I do it in my home, because I have "Hausschuhe". I would say it is 50/50 if you visit someone, you ask the owner if you have to take your shoes off. Both is common in Germany.
English? Naah! Ich würde niemals meine Schuhe in meiner Wohnung tragen. Diese sind schmutzig und man läuft mit ihnen überall herum. Ich möchte doch nicht dieses ganze unappetitliche Zeug in meiner Wohnung verteilen 🙃
@@ingevonschneider5100 wer trägt denn birkenstock Schuhe? Da fühlt man sich doch wie Reinhold Messmer oder sonst wer aus den 70gern! Flip Flops oder nix!😁😁😁
In germany you have to do a first aid course to get your drivers license. And most of the parking discs can also be used as an ice scratcher👍 Have a nice weekend and stay healthy.
@@PassportTwo Most can just be used as one, like Andi Buletten (btw.: try and identify the pun in this username) said. There are also ones that are specifically designed to do the ice scratching job and have two different edges: One with deep grooves for hard, crusted ice , one with a flat edge for thinner ice and snow.
"You don't have to put on protective gear if you don't want to" is such an American approach XD but the vests have only been mandatory for a couple of years here, the triangle and the first aid kit have been for much longer. About the WhatsApp thing: I think that has to do with the fact that iPhones are not as common in Germany as in the US. A lot of people have Samsung, Huawei or HTC phones and unlike iMessage WhatsApp works on all of them :) and text messages often cost extra depending in your phone plan.
I think you are exactly right about why WhatsApp is popular in the rest of the world vs in the US where iPhones are still extremely common and popular!
the very basics, why WhatsApp is so common here, is that efficient - all in one price mobile contracts - are not around for so long, especially in germany. so initially WhatsApp was a cost relief, belonging to both use of Internet and the sms/mms fees, and became quite convenient. even today, effective mobile contracts are absolutly expensive in germany, and even than, we still have rather limited use of "fast" internet. and let's be honest here, mostly this "fast" internet can barely handle everyday tasks properly.
fun facts: The first aid kit has an expiration date and must be replaced every five years. At a police check, an expired first aid kit costs a fine, but only five euros. A new first-aid kit is also inexpensive, the cheapest one about 11 euros.
That's wrong, a fine is not possible for outdated first aid kits. The police would have to prove that it is not usable any more. STand up to them if they want that 5 Euro.
@@petersmiling9494 Uraltes Thema. "Der Verbandskasten muss lt. StVO der DIN 13164 entsprechen. Die Din 13164 sagt nichts darüber aus, wie lange der Inhalt haltbar sein muss. Somit ist das Verfallsdatum irrelevant für HU und Polizei" Aus diesem Grunde macht auch der TÜV bei der HU nur einen Fehler auf, wenn der Kasten ganz . fehlt. Es gibt schlicht keine Rechtsgrundlage zur Datumsprüfung. Selber schuld, wenn du dich von einem übereifrigen Polizisten abzocken lässt. Deshalb zahlt man solche Tickets auch nicht sofort bar. Die Bußgeldstellen sind meist besser informiert.
Haha, I almost bought this shirt in 2014 when I was here during the world cup and they were selling retro jerseys in Berlin. I didn't buy it and always wanted it so finally, 6 years later I found it online and was able to get it! That's when you know you like it, when you think about it for 6 years 😂
@@PassportTwo This Retroshirt came out in 2006, as we had the Worlcup in Germany. After we had won the Worldcup in 2014, Shirts came out new, because for the won Worldcup we get the 4th Star for be Wordcupwinner the 4th Time.But only wear this Shirt if you are a Fussballfan.
It's colder in winter than in summer, I guess we can agree on that. Winter tires are made for this lower temperature range. And summer tires for higher temperatures in summer. They are useful without freezing or snow. Just being made for a different temperature range makes them useful enough and much safer.
Yes, the rubber mix is different. Summer tyres are harder so they do not get soft at high temperatures which would mean the tyre "walks" when you take curves. You would then actually drive on its flanges when you still have your winter tyres on in summer. And summer tyres get too stiff to offer a good grip in cold conditions. Summer tyres have a profile that is good to let water escape and winter profiles are good to grip on snow.
But what do you do with the 4 tires that have to come off? How do you get them home from the auto service place? They won't fit inside your car to take home! Do you store them in your personal garage or do you leave them with your auto service place to put back on your car in 6 months? Seems like a lot of trouble.
Actually it’s because the winter tires are a smaller size, which makes the car sit lower to the ground for more stability and it has a different tread pattern
@@mikelastname1220 Here comes your answer after seven months: The tires do fit into your car, if your trunk is too small, you can just turn down the back seats and then they definitely will. I have never owned a car where they dont fit and I like to drive small cars. Over the last years its more and more common to just store them at your preferred auto service place which costs about 50€ "rent" per year
@@TheMyHalo Better late than never! Haaaa! I've found that the cars we have have here in the USA have tires that are very big and it is not easy to put them inside your car. They are not only big, but not very clean either. Most of us, depending on where we live and the weather conditions just buy "All Season" tires and never have them changed out.
Hi, its me your average German safety officer: The headrestrain adjustments (wrong term = headrest) on your car have been invented for safety reasons not for comfort! Move it up till its flush with the top of your head or a rear impact will snap your neck. :( (sorry had to say sonething as 80% of ppl are not aware of that topic. I hope to get you and atleast 1-2 of your followers to increase their safety while driving.) Btw nice video! Milk machines like you showed are rare in Germany I never came across one! we usually don‘t wear shoes in our flat ;) At the end one less pleasant point I did encounter with guests from other nations: at home allmost all germans do sit on their toilet for no1. Don‘t visit someone and do your business standing upright if you are not 100% sure the male part of your hosts is doing so!
@@AlexandraVioletta hahaha go for it. thats called natural selection! I like it, we do need more of that. Just to underline my point... I do work for the biggest car seat manufacturer out there ;)
okay ich hatteTomaten auf den Augen^^ Der sieht aber nicht aus wie der den man zu Rock am Ring mitnimmt und samt Stehlampe und Sofa zurück lässt :P Schein nen neueres Fabrikat zu sein oder irre ich mich?
When I lived in Prague I had to have almost everything you described, except Czech doesn't have parking discs. But grocery bags, winter tires, house shoes, and yes all the car things. When I moved back to the US it made me think about how "backwards" the US is when it comes to safety and the environment. Why not have the vest, first aid kit and triangle in the car? It's mandated in Europe but not in the US. Also, in Czech you have to have spare light bulbs in the car. I guess it's to keep the cost of the car affordable? You might also notice that you can adjust the height of your headlights from inside the car. That's there in case your towing something and the front of the car is higher than the back. You can aim your lights properly. No such thing on US cars. And lastly, do you have those ceramic pots that you hang on your radiators? You fill them with water in the winter to help keep some moisture in the air during the winter. :)
yes because i think the car stuff is an EU law, i just want to mention the yellow vest protestors in france. Warn vests are a law within the EU. House shoes is also pretty normal in europe some do it and some not. IN some situations you have to do it because your streetshoes are all muddy or dirty.
@@AlexandraVioletta In Germany you have to have gas in car. It's illegal to run out of gas. Isn't that even worse ? It's just for road safety. I guess the light bulb thing is abandoned since the age of unreplacable LED's.
@@holger_p „It's illegal to run out of gas.“ Not quite. As long as you can park legally, i.e. pull over where parking is allowed, it's fine. However, it’s forbidden to park at the Landstraße, Bundesstraße and of course Autobahn, which the fines for such shenanigans increasing with each type.
Wintertires have a softer rubber mixture, that has more grip at low temperatures, even if there is no snow. But that gets worn down fast in the summer heat. And one funny thing about parking discs is, that it‘s cheaper to park without one than to be over the allowed parking duration if you get fined.
@@Al69BfR Ob man es jetzt Bußgeld oder Vertragsstrafe nennt - Zahlen sollte man. www.bussgeldkatalog.org/privatparkplatz/ "Ist ein Parkplatz beispielsweise nur für Kunden eines Supermarkts, Restaurants oder eines anderen Dienstleistern ausgewiesen und Sie stellen Ihren Wagen trotzdem dort ab, kann eine Vertragsstrafe gegen Sie ausgesprochen werden." Und da dies Zivilrecht ist kann es ganz schnell sehr teuer werden wenn es vor Gericht geht.
@@Al69BfR Gibt so eine nette App, da machst du 3 Fotos von denen die auf deinem Grundstück stehen, die bekommen eine Strafe von 140€ und der Anbieter setzt das durch (Und behält 100€). Also nix mit billiger ^^
Yes. They're called winter tires and not snow tires for that reason. While they offer better grip ion snow the really important thing is that They reduce the braking distance in cold weather.
I went to an exchange year in England (I'm from Germany) when I was 15 and it was there that amongst the exchange students from all sorts of european countries and the british students, we agreed that most Europeans use WhatsApp except for the people of the UK who use Facebook Messenger... and literally everyone amongst the exchange students had to download Messenger because our coordinator insisted on using that. What a lovely woman she was constantly threatening us with being sent home over the tiniest details or cultural differences (more explicitly the frankness germans are so famous for) as well as her penchant for collective punishment... everyone hated her by the end of the year and she was SUPPOSED to support us green-behind-the-ear teens in a foreign country in place of our parents. A job well done.
The thing with wintertires is that they are not only good for snow. It reaches freezing temperatures quite regularly, and any water on the road might form ice.
Yepp and also the winters were way harsher till around 2005. My fathers was a trucker and often was allowed to pick me up for the visitation weekens with his truck on his way home and I remmber snow as high as 50cm and very dense or often even frozen and how he came with his truck and these massive snowchains on the tires and assisting my mom in puttin her ice chains on her car tires even though they were winter tires ^^ Or rather I was playing outside annoying them while they did it xD
Your bread stays fresh longer if you buy a whole loaf of bread and wrap it in a kitchen towel. Sliced bread quickly becomes moldy. You can only buy half a bread in most bakeries.
That special "Einkaufschip" for the shopping cart you showed...is actually meant to be pulled out after unchaining your cart (so you don't need to have your keys hanging from the cart) - and is therefore often used by workers who "collect" the carts from all the storages around the parking lot and bring them to back to the entrance
Germany: Definetly yes! I walk around in my apartment on bare feet, sox or with special house shoes called "Pantoffeln" (easy slip on ones). It depends on season and situation😉
Glass milk bottles were common in the US into the 1980's. They went out a fashion due to the changing laws controlling deposits on bottles (and cans in some states). Milk bottle deposits were very high and several times higher than soda bottle deposits. Bread boxes are still fairly common in the US. Ours' is a Tupperware bread box, with bread in it.
The breadbox sounds great in theory, but Quarks made a test with bread in the breadbox, in a paper bag, in a plastic bag and inside of the fridge. The first mold was on the bread in the plastic bag *and* the bread box at the same time. One day later it was also in the paper bag. The fridge had no mold over the whole week - but the bread got harder more quickly. So while it sounds plausible that the breadbox helps with the humidity and air circulation, it unfortunately not true. It probably also depends on the box, but it should have more than a few tiny holes so there is at least a little airflow. The breadbox is at least the most beautiful option. The video from Quarks is "Brot richtig aufbewahren" if you're interested in it.
I’m a worrywart, I always by a roadside kit for my vehicles. Learned from my grandpa who worked in the automotive industry for a long time. We have an ALDI here in the Carolinas. Love them! Lidl too 😍 Love the content.
As for the winter tyres (yes, with a y. It's the Queen's English, after all): the winters have been rather mild of late, but believe me, even with climate heating up, it can be WICKEDLY cold and roads can be slippery without snow. From November onwards, especially in the German mid-mountains and the Alps, you would be mental not sporting your winter tyres.
@@Aine197 Well, I am now using all year tires because if it should really snow heavily in the winter (which happens maybe every ten years or so even without climate change) I won't drive anyway.
@@swanpride There is wrong interpretation of winter tyres in public. They are not mainly for snow but for cold. You should use winter ones below +7C because rubber compound is softer and summer become too hard to "stick" to surface. More moving blocks on winter ones also helps heat up tyre (not just clear snow). All seasons are just legal cover because compound is too soft for summer (will not last as long as harder one) and too hard for temperatures close to 0C. They are acceptable performance around +7C but for lower temps are ***... say less bad than summer ones. You will not save too much money because summer road will eat them faster. Also handling is Day and Night. If car is used only as shopping trolley then I understand all season tyres but how many people nowadays don't use car more?
@@MrAla6 Well, in the area I live in mainly has temperatures between 5 and 20C, the tires came with the car hence they are the cheaper option at least until I need new ones (especially since I now save the storage fee), I mainly do use my car as shopping trolly and to visit friends because I am lucky enough to work from home (frankly, if it wouldn't be really difficult to transport a christmas tree or water boxes, or the now weekly shopping due to Corona otherwise, and if it weren't so difficult to get home late at night, I wouldn't even need it for THAT) and I prefer to use the train for longer distances anyway. So for me personally they are the better solution. Would be different if I were living in an area where I can expect snow on a regular basis.
Winter tyres are not mandatory at all. But without tyres with the mountain-snow-flake symbol (All-Season or winter tyres) you are not allowed to drive when "Winter conditions"-make them "mandatory". Because of the harder rubber mixture summer tyres losing grip at cold tempreatures and the braking distance is getting longer and longer. At temperatures around 5°C the braking distance of a good winter tyre is shorter than with a summer tyre. And because of the winter profile winter tyres can transfer higher forces to the snow and has better traction (You lose control later). For some areas and depending on your driving needs it's better to use two sets of tyres (e.g. Some years ago I have to drive every week from Cologne to Frankfurt - Eifel, Taunus, Westerwald - and back. For me using winter tyres makes me feel safer and especially on the A61 near Mendig there where every winter situations where all season tyres wouldn't make it - If trucks drive with walking speed and no other car driver even think of overtaken the truck instead of driving in the Trucks tyre-path - then you know it is winter). In other reagions like the cologne lowland where you have the feeling that there is only 1cm (1/2.5 inch) snow for one day every year and the snow will melt in minutes all-Season tyres or using for these day the public transport system is often enough.
The next thing after a bread box, you should get, is a bread knife or an electric slicing machine. It's better to buy a whole bread loaf, not sliced at the store, which remains fresh and soft for longer time, especially if you have a bread box 😊
the glass milk bottle stuff is not common everywhere , depens on where you are , but love the idea. Some Stores have Indoor gardening stations for herbs to lower Cabon dioxide cost for transportation. Tip from a German : put your whole Bread in the Bread Box , not cut in pieces . Also keep the Paperbag around it , it helps maintain moisture and avoid fast molding because paper creates a breathbale surface.
The winter tires are not only for snow. They are also a softer blend of materials so they don't get too hard in the cold as summer tires would. Summer tires are harder, because they else would get too soft in the summer heat. You should have winter tires on as long as the temperatures get below 7°c
We had real winters in the past, like in the 1980s. Usually snow came first on November, it could have been icy on the road before. And snow lasted at least to mid/end of February. Sometimes snow fell on Easter. Nowadays winter it completely different. You may have ice on the road in winter, but snow is a rare and you have to go higher up. The last more snowy winter was 2009/2010.
When I was at Walmart in the US for the first time , I was shocked when I ended up loading 34 little plastic bags into my car.🤣🤣🤣 And this plastic carousel for the cashier. I mean, wtf?! 🙈🙈🙈
Same here in Canada! I felt really uncomfortable once when I had to leave the store with 10 bags because I forgot my own stuff. But nobody really cared actually 😅
Being German, I went to Walmart with an empty backpack and when they wanted to bag my stuff, I told them " no need to waste plastic, I´ll just put it in my backpack..." (...myself, because standing by and watching someone else work feels weird) - they told me I am not allowed to leave the store with the things I bought unless they are in a plastic Walmart bag! Talk about WTF!
liked the bloopers. not many youtuber do that. It's fun but also shows the effort that goes into the videos. i think not many people are aware of that.
Bread left in plastic gets mouldy rather fast. The bread box makes it last way longer without getting stale. And yes, I own all the items you enumerate barring the lingoda which I am not being sponsered by.
Sliced bread gets old and dry pretty quickly. I prefer to slice it myself when necessary. I think most Germans own their "Brotschneidemaschine", electric or with a crank. (Grandma still knew how to cut precise slices with just a knife. But modern people, including me, lack such skills.) :)
@@thkempe i must be old fashioned then. 24 y old, but i Cut slices with a nice Brotschneidemesser, manually witha knife. Acually Most of my freinds and fam do
The Winterräder are not depending on the snow but on the temperature. the grip is different when the ruber of the wintertiers are to soft in summer because to worm and the other way around.
We used to have parking discs in Sweden as well. Now we usually park with an app on the phone. We can even pay with the phone in many of our stores as well. Quite comfortable.
I assumed nobody used imessage as it is limited legacy iPhones. It is 2020 no need to compromise, no reason to buy iPhones. So many better Android phones
actually Android and google are american countries and they are big in the US, its actually 50/50% while in germany it is more like 75/25 towards Android.
What do you thing is more comfortable: I saw Aubrey starting the clip in the corridor. When I lived in the States all houses I entered had none. I came through the door and "there you are" right in the middel of the flat or the living room of the house. What do You think about it?
Winter tires do perform better at low temperatures. You will have an advantage compared to summer tires below 7°C (in an ermergency situation, like emergency breaking for example). So they don't require snow or ice to be useful during winter. Winter tires are made of a softer rubber mixture to accomplish that. But because of that, they will wear down very fast when used during summer. You don't want to be on the streets on summer tires, when there is snow or ice on the road. There are also all season tires available for you. Those are mainly made for people living in regions with milder winter seasons, so people living there don't have to participate in the two-sets-of-tires-thing and can save a bit of money. These are also very popular for commercial logistic companies (for transporters, trucks and big trucks), so they will save money too, especially because tires of lager sizes do cost quite a bit more.
No, the 7°C rule with less grip is just a marketing lie. On a dry road a summer tyre is even at 0°C still better as an winter tyre, only on snow and ice a winter tyre has much much more grip
Another fact about the parking disc. If you ever get into the situation that a parking meter ist out of service and you are not able to grab a ticket, you actually have to put in you parking disc. The reason: parking meters also have maximum lengths you are allowed to pay for. So if you forgot your parking disc here, you could get charged I think 15-20€.
First aid kits also have an experation date. So driving a car with an expired first aid kit is pretty much the same as driving without one: you will get some penalty fee to pay. So check frequently the experation date of your first aid kit and replace it if neccessary.
I should add with the parking discs to set it correctly. I got my license transferred from military to German which saved me from going to the driving school but when I got a truck driver's license, this is something I was taught my the teacher. If you arrive at, for example at 9:40 am, you set it automatically to 10 and it's like you get an additional 20 minutes without getting a ticket.
Last winter was really warm. While winters without any snow are not uncommon in northern Germany, there's usually plenty of frost during nights. And with temperatures hovering just around freezing and moderate wind, you can easily get light rain that freezes very quickly. And when that happens, you really don't want to be on a highway or a windy country road with summer tires. So winter tires are mandatory. Though there are also all-year-tires that are sufficiently grippy in winter but more durable than winter tires. They are more expensive, but since you need only five instead of ten, I think it's worth it when you live in areas where you barely ever get heavy snow.
Concerning winter tires: it is not about snow. the profile of winter tires is a different one. And the rubber mixture is way softer. Winter tires are suited for temperatures below 7° C. And they do offer better grip under low temperatures than summer tires.
It is not only about snow or ice on the streets but about cold temperatures... starting at about 7-9 °C it is in general better to use the softer rubber of "Winterräder" because of the reduced braking distance. In summer times or above 9°C the rubber is softer by the heat and will be more or less at the sweet spot between braking distance and fuel consumption.
Winter tires are not particularly for snow. Their rubber is softer and more flexible, so they develop more grip below 7°C than summer tires. Also their profile has slats, so they develop at least some grip on ice.
Ya, our intentions with that part was more to say that the winter is rather mild here and doesn’t come across as a place where winter tires would be that necessary but that definitely does seemed to come across...haha
Yes, winter tyres are particulary for snow and no they dont have more grip below 7°C, depending on the winter/summer tyres they have more grip below 0°C or -4°C on a dry road. Winter tyres are softer so the slats can work and give grip on snow and a little grip on ice. In rain summer tyres are also better. The 7°C rule of thumb is mainly just marketing, also if its 7°C on daytime in winter, the weather can change quickly, like snow or frost in the morning
Here in the Netherlands we have to bring our own bags when shopping. Reflective vests are obligated. Winter tyres or all season tyres are recommended The blue Parking disc we have also Shopping carts are the same here Fresh milk is available at certain farm but not in the super market Visitors can choose to keep their shoes on but only if they’re clean. Bread boxes are excellent to keep your bread fresh but we use metal ones Whatsapp is widely used here
Winter tires are not mainly related to snow. If temperature drops below around 8 degree Celsius, the rubber of normal tires quickly becomes too stiff and this means the tires will have poor grip, which is an issue when you break or steer. Winter tires use a different rubber mixture optimized for low temperatures. That's why you should not drive them in summer, as with high temperatures, their rubber will get too soft and, you guess it, this is equally not good. Additional to that, they do have a different profile, which works better on snow while summer tires have on that works better for wet lanes but that's not the main reason for having two kind of tires. All-season-tires use a mixed profile that works okay in both cases and they use a hybrid rubber mixture that works okay as long as the temperatures don't go extremely low or extremely high; if you plan to drive to Spain during summer, you should prefer real summer tires and if you want to drive up the alps, you should get real winter tires but as long as you never leave Germany and only drive on prepared roads, they do a pretty decent job. Technically all-season-tires are rather modified winter tires than modified summer tires, so they work okay the entire year but they do work better during winter than during summer. In some car magazine tests, the better all-season-tires scored way better than some of the dedicated winter tires when tested on icy/snowy roads (one of them even beat all the winter tires in one test) but when being compared to summer tires, they all only scored average and nowhere near the top ranks.
And the most important thing you never owned in the US but now own in Germany: A 1954 world cup champions jersey. Somebody is getting germanzied here. 😁 The 1954 championship actually ment a lot for the German people. It not only was the first world cup we've won. It was also like healing the soul of a nation that was pretty much devastated after WW2. I really recommend the movie "Das Wunder von Bern". It is available with English subtitles or you can watch it dubbed into English. There aren't too many German movies that are worth watching them but this is definitely one of them. It not only is about winning the cup but also about how life was those days and what the people had to deal with. Would love to hear what you as Americans think about it.
You can buy "alljahres (or ganzjahres) reifen" (aka the summer and winter tires in one..) meaning you don't need to change them. (but keep in mind that htey need the "Alpine-Symbol" (the little snowflake) to be used in winter).
The wintertires are for icy roads more than snowy roads. Icy roads begin when temperature hits 4°c or lower. Especially in the evening and morning when it is dark/gets dark. But I guess it depends where in germany you are aswell.
I really like your intro with Aubrey again! With her walking in the hallway there is some movement in it and she's really looking good in this one, esp. with the hair 😀. Overall I like that you focus on the tiny everyday subjects that are easily overseen 😉.
it is mindboggling for me that a country like the US which is obsessed with safety and security and where you can sue everyone for everything does not have mandatory safety vests, warning triangles or a first aid kit in the car..........
Winter tires are not all about snow. It is about temperature too. Winter tires are made of softer compound. Summer tires below 10C gets hard and brittle. Because of that tires lose a lots of grip even when roads are clean.
Get an electronic Parking Disk. Costs about 20€ and is officially certified and all... It has a motion sensor, and will automaticaly set the correct time when you parked and has a 10 year battery. Just stick it on the dashboard, and never worry about those private parking lot sceme or anything parking disc related ever again...
The milk stations are getting more common because the farmers are getting a decent price for their milk that way. I‘ve seen them a lot in Northern Germany in the rural areas. Webbing even have one at a supermarket in the suburbs south of Berlin. Pretty cool. The winter (or at least all season) tires are required by law. If you get into an accident during the winter and police finds you with summer tires you get in trouble with the opposing party‘s insurance and are due a fine from 60 up to 120 EUR.
Haha, that was a funny one. I wonder if you have discovered the „Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher“ yet and if you will own one (I leave it to you to figure this one out). Thats as german as it gets 😉 Also, where is this Milk-dispenser? As a trade-off, I could offer info as to where you can find the „fresh BBQ goods“ dispenser... (no joke!) 😉 Greetings from Weilerbach...
I still have the Parkscheibe I had when I was stationed in Germany; it isn't as fancy as yours though just being cardboard and thin plastic. I also still have the warning triangles, first aid kits (reflective vests weren't required then or maybe at least not for US military members), the little spoilers that clip on wiper arms, and our "Bitte Nicht Rauchen" plaques. Some things WE bought were 240VAC 120VAC transformers and ac plug adapters. I lived in Nürnberg, Bremerhaven, und Göppingen during my 3 four-year tours. As for the language, are you just learning High German or also picking up a local dialect like Schwäbisch? Tschüs (yes, I know it is the equivalent of saying "Du" instead of "Sie").
Thanks for your service! Our local dialect is Pfälzisch and I am picking up a little bit here but this dialect is kind of like a southern drawl in the US. We really are focusing on learning hochdeutsch before we pick too much of our local dialect but it does cause some confusion sometimes! haha
@@henrybruhns4800 No, the only common meaning from english to german, is the biological meaning. In matter of furniture, it's not the same thing, but might be derived from each other. stool means Hocker or Schemel. So in this case, writing and speaking is the same, but meaning is different.
The winter tyres is not just because of snow, the rubber mixture is optimized for the typical temperature range wrt road behavior - winter tyres rub off too easily in summer, whereas summer tyres are too hard and don't have good grip when it's too cold . All-season ones are a compromise. They work safely enough all year round where it doesn't have too strong seasonal weather extremes in a particular region. As for snow, I've never personally seen it in action but we are told in driving school that, given a certain snow depth, you are required to put snow chains around your tyres.
House shoes are clean, comfortable and you save lots of hours of cleaning. Many people even ask businesses visitors to take off their shoes or even bring their own house shoes when coming in. Hausschuhe sind sauber, komfortabel und man spart sich wirklich viel Putzarbeit. Viele Leute bestehen sogar bei geschäftlichem Besuch darauf, dass die Schuhe ausgezogen werden oder dass sogar eigene Hausschuhe mitgebracht werden.
There is no general obligation to use winter tyres on a specific date in Germany. Instead, there is a situation-specific obligation to use winter tyres. This means that winter tyres must be fitted in winter road conditions: i.e. in the event of black ice, slippery snow, slush, ice or frost. The rule of thumb from October to Easter (O to O) is therefore a rough indication, but has no legal relevance. If an accident occurs due to the use of summer tyres in winter road conditions, this can lead to a considerable reduction in the benefits of the insurance due to gross negligence.
I'm living in East of France, near the Swiss border. We usely have winters tyres from 1 November til 1 May. October would be wise ! That remains me that I still have my winters tyres ! 😂 ( I don't drive a lot )
Wintertires are not only for snow. Its a different mixture, they are softer at lower temp. then the ones for summer so give a better grip and brake better.
Winter tyres have a high number of sipes in the tread blocks and thermoelastic tread compound rubber that stays grippy in cold temperatures. That means you have much better road contact than summer tyres which results in a much shorter breaking distance even if there is no snow on the road at all. So the temperature is decisive not the snow. You dont want to drive them in the summer time because they are slower, louder and wear off faster in summer. That is all I know about tyres.
Ya, our intentions with that part was more to say that the winter is rather mild here and doesn’t come across as a place where winter tires would be that necessary but that definitely does seemed to come across...haha
Interesting video! Interesting to see how many parallels between other countries in Europe and Germany. I've lived in New Zealand, Sweden and the UK and I note a lot of similarities. 1. Reusable bags are a big thing in Sweden, New Zealand and the UK (where I have lived recently too. Normal bags cost money! 2. Sweden demands winter and summer tyres, understandably! There is a legal date for changing over your tyres too. The UK nor New Zealand mandate this, but I think parts of Scotland should. 3. Parking dics have started to come in around the UK. In Sweden you have them too. New Zealand does not have them. 4. Tokens for trolleys are quite normal in Sweden and half-normal in the UK, but not in New Zealand. I wish they existed in NZ as sometimes you find trolleys everywhere! 5. Glass milk bottles like that are in Sweden, but not so widespread. Only a few places offer that, and the only downside is that the bottles are a bit difficult to clean. I think it's a great idea. In the UK, there used to be milk deliveries on electric milk floats every morning, and they are trying to start this up. 6. Sweden is definitely shoes off. New Zealand and the UK are hit-and-miss. I hate having shoes in the house. 7. Bread boxes (or should I say bread bins as we call them) are common in New Zealand and the UK. I never saw one in Sweden, though! 8. Whatsapp is popular everywhere that I know. Few people use anything else!
Winter tires are becoming useful already below 7 degrees Celsius. This is because of their construction being different to summer tires. But don't worry also in Germany many people do not understand this concept.
Kleiner Tipp: schneidet euer Brot erst wenn ihr es braucht. Die Schnittstelle wird über die Zeit trocken und verliert ihr Aroma, daher ist es durchaus ratsam kein vorgeschnittenes Brot zu kaufen auch wenn Bäckereien einen solchen Service anbieten. Ihr braucht auch keine Brotschneidemaschine. Wenn ihr in Deutschland seid sollte es kein Problem sein ein Brotmesser (Messer mit welliger und häufig leicht geriffelter Schneide) zu kaufen.
You can, usually, also get all year tires instead of winter and summer ones. But they need to have a special specification to be allowed for use on snow and ice.
Heeee, all of the above is so very true lol. As usual, I really enjoyed your video and your personality. I love your bloopers and I look forward to watching them. (Did that sound right ?)lol lol :)
In Freiburg we have no milk in automates. We have joghurt in 500g glases we pay deposit for from our local dairy Schwarzwald Milch, former Breisgau Milch. The milk is in TetraPak. In the 1975th, when I was a child, they had "Schlauchmilch" which was sold in thin plastic tubes. But only for a few years. www.spiegel.de/geschichte/wie-milchschlaeuche-vom-tetrapak-verdraengt-wurden-a-1064292.html
Safety Vest, there were too many "follow up accidents", with people checking their in-operational car on the side lane. The federal government introduced an amendment which stated that drivers have to wear these vest, just to be more visible. Also the crews patrol cars are wearing jackets and paints with such reflecting stripes and areas.
The parking disc would be a godsend in the us, some times the meter lady tries to get you when you have a few minutes left. Of course with pay by phone kind of makes it redundant.
In the UK there's a few towns that use parking discs but this doesn't generate revenue. Most parking is paid for by 'pay & display' (Money/credit card operated machine that prints a time/date stamped ticket that you display). A few places (in London?) have pay by phone only. I don't own a mobile phone so I'd be f****d! (60% of over 65s don't own one.)
well, some online shops selling "prepared" park discs, they have a secret clockwork in it which slowly turns the dial forward, so you can park as long as you want unless somenbody exposed your little fraud.
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DFB merch. I feel like you're now more german than I am ;-) (For reference: 50+, born and raised here, hardly ever left the country :( and never lived outside it at all)
A lot of stores in the US do not offer plastic bags, especially on the West and East Coasts in many stores. I found the chained together cats about 20 years ago on Long Island outside of New York City. What I find works here in Europe is it American quarter. I happened to have one in my pocket and put it in one time and it works to release the cart. Saying something is American is painting a broad brush over such a huge country. It is similar to the Bavarians and Germans saying that Bayern is not really the rest of Germany or like comparing Berlin and München.
These things are just normal to me as a German.😂 It was very interesting to watch this video and see how Americans think about Germany and all those German things. Greetings 🙂
The token for the karts came up, shortly after the wall fell. Suddenly busses from eastern coountries showerd up to go shopping at Aldi. I remember this from my childhood.... so they "raided" Aldi (of course they all paid!) but left the karts at the busses on the sidewalks.... thats when the stores came up with the token system, so people bring back the Karts
I have not yet seen such a milk machine, but I guess what we have here is more or less the same: milk in glass bottles with a deposit for the bottle. I have no shoe stool, never had one, but seems to be a good idea. I have never had a bread box either, mainly because I do not eat so much bread and rather buy small quantities like Bretzel, Laugensemmel and other such small kinds of bread.
The Grocery Cars (Einkaufswagen) are mostly chained together not always. Depending on were you are Grocery shopping. Famila for example doesnt chain them together
@@Henning_Rech Persönlich kannte ich die Firma nicht. Habe selbst schon unterrichtet und finde das Konzept gut. Das ist alles. Man muss nun wirklich nicht alles kommentieren. Wenn es Ihnen nicht gefällt, behalten Sie es doch einfach für sich :-)
First time using your own shopping bags, seriously? It’s got to be a regional thing. In CA there are rules that if you need a bag they will sell you only paper bags. Chicago, New York, Miami and many more have bans in place. When I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area I saw people that forgot their bags loading everything loose I to their car. Love the videos!
Hi Donne,Hi Aubrey! Really nice vlog, with interesting themes.Nice jersey Donnie.Interesting that you don´t have these security items in the car, in the US?? The thing with the Parkscheibe is difficult.The " Ordnungsamt" sometime will check it and if it´s over, you´ll get a ticket. Bread box,old school but cool.Milk bottles, good thing.house shoes, very germanized.Whats app, must have. Hope someday you´ll make some more videos auf Deutsch. Best wishes,stay safe.
Howdy neighbors! I use the exact same milk machine! I'm an American who moved here to be with my German girlfriend last year. Nice to see some local folks :)
Do you take your shoes off before walking around in your house and what country are you from?? 😃
I do it in my home, because I have "Hausschuhe". I would say it is 50/50 if you visit someone, you ask the owner if you have to take your shoes off. Both is common in Germany.
Yes i am... but only barefoot or in socks, "hausschuhe" are only for winter or cold days!
@@biggyn82 Ich nenne auch meine Birkenstock "Hausschuhe".
English? Naah! Ich würde niemals meine Schuhe in meiner Wohnung tragen. Diese sind schmutzig und man läuft mit ihnen überall herum. Ich möchte doch nicht dieses ganze unappetitliche Zeug in meiner Wohnung verteilen 🙃
@@ingevonschneider5100 wer trägt denn birkenstock Schuhe? Da fühlt man sich doch wie Reinhold Messmer oder sonst wer aus den 70gern! Flip Flops oder nix!😁😁😁
In germany you have to do a first aid course to get your drivers license.
And most of the parking discs can also be used as an ice scratcher👍 Have a nice weekend and stay healthy.
Great tip about it doubling as an ice scratcher! 😃 Gleichfalls! 😊
@@PassportTwo Most can just be used as one, like Andi Buletten (btw.: try and identify the pun in this username) said. There are also ones that are specifically designed to do the ice scratching job and have two different edges: One with deep grooves for hard, crusted ice , one with a flat edge for thinner ice and snow.
@@dirkschwartz1689 @Passport Two ... and the third side (black rubber lib) is to clear fogged windows
"You don't have to put on protective gear if you don't want to" is such an American approach XD but the vests have only been mandatory for a couple of years here, the triangle and the first aid kit have been for much longer. About the WhatsApp thing: I think that has to do with the fact that iPhones are not as common in Germany as in the US. A lot of people have Samsung, Huawei or HTC phones and unlike iMessage WhatsApp works on all of them :) and text messages often cost extra depending in your phone plan.
I think you are exactly right about why WhatsApp is popular in the rest of the world vs in the US where iPhones are still extremely common and popular!
the very basics, why WhatsApp is so common here, is that efficient - all in one price mobile contracts - are not around for so long, especially in germany. so initially WhatsApp was a cost relief, belonging to both use of Internet and the sms/mms fees, and became quite convenient.
even today, effective mobile contracts are absolutly expensive in germany, and even than, we still have rather limited use of "fast" internet. and let's be honest here, mostly this "fast" internet can barely handle everyday tasks properly.
fun facts: The first aid kit has an expiration date and must be replaced every five years. At a police check, an expired first aid kit costs a fine, but only five euros.
A new first-aid kit is also inexpensive, the cheapest one about 11 euros.
11 Euros? Half the price!
That's wrong, a fine is not possible for outdated first aid kits. The police would have to prove that it is not usable any more. STand up to them if they want that 5 Euro.
Source?
@@petersmiling9494 Uraltes Thema.
"Der Verbandskasten muss lt. StVO der DIN 13164 entsprechen. Die Din 13164 sagt nichts darüber aus, wie lange der Inhalt haltbar sein muss. Somit ist das Verfallsdatum irrelevant für HU und Polizei"
Aus diesem Grunde macht auch der TÜV bei der HU nur einen Fehler auf, wenn der Kasten ganz . fehlt. Es gibt schlicht keine Rechtsgrundlage zur Datumsprüfung.
Selber schuld, wenn du dich von einem übereifrigen Polizisten abzocken lässt. Deshalb zahlt man solche Tickets auch nicht sofort bar. Die Bußgeldstellen sind meist besser informiert.
Also, only the some parts of the first aids kits actually expire. You can also buy these items seperately or as a refill kit
Hi Passport Two, you forgot to mention that you never owned a DFB shirt in the US. Have a nice weekend.
Haha, I almost bought this shirt in 2014 when I was here during the world cup and they were selling retro jerseys in Berlin. I didn't buy it and always wanted it so finally, 6 years later I found it online and was able to get it! That's when you know you like it, when you think about it for 6 years 😂
@@PassportTwo Was lange währt - wird endlich gut. A german saying :-)
@@PassportTwo
This Retroshirt came out in 2006, as we had the Worlcup in Germany.
After we had won the Worldcup in 2014, Shirts came out new, because
for the won Worldcup we get the 4th Star for be Wordcupwinner the 4th Time.But only wear this Shirt if you are a Fussballfan.
DFB from the 50's,😂👍🇩🇪
It's colder in winter than in summer, I guess we can agree on that.
Winter tires are made for this lower temperature range. And summer tires for higher temperatures in summer.
They are useful without freezing or snow. Just being made for a different temperature range makes them useful enough and much safer.
Yes, the rubber mix is different. Summer tyres are harder so they do not get soft at high temperatures which would mean the tyre "walks" when you take curves. You would then actually drive on its flanges when you still have your winter tyres on in summer. And summer tyres get too stiff to offer a good grip in cold conditions. Summer tyres have a profile that is good to let water escape and winter profiles are good to grip on snow.
But what do you do with the 4 tires that have to come off? How do you get them home from the auto service place? They won't fit inside your car to take home! Do you store them in your personal garage or do you leave them with your auto service place to put back on your car in 6 months? Seems like a lot of trouble.
Actually it’s because the winter tires are a smaller size, which makes the car sit lower to the ground for more stability and it has a different tread pattern
@@mikelastname1220 Here comes your answer after seven months: The tires do fit into your car, if your trunk is too small, you can just turn down the back seats and then they definitely will. I have never owned a car where they dont fit and I like to drive small cars. Over the last years its more and more common to just store them at your preferred auto service place which costs about 50€ "rent" per year
@@TheMyHalo Better late than never! Haaaa! I've found that the cars we have have here in the USA have tires that are very big and it is not easy to put them inside your car. They are not only big, but not very clean either. Most of us, depending on where we live and the weather conditions just buy "All Season" tires and never have them changed out.
Hi, its me your average German safety officer: The headrestrain adjustments (wrong term = headrest) on your car have been invented for safety reasons not for comfort! Move it up till its flush with the top of your head or a rear impact will snap your neck. :(
(sorry had to say sonething as 80% of ppl are not aware of that topic. I hope to get you and atleast 1-2 of your followers to increase their safety while driving.)
Btw nice video! Milk machines like you showed are rare in Germany I never came across one!
we usually don‘t wear shoes in our flat ;)
At the end one less pleasant point I did encounter with guests from other nations: at home allmost all germans do sit on their toilet for no1. Don‘t visit someone and do your business standing upright if you are not 100% sure the male part of your hosts is doing so!
Good point about the "headrest" I always adjust them in other ppls cars bc loads of ppl aren't aware and never adjust the ones in the back
The upper edge of the headrest must be at eye level, otherwise there is no protective effect.
@@AlexandraVioletta hahaha go for it. thats called natural selection! I like it, we do need more of that.
Just to underline my point... I do work for the biggest car seat manufacturer out there ;)
A classmate of my husband died, because he hat the wrong setting of it. And he just drove 30 km/h!
6:07 Fliesentisch. Germanisierung abgeschlossen.
Schlechter Geschmack soll auch in den USA schon vorgekommen sein 😎
Ist nur leider ne Tischdecke
@@Mallysh guck mal bei 6:32, keine Tischdecke
:-D Der war gut!
okay ich hatteTomaten auf den Augen^^ Der sieht aber nicht aus wie der den man zu Rock am Ring mitnimmt und samt Stehlampe und Sofa zurück lässt :P Schein nen neueres Fabrikat zu sein oder irre ich mich?
When I lived in Prague I had to have almost everything you described, except Czech doesn't have parking discs. But grocery bags, winter tires, house shoes, and yes all the car things. When I moved back to the US it made me think about how "backwards" the US is when it comes to safety and the environment. Why not have the vest, first aid kit and triangle in the car? It's mandated in Europe but not in the US. Also, in Czech you have to have spare light bulbs in the car. I guess it's to keep the cost of the car affordable? You might also notice that you can adjust the height of your headlights from inside the car. That's there in case your towing something and the front of the car is higher than the back. You can aim your lights properly. No such thing on US cars. And lastly, do you have those ceramic pots that you hang on your radiators? You fill them with water in the winter to help keep some moisture in the air during the winter. :)
yes because i think the car stuff is an EU law, i just want to mention the yellow vest protestors in france. Warn vests are a law within the EU. House shoes is also pretty normal in europe some do it and some not. IN some situations you have to do it because your streetshoes are all muddy or dirty.
In Czech you have to have LIGHT BULBS? Jeah, it's like in the GDR. 🙂
@@AlexandraVioletta In Germany you have to have gas in car. It's illegal to run out of gas. Isn't that even worse ? It's just for road safety.
I guess the light bulb thing is abandoned since the age of unreplacable LED's.
@@holger_p „It's illegal to run out of gas.“ Not quite. As long as you can park legally, i.e. pull over where parking is allowed, it's fine. However, it’s forbidden to park at the Landstraße, Bundesstraße and of course Autobahn, which the fines for such shenanigans increasing with each type.
@@peterbruells28 You put it right.
Wintertires have a softer rubber mixture, that has more grip at low temperatures, even if there is no snow. But that gets worn down fast in the summer heat.
And one funny thing about parking discs is, that it‘s cheaper to park without one than to be over the allowed parking duration if you get fined.
On public parking lots yes but private ones (e.g. parking lots on private "grovery store" ground) can fine you higher.
DSP16569 Afaik they don’t have the authority to fine you, but they can tow away your car of their ground at your cost.
@@Al69BfR Ob man es jetzt Bußgeld oder Vertragsstrafe nennt - Zahlen sollte man.
www.bussgeldkatalog.org/privatparkplatz/
"Ist ein Parkplatz beispielsweise nur für Kunden eines Supermarkts, Restaurants oder eines anderen Dienstleistern ausgewiesen und Sie stellen Ihren Wagen trotzdem dort ab, kann eine Vertragsstrafe gegen Sie ausgesprochen werden."
Und da dies Zivilrecht ist kann es ganz schnell sehr teuer werden wenn es vor Gericht geht.
@@Al69BfR Gibt so eine nette App, da machst du 3 Fotos von denen die auf deinem Grundstück stehen, die bekommen eine Strafe von 140€ und der Anbieter setzt das durch (Und behält 100€). Also nix mit billiger ^^
Yes. They're called winter tires and not snow tires for that reason. While they offer better grip ion snow the really important thing is that They reduce the braking distance in cold weather.
I went to an exchange year in England (I'm from Germany) when I was 15 and it was there that amongst the exchange students from all sorts of european countries and the british students, we agreed that most Europeans use WhatsApp except for the people of the UK who use Facebook Messenger... and literally everyone amongst the exchange students had to download Messenger because our coordinator insisted on using that. What a lovely woman she was constantly threatening us with being sent home over the tiniest details or cultural differences (more explicitly the frankness germans are so famous for) as well as her penchant for collective punishment... everyone hated her by the end of the year and she was SUPPOSED to support us green-behind-the-ear teens in a foreign country in place of our parents. A job well done.
The thing with wintertires is that they are not only good for snow.
It reaches freezing temperatures quite regularly, and any water on the road might form ice.
Yepp and also the winters were way harsher till around 2005. My fathers was a trucker and often was allowed to pick me up for the visitation weekens with his truck on his way home and I remmber snow as high as 50cm and very dense or often even frozen and how he came with his truck and these massive snowchains on the tires and assisting my mom in puttin her ice chains on her car tires even though they were winter tires ^^ Or rather I was playing outside annoying them while they did it xD
Parkscheibe: you can round up to the NEXT half hour of your arrival, so at 10:35 you are allowed to set it to 11:00.
Great tip!
In Austria, it is the next full 1/4hr.
In fact you have to round up to the next half hour. Otherwise you could get fined, if I remember correctly.
@@aceace632 Not really. Showing less is not an offense. Just rounding up for the next hour will get you in trouble :D
there was some kind of Asterix to that, but I don't remember what it sayed. xD
Gibt schon zu viel Plastik in den Weltmeeren, da kann man auch auf die eine oder andere Plastiktüte verzichten!
Stimmt! Eine oder zwei Neue ändern auch nicht viel an der Menge
Your bread stays fresh longer if you buy a whole loaf of bread and wrap it in a kitchen towel.
Sliced bread quickly becomes moldy.
You can only buy half a bread in most bakeries.
That special "Einkaufschip" for the shopping cart you showed...is actually meant to be pulled out after unchaining your cart (so you don't need to have your keys hanging from the cart) - and is therefore often used by workers who "collect" the carts from all the storages around the parking lot and bring them to back to the entrance
Germany: Definetly yes! I walk around in my apartment on bare feet, sox or with special house shoes called "Pantoffeln" (easy slip on ones). It depends on season and situation😉
in Italian those are called pantofole, it sounds quite identical :)
In portuguese is "pantufas". And I take my shoes off, also.
In Polish : pantofle or kapcie
Schönes Video. Interessant wäre noch umgekehrt, was ihr in den USA benutzt hattet und jetzt nicht mehr. Habt ein schönes Wochenende.
Gleichfalls! 😊
Idea for another video?
Weapons^^
Glass milk bottles were common in the US into the 1980's. They went out a fashion due to the changing laws controlling deposits on bottles (and cans in some states). Milk bottle deposits were very high and several times higher than soda bottle deposits. Bread boxes are still fairly common in the US. Ours' is a Tupperware bread box, with bread in it.
I like that you lifted that secret: is the light in the fridge permanently glowing or does it actually only turn on by opening the door?
There is a small switch that shuts off the light when the door is closed.
The breadbox sounds great in theory, but Quarks made a test with bread in the breadbox, in a paper bag, in a plastic bag and inside of the fridge. The first mold was on the bread in the plastic bag *and* the bread box at the same time. One day later it was also in the paper bag.
The fridge had no mold over the whole week - but the bread got harder more quickly.
So while it sounds plausible that the breadbox helps with the humidity and air circulation, it unfortunately not true. It probably also depends on the box, but it should have more than a few tiny holes so there is at least a little airflow. The breadbox is at least the most beautiful option.
The video from Quarks is "Brot richtig aufbewahren" if you're interested in it.
I’m a worrywart, I always by a roadside kit for my vehicles. Learned from my grandpa who worked in the automotive industry for a long time. We have an ALDI here in the Carolinas. Love them! Lidl too 😍 Love the content.
As for the winter tyres (yes, with a y. It's the Queen's English, after all): the winters have been rather mild of late, but believe me, even with climate heating up, it can be WICKEDLY cold and roads can be slippery without snow. From November onwards, especially in the German mid-mountains and the Alps, you would be mental not sporting your winter tyres.
You'd also not be properly insured in the case of an accident if your car was still sporting summer tyres in winter weather conditions
@@Aine197 Well, I am now using all year tires because if it should really snow heavily in the winter (which happens maybe every ten years or so even without climate change) I won't drive anyway.
@@swanpride There is wrong interpretation of winter tyres in public. They are not mainly for snow but for cold. You should use winter ones below +7C because rubber compound is softer and summer become too hard to "stick" to surface. More moving blocks on winter ones also helps heat up tyre (not just clear snow). All seasons are just legal cover because compound is too soft for summer (will not last as long as harder one) and too hard for temperatures close to 0C. They are acceptable performance around +7C but for lower temps are ***... say less bad than summer ones. You will not save too much money because summer road will eat them faster. Also handling is Day and Night. If car is used only as shopping trolley then I understand all season tyres but how many people nowadays don't use car more?
@@MrAla6 Well, in the area I live in mainly has temperatures between 5 and 20C, the tires came with the car hence they are the cheaper option at least until I need new ones (especially since I now save the storage fee), I mainly do use my car as shopping trolly and to visit friends because I am lucky enough to work from home (frankly, if it wouldn't be really difficult to transport a christmas tree or water boxes, or the now weekly shopping due to Corona otherwise, and if it weren't so difficult to get home late at night, I wouldn't even need it for THAT) and I prefer to use the train for longer distances anyway. So for me personally they are the better solution. Would be different if I were living in an area where I can expect snow on a regular basis.
Winter tyres are not mandatory at all. But without tyres with the mountain-snow-flake symbol (All-Season or winter tyres) you are not allowed to drive when "Winter conditions"-make them "mandatory". Because of the harder rubber mixture summer tyres losing grip at cold tempreatures and the braking distance is getting longer and longer. At temperatures around 5°C the braking distance of a good winter tyre is shorter than with a summer tyre. And because of the winter profile winter tyres can transfer higher forces to the snow and has better traction (You lose control later).
For some areas and depending on your driving needs it's better to use two sets of tyres (e.g. Some years ago I have to drive every week from Cologne to Frankfurt - Eifel, Taunus, Westerwald - and back. For me using winter tyres makes me feel safer and especially on the A61 near Mendig there where every winter situations where all season tyres wouldn't make it - If trucks drive with walking speed and no other car driver even think of overtaken the truck instead of driving in the Trucks tyre-path - then you know it is winter).
In other reagions like the cologne lowland where you have the feeling that there is only 1cm (1/2.5 inch) snow for one day every year and the snow will melt in minutes all-Season tyres or using for these day the public transport system is often enough.
The next thing after a bread box, you should get, is a bread knife or an electric slicing machine. It's better to buy a whole bread loaf, not sliced at the store, which remains fresh and soft for longer time, especially if you have a bread box 😊
the glass milk bottle stuff is not common everywhere , depens on where you are , but love the idea. Some Stores have Indoor gardening stations for herbs to lower Cabon dioxide cost for transportation.
Tip from a German : put your whole Bread in the Bread Box , not cut in pieces . Also keep the Paperbag around it , it helps maintain moisture and avoid fast molding because paper creates a breathbale surface.
The winter tires are not only for snow. They are also a softer blend of materials so they don't get too hard in the cold as summer tires would. Summer tires are harder, because they else would get too soft in the summer heat. You should have winter tires on as long as the temperatures get below 7°c
In Hungary we take off the street shoes and change to slippers or socks. Btw, most things you mention in this video apply to Hungary.
We had real winters in the past, like in the 1980s. Usually snow came first on November, it could have been icy on the road before. And snow lasted at least to mid/end of February. Sometimes snow fell on Easter. Nowadays winter it completely different. You may have ice on the road in winter, but snow is a rare and you have to go higher up. The last more snowy winter was 2009/2010.
When I was at Walmart in the US for the first time , I was shocked when I ended up loading 34 little plastic bags into my car.🤣🤣🤣 And this plastic carousel for the cashier. I mean, wtf?! 🙈🙈🙈
What is a plastic carousel?
Not so much anymore in many states.
Same here in Canada! I felt really uncomfortable once when I had to leave the store with 10 bags because I forgot my own stuff. But nobody really cared actually 😅
Being German, I went to Walmart with an empty backpack and when they wanted to bag my stuff, I told them " no need to waste plastic, I´ll just put it in my backpack..." (...myself, because standing by and watching someone else work feels weird) - they told me I am not allowed to leave the store with the things I bought unless they are in a plastic Walmart bag! Talk about WTF!
@@a.g.4541 they what? But... why? You bought them... does anyone know what the legal basis is for that?
liked the bloopers. not many youtuber do that. It's fun but also shows the effort that goes into the videos. i think not many people are aware of that.
Thank! Glad you enjoyed them 😊
Bread left in plastic gets mouldy rather fast. The bread box makes it last way longer without getting stale.
And yes, I own all the items you enumerate barring the lingoda which I am not being sponsered by.
Sliced bread gets old and dry pretty quickly. I prefer to slice it myself when necessary. I think most Germans own their "Brotschneidemaschine", electric or with a crank. (Grandma still knew how to cut precise slices with just a knife. But modern people, including me, lack such skills.) :)
@@thkempe i must be old fashioned then. 24 y old, but i Cut slices with a nice Brotschneidemesser, manually witha knife. Acually Most of my freinds and fam do
The Winterräder are not depending on the snow but on the temperature. the grip is different when the ruber of the wintertiers are to soft in summer because to worm and the other way around.
Your bloopers have me rolling in the floor. Now I can't "un-see" the lamp anymore, waiting until it hits you on the head. Man!
Hahaha 😂
We used to have parking discs in Sweden as well. Now we usually park with an app on the phone. We can even pay with the phone in many of our stores as well. Quite comfortable.
americans be like: what do you mean you don't have i-messages
german: i don't like apple i own a samsung phone
americans: YOU WHAT?!?
😂jk
Americans: Samsung make phones?!?!?! ; D
*owns a Honor 6 x*
Me like *ashamed*: I have a Huawei phone.
I assumed nobody used imessage as it is limited legacy iPhones. It is 2020 no need to compromise, no reason to buy iPhones. So many better Android phones
actually Android and google are american countries and they are big in the US, its actually 50/50% while in germany it is more like 75/25 towards Android.
I really like it when a video has some bloopers at the end, these were just so good that I couldn't stop laughing for a while!
You forgot to mention the mighty "Fliesentisch" in your apartment. 😂
What do you thing is more comfortable: I saw Aubrey starting the clip in the corridor. When I lived in the States all houses I entered had none. I came through the door and "there you are" right in the middel of the flat or the living room of the house. What do You think about it?
Ohne Korridor taugt ja gar nix!
Winter tires do perform better at low temperatures. You will have an advantage compared to summer tires below 7°C (in an ermergency situation, like emergency breaking for example). So they don't require snow or ice to be useful during winter. Winter tires are made of a softer rubber mixture to accomplish that. But because of that, they will wear down very fast when used during summer.
You don't want to be on the streets on summer tires, when there is snow or ice on the road.
There are also all season tires available for you. Those are mainly made for people living in regions with milder winter seasons, so people living there don't have to participate in the two-sets-of-tires-thing and can save a bit of money. These are also very popular for commercial logistic companies (for transporters, trucks and big trucks), so they will save money too, especially because tires of lager sizes do cost quite a bit more.
No, the 7°C rule with less grip is just a marketing lie. On a dry road a summer tyre is even at 0°C still better as an winter tyre, only on snow and ice a winter tyre has much much more grip
Another fact about the parking disc. If you ever get into the situation that a parking meter ist out of service and you are not able to grab a ticket, you actually have to put in you parking disc. The reason: parking meters also have maximum lengths you are allowed to pay for.
So if you forgot your parking disc here, you could get charged I think 15-20€.
First aid kits also have an experation date. So driving a car with an expired first aid kit is pretty much the same as driving without one: you will get some penalty fee to pay. So check frequently the experation date of your first aid kit and replace it if neccessary.
I should add with the parking discs to set it correctly. I got my license transferred from military to German which saved me from going to the driving school but when I got a truck driver's license, this is something I was taught my the teacher. If you arrive at, for example at 9:40 am, you set it automatically to 10 and it's like you get an additional 20 minutes without getting a ticket.
Last winter was really warm.
While winters without any snow are not uncommon in northern Germany, there's usually plenty of frost during nights. And with temperatures hovering just around freezing and moderate wind, you can easily get light rain that freezes very quickly. And when that happens, you really don't want to be on a highway or a windy country road with summer tires.
So winter tires are mandatory.
Though there are also all-year-tires that are sufficiently grippy in winter but more durable than winter tires. They are more expensive, but since you need only five instead of ten, I think it's worth it when you live in areas where you barely ever get heavy snow.
Concerning winter tires: it is not about snow. the profile of winter tires is a different one. And the rubber mixture is way softer. Winter tires are suited for temperatures below 7° C. And they do offer better grip under low temperatures than summer tires.
It is not only about snow or ice on the streets but about cold temperatures... starting at about 7-9 °C it is in general better to use the softer rubber of "Winterräder" because of the reduced braking distance. In summer times or above 9°C the rubber is softer by the heat and will be more or less at the sweet spot between braking distance and fuel consumption.
Winter tires are not particularly for snow. Their rubber is softer and more flexible, so they develop more grip below 7°C than summer tires. Also their profile has slats, so they develop at least some grip on ice.
Ya, our intentions with that part was more to say that the winter is rather mild here and doesn’t come across as a place where winter tires would be that necessary but that definitely does seemed to come across...haha
Yes, winter tyres are particulary for snow and no they dont have more grip below 7°C, depending on the winter/summer tyres they have more grip below 0°C or -4°C on a dry road.
Winter tyres are softer so the slats can work and give grip on snow and a little grip on ice. In rain summer tyres are also better.
The 7°C rule of thumb is mainly just marketing, also if its 7°C on daytime in winter, the weather can change quickly, like snow or frost in the morning
Holy cow, a fresh milk dispenser! I didn't know we even had that anywhere in Germany. Now I just have to ask our local grocery stores to get one!
Bei uns steht sowas im "Elbe Park" vor dem real.
Here in the Netherlands we have to bring our own bags when shopping.
Reflective vests are obligated.
Winter tyres or all season tyres are recommended
The blue Parking disc we have also
Shopping carts are the same here
Fresh milk is available at certain farm but not in the super market
Visitors can choose to keep their shoes on but only if they’re clean.
Bread boxes are excellent to keep your bread fresh but we use metal ones
Whatsapp is widely used here
Winter tires are not mainly related to snow. If temperature drops below around 8 degree Celsius, the rubber of normal tires quickly becomes too stiff and this means the tires will have poor grip, which is an issue when you break or steer. Winter tires use a different rubber mixture optimized for low temperatures. That's why you should not drive them in summer, as with high temperatures, their rubber will get too soft and, you guess it, this is equally not good. Additional to that, they do have a different profile, which works better on snow while summer tires have on that works better for wet lanes but that's not the main reason for having two kind of tires.
All-season-tires use a mixed profile that works okay in both cases and they use a hybrid rubber mixture that works okay as long as the temperatures don't go extremely low or extremely high; if you plan to drive to Spain during summer, you should prefer real summer tires and if you want to drive up the alps, you should get real winter tires but as long as you never leave Germany and only drive on prepared roads, they do a pretty decent job. Technically all-season-tires are rather modified winter tires than modified summer tires, so they work okay the entire year but they do work better during winter than during summer. In some car magazine tests, the better all-season-tires scored way better than some of the dedicated winter tires when tested on icy/snowy roads (one of them even beat all the winter tires in one test) but when being compared to summer tires, they all only scored average and nowhere near the top ranks.
And the most important thing you never owned in the US but now own in Germany: A 1954 world cup champions jersey. Somebody is getting germanzied here. 😁
The 1954 championship actually ment a lot for the German people. It not only was the first world cup we've won. It was also like healing the soul of a nation that was pretty much devastated after WW2. I really recommend the movie "Das Wunder von Bern". It is available with English subtitles or you can watch it dubbed into English. There aren't too many German movies that are worth watching them but this is definitely one of them. It not only is about winning the cup but also about how life was those days and what the people had to deal with. Would love to hear what you as Americans think about it.
That is a great movie!
It is worth to look!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
You can buy "alljahres (or ganzjahres) reifen" (aka the summer and winter tires in one..) meaning you don't need to change them. (but keep in mind that htey need the "Alpine-Symbol" (the little snowflake)
to be used in winter).
The wintertires are for icy roads more than snowy roads. Icy roads begin when temperature hits 4°c or lower. Especially in the evening and morning when it is dark/gets dark. But I guess it depends where in germany you are aswell.
I really like your intro with Aubrey again! With her walking in the hallway there is some movement in it and she's really looking good in this one, esp. with the hair 😀.
Overall I like that you focus on the tiny everyday subjects that are easily overseen 😉.
Glad you enjoyed! 😊
Ihr beiden macht das wirklich gut. Weiter so. 😀
Vielen Dank! 😊
and with some parking discs you can scratch ice from the windshield/frontshield
it is mindboggling for me that a country like the US which is obsessed with safety and security and where you can sue everyone for everything does not have mandatory safety vests, warning triangles or a first aid kit in the car..........
Winter tires are not all about snow. It is about temperature too. Winter tires are made of softer compound. Summer tires below 10C gets hard and brittle. Because of that tires lose a lots of grip even when roads are clean.
Get an electronic Parking Disk. Costs about 20€ and is officially certified and all... It has a motion sensor, and will automaticaly set the correct time when you parked and has a 10 year battery. Just stick it on the dashboard, and never worry about those private parking lot sceme or anything parking disc related ever again...
The milk stations are getting more common because the farmers are getting a decent price for their milk that way. I‘ve seen them a lot in Northern Germany in the rural areas. Webbing even have one at a supermarket in the suburbs south of Berlin. Pretty cool.
The winter (or at least all season) tires are required by law. If you get into an accident during the winter and police finds you with summer tires you get in trouble with the opposing party‘s insurance and are due a fine from 60 up to 120 EUR.
Summer tires are usable till + 7 °C only , for the rubber mixture gets hard and you will lose grip.
Haha, that was a funny one.
I wonder if you have discovered the „Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher“ yet and if you will own one (I leave it to you to figure this one out). Thats as german as it gets 😉
Also, where is this Milk-dispenser? As a trade-off, I could offer info as to where you can find the „fresh BBQ goods“ dispenser... (no joke!) 😉
Greetings from Weilerbach...
Hahaha, let them find out. That would make a funny video maybe. 🤣
We (when I lived with my parents) never had one of those, and neither do I myself living alone. It's… not really very german.
Jürgen Erhard it is a german invention.
@ Well, the name alone is very german. Our language loves compounds and they are pretty cool when playing Hangman.
I still have the Parkscheibe I had when I was stationed in Germany; it isn't as fancy as yours though just being cardboard and thin plastic. I also still have the warning triangles, first aid kits (reflective vests weren't required then or maybe at least not for US military members), the little spoilers that clip on wiper arms, and our "Bitte Nicht Rauchen" plaques. Some things WE bought were 240VAC 120VAC transformers and ac plug adapters. I lived in Nürnberg, Bremerhaven, und Göppingen during my 3 four-year tours. As for the language, are you just learning High German or also picking up a local dialect like Schwäbisch? Tschüs (yes, I know it is the equivalent of saying "Du" instead of "Sie").
Thanks for your service! Our local dialect is Pfälzisch and I am picking up a little bit here but this dialect is kind of like a southern drawl in the US. We really are focusing on learning hochdeutsch before we pick too much of our local dialect but it does cause some confusion sometimes! haha
For a second I thought shoe stool was a very fancy euphemism for something you've stepped into.
Haha, that would be a very fancy and scientific way of saying that 😂
@@PassportTwo It's a Stuhl not stool . Thats the problem with German , Sometimes there is a difference between writing and speaking
@@henrybruhns4800 No, the only common meaning from english to german, is the biological meaning. In matter of furniture, it's not the same thing, but might be derived from each other. stool means Hocker or Schemel. So in this case, writing and speaking is the same, but meaning is different.
The winter tyres is not just because of snow, the rubber mixture is optimized for the typical temperature range wrt road behavior - winter tyres rub off too easily in summer, whereas summer tyres are too hard and don't have good grip when it's too cold . All-season ones are a compromise. They work safely enough all year round where it doesn't have too strong seasonal weather extremes in a particular region. As for snow, I've never personally seen it in action but we are told in driving school that, given a certain snow depth, you are required to put snow chains around your tyres.
House shoes are clean, comfortable and you save lots of hours of cleaning. Many people even ask businesses visitors to take off their shoes or even bring their own house shoes when coming in.
Hausschuhe sind sauber, komfortabel und man spart sich wirklich viel Putzarbeit. Viele Leute bestehen sogar bei geschäftlichem Besuch darauf, dass die Schuhe ausgezogen werden oder dass sogar eigene Hausschuhe mitgebracht werden.
There is no general obligation to use winter tyres on a specific date in Germany. Instead, there is a situation-specific obligation to use winter tyres. This means that winter tyres must be fitted in winter road conditions: i.e. in the event of black ice, slippery snow, slush, ice or frost. The rule of thumb from October to Easter (O to O) is therefore a rough indication, but has no legal relevance. If an accident occurs due to the use of summer tyres in winter road conditions, this can lead to a considerable reduction in the benefits of the insurance due to gross negligence.
I'm living in East of France, near the Swiss border. We usely have winters tyres from 1 November til 1 May. October would be wise ! That remains me that I still have my winters tyres ! 😂 ( I don't drive a lot )
I too love the milk from the machine at Edeka. The milk is sooo good.
Winter tires are better below 7°C because the rubber is softer. Summer tires would be too hard in cold weather to have proper grip, even when dry.
Great couple!
Good to have you here
The fresh milk sounds cool. In my region, I never saw this.
Es ist jetzt mehr und mehr im kommen. Wir nutzen es schon seit 3 Jahren.
Which is strange considering your last name ... :) @Passport Two: Another user name riddle for you ;) .
@@dirkschwartz1689 There are a few roots of my last name. I have no idea where mine is coming from :)
Bei uns steht sowas im Elbe Park vorm real. Nur so als Tipp, wo du anfangen kannst zu suchen.
Wintertires are not only for snow. Its a different mixture, they are softer at lower temp. then the ones for summer so give a better grip and brake better.
Winter tyres have a high number of sipes in the tread blocks and thermoelastic tread compound rubber that stays grippy in cold temperatures. That means you have much better road contact than summer tyres which results in a much shorter breaking distance even if there is no snow on the road at all. So the temperature is decisive not the snow.
You dont want to drive them in the summer time because they are slower, louder and wear off faster in summer. That is all I know about tyres.
Ya, our intentions with that part was more to say that the winter is rather mild here and doesn’t come across as a place where winter tires would be that necessary but that definitely does seemed to come across...haha
Interesting video! Interesting to see how many parallels between other countries in Europe and Germany. I've lived in New Zealand, Sweden and the UK and I note a lot of similarities.
1. Reusable bags are a big thing in Sweden, New Zealand and the UK (where I have lived recently too. Normal bags cost money!
2. Sweden demands winter and summer tyres, understandably! There is a legal date for changing over your tyres too. The UK nor New Zealand mandate this, but I think parts of Scotland should.
3. Parking dics have started to come in around the UK. In Sweden you have them too. New Zealand does not have them.
4. Tokens for trolleys are quite normal in Sweden and half-normal in the UK, but not in New Zealand. I wish they existed in NZ as sometimes you find trolleys everywhere!
5. Glass milk bottles like that are in Sweden, but not so widespread. Only a few places offer that, and the only downside is that the bottles are a bit difficult to clean. I think it's a great idea. In the UK, there used to be milk deliveries on electric milk floats every morning, and they are trying to start this up.
6. Sweden is definitely shoes off. New Zealand and the UK are hit-and-miss. I hate having shoes in the house.
7. Bread boxes (or should I say bread bins as we call them) are common in New Zealand and the UK. I never saw one in Sweden, though!
8. Whatsapp is popular everywhere that I know. Few people use anything else!
We do have bread boxes/bins in Sweden too.
@@annicaesplund6613 Thanks for the info. I never came across them in the apartments I visited so perhaps a generational difference?
Winter tires are becoming useful already below 7 degrees Celsius. This is because of their construction being different to summer tires. But don't worry also in Germany many people do not understand this concept.
Kleiner Tipp: schneidet euer Brot erst wenn ihr es braucht. Die Schnittstelle wird über die Zeit trocken und verliert ihr Aroma, daher ist es durchaus ratsam kein vorgeschnittenes Brot zu kaufen auch wenn Bäckereien einen solchen Service anbieten. Ihr braucht auch keine Brotschneidemaschine. Wenn ihr in Deutschland seid sollte es kein Problem sein ein Brotmesser (Messer mit welliger und häufig leicht geriffelter Schneide) zu kaufen.
You can, usually, also get all year tires instead of winter and summer ones. But they need to have a special specification to be allowed for use on snow and ice.
I think it was mentioned by Aubrey that one can option for all season tyres/tires
Heeee, all of the above is so very true lol. As usual, I really enjoyed your video and your personality. I love your bloopers and I look forward to watching them. (Did that sound right ?)lol lol :)
In Freiburg we have no milk in automates. We have joghurt in 500g glases we pay deposit for from our local dairy Schwarzwald Milch, former Breisgau Milch.
The milk is in TetraPak.
In the 1975th, when I was a child, they had "Schlauchmilch" which was sold in thin plastic tubes. But only for a few years.
www.spiegel.de/geschichte/wie-milchschlaeuche-vom-tetrapak-verdraengt-wurden-a-1064292.html
Safety Vest, there were too many "follow up accidents", with people checking their in-operational car on the side lane. The federal government introduced an amendment which stated that drivers have to wear these vest, just to be more visible. Also the crews patrol cars are wearing jackets and paints with such reflecting stripes and areas.
I guess you live in Landstuhl or Ramstein? I am a German from Pirmasens in Los Angeles and your video made me homesick
winter tires are helpful beyond 8°C
the gripp is better caused by the rubber compound
Winter tires are there because of the frost and have nothing to do with snow. Snow chains are available for the tires when there's much snow.
2:29 Looks like the badass cover to a the movie called "Safety-Man!"
The parking disc would be a godsend in the us, some times the meter lady tries to get you when you have a few minutes left. Of course with pay by phone kind of makes it redundant.
In the UK there's a few towns that use parking discs but this doesn't generate revenue. Most parking is paid for by 'pay & display' (Money/credit card operated machine that prints a time/date stamped ticket that you display). A few places (in London?) have pay by phone only. I don't own a mobile phone so I'd be f****d! (60% of over 65s don't own one.)
well, some online shops selling "prepared" park discs, they have a secret clockwork in it which slowly turns the dial forward, so you can park as long as you want unless somenbody exposed your little fraud.
DFB merch. I feel like you're now more german than I am ;-) (For reference: 50+, born and raised here, hardly ever left the country :( and never lived outside it at all)
A lot of stores in the US do not offer plastic bags, especially on the West and East Coasts in many stores. I found the chained together cats about 20 years ago on Long Island outside of New York City. What I find works here in Europe is it American quarter. I happened to have one in my pocket and put it in one time and it works to release the cart.
Saying something is American is painting a broad brush over such a huge country. It is similar to the Bavarians and Germans saying that Bayern is not really the rest of Germany or like comparing Berlin and München.
These things are just normal to me as a German.😂 It was very interesting to watch this video and see how Americans think about Germany and all those German things. Greetings 🙂
The token for the karts came up, shortly after the wall fell. Suddenly busses from eastern coountries showerd up to go shopping at Aldi. I remember this from my childhood.... so they "raided" Aldi (of course they all paid!) but left the karts at the busses on the sidewalks.... thats when the stores came up with the token system, so people bring back the Karts
Winter tyres work more efficient in temperatures below 8 degree celcius.
It's interesting to see videos like this as a German!
I have not yet seen such a milk machine, but I guess what we have here is more or less the same: milk in glass bottles with a deposit for the bottle.
I have no shoe stool, never had one, but seems to be a good idea.
I have never had a bread box either, mainly because I do not eat so much bread and rather buy small quantities like Bretzel, Laugensemmel and other such small kinds of bread.
i dont even get our stuff right all the time but you guys do. good job!!!
I live in The Netherlands and we have most of the items listed; unfortunately no mandatory winter tires.
The Grocery Cars (Einkaufswagen) are mostly chained together not always. Depending on were you are Grocery shopping. Famila for example doesnt chain them together
Wow, never heard of Lingoda. Love it. Great tip.!
@@Henning_Rech Persönlich kannte ich die Firma nicht. Habe selbst schon unterrichtet und finde das Konzept gut. Das ist alles. Man muss nun wirklich nicht alles kommentieren. Wenn es Ihnen nicht gefällt, behalten Sie es doch einfach für sich :-)
Big hug to you from Dortmund :)
First time using your own shopping bags, seriously? It’s got to be a regional thing. In CA there are rules that if you need a bag they will sell you only paper bags. Chicago, New York, Miami and many more have bans in place. When I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area I saw people that forgot their bags loading everything loose I to their car.
Love the videos!
Hi Donne,Hi Aubrey! Really nice vlog, with interesting themes.Nice jersey Donnie.Interesting that you don´t have these security items in the car, in the US??
The thing with the Parkscheibe is difficult.The " Ordnungsamt" sometime will check it and if it´s over, you´ll get a ticket.
Bread box,old school but cool.Milk bottles, good thing.house shoes, very germanized.Whats app, must have.
Hope someday you´ll make some more videos auf Deutsch.
Best wishes,stay safe.
In places on Long Island 20 years ago had carts you had to unchain with a coin.
Howdy neighbors! I use the exact same milk machine! I'm an American who moved here to be with my German girlfriend last year. Nice to see some local folks :)