American reacts to GERMAN TIKTOKS

[@thesp1r1tdragon55]

What the people abusing fireworks are doing IS definitely illegal. It's just hard to police especially since the police are already stretched really thin on new years eve.

[@apoberzerk]

This year, one lost both arms, another lost an eye. People don't get smart.

[@Jiroto]

@@apoberzerk what do you nean by "please dont get smart"? Is it some phrase? For me it seems like youre telling them to not try to reason

[@sternli728]

@@Jiroto They wrote People, not please.

[@Taumeltraeumer]

Können aber Coronaleugner in Rollstühlen und Omas mit Gewalt festnehmen und atmen dann in Neukölln Silvesterluft ein. 🐦

[@timefliesaway999]

@@Jiroto people*

[@Duconi]

The firework situation is actually a bit crazy. The "Polenböller" (= polish firecracker) was probably imported from Poland. The German firework is much more limited and as there are no borders between Germany and Poland (nor between other countries in the Schengen area), they can easily buy them there. So there is quite a big group that would like to get rid of firework all together. But there is a counter argument, that banning it would result in more people drive to Poland and buy them there, which would probably more dangerous. I'm not sure about that. But actually this new years eve, I think, 2 people lost their life, a couple lost an arm, a leg, an eye or ear or similar things and many had smaller injuries. One man for example lost his leg, because another one shot an rocket instead of up in the air side ways into his leg, where it get stuck and exploded. That's the reason I stay away from the city centers on that days. It's actually dangerous. Things like the fireballs that are falling from the sky look great. But if they are handled wrong, they can cause serious damage. For years we have the same discussions in the media every year between Christmas and the new year if it should be allowed or not.

[@Lord_Juvens]

There are only two things that are infinite. The Universe and the human stupidity. The average person is simply not smart, responsible and cautious with their actions enough, so I definitely fall into the category of restricting it more. Injuries here in The Netherlands have been back to the amounts of pre-pandemic, which just shows that people don't learn. I'd rather see a ban and have a couple idiots blow themselves up with illegal stuff from Poland than having the majority of people being in danger. Imho muncipalities should be responsible for an organized, safer and bigger fireworks made the right way so everyone can enjoy it. Some friendly competition á la Bodensee would be amazing if made across countries for example. It would look better, be MUCH safer for everyone and blowing shit up wouldn't go on for weeks, as many people start weeks early with fireworks.

[@kuessebrama]

@@Lord_Juvens the average person? The average person can handle fireworks, the people who buy illegal firework and blow them selfs up cannot be stopped because the are not allowed to buy it anyways and the other people who are abusing fireworks are no the average people my guy they are criminal imigrants and they destroy it for the 99,90% of people that are using it correctly. The people that blow them self up and the idiots who attack the first responders will buy their illegal firework even if firework is 100% illegal in germany the problem lays somewhere else! This argument is like a ban ón all weapons for private persons because criminals who cannot legaly own a gun and buy weapons from other countrys on the blackmarkets and weapons like assaultrifles wich are banned for every private person do criminal activitis with these guns wich where never legal in Germany. This laws are 100% only restricting for people who are doing everything legal because yeah like i said criminals will not stop because something is now illegal, because otherwise they would not be criminals and that is a fact and it is a fact that has been proven in allot of other laws in germany and other countrys. You get to the root of the problem. The next and last thing is that it would not be possible to organize big fireworks for everyone because there are not even enough pyrotechnitions and even if there are from where do they buy their firework if the firework companys are bankrupt, because the would be bankrupt if it would be forbidden. And you would just forbid people their jobs and their existense, imagine you have your own company and all of a sudden it is forbidden for you to do what your company is doing so you have to fire everyone and you will loose everything because of a few idiots who should not even be here in the first place, yeah would sound really nice atleast for you i think.

[@vomix9370]

@@Lord_Juvens i dont live in the city center i live at the side in a smaller village and its honestly perfect here people are pretty cautious theres 1 or 2 drunk guys but they are still fine to deal with and its just not as bad here but i cant imagine living in a big city during new years eve

[@berndhoffmann7703]

Importing illegal fireworks - that has been not been approved to be safe by the German state could end up in an huge financial disaster. I am living close to the Czech border. Many cars are controlled, the people who illegally imported the stuff have not only to pay the fine but as well the disposal costs, of that stuff. That could sum up to many thousands Euros for some firecrackers.

[@Lord_Juvens]

@@vomix9370 That's all nice and stuff, but the majority of people live in denser, usually urban areas where it always will be a problem. You can always find exceptions where it works and neither are all people doing it bad, but even in rural areas you have plenty of people who end up with lost eyes or fingers due to fireworks. And that's every year. And maybe just because it works for you specifically for whatever circumstances doesn't mean it isn't an overall problem.

[@Tyr2607]

firework in the big cities in Germany isn't cool anymore, because there dumb people who throw firework at police, paramedics, firefighters or normal people... So it's in bigger cities more dangerous (it depends on which part of the city). Actually, this is illegal in Germany, but the judiciary does not have the possibility (lack of personnel among other things) to prosecute and bring to court. It happens because the attackers are drunk, it is a group phenomenon (one starts and others follow) and one is simply encouraged by friends to do so. So it is a big problem

[@YukiTheOkami]

I agree

[@baron420]

the west-asian party and event scene

[@baron420]

@@YFighterY lol i love how people try to make this a general problem in german society

[@silviahannak3213]

Same here in Austria, but less attacks. Mostly Vehicles or People who are too young or even Adult..who have hurt themselves cause of not using the fireworks correctly. Why do ppl attack Police, Firefighters or Ambulances ? Weird

[@jyuvgrace5364]

Good. Fck those tyrannical pigs masquerading as "police". The lot of them had no problem to take away people's rights and freedoms under the mantle of "health".

[@boyensn4233]

"Polen Böller" means like firecrackers from poland and it's used to say they're illegal in Germany, because many of these illegal firecrackers com from the polish border. There are KZbin videos in which the difference of demage get shown.

[@bambulkomccloud3983]

On the long distance trains, you have areas where you're supposed to be silent, and other areas where you can also make phone calls. So if you're loud in a silent area, you will get nasty stares. But if you're in one of the other areas, it's totally fine to talk, unless you are very loud.

[@voyance4elle]

In my experience American usually are extremely loud and can't speak in the way that we do in public. You usually understand every single word as if they want to entertain the whole train, while we speak more "gedämpft". Of course that's not the case for everyone, but in general I made these observations.

[@lennartstockl5826]

In germany we also use public transport like trains every day before and after work. Noise is very stressful and if the passengers had a tiring day or just woke up they really want a more silent surrounding. It is also considered very rude to facetime someone. If you need to make a call, do it without the speakers. Here in Berlin, the only people that facetime others on public transport that I see are people of color.

[@chic1gmbh820]

also in a phone area: beeing shouted at cuz I normally talk to my little brother and take a few steps after a 9 hour ride...we were like 8 and 10 years or something and by the way there was only one other person in the compartment. and she was clearly not talking to anyone 😖

[@xxxpyrosxxx]

Trains are used like planes. All thats to it imo.

[@mark9294]

@@lennartstockl5826 what a stupid comment

[@MtheHell]

Just to ensure you: The "Dum Bum" IS illegal in Germany. Our legal fireworks and crackers have to be certified by the BAM (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung) and must not contain gunpowder. That is not necessarily the same in Poland or the Czech Republic (so we created the term "Polenböller" for the illegal fireworks. Literally translated: "Polish firecrackers").

[@44WarmocK77]

Not anymore. EU laws changed that, anything certified as category F1 or F2 according top EU-wide specifications may bei sold anywhere to EU citizens without a pyrotechnical certificate. The BAM certainly wasn't happy about that. 😁

[@rwps3677]

That's completly outdated Info. Thank's EU 👍

[@kuebbisch]

The rule is or was at least: only gunpowder in fire crackers, but no flash powder. Nur Schwarzpulver, kein Blitzknallsatz...

[@zangy3748]

I love that the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und - Prüfung is shortened to BAM

[@s.h.741]

My mother taught me to soften sheets exactly as shown in the first video! It's three steps actually but in the end, the sheets are soft, smooth and folded precisely. Jawohl. Never question the German mother's methods!!!

[@HB-bl5mn]

The thing with the sheets is called 'noddeln'.

[@MiaMerkur]

​@@HB-bl5mnwhere? Never heart that.

[@HB-bl5mn]

@@MiaMerkur South Germany; Region Ulm/ Memmingen.

[@myeramimclerie7869]

the pool noodles are supposed to be nordic walking sticks, often used by a single or a group of aunties. And yes, the shopping cart scenario is real. Although most people I've seen wouldn't get mad at you if they're at fault too. But if you're to blame: death stares, wtf-glimpses, and/or something along the lines of "hey!", "can't you see!?" or "got problems or what!?"

[@insu_na]

samma hackts

[@hernerweisenberg7052]

But if you are fast with your much ruder and more agressive reply that at the same time explains why it was their fault, they usually back down and apologize.

[@lptimey]

"Augen auf im Straßenverkehr" (sth like "eyes on the road")

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

You're not prejudicial at all. That's a relief. But wtf is a group of aunties while we're at it?

[@voyance4elle]

@@charisma-hornum-fries This doesn't have anything to do with prejudice. It's mostly women over 50 who do Nordic Walking. Of course other people can to it aswell and I am sure it happens but where I live I whitness mostly elderly ppl who are still active (so not too old) and more women than men. That's why they wrote aunties :) it's an endeering term for older women.

[@sylvcast9948]

Also German Ice Hockey is actually good. We got second Place at the 2018 Olympics, rank 9th in the World at the moment and are in general together with Switzerland and Slovakia one of the 3 follow up nations after the Big 6 (Canada, Russia, Sweden, Finland, USA and Czech Republic). In the recent World Championships we got to the quarterfinals last year and to the semis 2 Years ago. A lot of these competitions have no NHL Players though which is a little bit sad since we also have some great NHL players most known Leon Draisaitl who won MVP in the NHL.

[@einflinkeswiesel2695]

And when we beat Canada in 2018 the ministry of foreign affairs gave out a travel warning to avoid the topic of ice hockey in Canada xD

[@hypatian9093]

2018 - Germany's Miracle on Ice. Ok, we have to thank Gary Bettman for it ;)

[@kliave2336]

The song the two girls are singing that really every German person knows except they would be living behind the moon is called "Atemlos durch die Nacht" sang by Helene Fischer The "bomb" earlier in the video with the smoke on the field was actually from Poland and you wouldn't find anything like this in a German store, because they are actually illegal to buy here.

[@nommh]

I have heard of it, but I live behind the moon - probably on purpose…

[@ngotemna8875]

I wish I wouldn't know this song lmao

[@Joisa22]

And the two girls where from austria, that clip was from vienna.

[@TheMissileHappy]

I once had this American family on a train, they had 3 small children and wow, were they loud. Not just the children, but the parents, too! Everyone else was so nice and quiet....well and annoyed. Edit: Schloss Moritzburg at the end

[@voyance4elle]

Oh yes I can imagine 🙄😂 I have been in these situations and I absolutely hate it... I don't want to have to listen to other peoples' conversations the whole train ride. I want to be able to concentrate and hear my own thoughts. Loud American drive me nuts! With other languages it's not that bad (and mostly other ppl aren't as loud as Americans) bc I don't understand the language. But with english I understand every word, so I can't get out of this.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

To be fair, small children tend to be less restrained generally.

[@MiaMerkur]

​@@voyance4elle People from the east, young men mainly, are very often as loud as americans, snd africans, too. It is not only americans. And not only in trains.

[@kreativuntermdach7351]

Thing with the casteles is: Most are not Neuschwanstein-level, or Burg Eltz or along those lines. Most castles are more like Villas tucked away in a whole wood or park because every duke had to have a summer and a winter-residence. Even if that meant that one of those (or both) would just turn out to be a glorified Villa. Some Farmhouses in America are bigger than most castles, especially those on big plantations.

[@voyance4elle]

Did they mean Schlösser or Burgen or both?

[@TiaTam]

@@voyance4elle "Burg" castles are very different from "Schloss" castles The latter are essentially just fancy residences, like palaces but smaller.. so.. mansions? I guess? But a "Burg" also had the additional purpose of acting as a fort. Burgs were common in the medieval times, while Schlösser became more common later on. They kind of "evolved" out of what used to be Burgs back in the day.

[@voyance4elle]

@@TiaTam Jaja ich weiß, aber was wurde gezählt in dieser Statistik?

[@zangy3748]

@@voyance4elle definitiv beides

[@voyance4elle]

@@zangy3748 vermute ich auch mal...

[@H.G.Halberd]

You can hear americans on trains three carriages away, i speak from experience

[@voyance4elle]

Yes 🙄 so true!

[@einflinkeswiesel2695]

"Armageddon in the middle of Berlin" You could not have put that better, especially this year 😬😬😬

[@aphextwin5712]

The song the two girls were singing is “Atemlos” by Helene Fischer. It broadly falls into the Après-Ski category (or more generally party music), relatively simple catchy tunes that lend themselves to sing along in a group.

[@Fred2303]

I always call her music Schlager, but Après Ski works as well, I guess. Never thought of it before to put her music in that category.

[@tubekulose]

And weirdly they sing it in the middle of Vienna.

[@djvillan]

@@Fred2303 Same. I call Helene's music schlager, even her web page called it schlager muzik at one time iirc.

[@lauramarschmallow2922]

don't forget it's about Helene being breathless throughout the night, because she is enjoying the company of a certain other person. ;-D

[@aphextwin5712]

@@djvillan Schlager and Après-Ski aren’t separate definitions but ones with a large overlap. By a simple definition, any song played a lot at Après-Ski locations could be seen as being part of that category.

[@mmaescher]

the pool noodles he was walking with were a parody of the walking sticks, which especially older people will use to walk or hike, mostly in winter but also occasionally in the other seasons

[@stuxburg]

for the trains it is really different depening on what train you are in the Regionalverkehr (regional trains) people talk to eachother in the Fernverkehr (long distance trains) people tend to be quite. especially in the quiet zones.

[@TheMissileHappy]

I don't know where you are from, but on the regional trains I take nobody talks, except children, drunk people or foreigners :D

[@darksnow7857]

@@TheMissileHappy near big cities it tends to get louder

[@weirdkidatyourschool4370]

@@TheMissileHappy depends the Re1 in Berlin gets really loud when you're still in Berlin but when it reaches erkner it is pretty quiet

[@voyance4elle]

Sometimes ppl are loud here at our regional trains. Especially Teenagers who watch Tiktoks and Insta Reels without headphones or groups of party -people. Or ppl do video calls or phone calls very loudly often in another language or show their kids some TV show or don't mute the WhatsApp alarm tone while chatting.... It is the most annoying thing!

[@lyaneris]

Yeah, here busses are always quit while regional trains can be quite loud.

[@Ph34rNoB33r]

Pulling the sheets serves a purpose. After washing, they are not perfectly flat, especially around the seams they tend to shrink. Pulling is meant to make it more even again. Afterwards, those folded sheets would be flattened with a rotary iron. (Rarely found these days)

[@RagingGoblin]

Depends. I know several people with a rotary iron (Mangel). It's definitely old-fashioned, but if you have to do sheets and stuff for a big family *or* own a holiday home, it'll save you a lot of time.

[@feluno]

We do have that many castles around. I literally have a castle just about 1½ miles north of my home - and another one 1½ miles south. The next one after those two is 2 miles to the east from my home. I can literally see one of those just by walking 10 minutes, and it's a gorgeous view. It's a really nice castle, located on a hill over a historic town...

[@olgahein4384]

Yeah, here in the south west there's also another castle at every other village. And a castle ruin at literally every village.

[@animefinchen]

14:14 she is actually ice skating on a lake before the castle Moritzburg as far as i can tell. The castle is well known, because there were some movies filmed there (for example Aschenbrödel).

[@summersun6536]

I was literally about to say the same. 😊 But I cannot remember when that lake was frozen for the last time. It is huge and it takes very cold temperatures for a period of time to freeze it. We rarely have such cold winters in Germany anymore.

[@viomouse]

@@summersun6536 Maybe 2011 or 2008/9? Also a few years back I remember -20 °C in Leipzig, so Moritzburg must've had that as well. And february 2021 had frozen, walkable lakes even in the west and several meters of snow in the Harz region, so that might be it as well.

[@summersun6536]

@@viomouse @viomouse I remember -18°C in Dresden in 2009/2010 in Dresden and in 2005/2006, too, with loads of snow. It's always a little warmer there, since Dresden is located in the river Elbe valley. It saves the warmth produced by the buildings. But if you drive (or hike) from the center of the city outwarts, you have a hight difference of about 300m to the higher located districts of the city (I guess, might be even more). Therefore it gets quite quickly very much colder the higher you get. So in the city might be no snow at all, but in the upper parts of the town you might have a white cosy place. In my childhood every winter was cold and snowy, and we used to build iglus in the backyard. I even remember -30°C in the middle of the city. But it got warmer and warmer during the last 20 years. We rarely have snow or it melts fast. Moritzburg is topographically located about 50 m higher than Leipzig and 66m higher than Dresden and not in a valley. So yes, you are probably right, that it's cold enough for frozen lakes. But I really can't remember the winter of 2021, maybe because of the lockdowns. Because of the high amount of Covid-19 we were allowed to leave our homes for important reasons only. I rarely left home therefore.

[@EyMannMachHin]

Those 20.000 castles is very much true. Although the vast majority of them are probably not attracting tourists, because the are barely more than hardly identifiable ruins. Even my small 2200 souls village has one dating back to the 12th century. But even though it is on top of a hill, you'd hardly find it, if you are not looking for it. It's overgrown by the forest and you can barely makeout the moat and earthwall beyond. And from the actual stone wall only some really minor fragments are visible. It also doesn't help that the south part of the castle was obliterated when the train tracks were build in 1899.

[@ESCLuciaSlovakia]

Ryan, I think you would be surprised how popular is ice hockey in a big part of Europe, mostly in the colder countries - Central, Northern and Eastern Europe. Ice hockey is actually the most popular and "national sport" in Slovakia (also in the Czech Republic), we love it so much. Germany is more or less on the same level as us, or better. Just yesterday the World Championship U-20 in Canada ended (Canada and Czech Rep. were in the final) and we were watching the championship live at night and cheering for our boys. It's one of the most expected sport events in the year for us. 🙂

[@1983simi]

German supermarket aggression is real, and I'm saying this as a German

[@alihorda]

I never experienced supermarket aggression, maybe I'm just lucky (Düsseldorf)

[@JimmyHey]

Roadrage but german lmao

[@ingokersting5484]

nein

[@arnodobler1096]

As a left-turning vehicle she has to wait🤣

[@skiby2234]

@@arnodobler1096 agree XD - the traffic rules must be obliged even if your not in a vehicle

[@zenti05]

FYI: the "song" from Germany they sang, is "Atemlos" by Helene Fischer

[@voyance4elle]

But please don't listen to it 😂 you will never be able to forget it again!!! Forever injured...

[@lisab.04]

@@voyance4elle no, please do listen to it and record your reaction ;)

[@voyance4elle]

@@lisab.04 God no 🙈 why do you want to do this to us?

[@lisab.04]

@@voyance4elle for my pure enjoyment babe ;)

[@voyance4elle]

@@lisab.04 very strange to me.

[@enderboy-db3sh]

The Dum Bum is illegal in Germany. The text of the video reads "Polish Firecracker". I'm not far into the topic, but I think there's a big black market for these "Firecrackers". We gotta define the line between Firecracker and Dynamite

[@rndmsosig21]

7:30 the firework war was only in Neukölln-Berlin and Bigger citys not everywhere in Germany . In smaller citys it was way better than bigger citys. Same for the countryside

[@saiyasha848]

I politely disagree. i live in norderstedt, a town on the Outskirts of hamburg and New years is _Mayhem._ Our street especially is Firework central. We rarely buy or own, because we have enough spectacle to watch on all sifes. And this year, like most years before, one of those batteries fell over and for a while the fireworks went everywhere. It was 20 minutes after Midnught when the first EMT arrived. So, in my experience, the small cities can Blow up just as hard as the big ones.

[@Rastayeti666]

@@saiyasha848 still a difference between an accident and shooting and throwing firework on other people

[@saiyasha848]

@@Rastayeti666 That is true.. i hadn't finished the Video at that point I had no idea it was _that_ bad in some cities. Sheesh.

[@kiraocelot]

well well, we all know what people populate neukölln 🙃

[@jellysquiddles3194]

A bit of context for any non-germans: The escalations in Berlin were done mostly by migrants from the middle east. There had been 150 arrests. From the names of the perps that were leaked none were German.

[@hypatian9093]

Pulling the sheets ("Wäsche zoppeln" my mother called it) - back then(tm) if you washed the bed sheets at high temperature and dried them outside, they were stiff as a board (especially if you used starch). Before folding them and putting them away, you did this to soften them a bit.

[@jrgptr935]

Zobbele, das Wort lange nicht gehört. Glatt- oder geradeziehen.

[@MeritSeto]

oh the iceskating girl is in front of "Schloss Moritzburg" where the famous german-czech christmas movie "3 haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel" was shot back in 1973. I was iceskating there myself when I was a kid.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Yeah, I thought that had to be a bit more inwards. We had like 2 days of snow and 2 days if hail here this year.

[@dxan5k]

The firework riots were in Neukölln, 100 out of 150 were afghans without the german pass & in an interview they said, they wanted to show germany that they have the most dangerous street in the country. They even said they gonna kill everyone, fire department, medics or police if they come to this street.

[@sammyauscux9529]

What those people did with the fireworks is illegal. That's why a general ban isn't supported by the mass. They're saying that first the authorities have to uphold the law before thinking about banning fireworks for everyone (where most obviously are responsible)

[@felixklusener5530]

That is true, but on the other hand we should ask ourselves how authorities should uphold the law if they are under attack by hundreds of offenders at the same time? There would for sure be some people who get illegal explosives from Poland or build their own firecrackers cellars, but it would at least be harder for them to get firecrackers if they were not on sale for anyone requesting them. As a result there would be less people attacking the police and firefighters and they would be able to handle it way better. It is the same with guns in America compared to Germany. For sure there would be people who get an illegal gun from somewhere, but it is easier for criminals to get guns if you can just buy them at your nearby Walmart. The result is that you are more about ten times more likely to get shot by a criminal in the US than in Germany. A first step would be to have only limited areas where you can buy and use firecrackers and that people are not allowed to be in possession of firecrackers outside of the controlled areas. That would allow people to peacefully celebrate New Year without having too many idiots bombarding the whole city.

[@mememoments2779]

it is pretty silent on trains but not like she said :D there are a lot of people screaming/ beeing drunk/ listening to loud music sometimes etc etc

[@faultier1158]

Well, on one of my travels in an ICE, there was a woman having a loud phonecall a few rows ahead of me. After about 15 minutes or so, a guy from way back in the wagon stood up, walked up to her, and said "I think we've heard enough of your life story now", and the entire wagon erupted in applause and some even cheered.

[@mememoments2779]

@@faultier1158 well i saw some stuff as well and yeah, in general germans are not as loud in trains, buses etc :D but there are a lot of people that dont care

[@DerMaje]

As teenager we were roaming around with bags full of fireworks all night long. So much fun to blow up some snow, dirt and other stuff.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

You had snow?

[@DerMaje]

20-30 Years ago, yes. We had snow and ice in the 90‘s.

[@vixotherealone8737]

Ok but are we gonna talk about that last one? That one actually caught me off guard☕

[@saiyasha848]

tbf, I am fairly sure that those 20.000 castles included quite a few that are barely foundational ruins at this point. We have quite a few, but definitly not this many that actually still stand in a functional way.

[@jasperzanovich2504]

They probably count medieval towers too, they are barely a stone tube but they still stand. There are a lot very small castles.

[@ritterderkokosnuss3379]

If the term castles is including "Burgen" and "Schlösser" maybe it is true 😅 I know atleast 10 Burgen and Schlösser around my area and it's not a very known area for castles.

[@voyance4elle]

I thought so too. Did they mean Burgen or Schlösser or both?

[@voyance4elle]

8:51 I saw that clip before and I laughed so hard!!!!! He was so spot on. The best intelligent joke 👏

[@ingevonschneider5100]

The song was supposed to be "Atemlos" by Helene Fischer.

[@HalfEye79]

When I would be asked, then I would decline with: "Torture is illegal. So it is better, when I don't sing."

[@leavonderlieth5781]

That huge af firework you saw actually is illegal in Germany.. they're called "Polenböller" here. (because they're mostly imported from ..well, Poland.)

[@weirdkidatyourschool4370]

3:20 it really depends on where you are or at which time in small towns or villages when you go by bus or train to reach the next town its mostly quiet except when its time for kids to go to school then its never quiet In Big cities its never quiet on public transport there's always friends talking with each other and kts not frowned upon when you are talking to each other or calling someone on your phone, when you're SUPER loud then of course you get some angry stares

[@Nijay_the_Ninja]

14:36 ya we act like that because there is a driving rule in Germany that we use everywhere "right before left". Meaning: He was right

[@PentragonCosplay]

I found it funny as you came to the firework-part and said: „in the middle of the city!“ and immediately thought „whee else would you fire them?“ XD

[@ArmandoBellagio]

"Love actually" is a British romantic comedy. It's popular there around Christmas time. I think it has also gotten some popularity here in Germany. Maybe you can make a video about it on your British channel some time 😉

[@nonegativity01]

riding the train can get loud on occasions such as bachelorette party, Carnival times, going/comming to/from fest such as Oktoberfest. But generally is a relaxing, quite experience.

[@Belfigora1102]

Not all of us go nuts on New Years eve!

[@justSOMEBODYorNOBODY]

We have a Firework Contest in our City in Germany. In summer for 3 days every evening there is a big music and laser show with fireworks. You can make a application and then you're allowed to use Firework during the Year (eg. For your wedding etc. )

[@adilette1247]

It's funny, because we germans say this about japan, that the trains are very quiet etc. Not about us. I don't find it that quiet, sometimes it can be very loud, for example on saturdays (soccer day) or if drunk people get in But older people are quiet most of the time

[@johannes2835]

There is a video out there of a dude driving around on his motorcycle in Berlin-Neuköln on new years eve. Its just like a scene out of a war movie, but throughout the whole city. He was getting shot at with rockets an thrown at with firecrackers (Polen-Böller).

[@Carol_65]

0:22 This is my mother-in-law. I don’t know how many times I’ve listened to this exact scenario. MIL: “Here is your school work. I keep it all in this box in case you need it. Husband: “Mom, I’m 57.” Edit: Same with saving newspaper articles. 😂

[@net-twin-de]

To be quiet on the train just means to dont disturb other passengers as little as possible - it's all about respect.

[@Nancy-jo4xe]

It can be scary to walking outside with all those fireworks going on BUT now, living in the UK, I kind of miss it.. 😅

[@engelbert42]

The 20k castles number might include *everything*, from Neuschwanstein to private hunting lodges, to the foundation of Roman watchtowers...

[@sylvcast9948]

Can confirm. Went on a 7 Hour train ride with 2 Friends and we talked like 10 or 15 Min Max of this time. However people do still talk especially younger people will talk to each other. Just quiet compared to Americans.

[@amyleefan85]

Oh wow the iceskating clip was made in front of castle Moritzburg, I live there :D not in the castle tho xD This is also where the most famous christmas fairytale was filmed "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel", which is one of the variations of Cinderella. My mom watches it like 20 times when christmas is coming xD

[@SVG4ever]

The Topic of Fireworks is even more controversial than Politics and Religion in Germany😂

[@EyMannMachHin]

Yeah, right on par with national speed limits 😂

[@Schlohmotion]

Both topics are not at all controvertial in germany. TV only make em seem controvertial. Sell your TV. You will live a happier life.

[@EyMannMachHin]

@@Schlohmotion and turn off the internet, since I hardly watch TV.

[@Schlohmotion]

@@EyMannMachHin Great Idea! Waldgang is the best soulfood anyway. But I cannot turn off internet. When my mother sends me Videos like the one above... I gotta watch and answer.

[@JustForFun2801]

Castles are nearly everywhere here in Germany and we love Firework at new year's eve. 😆

[@Dirk-Ulowetz]

Instead of Atemlos, the two girls have could also sing Wahnsinn from Wolfgang Petry or Ein Bett im Kornfeld from Jürgen Drews. 😅 Of course we're going nuts on Sylvester / New Years Eve. It's the only day, when we can use rockets ant the other stuff for fireworks. Btw, I'm German.

[@Itzibitzispider]

Atemlos from Helene Fischer ... Wolfgang Petry or Jürgen Drews would have been the better choise ... hahahahaha ;)

[@hellkitty1442]

What about "Wer soll das bezahlen"? I'd say that's pretty much common knowledge as well? Or even "Ein bisschen Frieden"? (at least the chorus should be) I actually had to look up Wahnsinn, but yeah, I know that one. Just didn't know the name. But there's some songs, that just seem to be part of our genes. Noone knows why he knows the song, but you hear it and it's there: Yeah, i know that one! Of course I do!

[@sandrawei1130]

So a big problem regarding the fireworks was also that some people called the police or paramedics to ambush and throw fireworks at them which is a big threat and left many injured. Especially with the healthcare system already breaking apart in Germany something like that is nothing we need. Many other countries in Europe such as France prohibit fireworks for private use and just put on one big public show with fireworks which is very pretty and not that dangerous :)

[@ravanpee1325]

It's about the people - young men with migration background - and not about the firework. France has the same problems in the banlieus even without fireworks, the UK with knight stabbing and Sweden with AK-47s in the streets

[@sdr4195]

The last clip really added value to the video

[@hanako_0319]

I'm living in Berlin and, although I spent New Year's Eve quietly in a hotel room (needed some time off, so I gifted myself a hotel stay in my own city), I heard a lot about the issues we had during that night. It wasn't a protest, they were basically just terrorists (but of course nobody wants to call them that). They would start fires and stuff, wait for police and firefighters to get there and then attack them. They used not only fireworks but I've also heard stories from people smashing the front window of busses and other vehicles (the poor bus drivers that night) with fire extinguishers. It was insane! So many people got injured. How do people even get the idea to throw fireworks at police officers or firefighters? My mother and I went to bring one of the local fire departments a little basket filled with gifts to show support.

[@kBaylife_painting]

throwing fireworks at firefighters or paramedics is vile. throwing fireworks at cops is reasonable though

[@stefanwacker578]

@@kBaylife_painting I get that thats probably an exaggerated statement but come on. Police(wo)men are ppl like us tasked with public order to keep everyone safe. It would be wrong to judge them as a collective entity or go as far as blindly hurting them. And without them the vile ppl throwing fireworks at paramedics and firefighters would be allowed to be vile every day.

[@CabinFever52]

@@kBaylife_painting , How did you get any likes for that comment about it being reasonable to throw fireworks at cops? Have some respect for human life...for animal life, for that matter. Fireworks terrorize the animals.

[@globalistlive6849]

3:17 The song is "Atemlos durch die Nacht" (translating to. breathless through the night) from Helene Fischer. It has been somewhat popular in Germany, but mostly for your parent's generation.

[@felixklusener5530]

9:55 That is illegal in Germany, but it is legal in Poland and since there are no permanent border checkpoints between the two EU countries Germans import thousands of these illegal firework items from Poland every year. If the police catches people in possession of these illegal fireworks in Germany or at the border it will be seized and there will be criminal charges that result in up to three years imprisonment or a fine, depending on the amount of illegal explosives seized by the police.

[@duuuuuuu789]

I would love to see you do a video on German ‚short cut‘/mannerism words, like hä, doch or the uniersal ‚mh‘ ! :) I am sure there are TikToks trying to explain ‚doch‘ and failing!

[@jodufrak2952]

Maybe it's also an idea to react to the german word quizzes. They happened on Jimmy Fallon with Christoph Waltz and Matthias Schweighöfer 👌🏻

[@voyance4elle]

Aaah yes they are so funny 😂😂😂 great idea!!! 👏

[@daframo]

7:35 Being from Spain,that seems common for me. We have a whole festivity about filling a bigass plaza with firework,setting It Up and not seeing a things cause of the smoke. It also incluyes building building sized statues near actual buildings and burning them. They are super popular , a lot of germans come see them in fact

[@V0r4xiz]

5:45 Yes, we're 83 million strong. The second largest is France at 67mil. 13:15 The "numa numa" song is a poetic and musical masterpiece compared to this stain on Germany's cultural vest.

[@cyraDyprax]

Happy New Year 😃 i love your videos. Grettings from Stuttgart Germany

[@derfailer3434]

I live next to the city of Munich in bavaria and on new years eve we had great weather conditions and were able to see extremly far. You saw the "skyline" of the city in the far and ANYWHERE rockets and batteries fired in the sky making beautiful colors. Just a great day with friends. We also lit some batteried on and celebrated with the guys, partiyng afterwards till the sun came out.

[@jens_hatje]

12:15 Yeah, Germans love going for hikes out in nature. They really do bring walking sticks similar to ski-poles to help them walk up and down the hilly terrain there, especially in Southern Germany.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Besides helping with walking it also takes some weight of the legs (to easy the knees) and involves the upper muscles more. I did it for a while.

[@petrkubena]

8:00 That's only half of the story. It wasn't "because of pyrotechnics". This was a problem with immigrants that did not integrate into society and attacked police, ambulance etc. New years pyrotechnics only provided opportunity.

[@GilbMLRS]

That's the racist narrative, when 19yo Kevin from Hoyerswerda throws explosives at other people then none of you and your kin come out to blame it on male juveniles but as soon as you spot a slightly darker skin complexion, it's all because of the evil immigrants. One should paint your face brown and herd you through Cottbus on New Years Eve then we can talk again about your racist prejudices.

[@petrkubena]

@@GilbMLRS Only one racist here is you. The whole first part only shows how you 1. assume my skin color, 2. based on your assumption you assume my motives (that's the definition of racism) and 3. you put me into some group that does/doesn't do something "always" (another clear racism on your part). I only said what is objectively correct - this was done by not integrated immigrants and that was confirmed by officials. I'm not saying that all immigrants are not integrated or bad, I'm saying these were.

[@GilbMLRS]

​@@petrkubena So what is your answer to Germans that attack emergency organisations and endanger the public? What about Rostock 1992? You just saw videos in the media that depicted immigrants and based solely on these few videos you came to the conclusion that it was just because of them being immigrant. How many German "wElL iNtEgRaTeD" hooligans do we have that regularly escalate in violence? I understand you do not see media attention drawn to these "happenings", now tell me what integration deficit did the hooligans from Freital have? Or those that commited terror attacks with explosives against party offices of DieLinke? I guess if you would see them on a video of TikTok or KZbin, you would consider them rather well integrated, wouldn't you?

[@petrkubena]

@@GilbMLRS I will not play this "whataboutism" game with you. Topic was given and fact that there are different problems elsewhere, doesn't change that there is a problem here. The problem here are those immigrants that are not integrated and it doesn't disappear just because you mention different problem.

[@GilbMLRS]

​@@petrkubena No the problem aren't "those immigrants" the problem is a society that is based on xenophobia and leaves out no opportunity to shift blame on people from foreign countries because it is an easy answer for everything. What is done for integration? People are segregated because of income inequality, it is harder for immigrants to rent a flat, harder for them to get a job because having a foreign sounding name leads your application straight into the basket, school and professional certificates from other countries aren't accepted which leads to surgeons, lawyers and other highly qualified people having to work as cleaners or in delivery. Next issue is people applying for asylum get deported even if they haved lived here for the entirety of their lives and do not even speak the language of the country of their parents anymore. Keep your integration-BS to yourself. These guys would be pretty well integrated in any shit-village in Saxony or Brandenburg (especially in the 1990s) because that is what's happening there without the media making a huge fuss of it. People without a perspective in life are always going to make their anger be felt. But being presented no alternative isn't their fault. It is the fault of an oppression apparatus that exchanges pictures of you know who in their chat groups, because of employers that upon reading their names treat them badly, because of landlords preventing them from getting somewhere to live. You just blame the people. This is your intention. That and nothing else. You break down a complex problem to one single sentence. Just like the NPD, AfD and all the other scum uses to.

[@burgnbg]

The song was "Atemlos" from Helene Fischer. And the Situation in the Supermarket: He was using the traffic rules. The one who is turning left has to wait. I think. ...

[@may_everything4815]

The thing with fireworks in Germany is that, there is just too much, especially this (last) year, as they weren't allowed to sell them last year. In the cities you have the small of it even four days later sometimes and everywhere you go is the trash of the firework, sometimes even not used, so it's dangerous for everybody to go around because sometimes things go off after lying around without working. I don't know if it is like that everywhere, but at least where I live it is like that, my sister once was almost blown up because something exploded next to her after probably not working the day before, so people just throw it on the streets.

[@Derboxn]

"you guys get some fireworks in your hands and you go nuts huh?!" No, it isnt us

[@voyance4elle]

1:36 "zieh mal richtig" a true German grandma 😂 5:20 yup that's how it is here. 6:18 this is a beautiful one. These are my favorite ✨ 7:11 "we war you" Well done Ryan 👏👏👏 8:51 I saw that clip before and I laughed so hard!!!!! He was so spot on. The best intelligent joke 👏 11:18 I laughed so hard now 😂😂😂 the noodles 🤣 14:21 so spot on!!!! Very very accurate! I am also guilty of this 🙈

[@t.a.yeah.]

8:51 Yesss. xD

[@der_informant]

Whenever I see firework videos, I always habe to think about that one video, were they let explode this one big „polenböller“. The guy just say „warte“ (wait)…..“warte“(wait)… and then everythink is just like fire storm… Welcome in Berlin i guess😅

[@peggynewby9014]

The shopping cart incident is so true. I live in Germany but come from USA and I have had this happen to me many times. Germans also love to walk and use the Nordic sticks even when they don't need them. My German husband and I always laugh when we see them.

[@Auvas_Damask]

The song is called "Atemlos durch die Nacht" (breathless through the night).

[@human9460]

5:00 it was really like the Armageddon this year. Due to the restrictions the last two years everyone seem to have gon creazy and it totally escalated. I think 3 people died, police and ambulanced got attacked, there were a lot of fired and a lot of people got hurt. And yea after years of critizising fireworks it seems to be really considered to be banned. Here are the main six reasons why firework should be banned: - it is extremly bad for the enviroment - it hurts pets and wildlife (a lot die) - intoxinated people handeling pyro... - overcroaded ERs (there's already not anough space) - they get crafted by child labour - it retraumatizes war survivors and hurts other people with trauma and anxiety Why it shouldn't be banned: - it's fun

[@XsistenzOne]

Where i come from there is something called "7-Burgen-Blick". It translates to something like "7 castles view" because you can see 7 castles from that spot. So yeah. We got a lot of castles. :D

[@makki9692]

you should actually start watching austrian and/or swiss tiktoks. I think it would be funny especially since a lot of stuff can’t be translated using google translator

[@BigBundy82]

A 17 year old kid died this year here in Berlin because of a firework… It wasn’t a protest, simply the normal celebration of the New Year!

[@Kiyuja]

The whole firework thingy kinda hits a nerve for me. for the last 2 years they were banned or rather not allowed for purchase and I liked that. Every new years eve our pets are terrified. Since I live in the outskirts of Berlin you might not think much of it but there are still 20k ppl living here and the streets look like Star Wars for 3 days its insane. I dont like it anymore, especially with all the injuries at my moms hospital each and every year....

[@miaplisetsky7320]

14:20 the moment I realized it’s the castle from „3 Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel“ (3 wishes for Cinderella)

[@henrylorenz8911]

One of the the berlin police units with a staff of 1.200 people had registred more than 300 crimes and arrested nearly 150 people, 50 of the had at least the german citizenship, they other 100 people had at least 17 nationalities. Berlin is basically the hotspot for clan wars. There are some videos showing people shooting firearms. You could react to those.

[@ravanpee1325]

and this people with "german citizenship" have usually a migration background or dual citizenship

[@emmabruh]

The first one is „eins zu eins“ (one to one in English apparently, even though that sounds terrible), basically exactly my German mother lol, that creator is amazing at imitating her own and just general German moms Also ice hockey is pretty big in Europe in general, they have huge fanbases And the supermarket aggression is insane, Germans can be so passive aggressive it’s almost impressive

[@fondors_feuerwerks_welt]

The fireworks problem does exist only in the bigger cities like Berlin, and the people are to 95% non german, mlstly immigrants from syria/afghanistan. A ban would be useless, because these people use illegal pyrotechnis/flare guns which are already banned, so it wouldnt help. Also, most people are peacfully on New years eve and set their fireworks in their garden of.

[@submarinerswife1114]

Song is Atemlos durch die Nacht by Helene Fischer- and yes, we all know it Poolnoodles would represent walking sticks

[@Wrizzla]

I dont get it where this Obsession for fireworks comes from. Sure ill buy my Kids a Pack each with some rockets etc. But i saw friends of me spend like 500+ Bucks just to burn it all in the end 😂😂😂 Grüße aus Deutschland ❤️

[@HalfEye79]

Agreed. But there is a difference between not using fireworks on the own will or not using fireworks, because it got banned. I'm against banning fireworks.

[@Wrizzla]

@@HalfEye79 oh yeah, im not for banning it completely. its more about that i dont understand why people spend soooo much money on it :D Sure it looks nice and i love looking at it but i dont like spending unbelievable amounts of money on it. But you know on the other Hand, i spend alot of money on my Hobbies (my pc and my guitars) too and ive heard count less Times that people dont understand why im doing it. I guess there are some similarities 😂

[@HalfEye79]

@@Wrizzla Same with me.

[@christbaumer]

12:46 Stock-im-Eisen-Platz (“Stick in the Iron Plaza” on top of the Underground Railway mezzanine) is not in Germany, but-together with Stephansplatz (“Stephan's Plaza” with Dom/cathedral), Graben (“moat” with Plaque Column & fountains) & Petersplatz (“Peter's Plaza” with baroque church)-the most central places of Vienna's Inner City district (Austria's capital).

[@nice_gamerlb3302]

The giant firework with the car in the foreground is a capcut template, it isn’t a real firework and isn’t located in Germany

[@NotM3li]

With the fireworks, no we aren’t only allowed to set off fireworks on New Year’s Eve altough rather just on special days, not birthdays or something but something like organized by your city, you live in, in Germany. Take as example „Die Kölner lichter“ in Cologne (Die is a version of „the“, not like death 😂)

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Oh we do play ice hockey. And basketball. Both are somewhat popular, not as much as association football/soccer, but still a thing.

[@silviahannak3213]

That was the Atemlos Song by that german Schlagersängerin. Helene Fischer. Ppl make fun of that Joke..ehm Song. By using other Words.

[@NotM3li]

12:54 Song: Atemlos Singer: Helene Fischer Context: Literally everyone knows it, it was aswell played A LOT at New Year’s Eve on all different kinds of TV channels

[@fischermanuela6850]

It is in my little hometown 😄 Wartenfels Castle was built in 1259 by Konrad von Steinkirchen together with his son-in-law Konrad zu Kalham. Little can be said about the earlier appearance of the castle, as the windows that exist today were only created during the renovation. Because of the danger that existed for visitors to the old walls, the ruin was restored in 1981, whereby the historical correctness was not too important.

[@alucardsilber8225]

The Poolnudels were ment to mimic "Wanderstöcke"

[@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl]

At 14:14 the girl is ice skating on a lake which is possibly near the palace of Schwerin, the capital of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.

[@CabinFever52]

Keeping it real. We don't have a dryer here, so I shake each piece coming out of the washer about 10 times and hang it to dry. That way it doesn't need ironing 😁 About the trains in Austria, they do tend to be very quiet (except for the American tourists or many of the local youths today).

[@Lord_Juvens]

"today" As if the youth ever really behaved and was quiet lol.

[@CabinFever52]

@@Lord_Juvens LOL...actually, I've noticed a difference just over the last 10 years, but good point.

[@mortndew]

man, i want to see a video of you actually going to germany and experiencing it for yourself :)

[@123Iris4]

My mother reads the Washington post and sometimes sends me articles and I understand every about every third sentence…

[@grothe.dominik]

Yeah okay, he hit her too with the shopping cart, but it's definitely a "Rechtsabbieger vor Rinksabbieger" (right turn before left turn) situation 😅

[@lyaneris]

Me, a German, watching the firework you were amazed by: it's firework. Don't you have fireworks that work like that?