A little fun fact: Burg eltz has been continuously owned by the same family that build it (the eltz family), so for about 900 years. They still live in the castle for a part of the year (it gets really cold in the winter). It has never been destroyed (not even partially), which is really unique, if you take all the wars germany fought in the last 900 years into account.
Das ist ja cool! Ich war tatsÃĪchlich im August diesen Jahres mit meiner Familie da und wir waren sehr beeindruckt! Die gesamte Gegend dort ist wunderschÃķn! GrÞÃe aus Niederbayern!
Correction: Hans WAS a popular name 60 years ago !! And Greta Thunberg is from Sweden and NOBODY calls their daughter Gretel anymore and not even Heidi ð. Btw Germany has so many castles as it was made of over 300 ((!!) kingdoms and dukedoms and even bishops had their castles centuries ago before the first "unification" in 1871! Love from Southern Germany :).
Every Sovereign under the sun had to have a place of residence... not just the ones you mentioned. There were way more than 300 before 1648 (end of 30 years war). Napoleon reduced the number massively already long before 1871 (german confederation 41 members).
Meine Tochter hat eine Greta in der Klasse. Eine meiner Cousinen heiÃt Gretel. Hans ~ Hannes ~ Johannes ~ Johann ~ Yahya (Arabisch) sind durchaus hÃĪufig vertreten.
Finally itâs a vid made from someone who was in south Germany and made a few trips to other cityâs. Itâs nothing wrong with it but this list is hardly influenced by that. You can clearly see it on his Berlin part, how can you not mention Potsdam? The only reason is, he had not the time to visit. How can you call Frankfurt and skip Cologne? (the bones of the 3 holy kings laying beneath the KÃķlner Dom) And how can you avoid Aachen? How can you not talk about Siegfried âthe dragonslayerâ Saga? And so on. Anyway, I m not angry but itâs a list made from someone who didnât visit whole Germany.
Well... If you go along importance, Frankfurt, is more a thing than KÃķln. KÃķln might be the 4th largest city, but Frankfurt is 5th and the finance center, was also more impotant in the days back in HRE. And let us not talk about beer and the apple stuff. Greetings from a guy, NOT from Frankfurt. Btw... I'm certainly not a prude, but I don't need guys jerking off in public in broad daylight, like I had to experience in Cologne...
"All these mountains and stuff". Please call us by our names. We're Austria ðĶðđ and Switzerland ðĻð We even have trains to the mountains ð
Die GebrÞder Grimm, the brothers Grimm were two brothers from Germany and all of their storyâs are inspired by places in Germany. The brothers Grimm wrote storyâs like Hansel and Gretel. ... Rumpelstiltskin. ... The Pied Piper of Hamelin. ... The messengers of death. ... The king of the golden mountain. ... The frog king. ... Snow White and the seven dwarfs. ... The Bremen Town Musicians
I don't like that soooo many views are in the south! There is Stade, it was Swedish, and it shows, There is the coast of the North Sea with Deiche , Wattenmeer, there is Schleswig, , there is a Vikingmuseum, danish influence, because it was Danish once, the storms of the Noth Sea or very romantic to impress your date : a Sunset on a Hallig/Island like Sylt or coast of the North Sea.
Talking about history... Trier (Augusta Treverorum) was founded 16 BC, so is way over 2000 years old now. When it comes to favourite places, it depends on what kind of place you like. Hamburg is a wonderful and historic city on the North Sea coast, it is definitely worth a visit as it is among the top-2 big cities in the country (IMO those two are MÞnchen and Hamburg). Go to east Germany and you can find stunningly beautiful places in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte - lots of lakes, beautiful cities and landscape (especially in summer). But the top region IMO is the Black Forest. You simply can't go wrong in the Black Forest, a huge forest area (doh!) that has some great peaks as it extends into the Alps, lots of tradition, plenty of really pittoresque places, it's absolutely wonderful.
The turquoise coloured water is called ice water because it's directly fed from the melting snow on the Alps. It's was surreal actually seeing it for real and the water was really ice cold.
All Americans show the same German corners. Try it with other videos. Explore different areas than always the same thing. I think a lot of your fans would love it :-) and it would set you apart from the others.
Next time you should visit cologne, nice people, thin beer and a thousand year old history! From there you could visit the castles by the rhine. Greetings from the black forest!
There are an estimated 25,000 castles and palaces in Germany, which is mainly due to the many different kingdoms and principalities from which Germany emerged.
@MoreJps West Germany had about 12k castles and when we reunited with East Germany they brought even more ðĪ we since have about 25k castles in Germany and I don't think we even appreciate them as much as you guys do, so thank you! ð Great channel, glad I found it - keep it up!
As a German I grew up with all the history around me. There is almost everywhere a place that was build1000 years or more ago. When you go on school trips it is often a hiking trip that ends at a castle or a historic site. One time we walked to the "druidenstein" translated to druids stone and we stood under trees that where there in a time when germanic tribes did there religious ceremonys there 1100 or more years ago. When you are a kid and visit such places 2 or 3 times a year you really get another understanding of history
There is a reason why many Germans say: "Bavaria should be an own country, let's split it from the rest". These lists are almost always the same, typical stereotype tourism spots. A pity, as Germany has so much more beautiful places than that. Guy from Cologne here.
I think as an AmericanâĶ my first trip to Germany will be to Berlin of courseâĶ. but, my top pick will be Dresden -thought of as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe âĶ. â the Florence on the Elbeâ (river), and the technology center of Germany in the 20th century! It survived and rebuilt, after being literally fire bombed and almost totally destroyed by the Allies in February 13-15, of 1945! Shame on us!! Are you heading back to the EU/UK next summer?!
Germany has the most castles as it was only unified in 1871. So each kingdom/duchy/earldom/bishopric/pricipality/city state etc. had to be able to defend itself [and make money in tolls]. Been to all these places and Germany is indeed a beautiful place. Am glad I'm half German [born there] and half English.
I also live in Saxony. If you would like to get to know and understand Germany a little better, you should study all of the federal states. Auerbach's cellar (because of Goethe) is also worth a visit. Every tourist in Germany should get to know the Dresden Zwinger. The Hamburg fish market and the Elbphilharmonie are also worthwhile.
I moved to Germany from the UK about 20 years ago and live about an hour away from the Mosel river where I spent a lot of sommer holidays. Amazing scenery and great wine tasting, bike rides, great food ....If I drive 5 hrs south then I get to the Alps. It was a real experience for me to sit having a coffee on the side of lake Constance with the snowcapped mountains in the background.
Hello Joel and pal. Many years back, my friend had relatives in FrankfÞrt and we used it as a base to tour Europe, though back then the Berlin Wall was no museum.
6:08 the steps you see there is probably for whine production plants. The river right there is called the "Mosel" and i think they had some regional wine back then called Moselwasser (Moselwater). But i cant find the wine online.
Hi guys. i think one of the oldest places north of the Alps must be the city Trier, about two thousand years old, founded by a roman emperor to be his capital. I dont live there, i only live in a small town near the Ruhr area, am old former mining area, and the largest build-up area in europe probably. within about 100 km (about 80 miles) about 15-20 mio people live. Its not really popular for outsiders, but it has the most diverse culture all around, with more than half a dozen universities. So, if you're looking for a place to study in germany, checkout MÞnster, Dortmund, Bochum, Duisburg, DÞsseldorf, Cologne, or Bonn. And, to finish, be sure to visit the german coast. There are a great many fine islands, plus a world nature heritage of the coastal tidal area, only two places in the world are like this. There also millions of birds rest on their routes from the mediteranean to scandinavia or siberia. And the north Sea is a sea for tough man, its cold and rough and full of fish, even seals or whales.
I recomment visiting the "Mittelrhein" (middle rhine area) when and if you are in germany the next time. If you take a trip from Wiesbaden to Koblenz, you are driving along the rhine with its castles and whineyards. From summer to autumn there are loads of medival markets and festivals in this area, too - so its defenetely worth a visit ^.^ There are also a lot of vinter who offer wine tastings. Neuschwanstein is nice, sure - but its not medival castle, It was build in 1869 by Ludwig II who wantet it to look like a medival fairytale castle. I pains me a bit that so many foreigners visit only this castle, when teher are so many castles that are much more authentic tan this one. -.- I also can highly recomment Dresden and the Elb-Sandstein mountains. The city is beautiful and the unique mountains at the border to Chech republic is gorgeaus (and has also a lot of castles ^.~) If you have the time visit RÞgen. Its the largest Island of germany, located in the baltic sea. Gemany has so many different places and different cultures - a few visites arent nearly enoug to enjoy all of them.
The problem with Neuschwanstein is, it wasn't finished in the first place. So almost all of the rooms were empty, even paintings and frames weren't completed. King Ludwig basically ruined Bavaria with this Castle and they stopped him by putting him down. So now it needs to be constantly renovated, while rebuilding the rooms as they were originally planned. But that's an expensive and never ending project. The castle nearby "Hohenschwangauc, King Ludwig lived there as a child, is way more beautiful!
Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. Walt Disney came to Germany in 1936 and returned to the US with lots of Fairy Tales he obtained here. Check out the Brothers Grimm.âHansel and Gretel,â âSnow White,â âLittle Red Riding Hood,â âSleeping Beauty,â âTom Thumb,â âRapunzel,â âThe Golden Goose,â and âRumpelstiltskin.â You need a car to get to Neuschwanstein. Dresden and outer areas are amazing!
Iâm from Hannover itâs located in Lower Saxony which is btw actually higher than Saxony. And well I kinda like my City but itâs one of the most dangerous cityâs in Germany, believe me you literally almost everyday habe cases from Hannover where someone has been hit and the police has some crazy driving skills too. Iâm 18 now and I had 24 Injuries caused by the police driving skills, 7x Broken leg, 12x broken arms, and theother injuries were mostly head injuries where I got some trauma. Oh and we had cases where someone just shot someone who was sitting in their car with his children. Even though I love my City.
The color of the river is because it flows down from the mountains and takes minerals with it, it is also like that in Switzerland, rivers of this color flow ;-) Most of them are from glaciers.
I've been everywhere on this places but when I was at the eagles nest in Kehlsteinhaus it was so foggy that you could hardly see anything. That was sad. But I was there a week so I could see other things.
You shuold visit Dresden, Weimar, Bautzen and SÃĪchsische Schweiz. These are very beautiful towns and landscapes. Most visitors from America forget the east part of Germany.
When u come to the Moseltal(cochem etc.)u have to try the Vine bc the Mosel area is famous for that.And if u an Anime fan sepcially for AoT than go to NÃķrdlingen bc it is the real template what Attack on Titans writer Iseyama took for Shiganshina
I must say this is the most touristy ranking Iâve ever seen on my home country. Especially, since most places displayed here hit the Alps area. And: film any place with filter in sunshine, and even Dortmund will look pretty. Berlin is so not beautiful! ð On the other hand: this preserves the hidden treasures from being overrun.
There are so many castles in Germany! You should visit the "unknown locations". I'm from Aschaffenburg (Bavaria). There's the beautiful "Schloss Johannisburg"! Viele GrÞÃe aus dem schÃķnen Bayern âĪ Nico
Small correction: Hansel and Gretel did not live in the Black Forest, but in the northern Hesse mountains (Waldhessen). Well, reducing Germany to 10 places worth seeing is quite a challenge - and you managed to reduce them to two: Berlin and Neuschwanstein! This reminds me of my youth, there was a book for American tourists called: "Europe on two dollars a day"; Germany was also reduced to two places: Munich and Heidelberg! I couldn't do that, but I would definitely add Cologne and Bonn as well as the German North Sea islands (e.g. Sylt and Norderney) and the Baltic Sea coast!
Hi Joel, many greetings from the beautiful 'Berchtesgadener Land' (county of Upper-Bavaria). I live in the village of 'Bayerisch Gmain' between the towns of Bad Reichenhall and Berchtesgaden. Yes, the Hintersee, KÃķnigsse, Eagles Nest (Kehlsteinhaus), Maria Gern are hotspots here, which are really beautiful. Definitely a recommendation to visit. At the same time, we are on the border with Austria and the city of Salzburg. Also a hotspot to visit! So if you ever come to Munich again, it's only 2 hours by car to the beautiful Berchtesgadener Land - maybe even faster if there is no traffic on the A8 Autobahn and you can drive "a little faster". Best regards - Joachim PS: Did you see my email from December 27th?
About Neuschwanstein.. yeah sure it's definitivly overrated, but you can easily Take a 10min train and I think Like 5min with a Bus - or, and maybe thats the German in me but... Hiking there is the nicer Option, Just Trust meðððžððž
Neuschwanstein Castle itself is not "original", as it is not a castle, rather a fancy looking mansion, built with modern means of bricks, concrete and steel at the end of the 19th century. PS: I have never been to Neuschwanstein myself. But I've been many times to Moritzburg Castle, the castle pictured in Germany's most beloved Christmas movie: "Drei HaselnÞsse fÞr AschenbrÃķdel" (Three hazelnuts for Cinderella).
Also think about Dresden and Leipzig in the East of Germany. Or the small town GÃķrlitz which is right at the border to Poland and actually has a polish side since the NeiÃe river which runs through the town was declared the new border after second world war. Because of GÃķrlitz's very well preserved historical center many films have been shot there. The Grand Budapest Hotel and Inglourious Basterds for instance. Cheers from Berlin!
I recoment my city of leipzig fun fact it has more bridges than venice In generell even if ubjust look for nature instad of citys we have beutifull nature in saxony
Americans seem to have the idea that Grimm's fairy tales have something to do with the Black Forest. It is not so ! The Grimms were just collectors of fairy tales that were told to them in Kassel by knowledgeable women from Kassel and also from Westphalia. The Grimms edited and smoothed out these fairy tales whenever they seemed too wild or too revealing (including sexually).
Actually Germany has more castles (circa 25000) than the US has McDonalds restaurants (circa 15000 ?). Check out the Porta Nigra. Built 1700 years ago in Germany by the Romans.
Hallo aus Mittelfranken! Vielen Dank fÞr deine tollen Videos. Wir wÞrdigen diese wunderschÃķne Landschaften , Burgen und SchlÃķsser leider nicht wie sie es eigentlich verdienen wÞrden. Aber deine Begeisterung ist ansteckend. Ihr findet unsere Biere so yammy. Vielleicht wÃĪre es auch mal spannend ein Video darÞber zu machen wie viele Biersorten und Brauereien es in D gibt und dass tatsÃĪchlich jedes Bier seine Besonderheiten hat. Allein im Umkreis 20 km von unserem Zuhause weià ich von 6 Brauereien. Wurm Bier in Bieswang gibt es seit 1135 und es schmeckt heute noch hervorragend. Kleiner Tipp schau dir mal "Pappenheim von oben" Video von Antenne Bayern auf TH-cam an. Liebe GrÞÃe
Hi, you both! It`s crazy - me as a german - have never been there. I should also make those sightseeing tours in my own country! Especially because it should be much easier than for americans, for example. It`s not t h a t far away! But,....... well. (Sometimes it`s not so easy). ðð I personally love the region along the river Rhine (german: Rhein) - left side and right side - behind Cologne (gem. KÃķln) and Bonn (former capital city), between the little city KÃķnigswinter on the right side with the "Siebengebirge" (= mini-mountains) through Koblenz till RÞdesheim. Everything is much smaller and softer than the panorama of the Alps of course (!!!), but it`s tiny and lovely! It`s also a famous tourist region with lots of castles (partly more rustic). I like that. In Saint Goar (german: St. Goar/ "Sankt" Goar) there is a VERY interesting castle ruin with small tunnels where you can go through, if you are not too fat (!) ð. On it`s way up the hill there`s a restaurant with a kind of "balcony" in the rock from where you have a beautyfull view on St. Goar. (It`s on the right side of the rhine). Not far away is the famous rock with the statue of the "Loreley". (There is a nice legend about this)! In summer there are the famous open-air concerts. Btw: Before the visit, or after that, you can "party" in Cologne!!! ð(But there you should stay for 2 days minimum).
That sounds wonderful! Im german too, from munich, and this Video... made me besides sad. Bcs I realised how much I didnt see from my own country... so I make the decision now to try to visit as much as its possible for me this year. ð and then I will see in December... how my plan went.
I live close to Frankfurt and i hate this city!ð for me personal is too dirty. Yeah you both are right, its pretty cool we are living in the middle of Europe. A couple of years ago i travelled from Germany to Denmark, to Sweden and than to Finland. All by ferries and trains. After 10month in Finland i travelled back to Germany via Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Czeck Republic, all by bus and ferries. I really recommend getting an interrail ticket, so you are able to travel by train through Europe!!! Maybe just an idea, when you want to come back!!!
The whole castle of Neuschwanstein is not original. When built, it was as outdated as Disneys castle hundred years later. It is worldwide one of the first "houses" constructed by steel beam construction, like decades later the first NY scy scrapers. The "castle" even had electricity and telephone!!! It was just that, what a crazy kings personal ideas about all the different mideavel castles and styles of ancient architecture was. And then all mixed up together, not even finished, because the building bankrupted the king and the whole state of bavaria. Gotten bancrupted, Bavaria declared the King Ludwig insane, incarcerated him. Then Bavarias whole existence as a state was terminated and had to submit is existence under the reign of enemies neighboring states.
It's an original from the late nineteenth century. It's the dream of a man who could afford to build a castle for his own personal pleasure. I would compare it to Michael Jackson's Nerverland.
It is an original fake. Modern construction, trying to look like an old castle of several hundred years ago mixing the styles of different centuries. And did not even try or succeed to serve the function. an old castle would do. I have visited it 60 years ago when it was evident, that it is not an old or even ancient building. That was so evident to see even to a child. My own house ( and the disney castle as well) now is nearly as old, as Neuschwanstein then was. I saw the electrics , lamps, and electric controls table with lights and calling bells for the servants , the steel construction of the roof and the raised ceiling of the grand "show room" and the telephone still working. It even had a diving and uplifting table from the kitchen to the dining room. Nothing of all that would fit an original castle. There was even a plan for building a cable car down to the little lake like a modern ski cable car. Castle??? Original?? And-- he could afford it, as it was , as far as i know his third "palace". Like Micheal Jackson, he lived and thought his own "reality", which was as unreal as this "castle".@@juliaclaire42
Sure, Europe is stunning. There's more. I'm a proud European and I'm proud because the Europeans gave birth to the Enlightenment. We Europeans first discovered reason is the way of thinking, not religious dogma, that humans should have rights and that the technology is the source of prosperity and not the devil's device.
It's not surprising that all these fairy tales look like they came from Germany because they did. The brothers Grimm were two German siblings that collected tales for children and wrote them down.
Pro Tipp: Watch the first scenes of the latest Beauty and the Beast movie (with Emma Watson) and see whether you recognize the city the film makers drew inspiration from :)
Neuschwanstein Castle is just as fake as the Disney Castle, albeit in a better version. Completed in 1869 during my great-grandfather's time. Built from industrial bricks with a sandstone curtain-wall facing. The roof construction of the large hall is a steel girder structure with a suspended ceiling. So don't compare it to real medievial castles, this is just a fantasy of a slightly insane king.
when you say American cities are not much preserved, that they donât have much sense of identity because theyâre newâĶ..when you think about this argument-werenât the European towns/cities once young and new at some point in history? Yet, even back then they preserved some parts and thatâs why they are hundreds of years old todayâĶ
The German alpine lakes and rivers are mostly very clear as they are also very cold. They are fed with cold melting water from the mountains and glaciers of the Alps. Very few microorganisms and algae live in this cold water, which would cloud the water. The trout from such streams is considered a delicacy. There are now also trout farmers in Bavaria who divert the stream and let it flow through the fish breeding ponds. The world's best caviar (via sturgeon) is now produced there because the water is so clean.
I think this list was seriously missing out. It looks like like a list made up by someone stationed in Bavaria for six months, who only had the time to go on very few short trips anywhere else. It reminded me of the German stereotype of Dirndl and Lederhosen. Not good. Where is the middle and the north? Pretty much non existent, even though they do have beautiful and fascinating areas and history.
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A little fun fact:
Burg eltz has been continuously owned by the same family that build it (the eltz family), so for about 900 years. They still live in the castle for a part of the year (it gets really cold in the winter). It has never been destroyed (not even partially), which is really unique, if you take all the wars germany fought in the last 900 years into account.
Damn. Somebody should count how many single battles and sieges those were. Must be at least 5 digits
Das ist ja cool! Ich war tatsÃĪchlich im August diesen Jahres mit meiner Familie da und wir waren sehr beeindruckt! Die gesamte Gegend dort ist wunderschÃķn! GrÞÃe aus Niederbayern!
and it was on the previous 1,000 DM note!
We need clear Water for tons and tons of beer ð
Correction: Hans WAS a popular name 60 years ago !! And Greta Thunberg is from Sweden and NOBODY calls their daughter Gretel anymore and not even Heidi ð. Btw Germany has so many castles as it was made of over 300 ((!!) kingdoms and dukedoms and even bishops had their castles centuries ago before the first "unification" in 1871! Love from Southern Germany :).
Every Sovereign under the sun had to have a place of residence... not just the ones you mentioned. There were way more than 300 before 1648 (end of 30 years war). Napoleon reduced the number massively already long before 1871 (german confederation 41 members).
Meine Tochter hat eine Greta in der Klasse. Eine meiner Cousinen heiÃt Gretel.
Hans ~ Hannes ~ Johannes ~ Johann ~ Yahya (Arabisch) sind durchaus hÃĪufig vertreten.
I live in Switzerland. The only Heidis I know are over 50.
Hans was a very popular Male Name.now it isnât anymore.the most popular name is Mohammed ðŪ
@@Steven91637 No, it's Noah and Emilia
I will not stop mentioning how cute it is to see Joel in his teacher era telling BÃĐbÃĐ Arturo about Germany and the places one has been to.
Except Hamburg the Video is very South-focussed. The North with its beaches, fjords and coastlines is missing.
Please show me a fjord in Germany... ;-)
@@realulli Just google"schlei fjord"
Finally itâs a vid made from someone who was in south Germany and made a few trips to other cityâs.
Itâs nothing wrong with it but this list is hardly influenced by that.
You can clearly see it on his Berlin part, how can you not mention Potsdam? The only reason is, he had not the time to visit.
How can you call Frankfurt and skip Cologne? (the bones of the 3 holy kings laying beneath the KÃķlner Dom) And how can you avoid Aachen? How can you not talk about Siegfried âthe dragonslayerâ Saga? And so on.
Anyway, I m not angry but itâs a list made from someone who didnât visit whole Germany.
I agree. I think he spent too much time on getting good drone footage instead of researching. He was not good at saying the place names either!
Just one correction, the bones arenât under the dome, but in a golden shrine in the medieval choir of the cathedral.
Well... If you go along importance, Frankfurt, is more a thing than KÃķln. KÃķln might be the 4th largest city, but Frankfurt is 5th and the finance center, was also more impotant in the days back in HRE. And let us not talk about beer and the apple stuff. Greetings from a guy, NOT from Frankfurt.
Btw... I'm certainly not a prude, but I don't need guys jerking off in public in broad daylight, like I had to experience in Cologne...
"All these mountains and stuff". Please call us by our names. We're Austria ðĶðđ and Switzerland ðĻð We even have trains to the mountains ð
Die GebrÞder Grimm, the brothers Grimm were two brothers from Germany and all of their storyâs are inspired by places in Germany. The brothers Grimm wrote storyâs like Hansel and Gretel. ...
Rumpelstiltskin. ...
The Pied Piper of Hamelin. ...
The messengers of death. ...
The king of the golden mountain. ...
The frog king. ...
Snow White and the seven dwarfs. ...
The Bremen Town Musicians
Ja plural von story ist stories!
They didn't write them. They collected them.
I don't like that soooo many views are in the south! There is Stade, it was Swedish, and it shows, There is the coast of the North Sea with Deiche , Wattenmeer, there is Schleswig, , there is a Vikingmuseum, danish influence, because it was Danish once, the storms of the Noth Sea or very romantic to impress your date : a Sunset on a Hallig/Island like Sylt or coast of the North Sea.
The water is so clear because
A: Europe protects the environment
B: The photographer used a polarisation filter
Talking about history... Trier (Augusta Treverorum) was founded 16 BC, so is way over 2000 years old now.
When it comes to favourite places, it depends on what kind of place you like. Hamburg is a wonderful and historic city on the North Sea coast, it is definitely worth a visit as it is among the top-2 big cities in the country (IMO those two are MÞnchen and Hamburg). Go to east Germany and you can find stunningly beautiful places in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte - lots of lakes, beautiful cities and landscape (especially in summer). But the top region IMO is the Black Forest. You simply can't go wrong in the Black Forest, a huge forest area (doh!) that has some great peaks as it extends into the Alps, lots of tradition, plenty of really pittoresque places, it's absolutely wonderful.
Hamburg on the North Sea Coast???? Since when?? Have I missed something?
The turquoise coloured water is called ice water because it's directly fed from the melting snow on the Alps. It's was surreal actually seeing it for real and the water was really ice cold.
The story of "Pinokkio" was written Carlo Collodi an Italian.
All Americans show the same German corners. Try it with other videos. Explore different areas than always the same thing. I think a lot of your fans would love it :-) and it would set you apart from the others.
"Why is the water so clear?" Duh! It is for the beer!
The water comes from the alps, without dirty from firms.
Next time you should visit cologne, nice people, thin beer and a thousand year old history! From there you could visit the castles by the rhine. Greetings from the black forest!
I'm from Cologne, the fourth oldest city in Germany...founded in 19 B.C. by the Roman Empire
Cologne has nothing to offer for tourist, only the cathedral and nice people.
There are an estimated 25,000 castles and palaces in Germany, which is mainly due to the many different kingdoms and principalities from which Germany emerged.
@MoreJps West Germany had about 12k castles and when we reunited with East Germany they brought even more ðĪ we since have about 25k castles in Germany and I don't think we even appreciate them as much as you guys do, so thank you! ð Great channel, glad I found it - keep it up!
Germany my homeland ð
Many Places are missing as Cologne or NÞrnberg or DÞsseldorf or Coblenz or Passau or Lubeck and many more
Wenigerode
Bad Harzburg
Bad Schandau...
so many beautiful places
@@binkaitself1736 Sure yes genau
@@Steven91637 Nu! Als Sachse kennt man seine Heimat und die schÃķnen Nachbarn
As a German I grew up with all the history around me. There is almost everywhere a place that was build1000 years or more ago.
When you go on school trips it is often a hiking trip that ends at a castle or a historic site. One time we walked to the "druidenstein" translated to druids stone and we stood under trees that where there in a time when germanic tribes did there religious ceremonys there 1100 or more years ago.
When you are a kid and visit such places 2 or 3 times a year you really get another understanding of history
There is a reason why many Germans say: "Bavaria should be an own country, let's split it from the rest". These lists are almost always the same, typical stereotype tourism spots. A pity, as Germany has so much more beautiful places than that. Guy from Cologne here.
Then lets make it happen.
I think as an AmericanâĶ my first trip to Germany will be to Berlin of courseâĶ. but, my top pick will be Dresden -thought of as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe âĶ. â the Florence on the Elbeâ (river), and the technology center of Germany in the 20th century!
It survived and rebuilt, after being literally fire bombed and almost totally destroyed by the Allies in February 13-15, of 1945! Shame on us!!
Are you heading back to the EU/UK next summer?!
Berlin is not as nice as postcards shows. For me it's an ugly place - loud and dirty. You can find much more beautiful places here in Germany
Germany has the most castles as it was only unified in 1871. So each kingdom/duchy/earldom/bishopric/pricipality/city state etc. had to be able to defend itself [and make money in tolls].
Been to all these places and Germany is indeed a beautiful place. Am glad I'm half German [born there] and half English.
I also live in Saxony. If you would like to get to know and understand Germany a little better, you should study all of the federal states. Auerbach's cellar (because of Goethe) is also worth a visit. Every tourist in Germany should get to know the Dresden Zwinger. The Hamburg fish market and the Elbphilharmonie are also worthwhile.
I moved to Germany from the UK about 20 years ago and live about an hour away from the Mosel river where I spent a lot of sommer holidays. Amazing scenery and great wine tasting, bike rides, great food ....If I drive 5 hrs south then I get to the Alps. It was a real experience for me to sit having a coffee on the side of lake Constance with the snowcapped mountains in the background.
10:53 Climate activist âGRETAâ is Swedish!
Hello Joel and pal. Many years back, my friend had relatives in FrankfÞrt and we used it as a base to tour Europe, though back then the Berlin Wall was no museum.
Neuschwanstein castle is as King Ludwig II built and furnished it. King Ludwig II from Bavaria is known as the âFairytale Kingâ
HÃĪnsel & Gretel is from Brothers Grimm and Most of there Storys take Place the forrests around Kassel. Beside many others also a Place to visit
You must have a look at ITALY,,, ðŪðđ. Florence,,, Milano ,,, Roma ,,,, Naples ,,,AMALFI coast ,, isle of Capri. Etc
6:08 the steps you see there is probably for whine production plants. The river right there is called the "Mosel" and i think they had some regional wine back then called Moselwasser (Moselwater). But i cant find the wine online.
You're doing a great job Guys
man so many places i wanna visit too.
- much love from germany
Hi guys. i think one of the oldest places north of the Alps must be the city Trier, about two thousand years old, founded by a roman emperor to be his capital. I dont live there, i only live in a small town near the Ruhr area, am old former mining area, and the largest build-up area in europe probably. within about 100 km (about 80 miles) about 15-20 mio people live. Its not really popular for outsiders, but it has the most diverse culture all around, with more than half a dozen universities. So, if you're looking for a place to study in germany, checkout MÞnster, Dortmund, Bochum, Duisburg, DÞsseldorf, Cologne, or Bonn.
And, to finish, be sure to visit the german coast. There are a great many fine islands, plus a world nature heritage of the coastal tidal area, only two places in the world are like this. There also millions of birds rest on their routes from the mediteranean to scandinavia or siberia. And the north Sea is a sea for tough man, its cold and rough and full of fish, even seals or whales.
I recomment visiting the "Mittelrhein" (middle rhine area) when and if you are in germany the next time. If you take a trip from Wiesbaden to Koblenz, you are driving along the rhine with its castles and whineyards. From summer to autumn there are loads of medival markets and festivals in this area, too - so its defenetely worth a visit ^.^ There are also a lot of vinter who offer wine tastings.
Neuschwanstein is nice, sure - but its not medival castle, It was build in 1869 by Ludwig II who wantet it to look like a medival fairytale castle. I pains me a bit that so many foreigners visit only this castle, when teher are so many castles that are much more authentic tan this one. -.-
I also can highly recomment Dresden and the Elb-Sandstein mountains. The city is beautiful and the unique mountains at the border to Chech republic is gorgeaus (and has also a lot of castles ^.~) If you have the time visit RÞgen. Its the largest Island of germany, located in the baltic sea.
Gemany has so many different places and different cultures - a few visites arent nearly enoug to enjoy all of them.
Spreewald is also very nice..
I live in Cochem and enjoy it so much. My American friends from SC come and see me year after year.
You should've visited Denmark when you were in Hamburg
The problem with Neuschwanstein is, it wasn't finished in the first place. So almost all of the rooms were empty, even paintings and frames weren't completed. King Ludwig basically ruined Bavaria with this Castle and they stopped him by putting him down. So now it needs to be constantly renovated, while rebuilding the rooms as they were originally planned. But that's an expensive and never ending project.
The castle nearby "Hohenschwangauc, King Ludwig lived there as a child, is way more beautiful!
Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. Walt Disney came to Germany in 1936 and returned to the US with lots of Fairy Tales he obtained here. Check out the Brothers Grimm.âHansel and Gretel,â âSnow White,â âLittle Red Riding Hood,â âSleeping Beauty,â âTom Thumb,â âRapunzel,â âThe Golden Goose,â and âRumpelstiltskin.â You need a car to get to Neuschwanstein. Dresden and outer areas are amazing!
4:04: In Austria you can drink water from almost every fount, every stream, every lake and every river...except the Danube
Iâm from Hannover itâs located in Lower Saxony which is btw actually higher than Saxony. And well I kinda like my City but itâs one of the most dangerous cityâs in Germany, believe me you literally almost everyday habe cases from Hannover where someone has been hit and the police has some crazy driving skills too. Iâm 18 now and I had 24 Injuries caused by the police driving skills, 7x Broken leg, 12x broken arms, and theother injuries were mostly head injuries where I got some trauma. Oh and we had cases where someone just shot someone who was sitting in their car with his children. Even though I love my City.
The Rhine valley was not mentioned and Cologne Germany is really beautiful
The color of the river is because it flows down from the mountains and takes minerals with it, it is also like that in Switzerland, rivers of this color flow ;-) Most of them are from glaciers.
Thank you for your video and greetings from Germany.
Greetings from Germany, i love those reaction videos.
Watching from Berlin, hope you'll visit again
I've been everywhere on this places but when I was at the eagles nest in Kehlsteinhaus it was so foggy that you could hardly see anything. That was sad.
But I was there a week so I could see other things.
You shuold visit Dresden, Weimar, Bautzen and SÃĪchsische Schweiz. These are very beautiful towns and landscapes.
Most visitors from America forget the east part of Germany.
When u come to the Moseltal(cochem etc.)u have to try the Vine bc the Mosel area is famous for that.And if u an Anime fan sepcially for AoT than go to NÃķrdlingen bc it is the real template what Attack on Titans writer Iseyama took for Shiganshina
I must say this is the most touristy ranking Iâve ever seen on my home country. Especially, since most places displayed here hit the Alps area. And: film any place with filter in sunshine, and even Dortmund will look pretty. Berlin is so not beautiful! ð On the other hand: this preserves the hidden treasures from being overrun.
Haha yes when i saw Frankfurt in the beautiful town ranking i "fall from my chair" ;). Frankfurt i think is the ugliest town after MÃķnchengladbach.
There are so many castles in Germany! You should visit the "unknown locations".
I'm from Aschaffenburg (Bavaria). There's the beautiful "Schloss Johannisburg"!
Viele GrÞÃe aus dem schÃķnen Bayern âĪ
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Small correction: Hansel and Gretel did not live in the Black Forest, but in the northern Hesse mountains (Waldhessen).
Well, reducing Germany to 10 places worth seeing is quite a challenge - and you managed to reduce them to two: Berlin and Neuschwanstein! This reminds me of my youth, there was a book for American tourists called: "Europe on two dollars a day"; Germany was also reduced to two places: Munich and Heidelberg!
I couldn't do that, but I would definitely add Cologne and Bonn as well as the German North Sea islands (e.g. Sylt and Norderney) and the Baltic Sea coast!
You should react to spain one of the most beautiful places in europe maybe im bias as im from spain
Hi Joel, many greetings from the beautiful 'Berchtesgadener Land' (county of Upper-Bavaria). I live in the village of 'Bayerisch Gmain' between the towns of Bad Reichenhall and Berchtesgaden. Yes, the Hintersee, KÃķnigsse, Eagles Nest (Kehlsteinhaus), Maria Gern are hotspots here, which are really beautiful. Definitely a recommendation to visit. At the same time, we are on the border with Austria and the city of Salzburg. Also a hotspot to visit! So if you ever come to Munich again, it's only 2 hours by car to the beautiful Berchtesgadener Land - maybe even faster if there is no traffic on the A8 Autobahn and you can drive "a little faster".
Best regards - Joachim
PS: Did you see my email from December 27th?
About Neuschwanstein.. yeah sure it's definitivly overrated, but you can easily Take a 10min train and I think Like 5min with a Bus - or, and maybe thats the German in me but... Hiking there is the nicer Option, Just Trust meðððžððž
Neuschwanstein Castle itself is not "original", as it is not a castle, rather a fancy looking mansion, built with modern means of bricks, concrete and steel at the end of the 19th century.
PS: I have never been to Neuschwanstein myself. But I've been many times to Moritzburg Castle, the castle pictured in Germany's most beloved Christmas movie: "Drei HaselnÞsse fÞr AschenbrÃķdel" (Three hazelnuts for Cinderella).
Hi JP, Germany have more castles than the US McDonalds restaurants...
Also think about Dresden and Leipzig in the East of Germany. Or the small town GÃķrlitz which is right at the border to Poland and actually has a polish side since the NeiÃe river which runs through the town was declared the new border after second world war. Because of GÃķrlitz's very well preserved historical center many films have been shot there. The Grand Budapest Hotel and Inglourious Basterds for instance. Cheers from Berlin!
I recoment my city of leipzig fun fact it has more bridges than venice
In generell even if ubjust look for nature instad of citys we have beutifull nature in saxony
They forget our VÃķlkerschlachtdenkmal! I'm upset!
Leipzig is such a beautiful city to live in
12:22 Settler Colonial US is new. There was a history and culture before which was gradually erased.
Southern Germany/Austria is my favorite place to travel to.
The nature is amazing man
Americans seem to have the idea that Grimm's fairy tales have something to do with the Black Forest. It is not so ! The Grimms were just collectors of fairy tales that were told to them in Kassel by knowledgeable women from Kassel and also from Westphalia. The Grimms edited and smoothed out these fairy tales whenever they seemed too wild or too revealing (including sexually).
Actually Germany has more castles (circa 25000) than the US has McDonalds restaurants (circa 15000 ?). Check out the Porta Nigra. Built 1700 years ago in Germany by the Romans.
03:32 Oh boi, I had such a nice schnitzel at Hitler's restaurant. lol
Sorry but the lake calls Bodensee!ð Konstanz is a town there
So heiÃt der Bodensee aber auf englisch und franzÃķsisch (lac de Constance) GrÞÃe aus SÞdfrankreich
We have over 20,000 castles and palaces in Germany. However, most of the castles are ruins.
Hallo aus Mittelfranken! Vielen Dank fÞr deine tollen Videos. Wir wÞrdigen diese wunderschÃķne Landschaften , Burgen und SchlÃķsser leider nicht wie sie es eigentlich verdienen wÞrden. Aber deine Begeisterung ist ansteckend. Ihr findet unsere Biere so yammy. Vielleicht wÃĪre es auch mal spannend ein Video darÞber zu machen wie viele Biersorten und Brauereien es in D gibt und dass tatsÃĪchlich jedes Bier seine Besonderheiten hat. Allein im Umkreis 20 km von unserem Zuhause weià ich von 6 Brauereien. Wurm Bier in Bieswang gibt es seit 1135 und es schmeckt heute noch hervorragend. Kleiner Tipp schau dir mal "Pappenheim von oben" Video von Antenne Bayern auf TH-cam an. Liebe GrÞÃe
Take a look : Luxembourg (LÃŦtzebuerg)
There are arond 2500 castles (SchlÃķsser and Burgen) in germany.
John is Johan in German. Hence Hans. Hans becomes Hansi and Hansel, meaning Little John.
Hi, you both! It`s crazy - me as a german - have never been there. I should also make those sightseeing tours in my own country! Especially because it should be much easier than for americans, for example. It`s not t h a t far away! But,....... well. (Sometimes it`s not so easy). ðð
I personally love the region along the river Rhine (german: Rhein) - left side and right side - behind Cologne (gem. KÃķln) and Bonn (former capital city), between the little city KÃķnigswinter on the right side with the "Siebengebirge" (= mini-mountains) through Koblenz till RÞdesheim. Everything is much smaller and softer than the panorama of the Alps of course (!!!), but it`s tiny and lovely! It`s also a famous tourist region with lots of castles (partly more rustic). I like that. In Saint Goar (german: St. Goar/ "Sankt" Goar) there is a VERY interesting castle ruin with small tunnels where you can go through, if you are not too fat (!) ð. On it`s way up the hill there`s a restaurant with a kind of "balcony" in the rock from where you have a beautyfull view on St. Goar. (It`s on the right side of the rhine). Not far away is the famous rock with the statue of the "Loreley". (There is a nice legend about this)! In summer there are the famous open-air concerts.
Btw: Before the visit, or after that, you can "party" in Cologne!!! ð(But there you should stay for 2 days minimum).
That sounds wonderful! Im german too, from munich, and this Video... made me besides sad. Bcs I realised how much I didnt see from my own country... so I make the decision now to try to visit as much as its possible for me this year. ð and then I will see in December... how my plan went.
Bro you got to do a series of vids about Sweden ðļðŠ
munich ti venice....yeah the alps but we build a tunnel^^ so no problem^^
Correction wales. Has the most castles in Europe
As you can see,,,Frankfurt skyscrapers are like all developments in EUROPE and theyâre called cluster areas .
Are you going to react to the last 2 videos of Volker Pispers? :)
I live close to Frankfurt and i hate this city!ð for me personal is too dirty. Yeah you both are right, its pretty cool we are living in the middle of Europe. A couple of years ago i travelled from Germany to Denmark, to Sweden and than to Finland. All by ferries and trains. After 10month in Finland i travelled back to Germany via Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Czeck Republic, all by bus and ferries. I really recommend getting an interrail ticket, so you are able to travel by train through Europe!!! Maybe just an idea, when you want to come back!!!
I do love Arturo. :)
This guy's pronunciation of the names of most of these places is almost incomprehensible. ð
The whole castle of Neuschwanstein is not original. When built, it was as outdated as Disneys castle hundred years later. It is worldwide one of the first "houses" constructed by steel beam construction, like decades later the first NY scy scrapers. The "castle" even had electricity and telephone!!! It was just that, what a crazy kings personal ideas about all the different mideavel castles and styles of ancient architecture was. And then all mixed up together, not even finished, because the building bankrupted the king and the whole state of bavaria. Gotten bancrupted, Bavaria declared the King Ludwig insane, incarcerated him. Then Bavarias whole existence as a state was terminated and had to submit is existence under the reign of enemies neighboring states.
It's an original from the late nineteenth century. It's the dream of a man who could afford to build a castle for his own personal pleasure. I would compare it to Michael Jackson's Nerverland.
It is an original fake. Modern construction, trying to look like an old castle of several hundred years ago mixing the styles of different centuries. And did not even try or succeed to serve the function. an old castle would do. I have visited it 60 years ago when it was evident, that it is not an old or even ancient building. That was so evident to see even to a child. My own house ( and the disney castle as well) now is nearly as old, as Neuschwanstein then was. I saw the electrics , lamps, and electric controls table with lights and calling bells for the servants , the steel construction of the roof and the raised ceiling of the grand "show room" and the telephone still working. It even had a diving and uplifting table from the kitchen to the dining room. Nothing of all that would fit an original castle. There was even a plan for building a cable car down to the little lake like a modern ski cable car. Castle??? Original?? And-- he could afford it, as it was , as far as i know his third "palace". Like Micheal Jackson, he lived and thought his own "reality", which was as unreal as this "castle".@@juliaclaire42
There are more castles in Germany than McDonalds and Burger Kings combined in the USA.
Greetings from Cologne ...
Sure, Europe is stunning. There's more. I'm a proud European and I'm proud because the Europeans gave birth to the Enlightenment. We Europeans first discovered reason is the way of thinking, not religious dogma, that humans should have rights and that the technology is the source of prosperity and not the devil's device.
It's not surprising that all these fairy tales look like they came from Germany because they did. The brothers Grimm were two German siblings that collected tales for children and wrote them down.
Pro Tipp: Watch the first scenes of the latest Beauty and the Beast movie (with Emma Watson) and see whether you recognize the city the film makers drew inspiration from :)
Greetings from Berlin âĪ
There are more than 30.000 castles in Germany.
Iâm from the âGreen Heart of Germanyâ.
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Neuschwanstein Castle is just as fake as the Disney Castle, albeit in a better version.
Completed in 1869 during my great-grandfather's time. Built from industrial bricks with a sandstone curtain-wall facing.
The roof construction of the large hall is a steel girder structure with a suspended ceiling. So don't compare it to real
medievial castles, this is just a fantasy of a slightly insane king.
At least it was constructed by a real king.
My name is Hans ðð
when you say American cities are not much preserved, that they donât have much sense of identity because theyâre newâĶ..when you think about this argument-werenât the European towns/cities once young and new at some point in history? Yet, even back then they preserved some parts and thatâs why they are hundreds of years old todayâĶ
Hans is out of fashion. As is Gretel. These names are part of the German folclore but not really popular anymore. ð
The German alpine lakes and rivers are mostly very clear as they are also very cold. They are fed with cold melting water from the mountains and glaciers of the Alps. Very few microorganisms and algae live in this cold water, which would cloud the water. The trout from such streams is considered a delicacy. There are now also trout farmers in Bavaria who divert the stream and let it flow through the fish breeding ponds. The world's best caviar (via sturgeon) is now produced there because the water is so clean.
I think this list was seriously missing out. It looks like like a list made up by someone stationed in Bavaria for six months, who only had the time to go on very few short trips anywhere else.
It reminded me of the German stereotype of Dirndl and Lederhosen. Not good.
Where is the middle and the north? Pretty much non existent, even though they do have beautiful and fascinating areas and history.
wo ist das Tumbnail?
Too bad the most visited location in Germany wasn't included! The most populous federal state was also left out. Pity!
Neuschwanstein was never finished, the King killed himself/was murdered before he could complete it.