American Reacts to German Homes: How Germans Live

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Thank you for watching me, a humble American, react to this video German Homes: How The Germans Live | Meet the Germans. This was extremely fun to watch. Sorry for rambling. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
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You know, the thing with doorbell pranks - that's exactly what all of us did when we were 12! :D

yourframedrop
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Never thought that something as simple as German doorbells could be so confusing to other people 🤣

juka
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You know it's a non german when there is "beautiful city" and "Berlin" in one sentence.

TheVanezBlane
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Germans value the stuff they spent money on.
My grandma moved out of her house (60km from us) because my granddad has passed away and the house was just to big for her alone. So she moved closer to us in one of the apartments we own in the village next to ours.
She also took her kitchen with her, so now she's living in a brand-new apartment with a kitchen she bought, when she was 21, so exactly 60 years ago.

Surprisingly, the kitchen looks basically brand-new :)

ncredibledark
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About the water: not all Germans like sparkling water. Eventhough the normal tap water has a really high quality (with differences in taste depending on where you live), many Germans still buy bottled water. So yes, you will find 3 versions of water in supermarkets/drink stores: without gas (usually named "still"), medium sparkled and full sparkled. And sodastream is a thing here, too.

madremoja
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She forgot to mention that there is a speaker with those doorbells most of the time so when you press the button the person in the Apartment would speak with you this way without coming to you. Also, as mentioned in another comment, the bells are usually located outside. That way you would first ask over the speaker what the person ringing the bell wants from you, so you can decide if it's safe to open the door.

donotami
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Those "plant" roof are indeed made from plants. They are "Reetdächer" or thatched roof made from reed.

frankheyder
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Airing out homes is actually quite important over here. We don't have flimsy wooden houses that have more holes than swiss cheese. ;) You get thick, insulated masonry walls with properly fitted, insulated windows and A/C is quite rare. So unless you wanna start a black mold farm, you have to get air flow going regularly.

Killerpixel
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Not all doorbells look like that, there are different types even here in Germany. There's ones like those in the video that are basically just a nameplate that doubles as a button, and there's also the "classic" little round buttons with the names written next to them. Just like with anything else, there's a big variety of different designs, even for doorbells lol.
They don't have to be integrated into the mailbox either, it's just a common feature that apartment buildings have, having the mailboxes right below the doorbells is convenient. There's still plenty of buildings where the doorbells are mounted entirely seperately and aren't even near the mailboxes.
One feature that pretty much all German apartment buildings share though is having the doorbells outside the front door, since you can't just open it and go in. German front doors can only be opened with a key, so only those living in the building can open the door, everyone else has to ring the doorbell to be let in with a door buzzer.

I find it curious that most Americans seem to be so much more paranoid regarding burglars and crime in general, but the architecture of apartment complexes and homes doesn't reflect that fear at all. Just being able to walk into an apartment building without needing a key would be seen as unsafe in Germany, despite the fact that most Germans aren't even afraid of crime.

Regarding kitchens: One has to keep in mind that Germans are long-term renters. You don't move into a flat for just a few years, if a German moves somewhere they'll usually stay in that flat for a long time (often 10 years at least), so why would you want to have a kitchen that you don't like for such a long time? And, once you bought a kitchen for a place (which is often at least 10.000 euros, for medium-sized kitchens that is), you'll want to get the most out of it, so of course you'll take it with you when you move out lol

leDespicable
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The thing about the doorbells is (I don’t know if somebody else already commented this): On most apartment complexes, especially the bigger flats, the main entrance that leads into the stairwell is locked (because it doesn’t have a doorknob or handle on the outside), so you either need a key to even access the stairwell, or you ring a doorbell (e.g the one of the person you want to visit). They have a button (typically directly besides their door to the stairwell) to power an electromagnet that’ll unlock the main entrance’s door as long as it’s being powered. Most of these apartment buildings are also supplied with door intercom systems btw.

animyosfox
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How they fit: Standarisation. Mostly you only need a new kitchen working plate but all other stuff has a standard size (60cm wide, 60cm depth and 75-85 cm high - adjustable). In Germany the kitchen is often the important room and germans love the freedom to use a kitchen they want (and not the ugly one the landlord demand).

DSP
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The reason for the kitchen is that everyone here in Germany designs their own kitchen and the kitchen furniture is adjusted with centimeter precision. So you can customize the kitchen according to your individual wishes and ideas. For example, I didn't have a standard fridge, but a drawer fridge. The oven was at eye level and the flap disappeared when opened below the oven.

robbypolter
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The idea behind the cake fork is that cake is so full of flavour (and sugar) that you get the same enjoyment out of a small bite as a large bite. And because it's expensive and only eaten for fun, it makes sense to split it into more bites than a regular meal you eat to fill your belly.

HenryLoenwind
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13:05 The small forks are 1. a lot nice to use to eat a lot of the cake and pastries in Germany 2. help portioning. so we don't heat half the cake in one go 3. to pace ourselves. eating the cake slower allows us to savour the flavour more and makes it more likely that we eat less cake overall.

gran
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A German says: I want to decide how the kitchen looks. There are many different options for kitchens and the all fit because the kitchens are kind of standard sizes. But there are all kinds of colors and designs. From a view hundred up to 100, 000 Euro kitchen. So you can decide what you want.

Airing prevents mold. Our Windows are very air sealed.

sonyphotoguy
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2:00 yes it is an apartment complex and the thing you see in front is a mailbox with incorporated doorbells. The lower boxes are for letters and such and the names on top is for the doorbell. Most of them have an intercom system so you can ask who it is before pushing the buzzer to let them in. 3:40 these are reed houses made out of some kind of straw for the roof. It is an extremely old way of roofing which is also done in a lot of countries. i even saw houses in the japanese countryside with this kind of roof

schmidtikovsky
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Ding Dong Ditch is definitely a thing and honestly, it’s kind of cute to hear the next generations of kids run away giggling. I don’t mind. It happens like once a year, maybe.

FromAnonymouse
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About the forks:

The smaller the bite the faster your mouth is empfy and you are able to follow the converstation. Which follows after a proper meal or at tea time. Kaffee und Kuchen is a big thing in germany and you are eating casually cake with coffee.. so that is why the fork is smaller:) small bites= less time chewing. Eat sit and chat

…and yes we rang all the doorbells;)

amoeba
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Kaltmiete and Warmmiete are just different ways to calculate the rent of a place. Oftentimes, your landlord will tell you the monatliche Kaltmiete (monthly cold rent), which is JUST for the apartment itself. Afterwards, it depends on which services are paid by you directly and which go through your landlord.
Warmmiete can (but doesn't have to) include: electricity, heating, internet, water usage. So if your Kaltmiete is 1000€, your landlord may ask you to pay an additional 200€ for heating each month. If you use less than those 200€ a month, you get the rest of the money back - or if you use more, you have to pay up.
I hope that makes more sense!

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Wait until you hear about moving in The Netherlands: they don't just take out the kitchen, but also the wooden flooring! It was quite a shock - my friend there had to take his kitchen and flooring when moving places 😮

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