He missed the German Museum. It Takes you 3 days to get through, you can discover everything from History, Technik, wars, mining, sience, universe. It is the greatest Museum I have ever been. You can enter Tanks, Planes, do scientivic experiments, ride down into a Cola Mine, learn about medival warfare, Planetarium, etc......
When i was a kid, my father lived in munich and every time i visited him, he parked me at the museum, when he got to work, and picked me up after his job. Was so awesome - little me was so happy. :D
@@crowguy506 hmm, no, that is not correct. We don't have any real active researchers in this museum like the Smithsonian has. But it is without any doubt one of the best and biggest technical museums in the world. If you come to visit it you will need more than just one day.
Wow, what a stressful video! The best thing about it was you pausing it. 🤣 Feli from Germany has made some videos on Munich that are a bit more in depth, and a lot more relaxed...also she's able to _pronounce_ all the places.
It's just how english people pronounce things. Even if the narrator could pronounce it "correctly" (i.e. german pronounciation - although even then for several of these places you'd have to ask if the "correct" pronounciation would be the bavarian or the standard german one), english doesn't use the same phonemes as german and even the ones that are shared are used quite differently in many words, so english speakers would have no way to follow along. Target audience and all that.
Hi Ryan! Germany consists of 16 Bundesländer [States], 3 of which are sole City States, with each having it's own capital city (like CA, Sacramento i.E). These consist of: 01. Baden-Württemberg - Stuttgart 02. Bayern [Bavaria] - München [Munich] 03. Berlin - Berlin (City State, also the Capital City of Germany) 04. Brandenburg - Potsdam 05. Bremen - Bremen (City State) 06. Hamburg - Hamburg (City State) 07. Hessen [Hesse] - Wiesbaden 08. Niedersachsen [Lower Saxony] - Hannover [Hanover] 09. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Schwerin 10. Nordrhein-Westfalen [North Rhine-Westphalia] - Düsseldorf 11. Rheinland-Pfalz [Rhineland-Palatinate] - Mainz 12. Saarland - Saarbrücken 13. Sachsen [Saxony] - Dresden 14. Sachsen-Anhalt [Saxony-Anhalt] - Magdeburg 15. Schleswig-Holstein - Kiel 16. Thüringen [Thuringia] - Erfurt
4:45 the Wittelsbach family. Wait til you find out about the Habsburg family. Centuries of European wars, the Holy Roman Empire and basically 6 years of history lessons are waiting for you to get explored. ;)
@@chani4ndh1 "My name is Ludwig von Wittelsbach" "Oh you are a Wittelsbacher?" The family name is "von Wittelsbach" and "Wittelsbacher" more to short a sentence... "Great to have a Wittelsbacher here!" Is better than "Great to have someone from the Haus Wittelsbach here!" And sounds better in german than "Great to have a von Wittelsbach here!"
To expand on this: If you have a game event or something with teams red (rot) and blue (blau) then one might say: "Oh, du bist also ein Roter!" = "Oh, you are from the red team!" It's just a conjugated form.
I visted Munich for a week recently (180 miles from my town) and it was really awesome :) a big thing thats missing in my opinion is the german museum in Munich, a giant museum with a lot of different stuff like the history of photography, filmography, electricity, robotics and so on
Munich being my hometown this video sure gave me a good dose of nostalgia. It's a strange feeling to see all those familiar places presented to potential tourists as sights. I'm seeing those streets, parks and markets, and instantly think of countless times I've been there just shopping, meeting people, chilling, going to and from work, taking a walk with my mom, walk the dogs. I moved abroad 10 years ago and I'm more happy where Iive now, but seeing these shots it does feel a little homesick and nostalgic :) I'm going home to visit my parents next week, hahaha. So that nostalgic feeling will be remedied soon. Anyway, Munich is a great place to visit if you're going to Germany for the first time and maybe only have a limited amount of time. Not only does it's old style downtown architecture give that 'historic Europe' feel, it's also in close vicinity of several great experiences to have in Germany. You can be in the Alps with just a 2-3 hr train ride and see a lot of what Americans perceive as stereotypical German culture - even if it's really Bavarian/Alpine culture. This list was okay, but I didn't like that it mainly focused on sights and not on experiencing Munich life. Best times to come imo are either for the summer season (May to mid-September) or the pre-Christmas season (1st-24th December) If you come in summer these are places to go and chill at: - Universität: the area around LMU university is near Odeonsplatz. it looks great architecture-wise, but there are also lots of international food places and cool little shops - Englischer Garten: and from LMU uni you can stroll within minutes right into Englischer Garten, a huge green park that runs through a huge chunk of Munich. The part that is accessible from the uni has lots of wide lawns where students relax in their spare time. There's always also some guys practising juggling or rope walking, people having picnics etc. Just sit down on the lawn with a beer and a snack (available at a little food stall near the LMU entrance and take in the good vibes. Or walk in the cool shade of ancient trees until you get to Eisbachwelle, where surfers practise their skill on an artificially created steady wave almost all year round. - Biergärten: how could this list skip on beer gardens??? hmph!!! As you're in Englischer Garten already, just walk to either Seehaus Biergarten or the Biergarten am Chinesischen Turm, the latter has a Chinese architecture inspired wooden tower (therefore the name Chinesischer Turm) in which a Bavarian traditional band is regularly playing what Americans like to refere to as oompah-music. You can just sit down and relax, maybe even get into some smalltalk with the locals, as it's normal to share a bench-table with strangers when it gets crowded. You can bring your own snacks, but if you want to drink anything you must buy it there. There are several more nice beer gardens all throughout town, but those two are great to combine with a visit to Englischer Garten - The Isar river: he just mentioned this one as a side note with the zoo, but the Isar river is essential for Munich summer life. The Isar runs also through Englischer Garten - or rather Englischer Garten was placed alongside it - but it's better to access it either from Helabrunn or from around Deutsches Museum (the German museum, also a must visit!). It gets packed in summer when the weather is nice. People go walk their dogs, or sun-bathe, or have a bbq or picnic, or just chill along the riverside. Bring a few bottles of beer or a bottle of wine (again conveniently available in nearby supermarkets or stalls), sit down and relax with friends while taking in the scene. If you have more than one bottle with you, keep some in the shallow water, the water of which coming from the Alps is sufficiently cold to keep your beers perfectly chilled. - festivals: around the summer months you may be lucky to just be there when some public festival is going on. Look out for the dates of Tollwood summer festival (in Olympia Park) for example, lots of good music, international food and stalls selling goods from all around the world - sights and destinations surrounding Munich within local or short distance train reach: Garmisch Partenkirchen (a picturesque Bavarian town), Eibsee (an amazing Alpine lake from which you can take a cable cart up to Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain), Starnberger See (one of many beautiful lakes around Munich), Dachau memorial site (a concentration camp that now serves as a memorial site to the victims of the holocaust and to educate future generations about history), and lots more If you come in winter, first of all, be sure to bring warm clothes. Don't be that American who stands around at the Christmas market in shorts. It's very cringe. Anyway, around that season besides the usual sights mentioned in the video, there are dozens and dozens of Christmas markets to experience all over town from Dec 1st to 23rd. Do not stop at just the big main market at Marienplatz (be careful of pickpockets at that specific location during Christmas season). The smaller local Christmas markets are where it's really at, and they are really all over town! Have a mulled wine and a Bratwurst and shop for traditional German Christmas decorations. And if Christmas is not your thing, just go and visit Winter Tollwood, the winter edition of before mentioned Summer Tollwood festival. The winter version takes place at Theresienwiese, where Oktoberfest takes place in September. There are endless stalls with cool stuff to buy from all over the world, international food, concerts and of course also plenty of mulled wine!
This comment should be pinned - way more informative than the video. Especially the end, Odeonsplatz, was confusing: Don't show the Siegestor, if you are talking about something completely different. Rant end. If you are going to Munich in the Summer, just grab a beer and walk. If you are walking from east to west or the other way round, you will meet the river and nothing is better than sitting on the riverbank and have a cold beer.
Thanks Simi! You would be the best guide here in Munich! It’s my hometown since 25 years and I love it! Don’t forget to mention the museums for modern art! Lots of interesting exhibitions all over the year. My favourite is the “Haus der Kunst”, near by Englisch Garden, close to the “Eisbach surfer”. And I love Schwabing with little shops, restaurants and cafes.
You have to remeber that Germany is smaller than Montana but has double the population of Califorina. So it gets crowded like these Biergardens sometimes :)
You should definetly check out some other videos about Munich, too! This video only showed the main tourist attractions, which are mostly just the central places. Theres so much more, that makes the city so interesting and could give you a real feel for what its like living there. Places like the english garden with its surfer waves, the river Isar or famous buildings and events, that you´ve might already seen in other videos like the Oktoberfest, the Allianz Arena, the museums (Deutsches Museum) or the Universitys (TUM). Still great video as always! keep it up. :)
As a German myself, my whole childhood i visited all around Germany but what made me really appreciate all the architecture and history, are some random dudes reacting to some RU-vid videos about Germany xD
Dear Ryan, the Federal Republic of Germany is similar to the United States of America, we have 16 states, the US has 50 states. The capital of Bavaria is Munich, the capital of Florida is Talahassee, the capital of Germany is Berlin, and the capital of the US is Washington. Best wishes from Germany 🇩🇪☺️
Btw, a city from Northern Germany I would recommended for a visit is Lübeck. There are also some good videos online showing it. I would suggest the ones from Travel Gretl and Wolters World (they are relatively short as well and have some overlapping points [no wonder], so they might even be good for combining them into 1 video)
beergarden owners are often the breweries, which are - at least in bavaria - some of the oldest "companies" with some being as old as 1000 years. and the families who own the breweries certainly belong to some of the richest people in bavaria ... and consequentially in germany. (they are also the ones who operate the big tents on the oktoberfest)
No. Asking questions and search for answers is the opposit of stupid. There are no stupid questions. You are one of the smartest US youtubers I know. Because you are open mindet and able to change your mind when new facts show on. And I beliefe you are honest - to others and more important to yourself and you think for yourself, build your own opinion but you are able to accept other opinions whithout creating an opinion based agenda war. Sorry for my bad english..... I hope you get this.: -)
I was born in Munich and i still live here. I love my home city. And there is much more beautiful places you can vistit here. Lot of love from Munich Germany 🤗
I learned from your videos that - although there MAY exist stupid questions - they are not always so stupid as they may seem on first sight/hearing. Stupidity in questions is not linked to a lack of knowledge. On the contrary, please keep asking to close the gaps in knowledge. That is actually very smart and sometimes brave. Love your work.
That is a very good thing to take from these videos and shows that you are smart as well, because you don't just see the obvious as many people do. I am happy that I found this post ☺️
Concerning the Bones in St. Peter's Church, those are relics. They're typically the bones of saints or martyrs. For example, in the Cologne Cathedral they are supposed to have some of the bones from the three holy kings from the biblical christmas story. Tey are basically put there for continued worship of them, a kind of 'proof of their existence' (though none can actually proof that they are actually the bones of those people, not to mention what happened back then) and in hopes that some of the holyness of their owners transfers to said church or cathedral.
Feli from Germany also made videos of Germany and Munich (I believe she is German, but living in the US), so pronunciations and lists are much better than this (pretty creepy) robovoiced one. But all in all, the sites listed were not bad, however I would have maybe left out a few of those churches and substituted other sites (Deutsches Museum or the Bayerische Landtag/Friedensengel for example) to break up the video and to add a bit of diversity. The Bavarian royal family you were looking for is spelled Wittelsbach which would have been difficult to find following the robovoiced announcer 😁 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wittelsbach
I agree. it's great that people make videos about Germany, but I wish they would make the effort to at least pronounce names correctly. an accent is one thing, but it would be hard to find any of these places with the way they were pronounced here.
Pretty funny watching an American reaction to this. As an European, these sort of things, castles, palaces, parks, public transportation, walkable streets, etc, are all pretty common all over Europe, from Lisbon to Moscow
Also "Fun Fact" : Munich is soooooooooo expensive to live in^^ If you are not at least upper middle class you can forget to find something affordable there Ryan, please check Out stuff from *northern germany*. It gets not enough attention
ich lebe auch in minga, aber ich glaube nicht, dass es diesem grenzdebilen, ungebildeten ignoranten hilft, eine erklärung zu geben. this bulb is super dark for good.
The english garden,Eisbach. There is a lot more to see. And we in Bavaria love our Biergarten.Sit together with friends or strangers,trink one or two....or more beers and make "Brotzeit" and have a good day
around here in eastern saxony about 8 kilometres away from the place i live in, there is a summer camp style area that consists mainly of a large fenced forest showing all kinds of german forest-animals apart from predators. hedgehogs, rabbits, deers, racoons, squirrels, all kinds of birds and of course plants. in elementary school (grade 1 to 4) we have a subject called "Heimatkunde" which roughly translates to local history. it consists of simple biology lessons about local animals and plants, geographic lessons about the geographics of the federal state and germany. another part are historic lessons related to the federal state and germany. so this summer camp is the best place to go to learn about native german plants and animals, of course apart from aquatic species and predators. its kind of a smaller scaled in depth zoo. in secondary schools (fifth grade upwards) the subject Heimatkunde is devided into the specific subjects biology, history and geography which are more detailed or larger in scale. biology begins with cells and other more indepth topics while history begins with the history of the whole planet and geography is about european and later worldwide geography. in my opinion thats a pretty good system starting with local easy stuff and later going more in depth or learning about other countries.
So many churches but no mention of the museums! I find Munich to have the best selections of museums besides Berlin, especially on Sundays where many museums only cost €1.
My home town. I love it so much and I’ll also miss it so much. My heart is divided between Rome and Munich and I’m glad I got to live in both of these beautiful cities🥺😍 glad you liked it, I’m so sure you’d like it as much if you ever visit Germany.
As another nice feature (for tourists to watch and enjoy as well) is the English Garden and the (at least two) surfing spots in Munich. As a guy from America you may meet some people from California or Florida (as it is always nice to meet your neighbour during holiday and travels), people from Australia (or basically any surfing enthusiasts) that specifically travel to Munich for the surfing experience
i love how ryan just saw the "to all our readers in the us, please dont scroll past", and just scrolled past immediately without leaving any sort of comment
Hi Ryan, When you see these pictures from Munich with the many people on the street with the streetcar. I think it's far more common on the streets of New York than in downtown Munich. What New York lacks is that people can walk like that in the city center without being afraid.
The family you didn't understand the name of, was Wittelsbach. Also worth to have a look at, the Wittelsbach Blue, a diamond once attached to the Bavarian State Crown, which was recut by Graff, changing it's historical apparence, re-named to Wittelsbach-Graff-Diamond and apparently sold to the Emir of Qatar.
Some of those views, said to be part of Nymphenburg, are parts of the "Residenz" - the palace in the old town. There were at least many items missing, but it was a fine list of information of my hometown :-D
You should watch a video about Hamburg, one of Germanys city states. It's pretty different to Munich. Especially because a lot of people outside Germany think whole Germany is like Bavaria and Munich, but especially North Germany is not like that at all.
0:13 The hog is placed in front of the hunting museum. It is a copy of the famous hog at the "Loggia del Mercato Nuovo" in Florence. 2:30 This is a pedestrian area the tramway is driving slow and can be heared and seeen form far away. 15:27 The Feldherrnhalle is a copy of "Loggia dei Lanzi" in Florence. You see also a (facade)copy of "Palazzo Pitti"/Florence at the Max -Joseph-Platz as part of an ensemble of a few citations of classical italian buildings. That goes back to king Ludwig I, wich was very italophil.
Ryan, the roofs in Muenchen and in most of Germany are red because they are covered with red roof tiles. Most of the downtown area of Muenchen was made a pedestrian area in 1972, but some of the old streetcars still have to operate. The majority are now a very elegant and efficient underground subway system. The ornate building at the Marianplatz is the Rat Haus - the City Hall of Muenchen. The Wittlesbach family were the Kings of Bavaria. Their winter palace is a block behind the Rat Haus, next to the Opera Theater. The Nymphenburg Palace was the King's summer home. The area around the Olympic Stadium used to be the Muenchen Airport in 1938. It was a flat grass field. The hills you see there now is the cement that was knocked off the bricks after 1945, to reuse the bricks to rebuild the totally bombed city. Hundreds of tons of cement are now hidden from view by the Olympic Stadiums
That video is horrible. However, the places and landmarks are attractions you can tick off in a day. Munich has so much more to offer. A nice café macchiato at Gärtnerplatz after a walk along the river from Flaucher (where people sunbathe even in February naked on a mild and sunny day - in summer it is packed and people barbecue and party), then go to a bar in Schwabing and later having dinner there. Visiting the Old and New Pinakothek. Renting a push bike and cycling up the river and then skinny dipping in the river to cool off, then sunbathing and enjoying the calmness and nature and trees and on the way back into town stopping at the beergarden Hinterbrühl for a a tasty Brotzeit and a Weizen beer (or two) Near the Nymphenburg Palace is the new Botanical garden also really beautiful, and coofee and cake there is lovely. Anyhow, best way to explore is by push bike, riding through the Englischer Garten and stopping there for a refreshing Radler in a beergarden. The Hotel Marianderl on Goethestr. has a lovely breakfast menu and in the evenings often live music (I used to live just across there) And of course a walk through the Alter Friedhof (Old graveyard) which is a stunning park with tall trees and really old graves (in particular on a sunny day in October with all the leaves in awesome colours) And exploring the bars and restaurants along Müllerstr. at the weekend. I love Munich, and I loved the time living there. It always felt to me like a big village, where you get everywhere with your bike in like 15 minutes. And I loved the Oktoberfest season. A very special buzz descends the on Munich, and best to go there during the week - not as crowded) I now live in Niederbayern close to the Austrian border, which is a lot quieter, but a beautiful place to live. I hope you can visit Germany sometime soon. But don’t squeeze it all into one visit. There is far to much to do and see from Flensburg in the North to Garmisch in the South. But for an American it may be most interesting to first see the main sites in Southern Bavaria (as that’s what you imagine Germany being like) and then plan your next visits to explore other parts.
Seems the guy was very fond of churches 🙂 Personally, for anyone even remotely interested in "science and technology", I would also recommend the "Deutsches Museum -- Masterpieces of Science and Technology", either the or one of the largest of its kind worldwide. While there are two more local branches in/near Munich, the main one in the city center would be the one to go for a wide variety of themes. And its huge.
Just as in a lot of European cities, areas of the city centers are car free, and therefore available for pedestrians. The trams drive relatively slow in crowded places and you'll know they're there, you'll get out of the way 😉
If you were shocked by those few bones kept as the relics of saints, you should check the Ossuary in Kutna Hora - there are sculls and bones from cca 30k people 😉
Me, too ☺️ I'm a little bit sad that this side of the human experience is very much sugarcoated in our culture. I'm from Eastern Germany and although I find death a very fascinating (and integral) part of life you don't see much death-related outside of museums here. The U.S. is mainly Protestant, so they wouldn't be too familiar with human bones, too, as relics are mainly a Catholic thing.
2:27 well its kinda common here. its an area only for pedestrians. the only vehicles there are the trams which drive slow there. but on the most parts of our tram network, we have our own tram lanes. sometimes buses can drive on them too
What...wait what. The same ist with USA you have although states and states capitals. I know that from a card game for 3-5 year old the family friends from the US send me from learning us geography for school.
From my experience many US Americans simply can't imagine, why such a small country should be divided into states. Which makes sense, e.g. Texas is almost twice as big as Germany.
Ah Munich, my new hometown. Sydney is my original hometown but since moving to Germany I lived in Hamburg for nine years and moved to Munich three years ago.
Hi Ryan, if you want to see more about the different regions of Germany, watch DW Euromaxx "Meet the Germans Road Trip". This series has 4 parts. Really cool!
I have a bit of trouble understanding some places the narrator is saying, so glad most of them can be read in the video. Greetings from Hamburg, Germany.
No your wrong .The Biergarten are owned by the breweries,most of the Biergarten and Restarant are rented.But outsided of Munich ther are allmost Familybusiness. I am from Munich.But trust me .you need alone for Munich 2 to 3 Weeks to see most of all.
You know, Germany has more to offer than just Bayern. Go to the sea side. Island Rügen or city Dresden in east Germany. Most foreigners think Germany is just Bavaria. But go up north and you will see another side of Germany.
As you said the Olympic stadium is beautiful, FC Bayern Munich released a 50th anniversary jersey and will wear it in todays cup match. It really splits the opinion of fans. In general if you like sport try to watch some videos on sports atmosphere in Germany or even FC Bayern themselves. They are a great club.
A couple additions from another person living in Munich: the "concrete" structure in the beginning is actually brick ;-) It´s the other side of St. Peter, which is later shown in the video (the church with the many bones, because relics of saints are a major part of (especially medieval) catholicism). And while the beergardens are often run by breweries or restaurants, the one on the Viktualienmarket is actually owned by the city as far as I know, and the major breweries in the city take turns running it - the switch when the next brewery takes over is determined by the amount of beer sold, so that no one gets disadvantaged during the colder months.
If you ever go to to Europe, go to the City of Arnhem (Direct Intercity train from Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport, a 1 hr and 16 minutes train ride and in summer you can catch a bus to both Burger's Zoo and the Open Air Museum. The Zoo has a Jungle hall, a Desert Hall and an Ocean experience under water. Also, a chimpanzee island. The Open air Museum shows you how the Dutch lived in the 17th century. There is even a bakery where you can buy bread.
I also like the historical architectural styles very much. The buildings are like works of art. In modern times, however, buildings are hardly ever built like that in Germany. The modern buildings are strongly cubic, neutral, large windows and partly quite boring looking. Whereas the USA also has very beautiful historic buildings. I myself was once on the East Coast, from San Francisco to Los Angeles and there I also noticed very playful and warm buildings. Whereby I count the abandoned villages of the Pueblo society or old Wild Western ghost towns also to the historical buildings of the USA. Especially with the latter there are some imitations in Germany, like the "Pullman City" or "El Dorado" in Templin.
Most of these places you can visit without any real travel time. The churches, the market, the Marienplatz... - all literally a stone's throw from each other (you can actually see the Frauenkirche in a lot of the outdoor aerial shots of the other places)
1:58 The cables in the streets above the tramway are wire ropes. They carry the streetlights that illuminate the street at night. On the other hand, the cables are also there because of the trams that hold the power lines. There seems to be a general ban on cars in the area. Only free for residents. This means that e.g. suppliers of shops are only allowed to drive into the area to unload and then have to drive away again. There is also a parking ban for cars.
I've been hundreds of times at Hellabrunn Zoo as a child and with my daughter. I have even got an annual ticket and I've never seen a panda there. Have I missed them all the time?
No you didn't. Also there are african elefants ars showen but in munich zoo are just asian elephant's for the last 20 years. I think the zoo picture are coming from different zoos.
The US is divided up into states and each have their own state capital too. The structure is remarkably similar. Texas: Austin, Georgia: Atlanta, California: Sacramento Bavaria: Munich, Saxony: Dresden, Hessen: Wiesbaden
The Allianz Arena is a football stadium in Munich where the football club Bayern Munich plays when it glows so beautifully in red in the evening it looks great.😍👍
Ryan, in the US, you will also find trams going on the streets along with cars, but not as common. They have them in San Francisco, but of course, the ones in Munich look much better.
I currently moved to a little town only half an hour away from Munich but was never really there. I think i know where im going for a weekend trip in the near future.
As a German, who was born in Munich and is living still living there ( And who will probably stay there forever ) I can say: You have to visit our great city! Greetings
The scene with the tram: that is a completely normal thing here in europe. And yes, the thing on the roof is the pantograph, where the tram gets its power from.
I'm living in Koblenz. Nice place to be. Here in the rhine/mosel region lots of castles and fortresses like to be visited. Maybe it's stuff for other videos!?
1. Funnily enough, the "New Rathaus" (New Town Hall) at the Marienplatz is the really old looking building, the actually older Rathaus is to its right (we see it at 3:28 ) with the bell tower. 2. The Royals you're looking for are the Wittelsbacher family And i agree. it should have been a german explaining everything in english. The way the things are pronounced or even said "Maximilian one.." its "Maximilian the 1st"
You gotta react to Hamburg. In my opinion it’s the prettiest city in Germany! It‘s quite diverse. In Hamburg we love to say „Hamburg meine Perle (=Hamburg my pearl) and it is world widely known as "the gate to the world“ bc of its haven which btw is one of the biggest in the world and it keeps growing. Our weather is WILD too since we‘re based in the north of Germany.
