A famous comedian amazed by Poland. He will remember this visit for a long time
Poland is eagerly visited by tourists from abroad. They often comment on their visits, including: on social media. This is what a famous Icelandic comedian recently said.
The tourist in question is Greipur Hjaltason, a comedy character known not only in Iceland. His Instagram profile is followed by over a million people, which proves that the man influences a really large group of society. Recently, in one of his videos, he shared an account of his visit to Poland. Specific things amazed him.
A famous comedian surprised in Poland
What surprised the famous Greipur in Poland? It turns out that this time a foreign tourist pays special attention not only to monuments and culture, but also to the language. “The Polish language sounds like the most complicated language in the world,” we hear in one of his videos. On his Instagram account, he revealed that he does not understand why the words here are so long. “One word is about seven words. Instead of just writing a hospital, they write an entire essay here, which consists of about 15 words. That’s about five pages of name words for the hospital. Why do you need so many words?” – the comedian wondered.
The man’s recording had a rather satirical and mocking tone. The video shows Greipur looking surprised and disgusted. It didn’t end with one recording. The comedian was negatively surprised by some of the buildings and architecture. He noticed that the school building resembled a prison. There were also jokes about the Palace of Culture and Science and the mermaid at the Świętokrzyski Bridge. There is no admiration or praise in Greipur’s descriptions; he is rather skeptical and distant.
Poles respond to the comedian
Internet users from Poland, who had the opportunity to learn how the Icelander rated their country, quickly reacted. They began to explain, among other things: complicated names of hospitals and explain why sometimes facilities are described with so many words. It was noted that the long names refer to specialized hospitals. “A hospital is a hospital in Polish, but sometimes it is also a Clinic of Transplantology, Immunology, Nephrology and Internal Diseases,” one of the men wrote under an Instagram post.
Some Poles shot back at the comedian, noting that place names in Iceland are not the easiest either. Attention was paid to, among others: to describe volcanoes.
Despite everything, there were also people who showed great distance towards themselves. For example, they responded to opinions about the palace: “The best view of Warsaw is from the Palace of Culture and Science. Mainly because you can’t see the palace from there,” they joked.