Once all this is over we'd love to travel some more around Germany to see other cities! Which city would you like to visit next? 🤔 Also, Check out our new video about, "Germany's Top 5 Cities Explained! " ruclips.net/video/QYIhv-yBbZI/видео.html
Visit Oldenburg!! :) or in the summer Cuxhaven! You could go Wattwandern in Cuxhaven or plan a trip to Neuwerk! Or visit the islands! Helgoland, Rügen, Norderney,...
Bremen and Bremerhaven are lovely, especially Schnoorvietel, Hachez chocolate, and the Klimathaus. Really enjoyed the Auswanderer museum in Bremerhaven as well. I love Bernkastel-Kues and Cochem as well, for the smaller town experience.
Ich habe eine Zeit in Stuttgart gelebt, und konnte da kaum niemanden verstehen, besonders nicht die Omas auf dem Bus. Da hab ich öfter Mal auf Plattdeutsch geantwortet. Total confusion!
Yes and no. There were a bit democracy in the age of the emperor earlier. But yes real democracy came with weimar. And also the fact that we abbolished monarchy that day is important.
I think it's actually pretty sad that people don't know much about Saxony-Anhalt considering how many beautiful cultural and natural sites it has to offer. Just a few examples that are worth to check out, especially considering that you are fairly close to the border: - Quedlinburg has one of the oldest town centres in Germany or maybe even Europe - The Wörlitzer Park is a huge and beautiful garden/park with loads of sights and canals running through it - Eisleben is the birth place of Martin Luther and in Wittenberg you he started the Reformation (also Wittenberg itself is beautiful) - Dessau has the Bauhaus and the related "Meisterhäuser" which are really important for modern design and architecture - Naumburg has a beautiful Cathedral and in that region you can find Germany's northernmost wine region where the popular "Rotkäppchen" brand is from
Saxony-Anhalts south has a special place in the hearts of people from Leipzig at least as there is a lot of interaction. Most importantly with Halle of course and wittenberg being the former capital of saxony in the middleages.
I’m from Finland and Germany is my favourite holiday destination:) it’s nice place to have fun. I’ve been visiting there mostly North Rhine-Westphalia area:) so this one was a good clip.
Grüße aus Magdeburg! I'm from New York but haven't been home in over a year now. Last summer though, when the situation was better than today I visited many cities all over Germany. I've been to every state now! Thanks for your wonderful channel!
Schwerin the Capital City of Mecklenburg Vorpommern has the most beautyfull castle from Germany , The Castle and the garden of them was a Set of many movies . "movie Kingsman: The Golden Circle 2017" also the Castle has they own ghost called "Petermänchen"
I mean at least Mecklenburg-Vorpommern got the two biggest islands of Germany Rügen (that's where I live) and Usedom 🥰 actually both are common places for germans to spend their holiday at (especially in the summer because of the beaches)
I learned a lot, great video guys! You guys are so fun, too. Love your vibe. We are moving to southern Bavaria next week 😱😱 with our 4 kids so I was excited to learn more about our new country!
My favorite Bundesland of Germany is Schleswig-Holstein, for me it is the german spoken England, the landscape all around looks pretty similar to England and to Holland as well too, I Love this coastcountries at Europes northern coasts including the Baltic sea, and for me Schleswig-Holstein is the special German , federal State between the two northern European waters, and what i also Love are beautiful sight of the typical German reed roofed Cottages which also can Look similar to the irish, english and dutch cottages as well. I Love that Image for sure, mostly my vacation i spent in Countries like that.
@@linajurgensen4698 I doubt, there were many thatched roofs in the city of Kiel prior to WW2. Starting with 1867 Kiel and Holstein were part of Prussia and Prussian building laws applied. They prohibited thatched roof in densely built urban areas because of the fire hazard.
8:44 Ich komme aus dem Saarland und ja wir sind zwar nicht viele und haben auch recht viel Wald, aber es lohnt sich sehr es mal besuchen zu kommen! Das Saarland hat auch eine relativ interessante Geschichte, da wir mal zu Deutschland gehört haben, dann zu Frankreich, dann waren wir auch schon unser eigenes Land und schließlich gehören wir zu Deutschland. Unser "Wahrzeichen" ist die Saarschleife wo es auch einen Baumwipfelpfad gibt; man hat eine fantastische Sicht von dort aus. Außerdem "lieben" wir unseren Lyoner (Fleischwurst) und Maggi; was man beides bei sehr vielem essen kann (v.a. Maggi (ist wie ein Gewürz, sowas in der Art)). Wir haben auch schöne Stauseeen wo man drin schwimmen kann. In Losheim (Dorf in Nordsaarland mit ca. 5000 Einwohnern) gibt es auch eine über 100 Jahre alte Eisenbahn mit der man noch manchmal auf Museumsfahrten fahren kann (man kann auch im Stausee schwimmen gehen und im Seehotel (3 Sterne Hotel) übernachten). Und noch viel mehr... Wir werden zwar immer unterschätzt doch wie man ja sagt: klein aber fein. LG aus dem Saarland😊
Ich sage, wie fast alle vom Land im schwäbischen, dass ich „aus der Nähe von Stuttgart“ komme - obwohl fast 100 km entfernt. Aber hier in der Umgebung gibt’s keine größere bekannte Städte 🙈
Wenn ich in Niedersachsen bin, sage ich immer, dass ich aus dem Emsland komme. Wenn ich in anderen Bundesländern bin sage ich zuerst Niedersachsen und dann dass ich an der Grenze zu Holland wohne. 😄 Seit kurzem Wohne ich aber in Hannover, da ist es leichter.
Geht mir genauso. Ich sag auch immer ‚‚Ich komm aus Stuttgart". Leider kennt kaum jemand Bietigheim-Bissingen oder Ludwigsburg. Obwohl beide bekannt sein sollten.
Ich fand es auch witzig wenn Freunde aus Bayern gesagt haben "ich wohne in der Nähe von München" aber es mindestens eine Stunde Autofahrt bis dorthin war. Meine Heimat ist 50 km entfernt und ich hätte niemals meine jetzige Stadt als "in der Nähe" beschrieben (ich komme aus dem Ruhrpott). Aber ich kann es verstehen :D
Very nice video! A couple of comments from Sweden. When people ask from where do I come, it very much depends on where I am when I get the question. If asked in the US, I would say Sweden in northern Europe, in Europe I would only say Sweden, in Sweden I would say Stockholm or the Stockholm area and in Stockholm area I would say the city of Lidingö. Lidingö is a city on an island and the water separating it from Stockholm is about 800 m (or half a mile) wide at the most narrow point and there we have two bridges one six-lane car bridge and another bridge for trams, bicyclists and pedestrians. Being from Sweden, I have visited all "alte Bundesländer" a lot from the early 1960-ies onwards and all "neue Bundesländer" from the late 1990-ies when our children were old enough to enjoy travelling. Our oldest is born on November 9th, 1989 - the day the Berlin Wall came down! On German accents - as a foreigner - the German I took in school is a more northern version. An example, the bread that you have with breakfast that was supposed to be called "Brötchen" and later when I took a summer class at the University in Vienna, there it is called "Semmel". There are other differences as well some differ between Germany and Austria other between northern an southern Germany and can be the same in for instance Bavaria and Austria. Another example: In Germany they say "Januar und Februar" and in Austria "Jänner und Feber" for January and February, and still both countries speak German. (They also do in parts of Switzerland, but that I would call an accent or version of German that I cannot understand). So today, when visiting Germany I speak a mix of northern and southern German).
When someone asks where I'm from, I definitely say the nearest city. I think that has two reason: people within the states are so different from region to region, for example you can't compare Nuremberg and Munich at all, so Niedersachsen also doesn't tell them much. And, most importantly, Germany being much smaller than the US, people want a more specific answer.
My mom is from the Saarland area. It's not dark. You really should visit. We brought my father's ashes back home after he past 4 years ago. It's a beautiful place and if I went to ever move to Germany, that is the area I want to live.
Okay, Deana, here are my thoughts towards the self-introduction in Germany, first of all, I'm a native babyboomer German who has worked as a traveling salesman in nearly every part of Germany for more than two decades so I have had to introduce myself a ton of times and therefore I developed a kind of zooming system for this task. If I meet folks in an area that is close enuff to my home I would introduce myself to the city I was born, if they live farther away I would choose the name of the region. In my case the city name is Wesel and the region is named Lower Rhine, outside Germany with the exception of the Netherlands and Britain I do always refer to myself as a German (My family name is a common one in the Netherlands and the Headquarters of the British Rhine Army was in Düsseldorf so many Brits did know where the Lower Rhine is located). But I moved to Hesse (suburbs of Frankfurt/Main in the 1980s) and with that, I changed the whole process to the phrase "Rhine/Main" area. And that one did although work if I meet US Americans of my age or older because the US Army has had large installations in that area I have a pretty good chance that they know my place. Long story short I always try to pick a name that could work for the human I'm talking through.
I'm an American and my fiance lives in the state of Baden-Württemberg. I was just there for 2 weeks at the start of this year and I can't wait to go back, so beautiful there.
Thanks for all this info! We are in Bavaria and been on lockdown since we arrived last December. Sharing this video with my family on GU so they have an idea of where we are at and places we cant wait til travel to.
What a fun video, I had expected you to do even more stereotypes. I hardly ever mention that I am from Niedersachsen, I say Hannover (when I am actually from Hildesheim, 20 km away). The further I get away, the more likely I say Hannover. And if they never heard of that, I say "near Hamburg". And I usually mention that it is the area where you speak the best German :) Greetings from Paris.
Tolles Video! Guys you have no idea how much I love you!!❤️ I'm currently learning German and your videos make my journey so much easier! Thank you!!❤️
Please do not call accents (in this case the accent of Thuringia) or dialects ugly. In my opinion it only encourages people to get rid of their accent or dialect and speak high german only. Our dialects and accents are one of the most beautiful things germany has, as you go from city to City and the people always speak differently. It would be a shame to lose them because of people making fun of it.
Not only this but they are often a mirror for history, especially when it comes to the use of words. I'm for instance from the Upper-Lausatia, now since long time in Dresden. This region was settled by the Sorbs, slavian tribes, and their language influenced the dialect. I and a lot of other people from this region still say "Plinsen" instead of "Eierkuchen" and most people here understand what I mean. Not to mention the history of the language itself, like old words or forms of words which originated during Old-, Middle- High German.
Not only are dialects beatiful and interesting, they are also the actual german languages. Standard german is a made up language, artificially created by Martin Luther and later some linguists. The goal was to create a german written language, to replace latin. Luther just wanted to translate the bible into a standard german form, every german is able to understand. Not to replace the german languages. Standard german was never intended to be a mothertongue. Its only for writing. And I also woudnt be too proud of it, since it was heavily promoted by Nazi Germany and the GDR (DDR).
Very interesting guys. I had no idea how it was. A have roots in Lower-Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern but I've never been there. Cheers from Blumenau (State of Santa Catarina - 🇧🇷 - Brazil)
My family is from Rhineland-Pfalz and it never gets mentioned in any travel. They’re from Ludwigshafen, which from what I can tell is only known for being Mannheim’s little brother and having a BASF plant. It was cool to see even a brief mention!
Hello guys! Really good having you here :) Regards where I am from, I always said I am from the nearest biggest city, in my case Sevilla in Spain. Thank you for the video!!
Very interesting! My family are from Rhineland-Palatinate Family came over on the 🚢ship Patience in early 1800’s as Traber, settled initially in PA and left to settle and build a Catholic Church in Tennessee and I still attend that church and my family are buried there as I will be. Name changed over time to Traughber.
Mainz and Wiesbaden are two state capitals directly across the Rhine from each other. One of the bus routes in the municipal bus system of Mainz (no. 6) connects the core of both cities. When I was studying in Mainz ()1974-75) I occasionally took that bus trip, so I got to know both cities. I have also been to Hamburg, Bremen, Berlin, Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart.
You guys really might want to consider visiting Rostock in Mecklenburg-Westernpommerania ;) if you like nice beaches, nice cities and nice people (ok we are northern german - so probably difficult to tell). You will have to go through a lot of nomansland to get there but I promise it‘s absolutely worth it. And it is actually the sunniest area of Germany ;)
Yes, you should really visit Wiesbaden, especially the different wells (that's where the -baden comes from). Neropark with it's water-driven Nerobergbahn is definitely worth a visit. I recommend combining it with a visit to Mainz (just across the bridge over the Rhine), which in my opinion has the more interesting architecture. Don't ask anyone in WI for directions to MZ, though, or vice versa. You might end up being sent in circles. It's the "Eebsch Seid", after all ;-)
Fakten zu Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Die größte Insel Deutschlands liegt an seiner Küste die Insel Rügen und MeckPom hat die größte zusammenhängende Seelandschaft die Mecklinburgische Seenplatte. Außerdem sind die Seebäder auf Rügen und Usedom sehenswert. In Peenemünde wurde die Rakete von Werner von Braun entwickelt.
@@nitoginko2187 Frau Dr. Merkel wuchs in Templin in der Uckermark auf! Diese gehört zum nördlichen Teil Brandenburgs, nicht zu MV! Frau Merkel hat lediglich ihren Wahlkreis in MV, wenn ich nicht irre!
I have always wanted to visit some of the smaller towns with a lot of Medieval and Renaissance history, and those would include Nuremburg, Rohtenburg, Oberammergau, Bayreuth, and Lubeck. I love castles, Schlosser, fachwerkhauser, and Hansa Hauser. I want to see the Passion Play at Oberammergau, and the Bayreuth Festival. If you get back on the road to see more German towns, please consider one of these. Thank you and Viel Gluck to you both!
As a Hessian: Since we wont be likely to travel much this year either: Come and explore Hessen! Marburg, Wetzlar, Burg Herzberg, Alsfeld, but also the Bergstraße and Odenwald, our parts of the Rhine area.......Yes, Wiesbaden, too. ...Visit castle Frankenstein on your way south. There's also the Hessenpark and the Saalburg to be seen.... and so on....
I've been to a few places in Hessen and really liked them. The accent's a bit weird but easy enough to understand (for someone like me whose German is pretty awful). My wife and I once stayed a night in Marburg, completely randomly as we were driving back to the UK from Italy and it seemed like an OK place to find a hotel. It reminded us a lot of Edinburgh, where we lived at the time, but loads more German, obviously. Had a great night out there.
Ey, aber Sachsen ist doch ist doch auch schön... Und wie die beiden schon gesagt haben: echt unterschätzt! Wir haben ne (meiner Meinung nach) eigentlich echt schöne Kultur und auch die riesigen Flächen Kuturland (weil nunmal alles in Dtl. Kulturland ist, wenn auch nicht so offensichtlich wie unsere vielen großen Felder) können ein schönes Bild geben. Abgesehen davon ist Sachsen ja wohl DAS Burgen-/Schlößerland! Und wenn das Wetter mitspielt hat man z.T. wirklich weite Sicht und kann unsere vielen Hügel mit mehr oder weniger großen Burgen drauf sehen, was echt schön ist. (Ich weiß, du hast nichts direkt gegen die anderen Bundesländer gesagt, aber ein bisschen Eigenwerbung schadet ja nicht, oder? ;D) Und um den Dialekt nicht zu vergessen: oft wird einfach 'gesächselt'. Also man ahmt den Dialekt nach. Einige können aber noch wirklich Sächsisch (Fun Fact: Sächsisch war zu Martin Luther Zeiten oder so mal Amtssprache in Mitteldeutschland), und denen zuzuhören ist wirklich lustig! So viel zu Sachsen; wer möchte als Nächstes sein Bundesland bewerben? ;)
@@goddes_of_autumn8376 Haha. Na, was soll man machen? Die beiden wollten ja wissen, wo sie mal hinfahren können. Jeder der nicht aus Frankfurt kommt wird mir Recht geben, oder nicht? FFM selbst kam ein bisschen als "meh" rüber oder als "würde gern kann aber nicht". Der Rest von Hessen - " naja, kenn ich nich, gibt's da noch was außer vielleicht Wiesbaden?" Da musste ich doch etwas sagen. 🤣 Vielleicht schaffe ich es dafür mal nach Sachsen... Bisher ist allerdings "nur" Niedersachsen auf der Liste für 2021.😎
@@Xnhl haha alles gut ;) aber wenn's so weit ist: viel Spaß! Wir haben übrigens hervorragende Bäcker mit lauschigen Backstuben zum hinsetzen, Kaffee trinken und Kuchen genießen :D ich werde mir wohl auch noch mal Hessen anschauen ( Fun Fact: konnte mir in der GS nie merken, das Wiesbaden die HS von Hessen ist, nicht umgekehrt. Fand irgendwie, dass Hessen eher 'wie ein Stadtname klingt', woraus mein Gehirn schlussfolgerte, dass es sich bei Wiesbaden um das BL handeln musste. Ja, ich war nd so helle, frage mich manchmal, wieso ich es schaffen konnte, ne Klasse zu überspringen (das klingt jetzt voll wie angeben; ups))
Hi guys! You are great and this channel have potential, whoever it seemed like you didnt know much about many states or cities, so... Yeah I was really hoping to know more about die Bundesländer.
Well, in "Mecklenburg Vorpommern" we have the most Lakes of every German state and a special Region where many Lakes are located called "Mecklenburger Seen-Platte", we also have the biggest Isle of Germany with "Rügen" where the "Kreidefelsen" are very popular. Sadly u missed these things in your video and made it look like theres nothing to see here... :(
I lived in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern lakes and forests is correct. But also some beautiful forest and beaches. Warnemünde, Rostock etc... close to Hamburg, close to Berlin. ❤️ Something someone told me when I was studying there back in 2008. „if you wish to go back in time, come to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, we haven’t caught up yet“ I loved it. ❤️ 🇩🇪
Oh my lovely americanos. Why Mecklenburg/Pomerania was so short? No Aviation without Otto Lilienthal from Anklam and no Rockets without Peenemünde. The complete US NASA-Space-Program was desinged by pomerians(north-eastern german scientists) For instance the Nazifriend Wernher von Braun oder Jesco von Puttkammer, etc.
Thanks for saying that Rheinland-Pfalz is underrated. Especially the Pfalz (Palatinate) is also known as the Tuscany of Germany. Our weather is often better than in the rest of Germany, the people are nice and down to earth and you should have shown pictures of the beautiful vinyards. We also drink Riesling-Schorle and eat Bratwurst, Leberknödel, Saumagen and Dampfnudeln :D
Für mich als neuen, deutschsprachigen Zuschauer des Kanals ist es immer sehr interessant zu sehen wie Menschen aus anderen Ländern der Welt auf dieses Land reagieren. Das ist dann auch meist überraschend positiv. Mir wurden schon öfters Videos von euren Kanal empfohlen und ich habe nun beschlossen auch auf den Zug aufzuspringen. Liebe Grüße aus Bavaria
Hi. This video was great. I've been working on the German side of my ancestry and this really helped me understand the various states/regions. I have been to Germany a couple of times and need to get back. Greetings from Illinois.
I am surprised that you haven't done a video on the city of Hameln especially since it is in your guys neck of the woods... Especially since the Rattenfänger von Hameln and the eerie history behind that town and its folklore... We lived not to far from Hameln in the mid 70's into the Early 80's but I loved that region of Germany and doing Volksmarches back then I still have some of the medals from doing multiple of them still to this day and have them stored away for safekeeping. One thing our Father taught us was to learn about the cultures of the countries we lived in and I enjoy your Videos and brings back very fond memories of my past childhood. Danke Schoen
Fun Fact: The 5th biggest city in Schleswig-Holstein Norderstedt is always overshadowed by it's neighbouring city, so even though it's the 5th biggest city in Schleswig-Holstein I always have to say that it's north of Hamburg. Btw Norderstedt actually means northern town because it's north of Hamburg. Hamburg was founded in the middle ages and Norderstedt 1970
I live in lower saxonie,,county Cuxhaven and in a little village near by Bremerhaven..calls Loxstedt.. Bremerhaven ,the old harbour of Bremen calls Fish town city, because its in the past one of the largest fishing Industries.. A great city❤️
Yes, my state is kinda underrated. You're right Phil. I actually expected that you would also talk about wine. Cuz that's what almost everyone says about Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz (not the only state were wine is made). Alcohol is nothing for me. I prefer a good Winzertraubensaft (or Bitburger 0,0%).
That's a really cool video. Coming from North Rhine Westphalia (biggest state by population) and now living in Berlin (biggest city and capital), so far I have visited all but one mainland German states (sorry, Saarland, but I haven't made it there yet). If you've got the time, I would love to see special videos on every single German state some time, because they are all so unique with their respective special characteristics you just can't all cover in one video for the whole lot of them. Great work, thanks!
9:50 actually the landscape is really beautiful in Saxony-Anhalt (I moved here a year ago), also they have beautiful old towns with castles like Quedlinburg and Wernigerode. But the best state will always be Schleswig-Holstein❤️ (my home^^).
I am born in raised in America, “California”. I have recently discovered I have 3rd great grandparents who were born in Stralsund. I’ve always known I’ve had German roots. It’s exciting to narrow it down a bit and I hope to travel there one day!
You should definitely visit Saarland! Yes there is a lot of forest, but you also need to see the Saarschleife. Saarbrücken is also worth a visit, but it's not as beautiful as other towns like Blieskastel. Local culture is pretty important, with local food and apparently it's the state with the highest percentage of dialect speakers (although i'm not one of them :( )
I live halfway between Frankfurt and Wiesbaden (I grew up in Frankfurt), and when asked, my reply depends on where the person asking me comes from. If it's somebody from the area, I reply with the name of the town I live in. If it's someone from another region of Germany, I reply with "Rhein-Main-Gebiet" (Rhine-Main area, as this is where the two rivers meet) which is well known all over Germany. When asked abroad, I simply say Frankfurt, as everyone knows that city. By the way, the reason why Wiesbaden is the capital of Hesse(n) is because Frankfurt was designated to become the federal capital after World War 2 and it shouldn't be both a state and federal capital. But when the parliament voted what should become the new capital, Bonn was favored over Frankfurt, and people say the reason was that it was closer to the home of the chancellor back in the day. (Not sure how much is true about that last detail though.) If you consider going to Wiesbaden by car, you either need a lot of patience or a very good GPS. Every time I drive there, I get lost, as people there obviously don't know how to place signs that help people in finding their way around. Last year, I have been stuck in Wiesbaden's traffic for almost an hour, just because I didn't know that I could have taken a left turn earlier and would have reached the Autobahn within a quarter of a mile. There was simply NO sign, even though it was a major intersection. I grew up in Frankfurt, I learned how to drive in that city, but Wiesbaden is just terrible to me when it comes to road traffic. (It may be nice otherwise, don't get me wrong...)
I live in Luxembourg, and Saarland is not really dark, it's like Rheinland Pfalz, but in a smaller version (and with more "French" things because the biggest cities are close to the border). I love their Schwenkbraten (a Saarländisch marinated meat)
@@ImEazyE Actually, I think you're right. I've never had it, but I have heard of it. So it's probably *not* from "Saar", but from the German word for "sour".
Der anglizierte Name Mecklenburg - Western Pomerania ist nicht wirklich so häufig benutzt. Auch bei der Wikipedia Seite für dieses Bundesland wird der deutsche Name Mecklenburg - Vorpommern verwendet. Ist ja viel kürzer und Vorpommern ist nicht schwierig auszusprechen. Das gleiche gilt für Baden - Württemberg, dafür gibt es auch keinen anglizierten Namen.
@@cuongpham6218 Mag schon stimmen, aber im offiziellen englischen Sprachgebrauch wird der anglizierte Name genutzt. Ich war mal in Wales und viele können nicht mit Mecklenburg-Vorpommern anfangen, wohl aber mit Mecklenburg Western Pomerania.
@@SapsanBerlin Um ehrlich zu sein denke ich nicht dass so viele Menschen mal die Existenz von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern kennen, geschweige denn seinen deutschen oder anglizierten Namen :)) Zu diesem Thema muss ich ja zugeben, im englischen Sprachraum werden meistens die anglizierten Versionen der Ortsnamen verwendet, von denen viele fast gar keinen Sinn haben (Köln - Cologne, München - Munich, Kärnten - Carinthia, Steiermark - Styria). Aber es gibt auch Ausnahmen, wie Braunschweig, also in der Geschichte war die Stadt auch unter dem Namen Brunswick bekannt (also New Brunswick in Kanada könnte auch zu Neubraunschweig im deutschen Sprachgebrauch "übersetzt" werden), aber heutzutage wird Braunschweig fast immer verwendet statt Brunswick.
:clicked on this specifically to hear about Hessen: Me:(anxiously waiting with bated breath for Hessen to pop up) Dude:Hessen! Me: Yes! 🤩 Dude: what can I say, I'm neutral on Hessen. Next! 🎈📌
@@marrid4064 same, expected more than just the mention of Stuttgart for Baden-Württemberg. As someone from Mannheim I never really identified with the rest of that state. Culturally, Mannheim belongs more to Rhineland-Palatinate. That's why Mannheim is called the Kurpfalz, because it used to be the residence of the Kurfürst of the Pfalz and is the reason why Mannheim has a huge Schloss. How it ended up as part of Baden-Württemberg I will have to look up again, I have been out of school for more than 4 decades.
When in the States, when someone asks where I'm from, I give a complicated answer: Well, I was born in Pennsylvania, but raised in Mississippi . . . I guess if I were overseas and someone asked, I'd think they would want to know the country, so I'd say, the US (so they wouldn't think I'm Canadian!) and then if they wanted to know more, I'd just say, "a couple of hours from Philadelphia". But it's strange, you can't always assume to know where someone is from: I had a coworker once who mentioned something about her visa. I was floored because I thought she was from the States. She made me guess where she was from: Canada? No. Even though she had NO accent whatsoever, I kept guessing every country I knew spoke English: South Africa; Australia: New Zeeland. I had to give up. She was from Norway!!!!! Sounded like a native born American.
@@daniel_361 I think because she made me keep guessing implied she was extremely proud of having studied and learned without an accent. She's moved to CA.
When I travel on holiday and someone asks me where I come from I usually say: I'm from Oldenburg that's near Bremen. When they don't know the city Bremen, I add mostly that this is near Hamburg, so in northern Germany
Wait, have you guys been to Koblenz before? I almost never meet people from outside of Rheinland-Pfalz that have been there. It truly is an amazing city and I'm happy to call it my home.
I was born and raised in Berlin and still live here (I‘m also just 17 years old lol). But because I grew up in such a big city with the conveniences of shopping malls and a lot of leisure activities around, I can hardly imagine to ever live anywhere else, even if I know as well as every Berliner that it can be really dirty and that it‘s got some ugly spots but it‘s also the city with the biggest diversity and open mind so you can discover it new every day, even as a „Native Berliner“. :D
1. Tropical Island in Brandenburg is amazing, but slightly expensive. Give it a try tough! :D 2. I'm originally from a small town in Thüringen (now Leipzig
Haalloo! Fellow Thuringian here who studied in Leipzig! I think it definitely depends on the region. Plus, there is not only one Thuringian dialect. In Thuringia, there are two dialect groups belonging to completely different language families (East Central German and Franconian). I grew up with both of them, my mom being from the Thuringian Forest and my father from East Thuringia.
I think or at least in my experience people say they live near and if asked where that is, they say an even bigger city that's around. For example they say "I live near Ingolstadt." - "Where is Ingolstadt?" - "It's near Munich." - "Oh, Bavaria." - "Yes, Bavaria." It's also quite common that people get it at the first hint but we have a lot of small towns where the example above is pretty much necessary.
The more videos I watch about the German federal states, the more interesting this subject becomes. It is true that people always say which city they are from and not which federal state. Except maybe for the Bavarians.
Once all this is over we'd love to travel some more around Germany to see other cities! Which city would you like to visit next? 🤔
Also, Check out our new video about, "Germany's Top 5 Cities Explained!
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Please visit Heidelberg! 💜💗
@@m_h3705 When travel is allowed, we would love to visit the city!!
Visit Oldenburg!! :) or in the summer Cuxhaven! You could go Wattwandern in Cuxhaven or plan a trip to Neuwerk! Or visit the islands! Helgoland, Rügen, Norderney,...
Bremen and Bremerhaven are lovely, especially Schnoorvietel, Hachez chocolate, and the Klimathaus. Really enjoyed the Auswanderer museum in Bremerhaven as well. I love Bernkastel-Kues and Cochem as well, for the smaller town experience.
Pleas visit Bamberg! It's very pretty!
In Germany, I'm never really asked where I'm from. They usually know as soon as I open my mouth and think "Oh Gott, noch ein Schwabe!".
Hehe da weiß man es ja direkt
Ich habe eine Zeit in Stuttgart gelebt, und konnte da kaum niemanden verstehen, besonders nicht die Omas auf dem Bus. Da hab ich öfter Mal auf Plattdeutsch geantwortet. Total confusion!
Ha ja des isch scho recht so
Same here xD
Als Rheinländer (besonders Kölner) outed man sich auch gerne mal unfreiwillig ;)
Much love from Finland to all my lovely Germans
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😁😁i Love finland
Been to Finland in 1976. Absolutely gorgeous country. Can remember the huge numbers of lakes, forests, clean air. Great memories.
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Allies in ww1 and ww2
Thuringia is with the Weimar Republic the birthplace of German democracy.and the cities Erfurt and Weimar have both very interesting history
And also Thuringia is the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach (Eisenach).
it s the homecities of the prothestanism cause martin luther starting the reformation right there. :D
@@benjaminblum1172 that was actually in Wittenberg , Saxonia-Anhalt😀
Yes and no. There were a bit democracy in the age of the emperor earlier. But yes real democracy came with weimar. And also the fact that we abbolished monarchy that day is important.
Thüringen is also the state with the greatest biodiversity in Germany. The green lung of Germany. A state with a really rich history!
I think it's actually pretty sad that people don't know much about Saxony-Anhalt considering how many beautiful cultural and natural sites it has to offer. Just a few examples that are worth to check out, especially considering that you are fairly close to the border:
- Quedlinburg has one of the oldest town centres in Germany or maybe even Europe
- The Wörlitzer Park is a huge and beautiful garden/park with loads of sights and canals running through it
- Eisleben is the birth place of Martin Luther and in Wittenberg you he started the Reformation (also Wittenberg itself is beautiful)
- Dessau has the Bauhaus and the related "Meisterhäuser" which are really important for modern design and architecture
- Naumburg has a beautiful Cathedral and in that region you can find Germany's northernmost wine region where the popular "Rotkäppchen" brand is from
Saxony-Anhalts south has a special place in the hearts of people from Leipzig at least as there is a lot of interaction. Most importantly with Halle of course and wittenberg being the former capital of saxony in the middleages.
@@theChaosKe und Wittenberge ist kein Wittenberg/und auch nich Paris xD ,btw Wittenberge ist schon in Brandenburg
I’m from Finland and Germany is my favourite holiday destination:) it’s nice place to have fun. I’ve been visiting there mostly North Rhine-Westphalia area:) so this one was a good clip.
Grüße aus Magdeburg! I'm from New York but haven't been home in over a year now. Last summer though, when the situation was better than today I visited many cities all over Germany. I've been to every state now! Thanks for your wonderful channel!
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern also has beaches, fine, sandy, long beaches.
In deed, the beaches are the best in Germany, my opinion and I'm from Hamburg
Schwerin the Capital City of Mecklenburg Vorpommern has the most beautyfull castle from Germany , The Castle and the garden of them was a Set of many movies . "movie Kingsman: The Golden Circle 2017" also the Castle has they own ghost called "Petermänchen"
Warnemünde 🤟🏽
I'm from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and I'm proud of it. For nothing in the world I would leave it forever
Wir haben noch viel mehr, aber leider wird sowas nicht erwähnt. Ist halt für "Ausländer" nicht bekannt
Funfact: If ou think it is too long to say "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" people will also understand if you just say "Meckpom"
Wayyy easier 👌
Eher MäcPomme
ich fahr mal zu Mäckes und hol mir nen MacGyver
Schleswig-Holzbein
@Marie Mustermann Sag neme Amerikaner du wohnst in "MV" und die fragen dich "welches Musikvideo? Hä?"
You should go to the Saarland region, i used to go there when i was young and it is probably the prettiest place in Germany.
Naja, dann doch lieber nach Rheinland-Pfalz
@@Simon-rc5sfObacht, da leben Pälzer
I mean at least Mecklenburg-Vorpommern got the two biggest islands of Germany Rügen (that's where I live) and Usedom 🥰 actually both are common places for germans to spend their holiday at (especially in the summer because of the beaches)
@lara woitge I live in HST, it’s beautiful here! ❤️
Ich komme auch von Rügen xD
Ich komme zwar aus Baden-Württemberg, aber ich liebe Usedom sehr und war auch schon oft dort 🥰
Love Rügen! Such interesting geology
@@ninafriebe7790 immer die wessis bei uns
I learned a lot, great video guys! You guys are so fun, too. Love your vibe. We are moving to southern Bavaria next week 😱😱 with our 4 kids so I was excited to learn more about our new country!
My favorite Bundesland of Germany is Schleswig-Holstein, for me it is the german spoken England, the landscape all around looks pretty similar to England and to Holland as well too, I Love this coastcountries at Europes northern coasts including the Baltic sea, and for me Schleswig-Holstein is the special German , federal State between the two northern European waters, and what i also Love are beautiful sight of the typical German reed roofed Cottages which also can Look similar to the irish, english and dutch cottages as well. I Love that Image for sure, mostly my vacation i spent in Countries like that.
Definately. I am from Kiel and I also love England and Holland, they feel similar and like home. 🙂
@@LisaZoe86 and how many thatched roofs do you have in Kiel ? ;-)
Lübeck!!!
@@henningbartels6245 none, Kiel got bombed to ashes by the Allies during WW2.
@@linajurgensen4698 I doubt, there were many thatched roofs in the city of Kiel prior to WW2. Starting with 1867 Kiel and Holstein were part of Prussia and Prussian building laws applied. They prohibited thatched roof in densely built urban areas because of the fire hazard.
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Ich komme aus dem Saarland und ja wir sind zwar nicht viele und haben auch recht viel Wald, aber es lohnt sich sehr es mal besuchen zu kommen! Das Saarland hat auch eine relativ interessante Geschichte, da wir mal zu Deutschland gehört haben, dann zu Frankreich, dann waren wir auch schon unser eigenes Land und schließlich gehören wir zu Deutschland. Unser "Wahrzeichen" ist die Saarschleife wo es auch einen Baumwipfelpfad gibt; man hat eine fantastische Sicht von dort aus. Außerdem "lieben" wir unseren Lyoner (Fleischwurst) und Maggi; was man beides bei sehr vielem essen kann (v.a. Maggi (ist wie ein Gewürz, sowas in der Art)). Wir haben auch schöne Stauseeen wo man drin schwimmen kann. In Losheim (Dorf in Nordsaarland mit ca. 5000 Einwohnern) gibt es auch eine über 100 Jahre alte Eisenbahn mit der man noch manchmal auf Museumsfahrten fahren kann (man kann auch im Stausee schwimmen gehen und im Seehotel (3 Sterne Hotel) übernachten).
Und noch viel mehr...
Wir werden zwar immer unterschätzt doch wie man ja sagt: klein aber fein.
LG aus dem Saarland😊
Ehrenmann
jedzd hann isch Luschd uff Gefilde
Ich denke es gibt hier auch auf die Einwohner bezogen extrem viele Sterne in den Restaurants.
@@alexanderweigand6758 Stand 2020: 7 Restaurants mit Stern, davon 2 in SB
Ich war zwar noch nie im Saarland, aber will mal hin.
Grüße aus Bayern
Ich sage, wie fast alle vom Land im schwäbischen, dass ich „aus der Nähe von Stuttgart“ komme - obwohl fast 100 km entfernt. Aber hier in der Umgebung gibt’s keine größere bekannte Städte 🙈
Wenn ich in Niedersachsen bin, sage ich immer, dass ich aus dem Emsland komme. Wenn ich in anderen Bundesländern bin sage ich zuerst Niedersachsen und dann dass ich an der Grenze zu Holland wohne. 😄
Seit kurzem Wohne ich aber in Hannover, da ist es leichter.
Das ist wahr 🥴🤣
Geht mir genauso. Ich sag auch immer ‚‚Ich komm aus Stuttgart". Leider kennt kaum jemand Bietigheim-Bissingen oder Ludwigsburg. Obwohl beide bekannt sein sollten.
Ich sag immer zwischen Stuttgart und dem Bodensee. Beides bissle weniger als eine Stunde Fahrt entfernt. Mein Leben ist schön 😍
Ich fand es auch witzig wenn Freunde aus Bayern gesagt haben "ich wohne in der Nähe von München" aber es mindestens eine Stunde Autofahrt bis dorthin war. Meine Heimat ist 50 km entfernt und ich hätte niemals meine jetzige Stadt als "in der Nähe" beschrieben (ich komme aus dem Ruhrpott). Aber ich kann es verstehen :D
I was very pleasantly surprised by Bremen. Very cool, laid back city. I really hope youse two make it up there this year!
Very nice video!
A couple of comments from Sweden. When people ask from where do I come, it very much depends on where I am when I get the question. If asked in the US, I would say Sweden in northern Europe, in Europe I would only say Sweden, in Sweden I would say Stockholm or the Stockholm area and in Stockholm area I would say the city of Lidingö. Lidingö is a city on an island and the water separating it from Stockholm is about 800 m (or half a mile) wide at the most narrow point and there we have two bridges one six-lane car bridge and another bridge for trams, bicyclists and pedestrians.
Being from Sweden, I have visited all "alte Bundesländer" a lot from the early 1960-ies onwards and all "neue Bundesländer" from the late 1990-ies when our children were old enough to enjoy travelling. Our oldest is born on November 9th, 1989 - the day the Berlin Wall came down!
On German accents - as a foreigner - the German I took in school is a more northern version. An example, the bread that you have with breakfast that was supposed to be called "Brötchen" and later when I took a summer class at the University in Vienna, there it is called "Semmel". There are other differences as well some differ between Germany and Austria other between northern an southern Germany and can be the same in for instance Bavaria and Austria. Another example: In Germany they say "Januar und Februar" and in Austria "Jänner und Feber" for January and February, and still both countries speak German. (They also do in parts of Switzerland, but that I would call an accent or version of German that I cannot understand). So today, when visiting Germany I speak a mix of northern and southern German).
When someone asks where I'm from, I definitely say the nearest city. I think that has two reason: people within the states are so different from region to region, for example you can't compare Nuremberg and Munich at all, so Niedersachsen also doesn't tell them much.
And, most importantly, Germany being much smaller than the US, people want a more specific answer.
My mom is from the Saarland area. It's not dark. You really should visit. We brought my father's ashes back home after he past 4 years ago. It's a beautiful place and if I went to ever move to Germany, that is the area I want to live.
Where in Saarland have you been?
One of my 4th great grandparents was from the Saarland.
I have family from both my mother's and father's side from Saarland, and Baden-Wurtemburg. I would love to visit.
I think she was just talking about the show "Dark".
What kind of accent have people there? Oder sprechen sie hoch deutsch?
Okay, Deana, here are my thoughts towards the self-introduction in Germany, first of all, I'm a native babyboomer German who has worked as a traveling salesman in nearly every part of Germany for more than two decades so I have had to introduce myself a ton of times and therefore I developed a kind of zooming system for this task. If I meet folks in an area that is close enuff to my home I would introduce myself to the city I was born, if they live farther away I would choose the name of the region. In my case the city name is Wesel and the region is named Lower Rhine, outside Germany with the exception of the Netherlands and Britain I do always refer to myself as a German (My family name is a common one in the Netherlands and the Headquarters of the British Rhine Army was in Düsseldorf so many Brits did know where the Lower Rhine is located). But I moved to Hesse (suburbs of Frankfurt/Main in the 1980s) and with that, I changed the whole process to the phrase "Rhine/Main" area. And that one did although work if I meet US Americans of my age or older because the US Army has had large installations in that area I have a pretty good chance that they know my place. Long story short I always try to pick a name that could work for the human I'm talking through.
I'm an American and my fiance lives in the state of Baden-Württemberg. I was just there for 2 weeks at the start of this year and I can't wait to go back, so beautiful there.
what city?
@@Siggy4844 Waldshut
Thanks for all this info! We are in Bavaria and been on lockdown since we arrived last December. Sharing this video with my family on GU so they have an idea of where we are at and places we cant wait til travel to.
Fun tour. Thanks. I was stationed for a couple of years in Baumholder which is in Rheinland Pfalz. I loved it there!
Haha, my Ex was stationed for four years in Mannheim. He loved Mannheim but loathed Baumholder (and absolutely hated Grafenwöhr).
What a fun video, I had expected you to do even more stereotypes. I hardly ever mention that I am from Niedersachsen, I say Hannover (when I am actually from Hildesheim, 20 km away). The further I get away, the more likely I say Hannover. And if they never heard of that, I say "near Hamburg". And I usually mention that it is the area where you speak the best German :) Greetings from Paris.
Schleswig-Holstein has an interesting story. Through out the centuries, this state had been belong to both Denmark or Germany back and forth.
That is so cool
Bestes Bundesland mit Lübeck.
That’s not exactly true, Holstein was always more German.
@@pring_7035 Lubeck-Marzipan Stadt !
Yes it certainly does. my family is from Schleswig Holstein.
Tolles Video! Guys you have no idea how much I love you!!❤️ I'm currently learning German and your videos make my journey so much easier! Thank you!!❤️
Please do not call accents (in this case the accent of Thuringia) or dialects ugly. In my opinion it only encourages people to get rid of their accent or dialect and speak high german only. Our dialects and accents are one of the most beautiful things germany has, as you go from city to City and the people always speak differently. It would be a shame to lose them because of people making fun of it.
Not only this but they are often a mirror for history, especially when it comes to the use of words. I'm for instance from the Upper-Lausatia, now since long time in Dresden. This region was settled by the Sorbs, slavian tribes, and their language influenced the dialect. I and a lot of other people from this region still say "Plinsen" instead of "Eierkuchen" and most people here understand what I mean. Not to mention the history of the language itself, like old words or forms of words which originated during Old-, Middle- High German.
Not only are dialects beatiful and interesting, they are also the actual german languages. Standard german is a made up language, artificially created by Martin Luther and later some linguists.
The goal was to create a german written language, to replace latin.
Luther just wanted to translate the bible into a standard german form, every german is able to understand.
Not to replace the german languages.
Standard german was never intended to be a mothertongue. Its only for writing.
And I also woudnt be too proud of it, since it was heavily promoted by Nazi Germany and the GDR (DDR).
Very interesting guys. I had no idea how it was. A have roots in Lower-Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern but I've never been there. Cheers from Blumenau (State of Santa Catarina - 🇧🇷 - Brazil)
My family is from Rhineland-Pfalz and it never gets mentioned in any travel. They’re from Ludwigshafen, which from what I can tell is only known for being Mannheim’s little brother and having a BASF plant. It was cool to see even a brief mention!
and for Kaiserslautern, has a US base and where Miroslav Klose started his career
Tolles Video... Vielen Dank!
Vacation state number one is M-V you guys could have mention that, there is way more to talk about...
Wiesbaden is definitely worth visiting (as is Magdeburg) but I live in Weimar and love it here.
It's Baden-WürttemBERG, not BÜRG - also in english.
Hello guys! Really good having you here :)
Regards where I am from, I always said I am from the nearest biggest city, in my case Sevilla in Spain. Thank you for the video!!
Very interesting! My family are from Rhineland-Palatinate
Family came over on the 🚢ship Patience in early 1800’s as Traber, settled initially in PA and left to settle and build a Catholic Church in Tennessee and I still attend that church and my family are buried there as I will be. Name changed over time to Traughber.
Mainz and Wiesbaden are two state capitals directly across the Rhine from each other. One of the bus routes in the municipal bus system of Mainz (no. 6) connects the core of both cities. When I was studying in Mainz ()1974-75) I occasionally took that bus trip, so I got to know both cities. I have also been to Hamburg, Bremen, Berlin, Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart.
You guys really might want to consider visiting Rostock in Mecklenburg-Westernpommerania ;) if you like nice beaches, nice cities and nice people (ok we are northern german - so probably difficult to tell). You will have to go through a lot of nomansland to get there but I promise it‘s absolutely worth it.
And it is actually the sunniest area of Germany ;)
Couldn’t relate more. Sehr schön! Ich wohne in der hansa Stadt Stralsund.
or Stralsund, Wismar, Schwerin, Rügen, Usedom ...
Yes, you should really visit Wiesbaden, especially the different wells (that's where the -baden comes from). Neropark with it's water-driven Nerobergbahn is definitely worth a visit. I recommend combining it with a visit to Mainz (just across the bridge over the Rhine), which in my opinion has the more interesting architecture.
Don't ask anyone in WI for directions to MZ, though, or vice versa. You might end up being sent in circles. It's the "Eebsch Seid", after all ;-)
I lived in Frankfurt for over 6 years and was there when the wall fell. Loved the areas and Wiesbaden is a good place to visit.
Great video. Thanks!
Im a big fan of yours im half German and half American and I watched almost all your videos keep it up
Very informative thank you very much. I love all your videos. Keep up the good work
Fakten zu Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Die größte Insel Deutschlands liegt an seiner Küste die Insel Rügen und MeckPom hat die größte zusammenhängende Seelandschaft die Mecklinburgische Seenplatte. Außerdem sind die Seebäder auf Rügen und Usedom sehenswert. In Peenemünde wurde die Rakete von Werner von Braun entwickelt.
Auch noch ein interessanter Fakt ist, dass Angela Merkel dort aufwuchs.
@@nitoginko2187 Weiter Fakt: geboren ist sie in Hamburg
@@nitoginko2187 Frau Dr. Merkel wuchs in Templin in der Uckermark auf! Diese gehört zum nördlichen Teil Brandenburgs, nicht zu MV! Frau Merkel hat lediglich ihren Wahlkreis in MV, wenn ich nicht irre!
@@dangermouse021280 Wahlkreis von Merkel ist Rügen
I have always wanted to visit some of the smaller towns with a lot of Medieval and Renaissance history, and those would include Nuremburg, Rohtenburg, Oberammergau, Bayreuth, and Lubeck. I love castles, Schlosser, fachwerkhauser, and Hansa Hauser. I want to see the Passion Play at Oberammergau, and the Bayreuth Festival. If you get back on the road to see more German towns, please consider one of these. Thank you and Viel Gluck to you both!
As a Hessian: Since we wont be likely to travel much this year either: Come and explore Hessen! Marburg, Wetzlar, Burg Herzberg, Alsfeld, but also the Bergstraße and Odenwald, our parts of the Rhine area.......Yes, Wiesbaden, too. ...Visit castle Frankenstein on your way south. There's also the Hessenpark and the Saalburg to be seen.... and so on....
I've been to a few places in Hessen and really liked them. The accent's a bit weird but easy enough to understand (for someone like me whose German is pretty awful). My wife and I once stayed a night in Marburg, completely randomly as we were driving back to the UK from Italy and it seemed like an OK place to find a hotel. It reminded us a lot of Edinburgh, where we lived at the time, but loads more German, obviously. Had a great night out there.
Ey, aber Sachsen ist doch ist doch auch schön... Und wie die beiden schon gesagt haben: echt unterschätzt! Wir haben ne (meiner Meinung nach) eigentlich echt schöne Kultur und auch die riesigen Flächen Kuturland (weil nunmal alles in Dtl. Kulturland ist, wenn auch nicht so offensichtlich wie unsere vielen großen Felder) können ein schönes Bild geben. Abgesehen davon ist Sachsen ja wohl DAS Burgen-/Schlößerland! Und wenn das Wetter mitspielt hat man z.T. wirklich weite Sicht und kann unsere vielen Hügel mit mehr oder weniger großen Burgen drauf sehen, was echt schön ist. (Ich weiß, du hast nichts direkt gegen die anderen Bundesländer gesagt, aber ein bisschen Eigenwerbung schadet ja nicht, oder? ;D) Und um den Dialekt nicht zu vergessen: oft wird einfach 'gesächselt'. Also man ahmt den Dialekt nach. Einige können aber noch wirklich Sächsisch (Fun Fact: Sächsisch war zu Martin Luther Zeiten oder so mal Amtssprache in Mitteldeutschland), und denen zuzuhören ist wirklich lustig! So viel zu Sachsen; wer möchte als Nächstes sein Bundesland bewerben? ;)
@@goddes_of_autumn8376 Haha. Na, was soll man machen? Die beiden wollten ja wissen, wo sie mal hinfahren können. Jeder der nicht aus Frankfurt kommt wird mir Recht geben, oder nicht? FFM selbst kam ein bisschen als "meh" rüber oder als "würde gern kann aber nicht". Der Rest von Hessen - " naja, kenn ich nich, gibt's da noch was außer vielleicht Wiesbaden?" Da musste ich doch etwas sagen. 🤣 Vielleicht schaffe ich es dafür mal nach Sachsen... Bisher ist allerdings "nur" Niedersachsen auf der Liste für 2021.😎
@@Xnhl haha alles gut ;) aber wenn's so weit ist: viel Spaß! Wir haben übrigens hervorragende Bäcker mit lauschigen Backstuben zum hinsetzen, Kaffee trinken und Kuchen genießen :D ich werde mir wohl auch noch mal Hessen anschauen ( Fun Fact: konnte mir in der GS nie merken, das Wiesbaden die HS von Hessen ist, nicht umgekehrt. Fand irgendwie, dass Hessen eher 'wie ein Stadtname klingt', woraus mein Gehirn schlussfolgerte, dass es sich bei Wiesbaden um das BL handeln musste. Ja, ich war nd so helle, frage mich manchmal, wieso ich es schaffen konnte, ne Klasse zu überspringen (das klingt jetzt voll wie angeben; ups))
Hi guys! You are great and this channel have potential, whoever it seemed like you didnt know much about many states or cities, so... Yeah I was really hoping to know more about die Bundesländer.
Well, in "Mecklenburg Vorpommern" we have the most Lakes of every German state and a special Region where many Lakes are located called "Mecklenburger Seen-Platte", we also have the biggest Isle of Germany with "Rügen" where the "Kreidefelsen" are very popular. Sadly u missed these things in your video and made it look like theres nothing to see here... :(
Had no idea all the different state names. Thank you so much for this video!
Germany is beautiful ❤️ I have been to Köln, always wanted to visit Frankfurt and Berlin 😁
Yesss so many cities to visit! 😍💜
I lived in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern lakes and forests is correct. But also some beautiful forest and beaches. Warnemünde, Rostock etc... close to Hamburg, close to Berlin. ❤️ Something someone told me when I was studying there back in 2008. „if you wish to go back in time, come to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, we haven’t caught up yet“
I loved it. ❤️ 🇩🇪
After 1945 the dweller of the Saarland could vote which country they would live, France or Germany. They vote for Germany.
A video of a food specialty from each state would be interesting!
Oh my lovely americanos. Why Mecklenburg/Pomerania was so short? No Aviation without Otto Lilienthal from Anklam and no Rockets without Peenemünde. The complete US NASA-Space-Program was desinged by pomerians(north-eastern german scientists) For instance the Nazifriend Wernher von Braun oder Jesco von Puttkammer, etc.
Greifswald: i'm i a joke to you? xD a very well-known artist was born there, maybe more
Thanks for saying that Rheinland-Pfalz is underrated. Especially the Pfalz (Palatinate) is also known as the Tuscany of Germany. Our weather is often better than in the rest of Germany, the people are nice and down to earth and you should have shown pictures of the beautiful vinyards. We also drink Riesling-Schorle and eat Bratwurst, Leberknödel, Saumagen and Dampfnudeln :D
I’ve been to Mainz and Koblenz but I’m hoping to see more of the state in the summer. The small towns look beautiful.
I’ve been to Saarbrücken. I was there last March (early March). I actually liked it. Small town with a somewhat big city feel.
Für mich als neuen, deutschsprachigen Zuschauer des Kanals ist es immer sehr interessant zu sehen wie Menschen aus anderen Ländern der Welt auf dieses Land reagieren. Das ist dann auch meist überraschend positiv. Mir wurden schon öfters Videos von euren Kanal empfohlen und ich habe nun beschlossen auch auf den Zug aufzuspringen.
Liebe Grüße aus Bavaria
I am from Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Hi. This video was great. I've been working on the German side of my ancestry and this really helped me understand the various states/regions. I have been to Germany a couple of times and need to get back. Greetings from Illinois.
This video brings back memories of my German class in high school. When we had to memorize all of Germany’s states.
You mean Middle school?
Nope high school
@@alishavornbrock2533 Ah sorry, thought you were German :D
I am surprised that you haven't done a video on the city of Hameln especially since it is in your guys neck of the woods... Especially since the Rattenfänger von Hameln and the eerie history behind that town and its folklore... We lived not to far from Hameln in the mid 70's into the Early 80's but I loved that region of Germany and doing Volksmarches back then I still have some of the medals from doing multiple of them still to this day and have them stored away for safekeeping. One thing our Father taught us was to learn about the cultures of the countries we lived in and I enjoy your Videos and brings back very fond memories of my past childhood. Danke Schoen
Da lernt man sogar als Österreicher etwas😉😁 super video👍👍
Meeeega tolles Video!!! Das Beste bisher, was ich kenne. Kurz und knackig und lustig. Top! Mehr von solchen cultural videos!
I had to rewind it when you said "Cancun or Cabo" because it sounded like Kabul. You will find Americans in Kabul but they are mostly not on vacation.
Yeah I thought that too.
🤣 I thought the same thing LOL
Funfact:
The State Hamburg has also 2 tow areas.
1. The City Hamburg
2. A little Island in the north sea called Neuwerk.
Fun Fact: The 5th biggest city in Schleswig-Holstein Norderstedt is always overshadowed by it's neighbouring city, so even though it's the 5th biggest city in Schleswig-Holstein I always have to say that it's north of Hamburg.
Btw Norderstedt actually means northern town because it's north of Hamburg. Hamburg was founded in the middle ages and Norderstedt 1970
I live in lower saxonie,,county Cuxhaven and in a little village near by Bremerhaven..calls Loxstedt.. Bremerhaven ,the old harbour of Bremen calls Fish town city, because its in the past one of the largest fishing Industries.. A great city❤️
Yes, my state is kinda underrated. You're right Phil. I actually expected that you would also talk about wine. Cuz that's what almost everyone says about Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz (not the only state were wine is made).
Alcohol is nothing for me. I prefer a good Winzertraubensaft (or Bitburger 0,0%).
RLP LIEBE
Very interesting video! Greetings from Berlin!
Greetings from Baden-Württemberg! 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
Es lebe das Schwabenländle! Ich sage ich komme aus Schwaben.
grüße aus Baden!
Schwaben soll unabhängig werden
Hahah lol deutsche
Nein chill
@@hanszimmer9224 Ok, das könnt ihr dann in Malle machen. ;)
That's a really cool video. Coming from North Rhine Westphalia (biggest state by population) and now living in Berlin (biggest city and capital), so far I have visited all but one mainland German states (sorry, Saarland, but I haven't made it there yet). If you've got the time, I would love to see special videos on every single German state some time, because they are all so unique with their respective special characteristics you just can't all cover in one video for the whole lot of them. Great work, thanks!
9:50 actually the landscape is really beautiful in Saxony-Anhalt (I moved here a year ago), also they have beautiful old towns with castles like Quedlinburg and Wernigerode. But the best state will always be Schleswig-Holstein❤️ (my home^^).
Yaaaay you're back!! So happy!! Danke
Schöne Grüße aus der östlichen Stadt Deutschlands (Görlitz ❤️) ... Ich mag euch beiden immer gerne zuschauen 👍 ... Dankeschön & bleibt gesund 💛
I am born in raised in America, “California”. I have recently discovered I have 3rd great grandparents who were born in Stralsund. I’ve always known I’ve had German roots. It’s exciting to narrow it down a bit and I hope to travel there one day!
You absolutely should! It is a beautiful place!
You should definitely visit Saarland! Yes there is a lot of forest, but you also need to see the Saarschleife. Saarbrücken is also worth a visit, but it's not as beautiful as other towns like Blieskastel. Local culture is pretty important, with local food and apparently it's the state with the highest percentage of dialect speakers (although i'm not one of them :( )
Kommst mal Stuttgart oder Freiburg dann weißt was viele Dialoge sind in einer Stadt😂😂
*I like this geographic explanation videos! Hope to see you doing some other countries that you’ve been to. Cause rarely have someone do that.*
6:38 Im from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and I never got so dissed in 29 seconds :(
Wir waren oft im Urlaub in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Zingst und Warnemünde. Ich mag MV! 😊
Me too. :/ we have Rügen, Heimathafen Rostock and HST WHERE I LIVE.
well, the 25 seconds about Saxony-Anhalt where not much better.
I had once a vacation at Lake Müritz and very much enjoyed the great landscape and the beautiful towns around it.
Danke für das schöne und kurzweilige Video! 👍🏼
Und moin aus Hamburch :)
I live in Schleswig Holstein and i can see the sea everyday and i love it ^^
I live halfway between Frankfurt and Wiesbaden (I grew up in Frankfurt), and when asked, my reply depends on where the person asking me comes from. If it's somebody from the area, I reply with the name of the town I live in. If it's someone from another region of Germany, I reply with "Rhein-Main-Gebiet" (Rhine-Main area, as this is where the two rivers meet) which is well known all over Germany. When asked abroad, I simply say Frankfurt, as everyone knows that city.
By the way, the reason why Wiesbaden is the capital of Hesse(n) is because Frankfurt was designated to become the federal capital after World War 2 and it shouldn't be both a state and federal capital. But when the parliament voted what should become the new capital, Bonn was favored over Frankfurt, and people say the reason was that it was closer to the home of the chancellor back in the day. (Not sure how much is true about that last detail though.)
If you consider going to Wiesbaden by car, you either need a lot of patience or a very good GPS. Every time I drive there, I get lost, as people there obviously don't know how to place signs that help people in finding their way around. Last year, I have been stuck in Wiesbaden's traffic for almost an hour, just because I didn't know that I could have taken a left turn earlier and would have reached the Autobahn within a quarter of a mile. There was simply NO sign, even though it was a major intersection. I grew up in Frankfurt, I learned how to drive in that city, but Wiesbaden is just terrible to me when it comes to road traffic. (It may be nice otherwise, don't get me wrong...)
I‘d strongly recommend you guys go visit the Saarland! It’s stunningly beautiful and it has Germany‘s best food culture imo! „Hauptsach gudd gess!“
I'm from America, but have always been obsessed over Germany!👍
I live in Luxembourg, and Saarland is not really dark, it's like Rheinland Pfalz, but in a smaller version (and with more "French" things because the biggest cities are close to the border). I love their Schwenkbraten (a Saarländisch marinated meat)
Schwenker 🔥
In the U.S., we call that saarbraten (if we're talking about the same thing). Clearly named after the state.
@@madr309 Saarbraten? I've never heard of it. Maybe you mean Sauerbraten, whch is a very well-known German dish
@@ImEazyE Actually, I think you're right. I've never had it, but I have heard of it. So it's probably *not* from "Saar", but from the German word for "sour".
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwenkbraten
Ich komme aus Rostock, „Meckpomm“. Sofern ich es weiß, lautet die englische Bezeichnung für M-V „Mecklenburg Western Pomerania“.
Der anglizierte Name Mecklenburg - Western Pomerania ist nicht wirklich so häufig benutzt. Auch bei der Wikipedia Seite für dieses Bundesland wird der deutsche Name Mecklenburg - Vorpommern verwendet. Ist ja viel kürzer und Vorpommern ist nicht schwierig auszusprechen. Das gleiche gilt für Baden - Württemberg, dafür gibt es auch keinen anglizierten Namen.
@@cuongpham6218 Mag schon stimmen, aber im offiziellen englischen Sprachgebrauch wird der anglizierte Name genutzt. Ich war mal in Wales und viele können nicht mit Mecklenburg-Vorpommern anfangen, wohl aber mit Mecklenburg Western Pomerania.
not really urban but great islands and nature for every hiker (just no mountains)
@@SapsanBerlin Um ehrlich zu sein denke ich nicht dass so viele Menschen mal die Existenz von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern kennen, geschweige denn seinen deutschen oder anglizierten Namen :)) Zu diesem Thema muss ich ja zugeben, im englischen Sprachraum werden meistens die anglizierten Versionen der Ortsnamen verwendet, von denen viele fast gar keinen Sinn haben (Köln - Cologne, München - Munich, Kärnten - Carinthia, Steiermark - Styria). Aber es gibt auch Ausnahmen, wie Braunschweig, also in der Geschichte war die Stadt auch unter dem Namen Brunswick bekannt (also New Brunswick in Kanada könnte auch zu Neubraunschweig im deutschen Sprachgebrauch "übersetzt" werden), aber heutzutage wird Braunschweig fast immer verwendet statt Brunswick.
Mc french fries
:clicked on this specifically to hear about Hessen:
Me:(anxiously waiting with bated breath for Hessen to pop up)
Dude:Hessen!
Me: Yes! 🤩
Dude: what can I say, I'm neutral on Hessen. Next!
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cries in ebbelwoi
@@marrid4064 same, expected more than just the mention of Stuttgart for Baden-Württemberg. As someone from Mannheim I never really identified with the rest of that state. Culturally, Mannheim belongs more to Rhineland-Palatinate. That's why Mannheim is called the Kurpfalz, because it used to be the residence of the Kurfürst of the Pfalz and is the reason why Mannheim has a huge Schloss. How it ended up as part of Baden-Württemberg I will have to look up again, I have been out of school for more than 4 decades.
Great video guys!
Gruße! Love You Guys!
Hallooooo! 🤗💜
You should do a trip to following the Hanseatic League, along the North Sea and the Baltic. Very historic, very beautiful.
When in the States, when someone asks where I'm from, I give a complicated answer: Well, I was born in Pennsylvania, but raised in Mississippi . . . I guess if I were overseas and someone asked, I'd think they would want to know the country, so I'd say, the US (so they wouldn't think I'm Canadian!) and then if they wanted to know more, I'd just say, "a couple of hours from Philadelphia". But it's strange, you can't always assume to know where someone is from: I had a coworker once who mentioned something about her visa. I was floored because I thought she was from the States. She made me guess where she was from: Canada? No. Even though she had NO accent whatsoever, I kept guessing every country I knew spoke English: South Africa; Australia: New Zeeland. I had to give up. She was from Norway!!!!! Sounded like a native born American.
How long has she been in the US? Kids below 10 are usually able to acquire a native accent even when they didn't originally speak the language.
@@daniel_361 I think because she made me keep guessing implied she was extremely proud of having studied and learned without an accent. She's moved to CA.
You guys always make my day 💓
When I travel on holiday and someone asks me where I come from I usually say: I'm from Oldenburg that's near Bremen. When they don't know the city Bremen, I add mostly that this is near Hamburg, so in northern Germany
When asked, I usually say I am from South Bend, Indiana. My heritage is Baden-Baden. I love this channel!
I am a Cologne guy (Kölscher). We definitely refer to cities... forget the D-village
Stimme ja...! is ja wieder Zeit zu sagen " Köln IM Rhein " ;)))
😂köln und düsseldorf , lustiger Streit
Cologne? The little village near Düsseldorf with that ugly chapel next to the railway station?
but an Alt guy would point out die laengst Theke der Welt.
U mean Dusseldoof 😉
Wait, have you guys been to Koblenz before? I almost never meet people from outside of Rheinland-Pfalz that have been there. It truly is an amazing city and I'm happy to call it my home.
I’ve been to Koblenz and thought it was beautiful. Lovely place.
I was born in Hamburg, but I l live my whole life in Schleswig-Holstein.
I knew someone from Hamburg but grew up there 🥺
I was born and raised in Berlin and still live here (I‘m also just 17 years old lol). But because I grew up in such a big city with the conveniences of shopping malls and a lot of leisure activities around, I can hardly imagine to ever live anywhere else, even if I know as well as every Berliner that it can be really dirty and that it‘s got some ugly spots but it‘s also the city with the biggest diversity and open mind so you can discover it new every day, even as a „Native Berliner“. :D
1. Tropical Island in Brandenburg is amazing, but slightly expensive. Give it a try tough! :D
2. I'm originally from a small town in Thüringen (now Leipzig
Jaaaa Leipzig 😂😂😂
Haalloo! Fellow Thuringian here who studied in Leipzig!
I think it definitely depends on the region. Plus, there is not only one Thuringian dialect. In Thuringia, there are two dialect groups belonging to completely different language families (East Central German and Franconian). I grew up with both of them, my mom being from the Thuringian Forest and my father from East Thuringia.
I think or at least in my experience people say they live near and if asked where that is, they say an even bigger city that's around.
For example they say "I live near Ingolstadt." - "Where is Ingolstadt?" - "It's near Munich." - "Oh, Bavaria." - "Yes, Bavaria."
It's also quite common that people get it at the first hint but we have a lot of small towns where the example above is pretty much necessary.
I mention the neigbhour city Cologne , because everyone knows ist but noone knows Hürth😂
Tolles Video wie immer
Great Video
I do, since I live in Bonn and I pass it when going to Cologne by train or U-Bahn xD
@@Yazanov interesting , but i actually meant people from outside the region 😂 but Bonn is also a nice city , i was there a few times
Actually people do know Hürth these days, thanks to the Wise Guys.
ruclips.net/video/UuY3BZ7ORG4/видео.html
Doch, Hürth kennt man doch von den Crash Games 😉
The more videos I watch about the German federal states, the more interesting this subject becomes. It is true that people always say which city they are from and not which federal state. Except maybe for the Bavarians.
Bavaria is a different land.😅