Five ways Slovakia is definitely better than the UK | Blorecast Episode 15

Is Slovakia actually better than the UK? 🇸🇰🇬🇧

I spent the first half of my life in the UK — and the second half in Slovakia.

So I’ve experienced plenty of Christmases, dentists, supermarkets, and public offices in both.

In this episode of The Blorecast, I ask a slightly dangerous question:

Is Slovakia genuinely better than the UK — and if so, how?

To keep things fair, I set myself some rules:

• No cheap shots

• No unfair comparisons

• No obvious wins like skiing or ice hockey

• And no pretending that salaries, healthcare, or history are simple

What’s left are five areas where Slovakia really does have an edge — based on lived experience, culture, data, and everyday life.

This episode covers:

• Why Slovaks are often more practical and pragmatic

• How Slovakia became quietly multilingual

• Why traditions are still lived, not just performed

• How Slovak food culture avoids the worst of ultra-processed diets

• And why nature, forests, and mountains are Slovakia’s greatest advantage

This isn’t about claiming Slovakia is perfect.

And it’s definitely not about saying the UK is awful.

It’s about noticing what works — and what we might lose if we’re not paying attention.

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⏱ Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:42 The Rules

01:49 #5 Practicality & Pragmatism

03:34 #4 Multilingualism

05:56 #3 Traditions

07:50 #2 Food

09:43 #1 Nature

12:05 Outro

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💬 Join the conversation

Have you lived in Slovakia, the UK, or both?

Do you agree — or am I talking complete nonsense?

Leave a comment — I read them all, and I often feature viewer responses in future episodes.

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The Blorecast is a podcast from The School of Blore in Košice, Slovakia. It’s about life, culture, language, and exams – all served up with a dose of humour and storytelling. Whether you’re learning English, preparing for Cambridge exams, or just curious about life in Slovakia, you’ll find something here.

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Photos used for the thumbnail and interstitials:

Jastrabia veža (I think), https://www.vecteezy.com/free-photos/stone

View of the Cheshire Countryside from Beeston Castle, https://www.vecteezy.com/free-photos/british-countryside

EU flag: www.vecteezy.com/video/36025113-european-union-waving-flag-realistic-flag-animation-seamless-loop-background

Masaryk photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1_Garrigue_Masaryk_1925.PNG

Morena: Jaroslav Moravcik - stock.adobe.com 605763679 a 497770811

Folk dancing: kviktor - stock.adobe.com 76542936

Morris Dancers: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morris_Dancers,_York_(26579460201).jpg

Infographic adapted from here: https://slidesgo.com/theme/visual-comparison-infographics

All other photos (and the wood warbler video) are mine.

Our theme tune is Ode to Joy – Heavy Edition, written specially for us by the most excellent dafteaux: https://youtu.be/rU6nLowrtmE

The funky breakbeat drum loop is by Alexander, used under a Creative Commons...