American Reacts to 8 Things That Happen Only in Germany

[@pbhansen731]

Denmark here we also ventilate all year round, we can also open beers with everthing and we can also drink in public and we also bring our own cake to the office when we have birthday 😀 generally we are very similar to our nabors in Germany

[@maxjjackson]

Some similarities yes, but the Germans are not the best and original vikings!

[@janis7077]

I feel like the things you mentioned are quite common all over Europe, at least for these 3 things it's the same here in Latvia.

[@dnocturn84]

Good to know, that we're not total alien out there.

[@kaiglass4347]

​@yt45204what do you think where it comes from! Typical swedes!😂😂😂🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@OiDepp]

Prost!

[@jkb2016]

Mahlzeit is a kind of super-greeting: It means "hi", "bye", "have a great meal" and "I'm at lunch break" all at the same time.

[@reinhard8053]

But it is only used around mealtime. Mainly at noon.

[@jkb2016]

@@reinhard8053 Otherwise, it would be too powerful X)

[@hah-vj7hc]

I once said this for the breakfast break and they hated me for it

[@Tuvalu8]

or to say "I have a break you wanna come with me?"

[@M0butu]

I used it once as an insult when I made a call at 10:00 to a government bureau and they picked it up after 40 minutes in the waiting line.

[@mcstaal]

3 primary tools for opening a beer. 1) A ruler. (Zollstock) 2) A lighter. 3) Another beer.

[@NygaardBushcraft]

haha i just commented the exact things further up.. not having seen your comment. As a blacksmith I got into the habit of using my thumb when I got very tough skin, but mostly I saw a folding meter stick (zollstock), a bic lighter or another bottle, even the edge of a table (if already worn and rough, you dont do it to a nice table)

[@cyberfux]

@@NygaardBushcraft Smoker here - i always use a lighter ;-) But i HAVE used other things in emergency situations, who hasn't?

[@alexanderweigand6758]

I have an opener on my keychain.

[@hfgd_gaming]

What about random bridge railings, window ledges and other "sharp" edges in public places?

[@ChR0nos_7734]

and also side of the table, eye socket, elbow pit, teeth, fork, (wedding) ring,...

[@ankhayratv]

We know Belgians are a lot like Germans... - We do the birthday cake thing - we have the "salad" thing: meat salad, crab salad, ... - "Not bad" is a compliment for good food here (I mean "not bad" is "good"!) - You can drink alcohol anywhere here (of course!) - People here open beer with anything IF they don't have an opener

[@xuser48]

Same in Denmark.

[@stennostenno1346]

Belgium, our 'beer brothers' together with czech republic :) The trinity of good beer

[@eisikater1584]

@@stennostenno1346 Czech Republic, yeah, 20 minutes away. I live on the Bavarian side. Belgium is a little bit far away, but their beer is "not bad" either. Especially when you're in France, as a Bavarian. EU to the rescue! Brussels, send me some beer!

[@florianj6490]

​@@xuser48but it's more expensive if the experimental bottle opening goes wrong 😂😂

[@jptv5726]

same in the netherlands

[@gxthegreat]

As a Bulgarian I can relate to almost everything in this video lol. The window thing in both home and office, the treats you bring on birthday, the opening beer with everything you can. All of it :) Maybe it is just common European thing not just German

[@MrBigbonzai]

The thing is, in Europe we all have quite a few things in common. More than we might realize.

[@fogsog]

I'm certain that alot of German habits and things we do get adopted through tourism and then brought back to their home countries.

[@HenryLoenwind]

@@MrBigbonzai Which makes sense since our borders are more or less arbitrary lines. Cultural exchange with your neighbours doesn't stop just because someone planted a borderstone somewhere, and even less if that stone gets moved all the time.

[@MrBigbonzai]

@@HenryLoenwind You are right, but we as Europeans need to learn to also feel as one big unit. Europe is strong together and in these times we need it more than ever.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

The Dutch agree with the German definition of "Salad" and how to behave on birthdays.

[@cyberfux]

TBF the Dutch are basically Germans with a funny accent and a lot of mayonnaise ;-) Tot ziens van een moffe.

[@TK-xz9ek]

Truly? For everyone I know is salad just salad and not Johma (mayo-salad bread spread)

[@maximilianmustermann5763]

Meat salad is best salad!

[@Marvin_R]

​@@TK-xz9ekrundvlees salade, kartoffel salade, huzaren salade.

[@greetjeb7030]

​@@TK-xz9ekhow about: eiersalade, kip-kerrie salade, tonijn salade enz enz

[@LemmyD_from_Germany]

2:30 : German houses and apartments are usually very well insulated. It is important to ventilate well on a regular basis to avoid mold formation due to moisture in the rooms. These mold spots are on walls that are outside and/or behind large cupboards that are difficult to move. This means that mold can form in cold places on outside walls and we won't notice it for a long time. You can get really seriously ill from mold, and children are particularly at risk. And renovating a house with mold can cost a lot of money. The landlord wants to avoid this and that is why these clauses regarding ventilation are included in German rental agreements. Any questions? Greetings from Northern Germany 🇩🇪♥️

[@nessu1385]

@yt45204 Leaving your home is usually fine since mold only really grows when the humidity is above a certain level. Cooking, showering, plants and humans are the main contributors to humidity. So humidity usually does not rise much when you are not home and thus mold is less of an issue. (This of course only true if you dont have an issue with the house (wet walls etc) or an ungodly amount of plants).

[@tourdetinus1743]

Better insulation is not always better...

[@Jake-yt8ss]

And better windows let in less air for natural ventilation, but in the long run it will safe a lot of heating cost. Ofc you can build ventilation in, but only a proper one with heat exchanger and this will cost too. OR just shock ventilate the room a few times a day, this only takes away the air, so not that much, but alot of humidity

[@LemmyD_from_Germany]

Dear @yt45204, @nessu1385 Well said. And think about the high number of vacation days in Germany. Most employees have 30 days off (all paid) per year. There are also public holidays. And we Germans don't just sit at home for 7 weeks of the year, we travel around the world.

[@solaccursio]

Here in Italy it's normal to open your windows at least a couple of times a day (not mandated, but we do it all the same) and in summer if it's not too hot, we leave our windows open all day long. German salads? The best. I adore fleischsalat, wusrtsalat, kartoffelnsalat and all that kind of salads... I was honestly surprised to hear "they look unappetizing"... to my eyes it's the opposite! 😋😋

[@florianj6490]

7:37 birthday tradition: A KZbinr from the USA who has lived in Germany for many years and adopted this German birthday tradition explained it well: she embraced the tradition because it ensures that the invited guests will actually attend, as food is provided and it is a planned event. This shows the host's appreciation for the guests' time, rather than waiting at home with the expectation that the guests will bring a party. She mentioned that this is why so many people in the USA feel isolated, whereas in Germany, almost all invited guests actually come. Gifts are still given in Germany, of course. However, the host is responsible for the celebration, thus valuing everyone's time.

[@320iSTWEdition]

Had a birthday party as a kid, invited a few classmates, just the two girls came around so after that i never did that again and haven't done it at work as well. I keep my birthday to myself and cut everyone off knowing it with a short explanation that i don't do and like that..... usually that works pretty fast and i won't be bothered with it anymore. I still don't get this german tradition...... despite your explanation from this guy. Because i don't see it that way maybe..... i'm more on the side of the british woman in this video here. And if you can't value everyone elses time then it doesn't matter what you do anyways.... because people only showing up because there's something free of charge sends me the signal they only value free stuff but not ME as a person. You just don't know why exactly they have come over..... and i don't need this kind of people in my life.....

[@florianj6490]

@@320iSTWEdition It seems like you always see the worst in people. Those I invite to my birthday party also invite me to theirs. So, in your opinion, these people come to my party just to eat and drink for free, only to take advantage? It seems as though you've been disappointed by your fellow human beings your whole life. In Germany, it is indeed quite difficult to make friends. But once you have them, it's for life! I have a fairly large circle of friends, but my three closest friends I have known for over 30 years. We met in kindergarten. I can be sure that all my friends come to my birthday because of me and not to save a few euros on food and drinks. But even if that were the case, it is still much better than spending your own birthday completely alone. That, I imagine, would be very depressing. P.s.: nice car as username btw! I loved to watch the Super Tourenwagen Cup in the mid 90s and the e36 320i was my absolute favorite. I liked the checkered flag livery with the BMW Motorsport colours on the white car best.

[@GrandTheftChris]

@@florianj6490 As a German who knows both worlds, I can confirm it's not granted. I also had friends when I was younger but only till my late twenties. I soon realized they were only buddies, not real friends. Ironically the higher I climbed the career ladder (did a-levels and studied computer science) the less buddies I had, until they were all gone. One of my first birthdays I celebrated alone was my 30th. After some time I got used to it and it doesn't really bother me anymore. I will soon hit 40 and I cannot even imagine to spend that day with other people anymore, it's the new normal for me. It's really true that one can get used to everything. And I won't complain, there are things in life far worse than not having friends and not celebrating your birthday with them. I'm lucky to still be healthy and able to do what I want. The older you get the more people from your generation will die left and right. So nothing is granted in life, that is what I wanted to express. I'm happy you have people around you but you are also lucky, so enjoy it.

[@pixelbartus]

The good thing on the german way to celebrate birthdays in the office is, that there is not always the same persen that alsways organizes the cake for everyone. You also don't have to remember everyones birthday. And you have only one duty in the year and don't have to make a fuzz regularly

[@s7umpf]

This! It’s just very convenient and more fun for everyone when considered that over the whole year you are just taking turns.

[@McGhinch]

Besides, when you invite people to your home for a birthday party you also entertain them with food. If you relocate parts of your party to the office, a club's meeting, and such, you don't have to invite everybody to your home and nobody is neglected, hence, no bad feelings.

[@williamsimpson8115]

Every office I’ve ever worked in someone keeps track of birthdays.. I know because I go out of my way to keep mine on the down low

[@LemmyD_from_Germany]

I often go on vacation while my Birthday to have Party where I want and not at work.

[@raisan5989]

It is the Dutch way as well, I usually bake something if I have to work on my birthday or when I leave for my last day of work

[@dondonnsen8646]

We often made a “game” out of opening beer with friends at parties. Each object can only be used once to open a bottle. It definitely teaches you to be creative. I love your videos. Greetings from Germany!

[@lorenzsabbaer7725]

"ned gschimpft is gelobt genug" is a saying here in frankonia which translates to: "not scolded is praised enough"

[@Mikepet]

Ich glaub fast überall im Deutschsprachigen Raum. Grüße ausm Ösi Land!

[@bastyaya]

Bassd scho!

[@reinhard8053]

@@bastyaya Da wird mir eine sehr falsche(!) englische Übersetzung angeboten. "F**k already". Die KI muß wohl noch lernen.

[@juwen7908]

Danke für die englische Übersetzung, sonst hätt ich gedacht, es heißt 'nett geschimpft' 🤓 Passt aber irgendwie auch 🤔😁 Grüße aus Berlin 😎

[@effektgeraeteinfo]

Meine Mutter sagte immer „Wenn er nichts sacht, muss es ihm schmecken“

[@florianj6490]

In German rental contracts, instructions on how to ventilate the property are included because most German houses are built with stone. This construction can lead to thermal bridges at critical points in the masonry, where moisture can condense. Without regular air circulation, mold could develop in these areas. Therefore, proper ventilation is specified in the rental agreement to prevent this. However, this is not the only reason people like to ventilate. Many simply enjoy the fresh air. The explanation above refers specifically to rental agreements.

[@Hansen710]

makes very little sense to solve it that way in dk automatic ventilation is in the building code for new houses... in eu they say that : Member States should encourage highly efficient alternative systems, if technically, functionally i have a heat recovery system in my old house, why waste heat that also makes no sense... if you insulate a old house with new standards, you would also need automatic ventilation. the houses becomes airtight the guide lines should not be to suggest people to open their windows all the time specially not when german is full of rolladen( roller shutters) in front of everything 🤣 thanks to the insuriance in germany most countrys in eu would also give some tax return or some money if you install energy saving products like a heat recovery system with a airpump for heating for example

[@stanislavbandur7355]

@@Hansen710 Most energy saving improvements on housing are subsidized from EU housing development fund (just plain translation, so not perfect) or from some environmental funds (i.e. renewables for companies are subsidized along housing, but different funds)

[@zweispurmopped]

Stoßlüften mainly is a thing for winter, and there's a simple trick to it: Cold air holds a lot less moisture measured in Gramms than warm air per volume. On a cold foggy day when your rooms are smelly and the air is moist, you open the windows and allow air in. You want to exchange *all* air in the rooms quickly. The moist warm air is out and the cold moist air is in. BUT: Once the outside air is heated up, the relative humidity dropped due to the heating. Even in crappy cold weather, this dries and improves the room climate and takes out moisture. As air has a relatively low heat capacity, the heating costs stay reasonably low thus.

[@HenryLoenwind]

Air also holds way less heat energy than all the solid objects inside your apartment. So by quickly exchanging the air but not exposing the solid objects to the outside for a long time, you don't lose much energy, and the apartment will be as warm as before within minutes.

[@CodeNascher_]

about that birthday cake: you are basically celebrating your birthday at work. if it were at home, you'd have a cake prepared for the guests as well, no?

[@HenryLoenwind]

Think back to all those surprise birthday parties you've seen on TV in American TV series and movies. Nope.

[@picobello99]

I've been to a couple of birthday parties in the US and Canada. Usually a close friend or family member brings the cake and it's brought as a surprise, as in: the birthday boy or girl hasn't seen the cake before it's being served.

[@GrandTheftChris]

At a German home nothing will happen. Maybe your cat will cuddle you a bit, that's it.

[@denstorman]

I do my birthday cake by myself. So Im sure, that it is my favourite cake...

[@Bleed1987]

@@HenryLoenwind surprise birthdays is not a thing here in germany. a lot of people dont like to celebrate their birthday

[@gluteusmaximus1657]

No complaints are the highest praises. German proverb.

[@RustyDust101]

You've probably seen Rachel from the UK in several previous videos from DW (Deutsche Welle = literally German Wave as in radio band). Yes, she is originally from the UK but she's been living in Germany for many years now. Her German is perfect but has just the teensiest charming accent, or maybe just a British tonal inflection. Both channels contain great content about Germany as you may have guessed from their names. Edit: 7:30 mayonnaise with chips. These are the British chips, ie fries for the rest of the world. But as Rachel is British they cater to her usage of words. Btw: the European mayo is pretty distinctly different from what most Americans think of. The best mayo is homemade and is fairly easy to make. Once you've tasted good homemade mayo you'll understand that almost all store bought mayo is at best a runner up. Edit 2: those somewhat negative sounding compliments about food are usually given only among friends; just a little friendly ribbing. Careful, don't use them in a more formal setting cause those compliments can easily skirt the lines of too familar, for example during an official business dinner where somebody brought along a specialty of their region or country. In that case it would be a pretty big no-no. Edit 3: ok, I'm gonna have to hand in my German card. I'll out myself as a person living in Germany who CAN'T open a beer bottle with anything. There, I said it... I'll go into my corner and be ashamed...😢😂

[@stuborn-complaining-german]

What outrageous admission of yours! To be absolved pray 10 Reinheitgebote, get yourself a lighter and pactise until you have at least opened 20 bottles!

[@Nikioko]

Actually, Rachel hasn't lived that long in Germany, but she caught the language very quickly. And about the accent: If you didn't know, you could also think that she is coming from another region in Germany where this is the local dialect. She is near perfect, but sometimes she mixes up articles or prepositions. But that's the hardest thing in any language.

[@MrThomashorst]

Shame on you! I'm not a beer-type-of-person but I have been tought opening "Kronkorken" already in my childhood🤣🤣🤣

[@lynnm6413]

Whaaaat?! How dare you admit this instead of practicing twice and accomplishing your German birth right ?! 🤣🤣🤣

[@framegrace1]

Catalonia here, we also bring things to work / school on our birthdays.

[@matteohetzy7599]

Many of these points apply similarly in Italy too. The ventilation, the own birthday cake. We don't have "meat salad" but we have cold dishes like rice salads, pasta salads, even seafood salads (that contain little to no vegetables). One can also drink pretty freely in the streets and although the bottle opening skills are not so widespread many do. It's not even necessarily connected to drinking beer. For example I drink beer not very often and I can open bottles with many metal objects (forks/spoons, belt buckles, carabiniers..) while even some friends that are even into home-brewing beer can't.

[@adpop750]

In the Netherlands the food is the responsibility of the one who's birthday it is and everyone else buys them a present. In the workplace you don't get presents unless your co-workers all chip-in to buy you one. But at home you buy the cake and everyone you invite buys you a present.

[@TehSmokeyMan]

We also bring treats for colleagues on our birthdays in the NL... Mayo salads are a thing here too (with meats, fish, shrimp, cheese, eggs in many different ways, chicken in lots of different ways....you name it, try image googling Johma salad(e)s) Dutch also have a tendency to (not always, though) understate compliments And...We open beers with anything ranging from coins and lighters to tables, water pump pliers and even heavy machinery if we'd want to show off The veentilation thing varies from household to household; lots of people do ventilate (especially in the hot, humid summers) but there are more and more people with aircon and they obviously keep the windows closed (letting the aircon unit do the stoßtrupp- err Stalag-Luft -errm Stoßluft-thing) One thing we do that Germans might not do as often: make lighthearted fun of the Second Big Disagreement... Asking for our bikes back, complaining about the Jerries digging holes in our beaches etc😆

[@AHVENAN]

Native finn here, for as long as I can remember, I've been able to open beers with pretty much anything that is relatively hard, flatish and has a somewhat sharp edge to it, lighters, utensils, nail clippers, scissors, etc etc... as long as you can get a good grip on the edge of the bottle cap, and get some good leverage on it, it's really not hard at all! My personal favourite though is this ring I used to have that had an actual bottle opener on the inside, it was quite a party trick if someone needed a beer opened to just grab it, put your hand over it, one quick flick of the wrist and "pop"... Of course the trick was ruined if you showed them the inside of the ring or if they knew about it

[@Chuulip]

About airing out the room: My windows are open almost all day every day. In winter, I usually air out the room several times a day to get the stale air out, but as soon as we each 15 degrees Celsius and up, my windows are wide open the whole day. I have insect nets in my windows and I live on the ground floor (meaning my apartment doesn't get too hot in summer, so I can actually keep the windows open in summer during the day, too). Unfortunately, due to being a woman living alone on the ground floor I can't sleep with my windows open because I'm too scared of people breaking in at night, but I would if I could. Nothing better than fresh, cool air all night.

[@hw2508]

"My windows are open almost all day every day." Catastrophic for your walls. The idea of airing out the room is to exchange the air and close the window before walls etc. get a cold.

[@Chuulip]

@hw2508 yeah... wrong, sorry. My family actually builds houses for a living and you have no idea what you're talking about. And if you read my entire comment you would've noticed that I don't have them open all day below if it's below 15C. People are getting so lazy these days...

[@hw2508]

@@Chuulip Yeah, got me. Was lazzy.

[@hw2508]

@@Chuulip You are a waste of time. First your argument is: There are no good countries at the Euro. Then you ask how they performed at the World Cup (and I did not only mentioned "ancient" history, Do you count the WC titles of Uruguay or not?). Now you refer to the titles the top nations have won. Pipi, what do you want? Make a decision on what you rest your case. I can't be statistics. All I gave were facts, all you replied were insults. You are a waste of time.

[@davy_zn]

7:34 "Mayonnaise and chips too?" The meaning of chips is fries in this sentence (in the UK, chips=fries and crisps=chips)

[@zorrothebug]

yeah, still. The Americans mostly know fries only with ketchup and not mayonnaise.

[@helmut5061]

At newer houses the ventilating is really necessary as they are really well isolated and without it you don't get the wetness out of the rooms/walls which causes mold.

[@susanne9117]

Regarding the salad: I'm from Bavaria, southern Germany, and I wouldn't dare bring a store-bought salad to a barbecue! Never! If I do, it's always homemade salad! ...and mayo doesn't necessarily have to be on it either. So it's not the case everywhere in Germany that people like ready-made salad and even bring it to an invitation.

[@ritabecker5625]

Sure. You are asked to bring your homemade salad. May be you are known for some kind you are doing well. Allways a possibility to exchange recepeis.

[@b.tarantum4377]

Das ist nicht nur in Bayern so, sondern in jedem anderen Bundesland ebenso, bietet man an einen Salat mitzubringen ist der immer selbst gemacht, sowohl mit als auch ohne Mayonaise je nachdem was für einen Salat man zubereitet This is not only the case in Bavaria, but in every other federal state as well. If you offer to bring a salad, it is always homemade, both with and without mayonnaise, depending on what kind of salad you are preparing.

[@cedricserieys9768]

It's my birthday today in France, and I brought croissants for my colleagues.

[@arnodobler1096]

congrats

[@johnp8131]

As a Brit, I lived in two separate flats over a ten year period in Germany, we always aired the property, as we do with our house in England. However airing was never in either lease for the German properties. I think "Mahlzeit" is more regional? We rarely heard it in the Ruhr area and my German wife and her family don't say it. Love Nudelsalat and especially Fleischsalat. Lidl used to sell them in the UK but not any more. The Mother-in-Laws was great but she's gone now.

[@PS-iq9fb]

you should also try Wurstsalat

[@HenryLoenwind]

You will mostly find it in contracts for flats that were built in the 70s and early 80s. Building standards changed during that time and flats became way more airtight, making it necessary to actively air them to prevent mould. But as the people who moved in came from old "self-airing" flats (or "sieves with a roof"), they didn't know that, so mould became an issue. So, landlords put it into the contracts. For stuff built/renovated in the 90s or later, at that time, it was common knowledge already, and those clauses faded away.

[@esmeweatherwax191]

We never use "Mahlzeit" in northern Germany everything is basically "Moin"

[@NashBen]

One pretty big reason for the emphasis on ventilating the rooms in Germany is the prevention of mold. Most (modern) houses are very well insulated and almost, in a way, sealed. There is no way for air exchange to happen without opening the windows. And in winter, condensation will form on the coldest parts of the outer wall (window, badly insulated parts "Kältebrücken"). By Stoßlüften you provide fresh and dry air to your rooms for better air quality and to take the moisture out of the room before it can condensate and start growing mold. That is also the reason why sometimes Lüften is a part of the rental contract because the landlord has an interest in keeping his buildings mold-free.

[@thrashoholic1354]

As a german I can confirm every single point. You master the skills of opening a beer bottle without openers at the age of 14 - it’s the age where you can start to drink it.

[@blechtic]

You can open a bottle with almost anything. I'm no expert, but I mean, take a sheet of copy paper and fold it three times, then make a tight, flat roll and fold it once more. That corner will be strong enough to open a bottle.

[@denstorman]

@@blechtic yes, it works.

[@qualitytraders5333]

1. In "Greater Germany" (Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark) we always ventilate., summer and winter. 2. In The Netherlands that kind of salad is called a Huzarensalade (Hussar's salad). 3. You want to make sure everybody knows it's your birthday and bringing cake is the perfect way. Who doesn't want cake? Next week it's somebody else's turn, right? 4. Yes, no noise after 10 pm. And NO phone calls after 10 pm. Not done. 5. "Not bad" is a compliment. "Not too bad" is an insult.

[@stuborn-complaining-german]

The greeting culture in Germany is super diverse and varies a lot depending on region and also profession. Around here as an apprentic in a classical workers profesion like a carpenter, builder, mechanic,... you get practically drilled to say "Morgen" (=morning) before the mandatory short break around 9am, "Mahlzeit" from then on until lunchbreak at noon, and after that anything like "Tag" (=good day), "Grüẞ Euch / Grias Eich" (=greetings) or the universal "Servus"...

[@maximilianmustermann5763]

"Servus" is very Bavarian/Frankonian/Austrian. It will get you weird looks in almost any other place in Germany. "Mahlzeit" used to be a blue-collar greeting I think but it evolved to white collar jobs too and now even the CEO of a big company will greet you with "Mahlzeit" around noon.

[@michaeluhlenbruck5593]

@@maximilianmustermann5763 In the North you will say the Complete Day "Moin" because "Moin,Moin " is to much

[@Herzschreiber]

Most foreigners don't get the sense of bringing your own birthday cake to the office or making one for your birthday party at home. Regard it like that: When it's your birthday, and you throw a party, you are the host. People coming to your party will have birthday presents for you. You thank them by taking care of their physical well-being and offering them a cake. Now at your work place...... there are a lot of teams who do not care about birthdays at all. Germans usually keep their private and professional lives very separate, some even take a day off at their birthday just to be private on that day and have time for friends and family. Of course there are also teams which celebrate a birthday at their office or workplace, but then you bring your colleagues a cake as a thank for the gifts they may bring you..... mostly flowers, wine or liquor, small homemade handicrafts or they may even collect some money for you or gift you with a voucher for your favorite shop. Moreover...... when your friends or colleges bring the cake....... they cannot be sure you really like the recipe of the cake or wether you are allergic to some ingredients! To be sure the birthday person really enjoys the cake, it is more secure if they have chosen to make it.! :)

[@Marvin_R]

I'm curious whether Germany has the idea of a "group card", like we do in Dutch offices and classrooms. when it's someone's birthday, someone is very sick or injured(like in the hospital, and absent for a few weeks), or when someone is leaving amicably the teacher, or someone in the office, buys a card or pulls one from a supply in a drawer and everyone in the office or classroom signs their name on it, sometimes with a small message.

[@JED-v8q]

Yeah, we do that as well.

[@JersenMan]

If you say you bring a salad to a bbq and then bring one of those store bought ones, you can go straight back home.

[@herbertbisdorf2717]

Yeah. You should at least have the decency to put it in a Tupperschüssel and pretend you made it yourself. 😉

[@lukassimontm3546]

In germany nobody would bring a store bought salad to a barbecue (unless it's like a few guys who are all single and unable to make one from scratch - wich is a little pathetic, but well... nobody of them cares anyway 😅). If you planned to make a salad and then an emergency happens and you have no time left to make a salad, that'd be acceptable. But you better have a good excuse! 😅

[@la-go-xy]

About ventilation and mold: True, you want too much humidity out, even more the stale air, and get fresh air in. However, insulation is not necessarily causing humid walls (helping mold along), that only happens if the temperature drop in some layer of the wall is too crass. So, e.g. humid warm air in the room condensates on a cool wall.

[@DJone4one]

2:00 Well, there are several reasons for airing the room. Firstly, because the house or flat you live in is either very well insulated with new windows, or poorly insulated. Then there's the climate. For example, here in the North Sea coast region, the climate is often very humid. Or a lot of rain. So it's essential to ventilate regularly, because otherwise it simply starts to get mouldy. But even if you ventilate, it can still happen that you get mould in the house. It is said, for example, that furniture should not be placed too close to a wall, otherwise it will start to get greasy and smell. Greetings from the northsea coast germany. 5:50 Oh meat salad, potato salad or pasta salad. Delicious. Here in the north there are also variations such as crab salad or herring salad. Also delicious.

[@f.schiebenhover7713]

7:40 And that's the reason why I regularly (actually always) go on vacation on my birthday. 😁

[@rode73]

There are places in Germany, where they have signs at playgrounds that say, they cannot be used during midday for noise reasons.

[@maximilianmustermann5763]

It used to be so annoying when I was a kid in the 80ies. There was this concept of "Mittagszeit" ("lunchtime" or "noonday") between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. where you were supposed to be quiet and not make any noise, be it inside an apartment building or out on the streets. I think it came from a time when people would have afternoon naps before going back to work. I don't think this is a thing anymore because almost nobody goes home to eat lunch anymore, let alone has a nap after lunch. You might still find older neighbors who insist on silence in these hours though.

[@Busfles984]

Those German tilt and turn windows are 🎉 celebrating their 70th market introduction anniversary this year🎉. They have been standard in the Netherlands since the nineties and almost all other Western European countries. In the Netherlands, fixed windows come standard with a grille to enable mechanical ventilation and keep bugs and intruders outside.

[@HenryLoenwind]

And don't forget that those are the "one lever" tilt-turn windows that replaced the older "lever+knob" tilt-turn ones. That style of windows that can swing in and tilt is way older than the current mechanism.

[@stanislavczebinski994]

Here in Germany (like in most of continental Europe) those hard-to-open (non-twist-off) bottle caps have to be used due to (higher pressure) CO² being used to carbonate beer (Pils) and other beverages. Ever since - those caps have always been the standard. Other methods like pull-ring caps have been tried - but didn't stay for long (partly due to being sharp-edged and cutting fingers) before returning to the classic cap. In the English-speaking world, beer is mostly carbonated by nitrogen - at a significantly lower pressure (Lager). This enables the use of twist-off caps.

[@heindaddel2531]

Yeah and now we have to fight against the dreadful tethered caps (plastic bottles) 🤮

[@FutureChaosTV]

Nitrogen? How does that affect the taste?

[@stanislavczebinski994]

@@FutureChaosTV It doesn't affect the taste IMO - but the feeling in your mouth is a different one. Nitrogen has finer bubbles - your digestion system has less tendence to "gas up".

[@MrChillerNo1]

German immigrants have had a huge impact on the US even back when it was still a British colony. About ~40% of people then and there spoke German on a daily basis. When the declaration of independence was written, it was in fact the translation of the Declaration of Independence passed by Congress on July 4, 1776 that was published in German first. In Philadelphia, a German language translation appeared in the July 9, 1776 issue of the Pennsylvanischer Staatsbote, a newspaper that served Pennsylvania's German immigrants and settlers. A day before the English version was.

[@ealamin]

in south Germany we do not use mayonnaise in salat. For example potato salad: vinegar, salt, oil and bouillon

[@Ahto42]

In Estonia too birthday child brings cake or snacks to work. "Not Bad" common compliment here too Beer openes: Anything that catches the edge, suits- Even ringer rings, keys- My favorite on the go is Leatherman multitool edge.

[@maxjjackson]

Similarly 'Not bad' and 'pretty good' are actually used as ringing endorsements in the uk too.

[@sabinebohner6235]

In the south of Germany we don't use mayonnaise at all. It's just the North where they love this emulsion. Here in the swabian we say: nothing said is enough of compliments.

[@la-go-xy]

4:57 use it restricted to: at 12 noon or for lunch break

[@BridePat]

We ventilate so much because we have fairly sealed concrete buildings, its like a cave xD you gotta let air in all year round, right now my window is open 16-24h/day bc its so warm and I have my pc on a lot.

[@BridePat]

its quite common for the doors over here to seal the room fully, except for the keyhole, ofc just wood on wood no rubber so its never truly sealed but it makes airflow between rooms nearly 0 so you only have the pocket in your room to disappate heat co2 and get o2

[@BridePat]

the contracts include this so mold growth is prohibited.

[@BridePat]

its so german bc we have rules for everything xD its so much paperwork for everything.

[@Tguson]

I've noted specifically when staying at a ceratin hotel in Germany (I drive by every other year or so) that there is zero ventilation in the room itself or the bathroom except for opening the windows. Coming from Sweden I find this very odd. We build our houses well sealed too but with controlled ventilation for each and every room. Fresh air enter all rooms except kitchen and bathrooms where the air exits. Doorways have deliberate air gaps between door and frame to allow airflow even with the doors closed.

[@PieterWigboldus]

At the camping, we also has time between 1pm and 3pm that it should be quiet, even at the playground for the kids. Also if you had a good Germen car, you know it doesn't make a lot of sound if you close the door.

[@poislock]

The ventilation in rental contracts is important. In Germany houses are so well insulated that mold forms in no time and that could damage the building and is a health concern

[@Hansen710]

dont you have propper building codes in germany this is not the way we solve it in dk, or what eu suggest

[@alexanderblume5377]

The best performance when opening beer bottles is: if you can open the bottles with a piece of paper (A4 or US letter size).

[@la-go-xy]

Not all whitish salad dressings are mayonnaise, they could be milk-based, i.e. Creme Fraiche/Schmand/sour cream/french dressing or yoghurt or Quark..., some include sour elements like citrus or mustard instead of vinegar. Edit: and don't forget the fruit salads, with juicy sweetish sauces or as Quarkspeise.

[@chrisperyagh]

We had a German colleague at work who often brought in German cheesecakes and other goodies she'd made specially for the entire factory. Unfortunately as I was an outworker, they'd usually be gone by the time I got there. She and other Germans I know of won't have anything to do with Lidl or Lidl products on principal due to the way they treated their staff.

[@Krowalsch]

"There is noting to complain about!" is the highest form of honest praise you can expect from us germans. Because we tried to find something. Very Hard. Several times. 😄 There is also the variation of mest and potato salads with (that disgusting) Mayo. In there usually the Swiss variation with just sausage and cheese stripes in vinegar oil and some spices. If you additionally add cucumber stripes its called straßbourg-style. Mayo seems to be used more often the farther you get north....

[@onedriver038]

I'm from Slovenia and we also have "mahlzeit". We call it MALICA, pronounsed "MALITZA". We have the same windows with tilt function and we open beer bottles with spoones and forkes. But then we lived 1.000 years under germanic rule, 500 years under Bavarians and 500 years under Habsburgs (Austrians).😛🍺

[@vasyl_bank]

Comment #3. In Hungary we also bring cake or some sweets to the workplace to treat colleagues. Some colleagues with whom we're a bit closer may bring us some gifts. But in my previous office we had a list of who exactly is supposed to bring a gift for a particular person, so we had pairs who prepared gifts to each other. But the person who had birthday was supposed to bring sweets and drinks. Only if we wanted to be in the list, 'cause of course we were able to choose not being in. But it was interesting. In Ukraine we always bought presents together and the person that has birthday always had to bring something.

[@Redjac1701]

the fact that ventilation is included in rental contracts is there because without ventilation, mould forms on the walls in many flats as the moisture from cooking, washing and showering does not come out of the flat.

[@dutchman7623]

When you go to bed, you turn off the heating, or even an hour before. In the morning you 'open' the bed and open the windows, so all moist can ventilate out of the house, beds and furniture. After an hour or two, close the windows and slowly start heating the house again. Breathing, cooking, transpiration, plants, flowers, animals, all brings a lot of moist into a house and condensation on the walls will cause molds in no time. Outside air is always dryer than used inside house air, even when it rains, all over Europe that is.

[@hw2508]

"After an hour or two, close the windows and slowly start heating the house again." That is a waste of energy and not good for the walls. The idea of ventilation is to exchange warm air with high humidity with colder but more "dry" air. If you open windows too long, walls etc. get cold and you need too much energy to warm the house up again. It is better to reduce the temperature in the night only a little and air the rooms a couple of times a day for a few minutes. Cold walls can lead to mold. Modern houses try to keep the heating energy in the house. Opening windows for a long time is the opposite.

[@la-go-xy]

Not quite: Reduce the heating, but don't get it freezing. If you sleep with window on "Kipp" (open gap) your radiator should still have freeze protection. Besides, approx 17°C are considered good sleeping temperature. And most home owners don't want their buildings cooled down too much, as @hw2508 explains. Only air 5 minutes with windows wide open for "Stoßlüften" - in the north (windy) don't make a draft or you might break something---or secure windows and doors. Only further south and when warm outside, you might want rhe window open for longer...

[@blablupp13]

i once opened a beer with a piece of paper when we had visitors from america ... they were so surprised xD And i think that the person having birthday bringing the cake is a good idea. Because people might forget a birthday and then that person might feel left out when another colleague gets a cake from the others and gets celebrated. And the person having birthday can decide for him/her self if they want to celebrate with their colleagues or not. I know people who dont want to celebrate their birthday at work.

[@finnishculturalchannel]

I can't remember having seen a house or apartment window in Finland without a ventilation window. That salad thing applies here too. Otherwise, if you start nitpicking, the only thing you could really call as a salad would be salad. Here people at workplaces don't usually know other people's birthdays or keep track of them, unless they are good friends. In larger companies organizing birthdays would become a daily practice with problems like some people's birthdays taking place during annual holidays and someone's birthday being forgotten. So if somebody brings a birthday cake or some pastries for the coffee break, it's the person whose birthday it is. With big numbers like the 50th birthday it might be a different thing. Some tips on how to open a beer bottle like a boss: "_Kanemon_ Avaaminen moottorisahalla", "Pullon korkin avaus visiirillä Rämä-tyyliin", "Kaljapullon avaaminen A4 paperilla" and "lahden olut 1".

[@winterlinde5395]

If I go to work in my office on my birthday I can expect that there will be colleges that come in my room to say happy birthday. And they will put money together to give me a nice gift. If I’m a new trainee I have a big salad bowl of candy and chocolate bars to offer to them. The higher up you are career wise you offer (selfmade!!!) cake or even a hearty breakfast buffet in the recreation room. Different kinds of bread rolls and lots of different types of cheese, honey, marmalade, cold cuts and important: Mett (minced raw pork) with onions. Mahlzeit 😃🌸

[@camillosteuss]

Beer bottles are like pistachios - once you open one up, you have obtained a tool that allows you to open every subsequent beer/pistachio with ease... Door-frame latch and bolt sockets also work wonders as bottle openers, the ones on the cars too(stainless preferred as zinc or painted ones will get scuffed and rusty in a real hurry... Key-rings, especially the larger ones are also amazing at that job, as well as good quality keys themselves... Essentially anything that offers the hook-under ability to latch onto a cap and lever it off will do...

[@Ueberschaer]

A very likeable and light-footed video. Regarding opening beer bottles: There are people who can open beer bottles with their teeth or their “eyes” (roofers). Crazy.

[@jmi5969]

I have windows tilted open almost 24/7, almost year round - until the outdoor temperature drops to -15C and below, which does not happen often these days (thank you Greta). The ancient building has no natural ventilation shafts (they exist but are stuck for decades), and forced ventilation motors can only pump air in but not out. With window closed and fans off, winter temperature inside is well over +30C. And that's with central heating radiators off for most of the winter.

[@Z0RDR4CK]

by the way; If you are invited and it is asked that each guest brings something to eat, e.g. salads or finger food, then it is actually assumed - without saying so - that the people have to prepare the food themselves and not just carelessly by a bowl of salad from the supermarket. The next time the person is either no longer invited, or they are asked to bring a case of beer - which is the polite option for; _please never bring anything to eat again!_

[@micheskillz]

You have so many beer openers in the background! it's insane :D (for someone used to open it with whatever)

[@henningth.3704]

Nice video and as a German I agree to all of these. Fun facts: "Mahlzeit" can also be used as an ironic insult for colleagues being slightly late in the morning, in the meaning of "it's almost lunch time" (happened to me 😅). Fleischsalat is very popular on rolls and stereotyped as being more popular on construction sites, giving it the nickname "Maurermamelade or Handwerkermarmelade", literally jam for craftsmen. I love it and I'm an office worker. Having mold in your apartment sometimes leads to a litigation between tenant and landlord, questioning who is responsible. Cases sometimes are heard in court and backed by experts and consultants.

[@ESCLuciaSlovakia]

Loved your reaction, you always to react to very interesting videos. 3:21 I googled some contracts and there is mentioned that you are obliged to ventilate properly and frequently the apartment (and the common spaces too). So it's common in Slovakia too, but it's only one sentence, not a whole page. 6:03 Those ARE salads. The word salad has two meanings and one of them is a name of meal, like soup or stew or dessert. Salad is not a synonym of healthy meal, it's just a mix of vegetable and other ingredients - eggs, meat, fish, dressing... Some salads are healthy, some are not, but they are all salads. Mayonese salad and fried fish is even our Christmas dinner main meal. 8:00 Same in Slovakia. If you are celebrating something (birthday, name day...), you bring cake for your colleagues, you "invite" them to your "party" and treat your "guests" with food. They can bring you something of course, especially your friends, but you are the host. Also as kids, we bring a lollipop or something small for our classmates on our birthday and name day.

[@grievousminded7517]

Mahlzeit is not only work related. Can be used anywhere, like moin.

[@markhayo]

May I say that I appreciate an excellent American chap showing his understanding of how other societies work. Perhaps also focusing on the societies of Africa and Asia?

[@FlorianTandler-if6kh]

In germany we also say, Not complained is also praised!

[@zorrothebug]

Not complained is praise enough. Nicht gemecket ist genug gelobt.

[@SheratanLP]

You can amaze almost every American by opening bottles. We learn this as children, because it's not just beer bottles that are opened this way, but also juice or soda bottles.

[@gebucik]

ah the Mahlzeit - it is sooo annoying. Between 10 am and 3pm people say Mahlzeit all the time when passing by (even multiple times a day to the same person...) There is no way of walking to the toilet or entering a designated smoking area without hearing "Mahlzeit". And this is in Austria, so not only Germans are Mahlzeit-crazy

[@Binteh]

When I moved to Germany, I went to a small get together with some new friends I made - and this guy took off his shoe, I was confused as to what he's doing... he put the beer bottle in the shoe and then smacked the shoe against the wall and somehow that popped open the beer bottle - no spill. I was so confused, amazed, and impressed all at once.

[@SvenScholz]

I don't know the birthdays of my colleagues and most of them don't know mine, but i know mine. If everyone brings a little something for his/her own birthday, it is once a year and everyone is happy. It would be very stressful for me, if i would be expected to keep track of birthdays and bring something for the birthdays of my 60-something colleagues instead of once a year for my own. And when everyone does the latter, noone has to make an effort for more than just once a year but there's cake or something like this every time someone has a birthday. It's much more efficent AND convenient... ;-)

[@ChR0nos_7734]

In Croatia when you open a window and make draught, old people like to say that the draft will kill you (Ubit će te promaja). And when it's someone birthday here you only need to bring some kind of cookies and Coca-Cola/Fanta/any other drink and that's all. Some of us like to bring 0.5l of rakija, Jägermeister or similar drink

[@svenpedersen9140]

In Luxembourg and other countries I worked in nearby (when I say nerbay, I mean litteraly near Luxembourg and germany). You bring either a cake, croissants and "pains au chocolat" etc for everybody in the workplace when it is your birthday. In Denmark, of course you expect to be given a cake from the office. It is kind of the opposite in this part of europe... but only when talking about office and working environnement (doesn't apply to familly and friends etc of course).

[@rhysodunloe2463]

My mum works in an office in Hamburg and when it's someone's birthday their boss or his assistant decorates that person's desk and puts a small present there. It's a small office so he knows a bit about each person's individual taste (and no-nos like allergies or if the person doesn't drink alcohol) so it's often a goody bag with their prefered "Nervennahrung" (lit. nerve nourishments, meaning comfort food, often sweets), a bottle of wine, a bag of coffee or hot chocolate powder... But it's still the "Geburtstagskind" (yes, we also call adults "birthday kid") who brings cake or snacks for the colleagues. At a private birthday party the host (which is often the birthday kid or their spouse) bakes the cake and provides the food and basic drinks but the guests often bring alcoholic drinks and/or side dishes (like the infamous mayo salads) along with the birthday present.

[@helloweener2007]

I have always a bottle opener with me. It is has the size of the old keys and a hole that you can use it as keyfob. And it is old. It was one of the few diffrent style of bottle openers ypu could get in the GDR.

[@przemysawjozwiak144]

I am surprised that in Germany they do not use "TIlt and Turn" windows with special mechanism to open it. Basically when you turned the handle 90 degrees you open the window, but if you turned it 180 degrees you will tilt upper side of the window about 5".In some windows there is third position to turned the handle 135 degres and tilt window only about ¼". About birthdays in Poland, it is not obligatory, but in your birthday you bring to workd a cake or candies. About beer or bottle caps in general there is a special cap that you just twist. It has an arrow on the side of a cap.

[@michaelmatschke525]

Appart from the third position you describe this is the vast majority of windows in Germany... ;-)

[@przemysawjozwiak144]

@@michaelmatschke525 Then this video is misleading viewers

[@TLim-mr7ro]

In regards to noise, it's common to have rules prohibiting loud activities such as cutting grass during lunchtime and early afternoon, as well as after 10 pm.

[@ArchAngely]

It's not culture per se but it's to avoid mold creation from moisture clinging to walls, behind obstacles like drawers, dressers, beds, offices and other bigger furniture where between those and the walls it's only a small gap. Without venting, those areas would keep the moisture and mold would be the result very fast.

[@kubiekemeester]

Funny to see this. I'm from the Netherlands and my wife and I also prefer open windows (in tilted position or wide open) over climate controlled rooms. I currently work for a social housing company in Amsterdam and after signing the rental agreement people are handed a little booklet with imported information e.g. phone numbers of contracted plumbers etc but also how important it is to daily ventilate your house (by opening your window in tilted position when you're cooking or after taking a shower) to prevent mold.

[@darkknight8139]

A great thing about the Easy German channel is that it is really good for learning German. The presenter speaks German very clearly without a big accent, and German and English text is provided. Aside from the great content of this video, this aspect of learning the language based on these videos is something very cool I think. I live in The Netherlands and I recognize most of the things happening in Germany. They are a thing here too, surprisingly. Of course there are small differences, we tend to eat these 'salads' as a sandwich spread. And I like to present cake to friends and colleagues when I have my birthday, it is just normal to me.

[@peterziegen3738]

As a southern german i have to say the obsession with mayonnaise is more a northern germany thing, in the south we usually prefer the dressing on salads to be made with oil and vinegar. Also dips and sauces are typically less on the mayo side...

[@Tr0cheus]

About bringing cake to work on your own birthday: When you get a new job, many colleagues are waiting for your "Einstand" (bringing something to eat for them, because you're the new one) and when you quit your job, you have to give "Ausstand" (bringing something to eat, because you quit and won't be there anymore). "Einstand" is more or less breakfast and "Ausstand" can also be beer. A funny sarcastic compliment for food around here (more for good friends that can understand the sarcasm) is "zum Kotzen reichts". Translates into "enough for throwing up". Very insulting indeed, use very carefully xD

[@m4RIK]

mayo only in north germany. in the sourh we use vinager for potato salat for ex.

[@Chilibeda]

In Bavaria the Carpenters party when they finished a new Roof. They got a really amazing skill: They hold a Meterstab parallel to the Bottle with contact to the cap in the hanging hand sidewards the hips, and kick it upwards with the heel. But not enaugh: the cap should fly over the roof ! Love it !!

[@JuliaSchoffl-mz6ku]

You have one of the most beautiful eye colors I'v ever seen. This bright cyan comes with an insta feeling of gorgeous beach holiday. You can be proud of it! Greetings from Germany

[@videofreakcologne]

Opening a beer bottle with a disposable lighter is the most common way right after a regular bottle opener.

[@mrmars5398]

The air circulation thing is mostly to keep the place Mould free. in order of the could winter there can be a high Humidity bc outside is -20 inside +23 often water is running down the windows inside the House. So to prevent the house beeing moldy thats a way

[@Janecek185]

In Czechia people also bring cake or ´´chlebíček´´ bread with toppings or at least some sweet box at their birthday, but colleagues usually organize little meeting at pub / restaurant or put money together for some gift. Sure it depends on workplace, but so far this is my experience from 3 different jobs 😅

[@MixxerMr]

Hello Ian, thank you for your interesting perspectives on life in Europe and here in Germany. Certainly, we are more narrow-minded than others when it comes to rules. But not all people are the same. E.g. at a pedestrian traffic light, not everyone stops and waits until it turns green. Many stick to the rules, others are in a hurry or have no desire to wait. But what is very German for me is that a lot more people stop when children are around. Once I (and many of us - I asume) have learned that adults should serve as role models and many still stick to that idea. Keep up the great work. Cheerio from Munich

[@uliwehner]

the idea of "stosslueften" with all windows wide open for a short period of time is that if replaces the (often heated) air very quickly (with often cold air) without also cooling off everything that is in the room. There is a lot of mass that is still at say 70 degrees fahrenheit, so it does not take much to re-heat the air. so this is a very energy efficient way of getting fresh air.

[@giffimarauder]

Air ventilation at home depends on (my) following rules: more than 22° Celsius -> windows closed less than 10° Celsius and strong wind -> windows closed less than 5° Celsius -> windows closed Background: Growing up in northern Germany when the winter storms in the 70s made the simple windows glass form a bit like a lense by the pressure and we put wool stuff at the windows and doors frame to stop the cold draught. It was nice to draw paintings on a frozen window at home or in the bus. And driving almost 12 km to school with a bicycle mostly against the wind or walking back home because being too lazy to wait for the bus made me a bit more hardened. And no, I'm neither Arnold nor Chuck, only a simple guy from a country village.😄

[@jimijames9792]

We have the same type of windows in the Netherlands (and doors like the windows!). And it's common to ventilate here also. There are always several windows on different floors open when we're at home. We sure do love our 'fresh air'. About the salad. It's called 'salade' over here and we refer to the same thing our German neighbours do. Only, we have more varieties than they do. The 'birthday person brings the cake'is also a thing here. Colleagues (and also friends and family) expect you to bring cake or cookies when it's your birthday. And, opening beer bottles isn't that hard. It's just the way you grab the bottle and use your index finger to push whatever you're using fermly against the cap while positioning this finger just right so you can apply leverage and pop the SOB off.

[@maximilianmustermann5763]

A colleague of mine is Dutch and she is known for her ventilating habits. It's like sure, we love to ventilate in Germany, but do you really have to open wide all windows for 30 minutes when it's -10°C outside? 😂

[@HyperQbeMusic]

You can actually open a bottle of beer with a newspaper! 😅 Just make a roll and wrap it real tight. Then fold it in half, lengthwise. The ridge you get then should be sturdy enough, so you can use a corner of it to pop the cap open.

[@unseriousengineer]

the difference is that quiet times are defined by law. from 22:00 until 7:00 and from 12:00 to 14:00 you can call the police on any noice. that happens a lot...

[@la-go-xy]

Not at noon anymore - though maybe in some Bundesländer it might still be, I wonder?

[@tsurutom]

Of course you can greet friends on the street with "Mahlzeit". It's just a fun thing to say and I use it with anyone anytime (as long as the context is informal).

[@hibiki_rei]

hey about opening a beer, there are tons of options you could do. Like another bottle, or a lightener or the edge of a hart surface or simply a spoon and several more. but if you wanna get god tier in opening bottles of beer, use a folded piece of paper. It workes, no kidding

[@HiFiListener]

2:51 It's in the contract, because the climate here and the lack of air conditioning (high energy costs). This could lead to mould, that is hard to fight once in the structure of the building and even expensive.