Americans should travel more often. This kind of „cultural shock“ makes you more tolerant to other cultures and also helps to get out of your preset mindset. Actually this is true for everybody.
We’re kind of isolated on our own continent sadly and it’s pretty expensive to travel outside of America but I agree people need to get out of their comfort zone the last three years I’ve been in Europe have been amazing
Rita Roork In the Netherlands from the age of 18 I can smoke weed and drink alcohol whilst fucking a prostitute in front of a cop and if I get an STD from that prostitute I can get treatment for free. Don’t talk to me about freedom. You can carry a gun in the US in front of a cop just to get shot there’s your freedom I prefer mine.
Personally, I feel a lot of Americans would like to (and of course I can't speak for every one of them), but it's money to do so and the time to do so that limits their ability. An American friend wanted to come to The Netherlands to meet-up for a short while but basically the moment the travel plan had come together, the place his girlfriend (who had planned to tag along) worked at said she was only allowed 6 days of from work (unpaid as well), which would have meant they had to leave at the end of her work day (his workplace was a little more ehm "permissive"), jump on a plane and go over here, spend 2 days in The Netherlands, might just spend half a day travelling to Germany (which they had planned to visit as well) to be able to be there 2 days and fly back the day after that and with all the jetlag-mess along with it basically go to work the next day. That was one of the problems which made them not come over, but also that the 6 days of from work his girlfriend was able to get, were the 6 days of from work she had available in a whole year to either visit and care for a relative who might be ill or something, attend a wedding or funeral or actually be ill yourself (I was pretty stumped to hear that one).
But the endboss in "people watching" is of course Japan. Ask Japanese women if they ever got checked from head to toe by an old, grumpy lady when waiting at the traffic light or something like that.
Let's face it. German are curious, especially about what other nations might think about us. We do like to make a good impression. We wouldn't exactly phrase it like that, but germans are a very proud kind of people.
@ Das liegt daran, dass in Berlin halt viele Sozialschmarotzer leben. Wir (also Schwaben und Bayern) finanzieren euch halt mit. Ich bin logischerweise Schwabe. Und ich kann bestätigen, dass wir sehr stolz darauf sind, Schwaben zu sein.
@ Die Flagge ist übrigens in unserer Verfassung verankert. Wenn man sich jetzt noch mit unserer Geschichte auskennt, dann weiß man auch, wofür die Farben Schwarz-Rot-Gold stehen. Und nein, diesen Menschen war Deutschland nicht egal, denn sie haben für ein vereintes Deutschland gekämpft, friedlich wohlgemerkt. Es ist eine Schande, dass solche Konsorten ihr Andenken in den Dreck ziehen.
Most Buildings were Damaged and not Destroyed but were mostly demolished in the 50/60's because they wanted to rebuild and give the City a new "flavor"
@Steve Slade After the war many people were homeless and they needed houses and living spaces as quickly as possible. Building materials were little, and the need for food and clothing was more important than everything else. Many years later now there are some cities who have rules for renovating houses, they have to be "original" old fashioned, for example in Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
@Steve Slade After the war a lot of the buildings replacing the destroyed ones were fairly simple affairs and quite similar (you can spot them easily) as they needed to be quickly planned and built - all the displaced people losing their homes needed new homes. The base of the buildings remained largely the same as the landowners wanted to keep what was theirs. There are of course rebuilt historical buildings etc, but most of the time you will see a mix. (Example of a 50s apartment building: www.staedte-fotos.de/bilder/ein-50er-jahre-wohnhaus-dichterviertel--16964.jpg)
The average German worker works ca 1300 hours a year. The average US American works ca 1700 hours a year. Germans have to cram about 10 weeks of work more into it to keep the pace :D
RoonMian I think the answer is more simple. Germans are more efficient at work, so they can do the same amount of work in less of the time. I think this higher efficiency depends on the larger amount of Holliday they get.
@@RoonMian Do the math again! 1300hours per year means 27 hours a week. No way! If you're LUCKY you only have to work 35 hours a week. Average is about 40. That means that you work average 170 hours per month. In a year that are round about 2.000hours. Even if you substract the vacation time of 21 to 30days you have still 1.800hours per year. 2 month more work a year than you claim. And there are branches like mine, too, where round about 200hours a month is normal and common.... Your 1.300 hours a year are maybe a wet dream but far from reality. You only get this if you divide all worked hours with ALL people (including pensionairs and kids and people without a job). Otherwise you will NOT reach that number of 1.300. I wish you were right! But you are NOT...
I think you’ll find most Americans are friendly like these guys. Just stay out of the big cities, the suburbs and countryside have fantastic people. Can’t judge them by Wall Street and their govts.
I notice how incredibly POLITE the Americans are! They dont swear for example. Always apologize. I always try to talk more polite when i am in the US part of youtube :D
It's so easy to shock American dads ... German streets with street cafes on the right and left are like a catwalk. Seeing and being seen is the purpose of the thing
"You have to be precise, we missed our train to the netherlands and had to wait for an hour" Meanwhile every german: "I swear the day the Deutsche bahn is punctual is the day the world ends"
I remember reading what DB (Deutsche Bahn) actually means. Daheim Bleiben - Staying at home.😀 I was wondering why, because it seems everything works perfectly and absolutely precisely in Germany.
Claiming that Germans are more relaxed and not in a hurry in general is a bit misleading. Many jobs are quite stressful. But that's not the people you're seeing (they'll be inside of office buildings or on the road). Sitting down for an extended lunch or having a relaxed coffee are usually those people who have a day off or are on vacation (and many senior citizens, of course). German (or European in general) inner cities are not just business districts, but also places that people like to go to in their spare time. Not even counting in the number of tourists in some particularly attractive cities. The majority of people do have quite buzy days, but with the little space we have in Europe, there are always enough others to fill the town squares and cafés and give off the impression of a relaxed lifestyle. Granted, thanks to more powerful unions, Germans tend to have more days off and more vacation time than US Americans do.
Oh no doubt they work hard, Germans are incredibly efficient. It's just different as Americans where we see these incredible social settings. Just watching people interactions over in europe is interesting as compared to the US
bjoern0975 I think they talk about restaurants. In the US you eat an leave the restaurant here I. Germany we stay for a little while even with our ordering anything more.
Not to forget. Padaborn is a small town, with many tourists there. They have time and spend it in the cafe' s and pups and on the street. We all love to visit our towns in our free time, especially in summer. You can sit on the Pader ( little river in Paderborn) and ebjoy your free day.
Interesting that a slower pace of life would be one. I'm German and I always perceived Germany as a very performance base country. Not as much as many asian countries by any means but still.
Why.... its nasty-ish compared to good old german dishes (well subway italian herb/cheese/meatball is nice) but Mc Donalds? Why don't we have Wendy's in europe
of course we walk a lot. We have legs. We know how to use them. My both grand pas walked deep into Russia (1940) and walked all the way back from 1943 to 1945. We are well trained. (satire!)
@Maste LarssonAmerica You are in the middle of a class/racial..civil war for your very soul.. ( Trump still has the power to infecting democratiy elected America)We in Europe watched for generations with envy your great democracy...but we have caught UP..And have laped you...in socially responsible democracy..that's the system that the entire civilised planet happily works on...get on board America..ASAP.....There are still countries who are care... ..
@@ZacSaleski yep. When I go to my native country, I buy a big bottle of it at Albert Heijn, a really good supermarket with lots of fresh food. In the Netherlands you can buy way more Indonesian and Surinamish food (colonial past).
@@ZacSaleski Go to Groningen on a Thursday night when the students are back in town. You can drink and dance until morning. It's the favourite night to go out. The 28th of August is "Bommen Berend", a special day for the city to remember the defeat of the Baron of Münster, a German occupant. The canon, which drove the Baron off back to Germany, was called "Bommen Berend". It was like, I have forgotten, 400 years ago. Check it out. It's a fun day in Groningen.
3:22 The contrast of old and new buildings ist because of the war. Where old buildings were bombed, there was space for new buildings. You would have a lot more cohesive old city centers otherwise.
2 Hour lunches in the Netherlands? No way dad. Those were either tourists or they weren't at work. Most Dutch people don't go out to a restaurant for lunch anyway.
The famous German stare😂. We do that subconsciously and hardly think something bad about the people we‘re watching. It’s actually more common to watch someone for a long time and then compliment them on their appearance or something. I think we‘re just naturally curious. But it might seem weird or offending sometimes although it’s not meant to.
its funny because when I go back to the states i catch myself staring without realizing it lol i think most americans just feel weirded out by it which is funny
The Allied bombings mainly blew out the doors, windows and brickwork leaving the ancient timbered skeleton of the house standing. It was easier to re-fill those areas and have the house look almost original. (Sanierung)
Lovely hearing your experiences of Germany. I've been coming here for 13 years from the UK. I now live in Paderborn since nearly 2 years. Love the German culture and way of life.
Philip Embleton thank you!! I’m glad you had the chance to experience paderborn as well! I’ve been overseas for about three years and Germany has been the easiest to transition to. People are incredibly friendly
Subway and KFC usually have free refills, McDonalds introduced free refills a couple of years ago but some people were literally filling up multiple bottles to bring home. That's why they were quickly phased out again.
Das gute alte ruhrgebiet😊 am interessantesten ist was das ruhrgebiet früher war und wie es zu dem geworden ist was es heute ist, aber auch geil isses hier unten bei uns in konstanz einer der städte die fast als grosstadt zählt aber trz so klein und ruhig scheint. Es ist einer der städte die am meisten kultur/geschichte behalten haben vorallem von den gebäuden und ja konstanz hat halt des berühmte konstanzer konzil es ist halt sehr viel geschichte und an sich auch durch die leute einfach was besonderes ich will nie weg von hier 😂
This was really good. I think this was the first video I've seen focusing on the reaction of family, Kyle's dad in this case, to Germany where the visitor was allowed to come up with the questions and explain them himself. It's easy to see that Kyle's dad is loving his trip, and you two are loving showing him around.
Mojo, damn, you beat me to it! Lol. I think we'll have to inundate the rest of the comment section with non-sensical posts to drive Zac crazy, and then blame it on everybody who hasn't watched/commented yet. 😁
@@religiohominilupus5259 I don't know why we shouldn't do that. Every time he posts a video, I have to handle that all by myself. I could use the assistance. Welcome aboard.
No free refills is to stop children from drinking too much sugar and becoming fat. Edit: But restaurants and fast food places are mandated by law to give you free refills of water if you ask for it. Just not sugary drinks. In some European countries it's even illegal to offer free refills of sugary drinks (for the same reason).
Americans be acting like they found out there is a world outside the US lol. Also the Netherlands is not Germany... Dutch people are way more chilled. Believe me most Germans *are* in hurry a lot, especially in the big cities, it’s not a cliche that Germans are known as workaholics.
Both Dutch and Deutsch are good in planning, if I have a train at 9:20 I can be sure it will be there at that time, not sooner not later, I have to walk 12 minutes so leave home at 9:08 not to hurry. If you are well organized and know what you are going to do, at what time and which place, it's like a clockwork. Dutch always have their planner with them, next Thursday... , between 18:45 and 20:15 we could have a drink...
Dutch Man in Germany we also have planners with us, the only problem is that our trains are *never* on time, that’s what the „Deutsche Bahn“ is known for, also one of the reasons why Germans prefer to drive cars basically everywhere.
Guys, come to Switzerland and be prepared to revise all your expectations on cost of travel, food and in fact anything. Switzerland is one of the world's most expensive countries. Then go to Norway and be prepared for the heart attack.
Please Guys! Dont fly from Paderborn to Berlin. Thats insane, not only is it ecologically messed up, but also timewise its more easy to go by flixbus for example. With all the Check in and Check out time at the airport, thats probably more efficiant to go by bus.
Hi Richard, we had a lot of British friends from the army stationed in Lippstadt close to Paderborn. Some stayed when the army left, and luckily we are still in contact with most of the people who moved back to the UK. Some of them come to visit us for "Herbstwoche" every year which is always so much fun.
To "stare" at other people means to be interested in other people. Interested in their kind of person, their character, their actions, their appearance or their type. There is something special about them at that moment. And that is why it is not staring, it is "looking at".
You are nice guys, and this is a nice video! Good to see how you embrace the "shocks"! Concerning old and new buildings: Keep in mind that many German towns were hit heavily by airstrikes in WWII. Paderborn was one of the cities, and it suffered almost full destruction (85%) of it's historic center in March 1945. In these towns, some of the "old" buildings have been reconstructed later, and many of the resulting gaps have been closed by modern architecture. The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche in Berlin is one prominent memorial of that time, showing the spire ruin next to the new building.
Paul SJ thank you! Yeah paderborn was and still is a big industrial town which made it attractive to destroy to the allies the best part is that there’s little before and after pictures all over paderborn to show what it looked like before the destruction. Love historical stuff like that
Here in Bonn it is similar. The city was the RAF's target practice for the attack on Dresden. Where the actual city center is, the real "old town" nothing remained. What is nowadays called "Altstadt" is not the historical "Altstadt" at all but just the parts of the city north of the center that happened to remain untouched by the bombing run.
I was vacationing in Cartagena, Colombia and I went to a mall and bought local clothes. I asked my Colombian friends if I could fit in with the locals. They all laughed! It was my posture, my attitude. I just had "American" written all over me. This video helps me understand that.
Great, loved it. nothing demeaning just full of surprises. From Australia, the massive old cathedrals blew me away too. pretty good for the Dark Ages, some of them. History in stone and more inside. If I don't get to Germany then you guys can tell me what I missed. Thanks.
It’s really amazing, every small town in Germany has so much history(far more than the US) it’s just hard to comprehend sometimes 😂. Well worth it though
Nalf made a video about the staring thing and someone commented about a study (or something) that had been done, which indicated that Germans hold eye contact just a few milliseconds longer than Americans or some other cultures. However, holding eye contact to me is not staring, staring is as you described, walking by someone and their heads are moving as if following a tennis match.
Depending where you are you do get free refills and depending on where you buy your kebabs, you do have good shops where all is best quality and fresh. But you also get shops that don’t really care, they just want to sell.
hahaha this was cute. "You have to be precise". Kyle's dad is such a basic American dad love it XD, hahahah and the staring thing I DIED, yessss! Ppl are gonna comment it's not true.
That's because people are not superficial. So some scrutiny is called for. It shows their compassion. The "worst" encounter with staring occurred to me when I was in Bad Salzufflen. This is a spa resort to where many people are sent for healing/preventive medical treatment. (Means everybody is "bored".) There is a walkway through the parks where _everybody_ is taking a stroll. All, repeat: all people stare at you. Not only for a short moment when walking in the streets but for an extended length of time. That was, not weird but remarkable. Even for a German. You should go there to have that experience. Besides, there are some interesting feats which an American has never seen.
@@ZacSaleski Perhaps. But you have to consider the particular situation: Lots of people spend about 4 weeks (at that time could still be 6 weeks) only having one or two "applications". The rest of the day is free. Even if you are married you are alone with lots of spare time on your hand. Then there is the "Kurpark" and its "catwalk". So what do you do? Go out, be with the people. STARE! In your ordinary park people go in groups or alone in their spare time. They walk about or have a purpose (e.g. picknick) in mind. But usually they lack the humongous amount of spare time over a stretch of 4 weeks. And are not alone in contrast to their ordinary life. Most of them. But let's see what you experience.
@@V100-e5q what I thought was cool was, everyone was just chillin' enjoying the day and watching the people just walking around seemed like a natural every day thing. At first, I wondered if we stuck out like a sore thumb, you know, like... "there are some Americans.."
We don't need to be in a hurry, apart from the train, which is never on time, everything is scheduled to get easily from one appointment to the next if you're somewhat dedicated/not wasting time.
I love public transportation in Europe. The quality and reliability is so good you don't have to own a car if you don't want to. Makes me very envious as an American since our public transport is so lacking.
😂 You definitely haven't taken the train in Belgium. Always problems. Trains are to late (not driving on time), strikes, out of service, bad connections, abolished and depending where you want to go trains only drive until 10 pm. So you can't get back home. Taxis are very expensive and uber is very strikt here. So cars are very necessary here. Unfortunately. But it is true in Germany and The Netherlands trains are more punctual.
YT translated Paderborn to battleborn :D Translated this backwards makes "Schlachtgeboren" or "Schlachtgeborener" YEAH... Well this sounds super German :D
Of course we walk a lot! There are 83 million people in the space of Texas , plus gasoline is around 7.50 US dollars. We also have a wonderful public transportation system.
Funny you mentioned the free refills. I’m half American and grew up in Europe. After visiting USA couple times I do miss the free refills in restaurants. But in American chains like McDonalds, subway or Burger King I refill my drink always as it’s soda machine anyway. Never had any problems
Great topic. I just moved back here last week to Germany to raise my child. Thanks for the information. Let me know any advice that you might have for what I need to do
Ooooh just discovered the channel! I live in Paderborn :D - need to see some more Videos. Damn lets see for how long youve been living here and if there are more Vids with the Dad :D
Paderborn! So excited to see Americans around here..Usually these videos are made by people in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg or other big cities..German “rural” life is totally different though..I live in Bielefeld so Paderborn is very familiar and it’s nice to see people enjoy our area :)
You are the first American that says that the food at Mc Donalds tastes the same in Germany like in the USA. The others say that it is higher quality meat and bread here.
That was just kyles dad reaction, I can taste the difference especially being in poland last year i know there are some strict rules on food. Big reason why i love europe for that :)
Mimi, I will say I had heard the same things, it will taste different. I don't equate that to quality, just taste. I could tell the quality control is much higher in Europe. It was really good meat etc. but it tasted the same, i.e. didn't have a different "flavor". Bread and meats were noticeably of a higher quality.
As an American who has lived in Germany for almost 2 years I can attest to the culture shock. It's something else. But then, something I have noticed is that really the biggest difference is the language. Sure life is slower, and the whole Sundays where everything in Germany is closed, that's odd. But really with enough time in Germany the biggest difference is just that people speak a different language. But DONER!! OMG Doner "man muss Doner essen" (Everyone has to eat Doner) it's spectacular!
You're my man :) I'm from Germany and I'm currently lifing in Canada and one of the things I miss the most is Döner or Yufka. It's just the best thing for a quick Lunchbreak.
As I just learnt: Whole Germany has just half the size of Texas, so the transport covers smaller distances. On the other hand, $10 per flight is not normal (cost-covering) in Europe, either. These are some limited special offers that are probably not payed by ALL travellers.
@@ZacSaleski A colleague of mine (accidently from the US, too) told me that at least one European Airline offered a special deal to flexibly fill its planes (admittedly that was pre-Covid19): You can book a flight at a certain date to a fixed, low price and you cannot get a refund. That day they will carry you to any destination that they have capacity for, from a given set of destinations. So, if you are open for challenges, you can find yourself in Rome, Stockholm or Paris for a weekend. No big deal within the EU, anymore. :-D
For me, I noticed the difference in the smell of soap and other cleaning detergents that the average person used, whilst living in Giessen, Germany. It wasn't bad at all, but everything had a different scent; It was like a cheaper version of "Tide".
In America i think there‘s a cartel between Delta, United and American Airlines so ticket prices are much more expensive for US travellers. In Europe there‘s much more competition between airlines and also the EU regulates the industry more stringently. This is especially apparent when flying long haul as Europeans pay much lower prices to fly to the US or Asia compared to Americans. So flying for example to New York from Europe there are so many scheduled airlines such as Lufthansa, British Airways, Air France, KLM that will fly this route in addition to non-European airlines such as Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Air India etc who will do a mid-stop in Europe en-route to NYC. As for bus and train travel the government provides subsidies (which keeps prices low) because it‘s regarded as a public good and helps to prevent road congestion and environmental pollution.
Random Person that’s the problem in the as im sure many places are like this but you get one or two major leaders in industry and they basically control the market and politicians there’s a lot of monopolies in the USA which I agree it sucks a lot for us. The bus system has saved my butt many times, one of those things you don’t think you need until you actually need it lol
Yep unfortunately it’s government by the big corporations (lobbyist) for the big corporations in the good old US. It’s not just public transport but groceries, internet/cable service providers, mobile telephony, Rx drugs etc are so much more expensive in the US. Consumer protection and competition legislation are so much tougher in Europe. Hopefully things will improve for ordinary folk in the States.
Where is public transport subsidized? I know only of two areas: 1. short haul/local transportation by train/bus 2. some political subsidies for airports (Frankfurt Hahn and other off-the beaten track locations) where the local government puts in millions for airport operations just to have an airport. And those moneys are not recuperated from the airlines' landing fees. That is a reason why you find RyanAir flights are so cheap. Never from FRA! But those fares are deals. You can find those too in the US. Not as cheap but deals. In Europe the regular prices are higher. So to say you can go on a flight for say 20 Euro then it is always a sale price.
@@V100-e5q Eurowings and RyanAir appear to be the Allegiant and Spirit Airlines of the states with even better pricing. But I will say this, buying a ticket from the states, same flight number, time, etc. it is still much more expensive to purchase in America than in Europe. If you could have someone scouting flights for you, you could really have a great time on low dollars, err, Euros. For example, if you knew you are going to be traveling to Europe in September, for example. you could have someone scout the flights from Europe and pay for them there and from the US reimburse them and really save some money. That was my experience. Had I known it was that cheap, I would have made plans and brought Zac and Hiko along as well......
I lived till I was 16 in Germany, then we moved to our homecoutry Croatia.... even within Europe there are culture shocks...some stuff is the same or similar and we can relate to each other. But to comment the second point... When I compare Germany and Croatia than I have to say that Germany's way of life is much faster. You can see the difference between nothern Europe and southern Europe. Southern Europe is even more chilled and slower than the North xD I guess he had an even bigger culture shock when he went to Italy. I wonder what that looked like hehehe
Germans stare. Get that a lot. Yes, they are sitting there, watching you and other people crossing by, but most of the time they're spaced out, when doing so. You are just something moving to look at, while enjoying their beverage or what ever. "Sehen und gesehen werden."
3:28 Well american and british Air Force made a good job of providing open spaces in the old (and often medieval) city centers some 75 years ago. That resulting in a mix of more modern buildings right next to old ones that had survived or were rebuild. Just saying, no offense intended.
@@ZacSaleski Well, if you get your German on point, Dutch will be a breeze. Their grammar is way too easy (due to their efforts to simplify their language ), so your only real challenge will be the pronunciation... tog?
Regarding the flights....10-30 bucks is not the average price for a flight...you have to fing a cheap crappy airline and you have to pay several extra fees that are not included and you have too book like weeks in advance to get 30-50 Euro flights...a proper airline like Lufthansa would charge you 80-100 bucks for an hour flight
Just ran across this vid. So you guys still in Paderborn? I live in America. But born and raised in Kassel, walking distance hahahah. You guys are dead on everything.
@@ZacSaleski hahah so you guys went cool. I am trying to move back to help my parents out. But I already know I will return. Been here for 29 years now. Cool you got experience Germany
I imagine it to be strange if, as a German in America, I have no speed limit on the autobahn in certain zones. If German politicians have tried to introduce a speed limit so far, most Germans get angry. What in America as freedom, for example with guns, for us Germans the autobahn has no speed limit. That is real Freedom ;)
Hey Zack, good to see you’re having some fun overseas! I came across this on my suggested list for some reason! Your old Home Depot Cashier Coworker, Jacob
5:28 no free refills.. yup, that’s normal. Everything costs, so if you want „free“ refills, the overall price has to go up, as company has to assume, how many drinks customers in average want „for free“.. also other customers drinking less, have to pay that, if they like or not. Fair solution is: I want to pay only for what I drink and eat, not less not more . I don’t want to pay more, so other people can have „free“ refills.
"Fair solution is: I want to pay only for what I drink and eat, not less not more . I don’t want to pay more, so other people can have „free“ refills." I just realized that this is exactly the same argument Americans use against any social programm by the government and against higher taxation. So what is deemed or deven denounced as socialism is ok, when it comes from companies (free refills) but not when it comes from the government?
trillian1964 :Glad you noticed that 👍. Making all guests pay more, so everyone can drink enough in form of „free“ refills, is really social. I like that better then: no money for a second glas of sugar drink? Get out and starve to death. Don‘t know why the majority of Americans doesn’t want „free“ healthcare 😀
Ate my first Döner Kebap in Germany in '88. Back then Döner Kebap was absolutely new and it did taste great. What they sell you today as Döner Kebap is usually of much lower Quality. I wish they would still do those like back in '88...
@@ZacSaleski Closest you can get today would be greek Gyros made of beef even they don't use the same special spices of the original Döner Kebap... but taste is closer to the original Döner Kebap than modern Döner Kebap is... after all it is not original german food at all ;) (Döner Kebap was Invention of turkish-germans) If you wanna have great original german food eat "Maultaschen" (Mouthbags) in south west germany :) south german kitchen overall is lightyears ahead of north german kitchen ;)
1. The building materials they use will last more than 50 years 2. No power/cable wires hanging every where 3. Most people are thin 4. The pastries are killer 5. coffee is to die for 6. Cars are the best .............. 7. (at least in the UK)- No water towers 8. (At least in the UK) - back gardens are walled/fenced in. 9. High speed passenger trains 10.
@@ZacSaleski The building materials is a very serious one. Observing the state of American houses in the inner belts of the Cities, @ 20 years ago, i realized they were, by European Standards, un-liveable. Zero return on investment value and breeders of abject despair. There is no dignity in these houses. I shared this with co-workers and what it 'meant'; I told them it meant the end of America. Because they have to get themselves out. How are they going to do that? I thought, and thought, and thought, it takes money to move to the burbs and their own properties amortize to zero or $5000 if you live in Detroit. I see this 'reparations' non-sense and the social re-engineering going on to tip the scales towards the large demographic left in these hell holes as the Govt's gambit to enable them to leave. This place they find themselves in has nothing to do with Racism but the ill choice of cheap housing materials--A mistake no other Europeans made. th-cam.com/video/Q1ZeXnmDZMQ/w-d-xo.html
My best friend went with her family to an ice cream parlor and she told me afterwards, that they were sitting there for 5 hours. So it is quite normal to take so long in a restaurant
Regarding cup sizes: Do you see the correlation between 5 liter of sugary beverages cups and obesity in the society? Regarding free refills: in the US the drinks are often 50% ice, while in Europe it is just a few rocks. So with one cup you already get more of the beverage you orderd than with refills.
Titamiva oh god you just did a math equation with a McDonald’s cup, but to answer it yeah there’s a correlation between size and obesity I think we’re surprised at the overall portion size
Tita But to test that hypothesis, we'd have to do a study to determine why people in Europe are obese when the sugary serving sizes are so much smaller there.
@@Titamiva American soda servings sizes are bigger, and there is no charge for refills. That's our established fact. One person can look at that fact and say that's the reason why Americans are obese. Another person can look at that fact and say that's a sign that European restaurant owners are cheap. Both conclusions are too simplistic; nevertheless, they are revealing choices. The European points the finger at the Americans to obscure the stinginess of their restaurant owners; the American points the finger that the Europeans to obscure the higher rates of obesity in the States. But there are a multitude of reasons why both conditions exist. Thanks for having this discussion with me. This is a lot more interesting than many simple comments we come across here.
Just the first moments of the video: the American men are so huge! Wearing sports caps so often... Otherwise very interesting and funny. I suggest you go to Eastern Europe, too.
Lmao when dad talks about people sitting around watching people.Im a foreigner and l suffer a great deal from being watched by people 🤣🤣🤣But lm getting used to it gradually 🤣🤣
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@@schattensand6129 lol now that you mention it....no idea. Just a lot of behind the scenes rambling
@@ZacSaleski Congratz, finally a man who knows what he does and why.
@@schattensand6129 oh thanks i try to lol
These might be the most american looking americans i've seen
Why thank you 😂👍🏻
Dear lord I was thinking the same thing lmao
You should have seen those Peru americans I have seen. Man did they look american. Amazing!
@@MARC-FENIX No one calls Peruvians "Americans" abroad.
@@julianhermanubis6800 So you are no one? Nice to meet you! Glad that you know what I am talking about.
Foreigner: Makes video about Germany
Germans: Hippity hoppity, this comment section is now our property
Marcell D'Avis 😂😂
mininmalta 123 😂you cant make Americans your property....that’s slavery lol
mininmalta 123 lamb like stopped making videos 🤦♂️🤦♂️ but I’m glad to be adopted 😂
@mininmalta 123 lol sadly lamblike doesnt make videos anymore :/ but you still have the rest of us to adopt haha
@mininmalta 123 👌Its a trap...i knew it 👌
If you think Germans have a slower pace you should go to a supermarket and get to the check out :D.
😂😂😂 the checkout in Europe is intense I have to mentally prepare myself
Ahah so true.
Never saw a more true comment! I call it “playing Tetris” and hum “Mission Impossible”.
ja , stimmt !
im supermarkt sind wir nerträglich :D
Yes, that's right !
We are unbearable in the supermarket: D
@@johnnaighley9252 Oohja, große Katastrophe :D
Americans should travel more often. This kind of „cultural shock“ makes you more tolerant to other cultures and also helps to get out of your preset mindset. Actually this is true for everybody.
We’re kind of isolated on our own continent sadly and it’s pretty expensive to travel outside of America but I agree people need to get out of their comfort zone the last three years I’ve been in Europe have been amazing
@Rita Roork I feel very sorry for you. Brainwashed
Rita Roork poor little thing
Rita Roork In the Netherlands from the age of 18 I can smoke weed and drink alcohol whilst fucking a prostitute in front of a cop and if I get an STD from that prostitute I can get treatment for free. Don’t talk to me about freedom. You can carry a gun in the US in front of a cop just to get shot there’s your freedom I prefer mine.
Personally, I feel a lot of Americans would like to (and of course I can't speak for every one of them), but it's money to do so and the time to do so that limits their ability. An American friend wanted to come to The Netherlands to meet-up for a short while but basically the moment the travel plan had come together, the place his girlfriend (who had planned to tag along) worked at said she was only allowed 6 days of from work (unpaid as well), which would have meant they had to leave at the end of her work day (his workplace was a little more ehm "permissive"), jump on a plane and go over here, spend 2 days in The Netherlands, might just spend half a day travelling to Germany (which they had planned to visit as well) to be able to be there 2 days and fly back the day after that and with all the jetlag-mess along with it basically go to work the next day.
That was one of the problems which made them not come over, but also that the 6 days of from work his girlfriend was able to get, were the 6 days of from work she had available in a whole year to either visit and care for a relative who might be ill or something, attend a wedding or funeral or actually be ill yourself (I was pretty stumped to hear that one).
People watching is like a national sport in many European countries 😅
haha oh soo true!
University maybe?
Wait they don't do that everywhere on the world?
maybe thats the reason crime rates are lower in germany. everyone is watching you as if they have to discribe you to the police two hours later.
But the endboss in "people watching" is of course Japan. Ask Japanese women if they ever got checked from head to toe by an old, grumpy lady when waiting at the traffic light or something like that.
Why youtube keeps recommending me videos about Germany. Im German, i know my country🤯
haha maybe it wants you to love it more
Let's face it. German are curious, especially about what other nations might think about us. We do like to make a good impression. We wouldn't exactly phrase it like that, but germans are a very proud kind of people.
Wannabe Shady90 you definitely have the curious part down but that’s what makes Germans good people
@ Das liegt daran, dass in Berlin halt viele Sozialschmarotzer leben. Wir (also Schwaben und Bayern) finanzieren euch halt mit. Ich bin logischerweise Schwabe. Und ich kann bestätigen, dass wir sehr stolz darauf sind, Schwaben zu sein.
@ Die Flagge ist übrigens in unserer Verfassung verankert. Wenn man sich jetzt noch mit unserer Geschichte auskennt, dann weiß man auch, wofür die Farben Schwarz-Rot-Gold stehen. Und nein, diesen Menschen war Deutschland nicht egal, denn sie haben für ein vereintes Deutschland gekämpft, friedlich wohlgemerkt. Es ist eine Schande, dass solche Konsorten ihr Andenken in den Dreck ziehen.
War destroyed the most Buildings in Germany.
Thats the Reason for the old and new fashion of Houses and stuff.
right. most cities in germany used to look much nicer, before war.
Most Buildings were Damaged and not Destroyed but were mostly demolished in the 50/60's because they wanted to rebuild and give the City a new "flavor"
@Steve Slade After the war many people were homeless and they needed houses and living spaces as quickly as possible. Building materials were little, and the need for food and clothing was more important than everything else. Many years later now there are some cities who have rules for renovating houses, they have to be "original" old fashioned, for example in Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
@Steve Slade After the war a lot of the buildings replacing the destroyed ones were fairly simple affairs and quite similar (you can spot them easily) as they needed to be quickly planned and built - all the displaced people losing their homes needed new homes. The base of the buildings remained largely the same as the landowners wanted to keep what was theirs. There are of course rebuilt historical buildings etc, but most of the time you will see a mix. (Example of a 50s apartment building: www.staedte-fotos.de/bilder/ein-50er-jahre-wohnhaus-dichterviertel--16964.jpg)
Its true in a certain way. But theres no old buildings in between the new ones like in the us or australia
I feel like the worklife in germany is pretty fast, but the second you're entering your freetime its typically pretty chill.
Pocket I love the chill vibes definitely don’t get that in the US
The average German worker works ca 1300 hours a year. The average US American works ca 1700 hours a year. Germans have to cram about 10 weeks of work more into it to keep the pace :D
RoonMian I think the answer is more simple. Germans are more efficient at work, so they can do the same amount of work in less of the time. I think this higher efficiency depends on the larger amount of Holliday they get.
@@RoonMian Wrong Mate, its around 1900 -2000 Hours....
@@RoonMian
Do the math again!
1300hours per year means 27 hours a week. No way! If you're LUCKY you only have to work 35 hours a week. Average is about 40. That means that you work average 170 hours per month. In a year that are round about 2.000hours.
Even if you substract the vacation time of 21 to 30days you have still 1.800hours per year. 2 month more work a year than you claim.
And there are branches like mine, too, where round about 200hours a month is normal and common....
Your 1.300 hours a year are maybe a wet dream but far from reality. You only get this if you divide all worked hours with ALL people (including pensionairs and kids and people without a job). Otherwise you will NOT reach that number of 1.300.
I wish you were right! But you are NOT...
In Holland 2-3 Stunden im Restaurant sitzen ist doch nix besonderes erst recht nicht wenn man hakke dicht ist 😂😂😂
Hahaha 😂
Grinder Man. We mostly export it or give it to the tourists
Beste Antwort
😂😂😂😂
Ich kann nimma 🤣🤣🤣
voll vom belgischen Bier! :-)
Ich lasse mich doch nicht hetzen
the thing about us Germans having big bicycles makes me wonder what kind of bicycles you have over in the states.
Rotsteinblock not big enough apparently lol
Maybe those tiny clown bikes lol.
everybody gangsta until the clown bike thug shoots up your block!
There are no bicycles in the US. ;-)
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It's lovely to see three American men so happy about being in Europe. 🧚♂️🇮🇪🧚♀️
Finola O Murchu just living our best life
Excuse me, their name isn't close to be any American. It should be called "3 polaks from America visiting Germany".
I think you’ll find most Americans are friendly like these guys. Just stay out of the big cities, the suburbs and countryside have fantastic people. Can’t judge them by Wall Street and their govts.
I notice how incredibly POLITE the Americans are! They dont swear for example. Always apologize. I always try to talk more polite when i am in the US part of youtube :D
😁
Well some of us Americans are polite I’m glad you had a good experience 😁
It's so easy to shock American dads ... German streets with street cafes on the right and left are like a catwalk. Seeing and being seen is the purpose of the thing
That's why Europeans aren't walking around like people in the US. Looking at you, walmart shoppers!
@Ksch Koff check peopleofwalmart
@Ksch Koff We wear them at the beach, though, not when grocery shopping.
"You have to be precise, we missed our train to the netherlands and had to wait for an hour"
Meanwhile every german:
"I swear the day the Deutsche bahn is punctual is the day the world ends"
haha very true! can turn into a long day if you're not punctual
I remember reading what DB (Deutsche Bahn) actually means. Daheim Bleiben - Staying at home.😀 I was wondering why, because it seems everything works perfectly and absolutely precisely in Germany.
@@MissSlovakia2 I'm sorry wot?
@@uniokld9110 what what?
Claiming that Germans are more relaxed and not in a hurry in general is a bit misleading. Many jobs are quite stressful. But that's not the people you're seeing (they'll be inside of office buildings or on the road). Sitting down for an extended lunch or having a relaxed coffee are usually those people who have a day off or are on vacation (and many senior citizens, of course). German (or European in general) inner cities are not just business districts, but also places that people like to go to in their spare time. Not even counting in the number of tourists in some particularly attractive cities. The majority of people do have quite buzy days, but with the little space we have in Europe, there are always enough others to fill the town squares and cafés and give off the impression of a relaxed lifestyle. Granted, thanks to more powerful unions, Germans tend to have more days off and more vacation time than US Americans do.
Oh no doubt they work hard, Germans are incredibly efficient. It's just different as Americans where we see these incredible social settings. Just watching people interactions over in europe is interesting as compared to the US
bjoern0975 I think they talk about restaurants. In the US you eat an leave the restaurant here I. Germany we stay for a little while even with our ordering anything more.
True. :-)
That is the first time I've ever heard saying that germans are more relaxed. Mostly it's germans who say that about other people
Not to forget. Padaborn is a small town, with many tourists there. They have time and spend it in the cafe' s and pups and on the street. We all love to visit our towns in our free time, especially in summer. You can sit on the Pader ( little river in Paderborn) and ebjoy your free day.
Interesting that a slower pace of life would be one. I'm German and I always perceived Germany as a very performance base country. Not as much as many asian countries by any means but still.
Tea_ V I think the weekends are much more slower paced it’s just different since Americans are always on the go in and out all the time
we have real Freizeit, other countries (like the US) dont have that. Also our sundays are special.
He has been in Germany for a couple of days and already knows what McDonald's and Subway taste over here.
😂😂 we’re quick
Why.... its nasty-ish compared to good old german dishes (well subway italian herb/cheese/meatball is nice) but Mc Donalds?
Why don't we have Wendy's in europe
andy benko 😂 honestly I’m surprised there’s no Wendy’s there. I live not too far from the Wendy’s headquarters so it’s kinda weird not having it
@@ZacSaleski headquarters? In germany? what do you mean?
@@bavarianbenko8544 i mean the headquarters in the USA lol
of course we walk a lot. We have legs. We know how to use them. My both grand pas walked deep into Russia (1940) and walked all the way back from 1943 to 1945. We are well trained. (satire!)
haha the sarcasm is top notch
Canadian here,,, I love Europe. The convenience of travel with the opportunity to immerse yourself in different cultures. It's wonderful. 😄
Vintage Moss gotta love the ease of it lol it’s a little tough in the big cities but you get used to it
We here in Europe .(I'm from Scotland).. have always considered Canada a European country in it's way of thinking and working....
@Maste Larsson no
@Maste LarssonAmerica You are in the middle of a class/racial..civil war for your very soul.. ( Trump still has the power to infecting democratiy elected America)We in Europe watched for generations with envy your great democracy...but we have caught UP..And have laped you...in socially responsible democracy..that's the system that the entire civilised planet happily works on...get on board America..ASAP.....There are still countries who are care...
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5:18: Yes, but in Germany, you don't fill up the whole bucket with ice, so by the amount of soda, it should be about the same.
Wozu sind die Füße da?
Zum gehen, zum laufen zu spazieren und zum stehen, aber nicht unbedingt zum Autofahren!
haha alot of walking has been done trust me
Also das Allerschönste, was Füße tun können, ist tanzen.
@@Thiesi kommt drauf an wer mittanzt und was man an den füßén hat ... ich tanze nur in stiefeln dicken stiefeln ;)
@@Thiesi da muss ich widersprechen ^^ das wird wohl das schlimmste sein was man sich anschauen kann bei mir zumindest xD
Auch zum autofahren
I really wonderd when he said that everything is so much slower here in Germany. I experienced the exact opposite.
Nele Wiemer he just meant on the weekends everything just seems slower. 😁
Joppi saus 😜😍
In Germany we have a saying "Sehen und gesehen werden", it's the German socializing. The staring is the curiosity for other people.
Liesbeth de Vries 🤤🤤 it’s soooooo goood
@@ZacSaleski yep. When I go to my native country, I buy a big bottle of it at Albert Heijn, a really good supermarket with lots of fresh food. In the Netherlands you can buy way more Indonesian and Surinamish food (colonial past).
@@liesbethdevries4986 definitely want to spend more time in the netherlands lol i had too much fun
@@ZacSaleski Go to Groningen on a Thursday night when the students are back in town. You can drink and dance until morning. It's the favourite night to go out. The 28th of August is "Bommen Berend", a special day for the city to remember the defeat of the Baron of Münster, a German occupant. The canon, which drove the Baron off back to Germany, was called "Bommen Berend". It was like, I have forgotten, 400 years ago. Check it out. It's a fun day in Groningen.
Liesbeth de Vries oh dam! Sounds epic definitely gonna look into it
3:22 The contrast of old and new buildings ist because of the war. Where old buildings were bombed, there was space for new buildings. You would have a lot more cohesive old city centers otherwise.
2 Hour lunches in the Netherlands? No way dad. Those were either tourists or they weren't at work. Most Dutch people don't go out to a restaurant for lunch anyway.
The famous German stare😂. We do that subconsciously and hardly think something bad about the people we‘re watching. It’s actually more common to watch someone for a long time and then compliment them on their appearance or something. I think we‘re just naturally curious. But it might seem weird or offending sometimes although it’s not meant to.
its funny because when I go back to the states i catch myself staring without realizing it lol i think most americans just feel weirded out by it which is funny
The Allied bombings mainly blew out the doors, windows and brickwork leaving the ancient timbered skeleton of the house standing. It was easier to re-fill those areas and have the house look almost original. (Sanierung)
Lovely hearing your experiences of Germany. I've been coming here for 13 years from the UK. I now live in Paderborn since nearly 2 years. Love the German culture and way of life.
Philip Embleton thank you!! I’m glad you had the chance to experience paderborn as well! I’ve been overseas for about three years and Germany has been the easiest to transition to. People are incredibly friendly
Walks everywhere!
My first thought: what shall we do?🤣 rolling?🤣
😂🤦♂️
It's slower and not as comfortable, sadly.
Subway and KFC usually have free refills,
McDonalds introduced free refills a couple of years ago but some people were literally filling up multiple bottles to bring home. That's why they were quickly phased out again.
Ihr wart in Paderborn 😂 kommt ins Ruhrgebiet. Das ist was ganz anderes und ein neuer Kulturschock 😁
haha i guess it is
Was gerade mal 13 Km von mir entfernt
Das gute alte ruhrgebiet😊 am interessantesten ist was das ruhrgebiet früher war und wie es zu dem geworden ist was es heute ist, aber auch geil isses hier unten bei uns in konstanz einer der städte die fast als grosstadt zählt aber trz so klein und ruhig scheint. Es ist einer der städte die am meisten kultur/geschichte behalten haben vorallem von den gebäuden und ja konstanz hat halt des berühmte konstanzer konzil es ist halt sehr viel geschichte und an sich auch durch die leute einfach was besonderes ich will nie weg von hier 😂
@@FloTubePro haha that sounds incredible, northwest germany is like that which is why I love the region so much
Actually sounds pretty incredible 😁
This was really good. I think this was the first video I've seen focusing on the reaction of family, Kyle's dad in this case, to Germany where the visitor was allowed to come up with the questions and explain them himself. It's easy to see that Kyle's dad is loving his trip, and you two are loving showing him around.
Definitely am! His head has been on a swivel since he landed in Germany lol
Mojo, damn, you beat me to it! Lol.
I think we'll have to inundate the rest of the comment section with non-sensical posts to drive Zac crazy, and then blame it on everybody who hasn't watched/commented yet. 😁
@@religiohominilupus5259 I don't know why we shouldn't do that. Every time he posts a video, I have to handle that all by myself. I could use the assistance. Welcome aboard.
@@religiohominilupus5259 haha y'all sneaky
@@mojojim6458 Pff, it's Zac's fault for not having made me aware of his own channel--I had to find out by myself, and it only happened recently. Lol
American Dad in Germany? Totally would watch that episode!
MrSpirit99 haha I know right 😂😂
No free refills is to stop children from drinking too much sugar and becoming fat.
Edit: But restaurants and fast food places are mandated by law to give you free refills of water if you ask for it. Just not sugary drinks. In some European countries it's even illegal to offer free refills of sugary drinks (for the same reason).
lol well thank god
Americans be acting like they found out there is a world outside the US lol.
Also the Netherlands is not Germany... Dutch people are way more chilled.
Believe me most Germans *are* in hurry a lot, especially in the big cities, it’s not a cliche that Germans are known as workaholics.
Both Dutch and Deutsch are good in planning, if I have a train at 9:20 I can be sure it will be there at that time, not sooner not later, I have to walk 12 minutes so leave home at 9:08 not to hurry.
If you are well organized and know what you are going to do, at what time and which place, it's like a clockwork. Dutch always have their planner with them, next Thursday... , between 18:45 and 20:15 we could have a drink...
Dutch people have less days off than Germans.
Henk Oosterink depends in which job you’re working, otherwise no.
Dutch Man in Germany we also have planners with us, the only problem is that our trains are *never* on time, that’s what the „Deutsche Bahn“ is known for, also one of the reasons why Germans prefer to drive cars basically everywhere.
@@linajurgensen4698 Average number of paid vacation days in the Netherlands is 20. Average number of paid vacation days in in Germany is 24.
I like your dad, he seems so genuinely happy for your experiences together :)
Guys, come to Switzerland and be prepared to revise all your expectations on cost of travel, food and in fact anything. Switzerland is one of the world's most expensive countries. Then go to Norway and be prepared for the heart attack.
haha i had a buddy who played in Switzerland i couldn't believe how expensive it was!
@@ZacSaleski It is man, even for people who live here, and salaries are quite high. Then you go to Norway and they say, "Hold my pickled fish!"
disekjoumoer pickled fish!? Oh god 🤮
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he " the German pace is so much slower". Me: "speeding the video up to 1.5".
😂😂 Schnell!! 😂😂
@@ZacSaleski ja gell? Und die Antwort war auch superschnell!
@@kathrin9674 lol ive learned from the germans i guess
Please Guys! Dont fly from Paderborn to Berlin. Thats insane, not only is it ecologically messed up, but also timewise its more easy to go by flixbus for example. With all the Check in and Check out time at the airport, thats probably more efficiant to go by bus.
Leonard Merlin haha no worries we normally take the train it’s usually cheaper to go from there and fly out
Are you kidding? Flixbus is suicide. (Which is why it's so cheap!) I'd rather drive myself or go by train.
Flixbus is torture!
I'm so damn grateful for an American living in and vlogging about a city other than Berlin or Munich! Even if it's just Pader-boring. ;)
😂 you’re welcome? Lol
Hi from the UK I spent six years in Paderborn in the British army in the 1970s it was one of the best postings i had been back a couple of times since
awesome! Been here since january been loving paderborn, It's ironic that the brits just left here too
Hi Richard, we had a lot of British friends from the army stationed in Lippstadt close to Paderborn. Some stayed when the army left, and luckily we are still in contact with most of the people who moved back to the UK. Some of them come to visit us for "Herbstwoche" every year which is always so much fun.
To "stare" at other people means to be interested in other people. Interested in their kind of person, their character, their actions, their appearance or their type. There is something special about them at that moment. And that is why it is not staring, it is "looking at".
Haha bet the flight to Amsterdam was maybe 10 euros and then the taxi into town, 10 miles, was like 50 :-D
Jan Boterletter lol honestly we just took a train, little bit longer but definitely worth it
@@ZacSaleski yup that was the smart thing to do, also faster than taxi i reckon!
Jan Boterletter save money by any means 😂😂
Your father has a beautiful voice . He could easily narrate news, audiobooks etc and people would love it .
😂 definitely could!
You are nice guys, and this is a nice video! Good to see how you embrace the "shocks"!
Concerning old and new buildings: Keep in mind that many German towns were hit heavily by airstrikes in WWII. Paderborn was one of the cities, and it suffered almost full destruction (85%) of it's historic center in March 1945. In these towns, some of the "old" buildings have been reconstructed later, and many of the resulting gaps have been closed by modern architecture.
The Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche in Berlin is one prominent memorial of that time, showing the spire ruin next to the new building.
Paul SJ thank you! Yeah paderborn was and still is a big industrial town which made it attractive to destroy to the allies the best part is that there’s little before and after pictures all over paderborn to show what it looked like before the destruction. Love historical stuff like that
Here in Bonn it is similar. The city was the RAF's target practice for the attack on Dresden. Where the actual city center is, the real "old town" nothing remained. What is nowadays called "Altstadt" is not the historical "Altstadt" at all but just the parts of the city north of the center that happened to remain untouched by the bombing run.
I was vacationing in Cartagena, Colombia and I went to a mall and bought local clothes. I asked my Colombian friends if I could fit in with the locals. They all laughed! It was my posture, my attitude. I just had "American" written all over me. This video helps me understand that.
haha the posture and the clothes are usually the giveaway
Your dad is so sweet and respectful 😊
Great, loved it. nothing demeaning just full of surprises. From Australia, the massive old cathedrals blew me away too. pretty good for the Dark Ages, some of them. History in stone and more inside. If I don't get to Germany then you guys can tell me what I missed. Thanks.
It’s really amazing, every small town in Germany has so much history(far more than the US) it’s just hard to comprehend sometimes 😂. Well worth it though
Nalf made a video about the staring thing and someone commented about a study (or something) that had been done, which indicated that Germans hold eye contact just a few milliseconds longer than Americans or some other cultures.
However, holding eye contact to me is not staring, staring is as you described, walking by someone and their heads are moving as if following a tennis match.
Lukie Skywalker 😂you know how us Americans can be a bit over sensitive 😂
Depending where you are you do get free refills and depending on where you buy your kebabs, you do have good shops where all is best quality and fresh. But you also get shops that don’t really care, they just want to sell.
hahaha this was cute. "You have to be precise". Kyle's dad is such a basic American dad love it XD, hahahah and the staring thing I DIED, yessss! Ppl are gonna comment it's not true.
Kim Crosses Borders prepare for the staring emojis and the denial 😂
That's because people are not superficial. So some scrutiny is called for. It shows their compassion.
The "worst" encounter with staring occurred to me when I was in Bad Salzufflen. This is a spa resort to where many people are sent for healing/preventive medical treatment. (Means everybody is "bored".) There is a walkway through the parks where _everybody_ is taking a stroll. All, repeat: all people stare at you. Not only for a short moment when walking in the streets but for an extended length of time. That was, not weird but remarkable. Even for a German. You should go there to have that experience. Besides, there are some interesting feats which an American has never seen.
@@V100-e5q So the competitive staring happens at the parks? Well i know what I'm doing this weekend
@@ZacSaleski Perhaps. But you have to consider the particular situation: Lots of people spend about 4 weeks (at that time could still be 6 weeks) only having one or two "applications". The rest of the day is free. Even if you are married you are alone with lots of spare time on your hand. Then there is the "Kurpark" and its "catwalk". So what do you do? Go out, be with the people. STARE! In your ordinary park people go in groups or alone in their spare time. They walk about or have a purpose (e.g. picknick) in mind. But usually they lack the humongous amount of spare time over a stretch of 4 weeks. And are not alone in contrast to their ordinary life. Most of them. But let's see what you experience.
@@V100-e5q what I thought was cool was, everyone was just chillin' enjoying the day and watching the people just walking around seemed like a natural every day thing. At first, I wondered if we stuck out like a sore thumb, you know, like... "there are some Americans.."
This is a very sweethearted and kind video, and I thank you for that, I appreciate it very much. Spread the word... and love to ya all. ♡
thank you so much! :)
But summers are way nicer than winters tbh. In summers life is so much more outside.
for sure! the winters are pretty harsh especially in Paderborn
@@ZacSaleski the worst thing is almost no snow! No winter wonderland. What is the while point of winter then?
@@fjellyo3261 or just straight ice! lol which is never fun
We don't need to be in a hurry, apart from the train, which is never on time, everything is scheduled to get easily from one appointment to the next if you're somewhat dedicated/not wasting time.
I love public transportation in Europe. The quality and reliability is so good you don't have to own a car if you don't want to. Makes me very envious as an American since our public transport is so lacking.
Jeff Morse oh no doubt lol almost get spoiled over here 😂
😂 You definitely haven't taken the train in Belgium. Always problems. Trains are to late (not driving on time), strikes, out of service, bad connections, abolished and depending where you want to go trains only drive until 10 pm. So you can't get back home. Taxis are very expensive and uber is very strikt here. So cars are very necessary here. Unfortunately.
But it is true in Germany and The Netherlands trains are more punctual.
i am living next to an u.s. garrison in some country side in germany and if you dont have a car or a tank, you´re screwed.
@@nadja8965 i suddenly have an urge to buy a tank lol
@@ZacSaleski go ahead ;-)
You guys rock 😂 including „the“ dad of course.
I hope he enjoyed his trip.
Keep up the good work - it’s entertaining
Tim R. Thank ya Tim 😎😄
YT translated Paderborn to battleborn :D Translated this backwards makes "Schlachtgeboren" or "Schlachtgeborener" YEAH... Well this sounds super German :D
😂😂 omg battleborn is gonna be the new nickname I love it 😂😂
I'm always amused with the mistakes voice recognition technology makes. It's not good at all with names of places or people.
Of course we walk a lot! There are 83 million people in the space of Texas , plus gasoline is around 7.50 US dollars. We also have a wonderful public transportation system.
Your father is so lovely :)
thank you:)
Funny you mentioned the free refills. I’m half American and grew up in Europe. After visiting USA couple times I do miss the free refills in restaurants.
But in American chains like McDonalds, subway or Burger King I refill my drink always as it’s soda machine anyway. Never had any problems
It’s the little things I tell ya 😂
Me and kyle almost panic cause we’d get stares from the workers for trying to get refills. Germans are intense 😂
a cathedral 600 ad -- may a bit too old - Bartholomäuskapelle was build around 1017
HuSanNiang oh dam 😮 hard for us Americans to comprehend that 🤦♂️
The cathedral of Trier has it's roots in roman times. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trier_Cathedral
Great topic. I just moved back here last week to Germany to raise my child. Thanks for the information. Let me know any advice that you might have for what I need to do
Ooooh just discovered the channel! I live in Paderborn :D - need to see some more Videos. Damn lets see for how long youve been living here and if there are more Vids with the Dad :D
Thats great! Me and Kyle have been here for about 7 to 8 months now. haha kyles dad has been in maybe 2 videos youll get alot of him :) !
Paderborn! So excited to see Americans around here..Usually these videos are made by people in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg or other big cities..German “rural” life is totally different though..I live in Bielefeld so Paderborn is very familiar and it’s nice to see people enjoy our area :)
Julia Dörk thank you so much 😁😁 I’ve really grown comfortable with the NRW I love it 😎
Paderborn is probably the most boring city in Germany
But whyyyy
Bielefeld disagrees. 😆
we call it Paderboring secretly
@@revylokesh1783 Bielefeld doesn't exist
it won the heute show prize as the most broing city i think
mcdonalds here have less chemicals than in US, but if they taste the same, what for are they adding all the colouring and sugar?
You are the first American that says that the food at Mc Donalds tastes the same in Germany like in the USA. The others say that it is higher quality meat and bread here.
That was just kyles dad reaction, I can taste the difference especially being in poland last year i know there are some strict rules on food. Big reason why i love europe for that :)
Mimi, I will say I had heard the same things, it will taste different. I don't equate that to quality, just taste. I could tell the quality control is much higher in Europe. It was really good meat etc. but it tasted the same, i.e. didn't have a different "flavor". Bread and meats were noticeably of a higher quality.
As an American who has lived in Germany for almost 2 years I can attest to the culture shock. It's something else. But then, something I have noticed is that really the biggest difference is the language. Sure life is slower, and the whole Sundays where everything in Germany is closed, that's odd. But really with enough time in Germany the biggest difference is just that people speak a different language. But DONER!! OMG Doner "man muss Doner essen" (Everyone has to eat Doner) it's spectacular!
Finally another American who shares my love for doner 😎
Yeah the language is hard but Eastern European languages is tougher believe me 😂
@@ZacSaleski try Russians. Just nuts and you have to learn another alphabet.
You're my man :) I'm from Germany and I'm currently lifing in Canada and one of the things I miss the most is Döner or Yufka. It's just the best thing for a quick Lunchbreak.
Maybe at the countryside everything is closed on Sunday. Here in Berlin we have so called Spätis which are Sundays open.
Dad is adorable!
Thank you 😎
As I just learnt: Whole Germany has just half the size of Texas, so the transport covers smaller distances. On the other hand, $10 per flight is not normal (cost-covering) in Europe, either. These are some limited special offers that are probably not payed by ALL travellers.
Still a heck of a deal lol the US really squeezes whatever they can out of the consumer sadly
@@ZacSaleski A colleague of mine (accidently from the US, too) told me that at least one European Airline offered a special deal to flexibly fill its planes (admittedly that was pre-Covid19): You can book a flight at a certain date to a fixed, low price and you cannot get a refund. That day they will carry you to any destination that they have capacity for, from a given set of destinations. So, if you are open for challenges, you can find yourself in Rome, Stockholm or Paris for a weekend. No big deal within the EU, anymore. :-D
😳 wow that sounds like an amazing weekend 😁 one of these days I need to jump from country to country
For me, I noticed the difference in the smell of soap and other cleaning detergents that the average person used, whilst living in Giessen, Germany. It wasn't bad at all, but everything had a different scent; It was like a cheaper version of "Tide".
cheaper? bhahahaha yeah sure bud
In America i think there‘s a cartel between Delta, United and American Airlines so ticket prices are much more expensive for US travellers. In Europe there‘s much more competition between airlines and also the EU regulates the industry more stringently. This is especially apparent when flying long haul as Europeans pay much lower prices to fly to the US or Asia compared to Americans. So flying for example to New York from Europe there are so many scheduled airlines such as Lufthansa, British Airways, Air France, KLM that will fly this route in addition to non-European airlines such as Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Air India etc who will do a mid-stop in Europe en-route to NYC.
As for bus and train travel the government provides subsidies (which keeps prices low) because it‘s regarded as a public good and helps to prevent road congestion and environmental pollution.
Random Person that’s the problem in the as im sure many places are like this but you get one or two major leaders in industry and they basically control the market and politicians there’s a lot of monopolies in the USA which I agree it sucks a lot for us.
The bus system has saved my butt many times, one of those things you don’t think you need until you actually need it lol
Yep unfortunately it’s government by the big corporations (lobbyist) for the big corporations in the good old US. It’s not just public transport but groceries, internet/cable service providers, mobile telephony, Rx drugs etc are so much more expensive in the US. Consumer protection and competition legislation are so much tougher in Europe. Hopefully things will improve for ordinary folk in the States.
Random Person I hope so too🤦♂️🤦♂️
Where is public transport subsidized? I know only of two areas: 1. short haul/local transportation by train/bus 2. some political subsidies for airports (Frankfurt Hahn and other off-the beaten track locations) where the local government puts in millions for airport operations just to have an airport. And those moneys are not recuperated from the airlines' landing fees. That is a reason why you find RyanAir flights are so cheap. Never from FRA! But those fares are deals. You can find those too in the US. Not as cheap but deals. In Europe the regular prices are higher. So to say you can go on a flight for say 20 Euro then it is always a sale price.
@@V100-e5q Eurowings and RyanAir appear to be the Allegiant and Spirit Airlines of the states with even better pricing. But I will say this, buying a ticket from the states, same flight number, time, etc. it is still much more expensive to purchase in America than in Europe. If you could have someone scouting flights for you, you could really have a great time on low dollars, err, Euros. For example, if you knew you are going to be traveling to Europe in September, for example. you could have someone scout the flights from Europe and pay for them there and from the US reimburse them and really save some money. That was my experience. Had I known it was that cheap, I would have made plans and brought Zac and Hiko along as well......
Mac taste the Same. Good...at least that saves me a trip to the Mac when I go to the states 😎
lol i miss it so much you have no idea
I lived till I was 16 in Germany, then we moved to our homecoutry Croatia.... even within Europe there are culture shocks...some stuff is the same or similar and we can relate to each other.
But to comment the second point... When I compare Germany and Croatia than I have to say that Germany's way of life is much faster. You can see the difference between nothern Europe and southern Europe. Southern Europe is even more chilled and slower than the North xD
I guess he had an even bigger culture shock when he went to Italy. I wonder what that looked like hehehe
Lol oh he did for sure pretty amazing to see the differences in person
Germans stare. Get that a lot. Yes, they are sitting there, watching you and other people crossing by, but most of the time they're spaced out, when doing so. You are just something moving to look at, while enjoying their beverage or what ever. "Sehen und gesehen werden."
We should of done a dance routine do they can have a dinner and a show lol
3:28 Well american and british Air Force made a good job of providing open spaces in the old (and often medieval) city centers some 75 years ago. That resulting in a mix of more modern buildings right next to old ones that had survived or were rebuild. Just saying, no offense intended.
proteus03 😂🤦♂️🤦♂️ dam
cool dad ...smart man
You saw a cathedral and maybe more buildings that were way older than the USA. Was that a culture shock too?
For sure 👍🏻
Chillin while "lunch" to watch everybody passing by means "terrasje pakken" in Dutch... ;)
Bernd Winter thank you 😂Dutch is a tough language to learn 😂
@@ZacSaleski Well, if you get your German on point, Dutch will be a breeze. Their grammar is way too easy (due to their efforts to simplify their language ), so your only real challenge will be the pronunciation... tog?
Bernd Winter ima have to double down on it these next 9 months lol
Regarding the flights....10-30 bucks is not the average price for a flight...you have to fing a cheap crappy airline and you have to pay several extra fees that are not included and you have too book like weeks in advance to get 30-50 Euro flights...a proper airline like Lufthansa would charge you 80-100 bucks for an hour flight
true on the extra fees, but compared to the USA and close proximity of other countries its way better in europe for us americans gotta love it lol
Walking a biking is an excellent measure against obesity. These chaps look quite "well-fed".
Mik Be fat and happy 👍
Just ran across this vid. So you guys still in Paderborn? I live in America. But born and raised in Kassel, walking distance hahahah. You guys are dead on everything.
Oh wow! Kassel is a fun little town. But we’re back in the states currently
@@ZacSaleski hahah so you guys went cool. I am trying to move back to help my parents out. But I already know I will return. Been here for 29 years now. Cool you got experience Germany
If you want a McDonalds difference, then ask for ice cream. Our ice cream machines are functional. ... Or maybe, it's just my city.
Haha very lucky cause they always break here in the US
Might just be your city lol. Here in my city (also Germany) it is always broken
Leah Drummond 🤭🤭
Glad to hear he had good experiences in the Netherlands!:)
It was a blast 😁
I imagine it to be strange if, as a German in America, I have no speed limit on the autobahn in certain zones. If German politicians have tried to introduce a speed limit so far, most Germans get angry. What in America as freedom, for example with guns, for us Germans the autobahn has no speed limit. That is real Freedom ;)
😂😂 speed limits and carbonated beer must drive germans nuts 🤦🏻♂️
Hey Zack, good to see you’re having some fun overseas! I came across this on my suggested list for some reason!
Your old Home Depot Cashier Coworker,
Jacob
Heyy!! Wow I guess the TH-cam algorithm is finally useful 😂
It’s been a while man hope you’re doing well
They enjoy their lifes in Europe.
5:28 no free refills.. yup, that’s normal. Everything costs, so if you want „free“ refills, the overall price has to go up, as company has to assume, how many drinks customers in average want „for free“.. also other customers drinking less, have to pay that, if they like or not.
Fair solution is: I want to pay only for what I drink and eat, not less not more . I don’t want to pay more, so other people can have „free“ refills.
"Fair solution is: I want to pay only for what I drink and eat, not less not more . I don’t want to pay more, so other people can have „free“ refills."
I just realized that this is exactly the same argument Americans use against any social programm by the government and against higher taxation. So what is deemed or deven denounced as socialism is ok, when it comes from companies (free refills) but not when it comes from the government?
trillian1964 :Glad you noticed that 👍. Making all guests pay more, so everyone can drink enough in form of „free“ refills, is really social.
I like that better then: no money for a second glas of sugar drink? Get out and starve to death.
Don‘t know why the majority of Americans doesn’t want „free“ healthcare 😀
in holland we dont have 2 hours lunch we only have in the morning 15 min and at 12 a clock 30min thats normal
As a German it was really cool to watch this, thanks for sharing.
Thank you! Germany has had a big impact on me. Glad you enjoyed it 😎👍🏻
Zac Saleski Your welcome. It’s the old wisdom, traveling is the best for education, it broadens the horizon. 👍 Wish you a lovely Monday. Pat
@@pathamburg2287 haha for sure!! hope you have a great week!
Zac Saleski Well of course I mean Tuesday, I’ve lost the track of time. Bye
Ate my first Döner Kebap in Germany in '88. Back then Döner Kebap was absolutely new and it did taste great. What they sell you today as Döner Kebap is usually of much lower Quality. I wish they would still do those like back in '88...
Oh man would love to try those!!
@@ZacSaleski Closest you can get today would be greek Gyros made of beef even they don't use the same special spices of the original Döner Kebap... but taste is closer to the original Döner Kebap than modern Döner Kebap is... after all it is not original german food at all ;) (Döner Kebap was Invention of turkish-germans) If you wanna have great original german food eat "Maultaschen" (Mouthbags) in south west germany :) south german kitchen overall is lightyears ahead of north german kitchen ;)
@@Ezekielepharcelis ...ROAD TRIP! lol dam that sounds incredible. I've had the greek gyros here which are quite good especially with their own spices.
1. The building materials they use will last more than 50 years 2. No power/cable wires hanging every where 3. Most people are thin 4. The pastries are killer 5. coffee is to die for 6. Cars are the best .............. 7. (at least in the UK)- No water towers 8. (At least in the UK) - back gardens are walled/fenced in. 9. High speed passenger trains 10.
well dang i learned a lot 😳
@@ZacSaleski The building materials is a very serious one. Observing the state of American houses in the inner belts of the Cities, @ 20 years ago, i realized they were, by European Standards, un-liveable. Zero return on investment value and breeders of abject despair. There is no dignity in these houses. I shared this with co-workers and what it 'meant'; I told them it meant the end of America. Because they have to get themselves out. How are they going to do that? I thought, and thought, and thought, it takes money to move to the burbs and their own properties amortize to zero or $5000 if you live in Detroit. I see this 'reparations' non-sense and the social re-engineering going on to tip the scales towards the large demographic left in these hell holes as the Govt's gambit to enable them to leave. This place they find themselves in has nothing to do with Racism but the ill choice of cheap housing materials--A mistake no other Europeans made.
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Interessant! Grüße an Kyle's Dad! ;)
oh man he loved it here!
My best friend went with her family to an ice cream parlor and she told me afterwards, that they were sitting there for 5 hours. So it is quite normal to take so long in a restaurant
haha just crazy to think one can spend that much time at a place
No 5 hours is definitely NOT normal
Regarding cup sizes: Do you see the correlation between 5 liter of sugary beverages cups and obesity in the society?
Regarding free refills: in the US the drinks are often 50% ice, while in Europe it is just a few rocks. So with one cup you already get more of the beverage you orderd than with refills.
Big fast food chains like McDonalds and such will still have tons of ice. But you can order less or no ice there
Titamiva oh god you just did a math equation with a McDonald’s cup, but to answer it yeah there’s a correlation between size and obesity I think we’re surprised at the overall portion size
Tita But to test that hypothesis, we'd have to do a study to determine why people in Europe are obese when the sugary serving sizes are so much smaller there.
@@mojojim6458 For the same reasons, overeating. But on the other hand you will find way less mobility scooters driven by morbidly obese here.
@@Titamiva American soda servings sizes are bigger, and there is no charge for refills. That's our established fact. One person can look at that fact and say that's the reason why Americans are obese. Another person can look at that fact and say that's a sign that European restaurant owners are cheap.
Both conclusions are too simplistic; nevertheless, they are revealing choices. The European points the finger at the Americans to obscure the stinginess of their restaurant owners; the American points the finger that the Europeans to obscure the higher rates of obesity in the States. But there are a multitude of reasons why both conditions exist.
Thanks for having this discussion with me. This is a lot more interesting than many simple comments we come across here.
Good you liked it..... and by the way.... the biggest Difference: McDonalds serves (german) Beer in Germany!
Just the first moments of the video: the American men are so huge! Wearing sports caps so often... Otherwise very interesting and funny. I suggest you go to Eastern Europe, too.
aswler definitely would love to go further East! I was coaching in Poland in 2017 which was neat
In some German cities, the mix of architecture can be explained ( the American way ) by "heavy objects" falling from the skies between 1943 and 1945.
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Yes going to the netherlands is part of our culture haha
Lmao when dad talks about people sitting around watching people.Im a foreigner and l suffer a great deal from being watched by people 🤣🤣🤣But lm getting used to it gradually 🤣🤣
Girl Nextdoor 😂😂 I love it 😂😂