We Never Expected Northern Germany to be Like this!! | Underground, Under-Rated & Unbelievable.
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- Europe's FIRST tunnel under a river? Spooky crypts under Hauptkirche St. Michaelis in Hamburg? What about Germany's 600 year old wine cellar under a UNESCO World Heritage Site? Come along with us as we take you to some of Northern Germany's highlights in the most unexpected places.
Living in the Southern Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, we are used to half-timbered houses, rolling landscapes, wines from the Alsace and Kaiserstuhl. But on our trip to Hamburg, Bremen, and Ostfriesland - we were in for a VERY unexpected and unbelievable adventure.
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Episode 66 | #hamburg #ostfriesland #germany in Hamburg, Bremen & Ostfriesland, Germany | Filmed June 1st - June 9th, 2022
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00:00 Intro
01:08 Exploring the Crypts of St. Michael's Church in Hamburg
03:40 Hamburg's Best Kept Secret: the Alte Elbe Tunnel (Old Elbe Tunnel)
06:28 Investing in our Language Learning with Speaking German
08:57 Bremer Ratskeller - Germany's LARGEST Collection of German Wine
12:34 Bremen Marktplatz - UNESCO World Heritage Site
13:45 Bremen's Cutest Neighborhood: Schnoor Viertel (Schnoor Quarter)
15:39 EPIC AirBnB Tour: Historic Architecture of Northern Germany (Ostfriesland House)
19:51 What are your summer plans?
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Many northern Germans will be pleased that, unlike many other expats, you presented northern Germany in more detail during your trip. I also learned something as a local.
Awe that's really kind. We saw SO many great things in the area, it was kind of difficult to put it all together in a single video. But we loved our time there and hope to come back soon.
Ja, das freut mich auch.
As a North German, I am pleased that you enjoyed your stay in North Germany.
Maybe you can also give other (former) Americans living in Germany a tip that Germany does not only and not exclusively consist of the federal states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg 😅
Another advantage of northern Germany is that everyone can understand our language. Of course only if you have learned the German language :)
Or Berlin. 😂
I mean boring provincial Bavaria and Bawü are not really the place to be for young expats and I say this as someone who grew up there. I think the bulk of them live in Berlin. There's so many of them sometimes it feels like English is the 2nd official language here since all the non-Anglo expats also communicate in English for the most part.
I would recommend the "Ostfriesischen Inseln" for a trip. There is a different vibe to the Nordsee Küste (north sea coast) - because there is a tide, some time you have water or watt. And in the islands there is a bit sand beach.
When you're child is older i would recommend a bicycle tour in the "Alten Land" - north of Hamburg: canals, apple plantages and old farm houses - a little bit of a Dutch vibe.
At the "Ostsee Küste" i would also recommend the islands - Hiddensee for small children, without any traffic and long sand beaches (and very shallow water at first). Rügen, Darß and Usedom are also really nice - they have more small, a little bit tourist city's, where there is always something to do. But also nice nature of the beaten paths. Stralsund is a good starting point and has many interesting museums. And if you got the money - you can rent a private sailing tour at almost any harbor.
Be grateful that you have your cool infrastructure, unlike the united states with its endless malls which is boring for a city.
Next time you travel to northern germany, I can recommend visiting Lübeck with its rich medieval merchant history as capital of the Hanseatic League. Also, its whole city center is a UNESCO world heritage site.
unbedingt !
And the Marzipan is sooo gooood…
Schiffergesellschaft!
I was in Lübeck and „es lasst mich nicht los“…! Such a fantastic city, absolutely unique and breathtakingly beautiful.
@@MrCherrystone das Gebäude ist ein Traum!
For sure, the northern parts of Germany are massively underrated! Especially the north-eastern parts like Mecklenburg with the Mecklenburger Seenplatte, a vast arrange of lakes, ponds and seas, all connected through rivers or canals. The island of Rügen and the peninsula of Usedom are well known and very touristy in summer.
But even the middle part of Germany, the Harz region with some UNECSO World-Heritages like Quedlinburg, Goslar, northern Thuringia with the Erfurt flats and Weimar. The cities of Osnabrück and Münster (Treaty of Westphalia). All in all the northern parts of Germany is so varied from the coastal regions to the midgerman low mountain ranges that you need more than a lifetime to visit only the main attractions.
If you like very good wine from the Pfalz region, try to visit the Winery Bäder in the town of Wendelsheim.
My plans for vacation this summer: 10 days by car in the Provence and Côte d'Azure.
Just expect *a lot* of dead spruce trees in the Harz.
Dont forget Wittenberg, where a guy called Martin Luther founded a new branch of the cristian church.
This is such a pleasant surprise to see American expats exploring the Northern part of Germany, even some rural areas. I was born and raised in East Frisia. And the saying is true: "There's no place like home.".
They're immigrants though, not "expats".
@@greenknitter In their bio they use the word expats. Even if they're decided to make Germany their home they are still U.S. citizens living abroad for the time being.
Aye. Ich bin zwischen Oldenburg (Geburtsort) und Hamburg hin und her gerissen. Hamburg ist und bleibt die schönste Stadt der Welt aber wie du es sagtest, there is no place like home
My husband and I spent 7 weeks in Europe this summer, starting with 2 weeks in western Norway. On to a week in Hamburg, seeing all that you visited and more, being with family.
On to Duesseldorf and down to the Blackforest. Then to Italy, ending in Oberamagau for the Passion Play.
What is your point?
if you ever come back to the north, I can highly recommend the Museumsdorf Cloppenburg. It's an openair museum that has quite a number of traditional buildings from all over northern germany, and showcases what life in rural northern germany was "back then". So if you are interested in architecture and what life for your ancestors must have been like, that Museumsdorf is the place to go.
That sounds wonderful, thank you for sharing this tip.
And if you come more north to Schleswig-Holstein you can visit Molfsee Freilichtmuseum which is a collection of historical houses which can be visited from inside and outside...
@@DeCSSData I was in something similar on Föhr, so thank you, I‘ve also made a note of your tip, I love these places.
@@LaureninGermany From Föhr this can only be very small amount of houses or even only one house? I don't know that place. Molfsee is the biggest Place I know with lots and lots oft Houses which are all collected in original from various places out of the north and where you can see the inside of most of them.
@@DeCSSData there is a kind of Museumgarten with some buildings and the oldest house on Föhr, one of the oldest in North Germany on it. I have made a video, if you would like to see. (There are two, it’s the one with the picture of the cottage on it.
Northern Germany was influenced by many cultures. Bremen was Hansestadt, Altona(part of Hamburg) was Danish and Stade was Swedish througwar and trade
Thatched roofs normally need to be replaced every 50 years roundabout. This means the house has had its roof replaced a lot over time. Yet, it's still the same technique, so it's just as much an original as the first one put up.
Back in the late 90's cars were still allowed in the old tunnel and I drove though several times. I remember my Saab 900 barely fitting in between the curbs, so in theory I could let go of the wheel in there.
This tunnel was designed with horse carriages in mind.
Hamburg actually used to have a law that no building could be taller than the churches, which was eventually reduced to requiring special permission.
Which is still odd because usually southern Germany, especially Bavaria, is the "churchy" area.
For me the most underrated city in Germany is Schwerin, the capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Not only that it has the most stunning Landtag, situated in a lovely castle on an Island, its fresh atmosphere and beautiful most newly renovated streets, houses and places make you feel fresh yourself. It is surrounded from lakes, old forests, beautiful little villages and alleys, and the shore of the baltic see ist not more than about 25km away. Was there recently for the first time and so surprised from its beauty.
As a resident of Bremen and child of the city, I actually did also think Freiburg looked somewhat similar when I visited the city. Also, the whole "Bremen is small" thing is pretty accurate, my parents always joked that it's basically a village with a tram.
I think one of the most interesting things about Germany is, that there are so many different styles and traditions within a rather small area. Most of the traditions will probably be best preserved in the rural regions, while the architecture is also found in the old cities. So, if you want to explore all that Germany can offer to this respect, you will never run out of places to visit :)
1000000% agreed. There really is so much to see.
I would recommend visiting the most northern City in germany. Flensburg. It has nice architecture strongly influenced by Danish culture.
cries in Punkte in Flensburg
@@edithputhy4948 Haha ich war selber mal beim Kraftfahrtbundesamt als Praktikant xD
Da werd ich bald für ein paar Jahre wohnen
How could I miss this?! You passed my hometown...you passed the apple plantations and they look so beautiful in the sunlight. I really enjoyed this video. "Finally" someone from the south of Germany saw how wonderful the northern part can be and enjoyed it. Thank you! 🍎
Thank you for watching! There was a lot we could have done and we hope to get back again soon to continue exploring. :)
On the way from the Black Forest to the north, there is the Harz Mountains in southern Lower Saxony. Here you will find beautiful towns and villages. Some of them are over 1000 years old. Historic places like Göttingen, Einbeck, from there comes the first Bock beer ( Einpöckisch beer) Goslar with the imperial palace and many other historic sites. For those interested in technology, the Technical University ( Formerly Mining Academy) Clausthal-Zellerfeld and the mining museums in the Harz Mountains. The Harz " Water Regal" for the disposal of mine water, or for the operation of the water art underground.
Oh yes, I second that! If you go to the Harz, you must also go to see Quedlinburg, a city with a very large number of timber-framed houses and a rich history starting in the early 10th century. It is part of the UNESCO world cultural heritage.
Ah thank you so much for the great recommendations! There really is SO MUCH to see, I don't think we will ever run out of places to visit.
There are actually still alot of reed roofs in northern Germany. You will normally change the whole thatching every other decade. It is becoming more popular again because it uses reusable and regrowable materials
For a really secret tip (as in most Germans don't even know it), I recommend Ostwestfalen, especially Lippe.
My wife calls it "postcard Germany".
The old capital of the pricipality of Lippe is Detmold, a very nice old town. They have a massive open-air museum with old houses from all over Westfalen that were disasembled at their original location and then put back together at the site if the museum.
The Hermannsdenkmal is next to Detmold, as are the Externsteine.
Lemgo is another nice old town, actually one of the first old city-centres in Germany where they put a heavy emphasis on historic restoration, instead of just pulling down the old buildings.
They have a museum dedicated to a local artist who was a tad bit mad (the Junkerhaus).
There are several spa towns around.
The town of Lage has a museum about brickmaking that puts a heavy focus on the lippish brickmakers, migratory workers who wandered as far as the Netherlands to ply their trade, as late as the early 20th century (Lippe used to be very poor).
You can take a day-trip to the city that does not exist (Bielefeld).
Or to Hameln (the town of the pied piper) and Bodenwerder (the home of Baron von Münchhausen).
And there is a lot of pleasant hiking that can be done, especially on the Teutoburger Wald.
The best time to go is in late May/early June, when the rapeseed is in bloom.
The scenery might not be particularly spectacular, but it is very pleasant. Rolling hills, small forests, fields.
While there is public transport, a car might come in handy.
Absolutely. And if you are there, you might also visit Paderborn with it‘s cathedral and the shortest river in Germany (unfortunately, the park where the source was located, was destroyed in the recent Tornado, so it is not as beautiful as it used to be). Paderborn also has the biggest computer museum in the world which does not only cover modern IT, but all aspects of information processing starting with the first writing systems.
Great suggestions! Thanks so much for sharing.
As living in Detmold, I suggest to borrow an E-Bike at the railway station and explore Lippe (which is not Ostwestfalen!) by bicycle. Ditch the car; you wouldn't see half of the interesting things you could. Also, there are some bicycle paths around here, so it's okay to cycle.
Nice, thanks for taking us along. Always a pleasure.
We have cultural differnces in the same area a lot. Back in the day, Germany was a mess of hundreds little kingdoms, dukedoms and free citys.
You drive two hours in the US and not much has changed, probably. You drive two hours here and the dialect changes twice and potato bread has a different name now. 😄
I love that you guys are trying to discover and explore other regions and cultures of Germany. ❤ Germany is so varied. It's pretty annoying that so many people in the US think, that Germany consists only of Bavaria and Oktoberfest and Schnitzel and Bratwurst.
There is SO much to discover in Germany and we are constantly being surprised by the new landscapes and cultures. Really a treasure to be a visitor in these new (to us) places.
Maybe you also want to visit the Ostsee coast of Germany ( Mecklenburg Vorpommern) including the islands of Usedom and Rügen, its where a lot of people spend their summer holidays
That was probably one of the most atypical travel documentaries I've seen.
Lots of new "things" from a whole new perspective.
Many thanks from someone who was born in Bremen. 👍
Ah wow that is such a compliment coming from a local. Thank you so, so much.
You definitely have a special style of making travel-video's, focussing on the experience and less on the "look at this or that". I loved the video! Please make more of them in future. You've had a wonderful time there and it shows.
Thank you, this means a lot to us! We certainly enjoy our 'sit down' fact based videos, but we love traveling. We will continue with a mix of both and try to continue a more 'unique' way to handle the travel videos.
I lived from the end of 1933 until end of June 1957 in Germany and had the experience of world war 2 in Germany. From fall of 1946 to middle of 1957 I lived in Hamburg, thereafter I moved to the USA, but I visited Germany frequently to visit my friends and relatives. I was born in Schlesien.
Lübeck is a definite must. A lovely town with a lot of restored half-timbered houses is Stade, down the river from Hamburg. A similarly restored city is Einbeck in the Harz Mountains.
My summer plans are for a long weekend and two performances in Bayreuth and 10 days in London at the end of August (the Proms). I may possibly take side trips to Salisbury and Oxford. We‘ll see.
Many others have recommended Lübeck that now I am REALLY looking forward to our next visit. Your vacation sounds like a TON of fun!
Both Lübeck and Stade are only roughly 1 hour by train from Hamburg central station by commuter train.
You should definetly consider visiting the Baltic sea. I can highly recommend Warnemünde or one of the beautiful Islands. I would recommend Rügen and Usedom 😊👍🏼
I second that, we just returned from a 1week vacation to Zinnowitz/Usedom and it was fantastic!
If you visit Rostock/Warnemünde and want a less touristy beach take the little ferry over to Hohe Düne. Also try the Mollie Bäderbahn from Bad Doberan to Kühlungsborn.
I served in the US Army and I was stationed near Bremen for 27 months. I took the train into Bremen many times and so I got to know the area around the Hauptbahnhof. So I have a special interest in this video. Thanks!
I highly recommend a trip to Rügen or to Fischland 😊 Beautiful architecture and nature, lots of family friendly beaches as well as some awesome bike trails!
As you got this amazing RBNB - I want to mention some different views:
- the living room you showed was often "the fine room" that was only dedicated to special times. During the week (and with dirty working clothes) that room was locked up. At least here in the area.
- those old times look very fancy nowadays - BUT in those former times live was not nice. Please keep in mind that migrating to America was a difficult, expensive and threatening decision! There was hunger, inequity, no work, no future to many people.
- those beds in the room seem short. I was told, people slept in some kind of more sitting position - since tuberculosis was all around and laying flat was not good for lungs ventilation.
Man, I am having some serious emotions watching this. My wife and I were supposed to go to Hamburg this summer but couldn't since we got pretty sick just a week before our flight. Hoping to finally go next year!
Bremen Guy here😊✌🏼
I really like your Impressions of my beautiful Home-Town👍
Next time, if you are going to visit Bremen, send me a message and I am going to tell you the best spots to visit for you from a local point of view😊
All the best
Especially when I see your Air BnB I have to recommend to you "Museumsdorf Cloppenburg". It's an complete northern german historic village basically showing how it was to live here during the time your ancestors left. All original houses that were transported there, 100% authentic, furnished like back in the day, with all the old "smells" and wonderfully explained.
I know Cloppenburg isn't in Ostfriesland directly, but it's quite similar and they also have houses in that village that originally stood in Ostfriesland. Museumsdorf Cloppenburg is mind-blowing, you gotta visit it some day.
By the way, great video :)
Oh that sounds really, really cool! Sounds a lot like the Black Forest Open Air Museum. We plan on visiting it some day when Jack is old enough to participate in some of the kids activities. I think they even let the little ones participate in trades, crafts and cooking, if I'm not mistaken.
@@TypeAshton Wenn Ihr wirklich nach Cloppenburg kommt, dann seit Ihr hiermit recht herzlich auf einen Kaffee eingeladen, kurz vorher eine Mail schreiben.
@@TypeAshton do you mean the Vogtsbauernhof? Very nice an worth to visit, but not on weekends and in high season.
Or Museumsdorf Hösseringen. Not Ostfriesland obviously.
@@Guidoqq Yes! This one exactly.
I live in Schleswig-Holstein and have never been able to understand the fascination that Americans and other foreigners have for southern Germany. In addition, I always find it an insult when I'm abroad and people always say: "Oktoberfest is super great.". Sorry, the Oktoberfest is such an annoying event that most Bavarians don't even know what the background is.
I prefer to stay in the north, in the land between the seas, where I can develop my thoughts and imagination freely and there are no mountains to stop that.
Thank you! My thoughts exactly. Prefer the North over Bayern every time!
Hhmm, every region has its pros and cons. For myself I love to be suprised and there is nothing to surprise me when I can see almost to the Horizon and that does also happen in certain areas in Bavaria, just flat…
Enjoy variety
Just my thoughts, from a Mid-Germany low mountain range.
I am born and grew up in the Vier und Marschlande Hamburg. I love it still. It is my original home. I live since 1984 in South Germany and love it here as well. Differnt but very beautifull. Be more open minded. ;-)
In 1980 I was stationed in Bremen for three months for non-commissioned officer training. An instructor showed us the sights of the city. At that time I was also in Bremerhaven and learned a lot about the emigrants. Unfortunately, I haven't been to Bremen since that time. But I will change that. Thank you for your wonderful UA-cam channel.
Your dedication to science - and sacrifice in the name of human knowledge - is truly touching! :)
PS. Jack seems to have the profound knowledge of what a select winery should include!
Im from Bremen, always cool to see that the city gets appreciated by others :)
Meine Kindheit ist wieder da, Aurich, Leer, Emden, Ostfriesland, Oldenburg Ammerland, Papenburg Emsland, Bremerhavn, Niedersachsen... Btremen!! ♥♥♥ Best greetings from Hamburg ^^°^^
I like the architecture of Northwestern Germany, it gives me some Dutch-Danish vibes. I live in Northeastern Germany, however it is nice how cities and buildings differentiates in each region
Since you mentioned the UNESCO World heritage in Bremen and have a special appreciation for all things architecture, you might want to check out one of the largest UNESCO World Heritage sites by area in Quedlinburg in the Harz region for one of your next trips north.
Just googled this and we will definitely add it to our list! Thanks for the recommendation!
My mom was born in Reepsholt, Friedeburg. My Opa and Oma had a bakery. She said their house had a thatched roof and when she was a very little it caught fire.
For me, as an german, you already showed me alot of places in germany, that i did not know yet. Even in locations, i visited often. Please proceed with filling my bucket list places to visit in germany. Thanks alot for your great and informal videos. This year, we visited pfälzer Wald during Pfingsten. Will go to Sizilien summer, and Hamburg autum.
Great comment, but Sicily in summer and Hamburg in fall - the former may be too hot and the latter too cold - why not the other way around? Sicily will still be warm in fall.
Ich würde dir Hamburg nicht im Herbst empfehlen außer du willste ne ordentliche Portion Hamburger Schietwetter haben :D
Du verstehst den (offensichtlich überzogenen) Ausspruch Hamburg sei die schönste Stadt der Welt nur im Sommer :D Im Herbst und Winter willst du nicht hier her kommen außer du magst es so richtig durchgepustet zu werden (zumal es ja anscheinend Gasrationierung geben wird o.o)
Wow,you showed something very unique! Thank you. I had lived in Hamburg for 10 years.
Greetings also from Großefehn.As far als I know I am the only Kiwi living in Landkreis Aurich and have been living here in Ostfriesland for 32 years now. My wife from Aurich and I got married in London but had a second Hochzeit in Aurich. We hired a similar house but much bigger to the Airbnb that you stayed in .
We slept in identical beds with the cupboard Doors which are called butzenbetten here in Ostfriesland. The house where we now live we bought as a ruin which hadnt been lived in for about 20 years and consisted of one room ,kitchen and the barn...No running water! I rebuilt it with an old bricklayer over many years ,even tearing down an old Farm house to get enough bricks to rebuild the front of the house. The windows I made my self in the old way with the window opening outwards. Anyway I loved the Video ...north Germany certainly is great and if you want to know what the german word ... gemütlich..means ,just come to Ostfriesland .
German immigrant to the US, living in Philly for 20+ years, spending two weeks of summer vacation in Kent, CT with another family from Manhattan that have roots here. They are originally from Sweden and India, but by now, we all learned that we are from earth, hopefully going to mars and beyond.
Have you been up the to Ostseekueste yet? That is a very clean and charming area. Hansestadt Wismar is a small city that was part of the Hanseatic League back in the day and its Wasserturm in the old city center has UNESCO World Heritage status. Rostock is nice too and Schwerin has the very special Schweriner Schloss. I also suggest checking out Stralsund for its historic architecture and Insel Ruegen is gorgeous too. Check out Binz with its lovely promenade and Jasmund National Park for its beautiful forests snd chalk cliffs. Happy Traveling!
OMG… love this! As a fellow East Frisian/German-American… thank you!! I have been visiting East Frisia/Ostfreesland/Ostfriesland for years, have relatives and friends there, have brought my kids there (and to Bremen and Hamburg). Thank you for covering some Northern German areas.
Incidentally I speak East Frisian Low German in addition to German. This is great to see someone covering East Frisia. My wife (who sadly passed away a few years ago) also has relatives there whom I know. I plan to move there in a few years when my youngest is in or out of college. For now, I travel to Germany 2 or 3 times a year. I have traveled extensively in Northern Germany and would love to share some of my experiences with you! I am loving your videos!! Congrats on the house!!
That AirBnb was really nice, good choice! The fact that germany unified so late (1871) has a lot to do with how different cities or regions can be so different (or the other way around similar with regions in neighbouring countries) even if they are pretty close by. Of course WW2 also has a lot to do with how cities have developed (sadly). I mean the mix of modern and old can be very nice but when I see old footage before the war I always wonder how amazing it would look today. Im pretty sure that the "rush" to rebuild this country really made a lot of cities look much more similar as it would be otherwise!
I enjoyed this video! Thumbs up and greetings!
It nice following your channel since you are from Missouri and I am in Kansas close to the Missouri border. I have been trying to learn about Germany 🇩🇪 and you said you were living near Forbach Germany. If you happen to ever get a Newspaper from Forbach Germany I would gladly pay you for it.
I enjoyed this video about the tunnel that was cool.
Thanks, Lawrence Forbach
I really love the honest enthusiasm and joy the two of you always display! Greetings from Bremen - happy to see that you enjoyed your time with us here on the river Weser…😊
Just some kilometers up north you could have visited Luebeck with it's Holstentor and great churches. Not to forget the Marzipan and rounding the city by boat.
SO many have mentioned this city that I think we pretty much HAVE to go visit. It sounds so lovely! ❤️
Thank you for my Sunday treat , Ashton and Jonathan, accompanied by my first mug of tea your beautiful and interesting videos are normally the first thing I enjoy on a Sunday. I love how you guys often go off the beaten path to experience awesome things like in this case the Krypta underneath the Michel or the old Elbtunnel. I remember driving through the old tunnel with my parents when I was a child . I participated in a couple concerts in the Michel as member of a choir but I didn't even know about the Krypt - living only 63 km from Hamburg in Lübeck.
The Schnoor in Bremen looks quite similar to the Altstadt of Lübeck but that is not surprising because both cities belong to the old 'Hanse', a medieval guild of merchants, so that the towns their sea trade was situated at prospered more or less around the same time in history.
Your B&B must have been the home of a rich farmer. Back then they had their living space and stables in the same building to keep each other warm and from the size of that game room the farmer must have owned quite a lot of cattle.
Have you wondered why the Alkoven beds are so short ? Well, not only were people shorter back then but they also slept almost sitting upright. You will find the same kind of interior 'design' in houses on the Frisian islands when you come back.
I have no plans for the summer other than enjoy the good weather and maybe jump in one of the small lakes in my area because I live where people travel to spend their vacation on the Baltic Sea and the 'Ostseebäder' ( resorts along the Baltic Sea) will be packed soon.
That's one of the advantages of being retired, you don't have to travel when everybody else does.
My daughter and her family who live in northern Norway will travel to Portugal though after living through 8 months of snow.
Stimmt, ich habe gehört dass die Menschen nicht liegend schlafen wollten, da nur die Toten flach auf dem Bett oder Boden lagen. Um nicht "aus Versehen" im Schlaf zu sterben, schliefen sie lieber sitzend... ( so ungefähr muss das gewesen sein...)
@@V2HRT Ach, dieses Detail wusste ich nicht, die Armen!
Lübeck is absolutely wonderful and you are so right about the similarities. Yet, Lübeck is still unique and unmistakable… I fell in love with it at first sight.
As always, thank you for the nice comment. 😊😊
We had no idea why the beds were so short, we just assumed they were rooms for children to sleep in. Super interesting though, thank you for sharing!
Lübeck has been recommended by so many people in the comments of this video, clearly we need to get up there as soon as possible.
Enjoy your time at the lakes!
@@TypeAshton thank you, I will ! :)
*Bremen* , including its immediate surroundings, is the place where the best and most melodious German is spoken; which is the reason why international corporations like British Airways operate call centers for their German-speaking customers in or near the city.
As always, you made my sunday. Great video. Thank you very much.
Thanks so much!
Hi Ashton, Jonathan and Jack!
First of all I want to tell you how much I’m enjoying your videos and your contend.
I highly recommend the islands at the ostfrisian coast for your next trip to northern Germany. Each island has its own unique style und character. My personal favourite is Norderney. I‘m really looking forward to my next visit in about 3 weeks.
Your videos are the best, bar none. Thanks!
Really enjoyed your videos about Northern Germany. Next time, when we are going back home to visit Germany, I need to take my wife to Hamburg and Bremen. I am from Nuernberg and Bremen is one of my favorite cities in Germany. Have you guys visited Nuernberg yet?
Thanks for sharing very informative content very educational too
Thanks for watching!
Great to see a video of northern Germany for once (and also not just Hamburg). If you want to visit really far north, Flensburg can be a worthwhile visit as it is really close to the danish border. Or the castle in Schwerin is really cool. Or Lübeck. Or well, enough other places too 🙂
Just saw the thumbnail and was like "hold up, that can't be Bagband's old windhill, right?" then i watched the video and you totally visited Bagband & (Ost-)Großefehn, so it really is THE windmill, how small the world is! Follow citizen from Aurich.
Hey that's awesome! YES we LOVED visiting this area. Really something special and extremely beautiful.
Great video as always!
In order to answer your question: my summer is probably mainly filled with renewing my house. Maybe I can make it to Freiburg for a few days as almost every year and / or visiting my son in Hamburg. But for fall I booked a short trip to Greece (just relaxing around Chalkidiki for a week) and a few weeks later a trip to your homeland. We wanna see the Niagara Falls, New England, NYC and a bit south of that, until Maryland. We are already very excited!
That house is truly lovely!
A really fine series of videos, and about the otherwise seldom shown northern part of germany. I think you already filmed Cologne, thats also very nice. And whats also very interesting is the Ruhr Area, the biggest builtup area in Germany, maybe in northern Europe, with cities over 80 km wide from Düsseldorf to Dortmund. And much greener than anyone would expect. start with exploring the old Mine in Essen, the Zeche Zollverein, a world heritage. :)
Wieder ein ganz wunderbar präsentiertes Video! 👏🏻 Wir werden unseren Urlaub auf Fehmarn 🏖 in einer Ferienwohnung verbringen und die Fahrräder mitnehmen. 🚲
Das klingt alles toll und ein Urlaub, den wir auch genießen würden.
The architecture of Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck, Stockholm, Riga, Amsterdam, Bruges and hundredth of other cities is shaped by the Hanseatic League, which has founded many cities in the medieval times or have shaped through their trading accounts, their power and their wealth for many centuries. You often recognize it by their similar architecture!
You made🎉me learn more about my own country!!! 😂👍
As long as you expect rain and beeing cold you are always right😂
Wie schön 🙂! You were in the treasury of Bremen and have also cost what - of course not the priceless juice the Bremer Ratsherren would also never give out...haha. Was again really great class your video.
19:38 we call the beans up there "updrögt Bohnen". My favourite ostfrisian island is "Spiekeroog" it is very romantic
Good morning ☀️
I think it's so beautiful and I'm so happy that you set out to discover northern Germany, to find parts of your family there and then to spend time there. The northern federal states of Schleswig Holstein, Lower Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have so much to offer, there are many beautiful places to discover. There is a very beautiful nature and quite a different attitude to life than in the south.
On trips like this, you realize how different Germany can actually be.
Have wonderful Sunday and nice week ☺️
Our trip up north has shown us the diversity of Germany. We hope to do more trips like this to continue to learn more and help create content to teach others. Maybe some Americans will see and know there's more than just Munich.
@@TypeAshton Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt 😂
Das Ding heißt auch im englischen "Niedersachsen" ;)
@@kyvanrae no it doesn't
Love the use of a 360 camera. They're really useful for capturing a place.
So wonderful to see my old stomping grounds! And you’re always doing such a great job presenting it!
And yes, have you been to Cuxhaven? Have you walked the “Wattenmeer” to the Island of Neuwerk? Have you taken a little cruse to Helgoland? Can’t wait to see more of your adventures!
We are already planning our next trip to the North to visit more and more places. There is so much to discover!
Again a very interesting video. When you visit the island in the north sea, you must see Amrum. It has the finest beach with the best sand called "Kniepsand".
The Ratskeller in Bremen was a lot more crowded when we were there. It was nice seeing it again.
Thanks for the excellent video again! As I wrote previously, I was born in Bremen, and my ancestors were pastors at the very churches around the marketplace. I am glad all of you enjoyed your north-German experience, and I am sure you already were told that the "Lüs" should be next (Lüneburg, Lüneburger Heide, Lübeck). And yes, early Sunday mornings are indeed special, be it in Freiburg or Bremen or any other historic place -- let's all appreciate Jack's unmissable contribution to your trip as well as to your beautiful videos!
Thank you!
Lübeck is certainly near the top of our list now, there have been many recommendations.
Watching this from Aurich, I’m excited to see it in a video from you guys!
Awesome!! You live in a beautiful part of the world.
These cupboard beds are called "Butzen". One for the parents one for the kids. and below the beds.... there is a space to store potatoes and anything other food that has to be stored at temperatures above freezing point.
Love it!
Awesome video. Great to see you love northern germany as much as I do. But if you are interested in wine in germany,defenetly visit the Mittelrheintal / Nahetal region with its many weinfests and awesome views from the mountaintops
The wine cellar IS very famous because IT treasures some of Germany's oldest and best tasting wines
Thank you for these videos, showcasing some regions of Germany that arent that often shown, because for some reason all the american travel/expat vloggers live in southern Germany. I live in Hamburg for several years now and travel regularly to Bremen and generally in the region. The culture is alot different to Saxony where I come from.
Btw it is definitely worth to check out the Rhineland, especially the Mosel region, if you like wines. And then there are the cities in the West like Köln, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen, Bochum, Duisburg and so on. Hessen might also be worth a visit, though I only have been to Franfurt a.M. (which has some great places) and Marburg.
Saxony is imo also worth a visit (although living there has sadly become a bit iffy, the cities are fine though). Dresden and Leipzig are both great and the Sächsische Schweiz is beautiful to visit (and climb). Nobody likes Halle or Chemnitz though ;)
Halle has a quite magnificent city centre
can't believe that they left out the lead cellar in Bremen and opted for the wine cellar instead
the Bleikeller is imo one of the creepiest crypts in the whole of Germany, due to the mummies on open display down there
We are going to the northern island Sylt this late summer. It is our ninth time and we really can recommend a visit there. It's just beautiful.
Moin, 😎 and North Frisia, the town of Schleswig is worth a visit, and the Vikings museum of Haithabu is a fantastic place.
Gday BFF, lovely video of your recent holiday. I’m coming to Germany in November and will be staying with my daughter in Cologne. Hopefully will get to do some fun local stuff with her. Your trip to northern Germany is amazing with so many wonderful places to see and great food. Thank you for introducing us to this area of Germany. Will add to my bucket list. 🪣📝 it must feel really special to finally be in your new home. Enjoy 😊
Hi Mumma Marsh!! We are so relieved and happy to be in our new home. We will for sure share it in an upcoming video, but it is so peaceful here. ❤️❤️ I hope you have a wonderful trip in November.. are you going at the end of the month when you can visit their beautiful Christmas Market?
@@TypeAshton yes, I’ll be spending Christmas with her. So excited! I’m looking forward to the Christmas markets and all the festivities. That will be special for you too to have your first Christmas in your new home.I’ll look forward to that video 😘😘😘
Thank you for visiting my lovely Hometown Bremen!
We LOVED it.
We lived in Hamburg for 10 years in Niendorf...absolutely loved it. Always remember there was a really weird sculpture down on the harbour nick-named the ostfriesischer taschenrechner....wonder if its still there......anyway really lovely place to live and manage to come back every December for the Christmas market
Just a 30 minute train ride from Hamburg (and still within Hamburg's public transport system) is Lüneburg, a very pitoresque medieval city with a huge history in salt trade to nerd over, for a culinary experience you might want to visit during Stint season (a small fish you eat fried as a whole), the Stint market is also the main tourist and bar/beergarden spot, but don't skip the Salt museum!
Really interesting travel video!
As you enjoyed the Schnoor-Viertel I'd highly recommend exploring Lüneburg if you ever come back to that region. I think especially your nerdy architectural and engineering minds would be interested in the historical situation with the salt industry and preservation efforts of the city.
Also: highly recommending to come over to the Baltic sea as well! For cities check out Stralsund and Greifswald. Go to the Island of Rügen for the Kreideküste and to Usedom to cycle along the coast. For cycling and swimming in wonderful nature I can also recommend going inland into the Mecklenburger Seenplatte.
Would love to see you explore my home region and am sure you'd show me lots of new stuff as well^^
What a nice, uplifting video to watch on a sunny Sunday morning! It made me realize how even to a (southern central) German, going north is like going to a foreign country.
There were SO many wonderful things to see that we couldn't pack it all into a single video. BUT we loved our time in the North and hope to go back soon. (Also BTW, you're so right - the sun is GORGEOUS today! We are about to head out on a hike).
@@TypeAshton well, add the town of Celle to the list, and Museumsdorf Hösseringen
A tourguide told me about the "Dance of the wages" (Tanz der Lohntüten) at the entry of the Alte Elbtunnel - when the dockworkers came back in the evening with their weekly wage in a paperbag, their wives would wait their and take the bags away before their husbands could drink their wages away in one evening...
I already was on my summer break and traveled through the north eastern region of Germany. From Fischland-Darß to Rügen and back to Berlin with a last stop in the Uckermark.
Tolle Eindrücke auf eurer schönen Nord-Tour! I wusste gar nicht, das es unter dem Michel noch sowas interessantes zu sehen gibt. Das muss ich mir unbedingt auch mal ansehen.
Wir empfehlen dringend, es sich anzusehen! Wir haben auch gelesen, dass Sie es für private Veranstaltungen mieten können. Ich denke, das wäre eine coole Party!
Yes, come to palatina =) "Die Pfalz" is mostly pretty underratet. Here are a lot of beautiful places and huge amount of history^^ and of course we have amazing Wine :D
For East Frisia, I recommend the tiny towns Carolinensiel or Greetsiel. These are really awesome places.
I love Jack's subtitles.
Thanks for the great video! I grew up in Northern Germany, close to Bremen but I am living now since decades in Ulm which, BTW, is absolutely worth a visit due to the famous Ulm Minster and the Fischerviertel at the Danube. I definitely recommend to visit one or more of the East Frisian islands. And I would suggest Spiekeroog. On Spiekeroog you will find the oldest houses in any of the islands (most villages had to move as the islands were shifting) and it is still a charming village. Unless you are very lucky, you will have to book more than a year in advance. Likewise, book your restaurants on the islands in advance as without reservation you will probably have to wait several days until you will get a spot. This summer I will head again to my favorite destination, Ireland, where I will spend most of the time in the north on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal with breathtaking scenery at the Atlantic.
This summer I'm going on the populare bike route along the Elbe river.
For the North Sea islands I recomment Helgoland, not as a day trip but stay there overnight and enjoy the island when all the crowd left with the last boat. The island is not large but there are some things to see and especially also the neighboring island Düne with its beach and seals laying around.
Until quite recently the hamburg harbour was a custom exempt area with restricted access. Everyone could go there, but had to go through customs. That's why there were only few access routes like the tunnel you mentioned. And - of course - you have to cross the river Elbe somehow ;) Some years back, that custom exempt area has been lifted which made the new "Hafenstadt Hamburg" possible.
Wait.. you've been to Bremen and did not take pictures of the Bremer Stadtmusikanten ? And you've been to the Schnoor Viertel and have not visited the all-year Christmas shop ? I'm disappointed ;)
Interesting!
We saw the Bremer Stadtmusikanten but didn't include it in the video. We also saw the year long Christmas shop and I (Jonathan) was super excited. But unfortunately it was super early on a Sunday morning... so a no go for us.
@@TypeAshton "The Bremer Stadtmusikanten " do surprise by their small size, don't they?
Did you know that you can take a grip of the forefeet of the donkey and wish something to be true? That's why they are so well polished.
The next time you visit the "Bremer Ratskeller" you should try to get a visit of the" real(!) cellars. They undermine the market square ending on the other side of it.
This is where wines were stored in barrels to mature and age in the old days. When ready they were bottled and sold by the same "Ratskeller" - an institution (still) belonging to the Council of the City of Bremen since 1405. If you do this visit, you will also bee shown the "Rose Cellar" with its 12 very old barrels including the OLDEST german wine, a Rüdesheimer from 1653. You will not be allowed to taste it but your nose will inhale the "angels part" of it.
I have another suggestion for you if you're not averse to a tiny bit of border hopping. Schaffhausen has the most gorgeous old town full of old houses with painted facades. There are also other fun things to do in the area like the Rheinfall, the Munot or, something Jonathan would love, the possibility to explore the surrounding area with something called Schienenvelo, which is similar to a draisine but powered by cycling. The track stretches between Singen in Germany and Hemishofen to Etzwil in Switzerland. If you like painted facades there are also other lovely places nearby with a similar style old town, e.g. Stein am Rhein.
Not to forget Büsingen am Rhein: the German Exclave completely surrounded by the Kanton of Schaffhausen. A real oddity with German and Swiss postal codes, among other things. We have a small apartment there to use as a base for exploring Southern Germany / Northen Switzerland. Also handy to Freiburg!
Great suggestion! We have not yet visited here but you've made it sound more enticing. We will move it further up our bucket list. :)
Thank you!
Thank you for another great video about the north.
This summer we will start our new life. We will start with 2-3 month in North Jutland, Denmark, which I highly recommend to visit the next time you are here in the north again. Then we will continue with 6 months in Portugal and Spain. And then? We will see, but we want to go surely back to Denmark/ Scandinavia next summer. Our 3 kids are so excited and can't wait to start our "adventure" 😁
Wow that is truly AMAZING and really a nomadic type of life. Jonathan sometimes works in Spain and always speaks so highly of it. I can't wait to go with him the next time around and see if for myself.
Wishing you and your family the best time on your new adventures!