@@kevinkiefer4442 There are also many different tea shops in Berlin. And yet I wouldn't say that we have a special tea culture. most likely oriental. Through Turkish migrations for generations. which is great. teeGschwender has 4 Shops in Berlin and in a lot of other cities in Germany. That's just a big company. - Eine Kette-
drinking tea is not automatically a tea culture. In England if you visit someone, the first or second thing the host will ask is: Fancy a cup of tea? In Germany they would offer a water... Even craftsmen will get offered a tea.
@@henningbartels6245that’s true but we wouldn’t offer water.. it’s more common to offer different drinks , most ratet coffee, lemonade, sparkle water, lemonade and tea. We invite guests over for coffee and cake in the afternoon.
In Germany, we do the same as the Swedes. Our fika is called “Kaffee und Kuchen” (lit. coffee and cake). It's a social ritual practiced all over the country usually during mid-afternoon (between 3pm and 5pm).
Freddie Mercury had called everybody Darling, or something like that. And everyone had expeted that he would do. And he was also at Art school. So, very british - and I like that. Greetings from northern germany ♥️
Its so interesting to see you as a Brit being interested in Germany whilst me as a German being obsessed with the UK xD Big up tho, what a guy youre so fun to watch keep it up❤️
Overall, winters in Germany tends to be harsher than in UK, and German houses are built more solid - thicker walls, thicker doors, double glazing. The prevalence of carpets in UK houses is to counteract the lighter build quality of the houses - to stop draft through floor boards and lessen the noise between floors.
To my knowledge, the German "Kneipe" (equivalent to a pub) has been vanishing in recent decades --- much like there is concern about the pubs disappearing in Britain (admittedly according to the news I've seen). The German "Kneipensterben" (dying out of the pubs) has started a good bit earlier. Added: Oh, carpet in the bathroom. My grandma used to have that as well, supposedly because it was the American style. In general, I'd say carpets were a lot more common in Germany a generation or two ago.
I remember, sometimes my dad hung out at the local Kneipe after work ... Mom wasn't happy about it, but thats another story ... he met friends there, we as kids had our lemonade or cola, sometimes we played darts ... it was really cozy as far as I remember ... there are still quite a few in Hamburg, but it's really dying out for the most part. I think if you go away from the big cities, or maybe in the outskirts of bigger cities you can find a Kneipe much more often nowadays.
In Germany you rather have rugs and runners laying on a wooden floor, sometimes tiled floor. You could lift them up when you want to clean. But in Britain there is carpet floor from wall to wall and even tightly around the toilet bowl - this seems difficult to clean and offputting for Germans.
German here: I've lived in California for 3 years in the late 1970s, and I dispised zhose sugary sayings like "Oh, darling...", "Sweetie...", and whatever else they came up with. I can relate to what the lady is saying. I choose very carefully whose darling I want to be. Certainly not everybody's.
Regarding point 4 - tea; always these generalizations! On Germany's coasts, people would vigorously disagree with the claim to be a coffee nation. Tea reigns supreme here! Statistically, more tea is drunk in East Frisia than anywhere else in the world. When the storms of the North Sea rage here and you sit comfortably in the warm living room and watch the forces of nature ... then you learn to love the cozy feeling that a hot tea conveys.
When I started work placements in German (south) hospitals during my studies some thirty years ago, usually one of the first tasks was to make coffee for the whole team and everyone was drawing conclusions from the result if you were any good.
I remember a family trip to London. At one point we were lost, standing on the sidewalk, searching the map and wondering how to get to our destination. A man came out of the bank we were standing in front of and asked us if he could help us. He explained to us how to get to our destination and the best way to get there. We didn't ask for help, he just came out and helped us. I don't think that would have happened here.
Point 2 seems also depend on region. Regarding my region in Germany: About 50 years ago every village had still its "Dorfwirtschaft" or village pub, and many had even more than one. Those were places to socialize for rural people, but nowadays this business model seems no longer to be economically feasible, and in many villages the socializing has moved to some sports or music club or the voluntary fire brigade. In my 50k pop. town however there are still dozens of inns fulfilling that role (even if only one of those is officially a (Irish) "pub", the others are called "Kneipen", "Schenken", "Cafés" and sometimes "Restaurant"), but most of them are located in the old town district, not in the outer residential areas (the old town is also a residential area, but not mainly.)
In London they are all stressed out. But already on the airport/custom control the officers are so nice and friendly. I had many funny and friendly experiences!
Concerning her second point, maybe she originates from a bigger city? I've grown up in a small town (around 30k-ish) and we had quite a lot of pubs that were like she described the english pubs. In contrast I can only seem to find very few comparable pubs in Hamburg, my current residence. Most of the pubs are either more like an american sports bar or feel very focused on the faster city live style and not a cozy get-together as I'd like it. There are other nice locations though that fill this gap for me, like for example a dedicated board-game-cafe. All in all it is just harder to find these kind of cozy places in big cities I think.
Regarding friendlyness of the people I think we Germans don't talk to strangers without a reason. But if we are asked we will be happy to help. What we don't like at all is to be disturbed by the staff while shopping. Among other things this is the reason why Walmart failed in Germany.
She apparently compares the German city with British villages. Because she is so wrong on many points. For example, the German pub in rural areas is exactly what she said about British pubs.
Well, we call the pubs "Kneipen", and you usually have at least one in every village and you come together in that "Kneipen" as well, even with kids, for a little meal, playing kicker (table football), Billiard or darts. I think both are very similar. If you have the option in bigger areas you would go to a cafe, bakery or bistro for a coffee, not in a "Kneipe", but in smaller villages, that would be also possible. And clubs and parties, meet also in the local "Kneipen". But, she missed the most important difference. "Red" means stop and "green" means go!
my grand grandma also got carpet everywhere when she turned 90 she asked me whether I could tile her bathroom/toilet floor because that would make it easier for her to clean i was very happy to do it for her because I find carpet in the bathroom gross
In Germany a lot happens outside of schools, because full day schools are quite new. So you go to music school/art courses/Vereine (sport clubs) in the afternoon after school.
The water tap situation in the UK is why back in the day even Katy Perry sang: "You're hot and you're cold, you're yes and you're no, you're in and you're out...." Now I know!!!!!😂🙈
11:40 Office culture in Germany is more built upon coffee and the coffee break. That may be partly rooted in the history of coffee and of tea in Germany, but also in different water qualities. You can buy tea "English Blend" or e.g. "Earl Grey" in Germany, but it will often not taste as in (most of) England, because many regions here have rather "hard" water (very calcareous), which changes the taste and makes especially broken tea bitter if steeped any longer than absolutely necessary. There are some exceptions e.g. in the northwestern Lowlands or the Black Forest. where the water is softer and people traditionally drink more tea. In most offices you have some coffee machine - either a fancy automatic coffee machine or a capsule machine where everyone gets their own cup out of the machine or an older coffee filter machine, where you ask you colleagues who want a cup before setting up a can big enough for all interested.
Hi from an island close to the danish border :) A "how are you" in germany is a specific medical question. Tea, yeah, as the neighbours in the south, east frisian, already mentionend, tea is a cultural thing there. How you pour the milk into the tea and always stir counterclockwise to hold on time. That's not a thing here in north frisia, but I like it. I have been to England several times and I enjoyed tea over there (relatives are british) and I tried tea I bought in England in Germany. It's not the same, don't know why.
5:30 Well we do have a lot of pups or cocktail places actually but yeah those are mostly for adults. But what we have a culture like that too, mostly in summer you meet all kinds of peiople in Biergarten. Even during the week, where people go and enjoy a cold beer after work. I usally go with a co worker and we almost everytime meet some nice people. Specially in Dresden where i live. There is a really nice one directly at the river where you have a beautiful view to the old Town part an you have a beautiful sunset to watch.
22:00 Here she is wrong. "Du" is not like "You", it is like "thou" or "thee". English has totally abolished the informal form and uses only the formal "You", which would be "Sie" in German. To counterbalance the missing "Du" Americans and later also Brits started using forenames in some contexts. which is difficult for Germans, because using the formal "Sie" and the forename like in English seems rather weird (as would be the informal "Du" together with the surname), while the informal "Du" together with the forename suggests a closeness which is often not really given.
In northern germany you will find a big tea culture and in the south beer gardens work the same way as pubs in england where every age is seen and you meet new people. So its a bit more regional if things are different or not. For myself I am a northen german and I love my tea, not even touching coffee at all. Also I love some good fish as a snack or dinner.
Over here in Friesland, we just switch from drinking loads of tea to our local pubs to drinking beer… And no, fish isn't really a thing with it, you're drinking whatever you like or just let it loose. 🤗
depending on the city I think there are more or less bars (pubs). here there are many beer gardens where you sit down and drink beer, often you sit down with friends in a restaurant eat and drink beer there or you go to clubs, but I think berlin has a very good selection of bars (pubs)
We have coffee and cake in germany...it's somewhere in between 15 and 17 o clock...and there is a big tea culture in Ostfriesland in the north of germany...
For the purpose of meeting, Germans have their "Clubs" - Sportsclubs, Knittingclubs, whatever it may be, and these places will have some sort of refreshment area with beers or coffee or teas. Do Germans drink a lot of beers? Well, yes, but we are also not very big spenders, so it is much cheaper to buy crates of beer, then hanging at a pub. Also you are permitted to drink outside (which might be same in UK??) so sitting with beer in the Park is very common. And then you have huge beer festivals such as Octoberfest with tent after tent after tent worth of hundreds of people each chugging down 1 Liter mugs one after another for hours!
"Tea time" at 4 o´clock: she is still German, because she was reminded of her roots: the German `Kaffee und Kuchen´ (coffee and cake) in the afternoon. Sadly this isn´t as common as it was a decade ago, but rather considered a "old people thing".
In Germany "my Darling"/"meine Liebe" is used somebodys fault in a sarcastic way. Like "My Darling, you again forgot to take the rubbish away"/"Meine Liebe, du hast schon wieder den Müll nicht runter gebracht"
Looolll when she was like: no absolutely not. You (go make your own) coffee 😂 I felt that xD my German heart really felt that 😂😂😂 I would hate to have to make coffee for others xD I also don’t want them to do it for me 🙈
However I think that's because today you'll find those coffee machines grinding and brewing coffee for a single cup everywhere. I well remember programming teams in which it was no hassle to set up the (filter) coffee maker to fill another jug of coffee after you had taken the last cup.
I don't know if that was just typical of London but I like about England that people tend to stay on the right side on escalators allowing others to pass by on the left (or the other way around, can't remember exactly any more). In Germany you'll find often that people are standing in the middle and you'd have to ask if you wanted to pass by. And generally queueing matters in England while in Germany it could seem you'd need your elbows. Actually it's not that bad but you'd have to take care a bit about not getting ignored. And a few people are really rude enough to jump a queue if there's one.
I have been staying with a family in Brighton when I was 14 and they had carpet in the bathroom and the toilet, too. I thought it was kind of weird. And I agree with the other Germans in the comments from the north, that lots of people drink tea as well but I do prefer coffee, every now and than I'll have a nice cup of Earl Gray, though. Just like Captain Picard 😂
Okay, maybe the woman doesn't know this, but there are actually Carl Orff and other music schools in Germany that take care of music education for children from an early age. Of course, it is up to the parents to take care of the registration of the children. There are many artistic offers for children and young people ... but unfortunately in Germany you have to actively search for the information and it will not be provided to you unsolicited. But anyone who makes art themselves as a parent will of course know the relevant offers
I have the impression that she comes from East Germany, which doesn't mean anything derogatory. but a cultural thing within Germany. In any case, I can only speak for myself when it comes to carpets, for example, and they haven't been in great demand in my area for a long time. Also when it comes to drinking tea if you live in the north like Hamburg or East Frisia. A lot of tea is probably drunk there. and we have a coffee break. So more or less the same, only not with tea but with coffee. As far as pubs are concerned, we have beer gardens or clubs like rifle clubs or carnival clubs, depending on where you live in Germany. where the whole family meets. So I would contradict her a bit.
Not taking the mick out of other ones but making fun of one selves is very british and fun as well. You tell the most embarrassing things you did to make the others laugh
I loooove that you brits apologize❤ In my experience, most of the people Here shout at each other instead of apologizing. I once steped on a foot of someone in London and we both said sorry, it was a warm feeling of "togetherness". We Germans can be very rude and i really hate us for that.
From my experience, British people are very much alike to us Germans, but both countries can have quite a different history from region to region. Instead of comparing countries, it might be better to compare on a regional level. People in the the northwest might have more in common with people from the Ruhrgebiet than with Londoners, while the mix of people you see in London's Financial district is probably not far off from people you would find in the west end of Frankfurt.
Greeting in Luxembourg ... usual/poilte "Moien" _ with friends "An?" ("And?" Short for "How are you doing?") and you answer "Selwer?" (+/- "Same?" short for "I'm fine and you?") Germans meet for coffee 15:00 is "Kaffeepause" ("coffee break"), not every day .. or they meet up with friends (at home or in a cafe) for a "Kaffeeklatsch" (coffee, cake and a chat, "Klatsch" is generally refered about gossiping about work, people both know, people in the coffee shop ....)
apparently british pubs are the exact same concept as german coffee houses....and yes obviosly you can get a beer at a coffee house but also coffee and cake.
I noticed myself after living in the UK for several years. I started apologising when people dumped into me and at that point, I thought OK I´ve become too British now. 😆
Some of the differences are - if a German asks 'how you are', he/she's interested in your answer. Really. We don't do small talk. We don't ask otherwise; we're straight. ;) - there's some cultural difference between north and south. And I think there's something similar in UK. - your pubs are a real public space for everyone, i *really* enjoyed them.. We do have something similar, but your kind of pub culture really should be preserved.. Beside the old-style Taxi's, double decker buses and this epic red post boxes.. I would miss them, if i may ever travel again to UK. - the local differences in UK are actually much bigger than in DE/Germany. I still remember sitting after a 14h++ day with a group of Germans in a small, but reeeaaally cool && relaxing pub in Edinborough, just later realizing this was one of it's most famous and old-styled pubs in Edinborough, so called The Ryrie's. Too much traffic down stairs, so decided to go up to level1. A large TV on the left side, Germany vs England in one of the most important matches (i'm not a fan).. (~2006). And all the local Scotts have all been on the (our) German side; against England. What the heck.. :D
This reminds me of when i have been grocery shopping on my holiday in brighton. The cashier greeted me with something like, how are you or how's your day. I just smiled awkwardly to o her because my German instinct would have started her my life story and at the same time was thinking that was talking to a stranger. My mental system just crashed right there until my British friend explained how to react to that 😂 And yes, I also think that british people are more pleasant to be around.
On the point of carpet and gross: in my school in Germany, the old mensa used to have carpet floors. I only know that from stories, as they had gotten rid of it by the time I went there, but apparently that carpet soaked everything right up. Spilled food or drinks as well as the occasional vomit or whatever. 🤢😅
Maybe you can react to a coffee and tea video: "Die Deutschen lieben Kaffee aber lieben sie auch Tee? Plus Ostfrisiesche Teezeremonie" 😊 It's actually in English.
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About the arts-and-culture-thing: In Germany popular culture is deemed a 'lesser' form of art compared to the fine arts or classical music and is, therefore, not encouraged in the education system. And there are several reasons for it. First of all we are a highly industrialised economy, thus education is ideally geared towards natural science, mathematic, engeneering etc. Popular culture is hardly seen as an 'exportable good' or an 'industry'. But the main reason might be a historical one. German popular culture (contemporary culture) which was thriving and very avangardistic in the 1920ies was cut short by the regime that followed the roaring 20ies. Lots of artists emmigrated or didn't survive the atrocities of that time. They left a gap in society that could never really be closed. It is traceable untill today. So the development of German popular culture and the connection to popular culture overall was interrupted. After the war German culture took refuge in past glories like classical music, literature and fine arts of long gone eras And playing it safe in popular culture; no experiments, hideous 'Schlager'-music, soppy 'Heimat'-films and so on. There seemed to be a need to create a comforting bubble. Artists who tried to burst this bubble for example in literature had a very hard time. It is not like that anymore but the relationship between society and popular culture is still a different one than in the UK or the USA.
in germany there has been a massive number of pubs closed. i think its since smoking is prohibited, many of them converted to the asylums for the smokers first, but couldnt survive on them alone (nearly nobody else went there anymore). also, the pandemic had a massive effect, plus beer prices have gone up considerably. so, in the area that i live at least 80% of the pubs of 2000 have closed since.
Im a german woman and my fiance is from the uk so yes i spend a lot of time in the uk (i still life in germany for now) and now im used to all the diferences but at the start when i was first visiting my now fiance i was shocked. i was always thinking the uk and germany are nearly the same but yes there are a lot of diferences . so i can agree to this video :) i mean dont get me wrong there are a lot diferences but we have a lot in comen too so i think thats the reason why i get use to all so quick the comen thinks make the diference away. my fiance was here in germany end of last year and we have visited a german pub yes of course it was different only people over 18 allowed in etc but he was suprised how cheap it was at the end of the night. we where 5 people and we where all good drunk and only have payed 43 euros all together. i mean i dont say its everywhere like this in germany but in my pub near where i life it was realy good and cheap we have enjoyed the evening there.
If for example your 16 year old daughter has a friend and he meets you the first time, would he also just say "Hey John dude, whats up ?" .. or rather "Good day Mister Smith" ? And the same question when you come to your new workplace the first day and meet your new boss, is it also directly "Hi John, whats up?" or rather "Good Day Mister Smith, nice to meet you" ? For me its at least weird to imagine its really always the first option.
1:47: I love that Germans are more direct. Or the other way round: I don't like it when people don't say directly what they want or think of you. You often have to pick out the undertones of what is said in order to recognize what could possibly be meant and I'm not good at doing that. It is also prone to errors. I think “politeness” can also be insincerity! 2:26 If you get a good feeling just because you're asked how you're doing, even IF the other person MAY have no interest in the information (who asks "everyone"), what does that say about you? 8:40 ... see 1:47 😛
I actually used to have separate taps in my former flat here in Germany. It turned out as a big financial advantage for me. Unfortunately in my current flat I can't have that anymore.
I'm not super experienced with Germany, so may not be a difference, but a couple more things I find strange about the UK are: Pipes on the outside of houses, Brits often say that it's good measure since if they break/freezes it's so much easier to fix them. OK, sure, the pipes for water and waste in my house are from the 1920ies and have never got damaged, since they are insulated and go inside of the house. Sash windows, or overall leaky windows, which is "fixed" by heavy curtains and fireplaces. I mean, get a Swedish window from 1700 instead (not that I mind curtains or fireplaces). Washing machines in the kitchen. I have NEVER seen that in Sweden, they are always in the bathroom or in the basement. Also no sockets in the bathroom. It used to be like that in Sweden back in IDK 1960, but elecrical standards has improved since then. On/off swiches on the sockets. This also seems like a thing from the past, when electricity safety was a bit less regulated. Sorry for the rant, I love Britain and Ireland!
All of the points you mentioned for Sweden are the same in Germany - so it seems we have a lot in common when it comes to construction and buildings! 😊
I think the informal addressations are not a problem, as long as they are not from within the same age group to each other and explicitly not from a pedophile(!) - if a young person tells an older one: "Love, shall I help you across the road?" or an older one tells a young: "Love, would you like a candy?" then those uses are clearly not romantically inspired and just forms of endearment
Here is a little Song Die kleine Kneipe Der Abend senkt sich auf die Dächer der Vorstadt Die Kinder am Hof müssen heim Die Krämersfrau fegt das Trottoir vor dem Laden Ihr Mann trägt die Obstkisten rein Der Tag ist vorüber Die Menschen sind müde Doch viele gehen nicht gleich nach Haus Denn drüben klingt aus einer offenen Türe Musik auf den Gehsteig hinaus Die kleine Kneipe in unserer Straße Da wo das Leben noch lebenswert ist Dort in der Kneipe in unserer Straße Da fragt dich keiner was du hast oder bist Die Postkarten dort an der Wand in der Ecke Das Foto vom Fußballverein Das Stimmengewirr Die Musik aus der Jukebox All das ist ein Stückchen Daheim Du wirfst eine Mark in den Münzautomaten Schaust anderen beim Kartenspiel zu Und stehst mit dem Pils in der Hand an der Theke Und bist gleich mit jedem per du Die kleine Kneipe in unserer Straße Da wo das Leben noch lebenswert ist Dort in der Kneipe in unserer Straße Da fragt dich keiner was du hast oder bist Man redet sich heiß und spricht sich von der Seele Was einem die Laune vergällt Bei Korn und bei Bier findet mancher die Lösung Für alle Probleme der Welt Wer Hunger hat Der bestellt Würstchen mit Kraut Weil es andere Speisen nicht gibt Die Rechnung, die steht auf dem Bierdeckel drauf Doch beim Wirt hier hat jeder Kredit Die kleine Kneipe in unserer Straße Da wo das Leben noch lebenswert ist Dort in der Kneipe in unserer Straße Da fragt dich keiner was du hast oder bist Die kleine Kneipe in unserer Straße Da wo das Leben noch lebenswert ist Dort in der Kneipe in unserer Straße Da fragt dich keiner was du hast oder bist
In Köln sagt man. Die Kneipe ist das Wohnzimmer des Kölners. Leider sind viele typische "Kneipen an der Ecke" in den letzten Jahrzehnten kaputt gegangen.
It's a bit weird to speak about German schools in general as we have SIXTEEN DIFFERENT SCHOOL SYSTEMS as education is a state aka Bundesland thingy ! The state I was a teacher in has several different art academies and took in a whole Ukrainian academy when the war started !! My " normal " school likes to do musicals like Mama Mia or Pirates of the Carribean......
Using pet names casually is something I like about english and I don´t think you have to be carefull if you know how to deliver it, which I think is absolutly crucial when doing it. More importantly, you need charm, charisma and have a good sense for peoples characters. Let´s be real, women love compliments you just shouldn´t sound like a creep when making a casual compliment and yes imagine that: it´s possible for a man just wanting to tell a woman "you are astonishing" and that´s it, no further intentions and often not even a further conservation wanted. Why? Women that beautiful usually are nothing but a headege with creeps swarming around like wasp around a piece of meat, because that´s how they see here and a lot of those women are enjoying that. Or maybe a woman just looks like having a bad day and a compliment sure would cheer her up, you know just being a decent person caring about others? Like e.g. you go to a restaurant and notice your waiter/ waitress is totally stressed out because it´s so busy and you make a compliment and tell them "don´t stress out about us, we don´t mind waiting a bit" and seeing the smile on their face when hearing that. What´s wrong with that? But more funny, I could immediantly tell the guy is the brit because I can actually see the limited genepool, not intended as an insult.
For my point of view as a german: 1.) point ok, you got me..I hate smal talk.. 2.) point I disagree there are a lot of regions in Germany where we have the same "pup culture" 3.) point why in hell should I ask something, if I want to say Hello? 4.) point No, I will never like english tea.. friut tee, is ok, but I love my coffee! But we have a great tea culture in the north of germany, esp. in Friesland. At the other points I agree.
1 and 2 it depends where she is from in Germany. Those pubs exist in Germany too, but not in big cities. And small talks, asking how are you etc. - it's not your business if you're stranger. It's something that annoys most Germans. If you want superficial small talk you are wrong in Germany. It ties into the 3. point - you don't say you are right if you don't want to know it. It's superficial. Just say hello - what's wrong with using hello or hi ?
It’s definitely not true, we made coffee for all in our office! And that with the tea so many said before, in the northern parts, we drink a lot, even in Hamburg there are Teestuben!
I really don't know why she's so surprised,because in Germany. You made coffee also for the hole office, or had this disappeard as well, OK. The chitchat didn't happen
It must have changed. As I was a trainee, of course I took orders, how every one wanted theirs, I even got complaints that my coffe was too 'weak'/ not strong enough!
Alright would confuse me too. For real. It sounds like...are you feeling okay..is something wrong with you are you ok/alright? 😂 Confusing..also for an Austrian. Never learned that at School. We just get the literal Translation..not always the Phrases or Meaning. When you learn a language. That comes much more later. When you find out that u used it the wrong way..for years.When german speaking Persons are asking..it literally means if you are alright, well..if you are okay
I myself have been to England many times and I personally have always been quite disappointed with the pub culture, or at least the nightlife scene in general. Expensive, the beer is okay but not outstanding, a lot of arguments at a late hour and the pubs close just when it starts to get funny. Don't get me wrong, I love the British people, otherwise I wouldn't have been there so often, but Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne can nightlife better than London, Manchester and Birmingham, at least from what I've experienced.
I don't agree with "get your coffee", like we wouldn't ask our colleagues. Absolutely not true. No matter which job or company, if we need a real break, most of us ask each other about that. Bit of a pity this claiming of "it is/is not like this and that".
Lemon in a Tea ...no no. It's with Milk. I am not into Coffee. I just can't handle the Earl Grey..sorry. not my Cup-of. Exactly...why do you call xyz Darling or Sweetheart. That is only for your Partner. Not for Strangers. Weird. But it's cool to be not seeing Art as a School Subject where Kids do less or it is not really important. Thst is nice.
This woman is speaking such a nonsense, sorry, In england or other countries isn't that much greeting culture in the supermarkets as she tries to indicate, also there are people of all ages in half of the pubs in germany too. And the Y'alright?-thing is a also a german thing for at least 15 years and we say "Was geht?" - also similar to "How are you" but you also don't need to answer and it's like a greeting. I wish you would choose more approved content that doesn't tell you nonsense.
In the northern regions of Germany (on the coast) , we also have a tee cultur. Black tea with lemon or black tea with milk.
In baden Württemberg also. Many shops only for tea. Tee gschwender z. B
@@kevinkiefer4442 There are also many different tea shops in Berlin. And yet I wouldn't say that we have a special tea culture. most likely oriental. Through Turkish migrations for generations. which is great.
teeGschwender has 4 Shops in Berlin and in a lot of other cities in Germany. That's just a big company. - Eine Kette-
drinking tea is not automatically a tea culture. In England if you visit someone, the first or second thing the host will ask is: Fancy a cup of tea? In Germany they would offer a water... Even craftsmen will get offered a tea.
@@henningbartels6245that’s true but we wouldn’t offer water.. it’s more common to offer different drinks , most ratet coffee, lemonade, sparkle water, lemonade and tea. We invite guests over for coffee and cake in the afternoon.
@@henningbartels6245 yeah, but Frisians have the highest consumption per capita of tea in the whole world, and they have their own tea ceremonies. 😁
In East Frisia ( Germany ) there is also Teetied ( tea time ). This region has the largest tea consumption per capita in the world.
In Friesland (cutting out the East) as well.
In Germany, we do the same as the Swedes. Our fika is called “Kaffee und Kuchen” (lit. coffee and cake). It's a social ritual practiced all over the country usually during mid-afternoon (between 3pm and 5pm).
Freddie Mercury had called everybody Darling, or something like that. And everyone had expeted that he would do.
And he was also at Art school. So, very british - and I like that.
Greetings from northern germany ♥️
Its so interesting to see you as a Brit being interested in Germany whilst me as a German being obsessed with the UK xD
Big up tho, what a guy youre so fun to watch keep it up❤️
Overall, winters in Germany tends to be harsher than in UK, and German houses are built more solid - thicker walls, thicker doors, double glazing. The prevalence of carpets in UK houses is to counteract the lighter build quality of the houses - to stop draft through floor boards and lessen the noise between floors.
To my knowledge, the German "Kneipe" (equivalent to a pub) has been vanishing in recent decades --- much like there is concern about the pubs disappearing in Britain (admittedly according to the news I've seen). The German "Kneipensterben" (dying out of the pubs) has started a good bit earlier.
Added: Oh, carpet in the bathroom. My grandma used to have that as well, supposedly because it was the American style. In general, I'd say carpets were a lot more common in Germany a generation or two ago.
I remember, sometimes my dad hung out at the local Kneipe after work ... Mom wasn't happy about it, but thats another story ... he met friends there, we as kids had our lemonade or cola, sometimes we played darts ... it was really cozy as far as I remember ... there are still quite a few in Hamburg, but it's really dying out for the most part. I think if you go away from the big cities, or maybe in the outskirts of bigger cities you can find a Kneipe much more often nowadays.
In Germany you rather have rugs and runners laying on a wooden floor, sometimes tiled floor. You could lift them up when you want to clean.
But in Britain there is carpet floor from wall to wall and even tightly around the toilet bowl - this seems difficult to clean and offputting for Germans.
German here: I've lived in California for 3 years in the late 1970s, and I dispised zhose sugary sayings like "Oh, darling...", "Sweetie...", and whatever else they came up with.
I can relate to what the lady is saying. I choose very carefully whose darling I want to be. Certainly not everybody's.
Regarding point 4 - tea; always these generalizations! On Germany's coasts, people would vigorously disagree with the claim to be a coffee nation. Tea reigns supreme here! Statistically, more tea is drunk in East Frisia than anywhere else in the world. When the storms of the North Sea rage here and you sit comfortably in the warm living room and watch the forces of nature ... then you learn to love the cozy feeling that a hot tea conveys.
Yes! Carpets in the toilet is very strange! I had it in my flat. I cleaned it very much before moving in 😮
When I started work placements in German (south) hospitals during my studies some thirty years ago, usually one of the first tasks was to make coffee for the whole team and everyone was drawing conclusions from the result if you were any good.
I remember a family trip to London. At one point we were lost, standing on the sidewalk, searching the map and wondering how to get to our destination. A man came out of the bank we were standing in front of and asked us if he could help us. He explained to us how to get to our destination and the best way to get there. We didn't ask for help, he just came out and helped us. I don't think that would have happened here.
Point 2 seems also depend on region. Regarding my region in Germany: About 50 years ago every village had still its "Dorfwirtschaft" or village pub, and many had even more than one. Those were places to socialize for rural people, but nowadays this business model seems no longer to be economically feasible, and in many villages the socializing has moved to some sports or music club or the voluntary fire brigade. In my 50k pop. town however there are still dozens of inns fulfilling that role (even if only one of those is officially a (Irish) "pub", the others are called "Kneipen", "Schenken", "Cafés" and sometimes "Restaurant"), but most of them are located in the old town district, not in the outer residential areas (the old town is also a residential area, but not mainly.)
In London they are all stressed out. But already on the airport/custom control the officers are so nice and friendly. I had many funny and friendly experiences!
Concerning her second point, maybe she originates from a bigger city?
I've grown up in a small town (around 30k-ish) and we had quite a lot of pubs that were like she described the english pubs.
In contrast I can only seem to find very few comparable pubs in Hamburg, my current residence. Most of the pubs are either more like an american sports bar or feel very focused on the faster city live style and not a cozy get-together as I'd like it.
There are other nice locations though that fill this gap for me, like for example a dedicated board-game-cafe.
All in all it is just harder to find these kind of cozy places in big cities I think.
Dwayne believe it or not but the East Frisians drink more tea per capita than the British, i.e. the Germans in the northwest of Germany.
Each guest should stay until the third cup of tea minimum and there is a special ritual to prepare or drink it. I like it.
Regarding friendlyness of the people I think we Germans don't talk to strangers without a reason. But if we are asked we will be happy to help. What we don't like at all is to be disturbed by the staff while shopping. Among other things this is the reason why Walmart failed in Germany.
In the Rhineland they talk to strangers
Moin from East Frisia: the world's biggest consumer of tea per capita - ahead of the UK and Ireland! 😁🫖
Strong black sweetened tea with planet-based milk 😋
Thats the best!
Greetings from germany. 🙋♀️
You 'right! I could never get used to. But: "here you go, love!" After receiving goods from a female sales person is so lovely. I really enjoy!
She apparently compares the German city with British villages. Because she is so wrong on many points. For example, the German pub in rural areas is exactly what she said about British pubs.
Well, we call the pubs "Kneipen", and you usually have at least one in every village and you come together in that "Kneipen" as well, even with kids, for a little meal, playing kicker (table football), Billiard or darts.
I think both are very similar.
If you have the option in bigger areas you would go to a cafe, bakery or bistro for a coffee, not in a "Kneipe", but in smaller villages, that would be also possible.
And clubs and parties, meet also in the local "Kneipen".
But, she missed the most important difference.
"Red" means stop and "green" means go!
my grand grandma also got carpet everywhere
when she turned 90 she asked me whether I could tile her bathroom/toilet floor because that would make it easier for her to clean
i was very happy to do it for her because I find carpet in the bathroom gross
In Germany a lot happens outside of schools, because full day schools are quite new. So you go to music school/art courses/Vereine (sport clubs) in the afternoon after school.
Lovely vid! And her german pronounciation of "th" 😂😂😂 Awesome! Would be interessting from which part of germany she comes from.
The water tap situation in the UK is why back in the day even Katy Perry sang: "You're hot and you're cold, you're yes and you're no, you're in and you're out...." Now I know!!!!!😂🙈
I am your 5000 subscriber ^^ PS: hey from Germany
11:40 Office culture in Germany is more built upon coffee and the coffee break. That may be partly rooted in the history of coffee and of tea in Germany, but also in different water qualities. You can buy tea "English Blend" or e.g. "Earl Grey" in Germany, but it will often not taste as in (most of) England, because many regions here have rather "hard" water (very calcareous), which changes the taste and makes especially broken tea bitter if steeped any longer than absolutely necessary. There are some exceptions e.g. in the northwestern Lowlands or the Black Forest. where the water is softer and people traditionally drink more tea. In most offices you have some coffee machine - either a fancy automatic coffee machine or a capsule machine where everyone gets their own cup out of the machine or an older coffee filter machine, where you ask you colleagues who want a cup before setting up a can big enough for all interested.
Hi from an island close to the danish border :) A "how are you" in germany is a specific medical question. Tea, yeah, as the neighbours in the south, east frisian, already mentionend, tea is a cultural thing there. How you pour the milk into the tea and always stir counterclockwise to hold on time. That's not a thing here in north frisia, but I like it. I have been to England several times and I enjoyed tea over there (relatives are british) and I tried tea I bought in England in Germany. It's not the same, don't know why.
5:30 Well we do have a lot of pups or cocktail places actually but yeah those are mostly for adults. But what we have a culture like that too, mostly in summer you meet all kinds of peiople in Biergarten. Even during the week, where people go and enjoy a cold beer after work. I usally go with a co worker and we almost everytime meet some nice people. Specially in Dresden where i live. There is a really nice one directly at the river where you have a beautiful view to the old Town part an you have a beautiful sunset to watch.
22:00 Here she is wrong. "Du" is not like "You", it is like "thou" or "thee". English has totally abolished the informal form and uses only the formal "You", which would be "Sie" in German. To counterbalance the missing "Du" Americans and later also Brits started using forenames in some contexts. which is difficult for Germans, because using the formal "Sie" and the forename like in English seems rather weird (as would be the informal "Du" together with the surname), while the informal "Du" together with the forename suggests a closeness which is often not really given.
In northern germany you will find a big tea culture and in the south beer gardens work the same way as pubs in england where every age is seen and you meet new people.
So its a bit more regional if things are different or not.
For myself I am a northen german and I love my tea, not even touching coffee at all. Also I love some good fish as a snack or dinner.
Over here in Friesland, we just switch from drinking loads of tea to our local pubs to drinking beer…
And no, fish isn't really a thing with it, you're drinking whatever you like or just let it loose. 🤗
10:56 Me too... I love ginger & lemon tea
depending on the city I think there are more or less bars (pubs). here there are many beer gardens where you sit down and drink beer, often you sit down with friends in a restaurant eat and drink beer there or you go to clubs, but I think berlin has a very good selection of bars (pubs)
There's nothing better than stereotypes - clichés are so wonderful ! :) :)
We have coffee and cake in germany...it's somewhere in between 15 and 17 o clock...and there is a big tea culture in Ostfriesland in the north of germany...
For the purpose of meeting, Germans have their "Clubs" - Sportsclubs, Knittingclubs, whatever it may be, and these places will have some sort of refreshment area with beers or coffee or teas. Do Germans drink a lot of beers? Well, yes, but we are also not very big spenders, so it is much cheaper to buy crates of beer, then hanging at a pub. Also you are permitted to drink outside (which might be same in UK??) so sitting with beer in the Park is very common. And then you have huge beer festivals such as Octoberfest with tent after tent after tent worth of hundreds of people each chugging down 1 Liter mugs one after another for hours!
"Tea time" at 4 o´clock: she is still German, because she was reminded of her roots: the German `Kaffee und Kuchen´ (coffee and cake) in the afternoon. Sadly this isn´t as common as it was a decade ago, but rather considered a "old people thing".
In Germany "my Darling"/"meine Liebe" is used somebodys fault in a sarcastic way. Like "My Darling, you again forgot to take the rubbish away"/"Meine Liebe, du hast schon wieder den Müll nicht runter gebracht"
Looolll when she was like: no absolutely not. You (go make your own) coffee 😂 I felt that xD my German heart really felt that 😂😂😂 I would hate to have to make coffee for others xD I also don’t want them to do it for me 🙈
I also would hate to be kept from leaving my desk under the guise of making me some tea/coffee. 😊
However I think that's because today you'll find those coffee machines grinding and brewing coffee for a single cup everywhere. I well remember programming teams in which it was no hassle to set up the (filter) coffee maker to fill another jug of coffee after you had taken the last cup.
I don't know if that was just typical of London but I like about England that people tend to stay on the right side on escalators allowing others to pass by on the left (or the other way around, can't remember exactly any more). In Germany you'll find often that people are standing in the middle and you'd have to ask if you wanted to pass by.
And generally queueing matters in England while in Germany it could seem you'd need your elbows. Actually it's not that bad but you'd have to take care a bit about not getting ignored. And a few people are really rude enough to jump a queue if there's one.
I have been staying with a family in Brighton when I was 14 and they had carpet in the bathroom and the toilet, too. I thought it was kind of weird.
And I agree with the other Germans in the comments from the north, that lots of people drink tea as well but I do prefer coffee, every now and than I'll have a nice cup of Earl Gray, though. Just like Captain Picard 😂
Okay, maybe the woman doesn't know this, but there are actually Carl Orff and other music schools in Germany that take care of music education for children from an early age. Of course, it is up to the parents to take care of the registration of the children. There are many artistic offers for children and young people ... but unfortunately in Germany you have to actively search for the information and it will not be provided to you unsolicited. But anyone who makes art themselves as a parent will of course know the relevant offers
I have the impression that she comes from East Germany, which doesn't mean anything derogatory. but a cultural thing within Germany. In any case, I can only speak for myself when it comes to carpets, for example, and they haven't been in great demand in my area for a long time. Also when it comes to drinking tea if you live in the north like Hamburg or East Frisia. A lot of tea is probably drunk there. and we have a coffee break. So more or less the same, only not with tea but with coffee. As far as pubs are concerned, we have beer gardens or clubs like rifle clubs or carnival clubs, depending on where you live in Germany. where the whole family meets. So I would contradict her a bit.
Not taking the mick out of other ones but making fun of one selves is very british and fun as well. You tell the most embarrassing things you did to make the others laugh
Interesting. I found it strange that I cannot have dinner in a pub after 7 pm with my kids (In one nice pub in the south of England)
I loooove that you brits apologize❤
In my experience, most of the people Here shout at each other instead of apologizing.
I once steped on a foot of someone in London and we both said sorry, it was a warm feeling of "togetherness". We Germans can be very rude and i really hate us for that.
From my experience, British people are very much alike to us Germans, but both countries can have quite a different history from region to region.
Instead of comparing countries, it might be better to compare on a regional level. People in the the northwest might have more in common with people from the Ruhrgebiet than with Londoners, while the mix of people you see in London's Financial district is probably not far off from people you would find in the west end of Frankfurt.
Greeting in Luxembourg ... usual/poilte "Moien" _ with friends "An?" ("And?" Short for "How are you doing?") and you answer "Selwer?" (+/- "Same?" short for "I'm fine and you?")
Germans meet for coffee 15:00 is "Kaffeepause" ("coffee break"), not every day .. or they meet up with friends (at home or in a cafe) for a "Kaffeeklatsch" (coffee, cake and a chat, "Klatsch" is generally refered about gossiping about work, people both know, people in the coffee shop ....)
apparently british pubs are the exact same concept as german coffee houses....and yes obviosly you can get a beer at a coffee house but also coffee and cake.
I noticed myself after living in the UK for several years. I started apologising when people dumped into me and at that point, I thought OK I´ve become too British now. 😆
Some of the differences are
- if a German asks 'how you are', he/she's interested in your answer. Really. We don't do small talk. We don't ask otherwise; we're straight. ;)
- there's some cultural difference between north and south. And I think there's something similar in UK.
- your pubs are a real public space for everyone, i *really* enjoyed them.. We do have something similar, but your kind of pub culture really should be preserved.. Beside the old-style Taxi's, double decker buses and this epic red post boxes.. I would miss them, if i may ever travel again to UK.
- the local differences in UK are actually much bigger than in DE/Germany.
I still remember sitting after a 14h++ day with a group of Germans in a small, but reeeaaally cool && relaxing pub in Edinborough, just later realizing this was one of it's most famous and old-styled pubs in Edinborough, so called The Ryrie's. Too much traffic down stairs, so decided to go up to level1. A large TV on the left side, Germany vs England in one of the most important matches (i'm not a fan).. (~2006).
And all the local Scotts have all been on the (our) German side; against England. What the heck.. :D
This reminds me of when i have been grocery shopping on my holiday in brighton. The cashier greeted me with something like, how are you or how's your day. I just smiled awkwardly to o her because my German instinct would have started her my life story and at the same time was thinking that was talking to a stranger. My mental system just crashed right there until my British friend explained how to react to that 😂
And yes, I also think that british people are more pleasant to be around.
We have "Pubs" too in germany. Like on every corner. You see all in there too. Every kind of people and familys.
On the point of carpet and gross: in my school in Germany, the old mensa used to have carpet floors. I only know that from stories, as they had gotten rid of it by the time I went there, but apparently that carpet soaked everything right up. Spilled food or drinks as well as the occasional vomit or whatever. 🤢😅
Maybe you can react to a coffee and tea video: "Die Deutschen lieben Kaffee aber lieben sie auch Tee? Plus Ostfrisiesche Teezeremonie" 😊 It's actually in English.
I liked the 'Sir/Madam' thing as a replacement for the 'Mr/Mrs'.
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Dwaynw, you're a very good ambassador to your country. Do your trip to Germany, you won't regret it.
About the arts-and-culture-thing:
In Germany popular culture is deemed a 'lesser' form of art compared to the fine arts or classical music and is, therefore, not encouraged in the education system.
And there are several reasons for it.
First of all we are a highly industrialised economy, thus education is ideally geared towards natural science, mathematic, engeneering etc. Popular culture is hardly seen as an 'exportable good' or an 'industry'.
But the main reason might be a historical one. German popular culture (contemporary culture) which was thriving and very avangardistic in the 1920ies was cut short by the regime that followed the roaring 20ies. Lots of artists emmigrated or didn't survive the atrocities of that time. They left a gap in society that could never really be closed. It is traceable untill today. So the development of German popular culture and the connection to popular culture overall was interrupted.
After the war German culture took refuge in past glories like classical music, literature and fine arts of long gone eras And playing it safe in popular culture; no experiments, hideous 'Schlager'-music, soppy 'Heimat'-films and so on. There seemed to be a need to create a comforting bubble.
Artists who tried to burst this bubble for example in literature had a very hard time.
It is not like that anymore but the relationship between society and popular culture is still a different one than in the UK or the USA.
Hi Dwayne
I lay carpets for over 20years.
The last carpet in a toilet i See 1995.
I never saw it again.
Lg Sebastian
Are you referring to Germany of Enland?
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in germany there has been a massive number of pubs closed. i think its since smoking is prohibited, many of them converted to the asylums for the smokers first, but couldnt survive on them alone (nearly nobody else went there anymore). also, the pandemic had a massive effect, plus beer prices have gone up considerably. so, in the area that i live at least 80% of the pubs of 2000 have closed since.
i can tell yiu that my mother in law also had nice fluffy carpets in her bathroom and toiilrts.😊
Im a german woman and my fiance is from the uk so yes i spend a lot of time in the uk (i still life in germany for now) and now im used to all the diferences but at the start when i was first visiting my now fiance i was shocked. i was always thinking the uk and germany are nearly the same but yes there are a lot of diferences . so i can agree to this video :) i mean dont get me wrong there are a lot diferences but we have a lot in comen too so i think thats the reason why i get use to all so quick the comen thinks make the diference away. my fiance was here in germany end of last year and we have visited a german pub yes of course it was different only people over 18 allowed in etc but he was suprised how cheap it was at the end of the night. we where 5 people and we where all good drunk and only have payed 43 euros all together. i mean i dont say its everywhere like this in germany but in my pub near where i life it was realy good and cheap we have enjoyed the evening there.
If for example your 16 year old daughter has a friend and he meets you the first time, would he also just say "Hey John dude, whats up ?" .. or rather "Good day Mister Smith" ?
And the same question when you come to your new workplace the first day and meet your new boss, is it also directly "Hi John, whats up?" or rather "Good Day Mister Smith, nice to meet you" ?
For me its at least weird to imagine its really always the first option.
1:47: I love that Germans are more direct. Or the other way round: I don't like it when people don't say directly what they want or think of you.
You often have to pick out the undertones of what is said in order to recognize what could possibly be meant and I'm not good at doing that. It is also prone to errors.
I think “politeness” can also be insincerity!
2:26 If you get a good feeling just because you're asked how you're doing, even IF the other person MAY have no interest in the information (who asks "everyone"), what does that say about you?
8:40 ... see 1:47 😛
I actually used to have separate taps in my former flat here in Germany. It turned out as a big financial advantage for me. Unfortunately in my current flat I can't have that anymore.
I'm not super experienced with Germany, so may not be a difference, but a couple more things I find strange about the UK are:
Pipes on the outside of houses, Brits often say that it's good measure since if they break/freezes it's so much easier to fix them. OK, sure, the pipes for water and waste in my house are from the 1920ies and have never got damaged, since they are insulated and go inside of the house.
Sash windows, or overall leaky windows, which is "fixed" by heavy curtains and fireplaces. I mean, get a Swedish window from 1700 instead (not that I mind curtains or fireplaces).
Washing machines in the kitchen. I have NEVER seen that in Sweden, they are always in the bathroom or in the basement. Also no sockets in the bathroom. It used to be like that in Sweden back in IDK 1960, but elecrical standards has improved since then.
On/off swiches on the sockets. This also seems like a thing from the past, when electricity safety was a bit less regulated.
Sorry for the rant, I love Britain and Ireland!
All of the points you mentioned for Sweden are the same in Germany - so it seems we have a lot in common when it comes to construction and buildings! 😊
“proper English tea” - LOL. Now, Dwayne, where in England EXACTLY do you grow your “proper *English* tea”…?!
Very good question! I would also be interested to know where tea is grown in England.
😂
I always drink tea, but made with coffee andnot made with water
when you live in Germany, you find the differences
In England you have one queen or king. In Germany we have 83 Million kings. And what do kings do ? They wage war against each other.
people buy a lot of alcohol in stores but also go clubbing/raves/homeparties and so on where alcohol is flowing like a river
You are so sympathic.
I think the informal addressations are not a problem, as long as they are not from within the same age group to each other and explicitly not from a pedophile(!) - if a young person tells an older one: "Love, shall I help you across the road?" or an older one tells a young: "Love, would you like a candy?" then those uses are clearly not romantically inspired and just forms of endearment
Here is a little Song
Die kleine Kneipe
Der Abend senkt sich auf die Dächer der Vorstadt
Die Kinder am Hof müssen heim
Die Krämersfrau fegt das Trottoir vor dem Laden
Ihr Mann trägt die Obstkisten rein
Der Tag ist vorüber
Die Menschen sind müde
Doch viele gehen nicht gleich nach Haus
Denn drüben klingt aus einer offenen Türe
Musik auf den Gehsteig hinaus
Die kleine Kneipe in unserer Straße
Da wo das Leben noch lebenswert ist
Dort in der Kneipe in unserer Straße
Da fragt dich keiner was du hast oder bist
Die Postkarten dort an der Wand in der Ecke
Das Foto vom Fußballverein
Das Stimmengewirr
Die Musik aus der Jukebox
All das ist ein Stückchen Daheim
Du wirfst eine Mark in den Münzautomaten
Schaust anderen beim Kartenspiel zu
Und stehst mit dem Pils in der Hand an der Theke
Und bist gleich mit jedem per du
Die kleine Kneipe in unserer Straße
Da wo das Leben noch lebenswert ist
Dort in der Kneipe in unserer Straße
Da fragt dich keiner was du hast oder bist
Man redet sich heiß und spricht sich von der Seele
Was einem die Laune vergällt
Bei Korn und bei Bier findet mancher die Lösung
Für alle Probleme der Welt
Wer Hunger hat
Der bestellt Würstchen mit Kraut
Weil es andere Speisen nicht gibt
Die Rechnung, die steht auf dem Bierdeckel drauf
Doch beim Wirt hier hat jeder Kredit
Die kleine Kneipe in unserer Straße
Da wo das Leben noch lebenswert ist
Dort in der Kneipe in unserer Straße
Da fragt dich keiner was du hast oder bist
Die kleine Kneipe in unserer Straße
Da wo das Leben noch lebenswert ist
Dort in der Kneipe in unserer Straße
Da fragt dich keiner was du hast oder bist
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In Köln sagt man. Die Kneipe ist das Wohnzimmer des Kölners.
Leider sind viele typische "Kneipen an der Ecke" in den letzten Jahrzehnten kaputt gegangen.
It's a bit weird to speak about German schools in general as we have SIXTEEN DIFFERENT SCHOOL SYSTEMS as education is a state aka Bundesland thingy !
The state I was a teacher in has several different art academies and took in a whole Ukrainian academy when the war started !!
My " normal " school likes to do musicals like Mama Mia or Pirates of the Carribean......
Using pet names casually is something I like about english and I don´t think you have to be carefull if you know how to deliver it, which I think is absolutly crucial when doing it. More importantly, you need charm, charisma and have a good sense for peoples characters. Let´s be real, women love compliments you just shouldn´t sound like a creep when making a casual compliment and yes imagine that: it´s possible for a man just wanting to tell a woman "you are astonishing" and that´s it, no further intentions and often not even a further conservation wanted. Why? Women that beautiful usually are nothing but a headege with creeps swarming around like wasp around a piece of meat, because that´s how they see here and a lot of those women are enjoying that. Or maybe a woman just looks like having a bad day and a compliment sure would cheer her up, you know just being a decent person caring about others? Like e.g. you go to a restaurant and notice your waiter/ waitress is totally stressed out because it´s so busy and you make a compliment and tell them "don´t stress out about us, we don´t mind waiting a bit" and seeing the smile on their face when hearing that. What´s wrong with that? But more funny, I could immediantly tell the guy is the brit because I can actually see the limited genepool, not intended as an insult.
For my point of view as a german: 1.) point ok, you got me..I hate smal talk.. 2.) point I disagree there are a lot of regions in Germany where we have the same "pup culture" 3.) point why in hell should I ask something, if I want to say Hello? 4.) point No, I will never like english tea.. friut tee, is ok, but I love my coffee! But we have a great tea culture in the north of germany, esp. in Friesland. At the other points I agree.
If you apologize in Germany, you are admitting guilt and getting sued.
1 and 2 it depends where she is from in Germany. Those pubs exist in Germany too, but not in big cities. And small talks, asking how are you etc. - it's not your business if you're stranger. It's something that annoys most Germans. If you want superficial small talk you are wrong in Germany. It ties into the 3. point - you don't say you are right if you don't want to know it. It's superficial. Just say hello - what's wrong with using hello or hi ?
It’s definitely not true, we made coffee for all in our office! And that with the tea so many said before, in the northern parts, we drink a lot, even in Hamburg there are Teestuben!
We got better weather so we drink more outside in the sun ;-)
Could you react to 17 weird places where they speak German?
Your carpet/cold weather argument didn't sit well, because we in Norway have heated floors, they are cost and you can clean then easily 😀
I really don't know why she's so surprised,because in Germany. You made coffee also for the hole office, or had this disappeard as well, OK. The chitchat didn't happen
It must have changed. As I was a trainee, of course I took orders, how every one wanted theirs, I even got complaints that my coffe was too 'weak'/ not strong enough!
Alright would confuse me too. For real. It sounds like...are you feeling okay..is something wrong with you are you ok/alright? 😂 Confusing..also for an Austrian. Never learned that at School. We just get the literal Translation..not always the Phrases or Meaning. When you learn a language. That comes much more later. When you find out that u used it the wrong way..for years.When german speaking Persons are asking..it literally means if you are alright, well..if you are okay
How about: y‘alright darlin‘ Dwayne? It that an example?
I myself have been to England many times and I personally have always been quite disappointed with the pub culture, or at least the nightlife scene in general. Expensive, the beer is okay but not outstanding, a lot of arguments at a late hour and the pubs close just when it starts to get funny. Don't get me wrong, I love the British people, otherwise I wouldn't have been there so often, but Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne can nightlife better than London, Manchester and Birmingham, at least from what I've experienced.
I love to be called "love" by nice old ladies
It seems you like Adele quite a lot, sir.
Maybe you'd want to watch a Rolling in the Deep cover by Linkin'Park.
most german beer ius bought in bottles from stores, not on taps..
The Germans are very polite, but we don't show it
Im german i drink around like 15 cups of coffee😂😂*i
A day
I don't agree with "get your coffee", like we wouldn't ask our colleagues. Absolutely not true. No matter which job or company, if we need a real break, most of us ask each other about that. Bit of a pity this claiming of "it is/is not like this and that".
i wouldn tworry about germans being confused about beer around children :P
Lemon in a Tea ...no no. It's with Milk. I am not into Coffee. I just can't handle the Earl Grey..sorry. not my Cup-of. Exactly...why do you call xyz Darling or Sweetheart. That is only for your Partner. Not for Strangers. Weird. But it's cool to be not seeing Art as a School Subject where Kids do less or it is not really important. Thst is nice.
Carpet in the Toilet ?? 😵💫
This woman is speaking such a nonsense, sorry, In england or other countries isn't that much greeting culture in the supermarkets as she tries to indicate, also there are people of all ages in half of the pubs in germany too. And the Y'alright?-thing is a also a german thing for at least 15 years and we say "Was geht?" - also similar to "How are you" but you also don't need to answer and it's like a greeting. I wish you would choose more approved content that doesn't tell you nonsense.