A little fun fact: Burg eltz has been continuously owned by the same family that build it (the eltz family), so for about 900 years. They still live in the castle for a part of the year (it gets really cold in the winter). It has never been destroyed (not even partially), which is really unique, if you take all the wars germany fought in the last 900 years into account.
Das ist ja cool! Ich war tatsächlich im August diesen Jahres mit meiner Familie da und wir waren sehr beeindruckt! Die gesamte Gegend dort ist wunderschön! Grüße aus Niederbayern!
Finally it’s a vid made from someone who was in south Germany and made a few trips to other city’s. It’s nothing wrong with it but this list is hardly influenced by that. You can clearly see it on his Berlin part, how can you not mention Potsdam? The only reason is, he had not the time to visit. How can you call Frankfurt and skip Cologne? (the bones of the 3 holy kings laying beneath the Kölner Dom) And how can you avoid Aachen? How can you not talk about Siegfried „the dragonslayer“ Saga? And so on. Anyway, I m not angry but it’s a list made from someone who didn’t visit whole Germany.
Well... If you go along importance, Frankfurt, is more a thing than Köln. Köln might be the 4th largest city, but Frankfurt is 5th and the finance center, was also more impotant in the days back in HRE. And let us not talk about beer and the apple stuff. Greetings from a guy, NOT from Frankfurt. Btw... I'm certainly not a prude, but I don't need guys jerking off in public in broad daylight, like I had to experience in Cologne...
Die Gebrüder Grimm, the brothers Grimm were two brothers from Germany and all of their story’s are inspired by places in Germany. The brothers Grimm wrote story’s like Hansel and Gretel. ... Rumpelstiltskin. ... The Pied Piper of Hamelin. ... The messengers of death. ... The king of the golden mountain. ... The frog king. ... Snow White and the seven dwarfs. ... The Bremen Town Musicians
Talking about history... Trier (Augusta Treverorum) was founded 16 BC, so is way over 2000 years old now. When it comes to favourite places, it depends on what kind of place you like. Hamburg is a wonderful and historic city on the North Sea coast, it is definitely worth a visit as it is among the top-2 big cities in the country (IMO those two are München and Hamburg). Go to east Germany and you can find stunningly beautiful places in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte - lots of lakes, beautiful cities and landscape (especially in summer). But the top region IMO is the Black Forest. You simply can't go wrong in the Black Forest, a huge forest area (doh!) that has some great peaks as it extends into the Alps, lots of tradition, plenty of really pittoresque places, it's absolutely wonderful.
Correction: Hans WAS a popular name 60 years ago !! And Greta Thunberg is from Sweden and NOBODY calls their daughter Gretel anymore and not even Heidi 😁. Btw Germany has so many castles as it was made of over 300 ((!!) kingdoms and dukedoms and even bishops had their castles centuries ago before the first "unification" in 1871! Love from Southern Germany :).
Every Sovereign under the sun had to have a place of residence... not just the ones you mentioned. There were way more than 300 before 1648 (end of 30 years war). Napoleon reduced the number massively already long before 1871 (german confederation 41 members).
Meine Tochter hat eine Greta in der Klasse. Eine meiner Cousinen heißt Gretel. Hans ~ Hannes ~ Johannes ~ Johann ~ Yahya (Arabisch) sind durchaus häufig vertreten.
All Americans show the same German corners. Try it with other videos. Explore different areas than always the same thing. I think a lot of your fans would love it :-) and it would set you apart from the others.
@MoreJps West Germany had about 12k castles and when we reunited with East Germany they brought even more 🤭 we since have about 25k castles in Germany and I don't think we even appreciate them as much as you guys do, so thank you! 😊 Great channel, glad I found it - keep it up!
I must say this is the most touristy ranking I‘ve ever seen on my home country. Especially, since most places displayed here hit the Alps area. And: film any place with filter in sunshine, and even Dortmund will look pretty. Berlin is so not beautiful! 😂 On the other hand: this preserves the hidden treasures from being overrun.
Hello Joel and pal. Many years back, my friend had relatives in Frankfürt and we used it as a base to tour Europe, though back then the Berlin Wall was no museum.
As a German I grew up with all the history around me. There is almost everywhere a place that was build1000 years or more ago. When you go on school trips it is often a hiking trip that ends at a castle or a historic site. One time we walked to the "druidenstein" translated to druids stone and we stood under trees that where there in a time when germanic tribes did there religious ceremonys there 1100 or more years ago. When you are a kid and visit such places 2 or 3 times a year you really get another understanding of history
I moved to Germany from the UK about 20 years ago and live about an hour away from the Mosel river where I spent a lot of sommer holidays. Amazing scenery and great wine tasting, bike rides, great food ....If I drive 5 hrs south then I get to the Alps. It was a real experience for me to sit having a coffee on the side of lake Constance with the snowcapped mountains in the background.
I think as an American… my first trip to Germany will be to Berlin of course…. but, my top pick will be Dresden -thought of as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe …. “ the Florence on the Elbe” (river), and the technology center of Germany in the 20th century! It survived and rebuilt, after being literally fire bombed and almost totally destroyed by the Allies in February 13-15, of 1945! Shame on us!! Are you heading back to the EU/UK next summer?!
There is a reason why many Germans say: "Bavaria should be an own country, let's split it from the rest". These lists are almost always the same, typical stereotype tourism spots. A pity, as Germany has so much more beautiful places than that. Guy from Cologne here.
I also live in Saxony. If you would like to get to know and understand Germany a little better, you should study all of the federal states. Auerbach's cellar (because of Goethe) is also worth a visit. Every tourist in Germany should get to know the Dresden Zwinger. The Hamburg fish market and the Elbphilharmonie are also worthwhile.
Germany has the most castles as it was only unified in 1871. So each kingdom/duchy/earldom/bishopric/pricipality/city state etc. had to be able to defend itself [and make money in tolls]. Been to all these places and Germany is indeed a beautiful place. Am glad I'm half German [born there] and half English.
I recomment visiting the "Mittelrhein" (middle rhine area) when and if you are in germany the next time. If you take a trip from Wiesbaden to Koblenz, you are driving along the rhine with its castles and whineyards. From summer to autumn there are loads of medival markets and festivals in this area, too - so its defenetely worth a visit ^.^ There are also a lot of vinter who offer wine tastings. Neuschwanstein is nice, sure - but its not medival castle, It was build in 1869 by Ludwig II who wantet it to look like a medival fairytale castle. I pains me a bit that so many foreigners visit only this castle, when teher are so many castles that are much more authentic tan this one. -.- I also can highly recomment Dresden and the Elb-Sandstein mountains. The city is beautiful and the unique mountains at the border to Chech republic is gorgeaus (and has also a lot of castles ^.~) If you have the time visit Rügen. Its the largest Island of germany, located in the baltic sea. Gemany has so many different places and different cultures - a few visites arent nearly enoug to enjoy all of them.
Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. Walt Disney came to Germany in 1936 and returned to the US with lots of Fairy Tales he obtained here. Check out the Brothers Grimm.“Hansel and Gretel,” “Snow White,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Tom Thumb,” “Rapunzel,” “The Golden Goose,” and “Rumpelstiltskin.” You need a car to get to Neuschwanstein. Dresden and outer areas are amazing!
Hi guys. i think one of the oldest places north of the Alps must be the city Trier, about two thousand years old, founded by a roman emperor to be his capital. I dont live there, i only live in a small town near the Ruhr area, am old former mining area, and the largest build-up area in europe probably. within about 100 km (about 80 miles) about 15-20 mio people live. Its not really popular for outsiders, but it has the most diverse culture all around, with more than half a dozen universities. So, if you're looking for a place to study in germany, checkout Münster, Dortmund, Bochum, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Cologne, or Bonn. And, to finish, be sure to visit the german coast. There are a great many fine islands, plus a world nature heritage of the coastal tidal area, only two places in the world are like this. There also millions of birds rest on their routes from the mediteranean to scandinavia or siberia. And the north Sea is a sea for tough man, its cold and rough and full of fish, even seals or whales.
6:08 the steps you see there is probably for whine production plants. The river right there is called the "Mosel" and i think they had some regional wine back then called Moselwasser (Moselwater). But i cant find the wine online.
When u come to the Moseltal(cochem etc.)u have to try the Vine bc the Mosel area is famous for that.And if u an Anime fan sepcially for AoT than go to Nördlingen bc it is the real template what Attack on Titans writer Iseyama took for Shiganshina
I‘m from Hannover it’s located in Lower Saxony which is btw actually higher than Saxony. And well I kinda like my City but it‘s one of the most dangerous city’s in Germany, believe me you literally almost everyday habe cases from Hannover where someone has been hit and the police has some crazy driving skills too. I‘m 18 now and I had 24 Injuries caused by the police driving skills, 7x Broken leg, 12x broken arms, and theother injuries were mostly head injuries where I got some trauma. Oh and we had cases where someone just shot someone who was sitting in their car with his children. Even though I love my City.
Hi Joel, many greetings from the beautiful 'Berchtesgadener Land' (county of Upper-Bavaria). I live in the village of 'Bayerisch Gmain' between the towns of Bad Reichenhall and Berchtesgaden. Yes, the Hintersee, Königsse, Eagles Nest (Kehlsteinhaus), Maria Gern are hotspots here, which are really beautiful. Definitely a recommendation to visit. At the same time, we are on the border with Austria and the city of Salzburg. Also a hotspot to visit! So if you ever come to Munich again, it's only 2 hours by car to the beautiful Berchtesgadener Land - maybe even faster if there is no traffic on the A8 Autobahn and you can drive "a little faster". Best regards - Joachim PS: Did you see my email from December 27th?
About Neuschwanstein.. yeah sure it's definitivly overrated, but you can easily Take a 10min train and I think Like 5min with a Bus - or, and maybe thats the German in me but... Hiking there is the nicer Option, Just Trust me😂🙏🏼👌🏼
The color of the river is because it flows down from the mountains and takes minerals with it, it is also like that in Switzerland, rivers of this color flow ;-) Most of them are from glaciers.
Neuschwanstein Castle itself is not "original", as it is not a castle, rather a fancy looking mansion, built with modern means of bricks, concrete and steel at the end of the 19th century. PS: I have never been to Neuschwanstein myself. But I've been many times to Moritzburg Castle, the castle pictured in Germany's most beloved Christmas movie: "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel" (Three hazelnuts for Cinderella).
There are so many castles in Germany! You should visit the "unknown locations". I'm from Aschaffenburg (Bavaria). There's the beautiful "Schloss Johannisburg"! Viele Grüße aus dem schönen Bayern ❤ Nico
Americans seem to have the idea that Grimm's fairy tales have something to do with the Black Forest. It is not so ! The Grimms were just collectors of fairy tales that were told to them in Kassel by knowledgeable women from Kassel and also from Westphalia. The Grimms edited and smoothed out these fairy tales whenever they seemed too wild or too revealing (including sexually).
Actually Germany has more castles (circa 25000) than the US has McDonalds restaurants (circa 15000 ?). Check out the Porta Nigra. Built 1700 years ago in Germany by the Romans.
Hallo aus Mittelfranken! Vielen Dank für deine tollen Videos. Wir würdigen diese wunderschöne Landschaften , Burgen und Schlösser leider nicht wie sie es eigentlich verdienen würden. Aber deine Begeisterung ist ansteckend. Ihr findet unsere Biere so yammy. Vielleicht wäre es auch mal spannend ein Video darüber zu machen wie viele Biersorten und Brauereien es in D gibt und dass tatsächlich jedes Bier seine Besonderheiten hat. Allein im Umkreis 20 km von unserem Zuhause weiß ich von 6 Brauereien. Wurm Bier in Bieswang gibt es seit 1135 und es schmeckt heute noch hervorragend. Kleiner Tipp schau dir mal "Pappenheim von oben" Video von Antenne Bayern auf RUclips an. Liebe Grüße
I live close to Frankfurt and i hate this city!😅for me personal is too dirty. Yeah you both are right, its pretty cool we are living in the middle of Europe. A couple of years ago i travelled from Germany to Denmark, to Sweden and than to Finland. All by ferries and trains. After 10month in Finland i travelled back to Germany via Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Czeck Republic, all by bus and ferries. I really recommend getting an interrail ticket, so you are able to travel by train through Europe!!! Maybe just an idea, when you want to come back!!!
The whole castle of Neuschwanstein is not original. When built, it was as outdated as Disneys castle hundred years later. It is worldwide one of the first "houses" constructed by steel beam construction, like decades later the first NY scy scrapers. The "castle" even had electricity and telephone!!! It was just that, what a crazy kings personal ideas about all the different mideavel castles and styles of ancient architecture was. And then all mixed up together, not even finished, because the building bankrupted the king and the whole state of bavaria. Gotten bancrupted, Bavaria declared the King Ludwig insane, incarcerated him. Then Bavarias whole existence as a state was terminated and had to submit is existence under the reign of enemies neighboring states.
It's an original from the late nineteenth century. It's the dream of a man who could afford to build a castle for his own personal pleasure. I would compare it to Michael Jackson's Nerverland.
It is an original fake. Modern construction, trying to look like an old castle of several hundred years ago mixing the styles of different centuries. And did not even try or succeed to serve the function. an old castle would do. I have visited it 60 years ago when it was evident, that it is not an old or even ancient building. That was so evident to see even to a child. My own house ( and the disney castle as well) now is nearly as old, as Neuschwanstein then was. I saw the electrics , lamps, and electric controls table with lights and calling bells for the servants , the steel construction of the roof and the raised ceiling of the grand "show room" and the telephone still working. It even had a diving and uplifting table from the kitchen to the dining room. Nothing of all that would fit an original castle. There was even a plan for building a cable car down to the little lake like a modern ski cable car. Castle??? Original?? And-- he could afford it, as it was , as far as i know his third "palace". Like Micheal Jackson, he lived and thought his own "reality", which was as unreal as this "castle".@@juliaclaire42
Sure, Europe is stunning. There's more. I'm a proud European and I'm proud because the Europeans gave birth to the Enlightenment. We Europeans first discovered reason is the way of thinking, not religious dogma, that humans should have rights and that the technology is the source of prosperity and not the devil's device.
It's not surprising that all these fairy tales look like they came from Germany because they did. The brothers Grimm were two German siblings that collected tales for children and wrote them down.
I think this list was seriously missing out. It looks like like a list made up by someone stationed in Bavaria for six months, who only had the time to go on very few short trips anywhere else. It reminded me of the German stereotype of Dirndl and Lederhosen. Not good. Where is the middle and the north? Pretty much non existent, even though they do have beautiful and fascinating areas and history.
when you say American cities are not much preserved, that they don’t have much sense of identity because they’re new…..when you think about this argument-weren’t the European towns/cities once young and new at some point in history? Yet, even back then they preserved some parts and that’s why they are hundreds of years old today…
The German alpine lakes and rivers are mostly very clear as they are also very cold. They are fed with cold melting water from the mountains and glaciers of the Alps. Very few microorganisms and algae live in this cold water, which would cloud the water. The trout from such streams is considered a delicacy. There are now also trout farmers in Bavaria who divert the stream and let it flow through the fish breeding ponds. The world's best caviar (via sturgeon) is now produced there because the water is so clean.
Yes I agree, there are a lot of beautiful places in Germany. Unfortunately a lot of these were destroyed during World War II and during the reconstruction of Germany. Not so much attention was always paid to preserving historical architecture. This trend only came later. Many historic buildings were demolished and replaced by ugly concrete buildings. Many inner cities were disfigured in this way. In my opinion, France and Italy in particular have been much better at preserving their historic places from destruction over the centuries. My advice as a German is to visit Germany… yes, of course...but first visit Italy (Tuscany and Liguria, for example) and France (Provence). There you can "breathe" history at every turn. Italy (Tuscany and Liguria, for example) and France (Provence). There you can "breathe" history at every turn. By the way, I love your videos and your curiosity about foreign cultures. I wish more people had this mentality. The world needs this spirit, especially nowadays as we face new authoritarian tendencies in several countries and global problems of all kind which we can only solve together.
Hey, Srefan from Dortmund {close to The Netherlands by the way]. ALWAYS hearing about Bavaria is quite stupid at all !! It's only 1 of 16 Federal States ... Okay: beautiful scenery ... There must be more ... Don't this kind of advertising videos !!" Stefan, fromout the biggest place of inhabitants called "Ruhr Area"
Why do German city names have to be pronounced in an Americanized way? So that no German knows what it's about when they have questions about this city?
For real... I love u reacting to those kinds of vids. But be aware of, that u'r not the first reacting, and that ppl follow a lot of reactors. This means: We follower have seen a lot(!) of the same following vids. I would recommend to do a research, how many Reactors allready had followed those vids. To outstand the common. It's like a virus. If some creator sees another creator doing a follow, he/she HAVE to also make a follow. So we see the same stuff with almost identical reactions on the same topic. This will make us skip! In short: Don't do, what all other reactors do!
You are presenting the classic, boring stereotypes on Germany. What would you say if Germans would depict America as a country where kids are riding to school on horseback, equipped with guns while chasing red Indians? Oh - they already have cars in the US? But, for sure, the car was invented in the US, was it not? No? Where was is invented? In Russia perhaps? In Germany? Oh no...
Was ist daran übel? Zumal seine Heimat wohl eher Amerika ist. Wieviel Deutsche wissen alles über ihre Vorfahren? Wohl nur die, die Interesse an Ahnenforschung haben. Immer dieses pauschale Verurteilen.
@@frauknusper89 Naja Ahnenforschung bei den Großeltern ? Merkste selber ist Mist was du schreibst oder ? Wir stammen aus dem Sudentenland ab .. als ich 18 wurde und Geld hatte war es das erste was ich machte hinfahren wo meine Familie herkommt.
@@frauknusper89 du Haubentaucher hast doch was von Ahnenforschung gefasselt ! Wo seine Großeltern herkommen sollte man schon wissen wollen. es sei den du bist du der hält das für Mist
@@frauknusper89 Es ist völlig irrelevant, sich über die Herkunft seiner Großeltern zu informieren. Das darf man machen, wenn es einen interessiert, aber es ist nicht wesentlich. Für den User scheint es offenbar so wichtig zu sein, dass er jeden verurteilt, der das nicht tut. Sowas von unangenehm, so ein Verhalten.
I don't like that soooo many views are in the south! There is Stade, it was Swedish, and it shows, There is the coast of the North Sea with Deiche , Wattenmeer, there is Schleswig, , there is a Vikingmuseum, danish influence, because it was Danish once, the storms of the Noth Sea or very romantic to impress your date : a Sunset on a Hallig/Island like Sylt or coast of the North Sea.
Next time you should visit cologne, nice people, thin beer and a thousand year old history! From there you could visit the castles by the rhine. Greetings from the black forest!
The turquoise coloured water is called ice water because it's directly fed from the melting snow on the Alps. It's was surreal actually seeing it for real and the water was really ice cold.
A little fun fact:
Burg eltz has been continuously owned by the same family that build it (the eltz family), so for about 900 years. They still live in the castle for a part of the year (it gets really cold in the winter). It has never been destroyed (not even partially), which is really unique, if you take all the wars germany fought in the last 900 years into account.
Damn. Somebody should count how many single battles and sieges those were. Must be at least 5 digits
Das ist ja cool! Ich war tatsächlich im August diesen Jahres mit meiner Familie da und wir waren sehr beeindruckt! Die gesamte Gegend dort ist wunderschön! Grüße aus Niederbayern!
and it was on the previous 1,000 DM note!
We need clear Water for tons and tons of beer 😅
Finally it’s a vid made from someone who was in south Germany and made a few trips to other city’s.
It’s nothing wrong with it but this list is hardly influenced by that.
You can clearly see it on his Berlin part, how can you not mention Potsdam? The only reason is, he had not the time to visit.
How can you call Frankfurt and skip Cologne? (the bones of the 3 holy kings laying beneath the Kölner Dom) And how can you avoid Aachen? How can you not talk about Siegfried „the dragonslayer“ Saga? And so on.
Anyway, I m not angry but it’s a list made from someone who didn’t visit whole Germany.
I agree. I think he spent too much time on getting good drone footage instead of researching. He was not good at saying the place names either!
Just one correction, the bones aren’t under the dome, but in a golden shrine in the medieval choir of the cathedral.
Well... If you go along importance, Frankfurt, is more a thing than Köln. Köln might be the 4th largest city, but Frankfurt is 5th and the finance center, was also more impotant in the days back in HRE. And let us not talk about beer and the apple stuff. Greetings from a guy, NOT from Frankfurt.
Btw... I'm certainly not a prude, but I don't need guys jerking off in public in broad daylight, like I had to experience in Cologne...
Die Gebrüder Grimm, the brothers Grimm were two brothers from Germany and all of their story’s are inspired by places in Germany. The brothers Grimm wrote story’s like Hansel and Gretel. ...
Rumpelstiltskin. ...
The Pied Piper of Hamelin. ...
The messengers of death. ...
The king of the golden mountain. ...
The frog king. ...
Snow White and the seven dwarfs. ...
The Bremen Town Musicians
Ja plural von story ist stories!
They didn't write them. They collected them.
Talking about history... Trier (Augusta Treverorum) was founded 16 BC, so is way over 2000 years old now.
When it comes to favourite places, it depends on what kind of place you like. Hamburg is a wonderful and historic city on the North Sea coast, it is definitely worth a visit as it is among the top-2 big cities in the country (IMO those two are München and Hamburg). Go to east Germany and you can find stunningly beautiful places in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte - lots of lakes, beautiful cities and landscape (especially in summer). But the top region IMO is the Black Forest. You simply can't go wrong in the Black Forest, a huge forest area (doh!) that has some great peaks as it extends into the Alps, lots of tradition, plenty of really pittoresque places, it's absolutely wonderful.
Hamburg on the North Sea Coast???? Since when?? Have I missed something?
Correction: Hans WAS a popular name 60 years ago !! And Greta Thunberg is from Sweden and NOBODY calls their daughter Gretel anymore and not even Heidi 😁. Btw Germany has so many castles as it was made of over 300 ((!!) kingdoms and dukedoms and even bishops had their castles centuries ago before the first "unification" in 1871! Love from Southern Germany :).
Every Sovereign under the sun had to have a place of residence... not just the ones you mentioned. There were way more than 300 before 1648 (end of 30 years war). Napoleon reduced the number massively already long before 1871 (german confederation 41 members).
Meine Tochter hat eine Greta in der Klasse. Eine meiner Cousinen heißt Gretel.
Hans ~ Hannes ~ Johannes ~ Johann ~ Yahya (Arabisch) sind durchaus häufig vertreten.
I live in Switzerland. The only Heidis I know are over 50.
Hans was a very popular Male Name.now it isn’t anymore.the most popular name is Mohammed 😮
@@Steven91637 No, it's Noah and Emilia
All Americans show the same German corners. Try it with other videos. Explore different areas than always the same thing. I think a lot of your fans would love it :-) and it would set you apart from the others.
I'm from Cologne, the fourth oldest city in Germany...founded in 19 B.C. by the Roman Empire
Cologne has nothing to offer for tourist, only the cathedral and nice people.
@MoreJps West Germany had about 12k castles and when we reunited with East Germany they brought even more 🤭 we since have about 25k castles in Germany and I don't think we even appreciate them as much as you guys do, so thank you! 😊 Great channel, glad I found it - keep it up!
You're doing a great job Guys
I must say this is the most touristy ranking I‘ve ever seen on my home country. Especially, since most places displayed here hit the Alps area. And: film any place with filter in sunshine, and even Dortmund will look pretty. Berlin is so not beautiful! 😂 On the other hand: this preserves the hidden treasures from being overrun.
Haha yes when i saw Frankfurt in the beautiful town ranking i "fall from my chair" ;). Frankfurt i think is the ugliest town after Mönchengladbach.
Hello Joel and pal. Many years back, my friend had relatives in Frankfürt and we used it as a base to tour Europe, though back then the Berlin Wall was no museum.
10:53 Climate activist “GRETA” is Swedish!
As a German I grew up with all the history around me. There is almost everywhere a place that was build1000 years or more ago.
When you go on school trips it is often a hiking trip that ends at a castle or a historic site. One time we walked to the "druidenstein" translated to druids stone and we stood under trees that where there in a time when germanic tribes did there religious ceremonys there 1100 or more years ago.
When you are a kid and visit such places 2 or 3 times a year you really get another understanding of history
I moved to Germany from the UK about 20 years ago and live about an hour away from the Mosel river where I spent a lot of sommer holidays. Amazing scenery and great wine tasting, bike rides, great food ....If I drive 5 hrs south then I get to the Alps. It was a real experience for me to sit having a coffee on the side of lake Constance with the snowcapped mountains in the background.
I think as an American… my first trip to Germany will be to Berlin of course…. but, my top pick will be Dresden -thought of as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe …. “ the Florence on the Elbe” (river), and the technology center of Germany in the 20th century!
It survived and rebuilt, after being literally fire bombed and almost totally destroyed by the Allies in February 13-15, of 1945! Shame on us!!
Are you heading back to the EU/UK next summer?!
Berlin is not as nice as postcards shows. For me it's an ugly place - loud and dirty. You can find much more beautiful places here in Germany
There is a reason why many Germans say: "Bavaria should be an own country, let's split it from the rest". These lists are almost always the same, typical stereotype tourism spots. A pity, as Germany has so much more beautiful places than that. Guy from Cologne here.
Then lets make it happen.
Spreewald is also very nice..
man so many places i wanna visit too.
- much love from germany
I also live in Saxony. If you would like to get to know and understand Germany a little better, you should study all of the federal states. Auerbach's cellar (because of Goethe) is also worth a visit. Every tourist in Germany should get to know the Dresden Zwinger. The Hamburg fish market and the Elbphilharmonie are also worthwhile.
Germany has the most castles as it was only unified in 1871. So each kingdom/duchy/earldom/bishopric/pricipality/city state etc. had to be able to defend itself [and make money in tolls].
Been to all these places and Germany is indeed a beautiful place. Am glad I'm half German [born there] and half English.
9:35 Wait till they learn about Interrail 😉😅 I travelled once from Aachen (close to cologne) to Pescara in the south of Italy in one go over night 🤗
You must have a look at ITALY,,, 🇮🇹. Florence,,, Milano ,,, Roma ,,,, Naples ,,,AMALFI coast ,, isle of Capri. Etc
I recomment visiting the "Mittelrhein" (middle rhine area) when and if you are in germany the next time. If you take a trip from Wiesbaden to Koblenz, you are driving along the rhine with its castles and whineyards. From summer to autumn there are loads of medival markets and festivals in this area, too - so its defenetely worth a visit ^.^ There are also a lot of vinter who offer wine tastings.
Neuschwanstein is nice, sure - but its not medival castle, It was build in 1869 by Ludwig II who wantet it to look like a medival fairytale castle. I pains me a bit that so many foreigners visit only this castle, when teher are so many castles that are much more authentic tan this one. -.-
I also can highly recomment Dresden and the Elb-Sandstein mountains. The city is beautiful and the unique mountains at the border to Chech republic is gorgeaus (and has also a lot of castles ^.~) If you have the time visit Rügen. Its the largest Island of germany, located in the baltic sea.
Gemany has so many different places and different cultures - a few visites arent nearly enoug to enjoy all of them.
Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. Walt Disney came to Germany in 1936 and returned to the US with lots of Fairy Tales he obtained here. Check out the Brothers Grimm.“Hansel and Gretel,” “Snow White,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Tom Thumb,” “Rapunzel,” “The Golden Goose,” and “Rumpelstiltskin.” You need a car to get to Neuschwanstein. Dresden and outer areas are amazing!
Hi guys. i think one of the oldest places north of the Alps must be the city Trier, about two thousand years old, founded by a roman emperor to be his capital. I dont live there, i only live in a small town near the Ruhr area, am old former mining area, and the largest build-up area in europe probably. within about 100 km (about 80 miles) about 15-20 mio people live. Its not really popular for outsiders, but it has the most diverse culture all around, with more than half a dozen universities. So, if you're looking for a place to study in germany, checkout Münster, Dortmund, Bochum, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Cologne, or Bonn.
And, to finish, be sure to visit the german coast. There are a great many fine islands, plus a world nature heritage of the coastal tidal area, only two places in the world are like this. There also millions of birds rest on their routes from the mediteranean to scandinavia or siberia. And the north Sea is a sea for tough man, its cold and rough and full of fish, even seals or whales.
You should've visited Denmark when you were in Hamburg
6:08 the steps you see there is probably for whine production plants. The river right there is called the "Mosel" and i think they had some regional wine back then called Moselwasser (Moselwater). But i cant find the wine online.
When u come to the Moseltal(cochem etc.)u have to try the Vine bc the Mosel area is famous for that.And if u an Anime fan sepcially for AoT than go to Nördlingen bc it is the real template what Attack on Titans writer Iseyama took for Shiganshina
4:04: In Austria you can drink water from almost every fount, every stream, every lake and every river...except the Danube
The Rhine valley was not mentioned and Cologne Germany is really beautiful
I‘m from Hannover it’s located in Lower Saxony which is btw actually higher than Saxony. And well I kinda like my City but it‘s one of the most dangerous city’s in Germany, believe me you literally almost everyday habe cases from Hannover where someone has been hit and the police has some crazy driving skills too. I‘m 18 now and I had 24 Injuries caused by the police driving skills, 7x Broken leg, 12x broken arms, and theother injuries were mostly head injuries where I got some trauma. Oh and we had cases where someone just shot someone who was sitting in their car with his children. Even though I love my City.
You should react to spain one of the most beautiful places in europe maybe im bias as im from spain
Hi Joel, many greetings from the beautiful 'Berchtesgadener Land' (county of Upper-Bavaria). I live in the village of 'Bayerisch Gmain' between the towns of Bad Reichenhall and Berchtesgaden. Yes, the Hintersee, Königsse, Eagles Nest (Kehlsteinhaus), Maria Gern are hotspots here, which are really beautiful. Definitely a recommendation to visit. At the same time, we are on the border with Austria and the city of Salzburg. Also a hotspot to visit! So if you ever come to Munich again, it's only 2 hours by car to the beautiful Berchtesgadener Land - maybe even faster if there is no traffic on the A8 Autobahn and you can drive "a little faster".
Best regards - Joachim
PS: Did you see my email from December 27th?
Watching from Berlin, hope you'll visit again
Southern Germany/Austria is my favorite place to travel to.
The nature is amazing man
About Neuschwanstein.. yeah sure it's definitivly overrated, but you can easily Take a 10min train and I think Like 5min with a Bus - or, and maybe thats the German in me but... Hiking there is the nicer Option, Just Trust me😂🙏🏼👌🏼
The color of the river is because it flows down from the mountains and takes minerals with it, it is also like that in Switzerland, rivers of this color flow ;-) Most of them are from glaciers.
Neuschwanstein Castle itself is not "original", as it is not a castle, rather a fancy looking mansion, built with modern means of bricks, concrete and steel at the end of the 19th century.
PS: I have never been to Neuschwanstein myself. But I've been many times to Moritzburg Castle, the castle pictured in Germany's most beloved Christmas movie: "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel" (Three hazelnuts for Cinderella).
Thank you for your video and greetings from Germany.
There are so many castles in Germany! You should visit the "unknown locations".
I'm from Aschaffenburg (Bavaria). There's the beautiful "Schloss Johannisburg"!
Viele Grüße aus dem schönen Bayern ❤
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Americans seem to have the idea that Grimm's fairy tales have something to do with the Black Forest. It is not so ! The Grimms were just collectors of fairy tales that were told to them in Kassel by knowledgeable women from Kassel and also from Westphalia. The Grimms edited and smoothed out these fairy tales whenever they seemed too wild or too revealing (including sexually).
Actually Germany has more castles (circa 25000) than the US has McDonalds restaurants (circa 15000 ?). Check out the Porta Nigra. Built 1700 years ago in Germany by the Romans.
Hallo aus Mittelfranken! Vielen Dank für deine tollen Videos. Wir würdigen diese wunderschöne Landschaften , Burgen und Schlösser leider nicht wie sie es eigentlich verdienen würden. Aber deine Begeisterung ist ansteckend. Ihr findet unsere Biere so yammy. Vielleicht wäre es auch mal spannend ein Video darüber zu machen wie viele Biersorten und Brauereien es in D gibt und dass tatsächlich jedes Bier seine Besonderheiten hat. Allein im Umkreis 20 km von unserem Zuhause weiß ich von 6 Brauereien. Wurm Bier in Bieswang gibt es seit 1135 und es schmeckt heute noch hervorragend. Kleiner Tipp schau dir mal "Pappenheim von oben" Video von Antenne Bayern auf RUclips an. Liebe Grüße
Are you going to react to the last 2 videos of Volker Pispers? :)
As you can see,,,Frankfurt skyscrapers are like all developments in EUROPE and they’re called cluster areas .
Bro you got to do a series of vids about Sweden 🇸🇪
We have over 20,000 castles and palaces in Germany. However, most of the castles are ruins.
Correction wales. Has the most castles in Europe
I live close to Frankfurt and i hate this city!😅for me personal is too dirty. Yeah you both are right, its pretty cool we are living in the middle of Europe. A couple of years ago i travelled from Germany to Denmark, to Sweden and than to Finland. All by ferries and trains. After 10month in Finland i travelled back to Germany via Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Czeck Republic, all by bus and ferries. I really recommend getting an interrail ticket, so you are able to travel by train through Europe!!! Maybe just an idea, when you want to come back!!!
Greetings from Cologne ...
The whole castle of Neuschwanstein is not original. When built, it was as outdated as Disneys castle hundred years later. It is worldwide one of the first "houses" constructed by steel beam construction, like decades later the first NY scy scrapers. The "castle" even had electricity and telephone!!! It was just that, what a crazy kings personal ideas about all the different mideavel castles and styles of ancient architecture was. And then all mixed up together, not even finished, because the building bankrupted the king and the whole state of bavaria. Gotten bancrupted, Bavaria declared the King Ludwig insane, incarcerated him. Then Bavarias whole existence as a state was terminated and had to submit is existence under the reign of enemies neighboring states.
It's an original from the late nineteenth century. It's the dream of a man who could afford to build a castle for his own personal pleasure. I would compare it to Michael Jackson's Nerverland.
It is an original fake. Modern construction, trying to look like an old castle of several hundred years ago mixing the styles of different centuries. And did not even try or succeed to serve the function. an old castle would do. I have visited it 60 years ago when it was evident, that it is not an old or even ancient building. That was so evident to see even to a child. My own house ( and the disney castle as well) now is nearly as old, as Neuschwanstein then was. I saw the electrics , lamps, and electric controls table with lights and calling bells for the servants , the steel construction of the roof and the raised ceiling of the grand "show room" and the telephone still working. It even had a diving and uplifting table from the kitchen to the dining room. Nothing of all that would fit an original castle. There was even a plan for building a cable car down to the little lake like a modern ski cable car. Castle??? Original?? And-- he could afford it, as it was , as far as i know his third "palace". Like Micheal Jackson, he lived and thought his own "reality", which was as unreal as this "castle".@@juliaclaire42
Take a look : Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg)
Sure, Europe is stunning. There's more. I'm a proud European and I'm proud because the Europeans gave birth to the Enlightenment. We Europeans first discovered reason is the way of thinking, not religious dogma, that humans should have rights and that the technology is the source of prosperity and not the devil's device.
It's not surprising that all these fairy tales look like they came from Germany because they did. The brothers Grimm were two German siblings that collected tales for children and wrote them down.
There are more castles in Germany than McDonalds and Burger Kings combined in the USA.
I do love Arturo. :)
Greetings from Berlin ❤
munich ti venice....yeah the alps but we build a tunnel^^ so no problem^^
There are more than 30.000 castles in Germany.
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I‘m from the „Green Heart of Germany“.
I think this list was seriously missing out. It looks like like a list made up by someone stationed in Bavaria for six months, who only had the time to go on very few short trips anywhere else.
It reminded me of the German stereotype of Dirndl and Lederhosen. Not good.
Where is the middle and the north? Pretty much non existent, even though they do have beautiful and fascinating areas and history.
when you say American cities are not much preserved, that they don’t have much sense of identity because they’re new…..when you think about this argument-weren’t the European towns/cities once young and new at some point in history? Yet, even back then they preserved some parts and that’s why they are hundreds of years old today…
Hans is out of fashion. As is Gretel. These names are part of the German folclore but not really popular anymore. 😂
i am not agreed with this list ... where is Wernigerode, where is Quedlinburg... where is Dresden or Ulm or Landshut?? Festung Königstein too.
Too bad the most visited location in Germany wasn't included! The most populous federal state was also left out. Pity!
The German alpine lakes and rivers are mostly very clear as they are also very cold. They are fed with cold melting water from the mountains and glaciers of the Alps. Very few microorganisms and algae live in this cold water, which would cloud the water. The trout from such streams is considered a delicacy. There are now also trout farmers in Bavaria who divert the stream and let it flow through the fish breeding ponds. The world's best caviar (via sturgeon) is now produced there because the water is so clean.
Yes I agree, there are a lot of beautiful places in Germany. Unfortunately a lot of these were destroyed during World War II and during the reconstruction of Germany. Not so much attention was always paid to preserving historical architecture. This trend only came later. Many historic buildings were demolished and replaced by ugly concrete buildings. Many inner cities were disfigured in this way. In my opinion, France and Italy in particular have been much better at preserving their historic places from destruction over the centuries. My advice as a German is to visit Germany… yes, of course...but first visit Italy (Tuscany and Liguria, for example) and France (Provence). There you can "breathe" history at every turn.
Italy (Tuscany and Liguria, for example) and France (Provence). There you can "breathe" history at every turn.
By the way, I love your videos and your curiosity about foreign cultures. I wish more people had this mentality. The world needs this spirit, especially nowadays as we face new authoritarian tendencies in several countries and global problems of all kind which we can only solve together.
Germany, when it was the holy roman empire was basically Oprah.you get a castle!and you get a castle!...😊
wo ist das Tumbnail?
REACT TO POLAND IT'S EVEN BETTER
Hey, Srefan from Dortmund {close to The Netherlands by the way].
ALWAYS hearing about Bavaria is quite stupid at all !! It's only 1 of 16 Federal States ... Okay: beautiful scenery ...
There must be more ... Don't this kind of advertising videos !!"
Stefan, fromout the biggest place of inhabitants called "Ruhr Area"
my secred tipp as german is Das Erzgebirge in the Chrismess time. as Child we was so often there and it was Beatifull
germany has more castles than mc donalds stores
Why do German city names have to be pronounced in an Americanized way? So that no German knows what it's about when they have questions about this city?
You should do more about Australia
For real...
I love u reacting to those kinds of vids.
But be aware of, that u'r not the first reacting, and that ppl follow a lot of reactors.
This means: We follower have seen a lot(!) of the same following vids.
I would recommend to do a research, how many Reactors allready had followed those vids. To outstand the common.
It's like a virus. If some creator sees another creator doing a follow, he/she HAVE to also make a follow.
So we see the same stuff with almost identical reactions on the same topic.
This will make us skip!
In short: Don't do, what all other reactors do!
Your Friend is so cute. Jesus. What a beautiful Men
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Greta tumburg is from SWEDEN
Meine Oma hies Waltraud
Meine Tante hieß Elfriede 😊
Is that narrator having a stroke? 😮
guys, all this is nice, yes, BUT if u wasnt in the "POTT" or "RUHRPOTT" u havent seen the real buty of germany , oder watt
lawd...stop yawning lol
only 0.5% of the interessting places....
You are presenting the classic, boring stereotypes on Germany. What would you say if Germans would depict America as a country where kids are riding to school on horseback, equipped with guns while chasing red Indians? Oh - they already have cars in the US? But, for sure, the car was invented in the US, was it not? No? Where was is invented? In Russia perhaps? In Germany? Oh no...
Fake video and the most of it is in austria 😂
Übel das deine Großeltern Deutsche waren du aber gar nichts über deine Heimat kennst.
Was ist daran übel? Zumal seine Heimat wohl eher Amerika ist. Wieviel Deutsche wissen alles über ihre Vorfahren? Wohl nur die, die Interesse an Ahnenforschung haben. Immer dieses pauschale Verurteilen.
@@frauknusper89 Naja Ahnenforschung bei den Großeltern ? Merkste selber ist Mist was du schreibst oder ? Wir stammen aus dem Sudentenland ab .. als ich 18 wurde und Geld hatte war es das erste was ich machte hinfahren wo meine Familie herkommt.
@@checkimecki756 immer diese Leute, die meinen, was sie machen, müssen alle so machen. Merkst selber was das für ein Mist ist, oder?
@@frauknusper89 du Haubentaucher hast doch was von Ahnenforschung gefasselt ! Wo seine Großeltern herkommen sollte man schon wissen wollen. es sei den du bist du der hält das für Mist
@@frauknusper89 Es ist völlig irrelevant, sich über die Herkunft seiner Großeltern zu informieren. Das darf man machen, wenn es einen interessiert, aber es ist nicht wesentlich. Für den User scheint es offenbar so wichtig zu sein, dass er jeden verurteilt, der das nicht tut. Sowas von unangenehm, so ein Verhalten.
There are arond 2500 castles (Schlösser and Burgen) in germany.
Neuschwanstein was never finished, the King killed himself/was murdered before he could complete it.
I don't like that soooo many views are in the south! There is Stade, it was Swedish, and it shows, There is the coast of the North Sea with Deiche , Wattenmeer, there is Schleswig, , there is a Vikingmuseum, danish influence, because it was Danish once, the storms of the Noth Sea or very romantic to impress your date : a Sunset on a Hallig/Island like Sylt or coast of the North Sea.
Except Hamburg the Video is very South-focussed. The North with its beaches, fjords and coastlines is missing.
Please show me a fjord in Germany... ;-)
@@realulli Just google"schlei fjord"
I will not stop mentioning how cute it is to see Joel in his teacher era telling Bébé Arturo about Germany and the places one has been to.
"All these mountains and stuff". Please call us by our names. We're Austria 🇦🇹 and Switzerland 🇨🇭 We even have trains to the mountains 😉
Germany my homeland 😍
The water is so clear because
A: Europe protects the environment
B: The photographer used a polarisation filter
The story of "Pinokkio" was written Carlo Collodi an Italian.
Next time you should visit cologne, nice people, thin beer and a thousand year old history! From there you could visit the castles by the rhine. Greetings from the black forest!
"Why is the water so clear?" Duh! It is for the beer!
The water comes from the alps, without dirty from firms.
The turquoise coloured water is called ice water because it's directly fed from the melting snow on the Alps. It's was surreal actually seeing it for real and the water was really ice cold.