what I learned about GERMANY | living abroad

[@robertadamsiii707]

At 0:34 is poeple a typo or is it some reference I don't get? Either way great work like always loved the entire video

[@helloerika]

No just typo :D and thank u!

[@dorrarh3956]

Good work ❤

[@iggyblitz8739]

​​@@helloerika Nice video, it's a pity they don't make graffiti illegal it looks so ugly and ruins beautiful cuties.

[@TremereTT]

@@helloerika I don't know if you allready did. But you need to attend a bigger Easter Fire event (Osterfeuer) and even if it's a bit Village-style, you should attend a shooting-club-festival(Schützenfest) prefereable the youth shooters(Jugendschützen).

[@markmuller7962]

@@dorrarh3956 Are you single? I'm single :D

[@KristinMitchell-q7b]

My German Professor had our class watch this video for an assignment to open us up to exploring German culture. Honestly I LOVED watching this video!

[@helloerika]

Oh my god really? :D such an honor

[@KristinMitchell-q7b]

@@helloerika yes! It's a German level 1 class at ivytech in Indiana. Thank you for creating this video!

[@voyance4elle]

what a cool professor :D

[@julientrue]

Großartiges video! One thing, the word "Lebensmüde" is actually more commonly used to describe people who do extremely dangerous activites such as climbing very tall buildings without safety gear.

[@hckoenig]

Yes, but in that case it is used ironically. Actually "lebensmüde" means suicidal. Someone is "lebensmüde" means he or she is tired of life and wants to die. Without any irony.

[@jessemoog5310]

@@hckoenig but its always used ironically, ive nver heard anyone say or use the Word to actually mean that someone is suicidal.

[@ronnybehncke2453]

​@jessemoogI agree. If I would use it in the meaning of suicidal, I would say, e.g. er ist des Lebens müde, which indicates he doesn't want to live anymore because of varius reasons like illness, depression, a bad life and so on. 5310

[@RichyFourVideos]

"that one thing"😅 brilliant. Love your humor.

[@1789Bastille]

this is the best video about germany on the internet

[@dasha_Chi]

Yees. You are sure!

[@andreadanielczyk7388]

🤣😂😭

[@veemo8605]

And the worst are militarized police but thats sadly normal right now

[@rhondascraftobsessions5817]

When I was little, my father was stationed at the Flint Kaserne in Bad Tolz. I lived there from Kindergarten to 5th grade. I love Baveria! When I was older, we lived in Frankfurt. I didn't get to see much of it though.

[@carlosdumbratzen6332]

Correction about the Tag der Einheit: it is not about the fall of the wall (which was 9.11.1989) but the official reunification at the 3rd October 1990. The reason for that is that for some reason many other important events took place at the 9th November, like the beginning of the Weimar Republic 1918, the Bierhallen/Hitler-Ludendorff Putsch 1923 or the pogroms in 1938, which are not that fitting for a national holidy. Also there are other interesting things that happened that day, like Napoleon taking power in 1799, the abdication of the last shogun in 1867, the independence of Cambodia from France in 1953 or, for more german history, the death of Holger Meins in 1974.

[@SuperFuuz]

11:30 What a nice choice of letters and numbers 😄🤭

[@voyance4elle]

what do the numbers mean :) Are they a reference?

[@SuperFuuz]

@@voyance4elle Yes. Rule 34, the rule of the internet about content for adults. You can easily google it. With "f ck", these numbers matches perfectly

[@shyakaprince7603]

Looking at this for my next week visa appointment

[@aleqrobinson2876]

I've always wanted to go to Germany, ever since I was a kid. My sister ( RIP) lived there when her husband was in the military and she loved it. Maybe one day I hope.

[@DailyDamage]

Healthcare is not free. You pay a percentage of ur income to the mandatory health insurance. Your employer matches your contribution which makes an avg total of approx 12-14% of ur income (u pay half the employer the other 50%). You can choose your health provider and add various options for: a privat room, having all dental work paid for or other additional services I may desire

[@dookie84]

This video was, with some very little exceptions, on point. Good work.

[@tadmarshall2739]

I went to Euro Disney many years ago and made up a game of "guess the nationality" where I would look at someone and try to figure out which country they were from. Lines (queues) were very helpful here. English people would be super patient and would let more aggressive people cut in line in front of them. The people cutting in line were almost always German, mostly teenagers. From a few visits to Germany, it seems like there are enormous variations in behavior between different regions. In Bavaria, people seem very relaxed. In some other regions, people are more likely to yell at you for no obvious reason.

[@njordholm]

Don't try cutting the line in front of me without my consent. Nevertheless I don't have problems in letting someone before me, if I do my bigger weekend shopping and someone only has 1 or 2 thing to buy, or if there are older people e.g. In those cases I take the initiative and offer my place in the row to them. Greetings from a German.

[@RustyBear]

Yes the german renters or old ppl. Very annoying type of humans😂😂😂😂

[@hansmeiser32]

"The people cutting in line were almost always German, mostly teenagers." I'm German and I'am a little surprised to read this. Nevertheless, when it comes to queues I wish Germans would be a little more British. "From a few visits to Germany, it seems like there are enormous variations in behavior between different regions." Yes, and even the spoken dialect can be very different - so much so that I have a hard time and mostly fail to understand southern German (Bavaria, Swabia) dialects.

[@Oderoderuchte]

@@RustyBearSenioren, die trotz der Rente, von Pfandflaschen leben müssen, sind so oder so lieb und warmherzig

[@gropki8508]

In France as well if you go to the cinema, foreign films are likely to have French dubs unless stated otherwise.

[@shahriyarjahrami9671]

Your videos are amazing to explore Germany online🤩I enjoyed it

[@ARCHEEREYES]

20+C+M+B+22 the number from the start and end of the line represents the current year. CMB means Christ bless our home and also has different interpretations but the easiest explanation is the one I explained. Hope it helps.

[@jaschaschmidt]

I thought C M B refers the names Casper, Melchior and Balthasar.

[@monicastorbeck2238]

Casper, Melchior & Balthasar = CMB , 6 of January. Not at all Christ bless our home. Those three above were the three Kings who came with gifts for Jesus. You can see these numbers written only on Catholics house doors.

[@burninfeet]

Christus Mansionem Benedicat

[@hansmuller3604]

No Christus Mansionem Benedictat@@jaschaschmidt

[@iztokcaks1567]

Hi, Im from slovenia and we also had this in old days written on our doors, when a preast came to bless my grandmas house, around 6th of january and I always think this stands for Casper, Michael and Balthazar (the three kings on Jesuses birth) and a current year...

[@hglundahl]

9:02 Schorle, sparkling water mixed with some kind of juice, wine or fruit wine.

[@SalyLuz-hc6he]

11:11 AM on 11 November is to remember the sacrifices of those who died for European freedom and liberty! It's the exact time of peace, and is now called Remembrance/Veterans Day.

[@mansurdorado]

i came across this video after watching a Wonderful German Movie called (Das Boot) about a 3.5 hour and i really loved it

[@kissingen007]

This is a nice summary! (a comment from a German guy). Would have been also worth to mention: The number and quality of museums, the wide variety of landscape (Alps over Heide to Halligen), the miserable weather in Winter (gray and drizzling rain on end) and the lesser things, like the voluntary fire-brigade system, the Kur (a Spa system for health recovery paid by the health insurance, which only exists in Germany and Czeko), the habit of playing cards in a pub for small amounts of money (but not gambling), ... and a few other things.

[@erandiosamb6163]

I loved this video, since it gave me a bigger view of Germany! In two months I’m flying there and I’m so excited :)

[@yousefrdaa_]

How’s your experience going so far?

[@erandiosamb6163]

@@yousefrdaa_ it's been pretty nice, since I already knew a lot about what normally shocks foreigners. So far my trip has been going really smoothly

[@larapetrich83]

I recently moved to Trier and I was so happy to recognize the city just from a pharmacy and a bakery. It was great to see how you see Germany and Trier as well. 😍

[@dusenkarotte007]

Nice to hear that. Trier is actually my hometown so how do you like the city?

[@yakovpovar8724]

Great video! Christmas-decorated building at 5:18 looks like Gum from Moscow 👀

[@Oxytocinna]

More like gum looks like the christmas building 😜😊

[@Winterlover293]

I NEEED TO KNOW WHICH CLASSICAL PIECE STARTS PLAYING AT 2:58 !!!

[@Daguerreotypiste]

Ten different dialects in Germany? I live in Darmstadt and 50km away you can hear at least 10 dialects.

[@SergiiMelnychuk]

Such a fun review, thanks, good work!

[@GlowBean_Studio]

Leonbergers! Leonbergers the dog breed also orginated in Germany!

[@rishabhnarayan2781]

I really appreciate your work, I learn many things

[@sohan_89]

Looks like Rhineland Palatinate in most clips. :)

[@saraserra7779]

Your videos are always amazing. I loved the slight dig at the train system 😂

[@sonyavstheworld]

accidental moscow GUM at 5:17 (hello from Russia!😄) i've been binging your videos for the whole day and must i day the quality is bomb! i geniunely thought that this channel is at least 100K subs... thank you for your work!

[@anabelmartinez1147]

This video is a masterpiece ❤

[@jsphcle]

Excellent story telling Erika 👏💯

[@GunRunner106]

i like the high density of random trivia. really nice. the cinema one was a bit weird, like as if german dub goes off do its own thing, but otherwise rly enjoyed it.

[@not_on]

I think this was intended for people whose German is not good enough to understand the dub.

[@SalyLuz-hc6he]

If I watch a German movie here, I just want to have my own language available as captions. I don't expect the language of the movie to change- I guess that sounds a little self-centred to me. If I'm in Germany I think I should expect to hear German! But if it's a film made in a different country, why change to an entirely new audio track? There should be some technology which allows us to each see the captions we need.

[@GunRunner106]

@@SalyLuz-hc6he the point is that the movie was translated into german, for a german audience. why wouldnt it be in german. when ppl go to the cinema. they want to see a movie. not read a book while trying to focus on stuff happening in the movie. that said. most of the bigger cinemas tend to run original language version for all/the most pop movies etc. but yah going to japan and expecting the movies in their cinemas to not be in japanesse is just.... very arrogant.

[@rashmin5821]

Thanks for making the information so much fun

[@tvFiras]

AND with that video you made me 100% wanna go to Germany thanks

[@LeaBaajour]

loving the videos related to germany... getting additictedd!!!!

[@mintesinotlijalem9646]

I can't skip 5 seconds of your video, one of the most underrated channels keep up the good work 👏

[@kevincaldwell4707]

Your videos are always oddly cute, in a good way.

[@Juuuuns]

Loved this Video! Short note: the carneval Video you used is actually a scene from swiss Karneval in Basel called „Fasnacht“ which has quite some differences to german Karneval:) But I can still very much recommene checking that out aswell✨ all the best

[@avinashgardas974]

beautiful video

[@Trappokolo]

Hallo Erika greetings from Germany

[@lijojake]

Very funny and informative video. Thanks Erika!

[@cyreltagalogon5311]

am August werde ich nach Deutschland gehen, um dort zu studieren und arbeiten. Danke vielmals Erika, Ich habe viel mit dir gelernt.

[@AltIng9154]

Wie ist es?😊

[@PraveenMuralimynewhypothesis]

A+ for effort!!

[@kenyamccrary2355]

Carnival does not end on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday, it ends on Tuesday. This is why we have Mardi Gras(Fet Dienstag), or Fastnacht is the official German name.

[@Shaxzara]

bro u r an extremely underrated video editor and story teller... keep up the hard work your videos are a work of art!

[@SalyLuz-hc6he]

I think you probably meant this comment as a compliment. Just FYI, if someone is female, they usually don't appreciate being addressed as "Bro."

[@Shaxzara]

@ my bad bruh

[@albawutz]

It’s very well done, as a Luxembourger I‘m pleased to see my neighbour town Trier, and it’s very nice not to get the strange view many Americans have towards probably any foreign place. Just one critic: the font of the titles, reminds a little bit too much 33-45. Thanks a lot also for the film about Trier.

[@jons9239]

Futterneid, going to remember that one for my wife.

[@h-jrampendahl1931]

"Kinder"-Schokolade ist italienisch. Wird vom Konzern "Ferrero" hergestellt. Die womöglich berühmteste Süssigkeit Deutschlands ist "HaRiBo"

[@LittleMissDivine]

I love that you know about the look into each others eyes when clicking glasses xD I´m very serious about that one lol

[@stalaiski]

loved it

[@markrich7693]

I do agree about following the rules it dose apply in also the United States

[@aurorateemo3708]

this channel is so inderrated its literally my comfort one thank uu erika

[@astaniroedeo]

Thank you for the video. I miss Germany so much.

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

You see, when you look ast American movis or tv. You hardly see anything about deutschland....never a lovedtory...only in connection with the neesis...did you ever,ask why? Public tv in USA. Is dominated by britain.....also political stories. About Berlin. Never any attractive city pictures. Nope. The stone graveyards for the holocaust. Which could have been a much.mote effective monument, the rrstbof the wall and so on...thats. how it is I watched it for years. Now. I speak.

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

Sorry typos

[@imuzamil_rajput]

Appreciate your efforts ❤

[@GregoryMouse]

it is actually smart to test the people as an " higher authority" in this kind of "lawful and principiled" societies by making them having the fear of facing the ticketman but testing people as an another human thats contraversial for me

[@diejaycee]

Wald meister looks like laundry detergent

[@BeneAkaGlyon]

Hey really cool video! A little detail u got wrong is that reunification of Germany wasnt in 1989, but on 3rd October 1990. The fall of the Berlin wall was in 1989 though

[@batman_outoftown]

Really cool video!

[@ktheodor3968]

An excellent all-round presentation of a country. And beautifully presented, too.

[@JakobFischer60]

That is a very nice video. Thank you.

[@LycheeSlayer]

Germany sounds like a place for me😊

[@LinhNguyen-wl8op]

Love the video❤

[@hglundahl]

14:13 I am by now since 20 years used to French AZERTY.

[@budiardjo6610]

part 2 pllssss

[@heindaddel2531]

The reunification of Germany took place on October 3th, 1990 - not in 1989 😊

[@AltIng9154]

... official and de facto... 😊

[@ethandaniels110]

omg I can't wait to go😭

[@LessonWorldTV]

This was the most informative video I have ever watched on Germany 🇩🇪! Well done Erika 👏🏾

[@halena4516]

bro i'm half german and lived there for a couple of years but now that i live abroad, and kind of forgot about german standarts , i laughed real hard at this video

[@Thomas_P_aus_M]

In what country on this planet "standards" is written with 't'? 🤔

[@kitokamadarame6174]

I didn't know about this meaning of lebensmüde. Usually we use it when somebody wants to do something very dangerous (and could die), lol

[@SalyLuz-hc6he]

Someone else said perhaps she meant Weltschmerz?? 🤔🤷🏼‍♀️

[@potdog1000]

I was stationed in Germany in the 70s & loved every second of my time there, great people with a sardonic sense of humour , i could wax lyrical about the food & nightlife but i'd be on here all day lol BTW love your post

[@richthomas9170]

That Germany is no more. After the cold war period and American Soldiers left their more Russian Turks and Muslims in Germany it's a Country of Hatred. The Old Post-war Germans are no more. The Old American Housing Areas are filled with everyone but Germans. Eastern European with their old ways of living, refugees the rise of the Nazis the place is a Mess.Germany is on the decline.

[@Thomas_P_aus_M]

@@richthomas9170 I wouldn't call it "decline", more like upheaval. State borders are only created by people. Anyone who isolates themselves automatically excludes other people. (Written in German. I hope google translated it correctly.) Greetings from Germany PS. The German right wing party AfD is on a totaly wrong way ... and the REAL people demonstrate in many German cities against fascism in 2024.

[@Ur-only-relaxed-zone]

ur vedios quality is more than pretty !!

[@fritzn6913]

Honestly we (my gf and I) didn’t know most of these facts at all 😂. But this was really witty 😂😂 super entertaining!

[@johnpee458]

There might be a mixup between "Lebensmüde" und "Weltschmerz". Sorry, us Germans like to correct people.

[@SalyLuz-hc6he]

I was wondering about that. I was taught that Lebensmüde means you're tired of living, feeling horrible, hopeless & suicidal.

[@SuperJuvexxx]

Kinder chocolate Is Italian btw, made by the Ferrero group/family, the same one that makes Nutella and many other sweets.

[@Brainreaver79]

yeah.. DB sucks... i still dont understand why after privatizing it, they somehow lost the ability to cope with snow or in autumn with leafes.. and surprised its there,.. year after year...

[@AltIng9154]

It's not.

[@Brainreaver79]

@@AltIng9154snow isnt there (most of the time.. but the leaves are there...

[@Matti_us_Alpe]

There is only one problem with the rules. They have to come from the sciety, not from the government. Cheers from Switzerland!

[@yujinchao8267]

Hello Erika! Thanks for your videos I just moved to Amsterdam and your videos have been helpful. If it’s possible would love to know you in real life. All the love.

[@arslansheikh8546]

Excellent

[@HladniSjeverniVjetar]

Hehehe, the thing about Germans in Nederlands.....so funny...i was going to work yesterday and an older couple went by me with helmets while driving on a fietspad.

[@LuriTV]

"Futterneid" would be better discriped as you are jealous someone got a bigger piece of the cake than you. It's actually more prone in children or animals

[@angryyordle4640]

At some point my home towns most popular nightclub was sold off on ebay kleinanzeigen after their owners shut it down.

[@ashleys4263]

Is tap water safe to drink in Germany? From videos I watch it seems like people only drink bottled water.

[@geotropa1043]

It's absolutely safe. A lot of us drink water from bottles just because we like sparkling water a lot.

[@Attirbful]

German water is categorized as food and thus, is very strictly monitored for quality. Outside fountains will often have a sign saying „Kein Trinkwasser/no drinking water“ due to the fact that they employ very old (such as leaden) pipes and thus are not quality water meant for consumption. Regular water from a tap (bathrooms, kitchens etc.) is extremely good water, which is why we are very keen on saving water (such as not having the tap run while we are brushing teeth, but to turn it on when we need it and off immediately when we don‘t)….

[@AltIng9154]

Yes... it is absolutely pure! We like water carbonated that's why we do the nonsense and buy water in bottles!😢

[@Attirbful]

@@AltIng9154 Many also simply buy a soda stream and get gas bottles and make their own sparkling water with it. Now that they have a system using glass bottles, it is very hygienic…

[@YezaOutcast]

oh i dore Tarchun (Тархун)! it tastes awesome :)

[@MarichuPuhl]

is Trier !!!! I'm going to go there to live in half a year

[@fellpisces]

can anyone tell me what city is shown at 11:40 ? it looks beautiful

[@wdmfan]

First time I've heard of this tradition, chalking the door. 20*C+M+B Is it a tradition from German branch of Christianity? Or am i ignorant?

[@all_in_for_JESUS]

Waldmeister ♥️

[@nataliem3748]

"The Maggi . . ."🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Love it! 😁

[@SalyLuz-hc6he]

Magi, yes?

[@nebelland8355]

The german reunification was in 1990, not 1989. Healthcare is not free in Germany. We pay our insurance.

[@tianadang]

I think you miss one thing: Students are only allowed max 120 full days/240 half days working a year.

[@hansmuller3604]

Well they should have some time to study, shouldnt they

[@pavolhejny]

Almost all points applz to Cyechia too. Especiallz the keyboard lazout.

[@Thomas_P_aus_M]

If there were a computer driving license, life would be much easier for many people. The ASCII system has been around for more than 40 years. Each character has a number. Simply type the correct number on the number pad while holding down the ALT key. For example, ALT + 90 gives Z, ALT + 89 gives Y, ALT + 64 gives @. It is so easy when you're sitting at the PC. WHY isn't something like this taught in school? Oh, because the teachers don't know anything like that. Btw, for the euro symbol € you need ALT + 0128 And all people with a smartphone ... well. Greetings from a technician.

[@SalyLuz-hc6he]

@@Thomas_P_aus_M Too many people have nothing on which to type any longer. I just use voice to text, and this works for me in at least six or seven languages. Too many of us are not home very often, and cannot carry a desktop computer around with us.

[@Thomas_P_aus_M]

@@SalyLuz-hc6he And what about a notebook aka laptop? Or has mankind evolved into pure data nomads in the meantime, so that even a laptop is much too heavy? ;-)

[@libanabdi7338]

you should make vidoe about france

[@secretnobody6460]

If i buy a laptop with german keyboard unknowingly, how can I convert it to english keyboard?

[@tannenbaum6092]

you don't really need to, a german keyboard has all the letters you need for english

[@secretnobody6460]

@@tannenbaum6092 but the z and y is interchanged right?

[@Thomas_P_aus_M]

Just switch to English language and learn to type blindly. 😉 For people who only know the eagle system, there are stickers that you can stick on the keys. *) Eagle = circle and fall on it

[@Foatizenknechtl]

the train IS horrible. it only counts as late when it got at least 10 (or was it even 15?) minutes delay. and the official numbers say that like 50% of trains are "late" ....so 50% of trains are at least 10/15 minutes delayed. that means on the other 50% there are still many trains with less delay than that just being counted as punctual...its fuckin horrible. lost my job twice because of delays and the train coming to rarely... and im living in a city with 180.000 people.

[@fazalkareem329]

Have you ever been to Bonn?

[@angieisoverit8742]

“And that one thing” 😂😂😂😅

[@Ann-ov1jx]

Ahaha, "Ich - just "i"? French: 😁😁😁♥️♥️♥️😁♥️💞

[@matthiasnroll1901]

She forgot to mention Lichtenstein. :c