You should do a road trip along the Mosel. Maybe stop in some smaller village and do a wine tasting. It's especially nice around this time of the year when you can get the young wine.
...if you are on the "Roman Trip" in Germany you certainly will have to check - Mainz, Wiesbaden, Koblenz, Bad Ems and a few ruin remainers or rebuild fortresses of the Limes Border here in Hessen - Bad Homburg for instance with the "fantasy" Saalburg - most of these places are equipped with public hot therems ( Romans discovered and loved the natural hot springs and created settlement around in first century !) and especially Bad Ems and Wiesbaden ( Kaiser Friedrich Bad) have some outstanding indoor pools where you feel just like in a billionaires club :-)
A tip for a abroad trip: Maastricht, - founded by Romans - survived WW2 fairly undamaged - part of Euregio Maas-Rhein (Aachen (D), Liège (B) and Maastricht (NL)) - it is the most atypical old Dutch city (yes atypical is not a typo) - beautiful old buildings - etc.
In Trier it is absolutely worth it to take one of the many guided tours explaining the historic details. It is unbelievable how many interesting and cute little stories are behind the buildings. I remember that the towers of the cathedral have different hights because the citizens of Trier had built St. Gangolf with a higher tower to rival the bishops power. He obviously wouldn't accept that and wanted to build his own towers even higher but (if I remember correctly) just couldn't afford to do it for both towers 😂 And there are many more such stories, I loved them when I was there.
That's the thing that always baffles my friends from US and Canada. I was born and raised in a small village on the border between Czech Republic and Poland. This village had some 600 people and its castle was first mentioned during 12th century. There are barely visible remains of small celtic oppidum on the hill two miles away which is probably at least 1500 years old and so on. There is a castle or a ruin of a castle less than 10 miles away in any major direction. There are over 1500 castles, ruins of castles, fortresses etc in Czech Republic which means there are 0,02 castles per square kilometre of our country. If you have a square 10x10 km, there are in average two ruins of centuries old fortifications. History has a different scale. I bought a house that is over century and half old and it's nothing special. Just another house that needs some repairs.:-)
So it is, a whole lot of historical cities and sites in Germany and Europe and each of them has its own special attraction. And still some people here squabble about which city or small town was the oldest place. Just like sulking little children - my town is the oldest, no it's my mine - they make pejorative comments on places which are not "theirs". Really hilarious!
I lived there for 15 years. I never ever heard the story of the miracle of wine in Trier! The city does not end at the river. It continues on the other side of it and even up the hills you saw.
@@juergenhoffmann1407 du meinst Augusta Treverorum? Das bedeutet "Stadt des Augustus im Land der Treverer" . Die Treverer waren das Keltische Volk, welches dort lebte. Also unsere Vorfahren, wenn man von dieser Gegend kommt.
About the churches: There can only be one cathedral in one place, so not all the big churches you can see in a place are cathedrals. A cathedral is the church which belongs to a bishop and marks his main seat. In medieval times, normal people were usually not allowed to walk into a cathedral or into the church of a monastery, of which there usually were many within or very close to the towns (and nowadays, they are in the towns, because the city limits have expanded). They had to use their own church for worship, usually called a "Münster" or "Stadtkirche", and which they usually paid for to build. Thanks for this nice video! It is interesting to see the perspective of someone new to Germany.
Glad you enjoyed it! It is an amazing place and I noticed today some bloggers have it listed in the top 5 places to visit in Germany. I can highly recommend as well!
Regensburg also has a bridge over the Donau with the original Roman footings still in place! Also near Regensburg is Valhalla, off a bike trail that runs along both sides of the Danube!
The city of Trier looks wonderful. I love all of the Roman influence and all of the history there. That is pretty cool that St. Gangolf's church is sort of tucked away and hidden in the main square. I can't wait to visit Trier and all of its rich history. Thanks for sharing. :). PS- I am happy that you did not get a parking ticket lol.
haha, we were also glad we didn't get a parking ticket! Yes, Trier for us is a must see for anybody traveling in Germany! 😃 We go there as often as we can.
Well, many churches had their windows destroyed in the thousand years between 1933 and 1945, so to say. And not all churches reconstructed the original window art.
If you go back to Trier drive out into the country and visit Villa Otrang. Roman villa ruins with beautiful preserved mosaic floors. Well worth the time.
I actually live in Trier so it's really funny that I know all those places and recognize every single location (: What I think is the most beautyfull part of trier are the little city districts all around trier
Google routing (and most other navigation software) use average speeds for city, normal street outside city and highway to calculate the estimated time. Some navigation programs allow to adjust those averages in the setup. Also most car navigation systems adjust the estimated time during the travel all the time if your actual average speed is higher or lower. Most programs i had used an average of 80km/h for highways and 60km/h for normal roads outside of city limits. And surprisingly most of the times it works quite well. Exceptions is mostly going quite fast (>180km/h) for long periods on a traffic free highway. Comfortable speed also depends on the car you drive ;) but yeah i like 140-160km/h most of the time comfortable as well.
Trier is worth to visit. Hope you enjoyed it. Tourists should also try „Rothenburg ob der Tauber“. Magic pure Middle Ages. Too small to be destroyed then, therefore a must see.
What makes the Porta Nigra special is the fact that it is actually over 1800 years old. And after that there were 1200 years of darkest medieval times from which no buildings are preserved.
I think most people don´t really think about how taxing it is to drive above 160/180 km/h on the autobahn. It´s more something you do every now and then rather than the entire time.
You’re so right! If someone tries to do that, especially in our area where there aren’t too many long straight stretches of the autobahn, they will be EXHAUSTED after driving. It really isn’t that worth it in the end except for those few times when one drives like that for fun or are super late somewhere. Haha
@@PassportTwo I can even leave more suggestions. Also some that are closer to Ramstein-Miesenbach. I guess that even the Eifel is not far away for you travellers. Like almost 2 hours. For a first look just watch videos of Rhein-Eifel TV on YT or whatever. I say that the Castle Eltz is a must visit. They also do guiding tours in English.
@@PassportTwo yes! The Volcanic Eifel is very interesting. There are many natural springs where a lot of the in Germany well known bottled water comes from, some of them even produces the "Kohlensäure" (the bubbling) by itself.
Your story about wine coming out of the tap is true. It happened in Trier. Couple of months ago, I read about it in a local newspaper at my mum's place who lives about 50km off Trier. Some kind of What-happened-today-30-years-ago-collumn or something like that. I didn't know that either, although I grew up in the wider region of Trier. Pretty interesting story. There are a lot of vinyards alongside the river Mosel, btw, and if that goddamn pandemis is over by fall, you may check out the wine-fests in the villages at the Mosel. There are plenty of those in a normal year.
My fathers originated from Trier back in Roman time, perhaps that’s why I love Riesling wine. He is from the Roman assimilated Celtic population from that time. We was visiting Koblenz some years ago but we never got down to Trier. Hope we can revisit and target Trier the next time. It looks nice
Trier... I have been there some 20 years ago and I remember that I made it all on foot: Porta Nigra, Cathedral, Roman Bridge, Amphitheatre, Constantine's Palace, Barbara Thermes etc. I stayed at the youth hostel and went to that Irish pub at the market square that night. I met an American guy who just went to Trier because someone told him that's the oldest place in Germany. And it even was the residence of the Roman Emperor for a short time. And the archbishops of Trier were, like the archbishops of Mainz and the archbishops of Cologne, one of the seven prince electors of the Holy Roman Empire.
If you are interested in the roman empire you can also visit Xanden. Their have a museum with an extremly good preserved part of a roman city. And it is beautyful little town.
Trier was founded in 16 BC according to the Roman annales. Had been a huge settlement before already. , inhabited by a Celtic nation who called themselves Treveri. The two nations mixed, so the people of Trier really regard themselves as descendants of the Celts and the Romans, and on sunny days, Trier looks like a Mediterranean town. The official Roman name of the city was Urbs Augusta Treverorum, the city of Emperor Augustus and the Treveri people. Yes, Trier is the oldest city north of the Alps, and shortly after it was officially founded or documented as a city, the city was called already 'urbs splendissima' or 'most splendid city' because of its buildings of massive stone and its large population. Trier, for a few centuries, was the capital of the Roman Empire as to the administration of the part of the Empire which comprised Gallia (France), Belgium and Britain, and Roman Emperors were doing that job in Trier. One of them was the son of Emperor Constantius Chlorus (one of three Roman emperors at that time, one ruled in Rome and one in what is Istanbul now) who died in what is York today, and his soldiers proclaimed the son Constantinus to be their emperor. Constantinus ruled this part of the Roman Empire ca. 10 years from Trier, then went to Rome, fought Emperor Maxentius and became the sole Emperor of the Roman Empire then, called Constantin the Great nowadays. Founder of Constantinople too. Allowed Christianity in the Empire. The video does not show his huge audience hall, the now Konstantin-Basilica and as such a protestant church. When going to Trier and seeing the Karl Marx-Haus, the place of birth of Charlie Marx (we love Groucho Marx better), don't miss to relax a little in the wine bar opposite the Karl Marx-Haus, called Weinhaus. Lovely place for wine and meals, and a wine shop as well. Try the Mosel Riesling, an amazing white wine made of the Riesling grape. You will love the wine and your stay and will want to come back all your life.
In the late Middle Ages up until after the 30 Years War, pilgrimage was the socially accepted form of vacation. Cities therefore had to feature some sort of "holiness" in order to attract pilgrims (i.e. tourists). The Holy Robe of Trier is a famous example for that - in fact, from the 19th century onwards and with common education progressing, people started taking it as a naivety of sorts. (They even sang mocking songs about it, see "Freifrau von Droste-Vischering/zum heil'gen Rock von Trier ging/sie thät sich sehr genieren/sie kroch auf allen Vieren/sie wollte ohne Krücken/durch dieses Leben rücken...")
Nice Video, as some habe already pointed out you’ve missed some nice spots in trier. If the corona restrictions and time allows it i am happy to show you around! I’m an English and history student and originally from the Kaiserlautern area :)
Jeff Kwas glad you enjoyed! Ya, there are a lot of bits that don’t add up for the story which was why I was second guessing it but it is fun to think about...haha
i live in a very small village and since i can remember there is an old statue of a mining cart, which says that this little village is over 925 years old, pretty baffling imo
St. Gangolf's church is not a cathedral. In Catholic tradition, a cathedral is the seat of a bishop. Trier incidentally contains a cathedral. It is less than 200 meters away from where you were. In Germany, this is complicated by two things: the word "Dom" which has come to apply to several types of churches, including cathedrals and the protestant traditions that name churches somewhat differently.
Ralf Reicke hi! Thanks so much! We both grew up and lived most of our lives in Oklahoma, USA but we both went to university in Texas. Super excited to be here!
Trier is nice, but Xanthen is maybe more worth a visit if one is really into old roman times...there is an open Air museum which is all about archaeology, and where they rebuild a huge chunk of a roman city which used to be there. It both educational and fun to see.
hi trier is my home town and next time you're there you guys have to check out the basilica of St. Paulinus!!! It's the cutest little church! You'll have to go a little further past the porta nigra tho. Me and my Familie just call it the golden church, its really fucking beautiful!!! Also for lunch you could go to Fischers Maathes it's kinda famous for its "Flieten" which is basically fried chicken trier style.
luk -.- I didn’t see your post my family loved St Paulinus too it was our families church. I was born in Trier but haven’t been back in years now. Unfortunately it might be years before I visit again. Another place besides Fischer’s would be the Eisccafe Calchera on Fleischstrasse 66.
Kempten. The title oldest city of Germany is not undisputed. But Trier was in Roman times the biggest city north of the Alps. The Barbara Baths had been the 2nd biggest Roman baths after one in Rome. The Porta Nigra is the largest still standing Roman city gate. Same for the Aula Palatina, the largest extant hall from antiquity.
Whenever you pay another visit to Trier you should check out that one restaurant right on market square that has authentic Ancient Roman dishes on the menu. I forgot the name of the place but you can probably google it. When you’re coming from the Porta Nigra it’s on the left side of the square. It’s very delicious and a very fascinating and different kind of cuisine.
I miss Germany!! We were there for 4 years now we're back to US for 9months now but still missing Europe.❤️ Guys, you should check out the frankfurt. They have some awesome Ramen in the area near the luxury shopping area.😊
Sheena - Lynn haha, ramen isn’t the first thing that would come to mind for us when thinking about Frankfurt but thanks for the tip! We will check it out! 😊
You definitely missed the arena! It's not that impressive like Nîmes, Arles or Orange in France, but absolutely worth visiting. And... you can take part in a one-day-gladiator-workshop... 😀
Navigation systems and google maps calculate the time with the known speed limits and the "Richtgeschwindigkeit" which is the speed to aim for when you are on a/an motorway/Autobahn when you are driving on it. You are allowed to drive as fast there as you want but you should aim to drive this speed
Nice vlog and I really enjoyed watching.... and you both are so nice as well ...but I just want to mention that in german the letter combination "ie" is called "the long i" because the "e" is then always silent but therefore the "i" is a bit longer pronounced than usual...comparable in sounding to the english "ee" like "Beer" which is in german "Bier" (same pronuncation) so therefore the town "Trier" is pronounced like "Beer" just with "Tr" instead of "B" and has just one syllable..just a very little German language lesson for help to pronounce the town Trier or any other word with "ie" (which there are quite a lot) the right way. But is the letter-combination vice versa "ei" then it is a diphthong pronounced like the english letter "i" or the english word "eye" or like "aye" the archaic word for "yes" ..."Ei" standing alone also means "egg" by the way.... and the plural form is "Eier" which is now a bit confusing regarding to my first paragraph but the diphthong always goes first so therefore "eggs" are pronounced proper with 2 syllables like "Ei-er" a bit as like as you pronounced wrongly "Trier" with 2 syllables as well And about the no speed-limit on the Autobahn that´s for the very left lane and if there are more than 2 lanes than the very right lane is the slow lane (usually for trucks or slow cars)...the or those lines in the middle is/are the avarage speed lane and the very left is the fast lane..and just overtake on the left side and never ever do it on the right side that is forbidden by law and causes huge troubles and will put your life and all others around you in highly risk as well....just mentioned for the case you didn´t know that already. And about Cathedrals..churches are only cathedrals if it is a bishop´s seat...which means "no bishop = no cathedral" no matter how big or glorious that church might be. Trier, Cologne and Mainz were the most important bishop´s seats in Germany respectively in the Holy Roman Empire..those 3 bishop´s were together with another 4 specific secular noblemen the 7 prince-electors who elected a german noblemen to become german king with their votes in the old "Holy Roman Empire" and because those 3 bishops represented the will of god the empire was called "holy" which was today´s Germany, Austria, whole Northern Italy almost till Rome (former Lombardian kingdom), Netherlands, the flemish part of today´s Belgium some small parts of Switzerland and Burgundy which is now in south east France and parts of today´s Poland. It was no hertitage thing at all to become german king.... it was always a vote among those 7 german noblemen/bishops called prince-electors to vote for a noble candidate...and the Austrian Habsburg family became german king round about 600 years in a row till it collapsed because of Napoleon Bonaparte...so therefore the german crown and all imperial insignias which is amongst others "the holy lance" also known as "Spear of destiny" also known as "Longinius´Lance" which the Roman soldier Longinius stabbed in Jesus´heart while he was hanging on the cross to confirm his death are in Vienna Austria and not in Germany..just a fun-fact... And now I´m a bit sorry and I apologize for writing nearly a whole essay.
Appreciate all the information and tips! Donnie has started an intensive German class and goes to class everyday for 4 hours now to learn German. It has only been a month but hopefully we can start doing better at the language soon!
@@juliaclaire42 Sorry but Dom is no Cathedrale ..a Dom is just a big church...in other words : a cathedrale can also be a Dom but not vice versa unless it is a bishop´s seat...the word cathedrale is latin and means just "seat"
@@michaelgrabner8977 Ich hab nur gesagt, dass der Frankfurter Dom keine Bischofkirche ist. Gibt es eine Bischofskirche im deutschen Sprachraum, die 'Kathedrale' im Namen hat?
@@juliaclaire42 Sorry aber du hast doch zuerst geschrieben der Frankfurter Dom wäre eine Ausnahme und somit implizierst du doch er wäre eine Kathedrale obwohl kein Bischof zugegen ist (und ich habe ehrlich gesagt keine Ahnung ob es in Frankfurt einen Bischof gibt oder nicht) ... Aber ich sage es nochmals Kathedrale hat per se nichts mit dem Gebäude Kirche zu tun ganz egal ob Dom oder nicht sondern ist bloß die Bezeichnung derjenigen Kirche mit Bischofssitz und die Bezeichnung stammt aus dem Lateinischen und bedeutet auch bloß "Sitz" und sonst nichts anderes..somit wird zB der Kölner Dom als Kathedrale bezeichnet genauso wie der Dom in Trier oder Mainz weil da eben ein Bischof zugegen ist denn im Prinzip ist das bloß eine kircheninterne rein hierachische Bezeichnung und wenn ein Dom ganz offiziell von der Institution Kirche als Kathedrale bezeichnet wird heißt das bloß "OK dort findet man den Bischof des gesamten Bistums welches aus mehreren Pfarrgemeinden besteht" anders gesagt "Die Kathedrale ist das Bischofshauptquartier des gesamten Bistums und seine Pfarren mit den Pfarrkirchen sind seine Außenstellen wobei auch in Pfarren es auch mehrere Kirchen geben kann die sind dann aber keine Pfarrkirchen sondern die Außenstellen der Pfarre" es ist ganz einfach alles streng hierachisch gegliedert.... und ürsprünglich ging es mir bloß darum daß im Vlog von mehreren Kathedralen in Trier die Rede war aber es gibt eben nur eine und zwar die des Bischofs....ich hoffe du hast mich jetzt verstanden zumindest habe ich mich bemüht es ausführlich zu erklären.
Ah nice, we just switched places then. haha Thanks for the suggestion! We have heard a few other people say Cochem is beautiful so we will definitely check it out 😊
If you are interested in to(wtf Grammarly don't know what to do with this into) the Romans than you have to check out Xanten, there they have Roman Castell Town.
Haha, just “if you are interesting IN the Romans...” but no worries 😊 Ya! We love history so we will definitely add this to our list! Thanks for the suggestion!
0:57: This sign means: "Ende sämtlicher streckenbezogener Geschwindigkeitsbeschränkungen und Überholverbote". It is not just the speed limit that ends there. ;-)
Well, if you live and drive in Germany, better do driving school here. I know you got your American driving license. I got the cdl which is considered difficult in the US. Well, it is ridiculous, just drive round the block, park at a spot with nothing around and just read through a small booklet of rules. Please do a German written test at least. All the signs are really important. You want to drive full speed on Autobahn? Better know the rules like a German when you want to speed like a German. Drive safely. Like your videos.
Hi next time your inTrier, jump on the KD line, you can go as far as Koln but that takes most of the day but you can jump on and off the boats and see some of the towns and villages along the Mosel, Best of luck in Germany!
@@PassportTwo Its not a cruise, the KD line is like a bus service.Im sure you will enjoy the Mosel and people, my favorite part of the world!!!!And try the beers, any German (and Austrian Eggenberg )beer are the best in the world,
Wonderful! So excited to go see it for myself someday, hopefully soon. Would love to see all these beautiful and historically significant places and ancient monuments. I'm still learning a lot, but already there's so much history I'm learning about Germany -- ancient Celtic and Germanic tribes, Roman colonization, Franks, there's just so much! Side question: I was surprised by the amount of graffiti in the background here; I haven't noticed it as much in your other videos in other places. Is graffiti growing in popularity in Trier or in Germany in general? Is it considered a problem/nuisance or is it considered art, or of it both depending on who's doing it and whether they have permission, like in the US?
Reason being is I liked your first video, I used to live there when I was a child. My family was from there. I would love to see my favorite place St Paulin church and the cities largest cemetery is also a beautiful walk through area. My family lived in Bach Strasse in case you go I would love to see that historical street again too. That street was documented as being historical.
Really nice video, but one thing has been bugging me as a native to the city (or more specifically, a village really close to it): It's pronounced "Treer", not "Tree-air" ;)
I am in my 4th month of German language courses now and since this video I hope my German pronunciation has gotten better...haha, still working on this one thought even though it seems it should be one of the 'easier' German names to pronounce! 😂
@@PassportTwo Then I bet, that you pronunciation got better already! Keep up the good work, and don't forget to switch the english S and Z when speaking german ^^
I get tired faster if I drive over 150 for longer period and I've found out that most cars tend to drink a lot of fuel in those speeds. You might have stronger car that doesn't have to push so much to get there but that's my experience.
Trier is NOT the oldest Town in Germany! It was founded between 18 B.C. and 17 A.D. Cologne for example was founded in 38 B.C. , at least 20 years earlier.
Trier had people settled in it for over a thousand years before the Romans even came to Germany. I just googled „what is the oldest city in Germany?“ and provided a few links below of the first results. Obviously, not everything on the internet is right and these aren’t really „academic sources“ but everything I have seen in my research says it is the oldest city in Germany. (I also guess the important distinction is, we aren’t saying it is the oldest Roman city but plainly the oldest city. I have no arguments accuracy of the dates you provide) www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/historic-trier theculturetrip.com/europe/germany/articles/germanys-12-oldest-cities-that-belong-in-the-roman-times/ www.mygermancity.com/trier
I am sorry, but comparing the first settlement to other cities is also refering to the same conclusion. For example: In the former area of "Aachen", people settled before bronze age already, mining for flintstone. There are several archaeological discoveries dated around 3.000 B.C. In general: It is just an added information, i love your videos
Then I would have to look further into why it is widely claimed to be "the oldest city in Germany." There must be some form of bases or definition being used otherwise it would be so widely used and accepted. 🤷♂️ Ya, no worries! I always appreciate the information! I'm just trying to find online where it is stated otherwise and I don't see it. I'm not claiming to be 100% right because I am by no means an archaeologist or historian, only some guy who has a RUclips channel and tries to do research before visiting a place 😊 haha, appreciate the love 😃
@@PassportTwo hehe, don't worry. Trier and Cologne argue since ages about which city is actually the oldest. Officially, up to now it is Trier. So your research is absolutely okay.
Muss ich als Wormser wirklich den Streit mit Trier um die Älteste Stadt Deutschland wieder ansprechen oder können wir und darauf einigen das Worms die älteste Stadt Deutschlands ist. :)
Not only Trier (quite impressing, no doubt) claims to be Germany's oldest city, but also Kempten (Allgäu), BTW the town I grew up before I moved to Munich. Maybe true or not, but it's worth a visit - check out the homepage: www.kempten.de/pressefotos-12055.html You can visit i.e. the archeological Park of the excavated - and partly restored - old roman city of Cambodunum, which later the current name of Kempten was derived from. Also the landscape is so beautiful ! I also recommend to visit the beautiful and charming city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber !
Thanks so much for the recommendations! We will add these to our lists. Every time I google search the oldest town or city in Germany I always get Trier from tons of different sources, but you aren't the first person to comment saying another city that could be the oldest. haha 🤷♂️ We don't know what to believe anymore! We will have to go check it out 😊
I was stationed in Baumholder from 1994-97. Took in mass in Apr96 while on leave from Bosnia and saw Jesus' tunic. Very cool and moving. Did you ask about the monkeys on the fountain?😏
Ha!😎 80mph/130km/h is essentially the "recommended" speed limit for the Autobahn. Meaning as long as there is no speed limit, you can go as fast as you want but 130 is considered safe for everyone. Sidenote, in case you didn't already know...if you enter a village/city and pass the yellow sign with its name on it...that sign is also a speed limit sign. Unless stated otherwise 50km/h. And thank you so much for that nice video. Never been there...so much appreciated 🤗
Sam Fetter I hadn’t learned that the village signs are speed limit signs. Thanks for that heads up! Still learning the different rules of the road that we don’t have in the states. Appreciate the support! Glad you enjoyed! 😊
@@PassportTwo only fair as you provide me with those videos. 😁 As you mentioned you are looking for a place to live...i am not from the Ramstein region, but i can give at least some comon advice. Finding a good place is hard in Germany, even for Germans. But it is easier in the rural areas. More affordable too. But that you most likely already know. 😊 Don't expect flats or houses for rent to come with furniture. That gets more comon but is still rather rare. That is actually part of our culture. 😏 But it isn't hard to get good furniture for a reasonable price. The kitchen is the really expensive part. So if one is provided with the flat, don't hesitate to take it.😉 I don't know what RUclipsrs you already know...but one that gives some of the best advice that i know is @wanted adventure abroad. Dana is amazing. And with the US military base in Ramstein you should have also a good place to help you guys out with local information and advice. Hope you two are able to settle in soon. Best of wishes from the very south of Germany 😎
Pretty interesting and informative. But before you start filming you should clean the windshield and ask on-site how to pronounce the place. It's called Triiiiier, not Triär. Not to be confused with Trieste in Italy. There it is called Triäst.
Actually have made it out to Luxembourg twice since this video but haven't been able to make a video about it yet. Love it there! Hopefully will be back out there after the crazy virus stuff dies down 😊
Well, we have apparently been told that we don't pronounce it exactly right...haha, but it is so close to the French border, a lot of those towns have gone back and forth between being part of France and Germany through history. Don't know the history exactly on if this city has done that, but for sure cities like Strasbourg has a German name in France now because of this. 😊
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Aachen? Christmas Time Decoration and activities.
You should do a road trip along the Mosel. Maybe stop in some smaller village and do a wine tasting. It's especially nice around this time of the year when you can get the young wine.
ha! if you are in munich and need a local guide :) give me a message
...if you are on the "Roman Trip" in Germany you certainly will have to check - Mainz, Wiesbaden, Koblenz, Bad Ems and a few ruin remainers or rebuild fortresses of the Limes Border here in Hessen - Bad Homburg for instance with the "fantasy" Saalburg - most of these places are equipped with public hot therems ( Romans discovered and loved the natural hot springs and created settlement around in first century !) and especially Bad Ems and Wiesbaden ( Kaiser Friedrich Bad) have some outstanding indoor pools where you feel just like in a billionaires club :-)
A tip for a abroad trip:
Maastricht,
- founded by Romans
- survived WW2 fairly undamaged
- part of Euregio Maas-Rhein (Aachen (D), Liège (B) and Maastricht (NL))
- it is the most atypical old Dutch city (yes atypical is not a typo)
- beautiful old buildings
- etc.
My son lives in Germany and just loves Trier. So glad that he took us there to see the churches & explore the museum (highly recommend!).
In Trier it is absolutely worth it to take one of the many guided tours explaining the historic details. It is unbelievable how many interesting and cute little stories are behind the buildings.
I remember that the towers of the cathedral have different hights because the citizens of Trier had built St. Gangolf with a higher tower to rival the bishops power. He obviously wouldn't accept that and wanted to build his own towers even higher but (if I remember correctly) just couldn't afford to do it for both towers 😂 And there are many more such stories, I loved them when I was there.
My dad lives in Trier for over 20 years now so it's basically my second home. Interesting to see it through the eyes of visitors. Thanks a lot
Germany and Europe have sooo many old cities and towns. Even my little 60k people town is over 600 years old.
Hope you guys enjoy Germany
That's the thing that always baffles my friends from US and Canada. I was born and raised in a small village on the border between Czech Republic and Poland. This village had some 600 people and its castle was first mentioned during 12th century. There are barely visible remains of small celtic oppidum on the hill two miles away which is probably at least 1500 years old and so on. There is a castle or a ruin of a castle less than 10 miles away in any major direction.
There are over 1500 castles, ruins of castles, fortresses etc in Czech Republic which means there are 0,02 castles per square kilometre of our country. If you have a square 10x10 km, there are in average two ruins of centuries old fortifications.
History has a different scale.
I bought a house that is over century and half old and it's nothing special. Just another house that needs some repairs.:-)
Im from Cologne. The City is over 2000 years old 😉
So it is, a whole lot of historical cities and sites in Germany and Europe and each of them has its own special attraction. And still some people here squabble about which city or small town was the oldest place. Just like sulking little children - my town is the oldest, no it's my mine - they make pejorative comments on places which are not "theirs". Really hilarious!
I lived there for 15 years. I never ever heard the story of the miracle of wine in Trier! The city does not end at the river. It continues on the other side of it and even up the hills you saw.
Greetings from the second oldest city of Germany, Augsburg, founded by Caesar Augustus in 15 BC.
Hape nice! We’ll have to come check your city out as well!
@@PassportTwo Yes, you really should! We just earned World Heritage Status a few months ago.
Ja, der Erfinder von Trevira, ein Augsburger wohl, hatte den alten Stadtnamen von Trier mit Augsburg verwechselt, und dann war's zu spät. :)
actually kempten seems to be older than augsburg
@@juergenhoffmann1407 du meinst Augusta Treverorum? Das bedeutet "Stadt des Augustus im Land der Treverer" . Die Treverer waren das Keltische Volk, welches dort lebte. Also unsere Vorfahren, wenn man von dieser Gegend kommt.
About the churches:
There can only be one cathedral in one place, so not all the big churches you can see in a place are cathedrals. A cathedral is the church which belongs to a bishop and marks his main seat. In medieval times, normal people were usually not allowed to walk into a cathedral or into the church of a monastery, of which there usually were many within or very close to the towns (and nowadays, they are in the towns, because the city limits have expanded). They had to use their own church for worship, usually called a "Münster" or "Stadtkirche", and which they usually paid for to build.
Thanks for this nice video! It is interesting to see the perspective of someone new to Germany.
Saint Gangolf was and is the market church of the citizens of Trier.
I'm excited for you guys living in Germany because you can do so many short European trips now. 😍
Brave Girl Arise that’s what we are so excited for also! Gotta get traveling more ASAP!
Yes, we have considerably short ways to France and Italy and Czech and the Netherlands, and we love that.
If I'm not mistaken, Charlemagne is also buried in Trier.
@@patrickschindler6781 Aachen, not Trier
Wow Trier looks absolutely beautiful. It has been awhile since I was in Germany. Thank you so much for taking us along. Love your video.
Glad you enjoyed it! It is an amazing place and I noticed today some bloggers have it listed in the top 5 places to visit in Germany. I can highly recommend as well!
Very nice Video. Enjoyed it so much. Enjoy your time in and while exploring Germany
Regensburg also has a bridge over the Donau with the original Roman footings still in place! Also near Regensburg is Valhalla, off a bike trail that runs along both sides of the Danube!
If you’ve not visited Rothenburg ob der Tauber yet - please go you’ll love it! Especially in the winter time It’s like a fairytale village!
Oldest cities in Germany so beautiful, you guys had made a very nice trip, just amazing. Love your video, thanks and stay safe.
So beautiful!!! I was just in Germany yesterday! I was so happy to see that you had a new video posted.. You guys do such a good job!
Kerri Neilson nice! Where did you go in Germany??
Thanks so much! Appreciate the support always! 😊
Passport Two We were in Hamburg. We are now on a cruise ship headed for more of Europe
The city of Trier looks wonderful. I love all of the Roman influence and all of the history there. That is pretty cool that St. Gangolf's church is sort of tucked away and hidden in the main square. I can't wait to visit Trier and all of its rich history. Thanks for sharing. :). PS- I am happy that you did not get a parking ticket lol.
haha, we were also glad we didn't get a parking ticket! Yes, Trier for us is a must see for anybody traveling in Germany! 😃 We go there as often as we can.
@@PassportTwo Very nice. I have certainly placed Trier on my list to visit ASAP. :).
The entire Mosel (Moselle) valley between Trier and the Rhine is absolutely beautiful! Try it, you'll love it...
Well, many churches had their windows destroyed in the thousand years between 1933 and 1945, so to say. And not all churches reconstructed the original window art.
na das liegt am Baustil, der Trierer Dom ist romanisch, bunte Fenster werden erst später eingesetzt, seit der Gotik, wie zb Notre Dame ....
Nah, in most cities they removed the windows before the bombings happened in order to protect them.
Very nice video! Our son will be coming to Trier University this summer to study for the year. Can't wait to get over there and see it all!
We may check it out this weekend!!
If you go back to Trier drive out into the country and visit Villa Otrang. Roman villa ruins with beautiful preserved mosaic floors. Well worth the time.
I actually live in Trier so it's really funny that I know all those places and recognize every single location (: What I think is the most beautyfull part of trier are the little city districts all around trier
Google routing (and most other navigation software) use average speeds for city, normal street outside city and highway to calculate the estimated time. Some navigation programs allow to adjust those averages in the setup. Also most car navigation systems adjust the estimated time during the travel all the time if your actual average speed is higher or lower.
Most programs i had used an average of 80km/h for highways and 60km/h for normal roads outside of city limits. And surprisingly most of the times it works quite well. Exceptions is mostly going quite fast (>180km/h) for long periods on a traffic free highway.
Comfortable speed also depends on the car you drive ;) but yeah i like 140-160km/h most of the time comfortable as well.
Trier is worth to visit. Hope you enjoyed it. Tourists should also try „Rothenburg ob der Tauber“. Magic pure Middle Ages. Too small to be destroyed then, therefore a must see.
What makes the Porta Nigra special is the fact that it is actually over 1800 years old.
And after that there were 1200 years of darkest medieval times from which no buildings are preserved.
My cousin's widow is from Trier! Very enchanting city!
I think most people don´t really think about how taxing it is to drive above 160/180 km/h on the autobahn. It´s more something you do every now and then rather than the entire time.
You’re so right! If someone tries to do that, especially in our area where there aren’t too many long straight stretches of the autobahn, they will be EXHAUSTED after driving. It really isn’t that worth it in the end except for those few times when one drives like that for fun or are super late somewhere. Haha
The town centre of Trier had been practically annihilated by Allied bombing in 1944/1945
Passepartout porta nigra miraculously survived!
The Tourist route you mentioned missed the Amphitheatre!
and the Konstantin-Basilika.
Have you been in the Eifel and Volcanic-Eifel yet?
Our state offers a good amount diversity in terms of regions.
Greetings from a Hunsrücker.
Steven Siegert we haven’t even heard of these things yet! Thanks for the suggestions, we’ll have to check them out!
@@PassportTwo I can even leave more suggestions. Also some that are closer to Ramstein-Miesenbach.
I guess that even the Eifel is not far away for you travellers. Like almost 2 hours.
For a first look just watch videos of Rhein-Eifel TV on YT or whatever.
I say that the Castle Eltz is a must visit. They also do guiding tours in English.
@@PassportTwo yes! The Volcanic Eifel is very interesting. There are many natural springs where a lot of the in Germany well known bottled water comes from, some of them even produces the "Kohlensäure" (the bubbling) by itself.
@@LeaSonnenscheinTrier The landscape there seems so remote to be in the middle of Europe, but you're correct, it's very interesting.
Go before a volcano erupts. It's only been 10,000 years since the last eruption. Volcanoes in Germany! Who'd have thunk?
Your story about wine coming out of the tap is true. It happened in Trier. Couple of months ago, I read about it in a local newspaper at my mum's place who lives about 50km off Trier. Some kind of What-happened-today-30-years-ago-collumn or something like that. I didn't know that either, although I grew up in the wider region of Trier. Pretty interesting story. There are a lot of vinyards alongside the river Mosel, btw, and if that goddamn pandemis is over by fall, you may check out the wine-fests in the villages at the Mosel. There are plenty of those in a normal year.
My fathers originated from Trier back in Roman time, perhaps that’s why I love Riesling wine.
He is from the Roman assimilated Celtic population from that time. We was visiting Koblenz some years ago
but we never got down to Trier. Hope we can revisit and target Trier the next time. It looks nice
Trier... I have been there some 20 years ago and I remember that I made it all on foot: Porta Nigra, Cathedral, Roman Bridge, Amphitheatre, Constantine's Palace, Barbara Thermes etc. I stayed at the youth hostel and went to that Irish pub at the market square that night. I met an American guy who just went to Trier because someone told him that's the oldest place in Germany. And it even was the residence of the Roman Emperor for a short time. And the archbishops of Trier were, like the archbishops of Mainz and the archbishops of Cologne, one of the seven prince electors of the Holy Roman Empire.
It’s one of our favorite German cities for all of these amazing things 😊
If you are interested in the roman empire you can also visit Xanden. Their have a museum with an extremly good preserved part of a roman city. And it is beautyful little town.
Trier was founded in 16 BC according to the Roman annales. Had been a huge settlement before already. , inhabited by a Celtic nation who called themselves Treveri. The two nations mixed, so the people of Trier really regard themselves as descendants of the Celts and the Romans, and on sunny days, Trier looks like a Mediterranean town. The official Roman name of the city was Urbs Augusta Treverorum, the city of Emperor Augustus and the Treveri people. Yes, Trier is the oldest city north of the Alps, and shortly after it was officially founded or documented as a city, the city was called already 'urbs splendissima' or 'most splendid city' because of its buildings of massive stone and its large population. Trier, for a few centuries, was the capital of the Roman Empire as to the administration of the part of the Empire which comprised Gallia (France), Belgium and Britain, and Roman Emperors were doing that job in Trier. One of them was the son of Emperor Constantius Chlorus (one of three Roman emperors at that time, one ruled in Rome and one in what is Istanbul now) who died in what is York today, and his soldiers proclaimed the son Constantinus to be their emperor. Constantinus ruled this part of the Roman Empire ca. 10 years from Trier, then went to Rome, fought Emperor Maxentius and became the sole Emperor of the Roman Empire then, called Constantin the Great nowadays. Founder of Constantinople too. Allowed Christianity in the Empire. The video does not show his huge audience hall, the now Konstantin-Basilica and as such a protestant church. When going to Trier and seeing the Karl Marx-Haus, the place of birth of Charlie Marx (we love Groucho Marx better), don't miss to relax a little in the wine bar opposite the Karl Marx-Haus, called Weinhaus. Lovely place for wine and meals, and a wine shop as well. Try the Mosel Riesling, an amazing white wine made of the Riesling grape. You will love the wine and your stay and will want to come back all your life.
In the late Middle Ages up until after the 30 Years War, pilgrimage was the socially accepted form of vacation. Cities therefore had to feature some sort of "holiness" in order to attract pilgrims (i.e. tourists). The Holy Robe of Trier is a famous example for that - in fact, from the 19th century onwards and with common education progressing, people started taking it as a naivety of sorts. (They even sang mocking songs about it, see "Freifrau von Droste-Vischering/zum heil'gen Rock von Trier ging/sie thät sich sehr genieren/sie kroch auf allen Vieren/sie wollte ohne Krücken/durch dieses Leben rücken...")
If you want to visit a very ornate baroque cathedral, go to Fulda, Hesse, my grandparents' home town! also a lovely city in the Rhoen valley!
North of the alps, not just the swiss alps
Nice Video, as some habe already pointed out you’ve missed some nice spots in trier. If the corona restrictions and time allows it i am happy to show you around! I’m an English and history student and originally from the Kaiserlautern area :)
Thanks for the video.. I had never heard of Trier or its history before. Not quite sure about the wine story, but fun to think about!
Jeff Kwas glad you enjoyed! Ya, there are a lot of bits that don’t add up for the story which was why I was second guessing it but it is fun to think about...haha
I also enjoyed seeing it in person. Also have ended up making a 4K 60 FPS version of my own footage. ruclips.net/video/8YpXeNm7te0/видео.html
Sadly never got to go inside the gate, though did walk under it. One of the stores close to that gate I had gotten a small chess set there.
i live in a very small village and since i can remember there is an old statue of a mining cart, which says that this little village is over 925 years old, pretty baffling imo
St. Gangolf's church is not a cathedral. In Catholic tradition, a cathedral is the seat of a bishop. Trier incidentally contains a cathedral. It is less than 200 meters away from where you were. In Germany, this is complicated by two things: the word "Dom" which has come to apply to several types of churches, including cathedrals and the protestant traditions that name churches somewhat differently.
Hi, Welcome to Germany, I hope you will like it here :) . Where are you guys from?
Ralf Reicke hi! Thanks so much! We both grew up and lived most of our lives in Oklahoma, USA but we both went to university in Texas. Super excited to be here!
Germany is a nice country and home to be
@@PassportTwo Hook em Horns!
Trier is nice, but Xanthen is maybe more worth a visit if one is really into old roman times...there is an open Air museum which is all about archaeology, and where they rebuild a huge chunk of a roman city which used to be there. It both educational and fun to see.
swanpride very cool! Haven’t heard of this city so we will have to check it out.
If we could dig in Trier, we could reconstruct the whole Roman city. But we cannot. Houses everywhere.
hi trier is my home town and next time you're there you guys have to check out the basilica of St. Paulinus!!! It's the cutest little church! You'll have to go a little further past the porta nigra tho. Me and my Familie just call it the golden church, its really fucking beautiful!!! Also for lunch you could go to Fischers Maathes it's kinda famous for its "Flieten" which is basically fried chicken trier style.
luk -.- I didn’t see your post my family loved St Paulinus too it was our families church. I was born in Trier but haven’t been back in years now. Unfortunately it might be years before I visit again. Another place besides Fischer’s would be the Eisccafe Calchera on Fleischstrasse 66.
what do you mean with “the oldest city north of the Swiss alps.”? Is there an older city north of the Austrian alps?
Kempten. The title oldest city of Germany is not undisputed.
But Trier was in Roman times the biggest city north of the Alps. The Barbara Baths had been the 2nd biggest Roman baths after one in Rome. The Porta Nigra is the largest still standing Roman city gate. Same for the Aula Palatina, the largest extant hall from antiquity.
@@abalada Kempten was a kind of cowhouse in Roman times. :)
Did you see the oldest church "Konstantinbasilika" from the 4th century ? I think it wasn't on the video.
Whenever you pay another visit to Trier you should check out that one restaurant right on market square that has authentic Ancient Roman dishes on the menu. I forgot the name of the place but you can probably google it. When you’re coming from the Porta Nigra it’s on the left side of the square. It’s very delicious and a very fascinating and different kind of cuisine.
Ya, someone else mentioned this and we are bummed we didn’t know about it. We will definitely check it out next time! Thanks for telling us about it 😊
Wenn ihr auf alte Städte steht fahrt Mal nach Xanten :) wurde zur Zeit der Römer gegründet und nicht sehr weit vom Hermann weg.
Trier is Amazing i love that city it´s only 40 minutes away from where i live :)
The place is super clean.
The oldest city in Germany is Worms in Rheinland-Palatinate. It was founded centuries before by the Celts
Celts build city of wood?
I miss Germany!! We were there for 4 years now we're back to US for 9months now but still missing Europe.❤️
Guys, you should check out the frankfurt. They have some awesome Ramen in the area near the luxury shopping area.😊
Sheena - Lynn haha, ramen isn’t the first thing that would come to mind for us when thinking about Frankfurt but thanks for the tip! We will check it out! 😊
Miss Trier. Been there twice.
The interior of the cathedral was probably destroyed during the war! ;)
You definitely missed the arena! It's not that impressive like Nîmes, Arles or Orange in France, but absolutely worth visiting. And... you can take part in a one-day-gladiator-workshop... 😀
I’ve seen it twice before but this particular day we did miss it 😊
I'm surprised you did not mention that Trier was Constantine's residence.
Navigation systems and google maps calculate the time with the known speed limits and the "Richtgeschwindigkeit" which is the speed to aim for when you are on a/an motorway/Autobahn when you are driving on it. You are allowed to drive as fast there as you want but you should aim to drive this speed
Nice vlog and I really enjoyed watching.... and you both are so nice as well ...but I just want to mention that in german the letter combination "ie" is called "the long i" because the "e" is then always silent but therefore the "i" is a bit longer pronounced than usual...comparable in sounding to the english "ee" like "Beer" which is in german "Bier" (same pronuncation) so therefore the town "Trier" is pronounced like "Beer" just with "Tr" instead of "B" and has just one syllable..just a very little German language lesson for help to pronounce the town Trier or any other word with "ie" (which there are quite a lot) the right way.
But is the letter-combination vice versa "ei" then it is a diphthong pronounced like the english letter "i" or the english word "eye" or like "aye" the archaic word for "yes" ..."Ei" standing alone also means "egg" by the way.... and the plural form is "Eier" which is now a bit confusing regarding to my first paragraph but the diphthong always goes first so therefore "eggs" are pronounced proper with 2 syllables like "Ei-er" a bit as like as you pronounced wrongly "Trier" with 2 syllables as well
And about the no speed-limit on the Autobahn that´s for the very left lane and if there are more than 2 lanes than the very right lane is the slow lane (usually for trucks or slow cars)...the or those lines in the middle is/are the avarage speed lane and the very left is the fast lane..and just overtake on the left side and never ever do it on the right side that is forbidden by law and causes huge troubles and will put your life and all others around you in highly risk as well....just mentioned for the case you didn´t know that already.
And about Cathedrals..churches are only cathedrals if it is a bishop´s seat...which means "no bishop = no cathedral" no matter how big or glorious that church might be. Trier, Cologne and Mainz were the most important bishop´s seats in Germany respectively in the Holy Roman Empire..those 3 bishop´s were together with another 4 specific secular noblemen the 7 prince-electors who elected a german noblemen to become german king with their votes in the old "Holy Roman Empire" and because those 3 bishops represented the will of god the empire was called "holy" which was today´s Germany, Austria, whole Northern Italy almost till Rome (former Lombardian kingdom), Netherlands, the flemish part of today´s Belgium some small parts of Switzerland and Burgundy which is now in south east France and parts of today´s Poland. It was no hertitage thing at all to become german king.... it was always a vote among those 7 german noblemen/bishops called prince-electors to vote for a noble candidate...and the Austrian Habsburg family became german king round about 600 years in a row till it collapsed because of Napoleon Bonaparte...so therefore the german crown and all imperial insignias which is amongst others "the holy lance" also known as "Spear of destiny" also known as "Longinius´Lance" which the Roman soldier Longinius stabbed in Jesus´heart while he was hanging on the cross to confirm his death are in Vienna Austria and not in Germany..just a fun-fact...
And now I´m a bit sorry and I apologize for writing nearly a whole essay.
The Frankfurter Dom is the only exception from the bishop's church rule that I know of.
Appreciate all the information and tips! Donnie has started an intensive German class and goes to class everyday for 4 hours now to learn German. It has only been a month but hopefully we can start doing better at the language soon!
@@juliaclaire42 Sorry but Dom is no Cathedrale ..a Dom is just a big church...in other words : a cathedrale can also be a Dom but not vice versa unless it is a bishop´s seat...the word cathedrale is latin and means just "seat"
@@michaelgrabner8977 Ich hab nur gesagt, dass der Frankfurter Dom keine Bischofkirche ist. Gibt es eine Bischofskirche im deutschen Sprachraum, die 'Kathedrale' im Namen hat?
@@juliaclaire42 Sorry aber du hast doch zuerst geschrieben der Frankfurter Dom wäre eine Ausnahme und somit implizierst du doch er wäre eine Kathedrale obwohl kein Bischof zugegen ist (und ich habe ehrlich gesagt keine Ahnung ob es in Frankfurt einen Bischof gibt oder nicht) ...
Aber ich sage es nochmals Kathedrale hat per se nichts mit dem Gebäude Kirche zu tun ganz egal ob Dom oder nicht sondern ist bloß die Bezeichnung derjenigen Kirche mit Bischofssitz und die Bezeichnung stammt aus dem Lateinischen und bedeutet auch bloß "Sitz" und sonst nichts anderes..somit wird zB der Kölner Dom als Kathedrale bezeichnet genauso wie der Dom in Trier oder Mainz weil da eben ein Bischof zugegen ist denn im Prinzip ist das bloß eine kircheninterne rein hierachische Bezeichnung und wenn ein Dom ganz offiziell von der Institution Kirche als Kathedrale bezeichnet wird heißt das bloß "OK dort findet man den Bischof des gesamten Bistums welches aus mehreren Pfarrgemeinden besteht" anders gesagt "Die Kathedrale ist das Bischofshauptquartier des gesamten Bistums und seine Pfarren mit den Pfarrkirchen sind seine Außenstellen wobei auch in Pfarren es auch mehrere Kirchen geben kann die sind dann aber keine Pfarrkirchen sondern die Außenstellen der Pfarre" es ist ganz einfach alles streng hierachisch gegliedert....
und ürsprünglich ging es mir bloß darum daß im Vlog von mehreren Kathedralen in Trier die Rede war aber es gibt eben nur eine und zwar die des Bischofs....ich hoffe du hast mich jetzt verstanden zumindest habe ich mich bemüht es ausführlich zu erklären.
Since you guys are in Ramstein, you really need to visit the town of Cochem. This is coming from a German living in the US.
Ah nice, we just switched places then. haha Thanks for the suggestion! We have heard a few other people say Cochem is beautiful so we will definitely check it out 😊
If you are interested in to(wtf Grammarly don't know what to do with this into) the Romans than you have to check out Xanten, there they have Roman Castell Town.
Haha, just “if you are interesting IN the Romans...” but no worries 😊
Ya! We love history so we will definitely add this to our list! Thanks for the suggestion!
0:57: This sign means: "Ende sämtlicher streckenbezogener Geschwindigkeitsbeschränkungen und Überholverbote". It is not just the speed limit that ends there. ;-)
I love this word --> Geschwindigkeitsbeschränkungen haha
anyways, thanks! Didn't realize it also meant end of passing restrictions as well 😊
Well, if you live and drive in Germany, better do driving school here. I know you got your American driving license. I got the cdl which is considered difficult in the US. Well, it is ridiculous, just drive round the block, park at a spot with nothing around and just read through a small booklet of rules.
Please do a German written test at least. All the signs are really important. You want to drive full speed on Autobahn? Better know the rules like a German when you want to speed like a German. Drive safely. Like your videos.
Went on the train both times I went
Hi next time your inTrier, jump on the KD line, you can go as far as Koln but that takes most of the day but you can jump on and off the boats and see some of the towns and villages along the Mosel, Best of luck in Germany!
VFR800Fi1 that sounds great! We have been looking into doing a river cruise soon actually so we may do what you recommend!
@@PassportTwo Its not a cruise, the KD line is like a bus service.Im sure you will enjoy the Mosel and people, my favorite part of the world!!!!And try the beers, any German (and Austrian Eggenberg )beer are the best in the world,
Wonderful! So excited to go see it for myself someday, hopefully soon. Would love to see all these beautiful and historically significant places and ancient monuments. I'm still learning a lot, but already there's so much history I'm learning about Germany -- ancient Celtic and Germanic tribes, Roman colonization, Franks, there's just so much!
Side question: I was surprised by the amount of graffiti in the background here; I haven't noticed it as much in your other videos in other places. Is graffiti growing in popularity in Trier or in Germany in general? Is it considered a problem/nuisance or is it considered art, or of it both depending on who's doing it and whether they have permission, like in the US?
I was there recently 😁! It's just incredible 👍
You should visit Koblenz.
Great suggestion! Actually just went there about 2 weeks ago 😃 Very cool place!
@@PassportTwo Great. You should make a video about it.
What did you pin in Google map going there? Was your first stop Porta Nigra?
We usually either start with Porta Nigra, or we start with the Amphitheater, park there, then drive to ports nigra next.
Nice video 👍👍, beautiful city in Germany..
I also enjoyed seeing it in person. Also have ended up making a 4K 60 FPS version of my own footage. ruclips.net/video/8YpXeNm7te0/видео.html
Will you be exploring Trier again soon?
Reason being is I liked your first video, I used to live there when I was a child. My family was from there. I would love to see my favorite place St Paulin church and the cities largest cemetery is also a beautiful walk through area. My family lived in Bach Strasse in case you go I would love to see that historical street again too. That street was documented as being historical.
Trier remained an important city during the early centuries of the Holy Roman Empire, too.
Trier! My favorite city in Germany, got to go to the Christmas Market!
Did last year and LOVED their Christmas market! 😃
@@PassportTwo have you had the Trierer schwenkbraten?
Really nice video, but one thing has been bugging me as a native to the city (or more specifically, a village really close to it): It's pronounced "Treer", not "Tree-air" ;)
Came down here to say that! My husband was born and raised there and to hear them mispronounce it really bothers me lol
enjoy explore very nice view the camera so clear salamat po
Marilou plaza thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
1:22 Nobody would guess that Trier is a german town, because the way you say it sounds pretty french ^^ It's more like "tree ah" !
I am in my 4th month of German language courses now and since this video I hope my German pronunciation has gotten better...haha, still working on this one thought even though it seems it should be one of the 'easier' German names to pronounce! 😂
@@PassportTwo Then I bet, that you pronunciation got better already! Keep up the good work, and don't forget to switch the english S and Z when speaking german ^^
...and switch W and V as well as F and V...haha
Greetings from Trier
Grüße aus Ramstein 😀
Come visite Luxembourg :) you might like it
Greetings from a student from Trier :D
Hallo! Grüße von Amis aus Ramstein 😁
2:25 Tell that my girlfriend! Her comfort speed is 160-180+ km/h ...
I get tired faster if I drive over 150 for longer period and I've found out that most cars tend to drink a lot of fuel in those speeds. You might have stronger car that doesn't have to push so much to get there but that's my experience.
You guys did my favorite city right 😁
Trier is NOT the oldest Town in Germany!
It was founded between 18 B.C. and 17 A.D.
Cologne for example was founded in 38 B.C. , at least 20 years earlier.
Trier had people settled in it for over a thousand years before the Romans even came to Germany. I just googled „what is the oldest city in Germany?“ and provided a few links below of the first results. Obviously, not everything on the internet is right and these aren’t really „academic sources“ but everything I have seen in my research says it is the oldest city in Germany. (I also guess the important distinction is, we aren’t saying it is the oldest Roman city but plainly the oldest city. I have no arguments accuracy of the dates you provide)
www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/articles/historic-trier
theculturetrip.com/europe/germany/articles/germanys-12-oldest-cities-that-belong-in-the-roman-times/
www.mygermancity.com/trier
I am sorry, but comparing the first settlement to other cities is also refering to the same conclusion.
For example: In the former area of "Aachen", people settled before bronze age already, mining for flintstone. There are several archaeological discoveries dated around 3.000 B.C.
In general: It is just an added information, i love your videos
Then I would have to look further into why it is widely claimed to be "the oldest city in Germany." There must be some form of bases or definition being used otherwise it would be so widely used and accepted. 🤷♂️
Ya, no worries! I always appreciate the information! I'm just trying to find online where it is stated otherwise and I don't see it. I'm not claiming to be 100% right because I am by no means an archaeologist or historian, only some guy who has a RUclips channel and tries to do research before visiting a place 😊 haha, appreciate the love 😃
@@PassportTwo hehe, don't worry. Trier and Cologne argue since ages about which city is actually the oldest. Officially, up to now it is Trier. So your research is absolutely okay.
Nice Video, one of my Grandma are from Trier.
Visit Aachen, the City of Charlemagne 🙂
Oh wow, that's cool! We definitely have that on our list to check out very soon!
Muss ich als Wormser wirklich den Streit mit Trier um die Älteste Stadt Deutschland wieder ansprechen oder können wir und darauf einigen das Worms die älteste Stadt Deutschlands ist. :)
Not only Trier (quite impressing, no doubt) claims to be Germany's oldest city, but also Kempten (Allgäu), BTW the town I grew up before I moved to Munich. Maybe true or not, but it's worth a visit - check out the homepage:
www.kempten.de/pressefotos-12055.html
You can visit i.e. the archeological Park of the excavated - and partly restored - old roman city of Cambodunum, which later the current name of Kempten was derived from.
Also the landscape is so beautiful !
I also recommend to visit the beautiful and charming city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber !
Thanks so much for the recommendations! We will add these to our lists. Every time I google search the oldest town or city in Germany I always get Trier from tons of different sources, but you aren't the first person to comment saying another city that could be the oldest. haha 🤷♂️ We don't know what to believe anymore! We will have to go check it out 😊
Am i the only one who here who lives in Trier
Vielleicht.. Aber ich bin zumindest dort geboren
@95 hahahs hey
@95 hey bäbä
Hallo Marleen und Yasmina
@@helnarr omg nein
I was stationed in Baumholder from 1994-97. Took in mass in Apr96 while on leave from Bosnia and saw Jesus' tunic. Very cool and moving. Did you ask about the monkeys on the fountain?😏
Maybe the bee came to join the funeral of the bug??? :-D
Yay! Travel video! ❤️ the Karl Marx crossing signal. 😂
Kerri Neilson haha, ya! We loved the little whimsical touch of those lights!
Ha!😎 80mph/130km/h is essentially the "recommended" speed limit for the Autobahn. Meaning as long as there is no speed limit, you can go as fast as you want but 130 is considered safe for everyone.
Sidenote, in case you didn't already know...if you enter a village/city and pass the yellow sign with its name on it...that sign is also a speed limit sign. Unless stated otherwise 50km/h.
And thank you so much for that nice video. Never been there...so much appreciated 🤗
Sam Fetter I hadn’t learned that the village signs are speed limit signs. Thanks for that heads up! Still learning the different rules of the road that we don’t have in the states.
Appreciate the support! Glad you enjoyed! 😊
@@PassportTwo only fair as you provide me with those videos. 😁
As you mentioned you are looking for a place to live...i am not from the Ramstein region, but i can give at least some comon advice.
Finding a good place is hard in Germany, even for Germans. But it is easier in the rural areas. More affordable too.
But that you most likely already know. 😊
Don't expect flats or houses for rent to come with furniture. That gets more comon but is still rather rare. That is actually part of our culture. 😏
But it isn't hard to get good furniture for a reasonable price. The kitchen is the really expensive part. So if one is provided with the flat, don't hesitate to take it.😉
I don't know what RUclipsrs you already know...but one that gives some of the best advice that i know is @wanted adventure abroad. Dana is amazing.
And with the US military base in Ramstein you should have also a good place to help you guys out with local information and advice.
Hope you two are able to settle in soon.
Best of wishes from the very south of Germany 😎
nice places .
Thank you again, glad you enjoyed another video! haha
Pretty interesting and informative. But before you start filming you should clean the windshield and ask on-site how to pronounce the place. It's called Triiiiier, not Triär. Not to be confused with Trieste in Italy. There it is called Triäst.
Give us a shout if you make it to Luxembourg!
Actually have made it out to Luxembourg twice since this video but haven't been able to make a video about it yet. Love it there! Hopefully will be back out there after the crazy virus stuff dies down 😊
Sounds frensh! Tri`er!
Well, we have apparently been told that we don't pronounce it exactly right...haha, but it is so close to the French border, a lot of those towns have gone back and forth between being part of France and Germany through history. Don't know the history exactly on if this city has done that, but for sure cities like Strasbourg has a German name in France now because of this. 😊
@@PassportTwo The French call Trier "Trêves".
Whhooho🙋🏻♀️🤙🥳 welcome to my city
The oldest city is the biggest shame of Germany! Trier is a Roman city but we are Germanics!
Welcome to Germany :))
Tobichiii thanks so much! 😊
If you need help with anything, let me know. I live near Stuttgart however. o/
I guess this is the town of Orlando...
kapuzinergruft 4,654 miles separate Orlando and Trier, but close! 😉
Dieser Vogelschiss auf der Windschutzscheibe aaaaaaaahhhhhh
When visiting Trier I recommend to join one of the tours with an actor playing a Roman - it's some years ago that I was there and I still remember.
Julia Claire great tip! We didn’t see any happening when we were there but we did see some advertisements for it.