What do Germans do for FUN?! | Beer, soccer & bread for dinner

What does the Average German do after work? What hobbies does he have? How much beer does he drink? Does he have...fun? Join the Average German on for a very average evening.
CHAPTERS:
0:01 Episode 2 recap
0:08 Leaving work
0:38 On the football pitch
1:22 At home
1:45 Dinner time - or Abendbrot
2:11 Drinking habits
2:30 Indoor leisure activities
3:03 Unfulfilled dreams 🥲
3:39 Hanging with his mates
4:51 Getting home
5:10 See you next time
#Germans #Germany #Afterwork #Football #Beer #Dancing #Food
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CREDITS:
Report: Clare Trelawny-Gower
Michael Müller: Mischa Wanker
Camera: Neven Hillebrands
Edit: Clare Trelawny-Gower
Supervising Editors: Mirja Viehweger, Hendrik Welling
LIST OF REFERENCES This document lists the sources for the most important facts in our KZbin video:
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[@caveatlector1591]

I don't know why she still hides behind things when she's literally a friendly house ghost lol. Love this series!

[@vanessajuercke1578]

I love The Average German! Cracks me up every time. I am German and this series is so on point showing the funny and awkward little details in our culture. Love it 🎉

[@dweuromaxx]

Thank you, Vanessa. We enjoy holding up the mirror 😊

[@shahlabadel8628]

This is one of your best series! Waiting for the next one!!

[@dweuromaxx]

Thank you :) more to come!

[@NatalieVoedisch]

german weekend goals: abendbrot, a couple of brewskis, and an angry letter from a neighbor loving this series!! need to see more

[@ImNotCreativeEnoughToMakeUser]

The angry neigbour is probably an elderly rentner who hasen't anything better to do

[@jackperl7040]

I felt that eye roll at 3:01 right through the screen.

[@claregower1454]

We had a blast recreating the iconic Pulp Fiction dance (on a Michael Müller budget) 🕺

[@parachute5274]

Really funny series. I need to try that famous German bread. Michael and his 'watcher' go very well together.

[@candoga]

i also wanna see how average german deals with german bureaucracy 😅

[@alexanderstoica1018]

Amazing episode, please keep going with this hilarious series!!

[@dweuromaxx]

Thanks, Alex, we shall 🍻🇩🇪

[@SandroBadillo]

I really love The Average German, too! Been at the Bauhaus University Weimar for a short study--and God, most of my money was spent drinking beer! Clare, you're amazing!

[@dweuromaxx]

Thanks, Sandro! How much per week on beer are we talking? 😏

[@juanes1235]

This one was a really nice “documentary”. I did enjoy a lot this format.

[@tonyaldridge8917]

seriously love these, and am using to help my German friends learn English, thanks and can't wait for more

[@dweuromaxx]

That's awesome to hear :) thank you, Tony!

[@rolfw2336]

Love the AG series.. and Clare is hilarious.

[@lucassilbernagel5330]

I’m gonna tell my kids Clare Gower was David Attenborough

[@simon7762]

This is super funny. Love the witty and dry comments by the presenter. Great work by the crew. binging all episodes and can't wait for new ones!

[@dweuromaxx]

Thank you 😁❤️

[@donnaterra6477]

I personally think that Germans like to chat very much. Neighbors will stand on the roadside and chat, friends will stand by the car and chat, and some will chat in the gym.

[@theresakellaway3329]

Such a great summary and so spot on. Love it! ❤

[@dweuromaxx]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@IIIOOOUS]

Nobody eats 3 times bread a day in Germany. A warm meal traditionally for lunch or for dinner is normal.

[@dweuromaxx]

That's true. Abendbrot doesn't mean bread for the other meals.

[@rezor1212]

I love the format of this show. Really cleaverly made!

[@jonathanrummel9324]

Love this Attenborough meets spy thriller depiction of the average German lol

[@dweuromaxx]

Favourite comment so far

[@petergarthwaite6805]

Thanks

[@Oleksa-Derevianchenko]

1:02 wait, so she's British?? That adds an extra layer of hilariousness, since Brits are famous for their nature exploration documentaries 😂

[@sandgroper1970]

Australian and I have visited a Kneipe / Bar which was next door to a market. So I saw many a worker having a bier. Some did get drunk, others would be there and have maybe 2 biers over a few hours, just talking and or playing those electronic game machines on the wall. Obviously as a tourist yes I enjoyed some beer and talking at times to locals, Orkus observing what was going on.

[@ardi08]

In Australia, beers also commonly drunk?

[@bugsygoo]

Australians get drunk 26 times a year on average! Always knew we were legends😂🇦🇺

[@amirkhang20]

Its 9:00 pm but it is still bright so summer is like that right now it is winter and about 4:00 pm darkness prevails,...

[@rosewise5817]

This is funny and now I know I'm just super German and not depressed.❤

[@Callmenothing000]

Love it. Waiting to watch Michael’s weekend schedule

[@dweuromaxx]

We're going to find out what he's up to on Sunday next 😏

[@Justin-hg9lw]

Hilarious as always i love these videos ❤

[@dweuromaxx]

Thank you! More to come 😏

[@nigelmchugh5541]

Love this series, your facial expressions are hilarious ( and so apt)😂

[@mikkeli02]

Love it! Thank you guys!

[@nagarajbaligeri2683]

Crazy videography not at all boring ❤

[@mrkingsudo]

The pulp fiction dance had me cackling

[@jasxx1108]

Good 👍 series waiting for your next one ☝️

[@mistermandeep4786]

This is brilliantly entertaining!

[@dweuromaxx]

Thank you, Sir! 🇩🇪

[@JostSchwider]

👍 - auch für den YT-Algo! 😊 👍 - also for the YT algo! 😊

[@thats_guip]

Love this series, such a good idea ! 😂

[@dweuromaxx]

Glad you enjoy it! More Michael to come 🏎

[@Just4Kixs]

I love these series!!

[@kohlmeise]

I love this series

[@alexanderzharkov6953]

I just love this series! The reporter is dead COOL

[@dweuromaxx]

We're glad you're enjoying it. Make sure to follow our channel in order to not miss out in the future 😊

[@storyrole]

I can relate to the love affair with bread. His dance moves will definitely pull in the bingo hall

[@dweuromaxx]

🕺 heck yeah

[@jarrettreckseidler]

These videos are fab…only weird thing is her switching from stealth/incognito mode to kitchen bestie

[@dweuromaxx]

Haha... Michael Müller lives in the upside down 🌪. But really - would you prefer her to be always hiding?

[@KevinKitten]

I think she is Schroedinger's reporter: simultaneously present and not present in the scene.

[@suthasineec]

My fav series is out again! ❤

[@ixiwildflowerixi]

The most average German behavior in this episode: Opening a bottle of beer with the TV remote.

[@thaisb.6815]

I love this format so much… gut gemacht! 👏👏👏 P.S: Germans are supposed to be straightforward, why would they put up hanging with people they don’t like? 🤦‍♀️

[@dweuromaxx]

They *fear* having to spend time with people they don't like. Of course, sometimes they have to face this fear 🥲. Thank you for the love!

[@tatjana7008]

Strange that I never seen drunk Germans, with exclusion to Oktoberfest

[@edsontransports9400]

Clare is excellent at making us laugh….

[@claregower1454]

🤩 thank you

[@ssalcskills]

hilarious series

[@Sammy-s9u]

And German boys don't talk about their feelings with their buddies. It goes like :"Alles klar?"" Jo, alles klar! "

[@tatjana7008]

well it happens when they are in private and trust each other enough

[@atariplayer3686]

I always thought different parts of Germany have different hobbies depending on the region of the country.

[@majdwardeh3698]

I'm really enjoying the show, but I'm just curious what the show would look like if it were done by an actual German production!

[@MrOuest]

Is the 50/50 left/right multicoloured beard considered average in Germany?!

[@Whoo711]

When Clare found out "Michael's" last name irl, that must've been a bit awkward🤪

[@barrilha]

It's the dancing for me...

[@Tehrawrzorz]

Would be cool to see this for many other countries too!

[@dweuromaxx]

Which countries are you most fascinated by? 😏

[@Tehrawrzorz]

@@dweuromaxx France, Norway, Spain would be cool!

[@paulbergloff5219]

I am an American that has studied lived and worked in B.W. and learned swaebian as a result. Ive always dreamed of relocating but what profession ? Is there a place I could use my niche aquired talent. I sags dir doch du wirschs gar net glauben wenn sowas hoersch aber wirklich ich deds gern dona umziehn aber weis net wie

[@johncameron4194]

The dance 👍👍

[@24Aces]

Terrible dancers 😂😂

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

It's still so light out at 9:00 pm???? 🤔

[@KK-vu1yc]

During summer it's possible.

[@MarceloSA]

Lovely and funny

[@lehnrik]

02:00 Really, sandwiches for dinner? Is it common in Germany to not have a hot meal for dinner?

[@dweuromaxx]

A cold "Abendbrot" is a common dinner option, especially for older generations, the majority of Germans still enjoy a hot main meal in the evening!🍽

[@ImNotCreativeEnoughToMakeUser]

2:25 This was an extremely accurate scene. The only bottle openers in the country are for foreigners. If you can't open the beer with whatever you have around you, you don't deserve to have beer. The angry neigbour is probably an elderly rentner (pensioner) who hasen't anything better to do with their time 3:39 Having an umbrella gives you away as being a foreigner

[@tatjana7008]

I'm foreigner and when its raining, I'm only one without an umbrella. May be people in Munich are more sensitive about that

[@siewheilou399]

Note in British English? The frequency of getting drunk, guess they are self reported? So how many times a Yankee, a Brit, an Irish get drunk per year?

[@gregj7916]

he was having a Becks beer.. his goalkeeping buddy needs some sun.... so pale...

[@frankymorello123]

We are not so silly😂

[@BioBioLove]

Most Brits I know would say “Not too bad”

[@dweuromaxx]

This is a quote from a study. We're sure in real life, "not too bad" is exactly what they'd say! 🇬🇧🫖

[@acc.x.cc.x9888]

Well thats five minutes of my life I'll never get back

[@Filan.Fistekuuu]

dont forget the other 33 seconds and many more seconds you're wasting reading this this comment ( that applies to everyone)

[@georgiosyiannakou5537]

Love how British bash Germans! :D

[@intensivecareunitpee5838]

hehe the pulp fiction reference

[@AbCd-lw5vs]

Sorry but why are we calling it soccer when pretty much everywhere except America calls it football? The governing body of world football is literally called FIFA not FISA😂

[@IIIOOOUS]

I don't have an English girl spying on me. I'm German too.

[@dweuromaxx]

...but you wouldn't know if she was there 😏

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

I do not know anyone who gets drunk even once a year. So, are my friends and acquaintances sensible, or just boring? Or is this an American thing, like not smoking?

[@dweuromaxx]

Hey Patrick, do you ask this question as a German or an American? Perhaps you have sensible friends, indeed!

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

@@dweuromaxx I'm an American who spends a fair amount of time in Europe, and I'm skeptical of those statistics. Getting drunk eleven times a year is really a lot, even for younger people. I'd call that borderline alcoholism.

[@dweuromaxx]

@@patrickfitzgerald2861 Fair observation. Of course, being 'drunk' is always slightly subjective: one person's tipsy is another's inebriated. There are certainly countries known more for their fondness of being drunk, though.

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

@@dweuromaxx Indeed, and perversely, the Aussies seem rather proud of that reputation.

[@santostv.]

In my country If you are a drinker most get tripsy every weekend, there 52 weekends so 11 times seems low😂

[@sumosprojects]

Don’t pick on us Aussies for drinking, I’ve seen Germans going nuts on the amber fluid 😱🔥🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@Malaus2023]

Average Australian are changing Mate. Not all are just white borgans.

[@-sephrin2260]

Ok it is Avarage German not Median German.. otherwise Michael would never get drunk 11 times a year or meet in a Kneipe, but at home or at a friends place.

[@dweuromaxx]

Guess we'll need a spin off... life with the Median German! 🇩🇪

[@-sephrin2260]

@@dweuromaxx It might be interesting indeed to find/ see the differences :)

[@bluebillbo]

Why does Michael have a half-half beard?

[@dweuromaxx]

Maybe he's born with it... Maybe it's Maybelline 🧔‍♂️

[@jayhoeliotdecabrio4050]

His beard one side gray and one side black

[@GlacierSound]

Lol no this is very immaculate

[@anthea6669]

Did he open his beer bottle with the remote control? 😳

[@dweuromaxx]

Germans have the superpower of being able to open a beer with almost any object. 👀🍺

[@gwendolynpenelope]

Can you do a video on German dating

[@dweuromaxx]

Yes, Gwendolyn Penelope. Yes we can! 💘

[@andreasmueller8353]

Free Vuskovic!!!

[@CGM_68]

Gott sei Dank, es ist Freitag, shouldn't that be GDEIF in German?

[@dweuromaxx]

Let's start that trend!

[@InshalKhan-o4p]

Why this man has two colored beard

[@erikavaleries]

Can you feature KZbinr Uyen Ninh & German Boyfriend ?

[@dweuromaxx]

That would be the collab of the century. Watch this space 👀

[@erikavaleries]

@@dweuromaxx AAAAAAHHHHHH PLEASE DO IT 🤣🤣❤️❤️🙏🙏

[@Nightcrawler81]

​@@dweuromaxx and Liam Carpenter and his german wife too.

[@BrurWabbit]

His beard colour is suspect 😮

[@neviznaniy]

Please rename soccer to football in the video title.

[@neos.4587]

Who is eating bread for dinner? Unless you are a broke college/university student or dont have the time to cook. Bortzeit zum Mittagessen order Frühstück geht klar, aber zum Abendessen??

[@tatjana7008]

many of my friends who are upper middle class and living with their family eat Abendbrot for dinner usually warm meal is a lunch, which they buy at work / uni, but never home cooked one

[@CommanderBunbun-fx5xu]

That's no life. They're more miserable than us. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💪

[@dweuromaxx]

Where are you from? 😅

[@tatjana7008]

I don't think they are misarable, but for sure bored. Only DB and bureacracy can make people miserable here

[@wandilismus8726]

Another thing that is confirmed. Brits are good at spying 😂😂😂

[@tylergrant180]

only 11 times?

[@dweuromaxx]

:0 how many do YOU get drunk?

[@thediner8929]

Maybe go to a youth rally?

[@lea.hallon406]

I liked it until I saw the choice of beer brand. I doubt, that's what the average German drinks. And if so, I am deeply disappointed.

[@dweuromaxx]

He chooses the German brand over the Corona. Or you don't like the Helles bier either? 💔

[@HarryLewis-z3h]

it's football, I thought they taught normal English in Germany?

[@wollo6]

soccer is the preferred nomenclature in the english speaking world

[@dodosan7262]

German people don't eat a lot of bread compared to us Egyptians. German culture is ideal for every introvert.

[@slofty]

Sweden as well.

[@HannaARTzink]

Is the series propagating stereotypes? Different regions, history, generational styles, so is there a "statistical German"? The statistical type seems a little boring. I bet even an average one is a bit more interesting.

[@bharath19b]

Nonsense

[@dweuromaxx]

Which part was inaccurate for you? 🤔😏

[@mmz5844]

Is Michael in a relationship or still using soap 😂

[@risenshine371]

What is soccer?