American Reacts to 10 Reasons You will Never Leave Germany
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"if you want free college,go to the army" is the most american thing i can think of
If you want to kill for the militatyindustrial complex or want to die for it we pay your education. That is the American way of duying.
@Hellequin Maskharat to attend university on our army you also need to have the right educational stands to attempt it. Also as far as i know you need to be atleast 12? years to serve than. Yes the army offers good stuff, that is true, it also exist so it can maybe boost people to go there. Back in my time ( not that long ago actually 2012-2018) most people there were kinda "failed" on the normal market and went there,not having a proper education or job qualification. For people that had problems in lower schools, its an easy to go because the payment is quite good compare to the market. In my time you were looked down as a soldier mostly in public. I member that i got spitted on in the train by punks, stones got thrown at our bus when we attemted the Bendlerblock for our Gelöbnis etc. And yes, the military training and general training for stuff there is very good.
I did that. Still got the short end of the stick.
If you want to go to a private university for free in Germany, you can become a marine. They advertise it at schools exactly like this. You can study medicine or computer science and you'll get paid for it. But you have to sign in for 8(?) years.
My Sanity for education. It's a fair deal.
You don't need to become a citizen to get an education in Germany. You'll just need to get a residence permit, which is quite easy to get for students. And since education is free, it's free for all. Why ? Because education is the precondition for the future prosperity of a society. Ahh, sry, I see my error. Society is a concept not embraced in the US. There it's everyone for himself and all for me.
Not that easy. Too get a residence permit you must prove that you can provide for your self.
Thomas wie wäre es mit, erst nachdenken und dann schreiben?
@@_KT33_ I assume he did think before he wrote, it was only a case of irony when he „saw his error“, to rive the point home better.
I remember that you actually had to pay thousands if youre not from the EU...?
@@achnix3167 It’s free as long as you can prove you can pay for your living costs.
living in germany can basically be categorized into three options: living in the city, living out on the land, and whatever the fuck is going on in berlin
(seriously, berlin is like a whole different experience to the "average german life" i recommend youtube channels like radical living if you want to learn more about it)
🤣😂🤣-So true!!!
It depends East Berlin is very different.
But West Berlin is very similar to Cologne or Düsseldorf.
The best compromise is living in a smaller town that's both near rural areas and bigger cities. Best of all worlds.
Berlin is the best kind of living. Not always the easiest, but definetly the most exciting
@@ropeburn6684 I live in I guess the best region and City (Town) in Germany. It's called Eltville
You:“ I have never seen a castle.“. Me: Looking out of my window at a medieval castle….You should definitely visit germany😂
Wohnst du im Sauerland? xD
@@AliasSchmalias Rheinland-Pfalz…in der Nähe von Trier und Luxemburg😄
@@bearoscar1358 Ahh das erklärt es :D
@@bearoscar1358 banger burgen habt ihr, war im juli auf einer radtour an der untermosel. sehr schöne gegend
Burg Hohenzollern.
" American beer is like making love in a canoe, it's f-ing close to water" Monthy Python.
When he said American beer is "piss water" I had to laugh out loud. But there you can see that our German beer is very popular. Brewed according to the German purity law only hops, malt, yeast and water. This refers to various rules and regulations, some of which are centuries old. This is perceived to this day partly as a German cultural asset and marketed to that effect.
German beer is overrated. The Reinheitsgebot makes beer types relatively uniform.There are minor differences and varieties. The fact that US beer is not the best makes it easy to be better. ;-)
“American beer is like making love in a canoe.
Fuckin’ close to water”
Quote Eric Idle, Monty Pythons.
Old cliche. There are countless great American beers these days.
@@norwegianblue2017 like he said in the video.. some craft beer are really good, but the stuff like budweiser taste like pisswater..
@@wizardm It's not like you can't get beer with other stuff thrown in...it is just not called beer anymore.
When I was clubbing in my younger years in Germany, I went to the inner city where I come from around 10pm, chose a club, paid entrance, stayed there until around 4 and went to one of the three Afterhour-Clubs, which all were opening around 4am and stayed open until 12am. I usually did this from Saturday to Sunday, lost around 6 pounds, eat a ton at home, fell into bed and got up early on monday to go to school. And many of my generation did the same. All this with about 10 beers over the night and sometimes a Joint. If I would try this today, I would be dead. But I dont think anything changed, because when I get up too early on Sundays, I often see the same kind of wasted, 20 years old corpses walking around like I used to be. ;)
If you're a guy you'll be relatively safe, but you need to look out as a girl
Exact this!!
10 beers over the night? You must live in a city 😂😂 10 beers is "vorglühen" for "Dorfkinder" 😅😅
@@schuschdaa9413 omfg! You are so right!
@@cooltwittertag I am 42 and I still go to parties and I come back to my home at 04 or 05 at morning. Walking........... no one ever made me feel scared 😳
I missed one thing, Germany is in the middle of Europe, but it has also direct access to 2 oceans/seas. North Sea and Baltic Sea in the north of Germany complete the great living experience. You have not only great landscapes, castles, culture and whatever, you can directly use waterways to the Atlantic Ocean and feel the water living lifestyle.
I'm from the North of Germany and I love the northern water livestyle you mentioned. I think most people who think about Germany, think of the south, the mountains and the bavarian culture and language, of Brezeln and beer and not of sailing, harbours, lighthouses and the low saxon language, drinking tea or watching the tide and go on a mudflat hike.
Geez if you like it cold and windy and freezing water :)
Ryan, I hope when your baby is old enough to fly, you with family can make it to come over to Germany for some time. Just to experience yourself what you have seen in various commenting videos
Would be great to learn about your own experience
A baby cant be to young to fly (:
Yes history is a huge bonus in Europe. My mother lives in France in a small town. There is a house there that has been inhabited for more than 2000 years (constantly). It was built by the Romans and still looks fantastic today. The whole city has as roman as medieval buildings. By building my mother's house they found a roman potery. As I did gardening once at her I found a roman marble foot of a statue and two old coins. My mother is origin german, but in the European Union you can live and work wherever you want.
As a german I love la france very much. Could you tell me in which town your mother lives. I spend on holydays over 2 years of my life in france. Savoir vivre :-) I hope to live in france when I retire.
I live in a small Austrian city that has a few Roman ruins, a half intact medieval city wall, a couple of 13th century watchtowers, town houses dating back to the 1600s, a castle that was built in the 11th century and continuously added to and altered until the 18th century, and a landscaped park that's open to the public, and there's literally no tourism because none of this is out of the ordinary or spectacular enough to pull people in.
Universities in germany are free for everyone. Free means that you only have to pay a very small fee per semester for administrative purposes. The amount depends from the state.
Sometimes the fee for foreigners is a little higher, but always affordable and far from the US.
Affordable, I must agree. But sometimes you have to pay for books or online access to literature, if your uni doesn't pay for it. On the other hand, students get cheaper transportation tickets in many towns, and reduced entrance fees for some public ventures, and you can live off campus, which also has a disadvantage, as many landlords in university towns charge incredible rents. So, while schools and universities are basically free, the general cost of living should not be underestimated.
Example from my Alma Mater Marburg:
"If you want to enroll, or are already enrolled and want to continue your studies at Philipps-Universität Marburg (re-registration), you have to pay a so-called semester fee, the breakdown for which is shown in the following table. Fees are charged among other things for duplicate copies of documents and for guest auditors (see below).
The semester fee is broken down as follows:
Student Union fee € 90,50
Student Body fee. Note: This fee includes €1.00 earmarked to reimburse the semester ticket for financial hardship reasons ("hardship euro"
€ 13,00
Semester ticket incl. IC/EC/ICE surcharge * € 198,47
Contribution to administrative costs ** € 50,00
______________________________________________________
Total amount € 351,97
No fee is charged for internet activation. All students will receive free access.
*
Breakdown - Summer Semester 2022: Rhine-Main Public Transit (RMV) semester ticket: €128.99; North Hesse Public Transit (NVV) semester ticket: €10.38; Deutsche Bahn (DB) long-distance rail €54.20; Westphalia South Public Transit (VGWS): €3.40; and Nextbike (bike rentals): €1.50. Additional information on the validity of the semester ticket issued by the General Students’ Committee (AStA): “The ticket is valid on local public transit (in RMV with transitional rate zone to Rhine/Neckar Public Transit (VRN), in NVV, as well as in VGWS with transitional rate zone) and on IC/EC/ICE long-distance rail via Deutsche Bahn starting on March 1 for a summer semester and on September 1 for a winter semester, i.e., one month prior to the start of the semester.” The use of ICE trains is valid exclusively on the Heidelberg - Weinheim - Darmstadt - Frankfurt - Marburg - Kassel/Wilhelmshöhe section. No use of ICE trains is possible in the semester ticket region for all other rail sections. You can find more information on the General Students’ Committee (AStA) website.
** The administrative fee is charged for services relating to enrollment, leave of absence, re-registration and de-registration, for general student counseling, as well as for services provided by the international offices and for arranging internships. It is governed by §56 “Hesse State Universities Act,” which you can review in German on this page: “Rechtsgrundlagen” (legal basis).
@@eisikater1584 The cost of living in the US isn't much cheaper than in Germany. And the universities in the US are extremely expensive. Studying in Germany is affordable for nearly everyone. Kids from families with low income can get additional financial support called BAFÖG. In Germany financial issues can also keep people away from studying but its way not such a big thing than in the US.
@@wizardm In germany its more that people from low income families often don't know what possibilities they have from an University exam. And if you are good in your profession and ambitious you can have your own company and make more money from your business than somebody with an university degree. Needs both hard work.
@@mweskamppp The point is that mostly anyone who is able and willing to study should be able to do so. The US are far away from this and Germany does a way better job here.
18:17 Yes, Germany is very interested in everyone getting work, so there are job counseling services and job placement services. If necessary, language courses, application training, further education, etc. are paid by the state
Ummmm fairytale version of reality... Germany is actually a very stingy social state when it comes to investing into its peoples, education etc. Scandinavia has a better attitude in general
they are not, if you are born here.....they just push you into stupid "schools" where you should train your IT skills or your grammar skills no matter if really needed or not.
And if you refuse this you won´t get money for the month and so on and so on....I needed their help 2 times and they did nothing for me.....and the same to many other ppl I know.....they ever refuse to pay my health insurens for two month that I was without a job -.-
@@achnix3167
Um, nope?
It's just that without help, the officials usually have little clue as to what's a good training for someone.
I mentored a Syrian refugee. He had a bachelor's in electronic engineering specializing in automation. They paid for a 10,000 Euro course to bring him up to speed with the latest tools in automation in Germany while also giving him the necessary soft skills to prevail on the job market. Given automation is in high demand, he found a job rather rapidly. And when he lost one due to covid, he found a new one pretty quickly, too.
It's just that the Jobcenters are utterly oblivious to what's actually needed out there and so will recommend completely nonsensical stuff more often than not.
@@achnix3167 Obviously you have very distinct personal insight in this matter!!----Isn't it called Harz 4????
@@ohauss🤣😂🤣 Yeah!Qualifications of Syrian refugees!LOL. Each and everyone is brain-surgeon or rocket-scientist!🤣😂🤣
I know of a case where the son of a big factor owner went to a dancing school and of course everybody knew who he was. One evening after class he was invited by the others to have a drink at a bar, but he refused politely and explained he had to go back to sweep the factory halls. His father, the owner made him do that work for a time period, so he would understand the simple labour and appreciate the cleaning staff just as well.
You don't have to be a citizen to study in Germany
Just a short takeout of Fries from Mcdonalds in US and Germany:
US:
1.Kartoffeln Potatoes
2.Rapsöl rapeseed oil
3.Sojabohnenöl soy oil
4.Hydriertes Sojabohnenöl hydrated soy oil
5.Natürliches Rindfleischaroma (aus hydrolysiertem Weizen und hydrolysierter Milch)
natural Beef aroma ( from hydrolised wheat and milk)
*>> US Corn Oil*
*The EU specifically has a ban on American corn,* soy, papaya, and any foods that have been genetically engineered to be resistant to the ringspot virus. This type of GMO has been linked to *multiple-organ damage, massive tumors, birth defects, sterility, and premature death.*
_>> This is out of the list the most harmful substance_
///
*>> Tertiär-Butylhydrochinon [TBHQ]* or *E 319*
Bei tert-Butylhydrochinon (TBHQ) handelt es sich um ein Konservierungsmittel, welches seit Jahrzehnten in Lebensmitteln eingesetzt wird.
Es dient dazu, deren *Haltbarkeit zu verlängern.* Als Lebensmittelzusatzstoff trägt TBHQ die Bezeichnung *E 319.*
*>> Polydimethylsiloxan (PDMS)* or *E 900*
Polydimethylsiloxan (PDMS) ist ein Polymer auf Siliciumbasis und zählt als einfachstes Silikonöl zu den Siloxanen.
E900 dient nicht der Qualitätsverbesserung, sondern ausschließlich der Rationalisierung bei der Produktion. Es kann zum Schutz vor dem Überkochen und zur Verhinderung von
Schaumbildungen, zum Beispiel beim Abfüllen, eingesetzt werden.
In diesem Sinne hilft es etwa bei der Rührteig-, Marmeladen- und Obstkonservenherstellung. Auch Brat- und Frittierfetten sowie
Brühen und Suppen wird es zugesetzt. Das Abfüllen von Getränken verläuft weitgehend schaumlos und die Konsistenz der Getränke wird stabilisiert. Für die verschiedenen Lebensmittel ist eine *maximale Einsatzmenge von 10 Milligramm pro Kilogramm oder Liter vorgeschrieben.* Nur bei der Kaugummiproduktion darf mehr, nämlich 100 Milligramm pro Kilogramm, eingesetzt werden.
_>> Both are ok, but should not be used over the limit,..bc "zuviel ist zuviel = schädlich"_
Mein schneller take dazu ;)
I can't really confirm number 8, because more and more people and especially younger people are becoming more materialistic. I'm "only" 34 years old, my parents grew up relatively poor in the post-war period and that somehow also shaped my upbringing (even though I grew up in middle-class circumstances). I do not attach importance to status symbols such as brand-name clothes, an expensive car or expensive equipment. I always think twice before I make larger expenditures and ask myself rather "Do I really need it? Is it useful and necessary?" and more importantly, "What can I afford on my salary?" ... these are values that have become rare here in Germany. The rapidly increasing debt ratio per inhabitant proves it.
There is a song called "Schwarz zu Blau" (Black to Blue), that basically talks about leaving the club in the wee morning hours and how the singer sees the small bakeries open and watches the sky slowly go from black to blue. It's a good song, too! By Peter Fox, and even though I'm neither a morning-person nor a club-person, I totally feel the chill morning-air when I listen, smell the trash in the streets (it's about Berlin, so... goes with the scenery ;-) ) and also the scent from the Turkish bakery. Maybe you could watch it sometime.
th-cam.com/video/yphwzD1XaBY/w-d-xo.html (that's the song)
Komm ausm Club, war schön gewesen
stinke nach suff, bin kaputt, is'n schönes Leben
The travel thing really is something... I really don't like travelling. (I am a big guy and it is usually uncomfortable).
Yet I have been to Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia, Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, England and the Netherlands... everything by bus or car (except England).
Ask 99.9% of Americans if they have travelled overseas and they start quoting the different States.
If lucky they will say Germany, if they were in the army.
They seriously have no idea what international travel is. When they do, they complain because everything is different!!
It amuses me when they claim to be World Champions of some obscure sport that no one else plays.
The United States is literally their world.
Since you mentioned Chicago (safety): A few years ago I drove the Route 66 from west to east and my last two over night stays happen to be in Chicago because I flew home to Germany from there. I booked a hotel in the southern area of Chicago which was close to the Interstate and turned on a local tv station in the evening. That was, when I learned, that the south of Chicago is one, if not THE most dangerous area of the country because of gang crimes, especially the streets around my location.
I got so nervous, that I barricaded the door in the night. 😄
And I thought to myself: "Ah, thats why that hotel was sooo cheap." 😄
With you making so much videos about Germany, when are you planning to go there??? It would be sooo nice! I'm French and have been living there for 7 years now and it's really funny to watch your videos :)
Yes,yes, come here - as long as you get a job, you wound have a problem staying here ❤
Yes there are private Universities and Colleges, but you should keep in mind Germany thinks different.
We do not assume that private universities can keep up with state ones. On the contrary, we tend to assume that it is primarily those who would not have made it at state universities who are studying there. Especially people who are "the son or daughter of..." , for whom it would be very embarrassing if they wouldn't have a college degree.
Many of the private universities offer NC subjects such as law, psychology and medicine, which at state universities you can only get into with a 1.0 Abitur.
Or they offer courses for high society women, fashion design, interior design, fashion management, culture and event management or something-with- media/how-do-I-become-a-famous-influencer-and-can-live-in-Dubai.
Since schooling is compulsory in Germany (you must visit a school, private home schooling isn't allowed), all primary and secondary schools are under the supervision of the state, have to adhere to the educational framework laid down by the ministers of education and are also all subsidized by the state.
Therefore all private schools have to allocate free places for socially disadvantaged and even often for very difficult students (with behavioral problems). As a result, the really elite, - which of course we also have, - sends their children to boarding school in Switzerland or the UK.
Most private schools are in the federal countries with a majority of catholics, convent schools run by the Catholic Church, several work with the Montessori concept. The second popular are Waldorf schools - actually also denominational schools of anthroposophists. Who are considered less authoritarian.
Then Freie Schulen, free thinker schools that work according to the Montessori concept or are self-organized.
Surprisingly few pupils from Waldorf and Freie Schule graduate from high school with Abitur, although most of them come from well educated, academic middle class families.
dear mifri, where did you get those numbers of waldorf school graduations?
May be they vary from school to school.
I live in Witten,NRW, Germany,near Bochum and Dortmund.
I am surrounded by 5 Waldorf Schools, a University, a Hospital and an Institution for training future Waldorf teachers, all run by "Anthroposophen".
Plus several Waldorf Kindergardens.
They all work very successfully.
Buddy, "1.0 Abitur" is unknown gibberish to most people outside of the DACH. region For anyone wondering, this translates to a 4.0 GPA at high school
Exactly. State operated schools and universities have a far higher prestige than privately operated institutions. In most cases you only choose a private school or college if you can´t make it in a federal school system and are sorted out due to your low grades. Try to get into medical studies in Heidelberg or engineering at the KIT Karlsruhe with a mediocre score. Good luck.
Ryan your "i never seen a castle" was just mindblowing for me... i never realized that yea people in America if they didnot travel abroad they never seen a castle... something normal for us in EU...
That statement about most castles depends, most per capita, most per square km or just the highest number... But my country Slovakia has geographical midpoint of Europe definitely not Germany :)
What he meant with "in the middle" is, that Germany has the most neighbouring countries in Europe (even more if you think about the short way across the North Sea or Baltic sea to the Scandinavian Countries and England)
10:10 it is pretty common to go to the club at around 11:00pm - 12:00am, so you won't be surprised that the common people will leave about 3:00am. My longest night out was from 11:00pm - 11:30am the next day. Went out and got breakfast at the nearest bakery and headed home. One of the best nights in my life!
It's fun to see you flabbergasted ;) about the opening hours of our clubs... It's even way crazier than just being open till 6am (which is about normal to stay out till the sun goes up). There are after hour clubs that open in the morning at around 6.00 to 10:00 on saturday and sunday (mostly in in the big cities like Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt, etc.) and you can stay there all day (usually this for the more advanced party people) you should watch a video about the infamous Berghain in Berlin, that's a level of clubbing you can't even imagine.
Depending on subject, there may not even be a need for any German language knowledge. Many German universities offer curricula in English. This is particularly common in the natural sciences. I. This regard, also, it is noteworthy that Germany is home to several Scientific societies like the Max-Planck- or the Helmholz society, which offer MSc and PhD student positions and - judging by their publications (both in terms of quantity and quality) - are on par with US Ivy League universities.
Come to every country in Europe the feelings will be almost the same! I love my beautiful Europe soooo much!❤💛💙
Typically in Scandinavia, if you are unemployed then you have to be seeking a job and the government got services that includes a website to help with it. You will need to talk to them regularly.
The result is that being unemployed is almost a job on its own. I guess that's one way to combat people trying to abuse the system.
No idea how much time and effort you have to put in in Scandinavia, but it's probably pretty similar here in Germany. You have to send out a certain number of job applications per week, and bring the documentation for that with you when you go to the mandatory visit at the job center every couple of months. If you don't send out enough applications or miss a visit (without a good justification, like health reasons, or a job interview just when that next visit would have been due), your unemployment benefits get reduced for a while.
(which is actually a _big_ point of criticism, since the "second tier"/lowest benefits (aka "Hartz 4") already were calculated to be the minimum necessary - two decades ago, and it was only barely increased a couple of times since then; it's pretty close to impossible to afford any kind of "public social life" (like going to a cinema or bar or so), you just can't afford it - and _then_ they cut it down even more if you don't do those things)
6am in germany, we think about having another beer, go to a bakery after that and then slowly go home drunk af. Mostly on fridays and saturdays. Sometimes thursday and sundays.
Concerning being in the middle of Europe, I think we sometimes take that for granted.
But come to think of it, it really is easy to get places. I travel for my sport sometimes and I've thus been all over Europe. It's crazy how you can simply take an hour long flight to Gdansk or London for a measly 20€. Granted, travelling within those countries to the exact place you're going takes more time but still, you could almost make that a day trip. Or if you live where I live (NRW) and have a student ticket, you can go straight into the Netherlands or to the Belgian border. Luxembourg also isn't too far off. With it's relatively large population too, it's no wonder that Germans travel abroad more than any other nation (although Scandinavians travel more per capita, iirc).
Maybe explain that NRW is Nord-Rhein Westfalen
Ich wohne in Niedersachsen und mit dem Niedersachsen Ticket von der Bahn könnte ich sogar bis in die Niederlande reinfahren aber nicht in ganz in die Niederlande sondern nur so der angrenzende Part ein paar Städte aber ist trz echt cool eigentlich dass ich einfach für nen Tag kurz in die Niederlande und zurück könnte
@@____________________5680 Ja, hier in NRW kommt man mit dem Ticket auch nur bis Venlo oder Nijmegen. Wir nehmen aber das Auto, geht schneller (Venlo ist ungefähr eine Stunde Fahrt von Dortmund entfernt, wenn die Autobahn frei ist).
Ist aber schön, weil es immer so ein bisschen Urlaubsflair ist.
@@keinedaten1640 Ja ist echt praktisch man fährt eine Stunde und ist direkt in nem anderen Land mit neuer Kultur und so direkt immer bisschen Urlaubsfeeling wobei gar nicht mal so weit weg ist
we go to the club usally around 01:00 am dance till 06:00 am and have breakfast before we go home
Some clubs are "open" even longer. they might "close" at like 6am but that's only for getting in. if you are in you can stay much longer. I usually went on friday evenings and stayed until saturday morning 8/9am watching the people who had to work on a saturday to go to work.
Yeah, Germany has about 22000 castles. Imagine visiting one every day it would take you ~60 years.
I go to clubs that close at 6-10am in the morning haha
We usually went to clubs to dance and have a good time with friends and after the club closes in the morning, we went somewhere to eat breakfast till around 11.... And then we slept the whole day to continue the next evening. 😂
That was our weekend, which you usually doesn't work in germany (except some jobs like waiters, hospitals, police etc). Our work week are 5 days and Friday is often only a half day.
Question: How often is it possible , to pause a Video? Ryan: Yes
the 11th reason to live in Germany, especially for soldier of life would be that he doesn't need to be worried about getting shot by the police cause they are super chilled compared to US cops :)
Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮 and thank you for your videos 👍
Germany like almost every Europian Union country are so nice 😀
Very true Tomas. I love the scandinavian Countrys. But as you say, you can travel Europe where ever you want. North, west to the south or east, there are rich History, beautyful Landscapes everywhere. Have a nice day, kind regards from Berlin / Gemany.
I am totally in love with Finland. Greetings to you 💜
Just stumbled upon your channel a few days ago and its really interesting to get another pov on my country (germans take germany for granted, so did i). I really enjoy your videos so far, because they make me rethink my own view on all the stuff i critisised/took for granted. Thank you for that!
We have so many castles in germany that we regularly just use them for ither stuff. In my city alone we have 4 castles. One is a park, one a museum and one a school now. Only one is preserved for tourists so u find castles quite a lot
Moin🖐🏻. If you want to know how Germany looks like, watch „This is Germany“ by Dr. Ludwig. It´s made by drohne shots and I think you will get some impressions….
Education is relatively free in germany BUT you still have to pay for your rent and your food and everything else that you need in life. So if you go to school full time you still need to have some kind of income to pay for your living expenses. If you're a student and you live with your parents thats a pretty good deal but if you live alone that might still be tricky to figure out.
It's better than graduating with 50,000 in debt.
PS: Hi Ryan...we Europeans have no problems with 4-letter-words or cursing expressions or sexual words. Therefore NOTHING is bleeped out here in Europe. I am so glad for this. !!!
Yes we are still really out there 😁 When I was younger there were also after hour clubs that start at 6am and got till 11am 😃
You should watch the Video "This is Germany" to see all the castles and sights.
That was fun, you never laughed as much in a reaction video 😁
Germany isn’t huge on craft beer but is doing traditional beers really well. There is a variety when it comes to light to dark flavours and colours. So you will be able to find light ones but they’re going to taste a lot better. I mean people here even drink alcohol free beer just because it tastes nice.
Radler are an nice alternative if you like fruity sweet drinks that are refreshing but not overpoweringly sweet. It’s a beer with citrus lemonade.
There are some even sweeter beers mixed drinks but those usually are most popular by younger adults and 16 year olds trying to get drunk
It depens, there are brewery pubs existing which having craft beer. Just the thing is, it mostly still tastes the same as industrial beer if it's equally made.
In germany drinking alcohol is age restricted at 18+ btw since I think even longer than 15 years already.
I live in Berlin near the Sisyphos. Its start Friday 22:00 and goes to Monday 8:00.
Nonstop
So when you can, you can dance 2,5 Days long. 😂
People go Saturday at 11:00 Am full dressed the street to the Club. When the Sun is shining.
Found your channel a few weeks ago, and really enjoy watching your videos. Hope you keep up the work ^^
Made in Germany is a worldwide sign for real quality
Yep and that since a long time, prior to the wars already.
If you don't like the typical, stronger beer taste ... it's quite common in Germany (and I guess everywhere else) to mix it up. I'm also not a fan of the typical German beer you drink here with friends, at the sport fields when soccer matches happen and so on. I drink it, but wouldn't prefer it for me alone. Usually you get a "Pils" (depending where you are, in Köln it would be "Kölsch") - it's a clear, yellow beer and depending on the brewery has a more or less bitter taste to it. Basically it's something you can down easily. Still a lot stronger then what you drink in the US (had a bud light once from a friend working on the US base in Rammstein - it really tastes awful ....). Personally I prefer "Weizen" - it's a more Bavarian beer, but you can get it anywhere. It's darker, usually you can't see through it and has a heavier, but not bitter taste.
And there's a lot of other different kinds .. but that's what wikipedia is for.
Back to the mixing. In summer I prefer a radler, it's a Pils mixed with lemonade - less alc. and easy to drink, a bit sweet. Guess you would like it. You can try it at home - get some heavier beer (I belive you can get German beer in the US or those self brewed) and mix it up. :)
For Weizen I usually mix it with Cola or banana juice. BUT - beer is not the only thing, we also got wine. And many drink wine spritzer (I guess you also drink this in the US?) - it's basically a red or white wine with carbonated water mixed in. Where I live it's actually quite common to mix it with said carbonated water (sour) or carbonated lemonade (sweet).
I might also add that with the drinking age being at 16 for beer and wine and 18 all goes, the drinking culture or environment is quite different from the US. It's common here to drink alcohol everywhere (NOT getting drunk as shit), even with kids next to you. When we go for a BBQ with friends, we all sit outside with a wide range of alcoholic drinks standing around with the ones for the kids. No problem or negative stigma. AND - all parents I know are quite strict if it comes to alc. and age. There have been cases with underage kids being drunk or even have alc. poisoning (like even 10 years old), but that's a really, really extreme case with a lot of bad outside factors. But AFAIK that's not uncommon around the world too - sadly.
Also the drinking age is only for going out. If you are at home, you as parents decide what the kids can do or not. Of course a 10 year old, drunk kid will result in social servies become active for negligence.
For us .. well, our kids tasted alcoholic beverage (we're talking here about finger dipping once :D) at random events, like with 10 they could try sekt/champagne and didn't like it. Now they're 14 and tasted some of it, like beer, mixed beer, cider and so on - tiny amounts, just so they get a feeling for it. And they will get some lectures on the way, so they won't waste themself as soon as they hit 16 years. I want them to know how and what to drink. I mean, they will do it anyway, so better be prepared. Same with sex ed. :D
You almost got that right about with the Radler mix. It's more like beer and Sprite, 7UP. I THINK The lemonade.. No way with beer. It's actually made from lemons and even with sugar in it, still has a sour taste.
There is no such thing as typical German beer, there are around 500 different types
@@jefferyoetter6884 Sprite and 7up are lemonades...
@@aetas810 in Germany. Which is pronounced differently. American lemonade is what I was talking about. I know what lemonade is in German. Please don't confuse the American lemonade with the German lemonade. American lemonade is like like lemon water and the American equivalent to this is sprite and 7UP. Cola is also a lemonade in German.
You drink our Lemonade mixed with beer and you will spit it out. Doesn't giv. Lemon water cold with added sugar during the summer months. We all drink it here hot during the summer with honey added, when we get sick. At least I do.
Aufpassen, Lemonade ist nicht das gleiche wie lemonade. Ls
Just spending hours watching your reactions 😀 love it!!!! Greetings from Kaiserslautern, Germany
Funfact: In Germany dogfood factories can be turned in 24h to human food factories in case of crisis, so the dogs even dont get the worst meat as well...
Davon habe ich noch nie was gehört. Ich meine, nicht dass ich das ausschließen möchte, nur ist mir das so nicht bekannt. Google spuckt auf die Schnelle auch nichts zu aus, und ich weiß auch nicht, welche Begriffe ich da in die Suchleiste eingegeben müsste.
Verlinkungen mag TH-cam ja nicht so gerne, aber kannst mir mal sagen wo ich mich zu dem Thema informieren kann?
MfG_stefan 👋🏼
@@stefankaiser3354 Ich finde es jetzt auf Anhieb auch nich, aber war damals ein Bericht zu in der Zeitung
In 1988 i spent 5 days with a trucker on his trip from where the chickens are produced to a factory for dog food. We had to check the frozen meat every 6 h to secure that the trailer holds -18°C . The factory wouldnt take it if it have had -17 or more. !
Beer have more flavour, it's not mass produced. All Europe have crafted
beers, it's all very from country to country. I love Christmas markets in Germany, the street food and mulled vine. LOVE IT.
Of course it's mass produced, and there's not necessaily anything wrong with that. What sets a good beer apart are the ingredients, not the volume produced.
That said, the best beer in the world, Westvleteren from Belgium, has indeed limited production, and can only be purchased at the monastry where it's brewed, and only upon appointment.
Hallo from Germany I like your Chanel you make an good job, best wishes for you.
Advanced meat recovery is a deboning process by which the last traces of skeletal muscle meat are removed from animal bones after the prime cuts have been carved off manually (beef trimmings) The machinery used in this process separates the last pieces of meat and fat from bone by scrapping, shaving, or pressing the meat from the bone without breaking or grinding the bone. This process is used to make ground beef. Heat and centrifuges remove the fat from the meat in the beef trimmings resulting in a paste known as “lean finely textured beef” The paste is exposed to ammonia gas and citric acid to kill bacteria and is finely ground, compressed into pellets, flash frozen and sold for use as an additive to ground beef. This lean finely textured beef aka “pink slime” is not permitted in the U.K, the EU or Canada and I would take a guess that this is why Ground beef in the US does not taste as good as it does elsewhere.
We do import food in Germany but it has to meet the (high) quality standards. That's why so many Germans were against TTIP because they feared, the USA food with lower standards could be imported and sold in Germany (the "chlorine chicken" was the most poular example).
Just look up the ingredient difference of U.S to Europe in MacDonalds. UK fries has 3 , U.S has over 16 including beef flavouring.
A friend of mine spent 2 years at an American High School and told me that every student had a hiding spot, in case that there was going to be a shooting. I think it's horrible that children need to worry about getting shot. In Germany I never had to have that fear and I am really grateful for that.
usually when you go to party in a club you meet up with your friends at your/their home and do some pre-drinking and then head out to the club at the earliest at 11 pm (12 pm is more likely).
Please watch the video: " This is Germany " by Dr Ludwig, i think u will like it😊
And the travelling thing is true: 2 weeks ago i went to London for some days (i do short trips like that all the time), Airport is only 30 minutes drive away, the flight to London is 1hour and 10 minutes....
Good recommendation.
Seconded this video is awesome. Turn on captions on that video so you know what the sights are
Was about to recommend the same since you've mentioned in the beginning that you wanna start to learn a bit more about certain places. Also a lot of other channels have been previously reacted to this, so it will fit the theme of your channel. This is the link btw: th-cam.com/video/ZbTn9G4bhOQ/w-d-xo.html
I really like his channel and all the music he uploads.
Even as a foreigner you can study in Germany for free (only the small fee of "Semestergebühren" depending on the City and University around 200-400 Euros per semester. But it also includes always free public transport and discounts in a lot of locations like cinema, and stuff). So yeah, come here and study, its basically free.
When I was 17 years old, I participated in a german american exchange programme where we would spend two weeks with our host family in Portland and after that we'd go to San Francisco with just our teacher for a week. Apart from the daily trips we took together as a group, like visit Alcatraz or something like that, it was just "be free, kids, explore!" But we had the one rule that really threw us off, we absolutely had to be back at the hotel before nightfall, because the teacher told us "this is not Germany, it's not safe for you to be out on the streets at night." When we first heard that, we couldn't believe he was serious, we thought he was kidding. But of course, we were good kids and met with him in our hotel lobby when we were supposed to and sure enough, as soon as it turned dark outside, you'd constantly hear police sirens going off in every direction. This was so mindblowing to us LOL but after the first night we understood that we had that rule for a reason. That experience is still completely otherworldly to me.
Germany also has lots of processed food. But everything you get, however much processed, in a grocery store or in a restaurant has a very high standard of food security and quality because food security is taken very seriously. Foreigners often remark on how our food is both cheap and high quality at the same time.
We live in the middle of nowhere and the key is always in the door (outside) from early morning to late evening. Never anything happened, no matter where we lived. There were nights i left the doors open by accident at night from the house or even my car, like OPEN OPEN, and nothing happened, or someone closed them for me. :) And american food? I will never get it. That is not food anymore. :D
Also react to Catiana Izabelle's "Why I'm not returning ...". It is extraordinary.
Same for the "Jovie's home" channel.
In Germany we also enjoy Beer with lemon Soda. "Alsterwasser". So that might be something for you.
Where I live it's really safe. In the hot summer months I sleep with all doors and windows wide open. And I live at ground level.
What u do at six in the morning after a club tour? Well, looking for a place to get breakfast of course 😅
There are also some clubs that are open 24 hours. So you go out Friday night, leave the club Sunday morning and call it a night.
Another good video from you Ryan it`s interesting how other people who live in Germany see our country that we had such a good food in Germany is because we have a strict food regulation/law where many additives such as glutamate etc. are banned and it is regularly is contolled and i think it`s really good that Germany is doing so much to come to come to terms with it`s terrible past from north to south Germany you can visit memorials to understand it even better in Berlin alone there is a lot to see about German history.😍
It has to be good quality and be well regulated...i mean...we eat raw pork...some people every day so...the sushi of Germany 👍🏾🤣
As a German I can tell you something about trader Joe's. If you know Aldi in America then I can explain it a bit better. Aldi is a German grocery store chain that was founded by two brothers. After some time they had a dispute and split into Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd. The Aldi's you know in America are part of the Aldi Süd Business, Trader Joe's belongs to the Aldi Nord Business and is therefore German as well
One of the videos he reacted to before this one basically explained your full comment word for word already.
I'm from germany and want to say smt about the clubs. I was in small cities and also in Berlin in clubs. Need to say, even if we are there till 5am, we often go in the club like 12 o'clock plus/minus one hour. we don't start like 10pm. normally to go in the club and see the sun when you come home in summer.
dogfood quality meat in germany should be a compliment, because the food standardisation is much better in pet food. you have a tighter allowence of what to put in a can
You should make a video about the difference between American and German health care system. There are some interesting videos of Americans living in gernany explaining the system and their experiences with it.
I live in a rural area in Bavaria, here I could literally sleep drunk on the sidewalk and never get robbed. But to be honest I wouldn't dare that in dubious districts of lager cities.
@@ChiefHerzensCoach ...including how Munich is Bavaria's equivalent of Austin 😄
There are some clubs opening on friday and closing on sunday evening😄
you have such a neutral opinion to things, I reall enjoy watching ur videos. Greetings from germany!
A few years ago the German Government declared, I think by law but I'm not sure of that, that education was a right not a privilege. And after that announced that all state funded universities were free (apart from a registration/matriculation fee, and your living expenses).
I don't party much but especially birthday parties and holidays will last until morning. If one club or bar closes, another will still be open. 😆
Coming home at 6 AM while everything is (mostly) quiet, it's actually really nice to walk around. Even tho you really get some weird stares from people who have to work. 😂
The longest I partook in was around 8-9am or something but I know of friends who came home around noon the next day. But for sure those aren't "normal" times.
Also, people often pre-party. Depending which day it is, they already start around noon. So easily +12hrs of partying. :)
About safety, yep! It's pretty safe here. I easily walk alone (as a woman) even it's in the middle of the night. I don't carry any self defensive equipement. Sure, it's not completely crimeless but pretty safe nontheless.
The only thing kids were scared to go, was back in my town where I grew up. I was around 12yrs old. Some dude shot his ex wife, both kids, put all of them into beds, called the police, left the door open and shot himself after also lying down in bed. It was the weekend and not a single neighbor heard anything. It was called "the blue house" after that since it is blue and like I said, most kids didn't want to be anywhere near.
Another thing I remember was (I think I was around 11?), when I rode my bike from my parents apartment to my grandma. My way wasn't that long (maybe a 15min drive). Right between the fields and some houses. Nearly no traffic but also not many people around there. Saw a man walking down the street. He looked at me and I felt weird. I drove way faster after that and looked behind me every now and then but didn't see him. He later was at the end of the street where my grandma lived and watched behind some bushes. I instantly called out to the parents present since there lived a lot of smaller children and parents tend to let them play on their own (like running around the big apartment complexes) since it was mostly a group of at least 5-10 kids.
So those kind of things do happen but I still feel pretty save regardless.
Going alone to school by bike, by foot or taking the bus, is pretty normal too. Took the bus for 15-ish minutes and the train for 35-40 minutes+some waiting time when I was younger just to get to school. :)
I don't think living near other countries is that "cool" either. I don't know. It's just such a normal thing here. My man attended a bachelor party and they drove to Poland for the weekend. I grew up right at the border to Switzerland (the border was a river, so we just walked across a bridge and changed countries). Buying groceries there once in a while was pretty normal for me (we had a bus line from one end of my city, through it, all the way to the swiss city next to us, through it and to the end there, every 30min and I lived in a small town). Went swimming there a lot since its pool was equally far away from where I lived than the one from my city. Also doing a shopping trip to France was something that wasn't something unordinary. Took school trips to France, Switzerland and Italy. :)
And yes, we have a whole system for unemployed people. They take your data, you need to go to and meet them every few weeks. They test you in which fields you're good at (it's like a math, language, logical test stuff), teach you how to do things (like writing applications and sorts) and also help you get a job. If you aren't a native speaker you also get a language course. And - they pay you, so you don't need to be homeless. They pay rent, you get money for food, they pay your health insurance, etc. Of course it's not that much (I think it's around 430€ each month for a single person; without rent included), but you can live with it. So it really is a "nice" system. Germany takes care of its people (compared to other countries), but of course, you will hear differently about that topic nontheless.
The history here and everything you can see related to that is awesome! It's not just Germany but Europe as a whole. I loooooove the old towns with their distinguished architecture. The old barn doors they still have, etc. Seeing castles, walking around and knowing this is hundreds of years old and people actually lived there. My granddad used to have bibles from 1600s-1700s I think.
I used to live in Germany 🇩🇪... University in Bonn , then worked near Stuttgart...Fantastic...
Wish I had never left ...
Yep the Arbeitsamt, employment center helped me get my job. Was sent to a place as a contract worker and the company was so happy with my work, they invited me in and worked there since. The contract worker pay sucks and you can be sent anywhere
The City has skyscapers, so if it is in Germany, it is Frankfurt on the Main (it is at the Main river in contrast to Frankfurt on the Oder, wich is at the Oder river)
Well, there are other places in Germany with skyscrapers, but Frankfurt is the only city with an actual skyline.
It london. You can see Tho Old Royal Naval college and The O2
@@BrokenCurtain This definitely is Frankfurt am Main because of the "Maintower", the dark grey building with the pyramid-like top.
@@alicemilne1444 No, it is London (UK)
@@alicemilne1444 That building is One Canada Square in Canary Wharf, London. It used to be the London HQ of the Torchwood Institute before it was destroyed in the 2007 Battle of Canary Wharf, when the Cybermen and Daleks fought against each other because they both wanted to conquer Earth. ;)
You can also see the O2 (AKA the Millennium Dome), the Greenwich TfL Electric Power Station and the Old Royal Naval College.
If you are to wimpy for german beer than just drink a radler. really sweet beer mix. we have the perfect drink/beer for everyone 😂
Used to go raving 8pm -8am
You're a very pleasant guy :)
I wish you all the best for you're channel and send greetings in the USA.
There is burglary of course. But in my place i sometimes forgot to lock my car standing at the road. Even with windows down. Nothing ever happened. knock on wood. I am in a 5000 people village 5km from a 50000 peoples town.
We had some school shootings, copy of american ones. Not many, though.
People in germany are still not all happy and want to have things different - in different directions as everywhere.
If you ever plan to come to Germany, just send a PM :) I would be glad to show you and your family around, living in Mannheim, in the middle of Germany, which is the middle of Europe, and FunFact:
Both the car and the bicycle have been INVENTED in this humble city of Mannheim/Germany :) so it could be called the center of the mobility world! :D
Imagine man lebt in Mannheim lol
Jk
Fahrrad kommt aus Karlsruhe und Mannheim ist nicht in der Mitte von Deutschland
Dont Go to Mannheim. Come to Heidelberg ❤️
@@bryce-bryce center of the mobility world heißt nicht mitte von deutschland lol
@@cantinadudes middle of Germany aber
Watch „This is Germany“ by Dr. Ludwig with captions for the Name‘s of each Location
Ryan, all your vids r very interesting !
Geography Now has a video about Germany with a lot of information at once. You might want to check that one out.
The best way to verify everything you've seen in the many videos you've reacted to: come over here and see for yourself. Even if only for a two week trip.
University application: ANYONE with a sufficient high school education and final grades can apply to German universities, not just german citizens. Legal residency is (more or less) sufficient.
Germany being a federal nation, with 16 states has many universities (which can't be compared to standard US colleges), it has at least 16 different regulations on what kind of administration fees are levied against students, how you can apply, and what curriculae are offered under what conditions.
It is our 'insidious' plan (eeeevil laughter 😈) to lure intelligent people to Germany with more or less 'free education'. In many cases they will decide to stay, found families, have children, work and live here, and ultimately pay taxes and fees into our social system. But especially help us cover our slowly declining and rapidly aging population.
The administration fees of a university vary from 250 to 500€ a semester (not a month), but include lots of bonuses for the registered students, so it's not an entrance level fee, but you actually get services for that money.
Student entrance fees for many museums, cinemas, theaters, etc are usually lower; there is usually a semester ticket for the local public transportation system included; very low costs for acceptable to good cafeteria food from the university Mensa.
edit: I HAAAAD to edit this in. Who in the world likes Bud Light?!? That stuff is the quintessential piss water. Pour it back into the horse you got it from. That stuff is dis-gus-ting.
I actually did went to a bar to get some drinks with friends last weekend and when the one bar did close at 3am we went to the next until it closed at around 5:30 am, and i actually live in a small city with ~100k citizens, so guess thats quite true for most of Germany
We also got clubs that are opened from Friday to Monday or even longer😂
20:45 Sounds more Medieval than Holocaust but anyways, I have a story like that:
For the longest time in history, my city and the surrounding area were a bishopric (so literally ruled by the church). In the 1530s, a couple radical protestants violently took charge of the city, taking it from the Catholic church, establishing an extremist holy state, ramping up the number of public executions. When the city was finally retaken, 2 of the 3 main culprits (the third escaped and they actually punished a random dude in his stead) were tortured, executed and put in cages that were hung from a local church as a warning for everyone else to see, the bodies slowly rotting away. The cages have not been taken down since and are still up there.
Münster i.W. ??
@@ralfklonowski3740 yup
hey ryan, you should totally find a video about the system of retirement in germany, and how it works, knowing that this will be a completely shocking experiance for you as well :D
But it dosent work thats the problem
@@BernddasBrot-wu5mm it works... For now
When I was about 18, there were only night buses departing from 1 stop in Stuttgart evey 1h and 11mins. They took forever to get me home. So I just stayed until 5 to 6am at the clubs to get the first subway/train to get me home. Today the trains are running on weekend nights, too.
Weekend night train services are really nice, even if you don't even go clubbing. Don't know how you were supposed to survive after drinking to much to drive, with no trains coming
Ryan you post so many videos from germany, its time you visit germany and also another country's in europe, like the Netherlands, Belgium or in the south Switzerland and italy. When you like warm weather around the year is greece, southern italy, spain or portugal great places. Your comments about the videos they are realy cool.
if i remember right... the army is handing letters to soldiers here in germany to warn them about our beer xD
If you want you can read about peoples getting mrdered and all crazy stuff here in germany as well daily... Hes def got the wrong impression. Maybe not on tv
University is free for all, including all foreigners. Greeting from Germany
Even my small village has a castle. 600 people living here and the village next door also has a castle. Ours was build 1361 on a ruin of another castle.
You don’t have to have the German citizenship for free school, it’s free also for international students
I would like to know why you are so interested in Germany. Have you ever been to Germany?
Hello Ryan, how are you? Thank you for your videos, I wish you all the best...
Ahhh... the clubbing point brought up some amazing memories. I've been feeling too constantly tired and old for that ish for about 10 years now, but when I was still going to clubs the routine would be this:
- Meet at a friend's place for 'Vorglühen' (pre-warm-up), so you're already having a few shots, a beer and a little bite to eat. But don't get perceptibly hammered, else they might not let you in at the door later.
- Reach the club at around 11 when women often still get free entry - yes, I was on a budget back then ;) - else arriving between midnight and 1 is also not bad.
- dance until 5 or 6, sometimes 7
- get on your way home and reach your house in that special grey morning light
- sleep until 11 or 1, have a good hangover meal (eg pizza), and chose some chilled out activity for the rest of the day (like hanging out at a park or go shopping or whatever tickles your pickle)
Thanks for your amazing content about Germany I’m glad I found your channel 😊💪🏾