Still nightlife in Munich is quite good, especially if you compare it to other cities of its size. Vienna and Hamburg are much more posh, while Munich at least has some decent techno clubs.
I always wanted to live in Berlin, and then ended up in Munich. :D Actually, I was happy after a while. I think Berlin is better as a tourist, quite an exciting place (although I also think it has seen its best years). Munich is just a very good place to live and work (except for the rents). It always feels a bit more boring, but also safer.
I was always excited to live in Berlin then visted it what a disappointment city full if loosers they city looks like it stopped in 1960 just a very ugly city overall maybe the ugliest west European city.
@@amanverma-es8of absolutely right. Berlin is Just a big fucking dirty city with a great amount of loosers. Is the third .biggest turkish city in the World. Berlin wouldn't be able to exist without the Support of bavaria. Because of the state financial equalization Bavaria have to pay a lot Intro this fond. And These fu....politicians in Berlin waste money at every point. Arabic clans can do whatever they want. Because of the Laissez faire policy of the interior Minister who is responsible for the police. The former president of Berlin Mr.Wowereit was more interested being on a Party and having a press Report anderwärts instand of doing his duties Berlin wasn't able to finish the Airport richte in Time and in calculation. They wasted so much money. Berlin for me is one the ugliest cities in Germany even in the World. A nice City fo me World be Hamburg. Vienna and Salzburg is also nice. Unfortunately I haven't seen so much foreign cities in order to judge. The City i liked was Budapest in hungaria. So my result Berlin is Just big, dirty and poor.
I just googled this because it seemed strange to me. Stolpersteine are not an exclusively Berlin thing. In fact, they exist in lots of cities all over Germany. The city council of Munich just prohibited them from being placed in common grounds of the city. There are over 50 stones in Munich though, only that they're placed on private property. Really interesting video though! As someone from Berlin it's always fun to see someone else's perception of the city. :)
What I have noticed when I was the first time in berlin (live in Munich) is that munich is more clean than berlin. And in berlin more people ask if you wanna buy weed xD But in berlin i think is more diversity in style than in munich.
I live near cologne, but I visited Berlin an Munich this year ... well, I was very impressed by the size and the area of Berlin (compared to this, cologne felt really small), but I think I felt more comfortable walking around in munich, even when our hotel room was near the train station and there were a lot of "special locations" around there. And also, the hotel in munich was better than the berlin one ... well. I have no favorite city, I love cologne, liked new york very much, but in the end, it's important to me which people are at the place.
Munich is much richer and tidier. The whole city seems to be cleaned every night. There is much more police (compared to the number of inhabitants), therefore it is safer. The public administration works better and much more reliable. The airport was finished in time (contrary to Berlin). Berlin is simply more exciting - in every way! @Stolpersteine: the Jewish community in Munich didn't want to have them. In their view, the dignity of the Nazi victims would be disturbed by people walking over their names with their shoes. It's a matter of taste. The former Munich mayer, Christian Ude, had a different opinion (like in Berlin), but accepted the stance of the local Jewish community.
Good morning, as I'm one of the few natives who still live in Berlin, I very much enjoyed your video. Did you know that only about 1/4 of the people who are living in Berlin are actually born here? Strange, ain't it...
Wolf Justwolf moved to Berlin being 2 years old, I hope, that allows me to be still called Berliner ;) my brother was born in Berlin, but never connected that much with the city, he lives with the rest of the family in Teltow now.
Actually 47 percent of all people who live in Berlin were born in the city, according to statistical data of 2018. In Munich, only 36,5 percent of all inhabitants were born in the city (2013). Further, in Berlin 34,5% of all inhabitants have a migration background (2019), compared to 43,1% in Munich (2018).
Berlin or Munich? Definitely Munich, no question - but if not Munich, then Hamburg Munich is clean, Berlin in dirty for the most part.. architecture in Munich is so much more beautiful
An interesting historical note, the TV tower was built by the East Germans (DDR) in the sixties. It served to remind the West berliners that East Berlin was there, they had a big TV Tower looking down on them and they could never visit it. I visited Berlin in 1962 and 1971. Yes I was very young in 1962 but I can still remember the visit vividly, As Americans we could visit East Berlin whereas the Germans could not. The guards at Checkpoint Charlie thought we were nuts to go over to the Communist side! At that time East Berlin still had endless rows of bombed-out buildings left over from World War II Eric Blankenburg
Westgermans were always allowed to visit the East. Just the other way around was forbidden. I vividly remember how we used to visit my family in the late 80's whenever possible, as we smuggled goods (coffee, butter, clothing)in my child car seat. My husband used to visit regularly when he lived in West Berlin in the seventies.
Tom well.. sometimes you should be careful before saying someone is WRONG.. BECAUSE: in the first years after the wall was built West-Berliners were not allowed to visit East-Berlin. It took 2 years for the first "Passierscheinabkommen" until they could visit their families for Christmas. Some West-Berliner "moved" to West-Germany in order to get a West-German passport with which you could enter BUT NOT with West-Berlin documents.
Fave cities in the world I've been to so far: Maastricht (NL), Eindhoven (NL), Roermond (NL), The Hague (NL), Aachen (DE), Düsseldorf (DE), Köln/Cologne (DE), Paris (France), Barcelona (Spain), Canterbury (Kent, England) & London (England) I'd also LOVE to see New York, LA & Australia (main cities like Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth & the capital Canberra) ❤️
I love your channel. I'm an American living in Barcelona and I'm married to Mister Spanish man. Your channel remined me of the big diffrences between Barcelona and Madrid. I do love visiting Germany. But, I've only been to Hamburg and Berlin. I prefered Berlin. Lots of fun and enjoyed the culture. My favorite city in the world was Sydney, Australia and favorite city in Europe has been Lisbon, Portugal.
Wow you and Mr. Spanish man came around a lot. Do a lot of Americans travel around the world as much as you do? I'm really impressed because when I was in the US most of the time I often had the feeling they don't like to leave the country to visit other countries and continents at all when I talked to the people. Most of the time they told me they only left the country when they served the military. Much love from Berlin.
Spity I love to leave the country. It's just that a plane ticket from here to anywhere is much more expensive than say from Germany to Spain. So I can only do it every few years at most
Munich is much more dense and crowded than Berlin. And it is very concreted over and thus not very green, among the 79 major German cities it ranks just 74th in the share of green space. So where do you want to hang out?
Hey!👋 I live in Munich and I really like your videos because it's interesting what american think about germany and the difference between them. I prefer munich not only because I live there. Munich is a clean and safe city. There is so much nature. I love going by bike at the isar (the river) through the Englischer Garten (a park). I feel more comfortable in Munich. More than in Berlin. But everyone has his own opinion. Frohes neues Jahr Dana!🎊😊 (sry about my englisch if it's wrong)
I have been to Berlin several times and i really love it. There is always much more exciting stuff to do than you could possibly do in your time - so it is never boring. Also, when i was still a student, Berlin was quite affordable. But it is a city that offers so much - except a natural feeling of tranquility. That is - i know Berlin is surrounded by beautiful nature and people from Berlin of course find quite and relaxation there. I just mean the "feeling" i had of the city as a tourist. Late summer last year was the first and so far only time i visited Munich. And pretty much from the beginning of touring the city, it oozed a feeling of slowed time, sort of. I spent a lot more time just sitting in parks or relaxing in one of the amazing beer gardens while hour after hour past by, than i had planned. However - i do not think i could have enjoyed Munich as a student as much, because it was a lot more expensive than Berlin - and even at my now teachers wage, i sometimes got a little worried about my spending. What made it really hard though was the language barrier. Some, - not all, bavarians spoke with such a thick accent that i was simply unable to understand a single word. And even when they tried to speak slowly and clearly, it was still impossible - it was just like they spoke in a foreign language .. but slower. However - people in Munich were generally much, much more friendly than people in Berlin, who often seemed a bit annoyed when addressed.
Haha, that is what an acquaintance of mine in Berlin told me, too - that it is not real rudeness, but part of the local behaviour or so. Although she said that it is more a western Berlin thing while the eastern Berlin people are usually nicer. She lives in Breslauerberg though, i do think that is east Berlin, so she might be biased.
Curious where you found all those „Bavarian speaking“ people. The majority of the inhabitants of Munich came from elsewhere in Germany and usually Hochdeutsch is spoken there.
@@IlluminatedDisplays oh, god - it is so long ago now - more than 10 years that i have been there. As far as i remember, it was mostly the intonation of words; the sound. That and a few different terms and words like "Grus gott" instead of "hallo or mahlzeit". But i cannot claim that it was bavarian. It could aswell have been a frankian dialect, swabian or even austrian - i do not really hear a difference there. Since it was Bavaria though .. i would have assumed it to be bavarian.
Both of berlin and München are beautiful .. But i would always prefer to live in berlin due to the easy access of everything and the city being lively all the time 💕💕
I really want to live in Germany, but I'm the type of person who prefers the countryside over the big city, so I'd much rather live in a historic, smaller city or semi-rural town.
Yuri Bernhardt In Berlin you can have both, if you have the money to pay the rent. There are many small towns just around the outskirts of Berlin, some even connected to the city with an S-Bahn line, so you would have a beautiful countryside to the one side and the big city to the other side :)
Munich has this special flair. It is elitist but it has style. Berlin is just all over the place. It is too big, too many cities in one and I don't care much for the geography. When you are in Munich you can take a train in be at the most beautiful moutain lakes within 40 minutes.
Berlin is full of people coming from the rest of Germany or the rest of the world, who think they are mega cool. But it's not because they are in Berlin that they are cool. Most of Berliners are just living a normal boring life and are not even close to be cool (Berlin is very Prussian and people can be very cold there). Berlin is as fake as Munich, but one is traditionnalist and conservative while the other is more globalist pseudo leftwing.
Berlin has actually two TV towers. The big one was the one for East Berlin (it has the nickname 'Telespargel' TV asparagus), the smaller one is more like the Munich one and was the one for West Berlin. We have two rivers, too. Spree and Havel + channels, thanks to that, we have more bridges than Venice. Berlin was actually founded because here was the shallow part of the Spree, so it was easy to cross. Something different between the cities is the underground system. Munich build its system for the Olympic games in the 70ies, that's why the stations are more uniform and in a way more minimalistic. Berlin started more than 100 years ago, it's a system, that was build over time and we still build on it today. That's why every station is unique, different styles and atmospheres, some are rather fancy.
You can't actually compare any German city to Berlin since Berlin is the only city where you can have everything (vibrant metropole, placid countryside, historic downtown, hipster districts, multiculti, posh suburbs,...). You can't say Berlin is like this or like that, you cannot even define Berlin due to its diversity. Berlin is literally everything. I've been living here all my life and I don't even know half of it.
Pretty bullshit Mokka. My wife is from Berlin, I've been there something like 30 times, even lived there, and NO, it's not possible to find everything. It remains a very German city, pretty cold and far from everything. A great city with plenty of normal Berliners and new posh wanna Bayer or Rheinländer who think they have become suddelny cool (no offend, but Germans are NOT often cool). It's a very nice place, but any city in the world has diversity...
Alex: you are wrong. Actually German cities have in general a deep cultural diversity, already since Prussia. I mean by that not just people from around the world and their influences but rather from the general civilization point of view: all kind of sport activities. Many countries in the world eben dont know the concept of 'wandering' or 'swimming' as general culture.What do you think how huge is the Gothic or Punk scene in Kairo or Istanbul? The Queer scene in Abu Dabil, Dubai or Algier? Do you really think you have in Captown or Tokyo that many galeries as in Berlin? Do you really believe that you find in general that many different stores about special things as in Germany (and cultural similar countries)? You are totally wrong. What do you think how many astrology, ruddle, historic of this or that, fengshui, yoga clubs, organizations and meetings about any topic are going on in Bagdad, Theran , Chennai or Manila. Part of the real diversity are 'storm chaser and weather' clubs, thousand different material arts clubs and organizations, many thinks you are used to but never be aware that it adds and is often the real diversity of a culture - but not of any. And do you really think you find there that many 'Baumaerkte' or special electronic stores like Konrad and co there? What do you think how many different electronic music clubs you find in most cities of the world. I dont talk about global mainstream dancefloor clubs, I talk about REAL diversity! How many different psychotherapist or hospitals dealing with all kind of things many countries in the world even dont know that exist? Long story short: you dont know what real diversity means and just focus on irrelevant exotic pseudo-diversity (like most tourists with less experience btw). No Berlin just like London, New York, Amsterdam etc. have for different reasons in general much more diversity comparted to smaller towns of the own country and MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH more as most non-western cities ... everyone should recognize that quickly if you got used to be somewhere and want then something more inidividual, more special - often just something simple like a library next corner or any event of any kind. You can say that you find diversity in Food not just in Berlin but also in New York or London. You can NOT say that about most cities in the world (most are behind). And Berlin has more diversity than Munich, already regarding just compared to classical culture and architecture, more different music scenes and clubs of all kind, more different food, more theaters, museums, cinemas, more rivers and lakes with a much more diverse and bigger boat and ship culture and so on ... in the end its about charakter and lifestyle. Some people like more a 'nicer', more compact', more ordered, more town like feeling city (and/or the surrounding scenery of mountains), others more other aspects.... nothing wrong with every preference but just saying there is the same diversity is just not true ...
Nice video, Dana, but let me point out two things: 1. We also have those signs telling adults to only cross when the traffic light for pedestrians is green in Berlin. 2. The "Ampelmännchen" you saw in the eastern part of Berlin are spreading throughout the entire city as the "Senat" decided about two decades ago that they would become the only traffic lights in Berlin. So whenever a traffic light that doesn't have the Ampelmännchen yet is undergoing maintenance, its face gets replaced by an Ampelmännchen face.
Berlin is dirty, while Munich is not. In Berlin there are more restaurants with a bar and smoking, while in Munich you can enter a restaurant without getting smoke on your clothes and hair. Berlin has a lot of new buildings, with streets american size, while Munich streets are smaller and more european style. Bike paths are quite different. In the new areas in Berlin, with big streets, the bike paths are better separated from cars and pedestrians than they are in Munich. In Munich the trains used for the subway and the trams are newer than those in Berlin. In Munich the people riding the U-bahn stand up BEFORE the train reaches the stop and get off from the train, while in Berlin people stand up mostly when the U-bahn has stopped to get off the train. I think those are the differences I have noticed until now in my three visits to Berlin 😉
" In Munich the trains used for the subway and the trams are newer than those in Berlin" Berlin and munich both have old and new trains in business. i guess you just didnt ride on the newer trains in berlin yet. www.tagesspiegel.de/images/ubahn_dpa_tim-brakemeier/11323598/2-format43.jpg
I visited berlin and loved it. It is so unique, not like any other city in europe. I loved the vibe there, i hated how it's so big that it took a really long time to go from one place to another. But as a Mediterranean, i even found berlin not to be too lively (and it's supposed to be the most lively city in germany), maybe because it's so big that the people don't all go out in the same spot. Me and my friends were always the only people walking on the street, it was so weird, we were like why is everyone sleeping at 10pm? But when you get to the place, it seems to be full so i guess people just don't walk around, well it's cold too. I haven't been to Munich. It has a more traditional european vibe i guess which I'm kind of bored of to be honest, prague, vienna, budapest, they are so similar (budapest slightly cooler to be fair), so berlin was nice.
As for my favorite city, I am not really sure. I live in Berlin since 15 years, so yes, I love the city, but I am not sure if I could love another place even more. Never got around that much.
It's been 46 years since I first glimpsed the TV tower in the distance and I still remember the feeling: A world I had only read about, was right there.
Been to Berlin many times, a great place to party, but I would never consider living there. Berlin is a little bit like a loo - from time to time you feel the urge to go there, and afterwards it is nice that you can leave again and don't need to stay there.
I like both cities, but I'm more of a Berlin person. I agree with some of your observations--and add one more. Its much easier to find historical areas and points of interest in Berlin; there are signs everywhere particularly in Mitte, pointing you in the correct direction and telling you how many metres away they are.
That was really interesting. I've been living in both cities, so I can relate to a lot of these points. Some things a hadn't even noticed until now, though. I always thought the Munich TV tower was kind of a landmark, but now that you mention it, the one in Berlin does stand out more. I also didn't feel like I was missing out on having a river in the city when I was living in Munich (the Isar shore is a great spot to have a barbecue, after all), but I've come to appreciate the beer gardens and outdoor restaurants next to the Spree river since I moved to Berlin. You're spot-on about the jaywalking, though, that's definitely a big difference. Two more things I'd like to add: First, the public transport systems not only differ in the color and appearance of the trains. In Berlin, the trains run more often and in shorter intervals, especially at night, the regular fare zone extends to a much larger area (which means unlike in Munich, you're not getting ripped off for putting a foot outside of the city core - e.g. if you want to go to, say, Garching, not to mention Munich airport), and overall the company responsible for public transportation is just way more likeable. No matter how much native citizens of Berlin like to complain about it (they like to complain about pretty much everything, so that isn't saying much). The second point I'd like to add regards the figures on the crosswalks. The ones from East Germany are now used in the western part of Berlin as well. You'll see both versions there, depending on how old the traffic light is. I think that has to do with the popularity of that particular figure as a symbol for the German Democratic Republic and the nostalgia that surrounds certain aspects of it. But maybe I'm wrong and it's just for practical reasons, like having a single supplier of new traffic lights for the entire city of Berlin, east or west.
I haven't been to many cities abroad, so I can't choose a definitive favourite - but talking internationally, I quite enjoyed Dublin. As for Germany, I'm fond of Cologne. It's just so ... big and lively. They have amazing graffiti, broad streets, tiny alleys, the bridges across the Rhine... We went to Munich on a class trip and just wasn't taken in by the city, I found it kind of meh, forgettable.
Great video! I am a citizen of Berlin and I always wanted to visit Munich. I would like you to make a video about 5 or 10 things in Munich that you recommand visitors to see!
If you want to see a city perpetually under construction, come to Vegas, baby! It's a rare day in this city when you go anywhere without seeing orange cones and heavy machinery somewhere along the way. I can't wait to visit Germany, though. Thanks for sharing, Dana. Cheers! -Phill, Las Vegas
German cities: Berlin (1st) = Hamburg (2nd) + Munich (3rd) + Frankfurt/M (5th).:) 3.9 M = 1.8 M + 1.4 M + 0.7 M.:) Berlin: ≈ 900 km². Munich: ≈ 300 km². Berlin ≈ 3 x Munich.:)
As someone living in Berlin I have to tell you there are plenty places where you can't see the TV Tower^^ But it is located at an area where a lot of sights are located so as a tourist it might appear that it's always visible.
Been to Berlin twice as side trips from Oma's house in NRW. Coming from Seattle so many parts of the culture in Berlin remind me of Portland and I felt very at home there. Also the first time I had ever seen a Pho restaurant in Germany! I'm planning on visiting next month and would like to go to Munich for the first time as a side trip! I told my BF we could go see the cliche American stereotype of Germany and drink beer with the American tourists in a beer hall 😂
Well, Prussia and Bavaria are traditionally not friends. Being from Berlin I was called "Saupreiss" (trying to type the Bavarian accent here, hence "preiss" instead of "preuss") on more than one occasion when I lived in Oberfranken for a couple of years. Of course, we do not have the huge Oktoberfest in Berlin that they have in Munich but that's OK. Hamburg is pretty awesome, too. I lived there for a year as well. But my heart is still and always will be in Berlin. Berlin is a special city and cannot be compared to any other city. HAHOHE HERTHA BSC!
Salzburg, Austria! I'm going to visit asap! My dad and I. He was born there and came to the US in 1957. We have been before, flew into Frankfurt, Germany, then drove 6 hrs to Salzburg! 14 hrs of travel! But, totally worth it!
I've lived in Berlin for 8 years now, and for me it's the best city ever. as a Berlin kind of person, I really hated Munich - it's so expensive and boring! shock #1: the ticket to get from the airport to the city costs 10 euros. shock #2: finding a nice bar that is still open after 11 pm is a real challenge.
I lived in both cities for a few years. Munich seems to be slower, more conservative and not so openminded, for example they have forbidden the Stolpersteine. It's easier to live in Berlin when you work in Art or a creative job. The nightlife with theatres and clubs is more vibrant in Berlin, Berlin has an offscene, in Munich there is none. I prefer Berlin and my favourite city is Helsinki.
Munich forbid the Stolpersteine, cause the jews living here today didn't want people walking with their dirty shoes over the jewish victims. There was the same complaint in many cities, but Munich was one of the only once who cared about the jewish community living here today - more then about good international reputation coming with participation in this art project.
Munich ( bavaria ) is more conservative thats right but they have every right to. Bavaria is the place where the refugees land first, so they have more contact with refugees than every other state. Also immigrants in total are more integrated into german culture in bavaria than in other german states. The crime ( immigrant or not ) is the lowest in all of germany and the people are one of the wealthiest in germany. They vote conservative since ever this has nothing to do with the refugee crisis. And people always come with the points that berlin has more culture, more art etc. I dont know what culture you mean but bavarians actually celebrate their culture in berlin there are only sub-cultures whilest in bavaria different cultures can live together.Also I cant think of one german cultural thing from berlin, maybe currywurst but that a meal. May you change my mind about berlin, but as a traveller you want to see german culture in germany, italian culture in italy and so on. Munich is definitly a better place to see german culture than berlin is.
I love the way you speak! English is not my mother language, but I understand you so well. Sometimes I watch some of your videos just to hear your english
In the Netherlands there are over 100 cities with Stolpersteine. The figure could be one up to 300 Stolpersteinen per town. The numbers are still growing, depending on the funding of the stones.
I don't know how you got the wrong impression that there are no “Spätverkauf“ in Munich. There are in fact multiple beside the stores in the main station. Probably the most famous is the Kiosk at the Reichenbachbrücke. And here is a top 10 list: www.yelp.de/search?cflt=kiosk&find_loc=M%C3%BCnchen%2C+Bayern
Because they are so common in Berlin, there is a Späti in every second street, FIVE yon the street I live in, compared to Berlin, Munich is a late shopping desert.
1. The beer is way better in Munich than in Berlin 2. The public transport just seem to be more modern in Munich than in Berlin (possibly coz its a new city) 3. People in general are much more friendlier in Munich (entire Bavaria for that matter) than in Berlin
I didn't get the chance so far to visit munich. One day. i got some friends there so i HAVE to do some day. But..if you like cities with rivers... you know you're always welcome in Cologne, duesseldorf, koblenz or hamburg :D
I live in the east of Berlin nearly to brandenburg and my best friends Appartement in the 5. (Was war Stockwerk noch gleich?) Anyway, i can see the tv from his Appartement.. 👌 Noch ein richtig toller Tipp: Der Müggelturm! Aussichtspunkt im Grünen.. Wandern von der Busstation Rübezahl, am Teufelssee hoch zum Turm, dann runter zum See und zur Fähre, rüber und dann ab nach Hause alles auf sich wirken lassen ☺👌❤
Den Fernsehturm sieht man bei gutem Wetter auch noch von Brandenburg aus. Sogar aus dem Norden in Glienicke, wenn man bei ner Tour mit dem Motorrad übers Feld schaut. Fünftes Stockwerk würd ich übrigens 5th floor oder so nennen. :D
90% of what you said was wrong I've lived here for 14 years and really almost everything was wrong. For example, the TV tower can be seen 10 km away😑 You didn't even say one good thing about Munich😒
das stimmt , die ganze geschichte dreht sich um den TV Turm, DER VON DER DDR GEBAUT WUDE. München ist sauber , sicher etc. kein Wort von der Dame. Weshalb wird in Berlin soviel gebaut : Weil alles Schrott ist da oben. Siehe Flughafen. Der Münchner wurde punktgenau eröffnet . Ende : ich warte immer noch bis der ERSTE USA Bürger etwas auf deutsch schreibt. Aber das wird NIEEEE passieren. See You.Translate USA Boys and Puppies
Both of Berlin and Munich have benn throughly destroyed in World War II. But as they decided in Berlin to construct new buildings they decided to reconstruct destroyed historical buildings in Munich.
In Munich I had bin 3 or 4 times in life - Berlin I visited 3 oder 4 times a year since a so long time. Not only because one of my best and oldest friedn life in Berlin since 2005. But also cause I really like the city so mutch. There are always constraction cones but so there is allways to see so mutch new when there are ready. Berlin are many Cities in one. Histric part they build new like the former Stadtschloss coming up as Hunbold Center - new building in old facade. The total new Potsdamer Platz, and 10 minutes walk the Brandburger Tor and 5 minutes more the Reichstag. So beautivul But just a little bit more than Berlin I like Hamburg. Not as big as Berlin. The Alster River looking like a lake in the middle of citycenter and the Elbe is a big one with also the mix of histroric and new. I also liked Sydney but I just bin there once in the 2000 Olympic. Realy gigantic.
There are stolpersteine all over the netherlands too! In Amsterdam, but also in smalles cities like Gouda where my parents live, you can find them in the older parts of the city.
My papa was a Flüchtlinge aus Ostpreussen so far east in fact that they lived on the border with Poland and Lithuania (Marggrabowa, Goldap area)so we have relatives spread all across Germany except oddly enough Bavaria. I was trying to remember what the Abschiedsgruß was in the various parts of Germany where I had relatives. Can you help? We say in Ostfriesland as a greeting and parting goodbye "moin", "tschüß" (Oma's middle Germany (Ruhrgebiet), goodbye) or "tschau" (relatives in the Pfalz in southern Germany, goodbye), Bavarians, at least those I met at Diavik in the North West Territories Canada said they used several including "tschüß" or "tschau", "servus" besides the very formal "auf weidersehen" with the Bauer bigshots.
Construction? You should go to Karlsruhe for that. It's the construction capital of Germany for probably the 8th year running. You can even buy postcards with construction pictures there 😁. I love it there anyway. Fave city ever is Seattle tough...
+Ronja G. haha I had no idea there was so much construction going on there, but I've seen your comment now as well as several other comments here under this video saying that Karlsruhe is currently THE place for construction in Germany. Very good to know, thank you!! :)
Wait, I thought Stolpersteine are a thing all over Germany? We have them in Regensburg, at least. Also it makes sense that Berlin has more remembrance-stuff because many tourists come there because of its history as THE city that was divided, as THE city with the Nazi government in it. I would love to see more memorials and what not in other towns and cities, but I think the fact that there's more emphasis on it in Berlin is partially due to tourists' interests and catering to those. (Again, though, I'm really confused about the Stolpersteine. I've seen them in a lot of places, and my family is from Munich so I thought I had seen them there, too, but now I'm not so sure anymore)
They are everywhere... even tiny german towns and villages sometimes have it. Depending if jews lived there that were deported/ otherwise effected by the Nazi regime.
The Stolpersteine get laid where ever the artist who makes them is called to. It seems the bavarians don't want them. That said, even in smaller cities like Bendorf (near Koblenz), with about 16.000 citizens are Stolpersteine in the pavement.
Thanks for mentioning the Stolpersteine. While studying in Lüneburg, a small town in Lower Saxony, I wrote about them and co-joined the setting of the stones. Munich is not open to the Stolpersteine being set in their grounds. A scandal if you ask me.
In Berlin herscht eine ganz andere Art von sozialem Miteinander. Die Berliner sind oft grade heraus, aber nicht unfreundlich, während in München eher eine reservierte Art zu bemerken ist. Ich persönlich mag die berliner Art lieber, denn ich empfinde sie als ehrlicher. In München fühle ich mich oft mehr beobachtet und kontrolliert. Weniger durch die polizei als durch die Einwohner. Das dürfte auch ein Grund dafür sein, dass in Berlin weniger Füßgänger eine rote Ampel ernst nehmen. Aber generell mag ich große Städte nicht so sehr, weil ich das als stressig empfinde. Der Straßenverkehr ist in Berlin auch noch anstrengender als in München. Viele Straßen haben zwei Richtungsfahrbahnen, aber die rechte ist oft von illegal parkenden Autos blockiert. Oft sind auch Busspuren blockiert, was zu Staus führt. Für hochrangige Diplomaten und Politiker werden durch die Polizei regelmäßig Straßen gesperrt, damit diese schneller ans Ziel kommen. Auch das sorgt für verstopfte Straßen. Das Essen bei Imbisbuden ist in Berlin deutlich billiger als in München. Es gibt mehr Freiheit zu machen was man gerne möchte. Während in München viele Partys oder Veranstaltungen eher in Clubs stattfinden, ist in Berlin mehr los auf der Straße oder in Parks. Aber man sieht in Berlin auch mehr Obdachlose und Menschen auf der Suche nach Pfandflaschen um das Pfand als Einnahmequelle zu verwerten. Übersetzung mit www.deepl.com/translator : In Berlin there is a completely different kind of social interaction. The Berliners are often very straight, but not unfriendly, whereas in Munich there is a reserved way to notice. Personally, I prefer the Berlin style because I find it more honest. In Munich I often feel more observed and controlled. Less by the police than by the local people. This is probably one of the reasons why fewer pedestrians in Berlin take a red light seriously. But in general, I don't like big cities so much because I find it stressful. Road traffic is even more stressful in Berlin than in Munich. Many roads have two lanes, but the right one is often blocked by illegally parked cars. Bus lanes are often also blocked, leading to traffic jams. The police regularly block roads for high-ranking diplomats and politicians so that they can get to their destinations faster. This also causes traffic jams. Dining at snack bars in Berlin is much cheaper than in Munich. There's more freedom to do what you want. While in Munich many events or partys tend to take place in clubs, Berlin is more crowded on the street or in parks. But there are also more homeless people in Berlin looking for bottles to use the deposit as a source of income.
Jigme Choedzin Balasidis I thought that the Stolpersteine are in every German city. I don't know a city that doesn't have them. It surprises me that in Munich they are not existing.
Spec Oh, I have been to Stadtallendorf near Marburg several times, and they even call this a city, while I always say "I go into the village" when I mean what they call the city... Compared to that, Marburg is definitely a city.
i was minimum 50 times in Berlin...and never on the TV tower.....but i was only twice in München and 1 time on the TV tower there...Oyimpia Park in 1979, its small like the Sky Tower in Auckland
Dana, if you're in Berlin regularly, would it be possible to have a "meet&greet" there, which you announce on TH-cam beforehands? Not everybody can make it to Munich (neither to Berlin, but it's closer to where I live, lol). You, Mr. German Man and the whole group could meet at the Weltzeituhr on Alexanderplatz and then go somewhere to have a drink and a good time. I hope there will be at least 10 people taking part in this, just because it's always interesting to meet new people with whom you share an interest (here: Watching "Wanted Adventure" videos).
Durch Berlin fließen sogar zwei flüsse und mehrere Kanäle. Havel und Spree sind die Flüsse, wobei die Spree eigentlich ein Nebenfluss der Fabel ist, aber diese an Größenänderung mitgeführter Wasser Masse übertrifft.
The best city _in the world?_ Oh, gosh. If only I could afford to travel more. Well, currently, I have to look at things from the perspective of a student. This being the case, I'm inclined to lean (no pun intended) on the side of Munich, just because (from what I understand), the universities in Berlin are _horrendously_ over-enrolled. But then, from the perspective of a _poor_ student, the _rent_ in Munich is rather on the _high_ side. One-bedroom apartments start at 580 euros a month. Munich, however, is a handy stop on the way to Passau, which is a _tiny_ college town where the rent for a one-bedroom apartment ranges from 250 to 280 euros a month.
?? I'm afraid I don't understand. You see, when I say "over-enrolled," I mean that the universities in Berlin come much closer to the capacity of students they can accommodate than the universities in Munich. I'm given to understand that students in _one_ class (in Berlin) have to leave fifteen minutes early in the hopes of getting a good seat in their _next_ class. What does the _size_ of the university in Munich have to do with this? You're saying that Munich can accommodate more students than Berlin? Well, that's fortunate for the students in Munich, but that's not the reason I passed on it.
Stolpersteine are not only not exclusively found in Berlin, they didn't even originate in Berlin but in Cologne: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolperstein#First_stolperstein
There are many more cities and even small towns with "Stolpersteine". They are privately sponsored, and only Munich prohibits them for some strange reasons.
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Munich has, in my opinion, much better traditional food. Berlin has better nightlife.
Still nightlife in Munich is quite good, especially if you compare it to other cities of its size. Vienna and Hamburg are much more posh, while Munich at least has some decent techno clubs.
I always wanted to live in Berlin, and then ended up in Munich. :D Actually, I was happy after a while. I think Berlin is better as a tourist, quite an exciting place (although I also think it has seen its best years). Munich is just a very good place to live and work (except for the rents). It always feels a bit more boring, but also safer.
I was always excited to live in Berlin then visted it what a disappointment city full if loosers they city looks like it stopped in 1960 just a very ugly city overall maybe the ugliest west European city.
@@amanverma-es8of absolutely right. Berlin is Just a big fucking dirty city with a great amount of loosers. Is the third .biggest turkish city in the World. Berlin wouldn't be able to exist without the Support of bavaria. Because of the state financial equalization Bavaria have to pay a lot Intro this fond. And These fu....politicians in Berlin waste money at every point. Arabic clans can do whatever they want. Because of the Laissez faire policy of the interior Minister who is responsible for the police. The former president of Berlin Mr.Wowereit was more interested being on a Party and having a press Report anderwärts instand of doing his duties Berlin wasn't able to finish the Airport richte in Time and in calculation. They wasted so much money. Berlin for me is one the ugliest cities in Germany even in the World. A nice City fo me World be Hamburg. Vienna and Salzburg is also nice. Unfortunately I haven't seen so much foreign cities in order to judge. The City i liked was Budapest in hungaria.
So my result Berlin is Just big, dirty and poor.
I just googled this because it seemed strange to me. Stolpersteine are not an exclusively Berlin thing. In fact, they exist in lots of cities all over Germany. The city council of Munich just prohibited them from being placed in common grounds of the city. There are over 50 stones in Munich though, only that they're placed on private property.
Really interesting video though! As someone from Berlin it's always fun to see someone else's perception of the city. :)
In Berlin however there are thousands of Stolpersteine. And every single one is a Pokémon Go point.
It makes me angry to hear that in Munich the Stolpersteine are prohibited. I think it's outrageous
We have them, too in Hamburg.
Loonaki1 | We have them in the Netherlands too, but not nearly as many as Germany.
We even have them in the small city I am originally from. That Munich prohibited them is outrageous.
Munich is also cleaner and has a lower crime rate.
Berwin Enzemann The biggest criminals are sitting directly in Munich! Siemens, BMW, Allianz etc.!
+fjellyo32
Okay, you do have a point. I was referring to petty crime.
Munich is a fantastic beautiful city full of lovely people I have been many times have some good great 👍 fantastic friends in Munich
Berlin the center of the world, why you need to look at crime rate and cleaness of the city when that city is totally boring
@@fjellyo3261 And here we have a braindead leftist ladies and gentlemen.
What I have noticed when I was the first time in berlin (live in Munich) is that munich is more clean than berlin. And in berlin more people ask if you wanna buy weed xD
But in berlin i think is more diversity in style than in munich.
I live in Berlin, just visited München two days ago. The biggest difference, TRAFFIC! So much traffic in München
I live near cologne, but I visited Berlin an Munich this year ... well, I was very impressed by the size and the area of Berlin (compared to this, cologne felt really small), but I think I felt more comfortable walking around in munich, even when our hotel room was near the train station and there were a lot of "special locations" around there. And also, the hotel in munich was better than the berlin one ... well. I have no favorite city, I love cologne, liked new york very much, but in the end, it's important to me which people are at the place.
But if you just compare the region of Cologne with the metropolitan region of Berlin, you'll see that the cologne region has more inhabitants.
Munich is much richer and tidier. The whole city seems to be cleaned every night. There is much more police (compared to the number of inhabitants), therefore it is safer. The public administration works better and much more reliable. The airport was finished in time (contrary to Berlin).
Berlin is simply more exciting - in every way!
@Stolpersteine: the Jewish community in Munich didn't want to have them. In their view, the dignity of the Nazi victims would be disturbed by people walking over their names with their shoes. It's a matter of taste. The former Munich mayer, Christian Ude, had a different opinion (like in Berlin), but accepted the stance of the local Jewish community.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They're_Only_Chasing_Safety
"There is much more police" Where did you get such information?
I already hate the trash everywhere in Munich 🙄
@@TheFren well, I gotta say, the trash on the streets here in Munich isn't THAT bad... I've definitely seen worse places 😉
Good morning, as I'm one of the few natives who still live in Berlin, I very much enjoyed your video. Did you know that only about 1/4 of the people who are living in Berlin are actually born here? Strange, ain't it...
Munich is pretty much the same. And of those who are born here, usually at least the grand-parents aren't
Wolf Justwolf moved to Berlin being 2 years old, I hope, that allows me to be still called Berliner ;) my brother was born in Berlin, but never connected that much with the city, he lives with the rest of the family in Teltow now.
Another Berlin native checking in. There are dozens of us!
Los Angeles is quite similar too! It seems that the vast majority of Angelinos were born somewhere else!
Actually 47 percent of all people who live in Berlin were born in the city, according to statistical data of 2018. In Munich, only 36,5 percent of all inhabitants were born in the city (2013). Further, in Berlin 34,5% of all inhabitants have a migration background (2019), compared to 43,1% in Munich (2018).
Berlin or Munich? Definitely Munich, no question - but if not Munich, then Hamburg
Munich is clean, Berlin in dirty for the most part.. architecture in Munich is so much more beautiful
An interesting historical note, the TV tower was built by the East Germans (DDR) in the sixties. It served to remind the West berliners that East Berlin was there, they had a big TV Tower looking down on them and they could never visit it.
I visited Berlin in 1962 and 1971.
Yes I was very young in 1962 but I can still remember the visit vividly, As Americans we could visit East Berlin whereas the Germans could not. The guards at Checkpoint Charlie thought we were nuts to go over to the Communist side! At that time East Berlin still had endless rows of bombed-out buildings left over from World War II
Eric Blankenburg
Yeah, also thanks for doing that, also your british allies.
Westgermans were always allowed to visit the East. Just the other way around was forbidden. I vividly remember how we used to visit my family in the late 80's whenever possible, as we smuggled goods (coffee, butter, clothing)in my child car seat. My husband used to visit regularly when he lived in West Berlin in the seventies.
Hey, are there still pictures of that trip you might share? Sounds interesting!
+Philipp U.: shut up. you know who started the war?
Tom well.. sometimes you should be careful before saying someone is WRONG.. BECAUSE: in the first years after the wall was built West-Berliners were not allowed to visit East-Berlin. It took 2 years for the first "Passierscheinabkommen" until they could visit their families for Christmas. Some West-Berliner "moved" to West-Germany in order to get a West-German passport with which you could enter BUT NOT with West-Berlin documents.
Fave cities in the world I've been to so far: Maastricht (NL), Eindhoven (NL), Roermond (NL), The Hague (NL), Aachen (DE), Düsseldorf (DE), Köln/Cologne (DE), Paris (France), Barcelona (Spain), Canterbury (Kent, England) & London (England)
I'd also LOVE to see New York, LA & Australia (main cities like Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth & the capital Canberra) ❤️
I love your channel. I'm an American living in Barcelona and I'm married to Mister Spanish man. Your channel remined me of the big diffrences between Barcelona and Madrid. I do love visiting Germany. But, I've only been to Hamburg and Berlin. I prefered Berlin. Lots of fun and enjoyed the culture. My favorite city in the world was Sydney, Australia and favorite city in Europe has been Lisbon, Portugal.
Wow you and Mr. Spanish man came around a lot. Do a lot of Americans travel around the world as much as you do? I'm really impressed because when I was in the US most of the time I often had the feeling they don't like to leave the country to visit other countries and continents at all when I talked to the people. Most of the time they told me they only left the country when they served the military. Much love from Berlin.
Way to represent us well, Evan! Hope to end up like you: living outside the U.S.
Spity I love to leave the country. It's just that a plane ticket from here to anywhere is much more expensive than say from Germany to Spain. So I can only do it every few years at most
Munich is the best city to hang out. Nice beer, parks, rivers and people. Its not as active and fast as Berlin
Munich is much more dense and crowded than Berlin. And it is very concreted over and thus not very green, among the 79 major German cities it ranks just 74th in the share of green space. So where do you want to hang out?
Hey!👋
I live in Munich and I really like your videos because it's interesting what american think about germany and the difference between them. I prefer munich not only because I live there. Munich is a clean and safe city. There is so much nature. I love going by bike at the isar (the river) through the Englischer Garten (a park). I feel more comfortable in Munich. More than in Berlin. But everyone has his own opinion.
Frohes neues Jahr Dana!🎊😊 (sry about my englisch if it's wrong)
I have been to Berlin several times and i really love it. There is always much more exciting stuff to do than you could possibly do in your time - so it is never boring. Also, when i was still a student, Berlin was quite affordable. But it is a city that offers so much - except a natural feeling of tranquility.
That is - i know Berlin is surrounded by beautiful nature and people from Berlin of course find quite and relaxation there. I just mean the "feeling" i had of the city as a tourist.
Late summer last year was the first and so far only time i visited Munich. And pretty much from the beginning of touring the city, it oozed a feeling of slowed time, sort of. I spent a lot more time just sitting in parks or relaxing in one of the amazing beer gardens while hour after hour past by, than i had planned.
However - i do not think i could have enjoyed Munich as a student as much, because it was a lot more expensive than Berlin - and even at my now teachers wage, i sometimes got a little worried about my spending.
What made it really hard though was the language barrier. Some, - not all, bavarians spoke with such a thick accent that i was simply unable to understand a single word. And even when they tried to speak slowly and clearly, it was still impossible - it was just like they spoke in a foreign language .. but slower.
However - people in Munich were generally much, much more friendly than people in Berlin, who often seemed a bit annoyed when addressed.
Well, Bavarian is a foreign language.....kinda.
People in Berlin are not unfriendly. They just have the "Berliner Schnauze". There is a certain charm to it. It is not for everyone though.
Haha, that is what an acquaintance of mine in Berlin told me, too - that it is not real rudeness, but part of the local behaviour or so. Although she said that it is more a western Berlin thing while the eastern Berlin people are usually nicer. She lives in Breslauerberg though, i do think that is east Berlin, so she might be biased.
Curious where you found all those „Bavarian speaking“ people. The majority of the inhabitants of Munich came from elsewhere in Germany and usually Hochdeutsch is spoken there.
@@IlluminatedDisplays oh, god - it is so long ago now - more than 10 years that i have been there. As far as i remember, it was mostly the intonation of words; the sound. That and a few different terms and words like "Grus gott" instead of "hallo or mahlzeit".
But i cannot claim that it was bavarian. It could aswell have been a frankian dialect, swabian or even austrian - i do not really hear a difference there. Since it was Bavaria though .. i would have assumed it to be bavarian.
Both of berlin and München are beautiful .. But i would always prefer to live in berlin due to the easy access of everything and the city being lively all the time 💕💕
And don't forget the people
Naaah Munich as a whole is sooo much prettier 😍😍😍
I really want to live in Germany, but I'm the type of person who prefers the countryside over the big city, so I'd much rather live in a historic, smaller city or semi-rural town.
Yuri Bernhardt In Berlin you can have both, if you have the money to pay the rent. There are many small towns just around the outskirts of Berlin, some even connected to the city with an S-Bahn line, so you would have a beautiful countryside to the one side and the big city to the other side :)
Seegal Galguntijak Panketal is on the outside of Berlin, beautiful, and relatively inexpensive (for now, but it seems the costs are rising).
Have you ever been to Hamburg? I'd love to hear about your thoughts about that German city sometime.
She has been in Hamburg... There's a video about it.
th-cam.com/video/EC9a4DDtY_g/w-d-xo.html
THX!
Berlin is my hometown. So it will always be dear to me. My favourite city I visited so far was Kopenhagen.
Bei mir genauso. Kopenhagen hat einen sehr ähnlichen vibe, wie ich finde .
I'm definitely more of a Munich person :)
NonStopParis ich auch. München
Me too. I have been numerous times to both cities. I wouldn't want to live in either of them, but I prefered my visits to Munich.
Munich has this special flair. It is elitist but it has style. Berlin is just all over the place. It is too big, too many cities in one and I don't care much for the geography. When you are in Munich you can take a train in be at the most beautiful moutain lakes within 40 minutes.
Yes! Me too!😍
Munich hands down best city ever 😊🙌🏻
I would say the biggest difference is that Munich tries very hard to be fancy whereas Berlin tries to be cool
Cara L berlin doesn't try to be cool. It is.
Berlin is really fucking cool efortlessly.
Some berliners on the other hand are a little try hard tho
Berlin is full of people coming from the rest of Germany or the rest of the world, who think they are mega cool. But it's not because they are in Berlin that they are cool. Most of Berliners are just living a normal boring life and are not even close to be cool (Berlin is very Prussian and people can be very cold there). Berlin is as fake as Munich, but one is traditionnalist and conservative while the other is more globalist pseudo leftwing.
Sind immer die zugezogenen die das versuchen, sowohl in münchrn als auch in Berlin :D
Lived in Berlin for 2 1/2 years in the early to mid 70's when it was West Berlin. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Berlin has actually two TV towers. The big one was the one for East Berlin (it has the nickname 'Telespargel' TV asparagus), the smaller one is more like the Munich one and was the one for West Berlin.
We have two rivers, too.
Spree and Havel + channels, thanks to that, we have more bridges than Venice.
Berlin was actually founded because here was the shallow part of the Spree, so it was easy to cross.
Something different between the cities is the underground system. Munich build its system for the Olympic games in the 70ies, that's why the stations are more uniform and in a way more minimalistic.
Berlin started more than 100 years ago, it's a system, that was build over time and we still build on it today. That's why every station is unique, different styles and atmospheres, some are rather fancy.
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Berlin has 3 TV towers. dont forget the "Fernmeldeturm Berlin-Schäferberg". With 212m even taller than the Funkturm :P
3 Rivers....don't forget the Panke ;-)
You forgot the dahme😁
You can't actually compare any German city to Berlin since Berlin is the only city where you can have everything (vibrant metropole, placid countryside, historic downtown, hipster districts, multiculti, posh suburbs,...). You can't say Berlin is like this or like that, you cannot even define Berlin due to its diversity. Berlin is literally everything. I've been living here all my life and I don't even know half of it.
Mokkamalia Same in Nuremberg though :D just waaay smaller
Pretty bullshit Mokka. My wife is from Berlin, I've been there something like 30 times, even lived there, and NO, it's not possible to find everything. It remains a very German city, pretty cold and far from everything. A great city with plenty of normal Berliners and new posh wanna Bayer or Rheinländer who think they have become suddelny cool (no offend, but Germans are NOT often cool). It's a very nice place, but any city in the world has diversity...
Alex: you are wrong. Actually German cities have in general a deep cultural diversity, already since Prussia. I mean by that not just people from around the world and their influences but rather from the general civilization point of view: all kind of sport activities. Many countries in the world eben dont know the concept of 'wandering' or 'swimming' as general culture.What do you think how huge is the Gothic or Punk scene in Kairo or Istanbul? The Queer scene in Abu Dabil, Dubai or Algier? Do you really think you have in Captown or Tokyo that many galeries as in Berlin? Do you really believe that you find in general that many different stores about special things as in Germany (and cultural similar countries)? You are totally wrong. What do you think how many astrology, ruddle, historic of this or that, fengshui, yoga clubs, organizations and meetings about any topic are going on in Bagdad, Theran , Chennai or Manila. Part of the real diversity are 'storm chaser and weather' clubs, thousand different material arts clubs and organizations, many thinks you are used to but never be aware that it adds and is often the real diversity of a culture - but not of any. And do you really think you find there that many 'Baumaerkte' or special electronic stores like Konrad and co there? What do you think how many different electronic music clubs you find in most cities of the world. I dont talk about global mainstream dancefloor clubs, I talk about REAL diversity! How many different psychotherapist or hospitals dealing with all kind of things many countries in the world even dont know that exist? Long story short: you dont know what real diversity means and just focus on irrelevant exotic pseudo-diversity (like most tourists with less experience btw). No Berlin just like London, New York, Amsterdam etc. have for different reasons in general much more diversity comparted to smaller towns of the own country and MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH more as most non-western cities ... everyone should recognize that quickly if you got used to be somewhere and want then something more inidividual, more special - often just something simple like a library next corner or any event of any kind. You can say that you find diversity in Food not just in Berlin but also in New York or London. You can NOT say that about most cities in the world (most are behind). And Berlin has more diversity than Munich, already regarding just compared to classical culture and architecture, more different music scenes and clubs of all kind, more different food, more theaters, museums, cinemas, more rivers and lakes with a much more diverse and bigger boat and ship culture and so on ... in the end its about charakter and lifestyle. Some people like more a 'nicer', more compact', more ordered, more town like feeling city (and/or the surrounding scenery of mountains), others more other aspects.... nothing wrong with every preference but just saying there is the same diversity is just not true ...
@@alexnoon8042 Right on the money!
Mokkamalia RIGHT !
"The very fine line between grunge and trendy" - that sums up Berlin pretty well.
Nice video, Dana, but let me point out two things: 1. We also have those signs telling adults to only cross when the traffic light for pedestrians is green in Berlin. 2. The "Ampelmännchen" you saw in the eastern part of Berlin are spreading throughout the entire city as the "Senat" decided about two decades ago that they would become the only traffic lights in Berlin. So whenever a traffic light that doesn't have the Ampelmännchen yet is undergoing maintenance, its face gets replaced by an Ampelmännchen face.
I've been to Munich when I was little, it was a good experience. I can't wait to see Berlin!
Berlin is dirty, while Munich is not. In Berlin there are more restaurants with a bar and smoking, while in Munich you can enter a restaurant without getting smoke on your clothes and hair. Berlin has a lot of new buildings, with streets american size, while Munich streets are smaller and more european style. Bike paths are quite different. In the new areas in Berlin, with big streets, the bike paths are better separated from cars and pedestrians than they are in Munich. In Munich the trains used for the subway and the trams are newer than those in Berlin. In Munich the people riding the U-bahn stand up BEFORE the train reaches the stop and get off from the train, while in Berlin people stand up mostly when the U-bahn has stopped to get off the train. I think those are the differences I have noticed until now in my three visits to Berlin 😉
" In Munich the trains used for the subway and the trams are newer than those in Berlin"
Berlin and munich both have old and new trains in business. i guess you just didnt ride on the newer trains in berlin yet.
www.tagesspiegel.de/images/ubahn_dpa_tim-brakemeier/11323598/2-format43.jpg
München has much more class. I dont like Berlin at all.
I visited berlin and loved it. It is so unique, not like any other city in europe. I loved the vibe there, i hated how it's so big that it took a really long time to go from one place to another. But as a Mediterranean, i even found berlin not to be too lively (and it's supposed to be the most lively city in germany), maybe because it's so big that the people don't all go out in the same spot. Me and my friends were always the only people walking on the street, it was so weird, we were like why is everyone sleeping at 10pm? But when you get to the place, it seems to be full so i guess people just don't walk around, well it's cold too. I haven't been to Munich. It has a more traditional european vibe i guess which I'm kind of bored of to be honest, prague, vienna, budapest, they are so similar (budapest slightly cooler to be fair), so berlin was nice.
Munich is definitely one of my favorite places I’ve ever visited :) hopefully I can visit Berlin so I can compare the two!
And from this December you'll only spend less than four hours getting from one to the other
Oddly enough, when I'm traveling one of the little things I love to look for is if the figures on the crosswalks are different 😛
Would make more sense to compare Munich and Vienna!^^
Berlin or Munich? No question: Hamburg!
I am now in Hamburg for the second time since 2012
If you like rain and floods and prostitution maybe...
Rain, definitely this is not a steroptype.
Computer says NO. Liebe Grüße aus Berlin. :D
IrianGaming Cologne is best
As for my favorite city, I am not really sure. I live in Berlin since 15 years, so yes, I love the city, but I am not sure if I could love another place even more. Never got around that much.
It's been 46 years since I first glimpsed the TV tower in the distance and I still remember the feeling: A world I had only read about, was right there.
Been to Berlin many times, a great place to party, but I would never consider living there. Berlin is a little bit like a loo - from time to time you feel the urge to go there, and afterwards it is nice that you can leave again and don't need to stay there.
Favorite city in the world is San Marino. Favorite city in the US is San Diego.
San Diego? Dead city without people... LOL.
I like both cities, but I'm more of a Berlin person. I agree with some of your observations--and add one more. Its much easier to find historical areas and points of interest in Berlin; there are signs everywhere particularly in Mitte, pointing you in the correct direction and telling you how many metres away they are.
So glad to know Berlin has yellow trams and Munich has a TV tower
Berlin has a tv tower too
That was really interesting. I've been living in both cities, so I can relate to a lot of these points. Some things a hadn't even noticed until now, though. I always thought the Munich TV tower was kind of a landmark, but now that you mention it, the one in Berlin does stand out more. I also didn't feel like I was missing out on having a river in the city when I was living in Munich (the Isar shore is a great spot to have a barbecue, after all), but I've come to appreciate the beer gardens and outdoor restaurants next to the Spree river since I moved to Berlin. You're spot-on about the jaywalking, though, that's definitely a big difference.
Two more things I'd like to add: First, the public transport systems not only differ in the color and appearance of the trains. In Berlin, the trains run more often and in shorter intervals, especially at night, the regular fare zone extends to a much larger area (which means unlike in Munich, you're not getting ripped off for putting a foot outside of the city core - e.g. if you want to go to, say, Garching, not to mention Munich airport), and overall the company responsible for public transportation is just way more likeable. No matter how much native citizens of Berlin like to complain about it (they like to complain about pretty much everything, so that isn't saying much).
The second point I'd like to add regards the figures on the crosswalks. The ones from East Germany are now used in the western part of Berlin as well. You'll see both versions there, depending on how old the traffic light is. I think that has to do with the popularity of that particular figure as a symbol for the German Democratic Republic and the nostalgia that surrounds certain aspects of it. But maybe I'm wrong and it's just for practical reasons, like having a single supplier of new traffic lights for the entire city of Berlin, east or west.
Which one is the best for you?
I haven't been to many cities abroad, so I can't choose a definitive favourite - but talking internationally, I quite enjoyed Dublin.
As for Germany, I'm fond of Cologne. It's just so ... big and lively. They have amazing graffiti, broad streets, tiny alleys, the bridges across the Rhine...
We went to Munich on a class trip and just wasn't taken in by the city, I found it kind of meh, forgettable.
Great video! I am a citizen of Berlin and I always wanted to visit Munich. I would like you to make a video about 5 or 10 things in Munich that you recommand visitors to see!
If you want to see a city perpetually under construction, come to Vegas, baby! It's a rare day in this city when you go anywhere without seeing orange cones and heavy machinery somewhere along the way. I can't wait to visit Germany, though. Thanks for sharing, Dana. Cheers! -Phill, Las Vegas
German cities: Berlin (1st) = Hamburg (2nd) + Munich (3rd) + Frankfurt/M (5th).:)
3.9 M = 1.8 M + 1.4 M + 0.7 M.:)
Berlin: ≈ 900 km².
Munich: ≈ 300 km².
Berlin ≈ 3 x Munich.:)
As someone living in Berlin I have to tell you there are plenty places where you can't see the TV Tower^^ But it is located at an area where a lot of sights are located so as a tourist it might appear that it's always visible.
frr ich lebe in lichterfelde also bezirk steglitz zehlendorf und da sieht man nirgends den fernsehrturm also fr ich seh den so selten 😭
Been to Berlin twice as side trips from Oma's house in NRW. Coming from Seattle so many parts of the culture in Berlin remind me of Portland and I felt very at home there. Also the first time I had ever seen a Pho restaurant in Germany! I'm planning on visiting next month and would like to go to Munich for the first time as a side trip! I told my BF we could go see the cliche American stereotype of Germany and drink beer with the American tourists in a beer hall 😂
Ok, from what I hear whenever you say Berlin you're always talking about East-Berlin - tower, river :)
Well, Prussia and Bavaria are traditionally not friends. Being from Berlin I was called "Saupreiss" (trying to type the Bavarian accent here, hence "preiss" instead of "preuss") on more than one occasion when I lived in Oberfranken for a couple of years. Of course, we do not have the huge Oktoberfest in Berlin that they have in Munich but that's OK. Hamburg is pretty awesome, too. I lived there for a year as well. But my heart is still and always will be in Berlin. Berlin is a special city and cannot be compared to any other city. HAHOHE HERTHA BSC!
Salzburg, Austria! I'm going to visit asap! My dad and I. He was born there and came to the US in 1957. We have been before, flew into Frankfurt, Germany, then drove 6 hrs to Salzburg! 14 hrs of travel! But, totally worth it!
I've lived in Berlin for 8 years now, and for me it's the best city ever. as a Berlin kind of person, I really hated Munich - it's so expensive and boring! shock #1: the ticket to get from the airport to the city costs 10 euros. shock #2: finding a nice bar that is still open after 11 pm is a real challenge.
I lived in both cities for a few years. Munich seems to be slower, more conservative and not so openminded, for example they have forbidden the Stolpersteine. It's easier to live in Berlin when you work in Art or a creative job. The nightlife with theatres and clubs is more vibrant in Berlin, Berlin has an offscene, in Munich there is none. I prefer Berlin and my favourite city is Helsinki.
What do you like about Helsinki. I have been there only once as a tourist off a cruise ship and I clearly missed the interesting parts!
Thumbs up. :D Much love from Berlin.
Dave Miller exactly ! what,s so special about dour old Helsinki??
Munich forbid the Stolpersteine, cause the jews living here today didn't want people walking with their dirty shoes over the jewish victims. There was the same complaint in many cities, but Munich was one of the only once who cared about the jewish community living here today - more then about good international reputation coming with participation in this art project.
Munich ( bavaria ) is more conservative thats right but they have every right to.
Bavaria is the place where the refugees land first, so they have more contact with refugees than every other state.
Also immigrants in total are more integrated into german culture in bavaria than in other german states. The crime ( immigrant or not ) is the lowest in all of germany and the people are one of the wealthiest in germany.
They vote conservative since ever this has nothing to do with the refugee crisis.
And people always come with the points that berlin has more culture, more art etc.
I dont know what culture you mean but bavarians actually celebrate their culture in berlin there are only sub-cultures whilest in bavaria different cultures can live together.Also I cant think of one german cultural thing from berlin, maybe currywurst but that a meal. May you change my mind about berlin, but as a traveller you want to see german culture in germany, italian culture in italy and so on. Munich is definitly a better place to see german culture than berlin is.
I love the way you speak!
English is not my mother language, but I understand you so well.
Sometimes I watch some of your videos just to hear your english
We have the Stolpersteine here in Mannheim and Heidelberg as well :D
In the Netherlands there are over 100 cities with Stolpersteine. The figure could be one up to 300 Stolpersteinen per town. The numbers are still growing, depending on the funding of the stones.
I don't know how you got the wrong impression that there are no “Spätverkauf“ in Munich. There are in fact multiple beside the stores in the main station. Probably the most famous is the Kiosk at the Reichenbachbrücke. And here is a top 10 list: www.yelp.de/search?cflt=kiosk&find_loc=M%C3%BCnchen%2C+Bayern
Because they are so common in Berlin, there is a Späti in every second street, FIVE yon the street I live in, compared to Berlin, Munich is a late shopping desert.
Agreed, but it's not like Dana said, that there are none at all.
I live for 10 years in Munich and around and didn't know that. oO
1. The beer is way better in Munich than in Berlin
2. The public transport just seem to be more modern in Munich than in Berlin (possibly coz its a new city)
3. People in general are much more friendlier in Munich (entire Bavaria for that matter) than in Berlin
Munich's subway network was build in connection with the 1972 Olympic Games. But nowadays, it's bursting at the seams.
The pipes you mentioned aren't actually over ground because of construction :) you can google it, its normal in some parts of the city :)
I'm familiar with both cities and another cool thing since this video was made is that one can travel between the two cities in 3h58m.
Super informative video! Thank you Dana!
I didn't get the chance so far to visit munich. One day. i got some friends there so i HAVE to do some day.
But..if you like cities with rivers... you know you're always welcome in Cologne, duesseldorf, koblenz or hamburg :D
Love the denim chicken clock ! Also glad to see Tiruchirappalli mentioned ;) cheers !
Berlin is Prussian, Muinich is not.
Schurkenstaatversteher *b a y e r n*
MUNCHEN schunne beautiful ❤️❤️
Munich is amazing when you get retired, Berlin is for everything in between
munich is bavarian, way better ⚪🔵💪🏻
Nowadays Berlin is more Swabian than Prussian.
I live in the east of Berlin nearly to brandenburg and my best friends Appartement in the 5. (Was war Stockwerk noch gleich?) Anyway, i can see the tv from his Appartement.. 👌
Noch ein richtig toller Tipp: Der Müggelturm! Aussichtspunkt im Grünen.. Wandern von der Busstation Rübezahl, am Teufelssee hoch zum Turm, dann runter zum See und zur Fähre, rüber und dann ab nach Hause alles auf sich wirken lassen ☺👌❤
Den Fernsehturm sieht man bei gutem Wetter auch noch von Brandenburg aus. Sogar aus dem Norden in Glienicke, wenn man bei ner Tour mit dem Motorrad übers Feld schaut. Fünftes Stockwerk würd ich übrigens 5th floor oder so nennen. :D
Sors Eventus is mit dem Tablet etwas umständlich. Aber hab ich natürlich danach gleich geschaut. Trotzdem danke :)
Müggelsee inkl. Müggelberge und -turm sind die Reise wert. :-) Man kann auch ne Bootstour machen.
I just loove the yellow busses in Berlin 😍 However my favourite city since I was a child is London ❤
90% of what you said was wrong I've lived here for 14 years and really almost everything was wrong. For example, the TV tower can be seen 10 km away😑
You didn't even say one good thing about Munich😒
das stimmt , die ganze geschichte dreht sich um den TV Turm, DER VON DER DDR GEBAUT WUDE. München ist sauber , sicher etc. kein Wort von der Dame. Weshalb wird in Berlin soviel gebaut : Weil alles Schrott ist da oben. Siehe Flughafen. Der Münchner wurde punktgenau eröffnet . Ende : ich warte immer noch bis der ERSTE USA Bürger etwas auf deutsch schreibt. Aber das wird NIEEEE passieren. See You.Translate USA Boys and Puppies
Both of Berlin and Munich have benn throughly destroyed in World War II. But as they decided in Berlin to construct new buildings they decided to reconstruct destroyed historical buildings in Munich.
In Munich I had bin 3 or 4 times in life - Berlin I visited 3 oder 4 times a year since a so long time. Not only because one of my best and oldest friedn life in Berlin since 2005. But also cause I really like the city so mutch. There are always constraction cones but so there is allways to see so mutch new when there are ready. Berlin are many Cities in one. Histric part they build new like the former Stadtschloss coming up as Hunbold Center - new building in old facade. The total new Potsdamer Platz, and 10 minutes walk the Brandburger Tor and 5 minutes more the Reichstag. So beautivul
But just a little bit more than Berlin I like Hamburg. Not as big as Berlin. The Alster River looking like a lake in the middle of citycenter and the Elbe is a big one with also the mix of histroric and new.
I also liked Sydney but I just bin there once in the 2000 Olympic. Realy gigantic.
If u want to have a combination of the two, you should come to Hamburg
There are stolpersteine all over the netherlands too! In Amsterdam, but also in smalles cities like Gouda where my parents live, you can find them in the older parts of the city.
My papa was a Flüchtlinge aus Ostpreussen so far east in fact that they lived on the border with Poland and Lithuania (Marggrabowa, Goldap area)so we have relatives spread all across Germany except oddly enough Bavaria. I was trying to remember what the Abschiedsgruß was in the various parts of Germany where I had relatives. Can you help? We say in Ostfriesland as a greeting and parting goodbye "moin", "tschüß" (Oma's middle Germany (Ruhrgebiet), goodbye) or "tschau" (relatives in the Pfalz in southern Germany, goodbye), Bavarians, at least those I met at Diavik in the North West Territories Canada said they used several including "tschüß" or "tschau", "servus" besides the very formal "auf weidersehen" with the Bauer bigshots.
But accommodations in Munich is another story...
Currently has Munich more expensive housing rent than Berlin?
@@rafaeloliveira2287 Munich is quite expensive (for German standards), while Berlin has been cheap for many years. Which is changing now, too.
Construction? You should go to Karlsruhe for that. It's the construction capital of Germany for probably the 8th year running. You can even buy postcards with construction pictures there 😁. I love it there anyway. Fave city ever is Seattle tough...
+Ronja G. haha I had no idea there was so much construction going on there, but I've seen your comment now as well as several other comments here under this video saying that Karlsruhe is currently THE place for construction in Germany. Very good to know, thank you!! :)
3:30 yeah thats because a munich driver does not care wheather you're walking or not
Yep, that's true xD
Wait, I thought Stolpersteine are a thing all over Germany? We have them in Regensburg, at least. Also it makes sense that Berlin has more remembrance-stuff because many tourists come there because of its history as THE city that was divided, as THE city with the Nazi government in it. I would love to see more memorials and what not in other towns and cities, but I think the fact that there's more emphasis on it in Berlin is partially due to tourists' interests and catering to those. (Again, though, I'm really confused about the Stolpersteine. I've seen them in a lot of places, and my family is from Munich so I thought I had seen them there, too, but now I'm not so sure anymore)
Sophia Sourkraut Stolpersteine are in cities like trier too
Sophia Sourkraut in Braunschweig there are many Stolpersteine too.
They are everywhere... even tiny german towns and villages sometimes have it. Depending if jews lived there that were deported/ otherwise effected by the Nazi regime.
The Stolpersteine get laid where ever the artist who makes them is called to. It seems the bavarians don't want them. That said, even in smaller cities like Bendorf (near Koblenz), with about 16.000 citizens are Stolpersteine in the pavement.
IntyMichael I live in Bavaria and they are everywhere.
Thanks for mentioning the Stolpersteine. While studying in Lüneburg, a small town in Lower Saxony, I wrote about them and co-joined the setting of the stones. Munich is not open to the Stolpersteine being set in their grounds. A scandal if you ask me.
Die Isar ist super ich liebe sie 😭
There is no place in the world that is mire beautiful than MÜNCHEN❤❤
Jg.ballislife Antetokounmpofan innsbruck?
Wien ist geiler!
Munich beautiful ❤️
LOL... Vienna, Paris, Prague, Hamburg...
...oh there are a lot!! even especially in germany ...look at nuremberg!
In Berlin herscht eine ganz andere Art von sozialem Miteinander. Die Berliner sind oft grade heraus, aber nicht unfreundlich, während in München eher eine reservierte Art zu bemerken ist. Ich persönlich mag die berliner Art lieber, denn ich empfinde sie als ehrlicher. In München fühle ich mich oft mehr beobachtet und kontrolliert. Weniger durch die polizei als durch die Einwohner. Das dürfte auch ein Grund dafür sein, dass in Berlin weniger Füßgänger eine rote Ampel ernst nehmen.
Aber generell mag ich große Städte nicht so sehr, weil ich das als stressig empfinde. Der Straßenverkehr ist in Berlin auch noch anstrengender als in München. Viele Straßen haben zwei Richtungsfahrbahnen, aber die rechte ist oft von illegal parkenden Autos blockiert. Oft sind auch Busspuren blockiert, was zu Staus führt. Für hochrangige Diplomaten und Politiker werden durch die Polizei regelmäßig Straßen gesperrt, damit diese schneller ans Ziel kommen. Auch das sorgt für verstopfte Straßen.
Das Essen bei Imbisbuden ist in Berlin deutlich billiger als in München. Es gibt mehr Freiheit zu machen was man gerne möchte. Während in München viele Partys oder Veranstaltungen eher in Clubs stattfinden, ist in Berlin mehr los auf der Straße oder in Parks. Aber man sieht in Berlin auch mehr Obdachlose und Menschen auf der Suche nach Pfandflaschen um das Pfand als Einnahmequelle zu verwerten.
Übersetzung mit www.deepl.com/translator :
In Berlin there is a completely different kind of social interaction. The Berliners are often very straight, but not unfriendly, whereas in Munich there is a reserved way to notice. Personally, I prefer the Berlin style because I find it more honest. In Munich I often feel more observed and controlled. Less by the police than by the local people. This is probably one of the reasons why fewer pedestrians in Berlin take a red light seriously.
But in general, I don't like big cities so much because I find it stressful. Road traffic is even more stressful in Berlin than in Munich. Many roads have two lanes, but the right one is often blocked by illegally parked cars. Bus lanes are often also blocked, leading to traffic jams. The police regularly block roads for high-ranking diplomats and politicians so that they can get to their destinations faster. This also causes traffic jams.
Dining at snack bars in Berlin is much cheaper than in Munich. There's more freedom to do what you want. While in Munich many events or partys tend to take place in clubs, Berlin is more crowded on the street or in parks. But there are also more homeless people in Berlin looking for bottles to use the deposit as a source of income.
Sven Schumacher Von meinem Gefühl her sieht man die meisten Obdachlosen in Hamburg^^. Ob das an dem krassen arm Reich Gefälle dort liegt?
Hier ging es um den Vergleich zwischen Berlin und München... Hamburg hat definitiv noch mehr Obdachlose, aber darum ging es hier ja nicht.
Sven Schumacher interessant ist auch, dass ca. 2/3 der Obdachlosen in Berlin aus Osteuropa kommen, die allermeisten aus Polen.
I am from Berlin! So I am biased here^^. But I prefer Vienna over Munich^^
Well, the Spree in Berlin is nice, but compared to the Isar is horrendously filthy.
There are also Stolpersteine here in Marburg a. d. Lahn, my favorite city.
Jigme Choedzin Balasidis I thought that the Stolpersteine are in every German city. I don't know a city that doesn't have them. It surprises me that in Munich they are not existing.
I also hold some very dear memories in Marburg, definitely in my list of favourite places ❤
"City" is a bit of a stretch though. The only thing setting Marburg apart from a village is the fact that the REWE closes only at midnight ;)
Spec you obviously don't live in a village then xD
Spec Oh, I have been to Stadtallendorf near Marburg several times, and they even call this a city, while I always say "I go into the village" when I mean what they call the city... Compared to that, Marburg is definitely a city.
Both cities are beautiful
I live in Berlin so I would prefer Berlin over Munich but that's just my opinion is only lived a half year in Munich
My favourite City in Germany is Hamburg. My favourite City in Europe is London. 😍 And San Francisco is my favourite City in the world. Love it!
i was minimum 50 times in Berlin...and never on the TV tower.....but i was only twice in München and 1 time on the TV tower there...Oyimpia Park in 1979, its small like the Sky Tower in Auckland
My question for you is Dana: wich city do u like more? Berlin or Munich?
Dana, if you're in Berlin regularly, would it be possible to have a "meet&greet" there, which you announce on TH-cam beforehands? Not everybody can make it to Munich (neither to Berlin, but it's closer to where I live, lol). You, Mr. German Man and the whole group could meet at the Weltzeituhr on Alexanderplatz and then go somewhere to have a drink and a good time. I hope there will be at least 10 people taking part in this, just because it's always interesting to meet new people with whom you share an interest (here: Watching "Wanted Adventure" videos).
Great idea. I would come! I don't use Twitter or Facebook so an announcement here on TH-cam would be highly appreciated!
Emmy Noether - same here, no Twitter or Facebook.
U still live in Germany I'm coming to Germany next week need a space to sleep until I get job
You can find "Stolpersteine" in various cities throughout Europe, in my small hometown in Thuringia too :)
Durch Berlin fließen sogar zwei flüsse und mehrere Kanäle. Havel und Spree sind die Flüsse, wobei die Spree eigentlich ein Nebenfluss der Fabel ist, aber diese an Größenänderung mitgeführter Wasser Masse übertrifft.
Talking about city under construction: Karlsruhe! :D Building an entire subway system sure is something
Das wollt ich auch grad sagen 😁
+Philine Reck haha I had no idea! I've seen at least one other comment here mentioning the construction in Karlsruhe too :)
The best city _in the world?_ Oh, gosh. If only I could afford to travel more.
Well, currently, I have to look at things from the perspective of a student. This being the case, I'm inclined to lean (no pun intended) on the side of Munich, just because (from what I understand), the universities in Berlin are _horrendously_ over-enrolled. But then, from the perspective of a _poor_ student, the _rent_ in Munich is rather on the _high_ side. One-bedroom apartments start at 580 euros a month. Munich, however, is a handy stop on the way to Passau, which is a _tiny_ college town where the rent for a one-bedroom apartment ranges from 250 to 280 euros a month.
lazyperfectionist1 in Munich is the biggest university in Germany! So think again about this over enrolled thing^^
?? I'm afraid I don't understand. You see, when I say "over-enrolled," I mean that the universities in Berlin come much closer to the capacity of students they can accommodate than the universities in Munich. I'm given to understand that students in _one_ class (in Berlin) have to leave fifteen minutes early in the hopes of getting a good seat in their _next_ class. What does the _size_ of the university in Munich have to do with this? You're saying that Munich can accommodate more students than Berlin? Well, that's fortunate for the students in Munich, but that's not the reason I passed on it.
Studied at both biggest universities in Berlin and what you imply is not true at all.
Berlin is the best place for students in the world. The food is great the people are great!
As tourists you mean?
@@uaedevil12345 I said Students. :)
The food in Berlin is cheap, but according to my experience not great.
Thanks for the video, but I expected a better and fare comparison on which cities are actually better to live or spend time in.
Even in Mülheim, a little City in the Ruhrgebiet, you found Stolpersteine. Strange, that they dont exist in munich
My favorite city is Berlin as there is so much freedom here and the music scene is fantastic. Munich seems more slow paced people take their time.
Stolpersteine are not only not exclusively found in Berlin, they didn't even originate in Berlin but in Cologne:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolperstein#First_stolperstein
There are many more cities and even small towns with "Stolpersteine". They are privately sponsored, and only Munich prohibits them for some strange reasons.