To be more precise, the football stadium that moves (Eintracht Frankfurt's stadium) is built like that by design. It has an hydraulic system installed in it to alleviate the entire structure from the pressure the fans put on it.

7:49 : Haus in Schwarz (search title) / House in Black was a 2008 public art piece by artists Erik Sturm und Simon Jung in the city center of Möhringen, Germany. The piece was meant as a farewell to the building which was slated for demolition, with the matte black paint acting as a sort of final curtain to an exterior that had recently been used by numerous street artists ... 500 Liter of black paint were needed. Greetings from northern Germany♥️🇩🇪

10:22 "We do of course have 3D-houses here, you know, relativly knew, [...]" Damn I can't emagine how tightly packed a 2D-house must have been for you all :D

The largest flower auction in the world is in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands. Where 75% of all cut flowers are traded. Greetings from Spakenburg, Netherlands.

The largest flower auction is in Aalsmeer, Netherlands. The building nearly covers the same area as Monaco. I think it would be cool for you to check out some nature/national parks around Europe. Most Americans think of cities, medieval towns, culture and history when they think of Europe, but there's some pretty awesome nature too.

Nothing is going to snap because it’s German engineering. German engineers are also in the stadium every weekend, and they care for their safety.

The car in the forefront of the gas station is a VW Typ 14 Karmann Ghia, basically a Beetle with a coupé bodywork.

German prisons have to follow the most important fundament of our constitution aka Grundgesetz, " The integrity of a human being is inviolable " and that goes for a prisoner, too.

Cochem is also in Germany a well-known and frequently visitied tourist destination. It is at the river Mosel, quite near to Koblenz, where the river Mosel joins the river Rhine. Right beside the red shining trees, you can see grapevines, as the mosel area is also a vine making area in Germany

17:29 The cars from left to right are Opel Rekord P1 (1958-1960), VW Karmann-Ghia Typ 14, Coupé (1955-1974), VW Käfer (Beetle).

The stadium is exactly functioning according to plan. The two parts are bouncing directly opposite towards each other. When the top part moves down the bottom part moves up and vice versa. This way the vibrations will cancel themselves out and the stadium won't collapse.

The "New Town Hall" in Munich (where "new" means build between 1867 and 1909 (the old one (which is still standing next to the "new" one) was build until 1475 (ad))), with it's library and towers with a great view of the city (formely used for observation of domestic fires).

Haus in Schwarz (House in Black) was a 2008 public art piece by artists Erik Sturm and Simon Jung

Based on the blue license plates (and the weird woman shapes, cones etc.) the female parking spaces are in China

That is what you call a dutch auction (invented there and used to sell flowers and vegetatables). It starts at a high price and then the price on the clock drops. the first one that presses on the button gets it for the price the clock stops at. So the quicker you press the higher chance you get it but at a higher price.. waiting might be worth it but you run the risk another bidder gets the item first.. So you need to have a really good feel for what the reasonable market price is on that day week or month for the specific product. This system makes it possible to sell big lots of plants and vegetables within in seconds to a minute. When the clock runs out and no one has bought it the lot gets removed from the market and the next lot is put up. Often vegetables that due to massive production are not sold, get sprayed with something bitter and sold for cheap/free to farmers to feed their cattle

About the flower auctions: My uncle owns a "Gartencenter", a store where he sells mostly Flowers but also decorations and all kind of stuff for garden work. He does not himself produce anything, he buys everything himself, some of it at flower auctions. If I recall correctly (last time I spoke to him about it is like 10 years ago), then they happen before work at 6 in the morning or something like that.

I live close to the castle of Hohenzollern, and I've been there some times. Did you notice the spiral shaped entrance of the castle? If any enemies tried to enter the castle they had to come through this spiral way and then have been attacked from the walls around. This was a very effective way of protecting the entrance.

The item not raised in price since 2009 is a Bims-stein or in english pumice (stone).

The library is the law library in the Neues Rathaus (new town hall) in Munich.

The tornado video is from my hometown. It was recorded in front of the wholesale market (SB Zentralmarkt). Creepy for me to see, as I'm there often, but not on that day. I was shopping in the shopping center (Südring-Center) that day.

5:20 I was there last year, this castle is amazing, the best part is that almost everything in the castle is intact and you can walk trough almost all rooms. :D

Burg Hohenzollern is one of the last castles ever built. It was built between 1850 and 1867 by Frederick William IV of Prussia. So it's only 156 years old. It was the ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern, which was the house of the German emperors. The works on Bavaria's King's Schloss Neuschwanstein, which was heavily influenced by Hohenzollern castle, started in 1869, just two years after, and finished in 1884.

Check out the “ Schwebebahn “ basically a swinging train/tram in a German City Wuppertal.

The first thing in Wiesbaden is just a fancy access to the sewerage system with a built in spiral staircase. Of course not all of them are like that, but sometimes the technical solution comes in more handy, especially if it's an important access.

10:50 that tornado video was taken in Paderborn on 22nd May 2022. That day, an F2 tornado touched down in the cities Lippstadt, Paderborn and Höxter. We do have some small tornados, but something of that scale and that damage was never seen before. Paderborn was hit worst as there were lots of people outside of that shopping centre you saw who got injured. There also was a furniture store with a glass front and the windows burst and everything got blown around on the inside. In Lippstadt, we were very lucky as there was really heavy rain just before the tornado so everybody was in some sort of shelter, except one mad postman still riding his bike through the park. He was swept off his bike and was lightly injured. The tornado went along the river and was around 500m wide, so our beautiful old town was quite badly affected and the look of the city that was preciously dominated by beautiful promenades by rivers with trees changed forever. An example of this is Friedrichstraße, a street that was very beautiful with lots of trees before and now it's just barren. New trees have been planted, but they'll take decades to grow to the size of the old ones. One of my coworkers lived there, and another parked his car there. It did not go well for the car.

The House in Black was an art project. The building was unstable and scheduled for demolition in 2008, As a final send off, the house was painted black to turn it into a sculpture. In it's stead, there is now an art gallery.

The term “flower auction” originates from the professional environment of floristry and refers to an established process at wholesale markets for flowers, where traders have the opportunity to purchase certain types of flowers. As a company that sells flowers or as a larger florist, the purchase of goods takes place on a much larger scale. Thousands of flowers often change hands at a flower auction. The flower auction is traditionally conducted as a reverse auction, i.e. starting from a high base price, the price is gradually reduced and can be followed on large auction boards. If a wholesaler is interested in certain varieties and plants, he can interrupt the auction at any time at the touch of a button and thus gain possession of the pallets currently on offer. In a flower auction, the experience of the bidder and catching the right moment are the most important factors, and this is where the special appeal of a flower auction lies. If a bidder expresses interest in an item too early, he may pay considerably more than is absolutely necessary. If, on the other hand, he decides too late to press his bid button at the flower auction, the risk of a competitor winning the bid for the goods on offer increases as the price falls. These Parkinglots are in South Korea.......we don't have blue license plates....but to be fair we have these (not in pink) also in germany for saftey reason and yes near the entrance. Since the 1990s, studies have documented that many women feel unsafe in public spaces because they fear sexual assault and violence. This restricts their freedom of movement: For fear of being threatened or harassed, many women avoid certain spaces, especially in the evening and at night. Urban planning changes to so-called fear spaces, such as parks, underpasses, parking lots at freeways and airports, multi-storey and underground parking lots, have led to the creation of women's parking spaces, among other things. These are usually closer to escape routes and exits, more brightly lit or located within camera range and are thus intended to increase women's sense of security and promote their mobility. Women's parking spaces are now standard in many cities.

17:13 That's a VW Karmann-Ghia Coupe. It was built on the chassis of the Beetle.

On the subject of "Hohenzollern Castle": in 1990, my school class (6th grade) was one of the last to have the privilege of spending their two-week school trip to the castle. During the Cold War, the House of Hohenzollern made it possible for the "poor children" from the "front city of Berlin" to stay at the castle. That was one of the experiences I will never forget. On our way home, there were suddenly no more border controls between West and East Germany. Cheers to the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. Long live freedom. Greetings from Berlin (West).

7:50 - House in Black was a public artwork created by artists Erik Sturm and Simon Jung in 2008 in the city center of Möhringen. The work was intended as a farewell to the building that was to be demolished. The matte black color served as a kind of final curtain. 17:28 - Karmann Ghia Coupe.

We recently had a Show in Germany in KZfaq and Twitch, "Bau die Burg" where castles are rebuilt in minecraft and Hohenzollern was the final episode.

We haven't changed milk prices since last week. But somehow the bottle volume went down by 100ml, fat content down by 0.5% and there are seven more unpronounceable chemicals in the mix. Business as usual.

Depending on where you're at in Germany, the occasional summer storms bring in some really bad weather and cold temperatures. Hail is usually a sign of tornado warnings. Germany, and I think closly following the Czech Republic are the tornado hot spots in Europe. I had the pleasure of an F3 tornado going over my garage. And of course the pleasure of doing the roofing two weeks later whilst it being 35°C / 95°F. *sigh* Good times, gooood times. The video you saw was in my hometown, Paderborn. The video was filmed about 350 feet away from my garage.

The "Hohenzoller-Castle" is the castle of the family of the last german emporer. The family still lives there.

We actually have two surfing waves in Munich. This one is on the Eisbach right next to the Haus der Kunst (art museum) in the center of the city at the southern end of the Englischer Garten (the big central park). We also have shops for surf gear and anything else you might need. You sometimes see people with surfboards on public transport or bicycles with surfboard racks...😅

Hohenzollern is even cooler when you see where exactly it is built. Now it´s not in a Towns center, but it has Villages around it, and it sits on top of a Lonely Hill in the Middle of some plains. That is PEAK MEDIEVAL FANTASY, with the only thing missing it being the Towncenter, some High-town/Low-Town going on around, and a Big City Wall.

I've been to Cochem for vacation many times. The shot was taken from a high bridge with on one side a very good pizzaplace, very popular. On the other side there's a big hotel with a very rich menu, like 100 dishes to choose from, it's incredible. The inside of the place is decorated with oldskool military stuff, pre-guns like javelins and such, very cool.

9:02 Greetings from a Person living in Reutlingen. It was a crazy "only local" Hailstorm and hit only the City central. I life in one of the outside districts and there was only Rain. I wanted to take the Bus to the City to buy groceries and wondered why the Bus didnt show up in Time. Then on the other Site of the Street came the Bus from the City (The Bus drives to an Endpoint and turns around and comes back) and People got out the Bus. One of them explained to me that the Hailstorm brought so much Hail that some passages under the Bridge or even Roads were blocked.

@9:30 more then 25 years back hail debark several trees at my grandpas house, it was fist sized and turned the garden white.

FunFact: The first helmets for firefighters at the beginning of the 20th century were produced by companies who normaly produce diving equipment

Hanover has it's surfing wave, too. We have the river Leine and so it's called Leinewelle (Leine wave).

This manhole thing you can also find in Vienna, Austria. If you choose to take the "Third Man Tour", you will be entering the underworld exactly via such a hole with those tiangular flaps or shutters. I have been to Hohenzollern, when I was a kid, 30 years ago. In Austria we have also those women parking spots but we have also some for families, who need to open car doors more wide to fasten their children in their baby seats or to unload baby carriages. But we definitly have none for seniors or war veterans. Most war veterans in Austria would be to old to drive cars anyway. Cheers!

The Dutch/German Tornado Alley is real. But the strongest Tornado in recent years was the F4 in Czech Republic

11:05 Some numbers on tornados in Europe: On average a tornado occurs about 250-300 times a year. In the US this number is around 1250. The big difference is that tornado in Europe are mostly very weak. 95% of all tornados in Europe were F2 or weaker.

17:28 On the left, an Opel Rekord P1. In the middle, a VW Karmann-Ghia Type 14. On the right, a VW Käfer/Beetle Type 11.

That flower auction looked suspiciously Dutch to me. If it definitely is German, I'd place it near the Dutch border. The peculiarity of the Dutch auction method is that instead of multiple people bidding and driving the price up, the price begins high and ends when the first bid is made.

the library is also in munich. the juristische bibliothek in the town hall. we have two waves in munich, one in the englischer garten, and one (the oldest) by the so called flosslaende

7:50 When the programmer forgets to add textures to the mesh. "Allan, please add details."

5:23 I never saw Burg Hohenzollern like that. Great perspective. I flew once around it in a small plane. Visited it twice (first time as a pupil in first or second grade). The crown of Wilhelm II (last German Emperor) is there on display. The current building actually is not that old, it was built in 1850.

17:22 This was an ARAL gas station in Bochum, directly in front of the oil company's headquarters.

Car at 17:30 is a 1965ish Karmann Ghia. Based on a VW Beetle. Best regards from Germany.

P.S.: the black house in Möhringen was going to be torn down, that's why it was painted in black by 2 artists. It stood like that for 18 months or so.

Essen, my hometown 😍 The photo was taken at the shoreline of „Baldeneysee“, a reservoir in the river Ruhr. The dam and hydroelectric powerplant were built in the 1920s to fill Essen‘s demand for drinking water and electricity, since Essen was one of the major industry centers in Germany. You have probably heard of the company Krupp that built most artillery pieces in the German armies from the mid 1800s to the end of WW2. Unfortunately that was a reason for several severe USAF and RAF air raids wich left the Krupp factories with minor damages but destroyed about 98% of the civilian surroundings including Essen‘s old town, which dated back about 1,200 years.

4:13 this is interesting discovery, not only for the sword, but the possible battle had got that person finded and their equipment

Germany had a lot of those stylish fuel stations, I suppose the different oil companies were competing to create the most eye catching structure.

17:53 The mystery car on the right is a VW Karman Ghia II. It is based on the VW Beetle platform so has the air cooled VW flat four as well. It was sold in the USA as well, but probably was considered to be just too small by most. The mystery car on the left is an Opel Olympia Rekord, ancestor of the Opel Rekord which in turn preceded the Opel Omega in Germany. If I remember right that picture was taken in Düsseldorf. These big pre-stessed concrete roofs for fuel stations were were all the rage back then, I still saw many of them in my childhood in the Seventies. They became unstable before long, most hardly lasting 20 years. There's an old rivalry between Düsseldorf and Colonian carnival clubs that has become the source of many jokes, by the way. I recently had an issue with Google Maps (Well, who doesn't? 🤨) and almost ended up in Düsseldorf. I told a friend from Cologne about the situation. "I've no clue what happened there", I said. He replied "Did you get angry at your nav and shouted at it to go to hell?" I liked that one. 🤗

5:10 Hohenzollern was an old noble family and in every larger German city there is actually a street named after it. In my city, for example, it is called Hohenzollernring, and it is a relatively large street.

02:17 nothing more badass than a Pippi Longstocking chant 😊

That stadium can take an earthquake like a boss! The middle car at the gas station is a Karmann Ghia which was a coupe based on the underpinnings of the VW Beetle and aimed to fill the gap with the Porsche 356. The model was also built in Brazil as well and the US was one of the more important markets for the model. The left car is most likely an Opel Olympia 1958 model, the funny thing is that it is a new car but there is already a distinct colour tone difference between the door and the rest of the body, already had been involved in a crash and a subsequent repair poorly done?

The flower auction in Germany looks impressive, but the largest and most modern flower auction - by far- is Royal FloraHolland in The Netherlands in Aalsmeer. That same company also is 25% stakeholder in the flower auction in your video. In the background above the clocks you see the name 'Veiling Rhein-Maas'. Veiling is the Dutch word for auction.

In Holland they do the same for flowers too.

Those auctions are mostly a dutch thing and i didn't know there were any like that in Germany. They work using these price clocks which count down from a high price to zero. The first person to press the button gets the deal. The customers are resellers. Nowadays these auctions actually happen mostly online and no longer in person in a room.

07:40 that's a pumice stone, the volcanic stone some people use to scrub hard skin. It could be thousands of years old, so it's unlikely to go off 😁

2:21 simple answer, if it was open for the next game after this was seen you can expect it to be ok

The manhole cover is RARE in Germany, but you can see them in action in ... *_"The Third Man"_* with Orson Welles ... in Vienna.

5:30 Hohenzollern Castle....just 20 minutes away from my home...

16:06 Fascinating, parking spots for lamp shades.

A little thought for "The Furiani disaster" refers to the collapse of a south stand of the Armand-Cesari stadium (located in Furiani) which took place on May 5, 1992 in Furiani during the semi-final of the Italian Cup. France football 1991-1992 between SC Bastia and Olympique de Marseille, causing the death of 18 people and injuring 2,357 spectators.

1:50 that are the fans of Eintracht Frankfurt the stadium is so constructed for safety because in Italy at may 1985 between the match Liverpool vs Juventus Turin the tribune broke and 96 people died

Yeah that stadium is built to absorb the energy. Like at car: you have these things at wheels to absorb energy to not feel every bump

11:18 Tornadoes are more common in Germany per area than they are in the US and iirc, Wales gets the most per area but that goes for entire countries. The US as a whole is rather varied, so while you will probably never see a tornado or water spout in certain areas in the US, the American Tornado Alley is certainly still the specific area (ignoring borders) that gets the most tornadoes and the most violent, too. Although I think that statistic includes waterspouts, which outnumber tornadoes making landfall in Europe by a bit (again iirc).

17:29 It's a Volkswagen-Karmann-Ghia "coupé" based on a VW Beetle chassis.

That shop prize is I think in entire EU, where I live they show last lowest price to prevent fake promotions and sales.

5:42 Essen means eating or meal in English, which is quite funny, And Essen is in the Ruhr area, where coal was mined until the 80s and 90s and it's actually very multicultural and unfortunately not such a nice city anymore, but you often find trees like this in Germany, bending up over the water.

Wiesbaden (German city near Frankfurt) = VEES-BAH-DEN (approx. pronunciation in English)

"Bimsstein" (pumice stone) is used to remove calluses from the foot...

Last image of Cochem: The narrow parts of the river Rhine and Moselle are just something else. Houses had to be built in a line on the narrow area between hills and river banks. So, often it is just one road that covers the whole village. ^^

I use to work at Adelaide produce market years ago and storm came through.market has humungus canopy verandahs the size of two or three soccer pitches and this huge structure bending and flexing I said to my boss at the time I'm not driving my forklift under those canopies. The security at market said your o.k they were designed to flex. It was an awesome spectacle to witness. 👍🇦🇺🤠

3D printed houses for the most are still experimental or conceptional and far from common yet. Tornadoes around here are way more common than most people think, but while very locally they cause severe damage, they are no comparison in size what the US experiences frequently. Those women parking spots are not in Germany from the picture, but yes, we have them. As you mentioned usually close to the entrance, staircase or even a guards offfice. Usually also well lit, at least camera surveilance. They came up with the concept quite a while ago after regular attacks on women in dimly lit parking garages. That gas station is a thing of the past. Not sure how old that picture is. Most gas stations of that vintage and design are no longer gas stations today. sometimes small stores for beveragges took over, sometimes small sort of diners, most often those fell into disrepair and got torn down one day.

G'day Ian, good stuff, this has got nothing to do with this clip just saw something world's largest fuel tanker in Australia, big Kenilworth with a Cummins motor, thought you might be interested. Keep up the good work, take care. Tony from Oz

Watching this from Essen, Germany 😊 but don’t be fooled. That is a very very well taken photo hahaha 😜

8:50 that black house was torn down in 2008 or 2009 and was only painted black before because of that.

Here in Croatia in bigger supermarkets we also have marked last time the price has changed and what it was.

The car at the fuel station is a VW Karmann*-Ghia (1955-1974, 1,2-1,6l and under 1t) also nicknamed as the 911 for the secretary. In the 1950s, its performance was still acceptable, but in the 1960s or even 1970s, the car was underpowered for its price. *Karman factory in Osnabrück wich has build many cars for VW and Porsche, mostly cars with lower production numbers and cabriolets. Karman had a car productin line, but the line was not running at the speed like those at the other car manufactoring plants, so they had more time for individual fittings and smaller production number cars.

We have also only parking spots for Familys at Supermarkets and Stores.

9:34 In Reutlingen it hailed a very lot this day so it looked like snow

last picture of the Cochem Castle is heavily post processed/edited though.

18:44 Every year in the autumn holidays I had to go with my parents to either the Moselle or the Rhine And Cochen is a very famous little town or village where I have been almost every year. Super boring for children. But for parents of course a bit more interesting because there is delicious wine and delicious regional food. But for children it is an absolute horror to spend the holidays like that but the castles were always very interesting.

The 1958 car that you pointed out was a Karmann Ghia (VW).

Funfact, I live near this castel and never ever went there and I am almost 65 year old. I do know, that wealthy Japanese/Asian couples come here to marry, including a coach with livreed driver, a dinner etc.. I mean THAT at least is a memory for ages. Elmar from Stuttgart

That fuel station was a common design back than, and recently got renovated after receiving monumental protection like many old buildings to protect the design of cirtain time periods. I is in Hamburg and now is a restaurant, where often vintage car owners meet. The beautiful coupe is a VW Karman Ghia

The US don't have a monopoly on cool stuff from the 50s 😉😁

2:32 This YT video could be interesting: "Germany: Low Crime, Clean Prisons, Lessons for America | Jeff Rosen | TEDxMountainViewHighSchool" 5:42 The reflections in the water are a reminder of the Devil's Bridge or Rakotz Bridge in Kromlau Park in southwest Germany near the Polish border. It is the most photographed bridge in Germany.

At the Gas Station the 3 cars are the beetle/bug that you identified, the similar coloured car in front is also a rear engined air cooled VW called a Karman Ghia, the car behind that I think is some model of opel rekord ( Vauxhall victor fe in the UK) keep up the great work Ian 👍

9:35 its small ice balls in Europe we have strorms in summer with this last one was in Gniezno - Poland this balls are small but sometimes they are like golf balls - make a lot of destruction

0:30 dude spoke in parseltongue and opened the chamber of secrets!

Livraria Lello is one of Porto's most emblematic neo-Gothic buildings. For years, the Lello staircases were also considered locally to be the supposed inspiration for the bookshop where Harry Potter met Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, as J.K. Rowling once lived in the city of Porto. However, in May 2020, J.K. Rowling denied this alleged inspiration, stating that she never entered the bookshop.

If you’d like to know more on flower auctions, you could search for Royal Flora Holland. Doesn’t get more hectic at an auction than that. Especially because time is of the essence.

that surfing river is called the eisbach which means icecreek... you are save from sharks but its really really cold

Hohenzollern Castle is great to look at. It is the family seat of the Hohenzollern family, one of the most important German noble families and te family that held the title of "Kaiser" in the 2nd Reich. But it is not old. It was actually built in the 19th century, from 1850 onwards and was more like a Prussian Disney Castle (the Hoenzollern family had become kings of Prussia by then, so yes, a Prussian Disney Castle in Swabia) - not unlike Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, the model for the actual Disney Castle.