American Reacts to Best of Fanmärsche

[@Brauiz90]

Rostock is a city close to the baltic sea (Ostsee) and I think this boat was rented by the fans to just celebrate and have fun. Their port (Rostock-Warnemünde) is a stop for different cruise ships. These fan marches are all organized, registered and secured by police. In some cities you have overhead wires (trams or trolleybusses - less common in Germany, but in other european countries like Austria) and the flags have to be out of the way... Most times those wires are switched off to save the fans from electrocution...

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

German Fans in the sequence in the video 1. Hansa Rostock - NorthEast Germany 2. Hansa Rostock - NorthEast Germany - on the boat 3. Hamburger SV 4. Werder Bremen 5. Dortmund 6. 1860 München 7. Hannover 96 8. ??? Eintracht Braunschweig ?? 9. VfB Stuttgart

[@ppmroberts-t5r]

@@Michael_from_EU_Germany 8. Is Eintracht Braunschweig indeed.

[@Condor-Toni]

Check out Eintracht Frankfurt Fan March in Barcelona. 30.000 SGE Fans in Barcelona.

[@pfalzgraf7527]

That last one is VFB Stuttgart's march on the stadium which takes place every year on the first home game of the season.

[@cheeg1]

You have to know that people in Germany usually go to a match by public transport (this way they can also drink beer, which is sold in the stadium). So they have to walk the last meters to the stadium, that's when these marches happen. Fans are going to the stadium and while doing so celebrating their clubs. And because they are a lot it's safer if the police is blocking the road for car traffic. The police is not there because the fans are a danger but to guide them safely to the stadium. Just to give you an idea, the stadium of BVB Dortmund has a capacity of 80.000+ people. Is just an amazing atmosphere

[@la-go-xy]

Usually they keep the fans of the competing teams apart. With so many emotions, eventually some clash would happen. But most people know to just celebrate the vibes. If you are there, you will feel what vibrations B-)

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

There's a fan base which travels the world in support of countries' cricket teams too. The English one is called The Barmy Army, barmy meaning crazy. They dress up in bizarre costumes, do weird stunts in hosting cities, and are generally a fun, very self-deprecating group to latch on to when they're in your city. 😂

[@manub.3847]

Let's be honest, the fan clubs that organize such marches have to register them with the authorities so that the police can close the streets accordingly. The bigger the fan march and the closer it is to the football match, the more likely it is that there will be police officers in full riot gear.

[@DJone4one]

1:09 oh my god. In this time you hear after the group scream "Sieg", one person scream "Heil", after that. Together is it a illegal. It is the Nazi salute that is banned in Germany. 5:00 If that happens at Werder, half the city is in a state of emergency. You can't get through the crowd around the stadium. I've seen the fan marches a few times in Bremen and it's intense. It's like half of Bremen is on the streets.

[@raistraw8629]

' oh my god. In this time you hear' Oh my god, who cares.

[@enha6008]

@@raistraw8629 i care

[@raistraw8629]

@@enha6008 get help

[@raistraw8629]

@@enha6008 get help

[@MrTuxracer]

@@raistraw8629 I care.

[@ppmroberts-t5r]

As a Dutch person I can tell you german fans are the best in western europe.

[@laziojohnny79]

Depends on the criteria. If waving flags, banners, choreography on the stands and singing humourless songs are the criteria then yes. Personally I prefer the English, and I mean actual British folk, not the global gloryhunters that for a large part make up the crowds in stadiums of almost all top PL clubs.

[@andreapompea3534]

But this European Championship the Dutch have proven that they have the best fans 🧡 Liebe Grüße aus Norddeutschland

[@klaus2t703]

Germans? Dutch? Best is if they fight against each other in a fair football game ... and the fans celabrate in the strees and bars .. together, in peace. For fun. .... like at the European soccer competition. It was so fun.

[@laziojohnny79]

@@klaus2t703 Kumbaya! 🤣 And that's why club supporters, more specific firms, are different folk in the Netherlands as you're average and typical Orange squad follower. Different views, different passion and different way of life altogheter.

[@geertdelange4785]

You missed the fans of the Netherlands, famous, you will see

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

Then look at the Dortmund fans (BvB 09) in the stadium and see what kind of choreography they have.

[@PatrickStar-cl9jp]

VfB has the best one⚪️🔴

[@kokoken1]

And NFL is growing in Germany, too. There have been three regular-season games -- two in Munich and one in Frankfurt. It's crazy, during TV timeouts, to hear the fans sing "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond and "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver.

[@onnasenshi7739]

In 2023 there were 2 NFL games in Frankfurt, the Chiefs against the Dolphins and the Patriots against the Colts

[@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl]

VfB Stuttgart wasn't doing too well for quite a long time. However in recent years they've become a quite remarkable club with a very loyal fan base. I really like their vibe. My student dorm was at a main road leading to the football stadium in Karlsruhe and the local club KSC was actually playing in the federal 1rst football league. That meant that about three hours before a game I could see the first fans and also the first officers of riot police appear. About two hours before the game they had to close the road for vehicles and they usually opened it only about an hour after a game had ended. Fans of the home team and those of the guests were guided to take different routes to the stadium if trouble had to be expected. About 20 - 30 years ago fan groups clashing and vandalism have been quite serious a few times. I think that things have improved since then. I've never experienced such incidents myself luckily. To be honest such masses of people can be a bit frightening if you see a few people in a provocative mood seeming to look for trouble. The video was showing only a few examples of fan groups. There are 20 teams competing in the federal first football league in Germany. VfB Stuttgart and 1860 Munich were the only one of Southern Germany. But there are several other ones too like Bayern Munich, FC Freiburg, 1.FC Hoffenheim, 1.FC Nürnberg.

[@listey]

Any plans to come to Australia this summer? You seem to have forgotten about us...

[@stampcollector74]

This is before the match - imagine these guys after the match and drunk. ~_~ Adrenaline and alcohol - what a combination. ...

[@fredwester5705]

This is like an EU thing...every country here has some really insane fanbase clubs...

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Not just the EU. Turkish, Scots, Welsh, English, and Nowegian fans are loud and well organised too.

[@raistraw8629]

@@t.a.k.palfrey3882 The last time i checked, 98% of them are in Europe.

[@icemage27]

@@raistraw8629 But not in the EU

[@sakrecords]

Men ITS soooo crazy... you Looks exactly Like me (5 years Younger).. Everytime when i See your Videos, i soo shocked about it...

[@d2ndborn]

Joel you should checkout the German bands AMK and Giant Rooks.

[@miztazed]

Police in Riot Gear or on Horses or a police helicopter belongs to Football like Bratwurst and Beer. Can't remember any game without since I was a little child.

[@Kollektivable]

And Pyro!

[@johnloony68]

The umlaut on the ä makes it sound “e” instead of “a”, so it’s “fan-mair-she”

[@la-go-xy]

German ä and e are similar*, like English a in man or fan. So, ~ fan mair-shae * neither are they silent at the end, that would be French.

[@la-go-xy]

Bundes-Liga ~ boondass lea-guh Leage of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundes-Republik Deutschland)

[@Richard-ox6zk]

If you need the police... you are not a fan. You are a hooligan.

[@pietg.6249]

these guys who act so martially are usually not fans but hooligans, who then let out their violent fantasies after leaving the stadium..

[@patrickwouters6568]

I better close my mouth seeing these kinds of people...

[@Ugh-wg4rr]

I appreciate, that you say football and don't call it soccer.

[@philipohmes9395]

Pretty much the same as going to Oktoberfest or Fasching in terms of the enthusiasm. In the USA I have seen similar activities on Game day Saturdays with College and University towns. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIrRmGRunsdliqssi=tewri-IU7mzRr7z7 here we see the college fans storming the field and taking down a goal post. Except, there is still time left for another play and...

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello Joel. Washington Spirit play Orlando Pride in Kansas in the NWSL finali today. I do not see their fans quite doing this though?

[@ge.h.1902]

Its a little bit crazy 😅

[@magnoliads2547]

Going to a match and going to war is sometimes the same, but mostly this "Fanmärsche" are just to hype up the match and the fans in a good way and to show your support for your team and most of the time are just amazing, impressive and a friendly rivalry between the fans. All through Europe you have them. Not only in Germany!!!! But personally I say: I am not a fan of the Ultras! Stay away from them! They are sometimes (most times) going nuts and way too far. That's when the war starts. And that's why so many Police escorde each "Fanmarsch", because you never know when it is going out of hand! After a match between two clubs from Austria and Turkey, me and my friends found ourselfes once - about 100 years ago - in the middle of some Ultras by accident starting to go at each others. Ultras running, fighting, police running... we hide as good as we could to avoid them all. Believe me... that was faaaaaar from fun!!

[@jassidoe]

it's all fun until you end up in a train full of crazy and aggressive fans (cause the train was late as always and they were about to miss the game) who met the rival team inside of that train station 😵‍💫

[@jeroen3657]

Germans are good at this yes.... in our country they came by train even.

[@Nithrade]

Some of them are going to war. As a German, some of the marches make me feel rather uncomfortable. Flag-waving masses, who yell "Victory" just don't feel so right.

[@heha6984]

Aber dieser eine Idiot hat sein "H**il!" nur einmal gebrüllt, den hat man wohl schnell zum Schweigen gebracht .....

[@stefantegethoff5523]

Same for me, I like being enthusiastic about sports and stuff, but I really don't like masses of people shouting aggressively

[@raistraw8629]

As a German, you have a mental problem my friend, go and get help!

[@GLOCKROCK2013]

Those have so bad mic sounds. Hearing this in real is completly different. But sadly lot of them are very aggresively. Attacking trains where the opponents sitting in. Doesnt care if a family with kids sitting in there they will throw just stones at the train and try their best to destroy it. That's why if they know 2 clubs playing against each other with many hooligans they give the fans extra trains so the casual people won't get in touch with them. On one side so nice, on the other many of them should be charged.

[@diekaninchenbande6849]

For the police it is not so nice, it is dangerous

[@ruthholbrook]

In US, you delegate this to cheerleaders.

[@BlackWater_49]

As he said: BORING!

[@tjohannam]

If you are a country at peace and generally pacifist you have to let your war cry out somewhere/somehow. 😂

[@chrisf8021]

zombie apocalypse o_o

[@rontaumelscheibe]

I'm glad that I no longer live in Germany and that my tax money is being wasted on police operations for such bullshit 🙃

[@davidmalarkey1302]

1.10 shouts of Sieg Hiel followed by Nazis salute which a banned in Germany. You are smiling Joel as if you haven't got a clue what relevance the cry and the salute has in German history.

[@hansjanko7966]

You are absolute correct. Ok, they don't shout 'Sieg Heil' just 'Sieg'. And that is Hansa Rostock (at the Baltic Sea) a club with notorious right wing fans. The last ones mentioned are from my club (25 years a season ticket!) VfB Stuttgart. This video showed a couple of third tier clubs (Rostock/1860 Munich), second tier HSV (Hamburg/Hannover) and Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund/Werder Bremen/VfB Stuttgart.

[@onkelpencho8609]

1860 München

[@skrzatnarybach]

next eurotrip mayby Poland? Gdansk, Warszawa, Kraków? You are welcome

[@enha6008]

I hate these extreme "fans", they want to play war. They form mobs, full of violence, xenophobia, sexism, you name it, and create themselves enemies to hate and fight against. It's no coincidence that there is a substantial overlap of fanatic football hooligans and neo-nazis. The kind of people who would have been pillaging mercenaries in earlier centuries. That being said - there is definitely something very fascinating about it. The power, the energy, the masses... I highly recommend the book "Among the Thugs: The Experience, and the Seduction, of Crowd Violence", it's an inside look into the british hooligan scene of the 1980s.

[@Olle_Svenska]

Yes, it is nice to watch, because of all the Atmosphere and the Unity and Stuff. But you got to know, that some of these Fans/Ultras, are violent. The Police do not wear Riot Gear for no Reason. Sometimes they provoke the Police or the Police provokes them, and then Riots do start. Or you better not cross their Way with the wrong Club Jersey. Could be bad for you, otherwise. Because every Club has his other's Club Fans, they are Friends with, but also they got Enemies. Better you don't cross the Way of Hansa Rostock Fans, with a St. Pauli Jersey or the other Way around, for example. Or if HSV Ultras (Hamburg) 3:44 will meet Werder Bremen Ultras 4:50, you will need Police with Riot Gear. ^^ So, on one Side, American Football Fans may be boring, compared to this, but peaceful. Our german Fans and Ultras, are not always peaceful. 😉 Edit: Oh, and you better not film Ultras. They don't like this that much. I guess all those Videos are made by Ultras themselves. If they don't know you, better not film them.

[@Commandelicious]

Not everyone likes these kind of 'parties'.

[@sabinetolis6542]

you mean "Bundesliga" 😅

[@anjadimler5173]

Bundesliga ☺️

[@johnveerkamp1501]

then you have never seen the DUTCH fans ,they beat everything !!!!!!!!!!!

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

plus fans from Scotland

[@listey]

@@Michael_from_EU_Germany Hahaha hilarious. Scotland "fans" would rather see England lose than Scotland win. They aren't real fans.

[@eisikater1584]

@@Michael_from_EU_Germany Scottish fans are fantastic! They drink a lot of beer in pubs here in Germany instead of bringing their own, and they're not rioters. Thanks very much, Scots, and please visit again!

[@bastyaya]

Dutch and Scottish... sure. The ultra culture in both of your country is not even far away comparable to the German one. Not even mentioning the crowd numbers, but just the quality. (And yes, beside videos etc. I have also seen matches in both countries live)

[@FinlayMacintyre-ti9li]

I've seen the Dutch fans do some choreography that involves sidestepping one way then the other

[@resi3794]

Defently not the best, that were the orange army on the euro 2024 in germany.

[@laziojohnny79]

Might look intimidating sometimes, but keep in mind half of them run away when 'things' go down and another 40% will run when confronted with riot police.

[@vascobatista2132]

Hansa Rostock: 🤮

[@Mohler41]

React to old german military marches!