often easier to own your own plane or helicopter and fly from place to place.
And all that space with a population so small. Australia is mostly just wilderness. Not alot of farmland. And everyone just lives near the coast
Not very environmentally friendly driving 200 miles for your weekly shop.
@@craigharkins4669 When that's your nearest shopping centre you do what you have to.
@@OzSteve9801 where do you live though? I guess not in a super populated area.
yea, would not live in Australia. We are used to be the nature boss around in Europe. In Australia, you're just lonely food.
I went to Germany and couldn't believe it, from Frankfurt to the southern border it took four hours. Yet I live in Adelaide and yet in some cases you are still in the same state.
And here I wanted to say 4 hours is quite a long trip
Love this, and with the map of Australian Indigenous nations pre colonisation in mind, it's almost like _all_ places on earth are as diverse, rich in culture and historically complex as Europe
Historically? Not really only Asia is more complex than Europe.
@@someguysomeone3543 because Asia is massive. Europe would be comparable to east Asia and indochina and the Philippines in a cultural historical context
@@someguysomeone3543 kinda helps that Asia and Europe have long sustained written histories, whereas outside of those areas there's either no written history (primarily oral) or what written history was there was destroyed. Throw in that native people's in the Americas, Australia, Polynesia and Africa were either oppressed or killed/died of disease and oral histories collapse as the generational tradition is broken. That's why it feels like the histories are more complex in Europe and Asia and North Africa. Thankfully archaeology is doing it's best to recover the history that has been lost in places. I'm especially fascinated by the truly ancient American cultures pre Aztecs, Inca, and Maya. There's history where ever there's people, not just were there are books written about it.
@@someguysomeone3543 Have you ever heard about Mexico and mesoamerica? seriously. Here arose great civilizations that developed advances in architecture, astrology, agriculture, etc. (aztecas, mexicas, toltecas, mayas, zapotecas, huastecos, popolocas, mixtecos, purépechas, totonacas, tarascos, tlaxcaltecas, olmecas, raraimuri, chiapanecos..... ) And MORE other cultures, smaller compared to those, but with their own different culture. I beg u to search how many municipalities has Oaxaca (95,000 km2 , bigger than 32 of the 50 european countries) to understand how many cultures use to live there. And that´s only 1 of 32 states of Mexico. Just saying
Many of them still are, but people in western countries don't know about it. The information a person receives depends on language they use. I for example know both Russian and English, so I can access much more information about diversity in Russia and former USSR, and many westerners just can't, so they have a very simplistic idea about what Russia is like
Europe isn't even really a continent, we just decided it is. One of the most European things ever.
So is north and south america and africa then.
what is it then
as said before, there is something like euroasia, which is is the biggest continent, it could fit the whole africa + one america.
@@professionalgambling6783 Europe as a continent makes no sense because there isn't a clear geographical separation between Europe and the rest of Asia. Europe is a "cultural continent" if you will.
Ya'll got it all wrong 1 north and south America aren't connected by land they are connected by a canal same for Africa and asia africa is only connected by asia threw a canal not by the main lands
There is another unique fact, the distance between the capital city of Indonesia, Jakarta to the city of Jayapura, Papua Province, Indonesia. Equivalent to the distance between Jakarta-Tokyo and the distance between London-Istanbul. The distance from Jakarta to Jayapura is 5000 km. Those are the facts about my country Indonesia
That doesn't make sense. How can the distance between Jakarta and Jayapura be equivalent to the distance between Jakarta and Tokyo? I can look on a map and see that this is not true, because Japan is further away from Jakarta than New Guinea.
@@marmac83 because Indonesia is very broad, my friend. Look at the map of Southeast Asia, 50 percent of Southeast Asia is Indonesia. Please note, the island of New Guinea is divided into two, the western one belongs to the territory of Indonesia and the eastern part of the island of Papua belongs to the state of New Guinea
@@marmac83 wWest Papua is the territory of Indonesia and the new eastern part of the country of Papua New Guinea
Well, that's why we have Schengen. Basically no borders. Crossing from Germany to France(or any other Schengen country) is just like crossing from California to Nevada or in Australia's case Victoria to NSW. The couple of difference is people speak a different language(mostly), prices of things can vary, some architecture changes can be observed and sometimes a different currency can be used. But there are exceptions to this for example: If a country is not in the Schengen Area and doesn't use the ''€'' then you definitely feel you are in a foreign country.
kablg81
They pulled our legs with Schengen.
We did not get to vote for it.
Causing the trouble on the borders we have today.
even if they are in the schengen area they still feel foreign to me
@@KoldingDenmark To me it looks like you're trying to have a federation, and you've got the autonomous states and free internal movement part down, but you haven't gotten the federal government managing the borders and immigration part down yet.
@@Roxor128
Hope that never happens.
The handling of pushing the Euro through gave us a clear head to think.
@@KoldingDenmark Well, you need to do one or the other. Either have free movement within and unified border policy set by a federal government, or go back to each individual state handling all movement in and out of it and give up on the free movement idea. Either of those can work, but the half-hearted intermediate the EU has right now clearly doesn't.
When I lived in Alice Springs NT (Northern Territory Australia) so many tourists arrived thinking they would be able to see Uluru from there but it's almost 500km away!
Lol
From where I live: If you drive 500 km west, you end up in England (you will need a boat or plane also...). Drive 500 km east, you end up in Germany. Drive 500 km to the south, you end up in France (or perhaps Belgium). Drive 500 km to the north.....just water there.
@@PeterVDale thanks Peter that’s interesting and amusing to us over here😁
From Rockhampton here in Queensland Australia if you head 500km west you’re still in Qld in the tiny town of Jericho with approx 120 people and over 120,000 head of cattle 🐮🤠
Go 500km north you’ll end up in the Coral sea but head north-ish following the coast, you’re still in Qld and will arrive at the beautiful Airlie Beach 🏝 population approx 1200 in the fantastic Great Barrier Reef region🐠
500km south you’ll still be in Qld in the small rural town of The Gums, an early railway station town from early 1920s with around 150 people. Best to follow the coast line down and end up at the gorgeous Sunshine Coast around 1-2 hours out of our capital Brisbane.
And if you head 500km east you’ll be very wet far out in the Ocean🌊 however if you keep swimming for another 1000km or so and you’ll reach New Caledonia, a French territory island. Another country at last!
If you haven’t already been, I hope you get the opportunity to explore this amazing & vast county one day.
Interesting fact: According to google maps; norway takes about 40 hours to drive west-east (stavanger- hamningberg), and European russia takes about 48 hours to drive north-south (Storskog-Derbent). No other European contry takes more than 24 hours to drive through acoording to google maps (excluding islands without mainland conection).
The European part of Russia takes longer than a day to cross west to east as well (border with Latvia - Chelyabinsk), even if you don't include Kaliningrad.
That is an odd line. Is Hamningberg in Finnmark? In that case the line is diagonal.
Tulla Rask yeah its in east finmark, norways easternmost region
24 hours? in 5 you can go from portugal to france and cross to germany in 7.
@@jesselivermore2291 That is what he says, very few lines in Europe takes that long. If you take highspeed trains in some countries it takes even less.
In the very early 80s my teacher told the class that NZ, where I lived at the time, could fit into Australia 32 times. I've never forgotten it....Well, I just Googled it. It's actually nearly 29 times lol.
It was 32 times but with all you Kiwis moving here we’re slowly sinking!🤣🤪👍🏼
The reason that your teacher would have said that, is that wasn't long after when Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia. Papua New Guinea is not far from being twice the size of New Zealand.
@@andrewd7586 Very good! 😂😂😂
Thanks Jason!
@@andrewd7586 That wasn't nice. I'm Aussie and Kiwis are what Canadians are to Americans, more polite and easier to get along with.
I'm must say, that I'm totally happy that Europe is not that big comparing to other continents. I like the fact that living in Vienna, Austria gives me the opportunity to travel to a lot of different countries, cultures and languages in a very short time and that with spending very less money if i like, one week in Krakow, next week in Stockholm and another one in Amsterdam or Barcelona, with different food, drinks, music.
Depending on in which way see it, if like or dislike it, but a few countries wouldn't exist in the way they do it today without Europe. Australia, New Zealand, the US and Canada are just a few examples, the people in Europe needed more space. .
I envy you
Regarding the whole “continent” thing - this is the best and funniest video on the Internet talking about it: czcams.com/video/3uBcq1x7P34/video.html
I live in British Columbia. It is Canada's third largest province with a bit more than five million people. It is equivalent in land area to Germany, Holland and France. The town I live in has one thousand people and the next town of ten thousand is an hours drive away. Love it. Deer, bears, wild turkeys, caribou, rabbits, mountain lions and all the neighbors dogs to keep us in good company. Big storms and avalanches can have us without access to the rest of the outside world.
Equivalent in land area to those countries, equivalent in population to half of London
Well but limitation is that there is lack of high tech equipment and services am i right?
@@ala0284 I have friends from London. They think they have gone to heaven living here
@@truelich1231 High speed internet. A documentary was done on the local internet provider to demonstrate we don't need the big providers. It is a co-op society. We have our own cloud large main frame in town.
We have a local computer specialist. She does repairs, sales and service.
The next town of ten thousand has some world renowned physicists and they have made equipment for the LHC. A former head of Google moved there. She wanted to live in a small mountain town.
Like you, we can order everything on line these days
@@morninboy huh, when i think about south american countries i have before my eyes africa or india, but it seems i was wrong.
You make a good point with the Eurocentrism but I also think that the vast cultural differences between European countries and the lack of cultural difference in a place like Australia is part of why this has become such a meme
actually there is alot of culture difference inside Australia. It is just more melting pot style.
Looking for a video with this subject. Nice video, good luck
Glad it was helpful!
Europe will always be large in terms of Economy, politics, and international contribution. Truly remarkable.
Don’t forget, exploitation and wars is the reason why.
@@earth7993 nah, innovation and excellence of European peoples can’t be reduced to one factor. It was a myriad of events, people, and much more that contributed to this.
@@earth7993 as opposed to anywhere else?
Lol economy and power usa and china snatched that from you a century ago that's why you need NATO to protect your self 🤦
@@musicfellow111 what are you on about?
Good video, interesting topic and very good narration ...
I enjoyed it thanks! - I did suspect you were working your way towards showing a new map projection with Australia in the middle... ?
or the UN flag that has New Zealand at the top.
Using integrity as a unit of measurement, where I live currently would fit into New Zealand exactly 1.3 million times.
Liechtenstein?
Vatican lol
Sorry but arguing that Europe is small as opposed to some other places being large seems to be a pointless exercise. Making a distinction between viewpoints where none actually exists, it's the same thing.
True, its the only thing some Australian can find to boast about.
Dogphlap Uhhh... Your second sentence contradicts your first. The whole video is about the opposing viewpoints - that they exist. The opposing viewpoints and their different locations form the basis of of the relativity. The different viewpoints are intrinsic to the places being different.
I remember when our choir was going over to do a tour of Wales only to find that Wales had been left off the new EU edition of the World map. Luckily, we still managed to find it, but it would have made a good excuse if we were late to a concert.
"Europe is small"
Me: what is change ? Nothing.
I work in Melbourne for an Israeli company that keeps questioning why we have so many ports and warehouses to deliver to across Australia. I need to keep reminding them that Israel can fit into just Victoria 8 times
And what is their response?
@@markfryer9880 Bewilderment. Roughly about once a year I need to remind them
Some people think the California is smaller than it is. Some tourists think you can go from Hollywood to the Golden Gate Bridge to San Diego in one day easily
You can’t even get from one end of Los Angeles to the other in a day, with how bad the traffic is here. The county itself is bigger than several US states, physically, and has the population of Norway and Finland *combined*. It’s just a completely different scale.
Theoretically if traffic is okay, and you start early in the morning in the summer...
I met someone from Germany and I live in Canada. He was amazed with how big Canada is, Canada is basically the size of Europe
I sure even 2-3 Europes can't fillup Mother Canada hahaha
@@sagard.yenchilwar1379 not including Russia and turkey, probably
@@sagard.yenchilwar1379 most of Canada isn't habitable unlike Europe. I heard something like 90% of Canada's population live basically right at the border to the USA since everything further north can't sustain many people.
@@Voidmaster999
I'd say the traditional map most notably portraited
Not geographical correct one
@@rolandtheheadlesstho
It's most of territory is in artic n subarctic region so it's not a surprise
90% of Canadians live in warmer habitable regions near america
I really love your channel, it is a bit like half asleep Chris. You have a new sub. And in a lot of your Melbourne vids, I have been to the place where you were multiplule times!
When I was young living in Broken Hill we didn't have McDonald's but Mildura did, which was about 250km from us. Some people would drive there on a Friday night just to get McDonald's, then they'd turn around and come straight back.
Wtf i would never do that.
@@VGOM2000 It was before internet so it was very boring. Lots of teenagers would just drive around on a Friday or Saturday night doing laps of the town so doing a 5 hour trip to get McDonald's was just something to do. It wasn't everyone and only a few people did it occasionally.
I'm from China and it's so fun when people do forget how big countries get, friends from Europe are often surprised when they hear that China borders Afghanistan lmao
People are surprised that Russia has a border with Poland and North Korea or US
As a european I am proud that Europe is small, so small and yet we conquered the world. So small and yet filled with so many cultures. So small, yet so beutifull. What use is size when it is all desert? What use is size when its just grass or forest, or frozen tundra. Glory to EUROPA!! WHOOO
Europe is bigger than Australia, this whole video is silly as Europe is bigger than both Brazil and Australia. I think he is confusing the European union with the continent of Europe.
Very true brother 💪🏻
You are aware that other areas are also culturally diverse, yes?
@@xero2715 I dont care
@@evilmurlock There's a reason your continent is falling behind in growth
i think there is something of an "emotional" distance too. i live in the suburb of a larger city, and to me, going north 20km to the next city feels more straight forward bc there's mostly suburban stuff in between while going south 20km to the other side of the larger city feels further in terms of all the districts i cross, yet at the same time i'd probably say it seems physically closer. it's odd and a bit trippy if you think about it
You can fit the baltics into the us state of Georgia and still be able to include Luxembourg
Luxembourg can fit anywhere.
@@TullaRask, not Vatican.
@@-_Hatred_- No, but that's about all LOL
I live in america but my family is from mexico and i saw a European talking about mexico and calling it huge which is weird since i think of it as small since i'm in america, and I didn't realized how small Europe was till she said how a small mexican state was bigger then some countries and had more people them others.
I was born in Argentina so I always thought it was a normal-sized country, however it's incredibly huge. The people who live in the New World can't distinguish how big their countries are
Julian, I'm newish to your channel (which is great BTW) but, got a special kick out of this vid as I worked on the show and specific episode that you've used a clip from (@ 2:58) "What Fits Into Russia" from "SCTV Network 90"---taped in Edmonton, Canada, 1981
I am European, so my "country" is as big as Europe in units of Europe. But jokes aside, Europe isn't small just because Roma is close to Wien, is close to Berlin, is close to Warszawa, is close to Киïв, etc. It's still the size of Australia. The difference is that Australia isn't big but it is so bloody empty. When you drive up the the coast of New South Wales from Sydney to Brisbane for example, there is absolutely nothing once you are past Newcastle. On your way from Sydney to Brisbane in Europe, you could easily drive through four different countries, with even the smallest country's population that of Australia. So of course all the capital cities are closer together, Europe's population is 30 times that of Australia. :D
What about india tho
Nice video mate... love from your neighbor country indonesia❤👍 keep going
Thank you, I will
Europe would definitely be smaller than Indonesia 😊
To be honest Australia was a lot smaller than I imagined it to be while New Zealand was a lot bigger.
New Zealand probably looked bigger than you thought because when he put it on france it was zoomed in a lot. But you are still right. New Zealand is probably the size of Victoria in Australia as my guess.
Europe- 10 180 000 km²
Brazil- 8 516 000 km²
Australia- 7 692 000 km²
The only way Brazil and Australia is bigger than Europe, is if you ignore that a big part of Russia is in Europe.
Comparing the sizes of countries really makes me appreciate the explorers that mapped out these large land masses.
You can tell world leaders are mostly old boys when comparisons are all about their size.
Brazilian here. I live near Rio, and a large part of my family lives down south, in Porto Alegre. I often take a 2 day drive to visit them, and this is a relatively small chunk of Brazil that I need to go through. I have some friends in the UK, and I never forget how baffled they seemed to be when learning this haha.
yeah, i live in rio too, i have to go to college in foz de iguaçu early next year, that fligth will cover more than europe north to south, and is not even 25% of the north to south length in brazil xd
In 1988 my Australian History textbook had a table of rail distances. Sydney to Perth was the same as London to Moscow plus another 550km beyond Moscow. I was fourteen, it was the first time I realised how small Europe is.
When I was staying with friends in the UK, their son was going to a party in Brighton, from their home near Gatwick, 25 miles away, They felt the need to service the car before such a long trip, and the lad was forbidden to drive back again till the next day, as it was too far to drive in one day. I pointed out that I drove 130km per day to drive to work and back. They were aghast!
We were staying in London and took a day trip to Bristol, by train, to visit a friend. We got a few puzzled looks from the English people we were staying with.
That was an extreme reaction, most people in England would not have behaved in that way,
When I was staying with my good friend Jeff Bezos, I was telling him about how I drove from Moscow to Tokyo everyday to work, he was aghast, so he gave me a Lamborghini, a private jet, the army of china and Cyprus.
@@togerboy5396 hahaha
Lol even in Europe travelling +100km too work is not that rare
Canadian here. And I've had many instances of people from other countries asking can you bring a letter or parcel to my uncle in Canada. He's in Vancouver.... Oh, that's a week's drive away. Or explaining it takes longer to fly to either coast than to Mexico. Or that Paris is closer than Vancouver.
That's just silly. Lots of countries in Europe are too big for such a endeavour.
Sometimes I'm blown away on how small a country is.
Monaco is basically the size of Fitzroy!
So where is the international airport in Monaco?
@@terrythekittieful there is an international helipad in Monaco, otherwise the close airport is in Nice
@@robertqld Cheers Robert.
Interesting topic Julian.
It's not just the European countries that don't really understand how big other places are. I run conferences for a software company out of KC Missouri, getting software engineers from all over the world. I get questions for 'how long would it take' from people all the time. Often Europeans want to head out to New York or San Francisco for the weekend (by car) and I have to explain distances, but on occassion I've had to do the same for Canadians, Brazilians, and yes, even Aussies. They wanted to duck out early (about 2pm) to get dinner at a restaurant they heard about in Dallas, Texas. In my experience, most people know their home area and not much else.
I love that you never mentioned the U.S. in your comparisons. We’re like a brother who always wants attention- so everything needs to include us. Great look at the map of the World and discuss how off everyone’s understanding is
@Mase Williams Maybe some people are just jelaous. I cannot say for other countries, but here in central europe there are few major groups of "stupid" generalised opinions -
1) We are puppets of west (usa) and we hate kapitalism because of big foreign companies political/economical influency
2) Communism was better, everything was better
3) We hate comunnism, we hate kapitalism, we just hate everything
Those are most common opinions based on misunderstanding, weaker minds, bad life situation and other reasons - they are just looking for someone to blame. Its mainly our older generation who spread hate over kapitalism - thus usa (i know, dumb)
When it comes to educated people, responsible for their own life, then its quite different story and those people are totally fine with usa and with alliance. But I guess it is global thing, that educated people dont hate other countries 😃
@@marekhajduk3905 I find so fascinating to hear stories about other countries peoples and pov
here in india, my friend started straight from north and to south and covered 4000+km north to south and is still in india(i.e. more than the distance from canada to central mexico)
he could start from even further north but just was tired of thinking of the distance
That’s the big problem. You are still in India 😁
@@konjecture I dunno. If you are middle class and above in India, life is actually pretty good. Especially in any of the big cities. Wouldn't want to go near rural India too often, probably.
Europe is bigger than both Australia and The US even though many people think it's not.
I think people forget that parts of Russia is in Europe.
I am from Perth, Western Australia, and have travelled around Europe. Couldn't be much more different in terms of distance and transportation. High speed trains are the norm there, and you could easily travel between major capital cities within a few hours. Meanwhile, driving for a few hours in Western Australia, and you're still in Western Australia!
Europe is about 1.3 times bigger than Australia. Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, while Europe is approximately 10,180,000 sq km, making Europe 32%
I'm from Norway, Scandinavia, Europe. We have always considered the western part of Russia as Europe. Even though it's politically is a bit difficult sometimes.
Europe was a bit politically difficult at all times.
all of russia is european.... boom europe is now the biggest
@@user-wx4nv8xr3d Yea well, being the biggest only count that much in the us.
There was no point to this vid.
I think so. There are still loads of people unaware of the scale of the world.
Thanks for the info ,Bro
The '1930s' map appears to be from between 1939 to 1945, as 'Bohemia and Moravia' is shown on that map, and it existed as such only between those years. At the end of the war, it was released from German control and went back to being part of Czechoslovakia.
I remember in 2014, for the interval act of the Eurovision Song Contest, Australia was 'flown in' and dropped into the ocean to the west of Europe to show the size difference.
I remember watching West Wing and CJ cregg being blown away by the by people wanting to change the map projection used in USA schools, Episode 16 of Season 2 if you want to see, and yes Europe was a lot smaller
Well, you just can’t do that!
Why not?
Because it’s freakin’ me out!!!
Block of cheese day
Its well known in remote country Australia, that the expression “going down the road” can be hours of driving!
Not really...
I feel like he's staring into my soul, literally didn't break eye contact with the camera for a second lmaoo
You put in an SCTV gag! You put in an SCTV gag! If I were any happier, I'd be twins!
I live in Spain and driving form the center (Madrid) to the coast (500km) is a huge pain, I can't even fathom driving from Perth to Sydney.
You would be desperate enough to get out of Perth to get to Sydney, believe me, terrible beer, two underachieving football clubs and shark attacks daily on every suburban beach. Having said that, I hope Perth gets the A.F.L. Grand Final this year, as they should. Go the Catters!
@@terrythekittieful Go Catters!!... I guess, I don't know what you are talking about tbh🤣🤣😂
What coast? Atlantic or med? Because madrid is kinda the dead center of spain, so it could go both way haha
@@muhammadgharibaldy8064 I usually go to Málaga because I have a house there (5h) but Valencia (3h) is the closest beach, Going to the north is around 4h and to the Northwest (Galicia)is 6+ hours.
I find it weird how most countries are so big they have several important cities, in my country we have basically 3 cities and the rest is farmland and small villages
I am from 9th largest country in the world, yet we have only 3 big cities (big city=more than 1 million population).
It's the same thing in Brazil, most of the country is just farmland or nature with a couple of huge cities.
Love ya work!!!!!!
Nice work!
The world is not Eurocentric, Europeans are Euro-centric, africans are afro-centric, Chinese are sino-centric etc. Nobody is forcing anyone to use European maps. If anyone doesn't like it, make your own damn maps.
I'm afraid that the colonialist hangover has not yet disappeared. The world is Europe centric just as much as it is English centric. It's embedded in fashion, architecture, art, music, and language. Europe has for so many years written the world's rhetoric (through obnoxious dominance) and it would be silly to suggest that that has somehow evaporated simply due to countries receiving independent sovereignty.
@@amosw766 Why are you writing in the 'colonialist' language of your 'oppressors'?. Europeans and their descendants hold a prominent cultural position because of their outgoing attitude.
@@mikesaunders4775 not something I have any say in I'm afraid. I was just correcting the ridiculous notion suggested by the poster of the comment which said that the world *isn't* Euro-centric. It is. All you have to do is open a textbook on any topic and you'll see that. That's not something that I resent necessarily, but it is a fact.
@@amosw766 That's simply cultural influence not "hangover".
@@someguysomeone3543 colonising and enslaving is not "influencing"
Europe doesnt feel small because of a lot of big mountain ranges like in my small country there are places I need 8 hours drive to get to from my home.
I definitely had the same “Europe is small” feeling as a Canadian planning a trip around Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and France
Great perspective 👍
first time i hear someone speaking in english who says chile instead of chili. congratulations
He went to school in Australia, not the U.S.
I think at least in British English the pronunciation is like Chile-i (with a diphthong at the end). Chili sounds ridiculous, I agree
@@rossbrumby1957 i say Chile as well...stop degrading Americans
@@makreacts8045 Well a lot of spanish speakers pronounce english words terribly. Don't suffer for that
It is interesting how such a small continent achieved so much in the past.
Stretching the word 'interesting' there a bit; to cover shipbuilding, navigation, colonialism, slavery and cultural appropriation.
@@TheInselaffen Art, literature, science, philosophy, architecture, enlightenment, etc, etc, etc.
@@sandponics those too.
@@TheInselaffen the vast majority of scientific progress in history has been made by Europeans. Plus democracy, human rights, modern legal systems are created by Europeans and we created much of the greatest art and literature in history.
Colonialism gets a bad rap but it was categorically better than typical conquest by other peoples, such as Mongolians, arabs, Ottomans etc. And yet only Europeans are ever criticised.
The vast majority of slavery throughout history has been practiced by africans and arabs.
@ANTI GLOBALIST racist; against whom?
Me who is australia is just used to 3 day trips to go visit some cool places.
Haha, I've said this about car reviews, they always used to compare various cars to a Porsche Boxster, e.g. "that Camry is as fast as a Porsche Boxster!". When actually Boxsters are slow.
4:10 "Some counties that you might not think are european"
Kazakhstan: yes definitively
Azerbaijan: ok some people may argue with that but ok
Georgia:😂then if it is not in europe then where is it😂
Where's Azerbaijan if not in Europe? That's where Georgia would be.
@@randomguy-tg7ok i personally agree with you but of all the Caucasus nations they are the least european if that makes any sense
Which it completely does.
@@randomguy-tg7ok thanks
I am from Kazakhstan, and it is funny to know that some part of our land is considered to be in Europe.
My country can approximately fit in one Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland
And it fits them perfectly too! What a strange coincidence
Interesting that Julian implies that he can’t understand eurocentrism yet he talks about how he planned his visit to Europe. Which places overseas did he travel to before Europe? Does he suggest any reference substitutes?
He can't understand eurocentrism while it's country's flag has the uk flag within it
My take is that people have a hard time conceptualising the scale of anything that's way bigger than them, or way smaller than them. Because Europe is a small collection of even smaller countries, its size is a little easier to grasp mentally than the size of a single huge entity like Australia, or the US.