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You should ALWAYS ask permission before petting a stranger's dog, no matter where you are. What's with that?

you dont talk with strangers in bars in germany

I am confused how it is that not all Canadians speak French. This feels like an obvious thing for schools to teach. There are only three main languages on your continent, learn at least two of them.

The fact your German character made an error kinda shows why they spot it so fast😅

When will you move back is a practical question. If you will move back soon it is not worth while to invest in a friendship or romantic relation.

I'm kind of amazed. Where are you from in Canada? I don't consider naked people in a gym changing room unusual.

Canada and the US are still distinct countries and there are still some cultural distinctions. We are not the same, though that, of course, is fading fast. I would love to leave Canada for some place that is not a US satellite but it is very difficult to do that.

Its not relevant, its German small talk😂

Austrian living in the US here. Americans are secretive about blowing their nose, which they will avoid in front of other people. By contrast, they shamelessly sniff back their snot, which I find utterly disgusting and is considered inappropriate in my culture. Social norms are completely inverted.

Petting someone else's dog isn't illegal - it's just a pretty bad idea. The dog could be anxious. It could byte you. Or you could just throw it back 2 months in its social training. When people touch my dog unasked I usually approach them, touch their hair and gently ask how they like being approached without consent. Luckily enough, my dogs like other people, so they usually give clear signals when they want to be petted.

I understand now why American women are always wearing heavy make up in documentaries It's very strange knowing that American people are much more handsome than Germans !

Germans and dutch people are the best From what is said Americans and Canadian are kind of rude and hypocrite , maybe also Anti hygienic Those remarks can be said about french and British Germans are even better than Scandinavian no matter what can be

6min upright? Why?

What about saunas, where's everyone is naked in Germany (men and women together) and farting in public ? Other than those two topics, America lose to Germany, but Germany lose to illegal migrants from North Africa and Middle East

For anyone who might have missed the ending, her boyfriend asks "Bock auf Wurst?", i.e. "Fancy some sausage?" 🤣

I think German guys are used to get b*tched back by German girls, so they just think at the end, "nah, I'm fine now, not worth the stress". 😅

Torres flak?

We're not like that, or is it? Well, i ask my wife ^^

"When will you move back?" 😂😅

Misinformation here. Don't believe everything you're being told here. It is so ridiculous that I don't even bother to correct the misconceptions because there are too many US-"Americans" around yt that talk a lot of shite on a regular basis.

I have not dated in Germany since 2004 so everything probably is different but it seems dates are not that common, but most people go out in a group and if there is a person you are interested in, chat with them and go again when they are going with the group. There was a girl I was interested in and we chatted mostly together but in the group of 4-9 people. I asked her to dinner, just the two of us and she seemed surprised that I was not inviting the others so she did. That went on for 10 days, but finally she asked me to go to a club. We had not talked about relationship probing topics, I agreed and I had no idea what the club was but figured a dance club. It turned out it was a sex club, which I learned was very common in Germany and now common in the US in every city or town for the swinging community. Most of the people were older but some our age, very casual without much glamour, and we did go swimming which was nude only in the main indoor pool. It turns out she was interested in me but never mentioned it. I as very confused as to what she really wanted, a relationship or recreational sex. By the time we both understood what we wanted from each other, my planned 4 week visit was coming to an end. The town was small so I figured everyone knew each other so talk to create a foundation and relationship was bypassed when every family seemed to know all the others. I have dated in most of the 92 countries I have spent time in and can say with confidence that all forms of dating and pair bonding has been has become radically changed due to social media and one reason so few marriages are formed. I moved full time to St Petersburg Russia in 2000 from California after decades in the music industry and dating here is more traditional like it used to be in North America. It is more social however so every day anyone meets very good possible partners, with every club, pub, drama ballet, opera theater filled with active socially engaged people, and unlike in the US the genders like each other and do not fear their opposites I have been in relatively isolated communities or islands where dating is very different and often requires assistance from elders to make sure couples are not forming having the same blood lines. Iceland is a mix of modern and very small number of blood lines. There a date comes AFTER sex. Sex is very casual but dating is more serious, both people who might have has frequent sexual contact, consult with a national database so see how closely the two are related. Being a foreigner, gave me an added attraction because I as surely not in their blood lines so I could actually date conventionally without being checked on the app on their phones about who they can't form a relationship with. Sex is so casual there, as it is in isolated Polynesian island societies, but mates are usually picked from nearby islands,

Putting a brown bag around an alcoholic drink so nobody knows you drin alcohol, yet it's the brown bag that signals you are drining alcohol???!!!??? Crazy. :)

To avoid trouble I would better ask the owner if I could pet his dog because you don't know if the dog will like it or not. But it's not a problem with most dogs.

Life flies fast.

Not Having a Part-Time Job Before Graduation: Well, the reason is not only that education (school, university and apprenticeship) are free in Europe but that studying for school has absolute priority in the European mind set; it is considered an occupation in it’s own right. This is supported by the law „Jugendschutzgesetz“ (law of protection of youth): If you are under age 15 you are only allowed to work a maximum of 2 hours per day in minor jobs like babysitting or delivering newspapers. On the German (and Austrian, and Swiss) labour market companies simply are not offering any jobs for this age group - i.e. refilling shelves in a supermarket or working on a construction site is not even considered by companies: You will be turned away by the store manager or HR. Between age 15 and 17 you might work 40 hours per week, but never at night, i.e. before 6 a.m. or after 8.pm. For students this is, however, strongly discouraged by teachers and on the whole, parents. Even when you start an apprenticship at age 16 (where you are already paid) you are required to attend a -vocational - school 1 or 2 days per week (or blocks of several weeks or even month). If you attend a Gymnasium - the academic branch of the German school system prepping for university - I wouldn’t know how to stem a job next to the demanding workload for Abitur. Maybe you should ask a German Gymnasium teacher, not only about the Gymnasium curriculum for "Oberstufe" from age 16 to 18 preparing for the Abitur (more like the first 2 college years in the US) but also ask them about the academic requirements to become a Gymnasium teacher.

The most irritating thing for me is having to wait at a crosswalk for a walk signal when there are no cars coming.

Te canadians should clean their toilettes by themselfes. After that you will never pee standing in front of the WC..

Sorry, but it's not normal in Germany that somebody exposes her or himself nude to others except maybe in few specific localities (sauna for nudes, FKK (nude) beaches, changing rooms (anyway separate for men and women)). Only once in my whole life I encountered naked people outside the said localities when I walked along a Bavarian lake away from the path and met accidentally a few naked people sitting at the lake. I hastened away because I felt bad and didn't want to trouble them. Usually something like that is forbidden. I personally never exposed myself to others except to my parents when I was a little child. A long time ago I went to sauna. There were 3 different types of sauna: mixed and only for women (both nude) and mixed with swimsuit. I used the nude one but you had to bring a towel along. I used it to cover my intimate parts as all others did. Strictly speaking no nudidity even in the supposed "nude" sauna.

I hated it living abroad, like in London, when everything was as usual on sunday. Now that I am back in Germany I even appriciate it much more, that on sunday it is a completly different vibe then on a normal day.

I was surprised at how much make-up women in the US wear even if they're not planning to leave the house. One told me she takes an hour in the morning to "do her face" and half an hour to take off before retiring to bed. Not even photo models wear that much make-up here in Germany when they're not working.

YES! Rules = max. freedom!

What is an "ish"???? I like your humor very mutch!

What is the reason that you hold a cup all the time? It's time for drinking, then it's over and it's time for working - without a cup. You're not a baby.

In Germany we love our free time and vaccations. So we hurry up to complete a task faster and more efficient than other countries to enjoy our free time.

Some things seem more about age than culture. When I was younger (I'm a 50-something Canadian), punctuality was extremely important. Also, stores were all closed on Sundays, and it was wonderful. Everyone got the same day off to see their friends and family, and mall parking lots were a playground for cyclists and people learning to drive. I really miss everything being closed on Sundays.

I had culture shock for years when I moved to the USA from Germany.

Check out Traumkuh in Hamburg (they have other locations as well) the only thing I didn’t like was the dill sprinkle as garnish. Apart from that only homemade fries, cheesecurds/ mozzarella and gravy.

I went to a restaurant here in germany to try poutine and it was not tasty - the reason for that: the gravy was too watery and lacked taste and the fires were made with regular store bought potatoes. The cheese was in the quality of mozzarella sticks cheese without the panade. If you could share a recipe that I can try it myself it would be amazing. I refuse to believe that that disgusting feast I had was the real deal

Are the thirty vacation days paid?

I would devour that hamburg veg poutine. Looks great.

Sit down to pee"??? Never heard that, never saw it, how strange. Must be some local thing. 99% of all the public toilets, even some private housholds have pisoirs / urinals.

Wonder why Germany doesn’t have good bagels? 🤔

4:04 From a German perspective it's weird to distinct friends and people you even see on the weekends. I think a friend in Germany is much more close to you and vice versa than over the pond, where people called friends, you barely know their names.

Americans like to pet fogs in Germany without asking. Similar with me in USA, I go aroums and kiss everyone's wife snd gf eithout askimf. They love it😊

Nice! But where else in Germany do the stores still close at 4 pm on a Saturday? I haven't seen that for a long time! At least one grocery store here is open until 10 pm. And I don't live in the city, but in a small town outside. BTW: You don't need make-up, you look very pretty like this too!

'Sitzpinkler' is an insult in Germany... usually spoken by guys who don't have to clean their own mess!

Chances of things being fake in the US are huge, compared to most of Europe.👴🤷‍♂

"pet s.o. dog" Can´t dogs bite in America?

Accurately, except one thing: while Germans (more German men, including. Me) blow their nose mighty noisily if necessary, their general noise level, specifically in restaurants is *way* more hushed than the average American / Canadian. One of the many signs telling me „this is an American tourist“.

Kids in Germany should not be obedient thats not a goal in parenting