Why Berlin is so Huge

The reasons why Berlin has gotten so crazy big. What other city can tell such a story?
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[@RadicalLiving]

Yes i know i mixed up the images of the Prussian Kings, but why are they all called Friedrich?? And more importantly, why do so many of you guys know how they look?! 😅

[@lennartesch9286]

Frederick III was the second Kaiser of the 2nd German Empire and King of Prussia aswell, but really not yet born the 18th century because he only had his job for less than a year in 1888. Although the picture is him he is most certainly not the King of Prussia you mean. The one you are most likely searching for is Frederick II, the Great or Frederick William II. Rule of thumb for Prussian kings: They can only be called either Frederick or Frederick William, when they become emperors of Germany they unlock the new name of William, but use the unusual method of continuesly counting with the lower title numbers (King of Prussia) instead of starting all over again on I and Frederick II is the sick one and the one you need in Trivial Pursuit games. ;D Unverzeibarer Fehler :D

[@susannabonke8552]

Control Power. 🤦🍸

[@inferioraim]

To back up my previous comment about the video not being as informative as I had hoped. I have the feeling your research is limited to some Wikipedia pages..

[@RadicalLiving]

@@lennartesch9286 You sure rock those trivial pursuit games^^ Thanks for clarifying

[@RadicalLiving]

@@inferioraim could have of course gone into more detail but then the video would have been 30 minutes long, ain't nobody got time for that :P

[@brandonlaw1730]

Why is Kurt Cobain teaching me things about Berlin

[@CristianoRonaldo-pc9zr]

Hahaha

[@marcsteppi2192]

@@CristianoRonaldo-pc9zr Kurt Cobain is teaching and Christiano Ronaldo laughing

[@Jane-ru6np]

Hahah

[@MetalBere]

😂

[@r.m.2598]

"Factorys everywhere" Future techno clubs everywhere.

[@spannaspinna]

Haha rave sheds

[@lenzer7391]

hahhaha dega

[@stemfourvisual]

More like apartment blocks nowadays.

[@vsiegel]

@@berenicegalilea Actually, the hospitals still work pretty normal here. And do not judge subcultures you do not know. But of course you are right, no nightclubbing.

[@NardoVogt]

Me in Vienna: "Let's have an afternoon stroll through the city." Me in Berlin: "I have to take the Subway to my favorite pub."

[@vsiegel]

"I have to take the Subway to my favorite pub." True - and I was not aware that is not normal ;)

[@LegendNinja41]

now this made me look up Vienna's size, it's way bigger than expected at half the size of Berlin.

[@katertom]

@@LegendNinja41 From 1938 till 1954 Vienna was 1219 km2. ;^) Then the reduced it to its actual size.

[@GenericUrbanism]

Meanwhile in the United States: I need to drive to the pub.

[@ai9886]

This happens in Madrid or Budapest as well :/ I undestand your point but its the usual shit in big cities. And Vienna it depends, if you live in Ottakring?

[@KhAnubis]

Honestly Berlin really is huge, whenever I went somewhere just outside Berlin like Potsdam or Schönefeld Airport, it always felt like I was almost stepping into another country

[@aliasgerchallawala4582]

berlin is huge!

[@derherrgepunkt6856]

You did, stupid.

[@oliverkroker527]

It is not that big... if you are growing up there, you don't feel it.

[@brick6176]

It really isn't that huge. Berlin is ~900km2 Hamburg is ~760km2 and obviously has less than half the population of Berlin. Cologne has 400km2, but obviously also even less people. They're both noticeably less dense than Berlin, with only Munich (of those big 4) being a bit denser.

[@flopunkt3665]

@@brick6176 in Munich you don't really notice the city limits cause they run between buildings. Munich and Cologne were never enlarged like Berlin or Hamburg. The Ruhrgebiet would be the country's largest city if the different cities were merged. There also cities have grown into each other.

[@miuhcupcake2285]

Immer wieder schön die Maßeinheit Fußballfelder zu hören, anders würden wir Gallileo-schauenden Deutschen das ja garnicht verstehen :D

[@hakan55s3]

Mir fehlt das Saarland als Maßeinheit XD

[@mina_en_suiza]

Das Verrückte daran ist, dass sich niemand 150, 300 oder 1000 Fußballfelder vorstellen kann. Das ist genauso anschaulich wie eine m² oder km² Angabe. Zu wissen, wie lange man von einer Seite zur anderen laufen müsste, ist viel anschaulicher, aber das würde ja bedeuten, dass man erst die Fläche durch π und dann nochmal durch die Gehgeschwindigkeit teilen müsste und dann den Bruch eventuell noch in Minuten umformen.

[@germanchris4440]

Der heutige Deutsche versteht so gut wie gar nichts mehr, aber in dem Sinne ist die Welt inzwischen sehrt deutsch geworden. Der seit über zwei Jahren andauernde Verarschungswahn macht das überdeutlich. Mit dem heutigen Menschen kann man alles machen, nur wesentliche und einst selbstverständliche Wahrheiten kann man nicht mehr an ihn herantragen. Der Deutsche war zwar immer sehr begabt, aber trotzdem noch nie der Hellste und außerdem ein niederträchtiger Kriecher nach oben. Aber heutzutage weiß generell kaum einer, wer ihn überhaupt beherrscht, und sie lieben immer noch ihr illegales Politik-Puppentheater, egal, was vor ihren Augen abläuft. - Und der Berliner ruft heute: "Maske Uff!"

[@abdalrahmanorabi1704]

I just moved to Berlin and man you couldn’t make it happier for me to watch all of your videos about it!

[@RadicalLiving]

Welcome to Berlin mate!

[@physicspectrum16]

migrant!

[@ArjunaKunti]

I would happily migrate to Berlin if it weren't full of migrants! 🤣

[@hvasta410]

@@physicspectrum16 Idiot!

[@simko8665]

About six years ago I visited there and I suggested my spouse to move there for few months. I loved what I see .

[@timdella92]

You don’t often see Berlin being romantisized like New York, London or Paris. This feels warm and fuzzy.

[@Ok-qg7pj]

@@Sphereal Have you ever been there?

[@racist4595]

@@Ok-qg7pj ive been there dozens of times and its shit

[@MrDude826]

That's because it's an ugly city with trash architecture. Anything making the city romantic and beautiful was destroyed during the war. The new buildings had to be built cheap and fast as people were homeless thus the birth of the sterile Berlin we have today.

[@judgegoodevening6231]

@@MrDude826 bro, I am Ukrainian, I have been to a bunch of places all around the world. I can tell Architecture in Berlin is not that bad.

[@iggyblitz8739]

@@MrDude826 That could always change, with the amount of wealth Germany has you would think they could knock down old ugly apartment buildings and build new nicer looking ones. Also the city needs to assign people to clean or paint over the graffiti, maybe any of those caught doing it, as a punishment they have to clean it off.

[@IceSpoon]

Fun fact: Santiago de Chile and Berlin are roughly the same size, but Santiago doubles Berlin's population. It was created the same way, however. A bunch of smaller cities eventually merged together and boom!

[@Giorg189]

All big cities were created the same way, smaller towns merge to big metropolitan area.

[@fsmith86]

Chilean here and I kinda desagree. Actually the oldest “commune” and therefore city was Santiago which was surounded by farms and wineyards. Due to the increasing population these were gradually aqcuired for housing and nowadays the city is huge (and also because of the immigration from smaller chilean cities during the 20th century). Something remarkable is that some boroughs still preserve the names of the owners of the landfarms. Greetings from Santiago.

[@bigbrowntau]

Berlin has a special place in my heart. It was the first place I went to from Melbourne, Australia. To me, the size felt right, if a little...small. My home city is insanely spread out (easily 80km from west to east), so Berlin felt compact and organized. Like Berlin, Melbourne is made from smaller cities and towns being swept up in development. Then I travelled to other parts of Europe, and it made me realise how big Berlin is compared to other cities in Europe. Vielen dank for the video!

[@stevenmuller89]

7,5 hours is not nearly enough to get from one end of town to the other. At my former school, the abitur graduation class has a tradition where they meet at Alexanderplatz at around 0 o'clock at night and "pilgrimage" from there to the school building. My former school is located in Marzahn near the border to Ahrensfelde and it took us about 6-7 hours to get there. Okay, we were pretty drunk, but it is still not possible to get from one to the other end in just 7,5h.

[@creepy3ric]

Barnim Gymnasium?

[@angriffslusticherWildoger]

I’m sure u were drunk or baked

[@aluuusch]

Beautiful tradition.

[@yabbadabbadoo8225]

Eddie Mercks could cycle 40 kms in an hour? Nothing takes 7 hours

[@the-john-smith]

I had some time to kill once and took a walk from Tegel to Schlesi, it took me about 4 hours

[@shaungordon9737]

Never been to Berlin, live on the other side of the earth, and never even thought about Berlin. But I came across your videos and enjoy them nonetheless. Now thinking to put Berlin on the list. Interesting place.

[@oliverkroker527]

You were never thinking about one of the most important places and cities worldwide during history, for culture and in political importance? Where do you live^^

[@feliscorax]

@@oliverkroker527 Probably Australia.

[@Jonas-yt9bw]

@@oliverkroker527 junge Berlin ist so irrelevant, nenn mir eine sache die ikonisch für Berlin ist. Europäische Städte im Vergleich zu asiatischen oder amerikanischen sind extrem langweilig und eintönig. Man sieht doch kaum den unterschied zwischen Stockholm oder wien. Mich macht nix wütender als so Leute die stolz auf europäische Städte sind, nenn mir ein ikonisches bauwerk das nicht irgendwie älter als zweihundert Jahre ist

[@vsiegel]

@@Jonas-yt9bw I feel Berlin has some relevance. Like all that Hitler stuff, including his death, and the Reichstag, it is like the Capitol, and Hitler did there what Trump recently did, in a very similar way, just more successful. Then the position in the cold war, with the edge of Russian influence becoming a wall separating the country, and inside the east part Berlin, in two parts, the west part as an island in the east part, with a concrete wall splitting the city, which was literally the separation between Eastern and Western world views. I'm not proud of the city, I'm very happy to be here. (I'm born here)

[@vsiegel]

@@Jonas-yt9bw Das Holocaust Mahnmal Berlin ist nicht alt, und Ich würde es als sehr intensiv ikonisch bezeichnen. Gogle findet recht gute Bilder.

[@MJMaks]

I enjoy watching your content. Today it was spiced up with historical facts.

[@InvertedGigachad]

Quick correction: Berlin was made the capital of Prussia not by Friedrich III ( German Kaiser and King of Prussia for a few months in 1888 until he died), but by Friedrich I, King in Prussia in the early 1700s

[@MrUrlanjedozvoljeno]

I think he is talking about Friedrich III., ruler of Brandenburg in 17. and 18. century who became the first Prussian king in 1701. as Friedrich I.

[@CirBam24]

@@MrUrlanjedozvoljeno When two great men are the same person

[@GlassOfWater87]

I miss Berlin so much. My ex lives there. She lived in Halensee, then Neukoln and now Friedrichschain. I have great memories there and miss the Doner kebab oh so much, haha. Great video. Greetings from Amsterdam.

[@jonasdillmann1665]

Berlin Döner are the Best in the world 💪🏼

[@atsourno]

Now she is my girlfriend 🤣

[@randomdude64yt]

Döner is the pinnacle of fast food!

[@angriffslusticherWildoger]

You don’t have Döner in the Netherlands? That’s sad to hear since you also have a bigger Turkish population

[@kreaturen]

Interesting, but the size comparison with Paris is a bit off. Paris sprawls way beyond the official city proper, and its continuous urban area is greater than that of Berlin. I don't know how the Paris metropolitan area is govern though, with all its little communes, but it functions somehow, as one big city. Never knew about the hills. Did both sides make them? If so, who made the tallest one, East or West? 🤭

[@Nicarand]

The East won, but barely. The Arkenberge hills in the Northeast are just half a meter higher than Teufelsberg in the West, in Grunewald (120.7m vs 120.2m). Teufelsberg is more worth a visit though, because of the old delapidated NSA spy station on top. It's frequented by professional street artists a lot so there's cool shit to see.

[@YoungThos]

The Paris metropolitan area is roughly equivalent to Île-de-France, one of the 18 administrative regions of France. Within the metro area some things are governed by the individual cities, and others by the Île-de-France regional government. Paris was a fortified city (the Périphérique ring road is roughly equivalent to the old walls), and for whatever reason cities and towns outside of the fortifications were never merged into Paris proper. The ongoing Grand Paris project is an effort to create a more cohesive whole out of Paris and its suburbs.

[@germanchris4440]

One person who knows both Paris and Berlin very well explained that Berlin is more spread out than Paris and it takes longer to get out of the city. The Paris metropolitan area is huge, but the city itself is much smaller and the population much smaller. It's quicker to get out into the outer countryside.

[@jacko250]

Wow some great pub trivia here (British expression for you there) never knew those hills weren't natural and are made from rubble! Berlin is a great city and I think a lot of it boils down to the fact that Germany is a very decentralised country which as a Brit I am extremely jealous of. I'm from London and when I visited Berlin I was really taken aback by how comparatively cheap the city was and how it felt a lot less crowded. I met some friendly locals in a bar at like 2 am (the 24 hour culture is another thing I am jealous of) where I shared with them my musings and they waxed lyrical about Germany being decentralised to me, which is where I found out that Berlin is just the political capital as Frankfurt is the nations financial capital and Cologne is known as a media centre. One of the locals had visited London himself and he found the city very frantic, overpopulated & expensive which is when he theorised that Berlin has managed to escape a lot of those issues by benefiting from Germany's decentralisation, as when you compare it to London which is the location of every single major industry or job sector of the UK of course people are going to flock there which has created a housing crisis as nobody can afford to buy and there's now a lack of space to build and landlords have been able to exploit the scenario by charging ridiculously high rent. After that conversation I knew I wanted to explore more of Germany and its now my favourite country to travel as each city is so unique (tbh Hamburg is probably my personal fave... Please don't hate me I still LOVE Berlin too lol) But yes I wish the UK was like Germany, London has a huge monopoly on everything and its not healthy, its created a mentality in some Londoners that they're better and a lot are very snobby of cities like Manchester or Liverpool because they think they're worse, but most haven't even been there which is a shame as they are fantastic cities I love visiting them both but we aren't encouraged to visit and domestic travel in the UK is mega expensive. If Birmingham was like our version of Frankfurt and say Manchester was then our version of Cologne, this would be beneficial to society as a whole as it would create much needed jobs and bring in wealth for other regions, improve the living standards in London and finally encourage Brits to explore other cities more. Sorry that is loooooong but I'm quite passionate on this subject, anyway great video and once again very jealous of the amazing city that is BERLIN. PEACE

[@RadicalLiving]

Thanks for sharing! I've lived in London for 6 months while i was studying and i can totally relate, love the city but i would never consider moving there unless i'd be a millionaire. Quality of life and price value relation is much better here in Germany and the decentralization plays a big part in it for sure. Greetings and cheers 👊

[@jacko250]

@@RadicalLiving well I know what your next video title is “Why is Germany so decentralised compared to Britain or France” ;) Haha thanks for the reply and please keep up the good work! Take care mate ✌️

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

Title: Why is Berlin so huge? London: Ha, that's cute. Tokyo: Ha, your face is cute. Shanghai: Ha, your mom is cute. Sydney: Ha, your grandma is cute. Beijing: Ha, your sister is cute. Chongqing: Bitch please. Y'all are cute.

[@indrinita]

This was my exact thought when I saw the title of this video! 🤣

[@arjanstakaj4607]

Sydney??

[@abezzed]

The Matrix was actually an independent city back in the days now it's a cultural Club in Berlin.. Jokes aside nice content man 👌

[@RadicalLiving]

😂 thank youuu

[@michaelhawkins7389]

@@RadicalLiving Hallo , Wie lange lernst du schon Englisch? ich komme aus Sachsen

[@unioncityman63]

Very interesting! I had wondered what was done did with so much rubble after the war, now I know. Didn’t know Berlin was so huge and spread out. Educational and informative, nice job!

[@ariasjoel91]

Amazing video! The new transitions, the use of animated maps and old footage are now on point. The long research and hours of editions speak for themselves. Congrats and keep the hard work!

[@katjahava4311]

OMG that video has so much better quality even than your previous ones! A lot of respect for the much more elaborated intro, the better music calibration in the background and the nice summary in the end, with the catching phrase. Really nicely done! Please continue your good work.

[@JanGotner]

Such an amazing video, very informative! I am fascinated by how many changes Berlin has been through its history. Ages of construction, destruction and rebuilding, a mix of architectural styles - yet all of that under a specific, unique identity. There is much to learn from that! I hope the city doesn't lose its identity through gentrification and urban sprawl and that it will be an example of sustainable growth in the 21st century.

[@JamesBray3]

Bro, I love your videos!!! Greetings from the stream!!!!!!

[@robertzander9723]

Our big ego's and mouths needed a lot of space 😅

[@calippo4]

ich will mir garnicht vorstellen wie es wäre auf der fläche von paris leben zu müssen ... ich mag mein park im hinterhof oder die drei anderen in 5-10min entfernung

[@aequisaequus8723]

Big mouth and annoying asf. Everyone in Germany hates you

[@eduardochavacano]

German’s from Bavaria has smaller ego but bigger sausages. Big ego means small sausage.

[@susannabonke8552]

There is space in backyards everywhere. Special about Berlin. Tho the Grund is poor for plants like roses or Rhododendron.

[@habicht6]

that s a good one.. you are having a point here.... ha ha ha

[@Tarzven]

This video brought my love for Geography/History together with my love for Berlin. I already learnt a lot about Berlin in the past, but this video is really well done and informative. It always feels like you can never learn enough about our city. Thanks :)

[@steliostoutou]

What an amazing video. Congats, we want more of this!

[@themaninthehighcastle9906]

A classy twist to your videos.

[@melaniekeeling7462]

Funny and intelligent

[@anniewakefieldx]

Finally, the answer to a question I asked practically every day when I went to Berlin for the first time... I assumed I could just walk around between the sights like in other cities, but even using the metro the walk between areas was still really long. Such a great city :)))

[@CocoShin]

Loved this! I especially liked all of the historical maps and photos. It's hard to imagine the city being so tiny!!

[@jhg2151]

Please do more, it's hella awesome!!

[@RadicalLiving]

On it!

[@deborahbassow8134]

Love this video overall. Since feeling Berlin as my Home almost 6 years ago, I can see why a little bit more. Thanks for putting this one up and looking forward to the second part of Berlin's history a city.

[@wilhelmschwurtzel2384]

Loved the history video! Your content has amazing range from funny to informative to historic facts, love it.

[@RadicalLiving]

Much appreciated!

[@donna1351]

👏🏼👏🏼love the old clips, great work 🤩

[@meredith1577]

Love Berlin! Amazing video, very interesting

[@nicolasblume1046]

Paris is just weird in the way that the metropolitan area is actually way bigger than Berlin. It's like the city of Berlin would only be the part inside the Ringbahn

[@maxtremetrains3743]

yeah in germany its basically that way, that for many cities the borders get redrawn a lot of times (at least as recent as 1975) so that (almost) all of the metropolitan area gets incorporated into the formal borders of the city so it can be administered at once. many other countries like France, UK (City of London/Greater London) or the US (Just look at their huge agglomerations) just dont do that. I personally also find the Japanese approach quite interesting, where technically the City of Tokyo as an administrative body was dissolved in 1947 and in its place came 23 individual districts that today also only cover the central area of the metropolis.

[@factsare3852]

Hey man I really enjoyed the history of Berlin. I might be moving there soon for a job. Hope to meet you.

[@RadicalLiving]

So glad 😁 Best of luck!

[@emrulhasan]

One of the best videos from you! Thank you!!

[@georgiana1754]

I love these videos. Always wanted to understand a bit more about the early history of Berlin. Thank you for digging it up!

[@RadicalLiving]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@uka3959]

This video was so interesting! One of my favourites :) Thank you!

[@RadicalLiving]

So glad! My pleasure 😊

[@lorettagerull6340]

Fantastic Vlogg. Well done

[@larescompitales4736]

There is an error in the video. Everyone knows that Berlin is not a city. It's just the biggest village in the world.

[@habicht6]

very funny...

[@yony_music]

No, Munich is the biggest village in the world

[@oaedeoi]

I like living in a village

[@MellonVegan]

Gotta go with Münster for the true village experience in city format.

[@rolandschramm3662]

Mares... Might you be jealous , as you don't live there....

[@xingchen2492]

If you come to China, you will find Berlin is just small town comepare to Beijing or Shanghai. I am studying in Berlin and come from China. However, I love Berlin because there are so many natural gardens.

[@oaedeoi]

Berlin: pickles in a jar Shanghai: sardines in a can

[@Zergcerebrates]

@@oaedeoi Shanghai is only crowded in certain districts, for the most part it is not cramped and is quite spacious.

[@MrcWdmnn]

This is true for almost all non-Asian cities, even NYC looks like a suburb when traveling the Pearl River Delta

[@marmac83]

@@fakhruddinsamad Tokyo proper doesn't have 38 million people. Think about how Paris proper is tiny compared to its metropolitan area...

[@zollyz]

but it also depends on how people perceive what a city is. it's like the city of Chongqing has over 30 million population in its administrative boundary, but the metropolitan area has only about 6-7 million. it's only because the 'city' is named a city, but it really functions more like a province in China. nevertheless, the Pearl River Delta had many cities that can almost form a megalopolitan area that extend beyond their respective administrative boundaries. if that's considered one city, it could well be the largest city ever. the fast expansion of urbanization experienced in our time is constantly challenging our own knowledge of what a city truly is.

[@thetruth495]

London is also very big! Try walking from Hanwell to South Woodford!! London also grew in the same way as Berlin and became 'Greater London'.

[@bigfellaoo7]

I went to Berlin in May 2019. I loved it. I went to Potsdam, I toured the tv tower and the stadium which hosted the 36 olympics. I really like your channel. The humor is great.

[@RobRobertson]

Sehr sehr gutes Video mein Freund 👍 Und verdammt spannend natürlich 😳

[@foreveryoung4276]

Wow, thank you so much for this video! I’m from Latvia and I’ve been learning German for the last 6 years and for the past months I’ve been really indulged in the German culture and history, so this video was super :)

[@chuckles1357]

superbly done, thanks! Loved this!

[@coffeebrown9371]

Wow I didn’t know Berlin was THAT big seems like a cool place

[@insatsuki_no_koshou]

You confused a lot of Prussian monarchs honestly. In detail: Minute 2:05 Tobacco Parliament of King Frederick I (reigned 1688-1713) King Frederick William III (reigned 1797-1840) Minute 2:15 Grand Elector Frederick William welcoming French protestant refugees (reigned 1640-1688) That's depictions of three different monarchs while you were talking about what happened under the reign of Frederick William the Grand Elector of Brandenburg. Minute 2:40 The portrait depicts King Frederick III (reigned 1888, also German Emperor) and not Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg (reigned 1688-1713, later coronated as King in Prussia) who actually made Berlin the capital. That's just very poor research. A lot of other paintings are historically at the wrong places as well, the Pickelhaube (minute 2:49) wasn't a thing until the 19th century.

[@ChristonDSouza]

What an amazing video! Extremely informative... I love your editing skills as well. You should have been my geography professor...

[@debekoch9367]

Thank you for putting this video. I enjoy watching it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5 star

[@sophlimmy]

Loving these videos! Really enjoyed the one about movies too :) all your videos are so high quality especially in terms of content, design, and engagement - I've never not finished your videos after I play them! Also, I love the idea how you come up with videos about questions people don't really think about but are worth thinking about. Definitely makes it very interesting because of its originality and creativity. Becoming your number one fan after subscribing to your channel from a few months ago!! Keep it up radical living 🖖

[@ianp7661]

Having lived in Berlin for a short while, I never knew most of its story. It’s fascinating! Thank you!

[@jenGD3]

Love Berlin ♥️🇩🇪 from Thailand. I’ve visited Berlin for 3 times already, the first visit was in 2017 and always wanted to go back and visit every single year. But would be better if i could live and spend my life there. Berlin has everything you want no matter what kind of people you are. Wish i could go back asap after covid is gone.

[@rrsharizam]

I wouldn't call it a big city, but a big suburb.

[@mowana1232]

I am the keeper of my family's birth and marriage certificates, and from these I know that my family on my father's side came from a small town near Breslau (Wroclaw) to Berlin in the 1890s. They came to Berlin to work in the then booming industrial sector. On my grandfather's side are a succession of Werzeugmacher (specialized toolmaker for industrial manufacturing) and union leaders. My grandfather called the family a bit ironically "Arbeiteradel" {worker nobility), because they were skilled workers, but money always was in short supply. Both my grandparents were born before the incorporation of surrounding towns in 1920, they were from Rixdorf and Britz. If you ever wondered what became of the northern arm of the Spree river in old maps of Berlin... it's now the northern part of the S-Bahn ring (city railway system).

[@solomon0o0o0ozz]

Very informative. Learned something new today.

[@Steppenwolf.85]

Another great video! Good to know so many historical details of my great surrogate city, well done

[@RadicalLiving]

Many thanks!😃

[@BItencure]

Youre my favorite channel about berlin, never stop uploading. Ill be living on this beautiful city soon.

[@BarriotticisAround]

Wow..Herr Radical Living..You nailed Berlin's History big time. I love watching your video. I have been many times in Berlin but really did not appreciate the city until you've explained it well. I was for a long time wondering what happened to the rumbles of old Berlin, but now I know where they went. Thank you so much for your explanation. Next time I visit, I will carefully take notice and perhaps experience those spots you mentioned in your other videos. Vielen Dank. Greetings aus Heidelberg.

[@visnja3828]

I wonder when I will be able to come and see my son in Berlin😔 And you should be proud of your beautiful city Berlin🙏😊

[@itannusc]

the phrase at the end got me emotional 🥲 i love this city 💙 thanks for the great video 🥰

[@srikumarkurup4769]

Short- Crisp and Informative. Good Video. Great Job. Thank You!

[@anno4life]

Nice video but you mixed up two people. There is the Elector Friedrich III (1659-1713), later King Friedrich I., on the one hand and Emperor Friedrich III. (1831-1888), previously Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm on the other. Friedrich III. crowned himself "King in Prussia" in 1701, and making Berlin, which up until that point only was the capital of Brandenburg, the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia. But the guy you showed was Friedrich Wilhelm, son of the first german Emperor Wilhelm I., who later became Emperor as well, but only for 99 days. 1888 is also known as the "3-emperor-year". He named himself "Friedrich III." becasue he wanted to return to the liberal prussian values introduced by his idol, his great-great-great-uncle Friedrich II.

[@jackmuraguri1836]

You never get bored in such a big city.

[@Giorg189]

Big city = Mass apartment blocks, nothing interesting past the old city center.

[@Leomanuu]

You mean big village..

[@viorelmnk]

Brilliant! We are now waiting for other future videos with the development of the city that followed the period described by you and with what will follow, what future projects are to be implemented in the city: new constructions, transport (extension / modernization of the lines: tram, subway, s-bahn), schools , universities, transforming some objectives into something other than they are now (like the Tesla project to build a development center / campus in the city or the Tegel airport that will be transformed into a residential neighborhood + university, keeping the airport building ), Spreepark which they keep talking about turning it into something similar, creating a "roofed" bike path under the existing S-Bahn line + many other things that you probably know better than me). I'm just a freshly moved guy here who wants to know all about his new home from the past and future development projects. You are the guy for this job ! Showing things in a smart and funny way at the same time :)) You're getting better and better, man! PEACE !

[@RadicalLiving]

Thank you so much! 😄 I feel there is so much to cover in Berlin that i can't even do it in my lifetime.

[@midorixi]

Great video!

[@jamsky1558]

Always appreciate good history video. Thank you.

[@princesskanu]

I learnt some much with this video. Thank you for the english subtitles and the dedication! 😍

[@manoswinisarkar8374]

Oof love the jump from memes to serious content!

[@sukipenko1170]

Thank you for this!

[@RadicalLiving]

My pleasure!

[@aspasia8062]

Not only your content is interesting by itself , but you also make it so much more interesting! Keep up the good work.

[@tykep1009]

So Berlin has a similar land size to the center area of Tokyo, with a less half-size population. I haven't been to Berlin and never thought that Berlin is such a vast city. Tokyo was also devastated by air bombings but never heard a story of hills made by debris. Maybe most buildings in Berlin were made out of stones and bricks, while most buildings in Tokyo were made out of woods or concrete, which had made the difference, I guess.

[@Turtledove2009]

Well done, Radical!

[@jongascon7172]

Using only the municipality of Paris to show the size of Paris is completely ridiculous.

[@davidz2808]

Yes, Paris' built-up area is about the same size as London's.

[@draganpapic1506]

I've been living in Berlin - Dahlem for 5 beautiful years, from 2015 until 2020. One of the best cities in the world. Many western cities are capitalist projections of power, while Berlin is pure humanism. Man must love that city!!!!

[@danid2742]

What is dahlem like? I’m going to FU in the fall and i am curious.

[@mariajoseninetteriveroauza1881]

The turns you take on your Chanel are sooooo great!!! Amazing

I literally laughed out loud when you said "Don't become Paris"

[@questionmark3219]

@Kranti Raj Paris is expensive and a sh*thole at the same time.

[@FunBotan]

@@questionmark3219 NYC: hold my martini...

[@yowtfputthemaskbackon9202]

@@questionmark3219 to be fair, the latter is not rarely mentioned regarding berlin aswell

[@hr2079]

Nice clip buddy

[@mayaangelou3791]

Awesome video - thank you!

[@TMD3453]

Cool. Would be interested to see something about how East Berlin has survived. My coolest memory is taking the U Bahn through East Berlin from the West and it didn’t stop at certain stations.. while listening to Peter Gabriel. Cheers

[@RickJZ1973]

Very cool and educational video! The historical maps really enhance the presentation.

[@Imabeatyouman]

dawg this video is a HIT... i remember your Berghain video... crazy seeing u with this vid now... super informational

[@Mel-rt3hb]

Wow! The drama in your alst sentence... ! Very well put together and informative, thanks for that :)

[@NatePolmateer]

Great video! Love the history!

[@wonbr]

Great video. Thanks!

[@Babykroet]

Sorry, but Friedrich III. died in 1888 - he reigned only 99 days...as King of Prussia and German Emporer. The man, who declared Berlin as capital of Prussia was King Friedrich I. in 1709/1710. All in all: I do love your vids! 👍🙂

[@sqeezyyy]

It's really funny that the Eastern part of the city didn't bother as much with rebuilding and renovating after WW2. You can still see a lot of destroyed facades of older buildings in boroughs like Prenzlauer Berg or the Kollwitzkiez with bullet holes.

[@eleeveeayees3425]

Berlin is not just a city but a city-state.

[@coreydonohue276]

Wow really well done and completely different from your other content(both are fantastic). Also mad props to your video editing as well

[@RadicalLiving]

Thanks a ton!

[@effexon]

@00:26 love these demonstrations, Im super glad were beyond "powerpoint presentation decade(s)" of 90s and 2000s.

[@AnthonyRiiizle]

you are my favorite channel on youtube, i am Obsessed with Berlin and want to move there and so I watch as many things regarding Berlin as possible.

[@RadicalLiving]

So glad! 😊 all the best from Berlin

[@santiagoburckhardt7021]

Love the channel. Hope to visit soon, as soon the pandemic ends 🇩🇪

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

One effect of the Berlin Wall was that for 28 years West Berlin couldn't grow outward into suburbia like most cities were doing, but had to develop itself.

[@AsiaMinor12]

Berlin has never recovered from it's population loss that it suffered from the second world war. It's not like it needed to sprawl anyways if the population isn't that big.

[@HenriqueRocha]

Thanks for this video! I've been living in Berlin for 8 years and I had no idea about this.

[@AlexTube2006]

Wunderbar presentation! Thanks!

[@mrapp8918]

Great content!

[@nanu1398]

Super interesting and so on point! Great video! This city really is a ever changing place and as you said: no district looks the same. I do remember the days when the Potsdamer Platz was wasteland and no one wanted to live in Kreuzberg. 😂😂 Let alone Moabit.

[@wonderwinder1]

I miss living there, but I love my new city of Warsaw a lot.

[@tiefseehase9503]

Poland (and Czech) is great nowadys. Would even say life there is better than in Germany.