*Well, if she was a Jamaican-American and had ever been to Jamaica, she would have opened the windows all the time and would clean her bathroom everyday, and she would need her bread and drink-up deh African coffee (which is NOT originally German, and neither is the sugar-beet) and she would luuuv a gudd Jamaican spiked cinnamon cake on a Sunday, and laaaarn fih cuss an' swear wiffout deh sugar-coatinz...So, unnu naww fi listen to dem Germans. They have a history based on stealing resources for an overblown image and have a rotten history and are quite pretentious. NoTHING demma duh gweng mek we fulleyes fuh dem Ukraine-Nazi-lovaz!!!*
I too picked up the direct thing from German friends over the years and I was telling my neighbour back in the uk how it’s better to be direct and get things off your chest. He said he didn’t think he could do it but I encouraged him to try it and pushed him and it’s the worst thing I’ve ever done. I’ve unleashed a monster, he literally never stops complaining now. Stupid old ****
Airing is less about "nasty air" but an exchange of fresh vs. stale air that allows for a regulation of moisture. Not airing might - depending on a couple of things - lead to increased humidity inside which is a perfect environment for mould and other type of fungi.
Especially newer building are insulated very well and would become moldy without airing but it has become a habit for most Germans. I live in a building that has a ventilation with a heat recovery. The air exchange rate is higher than you can achieve by airing and opening the windows in cold weather just wastes energy. Many of my neighbors still air their apartments.
I never open the windows and the doors only when going outside. I hate having flies, moths and various other insects flying around indoors when I'm doing things. A friend who stayed with me for a number of months used to open the windows and when he left there were hundreds of moths in the house everywhere, it took me ages to get rid of most of them. My home is 25yrs old and has no mould.
Bakery = Bäckerei (here you get cake and bread) Confectionery = Konditorei (here you get mostly just cake) but many bakerys have a confectionery included
I was born and raised in Canada by German parents. All of the things you mentioned are creature comforts for me and when I go to Germany (often for vacations and have lived and worked there), these are some of the things that I crave. Between any Konditorei and Bäckerei I could easily gain 5 Kilos in a week. I could never blame the beer.
I live in Namibia( Southern Africa)opening windows is a must..like every where...😃I would be surprised to learn it's not a thing in some parts of the world
I also live in Namibia. And I come from Germany. Believe me, in Namibia it's completely different 🙂 Because here in Namibia we don't really have insulating windows and we don't really have insulating walls or doors. You don't have to open the windows to "aerate". Because the air also goes in and out through the cracks. In Germany there is not the slightest possibility for the air to get in or out through windows or through the window glass. The windows are very, very thick glass, double or triple glass. And the walls are super insulated. There is nothing like that in Namibia at all. Besides, it hardly ever rains in Namibia. In Germany it rains all the time. So mould forms in Germany if you don't open the window every day for a long time. And it's cold and wet at least 9-10 months a year in Germany, not hot or warm all year round like in Namibia. Here in Namibia it is so dry that it doesn't matter if the windows are closed all day. The air is still dry and there is no mould in the houses. Besides, you just leave the doors and windows open because you are constantly outside or constantly going in and out. You don't necessarily do that in Germany. Only in summer. And that's a few weeks at most. Most of the time it's too cold or too wet for that. 😊 That's why in Germany you have to "aerate" every day to let the moisture out of the inside of the house. And "airing" is a science in itself in Germany. It's not just a matter of simply opening the windows. It's about opening them a certain way for a certain time every day. For example, you have to turn down the heating, set a timer so you don't do it too long or too short, and so on. Afterwards, you have to turn the heating up again to get your rooms warm again. There is no heating in Namibia. We don't have that problem at all. And windows and doors usually don't close properly. The glass is very thin. Only single glass most of the time. Not double, triple or quadruple like in Germany.
@@karolinewirth Aber keine Heizung. Wenn es heiß ist, laufen die Klimananlagen auf vollen Touren, sodass man anfängt zu frieren. Aber wenn es kalt ist? Dann friert man sich tot, weil es keine richtige Heizung gibt und keine Isolation für Fenster, Türen, Dächer, Wände. In Deutschland ist es innen im Haus kuschlig, wenn es draußen kalt ist. Weil alles schön isoliert ist. In Ländern, in denen es keine Heizung gibt, frierst Du schon, wenn es noch gar nicht so kalt ist. Ich habe noch nie so viel gefroren wie hier in Afrika. 😊 Und ich denke, in Amerika ist es nicht viel anders. Man sieht immer, dass die Leute große Kamine haben, aber keine Heizung. Und ein Kamin wärmt nicht wirklich. Vor allem, wenn das Haus nicht richtig isoliert ist. Das habe ich auch hier in Namibia gelernt, im ersten Jahr, als ich hier ankam. Dass es in Deutschland in jedem Haus eine ordentliche Heizung gibt, ist ein großer Luxus, den ich hier manchmal vermisse. Denn selbst wenn man hier eine Fußbodenheizung einbauen lässt, geht die Wärme durch die schlechte Isolierung sofort wieder nach draußen. In Deutschland muss man lüften, weil die Bauqualität so viel besser ist und die Isolierung. Eine Freundin von mir, die 20 Jahre hier in Namibia gelebt hat, ist vor zwei Jahren nach Deutschland zurückgegangen. Sie hatte dort nach kurzer Zeit Schimmel in der Küche, weil sie es nicht mehr gewöhnt war, jeden Tag ausgiebig zu lüften. Jetzt macht sie es natürlich.
@@spatzsturm2375 Exactly. Namibia has been a German colony some time ago. They have street names that remind of that time: Bismarkstrasse for instance I remember!
I went to Germany for a month last year....and as a afro latina....YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE IT! I'm considering moving there possibly in a year or so. I'm so excited.
Why is ventilation important? Modern houses in Germany are very well insulated. This saves a lot of heating energy, but it means that humidity remains in the living space. This includes moisture from showering or bathing, doing laundry, or simply breathing. A person loses about a liter of water overnight while sleeping. Therefore, "Stoßlüften" or "shock airing" for maybe five minutes is important to expel the moisture from the living space. Here you open two windows on the opposite side of the house for the purpose of draft. Due to the brief but stronger "shock ventilation", walls and furniture do not cool down and the heating then uses less energy to heat up the rooms again. The purpose is to drive out the moisture that can otherwise lead to mold growth in damp rooms and cool areas such as the bath or the windows.
The demand for airing is often due to the fact that the windows are usualy very insulated (at least in newer or renovated buildings) and the frequent airing is required to get rid of the moisty air that accumulates in the flat. Not to air regularly would most likely fasten or favour the building of mold within the appartement.
Actually the Kalk thing in the showers is a regional thing and not a universal one Where I live there’s not much Kalk so it’s not cleaned every day but I also know people that have so much Kalk that literally their tap clogs up sometimes
I think it depends on where you live and what kind of shower wall you have. If you have a shower curtain yeah, then it´s not that big thing, but if you have a glass shower wall, then you want to have it clear, so you clean it after every shower -and if you shower every day, then you have to clean every day. ;) In general you should hold out to dry the wall of your shower after using it to prevent the joints from getting moldy.
Munich, from the south to be precisely. We get water from Mangfall which is highly kalkhaltig. These fancy black tabs in bathrooms and kitchen? Total nightmare.
@@MsVieEmms huh I was talking about Paderborn which gets its water from the Pader and is also p kalkhaltig If you dont clean for just 4 years the walk will have built basically a stone inside your pipe You can throw the whole thing out
Hello . My son's second country is also Germany. He has been their over 30 years. He also has Jamaican heritage. I love that he is their. I have lived there also. I loved it. I enjoyed your video .
Hi Zoie-Marie, I was born in NYC, then Newark NJ.. Yes there you really have to be careful. I did leave America also, since 1965 i live in Munich , same apartment, same wife, smile. We are now 84 and 77. It is lovely that you enjoy Germany. Safety, health care, even the poor criminals, that go to jail, are given a chance to be re integrated into society. They can get an education in prision also. May all living creatures be happy and free from.suffering Regards Michael PS i live in Munich. PPS wow you have lovely things andnalso a lovely residence also.
I am born and raised in Germany, but I migrated to the Philippines when I was 19. Due to that, my diet completely changed, mainly excluding most diary and gluten products. But when I’m visiting my hometown its gluten for breakfast, Kaffee und Kuchen ☕️🍰, lunch, supper, and dinner 😅. Germany has the most diverse bread selection in the world, and it’s not even close. We take wheat craft as seriously as engineering and bad pørn 😂
let's say central european .... The Netherlands and Germany are very close to each other (they are neighbors, the languages are also close to each other ...), so we naturally have similar habits, but I think countries like Spain or Portugal have different habits.
@MickeyKnox is right. The dutch are more german, than they like to admit. You are as much a german, as the swiss are. A lot of our habbits and customs derive from the middel ages. As, for example, there was only one frisia and you were part of the frankish rijk and its succsessors and later still the Hanse. Me being a half dutch half german might lessern any hurt dutch pride, I just see the similaryties
@@ceesvandervelde136 not, if you look at close border regions. If you compare it with bavaria, sure. But if you compare german frisian culture, dialect and so on, with that of bavaria, it will be equally different/related to each other.
I defintely picked up drinking coffee. I use to hate coffee but I really like it now with cake and other baked goods and also airing out my room/apartment. Thank you for the great video.
About bakeries: Just to deepen the information about bread, cakes and bakeries. In Germany there are two types of bakeries. The first, normal bakery specializes mainly in bread and buns but also simple pastries. Here you will find, for example, the "Berliner", "Rosinenschnecken", marzipan croissants, simple cakes such as "Bienenstich" and strawberry or other fruit cakes. However, there are also "Konditoreien" which are specialized pastry shops that have special training for cakes, tarts and other fine confectionery. They are led by a master confectioner. Here you will find the best cakes, tarts based on their training. Is it the best cake in the world? A matter of opinion, there are very good tarts, cakes and sweets in Austria, France and also Italy, but the latter are often very sweet. This countries also have the profession of master confectioner and overall, there has been an intensive exchange of craftsmanship between these countries for some time. Konditoreien or pastry shops also often have a fine café attached just to enjoy the delicacies on the spot.
Thank you for your statements, they are right. I am German and I think there are two questions which Germans d'ont like to answer: "how much do you earn? " and "which party did you chose at last election" :-))
@@susanbrogan3267 N You can't generalize...Personally, I like things to be very clean and tidy. But some people are very messy. But that's certainly the same in other countries.
If anyone's confused: Kalk = Calcium Carbonate Relevant if you have "hard" tab water. I guess it's not a thing in English cause people would think calc = calculous.
tap water comes from different sources depending on the region or city in Germany. In mountainous regions it could come directly from creeks or rain water reservoirs and is low in ions like calcium carbonate. This type of water is called "weich" (soft) in German. In other, more low land regions tap water is generated from groundwater and is often high in ions and rich in calcium carbonate and therefore called "hart" (hard). Often you will find small maps of Germany on the back of detergent boxes showing the regions with soft or hard water - in order to adjust the amount of detergent you are using.
@@julkaanka8283 Correct ( I think) but I took it to be the German word anyway. After some time in an environment speaking another language one kind of mixes up terms. I lived in the German speaking part of Switzerland for some time and had lots of colleagues from the French speaking parts. When they spoke French they mixed in German terms a lot. As do children that grow up multilingual. And here in Germany (Europe?) we use lots of words of other languages as well. Up to the moment nobody things of the different language any more (Friseur, Toilette, Science fiction, non stop, Döner, Demokratie...).
Hi Zoie, thanks for the video! It’s quite the eye opener 🤩 I grew up in South Africa and now live in G.. Sometimes I don’t like this very direkt way of communicating. It reduces us a bit to objects. We (as Humans) often feel offended by people getting that straight to the point. It’s not always polite, sometimes shows a lack of social competence but I do remember, liking the Germans for their honesty and letting you know, what’s on their mind. And I sure love your viewpoint 😃 thank you
Germans loooooove bread, i came back to South Africa swelled up from consuming too much baked goods (flour-based like bread pudding/custard pie) Really miss Germany 😩😭
There is a simple reason why the landlord prescribes that ventilation must be carried out at least once a day. The windows nowadays are so tight that otherwise moisture accumulates in the apartment and causes mold.
I’ve picked up the Canadian modesty and excessive kindness. When someone steps on my toe i say sorry for hurting me 🤷♀️. Also, i’ve come to see the beauty in this damn -40 degree weather. The winter activities has grown on me.
Thanks for this! From NYC and living in Germany, the window observation is interesting. Perhaps in flats, but I have found in public spaces, there is an aversion to windows being open. You get a spiel about drafts and such. Usually fine, but if you're eating in a restaurant or are in a bar, during summer AC isn't a thing here, and I have often cracked the fenster only for someone to complain--draft-draft! ;-)
I'm not a huge bread lover either, I only remember it exists when I go grocery shopping and then I'll grab a German made bread, I'm Jamaican, living in Greater London
There are two different types of bakery in Germany: - Bäckerei: mostly for bread, rolls and sometimes warm items like Leberkäse - Konditorei: this one specifies in cakes, cream rolls and more.
I've not necessarily lived there, but visited more days than other countries- oh well, Japan. And now I have it ingrained in me to have different slippers for different areas. I have house slippers for the living areas, cellars slippers to go to the basement, balcony slippers because I grow a lot of plants there, garden slippers for the mud and most recently toilet slippers to skip the foot mat in front of the throne for something easier washable. And I nag at my family for wearing the cellar slippers in the living room.
Re: Coffee and cake. The Germans and Austrians know how to bake! My favorites are: lemon almond cake, black forest, apfelkuchen, kasekuchen and the Christmas fruit cake.
I love coffee and cake and have been enjoying myself being here in Germany. In Baden Baden for the weekend. There is always a lot of ice cream too. Yesterday was freezing, people were still eating ice cream.
Many ice cream shops close in winter. So, summer/warm is defined as the time, the ice cream parlors are open and in summer you enjoy ice cream. Not just in Baden-Baden but at least in the whole southern part of Germany.
COFFEE AND CAKE!!!! I was an au pair in Celle and you just reminded me of one thing I miss! The Apfelkuchen was amazing! I personally try not to drink a lot of coffee, but I used to love Apfelkuchen with espresso when we had guests over!
Ah! Kaffee und Kuchen is a must for me. I can easily skip lunch and/or supper, but never my coffee hour where I have some bread or cake. (P.S. bin Deutscher)
What I picked up from living in Germany is wearing house shoes. What I miss is the ability to walk everywhere. Living in a rural community back in the US that‘s not possible. I also miss buying Brötchen in the mornings on the days I had class. Mmmm das schmeckt. ❤
Hi Zoie, interesting video! I'm french living in Bavarian since 18 months and myself I would have mention in number 1 : Removing shoes before entering the house, never enter a german flat/house with shoes 😂 Deutschland is the stricter country I've been about it in EU so far it almost like in Japan to be honest 😉
@@ZoieMarie I live in Russia for 21 years and every 4-6 years I return to my native California and it seems so rude of me not to remove my shoes in the entry hall before entering the living space of a home. It is a habit that is universal in Russia. The whole idea of not bringing in the crude of the outside world on one's feet, walking through someone's home just seems uncivilized to me now. Same with windows, they get opened any time someone is home, winter or summer. I am in North-Western Russia in beautiful St Petersburg where it can get cold in the winter but it is pleasant especially since heating is universal, every office, store, drama theater home, and cafe has the same centrally generated hot water piped into every room radiator in the city, so every apartment is warm and cozy but the only way to regulate the temperature is opening a window. It is a very social society in that people are out doing things, meeting people, attending art exhibitions, ballet, opera meeting friends, drama, jazz clubs, and pubs (there are 500 English, Irish, German, Spanish, Czech style pubs in the city center alone) and more great museums than any place in the world so sitting home passively watching TV is just not done except by the elderly. Anyone can meet anyone and get along without the division and anger of back home. Every time I do return I promise myself I will never return to the US because it is so divided, angry, and declining with terrible poverty, homelessness, and extreme debt. I get so depressed there. Here, no one really has much or any debt, and the cost of living is so low and so many services are free, that any income or none can provide a very good quality of life. The lack of options for non-wealthy people in the US is almost unique in the world. The result is for each of the years since 2008 more Americans have left for a better quality of life than immigrants enter the US. I have been in 92 countries and almost any of them could provide a very nice life but one of the very hardest to have a good and secure life is the US with its extreme costs for essentials. Europeans also have high expenses but a lot less than Americans. If more Americans traveled they would return and march on Washington and string up the corrupt politicians when they see how the rest of the world lives
When I was living abroad (in England) I went to my favourite breakfast restaurant every Sunday morning and had a full English breakfast, I was watching the people who were fully dressed up to go to church I read the Sun and/or Mirror had my huge pot of tea, the full English cliche. Now that I am back in Germany for a few years I still have my English breakfast on Sunday mornings.
Yes, as a northern German i love the English breakfast too. In our family we prefer the tea over coffee. English breakfast tea or Thiele Ostfriesenmischung is our favorite tea
I from New Have CT and have been living in The Netherlands for 35+ years. The dutch are also know for being direct. It feels comfortable now and I do the same. The dutch do the same with the windows. We even put our blankets out the window to air them also. I also get the bread thing.. the dutch eat so much bread, and daily.
I'm from Germany and usually ate bread every morning and sometimes evening too. I'm always looking for other good and easy breakfast ideas to get some more alternatives. :) - After living in the UK I now sometimes also eat cereals and drink smothies or tea (i loved how everyone offered you tea first before coffee - i dont like coffee and really usually everyone drinks it here all the time). :)
die beste alternative ist - kein fruehstueck und schon machst du im intermittierenden fasten. wissenschaftliche studien bewiesen, dass wir kein fruehstueck brauchen. ich mache das seit 20 jahren und die werbung fuer zwischenmahlzeiten werden auch von mir ignoriert
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I think the thing with opening the windows has also to do with mould but not sure. I m German myself and you gotta love German bread. It's what Germans miss the most when they live abroad for a longer time haha😊
Now I have to comment to your videos, I just do not know in which language I should do this. I am from Austria and I have to say that I really love your videos about the differences. They are really great ;)
Hi: I came across your channel today and have viewed a number of your videos. I think your a beautiful young lady- I am not a stalker or some weirdo on the net- I just want to state the obvious for all to see. I love to listen to your perspective on things as you have talked about like Germans directness or staring. You totally confirm another channel I have subscribed to which is "Feli from Germany". She is a young lady from Germany who has lived in the states for about six years. Interesting that you both confirm many of the same things a lot. You may enjoy another channel called "Understanding Train Station" Feli and an American "Josh" have a channel and podcast in which they talk about the cultural, social and many other differences between USA and Germany. I look forward to following your channel.
Thank you, Z! This was an interesting video, and helpful. I would likely not have a huge issue with any of the five habits listed. I love cake and coffee! I eat bread very often. I open windows every day in my home anyway. Cleaning the shower out daily would be an extra chore, but not a major deal. The directness of the natives would take some getting accustomed to. Maybe my skin would need to thicken even more, once moving there.
I think opening the Window(s) is about getting out moisture (esp during cold season). That‘s in order to prevent mould (which might even do damage to the building) - otherwise the landlord would not care about how often we open our windows.
i think the thing with the kalk definitely depends on where in germany u live. i live in nrw now and i only clean my shower like once a week because there is no kalk in the water, but when i lived near munich i definitely had to clean my shower every day!
I am Dutch, as a kid i have been in the 80's and 90's in the US and Canada. Miami, Seattle, Vancouver and Victoria Island. 1 thing i really did not like and understand is the sugarcoating... They say straight forward is rude? And i say sugarcoating is just lying to your face, witch is way more rude... If you ask friend, family, loved ones a question and or opinion, i appreciate the truth. I can not understand why some would prefers to be lied to, by sugarcoating that truth... This supersoft sensitive approach in fear of hurting feelings is not making the world a better place... Thanks for mentioning this...
I am of indian origin and grew up in the nertherlands. one thing you pick up in the netherlands is cycling. We have got one of the highest densities of cycle paths in the world. As a result, lot of kids go to school by bike, people commute to work, and, especially single people, go grocery shopping on their bikes as well (you can buy bags which you can put over your carrier and put groceries in it). The only demographic that needs a car are families with kids. And even they have bikes for exercise purposes. every dutch man, woman and child owns at least one bike. its a great way to exercise.
So Germany is pretty much like Sweden then. There was never any kalk/calcium whatsoever where I grew up (very soft water), but we still made sure to use the spongy thing to clean the shower. Coffee, yes, barrels of it. And cake (not barrels of it though). And bread.
The reason for airing is the density of the windows, they are sound and air proof. When I lived in the UK and US u could feel air coming through closed windows. Which is of course bad for environmental reasons, because u heat ur room in winter and the heat just goes out through ur window.
Visiting three cities was a bready delight. I love bread so zi was very happy. Had a lot of coffee because I was cold all the time. I am a Black woman as well and would like to live in Berlin or Cologne
Not all Germans are that direct. The Schawabian in Baden-Württemberg aren't very direct but the Bayerns are very direct! Opening your doors or windows is call Stoßluefen it allows bad air to vacate the apartment und avoid the growing of moulds on the walls etc.
Exactly agree with you. I was born in Canada, and am an American also, with the generation before me born in Germany. I have those 5 traits, especially eating good bread, and coffee with cake.
Totally agree with you. However the “Kaffee und Kuchen” thing has kind of turned into a pet peeve of mine. I just cringe specially when they are offering to bring something to your birthday and basically everyone wants to bring a different type of cake. I’m like, who needs more than one cake on their birthday?! How can they eat so much cake?! This doesn’t apply to work though. There you are the one that has to bake at least three different cakes to bring to your colleagues on your birthday 😅. One question, how do you clean your shower every day? Just with the shower squeegee thing or also with some type of cleaning detergent? I’m curious. I would like to do this as well.
Haha not gonna lie the constant coffee and cake gets to me too sometimes 🤣🤣 and I clean with a squeegee and then a towel after and then I spray some after clean no wipe bathroom cleaner. Sometimes I do it before I wipe
Hi, my name is Skylar. I’m from the United States and I’m trying to move to Germany or Italy, but I’m having a hard time figuring out the steps that I need to take and do you know what qualifications do I need to work in the hospital? Please write me back at your convenience.
I notice from the reactions to my comments on various YT videos that many nations are not used to this German kind of honesty. I'm bothered by this constant nice talk on most RUclipsrs and I'm usually out after 1 minute
You are true that many Americans would not give you direct opinions so it's hard to trust or believe many Americans. For example, Americans would smile at you but that doesn't mean that what you is how or what they are.
This is funny because I’m Haitian and we do all of this though we live in America . We don’t eat cake but coffee and bread or donuts and tea . When guest come over you always have finger food for them to eat or you offer food or coffee/tea , donuts or bread 😂😂. Usually a guest bring drinks or a item to your house to share since their coming into you space and your time .
I think you can't compare German cake to American cake. And we have so many different cakes like "sour cherry cake", sweet fruit cakes, onion cake, "dry" cakes +++
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*Well, if she was a Jamaican-American and had ever been to Jamaica, she would have opened the windows all the time and would clean her bathroom everyday, and she would need her bread and drink-up deh African coffee (which is NOT originally German, and neither is the sugar-beet) and she would luuuv a gudd Jamaican spiked cinnamon cake on a Sunday, and laaaarn fih cuss an' swear wiffout deh sugar-coatinz...So, unnu naww fi listen to dem Germans. They have a history based on stealing resources for an overblown image and have a rotten history and are quite pretentious. NoTHING demma duh gweng mek we fulleyes fuh dem Ukraine-Nazi-lovaz!!!*
Hallo, wie kann man dich kennenlernen?
In which German city do you live? How did you study German language?
@@LinusFeynstein Yuh' is ask deh wong person, Missuz. German isn't a language, it is a lame excuse.
I too picked up the direct thing from German friends over the years and I was telling my neighbour back in the uk how it’s better to be direct and get things off your chest. He said he didn’t think he could do it but I encouraged him to try it and pushed him and it’s the worst thing I’ve ever done. I’ve unleashed a monster, he literally never stops complaining now. Stupid old ****
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everybody can be a german xdd
There is one thing being direct and another being complaining. Even when you are direct you can try to be polite about it.
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Welcome to german neighborhood XD
Airing is less about "nasty air" but an exchange of fresh vs. stale air that allows for a regulation of moisture. Not airing might - depending on a couple of things - lead to increased humidity inside which is a perfect environment for mould and other type of fungi.
Especially newer building are insulated very well and would become moldy without airing but it has become a habit for most Germans. I live in a building that has a ventilation with a heat recovery. The air exchange rate is higher than you can achieve by airing and opening the windows in cold weather just wastes energy. Many of my neighbors still air their apartments.
My house is so old so we never air and no mold
@@Splendidtrucker1235 same. Ours was built in 1864
I never open the windows and the doors only when going outside. I hate having flies, moths and various other insects flying around indoors when I'm doing things. A friend who stayed with me for a number of months used to open the windows and when he left there were hundreds of moths in the house everywhere, it took me ages to get rid of most of them. My home is 25yrs old and has no mould.
The bread, cake and coffee, opening windows, and being direct are the saaaammmmeeee in Norway. I've definitely adopted these as well.
If you look into germany, germany will look into you too🤪
I also live in Germany and we walk ALL the time (to the market, bakery, park, through the forest), EVERYWHERE :-)
Oh yes!! That’s also a good point, we walk all the time too lol
@@ZoieMarie that's probably why you can eat so much bread and still look great
@@ZoieMarie I heard that people in the US get suspicious if someone walks around. It seems to be very exceptional to move without car.
We are obsessed with „Walking“ in Germany… 😂😂😂
Bakery = Bäckerei (here you get cake and bread) Confectionery = Konditorei (here you get mostly just cake) but many bakerys have a confectionery included
Bread is really fattening.
Hallo, ich habe mich köstlich amüsiert, wie wir "Deutsche" empfunden werden.
Danke für das kurzweilige Video!
I was born and raised in Canada by German parents. All of the things you mentioned are creature comforts for me and when I go to Germany (often for vacations and have lived and worked there), these are some of the things that I crave. Between any Konditorei and Bäckerei I could easily gain 5 Kilos in a week. I could never blame the beer.
Yes, too much carbohydrates.
I live in Namibia( Southern Africa)opening windows is a must..like every where...😃I would be surprised to learn it's not a thing in some parts of the world
Sounds surprising at first, but I think in the USA and elsewhere they have climatisation.
I also live in Namibia. And I come from Germany. Believe me, in Namibia it's completely different 🙂 Because here in Namibia we don't really have insulating windows and we don't really have insulating walls or doors. You don't have to open the windows to "aerate". Because the air also goes in and out through the cracks.
In Germany there is not the slightest possibility for the air to get in or out through windows or through the window glass. The windows are very, very thick glass, double or triple glass. And the walls are super insulated. There is nothing like that in Namibia at all.
Besides, it hardly ever rains in Namibia. In Germany it rains all the time. So mould forms in Germany if you don't open the window every day for a long time. And it's cold and wet at least 9-10 months a year in Germany, not hot or warm all year round like in Namibia.
Here in Namibia it is so dry that it doesn't matter if the windows are closed all day. The air is still dry and there is no mould in the houses. Besides, you just leave the doors and windows open because you are constantly outside or constantly going in and out.
You don't necessarily do that in Germany. Only in summer. And that's a few weeks at most. Most of the time it's too cold or too wet for that. 😊 That's why in Germany you have to "aerate" every day to let the moisture out of the inside of the house.
And "airing" is a science in itself in Germany. It's not just a matter of simply opening the windows. It's about opening them a certain way for a certain time every day. For example, you have to turn down the heating, set a timer so you don't do it too long or too short, and so on. Afterwards, you have to turn the heating up again to get your rooms warm again.
There is no heating in Namibia. We don't have that problem at all. And windows and doors usually don't close properly. The glass is very thin. Only single glass most of the time. Not double, triple or quadruple like in Germany.
@@karolinewirth Aber keine Heizung. Wenn es heiß ist, laufen die Klimananlagen auf vollen Touren, sodass man anfängt zu frieren. Aber wenn es kalt ist? Dann friert man sich tot, weil es keine richtige Heizung gibt und keine Isolation für Fenster, Türen, Dächer, Wände. In Deutschland ist es innen im Haus kuschlig, wenn es draußen kalt ist. Weil alles schön isoliert ist. In Ländern, in denen es keine Heizung gibt, frierst Du schon, wenn es noch gar nicht so kalt ist. Ich habe noch nie so viel gefroren wie hier in Afrika. 😊
Und ich denke, in Amerika ist es nicht viel anders. Man sieht immer, dass die Leute große Kamine haben, aber keine Heizung. Und ein Kamin wärmt nicht wirklich. Vor allem, wenn das Haus nicht richtig isoliert ist. Das habe ich auch hier in Namibia gelernt, im ersten Jahr, als ich hier ankam. Dass es in Deutschland in jedem Haus eine ordentliche Heizung gibt, ist ein großer Luxus, den ich hier manchmal vermisse. Denn selbst wenn man hier eine Fußbodenheizung einbauen lässt, geht die Wärme durch die schlechte Isolierung sofort wieder nach draußen.
In Deutschland muss man lüften, weil die Bauqualität so viel besser ist und die Isolierung. Eine Freundin von mir, die 20 Jahre hier in Namibia gelebt hat, ist vor zwei Jahren nach Deutschland zurückgegangen. Sie hatte dort nach kurzer Zeit Schimmel in der Küche, weil sie es nicht mehr gewöhnt war, jeden Tag ausgiebig zu lüften. Jetzt macht sie es natürlich.
What's up in Namibia. A nest of Germans over there 😅
@@spatzsturm2375 Exactly. Namibia has been a German colony some time ago. They have street names that remind of that time: Bismarkstrasse for instance I remember!
As a Latina, bread is a staple, and we tend to have coffee and cake after dinner so I will definitely like going to Germany LOL.
Hi! "As a Latina". Does it mean You are Italian? From Italy?
@@laxyyorma7016 Latina refers to a person from latin america
@@turtellok4964 OK! Thanks! We Europeans think that Italy is the most "Latin" country on Earth.
@@laxyyorma7016 No "we" not
I went to Germany for a month last year....and as a afro latina....YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE IT! I'm considering moving there possibly in a year or so. I'm so excited.
Why is ventilation important?
Modern houses in Germany are very well insulated. This saves a lot of heating energy, but it means that humidity remains in the living space. This includes moisture from showering or bathing, doing laundry, or simply breathing. A person loses about a liter of water overnight while sleeping. Therefore, "Stoßlüften" or "shock airing" for maybe five minutes is important to expel the moisture from the living space. Here you open two windows on the opposite side of the house for the purpose of draft. Due to the brief but stronger "shock ventilation", walls and furniture do not cool down and the heating then uses less energy to heat up the rooms again.
The purpose is to drive out the moisture that can otherwise lead to mold growth in damp rooms and cool areas such as the bath or the windows.
Perfekt erklärt!
The demand for airing is often due to the fact that the windows are usualy very insulated (at least in newer or renovated buildings) and the frequent airing is required to get rid of the moisty air that accumulates in the flat. Not to air regularly would most likely fasten or favour the building of mold within the appartement.
Actually the Kalk thing in the showers is a regional thing and not a universal one
Where I live there’s not much Kalk so it’s not cleaned every day but I also know people that have so much Kalk that literally their tap clogs up sometimes
Ya I was like WTF!? Also live in Germany 5+ years
True, never meet a fellow German who cleans their shower every day, maybe once a month xD
I think it depends on where you live and what kind of shower wall you have. If you have a shower curtain yeah, then it´s not that big thing, but if you have a glass shower wall, then you want to have it clear, so you clean it after every shower -and if you shower every day, then you have to clean every day. ;)
In general you should hold out to dry the wall of your shower after using it to prevent the joints from getting moldy.
Munich, from the south to be precisely. We get water from Mangfall which is highly kalkhaltig. These fancy black tabs in bathrooms and kitchen? Total nightmare.
@@MsVieEmms huh
I was talking about Paderborn which gets its water from the Pader and is also p kalkhaltig
If you dont clean for just 4 years the walk will have built basically a stone inside your pipe
You can throw the whole thing out
Hello . My son's second country is also Germany. He has been their over 30 years. He also has Jamaican heritage. I love that he is their. I have lived there also. I loved it. I enjoyed your video
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Hi Zoie-Marie,
I was born in NYC, then Newark NJ.. Yes there you really have to be careful.
I did leave America also, since 1965 i live in Munich , same apartment, same wife, smile. We are now 84 and 77.
It is lovely that you enjoy Germany. Safety, health care,
even the poor criminals, that go to jail, are given a chance
to be re integrated into society. They can get an education in prision also.
May all living creatures be happy and free from.suffering
Regards
Michael
PS i live in Munich.
PPS wow you have lovely things andnalso a lovely residence also.
I am born and raised in Germany, but I migrated to the Philippines when I was 19. Due to that, my diet completely changed, mainly excluding most diary and gluten products. But when I’m visiting my hometown its gluten for breakfast, Kaffee und Kuchen ☕️🍰, lunch, supper, and dinner 😅.
Germany has the most diverse bread selection in the world, and it’s not even close. We take wheat craft as seriously as engineering and bad pørn 😂
I think it's a european thing. I live in the Netherlands and we have all those habbits
let's say central european .... The Netherlands and Germany are very close to each other (they are neighbors, the languages are also close to each other ...), so we naturally have similar habits, but I think countries like Spain or Portugal have different habits.
@MickeyKnox is right.
The dutch are more german, than they like to admit.
You are as much a german, as the swiss are.
A lot of our habbits and customs derive from the middel ages. As, for example, there was only one frisia and you were part of the frankish rijk and its succsessors and later still the Hanse.
Me being a half dutch half german might lessern any hurt dutch pride, I just see the similaryties
In fact the dutch applecake is one of the best! But the Breadpoint has definitly to go to Germany 😉
Germany is not in every way the same as The Netherlands..
They are very different Country's
@@ceesvandervelde136 not, if you look at close border regions. If you compare it with bavaria, sure.
But if you compare german frisian culture, dialect and so on, with that of bavaria, it will be equally different/related to each other.
I defintely picked up drinking coffee. I use to hate coffee but I really like it now with cake and other baked goods and also airing out my room/apartment. Thank you for the great video.
Multiple videos in one week?! We love to see it! 🥹🫶
I’m trying! ☺️
About bakeries:
Just to deepen the information about bread, cakes and bakeries. In Germany there are two types of bakeries. The first, normal bakery specializes mainly in bread and buns but also simple pastries. Here you will find, for example, the "Berliner", "Rosinenschnecken", marzipan croissants, simple cakes such as "Bienenstich" and strawberry or other fruit cakes.
However, there are also "Konditoreien" which are specialized pastry shops that have special training for cakes, tarts and other fine confectionery. They are led by a master confectioner. Here you will find the best cakes, tarts based on their training. Is it the best cake in the world? A matter of opinion, there are very good tarts, cakes and sweets in Austria, France and also Italy, but the latter are often very sweet. This countries also have the profession of master confectioner and overall, there has been an intensive exchange of craftsmanship between these countries for some time. Konditoreien or pastry shops also often have a fine café attached just to enjoy the delicacies on the spot.
Getting good habits is very important... love they way you break everything down...🥰
Thank you for your statements, they are right. I am German and I think there are two questions which Germans d'ont like to answer: "how much do you earn? " and "which party did you chose at last election" :-))
I've grown up hearing that Germans are very clean. Is this true?
@@susanbrogan3267 N
You can't generalize...Personally, I like things to be very clean and tidy. But some people are very messy. But that's certainly the same in other countries.
@@helgalange6588 Ok thank you for your response.
If anyone's confused:
Kalk = Calcium Carbonate
Relevant if you have "hard" tab water.
I guess it's not a thing in English cause people would think calc = calculous.
Thanks for clarifying for the watchers ☺️
tap water comes from different sources depending on the region or city in Germany. In mountainous regions it could come directly from creeks or rain water reservoirs and is low in ions like calcium carbonate. This type of water is called "weich" (soft) in German. In other, more low land regions tap water is generated from groundwater and is often high in ions and rich in calcium carbonate and therefore called "hart" (hard).
Often you will find small maps of Germany on the back of detergent boxes showing the regions with soft or hard water - in order to adjust the amount of detergent you are using.
the right term is limescale
@@julkaanka8283 Correct ( I think) but I took it to be the German word anyway. After some time in an environment speaking another language one kind of mixes up terms. I lived in the German speaking part of Switzerland for some time and had lots of colleagues from the French speaking parts. When they spoke French they mixed in German terms a lot. As do children that grow up multilingual. And here in Germany (Europe?) we use lots of words of other languages as well. Up to the moment nobody things of the different language any more (Friseur, Toilette, Science fiction, non stop, Döner, Demokratie...).
Hi Zoie, thanks for the video! It’s quite the eye opener 🤩 I grew up in South Africa and now live in G.. Sometimes I don’t like this very direkt way of communicating. It reduces us a bit to objects. We (as Humans) often feel offended by people getting that straight to the point. It’s not always polite, sometimes shows a lack of social competence but I do remember, liking the Germans for their honesty and letting you know, what’s on their mind. And I sure love your viewpoint 😃 thank you
Germans loooooove bread, i came back to South Africa swelled up from consuming too much baked goods (flour-based like bread pudding/custard pie)
Really miss Germany 😩😭
Great video! I never noticed it until now but every Sunday my German friend bakes a cake. Had no idea that was a normal thing there lol
There is a simple reason why the landlord prescribes that ventilation must be carried out at least once a day. The windows nowadays are so tight that otherwise moisture accumulates in the apartment and causes mold.
🤗🤗🤗 editing simple and elegant!
Thank you! 🤗
I’ve picked up the Canadian modesty and excessive kindness. When someone steps on my toe i say sorry for hurting me 🤷♀️.
Also, i’ve come to see the beauty in this damn -40 degree weather. The winter activities has grown on me.
-40 degrees 🥲😱 but still very cool to hear about your new habits! Thanks for sharing!
-40 😆😂 where are you in Nunavut?
@@NaturalMystic71 prob edmonton
Friends of ours moved from Israel to Winnipeg (Manitoba)... winters there can be pretty brutal...so they ended up relocating to Ottawa!
@@NaturalMystic71 🤣🤣🤣 now in kitchener but i lived in Sudbury for university STR8 from Jamaica.
YEA I WAS CRAZY LOL
I really enjoyed your video, especially the way you speak. You are very articulate and speak clearly and well.
Thank you!
Love your visual set up and music. Very sleek clean and soft. Nice nice nice😀👍🏻and yes coffee and cake is also anything I’ve picked up 😂
Thank you! 😊
Thanks for this! From NYC and living in Germany, the window observation is interesting. Perhaps in flats, but I have found in public spaces, there is an aversion to windows being open. You get a spiel about drafts and such. Usually fine, but if you're eating in a restaurant or are in a bar, during summer AC isn't a thing here, and I have often cracked the fenster only for someone to complain--draft-draft! ;-)
I’m from NYC and I wan’t to move to Germany as well. I’m really excited but also nervous moving to another country.
I'am German und love your video. I had to smile at every point you describe in the video.
I'm not a huge bread lover either, I only remember it exists when I go grocery shopping and then I'll grab a German made bread, I'm Jamaican, living in Greater London
I’m trying to transition so I don’t remember it either lol I’m having way too much of it 😭
@@ZoieMarie 🤣🤣🤣 I understand luv.
What you refered to in your vlog as "Kalk" is called limestone in english. It's used to purify water over here.
Cool, I think I'm your 40.000th subscriber. Like your content as an Austrian, fresh new perspective
There are two different types of bakery in Germany:
- Bäckerei: mostly for bread, rolls and sometimes warm items like Leberkäse
- Konditorei: this one specifies in cakes, cream rolls and more.
So true!!
Germans can be so direct🤍.
Love it! I'm about the visit my aunt in Germany 🇩🇪 so excited.
I've not necessarily lived there, but visited more days than other countries- oh well, Japan. And now I have it ingrained in me to have different slippers for different areas. I have house slippers for the living areas, cellars slippers to go to the basement, balcony slippers because I grow a lot of plants there, garden slippers for the mud and most recently toilet slippers to skip the foot mat in front of the throne for something easier washable. And I nag at my family for wearing the cellar slippers in the living room.
Re: Coffee and cake. The Germans and Austrians know how to bake! My favorites are: lemon almond cake, black forest, apfelkuchen, kasekuchen and the Christmas fruit cake.
I love coffee and cake and have been enjoying myself being here in Germany. In Baden Baden for the weekend. There is always a lot of ice cream too. Yesterday was freezing, people were still eating ice cream.
Many ice cream shops close in winter. So, summer/warm is defined as the time, the ice cream parlors are open and in summer you enjoy ice cream. Not just in Baden-Baden but at least in the whole southern part of Germany.
From one Jamaican American to another 🇯🇲 your videos are great 😊
Thank you so much 🤗
As a TCK the windows being open is absolutely a concrete trait. When cooking, and all year round, having air move through the home is so essential
COFFEE AND CAKE!!!! I was an au pair in Celle and you just reminded me of one thing I miss! The Apfelkuchen was amazing! I personally try not to drink a lot of coffee, but I used to love Apfelkuchen with espresso when we had guests over!
Ah! Kaffee und Kuchen is a must for me. I can easily skip lunch and/or supper, but never my coffee hour where I have some bread or cake. (P.S. bin Deutscher)
What I picked up from living in Germany is wearing house shoes.
What I miss is the ability to walk everywhere. Living in a rural community back in the US that‘s not possible. I also miss buying Brötchen in the mornings on the days I had class. Mmmm das schmeckt. ❤
Loved this! I miss the bread in Germany so much.
Hi Zoie, interesting video! I'm french living in Bavarian since 18 months and myself I would have mention in number 1 : Removing shoes before entering the house, never enter a german flat/house with shoes 😂 Deutschland is the stricter country I've been about it in EU so far it almost like in Japan to be honest 😉
Yes!! I forgot that point with taking off shoes lol and I also agree DE is quite strict
@@ZoieMarie I live in Russia for 21 years and every 4-6 years I return to my native California and it seems so rude of me not to remove my shoes in the entry hall before entering the living space of a home. It is a habit that is universal in Russia. The whole idea of not bringing in the crude of the outside world on one's feet, walking through someone's home just seems uncivilized to me now.
Same with windows, they get opened any time someone is home, winter or summer. I am in North-Western Russia in beautiful St Petersburg where it can get cold in the winter but it is pleasant especially since heating is universal, every office, store, drama theater home, and cafe has the same centrally generated hot water piped into every room radiator in the city, so every apartment is warm and cozy but the only way to regulate the temperature is opening a window. It is a very social society in that people are out doing things, meeting people, attending art exhibitions, ballet, opera meeting friends, drama, jazz clubs, and pubs (there are 500 English, Irish, German, Spanish, Czech style pubs in the city center alone) and more great museums than any place in the world so sitting home passively watching TV is just not done except by the elderly. Anyone can meet anyone and get along without the division and anger of back home. Every time I do return I promise myself I will never return to the US because it is so divided, angry, and declining with terrible poverty, homelessness, and extreme debt. I get so depressed there. Here, no one really has much or any debt, and the cost of living is so low and so many services are free, that any income or none can provide a very good quality of life. The lack of options for non-wealthy people in the US is almost unique in the world.
The result is for each of the years since 2008 more Americans have left for a better quality of life than immigrants enter the US. I have been in 92 countries and almost any of them could provide a very nice life but one of the very hardest to have a good and secure life is the US with its extreme costs for essentials. Europeans also have high expenses but a lot less than Americans. If more Americans traveled they would return and march on Washington and string up the corrupt politicians when they see how the rest of the world lives
I think russians do this too and even better they've got masses of slippers for all their guests too.
Wonderful video. Really enjoyed this! Love all 5 habits! Thank you!
When I was living abroad (in England) I went to my favourite breakfast restaurant every Sunday morning and had a full English breakfast, I was watching the people who were fully dressed up to go to church I read the Sun and/or Mirror had my huge pot of tea, the full English cliche. Now that I am back in Germany for a few years I still have my English breakfast on Sunday mornings.
Yes, as a northern German i love the English breakfast too. In our family we prefer the tea over coffee. English breakfast tea or Thiele Ostfriesenmischung is our favorite tea
I from New Have CT and have been living in The Netherlands for 35+ years. The dutch are also know for being direct. It feels comfortable now and I do the same. The dutch do the same with the windows. We even put our blankets out the window to air them also. I also get the bread thing.. the dutch eat so much bread, and daily.
Thanks for sharing! Also you’re so pretty!
I'm from Germany and usually ate bread every morning and sometimes evening too. I'm always looking for other good and easy breakfast ideas to get some more alternatives. :) - After living in the UK I now sometimes also eat cereals and drink smothies or tea (i loved how everyone offered you tea first before coffee - i dont like coffee and really usually everyone drinks it here all the time). :)
Thanks for sharing! 🥰
die beste alternative ist - kein fruehstueck und schon machst du im intermittierenden fasten. wissenschaftliche studien bewiesen, dass wir kein fruehstueck brauchen. ich mache das seit 20 jahren und die werbung fuer zwischenmahlzeiten werden auch von mir ignoriert
Nice video, very explanatory and entertaining! Information like this surely helps to avoid misunderstandings and frustration… Thank you Zoie!
Thank you for watching! 😊
Love your videos🤎🤎🤎!!
Thank you! 🤎🤎
endlich mal ein video das auf brimborium und effekthascherei verzichtet....nett und unaufgeregt und vor allem sachlich ist!! danke...dazu noch eine sehr nette erzählerin!!! 👍👍
I think the thing with opening the windows has also to do with mould but not sure. I m German myself and you gotta love German bread. It's what Germans miss the most when they live abroad for a longer time haha😊
Yes! One of my first landlords specifically said because of mold to open the windows 🪟
DIN standards specify a minimum rate of how often air in a room has to be exchanged, bathroom 7-10 1/h living room 2-3 1/h times the room volume.
Now I have to comment to your videos, I just do not know in which language I should do this. I am from Austria and I have to say that I really love your videos about the differences. They are really great ;)
Hi: I came across your channel today and have viewed a number of your videos. I think your a beautiful young lady- I am not a stalker or some weirdo on the net- I just want to state the obvious for all to see. I love to listen to your perspective on things as you have talked about like Germans directness or staring. You totally confirm another channel I have subscribed to which is "Feli from Germany". She is a young lady from Germany who has lived in the states for about six years. Interesting that you both confirm many of the same things a lot. You may enjoy another channel called "Understanding Train Station" Feli and an American "Josh" have a channel and podcast in which they talk about the cultural, social and many other differences between USA and Germany. I look forward to following your channel.
US wooden houses don’t need to open windows, cause the wood breaths what isolated brick houses mostly don’t.
Thank you, Z! This was an interesting video, and helpful. I would likely not have a huge issue with any of the five habits listed. I love cake and coffee! I eat bread very often. I open windows every day in my home anyway. Cleaning the shower out daily would be an extra chore, but not a major deal. The directness of the natives would take some getting accustomed to. Maybe my skin would need to thicken even more, once moving there.
I think opening the Window(s) is about getting out moisture (esp during cold season). That‘s in order to prevent mould (which might even do damage to the building) - otherwise the landlord would not care about how often we open our windows.
Ehrllichkeit, Stoßlüften, Duschvorhang, Kaffeekränzchen, Brezeln - das ist Deutschland! :)
Und Kehrwoche! But it is dying out. Fortunately.
i think the thing with the kalk definitely depends on where in germany u live. i live in nrw now and i only clean my shower like once a week because there is no kalk in the water, but when i lived near munich i definitely had to clean my shower every day!
ive lived in places where it was enough to clean your shower once a month and i lived in places where once a day wasnt enough basically
1) very direct and to the point
2) opening the windows
3) cleaning every day the shower
4) coffee and cake
5) eating bread
Southern Black American here, g-ma definitely got on us about cleaning the shower/bathtub after every use. Straight bleach and comet every time.
We actually barely use bleach for regular cleaning in Germany. I was very surprised about that in other places.
I am Dutch, as a kid i have been in the 80's and 90's in the US and Canada.
Miami, Seattle, Vancouver and Victoria Island.
1 thing i really did not like and understand is the sugarcoating...
They say straight forward is rude? And i say sugarcoating is just lying to your face, witch is way more rude...
If you ask friend, family, loved ones a question and or opinion, i appreciate the truth.
I can not understand why some would prefers to be lied to, by sugarcoating that truth...
This supersoft sensitive approach in fear of hurting feelings is not making the world a better place...
Thanks for mentioning this...
💚 Alles Gute und weiterhin viel Erfolg
Viel Glück,
🌸 Tolles Video, viel Glück und weiterhin viel Erfolg
coffee & cake is just the best!!
Love this video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am of indian origin and grew up in the nertherlands. one thing you pick up in the netherlands is cycling. We have got one of the highest densities of cycle paths in the world. As a result, lot of kids go to school by bike, people commute to work, and, especially single people, go grocery shopping on their bikes as well (you can buy bags which you can put over your carrier and put groceries in it). The only demographic that needs a car are families with kids. And even they have bikes for exercise purposes. every dutch man, woman and child owns at least one bike. its a great way to exercise.
The shower thing is also due to not wanting mold to build up
So Germany is pretty much like Sweden then. There was never any kalk/calcium whatsoever where I grew up (very soft water), but we still made sure to use the spongy thing to clean the shower. Coffee, yes, barrels of it. And cake (not barrels of it though). And bread.
Low carb in Germany is really hard, because skipping the bread is just not possible.
I picked up eating Brezel with Butter with Coffee and I don't regret it a single day! :)
The reason for airing is the density of the windows, they are sound and air proof. When I lived in the UK and US u could feel air coming through closed windows. Which is of course bad for environmental reasons, because u heat ur room in winter and the heat just goes out through ur window.
After I studied abroad in Europe I’ve been doing the window thing whether it’s winter or summer 😂😂 nothing like fresh air
From living in the U.S. I‘ve picked up putting ice into all my drinks. Love it
Hoffentlich nicht ins Bier… ;)
Thank you my dear Zoe
God bless you
In Dominican Repúblic everyday drink a coffe black
I also like my Espresso and delicious cake in Croatia's café :) ... but it is a little bit expensive here, so I don't go very often.
Visiting three cities was a bready delight. I love bread so zi was very happy. Had a lot of coffee because I was cold all the time. I am a Black woman as well and would like to live in Berlin or Cologne
Not all Germans are that direct. The Schawabian in Baden-Württemberg aren't very direct but the Bayerns are very direct!
Opening your doors or windows is call Stoßluefen it allows bad air to vacate the apartment und avoid the growing of moulds on the walls etc.
Exactly agree with you. I was born in Canada, and am an American also, with the generation before me born in Germany. I have those 5 traits, especially eating good bread, and coffee with cake.
First point, that's a great principle!
Totally agree with you.
However the “Kaffee und Kuchen” thing has kind of turned into a pet peeve of mine. I just cringe specially when they are offering to bring something to your birthday and basically everyone wants to bring a different type of cake. I’m like, who needs more than one cake on their birthday?! How can they eat so much cake?! This doesn’t apply to work though. There you are the one that has to bake at least three different cakes to bring to your colleagues on your birthday 😅.
One question, how do you clean your shower every day? Just with the shower squeegee thing or also with some type of cleaning detergent? I’m curious. I would like to do this as well.
Haha not gonna lie the constant coffee and cake gets to me too sometimes 🤣🤣 and I clean with a squeegee and then a towel after and then I spray some after clean no wipe bathroom cleaner. Sometimes I do it before I wipe
You can also just use cheap vinegar and warm water to remove the calcium carbon
Hi, my name is Skylar. I’m from the United States and I’m trying to move to Germany or Italy, but I’m having a hard time figuring out the steps that I need to take and do you know what qualifications do I need to work in the hospital? Please write me back at your convenience.
Curious about windows situation, that’s true - everyone needs fresh air
I also pick up the habit of eating bread more , cake and coffee , the direct manner of the Deutche 😊
I notice from the reactions to my comments on various YT videos that many nations are not used to this German kind of honesty. I'm bothered by this constant nice talk on most RUclipsrs and I'm usually out after 1 minute
You are true that many Americans would not give you direct opinions so it's hard to trust or believe many Americans. For example, Americans would smile at you but that doesn't mean that what you is how or what they are.
This is funny because I’m Haitian and we do all of this though we live in America . We don’t eat cake but coffee and bread or donuts and tea . When guest come over you always have finger food for them to eat or you offer food or coffee/tea , donuts or bread 😂😂. Usually a guest bring drinks or a item to your house to share since their coming into you space and your time .
As a German I really enjoyed listening to you 😃
HERE in the USA it seems being direct and to the point is almost like a form of hostility.
Black girl magic brought me here 😍🥰lol
Funny thing about my German Wife: How you can Eat Rice every Single Day?
Thats a Question from a Person who eat Bread every Single Day.
haha… true. but i think there are much more sorts of bread than rice?
What I can also recommend to having coffee are royal Danish butter cookies. They are the best in my opinion.
I think you can't compare German cake to American cake. And we have so many different cakes like "sour cherry cake", sweet fruit cakes, onion cake, "dry" cakes +++
Very interesting video glad you shared I’m actually thinking about adapting some of these habits 😌 (coming from America)
Hey - first time visitor...I may have missed this in your earlier videos but why did you initially move to germany? I am moving to the UK in one yr and doing my research as to which country to move to after law school..would love your feedback.
Yes I made a video on this! :) ruclips.net/video/JUKXoOPdGss/видео.html