Things In Germany That Feel DANGEROUS To Americans!
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After moving to Germany and living in Germany for 4 years, we have heard a lot of different things that scare foreigners coming or moving to Germany for the first time. So just how many things do you need to be concerned with when moving to Germany? Are there scams in Germany? Is it safe to drink the water in Germany? How dangerous is the German Autobahn?? Why do Germans feel the need to insure everything?? AND SHOULD YOU INSURE EVERYTHING?? Find out all this and more in today's video! 😊
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00:00 - What Are We Talking 'Bout Today?
1:14 - Danger 1
4:50 - Danger 2
8:41 - Danger 3
12:14 - Why?
15:19 - Bloopers
Have you ever been robbed or been a pickpocket victim?
nope but I loose stuff constantly lol
Not robbed but scammed. Some years ago whilst at a train station we were buying tickets and a person came along and said he had a ticket for us. We bought it but then quickly found out it was already used. The person of course already walked far away so we couldn’t call the police on them.
No, never happened to me. My brother had his apartment broken in and got beaten up when he was younger.
yes i was it was funny
When I was living in Rome, sleeping at my boyfriend's, burglars made it through every apartment in the whole building within one night. They got inside while we were sleeping and took my boyfriend's wallet and his roommate's computer. Very skilled, didn't break anything, didn't harm anybody.
Insurance isn't about feeling unsafe. Insurance is about not getting broke.
Just the same in the Netherlands😉
Yup. Imagine you have 300€ on your bank account and you make 2K a month, about half of it is allready gone at the beginning of the month (different taxes etc.). So let's say you have about 1.5K on the bank for the rest of the month. You pay for your rent, gas, internet, electricity etc. and you are left with 600€ to spend for the rest of the month (mainly food). And all of a suddon you accidantly knock a flower pot off of your balcony and hit your neighbor from 3 floors underneath and he wants to sue you for that. You are not insured and get to hear you need to pay 16.000€ to your neighbor now cause of this accidant. How are you surviving from that without an insurance ? Thats why insurances are great, cause now you don't need to worry about those 16K if you got an insurance for that issue
Insurance is like a bet you don't want to win.
Insurance is to shoulder a possible sudden expense with many people.
As soon as you have children, most people take out term life insurance. It is cheaper than life insurance and the children are covered if something happens.
One important rule that the Autobahn has and US highways don't is that you are not allowed to overtake a car on the right and that you have to drive on the right lane when it's empty. (Rechtsfahrgebot).
I believe that's a huge contributer to safety that the left lanes are only intended for overtaking and you don't have to worry that much about a speeding car behind when you change to your lane on the right.
I've read that at least some states in the USA also have that rule, but that it's pretty much never enforced. Would be interesting to know how insurance companies react to someone getting into an accident while overtaking on the right, if that rule should indeed exist there...
Well, it would be great if more people actually followed the Rechtsfahrgebot... because some people clinically stay in the left lane, and this creates really dangerous situations when inevitably, someone will overtake on the right.
@@grewzteN It happens, yes, but it _is_ pretty rare. Far more common are idiots who overtake and then slow down - not because they want to break-check and annoy the one they just overtook, but because there is a construction site or tunnel or whatever coming up, and they slow down to a speed that _they_ are comfortable with I've had people slow down to 45 for a tunnel - where the speed limit was 80) and don't even think about what's right behind them anymore. Out of sight, out of mind and all that.
That's the most important thing to
know and not to be a Mittelspurschleicher (mid lane lurker).
you mean _passing_
"Kein Trinkwasser" only means that the water doesn't get checked regularly. Germany has the strictest standards for tap water in the world.
...and sometimes, but this is in fact very, very rare, it might be just the outcome of a little natural source on a mountain. Here in my hometown there is one, it is situated beneath a road which leads through some vineyards and it is for the farmers when they want to fill their tanks for watering the vineyards. It is really not "controlled water" at all. But like I mentioned before, this will not often be the case.
It usually means it is not used a lot and bacteria can grow in it to not acceptable levels, because it was not flushed. It is still safe enough to wash, but you might get an upset tummy, if you drank it on a hot day, after no one used it for three months. Drinking water needs to be flowing, or regulary flushed.
I never understood the expectation of getting tap water for free in a restaurant. It does not cost much if you only look at the water bill, true, but somebody must take your order, bring you the water, get the glass back once you drank the water and wash the glass. And our restaurant staff actually get paid.
True… plus the water you order is still cheaper than the tips you are expected to pay in the US :D
I've been in Florida. And have been adviced only to drink from bottles.
I went to McDumbass and got a Coke also. The Coke tasted somewhat chlorined! It's because the groundwater is 'used' and seawater refills the groundwater. Therefor it have to be filteret... Also with Chlorine.
Don't drink tapwater from u'r hotelroom, or at all in Florida, u'll regret it!
It’s just a slightly different business model. Many hairdressers [in Germany] might offer free water or coffee. And these things go both ways in that many customers/patrons in Germany prefer bottled water.
@@fliplefrog8843 your mistake isn't drinking the tap water, it is going to Florida.
They’re already going to be washing all the other dishes resulting from your meal the incremental cost of that one additional glass is trivial at best. It hardly justifies charging someone three euros for a bottle of water. In addition the article freely admitted that selling this water is a revenue stream so it has nothing to do with the cost of providing a glass of water and everything to do with forcing you to buy something that you didn’t really want to buy.
Discussing the speed limit with the wrong Germans will get you in similar trouble as discussing the gun law with the wrong Americans...
not all the "kein trinkwasser" is dirty, but you can't sue anyone if it DOES end up poisoning. In a forest near my father's hometown there is a spring of water with such a sign, but he regularly goes there to fill a huge jug of water
Interesting! Never been brave enough to try it myself 😂
They have just set up two new water fountains in Mannheim, one on Marktplatz and one on Paradeplatz 👍
It's probably connected to some old plumbing that may or may not have lead pipes in it somewhere and the owner/city couldn't be ars*d to replace those. Another possibility is the water "stood" in the warm pipe for many days and may have bacteria in it. I never cared for the "kein trinkwasser" signs while hiking and just let in run a minute before refilling my bottle regardless. Never got the runs or anything ...
@@PassportTwo Use your senses. If smell and look are o.k. and you are still in doubt: bring it to a boil first. You never know when vibrio comma or one of its nasty relatives lives there and waits for a fruitful vacation in your body.
@@hartmutbohnBodenseewasser in Mannheim 😉
2000$ for a driver's license here in Germany is almost impossible nowadays. Everyone I've asked who recently got their license has paid more than 3000€, and if you don't pass the exams, it can quickly get much more expensive.
Yup, did everything first try and with a pretty average amount of lessons and paid around 2800€
Yes! ..but you also have to mention the 'quality' of the education. There are dumb drivers all over the world ;D but i think, less in europe.
Also paid 2500€ without not passing
I paid 2000€. But I am 32, and I guess it will be cheaper to send my kids to the US to get their "Lappen" (my friends needed to do the theoretical test again to get German license) than taking the course in Germany
I paid 1500 Euros. But that was 22 Years ago.
In germany we have a mindset of: "Better safe than sorry." Just imagine you visit a restaurant with an really old vase that is really expensive and by some accident you stumble and cause of it you pull down the vase and it's broken.
There is a big difference between you just paying 5.000 Euro for it or for your insurance, that costs you less than 5 Euro a month, to cover the cost for you.
The risk is always there, even if it is low.
Regarding drinking fountains: Doesn't it feel icky to drink from something covered in other people's saliva? That's one thing that always struck me about it, being from Germany.
The few public fountains I now are just taps of running springwater/waterworks usually next to hiking trails.
You are not supposed to drink with your mouth touching anything other than the water beam
@@Bramfly But don't the drops from their mouths drop down again onto the "faucet" sometimes?
@@Sampler19
Sometimes, you slip on the floor of bathroom, when you try to hold ON the sink , you Brooke IT. Meanwhile the fosset is broken to . Sometimes it can happen 🤷🏼
@Sampler19 - What a silly thing to say...would you rather die of thirst?
Don't you think think your health minister Lauterbach would put them in place if it were dangerous?
Don't you think your own digestive system could handle 'others' saliva?
Don't you think it is a basic right to have your thirst quenched.
Apparently not.
If it were up to you, you would tax air for breathing
These only seem “dangerous” if you are not a normal intelligent adult with the ability to reason and adapt to a slightly different environment.
Tap water/mineral water: Just look up the location of the mineral water wells. For instance the MW well for Pyrmonter is not that far away from the tap water well for the city of Bad Pyrmont. It's the same water. The only difference is MW gets carbonated before bottling. Also a quick note: tap water is the most controlled food source in Germany. it is even more controlled than our famous German beer. If you find an outlet (mainly in a public park or something like that) with a sign saying "Kein Trinkwasser" (no drinking water) this means the water comes from a cistern or is collected unfiltered rainwater and not deemed suitable for human consumption. It is however good for watering plants.
I never thought about where the water supply of that town came from.
"Kein Trinkwasser" just means it's not guaranteed to be drinkable. It might be totally drinkable, but it also might contain some pathogens.
Fun fact: some cities had a specialized pipe network to supply water to the public fountains. All the fountains had to carry a sign "Kein Trinkwasser". Some of those cities figured out the upkeep of that network cost more than just using the tap water network and paying a bit more for the water. The signs disappeared...
Some Germans see through the ruse and drink tap water. They call it "Rohrperle". The tap water quality is generally pretty good.
I have never ordered tap water at a restaurant in my entire life. Why would anyone go to a restaurant and expect drinks for free. 😅
Free water and bread is required by law in France when you order a meal.
@@LeSarthois
I assume only though when you order something.
Autobahn: Don't know the exact numbers - but driving on the Autobahn is the most save environment for driving. Town or rural streets are much more prone to accidents.
Regarding tap water: The quality of tap water is very good up to the house connection. The problem is in the house itself. One problem can be that bacterial films can develop in the water pipes in the house, especially if the water is warm and has been standing for a long time. In that case you should run the tap for five minutes and better leave the room as well. Another problem is that the tap water can be very chalky, depending on the region. This then doesn't taste so great. And yes, I drink tap water and prepare my tea with unfiltered tap water.
The legal insurance is possibly because they don't have no-win-no-fee lawyers.
RQotW: plates, cups, mugs yes. Pots and pans get soaked, sometimes washed by hand, depends on how full machine is.
Regarding feeling Dangerous: Something you didn't mention that often gets comments from our visitors from USA/CDN is that in some places there are no protective railings or fences. Not even low ones and it's expected you know to look where you are walking at all times. Also how young kids are riding their bikes on the street.
It’s always funny to hear US Americans talking about scams when it comes to paid public toilets. Especially when you see them paying 10-20-30% tip for almost everything they buy in states. 🤣
It's also funny that people in the most capitalistic country on earth acutally believe they get something for free. There is no free stuff, you pay for it in one way or the other.
Seeing Americans commentign this, I think there is confusion in the "public" part of public toilet, as I heard several commenting that it's a scam to pay for toilets "when you already paid for your food" so it would be good to explain that in those case, only "free-standing" toilets are concerned, not restaurant or most public building toilets (I do think that paying toilets in rail station is BS)
"Germany is not a fairy-tale land"
Doch
I'm german. 95% of my drinks are pure tap water and 5% are coffee (tap water with flavour). 😎
The idea of health and invalidity insurance in Germany goes back to the Middle Ages. In those days it was the ones who ran great risks at their work (carpenters, roofers, miners) who paid into a collective box that would pay their surgery bill, a small pension if they had survived an accident that crippled them or some support for their widows and orphaned children. With more and more people working in industries from the early 19th century on it was at least some factory owners who adopted that system. They acted as donors but some of the wages of their workers were withheld and transferred into those "Kassen" as well. Legislation in Germany made it compulsory for all industries on a nationwide basis from the 1880s onwards. The percentage of the wages that are withheld and redirected is laid down by parliament and so is the share that the employers have to contribute. At first that system was installed only for industrial (blue collar) workers. Office staff and other clerks were not included. That was changed after the 1918/19 revolution. And the last ones who became part of that general system were the farmers for themselves, their families and their farmhands that had long been at the lowest and most unprotected scale of society.
Most interesting is that the German social insurance system, which was initiated by Bismarck as a tool in the fight against socialism (to appease the working class + keep them from organising themselves politically), is now seen as a "socialist" thing in the US ;)
During the 62 years of my life I have been pickpocketed once. I was in my late 20ies, staring at a shop window when I suddenly felt my jacket move in a strange way. Since my reactions were good that day, I saw a teenager pulling his hand out of my pocket, it held my purse. I was fast enough to hinder him from running away, snatched my purse from him and scolded him in the public. So - in case my example counts - yes, Germany is safe. :)
Btw., I never had insurances despite the mandatory ones like for your car or health insurance. I have seen too many insurance companies refraining from doing their duty and instead trying to get away through some "legal back doors". The only exeption was a time when I was self employed......... about three years. During that time I had a "Haftpflichtversicherung" for my little enterprise.
Well, we have an Autobahn from Berlin to Hamburg (A24). It was renovated for a few years and that time there was set a speedlimit. After it was build ready, the speed limit was abolished again. The fact the local police found out: after givin' free there was no significant higher number of accidents than with speed limit. As long as the rules are followed, the speed at itself is not the problem..
The problem is that even if the rate of accidents remain the same (which I doubt) the severity of the accident goes up with higher speeds.
So, even if you have the same amount of accidents, the will be more severe. You will get more deaths and more crippled people and the autobahn has to be closed for longer durations to transport the wounded and to remove the carnage.
@@FutureChaosTV don't you think the police would have mentioned that? I'm pretty sure they collected the number of cars (or rather, the total number of kilometers traveled, the number of fender benders, the number of people injured and the number of people killed. The actual numbers would be interesting. Just that it wasn't quoted all over the place points me towards it not supporting the argument of the limit proponents.
For the faucets in public places with a "do not drink" sign, the reason is (at least in France but Germany is probably the same) that those faucets are for technical use, and (like in Paris) are tied to a "grey water" network, which is usually water pumped directly into a river.
In other places, the faucet can be tied to a natural water source, again, without filtering.
Most of the time tho you can assume it's on the regular drinking water network and the sign is here just in case or to discourage people from using it (in many case it's a manual faucet, I have seen a few times time in my parent's town such a faucet being open and gushing water for literally hours).
Basically, not all of those faucets are linked to drinkable water so it is really not safe to drink. But not because tap water is bad, just because those faucets may really deliver non-drinkable water.
I wipe dishes with paper towel to remove most of the grease/food then load. Then I can use lightest cycle and less detergent. My appliance stays cleaner/lasts longer and the plumbing never clogs. My dishwasher is 22 years old and working well.
Sometimes it's better to have legal coverage - my Kasko insurance got cheaper when I added legal coverage. So I have it to save money right now and maybe if I have a problem later.
An insurance is important for things and events you can't easily pay without, e.g. a burned down house. Some are too expensive for what they cover and for the risk involved.
Regarding legal insurance: Unless you run a business, most likely you will need one of those in case of a car accident. So all the German automobile clubs offer legal insurance coverage - Verkehrsrechtsschutz - included in their ‚bundle‘ which mainly is for technical support should your car break down. But that way it’s a quite cheap possibility to have the most common legal cases covered.
What should I know when I visit america? Is America the safest place to be? Could be a nice video.
7:35 driving school costs are more in the realm of 3.500€ nowaydays.
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Dishes go directly into the dishwasher. Always.
The fact that there is no free tap water in most German restaurants is also due to the different calculation of prices. In Germany, the restaurant makes most of its money from drinks, not so much from the food. The profit margin on drinks is much higher.
I use tap water nearly every day. It can be used for tea, other drinks, when you don't want to have the sparkling in it, or can just go into the food.
Soak the dishes in the sink? Why? When I start to clean the dishes, I can go through the whole process and I don't have a need for a dishwater.
My German husband said I was wasting water rinsing the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. But if the food is very stuck on, I'm going to have to wash that dish again!
In case you are a tenant, you can be member of the local branch of the tenant's association. They also include legal coverage regarding renting issues which can come in handy if the landlord is mean.
In my hometown, Freiburg im Breisgau, there are are some fountains which are with drinking water. Even the fountain at the townhall Place/Rathausplatz has drinking water. There are 10 fountains with drinkingwater and 3 drinkwaterpoints/Trinkwasserstelen where you can turn up the water.
The most important insurance is the "Rechtsschutzversicherung" because they help you if one of your other insurance companys refuse to pay.
Put them in direct. If you soak the dish, you can wash them immediatley. Otherwise the dish is not supposed to be in the dish-washer. Like certain pot and pan.
QOTW: I was surprised to see my mom pre-rinsing every single dish at her house last month. Like, washing the ranch dressing off the plate, nothing else. I wash off big chunks (or a single pea) but spaghetti sauce, etc, can go right on the washer. Like every other reasonable person I presoak baking dishes with caked on gunk. But I have an awesome German dishwasher, a Miele, and I don't even think it needs soap to function perfectly. I call it my magic box cuz I went years without a dishwasher. Of course I regularly check the filter for anything I missed.
2:05 another small thing you need to know and be prepared for:
To leave the restaurant when they serve you Gerolsteiner water
If you get a Haftpflichtversicherung btw, you can look around what suits you best. Some insurances cover for you for 500K, others for 1 million and some insurance companies even up to 10 million € but it also gets a tiny bit more pricy if you want to be insured for that amount. So basicly if you for example menage to accidantly burn down someone's building that costs them 3 million but you only got insured for 2 million, that means you most likly have bad luck and need to pay 1 million to the person from your own money. If you for example have an insurance who would cover up to 5 million, than you are fine since you only burned down a 3 million € worth house
The more interesting part is the lower end of the coverage. If you add a deductible of a few hundred Euros, it drops your premium much more than extending the upper end to 100 million.
Well, if every screw in a huge scaffolding was indispensable, then one screw being loose would break the whole thing, so in a way you need more screws than you need screws to have stability. I guess that's how this huge amount of carefulness builds up.
That "false safety net" argument is demonstrably nonsense. Look at any country with speed limits and now consider how people in them don't get shunted all the time. Dutch roads, for instance, are built to the same standards, drivers are trained to the same level, but the limit is 100kph and no, people aren't getting rear-ended all the time.
I was thinking that. I drive in the Netherlands as well, since I live in the border region and I still check everything before switching lanes etc, but I feel a lot less stressed about it and I feel like this makes me less prone to making mistakes as well. Driving is also less exhausting then so I might even be getting to my destination just as quickly because of taking fewer breaks...
Of course you need to pre-wash your dish before putting it in the dishwasher. At last the more dirtyer stuff. Otherwise you need to cleanup your dishwasher way more often to make him run properly...
I am surprised you didn’t mention our Sylvester because that is actually wild with everyone, legally, going crazy with fireworks.
But if people want to experience it, I would recommend doing it soon because judging by the trend in the public discourse it’s a matter of time until this gets outlawed and becomes boring.
Wenn es nach mir ginge, gäbe es ein offizielles Feuerwehr pro Dorf an Sylvester, und privates Feuerwerk würde verboten.
Das wird auch passieren, wobei es sich zeigen muss, ob jedes Dorf was veranstaltet und nicht va mittel bis große Städte, ich weiß gar nicht ob es genug Pyrotechniker gäbe. Ich fände das eh schade. Das gewisse Chaos ist Teil des Ganzen, durchchoreografierte Feuerwerke können schön sein, sind aber nicht das gleiche
@@BeWe1510 mich würde es nicht so stören, wenn die Leute sich wenigstens an die Gesetze halten würden!
Es heißt Silvester! Warum schreiben es so Viele mit Y?!
@@all_in_for_JESUS liegt an Sylvester Stallone!😁
it kinda depends on which region you live in i guess but there are often cases in germany of people breaking into cellars of flats and stealing stuff (their favorites are most of the time bycicles) big reason why you shouldnt leave the entrance door into the stairways open as well (not that it helps much to close it if they break in anyways)
By the way, we have a generally tempo limit on autobahn! There is 38 miles /hour or 60 km/h! When you cannot reach this speed, you cannot enter our autobahn!
When someone puts that "Kein Trinkwasser" sign at a stopcock it simply means that the hose or the cock are not cleaned or desinfected because they are intended for people who want to fill their water bottles there but for more "industrial" purposes. Plus, there are water installations for fun like fountains that have their water pumped around over and over again and kids and dogs play inside. There are historic fountains that have their source from a well that is not part of the official water supply system and is therefore not checked for harmful minerals and bacteria.
random question: it depents how dirty the dishes are. it goes from direct into the dishwasher to give it a little rinse, to let is soak a little bit.
International visitors are sometimes confused about the bomb evacuations, old arms in the ground and such. In my region there is also waste from uranium mining in the rivers.
"a problem or zwo" I LOVE THIS :D
15:13 I don't even own a dishwasher, which is sad cause acording to a artice I once read 87% of all households would own a dishwasher in Germany
Dishwashers safe water, mine uses 11 liters for a full load. Imagine washing the same amount of dishes in the sink, minimum 20 liters of water is wasted.
In Switzerland there’s drinking water fountain on every corner, and unless a warning sign is on it, the water is safe to drink.
Of course I let my dishes soak. 😅
I rinse them first & actually leave most dishes (except for silverware & pots & pans) in the dishwasher till I use them again.
Versicherung: If you pay the rates for liability, household, and legal cost insurance you are covered for many legal and paralegal, and some financial problems. Just imagine, you must renew everything in your household because of an electric appliance you considered to be safe to use starts to burn. The household insurance covers your entire household -- given the premium matches the value -- minus the failing appliance (it is the culprit for the damages). The liability insurance then covers the damages your neighbors might have to endure.
How much money would you have to save up for such a case? Then compare it to the, ballpark figure, less than 200 Euros a year for all of the mentioned insurances.
Dishes in the dishwasher: That depends on the residues. Some get washed away, some will be very resistant -- especially when they had a chance to dry. Experience tells me what to remove in beforehand and what gets clean in the dishwasher. Generally, soaking is a waste of water. When you soak it you can wash it by hand. It doesn't take much more water and time.
Interesting fact about tapwater in germany.
The rules for purity for Tapwater are actually stricter than the ones for Bottled water.
I find soaking dishes gross. I rinse them right after use or, if necessary, give them a scrub before putting them in the dishwasher.
Actually, we already have a general speed limit of 130km/h here. Indirectly at least.
If there is an accident and you were driving more than 130 km/h, you have to prove that the accident would have happened even if you were driving 130 km/h.
And because that will be hard to prove most of the time, only idiots drive faster .... unless the highway is completely free and empty.
insurance seems a fitting partner!
My neighbor's dog killed my cat. I was surprised when she asked me if I'd like the insurance money. I said, "For my pet? There's no monetary value on my pet." However if someone killed my horse, say by landing their hot air balloon in my pasture (IT HAPPENED!) I would take that money.
When a danger in a country is free (or not free) water…
Lost my wallet. Got it back.
Hello. There is no legal protection insurance in Germany that pays for a crime. If you commit a crime, end up in court and need a lawyer, then you have to pay for it yourself. There are different legal protection insurances in Germany. e.g. tenant, landlord legal protection, traffic legal protection.
And almost all insurance is voluntary, with a few exceptions. Health insurance and car liability insurance, if you have a car, are mandatory. And some landlords want household contents insurance, for example. the washing machine is in the apartment instead of in the basement, or you have a waterbed.
btw, I payed at least 3k for my driverslicense in germany (B, A1)
I drink tap water every day. Like my parents and grandparents.
I almost always let them soak a little bit unless I’m running it immediately. And I rinse them as well as I can. Just trying to help my dishwasher last as long as possible!
I drank tap water for 50years (about 2 liters each day) and still do. I don't like carbonated water and so tap water is perfect for me and I hardly drink anything else. I also know other people who do the same. So yes, Germans do drink tap water and it is perfectly safe because water regulations are very strict here.
Even though bottled water looks like normal, maybe carbonated, tap water there is often a difference. Most bottled water is actually bottled mineral water and as the name says it has more minerals then most normal tap water.
Yep, difference between mineral water and table water. The latter is tap water with added bubbles or other stuff (minerals) - not that tap water in Germany is bad, but the result simply is not natural, but man made.
German tap water is fine, in households You can drink it really. Itself itś called Trinkwasser.
Just a tip for the tongue twister "Haftpflicht": Many people drop the p in colloquial speech, making it something like "Haftflicht", and if you're a bit tired, you may also happen to drop the t, making it "Hafflicht". Try it, I guess most Germans would not even notice the missing letters.
yeah, I guess about 90% of native speakers drop the "p" in Haftpflicht and simply say "Haftflicht." Nobody will hear it.
Good tip, thanks.
Letting dishes soak first beats the whole purpose of the dishwasher. So, no soaking before. Eather dishwasher or manually doing the dishes.
Having grown up in an era when neither dishwashers nor the cleaning agents used in them were especially effective, I tended to rinse dishes before putting them in the machine (I got an apartment with a dishwasher for the first time in Germany only 6 1/2 years ago). But unless you have dishes (most likely pots and pans) that are really encrusted with hard material, I believe the recommendation today is not to rinse them first. It saves water, does not add more detergents to the sewage system, etc.
Just so people don‘t get the wrong idea about legal insurance: It does NOT cover your costs if you are accused of committing a crime (act punishable by a prison sentence of one year or more). It can also get sticky even in less serious matters when there is an issue of negligence or willful intent. So even if you have legal insurance, you cannot do anything you like with impunity and expect the costs to be covered. The insurance is there primarily for issues of liability (if not handled by your personal liability insurance, which OF COURSE 😊 you have!) and other civil matters.
8:00 Absolutely right, at 100 mph you are a standing obstacle in the left lane on German autobahns. 😀
That "Halloooo"-sound was from the comedian Faisal Kawusi where he made jokes about the fact that we say "Hallo" when we are angry and in no other country would any person say that😂😂😂😂
I guess the water thing is due to marketing. The tap water is (in most places in Germany) as good as bottled water. It is even better controlled than bottled water.
I don't soak my dishes, I just rinse them in running water before I put them in the machine.
Yeah, wasting tapwater at it's finest.... not clever
Germany is the most litigious country in the world? I call BS! :D
Yes and no - Blackforest Family made an interesting video about that topic.
@@hypatian9093 Naja, Schwaben.
The "zwo" in the title card was unexpected
In Thannhausen we have two wells on the Christoph von Schmid memorial (mostly known as a local teacher and writer of the song "Ihr Kinderlein kommet") that are labeled "no drinking water", right next to them is a actually filtered drinking well that you can use to fill up bottles.
As far as I know a minor percentage of crashes happens on the Autobahn compared to the Landstraßen and Bundesstraßen.
Rules on the Autobahn:
- Don't run out of fuel - that's a fine.
- Trucks are limited to 90 km/h in Europe and are only allowed to drive up to 80 km/h on the Autobahn. They are usually to keep to the right, but often you see one overtaking and taking ages to pass, resulting in a "Elefantenrennen" that also comes with huge fines. The maximum time for a truck overtaking a truck is 45 seconds.
- When there is suffient space on the right lane you HAVE to use it - Rechtsfahrgebot. Don't stay in the middle lane.
- The left lane is only for passing! Staying in it at 130 km/h per hour will not only likely lead to a Nötigung via Lichthupe, it will also count as left lane hogging.
- Going at a big speed difference compared to the usual traffic is very dangerous. If vehicles have to slow down on the Autobahn and you come flying with 200 km/h - good luck braking.
- There is no speed limit yet, but there is the Richtgeschwindigkeit of 130 km/h. There are some blue traffic signs with white numbers that give a minimum speed though, often 80 or 100 in the middle and left lane. Although rare, they are often found before inclines and hills.
My opinion on the speed limit: If they really need to introduce one, they should keep it at 150 km/h or so.
Fun fact: Italy is raising their speed limit to 150... :-)
I'm 72, and I've been robbed exactly once in Germany: 20 Euros by a pickpocket.
When I was working at the Airport Cargo I had legal protection insurance because we where handling expensive Medical equipment and Paintings worth Million. So if I would damage some stuff I would be hold relaiable if it was my fould.
there is a law in germany that you have to get free tap water everywhere, but you have to ask specifically for tap water
There is no law requiring free tap water at restaurants. I wish I could remember exactly which videos I’ve talked about this in, but I’ve discussed this in a couple. There is no law requiring water to be served for free, but restaurants can oblige if you ask if they choose to.
10:00 Und wie siehst du bezahle von Restaurant WC´s (McDonalds Altmarkt Dresden)
"Kein Trinkwasser" Imagine a town that has a wide spread pipe system providing safe and clean drinkable water all over the town. And then they apply another pipe system to provide water that is NOT safe to drink and is brought only to 1 or 2 spots in the town? Well... erm... maybe... not
Our speed limit is the equivalent to your gun rules. Even though a tiny majority would support a speed limit, there is no way that this ever going to happen.
My tap water tastes like crap, but since CoCo decided to discontinue Apollinaris for consumers, I drink my tap water with a soda machine. It's not good, but it's not worse than any bottled water.
I have but one insurance, that being health insurance, but only because I'm not legally allowed to opt out.
There is a (yet unwritten) rule in traffic: When police, ambulance and firefighters are on their way, rushing to a case of emergency, to keep the middle lane free. This is the "Rettungsgasse" or literally "emergency pathway". It got more attention in the last years and is another way to decrease the number of fatal outcomes of traffic accidents: The sooner an ambulance can get to the place of the accident, the more likely an injured person's life can be saved.
My mum, a former paramedic/EMS, still thanks people who keep the "Rettungsgasse" spared.
I don't own a license to drive because of cluster headaches.
Both brothers of mine do, the second brother did it in a few months (as he did have to balance the driving lessons with his regular school schedule)... and the first one did it within 3 weeks of 2021. I already rode with him (when he did have the license for 2 months) and it wasn't much of a difference compared to our mum who, back then, owned her license for 33 1/2 years.
Insurance is a very important thing. In case of damage, it's a huge advantage saving you a lot of money.
Health insurance is one of the most important examples: Imagine needing medication and going to your GP to get a prescription for said medication, so you can get it at a pharmacy. You'll only have to aditionally pay 5 bucks per prescription, the rest is covered by health insurance.
Another, more current example how health insurance can save you a whole bunch of money, is what I'm currently in: I happened to have a Jones fracture in my right foot and do have an Aircast short walker at it, a very good alternative to a plaster cast (which I had when my left elbow got broken. That itching was annoying!). Normally, if I had bought the Aircast, it'd have costed around € 105-130 - Thanks to my health insurance, I only have to pay 10 bucks. The usual additional payment.
I don't need to pay for crutches anymore as I already own a pair of them for 13 years.
As many here said already it's the Germans lane etiquette on the Autobahn that makes it so safe as well. "Most" people stay right unless overtaking and then move right again. This has gotten worse I feel over the past ten years, but still compared to literally every other country I drove highways on, it's still miles better. Genuinely, you just don't need to worry about your right side traffic for most of the time which means you concentrate more on your driving and what happens left of you.
Real tap water is safe for drinking. If there is one with a sign "kein Trinkwasser" I personally would avoid it - it might be drinkable but the pipeline might not be checked for it's safety, or if rarely used it might become stale or contamined. Water from springs (especially in the alps / mountain areas) are usually safe as well. Personally, I would think twice only if the source is near larger agricultural areas because pesticides, etc. could flow into it. And I wouldn't drink water from "normal" fountains. This water circulates in the fountain and is replenished only in case of evaporation. And you don't want to drink something where somebody might have cooled his body / feet in it...
I usually put my dishes directly into the dishwasher. I only rinse some of it (like pots) before if it contains chunks, gravy or fat. That way I switch the dishwasher on only when it's full and not on a daily basis.
With the intro I immediately thought "Mettbrötchen" - yes, that raw minced pork stuff. xD
Wann man sich unsicher fühlen sollte? Wenn man um 3 Uhr morgens aus dem Haus muss und niemand auf der Straße ist!
Easy question this week: if you let your dishes soak it mrans you are either
a) old (like my patents) and/or
b) don't trust your washer or
c) just haveva crappy one, so go get something that actually works.
No, we only "soak" stuff that needs real work to get clean if you do it manually.
You didn't mention one of the most common scams: the infamous "wolle Rose kaufen" scam
Liability insurance: So may you pay 100 EUR (for higher priced) a year.
If you cause an accident you are responsible to pay for health costs or if they have a ongoing disorder, you have to pay for the die financial loss!
Legal insurance is really optional .
But they have also hotlines wich give u basic support in legal questions.
So i denied a demand , with smart legal termination (wich learned from them). So may you can point out that you have a legal insurance, but won t have to use it.
Often they cancel the demand or you offer a lower amount to close the case (wich is maybe 50/50).
10:29 The 'Hello' is Joko, right?
The water from the tap is drinkable. Es unterliegt einer Qualitätskontrolle. Wasser aus Brunnen oder Gewässern ist nicht kontrolliert und daher möglicherweise mit Keimen kontaminiert. Bottled mineral water is carbonated, so-called sparkling water. It is very popular in Germany. There are many sparkling water suppliers who have their own mineral water springs and therefore offer their mineral water. It is as simple as that.
German here: I live in the northern parts of Germany and it is said that we have the cleanest and most drinkable tap water compared to many, many other countries. And we use tap water for the basic things that everyone does (cooking, coffee, flush the medicine down the throat) and in the last decade thousands of people have been buying SodaStream (that thing where you make tap water carbonated and you can add flavor if you want), I see those things literally *everywhere*.
Direct to dishwasher. Why have a dishwasher when you have to pre-wash them?
"Kein Trinkwasser" usually just means that they don't want to vouch for it being safe. Nine times out of ten, you'll probably be ok drinking it. Just don't say nobody warned you. 😉
Your tip to get cash at your home bank rather than ATM is maybe US-related. After all, many Americans do not go to places where they don‘t use US-Dollar. In Europe, even after the Euro, it is rather common to go to places with other currency. For example my credit card has the option to withdraw money without additional cost worldwide. So regardless of UK Pound, Swiss Franc, Polish Zloty or US Dollar, I will not get ripped off at the ATM. I guess this is not included in many US credit cards.
In Germany we have around 430 deaths per year on our Autobahnen but only 120 are speed related. I just drove back from work with speeds up to 120 mph with out feeling unsafe. Ofcourse you have to be focussed and your car has to be up to safety standards.