Americans React to: "10 Best Places to Visit In Germany"
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- In this video, my wife and I as random Americans take a look at the Top 10 Places to visit in Germany. Comment down below if you agree with some of these, and also if you have been, or if you are from Germany.
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The narrator actually said Germany is known for WWII and Oktoberfest. That's a bit like saying the US is known for the statue of liberty and McDonald's. True, but an absurd pick.
Perhaps one should substitute the Statue of Liberty by slavery. That would be a comparable bad thing.
@Ryan Fowler it’s absurd that the US is not known for genocide, given it was the most „successful“. Or where have all the natives gone?
^^ we also started ww1 🤫
@@videomailYT no? That was Austria and Russia not germany. Germany like france and england was pulled into the war via alliances.
I don't think they are bad picks they are two things which many people know about germany.
"They're not known for music."
Anyone else hear the rumble of great composers turning in their graves?
Germany is very much known for its music, classical and modern.
Another dumb statement from an American they have never heard of Beethoven, Bach and Strauss Also rock band The Scorpions and Kraftwerk.
me too "What?" Beethoven Bach Scorpions Rammstein (best Band today)
Orff, Wagner, Bach, Rammstein, The Scorpions, Doro (Doro Pesch), Nina Hagen, Udo Lindenberg, Scooter, Wolle Kriwanek, Reinhard Mey, Ted Herold, Poeta Magica, Torfrock, Eisenfunk, Goethes Erben, ASP, Lacrimosa, Unheilig, Tanzwut, Omnia, Faun, Die Irrlichter, Carved In Stone, Dunkelschön, Deine Lakaien, Blutengel, Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung, Klaus Nomi, The Heimatdamisch... just to name a few.
Bach, Beethoven etc. Shows how unintelligent some Americans can be!
Perhaps they meant comedy? Henning Wehn doesn't count, he's an honorary Brit now, he was on our side of the Channel when the UK Brexitted. We are keeping him!
The Cologne cathedral was started in 1248, but building was halted in the years around 1560, unfinished. Work did not restart until the 1840s, and the edifice was completed to its original Medieval plan in 1880. And no, not everyone have dryers. We have lines inside for winter.
Also, China wasn't an enemy of the US during WWII, Japan was.
The upside to this ridiculously long pause was that the roof structure could be finished with industrial steel beams instead of wood. This makes it much more resistant to fire, e.g. what happened to Notre Dame.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Japan was an alliance of the Nazis. In case you meant that Japan was an enemy of the US, that is correct.
I mean historically speaking Germany is kind of known for music (Beethoven, Bach, Händel, Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Wagner...) and it is still the third biggest music market in the world
But you are right many Germans today say that they don't like German music (often meaning music with German lyrics or/and referring to Schlager (I am also not a fan but it can be a banger when you are drunk at a party XD). But I think there are still German singing/rapping artists that are worth listening to (Annenmaykantereit, Kraftklub, Danger Dan, Rammstein, Alligatoah, Alli Neumann, Taby Pilgrim, KIZ...) and also really popular German artists that perform in English (Zoe Wees, Milky Chance, Zedd, Felix Jaehn, Alice Merton...)
+ Nico Santos
Talking about German music and leaving out Rammstein.
We also have some Punk and Rock, Pop and Electro music here in Germany. Don't forget "Die Ärzte", "Die Toten Hosen", "Feeling B (Rammstein)", "Die Goldenen Zitronen", "Triumvirat" (mostly known outside of Germany), "Kraftwerk", Joachim Reichel ("The Rattles", who at some point were even more popular than the "Beatles" who made the warm up for them).
Something about modern German music history that most Germans don't know either: disco was invented in Germany - both the concept of non-live D.J. music and the disco pop music style. Like it or not, surely something influential.
I'd say "Schlager" is a bit like "Country" - reducing to just that will get you lots of "not for me".
Of course most internationally successful German bands sing in English - like Boney M. or the Scorpions.
no rap music is worth listening to, German or other, you are right about Rammstein though
The Berlin building that looks like a museum with the dome you can climb is the German Parliament, like their Capitol, called the Reichstag. It was restored when East & West Germany were reunited, and the domed roof was a later addition by Norman Foster.
Just wanna add: the building itself is called the Reichstag (bcs it was built in the late 19th century during the second German Reich). The assembly sitting inside the building is the parliament, called the Bundestag.
Also you can wach their discussions and Meetings.
To be fair, by all these fossils working in there, calling it a museum isnt that far streched
👍
the dome was a reconstruction, it existed before but it had a different design
German music?
Maybe you have heard about somebody called Hans Zimmer?
Johann Sebastian Bach pretty much invented modern classical music. Ludwig van Beethoven defined romanticism.
Then there is Kraftwerk. And of course Rammstein. And Nena.
Yea ethan reminded me of Hans zimmer later but we couldn't think of any other modern ones.
You're wrong about Bach. He did rather finish the baroque period. He was actually not a fan of the new development that led to Viennese Classic.
@@DJKLProductions I specifically referred to The Well-Tempered Clavier which was studied by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, and Chopin.
Bach was mostly known as a musician in his own time and had a great interest in the technical side of music.
Bach's regular compositions make him one of the greatest composers of all time, but the two parts of the The Well-Tempered Clavier changed music history forever.
Ahhhhh. Nena. I had such a thing for her. She had the look I liked back then.
Still do. I swear that it is just the tiniest of coincidences that my wife looked just a little bit like Nena.
I swear.
Or Bach
14:15 We have dryers in Germany. Note that, many of us don't like to use them during summer for fairly obvious reasons (it could heat up the room making it very uncomfortable). In countries like Spain, Portugal etc. it's kinda pointless using a dryer because it's most of time just hot.
In addition to the heating topic the cloths also smell much better when they are dried in wind and sun.
Da hast vollkommen recht
Extra auf deutsch antworten das alle denke was labert der da xD
Most of "us Germans do not have dryers. We just have washing lines. :-)
@@malteplath everybody i can think of, that i know, has a Dryer … Actually many modern washing machines have a dryer included, but a dryer is not used for every clothes
Hi ,I'm from Germany and want to give you some additional Information to some Topics .
9:40 The Build of the "Kölner Dom" begins on 15. August 1248 and technically he is atm still under Constuction .
18:40 A big part of all "Classic Music" Like Opera etc. is German Music . Today there is also good german Music , but in Germany many young People also listen to Int. Musik .
21:17 It is not a Maze it is a Memorial of the Holocaust .
Thank you for sharing. That's really cool having such old buildings there, and sorryt for calling it a maze obviously didn't know what it was.
America as we know it has existed for a millisecond compared to the majority of UK/Europe, the buildings are a reflection of the passage of time, history has taught us many things not least of which are wisdom/knowledge: 'bigger' isn't always 'better' & 'new' doesn't mean 'improved'.
New Is Always Better 😁
@@HarlekinEO what about a new war ?
@@pjs7540 Always better. 😒 Google this sentence and you will know. It is a popcultural reference.
IT's right 99% of the Times, but not 100%
I love watching your videos as it makes me appreciate how lucky we are in Europe. Pick any European country and you will be in for a treat. Every one of them has its own style and fascinating history. We are so lucky.
Germany doesn't have much music???!!! JS Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner, Schumann, CPE Bach, Handel, Weber, Mendelssohn, Pachabel, Teleman, Schutz, Stockhousen....
I was just coming on to post that! I was amazed by that comment.
this is only true from todays point of view. The aforementioned composers were no all Germans, Germany only exists since 1870s. They only spoke German but didnt feel like Germans in the sense of today
@@gergelyzoltan8422 Sie und ich unterscheiden uns, offensichtlich in der historischen Vervendung des Adjektivs Deutsch. 🇩🇪
@@t.a.k.palfrey3882 Hätten Sie deutsche Musik geschrieben, hätte ich nichts dagegen, aber da Sie Deutschland schreiben, das zu Zeiten der genannten Komponisten noch nicht existierte, hielt ich es für angebracht, es um der historischen Korrektheit willen zu korrigieren
@@gergelyzoltan8422 Die erste aufgezeichnete Vervendung der Substantivs Deutschland in geschriebenem Deutsch war in einem benedictischen Manuskript aus dem Jahr 884. The first time the name Germany is known to have been written in English was in 1522. Really, it doesn't really matter. If one were to ask anyone, anywhere from which country Beethoven hailed, few would say, "Prussia". Just as very few, if asked, would regard Vivaldi as coming from the Republic of Venice, or consider Euripides as having been born in the Republic of Athens, as Greece didn't exist at the time. However, I entirely accept that your point is quite correct. I hope to see Washington as being from the Colony of Virginia in future, and Henry VII as being from Powys, and not England. 🥴
Hey, I was born in Hamburg, moved to the UK when I was 5 and a half as my mum wanted to move back. I’ve been back a few times and came back a couple of weeks ago after visiting my dad who stayed in Hamburg. I love it every time I go:)
I find your remark about the bombing damage quite interesting, as not a lot of people mention that. Yes, we still have some ruins and plenty of bunkers (you can take a walk in the woods and stumble across one with ease, however they're pretty much always locked and secured).
We also still have a lot of bomb craters, we used to play in them as kids, and actual bombs from WW2. My city was heavily bombed during the war and tragically lost almost all of its architecture to that. Around three to four times a year they still need to defuse or explode one of the bombs that remained in the ground, in most cases it goes well and the nearby living people just need to evacuate for a few hours.
Many historic towns, cities, castles and so on are located along the large rivers, because before the industrialization era and trains, it was much cheaper to transport goods & people over water, than over land. Sometimes, also faster.
Cheaper, faster, and allowed for huge volumes... A ship could transport tonnes of stuf, literally. River were the highways/cargo transport lines of the pre-railroad era.
Also making your settlement in the river bank gave you defensive position. Water is quite an obstacle. Especialy in medieval times as most of Europeans cities are.
20:04
"Crazy drivers" is more of a American thing then German one.
The only thing crazy about German driving is their speed.
i was about to say, ive never seen anyone abide by traffic rules as fiercly as germans
disagree, speed isn't crazy 😆
@@wolfscoat6207 Thx for your nice confirmation 😜
@@jasperaartsen8990 Swiss, Norwegians, Swedes - ok not swedes, germans are in the middle field. Worst IMHO are Italians - but at least their traffic flows - and Polski.
Not the speed, most germans don‘t drive faster than e.g. Austrians but that they so fervently defend their „god given right“ to drive 450 on the Autobahn. Thats crazy.
Deutschland ist ein sehr schönes Land
Es la raza superior
A few more facts about the featured mural from Dresden: The Procession of Princes in Dresden is a larger-than-life picture of a cavalcade, applied to around 23,000 tiles made of Meissen porcelain. The 102 meter long work of art, which is considered to be the largest porcelain mural in the world, represents the ancestral gallery of the 34 margraves, dukes, electors and kings from the House of Wettin, who ruled Saxony between 1127 and 1873. However, if you also include the prince riding at the end of the procession George, who was later also king, then there is a total of 35 rulers of the Wettins who can be seen in the cavalcade.
(Source: Wikipedia - automatically translated)
... and it's very beautyful.
I visited Dresden just before they started rebuilding the Frauenkirche. It was essentially just a heap of rubble with some pieces of wall sticking out. Amazing how they managed to piece it back together.
I was there when they celebrated "Richtfest" - which means, they had rebuild everything besides the roof, the tour guide explained to us how they managed to set every stone, that wasn't destroyed, on its original place, and all that only one year after the huge flood, parts of the Semper opera weren't completely dry still, and you could still see some water marks on the inside
I enjoyed visiting Germany on a tour of Europe years ago. Loved the castles, people and food. The size of a German breakfast is something to behold and left the ‘continental’ breakfast served in other countries for dead. Love the decorative beer steins too.
Actually this is not "german" but bavarian.
@@georgsandhoff994 Bavaria is German.
What is Oktoberfest? Imagine a tent .. that can hold over 10,000 people, sat at tables, with beer, food and music. Imagine 10 such tents, plus a huge fairground. This is all constructed on a flat piece of ground for the two weeks of the festival (which is confusingly, the last two weeks of September). Here is a video I made of it a while back ruclips.net/video/Aa0I1DDVGC0/видео.html.
In a school essay I worte that Octoberfest was End of september and my teacher marked that as a fault. Well, Mr. Zipperer... I WAS RIGHT
Not Americans calling Germans crazy drivers 😂 how ironic 🤣
Yeah. After living in Poland and UK I found German ones actually well mannered and observant.
@@baruteku Not all of them
LISTENING TO AMERICANS COMMENTING IS VERY CHALLENGING
We have great music both classical and modern .... Bach, Händel, Beethoven, Schumann. Then there are all the bands like Die Toten Hosen, Fanta4, Rammstein, Scorpions ...
Fun Fact about Cologne ... it is even older than medieval times. It was founded in the 1st century AD as Colonia Agrippina by the Romans. The Dom was started in early medieval times, then rested for a bit and it was finished in the late 19th century.
Additionally, except for museums and churches, almost all old buildings (from medieval times onward) are inhabitated. Ppl actually live in these houses (I am mentioning it because some of my friends from the US thought they were just preserved but no one lived there). They were all preserved, renovated and modernised over the centuries.
Also, if you want to build in most big cities who were bombed during WW2, you have to let a bomb disposal unit check the grounds. Most bombs were removed after the war, but sometimes a digger finds a surprise in the ground. Here where I live (near the Ruhrgebiet) we have several bomb removal notices in a month on the news. Areas have to be evacuated for the bomb disposal unit to get the bomb out.
There's so many beautiful places all over Europe 💜
Just for comparison, my best friend's house was already over 100 years old when Columbus came to the Americas. We always chuckle when people from the USA say something is a very old antique house,and look at something that is probably only 100 years old.
We have proof that our ancestors lived on this land since before the romans. Of course there many mix-ups with Slavs, Romans - mostly from the east, Magyars, Celts - only to name the most important ones. Our valley was settled at least 500 BC. We don‘t have old buildings, they were destroyed many times in the Turkish conquests, WWI and II. But we have some very old ruins here and there.
Finally, some American reaction youtubers who don't scream you in the face every few seconds. Thanks!
German music is hit and miss entirely dependent on what you like. As a metalhead I could not ask for a better music scene.
21:20 that Building is the Bundestag (the lower house of parliament). The dome was built after the cold war (when Berlin became the capital city), it was also meant to represent the openness of the government as any visitor can visit it and look down into the parliament.
Well, the building is called Reichstag, after the old name of the parliament. But yes, the Bundestag (parliament) take their sessions in there.
I know someone mentioned this but the familiar building/arena in Munich is the Olympiastadion from the '72 Olympics. Used for football/soccer by the city's major clubs until the current, modern stadium was built a few years ago.
Im living in Lübeck and it was the capitol of an medieval trade system at the baltic sea. It’s so beautiful, with „village-like backyards“ in the oldtown. You just have small doors from main streets to enter, to which is told that the size of a coffin was the only needed size (for people living in the houses in the yard).
It’s funny that i’m living in a „new“ house only 120 years old, moving from a 350 half timbered house where i used to live before. Even older then your country 😅
The German cities and towns that were heavily damaged or raized to the ground in WWII were rebuilt almost as was, if the original building plans did not exist they were recreated by the use of old B/W photos and personal knowledge of townsfolk by clever Architects.
As German I don't think so, or lots of parts of Germany would be much, much much more prettier … Some Parts were restored (mostly called Altstadt)and special buildings, but a lot of the buildings were lost for ever (or survived and were not looked well after) and replaced with „modern „ Architecture…
Just to look at Berlin and how pretty it was before the war or even Cologne (Köln).
I have been to a lot of the places mentioned. And I can say, most of the times, not the whole city/area looks that pretty. Especially the places that had been extreme bombed. But if you travel south... more and more building actually were restored(or never destroyed).
Lived there for 8 years, fantastic country.
I've been to Oktoberfest (lots of food, drink and a merry atmosphere) and to the Neuschwanstein Castle which has breathtaking views. I've also taken a road trip around Bavaria and stayed in some very charming bed and breakfast places while enjoying the pristine countryside. Definitely recommend it.
I've not been to Germany yet, but watch a US family (my messy merry life) who moved there & it looks amazing.
If you go & could afford to spend some weeks there, it'd be a great base to travel around Europe. Either by car or rail.
Travelling Europe is easy & each country (despite being so close together) is very different architecture, language & culture.
Highly recommend Czech Republic/ Prague (stunning!).
Can't wait for you to visit our lovely island in June!
@Die Kaprunin Say what, now??
I live in a small village of 6000 where we have a small castle of the lower nobility. The castle and the old houses and barns were renovated by volunteers and the help of some local craftsmen. It now houses the townhall for meetings, a small museum and the court is used for concerts and markets. The old stone barn now houses the library and all the clubs like the marching band and akkordeon club are using the rooms for rehearsals. The castle now is realy part of our village and it is incrediable beautiful and fun to use those old buildings every day.
The stadium in Munich is the olympic stadium built for the 1972 summer olympics. It is worldwide known for it's futuristic tent roof.
Where "romantic Rhine" comment came up it was actually Cochem on the Moselle river which meets the Rhine at Koblenz, nearly 50 km away.
Lol, the Rhine part starts with a picture of Cochem, that is at the Mosel river!
and if you like old churches, there is Chartres Cathedral in France, looks not so fancy from the outside like the Kölner Dom, but go inside on a sunny day, and your jaw will drop with a big awe!
12:22 - 12:36 you see The Zwinger in Dresden. It’s a huge gallery with this square in the middle. It houses a grand collection of paintings created by the Alten Meister (Old Masters).
That’s why there are so many windows- to let in natural light for the gallery.
The tentlike structure (not the beer tents btw ;) ) in Munich was the area of of the 1972 Olympic games and with it the Olympic stadiums. The "museum" in Berlin with the Dome is the building where the German federal government has their sessions.
And yes you are right, there a laws in Germany how you can renovate buildings which are deemed to be protectworthy. As you mentioned the design of the windows and a lot of other stuff like roof tiles and so on. I'm not sure how strict the color of the facade is regulated.
With an area of 891 square kilometers, Berlin is nine times larger than Paris, has 1,700 more bridges than Venice and, KaDeWe, is the largest department store in continental Europe.
If you're doing an online Europe tour I recommend finding one of the Greek islands. Had some great holidays on quite a few. All great.
I lived in Upper Bavaria for some 8 years back in the 70s-80s and had an American friend who worked for the US Forces tour Centre as a guide around several locations: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof etc.
I live in Bonn. When i watch out of my window i see the rhine and the "Siebengebirge" also called "Drachenfels" what means Dragon rock.
Greetz from germany
I want to mention one location that is mostly overlooked in those kinds of videos. It's called Maulbronn Monastery (Kloster Maulbronn). As it is close to where I live (SW Germany/Baden-Wuerttemberg) and being a UNESCO World Heritage Site it's definitely worth a visit. It's the best preserved Cistercian abbey/monastery north of the Alps, founded in 1148. The whole walled abbey courtyard is interesting but usually you can also go inside. But be sure to inquire before as there might be pandemic-related restrictions. The whole abbey area has a special atmosphere to it. At times there might be a Christmas market, a medieval market or a theatrical play in the courtyard or a concert within the abbey. There is a protestant seminary in a part of the monastery which holds an Open Day once a year. There's also an ice cream parlour, several restaurants, a museum, a herbal witches` shop, a unique bookshop and a monastery shop within the courtyard area. And you can find a police station and the town hall there, too.
Unfortunately YT doesn't seem to allow posting direct links to corresponding videos, apparently copy + paste of the video titles isn't allowed either. So you will have to use its own search function. Make sure to look for videos which show either the courtyard area, the interior or both. Search for English videos or activate CC/subs in English if available. Use Maulbronn World Heritage Site as a search term. Voilà!
I never had difficulties to post links in comments here: ruclips.net/video/RNBsts2xxc0/видео.html😊
Steep roofs help prevent dangerous snow build-up.
i dont have an dryer or combo machine who can wash and dry. many ppl have dryers so they can dry the clothes fast regardless of the weather. In my town there are attics to dry the clothes in winter. But its also true that ppl try to save enrgy in summer and hang the clothes out even when they have an dryer
However, it is also absolutely nice to drive up the Rhine valley by car, as you can criss-cross the Rhine by ferries at several places
I only live 40 km from the castle Neuschwanstein away. I love living in south of Bavaria. So pretty here.
Since you said you prefer the outdoor- here are some sights near Dresden. Most of them you can reach from this cute river boats from Dresden. I recommend die Bastei in der Sächsischen Schweiz ( Bastei in Saxon Switzerland).
The odd-looking church in Berlin is the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. It was badly damaged in World War II. After the war, there was a lot of discussion about what to do with it. Some people wanted to see it rebuilt, others wanted to tear it down and replace it with a modern church. In the end, they kept the ruin as a war memorial with a memorial hall on ground level, and built a modern church around it.
Yes, the Kaiserwilhelmgedächtniskirche is really the soul of Berlin. It is twinned with the Anglican cathedral in Coventry, England. Both were bombed during the Second World War and were rebuilt next to the ruins of the old churches. The choir of men and boys from London with which I sang as a treble for six years, gave a concert in the Berlin ruins in 1959. It remains a seminal memory for me to this day.
two things about the buildings: yes, you have to preserve old buildings in a certain way and this can be horrendously expensive... there is something calles "Denkmalschutz" (preservation of landmarks) and it dictates what can be changed and how things have to be restored and repaired. about the one spectacular church being right next to cologne cathedral: this is actually quite common in larger cities, especially those that were wealthy. You often have different parishes right next to each other and they often tried to outdo each other by making their church higher and more spectacular the the others
The steep roofs are so that snow doesn’t build up and slides off more frequently. Much of Europe has those roofs.
The painting you saw in dresden is indeed a painting. Is called the "Fürstenzug". It is painted on porcelain.
Points to Ethan about the dryers :)
Yes, most German households have them, and most people I know only use them in an emergency (you need exactly _that_ shirt, in twenty minutes, and it's still wet.)
all other situations: it's a waste of energy, wears the clothing out (that fluff you need to clean out of the filter on regular basis has to come from somewhere) and if you hang your clothing up carefully and smoothly, you don't need to iron them. and if you have the luxury to let them dry in the garden, they smell nice in a ''I have a garden with green things growing in it' way.
For an introduction to German Music, Try some Rammstein !
at 19:45 you were talking about a building that looks like a orchestra place.... in fact it was part of the famous 1972 Olympics... sports area
21:20 This is the Reichstagsgebäude, seat of parliament. The dome is usually opened for tourists, and yes, you can walk up and down two spiraling ramps to get to the top. It‘s a great view, but you can‘t see the building itself as a part of the view, so it may not be the best
That painting all along the road in Dresden is actually porcelain tiles made from Meißner porcelain. You can find it walking from the catholic church to the Frauenkirche if you don't go there via the Brühlsche Terrasse. In fact you can see it from the place between the stairs to the terrace and the catholic church. The place where the horse carriages wait.
In the Lübeck part. Where you were Wanderung about dryers. There is aktualy a lot of original old houses in so called gängen. Realy gorgius but when you have a house whith just 60 m2 about 600feet2 on 3 stages. Everything that isn'n using space is apreciated.
The wave with the surfers is in a man made canal. To ensure it's always there people welded a train track across the bottom of the canal. The buildings right after that are from the Olympics in 1972.
The 'maze' in Berlin is the memorial for the murdered Jews, right next to the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin. The 'museum' right after that is the parlament. People can look into the plenum from atop the spiraled dome.
14:00 Quite correct. Many people in Europe have dryers, but many don't use them if the sun is providing free drying power... They're more used in winter when it's freezing or when it's raining. Why waste energy when the sun does it for free, and it saves on energy bills?
The "painting" in Dresden: it's not a painting. It's made out of tiles of Meißner porcelain.
Meißen is a german city famous for crafting the best porcelain since the early 18th century
I was amazed how many of this list I’ve been to. The only one I’ve not been near is Neuschwanstein, but I missed Rügen, having cycled From Lübeck to Stralsund and had to choose on my last day whether to explore Stralsund or go across to Rügen. (Either was a good option).
Does Cologne really count on my list? I often change trains there when travelling elsewhere in Germany an usually have enough time to come out of the station, wander round and have a meal near the Dom. Some time I’ll make time to see more.
I love visiting Germany and will be there again in a few weeks for the first time since the pandemic.
Most of the WW2 bombed buildings were torn down due to the scale of the damage and need to house people again.
It is very few ruins that remains compared to the many ruins of castles.
The church tower in Berlin that seemed to have something missing is a WW2 ruin that does lack the rest of the tower. Only the tower was still structurally stable and was quickly chosen as a memorial.
Neuschwanstein is especially interesting for someone working in construction. It was build using modern materials and techniques (some very experimental).
Black Forest(Schwarzwald) might be a good choice for you if you like nature, mountains, waterfalls and such you can mostly say the more south (from up north) you go the more mountains and also i would say more nature you will find! up noth you got beaches and here and there a forest park or something like this but it does not really compair towards the south of germany!
for the buildings those with colour is mostly just their own kind of thing, they like to have most of the times, unless its an really old building like the ones in the first few citys which had those wooden parts(mostly also white and are called Fachwerkhaus in german(half-timbered house)) on the outside and have a 2nd floor which hangs over the first floor and is much bigger in that way so that people could walk on a bigger path and the people in the building had more spac on upper floors! these are more or less the ones that are getting kept the way they are, hope that made sense if not please ask ^^
As a "construction worker" you should definetely try to visit GUEDELON in France ... which is a "medieval" castle that is being built today with all the old techniques and tools. They are working on it during the spring-autumn months ... and a few documentaries have been made about the place.
Older towns often have matching buildings because the whole town is built from the available local building materials.
My German family live about 20 minutes from Neuschwanstein. Love it!
Dryers are not a usual appliance in germany. "Hang drying" is pretty common. (Also saves energy!)
About the video: yes, it shows some of the most touristy spots in Germany. If you want to see the lesser known ones, check "Lauren in germany"´s channel. She's showing the real gems.
Oh, we're no crazy drivers. We have the chance to go fast on the Autobahn, but are pretty reserved and civilized even there.
I hold back regarding your comment about music, others already commented.
Lauren's channel is very lovely! Highly recommend!
@11:54 The mural depicts the "Dresden Procession of Princes". It is the longest porcelain mural in the world at 102m (336ft) and consists of approximately 23000 porcelain tiles. It depicts all the margraves, electors and kings of the House of Wettin who ruled Saxony between the years 1182 and 1873. It was placed in 1907in its present form on the outside of the "Stallhof", a classical tournament place, probably built in 1567. Sry, for my bad English.
14:00 I don't have a drier and i don't know anyone who has tbh, but that might just be the small sample size.
Yea most of these gateways where gates through a wall in medival times, but the walls often got demolished with time because the cities expanded.
when you hang the wash outside, it's smell more like fresh air and the was and cloth get softer than in a washing machine or drier.
At 21:19, it is not a museum, but the German Bundestag, the counterpart to the Capitol in Washington D.C. At 21:51, it is the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. The tower spire does not represent a crystal, and it was not intentionally built that way. This church was bombed during World War II and now stands as a memorial against wars, essentially as a ruin.
What I'm missing is "Rhein in Flammen" (Rhine in flames). A very big and very popular festival. Especially at night. The Ehrenbreitstein Fortress is wonderfully illuminated at night and the fireworks are simply spectacular. And you would be surprised how much music comes from Germany to which you probably also danced ;-)
21:45 The church at the end is actually broken. It was bombed during World War II, and rebuilding it would have meant demolishing the spire. For this reason it was decided not to repair the spire and instead to leave the original standing. I really like it a lot actually. It's always good to have such a building in the city as a memorial of the war.
BTW: You should look up some pictures of Cologne after it got bombed in WW2. People actually debated about rebuilding the city in a completely new place, because the city was almost completely destroyed. In the end they decided to rebuild it in place though where the cathedral was basically the only thing left standing.
Oktoberfest is basically just the local Volksfest of Munich with the most visitors still coming from in and around the Munich area.
Yes, there is a lot of beer and drinking, but only the local munich brewerys can have a tent and serve beer there. Many tourists think it's some kind of carneval with the people dressing up, while it's actually just the traditional local clothing people from around wear to this occasion. Besides beer tents the other half of the fair is all rides, roller coasters, and even some historic fair attractions. Every few years a big farmin exposition is held right next to it, all in the heart of munich on this large open space called "Theresienwiese". Come and visit, have fun. Watch out not to drink too much beer though, because the beer brewed for this fest is extra strong, and you don't want to be carried off in a "Wiesntaxi" (a special stretcher used to carry the drunk people out to sober up...).
*But it's also the world's largest Volksfest. And there are enough people from all around the world who visit the Oktoberfest too. Many inhabitants of Munich also visit the not so blown up Volksfeste in the Bavarian country-side.*
Cologne Cathedral wasn't finished till as late as 1880 but lovely how you guys call everything "old" you see "16th Century". There were several buildings on that site prior to the current one which was started in 1248 - something earlier than the 16th Century🤣🤣❤❤❤
I don't own a dryer. It depends on how conscious you are about the environment and also it depends on your appartment/house situation. in cities there are often tiny appartments with only one small place for a washing machine.
Fun fact about the Kölner Dom. It is a running joke that building projects in Germany are delayed with the Berlin Airport being probably the most known one at 14 years to completion. But delayed buildings is a tradition older than Germany itself. Because nothing beats the Kölner Dom and its delayed 632 years from start to finish. Starting in 1284 and finally being finished in 1880 (technically, final completion being 1899) this project took over two and a half times longer than the USA have existed.
And as an add on, they had cranes. Before the work started back up in the 1800´s the medieval wooden crane on top of one of the towers was actually a unofficial icon of the city as it stood there foe a few hundred years.
The yellow wall with the horsemen in Dresden is a actually mosaic of little pieces of colored tiles!
I live in Koblenz. This City is totally underrated. A region with tons of castles and Fortresses.
Koblenz is beautiful but in the middle of nowhere surrounded by forests between Cologne and Frankfurt. Keep it underrated, or else gangs of foreigners will conquer that city too
Many cities always follow the rivers no matter where you are. If its big enough to get a boat down its a good water supply. You said New Orleans on the Mississippi but Memphis, St louis, Louisville, Cincinnati right up to Minneapolis all on the rivers that go to the mouth by New Orleans, with towns along it.
Not sure if anyone else answered it alr but yes, we do have a law preserving some of the old places. We call it “Denkmalschutz”. From what you said about some states in the Uk it works the same.
I went to Berlin, I found it really awesome, I was able to see the Television museum & the zoo but because I was so built up on going that I let my guard down & fell ill halfway through, the Tiergarten was absolutely huge to the point where I almost got lost until I heard the wolves howling indicating that I was near the zoo
I've been to the Wiesn (pronounced veez'n, otherwise called oktoberfest) a few times.
It's a festival first started in honour of a king's wedding, and is from about the 17th October until the 19thish September.
Once, the taxi driver went too far around a roundabout, so he reversed to get to the right exit instead of just going round it again!
I wouldn't say Germany's 'best known' for WWII, but 'most known', the difference is slight but massive at the same time.
Neuschwanstein=noy-schwan-stein (new swan stone).
You got the dates the wriog way round. Oktoberfest this year is 17 September to 3 October.
Linda’s am Bodensee is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever visited. I can also recommend Regensburg
14:20 we dont have that many dryers like in the US.. but we also think its better to use less energy. So actually you're both right 😂
in dresden where that mural is on the wall, france as an even longer 1 called the bayeaux tapestry depicting the war of 1066
2:49 "That one definitely is"? Nope. Thats not really a castle, but a palace in the style of a castle (which ironically was the inspiration for the Disney "castle").
5:22 "What are those things?" "Strandkörbe" which translates to "beach baskets" are kind of outdoor couches with a ceiling, which mainly serves as protection from the sun. "Strandkörbe" can be found on many beaches and you can usually use them for a fee.
10:38 "hisorical level, that you have to upkeep, that you are not allowed to change it" Yes, the German word for it is "Denkmalschutz" and it extends to a lot of (more or less all) historically important buildings. In such videos you rarely get to see the less mainstream examples, just the big cities and some otther focus points (and a lot of those are not really as old as they look but were rebuilt after the 2nd worldwar). However, it might perhaps give a much better insight, if you also checked out more rural and less touristy places. There you would for example see, that all timberwork buildings (even if they are not in a pristene condition) still have their historic appearance, because they automatically fall under the "Denkmalschutz"-law.
@: 11:52 (Dresden),, it is not a painting, is made of porcelain from Meißen, shows the succession of throne (kings/dukes)
The only person i knew that had a laundry drier was my grandma, you usually hang your clothes to dry either inside or outside the house/apartment
the video watched was actually not good at all haha.
So my tips:
1. Harz Mountains- there are a lot of castels, medieval towns (such as Quedlinburg or Wernigerode) and so on, as well as awesome hiking paths and nature. they also have the "legend" of witches from the Harz- for example once a year they come together on the Brocken (highest mountain) to celebrate them.
2. Schwarzwald- personally never been there but its mystical, beautiful and you can even find waterfalls there :)
3. Hamburg! Its a city in the north with a huge port. It's home to many cultures, has amazing nightlife and the old town (Speicherstadt) is a sight to behold.
4. Instead of Neuschwanstein I would actually recommend Burg Eltz. It's not as "perfectly fairytale like" as Neuschwanstein, but I personally love this one more.
5. Saxon Switzerland - Absolutely breahtaking hiking trails, with crazy views and huge standstone mountains that you can climb. Most popular is the "Bastei" with the hiking trail through the so called "Sweden holes" :)
6. The Islands in the Northern Sea, my personal favourite being Wangerooge. It's so small that you can bike around the whole island in easily a day. No cars are allowed there, the only car driving is the postal car, which is an electrical one. There is a little train going through the Island. It has beautiful beaches and bars and really nice people.
7. If you visit Munich, visit Braunschweig too. Braunschweig was built by the same person (Heinrich the Lion) about 15 years earlier than Munich (if I remember correctly9, so in parts you can actually recognize some similarities. Munic is very posh and expenisve so it's a running joke to say Munich is the snobbish grandson of Braunschweig haha.
8. Eibsee, Bavaria - can't say much, just google, it's breathtaking.
9. I agree with Berlin though, it's interesting, pulsing with life and very history oriented. Absolute vibrant and cool place to stay. There you can alo find the park "Gardens of the World- Gärten der Wellt) which is a huge park where a lot of different gardens from the world are displayed, such as englich, arabic, south korean, chinese etc.
10. I gotta say it: Oldenburg in lower saxony. It's my hometown and it's just beautiful here. If you wanna witness the cultural highlight, come in september and visit the International Filmfestival, it counts to the top 25 filmfestivals of the world :)
There are several well known German bands like the Scorpions, Rammstein, I always enjoyed Warlock (and Doro their Singer), an awful lot of European music doesn't make it across the channel, let alone across the pond, although I believe both the Scorpions and Rammstein have made at least some impact in the states
Germany is a fantastic place to visit, and very overlooked by most British people. I’ve visited all these places except Rothenburg, and I’ve done the Rhine Gorge by train rather than by boat (several times). All of these places are worth visiting, but you would need about a month if you wanted to visit them all properly. If you go to Neuschwanstein, spend a whole day there and do the combined tour with Hohenschwangau, which is an older castle formerly owned by the Bavarian royal family, and has its own unique charm.
Most of the cities have a lot of modern buildings, because the old cities were heavily bombed in the Second World War. For instance, most of central Frankfurt is modern. There’s one old square called the Römerberg, but if you saw pictures of it from the end of the war it was in ruins, and has been rebuilt since.
One area that wasn’t mentioned was the Black Forest, which is scenic and not quite as busy as the Bavarian Alps. Baden-Baden is worth a visit if you’re in that area (a 19th Century spa town with remains of Roman thermal baths), and if you’re interested in cars you have to visit Stuttgart, which has museums of Mercedes and Porsche. I’ve only visited the Mercedes museum, and it is really interesting and worth visiting.
The Mosel valley and Trier is also worth a visit. The Mosel is a smaller version of the Rhine, with lots of vineyards, and Trier has a fantastic collection of Roman remains.
If you were visiting these places, there are other places that you could visit along the way, for instance if you were travelling along the Baltic Coast between Lübeck and Rügen you could stop off at Bad Doberan and have a ride on the “Molli” steam train that runs through the streets and then through the countryside to the coastal resorts.
Rothenburg might be nice, but it is really overcroded with tourists, and for my money is just the lesser Dinkelsbühl. Which might also be overcroded nowadays. Still, they both are worth checking out.
The reason of the Oktoberfest is the marriage of Prinz Ludwig of Bavaria and Prinzess Therese in 1810. For this reason the square of the Oktoberfest is named "Theresienwiese" (meadow of Therese).
Lake Constance is great on the Swiss-Austrian-German border, 2 hours west of Neuschwanstein. (It's also the castle and village from the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
Greetings from Radolfzell am Bodensee (lake constance)🙋♂
In Cologne at the end of the clip, that's not the other cathedral - it is Groß St. Martin, one of the twelve Romanesque churches in Cologne. They are all older than the Gothic cathedral, mostly built between the 11th and 13th century.