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[@definier.mal.castelli]

Imagine you live in the US, buy a mansion for millions of dollars and you cant even put you windows auf kipp

[@darkiejac]

I'd be devastated. I would defo import those, if I bought a mansion there. I do already have Kippfenster, now, the only thing missing is the mansion ...

[@NKA23]

I would be outraged....On the other hand, if I could afford a million-dollar-mansion somewhere in the US, I could also afford to upgrade its' windows to German standards. First of all, I wouldn't even want to live in the US anyway. They seem like a nice place to visit, but I certainly wouldn't want to live in the "la-ha-haaaand of the sheeeeeeeeeeeep and the hoooooooome of disgraaaaaaaaaaace".

[@definier.mal.castelli]

@@NKA23 Yeah I meant more like as an US-Citizen. They would think they live life to the fullest and don't even know what they are missing out on

[@darkiejac]

@@NKA23 ^ this made me giggle

[@siobhanahbois]

It me 😭

[@spongebob8324]

I am so german that the "unnecessary" flushing of the toilet made me angry. ;)

[@emba76]

hahah I thought the same thing!!! Das geht ma' gar net!! :)

[@nevermind3603]

Thx! I was looking for this comment xD

[@Nico-rl4bo]

Iwould like that comment but dont want to destroy the 69 sry

[@0stkreuz]

ahahaha omg same

[@HolgerBrix]

Am I even more German when I draw your attention to the fact that you cannot know whether the flush was unnecessary? Maybe it wasn't.

[@jkobstube4314]

The scary thing is, when you put an already "kipped" window on full open without pushing it shut before and suddenly the whole window is hanging from a single hinge

[@Mads-hl8xj]

yeah these windows are quite dangerous, there is also no lock-position as they really can slam shut, also there is never any child-safety on these windows.

[@alexandervt5630]

@@Mads-hl8xj Well I have often see these windows with locks in the handle(I got some of those). Also I wonder what child is tall enough to reach the handle :D

[@Mads-hl8xj]

@@alexandervt5630 Sure you can buy locks that completely lock them, doesn't lock them in position tho.. Kids are creative and finds things to stand on.

[@tatethetottle]

Why would you do that tho it breaks the window?

[@Mads-hl8xj]

@@Kind-Honeydew193 Link ?

[@HoneyHonkh]

"Ey, mach mal das Fenster auf Kipp"

[@melanie6988]

hahaha immer

[@admin.1970]

"beste Stellung"

[@ferox2526]

Stark

[@mynoxx01]

Und jetzt versuch mal das jemandem auf englisch zu erklären, der die Funktion nicht kennt.

[@odilonmm8648]

"mach ma kippe" und "gib ma kippe" kleiner Unterschied, große Wirkung. Ruhrpott ftw!

[@Feralia1987]

Everyone: "wow weird stuff" Me: "I wonder how often she had to turn the globe and stopped it with her finger till she managed to point on Germany"

[@lenkacfk7155]

I guess she started with her finger on Germany, then swirled the globe, and reversed it for the video.

[@Feralia1987]

@@lenkacfk7155 ahhh smart. Since quarantine I even forgot to use my brain after being passiv all the time. Thank you very much.

[@ikitclaw4852]

@@Feralia1987 Dw, I thought the same thing as soon as I saw it ^^

[@that1niceguy246]

you read my mind

[@xIsoLightx]

@@lenkacfk7155 Her finger shows actually on poland.

[@yupluto4843]

as someone who's lived their entire life in germany, i still get excited whenever i'm able to take a doubledecker train!

[@poppypeppa0186]

yu pluto yeah i get much more exited when a double decker train is actually not over 20 minutes delayed or cancelled

[@elenarossi8398]

Ne too

[@BrickingStudio55]

Nah

[@connectingwings7212]

I actually don't - I prefer modern EMUs with quick acceleration over many of those double decker trains we have in germany. The Desiro HC (RRX) is fine though!

[@Momo1992ification]

poppypeppa 01 True words!

[@krrbrr7057]

for the window thing: i thought everwhere in the world had this.. so im shocked that you guyz dont know what it is.

[@venator5]

Me too. I live in Hungary and our house has many windows like that. I really though all around the world this window were used. But as it mentioned I recalled that I hardly ever seen a window like that in westerd games and movies. And probably hardly japanese animes have that.

[@krrbrr7057]

venator5 yeah but its still shocking to me anyways 😂

[@venator5]

@@krrbrr7057 imagine if her first experience would be opening the window in the wrong manner and only 1 corner holds the widow in place...

[@krrbrr7057]

venator5 ahahahha im sure she had that kind of experience :D

[@lourose27]

From Poland, had no idea it's a special thing either 😅

[@ivanhasan8838]

The weirdest thing for me in Germany is when it rains (all the time) and I complain about it, every single German would reply like the following : “ but it is good for nature”.

[@niag.3332]

Yeah, that's very German indeed 💦

[@TechniX4you]

oder wir antworten "du bist doch nicht aus Zuckerwatte" / or we reply "your not made out of cotton candy are you?" 😁

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

A few drops of rain . Hundreds of umbrellas !

[@crypto9999999]

true. im german and i say it every time when someone says it rains :)

[@frankk.777]

It’s what we have been telling ourselves for centuries 😀

[@lanzelotty11]

I love looking at my country through foreigners' eyes. Mostly makes me smile.

[@milvaamelie4624]

Same; it’s odd though because all of these things seem to be so natural to me

[@user-gr2jz6qq6g]

Cringe

[@martinn.6082]

"Mostly" lol

[@HollaBackFounder]

It makes you realize the wonders of your country which you normally don’t appreciate.

[@talesUmbra]

so true :)

[@flavioc5389]

The only thing that is news to me is... that British girls don't go every year to the gynecologist.😷

[@fuzzlefeenix]

I'm in the UK, and while you wouldn't go to a gynacologist for a regular check-up, you would go to see a nurse or a General Practioner (at your local practice or sexual health clinic) if you noticed anything out of the ordinary. They would refer you to a gynacologist if you needed specialist attention. The only time you would see a doctor about gynacological health without noticing a problem yourself is for a cervical cancer smear test: every 3 years from age 25. Annual health checks for general health are also only a thing if have certain medical conditions. Instead, general health checks are offered every 5 years only once your over 40. Basically, not seeing a gynacologist annually is in line with that overall trend of only seeing your doctor when you have a specific problem.

[@viviannatanasi7715]

fuzzlefeenix oh wow you have a terrible healthcare system.

[@olgahein4384]

@@fuzzlefeenix Germans are passionate about prevention. Not a big surprise, considering their country has been turned into nothing but dust and ruins more than once within the last 100 years (and for europeans in general, 100 years are pretty much "recently"). It's not only preventive check-ups, but in most other areas of daily life. And it worked pretty well. Whatever desaster came in the recent decades, economical or whatever, Germany was hit as hard as other countries, but due to preventive measures recovered nearly instantly or prevented the worse. May it be the economical crisis that shook Spain and Greece years ago, or even the Coronavirus (not to say that Germany has prepared perfectly, but when you look at the 'infected' to 'death' ratio in Germany, it is far lower than in most other countries in the world). Needless to say, once this whole pandemic thing is over and our economy has recovered, first thing the germans (citizens as well as insurances and government bureaus such as the unemployment bureau) will do: start saving up again. Second thing: bring back the pharmaindustry into the country. Third thing: Invest far more in medical jobs and appreciate scientists, doctors AND nurses far more than ever.

[@onedumbbaby]

@@fuzzlefeenix in the u.s.a. it is routine to see your gynecology doc once a year

[@fritzpohl5451]

So watch out who you flirting with on your next holliday

[@rogerroger9175]

For people who don't really understand the gynycologists issue. In Germany women go every year because your insurance pays for annual check ups, they start at different ages, but usually they iclude a PAP smear test, and a breast exam. When you get older there are more things included in the check up, because the risk for cervical and kolorectal cancer increases. German health insurances, especially within the last years, have made an effort to pay for measures that would prevent illness.

[@nilesbutler8638]

Make good medical screening available and people will use it. Producing loads of data that help treat even more people as a side effect

[@Stereochemistry]

This is not only in Germany. I can attest for the entire ex yugoslavia, sweden, Italy and Spain - same basic habits apply. I had no idea that UK is any differnt!

[@Mangafan47]

Also most schools get you a visit at the local gynecoligist during sex ed class (6-8th grade, depending on the state & school), where the doc explains what happens etc. Also they get informed, that they can come without by themselves with no data exposure to their parents. So if you're 14 and start being sexually active, you don't have to worry, that the doc won't treat/check you or tell your parents anything. Therefore it's pretty normal for teenagers to start their check ups at an early age and it becomes just a normality to get an annual check up.

[@elisasilvestri7522]

In Italy health care is either private (faster and better but also very expensive) or public (slower and you still have to pay a little), and you have to pay monthly or yearly for it whichever you choose plus the fee; we do check ups every year: a private gyno charges around 200 euros for a normal check up, public ones 50 but we still try and manage to go at least once every two years (same goes for oculists, and other doctors...) unless of course something's not right then we book a visit

[@Stereochemistry]

@@elisasilvestri7522 e usiamo il bidè, che è quel pezzo cruciale di igiene quotidiana che ti risparmia un bel po' di visite al ginecologo...

[@sgtflashback5442]

I never knew our windows were such special, that one surprised me.

[@fenriswolfkanal]

How do you clean the outside of the glas with your windows. We open it and clean it - but how do you do that - from outside with a ladder?

[@unitlonda4925]

@@fenriswolfkanal You can actually still open the windows normally if you turn the handle to the right side! So you can choose if you want to Kipp it or open it fully. That way you can also clean the outside of the glass without having to go on top a ladder ^^

[@luciazollner1918]

Same

[@xunter]

@@fenriswolfkanal 😂😂 you made my day. Ofc we can open it full.

[@patrickkelly7085]

20 years ago here in the UK i bought sliding doors that opened up onto my garden they opened the same way the window did to enable the user to allow fresh air in and to lock the door at the same time, brilliant German invention.

[@awetistic5295]

Apparently I am so German that I didn't even know these things are typically German. My mind is seriously blown by the fact that Spaghetti ice was invented in Germany and I had no idea that Kippfenster aren't common all around the world... they make so much sense.

[@Irgendeinname0815]

Innerhalb von 2 Tagen hab ich 2 Videos gesehen, in denen über Spaghetti-Eis so gestaunt wurde.

[@Milanesium]

Yeah, Spaghetti ice cream sounds so much like an Italian idea.

[@markusneumann146]

@Siebenstern Schmeckt halt scheiße. 😀

[@carmenschumann826]

@Fabian Kirchgessner . . . Amis? Geh noch mal zurück auf Los . . .

[@queenyrose4570]

@@Milanesium Well, it was invented by an Italian in Germany. There is a video about it on the ARTE channel.

[@afriedman8677]

In Italy, these windows are called "il vasistas". That name is a reference to the German phrase "was ist das?", or "what is that?". The story is that when they were first introduced in Italy, people were so surprised that they asked "what is that?" to the German importer, and the phrase stuck.

[@johannakny6517]

Same goes for French: vasistdas ☺️

[@alejandrocivitanovae8320]

ventanas fascistas

[@siggyincr7447]

That's pretty funny.

[@mattbite]

Funny, in Poland we say: "wichajster", which is taken from Germans: wie heisst er? - "what's its name?" :)

[@HafdirTasare]

Sounds like a german ad campaign.

[@ultimatenebula1027]

As you can see, Germans love to react on vids about Germany. Thats so weird but it is getting weirder cause iam also German.

[@itsme609]

Ehre XD

[@claraherzel]

Made my day

[@lukasspeckbacher7679]

You‘ve become the very thing you swore to destroy😂

[@robertnett9793]

It's just nice to see a view from the outside. That things, we take as completely normal and assume everyone else does or have those, are in fact special, quirks we can't see for ourselves... That's very interesting.

[@huffelpuffwerewolfgirl5811]

Isso

[@Jennyfisch]

I have never encountered the concept of "Schorle" in other countries before, at least not in restaurants. I think mixing juice with water is something that might be quite uniquely German, too.

[@GaiagalRTD]

As an American taking German courses and talking with my tutor, I had NEVER heard of a “Schorle” before he mentioned it.

[@wooperlovesbts2987]

It exists in Spain. You can buy pineapple juice mixed with water there, at least in the southwest where I was on vacation.

[@maryam1065]

True! It’s a German thing. I could never get an Apfelschorle anywhere else and I have travelled quiet a lot :)

[@coobk]

schorle is specifically with carbonated water if its noncarbonated its generally just referred to as thinned

[@alexandergebauer1780]

I order everywhere around the world Cola-Bier and got ver funny reactions from the waiters ;-)

[@jennyfrosch19]

Sure we are “not Canada“... have you ever seen a winter in Germany? You would change your mind. Parts of Germany are covered in snow, while at others it only rains. But there are two things: cold temperatures and high humidity, consequently the streets start to freeze. You need Winter tyres to have enough grip. Plus we drive fast, so we need adequate tyres in winter.

[@sabinagehtdichnixan9713]

When the streets are frozen even with winter tires you still have no grip 🙄

[@Knotschi]

Also ob's in Kanada nie schneit!!! 🤦‍♀️

[@peachseller5725]

Knotschi hä?

[@Nachtigall069]

@@Knotschi Sag mal, bist du dumm? Lern erstmal Englisch. Damit ist gemeint, dass man Deutschland nicht mit Kanada vergleichen kann, weil Kanada viel weiter im Norden liegt und es da, obviously, viel mehr Schnee gibt, Sherlock.

[@Nachtigall069]

@@peachseller5725 Knotschi ist bißchen dumm.

[@K3r0411]

I’m a German living in Virginia, and you can sometimes find Kohlrabi here. But it’s smaller and not as tasty, so normally I don’t bother with it. Now I want a Spaghetti Eis.

[@ginad184]

I'm from Virginia living in Germany, hope you like it!

[@goofygoober1009]

the German embassy in the US recently noted that the German citizens in the US should evacuate immediately

[@julians5037]

@@goofygoober1009 They live there so they won't go back soon. Just read what they said. People on vacation should evacuate.

[@marjanhuysman7189]

I lived in Germany as a child and I really miss spaghetti Eis.

[@FrogeniusW.G.]

@@marjanhuysman7189 You can do it yourself! Just put your icecream through a strainer or sth., put whipped cream, strawberrysauce and grated white chocolate on it and enjoy! :) (I personally prefer it made with chocolate icecream and without strawberrysauce, just whipped cream. If you put it first/under the icecream it will freeze itself, which is the most delicious part!!)

[@Dunika]

For me is the fact that you can flush the toilet “a little” or “a lot”, and that you can stop the flushing.

[@kilianbader9786]

You should see Japans toilets. They have at least 10 options to choose from 😅

[@Surdeigt]

That's standard in many European countries. It's the standard in Scandinavia at least

[@MxO191]

When she flushed the toilet in the Sitzpinkler part my inky thought was: "what a waste of water..."

[@StanleyKubick1]

you're american

[@christopherstein2024]

@@a.kievstar0256 The right to flush shall not be infringed. And I shall pursue every freedom I have! To the last drop of water my toilet can flush and the last drop of gas my truck can burn! 😤😤😤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🔫🗽

[@user-db2vx8fd4c]

"Its not canada" The Erzgebirge would like to have a word with you.

[@Cillian0305]

So does the Thüringer Wald, the Bayrischer Wald and the Alps ;-) The rule is basically from october untill eastern you'll have winter tires, otherwise you'd be fined if it does snow

[@christianplatzbecker1784]

The winter in Germany are very difficult! Many years give no snow or ice and some winter have You in the warm Rheinland 20 cm snow and some ice and snow for weeks. And the last winter have we snow one day. We have winter with some rain, winter with some sunny days ore with some snow, but never can say give the next winter rain ore frost ore snow... The double Trains are a idea from the GDR Reichsbahn in the 70tes. They have a great and extreme funktional rail road system, but behind the 1990 going to the bad and failed railroad system from the western Germany DB railroad

[@wurgel1]

@@Cillian0305 Or the Harz. I mean getting greeted by a 3.5m tall snow easter bunny in the first front yard when entering the town is a nice reminder that you still should have winter tires equipped.

[@trnogger]

Mixing Coke with orange lemonade (Spezi, Mezzo Mix, Schwipp-Schwapp). It is everywhere in Germany and surrounding countries, but elsewhere people rarely have heard of it it seems. My UK colleagues were horrified when I mixed Coke and lemonade when visiting...

[@hannahk9712]

Aber nur die gute Paulaner Spezi ist die echte :D

[@talgattursynbekov9677]

Club-mate saw it only in Germany

[@fridericusrex9812]

Fun fact vitamin C (lemons) + benzoic acid in Coke makes benzene. Yay!

[@RioMuc]

I find all these kind of mix drinks pretty bizarr. Coke with Fanta (Spezi), Beer with Sprite (Radler), Juices with Water (Schorle). It's like, WHY? I either drink one or the other. For me they all taste horrible.

[@Krackerlack]

Spezi is GREAT

[@kuchengeckarbor7575]

I am from germany and omg, i didn't know that all of these things are so “exotic“ for other countries😂

[@cau6659]

Very exotic specially the spaghetti ice cream and the windows design :)

[@kuchengeckarbor7575]

@@cau6659 Spaghetti ice cream is really delicous. Some restaurants serve it with warm strawberry sauce, so it feels more like real spaghetti😂😍

[@cau6659]

@@kuchengeckarbor7575 Wow that sounds delish 👌 and kind of fun to eat it 😁😋

[@bidzej86]

it's because almost nothing of it is in any way exotic to most of the world.

[@darinein]

Ging mir genauso XD

[@RioMuc]

The separating stick at the supermarket. A friend of mine was visiting me and went to the supermarket. Someone put the stick in front of his grocery and he kept on saying he didn't want to buy it.

[@Anna00abroad]

But how do other countries seperate their groceries if not with these sticks?

[@shubitoxX]

Hahaha hilarious 😅

[@mucsalto8377]

and - what is even more funny - we do not have a German word for that "thing", but we know how to use it.

[@holyfield8284]

@@mucsalto8377 laut Duden heißt das "Ding" Warentrenner. 😉🙋🏼‍♂️

[@dweuromaxx]

Here we go: Warentrennstab, Warennholz, Warenteiler, Warenseparator, Kassentrenner, Kundentrenner, Trennstab.... to be continued.

[@poranda-panda]

Now imagine a serial killer Movie in America where the Killer tries to enter a house which is inspired by houses in Germany, and he cant put up the Window bc its a "Kippfenster", that would be hilarious.

[@Lenariet]

Kippfenster are an easy entry method for burglary gangs afaik. You should never leave them "auf kipp" when leaving your house.

[@randomhumanbeing1225]

Someone needs to make this a movie lol

[@FelixIsGood]

@@Lenariet Except when they can be locked which should be standard in newer houses.

[@NoName_Nobody]

One time I forgot my Keys.... Its veeeery easy to open a "Kipped" window

[@Yannibo]

Haha ich schmeiß mich weg vor Lachen😂👌 Geilo Alder!

[@FranzKaernBiederstedt]

I guess, one of the most German things is "Apfelsaftschorle", perhaps the most popular beverage in Germany, which is a mixture of apple juice and mineral (or sparkling) water. I only know it from German speaking countries, nowhere else... The word "Schorle" by itself doesn't seem to have any resemblance in other languages. A "Schorle" in general is everything you mix with mineral water. This can be all kinds of juices, but also red or white wine.

[@poughkeepsie8516]

Franz Kaern-Biederstedt exactly! Try to explain it to the waiter when you’re out of Germany 🤣

[@poughkeepsie8516]

franz stockmann not really. I am from Hannover and living in Stuttgart now. I have seen Apfelschorle everywhere in North & South. But try to order a Alsterwasser in Stuttgart! Here they are called Radler 🤣

[@websalsero]

Ja, Saftschorle ist auf jeden Fall typisch Deutsch!

[@reinholdmessner7787]

Rotweinschorle? Für mich als Pfälzer unbekannt! Meinst Du Roséweine? Das lass ich gelten. Aber zum Beispiel nen Dornfelder mit Sprudel??? Naja...

[@goofygoober1009]

my former Czech colleague used to do that. Never seen that before

[@RetroNekoArt]

its a bid sad to hear that going to the "frauenarzt" is not really common in other countrys...girls please take care of yourself!

[@sth5033]

i'm sure that going to the gynecologist is common in the UK, but perhaps not a yearly visit like you would a dentist.

[@birdman9265]

@@sth5033 women's reproductive health and screenings are essential. there is zero reason to not go at least once yearly

[@sth5033]

@@birdman9265 i don't disagree with you, but that's just not the culture in some places.

[@alondraandradeandrade7293]

@@birdman9265 maybe someone who wasn't born and raised I germany wouldn't feel comfortable doing so, I'm from Mexico and the first time I went to the gynecologist was at 21, and I was really nervous, my legs were shaking and I felt I was about to vomit, that's day the anxiety was really kicking in, cause someone was looking at my most vulnerable place, it wasn't a really comfortable thing,but that's how many of us women in other countries feel.

[@birdman9265]

@@alondraandradeandrade7293 I'm just saying, this is not something to be embarrassed about. In the USA young women begin to see the gynecologist anywhere between 15-20 years old and go yearly, or bi-yearly. This is something that is essential for our health as women. My gynecologist is the one who discovered a genetic issue that could cause ovarian and breast cancer. These gynecologists in the USA are about women's overall health and wellness and I think that is something women across the globe should begin demanding. We have very complex bodies compared to men and our reproductive health is essential to take care of. Not seeing a gynecologist until you are well into adulthood could be absolutely dangerous to your health and this is something I hope British women, and Mexican women like yourself, begin changing. We must not be embarrassed about our health

[@cymbala6208]

When I was a small child my parents told me at a restaurant that they were going to order icecream for me... and as I had never seen spaghetti icecream before, I really started to cry when the waiter arrived at our table... I was so disappointed until I understood that it was actually icecream 😂

[@SSLLatia]

apparently the man who invented ice cream enjoyed to see that which his first little customer :)

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

Atia Janssens wouldn‘t happen in Germany, because every child that knows ice cream also knows Spaghetti ice cream 🍨 😋😂 Every ice cream parlor sells it

[@milli4861]

I thought this were real spaghetti until I was nine/ten...and I am German😅

[@Oberbaumbruecke]

I love Spaghetti icecream. It comes with strawberry souce and sometimes there is whipped cream under the Spaghettis. 😜☝️

[@Miristzuheiss]

@@mathildewesendonck7225 wer weiss wie alt Cymbala ist. Habe mein erstes Spaghetti Eis auch erst mit 15 Rum gegessen

[@axels4797]

I'm German and I always thought that "Spaghetti Eis" is an Italian invention...

[@mariuskaesser]

I mean it was an italian at the Eisdiele Fontanella but as a Mannheimer I'm still proud of it Go Lokalpatriotismus 🎉

[@morantNO1]

Same as the Döner. Inspired by another culture, but actually very german.

[@TL-xv9of]

Spaghetti Eis ist einfach geil! Monnem sowieso!

[@Alexander-ck1up]

@@mariuskaesser Monnem 🤘🏻😁

[@itsmelissa5788]

Ich auch

[@PS-ic4bp]

I have found the Germans to be super helpful. I was at a station in Germany and asked for directions to my hotel - the official was at a desk but spoke no English and it was quite dark and quiet and he walked all the way out of the station and pointed to my hotel a short walk away. Another time I was on a train to Frankfurt airport and a German gentleman who was reasonably chatty woke up another man and asked him to set my heavy bags down when the airport came as he was getting down at an earlier station himself. As an Asian woman newly in Europe, this was such an amazing welcome into Europe.

[@weiserEsel]

Very nice indeed... and rare. You should go play lottery :D

[@blubbTee]

@@weiserEsel ? Man muss nur freundlich fragen.

[@martin116d]

@@weiserEsel It happens here in Germany MANY times as often as it would happen in - say - France.

[@mquietsch6736]

The main difference between Germany and other countries is that in Germany you need to ask. This seems to be a problem for many tourists in Germany. For me, being a German, it's part of being grown-up: If you need help, find someone to help. Problem solved. So please, do ask! Most Germans don't make a display of American cheer, but they do like helping. Of course, Asians have the advantage of being super, super polite when asking, so it's such a pleasure to help. A long time ago this happened to me. A middle-aged Asian lady turned to me, bowed slightly, and asked for the way to her hotel. And she thanked me so prettily, bowing again. I bowed back out of reflex :-D

[@sojus7929]

@@mquietsch6736 Yes you're right I don't get what's the big deal with asking for help, I mean I love to help others but I'm not a mind reader so if you need help as a foreigner in Germany just find someone to help you.

[@Vaneska59]

German here: I thought I broke the window when I accidently opened an already kipped window (with old windows that can happen). I was horrified, so I can understand.

[@regenindergosse]

Ich hab mal versehentlich ein fenster deswegen komplett ausgehebelt 😂

[@lennart9234]

Nicht nur mit alten fenstern. Wohne in einem Neubau und habe auch schon des öfteren das Fenster aufgehebelt, in dem ich es ganz geöffnet habe, ohne es vorher zu schließen..

[@regenindergosse]

@@lennart9234 jep, ebenso ✌️😂

[@anjar.2910]

Ich wollte als kleines Kind mal ein Fenster öffnen und hab's irgendwie geschafft es an 3 Ecken auszuhängen und stand dann als Winzling da und hab versucht ein riesiges Fenster zu halten und hab geheult 😂

[@grabbin_]

@@anjar.2910 wollt ich gerade auch sagen ^^ wenn man es kippt und dann normal öffnet hängt das Fenster schräg und wackelig an nur einem Scharnier. Bei modernen Fenster ist das allerdings nicht mehr möglich.

[@charlotteice5704]

Having winter tires is not only about more grip in snowy weather, but also about the rubber they're made of. Summer tires are made of rubber that loses grip below 7°C. Winter tire rubber on the other hand is built to withstand much lower temperatures. Aside from that, it's also grippier and softer which is useful in winter but only increases fuel consumption in summer.

[@kiwib.7824]

It's still amazing that other countries that have snow, too, don't know the concept like New Zealand (where you need them at least on the South Island), Spain and many more

[@Scrabbl84]

That is not true anymore. The technology is now so good that there is actually no longer any reason for summer tires. All the reasons against using winter tires in summer from before like "the tires getting hot bei high speeds", "the tires are bad when it rains" or "the tires wear out faster" are no longer right. The only reason for summer tires, it looks way better, cause you can use bigger rims :D

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

@@Scrabbl84 Wo hast du denn bitte den Schmarrn aufgeschnappt? Winterreifen haben eine viel weichere Gummimischung als Sommerreifen, wenn du die einfach im Sommer weiterfährst hast du wesentlich mehr Abrieb (also mehr Umweltverschmutzung und schnellere Abnutzung), und, noch wichtiger, schlechteren Grip und *einen wesentlich längeren Bremsweg!* Außerdem sind die vielen kleinen Lamellen von Winterreifen, die dir auf Schnee besseren Grip geben, nicht dazu geeignet große Wassermassen wie in einem Sommergewitter zur Seite zu schieben, die Wahrscheinlichkeit steigt stark aufzuschwimmen. Im Sommer mit Winterreifen unterwegs zu sein ist also nicht nur unsinnig, sondern ein Sicherheitsrisiko. Und da du als Autofahrer eine Sorgfaltspflicht trägst, kann dir das auch durchaus angelastet werden, wenn wirklich was passieren sollte. (Es gibt natürlich inzwischen Ganzjahresreifen, aber die sind halt auch nichts halbes und nichts ganzes und so gesehen zu keiner Jahreszeit optimal.)

[@Scrabbl84]

@@Howitchewstofeel5gum Direkt von einem großen Reifenhersteller. Dort haben wir nämlich mal eine Führung bekommen. Das Winterreifen durch die weichere Mischung einen größeren Abbrieb haben ist zwar korrekt, Winterreifen werden gegenüber Sommerreifen aber auch von Haus aus mit ein paar Millimeter mehr Profil produziert, so dass es unterm Strich aufs selbe rauskommt. Das mit dem Wasser ist eben nicht mehr so, da in all den Lamellen kleine "Häutchen" sind, welche die Wasserverdrängung deutlich erhöhen. Bildlich gesprochen, die das Wasser wie ein Abzieher zur Seite schieben beim Abrollen. Aber wie auch immer, ich bin kein Fachmann, ich kann Fragen nicht so beantworten wie mir das beantwortet wurde. Es gibt aber beim ADAC auch Reifenkurse, dort wird man dir ähnliches erzählen. Zumindest solang du an Neuem interessiert bist und nicht alles direkt als "Schmarn" abtust, was deinem jahrelangen Weltbild widerspricht ;)

[@DamianMathew]

@@Scrabbl84 I know for a fact winter or all-weather tires turn into hot air on a burnout or drift. Summer or even semi-slicks don’t and last at-least 2x as long. Id say cheap Prius summer tires even last 4x as long and feel like plastic. Winter tires just melt and smoke away. I could go to a Wetten Dass show guessing what is summer and what is winter tire while doing a burn out xD ez game

[@N0xturn]

Also a fact about Germans: as soon as a video gets released with Germany in the title, the comment section belongs to us.

[@ChasRMartin]

Ich bin doch Ersatz deutsch

[@dayegilharno4988]

Hahahaha soo true! Must be the inherent insecurities coming with a history like ours...

[@jannesfriedrichs1563]

@@dayegilharno4988 🤣🤣

[@jannesfriedrichs1563]

😂😂👍

[@richardcollins7909]

Very true. I've never been to Germany but you guys actually deserve your own YT. Wish I could visit sometime in my life. Lol

[@markomessner5463]

Alle Deutschen denen das Video angezeigt wird: DA muss ich was reinschreiben

[@Rondo2ooo]

Machen alle wenn über ihr Land geschrieben wird.

[@tacheles-orakel9919]

Haha, du ja auch 🙂

[@Dibi918]

Sie wurden für das Eiserne Kreuz in der Kategorie Internet nominiert

[@Andrei-cp5jr]

Alle Deutschen, die was reinschreiben: "Alle Deutschen denen das Video angezeigt wird: DA muss ich was reinschreiben!"

[@mxnokuma4335]

TRUE

[@euromut555]

What struck me about living in Germany was the commonly-enforced propriety - for example: crossing an empty road against the "don't walk" sign. I was shocked when two quite elderly women yelled in my direction from almost a block away. "They couldn't be yelling at me," I thought. But when I kept walking, they continued yelling and began walking in my direction. It was the first time I heard what I came to understand as a common phrase: "Mann macht es nicht so" or "One does not do that" - an odd-sounding phrase that any English-speaker might never utter in his or her entire life. The two elderly ladies spoke perfect english, of course, so when they realized that I was American and had only just arrived in Germany two days previously, they kindly asked, "You understand why we obey the signals even when there are no cars, don't you?" I had no idea. "To set an example for the children." Score one for Germans, this American, zero. Another example: one time and one time only when I stepped into the elevator at my Studentenheim, I pressed the button for the next floor, the one I lived on. I was corrected immediately, "Mann macht es nicht so!" You only use the elevator to go up at least two if not three floors - otherwise, you use the stairs. Why? It wastes electricity, your own body is more efficient for just a floor or two. Score two for Germans, this American, zero. Many many more such examples - from fixing a flat tire instead of walking the bike; bringing your beer bottles to the return or recycling bin every morning on the way to the bus stop - and if you don't, you get asked, "Where are your bottles?" Because EVERYone drinks beer every evening and has bottles to return. It may seem intrusive and offensive to our American sensibility, but German society is far more "rationalized" as Max Weber would say, and Germans are highly socialized - there is a correct way to do just about everything, and everyone should help one another to do their best. Sadly, we Americans suffer from what Emile Durkheim called "Anomie" - literally, "no rules" - which we often confuse with freedom, liberty, and don't tell me what to do! But we also live in confusion and anxiety because...we never really know if we are doing anything right. Without a target, you never get to know when you hit a bullseye. That is what I learned in Germany. Oh yeah, what about Quak (sorta Greek yoghurt-ish dairy product), Gluhwein (spiced warm red wine at Christmans), sales and VAT tax included in the given price for everything, one-page tax forms, established or tax-funded churches, and the more or less honor system of paying for bus fares.

[@denji769]

Well, as a German I can assure you that I'm always crossing the road on red (on foot, ofc) and I've never been yelled at by anybody. Guess these situations can happen all over the glove with a bit of (bad) luck. :P

[@y33t23]

Flori L. Guess you mean all over the globe, glove would be more like bacteria dimension

[@naomiz5099]

I've had the opposite experience seeing a group of old ladies jaywalk lmao

[@Rainerjgs]

Es heißt Quark und nicht Quak!

[@proteus03]

@@denji769 As a german I can assure you that I'm never crossing when children are in reach. (Then no children are around and it's safe to go I also cross the road on red of course.)

[@nicorosbergf1fan783]

Winter tyres are extremely important, there are many crashes in the winter in slippery conditions. If you cause a crash under those circumstances and the police finds out your car was not fitted with proper winter tyres, you will be punishment quite hard because the whole accident might have been easily avoidable.

[@Steppenkater]

Mostly the insurance company will punish you.

[@NFreund]

Eh, the winter tires are way more important because of one thing: The rubber mix in winter tires is way softer than summer tires. Below 7°C summer tires can need up to 30 meters more stopping distance because of that. THAT'S the most important thing about winter tires!

[@nicorosbergf1fan783]

@@NFreund Absolutely right

[@harryheart6018]

Let's not forget that you can alternatively just buy all year tires. No changing necessary l, but slightly, worse performance than specialized tires in both respective seasons.

[@monkeycheese301]

In England hald eher hinfällig, da hats im Februar etwa 15°C

[@TheExostan]

as someone living in germany, hearing these things surprise me as they are the most common things for me

[@livaugirard3383]

You forgot an essential element in Spaghetti ice: a scoop of whipped cream in the middle which freezes under the ice cream :) A German thing that I enjoy very much (though it is regional and not known everywhere in Germany) is a good "Weinschorle", which is white or rose wine mixed with sparkling water.

[@tochterdernacht3784]

The frozen whipped creme is for me the best part of Spagetti eis 😍

[@miriambe7150]

I absolutely hate that part! I need to move to a region people don't do that!

[@quatschk0pfr.w.676]

Oh love Spaghetti Ice😻

[@olmaBLN]

Weinschorle its popular all over Germany, but sometimes named different (at Bavarian Forrest: Gespritzt'n). But mostly with white wine. Using red wine ist very rare ( and a crime, on my opinion )

[@memento81]

@@miriambe7150 or you can just order "ohne Sahne bitte" and you just get more vanilla ice instead

[@indeboss]

Surprised to find out that the window thing is not as common - it's also a standard in Russia (as well as most of other mentioned things)

[@clockworkpotato]

Well, because windows tech came to Russia from Germany. What else is there in Russia? Kohlrabi, "Frauendoktor" and tires.

[@juliamaddox4408]

Too many mosquitoes and other bugs here in North America for those windows to work. Unless they have screens and I missed that?

[@D0MiN0ChAn]

@@juliamaddox4408 Most people nowadays tend to install a screen, so pesky insects stay out during hot summer nights. Which is quite nifty, since you can still tilt the window or open it fully and don't have to fear mosquitos invading your rooms at night :D

[@aufDeutschland]

@@juliamaddox4408 We've got some kind of screens "Insektenschutzgitter", which you can put in front of your window. It's an option. All my windows are secured this way, no bugs inside.

[@ljupkan3873]

@@clockworkpotato in Serbia, Croatia and other ex Yugoslav countries too

[@ulrichzanon3699]

I'm really impressed. Not just by the content of the video, but by your absolutly perfect pronounciation of the german words

[@magicmulder]

I’d wager she’s German and that it’s her English that is almost perfect for a non-native speaker.

[@DonnaMiez]

@@magicmulder what? No Way she isn’t german

[@llaptoo]

"It's not Canada" Maybe you haven't experienced it yet but Germany can go full Canada in winter and then you're in trouble without proper tires.

[@EckhardKain]

While I agree that our winters are not to mess with, and winter tires definitely have their purpose, I don't think 'full canada' applies here. Getting snowed in, for example, is pretty common in Canada, whereas in Germany it only happens very rarely or in remote areas in the higher regions.

[@sini9905]

@@EckhardKain Ja stimmt, letzter Winter war so ein Ding, hatten nen Meter Schnee

[@lemsip207]

Same continental climate because they aren't protected by the Gulf Stream.

[@Orange-po6qv]

Germany don't go 'full Canada', whether it is the snow or the cold.

[@nctpti2073]

@@EckhardKain Vancouver is not 'Full Canada' then? :)

[@ginad184]

The whole trash sorting situation blew my mind, they have a bin for everything

[@stefan1924]

Go to Sweden and have your mind blown a little more. ^^ They have mixed bins even in public spaces (at least in Stockholm).

[@dianafigueroa3038]

same!

[@droqlet]

Stefan In Germany you can find mixed bins also in public places

[@Luke0193]

Yea since it makes sense. Recycling is kinda necessary today and if nobody separates their trash some people will have the worst days of work ever

[@steve1978ger]

yeah but the system is kind of broken, a lot of it gets thrown in the same landfill anyway

[@Onmysheet]

During a pandemic and still releasing great videos.

[@dweuromaxx]

Always! 😉

[@mercedeslb237]

@@dweuromaxx Merci 😗

[@whatsgoingon92]

The more important to release great videos during the pandemic...consider it a great civil service! :D

[@markusgaul8467]

@@dweuromaxx I wonder how people ventilate at night when there is no "tilt function" (at "Kippfenster")... Opening the whole window would often be too cold or too windy (at least in Germany) and fresh air is needed at night.

[@samirzepeda4028]

I'm Mexican and I just found out I am a "Sitzpinkler"

[@bladerunner3314]

The term (and it's variation Sitzpisser) are mostly used as an insult, i.e. "You're a pussy". I never take it like that, in fact I just don't care.

[@0stkreuz]

best comment :D

[@roswithaonline6961]

Christoph Waltz once explained that word also in an american TV Show. Jimmy Kimmel, maybe? Topic "long german words", hilariuos! XD Ah, no, it was Jimmy Fallon. :D

[@anja4790]

Lmao. Gracias

[@aladdinsane848]

The Mexican Sitzpinkler... That's a perfect Bandname😂

[@magicmulder]

Fun fact: “Sitzpinkler” is also used as a mildly derogatory term for a person who is considered too delicate. Other synonyms include “Warmduscher” (someone who showers with warm water).

[@hxxxkxxx1129]

That's so 2005

[@WesY2K]

@@hxxxkxxx1129 You are a Teletubbiezurückwinker! xD

[@DerDuke]

Turnbeutelvergesser

[@WesY2K]

@@DerDuke M-und-M-nach-Alphabet-Esser

[@Ennehausen]

Schattenparker

[@whimsicalcat]

We eat kholrabi too here in Assam, India. But surprisingly, most people from other Indian states also don't recognise this vegetable.

[@ejaaz7260]

ul kobi bey 😅 Would never have thought that Germans kita e khai buli.

[@lunaofhearts]

We do get it ...here in Maharashtra but only in winters. It tastes a bit horrible to me.

[@whimsicalcat]

@Ejaaz. Moiu surprised je Germanyt u khai. ☺

[@vsuperbhat]

I just ate it last night here in Bangalore.

[@GovindaDevDas-Vision-Darshana]

Rupankar Sharma what’s the name there ?

[@Traveler-rf8ye]

Some people really need to chill out in the comments section. She's sharing her experience when she first arrived to Germany. She's not criticising she's simply sharing. Most of you act as if everywhere you have traveled to you knew exactly what everything was and how it functions. So why do you even bother traveling if you already seem to know everything??? Guess what! You most likely don't know everything and probably whilst you were traveling there were things you found different, strange or new which already exists in countries elsewhere. So no , she hasn't been living under a rock as some of you have rudely asked, she simply lived somewhere where the culture is different. I can also guarantee you that if you travel to another region within your own country you will learn about things you weren't aware of whether it's language, food or related to other cultural aspects. The whole idea of traveling is to experience the unknown. (Not relaxation, sightseeing or for food or drink, because we all have that in our countries). Yet some of you are criticising her for that. And okay maybe she may have gotten something wrong like some of you have suggested regarding the peeing term, but damn have you never made an error? If you have haven't you are probably an alien or something, because even scientists who work years on research sometimes make erros. Besides when someone makes a mistake, there's no need to belittle them rather educate them. It's as simple as that :). ANYWAY, the world would be rather boring if we all knew about everything. So really CHILL.😁

[@Kenionatus]

YOUWRONG IRIGHT!

[@achanwahn]

Here here!

[@09Krauti]

SIMP

[@Livingtree32]

I don't see the comments where people don't chill. Point me to one, please

[@Traveler-rf8ye]

@@Livingtree32 I don't need to, because if you choose to only see the good in the comment section that's fine too, but as you can see about 312 people agreed with my statement :).

[@ITyphoonI]

Im always surprised how my foreign friends react when I eat "Mettbrötchen" infront of them. Also many of my asian friends Start screaming in Terror when i Drink Water directly from the tap.

[@stevenvandemsky7290]

American and british folks also don't get it. I can tell them a thousand times that german tab water is better then your usual bottled mineral water and they just look at me like "yeah, that crazy German again..."

[@Herberthintermwald]

I dont get, why so many people bother to buy bottled water. Its much more expensive and inconvenient than just going to the tap.

[@ludidrechsler]

I only buy sparkling water, but if I need water without gas, I just take tap water every time...

[@m3lodr4matic]

Mettbrötchen ist halt auch einfach abartig...

[@ulrichkalber9039]

@@m3lodr4matic nur wenn man in einem Land ohne Fleischbeschau lebt. DORT Mettbrötchen zu essen wäre allerdings WIRKLICH abartig.

[@carlocabron4271]

When my Russian wife came first to Germany, she told me she had seen something never before in her life: Sausage in a glass

[@amigalemming]

@@LuckyBaby1239 Nur Pommes im Glas? ;-)

[@thucy2]

I grew up in the States but both my parents had emigrated from Germany a year before I was born. They brought over featherbeds from "the Old Country." I was shocked when I learned all my American friends slept on sheets and blankets. My first trip to Germany I saw all my relatives there had, you guessed it, featherbeds.

[@pebo8306]

Seriously??? No down-blankets????

[@mweskamppp]

I had one when i was a kid. But then i did not have a heater in the room and only single glass windows. The only oven was in the kitchen and one had to sacrifice in the morning and make fire. 60s early 70s. Today with a central heating systems a featherbed is too warm.

[@pebo8306]

@@mweskamppp That is actually not through! There are down comforters adapted to temperature zones.They differ by the quality and quantity of the down filling.Additionally there are the ones with waffle-slab pattern! Down absorbs body moisture much better,than any blanket would!

[@mweskamppp]

@@pebo8306 OK. I did not see down beds since my parents got a heating system in the house. There might be another reason behind that as well. I got allergic and synthetic was better for me.

[@Surdeigt]

What? I think many European countries are very equal, Germany and Norway definitely is. People that don't have featherbeds don't know what they're missing out on.

[@matlew1960]

As an Brit ex-pat whose lived in Germany for over 35 years I like to say that I agree with everything Rachel says here. And yes I'm a Sitzpinkler..

[@raviu2646]

@trident3b yeah because you life in Germany now for 60 years

[@pst5345]

Schattenparker as well then, I guess^^

[@LaNoireDetruit]

@@cemo1740 "Germans don't pee while sitting, only people from Österreich do." - How do you know what *all* people in Germany do? ;) Where I live and everywhere I've been in Germany, peeing while standing up is considered rude because we know now that tiny pee droplets fly everywhere if you don't sit down.

[@Ganslool]

@@cemo1740 thats not true. Many men pee while sitting. Its just a clishee (?) that men who are peesitter are weak.

[@AlbusHeizer]

Generally the German men would like to pee while standing, but . . . and that's a fact - the ladies don't really like if you spread your stuff around. At the latest when you live together with a girl she will "explain" it to you :-)). The word "Sitzpinkler" is actually a derogatory term for a "guy without balls". A weakling who always does what his demanding wife requires. Honestly . . . I'm married for 20 years and yes, I'am a Sitzpinkler. ;-)

[@gigantius2]

I didn't know what bureaucracy was until I came to Germany...

[@Shankar-Bhaskar]

Is the country very bureaucratic?

[@paulsj9245]

@@Shankar-Bhaskar Probably less than Spain (I heard). Plus, some things I read of the USA aren't unbureaucratic at all!

[@e.458]

I think immigrating entails a lot of bureaucracy. Since you don't immigrate into your native country, you do not experience as much of it there.

[@mucsalto8377]

that is right. Most of it is a side effect of the strict "rule of law" in Germany. What ever the state will ask you to do or order you to do, there will be an information how to object or to defend yourself against it. So Germans are used to claim their rights at court and any organisation tries to get their paperwork "waterproof" against that claims. This results in a lot of paper.

[@SpandauJerry]

Where do you come from?

[@vornamenachname4298]

There is a second reason why changing the tires. The elasticity of the rubber changes with the temperature. The winter tires has rubber with higher elasticity, which helps during the cold time. In the summer it would be worse for the tires, because it would cause higher wear. That's why you need two types of tires in Germany and countries with similar climate.

[@clockworkpotato]

I was very surprised to see in UK and US old-fashioned sliding windows that are not air-tight at all. This is like seeing new Bentley with Euro 1 norm petrol engine. High-tech countries with old tech windows :)

[@Paul54378]

Alice Wilde So how much do you pay for heating?

[@wanderschlosser1857]

@@ajrwilde14 You can have modern double or triple glassed windows in all shapes, forms, frame materials and different opening mechanisms. From outside you couldn't tell whether old or modern. Many older houses in Germany have historical looking modern windows.

[@clockworkpotato]

@@ajrwilde14That was my guess as well. But Greta does not like it!

[@davidmowbray4230]

@@ajrwilde14 I have seen old buildings with old glass on exterior and modern glazing on the inside. I suppose it is to with grading.

[@ES-fr3yz]

US is decades behind Germany in many ways.

[@lunaolivia7085]

The best part of spaghetti ice cream is the cooled whipped cream beneath the ice cream

[@WhatWouldJohnSay93]

Facts.

[@Flusenmonster]

Exactly!!!! :))

[@Hakunamataha]

JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Bonglecat]

I want that so much right now 😋

[@max_kl]

It's amazing when it freezes and you can chew on it!

[@JohnMcCormack]

The first time I went to Berlin, I was fascinated by the different "little green man" at traffic lights. I thought the different pose and the fact that he wears a hat was cool.

[@canadienvampire]

We have an old couple and Elvis Presley in his significant pose in Hessen.

[@carl5699]

Ohhhh, I was so fascinated by the too. Even tho I'm from germany I had never seen them before as they are only in (certain parts of) Berlin

[@stevenvandemsky7290]

In the communist eastern part of Berlin and Germany they used to have that funny looking green "Ampelmännchen" with the hat

[@123madooya]

I am german, living in the Netherlands. In the city Utrecht I have seen traffic lights with a dutch cartoon character from children books. It's a little bunny called "Nijntje"....looks similar to Hello Kitty. It looks sooo sweet!😊😍

[@kuroo.o1304]

In my small Village we have found remains of a roman campsite with a huge wall surrounding it, so some of our traffic lights sport a little roman with a helmet and a shield

[@Octopussyist]

Never heard of Winter tires? Well, when I see some of the video footage from American streets in Winter I already suspected that nobody there had ever heard of Winter tires. It is not only about snow. It is the temperature and the fact that the Summer tires are too hard and have a lot less grip in cold weather - whereas the Winter tires are too soft for Summer and wear down too quickly.

[@lequedicatsamarge4228]

Well, she obviously has a British accent, so the US comparison doesn‘t quite fit. However, your statement also holds for UK roads 😂

[@Octopussyist]

@@lequedicatsamarge4228 But she is actually the one comparing with North America. I know that is odd, but she does. And British dealers do sell snow tyres as well as winter tyres, so if that is where she is actually living I cannot imagine how she could not have heard of them, if she regularly drives a car.

[@ChasRMartin]

No we have winter tires. Here they’re called snow tires. They are less common now because of the invention of all weather radials

[@Octopussyist]

@@ChasRMartin Winter tires are not necessarily snow tires. The compound is the main differnce, not the tread. Winter tires should be used at temperatures under 7°C.

[@noname0705]

It's very funny to watch this video as german.

[@peterrabbitn787]

While eating Kohlrabi (it was a coincidence)

[@michellete6446]

Oh ja! 😄

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

How can you people live like this?

[@andreskrug8988]

Ja. Genau!

[@michellete6446]

Haha 😅

[@socialistdemocrat7207]

quick history to the double-deck trains in Germany: - invented and first use in 1936 - extensive production in East Germany for GDR's Reichsbahn - adaption for modern railway standards in the 1990ies - they can accomodate 30-40% more passengers than conventional wagons

[@RachelStewart04]

Thank you! And of course the Germans adopt the more efficient carriages ;)

[@RioMuc]

Thank you for the information!

[@johannesfranck1770]

I don’t get it those trains are very common in the US as well

[@Angel_EU34]

- They look twice as cool too

[@Felixkeeg]

Probably can also launch projectiles of 90 kg over 300 meters

[@jeffreypostma6832]

Pretty typical is a Radler: a mix 50% beer and 50% lemonade

[@pakzrokz]

Sorry but you spelled "Alster" wrong ;p

[@Manie230]

But Radler is not alcohol.

[@jeffreypostma6832]

@@Manie230 Yes, it is typically 2,5 percent

[@kjn6505]

A shandy then

[@skillrequired2466]

@@jeffreypostma6832 it's a reference to a "Ballermann" song(Mallorca, or as it's called by many younger peeps here in Germany: Malle) Ballermanhits are songs with quite simple lyrics to sing along even when you are really drunk. Some examples: Lorenz Büffel - Johnny däpp Ikke Hüftgold - dicke titten Kartoffelsalat (translated: Big tits potato salad) Rick Arena - Radler ist kein Alkohol ;) Also many younger people say it more or less jokingly at parties if somebody is drinking a Radler instead of a "real" beer.

[@elysora0446]

Me as a German watching this: "Huh. Interesting...."

[@fiedelmina]

if it's any consolation: I moved into an old house with no kipp windows 2 years ago. Or so I thought. There was a weird metal lever on the bathroom window but I never understood what it was for. A short while ago when I wanted to open the bathroom window, it "kipped" and I thought I'd broken it. Until I realized that the metal lever was for a system to transform an old-fashion-style window into a "kipp"-window. I had accidentally moved it and now it worked for the first time in the way it was intended. Makes sense in a bathroom.

[@leDespicable]

I'm still scared of those windows that have this lever. My cousins' place has them, and in my experience it's far easier to operate them the wrong way and accidentally unhinge them.

[@Exorgen]

@@leDespicable Relax haha, if it would be that easy they wouldn't have build them like that.

[@leDespicable]

@@Exorgen I'll never like them :P

[@ragi5291]

@@leDespicable The use of this kipp-windows is really something you get accustomed to quickly. I think they are really useful because you can put things in front of the window. When opening just with the kipp-function you don't have to move everything in front of it. Fun fact: An uncle of mine imported kipp-windows from Germany to his Florida home. The US-windows seem really to be crap. Especially the down-sliding variant. And isolation is bad.

[@rosehipjam]

That brings back memories. Our flat had those lever windows when I was a kid. I haven't seen any in such a long time that I actually forgot they existed...

[@mrs.miiau28]

I‘m German and when I was little I always refused to eat Spaghetti Eis because I thought those were real spaghettis 😄

[@Mayagick]

I just Love to play tricks on little ones. Asking what the tomatoe sauce tastes like. Or the white chocolate stands for cheese. By that, they learn a practical joke, that's not always what it is. And they love it all.

[@loghorizon45]

Ich fand als Kind die Idee abstoßend. Es soll wie Spaghetti aussehen, war aber pappsüß der Müll. So eine Verwirrung werde ich den Eisdielenbesitzern NIE verzeihen! :D

[@DavontheViper]

@@loghorizon45 ...du warst ein bisschen doof, oder? 😂

[@loghorizon45]

@@DavontheViper yep. #NeverChanged

[@ljupkan3873]

Here, in Serbia the things that are normal, (and we probably got them from the Germans) are kipp system windows, winter/summer change of tyres, annual visit to the gynecologist, keleraba is a known vegetable ( I don't actually cook it, but some other people do), greetings from Belgrade :)

[@RachelStewart04]

Greetings back to Belgrade 🙋‍♀️

[@stipe3124]

Everything is normal in most european countries, what is special for Germany is sitzpinkler and the pasta ice cream. Keleraba ili kod nas u Hrvatskoj Korabica je isto dosta često korišteno povrće

[@veronikamagyar1213]

same in Hungary ;)

[@olgahein4384]

@Tina Yael Severinova M. Well, Vermicelle is most likely derived from Vermicelli, italian pasta that is only slightly thicker than Spaghetti.

[@y33t23]

Maybe some Austria thingy or something

[@aurigadriver]

The best thing about "Spaghetti ice cream" is the frozen whipped cream underneath!!!

[@Ko_Ki1984]

Yes, it is!!! 😋😋😋

[@Renoapproves]

It crunches slightly, since it is frozen. 🥰 I love that!

[@rogerwilco2]

1) We eat koolraab in the Netherlands as well. 2) We call them "German Windows", but they are popular here as well. 3-6) Sure. 7) Now I want Spaghetti Icecream! I had never heard of that.

[@weisthor0815]

the netherlands and germany (and many other european countries) basically are culturally indentical with minor differences. in the case of the netherlands and germany, we even were part of the same empire for quite a long time. you speak "dutch" and we speak "deutsch", which probably means the same.

[@Manie230]

weisthor0815 i think dutch and Plattdeutsch have a common ancestor or originated in the same part of early Germany. Because if you can speak Platt you can pretty much understand a Dutch person very well.

[@Invincibility87]

Oh you need to taste it dude. Its amazing :-)

[@weisthor0815]

@@Manie230 that is true. dutch and many parts of germany have a strong frankish influence, that is why they all are quite similar. as a hessian german i can understand dutch quite well too.

[@janaschmidt6589]

@RogerWilco you can try making it yourself. Get whipped cream (+maybe put it a few Minutes into the freezer), press Vanilla icecream through a pastry press or something like a potato press, pour some strawberry Sauce over it and finally grate some white choc over it👍

[@greengenesis]

Ah, the kohlrabi. One of the most underappreciated vegetables!

[@Jilljedin]

I love it and I hate I cannot get it here in the UK (unless I go to a shop in KIngston).

[@Astro-Markus]

I am German - and I hate it.

[@AlainNaigeon]

@@Astro-Markus Well, you don't like it, but... it's difficult to understand how one can "hate" such a subtle taste.

[@allisoninabinet6521]

I found them years ago here in Australia and grab them in their short window of availability Yum!

[@benediktfrasch2812]

my mom made kohlrabi-lasagna once - short story short: noone liked it and she had to eat all by herself over the nex couple of days

[@SP-pl9kg]

As a German, I confirm the awesomeness of this list. Kohlrabi ❤️

[@ANNEWHETSTONE]

I am Canadian I am of Ukraine Mennonite.. coming from Prussia in 1600s or so Kohl Rabbi is something i ate and was grown in the garden. We ate it raw. In Canada you can buy it in season. I had no idea that most people had no idea what it was.

[@manfredneilmann4305]

@@ANNEWHETSTONE It's KOHLRABI, not Kohl RABBI!

[@ANNEWHETSTONE]

@@manfredneilmann4305 thank for the correction 😊

[@jrgptr935]

Ach Kohlrabi, hab ich nicht mehr gegessen seit dem Tod meiner Mutter vor über 30 Jahren...

[@jrgptr935]

@@ANNEWHETSTONE macht nichts, war doch charmant.

[@kitarvin770]

Spaghetti eis will definitely be a big hit in Asian countries.

[@thearchibaldtuttle]

Winter tires also have a different mixture to give them enough grip on cold roads.

[@Derlet30]

Even though I am not from Germany and have not traveled there yet, I must say that it feels like my spiritual home! Very few of the observations you listed seem foreign to me. But hearing you talk about them, makes me so happy and excited!! I can't wait to travel there and discover it all first hand! 😍❤

[@Supermatsch]

Wow, what a nice comment! Where are you from? Greetings from Köln (Cologne), Germany :)

[@milohrnic2023]

Winter tires are much softer. Using them in summer wears them out very quickly.

[@finnstear]

and they waste a lot of fuel do to the higher friction, too

[@poppypeppa0186]

yeah and these a**hole wintee tires break much faster then summer tires

[@schoppepetzer9267]

Exactly, the rubber mix in summer tires turns into hard rock below certain temperatures and you have literelly no grip at all anymore.

[@TheSandkastenverbot]

I had a set of winter tires that have hardened a bit over time, but still had decent grip during winter and didn't wear a lot during summer :-) Mechanics didn't like my approach to optimizing tyre usage, though

[@nelelohrmann2943]

As a German I used to live in the US. One day I saw a guy cooking. He used the green of some cabbage turnip and threw the bulb into the garbage. Well, that was a first one to ME, and I was just flabberghastet, how could someone do THAT?? Some people in Germany do the opposite. It is so nice to be able to teach EACH OTHER some useful things.

[@olafspetzki]

"Many men in Germany prefer to take a seat" Yes, they prefer that over getting into that fight with their wifes AGAIN.

[@KB4QAA]

Wimps.

[@sarahroberts7374]

I had an ex boyfriend who enjoyed a sit down wee 😂

[@ianfinch2287]

it's a no from me,the snake doesn't drain properly sitting down...

[@KB4QAA]

@@ianfinch2287 Excellent point. Male/female systems are completely different. Twice the length, S-curves and non-gravity draining make sitting for men a poor choice. Add in any amount of age past 30 and it rapidly becomes apparent why this is so.

[@conti85]

@@KB4QAA lol... arguments from a insecure men... the only reason men will not sit down is.... wait.... there is no reason... only insecurity. i'm a man and sit down for 30 years(at home)... it's more comfortable and cleaner.

[@leos7151]

It's good to see Rachel these days!

[@RachelStewart04]

🙋

[@RioMuc]

@@RachelStewart04 Especially during the pandemic, I'm grateful to Rachel for making videos anyway.

[@anonimato1987]

What? I thought every woman went to their gynecologist at least once a year. These things are not very surprising for me except the for cabbage thingy.

[@heleddflower8082]

In the UK we see our regular GP or practice nurse for everything including pap smears (not done annually). If there is a problem that requires a specialist, then you would be referred to a gynaecologist or gastroenterologist or neurologist etc.

[@elisasilvestri7522]

It depends on how much you have to pay for the check up (in Italy around 200 euros)

[@_red1Bull]

N Garcia i am 18 and i dont Go to a gynecologist. I Never thought about it to go once a year...

[@Prinetta]

@@_red1Bull I've been going to the gynecologist yearly since I was 16 lol. I don't think it's really necessary at that age yet but breast cancer runs in my family and I need to get my birth control either way so I just take advantage of it.

[@mindyzuckerman936]

In the US it’s recommended to go once every three years or once a year if you’re seeing many partners.

[@KamathVaishali]

We use Kohlrabi in India too. I live in Pune, a city in western India. I cook Kohlrabi the local way using local spices and I love it. :) Oh btw, its name in my language is 'Navalkol' which is derived from knol kohl (Knollenkohl).

[@CR38]

super interesting, i'm from ger

[@wakeupcall2665]

Oh I miss Pune, Koregaon Park Westin Hotel, ABC Farm and MG Road, Cologne Spa, the Indian food, Hard Rock Cafe and the fort up in the hills! And Aurangabad, the caves and the mini Taj. I hope I can visit again! Say Hi to my favourite Indian city! Greetings from Bavaria

[@KamathVaishali]

@@wakeupcall2665 oh wow! It's great to bump into you here. I'm sure you'll visit again. 😊

[@andreask.wiedemann9905]

Koregaon Park, that's where the Ashram of Shree Rajneesh used to be... Spent six months there in the late 70s.

[@KamathVaishali]

@@andreask.wiedemann9905, Koregaon Park as well as Pune have changed a lot now. You'll be shocked when you visit again. 🙂

[@napoleonsdauphin]

As an American expat living in Austria, I experience a similar phenomenon when I go to Germany. I spent a lot of time in Berlin when I was in my late teens and early 20s, so everything is hauntingly familiar and yet always somewhat off compared to my day-to-day life in Vienna. I spend a lot of time when I'm in DE going "ohhh yahhhh...Blumenkohl...that's the word" or "Oh right you can say 'guten Tag' here without someone looking at you like you've gone mad. I spend the whole time feeling like I should be wearing Tracht. Great video! Kohlrabi especially made me smile.

[@digitalrevenueacademy8363]

I'm Slovak and I lived in the UK for some years and now I realise how 'German' we are here in my country. When it snows in the UK, the whole country literally stops as they never change their tyres to winter tyres... they just don't think it will ever snow.

[@y33t23]

Digital Revenue Academy Slovakia was Austro-Hungarian at some point, so many of these Eastern European countries have more or less german influence.

Yeh that's true! EVERY year the British are to stupid to use winter tires and be like "how tf is snow even possible here" and they just don't learn fromit! xD

[@jimjones8808]

@ Its not too stupid, it's more like cant be bothered.

[@emilydavison2053]

Mostly it doesn't snow - didn't this winter. If it does it only lasts a few days.

[@fhpurcell7713]

Honestly I don’t Germany is _that_ different from many Eastern European countries, at least not in certain respects

[@PassportTwo]

The spaghetti ice cream was a thing that we definitely noticed when we moved from the US to Germany as well but we didn't recognize this as special in Germany specifically! Thanks for pointing that out 👍

[@samuelecasafina]

Not quite, it's also known in the neighbor countries even north Italy, in fact it was invented by an Italian immigrant. Just like döner kebap was also invented in Germany by an turkish immigrant

[@iceblueaquamarina7389]

It was inventented by an ice cream parlor in Mannheim called Fontanella. The inventor was Italian. You can still go to this ice cream parlor.

[@christoohunders5316]

I was amazed when visiting friends near Nurnberg that they use many candle devices to keep food and beverages warm on the table, like you can see in buffets but much smaller of course, what a brilliant idea for promoting small servings

[@fraub.aush.9878]

That's a "Stöfchen" 😉

[@kimpaintslife]

The bowl of spaghetti ice cream really got me. Hardly understood German when I visited Paderborn and decided to treat myself to pasta. Got ice cream instead. 😂🍧❄️

[@volkerm2418]

German pro tip: to save money order vanilla ice cream with strawberry-sauce. You don't get the ice cream in the pasta shape but save about 2 euro for this "lack". ;)

[@nadjak3410]

@@volkerm2418 Volker, das ist ein Schwabentip und kein German pro tip.

[@lequedicatsamarge4228]

Ouh, I would have given the world to see the look on your face 😂😂😂

[@hansmahr8627]

But then there's no frozen whipped cream, which is the best part of Spaghettieis.

[@FrauMarshmallow]

@@volkerm2418 Das ist kein Tipp, das ist ein No-Go.

[@andreasschmidt8586]

I thought she'd call out our slow internet-speeds ;-)

[@benediktfrasch2812]

I'm also suprised - even the mobile network

[@1contrarian]

Wenn man im Dorf wohnt vielleicht aber mit 200Mbit/s ist viel mehr als was ich in Südamerika hatte.

[@benediktfrasch2812]

@@1contrarian ich wohne im dorf, hab 120down und 10up das ist nicht das Problem, der 4G ausbau ist scheiße

[@GeoStroker]

www.speedtest.net/result/10380170273.png Gerade für euch nochmals getestet 😎

[@ralucatirziu]

This is the worst! I truly love Germany and all of it's aspects, but the internet and mobile network...oh man. I don't understand it, this domain really needs the deutsche Qualität touch ;D

[@SSLLatia]

i'm not just german but also from Mannheim, so appreciate that you gave us the credit we deserve for the Spaghetti ice cream :)

[@benediktfrasch2812]

yup, totally your credits

[@markrensch6621]

we invented much more in Mannheim: 1817 Mr.Drais the bicycle and 1886 Mr. Benz the automobile....

[@SabineThinkerbellum]

Fontanella 🤗

[@IndieUpbeats]

Their windows are the best! Die Zimmer lüften! I was surprised by the house shoe selection and temporary slippers everywhere I went. Very cozy. That spaghetti ice cream is new to me! 😮

[@deadlyNightshade789]

Whenever I watch videos like this I can't help but smile because they remind me of the little things I love about my home country that I don't necessarily think of (or that they may be considered unique) on a daily basis

[@nigelnix1]

Raclette or Fondue for New Year's Eve and of course the weird "Dinner for one" movie tradition.

[@Testing4One]

That are actually swiss things the germans adapted. Except the dinner for one thing which is just a proof of bad taste in german humor. But yea you may like to encounter them in germany the first time.

[@lea.s]

@@Testing4One I am deeply offended! Dinner for one is one of the most humorous shows that exists. It is more of a proof for the German's excellent taste of humour.😁

[@skiddadleskidoodle4094]

@@Testing4One oh no, my friend, many use Dinner for One as a measurement to see if they need to get more drunk or if they are already hammered enough to find it funny

[@Testing4One]

@@lea.s nein! nein! nein! :D

[@Objective-100]

Raclette and fondue are Swiss specialities. A hint is their French name if you haven't been there yet. Like pizza does not get German just because you eat it in Germany

[@shelster]

ALL of what you shared but specifically 'Spaghetti Eis'. That's what is top of my "novelty hasn't worn off" list, followed by the window.

[@jonjon3829]

are you the sister of she ra? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aarJipiqoLJ_hq8

[@pandraus]

moving from Brasil to Canada and from Canada to Germany, to me the main points are: - trams: probably not a german thing, but they are so useful for a quick commute. And the fact that they have preference on traffic lights is amazing - windows: as you showed in the video, the tilting window is amazing. - two beds, two duvets: couples can sleep together or not, but their beds are separated. And the square pillows are still weird - doors: every door is very well shut and blocks noise perfectly. If I close my bedroom door, I can barely hear people in the living room screaming. Only exception is my bathroom door! - smoking: people here smoke a lot, everywhere (outside) and all the time. - silence: at least my neighbourhood is so quiet that I often catch myself speaking too loud - hard water: every appliance in my house suffers from it. I have to change my shower head almost twice per year. I also boil and filter water before drinking it. - fridges: I have a fridge in the living room because my kitchen only has space for a minifridge. Am I supposed to do groceries every day? and probably more that I don't remember now.

[@chrischangfong3873]

Please tell me, how many takes did you need to land your finger exactly on germany when you stopped it spinning? xD!

[@mucsalto8377]

// ever heard about reversing a film take? That´s the way to film such things.

[@steve1978ger]

it used to be a lot easier but most Germans don't like to talk about it

[@michaelm.3686]

@@steve1978ger .....laughed so hard

[@willow8171]

steve1978ger lol

[@thenamen935]

@@steve1978ger hahahaha

[@BrainBlatster]

As a German I am geniuenly suprised about the worlds seeming lack of quality Kippfenster.

[@КонстантинГеоргиев-и9ф]

In my country basically all windows recline like the ones in Germany. I thought this was common around the world. And also winter tyres.

[@xikirito_6809]

When listening to her idk if she is from Britain and has an exceptional pronunciation of German words or if she is German and speaks perfect English without any accent.

[@manfredneilmann4305]

Who cares?

[@gase9256]

@@manfredneilmann4305 Ehrenmann

[@magicmulder]

I’d say the latter.

[@medplug4061]

The title literally says 'before I first came to germany'

[@xikirito_6809]

@@medplug4061 And I said that she speaks english and german so well that its hard to distinguish where she is from so without the title it could be confusing, it was a compliment but who would have thought its forbidden to give compliments.

[@ellievranesevic]

The flushers for toilets can be located elsewhere!!! I was so confused the first time i used the bathroom in Germany and after 5 minutes of searching discovered that the flusher was a giant 8 by 6 inch button on the wall at eye level! Who knew?! Lol

[@lequedicatsamarge4228]

I‘m a German and have had this kind of experience when I grew up. You really have to know what to look out for.

[@TheAnooshls]

Somethings I hadn’t seen before coming to Germany and liked them a lot: Asparagus (they are not so common in India) and Manglod leaves..

[@Emma-ol3ed]

„Spargel“ is asparagus

[@ardiris2715]

Men from the southeastern US who saw that sitzpinkeln sign would piss in the sink.

[@talgattursynbekov9677]

Tim Volk 😂

[@RachelStewart04]

😂

[@cooky51966]

Then i give them a sponge to clean the wall.

[@ash_17406]

😳

[@IzaLeonie]

Tim Volk lol 😂😂

[@seangregory2309]

Leberkaesse and H-Milch were new concepts for me. School on Saturday was a shock.

[@anna-flora999]

What school did you find that has classes on Saturday?

[@maxmuller8947]

I love Rachel's videos. They teach me a lot of my homecountry and myself. It's similar to "Sendung mit der Maus" , only for grown up's. ("Sendung mit der Maus" is a tv-show for children. It explains the world to children and it's the most popular show in Germany. Among adaults too.)

[@drizzel47]

I'm German too and I feel exactly the same! For example I didn't know the the spaghetti ice cream was actually invented in Mannheim or that other countries don't really have Kohlrabi :). When I was a little kid I always watched Sendung mit der Maus every Sunday, now during the pandemic it runs every day. My grandma even watches it :D.

[@prof.hijibiji9649]

What is the condition of corona in Germany?

[@crashbox7130]

We have a book in the UK called "Notes from a Small Island" by the American author Bill Bryson. He visited the UK in 1973, during a break from University, met a girl (now his wife) and settled here in about 1978. The book is him looking at the culture of Britain as an American. It's a very funny and informative book, along with all the other ones he has had published over the years.

[@RachelStewart04]

Well I feel honoured to have my videos compared to Sendung mit der Maus!! Danke :)

[@dasblatt8628]

Wait what?! Who says Sendung mit der Maus is for children only?!

[@Sixon-cv9ty]

Dam. Four o'clock in the morning and i want "Spagetti Eis"

[@guidow9616]

Thanks for keeping it short and precise, as a german i appreciate that very much :)

[@antoniomaeda7376]

I saw that kind of window 0:43 for the first time when I lived in France and back then, I didn't know it could be opened in 2 different ways. I lived nearly 4 months in a room with the window half opened until, one day, I saw a guy opening a similar window in 2 ways in the school I studied at. Then, back home, I decided to try it with my window and found out it could be completely opened. I couldn't believe it hahahaha