American Reacts to Things You Don’t Need in Germany..

[@thomaskuppers3962]

The part with speaking german depends on where you are. And how long you stay. No german expects tourists to speak german and almost every german speaks or understands at least a minimum of english. But if you come here to live and work here it is simply polite to learn german to show that you identify with the country and want to really be part of it.

[@Jaquestone]

I want to add another idea: If you are in germay and face the problem you're not speaking german and there's noone around you speaking your language - you have to face a seriuos problem. But nevertheless i think i can guarantee, you will find a person willing to help you. There is a german speaking: telling with hands and legs. (Reden mit Händen und Füßen) I'm pretty much sure, someone will help you. On the other hand there are american soldiers stationed in germany for 10 years not speaking german. Funny history: i had been working for those americans in the case of a car breakdown. A coleague of mine got the call and wanted to help. She asked him where hi is located, whats the problem with the car to send him help. Then she wanted to know the number of people in the car. Or a dog or any other animal. So she asked: 'do you have a cat with you'. The soldier looked at his girlfriend sitting next to him - and didn't know how to answer - yes or no? So it is much better to speak german in Germany if you want to keep your girlfriend.

[@joshuacastellano9363]

I agree it sound’s pretty silly not to learn the language of the country you’re living in

[@cheleya2721]

I think it also depends on the age of the person you talk to. As a tourist you should get around with English. If you want to learn German, you might sometimes even struggle getting Germans to talk to you in German as many of us love the opportunity to practice our English 😅

[@klaus2t703]

Hi, Speaking English: If you want to stay longer in Germany and want to be integrated, then speaking German is mandatory. It simply shows your respect and your will to be integrated. Heated houses: Yes, good insulation of walls and windows. Heels, make up: I think this comes a little down to healthiness. It´s not healty for ths skin to wear a complete layer of makup, and heels also are not that healthy for the feet and spine.

[@79BlackRose]

These are very sensible observations Klaus. As an Englishman, I find Germans very sensible people. 😊

[@mariokrings]

Hm... The importance of German skills might be a question of which region your living in. I lived all my life in very _international_ places like Frankfurt, Cologne and Wiesbaden. And I have lots of well integrated friends who only speak English. Whereas in a Bavarian village it might be more important to know German. I'd agree anyways, that you should learn the local language if you plan to stay longer at a place. Irrespective where that would be.

[@karracarn9739]

Hot waterbottles is a thing in germany. I don't know a single home without a hot waterbottle. But we use it mostly when we are ill.

[@hellemarc4767]

It can be really cold in Germany, and heating has become very expensive. People who spend long times outdoors (like, when you use public transport and have to wait for the bus etc.), you better have warm underwear. We have water bottles and electric blankets, too. For now, it's not very cold, but it rains a lot and it's very windy, but we've already had years with heavy snow fall in November, even October. January and February are usually the coldest months. But there are also relatively mild Winters. Still, when it gets cold, it gets very cold. People wear several layers of clothes, so if they get too warm, they can remove one or two layers. In big cities, many people speak English, but not all. In smaller towns or in rural areas, many people don't speak English.

[@hansmeiser32]

"People who spend long times outdoors (like, when you use public transport and have to wait for the bus etc.), you better have warm underwear." Yes, I like to go for longer walks (1 - 2 hours) and in the winter I always wear long underwear under my usually already pretty warm outdoor clothing. It's just better to sweat a little if you come inside then to freeze in the cold outside.

[@Caddl123]

Im a "older man" mid50,and if i go out in winter on a longer walk or also urban exploring and i see its under 10 C° i have mostly long underwear and longarmed sirts. And i speak at least also relativly good english,understanding is much better because i watch and hear all te time english speakers on youtube alike german ones.

[@D4BASCHT]

I second the public transport, many bus stops or train stations aren’t closed and heated, some aren’t even roofed in some way. Especially in winter buses can get stuck, shorten their route or don’t drive at all, unexpected waiting times outdoor are way more likely. When traveling by car it would be a good idea to at least have some with you, your car can break down or get stuck in snow etc. And for speaking German, it is quite important. People who grew up in East Germany before the reunification learnt Russian in school and not English. People with a lower level of education are probably less likely to speak English well and those who learnt German as a foreign language might not have learnt English, but those are the people that you are more likely to interact with since they work as bus drivers, cashiers etc. In more rural areas you have to tell the bus driver your destination if you want to buy a single a ticket (with cash). Cashiers and waiters shouldn’t be an issue since that works with pointing or badly reading a name, but as soon as you have further questions they might not be able to help you.

[@jennyh4025]

I really like Emily’s videos! Most houses in Germany are heated to around 22°C in the winter (recommend temperature for rooms you spend longer times in, kitchens, bathrooms, children’s rooms, public pools, etc all have different recommended temperatures, but around 22°C is it for offices and living rooms). It’s currently around 10°C and a mix of sun and clouds in Cologne.

[@Alprazolando]

Jaa meistens schon 😅

[@trassentante]

Emily's videos are full of mistakes and false informations which are avoidable with at least a minute of research. Last video I saw she told the audience Winter tyres are mandatory during the winter months. And that's bullshit. But typing winterreifenpflicht in Google, clicking on the first link, reading the article, that's too much for that Kiwi Barbie.

[@PuNicAdbo]

Ohh well hot water bottles or Wärmflaschen are a thing in Germany. 😮 at leats in the north west in Frisia and areas around. I grew up with them and we have them in all our homes.

[@jbp246]

I'm German and couldn't live without my hot waterbottle 😂 I think the high heels one depends on the individual person. I don't own a single pair of them and can't walk in them, and my friends never wear them either, but I've definitely seen women in heels on the street (even on cobblestone).

[@EvaCornelia]

As for the high heels... I'm German living in Austria. My mother was born in 1928 and in many ways she got stuck in the 1950s, concerning dressing styles, mindsets and more. She wore high heels every day, even at home, and her feet were so deformed that she couldn't even wear flat shoes. When I was a teenager during the 1980s she wanted me to start wearing high heels and get the same deformed feet as hers. I tried one pair and it was so uncomfortable I never wore it again. On top of that, it was the time of the peace movement, my class mates knitted sweaters from unprocessed sheep wool, listened to Joan Baez and went to disarmament demonstrations. High heels belonged to establishment, the ones that came before us, and as a teen you have to be against that. My mother finally gave up and realized we were the "sneaker generation". During the following decades I hardly ever knew women who wore high heels, not because of the cobblestones. I don't wear any makeup either. I don't need it to feel better about myself and I don't need to impress others, so why should I spend money on painting myself. But then, that's only me.

[@Kristina_S-O]

I recently went to a small wedding. Yes, it was rather informal, but people still dressed up a little. I learned that Gen Z girls wear sneakers with a long gown. 😊

[@EvaCornelia]

@@Kristina_S-O Yes, I saw that on TV 😀

[@Ace-Of-Spades---]

Unfortunately, you're right about the deformed toes of many older women. For a long time, women's shoe fashion was tight and pointed, regardless of whether it was flat or high heels. I actually belong to the sneaker (or Dr. Martens) generation, and still prefer to wear both today. As a young woman, however, I often wore high heels too. I can't tell you how many heels I've killed through cobblestones. From time to time I still like to wear high sandals, but nowadays with wedges. High heels, however, walk like on a sneaker. 😉 With the young women, however, the high heels come up again and again, I think they never go completely out of fashion. On the contrary, I have the feeling that they are getting higher and higher. 8-10 cm is no longer cool enough.

[@paulinepeikert2028]

Interesting.. on the hot water bottle topic, as a German myself I think of it that way: A lot of women use it during their period to relieve pain and also for all the open-window-sleepers (year round) it can be great for falling asleep :) Also, as tourists you’ll get around fine just speaking English. But as soon as you live there, people appreciate it SO MUCH if you speak German.

[@martingerlitz1162]

Absolutely true: you will be needing lots of types of footwear in winter. It's mostly wet and rainy and dark too. Sometimes even slippy and snowy. Water -proof boots for getting along outside and warm boots for women are best to get along not crushing your costly shoes. Areas which are colder, like alpine areas or hilly or eastern regions can be colder with longer lasting frost with night temperatures around -10°c and day temperatures around -5°c. But because of the Golf stream heating up Europe even at altitudes of 50° are not as cold as the corresponding places in Canada...

[@christinabackes9317]

I also just wnated to add the Gulf stream, we get water and corresponding air directly from the Caribbean. I just checked the map and Berlin is actually farther north than Vancouver, but we absolutely do not have the same winters as they have...generally speaking. If you have wind from the East then it can get -20°C. In general you have around -2 in Berlin, -4 in Munich (close to the Alps), -0,5 in Hamburg (closer to the Gulf Stream, at the sea border it soen't get as cold), Colgone 0,5 (so called Rheingraben effect, where through the valley of the river Rhine warm air streams in from the Mediterranean)

[@yaellevondrauen4009]

Moin (hello) from North-Western-Germany .... thank your videos. Today we (close to the Northsea) have about 50 degrees Fahrenheit, it is stormy, raining the whole day... Usually this will last till christmas😉...have a nice day 3:38

[@Chuulip]

The weather in west Germany (Cologne area) right now is sunny (which is rare this time of year) and 11 °C. Going outside without jacket (but with pullover) is ok as long as it is that sunny. But rain is forecasted for almost the whole week with temperatures around 10 °C. The english speaking thing here is true for university cities in general. Cities where there are many young people, who also work in retain and as waiters/waitresses. Also, cities have many immigrants and foreign workers who usually speak english well, at least if thez come for specialized work or university. The high heel and makeup thing, as I would explain it, comes down to women getting more and more "equal" to men in all aspects of life. Many women live independent lives and couldn't care less if men found them attractive or not. assuming that men find women in high heels attractive that is. but I know many women who have tons of high heels, but they usually just sit in the shoe closet and are never used, maybe for formal events like weddings or birthday parties

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Shoutout to Joel for bridging the Celsius-Fahrenheit gap haha

[@wanderlust9081]

Sometimes it can be very cold here in Germany with snow and ice. But most times in winter are wet. Many rainy and foggy days. More rain in the north and snow in the south.

[@susi_gron]

Hello, I am from Germany and my family is using often actually hot water bottles, when we are sick or when it is winter time, because the Germans like it’s cold in the bedrooms and then you’re warm the bed up with the hot water bottle. 😊

[@Attirbful]

Glad, you’re proud of Ranch dressing! In Europe, most people make their own salad sauces and do not really buy them in supermarkets. So, while there are probably thousand of different dressings to be had in Europe, we also often make a variety like Ranch, using fresh herbs from the garden, sour cream, vinegar, etc. That being said, I have my own homemade Ranch dressing mix which I turn into Ranch dressing or flavor my popcorn with.

[@EmperorCaligula_EC]

It can be really bad in Germany when you go shopping. You are there inside in your winter clothing, and the employees sitting in December in t-shirts in the superheated grocery, and you sweat bullets in your warm winter clothing. That is NOT comfortable.

[@jeroen7792]

Hi, greetings from The Netherlands/ Twente, at just a couple of miles from the border with western Germany (Gronau NRW) its cloudy and 11C or 52F at the moment.

[@joshuacastellano9363]

These are very interesting videos my man good job. I’m an Australian from Byron, I saw your video on Aussie that’s what brought me to this video. I lived in a couple of states and I visited all places in Australia, except Tasmania. Each area I’ve lived in has different cultures for example Byron bay is a hippy/country town which is a weird mix. Also Tasmania I really want to go to and i know a lot about. it’s basically another country but it’s not at the same time hard to explain 😂. Let me know if you want to know more for one of your videos

[@BadBlackLion]

4:45 I normally only use a hot water bottle when I'm ill. Thermal underwear is useful if you spend a lot of time outdoors. (Hiking or walking around town can get cold.

[@haggihug3162]

If you want to save energy you will heat up your room to 20 °C. If you like to feel a bit more comfotable 21 and if you dint care about money to 22. But sleeping undfer a thin blanket seems weird to me, most germans dont heat the sleeping rooms at all or just very little if its really cold. May sleeping room has the temerature of 15 °C at the moment which is nearly the same temerature that is outside. Also the thing with the high heels I can‘t say seems to be right. Yes, high heels aren't a must for woman here, but its not as if people don't wear them. Though yes, extremly high heels you see only really seldom, but will see them on woman that are doming the horizontal business all the time. Today here in Bremerhaven we have a wonderful November day, at 12 °C with sun and not much wind. Its also dry. I took an hour a wlak in the park, nice and relaxing. Winter will be alt least around 3 degrees and typically we have a lot of humididy in air and much wind, so it will gfeel colder than it is. Horizontal rain also will be not seldom … 😝 But the temeratures will go below zero of course and if its a warm winter that may be around -3 to -5 but we also have ahd strong winters with up to minus 10 or more. In the night its will be light frost soon, even if the days stay at maybe 8 its not unusual to have frost at night.

[@ivolube8571]

Speaking a passable English is mandatory in Europe. I visited so many countries like Poland Czech Republik, Greece, Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Spain, Portugal. English was always the language to speak with other people. English has become the lingua franca that has been Latin in the past. I my self am 58 and I speak German, and an acceptable French and English. All over Europe you can expect people under the age of 65 to speak an understandable English,well maybe not in real rural areas.

[@heroa2049]

I live in Berlin and just recently we had 12,2 Fahrenheit in the morning. Which makes the heating blanket a must have if you don't wanna overheat the room and still be warm. But yes our winters aren't as cold and snowy anymore unfortunately :(. Also like your videos. :)

[@sedmidivka]

I'm not in Germany, but not very far but this autumn/fall it's incredibly warm, just last week it was 20C during the day, which normally at this time it should be around 12-15C and it was like that for most of October. I love that weather but also it's terrifying at the same time :) it's 15C today but it's raining, so still pretty warm for this time of year...... scary. I don't even have my heating on yet and have 22C inside

[@mariokrings]

_Not in Germany, but not very far..._ 🤔

[@shelleypercy8372]

Correction: The average German woman does not just wear 1-2 pairs of high heels. I do not wear them often, only for special occasions or when I'm in the mood, but almost 30-40 per cent of my shoes are high heels. I am pretty sure that the majority of German women own at least a dozen of them. And the same goes for make-up. My daily make-up is very natural, but I tend to be more made up for special occasions or when I am in the mood. I think it has to do as much with taste and understated style as with practicality.

[@herb6677]

I loath the fact, that 99% of all women wear sneakers in Central Europe. The shoe fashion offers so many beautiful types of ladies shoes, and by no means just in form of high heels.

[@MrsStrawhatberry]

I am fairly tall and I own just one pair of shoes with a heal and wear them maybe once a year.

[@crazysmilingdonut804]

I only know one adult woman who owns highheels (and only 1 pair). The rest has zero high heels. But also most women dont even own half a dozend shoes in total

[@holger_p]

So you own it, but you don't use it ? This sounds very ungerman.

[@shelleypercy8372]

In spite of my English sounding pseudonym, I am 100 per cent German, I an assure you. @@holger_p

[@Kloetenhenne]

Where I am it has been about 10 degrees.. the nights haven't really been much colder. Some days are grey and rainy and some are sunny, today was pretty rainy

[@Phiyedough]

That was more interesting about New Zealand than Germany! I have been to NZ but it was in their summer so I've not experienced cold weather there. I do have double glazing and central heating here in Croatia but the houses here tend to be designed to stay cool in summer rather than warm in winter.

[@stephanieoertel6302]

I put on my make up everday and here are two types of women: Some want to look natural and sometimes they look frumpy but many women want to look good and well dressed. I've worm high heels when I was younger but those shoes have damaged my knee joints

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

It's really scary how warm the winter has become in Germany. I remember a winter in the 80' with minus 30⁰ Celsius in Baden-Württemberg, south of Germany! Nowadays the Temperatur hardly falls down to minus 10⁰ Celsius.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Ähm... Bei -30, hätte kein einziger Diesel mehr funktioniert. Aber es könnte ja sein, dass du in einem dieser ganz besonders kalten Täler im Alpenrand lebst. Bei -20 Grad, ist normalerweise der Arsch ab in Deutschland.

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello Joel. Sorry, but I have an image of you in make up and high heels in an all night club. I remember UK before double glazing and insulation, with no central heating in my parents house, wrapping up warm with hot water bottles. I was in the running for a job at thermal clothing company Damart when I got my first real job after university. One of those "Sliding Doors" moments - what if? I speak German to school level, but they were so helpful there. In France I was mostly in Paris and people had no time. It felt my efforts in French fell flat.

[@susannee.7781]

In Karlsruhe it's 10 °C and really wet. We use cherry stone cushions which can be heated in an oven or a microwave. They keep the heat really long and don't lose water.

[@helenewei4232]

I can't wear heels to the club because with dinner, bar, club, afterbar snack or bakery in the morning I will walk and stand for hours and that's just a no

[@nikolasmpunkt618]

As Always, i really Like your Videos. You can really see your curiousity about the differences in the cultures and the way you think (for example the Make-up thing) sadly seems to became really rare in our society...love it. ❤✌️

[@TENDERTEN]

We got 15 °C during daytime atm in SW Germany, not too bad. November & December are chilly but still ok, coldest months are January & February (normally lol, you nvr know..)

[@ImalaNSW]

Hello from a small city near Dortmund. Today it is sunny outside and we have 10°C. Our winter can get really cold. But the icy winters are more near the border to Poland and in south Germany. But when I was a kid in the 90s the winter was so cold. I grew up at the river named Weser, pretty near the northern sea, and I can remember ice skating on that big river. Now during winter, it is pretty hard to find a river or a sea that is safe for ice skating. The thing about no high heels is simple, I think. We walk a lot, so good footwear has to be practical and comfortable. Most German woman likes to wear high heels, but for special reasons, or also often seen as a small heel for a business outfit.

[@Yulo2000Leyje]

-10 C is normal during winter , -21 C was the record in my town many years ago. A few years ago heat was up to +41 C. Thats why people start to invest in cooling system in summer. The one that come with solar pannels are getting more popular.

[@Luxormeister]

Hey, man. Found your channel today for the first time today. Interesting perspective. It's currently 9°C (pretty cold I'd say). It's an interesting aspect to talk about the weather in Germany with immigrants like her and yourself. Of course, a Kiwi would fear the cold in Germany in winter and then be surprised how well we handle it. Basically every house has central heating. On the other side is Americans, who get culture shock and nearly heatstroke in summer when they realize next to noone has an AC in their house/apartment. The footwear is an interesting point also. Usually, from my experience at least, Germans have one or two pairs of regular street shoes, one pair of fancy shoes to wear with suit or dress respectively (or if your work has dresscode), one pair of winter boots for... well winter, one pair of sandals for summer and one pair of rain boots for when it's REALLY pouring it down outside. Though that is the ideal, usually people stick one pair of sneakers and make sure they're waterproof so they don't need rain boots. We also typically splurge a bit on shoes so we can have quality over quantity. Buying a pair of sneakers for 20€ is possible but they won't las. Buying a pair for 60€ will last years to come.

[@Why-D]

High Heels are worn sometimes on a special occasion, but usually not. First we walk a lot, and walking in high heels is not easy and not good for the feet. There are quite some women shoes with higher heels, but not like high heels, so they are also made for walking. But younger women or girls seldomly wear high heals. English: If you just want to come as a tourist and walk through some touristic sites (museums, hotes, restaurants,...) there are aways people that speak English. If you go to a grocery store in a rural area, it might be hard. Here 9°C.

[@pavelmacek282]

She's generalising the whole high heels and clothing situation as whatever is totally normal in Berlin wouldn't fly under the radar in Munich. It even has its own term schicky micky and usually applies to whatever in the south... also connected to the clubbing culture that is wildly different considering the techno, all weekend, drug scene in Berlin and other cities 😅

[@arnewengertsmann9111]

Not sure about Munich, but I haven't seen high heels in Baden Würtemberg for quite some time. Maybe that's just my circles, but I feel like they are getting used less and less over here.

[@arnolsi]

I love und need my feets to much as I would hurt them with high heels. Dancing for hours with them is the hell and walking is not much better.

[@mariokrings]

Schicky Micky... This a very limited amount of people and can be found everywhere in Germany. If course she is speaking in general. And she's right with what she observes.

[@rascalnz9983]

I lived for a year in upstate New York. The winter snow lasted 3 months. I managed to persuade by American housemate to set the heat at 68F turned down to 65F at night. This meant we wore more clothing inside making the transition to the outside less traumatic, and short excursions outside possible without needing to dress. What I did not solve was what to do with my hat, jacket and gloves when I walked 500 metres across the road to the supermarket and mall furnace. The windows in the lounge were not double glazed but were protected by heavy drapes. Five centimetre thick ice accumulated on the inside over winter.

[@brittpfeiffer2384]

Winter temperatures are different in different areas of Germany. In the north it can be between 0-15°C, in the middle of Germany it can be -5 to 10°C (if it is really cold, it can also be -10 to -20°C at times. (but this is very rare) ) In southern Germany the temperatures are -10 to 0°C. (but the -10 and more occur more often there!)

[@norbertwrzesinski3837]

In the part of Berlin where I live - so more in south Berlin - it's about 50°F.

[@martingerlitz1162]

In most areas in Germany temperatures in winter are about 0-5°c and dark and rainy. Sometimes temperatures can be -5 to 0°c and frost will stay. Temperatures in houses are about 20 to 21°c heated up. Elderly people heat up their rooms to sweating 25°c which really is hot. Shops and malls are usually heated up to 20°c. No need for thin t-shirts and for thick underwear neither 😂

[@pietg.6249]

Of course, in Germany we also use thermal underwear... at least outside when it's cold! It's clear indoors that we don't need any... but outside we definitely do.It's also not true that in Germany you don't wear any high Heels! I have no idea where this woman lives. Of course, women here in Germany wear high heels and the cobblestones are not an excuse not to wear them. In addition, there are very, very rarely cobblestones here...

[@martingerlitz1162]

There are a lot cities with cobblestone pavements. Restauration of many cities is done this way. At least tiles and cobblestone interruptions are done often. If you are a female you never should maltreat your feet with unhealthy shoes when promenading in the Altstadt or shopping there. We still speak of high heels! Go yourself in your city in Germany and watch. No female will be using them. They all have comfy shoes

[@pietg.6249]

@@martingerlitz1162 die Frage hier war ob überhaupt Frauen in Deutschland High Heels tragen. natürlich tun sie das. nur eben nicht wie du schon richtig geschrieben hast zum Einkaufen und so weiter. jedenfalls relativ selten. Das mit der Gesundheit der Füße ist schon richtig. deswegen sieht man auch verstärkt Frauen mit Sneakers rumlaufen, was auch gut so ist...👍

[@biloaffe]

We only use hot water bottles when we are sick!

[@susi_gron]

Please, can you watch some German TV shows, that we have been grown up with in Germany. 🇩🇪😊 for example: Sandmann, Löwenzahn, Die Sendung mit der Maus, Wissen macht Ah! These are my childhood TV shows. 📺

[@mikebag120]

Haha - Merino underwear? We call this in German "Liebestöter" (literally "Love killer") 🙂

[@herb6677]

When I was a child 50 years ago, we wore long underwear when it was really cold outside and when we were playing in the snow or when we were skiing. Today we have a nickname for long underwear: "Liebestöter", lit. Lovekiller. Hot waterbottles are usually used when someone is ill and shivers under her/his blankets.

[@biankakoettlitz6979]

In the northern part, including Hamburg you need clothes which are grat against strong wind and rain.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

8:59 I MEAN, unless you’re really feeling like making a statement or if you’re a drag queen and or queer. P.S. It’s not a boy-girl thing. Everyone wears makeup.

[@79BlackRose]

No, everyone does NOT wear make up. Maybe they do in India, but not in the UK.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@79BlackRose Clearly, you have not met enough people. They do it in the arts and in the media. Even if it’s at work, people still use make up.

[@79BlackRose]

@@PokhrajRoy. We are not talking about the arts or the media, just ordinary people.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@79BlackRose They’re still people.

[@79BlackRose]

@@PokhrajRoy. 🙄

[@wolsch3435]

High-heeled shoes are completely unsuitable for actual walking. The woman wearing these shoes has to change her posture to maintain balance. The "desired" side effect is that both the chest and the butt are turned outwards. The chest and the butt are intended to appear larger than they really are, and this should attract men's attention. If a woman mainly wears these shoes, she will soon have problems with her ankles and spine.

[@palantir135]

Thermal underwear is very pleasant when you’re outside in winter. Germany can be very cold. Dutch woman only wear high heels on certain formal events, parties etc. You can’t properly ride a bicycle with high heels. Same in the Netherlands considering makeup. Just natural beauty. No, you don’t need to speak German but it’s very handy if you can. I’m Dutch and I do speak German and German people are much more open and spontaneous if you do.

[@nancyrafnson4780]

I broke my elbow (badly) on a type of cobblestone sidewalk in WINNIPEG, CANADA!! Wearing high heels! It was so bad (and so unique!), I was off work for 8 months! Never again!

[@rubenkutsche419]

I am Not wearing highheels, But i saw Mandy people wearing highheels but everyone got. ohne pari of Shows in the bag if they stay longer. because you wont walk for 8 hours in these. So they can switch to other shoes

[@JohnHazelwood58]

Current wheater at my german location: light rain, no wind, 7°C (44.6°F) ... but warm inside - thanks to our floorheating-system! :)

[@sedmidivka]

I also have heated floors, best invention in the universe :D I'm wearing no socks all winter long 🤣 only issue is I don't have a radiator to dry my clothes but that's fine, anything to have warm floor :D

[@NicholasJH96]

@@sedmidivka Can you sort UK system out UK government is as useless as a flat battery.

[@ara1465]

As an austrian, so no german but in that regard similar. We dont wear high heals that often is because we walk very much in comparison to amerika or australia. Plus there are enough "good" paths but also a lot of cobblestone, gravel or dirt paths. In short it just dosnt make sense and who are you impressing with that. The famous german saying "Es gibt kein schlechtes wetter nur schlechte kleidung" = "theres no bad weather only bad clothing" holds here true as well. Its more formal or "fancy" to where high heals. Make up is true, you dont need a clown face on your white shirt after hugging. And thats an insider but 80-90% can and do speak english. It just depends if the other one is in the mood or if you get asked. I speak fluently and type ok english. But if i dont get asked specifically i dont stick my nose in others business. Even if i could help. (Emergencies excluded of course)

[@cheleya2721]

Being German I'd say everybody has hot water bottles at home for the cosy effect or because some of us try not to heat that much - it's easy to get your home warm but it does not necessarily mean that every home is warm. We would only wear thermal underwear outside but not at home in my opinion.

[@Pilger1L]

Things you need in Germany when winter starts: Plane ticket to South Europe :)

[@sushi777300]

Still remember how much I froze during my high school exchange with Australia (Vic) as their houses are equally not insulated and just cold when it's not hot outside

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Hot water bags are so iconic. It’s really effective.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Hot Water Bottles. (Nobody calls them "bags" !!)

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@brigidsingleton1596 They do in my home.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@PokhrajRoy. Ah well... Qué sera sera. 🖖

[@yllynnallaniaris9472]

I have several high heels, but I only wear them, together with make-up, on special occasions. Both are out of place in everyday life. Incidentally, you can walk very well in heels on cobblestones. It just takes a bit of attention where you step.

[@Hubert-rh4hz]

Hmm, all she saids depends where you are in Germany. It’s not wrong overall, but only depends where you are and what your society is. In a City, Ladys where heels use make up and so on. Sure it’s not extrem but still there. If you into Wintersport you need all the warm stuff too. Germany is small and all is close together, but it’s the same like the US… NY isn’t the same as Oklahoma. You can’t visit NY and say you know the USA. What typical German is, to say I can’t speak English and still speaking good basic. It depends on the expectations people have on their own( I can’t get to a court in the US and understand what happen, I can’t write a good essay about Shakespeare or express myself in the same eloquent way I can in German, struggle by reading NY Times), and in my case I can do smalltalk, do some jokes, or office meetings,, watching films, shows in English but would say, I don’t speak English very well.

[@ThichNhatHanh23]

Love Your Videos , if you visit Hamburg next time you can stay here for free at my place . Im learning so much about American culture too

[@dslight113]

its fall here now and it gets pretty cold outside , i still do not heat up my room , and i still sleep under only a thin sheet of blanket cover. i really cannot understand why people need the heat that much , i might be 2 fat 2 notice the cold ,i always sweat in bed even under a thin sheet of cover. and i truly hate wet sheets.

[@sedmidivka]

try woollen blanket :) it needs to be 100% wool. wool absorbs moisture and won't become moist, it's really great

[@dslight113]

ty ill definitely try it , i am looking for a solution 2 this other then just losing weight which i obviously try 2 do XD .@@sedmidivka

[@sedmidivka]

@@dslight113 the blanket is much easier to do I definitely understand 😅 have the same issue with weight no worries :)

[@Herzschreiber]

Nearly each and every household in Germany has a warm water bottle available. First of all it is nice to use it for all health problems that may be mitigated by heat. Some people always have cold feet when they go to bed, so it is also fine for that and lots of elder people get very sensitive to the cold. For all a hot water bottle is a must to have. Even when healthy, younger people do not need it most of the time.

[@holger_p]

My grandma had one 50 years ago. But today ? Never seen any.

[@Herzschreiber]

@@holger_p hm...... maybe I am the Granny Generation? I am 62 and everyone I know has one. I also know young women who use it for their monthly period cramps. But sure.... maybe they are not as common nowadays - though we boomers still exist :D

[@holger_p]

@@Herzschreiber Appartments simply got warmer I think. We don't sleep at 12 degrees under a bag of feathers any more.

[@Herzschreiber]

@@holger_p true, but you must keep in mind that some people are really "Frostbeulen" and others are "Heizöfchen". And the bottles help with some sorts of pain!

[@holger_p]

@@Herzschreiber You can wear socks, the duvet comes in different thicknesses, and finally there are electric heating blankets. I was just in doubt with water filled bottles. Maybe it's just cause women talk about such things, and men don't. I haven't seen any in decades.

[@rampp17]

I think the majority of Germans can speak English! But many people don't dare to speak in English because they can't think of 1-2 words and then they don't do it at all (e.g. if they're spoken to and asked for directions or something like that). I felt the same way for a while when I was younger Regarding your question about temperatures, I live in Bavaria near Bayreuth and Hof (Hof is one of the coldest areas in Germany). At the moment it's around 0°C at night. I'm curious how cold the winter will be. The coldest I ever experienced here was -20° C (-4° F), which was really crazy. I was born in Stuttgart and there wasn't even snow there most of the time, usually around 5-8° (41°F)

[@alishakennon1970]

About the heels: we walk A LOT. You can't walk 20km a day in heels - unless you're a complete psycho maybe. We also combine many different tasks a day, lets say we go to work, then pick up the kids, then go grocery shopping, then go to do sports. Its easier to have a casual outfit and sneakers that pair well than to go home and change every time cause honestly, you'd get some veeery weird looks at the grocery store when you're all dolled up and wearing heels. Another reason i think is the overall focus on health. Constantly wearing heels messes with your feet, hips and ultimately your back. Girls are often discouraged from wearing them.

[@sirlucifer5161]

Her point about the high-heels is correct. I don't wear high-heels and I'm sure I won't ever wear them.

[@xDannyRBNx]

Hi, interesting video. 🙂👍 One thing I noticed about Germany these says, almost everybody is wearing sneakers. Must be like 80%. Shopping areas and every day life: Sneakers everywhere. I'm guilty of that too. 😄 If you want to be different in Germany, don't wear sneakers.

[@Me-An-88]

I do have thermal underwear (living in germany) and i even wear them in autumn, but more as a pyjama at night whats wrong with me? ^^ I would recommend them women 🤭 Also, i thought the reason why we do not wear heals that much is because its out of trend at the moment? Not sure, but ten years ago i saw a lot of women wear these shoes in clubs etc, on the streets not so much.

[@felixccaa]

6:45 I try to immagine MoreJPS going to a club in Germany and standing in high heals all the night long - this would realy be excruciating ...

[@martingerlitz1162]

High heels in Germany is just for party or for concert or events. Since you are supposed to leave your car outside of the city core (Altstadt) and walk a lot, you cannot maltreat your feet then when you walk a lot promenading through the city. Stumbling women in high heels and lots of make up will be made fun of....🎉😂

[@Attirbful]

In Germany, you would appreciate a British driver signalling with a bumper sticker that he is a British driver - and be very careful around them when approaching, f.e. a roundabout when a driver being used to drive on the other side of the road might easily get confused and switch lanes unknowingly…. Safety first!

[@Kelsea-2002]

In Germany, you can grab any teenager between the ages of 16 and 19 and each of them will speak very well English. It doesn't matter if you're in Berlin or somewhere in a tiny village.

[@Patrick-on2ty]

😅

[@chriscb8353]

I am from the south west of Germany and we have 10°C right now. That is 50°F

[@Arcanes391]

To ask for the weather in germany is a kind of silly question. Germany is not as big as the US but we have much different weather depending of the region you are.

[@noname-mv9xr]

Naomi Jon has left the conversation😅 love you Naomi

[@daweisstewatphaseis1658]

I'm German. And I wouldn't go to bed without my hot water bottle. ❤. I hate high heels, my poor feet. Yes true just a little bit of make up not much. And many Germans speak English. In the villages eventually just the younger Generation. The coldest winter we had was - 20 Grad Celsius. Normally it is very different so difficult to say. 😅

[@simplyme5324]

Weather : Winter up to -5 degrees (it used to be up to -15 but climate change does its magic). Speaking German : you should if you go to the East - many old people who are xenophobic (does not apply to Westeners and white people) and do not remember their Russian lessions so well. If they speak a foreign language it will rather be Russian (GDR) or Polish (border region + many immigrants from Poland coming to Germany). Baviaria/Swabia : try speaking English, no one understands that darn dialect we call Bavarian and the locals call Hochdeutsch. When I listen to a friend from Bavaria for longer times my brain hurts from internal translation.

[@hayse5387]

Good video👍 by the way you are in ryan wass new video 😁

[@johnfrancismaglinchey4192]

Homes,,,, whether in N,Z Germany, or the United States. Should by now be in the process of FUTURE PROOFING,,, in several countries including the United Kingdom,, the government pays upfront for a lot of the work needed to do this type of upgrade.

[@marlenewaidele7481]

I think u understand it wrong, it's not hot in our homes or shops its nicely warm...

[@PokhrajRoy.]

6:32 Also, most European locales have cobblestones. Edit: She mentions it later on

[@hansmeiser32]

But I doubt that's the reason German women don't wear them. It's most likely because they are uncomfortable and not pragmatic.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@hansmeiser32 Which is why I mentioned cobblestones.

[@lalupa8957]

I use a hot water bottle the whole winter for my feet in bed. They are common in every drugstore. Seems like the lady has enough money to heat her home to summer temperature the whole winter. Nice.

[@niconii3663]

imo it also depends on how old the person is. the younger generation (i would say 40 y/o or younger) who grew up with the internet will probably understand you even if you are in a small city. but the older generation might have some trouble having a conversation in english with you.

[@arnolsi]

That's a myth. Many older people speak english maybe not if they are older as 80.

[@niconii3663]

@@arnolsi i am not saying that there aren't older people who speak english, but i'm pretty sure it's harder to find a young person not knowing any english than an older one.

[@arnolsi]

@@niconii3663 I know younger people with very limited english. They also speak german with a limited vocabulary. How would they speak a foreign language if they are not being able to speak their mother tongue ?

[@niconii3663]

@@arnolsi i neither said that there aren't young people who are bad at english nor did i say all old people can't speak english. that's why the words "probably" and "might" are there. i simply said that the younger generation grew up with the internet and therefore grew up with the english language so a lot of them speak english to to a certain extent

[@carolmurphy7572]

Have you seen today's post about Miriam Margolyes on tonight's episode of The Graham Norton Show? 😂😂😂

[@nymphikaros7555]

It depends mostly on the Generations how good there english is.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I remember this group of people who went to Russia and it was an ordeal to get in and out of layers.

[@marlenewaidele7481]

We don't wear heels all the time because they are just uncomfortable, it has nothing to do with anything else

[@Frohds14]

It's pretty women-centered. Some facts for men: When packin, you shouldn't just pack T-shirts and shorts, but also clothing for cooler and warmer weather that you can wear on top of each other if necessary. The most effective way is to follow the Scandinavian onion principle. When it's cold, you wear more layers of clothing than when it's just cool. You should have windproof and rainproof clothing with you. If necessary, you can buy a rainproof softshell jacket in Germany. They aren't that expensive. Your clothing should be neutral and reasonably tidy. A 50-year-old who goes to a restaurant in old holey hair metal band shirts or to the supermarket in his pajamas gets weird looks. We don't have to look at stars and stripes to know what nationality you have. In Germany we walk a lot and need comfortable shoes. Chucks are not the best option, neither are Nikes for mountain hikes, not even Birkenstocks. You should have at least €200 cash ready. At least €10 in coins. Card payments are not accepted everywhere. You should leave your prudery at home, but also the idea that in Germany you are allowed to do anything when it comes to sex, alcohol and the Autobahn and you have to use it to the fullest.

[@79BlackRose]

Why are homes in New Zealand so poorly constructed?

[@adrianhempfing2042]

Haha would be fun to see a Jps in make up one time . Even if not the clothes of Dr Franknfurter (Tim Curry, legend lol) , Rocky Horror Picture Show,, then even just the make up. Maybe next Halloween ?

[@N_K12695]

Hamburg: 7' C (3:40 AM)

[@jonson856]

Its not like we dont have these things, but most of the time, you dont really need them, or you only need them certain situations. But regarding speaking German. If you stay for a longer time in Germany, learn German. Period.

[@SniperWolf1403]

Windy at the moment, m8. Little rain, with some sun...German weather

[@SchmulKrieger]

The most annoying thing is that people who 3xpect you to speak English in Germany because they are tourists aren't able to speak English themselves but they think their English is superior to yours even when you speak it natively literally. 🤦🏼

[@JeremyParker072]

Well it just sounds like things are more sensible in Germany than in many other countries.

[@Julia-eu7bk]

I don't need high Heels. It's not my world. Make up is überflüssig

[@johnfrancismaglinchey4192]

Things you don’t need in GERMANY 🇩🇪,,,,, UNDERWEAR APPARENTLY. ✌✌✌

[@horizoon]

High heels are just not effizient and praktisch