6 Lies America Taught Me About Germany 🇩🇪

After moving to Germany and living in Germany, we quickly realized there were some culture shocks we were having because of "lies" that we were taught in the US about Germany...what things do Germans do or not do that we didn't expect based on these German stereotypes?? Find out here 😊

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[frk]

Actually, Germany used to have a train station in pretty much every second village. It just has been either removed throughout the last decades or it was destroyed in WW2 and never rebuilt afterwards. The biggest removal probably happened since the 1990s, because the German train system was privatized and therefore the unprofitable tracks had to be removed. (Which was insanely stupid, as we know today)

[eliane_ysabel]

I am German and I once met an American girl in Costa Rica. She asked me where I am from and I answered I am from the Black Forest. She then started a discussion with me accusing me of lying as the black forest would be a secluded area where you could not "be from". Mind she has never been even in Europe.
Some people are so goofy 🤣

[ZachSeineVideos]

No, no, we definitively curse Uppsala - they know what they did.

[Psoewish]

I’ve spent a lot of time in the US and I’m afraid to say that the whole water beer thing doesn’t refer to the alcohol content, but rather the flavor.

[uwegroote]

The thing with the harsh dialect is, in every american TV-Show or Movie they speak german like a Klingon. :)

[KaiaKooking]

What I love about German attitude towards fashion is that you can go all in of you feel like it but there’s no obligation to do so. You can go almost anywhere in anything and that includes your boring outdoor clothes that you just like because they’re so damn comfy. If I want to put in effort I do but no one looks at me weird when I don’t.

[elrohirshouldercheaptrick]

Btw, the house thing, it really depends how old the town, city or village is. There's a lot of variation even within the same towns

[GGysar]

I am German, from and in Germany, I have had Americans online tell me, that Christmas pickles are a very common German tradition and when I told them that it really isn't they told me, that I just don't know German culture and that his family is "really" German and kept the traditions, while mine obviously just forgot everything, sooo, yeah, it was a weird conversation.

Oh, and it is of course "die Nutella".

[Acampestre]

Another myth that exists (even worldwide), is that the evil person with the harsh pronunciation you mentioned is a German. In fact he missed being a German by about 500 metres and is Austrian instead.

[hwbartels-sslg]

Great observations!
Two remarks:
Houses - you showed small towns and villages
In cities, most people live in big appartement buildings
Transport
It is really a shame that our railway system was allowed to decay like that. They are investing more now, but we will never reach Swiss standards

[Kivas_Fajo]

The difference between a 5 % American and a 5 % German beer is. You filter yours, we do not-in most cases.
There is something called Stammwürze in a beer and the higher the amount, the stronger the effect of the beer.
So filter that out, you get Pißwasser with 5 %, do not do that and you have a beer, that will eff you up quickly.
Also...you use maize to make beer, which is not a beer ingredient to begin with.

[MausTheGerman]

I live in Koblenz (Germany) opposite the Rhine river boat cruise stop were hundreds of international tourist groups arrive every week - right in front of my door step. I mostly can identify American tourist groups immediately. One example is the way older generation people (70+) are dressed, like grandmas with Baseball caps 🧢 or grandpas with Sketcher sport shoes and / or oversized shirts. European people in that age category are usually dressed way more conservative. I say usually - not always 😉 Additionally the loudness they produce is directly recognizable wooow, amazing….) 😅

[Why-D]

As a gardener, there is no bad weather, just bad clothing!

[MausTheGerman]

I‘ve been to Frankenmuth / Michigan 6 weeks ago, which claims to be a (very) German town. I had a Bratwurst and it didn’t taste like a Bratwurst and the fact that it was served in a Hot Dog bun killed me 😅 Everything there was full of Christmas shops which I also found quite funny, especially when I saw that nearly all the Christmas stuff was LED blinking plastic stuff 😅
Even the architecture, were they tried to make the town looking a little bit of „German“ with it’s fake timbered houses and the standard American concrete sidewalks was kind of hilarious to me. When I went into one of fake timbered house grocery stores and asked for German bread in the bakery department they looked at me as if I would come from planet Mars.
If that is what Americans combine with Germany - Halleluja 😅 sorry if that sounds rude, but it was a little shocking to me.

[garrusvakarian]

I live in a gingerbread house in a gingerbread street, we have flower pods at our windows and my dad wears sandals with socks 🇩🇪❤

[philippbobkaufmann]

As a Swiss guy in his fourties who has never had to buy a car: The public transport thing is real in urban parts of Switzerland (and some big cities in Germany). In the countryside, there'll often be only a few buses a day. My parents live in the mountains, and the absolutely need their car.

[DieselsVideos]

More "general german" for upsala is just "uups" with a long u. Depending on how long the u is it can mean "i made a small mistake" or "ok, we die now"

[devil_with_snowflakes]

When I went to Canada (for a Highschool year) 16 years ago, close to the US Boarder, peope were shocked to hear that I've never attended an Oktoberfest or that I have never worn a Dirndl. So many people think that every German attends the Oktoberfest (and wears the typical Clothing). One of my school friends back in Germany married and invited their host parents from America. They were disappointed to see that she married in a plain white dress as they thought Dirndl and Lederhose is the way to go seeing Influencers from the south wearing it. I'm living in the Northern part and this stuff is simply not popular. Younger people might attend a local oktoberfest gathering bit it's more like any other party they would attend.

[steffent.]

Nie sieht man Reetdachhäuser :( Man findet sie an der gesammten Küste.

[HJPhilippi]

I love the sense of humor you bring to this "Germany vs. US" topic! I know there are a lot of stereotypes being fostered on both sides of the ocean, and it's people like you who shed some light to understand each other better. That's important and great!