Everything Other Than Beer and tEchNo That Berlin Should Be Known For

Everything Other Than Beer and tEchNo That Berlin Should Be Known For | berlin documentary

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In this 38 minute mini doc, I just want to know: how y’all do that thing you do? How you’re the “cApItAl of c00L” but so…down-to-earth at the same time? What is going on in Berlin? I’m here to find out via the Pfand system, the various photoautomats, and maybe a little bouldering. Sorry Berlin, I’m new here.
🇫🇷 My French course: courses.damondominique.com
🔥 WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS VIDEO
0:00 A social media ode to Berlin
1:00 WTF is Pfand and why is it everywhere in Berlin (Berlin’s plastic recycling program). Did I mention how much Aldi loves me by the way?
3:24 I don’t know if these jam skaters at Tempelhofer Feld know that I’m from a rollerskating family back in Indiana? Oumi Janta, wut’s good?
7:09 No one is on their phones, ever. In fact, they’ll probably never see this video because they’re too busy relaxing in parks - and frankly, I can’t blame them.
7:53 I met a Chinese-German woman while staying at the "Walled Off" Banksy Hotel in Bethlehem, Palestine - yes that was a real sentence - and I can’t stop talking about her. She has stories on stories from around the world, and this was the first time we have met up in two years.
14:10 The cliché of Germans is that they're "honest, direct people" and I guess the real proof is when you're using their metro system.
14:40 I head to Kreuzberg to visit the Turkish sweet shops, where I --- wait, am I supposed to reuse that bowl that the other dudes just spit their sunflowers in...*gasp* in the era of...COVID?
18:27 Maybe the reason annoying selfies haven't taken over Berlin completely is because of the prominence of the Berlin photo booth, aka photoautomat. She's the real Berlin IT girl. Asgar and Ole explain.
22:30 We all learn history, but through what lens? You're like: whoa whoa wh--at is that Valencia filter? I'm more A4 on VSCO. I have so many questions about the history of the Berlin wall and the Cold War, and who better to ask than a New Yorker who runs a tour called the Rude Bastard’s tour? In the words of Rihanna, come here rude boy, boy…
30:00 So I’m sitting in Café St. Oberholz when a guy comes up and says he loves this channel. I’m like…so what are you up to in Berlin? Dude invites me to go bouldering in Berlin - THIS is what I’m talking about when I say it’s cool to be friendly in Berlin. Döner and Club Maté happen as well.
35:37 Berlin said, “You ain’t gotta go home. But you gotta get the FCK up outta here.”
🔥 PEOPLE / LINKS YOU MAY BE LOOKING FOR
Oumi / oumi_janta
Jam Skate Club IG jamskateclu...
Jam Skate Club Website jamskateclub.com/en/home-en/
Marie / sun_murai
The other really smooth skatin' dude wumzum?igs...
Yang
East Meets West amzn.to/371EUvk
Man Meets Woman amzn.to/2GVPFV0
Today Meets Yesterday amzn.to/36Zxn01
Big Meets Little amzn.to/3lEjMzk
Asgar & Ole
Photoautomat website www.photoautomat.de/index.html
Kai
Can You Handle It Tours www.cyhitours.com/
Robert / roberto.bianco
Music open.spotify.com/artist/20ULQ...
Chloe (Assistant Editor) / chloe_vlahos
🔥 WHERE I STAYED
Friedrichshain AirBNB www.airbnb.com/rooms/36553247
My AirBNB Code (if you sign up here, you get thrown some cash, as do I) abnb.me/e/TK1a14wN67
🔥 MY INFO
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*Filmed early September 2020

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@takpham1164 3 жыл бұрын

We don't need "Emily in Paris." What we really need is "Damon in __[insert country]__" !!!

@foggycraw6758 3 жыл бұрын

NETFLIX ARE YOU LISTENING!?

@trangnguyen-tj7nb 3 жыл бұрын

This !!!! Preach !!

@TheChicagoRose 3 жыл бұрын

“Damon All Over”

@Vanessa-cf6my 3 жыл бұрын

!!!!!

@EvelynMG17 3 жыл бұрын

Accurate..!

@tess5711 3 жыл бұрын

i’ve said this once and i’ll say it again: i’ll be waiting for your netflix documentary

@damondominique 3 жыл бұрын

*IT WILL HAPPEN!*

@honeypotfilms6066 3 жыл бұрын

dang I would be so excited if that happened

@evadelange44 3 жыл бұрын

Yes pleaseee

@katarinadjordjevic6643 3 жыл бұрын

Omg yes, would rather watch you than Emily in Paris

@v4u6hn 3 жыл бұрын

Yooooo except i cannot wait 😳😳😳

@eeeeeeeeeeeeeelli 3 жыл бұрын

this video hurt my heart a little. i love berlin. was born & raised there. i had to move recently because i couldn't afford the rent anymore. i don't get checks from my parents. and even working 2 jobs as a fulltime student isn't enough. yes, university is free but OH MY GOD THE RENT. berlin used to be so alternative and humble. but now, behind the berghain and "festival vibes" facade, it reeks of capitalism and rich kids. berlin has become more colorful culture wise, but also fucking expensive. i never thought the place i call my home would become unattainable to me and my childhood friends. glad you enjoyed it tho hahaha

@mathildamn9651 3 жыл бұрын

What if you just make more public transportation each days, to still being able to work in the centre of Berlin?

@DieAlteistwiederda 3 жыл бұрын

And now so many former Berliner move to Leipzig so shit will get more expensive here too and less affordable every damn year. I hate it, it used to be so nice and just the right amount of big city with some small city and alternative vibes and now it's getting more expensive and capitalist here too.

@MsUnknown007 3 жыл бұрын

Ganzen Blogger ziehen nach Berlin deswegen haha

@ravenadara3664 3 жыл бұрын

meine Worte:/

@observeirene 3 жыл бұрын

Yes this is happening to so many cities... I guess we just have to move on to somewhere else, make it cool, and enjoy life before that gets ruined too🙈

@renaribeiro 3 жыл бұрын

“You wake up without any makeup on and go buy yourself a bread” - LOVE THIS

@ChiaraBells 3 жыл бұрын

Most Berlin thing ever ^^

@yeet3279 3 жыл бұрын

@ITACA yea, I'm a man and I always buy bread without makeup, so revolutionary

@noice9163 3 жыл бұрын

You can do that in america aswell

@harleyquiinnnn 2 жыл бұрын

@ITACA you didn't get it

@Daisika 2 жыл бұрын

@ITACA Pretty sure it was obvious that she meant you don’t have to be dolled up or dress like a trendy Instagram model.

@MatthiasSchwarzer 3 жыл бұрын

„Kamera weg“ is the most German thing.

@illslapyourfaceubigdiscgra2743 3 жыл бұрын

Ich bin privat hier

@henningbartels6245 3 жыл бұрын

The cashier at the Aldi was rude not using any form of "please" - though being rude is typical Berlin, since they think they are capital ... I guess, it is the same with Parisians or Muscovites.

@judithtraill4246 3 жыл бұрын

@@henningbartels6245 i just think of a healthy dose of rudeness as the german way

@henningbartels6245 3 жыл бұрын

@@judithtraill4246 sorry, though this rudeness is fairly common in Berlin, it is not healthy especially in a city where a lot of tourists from other German regions or other countries are around. But I' m not shy to remind some of those people what impression of Berlin they make.

@ellabella2228 3 жыл бұрын

@@henningbartels6245 I've experienced similar rudeness by Aldi cashiers in southern Germany (Munich and Heidelberg) - unfortunately it's pretty common throughout

@RevisionWithEve 3 жыл бұрын

as someone living in berlin this video made me fall in love with the city all over again

@sandro_zg 3 жыл бұрын

You guys in Berlin are not making it easy for us that want to visit again or actually move. Seems like the best place to be the more videos I watch.

@mariamandalena 3 жыл бұрын

same ^_^ i wish i bumped into you though damon :((((

@paulab5853 3 жыл бұрын

same same SAME! Yeah I wish I would have been at St. Oberholz Coffee when u were. GREAT video!

@kittythadoll 3 жыл бұрын

literally same! especially in the rough times we're in now

@ariadnaalvarado1409 3 жыл бұрын

Eve!

@Camila-pn1fr 3 жыл бұрын

bruh why is everyone asking for a tv show......... this is already better than tv shows or at least different in a more personal and special way and its free like hello??????????? although as i type this i realize that he would probably be paid more if it was an actual tv show which would reflect the value better of this incredible work in a monetized way so idk. he definitely deserves it if he wants it

@cassenav 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I think if he signed a contract with some production company, they would take away some of his creative freedom and potentially force him to play some type of role that might get old or not be genuine. I mean ,I don't know Damon personally, so his youtube persona could be different from his non-youtube persona, but nonetheless I like youtube damon and his editing is damn good.

@teresamesa 3 жыл бұрын

"ab jetzt kamera WEG!! KAMERA WEG!! " i miss germany sfm

@ysldaughter3454 3 жыл бұрын

DATENSCHUTZ

@Meinnamegehtdichnichtsan 3 жыл бұрын

Nicht jeder will gefilmt werden 🤷‍♀️

@MeJustAimy 3 жыл бұрын

what does sfm mean

@MeJustAimy 3 жыл бұрын

@Jeremias Larroca ohh thanks!

@michelleabad416 3 жыл бұрын

hiss editing. his shots. his FITS. i swear this is one of the most unique yt channels and you can see how much effort is put into every video!! i literally never comment on yt videos but i had to say this cause i’m amazeddddd

@ANJAexists 3 жыл бұрын

literally EVerYThing! this video is EvEryTHING!

@babybellaaa__ 3 жыл бұрын

two german queens

@karlah-b9140 3 жыл бұрын

I just watched your video and now this! I’m learning French but now I want to learn German too!!! Europe is an amazing place 🤍🤍

@start8090 3 жыл бұрын

I literally just watched ur flying back vid huh

@whateverfanclub8202 3 жыл бұрын

Yass sehr gut zusammengefasst ✨✨

@damondominique 3 жыл бұрын

I'm only two seconds into your channel and IT is eVeRRRyThinG!

@lucymoon 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE THIS. A MASTERPIECE.

@ZandraZoe 3 жыл бұрын

This needs to be a netflix series! The cinematography feels so coming of age and the way you handle yourself in front of the camera is so candid, it's unlike any documentary I've ever seen before. A great watch.

@_elan__ 3 жыл бұрын

Editing and color grading ON POINT

@paulinadeicaza3415 3 жыл бұрын

Jamás me hubiera imaginado este crossover pero ME ENCANTA.

@chester14rw 3 жыл бұрын

no fr. the editing skills r leveling up!

@andreaurquidez16 3 жыл бұрын

Nmms mis dos favsss❤️

@adriannehm6233 3 жыл бұрын

Is it really the grading or the camera? i wanna know too....

@TheNewTravel 3 жыл бұрын

This is EVERYTHING a city guide on youtube should be. Respect man, you nailed this 👏

@takentoinfinity 3 жыл бұрын

the WAY my black ass perked up when the cute boy started talking about the need to address Germany's colonialist past ... in his German accent 🤩 I will take two of those please

@kialautnerlovelautne 3 жыл бұрын

Lmaooo

@davidlehmann6233 3 жыл бұрын

he’s probably racist tho

@ML-zv3if 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidlehmann6233 what are you even talking about smh

@anushamadhusudanan 3 жыл бұрын

OMG RIGHT!! I need his @ 😭

@yeet3279 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidlehmann6233 stop projecting

@harleyquiinnnn 3 жыл бұрын

This is a deep study of a city; you dont just show the standard things, you show the flowing dynamics and the inner values; the overall atmosphere and the little nuances - all the things that actually matter the most when you're experiencing a city.

@MaralMary 3 жыл бұрын

The way Damon effortlessly makes friends with complete strangers in random European cities... my social anxiety could NEVER Side note, thank you Damon for inspiring me to make my own content!

@honeypotfilms6066 3 жыл бұрын

ikr same omg I would be so awkward

@marinaoliveira8989 3 жыл бұрын

Right?!!! I'm so shy, I could never do that

@Gillipollas26 3 жыл бұрын

I think his looks also helps, not trying to be mean though. I mean who wouldn’t want to talk to someone that’s good looking?

@PandoraxBox 3 жыл бұрын

Omg same. But I guess he kinda has to because he basically has to ask for help as a foreigner (at least that's what I had to do when I was abroad). But I'm back home and I'm back to not speaking to strangers😆✌️

@Rina021 3 жыл бұрын

I know... I wish I could so bad!!...

@erikaoconnell8709 3 жыл бұрын

Robert asking magicians to hit him up in Berlin was the CUTEST

@DominoLarry 3 жыл бұрын

I was about to apply, but he asked for musicians :(

@bel_mondo9149 3 жыл бұрын

@@DominoLarry then he added that magicians as well:)

@lucymoon 3 жыл бұрын

I ALSO MISS CLUB MATE QUITE A LOT

@tamarasdreamworld 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah man

@suffsepp9995 3 жыл бұрын

Ekelhaft

@Nyafrit 3 жыл бұрын

@@suffsepp9995 Meine rede, holy. Jedem das seine - aber bei Mate bin ich raus.

@sarahlottering782 3 жыл бұрын

your filming style... literally makes me feel as if i'm watching a dope ass movie !!!

@user-ww8bu8ih5u 3 жыл бұрын

my face when I saw Damon on tinder in Berlin: 0_0

@damondominique 3 жыл бұрын

I was such a waste of space in the Berlin Tinder game. I didn't meet up with ONE person.

@mnaoitb1 3 жыл бұрын

@@damondominique wait a minute, what about the university guy?

@lucia3953 3 жыл бұрын

@@mnaoitb1 I think he said the uni guy came up to him while he was at a coffee shop editing a video

@damondominique 3 жыл бұрын

🔥 my original plan for this year was to go to russia, south africa, turkey, indonesia, and other corners of the world and make these minidocs, but clearly 🤷🏼‍♂️ that wasn't meant to happen in 2020. if you've been watching my IG story, you've been seeing that instead, i'm back in paris gettin' in fights with uber drivers and trying to get a hold of customer service to locate my damn computer monitor. please 2021, save us all. 🔥 production companies or tv agents who are tryna do a show like this with me, boom: management @ damondominique . com

@LizzKillian 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like your still making the best of 2020. An update on what is going on in Paris would be interesting. But I know we’re all tired of hearing and talking about covid.

@TariqueAli 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine 2020 was only a trailer for what's about to come for 2021 :3

@arianeangelo6520 3 жыл бұрын

You HAVE to come to South Africa when this is over!! We need to meet you 😭

@kaelinday-brown6671 3 жыл бұрын

You have to come to Cape Town!!

@DeliciousMukosi 3 жыл бұрын

Yas you have to come to South Africa. I wana meet with you! 💕🤞🏾🙏🏾

@neleal2784 3 жыл бұрын

i love this doku, but it was made from a very privileged point of view. For example for the server in the turkish sweets shop, berlin is not all fun and free time and no work. For people who live in berlin since more than one generation, especially immigrant families, Berlin is a hard place to live, its dirty because of all the tourists, party people and junkies, wages are low and rents are rising ridiculously (also because of gentrification and people who can afford to move to berlin and live alone on 75 m^2). And you go to this sweets shop, consume their way to live as a short cultural experience and talk about how much free time everybody has in berlin. While you have partied sooo free the whole night just to eat a Döner at 5 am, the man who makes the Döner has worked in the Dönerstand the whole night. You interviewed people who have the privilege of free time, who can afford to live in a wg (shared flat) to study in berlin, who can afford to live their dream life. But everything you consume is provided by people who have to work really hard for a little freetime and just enough money to pay the rent. Everywhere you can save money and still consume, someone else has to pay the price for it. When you are in the toilet of an alternative café and it says „eat the rich“ their is a big chance, that with „the rich“ they mean people like you. When you travel the world and consume cities, please don‘t forget about the people who actually have to live in these cities and that their experiences in these cities are completely different to yours and also don’t forget that these people probably can’t afford this live, where you hop from one city to another and consume the lifestyle of the city instead of living it. Also you can communicate in berlin because you speak english, while bilingual people who speak for example turkish as their mothertongue will be shamed often. Great doku, but please check your privilege and maybe also talk to original berlin people about the not so pretty sides of the city and its lifestyle.

@essoessss 3 жыл бұрын

absolutely agree!!!

@trangmango9491 3 жыл бұрын

As a berlin born and raised immigrant child I can fully agree !

@o0oSM00THo0o 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah... so this applies to basically every major city in the world? What a stupid point to make. This video would obviously have a tourist perspective. Tourists with money go visit places while the working people there have to work to make ends meet. You would rather go sleep on the streets with the homeless first or accompany the garbage men at night to see what it's like for them so you have checked your "privilege", got ya.

@neleal2784 3 жыл бұрын

@@o0oSM00THo0o at least he should not have said „in berlin it‘s not about money. how do they pay rent?“ and just ask. Because berlin is not about money for HIM, but for most people it definitely is. And yes, i would prever if people would stop consuming place, we aren‘t living in colonial times anymore. Tourism can also be acknowledging how the life in a city really is instead of using the city like a zoo, watching scenarios and just saying „huh interesting“. You don’t need to sleep on the streets or work with the garbage men, but you should be aware, that you as a tourist or as someone living in a fancy apartment, just because berlin is so „iNtErEsTiNg“ are part of the problem that there are also not so pretty sides of living in berlin. checking you privilege doesn’t mean, you have to experience all the stuff the not so privilege people experience, but it means acknowledging that not everybody has the same chances like you, that not everything is only about yourself, that you maybe even are causing the problems of others and that this city does not exist for your cultural experience alone. The video title is „Everything other than Beer and techno that Berlin should be known for“ and Berlin defined should not be known for not caring about money and having so much freetime. That people don’t have money doesn‘t mean, they don’t care, this is a incorrect conclusion, the correct conclusion is, that berlin has a lot of poverty, also because of people who come to berlin, because it‘s so „interesting“ and that berlin should also be known for their inequity and poverty. Berlin is actually very known for their punk and squatter szene which formed the whole culture of berlin. so if you want to make a doku about berlin culture, you should give information or should be informed about the background of this culture.

@Meinnamegehtdichnichtsan 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment. I have the same point of view and totally agree with you. Because of the rising rentprices I have to drive over an hour to university (in the middle of Berlin). I can not afford the rent near my uni because of the exesive tourism and the people from outside that can afford paying 1300 for 30m2.

@Felix-sg8vo 3 жыл бұрын

Ok I have never seen anyone struggle with a "Pfandautomat" as much as you lol

@UnJadedJade 3 жыл бұрын

okay but you SMASHED this. brb, gonna go rollerskate in tempelhof while eating sunflower seeds and living my best life because *that* is berlin energy

@JEENIE4448 3 жыл бұрын

Wow I was just thinking jade is in Berlin too I hope they meet up and my 2 favorite worlds collide 🥳

@applebruises 3 жыл бұрын

sunflower seeds are *the best*

@strawwberryyy 3 жыл бұрын

OMG HI JADE SO GLAD TO SEE YOU HERE! MY TWO FAVES INTERACTING

@aena5995 3 жыл бұрын

@@applebruises ikr i love emm

@nim_19 3 жыл бұрын

Literally got so interested in Berlin because of you and now I so desperately wanna go thanks to Damon 😭

@pughnotflorence 3 жыл бұрын

Can we just take a second to acknowledge that Damon truly is a cultural anthropologist? I'm in school for that now and you're literally doing what I want to do: visit different countries, meet and build relationships with people from all over, explore and learn about their language/culture while filming. This is so awesome and I'm inspired by every video that you make. If you ever go back to school, please get a degree in visual or cultural anthropology! I would absolutely LOVE a series of you just making these kinds of docs. They're interesting, short, and to the point, and you include a lot in them.

@The7Girlie 3 жыл бұрын

I’m studying cultural anthropology too and was thinking the same thing!☺️

@marteumar8429 3 жыл бұрын

Wow.. could you do a video about it? I would 100% watch it all. I’m already subscribed to you.

@quidditch1991 3 жыл бұрын

I actually go to school for this, too. Seeing him doing this stuff inspires me to continue what I'm doing😂

@carinatt1706 3 жыл бұрын

going to school for anthropology (archaeology focused) as well and i agree!! his documentaries arent necessarily similar in an academic sense, but i think i am drawned to him just because how close he highlights culture in his videos, especially in his travel documentaries, it is honestly something really rare which even the most high budget documentaries do a poor job at portraying, which is why i love damon

@strawwberryyy 3 жыл бұрын

oh yah! except don't some cultural anthropologists think that it's impossible to study Western societies/countries as a whole because of the huge diversity in populations/cultural norms even within the same country? just putting this out there, not trying to bring anyone down! but do you have some thoughts on this?

@yoyo183ful 3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t realize how much I wanted to visit Berlin until this video...THANK YOU!!

@HannsSchmelzer 3 жыл бұрын

This is incredible!

@AnthonyRecenello 3 жыл бұрын

This episode made me realize that you are the answer to Anthony Bourdain. I think when you have your fully produced TV series people will see you as the next great travel show. 🙏🏻

@Jennie-bl3gi 3 жыл бұрын

luv it when my faves watch each other😍😍

@nathalienurse3336 3 жыл бұрын

No truer words were ever spoken. He da 💣🔥.

@damondominique 3 жыл бұрын

Love Anthony Bourdain and everything he did and taught the world in his style 🏆 Would be an honor to continue what he did on a larger platform! Anyway thank you for saying that ❤️

@Gabriela-zp4vc 3 жыл бұрын

YES

@fatimagoumghar4286 3 жыл бұрын

This comment gave me chills!! I agree

@lorenzocammarota9178 3 жыл бұрын

i still don't get how Damon gets to meet all the cool people in a city where he doesn't even live... are you a magnet or whatt?

@kathych1274 3 жыл бұрын

It’s not difficult to meet cool people in the city like Paris or Berlin (I would include Amsterdam) especially if you’re an outgoing american.

@lenamarie7604 3 жыл бұрын

Kathy Ch I don’t think Amsterdam is comparable with Paris & Berlin but other than that ur rightttt

@mackthenavaja 3 жыл бұрын

Okay but.. I want a documentary on Yang’s life LMFAO

@keanancupido 3 жыл бұрын

The way the cashier said "Kamera weg!" 😂 👏🏻👏🏻

@DearOldWorld 3 жыл бұрын

The edits, the colour palette... what are you doing to us

@tolkyns6364 3 жыл бұрын

Being anticapitalist doesn't mean you admire the Soviet Union or East Germany, you just don't believe in capitalism as a sustainable system

@almadelatierra5153 3 жыл бұрын

YASSSS INDEED

@marinaoliveira8989 3 жыл бұрын

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK 🙌🏽

@slidenapps 3 жыл бұрын

And since socialism had also proven to not be a sustainable system and you don't like capitalism, instead of being negative, how about giving some ideas? What do you think people should do?

@marinaoliveira8989 3 жыл бұрын

@@slidenapps omg having critics about capitalism isn't "being negative" or being a socialist. You should probably read the comment again (and also read more about both sistems) and be chill pls 💜

@MarioCortez11 3 жыл бұрын

@@marinaoliveira8989 sorry, in which country do u live?

@anapaulafonseca3525 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the blond dude mindset on acknowledging historic/current colonial behaviours: "yeah we are changing and doing better than other places, but we can do better" God, i dream about the day i can visit this country ✨

@martinn.6082 3 жыл бұрын

Reminder that Germany has still not paid a single cent of reparations for the victims of the genocide in Namibia.

@serrapistav2030 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Damon, 24 years old Turkish person speaking, i really admire your appreciation of the culture wherever you go or whom you are speaking to. And if your plans work out about travelling to Turkey i would love to show you around and teach you how to consume sunflowers :D

@victorianavaroli1707 3 жыл бұрын

The only way I can describe Damon is that he is the exact opposite of a toxic person

@LivingBobby 3 жыл бұрын

Woooow bro! This is so next level. You gotta get a netflix deal!

@noellemaria5591 3 жыл бұрын

For real!!

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@Xii371 3 жыл бұрын

Nah Damon is too cool for netflix

@nicogoku 3 жыл бұрын

"Was there like a huge border?" (surrounding East Germany instead of only east berlin is what you were asking I think) Because the lovely dude didn't answer you're question I will: YES THERE WAS. It was called the "Todesstreifen:" aka "deathstripe?" idk. Anyway: Along the border with Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Hesse, and Bavaria, a regulation which provided for a 5-kilometer wide restricted area on the territory of the GDR had been in force since 1952. From then on, every border crossing was subject to authorization. In the restricted area, there was a 500-meter wide protective strip "the Todesstreifen" at the border and a 10-meter wide control strip immediately in front of it. Entering the restricted area was subject to the obligation to obtain a permit, for which the residents had to register.

@paolamucino7842 3 жыл бұрын

It's going to sound SO CLICHE but Berlin changed my life 13 years ago. I freaking love Berlin and I hope to live back there one day...soon. Loved this video!

@thislilfishinthesea 3 жыл бұрын

"Germany has enough to say I'm sorry about" is a weird response to someone saying the German colonial past must be acknowledged and spoken about esp because systemic racism (based on colour) is still highly prevalent in all spheres of German society, EVEN in Berlin. jus my 2 cents

@mariama12 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed! You can respect how far Germany has come without minimizing how far Germany has to go. His comment rubbed me the wrong way.

@Kloudee 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was so put off when he said that.

@lightsoff9008 3 жыл бұрын

I thought he said “Germany has a lot to say sorry about” now he irks me

@Indielove9 3 жыл бұрын

YES EXACTLY!!! Also the fact that he was interrupting him irked me as well like he was making important and valid points.

@urmompele 3 жыл бұрын

@@mariama12 wait, I agree with you but can you please elaborate on "without minimizing how far Germany has to go." part

@TheChicagoRose 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite part of all this was “I’m 29, I’m getting this bowl”. Getting older has been such a point of liberation for me because of little, seemingly insignificant moments like that. Have things the way you want and don’t be too afraid or too shy or too ashamed to ask for it.

@TheChicagoRose 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, and “if you’re a magician hit me up” 🤣

@letsparchmentitupyo7566 3 жыл бұрын

fr fr

@mrbingo199 3 жыл бұрын

I am a Berliner and love all of this. I see you all over Friedrichshain, Damon. Love it!

@sch2217 3 жыл бұрын

Damon can make the most boring storyline extremely interesting. Like walking down a street, or eating... I've watched many of his videos and I can't get enough. What is this voodoo?

@sacrefrenchie2132 3 жыл бұрын

Damon didnt just go find any old skater, he went and found the most popular, most beautiful, most incredible roller girl right now 😍

@marcouzmark 3 жыл бұрын

lmao I noticed that. like whaaat??

@nisakuday1600 3 жыл бұрын

As a Turk, watching Damon struggle with his sunflower seed eating technique was pretty amusing (in a cute way). I feel like if he went to Turkey he would get the cultural context a bit better. In that German cafe it seemed like just a cool thing to snack on, whereas in Turkey eating sunflower seeds to while away the time is more of a national past time, while you catch up on gossip, watch people and think about life :)

@heist4420 3 жыл бұрын

thats so beautiful, wow. i loved reading that. i’d love to visit turkey but unfortunately they hate gulf arabs and i happen to be one lol

@elishesthestrange 3 жыл бұрын

The font on the U-Bahn and S-Bahn signs and the whole BVG Plan system was designed by Erik Spiekermann who is the typography genius behind so many signs, logos and typography.

@dominikosaurus5373 3 жыл бұрын

Damon: Everything Other Than TECHNO That Berlin Should Be Known For also Damon: literal techno music in the background

@louploup 3 жыл бұрын

also very accurate for German culture: grumpy cashier and cars honking aggressively. Still love Berlin tho ;)

@oliwiaguaj6253 3 жыл бұрын

really? when I was in Germany (Bautzen) in some kinda super market cashier literally screamed HALLO!! at me with the biggest smile (I was terrified but in a good way haha) and also it's maybe like only Bautzen thing but there was no walkway anywhere so you could just cross the street where you wanted and every car was stopping and no one had a problem with it maybe it's like cultural differences between cities/lands...idk

@tiffytattoo2450 3 жыл бұрын

Berlin is our grumpy town. It's kinda mandatory to be slightly pissed off all the time. Berlin dialect is referred to as "Berliner Schnauze" (Schnauze means mouth, mouth of an animal or here: way of talking) which is a loving way to show the ruffness of the capital.

@JcOnAFieldtrip 3 жыл бұрын

This little discussion between the tour guide and the native-berliner is actually super interesting. Because i was born and raised in Berlin and people looking from the outside in put Berlin on this pedestal that native Berliners sometimes cant comprehend lol.

@NoPityForThePlatsch 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Just because Germany is doing a better job than some countries doesn't mean that we are doing a good enough job. We do have a problem with racism that shouldn't just be swept under the rug like this.

@JcOnAFieldtrip 3 жыл бұрын

@@NoPityForThePlatsch exactly! And I totally get that people who come from other countries compare it to other countries like the US (which is a joke at that point)

@TheRiotPunkGirl 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly his "Berlin/Germany has enough to say sorry for" rubbed me the wrong way, like, why would you think things are perfect now and even BE so confrontational with the other guy who was so chill Like hey, I'm not saying that because he's from Berlin he has ALL the facts but at least have some respect for someone who's clearly speaking from his love of his city, like damn I don't know what the deal with people from other countries (specially the US, honestly) who are so CERTAIN everything they know and say are just facts

@Shay45 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRiotPunkGirl The guy that said that, the tour guide, isn’t he from Germany too? I couldn’t tell.

@TheRiotPunkGirl 3 жыл бұрын

@@Shay45 His accent sounded American but I might be wrong

@lauramartinez3442 3 жыл бұрын

Damon I do not understand how of alllllll the travel videos and youtube videos I spend my time watching. your videos are so incredibly UNIQUE- not only from everything else on youtube, but even from your own videos! Each video is so new and exciting. you are honestly incredible and I live vicariously thru you

@cyn341 3 жыл бұрын

Love your channel so so much Damon! You’ve inspired me to take a gap year after I finish college (in two years) and go see the world and find myself. Thank you for being your authentic self in your videos and as a KZfaqr and for all the amazing videos you create, can’t tell you how refreshing it is to see. Lots of love to you 💛💛💛

@VictoriaWhitlock 3 жыл бұрын

Damon's french accent when speaking german kills me

@cal519 3 жыл бұрын

‘you dont wear make up, you go out and buy a bread’ yall i think i found my heaven

@paula7617 3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Berlin and moved away a while ago and this made me fall in love with the city again. You showed me what I loved about Berlin and what I'll always remember. Thank you! Seriously, thank you so much! Late night Döners, park-encounters, openess, friendliness, the feeling of being sorrounded by people who are down-to-earth and yet at the same time somewhere else in the clouds; depending on how much money you have for the rest of the month haha wonderful video!

@kusren5079 3 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of videos/documentary I really crave and crave to make. You are a KING for thiss. I hope more people find this and get the same sense of deep appreciation for your videos!!

@lukehealy2020 3 жыл бұрын

Waiting for the day Damon gets a Netflix series. Please do Copenhagen or London soon.

@damondominique 3 жыл бұрын

*waitin for the phone call* ⏰

@anmolgandhi9835 3 жыл бұрын

@@damondominique Or Vienna. It has the quirkiest people

@claudiapastor 3 жыл бұрын

Oslo dear, Oslo would be a great revelation to you...

@juliette1945 3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t say money isn’t important I think Europeans consume less compared to Americans. There is less of a consumer culture in Europe in general.

@HekatieSquires 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a good point... we were all feckin poor by the end of WWII while the USA was BOOMING. It’s like European countries were having tantrums and fighting with each other, throwing our toys out the pram and ripping each other’s up until it was over and we realised we didn’t have any toys anymore 😂

@hermione124granger 3 жыл бұрын

I agree but i feel like especially the younger generation is more likely to spend more money

@flopunkt3665 3 жыл бұрын

Americans care way more about status symbols. They spend money they don't have on stuff they don't need. It also happens in Europe, but not on the same degree. In Germany in particular we're taught from early ages to save money whenever possible and to think twice about what to spend it on or not.

@angie7650 3 жыл бұрын

in the US spending money is unavoidable and part of the stress on having a good job is having health insurance, dental ect since health problems can put you in debt. If you go to college you will have massive amounts of debt as well, and most will be paying that up till they are 45 years old. Most cities in the US are also way more expensive. You couldn't live in NYC by working in a coffee shop unless you lived with 3 roommates and decided not to have children.

@angie7650 3 жыл бұрын

Not saying this is the way it should be. I wish health care was free and college wasn't so expensive....

@katrinapia2063 3 жыл бұрын

amazing mini doc! I have tears in my eyes while watching because I miss this place. You have captured something really special. Thank you for sitting down with all these fascinating, genuine people that make Berlin the city it is.

@notyou5594 3 жыл бұрын

this made me so happy and so thankful that i live in germany. you are so wholesome and truly one of the few creators that actually make their videos meaningful and sooooo incredibly inspiring!!! i noticed that with your paris series too and i am so happy for you that all your hard work and the risks you took are paying off. keep doing what you do and being so creative and open minded :)

@thepurplepalace85 3 жыл бұрын

so pumped for this!!! 🔥

@Sarah-qn1so 3 жыл бұрын

I love that you mentioned that Berlin "isn't about the money". I'm from Canada, and I feel like we have the same mentality than Americans in the sense that we are a capitalist country where careers are an important social status factor. I lived in Berlin for a year and I noticed that no one talked about their work or how much money they made during conversations with friends... money just wasn't important, nor was climbing up the ladders in big corporate companies. I miss that SO much about Berlin. What a great city - thank you for this lovely and interesting documentary!

@flopunkt3665 3 жыл бұрын

Tbh I think that's more of an East German thing. In West Germany many people do care about climbing up the ladders in big corporate companies, especially in cities like Stuttgart, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg. Berlin lost all company headquarters when it was split and they never returned. So people intending to make a big career are less likely to move to Berlin. Talking about wages is a big taboo in Germany. That is really frowned upon over here. I think it is the same in most European countries. The idea is that if you tell how much money you make, people will either pity you or be jealous at you. Both isn't nice, so you've got nothing to gain by telling.

@shyanneshank61 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I stumbled upon this video.... It's so pure and whole and organic. I love that you aren't afraid to make friends and talk to the locals. That's what makes this video so great and gives you a real taste of Berlin. You're not just walking around the city taking videos of food and architecture like most. After I found this video I binged your others of yours and can I just say Du bust toll und Ich bin besessen von dir! Love your energy and that you're out here doing you, learning German, piano, and painting + trying new things like rock-climbing and tennis. After I watch your videos i'm like "okay, i'm inspired. Let's do something cool." Also, I totally understand how you want to learn German because every German you've met has been really cool and well rounded. That's literally the same reason I'm learning. I've never even been to Germany but I do a lot of research on their culture and people and I'm just so intrigued by them that I started learning the language. All of my friends & family are like... so... uhhhh. why are you learning German again???? But anyway, just wanted to drop in and say hi and that I love your videos. Tschüss!!!!

@gabriellebrainard3943 3 жыл бұрын

I just love how open he is with his thoughts and thought process. It is so interesting and he makes me think in a different, more worldly way

@Thisisshxron 3 жыл бұрын

"you dont have makeup go out and buy yourself some bread" A MOOD

@selin462 3 жыл бұрын

Damon why did you take the pfandbon right after every bottle. You can throw every bottle you have and then press the button lmao

@roseziehm6191 3 жыл бұрын

I was actually laughing at this one too 😆

@mel-jz7uz 3 жыл бұрын

The new ones come out automatically if you’re not quick enough😂

@Sergio-wn4sp 3 жыл бұрын

I was so confused by that lmao

@mariir4734 3 жыл бұрын

Mann you are just so inspiring, everyone should aspire to live a life like this. The people you meet, the experiences and knowledge you have..absolutely in awe! Thank you for sharing this superior content with us!

@tanvigaitonde6352 3 жыл бұрын

I saved this video to watch on a rainy day and today was that day, and WOW this was one of the best KZfaq vids I’ve watched. Ever. Thanks for this content king!!

@iefrank 3 жыл бұрын

i was having a miserable night... not anymore now that damon’s back with a mini doc 🤟🏼

@damondominique 3 жыл бұрын

Turn that night around! The path forward doesn't have to be dictated by the past.

@iefrank 3 жыл бұрын

@@damondominique thanks for always bringing me (and many others) so much joy w/ your content 💙

@bernardfarquharson3275 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know where you see “mini” 👀 dis a whole ass doc. 38 minutes is a FEAT 😂

@cecilelebleu5984 3 жыл бұрын

@@damondominique Damn man thank you 😭

@on3445 3 жыл бұрын

@@damondominique that is so Alfred Adler! (sorry just read about his psychology and saw this comment of yours) lol

@ShannonCiricillo 3 жыл бұрын

at this point you need to trademark "Damon Dominique Documentaries" because you killed it yet again

@appleandroid60 3 жыл бұрын

Get that triple D haha

@kayladavis7556 2 жыл бұрын

EVERYTHING about this video was so good. I am always learning when i watch your vids

@inesalmeida4243 3 жыл бұрын

your videos are everything! Literally it is so nice how you connect with everyone and you notice the little things of each place and you enjoy it. Plus you always give that knowledge content and facts about the places!!

@ReynaSingh 3 жыл бұрын

Who knew recycling could be this entertaining

@Enzoklopaedie 3 жыл бұрын

As a person who grew up here it's really fascinating to see how people precive what you deem to be normal

@tapioca8287 3 жыл бұрын

Isso... ich finde es schon krass, wie positiv er über Berlin gesprochen hat. Meiner Meinung nach ist Berlin so eine Stadt, die man entweder hasst oder mag. Bei ihm merkt man, dass er die Stadt gern hat.

@ashleestutzman1368 3 жыл бұрын

I've been a fan for years (circa damon and jo...literally all the videos, shut up and go etc) and you are seriously killin' it with this chapter in your life. The artistry in your story telling is so well crafted it feels effortless. THANK you for sharing it with us. I'm a travel junkie myself and am totally living through you during this wacky 2020. You have a life long follower here. Muah!

@Hairy_Mary 3 жыл бұрын

You put so much effort into your videos- i get so excited every time you post

@knutkolckmann6449 3 жыл бұрын

1:20 I'm actually from Essen and I sometimes feel like our biggest accomplishment is our name.

@damondominique 3 жыл бұрын

I mean I'm fascinated by it!

@katie 3 жыл бұрын

shout out to the guy talking about colonialism! important to address

@damondominique 3 жыл бұрын

PERIOD!

@jadaridi4565 3 жыл бұрын

Incredible. Everything from the editing, colour, and showing the non stereotypical sides of Berlin I’ve always been curious about. One of the best location vids I’ve seen dude. Great work

@wiimusic3416 3 жыл бұрын

😭when he just cut the clip when the guy started talking about his wrist problems

@qk611 3 жыл бұрын

okay about that magician=musician thing, I met this German guy once at a beach and he told me he's a 'magician'. Later that day in the evening he started playing music with his guitar and after he's done i'm like cool what about the magic? And he's like that's enough for today. I WAS SO CONFUSED FOR QUITE SOMETIME until I realised...

@BarknoorZ 3 жыл бұрын

I used to go out in Germany in my fluffy pink winter pajamas, ride the tram, walk around the city, no one ever batted an eye. Loved it.

@BarknoorZ 3 жыл бұрын

@Master Pooshi Well, jokes on you because in February the Karnival happened and then EVERYONE was wearing their onesies and pajamas! XD

@vm5031 3 жыл бұрын

ein 5 Tage altes Video über Deutschland/eine deutsche Stadt & die Kommentare sind noch nicht von lauter alMAnS eingenommen? Wie kann das sein? HAHAH

@lllina3203 3 жыл бұрын

Frage ich mich auch hahahahah

@ev.09 3 жыл бұрын

Das is bei jedem KZfaq Video so, in dem entweder das Wort Deutsch vorkommt oder ein Deutscher nur durchs Bild läuft. Wir sind eine invasive Spezies, vor allem, was den Kommentar Bereich angeht :D

@alma9636 3 жыл бұрын

Viktoria Müller hat schon kommentiert !

@nienker2598 3 жыл бұрын

haha jetzt wo dus sagst kommen bestimmt mehr leute lol

@mala1122 3 жыл бұрын

Kaaameeeraaaa weeeeg

@rollii 3 жыл бұрын

watching this warmed up my heart. love berlin so much. and this editing is incredible. thank you

@chaehyunpark86 3 жыл бұрын

What an idea to interview the guys from the photobooth!! Everyone sees them and love them but nobody really actually bother to know more about it. Great idea !!

@isabellawalser4150 3 жыл бұрын

Just saying (from a German speaker): The gender of a word does not change in the different cases, it always remains the same. It's just the form of the article that changes (but not the gender)... Loved your documentary, Damon! Keep it up!

@kw9158 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he just gets it confused because it does seems to anybody who hasn't learned about akkusativ, nominativ and dativ, that the noun's gender will just "randomly" change in a sentence (like from die to der) when in fact this change is because the verb in sentence is either akkusativ or dativ (for example), and this will change the gendered "the" to a new word, which happens to look like other gendered "the's", but that's just a coincidence. Albeit, a VERY confusing coincidence :)

@watchbro8409 Жыл бұрын

Dude the edits are fire. Cool music, dope locations, nice pacing. Keep it up.

@yarielisa 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this. Awesome video. Thanks for sharing.

@MelissaFallin 3 жыл бұрын

holyyyy shit dude!!! that storytelling!!! i'm speechless. this is far better than like... any documentary I've seen.

@IzellahG 3 жыл бұрын

Okaaaay, we need MORE documentaries from Damon!!!! Like, I'm sorry but Netflix who?

@mmmmmmmmm2336 3 жыл бұрын

Never heard of her

@neks5831 3 жыл бұрын

I love how Damons videos are so educational & philosophical.... I love it so much

@kseniasadovnikova7127 3 жыл бұрын

i love it ^^ amazing video as always

@yb32 3 жыл бұрын

10:12 when Yang said she was part Turkish, I was so surprised! It is so rare that people talk about Turks without insulting them. Bless her, she's so sweet.

@blossom-yw8fe 3 жыл бұрын

i have to agree on that as a german with turkish roots!

@megl2003 3 жыл бұрын

"If you're a magician in Berlin, hit me up".... so hilarious and cute.

@brettboarder 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome MAN!!! Big love for this great video !!💖💖💖

@joacoliska7640 3 жыл бұрын

This video is AMAZING, the editing's superb, the color grading is BEAUTIFUL, and you are sooo charismatic as well. 10/10 video, I've never been more eager to go to Berlin than now, thank you so much!!!

@paulinekeane3888 3 жыл бұрын

Ok I know there’s probably a million other comments like this but... the ✨EDITING✨ the ✨MUSIC✨ this video is a frickin masterpiece guys 🥵

@damondominique 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you ALL for watching and caring! 😟 sorry im listening to soft nicki minaj ballads and gettin' in my feels seeing all the love.

@JcOnAFieldtrip 3 жыл бұрын

love how you translated "Kamera weg" with please put the camera away cuz she basically meant put the damn camera away lol

@kristinablatzonis7434 3 жыл бұрын

love these mini docs!!! PLEASE make more

@barbarasalumearivabeni8336 3 жыл бұрын

I love this video!! really nice content about Berlin life and perspective that I haven't found in any other video on youtube. Thanks for this documentary Domonique!! xoxo