Culture Shock from Living in ITALY? (Florence)

I'm Italian born and raised, I get culture shock everytime I leave my Province

Unfortunately foreigners tend to always go to the same places when they come to Italy. In reality we must consider that in Italy there are 20 regions, all different from each other. There are different lifestyles, different dialects, different food, different climate etc. For each region. My suggestion is to go beyond the usual destinations, choose an area, a region and visit it calmly away from the most crowded areas, you will not be disappointed.

No my friend the main Italian industry its not the turism business, its the manufacturer industry that in Europe its second only to Germany, so before you state samething so important just read it, italian manufacturer industry its one of the biggest in the world and we do not make only pasta or gucci bags, we make boeing 787 fusalage till microchip for the automotive industry

For Americans , it's always gonna be culture shock EVERYWHERE

Tourism %GDP in Italy 9% (our is a real country, not an amusement park). In US is 9.1%

everyone: im from columbia, i'm from serbia,etc. Americans: im from Florida

I’m an Italian girl from a city near Venice. Something that always surprise me is this concept of the “dolce far niente” that foreigners see in us. Honestly where? I think they want to see it in us. We are stressed everywhere. We would love to give time to our families but with this economy people work many hours and with a very low stipend. I’ve never seen an Italian walking slowly to admire the landscape and be cool with it. Maybe this is the north of Italy, but this is the reality I’ve lived (a stressing environment 😂).

I just want to comment on one of the countless stereotypes in this video: "Italy Is the fastest shrinking country of the world, the main industries are tourism etc." I report just a couple of quotes that anyone can find with Google "Italy is the ninth largest economy in the world and the third largest in the Euro Zone. The country has a diversified industrial base driven in large part by manufacturing of high-quality consumer goods ." or "Do not adjust your set: Italy is growing faster than Germany". Always the same old story, people speaking without a minimum of information, just stereotypes. So I'll write a couple of them: "The thing that distinguishes Americans is ignorance" or maybe "in the USA they can shoot you in the street". The usual stereotypes. Don't come to Italy, thanks.

That American guy saying Italians are loud when him, hemself is so loud i had to turn my volume down🙄. Americans are way louder in my opinion. The on going joke in my country is... you hear an American before you see them.

No, tourism is at the second side. First place is for industry...we are the second manufacting country after Germany in Europe.

The guy from the US and the German girl saying in Italy we drink more than they do 👀 I live in Sicily, and people almost don't drink, they can stay the entire evening just with a little bottle of beer or a glass of wine. Even in a familiar gathering, people just drink a little bit of wine during meals and that's it

I'm italian and I don't eat pasta everyday. Maybe once a week

"do you have an advice to give to someone that is planning to move to Italy?" - "Are you sure?????" ...mavafancul

As an Italian it was a little bit weird there no was mandolin at the beginning in the intro. Then . . . there it is. It's magic.

Tell the American guy that thanks to their mall culture, Italian small shops are actually disappearing...

She's right about the "Casual American" dress code and wearing PJ's in public.

Finally someone mentions Americans dressing in PJs. As an American myself, it's crazy to me how people can follow influencers all day and not pick up any dress tips. Wal-Mart is a nightmare 😫

Wonderful, thank you! It's so refreshing to hear perspectives from people from different countries and backgrounds. I feel like most of the "culture shock" videos I come across are of Americans who have never left the US and are "shocked" when they experience normal things that happen everywhere else in the world.

As an italian most of the things they said shocked me also. I think Florence is something really different than the rest of the country.

Such a nice interesting video❤!