5 AWESOME Things that SHOCKED ME in Germany

Never thought I would be excited about traffic lights, but in Germany I am!!🚦😂 5 awesome things that shocked me when I first moved to Germany!

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So my question for you is: What kinds of experiences do you have with these things and what do you prefer?

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[partyof.]

Regarding clean cars: we have the TÜV, you will never see broken rusty cars here like in the US. You're not allowed to drive with those cars here.

[tee]

I never thought someone would be excited about our taxis xD

[Pokeminator]

Most of the Taxis in Germany are actually black Mercedes that are coverd in a cream colored foil. This way, ones the cars get to old to be used as a Taxi (about 1-3 years) you can just remove the foil and you have a beutiful black car, that can easily be sold.

[DoctorKnow]

About the traffic lights in Germany. There's a good reason why it shows the colour yellow.
Most cars in Germany have manual transmission. It gives you a bit of time to engage a gear.

[Andym]

Küchen werden deswegen mitgenommen weil oft Küchen mehr kosten als das Auto.
Die möchte man nicht dort lassen.

[marrykurie]

I'm german and when I rented my first flat it had a kitchen in it. But I was asked to buy that and had to sell it again when I moved out to the next tenant. If I hadn't been able to sell it, I would have had to throw it out. So there ARE flats in Germany that come with a funcional kitchen, but it's not part of your actual flat. It's like an accessory ^^.

[das_hanski]

You need a second camera, directed towards Stefan, to capture his reactions while filming you! 😂🎥

[HotMaxExpress]

Well, what I like about Germany is that we separate the trash into 4 different trash cans. One for plastic, one for paper, one for biological left overs like banana shells or peach cores and stuff and the last one for rest trash 😂

[totallyasmr]

Die Farbe der deutschen Taxis ist übrigens nicht cremefarben, sondern Hellelfenbein. 1971 gab es diesen Wechsel der Taxi-Farbe von Schwarz auf diese Signalfarbe, weil früher die Krankenwagen auch diese Signalfarbe hatten, durch die sie auch bei Dunkelheit besser erkennbar sind und sich bei starker Sonneneinstrahlung nicht so stark erwärmen. Hat also nichts damit zu tun, ob die Vögel das für die Farbe von Eierschalen halten.

[annboleyn]

“Omg the taxis are so shiny and spotless!!!”
Yeah well there is something and it’s called car wash 🤔🤔🤔

[thedragonslair]

I think a great video would be differences in media like music, art, movies, tv shows between U.S. and Germany. I bring this up because i remember the German heavy metal band Rammstein was arrested in the U.S. for lewd and indecent acts following one of their only concerts here and were shocked, scared, and freaked out because they had no problems in Germany with the concert.

[funkylosik]

The cars are clean, because roads are cleaned, there is almost no dust to get them dirty. Even at autobahn in the rain, my car remains clean. That's something I cannot say when my car is in some other countries.

[favoritvario]

The best traffic lights I have ever seen are in China. They display a countdown which tells you in which amount of time the traffic lights are going to switch to green.

[heinzk]

Smaller apartments in Germany, at last in the bigger cities, also have a kitchen installed. That makes sense, because people living in small apartments move more often, as they often are students, young professionals etc.
These small apartments often have s so-called "pantry kitchen", which means it consists mainly of a combo device, integrating a fridge, two burners, and a sink.
The benefit of buying a kitchen of your own is, that you can purchase exactly the one you like. Kitchens are seen much like any other furniture here in Germany, and you also wouldn't want to sit on a sofa that your landlord chose for you.

[nfcalypse]

This video is a fake: There is Bielefeld mentioned in the background, when everyone knows Bielefeld does not exist! ;-)

[vertexrikers]

Tiny hint: when you move into an apartment as a temporary solution, you don't have to buy the "Einbauküche" (full blown kitchen built into the room) straight away - you could do with a temporary solution and buy a "Standherd" meaning an oven that stands on its own and doesn't need to be fitted into kitchen racks. Same goes for the refrigerator. You buy this stuff once and you'll be happy to have something like that later on, even if you move on to a full size kitchen. But if you decide you don't need that mobile stuff anymore - there'll always be Germans around who just moved out of their parents house, looking for such a temporary solution. And vice versa: you can get that stuff _very_ cheap when you look up some 2nd hand deals. Students buy it when they move out to live on their own - they sell it when they move into a flat-share.. it's really not hard at all, since almost everyone faces this "problem" and in solving it we gain a big deal in freedom of choice. I like how it's done in Germany :-)

[luz-]

"Bompeln" in Augsburg (A City near Munich) The floor Beginns flashing red, so pedestrians and Specialy texters know that it's red

[spydude]

My Wife and I just returned from a trip to Germany and Austria. Your videos were helpful and enjoyable. Our trip was a great time. We rented a car and drove to Salzburg and then back up to Munich to attend Oktoberfest. I enjoyed driving on the A8 and A9. Even the Autohofs are nice and clean. Bavaria and the Salzkammergut are wonderful places, with wonderful people.

[AndreaHeckler]

I was shocked when I moved to the UK (and this also applies to France and Spain, in my experience) when I discovered that a lot of people don't use dryers for their clothes. Some people do, of course, but it's super common to use drying racks and lines instead. I've hardly ever seen that in the US!

[PercyPinguin]

The "kitchen thing" amazes me every time it's mentioned in one of the videos. Had never heart of that before. Couldn't believe it. Seems to be a regional thing in Germany.