A Whole New Side of Germany! Exploring Bochum, Spending Easter with Germans + Trying Polish Bigos
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2022
- We have an incredible & eye-opening experience staying at our German friends house for Easter weekend. We explore around Bochum a city in Western Germany and experience a whole new side of Germany. We also get an insiders look into how Germans celebrate Easter.
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Tanner, Risa + Willa
I love the "Ruhrpott" with the down to earth, little stubbern, but straight from the heart people.
Glad you liked it - come back soon
I am living in Witten, a neighbour town of Bochum... so glad that you experienced "Die Echte" von Dönninghaus! Best Currywurst I can imagine!
Finally someone who bothers to visit the Ruhr Area...I guess most tourists don't even know about the Bergbaumuseum, and boy do they miss out. Though naturally this is only a tiny slither of what the Ruhrarea has to offer.
this is so true
Thanks for visiting BO. Not many Americans would visit the Ruhrgebiet (aka den Pott). It is full of surprises. I actually climbed in the Duisburg Industrial Park last year. I love to be in the Pott by time and time, it is a cool place to be. So much to discover, so much history. 👍
Danke from a German.
I grew up in Bochum and the Ruhrgebiet, so seeing this was so nice! And yes the curry sauce there in the Bermuda3eck is definitely the best one!
For me, seeing all these industrial monuments never really seemed special to me, because I grew up here and always was around them. But your video and impressions gives me a new appreciation of my area; I often just forgot most people aren’t used to big Fördertürme everywhere 😂
Same here. You see the Rewe in the background and know it's the Imbissbude at Engelbertbrunnen/Bermuda3eck
In my family in San Diego, California, our Easter tradition was that we three children must first find our individual Easter baskets (they were labeled) before any one of us could begin to collect all the goodies we found looking for the baskets. They were hidden in “age appropriate” locations and we were not allowed to give each other hints if we discovered someone else’s basket while searching for our own. Being the eldest, mine were always hidden in the most challenging locations and my brother and sister could become quite frustrated waiting for me to find my basket! 😂 One year my basket was hidden inside the top of our upright piano! You can imagine how long it took me to find it. Since we lived in Southern California, our search area was also extended to our back yard. Once my sister and I reached our teens we began to retaliate by hiding baskets for our parents. We continued many of our traditions for years after we had moved away from home. One year my parents showed up at my apartment with a full grown rabbit and joyfully declared “Happy Easter!” No cage, no food, just this huge rabbit. I was completely panic stricken until they let me in on the joke. They had borrowed the rabbit from friends!! Another year I included squirt guns in my parents baskets. They astonished my friends by having a water fight throughout my entire apartment while I helplessly laughed. My parents loved to play. Remember to continue to play long after Willa and any other children you may or may not have are grown. It is a gift of enduring love.
I'm living a bit south of Bochum, but I work at Bochum's University Hospital. So, it's been great that you've highlighted this traditional mining city to an international audience. You did a truly great job covering your activities, and the best of all is that you apparently had such a great time -- including having met with your friends.
For those of you who don't know: Bochum is one of the cities and towns that together constitute the so-called 'Ruhr area', which is Germany's largest urban area with about 9.5 million people. Nevertheless, this is still a very green area.
Best from Germany
Ruhrgebiet is a really special region with a very interesting history and worth to explore, as it literally exploded with the industrialisation (?) in the 19th century. a very rural aerea became this 10 mio people Pott. It had a special history with massive immigration from polish speaking people and between the wars for political reasons, again after ww2 it was this region and the industry who kept Germany "alive" and was a big part of the Wirtschaftswunder. It had the reputation for being dirty, smelly and hässlich but people have a big mouth and a big heart. They made incredible successful efforts to invent the region anew after many mines had been closed. It's a still a bit of an underestimated region. PS there is nothing sweeter than children searching the garden or the flat for easter eggs....
It is so cool to see my hometown like strangers see it.. And yes it is the best Currywurst in Germany 👍👍👍great story
Finding Indian Food isn’t too hard if you are in more western cities like Bochum, Dortmund, Cologne, Düsseldorf etc.,NRW is the most populated state in Germany so you will have a lot more diversity here than in the south when it comes to food
That obviously depends on where exactly you live.
Munich (28,5%) for example has a far higher share of foreigners than Bochum (15,2%), there are persons from 190 countries living in Munich.
Still, finding really good Indian is a challenge. Our favorite place is in Wuppertal but we made the mistake of ordering Dal soup last time and it was literally chicken broth with a few lentils on the bottom of the bowl. So I went home and made real Dal immediately: ) Leverkusen has the world's worst Indian restaurant, and Cologne is a little too far for us to be convenient.
The Ruhr region has a special charm due to its industrial history. I find this region exciting and worth seeing. Along with the Saarland-Lorraine-Luxembourg region, it is one of the most historic landscapes in Germany. Significant for industrialization and social evolution.
Yes. Thanks. For fact, if you check Saarland or Saargebiet on Wikipedia you'll see, we are really the most interessing area in historical way in whole germany.
you visited my hometown. How nice. I hope you enjoyed it. The Ruhr area is certainly a bit special, full of people, it's louder and more industrial. But I really love the atmosphere of the region.
Ah, finally some US American tuber visiting my home region, the most amazing Ruhrgebiet, the largest metropolitan region in all of Germany. Thanks for presenting a totally different aspect of my homecountry than most other US tubers living here.
Thanks for your kind comment! It was a fun experience and we enjoyed learning more about it!
When I got to try currywurst a couple years ago, it was amazing! Love their breakfast there in Germany!! My family that hosted me were wonderful on feeding us. Willa is getting even more adorable in every video.
Great video :) I used to live in walking distance of the Bergbau Museum for four years, you can even see the house in the panorama shot on top of the tower. Bochum is a hidden gem even amongst germans. The Ruhrgebiet and the "Ruhrpottler" really hold a special place for me!
Hello Willas family, 😁 nice that you also get to know other German sights! That was certainly a great surprise and very interesting for you. I would like to suggest more beautiful and exciting destinations, outside the typical mainstream: [1] „Lüneburger Heide“, with its unique landscape and the many 🐑 sheep. Also, the „Heidepark amusement park“ (with many Chuu -Chuu's) or the „Centerpark“ (a swimming pleasure for small children)! [2] „East Frisia“, with the „Wadden Sea“ and the barefoot mud walks (small 🦀 crabs), the lighthouses and „East Frisian tea ceremonies“. [3] „Münster“ (the German bicycle city), with wonderful city-arcades, the „Aasee" & duty - the breakfast in the „MarktCafé“. As well as the great surrounding countryside with 🏰 castles and wonderful 🚲 bike and 🎒 hiking landscape. [4] „The Mecklenburg Lake District“, with the wonderful water landscape, the many lakes and an „adventure houseboat trip“! Lots of water fun and rustic nature! That's it for now. I hope you can look at that, to get an even better impression of 🇩🇪 Germany. 😊😊 🙋🏼♂️
I grew up near by Bochum. Did you know that miners used canaries for detecting mine gas? They took the birds with them and as soon as the canaries started to behave strange it was time to leave the mine immediately.
And THAT is where the term 'canary in a coal mine' came to be!
They used canaries in the US coal mines also.
@@karenjones2548 True- and in many other nations' mines,too. Evidently, the practice started in British coal mines c.1900.
Hope you enjoyed the Landschaftspark Nord at night. I live and work in Duisburg for the steel industry and I hope you learned and enjoyed the mining and industry history of this area. Greetings.
We really did! It was a unique experience for us! 😊
LOL, a common phrase is "Sauce Hollandaise is the WD40 for food, everything tastes great, even table legs. 🤣🤣🤣
The Landschaftspark Duisburg and the Bergbau Museum is a pretty amazing place to see, isn't it? Been there a couple of times.
The Dönninghaus Currywurst and sauce is the best I know great you could experience it. I always have a roll of this sauce in my freezer if I feel the need for it.😋
Dahmus in the Drehscheibe used to have an awesome currywurst. Last time I visited Bochum they have been closed due to covid :(
Hope you enjoyed your stay! You have oficially tried the best currywurst there is, love it :)
Really cool to see americans checking out Bochum, which is not the most famous city in germany and right between the bigger cities of Dortmund and Essen.
It was really fun to experience a lesser-known city! 😊 Thanks for watching!
Hi guys, nice to see you enjoyed this part of Germany where the industrial century started for Germany with coal mining and iron production. Shame on me, even living just 1hrs drive away, I have never been to the Bergbaumuseum. I am sure you have been surprised about the history and all the preserved items of mining. Do you know its different how they do mining in the US ? Did you still smell coal ? As you know, most of the miners came from Poland and other eastern europe states when the mining started. Your host did right to show you the so called Manta Platte and hopefully explained from where this name came from. Collecting the eastern eggs is always fun with kids and I am sure next year you have to do with Willa in your own garden as she will remember now. I've been once to the Bochum soccer stadion and it was right after it was new build. I liked it much. Guess you have been told that so many soccer team are very close together and people can drive with a tram to the away game. All organizations have been well done by your host. Thumbs up. Very good example of german hospitality and friendship. You are a lucky family and you deserve it for sure. Btw, sauce hollandaise taste good but fro myself my stomach gets problems because mostly it is to fat. Oh Willa, I am sure you will be later a professional choo choo train driver. :-D
Nice to see you in my hometown Duisburg. Hope you have been introduced to our local soundtrack too. Try Herbert Grönemeyer: „Bochum“, And yes he even has a beer happy song to the „Currywurst“, and a song to the whole area called „Komm zur Ruhr“
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Greetings from Bochum to you 3. I was very surprised about your visit to my hometown.
Glück auf! Welcome to the Ruhrpott! :)
Hey thanks! 😊
Cool video! I'm still waiting to see you in the corner of Köln, Düsseldorf, Bonn, or Frankfurt am Main.
Nice Video,. Glück auf
This part of Germany can be compared to Pennsylvania and its industrial areas. But also to greener parts!
Germany had basically three areas where the coal seams came to the surface and thus started industrialization: Saargebiet, Ruhrgebiet and Schlesien (Silesia). Another source of energy is lignite coal which is mined around Cologne and eastern Germany. You should visit those areas to get a comparison. That lignite is strip-mined with huge machines which are quite impressive.
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Belated welcome to the Pott! There's no Altstadt in actual cities at the Ruhr because they only survived in places too unimportant to bomb to oblivion. (Would prefer having one over being evacuated for UXO several times, though)
A nice one near Bochum is in Hattingen.
I‘m sorry to miss you here around in my hood!😅
I love to here that you enjoyed the Ruhrgebiet 🖤
And good to see that you had a positive impression 😊
Choo Choo Train was my Favorit Part :D
Willkommen im Ruhrgebiet!
Excellent idea to go and see the Bergbaumuseum. I am sure most Americans have never heard of it. Thanks for sharing !
Currywurst/Pommes sometimes jokingly go by the name of "Bottroper Schlachtplatte".
The reason for getting both Good Friday and Easter Monday off in D is the rivalry between the Catholic and Protestant churches. Good Friday being the most important religious event for Protestants, the Catholic side wanted their share of Easter holidays, too.
Speaking of Bottroper Schlachtplatte, they really should've seen the "Tetraeder" to see the Ruhr area from above.
Calling it Bottroper Schlachtplatte is kind of an insult to the original Dönninghaus Currywurst from Bochum though :D
Love to see you all again. Yes The Ruhr area of Germany very interesting ( i had to do a project at school for my Geography & moderen studies over this area ) many many years ago 😜.
Aww Willa “ Choo choo “ sure lover her Trains , her expression while collecting Easter eggs so cute 🥰
Have a Great weekend 🥰 looking forward to your next Adventures
If you are curious to see more interesting mines I can recommend two more and totally different ones: iron mine Grube Fortuna near Wetzlar (also beautiful city) and a crystal mine by Idar-Oberstein Steinkaulenberg
Thanks for the recommendations!
belated welcome to the Pott. :)
Funny to see you guys in my birthtown. 🙂 Haven't been there for a while. And yes, Dönninghaus Currywurst is one of the best! Next time you visit your friend and want to see a nice Altstadt, go to Hattingen. They have a really nice oldtown with a lot of halftimbered houses. Althoug I live now longer in Berlin than I lived in the Rurpott, I still have great memories to it. Great poeple there. Hope you enjoyed it. There is , surely, a lot more to see and a second, third trip worthit.
Oh, that's nice to see how you experience my hometown, Bochum! I come from a mining family on my mother's side, like so many in the Ruhrpott.
As a child, I lived in the neighborhood of the German Mining Museum and earned pocket money by going shopping for the museum guards. I was also always allowed to walk around the shafts for free on Sundays. Great memories!
As for the curry sausage: for me, there is no better than the one from "Dönnighaus" (tip: you can also buy it in the online shop if you are not in Bochum! :-) )
Thanks for your videos and best regards!
Amuljar
Homework: Listen to "Bochum" by Herbert Grönemeyer, a famous singer who also was part of the cast of "Das Boot".
We have! 😊
hi,just found your channel and i love the video's.as a truckdriver from the Netherlands i also love Germany.the food(not on the autobahn),the view it's all great. btw. u have a nice familie😊
Hi! Thanks so much for the comment! We are happy you enjoy our videos! 😊 we hope to make it up to the Netherlands next year! Where do you live there?
We've been living in Germany for 7 years now..we've visited all the same places you have...I love seeing your perspective on things...If you haven't been to Rhonda, Spain, you need to go! Oh, and Gibraltar...Willa would have a blast digging for all the sea glass and shells there...and the monkeys!! Willa and Mama would love it!!
Willa is getting cuter and cuter on each video. Great video and thank you for sharing
I follow ur journey of course love u willa
Oh, I live in Bochum! Didn't know you'd come here. :)
When i was a kid in the Ruhrgebiet i collected fossils of plants and even found a few insect fossils. We would go to the spoil piles and dig through them. It was illegal, but fun never the less. :-)
Even if the coal mines have been closed, the eternity costs continue.
In order to operate the mines, the water was pumped out. In addition, old tunnels have broken down so that the surface including the houses on it has sunk. Now water has to be pumped day and night 24/7 365 even after the water has been raised again. Some rivers and the surrounding area are lower than the Rhine and the water only manages to drain with pumps. The old mines are all connected and now form a hidden river that is constantly monitored.
Because the water from the pits can be contaminated with pollutants and must not mix with the groundwater or drinking water.
Damage caused by further burglaries must also be prevented and secured. Huge holes have suddenly opened up next to residential buildings, through which parked cars have disappeared. The only solution is then often pouring in quantities of concrete until the hole is blocked.
That's the cost of eternity when an area is punctured like swiss cheese.
Jupp. In some places the Surface Area is now 20 - 25 Meters below its old Level from the time before the Mining started, some century's ago... Some smaller Streams started to flow backwards as the ground went down slowly, so they had to build raised Dikes for them, so that they can in their natural direction again.
Waaaaaaah! you were in Bochum!?!? Shiiiat! aaw thats so awesme, wish i could say hi!
I live in the Ruhrgebiet, welcome to the Ruhrpott. You have to see Dortmund. Have fun ❤️
Hey guys. If you are staying in Bochum check out the City Hamm. It has a huge elephant made out of glass you can visit and even go inside
Maximilian Park. It was also an Coal Colliery :) Right after the Main Entrance they marked the Place of the old Mine Shaft.
Alte Saline Bad Reichenhall & Führung Salzbergwerk (Bavaria)
would be fun for you Guys
Hope to see you visiting the black forest soon again...
If you love to "push buttons" to start little shows and attend guided shows that explain technical ideas, physical rules, astronomical phenomena, and many other topics related to technology and science, then the "Deutsches Museum" in Munich is the paradise. Or should I say "honey pot?" It is so huge that you should plan a whole day (better: two days) for the visit.
Beim nächsten mal unbedingt das planetarium besuchen und eine der shows genießen! ☺️
Lapano! Meine Stadt und soooo ein cooler Ort den ich sehr oft besuche! Aber auch das ganze Ruhrgebiet hat wirklich viel zu bieten. Leider gibt es kaum Vlogs, die es international bekannter machen könnten. Ich finde, da verpasst man was …😀
Enjoy the Ruhrgebiet and make sure to take a trip to Dortmund, most beautiful spot in the Ruhrgebiet, and I'm not just saying it because I come from there. ;-)
Der Ruhrpott 🖤
Sooo, you are next to Düsseldorf, so visit our beautiful city one of the nices in germany Visit KÖ, Aldstadt and Rheinufer have fun ! Ah, park direkt Rheinufer and walk thrugh the aldstadt tö the Kö and shadow platz.enjoy
Too bad you didn't recognize Hattingen. That's right the small neighbortown close to Bochum and has one of the nicest medieval - oldtows in the Ruhr-area...
Glad you spend some time at my home turf ^^ Fun fact, the trinity of the Ruhrgebiet is Bochum and Oberhausen where the coal was mined, Duisburg where the steal was milled and Mühlheim where the Steel was worked into heavy machinery. Did you know that Bochum was famous for having a heartbeat? You could feel it at night when in your Bed. The thumb ... thumb... thumb of the mines ;) Also glad to see you start to mingle with the German wildlife ;) Thanks for another beautiful video looking forward to your next adventure :D
You forgot Essen...
@@swanpride I realize I didn`t mention many places in the Ruhrgebiet, was just trying to make a point. Didn`t mean to belittle anyone ;)
Damn... You guys are in my city. But I am living in Lisbon for 2 years now. Hope my fellow Bochumer treaded you well.
Ah man! Well hey Lisbon is an awesome city! 😊 And yes we had a great time!
Ruhrgebiet. Nice. My home.
Döninghaus Currywurst (min7:50) from Bochum is famous in the whole Ruhrarea. It´t a "must taste" if you visit Bochum.
Try to find someone selling Currywurst spezial. That is with curry sauce, mayonnaise and onions (sometimes roasted).
Der Ruhrpott!!! DUISBURG - Meine Heimat
You should visit the north. Hamburg. Bremen. Lubeck.
Stay tuned! Coming soooon! 😊
Hey, I have visited the Bergbaumuseum in Bochum just 2 weeks ago with my kids. Really impressive location. Would have loved to meet you there for a short conversation.
If you are here in NRW again, please don't miss to visit my hometown called Bocholt in the "Westmünsterland" and the area around.
We are just celebrating the 800th anniversary of getting the "Stadtrecht" (is it translated to cityrights?) with several events. There is a nice industrial museum, too. BOH is well known for its history in the textile industry. For evenings there is a school friend of mine, who does historicals guided tours through the city in a "Nachtwächter" costume and he is the curator of the Handwerksmuseum, where all kind of old tools are shown for different older handcraft businesses.
There are couple more things Bocholt is famous for. It's the 2nd largest town after Münster within the Münsterland... and as well as Münster countrywide known as the "Fahrradstadt". Everyone is riding a bike often older lovely dutch style ones and perhaps that's why we also have one of the biggest, if not the biggest bicycle retailer of Europe located here with a big store.
There is a "Wasserschloss" which is nice to visit and now is a Hotel‐Restaurant. And not far away another moated castle of Fürst Salm-Salm, former german nobility in "Anholt", where you also find a wildlife park called "Anholter Schweiz", where in the middle the founder replicated the swiss landscape with a tiny alpin hut surrounded by a lake and hill for his wife. Lovely story. Just youtube it to find impressions.
Bocholt is located right at the border to the Netherlands and one of its municipalities called Suderwick is part of a divided village since WWII with its dutch counterpart Dinxperlo... It's intertesting to see the streets divided in the middle... On the one side dutch style houses, on the other german style buildings and its only one footstep to switch countries.
While being in the Netherlands there is a similar meal like "Currywurst Pommes Mayo". It's a sausage, too called "Frikandel" and a version called Frikandel speciaal. On top there is ketchup and mayonaise sauce and fresh onions. Together with french fries in dutch style, it's very delicious.
Hope to see a video of you visiting us in a while 😊
Regards
If you have some German anchestors, the bist od Bremerhaven with the Auswanderhaus seemed top be amust
Hey. Very nice video and I remember you visited Hamburg few month ago. If you like to visit the German amazing coastline either North and Baltic Sea, let me now and we will arrange it for you. We are based approximately 40km from Hamburg at the Elbe River and if you like, we can explore the coastline and the beautiful frisien islands by plane. Looking forward to hear from you.
Yours sincerely Dennis
Dennis!! This comment has gotten us very excited! We would LOVE to do that! We actually have a trip planned up North in the next few weeks. Send us an email at ourstorytotellcontact@gmail.com to see if it will work for both of our schedules. 😊 Thank you!
I love your videos and seeing how Willa is growing but just one question……do you guys ever work? We certainly didn’t have time when our daughter was young and we held down two jobs to go traveling every week and we live in Germany, LOL. But you’re certainly making the most of your time in Europe, carry on enjoying every moment xxxxxx
Theire doing this on their weekend. And yes, they have jobs.
Hey Lynda! Great question. Yes, Tanner works full time M-F and Risa basically works full-time with TH-cam, nutrition classes, and being mommy :). We definitely take advantage of the weekends and holidays as best as we can!
Thanks for the encouragement! We are loving it here and hope to keep doing it for many years :)
That fries looks like kapsalon we have in the netherlands fries donner and cheese
OMG, Ruhrpott als Museum... :-)
You know it! 😊
Visit my hometown Düsseldorf 🥳 coolest city at rhine river:)
One day we hope to!
I love this museum. The best curry wurst in my opinion is in Wattenscheid (Profi Grill)
Mit der Brille siehst du aus wie Puck die Stubenfliege! 🤣 With the glasses you look like Puck the housefly!
Was a nice video again.
I have to ask was there was a Football Match going on in the Distance during Tanner's Easter Morning Monologue? And I know Willa might be a little young for it, but are you going to get a chance to see a football match while you two are over there?
[EDIT] Also, BIGOS!!!! :)
Well I don't think I'd be caught dead in Ruhrgebiet, but I'm glad you had such a great time, with your friends and celebrating Easter and all! :D
More Germany that surprises you! Well, maybe you are just influenced by the idea that Germany is Bavaria? Take a trip to a Wadden island in East Friesland!
Wow! My grandfather worked at those places (underground) and so I've been there ... later, so not as a worker myself! At 6:40 you are in a "Dahlbuschbombe", which was created to get people out of this place in need - after a explosion, crash or something ... And no joke: My grandfather was rescued in this thing! Took like 5 days to get him out!!! Glady they did, otherwise I wouldn't be here! :-)
P.S.: I live in Bavaria now, but I order my Currywurst still from Bochum! Like 800km or so ... Best Currywurst in the world! ^^+gg Btw: Herbert Grönemeyer from Bochum made a song called "Currywurst". His album "4630 Bochum" was 140 weeks (!) charted at number 1 as the record was sold 3 millionen+ ...
Next stop: Dortmund 🤘🏻
They definitely made the mine look spic and span- but let's not pretend that every step of coal production from mining to burning to dealing with the waste causes incredible pollution and risks to life &limb! Those poor horses in the old mines (to say nothing of the human miners themselves)! At least you got a wonderful meal AND a fun Easter for Willa!
I meant to say that 'let's not pretend that every step is perfectly clean and safe when, in fact, every step of coal production from mining to burning it to dealing with the waste causes incredible pollution, risks to life&limb as well being as the miners and workers being highly susceptible to black lung, cancers and other longterm health problems even if they don't get killed or crippled by cave-ins and accidents'! Oh, and I live close enough to coal mines in my part of the US so use that how you want. Those poor horses in the old mines (to say nothing of the human minors themselves -who, in times past, included very young children). At least you got a wonderful meal and a fun Easter for Willa!
I know the museum...they don't pretend. They also explain the long term effects. They are still constantly pumping the water out of the old mines, because if they don't do that, the whole area would turn into a giant lake (we are talking about the most populated area in Germany here). But there is also no denying that the area was instrumental in rebuilding Germany (just like it was instrumental in building the weapons used in two world wars). It's a pretty interesting history.
Is this from...1 month ago..?
Brezeln are more a bavarian (south Germany) thing.
People who simply don't know any better believe to this day that the currywurst was invented in Berlin. That is complete nonsense. The currywurst was of course invented in Bochum. 😋🤤
Going to town
What's filling you up there?
A currywurst
Coming from a shift
There's nothing better
Than a currywurst
With french fries
Oh, then they'll give you two currywurst
When you're really down
You need something to chew on
A currywurst
Willi, come on, go with me
I'm getting hungry
For a currywurst
I need something in my belly
For my brother-in-law here a currywurst too
Oh, Willi, I love it
We're standing here together
With a currywurst
Oh, Willi, what about you?
Still drinking a beer?
With a curry sausage
The sausage is so hot
Guy what thirst, the currywurst
Bite, then really drunk
You get quite sick
From currywurst
Slips the thing you from
Then go home
Full of currywurst
On your shirt, on your jacket
Guy, what a crap, all full of currywurst
Come Willi, Willi
Please, please, come home with me
Cause I'm gettin' a buzz when I come home like this
Willi, Willi, please, you're a guy after my own heart
Willi, Willi, please come home with me, please Willi
Songwriter: Jürgen Triebel / Horst Herbert Krause
Grüße aus Bochum
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The steel mill reminds me of growing up in a steel town here in America (Bethlehem, PA). Sadly, our steel industry died and all that's left is derelict buildings and memories. I find it interesting that so many of the German steel industry's structures are identical to what we once had. Probably a result of America helping Germany rebuild and modernize after WWII. We helped our old enemies, Japan and Germany, put us out of work.
Sorry Guy - but it is not ALL about the USA. Modern coal mines and steel mills had a long tradition in the Ruhr-Area, it had noting to do with the end of WWII. Our industrial culture and structures were always on the top. You killed you steel mills (and other parts or your industry) yourself - you can thank Ronald Reagan for this . . . (as GB can thank Margaret Thatcher for killing their industry).
@@kvwuppkvwupp834 Sorry bro but Bethlehem Steel was dying back in the mid 70s. I know because we were laid off months at a time between 1973 and 1976. Poor management and cheap imported steel plus ridiculous concessions to the steel workers unions doomed us. We built back the industries of the WWII aggressors then allowed the import of their government funded cheaper steel, cars and other manufactured goods. The same mistakes we are making with China now. Sadly, Americans have short memories.
Same over here...except that they overall did a better job to restructure the area. The last coal mine officially closed a few years ago (shortly before Corona hit), and a lot of the industry left...Germany just did a better job creating alternatives for the people living there, and turning the industrial structures into something worthwhile. Back when the mines and the productions sides were still running, the windows were black in the area. Nowadays it is a fairly green area still fighting with a bad reputation. But the number of tourists is growing.
On the contrary. Germany was the most modern country in the world at that time with the most modern industrial plants.
In the 1920s many inventions were made in the field of steel industry (new materials and types of steel) and it was also possible to produce petrol from coal at that time. Most of the facilities were destroyed by bombs during the war. The British dismantled the industrial plants that were still intact and brought them to the UK. So the Allies didn't help with the reconstruction at all, but continued to dismantle. The Americans were not stationed in this area after the war. The Germans had the know-how, they only needed funds for the reconstruction, which began in 1948
Also important to add: The allies looted patents from Germany, which were worth billions even to the standarts back then. Though I guess a huge chunk of them became pretty worthless within the next 20 years, because German companies had invented something even better by then, especially in the field of Chemistry.
I think the Ruhrgebiet can be compared to the rust belt of the US.
Kind of, but from what I read state and federal governments in the US are far less invested in the transformation and development of the rust belt then Germany was and still is when in comes to the Ruhrgebiet. When the end of the heavy industry in the area was in sight they tried to attract companies like Opel and later Nokia in Bochum and the cities got universities. The universities brought people with crazy ideas which pushed all kinds of cultural activities.
@@janschulte8434 The universities predate the downfall of the coal, but yeah, the Ruhrarea managed a pretty decent transformation. Helps though, that it also happens to be the most populated area of Germany. If you don't have jobs there, the whole country is in trouble.
6:45 In that rescue capsule you were supposed to stand with your arms up. This makes it way more comfortable (in the broadest sense) and easier.
Btw Dortmund and the BVB is way better than the little Bochum with the VFL! 🤣🤣🤣
Who cares? All three are playing Bundesliga now. Let's hope that Rot-Weiß Essen and Duisburg also manage to find their way upward eventually.
wasn't there a match recently between Dortmund and Bochum? Don't really remember the result 😊
@@michaelmueller9523 Ein blindes Huhn findet auch mal ein Korn! 🤣
Glück Auf
nextime use the ruhrtcopcard (touristic card with plenty of free museum, zoo´s, swimparks and so on in the greater ruhrarea / pay one time 56 euro and you have all these 1 time free in the year)
best regards from the lower rhine area
Über diese Stahl - und Bergarbeiterstadt gibt es eine überall bekannte Hymne.
There is a well-known anthem about this steel and mining town.
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