German houses that are a few centuries old tend to have small doors, because the people during the middle ages were usually quite a bit smaller. Nice Video
@@PuntingForThePeople If you would've been there then, the people probably would've wrote a story about the giant of Hameln rather than the Rattenfänger :D
@@ProfTydrim Well Germans today are usally not exactly small... So If he would have been alive back then he would probaly have been alot shorter then he actually is today.
Maybe it's so because there wasn't a lot of food available in the middle ages. Many people died of hunger at this time. There is a german saying: "Iss, damit du groß und stark wirst." ("Eat, to became tall and strong"), which means, if you doesn't have enough food as a child, you stay small for the rest of your life.
one of the most beautiful towns in germany. I was there for holiday too and it's really beautiful to sit there in the evening and drinking some beers while enjoying the sun edit: when you like Wernigerode you should visit Stolberg. This town is famous for its timbered houses.
WOW!! What a wonderful video!! Low ceilings; Little doors; Little houses; ... & BIIIG SCHNITZELS!!! I really enjoyed seeing your nature shots, & all of the local color ... especially my Ol' Fren' ... Mistah Bandit Raccoon!!! THANK YOU ... I really needed your VLOG today to make a dark day a lot lighter!!!
Veryyy big schnitzels topped with delicious cheese and other local meat, was ridiculous! But worth it. Gave me the energy to make it up that very small hill 😅🤣
You definitely have to visit the brocken while being in the harz mountains!! You can go there by the Brockenbahn from Wernigerode. On the Brocken, Goethe wrote his masterpiece "Faust"
If you ever have time you definitely should come to Erfurt too. The Erfurter Dom is really worth visiting! Also that little brown rabbit at the end was adorable! It´s been some years since I visited Wernigerode the last time but it´s such a beautiful city.
There are so many, many beautiful places in Germany, it's sad you cannot see all of them in one life. But there's a city in Saxonia I want to see before I die - Görlitz! Nice video btw :)
The one thing I love about watching your channel is because I am a german living in Australia since whatever and I can explore places in Germany I actually never have been or seen before. Odd isn't it ? Love ya
Always a good thing, one of the major reason I enjoy making the videos is for people who haven’t seen the area or were here and now are living away and want to continue to see and experience it ☺️
This video make me feel so nostalig, I went there in January andi it was epic!! You need to visit the castle and go up the mountain, the view is pretty cool.
Woooow the quality of this vlog seems better than my own eyesight hahaha Great video!👌🏻 Even as a German it's so nice to see places and cities in your videos that I haven't been to myself. It's really like we're traveling with you! And cute animals are always nice to see as well😄
Thankyou! Glad your enjoyed seeing the little bits and pieces I put together, as for your eyesight, I’m sure it’s 20/20 if you enjoy what you are seeing here 😉😅
"Awesomely beautiful" is all that comes to mind for me. Lol I guess the castle somehow reminded me of Marburg. I think I'll be planning a trip there soon. 😀
@@PuntingForThePeople I went to college there and judging by Silas's vids, a lot has changed during my time in the US. Now that I'm back in Germania, I might as well check it out. One of Silas's viewers living in Marburg had informed me that my favorite (and only) TexMex restaurant closed, and I kept putting a trip off cause it just can't be the same without "my Mexicali." The former proprietor nicknamed Brooklyn is an AmeriGerm (more 'Murican, as she grew up in--well, Brooklyn) and the place had a great atmosphere. I'll miss it, and her, going there to visit. :(
@@PuntingForThePeople And while you are in marburg you might want to drop in in Braunfels as well :) The castle in Weilburg with ist glorious garden is worth going to, too!
3:18 - the intricate building facade 3:34 - the start of the water series until its end 3:55 - the odd object is an eye-catcher. What is it? A snail? Or simply a finial? 5:37 - the quack quacks in the stream. There must be a pond nearby. 5:46 - the bee which follows you everywhere. 6:19 - A for effort 7:15 - the frog prince looking for Princess. 7:37 - at the top of the tower, the added feature for the terminally curious watching for danger 10:23 & 10:53 - the high lights And, as always, the doggie parade. I'm in absolute shock. No one bitched about your shoes.
It was indeed a snail shell mounted on top a weird kind of “tower” just in a random spot on the street, so I had to get a nice turning shot of it with the back drop, similar to the way the snail design shell turns around itself 😁 a lovely little town with so much to see, all within walking distance for everyone, even the Slide-wearing tourism lovers 😅😁
after the fall of the wall in 1989, massive restorations were made to the old houses. i remember my childhood and school trips in the Harz mountains. in winter it was great there and there were shops that didn't exist in my hometown. tourism has always existed in the Harz Mountains. unfortunately, there has been a big tree death there for some years, as my sister told me.
The raccoons were imported to Germany some time in the 1920s. IIRC it was only ONE pair of racoons. Either they were released on purpose or escaped. Either way they spread from around the Kassel area throughout Germany (and by now, possibly beyond). They have become an absolute pest in Germany as they have no natural predators, are absolutely unafraid of humans, are ridiculously good climbers, nimble, intelligent, and have even figured out how to open the large German trashcans.
Wildgatter is an almost weekly occurrence for me 😅 I just don’t want to flood my vlog feed with the same shots of my fave animals 😇 but I agree, it is great 😁
Jacob, Deine letzten beiden "Eichhörnchen" waren PERFEKT!!! Und ich möchte es nicht versäumen, die kreativen Übersetzungen der Auto-Untertitel für "Wernigerode" und "Schloss Wernigerode" aufzulisten. Ich weiß, ich bin kindisch, aber ich finde es zum Brüllen komisch: vinegar odor (für Wernigerode) vinegar Ola medical rota many garota running a rota what a good rotor vertical ruler sloths (für Wernigeroder Schloss) sloths vinegar odor (für Schloss Wernigerode) sloths Mellinger owner sauce vinegar odor :))
Hey there, again very beautyful Video, nice work. If you are interessted in old Style Castles and other beautyful Places you have to come to Ludwigsburg in Baden Würthemberg. There you can visit many Places where you can chill and have a good time. There are 3 Castles , one of them you can have a guided tour " Residenzschloß" with a big Flowergarden ("Blühende Barock") close by, with a Fairytale "Garden" included (the "Märchengarten"). The other Castle "Schloß Favorite" has a medium sized "Park" (" Favorite Park") which is actually a small Forest. Through this Park you get to the third Castle (" Seeschloß Monrepos") which lies at a small Lake ("Monrepos"). They healthy and havea good time. :D
HIHIHIHI ... looks like I need to go home ... I was not back home in GERMANY for almost 5 years now ... and I was born and raised just 20km from WR ... Greetings from BC, Canada
Not yet, I heard about the Market but we didn’t head there, but after my trip to Braunschweig, I think more Niedersachsen and local spots are now on my list 😁
If you are in the Harz you should visit Goslar and there the rammelsberg silver and goldmine. It was founded somewhat in the 1200´s and now it is a museum. The whole mountain is like swiss cheese.
Hey Jakob...your "Wernigerode" sounds hilarious :D But your Video was on point...really good work. What exacly was the big surprise at the end? As a big Football fan, 24 years ago I would have asked you to come to Hamburg, to play for the Blue Devils...our Kicker was famous :)
Our Germany is so beautiful. It's a pity that most Germans don't appreciate it at all. Most people think only old people go on holiday in their own country.
@RedJoker I gotta add as someone who just loves the sun I appreciate to travel south. I know it sounds stereotypical, but the sun makes me feel 10 times better, and I don't stay at the beaches, I travell the cities and country, 2 days at the beach and I feel bored, but I just need the sun. And like you said it's so great to learn about other cultures, just puts a new perspective on things and we can learn a lot.
I guess you managed to say "Wernigerode" in this single vid more often than I did in my entire life 😂 But anyway - yr pronunciation is awesomely great! 👍
Jacob, I tell you I am totally aware how hard the pronunciation of „Eichhörnchen“ must be for a native English speaker. It used to be a total killer for my American ex-wife. 😂 I can also say you pretty much mastered it! 👍 Fun fact: You’re way better at it than me trying to pronounce „squirrel“ - total tongue twister for me still.🙈 I so love these guys, and it was so interesting to see the differences between European and North American squirrels. Which ones are roaming around in Australia btw?
We don’t have them in Australia, or at least in Brisbane, I use the american pronunciation, so I get a little bit of weird looks because of it at home, but maybe it’s because I have been around Americans and American sport, I’ve adapted some of that, before I wouldn’t of even said the word squirrel as they basically didn’t exist in my life 😅
Once the situation gets a little less crazy I have so many places I want to head to and see, some of which have been on my list for years, just never had the right availability. 😁
Eine Ritterburg die später zum Schloß um- und angebaut wurde. Der "Dachzierrat" kam z.B. erst Ende des 19ten Jahrhunderts dazu. Bild von 1860 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Schloss_Wernigerode_Sammlung_Duncker.jpg
did you ever take part in a guided tour of a brewery? bring some buddies but leave your car behind :) edit: maybe have to wait for the virus stuff to get completely settled though
In Clausthal-Zellerfeld is a brewing Academy (Brauakademie Zellerfeld). It is in the old mint. Very small home brewing but you can do a tour or even a brewing seminar. At the moment it is still closed because of Corona.
Beers are most favouirte in the area they are brewed. It is the same with other big beer brands. Actually the image of Hasseröder is pretty god because it was better than other beers in the GDR and hard to get sometimes.
You are doing a little bit more physical? Are you with a car there? You look like a bloke that would do wall running at the Rappbode damn or going on the zip line.
Was hast du denn heute gefrühstückt??? Oder willst du nur mal demonstrieren wie einfach man mit drei Stereotypen in einem Satz klarstellen kann, dass man Deutscher ist?
I LOVE the Harz Region. It's beautiful and has sooo much History in it.
A lovely place right under my nose! 🤩
i was stationed in Golsar during my Basic Airforce Drill for 3 months..great Landscape and even better Bars there..good Food too !!
A Kamerad :D I was also stationed in Goslar about 16 years ago.
Thank you for the First class videos!
Thanks! Glad you have enjoyed ☺️
German houses that are a few centuries old tend to have small doors, because the people during the middle ages were usually quite a bit smaller. Nice Video
They definitely weren’t thinking ahead to the 6’4” Aussie visiting in 2020 😂😅
@@PuntingForThePeople If you would've been there then, the people probably would've wrote a story about the giant of Hameln rather than the Rattenfänger :D
No need to go back to mediveal times. I remember from my youth that most people were smaller. Just watch some WWII footage.
@@ProfTydrim Well Germans today are usally not exactly small... So If he would have been alive back then he would probaly have been alot shorter then he actually is today.
Maybe it's so because there wasn't a lot of food available in the middle ages. Many people died of hunger at this time. There is a german saying: "Iss, damit du groß und stark wirst." ("Eat, to became tall and strong"), which means, if you doesn't have enough food as a child, you stay small for the rest of your life.
one of the most beautiful towns in germany. I was there for holiday too and it's really beautiful to sit there in the evening and drinking some beers while enjoying the sun
edit: when you like Wernigerode you should visit Stolberg. This town is famous for its timbered houses.
You are talented how to make and cut nice videos and to arrange scenes. Loved it! 🤘👍
Danke! Glad you enjoyed 🥳🙏🏼
WOW!! What a wonderful video!! Low ceilings; Little doors; Little houses; ... & BIIIG SCHNITZELS!!! I really enjoyed seeing your nature shots, & all of the local color ... especially my Ol' Fren' ... Mistah Bandit Raccoon!!! THANK YOU ... I really needed your VLOG today to make a dark day a lot lighter!!!
Veryyy big schnitzels topped with delicious cheese and other local meat, was ridiculous! But worth it. Gave me the energy to make it up that very small hill 😅🤣
You definitely have to visit the brocken while being in the harz mountains!! You can go there by the Brockenbahn from Wernigerode. On the Brocken, Goethe wrote his masterpiece "Faust"
If you ever have time you definitely should come to Erfurt too. The Erfurter Dom is really worth visiting!
Also that little brown rabbit at the end was adorable! It´s been some years since I visited Wernigerode the last time but it´s such a beautiful city.
I have a great friend in Erfurt, so a visit will for sure be coming! 😁
I just live an hour away from Wernigerode and never been there before. Next weekend I`m on my way.
Thanks for your Eichhörnchen :D It made my day.
Goal hit 😁🤩🥳
There are so many, many beautiful places in Germany, it's sad you cannot see all of them in one life. But there's a city in Saxonia I want to see before I die - Görlitz! Nice video btw :)
The one thing I love about watching your channel is because I am a german living in Australia since whatever and I can explore places in Germany I actually never have been or seen before. Odd isn't it ? Love ya
Always a good thing, one of the major reason I enjoy making the videos is for people who haven’t seen the area or were here and now are living away and want to continue to see and experience it ☺️
@@PuntingForThePeople Great job man and girlfriend of course👍❤
This video make me feel so nostalig, I went there in January andi it was epic!! You need to visit the castle and go up the mountain, the view is pretty cool.
Harz is really cool when you are there at the end of april, because they have the Walpurgisnacht celebrations.
you saying Eichhörnchen sounds way better than me saying squirrel that's for sure
It’s especially hard considering it has two different pronunciations depending on which kind of English you learnt 😅😂
@@PuntingForThePeople I usually go with "SCHKWÜRREL" which one is that? ;)
Woooow the quality of this vlog seems better than my own eyesight hahaha
Great video!👌🏻
Even as a German it's so nice to see places and cities in your videos that I haven't been to myself. It's really like we're traveling with you!
And cute animals are always nice to see as well😄
Thankyou! Glad your enjoyed seeing the little bits and pieces I put together, as for your eyesight, I’m sure it’s 20/20 if you enjoy what you are seeing here 😉😅
"Awesomely beautiful" is all that comes to mind for me. Lol
I guess the castle somehow reminded me of Marburg. I think I'll be planning a trip there soon. 😀
Yet to get to Marburg, not even with GFL games, it looks great from some of Silas’ vlogs, maybe a trip sometime soon ☺️
@@PuntingForThePeople I went to college there and judging by Silas's vids, a lot has changed during my time in the US. Now that I'm back in Germania, I might as well check it out. One of Silas's viewers living in Marburg had informed me that my favorite (and only) TexMex restaurant closed, and I kept putting a trip off cause it just can't be the same without "my Mexicali." The former proprietor nicknamed Brooklyn is an AmeriGerm (more 'Murican, as she grew up in--well, Brooklyn) and the place had a great atmosphere. I'll miss it, and her, going there to visit. :(
@@PuntingForThePeople And while you are in marburg you might want to
drop in in Braunfels as well :)
The castle in Weilburg with ist glorious garden is worth going to, too!
3:18 - the intricate building facade
3:34 - the start of the water series until its end
3:55 - the odd object is an eye-catcher. What is it? A snail? Or simply a finial?
5:37 - the quack quacks in the stream. There must be a pond nearby.
5:46 - the bee which follows you everywhere.
6:19 - A for effort
7:15 - the frog prince looking for Princess.
7:37 - at the top of the tower, the added feature for the terminally curious watching for danger
10:23 & 10:53 - the high lights
And, as always, the doggie parade.
I'm in absolute shock. No one bitched about your shoes.
😂 there are at least two that I can see
It was indeed a snail shell mounted on top a weird kind of “tower” just in a random spot on the street, so I had to get a nice turning shot of it with the back drop, similar to the way the snail design shell turns around itself 😁 a lovely little town with so much to see, all within walking distance for everyone, even the Slide-wearing tourism lovers 😅😁
Schones Schloss. It's been so nice seeing more of Mary Anne in your recent videos. Take care.
This German VIDEO Has EVERYTHING - including 'baby goats' !!! Love the history, the nature, and now the Animals !
after the fall of the wall in 1989, massive restorations were made to the old houses. i remember my childhood and school trips in the Harz mountains. in winter it was great there and there were shops that didn't exist in my hometown. tourism has always existed in the Harz Mountains. unfortunately, there has been a big tree death there for some years, as my sister told me.
The raccoons were imported to Germany some time in the 1920s. IIRC it was only ONE pair of racoons. Either they were released on purpose or escaped. Either way they spread from around the Kassel area throughout Germany (and by now, possibly beyond). They have become an absolute pest in Germany as they have no natural predators, are absolutely unafraid of humans, are ridiculously good climbers, nimble, intelligent, and have even figured out how to open the large German trashcans.
Nice video. I can recommend the Wildgatter in Hildesheim Ochtersum. It's a free wildpark with a lot of animals in there. :)
Wildgatter is an almost weekly occurrence for me 😅 I just don’t want to flood my vlog feed with the same shots of my fave animals 😇 but I agree, it is great 😁
Jacob, Deine letzten beiden "Eichhörnchen" waren PERFEKT!!! Und ich möchte es nicht versäumen, die kreativen Übersetzungen der Auto-Untertitel für "Wernigerode" und "Schloss Wernigerode" aufzulisten. Ich weiß, ich bin kindisch, aber ich finde es zum Brüllen komisch:
vinegar odor (für Wernigerode)
vinegar Ola
medical rota
many garota
running a rota
what a good rotor
vertical ruler sloths (für Wernigeroder Schloss)
sloths vinegar odor (für Schloss Wernigerode)
sloths Mellinger owner
sauce vinegar odor
:))
😂😂😂😂😂 what a good rotor and sloths vinegar odor got me! Perfekt! 👌🏼😅
Hahahaha
Er ist in der Wohnung am Anfang schnell das letzte Einhorn🤣🤣🤣🦄
🤕🤕🤕
lol that music at the beginning was like an 80s movie
I’ll wear the fluro and leg warmers next time I use it 😉😂
Punting For The People that’s all I ask lol
Glad you liked my weird little hometown :)
Hey there, again very beautyful Video, nice work.
If you are interessted in old Style Castles and other beautyful Places you have to come to Ludwigsburg in Baden Würthemberg. There you can visit many Places where you can chill and have a good time. There are 3 Castles , one of them you can have a guided tour " Residenzschloß" with a big Flowergarden ("Blühende Barock") close by, with a Fairytale "Garden" included (the "Märchengarten"). The other Castle "Schloß Favorite" has a medium sized "Park" (" Favorite Park") which is actually a small Forest. Through this Park you get to the third Castle (" Seeschloß Monrepos") which lies at a small Lake ("Monrepos").
They healthy and havea good time. :D
HIHIHIHI ... looks like I need to go home ... I was not back home in GERMANY for almost 5 years now ... and I was born and raised just 20km from WR ... Greetings from BC, Canada
WUNDERBAR ! Und wo Du jetzt in der Nähe bist would be fine "Quedlinburg" and "Goslar".
Unbedingt!!!
Quedlinburg is immer ne Reise wert. Hab dort 2 Jahre gelebt.
Oh nice trip. What do you ware @ christmastime on your feeds? Slides with a bommel? :-D
😂
I stay in slides, maybe throw in some socks, but my other clothes just get warmer 😅
No, this are his christmas shoes
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@@schokomonster7872 nice too
@@PuntingForThePeople Oh man, white tennis socks, slides and some edits = official german style.
Is it Eichhörnchen or Eichhühnchen? ;) but you could also simply call it Oachkatzl, thats all the same.
Have you checked out Goslar too? It has one of the most famous X-Mas Markets...
Not yet, I heard about the Market but we didn’t head there, but after my trip to Braunschweig, I think more Niedersachsen and local spots are now on my list 😁
If you are in the Harz you should visit Goslar and there the rammelsberg silver and goldmine. It was founded somewhat in the 1200´s and now it is a museum. The whole mountain is like swiss cheese.
Hey Jakob...your "Wernigerode" sounds hilarious :D But your Video was on point...really good work. What exacly was the big surprise at the end?
As a big Football fan, 24 years ago I would have asked you to come to Hamburg, to play for the Blue Devils...our Kicker was famous :)
Those houses are very old and people were smaller. That's why they are built this way.
I think the Australian male avg height is about 6’1”, im a touch under 6’4” so the doors are a norm in Europe, same with bed length sometimes 😅😂
Can i ask what camera did you use for this vlog? So clear 😃
Our Germany is so beautiful. It's a pity that most Germans don't appreciate it at all. Most people think only old people go on holiday in their own country.
maybe the current covid situation will make some more people go on vacation in Germany and discover the beauty of their home country.
@RedJoker I gotta add as someone who just loves the sun I appreciate to travel south. I know it sounds stereotypical, but the sun makes me feel 10 times better, and I don't stay at the beaches, I travell the cities and country, 2 days at the beach and I feel bored, but I just need the sun. And like you said it's so great to learn about other cultures, just puts a new perspective on things and we can learn a lot.
Endlich in der Ostzone! ;)
Wo einen die ganzen frustrierten Ossis böse anglotzen! ;)
You need to check out German stories like Struwwelpeter xD
Hubschraubär🐻😅(Hubschrauber/Helicopter 🚁)
This is why I have made vlogs about German being difficult 😂
10:01 an Akubra in the making
8:55 NEIN ! nicht ganz, Es war ein "CHIRSTOPH" also einer von 89 fliegenden Lebenrettern
I guess you managed to say "Wernigerode" in this single vid more often than I did in my entire life 😂 But anyway - yr pronunciation is awesomely great! 👍
When there is at least one German word I can’t mess up, it gets a firm spot in the vlog 😅
I LIKED how it got captioned as "vinegar odor." Made me laugh each time!! :-)
Well, welcome to Hogsmeade, I would say.
HOOOMMEE ... close by
🤩🤩
Jacob, I tell you I am totally aware how hard the pronunciation of „Eichhörnchen“ must be for a native English speaker. It used to be a total killer for my American ex-wife. 😂 I can also say you pretty much mastered it! 👍 Fun fact: You’re way better at it than me trying to pronounce „squirrel“ - total tongue twister for me still.🙈 I so love these guys, and it was so interesting to see the differences between European and North American squirrels. Which ones are roaming around in Australia btw?
We don’t have them in Australia, or at least in Brisbane, I use the american pronunciation, so I get a little bit of weird looks because of it at home, but maybe it’s because I have been around Americans and American sport, I’ve adapted some of that, before I wouldn’t of even said the word squirrel as they basically didn’t exist in my life 😅
Another delicious beer! (wet my whistle)
My beer intake has gone up phenomenally in the last couple vlogs, my yearly intake is nearly at 100% 😅😂
nice video.beautiful landscape,cute animals.But sometime you must go out of lower saxony.There is so much more to discover
in germany.
Wernigerode IS NOT in Lower Saxony but in its neighbour state Saxony-Anhalt which was part of East Germany until 1990 😉
Once the situation gets a little less crazy I have so many places I want to head to and see, some of which have been on my list for years, just never had the right availability. 😁
Well, at least with your slides you won't get "swamp foot" :D
That was a RESCUE HELICOPTER. BTW: what is it about you and dogs all the time ? u into puppies ?
Schaut mehr aus wie eine Burg,aber sehr schön!
Eine Ritterburg die später zum Schloß um- und angebaut wurde. Der "Dachzierrat" kam z.B. erst Ende des 19ten Jahrhunderts dazu. Bild von 1860
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Schloss_Wernigerode_Sammlung_Duncker.jpg
did you ever take part in a guided tour of a brewery? bring some buddies but leave your car behind :)
edit: maybe have to wait for the virus stuff to get completely settled though
I have done the Jägermeister tour, but yet to do a brewery, I have so many things I want to experience once we get back to somewhat normal living 😁
In Clausthal-Zellerfeld is a brewing Academy (Brauakademie Zellerfeld). It is in the old mint.
Very small home brewing but you can do a tour or even a brewing seminar.
At the moment it is still closed because of Corona.
That's what we Germans are proud of: deutscher Spargel und deutsche Erdbeeren ;)
Komm nach Detmold
you should have seen this city 30 years ago. Gray and decay through the GDR socialism.
Okay, cure little dorp... but Aaron wouldn't be able to handle it... but he is also 2m tall so.
I always wondered who in the world drinks Hasseröder beer. Now I know.
Beers are most favouirte in the area they are brewed. It is the same with other big beer brands.
Actually the image of Hasseröder is pretty god because it was better than other beers in the GDR and hard to get sometimes.
You are doing a little bit more physical?
Are you with a car there?
You look like a bloke that would do wall running at the Rappbode damn or going on the zip line.
You’ll have to stay tuned 🤷🏻♂️😉
Kauf dir endlich mal Birkenstock-Sandalen denn die Aldiletten sehen fürchterlich aus !
Was hast du denn heute gefrühstückt???
Oder willst du nur mal demonstrieren wie einfach man mit drei Stereotypen in einem Satz klarstellen kann, dass man Deutscher ist?