My HUGE German Apartment Tour!

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0:00 Intro
0:22 Welcome
0:38 What floor we live on
1:04 Living Room
3:52 Nick's "office"
6:09 The Library
7:38 Keeper of The Keys
8:25 The Kitchen
10:33 The Music Room
11:17 Nick's Bedroom
14:47 Hallway & Small Bathroom
15:14 Big Bathroom
16:57 Mikey's Bedroom
19:03 Outside the building
19:32 Basement and Laundry Room

[@Al69BfR]

In Germany we don‘t discriminate between bedroom or working room or other types of rooms beside kitchen, bathroom, bath, Abstellkammer, basement,.. Apartments are usually advertised by the number of rooms, because with a closet, every room can become a bedroom and every room can become an office or a library or a music room,… 😉

[@nejdro1]

An American bedroom must have a built-in wall closet and a window large enough to exit through in emergencies. Many years ago, American bedrooms also often didn't have built in wall closets because it added to the property taxes charge against the house. Back then, large wardrobes were used, as is done now in Germany.

[@LythaWausW]

yes, how prejudiced of us.

[@gigibenea3529]

Not just on Germany in Europe in general

[@robronnie1360]

@@LythaWausW 🤣🤣🤣

[@mile3293]

Hello Nick! The sink is a BLANCO sink model METRA 6S, and the material SILGRANIT is a mix of sand, plastic material, colour powder (+some other ingredients) and it is available in many colours from white to black (if you want to replace it). We offer some cleaning helpers to get your sink "white" again. Also a good practice is filling the sink up with as hot water as you get and and normal amount of washing powder, mix it a bit and let it stay for 30min+ ;) Have a nice day! Michael (SILGRANIT sinks product developer at BLANCO)

[@paolopisati7518]

Just bleach and water and will be clear again.

[@sisuguillam5109]

Man lernt nie aus!

[@aesthetic97]

Für solche Kommentare liebe ich das Internet. Einfach nice haha

[@mats7492]

That Adapter mess is no bueno.. Gonna burn the house down 😂

[@leavoda3791]

Sink cleaning hack!!! That is Blanco Silgranit sink, probably a Metra Modell, it's made out of artificial stone and, if cleaned properly, doesn't get this bad. In the evening pour hot water (in your case to the brim) put a dishwasher tablet in (in your case 2-3) and let it soak overnight (in your case repeat 2-3 times). The active oxigen released from the tabs will lift most of the staining. Hopefully the surface is not scratched, but just covered in hard water residue (Kalkablagerungen). The staining is hopefully just in that residue. Once you get the stains out clean it regulary with Essig Säure (Surig) to prevent hard water staining. You can allso replace it with a new modell in black. It should fit snuggly into the premade hole in the Worktop. Edit: what is up? Well not the curtains in any of the rooms 🤣 Joking aside, you can get some really nice, cheap, light blocking curtains in Ikea or Dänische Bettenlager or even Kik. Hope it helps 😉

[@marenhuwald1445]

Would not call that 'a lot of books'.

[@kerry4385]

Nice appartment. Nothing wrong with collecting snowglobes, they are beautiful and magical. Other people I won’t name have a beanie baby collection in their room at home. Thanks for cleaning the appartment before the room tour.

[@tnit7554]

🤣😂

[@SecretSquirrel59]

I loved my four years living in Schwäbisch Hall!

[@RC2225]

That adapter at 13:50 looks like a death trap. Apple power supplies can change the plug to something more appropriate like the europlug which even works in Switzerland.

[@BrokenCurtain]

US power plugs really are quite bad. For starters, they can be "live" even when there's still metal exposed. And if that's not enough, they fall out of their sockets when you look at them the wrong way. The plugs are also so cheaply made that Uri Geller could bend the pins with his mind (still couldn't do spoons, tho).

[@dplone243]

Also wanted to point that out. I used to live in China and bought one of these Apple Reise-Adapter-Kits. No further adapter needed

[@Candy7la3Creme]

My host sister used to bring an american 3 or 5 sockets where she used pluged this one into an adapter so she didn't need any other for every singel device :)

[@tlhome7565]

Gut und Günstig! Love it. As an American from Los Angeles living in Hamburg I can appreciate alot of what you are talking about. Great Video!

[@MrGlenspace]

Hate to break it to you. In America you can order those German type windows and have them installed. I have seen them advertised

[@tnnt5636]

Some years ago I also had that white sink in my kitchen. I used to make it a lttle bit wet, took a dishwashing brush and put washing powder for white laundry onto the surface, then let it absorbe over night. It will all be whiter each time you do it. I did that once a week or so. Nearly no effort.

[@LucaSitan]

I have the same Ikea closet! So does half of Germany I reckon...I also built it myself, so obviously the doors don't close and the shelves are wonky

[@YTUSER583]

You're both so nice guys, thanks for sharing so much private info, very nice appartment. Schwäbisch Hall is so a nice town, I visit the location every year.

[@bg601]

Your adapter setup is a fire hazard!

[@stuborn-complaining-german]

In germany we count the floors: EG = Erdgeschoss (ground floor) 1.OG = 1.Obergeschoss (first upper floor) 2.OG = 2.Obergeschoss (second upper floor) ...

[@gigibenea3529]

Btw ..here in Québec Canada ..because we're French ..so the buildings have both Red-de -chaussé .ground floor than 2 floor😉😀...no 1 floor..because the French is like in Europe RdC than 1 floor .2 ..etc

[@max6419]

It's not like European apartment buildings have no elevator. I know plenty of people who have an elevator to their apartment. It's just older or ancient buildings that don't have an elevator.

[@thisisourworld9544]

Love the apartment. Thank you so much for showing us around.

[@TMD3453]

Aw, thanks. Loved it. I want that kitchen counter! I like the thinking spaces and the theater entry is erste Klasse. I admire your focus on your work- do what you love. Guten Sonntag! 👍☀️

[@viomouse]

Love the satirical tone :-)

[@yvonnehorde1097]

Wow, you have more room for your own as we with four people!

[@fitzgerald1486]

Very private insights and even though it's a big apartment you both keep it all very plain ! Thanks a lot for very open tour throughout the Alfieri residence !!!🙂

[@NilssonHoesie]

Very nice tour, thank you! Looks very comfy, gotta love that snowglobe. ;)

[@philsaunter1956]

You can change the plug portion on your Mac charger to a western European one. Propably simpler than an external adapter.

[@rebeccaschwarz5345]

That was really fun to watch 🤣🤣👏👏👏

[@AlbertKoshi23]

I love this video because not just your apartment but your life style is great. I love both coffee and protein shakes. Nowdays nobody can live any better than that because there are too many people, problems and stuff going on. That means, great job.

[@Luflandebrigade31]

By architectural standards it is a pretty decent appartment for 2 young guys! 👌🏻

[@abcabcboy]

In Norway we say 1 floor for the ground floor.

[@slackerjo]

I read the Ken Follett trilogy first, then listened to it on audiobook. The audiobook is great. One narrator, all the accents. I felt sad when I finished it.

[@ungerongt6033]

I love your Videos, thank you for showing us your flat! I just asked myself while you showed the kitchen, if you could do a "what I eat in a week" Video. Breakfast: Butterbrezeln Lunch:??? Dinner: Rice with chicken, onions, garlic and pepper (you said, it is the only thing, you can cook). So I am interessted, what you eat the whole week as a professional "Sportler"

[@sp7873]

i already feel at home.. coming!

[@57bananaman]

You'd have the same issue with the electrical sockets in The UK, as we use a completely different type from those in The USA or on Continental Europe. In fact people from The UK, when travelling abroad, will expect to have to use adaptors to get their UK appliances to work, the only exceptions in Europe being Malta, Cyprus and Ireland where they do use the same plugs and wall sockets.

[@michamcv.1846]

@nalf . Go and buy a Metall refillable coffeetab For your mashine , and normal Coffee from Polen or the netherland so you can spare a Lot of Money 😉

[@makeyourselfathome6826]

Omg your brother is hysterical too.

[@TommyFugitive]

For coffee, pick up one of those drip coffee machines that Aldi has from time to time. I paid like 15€ for mine and one pot can make about three people pretty caffeinated. It's just classic drip coffee. PNW style.

[@ZJasko]

Hey you just need to spray some descaler on that sink and let it sit there for a few minutes, works wonder. We had the same sink, we used a bath cleaner called "Ecover Essential Bad-Reiniger Eucalyptus - 500 ml" 😁

[@kc9scott]

That seems like a good idea. In the US, I use a product called “Lime-Out” to remove deposits caused by hard water or rust. It’s acidic, to dissolve that stuff. I expect that there are similar products in Germany, or anywhere.

[@user-sm3xq5ob5d]

@@kc9scott Everything that contains acidic acid or bleach will do.

[@maxschwarzschmied5744]

Appreciate the office reference Mike 😁

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Can I suggest something. Your sofa will look so much better if you replace the cushions inners ( you probably say pillows) Always buy 10 cm larger than cushion so if your cushion is 50 cm buy the insert which is 60 cm. You will be surprised the difference it makes. They will look and act like cushions again 😊

[@LythaWausW]

I didn't know you could buy different size cushions and pillow covers. I stuff mine with old towels but it's not optimal.

[@Neelia35]

@@LythaWausW how did you not know that wtf

[@LythaWausW]

@@Neelia35 What store sells throw pillows and their covers separately?

[@aniiz2915]

@@LythaWausW Ikea 😅

[@mats7492]

@@LythaWausW IKEA, Amazon, every store that sells cushions 😂

[@fedupnow61859]

I love Mt. Baldo above Malcesine. Took Cable car up and walked down to Malcesine.

[@Carol_65]

“I like to sleep with the fan right in my face.” 🙋🏻‍♀️ Me, too! The ceiling fan and the one on my nightstand blowing directly on my face.

[@volkerliebel3487]

Hi Nalf, as you claim to have Italian ancestors you probably should know that in some Italian regions there is no „ground floor“ either, but this is designated the 1st floor. 😊

[@tnit7554]

Built-in closets are so cool.

[@paolopisati7518]

Clean the sink: fill it with a mix of water and bleach, leave 1/2h or 1h and you'll see the sink like brand new.

[@jhayashi177]

You can use household bleach on your sink. That should help with the stains. You put paper towels on the area you want to bleach, pour a 50-50 mix of bleach and water on the towels, and wait for about 30-45 minutes. Then you throw the towels away and rinse the surfaces. Good luck and I hope your sink looks less disgusting the next time you show us around your place.

[@eduardoribeiro383]

Sunday Night. Congratulations on the title with the Unicorns 👍🏿👍🏿

[@makeyourselfathome6826]

You were in my recommended videos. I’m 1:30 seconds in and I laughed 5 times already. You are awesome. I’m subscribing!

[@LaureninGermany]

You are going to love it here!

[@cyrion7819]

When we bought our kitchen, the vendor offered one of these sinks. He said, they look great (I could not agree), but they may not be cleaned as easily as steel sinks. I understood. I also prefer steal sinks, because there is a greater chance for glasses to survive if you accidentally drop them.

[@DemiBoBemi]

"Got it at Fred Meyer" Haven't heard that name in years lol and to hear it in a German apartment tour video! I'm kinda sad we didn't get to see the view on the balcony with those timber homes! Anyway, your apartment is very nice. Thanks for sharing 🙂

[@Kordanor]

Great video and more interesting than I expected it to be as you added lots of your personal every day life into that. Just a word of warning: I am not an expert regarding locks, but it might not be a good idea to show closeups of your keys. I mean from your shots you could probably only accurately see the GYM key, and that one seems sophisticated, but as everyone could easily figure out where you live I'd be careful showing your housekeys.

[@mr.sonntagskindlein]

Just saw you hit the 100k! Congrats! Show us your badge when it arrives.

[@johnnie6404]

Really nice Apartment

[@angelika9729]

You can use 2 Tbsp of Chlorine Sink Cleaner. Brush the sink and wait 10 minutes. Than wash all the chlorine away. Shiny White! Chlorabflussreiniger aus dem Baumarkt. Ich habe das gleiche Material in meiner Spüle und nichts anderes hilft bisher. LG aus München! Toll sind deine Videos! Danke dafür!

[@S-V-E-N-1-9-7-8]

Hey Nick, a little tip for cleaning your sink. Try pure citric acid. That stuff is really great.

[@shirleyz7400]

I sometimes fill the sink with water & pour some bleach in it & let it sit over night. It works great.

[@rolfgarske8174]

@@nordderby7675 yes, definitely Baking soda. Works great for bleaching and cleaning.

[@nothingspecial123Q]

Some people mix baking soda and vinegar essence to a kind of paste and swear by it for cleaning 😉

[@rolfgarske8174]

@@nothingspecial123Q That’s a bad idea. The mix of an acid and a base can create toxic fumes. Baking soda and hot water are all that you need.

[@torinsall]

Try Barkeepers Friend for cleaning the sink.

[@metalsomemother3021]

you forgot to take us out on the porches. Otherwise, good tour.

[@CyberTom1965]

It needed two Alfieris to bring back the German Bowl trophy to Hall. Congrats on a perfect season! 🍾

[@nxs3374]

Nalf , we can buy the Fenstern und Türen and even Roladen here in good ole USA . Just, you know , it’s gonna cost you a pretty penny for them.. Miss my house in Germany but it’s rented out , but I still have it .. kudos and yeah that’s a good pic of Good ole NYC !

[@bruceketcheson4877]

American Crew at Amazon or many other places in Germany as well. Its actually cheaper here than Target and other places.

[@JapaneseJourney]

I also used American Crew in my last years in Germany. You can get it from Amazon for like 10€.

[@wandilismus8726]

Mikey is Nick's comic Relief 🤣

[@philippbretzler7687]

In these times with horrible price für Energy, you din't miss a a/c.

[@GumiTadej]

17:28 The Office reference :) can't stop laughing :)

[@pazuzu002]

Your videos must be fun with the Dynamic Island 😅

[@jonlouis4263]

I'm not ashamed to say that when you picked up that book and spoke about Keanon, I looked up the ESPN video and the tears flowed as I saw what he had done. A great man

[@tnit7554]

The apartment looks pretty nice. Seems to be a newer building. Regarding the sink, i would consider to change it , you could call your landlord that it is not acceptable like this, depending on your contract he may be in charge to replace it for a new one. ..the extension cord...this isn't a good idea attaching so many converters due to safety.

[@frankmerscheim5824]

the Kaffeetable ist ein Couchtisch !!!

[@fan8281xx]

In Europe there are LIFTS in ALL habitable buildings with at least 5 stories. You are ONLY right on not having "elevators" though; maybe ASCENSORS could be found

[@stephaniew9660]

What about the balcony?

[@MartijnFrazer]

Eyyy just wanna say I have the same closet. Had it for years! It's not amazing, but it works I guess.

[@frankiehansel]

14:06 thats what happend with the american outlets happend all the time.......once you plug it in, they just fall out. The germans "plug in" is "plugged in", its even hard to get that sucker out 🙂

[@estaesta2476]

Lovely house 🏠 it's also big

[@esabelangeleca3939]

Your apartment looks good...

[@Uwe07Bein]

American Crew is fully available in quite some online stores - only checked amazon and zalando, but both have the "AMERICAN CREW FORMING CREAM" Maybe not the exact same though?

[@TheRagingPlatypus]

You didn't mention that the riser heights on steps in Germany tend to be uncomfortably nigh to cram the steps in a smaller space. Awful. In the last building we lived in, the riser height was 8"!

[@michaelherrmann3423]

Danke. Ich bin hier heute aus Köln in Ansbach und ich habe gemerkt wie hier die Autobahn Baustellen am Kreuz A6 A7 sind.

[@johnlooney2319]

I use the crew, medium hold high sheen.

[@Andi_mit_E]

You have to clean this kind of sink immediately after using it ...or it will look like yours! 😆

[@haukesattler446]

A possible explanation for the different floor counting stiles: The correct name for the upper floors are "Stockwerk" or "Obergeschoss" often abbreviated to "Stock" or "Geschoss" (which could be falsely translated into 'stick' and 'projectile') "Stockwerk" and "Obergeschoss" are the name for the rooms you have put atop of the ground floor rooms. So if you want to prevent confusion, you could just translate "Stock" or "Geschoss" into 'upper floor'. So the "zweiter Stock" would become the second upper floor. Maybe that would alleviate confusion.

[@Ordo1980]

Exactly. I think the idea was: "normal" houses has one floor. So everything what is above are additions. And you count these additional levels.

[@holger_p]

"Etage" is shorter and more common in the norther half of Germany. "Obergeschoss" rather translates to "upstairs", cause it's ony used in 2-floor-buildings.

[@leDespicable]

@@holger_p Not sure about the Obergeschoss part. You absolutely do hear people talking about "zweites/drittes Obergeschoss", so it's not only used for 2-storey buildings.

[@haukesattler446]

@@holger_p According to Wiktionary the word Etage has French roots. Also it is a little bit ambiguous, because "erste Etage" can mean the ground floor or the first upper floor.

[@holger_p]

@@haukesattler446 Everything can be ambigous by region or language. I'm just saying how I use it. Since french was the language of the nobles, many french words are in common use in Germany. Climax was more around 1900, but some survived.

[@robertomanz6399]

we do !!! have the german style windows for tipping or opening or for the balconies such as you say are not available in the USA. they ARE available in the US if one wants to have them. this is i n the NE USA. if they are available in Oregon or Wash. i can t say. all best R

[@chkoha6462]

I saw 'An Army at dawn' on the shelf...have you had a chance to read the other two volumes of this trilogy yet?

[@_J.C.]

Loved the tour 😂

[@LaureninGermany]

Very nice tour, I like the positive vibe in your place! I swear the preparation for moving to Germany should include an Ikea furniture building course. And how to paint an apartment white. (For when you move) I upgraded from a laptop to laptop plus monitor and external keyboard. Omgoodness. How did I do it before?!

[@sisuguillam5109]

If you need someone to put together IKEA furniture I am your girl. And you did all these videos on your laptop? Your poor neck and back!

[@LaureninGermany]

@@sisuguillam5109 I was in soooo much pain! I may well have to hold you to that! I’m awful at Ikea furniture. And I might try to build the camper van with it.

[@sisuguillam5109]

@@LaureninGermany most of my things are from Ikea (I figured that I would inherit the Möbel from my Great-Grandparents eventually... and now that I have I need to have put some money aside to have them restored). Helped my sister with ther bed and her living room furniture as well... have to confess that we called the one person in my family that works for IKEA midway who gave us pointers. Doing your van up with IKEA stuff is not a bad idea as it is usually lightweight and there are plenty of hacks around helping you to adapt it to your needs. You simply have to out up little curtains instead of doors for the undersink/lower shelve area instead of doors. Saves weight and looks cute.

[@LaureninGermany]

@@sisuguillam5109 you see! We are so on the same wavelength. I already have a curtain under the kitchen sink and was also planning to use curtains for doors in the van! And I inherited a little bit of Möbel from Franz’s Tante, but I kind of restored it (badly, but cheaply!) myself. I can’t part with it, it’s been repurposed so many times now. But you still have to be chief Ikea-Builderin. That’s where the similarities end…

[@sisuguillam5109]

@@LaureninGermany 😆 what happens when I mess up your IKEA furniture? Maybe we can rope in my Cousin to go on standby with advise? And we really do think alike!

[@rscaht]

Sempre simpatici i fratelli !

[@Biscuit1rl]

Why not use a us to eu adapter pluged unto the wall with an usa extension lead with 7/8 connections on. I bring an Irl/uk 1 with me when going snowboarding in auatria, hence only need to bring 1 irl/eu adapter....

[@MrKnuspel2]

The hard drive setup screams Network Attached Storage. Maybe LTT can get right on that Also maybe get an American powerstrip and plug that into a new adapter. Should solve all adapter issues

[@mhmannn]

Hey Nick, Amazon has American Crew in Germany ;)

[@BrokenCurtain]

IIRC, the levels of houses are also counted differently, depending on whether you live in Western or Eastern Germany, and "Stockwerk", "Etage" and "Obergeschoß" mean different things.

[@S-V-E-N-1-9-7-8]

Sometimes in German houses there is another "Hochpaterre (high ground floor)" between the ground floor and the first floor. 🤯

[@mojojim6458]

@@S-V-E-N-1-9-7-8 In public buildings in the US, it's called a mezzanine

[@kyihsin2917]

My apartment building in (former) East Berlin numbers its floor the American way (which incidentally is also the Russian way), but I think that's unusual even in the East.

[@oliverwalter266]

Wieder toll hinbekommen. Cooles Video. Ich mag, wie ihr als Brüder so miteinander klarkommt und wie Du deinen Bruder immer so neggst oder wie man euch sagt. Wenn ihr mal nicht 379,89 Euro in Tiefstack abdrücken wollt feel free to what so ever. Ich wünsche viel Glück, Power und alles erdenklich Gute für Frankfurt. Haut die einfach weg. Danke. Shout outs to Rudy, Mikey, Speedy and his wife. You made my last 5 month such beautiful. Gruss EiKiiiiAa

[@lottecooper4370]

Most German people sleep with the windows tilted, most of the year that's really all you need. Having an electrical device run all through the night and right next to my face sounds like an absolute nightmare.

[@imchronic5539]

15:30 you can get crew in Germany :)

[@yehoshuacirt8645]

I came to Israel from California in 1982. I learn from your entertaining video that the homes here and the instant coffee and half bathrooms and windows and closetless bedrooms and ALL the rest are clearly German or European standards. Never paid attention to the difference in counting apartment floors in America as compared to Israel. Like Germany, here you're on the first floor when you're actually on the second. I guess that is bound to occur when you in America behave as if your 13th floor is the 14th.

[@uhoffmann29]

Glad Mike didn't go into specifics on what else can be done on that bed ... 🙂 and if he doesn't know yet, he'll figure it out, eventually ;-)

[@timefliesaway999]

Or maybe he won’t, because not everyone has to. Perhaps he’ll become a member of the cake club or garlic club

[@robletterly6679]

so where's my Leadup to German Bowl 2022 coverage?

[@joekhatib3798]

No elevators is probably a good thing! Tough game for Andy and the Cal Bears against Wazzu yesterday but they are 3 - 2 on the season! 🤔

[@leDespicable]

Well, it's not a good thing for elderly and disabled people who are looking for a flat.

[@joekhatib3798]

@@leDespicable I don’t know what their laws are regarding such issues! In the US there is a law called the Americans with Disability Act which requires that those people with disabilities must be accommodated! Again, I don’t know what the law is in Germany!!!

[@joekhatib3798]

I will also add that the AWDA applies to Public, Taxpayer supported facilities and buildings such as a City Hall! You don’t see an elevator required in a privately owned home that has two or three stories!!! 🤔

[@BlissLovePeace]

In case you need a few more TV sets ... check out Kleinanzeigen ...

[@yngir268]

Cribs-vibes with NALF.

[@anette2050]

Fun fact: I'm from Vienna and I actually went to elementary school with the daughter/heiress of the original Viennese snowglobe manufacture.

[@thomashovgaard3134]

Getting buffer by the day :-)

[@spieletippser]

Will you play in the Final on Saturday? If not i wont be there! Want an Autograph!

[@Cristina-rk5kk]

What about the balcony tour?

[@user-bj2lu9qt3o]

They're so lucky to have that balcony with that view! The whole appartment is such a gift. Well... except the noisy street right next to the bedrooms.

[@bunnypeople]

Probably realized it would give their location away and decided against it

[@S-V-E-N-1-9-7-8]

@@user-bj2lu9qt3o In SHA, the streets are rolled up every evening by the employees of the public utility company and brought to the warehouse, where the dust is then removed before the streets are rolled out again the next morning. Day after day. Thus, the traffic noise at night should not be a problem