5 AWESOME Things that SHOCKED ME in Germany
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- Never thought I would be excited about traffic lights, but in Germany I am!!🚦😂 5 awesome things that shocked me when I first moved to Germany!
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Good morning!!☀️🌸😃 Thanks for watching! What awesome things have shocked & surprised you in a new country or city?😳😄👍 P.S. I've seen some comments asking about apartments without kitchens. More details on that in this video: Moving in Germany SO STRESSFUL!!! th-cam.com/video/KvCmJyt4dB4/w-d-xo.html I start talking about the subject right around 6:15 😊
Hey Dana, in germany the traffic lights go from red to yellow and to green because a lot of cars have a manual gear and the drivers can prepare to change the gear back from natural to the first gear.
My mom is polish and when i travel to poland i am often shocked that i can't buy a sandwiches at the baker shop. They only sell buns without nothing, Only at train stations i find sometimes sandwiches. In germany you can get it on every store like Kamps, LE CROBAG, BackWerk...
Wanted Adventure Here in Berlin, every landlord wants to get a "Mietschuldenfreiheitsbescheinigung" by the former landlord. *sigh*
Switzerland: I need swiss coins for parking clock.
So i went to a bank next door to change money to get it.
After only two minutes back, i had a ticket because of wrong parking.
I spoke with the swiss policeman, (15 minutes) but he dont want believe me.
Meanwhile I put the money in the parking clock.
And then he believed me, and cancels the ticket.
And thats the easy part about Moving in Germany. I don't think that its different in other Parts of Germany. At least in Brandenburg its the same.
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It was funny to me that when I entered small towns at the right speed I got a smiley face below the speed limit sign.
Yeah, I agree of what you said about the taxis and pretzels!
Das gucken eh fast nur Deutsche :D
Tim Bo normal haha
lecker Lachs hahaha gut erkannt
lecker Lachs Stimmt
lecker Lachs stimmt 😂
und Schweizer
Regarding clean cars: we have the TÜV, you will never see broken rusty cars here like in the US. You're not allowed to drive with those cars here.
Explain more
irondasgr we have an organization here which controls every 2 years how well vehicles run, eg lights, brakes, exhaustion etc. also when a car has rusty spots. You have to get that fixed otherwise you won't be allowed to drive that car in public.
Even a LOT of rusty spots are really no problem at TÜV, I can tell this first-hand :)
Only if supported structures are affected, they will say no.
For the sake of completeness: In several US states there is also a mandatory periodical vehicle inspection:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_inspection#United_States
Actually, yes, you do see broken down black-smoke-spewing cars in Germany. They are mainly from Eastern Europe, but there are a few with German license plates as well.
TÜV is not a department of the government, like the DOL in each individual US State. TÜV, like DEKRA, are private companies that are sanctioned by the government, nothing more, nothing less.
Most of the Taxis in Germany are actually black Mercedes that are coverd in a cream colored foil. This way, ones the cars get to old to be used as a Taxi (about 1-3 years) you can just remove the foil and you have a beutiful black car, that can easily be sold.
BTW, for the same reason police cars are also only foiled with some blue (or green in the past) parts. In the past, the were actually painted.
And additionally as far as i remember taxis have to be reasonably clean (inside and outside) by law.
well every taxi driver has to have a license and is responcible for his car. If a taxi is smelly or dirty you can report the taxi number it to the authorities. also you can deny to take that taxi and choose a different one. So they have a great interest in beeing clean.
+Sebastian Nolte There are still green police cars driving around. Bayern hasn't really caught up to go all-blue yet. You see some blue police cars, but also green ones still driving around. It's pretty confusing.
nirfz Yes... as a German, I am shocked how dirty and nasty American taxis are inside - even here in Los Angeles where it hardly ever rains and no one even takes cabs like in NYC.
I never thought someone would be excited about our taxis xD
Eternity+ You and me both. "OMG! They have such pretty taxis!" Really? America has bright yellow taxis with checkerboard stripes. We have the awe-inspiring taxis? That girl has some serious tourist syndrome.
and you haven't seen mexico's taxis. I was in shock too when I came to Germany. For us a Mercedes is just for the rich people.
It's cause they are usually a Mercedes, I once passed up a Mercedes to get a ride in a Jaguar.
@@FrauJasss haha you can get those fro 1000€ here
You need a second camera, directed towards Stefan, to capture his reactions while filming you! 😂🎥
Great idea!!!
hanski yes so we can see when he's laughing at her
Like Freshtorge in his Torgshow.
About the traffic lights in Germany. There's a good reason why it shows the colour yellow.
Most cars in Germany have manual transmission. It gives you a bit of time to engage a gear.
I'm pretty sure it also helps ppl managing the reaction delay after the car ahead started to move.
Küchen werden deswegen mitgenommen weil oft Küchen mehr kosten als das Auto.
Die möchte man nicht dort lassen.
In den USA gibt es viele Möblierte Wohnungen. Die Küche ist aber immer inklusive. Die Sachen gehören dann zur Mietwohnung.
Hast du zu deiner Küche gleich einen Koch mit dazu gekauft oder fährst du nur eine drecks Karre :D
Hochwertige nimmt man mit, minderwertige drückt man dem Nachmieter gerne aufs Auge, denn man weiß ja, wie froh der ist,heutzutage überhaupt eine Wohnung bekommen zu haben !
Die werden dann für einen Bruchteil der Anschaffungskosten verramscht!
Und ala Vermietet will man auch nicht unbedingt eine Küche kaufen. Denn wenn siw beschädigt wird oder etwaa kaputt geht, muss der Vermieter für aufkommen.
I'm german and when I rented my first flat it had a kitchen in it. But I was asked to buy that and had to sell it again when I moved out to the next tenant. If I hadn't been able to sell it, I would have had to throw it out. So there ARE flats in Germany that come with a funcional kitchen, but it's not part of your actual flat. It's like an accessory ^^.
It can be part of you're flat, but that is very rare. I had this once, but the landlord wanted some special fee for the kitchen.
I know both, some apartments have a kitchen that is rented, others have no kitchen. Sometimes the previous tenant offers his kitchen to the next one for purchase. Here in Germany NRW often the low price apartments, contain a kitchen. The only thing I hate is when you get told that you have to buy the kitchen to rent the apartment. No! Either the kitchen belongs firmly to the apartment or not, but you can't force me to buy it. I see and hear this a lot in recent years
Yep, my experience too...the smaller ones in which mostly students and similar are interested in (meaning people who don't intend to make the apartment their final home anyway) often come with a kitchen, the bigger ones don't have one because the assumption is that whoever picks this one will want to put his own kitchen into it anyway...at least until you get to the truly high class apartments, those often have a high quality kitchen as selling point.
That's a good point. Never thought of that before :-) The flat I rented had 2 and a half "rooms", which seems pretty small to spend your whole life in together with your loved one ^^.
also students and so usually don't have the money to buy a new kitchen and to design it the way want it. whereas when you move in with your wife or something you might want to have a say in how the kitchen looks considering its where germans spend a lot of their time. not only preparing the food but many families i know also eat a lot of their meals in the kitchen.
i got my current kitchen for free because the person who rented the flat before was very lazy and didn't want to take it out.
btw same often goes for the flooring. some flats you get only with the concrete floor and you have to put something nice on it yourself.
Die Farbe der deutschen Taxis ist übrigens nicht cremefarben, sondern Hellelfenbein. 1971 gab es diesen Wechsel der Taxi-Farbe von Schwarz auf diese Signalfarbe, weil früher die Krankenwagen auch diese Signalfarbe hatten, durch die sie auch bei Dunkelheit besser erkennbar sind und sich bei starker Sonneneinstrahlung nicht so stark erwärmen. Hat also nichts damit zu tun, ob die Vögel das für die Farbe von Eierschalen halten.
Echt? So interessant! Deutsche haben einen Grund für alles.
Laura Valle Selbst die Banane hat einen Grund, warum sie krumm wächst. Das hat aber nichts mit Deutschland zu tun, sondern mit der höheren Wachstumsrate auf der lichtzugewandten Seite der Staude und damit, dass nichts ganz ohne Grund abläuft.
Übrigens haben nicht alle Bundesländer diese Farbvorschrift, hier in Niedersachsen haben wir auch schwarze, rote und blaue Taxis :)
Ich meine gelesen zu haben, dass diese Farbvorschrift allgemein nicht mehr bindend ist. In Bayern hält man dennoch an dieser etablierten Farbe fest. Oder zumindest sind mir in München noch keine andersfarbigen aufgefallen.
TotallyASMR du bist zwar ein Klugscheißer aber du bekommst ein Like für Totoro
Well, what I like about Germany is that we separate the trash into 4 different trash cans. One for plastic, one for paper, one for biological left overs like banana shells or peach cores and stuff and the last one for rest trash 😂
Sadly that isn't a "Germany only" thing we can brag about anymore. I have seen America tourist videos. Their big cities have those too. Especially in crowded public places. The Americans just dont care, is the issue. Trash is trash to them. Lazy bums.
Actually, Californians have ALWAYS cared about sorting their trash for as long as I've been alive (35 years). In fact, I would say that when I was in Germany (Frankfurt and Munich), it was harder to find recycling bins in public spaces than it is in California which is standard. We sort with only 3 though: Trash/Landfill; Compost; and Recycling (our recycling centers sort the plastics, metals, and paper for us).
I get what point you're trying to make by employing hyperbole but remember that "Americans" are very different in each region/state. It's like saying the "lazy bums" to which you refer live everywhere in the US based off of the, most likely, 1-3 places you've visited in the US (if at all). The United States is as large as Western Europe. So, please, try again. And maybe you can be a bit less ignorant.
funny thing about it, after we sorted everything out, we burn all of it in the same oven, only at other times so its just a fraud
@@rygregory But why are in the USA 2000 micro plastic particel in water sample from lakes and in Germany only 127.
LOL. German trying to feel superiour because he has 4 different dustbins...
Like I am more obedient than you, so I am fucking better. Only in Germany....
BTW, I know from a family member who worked in a big recycling public firm of Germany that the thrash separation makes it really hard to burn the normal trash (because there is no paper left or other stuff that could ease the burning process ) so they put tons of oil on it to make it burn. Take that fucking environment !!! Important is that the little Germans feel better.... and superiour.
“Omg the taxis are so shiny and spotless!!!”
Yeah well there is something and it’s called car wash 🤔🤔🤔
I think a great video would be differences in media like music, art, movies, tv shows between U.S. and Germany. I bring this up because i remember the German heavy metal band Rammstein was arrested in the U.S. for lewd and indecent acts following one of their only concerts here and were shocked, scared, and freaked out because they had no problems in Germany with the concert.
The Dragon's Lair yes, that would be awesome!
The arresting was because sexual content. No Problem on the continent, big Problem in GB and USA.
It's actually pretty easy: Germany: nipples, sexual innuendos and "artful" showing off skin is absolutely fine, over-the-top violence is a big no! US: Oh god!!! A nipple!!!!! Alarm, alarm!!!!! But gore, yeah, that is totally okay.
Sorry for being a nitpicker but Rammstein isn't heavy metal. If at all it would be industrial metal and even this isn't absolutly correct. They are assoociated to Neue Deutsche Härte (new german hardness?) which is a general term dark and powerful music with a mixture of industrial, metal, electro, rock, ebm and german lyrics.
The cars are clean, because roads are cleaned, there is almost no dust to get them dirty. Even at autobahn in the rain, my car remains clean. That's something I cannot say when my car is in some other countries.
"Bompeln" in Augsburg (A City near Munich) The floor Beginns flashing red, so pedestrians and Specialy texters know that it's red
Luz 5020 Oh wow!! This is my first time hearing about this. I was in Augsburg last summer but didn't see that. Yeah it probably would have shocked me too 😄🌟
Wanted Adventure Augsburg is an awesome City, i work there and i Love it! they actually have those lights on a few Tram Stops :)
In Austria the Green light flashes a few seconds before it starts turning red. I really miss that feature in Germany. I'm always suprised by the light suddenly turning red for the first time when coming back.
Such traffic lights are only useful if the sun in blinding your eyes. You should not text while crossing the road.
They found out these red flashing lights aren't even recognized by the texters. Nice idea but it doesn't work. :-/
Bei den Küchen gibt es einen Nord-Süd-Unterschied. In Norddeutschland werden Wohnungen traditionell eher mit Küche vermietet, in Süddeutschland eher nicht.
Meyer Meyer Stimmt. Im Süden ist im Durchschnitt alles altmodischer.
Aber dafür nicht so arm...
@@bennyhuber787 Eh, kommt drauf an, wo du bist. Hamburg ist reich, München ist reich, Friesland ist arm, Unterfranken ist arm. Wobei "reicher" für den Großteil der Bevölkerung auch nicht heißt, dass sie mehr Geld in der Tasche haben (denn reicher sind meist nur die Unternehmen, die da ansässig sind und deren Topmanager) sondern dass die Mieten für alle teurer sind.
In Süddeutschland gibt es keine Küchen ?
Der Trend geht aber dahin beim Umzug die Kűche drin zu lassen. Es werden immer mehr Wohnungen mit Kűchen angeboten.
nobody in germany uses taxis lol that is why they are so shiny.
I was shocked when I moved to the UK (and this also applies to France and Spain, in my experience) when I discovered that a lot of people don't use dryers for their clothes. Some people do, of course, but it's super common to use drying racks and lines instead. I've hardly ever seen that in the US!
Well, unless you are living in a damp, cramped space - why would you waste electricity=money on something that fresh air does for free? Also, the fabrics and colours last longer when not tumble-dried. The only reason to use a dryer is that it is faster.
John W. Because it's dries really slow in winter if you don't want to heat your apartment excessively. Plus you always have to air it more than usually a day because of the moist. So more hearing expenses
Andrea Heckler drying on a line outside use to be quite common. Then mothers started going to work The no longer have the time to dry clothes the old fashion way
Yup, it's the same all over Europe. The electricity bills would be too high. It just takes a little more work and planning (I had indoor racks attached to my bed in my room for extra drying space).
I'm glad we don't do that so much in Europe, it feels like a fiendish waste of energy (that and ACs, which dry out the air so badly that my voice is usually gone after a night of sleeping in an ACed room). I don't think I ever lived in a house or apartment that didn't have a "drying floors" either in the cellar or under the roof.
Dryers are turning more common in Germany, too, but frankly: I'm glad that electricity here can be expensive. If it was really cheap, I think a lot of people would keep their lights, tv and computer on 24/7.
Smaller apartments in Germany, at last in the bigger cities, also have a kitchen installed. That makes sense, because people living in small apartments move more often, as they often are students, young professionals etc.
These small apartments often have s so-called "pantry kitchen", which means it consists mainly of a combo device, integrating a fridge, two burners, and a sink.
The benefit of buying a kitchen of your own is, that you can purchase exactly the one you like. Kitchens are seen much like any other furniture here in Germany, and you also wouldn't want to sit on a sofa that your landlord chose for you.
Lovely outtakes Dana..👌🏼 with you I learn my english lessons! 🤜🏼🤛🏼
The best traffic lights I have ever seen are in China. They display a countdown which tells you in which amount of time the traffic lights are going to switch to green.
Those are also starting to become somewhat common in busier areas (usually main roads/ city centers) in Germany.
Favorit 926 Vario these traffic lights are in italy too
They are common even in Japan.
Also in Armenia
and turkey
Most theaters in my area (near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA) you can purchase your movie ticket on-line and choose your seat ahead of time. You can also purchase them at the theater (still assigned seats). It's so much better because there's no question of where you'll be sitting. We also have Movie Taverns which serve dinner and drinks. We arrive about 20-30 minutes before the movie starts and order off a menu (appetizers, entrées, deserts, snacks, cocktails, beers, etc). The food arrives before the start of the movie.
Doesn't the theater smell with all that food?
No, not really. I've never noticed any smell. It sort of smells like a restaurant. And the Movie Taverns are not "fast food" restaurants (like McDonalds or Burger King). They offer "real" food like you'd get in a casual dining restaurant (probably a step above an Applebee's if you're familiar with that chain).
I live in Germany for 13 years and i come from gernamy! It is really beautiful I was in so many parts of germany like in Berlin or Hamburg!
The "kitchen thing" amazes me every time it's mentioned in one of the videos. Had never heart of that before. Couldn't believe it. Seems to be a regional thing in Germany.
Most bakeries in Germany sell soft pretzels, but they're really good only in the South. In the west, you'll want milk (or non-milk) yeast buns. What Bavarians can do with lye rolls, Westphalians can do with fluffy, slightly sweetened yeast dough. The opposite is still good, but not THAT good (in either direction).
This video is a fake: There is Bielefeld mentioned in the background, when everyone knows Bielefeld does not exist! ;-)
See the clock?
Haste die Uhr nicht gesehn?
Am arsch der Welt in Bielefeld😂
Wo lebst du denn?
Bielefeld gibt es sehr wohl.
Wenn du mit deinem Kommentar provozieren willst, ok, es ist dir gelungen.
Ach übrigens - DU bist auch ein Fake - muss man also auch nicht weiter drüber nachdenken 😂
I live there wtf
Denn was mir an Bielefeld gefällt, es ist die ödeste Stadt auf der Welt!
She is wonderful - so much expression, energy and enthusiasm! BRAVO :-)
My Wife and I just returned from a trip to Germany and Austria. Your videos were helpful and enjoyable. Our trip was a great time. We rented a car and drove to Salzburg and then back up to Munich to attend Oktoberfest. I enjoyed driving on the A8 and A9. Even the Autohofs are nice and clean. Bavaria and the Salzkammergut are wonderful places, with wonderful people.
The new trend in the USA now is to buy a reserved seat on line before the show. Worth it! No rush to get there early at all!
Cacilia Yancey in some states you can do that. There are still states that you can buy the ticket but not be able to pick your seat. I sadly live in one of those states.
I'd rather choose where to sit than be forced to sit next to people who are yakking or annoying or using their phones. I don't like reserved seats in movie theaters.
Yeah they've been converting all of our theaters over to assigned seating over the last couple of years. Also, bigger leather seats that recline.
I'd probably fall asleep if I laid down to watch a movie.
+miraclay You can change your seat even when it's assigned. If there's enough free seats left and the doors are closed, I don't think anyone would mind if you changed your seat to get away from someone annoying. As long as you don't do it while the movie is running; if you do it, do it during the advertisements or the logos.
In Austria the traffic lights funktion like this: (it is the best system, keeps the flow and safety)
- red
- red + orange
- green
- GO
- green blinking
- START BREAKING
- orange
- STOP
- red
Matthias Geist pretty complicated
Matthias Geist I like the green blinking thing. Sounds very helpful to really stop on time. Although I've also seen somewhere (was it Spain?) that there was a timer next to the traffic lights so you always knew when to expect yellow and red!
a timer to start is not needed. the car in the back will honk at the exact moment you should have started to drive ;)
Sounds good in theory... But the green blinking (or the countdown timers next to the lights that actually tell you for how long it'll stay green) are imho more dangerous than useful. Yellow = (at least in Germany) you can still safely pass the junction, but you need to stop now. So anyone at speed and already very close will be going through on yellow, the car behind will stop.
When there is a warning that the green will be running out very soon, this (at least in my experience) will only lead to everyone speeding towards the lights in order to still make it. Combine that with an overly cautious driver that already starts slowing down at flashing green and you have 2 scenarios:
1. A crash
2. The driver that wanted to speed up has to brake hard for the cautious driver in front and will be extremely annoyed (plus he then might be rear-ended by someone behind him who did not expect him to abruptly slow down after starting to speed up).
So what you get in reality is a) more pileups and b) more drivers breaking the speed limit at junctions with traffic lights. At least that's my opinion on it, would be interesting to have some actual statistics for junctions where they switched from 1 system to the other.
no it works quite well. Every time I am in DE I glance at the light and see green and the next moment it is oragne and now I have to hit the breaks hard and fast, risking the car behind me doesn't notice it on time. the blinking ensure that you notice the coming change, and plan if you can make it. Yes there are some who speed up, but if you cross on orange you risk getting a ticket and in the big cities it is quit useless because the next traffic light is already red...
Some movie theaters in the USA now have assigned seating, too, so it's possible to choose your seat when buying your ticket at the box office or even online while still at home. Very cool!
as person that lives alone in germany and wants a dish washer and a washing machine in my home I was allways happy to find a flat that comes without a kitchen, because most places for single housholds usually have small build in kitchens without space for a dish washer and no space for the washing machine either
the more obvious difference about traffic lights really is that the positioning in Germany and the U.S. is totally different (at the stop line vs. across the intersection)
its bc of buses or trucks
we have tight roads
Da das Video eh nur Deutsche schauen, kann ich auch auf deutsch schreiben
Nein! 😂😂😂
Tiny hint: when you move into an apartment as a temporary solution, you don't have to buy the "Einbauküche" (full blown kitchen built into the room) straight away - you could do with a temporary solution and buy a "Standherd" meaning an oven that stands on its own and doesn't need to be fitted into kitchen racks. Same goes for the refrigerator. You buy this stuff once and you'll be happy to have something like that later on, even if you move on to a full size kitchen. But if you decide you don't need that mobile stuff anymore - there'll always be Germans around who just moved out of their parents house, looking for such a temporary solution. And vice versa: you can get that stuff _very_ cheap when you look up some 2nd hand deals. Students buy it when they move out to live on their own - they sell it when they move into a flat-share.. it's really not hard at all, since almost everyone faces this "problem" and in solving it we gain a big deal in freedom of choice. I like how it's done in Germany :-)
I love your low-key and cheerful intro music/screen..so many channels have a super loud obnoxious intro; yours is clean and understated🙂
In Switzerland we even have three lights for pedestrian red lights. It goes from red to orange and then green (instead of red and orange for cars). I've never seen that in Germany or other countries
In Düsseldorf there is Yellow for pedestrian lights. But I think it is the only German city. I like it :-)
Leenapanther o
Leenapanther i was in a City near Dortmund, where there are 3 Lights but two red and one green.
Ok the Brezel thing: that is a regional thing. You will definitely find Brezen in every bavarian bakery, but not so often in other regions. Especially not with cheese, pepper, butter, etc. The movies depend on where you go. I usually book my seats online so no need to turn up early, but when I visit the little indie cinemas I need to be there early to get a good seat (no seat numbers available). As for the kitchen thing: man, I wish there were more flats that come with kitchens. When you move and have to take your kitchen with you I'd say there's a 90% chance that the kitchen won't fit in the new flat and you have to spend a lot of money to adjust your furniture (which also cost a lot of money).
Kittichan in berlin bakeries there are pretzels in basically every bakery, often with cream, sesamy, salt, butter or other toppings
In every bakery in NRW you will also find at least Brezeln with salt, cheese or sesame and usually also some other variations.
Brezels in Bavaria, or at least in my section of it, often come with assorted seasonings. If you get them at a really good bakery, sometimes with something gooey baked inside. I bit into one that was filled with cheese and butter one time. It was soo good!
Kittichan you have Brezeln all over berlin
concerning kitchens: there are 3 different appartments on the market: 1) appartments without kitchen (as you describe), 2) appartments with optional kitchen (meaning, that the kitchen belongs to the previous inhabitant of the appartment and he asks for a "Ablöse" for the kitchen, which means, you buy it off him saving you the hassle of fitting one yourself.) or 3) appartments with kitchen included (rare, but they do exist)
Hi ich wohne in Deutschland (Bayern) und ich finde es toll wie sehr du dich über Dinge freust die ich für ganz normal halte
P.S I love you and your channel 😊
Wow! I´m shocked- what a crazy country!
I believe she is a germany fan😂
Well, obviously :) I'm Germany fan too
In America while at a red light, you watch the traffic light on the cross street at the intersection and see them turn from green to yellow to red. So, kinda the same thing.
I'm german and it's so cool to see how satisfied you are from germany 😀😁😅
I love the German way of having my own kitchen, just like having my own furniture in the other rooms. No problem moving with our modular type of kitchen; they will mostly fit in some way or other. I definitely wouldn't want to live in someone else's run-down, dirty kitchen. People tend not to treat things they don't own so carefully...
actually, you don't even have to be early to get a good seat. just buy your tickets online. you can even choose your favorite seat on display and simply print out your ticket. or, if you don't wanna pay the extra cost for online selling (like 2€) you can even just book your seat and pay later in the theatre. but then you have to be there early again because all booked seats are going for sale 30minutes to the movie start, if nobody picked them up.
but this is just a thing for about 10 to 15 years. i still remember the time when you could just go into the theatre and pick a random seat. and there was a lot of confusion when this policy changed xD because many people didnt realise untill somebody else claimed their seat to be his or hers and you had people running around the theatre searching for another spot while the movie already started xD
Movie theaters have changed, now days they usually work like you described it in Germany but it's better if you order them online in advance, they send you a confirmation by phone and that's your ticket.
How cool, so normal to us. Interesting to get your impressions
Brenzels arent common at all in northern germany. And - always remember. germany isn't just bavaria!! Bavaria is a tiny small spot! ;) Most americans seem to think that! Here in Hannover you won't get them in most bakeries! Of course you have a own kitchen! Who wants a rented one?!? And - we don't move often! Why should we?
Pretzels and Laugengebäck in general aren't that uncommon in Hanoverian bakeries.
SaGruenwdt In bavaria they are everywhere
They aren't uncommon. You'll find them in almost any bakery.
Comon, you will get some Brezel for sure. In the south you may have more variations, like Butterbrezel (means the Brezel is cut in halfes and buttered) or Brezel with cheese and bacon. But you will get Brezel in Bremen, in Hannover and in Berlin. The real annoyance is that Lederhosen-Dirndl thing Americans associate with all Germans. stupid. There was one NCIS episode that showed Berlin, at least it was supposed to be Berlin and of course, all Lederhosen and Dirndl, soooo dumb down stupid. In that moment I felt so insulted that I almost spilled my beer over my würstel with sauerkraut.
Pretzels/Brezel aren't uncommon in north germany. I can buy them in nearly every bakery here in Bremen. But I don't like them. :/ I once lived in the black forest and they made really good pretzels. Yummy!
I live in Belgium and we buy our movie tickets online. The website includes a seat reservation system, so we can pick our seat even days beforehand. Then the tickets can be downloaded on your phone and scanned at the entrance.
It is done that way in Germany too. You can buy a ticket online or reserve a seat and buy at the entrance. But older people will still buy at the cinema.
Same here in Germany, at least in bigger cinemas. In the smaller ones however, you will most likely not get a seat reservation at all.
Thanks for calling me old. :p
Glaurung Drache why wasn't your comment shown when I posted my answer? :D
MrOligi3003 Well... Some young people may still be old-school :D
In Panama when we buy movie tickets they have a computer screen with the seats and you get to pick where you´d like to sit. This is so much better that way you won't have to feel all stressed out trying to get one.
Hi Dana! This is Alex, you have a great channel very informative videos about Germany especially given the fact that I too am planning to move there. Can I ask you to do walkaround videos showing the diffrent points of interest in Germany. Thanks.
I always thaught Ina Müller was overexcited and got shocked that American youtubers are even more xD
(Not meant evil ;-) )
Don't like to shock you but in my part of Germany you don't have any pretzels at all... ;)
wo zur hölle lebst du xD
😁😁nicht in Bayern,. Obwohl es zur Oktoberfestzeit die Brezeln auch bis hierhin geschafft haben 😱
ja aber ich lebe in köln und hier gibt's auch brezeln in jeder bäckerei ...
Einfach mal von dort ins bergische oder ins Sauerland fahren, da hörts dann auf damit, Köln muss ja die Touristen Erwartungen bedienen 😊
Grüße aus Stuttgart
Now in the US most movie theaters have upgraded to the reserved seating system when you buy your tickets you get your seat numbers, along with fully reclining leather upholstered seats!! And if you order your tickets online before you go you can now choose your seating, just like a concert!! It's great!!!!!
What we usually do is go to the theater, get our tickets (an hour early) end then then go to a restaurant and have dinner. Then stroll over to the theater on time (so you skip the commercials) and watch the movie.
I'm confused! Lol. When you say a whole kitchen , do you mean just no appliances or is there just like big open rooms and you decide which one and where the kitchen will be or is there a designated room with the hookups for the fridge and stove that's just empty, like cabinets and all that you have to make into a kitchen??? I don't get it lol!!
Medical Doll The last option you wrote is it😊 There's a big open room with the hookups there, but no appliances, no cabinets, no countertop, NOTHING. Not even any lights hanging from the ceiling or anything, just the wires for where you can put in your own lights and a totally open, empty room.
Medical Doll , there is already a room that is chosen to be the kitchen (with all the things like you can get water somewhere out of the wall for the dishwasher and the sink. There are also severel plug sockets and i think the wall often is flagged). But it is all empty so that you have to buy everything to put inside like an oven, a fridge, a sink, dish washer, cupboards, a cooker and so on...
Medical Doll although I must say that it is not that uncommen that you talk to the people that lived in your flat before you and agree to take over their kitchen appliances. Either because they don't need them any more and want different/fancier ones for their new flat or (as in my case) because their new kitchen is already equipped with a nice fitted kitchen. That being said, it is (basically) always possible to bring your own kitchen if you want to.
In my experience I also would say, that it is quite common, that when you move out you sell the kitchen to the new tenant. Espacially when you have a fitted kitchen, it doesn't make much sense to take the kitchen with you.
yeah I am looking for apartment right now and this is one thing that is stressing me out budget wise
Actually, there are quite e few appartments in Germany that come with kitchens, especially the lower cost apprtments and they are all crappy pieces of junk. Usually 15 years old and falling apart. I tore mine out 3 years ago and bought myself a really nice kitchen. I would not want to move into an appartment that already had a 'kitchen' as they are normally of the quality you'd expect from Sperrmüll.
Except when you live in another country, where every apartment has a kitchen, and the quality is usually great. Greetings from Barcelona.
Are you kidding ? I lived in Hamburg and the kitchens in the appartments are like in France where I live now, or even better.
I've never been disappointed by the kitchen's in my Canadian apartments. However, I like the idea of building one that suits me. I would go for a small efficient quiet fridge, induction stove top and no space wasting dishwasher. It would also be comforting to know that all the food gunge behind the stove had been cleaned out when it was replaced.
At least in southern California, most movie theaters have changed over the past 10 years to where you reserve seats. Also most theaters have changed out the normal movie theater chairs for recliner chairs! Now all we need is kettle corn and I'll be so happy!!!
Huh? Here in northern Germany, it's rather uncommon for landlords to rent their flats without a kitchen as flats in smaller cities are morelikely a place to stay for younger adults so that they won't stay longer in a flat than maybe 5 years or so. Maybe that is just my impression but in Kiel and Hamburg a lot of flats come with a kitchen.. Luckily.
The traffic light thing is the same in England
Every apartment I ever lived in had a kitchen - but it was an older used one. In one of them I had to buy the fridge from the old tenant though because it was not build in. Also the washing machine and other electric appliances are not included in the apartment. (If there is a dishwasher or a washing machine included in the kitchen, most people would take it when moving and you would have to buy your own one and fit it in the space left open in the kitchen)
That is why i have an IKEA kitchen, they are not the best, but if you move into another flat, you can be sure the kitchen line is still available at IKEA and you can adjust your existing kitchen to your new flat!
Great vid! :) But you know what's so much better about American traffic lights? They're placed BEHIND the intersection, so you don't have to break your neck looking at the darn thing for several minutes when you're the first in line. I really wish they place them this way here as well. I'm also very fond of the 4-way stops that aren't a thing here. So yes, as usual, there's good and bad no matter what side of the pond you're on. ;)
I agree. Here in Denmark, the traffic lights are placed behind the intersection AND at the stop sign. This makes it easy to see the lights no matter what. In Germany where there are no lights behind the intersection, it's sometimes impossible to see them, and you kind of have to guess when it's turned green.
@@fnoergaard But there are some situations (in DK) where it gets a bit confusing. Especially at crossings with a difficult layout and several left turns behind each other. You see lots of lights and have to choose. But in general it is very nice.
Austria has another twist on the lights. Between green and yellow the green light will flash four times. This way you will know exactly when it gets to yellow. On the other hand you might pay a fine when driving at yellow (tested by a friend).
Many US movie theaters are now using assigned seating when you purchase your tickets - even online really early.
Yes, AMC has moved to that and it's really great. You can buy your tickets days in advance if you like and not have to worry about getting to the theatre really early.
We love Germany. A German introduced our family to your videos!
Awesome things about Germany that I've been pleasantly surprised by since moving here:
1. Produce is labeled very obviously whether it's from Germany or not, so it's super easy to "buy local"!
2. Groceries have a much more reasonable price here than where I used to live (upstate NY)
3. The recycling here is phenomenal! I love organizing my trash and saving the world :)
4. Where I live now (Berlin) gets FAR less snow than where I used to live (upstate NY). I'm definitely a warm-weather person, and I can handle a little snow, but shovelling out and brushing off my car day after day for four months so I can go to work gets old!
5. Germans' relationship with work is far more relaxed than in the US. You're not expected to work more than you're paid for and Feierabend is very important!
feierabend :)
1:45 Dann hast du noch nie den VW Caddy meiner Eltern gesehen!
Can you make a whole video in German (if you can) 😉
Good luck ps: i'm from Germany 😊
I live in Romania. There are no fully furbished and equipped kitchens here, either. The kitchen room is emply and you have to fill it with everything necessary. Works for me as I dont want, nor do I ever keep, furniture or equipment used by other people. If it is there (sometimes, it is) I just have it removed.
Back in the 80's I moved into an apartment in Wiesbaden (was in the Air Force) and I remember telling my parents all the items (kitchen appliances, light fixtures, etc) I had to buy. They refused to believe it and were totally convinced I was being taken advantage of. Haha!
I grew up in the 80/90s in northern Germany, Hamburg, and we had a very nice kitchen.
Yah, the kitchen thing... You can have bad luck with your kitchen in the US. I remember our first apartment in Honolulu. The RA told us everything was maintained and clean. As far as we could check this was true. However, after moving in, we found out that the vent was total oily mess (never cleaned at all), and we had to change all filters, even the water filter from the fridge. We talked to the owner about the filters, but he told us it was the tennant’s duty to change them. So great, we moved in, only to exchange the filters on our costs. -- And here comes the thing I hate about the US (and ourselves, of course): When it was time to change apartments, we knew the filters had to be changed again (about 2 months before moving). And we just left them in there; as - obviously - did the tennant before us.
What one could mention as well: In Germany you move into the apartment and you have to buy your light bulbs. In all of our apartments in the US (at least in Hawaii), the bulbs were part of the apartment as was the kitchen.
Here stuff like this isn't part of an apartment, because the landlord would have to take care of all these things. Laws here a very much more pro renting person than landlord.
A kitchen not being integral part of the rented apartment has some disadvantages at first glance: The tenant has to fix things if they are broken, the tenant often has to buy a new kitchen when moving and so on.
But - he can choose the type/style/quality of it, has a perfectly clean kitchen and can then treat it like he wants. If he wants to sell it to the next tenant, well, then the nicer and cleaner he gets it gives him the chance to get more money. If something breaks, the time to fix/replace it does not depend on someone else.
Getting rid of a used kitchen isn´t too difficult, someone always needs one. Ebay ads or such, done. And even if you don´t get too much money out of it - at least it gets removed for you.
If you know your current apartment is just temporary, simple standard kitchens with oven and fridge you can get relatively cheap or you look in ads yourself.
Tenshi Hara maintenance at the apartment should be doing most of that. At my apartment they change all filters for us. Just have to do basic cleaning.
Sadly, our landlord did not hire any maintenance. If something had to be fixed (like a door or a lamp), they collected the receipts and reimbursed us. However, with the filters they insistet on it being the tennant’s duty.
No way in hell that I would want to install an entire kitchen when moving apartments.
Every Küchenhaus (Kitchen-house - where you buy kitchens) has a service to install the kitchen in your apartment (for money).
Our early pioneers had built cupboards that could easily be moved. If you think about it
Yep, it's a pest. I'd much prefer for apartments to be kept with furniture, it'd make moving so much cheaper. True fact: I once was offered an apartment where the owner expected me to finish the floor, meaning: lay the parquet. But even in Germany that's very unusual and the guy was probably hoping for a very stupid lodger.
If I would be looking for a new apartment and find one with an installed kitchen which looks actually bad or old fashioned and I couldn't remove it, I would probably not take the apartment.
For a short period or for young students etc. this might be ok.
Until now as a tennant I always had to put in the floor in by myself. Same Theory: Each tennant has a different taste and, for example, I would never live in a flat with blue or green carpet flooring.
But, I must admit, Kitchen became a big big status symbol in Germany (same as cars) and sometimes it is really a waste of money to make everything new every 2 years. Depends on age, personal situation and future plannings.
Just to know: Appartment with full furniture are possible for the landlord to cancel your rent in a much more short time (1month vs 6or12month)
As a student I rented a Appartment with furniture - it was disgusting old stuff. Not very happy with this and moved fast out of this Appartment
The awesome thing about putting together your own kitchen is that you won't get settled with a terrible dishwasher, instead you buy a proper model once an ideally you then use it for the next ten years without problems (at least....20 years isn't unusual for a high quality product). But there are naturally also options with kitchen available for students aso who are still moving around quite a bit.
Well, we had a kitchen installed when my mom and I moved into our flat, but this thing was probably 10 or 20 years older than me (I was 17 at that time), probably from the 70's. Thus, as soon as we could affort it, we teared the kitchen out and installed our own. That was a hell of work, but it was really worth it.
When you're German and you start cringing.
isn't "shock" a rather extreme word? I mean, were you truly SHOCKED by.. pretzels? lol
The video lady is American. There pretzels are a tourist snack. A thing you get at an amusement park or one of those big indoor market places. Not a food item you can get at your nearby bakery in every town. So yes, likely very shocking to her that things are much different in Germany.
It's really amusing to watch your videos as a german person ^^
An apartment with a built in kitchen is a big plus for me, when seeking a new place to live. Moving a kitchen I bought myself was a nightmare, because nothing fits the way you want it in the new place compared to the old. There is always this 5 cm "too much" when trying to fir it in. In the end I had to store it and sell it at a massive loss.
I don't like the cream colour of the taxis
Neither do I. And I live here. Our taxis suck. America's are better. Bright yellow with checkerboard stripes across the side. Ours look like band-aids on wheels.
Deutsche Hierarchie lol😂
@@RandomGerman8008 Ich mag unsere Taxifarben ;D
It's Brezeln not pretzlels cuz it's a german word .
Jonas Grote Du bist Bayer oder?
Jeder sagt Brezel...
Ich sage auch Brezel, aber ich bestehe nicht darauf, dass Leute mit ner anderen Muttersprache die deutsche Bezeichnung verwenden.
In Bayern hoaßt des Brezn zefix
topkek
Asterix, Idefix, Zefix oder was?
I am german and its very interesting to see what you found crazy at my country😂
Did you ever see a traffic light in Austria? They are much more special than the German ones, because when they shows green and are going to turn to red, they first flashes the green light several times, and then - after the green light flashed a few times - they show the orange light and then they show the red light.
Die Amis haben so ein knall ey xD
Die olle is so bekloppt man.
Und die Deutschen sind pünktlich, sauber und arbeitseifrig ; o )
außerdem sehr intelligent, verstehen spaß und verallgemeinern nie!
@@thebikemike 😂
@@vivianescharf3376 Sehr nett! Niveau ist keine Handcreme. Im Gegensatz Dir ist sie sympathisch.
The major difference concerning traffic lights is the position. While in Germany you have to bend your neck some times it is is more relaxed in the US as they usually hang over the crossing. Stopping at the lights is therefore a little bit different too. I'm from Germany and was driving with a colleague of mine from the US in France and she crossed a red light as she thought the stop line was for the next light. Road sings are much better to read in the US. Here in Germany they are much tinier and you have to search for them. In the US they are large and right above the crossing. I'd like that a lot while abroad.
That is why in Germany you have more than one light. The overhanging ones for the traffic behind buses and trucks, the one on the right for people in the right hand lane and on the left for either people who want
to turn or for the left lane traffic. So no twisted head needed.
the position of the traffic lights are so stupid! you stop at the designated line at an intersection and you should be able to see the lights from where you are sitting but NO you can to duck down and turn your head, its unsafe! you should be able to keep your eyes in front of you to see when the light changes instead of having to take your eyes off the road and the other vehicles.
But depending on how the intersection is designed you don't have to turn you're head. Like i stated above, you have the lights where they are needed and that is in line of sight of the lane you are in.
As betaich already wrote: No need to bend your neck. There's always a second traffic light to the right or left. The one above your head is actually meant for the cars behind you.
ive been here a year and have driven all over bavaria and into rhineland-palatinate area and ive never encountered a street light i could actually see as the first car at the light without moving my head unless i stop well before the designated line and in which case i get honked at for not being up at the light all the way. maybe its cause i have a normal size car and i dont drive a tiny little clown car so the lights get blocked.
Always funny when guests are coming the first time to Germany (especially to Munich) landing at the airport outside the city and beeing driven by Taxi to the city. Everbody left the Taxi with a green face and talked about a horrible drive with a rollercoaster feeling, because the Taxi driver sped up to 180 or 200 kilometers per hour. And either the Taxi driver or other cars are passing each other like on the race track... I can imagine this must feel weird the first time...
It's good to hear that the kitchen thing's worked out for you guys. When my boyfriend and I searched for an apartment I thought it was so fricking complicated: some flats come with a kitchen, some flat don't, some flats come with a kitchen which isn't owned by the landlord but by the current tenant (and then you're sort of forced to buy that kitchen, 'cause otherwise you can't move in) - and yes, I'd cried over the kitchen thing several times, and / or apartment-hunting in general, especially in a big city in Bavaria :D
I kinda think only german people watch this 😂😂
overlord haterqueen tera not really, am an Asian but I watched this video.
The pretzel thing is Bavarian.
... aber Bretzeln gibt's doch überall in jeder Bäckerei in Deutschland 🤔
Bretzeln gibt es nicht überall und schon gar nicht bei jeder Bäckerei bzw. Backshop.
@Ink_25: Echt jetzt o.O ? Ich wohne in Baden-Württemberg (Nähe Basel) und habe in meinem Leben noch nie ne Bäckerei ohne Brezeln hier gesehen. Aber gut, man lernt ja nie aus. Ich bin auch nicht gerade so oft in anderen Bundesländern unterwegs, für mich war das bis jetzt immer selbstverständlich das ne Bäckerei auch Brezeln ausliegen hat 😂
Ink_25 hier oben an der Nordseeküste, Ostfriesland, gibt es auch in jeder Bäckerei Brezel
Brezeln gibt es fast überall in Deutschland, aber sie sind nirgendswo so verbreitet wie in Bayern. Hier heißen sie übrigens auch 'Brezen' ohne 'l'
I live in California and over the last few years several of the movie theaters in my area have moved to the ticketed seat model. It's nice. Plus, they add in restaurant styled food and bars. Not to mention those seats are like a comfy lazy boy that you can turn into a love seat to cuddle with your sweetie.
We have those types of theatres in bavaria too. Minus the fancy restaurant food. Still crappy greasy "eat this in a couple bites" type of theatre food here. At least at the ones I've been too. Though you can often buy some beer with the food to wash it down. So that's nice. And the chairs are these amazing squishy, sink into them type things that work great once you figure out how to control them properly. I believe you Americans call them "recliners". Man, modern movie theatres have such amazing stuff these days.
You can reserve seats in the US now too. It's a VIP section of the theater where you choose and buy your specific seat. These seats are like first class airline seats with leg rests and reclining positions. The leg room is massive and nobody is bothered when someone needs to get up to use the restroom or go to the snack bar. I buy discount movie tickets at Costco for 9 dollars and the VIP surcharge is an extra dollar at my local theater. It's totally worth it.
The seats also have swinging tray tables and cup holders and this section also has a full service bar and menu. If you don't mind sitting through the advertisements, they'll even bring the food to you when it's ready.
The longer you are in Germany, I suppose it makes comparing two places more difficult since things in the US tend to change pretty rapidly.
My God! I've lived in Germany for all my life (over 30 years now) - and to this day I was not aware that there are flats WITHOUT KITCHENS anywhere in Germany! :O My god... - why?!
It's a southern German thing. In the north apartments usually come with a kitchen.
That's most definitely not true.
It's semi-uncommon in bavaria. It's usually a thing with the cheaper rental units. Your paying for the space itself. Not the interchangeable additions. The cheap arse landlords dont want to pay €4,000 or something for a range and €800, for a fridge out of their own pocket, when they can make you do it. They are renting you the place so they can go spend your money as they please. Not so they can blow it on assorted kitchen appliances someone else is going to be using. it is a sad state of affairs but it is a real thing. Americans call them slumlords. They are giving you the empty space itself, and maybe a watercloset if you are lucky. you want a kitchen? You buy the stuff with your own money. Total cheapskates.
Beim Kino würde ich die amerikanische Version bevorzugen. Früher war es bei uns im Kino auch so, dass man freie Platzwahl im Kinosaal hatte. Man musste zwar früh dort sein, aber dafür kamen auch alle bevor der Film losging. Jetzt sitze ich manchmal im Kino, und während die Trailer laufen muss ich aufstehen, damit Leute ihren Platz erreichen, nur weil die sich die Karten gekauft haben und dann noch irgendwo anders waren.
Und BTS Material fände ich im Kino richtig genial. Aus dem Grund kaufe ich DVDs, weil ich sehen will, was hinter den Kulissen passiert ist.
Naja, einerseits verstehe ich, dass es etwas nervig sein kann, wenn Leute noch kommen, wenn es schon dunkel ist. Aber die Vorteile überwiegen für mich, vor allem da man ja mittlerweile die Karten schon online kaufen kann. Finde dieses "um die Plätze kloppen" immer etwas stressig, vor allem wenn man mit mehrere Leuten geht.
In kleinen Programmkinos kann man sich hinsetzen, wo wann will. Zumindest in dem Kino in meiner Stadt.
Wenn man zu Vorstellungen geht wo kaum bis keine anderen Leute sind kann man sich praktisch auch hinsetzen wo man will (muss natürlich Platz machen wenn zufällig jemand genau den Platz reserviert hat & sich da auch hinsetzen will), weil zumindest hier in der Region vom Kino aus absolut keiner kontrolliert ob man jetzt auf dem Platz sitzt den man gebucht hat oder nem anderen.
MrOligi3003 is bei uns auch so. dabei ist unser kino auch nicht so klein.
Das liegt aber eher daran dass die großen Ketten wie Cinemaxx es mit der Werbung und den Trailern übrtreiben 10-15 Minzten von mir aus aber eine halbe Stunde Werbung?
I was surprised to hear about the cinema and the seats! I was in NY a few weeks ago and we also went to a cinema and they had the exact same system like we have in Germany
Whenever I go to the US, I just pick a car from my friend's yard, fix it up, put a tag on and go. I love that! 'Merca!!
munich is in bavaria not in germany
Smn Wglt Haha, isso.
Ja aber Bayern ist ein Teil von Deutschland
Freistaat Bayern, warum denkst du heißt das so?
Your german dialekt is so creepy !
HerrSchwaar
*Accent
Ein Dialekt ist z.B. Sächsisch, ein Akzent spricht oft jemand aus dem Ausland.
Danke, Neunmalklug.
HerrSchwaar Sie wollte es nur erklären für Leute wie dich die soetwas (für selbstverständliches Wissen) NICHT wissen. Sie hat dich in keinster Weise angegriffen oder beleidigt.
The creme color of the taxis is not really a "color" but a foil. That is - as you mentioned to make it easier to keep it spotless.
I'm a man and I enjoy your channel soooooo much keep up the good work and greetings from Slovenia hope you'll visit us someday