This German Town Is Crazy for Gherkins

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  • Опубліковано 7 лис 2019
  • The residents of Spreewald, Germany, are proud of their gherkins, as they should be. A Spreewald resident came up with the concept of pickling cucumbers-which grow in abundance in the region-over 150 years ago. Today, tourists visit the area to eat the salty, crunchy treat and visit the Gherkin Museum founded by Karl-Heinz Stark just after the reunification of Germany. Sixty miles outside of Berlin, Spreewald is a UNESCO biosphere reserve full of picturesque woodlands and a network of waterways. The best way to get around is in a punt, which is a water barge. Manfred, a punt driver, takes us on a scenic cruise through Spreewald before we meet up with Susi Beesk, a local celebrity who holds the title of Super-Gherkin Queen.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 253

  • @jessstuart7495
    @jessstuart7495 4 роки тому +430

    I would have liked to see more about how they grow the cucumbers and make the pickles.

    • @toasty8547
      @toasty8547 4 роки тому +3

      Jess Stuart in a pickle farm

    • @MikeDawson1
      @MikeDawson1 4 роки тому +22

      yes, most of the videos posted by Great Big Story have the potential to be 3-5 times longer; I feel like they're missing lots of opportunities

    • @jonahs92
      @jonahs92 4 роки тому

      @@toasty8547 Please don't take me to the pickle farm!

    • @HappyDayDude1990
      @HappyDayDude1990 4 роки тому

      That’s why there is a museum in Spreewald!

    • @RM-uc4mf
      @RM-uc4mf 4 роки тому +4

      @@JoshWitte the story telling for this video is a mess. I did not mind the short videos that give a bird's-view of a story but this is a mess of puzzle pieces that do not fit quite right.

  • @theaverageglasses6197
    @theaverageglasses6197 4 роки тому +345

    You didn't let Karl-Heinz finish his other story!! I wanted to know! Karl-Heinz! WHY?!

    • @subwiser
      @subwiser 4 роки тому +1

      Seriously... Not even funny at that point

    • @pihermoso11
      @pihermoso11 4 роки тому +5

      i love how his name couldn't get any more german... if his family name was 'wolf', then his full name would be totally uber german

    • @apoletestry3766
      @apoletestry3766 4 роки тому +4

      Hey, me too, just let the old fella speak.

    • @NOMER007
      @NOMER007 4 роки тому

      Subwise your not funny

    • @wintdkyo
      @wintdkyo 4 роки тому

      Just like that Garbage Plate video, they had to cut it away

  • @NavajoNinja
    @NavajoNinja 4 роки тому +139

    *(Starts telling an interesting story)*
    *Narrator-"Hold your gherkin!"*
    *C'mon! If youtubers can stretch a tutorial about building a fire for half an hour. Then i'm sure GBS can do a 'great longer story'.*

  • @me5ng3
    @me5ng3 4 роки тому +52

    Why don't you make these longer? I love your videos. I'd pay if you'd make documentaries. They're always so well filmed and interesting

  • @willfraser5508
    @willfraser5508 4 роки тому +69

    when you get a great big story ad on a great big story video

    • @rhodesianwojak2095
      @rhodesianwojak2095 4 роки тому

      Hm?

    • @bob7045
      @bob7045 4 роки тому

      Same

    • @aquarocket8165
      @aquarocket8165 4 роки тому

      Stroy

    • @jgbayani3734
      @jgbayani3734 4 роки тому +2

      I thought the video began and got confused 😂

    • @suhfly.
      @suhfly. 4 роки тому +2

      Hmmm i love watching great big stroy almost as good as great big story may i say

  • @herr_rudolf
    @herr_rudolf 4 роки тому +164

    Everytime she pronounces «Spreewald» with the English spelling I feel a little stroke in meiner Seele.

  • @abigfatblob6281
    @abigfatblob6281 4 роки тому +1

    I literarily got an ad for great big story while watching this...

  • @RM-uc4mf
    @RM-uc4mf 4 роки тому +28

    The story telling is a mess. I was intrigued at first and went dizzy fast and learned nothing substantial about the gherkins. Please return to your initial format of one story per video, thank you.

  • @foviren3205
    @foviren3205 4 роки тому +3

    My favorite thing about Great Big Story is the fact that every video is a miniature documentary; however, I do feel like some of these videos would greatly benefit from being a minute or two longer. Regardless, keep up the great work!

  • @Sequenceserenade
    @Sequenceserenade 4 роки тому +29

    Good video! not enough information and fun facts. Come on guys where’s the story lol

  • @Rhandzekile
    @Rhandzekile 4 роки тому +4

    1:35 Krusty Krab music

  • @Moosh_
    @Moosh_ 4 роки тому +2

    Gherkin sounds like a knock of gremlin like “Gherkins coming to theatres soon!”

  • @setsuko6243
    @setsuko6243 4 роки тому +38

    that was weird.. in a good way I guess

  • @zt1788
    @zt1788 4 роки тому +1

    My grandparents-in-law live on the Spreewald. A couple of times a year we go visit them and every time we come back with several kilos of Spreewaldrabe Gerkins. I wasn't even really a prickle person until I tried these, they really are mind meltingly good.

  • @thatoneweirdkid7385
    @thatoneweirdkid7385 4 роки тому +5

    This place...it’s calling for me...

  • @ottihaus4572
    @ottihaus4572 4 роки тому +1

    I was so many times in the Spreewald because it`s beauty

  • @CtrlAltPhreak
    @CtrlAltPhreak 4 роки тому

    I never thought I'd utter this string of words in my life, but... I have a crush on the pickle queen.

  • @Chris_Toh
    @Chris_Toh 4 роки тому

    Germany looks so nice 👍

  • @muhrad8690
    @muhrad8690 3 роки тому

    When I hear German language I remember summer holidays because I used to visit Germany in summer holiday during my childhood 🥺

    • @mosgamingchannel1754
      @mosgamingchannel1754 2 роки тому

      When I hear German language i remember something way different.

  • @brindade2004
    @brindade2004 3 роки тому

    Spreewald is more than beautiful.

  • @finolaomurchu8845
    @finolaomurchu8845 4 роки тому

    Yum yum, I have to buy some of those tomorrow☘🧚‍♂️🇮🇪

  • @AzlianaLyana
    @AzlianaLyana 4 роки тому +3

    Beautiful town, would love to visit this place someday :)

  • @desirelabelle2199
    @desirelabelle2199 4 роки тому

    This is so much my world.

  • @sanjana123
    @sanjana123 3 роки тому

    I've been to Spreewald. The pickles are fantastic!

  • @aikoralambo
    @aikoralambo 4 роки тому +7

    Germany: one of the most underrated travel destination

    • @aikoralambo
      @aikoralambo 4 роки тому +2

      @Gabby _55 Germany does not even belong to the top 5 of most visited countries in Europe or in the world... According to me Germany is underrated because some people still have old cliches or do not know the language or the country good enough to visit it, which is sad actually because Germany has a lot to offer...

  • @thiccducc1312
    @thiccducc1312 4 роки тому +1

    I'm from Spreewald

  • @stevenramrodd1226
    @stevenramrodd1226 Рік тому

    The gherkin represents me the best!

  • @sanjana123
    @sanjana123 3 роки тому

    I also went on a Punt and kayaked in Spreewald. Spreewald is very beautiful.

  • @probikash
    @probikash 4 роки тому

    This place looks 🌳

  • @bit-te
    @bit-te 4 роки тому

    Gherkin + beer = Heaven

  • @sterlingattano
    @sterlingattano 4 роки тому +2

    Ahaha I live there. It's so funny to see this here😂😅

  • @aptiselif5827
    @aptiselif5827 4 роки тому

    I just got a Great Big Story ad before watching this.

  • @maxs9445
    @maxs9445 4 роки тому

    awesome

  • @Papanda1995
    @Papanda1995 4 роки тому

    This little pickle town just made #1 on my traveling bucket list

  • @ron5118
    @ron5118 4 роки тому +1

    Looks delicious.

  • @orawal
    @orawal 4 роки тому

    Nice title to the video, as always. But wanted to see more of gherkin growing, processing, etc

  • @jacobnguyen2596
    @jacobnguyen2596 4 роки тому

    Got an ad for great big story before watching great big story

  • @arinya3032
    @arinya3032 4 роки тому

    I would fit in and stand out at the same time over there. I love pickles especially gherkins since they're small and crunchy.

  • @notneean
    @notneean 4 роки тому

    I got an ad for great big story while watching great big story. 🤔

  • @ema6704
    @ema6704 4 роки тому +53

    Idk what to say im kinda nervous

  • @seffseffseffseffseff1662
    @seffseffseffseffseff1662 4 роки тому +1

    Anything pickled is amazing!

  • @loisseru4352
    @loisseru4352 3 роки тому

    Spreewald gurken🥵❤ love them

  • @turmunhkganba1705
    @turmunhkganba1705 4 роки тому

    I just got an ad for the great big story lol

  • @donger1011
    @donger1011 4 роки тому

    i got an ad for great big story... on a great big story video

  • @anubisgodess2353
    @anubisgodess2353 4 роки тому

    If the boat drivers are called punters I'm going to go on one and my punter better be cracking me up with all sorts of puns!🤣🤣

  • @whospilledmybeans
    @whospilledmybeans 4 роки тому +1

    How come you gotta blur out the pickle brand but u were sponsored

  • @mondexponent2126
    @mondexponent2126 4 роки тому +1

    Gherkin? Is that the english approach to Gurken(Cucumbers)?

  • @themayorofmayonnaise4533
    @themayorofmayonnaise4533 4 роки тому

    0:44 donitz has returned

  • @GenevieveThornton
    @GenevieveThornton 4 роки тому

    Yummm! I want pickles now...I mean gherkins 😀

  • @d4nny8
    @d4nny8 4 роки тому +1

    My flights booked.

  • @carlospagan8433
    @carlospagan8433 4 роки тому

    Love Germany

  • @user-du5ph2ss4h
    @user-du5ph2ss4h 4 роки тому +7

    Huh.. Didn't know there was another name for pickles!

  • @lindababy2123
    @lindababy2123 4 роки тому

    I got a ad for this vid when I was going to...

  • @K_i_t_t_y84
    @K_i_t_t_y84 4 роки тому +1

    Yum! I love pickles!!

  • @makaan1932
    @makaan1932 4 роки тому +1

    Super Gurken Königin! xD

  • @cameronbeauchamp5211
    @cameronbeauchamp5211 4 роки тому

    How do you guys get the stories cause I have a pretty awesome story about getting a huge scar on my arm from dirt biking and still riding

  • @kekzealot3568
    @kekzealot3568 4 роки тому +2

    Nice to see a German city that actually looks German

    • @danielgorzelniak3209
      @danielgorzelniak3209 4 роки тому

      Ikr,im working in a package sorting facility in Großbeeren and its 1/2 polish people,1/4 germans and 1/4 blacks

  • @juliegirl1989
    @juliegirl1989 4 роки тому

    Excuse me, but who wrote this? The Spreewald is not one single town, it's a region south of Berlin which includes many different towns. The people in the video even SAY that they are from one specific village (Lehde) inside this region, but the translator seems to have deliberately ignored this.

  • @unlucky_2nd897
    @unlucky_2nd897 4 роки тому

    I got a great big story ad

  • @bawicz0
    @bawicz0 4 роки тому

    I get a great big story ad lol

  • @3enegerling773
    @3enegerling773 4 роки тому

    Spreewaldgurken are the best. Try it.

  • @joneryt1354
    @joneryt1354 4 роки тому +1

    Gut wenn man alles auch ohne Untertitel versteht😂

  • @allesiosnens8152
    @allesiosnens8152 4 роки тому +6

    DEUUUUUTSCHLAAAAAND

  • @DumbleDork
    @DumbleDork 3 роки тому

    1:52 the gherkins just sitting there

  • @stellar3654
    @stellar3654 4 роки тому +4

    When you see a great big story video that has less than 1k views:
    Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  • @ISuckAtCloneHero123
    @ISuckAtCloneHero123 4 роки тому

    Wait what i got a great big story ad

  • @notneean
    @notneean 4 роки тому +15

    Nobody:
    A German town:

  • @melizaclosas8928
    @melizaclosas8928 4 роки тому

    I got a great big story ad epic

  • @78deathface
    @78deathface 4 роки тому +1

    So it’s basically Pickle Town?
    I’m there.

  • @MrRafasegundo
    @MrRafasegundo 4 роки тому +2

    How isn't anyone referencing these were the gherkins Alex's mom was dying for in Goodbye Lenin lmao

  • @shinji5217
    @shinji5217 4 роки тому +1

    2:15 is him that scientist who drools on himself all the time?

  • @DavidFSloneEsq
    @DavidFSloneEsq 4 роки тому

    That’s not a video; that’s a coming attraction.

  • @catboogers
    @catboogers 4 роки тому

    i dont remember this part in midsommar

  • @carterlindsey9609
    @carterlindsey9609 4 роки тому +1

    What’s the point of a great big story ad right before the video

  • @rimbensassi9471
    @rimbensassi9471 4 роки тому +2

    The woman in the thumbnail gives me midsommar vibes.

  • @LinusRe
    @LinusRe 4 роки тому

    Spreewälder sind die besten

  • @ashrein5531
    @ashrein5531 4 роки тому

    I'm stilling that word

  • @swigittyswooty6908
    @swigittyswooty6908 4 роки тому

    The thumbnail remind me of Midsommar cast.

  • @democratshateamerica8196
    @democratshateamerica8196 4 роки тому

    Ha! Gherkin....

  • @LYbmtUdpyvI1JVBN
    @LYbmtUdpyvI1JVBN 4 роки тому

    PICKLE RIIIIICK!!!

  • @lauracollins7408
    @lauracollins7408 4 роки тому

    Yay !!! PICKLES

  • @gabbyc9532
    @gabbyc9532 4 роки тому

    alrighty !

  • @s.g.b.808
    @s.g.b.808 4 роки тому

    A fresh slice of sourdough bread with hand made liver sausage on it, and as topping a sour gherking.
    Better than this expensive „in-crowd“ haute cuisine stuff.

  • @jasmin2003t
    @jasmin2003t 4 роки тому

    I was in a similar build place (with almost the exact same water ways and bridges) here in germany, buuuut it didn't have anything to do with pickles.
    I forgot what it was called :c

    • @rhodesianwojak2095
      @rhodesianwojak2095 4 роки тому +1

      So have you remembered?

    • @jasmin2003t
      @jasmin2003t 4 роки тому

      @@rhodesianwojak2095sadly no :c
      I wish I could though. It was nice there

    • @MrMyusernameistaken
      @MrMyusernameistaken 4 роки тому

      Giethoorn in the Netherlands is kinda similar.

  • @jumbodumbo403
    @jumbodumbo403 4 роки тому +4

    I nearly had a stroke everytime the subtitles said "Gherkins". Just spell it in German: Gurken

  • @tosht2515
    @tosht2515 4 роки тому

    Really love the Gherkin Queen but why is she wearing her 2015 sash? That's a long time to reign over all the pickles. 👍

  • @captaincool2453
    @captaincool2453 4 роки тому

    I first thought Gherkins is some sort or Martial art, a Mongolian throat singing community or some Afghan folk dancing group.... And it´s "Spreewald Gurken" ;-)

  • @aloof_cardinal
    @aloof_cardinal 4 роки тому

    well i know where the pickles from "goodbye lenin" came from

  • @tykzofficial5087
    @tykzofficial5087 4 роки тому +6

    I’m pickle Rick!

  • @multithord6943
    @multithord6943 4 роки тому

    Bruh I thought she was gonna say that the Gherkin Queen had to swallow that year's prize-winning Gherkin without chewing.
    Announcer: "Everyone gather around the Queen! the Gherkin Ceremony is about to commence"
    German Farmer: *Pushes wife away* "Move bitch! Gunther's Gherkins reached 30cm this year"

  • @christian_lied
    @christian_lied 4 роки тому

    Beautiful town, I just know I wouldn’t like the snack they praise though

  • @PenelopeDavilla
    @PenelopeDavilla 4 роки тому

    Jetzt will ich in den Spreewald und eine Gurke essen :(

  • @kikigood7567
    @kikigood7567 4 роки тому

    Some people cringe when they hear the word moist, I cringe from my soul when I hear the word Gherkin...yelck!

  • @airacakep
    @airacakep 4 роки тому +1

    When this Stark talk about gerkhin.... Unfinished
    😔

  • @pattomwau
    @pattomwau 4 роки тому

    Hans Zimmer travel insurance? Bupbup bupbup BWOMM!!

  • @muhrad8690
    @muhrad8690 3 роки тому

    I just made some German pickles 🤣

  • @fidgetspinner1050
    @fidgetspinner1050 4 роки тому

    Never heard from it lol

  • @keith.b8079
    @keith.b8079 4 роки тому

    Are they pickles or cucumbers?

  • @dreadfulhd2996
    @dreadfulhd2996 4 роки тому

    NO THEY ARE CALLED TINY PICKLES AHHHHH

  • @benedictus7081
    @benedictus7081 4 роки тому

    That lady in the thumbnail tho, for a moment I honestly thought it was Britney. Hahahaha