10 Things You Should Never Do In Germany 

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you forgot 13: calling a video 10 way to upset germans and having more then 10 points :D .

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I’m this German: I keep my German Pfand bottles for a three week vacation in Denmark. And I keep the Danish Pfand bottles with my camping gear until next year’s vacation in Denmark 🇩🇰 ❤😃

We travelled thru 4 US states with a bunch of Coke Zero cans in the car the entire time waiting to get back to Oregon and recycle them. We got 6 bucks back.

Not gonna lie I’m German and the urge to hold on to Pfand outside of Germany is very strong

I am sure, he did this only to save money and change, so he can combine it with going shopping,when at home. Otherwise, Pfand (in this political encroaching way since 25 years) is not only nonsense, but a occupational therapy for women only. It also increases the incentives for producing take-away waste. In some countries, like in Southern Europe, I would also take the stuff away home, in case you are convinced they would drop it in the nature instead. Pfand is pretty unpopular in Germany since 25 years, and not about environmental issues. In most times with plastic, is also just burned, after you spend your time.

I'm ashamed to say I've done that too! 😁😅

Nalf just admitted to recycling deposit bottles... CANCEL HIMMMMM!!!

Same!

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Pfand is basically a point, nearly no German cares about a bit. Not only do most public cities ignore it, if they are responsible for energy or waste, because the waste is anyways not recycled but burned to support German "wind turbines" focussed energy. It is also ridiculous, because people started to consume more than less products, which require Pfand and are bad for the environment. Also, everybody hates it, because it's stealing lifetime in this extended governmental intrusive sense. Originally, Pfand was a private system to start with, to lower prices for goods for the customers for specific recurring purchases. Today, it's the opposite.

Babarians😂

This. And the cashiers are so fast, it is stressful trying to pack your stuff as it flies at you and having to keep an eye at the gap behind your groceries to say, "Stop, that isn't mine" just in time. And sometimes, if something rolls back, that gap might be breached... I prefer to just slap down a divider and focus on arranging the things on the conveyor belt in such a way the heavy items are up front and the delicate items in the back.

There is an ingenious way to avoid this. Just put the divider on the belt when you're finished putting your things on.

Exactly❣👀🥨

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Same in Denmark 🇩🇰

Same in the UK save that we call it amber. However, people just grumble when somebody doesn't move away instantly rather than instantly hit the horn button. We are not Italians.

How to upset both: Discusse, what is worse: American weapon fetishism or German No-Spped-Limit Autobahn...

​@@martinjost5637Yes, that sounds like fun: Being on a party or even better a business meeting where you get the chance to introduce a German with a car fetish to an American with a gun fetish. Start the discussion and once the fire starts burning carefully withdraw, grab a huge bag of popcorn and enjoy the show! 😂

Germans dislike discussing religion and politics just as much as Americans. The loophole Germans found is they LOVE talking about other countries' politics. So, if you're an American in Germany, Germans will force you to listen to earfuls of their opinions of American politics.

Speed limit wouldn't bother me. Ban on cash, you could certainly compare it with gun fetishism in the USA. Something like that would be a reason for war in my opinion XD

In the US, I think it depends on whether both or all people in the political or religious discussion are on the same side of these issues.

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🤔 nöö 😊

I think he found the right words, people are anoyed and upset maybe jealous, foreigners associate Germany with Pretzels and Lederhosen, instead of Grünkohl and Pinkel.

Jealousy just sounds like a perfectly logical explanation for your hate. 😂😉

This.

​​@@CriticalPolitenessBS!! I'm from the North and love it and I also like Bavaria (and a lot of other places in the world and in Germany), but I never even thought about envying Bavaria(ns)! Why on earth would I? They are no better or worse than the rest of us 🤷🏼‍♀️

Let's put it like this: When non-Germans talk about Germany and assume the Bavarian or Baden-Württemberg parts first, it's annoying. @@CriticalPoliteness

I agree...there are endless places to visit. I am Bavarian❣

True. But that's not only it. We all know some of you are actually jealous.

I agree to Bavaria being the most beautiful ... but people there are ... different. Not saying they all suck, but sure are special

Yes! Not enough people think about the effect their delay has on the drivers farther back. Americans almost never seem to care about anybody but themselves at lights. I don't blame Germans for becoming upset.

This is a NY issue not only good ole Germany! Bless the Pfalz and Nord Deutschland. Bayern oh je….

Seems the impatient Germans are the ones thinking only of themselves. They need to have some respect for others and stop rushing everybody around them. Put your selfishness in check for once. @@hiimterry2009

Exactly!

It was called "gruene Welle" making it through every traffic light. Living in Canada for many years... so I don't know anymore. Canada could use some rules...it would help. LG an meine Heimat in Bayern (Greetings to Bavaria). I always enjoy Nalf... maybe Nalf will visit the Oktoberfest in Munich again? I miss Germany not just Baveria. 🌍🌳♥🥨 Cheers❣

And the Altbier glass looks nothing like an Altbier glass. You may not be allowed to drink beer out of the wrong glass, but you are allowed to drink other stuff out of a beer glass (case at hand, the Altbier glass which has the perfect size sind shape for almost any liquid, perhaps with the exception of 1) wine which should be consumed from a wine glass and 2) Kölsch which simply shouldn't be consumed at all).

It´s only the Württemberg part of Baden-Würtemberg... Badner are way more laid back too. You could see that at maps shwong the stationary radar traps on the roads, the border between Würtemberg and Baden was clearly visible. In Würtemberg every "Kuhkaff" got at least one Blitzer, in Baden there were a few in the big cities, but in the rest of the more rural areas, they were non existant, people seemed to just not care how others were driving on the roads :D

A few decades ago, I thought Baden-Wurtemberg was part of Bacaria. Ooops...don't tell.

I'm from the north. But I have to admit I went to study in Constance in the south. Yeah, I was young and ... well, actually, it really was absolutely fabulous! But back to subject: we had two math profs, one from Baden and the other from Bavaria. The Bavarian was always bragging about the Math books he wrote and the famous people he met. The Badener always made fun of him for writing books when he could sit on the beaches of Lake Constance with a bootle of wine. A famous quote was: "people who like to write books should teach in Furtwangen, where it's winter for a quarter of a year and the other time it's cold and dark." (Furtwangen is in the Black Forrest and at that time had the highest suicide rate among students in Germany). So, yes, there definitely is a difference between Southern Germany and Northern Austria (also called Bavaria).

Baden is the Shire ("Auenland") of Germany. We care about good food - own cuisine as well as the French influence, beer, wine and make sure that there are enough Fäscht(le) to celebrate that. OTOH, Württembergers (We generally call them Schwaben) have a tough life, nothing to laugh and always Kehrwoche ;)

It’s for entertainment bro, don’t be so uptight 😂

I disagree with the generalisation: Usually it is accepted when guest visiting another houshold that they keep their shoes on. But usually there is a small conversation involved about the topic out of courtesy. Guest visiting may ask if they should take off their shoes or leave them on. The host will offer them designated "guest house shoes" or slippers but more than often replay: "it's okay to leave your shoes on". As a guest you will wait for this offer from the host - just to walk in without asking and assuming might upset people.

It´s only Württemberg. We Badners aren´t like that at all. And we even have something in common with you northerners, we also like to talk less. We can pack complete sentences in small 2 letter words, like, how are you? = un?

Moin Moi..*gets kicked in the face*

@@ASW20kutscher😂😂😂 I was about to write the same even though I‘m from Frankfurt.

says someone who probably do not know anyone from Württemberg.... Very strange these "we are better than the other ones"-habits.... Typical as well, thinking not as a nation but as a tribe. Kopfschüttel. In the South the Northern people are regarded as cool, keeping distance not making friends so fast, not having humour. I know a lot who do not fit the pattern!

​@@hadrianusemperor7261Die Kommentare hier sind genauso ironisch wie der Original-Podcastbeitrag von NALF, der sogar in seinem ersten Satz auf den eingeschränkten Ernst seines Themas hinweist. Meine Vorfahren stammen, wie der Name beweist, aus Baden.

I wonder why it always happens...

@@InTeCredo Shhhh. It's a deep, dark secret.

Correct. I watched the whole 21 seconds then was upset. Even more when I found out I couldn't comment ... 😉

Langsam tun mir Franken leid :D Alle die ich kennen lerne haben richtig Beef mit Bayern xD

There is also an exception to number 5 (shoes in houses). While generally it is agreed upon to never wear shoes in apartments, in houses it is sometimes considered ok. Best course of action there is... to simply ask.

Deutsche und "Flaschenkind" ich trinke mein Bier immer aus der Flasche, wesentlich lieber als aus dem Glas.

you probably wouldn't do that with a Weizen, though. Pils is no big deal to drink from a bottle, but Weizen needs to be poured properly.

I am german and i would agree! Went from AUDI, VW and BMW to Ford and couldn't have made a better choice. WIth the german cars, there always were issues. Minor issues, but still always had to go to a garage to fix it. It really got ridiculous after reaching like 50-60000 kilometres. Until we bought the Ford, i thought it was normal. Well, it isn't. Never ever will i buy a german car again.

@@brotinger_1904 well, all points you mentioned are your personal likings and feelings. I never talked about these, i talked about the technical stuff, that annoyed the hell outta me. Ok, that's probably also a feeling :) I'd never change it back for the Beamer or any of the VAGs. I'd take the Beamer's engine though. A silky smooth Inline-6...

@@Donnerfink Right! I have just reached the 19000 miles (304000 km) with my Ford Mustang and had to maybe have 3 things fixed the entire time.

@@roncenti a friend of mine bought the Kuga MK1 Diesel ages ago and never had any problems (260000 km now). And that's why i took a closer look at Ford for myself. A mazda 6 and the Opel Insignia were also in play. But after test driving all of them, Ford got the deal.

@@Donnerfink öhm, isnt Ford considered a german car. headquarters in cologne.

Exactly. How are you doing just isn't used figutatively as Hi in most of Europe I guess.

I think in France it's more like in America, it's standard to ask "Ca va?" and answer "Ca va."

I went to Prague for a long weekend, after more than 40 km some Hare krishna guys showed up and confused me.

@@butterbee2163 Good catch

Don’t be too early either, if your invited to dine in a private home at 7 pm don’ show up at 6 or 6:30 or 6:45, the host might not be quite finished with preparing food, laying the table or changing clothes, so this will stress the host.

Go to Baden-Württemberg, to the German/Swiss border. In some regions there people *do* speak another language (it's related to German, sure, but it is considered a language, and not a dialect, by at least UNESCO). Friends of mine do speak Alemannic, and when I heard them talk to their children, I couldn't understand anything. :D

"nett hier, aber waren sie schon mal in Baden Württemberg?"@

Bavaria is the Texas of Germany.

that is accurate@@roncenti

@@roncenti, with the same attitudes...

And nevertheless the guy behind you will still honk...

Try a Belgian bar. They can have many dozens of beers, and every single one has to be poured into its own, branded glass.

I lived in Schwäbisch Hall for nearly 4 years. Until I can return to visit former family members (my ex is from Hessental) and old friends, I look forward to Nick's videos!

I think it's… undefined. Not regional, I'm pretty sure of that: I wore shoes in the house in my youth in the 70s/80s, and so did my friends, and that was and is in the south of Germany (Baden-Württemberg). And in the last couple decades I only recall one family/couple who asked guests to take of their shoes, and they were explicit that it was to avoid damaging their apartment's floors (so they'd not lose their deposit if the moved out).

@ Thats a new excuse. And I think you are right. I left Germany in 98 and never ever had to take my shoes off anywhere. I think people just got more Germ/dirt obsessed.

I live in western Germany and hardly know anyone who would leave their shoes on or doesn't expect the guests to take them off. Everyone takes them off in front of the entrance or in the hallway. Even when people have a home party everyone takes them off. Old people bring slippers if they come for coffee and cake.

the "south and eastern Germany thing" is a pretty wild theory ... and rather makes you wonder how you get to this conclusion. Of course not all the people are the same. But it is definitly more common to take your shoes off or at least ask if you should do so ... than the other way around. ...and probably more common with hosts having carpet or wooden floors than ceramic tiles

I don't think I've ever been asked to take off my shoes either (aside from my parents when I was a kid), but that's because I along with basically everyone I know do it anyway.

Only one you should remember seriously: cyclists treat the bike lanes like drivers treat the „car lanes“. So just pay attention 💁

LOL, funny. Yeah, Spaniards just start their day at 11PM;-)

@@gloofisearch they really do and just don’t understand. 😭 They would be perfectly fine in the morning too, well rested and everything, while I can function on less than 7 hours of sleep.

i had a portugues GF for 4 years.Einstein knows nothing about time.

Ask them to come 4 hours before you want them to?

Just a guess, but you are no older than 35? :D

@@MannIchFindKeinName thanks for the compliment ... but, quite the contrary! Are you?

@@henningbartels6245A few years missing, and i was asking since this is a sentiment i found very strongly in the under 35 year old :D Might be the age difference, but with older people i barely ever have a talk about that, its just an information. "Here are the slippers" / "Your shoes go there" / "Just leave your shoes on". No problems with that, though^^

It's Weizen. With a "zee" I mean "Zed" for americans. And I totally understand your point 😉

Weizen has to be poured slowly and complete ,with some swirling to get the Hefe out (those bacterias that make alcohol) .We figured out a good way to put it in a glass,and you cant do it otherwise.I got mad on so many exchange students (spain etc) for drinking weizen from the bottle.

Don’t confuse a Willibecher with a pint glass. Looks almost the same but the Willibecher is for 0,5l and it’s perfectly fine to serve a Weißbier in it.

@@yeoldegamer5112 yes it is, typing too quickly.

Well, it IS a habit for polite Germans.😅 If you would like to keep your shoes on you ask at the entrance whether you should take it off. May be that the host says: "No, worries, please keep them on" but it also may be that the owner tells you to take it off, anyway. But if you don't ask many Germans won't let you know because they don't want you to feel uncomfortable. There are exceptions, e.g. craftsmen. It's just a matter of hygiene.

@@CriticalPoliteness - NO

Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit für das deutsche Vaterland! Dafür lasst uns alle beschweren, brüderlich mit Herz und Hand!

​@@Kokuswolf😂🙈

The "Altbier-glass" in the pic is horribly wrong!

Did you ever drink "Weizenbier/Weißbier"?😅 Everybody will get upset if you drink it from the bottle😂

Which part would this be ? Dirty farmlands walking around in rubber boots all day ?

5 minutes early is not a big deal, but better 30 minutes late than 30 minutes early!