Every Insanely Well Designed COUNTRY Explained in 9 Minutes

Have you ever visited a place where everything just works? Where trains leave exactly on the second, kids cycle to school without fear, and housing is actually affordable? These aren't utopias; they are real places. In this video, as a real urban planner, I’m explaining the brilliant national planning strategies behind the world’s insanely well designed countries. From nations that cycle below sea level to those building underground cities to beat the cold, these are the gold standards of urban planning...

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Netherlands: The country that should be underwater but instead built the world's best cycling network where bikes outnumber people.

Switzerland: A nation where a 3-minute train delay is considered a system failure and everything runs like a clock.

Norway: The oil-rich nation that used its wealth to remove parking spots, build heated sidewalks, and prioritize pedestrians.

Denmark: The happiest place on earth where kindergartens are outdoors and the harbor is clean enough to swim in.

Germany: The engineering giant that coordinates 400 transit authorities into one seamless network with a single €49 ticket.

Austria: The place that solved the housing crisis decades ago by treating apartments as public infrastructure, not investment assets.

Sweden: A laboratory for radical urban experiments, from harvesting commuter body heat to recycling 95% of waste.

Finland: The country that built a massive underground city to survive winter and put saunas in public infrastructure.

Which country's approach do you wish your home nation would adopt? Is there a well designed country i missed? Let me know in the comments below!

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Netherlands
01:21 Switzerland
02:39 Norway
03:38 Denmark
04:38 Germany
05:56 Austria
06:56 Sweden
08:06 Finland
09:08 The End

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