Stoßlüften is the best thing in the world

I'm in Scotland. Our family have a no shoes policy. Also every morning I open windows at front and back of flat to get a good air through.

Hi Jen. That was very interesting, I wish you would do more of these videos. We haven't heard much about life in your 'new' house. As regards the quiet hour, Brits are not very happy with being regulated, although no doubt we could adapt to it. The opening of the windows, I think many would see it as letting a lot of cold air in, and warm air out, which adds to the heating bills. I think it's more customary to open just the bedroom window in the morning. Fizzy water is just carbonated water, are you not just filling yourself up with gas!!

My brother used to live in Weil-am-Rhein and his neighbourhood was very strict about keeping quiet on Sundays. Quite surprising for a Brit as we are so used to doing gardening on Sundays. And thanks for explaining "auf kipp"!

I'm Brazilian and apart from the sparkling water I have all of these habits! They're no common here and everybody tells me to stop being so fussy, especially about the clothes and shoes. My great grandparents were from Germany, I guess the habits were in my blood. ^^ haha

Great to see you are back. Love your videos.

Yesss Jen! Absolutely love these videos xx

In the US many people take their shoes off when they enter their houses, this is particularly common in colder states, where Winter lasts 5 months and people wear snow boots for a few months.

I founded your channel 3 years ago, and I still love to watch your videos

When I was young 1950s and early 60s opening your windows in London let in the smog. You did not take your shoes off unless it was your home and you had slippers as only one room the living room had heating most of the rest of the house for most of the year was cold and damp.

Victorian houses were designed to let air flow through the house as they thought that was healthy. It's terrible for insulation! Modern windows have the tilt and hinge arrangement. The 50s semi of my 70s and 80s childhood had side and top opening windows.

Nice to see a new video from you 😊 Have a nice Weekend 😎😊 Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪😄

Airing the house was pretty common when I was a child in NW England some 50 years ago. I think it has become less common post central heating. I agree though certainly not every window every morning.

Glad to know that Germans would remove shoes before entering one's house. Indians are like that as well. As an Indian in the US it drives me nuts how Americans just walk into a house with their outside shoes on!

We air out in France too, and we take our shoes off as soon as we are home.

Yay new video ^^

Hmm I think a lot of things exist in the UK but to a lesser degree. Who isn't taking their shoes off when they get home?

I lived in Japan and the rule was “outside shoes stay outside”. The houses have a small area just inside the front door where you change your shoes and they usually have polished wooden floors inside. You never wear shoes or slippers on tatami mats though, so make sure you have a good pair of socks to wear.

Im estonian and we do everything in the list besides the quiet sunday hours.

Switching people to sparkling water is the devils work! The only water I want is straight from the tap. I think my mum airs out every so often, I've literally never even thought of doing that though. I always take my shoes off and wear slippers, but then I can't ever remember going to a house party and being asked to take my shoes off.

Hi from Austria Nice to see you after long time.

One of the big mysteries in England are the very small windowsills where you can't put a plant on it. And this is a no go to me cause I need plants in my windows.

I agree, German windows are designed to a high standard. At home in the UK, they are a bit basic.

Hi, Jen, very interesting. I do like the idea of people taking their shoes off when inside, have to try and make that catch on here. Love sparkling water much better than still. Looking forward to your next video soon.

Very interesting and l must say your English has improved to the point of being excellent

I never wear my outdoor shoes inside. I have one particular friend who,when I visit,I always take my shoes off to protect her carpet which as she told me cost several hundred pounds so she wants it to stay nice as long as possible. Shes not house-proud or anything,in fact she's a keen gardener and is outside as much as possible. I've got windows like your illustration of German windows and so I can have them wide open in the nice weather,and I do. In fact as I live on the 10th floor,in a heatwave I can have them open all day and night which is wonderful.

"Schuhe aus" ist bei uns nie Thema gewesen. Wenn Freunde zu Besuch sind, lassen sie normalerweise immer Schuhe an. Ab und zu fragt mal wer, ob die Schuhe ausgezogen werden müssen... 🤷🏼‍♂️ Ich laufe allerdings so gut wie nie mit "Straßenschuhen" im Haus. ☺️ Und mit dem Wasser scheint es hier genau andersrum zu sein. Immer mehr kaufen und wollen "stilles Wasser". Aufgewachsen bin ich natürlich auch mit dem mit Sprudel aber ich mochte schon immer das kalte Leitungswasser ein Stück weit lieber... 🙂

people buy bolted water whats wrong with the tap

I like Lüften,and Ruhezeiten ,and also Houseshoes ;-)

I don't know where you have lived in Germany; in my place of Germany it is completely uncommon to take the shoes off (unless you are Muslim).

I live in England and I always air out my home and I take shoes off when I come inside any house. Is something wrong with me 😂😂😂

You come into my house you best believe you are taking off your shoes :)

Sparkling wa ah XD

could you do german music vs british music

I always take my shoes off when I come in, unless I’m just popping in for a moment then going straight back out or going straight through (e.g. going to the back garden). When I lived in a house, not the ground floor flat I’m in now, I would generally open a couple of windows to let air through when I got up and took my shower. The main exceptions were weather based. In the flat I tried it but one of my neighbours came in through the open windows and stole a laptop, now I avoid opening any window that will open more than a few centimetres. One thing I’ve been told about Germany, and maybe you’ll cover this (or confirm it’s not true)in your kitchen video, is that when you rent an apartment there often won’t be a kitchen. The. Room will be there but there’ll be no sink, work surfaces or cupboards. You’re expected to bring your own and take them with you when you leave. That seems really odd to me, if true. What do you do if the kitchen in your old apartment and new are different sizes and shapes?

my windows are always open

I don't like to open the windows here because I live close to a main road so this would let in noise and pollution. I insist on making people take off their shoes, though.

'WHITE CLAW" seems to be the current trendiest flavored "sparkling water" in the USA . Its billed as a "Hard Seltzer", since it contains alcohol. Have you seen it at your local supermarket/grocery store? While in Spain, when I asked for "sparkling water" in a restaurant the reply from the server was invariably "con gas o sin gas"?

I have worked in Germany a number of times and am very familiar with the preference for Sparkling Water - but is this in all situations? E.g If you go to a Gym in Germany and you are exercising hard - do you still drink sparking water to help quench your thirst after intense exercise - would you drink sparking water while out running long distance etc? I imagine it wouldn’t be as effective at helping recover from a real thirst - can someone comment?

I can't imagine keeping the shoes on inside. I even change shoes at work because unless me feet would sweat like hell. Regarding the airing: I and many people I know need to have a window open in the bedroom over night.

We say fizzy water instead of sparkling water in England.

Are all of the German sparkling waters in disposable containers? Or are they recycled? Is German tap water safe to drink?

Read on another site an american who was living in Germany ranting about the police coming round on a Sunday and taking away his mower, and how he could not wait to get back to the land of the free! Not mentioned here but his rant about Germany toilets, just went on and on, he shipped a ‘proper toilet’ across from America. Opening windows, yes, shoes off indoors, yes, sparkling water, yes, working for a German company for 20 years must have rubbed off, but drinking beer at 0600h in the morning, no way, it was a Bavarian company, there were beer vending machines in the factory, quiet time , not really, have too many animals.

How can I open my windows in England when you say that it is a German thing to open it "auf Kipp" only complete?

my house has one auf kipp

Everyone I know takes their shoes off in the house, but it's a different thing at parties, everyone has shoes on at parties.

I am from Atlantic Canada and we always take our shoes off at the door. It would be very rude to walk through someone’s house with your dirty outside shoes.

german music vs british music

We don't open our windows so much because we prefer the rain to stay on the outside of the house.

I dont understand people who wear shoes inside the house. 1) everything gets dirty 2) your feet will smell like crazy when u wear shoes all day 3) just uncomfortable innit?

I hate sparkling water, it's nonsense, only non-humans drink that shit. How can you quench your thirst of natural water with artificial soda water?

I don’t like German uptightness.. Lived in Germany for a year before moving to UK.. I think very often Germans like to complain about other people just to impose a principle for almost a fetish pleasure to other to obey.. (regarding the noise topic)

Sparkling water is bad for your teeth! 😬

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