this video hurt my heart a little. i love berlin. was born & raised there. i had to move recently because i couldn't afford the rent anymore. i don't get checks from my parents. and even working 2 jobs as a fulltime student isn't enough. yes, university is free but OH MY GOD THE RENT. berlin used to be so alternative and humble. but now, behind the berghain and "festival vibes" facade, it reeks of capitalism and rich kids. berlin has become more colorful culture wise, but also fucking expensive. i never thought the place i call my home would become unattainable to me and my childhood friends. glad you enjoyed it tho hahaha
And now so many former Berliner move to Leipzig so shit will get more expensive here too and less affordable every damn year. I hate it, it used to be so nice and just the right amount of big city with some small city and alternative vibes and now it's getting more expensive and capitalist here too.
Yes this is happening to so many cities... I guess we just have to move on to somewhere else, make it cool, and enjoy life before that gets ruined too🙈
This needs to be a netflix series! The cinematography feels so coming of age and the way you handle yourself in front of the camera is so candid, it's unlike any documentary I've ever seen before. A great watch.
"Germany has enough to say I'm sorry about" is a weird response to someone saying the German colonial past must be acknowledged and spoken about esp because systemic racism (based on colour) is still highly prevalent in all spheres of German society, EVEN in Berlin. jus my 2 cents
This little discussion between the tour guide and the native-berliner is actually super interesting. Because i was born and raised in Berlin and people looking from the outside in put Berlin on this pedestal that native Berliners sometimes cant comprehend lol.
Exactly! Just because Germany is doing a better job than some countries doesn't mean that we are doing a good enough job. We do have a problem with racism that shouldn't just be swept under the rug like this.
@@NoPityForThePlatsch exactly! And I totally get that people who come from other countries compare it to other countries like the US (which is a joke at that point)
Honestly his "Berlin/Germany has enough to say sorry for" rubbed me the wrong way, like, why would you think things are perfect now and even BE so confrontational with the other guy who was so chill Like hey, I'm not saying that because he's from Berlin he has ALL the facts but at least have some respect for someone who's clearly speaking from his love of his city, like damn I don't know what the deal with people from other countries (specially the US, honestly) who are so CERTAIN everything they know and say are just facts
I've been a fan for years (circa damon and jo...literally all the videos, shut up and go etc) and you are seriously killin' it with this chapter in your life. The artistry in your story telling is so well crafted it feels effortless. THANK you for sharing it with us. I'm a travel junkie myself and am totally living through you during this wacky 2020. You have a life long follower here. Muah!
Mann you are just so inspiring, everyone should aspire to live a life like this. The people you meet, the experiences and knowledge you have..absolutely in awe! Thank you for sharing this superior content with us!
10:12 when Yang said she was part Turkish, I was so surprised! It is so rare that people talk about Turks without insulting them. Bless her, she's so sweet.
Honestly there is so much to Berlin. I'm a huge nerd and I don't go out too much bc of uni, but since I moved here in Sept 2016 I'm just in love with this whole city. You can go out and find absolutely anything, and you'll (almost) always find nice people along the way.
watching this video made me realize the importance of living freely and independently. all these people are very inspiring. CEASE THE DAY! I've gotta start doing that more. Cannot wait until I'm able to travel to countries/cities like these.
As a French living in Berlin, you NAILED it, man! Love the artful edits and that was quite the portrayal underneath. Also no idea about the freaking genders either :/ Vielen dank!
"Oh we're in Berlin, sorry, nothing's weird here." The utter lack of self-reflection in this video is astounding. Y'all tourists need to realize that a lot of the people you consider to be "cool Berliners" weren't born and raised here, but moved to Berlin to indulge in their hedonistic lifestyle and let their parents cover all their expenses. I can't put into words how much this privileged minority has diluted the city's atmosphere, especially in the past 10 years, while immigrants and working class people are being pushed towards the outskirts of town because no one can afford rent anymore in those trendy districts. Immigrants have shaped the city into a multicultural hub, but now that this second wave of privileged, entitled immigrants has arrived it just keeps draining Berlin of its grit and its very essence: the people who created its atmosphere .Also, tuition might be cheap, but if you're working a part time job that barely covers your expenses and your parents can't support you, it's damn hard to scratch together those 300 € every 6 months.
So basically New York, Portland, Austin, etc. Also side note: his videos have been lacking a certain something since him and Jo went their separate ways.
Barförg is a thing and after that you're not 50.000 Dollars in debt. And you still can have a part time job like any other student in this world? I don't get this. I don't say it's easy, but it's definitely 100 times easier here than in the US. There you just have a debt for the rest of your life.
@@MinishMilly Not everyone qualifies for Bafög for different reasons; maybe you changed your major 3 semesters in or don't have proof of your fathers income because you're not in touch with him. As a student without Bafög, you can work for a maximum of 20 hours a week which results in 1000€ a month, if you're lucky. Most students I know make 800€. If you have Bafög, you are only allowed to make an additional 450€ per month, which is great for those who qualify. Don't get me wrong, the American system is absolutely terrible and I feel bad for anyone who has to start their career being heavily in debt, but saying that ANYONE could afford university in Germany is just super ignorant, as was this whole vlog.
@@shinaomisanya5367 I was just about to write how this comment reminds me of my hometown Austin, when I was Germany, I was like this reminds me of Austin. Smh
I was supposed to go to Berlin for the first time this year, I'm in Poland and Berlin is pretty close to the border so I don't know why I've never gone before, but anyway loved this video, I love when you make these long videos on a specific city, they're awesome. Would definitely love to see Yang again on your channel in the future, she sounds absolutely fascinating.
The reason people are not on the phone is that the mobile data is ridiculously expensive. Yep, there are some offers for 10 euros for 5 GB, but honestly it's hard for me to stretch it for one month if I am active on social media, and you won't be reading articles on Spiegel while you're with the friends
After the first 8 min I liked and subscribed. I love your energy and this is brilliant content plus editing is On Point. Gives a new and great way to experience these cities, can't wait to see more of your vids! Also thank you for making me fall in love with Berlin again, I moved back here during corona times and it was kind of depressing, so this is making me feel super positive about it
Incroyable qualité de contenu, rafraîchissant, inspirant. Ca se voit qu'il y a eu du taf derrière ! Merci ! Hâte de voir ce que tu prépares pour la suite :D
i love your documentaries . greece would be a great place to make one too. since their is so much history , the economic crisis and the covid , there are so many things to unpack , keep that in mind;]
🔥 my original plan for this year was to go to russia, south africa, turkey, indonesia, and other corners of the world and make these minidocs, but clearly 🤷🏼♂️ that wasn't meant to happen in 2020. if you've been watching my IG story, you've been seeing that instead, i'm back in paris gettin' in fights with uber drivers and trying to get a hold of customer service to locate my damn computer monitor. please 2021, save us all. 🔥 production companies or tv agents who are tryna do a show like this with me, boom: management @ damondominique . com
Looks like your still making the best of 2020. An update on what is going on in Paris would be interesting. But I know we’re all tired of hearing and talking about covid.
hiss editing. his shots. his FITS. i swear this is one of the most unique yt channels and you can see how much effort is put into every video!! i literally never comment on yt videos but i had to say this cause i’m amazeddddd
The cashier at the Aldi was rude not using any form of "please" - though being rude is typical Berlin, since they think they are capital ... I guess, it is the same with Parisians or Muscovites.
@@judithtraill4246 sorry, though this rudeness is fairly common in Berlin, it is not healthy especially in a city where a lot of tourists from other German regions or other countries are around. But I' m not shy to remind some of those people what impression of Berlin they make.
@@henningbartels6245 I've experienced similar rudeness by Aldi cashiers in southern Germany (Munich and Heidelberg) - unfortunately it's pretty common throughout
bruh why is everyone asking for a tv show......... this is already better than tv shows or at least different in a more personal and special way and its free like hello??????????? although as i type this i realize that he would probably be paid more if it was an actual tv show which would reflect the value better of this incredible work in a monetized way so idk. he definitely deserves it if he wants it
I agree. I think if he signed a contract with some production company, they would take away some of his creative freedom and potentially force him to play some type of role that might get old or not be genuine. I mean ,I don't know Damon personally, so his youtube persona could be different from his non-youtube persona, but nonetheless I like youtube damon and his editing is damn good.
Das is bei jedem TH-cam Video so, in dem entweder das Wort Deutsch vorkommt oder ein Deutscher nur durchs Bild läuft. Wir sind eine invasive Spezies, vor allem, was den Kommentar Bereich angeht :D
the WAY my black ass perked up when the cute boy started talking about the need to address Germany's colonialist past ... in his German accent 🤩 I will take two of those please
Can we just take a second to acknowledge that Damon truly is a cultural anthropologist? I'm in school for that now and you're literally doing what I want to do: visit different countries, meet and build relationships with people from all over, explore and learn about their language/culture while filming. This is so awesome and I'm inspired by every video that you make. If you ever go back to school, please get a degree in visual or cultural anthropology! I would absolutely LOVE a series of you just making these kinds of docs. They're interesting, short, and to the point, and you include a lot in them.
going to school for anthropology (archaeology focused) as well and i agree!! his documentaries arent necessarily similar in an academic sense, but i think i am drawned to him just because how close he highlights culture in his videos, especially in his travel documentaries, it is honestly something really rare which even the most high budget documentaries do a poor job at portraying, which is why i love damon
oh yah! except don't some cultural anthropologists think that it's impossible to study Western societies/countries as a whole because of the huge diversity in populations/cultural norms even within the same country? just putting this out there, not trying to bring anyone down! but do you have some thoughts on this?
This episode made me realize that you are the answer to Anthony Bourdain. I think when you have your fully produced TV series people will see you as the next great travel show. 🙏🏻
Love Anthony Bourdain and everything he did and taught the world in his style 🏆 Would be an honor to continue what he did on a larger platform! Anyway thank you for saying that ❤️
i love this doku, but it was made from a very privileged point of view. For example for the server in the turkish sweets shop, berlin is not all fun and free time and no work. For people who live in berlin since more than one generation, especially immigrant families, Berlin is a hard place to live, its dirty because of all the tourists, party people and junkies, wages are low and rents are rising ridiculously (also because of gentrification and people who can afford to move to berlin and live alone on 75 m^2). And you go to this sweets shop, consume their way to live as a short cultural experience and talk about how much free time everybody has in berlin. While you have partied sooo free the whole night just to eat a Döner at 5 am, the man who makes the Döner has worked in the Dönerstand the whole night. You interviewed people who have the privilege of free time, who can afford to live in a wg (shared flat) to study in berlin, who can afford to live their dream life. But everything you consume is provided by people who have to work really hard for a little freetime and just enough money to pay the rent. Everywhere you can save money and still consume, someone else has to pay the price for it. When you are in the toilet of an alternative café and it says „eat the rich“ their is a big chance, that with „the rich“ they mean people like you. When you travel the world and consume cities, please don‘t forget about the people who actually have to live in these cities and that their experiences in these cities are completely different to yours and also don’t forget that these people probably can’t afford this live, where you hop from one city to another and consume the lifestyle of the city instead of living it. Also you can communicate in berlin because you speak english, while bilingual people who speak for example turkish as their mothertongue will be shamed often. Great doku, but please check your privilege and maybe also talk to original berlin people about the not so pretty sides of the city and its lifestyle.
Yeah... so this applies to basically every major city in the world? What a stupid point to make. This video would obviously have a tourist perspective. Tourists with money go visit places while the working people there have to work to make ends meet. You would rather go sleep on the streets with the homeless first or accompany the garbage men at night to see what it's like for them so you have checked your "privilege", got ya.
@@o0oSM00THo0o at least he should not have said „in berlin it‘s not about money. how do they pay rent?“ and just ask. Because berlin is not about money for HIM, but for most people it definitely is. And yes, i would prever if people would stop consuming place, we aren‘t living in colonial times anymore. Tourism can also be acknowledging how the life in a city really is instead of using the city like a zoo, watching scenarios and just saying „huh interesting“. You don’t need to sleep on the streets or work with the garbage men, but you should be aware, that you as a tourist or as someone living in a fancy apartment, just because berlin is so „iNtErEsTiNg“ are part of the problem that there are also not so pretty sides of living in berlin. checking you privilege doesn’t mean, you have to experience all the stuff the not so privilege people experience, but it means acknowledging that not everybody has the same chances like you, that not everything is only about yourself, that you maybe even are causing the problems of others and that this city does not exist for your cultural experience alone. The video title is „Everything other than Beer and techno that Berlin should be known for“ and Berlin defined should not be known for not caring about money and having so much freetime. That people don’t have money doesn‘t mean, they don’t care, this is a incorrect conclusion, the correct conclusion is, that berlin has a lot of poverty, also because of people who come to berlin, because it‘s so „interesting“ and that berlin should also be known for their inequity and poverty. Berlin is actually very known for their punk and squatter szene which formed the whole culture of berlin. so if you want to make a doku about berlin culture, you should give information or should be informed about the background of this culture.
Thanks for your comment. I have the same point of view and totally agree with you. Because of the rising rentprices I have to drive over an hour to university (in the middle of Berlin). I can not afford the rent near my uni because of the exesive tourism and the people from outside that can afford paying 1300 for 30m2.
The way Damon effortlessly makes friends with complete strangers in random European cities... my social anxiety could NEVER Side note, thank you Damon for inspiring me to make my own content!
Omg same. But I guess he kinda has to because he basically has to ask for help as a foreigner (at least that's what I had to do when I was abroad). But I'm back home and I'm back to not speaking to strangers😆✌️
This is a deep study of a city; you dont just show the standard things, you show the flowing dynamics and the inner values; the overall atmosphere and the little nuances - all the things that actually matter the most when you're experiencing a city.
And since socialism had also proven to not be a sustainable system and you don't like capitalism, instead of being negative, how about giving some ideas? What do you think people should do?
@@slidenapps omg having critics about capitalism isn't "being negative" or being a socialist. You should probably read the comment again (and also read more about both sistems) and be chill pls 💜
My favorite part of all this was “I’m 29, I’m getting this bowl”. Getting older has been such a point of liberation for me because of little, seemingly insignificant moments like that. Have things the way you want and don’t be too afraid or too shy or too ashamed to ask for it.
really? when I was in Germany (Bautzen) in some kinda super market cashier literally screamed HALLO!! at me with the biggest smile (I was terrified but in a good way haha) and also it's maybe like only Bautzen thing but there was no walkway anywhere so you could just cross the street where you wanted and every car was stopping and no one had a problem with it maybe it's like cultural differences between cities/lands...idk
Berlin is our grumpy town. It's kinda mandatory to be slightly pissed off all the time. Berlin dialect is referred to as "Berliner Schnauze" (Schnauze means mouth, mouth of an animal or here: way of talking) which is a loving way to show the ruffness of the capital.
@@rafaelandreano hahahaha sure. Dear, keep your 60 hour working week, your low life expentancies, the missing maternity leave, the non-existing holidays and your expensive and unefective health insurances. Here in Europe we stick with socialism 😘
"Was there like a huge border?" (surrounding East Germany instead of only east berlin is what you were asking I think) Because the lovely dude didn't answer you're question I will: YES THERE WAS. It was called the "Todesstreifen:" aka "deathstripe?" idk. Anyway: Along the border with Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Hesse, and Bavaria, a regulation which provided for a 5-kilometer wide restricted area on the territory of the GDR had been in force since 1952. From then on, every border crossing was subject to authorization. In the restricted area, there was a 500-meter wide protective strip "the Todesstreifen" at the border and a 10-meter wide control strip immediately in front of it. Entering the restricted area was subject to the obligation to obtain a permit, for which the residents had to register.
That’s a good point... we were all feckin poor by the end of WWII while the USA was BOOMING. It’s like European countries were having tantrums and fighting with each other, throwing our toys out the pram and ripping each other’s up until it was over and we realised we didn’t have any toys anymore 😂
Americans care way more about status symbols. They spend money they don't have on stuff they don't need. It also happens in Europe, but not on the same degree. In Germany in particular we're taught from early ages to save money whenever possible and to think twice about what to spend it on or not.
in the US spending money is unavoidable and part of the stress on having a good job is having health insurance, dental ect since health problems can put you in debt. If you go to college you will have massive amounts of debt as well, and most will be paying that up till they are 45 years old. Most cities in the US are also way more expensive. You couldn't live in NYC by working in a coffee shop unless you lived with 3 roommates and decided not to have children.
Loved the blond dude mindset on acknowledging historic/current colonial behaviours: "yeah we are changing and doing better than other places, but we can do better" God, i dream about the day i can visit this country ✨
As a Turk, watching Damon struggle with his sunflower seed eating technique was pretty amusing (in a cute way). I feel like if he went to Turkey he would get the cultural context a bit better. In that German cafe it seemed like just a cool thing to snack on, whereas in Turkey eating sunflower seeds to while away the time is more of a national past time, while you catch up on gossip, watch people and think about life :)
Hello Damon, 24 years old Turkish person speaking, i really admire your appreciation of the culture wherever you go or whom you are speaking to. And if your plans work out about travelling to Turkey i would love to show you around and teach you how to consume sunflowers :D
i’ve said this once and i’ll say it again: i’ll be waiting for your netflix documentary
*IT WILL HAPPEN!*
dang I would be so excited if that happened
Yes pleaseee
Omg yes, would rather watch you than Emily in Paris
Yooooo except i cannot wait 😳😳😳
this video hurt my heart a little. i love berlin. was born & raised there. i had to move recently because i couldn't afford the rent anymore. i don't get checks from my parents. and even working 2 jobs as a fulltime student isn't enough. yes, university is free but OH MY GOD THE RENT. berlin used to be so alternative and humble. but now, behind the berghain and "festival vibes" facade, it reeks of capitalism and rich kids. berlin has become more colorful culture wise, but also fucking expensive. i never thought the place i call my home would become unattainable to me and my childhood friends. glad you enjoyed it tho hahaha
What if you just make more public transportation each days, to still being able to work in the centre of Berlin?
And now so many former Berliner move to Leipzig so shit will get more expensive here too and less affordable every damn year. I hate it, it used to be so nice and just the right amount of big city with some small city and alternative vibes and now it's getting more expensive and capitalist here too.
Ganzen Blogger ziehen nach Berlin deswegen haha
meine Worte:/
Yes this is happening to so many cities... I guess we just have to move on to somewhere else, make it cool, and enjoy life before that gets ruined too🙈
This needs to be a netflix series! The cinematography feels so coming of age and the way you handle yourself in front of the camera is so candid, it's unlike any documentary I've ever seen before. A great watch.
"ab jetzt kamera WEG!! KAMERA WEG!! "
i miss germany sfm
DATENSCHUTZ
Nicht jeder will gefilmt werden 🤷♀️
what does sfm mean
@Jeremias Larroca ohh thanks!
"Germany has enough to say I'm sorry about" is a weird response to someone saying the German colonial past must be acknowledged and spoken about esp because systemic racism (based on colour) is still highly prevalent in all spheres of German society, EVEN in Berlin. jus my 2 cents
Agreed! You can respect how far Germany has come without minimizing how far Germany has to go. His comment rubbed me the wrong way.
Thank you! I was so put off when he said that.
I thought he said “Germany has a lot to say sorry about” now he irks me
YES EXACTLY!!! Also the fact that he was interrupting him irked me as well like he was making important and valid points.
@@mariama12 wait, I agree with you but can you please elaborate on "without minimizing how far Germany has to go." part
This little discussion between the tour guide and the native-berliner is actually super interesting. Because i was born and raised in Berlin and people looking from the outside in put Berlin on this pedestal that native Berliners sometimes cant comprehend lol.
Exactly! Just because Germany is doing a better job than some countries doesn't mean that we are doing a good enough job. We do have a problem with racism that shouldn't just be swept under the rug like this.
@@NoPityForThePlatsch exactly! And I totally get that people who come from other countries compare it to other countries like the US (which is a joke at that point)
Honestly his "Berlin/Germany has enough to say sorry for" rubbed me the wrong way, like, why would you think things are perfect now and even BE so confrontational with the other guy who was so chill
Like hey, I'm not saying that because he's from Berlin he has ALL the facts but at least have some respect for someone who's clearly speaking from his love of his city, like damn
I don't know what the deal with people from other countries (specially the US, honestly) who are so CERTAIN everything they know and say are just facts
@@TheRiotPunkGirl
The guy that said that, the tour guide, isn’t he from Germany too?
I couldn’t tell.
@@Shay45 His accent sounded American but I might be wrong
The edits, the colour palette... what are you doing to us
I've been a fan for years (circa damon and jo...literally all the videos, shut up and go etc) and you are seriously killin' it with this chapter in your life. The artistry in your story telling is so well crafted it feels effortless. THANK you for sharing it with us. I'm a travel junkie myself and am totally living through you during this wacky 2020. You have a life long follower here. Muah!
Mann you are just so inspiring, everyone should aspire to live a life like this. The people you meet, the experiences and knowledge you have..absolutely in awe!
Thank you for sharing this superior content with us!
1:20 I'm actually from Essen and I sometimes feel like our biggest accomplishment is our name.
I mean I'm fascinated by it!
10:12 when Yang said she was part Turkish, I was so surprised! It is so rare that people talk about Turks without insulting them. Bless her, she's so sweet.
i have to agree on that as a german with turkish roots!
Great true Story 🥰! This IS My City, My Berlin! I trevelled all over the world and I am hier to stay. Thank You! Olga from The Volga🌼
thank god. for this channel. this shit is legit. i love that it is probably the most original channel on youtube right now.
Okaaaay, we need MORE documentaries from Damon!!!! Like, I'm sorry but Netflix who?
Never heard of her
Seeing this is almost 40 minutes long brings me SO MUCH JOYYY
Honestly there is so much to Berlin. I'm a huge nerd and I don't go out too much bc of uni, but since I moved here in Sept 2016 I'm just in love with this whole city. You can go out and find absolutely anything, and you'll (almost) always find nice people along the way.
watching this video made me realize the importance of living freely and independently. all these people are very inspiring. CEASE THE DAY! I've gotta start doing that more. Cannot wait until I'm able to travel to countries/cities like these.
How can one be so fucking creativ and talanted at once! I love your Editing style
As a French living in Berlin, you NAILED it, man! Love the artful edits and that was quite the portrayal underneath. Also no idea about the freaking genders either :/ Vielen dank!
"Oh we're in Berlin, sorry, nothing's weird here."
The utter lack of self-reflection in this video is astounding. Y'all tourists need to realize that a lot of the people you consider to be "cool Berliners" weren't born and raised here, but moved to Berlin to indulge in their hedonistic lifestyle and let their parents cover all their expenses. I can't put into words how much this privileged minority has diluted the city's atmosphere, especially in the past 10 years, while immigrants and working class people are being pushed towards the outskirts of town because no one can afford rent anymore in those trendy districts. Immigrants have shaped the city into a multicultural hub, but now that this second wave of privileged, entitled immigrants has arrived it just keeps draining Berlin of its grit and its very essence: the people who created its atmosphere
.Also, tuition might be cheap, but if you're working a part time job that barely covers your expenses and your parents can't support you, it's damn hard to scratch together those 300 € every 6 months.
So basically New York, Portland, Austin, etc.
Also side note: his videos have been lacking a certain something since him and Jo went their separate ways.
Barförg is a thing and after that you're not 50.000 Dollars in debt.
And you still can have a part time job like any other student in this world? I don't get this.
I don't say it's easy, but it's definitely 100 times easier here than in the US. There you just have a debt for the rest of your life.
@@MinishMilly Not everyone qualifies for Bafög for different reasons; maybe you changed your major 3 semesters in or don't have proof of your fathers income because you're not in touch with him.
As a student without Bafög, you can work for a maximum of 20 hours a week which results in 1000€ a month, if you're lucky. Most students I know make 800€. If you have Bafög, you are only allowed to make an additional 450€ per month, which is great for those who qualify.
Don't get me wrong, the American system is absolutely terrible and I feel bad for anyone who has to start their career being heavily in debt, but saying that ANYONE could afford university in Germany is just super ignorant, as was this whole vlog.
@@ibreatheglitterr That's true, but it doesn't surprises me that someone who is just as a tourist here will have an ignorant viewpoint on the city. ^^
@@shinaomisanya5367 I was just about to write how this comment reminds me of my hometown Austin, when I was Germany, I was like this reminds me of Austin. Smh
I was supposed to go to Berlin for the first time this year, I'm in Poland and Berlin is pretty close to the border so I don't know why I've never gone before, but anyway loved this video, I love when you make these long videos on a specific city, they're awesome. Would definitely love to see Yang again on your channel in the future, she sounds absolutely fascinating.
if Damon posts, you KNOW it’s about to be a whole MOVIE
- honeypot films
The reason people are not on the phone is that the mobile data is ridiculously expensive. Yep, there are some offers for 10 euros for 5 GB, but honestly it's hard for me to stretch it for one month if I am active on social media, and you won't be reading articles on Spiegel while you're with the friends
Thank you so much for this heartwarming and awesome video
As someone considering moving to Berlin this is such a vibe.
Please don’t. Stay where you are.
please come, thanks
@@yaylah7314 bruhhh we dont need more white hipsters, POC are welcome
@@PodcastCentral333 @lashan is a white hipster
@@yaylah7314 nah he looks indian. Berlin ain't full of Indians like London is, so I'd say hes good to come😅✌
This is 100% exactly the way I perceive Berlin and the reason why I love it so much!
I've been loving your videos recently !!! You're so entertaining ! And your editing os just EPIC !
After the first 8 min I liked and subscribed. I love your energy and this is brilliant content plus editing is On Point. Gives a new and great way to experience these cities, can't wait to see more of your vids!
Also thank you for making me fall in love with Berlin again, I moved back here during corona times and it was kind of depressing, so this is making me feel super positive about it
I thank myself that I clicked your channel in Ashley's description box lol my eyes are blessed
Incroyable qualité de contenu, rafraîchissant, inspirant. Ca se voit qu'il y a eu du taf derrière ! Merci ! Hâte de voir ce que tu prépares pour la suite :D
editing is very 90s real world. so gooood!
It was so fun to watch!! Wish we could be friends we could sip tea and eat seeds together😩 much love from Turkey❤️
I loved the bouldering part!
Damon said: Miss rona? Don't know her😂❤️ that German guy that wanted to contribute to the conversation was so cute
that profile picture you have is so cute 👁👁👁
I think this video is from last year?
@@MsYolost he was wearing a mask in the supermarket
@@ixlovexrain I don't even notice the masks anymore...sorry then it was obviously this year
@@MAjaLeahHB hey fellow k pop stan
i cant get over how cute the long haired blond guy at the end was :D
DAMONNNN this video is fireeeee . honestly made me feel like i was travelling with youuuu ahh
WHERE do you meet all these insanely interesting people??? 😭
y do I feel like there's soon going to be a "I'm moving to Berlin" video in your channel soon yo !
Much better than Paris...
I'm an American who has lived in Berlin the past 5 years!
i love your documentaries . greece would be a great place to make one too. since their is so much history , the economic crisis and the covid , there are so many things to unpack , keep that in mind;]
what a beautiful video!! ok, now I missed travelling
i love the vibes from the ppl in the video
This is one of the most inspiring videos I've watched in a long time
love these mini docs!!! PLEASE make more
oumi! wow i’m such a fan!!!
I loved every second of this quirky yet factual mini doc!! maKe SoME mOrEeee 🤪😍
The skater you were talking to is actually quite famous. Her name is Oumi Janta :)
34:23 La gata bajo la lluvia - Rocio Durcal 💕
Amazing video!!! Quality is superb! Make more!!!! Do a European tour haha
Wow, you are incredibly talented!
he said: Damon
I said: Yes
he said: Wassup?
I said: Let's go
ICONIC
Damon, you are VERY talented!
Man this is amazing!
25:39 kreuzBERG + FriedrichsHAIN --> Berghain:
There you have it, the club is right in the middle of those two districts
We don't need "Emily in Paris." What we really need is "Damon in __[insert country]__" !!!
NETFLIX ARE YOU LISTENING!?
This !!!! Preach !!
“Damon All Over”
!!!!!
Accurate..!
🔥 my original plan for this year was to go to russia, south africa, turkey, indonesia, and other corners of the world and make these minidocs, but clearly 🤷🏼♂️ that wasn't meant to happen in 2020. if you've been watching my IG story, you've been seeing that instead, i'm back in paris gettin' in fights with uber drivers and trying to get a hold of customer service to locate my damn computer monitor. please 2021, save us all.
🔥 production companies or tv agents who are tryna do a show like this with me, boom: management @ damondominique . com
Looks like your still making the best of 2020. An update on what is going on in Paris would be interesting. But I know we’re all tired of hearing and talking about covid.
Imagine 2020 was only a trailer for what's about to come for 2021 :3
You HAVE to come to South Africa when this is over!! We need to meet you 😭
You have to come to Cape Town!!
Yas you have to come to South Africa. I wana meet with you! 💕🤞🏾🙏🏾
hiss editing. his shots. his FITS. i swear this is one of the most unique yt channels and you can see how much effort is put into every video!! i literally never comment on yt videos but i had to say this cause i’m amazeddddd
„Kamera weg“ is the most German thing.
Ich bin privat hier
The cashier at the Aldi was rude not using any form of "please" - though being rude is typical Berlin, since they think they are capital ... I guess, it is the same with Parisians or Muscovites.
@@henningbartels6245 i just think of a healthy dose of rudeness as the german way
@@judithtraill4246 sorry, though this rudeness is fairly common in Berlin, it is not healthy especially in a city where a lot of tourists from other German regions or other countries are around. But I' m not shy to remind some of those people what impression of Berlin they make.
@@henningbartels6245 I've experienced similar rudeness by Aldi cashiers in southern Germany (Munich and Heidelberg) - unfortunately it's pretty common throughout
as someone living in berlin this video made me fall in love with the city all over again
You guys in Berlin are not making it easy for us that want to visit again or actually move. Seems like the best place to be the more videos I watch.
same ^_^ i wish i bumped into you though damon :((((
same same SAME! Yeah I wish I would have been at St. Oberholz Coffee when u were. GREAT video!
literally same! especially in the rough times we're in now
Eve!
bruh why is everyone asking for a tv show......... this is already better than tv shows or at least different in a more personal and special way and its free like hello??????????? although as i type this i realize that he would probably be paid more if it was an actual tv show which would reflect the value better of this incredible work in a monetized way so idk. he definitely deserves it if he wants it
I agree. I think if he signed a contract with some production company, they would take away some of his creative freedom and potentially force him to play some type of role that might get old or not be genuine. I mean ,I don't know Damon personally, so his youtube persona could be different from his non-youtube persona, but nonetheless I like youtube damon and his editing is damn good.
literally EVerYThing! this video is EvEryTHING!
two german queens
I just watched your video and now this! I’m learning French but now I want to learn German too!!! Europe is an amazing place 🤍🤍
I literally just watched ur flying back vid huh
Yass sehr gut zusammengefasst ✨✨
I'm only two seconds into your channel and IT is eVeRRRyThinG!
This is EVERYTHING a city guide on youtube should be. Respect man, you nailed this 👏
Editing and color grading ON POINT
Jamás me hubiera imaginado este crossover pero ME ENCANTA.
no fr. the editing skills r leveling up!
Nmms mis dos favsss❤️
Is it really the grading or the camera? i wanna know too....
I LOVE THIS. A MASTERPIECE.
ein 5 Tage altes Video über Deutschland/eine deutsche Stadt & die Kommentare sind noch nicht von lauter alMAnS eingenommen? Wie kann das sein? HAHAH
Frage ich mich auch hahahahah
Das is bei jedem TH-cam Video so, in dem entweder das Wort Deutsch vorkommt oder ein Deutscher nur durchs Bild läuft. Wir sind eine invasive Spezies, vor allem, was den Kommentar Bereich angeht :D
Viktoria Müller hat schon kommentiert !
haha jetzt wo dus sagst kommen bestimmt mehr leute lol
Kaaameeeraaaa weeeeg
my face when I saw Damon on tinder in Berlin: 0_0
I was such a waste of space in the Berlin Tinder game. I didn't meet up with ONE person.
@@damondominique wait a minute, what about the university guy?
@@mnaoitb1 I think he said the uni guy came up to him while he was at a coffee shop editing a video
“You wake up without any makeup on and go buy yourself a bread” - LOVE THIS
Most Berlin thing ever ^^
@ITACA yea, I'm a man and I always buy bread without makeup, so revolutionary
You can do that in america aswell
@ITACA you didn't get it
@ITACA Pretty sure it was obvious that she meant you don’t have to be dolled up or dress like a trendy Instagram model.
the WAY my black ass perked up when the cute boy started talking about the need to address Germany's colonialist past ... in his German accent 🤩 I will take two of those please
Lmaooo
he’s probably racist tho
@@davidlehmann6233 what are you even talking about smh
OMG RIGHT!! I need his @ 😭
@@davidlehmann6233 stop projecting
okay but you SMASHED this. brb, gonna go rollerskate in tempelhof while eating sunflower seeds and living my best life because *that* is berlin energy
Wow I was just thinking jade is in Berlin too I hope they meet up and my 2 favorite worlds collide 🥳
sunflower seeds are *the best*
OMG HI JADE SO GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE! MY TWO FAVES INTERACTING
@@applebruises ikr i love emm
Literally got so interested in Berlin because of you and now I so desperately wanna go thanks to Damon 😭
Can we just take a second to acknowledge that Damon truly is a cultural anthropologist? I'm in school for that now and you're literally doing what I want to do: visit different countries, meet and build relationships with people from all over, explore and learn about their language/culture while filming. This is so awesome and I'm inspired by every video that you make. If you ever go back to school, please get a degree in visual or cultural anthropology! I would absolutely LOVE a series of you just making these kinds of docs. They're interesting, short, and to the point, and you include a lot in them.
I’m studying cultural anthropology too and was thinking the same thing!☺️
Wow.. could you do a video about it? I would 100% watch it all. I’m already subscribed to you.
I actually go to school for this, too. Seeing him doing this stuff inspires me to continue what I'm doing😂
going to school for anthropology (archaeology focused) as well and i agree!! his documentaries arent necessarily similar in an academic sense, but i think i am drawned to him just because how close he highlights culture in his videos, especially in his travel documentaries, it is honestly something really rare which even the most high budget documentaries do a poor job at portraying, which is why i love damon
oh yah! except don't some cultural anthropologists think that it's impossible to study Western societies/countries as a whole because of the huge diversity in populations/cultural norms even within the same country? just putting this out there, not trying to bring anyone down! but do you have some thoughts on this?
I ALSO MISS CLUB MATE QUITE A LOT
Yeah man
Ekelhaft
@@suffsepp9995 Meine rede, holy. Jedem das seine - aber bei Mate bin ich raus.
i still don't get how Damon gets to meet all the cool people in a city where he doesn't even live... are you a magnet or whatt?
It’s not difficult to meet cool people in the city like Paris or Berlin (I would include Amsterdam) especially if you’re an outgoing american.
Kathy Ch I don’t think Amsterdam is comparable with Paris & Berlin but other than that ur rightttt
Robert asking magicians to hit him up in Berlin was the CUTEST
I was about to apply, but he asked for musicians :(
@@DominoLarry then he added that magicians as well:)
This episode made me realize that you are the answer to Anthony Bourdain. I think when you have your fully produced TV series people will see you as the next great travel show. 🙏🏻
luv it when my faves watch each other😍😍
No truer words were ever spoken. He da 💣🔥.
Love Anthony Bourdain and everything he did and taught the world in his style 🏆 Would be an honor to continue what he did on a larger platform! Anyway thank you for saying that ❤️
YES
This comment gave me chills!! I agree
i love this doku, but it was made from a very privileged point of view. For example for the server in the turkish sweets shop, berlin is not all fun and free time and no work. For people who live in berlin since more than one generation, especially immigrant families, Berlin is a hard place to live, its dirty because of all the tourists, party people and junkies, wages are low and rents are rising ridiculously (also because of gentrification and people who can afford to move to berlin and live alone on 75 m^2). And you go to this sweets shop, consume their way to live as a short cultural experience and talk about how much free time everybody has in berlin. While you have partied sooo free the whole night just to eat a Döner at 5 am, the man who makes the Döner has worked in the Dönerstand the whole night. You interviewed people who have the privilege of free time, who can afford to live in a wg (shared flat) to study in berlin, who can afford to live their dream life. But everything you consume is provided by people who have to work really hard for a little freetime and just enough money to pay the rent. Everywhere you can save money and still consume, someone else has to pay the price for it. When you are in the toilet of an alternative café and it says „eat the rich“ their is a big chance, that with „the rich“ they mean people like you. When you travel the world and consume cities, please don‘t forget about the people who actually have to live in these cities and that their experiences in these cities are completely different to yours and also don’t forget that these people probably can’t afford this live, where you hop from one city to another and consume the lifestyle of the city instead of living it.
Also you can communicate in berlin because you speak english, while bilingual people who speak for example turkish as their mothertongue will be shamed often. Great doku, but please check your privilege and maybe also talk to original berlin people about the not so pretty sides of the city and its lifestyle.
absolutely agree!!!
As a berlin born and raised immigrant child I can fully agree !
Yeah... so this applies to basically every major city in the world? What a stupid point to make. This video would obviously have a tourist perspective. Tourists with money go visit places while the working people there have to work to make ends meet. You would rather go sleep on the streets with the homeless first or accompany the garbage men at night to see what it's like for them so you have checked your "privilege", got ya.
@@o0oSM00THo0o at least he should not have said „in berlin it‘s not about money. how do they pay rent?“ and just ask. Because berlin is not about money for HIM, but for most people it definitely is. And yes, i would prever if people would stop consuming place, we aren‘t living in colonial times anymore. Tourism can also be acknowledging how the life in a city really is instead of using the city like a zoo, watching scenarios and just saying „huh interesting“. You don’t need to sleep on the streets or work with the garbage men, but you should be aware, that you as a tourist or as someone living in a fancy apartment, just because berlin is so „iNtErEsTiNg“ are part of the problem that there are also not so pretty sides of living in berlin. checking you privilege doesn’t mean, you have to experience all the stuff the not so privilege people experience, but it means acknowledging that not everybody has the same chances like you, that not everything is only about yourself, that you maybe even are causing the problems of others and that this city does not exist for your cultural experience alone. The video title is „Everything other than Beer and techno that Berlin should be known for“ and Berlin defined should not be known for not caring about money and having so much freetime. That people don’t have money doesn‘t mean, they don’t care, this is a incorrect conclusion, the correct conclusion is, that berlin has a lot of poverty, also because of people who come to berlin, because it‘s so „interesting“ and that berlin should also be known for their inequity and poverty. Berlin is actually very known for their punk and squatter szene which formed the whole culture of berlin. so if you want to make a doku about berlin culture, you should give information or should be informed about the background of this culture.
Thanks for your comment. I have the same point of view and totally agree with you. Because of the rising rentprices I have to drive over an hour to university (in the middle of Berlin). I can not afford the rent near my uni because of the exesive tourism and the people from outside that can afford paying 1300 for 30m2.
Woooow bro! This is so next level. You gotta get a netflix deal!
For real!!
Agreed
Nah Damon is too cool for netflix
The way Damon effortlessly makes friends with complete strangers in random European cities... my social anxiety could NEVER
Side note, thank you Damon for inspiring me to make my own content!
ikr same omg I would be so awkward
Right?!!! I'm so shy, I could never do that
I think his looks also helps, not trying to be mean though. I mean who wouldn’t want to talk to someone that’s good looking?
Omg same. But I guess he kinda has to because he basically has to ask for help as a foreigner (at least that's what I had to do when I was abroad). But I'm back home and I'm back to not speaking to strangers😆✌️
I know... I wish I could so bad!!...
so pumped for this!!! 🔥
your filming style... literally makes me feel as if i'm watching a dope ass movie !!!
This is a deep study of a city;
you dont just show the standard things, you show the flowing dynamics and the inner values; the overall atmosphere and the little nuances - all the things that actually matter the most when you're experiencing a city.
Being anticapitalist doesn't mean you admire the Soviet Union or East Germany, you just don't believe in capitalism as a sustainable system
YASSSS INDEED
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK 🙌🏽
And since socialism had also proven to not be a sustainable system and you don't like capitalism, instead of being negative, how about giving some ideas? What do you think people should do?
@@slidenapps omg having critics about capitalism isn't "being negative" or being a socialist. You should probably read the comment again (and also read more about both sistems) and be chill pls 💜
@@marinaoliveira8989 sorry, in which country do u live?
My favorite part of all this was “I’m 29, I’m getting this bowl”. Getting older has been such a point of liberation for me because of little, seemingly insignificant moments like that. Have things the way you want and don’t be too afraid or too shy or too ashamed to ask for it.
Oh, and “if you’re a magician hit me up” 🤣
fr fr
Ok I have never seen anyone struggle with a "Pfandautomat" as much as you lol
This is incredible!
Damon didnt just go find any old skater, he went and found the most popular, most beautiful, most incredible roller girl right now 😍
lmao I noticed that. like whaaat??
also very accurate for German culture: grumpy cashier and cars honking aggressively. Still love Berlin tho ;)
really? when I was in Germany (Bautzen) in some kinda super market cashier literally screamed HALLO!! at me with the biggest smile (I was terrified but in a good way haha) and also it's maybe like only Bautzen thing but there was no walkway anywhere so you could just cross the street where you wanted and every car was stopping and no one had a problem with it
maybe it's like cultural differences between cities/lands...idk
Berlin is our grumpy town. It's kinda mandatory to be slightly pissed off all the time. Berlin dialect is referred to as "Berliner Schnauze" (Schnauze means mouth, mouth of an animal or here: way of talking) which is a loving way to show the ruffness of the capital.
Wonderful! Just one comment. Americans, please: socialism and communism are not the same.
@Master Pooshi I am not asking you to want them, just pointing out they are not synonyms.
Yeah you’re right it’s just a dung with different color
@@rafaelandreano hahahaha sure. Dear, keep your 60 hour working week, your low life expentancies, the missing maternity leave, the non-existing holidays and your expensive and unefective health insurances. Here in Europe we stick with socialism 😘
Germany is not socialist. It's social democracy
@@martavega2860 we aren't socialist in Europe
"Was there like a huge border?" (surrounding East Germany instead of only east berlin is what you were asking I think) Because the lovely dude didn't answer you're question I will: YES THERE WAS. It was called the "Todesstreifen:" aka "deathstripe?" idk.
Anyway: Along the border with Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Hesse, and Bavaria, a regulation which provided for a 5-kilometer wide restricted area on the territory of the GDR had been in force since 1952. From then on, every border crossing was subject to authorization. In the restricted area, there was a 500-meter wide protective strip "the Todesstreifen" at the border and a 10-meter wide control strip immediately in front of it. Entering the restricted area was subject to the obligation to obtain a permit, for which the residents had to register.
I wouldn’t say money isn’t important I think Europeans consume less compared to Americans. There is less of a consumer culture in Europe in general.
That’s a good point... we were all feckin poor by the end of WWII while the USA was BOOMING. It’s like European countries were having tantrums and fighting with each other, throwing our toys out the pram and ripping each other’s up until it was over and we realised we didn’t have any toys anymore 😂
I agree but i feel like especially the younger generation is more likely to spend more money
Americans care way more about status symbols. They spend money they don't have on stuff they don't need. It also happens in Europe, but not on the same degree. In Germany in particular we're taught from early ages to save money whenever possible and to think twice about what to spend it on or not.
in the US spending money is unavoidable and part of the stress on having a good job is having health insurance, dental ect since health problems can put you in debt. If you go to college you will have massive amounts of debt as well, and most will be paying that up till they are 45 years old. Most cities in the US are also way more expensive. You couldn't live in NYC by working in a coffee shop unless you lived with 3 roommates and decided not to have children.
Not saying this is the way it should be. I wish health care was free and college wasn't so expensive....
Damon why did you take the pfandbon right after every bottle. You can throw every bottle you have and then press the button lmao
I was actually laughing at this one too 😆
The new ones come out automatically if you’re not quick enough😂
I was so confused by that lmao
i was having a miserable night... not anymore now that damon’s back with a mini doc 🤟🏼
Turn that night around! The path forward doesn't have to be dictated by the past.
@@damondominique thanks for always bringing me (and many others) so much joy w/ your content 💙
I don’t know where you see “mini” 👀 dis a whole ass doc. 38 minutes is a FEAT 😂
@@damondominique Damn man thank you 😭
@@damondominique that is so Alfred Adler! (sorry just read about his psychology and saw this comment of yours) lol
Loved the blond dude mindset on acknowledging historic/current colonial behaviours:
"yeah we are changing and doing better than other places, but we can do better"
God, i dream about the day i can visit this country ✨
Reminder that Germany has still not paid a single cent of reparations for the victims of the genocide in Namibia.
As a Turk, watching Damon struggle with his sunflower seed eating technique was pretty amusing (in a cute way). I feel like if he went to Turkey he would get the cultural context a bit better. In that German cafe it seemed like just a cool thing to snack on, whereas in Turkey eating sunflower seeds to while away the time is more of a national past time, while you catch up on gossip, watch people and think about life :)
thats so beautiful, wow. i loved reading that. i’d love to visit turkey but unfortunately they hate gulf arabs and i happen to be one lol
The only way I can describe Damon is that he is the exact opposite of a toxic person
shout out to the guy talking about colonialism! important to address
PERIOD!
Okay but.. I want a documentary on Yang’s life LMFAO
Waiting for the day Damon gets a Netflix series. Please do Copenhagen or London soon.
*waitin for the phone call* ⏰
@@damondominique Or Vienna. It has the quirkiest people
Oslo dear, Oslo would be a great revelation to you...
Hello Damon, 24 years old Turkish person speaking, i really admire your appreciation of the culture wherever you go or whom you are speaking to. And if your plans work out about travelling to Turkey i would love to show you around and teach you how to consume sunflowers :D
‘you dont wear make up, you go out and buy a bread’ yall i think i found my heaven
at this point you need to trademark "Damon Dominique Documentaries" because you killed it yet again
Get that triple D haha