I’m Canadian and have been living in Germany for over 25 years. The last 2 years I’ve been in Hamburg( and not going to leave). Hamburg is very international. It’s now my home ❤️

U gotta check out Lübeck!!! It’s just around 36 mins from Hamburg by train

Lübeck is a really beautiful city near Hamburg - you would love it!

Yes, isn't it amazing how much diversity there is in Germany, concerning food, dialects, buildings, way of life and nature?! I am looking forward to you exploring the western and eastern parts of Germany as well.

"...we are in a different country..." Finally, they got it. ;-) Bavaria is NOT Germany. It's only one part among many. Nice video! By the way, 6:19, there are your half-timbered house(s), Hanseatic style, especially the smaller one in the center. That's how large parts of the city looked like before war destructions and before the post-war "reconstruction", i.e.demolition of what was left.That happened in many German cities, the old town centers were flattened, and rebuilt with cars in mind. Only few city councils withstood the temptation of eradicating their history and went for careful restoration instead. On the other hand, these ancient quarters WERE poorly equipped with modern sanitation and infrastructure, and after the war, building housing was the first priority. In the end, the mixture of old and new is probably characteristic here... Hamburg, Germany's second most populated city, is also called "Tor zur Welt", Germany's gateway to the world. The openness of space and architecure is not an accident, it's an integral feature, as is its rather scandinavian appeal. Hamburg is probably one if not THE most urbanized city in the country. But like everywhere in Germany, you're never far away from nature and from picturesque landscapes. For instance, if you have time, explore the "Alte Land", a region just down the river, known for its apple trees and fruit plantations. It's really a pity that so few Americans even realize how diverse Germany is, and how different and equally beautiful the north is compared to the deep south. Thanx for exploring this! Have a good trip "home". ;-)

Thank you for also covering northern Germany! Most people from abroad only go to Bavaria or Berlin. I live in Flensburg right at the danish border and life here is just nice. The people are really nice, we got some cool beaches and scandinavian flair going on. You should definitely check out Flensburg at some point. :-)

Well Hamburg is an endgame city - not only in Europe but in the world. Making most top 10 city lists. Do Lübeck next - it’s an surreal place to see. Everything along the North and Baltic Sea is nice (and different). Or going south to the Lüneburger Heide for some country flair. On the way visit the Tank Museum to see how military history is handled in Germany.

MOIN, you get a sub just because you're the first foreign/american family I encountered here that also has a story to tell about the north of germany! And as others here stated before, I'm not saying this in a looking-down-on-other-parts-of-germany kinda way, but rather with acknowledging its' diversity and it's cool to hear about the region you actually live in from you guys! Greetings from Schleswig-Holstein!

This video is just a small sneak peek into the fun we had in Hamburg! Stay tuned because we have more videos of our time in Hamburg coming (this Wednesday and next week) woot woot!! 🙌😊 And yes, WE LOVED the Miniatur Wunderland! Such an incredible museum & highly recommend it. 😊

Living in a rural part of Hamburg I can recommend: - Rieck Haus for an old half timbered house - it is a museum - Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg for more old arcitecture - Altes Land, come here in the last week of April or first week of May to see the apple trees bloom - Do a harbour tour with the ferry 62 (is included in local public transport ticket) - Do a tour of the town hall (there are guided tours in English) - Visit the Hafen City and Elbphilharmonie - Visit Ohlsdorf Cemetery by bike, one of the lagest in the world and a big park area - Do a guided tour of the Airbus factory - Walk or cycle through the Alter Elbtunnel - Visit surroundig towns like Lüneburg or Lübeck or Lauenburg (all with an "L") - Go to the Elbe beach at Övelgönne (or, if you drive and are on the other side, Krautsand). Just ask for more information, I have been living in most of the districts of Hamburg.

St. Peter- Ording Beach (book a table at the restaurants on stilts there), Sylt (Red Cliff and Dunes) Hallig Hooge, Haitabu, Wadden Sea National Park, Helgoland, Westerhever Sand Lighthouse,

I love to recommend the Auswandererhaus Museum in Bremerhaven to Americans as it's part of their history and they can (if lucky) find their relatives there!! But I would stay in Bremen as Bremerhaven is not very beautiful

The comment section is testament to German love of their country. And yes, despite all its shortcomings, it is a wonderful country to live in. So glad you are enjoying it!

Oldenburg is beautiful as well 😊

I can recommend going to Helgoland by catamaran, Lübeck (def go there if you like marzipan), and you should also visit the north sea and the Nationalpark Wattenmeer. I also recommend visiting the Mecklenburger Seenplatte (Mecklenburg lake district?) in the eastern part of germany, you can do bicycle touring or rent a house boat.

like that you started the video with summarizing your journey. Love the video and all the information you gave. Thank you very much.

Great video... brought tears to my eyes with wonderful fond memories. Both my Mom and Dad were born and raised in Hamburg and I went back every second year as a boy and young man. Thank you

Next time you definitely have to visit Schwerin. The castle and its gardens and all the lakes are just beautiful.

Hi guys! This was fun to watch! I’m always travelling to the islands and the North and Ostsee coast and every time I say- I‘ll see Hamburg this time! But I always can’t wait to get to the islands etc. It’s totally different, you‘ll love it too! But now I‘ve seen this video, I will stop next time… or over next time… (übernächstes Mal)

Ha! I knew it was that playground and Planten & Bloomen. Glad to see Willa enjoying herself so much. I am curious to see what part of the Speicherstadt you explored other than the Miniatur Wunderland. Ever since I subscribed to your channel I wondered when you would come to Hamburg, and now you made it a multi-part series. Very excited to see what you have in store.

In the northern half of Germany, you usually see half-timbered houses mostly in rural areas. Some cities used to have more of them before WW2, but many of those fell victim to Allied bombing. (Unlike Bavaria, most of the north was in range for British bombers, and valuable industrial target were usually close to the cities.).

During a school trip we had some beers here! Nice spot

Loving your adventures!

I've been going to Hamburg for so many years that it's become like a home from home. I recognised practically all the places in the video. Did you know that you can take a boat cruise through all the canals of the Speicherstadt? But I don't know southern Germany at all, and your videos from that region are really interesting,too. Hamburg was a member of the Hanseatic League going back to the medieval era. Towns along the North Sea were a part of it, and several coastal towns in Britain had links, though not formally members. The Hanse is memorialised today in the number plates of vehicles registered in the region. So a number plate starting with the letters HH is from Hansestadt Hamburg. Similarly, HB is Hansestadt Bremen, HL Hansestadt Lübeck etc. Even the former East German towns and cities are now included, eg HRO for Hansestadt Rostock.

the half-timbered houses existing in nothern gernany , too. but a lot were destroyed by bombs in WW II. Lübeck for example have a lot of them

You have to visit the "middle" of Germany with its beautiful Fachwerk-architecture, too. I went on a little Germany trip this summer, from Bavaria, to Thüringen, Niedersachsen, to the North Sea in Schleswig-Holstein and I must say I totally fell in love with my home country again...😍

I am SO SO excited for this part of your journey - especially as someone who grow up in northern Germany and calls it home. 🤩🙌🏼 Have fun!!

Beautiful footage / video Lubeck & Area is very very pretty .

Good job guys and great video! Hamburg is absolutely fantastic!!! Greetings from Munich

Here an important Idea: visit small villages at the Coast, especially in East-Frisia around the little towns Leer, Emden, Norden. East Frisia ist the Refugium of very old church-organs, mostly in simply dekorated presbyterian churches. In Weener and Norden there are Arp-Schnittger-Organs Form the headmaster of organmakers.🙂

when you go back don't miss the Harz Mountains. Quedlinburg and Goslar are extremely beautiful so is the nature of that whole area

Like always a nice video! TY

I live close to Hamburg. Thanks for showing it the way you did. It is nice and exciting. Cheers

already love the new intro :) - lot of Fischbrötchen.

North Germany has so beautiful places, check out Lübeck or Mölln, Timmendorfer Strand and the Islands and smaller Islands called „Halligen“ etc. it’s so unique. Just like Bavaria is one piece of the puzzle. Northern Germany is another one of beautiful amazing Germany ♥️😇 especially in the summer time with nice weather its superb and always worth spending your holidays here. If you want me to show u around sometime I live between Hamburg and Lübeck Ps: I moved from The U.S back to Germany in 2017,

Great impressions. You have to Check out the baltic sea and all the islands, Fehmarn and Rügen, Hiddensee...your Videos are fun to watch and you guys are very polite and open minded. Very cool! All the best from cologne

I am from Hamburg and i've lived there my entire life. Hamburg is so diverse and international especially in st.pauli where I am from

Hamburg is such a great city and I loved each visit. I lived there for half a year for my first job training. I was a little worried when I moved from some small town to one of the biggest cities but it was amazing. I felt so relaxed and welcomed there. Sometimes you can enter a building and leave it on the other side and it seems like you are in a different city because the architecture varies much.

Moin. :) The Hanseatic Triangle is definitely worth a visit. You have already been to Hamburg, there are still Lübeck and Lüneburg left. They are beautiful, you will love it! And if you want to see nature, then you should also visit the Baltic Sea islands.

Awww, Hamburg 😍 I lived there for the first 24 years of my life. Now I live in Bavaria...and you are so right. Sometimes it feels like two different countries. My heart belongs to the north, to be honest. 😉💕 Have a great time!

Still can't believe we didn't run into each other while we were there 😅 Kept looking for us in the background of some of your clips! Looks like y'all had a great time 😊

Half timbered houses are common in the rural parts of northern Germany. And you missed the Watt (national park) for example in Husum or more accessable in Cuxhaven Duhnen. You can have a walk from Duhnen to island Neuwerk when the north sea has low tide (9km).

Nice Vlog. Hamburg is a beautiful historic and modern City. The Storage City is awesome. We have in the North and East Sea beautiful Islands and also Cities/Regions. I like the Island of Sylt and Helgoland with the famous Red Rock.

Moin moin :) Nice to have you in Hamburg!

We spent an afternoon in Hamburg recently on our way back to Bavaria from our holidays near Fehmarn. It's beautiful but too crowded for my taste. Excited for your next videos.

Check out the Viking village of Haithabu (next to Schleswig)!

We used to enjoy Bremen and visit “The Schnoor” , just love your vlogs and watching Willa, so beautiful 👏🏻

You should go and visit the Altes Land near Hamburg. It's a little bit west of Hamburg and very pretty and traditional.

Make sure to visit Spiekeroog, by far my favorite island! Bremen is also worth a visit, especially the Schnoorviertel with houses from the 1400's

Amazing to hear you visited Miniature Wunderland (was almost in the comments to suggest it but it seems like you already had great information about which Attractions are must important 😂)

I loved how you said that you feel like in a different country! That's literally half of Germany that says that about north and south Germany! :D

The best northern island for families is Amrum. It has a really huge beach and wonderful dunes. It can only reached by a nice ferry trip. You can use your own car, public transportation or your bikes.

What a nice video, love that you love Hamburg, like me. See the islands & the Nordsee, do a ride with the Hafenrundfahrt and see the Elbphillharmony

Glad you like my hometown so much! I highly recommand visiting Lüneburg, less than an hour by train from Hamburg. If possible, book a tour of the town hall (Rathaus), it's absolutely and breath takingly stunning.

I am happy to see you enjoyed my hometown. Although I am sure you just scratched what Hamburg has to offer, it was fun to see you at the Alster and the wharehouse district. I hope you had a Franzbrötchen too because this is typical for Hamburg and you get the best here. Fun fact, the playground in Planten and Blomen was sort of forever there. I remember playing there when I was a kid... more than 45 years ago!

You guys are awesome

As always, exceptional shooting and editing skills. Maybe something to think about in order to start a business offering courses to others. My most favorite scene of this one was Willas facial expression at 1:44 as if she would have said: Catch me if you can! Just hilarious and definitely will give her a smile when she will watch it after growing up.

Again a great video. This time in the town I was born. You might like Lüneburg and Lübeck also. Both have many medieval buildings which were not destroyed like in Hamburg.

So glad you like my hometown :) how did you like the Miniaturwunderland? You mentioned that you‘re going there but didn‘t reflect how it was. Would love to hear/read your impression of it. And also: make sure to visit Bremen when heading back north. It‘s also close to the northern sea 🌊 ✨

I am so glad that you have got such a positive first Impressionen of Northern Germany....des, Hamburg is a wonderful City, but so are Lübeck and my hometown Bremen....Next time don't miss out on Bremen, especially the old Gothic CityHall At the ' Marktplatz" and the very old ( medieval - very very narrow pathways) Quarter called ' Schnoor' ! As all the other I highly recommend the North Sea ( Islands especially) and also the Baltic Sea ( Ostsee)... And you should always have a bike in Northern Germany- we habe got wonderful Bike Lanes everywhere - inside or outside the cities...viele Grüsse von Yvonne aus Bremen

Northern Germany was always the place for our family vacations, mostly around Harlesiel to visit the beaches. When I see that old Fachwerkhäuser are not there, but brick houses, I know I'm on vacation. 🙂 Can't wait to show it next year to my little nephews. I never was really to Bavaria, maybeI should change this soon. 😉

That kid of yours is soooo adorable.

Great video! You really should visit Bremen ad Lübeck, they are smalller, but unique. And definitely visit the island Spiekeroog with its beautiful houses, don‘t miss it! The neighboring Langeoog is very child- and family-friendly. Both have great beaches, but Langeoog is more convenient with a toddler. On the coast Dornumersiel and Carolinensiel are very pretty.

I waited so long for this video. And it is great. Did you like the Miniwunderland? Hope you come back soon to Northern Germany. P.S.: Yes we do not use a "servus" We got "Moin" for the locals and "Moin Moin" for the tourists 😂😏

Moin and greetings from Northern Germany.

I´m really glad that you love the region I was born into, especially Hamburg where I went to the university. So about all of your images are very familiar to me.

A little hiking in Lüneburger Heide ist great...

Cool to see you guys enjoying the nothern part of this country, too :) When it comes to greeting people here a simple "Hallo" is totally fine. Locals will also use a single "Moin" (spoken in the middle as in "join", just the oin-part plus the M in front.) Now try an island like Wangerooge and stay over night so you may enjoy the beach without the tourists. You'll see a lot of ships passing by in the dark distance - a great feeling.

There are also half-timbered houses in Northern Germany, Stade near Hamburg is part of the "German half-timbered house street"

So nice to see people explore this wonderful city for the first time! I feel like growing up here you don‘t really appreciate the beauty as it‘s everyday business, you know? But it‘s so funny that you mention the different types of architecture, bc whenever we drive through the country that‘s actually how I realize that yes, I‘m in southern germany bc everything looks so different! Mostly bc of WWII where huge parts of northern germany where bombed - it happens very regularly that they have to evacuate areas bc they found another bomb that didn‘t detonated and was just left where it landed.

Bremen and Bremerhaven are great too, if you make it back. Luneberg and the Heide are also amazing. I love this corner of Germany! I’m in Berlin but my heart is definitely in Hamburg.

You Have to see a lot more in Hamburg - visit the Schanzenviertel for example and take a trip to st. peter ording's Beach

Hey from another ex-pat in the South (British in my case). Look forward to discovering you perspective on Germany.

Being from Lübeck I highly recommend my beautiful city ( world cultural heritage) including a trip to the nearby Baltic Sea.

You must Check out Kiel, specielly "Kieler Woche". You can see there a few of the biggest Sailing Ships in action.

There is alot of greats sights and beauty in the north.

Dont miss out on the "Wattenmeer" while you are up there...unique landscape.

Did you tried Franzbrötchen?! I am soooo glad that you did explore the beauty of the Außenalsterquarters. I am living here since 12 years and I don‘t want to move away. It is by far the most beautiful town I know.

Ihr 3 seid so süß 😍

Awesome video 👍🏼 very well done 🙂 you should definetly visit one of our beautiful German islands I can highly recommend Rügen or Usedom 🌞⛱️🏝️

To build small half-timbered houses you need a forest nearby. There were many swamps or flat land in the north. So you tend to use stones to build houses. In addition, many buildings were rebuilt after 1945 because of the destruction.

if you go to the north. try out the islands of the north and baltic sea. in summer

Yeah, Hamburg can be nice and pretty and cool. Greetings from Hamburg 😊

Fun fact, there is a bit of Hamburg that isn't within the city of Hamburg but is where the Elbe and the Weser rivers are flowing into the North Sea. It's a small island that can be visited.

Thx für your Voice over Hamburg.🤝 Ich komme aus Berlin, aber Hamburg gehört mein Herz ❤️! Danke macht weiter so, I Loved!

There are almost no half-timbered houses in Hamburg, because most of them burned down during the great fire that destroyed half the city and was only stopped by destroying the city hall. Normally there are many half- timbered houses in the north of Germany as well.

Love the videos you guys need to come up further north come to sweden 😀 real adventure is going to north cape via sweden and norway. 😀

I was so happy hearing you went to the playground at Planten un Bloomen, I *loved* that place as a kid! I hope you also went on a walk through the park while you were there, Planten un Bloomen's just so pretty. Its northern end is super close to the university, so I like to go there after uni sometimes when the weather's nice Edit: oh also did you know the name Planten un Bloomen is in Low German? in standard German that'd be Pflanzen und Blumen

We loved Hamburg. Hope you visited St Nikolas church and museum. Munich is my favourite city though and all that Bavaria offers ❤

You should visit Lübeck and Lüneburg, both very beautiful cities in the north. Maybe also Flensburg at the border to Denmark, Timmendorfer Strand at the baltic sea or St. Peter Ording at the North sea. The northern part of Germany has a lot of beautiful things to offer :) And if you have time to visit the northeast of Germany, you should definitely visit Stralsund and the island of Rügen.

Hey, great to have you here in Germany. Hamburg was a good way to explore the north, maybe you have to walk through the "small Elbtunnel", which is started at the "Landungsbrücken". Get your time at Lübeck, almost half an hour away from Hamburg, explore "Heiligenhafen" at the Baltic See, it's near by Lübeck. Eventually is Sylt an option for you with tons of sand beaches and great vacation feeling. Bremen with the small "village" "Schnoor" in the city is another great triptip. Enjoy it and do some great videos again...

There were half-timbered houses in Hamburg. They were in the tight old inner city quarters with squalid living conditions. During the big fire in 1842 those burned down. Some still are in the fringe quarters farther out. Or on the countryside you might still see those. There is a museum south of Hamburg with a good number of half-timbered houses. Bricks were the building material of choice when you looked for a more substantial house. Like you see in the Speicherstadt. Once the warehouses with the largest stock of oriental rugs.

Go to Lüneburg and Lübeck. nice citis and they have a lot of timberframed houses

"Not many half-timbered houses in Hamburg": There has been a city burn in 1842 and large parts of Hamburg were air-bombed to the ground in 1943. (My grandpa lost his whole first family on this occasion to a phosporos bomb.) Many parts of Hamburg were reconstructed afterwards. Roads and streets were done differently during reconstruction. Parks, fresh air corridors and the awesome public transit network were included in the very smart city planning after WW2.

I can recommend Lüneburger Heide, a vast heathland. Make sure you come when it’s in bloom (usually end of August ).

It probably has been mentioned before but Rügen is highly recommended

Nice video from Hamburg...go to the Elbe.. river of Hamburg....the harbour...and there is a small beach at the Elbe...very beautiful...

Really need to eat a Krabbenbrötchen! Damned...why haven't i tried all the seafood in Hamburg back then!!!! Great to hear you guys love it so much in Germany!!! Greetings from Virginia, Rick and Tamara

In northern Germany they say "Moin moin!" and that can be used on any time of the day as a greeting :-) In the state of Hessen you will still find a lot of half timbered houses and towns btw..

weststrand at the Darss is sooo pretty, the whole Fischland- Darss is incredible