Things American Should NOT Do in GERMANY!

Hi World Friends 🌏!
Christina and Nele had fun time sharing things not to do in Germany. The exploration to different cultures is always meaningful, right? We hope you have enjoyed our video today. Don't forget to follow our new instagram account for upcomings, as well as our casts'!

🌏 World Friends

🇺🇸 Christina

🇩🇪 Nele

[ChristinaDonnelly]

I really enjoyed learning more about Germany with Nele! 🤗 And just want to add a bit about what I said about Sundays~ In my home state, Massachusetts some stores may be closed on Sundays. (But not all) There are strict liquor laws in Massachusetts so liquor stores are only allowed to be open for a shorter amount of time, or some stores may close completely on Sundays. These laws vary by state, so each is like their own country haha. Hope you enjoyed the video! 😊-Christina 🇺🇸

[henri]

Now we have someone from Germany / Alemania / Alemanha / Deutschland 🇩🇪

[nellysniche]

Hi~ Thank you to the World friends Team and especially Christina for welcoming me so warmly. I had lots of fun filming this! ☺️
Hope you enjoyed this video~

[jannisschmidt]

To put it into a perspective for Americans: Joking about the third Reich in Germany is like joking about slavery in the US.

[LM-ohvw]

Even in Italy it's illegal to do things that can remember fascism, like the fascist salute. It's called "apologia di fascismo" and you can get arrested.

[ilaandreis]

Early birthday wishes are considered bad luck in Italy too! Cool to find out is something common in another EU country 😄

[alessiagjini]

I like how even in Germany there's the "wishing an early birthday", because we have it also in Italy and I firmly believe in this

[guillermorosalesgonzalez]

At 3:04, when the subtitles say "we believe in that ideology", even though there's a cut, I'm quite sure she meant to say "WHO believe in that ideology", and that kind of subtitling error when talking about such a sensitive issue can be dangerous. Just letting you know!

[eauhomme]

3:30 In South Carolina, at least into the 2000s, it was illegal for most businesses to be open before 1:30pm on Sundays, and even some that were open were strictly regulated on what they could and could not sell. I lived there in 2001-2003 and remember sections of Wal-Mart being roped off. About the only things they could sell were basic groceries, and ropes and barricades blocked off most of the store until 1:30pm. They figured that you should be in church until 1:30pm.

[henri]

Stereotypes from germany are probably football, beer, strong language, long words, colp people...

[deanmcmanis]

There were many things that I had not heard of before, and Christina and Nele seem to have a good rapport, making it a fun show.

[ilu]

OH MY GOD?? This girl was in a Korean course with me at university! I didn't know she went to Korea again. Good for her! I'm just so astonished to see a familiar face on this channel?!! (Nele if you see this, I don't know if you will remember me, but my name is Ilyas from Ms. Nielbock's class)

[Serenity_Dee]

For people confused about Christina saying lots of places are closed: she's from Massachusetts, where blue laws still impose strict limits on what businesses can be open on Sundays and for how long.

[Andrew_-nrzt]

As someone who is moving to Germany this was very informative and honestly this was also a very interesting video

[HopeGardneramed]

In the USA the Sunday thing is not a national thing. I learned that it is more a southern thing and more a company by company basis thing.

[CatalinaLinal]

Interesting that for Nele wishing someone a happy early birthday only causes bad luck to the degree of tripping. I'm German too and for me it feels like you wishing me a happy early birthday is putting a curse on the next year ahead and I won't make it xD

[henri]

Next video is Nele 🇩🇪 with a hammer 🔨 hitting Christina 🇺🇲 while she tries to speak some german words like "Entschuldigung" ( Excuse me ), "Vielleicht" ( Maybe ) or "Vereinigte Staaten" ( United States )

[MartinHeilmann]

The reason the shops are closed on sundays is not religious based. Sunday is not Sabbat and was never seen as such by the churches. In early times of industrialisation workers had to work 16 hours a day, 7 days a week without a day off. It was the time when trade unions formed and became stronger. They fought for worker's rights. The sunday became a worker's rest day. Lateron the saturday was added for most industry branches. For the sunday is a day off for so long, it became a common missunderstanding that it was for religious reasons.

[michaelsegal]

There was once a time in Canada where everything was closed on Sunday but that’s no longer true but some stores are still closed on Sundays or they would have shorter hours of operation on Sundays where some stores on Sundays would open a little later and close a little earlier but not like before when EVERYTHING was closed on Sundays

[Lainlein]

Basically the birthday thing is you jinx it if you wish someone a happy birthday before they actually "achieved" that full year. So it's really sort of like a death jinx, because I mean they might die in that last hour before it's actually their birthday! So they never actually turned 21 or whatever! Died at 20! That's why it's such a bad thing.