I'm sure you and many other Americans are considerate campers who don't start wildfires and let their garbage in the woods. But we have another approach: Nature and especially National Parks belong to the wildlife there and we are guests who may walk through their habitats on daytime, but not disturb them with our campfires and drunk bawling at night. Oh, and just a word about our weather. I have always been (or at least felt as) one of a tiny minority of Germans, who actually value our changing weather (even though my migraines would certainly be less bad elsewhere). Enjoying *real* seasons means in turn that three out of four seasons aren't summer … And a lush green nature only comes at the price of a lot of rain.
Cold is not equal to cold. It's the combo of cold and wet, ie humidity plus cold chills a lot more than low humidity and cold. I've spoken to several Russians who complain about the cold, wet weather in Germany, compared to the dry, crisp, cold weather in central Russia. But summers have gotten progressively warmer (with a few exceptions) and longer over the last two decades. Camping: well, size does come into play here. Germany is much more crowded than the USA both on average, and in the mean as well. Finding undisturbed camping sites deep in nature with nobody else around gets much more difficult when the next town usually is within a handful of kilometers distance instead of a hundred miles away. Also Germany has had at least two millenia of cultivating our land into farmland. While roughly a third of the country is still covered in forest, even those forests have been cultivated to hell and back for the most part to provide as much lumber as possible. True original wild forest areas are tiny in Germany. Church bells: yepp, Germany was a Christian dominated country for more than 1000 years, so churches and ringing church bells have become part and parcel of the society and tradition. That is not truely equitable to other religious groups, I agree, but is still accepted by the majority of Germans as 'tradition' as they still represent the majority. Southern Germany is catholic predominantly, so this is even more dominant there. Church bells in history were often rung to give time to farmers on the surrounding farms as nobody had watches (with them not being invented yet 😁), not as an indicator of religious activity. The ringing of the church bells simply coincided with the fact that large bells were incredibly expensive; and hanging them high up were everyone could hear them dito. So church steeples were a natural spot for bells to be hung and rung. When towns and cities were surrounded by city walls, which locked their gates at nightfall, it was essential to have enough time to hurry back from the surrounding farm land before you were locked out. Staying outside of a city in the night was not safe. So you absolutely neeeded to know your current time, at least to the hour, your distance from town, and the time it took you to get back, and the time the gates officially were locked. Nope, wall gates were NOT opened after locking until the next morning. Far too dangerous. So this tradition of giving at least the hour of the day stayed in Germany's mindset, even when most people today don't even know about the origins of this tradition; nor even need it anymore. Sugar-coating: that's not typical for Germans. Directness, yes; bluntness, probably; rudeness, eeeerm, not really (hopefully). Depends on your perception a lot. No beating around the bush; state what you want and be done with it. Anyone unwilling to learn even a smidge of German when moving and living in Germany has to be asked what they are doing in a foreign country then? It's okay to rely on English for some time if you move to a different country to cover the gaps. Yes, there will be some people either unable, or unwilling to speak English here. The more so the more rural you go. The unable part is lack of education AND practice; the unwilling probably simply lack of practice. Germans are often mortified of their supposedly terrible English. When in reality it is just a thick accent.
German weather is astoundingly mild compared to Detroit, where I grew up. Back then, we could count on several weeks of 90° weather in summer and below zero in winter. I've heard there are many other parts of the US (the Northeast, the Great Plains) where temperatures are even more extreme. I've also never heard church bells ringing all day long in the nearly 50 years I've been living in Germany. They tend to ring for a while before church services only, or to mark important church holidays. You may be hearing clocks chiming the hours (and often the quarter-hours, as well).
In some European towns there really is a lot of church bells going on, to the point of it being annoying. In bigger cities and smaller villages not so much. Certainly not a reason to avoid Germany.
Neeva, you're getting germanized. First thing every German does is complain about the weather, no matter what it's like. I must agree that this year's spring was extremely unpleasant, but it's not like that every year. Talking about camping, I still do wild camping. Huge parts of the Bavarian Forest, where I live, are state-owned anyway. Officially, it's illegal to camp in the wilderness, but if you do, nobody really cares. Except for one thing, never camp within a national park area. I once did with a girlfriend of mine, but all that happened was that we were politely asked to leave. Oh, church bells, I love them! You think you can sleep long on a Sunday, but no, the church bells ring you up. As I'm the black sheep of the village anyway, I open my window and say, "Alexa, volume ten, play 'Hell's Bells' from AC/DC". The straightforwardness is what I like about my country and its people. If you feel bad, why not show it, and if you're happy, why not show it, too? I can't walk around with a false smile on my face. As to English, I took the advanced course in school, but unfortunately only scored 14 out of 15 points, because I know the grammar, but couldn't explain it. Somehow everything seems to end with an "ing" thing.
I speak very good English but have pretended not to when some Americans just started to speak English to me without even politely asking whether I understand them. If you want to live in Germany, you have to learn German. Germans are not obliged to make an effort for you and if they dont you get to call them uneducated.
I think it depends on the area or city you are living in if the people want to speak english with you. I watched a lot of videos of english speaking expats and immigrants and most of them are complaining that they can't practice their german skills because right in the moment when the german recognizes that you are from an english speaking country they are immediately switching to english. In east Germany only the younger people are able to speak english because the older ones were forced to learn russian. And, as I mentioned in your previous video, Baden-Würtemberg is "very special" in a lot of ways, also for the rest of Germany. Consider moving to northern Germany, we have beaches and beautiful islands :D!
Beaches, beautiful islands and clouds. ;) Weather *can* be great from May to August, sometimes even into September - no guarantees though. Complaining about the weather OTOH does come with a guarantee (too cold, too hot, too wet, too humid, too dry).
So why is it sometimes colder and darker? A lot of people don't know that german/european cities are far up in the north. The degree of latitude (Breitengrad) of Munich is 48° 8‘ 13.92 N for Vancouver it is 49° 15‘ 0 N or for Montreal it is 45°30′31″ N. Hamburg for example is far up in the north (53°34′31″ N). So you see that a lot of countries/cities in europe are far more north "geographically" than the USA.
First visit Germany and judge for yourself. You're Welcome. If anything in this list are your true concerns for living ie moving here find out beforehand, mostly calm Sundays, spoiler alert: No Shopping. Consider over-friendliness as unnatural, as the amount of sugar in Coke. Waiters need to be friendly for starvation pay checks - in the US. Might seem as a good incentive to siege around the customer asking everything is alright {Please, Tip me!}. No need to tip 15-20%, you pay that price in the menue. Church Bells, Camping, in short: other countries, other customs. Weather, I truly like and enjoy all seasons, having only one all year around, how boring.
i think the camping thing is because of the population density in germany. we do not have any wild nature. every single tree you see in the forest is someones property. we have something similar as the UKs right of way. Forests are a public good and no one can prevent you from entering a forest. you are not even bound to the paths in the forest as long as you do no damage, but you are not allowed to set up a tent a fire or sleep in a forest since you are on private property and the right of passage does not include "living" in the forest. so the only (legal) way to camp is to go to designated and usually commercial camping sites.
Beim Camping stellt sich die Frage: Was ist Camping? Vorab "wildes" Campen ist in Deutschland ist (nur) erlaubt, wenn man die Zustimmung des Grundstückseigemtümers hat UND wenn der Ort nicht in einem (Natur-/Landschafts-/Wasser-)Schutzgebiet liegt. Das ist in den USA im Grunde nicht anders, nur dass in Amerika weniger auf den Schutz geachtet wird. In Deutschland sind die Flächen viel kleiner und werden meist wirtschaftlich genutzt oder gehören dem Staat. Es ist aber möglich, z.B. einen Bauern zu fragen, ob man auf seinem Wals- oder Wiesen-Grundstück Campen darf und viele (auf dem Land) erlauben das auch! Die Hauptproblematik bleibt die Versorgung (Trinkwasser, Strom, Feuerholz, Nahrung) und Entsorgung (Abwasser, Müll) sowie mögliche Gefahren (Umweltzerstörung, Brandgefahr, Sicherheit beim Baden/Schwimmen/Klettern, Haftungsrisiko).
Agree with most of it: (1) It is freaking cold here, but the current year is worse than anything I ever experienced. Apparently, it has been the coldest spring since the 1980s. I told my wife today that the difference between March and June was that the rain is a bit warmer... (2) "Wild Camping" what you mean is actually only allowed in very few European countries. It's a tragedy but considering that Germany packs a quarter of the US population on the land area of Montana, the density is so high that any wild camping would just lead to the environment being trashed. (3) churches are annoying. Unfortunately, they sort of claim that they have been there for centuries. (4) yes, we are not "friendly" - no excuse there. (5) Not sure about that. In my case it is true for other foreign languages, but most Germans use English regularly. I mostly hear from Americans that they cannot practice their German because most Germans want to speak English. I assume it depends on the area and kind of people you meet. the majority should be fluent in England though - statistically.
Germany is one of the most populous countries in Europe. We just don't have these huge national parks or woods like in the US. And a lot of woods are in private property or they are under "Naturschutz" (natural reserve).
The forest in Germany covers 11.4 million hectares, 32 percent of the total area of the country. In the German forests grow about 90 billion young and old trees with a total wood stock of 3.7 billion cubic meters.
@@neevabee_ You can. We don't have police everywhere. And you'll find out that Germans are less rule-bound than our image has it. Don't burn the forest down and you'll likely be fine putting up a tent in the wilderness.
I wish you were right regarding temperature. In the last years we had really warm springs and awfully hot temperatures from June to September, at least here in southern Germany. But it always depends on what you are used to..
I am living in Berlin and lot of people speak English really well. English is like the unofficial second language here. Many native English speakers are also living in Berlin. 😄
The weather might be a problem for those who don`t expect the level of humidity. The point around learning the language I`ve got the same point of view. But just for those people who wanna stay for at least 6 month. I live in Dresden. So I often have contact to tourists and stundents. For me it`s no problem to switch between german and english. And I have some brits and american friends, so I trained a bit. ;)
Neeva, the only German state where wild camping is allowed is Schleswig-Holstein, which is the state all the way up north bordering to Denmark. Hope you have fun there.
The problem with speaking English is that most understand it well, but many don’t dare to speak it. Especially when they know they’re talking to someone for whom English is the native language. They are afraid to make mistakes.
If you germans are always direct and rude when it comes to your opinions why can't you take an honest opinion of her It's not only americans who are affected by this Germany is a small dot on the map Even if Germany is successful, it still has a Boss and that is USA
I mean most of those points were pretty general, after reading "American Perspective" a small part of me expected something like "you won't be able to keep your emotional support gun". :-P Btw. many months with hot weather is my personal nightmare, I prefer my summers to generally stay under 30C and thrive around 15-20C.
Hahahaha fair enough! I just say that since I am an American, and I assume other people from other countries have different “issues” :) it’s good you like the weather!!
Me a danish girl who wanna move to Germany: find video to see if there is things You: the weather (you describe why and how) Me: OMG.. just like Denmark.. good lol hahah btw no hate, i love your video it was just funny to think about :)
Weather is indeed gloomy mostly. Language is not as bad as many more non-english-speaking-at-all countries. In the end, most countries are just not English. Most use only their own languages. Church bell is a thing if leaving near a church, in cities or not. Not sugarcoating is partly true, for a foreigner like me, Germany is not among those that are really rude or indifferent. In general, Germans are not super warm but definitely properly polite and honest. You missed the huge social contribution and tax part.
I agree with all the other points, except the weather. I think the issue is that it's neither really good in summer nor terribly bad in winter, so the total of really sunny days is defintely less in Germany. I guess it's Seattle-ish? I had the pleasure to travel to places like Chicago, Toronto and Kansas City in winter and you don't get -20C so oftern in Germany, if ever. The other thing regarding Germans who speak or don't speak English. True what you say for most places, but I think it's a little bit different if you live in a bigger city or in which industry who are working. You can survive in an IT job in Munich without ever needing to speak a single word in German at work... The only things which will kill you without German skill is getting a mobile phone plan and anything you need from government agencies... but I guess you already know that :) And yeah, camping. Same word. Two totally different concepts.
I suppose you’re right about the weather, I guess everyone is sensitive to it in different ways 😂 and yeah I think English speaking depends on where you are for sure!
Note: english text wall below! "Wildes" Campen in Deutschland ist (natürlich!) gesetzlich geregelt. Und zwar relativ simpel (und restriktiv), siehe z.B.: *§59 BnatSchG¹* (1) Das Betreten der freien Landschaft auf Straßen und Wegen sowie auf ungenutzten Grundflächen zum Zweck der Erholung ist allen gestattet (allgemeiner Grundsatz). (2) Das Betreten des Waldes richtet sich nach dem Bundeswaldgesetz und den Waldgesetzen der Länder sowie im Übrigen nach dem sonstigen Landesrecht. Es kann insbesondere andere Benutzungsarten ganz oder teilweise dem Betreten gleichstellen sowie das Betreten aus wichtigen Gründen, insbesondere aus solchen des Naturschutzes und der Landschaftspflege, des Feldschutzes und der land- und forstwirtschaftlichen Bewirtschaftung, zum Schutz der Erholungsuchenden, zur Vermeidung erheblicher Schäden oder zur Wahrung anderer schutzwürdiger Interessen des Grundstücksbesitzers einschränken. *§14 BWaldG²* (1) Das Betreten des Waldes zum Zwecke der Erholung ist gestattet. Das Radfahren, das Fahren mit Krankenfahrstühlen und das Reiten im Walde ist nur auf Straßen und Wegen gestattet. Die Benutzung geschieht auf eigene Gefahr. Dies gilt insbesondere für waldtypische Gefahren. (2) Die Länder regeln die Einzelheiten. Sie können das Betreten des Waldes aus wichtigem Grund, insbesondere des Forstschutzes, der Wald- oder Wildbewirtschaftung, zum Schutz der Waldbesucher oder zur Vermeidung erheblicher Schäden oder zur Wahrung anderer schutzwürdiger Interessen des Waldbesitzers, einschränken und andere Benutzungsarten ganz oder teilweise dem Betreten gleichstellen. Kurzfassung: Begehen (betreten, spazieren, wandern) ist erlaubt, übernachten nicht. Was aber immer möglich ist: den Besitzer des entsprechenden Grundstückes/Waldes zu fragen, ob man dort übernachten darf. Also z.B. beim Bauern, dem das Feld gehört - oder dem zuständigen Amt. Problematisch dürfte halt sein, herauszufinden, wen man denn fragen muß, um eine Erlaubnis zu bekommen... Anders wiederum ist das beim biwakieren (also dem Übernachten unter freiem Himmel, _ohne_ Zelt) - das ist AFAIK in Rheinland-Pfalz erlaubt, in allen anderen Bundesländern aber eine Ordnungswidrigkeit, und das kann laut OWiG³ zwischen fünf und 1000 Euro liegen. Wie hoch eine Geldbuße dafür nun tatsächlich ausfällt, darüber konnte ich auf die Schnelle keine Informationen finden. Sorry für diese riesige Textwand, aber bei deutschen Gesetzen ist nichts kurz oder leicht verständlich. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ___________________ ¹ Gesetz über Naturschutz und Landschatspflege (BNatSchG) §59 Betreten der freien Landschaft → www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bnatschg_2009/__59.html ² Gesetz zur Erhaltung des Waldes und zur Förderung der Forstwirtschaft (BWaldG) §14 Betreten des Waldes → www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bwaldg/__14.html ³ Gesetz über Ordnungswidrigkeiten (OWiG) §17 Höhe der Geldbuße → www.gesetze-im-internet.de/owig_1968/__17.html *#### english wall of text ####* "Wild" camping in Germany is (of course!) regulated by law. And it is relatively simple (and restrictive), see e.g.: *§59 BnatSchG¹* (1) Everyone is allowed to enter the open countryside on roads and paths as well as on unused land for the purpose of recreation (general principle). (2) Access to the forest shall be governed by the Federal Forest Act and the forest laws of the Länder and, in all other respects, by other Land law. In particular, it may equate other types of use with access in whole or in part and restrict access for important reasons, in particular for reasons of nature conservation and landscape management, field protection and agricultural and forestry management, for the protection of those seeking recreation, for the avoidance of considerable damage or for the protection of other interests of the owner of the land that are worthy of protection. *§14 BWaldG² (1) Entering the forest for the purpose of recreation is permitted. Cycling, riding in invalid carriages and horse riding in the forest are only permitted on roads and paths. Use of the forest is at the user's own risk. This applies in particular to hazards typical of the forest. (2) The Länder shall regulate the details. They may restrict access to the forest for important reasons, in particular forest protection, forest or game management, the protection of forest visitors or the avoidance of considerable damage, or the protection of other interests of the forest owner which are worthy of protection, and may equate other types of use with access in whole or in part. In a nutshell: Walking (entering, strolling, hiking) is allowed, but spending the night is not. What is always possible, however, is to ask the owner of the land/forest in question whether you are allowed to spend the night there. For example, ask the farmer who owns the field - or the responsible office. It might be a problem to find out who you have to ask in order to get permission... The situation is different for bivouacking (spending the night in the open air, _without_ a tent) - this is AFAIK allowed in Rhineland-Palatinate, but in all other federal states it is an administrative offence, and according to the OWiG³ it can cost between five and 1000 euros. I couldn't find any information on the actual amount of the fine. Sorry for this huge wall of text, but nothing in German law is short or easy to understand. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ PS: Open fireplaces are practically forbidden everywhere by default, except where it is explicitly allowed. PPS: all of course AFAIK ___________________ ¹ Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Act (BNatSchG) §59 Entering the open countryside → www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bnatschg_2009/__59.html ² Law on the Preservation of Forests and the Promotion of Forestry (BWaldG) §14 Entering the forest → www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bwaldg/__14.html ³ Administrative Offences Act (OWiG) §17 Amount of fine → www.gesetze-im-internet.de/owig_1968/__17.html _Translated with __www.DeepL.com/Translator__ (free version)_
Interesting how some of your experiences are the complete opposite of what other expats living in Germany say. You mentioned that Germans don't make eye contact while so many American expats complain about how the Germans "stare" at them all the time. ;) When it comes to the language experience, many Americans mention that they would love to talk in German but Germans annoyingly keep answering in English. ;) So apparently one can not generalize "the Germans", because it's - as always - only a matter of own experiences...:) Nice channel btw, greetings from Munich
It’s so funny! I think it matters a lot where in Germany you are. I’ve heard the north is more open about English whereas the south is less interested in it. It’s hard to say exactly! I guess we can only generalize so much 😝 greetings to you!
Usually in the bigger cities English is more common, because of more international business, more expats, travelers. A lot of money for the bigger cities comes from the visitors. And the older generation in former East Germany and East Berlin GDR learned Russian as the first foreign language and later they could choose between French and English. Depending on what they like to study. The English classes in Germany need to be improved, our schools need more native English speakers as teachers.
Germany is not cold....It's just not so hot and humid as in Florida....And it's not so dark. Try Spitzbergen in Winter, that's dark.... That bell-thing is a problem in the south, and in more catholic dominated regions. Here in the north, the churchbells ring only once a day at 18:00 and on sunday mornings.
I prefer the discreet bing every quarter of an hour of catholic churches to the endless ringing of the protestant churches on Sunday. I used to live next to a church and I found it comforting to listen to it. And when I was awake at night I didn't need to switch on the light to tell the time. When I moved away, I really missed the bells..most churches have stopped ringing at night now, because of all those new citizens processing against the bells. But yes, it's good to know and if all that is making life difficult to you, Germany and the rest of middle Europe (Poland e.g.) is not the best choice.
If I were to move to America as a German, I would have to learn the national language as well. If you want to come to Germany you have to learn german.
English language is the international language by the way Germany is like a small dot in the World and never forget USA is your boss So you germans should know your history since world War 1
@@gospelfighter6548 Americans think they are tough and bossy please look at your country where a 80 year is your boss lol you are all slaves. Dont tell your boss you are gonna take 30 days off of work paid leave because you would be fired go to your 9-5 slave we dont need your retardation. Without Germans the US wouldn’t have NASA or 98% of your food supply. Most of us dont want to even see or hear about your shithole country.
Super cold? Would be a dream, snow would be nice. But not any longer. Camping is nice in the US, it s a large country. Compare the square miles of territory of both counties a make your maths.
Consider camping in Sweden, they have a very different philosophy than Germany. The land is considered belonging to everyone. Not only can you camp “wild” but also on private property. Etiquette demands that you are far enough away from the trail or line of sight in the case of private property.
We suck at small talk - that's fair. On the other hand American waiters/waitresses seem super fake to us. Greeters at large retail stores are outright annoying. Germans can be very friendly - to friends and colleagues. But not so much to strangers you pass on the street. Being matter-of-factly is then often misunderstood as being rude, simply because that's unexpected for people from Smalltalk cultures. English - again very regional. In rural areas, especially with many older people English speakers will have problems. In big cities like Hamburg and especially Berlin it's often the opposite problem. Many expats say that they have trouble learning german because people switch to English almost automatically. Camping? What keeps you from grabbing a tent and going into a forest? The US of course simply has way more space and less population density, so there are much larger natural parks. Weather - yup, fair. Too many clouds. Though your description errs a bit too far on the Siberian side. It's usually not getting that cold - depends a lot on what region you're in though. Churches. Yup, there's a zillion of them. People that go to them? Not so much. Regarding the bells - no doubt they make a ruckus - but having grown up here, one doesn't usually notice them. It's just background noise.
Even if it is not rude it is still not appropriate behavior because not all of the world is full of germans There are big continents out there This is German behavior, not a standard behavior If you germans are direct and say what you guys think, why can't you accept when people say the facts The problem with the germans are that they've forgotten who runs the world and that Germany only makes 1 % of the world I also believe, that salesperson in Germany are fake not only in the America America is the Boss
Church bells - well the southern half is mostly catholic, and they are quite fanatic. I'm living in about the center (a bit north-east of Frankfurt/M.) and my flat is about 300 meters from the church - and I can't recall having heard the bells more and a handful of times in 9 years.
:(( but then why not “designated wile camping” areas? If that makes sense! In the states it feels like wild camping but you still pay a fee to stay and follow rules for the campsite!
I guess because we have less space. If you create a camping space you use the space to a high degree. It is also depending on the season. You can have the whole site for yourself if you go off season ;)
I’m from the pnw so we have very cold snowy mountains there! I think I feel it’s really cold because the cold lasts longer than I’m used to? Also Germany id a fairly big country so some parts are colder than others!
oh my God. I am russian and I used to think that foreigners exaggerate about russian cold feather. But when I heard, than Germany is a really cold country, I understood the understanding of coldness from non-russian perspective)))
Not against your statement. You have done nothing wrong! It is my opinion of principle. 6:36 "it is not a one-way street". Nobody in the world should be so arrogant and regard their language as the ultimate. When i visit a country with a different language it is my job to be understood. Not the other way around. Billions of people around the world can speak English as a foreign language (some better, some worse ). They learn it as a foreign language at school or learn it yourself to be "global". And in America, United Kingdom, Australia etc.? Usually no foreign language is learned! Countries with english language are not in a position to get a culture shock or criticize others if they don't speak english properly. ❓
Totally! English speakers always assume people will speak English in other countries 🤦 and many Americans don’t speak a second language at all! It’s unfortunate :/
@@gospelfighter6548 Of course the Germans like that. But only from people of the same level. Not by ignorant and arrogant Americans who, for the first time, can drive on roads where they don't sink into a pothole every 2 meters. I could also be Spanish, Swedish or Japanese. Am I really German? 🤔
If you speak German, Germans are not nearly as stand-offish. Germans are uniquely extremely reluctant to speak English because of the specific way they are taught - that anything but perfectly correct English is very “bad”. How many times have you asked if they speak English, they reply, “very little” then go on to speak extremely well? Ask them about it, they’ll tell you it’s not that they have something against speaking English, it’s very much driven into them from the get go not to try unless perfected.
2020 and 2021 was unusually cold, the next years will be hotter again. The years before were actually the oposite, much too hot, because of climate change, up to 35-40 degrees vor many days and nights were it didn't cool down and nobody could sleep anymore, and because this heat is new and wasn't like this all time before, there hardly exist any air con in houses or bureaus and people melt in July and August. Germany is just too small for proper camping, what is in US indeed a very different style of camping, I saw recently on youtube. That's really sad in many aspects, that in Germany really every square meter belongs to someone and there is hardly any wild nature, that belongs to nobody. I grew up in Baden-Württemberg, would like to know what Landkreis you live in. In many areas of Baden-Württemberg people are exceptionally "closed" and not open to new people. After we have lived there for 10 years, we still weren't accepted as locals by many people there.
Oh yes,the church bells. Fun as a kid, because thay told us when we have to go home. But as an adult, I just can't stand them. Yes, not speaking the language makes it hard to move to any country. Not just, because you don't understand what goes on around you but also when you live in another country and you can't properly communicate, people will take advantage of you sooner or later.
So, you say you live in southern germany and still complain about the weather? :D As a Fischkopp from the north I have to disagree in every possible way! :D According to the camping-spots you are right though in a kind of way, as "wild" camping ist forbidden in Germany, as people are dumb and won't keep their trash with them, so our forests and national parks would look like a trash can within days. But there still are some spots, where it is allowed to stay for one night within your tent, these places are called "Trekkingplätze".
Der Mythos von der braunen - oder nationalsozialistischen Rechten, also „the rightwing“ ist von den Linksparteien und der Regierung erfunden worden weil sie zurzeit eine sehr autoritäre Welle unterstütz und viele Kritiker einfach als Rechtsextrem bezeichnet. Weil die Medien und das (regierungs-) Fernsehen nicht frei sind sondern von ihren Besitzern auf Linie gebracht wurden, sprich auf Linkskurs, ist alles was nicht CDU, SPD, Grün, die Linke etc. ist, eine Rechtspartei. Also die AfD zum Beispiel. Doch in der AfD sind mittlerweile alle ehemaligen CDU, SPD und Politiker der Linken und der Grünen versammelt die keine bolschewistisch, kommunistische Regierung wollen, wie es das Merkel Regime anstrebt. Also konservative Mittelklasse. Die Merkel Regierung ist auf dem Weg Deutschland in eine zweite DDR, eine sozialistische Planwirtschaft zu verwandeln. Davor sollte man mehr Angst haben als vor einem „rightwing“ der nicht existiert.
Remark: this year‘s spring is not representative of what the last 25 year‘s springs were like. This year was the coldest spring in the last 25 years. You might want to give Germany’s spring another try next year! 😉
I think because English is so universal we assume it’s like this everywhere. It’s strange that in the United States we don’t really have to learn a second language and many people never do!
What if she wants to visit more than 10 countries, should she still learn every single language? If I visit China for example I shouldn't learn Chinese, because I am not stupid to ignore the fact that English is the international language and even germans must learn it, since USA is their Boss The problem with germany is, that they're so concentrated on themselves that they have forgotten who is the Chief and that Germany only makes 1 percent of the world
kinda skipped over the whole, you font have a first or second amendment, wich is kinda a big thing. i dont want to get a fine for a joke and i dont wana go to prison for defending myself
I'm sure you and many other Americans are considerate campers who don't start wildfires and let their garbage in the woods. But we have another approach: Nature and especially National Parks belong to the wildlife there and we are guests who may walk through their habitats on daytime, but not disturb them with our campfires and drunk bawling at night.
Oh, and just a word about our weather. I have always been (or at least felt as) one of a tiny minority of Germans, who actually value our changing weather (even though my migraines would certainly be less bad elsewhere). Enjoying *real* seasons means in turn that three out of four seasons aren't summer … And a lush green nature only comes at the price of a lot of rain.
Cold is not equal to cold. It's the combo of cold and wet, ie humidity plus cold chills a lot more than low humidity and cold.
I've spoken to several Russians who complain about the cold, wet weather in Germany, compared to the dry, crisp, cold weather in central Russia.
But summers have gotten progressively warmer (with a few exceptions) and longer over the last two decades.
Camping: well, size does come into play here. Germany is much more crowded than the USA both on average, and in the mean as well. Finding undisturbed camping sites deep in nature with nobody else around gets much more difficult when the next town usually is within a handful of kilometers distance instead of a hundred miles away. Also Germany has had at least two millenia of cultivating our land into farmland. While roughly a third of the country is still covered in forest, even those forests have been cultivated to hell and back for the most part to provide as much lumber as possible. True original wild forest areas are tiny in Germany.
Church bells: yepp, Germany was a Christian dominated country for more than 1000 years, so churches and ringing church bells have become part and parcel of the society and tradition. That is not truely equitable to other religious groups, I agree, but is still accepted by the majority of Germans as 'tradition' as they still represent the majority. Southern Germany is catholic predominantly, so this is even more dominant there.
Church bells in history were often rung to give time to farmers on the surrounding farms as nobody had watches (with them not being invented yet 😁), not as an indicator of religious activity. The ringing of the church bells simply coincided with the fact that large bells were incredibly expensive; and hanging them high up were everyone could hear them dito. So church steeples were a natural spot for bells to be hung and rung.
When towns and cities were surrounded by city walls, which locked their gates at nightfall, it was essential to have enough time to hurry back from the surrounding farm land before you were locked out. Staying outside of a city in the night was not safe. So you absolutely neeeded to know your current time, at least to the hour, your distance from town, and the time it took you to get back, and the time the gates officially were locked. Nope, wall gates were NOT opened after locking until the next morning. Far too dangerous.
So this tradition of giving at least the hour of the day stayed in Germany's mindset, even when most people today don't even know about the origins of this tradition; nor even need it anymore.
Sugar-coating: that's not typical for Germans. Directness, yes; bluntness, probably; rudeness, eeeerm, not really (hopefully). Depends on your perception a lot.
No beating around the bush; state what you want and be done with it.
Anyone unwilling to learn even a smidge of German when moving and living in Germany has to be asked what they are doing in a foreign country then?
It's okay to rely on English for some time if you move to a different country to cover the gaps. Yes, there will be some people either unable, or unwilling to speak English here. The more so the more rural you go. The unable part is lack of education AND practice; the unwilling probably simply lack of practice. Germans are often mortified of their supposedly terrible English. When in reality it is just a thick accent.
German weather is astoundingly mild compared to Detroit, where I grew up. Back then, we could count on several weeks of 90° weather in summer and below zero in winter. I've heard there are many other parts of the US (the Northeast, the Great Plains) where temperatures are even more extreme. I've also never heard church bells ringing all day long in the nearly 50 years I've been living in Germany. They tend to ring for a while before church services only, or to mark important church holidays. You may be hearing clocks chiming the hours (and often the quarter-hours, as well).
Okay interesting! Thanks for the information :)
In some European towns there really is a lot of church bells going on, to the point of it being annoying. In bigger cities and smaller villages not so much. Certainly not a reason to avoid Germany.
I love the sound of church bells 🥰
Imagine someone coming to the Us not able to talk English. You'll be definitely more in problems than being in Germany when you only speak English!
More in problems eh, you must be a Nazi
Neeva, you're getting germanized. First thing every German does is complain about the weather, no matter what it's like. I must agree that this year's spring was extremely unpleasant, but it's not like that every year.
Talking about camping, I still do wild camping. Huge parts of the Bavarian Forest, where I live, are state-owned anyway. Officially, it's illegal to camp in the wilderness, but if you do, nobody really cares. Except for one thing, never camp within a national park area. I once did with a girlfriend of mine, but all that happened was that we were politely asked to leave.
Oh, church bells, I love them! You think you can sleep long on a Sunday, but no, the church bells ring you up. As I'm the black sheep of the village anyway, I open my window and say, "Alexa, volume ten, play 'Hell's Bells' from AC/DC".
The straightforwardness is what I like about my country and its people. If you feel bad, why not show it, and if you're happy, why not show it, too? I can't walk around with a false smile on my face.
As to English, I took the advanced course in school, but unfortunately only scored 14 out of 15 points, because I know the grammar, but couldn't explain it. Somehow everything seems to end with an "ing" thing.
I’ll think about the wild camping more!! That is SO funny about playing the AC/DC song 😂 All the best to you and thanks for the fun comment!
@@neevabee_ Thank you! Contrary to church bells, I have some variations. Thunderstruck goes well with the bells, and even TNT sometimes fits in.
I really love your Videos! They are so good structured!! ♥️🙌🏼
Always keep going
Thank you!
I speak very good English but have pretended not to when some Americans just started to speak English to me without even politely asking whether I understand them. If you want to live in Germany, you have to learn German. Germans are not obliged to make an effort for you and if they dont you get to call them uneducated.
I think it depends on the area or city you are living in if the people want to speak english with you. I watched a lot of videos of english speaking expats and immigrants and most of them are complaining that they can't practice their german skills because right in the moment when the german recognizes that you are from an english speaking country they are immediately switching to english.
In east Germany only the younger people are able to speak english because the older ones were forced to learn russian. And, as I mentioned in your previous video, Baden-Würtemberg is "very special" in a lot of ways, also for the rest of Germany.
Consider moving to northern Germany, we have beaches and beautiful islands :D!
That’s so interesting! You’re probably right about the different areas speaking more or less English. :)
Beaches, beautiful islands and clouds. ;) Weather *can* be great from May to August, sometimes even into September - no guarantees though. Complaining about the weather OTOH does come with a guarantee (too cold, too hot, too wet, too humid, too dry).
Die Deutshen Wetter ist sehr interessant.
So why is it sometimes colder and darker? A lot of people don't know that german/european cities are far up in the north. The degree of latitude (Breitengrad) of Munich is 48° 8‘ 13.92 N for Vancouver it is 49° 15‘ 0 N or for Montreal it is 45°30′31″ N. Hamburg for example is far up in the north (53°34′31″ N). So you see that a lot of countries/cities in europe are far more north "geographically" than the USA.
Fair enough! Thanks for the information :)
First visit Germany and judge for yourself. You're Welcome. If anything in this list are your true concerns for living ie moving here find out beforehand, mostly calm Sundays, spoiler alert: No Shopping. Consider over-friendliness as unnatural, as the amount of sugar in Coke. Waiters need to be friendly for starvation pay checks - in the US. Might seem as a good incentive to siege around the customer asking everything is alright {Please, Tip me!}. No need to tip 15-20%, you pay that price in the menue. Church Bells, Camping, in short: other countries, other customs. Weather, I truly like and enjoy all seasons, having only one all year around, how boring.
i think the camping thing is because of the population density in germany. we do not have any wild nature. every single tree you see in the forest is someones property. we have something similar as the UKs right of way. Forests are a public good and no one can prevent you from entering a forest. you are not even bound to the paths in the forest as long as you do no damage, but you are not allowed to set up a tent a fire or sleep in a forest since you are on private property and the right of passage does not include "living" in the forest.
so the only (legal) way to camp is to go to designated and usually commercial camping sites.
Beim Camping stellt sich die Frage: Was ist Camping? Vorab "wildes" Campen ist in Deutschland ist (nur) erlaubt, wenn man die Zustimmung des Grundstückseigemtümers hat UND wenn der Ort nicht in einem (Natur-/Landschafts-/Wasser-)Schutzgebiet liegt. Das ist in den USA im Grunde nicht anders, nur dass in Amerika weniger auf den Schutz geachtet wird. In Deutschland sind die Flächen viel kleiner und werden meist wirtschaftlich genutzt oder gehören dem Staat. Es ist aber möglich, z.B. einen Bauern zu fragen, ob man auf seinem Wals- oder Wiesen-Grundstück Campen darf und viele (auf dem Land) erlauben das auch! Die Hauptproblematik bleibt die Versorgung (Trinkwasser, Strom, Feuerholz, Nahrung) und Entsorgung (Abwasser, Müll) sowie mögliche Gefahren (Umweltzerstörung, Brandgefahr, Sicherheit beim Baden/Schwimmen/Klettern, Haftungsrisiko).
Agree with most of it:
(1) It is freaking cold here, but the current year is worse than anything I ever experienced. Apparently, it has been the coldest spring since the 1980s. I told my wife today that the difference between March and June was that the rain is a bit warmer...
(2) "Wild Camping" what you mean is actually only allowed in very few European countries. It's a tragedy but considering that Germany packs a quarter of the US population on the land area of Montana, the density is so high that any wild camping would just lead to the environment being trashed.
(3) churches are annoying. Unfortunately, they sort of claim that they have been there for centuries.
(4) yes, we are not "friendly" - no excuse there.
(5) Not sure about that. In my case it is true for other foreign languages, but most Germans use English regularly. I mostly hear from Americans that they cannot practice their German because most Germans want to speak English. I assume it depends on the area and kind of people you meet. the majority should be fluent in England though - statistically.
Germany is one of the most populous countries in Europe. We just don't have these huge national parks or woods like in the US. And a lot of woods are in private property or they are under "Naturschutz" (natural reserve).
Yes I totally understand that. It’s too bad though! The nature is so beautiful, I want to sleep in it 😂
The forest in Germany covers 11.4 million hectares, 32 percent of the total area of the country. In the German forests grow about 90 billion young and old trees with a total wood stock of 3.7 billion cubic meters.
@@neevabee_ You can. We don't have police everywhere. And you'll find out that Germans are less rule-bound than our image has it.
Don't burn the forest down and you'll likely be fine putting up a tent in the wilderness.
I wish you were right regarding temperature. In the last years we had really warm springs and awfully hot temperatures from June to September, at least here in southern Germany. But it always depends on what you are used to..
I am living in Berlin and lot of people speak English really well. English is like the unofficial second language here. Many native English speakers are also living in Berlin. 😄
The weather might be a problem for those who don`t expect the level of humidity.
The point around learning the language I`ve got the same point of view. But just for those people who wanna stay for at least 6 month. I live in Dresden. So I often have contact to tourists and stundents. For me it`s no problem to switch between german and english. And I have some brits and american friends, so I trained a bit. ;)
Neeva, the only German state where wild camping is allowed is Schleswig-Holstein, which is the state all the way up north bordering to Denmark. Hope you have fun there.
The problem with speaking English is that most understand it well, but many don’t dare to speak it. Especially when they know they’re talking to someone for whom English is the native language. They are afraid to make mistakes.
Another crackin and light hearted video. Shame some people can’t take it that way.
😂 thank you! I’m trying hard to be nice!!!
If you germans are always direct and rude when it comes to your opinions why can't you take an honest opinion of her
It's not only americans who are affected by this
Germany is a small dot on the map
Even if Germany is successful, it still has a Boss and that is USA
The Teutoburger Forrest has many beautiful wilderness and adventure trails, well cartographed. Try it !
I mean most of those points were pretty general, after reading "American Perspective" a small part of me expected something like "you won't be able to keep your emotional support gun". :-P
Btw. many months with hot weather is my personal nightmare, I prefer my summers to generally stay under 30C and thrive around 15-20C.
Hahahaha fair enough! I just say that since I am an American, and I assume other people from other countries have different “issues” :) it’s good you like the weather!!
Me a danish girl who wanna move to Germany: find video to see if there is things
You: the weather (you describe why and how)
Me: OMG.. just like Denmark.. good lol
hahah
btw no hate, i love your video it was just funny to think about :)
😂 yes I think many things are the same for a lot of European countries!!
@@neevabee_ yes🤣 but I really wish to move to Germany I just like it a lot more
Weather is indeed gloomy mostly. Language is not as bad as many more non-english-speaking-at-all countries. In the end, most countries are just not English. Most use only their own languages. Church bell is a thing if leaving near a church, in cities or not. Not sugarcoating is partly true, for a foreigner like me, Germany is not among those that are really rude or indifferent. In general, Germans are not super warm but definitely properly polite and honest.
You missed the huge social contribution and tax part.
Where is this magical place in Germany, where it gets freezing cold and not freaking hot in Germany? I need to move there.
Neuss, Indoor Skihalle 😁
I agree with all the other points, except the weather. I think the issue is that it's neither really good in summer nor terribly bad in winter, so the total of really sunny days is defintely less in Germany. I guess it's Seattle-ish? I had the pleasure to travel to places like Chicago, Toronto and Kansas City in winter and you don't get -20C so oftern in Germany, if ever.
The other thing regarding Germans who speak or don't speak English. True what you say for most places, but I think it's a little bit different if you live in a bigger city or in which industry who are working. You can survive in an IT job in Munich without ever needing to speak a single word in German at work... The only things which will kill you without German skill is getting a mobile phone plan and anything you need from government agencies... but I guess you already know that :)
And yeah, camping. Same word. Two totally different concepts.
I suppose you’re right about the weather, I guess everyone is sensitive to it in different ways 😂 and yeah I think English speaking depends on where you are for sure!
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"Wildes" Campen in Deutschland ist (natürlich!) gesetzlich geregelt. Und zwar relativ simpel (und restriktiv), siehe z.B.:
*§59 BnatSchG¹*
(1) Das Betreten der freien Landschaft auf Straßen und Wegen sowie auf ungenutzten Grundflächen zum Zweck der Erholung ist allen gestattet (allgemeiner Grundsatz).
(2) Das Betreten des Waldes richtet sich nach dem Bundeswaldgesetz und den Waldgesetzen der Länder sowie im Übrigen nach dem sonstigen Landesrecht. Es kann insbesondere andere Benutzungsarten ganz oder teilweise dem Betreten gleichstellen sowie das Betreten aus wichtigen Gründen, insbesondere aus solchen des Naturschutzes und der Landschaftspflege, des Feldschutzes und der land- und forstwirtschaftlichen Bewirtschaftung, zum Schutz der Erholungsuchenden, zur Vermeidung erheblicher Schäden oder zur Wahrung anderer schutzwürdiger Interessen des Grundstücksbesitzers einschränken.
*§14 BWaldG²*
(1) Das Betreten des Waldes zum Zwecke der Erholung ist gestattet. Das Radfahren, das Fahren mit Krankenfahrstühlen und das Reiten im Walde ist nur auf Straßen und Wegen gestattet. Die Benutzung geschieht auf eigene Gefahr. Dies gilt insbesondere für waldtypische Gefahren.
(2) Die Länder regeln die Einzelheiten. Sie können das Betreten des Waldes aus wichtigem Grund, insbesondere des Forstschutzes, der Wald- oder Wildbewirtschaftung, zum Schutz der Waldbesucher oder zur Vermeidung erheblicher Schäden oder zur Wahrung anderer schutzwürdiger Interessen des Waldbesitzers, einschränken und andere Benutzungsarten ganz oder teilweise dem Betreten gleichstellen.
Kurzfassung: Begehen (betreten, spazieren, wandern) ist erlaubt, übernachten nicht. Was aber immer möglich ist: den Besitzer des entsprechenden Grundstückes/Waldes zu fragen, ob man dort übernachten darf. Also z.B. beim Bauern, dem das Feld gehört - oder dem zuständigen Amt. Problematisch dürfte halt sein, herauszufinden, wen man denn fragen muß, um eine Erlaubnis zu bekommen...
Anders wiederum ist das beim biwakieren (also dem Übernachten unter freiem Himmel, _ohne_ Zelt) - das ist AFAIK in Rheinland-Pfalz erlaubt, in allen anderen Bundesländern aber eine Ordnungswidrigkeit, und das kann laut OWiG³ zwischen fünf und 1000 Euro liegen. Wie hoch eine Geldbuße dafür nun tatsächlich ausfällt, darüber konnte ich auf die Schnelle keine Informationen finden.
Sorry für diese riesige Textwand, aber bei deutschen Gesetzen ist nichts kurz oder leicht verständlich. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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¹ Gesetz über Naturschutz und Landschatspflege (BNatSchG) §59 Betreten der freien Landschaft → www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bnatschg_2009/__59.html
² Gesetz zur Erhaltung des Waldes und zur Förderung der Forstwirtschaft (BWaldG) §14 Betreten des Waldes → www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bwaldg/__14.html
³ Gesetz über Ordnungswidrigkeiten (OWiG) §17 Höhe der Geldbuße → www.gesetze-im-internet.de/owig_1968/__17.html
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"Wild" camping in Germany is (of course!) regulated by law. And it is relatively simple (and restrictive), see e.g.:
*§59 BnatSchG¹*
(1) Everyone is allowed to enter the open countryside on roads and paths as well as on unused land for the purpose of recreation (general principle).
(2) Access to the forest shall be governed by the Federal Forest Act and the forest laws of the Länder and, in all other respects, by other Land law. In particular, it may equate other types of use with access in whole or in part and restrict access for important reasons, in particular for reasons of nature conservation and landscape management, field protection and agricultural and forestry management, for the protection of those seeking recreation, for the avoidance of considerable damage or for the protection of other interests of the owner of the land that are worthy of protection.
*§14 BWaldG²
(1) Entering the forest for the purpose of recreation is permitted. Cycling, riding in invalid carriages and horse riding in the forest are only permitted on roads and paths. Use of the forest is at the user's own risk. This applies in particular to hazards typical of the forest.
(2) The Länder shall regulate the details. They may restrict access to the forest for important reasons, in particular forest protection, forest or game management, the protection of forest visitors or the avoidance of considerable damage, or the protection of other interests of the forest owner which are worthy of protection, and may equate other types of use with access in whole or in part.
In a nutshell: Walking (entering, strolling, hiking) is allowed, but spending the night is not. What is always possible, however, is to ask the owner of the land/forest in question whether you are allowed to spend the night there. For example, ask the farmer who owns the field - or the responsible office. It might be a problem to find out who you have to ask in order to get permission...
The situation is different for bivouacking (spending the night in the open air, _without_ a tent) - this is AFAIK allowed in Rhineland-Palatinate, but in all other federal states it is an administrative offence, and according to the OWiG³ it can cost between five and 1000 euros. I couldn't find any information on the actual amount of the fine.
Sorry for this huge wall of text, but nothing in German law is short or easy to understand. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
PS: Open fireplaces are practically forbidden everywhere by default, except where it is explicitly allowed.
PPS: all of course AFAIK
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¹ Nature Conservation and Landscape Management Act (BNatSchG) §59 Entering the open countryside → www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bnatschg_2009/__59.html
² Law on the Preservation of Forests and the Promotion of Forestry (BWaldG) §14 Entering the forest → www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bwaldg/__14.html
³ Administrative Offences Act (OWiG) §17 Amount of fine → www.gesetze-im-internet.de/owig_1968/__17.html
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Thanks for the information!!
Interesting how some of your experiences are the complete opposite of what other expats living in Germany say. You mentioned that Germans don't make eye contact while so many American expats complain about how the Germans "stare" at them all the time. ;)
When it comes to the language experience, many Americans mention that they would love to talk in German but Germans annoyingly keep answering in English. ;)
So apparently one can not generalize "the Germans", because it's - as always - only a matter of own experiences...:)
Nice channel btw, greetings from Munich
It’s so funny! I think it matters a lot where in Germany you are. I’ve heard the north is more open about English whereas the south is less interested in it. It’s hard to say exactly! I guess we can only generalize so much 😝 greetings to you!
Usually in the bigger cities English is more common, because of more international business, more expats, travelers. A lot of money for the bigger cities comes from the visitors.
And the older generation in former East Germany and East Berlin GDR learned Russian as the first foreign language and later they could choose between French and English.
Depending on what they like to study. The English classes in Germany need to be improved, our schools need more native English speakers as teachers.
Germany is not cold. Today it is soo hot :)
Germany is not cold....It's just not so hot and humid as in Florida....And it's not so dark. Try Spitzbergen in Winter, that's dark.... That bell-thing is a problem in the south, and in more catholic dominated regions. Here in the north, the churchbells ring only once a day at 18:00 and on sunday mornings.
I guess weather is a personal opinion 😝 but yes, I live in the south so lots of bells!
I prefer the discreet bing every quarter of an hour of catholic churches to the endless ringing of the protestant churches on Sunday. I used to live next to a church and I found it comforting to listen to it. And when I was awake at night I didn't need to switch on the light to tell the time. When I moved away, I really missed the bells..most churches have stopped ringing at night now, because of all those new citizens processing against the bells.
But yes, it's good to know and if all that is making life difficult to you, Germany and the rest of middle Europe (Poland e.g.) is not the best choice.
If I were to move to America as a German, I would have to learn the national language as well. If you want to come to Germany you have to learn german.
English language is the international language by the way
Germany is like a small dot in the World and never forget USA is your boss
So you germans should know your history since world War 1
@@gospelfighter6548 Americans think they are tough and bossy please look at your country where a 80 year is your boss lol you are all slaves. Dont tell your boss you are gonna take 30 days off of work paid leave because you would be fired go to your 9-5 slave we dont need your retardation.
Without Germans the US wouldn’t have NASA or 98% of your food supply. Most of us dont want to even see or hear about your shithole country.
Super cold? Would be a dream, snow would be nice. But not any longer.
Camping is nice in the US, it s a large country. Compare the square miles of territory of both counties a make your maths.
Consider camping in Sweden, they have a very different philosophy than Germany. The land is considered belonging to everyone. Not only can you camp “wild” but also on private property. Etiquette demands that you are far enough away from the trail or line of sight in the case of private property.
Good to know! Thanks :)
We suck at small talk - that's fair. On the other hand American waiters/waitresses seem super fake to us. Greeters at large retail stores are outright annoying. Germans can be very friendly - to friends and colleagues. But not so much to strangers you pass on the street. Being matter-of-factly is then often misunderstood as being rude, simply because that's unexpected for people from Smalltalk cultures.
English - again very regional. In rural areas, especially with many older people English speakers will have problems. In big cities like Hamburg and especially Berlin it's often the opposite problem. Many expats say that they have trouble learning german because people switch to English almost automatically.
Camping? What keeps you from grabbing a tent and going into a forest? The US of course simply has way more space and less population density, so there are much larger natural parks.
Weather - yup, fair. Too many clouds. Though your description errs a bit too far on the Siberian side. It's usually not getting that cold - depends a lot on what region you're in though.
Churches. Yup, there's a zillion of them. People that go to them? Not so much. Regarding the bells - no doubt they make a ruckus - but having grown up here, one doesn't usually notice them. It's just background noise.
Even if it is not rude it is still not appropriate behavior because not all of the world is full of germans
There are big continents out there
This is German behavior, not a standard behavior
If you germans are direct and say what you guys think, why can't you accept when people say the facts
The problem with the germans are that they've forgotten who runs the world and that Germany only makes 1 % of the world
I also believe, that salesperson in Germany are fake not only in the America
America is the Boss
Church bells - well the southern half is mostly catholic, and they are quite fanatic.
I'm living in about the center (a bit north-east of Frankfurt/M.) and my flat is about 300 meters from the church - and I can't recall having heard the bells more and a handful of times in 9 years.
I live in the south :/ That’s good to know though!
wild camping is illegal in the most of the german bundesländer
:(( but then why not “designated wile camping” areas? If that makes sense! In the states it feels like wild camping but you still pay a fee to stay and follow rules for the campsite!
I guess because we have less space. If you create a camping space you use the space to a high degree. It is also depending on the season. You can have the whole site for yourself if you go off season ;)
What State in the US did you live? Because upstate NY gets plenty cold and I'm not sure I would like any place colder!
I’m from the pnw so we have very cold snowy mountains there! I think I feel it’s really cold because the cold lasts longer than I’m used to? Also Germany id a fairly big country so some parts are colder than others!
@@neevabee_ pnw? What is that?
@@beatrixpastoors1104 Pacific Northwest - die Bundesstaaten Washington und Oregon (im engsten Sinn und vereinfacht gesagt)
oh my God. I am russian and I used to think that foreigners exaggerate about russian cold feather. But when I heard, than Germany is a really cold country, I understood the understanding of coldness from non-russian perspective)))
Not against your statement. You have done nothing wrong!
It is my opinion of principle. 6:36 "it is not a one-way street". Nobody in the world should be so arrogant and regard their language as the ultimate. When i visit a country with a different language it is my job to be understood. Not the other way around.
Billions of people around the world can speak English as a foreign language (some better, some worse ). They learn it as a foreign language at school or learn it yourself to be "global". And in America, United Kingdom, Australia etc.? Usually no foreign language is learned! Countries with english language are not in a position to get a culture shock or criticize others if they don't speak english properly. ❓
Totally! English speakers always assume people will speak English in other countries 🤦 and many Americans don’t speak a second language at all! It’s unfortunate :/
I thought you germans liked direct opinion
@@gospelfighter6548 Of course the Germans like that. But only from people of the same level. Not by ignorant and arrogant Americans who, for the first time, can drive on roads where they don't sink into a pothole every 2 meters.
I could also be Spanish, Swedish or Japanese. Am I really German? 🤔
Cold weather Neeva? Like Alaska? I have just airco-ned my apartment 😂😜 Oh, and you have the GOP.
If you speak German, Germans are not nearly as stand-offish. Germans are uniquely extremely reluctant to speak English because of the specific way they are taught - that anything but perfectly correct English is very “bad”. How many times have you asked if they speak English, they reply, “very little” then go on to speak extremely well? Ask them about it, they’ll tell you it’s not that they have something against speaking English, it’s very much driven into them from the get go not to try unless perfected.
2020 and 2021 was unusually cold, the next years will be hotter again. The years before were actually the oposite, much too hot, because of climate change, up to 35-40 degrees vor many days and nights were it didn't cool down and nobody could sleep anymore, and because this heat is new and wasn't like this all time before, there hardly exist any air con in houses or bureaus and people melt in July and August.
Germany is just too small for proper camping, what is in US indeed a very different style of camping, I saw recently on youtube. That's really sad in many aspects, that in Germany really every square meter belongs to someone and there is hardly any wild nature, that belongs to nobody.
I grew up in Baden-Württemberg, would like to know what Landkreis you live in. In many areas of Baden-Württemberg people are exceptionally "closed" and not open to new people. After we have lived there for 10 years, we still weren't accepted as locals by many people there.
You should go to France or to the part of Switzerland where they speak French and Italian, and try to talk to them in German. Good luck.
Never move to Sweden!🇸🇪
Great video! :)
"Germany is very very cold". Me, a German, saying NO. My Israeli wife ... SO TRUE and gives me THE look. Hahaha
😂 that’s so funny. Definitely depends on the person I guess hahaha
Europeans dont really go camping like we do in America
Oh yes,the church bells. Fun as a kid, because thay told us when we have to go home. But as an adult, I just can't stand them. Yes, not speaking the language makes it hard to move to any country. Not just, because you don't understand what goes on around you but also when you live in another country and you can't properly communicate, people will take advantage of you sooner or later.
Yes!! Thanks for the comment :)
younger people speaks and understand more english than older .
So, you say you live in southern germany and still complain about the weather? :D As a Fischkopp from the north I have to disagree in every possible way! :D According to the camping-spots you are right though in a kind of way, as "wild" camping ist forbidden in Germany, as people are dumb and won't keep their trash with them, so our forests and national parks would look like a trash can within days. But there still are some spots, where it is allowed to stay for one night within your tent, these places are called "Trekkingplätze".
Okay good to know! I’ll look into the camping :) greetings to you!
What worries me most is the rising rightwing elements
I agree :((( I think that subject maybe needs a whole video to cover everything though!
Der Mythos von der braunen - oder nationalsozialistischen Rechten, also „the rightwing“ ist von den Linksparteien und der Regierung erfunden worden weil sie zurzeit eine sehr autoritäre Welle unterstütz und viele Kritiker einfach als Rechtsextrem bezeichnet. Weil die Medien und das (regierungs-) Fernsehen nicht frei sind sondern von ihren Besitzern auf Linie gebracht wurden, sprich auf Linkskurs, ist alles was nicht CDU, SPD, Grün, die Linke etc. ist, eine Rechtspartei. Also die AfD zum Beispiel. Doch in der AfD sind mittlerweile alle ehemaligen CDU, SPD und Politiker der Linken und der Grünen versammelt die keine bolschewistisch, kommunistische Regierung wollen, wie es das Merkel Regime anstrebt. Also konservative Mittelklasse. Die Merkel Regierung ist auf dem Weg Deutschland in eine zweite DDR, eine sozialistische Planwirtschaft zu verwandeln. Davor sollte man mehr Angst haben als vor einem „rightwing“ der nicht existiert.
@@svenbeowulfsson641 Da geht die braune Hysterie aber gewaltig mit Ihnen durch.
@@neevabee_ yes make a Video about Muslim hate demos against Jews and the over 18 thousand Islamic Terrorcells in Germany👍
@@Barney0815 Yes, and rightwing and faschist serial murders in Germany, known as NSU.
Remark: this year‘s spring is not representative of what the last 25 year‘s springs were like. This year was the coldest spring in the last 25 years. You might want to give Germany’s spring another try next year! 😉
If I visit a foreign country I definitely expect the people there to speak my language. So good to hear your warning at about 7:55.
I think because English is so universal we assume it’s like this everywhere. It’s strange that in the United States we don’t really have to learn a second language and many people never do!
@@neevabee_ So there is more everywhere beyond the universe. Another precious piece of wisdom.
(Die Grenzen meiner Sprache sind die Grenzen meiner Welt)
What if she wants to visit more than 10 countries, should she still learn every single language?
If I visit China for example I shouldn't learn Chinese, because I am not stupid to ignore the fact that English is the international language and even germans must learn it, since USA is their Boss
The problem with germany is, that they're so concentrated on themselves that they have forgotten who is the Chief and that Germany only makes 1 percent of the world
kinda skipped over the whole, you font have a first or second amendment, wich is kinda a big thing. i dont want to get a fine for a joke and i dont wana go to prison for defending myself
As German: 5 ❤s for your 5 reasons.
The biggest problem are is the people they are weird