German Homes: How The Germans Live | Meet the Germans

What sets German homes apart? That's what Rachel want to find out for this week's Meet the Germans. From cake forks to tiny homes and BYO kitchens – join her for a snoop around a typical German home.

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 unusual bans to meaty cuisine or haunted castles. This week: come on in and make yourself at home with the Germans.

*Update:* At 0:24 unfortunately a small error has crept in. This house is the famous Rietveld Schröder House and is located in Utrecht in the Netherlands and not in Germany. Sorry for that.

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[dweuromaxx]

How do these things compare to where you live? Any surprises?

[smu]

Me a German watching how Germans live: interesting

[McGuiver]

As a german, I often watch these "This is Germany"-Videos mostly, because I want to say: "Nein, das ist nicht wahr!" (no, thats not true!). But I can't - This Video shows the most
accurate review about living in Germany.

[DMNCKM]

As a German having traveled quiet some places of the world I can express with great confidence that the greatest thing about our homes among others is the windows :)

[Lottedbruyn]

I live in The Netherlands, and learning things about our neighbors is really nice, I love Germany and the German people.

[matis]

There's always a corner full of Pfandflaschen

[Cera]

cake forks are absolutely the most important things in my kitchen! eating cake with something else - with a teaspoon or a normal fork is like drinking fizzy cold drinks from a porcellain cup instead of a glass. it works but it feels just so wrong :D

[victormj]

And don’t worry if you don’t remember your max. allowed noise level... your lovely german neighbor will remind it to you with a sweet:

[SloMo]

Moved to Germany from California and fell in love with my tiny apartment! Love the German people!! All the best

[Mickey-whdi]

You also gotta bring your own "bitte keine werbung" stickers, or your mailbox will be full with advertisement papers every morning

[ramittyagi]

Moved to germany last week! Can't even explain how much DW has helped me into my transition and got me prepared for Germany!

[altitudeiseverything]

Here I am, in the U.S., wearing my Birkenstock ‘house shoes’ (that I *never* wear outdoors). Even after 50 years here, I wouldn’t think of wearing street shoes in my home! 🤢 Good German habits stick.

[Zoeleii]

German living - you can‘t just spontaneously stop by your friends‘s house, you have to make an appointment with them 😂 all the other things are normal for Europe

[anglogerman]

Not just any old balcony: a south-facing one is preferable for a lot of us (unless you live somewhere really sunny like Freiburg)😂

[CharlesKal]

I heard that Germans, by law, must clear away snow that appears in front of their house.

[moritzfesseler]

"If the cakes aren't mini, then why are the forks ?"

Im german and my my mind is blown..

[LAE]

To go along with the tiny cake forks, REALLY important: the „cake lifter“ (Tortenheber). You simply can‘t serve cake without one. Not like the flat American cake knives which will also get the piece of cake you just cut with it to the guest‘s plate, German „cake lifters“ are like trowels with a bend in the handle and you‘d never cut a piece of cake with one (that‘s crude).

[angrach]

Ah, the glorious Zollstock. We literally have one in every room of the house. Open a random drawer, there will be one of them

[AkallabethGoth]

A lot of the things you mentioned, apply to Poland, too. Majority of people live in flats, nearly every flat has a balcony (usually excluding the ground floor flats), you do get an assigned basement space, with each flat having their closed off area, we do wear slippers/house shoes (we don't understand walking around the flat in shoes we were just walking in outside), square pillows, etc....
Haven't lived in Poland for nearly 10 years now, I keep forgetting how similar things are between a lot of different countries in Europe.

[BatMajor]

you forgot about the Kaffee for the Kuchen. one of my favorite things about living in Germany Kaffee und Kuchen