American reacts to Germany's BLACK FOREST

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  • @tyler5278
    @tyler5278 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    “Do you guys have heating?” Is so mental

    • @christinal.2138
      @christinal.2138 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      I always think Ryan's not as dumb as other US Americans but then he says shit like that and I'm like 👁👄👁

    • @BVZTIII
      @BVZTIII ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Nah, we have triple glazing as standard, while in the US, Enes Yilmazer sells double glazing as something special on an eight digit home 😂

    • @franzm4945
      @franzm4945 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@christinal.2138 HAHAHAHA we love you, Ryan ❤ loool

    • @schilduin
      @schilduin ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I mean, there are quite a lot of countries where heating is rare, but usually they have a much warmer climate 😅

    • @horstadler1340
      @horstadler1340 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      No, we just freeze from the day our mother gives birth!

  • @tobiasr3792
    @tobiasr3792 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Our heating (in private homes) mostly works by burning oil or gas to heat water which flows through the radiators. This system cannot really be used to cool anything down.
    Heatpumps are a different story, some of those can also cool.

    • @Henry-Motion
      @Henry-Motion ปีที่แล้ว +18

      also If we were to build american-like heating systems, we could only heat all the rooms at once. That is really not efficient

    • @Hey.Joe.
      @Hey.Joe. ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Henry-Motion Indeed. With each separate radiator in every room, we can set up what temperature each room can have, depends on where you stay often.
      Some people like it fresh and cool in the sleeping-room, while in bathroom comfortable and in the livingroom cozy or something like this and can save a lot, if not heating up all rooms to much.

    • @fawkesmorque
      @fawkesmorque ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cooling with heatpumps is a bad idea. First of all you only can lower the room temps by 2-3°C and secondly the pipes become too cold, which will result in condensation inside the wall and therefor mold.
      If you want cooling, you need to use air to air heatpumps (Split-Klimageräte).

  • @headhunter1945
    @headhunter1945 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    "I guess it's really just for sightseeing" --Ryan, who has never driven through mountains in his life

    • @DonCarlosofFreiburg
      @DonCarlosofFreiburg 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I used to commute through the Höllental. I can assure everybody that this curve is not just for sightseeing 😄

  • @tim8067
    @tim8067 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yes in Germany we mostly have campfires in the house which is also the reason for airing out the house every hour.

    • @uliwehner
      @uliwehner ปีที่แล้ว

      very wise :)

  • @lanamack1558
    @lanamack1558 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte must contain cherries soaked in Kirschwasser otherwise it's just another cake.

  • @Anna-zi7sx
    @Anna-zi7sx ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Because AC is expensive and horrible for the climate - if you live in a proper house with good insulation and manageable temperatures it’s also unnecessary. Heating however, is not optional

    • @strenter
      @strenter ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, a good air/air "Wärmepumpe" moves 3kW of heating (or cooling) energy for every 1kW you put into, so it IS a very efficient way of air conditioning. If you go for an "Erdwärmepumpe" the factor between the energy you get compared to the energy you have to put in is about factor 5.

  • @StellaTZH
    @StellaTZH ปีที่แล้ว +166

    The 360° curve isn't just for tourism, it's to overcome the steep incline. It's a road that goes up and down the mountain and makes this sharp turn because of the elevation. It's not noticeable when you look at it from above via drone, but trust me, you notice it when you drive the road. I've been there a couple of times, the drive through the Höllental is breathtakingly beautiful.

    • @attilabokor8045
      @attilabokor8045 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      360° turn? That would be a roundabout! I think it's only 180°.

    • @chrissime8692
      @chrissime8692 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      SERPENTINEN
      really helpful to overcome heights in the mountains..probably for hundrets of years men will travel with wheels.. 😅

    • @StellaTZH
      @StellaTZH ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@attilabokor8045 Well, you can see it in the video. It's basically a circle, so 360°. One way leads up, the other way down. So both of them go in roughly the same direction just on different levels of elevation

    • @attilabokor8045
      @attilabokor8045 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@StellaTZH A 90° curve is a turn to the side. A 180° curve is a complete turn in the opposite direction (as in the video). 360° is a complete rotation. 🙂

    • @michaelschuckart2217
      @michaelschuckart2217 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@StellaTZH The road goes from one direction through the curve and comes out the opposite way. So in the result it is circa 180 Deg. To make it possible for long vehicles to come around the curve, the road turnes out to enlarge the half-circle a bit. But that makes it NOT a full circle but maybe ca. 220 deg. In the video you see the two roads directly next to each other. What you cannot see, is that the left part of the road is around 15 meters lower at the base of the picture, than the right part. A classical serpentine.

  • @sinaa22
    @sinaa22 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Look up "nordsee" and "ostsee" for our two beaches which are in northern germany. 😊 also "sylt" and "rügen" are two big islands belonging to germany
    Otherwise hamburg is a great northern city for representation

    • @Sir_Mike
      @Sir_Mike ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Norden is also a cool city 😂❤

    • @dasmaurerle4347
      @dasmaurerle4347 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ich geh' an de Opfinger...

    • @chgr4674
      @chgr4674 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It’s not just two beaches but two coasts with many beaches at both

    • @AriC114
      @AriC114 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would also suggest Rügen, Hamburg or Bremen. But for me personally is the most interesting are the Halligen in the Northsee which get flooded during storm surge while the people are stuck in the big sea. Absolutely fascinating. But I don't think you will find an English video about that.

    • @axyz1078
      @axyz1078 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he googled noorthern and got the southern....

  • @MrsStrawhatberry
    @MrsStrawhatberry ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We don’t have ACs because we don’t need them and we also do not want them, not because we can‘t afford it or because it’s a luxury for us. It’s unnecessary and bad for the climate. You should strive for this idea too, everyone should, it’s a horrible excuse to say it’s convenient.
    Also really, did you honestly think people had a fire in their homes to stay warm? Wtf
    Many homes have floor heating and the source of energy for heating varies, can be solar, can be oil or gaz, can be other more environmentally friendly sources.

  • @ACEsParkJunheeWreckedMeHard
    @ACEsParkJunheeWreckedMeHard ปีที่แล้ว +5

    For heating homes there are a lot different ways. People can heat up the floor if it's build to heat up the floor, but there are also other ways like heaters who look like a place to hang and dry your towls in the bathroom, mirrors who can heat up, there are also systrems going trought each room's wall that can heat up room, and many more. The most comon is still having the radiators cause that is the cheapest way to build and renovate in older houses. Many new build houses changed to floor heating systems these days. But if you buy an old house the chances are too low that you can switch the radiators to floor heating cause its expensive when you renovate the house

  • @Steinklein
    @Steinklein ปีที่แล้ว +4

    European suqirrels don't hibernate. Instead, they hide food in the ground to bridge the winter and dig it up once fresh food becomes scarce. Squirrels are quite active and easy to spot on snowy days. They are not particularly good at remembering where they hid their food, though. They still find enough, but squirrels' food hiding behaviour is a major factor in spreading the seeds of trees they feed off of due to how much of the hidden food they forget to dig up again.

  • @PeterPan-fb2ys
    @PeterPan-fb2ys ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Triberg is a tourist trap. Don't go there. Same for Tititsee. There are better places. For example the Wutachschlucht+Lotenbachklamm. And the Todnauer Wasserfall (waterfall). A nice lake is Schluchsee.

  • @elmarwinkler6335
    @elmarwinkler6335 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dear Sir, we have Aircondition systems. I will get ours this year for heating and cooling. We just don´t cool our homes down in summer to icy cold in summer.
    Be safe and sound.
    ELMAR from Germany

  • @freidenkerin5198
    @freidenkerin5198 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Duuuuuuude! Germany is a highly developed country! I have heating in the floor I'm walking on in my apartment. ...campfires.... *shakes head in disbelieve*

  • @MajorDektarev
    @MajorDektarev ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Black Forest ham is a trimmed, boneless, smoked raw ham produced in the Black Forest. Since 1997, "Black Forest Ham" has been a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) of the European Union, which stipulates the traditional production process in the product specification. The entire production process, from testing the quality of the uncured pork hams in accordance with the specification to the final product ready for sale, takes place in the defined geographical area.
    Be careful, I have seen "Black Forest Ham" in American videos, but this was cooked ham and is NOT the German raw ham specialty !

    • @steffenrosmus9177
      @steffenrosmus9177 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Until 2007 it was forbidden to sell uncooked pork meat in the US so their "Blackforrest ham" was cooked and tasteless as the rest.

  • @Sir_Mike
    @Sir_Mike ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1:16 No we only use open fire to heat ...🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️😂
    1:47 typical American thing .... We don't life in the last century dude ...
    Don't forget who invented a lot of nice shit...KEKW
    3:11 exactly 😂

  • @dmschoice2571
    @dmschoice2571 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    The Black Forest is commonly not only mentioned as one of the the most beautiful regions of Germany, but also as one of the scariest. Apparently, barely another German region has more stories about ghosts, witches, werewolves, water men, and the like. (Even the Slenderman legend is supposed to have originated here - which is apparently not true, but quite believable).
    Would be an idea for around Halloween, however, maybe - reacting to some creepy places or legends of Germany. ;)

    • @TheAschkeks
      @TheAschkeks ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @J U slender ist glaube ich eher schlaksig also lang und dünn

    • @sbeyer17
      @sbeyer17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah part of that is, that settlements really existed there only for the last ~1000 years.

    • @ChrisTian-rm7zm
      @ChrisTian-rm7zm ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The fairy tale "Das Kalte Herz" is also located in the Black Forest.

    • @dean2801
      @dean2801 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @J U Die Legende vom „Großmann“ ist nicht echt und wurde erfunden, um Slenderman zu bewerben.

    • @scharlie1978
      @scharlie1978 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mit Hexen usw verbinde ich eher den Harz mit dem Blocksberg (Brocken), als mit dem Schwarzwald. Im Schwarzwald mags im Wald selbst düsterer sein, aber kein Vergleich zu den Höhlen und Gebirgen im Harz!

  • @Fochest0r
    @Fochest0r ปีที่แล้ว +8

    180 degree curve ... and yes squirrels hibernate in Germany. This is not the DW quality we are used to.
    Black forest ham is a smoked ham, smoked with (soft-)wood from the black forest.

    • @SilvanaDil
      @SilvanaDil ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'll describe Ryan as "a dope."

    • @Fochest0r
      @Fochest0r ปีที่แล้ว

      The special taste of black forest ham comes from the smoke of the wood of the Weißtanne (silver fir) th-cam.com/video/UtL5RIowzao/w-d-xo.html Quite fascinating tree actually that - when the Romans were here in the region, was the most prevalent tree in the black forest but has been almost non-existent in the last few centuries.
      The tree was cut down to be sold to whole of Europe because of its long and straight stem that was used to build masts for sailing ships. The stems were bound together with ropes and Flößer (rafters) made the journey down the black forest's rivers via the river Rhine and from there to the ports/docks of the Netherlands.

  • @PeterBuwen
    @PeterBuwen ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No, this is not why we need artificial intelligence! This is why we need natural intelligence first!

  • @chilla3205
    @chilla3205 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Hey Ryan, im from Germany, and i love watching your content! As you know, in Germany there is a law for everything. Did you know some laws are actually pretty funny or weird? There MUST be videos on funny German laws out there, and I would absolutely love to see you react on those! :) Greetings from Germany!

    • @jensstawicki1870
      @jensstawicki1870 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Do you know that there are even more weird and funny American laws ?

    • @hannessteffenhagen61
      @hannessteffenhagen61 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Most of these "weird law" Videos take things extremely out of context though. Most of the time they aren't even about actual laws.

    • @BVZTIII
      @BVZTIII ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He already reacts to Irrsinn der Woche, I don't think we can ask for more 😁

  • @GamingPiper
    @GamingPiper ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i gotta comment on the "do you heat your homes" comment from the beginning of the video. because i believe its a good example of how those videos about "lets ask americans on the street a bunch of easy questions and cut them in a way to make them look as idiotic as possible on youtube/tictoc/instagram/whatever"
    you often dont seem to think quietly in your head to yourself before opening your mouth and narrating the thinking process. i know a lot of germans who at first think stupid stuff, think for like 1/2 a sec and then come to the conclusion there must be something wrong with them to think such a thing in the first place. i am one of them. the difference we take this 1/2 second or 1 second to think it over in out head before talking.
    tldr: all people all over the world are equally stupid, americans (more so than others) seem to voice those stupid thoughts more frequently than other cultures. (totally based on personal anecdotal evidence (which is no actual evidence)) 🤣

  • @goldmund2902
    @goldmund2902 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You might watch a video about the halligen in north germany. Those were some tiny island in the North sea, that get basically completely flooded at times, whilst there are still some secluded people living .

  • @nuster7816
    @nuster7816 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No we dont have heating.
    During the cold Winter we usually gather around and freeze. Sometimes some dudes put up a fireplace in their homes but usually thats a bad idea - they die

  • @hahnele
    @hahnele ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hi Ryan i live 15 kilometres from there, they filmed the video in the Höllental and Fribourg, but this is not even close to representing the region, because there is so much more to discover than one valley and one town. There are Mountains like Feldberg, Schauinsland, Rosskopf or Kandel my home mountain.

    • @max.power89
      @max.power89 ปีที่แล้ว

      You forgot the prettiest Mountain in the Black forest, the belchen 😉

  • @Angel_9691
    @Angel_9691 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6:18, actually the real legend is that a Knight was hunting for the deer and somehow (I don't remember the whole story, my parents just told it to me once or twice) as the deer jumped over the cliff and made it to the other side the Knight died, thats why on the other side of the deer statue theres a cross. It's a legend because instead of the knight killing the deer, the deer killed the knight and was able to still live on, as if that was meant to happen.

  • @petebeatminister
    @petebeatminister ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wassup man, you look a bit rough today... Not enough sleep?
    Schwarzwälder Schinken - Black Forest ham - origins from this region as well. They don't only eat cake. Its smoked and air dried pork meat. Raw of course, German style you know.
    Its pretty good on dark bread, actually.

  • @jojoh_
    @jojoh_ ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Yay, finally a video about the BEST region in Germany!

  • @nebularisa
    @nebularisa ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was born in the black forest and this video makes me so happy. Sad to see that it's only a tiny bit of the black forests beauty though. Also, the Hirschsprung used to be decorated according to certain holidays like eastern where it was super colourful. Don't know if they still do it as I'm rarely there anymore because adulting takes up too much time but when you drive past there you can sometimes see tourists taking photos of it. It's definitely worth a visit :)

    • @petraalbrecht9431
      @petraalbrecht9431 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I live in Donaueschingen, it makes me happy too

  • @CRYOKnox
    @CRYOKnox ปีที่แล้ว

    Höllental the location with that 360 curve (that is hoing up the hill and makes it easier to climb the mountains) translates to hell valley.

  • @NineBerry
    @NineBerry ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Funnily enough, heating houses is one of the most controversially discussed topics right at this moment in Germany. The ruling government is preparing a new law that will ban heating systems based on gas or oil in the future. Instead, heatpumps and other regenerative energy ready technologies should be used instead. This is heavily discusses because a lot of home-owners fear enormous costs and this fear is used by the opposition to attack the government. Interesting report on Sky News: th-cam.com/video/PlOP16WesZ4/w-d-xo.html

  • @HoweHomie
    @HoweHomie ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I am from northern germany, 20 kilometres from the wadden sea. But my family used to make vacation in the Black forest area. It's a whole different climate down there. Even as a "Nord-Deutscher" it is like stepping into a fairytale. The architecture, the culture and geography is such a nice contrast to northern germany! One day when my children are old enough for a 9 to 10 hours drive we will go there for vacation.
    And I was also confused about "Triberg". "Titisee" is the real center and home of the "Kuckuck Clock". Definitly worth for a visit! It also feels a little bit like a German San Francisco because it's main street goes up and down about 2 or 3 kilometres at least

    • @Slinky0205
      @Slinky0205 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for mentioning Titisee. I live in a small town basically next to it and in the summer it's really cool that you can just take a train there and swim in the Titisee, eat ice cream or even things like playing Minigolf. A few years ago it also had a really nice public outdoor swimming pool but it sadly closed because of a "lack of lifeguards".

  • @derekallen3979
    @derekallen3979 ปีที่แล้ว

    A "stone" path/road isn't automatically cobblestones and those in the video are not. Cobblestones (Kopfsteinpflaster )are natural stones, normally roundish and also with a domed top. What is shown in the video is a square or rectangular stone which will have been produced by some form of cutting/chiselling. In England this is called a sett, in German Straßenpflaster.

  • @GuNdEiGuRkE
    @GuNdEiGuRkE ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I'm from Freiburg which is a bigger town near the black forest and wanted to elaborate on the legend of the "Hirschsprung" (The deer at the cliff).
    The legend says that: 'A hunter on a horse was chasing down the deer, trying to kill it. When they eventually reached the cliff, which as stated in the video was apparently much narrower when this happened, the deer took the jump and made it to the other side. The hunter did not want to give up on his prey and made his horse jump the cliff as well, but came short, fell and died along with his horse. Left was only the deer in the same position as seen in the video, looking at the horse and the hunter falling to their death.' That is, if you believe the legend, but I thought this was interesting and my dad always used to tell me this story when we took a trip to the Schwarzwald.
    I can only recommed looking up more videos about the region as for example the city of Freiburg is very beautiful as well as it sits right at the edge of the Black Forest, surrounded by mountains.
    Edit: Just kept watching and noticed that they already picked up the city ofFreiburg in this video :D
    Greetings from the Black Forest :)

    • @lordhelmchen4645
      @lordhelmchen4645 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he was not on a horse you cant hunt on a horse you would scare the animals away ... furthermore did you see how the mountains there are you cant ride there... this area was before they builded the 4 lanes much smaller you had problems drive there when a truck came on the other direction so narrow it was.

    • @tom_wuba
      @tom_wuba ปีที่แล้ว

      freiburg is beautiful

    • @elagabalos8920
      @elagabalos8920 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lordhelmchen4645 Well, this is what the legend says. This stuff isn't necessarily logical. But you're right.

    • @yxaquaz
      @yxaquaz ปีที่แล้ว

      ey was geht bin auch aus freiburg

  • @barankartal2679
    @barankartal2679 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Do you guys have heating😭 I live pretty much next to the Black Forest and I can almost exactly say where all the locations in the video are. Most beautiful part of this country :) You should look up if you find some translations of regions songs like the 'Badnerlied' for this region with the western part of it. I think Gema will make it impossible to react in a video but just for yourself it's probably pretty nice.
    And the 360° Turn is not for sightseeing its due to the elevation changes, there are 5m height changes in about 30m (about 100feet)
    Also the Bächle is a 'left over', but it has the side effect of cooling the city (it's plain cold water, so yes it works). Currently there is no water in the summer due to problems with extreme heat. The river it takes its water from is in summer alsmost non Existent and there is a bed in the with of about 30m completely dry

  • @Niklas_Fr_
    @Niklas_Fr_ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m living in Freiburg and I must say it is really a very beautiful city 😊

  • @andreasmartin9296
    @andreasmartin9296 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey Ryan! The sound is totally messed up from 4:52 on

  • @steemlenn8797
    @steemlenn8797 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Black Forest Ham is a protected geografical indication, means the production must at least partially happen in the black forest (I think you can get the pigs from somewhere else) and probably with a certain process. It's dryes and smoked ham. I like that type.

  • @sofievalerie2628
    @sofievalerie2628 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Black Forest is always a visit worth

  • @oraniuk9271
    @oraniuk9271 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Asking if we have heating, is probably the most american thing ive seen on youre channel :D

  • @mwolfide
    @mwolfide ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi Ryan, please watch a Video from Regensburg, an beautiful bavarian city! Thanks for your videos!

  • @Anna-zi7sx
    @Anna-zi7sx ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love myself some "Schwarzwälder-Kiss-Ham"

  • @tirameyhey1845
    @tirameyhey1845 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Look up “Bremen” or “Hamburg” for northern Germany’s bigger cities with a lot of history too, or “Rostock” and “Lübeck”! Like your videos, keep it up!

  • @rhysodunloe2463
    @rhysodunloe2463 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes, Germans heat their homes. But instead of heating air directly, we heat water and run it through so called radiators at the wall or tubes under the floor. But most don't actively cool their houses in the summer months. ACs are rarely found in private homes. Instead we air out the house early in the morning, when it's still cool outside and then close the sunblinds to keep the sun out and when the air gets too sticky we use fans. But apart from the attic German houses rarely get unbearably hot. Most of our houses are built with massive materials and thoroughly insulated.
    When you're looking for interesting sites in Norhern Germany there's of course Hamburg, the second biggest town in Germany.
    Then there are other old Hanse towns (a late medieval trading network that secured goods on their way over land between North and Baltic Sea) like Bremen, Lübeck, Lüneburg and so on, which still have lots of old half timbered houses and of course a rich history.
    Schleswig-Holstein was once part of Denmark and also home of the Danish vikings. There's a partially reconstructed viking settlement just outside of Schleswig called Haithabu (or Hedeby) which was an important harbour for the vikings. It lies in a long bay at the Baltic Sea and from there you only had to travel a few miles over land to get to a river that brought you to the North Sea.
    Nowadays there's a big canal connecting the North Sea (from the upper end of the Elbe river) and the Baltic Sea (Firth of Kiel).
    Then there are amazing islands like Rügen (famous for it white chalk cliffs and it's spooky forest), Usedom (which is part of the German-Polish border), Sylt (the most Northern point of Germany), Helgoland (which has a pretty steep cliff and the harbour and upper island are connected via elevator) or the so called Halligs - small islands with just a few houses that have to withstand heavy stormfloods. Hallig Hooge is the most famous. They have a tradition there called Biikebrennen (beacon burning) where they burn thriftwood and garden waste to thrive out the winter and wish the fishermen good luck.
    Then there's East Friesland in Lower Saxony. It's very rural but also has some interesting villages and a dialect that is very closely related to Old English. The bell tower of the church in the village Suurhusen is the most tilted tower in Europe, if not in the world. Not as amazing as the Tower of Pisa, but still. Lower Saxony's capital Hannover has an beautiful botanical garden as far as I heard. Munster is home to Germany biggest army barracks and has a wartank museum. In Bispingen there's an indoor ski hall.
    The capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin, has a beautiful castle which houses its parliament. And just outside of Berlin there's Potsdam with the famous castle Sanssouci.
    Talking of East Germany - or the so called "new" federal states - there's Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt - although that already counts as Central Germany - with interesting towns and beautiful landscapes like the Harz (the mountain Brocken is supposed to be the place where the witches celebrate their annual festival in the night between April and May) and the Elbsandsteingebirge (the Elbe river sandstone mountain range). The most famous part of it is the Sächsische Schweiz and the Bastei rock formation.

  • @nina-thi
    @nina-thi ปีที่แล้ว +17

    If you want to learn about north Germany, maybe you could watch a video on the wadden sea and the German islands of the northern sea. It’s my favorite region of Germany and I’m in love with the unique plant and animal life of that specific biotope. East and north Frisia are great vacation destination too.

  • @anjakirsten6680
    @anjakirsten6680 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi Ryan, there is a DW documentary: Meet the Germans Roadtrip. You will find 4 episodes ( north, south, west and east).....😊

  • @constantinvonuechtritz5618
    @constantinvonuechtritz5618 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have a look into Rheinland-Pfalz as well. An underestimated place to be!

  • @marcusbalzer8393
    @marcusbalzer8393 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Am I the only one having the problem that the sound desychronizes at 5:00?
    Otherwise it's a nice video but it shows a veeery small part of the Black Forest.

    • @ShoreVietam
      @ShoreVietam ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here, makes no sense watching like that. :(

  • @simonl.6338
    @simonl.6338 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No... no... we don't have heating. We actually live in caves or small tents and follow the herds of aurochs and mammoths around, living semi nomadic and we heat our dwellings in winter with body warmth after long days of hunting and fighting the other tribes. If we're lucky our great god Wotan sends down lightning and we can bring the nurturing flame to our sacrificial bonfire
    Also nice that in looking for northern germany you found the most touristy non-real place in the south.

  • @kleinweichkleinweich
    @kleinweichkleinweich ปีที่แล้ว +2

    to make black forest ham we keep a leg of some animal, preferably cave bear in our living cave which is heated by a big fire in the center. When you hang the meat from the ceiling it gets smoked and dried over time, a few years are usualy enough. We don't need Air conditioning because our caves are cooled by the water running down the walls or dropping from the ceiling, which makes beautiful stalactites

  • @HerrinderDrachen
    @HerrinderDrachen ปีที่แล้ว +9

    people use the road with the Kreuzfelsenkurve because it connects Freiburg and Hinterzarten, it's just the shortest way and connects the eastern to the west region. Building a safer road through the black forest is a bit trickier than one might imagine 😅plus we have a lot of nature reserves scattered around!

    • @moritz1071
      @moritz1071 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And the kreuzfelsenkurve is how it is, partly because of the rock and partly because it has to turn around like that, so you can drive uphill easier and the gradient isn't so steep, you can see similar curves all over the alps, just without that rock

    • @Slinky0205
      @Slinky0205 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sagafox-wilde371 ikr. It's really annoying

    • @sbeyer17
      @sbeyer17 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, a safer road would require a lot of tunnels and tunnels are also kinda dangerous so ...

  • @autofreak9714
    @autofreak9714 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I‘m from Freiburg and I think you should come to Germany, it‘s nicer to see all the things in reality than online😉

  • @Wheelchair_Winkler
    @Wheelchair_Winkler ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Das Video für die Reaction ist ja schon erbärmlich, aber WAS LABERST DU??? 🤬

  • @remem95
    @remem95 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If you want northern Germany look up Hamburg, Ostfriesland, the Wattenmeer and its islands, the Baltic sea or the Denmark border region

  • @Kamil0san
    @Kamil0san ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dhruv forgot to mention that the original receipt for a black forest cake includes "Schwarzwälder Kirschwasser" a regional made clear cherry brandy and not to less, so the cake might not be for kids, pregnant woman, or someone that just do not want to get in touch with alcohol like dry alcoholics.

  • @retropixelshow
    @retropixelshow ปีที่แล้ว

    and here i am, a german, watching an american reacting to an indian (?) guy that visits the black forest in germany, and i'm learning things about my own country :D

  • @ruthw4697
    @ruthw4697 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think the only ones visiting Triberg and buying ccko clocks are chinese, japanese and american tourists

  • @benjaminloehner257
    @benjaminloehner257 ปีที่แล้ว

    No, of course we don't have heating. When it get's cold, we simply put on more clothes.

  • @blondkatze3547
    @blondkatze3547 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We had already spent our vacation in the Black Forest and have visited the Lotenberg gorge with the beautiful waterfalls and went pedal boating on the Schluchsee(a great lake) . It is definitely worth visiting the region and trying the delicious local specialties.

  • @stuborn-complaining-german
    @stuborn-complaining-german ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The black forrest is absolutely beautifull. The fairy tales of the brothers Grimm were inspired by this region and its mythical places, nature and traditions.
    Fairytale castles all over, Rapunzel in her tower, the dark forest Hänsel and Gretel get lost in and meet the witch, little red riding hood and the wolf, this is where those tales come from. Snow white and the seven dwarves were supposedly inspired by the many silver mines that were all over in medieval times...
    There are so many more reasons to take a closer look, and visit if you should ever get here...
    I was born in a town in the southern black forrest and grew up there. Until we moved when I was 12 I always thought it was totally normal having a giant medieval castle overlooking the valley, playing around old silver mines and a breathtaking waterfalls in the woods in a natural monument, half timbered houses everywhere and festivals and traditions that go back hundreds, if not thousands of years. 😅

    • @elagabalos8920
      @elagabalos8920 ปีที่แล้ว

      Last year I had quite the drive to work for some months. Every week I drove from the village "kings sheeps home" in the shadow of a mountain called "dead mans head" in an area called "emperors chair" trough hells ravine and heavens realm (a literal ravine seen in the video and a village between Freiburg and the valley) into the black forest. One day, passing the cliffs seen in the video, looking at the dark, foggy forest, it dawned to me, that I live in a damn DnD like fantasy/fairy tale landscape.

  • @legent23
    @legent23 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Greetings from Germany, Black Forest! 😀🤗

  • @shiraze01
    @shiraze01 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    damn the "do you guys have heating?" hurts

  • @damienzwikstra1667
    @damienzwikstra1667 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    cuz AC is very bad for the enviroment

  • @jensschroder8214
    @jensschroder8214 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The road leads steeply up through the canyon-like Höllental (hell valley) into the Black Forest. Past the deer jump, where the deer escaped from its pursuers by jumping from one mountain to the other. Over the 360° curve where the road gains height. In winter, this road is even more challenging because of the snowfall. The Höllental begins behind Freiburg and leads up to the Black Forest. Freiburg (im Breisgau) is located in the valley and is considered the warmest place in Germany due to the fall winds. In contrast, the weather in the Black Forest is particularly rough.
    The Black Forest is characterized by dense spruce forests and small villages. Often very remote.
    This is where hand carving developed earlier. During the long winter evenings, the farmers carve tools and figures out of the firewood. The production of cuckoo clocks, which are sold outside, turned out to be particularly successful. Americans especially love these watches. In addition, there is tourism in a quiet idyll.

  • @Slinky0205
    @Slinky0205 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As a person living in a small town in the Black Forest, I really love it here. We also have really beautiful lakes like the Titisee or the Schluchsee. And I like how I've been to almost every place he mentioned in the Freiburg section

    • @fra9-clin507
      @fra9-clin507 ปีที่แล้ว

      Recently moved to Freiburg and I have to say that Titisee is quite overrated. I think it became much more of a tourist attraction than needed. But with the Schluchsee I can agree...visited it a few days ago :)

    • @Slinky0205
      @Slinky0205 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@fra9-clin507 while true, Titisee is still really nice. It has got a lot of tourists, but it's still really fun for me to go there in the summer. But I think that's also because I live way closer to Titisee than to Schluchsee.

    • @max.power89
      @max.power89 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Slinky0205the titisee and Schluchsee is only about 15min drive away from each other

    • @Slinky0205
      @Slinky0205 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@max.power89 yes but the Titisee is a 5 min drive, on car or train, for me. Also it's on my way to school. So it's still closer.

  • @PrueferAuge
    @PrueferAuge ปีที่แล้ว +8

    5:50 thats... 180°

  • @lyn878
    @lyn878 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greetings from the Black forest 🙋🏼‍♀️ Living in the near from the Ravennaschlucht ❤

  • @neoplan6116
    @neoplan6116 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Aaaaaargh - this guy: Freiburg is not the sunniest city in Germany, it is not even in the sunniest region! The sunniest region is the island of Usedom in the northeastern of Germany with the village Zinnowitz with the top sun hours count of over 1900 average hours/year! Enough rant, have nice day Ryan!

    • @yannickurbach5654
      @yannickurbach5654 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Triberg waterfall also isn't the highest waterfall in Germany, the Röthbachfall (south of the Königssee) is.

    • @jackybraun2705
      @jackybraun2705 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think Freiburg is the warmest town. Hours of sunshine can be easily verified.

    • @neoplan6116
      @neoplan6116 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jackybraun2705 Maybe... there is no final clue which city in this region is the warmest because there are several citys in several statistics which also claim this title - but for sure: Freiburg is part of the hottest region in Germany - by temperature! 😎😏

  • @StevePerryisthebest
    @StevePerryisthebest ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *"Both exist and are very delicious: Black Forest Cake AND Black Forest Ham (Raw Smoked Ham)!!* 👍👍👍

  • @gemini-tq1jv
    @gemini-tq1jv ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You asked for some places in the north? I found his recommendations of Lübeck th-cam.com/video/Nw42t4BVDSk/w-d-xo.html very helpfull... 😀

  • @michaausleipzig
    @michaausleipzig ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes, we do heat our homes. Some of them even have electricity!😂😂
    Oh man... "do you guys heat your homes?" Such an american thing to ask!
    No idea why they called that a "360° curve". I mean it's a u-turn. Which is 180°... 😅🤷‍♂
    And no, it's not just an attraction. Why would a 40ton truck visit it? Curves like this (called Serpentinen) are quite common in mountanous areas whre the road has to somehow follow the terrain to get up steep hills or mountains.
    Also another thing just occured to me:
    I visited Freiburg as a little kid and managed to not only step into but actually fall into one of these tiny canals. And I am to this day not married!
    Soooo ... any ladies from Freiburg here??

  • @Fabian46544
    @Fabian46544 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Northern Germany! Him: Baden-Wüttenberg (literally one of the two southernmost parts of Germany.). Me: 🤨 really?!

  • @axyz1078
    @axyz1078 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @Rian Wass
    Triberg is my neigbourcity :D
    and no, the red head, called Bollenhut, isnt typical for the black forest, only for about 1-3 villages XD.
    each town has its own "Tracht". really annoying that all people forget it :(
    the special thing about the coucou clocks is that they are originally made out of wood, no metal.

  • @hannessteffenhagen61
    @hannessteffenhagen61 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lmao, the start of the video: "let's do northern Germany - black forest it is😂😂"

  • @maxbarko8717
    @maxbarko8717 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is an example of how Americans believe Germany is Disneyland. A 360 curve is caused by topography, actually the roads Marie Antoinette travelled to marry Louis XVI. The castles also had a purpose. And the German heating system is way more advanced than the American.

  • @arnodobler1096
    @arnodobler1096 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Black Forest Family channel 👍♥️

  • @nicobirkhofer5570
    @nicobirkhofer5570 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My home region 🤗 I studied and lived in Freiburg until I was 22. Now I'm coming for visits to Freiburg. My brother lives in Schwarzwald (Black Forest).
    The Black Forest ham is also a traditional meal from this region just like the cake.
    The 360° curve does make sense and is not only for tourists. The street is going up the hill so there is no other way to go up there. You can't see it from above. Actually there is much traffic on this road because it's an important route from deep black forest to Freiburg.

  • @lanabanana80
    @lanabanana80 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dear Ryan, yes, we don’t use any heating at home. We eat lots of Legumes (beans, peas.. etc) and fart our way out of winter. That’s why we take “Lüftung“ so seriously, for our own safety. :)

  • @DJone4one
    @DJone4one ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What I meant by northern Germany was that you should look at northern Germany. Not the attractions that northern Germans visit. 😂

  • @robertbaltha3371
    @robertbaltha3371 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you have heating? Like.. Where do you put all those horses, when there's 20000 people working in a skyscraper?

  • @marshall1982a
    @marshall1982a ปีที่แล้ว

    FML "You guys have heating?" lmao

  • @sandrod6483
    @sandrod6483 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can you reupload with fixed sound? Can´t watch it. Sound messed up at 5:30 till end

  • @MichaEl-rh1kv
    @MichaEl-rh1kv ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Most homes in Germany has nowadays central heating, which works in most cases with hot water circulating through pipes and "radiators" (even if modern heaters not necessarily look like the image you get in your mind if you hear "radiator"; and in some cases wall heating or underfloor heating is used). One exemption are so-called "passive houses" which are so well-insulated they need no conventional heating, but only a low-volume heat recovery ventilation system (like a small AC without additional heater element). Some older rental apartment complexes have separate single-story heating-systems for each story or each apartment, which however work in a similar fashion.

  • @einbisschenwasvonjenem
    @einbisschenwasvonjenem ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did you figured out, that ac costs a lot of energy and this might be the reason most German don't have this? Not because they are not able, but because they don't see the benefit is enough to make such a big difference for everything else?

  • @oliviakrause3336
    @oliviakrause3336 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We have all kinds of different heating systems. Some also have AC, just not everyone.

  • @juliii_g
    @juliii_g ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10:19 why did he start eating the cake from behind?? 😭😂 You always start at the front

  • @gerbre1
    @gerbre1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Northern Germany Video: Northern Germany: Meet the Germans Road Trip Part 1/4 from DW

  • @einbisschenwasvonjenem
    @einbisschenwasvonjenem ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think they did not mention that one of the main ingredients in the cake is cherry Schnaps. Without Schnaps it is not a real black forest cake.

  • @scarlettdevina7054
    @scarlettdevina7054 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did he really ask if we have heating? Are we on „ dumbest things an American has ever asked you“?

  • @chgr4674
    @chgr4674 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Black Forest is definitely not in north Germany it’s in the south west close to Switzerland

  • @BennisKanal
    @BennisKanal ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @2:54 of course, it's not German's highest waterfall, by far not.
    btw. I was born in Freiburg. 🙂

    • @sbeyer17
      @sbeyer17 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ich denke hoch im Sinne von Höhenmetern, also der höchstgelegene Wasserfall.
      Andererseits kann ich mkr vorstellen, dass es in Bayern noch höher gelegene gibt.
      Aber allein der Rheinfall fällt über eine höhere Höhe und der ist zumindest zur Hälfte Deutsch
      (Ich wurde auch in Freiburg geboren und studiere im Moment dort xD)

    • @BennisKanal
      @BennisKanal ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sbeyer17 Egal wie gemeint, es gibt in allen Belangen größere Wasserfälle in Deutschland, sogar hier im Oberallgäu. Das ist nur eine Werbelüge von Triberg.
      Schöne Grüße ins schöne Freiburg! Und viel Spaß im Studium!

  • @ACEsParkJunheeWreckedMeHard
    @ACEsParkJunheeWreckedMeHard ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When he said northern Germany, but took the Black Forest, who is in the south ...

  • @emiliajojo5703
    @emiliajojo5703 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ac makes us sick.period.stop asking.😡still love you❤

  • @jaydenkowalczyk5421
    @jaydenkowalczyk5421 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am not even mad at you for thinking that we dont have heating in our homes, i just think that america is just a bad place to learn about different countrys.

  • @gwaptiva
    @gwaptiva ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Squirrels don't hibernate, they just don't got out much in winter

  • @weebboy6571
    @weebboy6571 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    North Germany = black Forrest Something is Rong i can feel it

  • @Deliciousfoodofficer
    @Deliciousfoodofficer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im not sure if an indian with an thick accent is the best Dude to say german words...

  • @Blaps911
    @Blaps911 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No shame to whoever edited the original video but I feel like they went a bit overboard with the music.

  • @krakentoast
    @krakentoast ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sometimes I think Ryan is very lost. But it's funny

  • @schuechen
    @schuechen ปีที่แล้ว +8

    If you are looking for ideas for videos about northern Germany, one of the things that springs to mind is the Wadden Sea (Wattenmeer)

    • @starlighttigerx268
      @starlighttigerx268 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, that would be so nice!

    • @robfriedrich2822
      @robfriedrich2822 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tides are also in the Baltic sea, but this means not more than a larger beach. But about the Northern sea, the tides also affects the water level in Hamburg.
      For bathing and swimming, the Baltic sea is much better, the water is always available.

  • @Chuulip
    @Chuulip ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm from Cologne but I'm in Freiburg quite often for work. It's my favorite city in germany! Always better weather than anywhere else and I love the oldy feel of the old city center. The mountains are so close that sometimes I walk up there in my lunch break (1h up and down is possibl but you need to be in shape haha you can gonway higher than they showed here). Even more history can be found up there!

    • @Slinky0205
      @Slinky0205 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wie lange dauert es denn von Köln nach Freiburg? Fährst du Zug? Ich stelle mir das auf Dauer sehr anstrengend vor

    • @Chuulip
      @Chuulip ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Slinky0205 bin im Außendienst tätig und habe einen Dienstwagen. Dauert lange aber Fahrtzeit ist Arbeitszeit also... 😬

    • @fra9-clin507
      @fra9-clin507 ปีที่แล้ว

      Das Wetter hätte die letzten Wochen aber auch besser sein können xd