6 Random & Funny Habits in Germany!!

Deana has noticed some funny and random habits in Germany compared to the USA! There are always some cultural differences and tendencies we come across on a daily basis. Let us know if you do any of these things and your opinions on these points! Please remember that differences are not a negative thing and cultural differences are what make each of us unique and interesting. :)

00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Habit #1
00:54 - Habit #2
01:24 - Habit #3
02:22 - Habit #4
04:18 - Habit #5
05:48 - Habit #6
07:05 - Patreon Family :)
07:37 - What are your thoughts? Don't forget to Sub!

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[DeanaandPhil]

Do you do any of these things? Let us know if these are common habits in your country! 😍🌎

[MHG]

There are a few reasons for Germans not liking dryers:
1) Before the advent of dryers everybody dried their clothes (if possible) on an outside rope.
So, this tradition is still deeply engrained in peoples minds.

2) Initially dryers were pretty expensive and "electricity munching monsters" and were considered as a very posh thing.

3) Over time efficiency got much better but dryers are still considered as non-essential because you can still dry your clothes without that investment - Germans remain "cost conscious" (considering expenses versus benefits).

4) Electricity is significantly more expensive in Germany compared to the U.S. (that´s why Germans are also hesitant to buy a/c´s) and using a dryer regularily raises your "energy consumption" significantly.

5) ... and finally: it is - not - myth that dryers have an additional wear effect on your cloth.
Where do you think that all that fluffy stuff comes from that you have to clear the air filter from after using the dryer ... ???
Just a minor part of it was already loose on your clothes surface.

So, just for additional comfort (yeah, it´s nice in winter to put on "pre-heated and softened" pants/shirts/underwear - you name it - right out of the dryer ...) most German people consider using dryers as having too many downsides und modern German attitude is strongly against wasteful usage of energy anyway.
... and you guessed it for sure, we don´t not have a dryer in our household.
My wife once came up with the idea but I was able to avoid having to buy one and we´re still fine without it.

[rloehnertwolfgang]

YES! Dryers are the biggest consumers of energy in most households. The heat (if set to normal or higher) does shrink clothes. Also, the clothes wear out faster- that's where the lints come from...

[potatophil]

If the sun is out, people make use of it.... like MOTHS! :D

[bbhdd]

I'm a Londoner who is learning German, and I am soooo glad I stumbled across your channel. Can tell yall really care for each other and you put your all into these videos. So good, you deserve to have more followers! <3 Love from England

[silkedavid]

Fresh air in the whole house - YES! At least twice a day. I cannot sleep with the window closed. Airing the house reduces with Durchluft reduces germs etc hanging around and we Germans are all healthy. I remember a neighbour in our house aired her duvets in the window every morning for at least 15 minutes.
I do not understand people who are in their house in shorts and t-shirt in winter with the heating on full.
Dryers are bad. They are ok to warm up towels or fluff them. But I like the hard, air dried towels and bed linen which air dried and smells so fresh!
German bread and Broetchen, how much I miss it, living in England. When I first moved here in 1990 there was hardly any wholemeal bread. One could get Pumpernickel. Now we have a lot of good bakeries, mostly doing sourdough. I get a bread made from Spelt and seeds from my bakery, and they do a good Roggenbrot. I would like more Buckwheat /Buchweizen.
I was taught to say Guten Tag first to our neighbours when I was a child. I think it is showing respect.

[svenjavester]

I‘m German but grew up in the US - just noticed how German I really got 🤣
sun ☑️
Lüften - very important ☑️
Saying hello (me to elder but children/teens to me (I‘m 31)) ☑️
email with birthdate ☑️
dryer bad ☑️
bread is life 🍞 ☑️ if you have a Kosakenbrot at your bakery you gotta try it!

[leonpfau]

A slice of "Zwiebelbrot" with a warm bowl of soup is the way to go!

[J-pd]

People have birthdays and stuff in their usernames everywhere. It’s definitely done all over Europe but even in Asia and the USA too. Not at all specific to Germany

[Violetss]

I wish there was a bakery here that has a good variety of breads. Thank you for the new video!!!

[umiyuki]

Asian American here: I use my birthdate in my email address, I grew up with parents who "aired out" rooms daily (so I kind of do it too, not to their extent though), I hang dry my clothes, and I LOVE bread (I usually bake my own though. I haven't found a new bakery that I like in my current neighborhood, and quarantine life).

I really want to visit Germany after this whole pandemic thing is over. Thank you for the awesome content! Love your channel!

[MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

We just moved to Germany a week ago and don’t have a dryer! I knew it wasn’t common and wanted to fully integrate, but we do have 4 kids and a TON of laundry. Haha it was hard to get used to those first few days but now it’s already gotten a lot easier.

[karlhering]

About dryers: In some places here in the US ( so called "gated communities" or condos) you are not permitted to dry clothes outside so you have to use a dryer. The hanging clothes are considered "unsightly".

[honeymaggot]

I use my dryer in winter. As soon as the sun gets out in spring I use my Wäschespinne to hang-dry my clothes. The reason is, that dryers need very much energy and the sun and the wind do this for free. Since I do that I save a lot of money and have also the feeling to dry sustainable.

[ad]

In England we have an unwritten rule of always saying hello to people you pass whilst on a walk in the countryside. It’s almost expected.
Whilst I was living in Germany my landlady lived next door. She’d come round every morning to make sure we all opened our windows for ventilation. Even when it was minus five outside

[DerBeschenkte]

Dryer are nice for sheets because they take so much space when you hang them. I never had a dryer so I don't really miss it. Here in Finland apartment buildings usually have a drying room in the basement which blows hot air to dry them faster.

[robertschwartz]

The dislike of dryers is also a British thing. As an American, I would rather not festoon my home with laundry when I could dry it in 50 minutes.

[heidicolville]

I have to agree with a lot of what you point out. I really love the windows in Germany the way they open makes it really easy to lufften. As well the dryer thing - here in Canada most people use dryers. I used to but have reverted to only drying towels, bedding, socks and underwear in the dryer. Clothing I hang to dry. The bread. Oh the bread and brotchen in Germany. I wish we could get them here in Canada. Alas no. Besides visiting with family the next favourite thing we look forward to is eating the bread, brotchen and aufschnitt. Love them all. Thanks Deana and Phil. I really enjoy your videos

[hollin]

I'm in the US and I'm southern. We speak to EVERYBODY when we are out and about!! We got a new Lidl here and I've been a few times but because I speak to people, they are all happy to see me when I come to do my shopping.

[lucin]

I love " Urkruste" or "Bauernbrot". Fresh I eat it without everything.
We don't have a dryer at home, too. This is because it needs a lot of electricity and we have a big room with a window in our house for hanging up the wet closes next to the washingmaschine. And my washingmaschine is good. The closes are not to wet when the washingprogramm is finished. It's dry in 1-2 days already. So we spent money without an dryer. 😊
My mother have a dryer. But she used it not often. Only when we kids was Babys she used it more often. Then she has a lot of clothes to wash in a shorter time then later. 😅