Gosh, Germany just keeps getting more and more charming! 🇩🇪 This medieval town is by far one of the most enchanting places we’ve ever visited. So glad we didn’t skip out on it! 😁 Next week, we won’t be posting a new video, because we’ll be on a BIG East Coast road trip! Check back the following week to enjoy more videos in Germany, and get excited, because we’re taking you to the ALPS!!! Car rental agency we used for our rental car: www.discovercars.com/?a_aid=chadandclaire Tours and experiences we recommend in Rothenburg: 🕰️ From Munich: Rothenburg and Nördlinger Ries Day Trip by Bus - gyg.me/62Ll5eN7 🏰 Rothenburg: Old Town PRIVATE Tour - gyg.me/MYqBA8y2 🕯️ Rothenburg: Private Night Watchman Tour - gyg.me/BHVAvJgi 🥾 Frankfurt: Romantic Road & Rothenburg ob der Tauber Tour - gyg.me/XoMc2BOJ
The yellow fiels are mostly rapeseed, as the price of rapeseed oil has doubled due to the war in Ukraine. Ukraine was a major supplier of rapeseed oil. Before that, rapeseed was also planted, but it was only ploughed under, as the rapeseed plants then served as natural fertilizer. Wheat was then sown on the ploughed under rapeseed. There are also two ways to harvest and sow wheat per year (summer and winter wheat) in Germany, but it is not possible to grow wheat twice a year on one field. Therefore, something else is planted in one of the two seasons, e.g. rapeseed.
I visited Rothenburg last christmas. It was snowing and the village was so magical. I can say that it is my favourite village in the world and I travelled a lot. One place I recommend is a christmas store called (Käthe Wohlfahrt - Weihnachtsdorf). I visited it 3 times during my 2 days trip.
Perfect modern day Hansel & Gretel travel duo episode. That is if Hansel also wore a large baseball cap. I hope Claire keeps her out eye out for a fairy tale hat for Chad for such future tours 😁
What a trip down memory lane! It's great to see Rothenburg ODT during the spring. We were there during the Christmas market season, and it was magical! We also ate at Zur Holl, and the food was divine! Such a neat experience. Can't wait to see where you're headed next!
What a beautiful town! Every street is like out of a storybook! I am just playing catch up with your other vlogs because I have been away on vacation! As always loving the beauty, info and food in all your vlogs.❤
Absolutely great video. You guys seem also like a very kind and down to earth couple. Its a joy to watch your videos. Keep up the great and informative work. 💪😀👍
Loved this! It wasn’t crowded and the weather seemed perfect. Chad was really enthusiastic in this episode!! Makes me want to explore this little town when I get to that region. I’m in process of trying to get my dual citizenship with Italy through decent. My grandfather (and all of my mom’s side) is from Sicily. It’ll just be nice to have options with dual citizenship 😊 looking forward to your next inspiring episode!
did you see all the christmas stores? I was there in 1999, and bought the cutest little mushroom ornament, it broke last year, but I fondly remember this amazing place!
We were there over 10 years ago love that town ❤ They have a cool medieval torture museum and a night watchman walking tour. Can’t wait to go back. The restaurant you found zur Höll means hell .
Absolutely love following and watching your journeys! Thanks for sharing guys! I had a roadtrip to Black Forest and Bavarian region back in 2022 to those places; Baden Baden, Schiltach, Tübingen, Füssen, Lindau. Loved every bit of it! Enjoy, have fun, and be safe guys! 💕
Traditionally the spaces between the wooden structure of those half timbered houses were filled with a mixture of Clay and straw. In later times this mixture was sometimes replaced by bricks.
i am LOVING seeing you guys enjoy Germany! Love this episode guys, Rothenburg is sooooo pretty! and an interesting thing you said Claire about the structure of the buildings - I thought it was fancy work too! Ah we learn something new everyday!
In an album from the Belgian comic series Yoko Tsuno, drawn in 1977, the heroine of the same name embarks on an adventure in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. The entire town is faithfully recreated, even the small lantern on the stairs along the facade. The miniature houses play a key role in the story, serving as the key to solving the mystery.
"Bärlauch" Wild garlic grows along streams here in spring. It is not only used to make soup, but also spreads, pestos, wild garlic pasta and much more. You have to be careful when collecting them, as they can be confused with autumn crocus and lily of the valley, which are poisonous.
I'm glad you loved and enjoyed your stay in Germany. BTW your green soup has been made of wild garlic. A grean leaf that exactly tastes and smells like garlic. These leafs often were the first meal for a hungry bear, after it has awoken from its winter sleep. That's why it is called Bärlauch (translates into bear leek) in Germany. It is full of essential oils and therefore very healthy.
The pointy roofs ensure that heavy snowfall won't cause the roof to collapse as it slides down eventually :) Great video, you even avoided the tourist masses at peak times!
If you're thinking of ever visiting eastern Germany, i bet you would love Dresden and Görlitz. Dresden is Saxony's capital with stunning baroque architecture! Görlitz is also a very old, beautiful town directly on the border to Poland, with many silesian influences, both in food and in architecture. Love your videos about Germany ❤
Guys 👦👩Thanks for sharing I love💖 Germany, 🏰As always enjoyed your video, Stay safe and happy adventures in Germany. You should do a Christmas Market 🤶🎅trip to Germany. Cheers 🥨🥨😎
*You can't really compare them. Strasbourg is more Gothic with the Cathedral Notre-Dame, its rose window and its gargoyles. Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a much smaller town [ Population around 11,385 ] than Strasbourg [ Population around 291,313 ]. Although Strasbourg has also medieval streets & old houses, Rothenburg ob der Tauber has the bigger fairytale-like atmosphere, especially in the Winter time with the "Christmas Museum", but Rothenburg has also the "Medieval Criminal Museum"...* ⬅🤔
If you come to Rothenburg, don't forget to make a detour to Dinkelsbühl. Dinkelsbühl is often advertised as the most beautiful old town in Germany. It is only 40 minutes by car from Rothenburg. You won't regret it. 🤗
Such a pretty city...it does remind me of Strasbourg in Alsace...another great city to see at Christmas time. As always, the food is superb...basic, solid, tasty...and a tad different from Parisienne food in their neighbor country. That car transport you used??? I would still be in there having died of fright. Kudos to youth and courage! Onward and upward!
That Topler castle is not a joke. It was not easy to live in it and it was build to protect the family from robber barons and all sorts of bad people. That were rough times.
I love Rothenburg! I was there last month. However, it’s pronounced WROTE-en-burg. lol. Did you NOT go to the Medieval torture museum?!?!? Or Käthe Wohlfart’s?!?!
@@ChadandClaire The Medieval Crime and Punishment Museum is one of the best small museums ANYWHERE! And if you return someday you need to try a strawberry schneeballen!
This is great, guys. You can find an expert because Im definitely not, but most german houses and swedish houses have the tall roofs, and italian and spanish mostly use flat roofs..... snow. The USA does a middle of the line.... its a LOT easier to build a roof in the USA because you can walk on it without ropes and equipment, but USA roofs in the north sometimes you really need to get a shovel and ropes and stuff and clear the snow off or the snow will collapse the roof. I bet the colonial era like boston would have the super slope,... cause they came over from northern europe. Thats really epic that you ate at a restaurant that has clay models of itself. The cracker barrel does that, but nobody likes them.
📣 WOOOW! Very good video! Thanks for this! 👋🏼 I am a Small Struggling Travel Channel and this video really inspire me to up my self and make better content ☺️
@@jamesh1641 Again, nope. What you say mainly counts for the biggest cities and their centers. "The degree of destruction varied regionally. In East Germany, 9.4 percent of pre-war housing was destroyed. In West Germany, the figure was 18.5 percent." So, that's not really confirming what you say, especially when we are talking about cities such as Rothenburg etc. Germany is not just Berlin or Dresden.
Wikipedia: "On March 31, bombs were dropped over Rothenburg by 16 planes, killing 37 people and destroying around 275 houses (around 32% of all houses), six public buildings and damaging nine watchtowers and over 2,000 feet (610 m) of the wall."
@@bastyaya In the German language, it's pronounced more like an "e" than a "u". When I was still perfecting my use of the language, I was grateful to my German neighbor who corrected my mistakes. Such a great neighbor!
@@FreeSpirit47 I am German and my grandma lives there. So, I kind of know. I am from Nuremberg originally, which is Nürnberg in German. There you would be kind of correct. :)
@@bastyaya Thank you. I know I can be incorrect about some things. Having lived all over Europe extensively as in not just toured or visited, I liked it when the locals corrected my language flaws. It helped me to speak their languages better.
@@FreeSpirit47 Totally. Myself as a German living in Italy and abroad for about 12 years meanwhile... But with the German, I think, you can trust me. :)
![Noob To Max With DRAGON REWORK In Blox Fruits [FULL MOVIE]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LnBMOinoOvA/mqdefault.jpg)
Gosh, Germany just keeps getting more and more charming! 🇩🇪 This medieval town is by far one of the most enchanting places we’ve ever visited. So glad we didn’t skip out on it! 😁 Next week, we won’t be posting a new video, because we’ll be on a BIG East Coast road trip! Check back the following week to enjoy more videos in Germany, and get excited, because we’re taking you to the ALPS!!!
Car rental agency we used for our rental car: www.discovercars.com/?a_aid=chadandclaire
Tours and experiences we recommend in Rothenburg:
🕰️ From Munich: Rothenburg and Nördlinger Ries Day Trip by Bus - gyg.me/62Ll5eN7
🏰 Rothenburg: Old Town PRIVATE Tour - gyg.me/MYqBA8y2
🕯️ Rothenburg: Private Night Watchman Tour - gyg.me/BHVAvJgi
🥾 Frankfurt: Romantic Road & Rothenburg ob der Tauber Tour - gyg.me/XoMc2BOJ
The yellow fiels are mostly rapeseed, as the price of rapeseed oil has doubled due to the war in Ukraine. Ukraine was a major supplier of rapeseed oil. Before that, rapeseed was also planted, but it was only ploughed under, as the rapeseed plants then served as natural fertilizer. Wheat was then sown on the ploughed under rapeseed.
There are also two ways to harvest and sow wheat per year (summer and winter wheat) in Germany, but it is not possible to grow wheat twice a year on one field. Therefore, something else is planted in one of the two seasons, e.g. rapeseed.
I visited Rothenburg last christmas. It was snowing and the village was so magical. I can say that it is my favourite village in the world and I travelled a lot. One place I recommend is a christmas store called (Käthe Wohlfahrt - Weihnachtsdorf). I visited it 3 times during my 2 days trip.
They have a franchise in Heidelberg too.
These last 2 German vlogs have been so lovely ❤ Beautiful weather, beautiful shots and the joy of you two is so contagious!
That car elevator was SO COOL! And Rothenburg looks absolutely magical! Definitely adding it to our list for our next trip to Germany 😍
Perhaps a biking trip through germany?! 😁🚴♀️🚴🚴♂️🚵
@@ChadandClaire Don't tempt us with a good time! 🙌🏼😜
Perfect modern day Hansel & Gretel travel duo episode. That is if Hansel also wore a large baseball cap. I hope Claire keeps her out eye out for a fairy tale hat for Chad for such future tours 😁
Beautiful town. So picturesque indeed. Rothenburg will be in my bucket list. Love your videos. You've got good choices of foods too.
13:45 I think it's supposed to be "wild garlic", not "white". You eat the leaves instead of the bulb, so it's basically a garlicy chive
There are similar but a bit less touristy places, for example Nördlingen, Dinkelsbühl, Ochsenfurt, Freinsheim or Bacharach.
What a trip down memory lane! It's great to see Rothenburg ODT during the spring. We were there during the Christmas market season, and it was magical! We also ate at Zur Holl, and the food was divine! Such a neat experience. Can't wait to see where you're headed next!
Glad we could take you back in time haha. We already know we want to come back for the Christmas market. Everyone has been talking about it!
What a beautiful town! Every street is like out of a storybook! I am just playing catch up with your other vlogs because I have been away on vacation! As always loving the beauty, info and food in all your vlogs.❤
Hope you had a relaxing vacation! Welcome back!
Absolutely great video. You guys seem also like a very kind and down to earth couple. Its a joy to watch your videos. Keep up the great and informative work. 💪😀👍
What an absolutely perfect day ❤️ It’s on my bucket list and I love how peaceful your day looked.
You should! Totally visit! I hear Christmas markers are a good time to visit but also spring was a wonderful time for us!
Btw the restaurant Zur Hoell is the oldest building in town. Roughly 1100 years old.
Loved this! It wasn’t crowded and the weather seemed perfect. Chad was really enthusiastic in this episode!! Makes me want to explore this little town when I get to that region. I’m in process of trying to get my dual citizenship with Italy through decent. My grandfather (and all of my mom’s side) is from Sicily. It’ll just be nice to have options with dual citizenship 😊 looking forward to your next inspiring episode!
did you see all the christmas stores? I was there in 1999, and bought the cutest little mushroom ornament, it broke last year, but I fondly remember this amazing place!
We were there over 10 years ago love that town ❤
They have a cool medieval torture museum and a night watchman walking tour. Can’t wait to go back.
The restaurant you found zur Höll means hell .
Munich here : Love your content, it's so pleasing to German/European eye & ear. Happy to follow you around the world :)
Excellent video! Thanks for the tips!!
Absolutely love following and watching your journeys!
Thanks for sharing guys!
I had a roadtrip to Black Forest and Bavarian region back in 2022 to those places; Baden Baden, Schiltach, Tübingen, Füssen, Lindau. Loved every bit of it!
Enjoy, have fun, and be safe guys! 💕
you guys chose the perfect weather, you make me wanna leave my bubble and explore my country with these videos :D greetings from germany
On of my favorite places. Especially in December
Ooh! I bet December is a great time to visit!
Heading there for the Christmas markets, thanks for sharing as it looks amazing, hopefully walk into the country too
Haha, we love spargel aka asparagus in Germany, we even have a name for the season - Spargelzeit…
Almost as exciting as Glühwein.
Traditionally the spaces between the wooden structure of those half timbered houses were filled with a mixture of Clay and straw. In later times this mixture was sometimes replaced by bricks.
i am LOVING seeing you guys enjoy Germany! Love this episode guys, Rothenburg is sooooo pretty! and an interesting thing you said Claire about the structure of the buildings - I thought it was fancy work too! Ah we learn something new everyday!
I’m so glad you have enjoyed the series so far! Also, thanks for matching our excitement about things such as building structures! 😁😂
In an album from the Belgian comic series Yoko Tsuno, drawn in 1977, the heroine of the same name embarks on an adventure in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. The entire town is faithfully recreated, even the small lantern on the stairs along the facade. The miniature houses play a key role in the story, serving as the key to solving the mystery.
You look very happy there!
Greetings from Frankfurt. Love to see you guys in Germany. Hope you are having a wonderful time
Glad you have enjoyed the series so far! We can’t wait to visit more of Germany on our next trip!
"Bärlauch" Wild garlic grows along streams here in spring. It is not only used to make soup, but also spreads, pestos, wild garlic pasta and much more. You have to be careful when collecting them, as they can be confused with autumn crocus and lily of the valley, which are poisonous.
Oh wow!! That’s so interesting! I had never heard of Wild garlic in Germany.
@@ChadandClaire It can only be eaten fresh for a few weeks a year, which is probably why. Like white asparagus, it is a seasonal dish.
Nice to see, you enjoy germany so much. If you should come back again to Rothenburg, do it in june (i think). There is a great medievil festival.
Nice trip you guys,
guter tag, um dorthin zu reisen :)
Hi! Thank you for these wonderful videos and I love you guys!👍💟🙋♀️
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for following along on our adventures!
I'm glad you loved and enjoyed your stay in Germany. BTW your green soup has been made of wild garlic. A grean leaf that exactly tastes and smells like garlic. These leafs often were the first meal for a hungry bear, after it has awoken from its winter sleep. That's why it is called Bärlauch (translates into bear leek) in Germany. It is full of essential oils and therefore very healthy.
The pointy roofs ensure that heavy snowfall won't cause the roof to collapse as it slides down eventually :) Great video, you even avoided the tourist masses at peak times!
Omg, “the perfect taunting height” 😂🤣🙌❤️
German Potato Soup 🍜 is amazing
I was there for the Christmas market. Great little town. By the way, it’s pronounced Rote, not Roth. Rhymes with boat.
Oops! Thanks for letting us know.
It's correct regarding the th, but Rothenburg does not ryme with boat.
I'll be visiting Rothenburg soon. Where did you buy the ceramic houses? I'd love to check them out.
It should be "Leyk’s Lichthäusern" in Rothenburg
If you're thinking of ever visiting eastern Germany, i bet you would love Dresden and Görlitz. Dresden is Saxony's capital with stunning baroque architecture! Görlitz is also a very old, beautiful town directly on the border to Poland, with many silesian influences, both in food and in architecture. Love your videos about Germany ❤
12 . 52 can you please tell us where’d you find the Rothenburg building Maps. We are planning to visit soon
I love it and the food look delicious 🙌🏽
It was!! Thanks for watching!!
@@ChadandClaire can you tell me the name of the restaurant i looked it up and can't find it
Guys 👦👩Thanks for sharing I love💖 Germany, 🏰As always enjoyed your video, Stay safe and happy adventures in Germany. You should do a Christmas Market 🤶🎅trip to Germany. Cheers 🥨🥨😎
Thanks for watching!! Yes we totally should! Christmas markets would be SO much fun to explore.
Nice video guys! 👍🏻👍🏻
Glad you liked it!!
As a german, I obviously know Rothenburg!... But you both describe it so beautifully!... I have to go there again...😘
O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming? Sound familiar?
hi I just wanna ask which is more charming fairy tale place the Rothenberg or the Strasbourg.. torn between this two place.
*You can't really compare them. Strasbourg is more Gothic with the Cathedral Notre-Dame, its rose window and its gargoyles. Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a much smaller town [ Population around 11,385 ] than Strasbourg [ Population around 291,313 ]. Although Strasbourg has also medieval streets & old houses, Rothenburg ob der Tauber has the bigger fairytale-like atmosphere, especially in the Winter time with the "Christmas Museum", but Rothenburg has also the "Medieval Criminal Museum"...* ⬅🤔
I've been to Rothenburg as a kid, but all I remember is the Torture Museum.
A museum for medieval torture devices and dungeon technology, if you will.
If you come to Rothenburg, don't forget to make a detour to Dinkelsbühl. Dinkelsbühl is often advertised as the most beautiful old town in Germany. It is only 40 minutes by car from Rothenburg. You won't regret it. 🤗
Do you have the name (of the store) or the address where you bought the ceramic houses? Thanks!
Idstein and Nordlingen are amazing old towns in Germany 🇩🇪 too.
you're such an amazing couple. /// white asparagus , can't wait for any new asparagus season
Do you have the location of the shop that sells the ceramic little houses you bought?
It should be "Leyk’s Lichthäusern" in Rothenburg
Such a pretty city...it does remind me of Strasbourg in Alsace...another great city to see at Christmas time. As always, the food is superb...basic, solid, tasty...and a tad different from Parisienne food in their neighbor country. That car transport you used??? I would still be in there having died of fright. Kudos to youth and courage! Onward and upward!
that fruit is golden berry I think, or latern fruit in our language since it looks like a latern.
The name Rothenburg am der Tauber means in German, Red fortess above the Tauber.
That Topler castle is not a joke. It was not easy to live in it and it was build to protect the family from robber barons and all sorts of bad people. That were rough times.
I love Rothenburg! I was there last month. However, it’s pronounced WROTE-en-burg. lol. Did you NOT go to the Medieval torture museum?!?!? Or Käthe Wohlfart’s?!?!
They’re just pronouncing, as an English speaking person would…
We had no idea it was pronounced that way! Thanks for letting us know! Also we have more to see when we come back next time! 😁
@@ChadandClaire The Medieval Crime and Punishment Museum is one of the best small museums ANYWHERE! And if you return someday you need to try a strawberry schneeballen!
Hello from France
Rothenburg is a pretty town. If you like half-timbered houses, you should come to the French region of Alsace.
Thanks for sharing! We will have to add that to our next trip to France! 😁
Indeed! It’s another fairytale looking village. Very very pretty.
Monschau is a very nice old town in Western Germany 🇩🇪
This is great, guys. You can find an expert because Im definitely not, but most german houses and swedish houses have the tall roofs, and italian and spanish mostly use flat roofs..... snow. The USA does a middle of the line.... its a LOT easier to build a roof in the USA because you can walk on it without ropes and equipment, but USA roofs in the north sometimes you really need to get a shovel and ropes and stuff and clear the snow off or the snow will collapse the roof. I bet the colonial era like boston would have the super slope,... cause they came over from northern europe. Thats really epic that you ate at a restaurant that has clay models of itself. The cracker barrel does that, but nobody likes them.
❤❤❤
📣 WOOOW! Very good video! Thanks for this! 👋🏼 I am a Small Struggling Travel Channel and this video really inspire me to up my self and make better content ☺️
You can do it!
You guys are awesome I love you guys
Should that be Rothenburg ob der Taube, then it’s the seat of the Thurn und Taxis family, the postmasters of the entire Habsburg imperium!
You're confusing this with Regensburg.
🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
Here is the link to the national anthem which includes the word ramparts. Did you never learn this in school?
Germany started getting newly rebuilt roads, railways and infrastructure beginning in Late 1945.
Nope. Many places such as Rothenburg have not been destroyed during WW2.
@@bastyayaand you’d be wrong. About half of it was destroyed by Allied bombers and then rebuilt after the war.
@@jamesh1641 Again, nope. What you say mainly counts for the biggest cities and their centers. "The degree of destruction varied regionally. In East Germany, 9.4 percent of pre-war housing was destroyed. In West Germany, the figure was 18.5 percent." So, that's not really confirming what you say, especially when we are talking about cities such as Rothenburg etc. Germany is not just Berlin or Dresden.
592/950 buildings survived, fully intact.
Great video, but come on! The word "rampart" is in the national anthem ... unless you guys are Canadian, then never mind!
The clue of Rothenburg is, that the Allies forgot to bomb it in WW2. So its in a good historical shape.
Wikipedia: "On March 31, bombs were dropped over Rothenburg by 16 planes, killing 37 people and destroying around 275 houses (around 32% of all houses), six public buildings and damaging nine watchtowers and over 2,000 feet (610 m) of the wall."
It's actually pronounced "Rote-en- berg" not "Rowth-en-burg".
*burg
@@bastyaya In the German language, it's pronounced more like an "e" than a "u". When I was still perfecting my use of the language, I was grateful to my German neighbor who corrected my mistakes. Such a great neighbor!
@@FreeSpirit47 I am German and my grandma lives there. So, I kind of know. I am from Nuremberg originally, which is Nürnberg in German. There you would be kind of correct. :)
@@bastyaya Thank you. I know I can be incorrect about some things.
Having lived all over Europe extensively as in not just toured or visited, I liked it when the locals corrected my language flaws. It helped me to speak their languages better.
@@FreeSpirit47 Totally. Myself as a German living in Italy and abroad for about 12 years meanwhile... But with the German, I think, you can trust me. :)
food is too much expensive
It's a tourist destination and worldwide you have to pay more for everything in such destinations. It's as simple as that
It hurts my,ears how you pronounce Rotbenburg!