What It’s Like To Be A 16-Year-Old In Berlin Today | i-D

Continuing our 1616 series, i-D travels to Berlin to meet teenage skateboarders, performance artists and politicians, as they talk growing pains, Instagram addiction and making their voices heard with Fridays For Future demonstrations.

How do their experiences at 16 compare to yours?

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How do these 16-year-olds experiences compare to yours at that age? 🤔


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[narutouchija]

This feels like an Urban Outfitters commercial

[cottoncandy]

oh yeah let's take the 11th grade artclass from the international private school and make them a spokesperson of the entirety of Berlin's youth culture

[erdbeerkuchen]

Real talk: These kids are cool. Honestly though, when I was 16 i felt so mature and grown up but being 16 sucks. Now that i'm 21 i'm happy i will never be 16 again. It can be fun i guess? For me it was horrible though. Being a teen doesnt have to be perfect and aesthetic and glamourous. So dont stress if your 15/16/17 and you're not dope as hell and living a wild life. You will have so much time for that.
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[boombixxie]

This looks like as if they picked those kids from some modelling agency or smthn cuz I know for sure that the majority of 16 yr old kids are not like that, like AT ALL

[sleepobservecreate]

"16 ist das alter um sich selbst zu finden"
ich, 26, kein plan wer ich bin und was ich machen soll lel

[thesdfable]

these videos all feel the same..where ever you take them in the world it seems like you go and find similar people somehow..this will sound weird and it is but these series lack diversity

[slappy]

first of all: these kids are cool. second of all: this is an awfully unrealistic presentation of the german youth. not everyone is alternative and mature. the majority of people are mainstream idiots that‘ll do whatever‘s popular without thinking about it. still a good video, pretty interesting imo

[Mienarrr]

sorry but i can‘t get over the fact that you name this „what a kid is REALLY like“ stop that. unfortunately not everyone is artsy and woke and more mature than others their age. name this series for what it is. showing a certain person; with certain priviledges, a certain lifestyle. i have nothing against those kids but this whole scheme is pretentious.

[dll]

Da fehlt einer aus Kreuzberg mit 'nem Butterfly in der Jogginghose 😂

[carlas.m]

it‘s kinda funny how „alternative“ has turned to the new mainstream

[gosh]

This looks more like How It Is To Be The Netflix Depiction of 16

[aimeeisaimee]

I'm 16 and find it really interesting to see how others are at the same age because most teens I know just go to school and watch netflix

[numericalhorror]

“Which is also a big problem because some are being influenced by it way too much” while the video shows glamorized aesthetic clips of her posing and showing off her purse, it’s pretty disgusting and proves her exact point. Don’t judge yourself based on how artsy, fashionable, and outgoing these kids may seem. Go at your own pace and try not to let projecting an image keep you from living

[hannalor]

I think you should kind of tell the viewers at the beginning how you choose these people and whether they are supposed to represent people of their age or people from berlin in any way.
I personally feel like this video is glamourising the reality of the city.

[belabraun]

What its like to be a Waldorfschüler in Berlin today alter

[makiajones]

A lot of these videos seem the same just in a different language. If you’re gonna choose the kids make sure they’re not all the same personality 😂 it just seems lazy

[brooklynbaby]

I‘m from Berlin and this is hella cringe.

[cL-bfug]

I bet you only 1% of the teens in Berlin live and act this way.

[LinoLiebtKiko]

gelinde gesagt dreist wie schön diese menschen einfach sind, sah mit 16 aus wie ein kek und bin es immer noch mit anfang 20