American reacts to Germany's BLACK FOREST

[@tyler5278]

“Do you guys have heating?” Is so mental

[@christinal.2138]

I always think Ryan's not as dumb as other US Americans but then he says shit like that and I'm like 👁👄👁

[@BVZTIII]

Nah, we have triple glazing as standard, while in the US, Enes Yilmazer sells double glazing as something special on an eight digit home 😂

[@franzm4945]

@@christinal.2138 HAHAHAHA we love you, Ryan ❤ loool

[@schilduin]

I mean, there are quite a lot of countries where heating is rare, but usually they have a much warmer climate 😅

[@horstadler1340]

No, we just freeze from the day our mother gives birth!

[@headhunter1945]

"I guess it's really just for sightseeing" --Ryan, who has never driven through mountains in his life

[@DonCarlosofFreiburg]

I used to commute through the Höllental. I can assure everybody that this curve is not just for sightseeing 😄

[@volkhardhenschel1863]

​@@DonCarlosofFreiburg it is a 360 degree Serpentinen around the rock in the middle and the road goes up mountains. Ryan does not understand😂

[@StellaTZH]

The 360° curve isn't just for tourism, it's to overcome the steep incline. It's a road that goes up and down the mountain and makes this sharp turn because of the elevation. It's not noticeable when you look at it from above via drone, but trust me, you notice it when you drive the road. I've been there a couple of times, the drive through the Höllental is breathtakingly beautiful.

[@attilabokor8045]

360° turn? That would be a roundabout! I think it's only 180°.

[@chrissime8692]

SERPENTINEN really helpful to overcome heights in the mountains..probably for hundrets of years men will travel with wheels.. 😅

[@StellaTZH]

@@attilabokor8045 Well, you can see it in the video. It's basically a circle, so 360°. One way leads up, the other way down. So both of them go in roughly the same direction just on different levels of elevation

[@attilabokor8045]

@@StellaTZH A 90° curve is a turn to the side. A 180° curve is a complete turn in the opposite direction (as in the video). 360° is a complete rotation. 🙂

[@michaelschuckart2217]

@@StellaTZH The road goes from one direction through the curve and comes out the opposite way. So in the result it is circa 180 Deg. To make it possible for long vehicles to come around the curve, the road turnes out to enlarge the half-circle a bit. But that makes it NOT a full circle but maybe ca. 220 deg. In the video you see the two roads directly next to each other. What you cannot see, is that the left part of the road is around 15 meters lower at the base of the picture, than the right part. A classical serpentine.

[@tobiasr3792]

Our heating (in private homes) mostly works by burning oil or gas to heat water which flows through the radiators. This system cannot really be used to cool anything down. Heatpumps are a different story, some of those can also cool.

[@Henry-Motion]

also If we were to build american-like heating systems, we could only heat all the rooms at once. That is really not efficient

[@Hey.Joe.]

@@Henry-Motion Indeed. With each separate radiator in every room, we can set up what temperature each room can have, depends on where you stay often. Some people like it fresh and cool in the sleeping-room, while in bathroom comfortable and in the livingroom cozy or something like this and can save a lot, if not heating up all rooms to much.

[@fawkesmorque]

Cooling with heatpumps is a bad idea. First of all you only can lower the room temps by 2-3°C and secondly the pipes become too cold, which will result in condensation inside the wall and therefor mold. If you want cooling, you need to use air to air heatpumps (Split-Klimageräte).

[@Angel_9691]

6:18, actually the real legend is that a Knight was hunting for the deer and somehow (I don't remember the whole story, my parents just told it to me once or twice) as the deer jumped over the cliff and made it to the other side the Knight died, thats why on the other side of the deer statue theres a cross. It's a legend because instead of the knight killing the deer, the deer killed the knight and was able to still live on, as if that was meant to happen.

[@sinaa22]

Look up "nordsee" and "ostsee" for our two beaches which are in northern germany. 😊 also "sylt" and "rügen" are two big islands belonging to germany Otherwise hamburg is a great northern city for representation

[@Sir_Mike]

Norden is also a cool city 😂❤

[@dasmaurerle4347]

Ich geh' an de Opfinger...

[@chgr4674]

It’s not just two beaches but two coasts with many beaches at both

[@AriC114]

I would also suggest Rügen, Hamburg or Bremen. But for me personally is the most interesting are the Halligen in the Northsee which get flooded during storm surge while the people are stuck in the big sea. Absolutely fascinating. But I don't think you will find an English video about that.

[@axyz1078]

he googled noorthern and got the southern....

[@lanamack1558]

Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte must contain cherries soaked in Kirschwasser otherwise it's just another cake.

[@Steinklein]

European suqirrels don't hibernate. Instead, they hide food in the ground to bridge the winter and dig it up once fresh food becomes scarce. Squirrels are quite active and easy to spot on snowy days. They are not particularly good at remembering where they hid their food, though. They still find enough, but squirrels' food hiding behaviour is a major factor in spreading the seeds of trees they feed off of due to how much of the hidden food they forget to dig up again.

[@Anna-zi7sx]

Because AC is expensive and horrible for the climate - if you live in a proper house with good insulation and manageable temperatures it’s also unnecessary. Heating however, is not optional

[@strenter]

Well, a good air/air "Wärmepumpe" moves 3kW of heating (or cooling) energy for every 1kW you put into, so it IS a very efficient way of air conditioning. If you go for an "Erdwärmepumpe" the factor between the energy you get compared to the energy you have to put in is about factor 5.

[@tim8067]

Yes in Germany we mostly have campfires in the house which is also the reason for airing out the house every hour.

[@uliwehner]

very wise :)

[@goldmund2902]

You might watch a video about the halligen in north germany. Those were some tiny island in the North sea, that get basically completely flooded at times, whilst there are still some secluded people living .

[@MajorDektarev]

Black Forest ham is a trimmed, boneless, smoked raw ham produced in the Black Forest. Since 1997, "Black Forest Ham" has been a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) of the European Union, which stipulates the traditional production process in the product specification. The entire production process, from testing the quality of the uncured pork hams in accordance with the specification to the final product ready for sale, takes place in the defined geographical area. Be careful, I have seen "Black Forest Ham" in American videos, but this was cooked ham and is NOT the German raw ham specialty !

[@steffenrosmus9177]

Until 2007 it was forbidden to sell uncooked pork meat in the US so their "Blackforrest ham" was cooked and tasteless as the rest.

[@dmschoice2571]

The Black Forest is commonly not only mentioned as one of the the most beautiful regions of Germany, but also as one of the scariest. Apparently, barely another German region has more stories about ghosts, witches, werewolves, water men, and the like. (Even the Slenderman legend is supposed to have originated here - which is apparently not true, but quite believable). Would be an idea for around Halloween, however, maybe - reacting to some creepy places or legends of Germany. ;)

[@TheAschkeks]

@J U slender ist glaube ich eher schlaksig also lang und dünn

[@sbeyer17]

Yeah part of that is, that settlements really existed there only for the last ~1000 years.

[@ChrisTian-rm7zm]

The fairy tale "Das Kalte Herz" is also located in the Black Forest.

[@dean2801]

@J U Die Legende vom „Großmann“ ist nicht echt und wurde erfunden, um Slenderman zu bewerben.

[@scharlie1978]

Mit Hexen usw verbinde ich eher den Harz mit dem Blocksberg (Brocken), als mit dem Schwarzwald. Im Schwarzwald mags im Wald selbst düsterer sein, aber kein Vergleich zu den Höhlen und Gebirgen im Harz!

[@chilla3205]

Hey Ryan, im from Germany, and i love watching your content! As you know, in Germany there is a law for everything. Did you know some laws are actually pretty funny or weird? There MUST be videos on funny German laws out there, and I would absolutely love to see you react on those! :) Greetings from Germany!

[@jensstawicki1870]

Do you know that there are even more weird and funny American laws ?

[@hannessteffenhagen61]

Most of these "weird law" Videos take things extremely out of context though. Most of the time they aren't even about actual laws.

[@BVZTIII]

He already reacts to Irrsinn der Woche, I don't think we can ask for more 😁

[@hahnele]

Hi Ryan i live 15 kilometres from there, they filmed the video in the Höllental and Fribourg, but this is not even close to representing the region, because there is so much more to discover than one valley and one town. There are Mountains like Feldberg, Schauinsland, Rosskopf or Kandel my home mountain.

[@max.power89]

You forgot the prettiest Mountain in the Black forest, the belchen 😉

[@kleinweichkleinweich]

to make black forest ham we keep a leg of some animal, preferably cave bear in our living cave which is heated by a big fire in the center. When you hang the meat from the ceiling it gets smoked and dried over time, a few years are usualy enough. We don't need Air conditioning because our caves are cooled by the water running down the walls or dropping from the ceiling, which makes beautiful stalactites

[@nebularisa]

I was born in the black forest and this video makes me so happy. Sad to see that it's only a tiny bit of the black forests beauty though. Also, the Hirschsprung used to be decorated according to certain holidays like eastern where it was super colourful. Don't know if they still do it as I'm rarely there anymore because adulting takes up too much time but when you drive past there you can sometimes see tourists taking photos of it. It's definitely worth a visit :)

[@petraalbrecht9431]

I live in Donaueschingen, it makes me happy too

[@freidenkerin5198]

Duuuuuuude! Germany is a highly developed country! I have heating in the floor I'm walking on in my apartment. ...campfires.... *shakes head in disbelieve*

[@ACEsParkJunheeWreckedMeHard]

For heating homes there are a lot different ways. People can heat up the floor if it's build to heat up the floor, but there are also other ways like heaters who look like a place to hang and dry your towls in the bathroom, mirrors who can heat up, there are also systrems going trought each room's wall that can heat up room, and many more. The most comon is still having the radiators cause that is the cheapest way to build and renovate in older houses. Many new build houses changed to floor heating systems these days. But if you buy an old house the chances are too low that you can switch the radiators to floor heating cause its expensive when you renovate the house

[@GuNdEiGuRkE]

I'm from Freiburg which is a bigger town near the black forest and wanted to elaborate on the legend of the "Hirschsprung" (The deer at the cliff). The legend says that: 'A hunter on a horse was chasing down the deer, trying to kill it. When they eventually reached the cliff, which as stated in the video was apparently much narrower when this happened, the deer took the jump and made it to the other side. The hunter did not want to give up on his prey and made his horse jump the cliff as well, but came short, fell and died along with his horse. Left was only the deer in the same position as seen in the video, looking at the horse and the hunter falling to their death.' That is, if you believe the legend, but I thought this was interesting and my dad always used to tell me this story when we took a trip to the Schwarzwald. I can only recommed looking up more videos about the region as for example the city of Freiburg is very beautiful as well as it sits right at the edge of the Black Forest, surrounded by mountains. Edit: Just kept watching and noticed that they already picked up the city ofFreiburg in this video :D Greetings from the Black Forest :)

[@lordhelmchen4645]

he was not on a horse you cant hunt on a horse you would scare the animals away ... furthermore did you see how the mountains there are you cant ride there... this area was before they builded the 4 lanes much smaller you had problems drive there when a truck came on the other direction so narrow it was.

[@tom_wuba]

freiburg is beautiful

[@elagabalos8920]

@@lordhelmchen4645 Well, this is what the legend says. This stuff isn't necessarily logical. But you're right.

[@yxaquaz]

ey was geht bin auch aus freiburg

[@GamingPiper]

i gotta comment on the "do you heat your homes" comment from the beginning of the video. because i believe its a good example of how those videos about "lets ask americans on the street a bunch of easy questions and cut them in a way to make them look as idiotic as possible on youtube/tictoc/instagram/whatever" you often dont seem to think quietly in your head to yourself before opening your mouth and narrating the thinking process. i know a lot of germans who at first think stupid stuff, think for like 1/2 a sec and then come to the conclusion there must be something wrong with them to think such a thing in the first place. i am one of them. the difference we take this 1/2 second or 1 second to think it over in out head before talking. tldr: all people all over the world are equally stupid, americans (more so than others) seem to voice those stupid thoughts more frequently than other cultures. (totally based on personal anecdotal evidence (which is no actual evidence)) 🤣

[@blondkatze3547]

We had already spent our vacation in the Black Forest and have visited the Lotenberg gorge with the beautiful waterfalls and went pedal boating on the Schluchsee(a great lake) . It is definitely worth visiting the region and trying the delicious local specialties.

[@Slinky0205]

As a person living in a small town in the Black Forest, I really love it here. We also have really beautiful lakes like the Titisee or the Schluchsee. And I like how I've been to almost every place he mentioned in the Freiburg section

[@fra9-clin507]

Recently moved to Freiburg and I have to say that Titisee is quite overrated. I think it became much more of a tourist attraction than needed. But with the Schluchsee I can agree...visited it a few days ago :)

[@Slinky0205]

​@@fra9-clin507 while true, Titisee is still really nice. It has got a lot of tourists, but it's still really fun for me to go there in the summer. But I think that's also because I live way closer to Titisee than to Schluchsee.

[@max.power89]

​@@Slinky0205the titisee and Schluchsee is only about 15min drive away from each other

[@Slinky0205]

@@max.power89 yes but the Titisee is a 5 min drive, on car or train, for me. Also it's on my way to school. So it's still closer.

[@steemlenn8797]

Black Forest Ham is a protected geografical indication, means the production must at least partially happen in the black forest (I think you can get the pigs from somewhere else) and probably with a certain process. It's dryes and smoked ham. I like that type.

[@rhysodunloe2463]

Yes, Germans heat their homes. But instead of heating air directly, we heat water and run it through so called radiators at the wall or tubes under the floor. But most don't actively cool their houses in the summer months. ACs are rarely found in private homes. Instead we air out the house early in the morning, when it's still cool outside and then close the sunblinds to keep the sun out and when the air gets too sticky we use fans. But apart from the attic German houses rarely get unbearably hot. Most of our houses are built with massive materials and thoroughly insulated. When you're looking for interesting sites in Norhern Germany there's of course Hamburg, the second biggest town in Germany. Then there are other old Hanse towns (a late medieval trading network that secured goods on their way over land between North and Baltic Sea) like Bremen, Lübeck, Lüneburg and so on, which still have lots of old half timbered houses and of course a rich history. Schleswig-Holstein was once part of Denmark and also home of the Danish vikings. There's a partially reconstructed viking settlement just outside of Schleswig called Haithabu (or Hedeby) which was an important harbour for the vikings. It lies in a long bay at the Baltic Sea and from there you only had to travel a few miles over land to get to a river that brought you to the North Sea. Nowadays there's a big canal connecting the North Sea (from the upper end of the Elbe river) and the Baltic Sea (Firth of Kiel). Then there are amazing islands like Rügen (famous for it white chalk cliffs and it's spooky forest), Usedom (which is part of the German-Polish border), Sylt (the most Northern point of Germany), Helgoland (which has a pretty steep cliff and the harbour and upper island are connected via elevator) or the so called Halligs - small islands with just a few houses that have to withstand heavy stormfloods. Hallig Hooge is the most famous. They have a tradition there called Biikebrennen (beacon burning) where they burn thriftwood and garden waste to thrive out the winter and wish the fishermen good luck. Then there's East Friesland in Lower Saxony. It's very rural but also has some interesting villages and a dialect that is very closely related to Old English. The bell tower of the church in the village Suurhusen is the most tilted tower in Europe, if not in the world. Not as amazing as the Tower of Pisa, but still. Lower Saxony's capital Hannover has an beautiful botanical garden as far as I heard. Munster is home to Germany biggest army barracks and has a wartank museum. In Bispingen there's an indoor ski hall. The capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin, has a beautiful castle which houses its parliament. And just outside of Berlin there's Potsdam with the famous castle Sanssouci. Talking of East Germany - or the so called "new" federal states - there's Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt - although that already counts as Central Germany - with interesting towns and beautiful landscapes like the Harz (the mountain Brocken is supposed to be the place where the witches celebrate their annual festival in the night between April and May) and the Elbsandsteingebirge (the Elbe river sandstone mountain range). The most famous part of it is the Sächsische Schweiz and the Bastei rock formation.

[@Kamil0san]

Dhruv forgot to mention that the original receipt for a black forest cake includes "Schwarzwälder Kirschwasser" a regional made clear cherry brandy and not to less, so the cake might not be for kids, pregnant woman, or someone that just do not want to get in touch with alcohol like dry alcoholics.

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

Most homes in Germany has nowadays central heating, which works in most cases with hot water circulating through pipes and "radiators" (even if modern heaters not necessarily look like the image you get in your mind if you hear "radiator"; and in some cases wall heating or underfloor heating is used). One exemption are so-called "passive houses" which are so well-insulated they need no conventional heating, but only a low-volume heat recovery ventilation system (like a small AC without additional heater element). Some older rental apartment complexes have separate single-story heating-systems for each story or each apartment, which however work in a similar fashion.

[@HerrinderDrachen]

people use the road with the Kreuzfelsenkurve because it connects Freiburg and Hinterzarten, it's just the shortest way and connects the eastern to the west region. Building a safer road through the black forest is a bit trickier than one might imagine 😅plus we have a lot of nature reserves scattered around!

[@moritz1071]

And the kreuzfelsenkurve is how it is, partly because of the rock and partly because it has to turn around like that, so you can drive uphill easier and the gradient isn't so steep, you can see similar curves all over the alps, just without that rock

[@Slinky0205]

@@sagafox-wilde371 ikr. It's really annoying

[@sbeyer17]

Yeah, a safer road would require a lot of tunnels and tunnels are also kinda dangerous so ...

[@autofreak9714]

I‘m from Freiburg and I think you should come to Germany, it‘s nicer to see all the things in reality than online😉

[@nina-thi]

If you want to learn about north Germany, maybe you could watch a video on the wadden sea and the German islands of the northern sea. It’s my favorite region of Germany and I’m in love with the unique plant and animal life of that specific biotope. East and north Frisia are great vacation destination too.

[@stuborn-complaining-german]

The black forrest is absolutely beautifull. The fairy tales of the brothers Grimm were inspired by this region and its mythical places, nature and traditions. Fairytale castles all over, Rapunzel in her tower, the dark forest Hänsel and Gretel get lost in and meet the witch, little red riding hood and the wolf, this is where those tales come from. Snow white and the seven dwarves were supposedly inspired by the many silver mines that were all over in medieval times... There are so many more reasons to take a closer look, and visit if you should ever get here... I was born in a town in the southern black forrest and grew up there. Until we moved when I was 12 I always thought it was totally normal having a giant medieval castle overlooking the valley, playing around old silver mines and a breathtaking waterfalls in the woods in a natural monument, half timbered houses everywhere and festivals and traditions that go back hundreds, if not thousands of years. 😅

[@elagabalos8920]

Last year I had quite the drive to work for some months. Every week I drove from the village "kings sheeps home" in the shadow of a mountain called "dead mans head" in an area called "emperors chair" trough hells ravine and heavens realm (a literal ravine seen in the video and a village between Freiburg and the valley) into the black forest. One day, passing the cliffs seen in the video, looking at the dark, foggy forest, it dawned to me, that I live in a damn DnD like fantasy/fairy tale landscape.

[@MrsStrawhatberry]

We don’t have ACs because we don’t need them and we also do not want them, not because we can‘t afford it or because it’s a luxury for us. It’s unnecessary and bad for the climate. You should strive for this idea too, everyone should, it’s a horrible excuse to say it’s convenient. Also really, did you honestly think people had a fire in their homes to stay warm? Wtf Many homes have floor heating and the source of energy for heating varies, can be solar, can be oil or gaz, can be other more environmentally friendly sources.

[@petebeatminister]

Wassup man, you look a bit rough today... Not enough sleep? Schwarzwälder Schinken - Black Forest ham - origins from this region as well. They don't only eat cake. Its smoked and air dried pork meat. Raw of course, German style you know. Its pretty good on dark bread, actually.

[@Sir_Mike]

1:16 No we only use open fire to heat ...🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️😂 1:47 typical American thing .... We don't life in the last century dude ... Don't forget who invented a lot of nice shit...KEKW 3:11 exactly 😂

[@lanabanana80]

Dear Ryan, yes, we don’t use any heating at home. We eat lots of Legumes (beans, peas.. etc) and fart our way out of winter. That’s why we take “Lüftung“ so seriously, for our own safety. :)

[@jensschroder8214]

The road leads steeply up through the canyon-like Höllental (hell valley) into the Black Forest. Past the deer jump, where the deer escaped from its pursuers by jumping from one mountain to the other. Over the 360° curve where the road gains height. In winter, this road is even more challenging because of the snowfall. The Höllental begins behind Freiburg and leads up to the Black Forest. Freiburg (im Breisgau) is located in the valley and is considered the warmest place in Germany due to the fall winds. In contrast, the weather in the Black Forest is particularly rough. The Black Forest is characterized by dense spruce forests and small villages. Often very remote. This is where hand carving developed earlier. During the long winter evenings, the farmers carve tools and figures out of the firewood. The production of cuckoo clocks, which are sold outside, turned out to be particularly successful. Americans especially love these watches. In addition, there is tourism in a quiet idyll.

[@nicobirkhofer5570]

My home region 🤗 I studied and lived in Freiburg until I was 22. Now I'm coming for visits to Freiburg. My brother lives in Schwarzwald (Black Forest). The Black Forest ham is also a traditional meal from this region just like the cake. The 360° curve does make sense and is not only for tourists. The street is going up the hill so there is no other way to go up there. You can't see it from above. Actually there is much traffic on this road because it's an important route from deep black forest to Freiburg.

[@PeterPan-fb2ys]

Triberg is a tourist trap. Don't go there. Same for Tititsee. There are better places. For example the Wutachschlucht+Lotenbachklamm. And the Todnauer Wasserfall (waterfall). A nice lake is Schluchsee.

[@lyn878]

Greetings from the Black forest 🙋🏼‍♀️ Living in the near from the Ravennaschlucht ❤

[@legent23]

Greetings from Germany, Black Forest! 😀🤗

[@shiraze01]

damn the "do you guys have heating?" hurts

[@elmarwinkler6335]

Dear Sir, we have Aircondition systems. I will get ours this year for heating and cooling. We just don´t cool our homes down in summer to icy cold in summer. Be safe and sound. ELMAR from Germany

[@m.h.6470]

there are no vents necessary for heating... you just need hot water pipes (usually a separate system next to the pipes for sinks and bathrooms) houses with AC just use the vents to distribute warm air.

[@einbisschenwasvonjenem]

Did you figured out, that ac costs a lot of energy and this might be the reason most German don't have this? Not because they are not able, but because they don't see the benefit is enough to make such a big difference for everything else?

[@friendlyreptile9931]

06:00 It's a street that goes up / down the mountain. If you shorten the road, you will get a steeper angle. The water thing in the city was used to fight fires back in the old days, now it can be used by animals like birds, cats, dogs and also cools the city a few degrees by evaporating on very hot days (that's what they told but who know how true it is) :D Oh and btw: Most modern german houses that are build today, have A/C :D

[@quetal5695]

Water needs energy to evaporate. It takes away thermal energy from its vicinity to evaporate, thus cooling the vicinity.

[@friendlyreptile9931]

@@quetal5695 Yeah but the question is how much it will help b.c. this is not in a closed room and not much water :D

[@quetal5695]

@@friendlyreptile9931 I don't know about how much it will help. To examine this could be the subject of a bachelor thesis. Maybe it has already been done. idk. (-:

[@crazyoung007]

"DW Travel" stands for "Deutsch Welle" which is the Germany's public media group. In fact this travel channel is by far my favourite KZbin channel. Their documentaries and trip vlogs are very good and well done. PS: they have other channels called "DW *something*", like "DW Kick off!" for football fans, "DW News", etc.

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

2:25 That is the statue of a stag at the Hirschsprung (deer's jump) cliff in the Höllental (hell valley) gorge. According to legend a knight from castle Falkenstein hunted once a magnificent stag to this dead end, but in his deadly terror the stag jumped to the other side of the gorge, while the knight stumbled in the heat of pursuit and fell to his death. The gorge is at this point about 9 meters wide at the base, but some more at the height of the cliff. 2:55 Triberg can be translated as three mountains. Cuckoo clocks were invented in the Black Forest. They were mostly manufactured during the long dark winters, and in spring the clock dealers packed them in their backpacks (see the sculpture in 3:29) and hiked to places where they could sell them. Often they travelled with the rafts made from logs felled in the winter on river Rhine to the Netherlands (where they needed the wood from the Black Forest for their shipyards) and then ferried over the Channel to London, where cuckoo clocks were in fashion. Triberg has nowadays many little tourist traps...

[@einbisschenwasvonjenem]

I think they did not mention that one of the main ingredients in the cake is cherry Schnaps. Without Schnaps it is not a real black forest cake.

[@fra9-clin507]

Greetings from Freiburg. I recently moved here from Nuremberg to study and it´s really as beautiful to me as it´s depicted in the vid. Was nice seeing this because it´s probably as new to me as to you :)

[@nuster7816]

No we dont have heating. During the cold Winter we usually gather around and freeze. Sometimes some dudes put up a fireplace in their homes but usually thats a bad idea - they die

[@marcusbalzer8393]

Am I the only one having the problem that the sound desychronizes at 5:00? Otherwise it's a nice video but it shows a veeery small part of the Black Forest.

[@ShoreVietam]

Same here, makes no sense watching like that. :(

[@oliviakrause3336]

We have all kinds of different heating systems. Some also have AC, just not everyone.

[@axyz1078]

@Rian Wass Triberg is my neigbourcity :D and no, the red head, called Bollenhut, isnt typical for the black forest, only for about 1-3 villages XD. each town has its own "Tracht". really annoying that all people forget it :( the special thing about the coucou clocks is that they are originally made out of wood, no metal.

[@Chuulip]

I'm from Cologne but I'm in Freiburg quite often for work. It's my favorite city in germany! Always better weather than anywhere else and I love the oldy feel of the old city center. The mountains are so close that sometimes I walk up there in my lunch break (1h up and down is possibl but you need to be in shape haha you can gonway higher than they showed here). Even more history can be found up there!

[@Slinky0205]

Wie lange dauert es denn von Köln nach Freiburg? Fährst du Zug? Ich stelle mir das auf Dauer sehr anstrengend vor

[@Chuulip]

@@Slinky0205 bin im Außendienst tätig und habe einen Dienstwagen. Dauert lange aber Fahrtzeit ist Arbeitszeit also... 😬

[@fra9-clin507]

Das Wetter hätte die letzten Wochen aber auch besser sein können xd

[@tirameyhey1845]

Look up “Bremen” or “Hamburg” for northern Germany’s bigger cities with a lot of history too, or “Rostock” and “Lübeck”! Like your videos, keep it up!

[@Pyriold]

I am living in the northern part of the black forest. Can attest to its beauty, though most of the tourist attractions are in the middle/southern part.

[@maxbarko8717]

This is an example of how Americans believe Germany is Disneyland. A 360 curve is caused by topography, actually the roads Marie Antoinette travelled to marry Louis XVI. The castles also had a purpose. And the German heating system is way more advanced than the American.

[@rhysodunloe2463]

As a kid I visited the Black Forest. I remember all to well that at the lake Titisee there was a shop selling cuckoo clocks and from the back we heard Christmas songs. We went there in the heat of summer so our first thought was "Do I have a heat stroke?!" But we all heard it, so we went inside and half of the shop was an all-year Christmas market that sold tree decorations and nativity scenes.

[@nonnadiona2659]

You are right, the church was one off the most mighty institutions. To represent that properly and to impress the viewer they made churches so beautiful. Every beautiful building does that for something. City halls are also often very beautiful because they represented rich cities, Universities and Museums because they are palaces of knowledge, Train stations because they are palaces of the common people. You will find no beautiful buildings anywhere, that doesn’t want to represent something at all. There are a lot beautiful buildings that are not churches, but churches are often the most famous and over the top and therefore the most seen

[@andreasmartin9296]

Hey Ryan! The sound is totally messed up from 4:52 on

[@anjak77]

Hi Ryan, there is a DW documentary: Meet the Germans Roadtrip. You will find 4 episodes ( north, south, west and east).....😊

[@jojoh_]

Yay, finally a video about the BEST region in Germany!

[@majav.4887]

Best region in Germany? Oh Hamburg has changed so much😉

[@Sir_Mike]

Schön hier , aber waren sie schon Mal in Niedersachsen?

[@TomWaldgeist]

No

[@timelessnaturalcivilisedir4879]

Based

[@NineBerry]

Funnily enough, heating houses is one of the most controversially discussed topics right at this moment in Germany. The ruling government is preparing a new law that will ban heating systems based on gas or oil in the future. Instead, heatpumps and other regenerative energy ready technologies should be used instead. This is heavily discusses because a lot of home-owners fear enormous costs and this fear is used by the opposition to attack the government. Interesting report on Sky News: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hp2ygWRsjMqmkJY

[@gwaptiva]

Squirrels don't hibernate, they just don't got out much in winter

[@Fochest0r]

180 degree curve ... and yes squirrels hibernate in Germany. This is not the DW quality we are used to. Black forest ham is a smoked ham, smoked with (soft-)wood from the black forest.

[@SilvanaDil]

I'll describe Ryan as "a dope."

[@Fochest0r]

The special taste of black forest ham comes from the smoke of the wood of the Weißtanne (silver fir) kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6WvZoV_pNytl9E Quite fascinating tree actually that - when the Romans were here in the region, was the most prevalent tree in the black forest but has been almost non-existent in the last few centuries. The tree was cut down to be sold to whole of Europe because of its long and straight stem that was used to build masts for sailing ships. The stems were bound together with ropes and Flößer (rafters) made the journey down the black forest's rivers via the river Rhine and from there to the ports/docks of the Netherlands.

[@Mathis240]

Many houses are equipped with underfloor-heating, so have a nice and warm room in every corner. :) I recommend the "schwäbische Alp", there a lot of castles. Especially the Hohenzollern-Castle is mindblowing.

[@Morph-ur3fx]

thank you from a german. yes we like our forest too

[@Niklas_Fr_]

I’m living in Freiburg and I must say it is really a very beautiful city 😊

[@Anna-zi7sx]

Love myself some "Schwarzwälder-Kiss-Ham"

[@sandrod6483]

Can you reupload with fixed sound? Can´t watch it. Sound messed up at 5:30 till end

[@CRYOKnox]

Höllental the location with that 360 curve (that is hoing up the hill and makes it easier to climb the mountains) translates to hell valley.

[@MellonVegan]

I just googled it (didn't find much) and apparently, the water in these Bächle is rather cold, absorbing heat from the surrounding ground and transporting it out of the city. A site also said something about facilitating a cold breeze in the evening.

[@PeterBuwen]

No, this is not why we need artificial intelligence! This is why we need natural intelligence first!

[@mwolfide]

Hi Ryan, please watch a Video from Regensburg, an beautiful bavarian city! Thanks for your videos!

[@blackforestghost1]

They forget to mention one important thing about the "Blackforest Cherrycake"(Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte) : It also contains strong alcohol, the so called Schwarzwälder Kirschwasser. That`s a typical Schnaps from the region, made fron cherries and has about 40%vol. Enjoy it ! 🤪

[@juliii_g]

10:19 why did he start eating the cake from behind?? 😭😂 You always start at the front

[@Squagglimole]

But why would we need AC? The weather is good for like 3 months a year if we're lucky, and our houses aren't cardboard. You need thick, well-isolated walls to have it warm during a 4-6 month winter. And if you can keep the cold out, you can keep the warmth out. Shutters, closed windows, easy peasy. There is absolutely no need for an AC. Unless you're in a car.

[@Squagglimole]

@_The_RyanWass only took a while for me to see this. KZbin never notifies me about comments

[@StevePerryisthebest]

*"Both exist and are very delicious: Black Forest Cake AND Black Forest Ham (Raw Smoked Ham)!!* 👍👍👍

[@PrueferAuge]

5:50 thats... 180°

[@derekallen3979]

A "stone" path/road isn't automatically cobblestones and those in the video are not. Cobblestones (Kopfsteinpflaster )are natural stones, normally roundish and also with a domed top. What is shown in the video is a square or rectangular stone which will have been produced by some form of cutting/chiselling. In England this is called a sett, in German Straßenpflaster.

[@else8]

Hi .we have normal heating in every house and apparmentsThere is winter and autumn in Germany. We have snow and minus degrees. As most Europaen northern countrys. We don't have much air-conditioning.I just happen to live in Freiburg. The camera just passed the place where I work .😊 the Bächle were used in the medivial time and are still here. Before for other use..than now.. and they found out water ways can cool a city. And we are located in south-west Germany just near the French and Swiss borders

[@roronoarica]

So you asked where the ham comes from :D the blackforest ham is from a little town called Blumberg, it is most commonly produced in the factory "Schwarzwaldhof" in the early stages called "Lutz" . It is my birthtown :D enjoy!

[@sofievalerie2628]

The Black Forest is always a visit worth

[@BennisKanal]

@2:54 of course, it's not German's highest waterfall, by far not. btw. I was born in Freiburg. 🙂

[@sbeyer17]

Ich denke hoch im Sinne von Höhenmetern, also der höchstgelegene Wasserfall. Andererseits kann ich mkr vorstellen, dass es in Bayern noch höher gelegene gibt. Aber allein der Rheinfall fällt über eine höhere Höhe und der ist zumindest zur Hälfte Deutsch (Ich wurde auch in Freiburg geboren und studiere im Moment dort xD)

[@BennisKanal]

@@sbeyer17 Egal wie gemeint, es gibt in allen Belangen größere Wasserfälle in Deutschland, sogar hier im Oberallgäu. Das ist nur eine Werbelüge von Triberg. Schöne Grüße ins schöne Freiburg! Und viel Spaß im Studium!

[@HoweHomie]

I am from northern germany, 20 kilometres from the wadden sea. But my family used to make vacation in the Black forest area. It's a whole different climate down there. Even as a "Nord-Deutscher" it is like stepping into a fairytale. The architecture, the culture and geography is such a nice contrast to northern germany! One day when my children are old enough for a 9 to 10 hours drive we will go there for vacation. And I was also confused about "Triberg". "Titisee" is the real center and home of the "Kuckuck Clock". Definitly worth for a visit! It also feels a little bit like a German San Francisco because it's main street goes up and down about 2 or 3 kilometres at least

[@Slinky0205]

Thank you for mentioning Titisee. I live in a small town basically next to it and in the summer it's really cool that you can just take a train there and swim in the Titisee, eat ice cream or even things like playing Minigolf. A few years ago it also had a really nice public outdoor swimming pool but it sadly closed because of a "lack of lifeguards".

[@andreaWBW]

Our entire village is heated by remote warmth, no oil, no gas. We have our own block heating system. We don't have radiators, but floor tubes, that are laid underneath all floors.

[@Alastriona72]

I was born there, it's my home, only 15 km from that clock 😉 I love living there. The landscape is beautiful. IIt's easy to get to Switzerland and France, I really appreciate that. I've driven this curve many times and it's not for the tourists 🤣

[@RoterPaelzer]

Look for the palatinate. A region in southwestern Germany packed with lots of history, like the biggest romanic cathedral of the world, famous castles like the Reichsburg Trifels and the Hambacher Schloss. The palatinate is famous for its vines, like the Riesling. :D

[@DJone4one]

What I meant by northern Germany was that you should look at northern Germany. Not the attractions that northern Germans visit. 😂

[@barankartal2679]

Do you guys have heating😭 I live pretty much next to the Black Forest and I can almost exactly say where all the locations in the video are. Most beautiful part of this country :) You should look up if you find some translations of regions songs like the 'Badnerlied' for this region with the western part of it. I think Gema will make it impossible to react in a video but just for yourself it's probably pretty nice. And the 360° Turn is not for sightseeing its due to the elevation changes, there are 5m height changes in about 30m (about 100feet) Also the Bächle is a 'left over', but it has the side effect of cooling the city (it's plain cold water, so yes it works). Currently there is no water in the summer due to problems with extreme heat. The river it takes its water from is in summer alsmost non Existent and there is a bed in the with of about 30m completely dry

[@jancleve9635]

1:14 Of course we have heating, our winters can get pretty cold.

[@derhavas]

I love how the giant cuckoo clock plays Edelweiss - which is, firstly, from an American Musical and, secondly, refers to Austria not Germany 😄

[@workaholica]

When roads take weirs bends and turns, it usually is for keeping a steady gradient. Trains are a lot worse at climbing than cars still, hence the Ravenna viaduct.

[@Breitiger]

It's so surreal how he notices stuff like the squirrels hibernation but at the same time says the stuff about the turn or the heating😂

[@andreasthen409]

Lovely seeing your face expression when the narrator mentioned feeding of the squirrels - Americans grab their guns when they see one close to their houses :D

[@oraniuk9271]

Asking if we have heating, is probably the most american thing ive seen on youre channel :D

[@tobimahoni218]

Greeting from Freiburg. Yes Black Forest is famous for the „Schinken“ too 😉

[@scarlettdevina7054]

Did he really ask if we have heating? Are we on „ dumbest things an American has ever asked you“?

[@HUTZELMUTZEL]

ohh no we have not only heating in some of our bridges, we have heating in some of our streets so in the Ruhrgebiet, you dont belive we have come to Bochum, i am not from her but they we have. and in the rare cases where there is snow in the Ruhr area, this is also very useful

[@Kiar17]

U need to know that ac is very inefficient for heating thats why most Germans dont use it