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0:00Europe is the most important country
0:01when you're playing Open Guesser or
0:02Geogesser because it shows up the most.
0:05It may be the smallest continent, but it
0:06does have the most about a countries
0:08that have very dense Google coverage and
0:09this means that it shows up a lot in the
0:11game. So, in this video, we're going
0:12through some of the absolute essential
0:13tips for each and every single country.
0:16Let's get started.
0:19[Music]
0:21I think the best way to do this is to
0:22focus on one panorama specifically and
0:24just see how many clues we can find in a
0:26particular round. And we're going to
0:27start off with what I think is the most
0:29recognizable country in all of Europe,
0:30and that is Malta. This small
0:32Mediterranean island. Here we are in
0:34Malta. The first good clue for Malta is
0:36that it's lefthand drive. You're not
0:37going to see it too often. You can see
0:39on this road right here where the cars
0:40are on the left and they're facing us
0:42here on the right, which means it is
0:44left-hand drive. For those who don't
0:45know, there only three countries in
0:47Europe that drive on the left. We'll get
0:49into the other two in a little bit. We
0:50also have this sign right here, which is
0:52Tik T R I Q. I believe this means street
0:56or road in the Maltese language. So this
0:58is a very very good clue. You'll see
1:00this word a lot on many buildings which
1:02basically tells you what road you're on
1:04and that's unique to Malta. Not to
1:05mention the buildings themselves.
1:07Sandstone tan buildings. These are very
1:11very common in Malta. They are all over
1:12the place as you can see. So that was an
1:14urban round. If you get an urban round,
1:15you should have no problems in Malta.
1:17Even in rural rounds, I still think it's
1:19super easy. You have these low rock
1:20walls are the big clue. These low rock
1:23walls are iconic to Malta. You can see
1:26that they're literally all over the
1:27place. I think that when you're in
1:28Malta, you will see at least one of the
1:29tips I just shared with you. If you
1:31can't, I feel like it's rare. Uh that's
1:33why I think that Malta is a really,
1:35really easy country. These rock walls
1:37are found in a couple of other
1:38countries. I mean, you can find them in
1:40many countries, but not like this. The
1:43the extent to what these rock walls are
1:45in Malta is just way more than any other
1:48country. Now, this round right here may
1:50look a little bit difficult, especially
1:51if you are a beginner. It's kind of like
1:53a rural area. There are some cars here,
1:55but there's no buildings really in
1:56sight. You have to look way over there
1:57to see something over there. But we are
2:00driving on the left here. As I said,
2:01there are three other there are three
2:02countries in Europe that drive on the
2:03left. This one being the UK. And as you
2:06can see, we do have a back yellow
2:08license plate. White front, but we do
2:11have a back yellow license plate, which
2:13is unique to the UK. You might see that
2:15in a couple of other countries on like
2:17commercial vehicles, but every single
2:19vehicle should have this back yellow
2:21plate uh in the UK for the most part. If
2:24there are no other cars in the road,
2:25take a look at the middle of the road
2:27and you might see this little reflector
2:29here. It's known as like the cat's eye
2:30reflector. Uh this is something that is
2:33found in the UK very commonly. It's not
2:35really found too often in other
2:36countries. So, it can be a very good
2:39clue if you don't see any other cars.
2:40And I want to give you guys a second
2:42location here in the UK because I think
2:43there are two really good clues that I
2:45want you all to know. First of all, take
2:47a look at some of these wooden poles.
2:48Every once in a while, you might see
2:50this sign right here. It's very graphic.
2:52It's a lightning bolt striking a man.
2:55This is UK. Striking the man is UK.
2:59We'll get into why that's important in
3:01the next country. And also another thing
3:03that's important for the next country is
3:05take a look at this metal gate. The
3:07metal gate comes at a right angle at the
3:09corner, right? Metalgate comes at a at a
3:11right corner. This is also UK. So if it
3:13comes to a right angle and it's a it's a
3:16perfect right angle curve, it is UK. If
3:18you see the man on this sign, it is UK.
3:21And that is very important because the
3:22third and final country that drives on
3:23the left is Ireland. And you can get it
3:26very confused with England a lot of the
3:28time. So there are these are two very
3:30good clues to differentiate it. Here is
3:32the danger sign. There's no man getting
3:34zapped. We do have the the lightning
3:35bolt. It is yellow. It says danger,
3:38right? So, it is very similar, but
3:40there's no man on it. And here we are
3:42also in Ireland. And as you can see, the
3:44gate has rounded corners. Okay? It's not
3:46a right angle in Ireland. Now, keep in
3:48mind, Northern Ireland, which is a part
3:50of the UK, also uses this, but the Irish
3:53island itself, uh, typically has these
3:56rounded gates. Exceptions do occur with
3:58this. It's not 100%, but it could be a
4:00good clue if you're really stuck. The
4:02rounded corner, very common in Ireland.
4:04And here is an extremely Irish example
4:07of a round. First of all, we're driving
4:08left. We have these yellow dashed outer
4:10lines, which are very, very common in
4:13Ireland. The signs are almost always
4:14going to be bilingual, meaning there's
4:16going to be English and also the Irish
4:18language on there. That's a super good
4:20sign that you are in Ireland. You might
4:22see similar signs that are bilingual in
4:23like Wales and Scotland, but um I
4:27Ireland has it almost all the time. Now,
4:28I'm going to talk about some ballards in
4:30this video. Ballards are the greatest
4:32clue and tip for Europe. So, if you
4:34really want to learn about your ballads,
4:36we already have another video on this
4:38channel about every single ballad in the
4:39world, including every single one in
4:41Europe. So, go check out that video. I'm
4:43going to reference a few of them in this
4:44one, but not everyone. This one is the
4:47Irish bottler. There are a few
4:48variations, but they're almost always
4:50green, which makes sense because Ireland
4:52is an extremely green country. It's it's
4:54just a lot of rolling hills, a lot of
4:56greenery, a lot of shrubbery hedgery, a
4:59lot of I guess. I don't know what I'm
5:00saying anymore, but Ireland is green.
5:02And we do drive on the left, but there
5:04is no yellow back on the license plate.
5:07It is white, which is a really good clue
5:09to tell the difference between the UK
5:10and Ireland. Just take a look at the
5:12back of the car. Is it yellow? No, it
5:14must be Ireland. All right, here we are
5:15in Iceland. I think this is probably the
5:17second most recognizable country behind
5:19Malta. It is on the opposite end. It's
5:20also an island. Uh, but here we are. It
5:23drives on the right. And we do have two,
5:25well, at least one very unique thing in
5:27this panorama, and that is this
5:29pedestrian sign, which has this yellow
5:32triangle, which is unique. You don't see
5:33this yellow triangle in any other
5:34country in Europe, which is very, very
5:37nice. Also, you will almost never see
5:39yellow lines in Iceland. I don't know if
5:41you ever will at all. That's super nice.
5:42If you see yellow road lines, probably
5:44not in Iceland. Here you have more of a
5:47rural location. And the nice thing about
5:48Iceland is that even the rural locations
5:50usually are fairly easy. We have ballet,
5:53which as you guys know, the yellow
5:54Icelandic ballet, one of the best
5:56ballets in the game to learn. They're
5:57all over the place. And the signs are
5:59actually fairly unique. You see these
6:01signs a lot at intersections, and they
6:03basically tell you what roads you're on
6:05and how many kilometers you're away from
6:06a place, which means it is very easy to
6:095k a location in Iceland because of
6:11these signs. They're they're very nice
6:12and they're all over the place. They are
6:15almost always this yellow with the arrow
6:17as well, kind of matching the ballards.
6:19So, uh yeah, there you guys go. That is
6:22Iceland. Here we have our next location.
6:24Now, this one seems to be a little bit
6:26more difficult perhaps. We are kind of
6:27in a rural area. We do have one house.
6:29This house has orange tiled roofs which
6:32is common a lot of times in the
6:33Mediterranean area in the Balkan area of
6:36Europe. It's also really common in
6:38Portugal. And you will see a lot of the
6:40times the house color itself will be
6:42white or this or a cream color. This
6:44one's more of a cream. You will see a
6:46lot more brighter whites as well. I'm
6:48not sure if that one's way over there
6:49potentially. Uh, but the big thing here
6:51is this pole. This is a Portuguese pole
6:55here. And as you can see, it has ladder
6:56steps in it, right? And these ladder
6:58steps are kind of far away. There's only
7:00four. It looks like there's only four.
7:01You might see a lot of these um ladders
7:04ladder poles in Brazil. They look very
7:06similar. Um, and there are other similar
7:08looking ones in France and Spain, but
7:11there's usually a lot more steps. Okay?
7:13There's usually a lot more steps. So,
7:14this one is bigger steps. Portugal. We
7:18also have eucalyptus tree here. may be
7:19wondering, "What is this? Australia?"
7:21No, it actually is Portugal. Uh
7:22eucalyptus trees are very common in
7:24Portugal and sometimes in northern
7:26Spain, like like right above uh
7:28Portugal. Really isn't found anywhere
7:30else in Europe. So, that's a really good
7:33clue for Portugal. All right, next
7:34location here. We do have kind of a
7:36difficult round, a real area here, but
7:37we do have a couple of infrastructure
7:38signs that are going to help us out
7:40here. This is the one that's really
7:42going to give away our next country, and
7:44that is Spain. This is the no hunting
7:45sign of Spain. one of the best clues in
7:48all of the game to be honest with you.
7:51If you see this, it's a pretty good sign
7:52you are in Spain. We also have these
7:54black and white chevrons. Spain can use
7:56a couple of different chevrons. They do
7:58use this one and this one can also be
8:00found in Italy, Greece, and Albania, but
8:02when it comes to Western Europe, this is
8:05the only country. Here we have our next
8:06location. We have these snow poles on
8:08the side of the road here. And they
8:09could be a whole bunch of different
8:10colors. This is like a typical one. And
8:12this these are found in Andor. You see,
8:14there's a different color one right
8:15there. And Pandora for some reason uses
8:18these tall snow poles all over the
8:20place. Also, Andor is a very vibey type
8:23of country because the entire country
8:26kind of looks the same. So, once once
8:28you play once you have a couple rounds
8:29there, you'll kind of just vibe it. It's
8:31it's uh it was taken in the fall or the
8:33autumn. So, you'll see some of these
8:35colors. Um you'll see kind of like
8:37orange colored trees and sometimes
8:39there's a lot of valleys, a lot of
8:40mountainous valleys. You also see this
8:42type of stone. Now, a lot of the
8:43buildings are actually made out of a
8:45similar material like this, but you also
8:46see it in the side of roads. It's like
8:47cobblestone stuff. Sometimes there's big
8:49chunks of rock. Uh, it's very, very
8:52Andor. You can see this in like
8:53neighboring areas of Spain and France,
8:55but you know, typically if you have all
8:57of these clues together, you're going
8:58and Pandora every time. So, now we're in
9:00France. And as I said earlier in
9:02Portugal, this one has a lot more steps.
9:04And you can find this pole specifically
9:07in both France and Spain. It is very
9:09very common to see in France, especially
9:11this pole top which looks like um one of
9:14those like lap pull down bars at the gym
9:15that you know you pull down on it and it
9:17kind of uh it kind of looks like that.
9:19Someone said that a long time ago and it
9:21stuck with me. That's a French pole top,
9:23but it's called that, but it's also
9:25found in Spain for some reason. But
9:26that's a very good clue that we are in
9:27Spain here. You can also kind of see a
9:29French power in the distance. But um
9:31another good thing about France is that
9:32they have these outer dashed road lines
9:34which are a little bit thicker and a
9:36little bit longer, okay, than others
9:38that we'll talk about in this video. Um
9:40so there are other countries that use
9:42these dashed road lines, um including
9:44Spain, but Spain really does not. It
9:46it's it's a lot rarer in Spain to see
9:48this. You can see it, but it's much more
9:50common in France, which would lead me to
9:52guess France in this particular round.
9:54Now, this is a very very French round.
9:55We do see the French Ballard up in close
9:58looking beautiful. We see the outer road
10:00lines. We see the pole top from a
10:02distance. And we do see this this pole
10:04right here does not have the pole top,
10:06right? So, not every pole is going to
10:07have that pole top, but the pole itself
10:09a lot of times will still be there. Um,
10:12this pole over here has a blue sticker.
10:15That sticker is unique to France. If you
10:18see that, you should be in France.
10:20Extremely good clue, actually. And a lot
10:22of road signs in France, of course, will
10:24have French on it. But if you ignore
10:26that, you will see this yellow emblem on
10:28top that says D something. The D- roads
10:30in France are a very good clue that you
10:32are in that country. They're very hard
10:34to find on a map. But uh they are a good
10:37clue for the country itself. All right,
10:39next location here. We're looking at a
10:41Belgium round. And why is that? Well, as
10:44you can see, we have a lot of brick
10:47buildings. This particular location has
10:49a couple of other buildings as well, but
10:51you do see a lot of brick. And brick is
10:53by far the most common uh building
10:55material used in Belgium. And the other
10:58thing that you got to look out for is
10:59the license plates in Belgium, which of
11:01course have the blue strip that most
11:02European countries have. I I did not
11:04mention that yet, but most European
11:05countries do have this blue strip on the
11:06left. And the the rest of the license
11:09plate does have a little bit of a
11:10pinkish tint to it. A little bit of a
11:12reddish pinkish tint. Uh you will see
11:14that these ones don't look like they do.
11:16Maybe they're maybe they're traveling
11:17carves, but you know, that one does
11:20right there. So, if I see brick
11:21buildings and this reddish tint license
11:23plate, I'm immediately clicking Belgium.
11:24That's really all I need to know. We
11:26also have these dashed outer lines for
11:28the bike lane here, which is a very
11:30Belgium thing to do as well. So, with
11:33all that considering, I would go
11:35Belgium. Now, here we are in neighboring
11:36Netherlands, which this is a very cool
11:38looking location, by the way. But
11:40anyways, we have a car here that has
11:41yellow in the front. Yes, that is
11:43correct. The Netherlands is one of two
11:45countries in Europe to have yellow
11:46license plates on both the back and the
11:49front. So don't confuse it with the UK.
11:51The UK, remember, has white on front.
11:54Uh, but the Netherlands does have yellow
11:55in the front and the back as well. So
11:58that's a very good clue for Netherlands.
12:00Also, it's extremely flat. I don't think
12:02there's a single hill in the
12:05Netherlands. We do have bike lanes here.
12:06Bike lanes a lot of times are red, but
12:08that's not not the case everywhere. Um,
12:10as you can see, this guy's on his bike.
12:11Bikes are huge in the Netherlands. There
12:14are so many bikes. Um, almost every
12:16single road has bike lanes as well as
12:18canals. so much water in the Netherlands
12:21as well. It's a very good clue. We do
12:23have these dash outer lines. These are a
12:25lot skinnier than the France ones and a
12:27lot smaller. So, um yeah, there are
12:30similar looking countries that have
12:32these ones. These ones are are very
12:33close together, too. There's not much
12:35space in between them. Uh some other
12:36countries have a bit more space in
12:38between them and we'll get into that uh
12:40once we get there. But Netherlands is a
12:42pretty easy country to guess with all
12:44these things combined. Luxembourg is a
12:46small country, not going to show up too
12:47often, but when it does, you should be
12:49able to get it. It has yellow license
12:51plates on both the back and the front.
12:53It is the one of the other countries
12:54besides Netherlands to have both of
12:57those. So, it's one of those two
12:58countries. But the difference between
12:59those two countries, Luxembourg has
13:01hills. Luxembourg has some big hills
13:03actually. Um, and so if you do see an
13:06incline like we are going up a hill
13:08right now, you wouldn't really see this
13:10in the Netherlands. I I don't think
13:11you'll you would see this in the
13:13Netherlands. So, that's a very good
13:14clue. But also the bowards are much
13:16different and they have this sort of
13:17rounded edges to a lot of their signs
13:19that you really only see in Denmark. So
13:21we'll get to that once we get into
13:23Denmark. But yeah, these type of rounded
13:25corners here on their signs are very
13:26good. They have these a lot on like
13:28street signs that are a little bit lower
13:29to the ground. Uh like this right here,
13:31as you can see, a little bit rounded and
13:32has like this this border on it that is
13:34actually quite unique to Luxembourg.
13:36Here we are in Germany. Germany is a
13:38great country. It has the same ballard
13:40as Luxembourg. I don't I don't see a
13:41ballard in this location. Uh there is a
13:44slight difference, but it's pretty much
13:46the same. The reason why I would go
13:47Germany here is going to be right here
13:49on this pole. You see this white sticker
13:50right here, just like the blue sticker
13:52in France. If you see a white sticker,
13:54it's a great clue for Germany. Also,
13:56Germany loves to use these bike
13:58directions. Uh for some reason, you'll
14:00see this little bike emblem. It'll point
14:01to you how many kilometers it is away.
14:04Uh I think that's really cool. And um
14:06you don't see that too often in other
14:07countries. Germany has it all over the
14:09place. So, for those reasons, I'd go
14:11Germany here. Switzerland is a pretty
14:13easy country to guess as well because
14:14it's one of only two countries in Europe
14:16to use low cam. And what low cam
14:19basically means is that we're lower to
14:20the ground on the Google car. You can
14:22tell it's low cam because the blur the
14:25blur extends farther out on the low cam
14:28than it normally would. Sometimes,
14:30especially in Gen 4 like we are right
14:32now, it's kind of difficult to see. But
14:34once you play a little bit, you'll start
14:35to realize, hey, I'm a little bit lower
14:36to the ground here. Am I in Switzerland
14:38low cam? And you are. Now, the other
14:40country is Likenstein. And there is a
14:42difference between the two countries.
14:43They they are very similar. Though I
14:45will say it is sometimes hard to
14:47distinguish the two. But take a look at
14:48the license plates. You'll notice that
14:50they are all white. Switzerland does not
14:52have the blue strip like most European
14:54countries do. Keep that in mind that you
14:56will see only white license plates in
14:58Switzerland unless it's somebody driving
15:00through from another country, which does
15:02happen with license plates, guys.
15:03Remember that. And here we are in
15:04Lithenstein. And yeah, you see do see
15:06the low cam here as well. It looks very
15:08similar. We have the big mountains. We
15:10have the buildings that look similar
15:12architecture, but look at the license
15:13plate. It's black. Okay, so in
15:15Likenstein, you typically will have
15:17black license plates. There are, I
15:19think, a lot of travelers going through
15:20Likensstein, though, and a lot of uh
15:22tourists and stuff. So, take it with a
15:24grain of salt. You might see other
15:25vehicles in Likenstein, but typically
15:27you will see this black on the license
15:29play. That's that's a really good
15:30example right there. Now, what you might
15:31confuse low cam with is small cam, which
15:35looks very similar, unfortunately, to
15:37low cam. Here we are in Italy. This is
15:39not low cam. This is actually small cam.
15:42Very very uh not beginner friendly. I'm
15:45I'm sorry to say, but the shape is more
15:47rounded. Okay, the shape is more
15:49rounded. Um whereas the low cam blur is
15:52just like a bigger version of the normal
15:54blur. It is difficult to figure out, but
15:56here we are in Italy and Italy is a
15:59somewhat easy country to get. We have
16:01the of course right here the double blue
16:03and it's shorter and that's what happens
16:05in Italy. The front of the license plate
16:07has blue on both sides and white in the
16:10middle. And it's shorter than the back
16:12of the license plate. If I travel, if I
16:14travel over here and look at the back,
16:16the back is is normal length. Still
16:18double blue, but it's normal length for
16:20the European license plates. Italy will
16:23almost always have solid white lines as
16:25well. You typically won't see too many
16:27dashes in Italy, which is good. Even
16:29over here on the what I think is like a
16:30bike lane or something has solid white
16:33lines. Um, a lot of times you won't have
16:35this middle line either. So you'll just
16:37see the two white lines on the outside.
16:39That's a very good clue you are in
16:40Italy. This time we do have that white
16:42middle line. But yeah, this is a very
16:43Italian round right here. San Marino.
16:45Now San Marino has a lot of the same
16:47clues as Italy. It's located within
16:49Italy. So it kind of makes sense. It's
16:51sometimes can be difficult to figure out
16:53if you are in Italy or San Marino. This
16:55is a very good clue right here though.
16:56This gigantic blue crosswalk which you
16:59will see in San Marino and you don't see
17:01anywhere else. Uh they are all over the
17:04main roads and even some side roads
17:06actually. There's one uh over here as
17:08well. Sometimes they have really big
17:10things that go like over the road that's
17:12not in this particular panorama. Um but
17:16yeah, a lot of Italian stuff can be
17:18happening here. There's an Italian plate
17:20right there. So you you will see a lot
17:22of Italian clues in San Marino as well.
17:24Here's something else. There is this
17:26gigantic mountain here with these towers
17:29on top. This is something that you
17:31should look out for. This is a very big
17:33touristy thing in San Marino and uh I
17:36think it's quite famous actually. So if
17:38you you you can usually see that from
17:40almost everywhere in San Marino. So
17:42that's a very good clue that you are
17:43there. If you don't see that, you may
17:45not be in San Marino or you're just
17:47being blocked by a building or
17:48something, you know, but that's San
17:50Marino. Kind of a tough country to get.
17:51All right, here we have our next round.
17:53It is a urban round and we have some
17:55German language here. So is this Germany
17:58or could this be Austria? Well, we
18:00already talked about Germany in this
18:01video, so it's probably Austria, right?
18:02Let's let's see why. First of all, this
18:05sign right here, Einbomb. This is one of
18:07the greatest signs for Austria. This is
18:08not found at all in Germany, and it's
18:11very, very common in Austrian cities.
18:13So, Einbomb here with this white arrow
18:16with a blue background. Very, very
18:18common in Austria. We also have this
18:21sign over here, Anfang. Anfang. I'm
18:24sorry. I'm sorry to all my Austrians.
18:26I'm sorry. Not sure how to say it.
18:28Anyways, it's it's a very good clue you
18:29are in Austria. So, if you see those two
18:32signs in any urban area, you should be
18:33in Austria. Checka and Slovakia might be
18:36two of the most difficult countries in
18:38all of Europe. Let's see if we can break
18:40it down a little bit. This is Czecha.
18:43And how do I know that? Well, we have
18:44generation 2 coverage. Generation 2 is
18:47this big circular blur that looks a
18:50little bit outdated. Okay, it looks a
18:52little bit outdated. Um, typically if
18:54you look up, you will also see a halo
18:56effect. Okay, you can kind of see the
18:58the circle. You might can't see it too
18:59well in this particular panorama, but
19:01you can kind of see there's there's an
19:02edge like right here of the circle,
19:04right? So, you're going to see it below
19:06you and above you. That's generation 2.
19:08That's not found in Slovakia. That's
19:10only found in Czecha. So, if you're
19:12between the two, you run into some Gen
19:142, it's definitely going to be Czecha.
19:16Also, here on this building, we have a
19:20road sign. This is red. Has a red
19:23background. That is very good clue for
19:24Czecha. Typically in Slovakia you will
19:26not see that. Um and you'll see a
19:28different type of sign in Slovakia that
19:30we will get into right now. And here is
19:32that street sign. We are in Slovakia
19:33now. And there is a red border with a
19:36white background. Typically the the text
19:38is actually also blue which is kind of
19:40cool as well. So that's the difference
19:42between Czecha and Slovakia. Those can
19:44also be in in the form of a house number
19:47um or a road name on the buildings. Also
19:50I turn around here and I see a SK
19:53domain. It's always worth learning your
19:54domains, guys, because a lot of times
19:56you will see stuff like this. SK means
19:58Slovakia. That's a pretty good clue you
20:00are in that country. So, definitely
20:02learn your domains. That's something
20:03that you should always learn. So, this
20:04right here is a very, very Polish round,
20:07which is interesting. There are so many
20:08clues here to give Poland. Poland's
20:09typically actually an easier country to
20:11guess uh in the game. First of all, we
20:13have these double white road lines,
20:14which are really only primarily found in
20:16three countries: Poland, Denmark, and
20:19Greece. Okay, they are found in other
20:21countries around the world, but in
20:22Europe, it's just those three. And
20:25Greece looks a lot different than
20:26Poland. So, you know, typically if you
20:28see double whites like this with this
20:30type of landscape, more northern, it's
20:32probably going to be Poland, maybe
20:34Denmark. But here we have the Polish
20:35Ballard. Polish Ballard, again, one of
20:37the most iconic ballards. There's a
20:38whole bunch of them here for some
20:39reason. Very, very good clue. Here we
20:41have a Polish pole. Polish poles are an
20:44excellent clue. Typically, they're in
20:46like an A-frame, right? They're in like
20:48an A-frame. They might just be
20:49standalone as well. They might be Is
20:51there stand? Yeah, there's standalone
20:52one right here. Uh they have holes in
20:54it. You can see that there are some
20:55holes in it, but it's skinny. You'll see
20:57that there are some other countries like
20:59Hungary and Romania that also have holy
21:01poles, but they're fatter. Okay, the
21:03holes are a lot bigger. And we'll we'll
21:05I'll show you that once once we get to
21:06it, but the Polish pole is a very very
21:09good clue. No other country has it like
21:11this where it's super skinny. So, great
21:13clue. If we turn around here, we'll
21:15notice there's a sign by Cena. Uh this
21:18is a small town and uh Poland loves to
21:21use these town markers at the end and at
21:24the start of every single town. Uh if we
21:27go to the other side, it will be a red
21:29cross through it, meaning that we are
21:31exiting that town. So very very good
21:34clue there. And now we are in Hungary
21:36here. Now Hungary can be difficult at
21:38times, I will admit. But here we do have
21:40a really good clue and that's this right
21:42here. We see this green kilometer
21:44marker. Hungary loves using this. It is
21:47green with this white border around it
21:49in this rectangle formation. Pretty
21:51short to the ground, pretty low to the
21:53ground. And uh these are all over
21:55Hungary. Other countries have stuff like
21:57this, but it's not in the same format.
21:59So just, you know, keep in mind it has
22:01to be green with this white border. Then
22:03it is Hungary. I'm also looking around
22:05to see other clues here, and I do see a
22:07Hungarian pole. Okay, so notice how it's
22:10a little bit wider. We're looking at it
22:11from a distance here, but it is wider
22:14than the Polish pole. and you won't
22:16usually see it in an A-frame like you a
22:18lot of times will in Poland as well. So
22:21that's the Hungarian pole. All right, we
22:23are now in Slovenia. Now Slovenia is a
22:25country that is known to be one of the
22:27most difficult ones as well because
22:28there are a lot of rural locations to
22:30the point where if people get like a
22:32random forest location in the game with
22:35no other clues, typically they're going
22:36to go with Slovenia. But here we do have
22:38a couple of good clues for us. First of
22:40all, we have this kilometer marker. Now
22:41this one obviously a lot different than
22:43the Hungary one. It's not green. We have
22:45this yellow rectangle in the corner
22:47which is a really good clue you are in
22:49Slovenia here that tells you what road
22:51you're on. So around the 103 and uh we
22:53do have a ballard as well. Same ballard
22:55as Austria. Also we're kind of in a
22:57forested mountain area which makes sense
23:00for a Slovenia. So if I see these these
23:02two things right here, I know for a fact
23:04that we are going to be in Slovenia.
23:05Here we are in Croatia. Very beautiful
23:07country and this could be a difficult
23:09country to guess at times. Here we have
23:11a couple of clues, but even here it's
23:13it's not entirely obvious probably for
23:16the beginner. We do have the Ballard.
23:17The Ballard is very very helpful. You
23:18can see this in uh usually Hungary as
23:21well, but there's no water like this in
23:23Hungary. I'll say that. Here we have the
23:24Btype guardrail, which is what Croatia
23:26commonly uses. I'll throw up a little
23:27graphic on screen right now to show you
23:29the difference between A and B. B is a
23:32little bit of a smaller hole in the
23:34middle. That's kind of just how I
23:36explain it. And it's like flatter. It's
23:37not like rounded. So Croatia is one of
23:39the few countries, not a lot of
23:41countries use the B type, but Croatia is
23:42one of them. Of course, you have a ton
23:44of of coastline in Croatia. It's very
23:46long. They blocked out all coastline
23:48from Bosnia. Not sure what that's all
23:50about, but um hey, they did it and we
23:52can use it to our advantage in the game.
23:54Type of architecture you can kind of see
23:55in the distance is similar to like what
23:58I was talking about with like Portugal
23:59almost. You know, it's like very
24:00Mediterranean, the orange tile roofs and
24:03stuff like that. You also will see a lot
24:04of exposed rock. Even in places that are
24:06not like particularly coastal, you will
24:07see a lot of exposed rock. This one has
24:09like a net over it which is kind of
24:10cool. So it doesn't like fall into the
24:12road and stuff. But yeah, as you can
24:13see, look all look exposed rock. A lot
24:14of the mountains are very rocky, which
24:17is I guess is how most of the Balkans
24:19are. So a lot of countries in the Balkan
24:20area have this type of uh rock formation
24:22in it and is where it is, but Croatia
24:25famous for it. Bosnia currently not in a
24:27game when I'm making this video. It's
24:29probably going to be released any week
24:31now. I'm hoping it gets released. This
24:33is unofficial coverage. We're
24:34technically in Bosnia here, but um I
24:36don't have any tips for you guys yet
24:38because I don't know. I don't really
24:40know what Bosnia looks like at this
24:42time. Once it comes out, I'll be
24:44releasing a full video on it. Trust me.
24:45Here we have our next panorama. And this
24:47is a country that can be difficult as
24:49well, unless you know a couple of
24:50things. I'm about to sh I'm about to
24:52share a couple things. So, you guys
24:53should have a good time. First of all,
24:55this is Serbia. How do we know it's
24:57Serbia? Well, I'm looking around and I I
25:00see no antenna on the car. And this is
25:02primarily found in two countries. Rarely
25:04it can happen in other countries, but
25:06usually it only happens in Serbia and
25:08North Macedonia. Okay, so it for the
25:10purposes of a beginner's guide, I will
25:13say that it's primarily Serbia and North
25:15Macedonia that don't have an antenna.
25:17You will usually see an antenna in most
25:19other countries. And this is generation
25:213. So, as of right now, both countries
25:23only have generation 3, meaning it's a
25:25little bit outdated. and you will be
25:27able to see like the wheel well uh blur
25:30over here like the the mirror and stuff.
25:32So that's what's happening in Serbia and
25:35North Macedonia. How do we tell the
25:36difference between the two? Okay, look
25:39at the cars. These cars have blue strip
25:44on them, right? That is Serbia. North
25:46Macedonia does not have a blue strip on
25:49their license plates. So if you look at
25:51all these cars here, except for this one
25:53doesn't even have a license plate for
25:54some reason. They all have a blue strip.
25:56I'm going Serbia here. I'm also looking
25:58at this sign. This is the Serbian
26:01language. The Serbian language has a mix
26:03of like cerillic and Latin letters in
26:04it, which makes it kind of unique. So
26:07that you you will see that language of
26:09course in Serbia. And because we are
26:11deep into the mountains here, I would
26:13primarily guess in the south of Serbia.
26:16My first region guessing tip for you all
26:18today. Serbia is very very flat in the
26:20north, more mountainous in the south.
26:22So, if you're looking for uh if you have
26:24a mountainous Serbian round, I would
26:25click more south. Same thing as Bosnia
26:27with Kosovo. It's going to be coming to
26:29the game anytime now. No idea when it's
26:31going to be released. This is unofficial
26:32coverage, so I don't know anything about
26:34Kosovo right now, so I have no tips for
26:36you, but when it releases, I will. So,
26:39stay tuned. All right, next location
26:40here, and we have North Macedonia. As
26:43you can see, you turn around, no antenna
26:45once again here in NMK. architecture is
26:49very similar to Serbia, which can mess
26:50people up a lot. Take a look at the
26:52license plate. No blue strip, right? It
26:54might even be a little bit of a pinkish
26:55reddish tint sometimes. Um that that
26:57does happen in North Macedonia. Not
26:59every time, but it happens. Um but yeah,
27:00no blue strip is is key for that. Um we
27:03do have NMK Ballards as well, which is
27:06good. Um actually have both variations.
27:09We have there's two common Ballards. We
27:11have them both in this round, which is
27:13very good. Red and white curbs kind of
27:16common in North Macedonia as well. I I
27:19wouldn't say it's a very strong pit tip,
27:22but it does happen. North Macedonia has
27:23very limited coverage and a lot of it is
27:25on a highways. So, you will see like a
27:27divided highway in North Macedonia. You
27:29will see just regular highways that are
27:31not divided. Uh but a lot of the
27:33coverage is just highways and in in a
27:36city. So, if you're not in a city and
27:38you're not on a big highway, you might
27:40not be in North Macedonia is kind of how
27:42it is. Uh that's just because the
27:44coverage is just so limited. I also spy
27:46a mosque over here which is a lot more
27:48common in North Macedonia than Serbia.
27:51Serbia is a predominantly Christian
27:53country whereas North Macedonia has a
27:55much larger Muslim population. So Mas
27:57are much more common in North Macedonia
27:59if that's a key to help differentiate
28:02the two countries. And here we have our
28:03next country. And whoa whoa. What is
28:05that? We have something in the sky. That
28:07is called a rift. I'm not sure where
28:09that came from. It may have came from
28:11Fortnite. You guys know the wrist in the
28:12sky in Fortnite, right there. So, it
28:15kind of looks similar. This is just a
28:16camera glitch, okay? There's not like an
28:17actual rift in the sky. That's found in
28:19two countries in Europe. It's found in a
28:21couple of other countries around the
28:22world, but in Europe, it's either
28:25Montenegro or Albania. Okay. And there
28:28are some differences between the two
28:29countries. Uh this this time we are in
28:32Montenegro for a few reasons. One,
28:34Montenegro for some reason loves rusty
28:36guard rails. Okay? I don't know if it's
28:38really that good of a a meta, but there
28:41are quite a few rusty guardrails in
28:43Montenegro. Obviously, there are some
28:44non- rusted ones, too. All right, look
28:45at this. There's there's both in this
28:47round. Um, but yeah, this one's even
28:49like yellow as well, which is also
28:51Montenegron. You may not see that as
28:53much in Albania. Okay, but the real
28:56difference is the license plates. Once
28:58again, we're looking at the license
29:00plates here for Montenegro and Albania
29:02because, let's face it, those are the
29:03two countries you're going to be mixing
29:05up when you see one of these. both have
29:07pretty mountainous valley type of
29:09locations here. I would say Montenegro
29:11maybe a little bit more mountainous. Uh
29:12but they both look very very similar.
29:14But Montenegro you might see white
29:15license plates or maybe blue just on the
29:17left. Okay, Albania doesn't usually have
29:20either of those types. And let's head
29:22over there right now. All right, here we
29:23are in Albania. Look up. There is the
29:24rift. It is there. So, as I said, it is
29:26in both countries. And we have both
29:28types of license plates in this
29:30panorama. First of all, we have the red
29:32one. So, this car has red on the left.
29:34This is the only European country to
29:36have red on the left and that is
29:38Albania. Um there is one other country
29:40that I can think of um and that is
29:42Kyrgyzstan that also has red on the
29:43left. So don't get those two confused
29:46because they are very far away. Uh
29:47Kyrgyzstan is in Asia of course. So uh
29:50yeah, keep that in mind. Albania also
29:53might have this license plate here as
29:55you can see double blue. Okay, on both
29:57sides, very similar to the back of the
29:59Italian license plate, but the front of
30:02the license plate is not short. Okay, so
30:04remember the Italian license plate is
30:06shorter. Albanian one is the same size
30:08on the front and the back. Okay, and
30:10there might be a little bit of blue
30:11there. I think there is. You just can't
30:12see it. So, there you go. That should
30:14help you out in in Albania and
30:15Montenegro. Tough round here, guys. I
30:17will admit, tough round. We do see a
30:19car. There's blue on the left. Doesn't
30:21really help us out too much cuz I said
30:23most European countries have that. Um,
30:25we're not in Albania. Not in Albania.
30:27But take a look at the ground. Double
30:30white road lines. As I said earlier,
30:32it's either Denmark, Poland, or Greece.
30:34And guys, Poland does not have these
30:36type of mountains. I don't think Denmark
30:38has a mountain. So, this must be Greece,
30:40right? This must be Greece. Especially
30:42because the mountains are so dry and
30:44they seem more Mediterranean climate,
30:46right? There are mountains in the south
30:48of Poland that are a bit more green, a
30:50bit more lush than this. Um, you know,
30:53Greek Greek mountains are typically a
30:54bit more rocky. Okay, a bit more rocky.
30:56But another thing that we see here in
30:58the distance, got to zoom in a little
31:00bit. We see some wooden poles. And
31:02Greece is known for having a lot of
31:04wooden poles more than other countries.
31:06You might see a concrete one or a steel
31:08one or a metal one, whatever. Uh, every
31:11once in a while, but wooden poles are
31:13are much more common in Greece. So, if I
31:15see double white and it wouldn't pull,
31:18I'm most almost always going Greece
31:20every single time. And this is an
31:22extremely Turkish round. Let me explain.
31:25First of all, let's face this way. We
31:28have a van here that does have some
31:30Turkish letters. Turkey has a language
31:33that is very recognizable. There are
31:35plenty of like this little accent below
31:37the S and the C. Super recognizable for
31:41Turkey. They also famously have mosques
31:44everywhere in Turkey. So that's a very
31:45good clue. Normally, unless you're in
31:47the middle of absolutely nowhere, you
31:49should be able to see a mosque. They
31:51also are very patriotic. If this flag
31:53wasn't here, this would still be an easy
31:55round with the flag. It's a no-brainer.
31:57Okay, the Turkish flag. Make sure you
31:59know your flags. Europeans are typically
32:00very patriotic. They love their
32:02countries typically. So, you will see a
32:05lot of flags. Turkey also loves divided
32:07highways. I'm not sure why, but here we
32:09have a divided highway. Okay, they're
32:11all over the country. Okay, they're all
32:12over our country. It is a great clue.
32:14Obviously, other countries have them,
32:15too. So, take a look at other clues.
32:17Over here, we do have the Turkish
32:19Ballard. Very iconic ballard right here.
32:22If you don't know it, you better learn
32:23it. Turkey uses this ballard all over
32:26the place, guys. Okay. Also, way over
32:28here, I see a little chevron. We have
32:30red sign with like this white arrow
32:32that's kind of cut off a little bit
32:33because it's so narrow. You will only
32:35see this in like South Africa, which is
32:37not in Europe. Okay, that's not in
32:39Europe. So, in Europe, that is unique to
32:41Turkey. The final thing I want to bring
32:43up is the Turkish pole, which is a very,
32:45very good pole. It's metal and it has
32:47like ladder holes in it as well, but
32:49it's usually rusty metal as well. So,
32:52that's a really good sign that you are
32:53there. Trying to see there's another one
32:56hiding behind the trees here. Usually,
32:58you'll be able to see them in more of
32:59its glory. Um, but this pole right here
33:02as well, this pole here, very iconic to
33:05Turkey. It's bigger. It's usually more
33:08steel instead of rusty. Maybe it's
33:10newer. I'm not too sure. But yeah, as
33:12you can see, there's another one over
33:13here that this these type of poles are
33:15just all over the place. So, Turkey
33:17makes it easy for us because they have
33:20so many clues that are specific to his
33:22country. All right, here we are in
33:23Cypress, which is a fairly new country
33:25to be added, and it's right now it's
33:27only in the British territory on Cypress
33:30Island. Uh there are more coverage.
33:32There is more coverage coming for the
33:33rest of the island, but right now, this
33:34is all I have to work with. Here's a
33:36better look at the small cam blur guys
33:38that we saw in Italy earlier. Here's a
33:40better look at it. As you can see, it is
33:41a little bit more circular and like the
33:44back is kind of weird. It's like I don't
33:46know, something protruding out. This is
33:48the small cam. This is a pretty common
33:50cam that's coming out now from Google
33:51Street View. Yeah, the coverage on
33:52Cypress is very very small right now.
33:54So, I can't really say too much about
33:55it. All of it is small cam and uh there
33:58is a portion that kind of looks like
33:59this. And here we have the other
34:01coverage near like the Kellia. It's like
34:03basically just a big highway
34:04interchange. There's like two areas of
34:06Cypress is very small. So, it's
34:08basically just this you're going to see.
34:10Um, makes makes it quite easy as of
34:12right now. Once the entire island gets
34:13coverage, might be a bit more difficult
34:15to differentiate between like some of
34:17the Greek islands or maybe maybe some
34:19parts of Turkey and stuff. So, um, we'll
34:21get into that, but yeah, they do have a
34:23lot of, um, triilingual signs perhaps.
34:25There's a lot of languages on here, so
34:27that can be a good good clue for
34:28Cypress. I'm not going to lie, guys,
34:29this next country is quite difficult. It
34:31stumps a lot of pro players even,
34:33especially if you're in some rural
34:34areas. But this is Bulgaria. And
34:37Bulgaria is a country that it it's it's
34:39just tough straight up. It's tough. Not
34:41sure what's happening with this license
34:42plate here. Just ignore that. This is
34:46the best clue right here. It's the town
34:48entry point, which is always going to be
34:50bilingual. U Bulgaria is really good for
34:52having bilingual signs. It's actually a
34:53really good clue for for Bulgaria. And
34:55the town entry signs are going to be
34:57white with like this little black
34:59border. And that's unique to Bulgaria.
35:01So it's different than the Polish one we
35:02saw earlier, right? Which was green.
35:04This one's going to be white. And if you
35:07take a look at the road here, notice
35:08there's not a single ballard, right? If
35:09you're on a road in Bulgaria that you
35:11would think should have ballards, like
35:13it's a main road heading into a city,
35:16you should see some ballards here,
35:17right? You might be Bulgaria because
35:19Bulgaria really doesn't use ballards.
35:21They just they have they use a couple,
35:23but it's it's rare. It's actually quite
35:25rare. So, with this sign here, I know
35:26I'm in Bulgaria, but just with the
35:28vibes. Obviously, it's also a
35:29mountainous country as well. So, uh,
35:31with no ballards and these mountains, I
35:33may go Bulgaria. Okay, guys. Here we are
35:35in Romania. And here we have a bunch of
35:37these poles. Remember how I said that
35:38they were thicker than Poland? Now, we
35:40have a really good look at it. The one
35:41in Hungary, we didn't really get a good
35:42look at it. You will see these poles in
35:44Hungary as well, which border each
35:46other. So, it kind of makes sense. But
35:48the Romanian ones and the Hungarian ones
35:50are much thicker than the Polish ones,
35:52which can help you differentiate it.
35:53Also, Romania loves to paint the bottom
35:55of these poles white sometimes. Hungary
35:58does not do this. Okay? So, if you see a
36:00white painted bottom, you know, you
36:02should be in Romania, not Hungary.
36:05Obviously, there are plenty of poles
36:06that are not painted white at the
36:07bottom. So, you got to be careful. I'm
36:09also looking at this sign right here,
36:11this yield sign. It looks kind of weird,
36:13doesn't it? Because the triangle in the
36:15middle, the white one, is very small.
36:18And uh that is unique to Romania.
36:19Actually, Romania has this really thick
36:21red outer line here. And the triangle in
36:24the middle is very small. We also have a
36:26white outline border here. If you see
36:29this sign, it is unique to Romania. So,
36:32this is a very Romanian location right
36:33here. I would 100% have good faith this
36:35that this is Romania. All right, our
36:37next location is going to be in Ukraine,
36:39which is a very big country, but
36:40unfortunately doesn't have that much
36:42coverage right now. It's usually just
36:44like main roads and stuff. And speaking
36:46of the roads, the roads are almost
36:47always in really bad quality. Ukraine is
36:50known to have some of the worst road
36:51quality in the entire continent. So, um
36:54that's a really good sign you are in
36:56Ukraine. We also have a little bit of
36:57car meta that I'm going to share with
36:58you. I try to stay away from car meta in
37:00this video because Europe is constantly
37:02changing. Car meta goes away. But
37:04because of the war over there, I don't
37:06think Google is going to be driving
37:07through Ukraine anytime soon. So, this
37:09car meta should stand this test of time,
37:12at least for the foreseeable future. We
37:14have a red car with usually a long
37:17antenna. This red car here is a very
37:20good sign you are in Ukraine. Almost the
37:22entire country was covered with this
37:24car. The only time you might see this
37:25car in some other country is rarely in
37:28Belgium. Rand for some random reason. Uh
37:31you might see this car in Belgium, but
37:33both countries look somewhat, you know,
37:35it it looked quite different. So, um
37:37I've made that mistake before myself. I
37:39saw this car and it went Ukraine
37:41immediately and it was Belgium and I got
37:43all mad. And it happens, guys. It
37:44happens to all of us. But this is a very
37:46good clue that you are uh in Ukraine.
37:49Now, here we have a Russian round. Now,
37:51Russia and Ukraine can be very, very
37:53similar. So, I kind of want to point out
37:54a few differences. The first one being
37:56the license plate. There were no cars in
37:58the previous location in Ukraine, but
37:59Russia has all white license plates,
38:01guys. You won't see any other colors.
38:02You won't see the blue strip. And in
38:04Ukraine, they actually have their flag
38:07on the license plate. So, you will see
38:09blue and yellow in Ukraine. You will
38:11never see that in Russia. Now, you might
38:13look behind you and you might think that
38:14this is a red car. It's not, guys, and
38:17be careful. This might bait some of you.
38:18Make sure if you think it's a red car.
38:21It's completely red, guys. This is just
38:22the brake light of the back of the car.
38:25And the rest of it is black. Okay? The
38:27rest of it's black. So, this is actually
38:28a black car um with a little bit of red,
38:30but it's not fully red, which means this
38:33is not going to be Ukraine. Of course,
38:35Russia speaks Russian. It might be good.
38:37Russian, um, Ukrainian, other civil
38:40languages. They all have their little
38:41differences, so it might might be worth
38:43learning those differences. Not going to
38:45get into them into this video, but it
38:46might be might be worth learning at some
38:48point. Finally, we do see these black
38:50and white curves. Russia loves using
38:52these black and white curves, and they
38:54actually paint black and white things
38:55onto a lot of things, not just their
38:57curbs. Okay, so this is a very good clue
38:59you are in Russia. You really won't see
39:00this anywhere in Europe. You might see
39:02this in like Indonesia and some other
39:05random places like Rwanda maybe, but you
39:07know when you're talk we're talking
39:08about Europe today. This is the Europe
39:09beginner's guide, right? Typically you
39:12only see this in Russia. So with all
39:13that being said, this is a pretty easy
39:16Russia for me. All right, guys. Here we
39:17have potentially the most difficult
39:19round of the day. Where am I supposed to
39:21even go here? Where do I go here? We
39:24have a random gravel road with some
39:27fields and you know that's all we really
39:29have. Maybe a pole or two. Where do we
39:31go here? All right, let's break it down,
39:32guys. Let's break it down. First of all,
39:33take a look at over here. It looks kind
39:35of normal. We look over here, we see
39:37this like green tint to it. Why? Why is
39:40that? That's actually common in in
39:41Estonia. There's like this this green
39:43tint. You can kind of see in the sky.
39:44Look how green it is over here. And look
39:46over here. It's like normal, right? So,
39:48you know, that is for some reason common
39:50in Estonia, not really seen anywhere
39:53else. And that only happens in
39:54generation 3 coverage. So, a little bit
39:56of an older coverage. Eventually, this
39:57metal would will go away, but it stands
40:00the test of time for at least right now.
40:02We also see these trident poles. Trident
40:04poles are the main pole used in Estonia,
40:06so that would make sense. Kind of see
40:08the top of it looks like a looks like a
40:09uh a trident there. You won't see that
40:12too much in other Baltic countries. Um
40:14they use their own poles. So, um that
40:17could be a good clue for Estonia, but
40:19you know, trident poles are used in a
40:20fair amount of countries around the
40:21world. So, don't use that only to make
40:24your guess. Of course, Estonia also has
40:26an abnormal amount of like gravel roads
40:28and typically you will see fields next
40:30to the roads and like forest in the
40:32background. That's very common in all
40:34the Baltic countries, but for some
40:35reason Estonia, I think it just has it
40:37the most. I don't know. Seems to be more
40:39of a vibe thing though, of course. But,
40:41um, you know, when if if you if you have
40:43nothing else to go off of, might be
40:44something there. And if you really have
40:46nothing else to go off of, I do see a
40:48white flower here. Actually, we do see a
40:51bunch of white flowers here. And this is
40:53the Estonian white flower. I'm not sure
40:54what it's actually called, okay? But for
40:56the sake of us Google Map players, it's
40:59called the Estonian White Flower. I
41:01don't think this is even a real meta,
41:03but if you really have nothing else to
41:04go off of and you see these white
41:06flowers on the side of the road, maybe
41:08it's Estonia, but it can really be found
41:10in that whole general region. Um, but
41:12again, it might be more common in
41:14Estonia. Here we have Lafia. And again,
41:16Lafia can look very similar to Estonia,
41:18but it does have a different pole. And
41:21this is actually a pretty unique pole.
41:24It is these alternating alternating like
41:26hooks on these poles. You see that guys?
41:28Alternating hooks. And this has become
41:30known as like the Lvian pole top. Okay.
41:32So, it's actually very kind of iconic to
41:34Lafia. It's found all over the place
41:37guys. Can't really see it there, but
41:39here it even is on like an A-frame pole.
41:41Okay. That can be found in some other
41:43countries, particularly like Croatia or
41:46Bulgaria, but to lesser extent. In
41:48Latafia, it's very, very common. Okay,
41:50so if you see that and you're in a
41:52Baltic area, should be almost always
41:54Latia. You also see this blue kilometer
41:56marker and it's parallel to the road.
41:59Okay, it's parallel. It's running the
42:01same direction as the road. That is a
42:05very good clue that you are in Lafia.
42:07Estonia, Lafia, and Lithuania all have
42:09kilometer markers that look like this,
42:10and they actually are all blue, which
42:12makes it very confusing, but they are
42:14all at different angles to the road. Um
42:17so it is confusing but it does kind of
42:21make sense if you can remember it. Lafia
42:23is parallel if you see that should be
42:25Lafia. Last Baltic country I suppose is
42:28Lithuania. Now Lithuania might be the
42:31most open country as far as the
42:33landscape goes. I think Lafia is the
42:35most forested and Lithuania is the most
42:38kind of like open fields type of thing.
42:39As you can see there are a lot of
42:40forests of course but we do here we are.
42:42We do see those white flowers. Again
42:43guys don't trust the white flower
42:44medicine. I don't know who spread that
42:45information. Sometimes it works. A lot
42:47of times it does not. Now, Lithuania has
42:49a special quirk where they almost always
42:51have this like diagonal support on their
42:53poles, right? So, the pole top is not
42:55that important. It's more mostly the
42:57pole in Lithuania. You have this
42:59diagonal piece that kind of is just
43:01there to support. And here, this one
43:02even has two of them. Okay. This one
43:04over here has another. This is very
43:06common to Lithuania for some reason. Um,
43:08you really don't see that too often in
43:09other countries. Uh, you know, it's
43:11possible to see it, of course. you know,
43:12don't uh don't count it out. But
43:14Lithuania for some reason just has a
43:16whole bunch. Okay. Um we're also also
43:18looking at this chevron here. I'm also
43:20looking at this chevron. And this is
43:21actually fairly unique to Lithuania. The
43:23white background with the red arrow is
43:25not unique, but what is unique is this
43:27red outline on the border. Okay. So, if
43:30you see this with a red outline on the
43:32border, you should be in Lithuania. All
43:33right. We are now in Finland. We are
43:35almost completely with Europe. Guys, are
43:36you still with me? Finland honestly is
43:39just a very vibe country. Typically, you
43:41know, you're in Finland just based off
43:43the vibes. But that's not something I
43:44can teach to you guys. That's something
43:46that you have to just play the game and
43:47and figure out at some point. What I can
43:49teach you is a couple of things in this
43:51round. First of all, we're looking at
43:52this snow pole. And Finland loves to use
43:54these snow poles here that you you can
43:56see snow poles in a handful of
43:58countries, particularly Sweden and
43:59Norway. But what's different from those
44:02is that there's this white little mark
44:04here, and it is super close to the top.
44:06And we're going to look at one in Sweden
44:08that looks a lot different. But um this
44:11finished one is unique to the country in
44:13fact that this white is so close to the
44:14top and it's pretty small as well. And
44:16you'll see that it's on, you know, all
44:18the snow poles around here. There's a
44:19whole bunch of them here as well,
44:20especially in the winter time when
44:21there's snow and stuff, which does
44:23happen in Finland. You will commonly see
44:25signs in Finland as well that have a red
44:27outline. Kind of hard to see here. The
44:29camera is not really making it look red,
44:30but it is red, guys. I promise. There's
44:33one over here as well. This one looks a
44:34little bit more red, actually. So, um
44:36those are very common. And you'll see
44:38these on street signs, bigger signs um
44:41on the road as well. These are just
44:42little bus little little bus signs here
44:44that are a little smaller. But another
44:46thing that you'll see a lot in Finland
44:47is Bad Cam. This is the same location
44:50just using the Bad Cam. Look how look
44:52how different it looks, man. Look how
44:53much different it looks compared to what
44:54we just saw. Anyways, Bad Cam isn't
44:57really a good clue anymore. I would say
44:58it was a great clue for for Finland
45:00because it was, I believe, the first
45:02European country to get Bad Cam and it
45:04has a ton right now. It is definitely
45:06the country in Europe that has the most
45:08bad cam right now. That could change in
45:10the future because all European
45:11countries it seems like are now getting
45:13bad CAM. Uh which is very unfortunate.
45:16So, this used to be a good clue. It's
45:17going to become more irrelevant in going
45:19into the future, but um it still was a
45:22decent clue right now um for Finland
45:24because there's just so much of it. All
45:26right, here we have neighboring Sweden.
45:28Now, I don't know if you noticed in the
45:29last round, but there were a lot of red
45:30buildings. Red buildings are very common
45:33in sort of the Scandinavian countries
45:35and um you know they're not really found
45:38elsewhere to be honest. You might see
45:40some red buildings in other countries
45:41but Sweden, Finland, Norway definitely
45:44the three countries that are the most
45:45common for these and Sweden being the
45:48biggest one because Sweden just has
45:51almost all their buildings are just like
45:53red besides that one I guess. But yeah,
45:55here we are in Sweden. Sweden is a
45:57fairly easy country to get because of
45:58the outer road lines here. Um, you'll
46:00notice that there are they are shorter.
46:02Okay, we have shorter outer road lines
46:04kind of similar to the Netherlands, but
46:06they're not as close together as
46:07Netherlands are, right? So, these are
46:09shorter. We saw the ones in France. The
46:10France ones were thicker. Okay, these
46:12are a lot thinner and smaller than the
46:16than the French ones. Okay, so once once
46:18you play a little bit, you'll start to
46:19realize that a little bit. But yeah, the
46:20only other place that has these exact
46:23road lines is going to be Estonia. Okay,
46:26so those are the two countries that you
46:27might confuse each other for because
46:29they both like to use these type of road
46:31lines. Typically, you will you will see
46:32signs like this that are blue with like
46:34this white arrow. Now, you will see
46:37signs like this in other countries, but
46:39this is technically unique to Sweden
46:42because this white arrow is not filled
46:44in. Other countries like Finland will
46:46have this being filled in, but in Sweden
46:49it's not. It is tough. It's a very it's
46:51a very minute um difference. Um, also
46:54over here we have the yellow with the
46:56red outline. Again, Finland also has
46:58these. So, the infrastructure for the
47:00signs are are somewhat similar for this
47:02one, but um, Finland will never have
47:04these type of outer road lines. You
47:06know, never with an asterisk cuz there
47:07there's an exception to every rule,
47:09guys. There is there's an exception to
47:10every single rule in the world, but um,
47:13you know, generally they won't. And here
47:14we have Norway. Now, Norway is a country
47:18that also has dashed out of road lines,
47:20but they're much longer than Sweden.
47:22Okay, they're much longer. Here's a
47:23better look at them. Look how much
47:25longer they are. So, that's a really
47:26good example of a difference between the
47:29two countries. We also have a snow pole
47:31here. And here is it's black for some
47:34reason. Usually, they're orange. Okay,
47:35this one is just a random black one. Um,
47:37but notice how the white is way closer
47:40to the middle than the finished one.
47:42Remember, the finished one was way up
47:43here towards the top. This one can be
47:46found in Norway and Sweden, guys. Okay,
47:48so you will see this one in Norway and
47:50Sweden, but not Finland. So, that can
47:53help you out a little bit. I'm also
47:55looking over here and I see this sign.
47:57This sign is all yellow. There's no red
47:58at all, right? No red border. It's a
48:00black border. This is Norway. Okay,
48:03Finland, Sweden, you'll see that red
48:05border on it. This one's Norway because
48:07there's no red border, which makes it a
48:09very, very good clue. Also, Norway is
48:11just way more mountainous than the other
48:13two countries. There's like no mountains
48:14at all in Finland and Sweden. There are
48:17some mountains, but typically closer to
48:18the Norway border, right? So, um, still
48:21we got red buildings in Norway. Less of
48:23them, I I'd say less of them. Maybe not.
48:25H Yeah, there's there's less of them.
48:26There's lots of them in Norway, but uh
48:28yeah, that is Norway for you. Finally,
48:30we've made it to our last country of the
48:33video, guys. If you learned something
48:34new, make sure to leave a like, man. I
48:36really do appreciate it. But here we are
48:38in Denmark. And this is a very Denmark
48:41location right here. I'm just going to
48:42say it. This is extremely Denmark. I
48:44don't even have to like pan around.
48:46NMPPZ. I'm going Denmark. I can even
48:48zoom in just to right here. Just to
48:50right here, I'm going Denmark. First of
48:51all, we have the Danish Ballard. This is
48:53one of the most recognizable ballards in
48:55the world with this orange stripe near
48:56the top and the yellow in the uh
48:58reflector in the middle. But if this
49:00Ballard wasn't even here, I would still
49:03go Denmark because of this sign right
49:05here. Remember guys remember Luxembourg
49:07with those rounded corners to their
49:09signs? Well, here is the Denmark
49:11version. It's very similar. It is very
49:13similar. And those two countries can
49:15sometimes get confused because of that.
49:17But Denmark of course speaks Danish and
49:19Luxembourg typically speaks French or or
49:22German. So um you know there there are
49:24differences in the language from what's
49:26actually on the sign. But this metal
49:28sort of outline very unique to just
49:30those two countries which is fantastic.
49:32So if I see this ballard and this
49:34outline it's like double whammy of uh
49:38Denmark clues. Also to make to make
49:41things even easier, we have double white
49:43in the middle, which as I said is either
49:46this Poland or Greece. Obviously, this
49:48is Denmark with this type of
49:50infrastructure. And I see another clue.
49:52We have some chevrons. So many so many
49:55clues in this one. We have the white
49:56with the red chevrons here. This is kind
49:58of unique to Denmark. Obviously, this
50:00color scheme is found in a lot of
50:02different countries, but it's super low
50:03to the ground, right? It's super low to
50:05the ground. It's actually like shorter
50:07than the Ballards almost, you know? So,
50:09it's very low to the ground. Typically,
50:10you'll see taller chevrons in other
50:12countries. So, yeah, kind of unique to
50:14Denmark there. With all of these clues,
50:16um, I'd be very confident in studying
50:18Denmark. There you have it. That is the
50:19beginner's guide to Europe for a
50:20geogaster and open Gasser. I hope you
50:22learned something new. Europe is the
50:24hardest continent in my opinion. So, if
50:25you can do good in this continent,
50:27you're probably going to be doing good
50:28in the rest of the game. So, as always
50:31guys, thank you so much for watching and
50:32I'll see you in the next

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