Go to Cologne Carnival they said: THIS is how our Australian reporter reacted

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
  • We sent our Australian reporter Brant to Cologne to participate in the city's world-famous Carnival. His job? To celebrate like a German! The right costume, dancing lessons, and - finally - a performance on the big stage. See how well he handles all of what he later calls, "madness".
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    CREDITS
    Report: Brant Dennis
    Camera: Florian Kroker
    Edit: Sina Mölleck-Liening
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  • @pulkitgera8509
    @pulkitgera8509 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    Went yesterday and it was the craziest party i have ever seen. Full street at Alt Markt on the banks of Rhine in costume, dancing and having fun. One of the best experiences of my life

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Glad you had a blast!

    • @eiscremefrauneumann6285
      @eiscremefrauneumann6285 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Glad you had fun! So.. see you next year? 😃

    • @ShahidKhan-rx2ry
      @ShahidKhan-rx2ry ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @ShahidKhan-rx2ry
      @ShahidKhan-rx2ry ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @NeoViny
      @NeoViny ปีที่แล้ว

      Alter Markt ;-)

  • @SteveMarksMusic
    @SteveMarksMusic ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm an Aussie and I have been a Karneval DJ since 2016. It is absolutely INSANE!!! Better than any festival I've ever played in the world. Also, getting a medal is a huge honour, I think that was massively underplayed..!!

  • @paulsj9245
    @paulsj9245 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    Well done Brant, but this is not madness but well-(German)-organized celebrations. Madness is on the streets, yesterday (Wieverfastelovend) and Sunday to Tuesday (including Rosenmontag)!
    Cheers from a Cologne ex-pat with a tear in his eye!

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      🍻🥳

    • @ShahidKhan-rx2ry
      @ShahidKhan-rx2ry ปีที่แล้ว

      4200 - 3100 education people limits travel crossing hurtable block table waste free time

    • @ShahidKhan-rx2ry
      @ShahidKhan-rx2ry ปีที่แล้ว

      abusing skill wearable home pager train fore freedom area bb elite

    • @MrProthall
      @MrProthall ปีที่แล้ว

      Immigrant is the word you're looking for. Ex-Pat is a meaningless term designed to make Americans think they're better than anyone else.

    • @paulsj9245
      @paulsj9245 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrProthall I beg to differ - I only knew English ex-pats in Spain, and, above, it's me, and I'm not an immigrant from Cologne but an ex-pat in Bavaria! 🤣

  • @frederikhein4195
    @frederikhein4195 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Carnival is a huge deal in Germany (at least in parts of it) and Cologne is one of the places where it’s celebrated the most. I‘d love to visit their carnival one day but for now I stay at my hometown Fulda (eastern Hesse). Though much smaller, we‘re also known for carnival, in local dialect called “Foaset“.
    The other famous place in Germany with a deep carnival tradition is Mainz. So what about visiting that city’s carnival (there called “Fastnacht“) next?
    With that being said, Helau, Föllsch Foll Hinein and Kölle Alaaf!

    • @Stoldt112
      @Stoldt112 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Greetings from the Rhön☺️I was there this Year and plan to visit it next year again 🎉

  • @antje8303
    @antje8303 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Well done! However, the Carneval most Germans know is outside on the streets and in the pubs with huge parades, music, dancing and costumes. The Sitzungskarneval like in this video is only known to relatively few, hardcore carnevalists hehe.

  • @NeovanGoth
    @NeovanGoth ปีที่แล้ว +47

    "Ey it's not bad" might be one of the most positive things I've ever heard of Kölsch. xD

  • @wandilismus8726
    @wandilismus8726 ปีที่แล้ว +638

    Bavarians: We have Oktoberfest
    Swabians: We have the Vasn
    Rhinelanders: We have Carneval
    Northern Germans: We have Common Sense

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  ปีที่แล้ว +18

      😅

    • @lenakohl2339
      @lenakohl2339 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      We have Kieler Woche and Hafengeburtstag (Hamburg).

    • @wandilismus8726
      @wandilismus8726 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lenakohl2339 Too bad

    • @MeriloLB
      @MeriloLB ปีที่แล้ว +27

      North Germany: Schützenfest

    • @lenakohl2339
      @lenakohl2339 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MeriloLB Kenn ich nicht. Laut google gibt es das in Norddeutschland wohl nur in Niedersachsen.

  • @bartmann1_
    @bartmann1_ ปีที่แล้ว +43

    My dancing skills have now dramatically improved 😅

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We need to see more 👀

    • @kaddy0306
      @kaddy0306 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The more the people drink (and you too) the easier it will be xD - for both parties. Hope you don't think too weird about the Niederrhein Region and Köln now 😂😂😂

  • @D0MiN0ChAn
    @D0MiN0ChAn ปีที่แล้ว +81

    0:19 If it's any consolation, I was born and raised in Germany, live right within the Karneval region between Cologne & Düsseldorf and still couldn't care less about celebrating 🤫 But as we say "jeder Jeck is anders!"

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  ปีที่แล้ว +17

      So you live in the eye of the hurricane, so to speak - it is said to be very quiet there..-🥳😇

  • @madhatter9322
    @madhatter9322 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was born in Cologne and live here. I've been celebrating carnival for as long as I can remember. Here it is ingested with breast milk. one must not take the carnival too seriously. Even if the girls here are often dressed "hot", it is strictly forbidden to touch them indecently and most of them react aggressively to it. flirting is of course allowed. But nice that you liked it.

  • @bigernie9433
    @bigernie9433 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Cologne has a very marked talent in identifying occasions for wild parties.

  • @elkampinski
    @elkampinski ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Bartmann so sympathisch 😃😃

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We agree! Such a cutie!

  • @j.mcgyver5541
    @j.mcgyver5541 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a girl born into the Cologne Carnival and celebrating it from the bottom of my heart ( not the "drink till you drop and wake up in the hospital several days after" - part), I have always wondered what a foreigner might think finding himself in the middle of all of this

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha! Well, we hope Brant didn't disappoint :D

    • @j.mcgyver5541
      @j.mcgyver5541 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dweuromaxx not at all😅

  • @ankem4329
    @ankem4329 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Missed street carnival. So experienced half of Köln carnival

  • @timoleon2903
    @timoleon2903 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Well done, Brant!

  • @kennikitty
    @kennikitty ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Kölsch and "quite good" in one sentence... My Düsseldorfer heart is bleeding.
    Have you been to the Rosenmontagszug? The "Züge" (basically parades) that are taking place between Sunday and Tuesday typically are the highlights of german street carneval and Rosenmontag (Rosemonday) is when the two biggest carneval cities Düsseldof and Cologne have their Rosenmontagszüge go through their inner cities.
    It's an awesome time. People get dressed in silly costumes, listen to silly music, kids eat candy (participants of the Züge throw candies and flowers into the spectatos) and adults get drunk. It's literally the best time of the year. There's millions of people out on the steets during the week of steet carneval celebrations between Altweiber and Aschermittwoch.
    Düsseldorf and Cologne both claim to celebrate the best carneval, which leads to a very well known fun rivalry between the two cities and they both make fun of each other all the time during carneval.

    • @stillx1211
      @stillx1211 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ich denke mal dass man alleine an der Musikauswahl erkennt wo Karneval besser gefeiert wird

  • @juli_rex3408
    @juli_rex3408 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Einfach mein lehrer

  • @lollipop3105
    @lollipop3105 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I am from the east of German and learned almost only new stuff 🤭

  • @SavageKRUB
    @SavageKRUB ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Max is my teacher 😂 mr. Rudolff

  • @jamesdoyle5405
    @jamesdoyle5405 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It seems there as big a difference between the north and south as between east and west. Fun video.

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Many Germans would agree with you on that ;). Thanks for watching!

    • @johaquila
      @johaquila ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The north-south difference is greater, actually. It's much older. The east-west difference was just a temporary phenomenon that has left some traces, but nothing too deep.
      When Germany united in the 19th century, the 'German Question' was whether the first modern German national state would consist only of the Protestant north, all German-speaking areas plus the non-German-speaking parts of the Austrian Empire, or something in between. In the first case it would have been dominated by Prussia, in the second case a fierce conflict between Prussia and Austria would have been built in.
      Prussian Chancellor Bismarck solved the problem by manufacturing the war of 1870/71 with France, with a coalition consisting of all the German states except Austria. By proclaiming the German Empire consisting of all the members of the coalition (but not Austria) in the Hall of Mirrors of Versailles Castle after a quick and decisive victory, they bamboozled the population of the Catholic southern German states into accepting a Prussia- and Protestant-dominated state without Austria. (Things have changed since then. Germany lost a lot of northern territory to Poland in 1945, and today neither the north nor the south really dominates.)

    • @jamesdoyle5405
      @jamesdoyle5405 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @johaquila Thank you for the well written history. I appreciate your having taken the time to provide such a detailed post. Best wishes to you.

  • @Ray-lm4nj
    @Ray-lm4nj ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greeting from Max's favorite AG, the Clara Pfandis 😂😂
    No but seriously, this is gonna haunt you forever, Mr. Rudloff 💀

  • @aoofmg6684
    @aoofmg6684 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He said Helau in Cologne and lived to tell the tale O.O

  • @rachelglenn4821
    @rachelglenn4821 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    AAAH I died every time his English was a bit funky
    I might be fluent but I would totally start talking gibberish in front of a camera so I can't blame him

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  ปีที่แล้ว

      What's so "funky" about his English? 🥳

  • @HenryAusLuebeck
    @HenryAusLuebeck ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Bin als Teenager mit unserem Fanfarenzug den Rosenmontagsumzug mit marschiert und habe getrommelt. Für uns Norddeutsche ist das echt zu verrückt. Aber Spaß gemacht hat es trotzdem. Gruß aus Schleswig-Holstein, der einzig wahre Norden. Edit: Kölsch ist kein Bier! `tschuldigung, liebe Kölner. ;)

    • @andreash656
      @andreash656 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Entschuldigung angenommen.

    • @snoopy1952
      @snoopy1952 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kölsch ist das einzig wahre ;)
      Aber jedem das seine

    • @HenryAusLuebeck
      @HenryAusLuebeck ปีที่แล้ว

      Schön, danke für euer Verständnis. 😉👍🥁🎵🎶♥️

    • @emmaorlich7427
      @emmaorlich7427 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jein, ein Kölsch ist langweilig, aber dabei bleibt es selten. Die Bedienung ist verdammt fix und am Ende weißt du nicht mehr, wie viel du eigentlich getrunken hast. Da wird es dann langsam lustig.
      Komme aus Köln, lebe in Franken. Hier sitzt man mehr auf dem Trockenen wie alles andere, trotz der Größe des Kruges. 😅

  • @emmaorlich7427
    @emmaorlich7427 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you know the Nick Name of the Nippeser Bürgerwehr? "Appelsinefunke". But we also got "Spinat und Ei" and some more. Living at Bavaria let me go insane. I lost every thing. Hurts too much, miss it too much. 😞

    • @j.mcgyver5541
      @j.mcgyver5541 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here 😔 Bavaria is a whole different world

  • @TomNook.
    @TomNook. ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Brant is quickly becoming a meme

  • @tina00017
    @tina00017 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hahahaha “after five or six Kölsch” ;)

    • @kamlog
      @kamlog ปีที่แล้ว

      or thirty ... 😁

  • @jayjinho1981
    @jayjinho1981 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @hoehere_Gewalt
    @hoehere_Gewalt ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He could form proper sentences in the end so he missed a crucial part of Karneval, which is getting wasted drunk before 11:11 AM.

  • @norbertgabler8267
    @norbertgabler8267 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mit Drei/Acht im Kessel is alles EEEJAAAAAAL. Kölle Alaaf. Dä Prinz kütt ... Kamelle, Strüssjer, Bützjer ... un e Stängsje Kölsch.

  • @ingo_8628
    @ingo_8628 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    By the way, carnival starts at 11:11 a'clock at the 11. of november.

  • @Morte_n
    @Morte_n ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The most absurd part about carnival in Cologne is how it was meant to be against the strict rules of society, to just have fun and enjoy life.
    Now it has some insanely strict rules, nepotism (called Klügel in Cologne and sadly a bit "celebrated") and is just often old white men taking themselves WAY too serious.
    As an outside it just feels really weird agree on that!

  • @rmdebora
    @rmdebora ปีที่แล้ว

    Laughing in Brazil ❤😂

  • @yasemindemirci1343
    @yasemindemirci1343 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A real "Jeck". Greetings out of Cologne!

  • @cheeseboi9951
    @cheeseboi9951 ปีที่แล้ว

    Carnival is the best thing in the world (im from cologne)

  • @TheBlueZoe
    @TheBlueZoe ปีที่แล้ว

    I am from Germany. And I didn't get the point of Karneval/Fasching untill now.

  • @milospollonia1121
    @milospollonia1121 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Rudloff abi

  • @Steven91637
    @Steven91637 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hahaha welcome to Cologne Germany 🇩🇪 🎉

  • @antoni.1129
    @antoni.1129 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That’s my teacher 😂

  • @zweispurmopped
    @zweispurmopped ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You didn't just join Colonian carnival, you now are one from the Schääl Sick and will be thus all your life. 😊
    Don't mention it when you are in Düsseldorf, though. Hostile territory!!1! 🤫

    • @votecthulhu9378
      @votecthulhu9378 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      did ... did he accidently join a gang or something?!?

    • @zweispurmopped
      @zweispurmopped ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@votecthulhu9378 YESSSSS!!1! 🤯

  • @edsontransports9400
    @edsontransports9400 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the music at 0:49? Sounds like Zillertaler Hochzeitsmarsch.

  • @Mostrichkugel
    @Mostrichkugel ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Dass Orden "medal" und nicht "order" heißt, hätte man schon wissen können. Brant rätselt jetzt tagelang, was denn sein Befehl ist.

    • @Mostrichkugel
      @Mostrichkugel ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@toatatoa Doch. Wenn er einen Orden im Sinne der Zugehörigkeit zu einem exklusiven Club meint wie Order of Bath oder Order of the British Empire, müsste dann der entsprechende Zusatz genannt werden.

    • @milospollonia1121
      @milospollonia1121 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lass rudloff in ruhe

    • @Mostrichkugel
      @Mostrichkugel ปีที่แล้ว

      @@milospollonia1121 Welchen Rudloff?

  • @OliverBusse
    @OliverBusse ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @ryanwass strange things happening in February here in Germany...

  • @Vallederking
    @Vallederking 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Team CFG🔥

  • @wilhelmeder1273
    @wilhelmeder1273 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ist schon schön anzusehen wie die globale Welt zusammen fasching feiert 😂

  • @stefanbeyer7391
    @stefanbeyer7391 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rule 1 : Drink everything someone puts in ur Hand
    Rule 2 : Drink everything someone puts in ur Hand
    Rule 3 : .....

  • @Pomoscorzo
    @Pomoscorzo ปีที่แล้ว

    Try Venice Carnevale next. 😉

  • @TheAdrianaPolari
    @TheAdrianaPolari ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If he thinks that's madness, I would like to see his reaction in Rio Carnival.

    • @Supermatsch
      @Supermatsch ปีที่แล้ว +10

      This clip doesn't show the whole Cologne Carnival, just one single stage show. The real Carnival here in Cologne is on the streets for five days with a very big parade on Shrove Monday and many other little parades on Saturday, Sunday or Tuesday. This year the Shrove Monday parade took 8 hours. On the streets is the real madness. ;-)

    • @TheAdrianaPolari
      @TheAdrianaPolari ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Supermatsch Still, nothing can be compared to the Brazilian Carnival.

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As Timon said, this isn't the full picture of Carnival. It's Brant training for a stage ;). However, we'd love to see him amidst the madness of carnival in Brazil! Maybe next year!

    • @katii1997
      @katii1997 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's not a competion :)

    • @mediagirl
      @mediagirl ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Heeeeey, to Germans this IS madness! *LOL*
      (But seriously, street Karneval and this indoor Karneval are two VERY distinct different sports. ;) )

  • @nicolasblume1046
    @nicolasblume1046 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Did you also party in the streets?
    Thats much more fun than these boring Events!

  • @EngelinZivilBO
    @EngelinZivilBO ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Carnival is just weird ngl I'll never got used to it

  • @bsfoxo3329
    @bsfoxo3329 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ❤️🇩🇪❤️

  • @stephensmith3111
    @stephensmith3111 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is it Cologne or Koln (viva Keith Jarrett!)?

    • @AndersHenke
      @AndersHenke ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Mostly all of this is correct 😉
      Around 2000 years ago, when the Romans founded a settlement in this area, which shortly developed into the Roman-colonial city known as “Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium”. Over a long time, this name monstrosity was shortened to „Cologne“ (English) and „Köln“ (German) or „Kölle“ (the local dialect in Cologne).

    • @AndersHenke
      @AndersHenke ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Regarding the name thing in general, Cities often have a different name in their own language than what they’re being called in other languages.
      Think about “Munich” and “München”, “Venice” and “Venezia”, “Rome” and “Roma” or “Moscow” and “Moskva”.
      Or an even more special case: the German city of “Aachen” is known as “Aix-la-Chapelle” in French.

    • @12tanuha21
      @12tanuha21 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium -> Colonia -> Coellen -> Cöllen -> Cölln and Cöln -> Köln

    • @goldflo91
      @goldflo91 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​​@@AndersHenke And "Regensburg" (Bavaria), called "Ratisbonne" in French, too

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Anders explained it perfectly!

  • @Izanuela22
    @Izanuela22 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh yes…carneval… I lived in Mainz for 12 years… every year the whole city would reek of piss and vomit for four days… such lovely times…

    • @eedragonr6293
      @eedragonr6293 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let 's start a little war between the Catholics and the Protestants. Oh Bismarck

  • @kamikazestryker
    @kamikazestryker ปีที่แล้ว

    Koks in da nas Kölle Allaf ;)

  • @stapelchips6559
    @stapelchips6559 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:17 verdünntes Wasser

  • @haze4622
    @haze4622 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I hate Karneval.. Im working in a kindergarden and have to do the whole thing every year for days including town hall performances with the children. Is it weird that i love halloween though?
    Edit: Also, for an authentic experience, go to a Schützenhalle or Dorfdisse for karneval.

  • @dragons4thchild
    @dragons4thchild ปีที่แล้ว

    3:29 lies nothing but lies :D

  • @ShahidKhan-rx2ry
    @ShahidKhan-rx2ry ปีที่แล้ว

    block systematicly jj regard tregade harmon:

  • @oliverkorner1716
    @oliverkorner1716 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wenn die halbe verwandschaft in nem video von nem australier vertreten is ^^

  • @simonsays2774
    @simonsays2774 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:29...Nicht sein Ernst.

  • @Steven91637
    @Steven91637 ปีที่แล้ว

    One thing about Germany I dont like is that germans are always so serious.take it easy Germany 😊

    • @dweuromaxx
      @dweuromaxx  ปีที่แล้ว

      Not taking things serious can be a serious thing here!😁

    • @Steven91637
      @Steven91637 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dweuromaxx so so 🧐

    • @Steven91637
      @Steven91637 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dweuromaxx Germany is a weird country

  • @Smudgie
    @Smudgie ปีที่แล้ว

    Germany's official fun time. Jetzt wird Spass erlaubt!!!
    Danach, zurück in euer graues Leben.

  • @steffenrosmus9177
    @steffenrosmus9177 ปีที่แล้ว

    The most useless 3 days in the qhole year. Totally overrated. Organized happiness with an band playing special tunes during the speech to wake up the people and point out they have to laugh now. Typical for the Rhineland.

    • @SteveMarksMusic
      @SteveMarksMusic ปีที่แล้ว

      Go party somewhere else, its carnage...

  • @Gol_D_Enko
    @Gol_D_Enko ปีที่แล้ว +3

    why is he making such a big deal out of it. Australia and Germany are direct neighbors after all...

    • @gingerdude
      @gingerdude ปีที่แล้ว

      If you think without a continent in between, for sure

    • @Aurora2097
      @Aurora2097 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was thinking Austria 😂

    • @gingerdude
      @gingerdude ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Aurora2097 I hoped he'd notice😂

  • @whitex4652
    @whitex4652 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You learned of Kölner Karneval in one day? Oh, yeah, you Australians have your dream time ... 🤣 ... come back for the next 20 years, then we talk. 😄