In Germany it is legal to drink beer and wine at the age of 14, but only with a legal Guardian. At the age of 16 you could buy it for your own. Have a nice day.
Prison escape itself is indeed legal for the mentioned reasons. However, every damage or violence against people is illegal anyway and so if you break a window and kick somebody out of your way during your escape, you will be additionally charged for damage of property and mayhem.
As a German I have to thank you for that very informative and friendly video. Fact aside: You forgot PORSCHE sportcars and its joint venture with HARLEY-DAVIDSON to develop the V-ROD engine. It was tested in the famous "Dusseldorf-Test", performed with a sample engine on the Autobahn, from the fascility of PORSCHE in Weissach to my hometown. What an honour! In discovery channel you find the video: "Birth of V-Rod", mentioned up from min 32:00 Autobahn: Whats about the myth of fast driving, only the fact that car producers have to fullfill the requirements of extreme capability steering systems for car savety, the brakes are from another universe. According to the physics, the mass by a half multiplicated with the speed by the power of 2, shows, that a brake for double speed mut be 4 times stronger! In the real ordinary life you go with your Mercedes in a residential area with a legal limt of 30 km/h and you have brakes and safety sytems, that could easily land a private jet. In Germany, on one billion km we have 1 fatal accident. In the United States the figuere is 5 times higher, by a speed limit 55 mp/h or 88 km/h on the highways. Greetings from Düsseldorf (DUS) Germany
Thanks for the info. FYI most highways in the US are 70 mph and people drive much faster and when they wreck the recycled Budweiser cans crumple. 😂 I really love sausage so I would fit right in over there.
The accidents happen mostly because people forget about their blind spots and pass slower vehicles also on the right side. I think Germany does it better, only passing on the left side .. but I do live in the US now and adjusted to the drive style 😂
I was stationed in Furth, near Nurnberg (@4:50 in this video and one other shot) 1976-79. What a wonderful country. To this day I feel so lucky to say I lived there. I could go on and on about everything. Not sure what I miss the most, there's the bier (Not misspelled), food, culture, architecture and castles and the people.
Lived 50 years in Germany. My engineer and architect certificate was about $1,000.--. Did 20 years in total in schools. Got all the tax breaks to 0 and all the free or discounted rides and movies etc. Health insurance all the time. 6 weeks paid vacation. Many paid Holidays. Good food. Moved to South Texas about the warm climate; Had problems with my hips and back. Now I am ok. When you like to visit Germany go to the south part of Germany. Good destination is Munich. Close to the alps and lakes best food, beautiful city friendly and no problem about your color and from where you came, etc. Many people speak English. You will not have problems with English as a tourist. High school is like an elementary school. Everybody will help you when you run in a problem. The Polce will help you were ever they can do, too. Book a flight and rental car from the US. Is much cheaper to do. Best month is September and October. You have more constant weather. You will never strand in Germany.
Went there twenty years ago to visit the country my grandfather came from. Found it to be a great place. Much cleaner than Italy and the gregariousness of the people (unlike the French )was much appreciated. Would like to go back again but the long flight keeps me from going.
I’m a ex German, but the picture description of Germany is, the best ever. Congratulations. I couldn’t pick on anything that would be over or under described.
@@joesoy9185 “Germans are all shapes and colors nowadays” ?? What does that even mean. A citizenship is a piece of paper. DNA is not. You cannot change your DNA. If you don’t understand that non complicated little fact then I can’t help you.
Nice video. not sure the facts are really shocking, but hopefully interesting. 1 addition, not only invented Rudolf Diesel the Diesel engine, but also Nicolaus August Otto the Otto engine and Felix Wankel the Wankel engine, so nearly all cars today which are using a combustion engine are based on these German inventions.
And for good measure, we invented the electric car as well (Andreas Flocken). And the jet engine (Willy Messerschmitt). Oh, and the rocket (Wernher von Braun). And the bicycle (Karl Drais). And the (first practicable) electric locomotive (Werner von Siemens).
I visited Munich in the 1980s. I loved it. The family I stayed with were very kind to me. I was working in Switzerland at the time. The food was fabulous. The biergartens superb. I should like to go back
Ich besuchte München in den 1980er Jahren. Ich liebte es. Die Familie, bei der ich wohnte, war sehr nett zu mir. Ich arbeitete damals in der Schweiz. Das Essen war fabelhaft. Die Biergärten hervorragend. Ich würde gerne zurückgehen
The legal drinking age is pretty much always shown wrong on the internet. 16 is the age you can drink beer and wine in public without supervision from your parents. It also means you can buy them. 14 is the legal drinking age for children to drink beer and wine in public under the supervision of their parents. There is NO legal limit on how old you have to be to drink in private though, its entirely up to the parents. You could be 12 if they allow it.
What a friendly and informative video, thanks a lot. However, beer and sausage were described, but I miss the bread culture with its up to 3,000 varieties and why there are so many variations where other countries almost only know white bread. The car was also invented in Germany and of course should have been mentioned too.
My friends found it strange that, while they studied French, l studied German! In my study of German language, l learned about Goethe and Stauffenberg. What a wonderful people these Germans are!
The Germans may be a wonderful people,. There are very good Germans and very bad ones (as their history in the 20th Century shows) . but Goethe and Stauffenberg have very little to do with it. I suggest you remove your rose-coloured spectacles.
Very energetic narration indeed. Amazing narrator's voice sounded as powerful as Germany itself. If that was a voice actor, he deserves a high ranking award. 👍👍👍
Germany has the highest smart phone usage in the world? You've got to be kidding. Anybody in Southeast Asia or the Fareast will overtake any European smart phone user. I am German and I used to live in Asia until just a few years ago.
Germany's strategic position at the heart of Europe has played a crucial role in its historical success. Its geographical location facilitated the flow of trade and knowledge streams from all across Europe and beyond. As a crossroads of major trade routes, Germany greatly benefited from its proximity to various European markets and cultures. These external factors - the central geography and the resultant trade relationships - have significantly contributed to making Germany one of the economically and scientifically leading countries in Europe
> have significantly contributed to making Germany one of the economically and scientifically leading countries in Europe Well, looks as if we are working heavily on getting down right now 😞
Keep up there ! The forecast for German industry and commerce is not good at all, owing to high energy prices, insufficient skilled workers, high taxes, and an overdependence on China. It would not surprise me if Germany went into recession in 2024. Die goldenen Zeiten sind vorbei mein Freund !!
toll super ! na und. War nicht die erste und wird nicht die letzte Rezession sein. Der Schreck lauert eh hinter jedem Busch. Warte bald kommt der nächste Abgrund
The world won't come to an end, even if Germany were no longer the export champion, we will manage. Just have courage and don't lose hope. Germany has been the largest in Europe in terms of GDP only since the 1970s, followed by inflation due to the oil crisis, leading to a total of 5 recessions: 1973-1975: Oil Crisis Recession 1980-1982: Early 1980s 1993-1994: Reunification Recession 2008-2009: Global Financial Crisis 2012-2013: Euro Crisis
The healthcare is not "free". We pay for it and our employer pays for it monthly. Only in case if you live from dole money its "free". But who does? Also small entrepreneurs do pay for private health insurance.
@@hg6996 Americans can get indeed free treatment in case of emergencies. Germans not. And you cannot call a forced system like ours "free", if we pay monthly for it at least 300 EUR. Everybody, who is working does and with higher income the more. Even if you aint working or are a small entrepreneur, this is the amount that they charge you monthly and it will cause you debts or force you to take a job with health insurance. So, no its not free at all.
It’s not free, but universal. And you don’t lose it when quitting your job. Health care is not a privilege in Germany, but a basic right. As is paid maternity leave. Of course, society has to pay for it. It’s just that Germans decided that it’s worth sacrificing some profits going to the top 1% for overall human decency for all.
You forgot to mention the “Reinheitsgebot” literally translated, “the purity commandment” stating that only four ingredients are allowed in the making of beer. Not like in most other countries where you have a lot of chemicals in the making of beer..
in fact, it is neither common nor necessary to use chemicals in beer production anywhere in the world. the bavarian purity law of 1516 is actually just a marketing strategy of the german brewers' association from the 1960s and was only valid for a few decades.
I was stationed there with the army. The Germans themselves are very decent people. Their crime rate is a tiny fraction as compared to the states. 90% of the people in prison there are foreigners. The legal age is 16 in regards to drinking but I saw very few drunks there. Hardly anyone I met there ever did so much as even smokes grass. They have the intelligence not to get involved with it. If someone there is down and out, the person can apply for help and will be provided with a place to stay and enough cash to provide their needs. Everyone has Medical Insurance. I saw the Mayor of Stuttgart there on the street and I asked him if I could take a picture with him and he did it. 6:14 I saw a prison there in Stuttgart. I don't think escape is too likely when I saw the prison complex. During a trial of a maniac who killed a child, the child's mother was in the court and while the guy testified how he killed the little girl, the woman pulled out a gun and put six slugs in the guy. She pleaded guilty and got about a year in prison. In the prison she was treated like a princess by the staff and the other prisoners and there was a hands off policy on her or else. The other female prisoners they could to be compassionate to her. She became a chain smoker while in prison and although cigarettes being rationed, she was never without a cigarette.
Seems you forgot to talk about the variety of bread we have in Germany (if i am right it should be around 3000 different kinds of bread we can offer here and i guess this is a world record too), it was a very informative and interessting report.
I don´t understand why you are proud of your nationality (Staatsangehörigkeit), for which you did absolutely nothing to achieve. As Johannes Rau, a former German President once said, do something positive for your country and maybe you can be proud of that !
@@joesoy9185 Does that mean you are not proud of your own nationality and country? To go to work every day is something positive that contributes to the society of one’s nation. I think each citizen has a right to be proud of his/her nationality.
@@a.r.stellmacher8709 I think I made myself clear. In my view, there is far too much national pride in this world, and we should all try and think more globally and work together. We should always remember what national pride led to in Germany in the 1930s. With the current rise in nationalism in modern Germany e.g.. neo-nazis creating settlements in eastern Germany and increasing support for the AfD, I fear that some Germans will never learn from their past. Germans should embrace Johannes Rau´s statement from 2001 at the launch of the union "Verdi" when he said, "Man kann froh oder dankbar, Deutscher zu sein , aber nicht stolz. Stolz ist man auf das, was man selber zu Wege gebracht hat.". By the way, my wife´s grandfather was a skilled Stellmacher in Silesia before he moved to Berlin after WW II. VG aus Teneriffa.
And Hanz Vpn Ohain invented the Jet Engine with the He 178 flying under the power of its Jet Engine in August 1939. They also invented the Helicopter and the Liquid Fueled V2 Rocket, Werner Von Braun ended up landing the men on the moon. They invented the first Jet Fighter and the first Jet Bomber. They also invented the Television and live broadcast the 1936 Olympics to bars and Cafes around Berlin. I could go on, I have been to Germany and loved the place. It is a long way away from New Zealand.
Fascinating film. I'd love to see more of Germany, as I've only ever been once. I chose Dusseldorf solely because it's where Kraftwerk are from! Not the typical tourist destination, but had a great time and thought German food & beer were amazing.
@@yossiallen3316BS but I have to admit that certain muslims try. Even turkish president Erdogan has an attitude as if he owns Germany when he comes visiting us.
I am surprised the section on German Inventions did not include the Gutenberg Press. Maybe it was too early to be in the young US perception of history?
The problem with bomb disposal is, that on private lands the owner needs to pay the bill, which can be quite high. There are stories, where bombs were just buried again, because it would have cost tens of thoundsands to remove them.
@@hansmeier3287We could discuss whether those who started the war or those who have lost it should pay the price... Anyways, it is you, little soldier boy
Having lost 1/3 of its territory in the 20th century and taking in 12 million German refugees, the country has developed wonderfully in the last half century and is well worth many visits to its diverse and beautiful regions.
It may be even more shocking to learn that the vast majority of German sausages are *not* consumed grilled, or even served hot, but instead consumed cold and sliced on bread. Germans have their own version of a "sandwich" which is very, very different from what you might expect. Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to experience that as a tourist, because you can't really buy that anywhere (some local bakeries have started to offer something similar). If you're lucky enough to stay at a family-owned accommodation, you can ask what a "Brotzeit" is like (many different names are used throughout the country but everyone should understand that).
Me, a german, is shocked at so many different kinds of sausages. Also: To the prison escape thingy: It's technically legal to escape prison, due to the will of freedom, but the catch is that you'll be charged with any crime you commit WHILE escaping. Such as trespassing, robbery, assault and other stuff
10:02 "Bingen" pronounced like the English verb "binge" hahaha, that pronunciation!!! XD omg I'm dying! It's actually pronounced exactly like the "-ing" suffix in English verbs lol hahaha not like "binge" xD
There is a law in Bavaria, that the contents of beer has to be hops, malt and water ... nothinge else is allowed. This law - the beer-purity-law - dates back to the year of 1525 and is therefore the oldest law ever.
Lived in Germany for a couple years. The castles on the Rhein River are really nice. Also, castles like Marksburg Castle have some hits from Tank rounds when Patton was attacking to the Rhine. I loved all the history there. The Bier was very good too.
in conclusion: you got clickbaited by a woman in the thumbnail and an outrageous claim in the title only to listen to an average male American who crams 2000yrs of German history into the first 3mins and then proceeds to list twelve 'shocking' facts. the 'shock' is felt only when you lived your entire life in a bubble deep within the US as topics like 'legal drinking age is 16' or 'prison escape is not iillegal' don't raise an eyebrow in many parts of the world. there are many more 'shocking' things legal in Germany compared to the US. the _age of consent_ is set at 14! federal judges at the supreme court sit for *one 12yr term* and they retire compulsory at the age of 68! no life tenure and deciding over the fate of the country in their eighties (or maybe even nineties). what an absurd notion for Germans. some other things may be shocking for Americans: every citizen is registered with the [local] government and they issue identity cards. since [local] governments know who resides within their borders they also use that as voter registry. they know who is entitled to vote and send letters to everyone ahead of elections to inform their citizens. they offer mail-in ballots without fuss and polling stations within easy reach. they even manage to announce the near final result within a few hours of closing the polling stations. voting day is always a Sunday so almost everyone should have the time to vote. funny side note: *every vote counts the same!* no gerrymandering, no voter suppression. the list could go and on.
Just a small addition, so that no misunderstandings arise: The age of consent in Germany is 14 for minors among themselves. Mainly because Germany wants to refrain from prosecuting pubescent teenagers for something that is pretty normal for pubescent teenagers. (That said, no six-year-olds are being arrested for playing doctor over here.) However, if people over 18 have intimate contact with people under 18, significantly stricter criteria apply - and even stricter when people over 21 and minors are involved.
My family heritage is French despite me being English. I have been used to alcohol from a very early age, starting with watered down wine but with my French relatives, myself and my relatives were brought up to drink responsibly (?) Although playing rugby, racing speedway bikes and joining HM RM meant alcohol plays quite a part in my life
_brought up to drink responsibly_ is the operative term here. all well within the purview of parents. the US and their limit on legal drinking is quite detrimental to that effort. when high school ends and they start college somewhere away from home, the students are just around 18 and without any effective supervision. no wonder they abuse their 'freedom' and in the process bring harm to themselves and others. my parents trusted my brother and me so much their drinking cabinet was freely accessible throughout our childhood. stuffed with all sorts of strong liquor we never helped ourselves to any of it. we did experiment with all sorts of tobacco products though when we were around 12yrs old but that didn't last long.
About education: homeschooling is prohibited. The German government is not all that freedom-loving after all - or they favor escaping criminals over children. BTW I am half German.
depends all on your definition of _freedom_ . there are numerous 'freedom indexes' being kept and Germany ranks at least as high as the US. there are many good reasons to prohibit home schooling and you can even count it as improving freedom (for the kid who receives education).
2:50They do have free tuition in Germany, but one has to prove that one has a certain IQ to get into them. There are no sports scholarships because there are no college sports. They believe that a university is for learning and athletics has no place in them. There are no courses like a study of Star Trek, dancing, or to be a circus clown. Plus top professors and deans in top universities do not receive the high salaries as in prestige universities in the states. It's getting more popular for American students to go European universities because of the cost of the universities in the states.
With regard to prison breaks: Any crimes committed during the break, such as hostage taking, assault and battery will be charged. There will just be no extra charge for the prisonbreak.
A. Most of these "shocking" facts are well known. B. The narration is a bit middle school level of language usage, with some borderline hyperbolic style. (Furthermore, "trust" is mentioned in the context of car makers and VW in particular, ironic, not even obliquely mentioning "Dieselgate.") BTW, you could have added the invention of the digital computer (see Konrad Zuse.) In summary, Hitler did America a great "favor" in a way and in hindsight, by destroying Germany and Europe, allowing the US to become the "top dog" in the world...
Arms disposal: that's simply not true. There is no mine/bombs search scan excavation except in special areas. Where I live, in the last 8 years we've had to spontaneously evacuate twice while they were defusing (usually detonating) an "unexpected find" of some WWII bomb while construction was well underway. There's probably some on-paper research before deep excavation, and there may even be scans during excavation. But "meticulous scans by experts on *every* construction before a single shovel hits the ground" is way off the truth.
After a promising start with some touch of historical facts the documentary became superficial and related to rather irrelevant details like the variety of sausages😮. One of the most promising and also very abused advantages is our social,educational and governmental wellfare systems that attracts a vast number of migrants and forces the system to adapt to increasing financial challenges in breathtaking speed. Keep this in mind 😅
Bavaria-beautiful State, fantastic beer (massive choice of styles) and lovely people. Fly to Munich, hire a car and wend your way quietly south and pop over the border so you can fly home from Salzburg....a great short trip.
What about the health of people in Bavaria compared with people in other states? To me, an average of 165 liters a year does not sound a lot, but is probably very high on a per capita basis.
My German teacher called the Holy Roman Empire, the Holy Roman German Keltic Empire. I was born in Baumholder, but was a baby when my parents took me to the USA.
This video does not reflect the actual conditions, for example car manufacturing is crashing and most of the bands are headed to bankruptcy, and it industries are shutting down or moving out of the country
Most of these are hardly "shocking," and I have heard most of them before, ironically in other videos that also claim to have information I've "never heard before."
Doing over 130 km/h (81 mp/h +) on German Autobahn with no speed limit will put your insurance cover at risk and in case of accident you can be charged for reckless driving. Even many German motorist do not know that. Have a save trip!
No 3, Smartphone usage… sure you‘re talking about Germany, where data plans are more expensive than elsewhere, 4G reception is still poor im many parts of the country and so many people still prefer cash payments?
Justifying German smart phone adoption by virtue of mobile communication services is very poor research. Germany is renowned for one of the most expensive countries regarding access to mobile and landline internet (2-3x the rates of other western countries) while offering mediocre services at best. Technologically behind at least one generation, and sometimes several, while the rest of the world is adopting gigabit internet there are still many people who are limited to 25yo 16 Mbit or even 0.38 Mbit connections. Yes, that is more than 1000x difference and no, you can't really use the modern internet that way. And no, they can't use mobile instead because they simply have no mobile coverage AT ALL. Germany consistently ranks in the lower mid-range of internet access in europe, and that ranking includes some very poor countries who've had much less investment capital to work with.
Just want to say that the border between west and east Germany is not shown in the map. Fehmarn island was never part of GDR. Also I think it's worth mentioning that you won't be charged for trying to escape prison itself, but for hurting people or breaking things while trying.
You regularly hear of bombs being found under building sites in Frankfurt and other big cities where then lots of people have to be evacuated for few hours till the bomb has been neutralised, that happens almost once a month. And the one with no speed limits on mororways is actually an American created cliché, but not completely real. Most of the motorways do indeed have a speed limits and only few stretches have none - traffic allowing of course. The general guide speed is a 130km/h on German motorways, so you can all curb your fasciation a bit. ;-)
As an East German born, I noticed the same. Where did you source this map? Makes me see the rest of the video more critically. But still nice to share your perspective on Germany with my Mexican wife 😊
12:04 There are speed limits and there are cameras on the highways.. Found out the hard way about that. Germans are good drivers. The cost of insurance there is about 1 tenth of what it costs in the states.
It is so funny that, talking about german cars, you showed a Toyota at first, that is the real deal when talking about relayability. Then you showed German car brands and talked about relayability :) German cars are not that relayable lately... You got it right at the beginning ;)
0:40 Germany is the first population in Europe, not Russia, which is only partially in Europe and partially in Asia. Population of european part of Russia is smaller than Germany.
This video paints a rosy picture of the German automotive industry, but the truth is that German Managers in this sector have been sleeping on the job. They have been very slow in moving away from combustion engines to electric motor technology. Moreover, there is a serious lack of skilled labour in many sectors, which impedes industrial output. Insiders in Germany know very well that German industry is facing huge challenges owing to the very high costs of energy. After their dependence on RUSSIAN gas, the Germans are acutely aware of their overdependence on CHINA, which they are trying to diminish. Watch this space, but expect a decline in industrial output and exports in future.
