7 Things I Had Never Seen Before I Came To Germany | Meet the Germans | DW Euromaxx

Visiting a new country opens the door to all sorts of new experiences. From curious vegetables to new health habits, Rachel Stewart reveals 7 things she came across in Germany for the very first time.

Rachel moved from the UK to Germany in 2016. As a relative newcomer she casts a fresh eye over German clichés and shares her experiences of settling into German life. Every two weeks she explores a new topic – from allotment gardens to money to language.

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[definier.mal.castelli]

Imagine you live in the US, buy a mansion for millions of dollars and you cant even put you windows auf kipp

[spongebob]

I am so german that the "unnecessary" flushing of the toilet made me angry. ;)

[jkobstube]

The scary thing is, when you put an already "kipped" window on full open without pushing it shut before and suddenly the whole window is hanging from a single hinge

[HoneyHonkh]

"Ey, mach mal das Fenster auf Kipp"

[Feralia]

Everyone: "wow weird stuff"
Me: "I wonder how often she had to turn the globe and stopped it with her finger till she managed to point on Germany"

[krrbrr]

for the window thing: i thought everwhere in the world had this.. so im shocked that you guyz dont know what it is.

[lanzelotty]

I love looking at my country through foreigners' eyes. Mostly makes me smile.

[sgtflashback]

I never knew our windows were such special, that one surprised me.

[ultimatenebula]

As you can see, Germans love to react on vids about Germany.
Thats so weird but it is getting weirder cause iam also German.

[yupluto]

as someone who's lived their entire life in germany, i still get excited whenever i'm able to take a doubledecker train!

[Kr]

I’m a German living in Virginia, and you can sometimes find Kohlrabi here. But it’s smaller and not as tasty, so normally I don’t bother with it. Now I want a Spaghetti Eis.

[ivanhasan]

The weirdest thing for me in Germany is when it rains (all the time) and I complain about it, every single German would reply like the following : “ but it is good for nature”.

[RetroNekoArt]

its a bid sad to hear that going to the "frauenarzt" is not really common in other countrys...girls please take care of yourself!

[awetistic]

Apparently I am so German that I didn't even know these things are typically German. My mind is seriously blown by the fact that Spaghetti ice was invented in Germany and I had no idea that Kippfenster aren't common all around the world... they make so much sense.

[flavioc]

The only thing that is news to me is... that British girls don't go every year to the gynecologist.😷

[dbvxfdc]

"Its not canada"

The Erzgebirge would like to have a word with you.

[rogerroger]

For people who don't really understand the gynycologists issue. In Germany women go every year because your insurance pays for annual check ups, they start at different ages, but usually they iclude a PAP smear test, and a breast exam. When you get older there are more things included in the check up, because the risk for cervical and kolorectal cancer increases. German health insurances, especially within the last years, have made an effort to pay for measures that would prevent illness.

[afriedman]

In Italy, these windows are called "il vasistas". That name is a reference to the German phrase "was ist das?", or "what is that?". The story is that when they were first introduced in Italy, people were so surprised that they asked "what is that?" to the German importer, and the phrase stuck.

[RioMuc]

The separating stick at the supermarket. A friend of mine was visiting me and went to the supermarket. Someone put the stick in front of his grocery and he kept on saying he didn't want to buy it.

[poranda-panda]

Now imagine a serial killer Movie in America where the Killer tries to enter a house which is inspired by houses in Germany, and he cant put up the Window bc its a "Kippfenster", that would be hilarious.