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I'm from Germany and nearly 60 years old. An orange mouse, a blue elephant and a man who lives in a construction trailer explained the world to me when I was young. ;)

The hosts of "Die Sendung mit der Maus", Armin Maiwald und Christoph Biemann are childrens heroes here in Germany. Everybody knows them, because they hosted the show for decades, so the parents of todays generation know them from their childhood as well.

Anyone else shouted out ‚WHAT?!‘ when Ryan said he didn’t know Italians where good at making Ice cream - or am I the only one 😂??

You do not want to compare the artificial "us-italian ice cream" with the real stuff you get in Gelatterias run by Italians in Germany...

In Germany its forbidden to use your phone while you driving. To do it can have hefty fines or even losing your drivers licence as concequnce

"Die Sendung mit der Maus" and "Löwenzahn" taught me SO MUCH in my childhood... I think EVERY country needs something like this. It was interesting, funny, informative and EVERY kid watched it. It explained so much: What the sun is... How do you build a house... Why is the sky blue... How does a nuclear plant work (i am not kidding)... I am proud of it and it helped me to get the person i am!

"I didn't know Italians were big into making ice cream." Ryan, why? They were the ones who invented it!

Yes the mouse is an intregal part of german childhood and it basically explains how things are made, how things work, and show different professions, and all very easily explained so that even very small children can understand (from 3yo). Would love for you to react to an episode! And they always ask questions how kids would ask them, like: where do the holes in the cheese come from? ...etc. Everyday stuff like that. And they also have a section where you can send in your questions and they answer a real kids question every episode. There are hundreds if not thousands of episodes already because the mouse has been around for so long! The favorite episode of my kids is about the "Gleisschotterbettungsreinigungsmaschine" 😂 the love it because they thing the incredibly long name of the machine is hilarious. It's a machine that cleans the little stones that railways are laying on top of. 😊

The best episode of the "Sendung mit der Maus" is the one they produced after the Tschernobyl incident. Here in Germany children weren´t allowed to go to the playgrounds and forests for nearly a year because of the nuclear fallout. This Maus-episode was 30 min of education without the cartoon and music parts. They explained in this episode what happended (with a perfect real life simulation of a nuclear chain reaction by using table tennis balls and mous-traps), why it happened and what the consequences were.

Mainzelmännchen - named after the German city of Mainz where the ZDF, the second large public TV station is situated. They're in small cartoons which are spaced out between the ads on TV at the ZDF. It's always fun for kids to watch them - when I was a kid, I was ignoring the ads for the Mainzelmännchen. Die Sendung mit der Maus (the Mouse Show - not affiliated with Mickey Mouse) - a mixture of cartoons and educational parts. There's short cartoons about a mouse and a very small elephant, but there's also short clips about everyday stuff like 'how is milk ending up in the carton' or 'where do eggs come from' or 'how is a bike assembled,' so kids also learn something.

"Die Sendung mit der Maus" is really good and educational. It translates literally to "the program with the mouse". Its good to watch for children but also there are interesting pieces for adults. Not as stupid as some kids programs which you really cannot watch as an adult. First of is the trailer which gives an overview of todays episode, then the trailer is repeated in another language (a different one each time) and after that it says which language that was ("This was french" for example). The program consists of several small pieces, some cartoons and some short film (no cartoon, with real people) which explains something (like she said, the bicycle factory). There is really interesting stuff, for example how the stripes come to be in toothpaste or so many things, kids (and adults) might wonder. The mouse, the elephant and the duck appear between each short section and do funny stuff - I think that is that kids do not loose interest. The whole program is about 30 minutes long. Using the phone while driving- if you get caught you must pay a fine. You may be right about the manual cars though. But still people DO use their phones, but maybe not as much.

Since the Romans " invented" ice cream by getting blocks of ice from the Alpine mountains and flavour it it is no wonder the GELATO = Italian ice cream is the best in the world ! They use NATURAL ingredients and please, never compare that to McDonald's stuff !!!

If you want to try some easy bread that is common in Germany here’s an easy recipe (not the only one just one example) - 950g / 33.5 oz rye flour (Type 1150) - 750 ml / 3.1 cups of lukewarm water - 47g / 1.65 oz fresh/active yeast - 150g / 5.3 oz of liquid sour dough - 1 sp salt - 1 sp sugar Mix it to a smooth dough and let it rest for about 45 minutes to an hour with a towel on top in a warm place (35-45 degrees C / 95-115 degrees F) then form your bread loafs and let them rest for about 20-30 minutes. Make sure the top is kept a bit moist. Put them on the oven at 270 degrees C / 520 degrees F for about 10-15 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 200 degrees C / 400 degrees F and finish baking for 45-60 minutes. Temperatures in top and bottom heating - put it on the bottom rails when baking. If you want you could add 50g / 1.8 oz of sunflower seeds or use full grain flour (you might need to add a bit more water and sugar then). The amounts are given for 2 loafs (based on 1kg packages of flour which are common in Germany) - you could half the amounts for a single loaf. You should get a passable pure rye bread which is quite common in Germany. It should have a hard-ish shell and be soft inside.

MY favorite Sendung mit der Maus clip is when they explained how the stripes get onto the toothpaste. But they also do a lot of clips on how things are made in factories, they show sped-up constructions of bridges and such, they show certain professional‘s workdays, they recently even had a wonderful clip explaining why someone is trans and what their life is like. All is done very child-appropriate, yet also enough tongue in cheek that parents will actually have a great time watching it with their kids as well. Then they have children‘s songs that are always really cure. Such as “Die Astronautin Erika Klose“ (Astronaut Erika Klose) who starts her journey into space and then really needs to pee and is advised to simply go in her pants/suit (German: Hose)….

The Mainzelmännchen only appear on the ZDF.

Italy is actually known for ice cream (gelato) next to pasta and pizza. Also I once was country side in Austria and there was a mill where they baked bread the oldschool way. I literally didnt even need a topping or spread. The bread was so good, you could eat it without anything on top.

"Die Sendung mit der Maus" is the real deal! A wide variety of things / principles described in a way that a kid can process it, but you also can use most of it forhigher grades, because they manage to make it simple without leaving out important stuff or bending the facts (to make it simpler) There is even a special full episode on the workings of a nuclear power plant. (Normally, an episode consits of several topics)

Our family's biggest achievement is that my father was in the Sendung mit der Maus twice. Once in a segment about what different animals do in the winter. He demonstrated birds flying to the south as the pilot of an aeroplane. And once in a music video together with Joy Gruttmann in the same aeroplane for the spin off "Frag doch mal die Maus". Unfortunately I can't find this one on RU-vid anymore.

you honestly can’t compare your artificial Italian ice cream or Ben & Jerry’s or McDonald’s ice cream to the ice cream stores in Germany run by Italians where you get like really authentic, delicious and freshly made ice cream🥲🥲🥲

Gelato is the common word in Italian for all kinds of ice cream. In English, it specifically refers to a frozen dessert of Italian origin. Artisanal gelato in Italy generally contains 6-9% butterfat, which is lower than other styles of frozen dessert.

I think since decades every german kid has seen the following 3 tv shows: "Die Sendung mit der Maus" since 1971, Sesamstraße (german version of Sesame Street) since 1973 and Löwenzahn since 1981. Like the Maus, Löwenzahn is a show, that explains the world for kids. It often connects the subjects with their impact on the environment. I really like about Löwenzahn, that it always connected the subjects with every day life. It starts always with a real life problem for the main character, who then makes a deepdive on this subject. The main character i grew up with (Peter Lustig) is a German meme. But the new main character (Fritz Fuchs) is also great.

The Mainzelmännchen is used only by the public tv channel called ZDF and is NOT a cartoon. It is a gimmick being used for their coorporate identity. The clips are usually not longer than 2 - 3 seconds, are mostly shown at the start and the end of an add block and have a classic german humor. Regarding "Die Sendung mit der Maus", this is actually a pretty good education show for kids. They use a mouse and an elephant in short cartoons to lighten up the show and entertain the kids (to keep then hoocked).

The „Mainzelmännchen“ are not ads, they are from ZDF, a TV station which is funded by every household in Germany by a mandatory fee.

I send you a video recommendation for the Mainzelmännchen So in Europe in general you usually have a bakery= mainly bread with ot without a Konditorei/confiserie= cake/Torten/desserts/chocolates Chocolaterie= only chocolates Gelato= Italian word for Ice Cream, so can be used interchangeably, usually though Gelato is creamier than what you may know as ice cream. Frozen Yogurt should not taste like ice cream at all, it should be a bit sour and much colder than ice cream, it's actually quite healthy ( maybe Americans add sugar and cream to it, it that case it would really be like ice cream) Gelato is handmade and looks nothing like whatever that is you showed

You are never too old for the "Sendung mit der Maus". The older I got (48 now), the more respect I have how they are able to explain complicated stuff so a kid is able to understand it. Even if it is simplified, it is accurate. Just a great show for kids (and anybody else)

"Gelato" means literally "ice cream" in Italian though and it's so much better than regular ice cream 😊

As a Belgian, been driving 1+ hour to work a couple of times a week for like 9 or 10 months now. I've not seen an accident happen, but I have seen cars on the side of the road because of an accident twice I've lived here my life, I didn't drive much before this job, but I can pretty much count the amount of accidents I've seen or passed by in my entire life on my hands Seeing an accident every month sounds insanely frequent to me if you're not driving like 5 hours a day. I thought people here were bad drivers, but maybe I've been too harsh on my people. Wtf are y'all doing over there? Edit: definitely try a kebab if you ever find it. the meat in it just makes the thing. They could slap that shit on a dollar menu burger and it'd still become one of the best burgers I've eaten just like that.

'Gelato' is actually the italian word for 'icecream'

The Maus is a very versatile show. There exist several special Maus-shows like the "Nachkriegsmaus" the Post WW2 maus were Armin Maiwald talks about the reality of being a kid in post WW2 Germany or the "Atom-Maus" that was made after Tschernobyl that explained in a kid-friendly manner about atoms, chain-reactions (They used mousetraps to demonstrate it) and about what went wrong. And one that is special to my heart is the "Flugzeug-Maus" the airplane-mouse. A long show about how airplanes are made. The company where they filmed that mouse shows it to all their new apprentices and interns and they did not cut out the the mouse-cartoons. It is adorable.

I (German) did a road trip through the States in the early 90s, from the East Coast to the West Coast. I can't count how many accidents I saw. Twice someone crashed into me with his car and once I was pulled over by the cops because they thought it was suspicious that I was the only one driving strictly within the speed limit. 😀

Ryaaaaaaan! Pleeeeease! Do not Interrupt every 3 secs!!

The show 'Die Sendung mit der Mous' is even informative for adults and often also watched by them because of the little documentaries about how things are done, designed, manufactured or function.

Ryan, your question why US-citizens are more obese than Germans is a valid question. Although obesity in Germany is rising, it is still not close to US-levels. I think two factors play an important role here. One is simply the prevalence of high fructose corn syrup in many US products. Example: Subway (the sandwich food chain) makes sandwiches using bread that has so much sugar in it, that the Irish supreme court deemed that Subway bread may not be called bread. This is a classic example of a so-called "healthy" "fast-food alternative" in the USA that in fact serves cake under the guise of healthy sandwiches. There is sugar in many of US food products which in the EU simply do not have any sugar in them at all. That brings us to the second point, which is that these products are being marketed as "healthy" in the USA. So the public is being misinformed about what they consume. The high prevalence of sugar in your diets on the one hand, as well as the purposeful misinformation campaigns by corporations and lobbies on the other both play a significant part in the US obesity rates. So in part its about the ingredients, but on the other hand its tied to a lack regulatory oversight and customer protection. PS: the first European style ice creams were likely invented in Italy somewhere in 1600, and they are the masters of ice cream. Believe me, it is nothing like what you can buy anywhere else. The main credit for inventing ice cream probably goes to China who invented it somewhere in the 7th century, and Marco Polo is thought to have brought over Chinese recipes to Italy somewhere in the 13th century.

Döner was an invention by a Turkish immigrant who wanted to sell normal Turkish food but found that the hurried Germans in the area would be more likely to get food to go, so he stuffed what should have been on a plate into a sliced-open bread. Well, we call it Döner, but insofar as I know, "Döner Kebap" means "rotated meat", so we kind of adopted the word "turned/rotated" for the food. 😅 (That refers to the large pillar turning in front of the grill, of course, where you shave off the crust.)

In scotland we have amazing ice cream parlors because so meny Italians moved there around the turne of the last centurie. Even in my tiny village we had wonderful ice cream.

Wiki about Gelato; Gelato is the common word in Italian for all kinds of ice cream. In English, it specifically refers to a frozen dessert of Italian origin. (Ready-made ice cream is fluffier, slowly stirred gelato has a firmer consistency. The optimal temperature for ice cream is around -17 degrees Celsius, whereas gelato tastes best at around -9 degrees Celsius. Italian Gelato contains also usually more milk and cream) US ice cream contains dozens of chemicals mainly: water, whey powder, the cheapest vegetable fat and sugar. It is designed for optimal profit and not optimal taste.

"I didn't know, italians are big into Ice cream" - you are really funny! :D

There surely are some German bakerys in the US, which are making autentic bread and buns. Especially in communities, which are descendents from German immigrants, you will surely find those, especially because Germans love their bread and cant deal without it. You could look around to find one of those, maybe have to drive a little for that. But be warned, it may addict you and make you hate american bread, so you always have to drive to that German bakery again to get that fresh bread.

I think in Europe you will get a pretty expensive fine if you use your phone while driving. The only way you can use it is to mount it and control it with handsfree. Newer smarter cars may have buttons on the steering wheel to control some basics on your phone, so for Europeans voice recognition can be very practical, but you often need a button to activate it.

I'm 50 and in my childhood I used to watch Die Sendung mit der Maus every Sunday. Best of all: Armin Maiwald, the inventor and host from back then still presents the show today. They had a nice mix of cartoons, real life storys and kind of mythbusters for kids. I remember once they tried to find out how many kids baloons you need to lift a man.

Duude... sometimes u drive me crazy.. 😂 Having thousands of questions in middle of her sentence.. LISTEN then😅 She will tell... *gg But else, it was fun to watch.. TNX 😊

In germany (and I think almost everywhere in europe) we actually distingish between shops selling bread or cake. If you read bakery ("Bäckerei") on a shop, the product range will mostly consist of different kinds of bread and buns. They will have some tray-baked cakes. If you read pastry shop ("Konditorei"), the product range will monstly consist of different (cream) cakes, tarts and pies. They will have some bread too. And then there is café/ coffeehouse ("Café/ Kaffeehaus"), which will have a variety of both. You can go there in the morning to eat freshly prepared breakfast (most served until lunchtime), buy sandwiches and coffee to take away. Or just come during opening hours to enjoy a slice of cake with your coffee, tea or glass of juice. Think Starbucks, but without anything that makes it suck. Served in real cups and on real plates (i think it's called chinaware in the US, right?) with real cutlery made from stainless steel.

I’m waiting for the Italians outraging because of the ice cream 🙈 he needs to visit Italy

The emotional stuff is in "Sendung mit der Maus" as well. The cartoons are there for it. There are often tell little stories, like, the Elefant is very sad, because he got wet in rain and freeze - and than the mouse show up, recognize it and find a way to help, like it share her raincoat. Something like that. Its a important, but short, part of it. On the other hand, its to teach children in an easy way things.

In Switzerland, texting on a cell phone has been a gross traffic offense since 2009, which can be punished with a prison sentence of up to 3 years or a high fine, usually 4 figures

21:00 me bursting out in tears LAUGHING because he paused just in the right moment LOL - greetings from Vienna

It´s in fact the law to have one high visibility vest in your car all the time (recommended are one vest for each passenger also). Also the breakdown triangle and of course a first aid box which has to contain: 1 x adhesive plaster DIN 13019, A 500 x 2.5 4 x quick wound dressings DIN 13019-E, 10 cm x 6 cm 2 x bandage packs DIN 13151-M 1 x bandage pack DIN 13151-G 2 x face masks, at least type 1 according to DIN EN 14683 1 x bandage cloth DIN 13152-A, 60 cm x 80 cm 6 x compresses 10cm x 10cm 2 x fixing bandages DIN 61634-FB-6 3 x fixing bandages DIN 61634-FB-8 1 x triangular cloth DIN 13 168-D 1 x rescue blanket 210 cm x 160 cm 1 x first aid scissors DIN 58279-A 145 4 x disposable gloves DIN EN 455 1 x First Aid Booklet 2 x wet wipes for skin cleansing 1 x 14 piece ready-made plaster set 1 x bandage pack K Also your tires MUST HAVE a minimum tire tread of 0,063 inches (1,6mm) and your car BY LAW has to be checked every 2 years at the "HU (Hauptuntersuchung aka general inspection) for any technical problems. They do examine: Brakes Lighting Chassis and suspension Steering Wheels and tires Windows and mirrors Exhaust and noise behavior as well as exhaust. If your car fails the test, you have a month (exactly one german month 😁) to fix it and to come back again to the TÜV (Technischer ÜberwachungsVerein aka Association for Technical Inspection) or DEKRA (DEutscher KRAftfahrzeug-Überwachungs-Verein aka German Motor Vehicle Monitoring Association). If you fail twice, you can try it again but if your car has imperiling deficiencies you´ll not be allowed to drive your car even one more inch till it´s fixed. If you drive your car without an auto-insurance: a crime which can get you losing your driving licence, a fine (up to 180 x daily net-income) & even up to 6 months jail time. Oh, and "Die Sendung mit der Maus" is really high educational for kids but with not leaving out a lot of fun and always easy to understand. Even adults love it. ☺

20.05 the „warning vest“ is mandatory at day and night, basically any time your car breaks down or you have an accident you have to put it on once you leave your car and step on the street

My half-Italian friend's family owns an ice cream parlor. Every winter, they close up and visit fairs in Italy where they learn about gelato (Italian ice cream) innovations. When they're open during summer, a lot of people from nearby smaller towns drive 20 minutes or so just to get some scoops or a parfait. It's really delicious.

Ryan thanks for providing an US view on Germany. Good comments. Greetings from Germany

In the Netherlands we have a lion named "Loeki" doing random things for 5 seconds inbetween adds. Bakery's are all over Europe and we love them. Walking into a bakery in the morning is an experience in itself because of the smells of freshly baked bread and all the other goodies. Gelato is Italian and is turned slowly, so much less air is beaten under it. This gives the velvety fine structure to the ice cream. Ice cream is turned much faster, which means that there is sometimes up to 60% air in ice cream. Due to the amount of air in ice cream, it melts away faster without you really tasting the flavour. Italian Ice-Cream (Gelato) Salons are all over Europe. In the Netherlands it is also mandatory to have a "warning triangle" in your trunk in case of incidents. You place it at a considerable distance behind the car to warn other road users that you are standing still. And you can only get a driver's license after your 18th birthday and an average of 40 professional lessons. And not before you have passed an exam. Practical exam and theory.I think in most European countries it is not allowed to use your phone while behind the wheel. Certainly not here in the Netherlands. Oops, I'm typing too much again....I'll stop now.

"Die Sendung mit der Maus" is legendary. I listened to a podcast with Armin Maiwald, one of the producers. He told a story, where they wanted to cover how something with steel is produced, so he called the company they want to film in and said that he is from that TV channel and want to film a documentary. The company replied "No, filming is strictly forbidden in our company." And he mentioned "die Maus" and and they said: "Oh, for that show, when are you coming?" and they not just showed him everything, but they even build some contraptions so he could better explain how it's working internally. Of course all the workers know the show and watched it as children. So everyone was very happy to be part of it. Even adults watch it sometimes, because it explains stuff so good.

There was a law in germany that you HAVE to disclose ads on social media! 😅

To be a Baker is an apprenticeship of 3 years includung schooling and that's only for bread and rolls and some basic cake, there is another trade with an apprenticeship of 3 years called "Konditor" and that people are supposed to bake and make cake with icing and all other desert stuff including pralines. Most of the bakerie owners have learned both and have spent 6 years of learning to do their trade. It should taste better than the industrial stuff produced in USA that you call "bread".

American bread is basically cake 🎂.

Döner Kebap was invented in Berlin. By a turkish guy, but in Berlin. And yes, she pronounced the Umlaut "Ü" correctly. Döner is BTW the turkish word for "rotating". Like "gyros" in Greek.

In Germany we also have "bakeries" only selling sweet stuff like cake and gingerbread but we call them "Konditorei".

We have two italian Icecream parlors here in my small town. The Italians are famously good at making ice cream.

Meinzelmännchen..."Are they like Pokemon?" HAHAHAH, I just died right there

Why tf doesnt have america a Bakerie?!?!?! They are wonderful in Germany! And as german it's really annoying...

The broadcast with the mouse shows how different functions. I learned so much there, even today I watch it sometimes. Every now and then they show really interesting things.

Die Sendung mit der Maus (The Broadcast with the Mouse) is really something you should react to. It's somewhere at the core of German culture and childhood. 😅

The Mainzelmännchen are short cartoon clips between two commercials. They are only available on the ZDF channel, which is financed through fees from all households in Germany. This is only allowed to send advertising until 8 p.m.

If you really want to react to some cartoons then there is another epic one you just have to see. It’s not German but Italian: La Linea And it‘s hysterical 😂😂 Its about a cartoon figure (made of a continuous line that merges with the ground) that gets teased by it’s creator (you sometimes see his hand drawing obstacles). The figure always shows excessive emotion - laughing hysterically or getting angry and shouting. The language is gibberish with some Italian or English words thrown in. Everyone understands what is meant. 😊

Oh, going to the bakery in the morning to get your brot.....what an experience. I do miss the Bakerei, the Conditerei, the Metzgerei.

First things first: Hi Ryan, i like your videos, i think it´s cool to see an american react to/show the different things between America and Germany or other places. You have a very open minded style in your vids, very sympatic 🙂 I press my thumbs that you can visit Germany at some time and enjoy a good german Prezel with a "Mass" Beer or a delicious "Sauerbraten" after going to a fun waterpark ^^ Wish you and your Family all the best in live!!!! Oh yeah... "Sendung mit der Maus"... i grew up with that show, it´s very educational. Even in my "continuing Professional Education" my Teacher/Tutor was a big fan and showed us clips from that show how metal is made in the industry and such stuff. 20 people form 26 years to 50 years old sitting in a room and watching a kid´s show about Metals. It was funny ^^ For the Bakery, yes the "bread-culture" in Germany is unique! Just going in, smelling the bread and looking at dozends of different bread-types, Brezeln, Semmeln... it´s just awsome. I just know of one german baker went to New York City and opened a german bakery. Sad that America is missing on that one... And for the confusion about "Gelato": Gelato is the italian translation for ice-cream.... it´s made a little bit different (less fat in it, a slower production-process). So Gelato is just the original italian Ice-Cream, yes. And it´s just great... chocolate, walnut, strawberry... so many different ones.... wish it was summer :-) And the classic "Döner Kebab" was inventet in Hamburg, so it was a german idea ^^ ... the "Kebab" is mostly the meat, and that origins from Turky/Greece... but the combination form, bread, meat, veggies and garlic-sauce was an idea from Hamburg. Just a little fun fact... Sorry in advance for my maybe "not so good" English-Skills... i dont have much opportunerty to write in English :-) Greetings from Bawaria, wish you a wounderful day and keep up the great content!

Hy I am from germany, I gotta say that i love that we here in germany often got the original OST to things like Digimon. Like the german Opening is based on the Japanese. and yeah, "Die sendung mit der Maus." tough me so much when I was little, also the series "Löwenzahn" was opening the world to me, its been a wild ride in my 27 years of life. Nice video though, keep going friend!

"Die Sendung mit der Maus" (The Program with the Mouse) is a quite iconic program for children which many adults like to watch too. Between purely entertaining parts it's explaining things a child would wonder about like: - how a bicycle, a computer, a trumpet is made - how cheese is made - where milk comes from, explaining it starting with a cow on a meadow via a stable with a milking apparatus, a lorry loading its tank with it, a diary company and a shop to, finally, a bottle in the fridge; - what's in the different kinds of fire engines - how a train station is working - what a pilot is doing or how someone will become a pilot - how gummy bears are made - why we are washing our hands - what happens when we are sleeping and why we need to sleep Quite often those explanations a made so well that even adults are curious to watch it. The main character is an orange mouse. Her friends are a blue elefant and a yellow duck. The program must be around at least 50 years.

Sendung mit dem Maus is something my german partners frequently have recommended while i have been working on my german, easy explanations but being pretty indepth.

The subtitle for "Die Sendung mit der Maus" is "Lach- und Sachgeschichten", literally "stories that make you laugh and stories about topics". In earlier times, children often were a part of the workforce and production. They learned from a young age what work was. They saw their father use tools on a regular basis. With the introduction of mandatory schooling (2 centuries ago), the shift from an agricultural society (app. 90% of people 200 years ago, compared to app. 2% nowadays) to an industrial society, and the introduction of laws prohibiting child labor, children lost their connection to "work". The Sachgeschichten try to bridge that gap and they satisfy the curiosity all children inherently have. They are made for children but I have learned a lot while watching the show with my children.

Mainzelmännchen. That's their name and they existet since 1963. I find it funny that Montana likes her. I think most Germans - at least adults - simply find them unnecessary. Gelato is italian icecream. It's very creamy and delicious. The show with the mouse has existed since 1971. It explains the world in a child-friendly way and is inspired by children's questions. For example, it explains why leaves are green or how light bulbs are made. There are also many adults who still watch the show because it explains things that adults often don't know. Using a cell phone while driving (even while standing at traffic lights!) costs at least 128.50 EURO. It will be more expensive if something happens. In addition, insurance companies do not cover the costs of accidents caused by cell phones.

In Germany we have a fairytale about little gnomes who helped the people. They are called Heinzelmännchen. Die Mainzelmännchen are the mascots of the tv channel ZDF and the inventor of the Mainzelmännchen were inspired by this story and mixed it with the city name Mainz, where the ZDF is located. And there it is Mainzelmännchen!

"Mainzelmännchen" are short cartoons, that are inserted into the advertising block. The ZDF (second German TV, Channel II of the public TV broadcasting system) is located in Mainz, so the name is a parody to Heinzelmännchen (brownie according to google tranlate - gnome or gobblin are synonyms). Other reginoal stations have other types of cartoons, for example the "Äffle und Pferdle" in Baden Würtemberg (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Hyql-X9DPNs.html)

As a German I'm really shocked by the thumbnail

"Mainzelmännchen" appear in clip on the ZDF between two commercials. Yes, walking is very good to burn calories. They way how the "Sendung mit der Maus" explain topics in a very simple way, is also teached in universities now.

Recently in Ireland, The bread Subway uses was officially classified as "cake" due to the amount of sugar they add to it.

About driving in germany. Paragraph 1 of the german streettraffic code is :" Parttaking in streettraffic requires constant attention and mutual carefulness". Which pretty means that being right by law, doesnt always mean that you are right. I.e. if you drive in a residential area you need to pay attention for children. Of course it is not allowed to just run into traffic, but as a driver you got to pay attention. As a driver you are sourrounded by like 2tons of plastic and steel, a car can easily been considered a deadly weapon, so even if you are right by law, you got to break if someone runs on the street, even though the law doesnt say it directly. Saying it just more common to use common sense and be less entitled

Good morning from germany. always good to wake up to a ryan wass video ♡

Wissen macht Ah!, Löwenzahn and Die Sendung mit der Maus taught me so much as a child and I still reference some of the knowledge. My parents watched it when they were kids and even when I was almost 18 yo and about to move out we would still watch it together on sundays right befor lunch. It's really mature kids content but in a way it's easy to understand and with funny little clips in between

How can you not know that the inventors of ice cream are in the ice cream business? That's a bit sad. Thank you italians

yes thats very common here that in a family or a relationship, for example the man wakes up and goes to the bacery and buy fresh buns they are warm sometimes even still almost hot, and all she said is true, we put them in a basket maybe a glass milk, kids like that or cacao milk adults drink coffee or a nice ornagejuice. and the buns smelling so good. with jam or nutella yea its usually on the table some boiled eggs, fresh cheese salami all that stuff. so you really smell the fresh bread. if they are still hot if not they prolly not smell that much anymore but u get the idea. its crazy for me as german, how excited and how they talk so in love with this and as if its special for them,and so good and for me its normal . you can really tell by her smiling she really loved it and she is like smiling so happy about it. its really nice to see she had such a nice experience with it. makes me proud to be german.

How can a nation survive without Döner and Gelato…? 🥺🥺😢😢

What she means in the beginning is called. Sendung mit der Maus. Its a Educational Show mostly for Kids to teach and explain things, its also watchable for Adults things their videos are veryy good explained. And it usually have always a little cut in it multiple ones with a mouse and a elephant. So if you watch die sendung mit der maus it can be they explain how to fix your bike or show how cola gets made, or show other interesting things.

I'm 62 and remember the Mainzelmännchen from when I was a lad in Germany [it started when I was 2] in the 60/70's when my father was stationed there [British Army], though I was born in Germany and had a German mother, I was able to understand it too. Those were the days! lol

i think gelato is simply the italian word for ice cream and since it's an italian food people sometimes call it like that in other languages too

Italian ice cream makers from northern Italy came to Germany during the summer from the late 1950s and opened ice cream parlors. later some also moved entirely to Germany.

I grew up watching "Die Sendung mit der Maus" (well, at my grandparents, we didn't have a tv, mom didn't want us to grow up in front of the tv screen) and "Bernd das Brot". But what I loved most was "Petterson und Findus" and "Meister Eder und Pumuckl". I also always enjoyed the "Meinzelmännchen". They're cute and fun. "Are people not using their phones in Germany?" Well, I wish. It is certainly forbidden and will be punished if caught, but there are some people that cause accidents playing with their phone and at least subjectively speaking, it seems to be increasing, as well as the number of generally irresponsible, reckless and egoistic drivers that do not look out for others (in driving school, the first and biggest rule is: "drive predictively", as in be proactive rather than reactive, watch your surroundings and expect to deescalate other people's mistakes (so that no accident happens, because death/awful injuries don't care whether you were in the right or not)).

Another suggestion for a reaction is watching the original kidsTV show „Löwenzahn“ with Peter Lustig. It’s also a very educational show and everyone of our generation grew up with learning how the world functions from „Löwenzahn“ and „Die Sendung mit der Maus“. Some of my favorite Löwenzahn episodes are Peter sucht das „Wattenmeer“, „Peter steht im Bach“, „Peter schäumt“, „Hinkelgockelgackelei“, „Peters süßes Geheimnis“ - honestly, all of them are great. Peter Lustig was the main figure and later also author of Löwenzahn. He wanted to teach kids that adults don’t know everything, can be curious like a kid but without seeming ingenuous. The Wikipedia page gives you a bit of background information if you are interested. It really has cult status like Sesame Street. I also liked the show „Siebenstein“ with a raven puppet called Rudi (and a suitcase puppet just called Koffer) who lived with Siebenstein, she owned a second hand shop and was basically like a mom. But Löwenzahn is much cooler.

I watched Die Sendung mit der Maus when I was a kid overhere in the Netherlands. It was in the late 1960's early 1970's.

First I had to check how old the original video was (3 years) The average prices for Döner Kebab are now more like 5-6 Euros. Edit: I take back the 5-6 Euros. These were last year's numbers. It's more around 7€ now and over 9 in Munich.

Holding a phone and being on the phone without using a handsfree/headset is illegal in much of Europe. It's a law similar to the seatbelt law and the drinking-under-the-influence law. You can literally be pulled over and fined for holding your phone to your ear, reading or texting while driving. And no, manual cars don't normally require a lot of work, unless you keep stopping and accelerating to where you need to change gear repeatedly. If you just drive down a road at an even speed, you don't need to change gears. We also don't need to look at the gearstick to change gear -- we know where the gears are by touch. So yeah, we used to have a lot of people being on their phone here as well, until they made it illegal.

Everyone recognises that wild generalisations are stock in trade for reaction videos. So we should forgive Ryan's more extreme oversimplifications. Nevertheless, it is right to point out that the US has 80,359 bakeries, according to the most recent industry survey. Of these, almost 7,000 are independent bakeries and 9,000 are cafe bakeries.

Mainzelmännchen = comic characters who bridge minutes in the television program until a program starts on time. They usually only last a minute or two

Mainzelmännchen literally means little men from Mainz which is the town in Germany they are reminiscence of the little Wichtelmännchen who are there to help you as a human being. It's folklore. You should Google mainzelmännchen

The Maus even went to the ISS with the German Astronaut Alexander Gerst. My 5 year old loves ‚Sendung mit der Maus‘ and the little one who is 2.5 years old loves ‚Sendung mit dem Elefanten‘.

Germany, it's forbidden by law to have a Smartphone in your hand while driving

Even at 35 year old I still love "Die Sendung mit der Maus" (the program with the mouse). They explain technology and science on an elementary school level but even as an adult one can learn a lot. Especially since they often show critical production processes or natural phenomena on a smaller scale model or compare it with things you know from your own home. At the beginning of each episode they announce what they will show you and then repeat that in a foreign language or a regional dialect. The clips of the mouse and her two friends elephant and duck give the viewers a small break from all the informations or to change to another topic. My favourite one was the one showing how a "Gleisschotterbettungsreinigungsmaschine" (railway track ballast cleaning machine) works and why it's so important for the safety of the railway tracks that the stones have sharp edges and get freed from dirt and debris from time to time. There's also a spin-off for even younger kids that's called "Die Sendung mit dem Elefanten" (the program with the elephant) which shows how kids live in other cultures, teach numbers, colors, shapes and so on and in each episode one kid introduces their hobby or talent. Another great kids show is "Löwenzahn" (dandelion). A guy living in a tiny house made from an old construction trailer stumbles into situations - often through his ignorant neighbour - that make him curious and he tries to find out more by examining gadgets closely, interviewing people or making his own experiments in his garden. Sometimes he's breaking rules by doing so - unknowingly of course - and needs to be put in his place by the person who has the role of the expert in the episode. The cool thing about those shows is that they are not patronising towards children by "dumbing things down" but encourage them by showing that adults are by far not perfect and allmighty but learn new things all the time (if they stay curious and humble).

"Die Sendung mit der Maus" is legendary! I love it! Fun fact: "Die Sendung mit der Maus" can be seen in almost 100 countries.. I know a lot of adults like myself, even pensioners, who still sit down in front of the TV on Sundays to watch the show. Children simply have different questions to adults, such as "how do the stripes get into the toothpaste?". They can send these questions to the broadcaster and get answers in the form of very well produced clips that are also interesting and fascinating for adults. Greetings from Germany!

Toastbrot is also called American Sandwich in Austria and we have American Cheese that goes with it. It's perfect for grilled cheese.

I think in the UK, there's a rule saying you have to declare ads on social media, including on RU-vid It is definitely the case for social media