The Average German Sunday | Church, markets, and weird rules

Sunday is a sacred day for the Germans. But what do they do with it? Go to church? Meet friends? Get into trouble with neighbors? Euromaxx reporter Clare Trelawny-Gower follows Michael Müller, an Average German, for a look into German culture.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:36 “Sonntagsruhe” or Sunday quiet time
01:16 Where to buy groceries?
01:57 Church attendance
02:13 Flea market
03:17 Coffee and cake
03:58 Watching football with friends
04:50 “Sonntagsspaziergang” or Sunday stroll

#germany #sunday #germanculture

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LIST OF REFERENCES
This document lists the sources for the most important facts in our YouTube video:

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CREDITS
Report: Clare Trelawny-Gower
Michael Müller: Mischa Wanker
Camera: Neven Hillebrands
Edit: Clare Trelawny-Gower, Neven Hillebrands, Arndt Baumüller
Supervising Editors: Hendrik Welling, Mirja Viehweger

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[dweuromaxx]

Who's watching on Sunday? What are you doing with your day? 👀⛪☕🍰?

[hape]

Haha, secretly observing the Germans in our natural habitat without disturbing. David Attenborough would be proud of you.

[cdclydesdale]

Love how you showcased something that is apparently average but the way it’s produced is excellent! Good sense of humor 😊

[pigoff]

My mother cooked us lunch. After we ate us kids cleared the table. Then we would go out on a walk. Depending on where we lived we could walk around downtown and window shop in Hanau or when we lived in Neuberg we walked the fields and woods. Then we came back and set the table for coffee and kuchen. Mostly homemade but sometimes from the bakery. During the week sometimes my mom had coffee and cake with her friends. 😅❤

[denisef]

As a German I ask myself the same question every sunday

[abdelgaderalfallah]

I like the fact about Germans, when they work they do work, and when they have holiday they do enjoy it.

[tygattyche]

Well, using a Hoover instead of a broom for this few crumbs says more about Michael than of Wolfgang.

[patrickfitzgerald]

Those German "quiet Sunday" rules are amazing, and the fact that people (mostly) follow them speaks well of German society in my view. They wouldn't work here in the US because a small and immature minority here consider it their right to make a nuisance of themselves.

[ericstrahler]

I appreciate seeing the fruits of labor with the increased production budget. The props team really blew me away. The wigs are almost believable this episode. Hats of to you!

[kyawnyuntlinn]

Yayy, I was waiting for new episode of Clare - the friendly ghost and Michael.

[FreeWanderingThinker]

It usually rains on Sundays in Germany. It must be a corollary of Murphy's Iaw. In the afternoon or evening, you will experience the so-called Sunday depression (on top of the ordinary depression you normally have in Germany) by thinking of another week with your nice German boss and colleagues.

[Callmenothing]

I have been waiting to be a part of Micheal’s Sunday! This is exciting 😅

[LaCorvette]

Quite enjoyable format. Like some sort of German nature documentary. 😅 Would watch more of it, make it „abendfüllend“.

[mwalek]

EVERYTHING about this video is tops. Danke!

[deniseg-hill]

I like the Sundays in Germany, in the UK a long time ago only newspaper/tobacco shops petrol starions restaurants and pubs were open on Sundays.

[ConfortinDEADHORSE]

Very nice series - fun and much informative! Very crriative. Well done!

[JustKixs]

omg I love these series!! I can't wait for the next one!
What do Germans do on holiday? What do they wear? How much would they spend on trips and during trips? What food would they normally eat?
What would they pack with them? Any thing that they miss? How often do Germans even travel and where would they usually go for popular destinations? I seem to come across heaps of German backpackers in random places.
Are Germans politically active in their country? What do they like to watch at home? so many questions so little time wahhh!!

[marcelineleee]

I remember when we were in Germany and we wanted to have our car washed and the lady in the gasoline station said, "It's Sunday! You should be on church". 😁😁😁

[PaulHo]

I love this series and all the German humor!

[Billythek]

In Indonesia, most market are also close on sunday :)
This is perhaps only in one province, north sulawesi.