Is Germany Really a Safe Country to Live in Though? 😳

I get this question asked daily, so I think it’s time I shared my opinion with you guys. The answer is yes, Germany is a very safe country to live in, but your level of “feeling safe” really depends on WHERE you’re coming from.

Coming from Canada, my viewpoint may be a little bit different than yours. So, I figured I’d share my stories about my safety in Germany and let you make that judgment call on your own.

PLUS, I’ve included some great tips to help you stay safe while you’re here in Germany too.

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MY TIPS FOR LIVING IN GERMANY ✅

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01:50 - My dangerous experiences in Germany
05:50 - Safety Tips in Germany
09:30 - Sponsor | Owltron
11:03 - Is Germany actually a safe place to live?
12:05 - My final conclusit

[toniderdon]

4:40 Always call the police for stuff like that. They will look for him and he might be "polizeibekannt" which means that they already know who he is. Call the police, tell them the story, describe the person and you will be good. Also you protect other people by doing that

[philbaier]

Came across your channel recently. Nice channel. I'm an American, actually a Las Vegas native...and was a teenager in the 1980s in Las Vegas. Was generally safe here. I recall playing in the neighborhood streets or bicycling through nearby desert area in the 1970s. It was basically understood by kids that you come home once the street lights turn on. I am sure there was plenty of crime back then as there is now (maybe?), but I think my parents--many parents--were relaxed about letting their children freely play. I lived in West Germany in the late 1980s and was primarily in the north, zum Beispiel, Schleswig-Holstein and to the east in West Berlin. I found my time there (again, late 80s, 1987-89) to be primarily safe and little to worry about. I had a few strange encounters from a few odd people, but one will likely encounter that wherever one lives in the world. Great info here. I hope you and your family continue to have good, memorable times in Germany and in Europe! I did during my time residing in West Germany (1987-1989) and hope to return in the near future with my family.

[solokom]

On a different note, even if it makes you feel more save, *having a knife on you won't help you. On the contrary*, if you are not trained in using it, it is much more likely that it will be used against you. My advice would be to visit a self-defence course. Self-defence systems like Krav Maga are tested by reality and trained for realistic scenarios. No competition like in martial arts, just effective defence in everyday life. Besides the boost in self-confidence, it also teaches situation awareness, which is the best prevention of threats, and it is a great fitness program too. ;)

[MichaelBurggraf-gmvl]

In general I'm rating traffic a far bigger risk than crime here.

[andreea.andreea]

i m so so sorry this happened to you, i would ve never slept alone after. you are strong!

[franz]

73 year old bavarian here, It never happened that I was threatened with anything in my life, I ALWAYS felt safe. I am in a smaller town in Bavaria, maybe thats more safe then in big towns. But, as I can tell, shit happens everywhere, but, in Germany its very, very safe 👍🙋‍♂

[sp]

when i went to New Zealand for a few months i felt like i am at the safest spot in the world. until people tried to rob me near Pahia. i think it can happen everywhere if factors are unfortunate....

[italianlifestyle]

Nowhere is 100% safe anyway .. I sure miss drinking a beer at HB in Munich. Hopefully I'll get there by the end of the year🍻

[andreea.andreea]

the one think I m afraid is bureaucracy, I think my cortizol reises when I receive papers to fill in. Luckily I ve always found really kind people to help me with🤗

[solokom]

@Life in Germany *Please read!* This was in fact a very scary situation. I found it striking that it seems like you don't want to accept the possibility that *this was in fact a life-threatening situation* . That you even make up excuses why a man with a knife who was obviously hunting after you wasn't a real threat. You also to some extent blamed yourself for the behaviour of the man. Like there was any responsibility on your side for his behaviour. This is actually something victims of crimes do. They blame themselves for what happened. Experiences of traumatizing violence are experiences of extreme ineffectiveness. By blaming themselves, victims avoid the experience of ineffectiveness. Seeing your physical reaction in this video, I assume that this experience was to some extent traumatizing to you and that you haven't fully processed it. Maybe because physically nothing actually happened. Thus, people around you possibly didn't understand how this could affect you long-term, and you didn't want to make a fuss about it. Nothing actually happened, right? But people who have never experienced a life-threatening situation don't understand how the threat of serious harm or even death can change you. As you said, it was just a matter of seconds and considering the situation, it was pure luck that you got out of it unharmed.

As someone who has experienced life-threatening violence more than once myself, I would recommend to you to face this traumatizing experience and to process it. Perhaps with professional help. Again, your physical reaction and how you talk it down, while you are obviously stressed when talking about it is very familiar to me. This is how I acted when I talked about what happened to me. It strongly indicates that you are still affected by this life-threatening experience. I feel very sorry for what happened to you in my home country. I wish you all the best and that you will hopefully live without fear in the future nevertheless!

[AfricaTwin]

you have to scan the area where you at every single second, you have to be attentive everywhere you go in this world, even if you have your own island

[zwiddeldum]

The global peace index isn‘t really a measurement of the safety in a country. It contains indicators that are relevant in regards to a countries internal safety (e.g. number of homicides per 100, 000 people), but also others that don‘t really have anything to do with internal safety (e.g. volume of weapons exports).

[Miristzuheiss]

Last year my daughter often had white spots on her balcony window. She installed a hidden camera. Saw sometimes only legs of a man, but she was not at home. One night she heard him, informed the police. They got him. Thats Düsseldorf Garath

[jozilla]

That can easily happen in a german Großstadt (Metropolitan), especially nowadays."When the freaks come out at night" is a global, urban phenomenon of modern times i´d say.I am happy you got out of that situation unharmed.

[RustyDust]

The place that is 100% safe is also the place that has a 100% surveillance as well as a 100% police coverage. It's always a Venn diagram of these three factors. It really depends on what you desire. Germany is pretty far on the safety coverage while going as little as possible into the surveillance and cop coverage.

[sharonarif]

The day i landed in Germany my laptop bag was stolen from the airport, I could have never expected that.

[robertzander]

Unfortunately, complete security is a utopia, because where people meet, crime is unfortunately always possible, it is important to protect yourself as best you can, attending one or the other course in self-defense can't hurt either. Otherwise, especially at night, try to avoid dark places such as parks and, if possible, travel in a group or, if necessary, use a taxi.

[danibristol]

50yo woman living in Hamburg. Never was threatened at night going home, even when I worked in a bookshop in the central train station up until 11pm. Only saw once a man on the tube at that time who behaved a bit weirdly and kicked seats. So even on the tube going home late is okay. Night buses might be a bit odd, but then the driver is there to talk to. I never even thought about carrying pepper spray or something more drastic.... not Hamburg, not in Berlin, not anywhere in Germany or Europe while being on holidays (London, Paris, Rome, Brussels, different French and British cities....). I heard from two women at work in Berlin that they carry pepper spray all the time, we others were surprised to hear this as we didn't think it necessary. Germany and Europe is a safe place. Can't say anything about Eastern European places, I haven't really been there. Tallinn was great, but I put this into Nordic and not Eastern cities.

[inrivaalfosso]

Unfortunately it's like in that song... "It's not all men, but it's all women.." And I don't refer only on women now.. It's just the same effect as described in that song.. We know that Germany is relatively save, that most areas are save, that most people are ok... But anyway, you never know if there is any weirdo around maybe right here and right now... It makes me really sad if people from other countries make bad experiences here and some even lost their lives like Li Yangjie in Dessau-Roßlau, Mariya in Halle or Matheus in Hamburg. 🙁Those things just shouldn't happen.

[WoJackHorseman]

When will Germany be safe? As an American, I would like to visit