I grew up in an apartment even smaller than this near Stuttgart...can't imagine to live in something like this ever again. Lately we lived in a huge apartment in a small village near Ulm, because we did not want to live in the city again. Now we moved to the US and live in a house for the first time of our lives and it's awesome. But having a small apartment has it's advantages. You seem like you used the space perfectly! Hope it's not that expensive and you feel home! Greetings from Virginia, Rick and Tamara
Keep continueing this vlog style. I find it more interesting than just talking in front of the camera. Btw: you 've learned a heavy Düsseldorf accent ;-) ("bis spetaa")
I live in an old German house and I have the fridge in a separate room where people in earlier times, when there were no fridges, used to store their food. It's more energy-efficient that way, because in the kitchen, you want it warm, so the fridge has to cool down much harder than in a room where it's cool already. I inherited the house I live in, so I don't pay rent, but there are so many other fees and costs you don't think about when living in a rented apartment. Trash disposal is one thing, owners' taxes go by the square meter, and as I'm in a rural area, I also need a car to get somewhere, and you know German fuel prices. And I have to pay for all repairs by myself. Rents in the bigger cities are high, maybe too high in some areas, but all in all, I don't think I'm better off owning a house. I don't find cellar compartments very creepy. They're very useful because you can hide things there the environmental authorities better don't see, like half-used cans of paint. My attics are creepier, because there are spiders. Not that there were extremely poisonous spiders in Germany, they can't kill a human being, but I don't like them.
Hamburg here. It really depends what area you want to live in. Everything close to the lake Alster or the river Elbe is almost unaffordable. I live very close to the Alster and pay 1.400,- € cold for 70 m2 and that is considered to be cheap for this area 🙈
looks like a typical 1960s/70s built apartment. today the layout woud be somewhat different, bathroom bigger, and stuff like hot water boiler etc would not be there.
That’s true! The new builds are often more open concept as well! And maybe a second bathroom - though not always bigger (at least not in Düsseldorf - lacking space haha)
I love apartment tours! Looking forward to hearing about your journey with buying a house. 🥳 I’m currently living in Munich and paying significantly more for a third the size of your apartment 😅
Hello and good evening Jenna, A normal clean apartment is okay, but i prefer it when it also shows that someone really life's in there and it doesn't look like museum. You are a family of three and you use your apartment. Seeing the cellar of someone can be very interesting too. Thanks for the tour and seeing your little helper cleaning everything 😉 ☺️😂✌️ Have a nice weekend and stay healthy.
50 square meters, two rooms in the very central Pempelfort section of Dusseldorf and we pay 850 warm. We have a cellar space for storage also. So for convenience and transportation links (bus stops, tram stops and U-Bahn) are all around plus a very nice shopping area, we pay more. That is not unexpected. Having an elevator is very nice, as we do. Plus our apartment is cat friendly and many other tenants have cats and/or dogs.
Usually the dryer is put on top of the washing machine! Here on the country site of Niedersachsen near the netherlands I pay 530 cold / 730 warm for a 95 m^2 appartement, including a small garden for a good BBQ
My last apartment in Toronto was a tiny and dark basement studio in Chinatown and I paid the equivalent of 910 euro, more expensive than this one. And that was two years ago, it's probably worse now. People in Germany ask me "Why did you leave Canada, I hear it's great"... if they only knew.
Hahaha I say the EXACT SAME THING! And I really love the idea of being able to go back to Canada as a tourist now, because I see only the wonderful side of the country! And not the insane traffic, 18 lane highways, daily grind working overtime and getting underpaid and the outrageous rent prices in the GTA. 😝🙈
Sadly, pricing is not much different in most big German cities. You often pay far more than 1000€ per month for an "apartment" that my best friend would only refer to as "a loo with a balcony"
i was randomly searching on youtube and i found you. You have such a beautiful personality and very helpful info your giving thank youu!!!! I'm planning to continue my studies in germany specifically in Ulm if someone knows any info it might help me. THANKS AGAIN FOR THESE ANAZING VIDS!!!!!!!
In Germany the rent is mostly looked at in Euros per square meter for comparisons. Also for buying an appartment you would use that number. Every appartment is different in size so that makes more sense. From an expenses view the total amount has to be seen, of course. But to make a decision whether a place is expensive the per sqm approach is taken.
I live in Halle (Saale) in a downtown flat with 3 rooms, kitchen, bathroom. For ~60sqm we pay 600 € warm. This is on the higher side for rent in Halle and Halle in general is quite cheap when compared to other german citys
I live in Peitz. It's a small town between Berlin and Dresden near to the border to Poland. My apartment has a size of 54m² and costs € 350 warm. plus electricity approx. € 400.
Yeah prices have skyrocketed since! I was in my flat for 6 years as well… paying such a great monthly rate! I don’t even wanna know what the new tenants will pay!
Moin Jenna, danke für die Wohnungstour. Sehr interessant und gut gemacht. Besonders auch mit dem kleinen Sidekick! XD War auf jeden Fall gut gelüftet bei dir! Have a nice and dry Weekend LG Ben
We don't have one single Ikea-item in our appartement :) I don't think, it is common in Germany to have a tv in the bedroom. The majority has not, I think.
I don't know if you have one already, but can you make a video about living in apartment, having kids or pets, talk about neighbors, quiet hours etc. Also can you make vlogs from Düsseldorf- streets, interesting places. Thank you
I live near Würzburg in Bavaria. 800€ warm is really cheap for this apartment in Düsseldorf 😂 I do pay 900€ warm for 85qm but my city is waaaaaaaay smaller. If its not necessary you shouldn’t move into a city. Apartments or houses in small villages near cities are way cheaper. But as you said, do not move into a furnishired apartment. That‘s „Abzocke“ we‘ll say in Germany 😂
There is a reason why they are cheaper in the middle of nowhere. The infrastructure sucks donkey cock, hence it is more expensive to live there. If you live at the outskirts of a big city, it is relatively inexpensive and you have full access to infrastructure of a city.
Hahaha ♥️ we really did get SO lucky! Found it in a newspaper ad years ago without any photos 🤣… I think the rent was low because our landlord lives below us and she’s not the happiest of people. 🙈🙈
@@mina-ok2un Wow! Did you rent it furnished? I'm moving to Duesseldorf in May and anything you can rent on a temporary basis is 22-35m2 and more than 1000 euros😢
Hello Jenna, Again I just want to say congratulations on your now way over 10,000 subs, so cool. Also, congratulations on your move to your new home. I am looking forward to seeing your vlog-style videos for sure. If I could ever get back to Germany I will be doing the same thing lol lol. Tomorrow will be exactly 20 months since I had been to Germany. However, Germany here I come, SOON I hope :).
Yeah, first I have to say, the fridge around the corner of a wall was quite komisch. And yeah, (schau mal!) at 4:57, all I see is a key to a castle haha.
I live in Rottenburg bearbeiten Tübingen in an area with mainly one- Family-houses and I pay 800€ for 100qm plus Terrasse with a small garden . Close to nature and very beautiful
Almost every city in germany has a "Mietspiegel". It's a chart of the amount of money you usually have to spend per square meter when renting an apartment. It's kind of a benchmark so you can evaluate if the rent for an appartment is reasonable or if a landlord is trying to rip you off. However, there are fewer vacancies than people that are in need of a place to live. And that unfortunately very often leads to the situation that you may be forced to accept a rent that is sagnificantly higher than the one you may find suitable in the "Mietspiegel" 😒
I live in Koblenz and pay 640€ in warm for an apartment of 60 square meters, parking, terrace, storage and a laundry room on the basement. On top of that, there is a forest and a lake 5 minutes by walk.
I recently moved to north-east Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) as rents and. house prices are so much lower here. And its close to the Baltic Sea :) However, there is less industry out here, so less job. Luckily, I am a teacher, so I can work pretty much anywhere
As a teacher, can you work anywhere? If you become a teacher in Germany, you cannot even work in another federal state, at least not in all other federal states. And as an American as a teacher, you won't be able to work as a teacher everywhere
I live in a small village near the Nürburgring in the Eifel. I have 75 squaremeters and I pay 700 Euros for everything (heating, internet etc inklusive)
In fact I do have 2 Kallax Systems in my appartment 🤣🤣🤣 The rent has gone up dramatically within the last years. I live nearby ypur area- Aachenerplatz.
Hi I live in Rheine better said a little town that’s a part of Rheine , I live underneath the roof and my apartment has 45 qm that was build 5 years ago I have a little balcony which is 4 qm big , a bedroom, a little 3 qm laundry room, a 4 qm bathroom, a living room with a small kitchen and a cellar and I pay warm 450€ ! It might be a small part a little bit further away from the town (10 min from Rheine , 30 min from Münster) but we have 5 grocery stores here several places to eat and shop the bus stops at several places every 15 min and the train departs every 30 min , you’re outside of the big cities but you’re able to reach everything with the train or bus in maximum 45 minutes!
Right?! That was the plan when I bought the dryer (after realizing how much more laundry one does with a baby)… but it didn’t fit through the bathroom door 😝🙊
@@lifeingermany_ OMG. That sounds so familiar. I have the luck, that I am living in the basement(1st floor). So I get the possibility to carry the dryer through the window
As a woodworker I had to pause the video and admire that beautiful bench you have in the dining room! Where in the world did you find that? Also, we still have our son's Bobby Car (he's 22 now!)
Appartment ist hier gleichbedeutend mit 1 Zimmer Wohnung. Mehr als 1 Zimmer heisst hier einfach nur Wohnung. Was ich an amerikanischen Wohnungen immer etwas verstörend finde, ist die Tatsache, dass man mit Öffnen der Haustüre scheinbar auch immer gleich im Wohnzimmer steht. Ich finde das irritierend und würde mich damit nicht wohlfühlen. Ich weiss natürlich nicht, ob das überall so ist, aber aus Filmen und Erzählungen ist halt der Eindruck entstanden. Schöne Wohnung, die Möbel gefallen mir, ich liebe Vollholzmöbel und mag keinen IKEA oder Poco-Ramsch. Viele Grüsse P.s. Wuppertal 36qm Appartment 245,- Warmmiete, seit 11 Jahren.
Es ist tatsächlich fast überall so! :) Ich lebe in San Diego und bei mir kommst du auch durch die Türe und stehst in der Küche/Wohnzimmer (bei mir ist alles sehr offen). Ich fand das erst auch immer sehr seltsam. Aber man gewöhnt sich an alles! ;)
Das kommt aber glaube ich etwas drauf an, in welcher Region der USA man ist. Bei Apartments weiß ich es nicht, aber Einfamilienhäuser haben in den kälteren/nasseren Klimazonen hinter der Haustür einen mudroom, damit man den Dreck nicht direkt ins Haus trägt.
Haha right?! I put together some helpful lingo here: lifeingermany.com/accommodations/ (warm and cold rent included) But cold rent is what you pay for the apartment without any additions, warm rent is often including the heating, water, gas expenses. Just depends on your contract! 🙃 What’s extra on top of the warm rent is usually parking and Internet and such things!
Yess! Everything I've noticed is different you mentioned. Having the dryer in the kitchen was to weird for us, it's now stacked in the basement. Omg! I didn't realize you didn't mention how the front door to the apt the knob DOESN'T turn!!! 🤭(Unless yours does) Old fashion keys are super adorable too! Wow! So excited for your move!! Have you completely finished it? Connecting 2nd 3rd floor?! I'd love to see the transformation! 😻🤗 The bathroom in the attic was unrecognisable! You guys do an amazing job! I second the appearance of your husband! Would totally be adorable. Hugs to you and yours!! -Krista
Ahhh our knobs don’t turn either haha, totally forgot about that one!! And yes! Connecting the two apartments 🥰 and keeping the kiosk rented! Will have to have you guys over to check it all out when it’s finished!!!
Das hängt vom der Lage und der Ausstattung ab. Anscheinend lebt sie in einer unrenovierter Altbauwohnung. Die Mieten sind dort etwas günstiger. In meiner Stadt zahlt man fast 20 Euro pro Quadratmeter kalt im Neubau. Das ist Wucher !!! So werden Menschen aus der Stadt ins Umland vertrieben und die Innenstädte sterben immer mehr aus.
I want to move to Germany, im just worried about how I know nothing but English and how will that go for me trying to find work? Im just fed up of America lol. I also came across videos of people saying Germany is a really negative place , im torn
My best piece of advice would be to take a year off of work and take an intensive German language course! After that, you’ll have no problems finding a job! There are tons of English jobs available too - and if you go somewhere like Berlin, then German is not always entirely necessary. Germany isn’t a negative place by any means! It is amazing! However, there can be some pretty negative people 🙈 you just have to learn not to care about what people think. This isn’t everywhere, but in some areas.
I work in a research lab and I have coworkers from Italy and China, who don't speak German. It is possible, but learning German is necessary to live here if you want to stay
@@lifeingermany_ Uups, careful there. Often times "warm" does not include the cost for electricity, which you then have to add to your "Warmmiete". So I recommend to check the contract thoroughly and get information on what you will typically have to pay for your electricity bill for a one person household from different providers.
To be very honest with you: You do not live in a very TYPICAL German apartment. I have never had my fridge not in the kitchen or the water boiler in the kitchen. Haha... It may happen in really old buildings, but it is definitely not typical. What is very typical, though... in case you'd like to address the differences like the keys in the room doors :), the heaters at the walls of the rooms are very German, and light switches are totally different. :) Love your videos, though! Keep it up!!
Ahah I know right! I have a little list of german lingo related to renting an apartment here: lifeingermany.com/accommodations/ But cold rent is basically the cost of the flat without any extras, and warm typically includes heating, water, gas, maybe chimney sweeping, etc. (But there’s also expenses like parking and internet which are in top of the warm rent)
Cold=apartment only, warm=apartment+utilities (heating, electricity can be or not depending on the contract, water, other things like e g. janitor, insurance, garbage collection etc). It's important to read the details what is included. Also the utility costs can be adjusted if you don't pay fixed rate (normally shared apartments), but an upfront payment of the actual costs and this will be settled with the the real costs. So you can get money back or have to pay more. So you have to read if the contract states "all utilities included" or just "utilities is amount x"
Hey, which city do you leave in Germany? Do u have idea about Hamburg? Actually I am planning for moving to new location: 1. Toronto 2. Hamburg… how may I be in touch with you directly to get more of your opinions Thanks
I find it a bit strange, to show a simple old style apartment from the time of the 1920s or 1950s as technical „German Standard“ of living. Greeting from a „born German“
It’s from the 60’s, many buildings are around my area - also where I lived in Freiburg… and all of my friends places, otherwise a few have Neubau! Can’t show anyone else’s apartment but mine 🤷🏽♀️ sorry
Great video. 800 Euro warm seems cheap as rent in south Florida is about $1,800 a month. Let’s say the average salary in Florida is $65,000 a year. Would that be similar for let’s say an accountant? Also is the cost of living comparable to the USA?
It really depends on... if you want to rent an appartement in Cologne in the "Kranhaus" you pay 25 € / m² cold (or more). Add 2 € / m² to get it warm. So the same appartement Janna is living in would cost 1.971 € or 2,100 $. Same City but bad district (Kölnberg) would cost ... well ... maybe 12 € / m². There we got the 876 € or 933 $. If you want to check out what that means search in youtube for "Kölnberg Hood"). I live in this district and see the houses from my window. Salary depends, too. ø 68.000 € / year in Cologne or 72,500 $.
🤣🤣 I ask myself the same question everyday! I’m just assuming it’s because he watches mommy ALWAYS watching the dishes and doing laundry that it seems cool to him 🤞🤞🤣 we’ll see how long this phase lasts!
There isn't really anything typically German about it. First, most Germans don't have a dryer at all and then I've never seen a dryer in the bedroom. I've also never seen a refrigerator not in the kitchen. And what should be so special about the keys. I do not understand? What else should a door key look like? And hiding the gas boiler with wood is perhaps not the very best idea, because the viewing window is already intended so that you can see whether the flame is burning or not in case of doubt.
The layout and the way the apartment looks is very typical here in Germany. Not the dryer and the fridge? Check out a door in North America, it’s very different! We didn’t cover the screen on the boiler though, there was an opening to view it 👍
Is there any chance that in the near future, with the move to the new house, you'll convince your husband to appear in videos? :) I suppose he's reluctant to appear in videos ... or maybe you didn't want to include him? :)
Hahaha yes! I’m working on it! He’s super shy in front of the camera, but would love to feature him in a video soon!!! 🤞🤞🤞 He says not unless I reach 100,000 subs 🙈🙈 but I guarantee you it’ll be far before 100,000 subs hahaha
@@lifeingermany_ Haha, I thought that's the situation, with him being too shy to appear in videos. It seems that all (or, most of them) german men are like that. :) You need to talk to Dana from Wanted Adventure to tell you how she managed to convince her german husband, Stephan, to appear in her videos. :)
Yes, now that I think about it: Antoinette's husband Rob, Dana's Stephan, Jenna's husband, Haley's Mike - all the German men still are or have initially been shy.
Düsseldorf ist ja auch verdammt teuer! Habe eine Kollegin, die für ihr 21 m² Wohnung 500 € warm zahlt! Da sind wir noch recht gut gestellt, wohnen ja in der Nähe von D-Dorf und zahlen für unsere 77 m² Wohnung knapp 900 € warm. Für 5 Personen reicht das ja! Aber die Schlüssel würde ich weg tun, kleine Kinder haben die Angewohnheit, sich überall einzusperren!
Ist so, war so und wird vermutlich noch lange so bleiben. Wenn ich einen neuen Mieter finden möchte, inseriere ich gar nicht mehr. Ich schreibe die an, die in Facebook-Gruppen offenbar auf der Suche sind
16th! Juhuuu! Hi. Nice little tour. But please discuss with your husband and think again just for yourself, how much you will show in your videos of your family, home and area you live in. If it's out there you don't have the total control anymore. On the other hand bring a lot of clips and videos. And a summary after your 1st year of more intensive participation on RUclips, would be nice, too. Greeting
I agree 🥰 I decided to do the full apartment tour since we will be moving shortly ♥️ no longer ours, really! But I always discuss these things with my husband before too!! Better safe than sorry, right?!
Liebste Jenna, ich wohne in einem 60qm Appartement in Hofheim (in der Nähe von Frankfurt) und zahle monatlich 1.200 Euro Warmmiete (also inklusive der Nebenkosten). Ich bin Single und lebe allein - mehr als die Hälfte meines Honorars als (Foto)-Künstler oder Bildjournalisten geht für die Miete drauf. This just happens to be so ridiculous, and it is getting even worse..... "Gentrification" is the ultimate word to know in GER.....
Finde ich auch genug… aber für meistens ist das zu klein.. kann ich aber auch verstehen! Je nach Grundriss der Wohnung kann es einen großen Unterschied machen!
@@kessas.489 Was ist das denn für ein merkwürdiger Vergleich? Ich habe meine Kindheit auf 28 Hecktar verbracht, weil ich auf dem Hof meiner Eltern aufgewachsen bin. Aber allein reine Wohnfläche waren es ca. 250 m². Heute wohne ich allein auf 50 m².
Tip dont move to Düsselforf Berlin or collonge Move to Leipzig or a other east german big but not so Populat town the rent is much lower for the same Space I live in leipzig and i live alone in an 45 squermeter sovietblock apartment with balcony that was renovated in a good part of the City but it is on the outa skird 15 to 25minutes Tram ride to the center (depending on what lines i use) i pay about 420€ monthly rent warm apartments that size usualy cost 350 to 500 € rent depending on the landlord and part off the city but for example an Apartment with 3 to 4 rooms pluss bath kitchen that is 65 zo 80 squermeters has usually a montly rent from 500 to 750 but dont buy here its hella expensive
@@j.a.1721 For me it looks like a death-trap, what if the kid loses balance? Ok, i'm no father, never seen such thing before, if you mean it's safe, i believe you.
@@noizW I don't have kids, so I can't know for sure, but I know that they are pretty common here. And about losing balance, that's what it is for, so kids can't fall off so easily and it won't fall over. I think it is usually for younger kids though, I think that boy might be a bit too tall for it. Apparently it's called a learning tower.
Yeah, it’s called a learning tower and is very common in Germany (I should have mentioned that). It’s specifically built for toddlers (usually from 12 months+ until they’re able to reach the counter space on their own or use a normal stool). My son is 2,5 and I’d prefer him to stay in his Lernstuhl until he’s comfortable using a normal stool on his own. ♥️
@@lifeingermany_ Ok, sorry i really didn't want to to criticize you, i'm from Austria and i've never seen such a "Lehrnstuhl" before, it just looked dangerous for me, i didn't know how it worked. Thank you for explaining this to me. Hope you'll find a new nice home and make a roomtour again, wish you a nice weekend ☺️
Don't get me wrong I like your videos, but I am always shocked when people show the faces of their young children so that everybody is able to recognize them. If you watch Videos of German RUclipsrs most of the time the faces of the children are either not shown or hidden in post-production. North Americans don’t seem to care about the personality rights of their children.
I’m somewhere in between … but I don’t think it’s fair either to say they “don’t care”. It’s just a different world we live in back in my home country. I’m not a fan of featuring children as the focal point of a video, but my family has agreed that if my son makes the occasional background appearance, then it’s okay. If I’m being honest, I love making videos, but it’s simply impossibleto manage this with a kiddo who always wants to be on camera 🙈. We’ve tried to find a healthy balance. Posting photos of your children with an emoji on top of their face is something I don’t understand at all. If someone doesn’t want to show their kids on social, then I think it’s better to keep them out entirely. I find the emoji thing somehow worse than showing them in the background a little! Offensive almost 🙈
@@lifeingermany_ As you may know it is illegal in Germany to take pictures or make videos featuring people without their consent. So I think - even they are allowed - many parents don't feel comfortable taking this decision on behalf of their minor children and therefore hide their faces.
@@hekra6784 Because germans are crazy. Consent... blah. As real estate manager I need a decleration of consense to share their communication data. Otherwise I am not allowed to order a plumber for example if something broke down in their appartement. It's just bureaucracy and filling binder with paper. In 20 years maybe we need the consent of animals, too.
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I grew up in an apartment even smaller than this near Stuttgart...can't imagine to live in something like this ever again. Lately we lived in a huge apartment in a small village near Ulm, because we did not want to live in the city again.
Now we moved to the US and live in a house for the first time of our lives and it's awesome. But having a small apartment has it's advantages. You seem like you used the space perfectly! Hope it's not that expensive and you feel home!
Greetings from Virginia, Rick and Tamara
Keep continueing this vlog style. I find it more interesting than just talking in front of the camera. Btw: you 've learned a heavy Düsseldorf accent ;-) ("bis spetaa")
Hha thanks you so much! 🙃 I will start making some more vlog videos! 🤗🤗 I really have fun with them!
I live in an old German house and I have the fridge in a separate room where people in earlier times, when there were no fridges, used to store their food. It's more energy-efficient that way, because in the kitchen, you want it warm, so the fridge has to cool down much harder than in a room where it's cool already.
I inherited the house I live in, so I don't pay rent, but there are so many other fees and costs you don't think about when living in a rented apartment. Trash disposal is one thing, owners' taxes go by the square meter, and as I'm in a rural area, I also need a car to get somewhere, and you know German fuel prices. And I have to pay for all repairs by myself. Rents in the bigger cities are high, maybe too high in some areas, but all in all, I don't think I'm better off owning a house.
I don't find cellar compartments very creepy. They're very useful because you can hide things there the environmental authorities better don't see, like half-used cans of paint. My attics are creepier, because there are spiders. Not that there were extremely poisonous spiders in Germany, they can't kill a human being, but I don't like them.
Hamburg here. It really depends what area you want to live in. Everything close to the lake Alster or the river Elbe is almost unaffordable. I live very close to the Alster and pay 1.400,- € cold for 70 m2 and that is considered to be cheap for this area 🙈
looks like a typical 1960s/70s built apartment. today the layout woud be somewhat different, bathroom bigger, and stuff like hot water boiler etc would not be there.
That’s true! The new builds are often more open concept as well! And maybe a second bathroom - though not always bigger (at least not in Düsseldorf - lacking space haha)
Also, apartments nowadays tend to be more open-plan like in the US, with the kitchen often being a part of the living room (which has its downsides).
I love apartment tours! Looking forward to hearing about your journey with buying a house. 🥳 I’m currently living in Munich and paying significantly more for a third the size of your apartment 😅
Hello and good evening Jenna,
A normal clean apartment is okay, but i prefer it when it also shows that someone really life's in there and it doesn't look like museum.
You are a family of three and you use your apartment.
Seeing the cellar of someone can be very interesting too.
Thanks for the tour and seeing your little helper cleaning everything 😉 ☺️😂✌️
Have a nice weekend and stay healthy.
Moin Robert, meine Mutter sagte immer: Eine Küche ist ein arbeitender Raum, der kanä nicht ständig klinisch sauber sein.
Schönes Wochenende Ben
50 square meters, two rooms in the very central Pempelfort section of Dusseldorf and we pay 850 warm. We have a cellar space for storage also. So for convenience and transportation links (bus stops, tram stops and U-Bahn) are all around plus a very nice shopping area, we pay more. That is not unexpected. Having an elevator is very nice, as we do. Plus our apartment is cat friendly and many other tenants have cats and/or dogs.
Usually the dryer is put on top of the washing machine!
Here on the country site of Niedersachsen near the netherlands I pay 530 cold / 730 warm for a 95 m^2 appartement, including a small garden for a good BBQ
Die Hobelbank ist cool!
My last apartment in Toronto was a tiny and dark basement studio in Chinatown and I paid the equivalent of 910 euro, more expensive than this one. And that was two years ago, it's probably worse now. People in Germany ask me "Why did you leave Canada, I hear it's great"... if they only knew.
Hahaha I say the EXACT SAME THING! And I really love the idea of being able to go back to Canada as a tourist now, because I see only the wonderful side of the country! And not the insane traffic, 18 lane highways, daily grind working overtime and getting underpaid and the outrageous rent prices in the GTA. 😝🙈
Sadly, pricing is not much different in most big German cities. You often pay far more than 1000€ per month for an "apartment" that my best friend would only refer to as "a loo with a balcony"
Reading Eck! ^^
🤣🤣 blog style videos aren’t as easy to edit out Denglisch mistakes hahaha
@@lifeingermany_ Never mind, shit happens and a little Denglish makes any German smile.
Yeaaah thank you for this video! It’s exactly what I need now!! So happy I’ve found your channel 🤩
I’m so glad! 🥰🥰 let me know if you have any other video requests too! 🙃
i was randomly searching on youtube and i found you. You have such a beautiful personality and very helpful info your giving thank youu!!!! I'm planning to continue my studies in germany specifically in Ulm if someone knows any info it might help me. THANKS AGAIN FOR THESE ANAZING VIDS!!!!!!!
In Germany the rent is mostly looked at in Euros per square meter for comparisons. Also for buying an appartment you would use that number. Every appartment is different in size so that makes more sense. From an expenses view the total amount has to be seen, of course. But to make a decision whether a place is expensive the per sqm approach is taken.
That’s true! Here in Düsseldorf it’s quite common to pay around 10€/square meter
The "Reading-Eck" 😊
65 square meters, 1370€ warm in Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg 😅 It’s a new building and we’re the first tenants 🏙
I live in Halle (Saale) in a downtown flat with 3 rooms, kitchen, bathroom. For ~60sqm we pay 600 € warm. This is on the higher side for rent in Halle and Halle in general is quite cheap when compared to other german citys
Nice workbench. My grandfather used to have one like this in his workshop.
Thanks 🥰 it’s one of my favorite pieces in our apartment! And the old signs on the walls too!
I live in Peitz. It's a small town between Berlin and Dresden near to the border to Poland. My apartment has a size of 54m² and costs € 350 warm. plus electricity approx. € 400.
Günstige Miete aber weit und breit kein Job.
Dort wo es Jobs gibt kann sich kein Mensch die Miete leisten.
Irgendetwas läuft falsch in diesen Land.
I live in Dresden and pay 550€ warm for 65 qm near citycenter. But I live here since 6 years. New 65qm Apartments costs between 780€ and 1200€ warm.
Yeah prices have skyrocketed since! I was in my flat for 6 years as well… paying such a great monthly rate! I don’t even wanna know what the new tenants will pay!
Moin Jenna, danke für die Wohnungstour. Sehr interessant und gut gemacht. Besonders auch mit dem kleinen Sidekick! XD
War auf jeden Fall gut gelüftet bei dir!
Have a nice and dry Weekend LG Ben
We don't have one single Ikea-item in our appartement :) I don't think, it is common in Germany to have a tv in the bedroom. The majority has not, I think.
Look at the official "Mietpreisspiegel" of your city!
if the city has one
I don't know if you have one already, but can you make a video about living in apartment, having kids or pets, talk about neighbors, quiet hours etc. Also can you make vlogs from Düsseldorf- streets, interesting places. Thank you
Absolutely 🥰 thanks so much for all the tips!!
I live near Würzburg in Bavaria. 800€ warm is really cheap for this apartment in Düsseldorf 😂 I do pay 900€ warm for 85qm but my city is waaaaaaaay smaller. If its not necessary you shouldn’t move into a city. Apartments or houses in small villages near cities are way cheaper. But as you said, do not move into a furnishired apartment. That‘s „Abzocke“ we‘ll say in Germany 😂
There is a reason why they are cheaper in the middle of nowhere. The infrastructure sucks donkey cock, hence it is more expensive to live there. If you live at the outskirts of a big city, it is relatively inexpensive and you have full access to infrastructure of a city.
800?????!?!?!?! 800?!??!?!?! A DREAM... Mike and I would be rich! Your apartment is so cute :)
Hahaha ♥️ we really did get SO lucky! Found it in a newspaper ad years ago without any photos 🤣… I think the rent was low because our landlord lives below us and she’s not the happiest of people. 🙈🙈
My apparent in Aachen (a city in NRW with 250k citizens) has 50 sq meters and costs around 600€ (all incl)
We have windows like that in my house (I'm in Australia) but I'm pretty sure we got them custom made from Germany lol
I'm living in Düsseldorf too, in unterbilk, 60 m² for 800€ warm, which is really cheap for the location 😄
Reeeallly cheap! 🥰
Nice! I think we are neighbours then 😂🤗
Yeah 😄
@@mina-ok2un Wow! Did you rent it furnished? I'm moving to Duesseldorf in May and anything you can rent on a temporary basis is 22-35m2 and more than 1000 euros😢
To save space, people sometimes stack the dryer onto the washing machine.
Hello Jenna, Again I just want to say congratulations on your now way over 10,000 subs, so cool. Also, congratulations on your move to your new home. I am looking forward to seeing your vlog-style videos for sure. If I could ever get back to Germany I will be doing the same thing lol lol. Tomorrow will be exactly 20 months since I had been to Germany. However, Germany here I come, SOON I hope :).
Yeah, first I have to say, the fridge around the corner of a wall was quite komisch. And yeah, (schau mal!) at 4:57, all I see is a key to a castle haha.
Good vlog... good information 🥰..keep going 🥰
Wow! So beautiful!!
I'd love to visit.
I live in Rottenburg bearbeiten Tübingen in an area with mainly one- Family-houses and I pay 800€ for 100qm plus Terrasse with a small garden . Close to nature and very beautiful
So gruselig sind die Keller in Deutschland gar nicht. Es werden da auch nur ganz selten Leute von Gespenstern gefressen.
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Almost every city in germany has a "Mietspiegel". It's a chart of the amount of money you usually have to spend per square meter when renting an apartment. It's kind of a benchmark so you can evaluate if the rent for an appartment is reasonable or if a landlord is trying to rip you off. However, there are fewer vacancies than people that are in need of a place to live. And that unfortunately very often leads to the situation that you may be forced to accept a rent that is sagnificantly higher than the one you may find suitable in the "Mietspiegel" 😒
I live in Koblenz and pay 640€ in warm for an apartment of 60 square meters, parking, terrace, storage and a laundry room on the basement. On top of that, there is a forest and a lake 5 minutes by walk.
I recently moved to north-east Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) as rents and. house prices are so much lower here. And its close to the Baltic Sea :) However, there is less industry out here, so less job. Luckily, I am a teacher, so I can work pretty much anywhere
🥰 if one can find work there, I’d say it’s the best decision you would make! Mecklenburg Vorpommern is absolutely stunning!!!
As a teacher, can you work anywhere? If you become a teacher in Germany, you cannot even work in another federal state, at least not in all other federal states. And as an American as a teacher, you won't be able to work as a teacher everywhere
I live in a small village near the Nürburgring in the Eifel. I have 75 squaremeters and I pay 700 Euros for everything (heating, internet etc inklusive)
In fact I do have 2 Kallax Systems in my appartment 🤣🤣🤣 The rent has gone up dramatically within the last years. I live nearby ypur area- Aachenerplatz.
a veryy verryyy small city near Düsseldorf 1000 Euro warm for 74 square meters. You have a dream rent. Congrats :)
800€ warm for 73m2 is quite cheap 👌🏼
Hi I live in Rheine better said a little town that’s a part of Rheine , I live underneath the roof and my apartment has 45 qm that was build 5 years ago I have a little balcony which is 4 qm big , a bedroom, a little 3 qm laundry room, a 4 qm bathroom, a living room with a small kitchen and a cellar and I pay warm 450€ !
It might be a small part a little bit further away from the town (10 min from Rheine , 30 min from Münster) but we have 5 grocery stores here several places to eat and shop the bus stops at several places every 15 min and the train departs every 30 min , you’re outside of the big cities but you’re able to reach everything with the train or bus in maximum 45 minutes!
Why didn’t put you the dryer on top of the washing machine??? That would be very handy
Right?! That was the plan when I bought the dryer (after realizing how much more laundry one does with a baby)… but it didn’t fit through the bathroom door 😝🙊
@@lifeingermany_
OMG. That sounds so familiar. I have the luck, that I am living in the basement(1st floor). So I get the possibility to carry the dryer through the window
@@wtsalive8210 hahaha so clever!!! We are moving soon and I made sure the door was big enough for the dryer this time around 😂😂
@@lifeingermany_
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A German saying says: „Erfahrung macht klug.“ (Experience makes clever.“ worldly translation)
As a woodworker I had to pause the video and admire that beautiful bench you have in the dining room! Where in the world did you find that? Also, we still have our son's Bobby Car (he's 22 now!)
First I love you and your videos
It's raining here in India ... Right now.
Appartment ist hier gleichbedeutend mit 1 Zimmer Wohnung.
Mehr als 1 Zimmer heisst hier einfach nur Wohnung.
Was ich an amerikanischen Wohnungen immer etwas verstörend finde, ist die Tatsache, dass man mit Öffnen der Haustüre scheinbar auch immer gleich im Wohnzimmer steht.
Ich finde das irritierend und würde mich damit nicht wohlfühlen.
Ich weiss natürlich nicht, ob das überall so ist, aber aus Filmen und Erzählungen ist halt der Eindruck entstanden.
Schöne Wohnung, die Möbel gefallen mir, ich liebe Vollholzmöbel und mag keinen IKEA oder Poco-Ramsch.
Viele Grüsse
P.s. Wuppertal 36qm Appartment 245,- Warmmiete, seit 11 Jahren.
Es ist tatsächlich fast überall so! :) Ich lebe in San Diego und bei mir kommst du auch durch die Türe und stehst in der Küche/Wohnzimmer (bei mir ist alles sehr offen). Ich fand das erst auch immer sehr seltsam. Aber man gewöhnt sich an alles! ;)
Das kommt aber glaube ich etwas drauf an, in welcher Region der USA man ist. Bei Apartments weiß ich es nicht, aber Einfamilienhäuser haben in den kälteren/nasseren Klimazonen hinter der Haustür einen mudroom, damit man den Dreck nicht direkt ins Haus trägt.
I would put the dryer on the washer.
Didn’t fit through the door 🙈😖
From Saskatchewan and love your videos! You said €800 warm? What does warm mean?
Haha right?! I put together some helpful lingo here: lifeingermany.com/accommodations/ (warm and cold rent included)
But cold rent is what you pay for the apartment without any additions, warm rent is often including the heating, water, gas expenses. Just depends on your contract! 🙃 What’s extra on top of the warm rent is usually parking and Internet and such things!
@@lifeingermany_ oh ok, thank you for letting me know!
Yess! Everything I've noticed is different you mentioned. Having the dryer in the kitchen was to weird for us, it's now stacked in the basement. Omg! I didn't realize you didn't mention how the front door to the apt the knob DOESN'T turn!!! 🤭(Unless yours does) Old fashion keys are super adorable too!
Wow! So excited for your move!! Have you completely finished it? Connecting 2nd 3rd floor?! I'd love to see the transformation! 😻🤗 The bathroom in the attic was unrecognisable! You guys do an amazing job! I second the appearance of your husband! Would totally be adorable. Hugs to you and yours!!
-Krista
Ahhh our knobs don’t turn either haha, totally forgot about that one!!
And yes! Connecting the two apartments 🥰 and keeping the kiosk rented! Will have to have you guys over to check it all out when it’s finished!!!
800€ warm??? Es ist sehr günstig... 🤣🤣🤣
In München musst du mindestens zwei mal so viel zahlen...
Das hängt vom der Lage und der Ausstattung ab. Anscheinend lebt sie in einer unrenovierter Altbauwohnung. Die Mieten sind dort etwas günstiger.
In meiner Stadt zahlt man fast 20 Euro pro Quadratmeter kalt im Neubau.
Das ist Wucher !!!
So werden Menschen aus der Stadt ins Umland vertrieben und die Innenstädte sterben immer mehr aus.
Für Düsseldorf ist unsere Miete auch sehr sehr Gunstig! Wir haben echt Glück gehabt! 🥰
I want to move to Germany, im just worried about how I know nothing but English and how will that go for me trying to find work? Im just fed up of America lol. I also came across videos of people saying Germany is a really negative place , im torn
My best piece of advice would be to take a year off of work and take an intensive German language course! After that, you’ll have no problems finding a job! There are tons of English jobs available too - and if you go somewhere like Berlin, then German is not always entirely necessary. Germany isn’t a negative place by any means! It is amazing! However, there can be some pretty negative people 🙈 you just have to learn not to care about what people think. This isn’t everywhere, but in some areas.
I work in a research lab and I have coworkers from Italy and China, who don't speak German. It is possible, but learning German is necessary to live here if you want to stay
I wish my Apartment would be so clean ! 😁🐷😁
🤣🤣 it’s not always this clean! I promise you that!
Thank you for the tour of a 'real home and the prices you quote!
But - what does 'WARM' mean?
€800 Warm...?
Warm in Germany is referred to the cost of the rental apartment + utilities (like water, gas, electricity, waste disposal services, etc.) :)
@@lifeingermany_ Uups, careful there. Often times "warm" does not include the cost for electricity, which you then have to add to your "Warmmiete". So I recommend to check the contract thoroughly and get information on what you will typically have to pay for your electricity bill for a one person household from different providers.
@@flamedealership absolutely!!
To be very honest with you: You do not live in a very TYPICAL German apartment. I have never had my fridge not in the kitchen or the water boiler in the kitchen. Haha... It may happen in really old buildings, but it is definitely not typical. What is very typical, though... in case you'd like to address the differences like the keys in the room doors :), the heaters at the walls of the rooms are very German, and light switches are totally different. :) Love your videos, though! Keep it up!!
What’s the warm portion of the pricing? Never heard of putting temperatures on prices lol
Ahah I know right! I have a little list of german lingo related to renting an apartment here: lifeingermany.com/accommodations/
But cold rent is basically the cost of the flat without any extras, and warm typically includes heating, water, gas, maybe chimney sweeping, etc. (But there’s also expenses like parking and internet which are in top of the warm rent)
Cold=apartment only, warm=apartment+utilities (heating, electricity can be or not depending on the contract, water, other things like e g. janitor, insurance, garbage collection etc). It's important to read the details what is included. Also the utility costs can be adjusted if you don't pay fixed rate (normally shared apartments), but an upfront payment of the actual costs and this will be settled with the the real costs. So you can get money back or have to pay more. So you have to read if the contract states "all utilities included" or just "utilities is amount x"
30km from Leipzig 60m2 365€ warm good public transportation
Hey, which city do you leave in Germany? Do u have idea about Hamburg? Actually I am planning for moving to new location: 1. Toronto 2. Hamburg… how may I be in touch with you directly to get more of your opinions
Thanks
I find it a bit strange, to show a simple old style apartment from the time of the 1920s or 1950s as technical „German Standard“ of living.
Greeting from a „born German“
It’s from the 60’s, many buildings are around my area - also where I lived in Freiburg… and all of my friends places, otherwise a few have Neubau!
Can’t show anyone else’s apartment but mine 🤷🏽♀️ sorry
Was ist denn daran komisch? Die wenigsten wohnen doch in Neubauwohnungen, gerade in teuren Großstädten.
Wohne in Wipperfürth im Bergischen Land, zahle für 45m² 345€
Nice and beautiful 👍
Great video. 800 Euro warm seems cheap as rent in south Florida is about $1,800 a month. Let’s say the average salary in Florida is $65,000 a year. Would that be similar for let’s say an accountant? Also is the cost of living comparable to the USA?
It really depends on... if you want to rent an appartement in Cologne in the "Kranhaus" you pay 25 € / m² cold (or more). Add 2 € / m² to get it warm. So the same appartement Janna is living in would cost 1.971 € or 2,100 $. Same City but bad district (Kölnberg) would cost ... well ... maybe 12 € / m². There we got the 876 € or 933 $. If you want to check out what that means search in youtube for "Kölnberg Hood"). I live in this district and see the houses from my window.
Salary depends, too. ø 68.000 € / year in Cologne or 72,500 $.
How did you teach your child how to wash dishes...and like it... HOWWW
🤣🤣 I ask myself the same question everyday! I’m just assuming it’s because he watches mommy ALWAYS watching the dishes and doing laundry that it seems cool to him 🤞🤞🤣 we’ll see how long this phase lasts!
You must have some insane beer burps! 😊🍺
Berlin City 65 qm 1200€ warm
Woooow 😱 But Berlin is just so amazing!!
U Beogradu isti ovakvi stanovi... skroz isti stil stanovanja... stanovi po zgradama
There isn't really anything typically German about it. First, most Germans don't have a dryer at all and then I've never seen a dryer in the bedroom. I've also never seen a refrigerator not in the kitchen. And what should be so special about the keys. I do not understand? What else should a door key look like?
And hiding the gas boiler with wood is perhaps not the very best idea, because the viewing window is already intended so that you can see whether the flame is burning or not in case of doubt.
The layout and the way the apartment looks is very typical here in Germany. Not the dryer and the fridge?
Check out a door in North America, it’s very different!
We didn’t cover the screen on the boiler though, there was an opening to view it 👍
4:15 its not that common in Germany either. This place is probably old?
Wohnst du in Düsseldorf?? Ich auch !! Grüße!!!!
Is there any chance that in the near future, with the move to the new house, you'll convince your husband to appear in videos? :) I suppose he's reluctant to appear in videos ... or maybe you didn't want to include him? :)
Hahaha yes! I’m working on it! He’s super shy in front of the camera, but would love to feature him in a video soon!!! 🤞🤞🤞 He says not unless I reach 100,000 subs 🙈🙈 but I guarantee you it’ll be far before 100,000 subs hahaha
@@lifeingermany_ Haha, I thought that's the situation, with him being too shy to appear in videos. It seems that all (or, most of them) german men are like that. :)
You need to talk to Dana from Wanted Adventure to tell you how she managed to convince her german husband, Stephan, to appear in her videos. :)
@@cristianc.6302 hahaha right?! I need some helpful hints 😏 one day!! One day!! Hahaha
Yes, now that I think about it: Antoinette's husband Rob, Dana's Stephan, Jenna's husband, Haley's Mike - all the German men still are or have initially been shy.
was zahlt man denn in canada für mieten?
Kommt darauf an WO… aber in Toronto zB. man zahlt VIEL ZU VIEL und viel mehr als in Deutschland!
Düsseldorf Eller 50 m2 , 550 Euro warm 😎😎😎😎
Düsseldorf ist ja auch verdammt teuer! Habe eine Kollegin, die für ihr 21 m² Wohnung 500 € warm zahlt! Da sind wir noch recht gut gestellt, wohnen ja in der Nähe von D-Dorf und zahlen für unsere 77 m² Wohnung knapp 900 € warm. Für 5 Personen reicht das ja! Aber die Schlüssel würde ich weg tun, kleine Kinder haben die Angewohnheit, sich überall einzusperren!
Sie räumt grad sicher die Wohnung auf 😅
Zu mindestens habe ich versucht 🙈😝 aber war immer noch nicht saube 🤣
Aufräumen, während ein Kind zu Hause ist, ist wie Zähne putzen, während man Schokolade isst.
Ich will nicht wissen, wieviele Leute sich jetzt bei dir melden, weil sie die Wohnung haben wollen 😄
🙈🙈🙈 frag nicht! Hahah selbst in unsere Freundeskreis! 😝
Ist so, war so und wird vermutlich noch lange so bleiben. Wenn ich einen neuen Mieter finden möchte, inseriere ich gar nicht mehr. Ich schreibe die an, die in Facebook-Gruppen offenbar auf der Suche sind
16th! Juhuuu!
Hi.
Nice little tour.
But please discuss with your husband and think again just for yourself, how much you will show in your videos of your family, home and area you live in. If it's out there you don't have the total control anymore. On the other hand bring a lot of clips and videos.
And a summary after your 1st year of more intensive participation on RUclips, would be nice, too.
Greeting
I agree 🥰 I decided to do the full apartment tour since we will be moving shortly ♥️ no longer ours, really! But I always discuss these things with my husband before too!! Better safe than sorry, right?!
@@lifeingermany_ Sorry, sometimes typical german.....
@@juricarmichael2534 hahaha not always a bad thing ♥️
What is the time in Germany ? I'm in South Africa Johannesburg and it is 19:01 pm
7pm
Yep! Same time zone 🥰
@@lifeingermany_ but why does it looks like it's afternoon to you?🤔
It's already dark in here, is it also winter in Germany?
@@tinyikom9671 Nope, our "longest day" is coming up in about 3 weeks with a little over 16 hours of daylight in my area.
Liebste Jenna, ich wohne in einem 60qm Appartement in Hofheim (in der Nähe von Frankfurt) und zahle monatlich 1.200 Euro Warmmiete (also inklusive der Nebenkosten). Ich bin Single und lebe allein - mehr als die Hälfte meines Honorars als (Foto)-Künstler oder Bildjournalisten geht für die Miete drauf. This just happens to be so ridiculous, and it is getting even worse..... "Gentrification" is the ultimate word to know in GER.....
Ohhh my goodness 😱😖 it really is so ridiculous! And gentrification really is everywhere now, I feel!
73m² sind ganz schön viel für nur drei Personen...
Finde ich auch genug… aber für meistens ist das zu klein.. kann ich aber auch verstehen! Je nach Grundriss der Wohnung kann es einen großen Unterschied machen!
@@lifeingermany_ Also wir wohnen zu fünft auf 76m² und davor haben wir auf 45m² gewohnt...
@@kessas.489 Was ist das denn für ein merkwürdiger Vergleich? Ich habe meine Kindheit auf 28 Hecktar verbracht, weil ich auf dem Hof meiner Eltern aufgewachsen bin. Aber allein reine Wohnfläche waren es ca. 250 m². Heute wohne ich allein auf 50 m².
Tip dont move to Düsselforf Berlin or collonge
Move to Leipzig or a other east german big but not so Populat town
the rent is much lower for the same Space
I live in leipzig and i live alone in an 45 squermeter sovietblock apartment with balcony that was renovated in a good part of the City but it is on the outa skird
15 to 25minutes Tram ride to the center (depending on what lines i use)
i pay about 420€ monthly rent warm
apartments that size usualy cost 350 to 500 € rent depending on the landlord and part off the city
but for example an Apartment with 3 to 4 rooms pluss bath kitchen that is 65 zo 80 squermeters has usually a montly rent from 500 to 750
but dont buy here its hella expensive
1st
Bilk i guess
Isn't it dangerous to let your kid stand in that thing? i mean... looks deadly
It's made so kid's can reachvthe kitchen, that's the purpose of it, why not use it?
@@j.a.1721 For me it looks like a death-trap, what if the kid loses balance? Ok, i'm no father, never seen such thing before, if you mean it's safe, i believe you.
@@noizW I don't have kids, so I can't know for sure, but I know that they are pretty common here. And about losing balance, that's what it is for, so kids can't fall off so easily and it won't fall over. I think it is usually for younger kids though, I think that boy might be a bit too tall for it.
Apparently it's called a learning tower.
Yeah, it’s called a learning tower and is very common in Germany (I should have mentioned that). It’s specifically built for toddlers (usually from 12 months+ until they’re able to reach the counter space on their own or use a normal stool). My son is 2,5 and I’d prefer him to stay in his Lernstuhl until he’s comfortable using a normal stool on his own. ♥️
@@lifeingermany_ Ok, sorry i really didn't want to to criticize you, i'm from Austria and i've never seen such a "Lehrnstuhl" before, it just looked dangerous for me, i didn't know how it worked.
Thank you for explaining this to me. Hope you'll find a new nice home and make a roomtour again, wish you a nice weekend ☺️
Don't get me wrong I like your videos, but I am always shocked when people show the faces of their young children so that everybody is able to recognize them. If you watch Videos of German RUclipsrs most of the time the faces of the children are either not shown or hidden in post-production. North Americans don’t seem to care about the personality rights of their children.
I’m somewhere in between … but I don’t think it’s fair either to say they “don’t care”. It’s just a different world we live in back in my home country. I’m not a fan of featuring children as the focal point of a video, but my family has agreed that if my son makes the occasional background appearance, then it’s okay. If I’m being honest, I love making videos, but it’s simply impossibleto manage this with a kiddo who always wants to be on camera 🙈. We’ve tried to find a healthy balance.
Posting photos of your children with an emoji on top of their face is something I don’t understand at all. If someone doesn’t want to show their kids on social, then I think it’s better to keep them out entirely. I find the emoji thing somehow worse than showing them in the background a little! Offensive almost 🙈
@@lifeingermany_ As you may know it is illegal in Germany to take pictures or make videos featuring people without their consent. So I think - even they are allowed - many parents don't feel comfortable taking this decision on behalf of their minor children and therefore hide their faces.
@@hekra6784 I absolutely respect everyone’s decision 🥰
@@hekra6784 Because germans are crazy. Consent... blah. As real estate manager I need a decleration of consense to share their communication data. Otherwise I am not allowed to order a plumber for example if something broke down in their appartement. It's just bureaucracy and filling binder with paper. In 20 years maybe we need the consent of animals, too.