5 REASONS WHY MY NEW ZEALAND MUM LOVES GERMANY🇩🇪
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
- What my New Zealand mum really thinks of Germany and me living there
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NORMAL EVERYDAY GERMAN THINGS THAT SURPRISED MY NEW ZEALAND MUM
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MY MUM'S HONEST THOUGHTS ABOUT GERMANY & me leaving New Zealand to live there
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I think the ice cream parlors are in many cases something that we owe more to our hardworking fellow citizens of Italian origin who are specialists in ice cream making. Many spend the summer high season in Germany to run their business, which is closed during the winter, which they spend back in their native Italy.
Hardworking Italians 🤣
Wenn ich denke, dass eine Kugel 3 DM kostet, finde ich die Preise unverschämt.
I mean, they still need customers to operate. You can "blame" both sides for this, seller and buyer.
Perhaps we Germans should learn to see this country through the eyes of 'strangers'.
We have simply forgotten how to be grateful for what this country has to offer us and what our fellow human beings give us.
Greetings and a heartfelt thank you for the kind words to your mother. Hopefully she will come to Germany very often and can still spend a lot of time with you here.
Kelsea, good point! I agree a hundred percent! Best wishes!
@@AE-jj2ecYeah, and everyone knows that every type of change is bad. How good was it back then in xyza.
@@t.a.yeah. I recommend to read the previously written once again and try to seriously understand. Keyword: "change drastically" The embarrassing saying from the lecturing granny repertoire should then better left stuck.
@@AE-jj2ec Don't worry, I understand. It's called hyperbole.
I live in Germany since 2007 and I love this country's nature. I prefer spending my holidays here (next week is Bavaria again) so many beautiful places still to discover. ❤
it is so nice to hear these positive things you are always saying about Germany. Thank you so much for this. I live in the North of Germany and here things are different. A lot of Crime. So lucky to live in Bavaria, the world is better down there. Have a great life
Maybe it is more a southern thing but where i live - lower rhein, ruhrgebiet - If you leave your bicycle unlocked its gone next day. Happened to me 4 Times. Even locked
Super sweet words from your mom! ♥ Such a wonderful and lovely Lady! There are here in our rural area often small self-service stores or cabinets with trust cash ("Vertrauenskasse") with fruit or handmade decorations and I thought earlier really very naive that it is everywhere like that. I once talked to a nice owner and she told me that in 12 years she was never stolen from and often there was even more money in the cash register because people rounded up. The little shack is located on a busy main road, where a lot of tourists pass by, especially in the summertime. I think that is wonderful. 😊
And I can confirm that about watching the kids. Often my mother was already standing in front of the house with her arms crossed and a grim look on her face when I came home, because some neighbor had told about my naughtiness. 😂
I do get the feeling that a lot of these things, except the ones about cake / ice cream and casual dressing, have more to do with living in Bavaria, specifically in a small town, than living in Germany in general.
i grew up not far from where Antoinette Emily lives. back in the 80s i did commercial deliveries, like paint and construction materials, mostly in the country. Some of these were farms, and the owners would be gone during the day doing their jobs, and i am talking businesses with employees, and trucks, etc. we would just drive in, unload the truck, and walk into the house and put the paperwork on the kitchen table. germany in the country is a special place.
Ice cream culture is originally not german at all, but the "german" ice cream culture is an import, that came with italian imigrants. It now has become a part of german life culture. An example of genuine cultural and culinary enrichment through immigration. Whereas german cake culture is definetely a really german thing. And the cake variety and quality is great.
I remember that is Sweden, at least in the 7ties, it was a tradition to not lock your house. Up here in the Hamburg area, we have exchange-boxes (in our village even a tiny shed) for books, sometimes clothing and other things. You're free to take what you like, as long as you contribute things you wanna give away.
Another thing are fields of flowers, where you can pick some, and there is a box to put your money in.
In our street one neighbour offers fruits and veggies this way. A few hundred meters later, neighbours offer books and toys the same way.
Don't get me wrong: we had burglars, here. 2 times in our house, 1 each in the houses to our left and right. Fortunately, that all happened before the turn of the century.
Since your mother likes the German cake culture so much: I think the coffee in New Zealand is unbeatable! A combination would be perfect.
I agree!
My mother bakes cakes every weekend and we have them in the afternoon. Coffee and cake.
Viele Grüße an Euch und an die prächtige Mama! Viel Freude noch in den verbleibenden Wochen! Vile Grüße aus Mittelfranken!
Liebe Grüße zurück! 🤗
@1 : Würzburg and Rothenburg are just one part of Germany. But the vast majority of bigger cities do all have areas where you are not going to walk with a good feeling. You can breathe "respectfulness" in Essen, Berlin, Duisburg, Bochum, Dortmund, Köln, Düsseldorf, Mannheim, München, Stuttgart ..... and you will draw a totally different picture. It´s a good recommendation to travel in trains - this way you will get to the train station surroundings. Enjoy!
Firewood in front of the house is common in small villages. The neighbourhood has an eye on all people and criminal people always prefer the anonymity of cities. Comparing cities and rural areas will lead to different conclusions. Probably also in NZL.
That video is a very nice compliment. Thank you very much! Particularly to your mum!
Your mom is adorable ❤ just discovered your channel, more videos to watch 🎉 greetings from Thüringen (right in the middle)
Thank you so much!!
Hello Super Family ! Nice to hear that your mother Likes IT Here in Germany! I think if I we're to visit New Zeeland I might end Up Like your lovely mother! I only know News Zeeland from films ,but IT must be fantastically beautiful there! Best regards frm Hamburg😊
We feel very protected by our neiborhood and our dogs.
For more than 12 years, the key stays inserted from the outside of our front door even at night. With a family of 7 kids and two dogs, it's the easiest way to deal with it. And when someone is able to pass our dogs when we are working and the kids in school, he diserves to get away with some stolen goods ;-)
But when we host friends of our kids over night, they always freak out noticing the key stuck from the outside.
My car locks itself when I leave it, but my wife always kept her key in her car. BUT in Hamburg, Duisburg, München,......or any other big town, we would not be able to live like that.
Greetings from a little town in Schleswig Holstein
Ja, so etwas geht nur auf dem Land! Ich schließe oft meinen Wagen nicht ab, die Haustür vergesse ich auch ab und an. Aber die Zeiten ändern sich…
That is the coolest wow sand toys there for every kid to share use
The thing with the firewood: In rural parts some people prep some of the firewood with gunpowder or firecrackers, so they explode when burned. It is a form of defense against theft. Highly illegal but still done by older generations. As we say in Germany: trust is good, control is better😉.
@Antoinette. Locking the doors, wouldn't likely help as much any way, if a burglar really wants to get in - although police and locksmiths tells us, that a strong lock encourages a burglar to try elsewhere. Most neighbors wouldn't even dare to try to enter without having somebody answering the door.
But if you actually get burglarized, your insurance might try to refuse to pay, because not locking the door may be seen as neglect. And while the probability is low, it unfortunately isn't zero either. There have been streaks, where gangs systematically targeted certain areas they evaluated as 'high value' and vulnerable for some months on end, before they moved on to other hunting grounds, after residents started to fortify their homes and police stepped up patrolling the targeted area.
So: better safe than sorry.
Thank you and your mom, that was nice to hear ☺️
Our pleasure!
Whenever I watch your videos I feel rather proud of "my country". That is nice because usually we Germans are raised feeling guilty for past crimes of our country. Thank you for your point of view!☺
I have because of a stupid quarrel with my parents - where today, by the way, no one knows what it was actually about, 30 years had no contact with my parents. Therefore I would like to say to you: You have only this one short life, and your parents of course also. So do not waste it. I think it's great that you made your mom happy. Love you.
I love the new Zealand ice cream culture. Can't wait to get the next Hoky Poky ice cream. I'm probably just used to the german ice cream.
I`m happy for you that your mother likes it in Germany. Have a nice time together. Lovely Greetings from nothern Germany.
Bavaria has a nice, relaxed energy that other parts of the country do not have.
German house doors can only be opened with a key. If you went out and forgot the door key, you effectively locked yourself out. Doors in NZ and America are per se unlocked and need to be locked with a key.
I live in big city and have had 2 bikes stolen from behind the house where the bike stand is.
Love this 😊❤
Greetings to your mom ✌! Thx for sharing
Thank you for watching!
A lot things you said, you cannot do in USA in terms of safety. I am glad, that your mom feel safe in Germany.
Some farms have a small roadside stand where you can buy their produce: you take what you want and put the money in a box. Likewise flowers to pick yourself, or fruit.❤
@@arnodobler1096 moin, mein Freund. Ich würde trotzdem nie meine Wohnungstür nicht abgeschlossen lassen, wenn ich außer Haus gehe. Man muss ja keine schlafenden Hunde wecken. Es ist doch so schön! Außerdem, was wir hier in Hamburg und Umgebung immer mehr registrieren ist, dass die Leute im rücksichtsloser fahren. Jeden Tag, wenn man Frau mit dem Auto los fährt, hat sie es mehrere Male, dass andere Idioten einfach bei Rot über die Ampel fahren. Wir haben ja schon gesagt, Kameras an an Ampeln, würde statt enorm viel Geld einbringen. Ich weiß nicht, wie das am Bodensee ist, ich hoffe es ist dort, bei euch besser. Liebe Grüße Ben
@@tasminoben686 Hi Ben. Bei uns sind eher die Touristen das Problem im Verkehr, die plötzlich auf die Bremse treten, wenn sie was Schönes sehen. Damit muss man rechnen. Liebe Grüße
She is so sweet!🫶🏼
I like this kind of videos where people do a comparison between countries based on personal experience. As a German the mentioned "German habits" appear pretty normal to me, so I'd love you (or your mom) to talk about her experience in New Zealand just to really make German people understand why we are so "serenity" or, to say it the other way: Why is living in New Zealand means less serenity. How is it to live in New Zealand?
Thanks for your videos!
Hello from a German, living away from Germany. I left Germany, because in my area where I lived, I couldn’t find a normal job anymore in 2005. Companies did close or jobs were taken by cheap working Polish people. Yes. That was when Germany still didn’t had minimum wages. So I immigrated to Canada, because I could get a job. For 14 years and a couple months, I was fine. In 2014, I had a work related accident. Every day pain. Worse when it got cold weather and where I lived in Canada, that was from September to April. A friend of mine, is originally from Panama. So he approached me one day: “Why you not visiting my country? All year around warm weather…..” I thought already of moving back to Germany because I couldn’t stand the weather in Canada. So I made (as we all know by know 😅 ) the wrong decision to book 5 months Panama. I arrived in November 2019…. and the pandemic hit the world. 1st March week 2020 at the airport, return ticket, GERMAN PASSPORT, Canadian resident card - gave everything to the lady from AirCanada. She looked at me, called the supervisor…. “Sir, as a permanent resident, you are not allowed to board the airplane….” 😮 Tell that a German in his face! I was like: What are you saying? I’m a human 2nd class for the Canadian government?” So she called security and I was asked to attend my “fellow permanent residents from Canada” (20-30 people) who couldn’t board the empty airplane what only took 100 people (Canadian & US citizens) to Texas and Toronto. So much to “friendly Canadians”! If this wasn’t enough, travel restrictions from Canada didn’t allowed me for over 18 months to return. The Panamanian government on the other hand, announced that tourists staying in Panama had to get legal status after September 2020. With departments closed until 31.08.2020, there was a rush on stranded tourists to get legal. What with the hassle I experienced with the Canadian embassy, filling out forms to get a travel allowed back to Canada, refused, refused, refused…. Not necessary travel….. I had no choice but applying for residency in Panama. And it cost me…. $$$$. Anyway…. Living in other countries, you always get a question: How is living in ….to here? Short answer? The shxx is the same. Only the language is changing! 😂 And yes. Canada has no exemptions in place for in the pandemic stranded permanent residents. Means. The rule for extension of the permanent residency is: From 5 years you must be 3 years physically in Canada. I can not apply for extension. Losing my permanent residency. Shit happens. Sold everything in Canada. Lost all my documents because I have no clue where they are. Not to mention furniture, clothing etc.!😮
Compared to the USA ....Germany is a super safe country (except for a few neighborhoods in major cities).
Prima Video! :)
I like it when you say welcome to my chaënel!😂❤❤❤😂
Lower Franconia is in the north of the south of Germany.
Wow, good video.
As a German, I only noticed when my fellow human beings were assholes and I took the good things for granted.
Thank you for opening my eyes.
Yes Germany is a very save Country, that's still the case in rural Areas.
You and your mum should take a trip to the Ruhrgebiet. I promise you, you will revisit your impressions into negative! Believe me!
Oder Berlin
Thanks Antoinette but where is the video footage of Germany and places you visited with your mother?
Wine is usually not a super fancy thing in Germany, at least not in the places, where you have wine as a locally produced product. It would be kind of weird to make a super fancy event for an apple cider testing. It's not a fancy product, when it is locally available, then it's not something, that has to be brought in from far away. I think that generally changes the attitude people have towards certain foods. Even when it can still range from very high to very low quality and a very high to a very low price. It's a more casual approach towards wine, when you're in a wine region and I think, how Germans approach wine has a huge disparity between wine growing regions and colder regions, without local vinyards.
Is she talking about wine? 🤔
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yep we respect things.
3:57 Is that a plastic ice cream spoon? I thought they weren't allowed anymore. People complain about being forced to use wooden spoons that leave a bad taste in your mouth.
What about bringing your own spoon?
i went to NZ, nice people, i meet....
nice nature, besides the soil erosion you always see on the North Island!
thats it, no history!
far away from every other place...its an island in the ocean!
"Technically part of Bavaria" spoken like a true Franconian.
Some of the things you and your mom listed are less related to Germany as a whole and has more to do with your neighborhood and small town communities in general. People living in smaller tows and villages have in general more tightnit communities, more focus on longevity of certain things and establish a sort of insider group of trust. People living in large metropolises tend to be less trusting, less tightnit since everything is always in flux and there are so many people there for all sorts of different reasons. Try the same thing in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne and you will experience something very different.
The last point with the toys and scooters remind me on the this popular concept of "tragedy of the commons", which says that for a common yet limited resource, when too many people make individual rational choices, the outcome will inevitably be a degradation of the entire common resource to the detriment of everybody even though everybody makes a rational choice individually. This reinforces things like trust issues. This is why parks usually get trashed on in cities without proper enforcement and checks and why the toy box example tends to be ruined once a threshold of people is exceeded. I'm pretty sure the toy box will not have survived for long in a city like Cologne without having been stolen, just scattered around or being broken quickly.
You are absolutely right that it depends on how tight-knit the community is. But not only on the size of the town. I grew up in a small town with about 3000 inhabitants but a large number of immigrants (mostly second-generation Turks), and their was no greater community, only with direct neighbors if you were lucky. We had bicycles stolen from the shed behind our house. You could never feel really secure. I am still wondering why the Gießkannen at the cemetery haven't been stolen yet. 😉 But maybe they have and have been replaced quickly. 😆
What i get from this Video is that new zeeland is full of thieves haha ;) It's true that the normal guy next door doesn't steal your stuff. But there are also professional thieves' gangs in Germany.
Sadly true, but this gangs mainly are not German's 🤔
Der Mensch ist ein gewohnheits Tier! Der Alltag bestimmt unser Leben. Wer von aussen kommt sieht manches anders.
You may have to say where in NZ your mother is coming from. I have never been there, but all friends who have been there said the exact same things about NZ🤔🤷♂️
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Hi. Very nice video. I appreciate you for making your mom's notices public. It really is cool to see your own country through the eyes of a tourist. But I want to make you consider something that I noticed as one of my own problems as well. Okay, this may seem very harsh, but it's really no offence: Could it be that your mom sees people with too much of a premature verdict? Perhaps the people in New Zealand would be just as friendly as they are here in Germany if she just tried them. Because you see, I was taught to think the same premature verdicts for the "other" people here in Germany. Of cause WE were not like that, but the others... Better safe than sorry, right? I'm over 40 years old and still think that way sometimes. Perhaps we all should reevaluate the way we think about the people around us.
I haven't locked my front door EVER. It is just not necessary where I live.
New Zealand sounds a lot like the US. Germany sounds great.
@1:30 Yes, the Frankonians are technically Bavarians but are way more agreable. 🤗
@1:59 Being a mindless drone sticking to the rules is actually not a good thing.
Deutschland is a nice Country ❤
I am really surprised! I would have expected that there are much more crimes in Germany than in New Zealand!
There are likely problems doing a proper comparison. Do you count murders? Or do you include involuntary manslaughter? Do you only count convictions? Or do you try to estimate the dark field numbers? Is skipping the fare a felony? Or only a misdemeanor.
You do have this problem even within Germany: Frankfurt is frequently cited to have an especially high crime rate. But much of this results from all the duty violations committed by travelers arriving at Frankfurt Airport, which is by far the busiest in Germany, and not the result of organized crime or petty theft within Frankfurt city limits. On top of it, Frankfurt also has the busiest train station. If you subtract those, Frankfurt is just about average among Germany's big cities.
Darn only 3 weeks left time flying by w ur mom
Würzburg (my birthplace) is of course the nicest place in Germany. In general - and concerning my own experiences - KIwi people are much more respectful than germans I think.
I would definitely not leave my home unlocked
Not even for 15min
Germany is full of burglars and you don't want to find out the hard way
Bavaria is not Germany.
Yes Germans are not so much all the new refugees, it will get alot worse it allready is in bigger Citys. They dont follow the rules, i dont feel save in my neighborhood. You are luck living in the south in a small village.
I actually doubt that. There is a lot foreigners in my village, too. And the most of the foreigners are even more trustworthy than the locals. Problem in my eyes is more the difference between cities and villages. Where people know each other...
@@geneviere199 i am not talking about foreigneres who wants to fit in our socity , follow the rules and respect our Traditions
@@pinkhope84Dann musst Du aber auch differenzieren und das hast Du halt im Ausgangsbeitrag eben nicht getan. Das ist eben das Problem und das ist das, was am Ende als rechts gilt. Man kann Dinge ansprechen und kritisieren, aber dann eben von Beginn an genau. Die meisten sind kein Problem. Der kleine Teil an Deppen ist das Problem.
I visited Dortmund last year and, after that visit I thought I would never go back to Germany ever again.
@@grafzahl4698 "Das ist eben das Problem und das ist das, was am Ende als rechts gilt." Was zum Teufel? Halten Sie es für klug, solche pauschalen Verallgemeinerungen zu machen und gleichzeitig jemanden für dasselbe zu kritisieren? Wie nennt man das, Heuchelei? Rechts zu sein bedeutet, dass man an Tradition, Stabilität und Sicherheit glaubt, an den Wert der Ordnung. Ich finde es absurd, dass ich Sie an das Offensichtliche erinnern muss.
peace, cake and trust ⬛🟥🟨 😋
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