GERMAN CULTURE SHOCKS AS AN IRISHMAN 🇩🇪🇮🇪🇬🇧
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
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There are some interesting differences between living in the United Kingdom and in Germany in terms of the culture and way of life. Having spent most of my life in the United Kingdom and several summers working in Germany I have noticed some interesting differences between the countries.
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00:00 Intro
00:23 Bottle Recycling
03:15 Public Transport
03:46 Sparkling Water
05:32 Seasonal Weather
06:14 Cheap Education
07:19 High Wages
08:18 Sport
09:31 Diversity
10:03 Alcohol
10:52 Outro
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Pls keep in mind that Berlin is like a little different world inside Germany. It doesn’t represent the country at all^^ (a lot of Germans hate Berlin). Each „Bundesland“ (State) in Germany is like it’s own country with different culture, different dialect/languages etc. That’s why it’s so important to see the whole country :). The recycling thing is the same in all of Germany tho.
Same way the English view London lol.
@@undeadwerewolves9463 with the difference that London doesn’t look like a shithole
@@linajurgensen4698 It does, too. London ist not perfect, there are places which remind us poverty is everywhere. If you hate Berlin, it is your opinion, but London has its own "shit hole" areas
Also it would be important to know that the transport systems are, especially on the countryside of Germany, pretty bad. (Own experience). I mean I can't go to school, caus there is no public bus connection. I always have to drive with my motocycle even in winter.
Where in Germany do you think represents Germans?
I don't know why but you Irish men look so cute. I like watching your channel ❤. Greetings from Spain.
you to babe
I’m from Northern Ireland too. I relate to your weather comment - Northern Ireland is the land of perpetual Autumn!
Another great video mate! You have a great ability to tap into points of difference that aren't mentioned on other channels. When you upload a new video I know it won't be something I've seen 5 times before.
Love the stuff, keep it coming!
Thanks! Really appreciate it Dylan 😀 You're putting the pressure on haha.
@@GermanWithJay i was study spanish just from tv and a beat of internet;
Jay.....loved the story on the bottle recycling. So many countries don't do this simple and commercially effective bottle tariff. Look for top many more stories.........
Hi Connor 😀 Thanks very much! Yes it seems very effective and it's a shame it's not implemented. More to come 👍
Like your video! Thumbs up!
a small correction on the subject of "Pfand"
I myself worked in the beverage industry and the deposit system dates back to the post-war period, when there wasn't enough raw material and everyone was "baited" with what they liked the most (money) to bring back the "valuable materials". This is why the nowadays, crooked, numbers are understandable ... when the deposit system was introduced in the 50s, this also applied to wine and milk bottles, the sum was a high value ( three empty bottle equal one full) but thanks to inflation and the euro changeover, the value of that "raw materials" decreased,
and the "youth" opted for plastic bottles because there is no deposit, lighter and easy to throw away!
this led to a "local environmental catastrophe" especially after large events such as Love Parade and others. Our big cities looked like L.A. or Portland almost every weekend. So the government has extended the old deposit law and determined a deposit on every bottle, whether made of glass or plastic (only carbonated drinks) but this is now being extended again to all bottles
Thanks for the thorough explanation!
can you make a video showing your journey to become a Software engineer, like did you go to university or self-study, how did you start?
Schönes Video!
Danke! 😀
Richtig amüsant 😁 ...besonders das Sprudelwasser 😜😄
😂😂
Die Lösung ist die geschlossene Flasche etwas schütteln langsam vorsichtig die Luft rauslassen und den Vorgang ein paar mal wiederholen. Wenn man eifrig ist kann man so die gesamte Kohlensäure loswerden. In unserer Familie trinken wir schon seit Jahrzehnten lieber stilles Wasser. Gibt es auch mittlerweile eigentlich überall. Aber You‘ve got to shake it shake it😜
@@dreasbn Hol Dir doch Wasser mit der Bezeichnung Medium. Dort ist nur die Hälfte der Kohlensäure enthalten
@@rainerwoykos9421 oh mann, als ob es um mich ginge... erzähl ihm das...
Sparkling water is the best 😅😁!!! Greetings from germany
Why do so many non-germans call Oktoberfest a beer festival?
Speaking of drinking in public: I was slightly baffled by the fact there are plenty of areas in the UK where drinking in public is prohibited, since british drinking culture is well renowned.
I spend an erasmus semester in NI and when friends from hone visited we had to hide our beers every time other people came around while sitting on the beach and living up to our habit of having one or two casual beers.
I think it's because British people will end up making a mess if they consume alcohol in public haha. Yeah it's so different to Germany where people will just openly drink on the streets and its totally normal.
Hello there. Actually, ALL europeans love sparkling water. UK has different approach to it, like USA - only a small percentage likes it since both countries have very poor recourse of it. Certain mineral waters are super healthy with its different-mineral content and have other benefits.
Here in Colombia its the same, we usually dont drink sparkling water just by itself... and at least for me it tastes bad haha
Yeah I just don't understand why the Germans like it so much 😂
@@GermanWithJay I guess well never know 😂
All sparkling water taste different... its more refreshing and used to be very fancy
There a two different types of "Pfand"-bottels. Multi-use and single-use. Up to 2003, only multi-use bottles had "Pfand"(8-15 cent). In order to increase the share of multi-use bottles, a "Pfand" for single-use ones was introduced with a very high price (25 cent). So only the later ones are recycled.
Bottled water colour code:
red = still (not sparkling)
green = medium (sparkling)
blue = sparkling (full sparkling)
[and it's "Sprudel", not "Sprüdel"]
Ice Hockey is also popular, much more than field hockey. Volleyball has its share, too. But cricket is almost non-existing, mainly played by immigrants from Afghanistan in the last years.
Thanks very much for this extra information and the correction on Sprudel 👍
@@GermanWithJay q hav u been in london may ask;
People from the UK or Ireland are like Americans, everything in Europe is weird for them. Sparkling water for you is probably something like ice in drinks for me, I just hate it and completely don't understand why. :-) What is very confusing about sparkling water is that in other countries they have different colors, for example here in Czechia, we have blue for non sparkling, green for little sparkling and red for strong sparkling, so I expected this is international and I was very surprised in other countries that blue was sparkling, so I understand you, it's confusing. Same like color marking for dust bins, I thought our standard is international (yellow for plastic, blue for paper and green for glass), but when I was in Vienna, they had red bin for paper, I was really confused.
Sorry I forgot to mention baseball, which has its presence in Germany, too.
It’s like I heard salary in Munich is 40k-50k per year ?
I think the average in Munich is more higher than That .
Yeah it's probably far higher for more senior positions. The living costs are also very high
@@GermanWithJay yes , i would say senior positions compensation are from 80k
Older native German here, I'm pretty surprised that the first thing a brit did mention is the recycling system, hey wake up guy! We drive on the right side in contrast to the UK where even I have to drive on the wrong side.
Yeah I suppose that's true haha. But I already new about driving on the right side of the road. It's common knowledge in the UK that europeans drive on the 'wrong side'. Many of the points I mentioned where a surprise to me.
I was thinking of moving there. just my German language is still at A1.. and I don't like alcohol. LoL
But there is a great choice of bottled water ;)
leaving pfand-bottles next to trash cans for homeless people is an everyday activity for most germans where I'm from, I almost feel bad returning bottles myself because i know someone else could've needed the money more
Omg seems I got really lucky with my job
I did not study but I finished a apprenticeship in electronics and telecommunications and made a gross salary of about 65k-70k €
So about 40k net
The Tap water in germany is one of the best tested and controlled food stuff and is protected by law with the "Trinkwasserverordnung". Bottled water may be of a lower quality, which is specified in the "Mineral und Tafelwasser Verordnung". In my opinion, it is total nonsense to spend money on bottled water, which is of a lower quality than tap water.
btw. not all waters are carbonated manually. a lot of bottled water is naturally carbonated spring water. That means, no CO2 is added in the factory.
Sprudelwasser
I can´t find anything negative about our Pfandsystem.
Well only if those bottles are recycled everything is fine, but many countries just ship those bottles to africa or asia to end in a dumpster.
Well...I don't think that British students can study anymore in EU for the same low tuition like EU members. I might be wrong, though. It's the second video of yours I'm watching. The content is relatable and the tip about remembering german articles on point. Thanks.
University isn’t free in Germany, the farther is required to pay the cost by law, (information coming from my German girlfriend)
Wait, did you say german train system is great!!?
Oh, you’re from the uk. I see.
I am a software engineer also and I want to get a job in Germany what do you recommend me to do
Learn German and build a portfolio of side projects that you can display on your personal website
@@GermanWithJay thank you so much
@@GermanWithJay thank you