Things We DO NOT Like about Living in Germany!
We often show the sunny, beautiful and exciting parts of Germany! In this video, we are talking about the things that we do not like about Germany. Time to share some options and I'm sure we all won't agree! Let us know your thoughts :)
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Positive of Germany
00:29 - One (eins)
02:36 - Two (zwei)
03:34 - Three (drei)
05:13 - Four (vier)
08:04 - Five (fünf)
09:59 - Six (sechs)
12:13 - Honorable Mentions
Time for our unsolicited options! Every country has pros and cons. We often show the exciting, beautiful and delicious sides of Germany, so it's only fair that we share some of the things we do not like. Do you agree with these things? What are your thoughts! Let us know! :)
yeah, i totes agree about the weather, especially here in Hamburg, where i like to say "schön stadt, scheiße wetter" at least we get snow quite often in winter, which takes me back to 5 yrs old every time... here in Hamburg, differences seem to be embraced, and they love music and artistic endeavors... i've run into certain bureaucratic hurdles, so i'd have to agree on that encumbrance... in the grocery store (i shop at my nearby supermarket Kaufland) we immediately load our purchases as they're scanned, usually into our shopping carts, and we put the items in bags away from the checkout... i have many German friends, although i certainly don't speak much more than rudimentary Deutsche (maybe it's the fact that Hamburg gets so many international visitors so many people here speak English)... yeah i dislike things being closed on Sunday, especially grocery stores and the resultant lines beginning Friday mid afternoon and continuing all day Saturday, at every market in the land... and the freaking church bells, oh the church bells... i stayed overnight several times Sat nights at some musician friends' place in Elmsbuttel section, partying late into the night, there was a church right across the street, of course we had gotten rather drunk as we caroused, played and sang, even w/windows closed it was hell's bells from way too freaking early in the painful morning through noon (and of course don't forget the Saturday 6 p.m. bells 🙂 ) thumbs up, of course, #166
When I visited Germany last October, I was told from an old lady to stop learning German and to go away. It was a weird situation. Certain generations are not friendly with foreigners, just like what I’m seeing in US. They seem scared of any change. I knew enough German to dismiss her and politely put her in her place. I come from Pennsylvania, the home of Pennsylvania Germans. I see pieces of that hardline culture here, not always. I lived in Scotland for several years and it was challenging in the beginning. Different culture with a strong Scottish accent. I watched their mouth’s for the first three months. We’re speaking the English language but the Glaswegian accent is too strong. Many times it requires patience to live outside your country.
That’s so terrible.
@@t.l.c7481 Certain parts of Germany are not welcoming. Which is pretty much the same the world over. Nope, it's not a generational thing. And it's *certainly* not something you can accuse a whole generation of.
@ we also dont know what the op considers old, lol!
As a german, I don't like summer because it's so humid! Especially here in the Rhine-Main area. I don't like gasping, groaning and sweating people around me. I prefer the dark, cold and foggy autumn! This time is so cozy.
absolutely agree. i hate summer. i love it the most from october to march. i hate it being sunny, i like it dark and cold
Washington DC is humid and hot. The high was 88 degrees F and extremely muggy. It is July 1 2023 and this summer has been seasonably chilly.
YES! And if I hear "what, AC? For the 3 days of summer" one more time, I swear I'm going to punch someone. We haven't had to use our heating often this winter, but we do need our AC most days in summer. I'm barely functional at temps over 24°C and I keep getting migraines. How anyone can get a good nights sleep in the heat is beyond me. Hate summer, love spring and autumn, ok with winter.
@@mathildal3291 This year? Not really had a warm night until now. But since 2 years I have a real good insulation in my roof apartment - it was differently before. But I hate cold and hot. I prefer autumn and spring.
I once lived in the Wiesbaden-Mainz area and remember the dark, damp weather near the Rhine River which could briefly turn hot and humid in summer.
In November the weather is terrible in most parts of North-West-Europe (Netherland, Belgium, France, UK, Scandinavia, Poland....). So this is not only a German Issue and the reason why many people fly in November or March to the Canary Islands to shorten the winter. By the way, in the northern parts of the USA or in Canada the weather in November can also be very unpleasant - not everyone lives in Florida.
That is true for sure here in Iowa. November is the cloudiest month of the year. I dread it. When we get a sunny day, i don't care how cold it is, I go outside as much as possible! Vitamin D!!!! No amount of caffeine in the morning can replace the sun hittin those retinas!
Netherlands...... whoops, am I a besserwisser now? 😂
100%
the most southern point of germany has the same position up to the north like Montreal(Canada) and than the coordinates for LIst auf Sylt = 55° 1′ N, 8° 26′ O in comparison to Falls Pass(Alaska)=54° 51′ N, 163° 25′ W
Yep, November through February/March is shitty in much of the US.
Fun fact: In Norway we use the German word Besserwisser for people who think they know everything. Using the Norwegian translation or some other word is something very few people do.
😂❤ Greetings from Germany😊
Didn't now about that , this is so funny 😂 greetings from Germany
Coming from the south, where it gets so hot that it's next to impossible to enjoy anything outdoors, the cold, dreary, gray days of Germany sounds FANTASTIC!
Phil: In Norway have we many serious accidents with those scooters🤔and the parking is just like left it where you stand,like man clean up🙂😁
One aspect that doesn't seem logical is the stringent regulations on escooters in Norway, considering that other European countries also face similar accident issues. 🤭
and they think most of the time they dont have to watch for cars people or anything they rive like crazy in my town in Germany
I think everybody complains about the inefficient bureaucracy in other countries. My theory is, its bad everywhere, but the people who are born there don't know it's bad in their own country, because they never had to deal with it as a foreigner.
We are neighbours- im from Poland. Yes, we have a dark parts of history.. But its strange how sometimes when i watch your videos about Germany i think "hey, its just like in Poland". And yes, potatoes and wurst (or ziemniaki i kiełbasa) is the best meal ;)
Love Poland from Germany
I have huge respect for Poland. Bullied by many countries, but still positive and strong! Nobody can beat you. ❤
I'm polish girl in Germany and a lot of things in both countries are simular but polish food ist The Best ❤ for sure and that is not only my opinion 🤫😋😉.
Germany weather is a lot like Washington state weather, very simular.
In some of these things I agree. But the first point - Riding Motorcycle in the woods or jetskiing on lakes? Come on!!! There are many other people like hikers, cyclist. Swimmers, who would be molested. Of course it makes sense that in most cases is not allowed. The USA is far more bigger, there you have enough space for such sort of things. I like hiking in the German fores and it would be a stupidity to allow offroad motorcycling there.
Actually I really like the weather in Germany or at least Thuringia, Saxony Anhalt, and Bavaria. 😅 So I'm not on a "denial" level as "not as bad"... Especially October is the best month imo, a lot of sun and rain. Nothing compares to a really nice "Schüttregen" while sitting inside. And the other day biking to work at 5C in the morning and coming back at 20C in the afternoon. Cheers from Munich
Sure, if you compare the German winter weather with that of the US sunbelt, it seems pretty bad, but it is actually quite comparable to the winter weather in the Northeastern region of the US. That's why I moved to the sunbelt when I retired.
That's what I was going to say, German weather sounds an awful lot like the weather in the Northeast US and especially New England
Disagree on the scooters, at least on the pavement. They're dangerous to pedestrians.
Totally and the scooters get thrown away where people want to and the people take them even when they are drunk. The weather isnt the problem here. Its a country right in the middle of Europe with all four seasons.
Smoking really surprised me In Spain/Portugal/France too. I thought Europeans were all about the healthy lifestyles before I visited, that was quite a shock, especially the teens smoking.
I smoke and whenever we are at a restaurant and sit outside, I normally go away from the seating area, like to the entrance or something to have a smoke. Other people do not do that obviously but I want to be polite :) I am from Munich, Germany.
It's smoke everywhere outside and nobody has ever said anything to me. I guess it depends on what state you're in.
Agree with so much you mention. The majority of my friends were also foreign living in Munich but after a year the circle began to open due to getting a job instead of studying at the Uni. I think the same could be said about the US, it’s difficult to find your people. For me, music and film are my passions so that’s generally where I start. Guess what I’m trying to say is let your passions be your guide to friendships and new experiences.
However, there is a super easy way to make good and easy way to make friends in USA. We have clubs for everything, if you like rock climbing join a club, if you have any hobbies there will be a club for it.
I made German friends more easily than others during my stay in Germany as an American serviceman. Then again, I am German and had German relatives who introduced me to other Germans.
Wer will schon Sonne und Hitze das ganze Jahr über. Juni, Juli, August reichen schon völlig. März bis Mai ist in der Regel schön und auch September und Oktober sind zuletzt meist golden. Bleiben also November bis Februar, die eventuell als schlecht wahrgenommen werden könnten.
As someone who first came to Germany in 1997 to spend a year on Youth Exchange, the comments about smoking make me laugh because I remember when all the restaurants I went to had smoking sections inside, with a screen separating the smoking and non-smoking sections. Just having smoking sections outside seems like such a big step up from that.
I'm a native German non-smoker and I went to Australia in 1998 for three weeks. Guess what was my first thought when I came back then... Yes, it was: "Why do people smoke in the airport building?"
Yes, we were slowly rolling out smoking in public buildings at that time, having been the first country to ban smoking on aeroplanes. Different states banned restaurant smoking at different times, of course, but I think all indoor smoking at restaurants would have been banned by the time of your visit.
@@cookiesareakatherinefood True. :-) And I'm very happy about it.
Wish me luck y’all! I’m heading to Germany at the end of November 😂🙏🏼 I’m excited though! 😍
But please,steel yourself and take this video serious, because it's so true, living in Norway I'm sooo glad that I moved here and left Germany with all this what I don't like behind me. I know that not all in Norway is great but I love the life here...and the weather. Good luck in Germany
Hab Spaß Have fun
Great that you are not deterred by the "circumstances" described here from your trip (for us Germans, they are also often a huge burden, especially the bureaucracy 🥴). So, good luck 🍀and welcome to Germany in advance 😊
Worst timing ever 😂😂😂
@@pinkhope84 why?
I live in Orlando, Florida, but this very very hot, did I emphasize how hot it is, gets me down. Plus, the huge electricity bills for air conditioning in the summer.
Don't forget the humidity is almost jungle like🥵
The same is said about the weather in Scotland. When the rain becomes warmer we know summer has arrived 😂😂😂😂
Thanks for your videos, Some of the issues you raise can be said about most North Western European countries. I live in North West Scotland where winter days are very short and Dreich (schlecht) however in the summer it hardly gets dark. In the Outer Hebrides we value our Sundays as rest days and we get the church bells calling to worship as well. So very similar to Germany. We were in Berlin the last time the world cup was on and we watched Germany v Sweden at the Brandenburg gate. I lost my wallet somewhere in the crowd but 2 weeks later i checked the Zentrales Fundburo and some kind person had handed it in and i got all the contents back. Good and bad everywhere :)
9:45 for this some stores, mainly drugstores like DM, have a area behind the checkout where they put your items and there is a divider they can move around so if your items are let's say on the right area they move the devider so that they can put the items of a 2nd customer there. But it dosn't allways work cause some cashier don't do that and only do it maybe when they feel "oooh the next customer should have their own space to pack cause the first customer is still not finished packing"
Deana I happily offer you my friendship as a German 😂
Interesting thing about the Germany Driver’s License exchange is some countries like Japan actually give you back your license since they have a policy to return it (although it can take months). We found out the German License centers apparently send the license to the original country’s consulate, and it’s up to them to return it to you or not. Many countries do try to restrict you to only one driver’s license though.
After living for the first 27 years in Germany and the last 27 years in the USA (20 of those in NYC and the remaining 7 in Seattle and SoCal), I very much have to agree with your observation about friendships. Making friends in the USA is like eating a peach. It is very easy at first to make acquaintances and work place friend and such but it is very hard to make real friends that really stick with each other. In my experience (and looking into myself) it is opposite in Germany. Even making acquaintances is really hard in Germany. It is like a... coconut. Once you are passed the shell, though, you made friends for life. About the other pet peeves: #1 maybe my age is showing (and maybe my daily exposure to it) but having e-Scooters restricted to a certain speed makes a lot of sense. #2 I so agree with the smoking. #3 About the weather: that is extremely subjective and location specific. When I went to Seattle first I was surprised how gloomy the weather was there. Now in SoCal I wish we had more gray days. #4 In Germany, everything feels like bureaucracy (because everything is pretty much one). My experience with US immigration, the DMV, or any other government agency or even large companies is not much different, though. #5 I think this is very closely related to #4. But even in the USA getting any customer service from Internet heavy companies is pretty much impossible unless you are a customer that has a large account with them. It's definitely related to how much you formalize the day-to-day operation.
I agree with the safety aspect, but they didn't complain about the speed limit in general - only about the fact that it is 25 km/h in many European countries vs. 20 km/h in Germany. I think that's a fair point, especially if you travel a lot or live in a border region.
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As with any place... there is good and bad.... One has to decide what one can live with... or without. It's always a trade off.... I hate Texas. It's too darn hot... oh, we have blue skies and sunny days... but, I would kill for cooler weather... thanks for telling about all the strange laws there... that was really cool to learn... something I would have never thought about. You both ROCK!!!!
Ha ha. How do you like this heat wave? 🥵Love, from Waco.❤
@@susannay.3437 Well, in seconds I seem to become a pile of goo...lol.... I am melting... MELTING.... I need to so move North.... Greetings from Katy!
The best way to find new friends is through shared hobbies. E.g. if you are a motorcyclist and go to the usual motorbike meet-ups, you quickly get to know new people, e.g. when "talking gas". Or even if people in your circle of acquaintances ride motorbikes, they in turn have friends who come along when you go on trips together.
I hate the bureaucracy too. But I like the bad weather because I have summer depressions. The summer is always bad for me
Germany is lucky to still be allowed to have church bells ringing as banned in many parts of UK. As for Sunday shopping, why do people hate low paid retail workers that they expect them to work Sundays just because some are unable to plan their lives to shop Monday to Friday. Long live Ruhetage.
Hi Deana and Phil! Love your content! Thank you for being your genuine selves in your videos, I appreciate it so much! Especially the hilarious little cuts to Phil's butt mixed in! Wishing you both the best!
I agree about the weather because if it’s going to be cold & cloudy then I at least want snow! It makes winter worth it👍🏻
I'm from Vancouver, BC. My Driver's License, Provincial ID, and Health Card are all in one as well.
Lol at the weather part. A large chunk of the NW of the US says that about getting better/appropriate clothing. It's mostly been said to me about hiking or doing outdoor things. That being said, I live in the rainiest part of Oregon and proper all weather ''gear' is a must.
"There´s no bad weather - only bad clothing" ;) (typical northern german saying) :) oops...wote this 3 seconds before Phil mentioned it, haha
Born and raised in the south, I grew up with this "typical northern german saying". So no, it's not "typical northern german". It's just german.
B U T T 😂
I remember the " blue laws" here in the USA. I think it was either late '60's or early '70's when they relaxed a bit and let shops open after noon ( i was born in '61, so young). Now, there isnt a darn day or time you can NOT shop, except no alcohol sales until after 8 am 😂😂😂 and most stop selling by 2am
The German saying about needing the right clothing in winter is very true. You can add clothes to get warm but in the tropical heat even if you are naked you are still hot.
The smoking would bother me, too.
Your fun rule is - the fun of a single person is more important than the result for others or the community... Maybe the problem is what you see as fun... The weather - could be that you are a sun lover - others like it. For me the weather in the South of the US is terrible - nothing I want to live in. I spent an August in North Carolina where we had daily temperatures between 90 and 100 degree Fahrenheit. Nobody went outside and stayed inside with A/C.
About weather. I first ever heard of being depressed, especially November-depression, when I was a kid and there was a show in German TV where a girl sat in school and drew sad looking pictures of a forest all in grey with no leafes on the trees etc. and than expressed how she drew the pic whe being very sad. At that time I had no idea that people could feel depressed in the winter but its apparently very common, especially in November, to feel depressed
A few decades ago (not Ice Age) almost everything was closed on Sundays in the USA. In the US, everything revolves around consumption, so the customers' thinking is a hindrance! Convenience is king in US Inc.
I don’t find that the case in the US Metro Midwest since at least the 70/80s. Sunday may have had more limited hours where businesses were open but they were definitely open. It certainly wasn’t a huge impediment if you needed to run to a store on Sundays. Perhaps your experience varied.
@@michaelrains64295Ask older Americans and they'll tell you. There were also times in the US when unions still had power. Times when the USA was considered a role model long ago.
@@michaelrains64295 well 80s is a few decades ago. we def had the same thing in US
I lived in Bavaria in the early 80s and I'm loving this series.
Hi guys, as a Schottlander who spent years in Germany, I loved the weather im Deutschland compared to here ha ha
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At home in France I do EVERYTHING online and in writing. I never telephone anyone about anything. It works 99% of the time. 🇨🇵🇪🇺
We always say : there is a new Video from or virtual friends. You both are great. Lovely greetings from Unterfranken in Bavaria:-)
I don't know if it goes for every state, but I once got an ID card that wasn't a driver's license, but was just for an ID. They did it at the same place where you get your driver's license, it was very convenient. They even issue a wallet size passport card in the US now too. Because it is not convenient to carry around your passport, it's too big.
We have the same problems in the uk and the Weather i haveba friend from Germany and we always message saying is it raining for you now and 95% of the time its rhe same its just so random at times
Almost everywhere in Europe you can pay with card. EXCEPT in Germany, you have to carry cash, because some places just don't take cards at all. For a Dutchman like myself it feels like going back to the 90's.
The one thing i just really hate about Germany is that they let cars drive EVERYWHERE every old city centre there are cars aloud, you cant sit in a terras because of the car smoke non sigaret, you can't see the beautiful square because it's usually a big parking lot. the old part of a city centre should be free of cars during the day. my Honorable mention: Driving on the A road is horrible, on that few main roads they have there currently 1400 road works and they take literally decades to complete you can drive as fast as you car can drive only in theory becouse its one big trafficjam. Those electric scooters? you see at 02:30 are not legal at all in the Netherlands.
Please learn to not project from your limited experience to everyone and everywhere else. Some cities/towns allow cars in the center, some don't. Pedestrian zones have been in existence since I was a kid. These days, there are a lot more of them. But the car lobby is huge (and they have the vast majority of the population as a usable voting block).
@ and there is also your sort of people, but that was already covered in the why she does not have German friends. my visits to Germany are indeed limited to only reinland palts, Saarland, Badenwurtenberg & Beieren. Oh wait that is just about every city they covered on this channel. there is a shitload of positive thing to say about Germany, but this was only about the negative tings, didn't you get the memo?
You are right, not everything is at its best in Germany (especially bureaucracy), but I prefer the quite strict system to the system in other countries. One cause is that in Germany the population is quite dense (233 people/square kilometer) compared to the US with 34 people /square kilometer. So living together has to be more organized. It's funny, that on the one hand Phil misses fun in Germany, especially dirt-biking (fun or destroying and polluting nature?), while he critizises the "fun" of smoking in public (freedom or bothering non-smokers?) on the other hand. So "fun" and "freedom" (as drinking alcohol in public) can culturally be seen from different points of view. And I at least prefer the 21 !! public tv-programs (including regional programs and arte) and almost 70 !! public radio programs (three German wide and the rest regional), that you pay Rundfunkgebühren for. These public services have to inform with facts in a neutral way and can't be bought by billionaires to spread fake news, as Fox-News did for an old man with yellow hair... .
Weather in Germany sounds like western Washington state. October thru April, rainy seasaon
about the weather: as a german living in th south, i disagree. we have half a year of sun and lots of heat, which i personally cant stand. saying from november to may is horrible weather might be true for you, because u prefer it warm and sunny, but i absolutely love it when its cold and dark. preferences, everyone is different. also, seasonal depression is real but for me, i experience it during summer, not winter
About this "Rundfunkgebühr"/TV "Tax" - I am really glad we have it in Germany and I'm really sorry to hear that you don't seem to watch at least un-biased or balanced News or even might not be interested in documentaries from the public stations which you fund with your money. Folks doing this semm to stay in their own News bubble, never questioning what they are represented but maybe that's the way it is today.
We have that saying in Norway too ; "Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær" - "There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing"
So, my great grandfather is buried in Dresden, Germany: Edward Two Two - an Oglala Lakota. There’s even a documentary on him: “Bury My Heart in Dresden.” We’re on our way soon, so what should two Natives (Indigenous folks) expect and what terms should we know? Thanks!
Well Deanna's family is near Greeneville SC, and that is a very cute town, and getting cuter all the time. So that would not be a bad place to live. But it is not cheap there. In the US, it is expensive to live in a nice metro area, sadly. Because there are so few nice ones.
Bad weather makes for great architecture.
I love to watch the interactions between Elon Musk/Tesla and Tesla Berlin. "We are making 147 improvements in our car next week". Which committee approved that? What are the pros and cons? Did we do risk:reward analysis? Will they meet next year to implement these things? "No, we already decided it is happening next week and there is no committee at all...JUST DO IT". Someone at Tesla said "Germany is still inventing their iPhone...it should be ready in 2044".
I follow lot of german youtubers but your content truly stands out.very good. Lots of love from India 🇮🇳
Traveling in Germany this week for business. Definitely understand the +/- with Germany, fortunately more +++'s. We enjoy your video's, keep sharing, and food & culture tips always a bonus. As American's we generally want to experience, not offend, and try leave a positive impression where we travel, this is not always super easy.
Crazy that the Sunday law is still real! I mean, a lot of people would shop on Sundays if food shops and bakeries were open - for sure!
Do you think about the people that have to work on Sundays instead of being with the family? There are always two sides of the medal.
Most bakeries are open on Sunday. You can go shopping on 6 days of the week. Most grocery stores open at 7 am and close at 9 pm. Why would you go shopping on Sunday? No need to open shops on this particular day. The employees deserve a free day as well.
restaurants bakerys gas stations are all open only groceryshops are closed
I agree with many points, but not the "unable to think outside the box". Bureaucracy in Germany is horrible, totally agreed. But taking the step from horrible bureaucracy to a generalization is a bit too far for me.
Ask your home state DMV (NC?) and tell them you lost/misplaced your driver's license and need a new copy. Then have your relatives mail it to DUS. 🤣😂🤣
Again - this is also Canada! I'm always perplexed by how many Germans move here thinking the weather and bureaucracy would be better :P
Phil, I started riding a 1968 honda z50 when I was 5 years old. I ended up buying a new 1988 Kawasaki (EX500) crotch rocket off the showroom floor.
Hi! Unfortunetly, you guys are spot on and I totally agree! So much so, that we are thinking about leaving Germany for good. What about you? Are you staying and coping with those issues, or are you planing to resettle? Hope to hear from you and greetings from Düsseldorf!
Wondering if you got a new drivers license when you went back to the states to visit family? There would be no way the licensing bureau in Germany would know, right?
If you don't mind me asking.. Do you both live in Germany? Dortmund I believe and if it is so. Why does Deanna choose for Germany? If some things are more difficult to deal with (like thinking about the box) and making friends. Witch are pretty big to coprehend with on daily basis. Tûss! Cath from The Netherlands
I got sunburnt several times on school exchanges to (West) Germany 😳.
Cant agree with the weather thing at all. The summer in germany is very hot and very long and the winter is very mild. So yeah...?
Customer Service is the black sheep of most companies. The pay for the agents is rarely above "Mindestlohn", they deal with hundreds of calls every day and often work in shifts.
For me as a German the "Rundfunkgebühren" are ok, it is indipendent radio not paid by the owners of the advertisments shown in so called "free"-TV. I don''t love them, but they give som advantages.
Sounds like the weather is just as random as Colorado!
I honestly dont get why people hate on the windy/rainy/overcast weather. I thoroughly enjoy that weather and will often spend more time outside if it is the supposed "horrible weather".
9:05 Oh yeah... sometimes there might be for example only 1 train you can take but you have no idea when it is arriving cause its not shown yet when you arrive at the train station and it maybe that the informational letters with all train arrivals dosn't count your stop as a stop inbetween on the paper so you think you feel lost. Maybe your app dosn't even shows the train you need to take or you don't have the app or your phone is ran empty and you can't use it etc. So you then go to the DB and ask for informations but some people working there talk in a voice to you as if they wanted to tell you, that they think you are too dumb to do it on your own ... bruh you sit in a room with a sign on the door that says "Information" so do your job!
i like my german weather, rain , haaaah it rained only 605 liters per square meter till now this year at my place :D
true, thank you
Back in the day a lot of german supermarkets had these, lets call it tables, where the cashier would move your items to and when done move some sort of gate to separate your items from the next customers items. That way you had enough time to pack your stuff without all the stress. Haven't seen these anywhere since many years, seem to be totally gone now. I believe i once heard that they removed them because the faster the customer is gone, the more customers and the more items they can process, which means they are stressing us on purpose. Time is money, as we all know. - edit: oh, you even mentioned it.
They still exist, mainly in high-end gourmet grocery stores. I guess when you are spending a lot in their store they don’t want you to feel rushed as you check out.
I’m Swedish and for some years now it’s been illegal to smoke anywhere in restaurants, cafes or bars, including in the outdoor seating area. It’s also not allowed to smoke right outside a building, in the past people would stand right by the entrance of grocery stores but that’s no longer allowed, and in hospitals smoking is only allowed in designated smoking areas outside away from the building. But with the restaurant outdoor area smoking, I think it was even a EU regulation to ban smoking even outdoors at restaurants 🤔
As for the issue around your drivers license, perhaps it is assumed your US passport should cover everything. Like in The Netherlands, a drivers license is not sufficient ID for a lot of services and HR processing. You need at least an ID card or of course a passport. We also have a lot of strict rules, but we also like to explain the rules and how to do things according to these rules. I'm a civil servant myself and my view is people should be well informed and understand why things are the way they are rather than telling people 'this is the way, deal with it'.
Typisch Niedersachsen auch im Düsseldorfer Exil, immer am weinen. Das Wetter ist perfekt. Grüße aus Schleswig-Holstein
Come to the UAE and you will experience what bad weather really is even though it is a great country
The smoking was right in! When I first went to Germany there were so many smokers I actually felt out of place not being a smoker!! They even have smoking lounges all over the airport
It’s their #1 weight loss hack.
"when I first went to Germany". Last week? Last year? 20 years ago?
@ is smoking still allowed in restaurants?
@@TheDivayenta No.
@@yourpainisagift fantastic! I can’t wait to go back and visit.
For flying from EU to US and back you need a passport, right? And you can't use that as ID in the US?
For me as an introvert number six actually is a positive thing. People leave you in peace. And I have hated parties all my life. Service actually is not that bad, but may be a little bit more "professional" than in the USA. I never could go along with the overfriendliness in order to get higher tips (I travelled there three times). Nice video!
the weather complaining made me giggle a little ;) especially the part where you said "There is no such thing as bad weather only bad clothing." We have a similar saying in Denmark so that took me by surprise. at least you get a few months of good weather ;) up here we have a saying. "The Danish summer is Great. that one day of the year." basically we expect only 1 day of summer like conditions a year.
I love the weather in Germany. I lived in the Pfalz many years and my wife is from there. The weather was quite normal in my opinion. Had beautiful summers camping at the "weekend", and the rest of the year enjoyed cooler weather. Way better than when we lived in England. English weather is the worst. Now here in Colorado, we can have 4 seasons in one day. It's awesome. But really, the weather isn't bad in Germany. It's appropriate for where it's located and I love it there. Lastly, as an American, it was way easy to make German friends for me. In fact, i had more German friends than American friends when living there for many years. So, i dont quite agree that its hard to make german friends without knowing German. I think this one is all about yhe person and not generalized for all of Germany.
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Hiii Bianca!
@@DeanaandPhil❤
OMG!!! I have never felt so seen since we moved here 18 months ago from San Diego!! Thank you for sharing all the things we constantly struggle with! 💞💞
Agreed on the smoking parts. In Germany many smokers just don't give a single f about their surroundings.
As a german, who has moved house around several sites in Germany, I have the same experience as Deana: it is very difficult and takes a lot of time to make friends if you leave your social cocoon where you went to school or university. It is a pity.
I see your point about smoking in public. Honest! As a smoker, it always bothered me that people at the neighboring table enjoyed the cigarette before or after. Since the smoking ban in bars and pubs, I've only been out very rarely. Because the problem for a smoker (who is addicted in a way) is that he has to leave the bar or pub to smoke a cigarette. On the one hand, this means that I have to leave my drink at the counter, where I managed to get a seat after a few moments, as a "placeholder" where anyone could mix something into it or take it with me, which results in the loss of counter space and me stand somewhere in the corner again. On the other hand, I have experienced and also observed that non-smokers come with me and stand outside in the fog, simply because the atmosphere is better there than inside. To avoid the whole thing, I simply don't go out as a smoker anymore. I don't want to. It's like vegans and vegetarians. Everyone in our society tries to make someone feel guilty. And I'm a carnivore and a smoker. So I've lost my place in our society if I don't bow down. And I don't! Thus, bars should continue to die, landlords who have attracted regular customers for decades will lose their livelihood due to these laws. I know landlords who, in the early days, redesigned their bars and pubs at great expense and set up "smoking areas". Then that was also banned and they went bankrupt with debts. I understand non-smokers who don't like inhaling or smelling cigarette smoke. But then a smoking/non-smoking zone should be introduced at least in the outdoor areas. I like and love a cigarette every now and then, just as I like to eat a piece of meat, fish, cheese or eggs every now and then. Or do restaurants also have to set up vegan, vegetarian and meat-consuming zones, since the vegans at the next table might not be able to bear the sight of my fried chicken or pork knuckle. Folks, just be more tolerant again! Tolerance also means accepting a personal feeling of "unfair" if it only lasts 5 minutes. In order to perhaps give someone else their freedom and not keep threatening them with moral forefingers or pointing at these people. Unfortunately, tolerance in our country has suffered greatly.
Agree! The smoking policies in restaurants and bars were a bit of a put off for us as Americans...
Weather in Germany sounds about the same as weather in NY, USA
i work in german street construction and let me tell you we have lots of sun. oh you are that kind of people who are slow in the supermarket the people after you in line want to go home to you know. are you really angry that cashiers and other people have 1 day a week off.
Oh em gee....i couldnt agree more. At Dusseldorf airport the old man and old woman manning the customer service or information desk were so dismissive and rude. Period. We only asked how to ge to our gate. Not only to us but to the other people in the line. Ive been to 50 countries and never experienced anything like that lol. We figured out we had to go down to the baggage claim area and go through passport control. The sign shouldve been "No information for you!" 😂
Smoking issue is a no-go for me. Asthma & allergies, I'd be miserable.
Move to Freiburgor Passau.I took the best option and moved to southern France! As for no fun the scooters are dangerous. I witnessed an accident and boy was it awfull a kid was run down and was killed. Nope, these things are not meant for fun , just for transportation and even witha 20km speedlimit you get around fast enough downtown. As far as speed at the cashregister I hated the US system which took me hours just hanging around in the row. And as far as friends were concerned in the 7 years I lived in the US I only made two REAL friends while I had oodles of friends in Germany. Now I live in southern france and socialising is really easy.
Fun fact. There is a lot of KZhead channels that belong to the German Rundfunk (Funk). It's not only old people media.