@@xAngelReix die Bahn ist so pünktlich wie seit 20 Jahren nicht. Das war früher schlimm, und da reden wir nicht mal von der "Pünktlichkeit" der 70er und 80er Jahre. Und hier schauen die Städte aus wie geleckt. Wenn Amerikaner positiv von "Germany" reden, meinen sie ja in der Regel auch nicht Deutschland an sich, sondern Bayern und Baden-Württemberg.
@@ssm445 Ich kann dem nicht beipflichten. Der Landkreis Schwäbisch Hall ist garantiert nicht "wie geleckt" sauber! Aber ja, in Bayern gibt es noch solche Bilderbuch-Ortschaften. Reit im Winkl, als Beispiel. Aber das ist eine kleine Gemeinde und Touri-Hochburg. Aber in Hall sind die guten alten Zeiten, was Sauberkeit angeht, längst passé.
I really like your channel very much, even when you are not complimenting Germany or us Germans! It is your respectful way of talking about differences, your authenticity and the positive vibes! I find it so refreshing to watch you! Thank you....keep it up!! We need more of honest, heartfelt, funny and authentic guys like you!!! Your family is so sweet,
I agree, its just he is too complimentary. No one expects you to love or like everything about a place any place. But crawling up their asses to make the seem more evolved than the rest of the world is a bit much. He needs to pull that stuff back and it just fine.
@@musclemanawesomeness5550 Tell you one thing i have discovered....Live is so much brighter since i have decided to stop looking for the hair in the soup..... i just do not want to judge everything or everyone anymore! Try it....does wonders to you! 😉🤗
@@antonieholub5254 Exactly I totally agree... dont smash one place for another... why compare? because its not an accurate or possible comparison or assessment. Let each place be its own.
Watching this video is making my heart hurt. We come from the beautiful Ahr-Valley and lived in Ahrweiler. Sadly, the floods from the middle of July have just wrecked many of the wonderful cities and thousands of homes, also hundreds of years old wood frame structures, which always accented the charm of this area. The red wine vineyard's and tiny towns have taken a real hit. The Ahr and many tiny streams (some with no more than 18cm of water) grew into a zunami of over 7m of roaring waters. You can run from fire, but not from water.
Driving in Italy is like a Ballet or a painting. A lot going on but it has a rhythm. Like a heartbeat. It looks like chaos but If you look closer,there is a structure.
Yeah, that is so true. When I drive there on vacation I always feel like the only dancer who is always out of the rhythm and a few steps behind the rest 😂
Great, thanks! Architecture, Ordnung and a healthy work ethic. What more could you want for good living?! Makes me proud to have German background. Traditional South German architecture may be more folk style but the human scale is always intimate. Welcome back to Germany! 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪Much success and much fun!!
"Architecture, Ordnung and a healthy work ethic. What more could you want for good living?!" that phrase is absurdly typically german, like Immanuel Kant typically german :D Together with the impulse "There has to be more to life than this!" it makes the bigger part of our classic culture.
It’s amazing how the German way of life affect us, specially back home it’s always the same too weak I start to miss absolutely everything about Germany, and Of course the German drive culture Nice vlog Nalf 😊 Thanks
Oh yes! Absolute fairytale! I'd be curious to see how he reacts to any of the Hanseatic cities in Germany, which he hasn't been introduced to yet :) (and his one sad visit to HH doesn't really count)
I don't think that Hamburg was the problem. I'm sure Nick has seen many interesting buildings in the parts he has seen of Hamburg. I'm also sure he'll appreciate areas like Deichstraße if he gets to visit this city again.
There are actually more half-timbered houses in Northern Germany than in Southern Germany overall, as especially in areas of Bavaria stucco facades with murals are the traditional style.
Hamburg has nice architecture too and especially the Deich area is very interesting. Suddenly you are out and about in a million residents city surrounded by gras fields and 10-15m high "Deiche" hiding the Elbe and the ports and the flood/high water pumps and in the middle one farm house/barn. Also, the half circle shaped concrete bunkers left over in a former nazi housing area for the upper echelons, each shared by two neighbours is a unique sight. A very unique city in its own rights.
I refuse to finish watching the video and make my judgement based on a hackle-rising, face-distorting little "nalfish detail" that gets repeated within the span of 2 seconds (!) and no one handed me a barf bag like they would have on your plane ride to Italy. I won't go into any details since it's too beautiful, incredible, prodigious, stunning, unbelievable, fascinating, marvelous, wonderful, astounding, staggering, breathtaking, astonishing for some to handle.
"This type of architecture just does something to my brain. It makes me happy." Perfectly put, I couldn't agree more! I do miss some of the beautiful places in the US though such as the equally stereotypical houses in the South with their porches. And yeah, the most annoying thing when driving in the States are those 🤬🤯⁉️ (of whom there are quite a few) confusing left and right lanes. 🙄 Thanks NALF, this vid did something to my brain too and made me happy. 😁
I’ve driven cars both in Italy and in New York and I really get where you’re coming from. I like rules and efficiency. PS: sounds like Germany feels like home to you. :)
Work-life balance in the u.s. is what you make of it. If you don't want to work extra hours, then you don't. If you don't want to do more than you are required to do, then you don't. Then you have work-life balance.
Come and visit the“ Nordfriesischen Inseln“ Sylt, Amrum and Föhr. (North sea) and then the Baltic Sea. Usedom and Rügen in the Summer …and my hometown Flensburg, three km from Danmark😍here is the Scandinavian vibe.
Also, if you pass the written test (which you take first) you can get a "learner's permit" & drive for I think up to 3 months with somebody else in the car, even if you have NO experience driving on the road at all
You need to come to Nashville then. They have very very interesting buildings. Some arent your normal square building. There is this one place that looks like a spaceship and it has upside down cones.
In Italy, traffic lights and their colors are offers that can be accepted or rejected. Was once in Rome for 3 days and was hooted and insulted every time I stopped at red
I drove in Italy only one time. It was in Triest, the very north. I was waiting at a traffic light where the road split into two directions. The light went green and I didn't move because I thought my direction was not allowed to go. So the light went red again. And no special signe (Pfleil) for my direction appeared. So I figured that the green was for all directions. Next time I went when the light was green again. Mind you, the whole time there were three cars behind me. And nobody honked or tried to pass around me. Very polite Italians. Of course they saw my German licence plate. But in Germany you would have been honked at after some grace time (for being a foreigner).
@@V100-e5q lol. I.like this story. Miami you won't get nice people. You will get the horn and the middle finger while swerving around you. I had a German friend driving in Miami and we came to a big circle at rush hour. The poor girl broke down crying because everyone was being jerks. I told her to switch places with me. She closed her eyes when I drove. Everywhere in Miami you have to force your way into traffic. You also have to answer the people back with a honk and middle finger sometimes.
Somehow reminds me of Terry Pratchett's New York Second: “The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green and the cab behind you honking.”
I am Italian and I agree that in Italy it is not easy to drive but the most dangerous maneuver I have ever seen happened on a German three-lane highway, where a large-displacement car with a German license plate, just before an exit went overtaking - I don't know what crazy speed it was going but we were over 120 km - in the last lane to exit by cutting off the cars of the other two lanes and the cars channeled to exit.
@@donnerwetter1905 What a fucking highfalutin comment! So arrogant! In Munich, almost every supermarket, department store, retail store, cinema, and like have air conditioning. Ditto for many buses, S-Bahn, and newer trams. You forgot how hot it gets in Freiburg during the summer.
@@donnerwetter1905 From reading your post, it's apparent that the problem with using AC in DE is the cost, not the bogus argument that it's never needed.
Here's a question: at 5:57 there's a door on the river. Can you show us what's behind that door sometime if you aren't busy and they let you in? and also how did that opening connect with the rest of the building? Were there devices like a hoist inside, and is the building a warehouse of old or a residence, or? I give myself permission to ask, but I do not expect you to do just because I am interested :) Thank you for the great video! I hear a more diplomatic and balanced NALF these days, honestly.
Cool. Nice that you still find things you like about Germany. In this video I especially liked the background sounds/ music because so sensual, especially the omission of that end tune you usually use... so fresh! I have one question: why you and your mates need to drink that energy can before workout? It is not deep science that it mostly consist of sugar? The taurin in it can also ruin your sleeping rhythem and if you drink it before trainings, it can lead to arrhythymia of the heart even. Drink self-made detox water before trainings and plain coffee e.g. -> much better. 😉
I never fully appreciated our architecture, until I saw you comment on it for the first time :) That's really nice. And I'm actually pretty envious of the United States in that architecture aspect! I love these white clean wood panel houses in stereotypical "suburbs". It's just much more ornate and cozy, than those blocky white things, we pull out of the ground in Germany these days. And I especially like front porches and front gardens in the US! Those are so neat!
Well, you can find half-timbered houses all over Germany, not just in the south. Perhaps you will visit Celle, Hameln, Hannoversch-Münden and so on. In the north there is also the brick architecture. Lübeck, Wismar, Stralsund, Stade and so on. I also find it very beautiful. The clunky, ugly monster buildings of the brutalism of the 60s can also be found all over Germany.
@@ca9603 Thank you, you could name so many more places that did not experience any destruction in World War II and no (or little) destruction by German urban planners in the 50s and 60s: Wolfenbüttel, south of Braunschweig, Quedlinburg and Wernigerode, Lemgo and Detmold in Lipperland and so many more.
Love the dramatic soundtrack in the end, very cinematic! Interesting observations. Traffic always frustrates me when I come home (to Switzerland) after staying in the U.S., specifically California for a while. West cost driving is so friendly and relaxed, whereas Western Europe strikes me as aggressive. Everybody is in a hurry and will not yield to folk that need to turn left. Come on, smile and give them some space! PS; I fully expected you to talk about soft Pretzels!!
It is said by some that traffic in Italy is fueled by the car horns maybe that is just the bigger cities or more particularly Rome but it is a stereotype even Italians embrace
Hi Nalf You should give northern Germany another chance, it's worth it. Kiel, Hamburg and Hanover are no less German than Cologne, Munich or Stuttgart. Only together is it Germany (yes, also Berlin).
And don't forget Quedlinburg, UNESCO World Heritage near the Harz Mountans. Quedlinburg is one of the best-preserved medieval and Renaissance towns in Europe, having escaped major damage in World War II. 2000 half-timbered houses can be found here. The oldest, the "Ständerbau", dates back from 1347.
...and, I'd like to point out, Bremen and Friesland with never ending green meadows, thatched houses, always a salty wind blowing. And the toughest beer only tough guys can handle... (🤣🤣🤣)
@@texasrascle Of course there are a lot of colleges, universities etc. in Germany, and they are also (at least, nearly all of them) far cheaper than those in the US ;-). But some people prefer to go abroad to broaden their view on live and culture, not because „everything at home is bad“ ;-)
The work/life balance is, apart from self employed or very little companies ( sub 15-20 employees ) mostly regulated by law. How much work hours per week. How much days off and so on. For example in the industry for metal works(making steel and such) you basically can't find a job that has not strict laws to protect you as a worker. Youre sick? You'll keep receiving payment for up to 6 weeks, until you get less money which I'd covered by your health insurance ( which you have by default ). You have 24+ days off a year. 8hours a day and then it's byebye. There are underlying laws to ensure that, and mostly the conditions are even better due to Labor union beeing in constant pursuit back and forth with the employers for better conditions to adjust to the ongoing Inflation ( should it hit harder than usual ).
Learning to drive in Germany is very interesting. People get so angry and stressed quickly...like chill, I am not very experienced. Or would destroying the driving school car be better? :,)
@@antitoast4143 True. When i was learning those people got me really stressed, which resulted in a whole lot of stalls. So they kinda got the opposite. They wanted to go faster but instead got additional waiting time or even a whole additional cycle of the traffic lights as a result. Nowadays, if someone is tailgating me I usually decrease my speed and keep it about 5 km/h below the speed limit. Dosent matter much to me but it drives those people insane pretty quick.
Damn. The #1 answer, the correct answer, the one thing that you miss first… bakeries. Bread, Brezeln and Streusselkuchen. Sorry - can‘t take that video seriously without „bakeries“!
Hey, I just wanted to ask, since you are also an italian citizen, do you observe what is happening in italian politics? What do you think of Mario Draghi, do you think italians got his back and that he can reform the country?
You obviously didn't go to the right places in the north. 😆 Lower Saxony is like one giant half-timbered mess. 😂❤️ Go to the city of Goslar. 😉 As a German living overseas, what I miss the most is the voices of birds. If you live in the country, you can hear some of the most beautiful bird voices.
I always wonder where that honking thing comes from. Is he just bad at driving, is it worse in another part of Germany or is it even less common in America than it is in Germany anyways
Germany is a great country, I love your views on the differences between Germany and the states. When you have the time, visit the Netherlands one time. I think you would also love it.
Ugly houses exist everywhere. But you cannot say northern architecture generally looks ugly. There are just more „Giebelhäuser“ (for example in the Greifswalder Markt, but probably in nearly every innercity)
On the bicycle, I prefer Italy. People are doing crazy things but people are also expecting other people to do crazy things, watch out and take care if someone else breaks the rules. In Germany, some drivers don't expect any obstacles, if they have the right of way and are surprised if they have to slow down because there is a bicycle and no room to pass. In Italy, cyclists are much more respected, especially in northern part and the mountains. Pisa, La Specia, Piacenza and the whole region in my favorite area for larger cycling trips.
Alternative 3 possible answers could be; - The magical Unicorns football team - Biergarten vibes on a warm summer evening - Seasonal festivities such as Volksfests & Weihnachtsmarkts A honourable mention for top quality McDonalds ! 😉
Hey, I watched the replay of your game against Frankfurt. It was very entertaining. I think one of you on defense should really have volunteered to snap the ball for Frankfurt. How many times did their ball snap just sail over the quarterback's head? At least ten times.
I drove in Italy once and my car had a mirror less after that 😄😡😤 Architecture is so important for our well being but you'll only notice that in an area with boring monoton buildings.
As keen scrollers will rightly assess. This new poem's a bit of a mess But the algorithm will know I liked the video And will count it a comment nonetheless. :) Schwäbisch Hall is gorgeous, and the fact much of it looks like a "coherent" whole does add to its charm (Luxbg.'s a bit on the eclectic side, but the more the merrier, as they say :) ). "Freestyle driving" is also now part of my vocabulary, so thanks, I guess...
I like the organisation of things. It s not chaotic. The really good food. And the Safety.. Not every Idiot has a gun.. normaly you can live your life without much danger. What I dont like is the Slowliness of doing things (road work/buildings) and so on. Good Channel
I’ll get shot down, perhaps, but my German experience was that work was work, and so serious, and leisure was leisure and so, in the right circumstances fun. The English (or maybe British) style to mix work with humour and to be self-deprecating didn’t play very well. In fact it played as “not being serious” and at work one was supposed to be “serious”. This translates into a British trope that Germans don’t have a sense of humour: of course they do, but it comes out in different situations. And one thing told me by a German - some jokes don’t travel. Why did the baker’s hands smell? Because he kneaded a poo. She suggested that German did not have the homophones of English.
Well. In my opinion that joke sucks even if you tell it in German. I don't think it's funny because it has no class. I think these vulgar jokes don't represent us Germans well.
@@MissionFreiheit not saying they do. Just because one thing is funny (in a head slapping kind of way) in one language doesn’t make it a good joke. Shakespeare is full of puns, many are at best wry smiles.
@@robertbutlin3708 you're absolutely right. A fun thing to note: many of Shakespeare's jokes, puns and rhymes only really work if you pronounce them in old English. Look up David Crystal (linguist) and his son Ben Crystal (actor) on UA-cam. They've provided outstanding work on original pronunciation. Fascinating stuff!
If i´m away from germany, i miss our nature and how green and clean our cities are.
Sauber? Das war einmal. Dieser Ruf hält sich aber so hartnäckig wie der der Deutschen Bahn und ihrer angeblichen Pünktlichkeit 😉
Clean? . Muhahaha
@@xAngelReix die Bahn ist so pünktlich wie seit 20 Jahren nicht. Das war früher schlimm, und da reden wir nicht mal von der "Pünktlichkeit" der 70er und 80er Jahre.
Und hier schauen die Städte aus wie geleckt. Wenn Amerikaner positiv von "Germany" reden, meinen sie ja in der Regel auch nicht Deutschland an sich, sondern Bayern und Baden-Württemberg.
@@ssm445 Ich kann dem nicht beipflichten. Der Landkreis Schwäbisch Hall ist garantiert nicht "wie geleckt" sauber!
Aber ja, in Bayern gibt es noch solche Bilderbuch-Ortschaften. Reit im Winkl, als Beispiel. Aber das ist eine kleine Gemeinde und Touri-Hochburg.
Aber in Hall sind die guten alten Zeiten, was Sauberkeit angeht, längst passé.
@@xAngelReix Die sibd im Verhältnis zu vielen anderen Ländern deutlich pünktlicher, aber es gibt natürlich noch pünktlichere, wie Japan
I really like your channel very much, even when you are not complimenting Germany or us Germans!
It is your respectful way of talking about differences, your authenticity and the positive vibes!
I find it so refreshing to watch you!
Thank you....keep it up!!
We need more of honest, heartfelt, funny and authentic guys like you!!!
Your family is so sweet,
I agree, its just he is too complimentary. No one expects you to love or like everything about a place any place. But crawling up their asses to make the seem more evolved than the rest of the world is a bit much. He needs to pull that stuff back and it just fine.
@@musclemanawesomeness5550 Tell you one thing i have discovered....Live is so much brighter since i have decided to stop looking for the hair in the soup..... i just do not want to judge everything or everyone anymore!
Try it....does wonders to you! 😉🤗
@@antonieholub5254 Exactly I totally agree... dont smash one place for another... why compare? because its not an accurate or possible comparison or assessment. Let each place be its own.
We also have got lovely architecture in Northern Germany !!!
Stimmt aber gar nicht!
Watching this video is making my heart hurt. We come from the beautiful Ahr-Valley and lived in Ahrweiler. Sadly, the floods from the middle of July have just wrecked many of the wonderful cities and thousands of homes, also hundreds of years old wood frame structures, which always accented the charm of this area. The red wine vineyard's and tiny towns have taken a real hit. The Ahr and many tiny streams (some with no more than 18cm of water) grew into a zunami of over 7m of roaring waters. You can run from fire, but not from water.
The old German Fachwerkhäuser gives me a feeling like being in a fairy tale...
Driving in Italy is like a Ballet or a painting. A lot going on but it has a rhythm. Like a heartbeat. It looks like chaos but If you look closer,there is a structure.
That's a beautiful describtion.
Yeah, that is so true. When I drive there on vacation I always feel like the only dancer who is always out of the rhythm and a few steps behind the rest 😂
Great, thanks!
Architecture, Ordnung and a healthy work ethic. What more could you want for good living?! Makes me proud to have German background.
Traditional South German architecture may be more folk style but the human scale is always intimate.
Welcome back to Germany! 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪Much success and much fun!!
"Architecture, Ordnung and a healthy work ethic. What more could you want for good living?!" that phrase is absurdly typically german, like Immanuel Kant typically german :D
Together with the impulse "There has to be more to life than this!" it makes the bigger part of our classic culture.
Respect to you for having ptsd of your own car crash but still being able to drive.
I’ve never had a car crash myself, but I’m still afraid of it. X’D
It’s amazing how the German way of life affect us, specially back home it’s always the same too weak I start to miss absolutely everything about Germany, and Of course the German drive culture Nice vlog Nalf 😊 Thanks
I just love the background music you select. It's so rich and sensual.
Moin..you have to come one time to lübeck...is north ..and beautyfull😎
Oh yes! Absolute fairytale! I'd be curious to see how he reacts to any of the Hanseatic cities in Germany, which he hasn't been introduced to yet :) (and his one sad visit to HH doesn't really count)
Here in pa we have a lot of houses and buildings in that Bavarian style very happy whenever I see it!!!!
It seems you still have a bad PTSD from visiting Hamburg 😉. You can find a lot of half timbered houses in the cities of Northern Germany.
I don't think that Hamburg was the problem. I'm sure Nick has seen many interesting buildings in the parts he has seen of Hamburg. I'm also sure he'll appreciate areas like Deichstraße if he gets to visit this city again.
There are actually more half-timbered houses in Northern Germany than in Southern Germany overall, as especially in areas of Bavaria stucco facades with murals are the traditional style.
Hamburg has nice architecture too and especially the Deich area is very interesting. Suddenly you are out and about in a million residents city surrounded by gras fields and 10-15m high "Deiche" hiding the Elbe and the ports and the flood/high water pumps and in the middle one farm house/barn.
Also, the half circle shaped concrete bunkers left over in a former nazi housing area for the upper echelons, each shared by two neighbours is a unique sight.
A very unique city in its own rights.
I refuse to finish watching the video and make my judgement based on a hackle-rising, face-distorting little "nalfish detail" that gets repeated within the span of 2 seconds (!) and no one handed me a barf bag like they would have on your plane ride to Italy.
I won't go into any details since it's too beautiful, incredible, prodigious, stunning, unbelievable, fascinating, marvelous, wonderful, astounding, staggering, breathtaking, astonishing for some to handle.
I just hit send on my comment, lass!
“I‘m surprised how calmly you phrased that comment and would like to see proof of the thumbs down!”
Well, luckily you’re NOT associated and he’s spared the wrath that falls upon us when we use it, accidentally. Red flag! No Go area!
That’s an insider!!!! No one will get it 🤣 which makes it even funnier! Imagining your face makes my day! Luv ya Mills ❤️
Amazing. I’ll make it up to you in goodies, Mills
Danke für den Lacher zu einem inhaltlich eher so lala Video 👏🏼
And one day, when you got over your homesickness, perhaps you might start a long journey to the unknown northern land beyond the Main river.
"This type of architecture just does something to my brain. It makes me happy." Perfectly put, I couldn't agree more! I do miss some of the beautiful places in the US though such as the equally stereotypical houses in the South with their porches.
And yeah, the most annoying thing when driving in the States are those 🤬🤯⁉️ (of whom there are quite a few) confusing left and right lanes. 🙄
Thanks NALF, this vid did something to my brain too and made me happy. 😁
Fairytales. It takes you back to childhood.
@@musclemanawesomeness5550 I hear ya, though I actually associate it with living history and serenity (occasionally an oxymoron, I know. 😝).
@@religiohominilupus5259 Hallo, wie geht es dir, deiner Familie? Seid ihr bisher gut durd die Pandemie gekommen?
LG Ben
Half timbered houses are the prettiest 😍 so unique!
Have a nice day,you wizard 😉
I’ve driven cars both in Italy and in New York and I really get where you’re coming from. I like rules and efficiency.
PS: sounds like Germany feels like home to you. :)
You are so germanized! I like it.
No you're absolutely right about the work life balance in germany even though i live in austria but it's absolutely true!!
Work-life balance in the u.s. is what you make of it. If you don't want to work extra hours, then you don't. If you don't want to do more than you are required to do, then you don't. Then you have work-life balance.
Music is great. Love the filming and agree with everything you miss and more. Food, Church Bells, Opera Houses etc. Thank you for sharing. ❤👍
I totally agree.. love it the Building, the streets the look of Germany ❤️
Come and visit the“ Nordfriesischen Inseln“ Sylt, Amrum and Föhr. (North sea) and then the Baltic Sea. Usedom and Rügen in the Summer …and my hometown Flensburg, three km from Danmark😍here is the Scandinavian vibe.
All of the Archicture you think exist only in the South is actually pretty common in the North. And on Top we have Reetdachhäuser…
Also, if you pass the written test (which you take first) you can get a "learner's permit" & drive for I think up to 3 months with somebody else in the car, even if you have NO experience driving on the road at all
How can somebody not like this!? As a German national it always gives me something to think about my own country.
You need to come to Nashville then. They have very very interesting buildings. Some arent your normal square building. There is this one place that looks like a spaceship and it has upside down cones.
Half-timbered houses are just as common in the North as in the South but I guess you have not yet been to places like Höxter, Duderstadt or Lüneburg.
I totally expected Butterprezeln to be number 3.
Why? Now I want to eat one😭
We have also great architecture in nothern germany! Come and visit Lübeck for example
In Italy, traffic lights and their colors are offers that can be accepted or rejected. Was once in Rome for 3 days and was hooted and insulted every time I stopped at red
I drove in Italy only one time. It was in Triest, the very north. I was waiting at a traffic light where the road split into two directions. The light went green and I didn't move because I thought my direction was not allowed to go. So the light went red again. And no special signe (Pfleil) for my direction appeared. So I figured that the green was for all directions. Next time I went when the light was green again. Mind you, the whole time there were three cars behind me. And nobody honked or tried to pass around me. Very polite Italians. Of course they saw my German licence plate. But in Germany you would have been honked at after some grace time (for being a foreigner).
@@V100-e5q lol. I.like this story. Miami you won't get nice people. You will get the horn and the middle finger while swerving around you. I had a German friend driving in Miami and we came to a big circle at rush hour. The poor girl broke down crying because everyone was being jerks. I told her to switch places with me. She closed her eyes when I drove. Everywhere in Miami you have to force your way into traffic. You also have to answer the people back with a honk and middle finger sometimes.
That music makes your shots look even better than they are annyways. Great work!
Your homeboy is in Allgau...it's beautiful down there too. Talk about the hills being alive with the sound of music...yeauh!
Such an amazing video!! And I agree with all of your points 😉❤️
One hundred percent ! But somehow the german bakeries have to be mentioned. 🍞
It really depends on which city in Germany though. For example, Munich and Chemnitz is SO different.
Doesn't everybody appreciates the orderly honk you receive in Germany, once you experienced it 1sec. after the traffic light turned green 🚦?!
The Orderly Honk would be a great bandname
@@GGFILME Indeed!
Somehow reminds me of Terry Pratchett's New York Second: “The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green and the cab behind you honking.”
As a german it is really nice to hear someone appreciating our country
Hallo, Nalf. Free-Style-Driving: Du hast eine neue Motorsportart erfunden. viele Grüße an dich und deine Freunde. 👍😊👏🙋♂️
Germany really is an impressive place and beautiful too.
I am Italian and I agree that in Italy it is not easy to drive but the most dangerous maneuver I have ever seen happened on a German three-lane highway, where a large-displacement car with a German license plate, just before an exit went overtaking - I don't know what crazy speed it was going but we were over 120 km - in the last lane to exit by cutting off the cars of the other two lanes and the cars channeled to exit.
Wanna know what makes me happy?
Watching a NALFvideo on a sunny wednesdaymorning...
Life can be so so simple!
I still miss all of those things and more about Germany - from 1970!! I should have married a Fraulein and settled in Sud Bayern.
Welcome back! I think that your are finally “eingedeutscht“! 😉 P.S.: I liked the magic trick with the 2€. Does it also work the other way round?
Notice he doesn't say he misses the lack of AC in Germany.
Don't jinx it. We're still facing that whiny period.
Maybe Italy and the old military base cured him 😅
@@marieslhok9536 You're saying that once someone is accustomed to AC, they can be cured from wanting it? You've never had AC, have you?
@@donnerwetter1905 What a fucking highfalutin comment! So arrogant! In Munich, almost every supermarket, department store, retail store, cinema, and like have air conditioning. Ditto for many buses, S-Bahn, and newer trams. You forgot how hot it gets in Freiburg during the summer.
@@donnerwetter1905 From reading your post, it's apparent that the problem with using AC in DE is the cost, not the bogus argument that it's never needed.
Here's a question: at 5:57 there's a door on the river. Can you show us what's behind that door sometime if you aren't busy and they let you in? and also how did that opening connect with the rest of the building? Were there devices like a hoist inside, and is the building a warehouse of old or a residence, or? I give myself permission to ask, but I do not expect you to do just because I am interested :) Thank you for the great video!
I hear a more diplomatic and balanced NALF these days, honestly.
Cool. Nice that you still find things you like about Germany. In this video I especially liked the background sounds/ music because so sensual, especially the omission of that end tune you usually use... so fresh! I have one question: why you and your mates need to drink that energy can before workout? It is not deep science that it mostly consist of sugar? The taurin in it can also ruin your sleeping rhythem and if you drink it before trainings, it can lead to arrhythymia of the heart even. Drink self-made detox water before trainings and plain coffee e.g. -> much better. 😉
I never fully appreciated our architecture, until I saw you comment on it for the first time :) That's really nice.
And I'm actually pretty envious of the United States in that architecture aspect! I love these white clean wood panel houses in stereotypical "suburbs". It's just much more ornate and cozy, than those blocky white things, we pull out of the ground in Germany these days. And I especially like front porches and front gardens in the US! Those are so neat!
oh, well, have you ever been to the U.S. ?
The words you are looking for are...
TÜCHTIGKEIT und GEMÜTLICHKEIT
I learned, Nick misses the orderly honking german drivers when he is not in Germany. Respekt !
Well, you can find half-timbered houses all over Germany, not just in the south. Perhaps you will visit Celle, Hameln, Hannoversch-Münden and so on. In the north there is also the brick architecture. Lübeck, Wismar, Stralsund, Stade and so on. I also find it very beautiful. The clunky, ugly monster buildings of the brutalism of the 60s can also be found all over Germany.
Very good choice of cities 👍!
@@ca9603 Thank you, you could name so many more places that did not experience any destruction in World War II and no (or little) destruction by German urban planners in the 50s and 60s: Wolfenbüttel, south of Braunschweig, Quedlinburg and Wernigerode, Lemgo and Detmold in Lipperland and so many more.
Love the dramatic soundtrack in the end, very cinematic!
Interesting observations. Traffic always frustrates me when I come home (to Switzerland) after staying in the U.S., specifically California for a while. West cost driving is so friendly and relaxed, whereas Western Europe strikes me as aggressive. Everybody is in a hurry and will not yield to folk that need to turn left. Come on, smile and give them some space!
PS; I fully expected you to talk about soft Pretzels!!
Hi NALF.
Agree 100%. Very nice video.
It is said by some that traffic in Italy
is fueled by the car horns
maybe that is just the bigger cities
or more particularly Rome
but it is a stereotype even Italians embrace
Hi Nalf
You should give northern Germany another chance, it's worth it. Kiel, Hamburg and Hanover are no less German than Cologne, Munich or Stuttgart. Only together is it Germany (yes, also Berlin).
And don't forget Quedlinburg, UNESCO World Heritage near the Harz Mountans. Quedlinburg is one of the best-preserved medieval and Renaissance towns in Europe, having escaped major damage in World War II. 2000 half-timbered houses can be found here. The oldest, the "Ständerbau", dates back from 1347.
...and, I'd like to point out, Bremen and Friesland with never ending green meadows, thatched houses, always a salty wind blowing. And the toughest beer only tough guys can handle... (🤣🤣🤣)
Kultur- und identitätslose Banausen und Kevins, die da wohnen! :-(
@@BaluDerBaer933 Sonst alles gesund? Wenn diese Anfälle öfter passieren, frag Deinen Arzt oder Apotheker.
Nur ein Wort: Lübeck 😊
What about Brezel & Knoppers?
Ohhh yes, the Brezel situation. Hahaha!
Or at least bakeries ❣
🍞
another episode from the perfect little fairy tale village with nalf
The best city in Germany. My hometown. SHA.
Never appreciated our German architecture until I went to college in the USA 🤦🏼♂️
It makes sense to travel.
You open up, experience things, get a wider view !
Why did you go to college in the US? Aren't there colleges in Germany?
@@texasrascle no, we dont have colleges. We all study on youtube
@@texasrascle Of course there are a lot of colleges, universities etc. in Germany, and they are also (at least, nearly all of them) far cheaper than those in the US ;-). But some people prefer to go abroad to broaden their view on live and culture, not because „everything at home is bad“ ;-)
@@texasrascle he first came to Germany when he has finished college already.
The work/life balance is, apart from self employed or very little companies ( sub 15-20 employees ) mostly regulated by law. How much work hours per week. How much days off and so on. For example in the industry for metal works(making steel and such) you basically can't find a job that has not strict laws to protect you as a worker. Youre sick? You'll keep receiving payment for up to 6 weeks, until you get less money which I'd covered by your health insurance ( which you have by default ). You have 24+ days off a year. 8hours a day and then it's byebye. There are underlying laws to ensure that, and mostly the conditions are even better due to Labor union beeing in constant pursuit back and forth with the employers for better conditions to adjust to the ongoing Inflation ( should it hit harder than usual ).
What about the architecture in the North of Germany? Ah right, you haven't really been there yet! (that short trip to Hamburg doesn't count)
Ja! The Red brick houses in north germany are sooo cozy.
@@moraien3278 or the sheetmetal "industrial" buildings in Schleswig-Holstein xD
Butterbrezeln are not in the top three? Bummer!
What's the name of the place at 2:19 & where is it located? I want to look it up on Google. Thank you for any answers.
Word brother 👍
"But don't get me wrong, German drivers are very mean and honk at you very quickly. But it's very orderly." Smirk.
TSGO
Learning to drive in Germany is very interesting. People get so angry and stressed quickly...like chill, I am not very experienced. Or would destroying the driving school car be better? :,)
@@antitoast4143 I know. All those mean drivers honking haven't passed their driver's test yet.
@@antitoast4143 True. When i was learning those people got me really stressed, which resulted in a whole lot of stalls. So they kinda got the opposite. They wanted to go faster but instead got additional waiting time or even a whole additional cycle of the traffic lights as a result.
Nowadays, if someone is tailgating me I usually decrease my speed and keep it about 5 km/h below the speed limit. Dosent matter much to me but it drives those people insane pretty quick.
@@Xerlash I do the same thing. Tailgaters are the worst.
Damn. The #1 answer, the correct answer, the one thing that you miss first… bakeries. Bread, Brezeln and Streusselkuchen.
Sorry - can‘t take that video seriously without „bakeries“!
There is lovly architecture in northern germany as well...you may not just seen it..
The little brother of my girlfriend made his license 2 years ago for $50 at age 16. Whats up with the driver license prices in the US?
Affordable
The rules on the streets in Italy are made by the Vespa ... respect the Vespa and u will be fine :P
🛵 💛 😍
Next season, youll play for Stuttgart Surge?
Northern Europe and southern Europe are completely different in many ways. The driving situation is one of them.
Sometimes I wished I'd takeoff to Germany after college. Now I feel old. 😆
you can start new at any age :)
There is still time, maybe?
In Germany the traffic light just turns green .0001 second ago. German driver behind you - Du bist langsam! Lays on horn...
You also have nice architecture in northern Germany.
Agreed.
Hey, I just wanted to ask, since you are also an italian citizen, do you observe what is happening in italian politics? What do you think of Mario Draghi, do you think italians got his back and that he can reform the country?
You obviously didn't go to the right places in the north. 😆 Lower Saxony is like one giant half-timbered mess. 😂❤️ Go to the city of Goslar. 😉
As a German living overseas, what I miss the most is the voices of birds. If you live in the country, you can hear some of the most beautiful bird voices.
I always wonder where that honking thing comes from. Is he just bad at driving, is it worse in another part of Germany or is it even less common in America than it is in Germany anyways
Dude, there are half-timbered houses everywhere in Germany - with the exception of Upper Bavaria ...
You know - I was sure you would list "Butter-Bretze" as your no. 1! XD XD
Bakeries!
Germany is a great country, I love your views on the differences between Germany and the states. When you have the time, visit the Netherlands one time. I think you would also love it.
one of the little funny "brothers" xD
5:51 Abu Nalif Al'Amrikiiyn
Have you ever played the "Ritterhude Badgers"?
Ugly houses exist everywhere. But you cannot say northern architecture generally looks ugly. There are just more „Giebelhäuser“ (for example in the Greifswalder Markt, but probably in nearly every innercity)
On the bicycle, I prefer Italy. People are doing crazy things but people are also expecting other people to do crazy things, watch out and take care if someone else breaks the rules. In Germany, some drivers don't expect any obstacles, if they have the right of way and are surprised if they have to slow down because there is a bicycle and no room to pass. In Italy, cyclists are much more respected, especially in northern part and the mountains. Pisa, La Specia, Piacenza and the whole region in my favorite area for larger cycling trips.
Alternative 3 possible answers could be;
- The magical Unicorns football team
- Biergarten vibes on a warm summer evening
- Seasonal festivities such as Volksfests & Weihnachtsmarkts
A honourable mention for top quality McDonalds ! 😉
Thank you for being open about your PTSD.
Er habe this Kind of architecture also in northern Germany but just in those cities which weren‘t destroyed during Ww2
At 6:50 „Klimaschutzumsetzungsgerätfestmachstelle“. A word what even i as a german never heard of 😅
Hey, I watched the replay of your game against Frankfurt. It was very entertaining. I think one of you on defense should really have volunteered to snap the ball for Frankfurt. How many times did their ball snap just sail over the quarterback's head? At least ten times.
There is this i would say medeivel architecture in nothern germany too.
Seems it's time to find a german girl friend!
What?
Or a German boyfriend as well.
We are not judging 😀
Perhaps Speedy has a sister 🤣🤣🤣
@@bartholvangent3225 That would be incest.
🤣 😂 🤣 😂 .... you actually made me laugh on this vlog! TRUE but funny statements! Well done! 👍🏻👌🏻✅
I drove in Italy once and my car had a mirror less after that 😄😡😤
Architecture is so important for our well being but you'll only notice that in an area with boring monoton buildings.
As keen scrollers will rightly assess.
This new poem's a bit of a mess
But the algorithm will know
I liked the video
And will count it a comment nonetheless. :)
Schwäbisch Hall is gorgeous, and the fact much of it looks like a "coherent" whole does add to its charm (Luxbg.'s a bit on the eclectic side, but the more the merrier, as they say :) ).
"Freestyle driving" is also now part of my vocabulary, so thanks, I guess...
Lübeck is one of the most beautiful cities in Germany and it lies in the North.
I never appriciated the work life balance...thanks for pointing it out!
I almost cried
Also Germany ... wearing a winter jacket in August 🤣
I like the organisation of things. It s not chaotic. The really good food. And the Safety.. Not every Idiot has a gun.. normaly you can live your life without much danger. What I dont like is the Slowliness of doing things (road work/buildings) and so on. Good Channel
There is a new kind of Knoppers available right now, need to see the reaction 😄 coconut knoppers 🏝🥥
I’ll get shot down, perhaps, but my German experience was that work was work, and so serious, and leisure was leisure and so, in the right circumstances fun. The English (or maybe British) style to mix work with humour and to be self-deprecating didn’t play very well. In fact it played as “not being serious” and at work one was supposed to be “serious”. This translates into a British trope that Germans don’t have a sense of humour: of course they do, but it comes out in different situations. And one thing told me by a German - some jokes don’t travel. Why did the baker’s hands smell? Because he kneaded a poo. She suggested that German did not have the homophones of English.
Well. In my opinion that joke sucks even if you tell it in German. I don't think it's funny because it has no class. I think these vulgar jokes don't represent us Germans well.
@@MissionFreiheit not saying they do. Just because one thing is funny (in a head slapping kind of way) in one language doesn’t make it a good joke. Shakespeare is full of puns, many are at best wry smiles.
@@robertbutlin3708 you're absolutely right. A fun thing to note: many of Shakespeare's jokes, puns and rhymes only really work if you pronounce them in old English. Look up David Crystal (linguist) and his son Ben Crystal (actor) on UA-cam. They've provided outstanding work on original pronunciation. Fascinating stuff!
@@MissionFreiheit I will. I’ve read his “Stories of English”.