To be honest, these are our favorite types of differences. Not the massive big differences everybody notices, but the little, seemingly insignificant, that you would never expect or think to be different, but just are! haha What other small or unique differences have you noticed between Germany and the USA?? 😃
@@ehmo69 What I have heard about Fanta is, that it has been invented in WW2 Germany, because there was no Coca-Cola anymore and a substitute was due. I remember that the Fanta in the oldschool brown bottle from the late 70s to the early 80s tasted like a homemade orange lemonade with a bit of pulp...and a little bit of lemon juice. Today, since Coca-Cola bought it it tastes as any other artificial soda, which is kind of sad.
@@Kivas_Fajo Fanta was developed because the supply of oranges for making sodt drinks was disrupted due to the war, so like with many other things a substitute came about, but few lasted this well after things returned to normal.
Oh, the light bulbs look totally different. And the doorknob and the light witch. The type of heating is also totally different. There are no radiators in homes in the United States.
For most Germans, “restaurants” like McDonald's etc. are not a restaurant at all, but just a place where you can get a snack. In a restaurant you can have a nice meal and a drink or two in peace.
And you don't get kicked out once you're done eating. You can linger over coffee or wine and continue talking. In the US the moment you're done the waiter appears with the check. Of course the more people they serve the higher their tips which are a huge part of their wages.
McDonalds is also a perfect meeting spot. I've met people way more in front of a mcdonalds than visited one. Its just a perfect gold and red meetup spot. (And you can sneak in a quick snack if you are to hungry right before a trip/date xD)
One big difference that I always notice when I'm watching US movies or documentations is, that there are much more overground power lines than in germany. In germany most of these cables, wires, power- and phone lines are under the ground. Maybe you have noticed that already!? Have a nice weekend and stay healthy.
@@andibuletten6206 in USA there are hurricanes and earthquakes, but they are in different regions. Therefore, underground power lines make sense in the southeast, the Gulf of Mexico, and along the Atlantic coast but not in California (where there are many earthquakes).
@@Sirius_home Mittwoch is still the middle of the working week (Mo-Fr). and the seventh/holy day entirely depends on which religion you follow ... Sabbat or Sunday.
There is a reson for the underfloor hydrants. In Germany they don't add chlorine to the tab water. As the hydrants are seldom used, the water in that dead end of the tube may get pulluted by bacteria over time. So they try to keep those dead ends as short as possible. An other reason is that in winter the hydrants won't freeze.
Nyan Corp. Die Feuerwehren fahren regelmäßig herum, so ca. alle 6 Monate um die Hydranten durchzuspülen und dreck und Eis zu entfernen und um sicherzugehen das keine Dichtungen und so kaput sind. Vor allem in ländlichen Gebieten wichtig wo es nicht so viele Hydranten gibt.
Nyan Corp. Noch einen Punkt vergessen, die Dichtungen der Hydranten können sehr wohl zufrieren wodurch man dann dumm rumsteht weil der Hydranten-Deckel nicht aufgeht, genauso kann stehendes Wasser im Hydranten selber auch fest frieren (mit Klimawandel und so deutlich geringere Wahrscheinlichkeit) was wiederum die Arbeit erschwert.
But in the US hydrants are above ground in North Dakota and Maine, which are more frozen than anywhere in Germany. And what difference would a little bacteria make in water to spray on a burning building? The kids and fire hydrants thing in big cities in the US was mainly a pre-air conditioning thing. And only where there were no lawns with hoses and sprinklers.
@@emjayay cause it's not a little bacteria. It builds up. What you don't want after a fire, is having the whole neighborhood contaminated with maybe even deadly things.
in Germany the water hydrants in City areas are underground, but in rural areas you have much more above. Like on the island of Fehmarn where i live we have in total 720 fire hydrants and only 5 of them are underground
When Mittwoch is literally "mid-week" ... when does the week start? In fact, the point is: The day of rest is originally Sabbath = Saturday. I still remember the days when the week in Germany also started on Sunday. I even have an "old" calendar from the year I was born and have just looked it up and its week starts on Sunday.
Würde aber unsere Einstellung zur Woche eventuell verbessern. So ein durchschnittlicher Montag fängt ja mit Arbeit an ( ja manche liebe Menschen arbeiten auch Sonntags, die Mehrheit aber nicht) Wenn die Woche mit ausschlafen anfängt (Sonntags) ist mir die Woche vermutlich lieber
Billboards close to the Autobahn distract the drivers from the ongoing traffic. Usally, a few minute drive from the Autobahn leads you to very nice, decent priced familiy driven restaurant. By the way, the gas is much cheaper if you fill up away from the Autobahn.
Yes, you're right. Here in Germany most hydrants are under the ground (the oval covers on the street/pavement). They are called "Unterflurhydrant". The fire department can access it with a device which is called "Standrohr" and looks similar to a hydrant. If you want to find one you have to look for small white signs with a red border and black text which starts with a H and a number (size) and is followed by a "T" and two number (distance to the sign). The "Oberflurhydrant" is mostly setup in areas / near special buildings where it is assumed that the the FD potentially needs a bigger amount of water like big shopping malls, refineries, dump yards etc.
Well Capri-Sonne is produced in Heidelberg, so it is also a "regional" product where you are living. It is available everywhere in germany, but i noticed it a lot more when I lived in the South-West
Yes, every german had a near panic attack when they named our "Caprisonne" in "Capri Sun". I mean, not the end of the world of course but it hurted our proud souls because its also our "kid nostalgic drink" and even as a aduld we are not ashamed to drink it from time to time :D But yea, we moved on and kind of live with that now. But it wasn't that long ago they changed it. (Or I am just old)
Ich habe jetzt erst davon erfahren. 2017 haben die den Namen geändert. Und ich hasse es. Pepper Wutz, Capri-Sonne, Dänisches Bettenlager... Warum immer diese bescheuerten Änderungen? Das ist doch Kacke. Was kommt als nächstes? Wird aus Volkswagen vielleicht FolkCar?
Or a coffee xD. Its pretty interesting in how many places you can get a coffee. Sometimes even if it is not on the menu. There is a coffee machine in every building :D.
Thanks for another great video! Regarding advertisements, you will also not see any ads for prescription medicine on TV or anywhere else, private TV channels (RTL, Sat.1, Pro 7) can only show 12 minutes of advertisements per hour on average while public TV channels, (ARD, ZDF, SWR...) can only show 20 minutes of ads per day and never after 8 pm.
Oh, we also have an evening, or even late night coffee culture over here in Germany. 🙂 ... The purpose for having one just changes throughout the day. That's why coffee shops will not be attended in the evening, therefore they won't stay open. 😃 It's before going into a club for example, or when going on a date, that we will meet in one of these cute, little, nice, Italian Cafes, where it's nicer to sit than in one of these coffee shop, to have a cup of coffee, or a cup of espresso or so. 🙂 As you pointed out very well, when explaining why you won't find many Fastfood chains in Germany, we prefer intimate settings, to sit outside, if possible. - We love to relax, to have long, meaningful conversations over a cup of coffee, or a glass of wine, or simply watch people, while lingering in our own little world of dreams, thoughts... It's a sort of detachment, when doing this, so NOT to REALLY watch PEOPLE ... It's very relaxing, just like staring into an aquarium with fish in it is, and to listen to the bubbles the water makes. 😃 We love to savor, when going to a restaurant, it's not to fill our tummies, it's out of pure pleasure. 🙂 And when we simply want to relax, without food, we go to a Cafe and enjoy. 🙂 So you see that in my culture there are no "restrictions" when to have a cup of coffee, at what time of the day - you simply looked up the wrong places for having that cup of coffee in the evening, or late at night. 😅
Billboards distract from driving carefully. We have a definitely a different food culture. Fire hydrants used to be more in the past , but they never had a cultural value and it was forbidden to use them for fun. The first day of the week is definitely monday for me. Sunday is an exceptional day for me: I never count it. coffee and cake is an ancient tradition. Pastry shops, or so-called day cafes, traditionally only open until around 1800. the cake was always in the foreground. The coffee shop wave came to us later, from America. I also know Capri Sonne from my youth in the early 70s. At that time there was only orange, lemon and later cherry flavor available. I have observed that the range has expanded considerably in recent years.
There is actually an inconvenience regarding starting the week on another day that I noticed while working. In my business the calenderweeks are critical for customer schedules. By starting a week on another day the start of calenderweek 1 is shifted somethimes which can lead to wrong scheduling when working with other countries.
@@T1DarAngl Actually there is a difference of the day to start a week. With ISO 8601 (EU) the week starts on Monday, the "Western traditional" week (US) starts on Sunday. Additionally in western traditional the CW01 always starts on 1.January, not with ISO 8601 where CW01 can start on 29.December up to 4.January
The difference is, that in certain years the calenderweeks are off by a week. In the US it would be CW02 already where in Germany it's CW01. This combined with schedules made with calenderweeks in mind, rather than actual dates, can lead to massive scheduling and therefor costly issues.
Move here, it is very nice here. But keep in mind, we overdo paperwork and have a very regulated economy. That troubles most foreigners when starting here. But you can get help from many different groups.
I'm stunned. You two get yourself so well informed, you even teach people in Germany a few new facts. This is very interesting! Thank you so much for making this content
When I was 8 years old in the early 2000's and still in the Grundschule, the bakery me and my friends passed every day on our walk home from school sold Capri-Sonne ice which was basically just a frozen Capri Sonne. It was almost impossible to eat without having scissors to open up the package and without making a huge mess, but it was the cheapest ice, I think 40 cent or something and therefore affordable for an 8year old. We loved it and had it quite often, but always in secret because it was always before lunch. Good times.
Going to a coffeeshop after dinner to chat with friends isn't really necessary in Germany, since you can hang out at the restaurant after dinner as long as you like, and drink your coffee there if you want one.
10:25 regarding the names of weekdays: In German, Wednesday is Mittwoch, which litterally means "middle [day] of the week". Strictly speaking, the middle day of a 7-day week would be day #4, which would align with Sunday, not Monday, being the 1st day of the week... That said, the convention that Monday is the 1st day of the week is relatively novel, I believe it was only introduced in the 1970s. Prior to that, Sunday was officially the first day of a calendar week in Germany as well.
About the fire hydrants, I am a firefigther, and you find them by the red and white signs nearby. White plate with a red border and black numbers. The signs are often at walls or street lanterns, and tell you the distrance from the sign vertically and horizontally with the information of direction and it tells you how big the pipe is, so you know how much water you can pull out of the hydrant. With this sign you can even find hydrants hidden under snow or parked cars, and for firefigthers these signs are quite easy to spot, while normal people usually don´t see and ignore them. Take a look around in your neigborhood, you will see them everywhere.
Here is a difference that can earn you a parking fine. In some towns the street parking sign will state no parking on workdays so newcomers to town will park on the said street on a Saturday, big mistake, for example in Frankfurt, Saturday is officially a work day so park and expect a parking fine.
Regarding the lack of billboards on the road, as someone who studies Straßenrecht (literally "street law") I can tell you that bilboards are actually prohibited to be placed in a certain distance to the road. The distance depends on what road we're talking about of course. The reason for that you can actually find billboards inside the town is that by law, those towns are responsable for managing the roads within the inner town area (Gemeindestraßen), therefore being excluded from the laws for billboard placement in federal Fernstraßenbundesgesetz (FStrG) or the Landesstraßengesetz (LStrG) of the state. (for example for RLP thats §24 LStrG for Landes- and Kreisstraßen)
Caffeine has an average half-life of 6 hours in the human body, and even if the remainder in your system does not prevent you from falling asleep, the sleep quality attained may not be optimal. Not that most people here actually knew that, but I guess it's better for everyone that coffee consumption past the afternoon is not especially encouraged at least.
i can agree to the capri sun thing, here in düsseldorf, we have like the same amount in every store and the stores i worked in, ordered relatively much capri sun, because the demand was so high
Was mich immer wieder "triggert" ist die Bezeichnung der Tageszeit. Wenn ich z.B. Amerikaner in Videos davon reden höre, dass "monday Night" etwas passiert, erwarte ich, dass es irgendwann um 23 uhr oder so passiert. Oft sieht man dann aber in dem Video, dass eher Abends gemeint war...
I can recommend the video of " American Richiiee" ! :D (that richie guy) greetings as allways :)! & also thanks for the window part, its been to long since i got a dose of that :D
@@PassportTwo oh no, there is another youtuber like you, called "that richie guy". and he uploaded a 5 culture shocks as an american video this week. but its a parody of silas nacita and conner sullivan. // in reality hes british :)
In the last decades it has gotten more popular to have some sort of Espresso machine (whole bean, Nespresso, Senseo, etc.) at home, so there is no need to hit the road after dinner in order to grab a coffee beverage. There is a vast variety of German, Italian or otherwise roasted coffee to buy locally or online. So if you didn’t go out, you safe huge amounts of money in the long run.
True, but it's not just to hydrate you go to a (coffee) bar or restaurant, but also to socialise, meet people, or just enjoy yourself. Of course, you can do that at home, too, but it's nice to change, and I really missed going out, during lockdown.
Billboards along the autobahn are banned (as is cellphone use and recently even large touchscreen infotainment operation) due to driver distraction laws. However, if you look at the signs for rest-areas you will find that most of them, if they have any sort of infrastructure (restaurant, fuel station, toilets), they will advertise the brand of those (Serways, McDonalds, etc.). We also do have the towering signs, usually marking an "Autohof", a larger rest area/service point a few hundred meters off the Autobahn, or stores like Ikea.
From a german point of view, I don't see Capri-Sonne so often anymore. For me, it is a drink of the 70s, not 90s. I drank it a lot more than my kids ;)
A little difference between US interstates road signs and their European equivalent I notice is that in the US it is enough if you know the direction you have to go (eg. south; north; east or west) while in Europe you have to know where the cities are located. If you were still aware of that take this comment just for the algorithm.
About the Fire-hydrans... you can see them all over the place (the small steel caps in the ground which aint drains) the big one usually for FH the smaller ones are for access to stuff like elektic grid or phone lines. Also check out the lamp posts in your street you will see small signs with a red border like 12x20 cm in size. they are actually for the firefighters to find the next fire-hydrand and hook up the car/tubes.
For a good coffee in the evening, come to the "Bengels Bar" in Landau. Its not too far from K-Town and you will get a very good coffee paired with self-made cake in a chilly atmosphere. Also very nice collections of local wines, handcrafted beers and good music. Just a personal recommendation :) The area itself is also veeeery nice for hikes in the vineyards and so on.
11:36min that's because unlike in the Czech Rep., beer is not the national main beverage in Germany. Even though it might have been a Bavarian who went to Plzen to help Pilsner Urquell out with a more pure recipe in order to get them going again.
fun fact since fire hydrants are hidden underground here in germany it is harder for the firefighters to find the hydrants. To solve this problem there are tiny signs with a red outline on lamp posts signifing the exact location of the hydrant relative to the sign
Well, you'll/could get the coffee at your local (italian) restaurant where you eat out in the evening and in the bars where you hang out after. But the meta topic is more: What beverage do you socialize with in the evening? And in Germany that's clearly beer/wine/sodas which you'll find/get everywhere. A huge part of the difference is probably determined by the different legislation regarding alcohol. A (solely) coffee shop just wouldn't have enough customers in the evening. And who should work there during those times? They're all hanging out at the bars themselves 😉
Was kommt dabei raus, wenn man Sonntags die Supermärkte öffnet? Man hat kein gesellschaftliches Wochenende mehr, da jeder andere Arbeitstage hat und man kommt auf die Idee, dass die Woche am Sonntag und nicht am Montag anfängt.
As a German "teen", am 23 now, Capri-Sun is part nostalgic and part a cheap small refreshment in the summer. They're just available and pretty yummy and not a huge drink. Lately the "Durstlöscher" have come to replace it for me tho, they're half a liter drink packs in a variety of flavors and usually the cheapest option at kiosks as well.
About coffee shops in the evening, in most cities like Berlin most restaurants serve coffee into the night time, italian restaurants as standard, so be on a look out for a nice restaurant and look at their menu or ask ;-)
Bout coffee house in evening and night. If you go out for dinner you can sit in a restaurant for hours. If you are not scheduled (a rare find of "sch" - very german) beforehand to an in between time and that never happened to me in Germany, no serving personal will urge you to leave. You will have to make some effort even to catch their attention to order some more drinks or a coffee. And all those restaurants have Coffee-machines for sure. To be interrupted by a waiter all 10 minutes would be regarded rather rude in Germany.The customers might let him/her feel what a crime he has committed, a tip might even not happen at all. If the boss of the place does his/her round and addresses your table is ok so - for a short while. Pubs and bars all serve coffee as long they are open. Different culture in so many ways.
Vapiano is not a standard restaurant. There are no waiters, they don't bring you the food. I often heard that in a restaurant in the US you eat and leave right away. The restaurants apparently need the space. While here in many european countries you can stay much longer, and chat with your colleagues for hours without being asked to leave. It's normal to meet your work colleagues or friends at 7pm at the restaurant and leave at maybe 10pm or 10:30. Of course that's not the case at a chain restaurant like McDonalds. You eat and leave 9:44 In Greek monday is literally called second, tuesday is called third and Wednesday fourth.
Restaurants in Germany usually calculate food prices quite low, because they expect to make profit by selling drinks. So when customers stay after a meal and order another round of drinks, it makes the restaurant very happy.
It was changed in 2017 and people went crazy! ;) www.stern.de/wirtschaft/news/aus-capri-sonne-wird-capri-sun---den-usern-schmeckt-das-gar-nicht-7339284.html
the billboard thing is funny :D imagine driving the highway with almost 250 km/h .. and u see something so you take your eyes from the road just to see a sign that says "be carefull" :D :D
Yes, and when I was learning German in my American middle school and high school in the 1980s, I was taught that the German calendar was like ours with Sunday as the first day of the week. I guess my teachers and textbooks hadn't been updated 😂.
Funny to hear how you say [kəˈpriː] (with long i); in German it is [ˈkaːpri] (long a). BTW, it used to be called "Capri-Sonne" for quite a long time here, rebranded to "Capri-Sun" just in 2017. I drank it long ago while I was still going to school; today, I find it too sweet.
the german coffeshopproblem exists because a lot of people say, that if they drink so late coffee, they cant sleep at night. and if you drink an espressu after dinner,you get it in that restaurant or at home, where you hat dinner
By the way, dogs in the US love fire hydrants because they always know where to check their pee-mail. Seriously, one (of many) small differences is the TALL lip of the tub/shower one must step over to get in to shower. “Walk-in” entrances are much more practical and common in the US, as you know. Speaking of dogs, as you know, bringing your dog into a restaurant in Germany is common, but verboten in the US.
In Germany Saturday is considered an official work day regardless of most people not working and offices being closed. In some places it is still a school day, too.
That is true and it has some implications: often you will find signs saying "werktags"... you need to buy a parking ticket ... or glas bottles can be only deposited "werktags" in these containers. This always includes saturdays, but doesn't apply for sundays or public holidays.
You forgot to mention that on the Autobahn there are rest stops with a gas station and in addition restaurants and bakeries. Just as they have rest stops as well without these. I remember just stopping at these rest stops just to get out of the car and stretch my legs, walk around a bit , get something to drink that I had in the car. I must add though the gas stations and restaurants at these stops are more expensive than if you just take an exit and go to one off the autobahn.
Love your channel! I’m a Brit, used to live in Germany and now live in Qatar so love these comparison videos. Omg yep I noticed that about Capri Sun as well and also those ‘campino’ candies that are no longer popular in US/UK are still common in Germany! I’d love for you to come over to Qatar and see the mishmash of culture here- coffee is a 24/7 thing as most of the population don’t drink so coffees are preferred over beers, we have LOTS of US chains such as PF Changs, Dairy Queen, Cheesecake Factory and the English spoken here is a mix of US, British, Indian. I’m hoping you have given the Poop Shelf Toilet a mention in your vids too!
Hey! Thanks so much 😊 Actually, the university I (Donnie) attended, Texas A&M University, has a campus in Qatar and I've always wanted to visit it. The UAE, Jordan and Egypt are the only countries we've been to "in that area" and we would love to go back.😃 Maybe one of these days when travel is possible again!! The poop shelf has made one or two appearance 😊😂
Regarding the "Unterflurhydrant" it is good that we don't have that many Hydrants on ground. Having ppl open them and wasting water or just opening them for fun is no fun at all. Although the underground hydrants have to be checked on a regular base , they won't pollute the overall scenery. And another issue I see here is the lacking possibilty to crash into them. Although uderground hydrants can be blocked by a parking car, however you'll get a fine if you block access to a hydrant and in case of emergency your car will be haul off.
The chain restaurant issue: look at Italy where Starbucks have 2 shops. The market in Europe is just different and the people don't like chains so much
Well, but that also is a unique example bc of Starbucks being a coffee company and the intense coffee culture in Italy. Isn’t so much a chain restaurant problem, but more of a non-Italian coffee company trying to move into one of the most critical and competitive coffee Markets in the world.
To the hydrants: in big city areas, you also can find these often "hidden" in house walls. So you just see a little sign on the wall with a kind of sealment below it. The rest is hidden in the walls. In my youth, we had more of the overground hydrants, you show in the video, here in Germany. Same with overland electricity cables. We had those in former times too. But we banned all we could under ground 😁
Darum geht's doch nicht. Es geht speziell um coffeeshops. Bei denen trifft man sich eben auch abends in Cafés anstatt wie bei uns in ner Kneipe auf'n bier.
Again, you show keen eyes and keen minds! My keen eyes see this: 3:03 A rare species these days: A bug smudge. My windshield is much cleaner now than 10 years ago - proof of 75% decline in insect population :( Coffee culture: Do you know the word "Kaffeetanten" = coffee aunts? They populate the Cafés in the afternoon, chatting. I put it in plural because, apparently, they never appear singular ;)
You spoke of the coffee culture here in Germany. I was very surprised to hear that Germans apparently drink more coffee than Austrians. Austrian, and especially Viennese coffee culture is wonderful! I'll take a traditional Viennese coffee house over Starbucks any day. What strikes me about Germany compared to the U.S. is all the delicious types of bread and cheese we have here. Also the vast array of medicinal and fruit teas that I'd never seen in the U.S. That said, things in the U.S. may be different now because I moved to Germany in 1985, and have only gone back for occasional family visits since then.
3:12 Haha, did you understand that sign at the side of the Autobahn: "Tipp tipp tot"? That means that you use your cell phone while driving and are suddenly death. Really sarcastic! ;)
This is so 1970s. I am not even sure Sunkist still exists but I think that they switched to simpler containers already 40 years ago when I still was in primary school. I also didn't think anyone past the age of 10 was drinking either Capri-Sonne or similar stuff. I mean, once you've graduated Grundschule you can drink Fanta or even Mezzo Mix from a can!
Children love capri sun, because after drinking it, you can blow up the bag and jump on it, and it will make a scary loud pop. That's at least why i liked it.
Cool video, as always! Greetings from an ex-pat Yank, in central europe! I def love the windows here much better than in the US, but dying without ice, a/c, and clothes dryers!
The-Capri-Sun-thing might be that way, because it was invented by a german guy and the company that is producing it is now located in swiss. So it seems logical to me, that it is more common in the german-language-area. The name "Capri-Sun" is also newer than the original one, "Capri Sonne", which means exactly the same, but sounds better for people that speak english. 😉
I never understood Billboards, at least not for big companies. Everyone already knows about Coke, Pepsi, what-have-you - what's the billboard gonna do that their products in the supermarket won't also do already?
Fire hydrants flush with the street level can't get broken by a crashing car. Simple as that. Furthermore, fire hydrants are connected to the water supply lines for drinking water in Germany, so they have to fulfill another very important aspect. They have to be secure against polluting the supply lines.
Fire hydrants are connected to the water supply lines for drinking water in the US also, and water only comes OUT of them - polluting the water is impossible.
Err, regarding work weeks... the 5 day work week is not something that is set in law here in Germany. By law the work week is Monday to Saturday. But the unions fought for the five day work week back in the day, and it got accepted culturally.
Could you please visit Nick's southern fried chicken Kaiserslautern and order BBQ-ribs and white cole slaw (aka krautsalat)? I haven't been there for nearly 20 years and I wonder if it's still as good as I remember...
@@theta3 Yeah, it was renamed in the late 1990s (1998?) or early 2000s because of a famous german TV show called "RTL Samstag Nacht" which made fun of it's name... ruclips.net/video/8jJ3GCd79vw/видео.html
I have never seen a teenager on the streets drinking Capri Sonne. 🤣😁 And the shops I visit don't have this much stacked up. Strange. Maybe something regional.
To be honest, these are our favorite types of differences. Not the massive big differences everybody notices, but the little, seemingly insignificant, that you would never expect or think to be different, but just are! haha What other small or unique differences have you noticed between Germany and the USA?? 😃
I thing its the same with Fanta like with capri sonne. But i didnt checked it now to be honest.
@@ehmo69 What I have heard about Fanta is, that it has been invented in WW2 Germany, because there was no Coca-Cola anymore and a substitute was due.
I remember that the Fanta in the oldschool brown bottle from the late 70s to the early 80s tasted like a homemade orange lemonade with a bit of pulp...and a little bit of lemon juice.
Today, since Coca-Cola bought it it tastes as any other artificial soda, which is kind of sad.
@@Kivas_Fajo Fanta was developed because the supply of oranges for making sodt drinks was disrupted due to the war, so like with many other things a substitute came about, but few lasted this well after things returned to normal.
Jutebeutel. Fabric shopping bags. And the Obstnetz. A net for fresh fruits and vegetables.
Oh, the light bulbs look totally different. And the doorknob and the light witch. The type of heating is also totally different. There are no radiators in homes in the United States.
For most Germans, “restaurants” like McDonald's etc. are not a restaurant at all, but just a place where you can get a snack. In a restaurant you can have a nice meal and a drink or two in peace.
McDonalds serves junk food. So their "restaurants" are actually junk yards .
And you don't get kicked out once you're done eating. You can linger over coffee or wine and continue talking.
In the US the moment you're done the waiter appears with the check. Of course the more people they serve the higher their tips which are a huge part of their wages.
McDonalds is also a perfect meeting spot. I've met people way more in front of a mcdonalds than visited one. Its just a perfect gold and red meetup spot. (And you can sneak in a quick snack if you are to hungry right before a trip/date xD)
@@scratchy996 Yet McDonalds and Burger King are EVERYWHERE in Germany.
@@Trashloot McDonalds as a meeting spot is 100% accurate in Turin, Italy :D hughe, red and gold, unmissable.
I remember when capri Sonne changed the name to capri Sun. It was a scandal. Lol
I still boykott them for it
Rip ☀️
@@hailgiratinathetruegod7564 Same
Same 😔
omg even in the netherlands! it used to always be capri sonne
In my childhood Capri-Sun was called Capri-Sonne
They renamed it.
@ Yes, not long ago and I was quite furious about it, it has to be Capri-Sonne, it has always been like that
capri - sun, ok. but who remenbers the taste of fanta in the 70´s, made with molasses, not with sugar. a taste miles away..
One big difference that I always notice when I'm watching US movies or documentations is, that there are much more overground power lines than in germany. In germany most of these cables, wires, power- and phone lines are under the ground. Maybe you have noticed that already!? Have a nice weekend and stay healthy.
This is one of those things that we didn’t take note of but when you say it, it suddenly hits you! Haha, You are totally right about this!!
Overhead power lines make sense in regions with earthquakes, as they can be repaired easily. They make less sense in regions with hurricanes ...
@@Astrofrank But don't you have hurricanes and also earthquakes over there!??
@@andibuletten6206 We rarely have earthquakes or hurricanes here in Bavaria. ;-)
@@andibuletten6206 in USA there are hurricanes and earthquakes, but they are in different regions. Therefore, underground power lines make sense in the southeast, the Gulf of Mexico, and along the Atlantic coast but not in California (where there are many earthquakes).
Americans: Sunday is the first day of the week.
Normal people: What part of WEEK END didn't you understand???
exactly
Chain restaurants are not that popular because of our love for quality.
And on the first day god rest. Ehm wasn't it the seventh?
For week end it is true. But think of Mittwoch. The middle of the week makes more sense if you start the week on sundays.
@@Sirius_home Mittwoch is still the middle of the working week (Mo-Fr).
and the seventh/holy day entirely depends on which religion you follow ... Sabbat or Sunday.
das mit den werbetafeln ist doch ganz logisch: wie soll man werbetafeln lesen/anschauen bei 200+km/h.
Werbung entlang der Autobahn ist schlichtweg verboten.
@@MaleLion. Achja? Danke für den Hinweis.
@@oliverschmitz203 ja es lenkt ab und führt deshalb zu unfällen
I like your way of thinking Oliver! Speed is life!
Mann geht nie so schnell in Amerika.
There is a reson for the underfloor hydrants. In Germany they don't add chlorine to the tab water. As the hydrants are seldom used, the water in that dead end of the tube may get pulluted by bacteria over time. So they try to keep those dead ends as short as possible. An other reason is that in winter the hydrants won't freeze.
Nyan Corp. Die Feuerwehren fahren regelmäßig herum, so ca. alle 6 Monate um die Hydranten durchzuspülen und dreck und Eis zu entfernen und um sicherzugehen das keine Dichtungen und so kaput sind. Vor allem in ländlichen Gebieten wichtig wo es nicht so viele Hydranten gibt.
Nyan Corp. Noch einen Punkt vergessen, die Dichtungen der Hydranten können sehr wohl zufrieren wodurch man dann dumm rumsteht weil der Hydranten-Deckel nicht aufgeht, genauso kann stehendes Wasser im Hydranten selber auch fest frieren (mit Klimawandel und so deutlich geringere Wahrscheinlichkeit) was wiederum die Arbeit erschwert.
But in the US hydrants are above ground in North Dakota and Maine, which are more frozen than anywhere in Germany. And what difference would a little bacteria make in water to spray on a burning building? The kids and fire hydrants thing in big cities in the US was mainly a pre-air conditioning thing. And only where there were no lawns with hoses and sprinklers.
@@emjayay cause it's not a little bacteria. It builds up. What you don't want after a fire, is having the whole neighborhood contaminated with maybe even deadly things.
in Germany the water hydrants in City areas are underground, but in rural areas you have much more above. Like on the island of Fehmarn where i live we have in total 720 fire hydrants and only 5 of them are underground
Who has ever gotten out of bed on a Sunday morning, thinking they were starting a new week 🤔
When Mittwoch is literally "mid-week" ... when does the week start?
In fact, the point is: The day of rest is originally Sabbath = Saturday. I still remember the days when the week in Germany also started on Sunday. I even have an "old" calendar from the year I was born and have just looked it up and its week starts on Sunday.
Th. Kempe well I’m danish and our mittwoch is called onsdag after Odin. So my week starts on Monday 😊
Würde aber unsere Einstellung zur Woche eventuell verbessern. So ein durchschnittlicher Montag fängt ja mit Arbeit an ( ja manche liebe Menschen arbeiten auch Sonntags, die Mehrheit aber nicht)
Wenn die Woche mit ausschlafen anfängt (Sonntags) ist mir die Woche vermutlich lieber
Never ever
I still remember that Sunday used to be the beginning of the week here in Germany too. I don't know exactly when this changed actually...
Billboards close to the Autobahn distract the drivers from the ongoing traffic. Usally, a few minute drive from the Autobahn leads you to very nice, decent priced familiy driven restaurant. By the way, the gas is much cheaper if you fill up away from the Autobahn.
Yes, you're right. Here in Germany most hydrants are under the ground (the oval covers on the street/pavement). They are called "Unterflurhydrant". The fire department can access it with a device which is called "Standrohr" and looks similar to a hydrant. If you want to find one you have to look for small white signs with a red border and black text which starts with a H and a number (size) and is followed by a "T" and two number (distance to the sign).
The "Oberflurhydrant" is mostly setup in areas / near special buildings where it is assumed that the the FD potentially needs a bigger amount of water like big shopping malls, refineries, dump yards etc.
Or they can be found at school centers, in fact the only two "Oberflurhydranten" that I know in my city are near such a school center
I only ever saw those on industrial grounds or parks( gewerbegebieten), and only the unterfluhrhydrant every 50m in the sidewalk or the street
Well Capri-Sonne is produced in Heidelberg, so it is also a "regional" product where you are living. It is available everywhere in germany, but i noticed it a lot more when I lived in the South-West
Yes, every german had a near panic attack when they named our "Caprisonne" in "Capri Sun". I mean, not the end of the world of course but it hurted our proud souls because its also our "kid nostalgic drink" and even as a aduld we are not ashamed to drink it from time to time :D But yea, we moved on and kind of live with that now. But it wasn't that long ago they changed it. (Or I am just old)
Ich habe jetzt erst davon erfahren. 2017 haben die den Namen geändert.
Und ich hasse es. Pepper Wutz, Capri-Sonne, Dänisches Bettenlager...
Warum immer diese bescheuerten Änderungen? Das ist doch Kacke. Was kommt als nächstes? Wird aus Volkswagen vielleicht FolkCar?
Exactly, they deprived me of my Caprisonne! It's NOT O.K.!!!😢😂
It was a big Issue when Capri-Sonne changed the name.... Some Germans wanted to boykot them ....
I still do.
@@AlexandraVioletta same
Yep, billboards are forbidden along roads and Autobahn. Drivers have to keep attention to the road, not to the advertising.
What's the point of having coffee/tee after 6pm, that's when you go to a pub for a beer
Or a coffee xD. Its pretty interesting in how many places you can get a coffee. Sometimes even if it is not on the menu. There is a coffee machine in every building :D.
Thanks for another great video!
Regarding advertisements, you will also not see any ads for prescription medicine on TV or anywhere else, private TV channels (RTL, Sat.1, Pro 7) can only show 12 minutes of advertisements per hour on average while public TV channels, (ARD, ZDF, SWR...) can only show 20 minutes of ads per day and never after 8 pm.
They have another video about that.
Oh, we also have an evening, or even late night coffee culture over here in Germany. 🙂 ... The purpose for having one just changes throughout the day. That's why coffee shops will not be attended in the evening, therefore they won't stay open. 😃
It's before going into a club for example, or when going on a date, that we will meet in one of these cute, little, nice, Italian Cafes, where it's nicer to sit than in one of these coffee shop, to have a cup of coffee, or a cup of espresso or so. 🙂
As you pointed out very well, when explaining why you won't find many Fastfood chains in Germany, we prefer intimate settings, to sit outside, if possible. - We love to relax, to have long, meaningful conversations over a cup of coffee, or a glass of wine, or simply watch people, while lingering in our own little world of dreams, thoughts... It's a sort of detachment, when doing this, so NOT to REALLY watch PEOPLE ... It's very relaxing, just like staring into an aquarium with fish in it is, and to listen to the bubbles the water makes. 😃
We love to savor, when going to a restaurant, it's not to fill our tummies, it's out of pure pleasure. 🙂 And when we simply want to relax, without food, we go to a Cafe and enjoy. 🙂
So you see that in my culture there are no "restrictions" when to have a cup of coffee, at what time of the day - you simply looked up the wrong places for having that cup of coffee in the evening, or late at night. 😅
Billboards distract from driving carefully.
We have a definitely a different food culture.
Fire hydrants used to be more in the past , but they never had a cultural value and it was forbidden to use them for fun.
The first day of the week is definitely monday for me. Sunday is an exceptional day for me: I never count it.
coffee and cake is an ancient tradition. Pastry shops, or so-called day cafes, traditionally only open until around 1800. the cake was always in the foreground. The coffee shop wave came to us later, from America.
I also know Capri Sonne from my youth in the early 70s. At that time there was only orange, lemon and later cherry flavor available. I have observed that the range has expanded considerably in recent years.
There is actually an inconvenience regarding starting the week on another day that I noticed while working. In my business the calenderweeks are critical for customer schedules. By starting a week on another day the start of calenderweek 1 is shifted somethimes which can lead to wrong scheduling when working with other countries.
Actually you don't start your week on a different day, you just shifted it in the calender, just a way of display
@@T1DarAngl Actually there is a difference of the day to start a week. With ISO 8601 (EU) the week starts on Monday, the "Western traditional" week (US) starts on Sunday.
Additionally in western traditional the CW01 always starts on 1.January, not with ISO 8601 where CW01 can start on 29.December up to 4.January
Yeah but whats the difference except the design of the calender? Or is sunday the first day you work in each week?
The difference is, that in certain years the calenderweeks are off by a week. In the US it would be CW02 already where in Germany it's CW01.
This combined with schedules made with calenderweeks in mind, rather than actual dates, can lead to massive scheduling and therefor costly issues.
Great video! I’m moving to germany next year (hopefully) from Seattle and your videos are always fun to watch!
Move here, it is very nice here. But keep in mind, we overdo paperwork and have a very regulated economy. That troubles most foreigners when starting here. But you can get help from many different groups.
Nice! Let us know if you have any questions about anything 😃
I'm stunned. You two get yourself so well informed, you even teach people in Germany a few new facts. This is very interesting! Thank you so much for making this content
When I was 8 years old in the early 2000's and still in the Grundschule, the bakery me and my friends passed every day on our walk home from school sold Capri-Sonne ice which was basically just a frozen Capri Sonne. It was almost impossible to eat without having scissors to open up the package and without making a huge mess, but it was the cheapest ice, I think 40 cent or something and therefore affordable for an 8year old. We loved it and had it quite often, but always in secret because it was always before lunch. Good times.
They mostly come with a straw covered up by a thin piece of foil. One of the ends has a point on it?
Wie soll man denn Werbung auf der Autobahn lesen können bei 250 km/h ??
It‘s just a matter of size :) Make them gargantuan, and you can even read them from a low flying plane, the landscape be damned!
"What do dogs pee on in Germany?" The steps of the front door of my appartment building, apparently...
Going to a coffeeshop after dinner to chat with friends isn't really necessary in Germany, since you can hang out at the restaurant after dinner as long as you like, and drink your coffee there if you want one.
10:25 regarding the names of weekdays: In German, Wednesday is Mittwoch, which litterally means "middle [day] of the week".
Strictly speaking, the middle day of a 7-day week would be day #4, which would align with Sunday, not Monday, being the 1st day of the week...
That said, the convention that Monday is the 1st day of the week is relatively novel, I believe it was only introduced in the 1970s. Prior to that, Sunday was officially the first day of a calendar week in Germany as well.
❤️ still waiting for the Intro "... this is my husband ... and i am ..."
😂
About the fire hydrants, I am a firefigther, and you find them by the red and white signs nearby. White plate with a red border and black numbers. The signs are often at walls or street lanterns, and tell you the distrance from the sign vertically and horizontally with the information of direction and it tells you how big the pipe is, so you know how much water you can pull out of the hydrant. With this sign you can even find hydrants hidden under snow or parked cars, and for firefigthers these signs are quite easy to spot, while normal people usually don´t see and ignore them. Take a look around in your neigborhood, you will see them everywhere.
Here is a difference that can earn you a parking fine. In some towns the street parking sign will state no parking on workdays so newcomers to town will park on the said street on a Saturday, big mistake, for example in Frankfurt, Saturday is officially a work day so park and expect a parking fine.
Oh boy, Saturday is workday in all of Germany.
That's why for example on timetables for trains you can read "workdays without Saturday"
In the US it would always be specific about Saturday or Sunday.
Regarding the lack of billboards on the road, as someone who studies Straßenrecht (literally "street law") I can tell you that bilboards are actually prohibited to be placed in a certain distance to the road. The distance depends on what road we're talking about of course. The reason for that you can actually find billboards inside the town is that by law, those towns are responsable for managing the roads within the inner town area (Gemeindestraßen), therefore being excluded from the laws for billboard placement in federal Fernstraßenbundesgesetz (FStrG) or the Landesstraßengesetz (LStrG) of the state.
(for example for RLP thats §24 LStrG for Landes- and Kreisstraßen)
The drink was first called Capri-Sonne and was renamed Capri-Sun in 2017 to better market it internationally 😊
Caffeine has an average half-life of 6 hours in the human body, and even if the remainder in your system does not prevent you from falling asleep, the sleep quality attained may not be optimal. Not that most people here actually knew that, but I guess it's better for everyone that coffee consumption past the afternoon is not especially encouraged at least.
i can agree to the capri sun thing, here in düsseldorf, we have like the same amount in every store and the stores i worked in, ordered relatively much capri sun, because the demand was so high
Was mich immer wieder "triggert" ist die Bezeichnung der Tageszeit. Wenn ich z.B. Amerikaner in Videos davon reden höre, dass "monday Night" etwas passiert, erwarte ich, dass es irgendwann um 23 uhr oder so passiert. Oft sieht man dann aber in dem Video, dass eher Abends gemeint war...
Dann verabrede dich nie mit jemandem aus Österreich! Sonst missverstehst du Angaben wie „heute auf die Nacht“ möglicherweise.
I can recommend the video of " American Richiiee" ! :D (that richie guy)
greetings as allways :)! & also thanks for the window part, its been to long since i got a dose of that :D
haha, I search "American Richie" and just get a ton of videos of Riche Lionel on American Idol 😂 Is that what you mean??
@@PassportTwo oh no, there is another youtuber like you, called "that richie guy". and he uploaded a 5 culture shocks as an american video this week. but its a parody of silas nacita and conner sullivan. // in reality hes british :)
@@PassportTwo His video is really funny.
Top video !!! wie immer !!! 😅👍👍👍👍👍
Ja , es ist ein tolles Videoformat . Ich mag den Video Style auch.
That hydrant thing differs from state to state. In Bavaria, Thuringia and Saxonia for instance, american-style over ground hydrants are widely common.
I grew up in a small village and there are still many of the "typical" hydrants shown in your video.
In the last decades it has gotten more popular to have some sort of Espresso machine (whole bean, Nespresso, Senseo, etc.) at home, so there is no need to hit the road after dinner in order to grab a coffee beverage. There is a vast variety of German, Italian or otherwise roasted coffee to buy locally or online. So if you didn’t go out, you safe huge amounts of money in the long run.
True, but it's not just to hydrate you go to a (coffee) bar or restaurant, but also to socialise, meet people, or just enjoy yourself. Of course, you can do that at home, too, but it's nice to change, and I really missed going out, during lockdown.
Billboards along the autobahn are banned (as is cellphone use and recently even large touchscreen infotainment operation) due to driver distraction laws. However, if you look at the signs for rest-areas you will find that most of them, if they have any sort of infrastructure (restaurant, fuel station, toilets), they will advertise the brand of those (Serways, McDonalds, etc.). We also do have the towering signs, usually marking an "Autohof", a larger rest area/service point a few hundred meters off the Autobahn, or stores like Ikea.
Alright Donnie we need a curly hair routine! Curls all defined and moisturized!
😂😂Here is my simple 3 step process!
Step 1) Shower and use Pantene Pro-V conditioner.
Step 2) Run a comb through it
Step 3) Air dry
That's it! 😂
From a german point of view, I don't see Capri-Sonne so often anymore. For me, it is a drink of the 70s, not 90s. I drank it a lot more than my kids ;)
Sunday used to be the first day according to church.but it changed when working week became more and more important
A little difference between US interstates road signs and their European equivalent I notice is that in the US it is enough if you know the direction you have to go (eg. south; north; east or west) while in Europe you have to know where the cities are located.
If you were still aware of that take this comment just for the algorithm.
Very nice video. Thank you both. :)
About the Fire-hydrans... you can see them all over the place (the small steel caps in the ground which aint drains) the big one usually for FH the smaller ones are for access to stuff like elektic grid or phone lines. Also check out the lamp posts in your street you will see small signs with a red border like 12x20 cm in size. they are actually for the firefighters to find the next fire-hydrand and hook up the car/tubes.
For a good coffee in the evening, come to the "Bengels Bar" in Landau. Its not too far from K-Town and you will get a very good coffee paired with self-made cake in a chilly atmosphere. Also very nice collections of local wines, handcrafted beers and good music. Just a personal recommendation :) The area itself is also veeeery nice for hikes in the vineyards and so on.
I went to school in the 70's and Capri Sun was the drink only for special occasions like a school trip.
On the topic of Coffee in the evening Most Restaurants serve coffee and esp. Italian Restaurant
11:36min that's because unlike in the Czech Rep., beer is not the national main beverage in Germany. Even though it might have been a Bavarian who went to Plzen to help Pilsner Urquell out with a more pure recipe in order to get them going again.
fun fact since fire hydrants are hidden underground here in germany it is harder for the firefighters to find the hydrants. To solve this problem there are tiny signs with a red outline on lamp posts signifing the exact location of the hydrant relative to the sign
In the german church the week starts at sunday.
Well, you'll/could get the coffee at your local (italian) restaurant where you eat out in the evening and in the bars where you hang out after. But the meta topic is more: What beverage do you socialize with in the evening? And in Germany that's clearly beer/wine/sodas which you'll find/get everywhere. A huge part of the difference is probably determined by the different legislation regarding alcohol. A (solely) coffee shop just wouldn't have enough customers in the evening. And who should work there during those times? They're all hanging out at the bars themselves 😉
Was kommt dabei raus, wenn man Sonntags die Supermärkte öffnet? Man hat kein gesellschaftliches Wochenende mehr, da jeder andere Arbeitstage hat und man kommt auf die Idee, dass die Woche am Sonntag und nicht am Montag anfängt.
As a German "teen", am 23 now, Capri-Sun is part nostalgic and part a cheap small refreshment in the summer. They're just available and pretty yummy and not a huge drink. Lately the "Durstlöscher" have come to replace it for me tho, they're half a liter drink packs in a variety of flavors and usually the cheapest option at kiosks as well.
Your bloopers are the best!
Wait... It's not called Capri-Sonne anymore?? I didn't notice at all that they renamed it to Capri Sun a few years ago already
About coffee shops in the evening, in most cities like Berlin most restaurants serve coffee into the night time, italian restaurants as standard, so be on a look out for a nice restaurant and look at their menu or ask ;-)
Bout coffee house in evening and night. If you go out for dinner you can sit in a restaurant for hours. If you are not scheduled (a rare find of "sch" - very german) beforehand to an in between time and that never happened to me in Germany, no serving personal will urge you to leave. You will have to make some effort even to catch their attention to order some more drinks or a coffee. And all those restaurants have Coffee-machines for sure. To be interrupted by a waiter all 10 minutes would be regarded rather rude in Germany.The customers might let him/her feel what a crime he has committed, a tip might even not happen at all. If the boss of the place does his/her round and addresses your table is ok so - for a short while. Pubs and bars all serve coffee as long they are open. Different culture in so many ways.
I've found a few rural Wirtshaüser who use a classical percolator, but yes, espresso machines have virtually taken over in most bars and restaurants.
You live pretty close to capri sun headquarters which makes it more distributed locally next to you
Fun fact: You centered your map of Germany right onto the spot where Capri-Sun is produced. (The map's center might be about 10km off)
We have gone to Heidelberg many times and never knew that was the birth home of Capri-Sun!
@@PassportTwo It's actually founded in Eppelheim not Heidelberg. But you wouldn't recognize when you pass the borderline from one city to the other.
Vapiano is not a standard restaurant. There are no waiters, they don't bring you the food. I often heard that in a restaurant in the US you eat and leave right away. The restaurants apparently need the space. While here in many european countries you can stay much longer, and chat with your colleagues for hours without being asked to leave. It's normal to meet your work colleagues or friends at 7pm at the restaurant and leave at maybe 10pm or 10:30. Of course that's not the case at a chain restaurant like McDonalds. You eat and leave
9:44 In Greek monday is literally called second, tuesday is called third and Wednesday fourth.
Restaurants in Germany usually calculate food prices quite low, because they expect to make profit by selling drinks. So when customers stay after a meal and order another round of drinks, it makes the restaurant very happy.
"In America the week starts on Sunday"
Me: *Confused confusion*
They have changed the name to Capri Sun just some years ago. I still knew it from my childhood as Capri-Sonne! ;)
Just google Capri Sonne! ;)
It was changed in 2017 and people went crazy! ;)
www.stern.de/wirtschaft/news/aus-capri-sonne-wird-capri-sun---den-usern-schmeckt-das-gar-nicht-7339284.html
Yup, I mentioned in the video it was originally Capri Sonne 😊
the billboard thing is funny :D imagine driving the highway with almost 250 km/h .. and u see something so you take your eyes from the road just to see a sign that says "be carefull" :D :D
But you'll get a cofey in a pub. An other diferenc to the calender is the way to write the date.
Interesting! I never knew that the US week starts on sunday!
Yes, and when I was learning German in my American middle school and high school in the 1980s, I was taught that the German calendar was like ours with Sunday as the first day of the week. I guess my teachers and textbooks hadn't been updated 😂.
Funny to hear how you say [kəˈpriː] (with long i); in German it is [ˈkaːpri] (long a). BTW, it used to be called "Capri-Sonne" for quite a long time here, rebranded to "Capri-Sun" just in 2017. I drank it long ago while I was still going to school; today, I find it too sweet.
the german coffeshopproblem exists because a lot of people say, that if they drink so late coffee, they cant sleep at night. and if you drink an espressu after dinner,you get it in that restaurant or at home, where you hat dinner
By the way, dogs in the US love fire hydrants because they always know where to check their pee-mail.
Seriously, one (of many) small differences is the TALL lip of the tub/shower one must step over to get in to shower. “Walk-in” entrances are much more practical and common in the US, as you know.
Speaking of dogs, as you know, bringing your dog into a restaurant in Germany is common, but verboten in the US.
In Germany Saturday is considered an official work day regardless of most people not working and offices being closed. In some places it is still a school day, too.
That is true and it has some implications: often you will find signs saying "werktags"... you need to buy a parking ticket ... or glas bottles can be only deposited "werktags" in these containers. This always includes saturdays, but doesn't apply for sundays or public holidays.
You forgot to mention that on the Autobahn there are rest stops with a gas station and in addition restaurants and bakeries. Just as they have rest stops as well without these. I remember just stopping at these rest stops just to get out of the car and stretch my legs, walk around a bit , get something to drink that I had in the car. I must add though the gas stations and restaurants at these stops are more expensive than if you just take an exit and go to one off the autobahn.
Love your channel! I’m a Brit, used to live in Germany and now live in Qatar so love these comparison videos. Omg yep I noticed that about Capri Sun as well and also those ‘campino’ candies that are no longer popular in US/UK are still common in Germany! I’d love for you to come over to Qatar and see the mishmash of culture here- coffee is a 24/7 thing as most of the population don’t drink so coffees are preferred over beers, we have LOTS of US chains such as PF Changs, Dairy Queen, Cheesecake Factory and the English spoken here is a mix of US, British, Indian.
I’m hoping you have given the Poop Shelf Toilet a mention in your vids too!
Hey! Thanks so much 😊 Actually, the university I (Donnie) attended, Texas A&M University, has a campus in Qatar and I've always wanted to visit it. The UAE, Jordan and Egypt are the only countries we've been to "in that area" and we would love to go back.😃 Maybe one of these days when travel is possible again!!
The poop shelf has made one or two appearance 😊😂
Regarding the "Unterflurhydrant" it is good that we don't have that many Hydrants on ground. Having ppl open them and wasting water or just opening them for fun is no fun at all. Although the underground hydrants have to be checked on a regular base , they won't pollute the overall scenery. And another issue I see here is the lacking possibilty to crash into them. Although uderground hydrants can be blocked by a parking car, however you'll get a fine if you block access to a hydrant and in case of emergency your car will be haul off.
The chain restaurant issue: look at Italy where Starbucks have 2 shops. The market in Europe is just different and the people don't like chains so much
Well, but that also is a unique example bc of Starbucks being a coffee company and the intense coffee culture in Italy. Isn’t so much a chain restaurant problem, but more of a non-Italian coffee company trying to move into one of the most critical and competitive coffee Markets in the world.
I remember the time, when the week started on Sunday in Germany too (Kalender wise).
To the hydrants: in big city areas, you also can find these often "hidden" in house walls. So you just see a little sign on the wall with a kind of sealment below it. The rest is hidden in the walls. In my youth, we had more of the overground hydrants, you show in the video, here in Germany. Same with overland electricity cables. We had those in former times too. But we banned all we could under ground 😁
Nahezu alle Restaurants, Cafés und Kneipen haben rund um die Uhr Kaffee.
Darum geht's doch nicht. Es geht speziell um coffeeshops. Bei denen trifft man sich eben auch abends in Cafés anstatt wie bei uns in ner Kneipe auf'n bier.
Again, you show keen eyes and keen minds!
My keen eyes see this: 3:03 A rare species these days: A bug smudge. My windshield is much cleaner now than 10 years ago - proof of 75% decline in insect population :(
Coffee culture: Do you know the word "Kaffeetanten" = coffee aunts? They populate the Cafés in the afternoon, chatting. I put it in plural because, apparently, they never appear singular ;)
Try driving though Ohio in the summer.
You spoke of the coffee culture here in Germany. I was very surprised to hear that Germans apparently drink more coffee than Austrians. Austrian, and especially Viennese coffee culture is wonderful! I'll take a traditional Viennese coffee house over Starbucks any day.
What strikes me about Germany compared to the U.S. is all the delicious types of bread and cheese we have here. Also the vast array of medicinal and fruit teas that I'd never seen in the U.S. That said, things in the U.S. may be different now because I moved to Germany in 1985, and have only gone back for occasional family visits since then.
3:12 Haha, did you understand that sign at the side of the Autobahn: "Tipp tipp tot"? That means that you use your cell phone while driving and are suddenly death. Really sarcastic! ;)
Yup 😊
@@PassportTwo dead, not death! :(
I never got the Sunday on the left thing oO.... It would throw me off so muuuuch!
Be careful: Samstag/Sonnabend (saturday) in Germany is a "Werktag"!
no, sunday is not a werktag,. some companies take saturday as a Werktag.
Yoshiko Ryo No Seika Sonnabend means saturday. it’s just a different word for it
As a Kid i drank Sunkist, much better than Capri Sonne (sun) I still miss the pyramid bags, Where can I find it?
This is so 1970s. I am not even sure Sunkist still exists but I think that they switched to simpler containers already 40 years ago when I still was in primary school. I also didn't think anyone past the age of 10 was drinking either Capri-Sonne or similar stuff. I mean, once you've graduated Grundschule you can drink Fanta or even Mezzo Mix from a can!
There are tons of small non-chain restaurants in Philadelphia representing food from around the world.
Children love capri sun, because after drinking it, you can blow up the bag and jump on it, and it will make a scary loud pop. That's at least why i liked it.
Cool video, as always! Greetings from an ex-pat Yank, in central europe! I def love the windows here much better than in the US, but dying without ice, a/c, and clothes dryers!
The-Capri-Sun-thing might be that way, because it was invented by a german guy and the company that is producing it is now located in swiss. So it seems logical to me, that it is more common in the german-language-area. The name "Capri-Sun" is also newer than the original one, "Capri Sonne", which means exactly the same, but sounds better for people that speak english. 😉
I never understood Billboards, at least not for big companies. Everyone already knows about Coke, Pepsi, what-have-you - what's the billboard gonna do that their products in the supermarket won't also do already?
Maybe it’s a Kentucky thing, but you can get Capri Sun at any grocery store here. That is really cool to know that it started in Germany!
belonging to workdays in germany, for some people even Saturday is a regular workday. I don't know if that difference also exists in America as well.
My cousin lifes in Detroit and when he came to visit me in Germany, he is really upsad that all the us-chains are here in europe
You are living in rural Germany. People there are living in the past when it comes to trends like Capri Sun.
Fire hydrants flush with the street level can't get broken by a crashing car. Simple as that.
Furthermore, fire hydrants are connected to the water supply lines for drinking water in Germany, so they have to fulfill another very important aspect. They have to be secure against polluting the supply lines.
Fire hydrants are connected to the water supply lines for drinking water in the US also, and water only comes OUT of them - polluting the water is impossible.
Err, regarding work weeks... the 5 day work week is not something that is set in law here in Germany. By law the work week is Monday to Saturday. But the unions fought for the five day work week back in the day, and it got accepted culturally.
Capri Sonne: Did you in US also inflate the empty Sunbags and crush them with the feet? Or ´´/and used them to play Soccer on the Schoolgarden?
Could you please visit Nick's southern fried chicken Kaiserslautern and order BBQ-ribs and white cole slaw (aka krautsalat)? I haven't been there for nearly 20 years and I wonder if it's still as good as I remember...
Would love to! Hadn’t even heard of this place!
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I think about 20 years ago the name on Kaiserstrasse 1, 67661 K-town was "Kentucky Fried Chicken"
@@theta3 Yeah, it was renamed in the late 1990s (1998?) or early 2000s because of a famous german TV show called "RTL Samstag Nacht" which made fun of it's name...
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@@PassportTwo It is located between KL and Einsiederhof, near Pulaski Barracks
I have never seen a teenager on the streets drinking Capri Sonne. 🤣😁 And the shops I visit don't have this much stacked up. Strange. Maybe something regional.
That is funny because we see them EVERYWHERE 😂😂
Awesome I love Capri Sun XD