Geography Now! Germany | Thoughts & Commentary

Geography Now! Explains Germany. We’re talking Rumspringa, tornados, the amount of Germans living in Mallorca and the best non-alcoholic beer. oh, and David Hasselhoff.
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[@antonironstag5085]

As an Irish person, Germans are my absolute favourite Europeans to drink with. Even when they're on their last legs, they never quit and never forget their manners. And of course, their work ethic and determination to always see things through is admirable. I always go out of my way to help German travellers or tourists when I encounter them, they're definitely one of the most respected peoples in Europe

[@henribeierlein7511]

Danke von einem Deutschen. Ich mag die Iren. Ihr seit zum großen Teil ehrlich und stolz auf euer Land. Besonders neidisch bin ich auf eure Musiker. Allie Sherlock hat alles in den letzten Jahren noch mal so richtig in Schwung gebracht.

[@michaausleipzig]

Wow, that's a lot of praise! Thanks, on behalf of my fellow Germans. I hope we will always live up to this high standard. Ireland is definitely on my bucket list!

[@raydafuq3570]

Awesome to hear that we're so welcome in Ireland. Irish people are also always welcome in Germany we seem to just kind of get each other - same with Austrians and Czechs. We four countries seem to be the alcoholics of Europe and I think that's beautiful lol.

[@FR3DDY49]

Thank you!! =)

[@Pharo02]

The funny thing is in German the irish people are called "Ire" and being crazy means "Irre". Sometimes the word "Irre" can also mean awesome or amazing. You are the only one who can drink with us! :D

[@GLUBSCHI]

13:38 in Germany Mallorca is often jokingly referred to as the 17th state/Bundesland because of the amount of German tourists!

[@dnocturn84]

It's not a joke... 😉

[@DSP16569]

@@dnocturn84 Maybe we can do the same with the Island as the US did with Alaska. Buy the Island and make it the 17th State 🙂

[@alpenhuhn1]

Spanish people hate germans!

[@semiramisubw4864]

@@DSP16569 alaska.. worst trade deal in the history of trade deals maybe ever for russia lmao

[@Feier_Salamander]

@@dnocturn84Exactly, as we all know, we germans do not joke.

[@Asgar1205]

One thing i'd like to correct: Vergangenheitsbewältigung isn't a lingering sense of guilt as said in the video. The opposite in fact it means coming to terms with the past.

[@houghi3826]

The origin of Pennsylvanian Dutch is Deutsch, not Dutch. Deutsch is the German word for German. The origin Afrikaans from South Africa is Dutch from the Netherlands. Both are Germanic languages, as is English.

[@argantyr5154]

Exactly and right after WW2 "nobody" would call them self. German in the US, and since the languages and names for a Foreigner sounds somewhat familiar, a lot of German called themselves Dutch.

[@DenUitvreter]

@@argantyr5154 It's probably older than post WWII, it's an English issue. There used to be the high Dutch, the middle Dutch and the Nether Dutch, each with their own language/dilect. The geographically low, the Nether Dutch were a unit together with the now Belgian Netherlands, split off from the Spanish Habsburg Empire in 1581 became what was known in English as the Dutch Republic. Germany was not a thing yet, and the Dutch Republic was by far the biggest European trader and naval power, so basically the Dutch people the British had to deal with the most took the name for itself in English by being dominant. But the Dutch don't call themselves "Diets" anymore while the Germans call themselves Deutsch.

[@hmichaelr1]

David Hasselhoff was a bigger celeb in Germany than he was in America. He was a very successful pop singer in Europe with several platinum singles and albums. His song "Looking for Freedom" became an anthem for East Germans prior to German reunification and he performed it at the Berlin Wall from a bucket crane on New Year's Eve, 1989 months before the merger of the two Germanies. The photo of him wearing that piano keyboard scarf has become iconic. There is even a David Hasselhoff Museum in Berlin!

[@Anson_AKB]

while probably more people know Pamela Anderson and the few seasons she did on Baywatch, David Hasselhoff was the main (male) actor in all 12 seasons of that series. similarly, probably many people know the black car KITT from the series Knight Rider where he was the main human actor in the series. the third fact he was (in)famous for was a video on youtube that showed him totally wasted. but outside europe and especially germany, probably only few people know him as a (semi)successfull singer.

[@yannikakapralli]

David Hasselhoff is NOT a Celeb in Germany. We laugh about him and his "Wall Breaking Song..." xD

[@dieterdodel835]

@@yannikakapralli ....👍

[@alpher8962]

​@@yannikakaprallithats not true

[@Kokuswolf]

@@yannikakapralli That's not so simple. Sure he thought he did it all by himself, which is hilarious. But since then we somehow adapted this or adopted him. Now it's our Hoff, as this matches our humour in a positive way. So we don't really laugh about him in a negative way. Like an unintentional Helge Schneider.

[@michaelgrabner8977]

"rumspringa" means in German literally basically just "hopping around" The "Lore" about "David Hasselhoff" is truely a crazy story about "coincidence". "The Hoff" was a huge successful Pop singer in Germany and Austria (nowhere else in the world but coincidentally there he was a big deal as a singer) and toured several times there...and totally coincidentally at that particular time in 1989 as the wall felt totally unexpected out of the blue from one day to the other he was coincidentally in Berlin for a gig ...and being aware something "historical" is happening right now he left his hotel and went to the wall and there he then sung totally off the cuff in front of the crowd of thousands of people from East and West Berlin gathered at the wall his at that time coincidentally current chartbreaker hit song titeled "I´m looking for freedom" (=nobody than just destiny can fabricate that for that particular moment in time) which also totally coincidentally obviously fitted perfectly to the mood of the people at that particular location under that particular circumstances at that particular time. And that song is till to this day "part of the general remembrance of the fall of the Berlin wall"..for Germans that song and "The Hoff" is unextricably glued with the Fall of the Wall.

[@Ngatikahu-aka-panbadass]

I have got a long with every German I have met cool people . I think the world tends to forget that the first country the Nazis Invaded and conquered was Germany . Much love from a New Zealand Germany and thankyou for creating the Kindergarton .

[@ericisprobablyfullofshit7797]

We know there are Germans who suck, like statistically they must exist, but I haven't met them either. Which is to say that I too have only met the nice ones. 😊

[@lamaglama6231]

​@@ericisprobablyfullofshit7797Agree, we have our fair share of not so nice people as well. I don't think we are better or worse than the countries around us in that regard.

[@danielmcbriel1192]

And don't forget: My grandparents' and great-grandparents' generation voted for Hitler democratically. Just like the fundamentalist parties in Arab countries were elected by the locals. Democracy doesn't always work so well.

[@doragonsureia7288]

Most ironically Hitler was an austrian. Does that count as an austrian one-man-invasion?

[@Maxi_94]

Funfact: While English has adopted the word Kindergarten nowadays we Germans mostly use "Kita" which is short for Kindertagesstätte (Child Day Care).

[@Tardis...]

6:61 Tornados in Germany: The public German weather service says there are between 30 to 60 "tornados" in Germany (whole Europe in total about 900). Well, I would call this storms. I never heard about tornados in the Germany news. Just about storms. 6:21 300 types of bread: In one word: Totally wrong. This figure was a gut estimate of a German institute, decades ago. Today, there are about 3.200 officially registered kinds of bread in Germany. 7:07 nope. There are not 50 types of sausages in Germany. There are more 1500 types of sausages in Germany. 7:58 There are no bears in the Black Forest. Since centuries. 10:07 Regarding "Hoch-Deutsch": Literally correct. But this is not what "Hoch-Deutsch" means. It's just means "standard German". In the past "Hoch-Deutsch" was a synonym for south and middle German dialects. It has never ever something to do with the meaning of the English word "high".High means "hoch" but not in this context. 10:51 No. Wrong. Baden-Württemberg has a Badisch/Allemannic and Swabian culture. The masks you can see in the video are Alemannic carneval masks. Please guess why Germany is called in French "Allemagne".... btw: Swiss German is basically Alemannic. They took over the Alemannic dialect at about 300 A.D. from the Alemannic tribe. 11:04 Cuckoo clock are from the Black forest (Baden-Württemberg) and not from Bavaria. Btw: In the past, the black forest region was a well known for watchmaking worldwide (e.g. the brand Junghans, once the biggest watchmaking in the world) 11:47 no one uses this kind of artificial words in Germany. 17:52: Baden-Württemberg goes along with Switzerland and France. I guess the longest border of Baden-Württemberg is the French border. Maybe we have the longest border to France in whole Germany(?) Why should we ignore France? Btw: In my region (at the French & Swiss border), pupils start learning French in first grade. English 4th grade.

[@gIowtopia]

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[@NoProtocol]

Thanks again for the support (: you’re the one who reminded me about this channel! Wish I hadn’t made a mistake on the Senegal video but we’ll watch more in the future. Lol maybe I should start adding two book recommendations every video

[@Megatronix.]

The German hand gesture for 3 is integral to a very interesting scene in "Inglorious Basterds". If you know, you know. Also FWIW, Neuschwanstein Castle was built in 1869-1886 and is often mistaken for being very old. Indeed it's still very beautiful.

[@ohauss]

Some of it, at least. A whole lot of rooms were never finished.

[@Lucsy3012]

Greetings from a german viewer :) Glad to see my country covered here and I gotta say, the information present is pretty accurate, just some misspellings in the written words

[@TheKerberos84]

Some Correction: There are not hundreds of Castles. There are thousands. We have currently not over 300, we have over 3500 bread typs. Mallorca is basically the number 17 state of Germany.

[@uweinhamburg]

If you count the ruins as well - there are more castles in Germany than MacDonald's in the USA...

[@thepurplesmurf]

There are a couple of errors in the video and Geography Now! made a short follow up video to correct some numbers, such as the 300 types of bread, which is more like 3200+ types and some other mostly minor errors. There are different versions of the Reinheitsgebot (Purity Order) online available, some regions have slightly different rules/orders. The most hilarious part of the order, which was punishable when it was ignored, was that 2 days prior to the beer brewing villagers were not allowed to pee or have a dump into the creek, because the water had to be clean and pure for the beer brewing process. Well, the Reinheitsgebot is from the very early medieval times, real toilets weren't a thing back then.

[@ARetiredPirate]

I lived in Germany for the last 3 years, it is nice and the people are fun. It is a bit old fashioned but i also like that. Oh wow, i grew up in spain also and also been to Mallorca and the canary islands a lot of times! And yes, Mallorca is a german enclave..😂

[@earthwormandruw]

I'm half German and half Mexican. On my German side of the family I'm short. On the Mexican side of my family I'm tall.

[@RoaldRoberts]

😄👍

[@HalasDoonle]

How tall are you?

[@earthwormandruw]

@@HalasDoonle I'm 6 foot (1.83). No exaggeration everyone (but my mom and grandma) on mom's side is over 6' including 3 female cousins. And well ... on my dad's side lets just say I tower over everyone 😂

[@semiramisubw4864]

@@earthwormandruw im 100% german, sterotypical one aswell, blue eyes blonde hair, im just 1.79 tho. My father was 2.09 :(

[@gregoryhype8228]

Thats intresting, i mean germany and mexico are not very close to each other. How your parents meet then? 😁

[@PeterBuwen]

I am a german, living in Germany for 59 years now and I've never seen a tornado in germany. But there are, so they say...

[@simon2083]

A tornado in Germany called Windhose, which is a smaller than the Tornados in the US

[@PatrickMersinger]

Hasselhoff is or was a huge musical star in Germany for years.

[@demonicrebellion6903]

Was looking for this comment, thanks for beating me to it :)

[@ClashClash89]

probably safer to call him a trashy pop star. musical kinda implies andrew lloyd webber stuff, like "cats" "Jesus Christ Superstar" or "Starlight express" the kind of stuff that americans would associate with Broadway-theater i believe.

[@tornoutlaw]

rumspringa(ä) sounds like "rumspringen" which roughly translates to "jumping around". I understand it as letting the adolescents jump around geographically, outside the local community, as well as normatively, outside the closed up social and cultural structure of the amish community.

[@nathanlaoshi8074]

Rumspringe ("walking around") would be translated as "jumping around" in High German. Amish definitely do speak a dialect of German. Dutch, Afrikaans, German & English are all known as West Germanic languages.

[@fidian2]

True. But in older high German, say 100-150 years ago, “springen” could also mean “to run”. As Pennsylvania Dutch came over the pond a long time ago it is probably safe to assume that even the proper German meaning when seen in context means -“to run around” or “to walk around vigorously”. But yeah , in modern high German it’s just “to jump around “

[@publicminx]

Sprung/springen (German) has also the same roots as the season 'Spring' in English (from older German 'sprengan')

[@erstplatzierter]

id love more reactions, it's genuinely interesting to listen to u and what u have to say about certain topics

[@chrisn4315]

[@artgedeck4560]

4:39 David Hasselhoff's version of the song "Happy looking for freedom" was popular at the time. Since the word “freedom” appears in the song, it became the anthem of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

[@jayman1772]

I love that you always go the extra mile to research or link things here. Not only do you have a wide range of general knowledge anyway you even look things up and share them with us. Love your Reacts

[@AchimE]

Nice reaction! Haha, yeah, The Hoff… he is more famous in Germany than in any other country I guess… his song „Looking for Freedom“ was, like the Scorpions‘ Winds of Change, the soundtrack of our reunification… some comedians make a joke that David Hasselhoff reunited Germany all alone by himself… 😆😁 And yes, Mallorca is humorously considered as the 17th German state… 😂 Greetings from Germany 👍

[@NephritduGrey]

Some minor errors in the original video, mostly typo's in nature or outdated like the Visa issue. For the types of bread it's a magnitude wrong though (albeit over 300 is still technically true (the best kind of true)) as officially it's over 3000 different types of bread (there's a website, think German bread museum or something), mostly they're sold and produced regionally. Also for religion stats... in most states/cities it costs money to exit the church so some might still nominally be religious but not in reality. For Beer it depends, I think overall I do like "Weizenbier" (as a type not brand) which some have a very light banana-ish flavor in it or for more summer-y days "Radler" (specifically Naturradler) which is Beer with lemon soda basically and hence fits well for the climate. Also in general it likely would depend on the region one grew up in for which would be the favorite brand. Like northerners might like Veltins (least according to their commercials xD) while in the south it would be more the Bavarian breweries etc. or the Kölsch (nobody would drink it beside people from Cologne) or the rivalry from Düsseldorf which would be a dark beer (rivalry not solely beer related xD). My advice (if you like beer) would be to simply try the local brewery products before touching the big brands to get a comparison. The amount of Tornados is miniscule compared to the US and is about 15-25...so unlike the 1000'ish for the US. Sure the US have a larger landmass but still not really comparable, also I'd reckon the severity of the US ones is higher than most if not all European ones. Though maybe extreme storms are the very minor exception, but yeah we usually don't get those, so hardly in any news over the whole year. Oh, and what should be mentioned that the German language (as any language) depends on the speaker too if it's harsh sounding or not.

[@007Marke]

As a German.. I like some of the "mainstream" German beer brands, like Krombacher, Hasseröder or Duckstein... it always depends on the mood, I am in.. there are also some Czech brands I like a LOT, like Gambrinus, Pilsner Urquell or Kozel.. or Kamenitza from Bulgaria, got to taste that in my vacations and loved it! NOT a huge fan of Heineken, I have to admit, but then again, I am not a fan of non alcoholic beer in general xD Nice reaction, thank you very much, greetings from Northern Germany!

[@Lightkie]

I recommend also watching his video on the German flag where he included a list of corrections for this video. Although it's missing that Hitler's Mein Kampf is absolutely not illegal to own. It just wasn't being sold because the state of Bavaria took over the copyright. It's in the public domain since 2016 and the Institute of Contemporary History in Munich released a commented edition then.

[@dark_sky_guy]

I just randomly came across your video about the fourth turning one day an been hooked ever since ..love the channel ❤

[@HH-hd7nd]

16:08 Singapore has the most powerfull passport; Japan has dropped a little. Germany is currently in a shared second place with Italy and Spain. Japan, Austria, Finland, France, Luxembourg, South Korea and Sweden share the 3rd place. The USA is in 8th places (shared with Lithuania) behind those mentioned above as well as Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, the UK, Belgium, Czechia, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, Australia, Hungary, Poland, Canada and Greece.

[@larrysaenz8964]

I'm 1% Senegal 🇸🇳 😂❤🎉

[@schnodderbacke6675]

David Hasselhof has German ancestors and is often here; he has a house here in Bremen where he stops in from time to time. I've sat right next to him in a restaurant in Bremen.

[@publicminx]

English is like German, Dutch etc. a West Germanic language which often means that there is some more in common as it even seems. 'Rumspringa' (older German dialect) = 'Rumspringen' (German) = 'jumping/hopping around' (English). But also the season 'Spring' in English has also the same roots as the German 'springen' (hopping/jumping) or 'Der Sprung' (the hopp/jump), because all of that comes from the old Germanic 'sprengan' (to leap, burst forth, fly up; spread, grow)

[@ShootAUT]

"Hast du Gluten free?" "NEIN!" It will never be not funny to me how it only took one Austrian to screw up the entire world's picture of Germany. 🤣

[@dougj7295]

Good one - I will be visiting in January. The beer he mentioned - oldest brewery in the world - Weihenstephaner - I stumbled across in my town just a few weeks ago & bought based on Beer Advocate rating it a world class beer - I got the Lager which is amazing & their wheat beer called Hefe Weissbier - is considered one of the best beers in the world.

[@MichaelFMeyer-lz5fv]

as a german , i noticed just last week, that Lager is from the german word Lagern (to store). we dont use that Word normaly for beer

[@dougj7295]

@@MichaelFMeyer-lz5fv Interesting - it is right on the Weinhenstephaner label - Original Premium Lager - and now that I have just looked - I might as well drink this last bottle.

[@MichaelFMeyer-lz5fv]

@@dougj7295 you are right, but it´s not commen to say it.

[@arnodobler1096]

Hermann Hesse lived in Gaienhofen on Lake Constance (Höri peninsula) very close to me from 1904 to 1912. There is also a Hesse Museum there. The house he had built has a beautiful garden that he and his wife laid out.

[@Kasseenzettel]

It's kinda impressive how they managed to spell just about every German word they showed wrong lol.

[@Fuerwahrhalunke]

Ich stimme dir zu, Kasseenzettel 😛

[@JanRullmann1997]

Except for the longest one, funnily enough.

[@superchango1]

Indeed, as if the concept of Copy & Paste doesn't exist ...

[@YannNex-me4rm]

One of the best Geography now reaction vids because of you. No kidding👍💜

[@nikolah.8472]

I really appriciate this video, because its hard to summerize a country in such a short video. As a german he has most facts straight or atleast correct in the simple way. Some words he translated were a bit incorrect, but i dont think it was bad. Some details i add would be: Our language sure has sometimes awkwardly long words and im sure the most words they found are laws or regulations. Most words that are shown would never be in a normal conversation or even used in their life, if you are not working specific in that field. You can see that as a flaw, but as a german in the industry im highly appriciate it. I speak with many colleagues about it and it makes sense in the right places. Our words often combine the specific elements and functions of the thing we describe, so if you read the word, you allready know what it does and how it opperates. That is very helpful as an engineer and i was often confused in my studies. We had many lectures in english and the problem is often: English is to oversimplified in details. They describe many processes with words that they use on other products and dont create new words for it. That makes it sometimes confusing what they mean if they recycle the same words over and over. Easy to understand, but sometimes hard to work with efficient. So german can be efficient in that part. A part that was left out in the video if we speak about language is also our different emphasis in dialects. As example many US americans allways say german sounds so angry, well i would say that differs from region to region. We have dialects that have a very dominant emphasis like the bavarian, austrian, saxon dialect. North german that influenced high german is very chilled and leaned back. High german is very controlled in emphasis and is not very aggressiv, but also not passiv. In comparison we have a very low register in our language, for our ears english speakers from the UK or the USA have very high pitched voices. Many men sound allmost women like in their voices, because they pitch sooo high. Of course that make it harder for germans to get correct accentuation if they speak english, but it works with time. The german economy wonder is a big chapter in german history. We also benefited from the US wars, the biggest profit was generated because of the corea war 1950. That helped the german industry enormous because we produced weapons for the USA...still many germans overglory that era, because they say we build everything from rubble. The truth is the german industry was not as destroyed as many believed. 50% of housing was destroyed, many streets and bridges. That was a problem at the start for the hunger winters the years after, but for such a long war it was not hard to get the industry back on track. The industry was not bombed so hard as the cities and only coal was a bigger problem at the start. The US saw the potential and invested so in the next economy to grow to saturate it with US products. A win win in the end for both. For me personally im glad we overcome many downfalls and even are now close to France. If you read a history book how much blood we spilled and how much hate was generated between each nation, it really is magical to see people overcome their dark history. It is bitter and still you hear some idiots make jokes about "our sworn hereditary enemy", but not one takes that seriously. Fun fact about the details he mentioned about corean students in germany. We have the biggest asian community in europe, i life near it. In Düsseldorf are nearly 9k japanese, 4k chinese and 1,4k coreans. We have festivals like "japan day" once a year. And they have a Buddhist temple build in the city. In other citys are also many for studies. Beers to suggest is hard for germans because everyone german here will spit on me if i say my favorit^^. They really are very much devided by taste and VERY territorial. I like Kölsch from Cologne, because its a very light taste, but i like many different beers. Its like with wine, taste and stay by what you like. I like some variation and you will find many that taste very different and many that will taste the same. Also to mention german have an enormous wine production. If you can taste some whine from Baden-Württemberg, go for it. Was a very interesting watch and i like your reactions have a nice day :)

[@hellsau1400]

Kölsch is nice if you want to drink a few more...liters. Very close to water, almost as Krombacher. 😅

[@nikolah.8472]

@@hellsau1400 that make it so easy to enjoy. But dont be tricked, i saw many bavarians laugh about it and forget that it has enough % to get hammered. Its not very dry, cold very enjoyable in the summer. I like bavarian wheat beer from time to time. But Krombach light? Its a Pils they are very dry^^ for me its the opposite for Kölsch. Not as extrem as Alt Beer from Düsseldorf, but still dry. Krombach for me is good for Radler, but i dont enjoy it very much. What is your favorite Beer?

[@hellsau1400]

@@nikolah.8472 Since ever I've been interested in beers and breweries. Guess I started with Krombacher, that was really easy to drink, as a teenager. Later most of the normal Pils stuff was boring. I got into wine and how intense it is, compared to flat industrial piss. ;-) But I still drank beer, if possible from smallish breweries, wherever I could find them. Or wheat beer or black ones, or maybe my local beers Gilde Ratskeller and Herrenhäuser. Which I still can enjoy, but more like a normal beverage. ;-) Some years ago I got into craft beers and my whole world collapsed. It's not that like half of them, but there are many flavours, degrees of alcohol and ingredients. Yes, can be expansive, even compared with proper wines with some complexity, but there are a lot good ones and also very experimental stuff. Until know I was never that much into white wine, and IPA, DIPA, TIPA and so on is sometimes like the white wine I was always missing. Something that smells exotic and tropical. So in short, I love to drink a Double Indian Pale Ale that offers a proper fruit explosion in the nose and the mouth with about 8% alc. Also black beers (Porter, Stout and so on) with coffee and chocolate notes are very welcome. Also always a nice dessert or replacement for the coffee. ;-)

[@babatakahashi]

I recommend a beer called "Augustiner Edelstoff".

[@Anson_AKB]

as they said, we have more tornadoes than any other european country. but it's "nothing" compared to the hurricanes in the usa. our tornadoes are mostly F3 (maybe 30-40 per year, which still can cause property damage and some fatalities), one F4 per decade and less than a handfull of F5 in many centuries.

[@klaus2t703]

As a German a tornado never was considered as danger for me. I remember some rare ones that broke trees or took the roof of houses. So I guess - as already said - there may be more than in other European countries, but much more weaker than in the US ... and maybe our stone made houses can widthstand them better. I´ve never heard about a tornado in Germany that is destructive for tens or hundreds of km. Always a very small area compared to the US ones.

[@1201suddenturn]

interesting picture on the wall - you’re nice and chilled like that ❤

[@danmacarro]

Are there other more “intellectual” reaction channels. I love watching people discover Lord of the Rings, Led Zepplin and react to GUTS. But I love she has history, language, comedians. It’s just a different vibe and she delivers a book recommendation too! Thank you No Protocol

[@SimonJM]

The history of the central european area, pretty much around the German locale, really has gone through a whirlwind (or should I say tornado?) of upheavals over the years, and it was interesteing to see a montage of some (most?) of them. I go for the ale end of the beer spectrum, so my favourites would include: Timothy Taylor's Landlord, Wadworth 6X, Sam Smith's Old Brewery Bitter, Green King IPA, Courage Directors, Gales HSB, Young's Special, Martson's Pedigree.

[@ShadowMcSneaky]

4:30 maybe because of the this Song -> David Hasselhoff - Looking For Freedom (1989)

[@DJone4one]

1:31 my Hometown Bremerhaven. She simply doesn't get enough attention. The special thing about it is that many Germans emigrated to America via Bremerhaven. Around 7 million people. If you want to make more reactions about Germany, take a look at DW - Meet the Germans. There you will find a lot of things you should know about Germany.

[@1650million]

I´d like to see you react to Geography Now! - Spain. One of the funniest episodes, IMO. Best!

[@charlesf2804]

You and I have something in common! Rare though it occurs, when I want a beer it's always Heineken's non-alcoholic beer. I've enjoyed Sapporo and Kirin (Japanese) as well. I was surprised (mildly) to hear about Germany's tornadoes. In the US there's not only the traditional "Tornado Alley" but there's "Dixie Alley" as well. I actually experienced one here in Brooklyn, an EF0, but by the time it got to Queens it had strengthened to an EF1. If you visit Germany, it seems as if there might be an entire day just exploring beers and breads!

[@weedandvideogames2985]

You do know that Heineken is dutch, tho? just saying

[@charlesf2804]

@@weedandvideogames2985 I knew that, yes. The point was beer, generally. Nonetheless, Germany is famous for its beer, so there'd be a lot to explore.

[@frontgamet.v1892]

I find German history incredibly fascinating because the Germans and Germany were always there, but at the same time not and always different like a shapeshifter. Stupid oversimplified: Rejects Roman annexation - Germanic Tribes defeat Rome, are often slapped in the face, but Rome generally fails to subdue them Creates an empire that wasn't really an empire but also was an empire and somehow lived for over 1000 years - very special and unique The Kingdom of Prussia and hundreds of German States gangsta! Before being defeated by one of history's greatest generals. defeats the French, unites into a new empire Get a colonial empire Fights 80% of the world alone and almost won.. Is treated badly Comeback as Villian, fights the whole world and only lost because of own mistakes.. Gets divided again Reunites again and is not allowed to be strong again. Some German inventions: - Light bulbs (Heinrich Göbel 1854) - The Telephone (Johann Philip Reis 1859) - Dynamoelectric principle, tram, busbar, founder of modern electronics (Werner von Siemens 1866) - The 35mm camera (Oskar Barnack 1925) - Nuclear fission and atomic bomb (Otto Hahn - emigrated to the Americans during National Socialism - 1938) - The chip card or microprocessor card (Jürgen Dethloff and Helmut Gröttrub 1969) - Periodic Table (Julius Luther Meyer 1864) - Jeans (Levi Strauss 1873) - The record player, record - (Emil Berliner 1887) - Aspirin - which all great athletes use to relieve pain and which saved countless lives (Felix Hoffmann 1879) - Spark plug (Robert Bosch 1902) - Thermos flask (Reinhold Burger 1903) - the toothpaste (Ottomar Heinsius von Mayenburg) - The coffee filter (Melitta Bentz) - Cassette recorder (Fritz Pfleumer 1928) - Tea bags (Adolf Rambold 1929) - The jet engines, jet propulsion, first war rockets V1, V2 of the Nazis (Hans von Ohain 1929) - First Rocket General (Hans von Ohain) - The Helicopter (Heinrich Focke 1936) - The first car (Carl Benz - With Honorary Schnauzer - 1886) - First computer (Konrad Zuse 1941) - Fanta (Yes Fanta during Nazi era, Wolfgang Schetelig 1940) - The typewriter (Peter Mitterhofer - 1869) - NASA (actually the US bought thousands of German engineers to build NASA because they can't do it themselves) - The first printing press (which was probably the best invention of all time because now people could start printing books, Johannes Gutenberg - 1440) - Motorcycle (Gottlieb Daimler 1885) - Birth control pill (Schering AG 1961) - the trigger of the gold rush (Johann August Sutter was Swiss, but actually German since he was born in Germany, but Swiss and German are one blood anyway, who started the gold rush in America. Not an inventor, but cool fact - 1848) - Diesel engine (Rudolf Diesel 1897) - Adidas (Adolf Dassler 1949) - Puma (Rudolf Dassler 1948) Germany, the land of poets and thinkers. that's what they called it. Today the land of complete idiots and deluded people. Well, as you saw, the Germans changed the world with their inventions many times. Where we would be today without the German art of thinking.. And Craftsmanship. Germany the land of poets and thinkers - that's how it was known The problem is that many Germans are not proud of their country and blood because they were brought up that way. Because if you say anything to that effect, you will be called a Nazi. The problem is that many people don't have the right deep historical knowledge that people need to understand the world and and that only Hitler himself and his party were Nazis. There was a big difference between Nazi, German and Wehrmacht soldier. There is no such thing as black and white.. People always wonder how could the Germans follow the Austrian Painter.. Well most Germans followed Hitler because of the crisis. Germans were so depressed that it is unimaginable for us. They were seen as evil around the world as they were blamed for everything in World War I. And when you have 3 kids at home, no job, money is worthless and no food and water you will follow anyone who promises you to fix it. Because that's what the Nazis did in the beginning - they fixed the crisis and gave the Germans hope again.. Or better: They gave the German people a scapegoat to blame. And remember that antisemitism was normal in Europe for hundreds of years. Many people didn't liked the jews because they were often these rich trading people. No German at the time could have known that Hitler was so crazy. It's not as easy as we always think. Even in the Wehrmacht, only a few liked the Nazis. They were German soldiers. the general German soldier, like my grandfather, had nothing to do with the Nazis and the Holocaust. And if we are honest: what kind of "peace" could the general German soldier expect? What could have they expect after all the Nazi crimes and everyone thought that all Germans were evil Nazis. Most soldiers fought for their lives and German people against a planet. If even many of Hitler's own generals like Rommel (legend) or Stauffenberg knew that he was not quite right in the head.. Then the normal soldier knew that even more. Many Germans were manipulated by the ultimate propaganda of the Nazis and could do nothing about it. They thought to the last second that they were winning because of the propaganda. You can imagine the Nazis like a natural dark Parasite Rising from the suffering of the Germans. And the 'Problem' is that Germans are People who have a very special work and perfectionism mentality. That's not a weak enemy.. Look what the german army achieved in ww2.. Because of their unbreakable pride. Calling all German soldiers Nazis is like calling all American soldiers democrats because they were in power. We should be prouder of ourselves, after all, Germany has repeatedly fought against the entire world, one time under a bad regime. We made this modern world possible and maintain a reputation for perfection and quality. The hard-working German. Or rather, we once had this reputation. Today there is no longer a country of poets and thinkers. We are still occupied by the USA.. Because we are the most important point in Europe. And people are manipulated and have no prospects.. If you're proud of your history.. You will be called a Nazi. What I also find very interesting is that the Germanic people spread very far and are therefore the ancestors of many other people. Therefore, historians are not entirely sure how German the Germanic peoples were, but since they were the first to speak German and also created English, they were already German. In addition, the Germans were also the ancestors of the Vikings means Germanic mythology is almost identical to Norse mythology. Actually the same. I would be in favor of not only teaching the Americans that Germany is the bad guy and that they really deal with it. Most of the settlers who came to America at that time were German. Over 40 million. That's why you have so many German names. That's why the Americans love German culture and are surrounded by it, but don't want to admit it. Every "American" fairy tale was recorded and reinvented by the Brothers Grimm, they were German.. Thanks for listening 🎉

[@thewhat6219]

Germans love Hassleholf, I never looked into why until just now, but apparently he made a song about the wall that made him popular there. Pretty neat. And I've lived in Tornado Alley. Believe me you're not missing anything.

[@NoProtocol]

I’m about to read about why he was there right now haha I must know

[@lamaglama6231]

The show Knight Rider was huge in Germany.

[@lamaglama6231]

The song "Looking for Freedom" was a very fitting song for the spirit of the time.

[@nikolah.8472]

@@NoProtocol to be true mostly for the laughs. We too make Hasselhoff jokes in germany and the part that he broke down the wall is a meme in itself. Most young germans will know him only from the spongbob movie.

[@XX-bn9sf]

As a German I never heard of this song and the idea that Hasselhoff is a German favorite is only every brought up by Americans. Where this false cliche is coming from is beyond me.

[@darkpassenger66]

Grüße aus Deutschland (= Greetings from Germany) ! 🤘

[@dominiquewilkendorf7630]

I literally found you yesterday and this is already the sixth video I’m watching. Funny cause it’s a day old and I’m german

[@Gnarkzsch]

this is my first video I watched on your channel. you seem to be super smart, knowing facts which aren't known by many viewers of the original video. I am curious about your other content. regarding this reaction: he made a few mistakes (mostly in spelling and pronouncing) but he nailed it most of the time

[@ClashClash89]

I think it's worthy to note that not only the amish have linguistic roots in the german language, but also Yiddish. Particularly from the Rhine-Region, and south eastern germany. "Jingele" (from "Junge" meaning "boy" ), Mejdele (from southern german "Mädel" meaning "girl"), "Mayn Shtetele" literally translates into "my little town"... ad i am sure there are plenty more that aren't diminutive, i just can't think of one right now ^^D

[@cmlemmus494]

Geography Now! is currently at V and has about 6 countries left. I don't know if they've announced plans for when Z is complete, but there are about a dozen disputed nations (eg, Taiwan), dozens of micronations and special states, and a few whose sovereignty has been affected since the original video (eg, since 2022, questions have been asked as to whether Belarus is truly independent from Russia).

[@JusH3]

Love your videos, I always learn something new.

[@witthyhumpleton3514]

Not in the defense of the German passport but interesting to note with these rankings is that there are different types of access granted by different passports. Generally the most poweful passport is measured by how many countries it allows access too, but the ranking shifts when you look at how many countries you can stay in for longer, leading to different rankings. Some passports allow access into fewer countries but for longer periods of time, for example.

[@lemonycricket3286]

"Educated guess": The Amish "Rumspringa" sounds like an early version of the current German word "Herumspringen/Rumspringen". That might be very well interpreted as a form of "going crazy when you are young".

[@robertbishop1908]

- I believe that David Hasselhoff is a celebrity in Germany, because, he is a German Pop Star ? My favorite beers are Scottish, and British, respectively; "Innus and Gunn" original, and "Fuller's" E.S.B.(extra Special Bitters). Both, stronger than the average American beer. I like them because, the hops used don't have the citrus notes popular in the American market.

[@ArgueWithTheMajority]

Ha! So nice to hear that you met a fellow Franconian, especially because Franconia is very rarely mentioned, even within Germany. It is also the sign of a typical Franconian that he introduced himself as Franconian and not Bavarian, despite the fact that Franconia is situated within the much more well known Bavaria. :D Edit: 14:11 They were called "war criminals". 😅

[@Kivas_Fajo]

He was singing his song: "I've been looking for freedom!" It fitted perfectly at the time...

[@TheGamingCrow]

There were a couple informations in this video being wrong. In germany we don't have just 300 types of bread, it's 3200 different breads. Not 50 types of sauges, but 1200. As if that wouldn't be insane enough already, we have more castles than towns. 21k cities and towns but 25k castles, bastions and former castles now in ruins.

[@jamesburke2094]

did he mention how good their English is? northern Europeans (especially younger gens) speak English perfectly

[@RoxxSerm]

1. France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and Spain 194 visa free countries.

[@marvinh4893]

actually in germany ... mallorca or how we call it "malle" is an unofficial federal state because of the high percent of germans there xD

[@M4tti87]

Best reagrds from Bamberg, Franconia :D

[@gehtkanwasan4737]

I would guess Rumspringa derives from the high german words "herum springen" which means jumping around.

[@ettcha]

Between singing and the show Knight Rider, David Hasselhoff was/is big in Germany. I somehow came across that one day googling an 80s anime with a giant transforming robot in a cowboy hat and cape😅 (fellow old fogies, name the show and reveal yourselves!).

[@NoProtocol]

I need to look what Knight Rider is because I’m not sure I’ve seen him in a movie or series before. My first association with him has to do with the wall haha

[@XX-bn9sf]

That is a myth. People repeating it doesn't make it any more true.

[@lamaglama6231]

​@@XX-bn9sfbut it is true. I experienced it myself.

[@dnocturn84]

@@XX-bn9sf Having experienced this era myself, I can confirm, that he was indeed very popular in Germany because of the TV show and his songs. But this / his decine happened rather quickly in the 90s (after Knight Rider stopped and his inability to produce other successful songs to follow). He was extra iconic for the fall of the wall, because of his song "Looking for Freedom" at this point in time. Which he also performed there. If you don't believe it, you should check his music sales from back then. Germany was his most succussful selling place.

[@AkahigeNoAmo]

@@dnocturn84 while I was born in '90 and this was before my time, everything I heard from people old enough to experience the time is very similar to the meme-approach of Americans. And yes, he was popular with (the younger generation and) those who watched Knigth Rider and let's not forget Baywatch. His music was popular - sure, but that kind of "Schlager"-esque style has always been and still is very popular and commercially successful - simple and easy and very digestable while drunk ( I jest, but still). As far as musical influences on the reunification, arguably, artists like David Bowie who actually lived in the devided Berlin for a while, or bands like The Scropions (especially with their song Wind of Change) had a much bigger impact on the people than Hasslehoff. Though, that would also be a devisive statement in and of itself.

[@sttuuu3442]

You are so super informed, that it's actually scary. Great video

[@jensschroder8214]

November 9th is the day of fate for the Germans. November 9th, 1918 the proclamation of the first German democracy November 9th, 1923 Hitler's failed coup attempt in Munich. November 9th, 1938, the synagogues burn in Germany and the climax of hatred of Jews. November 9th, 1967 Students rebel against professors with a Nazi past. November 9th, 1989 the wall in Berlin falls.

[@jensschroder8214]

The Germans Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were brought from Germany to Moscow by rail. There they began the experiment of Communism. This was then replaced by Stalinism. Today's rulers in Moscow are just dictators who adorn themselves with the feathers of the past. The communist Ruhr area was quickly brought back into line with bribes. The communist experiment in East Germany can be considered a failure. It was abolished by the people when they insisted that legitimate elections take place.

[@jensschroder8214]

Wars between France and Germany, the score is 2:1 for France. Germany decided not to repeat after two defeats.

[@TheKerberos84]

About the "Reinheitsgebot" it is not a law, it is a commandment. However it is followed like a law.

[@YiYaEmperor]

4:21 being drunk here, but my first imgage is DAGVID HASSELHOFF!!!!!!!! edit 4:31 oops my bad to your question "what did he've been looking there..............................." ahem HE'S BEEN LOOKING FOR FREEEDOM ! 11:21 berliners the what? (new yorkers? - would have been my guess)

[@ravenward626]

I don't particularly enjoy hoppy beer. I can't even enjoy a good IPA. But we have a few German branded wheat beers around here which are pretty good.

[@11nolaboi]

Stella Artois Liberte is my current favorite non-alcoholic beer.

[@NoProtocol]

I’m not a big Stella fan, but I haven’t yet seen their non-alcoholic option so I’ll have to give it a try!

[@lamaglama6231]

Fun fact about Germany: Large parts of eastern germany could receive western germany TV and radio signals. The parts that couldn't receive it were jokingly called "Das Tal der Ahnungslosen" aka "The valley of the clueless" by the people that could receive it. Being able to get a glimpse of western society for sure didn't help the eastern germany government in keeping up the idealistic idea of socialism.

[@charolastra606]

I find non-alcoholic IPAs to (in general) taste better than non-alcoholic lagers, and think they retain more of their character even after being de-alcoholised(if that is the term??). I doubt it is sold internationally but my recommendation is Drop Bear Beer - they are from Wales in UK !

[@XX-bn9sf]

Maybe from "rumspringen" (jumping around or a form of dancing)

[@sbc_specter]

04:43 the Hoff brought down the Berlin Wall...well..at least, that's what he thinks :)

[@ravenward626]

I once had the good fortune to visit Greece. I heard a rumor there that one of the smaller Aegean islands has such a high population of Germans that they had commercial flights direct from Germany to the island.

[@PGHpartei]

Grüße aus Deutschland 🙃 Greetings from Germany 🙃 This comment section will now be germanised 😃

[@ericisprobablyfullofshit7797]

Yeah, because that always goes well. 🤦‍♂️ 😅

[@voidwalker7774]

I will place my towel as sign of occupation over the chair near the pool

[@peter_meyer]

It's the Henley Passport Index and you're right: it's Singapore now. Germany, Italy and Spain share second place with visa-free access to 190 destinations. An interesting, but very short video about one of the german islands is from the BBC: The German island with a population of 16. Uuuuhhhh, Heineken the best non-alcoholic beer? Highly disagree. Erdinger is way better

[@nagmashot]

were did you life on Mallorca? I life there and work all around the island :)

[@jeffjaeger739]

these days, when I drink, it's usually Yuenling traditional lager. once upon a time, though, it was Newcastle or Honey Brown.

[@NoProtocol]

I had never heard of Yuenling, now I’m curious

[@jeffjaeger739]

@@NoProtocol I like it. :-)

[@SonOfMuta]

6:35 Tornadoes occur on every continent except Antarctica

[@Fuerwahrhalunke]

Honestly, city dwellers are all the same around the world. They share their own identity and culture, seperate from the rest of the provincial parts of the countries they reside in. You can live in one big city, move to the next, in another country (especially when it's within the hemisphere you were born in) and, beside the sightseeing attractions, showing you the culture that once was alive there, find yourself around very well. The only way to experience a culture, folk and language is once you leave the city and live with people that are actually rooted in the country.

[@sailorb3944]

Hi NoProtocol ! I would like to ask: Is "Jonah Lomu ULTIMATE TRIBUTE ♛ Lord of the Wings" somewhere on your request list ? I just ask in case you forgot. I watched your rugby reaction a while ago, and although I have enjoyed it, I knew there is so much more to it. And Jonah was the most complete player you could get. I would love to see you get into old school boxing videos, I know many good positions there. I have other requests also. I would be grateful if you responded.

[@norbertzillatron3456]

"Rumspringa" sounds a lot like the German verb "rumspringen" => jumping around

[@ArtistJoshuaWeigand]

My favorite beer happens to be German. It's called Franziskaner. My favorite American beer is only sold in Wisconsin (because America has it's own weird laws about beer) and is called Spotted Cow

[@NoProtocol]

If I ever come across a Franziskaner, I will certainly try it and let you know!

[@ArtistJoshuaWeigand]

@@NoProtocol if you enjoy wheat beer, I think you'll like it

[@thepurplesmurf]

@@NoProtocol Even for Germans, with so many different types of beer, is Franziskaner regarded top notch and one of the most popular brands, especially in Bavaria. If you don't find Franziskaner, very similar brands are Paulaner Weißbier and Erdinger Weißbier.🍺

[@klaus2t703]

@@thepurplesmurf All of the mentioned beers are "big brands". In the 1980ies they were considered good, then they all started their mass production - and their reputation sunk. Nowadays they are not bad, but I prefer (a couple of) beer from smaller, local breweries.

[@charolastra606]

Am from UK, Franziskaner is goddamn amazing I love it :D

[@cloudbuster1024]

Hey, for me the best non-alcoholic beer is the german "Erdinger Weißbier Alkoholfrei". greets from Germany

[@kohlenstoffeinheit5298]

Officially bears are extinct in Germany since 1835. A bear who crossed the border in 2006 had to be shot because he wasn't shy and was considered a threat. Next were sighted in 2019, 2022 and 2023 in the border region to Austria, counting about 11 different animals. They come from the italian population and are looking for females, but as they obviously can't find any, they go back south. There is no permanent population in Germany. That's why they are still considered to be extinct, even though farmers can have trouble with killed sheep and hikers can have a surprising meet & greet with an extinct animal.

[@heros2110]

I'm a German from Schleswig-Holstein, now living in Switzerland. They misspelled every word. Except for Berlin. And pronounciation, well. And i know, my son won't fit into the generalized german school system. By the way, almost all of the inventors, scientists, composers that Germany keeps bragging about (and i play the organ), were homeschoolers.

[@alvonfinster2915]

My father was from Bavaria. He explained that the German dialects are altitudinal: High German is spoken in the southern mountains and Low German as the coast is approached. High German is the official language - the language of forms to be filled (of which the Germans are fond). Fun fact - I have read that German is the predominant ethnic group in the States due to mass immigration in the 19th & early 20th centuries.

[@MichaelFMeyer-lz5fv]

not really true. high german is not a natural language, it was modeld for the Lutherbible by martin Luther in the 16.th century. These days is spoken in the north where the dilacts are forgotten like in lower saxony. But ist the tongue in media, work, etc

[@AlexSeesing]

Let's get Dutch then! NETHERLANDS Provinces, constituent countries/ Special municipalities EXPLAINED is something to watch as the follow up. Wait! You haven't seen part one yet! Doesn't matter, just go with eighter of them.

[@gdasher]

David Hasselhoff was very popular in Germany as a singer.

[@theuralictribes5689]

Hey you look like Panam Palmer from Cyberpunk 2077 that's cool (Y) :) Will you do a reaction to Geography Hungary? Thanks!

[@nik-roshansirak3398]

13:50 - So many hillbilly-germans go to Mallorca for Vacation, that it is also called "the 17th state of Germany" here...

[@douglasszot8294]

Heineken 0.0 is the best non-alcohol beer. Beer with alcohol, I like Becks, Coors Banquet and Stella Artois. Bottoms up!

[@roberthall6975]

The book Mortal Error that I recommended months ago. I believe the theory will b discussed tonite 10pm on Reels

[@roberthall6975]

Reelz

[@SonOfMuta]

19:02 He just released Uzbekistan. He's still got Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, doubtful he does Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. After he finishes Zimbabwe he also plans to do the four UN observer states that aren't officially recognized: Kosovo, Taiwan, Palestine, and Vatican City

[@andevien2542]

Did you do Italy already? Can’t find your video

[@massdonamar]

You finally make one on my country (senegal) and it fails 😭😭 I wanted to see your reaction and input to it