🇩🇪NORMAL EVERYDAY GERMAN THINGS THAT SURPRISED MY NEW ZEALAND MUM🇳🇿

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[jensgoerke]

Here in Schleswig-Holstein gardens are sometimes separated by a "Knick", an earth wall with bushes and trees on top, home to insects, spiders and a variety of animals, each Knick a small ecosystem. Those are more common between fields to keep off the wind.

[michaela]

The houses are build as close to the street as possible (at least were I am from) because people needed their gardens behind the houses for fruits and vegetables, maybe chicken... anythink that brings them through the winter.
The garden in front of the houses (if there was one) was just for decoration, more or less unproductive and therefore as smal as possible.

[neurocrafter]

Actually, those "unkept" lawns and gardens are pretty new. Before, the short, tidy "German lawn" was a standard, but because they are very, very bad ecologically speaking (nothing to offer for insects, they promote drought because they don't retain water, need a lot of watering because short grass cannot survive even a short period of time without, etc etc) so people started to be mocked for having "German" lawns LOL. that's why many have turned to wild lawns and gardens, also public areas followed (those lawns get mowed after the seeding and nesting period).

[Attirbful]

here in the Rhineland, church bells usually ring as many time as the full hour has been reached. So, it rings once for x and 15 minutes, twice for x and half an hour, three times for x and the three quarters of an hour and four times for the full hour. Then, with a different bell, it rings as often as the full hour reached.

[rolfgarske]

The houses you showed in your video are probably a few hundred years old. They were build when cars where not invented yet. Because there were no cars, people walked on the streets, there were no sidewalks. Only rich people could afford horses or carriages drawn by horses.

[mattesrocket]

depending what hedge you choose for your garden, you will add a very unique atmosphere to it. So the gardens are very, very individual.

[natashaw]

love love that ur mom writes a diary of adventure

[philippschellhorn]

Hi,
ich komme selbst aus einem kleinen Dorf im Landkreis Kitzingen und finde es immer wieder spannend, was du so über die Eigenheit der Menschen und den Unterschieden zu Neuseeland erzählst. Gerne mehr 🙂

[jhdix]

Instead of hedges, you also often see metal fences with ivy, wine or similar plants entwining around that fence, especially with row houses with limited garden space.

[aglaurendance]

My American military family lived on a 400-year-old manor farm in rural England when I was in middle school (ages 12-15). The manor farm property included the village’s Church of England church (classic large, especially for a small village, old style church), so my room was pretty close to both 200 cows, 150 sheep, a dozen chickens, as well as frequently ringing loud church bells (the church was probably 150-200 feet from our front door). I’m back in America now and really, really miss all of the farm sounds and church bells (well, I don’t mind not living 25 feet from cows and their babies during separation season, which was always hard to sleep through, but I miss all of the other sounds!).

[duit]

the reason that the houses are so close to the street is that in the past, all larger cities had a city wall that surrounded the city. this naturally means that there is less space available. even if the house has been replaced by a new one, the same building site remains and little changes. especially since germany is a rather small country in relation to the number of inhabitants and people don't go for high-rise buildings, but rather for flat development. in addition, people try to preserve old buildings through monument protection.

[Damian.D]

I love church bells! And yes... We are sometimes like "zombies" with our phones! I can't stand it when people assume you are always available and are mad when you don't respond immediately... Messaging and social media are becoming a sickness

[purpledeer]

Loved your info about german gardening. Can you do a video of german 'wild' gardening? The part about the hedges was interesting. We had a cedar hedge bordering our back yard and the neighbours. No one else did. It was nice having a 'private' yard. There is a chain link fence behind the hedges but you can't see it most of the time. Being 'different' wasn't as much fun as a kid, so i didn't appreciate all the little 'german' touches to our life. My garden is kind of a wild one, an d i'd love to see how they do it in Germany.

[peterdoe]

Still, after some years: a new video from you: I'll watch it.
Just great content, comparing our nations.
(My wife was american.) A lot to learn for a german.

[wakeupcall]

In general, those houses with a public area right in front have often very nice back yards and gardens.

[worldhello]

@3:11 I rather live nearby a main road with lots of traffic than having church bells wake me up in the night. Disruptive noises are more unpleasant.

[Opa_Andre]

I think it's really good that you're using your time to be in the present with your mom instead of creating YT content. You can create these videos later, no problem.

I noticed something in this video. In the last videos you were pretty, friendly, etc. as we are used to, but sometimes I had the impression that you were a bit stressed or sad, even if I can not define it more precisely. It is more a feeling. Today, however, you were beaming with the sun. One could see how happy and content you are. It seems that the presence of your mother helped to recharge your batteries of happiness. Keep it up.

[Never_again_against_anyone]

Church bells are more prominent in catholic areas. Not at all limited to Franconia. I'm from near Freiburg (very southwest Germany) and my mother has grown up in an all catholic village. There are bell codes for "Mass is upon to start.", "Eucharistic celebration starts." and "A funeral starts." In my mother's home village there are even still church bell codes for "Someone has died.", that allow to tell if it is a man or woman.

[rairei]

Please more more more from your mom's experiences :-) .. so lovely
Church bells are a tradition from times ago (>100 years) where nobody had a clock
Grass in public spaces sometimes it's cute just a few times a year (maybe 2 times) and the other time it's growing in a nice way
Some people put a lot of attention to their gardens ..and you might remember beginning from spring additional a lot of groceries shops try to sell garden flowers. For some people it's quite hard to pass by these offers :-)

[natashaw]

playing uno so darn cool, fun w grandparents