Brit Reacts 10 Reasons You will Never Leave Germany
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I really do think the Brits are the odd ones out in Europe - and yes, I also think it's because you don't have any "real" neighbours being on an island. People from Bavaria often spend a day or weekend in Austria (skiing) or Czech Republic (cheap beer), Saxons and Brandenburgers do day-trips to Poland for cheap groceries. People in the North have a close relationship to the Danes (Danish minority in Schleswig-Holstein). People from Northrhine-Westphalia love shopping in the Netherlands, I (partially) live in southwest Germany (Karlsruhe) and often go to Alsace, France on the weekends.
The Brits had the wonderful Idea to leave the EU, now we closed the Border. 😄No more Brit puke in the streets.
Yeah I go to Belgium or the Netherlands like once a month
@markusschenkl7943 oh ja, fürn Flammkuchen ins Elsass... oder die Anisplätzchen *jummi*... oder einfach mal mit den Älteren Leuten im Dialekt reden, die sich dann mega freuen, wenn sie jemand richtig versteht... 😁 Grüße aus der Nähe vom Zoologischen Stadtgarten und der Pyramide ;)
@@Mimms-1701D Igittbah, ich hasse Anis! - Aber beim Flammkuchen bin ich dabei! 😁
And my husband pops over the border to work in Luxembourg and we go to IKEA in Belgium. France is also extremely close to us.
Germany directly borders 9 different countries. (At the risk of sounding boastful, I have visited 33 different European countries, many of them multiple times.)
Yes, Germany has a lot of castles... there are over 25,000 castles
If you count castles which were by 'Germans' created then even much more (in Poland, Austria, Czech, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, parts of France, Luxemburg and so on) .Germany has also most cities of any country in Europe.
Yes, with > 25,000 Germany has the most castles in Europe. But I think Wales has the most castles per square mile! So, in Wales castles are even more dense
Yes my dear, you have recognized that well. You live on an island and it's a bit more complicated to cross the border to another country. For me as a German, it's completely normal to visit other European countries for a short time. Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Zurich, Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Stockholm, Copenhagen etc. are all cities that can be reached in a few hours from Germany. Without much effort. And young people are already doing this. Saturday morning by car from Hamburg to Amsterdam and back in the evening. No problem. Drinking coffee in Copenhagen or Brussels. No problem. To London it's more complicated again. You have to fly or take the ferry. Or the "Euro-Express". But all very expensive. I can spend a week in Lisbon for the same amount of money.
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I don't think you really understand the concept of the United Kingdom, au contraire.
As it consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, it is not complicated to cross several borders on the island.
@@peterschmidt6482 Let me put it this way. Not many outside the rest of "Great Britain" see England, Wales and Northern Ireland as separate countries. Not in the sense of separate states.
And to speak of "Great Britain", you have to have very rose-tinted spectacles on your nose. It is not enough to cling to centuries-old traditions and customs. Please don't misunderstand. I have nothing at all against traditions and positive habits. They are very important for every people. But that doesn't necessarily make you a world empire or a great power. But it is fitting to compare three small states with a real union like the European Union.
Great Britain was a member of the EU for a long time. And that was a good thing. In addition to many other advantages (yes, there are also quite a few disadvantages - nothing is perfect, but it can be worked on), there is one actually incredible, wonderful fact. Almost 80 years of peace in Central Europe.
Best wishes to "Little Britain" 😍
Come back soon.
You are welcome 🇪🇺🇬🇧☯⚽☮
@@cap.luisfigo9401
Let me put it this way.
It's completely irrelevant how some people see it.
What does the EU have to do with the fact that they have to cross the sea?
Was it different bevor Brexit?
Incidentally, Great Britain is not the United Kingdom.
And any entity consisting of England, Wales and Northern Ireland without Scotland doesn't even exist
What is your point?
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@@cap.luisfigo9401 tf are u trying to pull of lol, just cause u say a lot of fancy words doesnt mean anything u say is true or is meant the way u trying to put it
@@saschaberger7201 I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean. What am I trying to do? What is not true? What do I mean by what I'm saying?
I'm a bit confused.
Germany having the most castles makes a lot of sense when you think of how many kingdoms, principalities, grand duchies, duchies, electorates, free cities and so on Germany consisted of and how much these territories and additionally neighboring European territories were warring each other all the time. They needed thousands of castles for defense purposes. Basically one near every settlement. Compared to that the UK was very quiet and peaceful throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
You forgot that everyone else who wants to wage war on someone else in europe probably needs to waltz through Germany as well.
Germany has also most cities/towns of any country in Europe - for similar reasons.
You might want to watch "This is Germany" by Dr. Ludwig to see more of Germany.....its a great video.
As a German, I often go to Holland, Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Poland, Belgium, etc. for a weekend.
It's not a big deal as long as you don't have to fly
Castles: i don’t know how many there are but Yes, there are plenty of them. The reason is, we used to have about 300 states before Germany was built and sometimes there were even wars between them… some of them were just a sort of fortifyed toll stations at the trade routes like the Rhine river or the streets and even the cities built their own. they are all around. In my Region there about 250 of them within 1 or two hours driving by car or train
I've seen the original video before, but now by watching your reaction to it, I notice that the drone shot at the beginning is indeed from London.😂I wasn't sure at the beginning, but when I saw the white dome roof and the yellow pillars of the O2 arena, I thought "what the hell?!"😅
I'm really enjoying your reactions, and I'm looking forward to more!
Greetings from Germany!🙂
Mate, the intro is clearly London, not only can you see the O2 arena but also on the right that’s the Royal Naval College in Greenwich … they must have thought it looked like Hamburg or Berlin … greetz from Frankfurt!
Hello from Austria!
About your question about staying in your own "bubble" or travelling around... a short list of our quick trips last few months... (a quick trip means over a weekend or just for a day...) by trains or bus...
June 23 - by train to Vienna
- by bus to Maribor
- by train to Dresden
July 23 - by train to Vaduz
to Mainau
to Rheinfälle
Aug 23 - by train to Szentgotthard
Sept 23 - by train and Hovercraft boat to Bratislava and Prag
Dec 23 - by train to Sopron
Jan 24 - by train to Vienna
Feb 24 - by bus/train to Venice
Mar 24 - by train to Dresden
and this year there will be a lot more of short trips and travelling around...
So - yes, of course we love to travel around... but just for example (as maybe you think we are rich) a ticket from Graz to Venice by train costs us EUR 24,90 incl. a seat (one way, per person) or a trip to Sopron is EUR 9,90 - but only, if you plan long before... and that's, what we do...
And we love travelling around everywhere. Till today I had been to:
Norway, Denmark, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Germany (about 50 times), Czechia and Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegowina, Greece, Italy, France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Russia, India, Albania, Syria, Egypt, the US and Canada.
But as you see - so many countries are still missing 😂
Greets from Graz 👋 Gery
in winter I go to czech republic for skiing, i´m from saxony. it´s about 3,5h to get there from my home. 👍
In my german town we have propper draft beer instead of weird tasting tap beer, but most places do have our beer on tap as well for when business is slow. Reason is, with draft beer from a barrel depending on size you only have X amount of time to sell it before it´s getting too warm and be thrown away. And my roommate worked at a dog food factory and the meat quality they´re using is higher than most people can afford to buy for themselves.
Actually, if you live in a country, you usually don't value the things you have. Yes, we have many castles, and the last time I was in a castle was 55 or 60 years ago (though 17 years ago I visited Sanssouci palace near Berlin). And of course, it's convenient to have other countries nearby. When I was at school and university, I took up to five holidays a year for skiing in Austria, Switzerland, or France (Autumn, Christmas, Carnival, Easter, Whitsunday) and of course a summer holiday in Italy or Spain.
I have to admit that though we have a good public transport system, I use this less than I could. I go about three times a month to Venlo in the Netherlands, the riding time by train is 40 minutes, and since I don't live in a big city with a direct connection I have to change trains once with 20 minute waiting time, bringing the total time to 60 minutes, while the trip back is usually without waiting where I have to change. My local transport ticket (currently 49 Euro per month) is not only valid for all busses, trams, tubes, and local and regional trains all over Germany including the overhead railways of Wuppertal and Düsseldorf Airport, and some local ship lines, but I can also have rides to close-border cities in the neighboring countries free of charge, for example in the Netherlands Venlo, Nijmegen and Arnheim. I could also use the ticket for close-border cities in Poland, the Czech Republic Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxemburg, Belgium, and Denmark. But probably I'm just too lazy to travel all of the time.
But life seems to be a lot different in Germany compared to the US. Guns are usually not a thing in Germany.
One day I saw a TH-cam Video from an American who was new in Europe he described that he was in the center of a German city and noticed two boys aged 6 or 7 coming around the corner. To my surprise he expected an adult to follow coming around the corner every second. That way I learned, that in the "land of the free" children are not free.
Here in Germany, it is absolutely normal for young children to roam on their own in public spaces and use public transport like buses, trams, the tube, and local trains.
And no, we don't have those yellow school buses like you in the US because it doesn't make any sense here. After all, we have a good public transport system. So here young children learn how to use public transport on their own, and to school, they walk or use a bike and those with longer distances to school get a permanent ticket for public transport. And of course, the bus might not go directly to the school so they might have to change trams, trains, or buses. And the tickets for scholars are often also valid nationwide, so theoretically they could explore the entire country on weekends and holidays with regional trains. (The public transport ticket (Deutschland-Ticket) is not valid on long-distance trains like InterCity (IC) and InterCityExpress (ICE)).
The medical system is much different from the US.
In Germany usually all people have compulsory health insurance, which also includes close family members (children and spouse), and costs around 15 to 16 % of your income depending on the insurance company. You have the choice between probably 50 and 150 insurance companies, which by law all have to pay for all treatments specified by law. Depending on the insurance company you might get extras like courses for health, losing weight, or sports courses.
Around half of the 15 to 16% gets deducted from your salary, and the other half has to be paid by your employer by law. Unemployment insurance, pension insurance, and long-term care insurance are also mandatory and have to be deducted from the salary with 50% and the other half has to be paid by the employer by law. Only the income tax is deducted from your salary completely, so the salary you get is your net income with all duties already being paid.
By the way, the prices you see in shops or restaurants also include taxes. (Only the bottle and can deposit or the deposit for multi-use takeaway food packaging or multi-use coffee cups comes on top because that's the money you get refunded by returning the empty bottles, cans, cups, or packaging.) And the tip in the restaurant is not a necessary part of the payment, because waiters get a real wage like all workers, and the laws for minimum wage apply there, too. Therefore, some people don't give tips, give the change as a tip, or give not more than 10%.
But back to the health topic:
Ambulances are free
Doctor visits are free (including specialists)
For hospitals, you pay a co-payment of 10 Euro per day (which might perhaps cover the cost of the three meals you get), beds, and all treatments and surgeries are free.
At the pharmacy, your usual co-payment is 5 Euro, depending on the total price of the medicine your co-payment may rise up to the maximum of 10 Euro.
If you are ill and shouldn't work, you get a notice from the doctor, and you will get full payment for six weeks, if you are ill longer than that, the health insurance will pay for another 78 weeks (around one and a half years), but they might reduce the payment to 70% of your salary.
Your vacation entitlement is four weeks by law, but usually, you get more than five weeks. Six weeks or some days more are not unusual. And a difference to the US, where you can ask to get your vacation days, in Germany you are obliged by law to take your vacation days completely, you are not allowed to waive any, since vacation is mandatory to recreate yourself. If you get ill during vacation, you need a doctor's notice to get the lost vacation days back that you lost by illness. And the law says that you have to take at least two weeks of your vacation entitlement coherent. And the employer is not allowed to contact you during vacation, except in a real emergency.
If you have a high salary, very much above the average, you may decide to be released from the compulsory health insurance system and take a "private" insurance company.
That means, you get invoices for everything, have to pay those, and request a refund from the insurance.
I personally don't recommend this, since the insurance might
- refuse to refund certain treatments
- will definitely increase the insurance rate with your increasing age, and you might get a problem if you are a pensioner (because you can't return to the compulsory system)
- and your family members are not covered and might need separate health insurance.
If you are a woman and give life to a child, you can get paid parental leave. Though I'm not sure about the exact regulations, it is at least one year, and you can give some of your months to your husband to share the parental leave time, for both parents, the rule by law is that they return to the exact working place which they left. The Employer has to reserve those positions by law for the parents.
The parents get a monthly payment from the federal government of 300 Euros per child from birth to the 18th birthday, up to the 21st birthday if the child is unemployed, and up to the 25th birthday if the child is in education at a university or professional education at a company.
Schools are free, and Universities are almost free, you might have to pay an amount usually between 50 and 300 Euro per semester since every state has its own rules.
Other things I learned are that in some states like Florida, they are not teaching the real history anymore, but a fantasy history where slaves got vocational training in some sort of holiday camp to prepare them for future job careers.
Our educational system here takes a huge emphasis on everything around WWII, and often classes visit Nazi concentration camps.
The same applies to nature.
Normally, humans as well as animals get different sexual orientations by birth. How can that be a political topic, it's been the way of nature for thousands of years? Are US politicians stupid? Didn't they learn in history for example, that Roman Emperor/Cesar Elagabalus was a transgender and insisted on being a woman though he was born as a boy?
And why does Ron DeSantis have a "Don't say gay bill"?. Since people are born with their sexual orientation, they can't be successfully persuaded to become LGBTQ+ nor can conversion therapy be successful. You can force people to pretend they changed, but a real change is as possible as to force somebody to change his/her eye color or his/her blood type.
Children should be told at the age of three that people are born with different sexual orientations so that they can comfortably discover their own orientation without thinking they are a sort of teratism, which might lead to psychic diseases or suicidal tendencies.
The same applies to global warming. The "greenhouse effect" was discovered 200 years ago by one of Napoleon Bonaparte's French Revolution leaders, mathematician and scientist Prof. Joseph Fourier. It has been checked and approved by hundreds of thousands of scientists all over the world.
How can this be a political discussion topic 200 years later? How stupid can people be? (Or should I ask how so many people can be bribed by the fossil fuel industry?)
Yes, the country with the most castles is Germany! It's thought that Germany has around 25,000 castles within its borders. You should watch the video ,,this is Germany“ you can see many of them in there (the very cool ones anyway)
For comparison: There are around 4000 castles in England. Which is quite a lot.
But yeah in Germany there is literally a castle every 2 km you walk.
Sorry it's not only castles.
It's Castlesastles, palaces and manor houses.
You should have a look how many of them there are in the UK.
8:47 i think the dog food in germany have a higher quality than some food in the us
19:41 The countries with the most castles in the world are: _(by ChatGPT)_
1.) Germany (approx. 25,000)
2.) Italy (approx. 20,000)
3.) Austria (approx. 20,000)
4.) Russia (approx. 15,000)
5.) France (approx. 10,000)
6.) United Kingdom (approx. 5,000)
7.) Spain (approx. 2,500)
8.) Czech Republic (approx. 2,000)
9.) Sweden (approx. 1,500)
10.) Poland (approx. 1,000)
University IS free in Scotland, which is currently in the UK!
Currently, yes, lol.
France is just a 30-minute drive from where I live. Sometimes my family drives there shopping as you have difficulties getting some foods in German supermarkets (dove, pheasant, hare, processed chestnuts, and certain types of cheese among all the stuff I just couldn't think of). And when my husband and I were in our twenties (on occasion) we would close a night in the disco by deciding to have breakfast in Paris (it's only a 4-hour drive). I've been to all neighboring countries to Germany except for Denmark. I can confidently say that I've been to more countries in Europe than there are that I haven't visited (yet). And if Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union were still around the balance would be shifted even more.
yes please look "this is Germany (old version", at time 14:20 you will see the "Veste Coburg" where Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria, came from.
For me it's normal to drive 2 hours to the Czech Republic 4 to 5 times a year. Over the weekend or for summer vacation, but I never were in other states too. Besides the two times in Bulgaria as a preschooler.
Maybe it is different between the UK and the Central Europe. I am German and visited in the last 2 years Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Austria, Switzerland and Ireland. I love that we are so close to the borders.
I live in the south of Germany. Switzerland is a 30 minutes drive away and France one and a half hour. I often go there, it's fun to be in another country and to sleep in your own bed at night 😅. I buy nice things in french supermarkets and chocolate in Switzerland ❤
Hello Dwayne - I love your reactions about Germany. I am a german lady that moved to the USA Mississippi 18 years ago. My husband is american that stayed in germany for 15 years after getting out of the army. We moved here because he is from M.S I miss everything from germany andit is nice to see food and things from home. I was in contact with this guy for a while but he stopped posting videos. He is telling the truth and is funny. See you soon i hope.
If you live close to the border, you'll likely to spend a lot of time on the other side of that border. In my hometown it's normal to just skip across the border to go grocery shopping or go out to eat etc. And downtown you sometimes seem to hear more French and Dutch than German, just because of all the shoppers coming over and classes on school trips.
We do travel a lot on impulse, especially in our 20s.....quickly pop to Holland or Belgium for a day....Austria or Denmark.
The quality of food in the UK after leaving the EU will change to Aussie or US standards after they have the free trade agreement done... Now they must print on the food for NI " not for sale in the EU"... This says everything...
I‘m from nothern Germany. Not far to the danish border. We literally use this fact and cross the border several times a year to visit our nearest neighboors. As well we visit France at least one time a year, sometimes Poland and Netherlands. This year we were at an short holiday in the alps and have been just a few minutes from the switzerland and austrian border. So we went there, too. I would say: we really enjoy being in the center of europe. I personally visited most of the european countries over the last years. Including the eastern countries like czech, kroatia, slowenia, hungary and so on…
@dwayneslens Maybe we should switch places for a time. 😂 But seriously, I love the general attitude, the mentality, of people from the UK and I guess I'd feel especially comfortable in the North. Like Yorkshire or so. The rain, the language plus accent(s), the directness of the people, the nature, the casual cursing, the food... it sounds really lovely and down to Earth to me. :)
We have the most castles in the world. 25000
MfG from Wuppertal with the famous Schwebebahn.
And Wuppertal has the most rain ever ... period! *umbrella_kid XD
Definitively different for Germans. Everytime when there’s an elongated weekend(due to holidays and stuff) over half the people I talk to have plans to go somewhere. Some visit their families in their home country or others just go on a trip for fun. A friend of mine even has a girlfriend who lives in another country but they see each other every weekend.
I was in several countries in Europe. Norway, Denmark, France, England, Belgium, Netherlands, Suisse, Austria, Spain, Czech Republic. I live in Northrhine Westphalia near the Lower Saxony border 60km to Hanover. We do some weekend or daytrips to Netherlands or when I live in Munich I visit Austria a lot or when I live near Hamburg I was quite often in Denmark.
9:42 Yes, we do. With 25k-30k Germany has the most castles in the entire world but Slovakia has the most per capita and if you count Wales, Wales has the most per square kilometer.
Germans are known for travelling very much. In Europe I've been to Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Austria, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Ireland and UK.
It gives a wider view and its very interesting
2:20 University is NOT free in Germany. There are still bureaucratic fees every semester, housing and food isn't free, yadda yadda. We have a very decent system for financing those years, that are to pay back once you make money, and there are lots of fields that you have to pay for privately.
To call it "free" is a massive overstatement and gives the wrong impression.
Exactly. And you are fucked if you can never pay back the money for college.
Still, there is a MASSIVE difference between paying €300 in semester fees for administrative purposes and paying those PLUS between $2000 (at a mediocre local community college) and $100.000 (at a major Ivy League university) tuition PER semester (plus having in-state and out-of-state fees)! Be real!
Dwayne I 'm from Germany and I made it to all(!) our neighbours --> Czechia , Poland (Polen), Denmark (Dänemark) , Belgium (Belgien), Netherlands (Niederlande), Luxembourg (Luxemburg), France (Frankreich), Switzerland (Schweiz) and Austria (Österreich) ... and the best thing off all --> Central Europe ... and the I f***, love it!!! ... every country!
in fact the food quality in germany is so good, that even the meat in our dogfood has higher standards than the american meat sold to people.
University is not completly free..... you pay a certain ammount per semester. Healthcare isnt free at all lol. You pay around 9% of your sallery per month for that.
But that is just a small amount (includes public transport!!!) compared to other countries. I had to pay 4000 Euros per year in the Netherlands and nothing was included there.
I don't know, which european country has the most castles, but Germany has more castles than the US has McDonalds stores.
THAT is a bet I'd refuse to take. There have to be more than 25k McDonalds in the US.
@@brozy5720according to google research there are a bit over 13 400 McDonalds restaurants in the USA
Well, being a German, I've been to
Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Finnland, Denmark, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Swizerland, the Czech Republic, Liechtenstein (ok, that's basically Switzerland) ... ok, these are the European countries I've been to. And I am not a well-travelled guy.
Well, I've covered most of the southern European countries (except Andorra, Malta and Croatia), but the Netherlands was the only "northern" country so far.
Food quality in the UK after Brexit while still under Tory government for a few months... good luck ;)
Cat and Dogfood usually have a pretty high standard, otherwise the Pets would not eat that stuff.
Wiskas for example got something called "cat aceptance test" we're they test every ingredient, even the packaging, if it influences the attraction of the cats to the food.
In D we have differnet Burger Restaurants like " Hans im Glueck" or "Sissy & Franz". The quality of that is much higher then "Burger King, KFC or McD".
I travel 7 times a year. Sometimes more. I live in Germany since 2011. I understand perfectly what he says
It will take me one hour to France (my son lives at the border), 1,5 h to Luxemboug, two hours to Belgium, 3 hours to the Netherlands, 4 hours to Switzerland and Austria.
There were costs introduced for University, but it only ended in many many manifestations and was very very unpopular and we got rid of it.
13:50 - speak for yourself! Been to Portugal, France, Italy and Switzerland this year, sometimes for vacation, sometimes just for the weekend. Sounds like a you-problem to me! 😂😂😂
We have had our house unlocked day and night for twenty years now. Never had any bad company until now. Nothing stolen.
i am german guy married to a american woman, we lived in Berlin and my favorite trip always has been to Kuehlungsborn or to Prag and on the way back to Dresden!
Hey Dwayne, you could make a react on the Video "This Is Germany" lots of castles, cathedrals & Co. Best wishes from the Teutoburg Forrest 💫
Here in germany we germans like to travel. Probalby a culture thing to travel a lot. I think its mainly cultural but of course here in EU are not as many that really travel to different places but I feel like its gets more commen scince the free travel and work, but sad that you guys left the EU. Together we could achive more good and hold the bad at bay
Could'nt agree more 😢
I think one of the important points if it comes to "free" or "universal" stuff and how its "Not free, just more taxes" is that especially Ameircans somehow forget about the the whole privitasation gree being cut out. Like yes, it's financed through taxes, but in many cases it's still more affordable because the main thing being cut is the profit of big corporations. It's a point that comes up so often and people somehow believe that giant profit margins off of other peoples suffering is just... a given that can#t even be talked about, let alone challenged
We drive about 3 hours to Luxembourg every 3 months to go fishing or just to the Luxembourg border to buy coffee and tobacco there.
Concerning taxes, don't know about the UK but taxes in Germany are lower than in the US. And that's the additional mandatory payments for public health care etc. already included. I know that there are statistics otherwise, but I did a lot of comparing tax rates with American friends and Germany always came out with the lower tax rates.
Dog food (the wet stuff) is created "for human taste / standards", because if the stuff smells badly when you open the can/pack ... you wont buy it again. There is a big "research facility" for Whiskas in the UK somewhere, so the same will apply for dog food.
Dude left 3 years ago...so much for: "I will never leave!"
But he messed up somehow and had legal problems which is why he more or less fled to the States. So it was probably not voluntary. :D
@@bas1330 Good he is gone then. We have our own criminals and for sure don't need expats being them...
@@bas1330 As I remember he tuned / used a e-Bike (one you need insurance. driver's licence and street legal approvement) without insurance/approvement. Was catched and the state attorney started to invest (what is mandatory in such a case in Germany).
Then he messed with the attorney (ignored citations) and flew in panic.
Maybe he would have informed itself that in such a case (driving a speed ebike without insurance/legal approvement) for first offenders mostly ends in a fine (without beeing brought to court) and not in inprisonment or death penalty.
@@DSP16569 I told him at the time that, at worst, he could expect a moderate fine. But he panicked. I don't think he was in the best state of mind to begin with.
I left Germany 32 years ago and I never regret it. Now I am retired in the Philippines and I would never go back to Germany....
I visited a Christmas market in France as a weekend trip. I just used the trains. It was my Brazilian wife wanting to go there. I would've been fine staying in my country.
I lived 30km away from dutch border. It's normal to go to the Netherlands there. I'm now living more central in Germany and it's not common to visit other countries.
you mean not uncommon? in relation to many other countries, not just the US with just two neighbors but also Canada, Australia, Mexico, Brasil, India, China etc. is is EXTREME common to visit/fluctuate between the closer or even a bit farer neighboring countries around Germany ...
Well you were right about visiting university in the wrong country. But not because it's expensive in the whole UK. If you had gone to Scotland for your degrees there would have been no fees at all for university or college. It's just England which has such horribly high tuition fees.
Dear Dwayne, you should do some short trips to other Countries. There are many Places you could reach in short time.
F.e.: My Wife worked in Scotland (Aberdeen) for one year. She came home every Weekend to Germany or I flew to Aberdeen. For a 2 or 3 day trip it's no Problem.
University in Germany is not completely free for the students. There is a "Semesterbeitrag", a fee each semester (although it's tiny compared to the thousands of dollar in USA). I remember back in the early 2000s when universities wanted to increase the fee to several hundreds of Euro per semester there was a huge outcry not just by the students but the public so it was dropped again. Honestly, it's in a government's and the public's best interest to ensure all citizens have access to education and vocational training to the capabilities of their intelligence and skills instead of their money. So that the country has enough physicians, hospital nurses, engineers, scientists, mathematicians, IT-specialists, businesspeople, teachers, artists, writers and so on, in addition to all the other professions that keep the country and community running, from bricklayers to garbage drivers, from bakers to plumbers, you get my drift.
If those people whining about how they don't want "their" precious money taxed and the goverment using the taxes to pay for healthcare and education for "undeserving" (in their mind) people (as in, those who aren't rich) had any brains, they would realize it hurts them too if the infrastructure isn't kept intact, if their children have no kindergarden teachers, etc. And people who are injured or ill but can't afford proper care also can't work properly, children who are malnourished can't learn properly... so even people who don't care about anyone else's wellbeing should realize that in the long run it costs _less_ for the community to keep people healthy (mentally and physically) and housed.
But of course certain "Libertarians" worldwide would prefer if their privately owned corporations made profits at all cost (to the environment, to people) and not pay a living wage so that the public has to shoulders of the "hidden costs"; privatizing hospitals and prisons and turning them into a for-profit machine for these people's wet dream (the Prison-Industrial-Complex for modern slavery/forced labour which is so wide-spread in USA and China and fed by draconic laws and arrest quotas is an infamous example)
nope won't go to france on a weekend eather. we live in northern germany and plan a trip outside the country maybe once year at most. yes living in the middle of europe is pretty great but I would love to travel way more outside germany than we can manage, but also we live by the sea which is pretty great allready so I won't complain 😉
You do know that in the UK, the quality restrictions went down a lot after brexit? So you can import more US goods?
To elaborate on "free" universities: It's not ACTUALLY free, but 400€ per year (depends on the Uni). But that isn't a tuition fee. Its just for all the burocracy stufff mainly. Also for germans (obviously it doesn't apply to the video) its not really complicated to go and get started. State your ID-number and off you go basically
You'll have to show your Abiturzeugnis (GCSE), too ;)
@@tmarxde yep, you're right.
Goes without saying for me since it's your general certification of geing allowed to enter Uni (with some exceptions)
The driving in Germany is something else than the boring straight tempomat lanes in the US. 55 mpH for 4 Hours or the same distance in Germany in half the time.
Ha, yes, the travelling. Sure, I COULD probably visit other countries easily, but I don't. It seems too much of a hassle. The travelling itself is way too stressful and expensive for just a day trip or a weekend. I rather stay at home, meet with friends and/or family or read a book in my free time. My sister and one of my aunts are quite different in that respect, they LOVE to travel.
I don't know if Germany has the most castles. But Germany has only been a country since 1871. Before that, there were many, many small states that were constantly fighting each other. Since the Middle Ages. war was a permanent state. Back then, its location in the middle of Europe was a major disadvantage. The Thirty Years' War (1618 - 1648), for example, was mainly fought on "German soil". And every small prince had his castle. ☯☮
19:45 Yeah, we're kind of the template for the whole fantasy "princess in another castle" type fairytale thing.
Treat yourself and look up imagesearch for "Heide" and "Heide im Winter" - That's the German word for the Heath, the geographical area that extends at the northern coast from Poland all across northern Germany, France and even the east coast of England. Then imagine in that magical fairytale landscape suddenly a viking jumping over the hill demanding your blood as sacrifice because you insulted his god :D
Anyway, that's where the term "Heathen" comes from and what it really means: Someone native to the Heath. It doesn't have anything to do with religion, but was turned into such a slanderous word. A shame for such a beautiful place full of the all year blooming heather roses.
19:50 - As a German I'm not quite sure about that either, I know we have a lot, especially around the Middle Rhine Valley, which is a world heritage actually, But I actually think, IF there's a country in Europe that has more, it's either France or UK, but I might be wrong about that, too, just read, that Slovakia has the most castles per capita in the world...🤷♂
You are definitely wrong! I am from Germany and I can assure you that we use this freedom to travel a lot..
Apparently Italy has the most castles in Europe with 45.000, followed by France 40.000 and Ireland 30.0000. Germany places 4th with 25.000 castles. And the UK comes in at 5th place with only around 4.000 castles.
regarding the number of castles: don't forget that germany is based on many kingdoms as Bavaria, hesse, Hannover, Saxonia, Prussia etc. All these kings had several castles and their kingdoms had lords and dukes with castles of their own. Greetings from germany
My father was a person how went with us kids every month too an other country in Europa but after i got adult and he died i have no more the input too do it and that is sad. I get it but it is nice too have the possiblty too do it.
Hello :) I'm from Germany and school is not only free for the most part in Germany, it's even compulsory.😊
Sorry but do you just said that UK beer is equal to german beer? even the cheapest german bee like paderborner or so ist 30times better than your tab beer. and yes I am over 4-5 times a year^^ and have to say in 9th grade we had a school-trip to london^^ so easy traveling is so much fun. and yes we have over 25000 castles^^
German here, raised not far from Paderborn. Don't believe what he tries to tell about Paderborn beer. We always called it 'Weserpisse' / River Weser pee.
i'm french but i love dark tones in cloth ,and i just try to be simple but nice looking , too flashy kills authenticity :)
would be amazing to see/hear your german skills :D
Fun fact: Rules and restrictions in regards to processing and additives are stricter for pet foods than those for human foods in Germany.^^
edit4fun: I'm 46 and i've been outside Germany twice. Turkey and France. Okay, and Luxembourg for shopping once a year XD
To answer your question Dwayne, Germany is the country with the most castles worldwide with an approximate of 25 Thousand castles. The reason for this is not surprising. Germany has always been surrounded by potential enemies and for a very long time it was nothing but a mad collection of baronies, dukedoms and fiefdoms and every larger hill was crested with a castle. In fact the number would be way higher had Germany not been massively cut down in size after the world wars.
I love that guy, he made me laugh and I am proud as a German that he feels at home here. Sadly we do also have Germans that are less welcoming. Most of those can be found in East Germany but luckily there are many who there who think like me and welcome ethnic diversity as long as the own culture doesn't die out. I honestly hope you decide to move here Dwayne. I am not sure if you actually read all the comments, I doubt you will be reading this one since this video was made 5 months ago, but if you do and decide to opt for Germany, then I can help.
Although British or Irish beer is also very good, cold. We drink it cold. Harp Lager, Guinness, Kilkenny, there's nothing wrong with that.
Yes, I haven't been to England yet. You're right because it's an island. It's also 4 hours by car from me to Denmark, but when I'm on the Moselle, we drive to France or Luxembourg or Belgium. There are no more borders and no more controls. You drive over there like from England to Wales. I've also been to the Czech Republic and Croatia. Although France is overrated. It looks like it used to in East Germany, only a little more oriental. They have good marketing. Where we say the place is in dire need of renovation, they say it's in the classic French style. When we pour several types of wine together, it's called "adulteration." When the French do it, they call it a cuvée and act as if it's something particularly excellent.
What's great about them is the way they tell each other something. I don't understand French but I see the facial expressions and gestures. You know exactly what they're saying even though you're sitting a little away in a bistro just watching.
Funfact, he left Germany again because he had disagreements with the police.
Great Britain has about 600 castles , in Germany you can find over 2500 castles
I could name at least 10 reasons why you should leave Germany. Which I did 23 years ago.
But that's of course also a question of individual preferences.
But I experienced Germany has changed a lot to the worse in the recent years, people have become really rude.
Yes, that is the Thames at the beginning and not Germany. Yes, this guy Chris comes across as credible, but he had to leave Germany because he kept getting into trouble with the law here. He made some videos about it at the end of his YT "career". There are better channels to make reaction videos.
weired, he wants to pay extra money for getting faster into an uni but also praises that there is no tuitions, so basically he wants uni for the rich, who can pay for fast administration, lol.
totally US mindset.
In germany, we do not have tuitions, but you must still pay your home, accomodation, while in USA the tuition covers accomodation and boarding, and german students must pay , usually from age 25 up, their own healthcare, its about 180-220 euro per months, and your own food and expenses. under the age of 25, your parents have to pay your healthcare, by law.
also, not all uni are free to foreign people, they must pay a tuition. same with free treatment, foreigners who are not regisitered in social and healthcare system, get a costly bill.
the NHS is acting similar as far as i know, if one is not EU citizen or Brit, they must pay themselves all cost.
every student must pay per semester, around 6 months, around 340 euro, which is administration fee and public transit ticket for the city and the region around the city, sometimes even for the complete federal german state, like bavaria etc, depends on each uni itself.
german unis also are not like highschools, you must register for each class on your own and have selfdiscipline, there are no tutors that keep an eye on you.
US citizens hear that german universities have no tuition but still must have also free accomodation and benefits that comes with being a boading university, but german universities dont operate that way.
he basically is praising what came out of all the socialistic political fights for education, public transit, worker rights, socialistic care government etc.
if you want a careing govenment, that requires a system and that system is called burocracy, there is no other way to controll who gets what and when.
Germany is the typical "evil communist" by the US standard, lol.
sorry mate, i visited england and the only beer that was ok-ish was the irish ale, which is not even english.
i miss Britain in the European Union, hope they join eventually again. Just flying quickly over to London was easier and fun.
for the record: Germany have nearly 25,000 castles. and yes the original Disney Castle is here in Germany.
Regarding travelling ... I visit most my (as a german) neighboring countries quite often ... however ... the UK does no longer belong to those countries, because it now requires me to have a passport, so, the UK is off my personal list.
I think UK-people think more in borders than mainland-europeans, because of UK being way less connected and it is way more uncomfortable to leave the UK than leaving another country in europe. Dropping in another country here is as easy and normal like traveling across the country. From where I live I would be way faster in Amsterdam or Brussels, than in Berlin. Instead of traveling to Munich destinations like Paris, Copenhagen, Prague, Malmö, Basel or even Dover would be as close or closer. People from Munich could be in Venice or Zagreb instead of traveling to my area.
I'd rather travel by car or train than by plane. The time I would spend traveling to the airport and waiting at the airport wouldn't make the travel more comfortable or much faster.
Where is the point in staying in the homecountry besides of a potential language barrier? Due to the EU/Schengen agreement and the Eurozone we (mostly) have all the same currency, the only said destination I would really need a passport for is Dover (because UK), everywhere else I only need my ID-card.
Don't mess with German castles. Great Britain has something over 4,000 castles while Germany has around 20,000 of them.(Famously more than the US has McDonald's locations, around 14,000). Of course what this means is that Germany was historically split into tiny fiefdoms that all needed their own castles.
german here
As a child my grandparents took me to cambing trips al over europe
Italy luxembourg netherlands austria
probaply some countrys i dont even remember becouse that was all before elementary school Italy was my last trip
it comes more to money and time not that a country is further away becouse if u go somewhere u kinda wanne stay for a bit right?
and out of german vecation season was cheeper than while summer breake
so once i was in school it was too expensive to take me alonge TwT
i still dont have the money to just go if i do vecation its inside my country also due to the lack of the possibility to get a drivers lycense
In D we have about 3 to 400 murders a year. This includes all kind of stabing, shooting or menslaugher. Not about 30000 a year like in the US.
6:05 European standard beer exists; Heineken piss !
8:23 Astonishing! MCDo in Germany is already trash-what must it be in the US then?
12:58 No wonder -you live on an island ! You could probably go to Ireland for a day trip…I take my bike to go to Germany or Switzerland…
Because it *is* London. That most certainly is the O2 Arena and if you're not sure about it that clearly is St. Peter and St. Paul on the right. Also notice the pristine color of the river and the blue skies. That's not the Rhine. I guess someone mislabeled it as Frankfurt because from that angle the two actually do share some similarities in the bigger picture. Obviously not in the details.
I saw quite different statistics regarding the amount of castles. In one Germany was listed with 25000 and being no 1 (Italy 20000). But another statistic said (again) 25000 for Germany and 45000 for Italy.
A little late to the game but I beg to differ about that "staying in your country" thing ... I'm going on a trip to a different European country at least once a year (on average above two times a year) and from what I understand a lot of people from the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Germany and the likes do the same. Granted If we do see some license plates from the UK it was mostly polish people traveling from the UK home (back and forth)...
1 Drive 1 h to France. And yea I habe been to Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Denmark Romania, Italy, Spain, GB, Holland, Belgium, Sweden, France and Lichtenstein.
Germany has the most castles in the world. About 25.000 of them
But you have to be aware that not all are the castles you usually think of. Some are more like Fortifications and I guess a lot of the 25000 are more ruins than castles.
As a German I went every month with the car to a different country just for shopping
I am from Germany i travel Most time to Italy ,Spain ,Swiss ,Austria, France
Yes, your beer is good too. I often drink a Kilkenny or Guinness. But in general, European beer is definitely better than US beer. I also like Staropramen from the Czech Republic.
13:38 Germans actually do travel a lot. Not on a whim, more meticulously planned as per the stereotype, lol, but I have the impression that travelling, just like hiking and going for walks, is a cultural thing in Germany.
British beer is good, but did you ever taste Bavarian 'Weissbier'?
I have been living in the US for 18 years and married 32 years to an american but i will not become an american . I am a permed- resident with a green card. Same thing - i cannot vote here -that is the only different. I work ant pay taxes and have every right americans have. It was the same thing when my husband stayed in germany.
In Germany their are 25000 Castles but Wales have the most Castles from any country of the Earth, some people say it is the Country of Castles.