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In this video, we'll explore some of the most surprising and fascinating things that are common or normal in other parts of the world, but seem strange or even absurd to us. From weird laws and customs, to unusual foods and animals, to amazing inventions and innovations, these are some of the things that will make you wonder how different life can be in other countries. Let's get started!
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0:07 Greece
01:59 Italy
04:03 Spain
11:20 Switzerland
11:35 New Zealand
19:18 Japan
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#brightside #brightsideglobal
TIMESTAMPS:
0:07 Greece
01:59 Italy
04:03 Spain
11:20 Switzerland
11:35 New Zealand
19:18 Japan
This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.
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00:00Let me continue my world tour, and now we're heading straight to Europe.
00:04Let's start our journey in Greece, a place with thousands of years of history.
00:09Even in modern days, there are still ancient ruins there that are being carefully preserved, and it's an interesting ride.
00:16The airport of Athens has a built-in museum with ancient artifacts.
00:21And here's how ancient and modern coexist there.
00:24Here's the view of the Acropolis from the street.
00:27A Spartan Roaming the Streets of Greece
00:31A Redditor shared a photo of a modern building built right over the ancient ruins.
00:36The visitors can see the ruins through the glass.
00:39Greece is also very well known for its cats roaming the streets everywhere.
00:44This Redditor spotted a cat guarding the National Bank of Greece.
00:49These days, everyone is trying to reduce the usage of plastic.
00:53Some use paper straws, and some go with glass straws.
00:56But this cafe in Greece offered to use macaroni as straws.
01:00I'm not sure if it's stupid or genius.
01:04Another user went to a restaurant in North Macedonia and got baffled when they served slices of pizza on waffles.
01:11Double win, a snack, and no waste.
01:15In Romania, vending machines seem to be a thing.
01:18This one, for example, is a machine with ham.
01:21And here's a better one.
01:23A vending machine selling cartons of eggs.
01:26Scrambled eggs, probably.
01:29Europe is a place where old neighbors are modern.
01:32And this combination is mesmerizing.
01:34I'll show you.
01:36This Redditor shared a photo of a modern basketball court squeezed between 700-year-old walls in Croatia.
01:42And here's a photo from inside a grocery store.
01:46Look at these old columns.
01:48Modern problems require modern solutions.
01:51These traffic lights light up the ground so that people who store their phones could notice when the light changes.
01:58Italy is a work of art with thousands of years of history.
02:01I have quite a bunch of stuff for you from there.
02:04Some ruins date back thousands of years, and a lot of that gets preserved.
02:09A Redditor shared a photo of a lobby of a hotel that has a glass floor so that the ruins
02:14were visible.
02:16And these are the railing in an Airbnb.
02:20Even street signs are a work of art in Italy.
02:23Look at this one.
02:24Another Redditor shared even more designs.
02:27This Redditor showed a photo of a supermarket that is located in an old theater in Venice.
02:33Another user added one more photo of that supermarket.
02:37Since we're talking about supermarkets, apparently pets are allowed there.
02:41There are even special carts to carry them.
02:45Cities are centuries old, and there are quite a few narrow streets.
02:49So post vehicles have to adjust to fit them.
02:52Here's one of them.
02:54Some cities have canals or are located on islands, so boats are a thing.
02:59This is a UPS boat at Murano Island.
03:04Europe is packed with countries.
03:06The city of Basel in Switzerland is located right on the border with France and Germany.
03:11So the airport has three exits.
03:13You can walk out of it to France, Germany, or Switzerland.
03:17Let's walk out in Germany.
03:19Look, there's a traffic light with a girl walking a camel.
03:23The reasons are a mystery to me because camels aren't really a German thing, but it's cute.
03:28Here's another unique streetlight featuring Karl Marx, a famous German philosopher.
03:34Back to baffling vending machines.
03:37In Germany, you can find vending machines with sausages.
03:41Hamburg is Germany's major port city.
03:44There's a river that connects it to the North Sea.
03:46No wonder there's a drive-thru McDonald's for a boat.
03:51Look at this design of mineral water that is being sold in the Swiss Alps.
03:56A Redditor brought a souvenir from France.
03:58These are baguette-shaped pens.
04:02Look at this narrow house in Spain.
04:04I wonder what it looks like inside.
04:06But unfortunately, the Redditor only shared the exterior.
04:10In Portugal, cell phone towers are disguised as trees.
04:15And this is a bus that can ride the roads and then turn into a boat.
04:21A Redditor spotted doors in London that have doorknobs in the center.
04:25This seems super inconvenient.
04:27But apparently, the handle doesn't turn and exists only to pull the door closed.
04:32And the metal part with the keyhole has a little handle on the bottom of it.
04:38Europe is a historical place.
04:40This postbox bears the mark of a king ruling over a century ago.
04:46Back in the day, red telephone boxes were in high demand.
04:50Nowadays, when every person has a cell phone or two, not so much.
04:54So telephone boxes are being used in different ways.
04:58This one, for example, is now a smartphone repair shop.
05:03Luxembourg is a small but rich country squeezed between France, Germany, and Belgium.
05:08And they have baguette vending machines.
05:12Let's move north first, to the Netherlands.
05:15Farmers border their fields with a strip of flowers and put up a sign with a QR code,
05:20where people can pay for picking the flowers.
05:24And here's just a weird installation spotted by some Redditor.
05:28In Denmark, in Arhus, a city founded by the Vikings in the 8th century,
05:33you can find traffic lights with Vikings pictured on them.
05:36Some trash cans in Swedish subways have a separate space for cans.
05:41Homeless people can pick them up and exchange the cans for some cash.
05:46There's a giant statue of a silver moose in Norway.
05:49And these are signs on bathroom stalls depicting reindeer.
05:55Apparently, Finnish people are as polite as Canadians.
05:58On the bus, they have a button to thank the bus driver.
06:02Also, a Redditor spotted a raccoon pattern on a bus seat.
06:06We all know rocking horses.
06:08Most of you probably had one in your early days.
06:11Well, Finnish little people have rocking moose.
06:16Many people come to Iceland hoping to see the Northern Lights.
06:19A Redditor had a phone in the hotel,
06:22which had a special button to wake the guest up when the Northern Lights appear.
06:27Lithuanians sometimes put fake police cars on the sides of the road to combat road speeding.
06:33Europe has been ruled by kings and queens for centuries.
06:37Even today, many countries like the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, and some other countries have monarchs.
06:45So, no wonder that there are hundreds of castles scattered across Europe.
06:50Poland doesn't have any monarchs these days, but it still has 500 castles.
06:56Here's a warning sign for ghosts next to one of them.
06:59In Wrocław, all landmarks have a model so that visually impaired people could touch and see them too.
07:07There's also a statue of Darth Vader in one Polish city.
07:11In reality, it's a statue of a Polish magnate who supervised the construction of a port.
07:16But from time to time, locals dressed the statue in Lord Vader's costume.
07:21This sign in Poland specifically prohibits bikes, tractors, and horses to go on a highway.
07:26In some places, there's a separate line on the sidewalk for people who are walking and staring at their phones.
07:34And now, we travel across the Atlantic to Africa.
07:38This is Dune 7 in Namibia, the seventh biggest dune in the world.
07:43It's as tall as the Empire State Building.
07:46An internet user shared this photo.
07:49Someone in Tanzania put a literal penthouse on top of the building.
07:53I did some research and found out that it's a hotel.
07:56Still doesn't explain the roof, but I'm totally buying it.
07:59Maybe it's marketing.
08:01Drivers in Mozambique should be careful and watch out for elephants.
08:05And this is a sign from South Africa.
08:08Watch out for penguins!
08:10And another one that asks to baboon-proof the trash bins.
08:14So baboons are the raccoons of South Africa.
08:18Trees growing through the roads aren't surprising anymore.
08:21But this is a palm tree in Morocco growing through multiple balconies.
08:26A Redditor shared a photo of a runaway horse in Israel returning to the backyard in an urban area.
08:32Urban horse encounters are relatively common in the country.
08:35A hotel in Turkey served a whole honeycomb for breakfast to this Redditor.
08:40300,000 people and over 80,000 horses.
08:45Yep, that's Iceland.
08:47The breed they have there is very specific.
08:50Hardy, long-lived, and because of it, internationally popular.
08:53These horses can be found in North America and Europe, too.
08:57But they can have certain features people from Iceland don't want their breed to have.
09:02Because of that, the Icelanders wanted to avoid mixing their horses with other breeds.
09:07So they passed a law over 1,000 years ago that said no horse imports.
09:13That's right.
09:14Even if they give you some of their own horses, you can't take them back.
09:18No chewing gum in Singapore.
09:21Vandals used to stick their chewing gum on door sensors or would find some other way to mess with public
09:26transportation.
09:27So the country had to spend around $150,000 annually to clean that.
09:32It was easier to ban it by law.
09:35So no gum can be bought, sold, or blown into bubbles over there.
09:40Um, not a good idea to import them, either.
09:43Going to Greece?
09:44Good.
09:45Have a safe trip.
09:46And pick the right shoes.
09:48Ever since 2009, no high heels are allowed at the Acropolis.
09:53Not that Greeks have anything against stilettos, but they simply wanted to protect their ancient ruins from damage those pointy
10:00things can cause.
10:01That, and the fact that it's not really practical for such terrain anyway.
10:05In the Italian city of Milan, it's illegal to frown in public.
10:10Or, at least it was a couple of centuries ago.
10:13Through difficult historical times, Milan had to create a way to stand out, which is why there was a law
10:20requiring people to smile and generally be in a good mood in public places.
10:26Germany has highways where you can drive over 100 miles per hour.
10:30But if you get crazy with speed and run out of gas while still on a highway, you'll pay a
10:35nice fine for that.
10:37Are you one to two miles away from the gas station and want to get there on foot?
10:42Uh, better not.
10:43That's another fine.
10:45Germans make it your responsibility for filling your car.
10:48And walking along the highway is not that safe, as is leaving your car on the side of the road.
10:54A Winnie the Pooh t-shirt.
10:56Ah, that brings back some good old memories.
10:59Well, memories are sometimes better left at home.
11:02Since Winnie doesn't wear pants, Poland decided to ban this character, so you can't have it on your clothes, around
11:10schools or playgrounds, no matter what age you are.
11:13Just in case you ever wake up and decide it's time to do some hiking in Switzerland without your clothes
11:19on, don't.
11:20For some unknown reason, some travelers made this type of hiking a thing in Switzerland a couple of years ago.
11:27So, Swiss officials kindly ask you to keep your clothes on.
11:32Greetings from New Zealand.
11:35If you want to spend your Sunday afternoon flying with a rooster in a hot air balloon, you might have
11:41to find another country to do it, because here, it's illegal.
11:44Sorry.
11:45Staying in their neighborhood, in 1966, there was a law that prevented you from flying a kite in Australia in
11:52a public space if that bothered other people.
11:55Luckily, 1966 was a long time ago, so no one will remember this if you decide to have some flying
12:02kite fun in a park.
12:03Hopefully.
12:05While you're there, you can't tie your goat to your vehicle.
12:09Also, no dressing as Batman and Robin.
12:12You don't want to prove to law enforcement you're not actual vigilantes, right?
12:18In some cities, taxi drivers must have a bale of hay in their trunks at all times.
12:23At least, they had to until 1980.
12:27This law came from the olden days, when horses were still all the rage.
12:31And you can't just fill a horse with fuel now, can you?
12:35Moving to the United States now.
12:38If you're in Washington, don't even think about going after Bigfoot.
12:42They passed a law in 1969 where Bigfoot was proclaimed to be an endangered species.
12:48So, hmm, they didn't say anything about the Yeti, though.
12:52In Vermont, there used to be a rule prohibiting clotheslines,
12:56as some people voted against unsightliness of others' linen and underwear hanging in everyone's view.
13:02That's why they made a new regulation.
13:05You can't forbid people to put up clotheslines.
13:07One rule against another.
13:09Yep, that should work.
13:11Shh, can you hear that?
13:12Someone's talking behind this door.
13:14Oh, I wonder what they're saying.
13:17Stop right there!
13:18At least if you're in Oklahoma.
13:21The law says you can't secretly wander around and
13:24accidentally overhear someone's conversation
13:27and then repeat or publish it later.
13:29So, if you have anything to share,
13:31go tell it to the people of Oklahoma.
13:33Your secret is safe there.
13:35If you ever take a walk in Nevada and then
13:39decide to lay down on the sidewalk and take some rest.
13:42Think twice, since that's illegal there.
13:46Don't sit either.
13:47You won't get away with it.
13:49Nuances, you know.
13:50If you're from Baltimore, Maryland,
13:52remember not to bring your lion to the movies.
13:55I know the big cat wanted to see it badly, but
13:58rules are rules.
13:59Also, while you're there, remember a couple of more things you shouldn't violate.
14:04No saying bad words in public places.
14:07No eating while swimming in the ocean.
14:09And no sleeveless shirts in public parks.
14:13You shouldn't throw bricks onto a highway in Iowa,
14:16unless you get written permission from the city council.
14:19Well, when you think about it, it's fair enough.
14:23If you don't feel like looking at large, shiny billboards all over the city,
14:27go to Hawaii, since they banned those in 1920.
14:30Well, definitely not the only reason to visit Hawaii, but it's good to know.
14:35Meanwhile, other states like Vermont and Maine followed suit and are proud of it.
14:41One town in Georgia takes eating fried chicken very seriously.
14:45No fork, you eat it with your hands.
14:48In fact, in 2009, a woman who celebrated her 91st birthday in a restaurant
14:53was eating chicken with a fork when the police came and told her she was under arrest.
14:58The lady was later pardoned, but
15:01What else is there to say?
15:06Speaking of which, do you know why the chicken crossed the road?
15:09Not sure, but what I do know is that these jokes certainly weren't made up in Georgia,
15:14since there, it's illegal for a chicken to do just that.
15:19You think silly string is fun?
15:21Well, a town in Alabama doesn't agree on that,
15:23because it says a firm no to keeping, using, storing, selling, manufacturing,
15:29or giving away any kind of snap pops, spray string, or similar substances.
15:35Yikes!
15:36Also, when you're there, don't drive blindfolded.
15:39It's been passed as a law, which means they take the phrase
15:43keep your eyes on the road quite seriously.
15:46Okay, enough is enough, no more sleeping in a bathtub, donkey!
15:51Something people in Arizona must say to avoid breaking a law.
15:55In the 1920s, local people could see a rancher's donkey in a bathtub, carried by a flood.
16:01The flood was caused because a local dam broke,
16:04and the tub was abandoned in the rancher's backyard.
16:07The donkey simply decided to take a nap in it.
16:10And you know how it goes.
16:11Long day, warm afternoon, post-lunch rest, just couldn't help it.
16:16After they managed to save the animal from the sailing tub,
16:19the town decided to prohibit donkeys from sleeping in a tub.
16:23You know, just in case.
16:26In Connecticut, a pickle must bounce in order for it to be considered a pickle.
16:31In the 1940s, two men were even arrested for selling pickles that weren't legitimate,
16:36because they didn't bounce.
16:39Now, the question is, how exactly does a pickle bounce?
16:42More from the Meanwhile in Connecticut episode.
16:46It's illegal to cross a street while walking on your hands.
16:49Oh man, that's one of the hardest ones not to break.
16:53Your best friend is having a birthday.
16:55What could you give her?
16:57Hmm, a spa day voucher?
16:59Tickets to Disneyland?
17:00Dinner at a fancy restaurant?
17:02A rat?
17:03Well, unfortunately, a rat is out of the legal game.
17:07If you're in Montana, well, you've got to respect the law.
17:11Luckily, if you're from Florida, rats are a completely fine gift.
17:15At least, way better than some bigger animals.
17:18Because while you're there, you need to pay parking fees for them.
17:21Camels, elephants, horses, and the rest of the animal crew.
17:25Sorry guys, you've got to respect the rules.
17:28Alright, let's go on a world tour.
17:31I'll show you the most curious things internet users have found across the globe.
17:36Little things light up cultures like nothing else.
17:39Let's start in a wonderland world, Asia.
17:42First stop, India.
17:43The country that will soon surpass China
17:46and will become the most populated country in the world.
17:49This right here is a street where many training and coaching centers are located.
17:54Now, in some states of India,
17:56people still widely follow a sustainable tradition of serving meals on banana leaves.
18:02A kind Redditor shared what a typical meal looks like.
18:05Another user commented that it is also common across the world in Puerto Rico.
18:10This right here is a regular day in Sri Lanka fishing.
18:15Tic-tacs are so expensive in Sri Lanka that little packs of eight pieces are a thing.
18:20In China, some malls have a husband's storage.
18:24Women can leave their husbands there so that the boys can enjoy video games while their wives are shopping.
18:30It spares women from a lot of whining.
18:32Now, this is a McDonald's located in an old newspaper stand.
18:37Even manholes are a work of art in Asia.
18:40Here's one example.
18:41A dragon art spotted by a user in Wuxi, China.
18:45Turns out, in China, eggs are sold in mesh bags.
18:49And, of course, Asia has a bunch of snacks with unusual flavors.
18:53They even have cucumber-flavored chips.
18:56This guy went to get a coffee in Singapore and got it in a bag.
19:00Turns out, it's quite common in Southeast Asia.
19:03Also, they take ice cream sandwiches there quite literally in Singapore.
19:08Thing is, they put ice cream between actual toasts.
19:11The Redditor confirms that it's weirdly delicious.
19:15Would you dare to try?
19:16Here's a first look at a city in Japan.
19:19A Redditor shared a beautiful photo made at night in Yokohama.
19:24Other Internet users shared that they felt very safe there, even when walking at night.
19:29And this is a photo of a snowfall.
19:32I didn't know that in Japan they get that much snow.
19:35Turns out, many toilets there have sinks on top of them.
19:39The dirty water, after you've washed your hands, is used to flush, which saves Japan millions of gallons of water.
19:46They also collect rainwater and then use it to wash the roads.
19:50The water in the street canal in Japan is so clean that fish swim there.
19:55In Japan, many manholes are beautifully ornated, too.
19:59And several users shared some of them.
20:01These are Japanese rice fields.
20:04And this is one of the designs in their cans.
20:06A Redditor spotted a tiny house somewhere in Japan.
20:10I wish I could have had the tour.
20:13They have driverless KFC trucks roaming the street and selling you food.
20:18Turns out, the Japanese don't have signatures.
20:21Instead, each person has a personal stamp that they use to sign documents.
20:26And this is a photo of a night bus.
20:28I wish every country's public transport was this cozy and comfortable.
20:33One Redditor went to see the White Temple in Thailand.
20:37You see, the buildings there are so stunning that even the toilet looks like this.
20:42This is a mobile 7-Eleven in Thailand.
20:45In Vietnam, tour guides can row with their feet only.
20:49This Redditor has proof.
20:51And now, we're off to Australia.
20:54Some buses there have special stands for the passengers' surfboards.
20:58Since we like traffic lights today, I can't but show you this one.
21:03It features Mary Poppins.
21:05And it's installed in Queensland, the hometown of P.L. Travers, the author of Mary Poppins.
21:11The next country on today's tour is New Zealand.
21:14Look at this urban wonder.
21:16A new apartment building built over an older house.
21:20Also, the citizens of New Zealand enjoy a unique lemonade drink Coca-Cola produces just for them.
21:26What a VIP treatment!
21:28Now, let's move across the Pacific Ocean to North America.
21:32We start in the second biggest country in the world, Canada.
21:36One of the most common stereotypes about Canada is that they are very polite.
21:42Well, a Redditor posted a photo of a Canadian bus saying sorry for being full.
21:47Even the buses are polite there.
21:50Another user found an outdoor toilet.
21:52But, of course, dressed for cold weather.
21:55And one more user shared this photo.
21:58It was so windy in the town that the grass got blown off.
22:02As some Redditor commented,
22:03I can't own anything.
22:05The wind tried stealing my grass.
22:07One more unusual occurrence.
22:10A Redditor shared a photo of a huge iceberg passing by.
22:14Now, let's move to the U.S. and start in the northern state, Alaska.
22:19These light pillars are reflections of the ice crystals in the sky.
22:24A resident of Alaska opened the front door after a snowstorm.
22:28Did you know that the U.S. is the homeland of skyscrapers?
22:32Yep, the first skyscraper in the world was built in 1885 in Chicago.
22:38The home insurance building had 10 stories.
22:41Now, it's not even close to a skyscraper, but that was the start.
22:45And look what this Redditor found in Seattle.
22:48It's not unfinished work.
22:50It's a skyscraper built on top of an 11-story pedestal called Rainier Tower.
22:55This is an abandoned diner somewhere in the California desert.
23:00Here's another interesting photo from a Redditor.
23:03A Mexican restaurant moved to a building where KFC had been.
23:07Instead of removing the logo, they just added a sombrero, a mustache, and a poncho.
23:13I say, genius!
23:16Since we talked about Mexico, let's move there.
23:19One user shared a pack of toast bread without any crusts.
23:23And another Redditor showed that potato chips go with a small packet of salsa there.
23:28Here's a Mexican crosswalk.
23:31The man on it has a dog and a hat.
23:33And this user shared photos of how his grandma hand-painted a toilet in Mexico.
23:40And this toilet brush holder gives me chills.
23:42Mexico is a whole different world.
23:46Cenotas are caused by erosion in the limestone bedrock.
23:49And they hold ground and rainwater.
23:51But this Redditor probably didn't expect to see this wonder right by a Costco store.
23:57The award for the stadium with the most mesmerizing view probably goes to this one.
24:03Turns out, the Bahamas are home to the biggest underwater statue in the world,
24:09which is called Ocean Atlas.
24:11Here's a photo from a Redditor.
24:13It's magnificent!
24:14You can even see a woman sitting on its hand for comparison.
24:19And here's a curiosity from Belize.
24:21Apparently, they sell bagged drinking water there.
24:25It's very common in Central and South America.
24:28And this user met a grasshopper in Costa Rica.
24:31The hand is for comparison.
24:33Now, I have a question.
24:35What do Costa Rica and Australia have in common?
24:38Central America is hot.
24:41The average annual temperature there is 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
24:44No wonder this taxi in Panama only has controls for cold air.
24:49Okay, let's say buy to Central America and see what South America has in store for us.
24:55And the first store is in Colombia.
24:57A Redditor shared that in Bogota, people are paid for dressing as traffic cones and shaming
25:04drivers for parking on the street, which makes them move somewhere else.
25:08Having a stroll down the stairs of Brazil doesn't seem easy.
25:12You can run into trees like this one.
25:15Asia is well known for crazy chocolate flavors.
25:18But look what this Redditor found in Brazil.
25:21Snickers bars with coconut flavors, passion fruit, and even caramel and bacon.
25:27Here's a 20-peso bill from Argentina.
25:30It has Guanaco on it.
25:32We still have to move across the Atlantic and visit Europe and Africa.
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