Do foreigners feel welcomed in Germany?

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[@federspiel-michael]

Language is always the key to get closer to people. If you know how to communicate, you are a part of the community. You found a new home.

[@winterlinde5395]

Communicate/ Community!!! You made me see this for the first time!🌸

[@Arsenic71]

You don't even have to really speak the language. As long as you make an effort to speak the language you've already won.

[@sydmccreath4554]

@@Arsenic71BUT MANY do not bother. They don’t bother in Germany. They don’t bother in France , they don’t bother in Britain, they don’t bother in many countries which have welcomed them in and provided them with a home AND MONEY.

[@jesustiradoespinoza4723]

Thats not true you may speak the same language of the country you moved to , but if the people of that place find you to be very different from them , they wont really Accept you .

[@darioze6574]

Well as a German, I am not in the same community with all Germans or everyone who is speaking German. Actually I love speaking English. For me it is about the person and I could even be friend if we would have no common language at all, trying to use body language.

[@juwen7908]

Little hint for you guys from me as a librarian. Go to (smaller) public libraries to make contact. Libraries are open spaces for every one, it's mostly a relaxed situation, even with other customers, and the staff is used to people who has any kind of questions and is willing to help, if they're able to (language barrier). Many of them offer nowadays a little reading cafe section. So, give it a try 😉 Greetings from a small town near Berlin 😎

[@juwen7908]

About getting closer to the germans and maybe making friends. Dear foreigners, please make the first step. Just ask for help for example. Most germans don't like to talk to strangers in a deeper way without a good reason. But we're very open about helping someone, so this could be a good first step. And maybe choose a relaxed situation, like in a cafe instead of a busy street. Because maybe the people are just in a rush. And if you really met someone, who isn't willing to talk to you, don't think immediately that it is your fault. Maybe they just don't feel comfortable to talk in a foreign language. Cause we don't like to do stuff, when we're not good at it 😉 Greetings from a small town near Berlin 😎

[@michaelyuan3382]

It is a complex situation and can't be adequately discussed in a few words of a short interview. A couple of factors not mentioned in this video are the economic and social order situations of the country. I went to Germany, Switzerland, and Austria for work in law and medicine during a time of economic anxiety after the reunification. I spoke German adequately (C1 level) and was culturally savvy for the most part. I knew the poetry of Goethe and Schiller and the music of Schubert better than some Germans. I had an American passport, but I am Taiwanese, i.e., genetically Asian and Austronesian, and looked Asian, foreign, and to the minds of many Germans, definitely like a criminal asylum seeker trying to take advantage of their welfare system. In more than one instance, I heard their economic anxiety transformed into xenophobic paranoia. The hostility I encountered was shocking at times. I was physically attacked and slightly injured a couple of times: completely unjustified random attacks with no provocation on my part. I have revisited Germany again more recently right before Trump's presidency and found the atmosphere completely changed. It was almost as if America and Germany had switched with each other, that the Germans had become tolerant, liberal Americans, and that the Americans had become xenophobic Germans. The state of the economy and social order and stability cannot be the only factors, but they should not be discounted. The current debate on immigration needs to take into account both the moral need for tolerance and the realistic need for social order and economic well-being. In general, all human beings could be less racist in speech, manners, and actions, but at the same time, national policies need to be practical and take into consideration crime, unemployment, and poverty figures. Ideally, we should all try to be tolerant. But you cannot ask a society anxious over economy and stability to pay attention only to morality. Immigration needs to be carefully controlled, orderly, and practical. At the same time, people need to learn to treat each individual as an individual and not treat all foreigners as criminals.

[@ramsesrhodes6241]

Yo my guy, noice to see a fellow Austronesian who shares similair views on immigration

[@m1ar1vin]

thank you for doing this!! very insightful

[@yourtruebrit]

Thank you so much for the nice comment

[@mr.jodocus920]

As a German I can confirm that I don't feel welcomed in Germany.

[@yourtruebrit]

I did hear this also a lot 🤣🤣

[@abgekippt]

Wenn dir das nicht gefällt, dann geh doch wieder dorthin, wo du herkommst 😉

[@user-xy2mh1gt3b]

@@abgekippt 😄

[@mr.jodocus920]

@@abgekippt Ich komme aus Deutschland, also wohin soll ich?

[@user-ie5he5os9m]

​@@mr.jodocus920Dahin wo du herkommst, geh einfach 😂

[@stephangohlke6322]

Maybe try and go to other cities other than Munich. It would be interesting to see what people have to say elsewhere. The title does say “do foreigners feel welcomed in Germany?” Not just Munich

[@MaxMustermann-vu8ir]

I welcome those friendly and well educated people in Germany. Sure, it takes time to get used to the culture and language is key so I would recommend everyone to learn German as fast as possible. Otherwise you end up like some people from Turkey who have been living in Germany for 2 or 3 generations but are still not well integrated. The other day I went to the opera and there were Turkish subtitles. Shocking.

[@yourtruebrit]

Thanks for the great comment :)

[@johnpepper8603]

@@omercaliskan1522 the thing that you are just stupi.d doesn't change the fact he is right.

[@uliwehner]

@@yourtruebrit you brits are so polite.

[@anthonyfelix8589]

I am from the UK (also half italian) and I have been living in germany for 4 years now in Bodensee. I would say people are generally welcoming but at a distance. They will not make an effort to be your friend or help you integrate. Having said that, I have never felt unwelcome. The biggest difficulty is the cultural change. There are many but I would say germans are very quiet people. An example for me was when I came back to germany after 2 weeks of seeing family in london. I was in a restaurant in germany and suddenly became very conscious about how quiet it was. There were groups of friends together but no one really made a sound ! I have even been told to be quiet many times in public places in germany which I still find strange (I am a bit loud but it has never happened to me before in any other country).

[@linajurgensen4698]

I get that it can be difficult to integrate into a new country but as German I‘m asking myself if the “feeling unwelcome“ part is really our fault or just an assumption from foreigners who come from different cultures who either are not able to integrate or refuse to integrate bc it’s more comfortable to live among their own peers in Germany (which I understand). I don’t really care what every individual is doing as long as they’re working and following our laws. But people who choose to live in a parallel society (like they already exist in Germany) should not complain about it.

[@hollowcrown3661]

American living in Germany and fully agree with you.

[@Anna-bq8gl]

As a person who emigrated first to the UK, and then experienced Germany, I can tell you - no matter how much you try to integrate, Germany does not give you a welcome feeling. Your society seems to have a surprising mindset, of how superior everything in Germany is. And this inhibits growth massively nowadays. Germans who experienced life abroad are usually the open minded. Trying to have a discussion on solutions used worldwide, but different to the ones offered in Germany is a big no no and taken as an offense. "This is Germany and you are a 2nd category citizen, so don't you dare to say anything. You must accept everything as it is, or leave." This is why a lot of your systems just don't work. And it has nothing to do with complaining about a society you choose to live in. If you see someone struggling - you help. Germans are grumpy, client service can be an awkward experience - foreigners say "do something about it, take more care of your clients, improve this", you guys straight away take it as an offense. This is called "learning experience". You welcome people from different cultures, those people try to integrate with Germans, and Germans should WANT to integrate and accept those cultures as well. It's good to learn, experience and IMPROVE. :)

[@linajurgensen4698]

@@Anna-bq8gl well for some reason this in your opinion “questionable“ mindset of Germans got them further than most other countries having now the 3rd strongest economy in the world. But I think your comment is missing the point of my comment. I was talking about integration in general and not in working places. In Japan for example some behaviors are simply unacceptable and won’t be tolerated by anyone. Why is it when western countries set boundaries it’s considered rude or even racist?

[@Anna-bq8gl]

​@@linajurgensen4698 This video is not about anti-social behaviours. It's about feeling welcome. If you choose a place to live, you want to feel at home = safe. I totally agree, very strong economy, which was built on and is maintained thanks to.. foreign labour. So let's not forget about this. It might be my personal experience only, but I didn't feel welcome when shouted at because of a wrongly filled form. Why would anyone shout at another being? Or being charged 50€ for a haircut, when the price is 40€. Or when offered a minimum national wage for a position starting at 60 000 per annum. Or when having a polite difference in opinion, ending in people immediately getting upset because "this is Germany". Well, yea but, if there are better solutions used elsewhere, why not discuss and look forward to improving things? Don't get me wrong, I met some lovely people as well. But after setting strict boundaries for the behaviour I accept, and making people meet my standards: of being always kind, smiling, polite and warm. I never had to do this in the UK or Sweden.

[@linajurgensen4698]

@@Anna-bq8gl so you decided to leave Germany for Sweden and UK where you live and work happily ever after. Is that the end of the story?

[@tatjana7008]

all my friendships when they understand that I won't date them. About "kindergarten / school / university" friends, its often over after this stage is over

[@dollyluke4747]

I think that the German state gives you a lot of opportunities to integrate yourself especially if you're willing to learn this extremely tough language.

[@yourtruebrit]

I agree :)

[@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw]

In my opinion- I and the other foreigners i talk to seem to share the same sentiment. Foreigners feel "welcomed" in germany...but not "welcome" (the physical act vs. the attitude). if youre in higher education or high up STEM jobs, you will not have a bad experience. but foreigners of mid to low socioeconomic classes and men especially have a much harder time here. germans strongly prefer to keep circles, company and association of only other german friends(usually long term ones from childhood OR germans from same region), and those who are willing to make friends with foreigners have fully multiculti circles. so you end up seeing either fully german or multiculti groups, this doesnt help pull foreigners into the german culture. you really feel this unwelcomeness when you "infiltrate" a german space😆 germans also have a tendency to explore other cultures in a very superficial/safe way- germany LOVES italian food. but when germans say they love exploring the foreign italian culture, they mean that they like 1) the food 2) the men/women 3) the language the dating stuff for foreigner (men) is a dumpster fire, nothing needs to be said

[@vornamenachname1069]

If you're a foreigner having problems making friends, try going into free time activity groups (Vereine) like sport clubs, musical groups (ochestra, bands) and so on. If you're studying at a university, there should be several university clubs (like sport clubs, bands, reading circles etc.). Cities often also have a list of "eingetragene Vereine" on their home pages. If you have problems with your health or face certain hardships in life, there are even "Selbthilfegruppen" in which you can talk about your problem among people who share it. Those groups also can be a great way to make friends. Other than that, online dating apps or "Sprachtendem Gruppen" are also a good way to get to know people. Going into a bar and talking with strangers isn't really a thing here in Germany.

[@70shahin]

it would be a good social experiment if you also talked to a middle eastern guy with beard! Or Indian Guy about making friends in Germany! (and I am not talking about dating life, but pure friendship and being in a same group like other humans with different looks.) they are part of society!

[@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw]

exactly, i was hoping he interviewed more men, and especially those from a non-white-collar background. but then again the experience for arab, indian, SEA men will be quite different and so the video wont be all happy and motivation and feel-good kumbaya

[@Sprchtes]

The way these interviews are conducted is not efficient. What you say applies not only to Middle Easterners and Hindus but also to Europeans.

[@fasthand5019]

Alle, die du heute interviewt hast, sind eine Bereicherung für unser Land und werden (wenn sie bleiben) ihren Weg hier machen. Vielleicht können nicht alle Wünsche der Integration erfüllt werden (da sind wir Deutschen ein wenig steif) aber diese coolen und intelligenten Menschen werden sich trotzdem viele sehr positive Chancen erarbeiten und nutzen. Tolles Video, you true Brit, du bist immer welcome!

[@yourtruebrit]

aww danke :)

[@chrisb2942]

It's especially hard in Munich to make friends.

[@Why-D]

Germany is the fourth preferred country for students from abroad, and the first one, that is not an English speaking country. And as Germany also never was an English colony, English is a second language and you will not find it in public besides touristic places. Every Germany learns English in school as a main subject for almost six years or more, but in the past, many Germans didn't need to speak English besides the holiday. So like in other European countries (France, Spain, Poland, ...) the national language is the key for understanding. And the second thing is, to have a bit of preparation, like a knowledge of the main bureaucracy (Anmeldung, Visa, Aufenthaltsgenhemigung, ...). But I think that would be the same, for someone wants to start studying in the UK (after Brexit), in Saudi Arabia or Vietnam. But many documents and official websides are provided in more an more languages.

[@tobias.f87]

I like you, you're so friendly. It is more interesting for me to hear the opinion of Germany from people who have immigrated than from Germans. Germans often forget what they really have and what “luxuries” they enjoy compared to other countries. Diversity is beautiful 🙏🏼

[@darioze6574]

In Deutschland gibt es sehr viele sehr unterschiedliche Menschen. Ich würde nicht sagen, dass es "die deutschen sind so und so" wirklich gibt. Es gibt viele verschiedene Szenen, die untereinander niemals etwas miteinander zu tun haben würden. Aber das ist auf der ganzen Welt so. Ja es gibt offenere Gesellschaften, aber es gibt überall offenere und verschlossenere Menschen, man muss halt Glück haben. Auch als deutscher ist es in Deutschland nicht immer einfach. Spontanität ist hier leider sehr schwer, wenn man länger in anderen Ländern unterwegs war, dann ist das zurück kommen nach Deutschland auch oft ein Kulturschock. Das verreisen nicht so sehr. Hier muss man sich irgendwie in die Gesellschaft hineinarbeiten und wissen was man macht. Man muss Wege und Türen suchen, die sind nicht einfach überall immer offen und einfach zu finden, man muss die richtigen Orte für sich finden und sich selbst entwickeln. Und man kann froh sein, wenn man 1-2 Leute finden kann, auf die man sich verlassen kann. Ansonsten gibt es auch viele Veranstaltungen wo man flüchtige Bekanntschaften machen kann.

[@Merriam68]

As an English person who has lived in Spain and Germany, I definitely found it easier to make friends in Spain (Barcelona). I have made almost completely foreign friends in Germany, despite speaking completely accent-free, fluent German.

[@Merriam68]

However, I have never been made to feel unwelcome. That seems reserved for those who don’t look or sound German. My friends who don’t look German do get stared at a lot and sometimes remarks are made (this is in a small town).

[@juwen7908]

Hey, I really like your videos. Your such a nice and open minded person. Best example that foreigners make Germany just more colourful and interesting. Keep doing what you're doing and how you're do it❣️ Best wishes from a small town near Berlin 😎

[@yourtruebrit]

aww thank you for lovely comment :)

[@johnpepper8603]

Yeah you are so right :) :) :) they indeed make it so often more colourful and interesting, for example it is now much more "interesting" and less boring for a girl to go alone in the night on the street :) she can get nice and indeed "colourful" r.pe :)

[@juwen7908]

@@johnpepper8603 what do you wanna say? That there is crime around us. Wow that's surprising news. Even in germany? Wow! And guess what, most of the time are germans involved and not as a victim!!

[@johnpepper8603]

@@juwen7908 Talk after something happens to you. Until then don't comment something when you are (or want to be) blind and deaf. Nothing more to discuss until you change. Bye

[@juwen7908]

@@johnpepper8603 actually, as a woman in germany I can say, I never felt unsafe in Germany in over 40 years now. Even when I walk by myself through Berlin at night, like I did last night. But probably you know someone who has made other experiences. But I still believe, these things happened because the offenders are bad people, not because they are foreigners. And bad people unfortunately exist all over the world.

[@vladtheinhaler3793]

Deutschland hat ein ausgeprägtes Vereinswesen. Es gibt Vereine für alles. Dort kann man schnell Kontakte knüpfen, weil man mit Menschen, die ähnliche Interessen haben, zusammenkommt. Und, vor allem bei Sportvereinen, hydriert man häufig nach dem Training in der Kneipe um die Ecke mit einem Bier. Dort lernt man wiederum die lokale Kultur kennen.

[@Boro1196]

If you are cheap labour, they are going to treat you accordingly. Its always like that, anywhere you go. These people are not cheap labour, but they seem to have similar experiences. You can imagine then how is it at the bottom of the food chain.

[@abgekippt]

I always ask myself: How do you get rid of the Germans in your search for international interview partners? 😅

[@yourtruebrit]

We use our ears 😊😊. Never assume someone is an foreigner, you seriously offend d someone 😌

[@abgekippt]

@@yourtruebritAh yes, that's clever

[@mansurdorado]

4:23 she lives there for 12 years and still very difficult to make German friends!? OMG i'm shocked

[@quantillaprudentia1345]

I don’t really get the young Spanish girl, is it really that difficult for young people?! I see people partying all time or people looking for company… maybe it’s the same as dating, You look for something that doesn’t want you, and you get something you don't want

[@marge2548]

It is difficult for older people also. Partying is not necessarily the same as finding friends.

[@d31m07y1988]

thx for city they come from

[@yourtruebrit]

No problem 😌

[@StrongKickMan]

German here. I always hated the job center. I had a well paying job and was able to save some money. Then I was out of work for like 8 months, because I was not in a hurry. At the end the German government gave me a bill over 5000€ for not being insured during these 8 months. Insanity...

[@Sprchtes]

I am Greek, I have lived here for almost 9 years, I did my master's degree here and I speak German well. Comparing the testimonials of the interviewees, including Greeks in this video with my own experiences and those of other people in my environment, and even several who have left, I quite disagree with this video. This video seems partial and the interviewees seem to have been selected. The interviewees also have not been living here for long and have not integrated into society. As a European, speaking German well and having an academic title, one feels marginalized in society. When having medical appointments or appointments with the Behörden, one perceives being treated very differently compared to Germans. Having a degree from a German university and having a good level of German, one feels how difficult it is to find work in my field of expertise. I am also aware that I will never have the same job opportunities or salaries as my German colleagues. In all the time I've lived here, I've only made German acquaintances, but nothing more than that. I notice the same thing with adults who come from my country and the Balkan region. If it weren’t for my partner, who is currently stationed here, I would have packed my bags and left.

[@baconpancakes8899]

The Chinese girl is spitting bars

[@panagiotismichalopoulos97]

you can live for 10 generations in this country, they always will look to you as a foreigner...

[@nemo1987b]

The woman from Venezuela with the white scarf is so incredibly beautiful 😍

[@Tommusix]

I'm not searching for a girlfriend but the spanish and chinese girl are very handsome. But the chinese woman speaks really good german and I love her expressions. I know, it's superfacial but I love faces ^^

[@geordiegeorge9041]

Learn the language learn the customs, if you accept Germany Germany will accept you. Personally after living here for almost 50 years, my friends say that I am more German than most Germans. I could never return to live in the UK.

[@marsone-ek4xr]

yes but you come from a country where sun and summer doesn't exist. Northern/Western EU more or less all the same

[@geordiegeorge9041]

@@marsone-ek4xr Clueless, try traveling, and visit a few other countries.

[@marsone-ek4xr]

@@geordiegeorge9041I do travel:)

[@sternleiche]

Klasse die Chinesin und der Grieche

[@hinki20.01]

You've obviously succeeded in integrating it if you're already playing the former German national anthem "Heil dir im Siegerkranz" in the intro. A quick note: we now play the third verse of the Deutschlandlied! But except the little mistake with our anthem, it’s a good video😉

[@yourtruebrit]

Aww danke 😌

[@tdotgizzunz1233]

He said he looks german? How come in his case with blonde hair and blue eyes gets to look german but another person from Canada, U.S, Australia, NZ or even staying in intercontinental Europa somehow is suspicious? I dont even think he looks german...i see him and i see a Harry Potter character, especially when he laughs.

[@ewfwffw]

Imagine germans feel the same 😂

[@yourtruebrit]

The Germans was very hard to approach on this subject :)

[@marsone-ek4xr]

@@yourtruebrit 🤣

[@jansindlar8896]

Average euro person whining, meanwhile the china girl completely crushing it with skills and attitude

[@alexsoccer1196]

Hamburg! 🎤📽

[@i86ij99]

My only german friend is my neighbor's cat 🐈

[@silence8806]

The question is more, if germans ARE welcomed by foreigners in germany. And i don't mean the minority of foreign students.

[@uve_viktor_doom]

Unwelcome in Berlin forever

[@Nuelzhng]

Passt cho

[@sydmccreath4554]

Well DON’T GO THERE THEN !!! And if you’re wishing you had not done THEM BLOODY LEAVE !!!

[@peter_meyer]

So you don't have any friends either.

[@zeusares4217]

Speak German! That's all you must do.

[@dani.alvaro9280]

the headline should have read: "Do foreigners feel welcomed in Bavaria", because not even Germans feel welcome in Bavaria

[@sheru.gulati]

Ask the Foreigners who were born in Germany. We're 2nd Class to the Germans... It's a whole different Experience.

[@linajurgensen4698]

That’s bc they never integrated in the first place and live in parallel societies only under their peers.

[@sheru.gulati]

@@linajurgensen4698 No, that's just what the Media told you. Anyone born in Germany needs to integrate?! How?! All they know is Germany FFS!!!!

[@johnmathew3423]

@@linajurgensen4698: Here we go again with one who is using his white privileged. I am sure one day will come when Germany will need these people or us and then instead of helping these people will leave to their home country.

[@linajurgensen4698]

@@johnmathew3423 yea sure you’ll leave the country that gives you everything for a 3rd world country.

[@linajurgensen4698]

@@sheru.gulati only bc they’re born in Germany, doesn’t mean they live the same way Germans do. You can live under your own culture/community within a country without adjusting to the country you’re living in unless you want to be successful in your job etc.

[@alenaallesklar]

Umsonst hier studieren kein Deutsch können aber sich beschweren jeder kann wieder gehen muss niemand hier sein

[@azounx]

Die beschweren sich nicht, die beantworten Fragen.

[@alenaallesklar]

@@azounx ja weil Briten sich nur dann gut fühlen wenn sie alles deutsche und die deutschen schlecht machen können der einzige sinn dieser Befragung

[@alenaallesklar]

@@azounx soll er mal in seiner Heimat die gleichen Fragen stellen traut er sich eh nicht sinn ist bei dem eh nur deutsche schlecht da stehen zu lassen

[@Jonas-tf3im]

@@alenaallesklar ähm, nein? Er macht halt Straßenumfragen

[@Jonathan-Pilkington]

Du sprichst auch kein Deutsch.@@alenaallesklar