How To Spend Your Weekend Like A German

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[@dorderre]

If NALF isn't sponsored by the german baking industry yet, he really should be =)

[@holger_p]

But there is no industry, that's why he cannot be sponsored and that's why baking is so good. It's thousands of standalone bakers.

[@anna-ranja4573]

He could only be sponsered from the Handwerkskammer 😊

[@chaushb]

@@holger_p well, that's not really true.

[@armadspengler2717]

@@chaushb Unfortunately you are right. There is a baking industry and it is slowly killing the standalone artisan bakeries one after the other...

[@holger_p]

@@armadspengler2717 no, its missing bakers, who are willing to learn this trade and take over a buisness. Getting up 1am is not a pleasant job. The customers who buy by price are gone long time ago. Today it's most often just retirement, if a bakery closes.

[@MCraft4U]

Damn Nalf is becoming German to a point where he soon will be growing Socken in Sandalen :D

[@taeglichinternet]

😂😂😂

[@schneeroseful]

You need to dress for practicality, not for style. 😉

[@flibflob2785]

That is a little known fact about germans that we really need to point out: We don't wear socken in sandalen because we like wearing that, they simply *grow*, and it's kinda like shaving - you have to cut off the Socken in Sandalen every day, but most germans are too lazy to do that, and that's why you see so many germans with Socken in Sandalen.

[@Tam1064]

🤪🤣

[@o.b.7217]

Nothing wrong with wearing socks to sandals. It's only white (Tennis-)socks that are a problem. Simply because they attract all the dirt, and then look yucky. But socks of different color _(where the dirt isn't showing as much)_ are fine.

[@Dahrenhorst]

Actually, the bakery at REWE is not a supermarket bakery, but an outlet of a "real" bakery (Kern, in your case) which has subleased some space in the entry space of the supermarket. You'll find that very often in Germany. Those supermarkets often additionally have their own bakery corner inside the main shop with some machinery frequently heating up dough pats to different types of rolls, bread and sometimes even croissants, baguettes or pretzels.

[@holger_p]

And you cannot generelly tell, which one is better, you just can try. Sometimes both do in-store baking with prepared or frozen dough.

[@DavidWilliams-DSW558]

Also, the brezels are usually among the few products actually baked there behind the counter in the shop, not delivered from the "Backstube".

[@Dahrenhorst]

@@DavidWilliams-DSW558 Well, yes and no. The Brezeln are made out of ready made and already formed dough, sometimes even including the salting. The only thing they do in the shop at the location is heating them up, but everything else is done in a bakery or in some factory.

[@DavidWilliams-DSW558]

Kind of, @@Dahrenhorst, but the salt has to be put on the pre-formed (and possibly deep frozen) dough when they are put in the oven and then they are sprayed with a special glaze (the lauge, which I think is basically brine) during the baking process, once they are golden brown, to give them that glossy surface finish.

[@martinahaary6676]

Kern is from Wüstenrot (yes, the second town with a "Bausparkasse") and Kern is a decent medium sized bakery with outlets all around this part of Hohenlohe/Heilbronn-Franken/Schwäbisch Hall

[@MisterJingo93]

It is utterly fascinating, how watching an american in germany makes me, a german, appreciate germany so much more. What we take for granted... isn´t. Weekends like that? Pretty standard. Yet, to an outsider, different and interesting. "Utopic" even. How about that.

[@B.A.B.G.]

Definitely, especially before the world locked down it was a treat. Miss it.

[@timojohn9773]

Well, the traditional weekend for me is saturdays working on private stuff (housekeeping, gardening, foresting, wine, etc.) and saturday is just straight chilling, kaybe going on a walk, but not much more most of the time.

[@dertransakteur5840]

Friday: Out for a Ride, Saturday: Cleaning bike. Sunday: Out for a Ride. I notice a systematic lack of pretzels in my weekends...

[@ClaudiaG.1979]

Eine Gänseblümchenkrone!!! Da werden Kindheitserinnerungen wach..

[@quo33]

"After practise, I went to the gym". A sentence nobody will ever hear from me. 🤣

[@sitagarg4238]

They should really crown you for Brandambassador Schwaebisch Hall

[@michele1491]

The German appreciation of the simple things in life (butter pretzel, beer, nature) could teach the rest of us a thing or two.

[@maryalicemeaneymeaney4551]

Nalf has quite the life.

[@hightidemidafternoon]

bavarian appreciation!

[@Joelina456]

haha, after seeing Laura in the thumbnail i was waiting all video for her appearance and what a cliffhanger that it took until the last two minutes😀 You two together emit such good vibes =)

[@CediEntertainment]

Click Bait ;)

[@mojojim6458]

@@CediEntertainment This shot gives click bait a good name.

[@ZeotyXBL]

@@CediEntertainment yikes

[@schneeroseful]

Rather like castle wall hanger

[@Kazuya720]

Are they a couple or just friends??

[@prieten49]

Yep, that Laura steals the show every time!

[@yt-viewerfromger320]

Yeah, and she's a real dream girl, at least in my opinion..!

[@bereal666]

Nalf's Brezolophy: It's all about the contrast of crunchyness and softness.

[@lemurkirsche7891]

And someone else than him, to spread the butter on it :D

[@l.c.899]

@@lemurkirsche7891 and not to forget to put enough salt on the brezel, or you get rated under 7😂😂

[@tnit7554]

@L.C. 🤣😂👍

[@shanghai72]

Must be hard for Nalf now that Speedy and Cody have another child and he is not alone anymore.

[@chrisssssssi5598]

I am from Bavaria and I my opinion a proper "Butterbrezn" is cut up to the top and has butter everywhere. If the little conection parts are missed, it is ok, but the upper part has to have butter!😀

[@davidanderson9245]

Agree! Same for the „Schnittlauchbutterbrezn“ they always put like a half cm butter all over it and i love it😅

[@josefabuaisheh6262]

I agree with this message 😂 Bavaria definetly has the best pretzels in germany...

[@broknsword23]

I've been a 'professional' butter spreader at a local gas station and I'm slicing the whole Brezel. All the Brezel is spread with butter ;) a lot of my regulars and I guess Germans just would eat butter by it's own haha

[@ulliulli]

We don't eat bread with butter ontop. We eat butter with some bread beneath it

[@derkohler2380]

good man! this is the way.. :)

[@o.b.7217]

Actually, I did eat butter alone once. It wasn't that bad. But you can't eat too much of it.

[@ulliulli]

@@o.b.7217 Don't eat butter alone... get friends to eat butter in a group

[@susannabonke8552]

Man that's yum.

[@malle9572]

The Brezel review I never knew I needed.

[@meiw6443]

There is a festival in honor of the pretzel in my hometown Speyer every year in July :D A traditional bakery sells Brezeln in several tiny glass houses (all year round). You can also get Butter Brezeln. People either love or hate the traditional ones since the dough is a bit different. I personally (as a kid from Speyer) think Speyrer Brezeln are way better than the ones from bakery chains. I would be happy to hear your opinion about it. It's not far from Hall and a trip could be combined with the german wine route, also known as german tuscany. It is worth a visit ;)

[@mojojim6458]

I like this idea, especially since it's close to SHA.

[@sonjaenste647]

You sold it. I'm going. 😋

[@gerterich]

@@sonjaenste647 So am I! See you all there.

[@sonjaenste647]

For everyone interested: In 2022 it's July 6th to 12th.

[@o.b.7217]

And let's not forget the *"Technik-Museum Speyer"* and the *"Speyerer (Speyrer?) Dom".* NALF is interested in cultural stuff, so that should be right uphis alley.

[@working-twenty-four-seven]

Daumen hoch für die Gänseblümchenkrone! 🌼👑

[@susannabonke8552]

Fashion Trend.

[@ChiaraVet]

Dude. Let me say one thing, just as an observation: you appreciate the vibe and the work life balance--> you have to take into account that the same goes for bakery workers too. Although in bigger cities we have bakeries that are open longer and on weekend as well (more people can be hired to cover the shifts because "big city").

[@fuuby]

6:15 Mike really has to work on his greeting, he will scare Germans with this

[@creativetraininghacks]

And his history buff big brother surely can tell him, why.

[@robertfriedrichs2583]

😂

[@o.b.7217]

Thank god, I'm not the only one noticing. :)

[@forceforceforce]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ladyhangaku2072]

Oh my god 😂😂

[@hannahanna649]

New aspects of the NALF identity: brezolopher with a touch of hippiesque retro charm. Good job Laura!

[@henningbartels6245]

I like how Nalf makes a science out of ordinary pretzels.

[@henningbartels6245]

@@miss_ding for example?

[@kuniblock550]

*Brezel 😄

[@henningbartels6245]

@@miss_ding how do you know, that he doesn't speak or study the language?

[@henningbartels6245]

​@UCFhptgCgRh0XC-b6F-lyrUg, dein Kauderwelsch ergibt keinen Sinn: wem muss er etwas beweisen und was für ein Missbrauch überhaupt? If you don't like his videos - don't watch them!

[@henningbartels6245]

@@miss_ding, just stick to your comments and don't delete them afterwards. If you don't want my attention just don't call my name in your comments.

[@felixklusener5530]

I was in downtown Schwäbisch Hall that same saturday around 1 pm retourning to Witten (NRW) from a roadtrip to Switzerland. Your videos inspired me to take the detour from Autobahn 7 and experience that beautiful city. It was absolutely worth it and I want to thank you for your great and inspiring work.

[@MarianneExJohnson]

Next time Nick does a video about interesting German vocabulary, I think Gänseblümchen needs to be included. Little Goose Flower for Daisy, how cool is that!

Little Geese Flower… ;-)

[@Anson_AKB]

daisy-chaining, this time not for computer 🤓

[@kerry4385]

What a lovely video, with lovely ducks, lovely people and lovely vibes in a lovely town.

[@TMD3453]

Thanks for the lovely episode Nalf. The weather looks nice this year. ☀️💐🌺

[@frankoptis]

He's seriously getting the weekend vibe. Well done!

[@greenhawx]

For the best Butter-Pretzel-Experience go to Aldi, buy a 10-pack of pretzels from the freezer. Bake them at home and eat them right after they've cooled down to room temperature. Have to apply the salt and the butter yourself though. But better than any professional bakery pretzel because you can't get them any fresher anywhere. And they're much cheaper. You're welcome.

[@libby9433]

Now crowned King Nalf the first of Butterbrezel Land 🤴🏻🥨😉

[@BlueFlash215]

Man, I remember around 15 years ago, each morning I would drive to university and stop at a tiny local bakery. I always arrived when the fresh Bezels came out the oven and the lady would always ask if I want another butter Brezel. It was the ultimate butter Brezel.

[@mojojim6458]

Of course driving to the university was just an excuse. ;)

[@irmien]

Love seeing Laura in your vids. Her English is perfect and her athleticism is right up there with Nick's.

[@heikebowen5936]

My favorite is in stuttgart. on the konig strasse they have them booths who sell brezeln.

[@bcool9104]

NALF is a Stoolie! Great video and really showed the great German weekend life.

[@berndhoffmann7703]

9:18 from my point of view it is a huuuuge failure when only the outer parts have butter in them. The Breze has to be halved completely and Butter has to go on every part, on the core as well. The crucial thing with Laugenbrezen is time and weather, if they are older than 1h the smaller core parts get hard when it is sunny the bigger ones get slushy when it is humid.

[@shahlabadel8628]

love your videos! thanks.

[@SammyJD13]

Love the weekend chill vibes 😍 i’m not a picky pretzel eater, but I agree, the environment in which you enjoy one matters most. The best pretzel I had was while visiting Salzburg at Stiegl Keller biergarten 👌🏻

[@coconicholls]

Congrats to Cody and Speedy 🥰👶

[@jurgenrathjen5965]

Thanks for another wonderful video!

[@joebailey9437]

Your comedic talents are great!

[@PayPalUser-nv9he]

Okay, I'm going to share my very secret Butterbretzel tip with you: If you ever come to the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd (which is not far from Schwäbisch Hall), you should visit the "Bäckerei Stemke" and get one there. It's a dream.

[@elisabethlichtmannegger7116]

When you’re done with Butterbrezel, next level is: Brezeln, out-of-the-fridge-cold-fresh-butter …. and NUTELLA. 🤤😋

[@legion_prex3650]

oh, i tried that one once at a friends house back in germany. Addictive like hell.

[@zeep1770]

You need to try the butter pretzel from Krimmers Backstub in untermünkheim they are just amazing!

[@aurel19900]

You have to taste Kasprowicz around the Ammersee it’s the perfect bakery

[@raquelrivas2431]

That place is the paradise. Nice town. Love it. A hug from South America.

[@ElfriedeHattenkerl]

Hey Nalf, have you ever tried an Anise Pretzle? In the northern part of Bavaria, known as Franconia, we have the tradition to bake Anise Pretzels between the 30th of november and "Aschermittwoch" which marks the beginning of fasting. It doesn't taste at all like a normal pretzel but to me it just brings back memories of when I was a little boy living in Upper Franconia. I hope you're doing well and and all the best from Berlin ✌

[@CediEntertainment]

Wooooooh STOP! I missed the birth of Cody and Speedys little Bonsai. GZ Hope all are healthy

[@sascharoelofs2812]

I am from Aalen, Germany and love your videos :)

[@mickey23052]

A real prince and princess - nice time in Germany!

[@johanneskneer536]

Man you just never fail to make me smile :)

[@-----REDACTED-----]

The German baking industry should make Nick a Pretzel Ambassador…

[@nielsp7002]

You should check out Bäckerei Frank in Stuttgart. They did claim to have the best pretzel in Stuttgart back when I lived there.

[@mats7492]

Bakeries within supermarkets are usually open longer in general

[@pascal792]

It's funny how you philosophize about pretzels in every second video

[@susannabonke8552]

The real thing.

[@pasmat13]

I also love a good pretzel. For me it's got to have plenty of salt. The flower crown bit with your fraulein there was really sweet.

[@knownothing5518]

I'm all for the pretzel tasting! And you do look good with that crown!

[@maxlgaudi8386]

That butter Brezel rating is an amazing idea im hyped to see whats gonna be the best one

[@ralphbuurman4489]

Isn't life essentially all about finding good vibes? You have come a long way... 👍

[@mojojim6458]

The Prince of Schwabisch Hall is also King Nalf of Italy. The royal titles keep piling up.

[@Unlashed]

We have a small bakery next to Stuttgart in kornwestheim and I drive there from Stuttgart because their Brezeln are so damn good. It's called Danemann

[@ckhorst40]

NALF the pretzel sommelier.

[@tauvid9798]

If you want to taste the best pretzel you have to come to backery “Fuchs”Langenbrand in northern Blackforest at Sunday morning, but expect some long line

[@hannesfrischat7138]

Lovely - everything of it!

[@supernova19805]

That was my Pausenbrot, when I went to elementary school. The local bakery was maybe 50 yards from the school, and they delivered the absolutely best Brezeln anywhere for the school, besides Broetchen or Schneckennudeln. Perfectly crunchy on the outside but soft on the inside. Don't ever buy any Brezel in Northern Germany. They do not know how to make them there. You'll lose a tooth, biting into those.

[@holger_p]

Had to google for Schneckennudeln, that's really regional. Don't blame the Northern bakeries. They know how to do it, just people don't eat it for breakfast, and as a snack in the stadium or beer garden, they are sometimes hours old. It's not the bakers fault.

[@uliwehner]

@@holger_p isn't southern vocabulary funny? and the 2nd 'n' in Schnecken is silent in this case, just in case somebody wants to know how to properly pronounce it. :)

[@supernova19805]

@@holger_p I had visited my sister near Hamburg, and I was craving a Bretzel. My sister had warned me, that the Bretzels there were horrible but I bought one anyway because I wanted one so bad. It was rock hard and basically inedible. My sister told me, they just don't know how to bake them up there and they were always hard as a rock. I learned my lesson the hard way, pun intended. On the flip side, whenever my sister visited us in the Southwest, she'd load up on Bretzels, bread and Wurst und Fleischwaren, to take back up North.

[@holger_p]

@@supernova19805 so from one place you extrapolate to an entire area? I think you just had bad luck. Some bake with passion, others with machines.

[@supernova19805]

I trust my sister's experiences she's had over decades living up North, and tried to tell me. Can't have had just bad luck, the entire time, she lived there. I may have had only one bad Bretzel experience while there, but she had an almost entire lifetime of "bad luck" Bretzel experiences.

[@petraulrich5344]

i really like how you say „Gänseblümchen Krone“ 😂

[@AmericasGotGermans]

Ohhh, I miss to spend our weekend like Germans do😅 Now, I find myself driving my kids around to soccer practice in Boston, doing grocery shopping on Sundays and eating unhealthy food instead of yummy German pretzels. What did I get myself into? Why did I move to Boston again? 😆

[@Kathabasis]

You guys are such a cool couple. Greetings from Cologne, NRW.

[@chrismunz8127]

Wow that Halbe-ordering-skills from NALF are stunning!

[@archiegates650]

Just like the ancient folk wisdom says: Nalf takes his Butter-Brezn "with a grain of salt!"

[@furzkram]

Ever thought about checking out the bakeries' opening hours on weekends? They even put in on their doors.

[@RafLovesMary]

Man I love your Videos :)

[@user-bj2lu9qt3o]

The lovely sunny Nalf Vlogs vibes are back.🌞😃

[@twistingjack]

Pretzels baked in your own oven (brand ditsch / freezer) on Sunday morning take less than 15 minutes! Try it out! Advantage, you can sprinkle salt everywhere and take a new butter flake to each new bite. ;o)

[@michaelz.7140]

how often I went with the mindset "I can get everything anytime" in the USA and was disappointed it closed so early. Even in the bigger cities like chicago, some food outlets closed at 3 or 4 pm.

[@deinpapa3769]

try Bäckerei Stemke in Schwäbisch Gmünd if you are arround :)

[@mojojim6458]

At :51 we see the proud uncle holding his little niece's tiny, precious hand.

[@florianreimann3166]

Haha, oh I know so well how it feels to want a Butterbrezel or sth on a saturday or sunday afternoon and every bakery is closed ^_^ The Rewe in our town has a bakery in it but sadly it's a subpar chain and their stuff is really mediocre. The good thing is that the good chain bakery at the train station is open till 6pm on the weekend, the bad thing is that you can never be sure what they have left because they are the only one open and everyone goes there. And if you ever happen to be in Plochingen by any chance (maybe changing trains), if they are open you have to try a Brezel at the Bäckerei Berger that's 1 min away from the train station. They've been a little bit inconsistent the last 2 years but 50/50 you'll either get a really good Brezel or you'll get the best Brezel ever imo :D

[@kyihsin2917]

The flower crown makes you like an extra from Midsommar

[@susannabonke8552]

At IKEA?

[@chellie2749]

Nalf, you HAVE to visit the Europapark Theme Park in Rust near Freiburg and then go to the 'La petite boulangerie' bakery in the France themed area!!! They have the very best butter pretzels I have ever tried and I grew up in Germany and have eaten a lot of pretzels in my life already 😂❤️

[@foshizzlfizzl]

Some US Americans come back and have a beer addiction...you have a Butterbrezel addiction for sure! 😂

[@ragnahoffmann3022]

if you happen to visit Tübingen, I can recommend Bäckerei Walker, at least when I was at Uni there they were known to have the best Butterbrezeln 😊

[@ragnahoffmann3022]

also, IMO the Ärmchen need to be really crunchy 😎

[@cazfloor3041]

So funny, you should make it your job, we seriously have a shortage of official butter pretzel testers 😎

[@helischorsch9786]

Here’s the challenge…the Swabian Brezel is a little bit more buttery and soft, the Bavarian is more crunchy and a little bit more dry! 🤔…I love both, but might be interesting how you would rate the Bavarian one🤔 cheers from Munich 🍺

[@JJJT-]

The best Butterbrezel I had was at the Stuttgart HBF in the underground area

[@mojojim6458]

At 1:26 his curl form starts to deteriorate, but our hero continues with the reps. Anything for the shot. Does he really have to pump up to go to a beer garden? TSGO

[@NALFVLOGS]

AFTS. TSGO.

[@chrismunz8127]

Proper Butterbrezel in my eyes is completely cut and has butter everywhere. It needs to be butter with a little Brezel around.

[@quo33]

3:53 Other people want to have a relaxed weekend too! Especially when you work in customer service all week. Your videos kinda make it seem like all you ever eat are Butterbrezeln. 😅

[@LaureninGermany]

I have to go and eat bread of some description now. Don’t talk to me until I‘ve done it. My Spitzl that I filmed for you, Nick, it’s a 10, believe me. It’s even better than it looks. Ahhhh Summer is here (yes, it is, I‘m Welsh, this is already Summer for me). I can’t believe how much I am looking forward to Biergarten vibe collecting.

[@oskarprotzer3000]

Brezel is all about the freshness, warm out ouf the oven is the best

[@TheRealChaosQueen]

I watch this vid 3 days after upload. Well, its heavy snow outside. Anyway, congratulations to the little baby girl😍😍😍

[@Lestat1795]

Really nice vibe. What do you think of Bavarian Brezn in comparison to your Schwabian Bretzels? Since you like the salt, I guess you would prefer the Bavarian variant. Greetings from the heart of Bavaria.

[@robertb8673]

You want Pretzels? Ever heard about the "Bretzelfest" in Speyer RLP? My hometown, famous for pretzels, over 2000 year's old. Rich history and Architectur. Worth a visit.

[@hubermanuel2486]

In austria it is common to slice the whole Bretzel, so there is butter everywhere. The crunchy parts of the Bretzel with Butter tastes really awesome. Come and check it out! 🇦🇹

[@jimmoth3276]

In parts of Bavaria its the same concept! :-) But it should be prepared shortly before you eat it. So the crunchy parts stay crunchy.

[@leaslifestyle7721]

You have to go ti Krimmers Backstube in Untermünkheim they have the best Bretzeln!

[@inawinchester]

"it had really good moments" never thought I get to hear that in a Brezn review 😂👌👌👌

[@LiebeNachDland]

Das Miniaturbild: Der König des NALF Reichs und sein kleines Städtchen im Hintergrund. Glad you could enjoy a nice and classic sunny afternoon on your elbows or backs in the park. Always nice to see Europeans doing that. Excited I’ll finally be moving to Hamburg soon. Sorry, NALF, I know you don’t have the best history there, haha.

[@wotnocomment7762]

Thx for the short time u take us away the Dark days we had.

[@cptjfk]

Weitnau. Die Bäckerei Frommknecht. Wenn es Dich mal ins Allgäu verschlägt (und Ihr zufällig gegen Kempten spielt) - macht einen Abstecher zum Hauchenberg. Die Aussicht ist hervorragend. Und die Brezen schmecken dort oben gleich doppelt so gut.

[@toval76]

I always felt that butter pretzels are speciality in southern germany, when I want a butter pretzel I have to buy a naked one and put the butter on myself. :D

[@theafritz123]

It‘s so fun watching your approach to German culture. You are very appreciative which makes it easier for me taking a look on the nice sides of Germany again. I‘m sure you soon will be addicted to Oxy. I mean oxygen! 😇 hiking, Biergarten, sitting on the lawn of a park (halfnaked) 😂 you‘re doing good assimilating, Nalf! 🥨

[@kati4181]

Consider visiting Lake Constance and Mainau during spring if you want to catch even more vibey vibes! Trust me 💯

[@ricardotrejoruiz5776]

Hi Nick! Gänseblümchenkrone! Hahaha, how does it sound to you, Nick? Does Laura talk to you also German to teach you? You are just talented guy, yes, the LA film school did its job pretty well. Can't compare with other YT creators at all, I adore your work, keep it up, your grandpa would be proud of you! Greetings from Prague, Czech republic 🙂