"Schloss Bellevue" is Germany's White House in the sense that it's our President's place of residency. But in Germany, the President has merely representative duties.
Not entirely true. Under normal circumstances he will only execute his representative duties. But he is also responsible to sign laws. and before he does it, he should check if the laws are constitutional. It happened a few times that he decided to not sign a law due to constitutional concerns.
true but he has the (theoretical) power to block any new law by not signing it. So technically he could be very influential, even if it's more off a passive influence.
@@lichansan1750 true, but practically he can't just block a law just because he has some private concerns about the law being constitutional. It must be obvious. There are plenty of unconstitutional laws the German president signed, which went in practice and got canceled by the highest constitutional court later on.
In Germany we have a fitting proverb for this: "Einmal mit Profis (arbeiten)" ("(working with) professionals - just one time" - mostly used to mock people who know better but made a mistake) ;)
Berlin is full of history - be it good or bad but please keep in mind that Berlin is actually a relatively young city in Germany: Cologne and Trier were roman settlement 2000 years ago my hometown is only a meager 1050 years old and Berlin was a swampy area back then..
Yeah - for a vacation guide video, at least the names of the places should be shown so you can plan your trip better. Nice pictures on their own aren't very useful.
The thing were you ask "is this the mall place" is the german Reichstag, it's where the parlament of Germany is situated. The mall thing itself is the Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz.
To be fair, there aren't many buildings of that vintage and elaborate design over in the US. Yes, stuff like the White House are well designed, and with how much more we have over here, it wouldn't be weird that some of them turned into malls. A good example is Braunschweig, where they rebuild the castle and turned a substantial part of the new building into a mall.
@@MrTuxracer It's a boring place for everyone. Like every place those tourist channels show. Berlin is great but not because of the Sony Center, boring churches, fragmented wall pieces or tourist scams like Checkpoint Charlie.
The pink tubes are sometimes blue. They're used to route water and other things over streets and crossings when there are longterm constructions ongoing. This way they don't need to lose roads to replace or restore underground piping. They also are used for temporary water supplies to construction sites
In Dresden, they are blue. They are used to drain ground water from construction sites, so the holes don't get flooded and the lowest parts of the construction don't float. They can be removed as soon as the building is high enough to apply enough pressure. In Dresden, the water is not just pumped into the Elbe but into a storage for cold water, providing eco-friendly cooling for hotels etc.
@@karllagerbier4688 Interesting. I've seen both in Berlin. It might be either just random colour or it actually means something. Around my home they had the pink ones with a hydrant connected to the end off-site
The building with the cupola at 4:45 is the German Reichstag (Deutscher Reichstag) which is actually the German parliament building comprising the second chamber of parliament. Its members are elected by a nation wide general election every four years. It has been built in imperial times (second Reich) and became the seat of the first democratically elected German parliament during the Weimar republic era after WWI. After the reunification of east and west Germany it had to be modernized and renovated to become the seat of the Bundestag (2nd chb.o.parliament).
The gate is Brandenburg gate. Which was the symbol of the division of Germany and became the symbol of the reunification of our people. It holds special significance for us.
Sadly the event is gone, because an very bad accident happened in another location but if you want an unbelievable view, look for old videos about the Loveparade in Berlin in the early 2000. It was quite a view to experience, i planned to go to it one day but after the tragic that happened on the last event they shut down the event entirely, which is absolutely understandable but i think we may need such events today more than ever...
The dark brown animal you saw in the zoo is a Okapi, literally a Rainforest Giraffe. It was only discovered by chance not so long ago. No Joke. I did voluntary guided tours in our Zoo in Stuttgart for many years. We have them too, and breed them so we can sustain the wilderness, in case of a emergency. Elmar from Germany.
Okapis were a thing when i was a kid. they have been known in Europe for nearly 150 years. Sure that is a shorter time than other animals, but still, there is not a person around that remembers when it was discovered.
There is an area of suburban Berlin which is like Venice - houses fronting onto canals, people going around by boat, instead of car. It's a while since I've been there but I think there's a street car line from downtown which will take you there.
1:42 No, that's the "Spreebogen" (Spree bend) in the Regierungsviertel - the government district. The buildings on both sides belong to the Bundestag and are connected by bridges to one another and by a tunnel to the Reichstag building which houses the plenary hall. The Paul-Löbe-Haus on the left houses a central atrium which can be used as auxiliary assembly hall, some smaller meeting rooms, a restaurant and the offices for 275 members of parliament as well as administrative offices and central visitor support; the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus (MELH) at the right houses the parliamentary library, the archives, press offices, a secondary plenary hall and the offices of the Scientific Services. The MELH (named after Marie-Elisabeth Lüders, born 1878, women's rights activist, member of the Reichstag 1924-1930, member of the Bundestag 1953-1961, died 1966) was built on the place of the former Berlin Wall, and the bridges symbolize therefore also the reunification of Berlin. 6:48 An Okapi, a forest giraffe from Congo.
No, the fish tank has not been repaired. It will take a while, if they do it at all. Obviously the design needs improvement to avoid it bursting again. And also, the first one was made in the US, and then shipped to Berlin and installed, which took quite a while.
Welcome to my city. Nice to see that you are not only interested in the "stereotypical Bavarian view" of Germany. This video only shows a small area. Berlin is so much bigger. However, this is the part that is possibly the most interesting for tourists. By the way, Berlin has 2 "zoos". 1 zoo and 1 "animal park" Because the city used to be divided by the wall (there were 2 separate countries) and both sides had a zoo. @Ryan you should check out the "LOVEPARADE" from the early 2000s ^^
the "i want a whole video about this place"- place, was the Potsdamer Platz. It's the place were the Berlinale is, our version of the Oscars and that's where the big cinema premieres always take place.
Hey Ryan, thank you for your video (even if it is without audio :P ). If you plan on doing a video about the zoo in Berlin, make sure to check out both zoos. Yes, we have two of those. The "Berlin Zoo" in former West Berlin, and the "Tierpark Berlin" (animal park) in former East Berlin. Both are incredible. The Zoo has the most species of any zoo in the world (afaik) and the Tierpark is the largest one in europe and the 9th biggest in the world.
Clean? NO! Neat? No! Berlin maybe not the niciest city in Germany. But, Berlin has it's very own charme, AND if you like history. There is no other city you need to see and visit. Ich liebe unsere Hauptstadt "Bärlin" ;)
The Video completely missed the city west which is essentielly one of the 3 city centers in Berlin but showed Reichstag and Brandenburg gate a million times. Also Berlin first gets really exciting when leaving the inner city and going into the vibrant cultural hotspots. What i want to say: This video covered only a tiny fraction of the city.
I love how you are interested in my homecity. The art on the wall you looked at 8:30 is called East Side Gallery. In the early 90ies lots of artist from all over the world came over to Berlin to paint on the previously plain side of the wall (the Eastern side). It was planned only to be temporarely but then made a permanently art monument after protests against the removal.
Great video. Unfortunately, the sound of the video did not come through, so I watched the original video and then came back. It was fun to hear your reactions too. I so love Berlin. I was there when I was seventeen. This was before the Wall came down, the city was still divided then, but I saw the best of both sides of Berlin. I am so glad to see the "freedom" artwork on it now. I remember sitting at a sidewalk cafe right near the Kaiser Wilhelm Church. Everything felt so vibrant (At least in West Berlin.) and cosmopolitan feeling. But, the Museum was in the East, and I was never so enthralled by any museum before, or since. And seeing and remembering the Zoo, wow, just wow! I so pray that I can get to Berlin again. Would love to be able to live there. Thank you so much for this, Ryan. This made my heart absolutely sing. Peace
The building you were so impressed with is the Sony Center. It's a Sony sponsored building complex located at the Potsdamer Platz. It has shops, restaurants, a cinema and Sony's HQ in Germany
The centers of museums and collections are the Museum Island in Mitte, the Cultural Forum in Tiergarten and the museum centers in Dahlem and Charlottenburg. In total, there are over 175 museums and collections in Berlin.
I sometimes feel sad if people say Berlin is the worst city and worst place to live. I understand that you sometimes meet weird people on the street and it´s not everywhere and always clean. However most people only know the tourist Berlin, the city center and not the real. I believe Berlin is a wonderful city ´cause it has everything. There is something for everyone. City clubs, night life, lost Village like areas, a lot of green, parks and water. And there are so many different people and cultures. Nobody looks weird at you ´cause of you`re dressing or look. And I think the public transports are quite good. Sad that not everyone knows and understands that. Love, from Berlin ;)
It's certainly the worst administration of any German city. Nothing works, public service has nearly come to a standstill and road construction everywhere without anyone working there, in my neighborhood the BSR didn't clean the streets and sidewalks for three months and even the IRS doesn't work appropriately. And last not least an enormous housing shortage with rents rising like never before. Bad government. But alright... for young people it has a lot to offer like clubs etc. And there still exist a few cheap restaurants.
"Is that the mall place?" Ryan about the House of Representatives (Bundestag).. In all seriousness: You can visit the German Bundestag and walk in the dome, great view over Berlin!
The pink pipes drain water away or supply water . the ground water level is quiet high in Berlin - so once you dig some meters deep you have it : ground water ! to avoid flooding and too much concrete isolation the Berliners decided to do it in an easy way... just drain it away - and it costs less and you can remove easy after use when built over the ground .
2:37 That's the Sony Center, if you wanna look it up. PS that at 9:23 is the north western tip of Museums island! Edit: you seem to have edited the video (no sound), so the time stamps are a little displaced, here are the right times: 2:35 and 9:28 .
Had to laugh :) The " Mall place" is the German Parliament aka the Bundestag and the colourful one with lots of people in is the Sony Center. And the "crazy place" is the "new" Gedächtniskirche ( Memorial Church)a reminder of WW II as it stands next to the ruins of the real old one so to say.
I like how Ryan called the building of our government a "mall" :D the "TVs" btw are a the inside of a memorial church that was built as a restoration project for the church next to it after WW2 when the Brits just loved that sweet sweet bombers
The PINK TUBES are used for CONSTRUCTION. If they either need to reroute the Waste or Water or WHATEVER, they are PINK or BLUE to just make them easily to spot in Case (since they are OVER THE GROUND, not like the TUBES they might REPAIR or replace, UNDER THE GROUND) there is an Issue. The Color also helps to find Leaks in case there might be any!
Museum Island is a totally historical buildings site. The new buildings near to the center at the Spree river are all government buildings. Berlin as most german cities is a very green city with rivers, canals, parks, two major lake areas.The memorial which is builded like a maze for holocaust was erected on the ruins of the building and offices where the murder of the Jewish people was planned and directed from.After war Berlin was divided in four sectors. One was US. Checkpoint Charlie was a crossing point from US to Soviet Sector. Other sectors where French and British. Each sector had it's own airport. Three Westen sectors united in cold war times. The wall was builded around to hinder anyone from east germany (DDR) to enter. The inner - (Western)part was covered in graffity.
Berlin History in a nutshell: Berlin is the very old, around 12th century, founded as 2 twin cities Berlin and Kölln (not to be confused with Cologne, "Köln" with 1 "L", in the west of Germany) around the area of the Museum island by merchants, both cities became part of the "Hanseatic League" (an historical confederation of merchants) before they merged together and became the residence of the electors of Margraviate of Brandenburg in 15th century (Germany were a lot of small kingdoms, counties, with their own rulers), at the begin of the 18th the capital of Prussia under the Hohenzollern family (mostly united Germany) and 1871 as the capital of the German Empire (and an united Germany). In 1912 it became the capital of the Weimar Republic and 1933 Nazi Germany. After WW2 in 1945 the city was split in 3 (British, US American and Sowjet) sectors and later in 4 sectors (as an additional French sector was created from the British and US American sectors) and with the 2 German states (FRG and GDR) Berlin was divided into West Berlin (former British, US American and French sectors) and East Berlin (Sowjet sector). East Berlin was the capital of the GDR and Bonn the capital of the FRG. West Berlin was completely surrounded by the GDR (and the Berlin wall) and defacto part of the FRG. 1989 the Berlin wall was opened and 1990 the GDR joined the FRG and Berlin became one city again, but with some "scars" that still can be seen nowadays. Sometimes you can still feel a slight mental and cultural difference, a difference in food and see the difference in buildings between the 2 halves of the city. The former West Berlin has a lot more underground metro stations while the former East Berlin has more train and tram stations. In most places the former Berlin wall has been torn down and replaced with brick markings on the streets. Some parts of the Berlin wall exists as memorials (like Bornholmer Str.) or as an open air art gallery, the East Side Gallery with its impressive graffiti artwork on the front part of the Berlin wall. The Berlin wall was actually not only one wall, it was 2 walls, the big front wall towards the West Berlin side, a 30-500m (100-1640 feet) long death zone with spring guns, trip wires, barb wire, barb wire fences, anti-tank obstacles, patrol ways and watchtowers and a smaller back wall at the latest revision, constantly monitored by guards and dogs. The amount of people who died in the Berlin wall is unknown atm, but it's expected to be around 136-245 people died while they tried to flee from the GDR to West Berlin. A lot of people were imprisoned for trying to flee and mentally tortured by the former secret GDR police often called "Stasi". Unfortunately the crimes by the Stasi officers were not brought to court yet as a huge amount Stasi documents are still not fully reconstructed yet - they exists in a lot of huge bags filled with shredded small paper pieces. It's a still ongoing research, even over 30 years after the German reunification. Hopefully we will have a complete view on the things the Stasi did in the future.
The old Reichstag already had also a dome, but was largely destroyed in 1933 at the beginning of the Third Reich (Nazi Germany). In 1995, the architect Foster presented the new dome. Visitors can look into the parliamentary chamber from above and light is directed into the hall through the mirrored funnel in the dome.
Somehow, the "mall" is the "Sony Center", with various stores. Cafe's, Cineplex, clothing boutiques etc. And the building on the river..the Spree, that is the Reichstag building, the seat of the political elite ^^ also called the Bundestag, the parliament and thus the legislative body of the Federal Republic of Germany
3:26 in the south west there is the Grunwald forest with the Wannsee lake and in the south east the Müggelberge, the mountains with forest and the lake Müggelsee.
6:47 "That thing" would be Okapi - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okapi - a "neckless" Giraffe straight from Miocene Period, a living fossil of sort. Although the rear part might resemble more zebra (then Giraffe) it has nothing in common with it.
11:38 This aquarium "Aqua Dome" was the largest of its kind, it had over 1 million liters of water with 18 tons of salt, was 16 m high without the base, 25 m high with the base, 11.5 m in diameter and had 1500 fish. It will not be rebuilt!
If you want a sightseeing of Berlin, instead of booking one of these tour buses, just take a seat in the Ring Bahn. You’ll have a nice overview of Berlin and maybe meet some Germans who’ll explain stuff to you. Also a fun activity is Ring Bahn saufen, you basically take a seat in tube and drink with friends and maybe sing.
The most beautiful places are in the outer districts, where the people live. If you want to visit Berlin you need more than 3 days to see the beauty and hidden gems most tourists didn't know.
Berlín in a beautiful city. One of my favourites . And a note : after II World War, by Malta Treatment, Rusia was declared like winner of European War , they arrived first at Berlin and USA the winner of Pacific War. By there along a lot of years , several territories who’ve had liberty by Rusia was separated by this wall.
Sorry dear, beautiful? Really? It certainly has beautiful parts but there are wide rather ugly neighborhoods. But whatever those exist in all big cities.
I'm thinking about your mall guess ... in fact beneath it there uses to be a lot of bargaining but politically. Those vistors look from above right inside the parliament. The glass construction symbolizes the open visibility of debates and policies to voters.
The building with the dome is the "Reichstag" the German Bundesregierung ( federal government ). The dome is walkable for the general public and you can look down to the politians' seats. The top of the dome has a 10m wide opening and you can see the sky. The modern building at the beginning of the clip is the "Kanzleramt" , home of the Bundeskanzler ( O. Scholz, in former times A. Merkel). Btw: the broken fishtank was made in USA and delivered by ship . ( What caused the malfunction is not known exactly ). Best regards from "Lübeck", a beautyful small city in northern Germany .
Expedia video is weird and even weirder without any explanation and it shows the parliament buildings and the Brandenburg Gate in numerous sequences and other sites are not shown at all! Yes, Berlin is a very green City with huge Parks but also many trees in the streets! Unlike other World capitals, the area around Berlin has no huge industry (apart from Tesla) or other huge cities so there is plenty of forests, lakes and nature around it. The "Mall" you see in the beginning is a building at Potsdamer Platz, built by Sony therefore the "tent" construction you see from the insite is a kind of Replica of the Fuijama from the outside. BTW: You see those pink ( and also blue) tubes all over Berlin where new buildings are built up, they transport the ground water away from the construction site. But it looks like a big public Art Installation and I love them 😄
Yes, its the "Schloss Bellevue" (Castle Bellevue). I'm so sad, that the sound doesn't work 😢..hope you will try it again and show us and all other Viewers around the World, how BEAUTIFUL my Hometown BERLIN is 😊. We have so much public Places (Treptower Park, Parkaue, Mauerpark f.ex.) where you can sit with family and friends, play Frisbee, Tischtennis ( Table Tennis.. I don't know if this is the right name for it?) hear music, sittin near by the Spree..and often, after view minutes, you may have an interessting coversation with other people or find new friends/another family you like. I really hope, you and your little family wanna visit Germany, especilly Berlin (not only the Oktoberfest, we "BERLINER" also have great Bier and tasty delicious food, I know what I'm talking about😅😊) because we're open hearted, colorfull, "haben das Herz auf der Zunge" (have our heart on the tongue) and so much more. P.S. many People / Tourist also international Stars visit Berlin, because they all wanna dance in our absolut great Discos in Town. Actually Techno of course, because if you stay there, the bass, the vibes, all the vibration came into your body and EVERYBODY (thats my experiences) feel free, happy and anjoy their feelings together. BUT..we also have Discos/Bars with any other typ of music, so that all people can hear their favourite music or music that's not too loud to have an conversation. So yeah, that are some of my oppiniones, hope you could understand my bad english and maybe, if you want to, let me/us know about your next steps in nearest future to visit Germany. Wish you and your little family a fantastic day
All the comments try to explain what he is seeing and what he is wrong about instead I'm sitting here, giggling about the sound of the chair and him trying to pronounce the words he is hearing.
9:28 The round building between the two rivers is Pergamon museum which lies on museum island, as far as I know. Haven't been there for a while. Pergamon museum hosts the blue Ishtar gate from Babylon that you could see earlier in the video. This museum is very interesting to visit, especially if you know Bible history. And the gate you saw several times is Brandenburg gate which divided the East and West of Berlin.
No, the round one is the Bodemuseum, Pergamonmuseum is behind that one. It contains sculpture, coins and medals, and Byzantine art. That is from where they stole the 100kg gold coin a few years ago.
The domed building with people walking up and down is the Reichstag, the building of parliament which is called Bundestag. The "mall" is called Potsdamer Platz and has a fascinating history. The place with the graffiti is the East Side Gallery, a place where they conserve a part of the Wall that separated Berlin at the time of the Cold War. There should be explanations in the video... but Berlin is a great city. I lived there for a number of years and go to visit regularly.
Berlin is so damn beautiful and ugly at the same time! I lived there and I loved it because I lived near the "Schloss Charlottenburg" and everything in that area to me was so beautiful, but if I had lived in "Berlin-Marzahn" I wouldnt have liked it at all.
When you visit Berlin it's beautiful, and you can enjoy doing so many things. But I wouldn't like to live there, to be honest... But it's just 2 hours from me ( just like Hamburg). So I could go there if I want.
There are a few places like Venice in Germany, but I'd say really more comparable to "mini Amsterdam" except you speak German instead of Dutch. I think my favourite is Papenburg (Google Papenburg) where for a couple of dollars I caught a local bus and made a circular tour round the town canals, stopping at canalside cottages and windmills to pick up the locals going to the shops. Don't forget, in Europe when you go a bit "off the well beaten tourist tracks" you will need to speak a bit of the local language, lest you find yourself resigned to sleeping in a field with the local cows!!!
@@kuessebrama not what I meant. I do like visiting berlin a lot, it's just very different than it was depicted here. less focus on old architecture, more the relaxed berlin lifestyle. well, that and the occasional hobo screaming at you for no reason
I wish you the ability of visiting Berlin. Do it on foot, as much as possible. Then on public transit. Once you’ve done this, the Expedia photos will make much more sense. I have visited Berlin half a dozen times and always want to go back another time to see the changes. Even better, try staying a one of their hostels where you’ll enjoy the opinions of fellow visitors.
"Schloss Bellevue" is Germany's White House in the sense that it's our President's place of residency. But in Germany, the President has merely representative duties.
Not entirely true.
Under normal circumstances he will only execute his representative duties.
But he is also responsible to sign laws. and before he does it, he should check if the laws are constitutional.
It happened a few times that he decided to not sign a law due to constitutional concerns.
true but he has the (theoretical) power to block any new law by not signing it. So technically he could be very influential, even if it's more off a passive influence.
i think Schloss Sans Soucis in Potsdam is more presidential
Thats true, but if Germany is in War, he takes the place of the Kanzler and the Kanzler gets the function of the Devenceminister.
@@lichansan1750 true, but practically he can't just block a law just because he has some private concerns about the law being constitutional. It must be obvious. There are plenty of unconstitutional laws the German president signed, which went in practice and got canceled by the highest constitutional court later on.
It felt so weird to watch the whole video without sound. I just checked the original and it definitly has sound.
Yea, he probably accidentally turned sound off before and didn't notice it yet or something else
@@Hendricus56 he didn't turn it off because he pronounced the river. He wouldn't know the river or at least the pronunciation
@@BlueFlash215 probably a copyright issue, I imagine the music playing in the background got striked by youtube so he had to mute the whole video :/
@@BlueFlash215 maybe he turned the sound recoreder off.. i mean he can hear it but it doesnt get recoreded
In Germany we have a fitting proverb for this: "Einmal mit Profis (arbeiten)" ("(working with) professionals - just one time" - mostly used to mock people who know better but made a mistake) ;)
this was weird to watch without any sound, but it makes me want to visit berlin again
Berlin is full of history - be it good or bad but please keep in mind that Berlin is actually a relatively young city in Germany: Cologne and Trier were roman settlement 2000 years ago my hometown is only a meager 1050 years old and Berlin was a swampy area back then..
Yeah - for a vacation guide video, at least the names of the places should be shown so you can plan your trip better. Nice pictures on their own aren't very useful.
@@hypatian9093 the original video has audio , seems Ryan did a mistake on the cut and missed the audio line
Maybe, he disabled the audio for copyright reasons
The sound is missing in your video
The thing were you ask "is this the mall place" is the german Reichstag, it's where the parlament of Germany is situated. The mall thing itself is the Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz.
I had to laugh out loud at that part
...I mean he isn't wrong, you just buy politicians there instead of food xD
Haha this was so funny when he asked if our government building is the mall. Made my day :) love your reaction.
To be fair, there aren't many buildings of that vintage and elaborate design over in the US. Yes, stuff like the White House are well designed, and with how much more we have over here, it wouldn't be weird that some of them turned into malls. A good example is Braunschweig, where they rebuild the castle and turned a substantial part of the new building into a mall.
@@HappyBeezerStudios yeah true. I didn't mean it in a negative way. Was just amused
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sergej to prop joe: 'in your country, supermarkets are the cathedrals'
The part where you like the Art on it is actually the Wall that once splitt Berlin in 2 halfs. It's like a memorial on it's own.
The part with the nice grafitties is called "The eastside gallery".
"The mall place" is actually "Sony Center" at Potsdamer Platz.
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Which is a boring place for tourists.
@@MrTuxracer It's a boring place for everyone. Like every place those tourist channels show. Berlin is great but not because of the Sony Center, boring churches, fragmented wall pieces or tourist scams like Checkpoint Charlie.
which is currently under reconstruction
ryan there´s no sound of the Expedia video
The pink tubes are sometimes blue. They're used to route water and other things over streets and crossings when there are longterm constructions ongoing. This way they don't need to lose roads to replace or restore underground piping. They also are used for temporary water supplies to construction sites
Cool, hätte ich jetzt auch als Deutscher nicht gewusst.
In Dresden, they are blue. They are used to drain ground water from construction sites, so the holes don't get flooded and the lowest parts of the construction don't float.
They can be removed as soon as the building is high enough to apply enough pressure.
In Dresden, the water is not just pumped into the Elbe but into a storage for cold water, providing eco-friendly cooling for hotels etc.
@@karllagerbier4688 Very interesting, thanks!
@@karllagerbier4688 Interesting. I've seen both in Berlin. It might be either just random colour or it actually means something. Around my home they had the pink ones with a hydrant connected to the end off-site
@@juweinert Maybe it really makes a difference, but my guess: the cheapest color available, just stop it corroding.
Is it supposed to have no sound in the featured video ? I only hear you, but no sound of the video you react to. Thanks.
Every time I had enough of all the bad news on UA-cam, your videos feel like an antidote.
The building with the cupola at 4:45 is the German Reichstag (Deutscher Reichstag) which is actually the German parliament building comprising the second chamber of parliament. Its members are elected by a nation wide general election every four years. It has been built in imperial times (second Reich) and became the seat of the first democratically elected German parliament during the Weimar republic era after WWI. After the reunification of east and west Germany it had to be modernized and renovated to become the seat of the Bundestag (2nd chb.o.parliament).
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@@joergkirchberger3979 echt?! Der berliner Zoo ist so groß?
In all the hustle and bustle of the world, it's nice to see that Berlin is such a place of silence (irony off).
The gate is Brandenburg gate. Which was the symbol of the division of Germany and became the symbol of the reunification of our people. It holds special significance for us.
Sadly the event is gone, because an very bad accident happened in another location but if you want an unbelievable view, look for old videos about the Loveparade in Berlin in the early 2000.
It was quite a view to experience, i planned to go to it one day but after the tragic that happened on the last event they shut down the event entirely, which is absolutely understandable but i think we may need such events today more than ever...
Huge techno parade. Unique.
The dark brown animal you saw in the zoo is a Okapi, literally a Rainforest Giraffe. It was only discovered by chance not so long ago. No Joke. I did voluntary guided tours in our Zoo in Stuttgart for many years. We have them too, and breed them so we can sustain the wilderness, in case of a emergency.
Elmar from Germany.
Okapis were a thing when i was a kid. they have been known in Europe for nearly 150 years. Sure that is a shorter time than other animals, but still, there is not a person around that remembers when it was discovered.
Zoos belong closed, and animals in the wild
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@@elmarwinkler6335 no, that person is right.
There is an area of suburban Berlin which is like Venice - houses fronting onto canals, people going around by boat, instead of car.
It's a while since I've been there but I think there's a street car line from downtown which will take you there.
I went to Berlin last October and really enjoyed it. Met my pen pal and got to practice German. So much history, art, and culture.
1:42 No, that's the "Spreebogen" (Spree bend) in the Regierungsviertel - the government district. The buildings on both sides belong to the Bundestag and are connected by bridges to one another and by a tunnel to the Reichstag building which houses the plenary hall. The Paul-Löbe-Haus on the left houses a central atrium which can be used as auxiliary assembly hall, some smaller meeting rooms, a restaurant and the offices for 275 members of parliament as well as administrative offices and central visitor support; the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus (MELH) at the right houses the parliamentary library, the archives, press offices, a secondary plenary hall and the offices of the Scientific Services. The MELH (named after Marie-Elisabeth Lüders, born 1878, women's rights activist, member of the Reichstag 1924-1930, member of the Bundestag 1953-1961, died 1966) was built on the place of the former Berlin Wall, and the bridges symbolize therefore also the reunification of Berlin.
6:48 An Okapi, a forest giraffe from Congo.
No, the fish tank has not been repaired. It will take a while, if they do it at all. Obviously the design needs improvement to avoid it bursting again. And also, the first one was made in the US, and then shipped to Berlin and installed, which took quite a while.
Welcome to my city.
Nice to see that you are not only interested in the "stereotypical Bavarian view" of Germany.
This video only shows a small area.
Berlin is so much bigger.
However, this is the part that is possibly the most interesting for tourists.
By the way,
Berlin has 2 "zoos".
1 zoo and 1 "animal park"
Because the city used to be divided by the wall (there were 2 separate countries) and both sides had a zoo.
@Ryan you should check out the "LOVEPARADE" from the early 2000s ^^
the "i want a whole video about this place"- place, was the Potsdamer Platz. It's the place were the Berlinale is, our version of the Oscars and that's where the big cinema premieres always take place.
Can confirm, the building with the glass dome on top is a mall place.
:-P
8:17 It's not Graffity! It's Art! That's the berlin Wall at the "East side gallery", but an investor take this part away.
Berlin is called the greenest city in Europe because there is so much nature there, such as trees, parks, etc. Visit Berlin.
I live in Poland but near the border so it is only 2 hours by car to Berlin. Tomorrow I go there just for kebap in Mustafa, it is the best :)
Hey Ryan, thank you for your video (even if it is without audio :P ). If you plan on doing a video about the zoo in Berlin, make sure to check out both zoos. Yes, we have two of those. The "Berlin Zoo" in former West Berlin, and the "Tierpark Berlin" (animal park) in former East Berlin. Both are incredible. The Zoo has the most species of any zoo in the world (afaik) and the Tierpark is the largest one in europe and the 9th biggest in the world.
it´s vice versa
@Jacob Michael No, it's not.
Two zoos and three opera houses.
Clean? NO! Neat? No! Berlin maybe not the niciest city in Germany. But, Berlin has it's very own charme, AND if you like history. There is no other city you need to see and visit. Ich liebe unsere Hauptstadt "Bärlin" ;)
The Video completely missed the city west which is essentielly one of the 3 city centers in Berlin but showed Reichstag and Brandenburg gate a million times.
Also Berlin first gets really exciting when leaving the inner city and going into the vibrant cultural hotspots.
What i want to say: This video covered only a tiny fraction of the city.
The pink tube is for water drainage from construction site. Berlin is a basin, so that a lot of underground water need to be drained.
I love how you are interested in my homecity. The art on the wall you looked at 8:30 is called East Side Gallery. In the early 90ies lots of artist from all over the world came over to Berlin to paint on the previously plain side of the wall (the Eastern side). It was planned only to be temporarely but then made a permanently art monument after protests against the removal.
Great video. Unfortunately, the sound of the video did not come through, so I watched the original video and then came back. It was fun to hear your reactions too. I so love Berlin. I was there when I was seventeen. This was before the Wall came down, the city was still divided then, but I saw the best of both sides of Berlin. I am so glad to see the "freedom" artwork on it now. I remember sitting at a sidewalk cafe right near the Kaiser Wilhelm Church. Everything felt so vibrant (At least in West Berlin.) and cosmopolitan feeling. But, the Museum was in the East, and I was never so enthralled by any museum before, or since. And seeing and remembering the Zoo, wow, just wow! I so pray that I can get to Berlin again. Would love to be able to live there. Thank you so much for this, Ryan. This made my heart absolutely sing. Peace
a very pure reaction. only hearing ryans sounds... :)
I'd recommend you a short documentary about the Berlin wall. It's always very interesting.
The big mall is called the "Sony-Center" and the building with the bubble on top is the "Reichstag" (Parliament)
The building you were so impressed with is the Sony Center. It's a Sony sponsored building complex located at the Potsdamer Platz. It has shops, restaurants, a cinema and Sony's HQ in Germany
Can not hear the sound of the Original video 😮
Lots of love and respect and greetings from me in Amsterdam the Netherlands
The centers of museums and collections are the Museum Island in Mitte, the Cultural Forum in Tiergarten and the museum centers in Dahlem and Charlottenburg. In total, there are over 175 museums and collections in Berlin.
I sometimes feel sad if people say Berlin is the worst city and worst place to live. I understand that you sometimes meet weird people on the street and it´s not everywhere and always clean. However most people only know the tourist Berlin, the city center and not the real. I believe Berlin is a wonderful city ´cause it has everything. There is something for everyone. City clubs, night life, lost Village like areas, a lot of green, parks and water. And there are so many different people and cultures. Nobody looks weird at you ´cause of you`re dressing or look. And I think the public transports are quite good. Sad that not everyone knows and understands that. Love, from Berlin ;)
It's certainly the worst administration of any German city. Nothing works, public service has nearly come to a standstill and road construction everywhere without anyone working there, in my neighborhood the BSR didn't clean the streets and sidewalks for three months and even the IRS doesn't work appropriately. And last not least an enormous housing shortage with rents rising like never before. Bad government.
But alright... for young people it has a lot to offer like clubs etc. And there still exist a few cheap restaurants.
I feel like Berlin is a bit hated only in germany whereas the city enjoys a great reputation almost everywhere else.
@@bunchofnumbers935 That is true. But only abroad they don’t know and/or are not affected by the disadvantages I mentioned.
2:07 it’s a “beautiful view” across to ….. the MUSEUM ISLAND 😃😅 .. as is also the very last scene.
Museum island is a small island on the river Spree in the middle of Berlin, where multiple museums are placed. So the name is very on the nose.
"Is that the mall place?" Ryan about the House of Representatives (Bundestag).. In all seriousness: You can visit the German Bundestag and walk in the dome, great view over Berlin!
The thing with the flashy roof is called the Sony Center 🤟🏼
The pink pipes drain water away or supply water . the ground water level is quiet high in Berlin - so once you dig some meters deep you have it : ground water !
to avoid flooding and too much concrete isolation the Berliners decided to do it in an easy way... just drain it away - and it costs less and you can remove easy after use when built over the ground .
2:37 That's the Sony Center, if you wanna look it up. PS that at 9:23 is the north western tip of Museums island!
Edit: you seem to have edited the video (no sound), so the time stamps are a little displaced, here are the right times: 2:35 and 9:28 .
"That thing" in the Zoo is an Okapi. It's a relativ of the Giraffes.
The place you kept asking about is the Potsdamer Platz.
Had to laugh :) The " Mall place" is the German Parliament aka the Bundestag and the colourful one with lots of people in is the Sony Center.
And the "crazy place" is the "new" Gedächtniskirche ( Memorial Church)a reminder of WW II as it stands next to the ruins of the real old one so to say.
Berlin is an amazing place,been there many times.
I like how Ryan called the building of our government a "mall" :D the "TVs" btw are a the inside of a memorial church that was built as a restoration project for the church next to it after WW2 when the Brits just loved that sweet sweet bombers
The PINK TUBES are used for CONSTRUCTION. If they either need to reroute the Waste or Water or WHATEVER, they are PINK or BLUE to just make them easily to spot in Case (since they are OVER THE GROUND, not like the TUBES they might REPAIR or replace, UNDER THE GROUND) there is an Issue. The Color also helps to find Leaks in case there might be any!
4:00 A unique clock. You can read all time zones at the same time and it's also a meeting point.
I would also like to mention the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. To quote John Williams: "Probably the best orchestra in the world."
Museum Island is a totally historical buildings site. The new buildings near to the center at the Spree river are all government buildings. Berlin as most german cities is a very green city with rivers, canals, parks, two major lake areas.The memorial which is builded like a maze for holocaust was erected on the ruins of the building and offices where the murder of the Jewish people was planned and directed from.After war Berlin was divided in four sectors. One was US. Checkpoint Charlie was a crossing point from US to Soviet Sector. Other sectors where French and British. Each sector had it's own airport. Three Westen sectors united in cold war times. The wall was builded around to hinder anyone from east germany (DDR) to enter. The inner - (Western)part was covered in graffity.
6:48 That "thing" is an okapi
Berlin History in a nutshell:
Berlin is the very old, around 12th century, founded as 2 twin cities Berlin and Kölln (not to be confused with Cologne, "Köln" with 1 "L", in the west of Germany) around the area of the Museum island by merchants, both cities became part of the "Hanseatic League" (an historical confederation of merchants) before they merged together and became the residence of the electors of Margraviate of Brandenburg in 15th century (Germany were a lot of small kingdoms, counties, with their own rulers), at the begin of the 18th the capital of Prussia under the Hohenzollern family (mostly united Germany) and 1871 as the capital of the German Empire (and an united Germany).
In 1912 it became the capital of the Weimar Republic and 1933 Nazi Germany. After WW2 in 1945 the city was split in 3 (British, US American and Sowjet) sectors and later in 4 sectors (as an additional French sector was created from the British and US American sectors) and with the 2 German states (FRG and GDR) Berlin was divided into West Berlin (former British, US American and French sectors) and East Berlin (Sowjet sector). East Berlin was the capital of the GDR and Bonn the capital of the FRG. West Berlin was completely surrounded by the GDR (and the Berlin wall) and defacto part of the FRG. 1989 the Berlin wall was opened and 1990 the GDR joined the FRG and Berlin became one city again, but with some "scars" that still can be seen nowadays.
Sometimes you can still feel a slight mental and cultural difference, a difference in food and see the difference in buildings between the 2 halves of the city. The former West Berlin has a lot more underground metro stations while the former East Berlin has more train and tram stations.
In most places the former Berlin wall has been torn down and replaced with brick markings on the streets. Some parts of the Berlin wall exists as memorials (like Bornholmer Str.) or as an open air art gallery, the East Side Gallery with its impressive graffiti artwork on the front part of the Berlin wall. The Berlin wall was actually not only one wall, it was 2 walls, the big front wall towards the West Berlin side, a 30-500m (100-1640 feet) long death zone with spring guns, trip wires, barb wire, barb wire fences, anti-tank obstacles, patrol ways and watchtowers and a smaller back wall at the latest revision, constantly monitored by guards and dogs.
The amount of people who died in the Berlin wall is unknown atm, but it's expected to be around 136-245 people died while they tried to flee from the GDR to West Berlin. A lot of people were imprisoned for trying to flee and mentally tortured by the former secret GDR police often called "Stasi". Unfortunately the crimes by the Stasi officers were not brought to court yet as a huge amount Stasi documents are still not fully reconstructed yet - they exists in a lot of huge bags filled with shredded small paper pieces. It's a still ongoing research, even over 30 years after the German reunification. Hopefully we will have a complete view on the things the Stasi did in the future.
The old Reichstag already had also a dome, but was largely destroyed in 1933 at the beginning of the Third Reich (Nazi Germany).
In 1995, the architect Foster presented the new dome. Visitors can look into the parliamentary chamber from above and light is directed into the hall through the mirrored funnel in the dome.
08:26
This is the West-Side Gallery, the former wall between East and West Berlin, but only a remnant of the wall and at the same time a memorial!
Somehow, the "mall" is the "Sony Center", with various stores. Cafe's, Cineplex, clothing boutiques etc. And the building on the river..the Spree, that is the Reichstag building, the seat of the political elite ^^ also called the Bundestag, the parliament and thus the legislative body of the Federal Republic of Germany
The „Mall“ under the blue dome is the Sony Centre.
The location at 2:38 is the Sony Center which looks kinda cool. It has an IMAX cinema (you can see the entry in the middle of the frame).
Berlin is the best City in the world 🥰
3:26 in the south west there is the Grunwald forest with the Wannsee lake and in the south east the Müggelberge, the mountains with forest and the lake Müggelsee.
6:47 "That thing" would be Okapi - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okapi - a "neckless" Giraffe straight from Miocene Period, a living fossil of sort. Although the rear part might resemble more zebra (then Giraffe) it has nothing in common with it.
Place you Wanna know its Potsdamer Platz
11:38
This aquarium "Aqua Dome" was the largest of its kind, it had over 1 million liters of water with 18 tons of salt, was 16 m high without the base, 25 m high with the base, 11.5 m in diameter and had 1500 fish. It will not be rebuilt!
If you want a sightseeing of Berlin, instead of booking one of these tour buses, just take a seat in the Ring Bahn. You’ll have a nice overview of Berlin and maybe meet some Germans who’ll explain stuff to you.
Also a fun activity is Ring Bahn saufen, you basically take a seat in tube and drink with friends and maybe sing.
Expectation: Berlin how you experience it ...... Reality: very small room in a tiny hotel in the 25th Floor of an Industrial Complex xD
"that gate" and "the mall place" especially the 2nd one was an interesting take on it that made me laugh a bit^^
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The most beautiful places are in the outer districts, where the people live.
If you want to visit Berlin you need more than 3 days to see the beauty and hidden gems most tourists didn't know.
3:53 this is the Sony Center at Potsdamer Platz
The first „glass mall“ is not a mall it is the Sony Center with bars and cinemas. The second „glass ball“ is the top of the Bundestag.
Heyho. The original Video has sound. I assume something went wrong with your recording?!
Lovley video anyways. Like always. Keep it up 😁👌
The place U said U should make a whole video about is called the "Sony center" it's pretty cool there
Berlín in a beautiful city. One of my favourites . And a note : after II World War, by Malta Treatment, Rusia was declared like winner of European War , they arrived first at Berlin and USA the winner of Pacific War. By there along a lot of years , several territories who’ve had liberty by Rusia was separated by this wall.
How?
Sorry dear, beautiful? Really? It certainly has beautiful parts but there are wide rather ugly neighborhoods. But whatever those exist in all big cities.
I'm thinking about your mall guess ... in fact beneath it there uses to be a lot of bargaining but politically. Those vistors look from above right inside the parliament. The glass construction symbolizes the open visibility of debates and policies to voters.
The building with the dome is the "Reichstag" the German Bundesregierung ( federal government ). The dome is walkable for the general public and you can look down to the politians' seats. The top of the dome has a 10m wide opening and you can see the sky. The modern building at the beginning of the clip is the "Kanzleramt" , home of the Bundeskanzler ( O. Scholz, in former times A. Merkel).
Btw: the broken fishtank was made in USA and delivered by ship . ( What caused the malfunction is not known exactly ).
Best regards from "Lübeck", a beautyful small city in northern Germany .
Expedia video is weird and even weirder without any explanation and it shows the parliament buildings and the Brandenburg Gate in numerous sequences and other sites are not shown at all! Yes, Berlin is a very green City with huge Parks but also many trees in the streets! Unlike other World capitals, the area around Berlin has no huge industry (apart from Tesla) or other huge cities so there is plenty of forests, lakes and nature around it. The "Mall" you see in the beginning is a building at Potsdamer Platz, built by Sony therefore the "tent" construction you see from the insite is a kind of Replica of the Fuijama from the outside.
BTW: You see those pink ( and also blue) tubes all over Berlin where new buildings are built up, they transport the ground water away from the construction site.
But it looks like a big public Art Installation and I love them 😄
5:18 it is a memorial! The Holocaust memorial. If you find it chilling, it does it's Job perfectly.
Yes, its the "Schloss Bellevue" (Castle Bellevue). I'm so sad, that the sound doesn't work 😢..hope you will try it again and show us and all other Viewers around the World, how BEAUTIFUL my Hometown BERLIN is 😊. We have so much public Places (Treptower Park, Parkaue, Mauerpark f.ex.) where you can sit with family and friends, play Frisbee, Tischtennis ( Table Tennis.. I don't know if this is the right name for it?) hear music, sittin near by the Spree..and often, after view minutes, you may have an interessting coversation with other people or find new friends/another family you like.
I really hope, you and your little family wanna visit Germany, especilly Berlin (not only the Oktoberfest, we "BERLINER" also have great Bier and tasty delicious food, I know what I'm talking about😅😊) because we're open hearted, colorfull, "haben das Herz auf der Zunge" (have our heart on the tongue) and so much more.
P.S. many People / Tourist also international Stars visit Berlin, because they all wanna dance in our absolut great Discos in Town. Actually Techno of course, because if you stay there, the bass, the vibes, all the vibration came into your body and EVERYBODY (thats my experiences) feel free, happy and anjoy their feelings together.
BUT..we also have Discos/Bars with any other typ of music, so that all people can hear their favourite music or music that's not too loud to have an conversation.
So yeah, that are some of my oppiniones, hope you could understand my bad english and maybe, if you want to, let me/us know about your next steps in nearest future to visit Germany. Wish you and your little family a fantastic day
Ryan, the part with the Museum Island in Berlin starts at 9:28 in the video
All the comments try to explain what he is seeing and what he is wrong about instead I'm sitting here, giggling about the sound of the chair and him trying to pronounce the words he is hearing.
Berlin has so much to offer and they show the most boring things like the Reichstag, the Brandenburg Gate and some random trees like 200 times lol
9:28 The round building between the two rivers is Pergamon museum which lies on museum island, as far as I know. Haven't been there for a while. Pergamon museum hosts the blue Ishtar gate from Babylon that you could see earlier in the video. This museum is very interesting to visit, especially if you know Bible history.
And the gate you saw several times is Brandenburg gate which divided the East and West of Berlin.
No, the round one is the Bodemuseum, Pergamonmuseum is behind that one. It contains sculpture, coins and medals, and Byzantine art. That is from where they stole the 100kg gold coin a few years ago.
@Moe M. Thanks for clearing that up! Now I remember. :)
The domed building with people walking up and down is the Reichstag, the building of parliament which is called Bundestag. The "mall" is called Potsdamer Platz and has a fascinating history.
The place with the graffiti is the East Side Gallery, a place where they conserve a part of the Wall that separated Berlin at the time of the Cold War.
There should be explanations in the video... but Berlin is a great city. I lived there for a number of years and go to visit regularly.
Hey :) What you thought was the mall is the German Bundestag. "The Mall" is the Sony Center in Berlin
Berlin is so damn beautiful and ugly at the same time!
I lived there and I loved it because I lived near the "Schloss Charlottenburg" and everything in that area to me was so beautiful, but if I had lived in "Berlin-Marzahn" I wouldnt have liked it at all.
I think you should react to Dresden next time. Its the most beautiful city in Germany 😍☺️
My Hometown💯❤ great knowledge of my Town great
Wären noch deutlich mehr Berlin-Videos möglich und häufiger/regelmäßiger?:)
Minute 4:35 with the Glas dome in which you can walk upwards is the Reichstag-building of Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag
Maybe it's the KDW in Berlin. This is a kind of shopping arena where fresh goods are flown in.
I would LOVE to see a react video about Dresden! :)
perhaps with some sound then :D
But thanks for your videos! They are really entertaining!
When you visit Berlin it's beautiful, and you can enjoy doing so many things. But I wouldn't like to live there, to be honest...
But it's just 2 hours from me ( just like Hamburg). So I could go there if I want.
There are a few places like Venice in Germany, but I'd say really more comparable to "mini Amsterdam" except you speak German instead of Dutch.
I think my favourite is Papenburg (Google Papenburg) where for a couple of dollars I caught a local bus and made a circular tour round the town canals, stopping at canalside cottages and windmills to pick up the locals going to the shops.
Don't forget, in Europe when you go a bit "off the well beaten tourist tracks" you will need to speak a bit of the local language, lest you find yourself resigned to sleeping in a field with the local cows!!!
I love how this video isn't even close to showing Berlin as you see it when you're actually there
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Yeah you are right, if you are in Berlin you realise rather quickly that you don't want to be there another time :D
@@kuessebrama not what I meant. I do like visiting berlin a lot, it's just very different than it was depicted here. less focus on old architecture, more the relaxed berlin lifestyle. well, that and the occasional hobo screaming at you for no reason
@@kuessebrama i dont think we are talking about the same thing xD
3:57 That's the "Sony-Center" at the "Potsdammer-Platz". You ask twice. Before it was filmed by night an in that scene by day.
Potsdamer Platz
I wish you the ability of visiting Berlin. Do it on foot, as much as possible. Then on public transit. Once you’ve done this, the Expedia photos will make much more sense. I have visited Berlin half a dozen times and always want to go back another time to see the changes. Even better, try staying a one of their hostels where you’ll enjoy the opinions of fellow visitors.
Thats interesting watching the video with no sound :)