The narrator actually said Germany is known for WWII and Oktoberfest. That's a bit like saying the US is known for the statue of liberty and McDonald's. True, but an absurd pick.

"They're not known for music." Anyone else hear the rumble of great composers turning in their graves? Germany is very much known for its music, classical and modern.

The Cologne cathedral was started in 1248, but building was halted in the years around 1560, unfinished. Work did not restart until the 1840s, and the edifice was completed to its original Medieval plan in 1880. And no, not everyone have dryers. We have lines inside for winter. Also, China wasn't an enemy of the US during WWII, Japan was.

I mean historically speaking Germany is kind of known for music (Beethoven, Bach, Händel, Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Wagner...) and it is still the third biggest music market in the world But you are right many Germans today say that they don't like German music (often meaning music with German lyrics or/and referring to Schlager (I am also not a fan but it can be a banger when you are drunk at a party XD). But I think there are still German singing/rapping artists that are worth listening to (Annenmaykantereit, Kraftklub, Danger Dan, Rammstein, Alligatoah, Alli Neumann, Taby Pilgrim, KIZ...) and also really popular German artists that perform in English (Zoe Wees, Milky Chance, Zedd, Felix Jaehn, Alice Merton...)

The Berlin building that looks like a museum with the dome you can climb is the German Parliament, like their Capitol, called the Reichstag. It was restored when East & West Germany were reunited, and the domed roof was a later addition by Norman Foster.

14:15 We have dryers in Germany. Note that, many of us don't like to use them during summer for fairly obvious reasons (it could heat up the room making it very uncomfortable). In countries like Spain, Portugal etc. it's kinda pointless using a dryer because it's most of time just hot.

Hi ,I'm from Germany and want to give you some additional Information to some Topics . 9:40 The Build of the "Kölner Dom" begins on 15. August 1248 and technically he is atm still under Constuction . 18:40 A big part of all "Classic Music" Like Opera etc. is German Music . Today there is also good german Music , but in Germany many young People also listen to Int. Musik . 21:17 It is not a Maze it is a Memorial of the Holocaust .

German music? Maybe you have heard about somebody called Hans Zimmer? Johann Sebastian Bach pretty much invented modern classical music. Ludwig van Beethoven defined romanticism. Then there is Kraftwerk. And of course Rammstein. And Nena.

America as we know it has existed for a millisecond compared to the majority of UK/Europe, the buildings are a reflection of the passage of time, history has taught us many things not least of which are wisdom/knowledge: 'bigger' isn't always 'better' & 'new' doesn't mean 'improved'.

What is Oktoberfest? Imagine a tent .. that can hold over 10,000 people, sat at tables, with beer, food and music. Imagine 10 such tents, plus a huge fairground. This is all constructed on a flat piece of ground for the two weeks of the festival (which is confusingly, the last two weeks of September). Here is a video I made of it a while back kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d8dgfJR1qbyrc2Q.html.

I love watching your videos as it makes me appreciate how lucky we are in Europe. Pick any European country and you will be in for a treat. Every one of them has its own style and fascinating history. We are so lucky.

I find your remark about the bombing damage quite interesting, as not a lot of people mention that. Yes, we still have some ruins and plenty of bunkers (you can take a walk in the woods and stumble across one with ease, however they're pretty much always locked and secured). We also still have a lot of bomb craters, we used to play in them as kids, and actual bombs from WW2. My city was heavily bombed during the war and tragically lost almost all of its architecture to that. Around three to four times a year they still need to defuse or explode one of the bombs that remained in the ground, in most cases it goes well and the nearby living people just need to evacuate for a few hours.

A few more facts about the featured mural from Dresden: The Procession of Princes in Dresden is a larger-than-life picture of a cavalcade, applied to around 23,000 tiles made of Meissen porcelain. The 102 meter long work of art, which is considered to be the largest porcelain mural in the world, represents the ancestral gallery of the 34 margraves, dukes, electors and kings from the House of Wettin, who ruled Saxony between 1127 and 1873. However, if you also include the prince riding at the end of the procession George, who was later also king, then there is a total of 35 rulers of the Wettins who can be seen in the cavalcade. (Source: Wikipedia - automatically translated)

Many historic towns, cities, castles and so on are located along the large rivers, because before the industrialization era and trains, it was much cheaper to transport goods & people over water, than over land. Sometimes, also faster.

20:04 "Crazy drivers" is more of a American thing then German one. The only thing crazy about German driving is their speed.

Hey, I was born in Hamburg, moved to the UK when I was 5 and a half as my mum wanted to move back. I’ve been back a few times and came back a couple of weeks ago after visiting my dad who stayed in Hamburg. I love it every time I go:)

I visited Dresden just before they started rebuilding the Frauenkirche. It was essentially just a heap of rubble with some pieces of wall sticking out. Amazing how they managed to piece it back together.

Deutschland ist ein sehr schönes Land

I enjoyed visiting Germany on a tour of Europe years ago. Loved the castles, people and food. The size of a German breakfast is something to behold and left the ‘continental’ breakfast served in other countries for dead. Love the decorative beer steins too.

LISTENING TO AMERICANS COMMENTING IS VERY CHALLENGING

Germany doesn't have much music???!!! JS Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner, Schumann, CPE Bach, Handel, Weber, Mendelssohn, Pachabel, Teleman, Schutz, Stockhousen....

There's so many beautiful places all over Europe 💜

We have great music both classical and modern .... Bach, Händel, Beethoven, Schumann. Then there are all the bands like Die Toten Hosen, Fanta4, Rammstein, Scorpions ... Fun Fact about Cologne ... it is even older than medieval times. It was founded in the 1st century AD as Colonia Agrippina by the Romans. The Dom was started in early medieval times, then rested for a bit and it was finished in the late 19th century. Additionally, except for museums and churches, almost all old buildings (from medieval times onward) are inhabitated. Ppl actually live in these houses (I am mentioning it because some of my friends from the US thought they were just preserved but no one lived there). They were all preserved, renovated and modernised over the centuries. Also, if you want to build in most big cities who were bombed during WW2, you have to let a bomb disposal unit check the grounds. Most bombs were removed after the war, but sometimes a digger finds a surprise in the ground. Here where I live (near the Ruhrgebiet) we have several bomb removal notices in a month on the news. Areas have to be evacuated for the bomb disposal unit to get the bomb out.

21:20 that Building is the Bundestag (the lower house of parliament). The dome was built after the cold war (when Berlin became the capital city), it was also meant to represent the openness of the government as any visitor can visit it and look down into the parliament.

Points to Ethan about the dryers :) Yes, most German households have them, and most people I know only use them in an emergency (you need exactly _that_ shirt, in twenty minutes, and it's still wet.) all other situations: it's a waste of energy, wears the clothing out (that fluff you need to clean out of the filter on regular basis has to come from somewhere) and if you hang your clothing up carefully and smoothly, you don't need to iron them. and if you have the luxury to let them dry in the garden, they smell nice in a ''I have a garden with green things growing in it' way.

Finally, some American reaction youtubers who don't scream you in the face every few seconds. Thanks!

Not Americans calling Germans crazy drivers 😂 how ironic 🤣

Just for comparison, my best friend's house was already over 100 years old when Columbus came to the Americas. We always chuckle when people from the USA say something is a very old antique house,and look at something that is probably only 100 years old.

The German cities and towns that were heavily damaged or raized to the ground in WWII were rebuilt almost as was, if the original building plans did not exist they were recreated by the use of old B/W photos and personal knowledge of townsfolk by clever Architects.

German music is hit and miss entirely dependent on what you like. As a metalhead I could not ask for a better music scene.

Lived there for 8 years, fantastic country.

With an area of 891 square kilometers, Berlin is nine times larger than Paris, has 1,700 more bridges than Venice and, KaDeWe, is the largest department store in continental Europe.

The stadium in Munich is the olympic stadium built for the 1972 summer olympics. It is worldwide known for it's futuristic tent roof.

I know someone mentioned this but the familiar building/arena in Munich is the Olympiastadion from the '72 Olympics. Used for football/soccer by the city's major clubs until the current, modern stadium was built a few years ago.

Where "romantic Rhine" comment came up it was actually Cochem on the Moselle river which meets the Rhine at Koblenz, nearly 50 km away.

I've not been to Germany yet, but watch a US family (my messy merry life) who moved there & it looks amazing. If you go & could afford to spend some weeks there, it'd be a great base to travel around Europe. Either by car or rail. Travelling Europe is easy & each country (despite being so close together) is very different architecture, language & culture. Highly recommend Czech Republic/ Prague (stunning!). Can't wait for you to visit our lovely island in June!

I live in a small village of 6000 where we have a small castle of the lower nobility. The castle and the old houses and barns were renovated by volunteers and the help of some local craftsmen. It now houses the townhall for meetings, a small museum and the court is used for concerts and markets. The old stone barn now houses the library and all the clubs like the marching band and akkordeon club are using the rooms for rehearsals. The castle now is realy part of our village and it is incrediable beautiful and fun to use those old buildings every day.

Steep roofs help prevent dangerous snow build-up.

Im living in Lübeck and it was the capitol of an medieval trade system at the baltic sea. It’s so beautiful, with „village-like backyards“ in the oldtown. You just have small doors from main streets to enter, to which is told that the size of a coffin was the only needed size (for people living in the houses in the yard). It’s funny that i’m living in a „new“ house only 120 years old, moving from a 350 half timbered house where i used to live before. Even older then your country 😅

The tentlike structure (not the beer tents btw ;) ) in Munich was the area of of the 1972 Olympic games and with it the Olympic stadiums. The "museum" in Berlin with the Dome is the building where the German federal government has their sessions. And yes you are right, there a laws in Germany how you can renovate buildings which are deemed to be protectworthy. As you mentioned the design of the windows and a lot of other stuff like roof tiles and so on. I'm not sure how strict the color of the facade is regulated.

21:20 This is the Reichstagsgebäude, seat of parliament. The dome is usually opened for tourists, and yes, you can walk up and down two spiraling ramps to get to the top. It‘s a great view, but you can‘t see the building itself as a part of the view, so it may not be the best

12:22 - 12:36 you see The Zwinger in Dresden. It’s a huge gallery with this square in the middle. It houses a grand collection of paintings created by the Alten Meister (Old Masters). That’s why there are so many windows- to let in natural light for the gallery.

The wave with the surfers is in a man made canal. To ensure it's always there people welded a train track across the bottom of the canal. The buildings right after that are from the Olympics in 1972. The 'maze' in Berlin is the memorial for the murdered Jews, right next to the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin. The 'museum' right after that is the parlament. People can look into the plenum from atop the spiraled dome.

@: 11:52 (Dresden),, it is not a painting, is made of porcelain from Meißen, shows the succession of throne (kings/dukes)

I live in Bonn. When i watch out of my window i see the rhine and the "Siebengebirge" also called "Drachenfels" what means Dragon rock. Greetz from germany

The painting you saw in dresden is indeed a painting. Is called the "Fürstenzug". It is painted on porcelain.

Lol, the Rhine part starts with a picture of Cochem, that is at the Mosel river! and if you like old churches, there is Chartres Cathedral in France, looks not so fancy from the outside like the Kölner Dom, but go inside on a sunny day, and your jaw will drop with a big awe!

i dont have an dryer or combo machine who can wash and dry. many ppl have dryers so they can dry the clothes fast regardless of the weather. In my town there are attics to dry the clothes in winter. But its also true that ppl try to save enrgy in summer and hang the clothes out even when they have an dryer

I've been to Oktoberfest (lots of food, drink and a merry atmosphere) and to the Neuschwanstein Castle which has breathtaking views. I've also taken a road trip around Bavaria and stayed in some very charming bed and breakfast places while enjoying the pristine countryside. Definitely recommend it.

I lived in Upper Bavaria for some 8 years back in the 70s-80s and had an American friend who worked for the US Forces tour Centre as a guide around several locations: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof etc.

19:43 This is the Olympic Stadium and was build for the Olympic Games 1972 in Munich.

two things about the buildings: yes, you have to preserve old buildings in a certain way and this can be horrendously expensive... there is something calles "Denkmalschutz" (preservation of landmarks) and it dictates what can be changed and how things have to be restored and repaired. about the one spectacular church being right next to cologne cathedral: this is actually quite common in larger cities, especially those that were wealthy. You often have different parishes right next to each other and they often tried to outdo each other by making their church higher and more spectacular the the others

The steep roofs are so that snow doesn’t build up and slides off more frequently. Much of Europe has those roofs.

At 19:37 you see the Olympic stadium located on the Olympic area, built for the Olympic games in 1972.

I only live 40 km from the castle Neuschwanstein away. I love living in south of Bavaria. So pretty here.

For an introduction to German Music, Try some Rammstein !

Most of the WW2 bombed buildings were torn down due to the scale of the damage and need to house people again. It is very few ruins that remains compared to the many ruins of castles. The church tower in Berlin that seemed to have something missing is a WW2 ruin that does lack the rest of the tower. Only the tower was still structurally stable and was quickly chosen as a memorial.

In the Lübeck part. Where you were Wanderung about dryers. There is aktualy a lot of original old houses in so called gängen. Realy gorgius but when you have a house whith just 60 m2 about 600feet2 on 3 stages. Everything that isn'n using space is apreciated.

The odd-looking church in Berlin is the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. It was badly damaged in World War II. After the war, there was a lot of discussion about what to do with it. Some people wanted to see it rebuilt, others wanted to tear it down and replace it with a modern church. In the end, they kept the ruin as a war memorial with a memorial hall on ground level, and built a modern church around it.

I want to mention one location that is mostly overlooked in those kinds of videos. It's called Maulbronn Monastery (Kloster Maulbronn). As it is close to where I live (SW Germany/Baden-Wuerttemberg) and being a UNESCO World Heritage Site it's definitely worth a visit. It's the best preserved Cistercian abbey/monastery north of the Alps, founded in 1148. The whole walled abbey courtyard is interesting but usually you can also go inside. But be sure to inquire before as there might be pandemic-related restrictions. The whole abbey area has a special atmosphere to it. At times there might be a Christmas market, a medieval market or a theatrical play in the courtyard or a concert within the abbey. There is a protestant seminary in a part of the monastery which holds an Open Day once a year. There's also an ice cream parlour, several restaurants, a museum, a herbal witches` shop, a unique bookshop and a monastery shop within the courtyard area. And you can find a police station and the town hall there, too. Unfortunately YT doesn't seem to allow posting direct links to corresponding videos, apparently copy + paste of the video titles isn't allowed either. So you will have to use its own search function. Make sure to look for videos which show either the courtyard area, the interior or both. Search for English videos or activate CC/subs in English if available. Use Maulbronn World Heritage Site as a search term. Voilà!

However, it is also absolutely nice to drive up the Rhine valley by car, as you can criss-cross the Rhine by ferries at several places

when you hang the wash outside, it's smell more like fresh air and the was and cloth get softer than in a washing machine or drier.

I don't own a dryer. It depends on how conscious you are about the environment and also it depends on your appartment/house situation. in cities there are often tiny appartments with only one small place for a washing machine.

at 19:45 you were talking about a building that looks like a orchestra place.... in fact it was part of the famous 1972 Olympics... sports area

I live in Koblenz. This City is totally underrated. A region with tons of castles and Fortresses.

Dryers are not a usual appliance in germany. "Hang drying" is pretty common. (Also saves energy!) About the video: yes, it shows some of the most touristy spots in Germany. If you want to see the lesser known ones, check "Lauren in germany"´s channel. She's showing the real gems. Oh, we're no crazy drivers. We have the chance to go fast on the Autobahn, but are pretty reserved and civilized even there. I hold back regarding your comment about music, others already commented.

At 21:19, it is not a museum, but the German Bundestag, the counterpart to the Capitol in Washington D.C. At 21:51, it is the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. The tower spire does not represent a crystal, and it was not intentionally built that way. This church was bombed during World War II and now stands as a memorial against wars, essentially as a ruin.

2:49 "That one definitely is"? Nope. Thats not really a castle, but a palace in the style of a castle (which ironically was the inspiration for the Disney "castle"). 5:22 "What are those things?" "Strandkörbe" which translates to "beach baskets" are kind of outdoor couches with a ceiling, which mainly serves as protection from the sun. "Strandkörbe" can be found on many beaches and you can usually use them for a fee. 10:38 "hisorical level, that you have to upkeep, that you are not allowed to change it" Yes, the German word for it is "Denkmalschutz" and it extends to a lot of (more or less all) historically important buildings. In such videos you rarely get to see the less mainstream examples, just the big cities and some otther focus points (and a lot of those are not really as old as they look but were rebuilt after the 2nd worldwar). However, it might perhaps give a much better insight, if you also checked out more rural and less touristy places. There you would for example see, that all timberwork buildings (even if they are not in a pristene condition) still have their historic appearance, because they automatically fall under the "Denkmalschutz"-law.

14:00 I don't have a drier and i don't know anyone who has tbh, but that might just be the small sample size. Yea most of these gateways where gates through a wall in medival times, but the walls often got demolished with time because the cities expanded.

1:27 Unfortunately Hamburg has not been mentioned in this video. So maybe you watch this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g9uWn7ln1qfXY30.html

I was amazed how many of this list I’ve been to. The only one I’ve not been near is Neuschwanstein, but I missed Rügen, having cycled From Lübeck to Stralsund and had to choose on my last day whether to explore Stralsund or go across to Rügen. (Either was a good option). Does Cologne really count on my list? I often change trains there when travelling elsewhere in Germany an usually have enough time to come out of the station, wander round and have a meal near the Dom. Some time I’ll make time to see more. I love visiting Germany and will be there again in a few weeks for the first time since the pandemic.

The "painting" in Dresden: it's not a painting. It's made out of tiles of Meißner porcelain. Meißen is a german city famous for crafting the best porcelain since the early 18th century

Neuschwanstein is especially interesting for someone working in construction. It was build using modern materials and techniques (some very experimental).

At 12:04 ist not a normal painting its made of little China parts, Saxon is famous for. Meisner Porzellan

That painting all along the road in Dresden is actually porcelain tiles made from Meißner porcelain. You can find it walking from the catholic church to the Frauenkirche if you don't go there via the Brühlsche Terrasse. In fact you can see it from the place between the stairs to the terrace and the catholic church. The place where the horse carriages wait.

14:00 Quite correct. Many people in Europe have dryers, but many don't use them if the sun is providing free drying power... They're more used in winter when it's freezing or when it's raining. Why waste energy when the sun does it for free, and it saves on energy bills?

The yellow wall with the horsemen in Dresden is a actually mosaic of little pieces of colored tiles!

Dresden: 11:50 ... it is not a paiting ... it is a wall of tiles, it shows the procession of saxon princes

Denkmalschutz. That is what you are referring to. Some buildings get to a status of local ancestry and identity. So, you cannot change certain things or anything which would change the building in a substantial way, which makes living in one very expensive since you need to maintain upkeep in the traditional way, like only using the same building materials or certain coloration techniques etc. We have many Half Timber Houses which are protected by Denkmalschutz. Think of it as a way to outsource facility management responsibilities to private owners, who value a historic component. p.s.: not known for music.... well not known for contemporary music of the 50s to 70s which actually was a period of the German Schlager. This music was a result of German people craving for resolution regarding WW2 and the rebuilding phase which brought big quality of life to Germany (Witschaftswunder). German pop culture was all about sunshine'n faerie arts at that time. BUT!!!!! The classical composers of actually all music during Romanticism, before and after were defining music. Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Wagner. An today you have German composers in Hollywood like Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer. So, the folk niche you are referring to is of course a local thing and bound to local traditions. Polka and Schlager is basically the same level as US country music and bluegrass.

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Older towns often have matching buildings because the whole town is built from the available local building materials.

Black Forest(Schwarzwald) might be a good choice for you if you like nature, mountains, waterfalls and such you can mostly say the more south (from up north) you go the more mountains and also i would say more nature you will find! up noth you got beaches and here and there a forest park or something like this but it does not really compair towards the south of germany! for the buildings those with colour is mostly just their own kind of thing, they like to have most of the times, unless its an really old building like the ones in the first few citys which had those wooden parts(mostly also white and are called Fachwerkhaus in german(half-timbered house)) on the outside and have a 2nd floor which hangs over the first floor and is much bigger in that way so that people could walk on a bigger path and the people in the building had more spac on upper floors! these are more or less the ones that are getting kept the way they are, hope that made sense if not please ask ^^

14:20 we dont have that many dryers like in the US.. but we also think its better to use less energy. So actually you're both right 😂

in dresden where that mural is on the wall, france as an even longer 1 called the bayeaux tapestry depicting the war of 1066

@11:54 The mural depicts the "Dresden Procession of Princes". It is the longest porcelain mural in the world at 102m (336ft) and consists of approximately 23000 porcelain tiles. It depicts all the margraves, electors and kings of the House of Wettin who ruled Saxony between the years 1182 and 1873. It was placed in 1907in its present form on the outside of the "Stallhof", a classical tournament place, probably built in 1567. Sry, for my bad English.

Neuschwanstein was built in the late 19th century. By then it really had no defensive purpose, and was essentially just a flight of fancy by the king. It actually made the bavarian parliament of the time pretty angry with the king, because of how much money he was spending on what was essentially a luxury villa taken up to eleven. 19:24: With a lot of practice. 😆 19:35: That is a man-made wave. It's called the Eisbach, situated in the english garden, Munich's biggest public park. The Eisbach is a side stream of the Isar river. Technically, it's forbidden to swim in it because of how cold and fast-moving it is, but the rule is barely enforced in summer. (Accidents are rather frequent because of this.) The area at the wave is the only part that's generally under surveillance, and it's recommended for skilled surfers only. 19:40. That's the Olympic Stadium and the Olympic Park broadcast tower. You can go up the tower, there's a tourist restaurant on top. 20:52: It's a recreation of the actual US Army checkpoint that was at the east/west border crossing there until the wall fell. There's actually a museum dedicated to the hsitory of the Berlin Wall next to it. The French, British and Americans each had a brigade stationed in West Berlin during the Cold War, essentially as a tripwire force. Those all left after '89. 21:45: That's the remains of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, which were left standing like that after allied bombers destroyed the church in 1943. Only the rubble was carted off. When you visit it on the ground, you can also see a lot of bullet holes in the walls, as the ruins were used as a small strongpoint when the Red Army stormed the city.

In Cologne at the end of the clip, that's not the other cathedral - it is Groß St. Martin, one of the twelve Romanesque churches in Cologne. They are all older than the Gothic cathedral, mostly built between the 11th and 13th century.

Some of the greatest Componists like Mozart come from Germany so yes we know alot about Music because we gave the World alot of it. And about Rock..well the most known German Band in America should be Rammstein. They had a Concert in 2010 Madison Square Garden it was sold out in 30 minutes and they did sing in German.

Not sure if anyone else answered it alr but yes, we do have a law preserving some of the old places. We call it “Denkmalschutz”. From what you said about some states in the Uk it works the same.

19:45 is the Olympic Park where the 1972 Olymipics took place.

The reason of the Oktoberfest is the marriage of Prinz Ludwig of Bavaria and Prinzess Therese in 1810. For this reason the square of the Oktoberfest is named "Theresienwiese" (meadow of Therese).

Pssssst ... the mayority of European cities are at some river or the other, because it provides both drinking water, water for whatever industries you've got and transport options. Can be a problem once village grows into a town, then city, but small houses tend to be more survivable than no drinking water. I would guess that when the option was there, European settlers in america did the same, but I don't know if that was always possible in the Midwest. Cue those water wheel things that you see on old pictures of the Midwest?

Since you said you prefer the outdoor- here are some sights near Dresden. Most of them you can reach from this cute river boats from Dresden. I recommend die Bastei in der Sächsischen Schweiz ( Bastei in Saxon Switzerland).

What I'm missing is "Rhein in Flammen" (Rhine in flames). A very big and very popular festival. Especially at night. The Ehrenbreitstein Fortress is wonderfully illuminated at night and the fireworks are simply spectacular. And you would be surprised how much music comes from Germany to which you probably also danced ;-)

I've been to the Wiesn (pronounced veez'n, otherwise called oktoberfest) a few times. It's a festival first started in honour of a king's wedding, and is from about the 17th October until the 19thish September. Once, the taxi driver went too far around a roundabout, so he reversed to get to the right exit instead of just going round it again! I wouldn't say Germany's 'best known' for WWII, but 'most known', the difference is slight but massive at the same time. Neuschwanstein=noy-schwan-stein (new swan stone).

There is a weird disconnect between the words and the pictures in the video. For example the video talks about the Loreley or Cap Arcona and then shows it ten seconds later or not at all.

20:15 Checkpoint Charlie was one of the checkpoint used to cross from west to east germany. The US has bases in germany, but only in former west germany. One of the reasons being that there was a promise from the US to the UdSSR not to move NATO troops into east germany after the reunification. Thi topic came up recently again when Putin said this promise was broken by moving NATO troops into former warsaw pact countries. (Which was never promised) 21:15 Thats a holocaust memorial. 21:18 Thats the Reichstag, the building which houses the Bundestag - the german government. Tourists can go up into the glass dome and look down into the parliament. 21:50 Thats the Gedächnisskirche (literaly something like rememberance/memorial church). It was hit by a bomb and it was decided to leave it this way as a sign.

the video watched was actually not good at all haha. So my tips: 1. Harz Mountains- there are a lot of castels, medieval towns (such as Quedlinburg or Wernigerode) and so on, as well as awesome hiking paths and nature. they also have the "legend" of witches from the Harz- for example once a year they come together on the Brocken (highest mountain) to celebrate them. 2. Schwarzwald- personally never been there but its mystical, beautiful and you can even find waterfalls there :) 3. Hamburg! Its a city in the north with a huge port. It's home to many cultures, has amazing nightlife and the old town (Speicherstadt) is a sight to behold. 4. Instead of Neuschwanstein I would actually recommend Burg Eltz. It's not as "perfectly fairytale like" as Neuschwanstein, but I personally love this one more. 5. Saxon Switzerland - Absolutely breahtaking hiking trails, with crazy views and huge standstone mountains that you can climb. Most popular is the "Bastei" with the hiking trail through the so called "Sweden holes" :) 6. The Islands in the Northern Sea, my personal favourite being Wangerooge. It's so small that you can bike around the whole island in easily a day. No cars are allowed there, the only car driving is the postal car, which is an electrical one. There is a little train going through the Island. It has beautiful beaches and bars and really nice people. 7. If you visit Munich, visit Braunschweig too. Braunschweig was built by the same person (Heinrich the Lion) about 15 years earlier than Munich (if I remember correctly9, so in parts you can actually recognize some similarities. Munic is very posh and expenisve so it's a running joke to say Munich is the snobbish grandson of Braunschweig haha. 8. Eibsee, Bavaria - can't say much, just google, it's breathtaking. 9. I agree with Berlin though, it's interesting, pulsing with life and very history oriented. Absolute vibrant and cool place to stay. There you can alo find the park "Gardens of the World- Gärten der Wellt) which is a huge park where a lot of different gardens from the world are displayed, such as englich, arabic, south korean, chinese etc. 10. I gotta say it: Oldenburg in lower saxony. It's my hometown and it's just beautiful here. If you wanna witness the cultural highlight, come in september and visit the International Filmfestival, it counts to the top 25 filmfestivals of the world :)

If you're doing an online Europe tour I recommend finding one of the Greek islands. Had some great holidays on quite a few. All great.

The only person i knew that had a laundry drier was my grandma, you usually hang your clothes to dry either inside or outside the house/apartment