How has Germany changed you as a Person?
2023 ж. 22 Нау.
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At one point as a foreigner living in Germany. It would have changed us as a person. we decided to head back to Munich and ask as many nationalities living in Germany. In this video alone we got over 24 people a new record!. to ask an important question. How has Germany changed you as a Person?
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Germany didn't change me, I actually found a perfect place where I actually fit in! In my homeland, I was the outcast for being too much in to planning and organizing; no rush, no nosey personality. So I really feel like I belong, finally ♥
Oh wow!
I am glad you feel that way and finally found that place!
@@berlinbeachkat4878 thank you kindly!
Where are you originally from?
Latvia aka Lettland aka Baltic States aka Ex-Soviet Country :D
So funny that people from south America say Germany is so structured and organized while the lady from China basically said - in a very polite way - it's complete chaos. Beautiful. XD
Well, I guess in China strikes are simply not allowed. I could be wrong. But there, you do as you're told or your 'social credit score' gets lowered. They just keep going and have the system engrained in them.
considering chinese traffic. I really dont know what she is on about.
I get her point tho! Many Asian countries are much more efficiently organized. Cause in Germany we have a big problem with paperwork complicating many processes and it shows when you are trying to file for a new ID or stuff like that. It will take months
@@leac.s.2334 sure. Let's take the best of each and make it ours. Asian structure ( the positive sides to it. ) With south American vibes, dances and music. German beer and land scapes on top. Doesn't sound all too bad to me.
@@leac.s.2334 Germans (as a stereotype) try to do justice to each and everyone. This makes laws and paperwork ever more complicated. Germans appear to not realize that perfect justice is inaccomplishable, however hard they try. This, together with a sense for order which is genetically encoded (one might think) results in a society that generally matches its clichés.
Turkish girl isn't less friendly and outgoing because she's in Germany now. She's less friendly because she lives in Munich :D
hmmm debatable
Yeah Berlin may be better
I learned not to be late. I am more aware of the environmental issues. It taught me I can learn German! To be less materialistic and enjoy doing nothing but relax on a Sunday. I have become less nervous of harassment or violence or theft. I relaxed 😌
Goddammit. You f#cking environmentalists. You will tax the hell out of everyone and visually pollute all of the countryside with your windmills. I hate you.
the last few sentences… that’s fucked up…
I have to say the no shops on a Sunday thing still annoys me, but I like to do "urban" stuff on a sunday.
U got the spirit
@@filip6994 why, isn't it a good thing they are less nervous of harrassment lol?
Germany changed me a lot. first of all, I became much more organized. I learnt how to enjoy small things and also Germany inspire me a lot. This country is literally a well of inspiration and new knowledge to be picked up. Every day when I get up I feel so excited that I live in this outstanding country. Also I became much calmer and easy-going person. Germany made me much more patient and logically acting person with systematized approach towards solving problems.
So you agree that probably Russian penguins destroyed german-owned pipelines Nordstream 1&2 .
@@ms-jl6dlrethink your life choices
@Jack : I fully agree
@jackwalker5916 bro, ngl. Your comment about my country was so wholesome. Thank you so much for it aka vielen herzlichen Dank :)
I have lived in the US the majority of my life but feel like I’m better aligned with German values. The US has been disappointing for a developed nation which was built on systems and processes but common folks do not value a good system and so there is more chaos than necessary when going about your daily life (outside of work).
The Turkish and South Korean friends are such a vibe! :D loved hearing their answers haha
same
Sorma
@@almora4888kaltak karı sinirimi bozdu.
Yeah, especially the Turkish girl was very refreshing. Always had a good time meeting Turkish girls or people in general from Türkiye. Unfortunately the German-turkish community is so isolated in Germany that it negatively impacted almost any interaction I had with them so far.
@@SuperBarneygumble i don't care about a big part the turkish germans anymore. it is their choice and theirs alone. it is not us germans that are isolating them. THEY want their own little sub culture with only the least possible contact to germans. if they speak german then they speak broken turkish german, FULLY on purpose to show us germans exactly where they stand when it come to us and to integrating. Even some 3rd and 4th generation german turks are behaving that way. That's is my own experience of more than 30 years (i am 42) and all well integrated turks that i ever talked to see and think exactly the same as me when it comes to these guys. Every single one.
That one guy went from being Albanian to being Ecuadorian in like 1min while having an American accent hahaha
I noticed that too, but in the beginning he identified himself as Albanian. 😉
Yep I noticed that & thought he sounded American too!
Russian FSB sleeper maybe...
Also he was Romanian in the first seconds of the video
Really appreciate the fact that you put the country in the corner now. Helps to keep a context
Thanks, it was a great advice we got from someone who was watching our videos before ;)
Lived and worked in Germany, fitted in with the Germans very easily, and found them to be great at helping out, interesting to talk to and very wonderful people. Went to China 6 times and found that the Chinese streets will virtually come to a standstill, with the pedestrians, to ogle you if you're non Asian, or non African. Lived in Korea for a spell, beautiful food, very inexpensive and the people are very hospitable, even if the girls fall asleep on your shoulder on the train.
Girls falling asleep on your shoulder doesn't sound so bad lol
@@kozhikkaalan Haha, same thought; guess we're missing intimacy? 😅
@@dennisjungbauer4467 Well (South-)Koreans certainly do, their birthrates aren't 0.8 just from birth-control or infertility alone. Also from watching K-dramas, I can't even think of one that hinted towards full-blown intimacy, even kissing was quite rare.
Very inexpensive? I thought Germany would be among the top most expensive. I think it would be difficult for me to get work there, considering that I am a candle factory worker in the US.
@@stephenhowes8937 I'm saying Korea is inexpensive, not Germany. Even though UK, where I'm from, was in EU it was impossible to claim any social security payments there when seeking work. Plus, in Munich, where I was staying, there's a housing shortage for the locals, as well as any new comer seeking to live there. Unlike Berlin, where apparently it's easier to find accommodation, but impossible for a foreigner, at an European, to get a job, unless on the black market.
I've been living in Germany for more than 12 years. Coming from a very quiet, small and humble northern country, I have always been shy. Watching this video has made me realise that I have become very honest and unapologetic 😂 I loved rules and laws before but now even more - I need everything to have structure and things go according to the plan. In my opinion Germans are not spontaneous at all and I have started to hate surprises 😂 It's really cool to see how one grows as a person in another culture and environment.
Your comment suggests that Germany is not a place for April Fool jokes and tricks.
Your remark comes as a surprise. I hate it. 🙂 Just joking. Yes, a lot people don't like surprises as we are more on the pessimistic side and so a lot of people think surprise = bad.
@@volrathsstronghold3989 I don't like them either especially as I get older. If you are planning a surprise party for someone you have to convince them to come out with you for a quiet drink to a venue where the surprise party is when they are feeling down about not many people remembering their birthday. Like in the film Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging when the protagonist has her fifteenth birthday. Her mother wakes her up in the morning and tells her that for her birthday treat they would be going to a night club. Just the two of them knowing that her friends will attend the birthday party of her love rival in another night club. Someone she always hated and it was even worse when the love rival started dating her crush. Then the protagonist gets to the nightclub to find there is a surprise party for her and hardly anyone is at the other birthday party. Plus they can be used to upset other plans the receiver might have. Deliberately or unintentionally.
I never like to apologise for anything that is clearly not my fault. Or on behalf of someone else who did the wrong thing. Especially if the other person was justified in doing that wrong thing.
The Russian girl was so articulate and well balanced. All these young people came across very well and it was a heart warming, optimistic video. I'm British and live in Prague.
no she seemed very disrespectful and cold
@marvin2678 ayo what? She seemed super sweet to me lol
@@marvin2678 soft arse
@@marvin2678 WTF !
@@marvin2678I wouldn’t say 😅pretty open minded person, just was focusing to say all clear,to be understood
I'm English and my husband is German and, when he met me, he said he would've assumed by the way I look and act that I'm German not British. When I asked why he said it's because I wear very little makeup, I don't wear skimpy dresses to go out when it's freezing cold (apparently he got a shock when he saw British women wearing tiny dresses in winter on a night out), I'm more health conscious than the average Brit (he'd seen a lot of Brits binge drinking), I'm fair but not pasty, and I'm quite reserved and I love efficiency!
lmao so it is really true that British women wear a lot more make up? I thought that's more a cliche.
@@benfischer6303 Not everyone does, but many do - especially on a night out. A lot of the women I know and am friends with wear very thick foundation and heavy eye makeup. Big lips, hair extensions and very thick, drawn on eyebrows are popular here too. I haven't seen as much of that in Germany.
You are basically German :)
@@jnd5706 That sounds very american. I'm German and i'd appreciate a girl more if she shows her flaws with little makeup, than changes her apperance with tons of it. In the end we are all human and nobody is perfect. Embrace your flaws and be down to earth. Humbleness is the biggest turn on for me
@@Skyl3t0n Brits are the Americans of Europe.
Germany didn’t charge me, I found myself here ❤
I absolutely love Germany. It's crazy to think how much the world has switched up in a century. Germany used to be the biggest enemies. Now it is one of the biggest allies and partners on the world stage, doing a lot of good in the world. I really want to visit Germany. Great video! Your friend from Canada!
Always loved Germany;)
Und ich als Deutscher finde Canada unglaublich interessant, jedenfalls will ich in Canada mal Urlaub machen.
@@drwho1188 thank you! Hopefully you come here one day
We even invented Ecosia
Thank you for sharing this thought and acknowledging 🫶
About the monitor on the car. I still don’t recommend doing this in Germany leaving your stuff unattended in public. Because I encountered many occasions where the stuff I left/forgot in public wasn’t there anymore when I came back to look for it. Turns out every single time it wasn’t stolen, but somebody took my stuff to the Fundbüros😂 (a place where „lost“ stuff is gathered and you can go there and get it back for free). In fact once when I was little somebody took my schoolbackpack and returned it to the school(bc the books had my school name including my name) and alas, my name was called out through the speakers throughout the whole school to get my backpack back.
Nice video. I appreciate, you let people talk, listening patiently, without interrupting and also giving them time and attention, while they talk. 👍
Great answers and awesome stories! And I’m still thinking since Saturday afternoon about “how Germany changed me” and I’m still not done with it, crazy!
Love your interviews ❤️
I really enjoy your interviews so much. Everyone you talk to is so nice and fun and has so much insight❤ I'm so glad that people enjoy Munich.
Aww thank you for your lovely comment :)
Many things i can totally relate to:)) But the most i liked they mentioned, that one starts to appreciate own culture even more and finding out who you really are❤
It's really great fun to watch your videos. Thank you very much !
I'm German, live in Berlin, and I know quite a lot of foreigners due to taking part in meetups - a thing almost no German knows about. I feel like they live a completely life to Germans. The two groups don't really mix. Most expats don't work normal office jobs, they work in startups or it. Germans work in shops, they work as carpenters, they work for the state or in normal boring offices. You don't really meet the other group. So I'd say that all these answers from these expats are independent of them being here in Germany. They are just away from home and forced to grow up and become independent because they're far from their social security net. I would bet that 90% of these answers are the same with any expat group around the world.
True, a lot of the answers were any expat experience. Though some could also be the opposite, i.e. embrace the chaos vs. embrace the organization. I feel like sometimes you just fit better in one culture or another, as a personality. I grew up in Asia, as an Austrian, and when I came back I struggled with making friends, fitting in with the culture and finding my place, even though I look and sound Austrian 100%. Strangers actually asked me if one of my parents was a foreigner, because it was so awkward. Nowadays people don't ask, but I tend to hang with the immigrant/expat crowd, rather than with carpenter/government office crowd.
@@thirstwithoutborders995 but the thing is, the expats don't really experience German culture (you cannot count Spätis and Biergarten as culture) - as I said they live in their own bubble within the metropolitan bubble of Berlin or Munich or Hamburg. They have their own culture
I don't think that's true. You're talking about expats only, not every foreigner is an expat. There's plenty of foreigners working "normal" jobs - normal immigrants. The expat bubble is a very specific subset of foreigners with a very specific type of experience.
@@kulak403 In this video however most of them appear to be foreign students or former students that stuck around.
As a German living in a small town with 50000 inhabitants, I must say that I have the complete opposite experience. Regardless of profession and lifestyle, Germans and foreigners get to know each other here. That's because we are together in kindergarten, at school and at work. On the other hand, having lived in Berlin in the past, I can confirm your statement from my own experience. Nevertheless, it is not typical for Germany that people stick together in isolated subcultures. That's simply how people lead their lives in the big cities - not only in Germany, but all over the world. When you live among millions of others, you do have to actively ignore 99.9% of your fellow human beings just to stay sane. The life in a smaller community allows you to see, know and like so many of your neighbors that one would simply have ignored in the big city.
This was really wonderful and interesting to watch. Amazing to hear and see all people from different countries in Germany and their thoughts and perspectives. I lived in Germany for only 10 years but it changed me forever. I wish I can go back ❤
Why‘d you leave? :)
This is an amazing format!!
Great episode this , I found it very enlightening. Keep up the good stuff!
Thank you :)
I love these stories
Such overwhelmingly positive feedback. Was such an uplifting episode and so unexpected joy filled!
Germany hasn‘t changed me because I am German.🤗 But I definitely feel that Germany changed a lot over the last 50 years, people getting more relaxed, more international (EU), more tolerant, speaking better English, less formal (much more Du instead of Sie, more hugging and so on).
Die Leute sind "relaxed" weil mittlerweile sowieso alles egal ist und den Bach runter geht. Ansonsten beschreibst du Entwicklungen, die durch das Jetzeitalter eingeläutet wurden. In den 1930er Jahren war für die meisten nicht mal denkbar, in Ostpreußen Urlaub zu machen. Und was hat das ganze mit Englisch zu tun? Menschen lernen seit der Antike Sprachen, mit denen Handelsinteressen realisiert werden können. Derzeit erlebt Spanisch in Deutschland einen enormen Aufwind, weil es keinen Sinn macht, aus politischen Gründen weiter Französisch zu lernen, obwohl man 3 mal im Jahr in Spanien ist.
I work at a bigger german company and it took me a bit to adjust to call even my boss by his first name after school drilled me for over 13 years to refer to higher ups per last name or „Sie“
At this point if I applied to another company and found out that I have to use "sie" to my colleagues that would be kind of an instant-no. I use "sie" so incredibly rarely nowadays. Like when talking to an older in a supermarkt or something. For anyone else I'd rather use "du" just to create an immediate connection (or rather avoid immediate distance) when talking to anyone.
Right. Und die Bahn ist nicht so pünktlich anymore.
Hallo Dir
Excellent video on expats and how their life in Germany. I just found all the answers to take a decision on moving to this beautiful country soon. Thanks for sharing awesome moments with people all over the world who found their home in Germany.
@Rumana Amin German here 😉 In case you might need info about what's needed to live/work in Germany please look up for "auswaertiges-amt". Top left on that site is a Button to switch to English language. Good luck and all the best to you with greetings from Germany 😉
Great you will definitely enjoy it
I can rly relate to the girl from South Korea. It was hard at the beginning to live in Germany and not understand ppl around u. At the end it's all about the language. Learn German, folks! xD
Always learn the language of the country you want to live in. Otherwise you will never fit in. And if you refuse then why even immigrate.
As a native born German I have to say that it's pretty hard to learn our language. To all the people who come to Germany: Please don't give up trying! Most of us highly appreciate people from around the world who want to learn german language. Such people get mad respect. Stay safe, and please feel welcomed to Germany!
I agree! And dont feel pressured or frightened to speak grammatically correct. It will come with time and we understand you regardless 👍
Tell that to the syrians, afghans and iraqis and all the economical migrants from north africa. They mostly stay only with their own people and dont want to learn the language and assimilate!!! And i speak cold hard truths, i have a migration background aswell but born and raised in Germany!!! But that is so disrespectful!!!
@@Combat-Mindset Ich kenne mehrere Syrer die sehr gut Deutsch gelernt haben mittlerweile! Aber die haben auch durchgehend mit Deutschen zusammen gearbeitet.
This warms my heart. Greetings from Braunschweig. 😊
Bravo, Mr. Brit! Of all the questions on all the blogs with man-on-the-street interviews, this one has to be one of the most THOUGHT PROVOKING ever. Not just the info coming from the speakers, but the written comments flooding in. It will take days to read them all. Trying to explain Germany and its people to the outside world is no easy task. They may speak a common language, but I suspect the cultural differences between regions are significant. Also the differences between rural and urban, and between social classes. The country is also undergoing enormous social change due to immigration. If someone had told me 20 years ago that Germany would become the most multi-ethnic, multi-racial country in Europe, I would not have believed it. The people you interviewed seem to confirm this: from EVERY continent! Something special must be going on there. German is not an easy language to learn, and not exactly an international language. Yet, that doesn't seem to be a barrier for newcomers who have sought that destination and adapted to it. Something else noticeably different about this blog; not many Germans have posted comments. Comments are streaming in from the international community. When I look at a similar blog from Holland directed at anglophones, 90% of the written reponses come from Dutch people. They are very concerned how the outside world perceives them. That applies to many countries. Could it be that Germans are not so self-conscious as other nationalities? As a sociologist, I encourage you to keep up the good work, keep asking good questions. It is all very enlightening. Thanks!
I've learned new skills since I moved to Germany. For example, I had to send a fax for the first time in the 40 years I've been on this planet.
Wait till you use a teleprinter.
Maybe because fax machines were invented in Germany? But seriously, every nation has habits that others only know from hearsay, like when Americans pay a bill by cheque instead of online banking, or when Britons install separate taps for hot and cold water instead of a single-handle mixer tap, or when Frenchmen throw all their rubbish into one bin.
😅😅😅😅
When I came to Germany I was already, independent, punctual and organized. I was happy for finding at last a place that suits me. The thing is that I have Latin blood inside and I was used to connect with people easier and to make friends everywhere. Here I feel myself isolated. Lucky thing is that I am more introverted than extroverted but still I miss the ease of connecting with people. I think that would have been another story if I came here as a student, as a younger person. I find that Germans live in very close circles in which you as foreigner don't come in. ( I live in Germany for 8 years and come from Romania).
You pretty much have to join some form of „Verein“ or „Gruppenaktivität“ in Germany to get in touch with people of similar interests. We generally take more time to get friendly with other people but our friendships tend to last for a lifetime. That is a fine tradeoff in my opinion.
You don't really get into those circles as a German either, unless there's some sort of uniting dynamic like being classmates, mutual friends, etc.
Great content, lovely people you found to interview
a great idea to ask people that question.. you could to the same interview in Switzerland and Austria. It would be interesting to see whether people will reply more or less along the same lines or mention very different things... I can imagine that for a Brazilian, or Argentinean there seem to be not that many "impact" differences between A, CH, D; but someone from Ireland or France may percieve big differences--
Yep after why Germany we will switch to Austria 🇦🇹 😅
It is amazing to see how positive (overall) the opinions are....
Ja weil die eben keine deutschen sind. Wir meckern halt immer und die meisten deutschen wissen einfach nicht wie gut sie hier Leben.
@@benfischer6303 Ich denke nicht, dass die Deutschen das nicht anerkennen. Ich denke, dass die Deutschen andere Länder sehen die einiges besser machen. Z.B.: Warum unterstützt Deutschland andere Länder mit kürzerer Lebensarbeitszeit? Warum bekommen ich in Österreich, bei gleichen Einzahlungen in die Rentenkasse, deutlich mehr Rente? Warum ist unser Schulsystem dem Finnischen so weit hinterher? Siehe Pisa-Tests. Warum sind Schulgebäude teilweise in so einem desolaten Zustand? Warum wurden keine Filteranlagen, gegen Covid und möglicher weiterer Pandemien, in die Schulen eingebaut? Ist die Gesundheit unserer Kinder in ganz Deutschland nicht eine Milliarde Euro wert? Warum sind unsere Straßen so schlecht? Das gabs ja in den 80er Jahren auch nicht. Warum wird die Steuerlast immer höher und es kommt, zumindest gefühlt, immer weniger beim Bürger an? Seit den 80er Jahren hetzt eine Gesundheitsreform die nächste. Ist da etwas besser geworden? Haben sich die miserablen Einkünfte des Alten-und Pflegepersonals verbessert? Eindeutig NEIN! Der Applaus während der Hochzeiten von Covid war der einzige Bonus. Der macht aber nicht satt. Die Situation der Bundewehr kann man noch erwähnen, wie konnte es dazu kommen? Bei unseren Politikern wird es Jahre, eher Jahrzehnte dauern bis die Bundeswehr wieder für einen adäquaten Schutz Deutschlands imstande sein wird. Diese Liste könnte man auch noch beliebig fortführen. Politiker, der einzige Beruf in dem man von nichts eine Ahnung haben muss.
Since I watch videos like that I finally started to love my country. I'm glad not all people think we're weird and "cold" and nasty.. Didn't know that. ❤
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Es ist schade, dass du so gedacht hast. Frage mich, warum...
@@roaldruss4211 Weil es oft so dargestellt/vermittelt wird. 🤷♀️
@@FrogeniusW.G. Ich denke das liegt daran dass sehr wenige Deutsche Small Talk mögen
Ich empfehle den Besuch eines Psychiaters.
this is quite good! I can confirm just about all the comments made in the video - I know a lot of other ex-pats who say similar things - punctuality, stand-of-ishness, also the value of consciously taking care of friendships, which I also experienced - thanks!
I love how I can now easily identify a Kenyan (being a Kenyan myself), I enjoyed hearing her speak. And yes I have also become such a planner, not perfect but way more than before.
Looking sharp my friend!
Thank you! Cheers!
Sehr interessant, dass du die Videos immer in der Nähe der LMU films 😂 - ist wirklich ein schöner Spot in München 😊
This is the right Question to ask!!!! ❤
Your style is👌!
Thanks 😅
I could have watched a whole video with that turkish and south-korean ladies, they really made my day :) Thank you =)
We had over 16mins of footage speaking with them ;)
The same here ;)
Great video - so many cool people :-) Turkish Girl swagger is awesome haha. I loved hearing about your experiences!
Whenever I'm watching videos like these, I wonder how many of these changes are due to living in a foreign country and how many changes are just due to growing older in general
This was interesting. This guy is a good interviewer.
1:29 - 2:04 - so true. From my experience, the only people who wanted to go to party, invite you for a drink, want to play games, and are interested in other cultures are the foreign students. Once you stop being a student, you can become lonely.
You need to join clubs to make friends.
not sure where you live but I would strongly disagree. There's no better place than Berlin for partying for example.
@@kingofshit303 what if you don't have any hobbies but just want to talk to people and go for a drink / coffee and talk about the world? My ex boyfriend (German) was in a table tennis club and he had no friends from there, they just met during the training and thats it. I joined a tennis club and also there met noone, barely had some people to play with. What clubs do you recommend?
Yisus Christ this is 1000% true. I made a bachelor degree here and at the uni I only made friendship with foreigners for this reason. Now I've been already working for one year and haven't made any social life because it's not the uni anymore. It's hard but you kinda get used to it.
So what I can recommend is the app bumble. In case if you don't know it, you have 2 different match settings. Either you look for dates or what's probably more interesting for you atm, u switch to friends. So I moved to Berlin during corona 2 - 3 years ago and bumble actually helped me getting to know new people. Btw. of course u can filter the people for example men and women who are 22-35. 😄
In Turkey small talk is important.The lady next to you in a bus/train/metro/plane will start talking to you. The person waiting next to you in bank/hospital will talk to you. Your taxidriver,your barber,your coworkers will talk to you. you can sit on a public bench and can start talking the random person who sit beside you. Weddings are a huge thing in Turkey for example their size are incredibly big like 200-1000 people (sometimes bigger) comes you can totally find a new person to talk. Sociality is a very important in our culture along with hospitality.
Where in Turkey is this? Never experienced that in Bursa. No one talks there to somebody else randomly.
@liliencron Big cities are especially places with a lot of tourists dont do that much. But I lived in Bursa for 4 years and I had many random talks with strangers,in the busses ,waiting in hospital and bank. It also effected by how approachable you look of course. I am a very approachable person so 7-70 everyone wants to start and talking after half of an hour of talk they ask my number or tell me their family,health problems. In my city Kütahya I cant wait any line without a random person starts to talk. I dont like it sometimes but it is mostly enjoyable.
@@exosproudmamabear558 Yeah ok tbh, I think I look grumpy most of the time and I can't change it. But still strange.
Great video. I was suprised that all the people that you interviewed have such a good command of the English language.
The rest wasn't on display.
Waiting for the day I get to bump into you on the Munich streets!!
On one hand Germany has made me a more organized person, but at the same time I have become more critical in my thinking and boring in my behavior!
Germany has made me a better person. More awake. I think everyone should give it a visit. You will see how beautiful it is here.
well i life here. And Germany makes me Poor. 50+% Tax.
@@fluffypuffyboy586 then go away
@@fluffypuffyboy586 well in the US they have way less tax, apparently. Because looking deeper than just shallow talking points, in reality many can pay more and there's more poverty.
@@samuelsamenstrang6069 yeah in a few years i will go.
@@samuelsamenstrang6069 I am already in the USA, best life. I earn 250k instead of 70k as a software engineer. Health insurance is covered by my employer, in Germany I had to pay 450€ monthly. Taxes are much lower and the prices similar. It was super depressing getting only 3000€ monthly out of my 70k, while receiving nothing in return.
so many people who say they feel more independant. i am happy to hear that actually. i know there are a lot of people born here who would think the opposite...maybe...possibly... happy to have such well spoken people here
Great new channel for me. Thank you. New subscriber here.
I agree with the guy from Albania: Not walking around soaked to the bone the entire day makes you softer.
Please come to Cologne!!! The episodes will be amazing! trust me!
Great video. Wonderful to see so many people from around the world. And as the American woman said "get out while you can."
Super nice & positive video! thanks!
Germany has taught me to be less anxious, especially as a parent.
Germany changed me from a guy who looked like baby to someone who looks like 54 years old.
I gained 13 kg here and I'm not happy about that
Interesting video. Regards from Barcelona, Spain. By the way, I'm hypnotized by the background music . What's the name of it?
Amazing, thanks
The turkish girl IS funny asf😂😂😂😂
This video was interesting for me as a German. Strange was only one thing: Although I learned British English in school, for me the girl from England was the most difficult to understand, unlike the others, and I do not know why.
It's a strong dialect, yeah when brits meet our english can get very strong :)
@@yourtruebrit Ah, makes sense. Same to Germans and other speakers of their respective mother tongue.
Surprisingly, Brits teach us an artificial British RP accent, which doesn’t exist in real life except of BBC broadcasting and they don’t speak it themselves :-)
@Den SPb Most of the people I know speak RP/BBC English. It's a common accent for middle class people, particularly in the southern art of England. But as far as the wider population goes, you're right.
I am anglophone in Canada, and I got used to the variety of accents from the UK by watching Coronation Street when it was beamed overseas. It took time. Sometimes, I still need written captions on screen to fully understand the dialogue. For me, the most baffling UK lingo is 1)the slang spoken by teenagers (as happens in all countries) and 2) the dialects that drop consonants, like the Rs, but especially the missing T's: words like 'bottle', 'little', and even 'what', become incomprehensible. Liked your comment.
Hey man! Super good content, the only recommendation I would like to make is the south american country is called Colombia, not Columbia. A common mistake, but nevertheless... Keep going!!
You saying “honestly thank you so much” so many times at the end of the video is just so wholesome
“It made me more independent because no one will help you here!”😂 Facts!😂😂
It's not always easy which changes in the interviewees stem from living in Germany and which from living in a foreign country and the challenges it brings. Anyways, great question
Great reflective answers
Moving to Munich in 5 days. This is a fascinating video to watch beforehand
I don’t live in Germany I visited and traveled to Germany, it made me more precise, more humble, more practical, appreciate quality time, more cooperative less self-centred and it opened my eyes how German learn from cultures and work
The guy from Albania also comes from Ecuador. 😅
...and has a strong USAmerican accent.
and he said “Romania”(?) at the beginning.
@@zaphod333 When speaking English, to refer to the nationality, just say "American". The country is "America". If you mean the N. and S. American continents, then it's "The Americas".
@Mark Thank you for trying to help me improve my English skills. I am aware that the terms you prefer are common in the US. However, since they are sloppy, inaccurate, and presumptuous, I'm afraid I must reject their use in the form suggested. Calling a country "America" is sloppy at least when the "United States of" part is omitted. For the same reason, there is no nationality that is accurately called "American." To appropriate the term "America" for the United States alone is clearly presumptuous. I am inclined to accept "The Americas" to some degree. However, it would be more accurate to say "America" and omit the addition of "North/South" when referring to the double continent. I understand that this is to avoid perceived ambiguity. However, since I object to the chauvinistic use of "America" when really the "US of America" is meant, there is no ambiguity at all. Since there are 49 (I think) countries in America, and English is spoken with one accent or another in presumably all of them, it gives the reader additional information about which part of America the accent is presumed to belong to than the mere use of "American." Anyway, writing "USAmerican" is a conscious and well-reasoned decision. Nevertheless, I appreciate your efforts to help me improve my English skills. Please do it again whenever you see fit!
so many great people in germany. thank you for beeing here.
Very nice idea and interesting. I'm from México and then lived in the US for 7 years before comming to Germany so I don't know what is what...but, I think the trash handling was a big thing for me but I also feel I started to enjoy my personal time more like the guy from Brasil. It would be nice to know how long each of them have been in the country. Small note: Columbia is a state in the US. while Colombia is the country ;)
It has changed me immensely. I have come to know myself & more of how the world really is, and how it is to be surrounded by diversity & acceptance. Not to mention no worry about being shot while walking down the street, and having medical insurance!!! Yes, I'm from the USA.
omg, the turkish lady rocks! She reminds me a lot of other turkish friends I met abroad. So open, positive, and communicative. I'm glad that she apparently enjoys her time in Munich.
Wow, love these people
14:10 - I learned this by traveling abroad too. I think American Exceptionalism is so incredibly strong that you don't even realize you have it. Even as a person who wasn't particularly proud of America, I had a lot of American Exceptionalism. But I now realize the world is a big beautiful place to explore!
I'm Ecuadorian and lived in Munich for almost 4 years... I definitely grew up as a person and now that I'm back in Ecuador, I can clearly feel the difference between me and my friends and many people I meet
Hey, mister, it's Colombia, not Columbia.😉 Love your videos, btw.
I need to be in one of this videos! going to make it my life mission!
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I remember the asian girl that was before in Schweinfurt. She was in the first international Study year there. Could be 8 years ago. Its a small city and it was also a new situation for all germans there. I wish i had back there more contact to the international students, but with not so fluent english it was hard.I hope after that many years that it is not longer so weird in Schweinfurt but I think still ligthyears away from munic
The Albanian guy from 10:06 later turned into an Ecuadorian only 5 minutes later - awesome, only possible in Germany!
I'm happy here n Germany 🇩🇪.. calem Berlin....
What a great post
I’m moving to Munich in January. I’m so nervous! I hope I find nice people like the ones featured here.
15:19 he was from Albania the last time, and he wears an UCK t-shirt .... not Ecuador.
Lived there fo 12 years. I changed for the worse.. started frowning... I did have a Stockholm syndrome... loved the infrastructure loved hanging out with open minded friends. Moved back to Australia... and all I can say I'm so thankful that Australians are friendly. I appreciate living in such a beautiful diverse multicultural society...
Haha same experience. I lived in Germany for 6 years and hated it. Very strange, cold, uptight, racist culture. It took me 9 months to recover after I left.
@@minoozolala I'm still recovering too lol!
Same.. lol. I've been here 8 years. Contemplating leaving soon.
@@Obiwan001 some Germans are smiling reading your comment, thinking that their defense mechanism is paying off. I come form Romania. Our defense mechanism is the awful infrastructure. If someone would want to invade would complain about the bad roads first and give up. So I moved into a country with perfect infrastructure and unfriendly people. Guess what will make me leave :)))
Idk, im australian and I know people are friendly here, but surely it's not impossible to find happy friendly germans? Anecdotal obviously, but I met 2 germans in a supermarket in the last week and they were very friendly. DId you move around much in those 12 years? Was all of germany like that?
and the one thing that connects all humans at the end of the video - a big smile 😊 greetz from germany
A lot of these people interviewed have an extremely high level of english fluency and accents that are not quite of their home country nor Germany so I suspect many have spent good time in other countries as well. I'd be curious to know where else they've lived besides where they were born.
Having lived in numerous countries, I'm convinced that, although not perfect, Germany may be the best country in the world at the moment. Germany is a... mature country. Where the USA felt like a country run by rebel-without-a-clue teenagers, Germany feels like a country run by our grandparents. Germany expects maturity: self-sufficiency, initiative, confidence, compromise... they like their order, peace, and quiet. Show respect, expect respect, grow up and follow the rules. The world doesn't revolve around you. Germany is beautiful. The people here value their shared spaces: nature, parks, etc. It's one of the cleanest and most well-cared-for countries I've ever seen, and one of the safest places I've ever experienced. Germans are reserved, but not necessarily unfriendly. They're slow to open up, but are warm and loyal friends once they do. They take care of their neighbors, no one gets left behind here. Yes, Germans can be a 'hard' people... but they're also a strong people. One look at how they raise their children should make it clear... Germany means business :D
If germany was so good. 25 percent of germans wouldn’t immigrate to usa. :)
This is such a spot on view❤
If you leave a Screen on the streets in Berlin - people will come and smash it! Munich is definitely a very safe place to live in.
Yeah, but won't be native Germans that smash it...
The interview in English.. wow..i was expecting German.. Anyway I learn it 3 years..now I can confidently speak of it more cos I understand it more in abstract way..but yeah im getting better so I want to make it serious target to move there.. 9:16 work life balance
Coming from Scotland, I'm reminded of my younger years in the UK. Specifically tolerance of other cultures, Germany has seen a lot in recent years and this somehow reminds me of the UK used to be like ironically enough. I meet many from different parts of the world here in Munich and it is amazing. Never find that mix and respect for others in the UK today, which is so sad.
I like the way RUSSIAN talk...very calm and detailed information
She is rare exception.
I'm Australian of Germany ancestry and now live in Germany, and I feel more at home here "culturally"
Hint for next time: leave this elevator background music aside. All those people are impressive personalities, this noise floor looks like yiu do 't trust your own recipe. Brilliant!
I have family in austria so i was there in 2018 skiing, the last day on the mountain i lost my phone. Looked everywhere but couldnt find it so i gave up, went home and got a new one. Couple of months later my dad gets a messege from a german cop living in hamburg saying that he found my phone and wants to send it back. A month later i had my old phone in my hand with all of the cards and everything in it. Fucking amazing man