You know that (old) English and German are to 95% equal?? Take todays English word: *"Deer"* >> Before the change, (yes, the meaning got changed), i was not for specific "animal" but ment "all animals" >> German: *Tier* (ie = ee) sounds exactly like the german one, bc IT IS orginal, rooted from it with the SAME MEANING ;) ~ Tier = Deer So wait, there is a "D" in Deer and not a "T" !! >> Yes, todays English is using the D in (visible) writting. >> In old English, those were written in? RUNES Look, at an android mobilphone text keyboard, press the button "T" for a while you get: *Þ for t* and *þ for T* _(also replcing the "th" in words!_ From Middle English day, from Old English dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”) >> So original *Day* was *þæg* which is from german *Tag* So as we can see, Both sides can now Ignore the letter D for most parts and change it to a T. Also the "th" switches into a T. Same goes for *the letter Y,* which was always *a G.* >> Hence daY is taG There are some common tricks, to actualy (more read) understand English/German speakers just by switching letters. >> Our language is so bound to each other, so is our culture. Lit. We are brothers & sisters just like the scandinavia. Saddly, just like you, we and scandinavians got taken away our main culture by the church. >> Wich also stole our *Yul(e)-Fest* and renamed it into? *Christmas/ Weihnachten.* > stole the fest, renamed it and put their "symbols" all over it. The "Christmas Tree" is ALSO a Germanic culture NOT from the church,.. endless going on. //////// If you would *ask me for my fav. place in Germany:* *>>* Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land Why? Bc it is "absolut" in the center of germany located. And *Frau Holle* or *Mother winter,* was actualy a *coverup name* for germanic peoples, bc the church forbit under death punishment to call out THE germanic goddess. >> Frau Holle, Holla (die Waldfee), Hulda, *Hel,* or in some german regions also Perchte/Perchta are coverup names for the goddess. >> The forbiten name was: >> *Frigg(a)* >> Goddess of Life, Death & Rebirth. >> *Mother Earth* >> Later on, *wife of Odin,* after the great wandering happend, when the huge glacier revealed the land in the north (scandinavia was covered under the glacier). >> There is a lake in Germany called *Titisee* >> "Titi" means in old germanic *Kindchen* (little child) >> It was said that Frau Holle/Frigg(a) gifted a child, when a germanic woman was bathing in a *Forest-Lake.* >> So this "lakes" have a birth and rebirth function for germanics >> It was also said that Frau Holle/Frigg(a) had a *Aple-tree-garten* >> When a child died early, it is said Frau Holle/Frigg(a) instantly took this child soul into her whomb (Mutterlaib = Mothers loaf), bc she was *Mother Earth.* >> there was her Aple tree garten, a much nicer place, protected from evil spirits. >> The *church* again,.. took her aple tree garten INTO the sky (stole it), to stand over them, and declared who ever eats from (her) this aples, goes down to *Hel(l)* (english) or *hölle > hoelle > Holle). >> *Demonizing, the germanic goddess* i will shut it now,.. lol what have i dun =O such a wall of text T-.-T Cheers
Aichtal-Grötzingen (south west of Germany) ist my favorite place because i live there.And the countryside is very beautifull. Lot`s of castles on the hill tops.
My favourite place is the island of Hiddensee. No cars, 13 km long but less than half a kilometre wide, pristine sand dunes and 3 small villages with reed roofed houses. Magic, esp in winter.
Favourite city is Münster. Highest standard of living in Germany, lots of cycles, lots of history. Cages of rebels from the 16th century still hang from one church tower. Great beer.
True Berlin is misunderstood by Germans outside of Brandenburg and Berlin.. since I moved out of Berlin I've noticed that Berlin is quite a frequent topic representing "failed" politics.. which in my opinion isn't true at least to the degree it's propagated ^^. In Berlin at least in my bubble Bavaria was a symbol for failed politics ^^
@@cirrus2013 yeah no shit, almost all big cities are more left than smaller cities or rural areas, and Berlin being the most multi-cultural obviously there are more people liking the idea of humane politics... "Antifa scum" I still don't get how you can hate antifascists you dork. Didn't learn a single thing in history class did you?
@@whoismertsalih I like your accent because it sounds very Scottish but I'm still able to easily understand everything, which is really not the case with Scottish people on TV, like Kevin Bridges, Billy Connolly or let alone Frankie Boyle, can't even understand half of what he's saying.
I like the way you're speaking Scotish. It's not like we've learnt "English" in school, but quite easy to understand. Since the view of things seem different from Englishmen to Scottishmen, I'd change the title of your topic as well.
The most things are in Baveria, but that’s just one state and with Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt, Schwarzwald, you on got places in 5 out of 16 states. Many have a few different cultures within and also charming places. So I would also recommend other cities like Potsdam, Dresden, Rhein and Ruhr area, the middle Rhine valley, Lübeck etc. There are so many places
I travelled a lot in germany and scotland. And i think it’s not comparable. Both countries are unique in terms of cities, landscape and People. Love both ❤
Another american who thinks Bavaria is an equivilant for 16 Status. It bores me to death watching that Stereotype Videos. It's live talkingcabout the uk and than showing Planes weich are stattdessen mostly in london
There is no "best city" in germany. But many "best for..." citys. It depends on what you want from a city. You don't go to Hamburg for the mountains or to Munich for the sea. When you ask for the most beautiful city, the citys of the ruhr area will not be mentioned very often. But when you are looking for a city, where you can visit another concert/theatre/museum/stadium... by public transport every week, the ruhr area is the place to be...
As you said, there is a landscape for everyone. Unlike other Euopean countries Germany is a very decentralised country because it was hundreds of years build of many dukedoms and kingdoms and these roots are still strong. Berlin is the largest city and the capital but is as important like any other city.
Yeah that is a great point about it being decentralised. I now live in a country where that is completely not the case (Malaysia and everything is focused on Kuala Lumpur) but I like the situation in Germany and how there are so many nice livable cities with a lot to do
@@mandibiedermann2246 I don't like Frankfurt very much ... but the city is "honest" in some way. The banking district is very close to the redlight-district ... and that IS honest.
worth mentioning also: Marburg: old town Bamberg: old town and residence castle, smoked beer Nuremberg (+Fürth): big old town, medieval castle, documentation centre, Bratwurst + Sauerkraut, jump from there to Prague for a night or 2 Passau (+ Burghausen): old town, 3 rivers, 1 castle (+ the longest castle of the world) Sylt island: beaches, seafood Herrenchiemsee Altmühltal (Altmühl river and towns)
Yes, like Marburg, Bamberg and so on: the mid-size towns are the specially Locations. Freiburg and his region you should visit ❤ - in autumn. Visit a Weinfest in a village like Pfaffenweiler or other small village in the area or in the Pfalz or at the Mosel and so on - the south-west of Germany is a vineyard. Oh: visit a 'Strauße', drink a 'Schorle' and eat a 'Badische Wurstsalat' 😅 . I come from Hessen, but I love the Lifestyle of the south-west. But the Black Forrest isn't the nicest forrest in Germany. Better ist Pfälzer Wald, Eifel, Hunsrück, Westerwald, Rothaargebirge ... the forrest in the middle region of Germany. I lived 20 years in the south-west and I love the Black Forrest, but the clima of the forrests in the middle is better, the forrests are nicer; it is my tip for Trekking in Germany.
The point is, there are far too many very beautiful things worth seeing in Germany. A single lifetime is simply not enough. I (as a 47 year old German) didn't even see half of it. Nice greetings from Germany 😁
It is so funny, I am German and I have been planning a trip to Scotland for ages and still haven’t made it there. 😂 still on my to do list!!! I love the Scottish landscape and everything that comes with it
I'm from the north of Germany and love the north and Baltic sea beaches. For holidays I always traveled somewhere abroad but over the last years I learned to appreciate and visit the beautiful places in my own country.
Rothenburg is definitely famous for it's ancient town. However there is a town nearby called Dinkelsbuehl which has much more history (one that is actually celebrated every year) and is officially the most beautiful ancient town in Germany. As a matter of fact I told my husband about your videos and we both agree that whenever you feel like going to Germany we'd be happy to give you a tour and make you and your family feel welcome. :)
I would prefer Hamburg over Berlin many times, I find Berlin interesting and multifaceted, but I would not want to live there. Other than that, there is no best City in Germany anyway, it really depends on your personal preference, likes and dislikes. Each Region and Cities are often very different.
@@whoismertsalih Born and grown there before i moved to south west. Hamburg and Munich are the most beautifull big citys in my country i say. But it is personel perception.
@@whoismertsalih there is a "joke" about Hamburg that it is the most beautiful city in the world. I dont quite agree, but it is a very nice place to live, although it has become ridiculously expensive over the past decade.
I really don't get why it is always the same locations mentioned in these videos. Okay, these places around Bavaria/Munich are cool and everything I don't know why East Germany is almost never mentioned like the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte. Or Dresden. Or the world's most crankiest building close to the city of Emden. What about the islands in the North Sea. What about the city of Leipzig. Ever heard about Papenburg where cruise ships are driving backwards to get to the North Sea? What about Helgoland........
When I was a teenager, we had lots of exchange pupils from different countries and we showed them all the beauties of our region. So I visited lots of these places as Lake of Constance, Meersburg and it‘s castle, the castle in Sigmaringen, the tallest church in the world in Ulm and much more. Thanks for your interest and your reaction! 👍
Honestly, I never really knew about a lot of these places in Germany and I am embarrassed about that. Really glad to be finding out about them now at least
@@whoismertsalih Germany is the country with the most castles in Europe (so maybe in the world). There are about 25.000 Castles or ruins of former Castles in Germany. Wikipedia has a list of German castles, I will try to find the link and put it in here. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenzollern_Castle?searchToken=6jgt771su0w9n8tymsfcb7sln de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Burgen_und_Schl%C3%B6ssern_in_Deutschland
@@whoismertsalih No need to be embarrassed. You put in a lot more time and effort to learn about Germany than most of us do to learn about England or Schottland. You can not know everything. It is fun to watch your videos. I really like your accent 😀
What I think is a bit of a pity, that often the eastern parts of Germany is ignored except Berlin. I'm living in Weimar a name that is worldwide known but never shown. Here lived Goethe and Schiller, the Weimarer Republic was founded here - our first attempt at a democracy. The Bauhaus is also from Weimar (and Dessau, where I grew up). And yes also a concentration camp (Buchenwald) which was used by the Nazis and the Russians. By the way I was born in Wittenberg, that is an old town every protestant christian person should know, because Luther put his thesis's here and he fled to Thuringia into the Castle Wartburg. Thuringia has also one of the highest densities of castle you can find. There are also Millennia old ones which were never conquered. There is also Dresden, often called the Venice of the east with castles build next to each other. The village I grew up is located in the largest English styled park in the world (Dessau-Wörlitz) and is Unesco world heritage. The black forest is mentioned but as always they forgot the even more beautiful thuringian woods in my eyes. It is way steeper than the black forest, because it is an extremely old fold mountains (like the alps, but much older, it is getting smaller, the alps are young, they are still growing). It is really a shame that most videos of this kind only concentrate heavily of the parts of Germany which are located in the South, West and North and always forgetting the East (except our capital Berlin).
I would personally recommend Potsdam. The city of castles. It's beautiful and has so much to offer. Unfortunately, it is also quite expensive to live in
Hi, I'm German, and I visited a lot of our castles, but we have so much castles, I don't know how much. I never have seen one Castle in the east of Germany. Hope one day I can visit Dresden, because I've heard this City shall be very beautiful. For me , and it's my own taste, Hamburg is the most beautiful city in Germany.
I live in Bonn, Germany. I've visited Lindau, Hohenzollern castle. Definitely worth to visit and hike around. Cochem and Burg Eltz are not far from Bonn city. Very beautiful places indeed.
If you grow up in Germany, you get used to having really old buildings everywhere. I just made a little walk through the little town where I live and some 300 to 400 years old houses are nothing extraordinary here. Thank you for videos like this one, that remind me how amazing these things are! If you asked me about my favourite city in Germany, I wouldn't be sure if Cologne or Hamburg would be number one on my list. They are quite different, but I love both! What places would you recommend to visit in Scotland?
Visit my hometown. The Queen of the Hanseatic League, Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein. Built in 1143 by Adolf II, Count of Schauenburg and Holstein, it was the first German port city to be founded on the Baltic Sea. The real NORTH! The land between the seas.
The Neuschwanstein Castle (literally New Swan Stone) is probably the most iconic castle I know of. Unfortunately the interior is greatly underwhelming, because it never has been finished. Was there once, sadly it has been a bit asian-ated, made a strange tourist space center. Again, the view is unbelievable. Had the pleasure to visit Berlin for a week. Berlin is many towns packed in one, probably like bigger cities all around the world. You got it all there. Transportation was intuitive as it was in New York too. And London, gods, London with teenytiny between tube walks... Würzburg and Regensburg (I named it Rainsbourough 😂) are small but lovely towns, each dominated by a wide river with auld walls and bridges, I could feel at home there too. Munich is a bit of controversy for a franconian (northern half of Bavaria), so I can never say Munich is good. Nah. But big and small all the same. It has some grand buildings, it is a massed pipes and drums, but not drums but buildings. Errh... Yes, the pictures and video parts are all true, albeit heavily colorized, but this is only fitting. You would not have these extremely vast spaces where you see nothing even with binoculars. If you like mountains: Germany. If you like it flat: Germany. If you want to drive hours through one city after another: Germany. If you want to meet horrifying people: Germany. If you want to meet the gentlest and most humble, honest people: Germany. If you want every fu&%ng hamlet connected with respectable streets: Germany. If you want to meet pride, prejudice, indifference, lazyness and strictness: Germany. Ahhh, and so on.
I live near Cologne and I love it. So many nice places to discover here, like big cities like Cologne, Duesseldorf aso and beautiful landscapes and on top I can go for a coffee to the Netherlands, Belgium or Luxemburg 😅
07:17 I'm born and raised in Germany and was living through all of Germany places. I have to say, that i've only visited 3 Castle's in and around my home city and in Nürnberg. I think you re right, it is normal to have things where you are raised with and dont spend propper attention to it. Now i'm living in Munich for 17 years and i don't have visited "Schloss Neuschwanstein" or "Oktoberfest" 07:57 i think there must be more than 30.000 Castles in Germany. Nearly every "bigger" city have an own Castle 08:55 All over the world, most people speaking about Berlin when it's about Germany. But in Germany we more like Hamburg, Nürnberg, Munich... because Berlin is a crazy city. If you want to "have all at one place" just move to a bigger city in Germany, you *will* have it all at one place 10:41 Hamburg would be a good choice to live. Nice people, nice city. Frankfurt you would hate i think. There is a lot of crime, the kids are crazy. In my opinion Frankfurt is Germany Ghetto
as someone who lives in berchtesgaden it‘s so funny to watch you react to it, because you kinda get used to the landscape if you live here so it‘s always fun to see people see it for the first time.
the eagles nest was part of H1tlers alpine fortress. Whilst the lower part "Obersalzberg" was dismantled the outlook "Kehlsteinhaus" was kept almost intact. As a german i did visit some of these castles and yes some are quite impressive. As Berlin is a more international and multicultural City is doesn't totally reflect the rest of Germany. Without offense it's a region of its own in the concert of german regions. There are many many more places not mentioned like Cologne, Dresden, Rostock and Lübeck on the baltic coast, Nürnberg or Helgoland in the north sea to name only a few !
I personally find the list a bit biased with its southern focus and forgetting a bit about the rest further north and east. I would further say that Frankfurt doesn't belong to this list imagining that places like Heidelberg, Dresden, Leipzig, Weimar, Celle, Limburg, Goslar or Quedlinburg are not even mentioned. If you are interested in Berlin, than you should also check Baltic Sea locations, Spreewald and Mecklenburger Seenplatte and the Bastei in Elbsandsteingebirge as more reachable and attractive destiniations.
Places to visit (long time before 'fridays for future'): Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve City: Saarlouis For more informations take a look on their wikipedia-site (english version).
You don't even need to visit the big tourist spots to explore and be amazed by the most beautiful spots like the oldest villages in the countryside. The best places are in the countryside and the best restaurants are in the countryside itself, be it in the far north or deep east .
Hi, I'm from a small town right in the center of Germany. I think almost all regions, cities and villages have their pros and cons. For example, I regularly visit Hamburg, the villages at North Sea or Baltic Sea cost, if I want to have the "Northern German culture" with sea food, the ocean, and so on. If I want to go hiking, I take a 1 hour trip to the Harz mountains in the center of Germany, the bavarian Alps or even to Italy. Because my home town is seldom host to many concerts, I'll go the neighboring cities in a distance of 30 to 150km and it works fine. In contrast I can leave my home and in 5 minutes, I can spend time in beautiful nature... There are so many interesting places, that a life time will not fit visiting all of them. Same for living in Germany. It depends what each person is searching for. Most cities offer much more to do close by and a much better public transport system, but often you won't get as close to the other people in your town, as in smaller towns. I lived for example some years in the town of Göttingen (about 120.000) and Hannover (about 550.000) in contrast to my home town (about 6.000 / 12.500 with all villages belonging to it). Yeah, living in the greater towns is cool. All you want to do is a short trip by bus or tram away. But while time passes by, for me there was not enough nature near by. So I decided to live in a smaller town and to depend a little more on bus, train and car for visiting events. So it really depends what you are searching for. There are great places for every interest. And even if living at one place for decades you will always find more cool places and spots, you never thought to be around... ;)
Compared to Berlin, people from Frankfurt and Hamburg are more welcoming. Berliners are quite a special breed. I personally don't like that too much, but other than that, there's nothing like a best city. Depends on what you like. Fun fact: Freiburg, which is in the Black Forest, is in the top 3 cities with the highest quality of life in the world. I would consider, taking a look at that beauty ;)
Münster in the state NRW is also quite the nice town with a mix of modern and old, also quite bicycle friendly, lived there for some years and have fond memories of the town itself.
7:00 I am from germany, but I don't have to visit it... I live next to the Castle. Funfact: while the night, the castle is illuminated but in winter they turn the normal yellow lights into red lights. I guess you guy never seen a original castle in deep red light. It's really stunning also for ppl. who live here.
great idea - just do it! Germany is much more than 3-4 cities. The oldest one is Trier, the nicest one is a list of 50 and more cities all over Germany. Over 25.000 Castles and ruins by the way 😛 Greetings from Germany
I'm from Bavaria, lived about 20 years in Munich, now in Nuremberg. I've been some days in Berlin for work, but I didn't like it a lot. Yes, it's booming, and you can find anything thinkable - but the city isn't a safe place and its dirty streets aren't quite inviting. If I had to move to a large city in the north of Germany, I would choose Cologne or Kiel. The best city for permanent living is Munich by far - okay, it's quite expensive, but it's called "northernmost Italian city" as it is: great architecture, good way of life and in summer most beautiful parks (and Biergarten).
To answer your question. I am from germany and by the time I was twenty I´ve visited most of these places with my parents when i was a kid, with my school class and teacher when I was a teen and with some friends after we`ve got our drivers license. Many of these places were "embedded" in our history lessons, our parents have been there and we saw the photos when we were 9 or ten years old and 20,30 years ago public transportation like busses and trains and gasoline prices were still cheap enough to travel to these places within a few hours. Many of these places belong to our cultural heritage (Hitlers eagles nest, the famous Zeppelin was build at Friedrichshafen on the shores of the Bodensee (Lake Constance) and so on...) and for a guy born and raised in west germany most of these places were easy to reach within a few hours.
I live in Eastern Belgium, lucky enough to be only a 20/30-minute drive to the German border, and a 90-minute drive to the Moseltal/Valley of the Mosel where Cochem is. My wife and I regularly go there, so close to home (leave home in the morning, back home in the evening) but so different, so "romantic German"; we just love the region, and our experience with the locals. And further away (700 kms from home), Munich is definitely our favorite European city - I just fell in love with the rich whiteness of the Theatinerkirche. Been there five times. To be honest, though being a French speaker, I can speak decent German, that helps.
If I could choose between Hamburg and Berlin I would always choose Hamburg. As a woman I felt really save walking around alone in the lonely night hours. I live near Stuttgart and as a pupil we visited Burg Hohenzollern and I showed it to my kids because nowadays they don't go there as a school trip anymore. If you love wine and walking you should do the Weinwanderweg near the Ahrtal. Great landscape and very friendly people.
I lived in Hamburg! and i loved id! My self growing up in the Loreley Valley, i.e. the Rhein Gorge. But consider Stuttgart as well, friendly people good way of life, and an ease to be you.
I’m German and I’m from Düsseldorf, which is nice but my No1 is Munich. It’s proximity to the amazing mountains and other countries like Austria and Italy does it form me!
Germany has different parts, which are interesting for different reasons. For a Scot Bavaria would be a natural fit with its natural beauty, pronounced traditions, unique dialect and laid-back attitude. As a Bavarian myself I like to visit the rest of Germany (what we call "Prussia") occasionally. Berlin is its own unique case, it is not a very old city and has space around it. You can see how people have planned city growth over the last centuries. Then there is Saxony with its beautiful Elbe valley, Cologne with 2000 years history, the big church and the vibrant old town, the Ruhr city in the West, Freiburg has the best climate and experiments with car-free living, everywhere lots of stories to explore.
I'm from Munich and all these places mentioned close to Munich we used to visit when we were children with our parents as a day trip. Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne are all worth a trip but in my opinion when it comes to where you want to live your every day live you should come to us in the south ;) Munich is the safest big city in Germany with far less crime than Berlin or Hamburg. I would recommend living in smaller cities around Munich or Stuttgart.
As a german i've been to most of the places in the video and they are nice, but i prefer to visit scotland!! 😄 Been in scotland many many times over the last 25 years and will be back there in 8 weeks. Can't wait to be there once again. And for your question about Berlin: been there, didn't like it that much, don't want to go there again.
Wow that nice to hear from someone who has been to Scotland many times. I am glad to hear you enjoy it. Hope you have a fantastic time when you visit next and I hope the weather is nice for you.
@@whoismertsalih i always enjoy scotland, even when i was there some years ago during the "beast from the east" (as they called that snowstorm back then). But most of the time i had sunshine and people never believed it until they saw my pictures. It's a running gag now with my friends/family because i get sunburned in scotland more often than i get wet from rain😅
Ok the 2nd most beautiful castles in Germany is Castle Lichtenstein is missing just look at my thumbnail. It was also used for filming a fairy-tale movie. You can't beet a Castle 400m above a long valley just look at it.
I am from the region of the Hohenzollern Castel (around 6:30), nice to see it being featured in his film. I heard at one point, that there are more castles in Germany than McDonalds in the US... And I do believe that. You have to really look into the age of those castles. Compared to the Trifels (where Richard Lionheart was held at ransom) the Neuschwanstein Castle is brand new. Hamburg compared to Munich, is like London with Glasgow . The landscape is completely different. In the North they even drink tea. And they like it. There really is no typical Germany, like there is no typical UK.
was hab ich aus dem Video gelernt, bis auf Hamburg und Berlin ist nur der Süden Deutschland sehenswert. Bei Nichten, ich ziehe persönlich den Norden vor, sicher als Flachlandtiroler das Meer einfache Liebe und im Norden haben wir die Nord- und Ostsee. Als Brandenburger empfehle ich dir auch mal den Spreewald und denn kannst du in gut 70 min von Berlin erreichen. Man kann sogar den Spreewald mit einem Boot von Berlin erreichen und das über die Spree und nicht mit Boot auf dem Hänger. ;-) Schau dir Hamburg und Berlin persönlich an und entscheide was dir persönlich lieber ist. Berlin ist einfach multikulti, da gibt es auch mal richtige Schmutzecken aber da wirst du auch Leute treffen die sich da finden und schöne Abende beim Grillen und ein Bierchen treffen...
I am from germany and havent seen all of the places in the vid. But I have been to Edinbourgh, Inverness, Aberdeen, the Shetland Islands, Ullapool and the Highlands.
I was at Castle Hohenzollern many times because it is close to my hometown. It is nice but there are so many more castles. I recommend to visit small German cities or villages instead of big cities. Every small town has it's charme and things to see... and maybe you'll get better contact to residents...
Germany is mostly underated by people from the UK . For a lot of other nations we are a touristic hotspot. The people from UK are still "shy". Sometimes i think they still see it a bit as "enemy coutry".
Because of the wars. And constant propaganda also from hollywood.....so that's why...ridiculing...the language...to harrrrsh....ick instead of soft ch...when that is finally stopping a little it might get better. I watched that over the yearrrs
For me Bavaria is the most beautiful place in Germany, I'm not just saying this because I'm from Bavaria. My Scottish friend always said that and his most beautiful place in Germany is the fairytale castle Neuschwanstein in Bavaria. Come to Germany and see everything, especially Bavaria. What I want to say is that every country has its sights.
It depends on what’s important to you. Someone from his hometown will always talk more positively about his city than others. I’m a resident of the Ruhrgebiet, which some people say badly about, but we have so many beautiful places and above all... the friendliest people! Germans really crazy. Talk to them an many could tell you about nice places all over the world. But if you ask about those points in the video, most of them doesn’t know.
The original video shows very little - mostly South Germany, and only the former Federal Republic. There is a lot to be discovered in the North and former East Germany, too. I don't even know where to start! The North Sea islands, especially the tiny Hallig islands - the Baltic Sea shore and lakes (Eutin, Plön, Lübeck), and the many lower mountain regions (Mittelgebirge) like Harz, Rothaargebirge, Taunus, Fichtelgebirge... each region with its dialect, cuisine and architecture. City-wise, Germany was divided into many small states until 1871 and many of the small courts competed intensely for cultural excellence, attracting artists, architects and musician. Former residences are interesting and have their own strong cultural identity. I visited a number of the places in the video, but not all of them. I don't know enough of my own native country and often, we complain about post-WWII architecture killing the character of the cities, and compared to other countries, that's simply true. We say that architects in the 50s and 60s finished off the job of the bomber pilots... but we have to accept historical responsiblity. If you bomb Guernica and Coventry, you get Dresden. And we have to live with the results of our past. There are many, many lovely castles, my favourite is probably Mespelbrunn, it's small and lovely. I discovered the positive sides of Germany only after marrying a non-German and moving abroad. I lived in Berlin for a number of years but I guess the city has changed since then and I probably wouldn't return there. Berlin has some older parts, too, and is surrounded by beautiful lakes and forests, and there is a lot of green also in the centre. It's a chaotic, loud and very interesting city, I like it still even though it doesn't feel like home any more.
The best cities to live in are those with an ICE train station. Thus you can visit any Place in 4-6h. The deutsche Bahn is underrated as you can Travel for 17,90€ from Munich to Bremen in 6h 750km.
Nice video :) Since you asked Germans which of these places they've seen: I've been to Berchtesgaden (including the Eagle's Nest), Lake Constance (but not Lindau), Cochem and the Castle Eltz are really close to where I live so I've seen these two, Berlin, Hamburg twice, Frankfurt (although briefly), my grandpa lives in the Black Forest so I've been there countless times, and finally Neuschwanstein castle :) But yeah, there's still so many interesting places I haven't visited yet even though they're in my own country.
There are around 20.000 castles, in Germany. Many are just ruins. The last one in the video, Neuschwanstein Castle, has been a film location for Monty Phyton. That's probably where you know it from.
No, The Eagles Nest wasn´t the place, where Hitler lived, this was the Berghof at the Obersalzberg. Only ruins (and a museum) of the place are left. But "Eagles Nest" / Kehlsteinhaus is still used as a restaurant and was the place, official meetings took place.
Dear Mert. I am late to the party but here are my two cents: Best to live is the western part of Germany, low cost of living, very diverse, friendly people, 30+ connected citys (Ruhrgebiet). The bigger the city the higher the cost of living with the exception of Munich wich tops Berlin. The western part has a lot to offer, industrial culture (Zeche Zollverein, Rheinisches Industrie-Museum, Bergbausiedlungen, etc.), old historical places (Köln, Xanten, Trier, ...), many universitys (Bochum, Essen/Duisburg, Münster, ...), short travel distances to France, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, a great and famous football cultur (S04, BVB, Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1FC Köln, VFL Bochum, Bayer Leverkusen, Preußen Münster, Rot Weiß Essen, MSV Duisburg, ...), many places for shopping and spending time with the family (Movie Park Germany, Phantasia Land, Irrland, Düsseldorfer Innenstadt, CentrOberhausen, ...), a ski region called Sauerland with Winterberg as the top address, countless lakes, forests, churches, castles, ... From here you can visit all the big German Citys for weekend trips, 4 hours to Hamburg and Berlin, 3 hours to Frankfurt or 6 to Munich. The Ruhrgebiet is home to 12 million people and our state Nordrheinwestfahlen is home to 16 million. We have lots of bike lanes, hiking trails and each and every variation of sports. You and your family are welcome to stay forever. cheers
Visit Lake Constance. There are places like the island of Mainau. You won't think this is in Germany as palm trees grow there too. The whole region around the lake, including the Alps, is super beautiful.
That's the problem: The gras is always greener on the other side and abroad it feels always more interesting than the own country. When I travel, I also mostly travel abroad. Uk, Scandianvia, Canary Islands, ... but very seldom my own country ..
Best city to live depends very much on your preferences. If you want to party and live the life of not doing much else go to Berlin, if you want to do the same, but a little bit more restricted and integrated into daily life, Cologne or Hamburg might be interesting. Munich, Frankfurt and Stuttgart for the money you get in jobs and for the proximity to the mountains, lake constance and South Europe...Italy/Croatia nearby...the Mediterrenean. Also...in the South it's better weather...always.
Many people dont know, germany have over 25000 castel`s. Great video. I m from Berlin and i can say it is a very great place to live. I don t want to live in a other german city. Maybe when i m gettin older.
7:22 I'm living just a few minutes away from "Castle Hohenzollern" right between the "Schwarzwald" (Black Forest) and the "Schwäbische Alb" (Swabian Albs) ,within a few minutes to the "Autobahn" (Highway) which brings you to Stuttgart in about 40 minutes or to the "Bodensee" (Lake Constance) in 60 minutes. And that's in the greatest of all german "Bundesländer" (States): Baden-Württemberg!!! I will never leave! There is no place like this (and i've been traveled to 30 countries so far,so i know what i'm talking about ;) )!!!
I think they missed the national park Sächsische Schweiz (Saxony Switzerland) in Eastern Germany - it's spectacular! I have not visited the region yet (as you said - one does not travel so much in one's own country ...), but it's on my list. Google it and you will understand ... I visited Berlin a few times and think it's just ugly XD could never understand why so many people like that city - there are so much really gread cities in Germany, for cool modern cities I'd prefer Hamburg. Rothenburg ob der Tauber however is much more pretty in reality than it looks on those pictures - it really feels like a fairytale gone real. Heidelberg is also really pretty if you like old architecture, also Würzburg. Lake Constance is also incredibly beautiful, it has an almost Mediterranian flair.
Thanks Bro haha. I still listen to German rap. This channel is just a hobby to find out more about Germany as I hope to come later this year. Thanks for the comment mate!!
its kinda frusttrating, that most so called "beautiful" cities etc are in the south. Its more or less the rich part of germany and there are some really cute towns in the north.
I would like to be in a stadium, when Rangers play against Celtic;) Never seen the derby. In Dortmund I ve listened to the Scottish anthem. That dream became true. German fans love you for thatand your passion..Here in Kiel i m happy,live near the ocean an 45 minutes to Hamburg. So i m fine with this..Greetings
Hi, 100th subscriber here (yeah, I just had to, seeing 99 😄). For fairness I got to say, Scotland doesn‘t have to hide either, thinking of Cairngorms Natl. Park and the Highlands. You seem to be a very likeable guy, love your accent. I‘m an Austrian (very similiar, mountainous) living in Uruguay since a couple of years and preparing for moving to Germany this year. Saludos, mate and thanks! Mike 🇺🇾👍
Thank you so much Mike. Thanks also for the kind comments about Scotland. I guess when I lived in Scotland I never really appreciated it as much as I should have. Uruguay is a very interesting place to live. What made you go there? What is life like there?
@@whoismertsalih Hi, We went from Austria after retirement (was an eye specialist) because my wife and I were afraid of boredom. Well, after 4 years it‘s starting to bore here too, so we‘ll go back and explore Europe as a whole…. 🤭🇺🇾♥️
î live in the south of germany east from the black forest that was shown, so about your first question, out of these places ive been to Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Neuschwanstein and Lake Constance fun fact we in germany call it "Bottomsea" Bodensee. and when it comes to berlin i have to say. The cityscape is quite nice to see at night. there is a lot of things to do and Whats the most interesting thing about berlin is that east berlin was in soviet hands until 1989 and nowadays you can see the difference between east and west berlin so hard. About Hamburg, i love Hamburg. There is the erotic district reperbahn and also you can go on a museums sailing ship. and there are lots of other things like the Dungeon or the "Miniaturwunderland" and its beautiful in general. As for a city to live in. It depends for example Munich is very expensive to live in. It can be dangerous in Berlin. i looked at an article about city ranking and the top 4 would be Munich, Erlangen, Stuttgart and Ingolstadt. Out of those id recommend Ingolstadt. Its beautiful too, its near munich. it has a good highspeed train connection. and i dont think its too dangerous. Stuttgart, where i live 50kms away from, idk i dont like it. there is really nothing special about it. And last but not least Erlangen, idk much about it but its not as big and also it doesnt have good highspeed Train connections i bet its safe. but id say erlangen is a more quiet city. if you wanna go further north, how about wolfsburg anyone who i heard from living there said it would be nice living there. and living there is quite affordable in comparison. Wolfsburg was in 5th place in the ranking
I have seen all places of this top 10 (Germans like to travel). I am from the eastern part of Germany - the shown places were all from the western part (Germany is more than Bavaria or Hessen).
I´m from the south of germany, living in a small village located in the beautiful black forest. Visiting Berlin now and then, yeaaaah......it´s alright, you can do that, quite interesting when want to see all the sights and historic monuments. But living there?.....Naaaah man, no way! :D
I have lived in the North of Germany (Rostock: Baltic Sea, sea food, brick works), Berlin (clubbing, party, edgy art, lots of culture and great museums, international, never sleeping, diiiiirty, drugged up, creative and loud) and now I live close to Nürnberg in a rural suburb. I cannot get enough of the wonderful landscape that is Franken and in 2-3 hours i am in the alps. This area is thriving. I see the communities having more money to spend than the other areas i have lived in. Nürnberg has a great historical center, culture. Including Erlangen and Fürth, this area has its 1,5Mio inhabitants, but doesn’t feel metropolitan, more like… historical and very livable (people earn more here, too). I miss the creativity of Berlin, but i am kind of glad, i am not living there anymore. Now when I go back, after 2 days, my skin feels itchy from all the dirt…
If you'd like a fusion of what Germany is, come to Bonn the former capital of Germany, you can find remnants of all our history here, and if that's not enough more culture is just a trainride away.
To be honest, Neuschwanstein is not an old castle, it's like a fake castle. You should visit Heidelberg, with the castle, the old town and the flair, very special. The best city to live in might be Hamburg. If you like old culture you could visit Speyer, Worms and Mainz, very old cities, old churches and old Jewish history. In Worms, the holy sand is the oldest Jewish burial place north of the Alps, almost 1000 years old. Nearby, in the Palatinate, there is a 2000 year old tradition of wine growing. and a beautiful forest that merges seamlessly with the Vosges in France. For Roman fans, a trip to Tries is also exciting. If you're more into baroque, dresen would be a great choice. In principle, you can find the right region for almost any taste.
What is your favourite place in Germany? And why?
Subtitles are available in German (and English).
You know that (old) English and German are to 95% equal??
Take todays English word: *"Deer"*
>> Before the change, (yes, the meaning got changed), i was not for specific "animal" but ment "all animals"
>> German: *Tier* (ie = ee) sounds exactly like the german one, bc IT IS orginal, rooted from it with the SAME MEANING ;)
~ Tier = Deer
So wait, there is a "D" in Deer and not a "T" !!
>> Yes, todays English is using the D in (visible) writting.
>> In old English, those were written in? RUNES
Look, at an android mobilphone text keyboard, press the button "T" for a while you get:
*Þ for t* and *þ for T* _(also replcing the "th" in words!_
From Middle English day, from Old English dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”)
>> So original *Day* was *þæg* which is from german *Tag*
So as we can see, Both sides can now Ignore the letter D for most parts and change it to a T.
Also the "th" switches into a T.
Same goes for *the letter Y,* which was always *a G.*
>> Hence daY is taG
There are some common tricks, to actualy (more read) understand English/German speakers just by switching letters.
>> Our language is so bound to each other, so is our culture. Lit. We are brothers & sisters just like the scandinavia.
Saddly, just like you, we and scandinavians got taken away our main culture by the church.
>> Wich also stole our *Yul(e)-Fest* and renamed it into? *Christmas/ Weihnachten.*
> stole the fest, renamed it and put their "symbols" all over it.
The "Christmas Tree" is ALSO a Germanic culture NOT from the church,.. endless going on.
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If you would *ask me for my fav. place in Germany:*
*>>* Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land
Why?
Bc it is "absolut" in the center of germany located. And *Frau Holle* or *Mother winter,* was actualy a *coverup name* for germanic peoples, bc the church forbit under death punishment to call out THE germanic goddess.
>> Frau Holle, Holla (die Waldfee), Hulda, *Hel,* or in some german regions also Perchte/Perchta are coverup names for the goddess.
>> The forbiten name was:
>> *Frigg(a)*
>> Goddess of Life, Death & Rebirth.
>> *Mother Earth*
>> Later on, *wife of Odin,* after the great wandering happend, when the huge glacier revealed the land in the north (scandinavia was covered under the glacier).
>> There is a lake in Germany called *Titisee*
>> "Titi" means in old germanic *Kindchen* (little child)
>> It was said that Frau Holle/Frigg(a) gifted a child, when a germanic woman was bathing in a *Forest-Lake.*
>> So this "lakes" have a birth and rebirth function for germanics
>> It was also said that Frau Holle/Frigg(a) had a *Aple-tree-garten*
>> When a child died early, it is said Frau Holle/Frigg(a) instantly took this child soul into her whomb (Mutterlaib = Mothers loaf), bc she was *Mother Earth.*
>> there was her Aple tree garten, a much nicer place, protected from evil spirits.
>> The *church* again,.. took her aple tree garten INTO the sky (stole it), to stand over them, and declared who ever eats from (her) this aples, goes down to *Hel(l)* (english) or *hölle > hoelle > Holle).
>> *Demonizing, the germanic goddess*
i will shut it now,.. lol what have i dun =O such a wall of text T-.-T
Cheers
Aichtal-Grötzingen (south west of Germany) ist my favorite place because i live there.And the countryside is very beautifull. Lot`s of castles on the hill tops.
My favourite place is the island of Hiddensee. No cars, 13 km long but less than half a kilometre wide, pristine sand dunes and 3 small villages with reed roofed houses. Magic, esp in winter.
Favourite city is Münster. Highest standard of living in Germany, lots of cycles, lots of history. Cages of rebels from the 16th century still hang from one church tower. Great beer.
I life close to Hamburg and i love it. I like this Flair of the Port and the good publik transport with the farrys.
If germany were a family, then berlin is the teenage punk son, in his rebellious phase, who feels misunderstood by everyone else.
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Eine schöne Zusammenfassung!
gut beschrieben /good described . Grüsse aus Berlin
True Berlin is misunderstood by Germans outside of Brandenburg and Berlin.. since I moved out of Berlin I've noticed that Berlin is quite a frequent topic representing "failed" politics.. which in my opinion isn't true at least to the degree it's propagated ^^. In Berlin at least in my bubble Bavaria was a symbol for failed politics ^^
@@cirrus2013 yeah no shit, almost all big cities are more left than smaller cities or rural areas, and Berlin being the most multi-cultural obviously there are more people liking the idea of humane politics... "Antifa scum" I still don't get how you can hate antifascists you dork. Didn't learn a single thing in history class did you?
haha great description
I absolutely adore your accent. You should have put "scottish reaction" in the title, listening to you is pure joy.
Thanks haha. Maybe I will do that
I think the same :-) He sounds so nice when he is talking!
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I like your accent because it sounds very Scottish but I'm still able to easily understand everything, which is really not the case with Scottish people on TV, like Kevin Bridges, Billy Connolly or let alone Frankie Boyle, can't even understand half of what he's saying.
I like the way you're speaking Scotish. It's not like we've learnt "English" in school, but quite easy to understand. Since the view of things seem different from Englishmen to Scottishmen, I'd change the title of your topic as well.
He lives in Malaysia, a former BRITISH colony @@ankelenze5696
The most things are in Baveria, but that’s just one state and with Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt, Schwarzwald, you on got places in 5 out of 16 states. Many have a few different cultures within and also charming places. So I would also recommend other cities like Potsdam, Dresden, Rhein and Ruhr area, the middle Rhine valley, Lübeck etc. There are so many places
I travelled a lot in germany and scotland. And i think it’s not comparable. Both countries are unique in terms of cities, landscape and People. Love both ❤
That true, Nice comment thanks!!
Another american who thinks Bavaria is an equivilant for 16 Status. It bores me to death watching that Stereotype Videos. It's live talkingcabout the uk and than showing Planes weich are stattdessen mostly in london
There is no "best city" in germany. But many "best for..." citys. It depends on what you want from a city. You don't go to Hamburg for the mountains or to Munich for the sea. When you ask for the most beautiful city, the citys of the ruhr area will not be mentioned very often. But when you are looking for a city, where you can visit another concert/theatre/museum/stadium... by public transport every week, the ruhr area is the place to be...
Interesting thanks for letting me know. I will do some more research of the Ruhr area and see what it is like.
There might not be a best city but there clearly is a worst city.
@@nosomusk864 Duisburg🐀
@@stefankaiser3354 Leverkusen
@@marving.8868 I learned that from a @rewboss video.
As you said, there is a landscape for everyone. Unlike other Euopean countries Germany is a very decentralised country because it was hundreds of years build of many dukedoms and kingdoms and these roots are still strong.
Berlin is the largest city and the capital but is as important like any other city.
Yeah that is a great point about it being decentralised. I now live in a country where that is completely not the case (Malaysia and everything is focused on Kuala Lumpur) but I like the situation in Germany and how there are so many nice livable cities with a lot to do
Berlin is very important about drug sales lol
@@HippasosofMetapontum Every bigger city is. 🙄
@@HippasosofMetapontum none can surpass Frankfurt in drugs sales
@@mandibiedermann2246 I don't like Frankfurt very much ... but the city is "honest" in some way. The banking district is very close to the redlight-district ... and that IS honest.
worth mentioning also:
Marburg: old town
Bamberg: old town and residence castle, smoked beer
Nuremberg (+Fürth): big old town, medieval castle, documentation centre, Bratwurst + Sauerkraut, jump from there to Prague for a night or 2
Passau (+ Burghausen): old town, 3 rivers, 1 castle (+ the longest castle of the world)
Sylt island: beaches, seafood
Herrenchiemsee
Altmühltal (Altmühl river and towns)
Second this list, but don't fall for the smoked beer trap.
We only drink those on a dare :D
Jawoll Franggn! 😉☘
simply: we live in a wonderfull diverse country with a lot of beautifull cities......but we love to complain. ;-)
Other places outside of Bavaria are also nice ;) I think Dresden and Potsdam also must be awesome, never been there yet.
Yes, like Marburg, Bamberg and so on: the mid-size towns are the specially Locations.
Freiburg and his region you should visit ❤ - in autumn. Visit a Weinfest in a village like Pfaffenweiler or other small village in the area or in the Pfalz or at the Mosel and so on - the south-west of Germany is a vineyard. Oh: visit a 'Strauße', drink a 'Schorle' and eat a 'Badische Wurstsalat' 😅 .
I come from Hessen, but I love the Lifestyle of the south-west. But the Black Forrest isn't the nicest forrest in Germany. Better ist Pfälzer Wald, Eifel, Hunsrück, Westerwald, Rothaargebirge ... the forrest in the middle region of Germany. I lived 20 years in the south-west and I love the Black Forrest, but the clima of the forrests in the middle is better, the forrests are nicer; it is my tip for Trekking in Germany.
The point is, there are far too many very beautiful things worth seeing in Germany. A single lifetime is simply not enough. I (as a 47 year old German) didn't even see half of it. Nice greetings from Germany 😁
It is so funny, I am German and I have been planning a trip to Scotland for ages and still haven’t made it there. 😂 still on my to do list!!! I love the Scottish landscape and everything that comes with it
I'm from the north of Germany and love the north and Baltic sea beaches. For holidays I always traveled somewhere abroad but over the last years I learned to appreciate and visit the beautiful places in my own country.
Rothenburg is definitely famous for it's ancient town. However there is a town nearby called Dinkelsbuehl which has much more history (one that is actually celebrated every year) and is officially the most beautiful ancient town in Germany.
As a matter of fact I told my husband about your videos and we both agree that whenever you feel like going to Germany we'd be happy to give you a tour and make you and your family feel welcome. :)
I would prefer Hamburg over Berlin many times, I find Berlin interesting and multifaceted, but I would not want to live there.
Other than that, there is no best City in Germany anyway, it really depends on your personal preference, likes and dislikes.
Each Region and Cities are often very different.
I will need to do more research of Hamburg but what I have learned it looks like a really nice place
Berlin is a great city to visit but not such a great place to live in.
@@whoismertsalih Born and grown there before i moved to south west. Hamburg and Munich are the most beautifull big citys in my country i say. But it is personel perception.
@@whoismertsalih there is a "joke" about Hamburg that it is the most beautiful city in the world. I dont quite agree, but it is a very nice place to live, although it has become ridiculously expensive over the past decade.
one more vote for Hamburg, "my pearl", the humble and noble beauty of the North ... ❤
I really don't get why it is always the same locations mentioned in these videos. Okay, these places around Bavaria/Munich are cool and everything I don't know why East Germany is almost never mentioned like the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte. Or Dresden. Or the world's most crankiest building close to the city of Emden. What about the islands in the North Sea. What about the city of Leipzig. Ever heard about Papenburg where cruise ships are driving backwards to get to the North Sea? What about Helgoland........
Shh...don't tell everyone how amazing Leipzig is or they'll all move here 😄
When I was a teenager, we had lots of exchange pupils from different countries and we showed them all the beauties of our region. So I visited lots of these places as Lake of Constance, Meersburg and it‘s castle, the castle in Sigmaringen, the tallest church in the world in Ulm and much more. Thanks for your interest and your reaction! 👍
Honestly, I never really knew about a lot of these places in Germany and I am embarrassed about that. Really glad to be finding out about them now at least
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Germany is the country with the most castles in Europe (so maybe in the world). There are about 25.000 Castles or ruins of former Castles in Germany. Wikipedia has a list of German castles, I will try to find the link and put it in here.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenzollern_Castle?searchToken=6jgt771su0w9n8tymsfcb7sln
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Burgen_und_Schl%C3%B6ssern_in_Deutschland
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No need to be embarrassed. You put in a lot more time and effort to learn about Germany than most of us do to learn about England or Schottland. You can not know everything. It is fun to watch your videos. I really like your accent 😀
Cologne Baby..near the Rhine..very nice City ...the Rhineland is very interesting...the Dome and many Things more .!!!!
What I think is a bit of a pity, that often the eastern parts of Germany is ignored except Berlin. I'm living in Weimar a name that is worldwide known but never shown. Here lived Goethe and Schiller, the Weimarer Republic was founded here - our first attempt at a democracy. The Bauhaus is also from Weimar (and Dessau, where I grew up). And yes also a concentration camp (Buchenwald) which was used by the Nazis and the Russians. By the way I was born in Wittenberg, that is an old town every protestant christian person should know, because Luther put his thesis's here and he fled to Thuringia into the Castle Wartburg. Thuringia has also one of the highest densities of castle you can find. There are also Millennia old ones which were never conquered. There is also Dresden, often called the Venice of the east with castles build next to each other. The village I grew up is located in the largest English styled park in the world (Dessau-Wörlitz) and is Unesco world heritage. The black forest is mentioned but as always they forgot the even more beautiful thuringian woods in my eyes. It is way steeper than the black forest, because it is an extremely old fold mountains (like the alps, but much older, it is getting smaller, the alps are young, they are still growing). It is really a shame that most videos of this kind only concentrate heavily of the parts of Germany which are located in the South, West and North and always forgetting the East (except our capital Berlin).
I would personally recommend Potsdam. The city of castles. It's beautiful and has so much to offer. Unfortunately, it is also quite expensive to live in
Hi, I'm German, and I visited a lot of our castles, but we have so much castles, I don't know how much. I never have seen one Castle in the east of Germany. Hope one day I can visit Dresden, because I've heard this City shall be very beautiful.
For me , and it's my own taste, Hamburg is the most beautiful city in Germany.
I liked Hamburg the most, too….until I visited Dresden. That is hard to top. Go and visit it. It is worth it.
@@nebelland8355 okay, one day I'll visit it. Looking forward . Thank you.
You've got to explore the north of Germany and its islands...Beautiful and unique!!!
The first lake that "looked like Indonesia" is the Eibsee in Bavaria.
I live in Bonn, Germany. I've visited Lindau, Hohenzollern castle. Definitely worth to visit and hike around.
Cochem and Burg Eltz are not far from Bonn city. Very beautiful places indeed.
If you grow up in Germany, you get used to having really old buildings everywhere. I just made a little walk through the little town where I live and some 300 to 400 years old houses are nothing extraordinary here. Thank you for videos like this one, that remind me how amazing these things are!
If you asked me about my favourite city in Germany, I wouldn't be sure if Cologne or Hamburg would be number one on my list. They are quite different, but I love both!
What places would you recommend to visit in Scotland?
Visit my hometown. The Queen of the Hanseatic League, Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein. Built in 1143 by Adolf II, Count of Schauenburg and Holstein, it was the first German port city to be founded on the Baltic Sea. The real NORTH! The land between the seas.
The Neuschwanstein Castle (literally New Swan Stone) is probably the most iconic castle I know of. Unfortunately the interior is greatly underwhelming, because it never has been finished. Was there once, sadly it has been a bit asian-ated, made a strange tourist space center. Again, the view is unbelievable.
Had the pleasure to visit Berlin for a week. Berlin is many towns packed in one, probably like bigger cities all around the world. You got it all there. Transportation was intuitive as it was in New York too. And London, gods, London with teenytiny between tube walks...
Würzburg and Regensburg (I named it Rainsbourough 😂) are small but lovely towns, each dominated by a wide river with auld walls and bridges, I could feel at home there too.
Munich is a bit of controversy for a franconian (northern half of Bavaria), so I can never say Munich is good. Nah. But big and small all the same. It has some grand buildings, it is a massed pipes and drums, but not drums but buildings. Errh...
Yes, the pictures and video parts are all true, albeit heavily colorized, but this is only fitting. You would not have these extremely vast spaces where you see nothing even with binoculars. If you like mountains: Germany. If you like it flat: Germany. If you want to drive hours through one city after another: Germany. If you want to meet horrifying people: Germany. If you want to meet the gentlest and most humble, honest people: Germany. If you want every fu&%ng hamlet connected with respectable streets: Germany. If you want to meet pride, prejudice, indifference, lazyness and strictness: Germany. Ahhh, and so on.
I live near Cologne and I love it. So many nice places to discover here, like big cities like Cologne, Duesseldorf aso and beautiful landscapes and on top I can go for a coffee to the Netherlands, Belgium or Luxemburg 😅
That sounds perfect
07:17 I'm born and raised in Germany and was living through all of Germany places. I have to say, that i've only visited 3 Castle's in and around my home city and in Nürnberg. I think you re right, it is normal to have things where you are raised with and dont spend propper attention to it. Now i'm living in Munich for 17 years and i don't have visited "Schloss Neuschwanstein" or "Oktoberfest"
07:57 i think there must be more than 30.000 Castles in Germany. Nearly every "bigger" city have an own Castle
08:55 All over the world, most people speaking about Berlin when it's about Germany. But in Germany we more like Hamburg, Nürnberg, Munich... because Berlin is a crazy city. If you want to "have all at one place" just move to a bigger city in Germany, you *will* have it all at one place
10:41 Hamburg would be a good choice to live. Nice people, nice city. Frankfurt you would hate i think. There is a lot of crime, the kids are crazy. In my opinion Frankfurt is Germany Ghetto
as someone who lives in berchtesgaden it‘s so funny to watch you react to it, because you kinda get used to the landscape if you live here so it‘s always fun to see people see it for the first time.
the eagles nest was part of H1tlers alpine fortress. Whilst the lower part "Obersalzberg" was dismantled the outlook "Kehlsteinhaus" was kept almost intact.
As a german i did visit some of these castles and yes some are quite impressive.
As Berlin is a more international and multicultural City is doesn't totally reflect the rest of Germany. Without offense it's a region of its own in the concert of german regions.
There are many many more places not mentioned like Cologne, Dresden, Rostock and Lübeck on the baltic coast, Nürnberg or Helgoland in the north sea to name only a few !
I personally find the list a bit biased with its southern focus and forgetting a bit about the rest further north and east. I would further say that Frankfurt doesn't belong to this list imagining that places like Heidelberg, Dresden, Leipzig, Weimar, Celle, Limburg, Goslar or Quedlinburg are not even mentioned. If you are interested in Berlin, than you should also check Baltic Sea locations, Spreewald and Mecklenburger Seenplatte and the Bastei in Elbsandsteingebirge as more reachable and attractive destiniations.
I would suggest Hamburg. Little smaller than Berlin. Has all the cultural benefits. Good party scene. Easy to reach the North Sea or the Baltic Sea.
Places to visit (long time before 'fridays for future'): Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve
City: Saarlouis
For more informations take a look on their wikipedia-site (english version).
The cool bridge in Berlin is called Oberbaumbrücke! Located in the Berlin district called Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg!
You don't even need to visit the big tourist spots to explore and be amazed by the most beautiful spots like the oldest villages in the countryside. The best places are in the countryside and the best restaurants are in the countryside itself, be it in the far north or deep east .
two words - Potsdam, Sanssouci - I just love the frederican rokoko 😍
fun fact - there are more castles in Germany than McDonald's in the US
There's so much more I love: Potsdam, Mainz & Wiesbaden, the Nürburgring, Erfurt, Burg Eltz, Burg Cochem, Heidelberg etc.
Hi, I'm from a small town right in the center of Germany. I think almost all regions, cities and villages have their pros and cons. For example, I regularly visit Hamburg, the villages at North Sea or Baltic Sea cost, if I want to have the "Northern German culture" with sea food, the ocean, and so on. If I want to go hiking, I take a 1 hour trip to the Harz mountains in the center of Germany, the bavarian Alps or even to Italy. Because my home town is seldom host to many concerts, I'll go the neighboring cities in a distance of 30 to 150km and it works fine. In contrast I can leave my home and in 5 minutes, I can spend time in beautiful nature... There are so many interesting places, that a life time will not fit visiting all of them. Same for living in Germany. It depends what each person is searching for. Most cities offer much more to do close by and a much better public transport system, but often you won't get as close to the other people in your town, as in smaller towns. I lived for example some years in the town of Göttingen (about 120.000) and Hannover (about 550.000) in contrast to my home town (about 6.000 / 12.500 with all villages belonging to it). Yeah, living in the greater towns is cool. All you want to do is a short trip by bus or tram away. But while time passes by, for me there was not enough nature near by. So I decided to live in a smaller town and to depend a little more on bus, train and car for visiting events.
So it really depends what you are searching for. There are great places for every interest. And even if living at one place for decades you will always find more cool places and spots, you never thought to be around... ;)
Very interesting, thanks for giving me more insight into Germany. That is a great comment
Hohenzollern looks different every day. It's beautiful. I lived there nearby
Compared to Berlin, people from Frankfurt and Hamburg are more welcoming. Berliners are quite a special breed. I personally don't like that too much, but other than that, there's nothing like a best city. Depends on what you like.
Fun fact: Freiburg, which is in the Black Forest, is in the top 3 cities with the highest quality of life in the world. I would consider, taking a look at that beauty ;)
I just had a Google session looking at Freiburg and it looks like a great place. Very beautiful and Freiburg Münster is stunning
Münster in the state NRW is also quite the nice town with a mix of modern and old, also quite bicycle friendly, lived there for some years and have fond memories of the town itself.
7:00 I am from germany, but I don't have to visit it... I live next to the Castle. Funfact: while the night, the castle is illuminated but in winter they turn the normal yellow lights into red lights. I guess you guy never seen a original castle in deep red light. It's really stunning also for ppl. who live here.
you could react to "this is Germany" from D. Ludwig. It is mindblowing.
Ok will do. Thanks for the suggestion Lynn
great idea - just do it! Germany is much more than 3-4 cities. The oldest one is Trier, the nicest one is a list of 50 and more cities all over Germany. Over 25.000 Castles and ruins by the way 😛
Greetings from Germany
I live about 15 min away from Hohenzollern Castle and it‘s absolutely fantastic
I'm from Bavaria, lived about 20 years in Munich, now in Nuremberg. I've been some days in Berlin for work, but I didn't like it a lot. Yes, it's booming, and you can find anything thinkable - but the city isn't a safe place and its dirty streets aren't quite inviting. If I had to move to a large city in the north of Germany, I would choose Cologne or Kiel.
The best city for permanent living is Munich by far - okay, it's quite expensive, but it's called "northernmost Italian city" as it is: great architecture, good way of life and in summer most beautiful parks (and Biergarten).
To answer your question. I am from germany and by the time I was twenty I´ve visited most of these places with my parents when i was a kid, with my school class and teacher when I was a teen and with some friends after we`ve got our drivers license. Many of these places were "embedded" in our history lessons, our parents have been there and we saw the photos when we were 9 or ten years old and 20,30 years ago public transportation like busses and trains and gasoline prices were still cheap enough to travel to these places within a few hours. Many of these places belong to our cultural heritage (Hitlers eagles nest, the famous Zeppelin was build at Friedrichshafen on the shores of the Bodensee (Lake Constance) and so on...) and for a guy born and raised in west germany most of these places were easy to reach within a few hours.
What you dont see is that Lake Constanz has Drinking water quality, and even a far away city like stuttgart gets its water out of the lake.
I live in Eastern Belgium, lucky enough to be only a 20/30-minute drive to the German border, and a 90-minute drive to the Moseltal/Valley of the Mosel where Cochem is. My wife and I regularly go there, so close to home (leave home in the morning, back home in the evening) but so different, so "romantic German"; we just love the region, and our experience with the locals.
And further away (700 kms from home), Munich is definitely our favorite European city - I just fell in love with the rich whiteness of the Theatinerkirche. Been there five times.
To be honest, though being a French speaker, I can speak decent German, that helps.
If I could choose between Hamburg and Berlin I would always choose Hamburg. As a woman I felt really save walking around alone in the lonely night hours. I live near Stuttgart and as a pupil we visited Burg Hohenzollern and I showed it to my kids because nowadays they don't go there as a school trip anymore. If you love wine and walking you should do the Weinwanderweg near the Ahrtal. Great landscape and very friendly people.
I lived in Hamburg! and i loved id!
My self growing up in the Loreley Valley, i.e. the Rhein Gorge.
But consider Stuttgart as well, friendly people good way of
life, and an ease to be you.
Castle Hohenzollern is beautyful, but from the placement and view, the fotress Königstein is nicer imho.
I’m German and I’m from Düsseldorf, which is nice but my No1 is Munich. It’s proximity to the amazing mountains and other countries like Austria and Italy does it form me!
We have more than 20.000 Castle's in germany and we are very proud of them
Thanks for speaking in your native accent/dialect. It is so interesting. :)
Germany has different parts, which are interesting for different reasons. For a Scot Bavaria would be a natural fit with its natural beauty, pronounced traditions, unique dialect and laid-back attitude. As a Bavarian myself I like to visit the rest of Germany (what we call "Prussia") occasionally. Berlin is its own unique case, it is not a very old city and has space around it. You can see how people have planned city growth over the last centuries. Then there is Saxony with its beautiful Elbe valley, Cologne with 2000 years history, the big church and the vibrant old town, the Ruhr city in the West, Freiburg has the best climate and experiments with car-free living, everywhere lots of stories to explore.
I'm from Munich and all these places mentioned close to Munich we used to visit when we were children with our parents as a day trip.
Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne are all worth a trip but in my opinion when it comes to where you want to live your every day live you should come to us in the south ;) Munich is the safest big city in Germany with far less crime than Berlin or Hamburg. I would recommend living in smaller cities around Munich or Stuttgart.
The first place was Rothenburg ob der Tauber. And you have seen it: It was Godric’s Hollow in the Harry Potter movies (they filmed there).
As a german i've been to most of the places in the video and they are nice, but i prefer to visit scotland!! 😄 Been in scotland many many times over the last 25 years and will be back there in 8 weeks. Can't wait to be there once again.
And for your question about Berlin: been there, didn't like it that much, don't want to go there again.
Wow that nice to hear from someone who has been to Scotland many times. I am glad to hear you enjoy it. Hope you have a fantastic time when you visit next and I hope the weather is nice for you.
@@whoismertsalih i always enjoy scotland, even when i was there some years ago during the "beast from the east" (as they called that snowstorm back then). But most of the time i had sunshine and people never believed it until they saw my pictures. It's a running gag now with my friends/family because i get sunburned in scotland more often than i get wet from rain😅
Ok the 2nd most beautiful castles in Germany is Castle Lichtenstein is missing just look at my thumbnail. It was also used for filming a fairy-tale movie. You can't beet a Castle 400m above a long valley just look at it.
I am from the region of the Hohenzollern Castel (around 6:30), nice to see it being featured in his film.
I heard at one point, that there are more castles in Germany than McDonalds in the US... And I do believe that.
You have to really look into the age of those castles. Compared to the Trifels (where Richard Lionheart was held at ransom) the Neuschwanstein Castle is brand new.
Hamburg compared to Munich, is like London with Glasgow . The landscape is completely different. In the North they even drink tea. And they like it.
There really is no typical Germany, like there is no typical UK.
was hab ich aus dem Video gelernt, bis auf Hamburg und Berlin ist nur der Süden Deutschland sehenswert. Bei Nichten, ich ziehe persönlich den Norden vor, sicher als Flachlandtiroler das Meer einfache Liebe und im Norden haben wir die Nord- und Ostsee. Als Brandenburger empfehle ich dir auch mal den Spreewald und denn kannst du in gut 70 min von Berlin erreichen. Man kann sogar den Spreewald mit einem Boot von Berlin erreichen und das über die Spree und nicht mit Boot auf dem Hänger. ;-)
Schau dir Hamburg und Berlin persönlich an und entscheide was dir persönlich lieber ist. Berlin ist einfach multikulti, da gibt es auch mal richtige Schmutzecken aber da wirst du auch Leute treffen die sich da finden und schöne Abende beim Grillen und ein Bierchen treffen...
I am from germany and havent seen all of the places in the vid. But I have been to Edinbourgh, Inverness, Aberdeen, the Shetland Islands, Ullapool and the Highlands.
I was at Castle Hohenzollern many times because it is close to my hometown. It is nice but there are so many more castles. I recommend to visit small German cities or villages instead of big cities. Every small town has it's charme and things to see... and maybe you'll get better contact to residents...
Hamburg is the most beautiful city but Berlin is the coolest and most free city, which is so diverse and has to offer things for all kind of people!
Germany is mostly underated by people from the UK . For a lot of other nations we are a touristic hotspot. The people from UK are still "shy". Sometimes i think they still see it a bit as "enemy coutry".
Because of the wars. And constant propaganda also from hollywood.....so that's why...ridiculing...the language...to harrrrsh....ick instead of soft ch...when that is finally stopping a little it might get better. I watched that over the yearrrs
For me Bavaria is the most beautiful place in Germany, I'm not just saying this because I'm from Bavaria. My Scottish friend always said that and his most beautiful place in Germany is the fairytale castle Neuschwanstein in Bavaria. Come to Germany and see everything, especially Bavaria. What I want to say is that every country has its sights.
6:50 they used this castle for a couple scenes of "a cure for wellness" , solid movie with jason isaacs and dane dehaan
It depends on what’s important to you. Someone from his hometown will always talk more positively about his city than others. I’m a resident of the Ruhrgebiet, which some people say badly about, but we have so many beautiful places and above all... the friendliest people!
Germans really crazy. Talk to them an many could tell you about nice places all over the world. But if you ask about those points in the video, most of them doesn’t know.
Just subtitle wrong and voice not to understand. Berlin reunited on the 3rd of Oktober in 1990.
Not 1999^^
The original video shows very little - mostly South Germany, and only the former Federal Republic. There is a lot to be discovered in the North and former East Germany, too. I don't even know where to start! The North Sea islands, especially the tiny Hallig islands - the Baltic Sea shore and lakes (Eutin, Plön, Lübeck), and the many lower mountain regions (Mittelgebirge) like Harz, Rothaargebirge, Taunus, Fichtelgebirge... each region with its dialect, cuisine and architecture.
City-wise, Germany was divided into many small states until 1871 and many of the small courts competed intensely for cultural excellence, attracting artists, architects and musician. Former residences are interesting and have their own strong cultural identity.
I visited a number of the places in the video, but not all of them. I don't know enough of my own native country and often, we complain about post-WWII architecture killing the character of the cities, and compared to other countries, that's simply true. We say that architects in the 50s and 60s finished off the job of the bomber pilots... but we have to accept historical responsiblity. If you bomb Guernica and Coventry, you get Dresden. And we have to live with the results of our past.
There are many, many lovely castles, my favourite is probably Mespelbrunn, it's small and lovely. I discovered the positive sides of Germany only after marrying a non-German and moving abroad.
I lived in Berlin for a number of years but I guess the city has changed since then and I probably wouldn't return there. Berlin has some older parts, too, and is surrounded by beautiful lakes and forests, and there is a lot of green also in the centre. It's a chaotic, loud and very interesting city, I like it still even though it doesn't feel like home any more.
Top cities in the east: Dresden, Leipzig, Erfurt, Rostock
Nice to see that you like videos about Germany and german content. And by the way, your scotish accent is kind of funny 🙂. Greentings from Germany
Visiting Berling is great. Living in Berlin is ass
Hamburg is in my opinion a much nicer city both to visit and to live in.
The best cities to live in are those with an ICE train station. Thus you can visit any Place in 4-6h. The deutsche Bahn is underrated as you can Travel for 17,90€ from Munich to Bremen in 6h 750km.
Nice video :)
Since you asked Germans which of these places they've seen: I've been to Berchtesgaden (including the Eagle's Nest), Lake Constance (but not Lindau), Cochem and the Castle Eltz are really close to where I live so I've seen these two, Berlin, Hamburg twice, Frankfurt (although briefly), my grandpa lives in the Black Forest so I've been there countless times, and finally Neuschwanstein castle :)
But yeah, there's still so many interesting places I haven't visited yet even though they're in my own country.
My favourite place in Germany? You can see it at 0:51 far behind the castle, near the left side of the screen.
The place where I was born and grew up.
There are around 20.000 castles, in Germany. Many are just ruins.
The last one in the video, Neuschwanstein Castle, has been a film location for Monty Phyton. That's probably where you know it from.
If you want to see more about Germany take a look at Top Travel Destinations where you can find out more about our country.
No, The Eagles Nest wasn´t the place, where Hitler lived, this was the Berghof at the Obersalzberg. Only ruins (and a museum) of the place are left. But "Eagles Nest" / Kehlsteinhaus is still used as a restaurant and was the place, official meetings took place.
One of the most beautiful cities might me Dresden. Small old town. Lot's it History.
Dear Mert.
I am late to the party but here are my two cents: Best to live is the western part of Germany, low cost of living, very diverse, friendly people, 30+ connected citys (Ruhrgebiet). The bigger the city the higher the cost of living with the exception of Munich wich tops Berlin. The western part has a lot to offer, industrial culture (Zeche Zollverein, Rheinisches Industrie-Museum, Bergbausiedlungen, etc.), old historical places (Köln, Xanten, Trier, ...), many universitys (Bochum, Essen/Duisburg, Münster, ...), short travel distances to France, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, a great and famous football cultur (S04, BVB, Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1FC Köln, VFL Bochum, Bayer Leverkusen, Preußen Münster, Rot Weiß Essen, MSV Duisburg, ...), many places for shopping and spending time with the family (Movie Park Germany, Phantasia Land, Irrland, Düsseldorfer Innenstadt, CentrOberhausen, ...), a ski region called Sauerland with Winterberg as the top address, countless lakes, forests, churches, castles, ...
From here you can visit all the big German Citys for weekend trips, 4 hours to Hamburg and Berlin, 3 hours to Frankfurt or 6 to Munich.
The Ruhrgebiet is home to 12 million people and our state Nordrheinwestfahlen is home to 16 million.
We have lots of bike lanes, hiking trails and each and every variation of sports.
You and your family are welcome to stay forever.
cheers
First I look with translator. But Neuschwanstein Castle is not the template for the Disney Castle or Sleeping Beauty Castle the other way around
Visit Lake Constance. There are places like the island of Mainau. You won't think this is in Germany as palm trees grow there too. The whole region around the lake, including the Alps, is super beautiful.
I'm from a small northgerman town near hamburg, but i'm calling in love with your scotty highlands singe my first trakking Tour 2002 there.😍💙
That's the problem: The gras is always greener on the other side and abroad it feels always more interesting than the own country. When I travel, I also mostly travel abroad. Uk, Scandianvia, Canary Islands, ... but very seldom my own country ..
Best city to live depends very much on your preferences. If you want to party and live the life of not doing much else go to Berlin, if you want to do the same, but a little bit more restricted and integrated into daily life, Cologne or Hamburg might be interesting.
Munich, Frankfurt and Stuttgart for the money you get in jobs and for the proximity to the mountains, lake constance and South Europe...Italy/Croatia nearby...the Mediterrenean.
Also...in the South it's better weather...always.
Many people dont know, germany have over 25000 castel`s. Great video. I m from Berlin and i can say it is a very great place to live. I don t want to live in a other german city. Maybe when i m gettin older.
7:22 I'm living just a few minutes away from "Castle Hohenzollern" right between the "Schwarzwald" (Black Forest) and the "Schwäbische Alb" (Swabian Albs) ,within a few minutes to the "Autobahn" (Highway) which brings you to Stuttgart in about 40 minutes or to the "Bodensee" (Lake Constance) in 60 minutes.
And that's in the greatest of all german "Bundesländer" (States): Baden-Württemberg!!!
I will never leave! There is no place like this (and i've been traveled to 30 countries so far,so i know what i'm talking about ;) )!!!
I think they missed the national park Sächsische Schweiz (Saxony Switzerland) in Eastern Germany - it's spectacular! I have not visited the region yet (as you said - one does not travel so much in one's own country ...), but it's on my list. Google it and you will understand ...
I visited Berlin a few times and think it's just ugly XD could never understand why so many people like that city - there are so much really gread cities in Germany, for cool modern cities I'd prefer Hamburg. Rothenburg ob der Tauber however is much more pretty in reality than it looks on those pictures - it really feels like a fairytale gone real. Heidelberg is also really pretty if you like old architecture, also Würzburg. Lake Constance is also incredibly beautiful, it has an almost Mediterranian flair.
I have been at several castels. Neuschwanstein, known by many as the Disney castle, was very im pressive
hey man you used to react to germany rap music as matt. i watched your videos years ago! nice to see you uploading videos on germany again
Thanks Bro haha. I still listen to German rap. This channel is just a hobby to find out more about Germany as I hope to come later this year. Thanks for the comment mate!!
its kinda frusttrating, that most so called "beautiful" cities etc are in the south. Its more or less the rich part of germany and there are some really cute towns in the north.
I would like to be in a stadium, when Rangers play against Celtic;) Never seen the derby. In Dortmund I ve listened to the
Scottish anthem. That dream became true. German fans love you for thatand your passion..Here in Kiel i m happy,live near the ocean an 45 minutes to Hamburg. So i m fine with this..Greetings
Hi, 100th subscriber here (yeah, I just had to, seeing 99 😄). For fairness I got to say, Scotland doesn‘t have to hide either, thinking of Cairngorms Natl. Park and the Highlands. You seem to be a very likeable guy, love your accent. I‘m an Austrian (very similiar, mountainous) living in Uruguay since a couple of years and preparing for moving to Germany this year. Saludos, mate and thanks! Mike 🇺🇾👍
Thank you so much Mike. Thanks also for the kind comments about Scotland. I guess when I lived in Scotland I never really appreciated it as much as I should have. Uruguay is a very interesting place to live. What made you go there? What is life like there?
@@whoismertsalih Hi, We went from Austria after retirement (was an eye specialist) because my wife and I were afraid of boredom. Well, after 4 years it‘s starting to bore here too, so we‘ll go back and explore Europe as a whole…. 🤭🇺🇾♥️
î live in the south of germany east from the black forest that was shown, so about your first question, out of these places ive been to Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Neuschwanstein and Lake Constance fun fact we in germany call it "Bottomsea" Bodensee. and when it comes to berlin i have to say. The cityscape is quite nice to see at night. there is a lot of things to do and Whats the most interesting thing about berlin is that east berlin was in soviet hands until 1989 and nowadays you can see the difference between east and west berlin so hard. About Hamburg, i love Hamburg. There is the erotic district reperbahn and also you can go on a museums sailing ship. and there are lots of other things like the Dungeon or the "Miniaturwunderland" and its beautiful in general. As for a city to live in. It depends for example Munich is very expensive to live in. It can be dangerous in Berlin. i looked at an article about city ranking and the top 4 would be Munich, Erlangen, Stuttgart and Ingolstadt. Out of those id recommend Ingolstadt. Its beautiful too, its near munich. it has a good highspeed train connection. and i dont think its too dangerous. Stuttgart, where i live 50kms away from, idk i dont like it. there is really nothing special about it. And last but not least Erlangen, idk much about it but its not as big and also it doesnt have good highspeed Train connections i bet its safe. but id say erlangen is a more quiet city. if you wanna go further north, how about wolfsburg anyone who i heard from living there said it would be nice living there. and living there is quite affordable in comparison. Wolfsburg was in 5th place in the ranking
I have seen all places of this top 10 (Germans like to travel). I am from the eastern part of Germany - the shown places were all from the western part (Germany is more than Bavaria or Hessen).
Many greetings to you from Thuringia to Scotland.
Viele liebe Grüße an Dich aus Thüringen nach Schottland.
He is in Malaysia right now ;-)
I´m from the south of germany, living in a small village located in the beautiful black forest. Visiting Berlin now and then, yeaaaah......it´s alright, you can do that, quite interesting when want to see all the sights and historic monuments. But living there?.....Naaaah man, no way! :D
I have lived in the North of Germany (Rostock: Baltic Sea, sea food, brick works), Berlin (clubbing, party, edgy art, lots of culture and great museums, international, never sleeping, diiiiirty, drugged up, creative and loud) and now I live close to Nürnberg in a rural suburb. I cannot get enough of the wonderful landscape that is Franken and in 2-3 hours i am in the alps. This area is thriving. I see the communities having more money to spend than the other areas i have lived in. Nürnberg has a great historical center, culture. Including Erlangen and Fürth, this area has its 1,5Mio inhabitants, but doesn’t feel metropolitan, more like… historical and very livable (people earn more here, too). I miss the creativity of Berlin, but i am kind of glad, i am not living there anymore. Now when I go back, after 2 days, my skin feels itchy from all the dirt…
Ps Hamburg is stellar for culture (bars, restaurants, concerts… and a healthy night life)
@@GabdeVue Healthy nightlife aka Reeperbahn 😂
@@Schwachsinnn : D
If you'd like a fusion of what Germany is, come to Bonn the former capital of Germany, you can find remnants of all our history here, and if that's not enough more culture is just a trainride away.
To be honest, Neuschwanstein is not an old castle, it's like a fake castle.
You should visit Heidelberg, with the castle, the old town and the flair, very special.
The best city to live in might be Hamburg.
If you like old culture you could visit Speyer, Worms and Mainz, very old cities, old churches and old Jewish history. In Worms, the holy sand is the oldest Jewish burial place north of the Alps, almost 1000 years old. Nearby, in the Palatinate, there is a 2000 year old tradition of wine growing. and a beautiful forest that merges seamlessly with the Vosges in France.
For Roman fans, a trip to Tries is also exciting.
If you're more into baroque, dresen would be a great choice.
In principle, you can find the right region for almost any taste.
Of you live in the north, the Harz is a nice zone to visit