Why Berlin is full of those Pink Pipes - Life in Berlin

What are those gigantic pink tubes doing all over Berlin? All over the city they seem to be integrated into the cityscape, but why are they there? And why are they pink? Find out why.
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[@Surya-jz6te]

Me: Today I'll learn my Physics lectures. KZbin: Today you will learn why there are pink pipes in berlin. Me: Today I will learn why there are pink pipes in berlin.

[@angelikape900]

😂

[@mika274]

Must obey robot master

[@evas7608]

same here.....

[@ISKMUSIC1]

"Are they Art?...Do people live in them?" - Well, in Berlin both could be true, maybe even simultaneously.

[@Maia3311]

To find a flat in big city is that hard. Unfortunately, i know. Second year looking.

[@katd7716]

Oooh, I am so embarrassed now, I saw them on Potsdamer Platz for the first time and since then I thought it's an artistic installation. Hahaha, well, it's Berlin after all, you never know 😂

[@dandylp]

Same in Dresden 😂

[@davidsasgen364]

You're very entertaining..thank you..

[@paulminow1586]

This was actually really interesting. Please note content like that

[@raing8942]

My favorite video is the one about the tubes.

[@graziaorlandini6796]

Als ich Stadtführerin war, habe ich den Italienern erzählt, die Rohren bringen Bier zu den Bauarbeitern. Deswegen sind auch alle Innenwände schräg 😬 ( und dann natürlich auch die Wahrheit 😃)

[@katjahava4311]

The dream of my life came true - i'm cheered up by pink pipes

[@Ziegque]

Thank you for explaining this. I wondered about them when I visited Berlin in 2016, and my hosts couldn't seem to explain them.

[@runesteen8129]

Most infomercial channel about Berlin on youtube - keep it up radical!

[@denisd83]

I was completely puzzled by that, thanks!

[@RadicalLiving]

Any time!😉

[@Locomaid]

This was one of my first questions when I arrived in Berlin. I thought maybe district heating. But I figured it out quick enough. As a Swiss, I can say that some of them need repainting... 😅😅😅

[@kreativuntermdach7351]

I think no one bothers repainting them, cause by night, someone will come along and repaint them to what they are looking right now. And as long as the coat of paint is protective enough, nothing will be done.

[@admerin6961]

I am visting Berlin right now, and on my way back from East Side Gallery I spotted the pipes!!!!!! I got so excited that I knew what they are thanks to your video. Spotted a few other things in that area from your videos. It made me so happy. 😁

[@goldflo91]

Amazing and instructive 👍👍👍 Before seeing this video, I thought those pipes were art, as Berlin is known for 😀

[@RadicalLiving]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@danthaman5230]

Good editing with the music choice. I was really motivated to learn about these pipes.

[@miffyjc]

Awesome! My son asked me that question when we were in Berlin, and now I can completely impress him. Thanks!

[@tanyapammy459]

I have been watching and re-watching some of your videos. I absolutely love ur funny side. It's as though your inner child is fully well nurtured and alive. I hope it always will be so! You always make me smile even on worst days. Good luck man!

[@user-hv3wo7jh1i]

You are sooo sweeeet!! Really. Just like those pink pipes all over Berlin. Even sweeter 😊 Danie schön für ein super video!

[@Alicetalk]

always liked to think of them as those tubes from Mario

[@ClariJoy]

Danke dir! Hammer Video! 😃

[@srzar]

I was really baffled by the tubes when I visited Berlin!

[@bismutfan2211]

Actually the town´s own basilisk lives and moves through these pipes

[@TMD3453]

Love it. Thanks, Radical

[@subzeronel]

thanks for posting.I always wondered about them! your videos give very good insight into Berlin which otherwise expats wouldn't know.already noted about visiting Kater Blau from your other video. keep on posting :)

[@RadicalLiving]

My pleasure!😊

[@Karmasoutar]

Bloody hell! Would never have guessed that EVER - so happy I now know this 😁

[@aboxofcream]

Personally, I love the pink tubes! Another great video 👏

[@sobelou]

Thanks!! I had been wondering about that myself and why they were moving from one place to another!

[@ellenh278]

😎 I feel smarter now

[@saraquitt2119]

Just visited Berlin and saw the pipes. Thanks for the explanation!

[@Kaizerzydeco1]

They have these in Dresden too.

[@videodotnet2278]

Thanks for the good informative dude❤

[@tushnamoddie7622]

Radical Living you should really do walking tours around areas of Berlin. Your videos are amazing, you’re hilarious and I would 100% go with with my German partner when we do a Europe visit from Australia next summer!

[@SornGeorge]

You get those tubes in Leipzig as well!

[@stepbystepscience]

Amazing!

[@piaberni3735]

Love your Channel 🤩🤩

[@hammanbanjiram1611]

Nice video, as usual 😉

[@nicolasblume1046]

It's not just about cost: Pumping all that water into the sewer system would overwhelm it, it can't handle that much water

[@OrontesRM]

I don't know if it's more interesting the video, or it's funnier the way you narrate it XD

[@bitterermond]

Ich mag deine Videos. Es wäre schön, wenn du mehr postest. Danke! Ö=

[@RadicalLiving]

I appreciate it! I'll do my best! 😁

[@rolanddepous2148]

YOU ARE THE BEST ...GRAZIE

[@wks6034]

Thank you

[@vandewilg3569]

Your soooo funny, you make me laugh so hard

[@elisavieira737]

I'm learning thanks

[@tristanwegner]

When I was younger, I got to confused about Berlins geography, because I thought these pipes are permanent. Did not know about the pipe gender thing either. Good video.

[@Oberbaumbruecke]

They are permanent. 😁☝️

[@justineenriquez617]

AMAZINGGGGG

[@c.l.6523]

Cool!

[@CreepyDarkMusicLab]

I was asking myself this question 3 years ago or so... nice to see the answer mow😆

[@CreepyDarkMusicLab]

*now

[@cuikai025]

Thank you. I love you.

[@RadicalLiving]

You're welcome!

[@mitraassari]

Thank you for making this video it was my big question the first time i came to berlin 😅

[@heronrodriguez]

I always wondered what in the hell they were whilst I was there hahaha, good info

[@explosivehotdogs]

Recently got one over here near Uhlandstraße, very cool solution I've not noticed in other cities [having rivers or other bodies of water]. But maybe I just haven't noticed cause I'm used to them !

[@AnyaGlazov]

Love your videos, always so interesting

[@RadicalLiving]

Glad you like them!

[@stuckonautomatic]

The pink pollems tubes are in Frankfurt as well. At Opernplatz and at Güterplatz.

[@artspectrum2421]

wow cool

[@neerajdracks]

Underrated

[@pillz4julie]

finally, i know, thank you

[@spaceschaller1918]

lol they are in front of my dorm appartment in dresden too but blue haha schon interessant :D will auch rote!!

[@arctix4518]

An urban legend says, that these pipes don't pump ground water out of the city, but beer in...

[@forceforceforce]

Wow and I was wondering for years. How many times I saw them and was like wtf is that it runs all along these streets and neighbourhoods I even made insta photos with them

[@yberchillix]

Nice pipes

[@piercehawke8021]

Like the Humboldt Box (now gone), blue and pink pipes, remains of the Berlin Wall, Funkturm, etc; they all symbolize Berlin IMHO.

[@compadrelucas]

cool

[@violetindigo8514]

Thanks!!! I was also wondering what are these pipes and why they are pink. And actually I think make them pink was a great idea! They bring a light to the city, making it more interesting and unusual, looking like artistic installation. And yes more happy. But some of them look like they are purple... I guess it's just a different shade of pink right?

[@jimmytailor3424]

I always thought it was some drunken illusion, thanx

[@susannabonke8552]

THAT Dot Shirt!!

[@thiemneugangte4374]

You are very funny 😂😂

[@sherot4309]

yes, it is working for me

[@GeorgeHutchins]

There are a set sky pipes located about 800 yards from the Reichstag, near the former Führer Bunker, where the April 29, 1945 front lines were stabilized. This allowed a last known Berlin exit flight.

[@rubiconsun]

Why don't you have an own TV channel 👌😎? Your videos are so funny, so well edited and so full of interesting and useful information. I don't understand 🤪

[@kaiznpl]

Because almost nobody is watching old traditional TV nowadays? It’s declining viewer base. Streaming services or personalized TV are the future.

[@goldflo91]

@@kaiznpl And he almost has nothing to pay to start and maintain his channel, that allows him to focus on the content of his videos 🙂

[@twentyroses]

Traditional TV is dying in Germany. The Numbers of

[@artisteac]

Bauarbeiten ist eine deutsche Sportart...besonders im Sommer 😂

[@DiversesderTroll]

Pink pipes definitly work for me

[@fluuufffffy1514]

I've never ever Ben to Berlin, but I died winter about the pipes

[@sina09]

hahaha reading the caption of this video I thought you´re talking about the fatboys that people bring to parks, I have seen so many of them in the last weeks, some of them in pink ;)

[@melloup1684]

Hey you are really cool ! 🤣

[@RadicalLiving]

You are!

[@IFAEntdecker]

Dieses Geheimniss hätte geheim bleiben sollen xD

[@johnrogan9420]

Dis Mann der Berlin geweissen!

[@user-fp5iv5mg6n]

these colours annoy eyes. pipes most be unshowy So the verdict is; no, I am an adult, and these pipes don't remind me of childhood, but they just bring thought that " is this thing made for adults? or they are made to fool adults?"

[@AlexWinkler]

What was life even before this video??

[@willofdodge1]

In Colorado, Purple is non-drinkable and blue is Drinkable

[@dubh_glas95]

ALDIS. I know it's a German business but it's cool seeing some things we have in the US to see it other places (even if it originated from said country)

[@IgorKovr]

I couldn't find any info on the biggest water circulation tank in Berlin. Can you please share any?

[@zhanatkeneeva1425]

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preußische_Versuchsanstalt_für_Wasser-,_Erd-_und_Schiffbau

[@RadicalLiving]

fd.tu-berlin.de/en/about-us/location/

[@marisoldelpilars]

we watch all your videos :) do you want to meet us? we are in Neukölln! how can we reach you?

[@amkaktiv2886]

Da hat wohl jemand sein Rohr verlegt

[@selin6872]

you said something about train tickets in one of vids which one was that?

[@RadicalLiving]

in Everything that Sucks about Germany^^

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Do any other cities have pipes like that?

[@anapinto]

i legit was here today

[@mrsporty9669]

1 Euro or meter or month is a nice price ☮️

[@ThePunisher014]

I actually did not know Berlin is sitting on a large swamp. people seemed a bit.. froggy.

[@ingo_8628]

There is water in Berlin they have to get rid of? Maybe they should send it to Grünheide where they have allegedly lack of it.

[@felipescariello]

You're funny :'D

[@rosenwind]

Die bunten Rohre sind nur temporär verlegt und dienen zur Grundwasserbewirtschaftung, .z.B. zum Absenken des Grundwassers bei Großbauten.

[@strusinskakasia2831]

I LIKE BERLIN swamp water drainage pipe.

[@bimble205]

Can you drink tap water in Berlin or do you drink bottled water?

[@katd7716]

I have been living there for two years, drink tap water only and I am still alive. But honestly, it it safe, it is up to WHO standards and nothing bad will happen to your body. The water is quite hard here in Berlin though. But I noticed that it makes a difference only for my hair.

[@RadicalLiving]

tap water is drinkable, has even higher standards than the bottled water, only if your house is super old, they might have not the best piping..

[@stargirl7534]

ive lived in berlin my whole life and i only now found out that the pipes lead the water into the spree?? excuse me?? is that good for the environment??

[@chris_sndw]

It's groundwater. For the environment, I don't know. But it's good for the building they erect. It doesn't sink into the ground or ends up like the leaning tower of pisa.

[@twentyroses]

Warum solls schlecht für die Umwelt sein? Ist ja nur Wasser.

[@gatronix754]

beacuse for Mario Brüss?

[@nellischein4333]

1€ /m/ month..wow!! :D

[@philipzahn491]

Because in Berlin you get piped. :P

[@kaffeetasse2461]

krass, was machen sachen.

[@raytool7036]

Hey man, do you have an instagram maybe where I can follow you?

[@RadicalLiving]

not really using insta tbh^^

[@raytool7036]

@@RadicalLiving Respect. It's a mainstream shit. Any other social media maybe?

[@casema7477]

I use them to find my way, if you are lost in the backstreets around the Berlin Wall, follow them. They will lead the way...

[@flopunkt3665]

This is an East Germany thing. Never saw that in West Germany.

[@ruhri0411]

This has nothing to do with West or East Germany. The reason is simply the location of the city of Berlin on a huge swamp. As soon as you dig an excavation pit in Berlin, it fills up with groundwater. Of course, this has to be removed, which is done via these pink and blue pipes. Since a lot of construction is going on in Berlin, these pipes will be needed for a very long time.

[@supersat]

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