No matter where you live, you should always learn the language. Otherwise you‘ll never understand the culture.
@lucyfer4619
5 жыл бұрын
The funny thing here: if you say this as a German you are a Nazi.
@philippciunis
5 жыл бұрын
I'm staying in south africa for half a year and i'm not learning afrikaans. I can say morning, and thanks and please. I already speak 3 languages and afrikaans is not gonna help me anywhere but here ^^ so i do believe it depends on the situation
@e020613
5 жыл бұрын
@@lucyfer4619 Ääääh, nö.
@lucyfer4619
5 жыл бұрын
@@e020613 I see you are a beginner in learning it as well- keep it up!
@e020613
5 жыл бұрын
@@lucyfer4619 Schmarrnsepp, or *rubbish-Joseph* to address the international audience over here. ,)
@annemarilla
5 жыл бұрын
You don't have to go to festivals if you don't want. There are enough Germans who avoid going to festivals.
@joannahgn5678
5 жыл бұрын
Sure there are, but it also depends on where you live. Where I do live (a district of hesse with a lot of villages and a few small towns) you are considered a weirdo if you do not at least attend the Kirmes of the biggest town here (that's a special kind of festival in germany, one could say it is festival to celebrate the town/village where it takes place. So all non-germans can understand my comment as well)
@alexka9245
5 жыл бұрын
@@joannahgn5678 in my village in hesse you would be considered a weirdo if you went to Kirmes. 😏😉🍺🍺🍺😵
@Piretfreak87
5 жыл бұрын
@@joannahgn5678 Da frag ich mich aber, wo du wohnst. Ich komm auch aus einem kleinen Dorf in Hessen und hier interessiert es keine Sau ob du bei einem Fest auftauchst oder nicht. Dass es in einem kleinen Dorf immer irgendwen gibt, der sich über irgendwas das Maul zerreißt, das ist normal. Aber auch da sind andere Themen wesentlich weiter vorne.
@joannahgn5678
5 жыл бұрын
@@Piretfreak87 Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Wer nicht zumindest einmal aufs Johannis-Fest geht ist einfach seltsam, selbst die weggezogenen kommen typischerweise zu diesem wieder zurück hierher
@nunsatae
5 жыл бұрын
I'm German, 24 yrs old and hate festivals. I do love drinking but more privately with people I know at my or their homes.
@AmbK05h
5 жыл бұрын
A few weeks ago, I heard some english author saying "English are too polite to be honest and Germans are too honest to be polite"
@lisaa9956
5 жыл бұрын
That's not really true germans are mostly shy in the way they don't know you. They need Time to get to know a person. That's one of the reasons why there seem Not so polite. Making friends in Germany: You put time in and they will stay your friends forever. And for me as a German I never forget a Person that I met.
@gyehlove6420
5 жыл бұрын
English are too polite to be honest??? Never heard of that, and I don't believe in it.
@niceberliner
5 жыл бұрын
We Germans call a spade a spade
@TheCimbrianBull
5 жыл бұрын
Ordnung muß sein!
@Stiby82
5 жыл бұрын
@@niceberliner Spade, shovel: similar, but not the same ;)
@Manu-qf8bs
4 жыл бұрын
,,You don't need to spend so much money" Christmas markets: hold my Glühwein
@Manu-qf8bs
4 жыл бұрын
@d21 Tumbleweed more like hoi4 channels
@DrGlynnWix
5 жыл бұрын
Of course it’s a sign of ignorance to not even attempt to learn the language of a country! I really don’t understand why you would even want to live somewhere for years when you can’t even basic conversations with people.
@Philemaphobia
5 жыл бұрын
So glad that most of us have a talent for languages but not everybody does and even if you move to a country wanting to learn the language you might just never get it right. In Germany people tend to like speaking english and instantly switch if they feel you have trouble with German ( pretty much robbing you of an opportunity for the sake of efficient communication, I am guilty of this too) I am still struggling with certain turkish words, although I try to learn the language since being a kid and there are plenty turkish speaking germans and foreigners in the country, but I just seem to lack some face muscles to get it right XD
@UntotesSchaf
5 жыл бұрын
Well, I once had a discussion with someone on KZitem who found it absolutely not necessary to learn the language of the country he was living in because he would get away with English almost every time and he said it was no longer up to date to have to learn that language.
@DrGlynnWix
5 жыл бұрын
Philemaphobia I’m a bit confused by your reply, but I just want to clarify that Antoinette and I were both clearly talking about people who make no effort, not people who try but struggle.
@DrGlynnWix
5 жыл бұрын
UntotesSchaf and I would say that guy is rude and disrespectful.
@UntotesSchaf
5 жыл бұрын
@@DrGlynnWix Yep but he (or maybe it was a female, I don't know) had another opinion. ;-)
@Visionery1
5 жыл бұрын
People being brutally honest and telling you what they think is a good thing, unlike Britain where they're super friendly but actually can't stand you.
@abcxyz-cx4mr
5 жыл бұрын
Especially in Scotland and Wales, also in Ireland too (I know Ireland isn’t in Britain btw).
@blackwater4707
5 жыл бұрын
@@abcxyz-cx4mr Are they brutally honest in those places or not?
@abcxyz-cx4mr
5 жыл бұрын
Black Water - they’re not brutally honest in those places, they think brutal honesty is haughty or being “up yourself”. If you offer your honest opinion about someone’s outfit, or opinion on a personal matter, or correct someone’s grammar/spelling mistake in Wales and Scotland there’s an 80% chance that the Welsh and Scots would be offended and think you’re being rude.
@abcxyz-cx4mr
5 жыл бұрын
Those countries have a sickly sweet or a sickly nice culture similar to Canada.
@blackwater4707
5 жыл бұрын
@@abcxyz-cx4mr If I had a pound for every time that I was called up stuck up bitch when I thought I was being polite. Lol. Thanks - I'll take that into consideration.
@juttapopp1869
5 жыл бұрын
Being 55 years old, let me tell you: I remember VERY hot days and summers in Germany. We just didn´t EXPECT air condition, we DEALT with it, lol. It never lasts very long.
@liliblume5468
5 жыл бұрын
jutta popp Never lasts very Long ?! Don’t u remember the last summer which literally startet in April and ended in September with an average temperature of 37 degrees 🤔😂
@septemberrain3197
5 жыл бұрын
@@liliblume5468 It's always only a couple of days with such extreme temperatures. I'd prefer air condition too but if there isn't any, so what? People are so whiny these days lol The bf of my niece couldn't even drive with his car when the ac didn't work. Like wtf? I just open the windows, end of story. smh
@liliblume5468
5 жыл бұрын
September Rain I live in Berlin and the temperatures are indeed very hot not only for a few days and nobody uses air conditioning, my car doesn’t even have it but still the summers are way hotter than they used to be.
@garage9283
5 жыл бұрын
Lili Blume until it starts raining again and you all complain. It is really only a couple days and you should enjoy the summer
@liliblume5468
5 жыл бұрын
Garage928 Who do you think you are to say what Germans complain about ?! The heat is dangerous, the forests are burning off and people are indeed dying so most people are happy about a bit rain after 40 degrees of temperature...U are just rude and don’t know shit. Google the fucking temperatures of last year and tell me again the heat lasts for only for a couple of days !
@PeterPetermann
5 жыл бұрын
Having grown up in germany I never felt winter much of an issue.. Until I spend my first winter in Finland. From that experience: vitamin d supplements will help a lot.
@TheCimbrianBull
5 жыл бұрын
You definitely need to take the D! 😉😏
@Super-Godzilla99
4 жыл бұрын
Hmm I love winter there is no reason too get depressed. Ok without snow you get depressed from this grey but with snow it looks amazing.
@lianevoelker9845
4 жыл бұрын
I hate Winters in Germany. That's one of the reasons why I am moving away.
@thinkingagain5966
4 жыл бұрын
@@lianevoelker9845 moving to where?
@maxdippininmylolo6421
4 жыл бұрын
Liane Voelker sometimes i think it too
@svenweihusen57
5 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up. Giving straight forward honest answers may seem weird for some of the more polite people but it really helps getting to the point. Telling my wife that some dress doesn't suit her is just saving her a lot of time figuring out if it really suits her or not.
@Sketchblopp
5 жыл бұрын
When someone compliments you you also know they mean it.
@berndhoffmann7703
5 жыл бұрын
and it is saving her from an embarrassing appearance
@TheCimbrianBull
5 жыл бұрын
@@berndhoffmann7703 Yes, correct. And it also saves you from listening to her complaining about it for a long time afterwards. 😁
@garage9283
5 жыл бұрын
Sven Weihusen yeah did that to my last three wife’s. Zack, divorced! HaHa..
@steffka7817
5 жыл бұрын
I am german and i like to watch this kind of Videos👌 its interesting to hear whats special in germany what we not realy recognize ( hope my english is not too bad 😂)
@AntoinetteEmily
5 жыл бұрын
Your English is great!
@steffka7817
5 жыл бұрын
@@AntoinetteEmily oh thank you😊 what do you think about that germans like to come on point * better come 5-10 min earlier* to a date or apointment. I heart that we are really crazy 🤔
@jackfirmin5814
4 жыл бұрын
same here
@arjunvignesh9084
4 жыл бұрын
Hi mam, i am from india... i am willing to work germany.... it is possible?
@peterkoller3761
5 жыл бұрын
reasons to celebrate: 1. first monday this week. 2. first tuesday this week. 3. first wednesday this week. 5. first thursday of the week. 5. first friday of the week. 6. first saturday of the week. 7. first sunday this week. 8. BONUS REASON: I have a birthday this year!
@RL-os9xl
5 жыл бұрын
peter koller First Monday, my least favorite celebration 😆
@ThePegasus1979
5 жыл бұрын
You forgot the most important reason: still being alive! ;)
@berulan8463
5 жыл бұрын
@@ThePegasus1979 Yeah, because the only thing worse than getting older is not getting older. :)
@joannahgn5678
5 жыл бұрын
@@ThePegasus1979 you forgot the most important most importand reason: beer is life! :D
@lotharschepers2240
4 жыл бұрын
@@RL-os9xl But you have to celebrate that day because that is the easiest way to overcome the hurdles of a Monday.
@Neonsilver13
5 жыл бұрын
Regarding the heat, while yes it has gotten hotter in the summer compared to 10 years ago and yes german homes usually don't have airconditioning. Most homes are well enough insulated that as long as you open the windows for a time during cooler times, like early in the morning or late in the evening, the temperature can be kept below 30°C within the apartments. It can become a problem if it's very hot for several weeks since, but it's still managable. Of course that isn't true for every apartment or house, but I think it does for most. A good rule of thumb to avoid this is to make sure to avoid apartments in the uppermost floor of a building. Those tend to heat up the most, but as I said how bad it is depends on the building and some other things, like the direction the apartment windows are facing.
@fridaoumpapa59
5 жыл бұрын
Air conditioning is really bad for the environnement too because it cools inside but warms the air outside. An endless circle.
@S_Black
5 жыл бұрын
The real vicious cycle is climate change makes the air hotter -> spends tons of energy to cool down buildings -> CO2 used to produce that energy causes climate change
@claudiaduffy5500
5 жыл бұрын
Alternatives are available by way of 'Kühldecken', passive Houses etc.
@JBru1978
5 жыл бұрын
Heating homes in winter is also not exactly environment-friendly either...
@andreawirtz2728
5 жыл бұрын
Just lurking yes but it is more important to protect from cold climate than from hot climate. Sure both is dangerous in there own ways, but the change to survive hot weather is higher than cold weather. I am against air conditioners too but I am not against heater there are so many environment friendly methods if you inform yourself decent.
@Ninchennase
5 жыл бұрын
@@andreawirtz2728 Weather isn't climate. The heat of the past few years has led to draught, we now have the biggest ever recorded fire in the Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern thanks to last summer's heat. We also have dust storms in Brandenburg. We have dying forests and wetlands. This is not about feeling well in summer. This is about our country rapidly changing.
@gallomphrattlebone329
5 жыл бұрын
Na, wenn einer eine Frage stellt, dann muss er schon damit rechnen, dass er eine Antwort kriegt. Wer damit nicht klarkommt, soll halt nix fragen.
@betacrossing6070
5 жыл бұрын
Ha ha but germany are so touche filly if you honest to them. Like babies ha ha
@kathrin9674
5 жыл бұрын
@@betacrossing6070 no we aren't. Describe exactly what you mean,please.
@elenasoccer2852
4 жыл бұрын
Finde ich auch. Warum fragt man sonst?
@hym3323
4 жыл бұрын
@@betacrossing6070 I think you just can't handle the honesty, hun.
@florian3482
4 жыл бұрын
@@hym3323 its 50/50 i think ,from my German View 🧐✌️
@anzaia2164
4 жыл бұрын
"They always find an excuse to celebrate" I think you might have mispronounced "get drunk"
@clumsiegrace6156
4 жыл бұрын
I always thought it's normal and actually a good thing, when people are honest. Instead I found that many American people appear kind of unauthentic. Not in a very bad way, but just a bit too friendly.
@MaskedBishop
4 жыл бұрын
As a German who gets irritated looks for his honesty sometimes by other Germans I don't think I'd enjoy the US or New Zealand in that matter. 😅 IMO especially if someone is important to you he/she deserves honesty... I'd feel bad for lying, even if it were just about someone's weight, haircut or cooking.
@NDFMoaB
5 жыл бұрын
"It is a sign of ignorance if you live in Germany without learning the language." - I think that sentence holds true for everybody living in any country around the world, not only in Germany.
@shielajordan5579
Жыл бұрын
Ich stimme zu , I agree
@teutabahtiri
5 жыл бұрын
3:10 i though she said ‘.. who can not handle hate’ and i was like what? 🤣🤣
@steffiblum1969
5 жыл бұрын
Teuta Bahtiri me too 😅🤣
@helena9563
5 жыл бұрын
I thought I would be the only one who understood this 😂
@lorimav
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly what my eavesdropping son thought also. I didn't catch the word at all and couldn't figure out what word was said but he said "What? Hate?, Did she say "hate"?
@meiklman
4 жыл бұрын
I WAS EXPERIENCING A MASSIVE HATE WAVE!!!
@abhishek-xh2ld
4 жыл бұрын
...HATE - fk Nazis! Oh what Heat? OK, fk Global warming
@asakotakahashi6633
5 жыл бұрын
I recently discovered your channel and I love your videos. I’ve learned so much. Thank you. 🤗 Lots of Love from Japan 🇯🇵❤️
@TheMusicLauncher
5 жыл бұрын
Japan is cool, but the language is so hard to learn when you only speak german or english :/
@AntoinetteEmily
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much this makes me happy to hear. I have a good friend from Japan and I've always wanted to visit.
@asakotakahashi6633
5 жыл бұрын
Antoinette Emily That is great!!! :-) Thank you very much Antoinette. 😊 I would love to visit New Zealand and I would love to visit Germany. You are always welcome here in Japan. 🤗❤️
@missis_jo
5 жыл бұрын
@@TheMusicLauncher Japanese is actually like english. Easy in the beginning, but difficult when you want to deep dive into it. Ever gave it a try? If you find Japanese hard to learn then maybe you just haven't found your way to learning Kanji yet. If so, don't stress about them and don't even try learning them one on one. Always put them into context. Good luck!
@caringancoystopitum4224
4 жыл бұрын
@@missis_jo You do realize that Japanese is rated as one of the hardest languages to learn, while English is generally known to be easy to learn, right? Hell, I learned English on my own, without school or help. Try doing that with Japanese.
@yvonnehirsch9667
5 жыл бұрын
Antoinette, I am a German woman, who has lived in America for the last 33 years, where the culture is apparently similar with regard to people never saying what they really mean. Even after 33 years in the USA, I can not get used to people constantly saying things they do not mean. I think it is healthy to be honest with one another, of course, in a tactful way. Glad you like it in my country. Thanks for the video!
@joana-cf1bs
5 жыл бұрын
Always clicking on the videos because I enjoy listening to your kiwi accent while getting ready or cooking It reminds me of my time in NZ :)
@Birdmaster92
5 жыл бұрын
Feeling depressed in winter? Get a Krapfen for immediate happyness.
@evilstermegaman
4 жыл бұрын
@Pustekuchen Melancholie und die Winterdepression sind zwei grundlegend unterschiedliche Dinge.
@ireaperxxl4756
4 жыл бұрын
das heißt Berliner
@YourSuccessSystems
5 жыл бұрын
5 reasonable points that are easy to agree with! And you delivered them in an entertaining way... Love your vids :-)
@yogurt8150
4 жыл бұрын
"jaywalking is a huge no-no" really only when theres kids around. you can really just go if youre in a hurry and if someone goes up to you ignore them theyre being rude tbh. but dont jaywalk if there are children watching, especially very young children.
@ellenmargrethelarsen80
5 жыл бұрын
I really love your videos I have seen many of them. I am a Norwegian that try too learn German 😀
@beadus3512
5 жыл бұрын
Ellen Margrethe Larsen Greetings to beautiful Norway 😍
@grietjeg1361
5 жыл бұрын
That’s true, in Germany we absolutely LOVE to celebrate and also to get crazy and drunk. Especially in the little villages, everyone celebrates on Saturdays and Fridays, every weekend! Almost no one is at home in the evening at the weekend which I think is great bc I love to celebrate :). I‘m german and I think your facts are true! Lots of love from the Northcoast
@grietjeg1361
5 жыл бұрын
K/DA Kai‘Sa wassss echt? Es gibt natürlich immer Leute die nicht gerne feiern gehen möchten und das ist auch volkommen ok, aber bei uns aufm Dorf gehen alle am Wochenende feiern haha :).
@robertofarias1545
4 жыл бұрын
It's so kind of you share with us these tips. I've heard the same advices from people who live in Germany too. Wheater, language, german's behavior all of them must be considered to someone has the dream to live in Germany.
@tinybiscuit6530
3 жыл бұрын
The honesty is great in my opinion, if i do something wrong i want to be told he yeah dont do that so i know not to do that, and when i ask a question i want an honest answer i dont want people to say what they think i wan to hear
@byakuyakuchiki6570
5 жыл бұрын
I live in Germany for many years now, well I'm German so nothing special about that xD The funny thing about it is, that some of those points you had are actually things I don't like. The worst of them is heat. I'm melting the last couple of days.😭 But I love Autumn und winter doesn't bother me at all. I love snow😍❄ What you said about learning German is totally true. When we see that someone is trying to learn German we appreciate that a lot. But you should prepare yourself for a few giggles. Personally I think every person who tries to learn German has my respect. It's a really difficult language (I think I could have never learnt it when I weren't born here😂). But every time I hear someone attempt to speak German I need to laugh or giggle, not because we think it's bad, but it sounds way to cute. ❤😂. You should definitely prepare for that. I actually didn't notice, that we party a lot, but now that you mention it🤔 we even have specific music genres just for partying 😂 so yeah apparently we party a lot 💃😂
@jjj13031984
3 жыл бұрын
I am different, I am German and I almost get anxiety thinking of the dark winters. It gets me down every year when days get short.
@rekordia4885
5 жыл бұрын
I love these reflections of things that seem absolutely normal to me ...and yes, I get the winter-blues, too :)
@katibarrett8779
5 жыл бұрын
I think I would love Germany. It's my heritage from my paternal grandmother, her family is called Chronister, and my name is Katharina. 💓
@Delvman
5 жыл бұрын
if you are interested in how Germany looks, watch this: "this is Germany" from Dr. Ludwig on KZitem
@Ninchennase
5 жыл бұрын
Any chance of you coming by for a visit maybe? :)
@katibarrett8779
5 жыл бұрын
I would love to visit Germany, it's a dream of mine, to see my ancestral land. I must save up money!
@agnes15101968
5 жыл бұрын
@@katibarrett8779 Pls give me an email addy if you consider working as an au-pair for 4-6 weeks next summer in Germany! My then thirteen-year-old son would love to have somebody to talk to in English and show him/her around and you could earn some money.
@janethockey9070
5 жыл бұрын
agnes1510196 Nice and tell your son that listening to BBC radio should help with his pronunciation in English
@PinayEngineerinGermany888
4 жыл бұрын
I think as a foreigner working in another country we need to be openminded and take the challenges. Of course be prepared to all those negative things and survive. Good insights, very informative.
@KimCrossesBorders
5 жыл бұрын
Love this straightforward video. Not every country is everyone’s cup of tea. But if you can embrace the culture it’s so much better
@lorisutherland7728
5 жыл бұрын
Can you go over the schools in Germany Compared to qiwi
@AntoinetteEmily
5 жыл бұрын
My daughter starts school in September so I'm sure there will be some school-related content coming.
@millyhartz5604
5 жыл бұрын
Looking foward to hear something about how are schools there
@evilstermegaman
4 жыл бұрын
@@AntoinetteEmily oogh, look out for good schools. Otherwise your daughter could get bullied cause she's a "white unbeliever, and female". Sounds like 1940, but is actually true...
@roberrt2126
2 жыл бұрын
Great video! I've been living in Germany for 2 and a half years now and I'm leaving soon, because it's the worst country I've ever been in, hands down. For many people that want to move to Germany, please reconsider and do a lot of research about the country before. A couple of reasons why I'm leaving are that people are rude, not funny, boring and the life here is very boring, the language is not fun to learn at all, I learned it pretty fast but I began to hate it, people judge a lot (they are using the direct approach as Antoinette said in the video).
@nunsatae
5 жыл бұрын
Ahhh this feels good to hear someone else pointing out the things I realised as a German while being in Florida for 4 months. At some point I missed the German honesty so so much. I didn't really like the all happy and nice vibes of Americans since I'm used to blunt confrontation. Thanks for the vid I really enjoyed watching it.
@Corinna_Schuett_GER
4 жыл бұрын
USA and other countries alike dont attract me at all to live there as I absolutely CANNOT STAND HYPOCRISY not even in Germany.
@callistagericke4657
5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the German culture and have been watching your videos a lot lately! Hopefully one day I will be there as well. Lots of love from South Africa😁🇿🇦
@Ninchennase
5 жыл бұрын
If you make it one day, I hope you'll like it. :) Love from Germany!
@blackwater4707
5 жыл бұрын
As a South African that has lived in the UK and Australia, I find that I'm too brutally honest for those places. I have offended many by pointing out problems so that they can be fixed. I don't recommend either of these places, particularly Australia where they are very thin skinned and the dominant culture is a payback culture for imagined slights.
@MartinIvanov
5 жыл бұрын
Oh, there are so many other reasons, for me, even after 3 years here, I still can't get used to these things: - slow internet - bureaucracy - communication via post (are we in the middle ages!?) - superficial approach from Germans in a lot of situations
@tobimanx7026
5 жыл бұрын
I don't know in which village in Germany you were, but at my location in germany that's not a problem 😂
@MartinIvanov
5 жыл бұрын
@@tobimanx7026 Nürnberg... 🤣
@maxdippininmylolo6421
4 жыл бұрын
Martin Ivanov bruh superficial is like the worst thing, people who aint got nothing to do all day long just want to get on your nerves...
@jazzjo456
4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha so true!
@aspiringm
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, in the 80s/90s it was like max of 2-3 weeks over 30-35 degrees per summer. Nearly 40 degrees were less common than today, at least it’s like that in my memory. It was usually ok to get somehow through that short period of time. On the opposite side, I remember living in Wellington for 4 years and my Kiwi friends complaining about the “unbearable heat” ;-) when the temperature rose over 24 degrees in summer, but it has becomer warmer there too. Well, the starting point is just what people are used to as the “normal” temperature. I can definitely relate to the winter experience. That struck me hard after returning to Germany and is still noticable. Kiwi expat friends of mine feel the same as you.
@caciliawhy5195
5 жыл бұрын
I love winter and leave Germany in the summer.
@suewiler4096
5 жыл бұрын
Hallo Antoinette, ich habe vor vielen Jahren 6 Monate in NZ gelebt -ich habe bis heute viele schöne Erinnerungen an deine wunderschöne Heimat. Lovely greetings Susan from Bavaria ☺
@MsMs-ur4uc
5 жыл бұрын
it's part of the experience of living in a different country to learn the language. I'm a native English speaker and I find my fellow native speakers to be most ignorant and feel they should not learn the language of their host country.
@leehitt4704
4 жыл бұрын
When we were stationed in Schweinfurt we used to go to Fasching in Wurzburg. :-). We also loved the Federweisser festival in a small village near us, and the Schweinfurt town festival with the Ferris Wheel. And of course the Weinachtsmarkts in Salzburg, Nuremberg, and Schweinfurt. We miss going to the Wurzburger Hofbraukeller!!! We miss pretty much everything about Germany (Except the heat in the extra hot summers).
@yelenayeli9529
5 жыл бұрын
I live in The Netherlands and I’m born in the sixtees. Summer in the west of Europe is always a surprise. But I do remember the hot summers very well. With heatwaves too. And also the summers full of rain and cold temperatures. There isn’t that much change in the weather. But what did change is that there ate more large city’s and all the bricks keep the heat so much longer than when you live in the country. And when I was younger weathermen were very happy and excited to tell about warm weather and now they bring the news about the same weather as problematic hot. Also in The Netherlands most homes don’t have AC. In The Netherlands people don’t tell often when you broke a rule (most of them are not fond of rules) but in my experience Dutch people are a lot more blunt than German people.
@Toni-or7dk
5 жыл бұрын
Didn't remember the early bird being such a pretty one. ;-) Anyway, it is of quite some interest to listen to your personal experience with German habits. Seems people here are not as bad as some other foreign people think. :-) Lower Frankonia is as any other region a fairly special one to live in. Sure, they do Fasching there not knowing the true festivals name is Karneval, but they are still friendly people there. :-) Have a good day and thank you for your interesting videos presented in this calm and understandable way. :-)
@andywalker2077
5 жыл бұрын
Germany was already hot in the past. Temperatures over 30 degrees were common in Summer and below minus 20 in Winter.
@shark961
5 жыл бұрын
What do you think about the situation with all the refugees we have now in Germany ?
@Corinna_Schuett_GER
4 жыл бұрын
This is not "Germany" any longer.
@mariaabele8081
4 жыл бұрын
I'm a German German teacher. So it's always very interesting to listen to people talking about my country and culture so fondly. Thank you for your input! And good luck with learning our language. It's hard but also a beautiful language full of humor and pictures :)
@RJ_Ehlert
4 жыл бұрын
This must be why I've been described as "brutally honest", coming from a German family.
@221091sanmel
4 жыл бұрын
very important thing to do in order to not get depressed during the long winters: don't end your day when it gets dark. find activities to do after work no matter how cold and shitty weather is :)
@Steffsworld
5 жыл бұрын
Loved this video!!! I've been living in Ireland for the last 2.5 years and am originally from the states, I've been struggling with coming up with videos that showcase difference in cultures/norms and life in general.... So thank you not only for entertaining and informative videos but also for ideas! ❤️❤️❤️
@annapooraniraman7278
2 жыл бұрын
hows life in Ireland?
@annaandmartin1455
5 жыл бұрын
I admire how positive you are about all these things and especially about the first thing you mentioned. I have lived in different cities in Germany for over 7 years but I've only experienced this behavior since I moved to Hamburg about a year ago. I don't think I can put such a positive spin on it. In my experience the people telling others "what they are doing wrong" are simply unable to coexist with other human beings and believe they are more important than others. I wonder if it's a local thing or it's me.
@maggie2067
4 жыл бұрын
Germany ist really hot - but now in November its dark and cold. I hate winter in Germany. Summer is always too short.
@LauraTheRed
5 жыл бұрын
I live in Düsseldorf and have MS, so the heat is not my friend. During the heatwave I hid in the air conditioned movie theater until I bought an AC unit. They do sell them at Bauhaus, home improvement stores, and online .
@simpleyllesx3952
4 жыл бұрын
Some some towns even have public swimming pool parties. Its crazy. like the whole town is coming together to swim, drink beer and wine, listen to good music and just sit together. Thats a beautiful tradition in germany! Everyone should have such stuff.
@thalia7104
4 жыл бұрын
So right about the heat. When I grew up, we had some summer days with 25-28°C, that was it. Now I go into a darkened cellar room to escape the heat and sun (I suffer from summer depressions for quite some time; not as a child though). And the last summers were devastating for animals and nature 🙁.
@thalia7104
4 жыл бұрын
Haha, I hate most festivals 🤣! Except for "real" holidays plus Samhain (I'm pagan), most of these activities are much too noisy for me (especially Karneval 😱😂)😉! And I live near a vine village 😊!
@endersoul72
2 жыл бұрын
To the heat: Open your Window early in the mornig, so the cold air get in your house. When this is done, just close the window and have the "Rollladen" (idk. the english word) halfway closed, so the sun can't warm your cold air in your house^^
@milanvitu3963
5 жыл бұрын
Iam from north east germany and i never was on a festival... Never drank any wine... never had fasching... Never any party... Only vodka with real boys.. So iam russian?????
@0ldFrittenfett
5 жыл бұрын
What do you mean with north east? Like real north east (danish border) or just north of hannover like fake north? But obviously you are russian.
@robertmcqueen289
4 жыл бұрын
Antionette. Just recently subscribed, and am enjoying your videos. As a person who has lived in Germany in the small town of Lemgo for four years, agree with you 100%. Numbers 3/4 & 5 are very true. I enjoyed my time in Germany, and would go back in a heartbeat. Thank you for doing these videos. You're a star. Greetings from Belfast, Northern Ireland. 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇳🇿
@nicovalenciacf
5 жыл бұрын
The best Party 🎉 is the Schützenfest ❤️
@veronikam3836
5 жыл бұрын
I love your channel and your positive attitude! By the way, your way of bringing up your children bilingually with the one parent - one language method is the only right method. I studied linguistics with the main focus on bilingualism, so I know. :-) I couldn't comment on the video about bilingual children, but I wanted to let you know that you are doing the right thing! Keep up the good work, I really enjoy your videos! You seem like such a nice person! Greetings from Munich!
@alexanderringler5747
5 жыл бұрын
Brutal honesty, weather, have to learn german, crazy partys. No need for longer explanations... because that is not efficient ;-) the content was correct, though.
@TheCimbrianBull
5 жыл бұрын
Efficiency and organization is what she needs! Ordnung muß sein! 😀
@lexynowak5015
5 жыл бұрын
Same in Poland, straight answers, honesty no fake politeness, polish people seems cold at the beginning but asked them how are you they will tell you story of their life , they are very open and perfect friends. With British, American people I find they are open and polite at first but you cannot make fast honest friendships with them, you always wondering if the person likes me or it’s all fake smile :D for example polish person will invite you to their house right away, threat you like the most important person, with English one you need to wait so long.... to have actually honest friendship...
@LythaWausW
5 жыл бұрын
Although I prefer the Winters to the Summers in Germany, I use my Christmas lights to brighten the short days. I'm not allowed to put them up before Totensonntag, which is really late for me as an American, but I leave them up through January which I'd never do back home. I swear some people keep them up til March to endure the short days at latitude 51!
@planetpetey
4 жыл бұрын
Being an Aussie I always felt at home in Germany with the way people are quite frank and honest about what they think. Aussies also have a habit of telling it how they see it. You always know where you stand with a a German friend. I admire that.
@annapooraniraman7278
2 жыл бұрын
do you live in Germany? would you prefer to settle down in OZ or GY?
@planetpetey
2 жыл бұрын
@@annapooraniraman7278 I’m in Is now. But yes I miss Berlin and Germany in general.
@vaniaramadhani3890
4 жыл бұрын
Being lived in a tropical country all my life, 30-35 degrees celcius is a very common occurence! Here it’s normally 27 degrees when I wake up (5-5.30am) and in the afternoon it’s usually 36-38 degrees and mind you it’s the rainy season:( we do have air conditioning here but it usually just doesn’t cut it :/
@MelodyCrystel
4 жыл бұрын
That "tropical" is the point. :facepalm: We people in Germany & Austria have mostly DRY air. We even get grilled in the summer-sun and once it doesn't rain for a few weeks, our plants on the fields start withering because of having no water. EDIT: At my place, our heat-peak was this year freaking 39,8 degrees Celsius with air so hot that simple walking out of the house was a huge pain.
@kathom67
5 жыл бұрын
Who needs air conditioning when you can be brutally honest? "You sure are sweating, my dear!" ^^ (And telling a woman she's sweating isn't considered polite in Germany, either. But you know us, children and Germans speak the truth. :D )
@brittistegi341
5 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, kids got „hitzefrei“ in school when the temperature was over 24 degrees at ten o‘clock. Today they would probably have every day off in summer .😂
@lavenderluna5311
5 жыл бұрын
Well, most people aged 80+ can't speak English but I suppose in my generation ( I am 60) many people do. My children started learning English in elementary school and my younger daughter even in kindergarten. At my school we studied English, Latin, French and some of us Italian and Russian. Almost every german with a higher education speaks at least one foreign language. So we are prepared for our visitors :) and love to practise our skills. Which does not mean you should not learn our language. It might be fun and rewarding.
@kathom67
5 жыл бұрын
Napoleon Bonaparte about Germany: "Six months there is winter and six months there is no summer. And that is what they call 'fatherland'". 😂
@Delvman
5 жыл бұрын
we have four seasons: June Juli August and Winter ;-)
@Corinna_Schuett_GER
4 жыл бұрын
Check Out #Dane Wigington YTC to educate yourself on the GLOBAL weather situation and WHY that is.
@Cornu341
4 жыл бұрын
My old teacher used to say: nine months winter and three months cold :D
@CLipka2373
4 жыл бұрын
The reason Germany may not be _known_ as a hot-climate country - and also probably the reason why air conditioning still isn't common - is that this is a quite recent development. 30 years ago, you'd get at most 10 really hot days each summer, with peaks typically around 32°C; now, we seem to get approximately 20 really hot days every summer, and peaks above 35°C have become the norm.
@makersmark5607
5 жыл бұрын
Ha! I may be American, but I still dish out "Brutal German Honesty". It's in the blood perhaps.
@abcxyz-cx4mr
5 жыл бұрын
I know US- Americans (like BuueyTribe and Jodis Expat Life on KZitem) who find southern England brutally honest/harsh/critical which is shocking, they’d be in for a surprise if they saw the brutal honesty in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands etc.
@NewBlueTrue
5 жыл бұрын
Africans are pretty brutally honest. That’s level 1 brutal honesty.
@Corinna_Schuett_GER
4 жыл бұрын
What is wrong about HATING HYPOCRISY?
@markogrotke9747
4 жыл бұрын
My wife is Polish and she had issues when she came to Germany because in Poland if somebody asks you if you would like sth. you have to say "no" for the first two times to be polite. When she and her familiy came to Germany, somebody offered a coffee, they wanted to be polite and refused, so the German took it serious and did not ask again. My wife told me, they thought the German was so unpolite because he did not really mean the offer for coffee. It took some years untill they understood that you will not be asked several times if you want sth. ;)
@vimalcurio
3 жыл бұрын
Lol same in India
@mindseeker1088
4 жыл бұрын
Your videos are really amazing and you really explain many important things about Germany simply. Thank you a lot! Greetings from Egypt! :)
@Lina-xm6tn
5 жыл бұрын
Actually it isn't that hot in Germany . The heat is comming from the Sahara and that is a effect of climate change.
@branwen1386
5 жыл бұрын
The weather always comes from somewhere originally 😉
@MikhahS
5 жыл бұрын
First Part, right. Second Part, wrong. It's just "Climate" and how it works.
@Corinna_Schuett_GER
4 жыл бұрын
Check out the YTC of#Dane Wigington to unlearn German mainstream lies about weather.
@volkerollesch7538
4 жыл бұрын
Dear Antoinette, (sounds like a French first name) After 62 years (of which 5 years outside of Germany of which 1 month NZ) I would agree on EVERTHING you say. I would suggest to use one "target quotation" for each of your five findings to facilitate orientation ("management summary") 1. "Honesty" of Germans The finding you quoted is perfect "British are too polite to be honest; Germany are too honest to be polite" (my sister-in-law is British 2. Air Conditioner My proposal "(Some) Germans try to do everything to make AC a must in future buildings, i.e. increasing the percentage of SUV's" (you or your readers may find a better wording) 3. Wheather "Germany still does not have four season a day like the UK, but we are working on this, too" 4. Learning German "We can everthing except plain German /Wir können alles ausser Hochdeutsch" A very famous quotation from Baden-Württemberg, the economically successful south-west region of Germany. 5. Celebrating "Celebrating is a very serious affair in Germany" For organising carneval, you must be a member of one of the local "Karnevalsvereine" and must wear the "uniform" "Wo kämen wir denn hin, wenn jeder feiern würde wie er wollte `?- /where should we end up if everybody celebrates as (s)he likes?"
@giloballygrounded2326
5 жыл бұрын
Loving the kiwi accent! ♥️ Didn't realise that it can be very hot in Germany. Your channel is really inspiring. I am trying to do something similar but for Australia.
@fizbanw.9157
5 жыл бұрын
I wont use any AC because I think its part of the problem. Im thinking like this: my fridge needs a lot of power already and its cooling only this little box. how much energy does a AC need to cool down a room, or apartment.... or a house? and when I think about american crappy houses with no insulation.... omg..... and btw, I think when a AC is working its producing more heat than its cooling overall right? pls correct me if im wrong P.S. sry for my bad english
@Brainreaver79
4 жыл бұрын
i am from germany and thats just something i never really understood. everyone wants their significant other/friend/kids to be an honest person, but expects them to lie to their face when asking questions like do i look, good, fat, old ... etc. people want to be lied to but claim otherwise. i mean politeness is a nice thing but i really dont get how bein lied too when asking a question because its polite, fosters trust in any relationship. maybe someone can explain that to me?
@44seahawksman
4 жыл бұрын
Very insightful video and great perspective. I lived in Germany for awhile, back in 93, and a festival EVERY week was a reality! The weather didn't affect me much because I'm from Washington State which is very similar to Germany that way. The honesty is real... I'm actually part German by heritage so I can relate to this really, but I recall one festival we went to, a woman stopped me because I was wearing sunglasses with reflective lenses and she couldn't see my eyes. She actually grabbed me by the arm and said "I can't see your eyes!" in German of course. It made them uneasy because they are so open and those sunglasses made it so I wasn't. at least by appearances. Of course we wanted to speak German so you are spot on that as well. Funny story. When we first came to Germany we thought Ausfahrt was some huge city because there were signs for it everywhere! haha!
@anneboulkaboul1828
4 жыл бұрын
Dearest Antoinette, this is a big fan from Germany (*biodeutsch*, you will know what I mean ;) ) telling you: Please dont apologise right at the beginning of the video. You dont need that. Haters gonna hate. You're lovely and I learn so much from you. Thank you for your gorgeous work. ❤
@rudolfg.7041
Жыл бұрын
Es hat mich amüsiert wie treffend sie die Leute und ihr Verhalten beschrieben haben.Als Einheimischer fällt einem sowas nicht wirklich auf.Wünsche ihnen auch weiterhin alles Gute. It amused me how aptly you described the people and their behavior. As a local you don't really notice that. Wish you all the best for the future.🙋♂🙆♂
@khalipsia9140
4 жыл бұрын
The first rule I can attest to, I met a German man it a hostel in Cancun, and when we (and the group we were in) walked to the beach someone foolishly threw a cigarette bud on the beach and Henning (German guy) was QUICK to say that he shouldn't have done that and made him pick it up and throw it away! As an American( we are not nearly as confrontational, especially with smaller things) I was definitely shocked, and oddly turned on?! Im just glad it was't me he reprimanded
@999racing
4 жыл бұрын
Haha for me as a german it was so weird in Australia, people or colleges ask me "how you doin" and I didn't know what to respond. It was weird because they asked me this while just walking by so they couldn't have expected an honest answer, something else than "good how're you" or whatever. It was more like a "Hi" or sth and not a question that was supposed to lead to small talk. It was hard to adapt to and was weird till the end. Why ask a question if you don't want an hones answer or even any answer at all??
@lorisutherland7728
5 жыл бұрын
Do you have fans in germany
@rosmarinlavendel1477
5 жыл бұрын
Lori Sutherland she has.😍🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
@beadus3512
5 жыл бұрын
We 🇩🇪 love Antoinette and won‘t never ever let her go 🥰
@backpfeifengesicht8415
5 жыл бұрын
Fans as in Ventilatoren, guys 😂 Yes we do. But usually not the ones on the ceiling but just mobile ones.
@Luzi22
4 жыл бұрын
Tip for summer close the shutters three quarters it keeps the cold in.
@50043211
5 жыл бұрын
Beware the never ending German winter! Come on, its only 6 months of the year, much better then in Russia! ;)
@JBru1978
5 жыл бұрын
As a Brasilian living in Germany, the lack of air conditioning is something that gets me really frustrated here...
@JBru1978
5 жыл бұрын
@J.W.D. Salvation76 I didn't have ac in my home in Brazil either, but there is ac everywhere else. So I would go to work and be fine for the day and at night temperatures would drop and it was okay. The problem here is that there is no ac at my work and I have to stay in my office with a 40-degree weather for f*** 8 hours! It is like, there is no escape...
@ThePegasus1979
5 жыл бұрын
I always love and laugh (a lovely laughter ;)) when you point out the German directness. That for sure is true compared to USA, NewZea, Australia and UK. But the Finish ppl (my little sister lives in Nokia, engaged to a Finn) say about Germans: Germans say things to much „through the flowers“ and are „great at smalltalk, what we Finns hate“. So allow me to add: If what you said might be hard to overcome for ppl, they should never ever even think about going to Finnland 🤷🏻♂️😱😂👍🏻.
@djgonpet
4 жыл бұрын
When you said it's hot in German I was confused. Germany is not in the South, is that? But then I remembered that I had a sunstroke in Berlin! First time in my life I felt so bad because of the heat! So it must be something..
@nicohummel1746
5 жыл бұрын
Lower franconia is the best place in germany
@scout8112
5 жыл бұрын
Don't believe this.
@heha6984
5 жыл бұрын
@@scout8112 Exactly. The best place is middle franconia.
@Delvman
5 жыл бұрын
und in Schleswig-Holstein leben die glücklichsten Deutschen. Das hat schon seinen guten Grund
@fckull9714
5 жыл бұрын
No. I lived in Frankonia for more than 10 jears. Now i am back in Hessen. Is much better!!
@heha6984
5 жыл бұрын
@@fckull9714 Well, ähm, na ja, as you like. But that lingo!!!! .... Nothing for ungood :)
@purberri
3 жыл бұрын
I lived in Germany for 9 years and Yes, German people are very direct and speak their minds. It would be nice to find a culture that is in the middle not too polite and not too direct🤣
@caciliawhy5195
5 жыл бұрын
I thought of you when I saw that Rosie had moved back to New Zealand. How is the house building going?
@AntoinetteEmily
5 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy for Rosie! House is coming along well, I need to make an update video soon.
@Mulpiix
4 жыл бұрын
I really really appreciate it that you said that people should talk german in germany. It's really important. Here where I live are many people from turkey and syria who live here so long (!) but they dont want to learn the german language. It really annoys me that they are coming to you, speak turkish with you and if you dont answer in Turkish they get mad and start insulting you. I really hate it. If you go outside you see 95% of them and you just hear their languages. You rarely hear german here in Frankfurt. I am not a racist or judge people from different countries. I'm just telling you the situation here where I live I love the way you are living here and it makes me happy that you like it 😊👍
@fckull9714
5 жыл бұрын
I've someone can not handle the answer. They should not ask. That's why we Germans can't do smalltalk. We still ask questions that interest us. It is so efficient. Time saving & never boring. Because you don't simulate Interest just to be polite. but it is not meant to be evil. It saves the Planet because we don't speak that much as other nations. In this we minimize our CO2 emissions. 😉
@towels4269
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind review on our habits. One can get mad about some mind-defying opinions and decisions of people and politicians. So it is quite rejoicing to hear about our pleasant „quirks“. 😅🧡
@m.h.9994
5 жыл бұрын
I wish the English would be to polite to have Brexit XD
@maria-stuart
5 жыл бұрын
Hallo Antoinette, true words and great video.
@claudiaduffy5500
5 жыл бұрын
Brutal honesty can be done in a nice way however a lot of Germans have become obnoxiously rightous
@fritzie7793
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Antonette. I am a person that is sensitive but I’m still getting use to the German culture. Thanks for sharing about this.
@SummerAustralis
5 жыл бұрын
Regular visits to the sauna might help you getting through winter.
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