What's the hardest part of life in Germany?

We decided to head to one of the most international cities in Germany to ask Is life in Germany really better than where you come from!. We had so many people all over the world ask this question.
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[@lennard3204]

With the Deutsche Bahn is a 10/10 in comparision to americas trains - americas trains must be fucked up badly ngl. Was never in america but as i german i know Deutsche Bahn pretty well - atleast enough to know it well enough to avoid it at any cost.

[@yourtruebrit]

yeah, I did think wow he just gave deutsche bahn a 10/10 🤣

[@uliwehner]

Deutsche Bahn before privatization was great. and yes, trains in the US got nothing on trains in europe. they don't go anywhere, they are slow as christmas, oh, and happy new year.

[@christophrichter2612]

Avoid at all cost... that's a bit over the top. I think they've improved. And ppl tend to forget that not all delays are caused by them, but also by passengers or other ppl. For example when police needs to be called or ppl walking on the rails. The DB App (previously for the word "App here" so that gave a false statement) has gotten really good now, too! I can have all tickets in one place now. But it's the German way to underappreciate things I guess 😅

[@DRouwnt]

You have no idea what an average 1h train ride looks like in the US. Believe me a german train ride is luxury, even when it is 10mins late.

[@informatikabos5481]

@@christophrichter2612 Dont know. I took the ICE 12 times last year. E V E R Y S I N G L E O N E was delayed. Ranging from 5 minutes to 3 hours. Is taking the train more comfortable than driving a car or flying? Yes! Does Deutsche Bahn has to improve massively to get even close to the 10/10? Also yes.

[@lenakohl2339]

"People don't think that I'm a german" Guy with a youtube Channel: picks her for questions about living as a foreigner in Germany.

[@yourtruebrit]

Yeah, we originally had that idea. But then we thought it would be cool to see the germans point also. The guy with the pink hat is also german. Have a nice day :)

[@otakudanieru]

​@@yourtruebritquite funny how easily I could identify them through their accent 😄

[@rsu1367]

@@yourtruebrit The lady at 2:44 comes across as a racist. She reminds me of people I've met in the USA. I'm tired of people who think that ONLY white people make racist comments. It goes both ways! It's my experience that the people who complain that they don't look like the majority actually hate that race or don't feel comfortable with people of that race.

[@jamesryder9158]

@@yourtruebrit the guy in the pink hat has a Henry Kissinger accent

[@ralfschmidt8015]

🤣🤣👌

[@holger_p]

As a German, I would say the hardest part is the mood to complain about everything - sometimes with the intention to improve things, that's the core of german engeneering quality. But the permanent unsatisfaction can appear depressive by time. So I'm glad about some cultural "imports" who inspire how to enjoy life little more. ...starting with Connor beeing aware of the qualities of Deutsche Bahn, not with the odds.

[@Nikioko]

Complaining is the Germans' favourite hobby.

[@VarouEx]

@Ich Kann "football is germans favourite Hobby" nah, its just because you can complain about bad play. so complaining is Germans favourite hobby.

[@vicvancen]

@@Nikioko that's the reason why we are or were the best at engineering

[@alina.r.]

As an immigrant, living in Germany with a german boyfriend I couldn't agree more. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes helpful if you seek constructive feedback, but for God's sake, when I'm looking for validation, don't come at me with "nicht schlecht/passt schon/kann man nicht meckern". Enthusiasm is not part of the culture here

[@vicvancen]

@@alina.r. Nicht schlecht, ne. Muss man scho' sagen.

[@johnraggett7147]

I'm English. I moved from Switzerland to Leipzig ten years ago when I was 70. I have my pensions and a mini job at the International School. It's good to live in a city where people are friendly, a second language keeps my brain active and eight year old children can safely use the super public transport to go to school on their own.

[@kaddy0306]

You moved when you were already 70? Wow!

[@martinger.becker1614]

Brave man! That's the only thing I can say! Good on you! Thumbs up!👍👍😀

[@VarouEx]

"eight year old children can safely use the super public transport to go to school on their own" East Germany is not full of "refugee"-migrants yet, so its pretty safe. big cities in the west are not safe and even smaller towns in the west are problematic.

[@toomflussiggrillanzunderfu8828]

@@VarouEx I live in a town in BaWü with 20k inhabitants and a Flüchtlingserstaufnahmestelle. There are literally more refugees in the city than regular citizens 😂

[@nestorjrabalos1998]

@@VarouEx been thinking the same. Remember the night when mass sexual assaults have been committed by illegal migrants in Germany? And only a handful have been arrested.

[@claud_b]

Pro tip for grocery shopping: Don´t bag your stuff at the checkout. Put them back in the shoppingcart and go to your car and THEN put your stuff in bags. Safes you a lot of stress!

[@BG-it7hb]

Do you have some coins for the cart 😂

[@Reorganiser]

@@BG-it7hb everyone does. It's basically a requirement to posess a cart coin from 18 yo onwards, otherwise you're not fully german

[@aufkeinsten7883]

not very efficient of you. Bad German!

[@fralex5014]

Ok. But which car?

[@claud_b]

@@fralex5014 you don´t need a car to bag your grocerys outdoor lol

[@questionmark3219]

I think it makes a big difference whether people only study in Germany and then go back to their home country or whether they want to stay in Germany permanently. I think as a student you stay more in your bubble and look at the Germans from the outside, while as an immigrant who works there permanently you get more contact with German culture and look for your place in society. This will also affect the question of what the hardest part of life in Germany is.

[@Schwachsinnn]

True most of the foreign students in university I have met just want to study here for getting a very good degree relatively cheap, whilst making experience in a foreign country to then go and work somewhere else. Yet a few want to stay for different reasons :). Most of these actually didn’t plan to stay in Germany in advance but decided so after living here for a while. I had this Indian roommate who was telling me of how in love he is with our workculture including the work and all the free time he is getting lol.

[@Micha-bp5om]

@@Schwachsinnn A lot of foreigners who study in Germany leave because the netto salary is just too low in comparison to other countries. I have German friends with Master degree who got only 1800€ netto in Bayern. If you still live with your parents it is ok but paying rent and living it is relly bad. The state should support educated people but they punish them with the highest taxes, no wonder only harz 4 and asylants want to live here.

[@Schwachsinnn]

@@Micha-bp5om Actually you get paid well here. Depending on what work you do. Also not every master degree even in the US would lead to a higher salary than 1.8 k. The reason I see most are leaving a gain is 1. because home is calling them back 2. because Germany is German speaking. Many of the foreign students don't really try to learn the language, since their courses etc. are mostly English held and they group up in their groups sharing the same cultural background (Chinese mostly staying with Chinese, Indians with Indians, Nigerians with... you guessed it). So it is definetely more convenient to go to other English speaking countries (Ireland, USA, Australia etc.) than having to learn the language when you are completely on your own in the job and housing etc. market. Yes there are countries with higher salaries, but honestly for most foreign students who come here to study it's more than they are used to.

[@TheKonstantinius]

Those who work - stuck at their dusty offices, sipping cheap coffee at townhall meeting, listening to mumbling of another CEO and thinking of suicide. Those who get out on a street are by default way happier than majority of a working class.

[@rich-ard-style6996]

@@Micha-bp5omhis is made up and not ❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️true.

[@brentlowert2839]

I like the guy who talked about student loans, listening to his gratitude puts the whole situation in a different light. thats Germany too and most Germans want to See only Bad Things...

[@kaddy0306]

That's true. But the stuff being said by those ignorant people are mostly by those, who never had to depend on the state and can't get of of their job they hate to do ^^" I just pity my other german citizens for it. They are dissatisfied with their own life and now try to argue with anyone they can as a target 🥲

[@lwedel3361]

My husband (German) and I married 12 years ago. He got a letter the month after our wedding saying basically, "If you pay your student loan now it will only be 4,500 euro instead of 8,000 (something to that effect)". I had some savings so helped him pay it off at the cheaper rate. He studied engineering. In Australia that degree would have been a 25,000 euro plus repayment! I was so happy to hear his degree was not nearly as expensive as an Aussie one.

[@gadrark8056]

Is that good to have a student debt? 🤔

[@lwedel3361]

@@gadrark8056 Depends on the amount and what the debt is for. I have friends with 100k debts and others with 4.

[@thomaseberhard9056]

Yeah but only a very few people get the privilege for such a high amount of Bafög… he doesn‘t looked very poor and still get the highest amount of bafög - that is very very uncommon especially if you already graduated and be (theoretically) able to care for yourself

[@lwedel3361]

As an Aussie living in rural Germany I think the hardest part about living in Germany is the fact the supermarkets and shops are all closed on a Sunday haha. Seriously, there is this Saturday afternoon anxiety that sets in... "Oh SHIT I need to go shopping for food (or we will die)" feeling. When you have babies in nappies you are always hyper aware that the shops will be closed soon and you need to have everything sorted for baby needs and Monday morning sandwiches. It is stressful haha.

[@realglutenfree]

In worst case you can still go to a gas stations or main stations, because the stores there are open.

[@chrisb3189]

In what state?

[@lwedel3361]

@@chrisb3189 I am in NRW

[@chrisb3189]

@@lwedel3361 Oh, cool! Rural Bavaria can be even sleepier!

[@lwedel3361]

@@chrisb3189 But probably nicer scenery!

[@g0ldom863]

My biggest problem with Germany as a German is the darkness in the winter and the fact that our pension system is going to fall apart before i can make use of it. It`s really frustrating to give so much money as a 21 year old each month, well knowing i will get nothing in return and have to additionally safe way more while other generations where able to buy a house, have 3-4 kids and providing for the whole family alone sometimes. Today you can only dream of a good pension yet alone to buy a house with multiple kids (It is possible but only with very good payed jobs, while a few decades ago it was the norm). The trust in politics among young people is very low in Germany, and it`s for a reason.

[@harrydehnhardt5092]

The pension system has supposedly been collapsing for decades, but so far nothing has happened.

[@doraemonforever1726]

That's what people in Germany has been saying for the past 30-40 years, but yet it's still going. Stop letting fear mongers get the best of you. And you do get something back in the form of quality of life. Come to the US where you pay taxes, but yet you still have pay money when you break a bone and owe student loans out of the wazoo. Growing up in Germany and now having lived in the US, I can honestly say appreciate what Germany has to offer.

[@Char1es4k]

Ich habe es auch gehört von einem deutschen Freund. Dabei habe ich ein gemischtes Gefühl. Als Chinese bin ich immer dankbar dass Deutschland kostenlose Studienmöglichkeiten zur Verfügung stellt, sodass ich China endlich verlassen kann. Aber wenn sich das Rentesystem nicht verbessern lässt, habe ich auch Sorge für die Zukunft. Wenn ich sowieso einen großen Teil meines Einkommens für Steuer, Pension usw. bezahlen muss, würde ich nach skandinavischen Ländern auswandern, wo mein Leben besser versichert werden könnte.

[@g0ldom863]

@@doraemonforever1726 America is hell on earth for me, and you are totally right. But that doesn`t mean i cant be concerned about the state of my own country, just because its worse somewhere else. Otherwise nothing could ever improve anywhere.

[@modenach]

@@Char1es4k In Skandinavien bezahlst Du noch viel mehr Steuern als schon in Deutschland. In Deutschlan hast Du jeh nach Job zumindest noch die Möglichkeit eine private Rentenversicherung abzuschliessen.

[@Miss.Darina]

As a Ukrainian 🇺🇦 who came to Germany a couple months ago, I cannot put into words, how tearfully grateful I am. The country pays for my Integrationskurs, gives me some money, the volunteer provides me with a room. I'm going to study Deutsch first, then find a job and, maybe, have a baby here someday. After you come from a country at war, all these "hardest parts" don't look so scary and annoying in real life. Just don't forget to appreciate things that really matter: your life, safety, developed economics and open-minded society. Thank you Germany and Germans!

[@yourtruebrit]

We just had someone from Ukraine also in our new video :)

[@sshreddderr9409]

thats because the government brainwashes germans to hate themselves and prioritize others, even when they destroy the country. do you think its cool that we pay taxes to flood our country with millions of violent uncivilized middle eastern men who then steal, rape and beat native children in groups? immigration is the cause for the rise in crime in cities, and exploding rent prizes.

[@Miss.Darina]

@@yourtruebrit I suppose I have to subscribe now :)

[@Miss.Darina]

@@sshreddderr9409 I would just say about it that I don't support in any way immigrating to a country without the will to work there as soon as possible, study the language and integrate into society.

[@yourtruebrit]

Haha it’s up to you, she said similar stuff to what you said 🙂

[@theFee]

I am foreigner living in Germany but originally from EU as well (Czechia). I don't think one can generalise living in Germany, because it's massive and every federal state is a bit different. There are things that apply for whole Germany, but those usually apply for half of the Europe. That leaves us with few specifics. Therefore biggest problem I have with Germany would be the resistance against digitalisation and automatization. Even my "eastern European" country has a working e-government. Just very few german banks offer good e-banking app. And it's not only about the system but as well the people (even so, obviously not all), who directly and intentionally hinder the progress in this area.

[@jpegm4fia]

This is very interesting, I never imagined Germany of all places would resist technology making life a little easier.

[@theFee]

@@jpegm4fia Germans have very strong sense for traditions and hate changes. That is mostly the reason. Their motto is rather "Slow but sure" than "First and pioneers".

[@kralikkral5560]

Hi Filip, I am German and I lived for 20 years in CZ. There is a strong and very reasonable reason for the resistance against digitalization in Germany - the same reason why we prefer cash money and not card payments: we do not want that all our life can be tracked by anybody - mainly for business reasons, but it can also be used for fraud, for blackmailing etc. In CZ protection of personal datas only exists in theory, but not in reality. It is very simple to destroy the life of somebody in CZ by putting some infos on the internet about this person - even Czech police puts personal datas on internet, which is totally crazy. The extremest digitalization is in China - what does it tell you? China is a dictatorship, by the way.

[@theFee]

@@kralikkral5560 Hi. This is not the first time I am talking with German about this topic. I have to say I absolutely understand the fear of giving up your personal data or being watched. Especially as there are countries like China or Russia who basically openly invade Europe in cyberspace and are trying to get as much from us as they can. It is a valid argument. I myself chose not to buy products from chinese companies. (Yes, everything is manufactured in China, but not everything has the chinese software in it.) However I don't think not using a card to pay for something will really help that much. Yes, you can get scammed, robbed or even tracked. But that mostly happens if you give your card details to somebody you should not. If you missuse the card payment. Cash is tracked too, every note has a number and we do know that there are institutions whose work is to track people's activities trough money. What is the difference then? Cash as well can be scammed or stolen. It's just about the manipulation and having control. Not the means. I would never pay with a card online or log into an account, on device I do not own. On the other hand, Germans do not want to use cards or are against google maps, but are okay using chinese phones from companies directly connected to chinese government. That is crazy in my point of view.

[@jrgptr935]

@@jpegm4fia Macht das Leben vielleicht einfacher, aber ganz bestimmt unsicher - und wenn wir eines verabscheuen, dann das!

[@chrisg7795]

I’m German🇩🇪 and I would say that, unless you’re at uni or at school or have small children, it’s really hard to form friendships. I went to a new city for a new job and it’s taken years to build a circle of good friends. And even now some of them move away and you have to kind of start over again. I wish people got a bit inspired by other nations who open up more quickly, even if it’s a bit shallow. But that’s just my personal experience. And my city is much smaller than Munich.

[@yourtruebrit]

Yeah I agree, I think if I was German it would be a lot harder. when your an auslander, normally they ask why you are here and it starts a whole convo :)

[@yourtruebrit]

Which city are you from ?

[@DerTolleIgel]

Best way is to join a sports club in my experience^^

[@brianodead8030]

@@yourtruebrit 😆 you got to be a certain type of "Außengeländer" though to get asked and to be interesting to know where you're from.. otherwise you might be seen as a threat to "whatever".

[@chrisg7795]

@@yourtruebrit It must be really hard for foreigners, probably much harder because being in a foreign place forces you to adapt to how life is being lived there, so you do feel a bit out of place at first, and at some point you would just like to belong to the family - but people have lives and you’re not the center of their attention. That’s quite harsh to realize. I had to realize that when I went to live in France. But it is true that being from another country gets people asking questions which usually leads to a big, nice convo indeed :) ….At the same time in France: French people at Church asking me as an exchange student: Do we still have to fear Germans? …I was torn between 1. getting upset, being, as I was, in France because I was interested, had my bf there etc - and 2. telling them with a straight face that I was actually a spy.)

[@reesofraft4166]

always fun to see the foreigners mentioning the fast cashiers at certain supermarkets.

[@informatikabos5481]

Germans don't do cardio, they buy groceries.

[@dirtydorte8355]

I hate this. Stressed me my whole life. 😅

[@reesofraft4166]

@@dirtydorte8355 einfach bei Rewe oder Edeka einkaufen. da gibt es hinter den Kassen noch platz und nicht nur einen 30cm Tresen

[@inotoni6148]

Yes, but it's the same in Spain. I also lived there for 5 years and saw no difference to the German supermarkets. But strangely nobody complains about Spanish supermarkets

[@smilgazolyte6696]

i would complain about snails (very often men) who do not do how to put their goods into the bags and leave the shop. i have no idea where they were raised but it is impossible. people, move your butts!

[@StefanC123]

If you are going to make a big (and loud) party, tell the neighbours about it. They are more understandable if they know about it. But usually not good to make it on a sunday, rather do it on friday/saturday.

[@enjoyslearningandtravel7957]

Invite your neighbors to the party if possible

[@venusflytrap2622]

That and maybe turn the noise a little bit down after midnight out of respect for your neighbours. Nobody has a problem with a party but if someone doesnt respect others you will have a problem. Simple thing imagine you have to get up the next day and someone blasts the music so loud you hear it on the other side of the town through closed windows and earplugs, you´d also be on a killing spree the next day due to not getting any sleep.

[@gemjamjones2656]

Coming from Scotland, the winter here isn't that bad and the weather is pretty dry overall, where I am there's also almost no wind, its so strange to me! Worst part: Taxes, forms, any kind of beurocracy here is a nightmare, literally cried trying to understand the systems here.

[@valentin7935]

Yeah even for us Germans its a lot of beurocracy sometimes. I understand that is even harder if you didn’t grow up with that. Hope this will change…

[@Manie230]

@@valentin7935 even growing up here I hardly understand our bureaucracy.

[@davinnicode]

Germans want to be correct in every form or detail that’s why there are so many laws and a complex bureaucracy. I am German myself and you‘ll notice this habit of correctness with a lot of Germans and in many different situations, even with the ones that openly say that they don’t like it.

[@Vidal1970]

Formulare, Formulare - von der Wiege bis zur Bahre 😉

[@mareen622]

@@Vidal1970 🤣und alles auch noch auf chinesisch rückwärts

[@nisvetaninalang]

I live in Germany for more than 20 years now. The language was easy for me, but something else always made me feel like I could never really let go. It was hard meeting new people and making real friends. This is partly due to the culture and to a certain extent to the mentality of the Germans. That was something I had to understand first.

[@mahmudarfan6620]

How did make friends then? Any tip?

[@nisvetaninalang]

@@mahmudarfan6620 Well you need to get to know someone who already has some connections in a group of people. Most of the time, it is one person who is the connector for others. And I learned that it is sometimes better to do it in „German way“. It is almost like getting a appointment at HR management for a job application.😁

[@sshreddderr9409]

making friends as a native is also hard. basically, its easy if you already belong to a group of people and you meet friends of friends, but its pretty much impossibly to do otherwise, as germans ar really private, and tend to see attention from strangers as weird, like there is some strange motivation behind the interaction, since its so out of the ordinary. either you are inside a circle and get the machine rolling or you cant make friends basically.

[@newasblue1981]

This is the hardest part for me and why we will probably end up back in the US at some point soon. Even though Germany has much to offer, my heart is in the US.

[@nisvetaninalang]

@@newasblue1981 I hope that's not the only reason. But again, when heart says something else...go for it.

[@anmafr4967]

Im half german and venezuelan with curly hair and toned skin. People often asked where I come from but it is ok for me and I like it because I love to speak about Venezuela. Maybe just to explain that Venezuela is more than drugs, politics and the other bad news. I live in a small village not so far away from France and nobody has ever asked me about my origin. Sometimes Im offended by this 😂

[@yourtruebrit]

Saarland ? 😂

[@anmafr4967]

@@yourtruebrit fast 😂 bin aber Saarländerin, weil ich schon immer dort gelebt habe. Jetzt ist es die Südwestpfalz …

[@fr3ud_4137]

CIA joined..

[@xyz-s5e9v]

You are not ger.man. Mixed shtskn with gimmig.rant backgr.ound

[@JamieOGman]

Hardest part for me, living in Berlin, is that it's considered cool and trendy to be unfriendly and rude. Especially true for people who work in the service industry.

[@tobiasente9403]

A lot of nice people we need here in germany. You are all very welcome. Have a nice time. And good luck for learning german. Its hard but it is worth learning the language!

[@SonLe-mk4sq]

Very nice of you!

[@martinschmidt3869]

Niemand ist willkommen du linke Ratte. Die AfD wird stärker wegen so dreckigen wie dir.

[@premrutaiphuksatawan4429]

As Thai who's living in Germany for 5 years, the hardest part is.. 1. the language, it makes me feel less capable of many things like learning or making a conversation with german people when we gather in a group and i'm the only one foreigner, I kinda afraid if I understand something wrong or kept asking "wie bitte?". 2.Mindset, German are really straightfoward when they want to criticise something about you or someone else and they will say what they think without thinking about one another's feeling because in Thailand we always try to say something indirectly and hurt less. 3. Winter, it always dark here and I always get blue out of nowhere. 4. Appointment, you have to make an appointment for everything from seeing a doctor, cleaning, cooking even meeting someone because german likes to plan ahead for around 2 days to 2 weeks. 5.As an asain-looking person, i sometimes being discriminated at work from older generation colleages.

[@friedrichbaeker]

go back

[@yukiaditya7352]

As someone from SE Asia (Indonesia) I never had any obstacles regarding languages, most Germans speak perfect English, even in smaller cities like Oberhausen or Kassel. But i dont know, i only visiting not living there. Regarding directness, that's the best thing from German people, but I think the Dutch is even more direct.

[@SonLe-mk4sq]

@@friedrichbaeker chill out Adolf

[@zalanemese]

I recommend you a Latin saying: Si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more; si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi. The Latin phrase meaning literally: “if you are in Rome, live in the Roman way; if you are elsewhere, live as they do there”

[@friedrichbaeker]

@@zalanemese bro you don't look intelligent for googling the latin version, we all know the phrase "When in Rome, do as Romans"

[@vetal84]

Ich bin seit 22 Jahren in Deutschland und ich liebe das Land. Danke Germany!

[@fr3ud_4137]

Wilkommen (spät nach 22 Jahren lol)! Wohnst du auf dem Land oder in der Stadt?

[@vetal84]

@@fr3ud_4137 18 Jahre in der Big City, jetzt auf dem Land

[@SuperKanuuna]

warum?

[@fritzwalter878]

@@vetal84 woher kommst du denn / wo wurdest du geboren?

[@ClaireEmilia]

Schön, dass es dir gefällt!

[@shuben6020]

As a German living abroad since over 15y i have made following conclusion from distance: a) Germans have the tendency to see everywhere only risks instead of opportunities.😱 b) safety feeling aspects are super important.👷 e.g. unemployment insurance or house hold insurance. Since being out of DE i never had an unemployment insurance, but I am in the 5th job now. So, I learned the meaning of "Spare in guten Zeiten, dann hast du in der Not". c) to work with Germans while yourself is abroad makes you feeling what I call "German tank style" .... There is only one way to do it right and that's the German solution! ☝️ d) especially in the smaller towns you get the feeling you need to be local in 3rd generation to fully integrate. 😜 But what i really miss is the nature and environment in Germany. Just open the water tap and drink from it. Run through the old tree Forrest that's normally just a few minutes away, enjoying the long summer night with beautiful sunsets. So my ❤️ is forever with DE. 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@linhvu6536]

I am so related to the first point. Especially when I invite a friend to eat something. My German friends will react with skeptical looks and question "what is it inside", not for a reason like an allergy at all 😅They are always skeptical about everything and never take a risk, in general. Sometimes I feel like they've missed so much fun in life. But it probably does not matter, as long as they feel comfortable.

[@Prof.S.Martass]

Where do you live now?

[@shuben6020]

@@Prof.S.Martass still in China

[@Prof.S.Martass]

@@shuben6020Cool, do you find it better to live in China than Germany?

[@shuben6020]

@@Prof.S.Martass everything has two sides. So it's difficult to answer.

[@danilopapais1464]

I was born here, so the language was never a problem for me, but I can see how the language and the weather are really difficult for people that come to Germany. My father came from Italy, and as long as I remember, his German was at a native level. So it just might take a while. The hardest part for me is, that when you are unemployed and need an additional qualification to get a job, the services you get provided, depend heavily on the person working your case, although I am not sure if that is just a German problem.

[@faizanafz8478]

Can you share your unemployment experience with more details please ?

[@wendyanndarling]

The hardest part about living in Germany is not being aware of all the good things this country has to offer.

[@dumontxt9813]

@ZDF Yes, envious?

[@La-meiga-celtibera]

I would say the same thing about the Netherlands. I am so annoyed when foreigners, the non-Dutch who have lived here for a long time, even the Dutch complain about this country. It’s a very beautiful country and it offers a lot of good stuff compared to others.

[@QuantumWaveMaster]

@@La-meiga-celtibera Absolutly the same in Germany. There is no place on earth where you work less than in germany or netherland... Still is see comments from young people like "you only live for work in germany" wtf then go to mexico where you can work 80hours a week

[@Ynox54321]

​@ZDF lmaaao wow took you ONE comment to pull the Nazi card 😂😂 fuck off you clown. Germany is the country that granted *BY FAR* the most refugees asylum in the refugee crisis - more than #2, #3, #4 and #5 (France, the US, Sweden and Austria) *COMBINED* . (let that sink in you fucking bitch) You're such a pathetic fucking worm. _"Oh, Germany isn't doing what I tell them to? GuEsS tHaT mEaNs ThEy'Re NaZiS!!!1!!1!"_ Fuck off

[@silvestervanmeijgaarden5350]

@@La-meiga-celtibera Hello there, Pithia. I'm Dutch (Dutch father, Nepalese mother) and I'm also extremely annoyed by those foreigners and Dutch people who can only complain and complain about the Netherlands and don't see what's good about living here. They're ungrateful and don't see all the beautiful/privileged things you get here which you don't get in every country. They can rot in hell because they're making themselves miserable while living in a paradise.

[@fhol]

scanning and packing in the supermarket as an Olympic sport - this guy made my day😂🤣😂

[@TheSamuiman]

It's part of the famous German efficiency! Who wants to spend more time then needed at a dreaded cashier?

[@erhardpostinger1326]

@@TheSamuiman apropos time kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGi3k6KNq7t4iLc

[@franciscojimenez6047]

As a mexican, contrary to what the guy from Mexico said, one of things I like about countries like Germany (and other wealthy countries) is that most of people respect rules and others by not having loud parties. If I wanna hear loud music I wear headphones, but that is my personal thought, however most of mexican people (and latinos) love loud parties.

[@bumlacalacalacabum]

You are totally right. If you like to party as in Latin America (Argentina in my case) just go to Latin America. Following the rules and being a country that's woth living go hand in hand

[@TheSamuiman]

You are on the right track!

[@ynacyr4]

I'm glad here in Gramado (southern Brazil) we are mostly german descendents because this is strictly prohibited here. Meanwhile everywhere else in Brazil police just doesnt care if you blast loud music. I have lived in Fortaleza (northeast of the country) and despite being beautiful people drive like crap and blast loud music whenever they want.

[@Luflandebrigade31]

As a German I don't mind a loud party, but there is time and space for that. The party itself is not so much the problerm, but if it's during the week and you have to work next day it sucks. Trying to perform the way you are used to while you only slept like 4 hours really sucks.

[@mustachinhogrosso3535]

@@ynacyr4 Isso não é verdade, não, hein...

[@skwasigr]

For me as a German the hard part is deciding which insurance are necessary and when it's time to see a doctor if there is an odd thing even after a day

[@yourtruebrit]

Yeah Moin and servus! haha

[@larsf.4756]

I was born in Germany, and I emigrated. The main reason was the over-regulation of pretty much everything. I left the country once I realized what that would mean for my foreign spouse.

[@clairechloe5294]

I am Asian, now a citizen of Germany. While there are some good things about the system in Germany, there are many unnecessary restrictions, regulations and limitations. Yes, that is correct - almost everything is overregulated and overcomplicated. So I am also thinking of moving somewhere else in the near future. May I know where you emigrated to? I lived in America and Thailand for many years. Even in those countries life was much easier in some aspects, although I prefer Germany to America.

[@fr3ud_4137]

@@clairechloe5294 can you give examples?

[@larsf.4756]

@@clairechloe5294 I actually live in the US these days. The lifestyle in the US seems to vary by region rather drastically, and I have lived in the Midwest as well as California, and the slower pace in Ohio suits me rather well. Traveling to Germany still feels weird, as I do speak the language, but many daily aspects of life have become somewhat foreign to me, from payment systems to public transportation. However, looking at Germany more from tourist's perspective makes me appreciate it a little more. I've never been to Thailand, I'm afraid.

[@greatgatsby7465]

I also left Germany because of racism, ridiculously high taxes, unorganized public transportation, aging infrastructure, bureaucracy, bad weather and may other reasons. 3 years now and it was the best decision of my life.

[@greatgatsby7465]

@@newlybornman2272 With racism I mean when it comes to finding a job or renting a place in a good neighborhood. Even if you were born in Germany, if your name and your appearance don't seem to be German you are considered a second class citizen or like they say "Ausländer"

[@292Nigel]

Next episode.. Hardest part of life about living in the UK. Can't wait!! 👍

[@mett420]

Hardest part obout living in Germany: gestiegene Dönerpreise

[@colorfulflowers574]

jetzt 10€ oder?

[@yourtruebrit]

@@colorfulflowers574 not in Augsburg :D come to Augsburg

[@mett420]

@@yourtruebrit 7€ for a normal Döner in my Town :/

[@292Nigel]

🤣🤣

[@JaniceHope]

3.50€ on Dönerday. 5.50€ every other day.

[@Lilianjade]

You have such a warm and open attitude . Love your style of interviewing people 👍🏻

[@A.J314]

I come from the middle east, living in Munich. Very grateful, no complaints.

[@yourtruebrit]

Would you ever move back ;) ?

[@A.J314]

@@yourtruebrit No, as long as I have a resident permit.

[@harrydehnhardt5092]

"I come from the middle east, living in Munich...." Wow, you must have had quite a culture shock. Greetings from Frankfurt.

[@mz6367]

Which country I’m from KSA and I would never go there great that I live in a richer nation

[@Micha-bp5om]

@@harrydehnhardt5092 I think not anymore, Munich is full of muslims now 😅

[@catunicorn4459]

It’s so fun to see foreign ppl talking about Germany, especially as a Bavarian. I had a lot of fun watching this lol 😂

[@yourtruebrit]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@martin840909]

Bavarian people are more like Austrian but not Germans, in my opinion.

[@1DarkBlossom]

@@martin840909 Bavaria is the German’s Texas

[@martin840909]

@@1DarkBlossom Do you know where Hitler comes from? Bavaria.

[@1DarkBlossom]

@@martin840909 He was austrian

[@vaishnavnegi9640]

I came here recently and for me, some things have been extremely difficult compared to back home. The lack of digitization and slow and tedious bureaucracy. Sometimes it feels that people apply rules arbitrarily at their whims. Also it's a lot quiter here, which I'm not used to. So it's abit weird at times. Maybe it will grow on me.

[@yourtruebrit]

Yeah things will get easier over time!, hope your doing ok :)

[@vaishnavnegi9640]

@@yourtruebrit yeah bro. Thanks. 😊

[@andreasiversen3440]

Or maybe you should return home. Where you belong.

[@vaishnavnegi9640]

@Andreas Iversen I will after some time. Don't worry.

[@HansHackfress]

If it's too quiet just move to a place where a lot of students live (like the Mexican guy in the video), guess it won't be that quiet some nights ;)

[@we.hustle.harder5133]

Life hack for supermarkets in Germany. In every entrance to a supermarket you will find plastic baskets to put in your groceries and stuff. Grab one, take advantage of it, use it. Go to the cashier, let them scan your stuff, take it and put it directly in your basket, then pay, grab your basket and go to the packing station behind the cashier desk. Every big supermarket has a place with a separate desk to pack your stuff. There you can be as slow as you want and you don´t annoy anyone in the queue. You´re welcome

[@HansHackfress]

Yes. It's like that in general. But I don't know if "times are changing" but this is what happened to me a few weeks ago (I'm "born and bred German" btw). I went to Kaufland and normally, I'll always take a trolley. But there were none as the shop was packed that day, so I took a shopping basket instead. Since I had about 25 items, rather than putting the basket on top of the the other stacked-up ones right before the cash-out, I kept it in my hand after putting my items on the conveyor belt. When it was my turn, the cashier told me to put the basket with the others. I said I'll bring it back right after I'm done putting my stuff into my bags, but she was having none of it. Servicewüste Deutschland +1 ...

[@alexeyolshevskiy1358]

1. Service - Germany and customer service it is two different universe. In all 2. No digitalization 3. Bureaucracy 4. To early get up for school, 7.45 for what? 5. it is difficult to have friends despite the fact that the Germans are generally responsive But goods thins is: 1. safety 2. people do not interfere with each other in terms of noise and so on. 3. following the rules especially on the road

[@TheSamuiman]

Conditioning to comply, to get ready for the real world, the real life, it is about conditioning!

[@sneakystef]

Sounds like Japan

[@Sperhirni123]

How could the the customer service be improved in you opinion? And what could be done to make it easier to find friends? What is the difference to other countries in making friends?

[@venusflytrap2622]

@@Sperhirni123 In terms of making friends, if you know some germans for a bit as in study colleagues or work colleagues invite them on a beer or ask them if they´d like to show you around town or have good recommendations to get something to eat. Tell them you´re new in town and I´d say in 80% you´ll get atleast some positive response as in either you get a recommendation or invitation for some drinks BUT the most important thing, be punctual as we dont like to have our time wasted and its considered extremely rude. As a German myself I think the main difference in general is that we are more reserved and kinda formal i.e. we dont want to bother anyone in their private life so as long as you dont directly tell us "Hey go out with us for a drink etc." you wont get anywhere in terms of making friends. As soon as we know someone better it gets less formal and reserved but it takes a while. Surely it depends from region to region in terms of how reserved we are but that could be taken as a rule of thumb. Furthermore I think we dont engage all that much in small talk except if its about the Trains being unpunctual again.

[@besapeposhi3864]

5 is disappointing because one of the reasons i want to move from my country is to know new people.

[@dddloveit]

My husband and I visited Germany last month, were from california. we felt so blessed, it's so beautiful and people are frindly. we werent prepared for the cold. I want to love there.

[@schattensand]

No problem! You can love everywhere.

[@andre1987eph]

“If you can’t be with the one you love, honey, love the one you’re with” (Crosby Stills, and Nash)

[@pakabe8774]

Since you made your Bo'le of Wa'er video, I can't hear anything else but the absence of the "t". 😂 "Do you think, life is be'er in Germany than..." 🤣

[@yourtruebrit]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@yourtruebrit]

life is be'er in Germany

[@nyekay615]

😂😂😂 me ‘oo

[@maryam_nn]

The hardest parts for me: 1. Understanding their jokes. Sometimes the Germans are laughing at something a German has said. Even though I understand the language, sometimes I have a hard time understanding why a joke is funny. 2. Most supermarkets are closed after 8. Most supermarkets are not open on Sunday or holidays. Oh and a lot of cafes in some of the places I lived close at 5pm or so!

[@spaceexplorer3690]

You should go back to your land .Because dont think we will ever have shops opened on sundays and holidays.Or you work so much so you dont have time to make your shopung until 9

[@Angel-um4u]

@Space Explorer you are so rude man...

[@chewcata]

different humor. I see this also related to different cities, friend groups and even cultures ! so interesting :)

[@im11yearsold63]

@@spaceexplorer3690 that's this kind of humour, the foreigns don't understand? You meant to say this with your comment?

[@spaceexplorer3690]

no i was not trying to be funny.i dont understand why people who come here think that one of big problems in germany for god sake are closed shops on sunday or on BANK HOLIDAY.wow.And i would like to see caffe whic is closed by 17:00;

[@Noa15Lv]

Fellow Latvian here... There's much stuff happening here and im personally looking forward sometime to pay an visit in Germany.

[@Michael_Schlapp]

Loved the music, a nice touch! I can totally agree about the bagging of your own groceries and the unwritten time limit. I got so scared of doing that and I decided to order products for delivery to the house to avoid it completely lol!

[@McRobin06]

Just throw them into your cart and bag your groceries somewhere else like at your car. this way it is much easier and less awkward -sincerely a german

[@hillbillly6963]

As a native, the hardest part is the darkness in autumn and winter 😑

[@indrinita]

That's literally one of my favourite things about Germany 🤣 also what winter? Don't ever visit Canada!

[@hillbillly6963]

@@indrinita Actually most of Canada´s population lives on roughly the same latitudes as southern Germany or even beneath. Montreal, Toronto, Québec, Ottawa and Hamilton are all on northern Italy latitudes! Thus most Canadians get longer days in winter than I do here in northern Germany, to which of your bigger cities, only Edmonton and Saskatoon compare. So if it´s not one of those cities I´d gladly come visit and enjoy more daylight than at home 🙂

[@indrinita]

@@hillbillly6963 well I'm from Calgary which I suppose some could say is in those "southerly" latitudes - actually just 3 hours driving south of Edmonton - and we had like 8 hours of sunlight in the dead of winter, max. My husband's from northern Germany and I did my master's up there, and the difference was *maybe* a half an hour of sunlight less in the dead of winter (if even that), but it was about 8 hours of daylight as well. The main difference between where I'm from and northern Germany is that we get actual sunlight every day of the year almost, while most of Germany is cloudy and grey during the "winter". But the temperatures are more like a Canadian fall to be honest (not including the Canadian west coast, where they also don't have winter). So I get how people with seasonal affective disorder might find Germany hard, but temperature and snow wise - imo Germany has no winter. And if you're ok with -30°C temperatures on the reg for literally half the year, then be my guest in Canada. Also the season that Germans call "winter" is again *maybe* 2-3 months before spring like temperatures abound again. It's the summers in Germany I can't handle. Absolutely horrible. But they're getting worse across Canada as well due to climate change.

[@hillbillly6963]

@@indrinita You are right, the difference between Calgary and Hamburg at winter solstice is about 30 minutes, summing up to many, many hours over the course of autumn and winter. You are also right about this half of the year being mostly cloudy and grey here, resulting in even less sunlight. However, I´m still a bit confused - the question was what the hardest part about living in Germany was for me (it´s the darkness) - then you jumped in to invalidate my answer and kept telling me that it is cold and snowy in Canada. I don´t know why 🤷‍♂

[@indrinita]

@@hillbillly6963 oh my intention was definitely not to invalidate, so sorry if it came across that way. As a Canadian living in Germany, I just find it ironic that many Germans don't like my favourite part of the year in Germany. In your case it was because of the darkness, but most complain about the cold. But I also acknowledged in my comment above that I can understand for those who suffer from SAD that the German "winter" can be hard, such as it is. In either case, I just don't feel that there's such a thing as "winter" here compared to what I'm used to, and that's what I was trying to get across.

[@JJ-ix1nj]

The hardest thing about living here for me as an immigrant is the discrimination!! I don't recommend living here!

[@yourtruebrit]

Where are you from :) ?

[@JJ-ix1nj]

@@yourtruebrit I'm from Latin America bro and yes there is also discrimination against Latin Americans here.

[@David-ny8zt]

Regresa a casa bro

[@gameofdrones9354]

Like how were you discriminated?

[@I_Carnage_I]

Regarding the Mexicans, if you want to party, go to a club or a bar. It's the same problem that bothers me about the other roommates in the dorm. It doesn't matter to me whether you like to party longer and drink, you're welcome to do that, but in the place where it's intended and not in a dorm where hundreds of people want to have their peace and quiet. You have also signed a rental agreement that states that there will be rest periods (22:00 - 06:00/ 11pm - 6am) from certain times. Double L

[@doraemonforever1726]

I agree. Consideration. The world does not need to cater to you.

[@JakobFischer60]

I can relate. I was a student at the Biederstein student dorm (which I suppose he also is) some decades ago and obviously that laywer is still around. One day we went to him and announced that we will have a summer party. Fine, he said, so I know that I can call the police early.

[@lucasp.9684]

That is so annoying… I happy to be half italian, because I dont want to be so annyoing. Sometimes you just wanna have a big party with friends and family… not in a club or bar, wtf? So if you want to have a party you have to go to a club? Just no. I dont want to have my birthday party in a random club. I want to have a big party at home. And I think Germans should chill a bit if someone throw once in a lifetime a party at home.

[@Wandering.Homebody]

@@lucasp.9684 Well if it's a dorm for a few hundred people and everyone celebrates their birthday once a year, that means loud party noises basically every night. But i guess consideration is just not your thing, is it?

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

Or just any place that's not densely populated, renting grill huts in the middle of nowhere is a good option where you can be very loud without anyone there to complain. Many in rural areas have something like that. I checked the prices for the one nearby: for people from outside: 50€ for the first day and 40€ for additional days. It's 10€ less for people who life here. Maximum of 50 people. Though I doubt actually 50 people will fit in there, but they come with a reasonable area around them that's included. They are usually 1-3 km outside the village noise should not be an issue unless you brought very powerful audio equipment.

[@Itsjennygomes]

I’m not even in Germany yet but finding an apartment it’s being so far the worst part of moving to Germany 😢

[@NoctLightCloud]

it's because more people wanna move to German cities than there is place to offer. Only in 2022 1.5 million refugees came to Germany. They'll be prioritized on the housing market over you (assuming you aren't coming as a refugee) because the govmnt pays the tennants sweet sums to house refugees instead of standard citizens (the idea itself is meant well but the execution causes harm to non-refugees).

[@David-ny8zt]

@@NoctLightCloud germany will be looking like france and Sweden in a few years. They took in too many "refugees" dark future ahead

[@NoctLightCloud]

@@David-ny8zt agree 100%!!

[@gameofdrones9354]

​@@NoctLightCloud may i know whats the reason they spend more for refugees?

[@NoctLightCloud]

@@gameofdrones9354 If you rent out to refugees, you can basically say any sum and the govmt will pay it for the refugees to you. You can charge 3000€/month for an old shack that's run down. (My sister knows a dude who is doing that, he gets 3000€/month for his run down house.) You don't have to renovate anything, just rent it to people that the govmnt will pay for. Since "the govmnt" isn't a person, they don't care what the housing accomodations look like or how much they cost. We'll see a drop in living standard within the next two decades, or a straight-out civil war. Mark my sad words.

[@n.r.2258]

Being German, I migrated 17 years ago to Southamerica …. and nothing in the world would bring me back to Europe.

[@karllarsen8797]

Not even Mallorca? Not even Spain? I am from Australia and want to experience living on Continental Europe for a few years. What has turned you off so much about Europe?

[@n.r.2258]

@@karllarsen8797 There are so many things that have changed in Europe over the decades that it would fill a book. But the most important thing is that European society has changed from a free-thinking society to a goal-oriented society and has put a price tag on every goal. South America has not experienced this change ( yet). Just about 10 years ago, close friends would regularly ask me when I was coming back. That stopped 5 years ago and today they ask me if it makes sense for them to move away as well if necessary. The South American decision was the best of my life.

[@karllarsen8797]

@@n.r.2258 Have you ever tried living in Spain before packing your bag to head over to South America given that there seems to be a lot of similarities between Spanish people and Latin American people? If you have, how did you find life and people in Spain?

[@n.r.2258]

@@karllarsen8797 I have visited Spain many times, but never lived there for more than 6 weeks. But since Europe is governed from Brussels and all specifications (and laws) are aligned across all countries, the mentality has also changed accordingly. In addition, Spain is not necessarily comparable with South America, just because they share a common language. Already climatically it behaves differently. Living at the equator, in the different climatic zones that are close together and caused by the altitude, is a drastic difference to a monoclimate as it is found in Spain. I don't know what you are looking for, but I would always prefer South America for my lifestyle.

[@karllarsen8797]

@@n.r.2258 Can you share the specifics of your lifestyle to help me guess what are missing in Europe that compelled you to move to South America?

[@seanfang9395]

The hardest part is loneliness, not only for foreigners but for Germans as well. Two words to describe Germany: depressingly beautiful.

[@albaniansoul1150]

True

[@samykiani944]

Thank you. This is so true.

[@karllarsen8797]

Is it that difficult to meet and start a relationship with German girls?

[@seanfang9395]

@@karllarsen8797 that was not a problem for me. Many of my German friends were lonely. I don’t live there anymore

[@kuscheling]

For me as a russian citizen it is a problem with payment methods in Germany. In Russia you can easily transfer money in a blink, you can transfer to anyone and you can also open a bank a account easily without spending almost a month waiting for your card. For me was strange to see some stores where you only pay in cash... It is not really a problem because you get used to it but sometimes it hurts! :)

[@stekeson4182]

да, я тоже заметил

[@fr3ud_4137]

It's because of surveillance(-angst) and Finanzamt reasons..;) the store owner has to pay a fee, most dont want to do that.

[@kuscheling]

@@fr3ud_4137 yeah, I know that :)

[@JohnRaschedian]

For those having problem with the language, buy the Michel Thomas German language bundle. Using the bundle, you can master the German language in under 60 hours. You only need to know English to use those courses. That's how I learned German When I came to Germany and ever since, I have had no problems in the past 10 years or so.

[@francescacaroli4609]

The fact that he complimented the only guy who struggled with English

[@user-et6cr6qd8v]

i would say its dishounest.....😅

[@thomas.thomas]

agreed, but maybe he actually think that way. idk. but for sure his English wasn't that great at all

[@alexspata]

i know right?

[@FahadFSA]

The hardest thing for the white foreigner living in germany is the bagging of shopping at the super market. While for the asian girl, it is proving her nationality.....

[@eugenhuber3441]

Culture schocks abroad for me as born in Munich. Seing mask in the subway 10 years ago in Taiwan. Enjoying UK pubs in London 20 years agon. Paying cash only in taxi or Bus in NYC some years ago. - take the chance to enjoy culture shocks, it shows you your situation - always nice

[@betweentwopages]

The hardest part about living here is that the Germas do not want to change. Also they are some of the most unambitious people I have met. Really stuns me. But they don't need to be ambitious because life is "easy" here for them.

[@fingerdreck2328]

As a German, I have to say that you should do this video again in a more northern city. Munich, actually the entire south, is very different from other parts of the country. In my opinion you should repeat it in Hanover

[@sternleiche]

What would there be different? He only interviewed imigrant students and maybe one hyperliberal German. He should ask the working class no matter where in Germany, that would be interesting.

[@yourtruebrit]

Nope that’s not true more than half in this video are working in Germany.

[@sternleiche]

@@yourtruebrit Working does not necessarily mean doing somethign useful. Making money and working often are two pairs of different shoes. It is a big problem of the whole west, most try to find an easy way to be wealthy and very few are willing to do the essential manual labour.

[@keti.rg.editzzz]

That video was filmed in Munich

[@TheSamuiman]

I recommend Berlin! ☺

[@xxxdieselyyy2]

Portugues, Spain and Italia are top boss in Europe. Germany is fine if you just want money. But if u want camaraderie and warmth, u won't find it in Germany.

[@nozomuoh4148]

It is fascinating hearing people complaining some German people in Germany do not speak English in normal life. Should the question be why foreigners do not at least try to learn and speak German?

[@buellterrier3596]

The hardest part of life in Germany is when you have to work hard and pay the taxes that make life easy for foreigners. P.S. I’m not German.

[@Lienhardismus]

Yeah imagine working and living here all your life while literally everything just gets worse. Then you walk through a city and sometimes dont even hear a single german voice while beeing looked at with suspicion like you dont belong in your own country. All the while being told that this is good, this is the future and seeing something wrong with it is evil and maybe even illegal to criticize. Then you see people like the guy at 9:00 who are sadly afflicted with brain damage and realize that's the majority of your peers.

[@buellterrier3596]

@@Lienhardismus I feel you mate. I’m not German but I think that I love German culture more than most Germans. I came here 20 years ago, fulfilling a dream to study in the land of great scientists, writers, musicians and thinkers. Now, I wander the streets near the Bahnhof at night and I feel like I am in Mogadishu.

[@David-ny8zt]

Be thankful you're not in Sweden. There they are working for the refugees who only contribute crime to their nation. Europeans have become to tolerant and have overflown their lands with "refugees". That ship will soon sink with everyone in it

[@buellterrier3596]

@@David-ny8zt Sweden is an Omen of what is happening soon to Germany.

[@buellterrier3596]

@Arif Kh I don’t care how it sounds, that’s how it is. And don’t compare me to whites , my skin is as dark as chocolate 🍫

[@griffithberserk1367]

As a life-time German I rofled so hard about the American guy saying packing your stuff at Rewe is like an olympic sport :D He is so right. At times, you can hardly keep up. Especially, when they already start and the person in front is not even finished xD

[@monak778]

Hard part of the Germany is, peoples are very friendly but very hard to make a real & true friends. Except that whoever they come from peopels just want to be around them self. Lack if openness and and friendliness. To be honest even i dont know who my neighbours is. Just say hello even you are living for so many years. If we dont know our neighbours where we living then you can imagine how it would be the outside. Where i belongs ; in that place as an neghbours we used to share foods and friendship and always help eachothers. you work hard and make your life better..except that i like & live Germany and also thankful because this place make me more strong and independent and learned so many things. There is +ve & negative.

[@inotoni6148]

8:30 That's not at all as positive as he's making it out to be. See the riots on New Year's Eve in Berlin and other cities. In recent years, no-go areas have emerged in every major city in Germany, which you shouldn't go into at night. Even in cities like Hanover. Especially not as a woman. It wasn't like that before. Violence against rescue workers, police officers and teachers has also increased sharply. That was unimaginable 10-15 years ago

[@sammybeutlin2763]

That are some arabs, not germans: they even say, they arent. In the 1980s, criminals came from Libanon, who created a mafia, which gio stronger in the last 40 years. But some day, we will crush them. Sadly even lots of Turks, who were in my class, were racists against us Germans. They were second and thrid generations: this anti-german hate will result into a war one day and than we show them, that they wont defeat our tanks and military. Sadly, millions of moslems will die, but they gonna ask for it. They think, Allah made Europe and Europe needs to be islamic. Our old generations gave us lots of problems, but lots of knowledge as well. We will make Germany good. Anti German partys like CDU and SPD get weaker every year, because the voters die of old age.

[@trafalgarlaw7109]

Sweden has the same problems now and 10-15 years ago it was fine. No coincidence at all

[@inotoni6148]

Clients are the same everywhere. In France, the problems started in the 90s. The other western governments should have seen that. The Eastern European countries, on the other hand, have learned from the mistakes of the West

[@trafalgarlaw7109]

@@inotoni6148 indeed. That's a reason why I admire many Eastern European countries. Don't think that something will change in the next years. Client's is a good word for them. I think I will start to use it

[@_sayan_roy_]

Well, it depends on the kinds of immigrants. It is the failure of German society, government(maybe) and media as well not to recognise the differences of different parts of the world and their cultures and what would fit in the value system you have/want to change. For example, I'm from Bengal, India and Indians are the highest number of blue card holders (given to immigrants above a certain income threshold) of Germany and Indian Americans by percentages are the richest in USA out of all "ethnic groups" apart from Jewish Americans, if you don't count them to be among "white Americans". Similarly, South East Asian and East Asian immigrants also do decently well but of course, I am not generalising any ethnic group including Indians. My point is that each immigrant/expat or anybody ought to be judged individually and if you talk about statistics and group identities, then also different ethnic groups and groups in general need to be categorised individually and not just how they look for example (for instance, many middle Easterns look like me, a fair skinned Indian). So, just like it is the responsibility of each individual to behave well, it is also the responsibility of others to make proper judgement, whether that judgement involves giving permit to stay in a particular place through government or simply reacting upon seeing the person in the street. For example, if a fair skinned Indian comes across you (by you, I mean anybody, not you specifically and I don't know you) on the street, learn not to jump to conclusions about his background, let's say assume that he's from middle East, and learn that he might be in one of the highest tax bracket, behaving well and in fact, may even return back to his country or some other place as many Indians tend to do (not saying it's necessarily a good thing but Indians stay on average 5.3 years in Germany compared to 15.3 of all foreigners). And, also let others and the government know about this as well so that the message well across the board and this would be good thing for the society in general and the well meaning immigrants as well, who are helping themselves and the society as well. And, btw, I am not being prejudiced against middle easterns (I'm sure many middle Easterns behave well and are valuable contributors to the society) and I am just giving their examples because that and some other groups are taken as an example by the side who speaks upon this issue and that probabalistically their cultures are thought to be quite antithetical to the cultures of the society in question. Basically, I am saying to make proper value judgement of each entity (group or individual) specifically with nuance.

[@daenini]

The best part of being german is to have the german voice actor of Squidward

[@teniente_snafu]

Shopping: You are supposed to shovel the scanned goods into your CART immediately. And THEN roll it to the tables or shelves near the exit to pack your bags. If you buy more than five items, always use a cart.

[@SilverJackLeg]

I can do with cashiers, Deutsche Bahn, all the rules, the need to categorize everything into smallest details, somehow handled the language and a bit of a local dialect, but for me personally the hardest thing is the bureaucracy and the administrative German that comes with it. It's like a totally separate language, riddled with paragraphs, references to laws (like I know them). Sounds like German, but it looks more like like a mix between German and Klingon. And it's everywhere once you start living here - the contacts, the insurances, the taxes etc. If I only knew all these tricks at the beginning... Not to deny that there are many great and wonderful things here, but the question was "what's the hardest part" for me.

[@marcelwannieck]

Oh wow, I went to school with the Chinese girl from Munich. Wild seeing her again in a KZbin video over 6 years later.

[@yourtruebrit]

oh really!, yeah she was lovely super interesting person :)

[@skillfullbog7923]

Lol and even now you still don't think she is German

[@marcelwannieck]

@@skillfullbog7923 Dude, I don't just think she's German, I KNOW she's German. German with Chinese heritage if you will. I just referred to her in a way that makes it clear who I'm talking about.

[@v.m.8472]

The hardest part was hearing my country criticized constantly and just keeping quiet. I always waited to go home so I could say that I hated the food, the weather and the arrogance.

[@inotoni6148]

7:30 So in 2005 I did a master's degree in mechatronics in Hanover. Even then, most of the students were from China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. There were more than Germans. Asians are not only now coming to Germany

[@Nico-it5nh]

Yeah we have about 50% foreigners, because their education system just sucks (e.g. Vietnam)

[@BoothTheGrey]

The guy at 3:40 of course doesnt know the "traditional" aspect of this supermarket "olympic" sports. Usually back in older times when paying at the supermarket you would put your stuuf back into your trolley, go away from the check-out and head over to special tables where you could put your stuff calmly in your bags. In many supermarkets nowadays these spaces besides the doors have gone. And germans just had no other possibility than starting this check-out-sports. Although... when I check out my supermarkets there still mostly are little areas at the door where you could go after check-out.

[@jakobbauz]

Shoutout to that master of carpentry! Such a calm, nice man full of good ideas.

[@greatgatsby7465]

Unfortunately no one talked about the "undercover racism" we foreigners who were born in Germany face (yes, we are considered foreigners even though we were born in Germany) It doesn't really matter if you are Italian, Polish, Arab or Turkish, if your parents are not pure Germans, you will always be an "Ausländer" something which would be considered ridiculous in most other countries. Foreigners in Germany get very easy jobs as cashiers, nurses, sellers and other positions needed but as soon as you want to apply for a higher positioned job or you want to rent a place in a good neighborhood the racism starts. Even if you have better grades in college, manners and experience, a "pure German" will always be preferred. We speak German as fluent as them if not better, and obviously our mother tongue (our English is usually much better too because we grew up bilingual) but these things are not appreciated here at all compared to other countries. Besides that the German infrastructure is aging horribly, public transportation is expensive and unorganized, bureaucracy makes it impossible to be flexible and taxes are ridiculously high. That's why I decided to leave and it was the best decision of my life. To all of those who are considering to move to Germany, please inform yourself before you do that.

[@RoninTF2011]

... bold generalizations that are not supported by eveidence

[@thomas.thomas]

in what part of germany have you lived that you are coming to that conclusion? I never have heard that there would be common racism towards polish or italian people here

[@greatgatsby7465]

@@RoninTF2011 My experience and those of many others are the evidence. Also the statistics of racisms in the German school system or police departments for example.

[@greatgatsby7465]

@@thomas.thomas I have lived in München, Heidelberg, Köln, Leipzig. And I have many friends and family members in other parts of Germany who have the same experiences. You never heard about racism against Italians or Poles? Then you probably don't know many, also what about people from the Middle East, don't they count for you?

[@RoninTF2011]

@@greatgatsby7465 claims...source?

[@pavlopyshkin]

I moved to Germany 3 weeks ago from Spain. The first impressions and things which annoy are: - the bureaucracy. The complicated bureaucracy. - the prices. Especially, for service or products which contain time and labor of other people. For example, the prices in supermarkets are the same as in other Europe, but the cup of coffee costs 2-60 or 3 and above euro, just because there is a human who does it for me, and this person is need to get salary, pay taxes, insurance... Or the price for the hair cut. 30 Euro!!! In Spain I got the same for 15 Euro. - very often you can rent a flat without anything! Simply empty flat. Even kitchen will be absent!!! It is so absurdly... it is so ... - The supermarkets close too early. And there are absent shops with food which work late and on Sundays. In Spain there were a lot of shops, or small Fruit shops which hold usually by Chinese or guys from Latin America and there are always possible to buy some useful things for home (in Chinese shop), or some food in Fruit shops. - "ordung": here is time for fun, here is time to sleep. Now I am drinking hot wine at Christmas market, there are a lot of people around... and in next minute, suddenly, all tents simultaneously close, and people go away. 20-30 - fun is over. 21-00 streets are empty. It looks creepy after living in Spain where that time is very active and there are a lot crowds and noise in the streets, people go from one bar to another, even with children..

[@rosamwen2267]

Thanks exactly what I’m thinking how do you rent out a flat with no kitchen installed that’s a madness that’s like putting a flat on the market without a fecking toilet 😒

[@kaddy0306]

Does everyone who works in spain as a hair dresser has a 3 year long training in haircutting before? Does Spain takes huge sums from the gained taxes and supports schools, universitys and older people that much? Do they get the same salary as in germany? No!!! In germany they earn almost the double amount. And all other people too normally, espacially with the new minimum loan from October. Why should anyone go to bars drining alcohol when children are next to them? Sorry, but being proud to drink alcohol next to your childen is just disgusting and many other countrys would see it the same. Why should the tents have open after 21 o clock? Germany has enough bars you can drink, the drinks on the christmas market are there to be ENJOYED in a break on the market, not togetting drunk until noon. Many people have to work at 7 in the morning, what do you expect? That they go drunk there? I have a tip: If you dislike it so much, take your alcohol bottle and the next flight back to spain?

[@marge2548]

@@kaddy0306 why are you so sour? He just arrived and his first experience in Germany was Deutsche Bahn. 🤣 And if you have little money and just got by with it in another country, it does not help you personally that others earn more in the place you live now, if you don’t do so as well. Besides, the things he mentions are the things most expats complain about in the beginning and many Germans do so as well… so he might have a point there. 🙂

[@JJ-cb5gc]

@@kaddy0306 Ich glaube Pavlo hat nichts offensives geschrieben und nirgendwo hat er gesagt, dass Spanien besser als Deutschland ist oder so. Deine Nachricht zeigt uns nur wie unglücklich du bist:(

[@tos9412]

When U move to a different country you have to be ready for cultural differences, or culture schocks as Americans call it. Get used to it. If Not, feel free to Return.

[@maximkretsch7134]

As a German, the hardest thing about living in Germany for me is having to pay the taxes, duties and fees for the whole party. 😂

[@denisek7]

Great interviews and lovely interviewer~ ^^ very interesting to hear! Greetings from South Korea

[@yourtruebrit]

Thanks so much!

[@alpha_vancity]

I was raised in Germany Was in Frankfurt from 1996 till 2004 Since 2014 I’m in Canada My goal is to go back to Germany I live in vancouver and it’s very expensive here I feel happy in Germany which is most important

[@Mind-d6y]

But in Germany is very expensive our life now. We have no money for Restaurants and Autos, Benzin, energy, travel. The people are depressiv and the wether are bed. I want to leave Germany.

[@avery.a5948]

Canada is so much better than Germany

[@alpha_vancity]

@@avery.a5948 not for me It’s boring and expensive People don’t socialize here But everyone is different

[@im11yearsold63]

Hardest thing living in Germany? Lack of motivation of a lot of people due to the high standards of care. It's a luxury life here. Most people just don't care about others. What's making it hard? It's a very capitalistic oriented society with a lot of selfish POVs. This society makes everyone aiming to profit from someone or something, either from others or from the state, instead of sometimes just taking measures in their own hands and go out and help others or even oneself with small things, instead of waiting for others to do so - sure that's also a human thing, which is not only german related, but it is pretty visible here. You can even see it in politics: Germany makes always a profit of something.

[@lennat24]

You forgot the Ehrenämter.

[@quasimodo8215]

❤

[@masoudghahremani7913]

One reason that I'd love to live in Germany is about rules and respecting them. I really don't want to hear anything from outside of my home after 10pm. Maybe someone wants to wake up at 6 am and do their stuff early in the morning to have a productive day.

[@gabrielaxyz9577]

Come to Poland and you will hear a difficult language! :) German is quite easy. Mexican guys - I think it is good you can see there should be some order and quiet at a time like 10 or 11 p.m. And why didn't you get some Polish people to talk in your video? A lot of Poles live in Germany.

[@Anna-bq8gl]

I love this channel ❤🎉. You make me laugh too often! Great fun watching you guys! Merry Christmas!!

[@hidden5920]

Awesome video. I love seeing all this different cultures coming together....the people appreciate all that german stuff that feels so "normal" for us germans.... In the End, the biggest Difficulty / Hardest Part is....to take everything for granted as a german. And to alle the ppl in the Video :) i am glad we ve u here.

[@yourtruebrit]

Wait till you see this new one ;)

[@martindelicana1700]

Me as a Filipino-American, currently residing in Germany with my Filipino wife, there is not much positive I can say about this country. Living expenses going through the roof, luckily we moved from Berlin to a small town close to the Polish border so essentials over there are much more affordable. The rent for housing in our current town is still manageable compared to the situation in and around the big cities. Very often I notice that natives still are prejudicial towards visitors and foreigners living here. And there is no effort whatsoever from natives to move towards foreigners in matter of language, especially the older generations. It's like the stone age and the opportunities the EU is offering being squandered. Don't get me started about the government, past or present - such a catastrophe. I do look very much forward to eventually leave Germany again together with my wife and our main residence being in the US and the Philippines again. Anybody considering coming here, JUST DON'T DO IT, you're making yourself unhappy. Nothing matches the reputation of Germany being that golden and rich country. It's a huge mess.

[@24X7CARZ]

Last time I was Germany, I was craving afritada but couldn’t find any. 😅 I do also like schnitzel as comfort food though. I’m from Southern California, which of course has many thriving pinoy communities.

[@marge2548]

"And there is no effort whatsoever from natives to move towards foreigners in matter of language, especially the older generations." - Methinks part of the problem here is that the area you a currently living in now is in the areas where the elder pople never learnt English in school but Russian. Mayhap, if you tried Western Germany, or especially Southern Germany with its history of British or American Bases, you would be surprised at the level of English fluency also among elder Germans. On the other hand, it never does harm to learn the language of the country you live in. I know it is hard - a lot of especially elder Germans living abroad don't do that either. However, from my personal experience outside Germany it helps a lot. Anyway try the West - depending from your standards, it may still be a mess, but a more open-minded one.

[@kennethverana5885]

Whats wrong with u ?

[@sanagul-origin5412]

"People are frendlier" - made me laugh hard))

[@grmpflz]

A friend of us with German ancestors came from Argentina to work in Munich for 2 years. First thing he mentioned was that he didn't understand the Germans complainig about the public transportation and that they even run after a Metro train, when the next one arrives in 5 minutes. He said, in Argentina you are glad if the train comes once a day, if it comes. And he loved the safety in Germany and said, you can't walk in the streets of main cities in Argentina because it might be live-threatening. - 2 years later, when he left Germany, he was completely "germanized" and complained about a Metro train to the airport, that was 5 minutes too late... 😂

[@БогданЛобкин-д2к]

Guy , who live in Bad-Godesberg we can meet if you want. My English is not fluent but not bad )

[@sussschokoladenkuchen]

The hardest part is paper mail. You have to receive millions of papers for everything which is long, easy to lose and absolutely not safe.

[@Luflandebrigade31]

How many letters have been lost in your case or letters were opend? On the other hand: How safe is communication by Email? Did you ever recieve a letter with a virus in it that steals all your data and blackmails you with it? I am not against digital communication, but it's not 100 % the solution for everything.

[@sussschokoladenkuchen]

@@Luflandebrigade31 my friend's briefs with card and PIN from Sparkasse were stolen from his postbox.

[@woodnja]

I like the Videos where ask people about there opinion. 👍

[@dieteroffermann3880]

It´s good for Germans to see your and other videos of expats, cause we see Germany from a new perspectiv! Example: Germans hate the "public transportation" they mean it´s very expensiv and unpunctual! The most expats love it!! So you learn as a German to love it new!

[@Aflooos]

Expats hate it too. Inside cities its ok. Its the inter city DB that is horrible at the moment

[@Milovely]

The worst part about Germany is not only the rising prices but if you have a child or children that's where the problems are starting. It's hard to combine career with Child/ren and also the lack of medicine and doctors is also a huuuuge problem :/ (coming from a German myself)

[@stephenscull901]

I worked in Germany for three months in Augsburg in 1969 and returned for a month of study in Bremen in 1988. I’ve been back for vacations several times since 1997. Now I tend to fly into München and then drive to Austria and stay there. It is much more difficult in today’s economy. I am almost 75 years old. I am not sure I want to bag groceries blitzschnell at a supermarket at my age. If I could teach at my age, I would consider it.

[@andre1987eph]

When you’re past 60, never mention your age to anyone. Nothing good can come of it 👍

[@benzo___]

great video, do more of these, they are very interesting!

[@yourtruebrit]

yep were doing another episode this Saturday :)

[@blauermerlin1968]

Tolles Video. Ich wünsche Dir auch ein gutes neues Jahr...

[@yourtruebrit]

und du bist auch ;)

[@gruffelo6945]

The hardest part - BUREAUCRACY! Taxes and the bloody bureaucracy.

[@VCRider]

Basically Bad Godesberg (mentioned by the 1st guy) which used to be one of the prettiest places around Bonn is mainly made out Arabs now (why the population almost speaks no English). It’s not a nice place, has become dangerous, been ruined for us Germans and other foreigners as well.

[@wandilismus8726]

Bagging Tipps from a german: Throw anything into your shopping cart and bag your bags outside befor you leave or bring it to your car, bag there and then return the cart

[@rollingdownfalling]

The words on the thumbnail are just so sad. I can so understand her. The fact that you can't see your own face can sometimes temporarily makes you forget you're from another race since you think and express locally, only when someone points out something like you're different such as making an assumption of certain things like diet or habits or getting a direct stare at you when you said something that only the locals would say, then you'll realise your not a true "local". Obwohl ich habe vor, dass ich nach Deutschland in der Zukunft ziehe. Bis dahin werde ich sowieso Ausländer.

[@sunrae3971]

2:58 While i can understand her. She probably would never assume that i am (native german) are a Chinese or something. That first contact misunderstanding works in both ways. Most of my friends with migration background or second generation etc. are labeled by other migrants as none-german most of the time. A friend of mine with black hair is always been labeled as Turk or Arab by other "proud" Arab or Turks even thought he russian-german and these "turks" are German themselves 🤣

[@bioniq]

the hardest part of life in Germany is not being able to fishing without permission :)

[@pritamshinde6622]

Greate Work man loved it

[@harism5589]

Visited and lived near Hanover for 3 months. Hardest part was recist people. Me and wife walked in residential street with camera in hand. It was week end afternoon. Suddenly police car came, cops asked us to stop and start asking questions like we are criminals. We are Asians and requested ask in English. They refused to talk or ask in English. We found out that some one in neighboring house called police with complaint that we are taking pictures of their house! Police took half an hour. Looked through our pictures, found nothing other than street pictures. Gave us copy of the complaint and warning. Such a horrible experience!!

[@1DarkBlossom]

This is shocking. I live in Hanover and I feel most people aren’t racists here at all.

[@marge2548]

I am really sorry this happened to you. Actually, Hannover used to be a rather open-minded city due to the many fairs with customers from all over the world visiting regularly. However, someone in a comment further above mentioned it already: A lof of Germans live in constant fear - mostly of things they seen on the media but will never happen to them. I am quite sure that the one who called the Police was an elderly person being afraid that you were criminals taking photographs of houses in order to burglar them. (Maybe that even had happened a short while ago, but more likely is they heard it on the news). - Of course the notion that foreigners are more suspicious than Germans is racist, but then - this person probably also calls the Police regularly for Germans not parking their cars correctly or having too many guests, or... whatever. (And the root of that is, unfortunately, loneliness and again, fear and discontent). One such person will not only make like of any tourist crossing their way miserable, but of the whole neighbourhood. The other explanation is that they thought you were from google maps - in Germany, one had the option to tell google not to take pictures of one's house and many Germans did that. Afterwards, many people started to believe that it is illegal for passengers to take photopgraphs of private property, but in fact that is not the case. Whatever can be seen in the street can be photographed for ´private purposes, but not by google. ;) - Anyway, this could be another reason Anyway - normaly police staff should know at least basic English, but especially the older ones are not very familiar with that. Which of course was very unfortunate in this special case. Again, I am sorry you had to make this experience. Lived in Hannover for several years and actually, it still is my favourite German city. I always feel sorry when things there are not well even if I don't live there anymore...

[@nonegativity01]

let's not call everything that happens automatically racism; my opinion is that you didn't get stoped and questioned by the police because you are asian, it was because you were taking pictures on a residential streets. There are many criminals who will scout streets and homes, taking pictures before they break into a house and rob it in the night. The police probably thought that you are checking out some homes to robe them later. They would have stoped and questioned anyone regardless of ethnicity. I don't know the whole story but from what you are saying I can only assume that is a misunderstanding.

[@SonLe-mk4sq]

@@andre1987eph I am also glad that happened to you after how you people (Russians) treat foreigners of other races in your country. Think about it when you write your next comment.

[@kilian9591]

Are people from other nations equally interested in videos about their home countries or is it more like a german thing?

[@dimi333]

Equally

[@faizanafz8478]

Equally

[@srbenda2977]

Equally

[@FunkyChild718]

Funny, I'm Asian American and work around Europe a lot. In Frankfurt everyone would speak to me in German, assuming I was a local because I have to dress in business casual clothing. Then when I spoke with my American accent they were confused for a second and switched to English. 😂 This was pretty consistent. Pretty much no one assumed I was a tourist. So there's always the opposite side of the story. My German colleagues were all really nice, but very straight to the point, just like New Yorkers, where I'm from. In general, I think Germans have a positive view of Asians so I was never treated badly anywhere I went in Germany.

[@friedrichbaeker]

made up story

[@FunkyChild718]

@@friedrichbaeker like your friends circle.

[@friedrichbaeker]

@@FunkyChild718 epic roast

[@Schmitt487]

Are you a Chinese American? I mean your ancestors from China?

[@are_you_f_serious]

1:38 - The shield behind him .. "Feuerwehranfahrtzone" that's so German. Even the "Bindestrich". 😂 That's one single word. 👍🏻😂😂