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as a slovak citizen i love that you correctly pronounce Škoda with Š. Big up my brotha
As a Slovak I much appreciate your compliments about my country.❤🇸🇰
Wow, the Slovak word for police (Polícia) is written exactly like in Portuguese! 😲
The root of the word is latin, and Police has been in use since medieval times, so most European languages use some localized version.
@@Snaakie83 - I know all that but what are the chances that a Slavik language spells the word letter by letter like we do? Even the accent (´) is in the same letter! I'd expect it to be more similar to the Czech "policie" or the Slovene "policija" or the Polish "policja".
@@module79l28 I was equally surprised when I saw polícia written in Portuguese :) The difference is that the accent in Portuguese means accent and in Slovak it means long vowel (like double vowel), so í = ii, poliitsia. There are more words in Slovak that end with -cia, like revolúcia, milícia, edícia, petícia, pozícia, tradícia... and also names Patrícia, Lucia. In Czech, those words end with -ce and -cie: revoluce, milice, edice, petice, pozice, tradice, Patricie, Lucie. All of those words (except names) end with -ão in Portuguese, right? Polícia is like the only one we have in common.
@@ESCLuciaSlovakia - It might not be the only one, we also have the word "milícia" in Portuguese and according to Linguee, it means the same as in Slovak.
@@module79l28 Ah okay, another one, didn't know that.
The Chevy Suburbans are registrated in Austria to the diplomatic corps of the USA. W = Wien = Vienna, D = diplomatic corps, 5xxx = USA.
I thought it's Austria, I was not sure if there really is A, but that font is familiar to me after I visited Vienna.
Exactly, Austrian license plates on those American vehicles. The rest of it is Slovakian licence plates.
Finally my city!
Btw, that's presidental palace called Grasalkocič palace, it's on the Hodžovo námestie (Hodžovo square). I'm going around quite often. I've been in that presidential palace 2 times.
you mean Antal Grassalkovich, Hungarian nobleman? :D we can agree that almost everything that is beautiful in today's Slovakia is thanks to the Hungarians, from Eperjes to Pozsony. I hope you get Fico out of there quickly again, of course we have something to do here with Orbán ..
Keep politics out of this please. Enjoy the video.
@@uncle_matula
He came from a Croatian noble family. How funny that he populated the deserted Lowlands, i.e. today's Magyarország, with the Slovaks. The word Hungarian prior to 1918, when you got your first ever ethnic country, is a general term for a citizenship and doesn´t mean Magyar. :P
@@uncle_matulatrolling? or take some IQ pills..
@@uncle_matulayou mean the old days when Austrian monarchy ruled
Building is presidential palace. Guards at palace are called "čestná stráž", they are same as kings guards in London.
"čestná stráž" means "the guard of honor" in English
@@AdamBurianek92 honor guard.
Good video im from Czech republic but Slovakia is our friend : )
Slovakia = Hungary right? 😂
Tatry (written as plural) - Tatra mountains - the smallest high mountains (786km2, 610km2 in Slovakia, 30 mountains over 2500m).
Nizke Tatry - Low Tatras - right over the Poprad valley, next to Tatras.
Tatra banka - Tatra bank. :)
Hotel Tatra is quite common name for a hotel in Slovakia. Or used to be.
Tatranky - a traditional waffer in various forms. Sounds like "belonging to Tatra" or "woman from Tatras".
"Tatra" is one of the 3 hills in our national emblem. It is Tatra, Matra (for some reason in Hungary) and Fatra.
One could say, that "Tatra" is kinda slovak national symbol. :)
(For some reason) ty asi moc nevynikáš v histórii…
@@dominikdominik1139 bolo to dost nasilu :D
@@dominikdominik1139 tak ma pod poucit z historie. ;-)
Samotna identifikacia tych vrchov ako "Tatra, Matra a Fatra" je o dost mladsia (16.-17. stor.n.l.), nez samotny znak. Ani historici sa nevedia dohodnut, ci to je trojvrsie pri Nitre, alebo nieco ine.
@@MR-qz3ud ja som ti odpovedal na to, kde si sa čudoval, že Matra je "z nejakého dôvodu v Maďarsku".
To vtedy, keď sme sa osamostatnili, sme mali z tretieho "kopčeka" urobiť narýchlo nejaké slovenské pohorie, aby sme sa trochu cítili lepšie?
@@dominikdominik1139 chalani, nechápem prečo sa hádate. Mali ste sa len pekne doplniť a hotovo. Buďme k nám Slovákom lepší. Zaslúžime si to. Pekný deň chlapci
8:29 and you probably don't know what administrative building is to the right - it is Tatra Centrum with Tatra banka in it 😂 And it's not even a joke.
Slovakia’s on my travel wish list (not necessarily for the emergency vehicles 😅). Love the these compact clean cities with amazing historical architecture. One day. Btw, it’s 5 in the morning here so it’s officially AUSTRALIA DAY! Happy Australia Day Ian and your lovely family. You can celebrate today with us and tomorrow as well if you like. I did try to buy lamb this week but the smallest cutlet was the price of a small car, possibly a Skoda. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
It's a great place to visit. I live in Bratislava and I like it. But I also recommend some countryside. In Modra, which isn't so far from Bratislava we have nice little museum of Ľudovít Štúr, in Banská Bystrica we have museum of SNP (Slovak National Uprise), in Banská Štiavnica we had Bank of Love, which unfortunetly burned down last summer. Also Komárno and Kolárovo are little pretty cities and also Liptov region and High Tatras are great place to visit! I hope you'll enjoy it, when you'll come.
@@SomKing123 It will be a couple of years before I can, but thank you for the info! Is it a good place for a woman travelling alone (safety etc)? My partner refuses to travel to Europe unless it’s Italy but I could park him there while I go to Slovakia and a couple of other places. I’d also say you should come to Australia in any season other than summer (now). Beautiful, friendly, safe, plenty of adventures. Not cheap but there are always ways to save money ☺️.
Happy Australia Day over there (or shall i say "down under there"?) ;-))
@@Hartmut-oo5ts Thank you! You can say either. I’ll be having a barbie (BBQ) with friends, drinking a bit 🫠 and singing Aussie songs. Bless you! 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
@@littlecatfeet9064 No problém. Slovakia no palestina🤣
6:39 - That is Slovak coat of arms. We are using it everywhere possible :D
Great video, my man. You should finally hop on plane and visit us :D
I would love to visit 🎉😎
If you zoom closely on those Audi A8 D3 front grills, you can see the badge W12. So its naturally aspirated W12 6.0 liter gasoline engine with 450hp and 580Nm or 428 lb-ft. I think the Slovak goverment has two of those limousines. This engine is made from two VR6 Volkswagen engines(something between V6 and in-line 6 engine). It was used in Audi A8, VW Phaeton(Probably most luxurious car made from VW, similar to Audi A8), VW Touareg(VW SUV), Bentley continental GT/ continental Flying Spur. This engine was made also in 700hp and 750lb-ft variant. Engines like this were made in “mad times” of VW - they made a lot of these special and interesting engines. Worth mentioning is for example V12 Turbo Diesel engine used in Audi Q7(493hp and 1000Nm or 738lb-ft) and in Audi R10 TDI race car which won the Le mans 24hr race 3 times.
And the Audis are armored ;)
They Must be... For this use... @@planco
Oh, it's absolutely fantastic to know we have such cars. Yet, even more marvelous is how my dear country hasn't managed to complete a highway between two main cities since 1974, when they first broke ground...
@ well it depends... most of the fleet is standard limos, those 2 audis were used on slovak diplomatic mission at Bosnia and Hercegovina, then moved back to Slovakia for special state guests.
Thanks for covering my country. BTW the white and green design is an old design, new one is kinda gray silver with yellow and blue decals similar to czech design (almost the same). Only cars I have seen with this new design so far are Toyota RAV4 and BMW X3 hybrids, but there are also other like skodas(both enyaqs and octavias) and kias.
You are right, Tatra is the name of a mountain range in Slovakia (and a small part in Poland). In fact it is the world smallest Alpine-type of mountain range :-) The Tatra car manufacturer got the name after they tested their new cars in the High Tatra mountains in the newly-born state of Czechoslovakia in 1919 (peacefully dissolved in 1993). So the name is kind of a reminder of common history with the Czechs, also Tatra had a car factory in Slovakia for a few decades.
Krásne si to zhodnotil 🙂
tatra or tatry, I am confused.. is there one tatra in tatry mountains region?
@@theoteddy9665 it is Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra in english and also Tatra in german. In SVK/CZE/PLN language it is Tatry what means Tatras.
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Why do you write that it was dissolved peacefully, when the Mečiar mafia did it without a referendum?
Slovakian and Serbian plates are almost the same. And we even have two cities which car plates start with same ZA markings, and looking from 30m you really cant make a difference. Difference is country symbol. Slovakian crest has 2 horizontal lines, Serbian crest has one. Cities are Zajecar in Serbia and Zilina in Slovakia.
And then there are almost identical plates "MA" quite close to each other. MA - Malacky in Slovakia and Mattersburg in Austria. Hard to tell apart from a far. And not to forget Makarska. :)
Btw is about 50 000 ethnic Slovaks in Vojvodina. Still keeping on their traditions and speaking very beautiful (and clean) slovak language.
Or BL = BurgenLand and Bratislava
You asked , we deliver 😂 :
For the 2024 A8 a turbocharged 335-horsepower V-6 augmented by a 48-volt hybrid system is the sole engine option. (The sportier S8 rocks a turbocharged V-8 rated for 563 horsepower.) An eight-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive are standard.,
Earlier models ( 2009-2017) had options for a 3.0 V6 TFSI,
4.0 V8 TFSI,
4.2 V8 FSI,
W12 engine 6.3L ( 🤤)
The diesels :
3.0 V6 TDI
4.2 V8 TDI
2017-2023:
3.0 L biturbo FSI V6
3.0 L biturbo FSI V6 MHEV
3.0 L biturbo FSI V6 PHEV
4.0 L biturbo FSI V8 MHEV
( MHEV =
108 hp (81 kW; 109 PS))
Diesel engines:
3.0 L biturbo V6
4.0 L biturbo V8
Oh my, that W12 engine was a heavy drinker... ;-)
Hello Budy! You impressed me with your cars knowledge. You were right in all your assumes. Government building is actually something as Slovak White House, place where are offices for Slovakian president. You could see her on your records, lady with blond hair. Hotel TATRA is named after High Tatras mountains in Slovakia. But you were right with TATRA lorries, very good quality heavy lorry machines, produced in Czech republic. Multiple winner of Relly DAKAR race competition in AFRICA! And finally most of VANs here got diesel engines, you were right again. These days green and white police cars clouring is being replaced by blue-yellow-white. Very simmilar as in Czech republic.
Tatra was a Czechoslovak truck and even then it won the Paris Dakar Rally, and if we weren't Czechoslovakia, those cars probably wouldn't even be called TATRA. That's why they named them Tatra in the Czechoslovak Republic, because those cars would conquer even the highest mountains of the Czechoslovak Republic today in Slovakia.
@@ucirak You are right TATRA WAS, Czechoslovakian truck, today it is only Czech truck, produced in Koprivnice city.
The Opel Van is actually just rebadged, but so is also the Fiat van.
It is called Renault Trafic, Fiat Talento, Opel Vivaro, Nissan Primastar. There are a lot of those vehicles. Same for Fiat Ducato, Renault Master etc.
And yes black one is Audi A8, which is counterpart to BMW 7 series/Mercedes S-Class.
Tatra mountains go trough south Poland, north Czechia and north Slovakia.
... north Czechia .. ??? - As a Slovak, I have never read more stupidity. The Tatra Mountains are part of the Carpathian arc, which stretches from the capital of Slovakia - Bratislava through all of Slovakia, Transcarpathian Ukraine and Romania. It has absolutely nothing to do with the Krkonoše mountain range, which forms the northern border of Bohemia and Poland and was formed during a completely different folding in a completely different geological period. I love the Czech Republic as much as Slovakia. They are our Slavic brothers.
The Tatra mountains are NOT in Czechia.
The Tatra Mountains occupy an area of 785 square kilometres (303 sq mi), of which about 610 square kilometres (236 sq mi) (77.7%) lie within Slovakia and about 175 square kilometres (68 sq mi) (22.3%) within Poland.
Honestly its amazing to get review with such a respect . thats what i admire about you the most. Thank you for reviewing with such a respect towards us. you got my follow sir . wish you all the best .
There are 180 castles, chateaux and 452 mansions in Slovakia.
on license plates it is the state emblem. Three hills Tatra, Matra, Fatra
Ffs this shit again.
No they are not.
Matra is not Slovak, it never was Slovak, it is in Hungary
It's just 3 unnamed hills because there is a lot of hills in Slovakia.
3:48 the car plate WD-XXXX is from the diplomatic corps in Vienna, Austria
A podla auto to bude usa ambasada....kontrola , ci sa poslucha
Building is from 1760s, former palace of local magnate: Palace of Grassalkovich de Gyarak. It was reconstructed in 1990s and serves as office of president of Slovak Republic. Behind palace are large gardens.
10:00 - The Fiat passenger van and the Opel passenger van are basically the same platform, the only differences are the front, the engines and some equipment. If you go back to the profile shot of the Fiat, you'll notice that it's exactly the same.
The same van is sold as Renault and Mitsubishi in Australia
@@LachlanPhil - We also have the Renault version (Trafic), of course, but not the Mitsubishi. The only Mitsubishi vans we've ever had were the L300 and L400.
We do have the Nissan NV300, which is another Trafic in "disguise", just like the Fiat Talento in the video and the Opel Vivaro.
🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰 SLOVAKIA 🇸🇰🇸🇰🇸🇰
Confusingly, the Fiat and Opel are actually the same van. It's a Renault design that was shared with those other brands, plus Vauxhall and Nissan. Now that Opel, Vauxhall and Fiat are part of Stellantis, they sell a different van of that size that's a Citroen/Peugeot design. But Renault and Nissan still sell the van seen here.
Confusing, I know....
My city mentioned. 🎊 Good video as always. 👍
Looks beautiful. I’ll have to look into it more in depth soon 🎉
Thank you for your presentation of our city. 🙂 take care.
Slovak police are getting new vehicles with new design, somewhat similar to CZE vehicles, combination of silver colored car with yellow/blue stripes. Most of the new vehicles are Toyota Rav4, BMW X3, KIA sportage or KIA Ceed.
yes and also mostly hybrid electric-petrol cars while previously diesels, compared to CZ with only petrol cars before and now.
As far as I (uneducated german) know, the size of Skoda Octavia and Superb are quite similar. They vary in quality and comfort.
Also Rapid is pretty similar
Superb is 18cm longer then Octavia. its like Audi A4 vs Audi A6.
I do not know if it is still the case but older Superbs are based on the VW PAssat Plattform and Octavias where based on the VW Golf one (but a little bit stretched).
Still the case. Vw Golf, Skoda Octava, Seat Leon are technicaly pretty much the same cars. (Leon is top for me) This year comming new Superb and Passat are twins, both made in VW plant in Bratislava.@@DSP16569
Come to Slovakia, we have a lot of beautiful places, we are blessed
Veľmi dobré video.. som prekvapený znalosťou Wrockera :) like a odber
Tatra got name from Tatra mountains in Slovakia. Tatra had development centre in Bratislava from 60-ies until 80-ies BTW.
I like your style man. Like your openness to things outside of the US.
awesome video!
Seeing an American being that hyped about our boring country is heartwarming. All the best - cheers, man! 🍻
About the Austrian Chevy license plate:
WD - W is for Wien (Vienna), D is for Diplomats
No. 5 - code for the United States embassy in Austria
Great video, was hoping you spot the beautiful trolleybuses in the background at 7:06 , I'm totally fangirling those beauties🤩
Slovakia Police is one of the fewest units in EU to have red blue US style sirens
In the vans there are usually press you can always see them in the back of motorcade and on the end is Vojenska polica (Military police/MP) and the all blacked out Mercedes(Sometimes Skoda) is where President/Minister is traveling
Comment on 2:00 mark:
In the number of European countries police vehicles (and exclusively police vehicles) sometimes have blue+red roof lights, instead of just blue roof lights.
There's a reason to it - you, as a regular public member driving your car, are supposed to react differently to blue+red or just blue roof lights.
With just blue roof lights, you're supposed to just give way, ie. clear path.
With blue+red roof lights, you're actually obliged to STOP on the roadside and wait till said vehicle (and usually convoy accompanying it) has passed, and it is safe for you to carry on thereafter.
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I know that countries like the UK, Germany, France, and plethora of others do not use blue+red combination. The majority of Central and Eastern European countries, however, do.
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Just another bit of useless knowledge that you may be interested in 😅
That is an interesting bit of special knowledge 😋 Denmark only has blue.
Here in Ireland it's illegal to show red lights on the front of a vehicle. So our emergency vehicles tend to have blue on the front and blue and red to the rear.
in Croatia only escort police for goverment and stuff like in this video use red and blue lights. And the cars are usually the ones normal police don't use. They use BMW G30 5 series (before they used E60 5 series) and bunch of VW Touraeg's (same ones like in this video)
I appreciate that knowledge! 🎉😎
in Czechia, where the traffic rules are basically the same as in Slovakia (we were one country after all), we’re now starting to implement these on all EMS vehicles. the reason is simple - better visibility. in our case, there is no functional difference between all-blues and blue-reds, it’s only about the age of the vehicle as the blue-red beacons have been legal for a short time and there is no reason to throw out functional ones.
I am impressed with your interest about our small country. Thanks.
Yes black Audi at end is A8, but maybe even longer version A8L, very typical for VIP transports, even armoured.
I like your videos. For your info on opposite side of presidents pallace is Tatra Banka, one of the biggest banks in Slovakia.
Wassup dude? You should visit Slovakia, great people, nice, hospitable country with nice buildings, churches, castles and unique food.
Bratislava, generaly Slovakia is beautiful place to visit. Clean, safe with excellent food and drinks. Lot of gorgeous castles in nature environment. Nowadays central and east European countries are the only visit worthy places on continent.
Thank you my home city, used to live not far from there.
the audi a8L (the one you saw in the video), came with a 2.8l v6, a 3.2l v6, a 3,7l v8, a 4.2l v8, a 5.2l v10, a 6.0l w12, a 3l v6 diesel, a 4l v8 diesel and a 4.2l v8 diesel.
Hey buddy..the building all the cars parked at is Presidential Palace in Bratislava...and as a born in Bratislava, i can just say thanks for all those nice comments... btw Hotel Tatra and the trucks as well are named after the biggest Slovak mountain range :-)
Yes there are high and small Tatras mountains. They are in Slovakia (part of high tatras ar in Poland). And the location is The Grassalkovich Palace (1760), there is the presidend office (use to be at bratislava castle).
Tatras are in central part of Slovakia, called High Tatras. They are mountains.
Hi IWrocker, you mentioned the Tatra car, I worked in that company. The name comes from the iconic mountain range in Slovakia, paradoxically, the company's seat is mainly in the Czech Republic, but at that time we were one state of the Socialist Republic of Czechoslovakia, yes communism ruled here then, but that is history. I worked in the branch in Banovce nad Bebravou in Slovakia. Anyway, air-cooled trucks are quite a rarity (I think until today) 90% of the production was directed to the USSR and friendly communist countries. One of the interesting things, the cars intended for work in the north of Russia were heated bodies so that they could dump the load in the cold - 35 degrees, those cars never went out, they ran 24/7, only fuel was added
That Audi with BA-518VU reg. is Audi A8, pretty good
And the thing on our plates you were asking about, it´s called "coat of arms"... in Slovak, it´s: "erb" E (as in Emma), hard R and B :)
Tatra trucks... that´s something that Czechs "borrowed" and forgotten to give back... Tatra Mountains are in Slovakia and a tiny part touches Poland... Czechs only borrowed the name... as they borrow everything and forget to return... ;)
Skoda Superb 3 is 4851 mm long, the wheelbase is 2841 mm and it is 1864 mm wide, 2031 mm with mirrors.
The father of my cousin has one of those old Audi A8. His model has a V10 engine and puts out 450 hp :)
That big black Audi is A8 L (Lange/Long) version, usualy they are 4.2 petrol or 4.0 TDi
Those Mercedes-Benz vans are called viano, yes diesel and absolute luxury inside, you should check them out
One of the reasons you do not have Opel in US is that GM, who owned Opel and Chevrolet at a certain point of time, has decided to make a clear market separation between US and Europe. At the time, Chevrolets have also been sold in Europe and GM felt they was poaching on Opel's market. Opel's sales were quite low at the time (not that they are much better now :D).
As for the van engines, they are most likely diesel. Diesels are much more common in EU for the work and fleet vehicles. The petrol options are usually not strong enough for the work vehicles. Most probably due to all the EU's regulations regarding engines emissions. So in EU the trend is downsizing the petrol engines and using turbos on them. That is why you see a lot of 3-cylinder turbo engines nowadays. In US, you do not have these limiting regulations so the option to have a 5/6-liter petrol engine is still there.Plus, the petrol price in the US is still much lower compared to EU (according to money.usnews article I checked, it is about half the EU price per gallon). These two factors probably play the biggest role in the widespread use of the large volume petrol engines in US and low need for the diesel.
The Fiat van and the Opel van are the same vans. They are also badged up as Peugeot and Citroen as well.
Wrong, these are based on Renault Trafic, their production ended when Opel and Fiat joined in I think 2021. Since then they are based on Peugeot/Citroen vans.
regarding tatra -> there is tatra 603 and 613 they have naturally asparated v8 cooled by air. greate cars
9:08 the mountains are Tátra but the truck is TATRA, and we have a alcoholic drink called tatra tea
Greetings from Bratislava , Paul :-)
Cheers from Bratislava
Superb is cheaper sibling of VW Passat, but there is difference between US and EU version of Passat. SK mean Slovakia like FR means France and the double cross blazon is the sign of the Slovak republic. Fabia is like Polo, Octavia is sedan version of Golf(Rabbit in US) or Vento/Jetta/Bora which was Golf with trunk in Sedan design and Superb is like Passat.
The white text on the sides in the green line is saying "help and protect". Yes, most of the cars are diesels. That AUDI A8 is W12 version which is armored. That's why we have older version, because is used only for special occasions for VIP visits. Black police cars here are similar to US. Black are for special units like President, PM guard or not marked police highways patrols, detectives etc.
Nice video. You know a lot of things about Slovakia. Which is amazing!
The translation of the channel name is "Bratislava life in the city"
The Suburbans had plates from Austria (Vienna is an hour away from Bratislava)
Station wagons and SUVs are more common here - it's quite rare to see a police sedan in Slovakia
The police liveries have changed recently from the army-looking white+green to more modern/european grey+light blue+neon yellow
That buling is the Presidential Palace and is usually the first stop for most official visits.
The plates have also changed since this video - the font has changed (no need to exchage old plates but new cars have the new plates).
Diesels are more common in Europe it seems and I wouldn't be surprised if all those vans were Dielel+AdBlue
Thing to note: last car in the motorbrigade was a car with a similar livery as the police cars, but the text says "Vojenská polícia" which means "Military police" I don't know what's their role in the convoy but just something you might have missed.
New livery on a
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They also bought BMW X3 plug-in hybrid, Kia Sportage, Toyota Hilux, and of course probably some Škoda Octavia and Škoda Enyaq as well.
couple of fun facts - there are lot of wagons in Slovakia. actually most of people prefer wagons for their family cars. since we don't usually buy those large cars as in US (Europe don't sell much of those), wagons have the biggest trunks you can get.
You also asked about diesels - yes and that's another thing over here, diesel used to be much cheaper than petrol and also diesel engines have better milage, so people are accustomed to buy diesels. even for public service vehicles as you can see.
Suburban plates are A for Austria (our neighbors) - someone explained that already.
And yes the old big Audi is A8, but don't be fooled by those old Audis and Skodas (like that superb II), new government always buy new cars for their comfort (corrupt pigs) - currently I believe it's BMWs 7series
I agree, but you forgot the yellow lights some fire-fighter car and trucks still have. In any case, whatever lights a car has flashing you are meant to give clear way.
4:14 , BMW with blue plate with yellow text is probably diplomate license plate.
the Slovak president was there, it's the presidential palace Bratislava 6,09slovak president blonde
If you want more similarities with police in US - Slovak police cars literally have "protect and serve" written on them, you can even see it on the video as "pomáhať a chrániť."
thanks man! we dont see it so positive as you do, but maybe we should : )
My hometown. :-) The big white house is called "President´s palace" (Prezidentský palác). Originaly named Grasalkovičov palác (Grasalkovič´s Palace), but nobody uses that name. :D I am not into cars, but you made me watch the whole video and I and my Polish husband really enjoyed it. Lots of interesting knowledge. Greetings from Bratislava!
The Tatra Mountains are in Slovak Republic, not in Czech, and also in Poland, because they are on the border between Slovak Republic and Poland.
The Vans are definitely diesel, most of the wagons are probably diesels as well. I am not sure how the price compares between gasoline and diesel in US, but in Europe diesel is usually around 10% cheaper, so people like to get it for any kind of car that is expected to make long journeys (more than just driving around in a city).
you mah dude are one nice and decent americans here :)
Man, you gotta come and visit my home town Bratislava. I'll give you a free tour if you like. ❤
The bulding is the presidential palace. Too bad we can't actually see her. The symbol on the car plates which is also on our flag is a coat of arms. The BL before the coat of arms means the car is registered in Bratislava. The code after the coat of arms is a unique code for the car just like everywhere else.
Tatras are the mountains in Slovakia, they are pretty huge. There are some slopes of Tatras that are in southern Poland but most of it (with the tallest peaks) is in Slovakia - after which the Tatra trucks were named, after which the hotel was named, a bank and many things in the country.
Škoda is the most frequently used car in Slovakia, since they originate in this area (former Czechoslovakia). Slovakia is also Europe's biggest car producer, many luxurious cars are produced here.
My City. So the police white are Audi A6 3.0 TSFI petrol engines, Skoda Superb gen2 are 3.6 V6 FSI petrol engines. All VW Touaregs are 3.0 V6 TDI diesel engines. One Audi A8 long is a 4.2 V8 petrol engine, second one is a Audi A8 long high security. VR6 armour. And it has a 6.0 W12 petrol engine
these guys which you described in 1:27 are palace guards highly skilled soldiers/policemen and woman
So I checked it out for you. The plates on American heavy-duty vehicles have Austrian diplomatic corps plates from Vienna. All other plates are Slovak plates (those with the Slovak Republic coat of arms on them). There is one blue plate with yellow letters that is also a Slovak car plate, but those are Slovak diplomatic corps plates. The video is one year old, and since then, our police force has gotten new vehicles with modernized livery in blue and yellow, as you can see in most European countries. Also, new cars are mostly crossover plug-in hybrids like the Toyota RAV4 or BMW X3. And fun fact the old cars you can see mostly have tuned engines straight from the factory that you can't order with your dealer.
It is a national emblem: a double cross, which is set on three mountains- Tatra, Matra, Fatra - national natural parks and with a historical subtext - Slovakia is located between them. The building where the meeting was held is the presidential palace in the middle of Bratislava - the capital. If you want to visit Slovakia, I recommend: Terchová, Spišská Kapitula, High Tatras, Slovak Paradise, Dobšinská ice cave, the highest church tower in Slovakia in Spišská Nová Ves, Betliar and many, many other locations. Slovakia is a small country, but we have many natural and cultural monuments. For example - Slovakia has the highest number of castles and chateaux in the world per population - Spiš Castle, Krásna Hôrka, Červený Kameň, etc. And definitely have to try our national dishes, such as bryndza "dumplings", goose with lokša, goulash, cakes, ostipeko (there is a lot of it) and of course our alcohol (Spišská Borovička, Tokajská wines, Topoľčianska mead, Tatratea....)😁😁 We are a small country, but with a big heart 🇸🇰♥️😍
probably it is Audi A8 L -(long version). In those vans (Opel, Fiat... there are members of the special police department, our version of SWAT) - you really don't want your door kicked in at 3 in the morning 😁 very rough guys, first they shoot, then they ask questions
in government departments, Škoda Superb, BMW 7, Audi 8, Mercedes S are mainly used. Of course, in the highest equipment
Just for info .... our police changed cars collors to grey yellov blue style.
It's clear that the Opel and Fiat vans, are actually rebadged Renault Traffic Vans. Opel and Vauxhall versions, no longer made, as Opel and Vauxhall - GM's division in Germany and the UK - was off loaded to PSA; Peugeot Citroen - Renault's native French rival. Very popular here in Australia - virtually came from no where - used by Australia Post and Renault probably sells more commercials in Australia than cars. This particular Renault van is also rebadged here as a Mitsubishi. Renault also owns part of Nissan. Companies are getting together to survive. The van is also rebadged as a Nissan.
It is indeed a little odd to see big American trucks in the mix.
But the thing is that embassies are free to obtain whatever vehicles they prefer, as long as they've road legal.
In Denmark you can recognise diplomatic vehicles because they have blue licence plates with white numbers and letters.
In that way, the police knows that they're not allowed to do a search for stuff in the car... It'll require a permission from the government, as diplomats may carry sensitive information that regular police isn't supposed to see.
It's a mutual agreement, pretty much like diplomatic immunity.
So the vehicles attached to Danish representations around the world are also above the regular police (unless they are being really dangerous to the public)
I think blue licence plates for diplomatic vehicles are standard in EU. You can see one in the video at 4:14
@@mackomako hmmm then I'm a little puzzled why we don't see more blue plates in this entourage...
Perhaps it's simpler to get local plates, so the embassy has just chosen to only have a few on blue plates.
Denmark has a very high tax on cars, so if you take a walk around the neighbourhoods where most of the embassies are located, you see a lot of blue plates.
5:00 Fiat and Opel and RAM are the same company Stellantis. That is why the vans looks the same.
big audi is A8 and it usually have v8 4.2 quattro
As a Slovak, i will always Welcome you into my Country 🇸🇰
Suburban's WD is austrian license plate for diplomatic cars
At 6:42 in the license plate the Slovak coat of arms can be seen.
i love your videos as a Slovak
most vans in europe are diesel, makes more sense, they are more fuel efficient and diesel is usualy a bit cheaper then regular petrol. And you have opel in the us, they are branded as buick
The older ones because Opel and Vauxhall was 100% owned by GM. European Opel and Vauxhalls where often "Americanized" - other front, back, a little bit chrome here and Bling Bling there and sold as Buick, Saturn, or whatever.
GM sold Opel and Vauxhall to PSA (Peugeot, Citroen, DS) and Opel/Vauxhall started to base their new models on the PSA-Plattform (a Opel Corsa is mostly the same as a Peugeot 208) - Opel in the PSA World was the more sporty designed "german" brand, Peugeot the comfort orientated brand and Citroen the weird brother brand :-) )
PSA merged with other Car Brands to Stellantis but still most Opel/Vauxhalls share their Plattform and most parts with Peugeot and Citroen (and DS the Luxory Citroen brand).
"diesel is usualy a bit cheaper then regular petrol" not anymore, now it's almost the same price, but after 2022, you could even see that diesel was even more expensive than benzin + all those greendeals and euro norms, diesel is not good now, it's possible that they will even ban it in near future for personal cars
I am from Slovakia too😅 ináč dobre video
That white Suburban has an Austrian diplomatic plate (series WD without any logo (region or service) between the series designator and the serial number). Slovak plates (unless some old plates from the last century) would have the Slovak coat of arms between the series designator and the serial number.
2:55 then you would like the new czech police suv units. Škoda kodiaqs with red and blues and with pushbars.
Bratislava is an amazing place to travel to. It is a very nice small city but also has Vienna and Budapest short train/bus journeys away.
You forgot on Brno :)
Can you tell me what is amazing in Bratislava ? I am from Slovakia, I would never call that City as "amazing place" Thanks.
@@BestRanger22 It's the historical nature of the architecture mainly. Something America especially has almost none of. It's also nice to have so where near Vienna that is a bit quieter and smaller. It is also very good value for money.
Tatra mountain range is in Slovakia, Czechia almost entirely flat, while Slovakia is quite mountainous
There is the Low Tatras and the High Tatras, both inside central-northern slovakia
love my country, also that white building is the Presidential Palace
Greating from Bratislava
at 7:24 you can see there is Hotel Tatra :) on the back , sign is on top, and if you dont know Tatras (Tatry) are mountains in Slovakia. Tatra Cars are named because they can climb Tatra mountains :) ... maybe, joking :)
ooo you spoted it, ok...
greetings from BA
Plates on that Suburban were WD - that mean Wien Diplomat surely from US diplomatic mission in Austria capital Vienna.