Yea, german food tends to be a bit meat and potato - heavy. The reason's simple: Historically Germany didn't (and does not) have the richest soil for grain growing (at least not wide spread), meaning that life stock like cows and pigs played a big role in food production from the get go, hence the great variety of sausages. With the introduction of the potato, which likes to grow on sandy, poor soils, the problem of carb rich foods was history and because grain was somewhat rarer than elsewhere, it was more cherished and many different kinds of bread and beer emerged from that. Add a few sorts of cabbages to that (e.g. for making Sauerkraut of it) and you have typical german food in a nutshell.

@Retroxyl And now the fun facts: Depending on the preperation/cooking, there is an even richer color diversity with Grünkohl which can also be brown ("Braunkohl") and Rotkohl which can have a blue color ("Blaukraut") depending on the pH value. God, I love Grünkohl.

@Retroxyl It becomes brownish when it is cooked with bacon and smoked sausages that give some of their liquid to the cabbage. No diet food!

I believe the most traditional dishes that are cooked, look a little bit bland, when they are without tomatoes or bell peppers. Colorful German dishes: Rote Grütze, Möhren- und Kürbissuppe. 😉

@Retroxyl It is just a question of where you are-, in Hamburg, we call it Grünkohl, in Bremen its Braunkohl, in Oldenburg its Grünkohl.....

Great point! I also wanted to say that. It's like Bismarck said, public transportation should never be privatized

You know that the Deutsche Bahn AG is still 100% owned by the state, right?

@@MmeGraceO Interesting how you can buy Deutsche Bahn AG shares. How does that align with 100% still being owned by the state? I have some problem understanding that concept of being able to buy shares of a 100% state owned company. Please explain. /sarcasm off

The Problem is not privatization. It's privatization without suffiecient market competition. The DB has pretty much a monopoly on transportation by other than car or plane. That's why they can get away with offering lackluster service. Nevertheless Im against privatization of basic needs and infrastructure like roads and water. But at the same time one also has to acknowledge that food is a basic need and there private companies do a great job. So it's not all black and white, I guess.

@@huddrez99 I have to disagree, working for a public transportation company I can tell you its nothing profitable and I should not be. Maintenance is expensive, needs specialists and the sector you cater to is supposed to have it for cheap. Its not about making profit, but allowing people to move, so its about cutting costs. (Part why things are so run down in most places) The only profit comes from a few high frequency lines and those cant cover the costs for the smaller unattractive lines, but allow for story about how this one company is so successful as they bought transit rights and use the lines for a fee, plus most other services. Even though most is still paid by the state. Competition means very little, if the initial costs of a new line is in the hundreds of millions, just to acquire the land rights (introducing even more costs) and then have the little 5000 people town pay for that with tickets? Or the city of 50.000 behind them? What are those tickets supposed to cost? Who will ride that line? Even in Japan where everybody is praising the dozen of competitors are mostly state owned in a way and pretty much no one of them makes money with tickets. Japans urbanization plan gave the rail companies a lot of room. Literally. They own pretty much all land adjacent to the rails earning rent or having side businesses. Even the DB is losing money with tickets, cargo is where the money is. There is no way to make a big profit and make public transport affordable. Even if it was somehow profitable, expanding is a nightmare, buying the land, setting rail, fulfilling the quotas. Competition is nearly impossible to maintain. One makes more money and takes over. As seen, again and again. In my honest opinion, Public transport should be free any way. Like with water, its not about profits! Profits mean, very few selective lines, cutting costs, cutting wages, selling tickets at high prices and screw the country side.

tbh, bayern is more austrian than german

what a load of crap

@@valentinhofmann951 ah ein bayer

well you can say the same about Baden-Würtemberg as well in regards to the Swabian part.

@@dr.johnh.watson2444 baden würthemberg is rather is pretty german though isnt it?

du hast doch nicht ernsthaft vor der pandemie leute gefragt, ob sie ein bisschen abstand halten können? :/

@@belipe_belipe_belipe doch, hab ich .

@@belipe_belipe_belipe Und warum nicht????

@@miss_ding Internet tut dir nicht gut. Deine Birne ist komplett vernebelt, also bitte verbreite hier nicht so einen Schmutz.

@@miss_ding ...außer du hast sie schon mit dem kommentar dumm verarscht, wenn da ironisch gemeint war.

YEP! best thing ever, with Coroni as well. And it keeps them from constantly bump in your heels with their carts. That is the most annoying thing in a German supermarket.

Just feign wheezing for breath. Keeps them at bay these days.

I, as a German, like the distance as well and if someone comes to close, I just ask to keep distance. This works usually. Just be straight 🙂

@@stephantrzonnek1720 that's what I do, too. I hate people pushing at the check out.

Why have I never noticed that? So weird. I moved to the US when I was 31 (20 years ago) and this never occurred to me. The same with the staring. I had an argument with a friend in Germany who insisted they are not staring and that this is BS. It was a bad fight with yelling but I believe Germans stare. I think next time I have to be in Germany I will pay attention to the distance and the staring and see if this is really true. I do notice when German friends come and visit me, they walk through crowds like a bull in a china shop without apologies and care. I immediately put a stop to that behavior.

Or smile back. This would be so confusing..

I like to wave as a reply to their staring. Makes them even more insecure. (Should I know this guy? Why is he waving??? 😂) BTW: My very first (but non-cultural) advice would be to aware of the higher voltage (220V) compared to the USA, potentially destroying some electronic devices.

Soooo true about the Bahn and the RETURN THE DEATH STARE !!!

And I'm sure this applies everywhere: just because the departure platform's number is just one away from where you arrive does not mean they're right next to each other. E.g. in Munich Central Station the "main" platform area starts at platform 11, because 1-10 are about 100m away (presumably where the station started out 100 years ago before expanding), now used for less-frequented, regional train lines. So you'll arrive at 11 and will stare at a brick wall with no idea where 10 is 😉 I've seen the same for more rural stations where platforms 1 and 2 are at one place and 3-x are a bit of a walk away because they were added later.

@@sourcererseven3858 That’s a good point. At least Deutsche Bahn offers maps of all German train stations in the app „Bahnhof live“ (and most probably also somewhere on their website). These maps seem to be quite accurate (in contrast to some maps of providers of regional public transportation, which I even found to be completely wrong in a few cases). One important matter which is not known very widely: The departure time is the time for „wheels turning“, and not for „closing doors“. Therefore, in case of a departure at e.g. 7.00 a.m., the conductor may already close the doors at 6.59 a.m. This can make a huge difference when you are running out of time. You also should take into consideration that switching from a lower ranking regional train to a higher ranking ICE bears even more risk of a lost connection than vice versa as a regional train may sometimes wait for a high speed train (sometimes simply in order to keep the track available for its faster journey if both go in the same direction), but the faster train nearly never will wait for travellers from a delayed slower train. And: When running out of time, always enter the next train as fast as possible. Seeing you walking along a train (e.g. in order to find the coach for which you made a reservation) may make the train conductor guess that you do not want to board it, and he may close the doors right in front of your eyes. But don’t get too frustrated by all these warnings; the overall quality of public transportation in Germany is very good, and especially for travelling long distances to bigger cities I often prefer it over going by car.

hahahahahaha nice :D

Back in the days we had a saying: "Pünktlich wie die Eisenbahn" - which translates into "punctual like the/all train/s" ... But since they privatized the Deutsche Bahn, traveling by train sucks. Everyone is complaining about this everyday.

Pfand, use your own bags, cycle more, forget Starbucks and eat Knoppers!

@@PeterM_K I once made the mistake of sitting in my car in a German parking lot with the engine running. It was super hot and I wanted the air conditioning. The car had Italian license plates. I quickly got a knock on the window and was told in very good German accented English, "In Germany we don't run the car while waiting."

# 14 =😂😂😂😂😂🚗🤦

@@charnestours1948 honestly I'm surprised somebody bothered enough to let you know haha

@@charnestours1948 really? Wow, there you encountered a german karen. Normally no one will give a fuck xD

Yes I agree😄

Exactly. When i was in india the staring made me often feel uncomfortable. This is definitely not a thing in Germany.

I would guess it's a foreigner experience maybe?

As a black German I can approve that German stare wayyy to much

And remember: The long distance/high speed train won't wait for your delayed local connection, while the local connection will wait for the long distance train (making the chances of a delay on regional train even bigger) So you might need to go one (local) train earlier to be sure. "Usually" deutsche Bahn is ok, but hey might get a really bad day. (Like yesterday where I had 2 h delay on a 1:40 h trip)

and if you missed your train - check the local connections on the charts. There might be another late train, that's still in reach.

Well, for me it's unpayable to book a seat, so I wouldn't recommend doing that. Instead I recommend to book the train as early as possible!

Honestly? Just take drives from blablacar by now. You are gonna be cheaper, mostly faster and you have someone to talk to on the ride

However, very often, the wagon where your booked seat would be is not contained in the train. So the money was for the trash bin. Deutsche Bahn will not pay the money back (because they say it's peanuts).

Living in Regensburg with a very active living history scene it's save to say, you can even be a Roman legionary here nowadays. The highest risk is tourists wanting to take photos with you all the time. You just should refrain from trying to distribute 'Pax Romana' all the time. This could rub some people the wrong way.

I agree, we have the best stare

I was wondering about that, too. And about the personal space thing. I remember my first trip to Morocco in 1995, where this personal space is much smaller than in Germoney. It felt really uncomfortable. Especially when i first didn't know it, i thought everybody was gay. But for both things, i think the other way around you don't notice it so easily.

@@caroliensche13 why would they be gay lmao😂

@@ninatheinkling5748 That was the feeling i had, when everybody came so intimate close (in Morocco, everybody you met back then was male).

Lol Not likely he probably enjoys being in a LDR (long distance relationship). Would hate having the girlfriend there 24/7 demanding his time & attention, distracting him from football, working out, YT and now looking after his younger brother. Laura will have to be content with being a much lower priority with him. She seems happy to make all the sacrifices for him and only having a few scraps of his time.

@@gtgt9912 I am sure she would feel good about your comment. 👎 Sie ist kein Abstreifer! 🙄😒

Dear God please not!🙄

@@mikeymike437 Agree - it will be bad for his productivity and change the channel vibes for the worse if she’s there all the time. Hate it if Nalf channel becomes a couples lovefest thing. Urghhh 👿🤮🤢

We are talking about America. "Why do you hate America?" for being open and curious. Simplyfied but true.

@@madrooky1398 huh? WE were talking about Germany, nobody hates America, and a curio is a piece of furniture. Simplified AND true. sleep on my doozy of a friend

​@@uliwehner Grammar Nazi? You know exactly what i meant. ...talking about Germany from an american perspective. And sure, many people hate America. What are you even talking about? But thats not what i was saying. If you dont understand my comment, you might ask. Being an asshole is not making you look smart^^

@@madrooky1398 I also didn't get it. Did you mean, people hated America because it is open and curious? In which sense?

​@@Freestylefisch Its about patriotism so strong, that it hurts when fellow countrymen like other countries.

Die haben dort auch nicht unsere Fahrschule durchlaufen :D

Totally my experience, too. To be fair I was driving in one of the craziest states in the US....Florida. In other states it is less bad.

i think you was refering to speeding on the autobahn if you are going really fast. If you do this, you have to be focused and there will always be a faster one... even if you go 200+ kmh. Its fun but its still dangerous - so be focused

I sometimes watch a friend on discord who streams gis commute in America and wowwww Americans can’t drive at all

@@MaticTheProto no wonder. in most states you just have to pay a fee with no real test for the driver license at all.

I think he his hiding something, he is from US and they are mostly religious people , thats why he likes southern Germany more!

Ironisch gemeint hoffentlich

Southerners are not really arrogant, they only talk too much in their strange dialect. Northerners are rather quiet but when they have a party, they show their real temperament.

We're not one bit more arrogant than the northeners, you just like latching onto it when you notice it

Were not arrogant, were just better than the north and know it

Annoying for both, of course. I'm absolutely sure Nick will have his fun too annoying his little brother. ;-)

he is broken-in down South, you are not going to change him anymore.

@@berndhoffmann7703 😄 You're probably right... he'll never know what he's missing though. 😉

Old Germans stare a lot.

Compared to Americans Germans do "stare". But that also has to do with what is considered "staring". Watching somebody intently on the street thinking something like "oh, I like that leather jacket, I should get something like this myself" or "I wonder if I, too, could pull off dread locks" is considered completely fine in Germany, whereas it might be considered agressive or creepy in the US.

@@meckerhesseausfrankfurt4019 I agree. I think we stare and don't even notice it because we're doing it unconciously.

yup same. musste ich hier auch mal in den kommentaren anmerken

Ich würde da noch mal zwischen starren und glotzen unterscheiden... Jemanden anschauen ist nicht das gleiche wie wenn ein alter Dude einen jungen Hüpfer angeiert.

@@miss_ding Your opinion. I think it's a short word to use, summing up the devices versatility. I have also noticed some american as well as british people to begin using it. The word seems to be quite handy. :).

@@beatus72 No Americans say handy. I'm an American.

@@beatus72 I would be very surprised if they had started using it in the way we do. In english "a handy" is a handjob usually lol

So accurate

Hmm it depends where you go in Germany in regards to them insisting on speaking English to you. I was living in a city east of Berlin and now just south and I am extremely surprised if I encounter anyone who even says a word to me in English. It definitely didn't happen at all in that first city. Sure it's an Eastern thing for the older generation who learnt Russian as a second language over English but the English level for young adults and people who now learn it from a very young age is astoundingly low. Even my brother in law and his wife who learnt English all their lives have probably spoken a maximum of three English words to me. And I am still slowly trying to grasp speaking German so it's not because I am fluent.

If he's only hear for a couple of weeks or months he doesn't need to bother learning German, but if he is planning on staying longer he should learn German as everything will be in German and instead of asking for help for every little thing people will expect you to learn German yourself.

Even if people speak back to you in English you should still learn German. You want to be able to understand what everything written around you means, read information, watch TV and just understand people. If you don't understand German you'll always be at a disadvantage, dependent on others and a bit like a child. And when your German gets good enough they will stop answering in English.

@@fernebrown8083 I had some American colleagues visiting Hamburg for job training. They told me how surprised they were that there are no problems at all and how some clerks even approached them in english without them having said anything. But well it's Hamburg, i'm pretty sure people here are dealing with international Tourists quite often :D

Wir im Norden haben so einiges zu bieten.

@@ullakroger7866 dafür haben wir im Süden den Größten (Ulmer Münster und so)

@@Disturbed666METAL Hamburg is beautiful!!!!!

@@ullakroger7866 das meine ich aber auch !

@@Disturbed666METAL dann komm mal nach Lübeck mit ihren Kirchen und dem Dom !

Aber soooo schön!

@@sisuguillam5109 Fifty shades of grey!

@@hannahanna649 😂

Don't forget the Rotkohl....

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Nichts geht über Thüringer Klöße :)

Clearly, metric is the better system. And yes, I'm german xD

@@LuisHofmann 😂 Me too. I guess it’s also easier to memorize.

​@@StarliteJem Fortunately, the common measures are not too far apart: a liter is about the same as a quart. The German "Pfund" is not that far from an American pound. You get used to the metric length measures quite quickly. 100 km per hour is about 62 miles er hour. If you have taken science courses in school, the metric system is what is used, not the English. All American cars now use metric fasteners, so Americans are forced to be familiar with metric tools. I can't say that the metric system bothered me much during my 3 years living in Germany.

@@arvedludwig3584 You mean the difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit? Good luck 😂

Which system is being used in football? I assume the American one.

then you are much like us danes a bit further to the north!

@@Thedane2023 I am from north Frisia so basically a Dane. ;)

That's probably why he prefers the south.

@@arvedludwig3584 If the guy is unlucky, he'll get even a shower from the automatic fire exstinguisher. (Bringning the train to a stop for sure)

@@arvedludwig3584 Never tried ;-) In my case it was a ultra modern local train. And;: No, didn't try there either - just got affected by it...

Yeah it's just called being polite. We don't care about you really. But I personally think you have to earn the right to be more forward and rude to someone but you know them lol. It is very very rude to be well rude to a stranger. With a friend you know you can be more blunt basically. With someone you don't know.. well it really depends on the situation. Thats just how I do it. I was suprised when I went to Hawaii and found the "friends" of my friend who I went to visit basically didn't do this. They said a lot of insulting things that I just couldn't believe you could say to a practical stranger. Like saying pretty insulting things about my looks even if they meant it as a joke. Just my personal experience. Big country lots of people. We all do it differently.

I am glad to see that It's slowly phasing out, but of course what strikes me with utter amazement every time is how badly it's still handled within DB trains. They are of course supposed to have a card reader with them, but the amount of times where they simply hadn't one or are openly annoyed if you ask them for it, is maybe the thing I could complain most about. And that's saying something.

@@totaleNonale The DB staff is easily annoyed.

@@totaleNonale actually I’m glad they don’t have bc paying with a card is so dumb. Cash is the queen

@@hannahanna649 I also think it permeates the whole company and not only the service people, since I was at an job interview for them once and got literally yelled at because I don't have a drivers license and don't want to get one. Apparently their office didn't really screen for it as a requirement and they had a whole day of this before me, but still it shows how unprofessional and impolite they are as a whole. You would also think that a transportation company would have ways for their employees to get to work but hey, at least I got to pay them for the ticket to and from getting yelled at.

@@totaleNonale Two days ago I took the RailJet from Munich to Vienna. Until Salzburg there was German staff, yelling at two Chinese men who accidentally sat in the first class wagon and then telling me, like a grandfather tells his grandchild, to put my handbag under the seat because somebody (guess who?) could stumble over it. From Salzburg to Vienna, super friendly Austrian and Hungarian staff.