Northern Germany: Meet the Germans Road Trip Part 1/4

By popular demand Rachel is hitting the road to discover the unique traditions, characteristics and culture that Germany's different regions have to offer. The first leg of the trip takes her up north to find out more about "Plattdeutsch," fishy dishes and a very particular tea ceremony.

What else do you find unique about northern Germany?

CREDITS
Report: Rachel Stewart, Kristina Reymann-Schneider
Camera: Johanna Thiel
Edit: Rachel Stewart

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[Aikman]

You know a great video is coming up when Rachel is the host.

[sayantandas]

As someone from Assam living in Germany, it was nice to know that Assam tea is so well known in a part of the world someone would generally not associate with tea drinking culture.

[rrider]

Almost all German travel videos focus exclusivly on Bavaria and Berlin. Northern Germany is very rarely featured which is a shame. Who knew Germany had a rich tradition of seafood and was more than just 300 varities of sausage and bread. The scenery and weather reminded me of parts of the North American Atlantic coast.

[mirkoklein]

This is the most accurate and loveliest short clip about my home region I have ever seen. It must have taken more than a week to visit all that places and get all that camera views - all for 10min of a YT clip in the end! Also the calm and relaxing atmosphere of that frisian tea ceremony was captured very well! Very Good job!

[sparrowgab]

I love every "Meet the Germans", but this one was awesome, really. I love the style ("back to the fish!"). I'm thrilled to see the next chapter of the road trip. Also, I think every single topic merits its own capsule: environment, leisure activities, food. The tea (which usually comes about with some sort of ritual) was a nice discovery. My german teacher came from Hamburg. She used to tell us about that northern coastline. Greetings to Rachel and the crew.

[TimothySielbeck]

I was stationed in northern Germany 40 years ago. I have missed it, and the people, since the day I left. I hope to return one day to see Schleswig-Holstein where my paternal family is from.

[bibhab]

Watching from Assam....Never thought our state name would come up

[Lia-ufir]

Moin! As a German northerner (I'm from Lübeck), I love to finally see Meet the Germans do a video on my region!

[mpmyprojects]

As a Leeraner living near Bremen my smile grew wider when I saw that MTG was visiting a much underrated part of Germany. Great video :) !

[BarnOwl]

This was fun. The northern part of Germany is not that well known, I think. The weather and dialect reminds me a lot of our Dutch weather and language. We, the Dutch were part of the Hansestadt network too.

[ThisIsBernd]

I am a Northerner (Bremen-born but roots on the East Frisian island of Spiekeroog) and tend to be sceptical about how Germany or esp. ''our' Northern region is often being presented in travel shows. But, I must agree to the words of some other commentators. Its a very accurate and yes, .. a very debonair presentation of the North. Great job! :-)

My grandma on the island used to have a tea/cream spoon like the one presented @7:30. Immediately, memories of the sound by the big pendulum clock on the living room wall are popping up. This island is still car-free today.

[LaureninGermany]

The North is totally underrated. The most important thing is to take a bit of time when you visit. Not just to see everything, but to let it work on you. So that you too will understand why moin moin is rather chirpy…

[jounneejr]

The longer I live the more I discover that our way of life is german in Finland. We say moi (moin as a swedish speaking finn), we have matjes (as do the swedes) and of course Lutheranism, foods, songs etc. I like it, it's homely.

[SloMo]

Greetings from California, I love this series! After living in Germany for almost 5 years as a young man, I feel like Germany is my second home. The German people were so friendly and welcoming to me words cannot describe the love I have for them. I've never been to this region of Germany and I'm trying to put together a trip with some German friends to this area. Watching this video only makes me want to go sooner. I cannot wait to go! Cheers everyone

[andreea.andreea]

Liebe Rachel, please make longer videos, you have an engaging way to present places and traditions, everything is well documented and funny. I can't have enough of your videos🥰

[MetDaan]

Being from the Netherlands, I can see many similarities between Northern Germany and the Netherlands.

[MrGunnar]

Wow, more than 40 islands.
We also eat "matjessill" and "lappskojs" in Sweden.

[KitsuneHB]

I'm from Bremen and I love Northern Germany. :) Visit the "Altes Land" when the apple trees are blooming or the Lüneburger Heide. Or take a hiking tour through the amazing wadden sea to an island like Neuwerk. But please do it with a guide when you do it for the first time and never heard of "Ebbe" and "Flut" - Nordsee ist Mordsee (North Sea is murdering sea). It can be very dangerous if you do this trip without any preparation or knowledge of the sea.

[HeartlandTuber]

We lived in Southern Germany in early 70s for a year, and that included a week in Berlin. It was not till 2015 That we got to visit Lubeck, Hamburg, and Oldenburg, our 50th anniversary trek. We stayed with a friend in Oldenburg, and the father of our friend drove us to the north coast, where got to experience the Wattenmeer and Fischbrötchen. These was sehr gute Reporatage von Rachel. She forgot to mention Germany's most popular tourist destination in Hamburg, though, Das Minaturwunderland. We spent a whole evening there! And got a copy of the brothers' book signed by both of them a few years after our visit!

[MsTimelady]

Another fascinating journey in Germany with Rachel. That tea ceremony was interesting and I never knew Germany had so many islands. Hamburg is probably still a hidden gem to many foreigner as most go the Berlin to Munich route. But everyone I know who travels there, loves it. Can't wait for more and it's wonderful to have Meet the Germans back!