Visit Berlin - 5 Things You Will Love & Hate about Berlin, Germany
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- The Best & Worst of Berlin for Tourists. From amazing museums like the Pergamon and Bodes to the fantastic outdoor spaces of Tiergarten and Wannsee to the history that fills the city of Berlin to the not so great parts of Berlin.
Filmed in Berlin, Germany
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"Berliner Schnauze" doesn't mean that berliner are arrogant, it means they will speak their mind wether you like it or not. they might come across as rude, but they are just too honest to be overly polite. ( all of that is way too simplified, but you get the idea) being the daughter of a Berliner, i really loved the video
Berliners are very much like New Yorkers then, so we get you.
NYer79 Fuck, seriously? I'm a Manhattan native and I'm trying to flee to Berlin 'cause I hate my hometown so damn much... Also, Trump.
Jules Mekler Well then go there, Berlin is awesome!
Go fuck yourself embuetshee. That means I don't care what is on your mind bitch.
D Marrenal Not really I’ve been to New York and the people there are kinda overly polite
I was in Berlin for a week and I think it is FANTASTIQUE!!!!! The city has an unruly and vibrant feel! There were so many places to explore. I was told time and again about how ugly the city would be. Such nonsense. It's not beautiful like Paris, but the new buildings are still not as UGLY as the ones coming up all over 'merica (the ones that seem like the contractors designed them, not an architect). The Turkish immigrants were even cool and their food is delicious. The Germans themselves were the nicest people! Everyone spoke English and all were so willing to help if you needed something. TWO different people went into their phones for almost 25 minutes to help me, respectively. I LOVE BERLIN and Berliners!
+youpumpertube i love berlin. i lived there for two and a half years and love going back anytime i can. all the best on your travels!
+youpumpertube i was there last week and loved it too. The 'ugly' stuff is part of what makes it more interesting than Paris, imo.
+woltersworld you only go back for the chicks right?
i was in Mannheim and i experienced the same kindness a young man searched in his phone for a long time to help me find the gate in the train station .
:-)
I lived in Berlin in the 1970s before the wall came down! It was truly the best duty station I ever had and the most awesome city I ever lived in!
woltersworld I'm travelling now for 2 Years all over the world, but i was born and raised in Berlin and lived there 20 Years of my life. And now after 2 Years travelling i watched your Video and heared you talking about my City. I nearly cried when i heared what you say, you're damn right. Now everything i wanna do is go back. Maybe i will see then back in Berlin.
When I visited Europe back in 1987 Berlin was one of my favorite cities to visit! Wonderful museums and wide open parks with a vibe that was different from any other city in Europe. A lot has changed since I was last here but it must be more amazing now that the wall has come down. Greetings from Atlantic City New Jersey U S A
Berlin is one of the most interesting cities I have been to. Such history and yet so modern. I walked and walked and walked thus exploring the city by foot and imbibing its electrifying ambience.
I just love Berlin.. Been here 2yrs now , left Switzerland..Nothing is place like Berlin!!!!
I was in Berlin this summer and loved it. Lots of different vibes in the different parts of the city. I thought the people had a pretty relaxed attitude about life in general. I'm definitely going back.
I can to relate to the "Berliner Schnauze", as the rest of Canada seems to feel the same about Toronto, even though Toronto is very friendly and most Canadians have never been here.
You made me visit Berlin & I really enjoyed . Thank you!
Just spent a weekend there. I love it and want to go back there as soon as I can. The public transport was new and exciting to me since I live in the countryside so it wasn't a problem. There are so many things to see and experience. 10/10
i want to visit germany so badly, my entire family is from germany & austria and id love to learn more about the history and culture
Thanks for your informative video! Great stuff.
I love your enthusiasm for this city! I'm heading to Berlin myself for the first time in the summer and you're video has really got me looking forward to it! :)
You have such sharp and crisp breakdowns. Very informative . Cheers mate
Thanks for a very informative video..
Straight to the point.. Well done.!
I saw this video years ago but it’s always fun to go retro with Mark Wolters. Great video.!!!
What I love about Berlin is that it is two cities in one. You have the west side and east side. Two different style of architecture and feel.
Berlin zoo is interesting. It's like time traveling back to the 50's when animals were displayed in cages. It was sad to see a Bald Eagle stuck on a small perch. Almost made me cry.
Horrible.😢
Great video! I am from London will be moving to Berlin in a few months for a year and this video has really geared me up for Berlin!
sherry986 I' moving there as well in November! Happy travels!
***** I've been here for 2 weeks now and I absolutely love it! How long are you in Berlin for?
This is wonderful to hear! I will be there for at least a year. Are you there with a working/holiday visa?
+Leah Wilby I'm working here for 8 months (Until March 2016) and no visa needed as I am from the UK.. How about you?
I'll be studying there next semester, so Wolter's World popped up on my sidebar and now I can't stop watching his videos! But he does have some great information to help me get ready to live there for a few months next year. From America, by the way.
My parents were in Berlin in the Austrian resident. I was there with my brother, once with a friend during vacation.
VERY EDUCATIONAL VIDEO, THANK SO MUCH.
Thank you so much for uploading this video, it really helped me out a lot! Keep up the good work!
Great video! Thanks! I am heading there for the first time next month, and this is helpful.
I first started watching your channel many years ago. Somehow it fell off my radar (life gets busy) but I am very glad I found your videos again. My favorite of all travel videos on YT.
Berlin is Amazing!!! Always and Forever, Berlin is Berlin, no matter how much it changes it's Berlin, I loved it there!!!
Nice work! I'm moving to Berlin next year and it was great to know a bit more about the city.
I love watching your videos and now this time I get to really benefit from them as I am going to Berlin in September, I have always wanted to go to Germany so I can't wait!
Thank you.
Very informative video about Berlin.
you are very welcome :)
Berlin is A-MAAAAA-ZING!! I love Germany....viele Grüße aus Holland
this is so true about Berlin, I absolutely love berlin! thanks for making me feel home!!!!
my favorite place I lived in Europe :) awesome city! thanks for commenting!
I've noticed that the quality and clarity of your videos are becoming better and better! Thanks for sharing :)
thanks carson. I have a new camera (and mic) but I have not done all the videos on it as it is rather big and when I visit some places wehre I worry about getting robbed I use a smaller/less nice camera. but I am trying to use the nice camera more and more. thanks for noticing! all the best!
woltersworld I totally understand. I'm really crazy about my camera in places like that too. Your other camera isn't terrible, so don't worry about it! Like I say, as long as I'm making videos... any camera works :)
Yeah, I so love the new camera so much better, but as you know some places are best not to use the best :)
I'm going to Berlin for the New Year. Looking forward to it.
Planning a trip to berlin to see a friend, thanks for a really cool vid, love your presentation style :)
Got to love Berlin. Lived there for 2 years and it wasn't enough. Plus Berliners are great people.
i like how you present the country... love the hate and love things! thank you!
I have been to Berlin as a student and as an Engineer. Your experience follows your little scope, which you cannot escape. I have experienced the local culture and art behind the touristic level. You were lucky to live there. What you missed was the Kneipe, the art at Kreuzberg and the fabulous curry wurst. I lived on K-Damm in a Penthouse while I studied there. I was poor from a recent divorce, but enjoyed the company of a variety of young students from Europe and Asia. The highlight of my time was being able to run on the Olympic track which had been renovated in hopes of being the 1996 Olympic site.
went to berlin last year , absolutely loved it, very beautiful and I'd definitely live there
OMG you are AMAZING. Best summary of all by far about Berlin. Very easy to catch and makes me excited to experience that city even before i get there. Thank you so much. I am in frankfurt.
I'm from Berlin and I lived in Hamburg for 8 years and I feel like people in Hamburg are the ones with their noses up and Berliners are very open and direct.
It's not that we're arrogant or unfriendly, we're just true. You have to react just as rough and you will earn a smile and maybe we'll be friends.
That's part of our humor and it's also useful for testing if people are cool (And it keeps annoying tourists away, cause we don't like tourists).
Of course you will meet people who are just unfriendly or have a bad, stressful day, but these people are everywhere you go in the world.
I actually like about Berlin that it is very multicultural, bc there's anything everywhere and that is very useful if you live here.
Btw, Berliner Schnauze is just the name for our dialect.
It's funny, my dad went on business to Germany and told me that exact experience. He said when he went to Hamburg that the airport was gross and old but the people were stuck up and thought it was amazing.
+vom Mond Als Engländer in Berlin fand ick die Mundart und die 'Unhöfflichkeit' am Anfang schwierig, weil die Engländer so höfflich sind. Aber du hast recht, dass die Berliner eigentlich nur echter sind. Sie sagen was sie denken, und man musst sich so reagieren. Echt und kein Bullshit. Dann ist allet jut, weeste?
so you hate me too because i come to berlin every year
Berliners do think they are important. I think it too bad it was not nuked in 1945, but it is never too late. Germans hate Berlin
I don't hate anyone. It's just annoying in some situations.
I love your videos! They are very good for high blood pressure therapy.
thanks so much, awesome video!
Thank you for this video. You were spot on.
I personally found that bicycles are the way to go instead of public transport (although I see from your video it was winter there and that may not have been the best option at the time).
Well done! :)
true, the flatness does make biking really easy there. thanks for the add!
Excellent presentation. Thank you.
glb360 thanks glb!
Thanks for the video!
This video has got me so inspired and pumped. I wan't to live in Berlin ! Great content as usual Wolter !
Next semester, I'll be studying there and I can't wait! I stumbled upon Wolter's World on my sidebar and now I can't stop watching! I'm so glad I did, because he's had so much great information to prepare me for moving there and what to expect!
This guy is amazing
I was in Berlin in time of East and West Germany, and all I can say that i have all good memories about that time, although the difference was enormous. I'm from Zagreb, Croatia, and in that time it was Yugoslavia, which had somewhat remembrance ti East Berlin. Museums, U-ban, restaurants, Under den Linden avenue, Brandenburg door...Most memorable thing about E.B. was Russian guard change at Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Militarism. I remember W.B. for all the lights, shopping malls, Charlie check point, all-round difference with E.B. After reunion of Germany i was few times in Frankfurt, and all i can say is that i like Berlin more. Ich bin ein Berliner :)
Wow I really want to visit Berlin after this video. I love your Love and Hate videos, they're so useful and to the point.
Thanks Wolter...I love your videos b/c I want to go to europe soon and I was trying to figure out the best cities to go to b/c there are so many! Your videos are great...
You so make me want to go back to Berlin. Thank you for a great vid.
Completely agree with you there pal. Berlin is absolutely fantastic. I'v just bought a small studio in Lichtenberg. Love the place.
Thank you so much for your video! Great job!:)
thank you for the kind words marya!
Great video. I'm going there for the first time next week :)
i like berlin germany,and that is my dream country upto now...i hope someday i can work it there..very nice place!
I was waiting for this one. I'm heading to Tokyo tomorrow and will definitely make a bunch of videos
have a great trip! I look forward to watching your videos.
thank u so much for all the great info
cbrstunter24 you are very welcome! hope you havea great time in berlin!
Have you ever been in Hamburg, Bremen or Köln? These are some amazing german cities too, there you can learn pretty much about history and the people there will be nice to you :-) !
Your travels are so inspiring! :)))
+Esther and her Little World thank you!
I was born in Berlin, now moved to Singapore and will go back to the southern part of germany to see my family again in June.
Berlin is still my favourite city and I'm so incredible happy that you also like it.
Great video. Thank you very much!
All the best,
JOJO
thanks jojo. I loved living there. such a great place. all the best to you and your return travel!
An excellent summary of meine Leiblingsstadt for first timers.
Me? I've been 13 times in the last 8 years and I adore the place. I even felt assured by my treatment by the police (I was robbed of my wallet last year) and the hospital system (I collapsed through heat exhaustion this year)!
Even despite the few bad times I've had, they have been way more than made up for by the fantastic times I've had.
Thanks that was helpful, I will go to Berlin in 6 week's.
The currywurst is the best thing ever I'm from Northern Ireland a town called Armagh and the amount of people have said that Berlin is the place to be there correct , Berlin is my favourite place in the world !
Isn't curry from India? XD
Love the video :)
I loved Berlin too, I'm from Marseille.
I never planned on going there, but now I just might have to. Thanks.
it is a cool city, you will enjoy it
thanks that helped me alot
Found that the Germans in Berlin was much less arrogant than the French , better food than the British , and a great city to be a tourist in . Just had a great experience , the angry ones came from Iran ...Great Doener kebabs at Max and Moritz ( Recommended ) , good people.I say some people will help you , but not all , and that you will find anywhere as a tourist , wanna see something special ? Go to Berlin.
Anywhere is better than Paris, France.
I am planning a trip to Europe in winter with some friends and i decided to add Berlin, there is something that i like of this city and i am not sure what is
Would love to go to Berlin. Looks such a such an historical city.
your videos are amazing, great advice
Bro I totally dig those throwback photos of you! You looked like a 🏄 surfer!
Berlin rocks I’ve always felt it’s a home away from home. The hospitality and transport is second to none. I’ve stayed in hotels , hostels , apartments ranging from sublime to ridiculous . There is something for everybody and yes I agree the museums this city has to offer are fantastic.
Hey Wolter! I just want to say you're videos are great and my decisions to tour Europe are definitely influenced by your tips! I do have a couple of questions, though. Which one do you love more between Berlin and Paris? I ask because you’ve shown a noticeably similar enthusiasm when speaking about both cities. One more question: Which city, in general, do you believe is the most open to diversity? Thanks in advance and keep uploading great stuff like this. You've earned yourself a long term fan. I'm even using the videos in my English conversation classes and students just love them! :)
I love Berlin, but nothing beats Paris :)
London is the most open to diversity in Europe.
and thank you for watching the vids!
I have just come back from Berlin, the one thing I would say is there are mosquitoes around the Spree. Thanks Wolter for the great videos.
I enjoy you "loan and hate" videos. What you say about Berlin is very true and I felt it was a great city to visit.
Your awesome man thanks a bunch!
Buzi2788 you are very welcome :) and thank you!
I love Berlin. Beautiful city.
You make me miss Berlin for all the reasons you are mentioning in your video, it's soooo true! But i disagree with #4 for the beggers and scams ...i'm quite surprised to hear (if you compare to Montreal, here it is happening everyday lol). If we can add a point, as a woman i've felt very safe walking alone in Berlin.
Berlin is just soooo delicious..that a revisit is scheduled at the end of our trip in 2019......we first came to Berlin as 3 travelers with separate agendas....2017 is when we first hit German soil......2019s revisit.....is going to be about my partners love of museums and gardens and my love for beer and learning about the wall...... Berlin is the center of all Europe......xxoo
Thanks for the video. It helped me decide to study abroad in Berlin rather than Salzburg. Only downside is I would like to improve my German more while I'm there, but it sounds like I'll be hearing a lot of English :D
It's really not that "extrem". Mostly you will hear german.
Well, the berlin-dialect, at least, which often is not on the correct side of german grammar..
But Berlin is very multi-cultural, so you are able to learn a whole lot of languages, if you want to. ;)
Thank you !! going to Berlin in 2 weeks for the first time
You forgot to mention excellent public transport in Berlin. Especially if you are from the US you will notice the difference.
Most U-Bahn lines run every 5 mins throughout the day and even more often in rushhour. Nothing more to say, U-Bahn will work at any time.
S-Bahn is known to be very unreliable but it will bring you to the target most of the time. But waiting times from one train to the next can be VERY different. So sometimes you only have to wait 2 minutes from one train to the next and another time it's more like 15 minutes. (I'm talking about 7:30 am through the week on Berlin's "S-Bahn-Ring" (circle line) here. Other lines going far out to the suburbs are more reliable.)
The buses will take you everywhere, where U-Bahn and S-Bahn do not go. "M" (metro) buses run every 5 mins in the center and every 10 mins if you are far out. "X" (express) buses will be quicker if you have a long distance to cover as they only stop at the important stops. Normal bus lines without a letter infront of them will run every 10-20 minutes depending on how important they are (This does not apply to line numbers over 300, these will be rare to see as they only run every 40 mins or even more infrequent)
The tram is the equivalent to the bus in the east of Berlin (and on one or two lines in the "Wedding" district). These will also have an "M" if they are important and run more frequently.
If you need a toilet and have a train ticket the easiest way is to just ride one station in a "Regionalbahn" these are indicated with "RE" or "RB" infront of the number and will 95% have a toilet on board. All the regional trains are included in the "VBB-Tarif". That means if you have any train ticket for the Berlin zones (Berlin AB) you can use ALL public transport except for long distance trains like ICE. You can also get these tickets everywhere in Berlin and Brandenburg. Even the bus drivers on the countryside could print a month ticket for Berlin (I wouldn't recommend this though, Brandenburg bus drivers are generally not that friendly to foreign people ... and they are not that capable in general) But just stay in Berlin, you wont find anything of interest in Brandenburg anyway.
There actually are a few ferry lines in Berlin, but I don't remember using them. (They are included in "VBB-Tarif")
There are 3 Berlin zones for public transport. A, B and C. You can only get tickets for them as AB, BC or ABC. A is everything in the center of Berlin, like the Alexanderplatz, Ku'damm or Potsdamer Platz. Everything thats outside of the S-Bahn circle line but still inside the city borders of Berlin is zone B. The Olympiastadium, the Wannsee, Tegel airport or idk maybe the Tierpark are in that zone. (Tierpark translates into animal park, but this is not the same as the more popular zoo from Zoologischer Garten - that one would be in the A zone near Ku'damm. So there is two zoos in Berlin, keep that in mind) Then outside of Berlin starts the C zone. Here is the Schönefeld airport. the city of Potsdam is also Berlin zone C. Be careful as Potsdam has its own ABC zones, so look sharp when buying your tickets. C zone is just a small ring around berlin. It does not allow you to travel in whole Brandenburg. That would be an extra ticket then.
Remember to validate your ticket if it says so. There will be "Entwerter" for that purpose in every bus, every U-Bahnhof and every other train station.
For information on route planning visit www.bvg.de/ or install the app "Öffi" on your phone and select BVG in the beginning if you have a mobile internet connection here.
I hope this will help you with visiting Berlin. Have a nice time here!
I'm planning to visit Berlin :) so I'm figuring out the cool spots. I have a friend from College that grew up in Berlin and lives there so I'll hang out with them too for some part of the visit as well.
just returned from about 10 days in Berlin over Christmas and New Years and agree with all of your comments! Although several of the "negatives" i might count as positives! Two negatives I would mention are the graffiti on every vertical surface and the weather this time of year. Looking forward to our next visit this Summer!
love it!
When I saw your vid your faced looked familiar to me, you're the guy from the video about Porto!! I lived and in Porto and moved to Berlin in January!
We lived in both places! hehe
Thank you so much for making this video. I'm going over the summer and have started planing on what I'm doing with my down time from classes. What would you recommend for people who love history. Would you recommend staring with the new part first then go to the past or go from the past to now. Also what is your favorite place to eat that is a German favorite and not like Starbucks or something like that.
Thank you for this. The sixth thing you will love is the public transit system. Cheap and so frequent.
airofan even to the airport :)
So I lived in Germany for half a year (Northwest), so whenever I visited Berlin I found that Berliners are the friendliest and most open-minded people in Germany. I love the city, not because of its appereance since it's not that special compared to other German cities, but the culture there is so inspiring since the place is filled with art and creativity, also, you really get that feeling that you are like at home since its very international, and, believe me, feeling included as an Ausländer in Germany is a big deal, specially since Germans, polite and nice as they are, are very hermetical people so it's pretty difficult to enter their society even when you speak German decently. However, in Berlin, that's super different, Berlin is all about peace and acceptance and freedom. So, give Berlin a shot, sure, there's a lot of drugs, beggars and pollution and some parts in Berlin are genuinely ugly, but you won't regret your visit.
I love the pic at 0.52 :-)
Hi Wolter,
It's a shame you haven't done a video of Hamburg, as I will be travelling to both Berlin and Hamburg this week for the first time!
Keep up the good work!!
I will get to Hamburg don't worry. I was there quite a few times between 95-05 (pre Wolters World) and always had a great time
Ah I see!
Well as I said, keep up the good work! Really enjoy your video's!
Robbie from Dublin, Ireland!
brilliant mate
ian powell Thanks Ian!
Ive always wanted to visit Berlin, Germany is currently the only foreign country ive been to, and im currently trying to persuade my family to go on holiday to Deutschland :P
Great, I`m from Berlin!
My grandpa is from East Berlin, he was born in 1943 i believe, so he had a rough childhood. Their family were all in West Berlin, so he his mom and his sister would sneak their possessions under the wall to their family. I guess my grandpa had become friends with a bunch of guards and would tell them jokes and give them food i think. But once they sent enough stuff over they put on as many clothes as they could and filled their pockets with as much stuff as they could, and they crossed over and never went home. They had to abandon most of their stuff. Pretty crazy, and im so excited to go and see the Berlin wall, and im going to try and find my grandpas house!
You are so well traveled and good videos and advice. I'm a bit jealous. :)
thank you
I cannot wait to go to Berlin in December.
rougewillow its a great place. you will really enjoy it! all the best on your trip!
Mr.Wolter, have you dobe a video on Vienna ? I really want to visit there one day and your the best guy for information on.. Earth
Hay woltersworld I was wondering if you could do a vid about things to do with young teens. Thanks. luv your vids. I always watch your vids. Thanks
Great description. Much better than your visit to Bonn :-)
Berlin is something different and unique for all the world and all new generations to come. Your sweet kid included :-)
U sound so excited when U present Berlin lol
I went to Berlin last week - not too much homelessness. Nothing like London, Barcelona or San Francisco.
@Allsy Inguy shush