🌏 Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ nordvpn.com/radicalliving It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌
Consider these things of life in Germany before deciding to move here, no matter if you want to work in Germany or just come here to study at a university. Germans people are one of a kind.
0:00 Life in Germany
0:43 Education System
2:18 Internet Coverage
3:21 Overregulation
4:26 Toilets
5:37 Sponsor (NordVPN)
6:52 Bureaucracy
7:16 Kitchens
8:16 Trains
9:26 Doctors
10:25 Football
10:43 Political Environment
12:21 Newspapers
13:15 Taxes
14:30 Country of Employees
15:44 Complaining
16:56 Mediocrity
17:44 Move to Germany?
#germany #radicalliving
🌏 Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ nordvpn.com/radicalliving It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌
Finally I can get paid for complaining 😆
TRY Mexico or the US n I bet you'll change your mind the only good thing about US is 2nd Amendment
The USA also still uses toilet paper 🧻🗞️
I know many countries and when I come home I'm always happy to be in Germany. A lot of what this GUY spouts is stupid, populist gossip. I pay 45% taxes and always the maximum rate in social security, but I introduce a very happy life. It doesn't always help to see everything so negatively.
@@maxkrause3452He's allowed to have his opinion
Being British and having lived and worked in India, Hungary, Italy and Sweden too, I would say Germany is pretty amazing. Hear me out. Yes, it's over-regulated. Yes, it's annoying that despite being a native speaker with over 15 years experience teaching English as a foreign language I couldn't work in the school system if I wanted to, and yes the trains have got worse even in the past 6 years I've lived here. Yes, the kitchen thing is insane - but I guess you don't get stuck with a kitchen you hate? BUT despite the high taxes, I do see where the money goes - the streets (at least around my state) are clean and in good repair (ok roadworks get annoying but are bearable), the police are great - I've had 2 dealings with them and both times they were amazing - polite, friendly and super helpful and efficient. I've lived in 6 different countries and travelled to over 70 and for me, Germany is the place I will have as my base. Is it perfect? No. Is it better than so many other places? Absolutely!
Well thank you....
Would you compare with the UK?
@@robertmazurowski5974 I spent 20 years or so living in UK. I own a house there. I have zero plans to ever move back. Every time I visit I notice crumbling infrastructure, decaying communities and a broken country. It's dirty and the people are not as friendly as they used to be. In my opinion.
@@nicandtris do you think this is because of brexit or further back with deindustrialization?
@@robertmazurowski5974 I think nothing is ever black and white and undoubtedly politics, economics sociology etc all play a part.
As a German I complain about the fact that you complain about the fact that Germans complain.
I'm german and the issue with moving kitchens annoys me also very much. Moving kitchens is the most stupid idea ever. Why do we that? Thats highly masochistic.
So sell it to the next tenant or the landlord. The problem is if a kitchen is included in the rent, not only is the landlord required to fix it, they're also legally liable for damages caused by e.g. a defective appliance.
@@artforzAre you really trying to defend this patently insane practice?
As a german i would like you to do a second part about what you hate about germany. Thanks
😅
@@RadicalLiving... apparently they like hearing the complaining too! 🤣 "Ich kann's nicht!" 🤣 My direct translation of... "I can't!" 🤣 lol (I lived there 10 years 😋)
complaing champion
@@RadicalLivingDo it, its the LAW!😅
No, as a German you should complain about why he is taking so much time to publish Part 2 xD
I've had Germans telling my whole life that their train system is terrible and it is only having recently returned to Ireland from a holiday in Germany that a lot of them just don't know how bad things can actually be.
You mean in Ireland it's worse, lol?
Ireland is the definition of a 4th world, it’s a deeper level of nothing!
Yes, a German complaining means "I can imagine this could be done in a better way" it does not mean "somebody else does it better". This drives innovation ahead without competition. Tradtionally a good thing, but today things are too complex for a single person to start an innovation.
Meanwhile in the US: "You guys have trains!?"
As an Irish person it frustrates me when Germans insist their trains suck. I went there to visit an ex multiple times and it took me the same amount of time to fly there and get two trains to his as it does for me to get 1 train to Galway. The trains are also much nicer and less claustrophobic.
Love how Radical Living presents these disadvantages. Thank you for your German directness and honesty. Honestly speaking Germany has these problems but these problems exist in other countries as well and sometimes even worse than in DE. My conclusion would be that the world system we live in has these inherent problems and that politicians are not solving them. So we need solutions to these problems and real change in society.
I agree, I am italian and all the video could have been exactly the same related to Italy
I don’t agree. Bureaucracy, digitalisation, trains, internet, ambitions and many more are not a problem or outright solved in some of Germany neighbours.
I am German from Germany, lived 23 years in the USA, and I am fed up with how shitty things there are! 😅 Now that I am back in Germany, I wholeheartedly agree with you on everything, especially the over regulation and bureaucracy. As for the Taxes .. I am actually happily pay the higher taxes in Germany, as in the USA most taxes seem to pay for the gigantic military, and one does not get much benefit from it at all. If something bad happens to you, like an accident or a temporary disability, you are f**ked. Where the taxes go in Germany, you ask? Bureaucracy, of course, duh! 😂 As for the nearly censorship of the media in Germany... Nuh, I do not think it is THAT bad, and I base that on my experience with Murican Media that is owned and steered by a few owners and corporations, that fiercely push their own political interests and often just outright lie. Great Video, thank you for this collection of the things that one could bother about Germany. It is much easier for me to show this video to someone, than to try and explain it all myself. 😊 Cheers
Thanks for your comment, what else did you find frustrating in the USA, was it something that made you leave? Cheers
As someone who has been to Mercia many many time I mostly agree.
Military is the 3rd highest thing according usdebtclock on where taxes go
The US media and the American government are one and the same , or are owned by the same people.
Ok... True on the taxes... But a big part of the reason so many of our tax dollars go into our military is not only our own defense but that of Europe and other countries as well. So, you can pay your 45% taxes in Germany & get your health, etc safety net out of it, while for decades on end most Euro countries pay a lot less as % of GDP into NATO and American taxpayers pick up all the slack. Finally some started to pay a little bit more. So, you can be glad that Americans are subsidizing your way of life. Because, anyway, without defense you'd already belong to Putin and/or Xi and who wants that shit?!!! Lol.
As an Italian, watching the part about toilets, made me feel superior with our bidets
*Turkey is superior where it comes to toilets compared to Germany. All public toilets in Turkey provide you with a wash. In German offices you can smell that the people don't wash their buttox...When I went into a police station I almost fainted...the same goes for the trains. You don't feel safe sitting on the seats.*
yeah man toilets in Colombia do have plenty of running water , theirs not ! you do not seem to get rid of your faeces easily in Germany …many do not shave their pits and their smell seem liked putrid garlic!
pretty german women do NOT brush their teeth !!!! their feet do have small gardens under their toenails!!!
@@MauricioMontoya-dd1wi I had the same experience in the Czech Republic (regarding the foul odour)...in the summer you just wished Covid would have destroyed your sense of smell eternally
That's the only benefit in Italy 😆
I think Denmark got more bureaucracy and paper work. The problem with Germany is that it's probably done with physical paper and letters.
Yes and that the language they use is complicated as shit. I tried to help a friend with his asylum and had to Google almost everything because I did not understand the juridical terms. It’s my mother tongue. How is a foreigner supposed to fill out that form ?
So true@@lemmings6516
Listen -they couldn't connect the internet to the house i've been living for fckn half a year -just because of one small technical mistake (code missing on the router) -there were tons of paper signed and going back and forth and nothing was done -it's a country which is stuck in mid late 2000 and is not moving any forward -because a lot of these paper smear workplaces are just a form of subsidised employment for old and tremendously self important folks who's only mission in life is to spread incompetence and bad service -for christ sake -even France is better than Germany -wanna hear an oxymoron? There it is -a flexible german...
After a year studying abroad in Japan I'm highly sceptical of the PISA study. I'm not all too familiar how their measure those scores but it sure seems like they would not evaluate critical thinking or thinking outside of the box which has at least for my education in Germany been one of the essentials. Also despite China and Singapore the difference between Germany and the higher ranked countries is only marginal, so even though Germany needs to fix a lot of issues like digitalization, shortage of teachers and updating some of its teaching methods, it is still nowhere near a bad education system imo
I absolutely agree! I studied in Japan, too. Also, I made my Abitur in Berlin but studied in Bavaria and now have kids that go to school in Bavaria. I did some minor research for a paper in Japan on the German education system and its flaws. Turned out, one of the reasons why Bavaria keeps getting scored higher is because students are much better trained to answer the types of tasks that are given in the PISA test. Which for example in the mathematical field are basically very repetitive types of tasks that go on for pages and pages. We never had those in Berlin whereas my daughter, who actually very much loves math, was close to tears when during Corona she was handed yet another sheet with 60+ ever same calculations. It’s a very good practice sheet for those who have difficulties, but it kills every joy for those who understood it the first time. I saw similar kinds of tests in Japan. Simply by learning things by heart you could score very high marks, no need for showing you actually understood what you were doing. (One example, one of the writing classes was so specific that we even got a very similar task beforehand so we did as all the chinese and koreans did: prepared the text word by word with all the fancy phrases, learned that by heart and simply changed some numbers according to the chart we got ob test day 🤯. Mark: A, learning experience: close to 0 🤷♀️.) I’m btw not saying the German education system is perfect or doesn’t need any changes! The fact that your way through our system is still very much predicted by your parents education status rather than your own performance (and Bavaria is leading in that) is appalling and should be reason enough to make all the ministers get up their asses and make that change possible! Very much is done in several states but some states are simply prone to change and block everything, leading to the fact that we have so many different types now. (Btw, I did my research in 2009 and it seems nothing has changed since 😅 - at least not here in Bavaria).
That was not the intention of the study. First it's for 15year olds only ! And they compare language and Math skills. Reading/Writing/Calculations. If people are unable to read, it's not the time to talk about critical thinking. In this age you have to assume the teacher is right. It's somewhat finer, than a score for analphabetism.
It’s not bad but it could be much much much better- even with relatively low expense.
@@missis_jo1017 There's no way around your last point: educational achievements of children all over the world are closely correlated with the parents' socio-economic status. It's a matter of class culture differences and no reform of the education system can eradicate those in a world of readily accessible 24/7 entertainment (a.k.a. the internet).
@@vaska1999 Sure that, but there are means to lessen the impact. And in my opinion an ever growing older population like ours should do everything they can to get children of lower socioeconomic status into whatever field they want, instead of restricting their potential to where they come from. (And vice versa: we should also encourage children of higher socioeconomic background to get into „lesser“ jobs if that’s what would potentially make them more happy, than following in their parents footsteps).
Oh. Mein. God. Replace the word Germany with 'France' and damn that's almost spot on. I didn't realize our countries were so alike (french person here)
And Spain. We are all European Union.
And Poland.
You should try Spain for paperwork! It's pure Kafka. For example, when you have a baby, the hospital gives you a document about it and then you need to go to like 4 or 5 different places and fill in forms with the same information, which is a great fun with a neborn, especially after a c-section 🤪
Spanish bureaucracy is bad, but at least they don't demand a Wohnungsgeberbestätigung to get an empadronamiento in the middle of a housing crisis, forcing everyone to fight like dogs over the dwindling number of flats that aren't illegally sublet.
Spain is way more better in terms of bureaucracy
@@himanigupta1616yes, also in corruption....
@@himanigupta1616 Have you tried applying for the citizenship? Or filling in the "wealth abroad" form? Or getting (my friend's case) some form of financial help while chronically depressed? I know SO many stories straight out of Kafka.
@@tattiesconebuttie Has something changed then? I changed address in Spain in 2011 and 2013 and in both cases needed a document from the flat's owner for empadronamiento.
I think these characteristics are common across Europe. In the UK digitalisation is generally good, but outside of the home Internet access is generally very poor, especially on public transport and even when available you have to sign up with personal details which is annoying. There are no words to describe how bad the government is in the UK.I have visited Germany several times and really loved it.
In Lithuania is excellent
Eastern Europe has great internet and public transport
The problem with internet is because Germany built out a solid, underground copper telecom system following the war. Extremely difficult to upgrade. In America, everything is above ground basically. Easier to upgrade but also subject to more outages. In third world countries, they never really had a telecom infrastructure. Maybe 10% of the country had a fixed line home phone. When internet comms became available, easy to build out a network based on latest tech rather than upgradining exisiting copper.
Germany also doubled down on copper when other nations were already upgrading to cable and fiber.
what an excuse, even the third world countries can "build out a network based on latest tech", why do you Germans stick on "upgradining exisiting copper"? Don't tell me you don't have money for "build out a network based on latest tech"
@@jiawang1743 Blame Helmut Kohl and cable TV: this is a german to english google translated qote from somewhere on the internet: We probably have Helmut Kohl to thank for the whole mess anyway. It recently became known that his predecessor Helmut Schmidt had already decided on a plan in the spring of 1981 to equip the Federal Republic with fiber optic cables across the board. When Kohl came to power, he stopped the program and decided instead to invest heavily in the cable network for television. He thought that public television had a left-wing bias. So he wanted to at least create a counterweight - in the form of private television, which in turn was dependent on a well-developed cable network. That's why Helmut Kohl had sidewalks torn up and copper cables laid across Germany. Back then they were significantly cheaper than fiberglass.
@@jiawang1743 oh and deutsche glasfaser findally build a fiber optic network in my village, finally i have FTTH in my home
This is totally spot-on! I've been here for nearly 12 years. It's all true. The most painful ones for me are all related to bureaucracy. Absolutely horrible. All of it. Combined with the lack of digitalization, it's so, so painful.
Hello How is your day going
2 more things : having to pay for toilets (not only Germany) and the pressure at supermarket lines (ridiculous)
First one: to pay for the cleaning, and they are usually pretty clean. Second one: yes, but always use a cart and pack away from the cash.
Efficiency at the counter is what I miss the most about Germany
Indian here. The thing that surprises me the most in this videos is internet unavailability during a journey and expensive trains. Things like politics, corruption and taxes are common almost everywhere in the world.
To be far taxes are very common in western europe, not so much in eastern euorpe. Also in Asia there are countries called Asian tigers, which are developing fast due to little regulations and low taxes (at least low by european and american standards). Europe is great for many things but it’s true that sometimes it promotes mediocrity. For example, I live in Czech Republic and for the tax declaration you have no issues if you only have income from your employer in the past year. But if you had 2 employers, you invested money, you had donations or you had an extra income exceeding a certain amount you are going to need a tax advisor. Now, if you are lucky you can find a tax advisor you makes you spend 30 EUR, but very often tax advisors can ask 200 EUR, in which case the amount you receive from the government when filing the tax return request could be lower than the cost of submitting this request. Of course you can submit the request by yourself without any cost but since tax is a very delicate matter that requires advanced knowledge and even locals always go to tax advisors for tax returns, doing that as a foreigner who barely speak czech is a dumb move. So, if you are an employee with no extra income everything is going to be fine but as soon as you had an extra profit, it’s easy to get it vaporized by taxes.
This video is so true, I as a german can back ALL of these. Like, my town barely has E+ Internet, yet south africa has like free internet at every gas shop you go to with 30 MB/s. My Dad started a company in Romania because itzeasier there than in Germany. My brother once wanted to sell lemonade like you'd see in cartoons but he'd need a permit and be licensed by health inspection to sell it and then pay taxes on it. Paperwork is a nightmare and we needed OFFICIALLY TRANSLATED BIRTH CERTIFICATES FROM ENGLISH TO GERMAN WHICH COSTS LIKE 500€!!!! Like wtf can't those bastards understand "born in:" "in the year of:"!!!! My train that connects 2 fairly big cities is CONSTANTLY late and I missed the connecting bus so many times by 10+ minutes that it's more worth it to take my car EVEN WITH THESE GAS PRICES! Train tickets are stupid expensive aswell for not including seats or ac or even being on time..... Getting specialist doctor appointments have to be made a year in advance lmao wtf, like lemme just postpone my cancer no problem. The football hype is unrealistic. Politicians are not even fit for their job and ruin the world. My school got the update from windows 7 to 10 last year and we have like an empty pc case with ventilation and that's it. Newspapers are so not down to earth and controlled by politicians but ofc they gonna deny that. Tax rates push me to want to move out cuz with that % I won't even be able to live under a bridge..... Complaining really is just because of all the stupid ass fucking little things that make no sense. Just like Wasps And finally, Germany is not even mediocre, it's falling down and I'm leaving, cya
omg the struggle is real 😆
Don't let the door hit your arse on the way out
Life sucks everywhere, not just in Germany, all countries have pros and cons, take of your pink glasses, the grass is not greener on the other side, it's the same bloody color...😂😂
agreed! The grass is not greener on the other side.
@voidazru only translated birth certificate? No apostille? Call your self lucky!
The work culture. Employers and employees are so stressed, overworked and mean that they frequently scream at you, verbally abuse and mistreat you. I hated to work here just for the social aspect, I actually didn’t mind the work itself. People are just hateful and inhumane. Especially if you work in low paying jobs. Now that I am in a better job things are way better. But working in the working class in Germany is toxic af and requires nerves of steel to survive.
What job did you do? My last job was as a furniture maker (pretty much working class I‘d say) and that was one of the best jobs I ever had. Working as a waitress/dish washer on the other hand was terrible. They treat you like shit, which is a problem throughout the entire service sector.
I heard the work culture in France is pretty chill mind set and they value your free time
Same thing in France!
Wow! 😮 That's terrible! It sounds like a class thing. Shameful.
I want to move to Germany and i want to do part time job , and as per as you are saying I am shocked. In India abusing and mistreatment often happens but in Germany this is happening so I am shocked.
I lived in Germany for 5 years and in 2019 I moved to Canada, Vancouver and comparing to Germany the medical system here is much worse. - I have to wait to get a family doctor at least 6 months. - The average appointment time in the walk-in clinic 2 minutes to talk with the doctor. - You can't get to the specialist if you don't have severe issues. - Family doctors don't have laboratory. So they give you prescription and you have to make another appointment for the lab and go there. So you are spending more time to run some tests. - Sometimes people wait in emergency with broken leg or arm for 10 hours So Germany feels much better
Fantastic and a so very true comment Anastasia. I live in Alberta and the Alberta Health System (AHS) is atrocious. For everything outside of a super fast prescription writing for a pill, there is no time for a patient. It's 2 minutes - in and out. For the simplest things you have to go to an imaging centre. Often, they are far away from the family doctors' office. Insane. B.C. is the same, as is every other province in Canada. Atrocious. Lousy.
The wait times in the US are getting quite long. A week ago I made an appointment for a dermatologist because a growth on my head appeared and was getting larger quite fast, and it was alarming. I would have to wait till near the end of December for an appointment. As I was talking with the receptionist, she said, "Oh, wait, I have a cancellation" I was able to get in, in 4 days. I had to drive over an hour to see a doctor, but it was better than waiting 3.5 months. `
American here only dreaming about a Public Health Service and I still have to wait a couple months to see a doctor or specialist even with insurance because of lack of doctors in the US after COVID.
What is 6 months for a family doctor?! So either you're not sick at all or you're dead. And we are here complaining that we have to wait a week
By the way for a specialist doctor, yes, it takes a few months and it depends on where you live, like you can get a specialist even in two weeks or a month in public medicine in some places, but yes, it can also be six months in some things, privately and it's not so much Expensive, even easier to make an appointment with a specialist)
I was visiting in Germany from New Zealand and tried to book a flight online - what a nightmare! The prices kept constantly changing, getting more and more expensive the more you looked, and even got more expensive in the time from 'select flight' to 'confirm booking'. It was insane, like an auction that ran away on you. I cancelled and went thru a New Zealand booking site with stable prices....the prices were still the same a few days later😂
17:12 "No ambition, no leadership". I've talked to a lot of Germans about it and they always tell me that they feel like the Weimar Republic arc it's repeating itself, which scares me knowing what came after it...
I currently see it more in the US Trump DeSantis
In Europe, every time someone had the ambition to take the "leadership" over the others, it ended badly. translated by reverso
@caudron5926 All around the world! And very often the US government had their fingers in it!🤔
"Mediocrity" is the word that I was avoiding because it's Germany and how it could be possible, but since I have started my own research on it and talking to german friends, I realized that they have an almost perfect life, and since the moment they signed an employee contract they practically have nothing to worry about. So, I don't know if that is a dream life but at least for the ambitious ones it might be frustrating.
Ow 😐😬
"Germany is the land of mediocrity". After living there for a few years, that are exactly my thoughts too, you earned my "thumbs up" sir!
If you think that about Germany what do you say about 90 % of the other countries, that are way worse ?
Germany really is the country of mediocrity, you can look up nearly every country statistics to see it. However it also means we're mediocre on the bad things, which is why so many people live here and just put up with it. Also tbf, when we tried to go beyond our limitis, millions died, so we learned our lesson and settled for a grumpy middle ground.
The German system -- and mentality -- marginalises overachievers. You will actually be mobbed at the workplace if you go that extra mile. I suppose it has to do with their fucking communist mindset which crushes individuality.
I have two friends who are immigrants, they said is not worth to get the unnenployment money because the government is hysterical: once a week they have a meeting, they want to know if they applied to at least one position at each day, they sent them to interviews for jobs that have nothing to do with their field of work, they complain if they travel because they will suspend the search, etc... its like an abusive relationship hahahaha
Taxpayer money seems to go to your unemployed friends then
I hope your friends come to Germany for work and not for holiday. German people work hard and have no money for holiday.
thats how it should be. work if youre able to and if not leave
Sounds abusively humiliating, in fact.
@@vaska1999 why would one be eligible for free money in a foreign country?
The complaining is maybe the worst part of living in Germany...It makes the day so miserable, collegues always miserable . Other countries have real problems even extreme poverty but they are smiling and friendly with each other...Why make the day worse than it already is.
At least you won't have to put up with toxic positivity, which originated in the USA and has infested the UK for the past three decades. It's a real strain pretending to be happy when you aren't and it doesn't solve problems as you pretend they don't exist. Those on the left in the UK admire mainland Europeans, especially the French, for not taking cr@p from their governments and protesting.
In older days, this was the motivation to improve things, today people became more unindependent and it turned into "why can't somebody else do something about it".
In France too, complaining is a national sport. Besides a lot of snotty people.
When you said TOILETS I thought you were going to say that you also need a License to use it
Me too😂😂
technically they do: damn it, we're out of the required paperwork (toilet rolls) - and aldi doesn't open till the AM 😅
If the tax people are watching this they will get ideas so wisht
German living overseas here. I am currently in the process of getting married and need an Ehefähigkeitszeugnis. No problem, I just talk to the Standesamt what they need. Was on the phone for 45 minutes, left with a list of like 10+ papers they need. Of course everything translated by a certified translator. Cost until here: about 800 Euro. Sent in all the papers. Didn't hear anything for 3 weeks until I got a bill over about 200 Euro. I was like "already done!? I thought German bureaucracy was super slow!" Kind of felt sorry for being so negative. Until I realized, the person in charge had been on vacation and only now started processing my application.... A few days later, I got another letter about the acknowledgement of my bfs divorce. "There currently is a big workload, so it might take longer. Pls no questions".... 2 months later, still no progress. I planned on getting a new visa over here as a spouse. Guess I will be deported before the ehefähigkeitszeugnis (and apostille hahaha) will arrive........ 😂
German living in SEA since 20 years. Two examples Lost my German driver license - impossible to get a replacement without staying there for two months - Ehefaehigkeitszeugnis - no way I would even try to get it done from SEA, I will suicide halfway through. My gf here has to live with it, it's just mad
You should've mentioned "Beamten Mittwoch" along with bureaucracy. Where the Bureaucrats chill on Wednesdays and do squat.
Living in Germany. My New Zealand passport came up for renewal. I logged in online using my real me profile, allows me to log into any government service website. Paid with my credit card. And my new passport arrived from the London office less than 72 hours. Meanwhile my German wife needed 6 weeks to get an appointment to go to the office for hers. People must miss funerals and the birth of their first born children to attend these meetings in fear of having to go to the back of the que again.
if something you have to renew every 10 years is a big problem for you, you should adjust your priorities ....
In the US, 10-13 weeks to get a passport, but it's recommended to allow longer time just to make sure you'll get it in time for your needs. If you lost yours, or need to renew, you can do it within 2 weeks of your trip with an expedited process. For me, I would have to drive at least 4 hours from Ohio to Detroit Michigan to visit a Passport office. Those offices are limited in all regions, so you could end up with a much longer journey to get one depending on where you live.
@@ccat342His point was this is standard for any government document. It's ridiculous that you can't renew a valid passport online in 2023. And don't get me started on the snail mail.
@@drivehard2395😮
I have been living in Germany since 2006 and I agree with every single thing you said! Sadly.
Love it how when you come to the part about "Complaining", you immediately note that that's what you've actually been doing for the whole video. So true, many people in Germany just LOVE complaining. And it's one of the root causes of many the other problems, too. As long as you can complain about a situation, what would be the point of improving it?
then bring solutions to the problems
That's the whole point isn't it? It's always easy to demand that others solve the problems, right? If only more people did just a little bit less complaining and instead asked themselves how they could contribute to a solution... But unfortunately many think that pointing out the problems is enough of a contribution.
Generally buildings and infrastructures in the UK are built or restored quickly in the UK. Apart from in Cardiff which still hasn't got the new promised bus station after the previous one was closed for demolishing in 2015. Remodelling the city centre is like painting the Forth Bridge. It's being going on for decades. The developers can't leave it alone. The newer buildings such as County Hall or the Red Dragon Centre built in the 90s are earmarked for demolition. They last as long as Las Vegas hotels. Since 2015 the new Merthyr Tydfil bus station was built while the old one was still open and then opened the day after the old one was closed. Plus a second bridge over the river in Pontypridd likewise during the Covid pandemic.
Wow, what a video! I live in Germany since 1995 and I agree with you about every problem, well, maybe except football (not because you're a wrong, but because I can just ignore this "problem"). BTW, the problems with trains in doctors were not so severe in 1995. Considering the fact that doctors are among best paid professionals in Germany, something is going terribly wrong here. The tax problem is a little bit exaggerated though, because the situation in other European countries is not much different, there are even countries with higher taxes than Germany. The only countries in western Europe with significantly lower taxes than in Germany are probably Ireland and Switzerland.
Uhm... spain? There are plenty of countries with lower taxes mate
is it true switzerland taxes is lower? Because everything was so expensive when i visited there in 2018.
@@datvik7187 Yeah. Taxes are lower. But Switzerland is a country with very high wages. Germany is not. We even have 20 per cent of workers working in the low wage area. I would call Germany even a low wage country, compared to the taxes and the prices.
@@yvonnehorde1097 thanks for your insight! 🤗
Not only in Germany. Here in France my GP is arrogant, talks to me like if I was an idiot
I love Germany, every country has things that are better than other countries and vice versa. The big thing that would really bother me is the very slow internet though 😆.
But you get so humble when you are used to the slow speed and the bad & expensive mobile contracts. When I visited India and bought a 1.5 GB mobile contract a day for ~5€ I nearly cried (it was the smallest package I could get). If I wasn't used to how it is in Germany I wouldn't have felt such joy. 🤣
@@susowellington5447 I don't know which contract you got, but I live in India and get 1.5 GB data per day, and it costs me about €3.00 a month.
I think privacy for criminal defendants is a good thing. In the US they plaster someone's name and face all over the news, when that person has only been arrested but not been convicted of any crime. It's really disgusting when the justice system is supposedly based on "innocent until proven guilty." Future employers will find that, and even if charges were dropped it can still hurt you.
Same in the UK with minor criminals as well in the local paper such as a kid busted for drug running in County Lines. These kids are vulnerable and used as mules. Or someone breaking the speed limit amd running red traffic lights at night when there is hardly any traffic.
True speaking, US laws are much tougher and different because it's jungle out there and wild west mentality. Hint and advice they give is to move to nonwhite areas where's much less prejudice. Most whites in US are antisocial and racist. I gotta go back to Germany where people are more honest and reasonable. Here in US they don't like honesty but lies and deceiving each other is their mentality.
If proven guilty then they should publish it
@@austrianpainter42069 What does that help? Just look at how the carreer of Kevin Spacey was destroyed. Does anyone care that he was innocent?🍒
@@theworldaccordingtokirsch i said when proven guilty. Spacey wasnt
You need licences to do things pretty much in any country. In Balkans we don't have the one for cutting trees, but we should have one. Also we have all the others you mentioned
IN GERMANY YOUR RIGHT BUT ICUT MY TREE ANYWAY AND DID NOT NOTICE THAT GEMEIDE NOTICE
Germany 🇩🇪 is not definitely for spontaneous people. Spontaneous people end up paying so much much more money. I booked my tickets as soon as the booking opened for the season and saved hell lot of money 💰. I have learnt my lessons over the years 😢
Paid 33euros for first class ICE trains-3 months in. Totally worth it for us planners.
Your idea was first-class@@MsTimelady71
Unfortunately, Doctors and Nurses are not able to find apartments. Some of them move to Norway or Switzerland.
I think its also worth to mention that its pretty hard to break down the walls when it comes to German colleagues...I just feel like and I have to generalize because its true for the majority of Germans I am working with but yeah there is always some sort of distance between you and them and its just not fun. Moreover the thing you mentioned about complaining... sometimes it seems to me that its just a German right, so they will not include you in their complaining circle and when you complain its going to be judged... for example I was complaining to my German colleague about how stupid the not having a kitchen in the apartments is... and he was like, first he got offended I think because I am complaining about his country... than he was like OH YES BUT IF THE APARTMENT HAD A KITCHEN IT WOULD MEAN THE OWNER WOULD NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT! what is that for critical thinking or reasoning for not having a kitchen while almost literally everywhere you GET a kitchen included in your apartment... ah lol, I could go on for hours , but let me not even start about how they can also tell you that they are going to hire you to the company WHERE THE OFFICIAL BUSINESS LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH but they are going to judge you if you dont speak German... I also would not really recommend Germany but it has its good parts and yeah the job security and general living standards if you earn well, those are good but it became super fucking expensive (like all other countries basically) plus its also hard to find apartments to rent and there are a lot of sketchy people, specially in Frankfurt... No offense but there are just so many people trying to make a living there, its just, well it has a certain vibe thats for sure and its not always a safe vibe...
Germany's fragile ego is what's annoying me most as a German. Well put.
If you think trains in Germany don’t work very well,you should try and see how our trains here in Portugal work,it’s like the fastest train in the country that connects the north and the south of Portugal is very expensive considering the size of the country and our wages not to mention the fact that it is quite likely always running late. And when it comes to bureaucracy, I think it’s a case of Portugal 1,Germany-0 😶
The thing is, Germans stick to all rules and laws. Some European rules are the same for all member states, and Germany is trying hard to obey them all. While in southern Europe they just tend to ignore it, or don't take it so strict. And than they call it savoir vivre, laissez-faire or dolce vita. don't know any portuguese term yet. Germans don't have such term, the only similiar is "Feierabend", that means something like "Let's celebrate the work is done".
@@holger_p I guess I prefer feierabend, then :)
Thanks for your video.However, some information you gave was inaccurate: Saxony usually scores very highly in the PISA study. And Saxony is part of what formerly was called Eastern Germany or GDR. Traditionally, science education was extremely good in the GDR, even better than in many parts of the Federal republic. And I have to say that the Deutschlandticket is a step in the right direction. You can go without any planning in advance - but you can only take regional trains. I guess if you had to pay a little more - 69 Euros, perhaps - and then could also use other trains like ICEs, it would be much better.
I thought the whole video turned populist rather quickly 🙃. Also it seems to be rather common to not have a closer look into the PISA results. Saxony constantly ranks among the highest and the first year they actually outperformed Bavaria I read a very lengthy interview in Die Zeit (?) were the reporter downright tried to find reasons why Bavaria has it worse (like more immigrants) and how those factors drag down Bavarias results 🙄. It was pathetic. . Another sign that the east is looked down upon education wise is, that I never once read an article on how Saxony and Thuringia could function as role models, when it comes to shorten the Gymnasium from 13 to 12 years. Or just have a look what was taught in the GDR that also had only 12 years and - as you said - a very high standard in the MINT subjects (since this seems to be all they focus on anyway). 🤷♀️
Well, the problem with the education system is not only in Germany. Actually, in Poland we learn with the same outdated methods. For example learning things that are totally useless in real live; too much material in school, that is impossible to remember; teachers, that are 80 year old and toooooo many hours in school, so we don't have time for our hobbys. And ofc every older person will tell you, that everything is ok with education system and you should shut up and go study. So, it sucks.
I think it’s the same all over Europe, unless you go in Scandinavia and maybe Denmark and Iceland. I am from Italy and for the high school, best student enroll to the “Liceo Scientifico” in which the most “scientific” subject you got to study is math but then your studies focus on advanced literature and include latin language. Then we have the “Liceo classico” (kind of Gymnasium) which is more about literature and phylosophy and in there you can learn latin and ancient greek. Now, unless you can travel 2000 years back in time your studies are not going to be useful in life but according to many people in our country, by studying these languages and subjects you get to be more prepared for university because you get used to hard studying. Good…but wasn’t it better to get used to hard studying by learning something you actually need to know and are going to use in the future?
@4:27 The funny thing is that many Germans actually think that the people in Asia are Medieval for using water (sometimes with your hand) to clean your butt. But spreading the poop with a dry piece of paper all over your butt crack is awesome? But using only toilet paper is not even the worst. Whenever I sit on the toilet at work, I hear some weird behaviour/techniques of other men cleaning their butts. Some take a piece of toilet paper and instead of just wiping once and then take a new piece of paper, some really rub that one piece of paper up and down their butt crack, spreading the poop really nicely in their entire butt crack. So disgusting. Their women must love them >.< I am German and in my parents house we actually have a Bidet. Pretty uncommon for Germany but I liked it :D
Very good video to get the perspective of the realities there. It's interesting that I live in a "developing country" and there are several aspects from this video that are better here. The internet access for one. The last time I visited Germany I was surprised of how spotty the reception was. I was also surprised to hear about the education system. Still the joy of the walking spaces in German cities is something to envy.
German here. Everything mentioned is true, but the most infuriating / depressing thing Germany has to offer (and was criminally omitted in the vid) has to be the weather. Welcome to six months of gray rainy winter, a week of spring, gray rainy summer, another nice week in September, repeat. Welcome to eternal dampness that creeps into every nook and cranny of your flat, your clothing, your car, and your soul.
😂same goes for most European countries apart from the PIGS. You’re not alone 😊
Except for the mountain regions.. Germany has the exact same weather as Ohio. Last time I was in Germany, you could have dropped me of in the middle of a field, and if no buildings were there, it would "feel" just like Ohio.
Trains in Germany is a bit of a double-edged topic: yes, German train services are famously unreliable. However, the service isn't that bad compared with a lot of other countries (not all of them OFC), because the coverage is pretty good. You have some form of train connection to almost every town in Germany, no matter how remote. There are quite a number of countries in Europe where trains are only connecting big cities and that's it. In Germany you can get nearly everywhere without a car.
but a car is faster look at the bundestag or in bayern
So true. In my home country the 'only' train that is really used constantly is from the capital to the sea. Because that's from 2 end to the other. And while the distance is like 3 or 4 times less than for example if you take train from Hamburg to Munich, still takes like 6-7 if not 8 hours to do it. There are so many twist, gound up, then down and so on through the country. And it stops in a lot of the other big cities, so technically that is the only train that people use both between big cities or from city to the sea. Apart from that, there are some railways here and there and there are few people that use them, but both are rare and very unreliable. While in Germany you have trains till almost everywhere
The train system is amazing. Berlin is incredibly connected by train. Yet, cars are parked everywhere !
Obviously never lived in Eastern Germany. Soooo many places don't have train connections. And a bus like 3 times a day. Worse than a village in the Balkans!
so true about the trains. i was travelling recently from my home town to the netherlands, it took me over 31 hours, including long train, long bus, two flights, no issues whatsoever. the moment i enter germany, had 1 transfer: they cancelled my stop on the first train, and cancelled the second train completely 🥲
Hello How is your day going
And here I thought Amtrak in the USA was the absolute worst. Try being told your passenger train is 12 hours late because the freight trains have right of way. And you are at only the second stop? I'd get to my destination quicker in a covered wagon.
Good God! 31 hours to go from anywhere in Germany to anywhere in the Netherlands?! That's worse than a Third World standard! 😮
Come visit America and you'll be running back to Berlin singing "Deutschland Deutschland Uber Alles" all the way home
Listening to him complaining about permitting, it's identical to much of the US
You don't need a job in Germany to survive. That's the biggest advantage.
America's North East is closest to Germany and is different than rest of the country. USA is big country and it depends where you live.
Where in America? Such a big continent
@@gec829 the part where bald eagles run around on seaweed at low tide screaming "AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!!" To heavy metal while holding a beer in one HAND and firing a rifle into the great big blue with the other. Also the place is a corrupt shit show with a puppet president and ignorant divided populace
I don't hate germany, I still love germany and Radical Living (seriously). I❤🇩🇪 Great Video man
Where do you live?
@@user_sysroot980for certain not in germany 😂
@@JonasBackhaushahahahahaha
@@JonasBackhaus To dislike 10-20% of something, does not necessarily turn to hate the entire thing. People tend to not be aware of the positive things, and take them like granted. Just like 10 years ago, the VAT on Hotels was lowered, isn't that great ? Since 30 years tax rates are shrinking, shrinking, shrinking, (from 52% to 42% max). Unemployment is low, Homelessness is low., for 49€ you can go 1000km...
Thank you for illuminating what the systems are like in Germany. substitute a few descriptors and you also captured the essence of all these comparative concepts. Good on ya! We are all in the same boat on a free-floating ship that is intolerably inconsistent but likewise beautiful at the same time.
People are fleeing that want to start a company. You are sooo right. I had to fight for 10 years and did not succeed to run company (oh, the ceiling in this room is 2cm too low, you cannot use this building for a business - just one of many many examples). Once I had enough of it I went 100km to the East, entered a Dutch Kamer van Koophandel (chamber of commerce) office and when I left 30 minutes later I held a paper in my hand stating I was a business owner. My fault, must have been my learning disability not to leave 10 years earlier...
I'm a huge football fan. German football culture is one of the best, I loved it while I lived there. Moved to Canada and nobody cares about football(they call it soccer) here and it makes me sad.
We got lots of those same kind ofproblems in Los Angeles too , I was going to become a licensed contractor and it just isn't worth it
My great grandparents came from Germany. Also my grandfather who then married the daughter of my great grand parents. My grandmother was fluent in low German.
Taxes also go to the street you stand on, the road you drive on, and so on.
Overregulation : I wanted to join an Internet german forum (about something as trivial as hair). After I read a million rules, I registered. I thought I'd "learn by doing". But every single post I tried to make I got an admin or a member warning me : I should not post at this place, or I skipped part of the procedure, or I should submit a request to open a thread, etc. So I quitted. Too much fuss, lol.
Everything is true for Italy too. At least we have the bidet and the kitchen space is almost guaranteed unless it's an empty apartment 🙂
You Italian people are much more warm-hearted than germans.
no it's not the same, I swear you guys are mentally challenged or probably notneven italian
Omg dude, almost all these points are exactly the same in Belgium. We have so much in common. Maybe we are just a bit worse in all these things perhaps :D The only radical difference is that kitchen situation. That´s just weird!
I am from Italy and many things are the same, probably because we are in the European Union and due to high debt, something that most countries in western europe have a problem with. Not to mention Maastricht parameters and austerity measures that block investments and real changes. EU makes everything very slow, complicate and hard to achieve. Only perk is freedom of movement for people and goods.
Believe me, bad internet isn't that bad, because internet everywhere means surveillance.
he's complaining about bad internet but has a vpn service as sponsor. yeah, right ....
I don't know why you think cutting a tree should not require a permission. It makes sense and I fully support that rule! Toilets though is the worst thing!! :D
but what if it is a tiny tree on your own land?
@@tatjanav9657It is a tree. 😉
Well, the situation was not better in the Uk though when I worked there. But we should take the example of Japan. I mean, are we Germans not really friends with Japan? We could learn from our friends there.
In your own flat/house you can install the good toilets. But yes, I see the issue there.
did you know that the movable parts of the toilet can be unscrewed in less than 3 minutes and that they are dishwasher safe? in any case, the parts look like new afterwards. but you must not tell anyone how you did it.
I think for me, the worst was that you can guarantee that your neighbors will be nosey AF. They vibrate just waiting to tell you off.🤷🏽♂️
In Switzerland we have always a kitchen, but it's very expensive and cold inside, the trains are never late, you can take spontaneous trains for the same price, people never stare, no employee protection, our favorites are Aldi and Lidl, these 2 shops are wonderful and you should mention that, the best 2 shops worldwide/in Europe
I haven’t seen one of your videos pop up on my KZhead feed in so long . Oh my goodness it’s so good to see you again I hope you’re doing great!!!
Welcome back! Doing pretty well thanks^^
As a German who has lived in other countries - Germans cannot queue. BTW, 'bureaucracy' exists because there are people who will look for and try to profit from loopholes. Blame them, not the govt.
1. No public toilets even after paying a big chunk of your salary in taxes. not even in park, people pee behind the trees. 2. All contracts for example gym memberships are minimum 1 year and you have tell them 3 month before if you plan to cancel your membership otherwise it will be renewed for another 1 year 😅 3. Most of the buildings are old with no lift/elevator. 4. Getting German driving license is a pain and expensive, when told my Spanish and Italian friends the cost, they fainted. you end up paying some 1500-2000 Euros even though you know driving but you have to take minimum 10 practical classes and theory exam. 5. Unfriendly people, Germans force immigrants to learn German(which eventually one should if you plan to live here) but expecting you to speak flaunt German(a language which is not Global like English) from 1st day is absurd. Some of my friends were sent back by foreign office employees because they could not speak German in 1st week of arrival, they were asked to hire and bring a translator in next appointment.
1. As is the case in most European Countrys, also while they cost money, they are very clean, which is why they cost money in the first place. 3. Why is that a bad thing? Should you destroy all old buileings because they aren't friendly for the disabled? 4. Unlile in the US we have very educated drivers, i don't see that as a Bad thing. But Its certainly bad that it is so expensive certainly. 5. We have taken Millions of Immagrants and you are going to call us unfriendly, for making you do Something, you should have already been capable of doing, before coming to this Nation in the first place?!
@@onlyagermanguy dude, calm down. There is no need to get defensive. Every country has its merits and drawbacks. I like Germany, most of the things are good but as an outsider I can point out more things which needs attention than an Insider who somehow got used to it. Your 5th point seems to be directed to me, I am not some Syrian or arab asylum seeker who moved to Europe with no skills. I am an IT engineer, one of the top paying job, I came here with 10 years of professional experience and good education. German government spent zero money on my education. And you know what, people like me can move to other countries very easily because of high demand, if Germany is not friendly towards us.
@@onlyagermanguy #3 is definitely a bad thing for everyone with mobility problems, for parents with small children, and for many/most of the elderly. #5 Even Germans admit that Germans are generally an unfriendly people. Btw, you let in a couple of million refugees a few years ago because you need immigrants to do all the work Germans think is below them, AND because you're demographically dying fast.
In most points you are right! But you forgot about traffic jams, ever lasting construction sides, high rents and increasing crime in the bigger cities!
we talked about German specific problems, you barely can find country on the Earth without complaining to traffic jams or high rents
Go to vietnam then u know what a real trafficjam is
I never been to Germany and I thank you for this video. People around here in Romania have an idea about Germany that is paradise on earth and fail to apreciate our own country. Its also amazing that our trains and the railroad infrastructure are old from 1960s and 1970s but the internet is very good when you go by train and is not very expensive the ticket. Also internet is very fast here. By the way I want to ask you if there are differences the way german language is spoken between the germans in Germany and the germans from Romania or other eastern countries? Here i have an example of german from romania singing a song in german in 1971. The singers name is Ricky Dandel kzhead.info/sun/Zs9_Z8xlnYR9dIE/bejne.html
Yes, Germany sucks! Please appreciate your homeland and do not move here!
I can't understand it that well from the audio quality, but it sounds pretty normal, maybe a bit Austrian. However I am sure generally the dialect will be different, since already dialects in Germany differ so strongly.
I think nobody should cut trees without a license. There is enough that Brazil cuts all of their trees.
This was hard to watch. 😢 Thank you for your honesty!! I'm sure there's still hope out there for Germany yet. :)
Hello How is your day going
Lest Time I wanted to take the train for a week end trip in Germany. It was cheaper to rent a car and pay the fuel than a train ticket for one person... How can this make sense? It doesn't.
When I was in Finland, I had 0 problem with internet. Oh god but in Germany...
Well the education system in Taiwan is like Centuries old lol, but we do have good Internet
I love Germany but hate the weather in winter, no public bathrooms, and the narrow city streets.
Its not a “shortage of doctors”- it is a cost-efficiency exercise. Anyone who had to deal with the NHS in the UK used to waiting lists😉
Du hast mit vielen Punkten recht. Vorallem mit unseren Politikern. Zu alt, zu konservativ, zu kurzsichtig und zu feige, wirkliche Veränderungen geschehen nicht.
Genau das Gegenteil von konservativ. Deutschland wird seit 70 Jahren systematisch von Innen zerstört und alles Alte wurde und wird immer noch umgeworfen. Alt =/= Konservativ mein Lieber.
I chuckled when you said that all of the political parties are too conservative? In my country (Estonia), most of German parties would be considered radical left.
No, he means, in terms of changing what already IS, not political leaning. It is slightly different aspect.
We immigrate from Greece to German for dacades . And we say how good are all of this thinks you complain in comparison with same in Greece. Every problem you have it there , amplified by five, and welcome to our country. Imagine we prepaid taxes of a hole year 100% for the next year. Have a nice day!!
We should make a comparison across all EU countries and see! :) Greetings from Poland (inflation, taxes are just insane!)
Part of the internet coverage in places like Myanmar could be: there's no landline system. In Germany, having a landline to provide you with phone & internet is still normal, and long-distance trains usually have their own internet. (Buses try to, but that's another sad story ...) So while this is a common complaint among Germans, it's not problematic enough to be changed quickly.
Actually, university methodology teaching can be lacking. While many universities excel in scientific investigation, when it comes to teaching, it can be a nightmare
I consider in last months moving from UK (where I live over 10 years) to deutschsprachigen Raum and Germany feels like easiest option... that video makes me thing twice. Maybe I should aim more into Switzerland or Austria. I watched many videos, checked reddit and others sources comparing those 3 countries and as Austria simse to be better place and Switzerland amazing they not so aproachable and welcoming for newcomers as Deutschland. And I say that as person who visited Germany 3x, Austria 2x and Switzerland 1 and as ehemalige germanistik student who know language so I have some idea about those areas
Go to Switzerland. I will move there to, as a German
@@cogitoergosum9129 Swiss people are the coldest people in the world and they HATE Germany and Germans with a vengeance. Prepare to never make friends to the Swiss if you go. You'll just remain in your circle of German emigrant acquaintances and friends. I actually recommend South Tyrol, the German speaking part of Italy
The thing that bothers me as a 49 year old German most is that 2021/2022 was becoming like Germany in the 1930s, and Germans would deny it
In what sense? Do you mean COVID/vaccine regulations? You can't seriously compare one of the most relaxed responses to COVID in the world to Germany during the National-Socialist regime. I lived through the pandemic here and sure, it was annoying when only the supermarkets were open for a while, but you have to keep in mind this was SUPER RELAXED when compared to other countries. You could still go outside and meet people in the street. You had to wear a mask on trains and closed spaces, there's countries in which masks had to be used absolutely EVEREWHERE. The only time where the regulation was "strong" was on the winter of 2020, where in some Bundesländer there was a curfew after 22:00. That was a little extreme but the punishment was a small fine and it was very rarely enforced. If that's your idea of a dictatorship you're living in wonderland.
In what sense?
Decorations, flowers are missing from the streets, too dice shape houses....but inside the houses are great and clever solutions!:)
So true about football. For many that’s the only conversation topic. Very annoying
In some Bierstuben you hear " Borussia Monchengladbach" like 1000 times 😮
Everything you described, excluding kitchens, happens in Italy, too 😢
That is not true!
except it doesn't... you're either not italian or just mentally challenged
Thanks bro I’ve learned a lot from u about Germany I just completed my B1 Prüfung so I can start working in Germany as an engineer. Wish me luck 🍀 That being said still looks like a wonderful place
Congrats! I'm A.2 right now. Getting dual citizenship via birth right. I don't have to learn the language because of it, but I am, because I hope to move there in the not too distant future.
Have experienced some of these but still a good country to live. Side note on the tollilets some parts of Italiay and Southern Spain are ahead also some parts of Portugal. 😊
9:06 oh cool you was in Heidelberg, I live there and yea I had very often the problem with the trains. On my birthday the train came 95 minutes too late 😅
I didn't think Italy and Germany had so many things in common... to hate. !!!!
Italy is SO much more regulated than Germany, but people just use professionisti to deal with that stuff. I read in an Italian newspaper somewhere that there are more laws in Italy than all of the laws of all the countries in the world put together. There are so many that no one even thinks of trying to fill out the paperwork themselves; for that you use the services of a professional (professionista) that takes care of the stuff the government requires. Oh, and Almost 1.5 months less taxes in Italy, who would have thought? Not so bad Italy, not bad at all!
After a few years living in Berlin I kept saying the same things about Germany to people and they laughed at me most of the times, let's see now when a German like you says so 🙂You could say the same things about many countries in the EU though
I gotta say as a half german the mobile network there was poo, i had to restart my phone constantly because it just gave up the mobile network
😮
DB has been keeping me is stress already a year. Maybe they are trying to make people more flexible:) But last days I was surprised enough to travel to Berlin and back in ICE just on time 😮I suspected some tricks but finally everything was fine. As for the licenses for everything- I think this is just a way to collect additional taxes
C'mon Bro, skip the borer to Poland! Easy with bureaucracy, electronic public services are standard, easy to start your business and your social security is subsidized in the first 30 months of your entrepreneurship. Great Internet service even deep into the forests. Taxes, cost of living both lower than in Deutschland and there is good railway connection to Berlin. (This comes from an accountant.) National sport is BBQ and you know already, that one of the best Wurst is called Krakauer :)
I agree 100% with what you said... I moved from Aalen BW to Switzerland, and it´s everything so different (yeap it´s more expensive for lebensmittel). But I have more freedom than in Germany.
The trains are on time when you have a 15 minute window to a connection. Of course the train that is in time is the one you need to take, the one you are arriving in is 20 minutes late.
YAS the kitchens. With the formica counters and they immediately start to fall apart. Also re toilets. Why some of them have the "plate" formation in order for you to present your offerings. Why.
Great video and so many things you highlighted are the same problems in Australia! So many people think Australia is wonderful but it's much the same as you have there
All things you "hate" were listed with great love, sympathy and positive emotions ) 😊❤ )
9:03 Short train rides = 49 € a month now, and i have no bad memories about too late trains or missing connecting trains, my trains came on time or were late a little when i needed more time to get to the train station. ^^ I even went to austria from saxony and back on my 49€ - Ticket and it worked just fine. A little cramped, but thats fine.
North Germany is NOT former East Germany. Schools in Saxonia (former East Germany) are much better than in the "North".