American reacts to 'Dresden: 6 Reasons for Visiting the Fascinating Baroque City'

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[@TalasDD]

shoutout back from dresden

[@TalasDD]

you are welcome to come visit. ill give you a tour.

[@TalasDD]

the riverboat are the oldest fleet of river boats still in operation. its called the white fleet.

[@TalasDD]

the dark spots on the frauenkirsche are pieces of the old building before the bombing.

[@TalasDD]

the zwinger experience was a multimedia tour which was organised since a major part of the zwinger was being renovatet.

[@Katzenmagnet]

im from Dresden too xD

[@p.f.5718]

A cold shower was running down my back as you mentioned - if Dresden would be melted. Dresden was literally horrible melted by bombs in WW2. It’s unbelievable how they managed to recover. Love from Austria 🇦🇹

[@mimamo]

He didn't mean it, but a lot of his commentary was highly insensitive. One really could notice he just had no idea of the citiy's incredibly tragic past.

[@p.f.5718]

@@mimamoof course he didn’t know that - I really appreciate his channel

[@julienvandaak2301]

I thought the same :-)

[@iHaveABeard101]

​@@mimamo​ tbh many Americans don't know about Dresden's past or about other territories like East Prussia. Would be interesting to see him react to that

[@martingerlitz1162]

Actually yes! I reacted the same way.... NOT AGAIN!! I thought by myself. Good or missing: not a single word about the complete destruction during the deliberate attack on Dresden when it was bursting full of civilists, fleeing out of Silesia and set on fire by English forces as revenge for Coventry destruction at the end of WW2. Many thousands of innocent people died in fire storm and the bombardement after setting fire. It is still called the "German Hiroshima" and up to this very day Dresden, Hiroshima and Coventry hold partnership against war...

[@maukschilol]

Some notes from me living in Dresden for over 15 Years (and near it for the time before): 1. Some of these riverboats are the same that you saw in the last part about getting to the saxon swiss. They travel towards the Czech border (and some of them might even got over it) 2. Your comment for the big sandstone rocks "How do I get up there?" Quite some of these rocks are popular destinations for rock climbers because you're allowed to climb them. But even if you're not a climber: gf and I have spent hours in the saxon swiss hiking and having fun with our mountainbikes. 3. The historic city center is just beautiful :) 4. If you look closely at the frauenkirche you can see some dark (almost black) stones dotted around the new more yellowish/light brown sandstone. These are the historical original stones of that church before it collapsed during ww2. They were included to give some connection to the original building. The topping cross was financed in part by the british and american governments if I remember correctly to signify "our governments bombed it during ww2, but we are friends now" 5. What sadly wasn't mentioned in the video: Dresden also has quite a good public transport infrastructure. Our tram system is probaby one of top ones in germany (or even europe) 6. What also wasn't mentioned to my suprise: we have a really big park called "Großer Garten". It's a very popular park to be in if the weather is good. And it's not a small park (around half size of central park) with some historic buildings and even a small concert stage included. In conclusion? It really is a wonderful city and worth a visit :)

[@Prof_med_Gouda]

I had the hope you'd mentioned the Park railway within the great garden

[@maukschilol]

@@Prof_med_Gouda oh yeah Park railway is also nice. As an adult now I still like to ride it because it triggers happy childhood memories :) Edit: and waving to passerby's is mandatory!

[@Prof_med_Gouda]

@@maukschilol as someone who woeks there eavinr isnt mandatory but more like the way to an better life xD

[@L11n44]

I do think that ur right about all the great things in Dresden but the people who live there are just overall mean to anyone who doesn’t looks like they do like if u dress alternative or u just dont fit in with the mainstream u will get insulated (by mostly men but that doesn’t makes it better)

[@Moehre01]

I was born and raised in Dresden. I still remember when Frauenkirche was just a pile of dust. During GDR-time it was left a ruin field as a kind of memorial for war and the wrath of the western world that only brings destruction. There was a big statue of Martin Luther in front of the pile of rubble, looking down on the visitors. We used to walk along there to the Christmas Market which is not far from the sight. But somehow as a 6 year old i never understood what this pile of stones means. Sadly as a citizen of the city I often forget how special the city is and i havent even seen the majority of the museums and exhibitions that are available there.

[@R.W.KING_KONG]

Part of the truth is also that the GDR doesn‘t want to rebuild religious monuments AND they also haven‘t had neither the money nor the workers to rebuilt it… GDR, as the second german dictatorship, just sucked. What a shitty country :/

[@n0wi153]

Most beautiful City in whole Germany

[@kazemitsuki3325]

Fascinating fact about the Frauenkirche - those Black Bricks are the old stones and are supposed to be a reminder of that destruction. There were many Dresdners against rebuilding that church, mainly because it was one of the reminders of said destruction (my grandmother was one of them)

[@mercyunselt2035]

I was there in Dresden 2 years ago and the scenes, buildings and natures are breathtaking. Leipzig is also wonderful with their archetectures...

[@smeeAndyEN]

true

[@LynyrdS.73]

Okay

[@michaausleipzig]

In the endless rivalry between Dresden and Leipzig, I as a citizen of the latter am kinda biased. 😅 Dresden sure is pretty though.

[@thebeautymaker9784]

Die "Völkerverständigung" funktioniert aber trotzdem, wie mein Leipziger Mann und ich Dresdnerin seit über 20 Jahren beweisen 😉😂​@@michaausleipzig

[@petersmiling9494]

The total cost of rebuilding the Frauenkirche was 180 million euros. Of this, around 115 million euros came from donations from all over the world. The remaining share of 65 million euros was provided in roughly equal parts by the city of Dresden, the Free State of Saxony and the federal government.

[@clinouhmaniac8400]

My hometown

[@mariusd.396]

Asking for "Zwinger" experience could also lead you somewhere whole different. 😅

[@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl]

In February 1945 Dresden was the target of a massive allied air raid causing a ferocious fire storm. The American author Kurt Vonnegut had been taken prisoner by a German unit fighting in the west. He was imprisoned in Dresden and happened to experience the air raid lasting almost three days. He survived in the cellar of a slaughterhouse and had to help removing the rubble and victims of that attack. Hence the title of one of his best known books "Slaughterhouse 5". BTW, Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis.

[@Nostramarkus_]

Görlitz, the easternmost city in Germany, is also very beautiful. Görlitz is only 90km from Dresden and one of the most popular Hollywood filming locations in Europe. I was born in Görlitz and now live in Dresden.

[@TheMasterT14]

My hometown, finally! For me personally this city has the perfect seize and environment. It's so beautiful. Cool that you watched that video. Hope you will visit us here someday. ;) Best regards!

[@MeadowsatNight]

The Zwinger Xperience is a museum that works with modern technology like 3d glasses to show you how life was back in the day. There are many other Xperience museums in Dresden. For example "Festung Xperience", "TimeRide", etc. With TimeRide for example, you can take a ride in a coach to visit a marriage in the Zwinger centurys ago. Greetings from Dresden

[@neuralwarp]

It's not solid gold. Gold can be beaten until it's gold leaf, down to 1 atom thick. So it can be a cost effective anti-tarnish finish for a long-term building.

[@aurixification]

My home town ❤❤ I was born and lived in the 'New town'. My father once worked on one of the steam boats. You should absolutely visit! Do a picture search of 'Frauenkirche Dresden' and you will see how it looked after the war. There was not much left. When they planned to rebuild it, there was a donation campaign. You could buy watches with a small piece of the original stone of the Frauenkirche inside to donate. I remember quite some people wearing these watches when I was in school. The golden angel is on top of the building of the Dresden University of fine arts. The roof is called 'the citrus press' because of its shape.

[@smeeAndyEN]

I've been all around Europe, but I enjoyed the Dresden New Town the most. It was some 20 years ago tho, IDK how it's like today. Anyway, that district was alive 24/7, full of the friendliest punks ever! Just imagine punks being outside for the whole night and yet still kinda managed to keep the noise down even they were (not only) drunk. Also very artistic, pretty high quality of living and very friendly to foreigners (once we beat a whole local "Kneipe" in table foosball... we got really scared after we realized what we have done, but nobody got angry, that wouldn't fly here around, especially 20 years ago).

[@irenefrank2734]

Greetings from Dresden. Come here for a visit.🎉

[@pfalzgraf7527]

I live relatively far from Dresden (about 4 to 5 hours via the Autobahn) but I'd definitely recommend a visit to anyone visiting Germany! In Meissen (which is also quite near Dresden) Germans "invented" china - as in: some guy got the order from the Duke of Dresden to create the same kind of porcelain that the Chinese had. And he experimented until he got it. Now we have Meissen China. Much of the exhibition of the crown jewels is dedicated to the Duke's china. And this particular Duke was an especially pomp-loving guy, which makes the exhibition quite worth a visit.

[@steemlenn8797]

I thought it was an accidental hit instead of gold? That's why it's called "white gold"?

[@katjadittrich5952]

Because it was rare and extremely expensive just like gold 😎

[@Katharinacookie]

Porzellan. Wie Producer Porzellan

[@gargamosch]

They have not even shown the Standseilbahn (funicular railway) and the Schwebebahn (suspended Railway). One of the oldest in the World. If you use one of them you can have a wonderful view of Dresden. And they are pretty interesting from the technical aspect. Maybe you find a Video about them.

[@ritterderkokosnuss3379]

Greets back to Indiana from Dresden. Come on over one time. You will enjoy it :)

[@lenixxw]

I'm from Dresden and this city is damn beautiful:)

[@thomasklumpenhandler2315]

Dresden is really beautiful. I'm a tourist guide here. The riverboats you asked about, are the oldest and biggest paddle steamer fleet worldwide. The costs for rebuilding the Frauenkirche where about 131 million Euro and about two thirds of it where donations. If you ever visit Dresden, feel free to contact me. I will give you a free tour.

[@Lumynex8335]

You have to look at old photos of Dresden before the war, it was soo beautiful but yea, sadly most was destroyed

[@rockymajin697]

If you find an english video about the stolen items and the night it happend, you should react to it

[@jeldan]

When rebuilding the Frauenkirche they used some stones and parts from before the bombing (or from like 50 yr ago). They are easily detecteable as they are much darker then the new stones.

[@AndreasHontzia]

7:00 You are absolutely right. This type of sandstone formation is not common, but it looks like from a fantasy movie. So unreal.

[@ankra12]

Dresden is such a beautiful and intresting city.

[@susannehein4866]

This is one of my go to places. They've forgotten that you can use these boats(or the Tram -cheaper but not so nice) to Go to Pillnitz which was the Summer Palace of the Kings of Saxony. Saxony Switzerland is my Most beloved Hiking Spot. But for one who wasn't there - the trails are not to be underrated. If you have fear of hights or, you are not really able to walk difficult trails ( Trittsicherheit required) you should choose rather easy trails of which there are still quite some wild romantic ones.

[@GanjaGandalf420]

Shoutout to you my favorite German KZbinr.😂😂

[@Mamaki1987]

There is a saying here in Saxony: What is produced in Chemnitz gets sold off in Leipzig and is squandered in Dresden. ^^. Well, in all seriousness: Dresden has a lot of beautiful sights and is worth a visit.

[@Lueluekopter]

7:20 Melt down Dresden? Yeah, the British bombers did that in WW2

[@montanus777]

the amis as well.

[@mrbeanmrbean9047]

More like the American

[@Blubbii]

😢 Ja

[@plutoniumlollie9574]

The baroque style intends to display wealth with a lot of gold, vast numbers of ornaments and angels that look like children. It's a quite playful style and very kitschig.

[@katja7042]

Hello back from Dresden! Our city is really wonderful and I bet you would enjoy it! 🤩

[@panther7748]

Pretty much the entire historic city center was destroyed in the infamous WW2 bombing raid. Almost everything you saw in the video is a reconstruction.

[@eckeb.7722]

You are open minded to everything. I like to watch your reactions. Grüsse

[@Hey.Joe.]

Hi Ryan, because of your comment about Longboard, I remembered, when I once was going to work in the morning, there was a woman in female office-suit or something driving on a longboard and got a streetcurve very smooth. It was weird, but cool to see that skill in that outfit. 🙂

[@mellachoo1611]

I lived there for 1 1/2 year planing again to live there one day🥰🙏🏻 I actually lived and currently live like an half hour to an hour away from.✨

[@noahsarkhive4482]

Dresden and Potsdam are probably my favourite german cities. Absloute must visits imo :)

[@familie_nerd799]

i live here since 2000 - love Dresden so much ❤

[@itsmebatman]

Dresden itself has a lot of tourist attractions, but the area around it is fascinating too. They mentioned the Saxon Switzerland. In the other direction not far from Dresden is Moritzburg with its cool castle. Meißen, a city close to Dresden is also worth a visit when you're already there. I once read an interesting story about August the strong (he used to be the ruler of Saxony and king of Poland a few hundred years ago). One of his ideas was to tax the rich and the nobles, not just the poor. that's how he had enormous sums of money to spend on all this architecture and on all the gold in his frigging vault.

[@stellaTheFlamingo]

It’s so nice to see someone that knows Dresden bc this is my hometown and I still live there and it makes me happy when others are like oh it’s so pretty wow how much gold is there :)

[@ilonabalfanz5220]

Dresden has got a wonderful Flair. A Trip with a boat on the Elbe is like to live in a fairytail. Lemonade fresh from the Tap. Or Baumkuchen (a Special cake) is so faboulos.

[@bambilowenherz7564]

Yes, please visit Dresden! The video is showing nice places, but there are more. ☺️ I can also recommend a visit to Meissen (Meißen), with a historic town centre, and porcelain manufactory. Or a cycling tour on the Elbe cycle path.

[@Georg-jz8iv]

Zwinger (related to "jemanden zwingen" aka "to force someone") is an old term for the area between the city wall and the moat but is today meant to describe a larger cage containing dangerous animals both wild and domesticated. The Zwinger in Dresden is of course a huge construction to present might and wealth by the former rulers.

[@erikhelm9672]

my hometown....I live near the "Blue Wonder"....and yes, there is a lot of gold plating here, Dresden is a priceless gem of cities

[@mareikewurschig2579]

I am actually from Dresden and I think they really skipped a few of the best atractions we have. But it is really funny that they kind of advise tourists to go to "Dresdens New town district. It is the last place I would advide tourists to go. If you really want to see more you should go on a city tour with a guide in one of those doubledecker busses. Greetings from Dresden 😊❤

[@petersmiling9494]

The bombing of Dresden was a joint British and American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during World War II. In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 772 heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on the city. The bombing and the resulting firestorm destroyed more than 1,600 acres of the city centre.] Up to 25,000 people were killed. Post-war discussions[ of whether the attacks were justified, and the tens of thousands of civilians killed in the bombing, have led to the event becoming one of the moral causes célèbres of the war.[

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Du meintest wohl 35.000...

[@tomopher]

To the topic of longboards, a couples years back (Like ten maybe?) there was a group of big german youtubers that traveled all around germany with longboards without other means of travel (except for a boat or two)

[@UweGo]

Greetz from Dresden, you are everytime welcome

[@ghosthouserunner]

shoutout back from Dresden, one of the most unique and wonderfull Places on Earth

[@pinkhope84]

Dresden is really a great city to visit. Its differend. I wish Tourists would visit Citys like this instead of Berlin and Munich

[@SasukeGER]

yeah but thats only the good side of Dresden ;) ... They never show the bad things

[@flymaneternal1333]

@@SasukeGER When do they ever show the bad side of place in such videos? Every City has a bad side.

[@franzdeassi13]

@@SasukeGER Thanks again for this very important note. You are a true genius. I'll write it down right away...

[@hajo431]

People don't have to visit Dresden more instead of Berlin and München. Will keep the rents low here. :D

[@vomm]

How cute is it you say "Frauenkirche" 😂😊

[@mariusd.396]

Yess, shoutout back from Dresden. ✌️🏻

[@lamadecke]

Greets from Dresden 😜

[@elisafromearth1445]

I am from Dresden. My hometown❤

[@johnnyz.9684]

I was there like 2 weeks ago for a few hours and it's absolutely amazing city. Hope I can do one more visit soon.

[@remixtr7887]

Maybe in part 2 he will show Prohlis and Gorbitz(districts of Dresden)

[@katrinandrews79]

I live near Dresden and love it.

[@McFlick69]

I live in DRESDEN and i would also say ist a very Beautiful City ❤😊

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

Dresden has multiple big churches, so asking for the big church will not really help. The Frauenkirche was still a heap of rubble in 1991, but citizens had rescued some of the artwork and returned it for the rebuilding. The blacked stones in the facade are from the original building, by the way. It was orginally built 1726-1743 by the Dresden council as Lutheran church, during the regency of Duke August the Strong (1670-1733) who had converted to Catholicism in 1697 in order to become electable as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. His son Friedrich August II then built the Catholic Court Church near to the Frauenkirche. A "Zwinger" was originally the outer fortification of a big castle, between the outer and the inner gate, where you could encircle an attacker and force ("zwingen") him into surrender. August the Strong planned to use the Dresden Zwinger (which resulted from reinforcing the Dresden walls during the 15th century) as outer court and park for his planned new palace, which was however never built. Under the regency of his son the construction came to a halt, and the Zwinger buildings were only finished in the 19th century to be used as museum and art gallery. Saxony was one of wealthiest states within the Holy Roman Empire during the 17th and 18th century; 1697 - 1763 the Electors and Dukes of Saxony also ruled as Kings of Poland, which included the regions of today Belarus, the northwestern parts of Ukraine, Lithuania and parts of Latvia. Saxony itself was rich in natural resources, especially ores, and became in the 19th century one of the first centers of industrialization in Germany.

[@katjafischer4818]

I life in "Saxony Switzerland". And you think, there a lot of gold? There a Statue that named "Goldener Reiter". This is a Guy riding a horse over and over with gold. This looks amazing.

[@user-nq5kl7yu4d]

A Tipp to all Dresden visitors: As soon as you have seen enough of our museums, rent a bike. On a beautiful day, you can find the locals in the cafés and beer gardens along the river (even in a beautiful winter day).

[@biloaffe]

After the Second World War, many buildings were reconstructed in Germany, and after the fall of the Wall, many buildings were also reconstructed in the former GDR. The New Frankfurt Old Town (also known as the Dom-Römer-Viertel or Quartier) is the center of the old town of Frankfurt am Main, which was reconstructed from 2012 to 2018 as part of a major urban development project. There were now other buildings there that were demolished before the reconstruction began. In Berlin, the Berlin City Palace was reconstructed and rebuilt from 2015 to 2020. It was blown up in the 1950s to make room for something new. The new building that was then in East Berlin was contaminated with asbestos and was torn down again, whereupon the old Berlin city palace was rebuilt.

[@elmarwinkler6335]

Sir, Dresden WAS melted down in WW II completely. The fire got so hot, fleeing people got sucks into the inferno. What you saw of Dresden is all reconstructed. YES, we Germans were GUILTY of the holocaust and World War TWO. BUT the Germans suffered for their failures. We are very thankful for all the help we got from the USA and other allies. This is also the reason, that many of my Generation (1959) are slow on helping in a war. But this war now is justified. Please forgive me, when I am not a fan of guns, and other arms, like you Americans are. I will never understand why someone is legaly allowed to own 92 arms (Gilgo beach killer). You dear sir, be safe healthy and happy. Elmar from Germany

[@DerHansDaselbst]

Best from Dresden, one of the most beautiful places in Germany

[@Redstoneprofi01]

5:05 the "spectacular heist" was just ramming an electrical box outside of the building with a car which disabled the entire alarm system.

[@Resomius]

If you ever are in Dresden you should absolutely visit the Green Vault oder Grünes Gewölbe. Importand here! It is biiiggg, you will need halve a day or more as it also contains a big Coin collection and an even bigger Armory. And even more important: The inner collection with the most expensive pieces (the one who also got robbed) opens only once or twice a day and you need to get tickets for it. But it is worth it! . Also another tip is the Café Griesbach, they have excelent german Food and you have an incredible view over Dresden from there.

[@flylikeanowl8667]

Whoah how could I miss you did a video on my city??

[@DeutscherTimmy]

I life only 20 minutes from dresden and IT IS a wonderful City everytime i be there

[@arkischoki434]

i am from Dresden and it's beautiful there - haven't even explored everything in the region around

[@vHindenburg]

I guess he should also react to how Hamburg, Dresden, Colonge and Berlin looked in 45.

[@resathe6760]

The rocks in the Sächsische Schweiz are not limestone but sandstone. That's the reason they look the way they do.

[@Dirk-w4z]

Thank you Dude ❤

[@telfarkas8330]

Greetings from Dresden! :)

[@RobertKaiser-r4z]

The gold is actually only surface level... we have a statue here, called the "Golden Horseman" (Goldener Reiter), which looks like a massive gold statue. But actually, its jut painted on. Somebody once tried to cut off parts of the horse part of the statue because he thought it was full gold too.... nope. Just shiny ;)

[@uliwehner]

well, Evansville Indiana has the coolest Greyhound bus station. So you go that going for you.

[@naaamo2004]

Greetings from Dresden. I can see the Frauenkirche from my window :)

[@uebelgunne]

I just checked Evansville, Indiana on Google maps and it looks like a nice place to live. Lots of nature and even its own airfield.

[@Lost_Soenke09]

Greetings from Dresden 🖤💛

[@Patrick_RBX]

i live about 2 hours away from dresden and it is just wonderful

[@gamingcore5549]

This is literally the most impressive city of germany in my opinion, the 7th thing to see is actually the football club of it: Dynamo Dresden in the 3rd german league. I'd love to see you react to all the crazy things that the fanscene of Dynamo does, knowing that the club is just playing on such a "low level"

[@huzti84]

Greatings from Dresden 😊

[@marvinlinnarz5856]

0:14 i was like "Who tf is Tristan" and then i realized he's talking about Dresden 😅

[@nickoblack8229]

Ahh, my favorite KZbinr uploaded again

[@springer065]

I come from Dresden, but now live in Chemnitz

[@SakuraKuromi]

Not me having lived and worked in Dresden for about 8-9 months and not having seen any of these sights... I was mainly in "Königshufen" were I lived and worked and sometimes in the city near the train station for shopping and such (Supermarkets were all around the place, so I never had to walk far for groceries) I was in the animal park, though most were in hibernation at that time. Never knew all of these sights were to be found in Dresden... (sorry if my writing is bad. English isn't my native Language and my migraine makes it hard to concentrate)

[@dantodev]

Greetings from Dresden

[@gwalon2089]

Lol, I was in Dresden when this video came out.

[@gizzmo.advntr]

Crazy. I live in Dresden and went shopping there today. I come home and see that you made a video about it. 😅 Do you or someone else have questions about the city?

[@Philnyx]

hi from Dresden

[@f.k.8184]

Neben der Altstadt , der Neustadt ist das Hechtvirtel auch sehenswert. Dresden hat aber noch viel mehr zu bieten. Und vorallem hat Dresden wunderschöne Ecken die man besuchen sollte. Viele Hinterhöfe sind auch einen Besuch wert.

[@Iceworm7]

Dresden mentioned!!!!!

[@heikepieper]

Dresden is really a beautiful city. Was there multiple times.

[@Luky604]

"They had to rebuild the whole church??!" Buddy, they had to rebuild almost the whole city :D

[@frankangermann6460]

I live in Dresden, what a lucky guy I am…..

[@holgerlinke98]

it would be worth watching something about saxon switzerland.

[@gerardschnueriger5624]

Danke!

[@ryanwass]

Thank you so much!!!

[@f.diamondis6141]

i live in Dresden 🥰

[@finiankirchner3581]

Imagine to live in dresden,, ohh, I already do live in dresden 😂

[@kazemitsuki3325]

Selling the Gold and Jewelry of Dresden isn't worth much ... The historical value is way higher. Mainly because of old cuts and so on you can't really sell it - you would have to cut the gems down to a size, where it isn't worth anything actually.... Also the gold statue isn't entirely made of gold 😂