This is what the German citizenship test should REALLY look like | Meet the Germans
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- Forget memorizing the German constitution and all the state capitals. If you want to become a German citizen, this is what you really need to know. Is Rachel Stewart up to the challenge of the alternative Einbürgerungstest?
Rachel is on a mission to investigate the quirks and idiosyncrasies of daily life in Germany. Every two weeks she explores a new topic - from beer to nudity to complicated grammar - and heads out to get some tips from the Germans themselves.
Rachel moved from the UK to Germany in 2016. As a relative newcomer she casts a fresh eye over German clichés and shares her experiences of settling into German life. You'll find more from Meet the Germans on RUclips or at dw.com/MeettheGermans.
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It's like a game in Germany: Who is faster, the cashier or the customer?
😂
Cashier, but some customers even try to be faster, haha seen some yet.
Cashier. The bank always wins.
It actually depends on the supermarket you go... For example, Aldi and Netto are way worse than Edeka (they are cheaper though)
If you are at Aldi, you can be as fast as you want, the cashier will only max out at the speed of light.
The supermarket scene is so true! I always prepare before hand and even arrange things so they get scanned in the order I want it. Tetris game level -- German!
Planning is key!
I started studying for Master's here in Munich. I put things in order too. Large flat things on the bottom, so they should be first in the line. Then the drinks to the side. Then the vegetables and the fruits and finally the bread. It's such a mental work to be in a queue :D
Omg a scanning order! That’s genius. Been here for 4 months now, sweet tip XD
Dito! Ich dachte ich wäre die Einzige, die das macht :D
A few tips: you want to have stable, heavy stuff scanned first (like tin cans, cardboard packages, water bottles), so you can put stuff that you don't want to be crushed on top (vegetables, bread, chips, pudding, eggs). Put everything that's frozen together, this helps maintaining them cold and you have an easier time finding them at home to put them back into the freezer. Same goes for stuff that goes into the fridge.
Extra points at the pedestrian crossing situation for ticking:
"Make absolutely sure there are no cars. Then triple check no children or Police can see you. Then cross swiftly, lower your head and be ashamed. Notice the light turned green half way through your crossing"
Denk an die Kinder!
You can cross at red lights, even when children are around. But make sure their parents are present, so that they can use you to school them. :)
@Kamuschi Kasaki
LMAO
@@paulplus3830 genau das ist mir passiert.
Extra points for the condition - are you trying to reach a train or bus? If yes, GO
Sorry, you failed before you started.
You had to run to be on time. Big faux pas.
But I made it!! :D
👍😁
fünf Minuten vor der Zeit, ist des Deutschen Pünktlichkeit
10min early.... to everything! I am sure it is also frowned upon if you're on life support! No dawdling!!!!
@@RachelStewart04 can you make be a video about relationships between German and garlic..
I'm German and when I saw her ticking the answers I was like "What is she doing?" 😂
I'd do that as well and I'm also German 🤷♀️
As long as thereis no nice, orderly box to make an X I'd tick it, I guess ... like on an Einkaufszettel for example
I got totally confused as well 🤔
An X is more like a no while a tick is like a yes. But when there are circles or boxes I make an X
Don't such tests usually come with instructions at the beginning on how to mark the _correct_ answers? 😁
When it's almost my turn to buy my groceries my heart rate increases and I start to sweat
Who needs to do sports? Go grocery shopping.
Germans don't tick
Thats true ?
@@emrahyesilagac2373 official stuff gets a cross as mark but tics are known as well just not used on official cheats :-)
Never ticked in my life
Only clocks.
@@carojung189 Only if there has to be marked wrong and right, then wrong is a cross and right is a tick.
Recycling wasn't among the three virtues? Well, guess she didn't make it.
How about "Never leave your kitchen behind"?
It's 3am, no cars on the road everywhere but we still wait for the lights to turn green
Red Unicorn I actually get offended by people who don’t
@@Ryo-um9rl lmao. Like why should i wait when CLEARY no car is on sight? It´s truly absurd
AnimeVideoEditor cause it’s the law
In the Netherlands, alot of traffic lights are disabled at night.
Where is this coming from? I always cross the road when no car or kid is in sight... I would never cross a redlight in the car though... that's just wrong :D
"OK, last one: Turn over the page and stare at it for one minute without crying."
I nearly died 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I didn't get that one 😅
@@v.a.21 german grammar is the bane of the language :)
@@v.a.21Most of the words on that page were just the rouhgly one dozen different variations of saying "the" in the german language. It drives english speakers crazy.
@@TheJgMeyer I'm currently studying German language at the moment (I was bored during the lockdown. Yeah, I know. What was I thinking? Hahahah) and yes, it takes a lot of memorisation and analytical approach when I came to deal with the different words for "the"...and they haven't even mentioned about conjugated verbs, etc.
@@TheJgMeyer Yes but it's not interchangeable variations, it's one specific for each combination of grammatical gender, number and case, though for some it's the same word.
An educational video for the Brexit refugees? Interesting!
Meanwhile it's November and they still dont need such a video... DW was kinda early to publish this
@@DanNick.Daniel jan 2020 now....but dont waste time. :D
@@rivenoak u sure about that 🤨🤨🤨
@@DanNick.Daniel GE in 3 weeks should bring some decisions.
@@rivenoak October 31st should have brought the final Brexit...
I love German honesty 😊 you can easily know who likes you and who does not.
is it -my experience is otherwise- when it comes to their own self interest they can be as dishonest as anyone else. Germans are just like every other human being. All cultures have honest and dishonest people.
@A Stein not sure about that- they can be dishonest as well like anyone when it comes to protecting their own interests
But they are German. Do they like anyone? And, if they do, dare they show it?
John M you are no german, you are just guessing as it seems.
the Russians are honest too. And you know why? Socialism
I hate it when the cashier starts scanning the next customers items before i could even put my wallet away and put my purchases in my backpack
me too and I'm well prepared and trained since I was a kid. The cashiers aren't good from the view of their boss if the time between customers takes too long. In some shop chains there is some sort of competition to be the fastest cashier. That's a small part of getting food so cheap in comparison to neighbour states like France or Switzerland.
I'm a German and I give you a hint. Don't pay before you have put your stuff in your bag! If the cashier is way to fast, it is not your problem. The cashier would surely not be happy about it, but who cares. 🤷♂️
But you also don't want to stay in the queue for a long time so they have to go fast...
@@mariellche3144 Is your name Marielle?
@@Der_Kleine_Mann It's Mariellche, why?
This is really the best show about life in Germany there is. Had to laugh so loud, when the physical test was at its climax
Germans aren't all that bad, call me odd but I actually find their bluntness refreshing. As for "grumbling", there's plenty of that in Britain at the moment .. and they said there's no common ground to be found with the mainland 😏
This is very true. And a good grumble can be very cathartic :)
Most things here are in order.
This is sometimes really annoying, but mostly helpful and we wouldnt want to miss it
There is lots of common ground: Brits have just spent most of their history trying to deny it.
"not all that bad", that's considered a compliment here in Germany :D Thank You!
To get new socks in the German army is as hard as to get a new submarine. It's the same process.
Interesting choice of name bro/sis...yes no is clear 😵😀
The worst thing about this is that some organisations handle it like this. More reasonable ones at least simplify the processes for different value categories.
But since we are talking about something managed by the state i am honestly afraid that you might not even be exaggerating.
Only reasons I watch these videos:
Rachel Stewart
Rachel Stewart
Rachel Stewart
Great content and format
Me too! She's a real beauty!
Don't forget Rachael Stewart
Supermarkt thingg is for real, they are so quick and dont give you time To assemble your things.
I wish they were more friendlier 😛
The trick is to also talk about the family, the kids and your annoying boss and maybe discuss politics while you pack your bag and pay.
Only if you shop at cheap places like Aldi or Netto. Other supermarkets are much nicer and don't rush you.
This is german variant of ninjutsu
There should be an investigator testing the cashiers wether they are doped or not.
I've given up. I decided to start using a shopping kart, not because I buy much stuff, but because it's quicker to load under stress
OMG I'd definitely fail that lightning fast super-market game! No wonder Germany has so many great football goalies!
Well if we didnt do the ppl would never get home. Especially on days that are gree the next day cause of the panic shopping :D
Best explanation ever 😂😂😂
As a foreigner living in Germany, I agree.
3.1415926 lies!
For a German, living in Germany, I agree too
@@diewilden80gerhattehattefa74 😂
I cant help smiling watching this. I love German disciplines and I am Chinese.
Me too. Although I'm a native 😅
Are you from the ROC? To my knowledge RUclips is blocked by the communist party in mainland china.
lin lee are u from real china or fake mainland china?
@@theodorkorner1497 mainland Chinese are allowed to travel abroad, dear sir.
@@chima6291 Right, don't thought about that.
if they take their own tech and use it there they still get blocked. they have to use different devices to get aound the block @@chima6291
I am ashamed how accurate this is.
Still funny tho
The older women in the shops in Germany can be appallingly rude...it wouldn't kill them to crack a smile :-D
Why would she wants to put in jeopardy her eagled focus sharm with a stupid smile
Some old lady yelled at me for taking too long just the other day, it was a travel agency though.
10 weeks?? That's for sure german engineering here it'd like 10 years
2:03 Oh, so that explains ALDI...
PENNY too
I've been to both - German and US Aldi.
The US cashiers are super slow when compared to the german ones.
Yes it sure does. In England Aldi and Lidl both have this system.
The supermarket scene was hilarious. Reminds me of Saturday morning at Aldi XD
Meet the Germans...
...before the Germans meet you.
Is that a threat?
I dont know, ask the Germans
@@SuperLusername It is.
I lived in Germany for more than a decade and loved it, their sense of order creates a feeling of security. They have a good sense of community too which is lacking in large parts of the UK.
So well made. And so awkwardly funny. It takes British humour to put some fun in a RUclips clip about German Einbürgerung. Thank you so much for making and sharing.
Strange how, as a German, I am getting addicted to her videos. Supermarket scene: how true, how true! I am still working on a technique of unfolding my bags and Klappboxen in under three seconds. And I hate it when there is somebody in front of me with only two items because that means that the cashier is already checking my stuff while I am still unloading my trolley. If there were a checkpoint for “more than ten items only”, I’d definitely go there.
In the northern part of germany you only drink "Ostfrisentee" wich is black Tee with Milk and rock candy
No we don't drink that in the real north.. You're talking about north-west Germany. Don't mix it up please xD
Weil Ostfriesen sind keine Norddeutschen!
@@carlakolumna8620 jup hast recht.
Carla Kolumna ääämmmmm etwas Norddeutschensolitarität wenn ich bitten darf, der Norden muss nehmen wen er kriegen kann ... alle 12 Leute aus Ostfriesland eingeschlossen.
@@carlakolumna8620 Ich weiß dass ihr Fischköpfe :p da oben in SH meint alles südlich von Bremem ist Süddeutschland, aber spätestens alles was an der Küste liegt ist zweifellos Nordeutschland und es gibt ja sogar die ostfriesischen Inseln. Und eigentlich zählt auch ganz Niedersachen dazu (man kann evtl. Süd-Niedersachsen ausklammern).
@@lal12 nene Leute, ich kenne welche aus Ostfriesland die behaupten, sie wären der echte Norden. Seit dem kommt mir das gar nicht in die Tüte :D
Ist seid Nordwesten, der wahre Norden ist Schleswig-Holstein :P
With the shopping thing, there is a better way to do and it has none of the stress:
self checkout, you get to go at your own pace and you won’t have any groceries flying across the room :)
But not all the shops have self check and sometimes is so slow
Thumbs up! Thanks for the Meet the German episodes. It' been a truly rewarding experience with all it's educative provram in terms of culture, language, tradtions, innovations, foods, sports, hacks, weird things, innovations, creativity, technology, health, music and history.
I love all of these videos with you, they're extremely well made and so funny! Keep them coming!
For proper revision I would sincerely recommend the book "Wie man Deutscher wird" by Adam Fletcher, The back half is even in english for those of you who lack competency in the perfectly natural and logical concepts that make up german grammar.
I've met him. He gave a talk about his "make me German" book. Nice guy.
"the perfectly natural and logical concepts that make up German grammar": a door is a "she", a car is a "he", and a girl is an "it". We assume that you actually know that a girl (Maedchen") is actually a "she". Or, is that a news flash for you?
@@TFlexxx all fruit is female, except apples.
@@TFlexxx Boys are also 'it's as you put it. That is 'ein Überbleibsel' from when children weren't considered as people with their own identities, just like in most nations throughout much of history.
I'm not saying I'm a fan, just attempting to provide a little insight. Though these days no one would call a child "es" (it), but refer to them with gendered pronuns when discussling them in the third person.
Sorry Rachel, Tatort doesn't air in 8:15, but on 20:15 ;)
I'm a 20 year old German and I'm stressed out every time I have to bag my groceries and pay. This was so accurate :)
Imagine the state of expats who have never experienced this before! Why this mad rush. Cashier doesn’t even wait for you to collect ur items and starts billing the next person. I literally cringe when it’s my turn.
@@devshreebhardwaj3096 They are timed. Especially ALDI (but pretty much all German supermarkets) want to be as efficient as possible. There is research by EDEKA saying paying process must at all times be shorter than 6 seconds or the customer might get angry.
Tea with milk is VERY common in Ostfriesland. Also the only region in Germany that reaaally knows its stuff about tea.
word... I'm not even in Ostfriesland.. it's totally a thing north of the carnival line.
Missed you. Glad you are doing more.
I love it when I see the cashier already scanning the next customers stuff while the previous customer is still packing and standing in the way.. this will stress out the customer who now is already behind the cashier by a few products and if that customer wont catch up with the cashier by the end of his "turn" he will have brought eternal shame on himself.
Things must have changed a lot since 1996 when I left Germany. The supermarket cashiers were not in a race against the clock then. Some would even help customers in unexpected ways, such as breaking the seal on a bottle for a frail senior citizen, or even being offered an open purse by a customer for the cashier to take out the correct amount due and put any change due back into the purse. As a 'courtesy' German by virtue of marriage, I appreciated the total honesty of the Germans in general. It was usually tempered with kind concern to help me understand how things were done in German society.
So wunderbar, wie sie uns erfasst. Herrlich!
If you dont like Tatort then you havent watched Tatort Münster yet...
I actually don't think I have seen a Münster one... is it really better?!
@@RachelStewart04 Totally. Its the only kind of Tatort that i enjoy cause the characters are just that glorious...
@@user-on5zm2we8q Der Beste
@@user-on5zm2we8q Ok I will give it a chance. This had better be good!! :P
@@RachelStewart04 it's very sarcastic and the protagonist are so different. I can't describe how special it is. But beware, the first Tatort movies from Münster are the best.
I love this so much !!! German culture learned in the British sarcastic way, amazing!!!
Does anyone like Tatort? We have to pay for it but I don't know anyone who watches it. The only people I know who still watch TV are over 65.
Also you do not run somewhere to be on time. You are an hour early and hover around, walking around the block and when you are 10 minutes early you turn around again at the door to wait for another 5 minutes and then you are perfectly 5 minutes early xD
I like it
A nice ritual for Sunday evenings.
And i can understand that if you don't watch Zdf and Ard you dont want to pay GEZ.
I watch a lot of stuff from them especially on youtube so i am ok paying it
Brilliant! You nailed it with this one!
You never have been in Berlin. We also cross the street when there is a red light ;)
the big cities are rogue
You rebel, you!
WHAT?!?!?!!! WHAT ARE YOU ?!
PS: you are not a german person !
Dont take it seriously pls xD
@@Taida7221 I used to do that, but Berlin changed me. :D
Philipp Blum
Bist du 68er rebel oder wieso so undiszipliniert?
😂😂😂
Im dutch. We did the citizenship test of holland here my entire class filled with only white people failed including our teacher
At 2:25, when she turns the page over and sees the list of basically all the different ways to say "the" in German, I suddenly had a flashback to my school days back in the seventies and the lists of German prepositions that rules when to use what German version of "the": Aus, ausser, bei, gegenüber, mit, nach, seit, von, zu. And durch, für, gegen, ohne, um. And more. I can't believe I still remember at least part of those lists we had to learn by heart, so long ago. :-)
If you want to be a better german, then try putting your groceries on the conveyor belt at the supermarket in the order you want to pack them in your bag. Also while waiting at the register, mind your banknotes and coins so you don't have to fiddle in your purse endlessly when you need to pay
What else belongs into the REAL German citizenship test?
Which city doesn't exist?
@@irgendeinzuschauer1727 Bielefeld!!!!!!
1. Firm Handshake
2. Cleaning the car regulary
3. Beeing aware, that the only Region what speaks decent german is your own Region. All other have got funny or scary accents.
4. Having kreislaufstörung
Eating lots of sausages from the different regions without getting sick!
Not making jokes about jews and stuff like that (generally no dark humour)
Hating US- and UK-politics
Finding it totally normal to drive on a highway with 200 km/h and more
Being on time, no better be way too early just in case the other person is there early too.
If you by any chance thought the scene with packing your shopping items was a bit overacted -> you are wrong! It is exactly like that. Try to keep up with the cashier (you'll fail) but TRY (especially at Aldi)
imma give you an insider tip: if you have items the cashier needs to weigh on the scale (ie. vegetables or fruit) put them at the end, giving you a time window to pack the items the cashier scanned super fast.
Being on time for a test means you've got to be there 15 minutes early. Showing up at the last second just won't do.
German adjective endings make me cry much harder than just the articles
Guys, after 8 years I learnt the trick to do shopping like a boss!
Step 1 : download Google pay and activate your card on it
Step 2 : Buy a folding shopping basket (or get a cart)
Step 3: Prepare your Google Pay app beforehand.
Step 4 : Start throwing your stuff randomly and quickly into your folding basket or to the cart whilst shouting "mit Karte bitte!".
5) Now find yourself and empty area where you can reorganise your stuff
Ha, i studied German many years ago and i always worried about the declensions. Then two months ago i started studying Latin and German suddenly became a walk in the park. Seven declensions (though in practice only five), that apply to five different noun categories, where the word endings are different for singulars and plurals = 5x5x2= 50 variations, not including the declensions of adjectives and adverbs, etc, where each one has their own case, for singulars AND plurals
Haha the supermarket test was awesome 😂😂
Some advice: have a cart, put all the items into it, pay, move a bit away from the checkout and then take all your time packing from the cart 😊👍
Toast is absolutely common for breakfast.
There used to be a lot more space at the checkout and by earlier I mean 10 to 15 years ago. So about 15 years ago, the first discounters started to dismantle the loading zone. And it wasn't just a loading zone, there was even a beam in between that you could flip over. So if one person was still packing, the cashier could flip the beam and carry on. I don't know why it was removed either. It doesn't bring much more space and only stress for everyone involved. Some say it was done to reduce the stress on cashiers, but that's clearly not the case. They often still have a time pressure that they may even be warned if they are too slow.
At this point also the lie of the free market, because I can't shop anywhere else anyway if all the companies are copying this bad thing and in some areas there is only one supermarket or even only one discounter.
I can speak Hindi, Punjabi, English, Latin and (because i grew up in Germany) German!!!
ohh man what a true supermarket experience :D
The best thing dw has ever produced in their lifetime
Fun fact, if there is a red light but no Car in sight, we walk a bit down the road and cross it anyway. That way we did not cross a red light but still cross the street.
Great episode.
Everybody knows the correct rules for pedestrian crossings are:
On red light:
1) look for cars
2) if there are no cars, look for cops
3) if there are neither, cross!
I'm only Czech though, so what do I know, right?
There is no point waiting to cross the street where there is no any single car. I hate that as a pedestrian in Berlin. I must have right to cross the street.
Well, supermarkets didn't used to be like that 20 years ago. Thanks to Aldi and the other discounters who made the short checkouts popular. I dislike that so much to hurry every time. And I'm confused when I visit other countries, that I do not have to hurry like we do in Germany.
Vergesst nicht den Warenterenner an der Kasse, zwischen euren Einkäufen und den Einkäufen der anderen.
Toast is totally normal in Germany and Tea with milk is also normal in die North-West in Germany
35 years living in Germany and never seen Toast in sunday morning.
Tea with milk and sugar is northern German tradition
1:46 LOL LOL SO TRUE!! And they forgot the Nutella for breakfast with Brotchen!
It is not a supermarket test, but a discounter test. In supermarkets it works more like slow motion.
To be honest, I don't like our speed-game at the cashier. I hate that it is this way in Germany.
Germans in supermarkets also have the habit of waiting until the cashier has registered all the shopping items before they put it in their shoppingbags so that in the end it's all piled up in the way of the next customer. What happens then is that usually the cashier carries on with the following customer's shopping so that this all ends up getting mixed up with the previous customer's shopping.
you failed the test!!
Haha checkout counters are very fast unless it is Edeka imho.
Oh my , that one about the Supermarket and the cashier is soooo true lol
Got 99% for my Einbürgerung Prüfung
I'm German and I don't like Tatort too. They arrested me two times and said to me if I continue to hate Tatort they will throw me out of Germany and I have to move to Brexit-Land. :(
Was ne sympatische Frau.
Ostfriesland hat mit 300 Litern pro Kopf den höchsten Teekonsum weltweit. Und hier trinkt man den Tee MIT Milch! I greet the British!
2:24 brought serious flashbacks of my German classes in highschool.
Funny enough, though i can't remember the grammar rules on when to use the articles, I remember them.
der die das die
dem die das die
dem der dem den
des der des der
It's weird what random knowledge sticks in your mind for 20 years
Hahaha, I love that comment!
Unfortunately I think that that's not the way to learn languages.
Because I think you should want to come to the point where you can at least begin to have some kind of conversation with people and understand some written and spoken language and that you can reach faster by learning new words, expressions and phrases instead of just concentrating on these Artikel for many frustrating hours...
"Tatort" is one of the crappiest TV-Shows - to a point where it's even embarassing to watch... And I say that as a German 🙈
As a German in the UK, I need a reverse video 🤣 This video is fab, @RachelStewart04 is a genius! Thanks for this, it's all so very true 🤣
I lived in Germany for a few months and all of these is true. I once dropped a beer right when I was about to check out because I was holding everything with my hands instead of getting a cart. There was no one behind me, it was a slow day but man I felt as if had just killed someone. I interrupted the efficiency of the empty kaufland :(
Thats why you never, EVER go to Kaufland. Its in the constitution, just after the human rights.
@@Smittel Erstmal zu Penny
American aspiring top hold a German passport here.
Speaking from the supermarket scene and people in the comments from Germany saying how true that is, yeah just sa slight bit scared.
this is so accurate i cannot even
Excuse you, in Northern Germany tea with milk on the Sunday breakfast table is absolutely a thing.... ffs
Visiting Germany must be very stressful for Italians.
"Thou shalt grumble", on point 👌😂
Pretty much the core expertise of Germans, especially in low and middle classes 😂😂
Oh, didn't you know? Complaining and comiserating together is a bonding experience for Germans!
@@hipsepipse if you find people that complain about the same thing you know that you found friends.
So basically, the inverse of Germany is India.
Is this why Aldi is so stressful in the UK? "bloody Germans, comin' over 'ere taking away those few minutes we dawdle at the end of the till"
Lidl is also from Germany ;)
@@hanamiakuma3625 Lidl is from Austria
Please explain 2:24 for a non-German here!
the German article "the" = der (male), die (female), das (neutrum) change in different cases Nominativ, Genitiv, Dativ, Akkusativ... so you say "the cat" - "DIE Katze", but when you say "I go to the cat" its "ich gehe zu DER Katze".
And secondly there is i.e. DAS Korn and DER Korn and that are different things! (das Korn means grain, der Korn is a schnaps). I hope that helped.
Thank you! Makes much more sense now!
@@FueledByAdobo03 I had to edit it to make it more specific
I just love germans and their culture, wish to be there someday.
I wait for the crosswalk because in the U.S. motorist yield for no pedestrian. If I'm going to be crippled so someone can get home 15 seconds faster I might as well make sure they'll be liable.
Absolut opposite the customer service versus Canada..where you have to pack the items for the client , don't rush , other way they call the manager for bad service...and there are supermarkets where they carry your staff to your car....poor German cashier...what hard time they have to work
oh man this is so good, i'm peeing myself from laughter!
I teach my children: the day you are faster than the person behind the cashier, call immediately for an ambulance, because there has to be an emergancy and he or she is having a heart attack/stroke or something like that. ;-) In general, nobody can be faster than the cashier. So stop trying and go your own pace.
I get weird looks in the United States when I, as a customer, expect the speed and efficiency of German cashiers.
Referring to the breakfast, there is actually a north south split. In the north most of us germans drink tea while the south prefer coffee instead
I really love the description... plan way ahead of time before moving to Germany.