American reacts to German Pubs (how are they different?)
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I don't think she explained "Stammkneipe" correctly. To me, my "Stammkneipe" would be the place where I go regularly and where the bartenders/waiters recognize me when I come in and already know which kind of beer I am having.
Stammkneipe is like your home and the bartender is like your father / brother and the waitresses are like sisters... So würd ich es Amerikanern erklären 😂
Like Cheers TV series - but without the bad jokes and acting and laughing track.
The place where you are considered to be a "regular" is your Stammkneipe
i think you know you have stammgast status in your stammkneipe when the owner comes and sits down at your table and chats with you every once in a while. Not necessarily because you show up every day or every week, but maybe for 20 years or so.
@@uliwehner Yep. Or comes over for a handshake and a hug, while chatting a bit about our families and talking with his kids how their studies go ect. My Stammkneipe is a small hole in the wall, family owned and operated so dad and both sons work there :).
I think the biggest I owe you got my best friend there, he owed 300€ from a single night xD. Ofc he payed it back, I think I had 25€ or something like that.
The law for cheap non-alcoholic drinks was created specifically so that people could avoid alcohol WITHOUT needing to stick to water only.
"Weizen" (pronounced: Vy-tsen) = Wheat beer, usually sweeter
"Pils" = beer brewed originally in the city of Pilsen (czech: Plzeň), more tart with a distict hops aroma
"Kölsch" = beer variant from Köln / Colognge. Also of the more tart variant.
"Stammkneipe" isn't just a "local" pub... it's the pub that you regularely frequent. Where you know everyone, and everyone knows you. You are a "Stammgast" in that location... a regular guest.
And you can buy beer or radler( beer with limonade) when you are 14 and your adults say ok
And here's a small pronunciation tipp: The "ö" sound is pronounced the same way as the "u" in "surf" oder "turn".
_"Stammkneipe" isn't just a "local" pub... it's the pub that you regularely frequent. Where you know everyone, and everyone knows you. You are a "Stammgast" in that location... a regular guest."_
🎶"...where everybody knows your name... and they're always glad you came..."🎶
I might have to watch "Cheers" know. If I can even find it somewhere.🤔
Just wait a minute!
Kölsch = beer variant?
You sure about that? xD
@@Guderian2 Aaaand queue the beer war's in the comment section... 😁😁😁
3:05 Wait until he finds out that you can technically drink or buy alcohol at 14 if you are with your parents or any other adult supervisor
She explained Stammkneipe completely wrong. Your Stammkneipe is a bar where you're a regular. That's why they know you and trust you to pay your dept next time you come in, because you're there all the time anyways. It's like your home base, your second living room. Also, just because it's your Stammkneipe, doesn't automatically mean that you get credit. You might be known as being unworthy of credit ;)
correct..
wouldnt mean you get banned from coming there though..
they would just make you pay instantly
@@mats7492 exactly.
She explained it fine, Ryan just misinterpreted what she said.
Yeah, she got it wrong.
I worked at a Café in Germany for a few years and it is absolute standard to tip unless something goes really wrong. Sometimes people did not have enough money for a tip and they would apologize for it. The only guests who nearly never tipped were - you guessed it - American tourists. Some of them would even complain that we did not offer huge glasses of tab water for free which just is not standard here - you will get a small glass of tab water if you order a coffee but water usually comes from a bottle in a restaurant here and costs as much as a soda if not even more. I don't understand why Americans are often so badly informed about the country they are visiting. It's like their trip advisors are messed up or something like that.
If you think you're the center of the world you don't need to be informed about anything. lol
It's the american mindset (of course not everone, but a lot)
I think it's fair to say that Europeans think they are the center of the world. Y'all complain about the huge portion sizes and "overly friendly service"? So, American tourists, European tourists, what is the difference???
@@Timbothruster-fh3cw we don’t complain about overly friendly service, we complain about fake friendly service.
@@Timbothruster-fh3cw I think Europeans have it a little bit easier to know what to expect from the USA since we see a lot about it in the media (movies, TV Shows, social media and so on). We are also used to holidays in another country since the border of our own country is never far away. I don't know where the idea comes from that you don't tip in Germany because it is just not true but it seems like a lot of Americans think it is true which makes me wonder where that comes from.
@@Timbothruster-fh3cw No its not, because Europe is not a nation, there is no European identity. Moscow, Stockholm, Paris, Istanbul, Prague, Porto, Rome, Frankfurt, Manchester and so on. These are cities from different cultures in Europe. There is no such comparison between the American identity for Europe. It just proves the point that you tried.
pre gaming (vorglühen in german) is something commonly done before clubbing but not before going to bars, bars aren't really for partying but for hanging out and chatting with friends etc
and regarding drinking age iM sure someone has explained it in the past but i'll do it again here:
alcohol with more than 15% can only be sold to people who are 18 and above
alcohol with lower percentages can be sold to 16 year olds and above AND can be drunk at the age of 14 if the parents are there and supervising it
Again, I feel like you have to mention that those rules aren’t that strictly enforced in more rural areas. Even if the police coughs us that only ever meant a strict talking to and that was it.
I think one time they brought us home to our parents and told them but that was mostly because it was in the middle of the night.
@@user-cx6kt3ku2f Yes, the "people wo drink" are not usually prosecuted, especially if they are underage, unless somehing else happens like disorderly conduct or destruction of propterty. The people wo are usually much more strictly prosecuted are the people are the people who sold them the alcohol.
@@user-cx6kt3ku2f i grew up in the city so i couldn't really speak on that topic but that's a good point! i'm not sure how strictly it was enforced where i grew up, usually classmates with "chill" parents would throw house parties where there was underage drinking and the likes and ofc we didn't have to worry about police there
@@aixtom979 yeah but even than there is way more leniency in the countryside because chances are, you know the person who’s property you damaged or it is just not seen as strictly in general. I feel like you organize a town Kerb, knowing that at the end of it, you’ll have to replace a few street signs and maybe remove a tree from the middle of a football field.
where do people get this 15% rule ? never heard of it and its not as i ever experienced it. for example a can of Jacky-cola only has 5% but its still 18+ as far as i know itsnothing with "burned" alcohol before you turn 18
The water in the US may be free but it tastes like swimming pool water. The water you buy in bottles tastes like our tap water.
i always let the cup of water untouched..
the smell is already unbearable..
@@mats7492 i stop them from filling it in the first place, if i can.
tap water, not tab water. beer on tap, same root as zapfen perhaps? a tab is a piece of cardboard that sticks out so you can separate sheets of paper for example.
Tabs are also used in the dishwasher...😂😂😂
What you are allowed to drink in Germany and from what age does not depend on how strong the alcohol content is, the type of alcohol is decisive. Fermented alcohol is allowed from the age of 16, distilled alcohol from the age of 18. Ordering water from us in the north will certainly lead to a hint from the host that the main ingredient in water is fish pee and whether you are sure that you do not want to drink a beer after all.
Stammkneipe is not so much just your local bar. It's more specifically your regular bar.
My Stammkneipe is actually quite a bit away but I still visit it more often then the local bars. 😃
Every exchange student from the states was shocked when we told them to drink beer with us 🤣
Wieso ?
@@bas3374 Weil die dachten, dass man das erst ab 21 darf?
I would also be shocked. "Being told to" means you force them. You probably mean "invited them". 🙂
@@stevenvanhulle7242 invite? you learned nothing from Ryans videos? You come to Germany, you get a beer in the hand, you drink it! No words needed, just do it! 🤣
Weizen:
- The "ei" is pronounced like "eye" in english and as in "Einstein"
- The "z" is pronounced like a voiceless sharp "ts" like in the english word "lots"
Gib's auf, das ist verlorene Liebesmüh! Exakt dasselbe und noch andere Tipps zur Aussprache habe ich ihm im Lauf der Zeit bestimmt drei- bis viermal in den Kommentar-Bereich geschrieben.
Entweder liest er die Kommentare seiner Zuseher überhaupt nicht oder er will bewusst provozieren oder aber er hat ein Hirn wie ein Nudelsieb, wie man bei uns in Wien zu sagen pflegt.
@@tubekulose oder er nutzt euch zum pushen seiner Einnahmen, durch den Algorithmus. (Anzahl der Kommentare)
@@tubekulose Er liest die Kommentare nicht. Habe nie gesehen, daß er jemanden geantwortet hat oder Daumen hoch für einen Kommentar dagelassen hat.
@@Horrorhorst Das klingt durchaus plausibel.
@@Zentauri77 Ganz selten und vereinzelt verteilt er Herzchen. Vermutlich komplett zufällig und nur um den Eindruck zu erwecken, er würde sich um sein Publikum scheren.
Every time she says "Kneipe" the subtitles says "sniper". Thats very funny!
Priorities?🤔🤣
Yeah, a Kneipe is where you hang out with your friends and neighbors to talk, or maybe play a card or dice game. If the Kneipe is big enough, they might have a pool room or area. There is also a Stammtisch, where only your true die hard customers are allowed to sit, and they have their own beer glasses too. What I really enjoy, are cozy outdoor beer gardens. I have some fond memories of my Kneipe and beer garden.
American freedoms! Where you can't drink until you're 21 and they still ask for ID if you're 70😂
The 16/18 rules are technically in place everywhere you go but realistically, they are mostly just really present in larger cities, bars, clubs and supermarkets.
I think everyone from rural areas knows that one old dudes bodega, the drink market where your older brother works, the shady little bar full of alcoholics …. Where you walk in with ten bucks and walk out with a bottle of vodka or Jäger and a pack of smokes.
Also in my experience, at small town festivals (Kerbs), everything goes.
I hate them with a passion now but growing up in a fairly rural area, they where basically a standard experience for most kids during the later years of middle school.
I tried tappwater in Florida.
They adviced me, not to drink it, because of the chlorin! The same with softdrinks. Dont drink from a spender, only buy closed bottles!
And they where right!
Most pubs close sometime in the morning when the manager decides it's not worth staying open and wants to call it a day. There are a few pubs that are famous for never closing. Hamburg in particular has the Elbschlosskeller and "Zum Goldenen Handschuh". But these are both pubs that you shouldn't go into, especially not as a tourist. Because most customers have an alcohol problem and don't just drink in the pub. At the beginning of the Corona Pandemic there was an interesting story about the Elbschlosskeller, they had to close because of the lockdown and that was the first time in 70 years that they closed the shop. They no longer had a lock on the door and had to install one first. "Zum Goldenen Handschuh" is best known because that's where the serial killer Fritz Honka chose his prostituted victims. The story is now available as a novel, which has also been filmed. ua-cam.com/video/vQpQ2rWFlYc/v-deo.html
No, you don't drink "Weizen" very often in the US. Believe me. 😉
Ich weiß nicht einmal ob die überhaupt "Bier" trinken dort drüben. Die haben doch keine Ahnung vom Reinheitsgebot😂
@@nicobendig6597 Dafür verstehen sie etwas vom frei-heizen. Schließlich gibt es ja die Frei-Heiz-Statue in New York. In meinen Augen eine Riesen Energieverschwendung, so ins Freie zu heizen. Und dann noch mit einer Fackel...
Zum Glück haben wir das ein Rein-Heiz-Gebot. Wir dürfen einfach nicht rausheizen.
its just the type of glass you usually get..
they also serve kölsch in a large glass or weizen in a small glass.
the concept of using appropriate glasses for different types of beers doesn't really exist in the US
@@mats7492 Mmmm, the concept of "appropriate" maybe does not exist in the US. 😆
Alcohol regulations in Germany are easy:
14, 15: need parents with you, no Kneipe, only beer and wine basically
16, 17: no parents, Kneipe until midnight, beer and wine
18+: legally become AA if that's your cup of tea
I'm not shure, if you got that right. In a german Bar or Kneipe you do not pay for each drink. When you leave, you pay for all the drinks you had. So you need to tip only once if you want to.
But that's not true for all bars. I think it depends on the type of bar, like if you are sitting at a table and are being served you pay before you leave, but if you have to get your own drink at the bar most of the time you have to pay right away. Unless you have a tab of course.
4:00 you don't have to tip. But in a Kneipe or Bar it's common to do so. If you can't or don't want to you're free to not do so and usually you won't be treated differently. 5:04 yes. While there is a smoking ban indoors there's lots and lots of bars, kneipen, discos, clubs where you can smoke and not just in Berlin. But I noticed it's a little less common and more strict in Bavaria. Otherwise it's pretty normal that there's a smoking area or even allowed to smoke everywhere in many places, often the Kneipe has a cigarette machine, sometimes they even sell cigarettes at the bar
With the parents you can actually drink beer(not other alcohol) with 14 years
Not with my parents.
Water in the US is for free, because it tastes like chlorine, and very flat, so it's not a pleasure to drink.
When I was in the USA, I insisted on not having ice in my drinks when we went out, because it ruins every flavour.
If you ever come to Germany, taste the tap water, especially in the country like Eifel, Westerwald and Bavaria. It has a slight taste and it's super refreshing.
When I moved out from the small town my parents lived in to Cologne University, the first thing I did when I went to visit was drinking a big glass of water from the tap, because it tastes so much better than in the city. I still do.
When I was a child our family regularly went on trips with our bicycles to the Eifel where we used to picnic.
On our way home we filled our by then empty bottles with tap water from one of the cemeteries since the water was much better than at home.
Once returned we made tea with this water and called it „Vampire tea“.
She explained "Stammkneipe" a bit wrong, its more like the place you regulary go and where the bartender recognizes you.
When I was young in the eighties there were also pubs where you could drink and next door was a dance club where you could dance and drink. The good thing was entry was free. But there were also dance clubs where you had to pay to enter.🙂🍺🍹
They specifically went to the fancy places for the video. Most Kneipen in Germany are famous for their shabby / dirty look.
"Haselnussbrand" is haselnut -schnapps , "Stammkneipe" literaly means "tribepub" - so the pub that you regularly visit. "Anschreiben" you do on a "(Bier)Deckel" which is the paper coaster on which you place your drink and you usually pay everything at the end of the day before you leave.
The "stamm" in this case doesn't refer to its meaning of "tribe", but rather of "fundamental", "core", or "stock", as in Stammwort, Stammkapital, Stammspieler. And of course all those can be traced back to the truly original meaning as "(tree) trunk".
in my Stammkneipe its totally normal to get a glass of water for free. you only pay if you want a glas of sprudel (sparkling water).
3:38 Haselnussbrand: another one of the ubiquitous compound words you can dissect into simpler words. Hasel = hazel, nuss = nut, brand = fire or burn.
So it is a Hazelnutburn.
Once you are able to dissect them into their component words you can often deduce from their similarities to English words what the German words might mean.
The only thing not immediately clear is brand...
What burns (in your throat)? A strong spirit.
So it is a hazel nut liqueur.
The Stammkneipe has been discussed many times below. Nuff said.
They know you, they trust you there, and they may (!) allow you to open a tab for your drinks that you pay back at the end of the week, or maybe even the month. But you'd have to be a reeeeeally regular customer.
Beer coasters: most often you get your personal beer coaster made from cardboard for your seat. Your wait staff will mark your beers on it with a single line each on the edge.
Yes, these coasters are considered a legal document in Germany once they are marked with your open beers and other drinks on them. So no, you can't go around destroying them willy-nilly without repercussions, or exchange them for a new one. So don't be an a$$hole by changing your coaster and skimp out on paying; your waitstaff usually have lots to do.
Düsseldorf's Altstadt (Old Town) doesn't have a *single* street but multiple (small) blocks of criss-crossing streets with one bar next to the other, interspersed with clubs, and food stalls.
It's a bar hopper's dream as these bars/clubs usually don't charge and entrance fee and are completely fine with people walking in and out at any time.
That's why it's called "Die längste Theke der Welt" / "The longest bar in the world". It's not one singular bar, but loads and loads of small independent ones.
In many you can find live music being played on tiny stages, with absolutely NO separation from the crowd. We are talking about a skip and a hop, and you'd be up on stage yourself.
No fenced off areas, no security, just common decency.
I used to live in Düsseldorf and I lost count of the number of times I did an Altstadttour (Old Town tour) on the weekends, or maybe even during the week.
"brand = fire, burn" is nonsense in this context. Wikipedia "Brand": The process of separating alcohol from a mash for consumption purposes by distillation is referred to as distilling and the product is often referred to as brandy. (Darum heißt es ja auch bei uns Branntwein = brandy!)
@@michaelhahn6955 Yes, agreed. But I had a brain shutdown when I wrote that comment. Just an explanation, no excuse 😁
we have quite a few bars in Berlin, that are opened 24h a day and some of them are really worth to go to! also some clubs are open for 2-3 days non-stop
The Kneipensterben or Pub dying is really true in the small towns and villages. Because of the young people who are more into clubs and discotheks. I have experienced many closings in the last 10 years. Many are just not capable to hold the cost for the few costumers in the local areas. It's sad but i hope into the community pubs how are financed by a communities for local events or festivals
I think anschreiben is somewhat connected with the cash operated business. They will track your order on the small carton we have to put under your drink and if you don’t have enough cash with you, you can ask them to put it behind the bar.
If your bar keeper trusts you, you can even just do it like that in general and than pay him regularly what you owe him, so that you don’t have to walk around with that much cash in your pocket every time you go there.
In Germany, you first go to the supermarket to get something to drink.
Then you can “preheat” along the way.
The pub usually closes when the sun rises.
Ask for water? In the Middle Ages, beer was considered more durable than water.
In England pubs close at 00:00 if it hasn't changed since the last time I was there. 15 minutes before, they ring a bell to warn: Last round. Everyone goes to the counter, it's total confusion
Stammkneipe means that you're a regular. If it's local or not doesn't matter, you could drive every weekend 1000km and go to the same Kneipe for a long period of time to a point the staff knows and you know the staff it'd become your Stammkneipe.
In my opinion nothing beats the Irish pub culture. All the live music is fantastic. + if you get lucky you might stumble into a place whithout tourists and people would just start singing some songs. The atmosphere is unbelievable. I'll never forget that one time when an older Irish guy started a singing spree among the pub guests shortly after the live music was over. Compared to that our pub culture here sucks.
yeah, the apple juice law exists precisely because water is not free. The logic behind it (I assume) is that if you have the option to get a free water you will buy less to drink (because you might say "I could get a coke for 3,50 or a water for free... better take the water"). In Germany, the business is made with drinks, not food. So in restaurants you might find the foods relatively affordable, but the drinks will robb you. you can easily eat at an average restaurant a full meal for 8-20 Euros, but a coke is 3,50 (and so is a water), and alcohol (except for beer usually) is even more expensive.
Hey Ryan, love your channel. Just wanted to ask if you can also make videos where you only react to local American stuff instead of foreign countries, because I think a lot of your viewers including me are from Germany and already know most of the stuff about Germany. And I don't really care about Germany that much and want to learn more only about the US.
"Not payed as a therapist" - that's what you tip for, provided good service and / or "therapy" given.
"Kneipensterben": In old urban living quarters, there used to be a simple pub at every street corner to give opportunity to spend the evening or to get a short sip and exchange latest news. Daily culture. Since people had TVs at home and e refridgerator for cold beer, many people spent their evening at home, and many pubs had to close.
Of course, "downtown" you still find etablissements of any kind and taste.
The law about having to have a non alcoholic drink being at most as expensive as the cheapest alcoholic one one the menu is (I feel like) kinda recent. It is there because things started to get out of hand with soda and even water being charged for more than a beer. That then incentivized people to have a beer (or 10) when really they didn't want to, especially young people who might not have wanted to get tipsy when they got there to just hang out with friends.
Now there is usually water or Soda for the same price as the cheapest beer.
And yes you have to pay for water and Soda, there are no free drinks anywhere.
We have a word for preparing for a pub night with alcohol. It's called "vorglühen" like you do with glow plugs of older diesel engines.
water? as designed cheap non-alcoholic alternative? they said something non-alcoholic to drink, not something to wash oneself with.
Tipping in a pub in Germany is quite difficult.
Usually you are sitting somewhere next to the bar. You have your own table and stay there. There you wait for a server to order your drinks. He comes back from time to time to ask you, if you want some more. If you want to leave you ask for the bill and pay all the drinks you had and hand over tip.
Sometimes there is no server. If so, you have to go to the bar, order your drink, wait until you get it and take it to your place. In this case u usually pay each drink and don't tip anything.
If you sit directly at the bar and stay there you usually drink and pay like I mentioned first.
Some may even be very often at the same bar, sitting there and having a chat with the barkeeper. If so and you are well known, it may be common in some regions to shout one or another drink to your barkeeper. But depending how many drinks you want to invite your barkeeper, respect his decision if he has a drink with you, but only drinks water, since he needs to stay conscious for his job.
Smoking in pubs: In Germany it is not allowed to serve meals in smoking areas. Little snacks are allowed in smoking areas. So there might be different rooms in one single pub and in some you might be allowed to smoke and in some you are not, since there are served meals.
The smoking rules depend on the state. In Bavaria for example it's completely forbidden indoors in bars, clubs, etc. without any special rules regarding if foods are served or such...
@@PascalDragon Fascinating. I guess unitary rules would have been too easy. xD
@@skypeera in Germany these kind of things are regulated at the stare level, not the federal level, so of course there are bound to be differences.
Not to mention that in Bavaria these specific rules are the result of a referendum ("Volksentscheid"), cause the government back then had decided to introduce rules with many exceptions which the people didn't agree with.
It is not just Berlin. There are a few states that still allow smoking bars and bars with smoking areas. I don’t think I’ve been to single bar in hess where I couldn’t smoke somewhere. You might have to go to a secluded area and in clubs you might have to go to a outside area but, at least in the techno ones, I feel like half the dancefloor will smoke inside at one point or another, wich can get annoying if their not careful and give you a burn mark. Hold it on the inside of your hand people!
Tipping isn´t necessary but a nice gesture towards your regular pup or server, but only when the service was good. Servers usually get the minimum payment of about 13$ per hour, so we give them a little extra for being nice and for good service.
As a Düsseldorfer i'm upset she didn't mention Altbier 😜
C'mon, she listed Weizen, Pilsner and a type of soda. What did you expect after that...? 😉😉
@@marchertel5581 😂
Dr. Hanno is wrong. Maybe there's no pub death in Berlin-Mitte but it's everywhere outside the downtown areas. In my suburb with around 3000 inhabitants there had been 3 pubs 20 years ago, it's zero now.
He could just walk to Berlin-Charlottenburg. There was literally a pub on every corner. Now there's a ton of fancy bars and restaurants around Savigny-Platz but walk 400 metres to the north and you won't see any of that.
It's always nice to watch a video that flows.
Here is a funny fact Ryan: In german the Translation of Tapwater could bee something like Roosterwater ,C*ckwater, Cranewater ... in German Kranwasser or Kranenwasser (Wasser vom Wasserhahn = Water from the Waterrooster)
Pubs here in Ireland are amazing
Yes!
I usually don't tip when it's only for having a drink. You may round up but topping is more typical when you eat in a restaurant.
We only tip waiters, waitresses, hairdressers and taxi drivers cause they usually work minimum wages and depending on tips but only if they did a good job. It is not a must to tip but we can do it. We can give as much as 50 cent or up to 1 Euro or more but as I said it isn’t a must.
it is expected to tip
@@ritabecker5625 not in Germany but if a waiter/waitress, a hairdresser or taxi driver is very hard working or does a terrific job then we if we want we give a tip but it isn’t necessary.
You know Moe's Bar from The Simpsons so you get the general Idea of a Kneipe... and it is Homers Stammkneipe too, where he could do the Anschreiben ^^
"ei" is pronounced similar to an English "i" - as in "Biden" for example.
"ie" on the other hand is similar to "ee" - as in "beer" for example.
DW = Deutsche Welle = German wave (wave, short for wavelengh - in context with the scale for radio stations)
Thanks Ryan my first insight into Germany a country I would like to visit like France etc where have I been ? Stockholm sweden and majorca and Spain so so many places. I haven't seen so thank you you tubers thanks Ryan cheers
There is a huge "Kneipensterben" still going on. Prof only sounds like an expert LOL
actually in southern Europe were the whether is hotter you get (tab) water for free, most places bring it to you without even asking for it, its weird for us to that in Germany you don't get water for free
In our Pub's you can smoke as well. And it's not Berlin. I think it's only restricted at locations where you can order food as well.
in fact its illegal all around germany except for "private clubs". Although i am sure in many small towns they just dont care.
@@nils7559 That is incorrect!
There are states (for example Niedersachsen where i live) where you can still smoke in pubs/bars!
But that means nobody under 18 is allowed to enter and they cant serve food!
My Stammkneipe allows smoking!
Its entirely legal
A) Stammkneipe does not refer to local pub per se, because, especially in cities, you can, as you rightly point out, be local to many pubs. Stammkneipe rather refers to your regular pub, where you hang out most often, the staff knows you and therefore trusts you to come another day to pay the tab you have been running with them… B) we would consider it VERY rude if you came to a pub, spend hours there and only order tab water for free. I mean, those places rarely sell food or it they do, it is rather snacks or fast food and many go to the pub without eating anything. They rely on you ordering a drink (and not tab water!). Just imagine running a place where people are not eating anything, keeping a spot in the pub for hours but not even drinking anything worth money. Now, that would be a reason to kick you out in my opinion!
4:30 You still don't have to tip in Germany. What this girl is talking about is a politeness amount you could give. It is very common to round up (f.e. 27,90€ to 30 €).
A carafe of tap water is free in most of Germany, The Netherlands and the UK if you ask for it. People have said this before, you just didn't read it? In the majority of German pubs it's waiter service, therefore at the end of the session when you pay you may then give the "Kellner" a tip. If the sevice is decent? If I have to go to the bar myself, they get nothing.
Düsseldorf's old town is a fantastic day out on the beer and for restaurants too. We used to live close by. Beware though, unlike many American beers German beers actually have flavour.
In europe we don’t do party in PUBS, it’s just to enjoy drinks and talks with friends
Kneipen are definitely NOT allowed to be open all night. Berlin is an exception for historical reasons.
Everywhere else regular closing time is one a.m. and places that want to be open longer than that need a special license for that.
Water is often one of the most expensive drinks in a bar in Europe at least if it is a famous brand like volvic from France or Walser from Switzerland. In East Europe Borjomi water from Georgia is the most expensive water. Some people discuss the quality and taste of water the same as different wines. I guess Americans never will understand this.
In some parts of germany the people trink more wine than beer especially in pubs. We have so many different cultures in germany but most of the other countries thinking we are all bavarian 😅
(Sorry for by bad english 😅)
Tipping is actually very easy in Germany.
For example
2 Beers = 6.20 euros +.
- Service was only ok => round up 7 Euro,
- Service was bad => nothing
- Service was great => 8 euros.
Went out to eat for example 73,90 Euro +
- service was only ok =>75€
- Service was bad => still nothing;
- Service was great => 80-85 € euros.
It is not required to tip, it's just that nowadays people kind of tend to. Still nobody will say something if you don't. Usually it's more of a courtesy thing and make it easier for both parties involved by rounding the bill up to whatever you feel like is reasonable. Bill is 28.80 just make it 30 it will be fine. Bill is 9.50 make it 10. Which is pretty much where those 5-10% comes from.
10:09 It is usually water.
You can drink beer and wine even at 14 but in the presence of an adult guardian. Spirits at 18, but the police don't look at how old you are when you drinking in public, unless you look and are 13 or 14 or younger.
But you don't come into bars or clubs, they're more careful.
A Stammkneipe is just a pub where you often go, rather a favorite pub.
There is place, where beer is cheaper than water 😅 I experienced that in prague for example 😅
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High level Spirituous/shots have a funny term here. Absturzbeschleuniger - crash accelerator
Pubs that never close... Lol.
In Koblenz sind nach12:00 die Bürgersteige hochgeklappt.
Koblenz - die emotionale Senke zwischen Mainz und Köln!
a long time ago in poland it was that you had to buy a bite to go with every vodka.
You don't usually tip in a pub. You can tip in a cafe or restaurant.
Ohhh, „We americans put ice in tab water. And it‘s for free“
Sorry Ryan, do you talk about that pool water?
If you have a Stammkneipe (called Beiz in Switzerland) then you most likely sit at the Stammtisch.
STammkneipe is more place you go pretty often. Like at least 1 or 2 days in week, so they Staff know you. Lets say you are in soccer team and the team goes out for beer after each traning, to same bar, then its a stammkneipe. A plce which u visit a lot
Beer, wine and sparkling wine/champagne is permitted from 16 and everything that is liqueur from 18.
You don`t have to tip. If the price of your beers is 28,90 Euros. You pay 30,00 Euros. But you don`t have to.
Nobody ever asks young people for their ID in a pub in Germany. They will serve you beer (and often also stronger stuff) if you look 16 years old.
The only place I ever had to show an ID as a teenager was to enter a disco (and that was maybe once or twice).
The tips are don't that much, normally you round up to the nearest euro. But that you do for every order
How is the flytrap working? 😅
A soft drink or soda in Australia you still have to pay for it, no freebies.
Closing time or "Polizeistunde" / "Sperrstunde" is regulated by state law in general and by municipal law in detail. The state and city of Berlin as well as some other states have abolished it generally, but municipalities/cities are allowed to make their own rules respectively set closing times or e.g. charging fees for opening at certain hours. Some other states have reduced legal closing time to the "cleaning hour" from 5 am to 6 am. Outdoor tables however are in most cities not allowed to be served after 9 pm or 10 pm.
2:15 Standard "Pilstulpe" (Pilsner tulip). Some breweries offer their own, fancier glasses, but this one is more or less the default. 2:26 "Weizen" (in Bavaria "Weißbier") is wheat beer. Kölsch and Alt are beer varieties preceding the Pilsner from the Cologne, Düsseldorf and Ruhr regions; the glass is called a "Stange" (rod or pole). For more information have a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_glassware#German.2C_Austrian.2C_and_Swiss_styles
2:38 Those are glasses for "normal" tap beer (not Pilsner, but "Helles" (blonde beer) or "Export" (blonde lager))
3:42 "Haselnussbrand" = "hazelnut brandy"
4:02 You don't have to tip, but if you plan to visit the locality again in the nearer future, you do well to tip... 10% is a rule of thumb, mostly you simply round up (to an amount somewhat near 110% of the bill).
7:45 Kneipe (pronounced ˈknaɪ̯pə or de-audio.howtopronounce.com/15791613865e20172ab2b66.mp3) originates presumably from kneipen/kneifen = pinch, because seatings were tight and cramped. Not to confuse with kneippen, which refers to priest Sebastian Kneipp, inventor of the Kneipp hydrotherapy.
11:30 I have to disagree. There is some local dying out, but mostly in rural villages, which had in former times at least one pub or inn, but often two or three. Nowadays you have often to go to the next town or city, while the former village pubs either closed or were transformed into a starred restaurant much too expensive to be visited daily or at least every weekend for the locals.
First time i heard somebody saying that the prices for alcohol at a pub are cheap
Well, it depends. Compared to supermarkets it’s of course expensive. Compared to clubs is cheap.
10:15 yes because many times beer was cheaper than water!
Tipping in pubs is not obligatory, but quite common if you are satisfied with the service.
You are even allowed to drink at the age of 14 in Germany, but only if your parents are with you ;)
Well, I´m 55 now, and as I was young, I was going out very often for drinks with friends. In my opinion at that time, having drinks was much more affordable. We didn´t drink beforehand in order to get drunk already. At least in my comunity. Seeing how much one drink costs today, I´m with you Ryan. I´m from Germany, specially from Baden Würtemberg, schwäbisch! They are told to be more stingy, whitch is actually a bit true for a lot of people, LOL! Me , too! To pay 10 Dollars for a drink..... no way to drink a lot at this price! And to tip two more Dollars??? That would hurt me , thinking of my hard earned money! But gladly, I had my good share of fun in my youth so that I don´t need that anymore! (Couch potato)🤣
Pub owners are very often their own "best guests". For me he don´t looks like he is afraid but more a victim of his profession, sorry to say that!
Sadly, alcoholic drinks are not so expensive like non alcoholic drinks, that´s why the law exists. But nowadays, everything is expensive!
Kneipen, that survived until today have most of the time no good reputation anymore bc they are old, and the furnishing, too! For a lot of people it´s just shabby and there are just a few lokals, who are very often alcoholics. This pubs are fighting for their existance and bc there is not much money to earn , they can´t renovate and make it a more atracted place for new customers!
I Work in a Restaurant and many others in austria in the past 11 years
Its absolutely common to Tip unless Something really did went wrong. But even if a mistake happens, you can excuse yourself properly and maybe offer a Drink or Dessert for free, then some of the customers will Tip you anyway... ITS normal to Tip around 5 top 10% but ITS okey Not to Tip ... But i have to say that in every Restaurant or Café i used to work, the staff was really into their Jobs and wants to give the customers a good ecperience. So the customers like to give tip to respect a nice service Performance and Restaurant experience
In my Restaurant the Tap Waters IS free because Nobody Just Orders a water, its more an Addition to wine and co. And we'd give them 1liter caraff on the table
But in some other places they will Charge you 1 €to 1,50€ ..thats ridiculous
03:00 - The drinking age for beer (that means: ALL sorts of beer!) and wine is 16 in Germany. If you are under 18, you may stay in pubs between 5 an 23 o'clock if you take a meal or drink or you are accompanied by a legal guardian. Under 18 you are not allowed to stay there between 24 and 5 o'clock. "Hard drinks" (destilled) are allowed from 18 and above. "Strong beer" means in Germany beer above 5% alc. - don't confuse this with the thin beer (light, 2,5%) in the US!
Years ago, when in Germany it was suddenly said, that you are no longer allowed to smoke inside of restaurants, bars, Kneipen etc, I couldn't believe it!!! I thought that I 'd never visit these kind of etablissements again. How would I? Not smoking while being in a club? Not smoking after a fine meal in a restaurant? Seemed impossible for me. Very many smoking people in Germany thought the same. Now it is 2023 and it is the most normal thing in the world! Unfortunately I am still smoking (mostly cigarettes😉) but even in restaurants it is no problem anymore, I just got used to it and go outside. Sometimes in the winter and when it is raining I complain a little bit, but I am actually able to see the advantages of it. Conclusion: you can get used to nearly everything and sometimes.....sometimes it is even for your best. And like in this case, even the best for the whole country: we have less smokers every year, teenagers don't think it is cool anymore like it used to be in my childhood. Thanks America for this development!!! You're not too bad, you know? 😂
4:01 Okay, to make it clear. Normal tip in germany is 5 to 10%. It isn´t mandatory and you do it to:
A: Thank your waiter for a good job. (Normal tip)
B: Don´t get change. (39,45, give two 20euro note and mumbeling "Passt schon"/ the 55cents aren´t considered a tip.)
4:50 in DE they won't be mad or anything if you tip like that. its still okay
12:00 new york has some nice bars. i likes them more than german ones
In almost every Bar I was, it was allowed to smoke inside
4:00 yeah around 10% is great in DE