What's life like as a foreigner in Germany? American Guy Reacts

[@geordiegeorge9041]

After being posted to Germany with the British army in the 70s I stayed in Germany after leaving in the 80s. Learned the language and the customs, married my German girlfriend and got duel nationality. If you accept Germany, Germany will accept you.

[@Harryset1]

If you accept Germany, Germany will accept you.......... That's it - not more - not less. All the best. Greets, H.

[@HappyLoki585]

I totally agree! Greetings from a Filipino living happily in Germany

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Respect for learning the language, which isn't easy! Yes, a lot of Germans speak fluent English, but you still get a different sort of connection to a country when you speak the language. And of course it demonstrates that you invested a lot of time & work to be part of your second home.

[@EverythingEuro]

Germany is fundamentally an intolerant society. Germany will never accept you.

[@e.s.7272]

The "song" is the British national anthem "God Save the King".

[@Stolens87]

Funny how all the people say: "The Germans are colder and more distanced than the people in my home country but after a while its getting better" like as if all Germans change as a group to your duration of stay. Don't they think, that they as foreigner are the ones that are intimidated by a Germans and the language and its getting better when they learn the language and how to "read" other people? I have the same feeling when I am visiting Italy, all the people are strangely looking at me and talking behind my back and seem not welcoming at all. But that is just MY interpretation of their appearance. We do not have a regular meeting where Germans decide who is long enough in the country to be treated nice and who is still on the "treat them with distance, they haven't earned our welcoming culture yet"-list.

[@bastyaya]

Very good point. I fully agree with what you said, also regarding e.g. Italy as I am a German living in Italy. Same thing here.

[@DavidZ4-gg3dm]

Germany is the largest economy in Europe & after Russia is the most populous. However, several European countries are larger.

[@zapster252]

The song in the intro was "God save the Queen" (now it`s "God save the King")! It`s the ultimate British song there is!😉 Greetings from Germany!

[@SovermanandVioboy]

The melody was used in many countries throughout history - it was also the prussian anthem until ww1 (what makes it even worse, that he plays it over a shot of Munich... Dieses Saupreußengedudel hat hier nix verloren!).

[@TullaRask]

Why is it bad to use the Prussen song as the brittish national anthem. He probably doesn't know, and I was actually missing a proper german song in this video, but that's the brittish for you.

[@robt2778]

The tune is as British as the royal family, which is to say German

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

Are you surprised given that it was the intro to a video from somebody who called his channel 'Yourtruebrit'?

[@theorganguy]

@@robt2778 the tune IS british... but it has also found use in Prussia

[@TiborgSGE]

I am living in Rheinland-Pfalz,Germany for some 12 years now.The most important thing is to accept new culture,mentality and in some cases religion.A lot of people come here and expect the people and the country to change.You are the one who has to be flexible if you want to have a nice life here and if you do you WILL have all the possibilities that you probably never had where you come from.A lot of foreigners are tend to disrespect Germqny and the Germans and i hate it.Respecting your new surrounding is very important if you wannt to have a better life in Germany.

[@olgahein4384]

A friend of mine, who came to study here from Canada and then stayed to work and live and now has dual citizenship, described it very nicely when it comes to germans 'not being friendly': In other countries, especially in north america, it is very easy to become 'acquaintances' beyond just being someone you know from work or stuff. But it's very hard to become actual friends. In Germany on the other hand, it's rather difficult to become 'acquaintances' with someone, especially when you don't make the first step. But from there to being a friend is half a step. I guess germans have just their priorities set different. I think being a tourist in Germany is not that much different than in other countries though.

[@qualitytraders5333]

When I emigrated from The Netherlands to Mexico the change of food was really an eyeopener. Positive in every way. It's my (mexican) wife who likes certain Dutch foods and she orders them online. Also many things are locally available so I can cook boerenkool, erwtensoep, etc. without any problem. We like Asian food and order the spices and condiments online. No problem.

[@Why-D]

We also have 4 seasons and usually hot summers and cold winters, but this depends a bit on the region.

[@kilsestoffel3690]

In the north, the rain is warmer in summer...

[@Julia-lk8jn]

@@kilsestoffel3690 rain in summer? You wish. By now a lot of areas have problems with dwindling ground water, as well as summers that get hot enough to be risky for the elderly and for construction workers. ACs - which were never a thing in private homes - are becoming more frequent. Winter is of course cold and dark, but it's supposed to be.

[@kilsestoffel3690]

@@Julia-lk8jn we had 3 years of hot, dry summers in a row, which is very unusual. But last year was humid, and here the soil is back to normal humidity, we even had problems with overflowing rivers.

[@olgahein4384]

Yeah, i live in Freiburg and I'm aware that we are literally on a hot plate, but there are winters i don't see a single snowflake.

[@Talkshowhorse_Echna]

When it comes to diversity you have to know that around 20% of our population has an imigration background. So every 5th german came from somewhere else.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

... or at least their grandparents did. But there are hugely different levels of acclimatization: language learning, living in a cultural bubble or not ... I think the differences from one immigrant (descendant) to the other are larger than the ones between immigrants - non-imigrant Germans.

[@germanCrowbar]

They are not germans, these people only have german citizenship, if at all!

[@arnodobler1096]

He has a great channel

[@klaus2t703]

In some ways, Germany is no different than any other country: its own language, its own habits, its own rules, its own humor, its own weather... So if I (as a German) travel to a foreign country ... I simply expect all this. And I know beforehand that "I will be the foreigner" and I have to adjust. I´m not surprised at all. Thus I wonder why all these points come up so frequently. Not that I´m angry, I just wonder.

[@TiborgSGE]

Completely agree.A lot of foreigners here expect the country to change.Germany gave me so many good things and i will always be thankfull that i was able to better my life.I have a good job,bought a house,formed a family and it's partly thanks to my self,but a lot is because of this country that i call my home.Be tolerant,be flexible,be acceptable and you will improve your life tremmendiously.Greetings from Westerwald.

[@Yalene108]

I wouldn't call us cold necessarily. Reserved might be a better descriptor. We love our quiet lives and yes, being for ourselves most of the time. So most of us don't want to bother other people with unnecessary chitchat as well. But once we warm up to someone it's a whole other ballgame. :)

[@PierreMiniggio]

2:50 Indians usually speak at least 3 languages : - A language related to their locality - Hindi - English

[@corjp]

In the beginning is the British National Anthem..... 🤣🤣

[@eisikater1584]

Yeah, I heard it. But, after all, it once was the Prussian national anthem until the Brits stole it, so what?

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

Could that be because that channel reacted to is called Yourtruebrit and may be he starts every video like that?

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

Be fair, Paperwork is also a challenge for Germans. One could now say, “but at least you know the language,” but bureaucratic German is a language in itself. They use administrative terms and assume that everyone has studied “administration” for at least one semester. This is a major weak point in our system, once that destroyed the Romans.

[@Prof.Dr.Diagnose]

I very much disagree that germans are really colder than people in other countries. I personally think, french people are just as cold as we are here, because i don't speak the language and therefore i'm insecure to talk to anyone. But that's my problem. I can't blame others for being cold.

[@Rogier7305]

Nowaydays you can make food from every part of the world in Germany or Holland or wherever. All spices etc are available here

[@samuelsamenstrang6069]

Which american foods would you miss in Europe?

[@peter_meyer]

Fried Mars bars.

[@gluteusmaximus1657]

Frankfurters and Hamburgers?

[@hornet40zh88]

The "song" at the beginning is called "God save the king" (or queen, depends who is in charge at the time). The British use it as their national anthem (similar to your "star-banner-song" you sing at any occasion, everywhere, anytime)

[@Lari00n]

First time seeing a video from you. I immediatly thought you were "Rea Garvey" 😅

[@novemberkind319]

I'm surprised, that discrimination wasn't mentioned more. In a German documentary (37° in ZDF media library) people of color said, that they face a lot of comments once they're not in a big city.

[@geordiegeorge9041]

The music is also used in the American patriotic song “America (My Country 'Tis of Thee). kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHzNaHmCnJiKjKM

[@Julia-lk8jn]

I don't know, that original video ... I get ''youtuber is trying way to hard to be cool and funny'' vibes. But that might be me, and your commentary is great. ❤

[@booboss]

You know India was colonized by UK so they basically speak English as native language?

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Wrong. People with a certain level of education speak English. In rural areas it's not that widespread - but of course those guys are either not on KZbin, or the algorithm doesn't show you their videos - AKA: distorted perception due to language bubble.

[@booboss]

@@Julia-lk8jn I know it's mostly in big cities but in New Delhi for example almost everyone speaks English to some extend.

[@tammy5938]

Cool

[@johnveerkamp1501]

It’s always better then INDIA. OFF COURSE. !!

[@duchon46]

We're not cold.We don't like small talk all day long. That's wasted time. Let's get a 6-Pack of Beer,have a sitdown and than we can talk hours about important things. Not that stupid:"nice weather,blablabla....

[@elisabethforsberg9027]

You can do your one food,or?

[@frankt2658]

You can´t translate humor, you have to transfer it. Today, all those social justice warriors and political correctness killed german humor. It´s nonexistant these days. Otherwise, most germans are pretty welcoming. Maybe you shouldn´t go to munich as a representative of germany. Because munich is just an overgrown village, it´s maybe to consevative to be a representative for living in germany. Other parts of the country will be less cold and even more welcoming to the world. And yes, german bureaucracy may be only topped by the russians. It´s bad, very bad.

[@dooley-ch]

When you need ridicule others and their believes in order to be what you think is funny, you really are no more that an ignorant lout that is past their sell by date.

[@bastyaya]

Oh god, yes if your humor was based in jokes about social backgrounds, gender or nationalities, and nobody finds that funny anymore, then you just have a very poor humor. I think there are still plenty of ways to joke without saying inappropriate things.

[@helgaioannidis9365]

Considering the 25% of the people in Munich are foreigners and 50% have a migration background I'm just wondering how half the population of Munich turned into "cold" people 😂 Actually as a German living abroad I get told a lot that people in Munich are far more warm and welcoming than people in other big cities in Germany. I think within Germany there's a stereotype about Munich that's maybe not really true.

[@danieljung5862]

That song was the national anthem of Germany.

[@zapster252]

What? 🤣Noooo! That was "God save the Queen" (now it`s "God save the King")! This song is the ultimate British song there is!

[@Tesabild]

@@zapster252 Yes and no it was the german Kaiserhymne same melodie other text from 19th and early 20th. Century.

[@zapster252]

@@Tesabild True,, but definitely not the German national anthem! And I don't know anyone, really anyone, who would associate this song with Germany and not with England or the UK. It is the national anthem of the United Kingdom!!! It is also one of the two national anthems of New Zealand and the royal anthem of all Commonwealth realms. It doesn't get much more British than that, does it!? Due to its federal structure, the German Empire did not have an official national anthem. Unofficially, however, after 1871 the „preußische Volkslied“ ("Prussian folk song") with the opening words "Heil' dir im Siegerkranz" (Hail to thee in the victor's wreath) prevailed and established itself as the "imperial anthem", which was played at patriotic celebrations.

[@Julia-lk8jn]

Kidding? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany - you don't even have to scroll down, anthem is right on top. I agree it also sounds a bit portentous, but not as much as the ''God Save the Queen'' rendition used in original video.

[@stefanb4375]

Fun fact, the Melodie was für more than one country the National anthem, actuel also in Lichtenstein. The US anthem goes back on an old drinking song "to anaceron in heaven" Prost 🍻😅