@@hb7898 Ich habe viele amerikanische Freunde und wenn man das immer hört wie die es vermeiden zum Arzt zu gehen selbst bei schweren Krankheiten oder Verletzungen dann ist das allein schon ein Grund die USA zu meiden.
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It is for people like my partner who are self emplyed and have to pay the full 16% themselves! But no-one seems to think or care about that when talking about the costs of healthcare in Germany it seems. My partner has to pay so much he ends up not being able to afford more costly dental work, (private insurance with costs paid up front pre-treatment), but WOULD have the money if he didn't have to pay so much for healthcare every month!
@@greenknitter Hmm. He isn't able to apply for voluntary public health insurance? That could be cheaper ... if the insurance company is accepting him, that is. If he chose to stay in the mandatory public health insurance, he would pay 16% and be done with it. No paying up front, no steep rise in premium after retirement, no hassle to reclaim payments payed in advance to doctor/hospital/pharmacy. For example: paying an average private insurance premium of 300 Euro/month would be equal to paying 16% for the voluntary public health insurance with an monthly income of 1900 Euro before tax. That's not unreasonable. Unpopular as it seems, I'm strongly for mandatory puplic health insurance for everyone, regardless of income or status. I'm privately insured myself and I dread the hassle to pay up front and reclaim it every 6 month.
@@chrishieke1261 No he said he can't go back to public as they wouldn't accept him. I don't know if age is taken into consideration but he's 51. He knows it would end up cheaper if he could and pays over €400 a month at the moment for private. He won't be retiring in Germany, he's coming here to Ireland in a few years when his kid has left school. He would be working until he dies in Germany to have any standard of living after retirement age or be forced to go to food banks or have to scavenge for fucking returnable drinks bottles like I've seen many older people doing there. www.dw.com/en/german-retirement-system-leads-to-pensioner-poverty/a-18889839 www.dw.com/en/what-i-learned-scavenging-for-empty-bottles-for-a-day/a-45912210 No thanks. And people wonder why those who were brought up in the DDR like my fiancee feel they had it better there in some ways. :/ He can't afford to retire as the basic pension is so low and he can't afford GRV or private pension contributions on top of all the other taxes and charges that's loaded onto him as a small business owner. And without an occupational pension to supplement the meagre state pension you're screwed in Germany. Especially if he stayed in high cost Stuttgart having to pay rent there. Even if he only gets a basic pension here in Ireland he would get a third at least. possibly up to twice as much per month, tax free and no rent to pay as I own my own home. I too am for mandatory social health insurance, but one which deducts a fair percentage of earnings. 16% is too much when all other salaried workers pay half. There should be some leniency for the self employed when they have so many other mandatory costs IMO.
@@greenknitter well if he is self employed then it is his own task to save for retirement. If he didn´t do it it´s not someone elses fault. If your business doesn´t earn you enough money for that, then maybe you are not a good business person and/or you could apply for a regular job. There is a really low unimployment rate especially these last years. Also, no one is forced to go into private health insurance but once you choose private health insurance (that seemed attractive in the beginning) you mostly are stuck. But that also is your individual choice. Furthermore it is completely illogical to say that living in Ireland is cheaper because you own your own house. There are houses in Germany too, and since your partner comes from eastern Germany he could look for a houseor an apartment somewhere in eastern Germany. I´m told that there are still places where there are lots of cheap apartments.
This is (strictly speaking) not true, in a robbery the offender always uses violence or threat of violence, whereas for burglary it doesn't matter if you are seen by the owner as long as you do not threaten him... But yes what Antoinette was talking about is more likely considered burglary
@@luisanau7003 It might depend from country to country, but in denmark, it is by law a robbery if the owner (or anyne else) is present. And a burglery if noone is present.
Most Germans are probably surprised that anyone would leave a place that has better weather for Germany. The only thing less comprehensible than that would probably be moving to Siberia.
In many jobs It's not really a norm to work only four and a half days a week. normally people work full days, five days a week which is usually around 40 hours a week, plus minus. And also you get 24 days of vacation by german working law. Not including the standard weekend of two days off per week. So that would be about 4 and a half weeks per working law.....any more days of vacation that you may get, are solely a desicion of your company and can't be generalized. Yes it may seem like a lot of money that you have to pay for your health inscurance but your insurance for accidents is payed 100% by your working company if you have one and 50% of the other health insurances are also payed by your company. But that is a reason why the opening of temporary employment agencies increased during the last decades, because it is easier for an employer to hire staff for a certain amount of time and to just pay the workers salary and a little comission for the agency but to have the temporary employment agency pay the full insurances of their workers. It makes people replacable more easily in the eyes of the company. It also makes it harder for people who are actually properly trained in a specific job, because they often have to fight for a full time work contract and an adequate payment since they are often seen as "too expensive" and "a burden" to the company's profit oriented ideals.
Wenn ich Deine Videos von 2017 mit jenen von heute vergleiche, ist es mir eine Freude zu sehen, wie Du Dich von einem "Girlie" zu einer straighten, praktischen, reifen Mutter verwandelt hast. Das steht Dir voll gut! Schön das Du bei uns bist!
Hello Antoinette! I think you should make a video more personal to you on the quality of life. Not through a website but just your thoughts. I'd really like to hear your viewpoint on the taxes and the lifestyle and just the overall honest feel of the country. Also, of it's not too controversial you should do a video about your impression of the whole refugee situation. Here in America we hear all sorts of "horror" stories about that and I'd love to hear your opinion. Anyways, thank you so much for your wonderful videos and your lovely personality. Lots of love from Texas! :)
Could be better, could be worse. Most refugees behave well, but like always, some don't. Of course it's a very potent topic for populists, who are going shitbat crazy on the internet, so it's hard to discuss it online. In the end, there are other problems which affect most people more. High rents, low wage for many, health care (Pflegenotstand, cutting costs on behalf of nurses etc.) and so on.
Antoinette's family lives in a wine region, not in a major or smaller city or large town. The question to ask is how many non German speaking children attend the same nursery school or kindergarten & whether halal certification is in place.
@@MrAlphalux This is an undercomplex statement, as it implies germany is somehow "dangerous" due to refugees, but the statistics hardly back that sentiment: overall violent crime rates are declining / much violence of refugees targets other refugees, not the "normal" german population / statistics are not that detailed, to build a strong case on the whole issue ...
@@traditionalfood367 I don't quite get what you are saying: why is this "the question to ask" and what relevance and meaning has the answer to the question, you think has to be asked?
Such an interesting video, thank you so much for doing this research! l of course went to that website and loved what l saw when comparing the US to France, though not surprised. l can't wait to move. l feel much safer there, amongst other things. l wish l could post the screenshot of what l found. Thanks again!
I lived in NZ in the 80's and it was a pretty violent place especially for a teenager , not so much murder but experiencing assault seemed rather common place .
As far as manners even though they are different children and insurance is important and good food is cheap to buy And they care about the place they live by recycling very well.
By the way, I thought this comparison was quite good, showed facts, you sometimes don't think of because you think more about the personal topics like "who is more friendly, how is the food", etc.
The GDP (gross domestic product) comparison was useless because it's not related to take-home pay at all. Average or mean salary or cost of living index would be a more valid comparison.
There aren't 6 weeks of paid vacation in Germany. Employers are bound by law to grant 20 days (source: destatis, keyword 'Urlaubsanspruch'), which sums up to exactly 4 weeks. Everything above this is really rare, even at so-called 'good' employers. NZ ranks now at number 2 of the most peaceful countries on the planet according to the Global Peave Index, with Germany ranking 16, taking into account not only local crime rates but also participation in international conflicts (source: statista, keyword 'global peace index'). Also the people dependent on governmental subsidies although being fulltime employed is at almost 20% in Germany. Don't forget that administrations are learning too, so the total number of actually unemployed people is calculated down for over three decades now in Germany. Yes, people are technically working, but nobody of these 20% is earning enough to live off of it (been there, I REALLY know, also source: destatis, keyword 'Niedriglohnquote'). I'm not saying Germany is a hellhole, also New Zealand is not the perfect country either, but for the sake of not being deleted again I'll just say check your numbers again, there are some real mistakes.
on inflation: when I visited NZ many years ago I was asked if I had a Deutschmark bank note. I showed it. The reply: "now I have seen a banknote of the currency without inflation!" (It is slightly exaggerated, one or two per cent per year are unavoidable.)
Inflation is completely avoidable if you go for the right monetary system, a gold backed currency. But global elites pushed it out, to replace it with inflatable money, in order to plunder the many on behalf of a few. If you will protect your savings, real precious metals is a must, Draghi is doing massive inflation, the same the FED and the BoE, BoJ...everywhere we see the same monetary destabilization of currencies. There is a rumor of a planned 2step monetary reset. First they replace the dollar in international trade with an IMF-issued trade-crypto, within 2020 by inflating western currencies at least 90%. After 4 years they kill this international tradecrypto off with again 90% inflation, to replace it with a gold standart, finally. The average Joe will loose 99% of his buying-power + 99% of his pensions and the global elites, who horded gold for decades will own all and everything on this planet. A new world-aristocracy in the coming. Be warned!
@@paul8158 You can always buy gold, if you want your own gold backed currency for bad times. There are even no taxes on buying gold. I don't see a problem.
Limited supply at endless demand will keep precious metals unavailable for the many, one not so fine day in the future. The premiums are rising already for both silver and gold. In the US to buy gold was prohibited from 1933-74. No, you cannot always buy gold, from a historical and from a marked perspective.
I had the opportunity to live in Germany with a German family. That was in the summer of 1970. I loved it. I returned to the USA saying if I could not live in America I would live in Germany. The people were so wonderful to me. Yes, I study German in high school and my teacher was a German. I must of been a good guest has my German mother wanted me to stay and study nursing there. I am a compliant person so their way of living within the rules works for me. There is so much I could go on telling you, but I will save it for another time. 🙃😊🙃😊
@3:33 The main reason is that New Zealand ranks No. 3 on the Index of Economic Freedom and Germany No. 24. Da more socialist a country is the higher the taxation and that impacts peoples' motivation. @9:21 The reason why it is so espensive, it is mandatory, unless you are self-employed. That kind of socialist healthcare is sub par for obvious reasons.
It's mandatory for everyone, self employed included. German healthcare is ranked one of the best in the world and is not socialist-that was the DDR. Do some research on Bismarck and the origins of the system-one of the oldest in the world. And far from being subpar, it has many advantages over the US system. m.startribune.com/want-a-new-health-care-model-the-germans-do-it-right/411702466/
If health care is not mandatory it becomes a luxury. Rich people then have longer and healthier lives than poor people just because they are rich. If it already constitutes socialism to provide health care for all, then socialism is the only humane way to live. :)
Honestly, I love Germans. What makes me NOT live in Germany is that I have never seen a relaxed German. They are too serious (to me) about EVERYTHING they do. And they cannot relax themselves. They make relaxation always a collective experience (Biergarten, Stammtisch, Karnaval). If they want to relax themselves they take a course to learn it (meditation and that is too serious for me too). That is not having a relaxed attitude to life in my opinion. It is something that is totally not me. That is why I did not go to Germany to live there. And do not make the mistake that less people in prison means less crime. In the Netherlands it is even less people in prison than in Germany. That is not about less crime, it is about being more relaxed about it, and knowing that prison does not solve crime. If anything it makes criminals worse criminals. So prison is kind of a last resort.
Yes, the dutch are more relaxed. We spend more focus to our Job and home and Family. But for me it is not as hard as you explain it. I travel a lot through the hole world and Holland is just close to my home town. But the different between GE and NL isn't that big in this area.
That's one of the main reasons I had to leave. I come from a country that has a lot more relaxed way of living too and I found the seriousness and uptightness too much. That and the unbearable heat in summer in southern Germany for me.
So true, i am German and i love the netherlands and the durch people, they are so relaxed and friendly👍👍. I would like to live in the netherland but this language kills me😂
@@greenknitter These are the typical stereotypes with which Germans are often typed. I have lived in Germany for 68 years and have not often met people who were seriously or even jammed in the negative sense.
The birthrate is not a problem , Germany is extremly crouded and the big towns have huge problems with providing flats and houses . Antonette is a little to much impressed with the super way of living in Germany . So if you have children , its so much more difficult to find a flat or house , because landlords prefer people without noisy kids.
I always find it funny when people complain about the costs for health insurance in Germany (or lets call it social security, because it is much more than just health insurance). Yeah, we pay almost half our income for social security and taxes and it is far from being perfect, but at least we don't have to worry too much about being covered. As a regular employee you can get sick without going bankrupt or loosing your job and even if the pension is not much, at least there is one. Just a few weeks ago I had a conversation with some colleagues about that and they complained again (which is a very German thing, I have to admit), but somehow they were unable to look beyond their bubble and realise how comfortable we live here. But I have to add something about the "career driven women" in Germany. I think that is a big misconception, because I don't know many women that feel the need to have a huge career - it is more about the money and/or independence from men (or equality in a relationship). There is still a big pay gap between men an women and even though things change slowly, most women simply can't afford to take off too much time to start a family in the first 5 to almost 20 years of their so-called career, not if they want to have and retain a certain living standard (on their own, if they have to). I'm already in my mid-30s and I'm just beginning to be financially stable enough to even consider starting a family (in a few years, if I have a partner by then)...
@@martinwettig8212 What do you mean? Its pretty easy: the employer is taking care of everything, thats the where and how. You can leave it as is and don't have to care about anything and be totally fine, or you can file your taxes if you have something to get some money back. I love that concept^^ And it depends on your total brutto salary, if you are married or not, have underage children or not... I only know that I, as a single childless person with an ok-ish salary, pay around 37% for all of this, but it can get a bit higher for some people. "almost half" was maybe a bit exaggerated...
Dear Antoinette thank you for another New Zealand opinion. Well healthcare should be no there for anyone,no matter what race or sex.True? We as germans believe in the fact that each human deserves to be threatend as a human beeing. And yes we germans are strange. We ,the germans ,are living in a blessed country ,rich and able to do things. Lets share. We have more but enough , lot of people are not that lucky.
Many Germans work for minimum wage, that is 9.19 Euro brutto per hour; 40 hours a week and only 20 paid vacation days. Also many working people get additional welfare because their wage is not enough to provide for them or their families.
Don’t move to New Zealand! It’s ok for a short holiday, but not to live here! Extremely expensive, low quality housing, no heating, no proper insulation , very low rate of skilled workers, years behind the rest of the world in so many ways, people are repressed, drink too much, too many unnecessary regulations for no apparent reason, boring, isolated, most people are in denial here, domestic violence is high, junk food consumption is high, too casual ( pyjamas wearing obese peeps at the super market during the day is a common sight 🤦♀️), it is NOT clean and green, poisoned soil, ignorance towards forward thinking initiatives, it is not as diverse as they want to make you believe, people from other cultures don’t mix a lot with the Pakeha ( white Kiwis). Superficial friendliness, they get offended very easily and take every constructive criticism personally. Nice nature, yes, but not that great either. Similarities with Scandinavia are obvious in the South Island. 4 seasons in a day are not easy to deal with, temperatures drop considerably even in summer after sunset. It rains A LOT (especially in Auckland and Wellington). Best is not to look too deep into an issue, no matter what it is. Don’t forget that Everything looks better in a promo video! It is not the paradise people think it is!
There's also the fetish for dividing everything up based on what race you are. By which I mean whether you're Maori or not, like some sort of pseudo-apartheid mentality. Child abuse rate is horrendous and gun crime has gone up considerably over the last couple of years. House prices are simply out of control, in Auckland the average house price is now NZD$1.25M and the average salary is barely 70k. Poor build quality and no insulation too. Go to Auckland CBD and you'll see clusters of homeless all down Queen Street, go there at night and see drunk Maoris and Islanders fighting each other or attacking randoms (I know some will get all triggered at that little fact but tough). I've lived here since 1979 and it never used to be like this, at least not to this extent. Obesity and incarceration rates are at near-USA levels. And parochial, oh so, so parochial - Kiwis are great at dishing it out to others, not so flash at taking it back however.
@craigbarr I absolutely agree with you on all points. We are moving back to Europe as soon as we can. I've been here also for a good 20 years, and I worked A LOT to get where I am now. The houses are truly of such poor quality, the new ones are also no more than glorified tin sheds, it's not worth it!! the prices are through the (tin) roof lol, the average income is sadly not even 70k it's more 35-45k (before tax mind you) Higheste respiratory disease rate in the developed world due to the lack of proper insulation heating, they really don't get it...if at all, the kiwis heat maybe one room for only a few hours in the evening, that's it...most likely with a noisy heat pump that dries out your eyes, drives you nuts because it's a constant fan on ya forehead, they are mostly not ducted, mould grows everywhere, you constantly have to clean up the entire weatherboard hut etc. etc. And every so called insulation is only of the lowest R Value just "to get away with it" or they stuff Pink Batt into the walls, omg, might as well put asbestos in the walls! No one is properly trained in anything, everyone is winging it or only learns superficially on the job. School education is a joke too. They piddle about for 13 years on only 6 subjects lol, and then ...?? there is no real apprenticeship system in place, people have to pay constantly for every little bit of paper that expires before you can blink an eye. Tall poppy syndrome is a real thing, I have never heard of so much "Award Winning & World Class" (yeah right)...than here hahaaaa...and I am from Germany. There is virtually nothing to do after dark (pandemic or not) it is a small agricultural nation at the end of the world, totally overpriced and overrated. It might be 'The BIG smoke" for the islanders, but other than that it is a cultural wasteland. Fair enough, it has only been populated for a relatively short time and it feels like that especially when out if Auckland. Total Time warp ;) I owned a "house" here, I am glad I got rid of it, these flimsy huts will enslave you not only to the bank, but as they don't last long, you have to constantly pour money into it to maintain it. My Miele washing machine has a longer warranty than a kiwi house hahaha... It would all be ok if they wouldn't charge so much, and don't even get me started on the stupid windows that's another whole chapter in itself... :0 And yep, the overall underlying aggression is always present, domestic violence, vandalism, gang activity etc. We look forward to moving back home. Finally...I am still grateful for all the personal growth I achieved here as a person, now it's time to get back to "civilisation", architecture, REAL houses, REAL heating, proper infrastructure, art and culture...the list is endless... Well wishes to you all :)
This was so interesting video. Do you know youtubers called The Swedish Family? They are travelling around the world and now they have two videos from NZ and more videos coming from there. They have English subtitles. 😊 Very lovely family. ❤️
a really interesting website :) how about the kiwi-linking of watersports - don't you miss it in an inland area? or have you been to the North Sea yet? (it's really worth visiting...)
Antoinette, I know this video was done 11 months ago but it's extremely relevant. I went back to NZ for one month in September 2019. I had been away for 10 years. I'm proudly a Kiwi but now have UK Citizenship as well. So you were absolutely on the target with everything you said. I think what shocked me the most was the cost of everything...power bills and the cost of living were obscenely expensive. Health care is nothing like it was when I left. Crime rates have gone through the roof. A lot driven by drugs and gangs. I think what has really shocked me is the homelessness. That wasn't there when I left. I think the German health system is great. I'm aware of the cost but you have direct access to specialists there. I miss NZ and looked seriously at moving back until I started to research things and spoke to family. I'm much better off in the UK and can see why you and your family are in Germany. So that's my 5 Euro's worth. Thank you for a well researched video and we'll presented explanations.
Forgive me that since l cannot comment on your video about how you met and married your hubby, l feel compelled to comment here. l totally cried, more than once. What a beautiful story! You, your husband, your family is so beautiful. l found your channel while viewing 'Not Even French', a channel by a fellow NZ'er living in Paris. l subscribed to her channel because l will be moving soon to the S. of France, (she's in Paris), with my French husband, whom l married in 2010 like you. You apologized about the 'fashions' being out of date because your wedding was nearly 8 years old at the time of you video. On the contrary, you and everyone chose such tasteful styles, your hair, make-up, even the photos are spot on and will never be out of style! Just wanted to mention that. (l happen to be a stylist, been doing hair/make-up for 35 years and have a degree in fashion design) Of course l subscribed and gave it a thumbs up! Keep the videos a flowin' ! Jus
Aww thank you so much for your beautiful message, it really warmed my heart. So pleased you found my channel through Rosie, shes amazing. All the best of luck for your big move to France, you won’t regret it 😉. Isn’t it amazing where true love can take us?! 😘
l have lived in Germany and can truthfully say that food is around the same price as in England but clothes are a LOT more expensive, a cardigan that costs £20--00 or less in England can easily cost double or even treble while shoes for 90 or 100 euros can be brought for £30--00 or less !!
The statistics of unemployment are heavily pimped in Germany. For exemple: unemployed people who are older than 60 do not appear. And people who are in short useless activities where they learn how to apply for a job and how to play Solitaire on a PC do not appear as well. Nonofficial statistics say that the rate of unemloyment is about the double of the official number.
Those statistical flukes are however entertained pretty much everywhere. Yes, the exact methods do differ, but similar tactics are used. There is an actual shortage of workers in some areas, and those that are mobile and willing to move if needed can get a job quite easily.
double is also not true.. official numbers are 2.209.546 for december 2018 ... unofficial 3.140.988... in february 2017 it was 2,76 million to 3,76.... these numbers are also getting published and are not hidden away and like soordhin already said: this kind "tweaking" happens in every country so unless you don't have any sources which claim otherwise you can add about 1 million more people who are not counted as unemployed..
@ maraboo72 It could be a bit more worse, because in the US the unemployment rate is calculated on survey polls (no compulsory registration) the World Bank and the OECD, do regular survey polls in all Nations and both of them use and publish the survey poll numbers for all Nations. Whenever you compare this figures, you will find out that the official German unemployment rate (die des Statistischen Bundesamtes) is higher, than the one, the World Bank or the OECD did publish. This international figures are more a kind of estimation than a precise figure, but they are the only one we have on the international level. Theirfore, yes the number of unemployed People in Germany, is in fact higher than the 5% this website uses, but the same did count for (in this case) New Zeland.
I don’t know the Retirement Entry age at New Zealand but for your Rob it could mean here in our wonderful country to reach that stage of life by 70 years of age!!
That seems very old. In the U.K. our retirement age has recently gone up to 67 I think and there are plans for it to go up to 68 in the future. Many occupations can still get part of their pension at 60 or younger though. I get my teacher pension at 60 and my state pension at 67. I think my cousin in New Zealand got his pension in his sixties.
it's so hard to find a decent job in NZ. Or having the whole 9-5 job without having some sort of qualifications (in saying that not ALL jobs require qualifications) and we are finding that many people stay in jobs for a long time (so guilty of this myself) so a lot of older people struggle to find work because of this. Our health care SUCKS! I actually hate going to the doctor because it can cost $45NZD for a 5min appointment. We do have a health insurance available but it's more for the upper class who can afford it and this would take care of your doctor appointments, medicine etc. I have health insurance but it's more for if I needed surgery etc. To be honest I really disliked hearing the stats you read out because I LOVE NZ. times have changed that's for sure! Kia Ora from Aotearoa. We are still a lovely country regardless of those facts, and it's seriously like living in paradise. :)
"Or having the whole 9-5 job without having some sort of qualifications"... lol, what a very weird statement. Yes, you do need SOME form of qualification for a job. If that is surprising for you, there are a lot of HORRIBLE discoveries waiting for you out there.
Nice video! Thanks for sharing. May I ask how you could stay in Germany? I am also comparing these 2 countries, but the first thing comes to my mind is it is not easy for an immigrant. Thanks!
I checked the birth rate of New Zealand. It is 1.87 children per woman. Not much of a difference to germany where it is 1.5. Given the threat of climate change we should all embrace low birth rates shouldn't we? I envy the people of New Zealand for living in such a sparsely populated country.
Sure, but be aware that still with the Western below population maintaining fertility rates mother earth will reach 10 billion people by the end of the century thanks to Africa and Asia. We Europeans are more and more insignificant in terms of co2 emission...
Zur Zeit liegt der Beitragssatz für die Krankenkasse bei 14,6%, davon muss der Arbeitnehmer die Hälfte (7,3%) bezahlen. Die andere Hälfte bezahlt der Arbeitgeber. Damit ist die ganze Familie versichert. Nirgendwo auf der Welt ist Health Insurance so günstig und gut wie in Deutschland. Ich glaube, dass Antoinette da was falsch verstanden hat 9:07.
In short: Germany does it better. We were the first country with a proper healthcare and insurance system, and we still have one of the cheapest with the best overall result. Also, we get better drugs than New Zealand. That is because cutting edge medicine is always first tested in the US and then in the EU. All the countries outside of those areas only get "the standard" so to speak, meaning drugs which have been on the market ten years or longer.
@@swanpride 14,6% from salary each month, it is too much. Especially, if it is not covering teeth, what standard insurance covers regarding teeth is a bullshit. Also, long waiting times (termin) to visit doctor is another problem. There are definitely good doctors, but there are also some arrogant and non competent ones as well. Nothing is ideal in this world, and medical system in Germany is not an exception.
@@sirstanley8599 Das Gesundheitswesen in den nordischen Ländern ist billiger und ich fand es besser als in Deutschland. Vor allem, wenn Sie selbstständig sind.
@@swanpride Try being self employed in Germany and paying that full 14% yourself and see how cheap it is! my partner was in hospital getting appendix out a while ago and said it was an awful experience with the quality of care in hospital, and for that he pays over €400 per month as a self employed worker. Madness. And I lived in Sweden for 8 years and found it much cheaper, and better than Germany.
The weather really sucks in Germany which for some people really affects their quality of life. That's true for the whole northwestern part of Europe though. Edit: The number of rainy days does seem to have become less in recent years though. Maybe it's the effect of global warming.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes. And, if there wasnt as much rain, the country would not be as green as it is. Regular rain is a gift.
@@madrooky1398 That's just plain bullshit. There IS such a thing as bad weather. Studies have shown that those low pressure systems that sweep through that part of Europe with such frequency are actually detrimental to people's health. A neurolgist I know even calls them "stroke weather."
@@Diana_L. C'mon why do you open a firefight like that? First of all i refered to a very common saying, if you havent figured that by your self. And that is no bullshit, only because that type of weather is not always suited for everyones mental health does not mean there is an scientific reason to classify this as "bad", whatever that really means. Hot weather is much worse to a lot of people specifically and bad for performance in general. Yeah people even die in the heat or in the cold, but it is not considered as "bad" weather like some cloudy rainy days. And ones attitude contributes a lot to what is perceived as "bad" weather, so it is much more a subjective point of view how you deal with a bit of weather depression. And people also die because of unhealthy subjective point of views alone. Ask your neurologist about that point of view, before you try to lecture me in that rude way about His field of expertise. You are not the only person who knows live and other people and stuff. lol Have a nice day.
@@madrooky1398 Fact of the matter is that mortality is always higher in winter than it is in summer. Even among northern Europeans, many of whom never get tired of complaining about the heat in the summer. It's not just a subjective thing. Check the mortality statistics.
@@Diana_L. You aint reading bro. I wrote it is a subjective view calling it bad weather. And i assume you refered to low pressure rainy weather. And winter, no matter the statistics, below 0° is great weather imho. I love to drive in fresh snow or just beeing outdoors when everything turns white. And it is really cosy to put some logs in the fireplace at home and enjoy the dark evenings. Thats MY view on it. YOU may dont like it, but thats your subjective point of view. Dont mix that up with mortality statistics. If you invoke statistics, the weather is really moderate and over the entire country you find some of almost every type of weather, but never in an extreme. If that is what you call shitty, i wont longer argue with your personal preferences. Have a nice day.
Salary is not higher in Germany. In NZ you will get a higher salary for specialist positions, and you have a lower tax. So disposable income is higher...
@ Aguafria As Antoinette mentioned, she quoted facts from a website and this side uses the average income, not that one for specialists. But sure if you are a high skilled "sheep trimmer", NZ is the palce to be, if you are a high skilled "mechanical engineer", it would be Germany. Taxes are another point, if you pay a lower percentage on one hand and every working day a brige tool on the other, you could end with a loss. However both Nations are far above the global median, in both Nations we worry about issues, the majority of humans, like to have.
@@lotharschepers2240 I believe you are incorrect. I will give you a real world example. I am a Database Administrator from New Zealand. In New Zealand I could earn approximately $130,000 NZD. (78,385 Eur) So, my netto salary in NZ as a single person is $94,424 (56,944 Eur). In Germany I've seen comparable jobs in Berlin paying 80,000 Eur ($132,647 NZD). After tax as a single person this is 45,916 Eur. ($76,133 NZD). I am better off by $18,291 NZD (11,030 Eur) per year by working in NZ.
I thought rich country means safe country...in india more than 70% children goes to school or anywhere alone or by bycyle/electric bike with the speed limit of 30. But it is very shameful to have more kids and govt doesn't give few advantages for such people . ( Out population is huge so we actually need this now.) The healthcare and food is cheapest in india so our population was increasing rapidly before few years but new govt policies made great changes and now things are becoming better. Poor get upto 95% subsidy on food with free health insurance and other can easily afford it due to low cost. Pe4 capita power consumption and CO2 emission is much lower than many other big countries. Fuel is super expensive ( 87% imported) but trains are subsidised and runs on electricity. India need to focus on organic food export and trash collection system to become best place ( not rich)...hope so!
New Zealand is on par with any western country when it comes to quality of life, the differences are actually minor. The fact that the unemployment rate is 14% higher in NZ than in Germany is a bad case of hyperbole: Actual unemployment rates of 5.0% vs. 5.7% are LOW compared to many other countries. Every country has it's pros and cons, and the trick is to enjoy the pros and not let any cons get too much in the way of your joys in life - the glass is half full, not half empty!
I think (please correct me if I'm wrong) that you're also just less likely go to prison in Germany, because that doesn't always help as a punishment. I mean the incarceration rate in the USA is HUUUUUUGE because they put you in prison for the dumbest shit. That's no rehabilitation.
nice facts, but I cant imagine that you earn more in Germany. I will move now to NZ and I will earn more for the same job. But maybe I am just lucky. The bigger problem is the cost of living in NZ, which is ridiculous high. But to me the most important thing for life quality is nature, and that is 100% better in NZ! 😊 Yes, in NZ you work more hours, but the work itself it less intense, cause the people are more layed back than in Germany. So in the end you are more relaxed, allthough you had more working hours. To me NZ is the winner 😍
I totally disagree with you. How much you earn tottaly depends on your job and nature 100% depends on your taste. I have been to New Zealand 3 times now and i would terribly miss the seasons we have in germany. It is just always kind of the same. Sure in winter it gets a little colder and in the summer a little warmer. But stillt, i would miss seeing the leaves turn orrange or the snow in the winter.
@@derriegel5705 You cannot deny, that there is way less untouched nature in Germany compared to NZ. 82mio people vs. 4,5 mio. Not to mention the better beach life in NZ
@Gunther H.G. Geick I have been to Australia for 1 year to work. Had less free time as well, but the work time itself was way less stressful. In Germany I just fall into bed after work, cause I work here for 3 people. In Australia, even with less free time, I was actually more able to enjoy it. My friend in NZ, with who I worked together in Auckland, claims that in NZ the time at work is even more relaxed than in Australia and I believe that for 100%. In Germany more and more people are having burn outs. The work can be very intense. You need more free time in order not to end up crazy, and 6 weeks are not enough. Whenever I worked in another country with less spare time, I also had no need to have more. And I know a lot of people who feel the same 😊 Its notbased on just being on vacation 🙄
Eh...that is kind of the point. It doesn't really matter what number is on the pay check, it matter what you can afford for it. So if your pay check is higher but you have to pay more for food aso, you are actually earning less in reality. Personally I rather focus a six hours on my work and then have a nice evening I can spend with my family than to be stuck in the office longer and having to deal with "relaxed" people. But that's just me.
@@goldelbe7477 I think this a good point: the quality of your time at work and the quality of your time at home. It isn't always described in the pay check you get. Been to the US (not for work. As a family member.) and other countries. Greetings from the north of Germany! Be well and safe!
Mich wundert es, dass wir angeblich so viel Freizeit hätten: Als ich noch gearbeitet habe, bin ich um 04:00 Uhr aus dem Haus, hab um 06:00 Uhr angefangen zu arbeiten, bin um 15:30 Uhr raus aus der Arbeit, bin zwei Stunden zurück gefahren, habe meine Jüngste auf dem Weg nach Hause von der Kita abgeholt und bin mit ihr nach Hause, Abendessen machen. Meine Älteste war in der Zeit schon seit 2 Stunden alleine Zuhause. Dann um 19:30 Uhr ging es dannn für uns alle ins Bett, weil ich ja am nächsten Tag wieder um 02:30 Uhr aufstehen musste! Zurzeit bin ich arbeitslos, hab aber 6 Monate bevor mein Vertag endete angefangen einen Job zu suchen, leider ohne Erfolg! Zum Glück lebe ich in einem sozialen Brennpunkt, denn ansonsten könnte ich mir die Miete für die Wohnung nicht mehr leisten!
Wie sie es schon ansprach fließen die Urlaubstage, Feiertage und die wöchentliche Arbeitszeit ein. Das schließt die längeren Arbeitszeiten ein. Die Anfahrtszeiten bleiben unberücksichtigt.
DIe Anfahrtzeiten sind auch persönlich. Natürlich immer in gewissem Rahmen, aber theoretisch kann man sich aussuchen wo man lebt. Ich kann das schon nachvollziehen, derzeit habe ich einen Job der OK zahlt, aber dafür viel Freizeit. 30 Tage Urlaub, 144 Tage Frei. Dafür wird aber eben auch im Schichtdienst gearbeitet und das völlig egal ob nun Feiertag ist oder nicht. Der Rhythmus ist, bis auf 8 Wochen im Jahr fest. 5 Tage arbeiten, 3 Tage frei, 5 Tage arbeiten, 4 Tage frei. Dafür bin ich halt nicht jede Nacht zuhause da man öfter auswärts übernachten muss, habe aber nur 15 bis 20 Minuten weg zur Arbeit mit den öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln, was es mir erlaubt das Auto einzusparen, die Jahreskarte ist günstiger. Die Schichten sind zwischen 5 und 13 Stunden lang. Meist so um die 7 bis 9 Stunden. Habe ich genug Freizeit? Definitiv. Wäre mit Kindern trotzdem schwierig, wegen der Übernachtungen und der Schichtarbeit.
@Kessina 1989 Sie sprechen zwei Dinge an die man berücksichtigen muß. Erstens, wie hier bereits erwähnt, Ihre 4 Stunden Fahrtzeit pro Tag werden nicht mitgerechnet (in keiner Arbeitszeitstatistik weltweit) und Zweitens das deutsche Arbeitsschutzgesetzt, nachdem Sie gezwungen sind nach einer gewissen Zeit Pausen zu machen. Diese eineinhalb Stunden die Sie täglich vielleicht lieber mit Ihren Kindern verbracht hätten, sind in den meisten anderen Ländern eben nicht gesetzlich vorgeschrieben. So kommt z.B: ein Neuseeländer auf 5 Stunden mehr pro Woche an Arbeitszeit, obwohl er wie Sie um sechs Uhr Angefangen hat und "schon" um drei Uhr wieder nach Hause fährt.
Dear Antoinette well by law you get 20 days leave each year..Now my union made it to 30 days and we were fighting for it hard..alle deutschen sollten mal dran denken was die Gewerkschaft geschafft hat..für EUCH..so its usually 30 days off,when u are sick and got the title to be sick by a medical doctor ure days off will be saved. By the way this is what my union was fighting for and we got it now for.everyone.You do not have to be a member its for everyone...we call it social ..not to be missunderstood its NOT socialism; social means that we take care for each other. A society were the rich get richer and the poor get poorer will not survive. We need a change in a lot of ways..And we are strong and can do it in an non violent productive way...Lets make the world better for our children Lets stay together Let humanity rule
WOW That are really new and not so nice facts about NZ. :-S In my fantasy NZ was a kind of paradise. You distroyed my illusions...SNIIIIIEEEEEFFFFF :-D Thy 4 ur Infos
Dear Antoinete,well yes me again. I was thinking about the crime rate. What the german system does is that. German justice is not a sissy thing, actually they are strict. But everyone deserves a secend chance. So to find a job even if you might have fucked up, is not easy, but yes we reach out a hand.
There might be less electricity used in Germany but I wonder what the carbon footprint says. There is still coal used to produce electricity - can you imagine? And what about radioactive waste...
The average CO2 emissions of every German were 8.88 tons per year in 2016 ( rank 24 ). Comparison to other countries: No. 1 Quatar 30.77 tons No. 10 USA 14.95 tons No. 20 Russia 9.97 tons No. 40 China 6.57 tons No. 41 New Zealand 6.45 tons No. 148 ( last ) Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.03 tons Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_L%C3%A4nder_nach_CO2-Emission Regarding cole and radioactive waste: Unfortunately societies need electricity. They do not run without it. Germany decided to shut down nuclear power plants first. A country can't shut down nuclear power and cole at the same time. How should that work; where should the electricity come from? Germany is building a lot of wind power stations in the north and offshore because it's windy there. In the south it's sunny. There we use a lot of solar power. But it is difficult to bring the windpower from the north to the south and the solar power from the south to the north. It's not just plug and play... The whole power line infrastructure has to be renewed. It is completely different to distribute the energy from some thousand wind power stations to the places it is needed instead of doing it with less than 100 nuclear and cole plants. 80 million people need electricity every day here. It's a giant project that will take decades to get finished. That's why we still need cole and nuclear power atm. But at least we are working on that. :)
Fairly interesting. Quite a few of your mentioned points make it sensible to choose Germany insted of New Zealand. Especially for a family with two young children growing up. Did you consider educational issues for your decision as well? Sure, German education system is reducing its quality year by year as you can easily see by comparing certain studies. Off topic: just came up my mind while watching this video. One point why your videos are so enjoyable is your english talking. To my ears you speak very clear and easy to understand and follow the topic without being familiar with professional terminology. Thanks.
@corni wo "lots of new interesting people to meet." lol, especially at the *winter market.* Who doesn't love parallel societies.... How many "new interesting people" did *you* meet actually?
I met a few very nice Syrian at our christmas market this winter. Had some good talk. They were friendly people. Very polite. They liked our Glühwein quite a lot. Asked about what the prophet would have to say about them drinking alkohol, they joked about it being cold enough here even God would understand. Turned out they were athiests. Ya never know from the look of it was the lesson i learned (again -_-) that evening ^^
Isn't your man a member at a national health insurance agency like AOK, TK, Barmer etc? Your kids and even maybe you can have health insurance for free with the family insurance!
@@@XShipper It's a bit tricky in Germany. First of all the German social insurance system dated back to 1883, in that days the commen family model was: Father works for the money, while Mother raise the kids and did the homework. With that in mind, you could understand the German Healthcare system. The public healthcare insurance covers all medical needs for the employed person and his family (today it is no question if he or she have the public insurance. If you are marriged, your man or wife is automatically insured and all of your kids). The amount of money that you have to spend for your public insurance depends only on your income. If Antoinette, did go back to work one day in the future, she will also have to pay for the public healthcare insurance, even if she is still coverd by her husbands insurance. The German healthcare system subsidis, the traditonal family model heavily. DINKS (double income no Kids) or young healthy singels pay more, than they have to cover their own healthcare costs and families or the elderly get a benefit, while they pay less than they have to pay, if you only look to the costs they produce. Confuesd? Behind all of this, it is not my country if we did it that easy. Beside the public Healthcare insurance system, we have also a privat healthcare insurance system. In the private sector your payment is adjusted about the risks you are like to cover. So if you are a healthy young single, you would like to join the private healthcare system, because it is much cheaper for you. To avoid that all selfish young singels join the private system, we have raised barriers around it. You could only join the private healthcare system, if your annual income is higher than (figures for 2019) €54.450 per year or you are self employed or a member of a special public service group, called Beamte/r. If you decide to join the private healthcare system, their is no way back to the public one under normal circumstances. Because of this, more than 80% of Germans are members of the public healthcare system. Here on RUclips I have found a video from a young Canadian Couple, the praised the German healthcare system as very cheap and told that they pay a bit more than €200 per month for a full coverage healthcare program. Many Germans than complains that this can't be true. But I belive they have joined the private insurance system and than everything makes sence. €200 + something from the employer and the same amount from the employed = € 400+ something in total for a healthy singel in his/hers 20th, thats possible, but if they get kids one day, the whole math changes. However I hope you could get a right picture of our healthcare insurence in Germany and if you find that all confusing, no if you are used to it, its simpel. What is really confusing in Germany is our tax system. But that is a story for the dead, because only they have enuff time to understand it. ;-))
Well an other reason for german families to be so small is environmental consciene. It's just not sustainable to have more than two children per couple/ one per person. Less is always better because earth is way too overcrouded already. So that's one of the reasons why huge (more than three kids) families are considered strange, although it might be bad for the economy, but if we can't handle overcrowding and climate change, we will loose lots of money anyway.
Why better live in Germany than New Zealand? - Mammals are not supposed to live in New Zealand at all. OK, that was too bad. I sincerely apologize. But I just could not resist...
Really interesting vid! loved your videos and found them helpful when I was about to move from NZ to Germany! still find them very interesting now that I live here. I have recently uploaded my first travel videos here in Germany would love if you checked it out!🇩🇪🇳🇿
Vergleich mal bitte die Rentensysteme der beider Länder und den Einfluss multinationaler Firmen im Bezug auf Dinge wie GMO, Pestizide und Giftstoffe in bestimmten Produkten. Danke
I'm not a gun owner and never had any interest in owning one. But all Jacinda did in 2019 after Christchurch was create about 250,000 instant new criminals overnight with that stupid gun ban with what was nothing more than a bad law based solely on emotion and was rushed. And guess what? Gun crime has gone UP markedly since then, it's now at a frequency we never used to see here, and I've been here since '79. It's almost as if the REAL criminals don't care about the law or something!
I'd also like to mention the reason why NZ has high crime rates is because we have a high number of disadvantaged ethnic groups like Maori and Pacific Islanders, and that most of our crime is committed by them.
Also ein paar Anmerkungen von mir:Also ein weiterer Grund warum hier Strom eingespart wird ist schlichtweg der Preis.30 Cent für eine kwh ist mir der teuerste Preis in der Welt. 4500 kwh kosten einfach 1350 Euro plus Grundgebühr!Das ist viel Geld. Deshalb wird hier schon immer sparsam mit Strom umgegangen.Familie:Hier in Bayern sind außerhalb der großen Städte 3-4 Kinder völlig normal. Nur in den Städten haben die Frauen weniger Kinder.Auf dem Land ist 3, 4 manchmal auch 5 Kinder völlig normal.Verbrechen und Straftaten sind in Deutschland aber sehr wohl ansteigend, wenn es auch gerne offiziell vertuscht und verschleiert wird. Statistiken darf mit nicht wirklich trauen. Und sehr sehr oft sind es eben keine Deutschen die Verbrechen begehen sondern sehr sehr oft Menschen aus dem Osten (Bulgaren, Romänen, Polen, Russen usw. Einbruch und Diebstahl, Gewaltverbrechen sehr sehr oft mittlerweile von sogenannten "Flüchtlingen". Immer männlich immer jung!Das darf aber im Fernsehen nicht gezeigt werden, denn es steht halt unter staatlicher Kontrolle.Alles übrigends selbst erlebt und beweisbar anhand lokaler Zeitungen!Trotzdem ist dieses Land immer noch ein sehr schönes Land zum Leben. Es ist immer noch sehr vieles sehr schön und gut hier, aber es wird leider immer schlechter, Weil Anstand und Sitten zunehmend verfallen.
All English-speaking countries are culturally degrading since a long time... I would never want to live in a English-speaking country. But no offense; i mean all countries with that language and not only New Zealand.
Why though? Have you been to all of them yourself? It's so easy stating you don't want to live in country XY, but to lump together all English speaking countries in the world when there're so many... I don't know, seems like a weird stretch to me.
Buschmann wir leben in einem der sichersten Länder der Erde. Wir werden für unsere niedrigen Verbrechenszahlen beneidet und haben mitunter den größten Erfolg darin, Ex-Sträflinge wieder in die Gesellschaft zu integrieren.
@@Maxtherealone Jupp. I'm always proud of German's justice system when I read that a previously convicted pedophile has again raped a child, because he has been reintegrated. Like the incident on the camping site, recently...
@@benjaminfacouchere2395 That happens. It also happens that someone who has never done something molests a child. Should we lock up everyone who has done something in the past? Imprison everyone for life who was convicted because he/she 'might' becomes a criminal again? This whole 'molesting a child' debate is ou of proportion, as if 'molesting a child' is in any way more wrong than 'molesting a grown woman/man'. No human is clearly 'good' or 'evil', everyone deserves a chance. Otherwise we should ban cars in Germany because the chances of getting harmed by one is manifold greater than being harmed by a repeat offender.
Viele Deutsche wissen gar nicht in was für einem tollen Land sie leben, denn sie kennen keinen Vergleich.
Aber Amerika ist auch sehr schön
Ja, definitiv, sonst würden sie ihr tolles Land mehr wertschätzen und schützen.
@@hb7898 Ich habe viele amerikanische Freunde und wenn man das immer hört wie die es vermeiden zum Arzt zu gehen selbst bei schweren Krankheiten oder Verletzungen dann ist das allein schon ein Grund die USA zu meiden.
@@st-bp1pn dir ist bewusst, dass alles groß geschrieben im Internet als "schreien" zählt und ziemlich assi rüberkommt?
Ja genau so ist es!
yeah working in germany is different than many other countries, we work for a living, we dont live to work
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Really cool website! Thanks for mentioning it. :)
I would not call 8% of your income for health insurance a huge chunk. Keep in mind that that the employer pays the other 8%.
It is for people like my partner who are self emplyed and have to pay the full 16% themselves! But no-one seems to think or care about that when talking about the costs of healthcare in Germany it seems. My partner has to pay so much he ends up not being able to afford more costly dental work, (private insurance with costs paid up front pre-treatment), but WOULD have the money if he didn't have to pay so much for healthcare every month!
It is indeed better than paying much more to a private insurance for a far worse service.
@@greenknitter Hmm. He isn't able to apply for voluntary public health insurance? That could be cheaper ... if the insurance company is accepting him, that is. If he chose to stay in the mandatory public health insurance, he would pay 16% and be done with it. No paying up front, no steep rise in premium after retirement, no hassle to reclaim payments payed in advance to doctor/hospital/pharmacy. For example: paying an average private insurance premium of 300 Euro/month would be equal to paying 16% for the voluntary public health insurance with an monthly income of 1900 Euro before tax. That's not unreasonable. Unpopular as it seems, I'm strongly for mandatory puplic health insurance for everyone, regardless of income or status. I'm privately insured myself and I dread the hassle to pay up front and reclaim it every 6 month.
@@chrishieke1261 No he said he can't go back to public as they wouldn't accept him. I don't know if age is taken into consideration but he's 51. He knows it would end up cheaper if he could and pays over €400 a month at the moment for private.
He won't be retiring in Germany, he's coming here to Ireland in a few years when his kid has left school. He would be working until he dies in Germany to have any standard of living after retirement age or be forced to go to food banks or have to scavenge for fucking returnable drinks bottles like I've seen many older people doing there.
www.dw.com/en/german-retirement-system-leads-to-pensioner-poverty/a-18889839
www.dw.com/en/what-i-learned-scavenging-for-empty-bottles-for-a-day/a-45912210
No thanks.
And people wonder why those who were brought up in the DDR like my fiancee feel they had it better there in some ways. :/
He can't afford to retire as the basic pension is so low and he can't afford GRV or private pension contributions on top of all the other taxes and charges that's loaded onto him as a small business owner. And without an occupational pension to supplement the meagre state pension you're screwed in Germany. Especially if he stayed in high cost Stuttgart having to pay rent there.
Even if he only gets a basic pension here in Ireland he would get a third at least. possibly up to twice as much per month, tax free and no rent to pay as I own my own home.
I too am for mandatory social health insurance, but one which deducts a fair percentage of earnings. 16% is too much when all other salaried workers pay half. There should be some leniency for the self employed when they have so many other mandatory costs IMO.
@@greenknitter well if he is self employed then it is his own task to save for retirement. If he didn´t do it it´s not someone elses fault. If your business doesn´t earn you enough money for that, then maybe you are not a good business person and/or you could apply for a regular job. There is a really low unimployment rate especially these last years. Also, no one is forced to go into private health insurance but once you choose private health insurance (that seemed attractive in the beginning) you mostly are stuck. But that also is your individual choice. Furthermore it is completely illogical to say that living in Ireland is cheaper because you own your own house. There are houses in Germany too, and since your partner comes from eastern Germany he could look for a houseor an apartment somewhere in eastern Germany. I´m told that there are still places where there are lots of cheap apartments.
My parents almost moved to Australia but they changed their minds and stayed in Germany. My mother is German, my father is Welsh.
Seems like Germany is the place to be if you like being a good person
A person who considers himself good, u mean. Yea, thats the right place then.
Newly suscribed. Your videos are great😁
Thank you so much! 😘
I agree.
I'm from Germany and my grandmother is 91 years old and gets 92 in three months. :-) my grandfather was also over 90 bevor he died
Antoinette, i answered and commented a lot of your questions. Have fun!!!
Burglary occurs when the owner is absent; robbery when he's present.
Funny, I just thought exactly this, the moment Antoinette said it. Might be kind of german... :-)
This is (strictly speaking) not true, in a robbery the offender always uses violence or threat of violence, whereas for burglary it doesn't matter if you are seen by the owner as long as you do not threaten him...
But yes what Antoinette was talking about is more likely considered burglary
@@luisanau7003 It might depend from country to country, but in denmark, it is by law a robbery if the owner (or anyne else) is present. And a burglery if noone is present.
Wow. Thank you very much for linking that page! It's very fun ^^
Great comparison! Thanks for sharing! 😊
Most Germans are probably surprised that anyone would leave a place that has better weather for Germany. The only thing less comprehensible than that would probably be moving to Siberia.
In many jobs It's not really a norm to work only four and a half days a week. normally people work full days, five days a week which is usually around 40 hours a week, plus minus. And also you get 24 days of vacation by german working law. Not including the standard weekend of two days off per week. So that would be about 4 and a half weeks per working law.....any more days of vacation that you may get, are solely a desicion of your company and can't be generalized.
Yes it may seem like a lot of money that you have to pay for your health inscurance but your insurance for accidents is payed 100% by your working company if you have one and 50% of the other health insurances are also payed by your company.
But that is a reason why the opening of temporary employment agencies increased during the last decades, because it is easier for an employer to hire staff for a certain amount of time and to just pay the workers salary and a little comission for the agency but to have the temporary employment agency pay the full insurances of their workers.
It makes people replacable more easily in the eyes of the company.
It also makes it harder for people who are actually properly trained in a specific job, because they often have to fight for a full time work contract and an adequate payment since they are often seen as "too expensive" and "a burden" to the company's profit oriented ideals.
Wenn ich Deine Videos von 2017 mit jenen von heute vergleiche, ist es mir eine Freude zu sehen, wie Du Dich von einem "Girlie" zu einer straighten, praktischen, reifen Mutter verwandelt hast. Das steht Dir voll gut! Schön das Du bei uns bist!
US Dollars is mostly used in the internet and public studies. Its rare to see Euro in these websites or studies 🤷♂️
Hello Antoinette! I think you should make a video more personal to you on the quality of life. Not through a website but just your thoughts. I'd really like to hear your viewpoint on the taxes and the lifestyle and just the overall honest feel of the country. Also, of it's not too controversial you should do a video about your impression of the whole refugee situation. Here in America we hear all sorts of "horror" stories about that and I'd love to hear your opinion. Anyways, thank you so much for your wonderful videos and your lovely personality. Lots of love from Texas! :)
From a german, the refugees are not such an issue as the U.S. thinks.
Could be better, could be worse. Most refugees behave well, but like always, some don't. Of course it's a very potent topic for populists, who are going shitbat crazy on the internet, so it's hard to discuss it online. In the end, there are other problems which affect most people more. High rents, low wage for many, health care (Pflegenotstand, cutting costs on behalf of nurses etc.) and so on.
Antoinette's family lives in a wine region, not in a major or smaller city or large town. The question to ask is how many non German speaking children attend the same nursery school or kindergarten & whether halal certification is in place.
@@MrAlphalux This is an undercomplex statement, as it implies germany is somehow "dangerous" due to refugees, but the statistics hardly back that sentiment: overall violent crime rates are declining / much violence of refugees targets other refugees, not the "normal" german population / statistics are not that detailed, to build a strong case on the whole issue ...
@@traditionalfood367 I don't quite get what you are saying: why is this "the question to ask" and what relevance and meaning has the answer to the question, you think has to be asked?
Wow, you have a very strong New Zealand accent...
again a great video :-)
Such an interesting video, thank you so much for doing this research! l of course went to that website and loved what l saw when comparing the US to France, though not surprised. l can't wait to move. l feel much safer there, amongst other things. l wish l could post the screenshot of what l found. Thanks again!
I lived in NZ in the 80's and it was a pretty violent place especially for a teenager , not so much murder but experiencing assault seemed rather common place .
As far as manners even though they are different children and insurance is important and good food is cheap to buy
And they care about the place they live by recycling very well.
By the way, I thought this comparison was quite good, showed facts, you sometimes don't think of because you think more about the personal topics like "who is more friendly, how is the food", etc.
The GDP (gross domestic product) comparison was useless because it's not related to take-home pay at all. Average or mean salary or cost of living index would be a more valid comparison.
There aren't 6 weeks of paid vacation in Germany. Employers are bound by law to grant 20 days (source: destatis, keyword 'Urlaubsanspruch'), which sums up to exactly 4 weeks. Everything above this is really rare, even at so-called 'good' employers.
NZ ranks now at number 2 of the most peaceful countries on the planet according to the Global Peave Index, with Germany ranking 16, taking into account not only local crime rates but also participation in international conflicts (source: statista, keyword 'global peace index').
Also the people dependent on governmental subsidies although being fulltime employed is at almost 20% in Germany. Don't forget that administrations are learning too, so the total number of actually unemployed people is calculated down for over three decades now in Germany. Yes, people are technically working, but nobody of these 20% is earning enough to live off of it (been there, I REALLY know, also source: destatis, keyword 'Niedriglohnquote').
I'm not saying Germany is a hellhole, also New Zealand is not the perfect country either, but for the sake of not being deleted again I'll just say check your numbers again, there are some real mistakes.
love your dialect!
on inflation: when I visited NZ many years ago I was asked if I had a Deutschmark bank note. I showed it. The reply: "now I have seen a banknote of the currency without inflation!" (It is slightly exaggerated, one or two per cent per year are unavoidable.)
How times have changed, now we have the Euro and quantitative easing the mutualisation of state debts and zero % interest rates.
Inflation is completely avoidable if you go for the right monetary system, a gold backed currency. But global elites pushed it out, to replace it with inflatable money, in order to plunder the many on behalf of a few. If you will protect your savings, real precious metals is a must, Draghi is doing massive inflation, the same the FED and the BoE, BoJ...everywhere we see the same monetary destabilization of currencies. There is a rumor of a planned 2step monetary reset. First they replace the dollar in international trade with an IMF-issued trade-crypto, within 2020 by inflating western currencies at least 90%. After 4 years they kill this international tradecrypto off with again 90% inflation, to replace it with a gold standart, finally. The average Joe will loose 99% of his buying-power + 99% of his pensions and the global elites, who horded gold for decades will own all and everything on this planet. A new world-aristocracy in the coming. Be warned!
@@paul8158 You can always buy gold, if you want your own gold backed currency for bad times. There are even no taxes on buying gold. I don't see a problem.
Limited supply at endless demand will keep precious metals unavailable for the many, one not so fine day in the future. The premiums are rising already for both silver and gold. In the US to buy gold was prohibited from 1933-74. No, you cannot always buy gold, from a historical and from a marked perspective.
I had the opportunity to live in Germany with a German family. That was in the summer of 1970. I loved it. I returned to the USA saying if I could not live in America I would live in Germany. The people were so wonderful to me. Yes, I study German in high school and my teacher was a German. I must of been a good guest has my German mother wanted me to stay and study nursing there. I am a compliant person so their way of living within the rules works for me. There is so much I could go on telling you, but I will save it for another time. 🙃😊🙃😊
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@3:33 The main reason is that New Zealand ranks No. 3 on the Index of Economic Freedom and Germany No. 24. Da more socialist a country is the higher the taxation and that impacts peoples' motivation.
@9:21 The reason why it is so espensive, it is mandatory, unless you are self-employed. That kind of socialist healthcare is sub par for obvious reasons.
It's mandatory for everyone, self employed included. German healthcare is ranked one of the best in the world and is not socialist-that was the DDR. Do some research on Bismarck and the origins of the system-one of the oldest in the world. And far from being subpar, it has many advantages over the US system. m.startribune.com/want-a-new-health-care-model-the-germans-do-it-right/411702466/
If health care is not mandatory it becomes a luxury. Rich people then have longer and healthier lives than poor people just because they are rich. If it already constitutes socialism to provide health care for all, then socialism is the only humane way to live. :)
Honestly, I love Germans. What makes me NOT live in Germany is that I have never seen a relaxed German. They are too serious (to me) about EVERYTHING they do. And they cannot relax themselves. They make relaxation always a collective experience (Biergarten, Stammtisch, Karnaval). If they want to relax themselves they take a course to learn it (meditation and that is too serious for me too). That is not having a relaxed attitude to life in my opinion. It is something that is totally not me. That is why I did not go to Germany to live there. And do not make the mistake that less people in prison means less crime. In the Netherlands it is even less people in prison than in Germany. That is not about less crime, it is about being more relaxed about it, and knowing that prison does not solve crime. If anything it makes criminals worse criminals. So prison is kind of a last resort.
Yes, the dutch are more relaxed. We spend more focus to our Job and home and Family. But for me it is not as hard as you explain it. I travel a lot through the hole world and Holland is just close to my home town. But the different between GE and NL isn't that big in this area.
That's one of the main reasons I had to leave. I come from a country that has a lot more relaxed way of living too and I found the seriousness and uptightness too much. That and the unbearable heat in summer in southern Germany for me.
So true, i am German and i love the netherlands and the durch people, they are so relaxed and friendly👍👍. I would like to live in the netherland but this language kills me😂
@@greenknitter These are the typical stereotypes with which Germans are often typed.
I have lived in Germany for 68 years and have not often met people who were seriously or even jammed in the negative sense.
The birthrate is not a problem , Germany is extremly crouded and the big towns have huge problems with providing flats and houses . Antonette is a little to much impressed with the super way of living in Germany . So if you have children , its so much more difficult to find a flat or house , because landlords prefer people without noisy kids.
I always find it funny when people complain about the costs for health insurance in Germany (or lets call it social security, because it is much more than just health insurance). Yeah, we pay almost half our income for social security and taxes and it is far from being perfect, but at least we don't have to worry too much about being covered. As a regular employee you can get sick without going bankrupt or loosing your job and even if the pension is not much, at least there is one. Just a few weeks ago I had a conversation with some colleagues about that and they complained again (which is a very German thing, I have to admit), but somehow they were unable to look beyond their bubble and realise how comfortable we live here.
But I have to add something about the "career driven women" in Germany. I think that is a big misconception, because I don't know many women that feel the need to have a huge career - it is more about the money and/or independence from men (or equality in a relationship). There is still a big pay gap between men an women and even though things change slowly, most women simply can't afford to take off too much time to start a family in the first 5 to almost 20 years of their so-called career, not if they want to have and retain a certain living standard (on their own, if they have to). I'm already in my mid-30s and I'm just beginning to be financially stable enough to even consider starting a family (in a few years, if I have a partner by then)...
I always wondered where and how you all people pay taxes in Germany. I never paid more than a mere third. You are doing something seriously wrong.
@@martinwettig8212 What do you mean? Its pretty easy: the employer is taking care of everything, thats the where and how. You can leave it as is and don't have to care about anything and be totally fine, or you can file your taxes if you have something to get some money back. I love that concept^^
And it depends on your total brutto salary, if you are married or not, have underage children or not... I only know that I, as a single childless person with an ok-ish salary, pay around 37% for all of this, but it can get a bit higher for some people. "almost half" was maybe a bit exaggerated...
Very very interesting, thank you !
Dear Antoinette thank you for another New Zealand opinion. Well healthcare should be no there for anyone,no matter what race or sex.True? We as germans believe in the fact that each human deserves to be threatend as a human beeing. And yes we germans are strange. We ,the germans ,are living in a blessed country ,rich and able to do things. Lets share. We have more but enough , lot of people are not that lucky.
Many Germans work for minimum wage, that is 9.19 Euro brutto per hour; 40 hours a week and only 20 paid vacation days. Also many working people get additional welfare because their wage is not enough to provide for them or their families.
Don’t move to New Zealand! It’s ok for a short holiday, but not to live here! Extremely expensive, low quality housing, no heating, no proper insulation , very low rate of skilled workers, years behind the rest of the world in so many ways, people are repressed, drink too much, too many unnecessary regulations for no apparent reason, boring, isolated, most people are in denial here, domestic violence is high, junk food consumption is high, too casual ( pyjamas wearing obese peeps at the super market during the day is a common sight 🤦♀️), it is NOT clean and green, poisoned soil, ignorance towards forward thinking initiatives, it is not as diverse as they want to make you believe, people from other cultures don’t mix a lot with the Pakeha ( white Kiwis). Superficial friendliness, they get offended very easily and take every constructive criticism personally. Nice nature, yes, but not that great either. Similarities with Scandinavia are obvious in the South Island. 4 seasons in a day are not easy to deal with, temperatures drop considerably even in summer after sunset. It rains A LOT (especially in Auckland and Wellington). Best is not to look too deep into an issue, no matter what it is. Don’t forget that Everything looks better in a promo video! It is not the paradise people think it is!
All true. I looked at moving back. Too expensive and crime is awful. It's not the country I left and spent 70% of my life in.
There's also the fetish for dividing everything up based on what race you are. By which I mean whether you're Maori or not, like some sort of pseudo-apartheid mentality. Child abuse rate is horrendous and gun crime has gone up considerably over the last couple of years. House prices are simply out of control, in Auckland the average house price is now NZD$1.25M and the average salary is barely 70k. Poor build quality and no insulation too. Go to Auckland CBD and you'll see clusters of homeless all down Queen Street, go there at night and see drunk Maoris and Islanders fighting each other or attacking randoms (I know some will get all triggered at that little fact but tough). I've lived here since 1979 and it never used to be like this, at least not to this extent. Obesity and incarceration rates are at near-USA levels.
And parochial, oh so, so parochial - Kiwis are great at dishing it out to others, not so flash at taking it back however.
@craigbarr I absolutely agree with you on all points. We are moving back to Europe as soon as we can. I've been here also for a good 20 years, and I worked A LOT to get where I am now. The houses are truly of such poor quality, the new ones are also no more than glorified tin sheds, it's not worth it!! the prices are through the (tin) roof lol, the average income is sadly not even 70k it's more 35-45k (before tax mind you) Higheste respiratory disease rate in the developed world due to the lack of proper insulation heating, they really don't get it...if at all, the kiwis heat maybe one room for only a few hours in the evening, that's it...most likely with a noisy heat pump that dries out your eyes, drives you nuts because it's a constant fan on ya forehead, they are mostly not ducted, mould grows everywhere, you constantly have to clean up the entire weatherboard hut etc. etc. And every so called insulation is only of the lowest R Value just "to get away with it" or they stuff Pink Batt into the walls, omg, might as well put asbestos in the walls! No one is properly trained in anything, everyone is winging it or only learns superficially on the job. School education is a joke too. They piddle about for 13 years on only 6 subjects lol, and then ...?? there is no real apprenticeship system in place, people have to pay constantly for every little bit of paper that expires before you can blink an eye. Tall poppy syndrome is a real thing, I have never heard of so much "Award Winning & World Class" (yeah right)...than here hahaaaa...and I am from Germany. There is virtually nothing to do after dark (pandemic or not) it is a small agricultural nation at the end of the world, totally overpriced and overrated. It might be 'The BIG smoke" for the islanders, but other than that it is a cultural wasteland. Fair enough, it has only been populated for a relatively short time and it feels like that especially when out if Auckland. Total Time warp ;) I owned a "house" here, I am glad I got rid of it, these flimsy huts will enslave you not only to the bank, but as they don't last long, you have to constantly pour money into it to maintain it. My Miele washing machine has a longer warranty than a kiwi house hahaha... It would all be ok if they wouldn't charge so much, and don't even get me started on the stupid windows that's another whole chapter in itself... :0
And yep, the overall underlying aggression is always present, domestic violence, vandalism, gang activity etc. We look forward to moving back home. Finally...I am still grateful for all the personal growth I achieved here as a person, now it's time to get back to "civilisation", architecture, REAL houses, REAL heating, proper infrastructure, art and culture...the list is endless...
Well wishes to you all :)
This was so interesting video. Do you know youtubers called The Swedish Family? They are travelling around the world and now they have two videos from NZ and more videos coming from there. They have English subtitles. 😊 Very lovely family. ❤️
I have seen your vlog with your hair up and you are very pretty with your hair up also.
You're so right with it....
I think that living in Germany (or Spain, if it had the economy of Germany) and having a vacation home in NZ its perfect.
a really interesting website :) how about the kiwi-linking of watersports - don't you miss it in an inland area? or have you been to the North Sea yet? (it's really worth visiting...)
Antoinette, I know this video was done 11 months ago but it's extremely relevant. I went back to NZ for one month in September 2019. I had been away for 10 years. I'm proudly a Kiwi but now have UK Citizenship as well. So you were absolutely on the target with everything you said. I think what shocked me the most was the cost of everything...power bills and the cost of living were obscenely expensive. Health care is nothing like it was when I left. Crime rates have gone through the roof. A lot driven by drugs and gangs. I think what has really shocked me is the homelessness. That wasn't there when I left. I think the German health system is great. I'm aware of the cost but you have direct access to specialists there. I miss NZ and looked seriously at moving back until I started to research things and spoke to family. I'm much better off in the UK and can see why you and your family are in Germany. So that's my 5 Euro's worth. Thank you for a well researched video and we'll presented explanations.
Thinking of my grandma(RIP), she had 14 kids, she was born 1933 in germany. I have no kids :( and i'm about 40y. No luck or to shy...:D
A family with five kids in Germany really stands out. Even four.
Not on a migrant basis.
Forgive me that since l cannot comment on your video about how you met and married your hubby, l feel compelled to comment here. l totally cried, more than once. What a beautiful story! You, your husband, your family is so beautiful. l found your channel while viewing 'Not Even French', a channel by a fellow NZ'er living in Paris. l subscribed to her channel because l will be moving soon to the S. of France, (she's in Paris), with my French husband, whom l married in 2010 like you. You apologized about the 'fashions' being out of date because your wedding was nearly 8 years old at the time of you video. On the contrary, you and everyone chose such tasteful styles, your hair, make-up, even the photos are spot on and will never be out of style! Just wanted to mention that. (l happen to be a stylist, been doing hair/make-up for 35 years and have a degree in fashion design) Of course l subscribed and gave it a thumbs up! Keep the videos a flowin' ! Jus
Aww thank you so much for your beautiful message, it really warmed my heart. So pleased you found my channel through Rosie, shes amazing. All the best of luck for your big move to France, you won’t regret it 😉. Isn’t it amazing where true love can take us?! 😘
l have lived in Germany and can truthfully say that food is around the same price as in England but clothes are a LOT more expensive, a cardigan that costs £20--00 or less in England can easily cost double or even treble while shoes for 90 or 100 euros can be brought for £30--00 or less !!
Can you talk about the Ozone hole over New Zealand?
The statistics of unemployment are heavily pimped in Germany. For exemple: unemployed people who are older than 60 do not appear. And people who are in short useless activities where they learn how to apply for a job and how to play Solitaire on a PC do not appear as well. Nonofficial statistics say that the rate of unemloyment is about the double of the official number.
Those statistical flukes are however entertained pretty much everywhere. Yes, the exact methods do differ, but similar tactics are used. There is an actual shortage of workers in some areas, and those that are mobile and willing to move if needed can get a job quite easily.
double is also not true.. official numbers are 2.209.546 for december 2018 ... unofficial 3.140.988... in february 2017 it was 2,76 million to 3,76....
these numbers are also getting published and are not hidden away and like soordhin already said: this kind "tweaking" happens in every country
so unless you don't have any sources which claim otherwise you can add about 1 million more people who are not counted as unemployed..
@ maraboo72 It could be a bit more worse, because in the US the unemployment rate is calculated on survey polls (no compulsory registration) the World Bank and the OECD, do regular survey polls in all Nations and both of them use and publish the survey poll numbers for all Nations. Whenever you compare this figures, you will find out that the official German unemployment rate (die des Statistischen Bundesamtes) is higher, than the one, the World Bank or the OECD did publish. This international figures are more a kind of estimation than a precise figure, but they are the only one we have on the international level. Theirfore, yes the number of unemployed People in Germany, is in fact higher than the 5% this website uses, but the same did count for (in this case) New Zeland.
Life quality city ranking: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Quality_of_Living_Survey
I don’t know the Retirement Entry age at New Zealand but for your Rob it could mean here in our wonderful country to reach that stage of life by 70 years of age!!
That seems very old. In the U.K. our retirement age has recently gone up to 67 I think and there are plans for it to go up to 68 in the future. Many occupations can still get part of their pension at 60 or younger though. I get my teacher pension at 60 and my state pension at 67. I think my cousin in New Zealand got his pension in his sixties.
it's so hard to find a decent job in NZ. Or having the whole 9-5 job without having some sort of qualifications (in saying that not ALL jobs require qualifications) and we are finding that many people stay in jobs for a long time (so guilty of this myself) so a lot of older people struggle to find work because of this. Our health care SUCKS! I actually hate going to the doctor because it can cost $45NZD for a 5min appointment. We do have a health insurance available but it's more for the upper class who can afford it and this would take care of your doctor appointments, medicine etc. I have health insurance but it's more for if I needed surgery etc.
To be honest I really disliked hearing the stats you read out because I LOVE NZ. times have changed that's for sure! Kia Ora from Aotearoa. We are still a lovely country regardless of those facts, and it's seriously like living in paradise. :)
You need always qualifications. How can you expect to earn a good living wage without qualifications ?
"Or having the whole 9-5 job without having some sort of qualifications"... lol, what a very weird statement. Yes, you do need SOME form of qualification for a job. If that is surprising for you, there are a lot of HORRIBLE discoveries waiting for you out there.
Please don't forget where you from
You can live anywhere on Earth but please don't forget who u are
B proud to b
Nice video! Thanks for sharing. May I ask how you could stay in Germany? I am also comparing these 2 countries, but the first thing comes to my mind is it is not easy for an immigrant. Thanks!
Antoinette, I would start looking for ad placements.
What is whipsite again?
I wish you provided cost of living. I wish you provided cost of living and discretionary income if that information is available on the website.
safety in germany depends on where you live. Bavaria may be very safe. East germany not so much.
I checked the birth rate of New Zealand. It is 1.87 children per woman. Not much of a difference to germany where it is 1.5. Given the threat of climate change we should all embrace low birth rates shouldn't we? I envy the people of New Zealand for living in such a sparsely populated country.
Sure, but be aware that still with the Western below population maintaining fertility rates mother earth will reach 10 billion people by the end of the century thanks to Africa and Asia. We Europeans are more and more insignificant in terms of co2 emission...
New Zealand's total fertility rate in 2018 was 1.87 births per woman
Why not a video about health insurance?
Zur Zeit liegt der Beitragssatz für die Krankenkasse bei 14,6%, davon muss der Arbeitnehmer die Hälfte (7,3%) bezahlen. Die andere Hälfte bezahlt der Arbeitgeber. Damit ist die ganze Familie versichert. Nirgendwo auf der Welt ist Health Insurance so günstig und gut wie in Deutschland. Ich glaube, dass Antoinette da was falsch verstanden hat 9:07.
In short: Germany does it better. We were the first country with a proper healthcare and insurance system, and we still have one of the cheapest with the best overall result.
Also, we get better drugs than New Zealand. That is because cutting edge medicine is always first tested in the US and then in the EU. All the countries outside of those areas only get "the standard" so to speak, meaning drugs which have been on the market ten years or longer.
@@swanpride 14,6% from salary each month, it is too much. Especially, if it is not covering teeth, what standard insurance covers regarding teeth is a bullshit. Also, long waiting times (termin) to visit doctor is another problem. There are definitely good doctors, but there are also some arrogant and non competent ones as well. Nothing is ideal in this world, and medical system in Germany is not an exception.
@@sirstanley8599 Das Gesundheitswesen in den nordischen Ländern ist billiger und ich fand es besser als in Deutschland. Vor allem, wenn Sie selbstständig sind.
@@swanpride Try being self employed in Germany and paying that full 14% yourself and see how cheap it is! my partner was in hospital getting appendix out a while ago and said it was an awful experience with the quality of care in hospital, and for that he pays over €400 per month as a self employed worker. Madness. And I lived in Sweden for 8 years and found it much cheaper, and better than Germany.
You know, we germans are obsessed with efficiency. 4 and a half efficient days equal roughly 6 not so efficient days hehe
The weather really sucks in Germany which for some people really affects their quality of life. That's true for the whole northwestern part of Europe though.
Edit: The number of rainy days does seem to have become less in recent years though. Maybe it's the effect of global warming.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes. And, if there wasnt as much rain, the country would not be as green as it is. Regular rain is a gift.
@@madrooky1398 That's just plain bullshit. There IS such a thing as bad weather. Studies have shown that those low pressure systems that sweep through that part of Europe with such frequency are actually detrimental to people's health. A neurolgist I know even calls them "stroke weather."
@@Diana_L. C'mon why do you open a firefight like that? First of all i refered to a very common saying, if you havent figured that by your self. And that is no bullshit, only because that type of weather is not always suited for everyones mental health does not mean there is an scientific reason to classify this as "bad", whatever that really means. Hot weather is much worse to a lot of people specifically and bad for performance in general. Yeah people even die in the heat or in the cold, but it is not considered as "bad" weather like some cloudy rainy days. And ones attitude contributes a lot to what is perceived as "bad" weather, so it is much more a subjective point of view how you deal with a bit of weather depression. And people also die because of unhealthy subjective point of views alone. Ask your neurologist about that point of view, before you try to lecture me in that rude way about His field of expertise. You are not the only person who knows live and other people and stuff. lol
Have a nice day.
@@madrooky1398 Fact of the matter is that mortality is always higher in winter than it is in summer. Even among northern Europeans, many of whom never get tired of complaining about the heat in the summer. It's not just a subjective thing. Check the mortality statistics.
@@Diana_L. You aint reading bro. I wrote it is a subjective view calling it bad weather. And i assume you refered to low pressure rainy weather. And winter, no matter the statistics, below 0° is great weather imho. I love to drive in fresh snow or just beeing outdoors when everything turns white. And it is really cosy to put some logs in the fireplace at home and enjoy the dark evenings. Thats MY view on it. YOU may dont like it, but thats your subjective point of view. Dont mix that up with mortality statistics.
If you invoke statistics, the weather is really moderate and over the entire country you find some of almost every type of weather, but never in an extreme.
If that is what you call shitty, i wont longer argue with your personal preferences. Have a nice day.
Whooaaa someone drove a freaking car through his shop!? That is insane. Also that site sounds interesting I am definitely going to check it out :)
Salary is not higher in Germany. In NZ you will get a higher salary for specialist positions, and you have a lower tax. So disposable income is higher...
@ Aguafria As Antoinette mentioned, she quoted facts from a website and this side uses the average income, not that one for specialists. But sure if you are a high skilled "sheep trimmer", NZ is the palce to be, if you are a high skilled "mechanical engineer", it would be Germany. Taxes are another point, if you pay a lower percentage on one hand and every working day a brige tool on the other, you could end with a loss.
However both Nations are far above the global median, in both Nations we worry about issues, the majority of humans, like to have.
@@lotharschepers2240 I believe you are incorrect. I will give you a real world example. I am a Database Administrator from New Zealand. In New Zealand I could earn approximately $130,000 NZD. (78,385 Eur) So, my netto salary in NZ as a single person is $94,424 (56,944 Eur). In Germany I've seen comparable jobs in Berlin paying 80,000 Eur ($132,647 NZD). After tax as a single person this is 45,916 Eur. ($76,133 NZD). I am better off by $18,291 NZD (11,030 Eur) per year by working in NZ.
@@aguafria9565 well and in the end you will get a pension of $826.20 (484 Euro) , So maybe you need to spend some money on additional pension stuff.
@@gunnarroth2410 is this the German pension rate? It's about 960 euro a month in nz.
@@aguafria9565 As I am used to monthly intervalls, i missed that in NZ it is every two weeks.
Interesting video! So do you let your children walk to school or kindergarden by themselves?
I thought rich country means safe country...in india more than 70% children goes to school or anywhere alone or by bycyle/electric bike with the speed limit of 30.
But it is very shameful to have more kids and govt doesn't give few advantages for such people . ( Out population is huge so we actually need this now.) The healthcare and food is cheapest in india so our population was increasing rapidly before few years but new govt policies made great changes and now things are becoming better.
Poor get upto 95% subsidy on food with free health insurance and other can easily afford it due to low cost. Pe4 capita power consumption and CO2 emission is much lower than many other big countries.
Fuel is super expensive ( 87% imported) but trains are subsidised and runs on electricity. India need to focus on organic food export and trash collection system to become best place ( not rich)...hope so!
New Zealand is on par with any western country when it comes to quality of life, the differences are actually minor. The fact that the unemployment rate is 14% higher in NZ than in Germany is a bad case of hyperbole: Actual unemployment rates of 5.0% vs. 5.7% are LOW compared to many other countries.
Every country has it's pros and cons, and the trick is to enjoy the pros and not let any cons get too much in the way of your joys in life - the glass is half full, not half empty!
7:28 A german judge latest spoke a man free who had dive a girl to death. The reason? The driver was drunk..........
that's much too complicated, there is only one point that clarifies the decision: you don't get nice Laugenbrezn in New Zealand!
I think (please correct me if I'm wrong) that you're also just less likely go to prison in Germany, because that doesn't always help as a punishment. I mean the incarceration rate in the USA is HUUUUUUGE because they put you in prison for the dumbest shit. That's no rehabilitation.
nice facts, but I cant imagine that you earn more in Germany. I will move now to NZ and I will earn more for the same job. But maybe I am just lucky. The bigger problem is the cost of living in NZ, which is ridiculous high.
But to me the most important thing for life quality is nature, and that is 100% better in NZ! 😊
Yes, in NZ you work more hours, but the work itself it less intense, cause the people are more layed back than in Germany. So in the end you are more relaxed, allthough you had more working hours. To me NZ is the winner 😍
I totally disagree with you. How much you earn tottaly depends on your job and nature 100% depends on your taste. I have been to New Zealand 3 times now and i would terribly miss the seasons we have in germany. It is just always kind of the same. Sure in winter it gets a little colder and in the summer a little warmer. But stillt, i would miss seeing the leaves turn orrange or the snow in the winter.
@@derriegel5705 You cannot deny, that there is way less untouched nature in Germany compared to NZ. 82mio people vs. 4,5 mio. Not to mention the better beach life in NZ
@Gunther H.G. Geick I have been to Australia for 1 year to work. Had less free time as well, but the work time itself was way less stressful. In Germany I just fall into bed after work, cause I work here for 3 people. In Australia, even with less free time, I was actually more able to enjoy it. My friend in NZ, with who I worked together in Auckland, claims that in NZ the time at work is even more relaxed than in Australia and I believe that for 100%.
In Germany more and more people are having burn outs. The work can be very intense. You need more free time in order not to end up crazy, and 6 weeks are not enough. Whenever I worked in another country with less spare time, I also had no need to have more. And I know a lot of people who feel the same 😊
Its notbased on just being on vacation 🙄
Eh...that is kind of the point. It doesn't really matter what number is on the pay check, it matter what you can afford for it. So if your pay check is higher but you have to pay more for food aso, you are actually earning less in reality.
Personally I rather focus a six hours on my work and then have a nice evening I can spend with my family than to be stuck in the office longer and having to deal with "relaxed" people. But that's just me.
@@goldelbe7477 I think this a good point: the quality of your time at work and the quality of your time at home. It isn't always described in the pay check you get. Been to the US (not for work. As a family member.) and other countries.
Greetings from the north of Germany! Be well and safe!
I wonder if the average age is still influenced by the second WW.
Mich wundert es, dass wir angeblich so viel Freizeit hätten: Als ich noch gearbeitet habe, bin ich um 04:00 Uhr aus dem Haus, hab um 06:00 Uhr angefangen zu arbeiten, bin um 15:30 Uhr raus aus der Arbeit, bin zwei Stunden zurück gefahren, habe meine Jüngste auf dem Weg nach Hause von der Kita abgeholt und bin mit ihr nach Hause, Abendessen machen. Meine Älteste war in der Zeit schon seit 2 Stunden alleine Zuhause. Dann um 19:30 Uhr ging es dannn für uns alle ins Bett, weil ich ja am nächsten Tag wieder um 02:30 Uhr aufstehen musste! Zurzeit bin ich arbeitslos, hab aber 6 Monate bevor mein Vertag endete angefangen einen Job zu suchen, leider ohne Erfolg! Zum Glück lebe ich in einem sozialen Brennpunkt, denn ansonsten könnte ich mir die Miete für die Wohnung nicht mehr leisten!
Wie sie es schon ansprach fließen die Urlaubstage, Feiertage und die wöchentliche Arbeitszeit ein. Das schließt die längeren Arbeitszeiten ein. Die Anfahrtszeiten bleiben unberücksichtigt.
DIe Anfahrtzeiten sind auch persönlich. Natürlich immer in gewissem Rahmen, aber theoretisch kann man sich aussuchen wo man lebt.
Ich kann das schon nachvollziehen, derzeit habe ich einen Job der OK zahlt, aber dafür viel Freizeit. 30 Tage Urlaub, 144 Tage Frei. Dafür wird aber eben auch im Schichtdienst gearbeitet und das völlig egal ob nun Feiertag ist oder nicht. Der Rhythmus ist, bis auf 8 Wochen im Jahr fest. 5 Tage arbeiten, 3 Tage frei, 5 Tage arbeiten, 4 Tage frei. Dafür bin ich halt nicht jede Nacht zuhause da man öfter auswärts übernachten muss, habe aber nur 15 bis 20 Minuten weg zur Arbeit mit den öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln, was es mir erlaubt das Auto einzusparen, die Jahreskarte ist günstiger. Die Schichten sind zwischen 5 und 13 Stunden lang. Meist so um die 7 bis 9 Stunden. Habe ich genug Freizeit? Definitiv. Wäre mit Kindern trotzdem schwierig, wegen der Übernachtungen und der Schichtarbeit.
@Kessina 1989 Sie sprechen zwei Dinge an die man berücksichtigen muß.
Erstens, wie hier bereits erwähnt, Ihre 4 Stunden Fahrtzeit pro Tag werden nicht mitgerechnet (in keiner Arbeitszeitstatistik weltweit) und
Zweitens das deutsche Arbeitsschutzgesetzt, nachdem Sie gezwungen sind nach einer gewissen Zeit Pausen zu machen. Diese eineinhalb Stunden die Sie täglich vielleicht lieber mit Ihren Kindern verbracht hätten, sind in den meisten anderen Ländern eben nicht gesetzlich vorgeschrieben. So kommt z.B: ein Neuseeländer auf 5 Stunden mehr pro Woche an Arbeitszeit, obwohl er wie Sie um sechs Uhr Angefangen hat und "schon" um drei Uhr wieder nach Hause fährt.
Dear Antoinette
well by law you get 20 days leave each year..Now my union made it to 30 days and we were fighting for it hard..alle deutschen sollten mal dran denken was die Gewerkschaft geschafft hat..für EUCH..so its usually 30 days off,when u are sick and got the title to be sick by a medical doctor ure days off will be saved. By the way this is what my union was fighting for and we got it now for.everyone.You do not have to be a member its for everyone...we call it social ..not to be missunderstood its NOT socialism; social means that we take care for each other. A society were the rich get richer and the poor get poorer will not survive. We need a change in a lot of ways..And we are strong and can do it in an non violent productive way...Lets make the world better for our children Lets stay together Let humanity rule
The Healthcare costs are not correct.
WOW
That are really new and not so nice facts about NZ. :-S
In my fantasy NZ was a kind of paradise.
You distroyed my illusions...SNIIIIIEEEEEFFFFF
:-D
Thy 4 ur Infos
Somehow i guess that you look like Kate Middleton in a way
Many people have told me this but I really can’t see it.
Dear Antoinete,well yes me again. I was thinking about the crime rate. What the german system does is that. German justice is not a sissy thing, actually they are strict. But everyone deserves a secend chance. So to find a job even if you might have fucked up, is not easy, but yes we reach out a hand.
There might be less electricity used in Germany but I wonder what the carbon footprint says. There is still coal used to produce electricity - can you imagine? And what about radioactive waste...
The average CO2 emissions of every German were 8.88 tons per year in 2016 ( rank 24 ).
Comparison to other countries:
No. 1 Quatar 30.77 tons
No. 10 USA 14.95 tons
No. 20 Russia 9.97 tons
No. 40 China 6.57 tons
No. 41 New Zealand 6.45 tons
No. 148 ( last ) Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.03 tons
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_L%C3%A4nder_nach_CO2-Emission
Regarding cole and radioactive waste: Unfortunately societies need electricity. They do not run without it. Germany decided to shut down nuclear power plants first. A country can't shut down nuclear power and cole at the same time. How should that work; where should the electricity come from?
Germany is building a lot of wind power stations in the north and offshore because it's windy there. In the south it's sunny. There we use a lot of solar power. But it is difficult to bring the windpower from the north to the south and the solar power from the south to the north. It's not just plug and play... The whole power line infrastructure has to be renewed. It is completely different to distribute the energy from some thousand wind power stations to the places it is needed instead of doing it with less than 100 nuclear and cole plants. 80 million people need electricity every day here. It's a giant project that will take decades to get finished. That's why we still need cole and nuclear power atm. But at least we are working on that. :)
@@SIProNoob Vielen Dank für die detaillierten Infos!
@@SIProNoob Coal
@@ajrwilde14 Thx. Of course it is coal and not cole.
If you want to reach your 80's, you have to move to the north! :)
Fairly interesting.
Quite a few of your mentioned points make it sensible to choose Germany insted of New Zealand. Especially for a family with two young children growing up.
Did you consider educational issues for your decision as well? Sure, German education system is reducing its quality year by year as you can easily see by comparing certain studies.
Off topic: just came up my mind while watching this video. One point why your videos are so enjoyable is your english talking. To my ears you speak very clear and easy to understand and follow the topic without being familiar with professional terminology. Thanks.
So it comes to the Point which country is nicer. The statistical better country is germany. 😁
How about migration?
This is the most german comment i have ever read :D "statisticly germany is better" :D
@@caciliawhy5195 This makes germany even better :) lots of new interesting people to meet.
@corni wo
"lots of new interesting people to meet."
lol, especially at the *winter market.* Who doesn't love parallel societies....
How many "new interesting people" did *you* meet actually?
I met a few very nice Syrian at our christmas market this winter. Had some good talk.
They were friendly people. Very polite. They liked our Glühwein quite a lot. Asked about what the prophet would have to say about them drinking alkohol, they joked about it being cold enough here even God would understand.
Turned out they were athiests. Ya never know from the look of it was the lesson i learned (again -_-) that evening ^^
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I think you should stay in Germany 🇩🇪
Germany does NOT have issues with a too low birth rate. It has issues with a bad pension system, just like nearly every single country in the world.
GDP is not Income! Overall NZ has a higher index for life quality under almost any measure! check mercer or telecities.. or other studies
7.8 BILLION people on earth, doubling in numbers every 40 years and you don't know whether it's good or bad to have 5 children per family?
Isn't your man a member at a national health insurance agency like AOK, TK, Barmer etc? Your kids and even maybe you can have health insurance for free with the family insurance!
That's what she said. Her husband's insurance is for the whole family.
@@kuhpunkt sorry, I understood the money he's earning with his job finances the costs for all their health insurances.
@@@XShipper It's a bit tricky in Germany. First of all the German social insurance system dated back to 1883, in that days the commen family model was: Father works for the money, while Mother raise the kids and did the homework. With that in mind, you could understand the German Healthcare system. The public healthcare insurance covers all medical needs for the employed person and his family (today it is no question if he or she have the public insurance. If you are marriged, your man or wife is automatically insured and all of your kids). The amount of money that you have to spend for your public insurance depends only on your income. If Antoinette, did go back to work one day in the future, she will also have to pay for the public healthcare insurance, even if she is still coverd by her husbands insurance. The German healthcare system subsidis, the traditonal family model heavily.
DINKS (double income no Kids) or young healthy singels pay more, than they have to cover their own healthcare costs and families or the elderly get a benefit, while they pay less than they have to pay, if you only look to the costs they produce.
Confuesd?
Behind all of this, it is not my country if we did it that easy. Beside the public Healthcare insurance system, we have also a privat healthcare insurance system. In the private sector your payment is adjusted about the risks you are like to cover. So if you are a healthy young single, you would like to join the private healthcare system, because it is much cheaper for you. To avoid that all selfish young singels join the private system, we have raised barriers around it. You could only join the private healthcare system, if your annual income is higher than (figures for 2019) €54.450 per year or you are self employed or a member of a special public service group, called Beamte/r. If you decide to join the private healthcare system, their is no way back to the public one under normal circumstances.
Because of this, more than 80% of Germans are members of the public healthcare system.
Here on RUclips I have found a video from a young Canadian Couple, the praised the German healthcare system as very cheap and told that they pay a bit more than €200 per month for a full coverage healthcare program. Many Germans than complains that this can't be true. But I belive they have joined the private insurance system and than everything makes sence. €200 + something from the employer and the same amount from the employed = € 400+ something in total for a healthy singel in his/hers 20th, thats possible, but if they get kids one day, the whole math changes.
However I hope you could get a right picture of our healthcare insurence in Germany and if you find that all confusing, no if you are used to it, its simpel. What is really confusing in Germany is our tax system. But that is a story for the dead, because only they have enuff time to understand it. ;-))
Well an other reason for german families to be so small is environmental consciene.
It's just not sustainable to have more than two children per couple/ one per person. Less is always better because earth is way too overcrouded already. So that's one of the reasons why huge (more than three kids) families are considered strange, although it might be bad for the economy, but if we can't handle overcrowding and climate change, we will loose lots of money anyway.
Just personally curious something only because you are Kiwi. Do you think Germans are friendlier than Kiwis? 🙄
Why better live in Germany than New Zealand? - Mammals are not supposed to live in New Zealand at all. OK, that was too bad. I sincerely apologize. But I just could not resist...
Really interesting vid! loved your videos and found them helpful when I was about to move from NZ to Germany! still find them very interesting now that I live here. I have recently uploaded my first travel videos here in Germany would love if you checked it out!🇩🇪🇳🇿
Vergleich mal bitte die Rentensysteme der beider Länder und den Einfluss multinationaler Firmen im Bezug auf Dinge wie GMO, Pestizide und Giftstoffe in bestimmten Produkten. Danke
New Zealand is one of the most beautiful places to live but their politics suck. They gave up their guns without a fight.
I'm not a gun owner and never had any interest in owning one. But all Jacinda did in 2019 after Christchurch was create about 250,000 instant new criminals overnight with that stupid gun ban with what was nothing more than a bad law based solely on emotion and was rushed. And guess what? Gun crime has gone UP markedly since then, it's now at a frequency we never used to see here, and I've been here since '79.
It's almost as if the REAL criminals don't care about the law or something!
I'd also like to mention the reason why NZ has high crime rates is because we have a high number of disadvantaged ethnic groups like Maori and Pacific Islanders, and that most of our crime is committed by them.
No the crime was that their country was stolen from them.
@@ajrwilde14 you mam are the outcome of mal-education.
The way new Zealanders say “fact” sounds like “fäct”
Also ein paar Anmerkungen von mir:Also ein weiterer Grund warum hier Strom eingespart wird ist schlichtweg der Preis.30 Cent für eine kwh ist mir der teuerste Preis in der Welt. 4500 kwh kosten einfach 1350 Euro plus Grundgebühr!Das ist viel Geld. Deshalb wird hier schon immer sparsam mit Strom umgegangen.Familie:Hier in Bayern sind außerhalb der großen Städte 3-4 Kinder völlig normal. Nur in den Städten haben die Frauen weniger Kinder.Auf dem Land ist 3, 4 manchmal auch 5 Kinder völlig normal.Verbrechen und Straftaten sind in Deutschland aber sehr wohl ansteigend, wenn es auch gerne offiziell vertuscht und verschleiert wird. Statistiken darf mit nicht wirklich trauen. Und sehr sehr oft sind es eben keine Deutschen die Verbrechen begehen sondern sehr sehr oft Menschen aus dem Osten (Bulgaren, Romänen, Polen, Russen usw. Einbruch und Diebstahl, Gewaltverbrechen sehr sehr oft mittlerweile von sogenannten "Flüchtlingen". Immer männlich immer jung!Das darf aber im Fernsehen nicht gezeigt werden, denn es steht halt unter staatlicher Kontrolle.Alles übrigends selbst erlebt und beweisbar anhand lokaler Zeitungen!Trotzdem ist dieses Land immer noch ein sehr schönes Land zum Leben. Es ist immer noch sehr vieles sehr schön und gut hier, aber es wird leider immer schlechter, Weil Anstand und Sitten zunehmend verfallen.
All English-speaking countries are culturally degrading since a long time... I would never want to live in a English-speaking country.
But no offense; i mean all countries with that language and not only New Zealand.
Why though? Have you been to all of them yourself?
It's so easy stating you don't want to live in country XY, but to lump together all English speaking countries in the world when there're so many... I don't know, seems like a weird stretch to me.
Well, you can blame that on Jewish America and it's cultural exports.
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Your criminals are in prison. In Germany they let them run around. Justice is a joke here.
Kein Grund, beleidigend zu werden.
Buschmann wir leben in einem der sichersten Länder der Erde. Wir werden für unsere niedrigen Verbrechenszahlen beneidet und haben mitunter den größten Erfolg darin, Ex-Sträflinge wieder in die Gesellschaft zu integrieren.
Its not. Germany is one of the savest countries on earth. Just google it. Easy.
@@Maxtherealone Jupp. I'm always proud of German's justice system when I read that a previously convicted pedophile has again raped a child, because he has been reintegrated. Like the incident on the camping site, recently...
@@benjaminfacouchere2395 That happens. It also happens that someone who has never done something molests a child. Should we lock up everyone who has done something in the past? Imprison everyone for life who was convicted because he/she 'might' becomes a criminal again? This whole 'molesting a child' debate is ou of proportion, as if 'molesting a child' is in any way more wrong than 'molesting a grown woman/man'. No human is clearly 'good' or 'evil', everyone deserves a chance. Otherwise we should ban cars in Germany because the chances of getting harmed by one is manifold greater than being harmed by a repeat offender.